Johan Philip Braun (1697-1767), son of Johann Jost Braun, was born in Udenheim, Hessen, Germany. He immigrated to New York in 1709 with his family. He later settled in Pennsylvania. His wife, Elisabeth Magdalena Losch (1699-1763), was the daughter of John Balthaser Losch and Susanna Phillippina Gerina. Descendants lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario, Iowa, Minnesota, and elsewhere.
Using minimal tools and a simple technique of bending, interweaving, and fastening together sticks, artist Patrick Dougherty creates works of art inseparable with nature and the landscape. With a dazzling variety of forms seamlessly intertwined with their context, his sculptures evoke fantastical images of nests, cocoons, cones, castles, and beehives. Over the last twenty-five years, Dougherty has built more than two hundred works throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia that range from stand-alone structures to a kind of modern primitive architecture--every piece mesmerizing in its ability to fly through trees, overtake buildings, and virtually defy gravity. Stickwork, Dougherty's first monograph, features thirty-eight of his organic, dynamic works that twist the line between architecture, landscape, and art. Constructed on-site using locally sourced materials and local volunteer labor, Dougherty's sculptures are tangles of twigs and branches that have been transformed into something unexpected and wild, elegant and artful, and often humorous. Sometimes freestanding, and other times wrapping around trees, buildings, railings, and rooms, they are constructed indoors and in nature. As organic matter, the stick sculptures eventually disintegrate and fade back into the landscape. Featuring a wealth of photographs and drawings documenting the construction process of each remarkable structure, Stickwork preserves the legend of the man who weaves the simplest of materials into a singular artistic triumph.
The Heilman families of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. John Peter Heilman (1712-1777) was born in or near Heilbronn in the Province of Württemburg. He died in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. He was the first Heilman to arrive in America. He came in 1732 landing at Philadelphia, Pa. He married in 1739 Salome Fry (b. ca. 1719), daughter of Andreas Fry (or Frey) and Catharina Barbara Ritter. They had thirteen children all born in Lebanon Twp. John Adam (Hans Adam) Heilman (1715-1770) was born in Zuzenhausen, in the Province of Baden, the eldest son of John Jacob and Maria Katharina Heilman. He married Maria Catharina Stager (1709-1787), daughter of John Barnhard Stager. John Adam came to America in 1738. Both died in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co. (now Lebanon Co.), Pa. William B. Heilman (1840-1901) was born in East Hanover Twp., Lebanon co., Pa., and died at Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa. He married 1861 at Annville, Pa. Elizabeth Leslie (1843-1905).
This genealogy traces the family origins of the Theiss/Deiss/Tice/Dice family back to 1600 in Germany, their immigration to America in 1730, and the descendants of eight children. This two-volume set contains over 50,000 names, all indexed! Each family paragraph includes the following information when known: generation number, child number, name of the descendant, dates, name of spouse, parents of spouse, residence, burial, children, and biographical information. Some of the surnames in the index: Allen, Baeshore, Behney, Bennett, Bland, Bodkin, Bowers, Caplinger, Colaw, Dahmer, Dice, Dolly, Gerberich, Good, Hammer, Harman, Harper, Hedrick, Homa, Judy, Kile, Kilmer, Kimble, Kisamore, Lambert, Line, Lough, Mallowo, Miller, Nelson, Roberson, Ruddle, Sholly, Shuey, Sites, Smith, Thompson, Tice, Wagoner, Walmer, Warner, etc. There is a wealth of information in this massive genealogy!
