


The other four people in both aircraft also died, and the falling debris from the aircraft also caused the death of two elementary students and injured five others. Senator John Heinz died while as a passenger in a Piper Aerostar propeller aircraft when it collided with a Bell 412 helicopter over the Merion Elementary School in the Merion air disaster. Lower Merion is home to the oldest continuously used place of worship in the United States, the Merion Friends Meeting House, used continuously since 1695. In 1900, the Township was incorporated as a Township of the First Class. In 1713, Lower Merion was established as an independent Township with about 52 landholders and tenants. Lower Merion Township was first settled in 1682 by Welsh Quakers, who were granted a tract of land, the Welsh Tract, by William Penn. See also: Pennsylvania in the American Revolution and Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Map of Lower Merion Township Lower Merion street signs Harriton House as it appeared c.
