About Mr. Mountz
While Mr. Mountz was very much at the center of the lives of many Spring Lake residents, relatively little was recorded of his personal life.
Especially when he was born. There were rumors that his birth date had been "adjusted" to allow him to delay retirement. Whether that had any validity is not known, but there is a minor discrepancy regarding the year of his birth.
Here's a public record we located:
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Now see his headstone at the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Monroe Twp, Cumberland Co, PA, outside of Mechanicsburg:
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(See cemetery map for location, in section T.)
It indicates he was born a year earlier. Mistake after his death?
