Arthur Briggs Farquhar
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Jonathan Jessop
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Unknown Union Soldier

Arthur Briggs Farquhar, also, Jonathan Jessop, also, Unknown Union Soldier. . , 38. Arthur Briggs Farquhar (1838-1925): To your left, behind the bush, is the Arthur Briggs Farquhar monument. Farquhar was born and raised in Maryland. He arrived in York in 1856 and married Elizabeth Jessop. A young York businessman, he rode out with a local volunteer cavalry unit toward Confederate position prior to Antietam. In 1683, he offered his services as emissary to the Confederates, proposing to the Committee of Safety that York could make a better deal in advance. The town fathers did not take his proposal seriously, so he rode west to meet with the Confederate John B. Gordon himself. Gordon questioned Farquhar's business to which he replied, "General Gordon, unless you have entirely changed from the character you used to have, you are neither a horse thief nor a bank robber, and fighting is more in your line than sacking a city." Gordon signed Farquhar's meeting notes. Later, 5 others met with Gordon in Farmers to work out details of the surrender. Farquhar rode to Gettysburg as the 3-day battle waged. He returned to York and met face-to-face jeering. Farquhar wrote in his autobiography, "The pincheck patriots…decided that our Committee…had sold [the town] to the Confederates and that I, as the man who opened the negotiations, was something near to being a traitor! I shall never forget those days, being pointed out as 'the man who had sold York' to the Rebels…", 41. Jonathan Jessop (1842-1931): Born in Baltimore, MD, Jonathan enlisted as 2nd Lt. in Co B of the 187 Reg PA Vol. He lost his right leg by reason of gunshot wound received at the front of Petersburg, VA on June 18, 1864. The pension office awarded him $15 per month due to his disability. Under provisions of act of March 3, 1865, his pension was withheld and ceased when he was appointed postmaster of the York post office. In August 1865, he had it restored., 42. Unknown Union Soldier (?-June 28, 1863): This marker can be found down the hill and past the tree. Emig's Grove Camp Meeting grounds was located one mile south of Mt. Wolf. Remembered by members of the Association, a location was marked by a "neat and appropriate headstone" in the campground A Civil War soldier, clad in a Union uniform was found and re-interred "in one corner of the grounds in a secluded spot." According to Prowell's History of York County, the only identifying markers were the Pennsylvania coat of arms found on his coat buttons and the #65 on his cap. His gravestone at Prospect Hill states the following: "76th Pa. Removed by Gen'l John Sedgwick Post 37 GAR May 12, 1902." The York Gazette, May 13, 1902, relates the following: "The remains of the unknown soldier that had been interred years ago at the old Emig's Grove Campgrounds was disinterred yesterday by Undertaker W.L. Denues and interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery.