Lewis H Latimer

York County deed transfers for June 10

CENTRAL YORK SCHOOL DISTRICT

229 Torrington Drive, Springettsbury Twp.: Rockview to Thaddeus M., Tammy L. Shaw, $492,476.

3109 Biscayne Lane, Manchester Twp.: Fox Clearing to Bernard L., Kelly E. Ulevich, $369,807.

730 Rishel Drive, Manchester Twp.: Woodland View Associates, EG Stoltzfus Homes, Stoltzfus EG Homes to Patrick, Andrea Thompson, $259,615.

830 Latimer St., N. York: Soverign Bank, Waypoint Bank to Thomas G. Maganas, $53,000.

1530 Detwiler Drive, Manchester Twp.: Richard N., Beverly A. Gilmore to John Gabriel, Carolyn Lomincky, $340,000.

585 Woodside Road, Springettsbury Twp.: Ronald P., Donna P. Spinello to Ross W., Janette M. Hopple, $349,900.

Lot 18 Woodside Road, Springettsbury Twp.: Ronald P., Donna P. Spinello to Ross W., Janette M. Hopple, $62,000.

2353 Slater Hill Drive, Manchester Twp.: Federal National Mortgage Association, Fannie Mae to Dennis A., Kay C. Stock, Kobie C. Shaffer, $159,900.

223 Torrington Drive, Springettsbury Twp.: Rockview to Sukdeep S., Parmjit K. Mahil, $287,511.

2642 Hummel Drive, Manchester Twp.: Brandywine Woods Holdings, Brandywine Windsor Management to Ridgewall, $65,000.

1597 Scotch Drive, Manchester Twp.: Bernard L., Kelly E. Ulevich to Keystone Custom Homes, $185,650.

DALLASTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

8694 Diamond Run Court, Springfield Twp.: NVR, Ryan Homes to Timothy P. Magaha, $244,677.

189 Country Ridge Drive, York Twp.: Chesapeake Loan Servicing to Jessica M. Seitz, $116,600.

40 W. Broad St., Yoe: Virginia R. Sprenkle to Jonathan R., Wendy A. Grey, $52,000.

2733 Meadow Cross Way, York Twp.: Charter Homes at Sage Hill to Jeffrey C., Ahouva Lazar, $440,000.

2074 Parson Court, York Twp.: Charter Homes at Sage Hill to Duane F. Franklin, Laura J. Gryniewich, $250,950.

2451 Schultz Way, York Twp.: Covenant Holdings, Vanguard Development Group to Christopher M. Koutek, Misty N. Joines, $161,493.

2446 Schultz Way, York Twp.: Covenant Holdings, Vanguard Development Group to David M., Jaime C. Morais, $171,784.

7502 Senca Ridge Drive, Springfield Twp.: Dwight, Shannon Taylor-Peay, Sheriff Richard P. Keuerleber to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., $1,764.

29 Steeple Ave., York Twp.: Matthew E. Vasold, Sheriff Richard P. Keuerleber to Wachovia Mortgage Corp., $1,770.

BERBICIANGRIOT: GRANVILLE T. WOODS AFRICAN AMERICAN INVENTOR

Granville T. Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio on April 23, 1856 and lived in New York from 1890 until he transitioned on January 30, 1910. In the 2003 published book Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation: Granville T. Woods, Lewis H. Latimer, & Shelby J. Davidson cultural historian of technology Dr. Rayvon D. Fouché describes Woods as the most prolific African American inventor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. An apt description since Woods is credited with more than 60 inventions in 30 years. He received his first patent in 1884 and over the next two decades was granted patents for approximately 60 inventions. In spite of the white supremacist culture of the USA which prevented him from accessing much formal education after age 10, Woods contributed to the technological advance of American and global societies. Forced to leave school and enter the work force at age 10, Woods worked as an apprentice for a machine shop repairing railroad equipment and machinery. In 1872 he left the machine shop in Ohio to work at the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway in Missouri, where he worked as a fireman and later as railroad engineer. A fireman working on the railroad at that time was responsible for shovelling coal into the train engine’s boiler while the engineer was responsible for the operation of the train. In 1874, Woods moved to Springfield, Illinois, to work in a steel rolling mill, an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel. In 1876 because of his years of on-the-job training and independent study of mechanics and electricity Woods qualified to take courses in mechanical and electrical engineering at an eastern college. He left school in 1878 and signed on as an engineer aboard a British steamer, the Ironsides, where he worked for two years. In 1880 he returned to the United States to work as a steam locomotive engineer for the Danville and Southern Railroad in Cincinnati, Ohio. On June 3, 1884 Woods registered his first patent (U.S. 299,894) for a Steam Boiler Furnace . Six months later on December 2, 1884 he registered his second patent (U.S. 308,876) for a Telephone Transmitter followed just 4 months after that (April 7, 1885) with a patent (U.S. 315,368) for an Apparatus for Transmission of Messages by Electricity.