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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


VOLUME  ONE 


A  Collection  of  All  Kinds  of  Historical  Items  Affecting  Snyder 

County  From  The  Settlement  of  The  First  Pioneers  in 

This  Section,  to  The  Names  of  The  Soldiers 

In  The  World  War,  1917-19 


Compiled  by 
GEO.  W.  WAGENSELLER,  A.  M.,  Litt.  M. 


Assisted  by 
Miss  Clara  R.  Winey 


Published  by 

The  Middleburgh  Post 

Middleburgh,  Pa. 

1919 


i   e  3 

PREFACE 

In  presenting  to  the  public  this  first  volume  of  Snyder 
County  Annals,  Volume  No.  1,  some  explanation  is  necessary. 
Beginning  in  1915,  we  issued  the  first  32  pages  of  this  book,  and 
gave  it  as  a  premium  with  the  POST.  The  second  32  pages,  or 
those  from  pages  33  to  64,  were  issued  in  1916,  and  used  in  the 
same  way. 

The  writer  saw  so  much  valuable  history  that  should  be  pre- 
served in  book  form,  and  the  pamphlets  seemed  to  supply  only 
a  temporary  need,  that  he  concluded  that  the  work  should  be 
continued  until  there  were  sufficient  pages  to  bind  in  stiff  covers 

for  permanent  use. 

• 

The  arrangement  of  the  material  is  any  thing  but  orderly, — 
it  is  a  collection  of  valuable  Snyder  County  history,  thrown  into 
the  book,  where  it  was  most  convenient.  To  us  it  was  the 
choice  of  doing  it  this  way  or  not  at  all,  and  we  chose  this 
method,  rather  than  not  do  it  at  all.  The  material  has  been 
selected  from  the  POST  for  its  historical  value  as  it  appeared  in 
the  newspaper,  and  the  linotype  slugs  made  up  in  book  pages 
and  printed  before  slugs  were  thrown  away.  This  is  the  reason 
the  material  could  not  be  arranged  in  a  logical  or  chronological 
order. 

We  have  endeavored,  so  far  as  possible,  to  eliminate  the  ob- 
jectionable features  of  this  miscellaneous  collection  by  the  use. 
of  an  index  added  at  the  end  of  the  book. 

The  items  taken  from  the  Union  Times  and  the  Union  Star 
at  New  Berlin,  are  such  that  apply  to  the  present  confines  of 
what  is  now  Snyder  County. 

The  book  contains  records  of  soldiers  of  Snyder  County, 
engaged  in  every  war,  from  the  Revolutionary  War  down  to 
the  great  World  War,  1917-19. 

There  are  many  more  items  of  just  such  history  to  fill  many 
more  volumes  of  "Snyder  County  Annals."  What  may  be  done 
in  the  matter  of  issuing  additional  volumes  will  depend  upon 
two  things, — first  the  amount  of  time  at  our  disposal  and  second, 
the  support  given  this  volume  by  the  public. 

With  this  explanation,  and  with  its  many  imperfections 
in  order  of  arrangement,  in  behalf  of  the  historians  of  the  future, 
we  present  this  volume  to  the  public  interested  in  Snyder  County 
history.  We  trust  it  may  be  the  means  of  preserving  many  items 
of  history  that  otherwise  might  have  been  lost. 

Middleburg,  Penna.,  May  1,  1919. 


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SNYDER   COUNTY   SOLDIERS'   MONUMENT 
(Erected    1905   by   The   County   Commissioners;) 
The  G.  A.  R.  Association  of  Snyder  County  did  not  approve  of  this 
design,   preferring   the   Memorial   Building   idea.     The   Commissioners   dis- 
regarded the  wishes  of  the  soldiers,  ordered  the  shaft  and  paid  $8000  out  of 
the   County   Treasury  for  it.      Through   the   influence  of  the   G.   A.   R.   the 
County    Commissioners    were    surcharged    with    $1250.00,    January     L906, 
which  amount  they  were  compelled  to  pay  back  into  the  County  Treasury. 
The  Monument  was  never  dedicated,  and  the  soldiers  even  refused  t, 
the  G.  A.  R.  badge  to  be  placed  on  the  shaft. 


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HASSINGER'S  CHURCH 

(Two  Miles  West  of  Middleburg) 

This   is   a   drawing   from   memory   of   the   second   building,    erected    1799; 
i  taken  down,  1871. 


NOTE 

The  price  Fifty  cents  noted  on  pages  1,  33,  and  65,  was  the 
price  for  the  32  pages  sections  as  issued  and  has  no  reference  to 
the  price  of  this  complete  book. 


SNYDER 

COUNTY 

ANNALS 


No.  1. 


Price  Fifty  Cents,  Postpaid 


Contents  : 

Snyder  County  History  Outlined  by  Public 
Roads,  By  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  A.  M.,    -     Page  2 

Selinsgrove   to   Weiser's   Mill   By    Edwin 
Charles, Page  9 

Revolutionary   Soldiers   of    Snyder-Union 
Counties, Page  15 


V-5L 


Published  By- 


The  Middleburgh  POST, 


Middleburgh,  Pa. 

Copyrighted  1915. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  I. 


OUTLINED  By  PUBLIC  ROADS 


Interesting  Historical  Data,  Suggested  All  Along  the 
Important  Highways  in  All  Parts  of  the  County, 

Written  by  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller  and  Edwin  Charles. 


Snyder  county  was  erected  in  1855, 
having  been  taken  from  the  south- 
ern half  of  Union  County.  It  was 
named  in  honor  of  Governor  Snyder. 
The  Act  of  the  Legislature  divid- 
ing Union  County  was  approved  May 
5,  1855.  The  Act  provided  for  an 
election  by  popular  vote,  March  16th 
following,  whether  the  division 
should  be  made.  The  election  was 
held  and  the  vote  resulted  for 
division,  1688;  against  division,  1643; 
majority  for  division,  45. 

A  vote  was  also  taken  to  deter- 
mine the  location  of  the  county  seat 
and  any  town  furnishing  a  subscrip- 
tion of  ten  thousand  dollars  for  the 
erection  of  county  buildings,  would 
become  eligible  to  have  the  county 
seat.  Middleburg,  Selinsgrove  and 
Freeburg  were  approved  competitors 
for  the  place.  The  vote  resulted 
as  follows:  Middleburg,  1357;  Selins- 
grove, 922;  Freeburg,  208.  Middle- 
burg was  selected. 

By  authority  of  an  Act  passed  on 
March  21,  1866,  an  election  was  held 
April  24,  1866,  in  an  effort  to  re- 
move the  county  seat  from  Middle- 
burg to  Selinsgrove.  The  vote  was 
for  removal,  1404;  against  removal, 
1757;  majority  against  removal,  353. 
Middleburg  retained  the  county  seat, 
and  remains  the  county  seat  at  the 
present  time. 

The  court  house  and  county  jail 
were  built  during  1855  and  1856,  and 
Dec.  12,  1856,  the  grand  jury  rec- 
ommended their  acceptance.  In 
1885,  a  new  jail  was  erected.  In 
1867  the  court  house  was  en- 
larged by  the  addition  of  twelve 
feet  to  the  front  and  twenty-seven 
feet  to  the  rear.  At  the  February 
term  of  court,  1915,  the  grand  jury 
recommended  an  addition  of  twenty 
feet   to   the   rear   of  the   court   house 


the  erection  of  a  new  front  and 
making  interior  changes  including 
fire   proof   vaults. 

Snyder  County  has  an  area  of  317 
square  miles.  Jacks  Mountain  and 
Penns  Creek  form,  for  the  most 
part,  the  Northern  boundary,  while 
Shade  Mountain  extends  East  and 
West  through  the  central  portion. 
The  Middle  Creek  Valley  comprises 
the  fertile  farms  lying  between  the 
Jacks  and  Shade  Mountains.  The 
Eastern  portion  adjoins  the  Susque- 
hanna river  and  abounds  with  some 
of  the  most  arable  land  in  the 
state.  The  population  figures  for 
Snyder  County  are  as  follows: 

1860  15,035 

1870  15,606 

1880  17,797 

1890  17,651 

1900  17,304 

1910  16,800 

There  are  eighteen  districts,  of 
which  there  are  three  toroughs  and 
fifteen  townships.  The  roroughs  are 
Selinsgrove,  Middleburg  and  Beaver- 
town. 

Selinsgrove 
As  early  as  1755  settlers  began  to 
locate  at  this  place.  It  was  Oct. 
15,  1755  that  the  settlers  were  at- 
tacked by  the  Indians,  and  all  of 
them,  twenty-five  in  number,  were 
killed  or  carried  away.  The  town 
was  laid  out  by  Anthony  Selin,  for 
whom   it  was  named. 

In  1827,  by  an  Act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, Selinsgrove  was  incorporated 
into  a  borough,  but  the  opposition 
of  the  inhabitants  of  Penn  Town- 
ship, caused  the  Legislature  to  re- 
peal the  Act  in  1828.  September 
24,  1853,  the  court  of  Union  Coun- 
ty, by  decree  made  Selinsgrove  a 
borough.      The   first   church    was    er- 


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ected  in  Selinsgrove  1802 — 3,  on  the 
corner  of  Market  and  Bough  streets, 
called  the  Union  church.  Captain 
Anthony  Selin  opened  the  first  ho- 
tel in   Selinsgrove  in  1784. 

Missionary  Institute  was  estab- 
lished in  Selinsgrove  in  1858.  The 
name  was  changed  Feb.  28,  1895  to 
Susquehanna  University.  From  one 
central  building  the  institution  grew 
until  it  now  has  six  large  buildings 
and  many  smaller  ones  including  a 
number  of  dwelling  houses  for  the 
use  of  married  men  who  are  study- 
ing for  the  ministry.  The  enterprise 
furnishes  all  the  collegiate  courses 
as    well    as    Theological    courses. 

The  Susquehanna  Female  College 
was  a  flourishing  institution  from 
1858  to  1870,  when  it  was  abandoned. 

Governor  Snyder  Mansion 
One  of  the  most  historic  places  in 
Selinsgrove.is  the  old  home  of  Gover- 
nor Simon  Snyder,  who  was  the 
chief  executive  of  Pennsylvania  from 
1808  to  1817.  It  was  built  by  M<r. 
Snyder  in  1816  while  he  was  Gov- 
ernor and  stands  on  the  East  side 
of  Market  street  near  the  centre 
of  the  town.  With  its  massive  walls, 
it  stands  out  prominently  as  if  to 
call  attention  of  something  of  in- 
terest. The  grounds  surrounding 
this  mansion  are  cultivated  and  or- 
namented with  great  care.  The  large 
old  fashioned  stairway,  easy  to  as- 
cend, with  its  several  broad  land- 
ings at  every  turn;  the  arched 
doorway,  ten  feet  in  height;  the  open 
hearth  in  all  the  rooms,  even  to 
the  third  floor;  the  wide  open  fire 
place  in  the  kitchen  with  its  swing- 
ing crane,  still  linger  to  tell  us  what 
was  once  the  delight  of  its  first 
occupant,  the  patriotic  Governor  Si- 
mon Snyder.  During  the  great  con- 
flagration of  1874,  the  fire  swept 
for  a  block  and  a  half  and  was  stop- 
ped at  this  historic  stone  structure, 
but  not  without  doing  some  little 
damage  to  the  third  story  and  the 
large  side  porch  was  consumed  which 
was  afterwards  repaired. 

The  Snyder  Monument 
On  the  Old  Lutheran  cemetery 
lies  the  remains  of  the  late  Gover- 
nor Snyder.  To  mark  the  place  is 
erected  a  Quincy  granite  monument 
surmounted  with  a  life  size  bust 
of  the  late  Governor.  The  monument 
was  purchased  by  the  state  by  order 
of  a  legislative  Act,  May  24,1881  The 
monument  was  unveiled  May  27,  1885 


when  a  special  train  brought  from 
Harrisburg  Governor  Pattison  and 
the  members  of  both  Houses  of  the 
Legislature.  Three  thousand  dollars 
was  appropriated  for  the  monument. 
Middleburg 

Elevation,  Market  Square,  498  ft. 
above  sea  level. 

Settlers  began  coming  in  here  as 
early  as  1755  to  1760.  Jan.  10,  1768, 
Frederick  Stump  and  John  Ironcut- 
ter  (Eisenhauer)  murdered  ten  In- 
dians along  a  stream  within  the 
present  limits  of  the  borough,  and 
it  is  known  as  Stump's  run.  A  lit- 
tle red  school  house,  the  first  in 
the  village  stood  by  this  stream  and 
was  known  as  Stump's  Run  academy. 

On  the  banks  of  this  stream 
stands  a  large  monument  erected 
by  the  county  commissioners,  by 
order  of  court,  in  memory  of  the 
soldiers  and  sailors  who  fought  in 
the  several  wars  of  the  United 
States.  It  was  erected  Dec.  1, 
1904  at  a  cost  of  $8000.  The  old 
soldiers  wanted  a  memorial  design, 
instead  of  the  shaft,  and  a  bitter 
fight  ensued  which  resulted  in  the 
county  auditors  surcharging,  Jan.  8, 
1906,  the  county  commissioners  the 
sum  of  $1250,  on  the  ground  of  an 
excessive  price  for  the  monument. 

The  soldiers  determined  to  have  a 
.  real   Memorial  and   one  was   erected 
near    the    Lutheran    church.  The 

corner  stone  was  laid  Sept.  28,  1905, 
and  the  memorial  was  dedicated  on 
Sept.  10,  1908.  The  interior  is  lin- 
ed with  marble  and  the  names  of  all 
the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  Snyder 
county    are    preserved    within  its 

walls.  This  memorial  building  is 
always  open  to  the  public.  Feb.  12, 
1909,  Lincoln's  birthday  was  celebrat- 
ed by  the  public  schools  of  Snyder 
county  and  $2700  was  collected  to 
pay  on  the  debt  on  the  Memorial. 
Sept  12,  1912,  the  Sunday  schools 
took  up  a  collection  for  the  same 
purpose.  John  F.  Stetler  was  the 
architect    and    builder. 

In  the  Lutheran  church,  Middle- 
burg a  memorial  tablet  to  the 
late  Rev.  Dr.  I.  P.  Neff,  was  unveil- 
ed May  10,  1903. 

The  iron  bridge,  on  Sugar  street, 
known  as  "Lovers'  Retreat  Bridge 
was  erected  September  and  October 
1896,  and  it  was  said  was  the  onl> 
bridge  erected  in  Snyder  county 
where  the  water  bad  to  be  hauled 
to  make  the  mortar.       *  MMAlo_ 

The  wooden  bridge  across  Middle- 
Creek,    which    was    repaired    and      a 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


walk  added  to  the  East  side  in  1908, 
was  then  said  to  be  over  100  years 
old,  and  erected  by  John  Aurand, 
about    1808.      This    date    has  not 

been  verified  and  the  story  seems 
incr editable  as  the  main  road  for- 
merly extended  through  town  on 
Market  street  and  there  was  a  ford 
one-fourth  mile  farther  east  many 
years  later. 

On  the  north-west  corner  of  Mark- 
et and  Sugar  streets  in  the  main 
part  of  the  town  stands  a  large 
three  story  store  building  and  dwell- 
ing of  W.  W.  Wittenmyer.  When 
the  town  was  laid  out  in  1800  the  lot 
on  which  this  building  stands  was 
sold  by  John  Swineford  to  Michael 
Wittenmyer,  a  clock  maker,  in  con- 
sideration of  an  eight  day  clock. 
The  bank  lot  on  the  opposite  corn- 
er was  sold  in  1893  for  $4000. 
The     Main     Highways 

We    give   below   a   few   of  the   im- 
portant   historical    points    along      the 
main  highways  of  Snyder  County: 
Northumberland  To  Selinsgrove 

Beginning  at  the  east  end  of  the 
Northumberland  bridge,  spanning  the 
west  branch  of  the  Susquehanna 
river,  the  road  leading  south  to  Se- 
linsgrove passes  through  historic  ter- 
ritory. The  toll  bridge  was  built  by 
Theodore  Burr,  having  begun  in  1812 
and  finished  it  in  two  years.  It 
was  a  toll  bridge  until  June  7,  1904, 
when  it  was  made  free  and  was 
bought  by  the  three  counties,  Sny- 
der, Northumberland  and  Union. 

The  road  passes  along  the  noted 
Blue  Hill,  on  the  top  of  which  for- 
merly was  located  Hotel  Shikellimy, 
which  was  burned  July  1,  1895.  On 
one  of  the  rocks  extending  over  the 
driveway  can  be  seen  a  natural  pro- 
file of  Shikellimy,  the  old  Indian 
chief,  who  sauntered  along  this 
mountain  for  many  years,  while 
just  across  the  river  at  Sunbury  is 
the  noted  Fort  Augusta.  Blue  Hill 
is  moted  far  and  wide  for  its  beau- 
tiful scenery.  Just  as  the  traveler 
emerges  from  the  narrow  road  he  ap- 
proaches and  crosses  a  stone  bridge 
over  a  small  stream,  built  with  one 
of  those  old  fashioned  arches. 

To  our  left  we  see  the  toll  bridge 
running  into  Sunbury.  The  erection 
began  August  6,  1906  and  was  com- 
pleted and  opened  for  travel,  Oct. 
5,  1907. 

For  a  half  mile  beginning  at  the 
stone  bridge,  we  are  traveling  on  the 
first    State   road    ever   built   by     the 


Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania.  Ap- 
plication for  this  road  was  made 
Sept.  1,  1903;  Governor  Pennypack- 
er  personally  handled  the  first  shov- 
el full  of  dirt,  April  15,  1904. 

This  is  part  of  the  road  from 
Lewisburg  to  Selinsgrove  which  was 
laid  out  by  James  F.  Linn,  May  1829. 

The  State  road  has  since  been  ex- 
tended into  Selinsgrove  and  through 
the  town.  Just  at  the  end  of  the 
first  half  mile  of  state  road,  on  the 
left  hand  side  stands  the  old  hotel, 
formerly  known  as  the  "Keensville 
Hotel"  conducted  for  many  years 
by  George  Keen  and  later  by  his 
widow,  Mrs.  Sarah  Keen,  who  died 
Jan.  19,  1902,  aged  96  years,  then 
the  oldest  person  in  Snyder  county. 

A  short  distance  to  the  right  is 
the  trolley  road  running  from  Sun- 
bury to  Selinsgrove.  Construction 
of  the  same  began  October  1,  1907, 
and  completed  in  the  spring  of 
190-8.  Two  miles  from  the  toll  bridge 
is  Rolling  Green  Park  properly 
known  as  the  People's  Play  Ground, 
which  was  opened  to  the  public  on 
Aug.  13,  1908. 

On  both  sides  of  the  road  from 
here  to  the  State  Bridge  above  Se- 
linsgrove, the  land  was  bought  in 
1906  for  the  Northern  Central  Con- 
necting Railway  Company  for  a  large 
railroad  yard  and  a  pressed  steel 
car  plant;  but  before  the  scheme  was 
fully  matured,  President  Cassat  died, 
and  the  scheme  was  abandoned.  It 
is  on  these  lands  that  the  National 
Guard  Encampments  have  been  held. 

Next  we  cross  an  iron  bridge  a- 
cross  Penns  Creek  erected  by  the 
state  of  Pennsylvania  in  19Q5  at  a 
cost  of  $65,000.  There  are  only  two 
spans,  and  the  price  has  always  been 
regarded  with  considerable  suspicion. 


Selinsgrove  to  Richfield 
Leading  out  of  Selinsgrove  toward 
the  south,  this  road  for  half  a  mile 
is  the  same  as  the  one  going  to 
Port  Trevorton.  At  the  half  mile 
limit,  the  road  leads  to  the  right 
over  Sand  Hill  to  the  village  of 
Kantz  and  Middleoreek,  where  there 
are  two  covered  wooden  bridges  ov- 
er which  we  cross.  At  February 
term  of  court  1820,  Samuel  Temple- 
ton,  Geo.  Boyer,  Geo.  Miller,  Samu- 
el Baum,  Jr.,  Joseph  Stilwell,  and 
Christopher  Seebold  were  appointed 
commissioners  to  view  sites  for 
two    bridges    over   the    two    branches 


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of  Middlecreek  at  this  place.  At 
May  sessions  they  reported  favor- 
ably on  both  bridges,  the  report 
was  confirmed  by  the  court  and  the 
contract  was  given  to  Col.  J.  C.  Her- 
rold,  who  shortly  afterward  built 
the  bridges;  the  bridges,  however 
have  since  been  replaced  with  other 
structures. 

One  mile  farther  on  the  left  side 
of  the  road  is  a  grist  mill  built  by 
Christian  Houtz.  We  are  now  in 
Washington  township,  a  district 
which  in  1830  had  twelve  distilleries 
and  one  school. 

One  and  one-halif  mile  more  and 
we  come  to  the  beautiful  town  of 
Freeburg,  which  has  a  reputation  far 
and  wide  as  a  musical  town.  For 
many  years  there)  was  a  musical 
school  conducted  at  this  place  and 
students  from  all  over  the  state 
were  educated  in  music  here.  The 
village  was  founded  in  179'6  by  An- 
drew Straub  and  was  called  Straub's 
town  for  many  years.Im  1874,  an  un- 
successful effort  was  made  to  in- 
corporate the  town  into  a  borough, 
but  the  majority  of  the  citizens 
were  against  it,  and  the  project 
failed. 

More  than  327  horse  sales  have 
been  held  in  Freeburg  by  F.  E.  Hil- 
bish. 

On  the  Evergreen  cemetery  laid 
out  by  Augustus  Springman  stands  a 
beautiful  monument  erected  by  the 
school  children  of  Snyder  County  to 
the  memory  of  Major  Wm.  H.  Dill, 
who  died  while  county  superintend- 
ent. The  monument  tears  this  in- 
scription "William  H.  Dill,  died  May 
1,  1886,  aged  44  years,  8  months  and 
five  days.  He  enlisted  as  O.  S. 
Co.  D.  131st,  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols,  and 
was  promoted  to  Capt.  Co.  I,  118th, 
Regiment  Colored  Troops,  served 
through  the  war  and  was  mustered 
out  as  Major.  He  died  while 
serving  as  County  Superintendent." 
The  Carp  of  Sons  of  Veterans  of 
Seiinsgrove  was  named  in  his  hon- 
or and  attended  the  unveiling  in  a 
body. 

Leaving  the  town  and  traveling 
about  four  miles  due  west  brings  us 
into  the  town  of  Fremont  (Mt.  Pleas- 
ant Mills,  Post  Office)  in  Perry 
township,  which  was  erected  in  1816 
and  was  named  in  honor  of  Com- 
modore Perry.  Mahantango  Creek 
flows  through  the  town.  At  one  time 
there  were  twelve  grist  mills  and 
fourteen  saw  millis  on  this  stream 
and  its  tributaries. 


Five  miles  more  brings  us  to 
Richfield,  situate  just  across  the 
Mahantango  Creek  in  Juniata  Coun- 
ty. The  stream  forms  the  bound- 
ary line  between  Snyder  and  Juniata 
Counties,  and  furnishes  water  pow- 
er for  a  large  number  of  mills,  one 
of  them  about  a  mile  farther  East, 
The  Old  West  Perry  Mill,  the  or- 
iginal building,  erected  by  John  S. 
Snyder  in  1778,  is  still  standing  and 
is  in  use,  with  modern  machinery. 

Seiinsgrove  to  Middleburg 
The  road  from  Seiinsgrove  to  Mid- 
dleburg, almost  due  west,  is  a 
state  highway, — distance  ten  miles. 
It  traverses  the  rich  agricultural 
section  of  fertile  Middle  Creek  Val- 
ley. As  the  traveller  emerges  from 
Seiinsgrove,  he  beholds  on  the  left 
side  of  the  road  the  beautiful  camp- 
us and  the  five  large  buildings  of 
Susquehanna   University. 

1.  Seiinsgrove    Hall,    erected    1858 — 
1859. 

2.  Gustavus    Adolphus    Hall,    erected 
1894—1895. 

3.  Seibert  Hall,  erected  1901—1902. 

4.  Alumni  Gymnasium,  erected  1902 — 
1903. 

5.  Steele   Science   Hall,  erected   1912 
—1913. 

Memorials 
In    Gustavus    Adolphus    Hall,       we 
find    the    following    memorials: 

1.  Bronze  Tablet,  containing  Lin- 
coln's Gettysburg  address,  placed  1909 
the  Centennary  of  his  birth. 

2.  Memorial  portrait  of  Governor 
Simon  Snyder,  made  by  F.  Gutekunst 
Pbila.,  unveiled  Nov.  24,  1909,  Found- 
er's Day,  by  Gon.  Simon  Snyder,  U. 
S.  A.,  grand  son  of  Gov.  Snyder. 

3.  Collection  of  42  pictures  of 
Gustavus  Adolphus,  15  of  them  fram- 
ed. 

4.  Brass  Memorial  Tablet,  with 
the  following  inscriptions: 

Ad  Gloriam. 

Majoram  Dei  and  to  Honorably 
Perpetuate  the  Names  of  the  Men 
Appointed  in  1856  by  the  Evangelic- 
al Lutheran  Synod  of  Maryland  to 
Organize  the  Missionary  Institute, 
viz: 

The  Rev.  B.  Kurtz,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

The  Rev.  J.  G.  Butler,  D.  D.,  LL. 
D. 

The  Rev.  J.  M'Cron,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  Geo.  Diehl,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  F.  R.  Anspach,  D.  D. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Humrighouse. 

Mr.   Wm.   Bridges. 

Mr.  W.  A.  Wisong. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Mr.  John  Rheen. 

W.  M.  Kemp,  M.  D. 

5   Memorial    Portraits  of 
Rev.  B.  Kurtz,  D.  D.  LL.  D.  Found- 
er, Author,   Church  leader. 

Rev.    H.    Ziegler,    D.    D.,    Author 
and     Theological  Professor  1858 — 81. 

Rev.  P.  Born,  D.  D.,  Principal  and 
Professor,  1859—1899. 

Rev.  J.  R.  Dimni,  DD.,  LL.  D. 
Professor  and  President,  1882 — 1906. 

Rev.  M.  Rhodes,  D.  D.  LL.  D., 
Alun  nus,  Author  and  Theologian. 

Rev.  C.  F.  W.  Walter,  D.  D.,  Em- 
inent Theologian,  and  Founder  of 
"Missouri  Lutherans." 

Rev.  Henry  Melchoir  Muhlenburg, 
Patriarch  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
in   America. 

Rev.  David  A.  Day,  D.  D.,  Mission- 
ary Supt.  in  Africa,  1874 — 1898. 

In  Seibert  Hall  we  find  Memorial 
portraits  of: 

1.  Rev.  John  Harpster,  D.  D., 
Missionary  in  India. 

2.  Rev.  S.  W.  Owen,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
Eminent  Divine. 

3.  Rev.  S.  Domer,  D.  D. 

4.  Mrs.  Esther  Stroup,  Bloomsburg, 
Pa.  Founder  of  Professorship. 

The  following  Memorials  are  on 
the  Campus: 

1.  Sun-Dial,  unveiled  Nov.  24,  1908, 
inscribed  as  follows:  Missionary  In- 
stitute, 1858-1894.  Susquehanna  Uni- 
versity, 1894—1908.  Rev.  Benjamin 
Kurtz,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Founder,  1795 
—1865." 

2.  Granite  Celtic  Cross,  marking 
the  place  selected  by  Dr.  Kurtz  for 
his  grave,  Bronze  tablet  on  base 
with  the  following  words:  Rev.  Benj- 
amin Kurtz,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Founder, 
Si  Monumentum  Requirit  Circum- 
spiee."  Founders'   Day   1913. 

3.  Steel  Flag  Staff.  Flag  elevated 
Founders'  Day  1914. 

4.  Conglomerate  Rock,  before 
Steele  Science  Hall.  A  Boulder 
located  near  Selinsgrove  by  the  Ter- 
minal Moraine  of  a  Glacier. 

Two  miles  west  of  the  town  we 
come  to  the  village  of  Salem.  The 
original  center  of  activity  about  the 
place  was  at  Row's  church,  a 
quaint  log  edifice  erected  in  1780. 
A  second  church,  a  brick  was  erect- 
ed in  1816  &  the  third, a  modern  ed- 
ifice erected  in  1897.  The  first 
church  was  erected  during  the  Rev- 
olutionary war;  the  second  during 
the  War  of  1812  and  the  third  dur- 
ing   the    Spanish-American    War. 

For  the  next  few  miles  lie  stretch- 


es of  the  best  farms  in  the  state. 
Along  the  road  are  two  telephone 
lines,  the  one  erected  by  the  Penn 
Telephone  Company  in  1897  and  the 
other  erected  by  the  Middlecreek 
Valley  Telephone  Company  in  1910. 

At  the  railroad  crossing  in  Kream- 
er,  Jan.  25,  1895,  occurred  a  bob- 
sled collision  with  a  double  header 
freight  train  in  which  Isaac  Romig 
and  his  son,  Charles,  were  killed 
and   many  others   injured. 

A  few  feet  farther  stands  the  old 
brick  hotel  that  has  been  in  ser- 
vice for  many  years.  When  Snyder 
County  was  still  a  part  of  Union 
County,  special  sessions  of  Court 
were  held  at  this  tavern  for  cases 
involving  the  immediate  neighbor- 
hood. At  one  of  these  courts  the 
building  was  crowded  with  people 
and  the  floor  broke  down.  The  brok- 
en floor  shaped  like  a  V  and  it 
happened  that  Richard  Mertz,  a  well 
known  local  itinierant  was  in  un- 
der but  he  was  not  hurt.  The  story 
is  told  that  Mertz  came  into  the 
New  Berlin  Court  House,  while  a 
lot  of  lawyers  were  standing  around 
the  stove,.  Mertz  said  it  reminded 
him  of  "Dante's  Inferno"  and  one 
of  them  asked  why,  and  Mertz  re- 
plied that  the  lawyers  were  next 
to  the  fire. 

Just  beyond  the  town  to  the  left 
of  the  road,  a  short  distance  in  the 
field  stands  the  old  "Kreamer  Block 
House".  It  is  said  to  have  been  er- 
ected prior  to  1781  and  when  at- 
tacks were  made  by  the  savages  the 
white  settlers  gathered  here  for 
protection  and  self  defense. 

A  mile  farther  west,  on  the 
North  side  of  Middle  Creek,  in  1781, 
the  Indians  killed  five  members  of 
the  Stock  family. 

About  thirty  red  skims  engaged  in 
the  slaughter.  The  white  pursuers 
attacked  the  Indians  and  killed  and 
scalped  many  of  the  savages.  The 
Stocks  were  buried  on  a  field  on 
the  farm.  135  years  have  passed 
since  then.  In  the  long  ago,  some 
thoughtful  hands  erected  a  shaft  at 
the  graves  of  the  Stocks,  some  stone 
gathered  in  the  nearby  hills.  Some 
thirty  years  ago,  a  change  of  owner- 
ship obliterated  all  traces  of  the 
graves,  the  markers  fell  before 
the  plow  and  the  harrow,  and  but 
few  of  the  present  generation  are 
able  to  locate  the  graves. 

Middlecreek    Valley     Railroad 
As   we   enter   the  town    of   Middle- 


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burg  we  cross  the  tracks  of  the 
Sunbury  and  Lewistown  Railroad 
which  was  completed  in  1871  as  the 
Middlecreek  Valley  Railroad.  Nov.  1, 
1871  the  first  train  was  run  from 
Lewistown  to  Selinsgrove.  Dec.  1, 
1871,  the  first  passenger  train  was 
run  from  Lewistown  to  Sunbury. 

Middleburg  to  McClure 
The  distance  from  Middleburg  to 
McClure  is  about  sixteen  miles 
due  west  and  the  driving  road 
parallels  the  S.  &  L.  railroad.  Two 
miles  west  of  the  town  stand  the 
historic    Hassinger   churches. 

As  early  as  1785  a  very  rude  build- 
ing was  erected  on  the  site  of  the 
present  white  church  (the  Eastern 
one);  1779  a  more  substantial  struc- 
ture took  its  place.tn  1871-2,occurred 
a  split  and  the  'General  Synod  mem- 
bers went  one-fourth  mile  farther 
west  and  built  a  church.  This 
building  was  damaged  by  lightning 
in  1914,  and  was  torn  down  and  a 
beautiful  modeinn  structure  has  aris- 
en in  its  stead.  The  General  Coun- 
cil Lutheran  church  (at  the  East- 
ern site)  in  1871  erected  a  new 
building.the  third  on  the  same  site. 
The  new  building  on  the  western  site 
will  soon  be  ready  for  dedication. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel,  Sr.  Rev.  J.  P. 
Shindel,  Jr.  Rev.  S.  P.  Orwig,  Dr. 
A.  H.  Spangler,  Dr.  E.  H.  Leisen- 
ring  and  many  other  noted  and  dis- 
tinguished divines  have  officiated  at 
these  churches.  Rev.  H.  A.  Stauf- 
fe>r  is  the  General  Synod  pastor,  and 
Rev.  E.  E.  Gilbert  is  the  General 
Council   pastor  at  this  time. 

Well  may  it  be  said,  the  antipathy 
of  1871  existing  between  the  two 
congregations,  has  died  away  and 
the  most  friendly  relations  now  ex- 
ist between  the  congregations  of 
these  two  old  churches. 


Paxtonville  Bridge 
Going  almost  due  south  to  the  vil- 
lage of  Paxtonville  we  cross  a  wood- 
en bridge  erected  over  Middlecreek 
by  "Union  county  in  1851.  County 
Commissioners,  James  Barb  in,  John 
Wilt  and  Geo.  Heimbach  met  at  the 
house  of  John  S.  Kern,  in  Centre 
township,  Friday,  March  28,  1851  and 
awarded  the  contract  to  John  Bilger 
to  build  the  bridge  across  Middle- 
creek, near  Beaver  Furnace.  The 
original  contract  called  for  $1248  but 
the  county  statement  Jan.  1852  shows 
that  Mr.  Bilger  was  paid  $340  for 
additional    improvements  and    raising 


the  bridge  two  feet  higher  than  con- 
tracted. 

Elevation    at    R.    R.    at    Paxtonville, 
510  feet   above  sea   level 

At  Paxtonville  stands  the  ruins 
of  the  old  Beaver  furnace,  once  the 
busiest  industry  in  all  of  Middlecreek 
Valley.  In  1848,  Hon.  Ner  Middles- 
warth,  Jacob  Kern,  John  Kern, 
Daniel  Kern  and  John  C.  Wil- 
son erected  a  blast  furnace  and  op- 
erated it  from  Aug.  11,  1848,  when 
it  was  fired  until  1856,  when  it 
blew  out.  Ner  Middleswarth  bought 
the  plant  in  1856  and  operated  it 
for  a  while  and  sold  it  to  Dr.  Rooke, 
Jesse  Walter,  and  Nutting  and  Franc- 
is, who  operated  it  from  1863  to  1866. 
Then  the  furnace  closed  for  good. 
The  mines  were  operated  by  Robert 
Paxton  from  1871  for  some  time.  The 
power  for  the  furnace  was  secured 
from  a  200  feet  head  of  water  run- 
ning over  two  overshot  wheels,  one 
over  the  other. 

One-fourth  mile  west  of  the  village 
now  is  found  a  large  successful 
brick  plant,  which  is  converting  the 
rich  clay  deposits  into  the  highest 
grade  bricks  found  in  the  market  to- 
day. The  erection  of  the  plant  be- 
gan May  1,  1907.  The  company  went 
into  bankruptcy  Dec.  19,  1908.  It 
was  sold  June  10,  1910,  to  H.  New- 
ell, who  never  operated  it  and  it 
was  again  sold  May  1,  1913  to  J.  C. 
Fowler  and  W.  H.  Hill,  of  Watson- 
town,  who  have  been  since  operat- 
ing the  plant. 

The  traveller  proceeding  westward 
beholds  and  admires  the  beauties  of 
Shade  mountain,  which  stretches  in  a 
long  ridge  not  far  from  the  south 
side  of  the  road.  A  short  distance 
East  of  Beavertown,  we  reach  the 
farm  of  Ner  Feese,  on  which  late- 
ly was  discovered  gold  and  silver  ore. 
This  same  farm  was  owned  by  his 
grand  father,  Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth. 
Beavertown  elevation  at  R.  R.  651 
feet    above    sea    level 

Beavertown  was  laid  out  by  Jacob 
Lechner  in  1810.It  was  originally  call- 
ed Swifttown,  in  honor  of  John  Swift 
who  had  the  land  patented  in  1760. 

The  town  had  many  prominent  citi- 
zens, but  the  most  noted  in  past  his- 
tory is  Honorable  Ner  Middleswarth 
whose  sketch  is  given  more  complete 
elsewhere,  Moses  Spe<ht,  etc. 

There  is  a  sucessful  automobile 
factory    in    this   town. 

Two  miles  west  is  the  town  of 
Beaver  Springs,  which  was  founded 
by   Adam   Reger,   and    called   Regers- 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


town.  The  town  was  laid  out  in 
1806.  This  town  for  many  years  was 
a  busy  place  on  account  of  operating 
ore  mines,  but  the  business  has  been 
entirely  abandoned.  Beaver  Springs 
elevation  at  Post  Office,  591  feet 
above  sea  level.  Summit  of  Shade 
Mountain  at  Beaver  Springs  1672  feet 
above  sea  level. 

Six  miles  west  is  the  town  of  Mc- 
Clure,  named  in  honor  of  the  late 
Col.  Alexander  McClure,  who  was  a 
director  of  the  Middlecreek  Valley 
R.  R.  which  was  built  through  the 
town  in  1871. 

Several  years  ago  the  town  boasted 
of  two  furniture  factories,  a  broom 
factory  and  other  industries.  The 
furniture  factories  failed  and  the 
building  is  now  used  for  a  factory 
where  folding  houses  are  manufac- 
tured. Just  recently  the  largest 
folding  house  ever  made  was  pro- 
duced here  and  shipped  to  South 
America. 

We  append  the  sketches  of  a  few 
of  the  more  prominent  men  who 
have  lived  in  Snyder  County.  There 
are  many  others  who  should  be 
mentioned,  but  the  space  alloted  to 
us  forbids. 

Governor    Simon    Snyder 

Simon  Snyder,  Governor  of  Penn- 
sylvania, from  1808  to  1817,  was  born 
in  Lancaster,  Pa.  November  5,  1759. 
He  was  the  son  of  Anthony  Snyder 
and  his  wife,  whose  maiden  nar  e 
was  Maria  Elizabeth  Knippenberg, 
but  was  first  married  to  a  Mr. 
Kreamer,  who  died  in  Germany.  Si- 
mon Snyder  moved  to  Selinsgrove, 
Northumberland  County,  (then  Union, 
now  Snyder  County)in  1784. He  serv- 
ed as  Assemblyman  from  1789  to 
1808  and  was  Speaker  of  the  House 
from  1802  to  1808.  He  was  Gover- 
nor for  three  terms  from  1808  until 
1817. 

He  was  the  first  Governor  to  urge 
upon  the  Legislature  the  passage  of 
an  act  for  the  establishment  of  free 
public  schools,  and  had  the  temerity 
to  veto  the  bank  act  at  a  time  when 
his  nomination  for  Governor  depend- 
ed upon  the  members  of  the  Legis- 
lature. It  was  this  bold  stroke  that 
brought  the  admiration  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  legislature,  and  while 
the  majority  of  them  had  voted  for 
the  bank  bill,  Governor  Snyder  was 
renominated. 

He  was  the  Governor  during  the 
trying  times  of  the  War  of  1812  and 
warmly    supported    the    Federal    Gov- 


ernment  and   became   known   as   the 
Great   War    Governor  of   his    time. 

After  he  retired  as  Governor  he 
returned  to  his  home  in  Selinsgrove 
and  at  the  next  general  election 
was  elected  State  Senator,  but  serv- 
ed only  one  session.  He  died  Nov. 
19,  1819,  and  the  state  erected  a 
large  monument  to  his  memory.  It 
was  unveiled  May  27,  1885. 


Hon.    Ner    Middleswarth 

Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth  was  born 
Dec.  12,  1783,  in  New  Jersey,  and 
in  1792  his  parents  moved  to  Bea- 
vertown,  now  in  Snyder  countjr,  and 
located  on  a  farm  one  mile  south 
of  the  town,  where  his  grandson, 
Ner  Feese,  recently  discovered  valu- 
able gold  and  silver  ore.  He  reared 
a  large  family  and  his  numerous  de- 
scendants are  scattered  over  the  ad- 
joining territory  as  well  as  in  other 
states. 

In  1812,  he  raised  a  company  of 
volunteers  amd  entered  the  service  as 
Captain  of  his  company,  which  was 
attached  to  the  8th  Pennsylvania 
Rifles,  commanded  by  Col.  Irwin. 

In  1815  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  Legislature  and  for  thirteen 
times  he  was  elected  to  the  same 
seat.  Twice  he  was  chosen  Speak- 
er of  the  House,  first  in  1828  and 
next  in  1836.  For  one  term  he  rep- 
resented the  di"trict  in  the  State 
Senate.  From  1853  to  1855  he  was  a 
member  of  congress. 

His  last  public  service  was  as  As- 
sociate Judge,  having  served  for 
five  years.  He  was  a  self-educated 
man,  having  attended  school  for  only 
three  months. 

He  died  June  2,  1865,  having  at- 
tained the  age  of  81  years,  5 
months  and  21  days. 

Hon.  George   Kremer 

Hon.  George  Kremer  was  born  in 
Middletown,  Pa.,  Nov.  21,  1775  and 
died  in  Middleburg,  Pa.,  Sept.  10, 
1854,  aged  78  years,  9  months  and 
19  days. He  was  a  son  of  Jacob  Krem- 
er, and  was  a  nephew  of  Governor 
Simon  Snyder,  and  in  1792  went  to 
Selinsgrove  where  he  was  in  the 
employ  of  Simon  Snyder,  afterwards, 
Covernor. 

He  remained  in  Selinsgrove  until 
1808  when  he  removed  to  Lewisburg. 
In  1812  he  was  elected  to  the  Legis- 
lature, also  in  1813.  In  1822  and 
1824  he  was  elected  to  Congress, 
having  served  from  1823  to  1827. 

During  his  second  term,  Mr.  Krem- 


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er  became  involved  in  a  dispute, 
which  brought  him  into  public  notice. 
Mr.  Kremer  was  firmly  convinced 
that  Henry  Clay  threw  his  influence 
against  General  Jackson,  by  which 
the  ■electoral  vote  of  Kentucky  was 
given  to  Mr.  Adams,  for  a  considera- 
tion, and  when  the  first  place  in 
the  cabinet  was  tendered  to  and 
accepted  by  the  Kentucky  states- 
man, Congressman  Kremer  opened 
a  volley  of  charges  that  created  a 
sensation  and  disturbed  the  politics 
of  the  entire  country.  Under  the 
date  of  Jam.  25,  1825,  Hon.  George 
Kremer  published  in  the  Columbian 
Observer  a  number  of  charges  in- 
volving Mr.  Clay.  In  response  to 
this  Mr.  Clay,  under  date  of  Jan.  31, 
1825,  in  the  National  Intelligencer, 
made  reply  and  challenged  Mr.  Krem- 
er to  mortal  combat. 

Mr.  Kremer  offered  to  prove  his 
charges,  but  later  found  he  was  un- 
able  to  do   so. 

April  2,  1827,  he  moved  to  Middle- 
burg,  where  he  had  purchased  a 
tract  of  three  hundred  acres,  the 
house  being  the  brick  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Edwin  Bower  in 
Swineford.  Mr.  Kremer  had  estab- 
lished a  burying  ground  on  the  lot 
opposite  the  street  from  his  house 
where  he  and  a  number  of  his  fan  i- 
ly,  including  Oapt.  Frederick  Evans 
were  buried.  June  27,  1907,  a  num- 
ber of  these  bodies  were  removed 
to  Glendale  cemetery,  Middle-. urg. 
Capt.    Frederick    Evans 

Among  the  heroic  defenders  of 
Fort  McHenry,  at  Baltimore,  on 
that  memorable  night  Sept.  13,  1814 
in  which  the  "Star  Spangled  Banner" 
was  born,  was  Captain  Frederick  Ev- 
ans, a  Middleburg  man.  He  settled 
in  Union  county  prior  to  1800;  was 
in  the  War  of  1812  and  was  com- 
missioned Captain  in  the  Seco?^ 
Regiment  of  Artillery  July  23, 
1812. 

Four  shells  were  thrown  into  the 
Fort.  The  fourth  one  did  not  ex- 
plode. Capt.  Evans  took  charge  of 
it,  and  having  removed  its  explos- 
ive contents,  kept  it  as  a  relic  and 
a  plaything  for  his  children.  The 
shell  was  marked:  "A  present  from 
the  King  of  England."  The  shell  is 
now  in  possession  of  Bradford  Ev- 
ans, a  descendant,  at  Thompsontown, 
Juniata  County,  Pa. 

Frederick  Evans  resided  at  Se- 
linsgrove and  about  1806  removed  to 
Lewisburg.  He  was  surveyor  of 
Northumberlamd    County,    which   then 


included  Union  and  Snyder  and 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Legisla- 
ture in  1810  and  1811.  His  only 
daughter,  Catherine,  married  in  1811, 
George  Kremer,  afterwards  Congress- 
man. In  his  later  years  he  resided 
with  Mr.  Kremer  at  Middleburg, 
where  he  died  Dec.  4,  1844,  aged  79 
years. 


SELINSGROVE  TO  WEISER'S   MILL 

(By  Edwin  Charles.) 
The  state  road  leading  from  Se- 
linsgrove to  Weiser's  mill,  a  distance 
of  approximately  sixteen  miles,  tra- 
verses a  section  of  country  replete 
with  history  and  noted  for  the  beau- 
ty of  its  natural  scenery. 

Immediately  leaving  Selinsgrove 
the  traveller  is  impressed  with  a 
panoroma  of  farm  lands  of  unusual 
richness  and  productivity.  The  land 
slopes  in  easy  grades  to  the  uplands 
on  the  right  and  rather  more  ab- 
ruptly to  the  Penns  Creek  on  the 
left. 

Beyond  the  creek  and  extending 
to  the  river,  we  see  the  broad  level 
acres  of  the  southern  half  of  the 
Isle  of  Que,  a  quaint  name  to  be 
sure,  and  given  according  to  Otzin- 
ichson  by  the  French  explorers  who 
were  early  in  this  region.  The  name 
is  a  corruption  of  Isle  a  Queue  (Tail 
Island.)  This  island  has  a  history 
all  its  own,  but  I  can  mention  only 
a  few  items. 

It  was  the  Indian  burying  ground 
and  the  birth  place  of  John  and 
James  Logan,  noted  sons  of  Shikel- 
limy,  the  celebrated  Viceroy  of  the 
Six  Nations.  The  horrible  In- 
dian Massacre  of  1755  was  partly 
enacted  on  this  Isle.  There  is  a 
romantic  story  as  to  how  the  title 
of  this  island  passed  from  the  red 
man  to  the  white  man.  The  In- 
dian dreamed  that  the  white  man 
made  him  a  present  of  a  handsome 
inlaid  rifle;  the  white  man  not  slow 
gave  the  rifle  to  the  Indian,  and  a 
few  nights  later  dreamed  that  the 
Indian  gave  the  white  man  the  Is- 
land and  in  this  way  acquired  this 
vast  territory,  but  the  Indian  de- 
cided to  dream  no  more. 

In  a  field  on  the  west  side  of  the 
road,  the  first  farm  south  of  the 
Freeburg  road,  we  notice  the  un- 
completed and  abandoned  road  bed  of 
the  Selinsgrove  &  North  Branch  Rail- 
road. Much  was  expected  from  this 
enterprise,    but    the   project   failed. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Selinsgrove    to    Weiser's    Mill 

Two  miles  from  Selinsgrove  we  ar- 
rive at  Bake  Oven  Hill,  a  conical 
timber  covered  peak  of  several  hun- 
dred feet,  rising  in  isolation  from 
the  plain.  At  its  eastern  base  there 
is  refreshing  spring  water.  The 
spring  is  protected  by  a  stone  spring 
house    of    colonial    construction. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  road 
stands  a  large  brick  mansion,  at 
present  owned  and  occupied  by  Ad- 
am Fisher.  This  house  stands  on 
the  site  of  an  old  tavern  that  in 
the  olden  times  was  the  stopping 
place  of  stage  coaches  and  more 
particularly  of  cattle  drovers  who 
brought  on  foot  thousands  of  cattle 
from  the  West,  and  before  the  con- 
struction of  the  Port  Trevorton 
Bridge  crossed  the  Susquehanna  riv- 
er at  this  point  to  Fisher's  Ferry 
enroute  to  Reading  and  Philadelphia. 

Just  here  permit  me  to  mention  th 
old  log  grocery  one-fourth  mile  from 
the  above  named  hotel.  This  still 
stands  on  the  banks  of  the  abandon- 
ed canal.  In  its  palmy  days  it  was 
a  little  Chicago,  for  the  shipment  of 
grain  by  boat  and  because  of  the 
traffic  in  cattle  passing  by  it.  The 
grain  shipped  from  here  was  brought 
from  the  adjacent  territory  and  even 
from  the  East  side  of  the  river. 
Here  often  came  one  named  Jim- 
mel  of  the  community  to  learn  new 
tricks  from  the  passing  traveler. 
Here  often  gathered  the  beaux  brom- 
mie  Silverwood,  who  owned  a  num- 
ber of  islands  in  the  Susquehanna 
river  near  by  and  dwelt  on  one  of 
them. 

Jimmie,  it  is  said,  frequently  wrote 
to  his  relatives  in  far  away  Albion 
and  told  them  the  incredulous  story 
that  he  in  this  new  country  was 
king  of  Seveu  Islands.  However,  to 
the  log  grocery  would  Jimmie  oft- 
times  pole  his  canoe  and  wait  for 
the  boats  to  bring  stores  from  the 
great  cities  and  especially  "oysters" 
in  the  shell  as  he  called  them.  Sev- 
eral of  his  descendants  still  live  on 
the  island. 

Leaving  the  Pake  Oven  Hill.  we 
cross  an  iron  bridge  over  Middle- 
Creek.  This  bridge  has  been  erect- 
ed to  take  the  place  of  a  wooden 
bridge  carried  away  in  the  1889  flood 
We  believe  that  a  tablet  or  marker 
should  be  placed  near  this  bridge 
to  commemorate  the  murder  of 
White  Mingo  and  several  other  In- 
dians by  Frederick  Stump  and  John 
Ironcutter,  Jan,  10,  1768. 


Several  hundred  yards  to  the 
Eastward  is  the  confluence  of  Penns 
Creek  and  Middle  Creek.  Since  Penns 
Creek  is  larger  it  would  seem  prop- 
er to  say  that  Middle  Creek  flows 
into  Penns  Creek,  but  since  Middle 
Creek  was  on  the  ground  first  and 
Penns  Creek  formerly  flowed  into 
Susquehanna  river  north  of  Selins- 
grove and  was  later  forced  by  the 
building  of  the  canal  and  the  mud 
dam  to  flow  through  a  minor  chan- 
nel into  Middlecreek.  This  was  done 
by  the  Canal  Company  to  save  the 
erection  of  two  aqueducts  instead 
of  one. 

On  the  southern  bank  of  Middle 
Creek  stood  the  paper  and  oil  mills 
of  Captain  John  Snyder,  son  of  Gov- 
ernor Simon  Snyder.  June  20,  1823 
the  mill  was  burned  to  the  ground. 
Three  young  men  and  two  boys 
lost   their  lives  in   the  conflagration, 

On  the  south  side  of  Middle  Creek 
stood  the  stately  mansion  of  John 
Snyder.  Here  the  Governor's  son- 
who  was  a  character  of  peculiar  in- 
dividuality, was  lord  of  the  manor. 
The  home  stood  on  low  ground,  and 
it  is  told  on  the  occasion  of  one  of 
his  weddings, he  had  gone  to  Richfiel 
to  claim  his  bride. During  his  absence 
a  heavy  rain  caused  a  freshet  and 
the  house  was  surrounded  with  wat- 
er. Not  to  be  daunted,  he  secured 
a  boat  and  delivered  his  bride  safely 
and  soundly  into  her  bridal  chamber 
through   the   second   story   window. 

One-fourth  mile  up  the  stream 
stands  the  hydro-electric  plant  of 
the  Middlecreek  Electric  Co.  The 
erection  was  started  April  27,  1906 
and  the  plant  began  operation,  Deo. 
3,  1906. 

Leaving  the  Snyder  farms  be- 
hind us  we  come  to  the  Narrows, 
which  are  about  one  and  one-half 
mile  in  length.  Here  the  cliffs 
ris  to  several  hundred  feet  in 
height  and  the  road  is  built  on  a 
narrow  ledge  between  them  and  the 
creek  for  a  part  of  the  distance 
and  between  them  and  the  canal  for 
a  greater  distance.  About  midway  in 
these  Narrows  we  pass  the  ruins  of 
the  old  aqueduct,  by  which  the  can- 
al was  carried  over  the  creek  from 
the  main  land  to  the  Isle  of  Que 
The  aqueduct  was  five  spans  in 
length  and  was  probably  longer  than 
any  others  of  this  canal  system  ex- 
cepting the  one  crossing  the  Juni- 
ata river  and  the  one  crossing  the 
Swatara    creek.       The    aqueduct    was 


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11 


destroyed  in  the  flood  of  1889  and 
was  rebuilt  during  the  same  year.  A 
former  aqueduct  stood  just  a  few 
rods  north  of  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent ruins.  This  one  broke  down 
while  a  boat  belonging  to  one  Wal- 
lace Arndt,  of  Selinsgrove,  was  pass- 
ing through  it. 

At  this  aqueduct  fishing  was  par- 
ticularly good,  and  on  Ascensiion  Day, 
Fourth  of  July  and  on  other  holi- 
day occasions,  the  lads  and  lassies 
for  miles  round  would  gather  here 
to  fish  and  picnic  and  have  gala 
times. 

On  the  point  of  the  Isle  of  Que,  op- 
posite  the  aqueduct,  many  arrow 
points  and  other  Indian  implements 
have  been  exhumed  or  washed  out 
by  erosion  caused  by  floods  in  the 
river.  Close  to  the  southern  extrem- 
ity is  another  tiny  island,  a  favor- 
ite spot  for  campers.  It  is  known 
as  Paw-Paw  island,  owing  to  the 
trees  of  that  name  growing  upon  it. 
Here,  too  a  rope  ferry  connects  the 
state  road  with  Hoover's,  Hall's  or 
Pine's  island.  This  island  is  also  a 
famous  resort  for  picniicers  and  sum- 
mer boarders.  The  cliffs  on  the 
right  hand  of  the  road  are  very 
high  and  very  steep.  On  a  projec- 
tion of  one  of  the  highest  of  these 
declivities  are  still  plainly  visible, 
the  remains  of  an  eagle's  nest,  prob- 
ably the  last  eagle  in  this  vicin- 
ity. The  writer  remembers  it  well. 
It  was  shot  and  killed  by  E.  E.  Dau- 
bert,  many  years  ago  and  was  mount- 
ed by  Rev.  Spahn,  a  local  taxider- 
mist. For  some  time  thereafter  it 
was  on  exhibition  in  a  store  window 
at  Kantz. 

In  the  river  just  below  the  Paw- 
Paw  island  is  a  ledge  of  rock  ex- 
tending diagonally  across  the  stream. 
It  marks  perhaps  the  most  southern 
limit  of  a  French  incursion  during 
the  Indian  wars.  These  rocks  are 
exposed  during  low  water  and  it  is 
said  the  expedition  was  abandoned 
because  the  French  boats  were  snag- 
ged on  the  rocks  and  the  shallows 
immediately  beyond. 

This  ledge  is  known  as  Flory's  rif- 
fles. One  writer  claims  the  name 
was  taken  from  that  of  the  command- 
er of  the  French  party-Fleury.  We, 
however,  think  this  is  a  mistake,  and 
that  the  name  was  given  because 
one  John  Flory,  a  fisherman  whose 
hut  stood  on  the  river  tank  not  far 
from  the  house  of  Gabriel  Wise. 
In  the   Register's  office  appears   the 


following  will  "August  2,  1856— The 
last  will  and  testament  of  Elizabeth 
Flory — I  hereby  give  and  bequeath 
to  Samuel  Gemberling,  Sr.,  in  con- 
sideration of  his  care  and  kindness 
to  me,  during  life,  all  my  property, 
real  and  personal,  viz:  a  certain 
house  and  lot  which  I  now  occupy, 
situate  on  the  tow-path  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna Canal,  about  three-fourths 
of  a  mile  below  the  Penns  Creek  a- 
queduct.  Bounded  north  by  land  of 
Jacob  Fisher,  south  of  land  of  Dani- 
el Witmer,  and  now  being  of  sound 
mind,  I  hereby  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  the  year  and  date  above  writ- 
ten. Elizabeth  Flory  X.  (her  mark) 
Witnesses  present:  Frederick  Speck 
and   H.   P.   Hottenstein. 

Leaving  these  headlands,  we  reach 
a  more  open  country  in  which  the 
roadway  for  several  miles  skirts  the 
now  abandoned  canal.  The  canal 
lies  just  between  the  road  and  the 
Susquehanna  river. 

The  scenery  at  this  point  is 
exceptional.  Across  the  river  grace- 
fully rises  the  lordly  Mahanoy,  tow- 
ering high  above  everything  for  fif- 
ty miles  round,  it  presents  a  picture 
of  exquisite  grandeur.  Being  particu- 
larly susceptible  to  color  changes, 
brought  about  by  different  seasons 
and  by  atmospheric  conditions,  this 
mountain  is  worthy  the  brush  of  an 
artist.  Beautiful,  magnifioient,  sub- 
line, it  dominates  the  landscape. 

The  river  here,  too,  sweeping  plac- 
idly before  you,  adds  to  the  picture. 
It  presents  its  silvery  expanse,  stud- 
ded with  willow  fringed  islands; 
flecked  with  patches  of  green  and 
here  and  there  is  seen  a  row  boat, 
a  fisherman  or  water  break  and  re- 
flecting upon  its  mirrored  bosom,  the 
island,  the  mountain  and  the  sky.  We 
are  almost  tempted  to  remain  at 
this  one  spot,  but  we  must  pass  on. 

We  arrive  at  Dundore  a  small  ham- 
let named  for  Nathan  T.  Dundore,  a 
son-in-law  of  Judge  Witmer,  who  was 
a  prominent  citizen  in  his  day.  Judge 
Witmer  was  a  giant  in  stature.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  Associate  Judges 
of  Snyder  County  and  held  that  po- 
sition during  the  Civil  War,  and  was 
particularly  interested  in  the  welfare 
of  the  public  schools.  His  house  and 
store  building  are  still  standing  and 
are  in  a  remarkable  state  of  pres- 
ervation. 

The  residence  was  formerly  one  of 
the  stage  coach  and  canal  taverns. 
It  was  known  as  the  "Drag  Hotel." 
There  was  a  spike  tooth  harrow,  in 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  I". 


"ye  olden  time"  hanging  from  a 
beam  as  a  sign.  Many  Yankee  riv- 
ermen  secured  lodging  and  nourish- 
ment within  the  walls  of  this  hos- 
telry and  the  name  "Drag  Hotel," 
was  given  by  them.  Drag,  in  Yan- 
kee vernacular  being  the  equivalent 
of  harrow.  Judge  Witmer's  father  vol- 
untarily closed  the  doors  of  his  ho- 
tel, because  he  thought  the  selling 
of  booze  was  not  conducive  to  the 
best  citizenship. 

On  this  Witmer  farm,  which  con- 
sisted of  several  hundred  acres,  is 
located  an  Indian  burial  ground,  and 
the  second  ravine  below  the  build- 
ings is  known  to  this  day  as  Indian 
Hollow.  An  aged  lady  told  the 
writer  that  the  last  Indians  of  the 
community  had  their  lodges  there, 
though  she  herself  remembered  noth- 
ing of  them. 

We  now  arrive  at  the  forks  of 
the  road  just  above  Port  Trevorton. 
The  one  going  to  the  right  is  the 
State  road.  We  take  that,  mount  a 
short  hill  so  that  we  can  overlook 
the  buildings  of  the  other  road  and 
the  river.  In  the  river  the  remains 
of  piers  that  supported  a  railroad 
and  driving  bridge  for  a  period  of 
twenty  years,  from  18'54  to  the  early 
seventies.  (More  will  be  said  about 
this  bridge  in  a  separate  article) 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  a  bill  has  pass- 
ed the  Legislature  for  an  appropri- 
'  ation  for  a  state  bridge  at  this 
place.  A  bill  was  passed  by  the  last 
previous  Assembly,  but  was  vetoed 
by  the  governor  because  of  insuffi- 
cient funds  at  that  time.  We  hope 
since  the  state  has  no  indebtedness, it 
will  meet  with  a  better  fate  at  this 
time. 

Going  back  to  the  lower  road  we 
find  one  hotel,  the  National.  There 
were  two  others  formerly  on  this 
street,  known  as  Water  street,  one 
was  destroyed  by  fire  several  years 
ago,  and  a  brick  hotel  was  torn  down 
about  1872  because  of  the  widening 
of  the  canal.  This  brick  hotel  was 
one  of  the  most  prominent  along  the 
river,  located  by  the  canal  lock,  on- 
ly a  short  distance  from  the  river 
bridge,  it  harbored  and  fed  thous- 
ands of  boatmen,  raftsmen,  travel- 
ers by  stage  and  by  packet  boat. 
This  for  a  considerable  time  was  the 
Packet  terminal  and  when  the  N.  C. 
Road  was  completed  only  to  Hern- 
don,  traffic  and  travel  was  transfer- 
red by  this  bridge  to  packet  and 
thence    to    Sunbury    to    the    P.    &    E. 


road.  Among  the  noteworthy  land- 
lords of  this  house  were  Thornton,, 
who  later  went  to  Akron,  Ohio,  and 
became  so  prominent  politically  that 
a  street  and  park  of  that  city  are 
named  after  him.  Another  was  Dani- 
el Mulliner,  who  had  a  pair  of  edu- 
cated mules,  and  whose  tricks  both 
of  master  and  animals,  were  so  clev- 
er and  ludicrous  that  people  travel- 
ed for  miles  to  see  them.  Still  an- 
other was  Ira  Sears,  whose  boast  it 
was  that  in  his  bar  room  a  new  bar- 
rel of  whiskey  was  opened  with  the 
rising  of  the  sun  each  day.  This  was 
at  the  National  House. 

On  this  lower  street  also,  were  the 
oM  store  stands  of  Bogar  and  Postle- 
wait,  Hoffman  &  Bro,  Bogar  and 
Forsyther  etc.  The  old  saw  and 
plainirg  mill  whose  droning  hum 
blended  with  the  falling  of  waters 
of  the  carol  feeder,  and  made  a  de- 
lightful music.  There  too,  was  the 
old  Toll  House  and  telegraph  office, 
the  Ferry  that  came  after  the  bridge 
was  gone,  and  its  quaint  rivermen. 

Up  the  hill  we  go  again  to  the 
state  road,  passing  the  Sons  of  Vet- 
erans' hall,  then  the  post  office  and 
stores.  We  come  to  the  school 
house.  At  the  above  mentioned  hall 
and  at  the  school  house  we  find 
two  large  Civil  war  cannon,  mounted 
and  pointed  toward  Europe.  This  pre- 
sents quite  a  military  aspect.  But 
the  cannon  were  presents  of  the  U. 
S.  Government.  This  section  was 
rather  exceptionally  patriotic,  and 
wns  the  home  of  many  soldiers.  In 
this  village  also  lived  Dr.  Wm.  W. 
Lamb,  whose  dream  of  Heaven  cre- 
ated a  wide  spread  sensation  and 
was  published  by  the  Philadelphia  pa- 
pers. 

Going  along  we  come  to  Arnold's 
confectionery.  Opposite  this  were 
once  rather  flourishing  clay  pits 
where  a  superior  clay  was  taken  out 
and  transported  by  boat  to  Harris- 
burg,  for  the  manufacture  of  pot- 
tery. A  littL  farther  on  to  the  left 
was  the  large  canal  basin,  in  the 
middle  of  which  stood  a  massive  piece 
of  trestle  work  with  coal  chutes,  a- 
bout  800  feet  in  length,  supporting 
three  railroad  tracks.  Here  as  many 
as  forty  boats  a  day  were  loaded 
with    coal    for    the    seaboard. 

Another  eight  mile  and  the  old 
Blosser  Hotel,  later  known  as  the 
Snake  House  is  reached.  It  is  now 
used  as  a  confectionery.  A  few  rods 
more  and  we  reach  the  first  of  four 
remarkable    plantations,    each    having 


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13 


a    massive    stone    mansion  and  each 
formerly  having  had  stone  barns. 

Col.  W.   G.    Herrold's   Plantation. 

The  first  one  embraced  several 
hundred  acres  of  timberland  and 
cleared  land.  On  it  were  found  in 
its  palmiest  days  besides  the  man- 
sions, 2  large  saw  mills  and  a 
grist  mill,  half  a  dozen  dwellings,  in- 
cluding the  residence  of  Col.  M.  T. 
Heintzelman,  208  Regt;  Boatman's 
home,  now  owned  by  Wm.  M.  Boyer, 
which  contains  store  and  G.  A.  R. 
Hall;  besides  school  building,  tobac- 
co sheds,  trout  ponds  etc.  Col.  Her- 
rold  was  a  man  of  imposing  appear- 
ance, and  was  an  adept  politician.  He 
was  the  first  prothonotary  of  Sny- 
der County  and  served  several  terms, 
as  Assembly  man.  On  this  planta- 
tion.opposite  the  school  house.below 
the  mansion  house,  i  a  little  old 
cemetery  in  which  the  "forefathers 
of  the  hamlet  sleep."  Also  here 
rests  the  remains  of  "Long  John,  a 
christianized  Indian."  Mother  Herrold 
pointed  out  the  grave  to  the  writer, 
many  years  ago,  but  could  give  no 
definite  information  concerning  him, 
other  than  that.  Just  below  the 
school  house  stood  an  old  white  wash- 
ed hut.  In  it  for  many  years  lived 
a  colored  man  by  the  name  Moses 
Goodwin.  He  claimed  to  be  an  ex- 
slave,  and  when  children  were  bad, 
mothers  curbed  the  effervescing  ex- 
uberance by  saying  "Mosey  Goodwin 
coming. "North  of  the  school  house 
there  is  a  road  now  used  as  a  pri- 
vate farm  road,  but  once  a  public 
road,  branched  off  and  crossed  the 
hills  toward  Verdilla  and  Kantz.  We 
have  on  good  authority  that  the 
equipment,  cannon  and  supplies,  for 
Fort  Augusta,  were  dragged  up  this 
round  about  way  to  avoid  ambush- 
ments  along  the  river.  Up  the  gully 
by  the  school  house,  David  S.  Her- 
rold still  points  out  mounds  and  fire 
places    of    Indian    times. 

Brubaker  Farm. 
Down  the  road,  one  fourth  mile, 
we  find  the  second  stone  house. 
This  too,  had  its  own  sawmill,  ceme- 
tery and  below  it  we  find  the  gin- 
seng gardens  of  J.  S.  Stauffer.  Sev- 
eral acres  of  trellis  work,  stripped 
with  plasterers  lath  to  allow  the 
light  to  fall  through,  as  the  sheen 
in  a  forest,  to  produce  natural  con- 
ditions without  interfering  with  the 
cultivation  as  trees  and  roots  would. 
A  few  hundred  yards  and  the  hand- 
some cottage  of  the  late  General  E. 


C.  Williams  is  before  us.  The  Gen- 
eral merits  a  separate  article,  which 
will  appear  later.  However,  we 
will  say  he  was  an  officer  in  both 
the  Mexican  and  Civil  Wars  and  al- 
ways claimed  the  honor  of  being  the 
first         volunteer         sworn  into 

service  for  the  defense  of  the  Uni- 
on. He  was  prominent  in  State  and 
National  politics.  Thousand  of  trav- 
elers yearly  pass  this  place  without 
suspecting  that  it  contains  priceless 
relics  of  these  wars,  a  magnificent 
library,  Indian  costumes,  pictures 
and  paintings  and  candlelabra  that 
were  on  exhibition  at  the  centenial 
of  1876,  besides  many  quaint  and  cu- 
rious things  brought  from  the  Adriat- 
ic countries  and  the  Levant. 

Geo.  Herrold  Farm 

Just  below  is  the  third  stone  house, 
probably  the  first  in  point  of  age. 
This  was     owned     and   built   by 

Geo.  Herrold,  the  father  of  the  Col- 
onel. This  plantation  had  a  saw 
mill,  grist  mill,  still  standing,  but 
not  standing  still,  a  distillery,  a 
store  house,  a  hotel  building  said  to 
have  been  built  in  1777,  and  still 
standing  now  occupied  by  Levi  Reich- 
enbach.  Here  is  also  the  store  of 
Attirger  and  Herrold.  Just  below 
the  Run  is  the  cemetery  and  Unit- 
ed Brethren  church. 

John    Herrold    Farm 

One  fourth  mile  farther  is  the 
foumh  stone  house,  as  the  next 
above  fronting  the  canal.  This  was 
built  1  efore  the  canal  and  we  believe 
did  once  face  the  road,  but  the  road 
gave  place  to  the  canal.  This  is 
now  owned  by  the  Rev.  S.P.Brown, 
Reformed  minister,  who  will  no 
doubt  write  the  history  in  detail. 
This  also  had  its  factories  and  fish- 
eries and  distillery.  A  curious  fact 
is  that  these  stone  buildings  had 
no  outside  cellar  entrances  until 
recently. 

We  arrive  at  Independence.  With 
its  stage  coach  hotel  and  boat  yards, 
now  a  drowsy  hamlet,  but  once  very 
much  alive.  This  too  was  principal- 
ly owned  by  the  Herrolds.  Levi 
Herrold  ex-sheriff  lived  here,  later 
he  moved  to  Akron  Ohio,  where  he 
was  instrumental  in  locating  the  coun 
ty  seat  of  Summit  county.  We  have 
been  told  he  became  Sheriff  of  that 
county  and  also  mayor  of  the  city. 
He  lies  buried  in  the  Glendale  cem- 
etery of  that  city.  In,  fact  this 
family  once  owned  most  of  the  land 
in  a  five  mile  square,  and  much     of 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


it  is  still  held  by  them.  The  old 
hotel  is  one  of  the  most  striking 
still  in  existence  along  the  river. 
This  is  one  of  the  oldest  hotels  a- 
long  the  Penna.  Canal.  This  tavern 
was  opened  originally  by  George  Her- 
rold,  iD  1784,  and  became  a  stopp- 
ing place  on  the  stage  route.  The 
old  sign  still  hangs  out  and  has 
painted  on  it  the  State  coat  of  Arms 
and  the  words,  "Virtue,  Lib- 
erty and  Independence,"  from  which 
the  village  took  its  name.  It  was 
the.  place  where  horses  were  chang- 
ed in  the  days  of  the  old  Concord 
coaches. 

Going  along  to  the  southern  end 
of  the  village  we  notice  the  state- 
ly Suffel  mansion  on  a  bluff,  wi'h 
the  river  before  it.  There  is  prob- 
ably no  more  pleasing  prospect  to 
be  had  along  the  river  than  from 
the  porch  of  this  mansion.  A  few 
rods  more,  the  Aaron  Moyer  estate 
is  reached,  another  beautiful  home. 
Just  below  now  occupied  by  Edward 
Moyer  is  the  old  building  with  a 
pump  before  it,  sometimes  known 
as  the  "Stag  House,"  patronized 
largely  by  raftsmen. 

In  an  issue  of  the  Union  Telegraph 
and  Anti-Masonic  Reporter,  under 
date  of  Nov.  5,  1828,  now  in  posses- 
sion of  the  writer,  we  find  inter 
alia  the  following  sale  notices:  "On 
Monday  the  17th  day  of  November, 
next;  will  be  sold,  at  the  late  dwel- 
ling house  of  John  Leiter,  deed,  in 
Chapman  township,  Union  county,  by 
public  vendue,  the  following  property 
viz:  a  most  excellent  farm,  situat- 
ed in  said  township,  and  county, 
containing  80  acres  more  or  less,  ad- 
joining lands  of  Geo.  and  Philip  Ear- 
mold, and  others,  and  the  Susquehan- 
na River.  Thereon  is  erected  a  two 
story  log  dwelling  house,  and  barn ; 
with  several  never  failing  springs 
of  water,  and  a  good  Orchard  of  dif- 
ferent kinds  of  fruit.  About  50  acres 
thereof  is  cleared  and  in  a  good  state 
of  cultivation.  Also  at  the  same 
time  and  place  will  te  sold  by  pub- 
lic verdue,  to  wit:  the  well  krown 
tavern  stand.on  the  road  leading  from 
Selinsgrove  to  Liverpool,  near  the 
Canal  now  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Mil- 
ler. The  house  is  large  and  con- 
venient to  accommodate  travelers  and 
others,  with  good  stabling  and  a 
never  failing  pump  of  water,  near 
the  house  with  4  acres  of  good  cul- 
tivated land.  Sale  to  commence  at 
10  o'clock  on  said  day,  where  due 
attendance  will   be  given,  and   terms 


of  sale  made  known  by  Jacob  Bru- 
bacher,  George  Leiter  Executors. 
Sept.  24.  N.  B.  Persons  wishing  to 
see  the  above  land,  may  call  on  said 
Brubacker,  who  lives  near  the  prem- 
ises." 

We  glide  along  a  mile  or  more  hav 
ing  a  view  of  the  river  passing  the 
ferry  to  the  village  of  McKees  Half 
Falls,  which  is  owned  we  believe  in 
its  entirety,  with  the  exception  of 
one  house,'  by  John  S.  Rine.  Here 
there  are  rapids  in  the  river.  Here 
too  the  scenery  is  entrancingly  beau- 
tiful and  romantic.  A  large  brick 
hotel  built  by  Col.  Hilbish,  stands 
by  the  right  of  the  road,  taking  place 
of  the  stone  one  built  by  Judge 
Walls,  who  located  here  and  later 
moved  to  Lewisburg.  He  was  th^ 
father-in-law  of  Judge  Bucher.  Mc- 
Kees has  a  romantic  side  but  we 
dare  only  stop  to  mention  that  its 
best  days  were  when  the  canal  was 
the  chief  highway  of  commerce.  Here 
a1  out  the  country  was  patented  to 
Thomas  McKee,  the  Indian  Trader, 
and   was   named   for  him. 

Here  it  was  that  Kishocoquillas  the 
Indian  chief,  died  while  on  a  fish- 
ing expedition,  and  from  where  he 
was  taken  on  horseback  by  the  In- 
dian path  to  his  home  on  the  Juni- 
ata, followed  by  a  wierd  procession 
of  wailing  savages.  Here  it  was 
that  lately  the  traveling  public  were 
entertained,  by  the  late  genial 
W.  P.  Kerste+ter,  who  by  his 
personality  and  generous  victuals  at- 
tracted thousands  of  travelers.  On 
a  Sunday  it  was  not  uncommon  to 
have  several  hundreds  for  dinner. 
Auton  obile  parties,  duck  hunters  and 
fi^herr  en  in  great  numbers  were 
entertained  at  this  place. 

We  leave  the  river  and  travel  a 
short  distance  passing  the  United 
Brethren  church  and  the  HaLls 
church.  We  leave  several  miles 
to  the  right  the  old  Grufcb's  church, 
which  is  said  to  have  been  erected 
before  1773.  John  Shar  orry,  who 
built  the  church  was  buried  there 
in  1774.  The  second  church,  substan- 
tial brick  structure  was  erected  in 
1876.  Below  the  Hall's  church  we 
come  to  the  o'd  store  residence  of 
the  late  Jerry  Hall,  to  our  right 
and  left  sweep  away  the  old  Sechrist 
meadows,  one  of  the  first  spots  a- 
N  ng  the  river  to  claim  permanent 
settlers.  In  a  snail  spot  in  the 
midst  of  a  field  fenced  in  with  an 
ordinary    post    and    rail    fence,      the 


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15 


remains  of  the  original  pioneers  the 
Sechrists,  for  whom  the  meadows 
were  named.  Now  we  come  to  tho 
Mahantongo  Creek  spanned  by  an 
Iron  bridge. 

Mahantongo  Creek  Bridge  on  the 
line  between  Snyder  and  Juniata  Co. 
Tn  1815  Frederick  Moyer,  of  Free- 
burg,  took  the  contract  to  build  this 
bridge  for  $1800.  In  Aug.  1816,  a 
freshet  came  and  washed  away  his 
piers;  in  Sept.  the  same  year  ar- 
other  freshet  came  and  washed  a- 
way  his  lumber.  He  applied  to 
court  for  more  money  stating  the 
bridge  cost  him  $3600.  The  grand 
jury  awarded  him  $600  extra  compen- 


sation. 

The  old  stone  bridge  was  of  Ro- 
man architecture,  containing  three 
arches,  one  being  exceedingly  large, 
to  admit  the  passages  of  arks.  The 
bridge  stood  the  test  of  time  for 
more  than  a  century,  and  has  now 
been  replaced  with  an  iron  bridge. 
The  old  stone  bridge  was  so  well 
built  that  dynamite  had  to  be  used 
to  make  room  for  the  new  structure. 
The  old  stone  mansion  just  across 
the  stream  in  Juniata  county  was 
built  in  1792  and  has  now  stood  for 
123  years,  and  for  65  years  was  in 
the  Weiser  family.  Mar.  1915  it 
was  sold  to  I.  J.  Freed,  of  Middle- 
burg. 


REVOLUTIONARY  SOLDIERS  OF 


The  POST  this  week  begins  the  pub- 
lication of  a  list  of  soldiers  of  the 
Revolutionary  War  of  Union  County  and 
Snvder  County,  or  in  other  words  ot 
Union  County  before  Snyder  county  was 
erected. 

The  list  includes  a  number  of  differ- 
ent compilations  from  a  variety  or 
different  sources,  but  largely  from 
lists  made  by  Mrs.  W  C.  Bartol,  o 
Eewisburg,  Rev.  A.  Stapleton  and  the 
Editor    of    the    POST. 

This  is  the  most  complete  list  of 
Revolutionary  soldiers  of  this  section 
that  has  been  compiled  because  it 
a  combination  of  at  least  three  ditte 
int  lists.  Those  who  are  interested  in 
the  same  should  cut  out  the  list  for 
preservation.  If  a  reader  know  of  any 
omissions,  errors,  or  corrections  that 
should  be  made,  we  shall  be  glad  to 
receive    the    same. 

The      following      is    the     list    as      now 
compiled: 
*      Albright       Frederick.      lived    in      Penn 
township,    1776-87.      Private   Northumber- 
land   county    mihtia. 

Allen  John,  lived  White  Deer  twp. 
1778-80.  Ensign,  Northumberland  to. 
militia  Son  of  Samuel  and  Lavima  Al- 
len,  of  White  Deer. 

Allen  Robert,  lived  White  Deer,  1786- 
7  Private  Robinson's  Rangers,  son  of 
Samuel  Allen  of  White  Deer,  died 
1779,    and    Lavinia. 

Allison,  Archibald,  Jr.,  lived  White 
Deer  1780-87;  born  in  rleland,  April 
15  1761;  died  May  3,  1845,  at  feprin,. 
Mills  Pa.  One  of  the  party  that  went 
to  brine  the  Samples  away  from  White 
Deer   in    1779;    at   John   Lee's   shortly   al- 


ter the  massacre  near  Winfield,  Pa., 
and  helped  pursue  the  Indians  He 
married  May  7,  1789,  Eleonar  McCor- 
micK. 

Allison,  David,  lived  White  Deer, 
1783-7  Private  Northumberland  county 
militia. 

Anderson,  Thomas,  lived  Buffalo  town- 
ship 1775,  Private  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

»'  Anderson,  William,  lived  in  Penn 
township,  1781-7.  Private  Northumber- 
land   Co.     militia. 

Antes  Philip,  lived  Buffalo  township 
1781.    Sergeant    Robinson's   Rangers. 

Armstrong,  Wm,  lived  Buffalo,  1775- 
87.   Robinson's  Rangers. 

Arnold  Lorentz,  lived  Penn  township. 
1776-80.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Auble,  Conrad,  buried  Mlflinburg  ce- 
metery.   Revolutionary    soldier. 

Augustine  Hieronimus,  lived  Penn 
township,  1776-1800,  weaver.  ™vate, 
Cant  John  Clark's  company,  3rd  bat- 
talFon  Northumberland  Co.  Associators. 
1776,  Northumberland  Co.  Rangers. 
»  Ault  Michael,  lived  Penn  township, 
1776-87.       Private,     Northumberland     Co. 

mlAumiller  Conrad,  lived  Penn  township. 
1778     Private,    Northumberland    Co.    mil- 

E1Auraend  ^"cob*  lived  Buffalo  tW£, 
i*7*  87  ■lived  later  in  Reading.  Pa. 
Private  Northumberland  Co.  mill** 
Son  of  John  Aurand  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
Pontius. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Aurand,  John,  born  Strassebersbad 
Germany,     Sept.    25,    1725;     died  East 

Buffalo  twp.,  now  Union  Co.,  March 
30,  1807;  buried  Dreisbach's  church,  un- 
marked. Member  of  committee  of 
safety,  Buffalo  twp.,  Northumberland 
Co.,  Feb.  1777.  He  married  Mary 
Elizabeth  Pontius,  daughter  of  John 
Pontius  and  Anna  Catherine  Zellers, 
married    1743. 

Aurand,  (the  Reverend)  John  Deitrich 
lived  Buffalo  twp.,  1776-86;  born  1760 
at  Maiden  Creek;  died  April  24,  1831. 
Water  Street,  Huntingdon  Co.,  buried  in 
the  churchyard  there.  Private,  Col. 
Stewart's  Regt.,  Wayne's  brigade,  1778- 
81.  Afterwards  minister  German  Reform- 
ed church. 
Q  Baker,  William,  Esq.,  born  1765,  died 
1863,  aged  98,  buried  at  Baker's  church 
Snyder  Co.  At  the  age  of  16  took  his 
father's    place    in    the    war. 

Baldy,  Christopher,  lived  Buffalo, 
1785-87.  Kept  tavern  at  Buffalo  Cross 
Roads,  1802.  Cant.  Geo.  Nagel's  com- 
pany, Col.  Wm.  Thompson's  bat.  of 
riflemen,  1775;  Sergt  Capt.  Nicholas 
Schaeffer's  company,  First  bat.  Berks 
county  militia,  Jan.  1777.  He  married 
first  Susanna,  who  died  July  27,  1808, 
aged  52;  married  second  Eve,  widow  of 
Daniel  Metzgar,  hotel'  keeper  at  Lew- 
is burg. 

Barber,  Robert,  died  Nov.  1841;  91 
years;  buried  Lewis  cemetery,  Union 
Co.  Pensioner,  lived  West  Buffalo  twp., 
1840;  89  years;  Lieut,  of  1st  Co., 
Hempfield  twp.,  Lancaster  Co.  Associat- 
ors.  His  brother,  James  was  Captain, 
and  his  brother  Samuel  2nd  Lieut,  and 
his  son  John  a  private  in  this  company. 
He  moved  from  Lancaster  Co.  to  Buf- 
falo Valley  about  1784  and  settled  at 
the    White    Springs,     where    he  died. 

He  married  Sarah  Taylor,  Sept.  16,  1746, 
at    Tinicum    Island. 

XBard,  Jacob,  lived  Penn  twp.,  177S- 
87.    Lieut.,    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Barkelow,  James  lived  in  W.  Buffalo 
township  Union  Co.  Served  in  the  Fly- 
ing  Camp. 

Barnhart,  Mathias,  lived  Buffalo  twp, 
1778-87;  died  East-Buffalo,  1794.  Pri- 
vate,   Northumberland   Co.    militia. 

Bashore,  John  Michael,  born  Bethel 
twp.,  Berks  Co.,  killed  by  Indians  Uni- 
on Co.,  early  in  July,  1778;  buried  on 
Susquehanna  river  bank;  lived  Buffalo 
twp.,  1774.  Member  of  county  commit- 
tee chosen  by  Bethel  twp.,  Lancaster 
Co.,  1775-6.  He  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  Peter  Swartz,  Sr.  of  White 
Deer. 

Beaver,  Adam,  (Beeber),  born  Ger- 
many, July  7,  1754;  died  Lycoming  Co. 
March  16,  1842.  Pensioner.  Private, 
PM.  Union  County,  Feb.  12,  1833;  78 
years;     fought    in    the     battle    of  the 

Brandywine.  After  the  battle  he  was 
detailed  with  others  to  carry  wounded. 
While  they  were  thus  engaged  some 
British    came    in    sight,    at    whom  he 

took  a  shot.  While  he  was  engaged  in 
the  act  of  shooting,  a  ball  from  the 
British  struck  him  on  his  chest  and 
clove  in  two  a  button  on  his  coat, 
wihteh  he  kept  all  his  life  as  a  relic. 
He   married   Magdaline   Rebo;-. 

Beatom,  Jacob,  lived  Union  Co.,  1835 
of  9th  Pa.  Line.  His  pension  applica- 
tion reads,  "Beetum,  Jacob,  of  Exeter 
twp.,  Berks  Co.,  applied  for  pension. 
A  laborer,  aged  24  years.  He  enlisted 
in  the  9th  Pa.,  and  in  August,  1778, 
was  drafted  into  the  light  infantry  com- 


manded by  Col.  Richard  Butler,  Capt. 
George  Grant's  Co.,  on  20th  of  same 
month  while  on  a  party  commanded  by 
Major  Stewart,  was  surprised  by  Em- 
rich  s  Corps  and  others  of  the  enemy 
near  Valentine's  Hill  between  Tucka- 
hoe  and  Kings  Bridge,  was  wounded  in 
the  head  and  arms  with  swords,  also 
received  other  wounds,  and  was  taken 
prisoner.  Afterwards,  being  disabled 
from  said  wounds,  he  was  put  in  Col- 
on Nicholas  corps  of  invalids.  May 
to  July,  1780,  and  was  discharged  from 
same    as    unfit    for    duty. 

Beatty.  Alexander,  died  1787  at  New 
Berlin  where  he  settled  in  1769  and  es- 
tablished the  first  tannery  in  the  valley. 
Private,    Northumberland   Co.    militia. 

Beatty,  Hugh,  lived  near  New  Berlin 
1775-1800.  Pensioner.  PM,  1833;  81  years 
Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
Son    of   Alexander    Beatty,    died    1787. 

Beatty,  John,  lived  near  New  Berlin, 
1776-87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co..  3rd  battalion,  Northumberland  Co. 
Associators,  1776;  Private  Robinson's 
Rangers.  Son  of  Alexander  Beatty,  di- 
ed 1787. 

Benfer,  John  George,  born  1745,  died 
1839,    buried    at    New    Berlin. 

Bennet,  William,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1775.  First  Lieut.,  Capt.  Samuel  Dale's 
company,  Col.  James  Potter's  Second 
bat.     Northumberland  county  militia. 

Betz,  Solomon,  died  Oct.  23,  1837,  aged 
81;  buried  Dreisbach's  cemetery.  Berks 
county    militia. 

Bickel,    Henry,     lived    Buffalo  twp., 

1775-81;  killed  by  Indians  in  1781  in 
Dry  Valley.  Private,  Northumberland 
Co.,  Rangers.  His  widow,  Esther  Re- 
-gina,   later  married  George   Schoch. 

Bickel,  Jacob,  born  1757;  died  1852; 
95  years  old;  buried  Kratzerville  ceme- 
tery, now  Snyder  Co.  Pensioner,  pri- 
vate and  lieut.,  PL,  Union  Co.,  Feb. 
1833:  75  years;  pensioner,  lived  Union 
twp.,  1840;  85  years,  private  Capt.  Mart- 
in Weaver's  Co.,  of  Lancaster  county 
militia.  Col.  John  Rogers.  He  married 
Maria  Magdalena  Ulrich.  He  is  oldest 
man  buried  in  Kratzerville  Cemetery. 
He  brought  home  from  the  war  his  mus 
ket  accoutrements  and  uniforms  as  rel- 
ics. He  spent  his  declining  days  with 
Samuel  Ulrich  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by    John    Kline. 

,  Bickle,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

.  Bickle,  Simon,  lived  Penn  twp.  1778- 
87.  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Bickle,   Thomas,   lived  Penn  twp.,   177S- 

86.  Private,  Northumberland  Coun- 
ty,    militia. 

.-.  Bickel,    Tobias,    lived    Penn    twp,    1775- 

87.  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mil- 
itja. 

Bilbee,  John,  lived  1778-80.  Buffalo 
twp.  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

Billman,  Dewalt,  pensioner.  Private 
PL.,  lived  rnion  Co..  Oct.  20,  1820: 
8l  years.  Enlisted  Reading,  Pa.,  17*1 
in  Capt.  "Wm.  Lusk's  Co..  transferred 
in  1782  to  Capt.  Jacob  .Bower's  Co., 
2nd  Regt.  He  was  the  founder  of  the 
Bellman  family:  John  G.  Conser,  Esq., 
was  married  to  his  daughter. 
»  Bingamen,  Frederick,  born  Jan.  15, 
1755:  died  Beaver  twp.,  Oct.  30.  1845: 
buried  Troxelville  cemetery,  now  Snyder 
Co.       Served    in    militia    under    Gen.    Tas. 


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Potter  and  was  in  the  batttle  of  the 
Brandywine.  He  married  Christina  Huf- 
nagle,   born   May  3,   1758. 

Bitting,  Joseph,  pensioner,  private  and 
sergeant.,  PM,  lived  White  Deer,  Union 
Co.,    1840;    83    years. 

Blair,  Samuel,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
17S1,       Private,     Northumberland  Co. 

militia. 

Blythe,  William,  died  ante,  1793.  An 
Indian    trader    at     Shippensburg,  Pa., 

1748;  Captain-Lieutenant,  commissioned 
Dec.  24,  1757  in  Pa.  Regt,  of  foot,  he 
continued  in  service  until  the  close  of 
the  Bouquet  expedition  to  the  Ohio 
and  participated  in  the  land  grants  in 
Buffalo  Valley;  an  officer  at  Fort  Au- 
gusta when  Col.  Burd  was  in  command 
1765  at  the  time  of  Frederick  Stump's 
murder  of  White  Mingo  and  other  In- 
•  dians  he  lived  in  a  cabin  on  Middle 
Creek,  and  the  Indians  called  at  "his 
place  before  they  went  to  Stump's.  He 
reported  the  murder  in  Philadelphia, 
Jan.  19,  1768,  and  received  two  grants 
of  land  for  this  information. 

Boatman,  Claudius,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1781-2;  died  about  1802,  Waterville,  Pa. 
Private.  Robinson's  Rangers;  received 
depreciation  pay,  Northumberland  Coun- 
ty, militia.  Mrs.  Boatman  and  a  daugh- 
ter were  killed  by  Indians  at  the  John 
Lee   massacre,    1782. 

Boatman,  Claudius,  Jr.,  lived  Buffalo 
twp.,  1781-2.  Received  depreciation  pay, 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  Son  of 
Claudius  Boatman. 
C  Bolender,  Adam,  lived  Penn  twp,  1775- 
87.  Private.  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

Bolender,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1775 
Private,     Northumberland     Co.     militia. 

Bollinger,   Adam,      member   of   commit- 
tee   of    safety,    Penn    twp.,    Northumber- 
land   Co.    Aug.    1776. 
Y    Boob,    George,    lived    Penn    twp,    1783- 
6.    Northumberland    county    militia. 

Book,     Conrad,     lived    Buffalo  twp., 

1778-82.  Private  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Books,  George,  West  Buffalo,  near 
Heimbach's,  buried  at  Dreisbachs;  Mar- 
tin Dreisbach,  Jr.,  was  married  to  his 
daughter  Sabina,  born  1762,  died  1819 
in  Fairfield  Co.  Ohio.  Mother  of  late 
Judge  Martin  Dreisbach  of  Lewisburg; 
was  a  private,  Northumberland  County, 
militia. 

Book,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1778- 
S0.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mil- 
itia. 

Boone,  Hawkins,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1775.  Killed  July  28,  1779,  at  Ft.  Free- 
land.  He  settled  at  mouth  of  Muddy 
Run  (near  present  Milton  Park)  where 
he  built  Ft.  Boone  and  a  log  mill. 
Second  Lieut.  Capt.  Samuel  Dale's  com- 
pany, Northumberland  Co.  Associators: 
Capt.  12th  Pa.  Line,  Oct.  1776  to  July, 
1778;  Capt.  6th  Regt.  Penna  Line  to 
death.  Said  to  be  a  cousin  of  Daniel 
Boone.  Detached  by  General  Washing- 
ton to  defend  the  frontier.  He  left 
a  widow,  Jane  (who  later  was  married 
to  Mr  Fontenbaugh  and  lived  at  Hali- 
fax, Pa.)  and  two  daughters.  He  was 
a  son  of  Squire  Boone  and  Sara  Mor- 
gan   (an   aunt   to  Col.   Daniel  Morgan. 

Boveard,  Jas.  died  East  Buffalo  twp. 
1808.  Private,  Capt.  David  Kilgore  s  Co. 
Sth  Pa  1776-1779;  private  and  captain, 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He  marri- 
ed Hannah  Beatty  a  rslster- 
of  Alexander  Beatty  of  New     Berlin,   di- 


ed 1787,  buried  at  New  Berlin.  Wife  di- 
ed  Nov.    21,    1847.    (Mrs.    Bartol). 

Boveard,  Lieut.  James,  of  French 
Hugenot  ancestry.  Came  to  America 
with  several  brothers  with  the  Scotch 
Irish.  Buried  1808  at  New  Berlin;  wife 
Agnes  was  a  sister,  not  daughter,  of 
Alex.  Beatty.  She  died  aged  91  years. 
Lies  by  his  side.  Granddaughter  Mrs. 
Agnes  Boveard  Snowden,  (named  after 
her)  now  living  at  Hughesville,  Pa., 
well  and  hearty  at  the  age  of  88  years. 
(Rev.   Stapleton) 

Bower,    Caspar,    lived    Buffalo         twp., 
1775-87;     died    East    Buffalo    twp.,    1794. 
Private,    Northumberland   Co.    militia. 
X Bower,    Daniel,    lived   Penn    twp.,    1781- 
6.    Private,    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Bower,    George,    lived    White  Deer, 

1820.  Pressed  in  fall  of  1777  as  a 
teamster;  had  charge  of  an  ammunition 
wagon  at  Valley  Forge;  drafted  in  June 
1778,  arrived  on  field  at  Monmouth  as 
battle  was  closing;  he  received  a  sword 
cut  on  his  knee  from  a  British  soldier 
in  ambush  by  the  road;  remembered 
seeing    Lafayette    at    Monmouth.  His 

daughter  Susan,  born  in  Lycoming  Co., 
married    John    Harbeson. 

Bower,  George,  lived  Union  twp.,  1776. 
Private,  Capt.  John  Clark's  Co.,  3rd 
battalion,  Northumberland  Co  Associat- 
ors, 1776;  private  Northumberland  Co. 
Militia,  private,  Lieutenant    Peter 

Grove's    Rangers.    1781. 

Bowerman,  John,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

\  Bowersox,  Paul  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
itia.  He  died  near  Middleburg,  1807; 
buried  at  Hassinger's  Cemetery,  Snyder 
Co. 

O  Rover.  Christian,  buried  Freeburg  ce- 
metery, now  Snyder  Co.  Revolutionary 
soldier.  Opened  a  store  in  Freeburg 
about  1797:  earlier  kept  the  first  store 
in  Washington  twp..  in  a  house  still 
standing  a  mile  north   of  Freeburg. 

Brady,  John,  Jr..  born  March  18.  1702: 
died  Dec.  10.  1808.  at  Milton,  Pa.,  buri- 
ed in  Rewisburg  cemetery.  In  his  fif- 
teenth year  he  had  gone  to  the  army 
to  ride  the  horses  home  for  his  fath- 
er, was  at  his  father's  side  with  a 
rifle  and  was  wounded  at  the  battle 
of  Brandywine;  private,  Northumberland 
Co  militia.  Son  of  Capt.  John  Brady, 
married  1755  Mary  Quigley.  He  marri- 
ed Jan.  26,  1785,  Jane  McCall,  died 
March  4,  1829;  62  years,  buried  beside 
him.     .Mrs.     Bartol). 

Brady,  John,  Jr.  If  John  Brady,  Jr.. 
belongs  to  the  list,  then  also  should 
his  father  Major  John  Brady,  Si.  and 
son  James  Brady,  both  killed  by  Indi- 
ans in  (now)  Lycoming  county  and 
Capt  Samuel  Brady,  the  Indian  fight- 
er The  father  (Maj.  John  Brady)  own- 
ed land  at  Mortonsville.  (Smoketown)  to 
which     his     widow    retired     after  his 

death,   and  where  she  died.    (Rev   Stap- 

Rraucher  Christian,  born  Allentown, 
Pa  Sept  21,  1758:  died  Hartley  twp., 
Union  Co.,  June  27.  1842:  buried  Laurel- 
ton  cemeterv.  Private,  Capt.  Jonn 
Corner's  Co.  3rd  battalion.  Northamp- 
ton  Co.  militia  1778  His  wife,  Susan- 
nan,   was  born  1761.   died  1834. 

Britton  Joseph,  born  Man*  r.WM. 
died  sei-'t  26  1830;  76  years;  burled 
Grubb's   churc'h,    now    Snydei    Co 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


sioner,  lived  Union  Co.,  private  PL. 
June  1,  1820;  79  years.  Enlisted  at 
John  Stetler's  tavern,  Limerick  twp., 
Montgomery  Co.,  Spring  of  1776,  Capt. 
Caleb  North's  Co.,  Col.  Anthony  Way- 
ne's Regt.,  marched  to  Ticonderoga.  A 
farmer,  with  his  wife  and  two  daugh- 
ters   in    1820. 

Brobst,  John,  born  1759  in  Berks  Co. ; 
died  1834,  probably  near  New  Berlin. 
Pensioner,  private  PM.,  Jan.  17,  1833; 
73  years;  lived  Union  Co.,  1777-8  He 
was  on  scouting  duty  and  in  1776  he 
was  a  private  in  the  Jersey  campaign. 
He    married    Catherine    Stumpfund. 

Brooner,  Jacob,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-87.  Died  West  Buffalo  twp.,  1805. 
Private,    Northumberland   Co.    militia. 

Brown,  Isaac.  Pensioner.  Sergt.  PL, 
May    15,    1820;    83   years;    lived   Union   Co. 

Brown,  John,  born  Pine  Grove  twp., 
Berks  Co.,  Nov.  12,  1756;  died  Buffalo 
Valley,  Dec.  13,  1838;  82  years;  buried 
Dreisbach's  church.  Private,  Capt.  Con- 
rad Sherman's  Co.,  6th  battalion,  Berks 
Co.  militia;  fought  in  battle  of  the 
Brandywine.  His  wife,  died  1806,  is  also 
buried   at   Dreisbach's   church. 

Brown,  Jonathan,  lived  Union  Co.,  1820 
62  years.  Private,  three  years  in  Capt. 
Elijah  Humphrey's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Doug- 
las    Regt.,     of     Connecticut. 

Brown,  Mathew,  born  Nov.  6,  1732, 
Paxtang  twp.,  Lancaster  Co.,  died  Apr. 
1777,  in  White  Deer  Hole  Valley  of 
camp  fever;  buried  in  field  north  of 
house  of  Lenard  G.  Meek  in  Gregg 
twp.,  Union  Co.  Member  of  committee 
of  safety,  White  Deer  twp.,  Northum- 
berland Co.,  Feb.  1776;  June  1776,  mem- 
ber of  Provincial  Council  which  met 
in  Philadelphia  to  dissolve  relations 
with  Great  Britain;  member  of  conven- 
tion to  adopt  first  constitution  of  Penn- 
sylvania, July  1776;  this  federal  consti- 
sylvania,  July  1776,  this  federal  constitu- 
tion he  signed  Sept.  28,  1776;  private, 
2nd  Pa.,  line,  enlisted  fall  of  1776.  He 
was  the  oldest  son  of  John  Brown  who 
came  from  Ulster,  Ireland  about  1720. 
His  wife,  Eleanor  Lytle,  died  August 
9.  1814,  is  buried  beside  him. 
V  Buchanan,  Daniel,  lived  Penn  twp, 
1783-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

•  Buckhannon,  James,  lived  Penn  Twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Burd,  Daniel,  lived  Union  Co.,  1820; 
75  years.  Enlisted  at  Amboy,  N.  J., 
Col.  James  Treddle's  Regt.,  served  five 
years,  nine  months  with  the  exception 
of  three  months  when  he  was  at  home 
sick;  wounded  in  left  thigh  at  Battle 
Hill    with    two   musket    balls. 

Burger,  Martin,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-80.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Burns,  Peter,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-87;  died  Buffalo  twp.,  1790.  Pri- 
vate   Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Callahan,  Patrick,  born  about  1742, 
died  1797.  Private  Capt.  John  Clark's 
Co.,  3rd  battalion,  Northumberland  Co., 
Ass'ociators,  1776,  and  wounded  at  Pis- 
cataway,  N.  J.,  Feb.  1,  1777.  Pension- 
er, lived  Union  Co.,  paid  to  March, 
1797. 

Campbell,  Alexander,  lived  White  Deer 
1783-6.  Private,  Northumberland  County 
militia. 

Campbell,  Cleary,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1779;  died  near  Howard,  Pa.,  August, 
1809.     Private,   Robinson's  Rangers. 


Campbell,  Daniel,  died  West  Buffalo 
April  22,  1793.  Private  Capt.  James 
Parr's  Co.,  1st  Pa.,  1776;  enlisted  for 
war;  served  during  whole  war.  He  mar- 
ried Catharine  Klinesmith,  she  marri- 
ed 2nd  Robt.Chambers.who  was  wound- 
ed in  17  80  by  Indians  when  she  and 
her  sister  Elizabeth  tried  to  escape 
from  their  captors  after  the  murder  of 
her  fahter  Baltzer  Klinesmith,  by  in- 
Uiaiis    in    Buffalo    Valley. 

Campbell,  John,  died  West  Buffalo, 
Oct.  27,  1838;  83  years.  Drafted  into  the 
militia  from  Derry  twp.,  Lancaster  Co,. 
1776;  served  under  Capt.  Robt.  McKee, 
arrived  in  Trenton  the  day  after  the 
capture  of  the  Hessians  and  went  thenc 
to  Norristown;  drafted  again  in  1777  and 
went  to  Trenton;  saw  British  horses 
and  wagons  brought  into  camp  and 
sold  at  auction;  his  third  tour  at  close 
of  war  was  in  a  company  commanded 
by  Lieut.  James  Laird;  they  lay  at 
Chestnut  Hill  awhile.  General  Potter 
and  Major  Stewart  had  a  quarrel  there 
about    the    militia    and    were    on  the 

point    of    fighting    it    out    with  their 

swords.  Buried  Buffalo  X  Roads  Pres- 
byterian Cemetery  (unmarked).  His  wife 
Martha,  born  July  14,  1771,  died  Nov. 
1827,  lies  beside  him.  They  had  11  chil- 
dren. 

Campbell,  McDonald,  lived  Union  Co. 
1820  born  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J.,  Feb.  12, 
1754;  died  Morrow  Co.,  Ohio,  Mar.  20, 
1845.  Fifer,  Capt.  John  Conway's  Co., 
Lieut.  Col.  Wm.  Wind's  Regt.,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line;  enlisted  at 
Woodbridge,     Nov.     11,     1775,     for  one 

year:  was  at  battle  of  Three  Rivers, 
Canada,  June  8,  1776;  discharged  at  Ti- 
conderoga; Capt.  Asher  Fitz  Randolph's 
Co.,  State  troops,  enlisted  Dec.  1776,  for 
one  year;  was  in  engagement  with 
British  at  Bonhamtown;  ensign,  Capt. 
Comb's  Co.,  State  troops,  Jan.,  1777; 
was  in  engagement  with  71st  British 
Uegt.  at  Bonhampton,  April  4,  1777;  was 
in  engagement  at  Piscataway,  N.  J., 
May  8,  1777;  was  wounded  in  the  thigh, 
at  Ash  Swamp;  was  at  battle  of  Short 
Hills,  June  26,  1777;  resigned  Aug.  1777 
in  order  to  avoid  being  compelled  to 
assume  command  of  the  company;  pri- 
vate. First  Regt.,  Somerset  Co.,  N.  J. 
militia,  1778;  private  Capt.  Jonathan  For- 
man's  Co.,  4th  Regt.,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line;  enlisted  at  Valley  Forge, 
May  1,  1779;  express  rider  under  Ma- 
jor General  Nathaniel  Greene,  Conti- 
nental army,  shortly  after  May  1, 
1778;  served  two  years;  was  injured  by 
falling  with  his  horse  at  East  Hartford 
Conn.;  First  Lieut.  Capt.  John  Ward's 
Co.,  State  Troops,  latter  part  of  1782, 
served  ten  months;  was  compelled  to 
resign  on  account  of  wounds,  about  two 
months  prior  to  the  end  of  war.  He 
married,  first  Margaret  Tingley:  second 
a    widow    Valentine.    Pensioner. 

Campbell,  Michael,  killed  by  Indians, 
1778.  near  Lycoming  Creek.  Private 
Capt.  Reynolds'  Co.,  3rd  battalion,  North 
umberland  Co.  militia,  Col.  Peter  Hos- 
terman.  A  pension  application  from 
Lancaster  Co.,  ante  1813  states  that 
Michael  Campbell,  private  in  3rd  battal- 
ion, Northumberland  Co.  militia  was 
killed  by  the  savages,  June  13,  1778, 
two  children  survived,  Margaret  and 
Sarah.  Margaret  was  wounded  by  the 
accidental  discharge  of  a  gun,  which 
wound  still  continues.  Pension  grant- 
ed Margaret;  allowance  of  said  Sarah 
discontinued. 


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19 


Carney,  Anthony,  lived  Hartley  twp., 
Union  Co.,  1820,  67  years.  Enlisted  in 
Orange  Co.,  N.  C,  and  served  three 
years.  Wife  Catherine. 
*f  Carroll,  Hugh,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.     Northumberland     Co.     militia. 

Catherman,  Jacob,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
17S6.  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

Chamberlain,  William,  born  Rlngoes, 
N.  J.,  Sept.  26,  1736;  died  Union  Co., 
Pa.,  August  21,  1817;  buried  in  Lewis- 
burg  cemetery.  Captain  Hunterdon  Co. 
militia;  major,  2nd  regiment,  Hunterdon 
Co.  militia,  1776;  Lieut-Col.,  Hunterddon 
Co.  militia,  Sept.  9,  1777;  Lieut. -Col., 
New  Jersey  State  Troops;  was  tried  by 
court    martial    at    Trenton,    N.    J.,    March 

22,  1781,  and  sentenced  to  be  cashiered; 
fought  at  Germantown  where  his  oldest 
son,  Lewis,  was  killed  by  a  cannon  ball. 
His  brother  John  was  killed  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Long  Island, and  his  brother  Uriah 
died  on  the  British  prison  ship,  the  ''Jer 
sey."  Having  a  soldier's  warrant  in  179 
or  93  he  moved  to  Buffalo  Valley  where 
he  bought  600  acres  of  land  at  (now 
Hoffa  Mills.)  He  married  1st  in  1758, 
Elizabeth      Ten      Brecke,      born      August 

23,  1740;  died  Apr.  29,  1770;  married 
2nd  Ann  Park,  March  3d,  1771,  who 
was  born  May  20th,  1754.  died  Nov.  12, 
1779;  married  3rd,  in  1782,  Margaret 
Park,  born  1762,  died  April  29,  1791; 
married  4th  in  1794,  Ann  Mary  Kem- 
ble.  born  Nov.  28,  1769,  died  March 
4,  1859. 

Chamhers,  James,  one  of  a  patrol  of 
four  killed  by  the  Indians,  May,  1780, 
near    French    Jacob    Groshong's  Mill; 

buried  Lewis  cemetery,  (unmarked)  Pri- 
vate, Northumberland  Co.  militia.  Son 
of  Robt.  Chambers,  Sr.,  who  came  from 
neighborhood  of  Chambersburg  about 
1775. 

Chambers,  Robt.,  Jr.  died  in  1825,  lived 
Buffalo  twp.,  177S-87.  Private  and  en- 
sign Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He 
married  Catherine  (Klinesmith)  Camp- 
bell, widow  of  Daniel  Campbell,  .also  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  He  was  a  son  of 
Robert   Chambers.   Sr. 

Charters,  William,  lived  in  Buffalo 
twp.,  1775-82;  at  Hoffa  Mills.  1784.  Pri- 
vate,  Northumberland   Co.   militia. 

Christ,  Adam,  died  May  17,  1808;  66 
vears.  Pension  application  states  that 
Adam  Christ  of  Buffalo  ttwp.,  was  a 
sergt.  in  Captain  Patrick  Anderson's 
Co.  of  State  Regt.  March  1.  1777-May  1. 
1777.  John  Murray,  major,  said  regt., 
testified  that  the  said  Adam  Christ  on 
Sept.  11,  1777,  in  the  battle  of  the  Bran- 
dywine,  was  wounded  in  his  breast  by 
a  musket  ball.  Pension  granted  and  paid 
to  March,  1808;  first  private  then  sergt. 
in  Capt.  Henrv  Christ  .Tr.'s  Co.  Col. 
Samuel  Miles  rifle  re^t.  left  widow, 
"Elizabeth  Follmer,  born  June  18,  1730. 
died  August  18.   1813. 

Clark,  John,  born  1736;  died  Feb.  22, 
1809;  73  years;  buried  Lewis  cemetery, 
Union  Co.  Captain  of  1st  Co.  3rd  bat- 
talion, Northumberland  Co.  Associators. 
1776  He    married    Florence    Watson, 

died    Sept.    16,    1807,    76    years    buried    by 
his   side. 
¥*    Clein     Andrew,    lived    Penn    twp,    1778- 
30.    Private    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Clemens,  Peter.  Pensioner  lived  Uni- 
on Co.,  1835;  74  years,  3rd  Pa  Line. 
Col  Wm.  Butler.  Private,  Capt.  Stake  s 
Co  '   Col.     Butler.     1st    Regt    and    served 


two   years.      Wife   Elizabeth    died    1820. 

Clingan,  William,  Jr.,  born  Donegal 
*W£'  Lancaster  Co.,  Sept.  26,  1753; 
died  Kelly  twp..  Union  Co.,  May  25 
1822  ;66  years;  buried  Lewisburg  ceme- 
tery. First  Lieut.,  3rd  Co.,  3rd  bat- 
talion, Chester  Co.  militia,  Col.  Cal- 
eb Davis;  served  in  battles  of  Trenton 
Princeton,  Brandy  wine  and  Germantown' 
and  subsequently  served  on  the  fron- 
i  r.;„„oHe  marrie<J  at  Derry,  Pa.,  June 
Tboo778,    Jean    Roan>    born    1753,         died 

Cole,  Philip  lived  Hartley  twp  1773- 
1778;  born  1730;  died  1794;  member  of 
committee     of     safety,     Buffalo  twp 

Northumberland  Co.  August,  1776  CoL 
4th  battalion,  Northumberland  Co  As- 
sociators, Oct.  8,  1776.  He  married'  1760 
Elizabeth  Edie. 

Collins,  Daniel,  lived  in  White  Deer, 
1778-87.  Private  Northumberland  Co 
militia. 

X  Collins,  Moses,  lived  Penn  twp,  1778- 
82.  Private,  Northumberland  Co  mi- 
litia. 

Colpetzer,     Adam,       lived     Buffalotwp 
1778-87.      Private,      Capt.    John      Clarke's 
Co.,    3rd    battalion,    Northumberland    Co 
Associators,   1776.     He   married  a  daugh- 
ter   of    George    Rote,    of    Mifflinburg. 

Conner,  Jacob,  lived  Buffalo  twp  1776- 
87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
3rd       battalion,     Northumberland  Co 

Associators,  1776;  private,  Northumber- 
land   Co.    militia. 

X  Conrad,  George,  lived  Penn  twp,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
3rd  battalion,  Northumberland  Co  \s- 
sociators,    1776. 

Conrad,  Henry,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators. 

X  Conrad,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1781- 
7.    Private,    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Cook,  John,  died  Union  Co.,  Feb.  21, 
1823,  81  years.  Ensign  12th,  Pa.,  Col'. 
Wm.     Cooke;    from    private    in  Capt 

Stewart  Herbert's  Co.,  from  Womels- 
dorf;  taken  prisoner  at  surrender  of 
Fort  Washington,  exchanged  and  ap- 
pointed   ensign.    Unmarried    in   1820. 

Cornelius,  John,  lived  Union  Co.  Born 
in  Penna. ;  came  to  Union  Co.,  from 
Chester  Co.,  where  his  son  James  was 
born  in  1783.  Revolutionary  soldier;  serv 
ed  under  Col.  Chamberlain  at  battle  of 
Germantown. 

Coryell,  George,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1793,  on  Samuel  Maclay  farm.  Born 
April  28,  1761,  at  Coryell's  Ferry,  now 
Lambertville.N.J.,  died  1837  near  Ham- 
ilton, Butler  Co.,  Pa.  Enlisted  in  Capt 
Craig's  company  of  dragoons  in  1776, 
just  after  the  taking  of  the  Hessians; 
was  in  the  battle  of  Princeton  and  ser- 
ved a  year  under  Capt.  Craig;  served 
one  year  in  a  company  of  dragoons  un- 
der Lieut.  Reading,  into  which  he  was 
drafted; drafted  into  Capt.  Palmer's  com- 
pany in  which  he  served  until  fall  of 
1780.  At  one  time  General  Washing- 
ton had  his  headquarters  at  the  home 
of  Coryell's  father,  at  the  ferry  while 
the  army  encamped  partly  in  the  or- 
chard. The  British  and  Hessians  at 
one  time  got  possession  of  his  fath- 
er's home,  cut  the  bedding,  threw  the 
feathers  into  the  street,  and  burned  all 
the  fences  on  the  farm,  which  for  a 
long  time  afterward  lay  in  common.  lie 
married  in  1790  a  sister  of  Richard  Van 
Buskirk  of  Mifflinburg.  A  carpent.r. 
Coryell  was  adjutant  of  Col.  Geo.  Weir- 
ick's    Regt    in    War   of    1812.      Children— 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Tunis,  John,  Joseph  R.  Abraham  and 
several    daughters. 

Coulter,  Nathaniel,  lived  Union  Co. 
1821;  born  Chester  Co.,  1759;  died  Ly- 
coming Co.,  1825.  Enlisted  Aug.  19, 
1776,  Capt.  Ross  Johnson's  Co.  Lancas- 
ter Co.  militia,  Col.  Thos.  Porter;  pri- 
vate New  11th  Penna.  Line;  enlisted 
June  11th,  1777,  aged  18  height  5-ft,  5 
in,  farmer  discharged  1781;  re-enlisted 
under  Major  McPherson;  served  in  War 
of  1812  and  was  wounded  in  boarding 
McDonough's  vessel  pensioner,  wife  Isa- 
bella. 

Cousins,  William,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,   1776.  z 

Cox,  Tunis,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mil- 
itia. 

Crawford  Edward,  lived  Buffalo  Twp. 
1778-87.    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Creal,     Michael,     lived     White  Deer, 

1783-4.      Private,    Northumberland         Co.. 
militia. 
X  Creek,    Philip,    lived    Penn    twp.,    1781- 
2.   Private,   Northumberland  Co.   militia. 

Cronmiller,     Martin,     died     Jan.  26, 

1838,  76  years,  buried  Lewis  cemetery. 
Pensioner,  prviate,  PM,  Feb.  28,  1833;  72 
years. 

Dale,  Samuel,  born  1741  in  Ireland, 
died  Dale's  Hill,  Sept.  27,  1804;  63  years, 
buried  Lewisburg  cemetery.  Capt.  of 
4th  Co.,  2nd  battalion,  Northumberland 
Co.  Associators,  1776;  resigned  his  com- 
mission for  a  seat  in  the  Supreme  Ex- 
ecutive Council,  1776;  member  of  the 
Assembly  1777-1786  was  in  five  cam- 
paigns. He  married  2d.  Elizabeth  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  Futhey  who  died 
Apr.    23    1835    and    is    buried    beside    him. 

Darraugh  Ephriam  lived  White  Deer, 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia.      He    married    Deborah  Poak, 

daughter    of    James    Poak,    of  White 

Deer,   and   she  was  buried   in   Lewisburg, 
July    26,1833. 
V     Dauberman,   Christian,   lived   Penn   Twp 

Northumberland   Co.    Militia. 
)t     Dauberman,    Peter,    probably    a    son    of 
Christian,    born    1765,     died    1839,     buried 
at  New   Berlin,   both  in   Penna.    Mil. 

Dearman,  Thomas,  lived  White  Deer 
twp.,  1778-80.  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 
Q  Dell,  Leonard,  born  Cumru  twp,  Lan- 
caster Co.;  died  Penn  twp.,  now  Sny- 
der Co.,  ante  1792.  Private,  Capt. 
Peter  Decker's  Co.,  Col.  Robert  Mag-- 
aw's  5th  Pa.  batallion,  taken  Nov.  16, 
1776. 

Derr,  Christian,  died  Jan.  23,  1824;  80 
years.  Enlisted  at  Reading,  Pa.  in 
Capt.  George  Nagel's  Co.  Col.  Thomp- 
son's rifles,  1775,  served  one  year,  re- 
enlisted  Nov.  1776,  Capt.  Moore's  Co., 
Col.Humpton's  Old  11th  Regt.  and  was 
wounded  at  Germantown  and  had  sev- 
eral ribs  broken  &  was  accordingly  dis- 
charged; carried  three  balls  in  his 
body  to  his  grave;  pensioner,  private 
PL,  May  15,  1820,  lived  Union  Co.,  76 
years.  A  carpenter,  wife  dead  in  1820. 

Derr,  George,  died  Feb.  1829,  67 
years,  buried  Lewisburg  cemetery.  Pri- 
vate. Northumberland  Co.  militia.  On- 
ly son  of  Ludwig  and  Catherine  Derr, 
died  1786.  He  married  Fanny  Yentzer, 
died  Feb.   15,   1842,   72  years. 

Derr.  John,  died  Nov.  27,  1846,  Cen- 
tre twp.,  Union  Co.,  93  years.  Enlisted 
August  25,  1776,  Capt  Benj.  Weiser's 
Co.,  German  Regt.,  Col.  Nicholas  House  - 
aker;  pensioner,  private  lived  Union  Co., 
April   2d,    1833,   81   years. 


Derr,  Ludwig,  died  about  October, 
1785  in  Philadelphia.  Served  as  pri- 
vate in  Capt.  John  Foster's  Rangers, 
Northumberland  Co.,  private,  Northum- 
berland Co.  militia;  his  mill  was  a 
meeting  place  for  patriots,  and  soldiers 
enlisted  there.  His  wife  Catherine, 
died  in   Lewisburg,   1786. 

Dersham,  Jacob,  buried  White  Deer 
church  cemetery.    Revolutionary  soldier. 

Dersham,  Ludwig,  lived  West  Buffalo 
1796.  Pensioner,  private,  PM,  Feb.  19, 
1833;  72  years,  lived  Union  Co.  Buried 
at  New  Berlin,  1838;  wife  Barbara  in 
1840. 

X  Dito,  Francis,  lived  Penn  twp.,  Nor- 
thumberland Co.   militia. 

Dixon,  Sankey,  lived  Lewisburg,  1787- 
died  Nashville,  Tenn.,  1814.  Sergt.  and 
ensign,  6th  Penna.  Line  Sept.  1,  1779, 
Capt.  Walker  Finney's  Co.;  Lieut.  2nd 
Regt.  Penna.  Line,  1781-3.  Cousin  of 
Flavel  Roan,  Jane  Roan,  who  married 
William  Clingan,  Elizabeth  Roan,  who 
married  William  Clark,  all  of  Buffalo 
Valley. 

Dorman,  Ludwig,  pensioner,  private, 
PL.  Oct.  25,  1819,  79  years,  lived  Uni- 
on   Co.,    1825,    lived   in    Hartley    twp. 

Doglass,  William,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1796.      Private  5th  Co.   11th  Pa.    Regt. 

Dowdrick,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Dugan,  Wm.,  lived  Buffalo  twp.,  1778. 
Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia 
private     Robinson's     Rangers. 

Fakers.  Dr.  Joseph,  lived  White  Deer 
twp.,  1785;  drowned  in  Muddy  Run.  near 
Milton.  A  surgeon  in  the  Revolution. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Blythe,  a  daugh- 
ter   of    Capt.     Wm.     Blythe. 

Eakin,  John,  lived  White  Deer,  1783- 
7.      Lieut.    Northumberland  Co.   militia. 

Emerick,  David,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-80;  tomahawked  by  Indians  in 
1781.  Private  in  Northumberland  Co. 
militia.  His  wife  Catherine,  afterwards 
married  Archibald  Thompson,  believed 
to  be  one  of  the  captors  of  the  fami- 
ly. 

Engel,  George,  pensioner,  private  PM. 
lived  Union  Co.,   Feb.   4,  1833;   78  years. 

Esterly,  Jacob,  Private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators, 1776;  private  Northumberland 
Co.    Rangers. 

Etzweiler,  George,  Jr.,  killed  by  in- 
dians  at  French  Jacob  Grozean's  Mill, 
May,  1780,  one  of  a  patrol  of  four. 
Said  to  be  buried  on  Jno.  Cook's  place, 
now  Peter  Slear's  in  Limestone  twp. 
Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
Loft    a    widow    Mary. 

V  Evans,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
86.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Ewig,  Christian,  lived  Union  Co.  1820, 
60  years;  a  wheelwright.  April  1776  en- 
listed at  Sunbury  in  Capt.  Casper 
Weitzel's    Co.,     Col.    Miles    Regt..  and 

served  18  months.  Re-enlisted  at  Sun- 
bury  in  Capt.  James  Wlison's  Co..  1st 
Pa.,  Col.  James  Chambers,  in  which  lie 
served    to    end    of    war. 

Ewig,  Philip,  private  in  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.,  As- 
sociators,   1776. 

Ewing,  Alexander,  lived  White  Deer, 
1778-82.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 
>t  Fancey,  Benjamin,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-84.  Private,  Northumberland  COt 
militia. 

Farley,    Caleb,   born     about      1757:    died 


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ante  1840  at  White  Deer,  aged  84.  Of 
Hunterdon  Co.,  New  Jersey,  served  3 
months  in  state  troops  in  1781.  He  mar- 
mied  Charity  Pickle  and  came  to  Uni- 
on   county    at   close    of    war. 

Finney,  Lazarus,  pensioner,  Union  Co., 
ensign.  PT.  July  1833;  82  years.  Prob- 
ably from  Chester  County.  He  marri- 
ed first  Elizabeth  Fulton;  Married  sec- 
ond, Elizabeth  Ochiltree,  his  cousin. 
He  was  only  child  of  Robt.  Finney  and 
Diana  Spencer.  He  lived  White  Deer 
township,  1796. 
X  Fisher,  Adam,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
0  Fisher,  John,  died  Penn  twp.,  ante 
1792.  Served  in  Capt.  Wm.  West's  Co., 
Col.     Shee's    3rd    Pa.     battalion. 

Fisher,  Paul,  lived  White  Deer,  1783- 
87.     Private,   Robinson's  Rangers. 

Fitzsimmons,  Wm.,  died  Union  County 
Mar.  26,  1850,  aged  96.  Northumberland 
County    militia. 

Fleming,  Hans,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775;     White     Deer    twp.,     1780.  Capt. 

Samuel  McGrady's  detachment,  North- 
umberland Co.  militia.  His  real  name 
was  Archibald,  not  Hans,  as  is  seen 
from  a  receipt;  lived  in  1799  at  Ship- 
pensburg,   Pa. 

Forster,  John,  born  1784;  died  1786; 
buried  Centre  Co.  Lieut.,  Northumber- 
land Co.  Associators,  1776;  Capt.  1st 
Co.,  Col.  John  Kelly's  battalion,  1778, 
often  mentioned  in  Brady's  adventures. 
Left  a  widow  Jane. 

Forster,  John,  Jr.,  killed  by  Indians, 
May  6,  1780,  near  French  Jacob  Groz- 
ean's  Mill;  buried  Lewis  cemetery,  (un- 
marked). Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Forster,  Thomas,  died  June  1,  1804; 
58  years;  buried  Lewis  cemetery.  Lieut. 
Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland 
Co.    Associators.   1776. 

Foster,  Robert,  died  Jan,  29,  1834;  76 
years.  Pensioner,  Union  Co.,  Private, 
PM.   Feb.    4,    1833,   76   years. 

Fought,  Michael,  Uvea  Buffalo  twp., 
1783-7.  Private.  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co. 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  1776. 
Probably  a  son  of  Jonas  Fought,  died 
near   Chappel    Hollow,    1790. 

Frederick,  Peter,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Frederick,  Thomas,  lived  Buffalo  twp.. 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co., 
militia.  Founded  Fredericksburg,  Ohio, 
1S04. 
•£  Freiburgh,  Ludwig.  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Fruit,  Robert,  born  Londondarry,  Ire- 
land, 1732;  died  Feb.  4,  1820,  Derry, 
Montour  Co.,  lived  Buffalo  twp.,  1775. 
Member  of  committee  of  safety.  White 
Deer  twp.,  Northumberland  Co.,  Aug. 
1776,  and  chairman;  Member  of  Assemb- 
ly, Northumberland  Co..  1776;  Sept. 
1776,  one  of  six  chosen  to  distribute 
powder  to  captains  of  Col.  Potter  s 
regt.  private  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. He  married  Catherine  McClure.  _ 
y  Fry  Jno.  Private.  Capt.  .Ino.  Clarke  s 
Co.,  'Northumberland  Co.,  Associators. 
1776.  He  lived  in  Penn  Twp.  1775. 
X  Gast  Christian,  lived  Penn  twp,  1781- 
7.  Died  in  Huntingdon  Co.  Private.  Capt. 
John  Schneider's  Co.,  Northumberland 
Co.    militia,   May   13,   1780. 

Gast.  John  Nicholas,  born  Apnl  <M. 
1760;    died    Dec.    2,    1810,    buried    at    Reb- 


ersburg,  Pa.  Private,  Ensign  Simon 
Herold's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.,  mili- 
tia, 1780;  received  depreciation  pay 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He  marrl- 
<d  Catherine  Knipe.  He  was  a  brother 
o<    Christian   Gast. 

*  Gemberling,  Paul,  member  of  com- 
mittee of  safety,  Penn  twp.,  Northum- 
berland   Co.,    August,    1776. 

Gibson,  Andrew,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775.  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
0GH1,  Wm.,  died  about  1820  in  Bea- 
ver twp.,  Union  Co.  Private,  Capt. 
John  Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  coun 
ty  Associators,  1776;  belonging  to  a  regt. 
in  Forbes'  campaign,  he  was  wounded 
in  the  leg  at  Grant's  defeat,  1758,  or 
in  the  attack  on  Bouquet's  camp,  at 
Loyalhanna,  and  made  for  home  thru 
the  woods,  reaching  Penns  Creek  he 
married  a  German  woman  there  and  set 
tied. 

Gilman,  Henry,  Sr.,  lived  White  Deer, 
1776-82.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.,  3rd  battalion,  Northumberland  Co., 
Associators,  1776;  private,  Northumber- 
land  County   militia. 

Gilman,  Henry,  Jr.,  lived  White  Deer, 
1783;  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

H  Glass.  George,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1781- 
7.    Private,    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Glover,  John,  Sr.,  born  in  Ireland,  Dec. 
25,  1744,  died  March  1825;  buried  Laur- 
elton  cemetery.  Revolutionary  soldier. 
He  married  in  Virginia,  1749,  Sophia 
Duncan. 

Gray,  Neigal,  died  Kelly  Mills,  Union 
Co.,  1786.  Of  Northampton  Co.  Sept. 
28.  1776;  Lieut,  Col.,  12th  Pa.,  Col. 
Wm.  Cooke,  with  rank  from  Oct.  5, 
1776;    cashiered  June  2,   1778. 

Gray  William,  born  173S  at  Paxtang; 
died  1S15  near  Lewisburg.  Member  of 
committee  of  safety,  White  Deer  twp., 
Northumberland  Co.,  August  1776  Capt. 
in  Revolutionary  War.  He  married  Ag- 
nes Rutherford,  born  Sept,  14,  1710,  at 
Paxtang;  died  about  1813  in  Buffalo 
Valley. 

y(.  Green,    Ebenezer,    lived    Penn  twp., 

1778-84.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi 
litia. 

Green,  Joseph,  born  Lancaster  Co., 
1720;  died  1S02  in  Buffalo  Valley:  burl- 
ed in  Lewis  cemetery.  Member  of  com- 
mittee of  safety,  Buffalo  twp.,  Northum- 
berland Co.,  Feb.,  1776:  private,  Capt 
John  Clarke's  Co.,  3rd  battalion,  Nor- 
thumberland County.  Associators.  1776 
then  surgeon's  mate;  a  commissary 
for  Gen.  Sullivan's  expedition  into  the 
Genesee  country;  captain,  May  1,  1782. 
Me  married  Marsraret  Abbott,   died  1783. 

Greenlee,  William,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-82;  died  1783.  Private,  Capt.  Jno. 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776;  private,  Northumberland 
Co.   Rangers. 

X  Groninger,  Joseph,  private,  Capt.  Jno. 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators 1776;  private,  Northumberland 
Co     Rangers.    He    lived    in    Penn    Twp. 

Groninger,    Leonard,    lived   White    I 
1778-87       Died    1788.    Private,    Robinson  s 
Rangers.      Wife      Elizabeth.      Burled      at 
Row's  church,   Snyder  Co. 

Groninger,  Leonardt,  Jr.,  lived  White 
Deer  1787.  Private  Northumberland 
Co.  militia.  Son  of  Leonard  and  Eli- 
zabeth   Groninger.  ,,„,„„ 

Grove,  Adam.  lived  on  what  WM 
known  as  the  NesMt  property  which 
in  iso?  be  sold  to  Thos.  Neshlt  Indian 
fighter,   Northumberland  Co.   mllil  ia.<  me 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


of  four  brothers,  all  Indian  fighters — 
Michael,    Peter,    Wendel  and  Adam. 

Grove,  Michael,  died  Nippenose,  south 
of  Jersey  Shore,  Pa.,  Sept.  1827;  70 
years;  buried  at  Dreisbach's  church. 
One  of  four  brothers,  noted  Indian  fight 
ers.      Private    Robinson's    Rangers. 

Grove,  Peter,  lived  Union  Co.  drown- 
ed 1802  or  3,  buried  Dunnstown,  Pa. 
near  a  large  oak  tree  (no  stone  on 
grave).  Lieut.  Robinson's  Hangers.  He 
married  Sarah  Witmore  and  settled  on 
north  side  of  Susquehanna  at  Dunns- 
town,    Pa. 

Grove,  Wendell,  lived  at  Lewisburg, 
1788.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia.     Brother    of    Michael    Grove. 

Hackenberg,  Peter,  Revolutionary  sol- 
dier, lived  Union  Co.,  1820,  probably  at 
New   Berlin. 

Hafer,    Michael,    buried    at    Dreisbach's 
church.    Private,    Capt.      George    Reihm's 
Co.,     1st    regt.,       Berks    county       militia. 
Col.     Samuel    Ely,    1781.       His    wife    also 
is    buried    at    Dreisbach's    church. 
*  Hain,    John,    lived    Penn    twp.,    1776-87. 
Private,   Capt.    John   Clarke's   Co.,   North- 
umberland Co.    Associators,   1776. 
>C    Hain.     Philip,     lived     Penn     twp.,     1786. 
Pensioner,     private,     Jan.     25,     1833.       79 
years. 
tf     Haney,    Barnimus,    lived      Penn      twp., 
1783-7.      Private      Northumberland         Co. 
militia. 

Haney,  Christopher,  died  1790  in 
Haines      twp.       Private,       Capt.  John 

Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia; private,  Northumberland  Co.  Kans- 
erK.    (Mrs.    Bartol.) 

Haney,  Christopher,  (now  Hennig.) 
from  Berks  and  Lancaster  Co.  Moved 
from  Buffalo  to  Penn's  Valley  after  the 
war.  Died  1790  quite  aged.  Will  on 
tile    at    Sunbury-       Left    large  family. 

Buried  at  Leidig's  graveyard  near  Wood 
ward.  Was  in  Revolution  with  sons 
Christopher,  Jr.,  Heironimus,  Frederick 
and  John  were  in  Heironimus,  Freder- 
ick and  John  Adam.  Tn  1777  father  and 
sons    Christopher,    Jr.,    Frederick  and 

John    Adam    were    in    8th    Co.,  Sixth 

Bat*.  Lane.  Co.  Mil.  John  Adam  was 
drummer    and    Fred     was    fifer.  John 

Adam  died  1839,  aged  82,  buried  with 
his  father  at  Leidig's  (Rev.  Stapleton.) 
y  Haney,  Frederick,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1783-7.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia.  (Rev.  Stapleton). 
$5  Harpster,  Jacob,  lived  Beaver  twp., 
1776.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarkes  Co. 
Northumberland    Co.    Associators.    1776. 

Harpster,  David,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

X   Herrold,    Geo.,   lived   Penn    twp.,    1778- 
84.    Private,    Northumberland   Co.    militia. 
(Mrs.    Bartol). 
y     Herrold,     George.       There       were       two 
Herrold    brothers    in    the    war.  They 

lived   a   mile    below   Port   Trevorton.    The 
wife    of    the    late    Judge    Daniel    Witmer, 
of  Port  Trevorton,  was  a  Herrold.    (Rev. 
Stapleton.) 
X.     Herrold,     Simon,       Penn       Twp.,     (Port 
Trevorton)    Northumberland   Co.    Mil.    en- 
sign. 
%     Hessler,    John    lived    near    Kratzerville, 
1776.      Private.    Capt.    John    Clarke's    Co., 
Northumberland,    Co.    Associators,    1776. 
tf     Hessler,      Michael,    lived   near   Kratzer- 
ville,  1776.     Private.    Capt.    John   Clarke's 
Co.    Northumberland  Co.    Associators, 

1776. 


*  Hessler.  William,  lived  near  Kratzer- 
ville. Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co. 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  1776; 
private,   Northumberland  Co.    Rangers. 

Hetrick,  Christian,  killed  by  Indians, 
Oct.  6,  1781;  buried  ''just  above  An- 
drew Wolfe's  where  the  rocks  ju  t  out 
upon  the  road  in  the  corner  of  the 
woods,"  Private  in  Capt.  Samuel  Mc- 
Grady's  seven-months  men.  Pension  ap- 
plication of  Ephriam  Morrison  and  his 
wife  Agnes,  late  Agnes  Hetrick,  form- 
erly widow  of  Christian  Hetrick,  de- 
ceased, and  of  Andrew,  Catharine,  Eli- 
zabeth and  Polly  Hetrick,  surviving  chil 
dren  of  said  Christian  Hetrick,  states 
that  about  Oct.  6,  1781,  he  was  called 
into  service  under  the  command  of 
Capt.  Samuel  McGrady  against  a  party 
of     Indians     in     the     neighborhood  of 

Buffalo  Creek,  said  county.  A  party  of 
men  went  out,  and  not  meeting  with 
the  Indians,  he  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  while  returning  home. 
His  body  was  found  about  a  mile  from 
Gundy' s  Mill,  shot,  tomahawked  and 
scalped. 

High,  George,  Pensioner,  private  PM. 
Union    Co.,    Feb.    28,    1833;    82    years. 

Hoats,  Baltzer,  Pensioner,  Union  Co., 
private,  PM.   Feb.   4,  1833,   77  years. 

Holeman,  Eli,  lived  Buffalo  twrj,  1781. 
Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
He  married  Agnes,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander   McGrady. 

Hone,    Henry,   lived  Buffalo  twp.,   1778- 
80.    Northumberland   Co.    militia. 
X  Hossinger,    Frederick,   lived   Penn   twp., 
1781-7.       Private,    Northumberland         Co. 
militia. 

X  Hossinger,  Herman,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Hoy,    Philip,    Limestone    twp, buried    at 
Dreisbach's  church.     Northumberland  Co 
Mil. 
%    Hosterman,    Jacob,      member    of    com- 
mittee   of    safety,    Penn    twp.,    Northum- 
berland   Co.,    Feb.    1777;    private,    North- 
a.  uniberland  Co.    Rangers. 
»*    Hosterman,     Peter,     buried     old     Luth- 
eran  cemetery,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.    Private, 
Capt.    Benjamin    Weiser's    Co.,    Northum- 
berland   Co.    Associators,    1776,    Col.     3rd 
battalion,    Northumberland    Co.    Assoeia'- 
ors,    Mav    1,    1778.    Lived   Penn   twp,    1776, 
hsid    612   acres   1787. 

Hufnagle,  Christian,  Pensioner,  Union 
Co.,     private,     PM.     Feb.     19,     1833;  79 

years. 

Hugeman,  John,  (or  Hagerman)  Pen- 
sioner, Union  Co.,  private,  PM,  Tp, 
17,1834;  77  years,  died  Perry  Twp. 
about  1840. 

Huggins,  Dennis,  lived  Union  Co.,  1814. 
Private,  Capt.  Casper  Weitzel's  Co.  1st 
battalion  Pa.   rifle  regt.,   1776. 

Huling,  Marcus,  born  1714;  died  1786. 
Member  of  committee  of  safety,  White 
Deer  twp.,  Northumberland  Co.  Feb. 
1776.  He  married  Rebekah  Godfrey. 
X  Hummel,  Jacob,  buried  in  old  Luther- 
an cemetery,  Selinsgrove,  now  Snyder 
Co.    Revolutionary    soldier. 

Tddings.  In  1819  Henry  Iddings,  of 
White  Deer,  died,  aged  92  years  and 
was    no    doubt    the    father    of  Lieut. 

Jonathan  and  privates  William  and 
Samuel  Iddings  of  the  Northumberland 
Co.   Mil. 

Irvine,  William,  died  Nov.  18,  1795. 
Capt.  of  7th  Co.,  Col.  John  Kelly's 
1st  battalion,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators; also  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  War,  1754-1763.  He  married 
1st    an    Armstrong    of    Carlisle:    he    mar- 


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ried  2nd  Jane  Forster,  died  1824;  84 
years,  buried  Lewis  cemetery. 

Irwin,  William,  died  1813.  Member  of 
committee  of  safety,  Buffalo  twp.,  Nor- 
thumberland Co.,  Feb.  1776;  member  of 
Assembly  during  Revolution. 

Jenkins,  Morgan,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1780.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

Jones,  Thomas,  buried  at  Ray's  churcl 
Union  Co.,  Revolutionary  soldier.  Died 
1816,  aged  56.  Enlisted  in  Bucks  Co., 
was  a  color  Bearer;  served  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Brandy  wine;  came  to  Union  Co. 
in  1802.  He  married  Elizabeth  Wohnseid 
ler  of  Bucks  Co.,  who  is  also  buried  at 
Ray's   Cemetery,   Union  Co. 

Johnson,  Christopher,  settled  in  West 
Buffalo  twp.,  1787,  died  Union  Co.  1837. 
Capt.  2nd  Co.  4th  bat.  Northampton  Co. 
militia;  capt.  4th  bat.  Northampton  Co. 
militia,  1780,   Lt.    Col.   Philip  Bohm. 

Keeny,    Jacob,     lived    Turtle  Creek, 

1777  on  John  Aurand's  place.  Private, 
Capt.  John  Clark's  Northumberland  Co. 
Associators,  1776;  private  Northumber- 
land Co.    militia. 

Kelly,  John,  born  in  Lancaster  Co., 
Feb.  1744;  died  Buffalo  Valley,  Feb.  18, 
1832;  88  years,  buried  Lewisburg  ceme- 
tery Lieu.  Col  Com.  1778  in  Col  Potter's 
battalion,  Northumberland  Co.  militia; 
major.  He  married  Sarah  Poak,  died 
Jan.  2,  1831,  daughter  of  Jas.  Poak  of 
White  Deer. 

Kelly,  Lawrence,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-81.  Private.  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Kerbach,  Antoine,  died  Beaver  twp., 
1792.  Penna.  private  in  Col.  Hazen's 
regt. 

Kerner,     John,    died    Union    Co.,    June 

22  1829;  84  years.  Pensioner,  Union  Co., 
sergt.  PL.  May  15,  1820;  84  years,  pri- 
vate, Capt.  Geo.  Nagel's  Co.,  Col  Wm. 
Thompson's  regt.  of  rifles,  June  1775- 
July  1,  1776,  enlisted  at  Heading,  Pa. 
wounded  at  Lechmere  Pond,  Nov.  9, 
1775  and  lost  two  fingers,  reenlisted  in 
6th  Pa., in  1777  Capt.  Moser's  Co.,  sergt. 
6th  Pa.,  transferred  to  Capt.  Finney's 
Co.,    discharged    1781. 

O  Kerstetter,  George,  lived  Washington 
twp.,  Union  Co.,  1820;  64  years.  Private 
Capt.  Daniel  Burchardt's  Co.  German 
regt.,  July  29,  1776;  in  the  battles  of 
Biandywine,  Brunswick,  Trenton,  Ger- 
mantown;in  Sullivans  e'xpedition  against 
the    Genesee    country;     discharged  at 

Northumberland,  1779;  lived  Perry  twp., 
Union  Co.,     1821.       Blacksmith.       Wife 

Elizabeth.  ■  _   . 

Kester,     Peter,     died     Union     Co.,     July 

23  1833;  77  years.  Private,  6th  Pa. 
line,   Jan.   17,   1833,   77  years. 

ivinny,  Josepn,  Pensioner,  Union  to., 
private  'and  corporal  and  sergeant,  PM. 
Feb.    2,    1833,    75    years. 

Kishler,  I  rantis,  Private,  Capt.  Jonn 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,  1776.  .  . 

Klinesmith,  Blatzer,  killed  July  14> 
1780  by  Indians  in  Buffalo  Valley  buri- 
ed Dreisbaeh's  church.  Private,  capt. 
Jos.  Green's  Co.  Col.  John  Kelley  s  bat- 
talion. Wife  Mary  drew  pension  in 
1819    at    New    Berlin. 

Klingaman,     Peter,     born     1<62,  aiea 

April  27,  1848,  92  years.  Pensioner, 
Hartley  township,  1840,  85  years 
ft  Klingler,  Peter,  born  Berks  Co.,  175b, 
Vdied  1833  76  years,  9  months,  buried  in 
Kratzerville  cemetery  Revolut onarv 
soldier.  He  married  Mary  Elizabeth 
Haag. 


Kneedler,  Conrad,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators, 1776;  received  depreciation  pay 
Northumberland  Co.   militia. 

Kneedler,  Frederick,  private,  Capt. 
John  Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co. 
Associators,    1776. 

Knip,  George,  pensioner,  Union  Co., 
(deceased),  private,  PM,  Feb.  9,  1833, 
81  years. 

Kuntz,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1781- 
4.  Pensioner,  Union  Co.,  private,  PM. 
Feb.  4,  1833;  80  years,  private  in  Rob- 
inson's  Rangers. 

Laird,  Matthew,  died  White  Deer, 
Aug.  1821.  A  wagoner  with  Gen.  Brad- 
dock's  army,  was  in  Col.  Dunbar's 
camp  when  the  news  came  back  of 
Gen.  Braddock's  defeat,  July  9,  1755.  He 
says,  in  Colonial  Records,  VI,  482:  "A 
wounded  officer  was  carried  into  camp 
on  a  sheet;  they  beat  to  arms,  on 
which  the  wagoners  and  many  common 
soldiers  took  to  flight,  in  spite  of  the 
sentries  who  forced  many  to  return, 
but  many  got  away,  among  them  the 
examinant." 

Lamb,  Michael,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776;  private,  Northumberland 
Co.    Rangers. 

Laughlin,  Samuel,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-80;  killed  by  Indians  May  16,  1780, 
with  three  other  members  of  the  pa- 
trol. Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Lebkicher,  Michael,  born  in  Perry 
Co.,  Pa.,  March  9,  1760;  died  Jan.  28, 
1848,  Mifflinburg,  Pa.  Pensioner,  Union 
Co.,  private,  PT.  Feb.  2,  1833;  75  years, 
enlisted  1776,  private  under  Capt.  Frlck- 
er  and  Col.  Klotz;  served  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Fort  Washington,  time  of  ser- 
vice, 8  months.  Wife  Susan. 

Lebkicher,  William,  buried  Mifflinburg 
cemetery.    Revolutionary    soldier. 

Lee,  John,  killed  by  Indians,  August, 
1782,  at  his  home  near  Winfield,  Pa., 
buried  near  the  house,  ''just  where  the 
furnace  railroad  crosses  the  road  to 
the  Susquehanna  river."  Major  fn  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  militia.  Wife  also  cap- 
tured and  killed  by  Indians;  one  son, 
Thomas,  captured. 

Leech,  William,  lived  Buffalo  twp.. 
1775-87  Northumberland  Co.   militia. 

Lenhart,  Peter,  pensioner,  lived  Mif- 
flinburg,   Pa.    1840,    85    years. 

Lennox,     George,     pensioner,  Union 

Co  1835,  77  years,  2nd  Pa.  Line,  pri- 
vate, Capt.  Bankson's  Co.,  Col.  Stew- 
o  r*t' g  reset 

3*  Lepley, '  Jacob,  lived  Penn  twp..  1781- 
7  Private  Northumberland  Co.  mlllt  a. 
siLepley  Michael,  died  at  Ft.  Freeland 
April  26  1779,  age  41;  lived  Penn  twp. 
Northumberland  county  militia. 
tfLevengood,  Feitel,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-87.     Private,      Northumberland      Co. 

iO.evengood,  Jacob,  lived  Penn  twp.. 
1778-87.      Private,      Northumberland     C  o. 

mLevy'  Aaron,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1778- 
84  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia.    Founder  of  Aaronsburg.   Pa. 

Lewis,  Paschal,  died  June  17.  1820. 
fift  vears-  buried  Lewis  cemetery,  Mlf- 
fiinbuw?  Pa  Private,  Capt.  Patrick 
Watson's  Rangers.  Northumbar  and  Co. 
Wife  Elizabeth  Boude,  died  Augi 
1828;     71     years. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Lincoln,  Michael,  born  Berks  Co.,  No- 
vember 9,  1761;  died  August  11,  1849. 
Hartley  twp.,  Union  Co.;  buried  Lewis 
cemetery.  Private  under  Capt.  Schaffer 
spring    of    1778;     private    under  Capt. 

Morrison,  spring  of  1779;  served  in  Sul- 
livan's campaign  into  the  Genesee  coun- 
try; was  at  Fort  Brady  at  the  time 
of  Capt.  John  Brady's  death  and  help- 
ed carry  in  his  body.  He  married  Ra- 
chel Thompson,  died  1848;  88  years  buri- 
ed in  Lewis  cemetery. 

Links,  Jacob,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1775- 
6.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  1776, 
Captain   3rd   Co.,    Oct.    1776. 

Linn,  John,  died  Sept.  28,  1847,  at 
Mifflinburg,  91  years,  buried  Mifflinburg 
cemetery.  Enlisted  Jan.  1,  1780  Captain 
Erasmus  Gill's  Co.  4th  regt.  of  Pa. 
cavalry,  Col.  Stephen  Moylan;  served  to 
end  of  war;  pensioner,  lived  at  Mif- 
flingurg,   1840;   84  years.   A  weaver. 

Linn,  John,  born  Lurgan  twp,  Cum- 
berland Co.,  April  2,  1754;  died  March 
18,  1809;  buried  Presbyterian  cemetei.. . 
Buffalo  X  Roads,  Pa.,  ''Did  a  tour," 
received  depreciation  pay.  Northumber- 
land Co.  militia.  He  married  1780  Ann 
Fleming,  born  Sept.  6,  1761,  died  Sept. 
4,     1841,    daughter    of    John    and  Ann 

Fleming. 

<  List,  Andrew,  lived  Penn  Twp.,  1778- 
87.  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
&JLL  Long,  Jacob,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776;  pensioner,  Union  Co.,  pri- 
vate,  PM.    Feb.   19,  1833;   77  years. 

Long,  William,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,   1776. 

Love,  Robert,  lived  White  Deer,  1778- 
80.     Private,     Robinson's    Rangers. 

Lowdon,  John,  born  July  5,  1730;  died 
at  Silver  Spring,  near  Mifflinburg,  Pi., 
Feb.  1,  1798;  buried  Columbia,  Pa.  CaiU. 
commissioned  June  25,  1775,  Col.  Wm. 
Thompson's  rifle  regt.;  Nov.  1776,  Su- 
preme Executive  Council.  He  married, 
1st,  1760  Sarah,  who  died  ante  1775; 
he    married    2nd,    Ann. 

Lowdon,  Richard,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators. 
1776;  private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. Brother  of  Capt.  John  Lowdon, 
and  lived  with  him  near  Mifflinburg, 
Pa.    Unmarried. 

McCalley,  Alexander,  lived  Buffalo 
twp,  1778-87.  Private  Northumberland 
Co.   militia. 

McCandlish,  William,  Sr.,  died  1784; 
lived  Buffalo  twp.,  1778-82.  Private. 
Northumberland   Co.    militia. 

McCashon,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1776.  Private,  Capt  John  Clarke's  Co. 
Associators,    1776. 

McCelvy,  James,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1775-87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators, 
1776;  received  depreciation  pay,  North- 
umberland Co.   militia. 

McClanahan,  James,  died  June  1784, 
White  Deer,  Member  of  committee  of 
safety,  White  Deer  twp.,  Northumber- 
land Co.,  August,  1776.  Left  widow, 
Sarah. 

Maclay,  Samuel,  born  Lurgan  twp., 
Cumberland  Co.,  June  7,  1741,  died  Buf- 
falo Valley,  1811;  buried  on  his  farm, 
(now  Green  farm)  in  Buffalo  Valley 
and  later  buried  in  Dreisbach  church 
Lieut.  Col.  of  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators. He  married  1773,  Elizabeth 
Plunket,    born   1755,    died   1823. 


McClughan,     Samuel,     died    May  31, 

1825,  Westmoreland  Co.,  lived  Buffalo 
valley  1786.  Private  12th  Penna.  Line. 
Enlisted  in  Capt.  Wm.  Wilson's  Co.  in  | 
1st  Penna.  Regt.;  was  drafted  from 
said  Regt.  into  Capt.  Parr's  Co.  of 
rifle  corps,  commanded  by  Col.  Dani- 
el Morgan;  wounded  in  the  groin  when 
on  a  scouting  party  at  Saratoga  in 
Sept.   1777,   pensioner. 

McClung,  Matthew  private,  Capt.  Jno. 
Clarke's  Northumberland  Co.  Associat- 
ors, 1776;  received  depreciation  pay, 
Northumberland  Co.  militia,  lived  Buf- 
falo twp.,  1776-84.  Son  of  John  Mc- 
Clung,   of    Buffalo   twp.,    died    1787. 

McComb,  John,  lived  1778-89,  White 
Deer.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

McCormick,  James,  born  about  1750, 
East  Pennsboro  twp.,  Cumberland  Co.; 
lived  White  Deer  twp.,  1770-1778.  Mem- 
ber of  committee  of  safety,  White  Deer 
twp.,  Northumberland  Co.,  Feb.  1777;  he 
i*  believed  to  have  gone  to  the  Re-volu- 
tionary  war  but  nothing  more  is  known 
of  him  definitely  except  that  In  1782 
he  was  a  resident  of  Augusta  Co.,  Va. 
He  married  March  15,  1774,  Isabella  Dix- 
on, who  escaped  from  the  Valley  at 
the  time  of  the  great  runaway  by  flee- 
ing on  horsebach  with  a  child  in  her 
arms. 

McCracken,  Henry,  killed  Sept.  24, 
17  SI.  Widow  Mary  McCracken  lived 
White  Deer,  1781-4.  Private,  Capt.  Wm. 
Clarke's  Northumberland  Co.  Associat- 
ors; private,  Northumberland  Co.  Rang- 
ers. Pension  application  of  Mary  Mc- 
Cracken states  that  her  husband,  Hen- 
ry McCracken,  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians while  in  service.  Pension  grant- 
ed for  the  support  of  herself  and 
family.  Son  of  John  McCracken  who 
was  killed  by   the  Indians  in  1757. 

McDonneld  Randal,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1775-82.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators. 
1776;    Northumberland  Co.    Rangers. 

McGrady,  Alexander,  lived  Buffalo 
twp.,  1778-87;  private.  Northumberland 
Co     militia. 

McGrady,  Samuel,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1785.  Capt.  and  Lieut.  Northumberland 
Co.    militia. 

McCartney,  Henry,  private,  Capt. 
Robert  Cluggage's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Thomp 
son's  rifles,  discharged  at  Long  Island, 
July,  1776;  weaver,  Lycoming  Co.  1820. 
aged  75.  In  a  Union  Co.  application  for 
pension  James  Hammond,  Seth  McCor- 
mick, John  Brown  and  John  Brown, 
(justice),  testify  that  they  lived  in  the 
same  neighborhood  with  Henry  McCart 
ney.  He  received  a  ball  in  his  leg  at 
the  battle  of  Long  Island  which  has 
never      been      extracted.       Died  Mav, 

1792. 

Maekay,  William,  lived  White  Deer, 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

McLaughlin,  James,  lived  White  Deer, 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

McPherson,  John,  died  Winfield,  Pa. 
August  2,  1827.  Revolutionary  soldier 
and  pensioner  in  navy.  ''John  McPher- 
son was  a  midshipman  on  board  the 
Randolph  Frigate,  commanded  by  Capt. 
Nicholas    Biddle.      He    was    in  action 

with  a  twenty-gun  ship,  'True  Briton' 
in  1771  when  he  was  wounded  in  the 
groin  and  right  leg  which  disabled  him 
from  performing  his  duty  on  shipboard. 
Was    discharged    by    Capt.    Biddle." 


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Macklin,  Valentine,  private,  Capt.  Jno. 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,  1776. 

Markel,  George,  lived  Penn  twp,  1781- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Martin,     George,     died    White  Deer, 

1806.  Enlisted  in  the  12th  Pa.  regt., 
commanded    by    Col.    Wm.     Cooke,  in 

Capt.  Hawkins  Boone's  Co.;  was  draft- 
ed from  said  regt.  into  a  corps  com- 
manded by  Col.  Morgan,  was  wounded 
in     his     left     side     at     Saratoga,  Oct. 

1777;  lived  Buffalo  Valley,  17S6;  died, 
March   10,   1816.    (?) 

Maurer,  Michael,  lived  Penn  twp., 
1778-87.  Private  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 
y  Maurer,  Peter,  lived  Penn  twp.,  177S- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. 

V  Meiser,  Henry,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Lieut.,  Jacob  Bard's  party 
of   Northumberland   Co.    militia,    1780. 

Miller,  Benjamin,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  177 
private,  Robinson's  Rangers. 
X  Miller,  David,  member  of  committee 
of  safety,  Penn  twp.,  Northumberland 
Co.  Feb.  1777. 
y  Miller,  Dewalt,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778; 
had  saw  mill.  Standard  bearer,  Coi. 
Philip  Cole's  4th  bat.  Northumberland 
Co.   militia. 

Miller,  George,  born  1761;  died  1844. 
Took  the  place  of  his  brother  as  a  sol- 
dier under  Capt.  Henry  Wright  in  1777, 
served  as  a  teamster  in  177S;  Pension- 
er, Union  Co.,  1840;  aged  81.  He  marri- 
ed   Catherine    Markle. 

Mitten,    Patrick,    died  Jan.    1825,    Union 
Co.    Revolutionary  soldier. 
X    Monks,    William,    lived   Penn   twp,    1781. 
Private,     Northumberland     Co.     militia. 

Mook,  George,  Union  Co.,  died  at 
East  Rush,  N.  Y.,  1848,  aged  88  years. 
Northumberland  Co.   Mil. 

Mook,    Jacob.    Pensioner,    East    Buffalo 
twp.,   1840,   aged  86;   received  depreciation 
pay,    Northumberland   Co.    militia 
v*    Moon,    John,    lived    Penn    twp.,    1778-87. 

Private,    Northumberland  Co.   militia. 
X    Moon,    Thomas,   lived    Penn    twp.,   1778- 
82.      Private,    Northumberland    Co.    mili- 
tia. 

V  Moore,  Andrew,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Member  of  committee  of  safety, 
Penn  twp.,  Northumberland  Co.  Feb. 
1777. 

Moore,  James,  lived  Buffalo  twp,  1776. 
2nd  Lieut.,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co. 
Northumberland    Co.    Associators.        1776. 

Moore,  James,  born  April  22,1753,  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J.  Private,  Capt.  James 
Parr's  Co.,  1st  rifle  regt.  of  Pa.,  July, 
1776,  enlisted  for  the  war;  captured  by 
British.  His  wife  was  Mary  Wilkinson. 
(His  son,  James,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Ott.) 

Moor,  William,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland    Co.    Associators,    1776. 

Morrow,  Andrew,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
near  Dreisbach  church,  1778-84.  Private 
Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland 
Co.  Associators,  1776;  received  depre- 
ciation pay,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia 
if  Motz,  Michael,  lived  Penn  Twp.,  1778- 
86.  Captain  in  Northumberland  Co. 
militia,    (Mrs.   Bart/Dl.) 

Motz,  Capt.  Michael.  He  came  from 
Berks  Co.,  long  before  the  Revolution 
with  two  brothers,  John  and  Ge°C?e- 
Located    near    Middleburg.      George    died 


in  1806:  Michael  and  John  about  1785 
moved  to  Penn's  Valley,  Centre  Co 
'J°ohon'  born  1758.  died  1802.  Michael  died 
1823,  aged  85.  Buried  in  the  Colonial 
graveyard  two  miles  west  of  Wbod- 
ward.  (Rev.  Stapleton.) 
*  Moyer,  George,  buried  Fry's  cemetery 
Salem,  (noW)  Snyder  Co.  Revolutionary 
soldier. 

Moyer,  Michael,  lived  Union  Co.,  1828 
Revolutionary  soldier. 

Moyer,  Nicholas.  Pensioner,  Union 
Co..     private    PM,    April     2,     1833;  ?:, 

years. 

Nees,  Henry,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke  s  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,  1776. 

X  Nees,  Peter,  died  Feb.  1,  1777  of 
wounds  at  Piscataway,  N.  J  Private 
Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland 
Co.  Associators,  1776.  Pension  applica- 
tion states  that  Peter  Neese  in  Dec 
1776,  was  a  private  in  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia, commanded  by  Col.  James  Potter. 
While  on  his  tour  of  duty  at  Piscata- 
way, N.  J.,  he  was  mortally  wounded, 
Jan.  1777,  by  a  musket  ball,  by  reason 
of  which  and  lack  of  attention  he  died 
before  his  return  from  tour.  Pension 
granted  widow  Mary  and  three  children. 
]H,  Nees,  Peter,  lived  Penn  twp,  1785-87; 
died,  aged  91.  Northumberland  county 
militia.  He  married  Christiana  Hess, 
and  was  a  son  of  Wm.  Neese  a  Ger- 
man sailor  who  settled  in  Penn  twp., 
about  1778. 

>(  Neitz,  Matthias,  lived  Penn  twp.  1786- 
7.    Northumberland  county   militia. 

Nesbit,  Alexander,  died  Nov.  8,  1823, 
at  Lewisburg,  Pa.,  aged  69.  Commission- 
ed 2nd  Lieut.,  1776  of  York  Co.  mili- 
tia. He  married  1st,  Jane  McKay;  and 
married  2nd  a  widow. 

Nevel,  Nicholas,  died  in  Buffalo  Val- 
ley.   Berks   Co.    Mil. 

Nevius,  Christian,  born  in  New  Jers- 
ey, Nov.  1,  1759;  died  Union  Co.  Pa., 
•Nov.  1,  1815;  56  years;  buried  in  Lewis- 
burg cemetery.  Private,  Major  William 
Beard's  Co.,  New  Jersey  militia,  March 
3-26,  1780:  private,  Capt.  Jacob  Ten 
Eyck's  Co.,  1st  battalion  of  Somerset 
Co.  militia.  He  married  Lucretia  Cham 
berlain,  born  Dec.  20,  1765,  died  Jan.  19, 
1841,  (daughter  of  Col.  Wm.  Chamber- 
lain   and    Elizabeth    Ten    Broeck.) 

Neitz,  Philip,  private,  Capt.  Benjamin 
Weiser's  Co.,  1776;  pensioner,  Union  Co. 
private  PT.   Feb.   7,   1833;   81   years. 

Noble,  Robert,  lived  Buffalo  twp.. 
1778-87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Norcross,  John,  lived  White  Deer, 
1778-86.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia;  wounded  at  Piscataway.  N.  J. 
Feb.    1,    1777. 

ia  Ogden,  Joseph,  lived  Penn  twp,  1«,S- 
80.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Orwig  George,  born  at  Maiden  Creek, 
Pa  March  11,  1758;  died  March  2,  1841. 
at  'kifflinburg,  Pa.;  buried  Miffllnbur* 
cpmeterv  July  1776,  enlisted  in  rifle 
Co  of  Capt.  James  Olds,  served  in  i .al- 
lies of  Cong  Island.  White  Plain* 
Brandywine  to  Fort  Jenkins  In  1<78; 
pensioner.  Tmion  Co..  private  RA.  Feb. 
»  1833  age  76  He  married,  August  10. 
1758  Marv  Magdalene  Gilbert.  He  was 
a  son   of  Gottfried  and  Clara  Orwlg. 

Overmeier,  George,  Jr.,  private,  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  militia  Son  of  Capt 
George   Overmeier,   died  180a. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Overmeier,  George,  died  1S05.  Member 
of  committee  of  safety,  Bufalo  twp. 
Northumberland  Co.  Feb.  1777;  capt.  of 
6th  Co.,  4^h  battalion,  Northumberland 
Co.    Associators,    Oct.    1776. 

Overmeier,  Peter,  private,  Northum- 
berland Co.  militia.  Son  of  Captain 
George    Overmeier. 

Parkinson,  Daniel,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1780.   Northumberland  Co.   militia. 

Parr,  James,  lived  White  Deer,  1767- 
8;  died  ante  1804.  1st  Lieut.,  Capt.  .Tim. 
Lowdon's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Thompson's 
rifles,  June,  1775;  Capt.  1st  Pa.  Line, 
Col.  James  Chambers;  Major.  noted 
throughout  army  for  daring  and  in- 
trepidity, distinguished  in  the  Gen. 
Sulivan  campaign  into  the  Genesee 
country. 

Patterson,     Murdock,     lived  Beaver 

twp.,    1793.      Private,    2nd    Pa.    Line,    Col. 
Stewart. 

Pfoutz  (or  Foutz)  Conrad,  lived  White 
Deer  twp.,  1778-82.  Born  Strasburg,  Ger- 
many 1734;  died  Donegal,  Lancaster 
Co.,  Pa.,  1790.  Capt.  Benj.  Weiser's  Co., 
enlisted  Jan.  30,  1777.  One  of  the  Rang- 
ers who  with  Sam.  Brady  and  the 
Groves,  were  a  great  terror  to  the  In- 
dians. ''Among  the  recruits  enlisted  bv 
Capt.  John  Mather,  Jr.,  June,  1759"  for 
the  French  and  Indian  War  was  "Con- 
rad Fouts,  aged  25,  born  Zweibrucken, 
German  laborer."  'His  wife,  Elizabeth, 
died  in  Lewisburg,  Sept.  26,  1828,  aged 
88. 

Phillips,  George.  Died  near  Winfield 
1822.    Northampton  Co.  Mil. 

Piatt,  Abraham  died  Haines  Twp., 
1796.  Northumberland  Co.  militia.  His 
children  were  Jane,  Eleanor,  John  and 
James. 

Poak,  James  Smith,  lived  White  Deer, 
1776-87,  Pensioner,  Union  Co.,  private 
PM.  Jan.  17,  1833;  83  years;  Northumber 
land    Co.    Rangers. 

Poak,  James,  died  1782,  private  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  Rangers.  Left  wife 
Mary.      His    daughter    Sarah  married 

Col.    John    Kelly;    Deborah   married   Eph- 
raim   Darraugh. 

Poak,  Thomas,  lived  White  Deer,  pri- 
vate, Northumberland  Co.  militia.  Son 
of  James  and  Mary  Poak. 

Poak,  Joseph,  lived  White  Deer,  1778- 
87.  Lieut.  Northumberland  Co.  militia 
i  Pontius,  George,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776;  received  depdeciation  pay, 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  Son  of 
John  Pontius  and  Anna  Catherine  Zel- 
lers,  married  1743.  Buried  Smith  Grove 
Church,   Snyder  Co. 

Pontius,  Henry,  born  Feb.  25,  1744 
died  Dec.  13,  1822,  Union  Co.  1st  Lieut 
Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland 
Co.  Associators,  1776.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Wolfe.  He  was  a  son  of  John 
Pontius  and  Anna  Catherine  Zellers, 
married  1743. 

Pontius,  (John)  Nicholas,  born  1749 
in     Berks       Co.;     died     1831.  Private, 

Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.,  Northumber- 
land Co.  Associators,  1776;  Lieut.  in 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He  marri- 
ed, Feb.  1778,  Maria,  Appolonia  Wilhelm 
He  was  a  son  of  John  Pontius  married 
1743   Anna    Catherine   Zellers. 

Potter,  James  born  Tyrone,  Ireland 
1729;  died  Nov.  1789;  buried  Brown's 
Mill,  Franklin  Co.,  Pa.  1755,  Capt.  in 
French  and  Indian  War;  1763-4  in  active 
service  as  a  major  and  Lieut.  Col  ; 
Col.  of  2nd  bat.  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators, Jan.  24,  1776;  brigadier  gener- 
al,   April    5,    1777;    member    of    supreme 


executive  council,  17§1;  vice-president  of 
Penna.,  1781;  commissioned  a  major  gen 
eral,     1782.       Lived    White    Deer.  The 

uper  fort,  built  in  1777  in  Penns  Valley, 
was  his  fortified  log  house.  He  marri- 
ed, first  Elizabeth  Cathcart,  of  Phila- 
delphia, second  Mrs.  Mary  Patterson 
vChambers. 

»  Price,  Thomas,  lived  Selinsgrove,  1792, 
died  Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  Sergt,  in  Capt. 
Casper  Weitzel's  Co.,  1st  battalion,  Pa. 
regt.    of   rifles,    Col:    Samuel   Miles. 

Quinn,  Terrence,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
near  _  Turtle  Creek,  1778-81.  Private 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Corinnius  Michael,  a 
soldier    of    Frederick    the    Great.  He 

died  in  Union  Co.  Aug.  10,  1831,  aged 
93. 

Rank,  Adam.  Died  in  White  Deer, 
1809.      Lancaster   Co.    Mil. 

Rank,  John,  Sr.  Died  in  White  Deer — 
Lancaster  Co.  Mil.  The  Ranks  came 
from  Earl  Twp.,  Lancaster  Co.,  and 
located    above    New    Columbia    prior      to 

*1792. 

\  iaush,  George,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778- 
87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
Died,  Aug. 2 3,  1839,  aged  84  yrs.,  in  Uni- 
^>xi   Co. 

\y)Raush,    Jacob,    lived    Penn    twp,    1778+ 

\87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
<■  Raush,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  17.S2-7. 
Private.    Northumberland    Co.    militia 

Rearick,  J.,  Buffalo  Valley.  Died  1788. 
Northumberland  Co.   Mil. 

Reed,  James,  settled  in  Gregg  twp  , 
17SS.He  came  with  his  wife  from  Ches- 
ter county;  was  in  the  battle  of  the 
Fraud;,  wine.  He  married  Jeannette 
Watt. 

Reed,  John,  died  Union  Co.,  1827.  Re- 
volutionary soldier;  private,  Northum- 
berland Co.   Rangers. 

I  Reed,  Captain  John,  born  Lancaster 
Co.  (now  Dauphin)  ante  1750;  died  a- 
bout  1778  on  his  place  below  White 
Deer  Mills.  Capt.  of  5th  Co.,  1st  bat- 
talion of  the  Flying  Camp  of  Lancas- 
ter Co.,  Col.  James  Cunningham.  He 
had  commanded  the  Paxton  boys  earli- 
er. He  married  Margaret  Blvthe,  born 
Sept.  17,  1750,  died  Sept.  4,  1836,  buried 
at  Kester's  school,  Hartley  twp.,  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Wm.  Blythe. 

Reed,  William,  lived  White  Deer, 
1777-Sl.  Member  of  committee  of  safe- 
ty, White  Deer  twp.,  Northumberland 
Co.,  Feb.  1777;  private  and  Lieut,  in 
Northumberland    Co.    militia  ' 

Rees,  Daniel,  lived  Buffalo  twp.,  1775- 
1804.  Died  1804.  Northumberland  Co 
militia. 

*  Reger,  Elias,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778-87- 
I'^d  Union  Co.,  1820.  Enlisted  May) 
1775,  Capt.  George  Nagel's  Co.,  Col.  Wm 
Thompson  s  regt.  of  rifles;  in  siege  of 
?°?ton;  discharged  at  Long  Island,  Julv 
1,  177G.  Cooper  by  trade. 
X  Regar,    John,    lived   Penn    twp      17X1-^ 

^Private,    Northumberland    Co     militia 
!  ^\eioC^en,T.ac^'  John-  lived     Penn     twp., 
1778-86.      Ensign,      Northumberland    Co 

.  militia.   ■ 

I  Reiehenbach  Jacob,  buried"  Grubb's 
church,  Salem,  (now)  Snyder  Co  Re- 
volutionary   soldier. 

Reim  Nicholas,  died  Union  Co  1828- 
lived  Buffalo  twp  1781-2.  Private,  ,Vd 
P„a-;  transferred  from  12th  Pa.,  July 
1778;  discharged  1781;  was  wounded  in 
the   service. 

Richey,  Robert,  enlisted  April  177fi 
Capt.  Casper  Wetzel's  Co.,  Col.  Samuel 
Miles  regt.;  lived  Buffalo  twp  is  ' 
pensioner,    1813.  y     IM 

ifi?rtibbott'    ,c£ristian,     lived     Union  Co 
1820.    Revolutionary    soldier. 


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Roizner,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-86.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Rhea,   John,   lived  Buffalo   twp.,   1778- 

86.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
Richter,      Christian,      buried      Grubb's 

church,  Chapman  twp.,  (now)  Snyder 
Co.  Received  depreciation  pay,  North- 
umberland Co.  militia. 

Rinehart,  Frederick,  lived  Buffalo 
twp.,  1778-84.  Private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators,  1776;  private  and  Lieut.,  Nor- 
thumberland   Co.    militia. 

Rinehart,  George,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-80.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators, 
1776;  received  depreciation  pay,  North- 
umberland   Co.    militia. 

Rishell,  George,  lived  Union  Co.  1820. 
Revolutionary   soldier. 

Rith,  Yost,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Northumberland  Co.  Associat- 
ors   1776. 

Roan,  Flavel.  lived  Lewisburg,  1786; 
born  July  31,  1760,  Derry  twp.;  died  Feb. 
19,  1817.  5th  Co.  6th  bat.,  Lancaster 
Co.  militia,  Feb.  1779;  private,  9th  bat., 
2nd  company,  5th  class,  Lancaster  Co. 
militia,  1780  (marked  belonging  to  7th 
bat.)  Unmarried.  Member  of  Assembly 
two  years,  Sheriff  Northumberland  Co. 
1791. 

Rodman,  James,  lived  White  Deer. 
Northumberland  Co.,  militia.  Son  of 
Hugh  Rodman  (died  1781)  and  Martha 
Rodman. 

Rodman,  William,  died  White  Deer, 
1782.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. His  widow  Martha  afterwards  mar- 
ried James  Fleming. 

Rorabaugh,  Philpi.,  died  Feb.  3,  1837; 
86  years;  buried  German  graveyard, 
Lewisburg,  Pa.  Hero  of  three  wars: 
served  three  months  in  Pa.  line,  Capt. 
Slaymaker's  Co.,  Col.  Bull's  regt.  while 
the  army  lay  at  Valley  Forge;  served 
in  1794  in  the  whisky  insurrection; 
served  three  months  in  1814  in  Capt. 
John  Bergstresser's  Co.  at  Marcus  Hook. 

Rote,  Michael,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,   1776. 

Ross,  Jacob  Valentine,  settled  in  Uni- 
in  county  after  war  of  1812;  born  June 
17,  1754  in  New  Jersey;  died  Union 
county,  1S54,  buried  at  Buffalo  X  Roads 
Presbyterian  cemetery.  A  son  of  Jasper 
Ross,  who  lived  near  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Jasper  Ross  was  wounded,  had  his  hand 
shot  off  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga  and 
Valentine,  his  son,  took  his  place.  Serv- 
ed in  9th  N.  J.  Continental  Line  three 
and  a  half  years;  a  pensioner.  He  mar- 
ried 1st,  Susan  Bray;  in  1829  he  mar- 
ried Mary  A.  Van  Horn.  Betsy  Ross 
was   his   sister-in-law. 

Roush,   Casper,   lived   Penn   twp.   1778- 

87.  Revolutionary  soldier. 

Row,  George,  killed  by  indians,  July, 
1781,  near  Mifflinburg;  58  years.  Pen- 
sion application  states  that  "George 
Row  enlisted  in  a  battalion  of  Northum- 
berland Co.  militia  commanded  by  Col. 
Peter  Hosterman.  He  was  stationed  at 
Foutz'  mill  in  Buffalo  Valley.  July, 
1780,  was  wounded  by  the  Indians  in 
defence  of  this  place;  a  musket  or  rifle 
'•all  pierced  his  breast  and  he  died 
within  five  hours  after  he  was  wound- 
ed. Bis  widow,  Mary  Magdalene  Row 
is   much   in    need   of   a   pension." 

Row,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1778-87. 
Private,    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Row,  Ludwig,  private,  Cai>'.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776;  private  in  Robinson's 
Hangers 

Row,   Martha,    lived   Penr.    twp.,    1778- 


87.  Private,  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Sample,  John,  killed  Dy  Indians,  May 
1779,  White  Deer;  buried  on  ;•„  farm  late- 
ly owned  by  Abram  Leib,  neai  Ram.-sey's 
schoolhouse  in  White  Deer,  where  his 
grave  may  still  be  seen.  Revolutionary 
soldier.  He  and  his  wife  Mary  were 
killed  by  the  Indians  and  their  son  Jno. 
carried  away  at  the  same  time,  was 
later    rescued. 

Schneider,  Michael,  private,  Capt. 
John  Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co. 
Associators,  1776.  Lived  in  (now)  Lime- 
stone  twp.,   near  White   Springs. 

Schoch,  Mathias  Michael,  born  Nov. 
5,  1759;  died  Nov.  9,  1819;  buried  Row's 
Church  Salem,  Snyder  Co.,  Pa.  Private, 
Capt.  John  Clarke's  Northumberland 
Co.  Associators,  1776;  received  deprecia- 
tion pay,   Northumberland  Co.  militia. 

Schoch,  George,  lived  Penn  twp.  1778- 
87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  1776. 
Probably  a  brother  of  Mathias  Michael 
and  of  John. 

Schoch,  John,  lived  1778-87  Penn  twp. 
Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co.  North- 
umberland Co.  Associators,  1776;  receiv- 
ed depreciation  pay,  Northumberland 
Co.    militia. 

Schroyer,  Matthias  lived  Union  Co., 
«^20.  Enlisted  July  21,  1776,  Capt.  Chas. 
Baltzel's  Co.,  German  regt.,  Lieut. -Col. 
Waltner. 

Scott,  Robert,  lived  White  Springs. 
1776.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland  Co.  Rangers. 

Seebold,  Christopher,  Jr.  He  was  a  son 
of  Christopher  Seebold,  Sr.,  who  came 
with  a  large  family  from  Lebanon  Co., 
in  1789  and  located  about  two  miles 
west  of  New  Berlin  where  he  owned  a 
mill,  the  ruins  of  which  may  yet  be 
seen.  Both  father  and  son  were 
in  6th  Co.,  Second  Bat.  Lancaster  Co. 
Mil.  Christopher  Seebold,  Sr.,  died  in 
1813.  Christopher,  Jr.  born  1763,  died 
1S39.  He  is  buried  in  New  Berlin.  In 
1788  he  married  Anna  Eve  Hochlender 
of  Manheim,  Lancaster  Co.  who  was 
born   1769  and  died   Nov.   3,   1857. 

Seebold,  Christopher,  Sr.,  born  in 
Wurtemberg,  Germany,  about  1743. 
Came  to  America  with  his  father,  Len- 
hart  Seebold,  who  settled  Lebanon  Co. 
Christopher  Sr.,  died  1813  in  New  Ber- 
lin; buried  in  New  Berlin  in  a 
lot  which  has  since  been  aban- 
doned as  a  cemetery  and  laid  out  as  a 
portion  of  the  town,  an  alley  running 
acvross  the  spot  where  his  grave  was 
made.  He  married  in  Lebanon  Co.,  2nd 
Bat.  Lancaster  Co.  militia. 

Seitz,  George,  born  in  Reading,  Pa.; 
died  Lewisburg,  Pa.,  Oct.  6,  1824;  69 
years.  Private,  Capt.  Gobin's  Co.  6th 
battalion  Berks  Co.  militia,  August  10- 
Sept.  9th,  1780;  at  one  time  on  duty 
guarding  prisoners  of  war  from  Read- 
ing to  Philadelphia.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Burkhart,  died  at  Lewisburg,  Nov. 
4,  1846;  age  87.  She  nursed  soldiers  at 
Valley  Forge  and  used  to  tell  of  help- 
ing in  one  operation  which  General 
George  Washington  was  the  'surgeon 
in   charge. 

Selin,  Anthony,  died  Feb.  2,  1792,  at 
Selinsgrove,  Pa.;  buried  in  New  Luth- 
eran cemetery,  Selinsgrove,  Pa.  Capt. 
in  Baron  von  Ottendorff's  corps  of 
dragoons,  Dec.  10,  1776;  Capt.  in  2nd 
Canadian  regt,  (Congress  Own)  Col. 
Moses  Hazen,  Dec.  10,  1776;  major  of 
same,  served  to  Jan.  1,  1783.  He  married 
Catherine,  a  sister  of  Governor  Simon 
Snyder. 

Seips  Joseph,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-84.  Private,  Northumberland  Co., 
militia. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


Shadel,  Henry,  born  in  Wurtemberg, 
Germany,  Oct.  22,  1752;  died  Jan.  21, 
1822,  aged  67;  buried  Grubb's  church, 
Chapman  twp.,  (now)  Snyder  Co.  Team- 
ster in  Revolutionary  war.  He  married 
in  Berks  Co.,  Maria  Ohlinger,  who  is 
buried   beside   him. 

Shamory,  (father  of  John  Sha- 

mory);  buried  in  Grubb's  churchyard, 
Snyder  county.  Said  to  be  a  revolution- 
ary  soldier. 

Shively,  Christian,  a  Swiss  who  set- 
tled in  York  county  where  he  moved  to 
Buffalo  Valley  1773;  returned  to  York 
county  where  he  died.  Northumberland 
county  militia.  A  son  John,  was  captur- 
ed  by   the   Indians   and  never   returned. 

Shont,  Adam,  (or  Schout?)  lived  Uni- 
on Co.,  pensioner,  private,  PM,  Feb.  23, 
1833;  79  years.  (Adam  Schout,  pension- 
er lived  Bast  Buffalo  twp.,  1840,  aged 
86.) 

Shreffler,  Henry,  New  Berlin;  died 
Penn's  Valley  1837,  aged  85.  Berks 
Co.    Associators,    1776. 

Sierer,  George,  private  in  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,   1776. 

Smilev,  Thomas,  born  (now)  Dauph- 
in Co.,  i759;  died  near  Alvira,  1832,  ag- 
ed 73;  buried  White  Deer  baptist 
church  cemetery.  Enlisted  in  1776  undee. 
Col.  Curtis  Grubb,  for  duty  on  Long 
Island;  under  Washington  at  White 
Marsh  and  at  Chestnut  Hill,  Dec.  6th, 
1777.  He  settled  in  White  Deer  in  180S 
where  he  established  the  first  Baptist 
church  in  Union  county.  He  married 
Nancy  Tucker.  He  was  a  son  of  John 
Smiley,  (who  had  served  in  the  early 
wars  and  enlisted  in  the  Revolution 
with  him  under  Col.  Grubb)  and  his  wife 
Annie    Stuart. 

Smith.  Adam,  died  Union  Co.;  buried 
at  Dreisbach  church.  A  teamster  in  the 
Revolutionary   war. 

Smith,  Widow  Catherine  buried  in 
the  old  settlers'  cemetery,  White  Deer 
Valley,  at  the  corner  of  Dan.  Cladwell's 
barn.  She  had  a  boring  mill  at  White 
Deer,  which  she  managed  after  the 
death  of  her  husband,  Peter  Smith.  Of 
her  ten  children  one  son,  John,  was  a 
private  in  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  1776, 
and  never  came  back  from  the  war. 

Smith,  Michael,  lived  East  Buffalo, 
1776.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Associators,    1776. 

Snyder,  John,  lived  Union  Co.,  1818. 
A  Revolutionary  soldier  and  a  pension- 
er. 

Solomon,  John,  near  New  Berlin, 
Northumberland    Co.    Mil. 

Solomon,    Joseph.    Same    record. 

Soult,  David,  born  March  18,  1752; 
died  1824,  aged  72  in  Union  Co.  Enlist- 
ed in  Capt.  Marion  Lamar's  Co.  of  Nor- 
thampton Co.,  Col.  John  P.  de  Haas  1st 
Pa.  battalion  and  served  in  Canada  in 
1776;  re-enlisted  in  2nd  Pa.;  discharged 
under  General  Wayne  after  the  revolt 
at  Trenton,  N.  J.;  pensioner,  Union  Co. 
private,*  PL,  May  15,  1820;  #ged  82.  He 
left  five  children,  John,  Jacob,  Philip, 
George  and  Michael. 

Specht,  Adam,  died  New  Berlin,  Oct. 
4,  1824,  aged  69.  Enlisted  at  Schaeffers- 
town,  private  in  Col.  Nicholas  Hauseg- 
ger's  German  regt.,  May,  1776;  discharg- 
ed, Northumberland,  1779;  shoemaker; 
pensioner. 

Speddy,  James,  died  at  New  Berlin. 
Private,  Capt.  John  Clark's  Co.  North- 
umberland   Co.    Associators,    1776. 

Speddy,  William  Sr.,  lived  along  Tur- 
tle Creek,  1785,  died  at  Speddy's  Gap 
near  McAlisterville,  Pa.,  enlisted,  Dec. 
177  6,  Capt.  John  Clark's  Company,  Nor- 


thumberland county  militia;  served  dur- 
ing   Princeton    and    Trenton    campaigns. 

Speddy,  William,  Jr.,  lived  Buffalo 
township.  Northumberland  county  mi- 
litia.   Son   of  William    Sr. 

Speece,  Jacob,  lived  at  White  Deer, 
1778.  Private  in  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  in 
1776. 

Spyker,  Henrv,  born  Tulpehocken,  Au- 
gust 29,  1753;  died  Lewisburg,  Pa.  July 
1,  1817;  buried  Lewisburg  cemetery. 
Adjt.  in  1776  of  a  regiment  on  duty  at 
Ambov,  N.  J.  paymaster  of  Berks  Co. 
militia,  Oct.  1,  1777- July  27,  1787;  mem- 
ber of  Assembly  from  Berks  Co.  17S8- 
90;  Col.  of  6th  battalion  of  Berks  Co. 
militia,  May  17,  1777.  He  married  Ma- 
ria Weiser,  born  August  11,  1754;  died 
Oct.  11,  1829,  at  Lewisburg.  He  was  a 
son  of  Peter  Spyker,  born  Oct.  27,  1711, 
married  1742,  Mary  Seidel. 
>•  Stahl,  John,  lived  Union  Co.,  1825  and 
served  with  militia.  He  died  in  Chap- 
man Twp.,  June  25,  1840,  aged  85. 

Stevenson,  James,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.,  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators, 1776. 
)(  Stock,  George  lived  Penn  twp.  1785- 
7.  Pensioner,  Union  Co.,  private,  PM, 
Mav   2,   1833;    79   years. 

Storm,  David,  lived  Buffalo  Valley; 
killed  in  1781  by  Indians  at  his  home 
in  Buffalo  twp.  Private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  As- 
sociators, 1776. 

Straw   (or  Stroh,)   Nicholas  lived  Buf- 
falo   Twp.,    1778-87.    Lieut.    Northumber- 
land    Co.     militia;     belonged     to  the 
rangers.   He   married   Mary,   daughter  of 
»  Christian    and    Rachel    Dale. 
*      Swineford,      John.      Born      1755,      died 
v1805;    Middleburg,    Snyder    Co. 
*     Swineford,  George.     Middleburg.  Both 
sons   of  Albrecht   Swineford,    founder   of 
Middleburg,    who    died    at    an    advanced 
age    in    1809. 

Strickland,  Timothy,  lived  Lewisburg, 
May,  1824,  age  78  and  much  crippled. 
Enlisted  1776  in  Berkshire,  Mass.  Capt. 
Bacon's  Co.,  Col.  Porter's  regt.,  and 
served  one  year;  re-enlisted  Sept.  1777 
in  Capt.  Mills'  Co.,  N.  Y.  State  line  and 
honorably  discharged  after  three  years' 
service.  A  carpenter;  had  four  sons  of 
whom    Samuel   was   in   the   war   of   1812. 

Sutherland,  Thomas,  born  1733;  died 
Oct.  15,  1816,  8  4buried  in  Presbyterian 
cemetery,  Buffalo  X.  Roads,  Penna., 
Lieut.  Col.  4th  battalion,  Northumber- 
land Co.  Associators,  Oct,  8,  1776.  Wife 
Jane,  died  Feb.  9th,  1819,  aged  82.  Bur- 
ied beside  him. 

Swartz,  Peter,  Sr.,  died  White  Deer, 
Oct.  16,  1804.  Built  a  blockhouse  on  his 
farm  near  West  Milton.  He  married  1st, 
Elizabeth  Ritt;  married  2nd,  Mrs.  Mag- 
dalena  Baker  Weyland  in  1772,  (widow 
of  Michael  AVeyland.) 
0  Swartzlander,  Conrad.  Pensioner  from 
Centre  twp.,   1840.  aged  85. 

Swesey,  Daniel,  died  White  Deer,  Jan. 
31,  1836.  Pensioner,  Union  Co.,  private 
PM,  Jan.  9,  1834;  78  years.  He  left  a 
widow,    Mary. 

Tate,  Edward,  died  1794  in  Mifflin- 
burg,  Pa.  Private  in  Capt.  Geo.  Over- 
mier's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associa- 
tors, 1776.  May  6,  1782  he  was  wounded 
by  a  ball  in  his  foot  in  an  engagejn^n.^ 
with  the  Indians  on  a  place  then  J  occu- 
pied by  Frederick  Wise  (now  in1  Lime- 
stone twp.)  somewhere  between  Mkffflin- 
burg  and  Wehr's  tavern;  pensioner/,  in 
March  1791.  He  married  Barbara  7<iast 
daughter  of  John  Nicholas  Gast{  and 
Catherine   Knipe. 

Tabler,    Joseph,    lived      Buffalo     \twp 
1781-87.    Private,       Northumberland^    Co. 
militia. 


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Templeton.  One  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Dry  Valley,  about  1769,  was  William 
Templeton  and  wife  Anna.  On  the  as- 
sessment list  of  1775  the  wife  only  ap- 
pears which  indicates  that  the  father 
was  then  dead.  They  were  in  some  way 
connected  with  the  Beattys  and  Bov- 
ards.  They  had  a  number  of  sons  in  the 
Revolution.  The  names  of  John,  David 
and  Samuel  appear  on  the  rolls  of  the 
Northumberland  Co.  Mil.  There  is  a 
Templetion  graveyard  on  the  ridge  near 
Dry  Valley  X  Roads  where  many  of  the 
family  lie  buried.  The  Templetons  long 
ago  disappeared  from  Union  County. 
J  Thomas,  Lieut.  John  died  Penn  Twp., 
1812.  Lebanon  Co.  Mil. 

Thomas,  George.  Son  of  Lieut.  John 
Thomas. 

Thompson,  James,  died  near  Jersey 
Shore,  Pa.,  Feb.  9,  1837;  buried  in  old 
cemetery,  Jersey  Shore  Pensioner,  Uni- 
on Co.,  Capt.  PM,  Feb.  12,  1833;  age 
70;  at  the  age  of  ten  he  was  with  his 
stepfather,  a  teamster,  at  Braddock's 
defeat. 

Thompson,  Robert,  private,  Capt.  Jno. 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,  1776:  served  as  a  volunteer,  Dec. 
10,  1776-March  11,  1777  and  then  dis- 
charged because  he  was  moving  to  Cum- 
berland Co. 

Tibbens,  Henry,  died  between  1820 
and  1825;  lived  Union  Co.,  1814.  Enlist 
ed  by  Lieut.  John  Edie;  resided  in  Buf- 
falo Valley,  Union  Co.,  1814;  Capt.  Mos- 
es McClain's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Irvine's  6th 
Pa.  battalion.  It  appears  by  a  certificate 
of  Capt.  Timothy  Green  that  Tibbens 
served  in  his  company  in  the  year  1764, 
Col.  Asher  Clayton's  regt.,  Col.  Bou- 
quet's campaign;  pensioner,  1820;  dead 
in   1825. 

Treaster,  Martin,  died  1782;  lived 
Buffalo  twp.,  1778-82.  Member  of  com- 
mittee of  safety,  Buffalo  twp.,  North- 
umberland Co.,  August,  1776;  private, 
Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Trewitz,  Conrad,  lived  Union  Co., 
1822.  Union  Co.  pension  application 
states  he  enlisted  August  15,  1776, 
Capt.  Benjamin  Weiser's  Co.,  in  Col. 
Husker's  regt.,  until  Col.  Husker  de- 
serted to  the  British  army.  Afterwards 
Col.  Waltner  commanded  said  regt.,  un- 
der whom  he  served  until  Jan.  1781, 
when  he  was  discharged  by  Gen.  Mulen- 
berg  in  New  Jersey.  His  discharge  has 
since  been  burnt  with  other  property. 
Michael  Yeisley  states  that  he  and 
Conrad  Trewitz  were  messmates  in  Capt. 
Benj.  Weiser's  Co.,  in  Col.  Waltner's 
regt.,  for  about  18  months.  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth  testifies  that  the  above  state- 
's, ment  about  Trewitz  is  true. 
k'  Ulrich,  John  George,  Jr.  born  Feb.  3, 
1753;  died  April  17,  1824,  age  72;  buri- 
ed Old  Lutheran  cemetery,  Selinsgrove, 
Pa.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co., 
Northumberland  Co.  Associators,  Sept. 
1776;  private,  Capt.  Michael  Weaver's 
Co.,  Northumberland  Co.,  1780;  Lieut., 
received  depreciation  pay,  Northumber- 
land Co.  militia.  Married  Catherine 
Laudenslager,  and  was  a  son  of  the 
Pioneer    John    George    Ulrich. 

Van  Dyke,  Henry,  born  1700  in  New 
York;  died  1784  in  Buffalo  Valley.  Al- 
though an  old  man  he  belonged  to  the 
Buffalo  Valley  Rangers.  Before  war 
was  declared  secret  meetings  were 
held  by  the  colonists  at  his  house  east 
of  Buffalo  X  Roads.  He  was  one  of  the 
party  of  militia  sent  up  to  White 
Deer  in  1781,  under  Sergt.  Christian 
Van  Gundy  to  bring  away  John  Samp- 
le and  wife  who  were  finally  murdered 
by  Indians.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Campbell. 


Van  Dyke,  John,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1781-4.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia.    Son    of   Henry   Van   Dyke. 

Van  Dyke,  Lambert,  lived  White 
Deer  twp.,  1778;  died  1794,  Paradise,  Pa. 
in  Capt.  McClellen's  company,  1st  bat. 
Lancaster  county  militia,  Col.  Rodgers 
bat.  He  married  Margaret  McMichael. 
Son  of  Henry  Van  Dyke. 

Van  Gundy,  Christian,  Sr.,  born  in 
Lancaster  Co.;  died  Ross  Co.,  O.  A. 
Sergt.  of  militia  in  charge  of  party 
sent  to  White  Deer,  1779,  to  bring  a- 
way  John  Sample  and  his  wife. 

Van  Gundy,  Peter,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1783-4.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Van  Valzah.  Dr.  Robert,  born  near 
Croton  River,  N.  T.,  April  17,  1764; 
died  April  18,  1850,  age  85;  buried 
Presbyterian  Cemetery,  Buffalo  X. 
Roads,  Pa.  Served  two  years  in  the 
militia  at  age  of  sixteen.  He  marri- 
ed Elizabeth  Sutherland,  daughter  of 
Lieut.  Col.  Thos.  Sutherland  and  Jane. 
)  Wales,  John.  (Walls  in  records.) 
Penn  Twp.;  buried  at  New  Berlin  1796. 
Private,  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
Left  a  widow  Ann  M.,  died  Feb.  20, 
^J.827   in   Centre   Twp. 

V  Walter,  David,  buried  Fry's  cemetery 
■'Salem,  Chapman  twp.,  Snyder  Co.  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  Rangers;  pensioner 
Union  Co.,  private,  PM,  May  2,  1833, 
aged  73.  Said  to  be  a  son  of  the  pio- 
neer Jacob  Walter. 

Walter,  John,  born  Jan.  6th,  1749; 
died  Jan.  5,  1812;  buried  Dreisbach's 
church.  Revolutionary  soldier. 

Ward,  John,  lived  Union  Co.,  1823. 
Revolutionary    soldier. 

Watson,  Hugh,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1775-82.    Northumberland    Co.    militia. 

Watson,  Patrick,  killed  May,  1780,  by 
Indians  near  Mifflinburg,  Pa.;  buried 
(with  his  mother  who  was  killed  at  the 
same  time)  in  Lewis  cemetery.  (Un- 
marked). Ensign,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators 
1776;  received  depreciation  pay,  North- 
umberland Co.   militia. 

X  Weaver,  John,  lived  Penn  twp.,  1776- 
87.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's  Co. 
Northumberland    Co.    Associators,    1776. 

Weaver,  David,  private,  Capt.  John 
Clarke's  Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Asso- 
ciators,  1776. 

X  Weaver,  Michael,  lived  Penn  township 
177S-87.    Northumberland   Co.   militia. 

Weeks,  Jesse,  lived  and  died  in  White 
Deer  township.  His  cabin  was  on  the 
north  branch  of  White  Deer  Hole 
Creek  about  four  miles  west  of  its 
junction  with  South  Creek.  Ensign 
Captain  Samuel  Dale's  company,  Col. 
James  Potter's  2nd  bat.,  Northumber- 
land county  militia,  1776.  Son  of  Jos- 
eph   Weeks,    (died    1779)    and    Rachel. 

Weiser,  Peter.  Penn  Twp.  Three  of 
his  sons  were  married  to  daughters  of 
Capt.  Michael  Motz;  all  moved  with  the 
latter  to  Penn's  Valley,  Centre  Co. 
•<  Weiser,  Captain  Benjamin,  lived  Penn 
twp  1776-87;  lived  at  Selinsgrove  af- 
ter the  war.  Capt.  in  German  regt., 
July  8,  1776.  Son  of  Conrad  Weiser,  the 
Indian    interpreter,    and    his    wife    Anna 

Weiser,  Christopher,  died  East  Buf- 
falo twp.,  March  30,  1819,  aged  61;  buri- 
ed in  Lewisburg  cemetery.  Sergt.  Capt. 
Peter  Decker's  Co.,  Col.  Robert  Magaw  s 
5th  Pa.  battalion;  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
Union  Co.,  1792.  This  is  probably  a  son 
of  John  Peter  Weiser,  married  Maria 
Margaretta.  (John  Peter  Weiser  was  a 
son  of  Conrad  Weiser,  the  Indian  in- 
terpreter and  his  wife,  Anna  Eve.) 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  1. 


0  "Weiser,  Captain  Conrad,  born  August 
30,  17-19;  died  1803;  buried  Old  Luther- 
an cemetery,  Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  Col.  Pat- 
ton's  battalion,  Berks  Co.  militia  1776: 
on  duty  at  South  Amboy,  N.  J.;  Capt. 
4th  Co.  6th  battalion,  1777;  Capt.  6th 
battalion,  177  8.  He  married  Barbara 
Boyer. 

Wenderbach,  Henry,  private,  Capt. 
John  Clark's  Co.  Northumberland  Co. 
Associators,   1776. 

Wendt,  Frederick,  lived  Union  Co., 
1823.    Revolutionary    soldier. 

Wereham,  feter,  uvea  Union  Co.,  1820. 
Corp.  PM.  pensioner. 

Weyland,  Michael  (or  Weeland),  liv- 
ed White  Deer  twp.,  1796,  buried  in  old 
German  Reformed  cemetery,  Milton,  Pa. 
He  applied  for  a  pension  in  April,  1818, 
at  which  time  he  was  living  in  Milton, 
Pa.,  aged  70  years.  Pension  was  grant- 
ed him  for  four  years'  actual  service  as 
a  private  in  the  Pennsylvania  Line.  He 
enlisted  May  21,  1776  and  served  under 
Captains  Peter  Grubb  and  James  Ross, 
and  Colonel  Miles. 

Wildgoose,  Michael,  lived  Buffalo  twp. 
1772-87.  Private,  Lieut-Col's.  Co.  3d. 
Pa.  Line,  1777-1780;  from  Buffalo  twp., 
Northumberland   Co. 

Wilker,  Leonard,  lived  Buffalo  town- 
ship, 1775-87  where  he  had  grist  and 
saw  mills.  Northumberland  county 
militia. 

Wilson,  Hugh,  born  Oct.  21,  1761,  Al- 
len twp.,  Northampton  Co.;  died  Oct.  9; 
1845  on  his  farm  near  Lewisburg,  Pa. 
buried  Lewisburg  cemetery.  Served  a 
number  of  tours  during  the  Revolution 
as  a  militiaman  under  Col.  Nicholas 
Kern.  He  married,  Feb.  17,  1790,  Cath- 
erine Irvine  born  1758,  died  1835,  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Wm.  Irvine. 

Wilson,  John,  born  1763;  died  1836  at 
Hartleton,  Pa.  Pensioner,  Union  Co., 
private,  PM,  Feb.  12,  1833,  age  70;  serv- 
ed in  the  militia  guarding  the  fron- 
tier, 1781;  received  depreciation  pay, 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  He  marri- 
ed Nancy  Foster.  Son  of  Peter  Wilson 
and    Jane    Gilbraith. 

Wilson,  Matthew,  lived  Buffalo  town- 
ship, 1775.  Northumberland  Co.  mili- 
tia. 

Wilson,  Peter,  born  1752,  died  1803; 
lived  in  present  Hartley  township,  and 
coming  from  York  county  before  the 
Revolution;  he  left  with  the  great  run- 
away, 1778  and  did  not  return  until 
close  of  war.  Northumberland  county 
militia.  He  married  in  1770,  Jane  Gal- 
braith,    born    1754. 

Wilson.  Robert,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1778-82.  Private,  Capt.  John  Clarke's 
Co.  Northumberland  Co.  Associators, 
1776. 

Wilson,  Thomas,  born  1724,  in  Ireland 
died  Feb.  25,  1799,  aged  74;  buried  Lew- 
isburg cemetery.  During  the  Revolution 
he  supplied  flour  from  his  mill  in  Allen 
twp.,  Northampton  Co.,  to  the  Continent- 
al army;  he  was  paid  in  Continental 
currency    and    suffered    heavily    because 


of  its  depreciation.  His  widow  Eliza- 
beth  Hays  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Hays  and  Jane  Love. 

Wise,  Frederick,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
1781-85.  Private,  Northumberland  Co. 
militia. 

Wise,  Jacob,  lived  Buffalo  Twp., 
v  1775-85.  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 
\  Witmer,  Peter.  Born  1737  in  Ger- 
many. Married  in  1757  at  Philadelphia 
Marie  Solomona.  In  17  66  located  one 
mile  above  Port  Trevorton  and  took  up 
300  acres  of  land  still  in  possession  of 
his  descendants.  Had  son  Peter  born 
17  60.  Both  father  and  son  in  Northum- 
berland Co.  Mil.  Peter  Witmer  died 
1793;  buried  at  Row's  church.  Will  on 
file  at  Sunbury. 
jC  Witmer,  Mathias.  Penn  Twp.  North- 
umberland Co.  Mil.  Relative  of  Peter. 
X  Wolf,  George,  lived  Penn  Twp.  1775- 
87.  Capt.  5th  company,  4th  bat.  Col. 
James  Potter's  Northumberland  Co.  mi- 
litia. On  first  grand  jury  of  Northum- 
berland county,  1773.  (Probably  tavern 
keeper  below  the  bridge  at  Northumber- 
land,)   licensed   1772. 

Wolfe,  George  Wendle,  born  Tulpe- 
hocken,  March  16,  1740;  died  March  12, 
1S26;  buried  at  Dreisbach's  church,  (un- 
marked). Privnte,  Capt.  Michael  Fur- 
rer's  Co.  Berks  Co.  militia,  Col.  Patton. 
He  married  in  Berks  Co.,  1766,  Ann 
V  Elizabeth  Reid,  died  March  7,  1829. 
^     Woodling,    George,      buried      Freeburg 

/emetery.    Revolutionary    soldier. 
Woodrow,    Simon,      lived      Penn    twp., 
1781-7.    Member  of  committee  of  safety 
Penn   twp.,   Northumberland   Co.   August 
1776. 

Yearrick,  Simon.  Born  1755,  died 
1831;  buried  in  Miffiinburg  cemetery 
Revolutionary   soldier. 

Yiesely,  Michael,  lived  Union  Co.  1822. 
Enlisted  Aug.  9,  1776,  Capt.  Benjamin 
Weiser's  Co.,  Col.  Hausegger's  regt.; 
served  through  war  and  discharged  in 
1783;  lived  Union  Co.,  1820,  aged  67. 
Wife  living  then. 

Young,  Christian,  died  Union  County, 
June  10,  1820.  Private,  Col.  Robert 
Magaw's  5th  Pa.  battalion;  discharged 
at   Fort   Washington. 

Young,  Matthew,  lived  Buffalo  twp., 
177S-87;  died  1787,  Buffalo  twp.  Private 
Northumberland  Co.  militia.  His  daugh- 

\ter  Margaret,  captured  by  Indians,  was 
still  living  in  1787. 
>  Yost,  Caspar,  Sr.,  lived  1778-81  Penn 
Twp.;  died  Penn  twp.,  1781;  born  at 
Hanover,  Pa.,  1748.  Second  Major.  Col. 
Philip  Cole's  2nd  bat.  Northumberland 
Co.  militia.  He  married  1768  Catherine 
Cole,  daughter  of  Col.  Philip  Cole  and 
Elizabeth  Edie  and  was  a  son  of  John 
Yost  and  Mary  Foster. 

Yost,  John  ,born  1726;  died  1784.  Nor- 
thumberland County  rangers.  He  marri- 
ed in   1747,   Mary  Foster. 
>    Zellers,    John,     lived      Penn    township, 
1781-87.  Northumberland  Co.  militia. 

Zellers,  Peter.  Born  Tulpehocken, 
Berks  Co.,  1745;  died  1817;  buried  at 
Miffiinburg. 


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Monument  erected  to  the  memory 
of  Gov.  Simon  Snyder,  by  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Penna. 


MARRIAGE  AND  INSCRIPTION  RECORDS 


7500  SNYDER  COUNTY  MARRIAGES  AND   871 

SNYDER  CO.  TOMBSTONE  INSCRIPTIONS 

PUBLISHED  IN  TWO  VOLUMES 


The  undersigned  has  compiled  and 
published  two  companion  Volumes 
of    Snyder   County    Records: 

1.  "Tombstone  Inscriptions  of  Sny- 
der County"  and  2.  "Snyder  Coun- 
ty Marriages.  1835-1899." 

Tombstone    Inscriptions. 

No^other  volume  contains  so  mucb 
data  of  the  people  who  have  lived 
and  died  in  this  section,  since  the 
settlement  of  this  territory  by  the 
pioneers,  almost  a  century  and  a 
half  ago.  Our  noble  forefathers 
penetrated  the  forests  and  wilder- 
ness and  began  tilling  the  soil.  The 
heroic  dust  of  these  revered  ances- 
tors now  sleep  beneath  the  sod  of 
their  chosen  heath.  This  book  gives 
the  names  of  these  people,  the  dates 
of  birth  and  death  and  age  as  giv- 
en   on   the   markers. 

Almost  9,000  Epitaphs. 
There  are  279  pages  in  the  book 
covering  68  different  Cemeteries  in 
the  17  districts  of  Snyder  County, 
and  the  older  epitaphs  of  New  Berlin, 
just  across  the  borders  in  Union 
County. 

These  records  are  authentic.  The 
names  of  each  cemetery  are  arrang- 
ed in  alphabetical  order  so  that  any 
name  can  easily  be  found. 

The  following  list  will  show  how 
many  epitaphs  are  given  from  each 
district: 

Adams, 421 

Beaver, 342 

Beaver   West 746 

Centre, 604 

Chapman, 988 

Franklin, 449 

Jackson, 682 

Middleburg, 333 

Middlecreek, 443 

Monroe, 217 


Perry, 716 

Perry   West, 31 

Penn 951 

Spring, 370 

Selinsgrove, 255 

Union, 456 

Washington 738 

New    Berlin 69 

Total    In    the    Book,     ..    8711 
The   book   is     substantially     bound 
in    stiff   cloth     covers     and      will    be 
mailed  prepaid  on  receipt  of  $3.00 

Snyder   County    Marriages. 

This  book  contains  the  names  and 
dates  of  more  than  7500  marriages. 
(15,000  names.) 

This  volume  contains  266  pages  and 
34  pages  are  used  for  a  comprehen- 
sive and  complete  index  of  surnames, 
so  there  is  no  trouble  to  find  all  the 
names  with  little  trouble. 

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binding,  and  will  be  sent  prepaid  on 
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For  a  short  time,  when  both  books 
are  ordered  at  the  same  time  we 
will  send  prepaid  both  the  Inscrip 
tion  and  Marriage  Books  on  receipt 
of  five  dollars. 

These  books  contain  many  family 
records  that  the  families  themselves 
do  not  have  and  in  many  cases,  as 
those  of  marriages,  are  not  obtain 
able  except  through  these  books. 

There  is  a  very  small  edition  and 
when  these  are  sold,  it  will  be  im- 
possible to  supply  any  more  copies 
as  there  will  be  no  second  Issue. 

No  local  data  of  such  magnitude 
has  ever  been  compiled  and  publish- 
ed for  so  low  a  price  of  three  dol- 
lars for  a  copy  of  each  —  the  Mar- 
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AUTHOR 
MIDDLEBURGH,  SNYDER  CO.,  PA.,    U.  S.  A. 


SNYDER  COUNTY 
ANNALS 

No.  2. 


Price  Fifty  Cents,  Postpaid. 


CONTENTS : 

Early  Snyder  County  History  : 

Ifltems  Taken  From  the  Union  Star  of  New  Berlin,  From  Feb.  4, 
1846  to  Feb.  1,  1849  when  New  Berlin  was  the  County  Seat  of  Union 
County,  comprising  what  is  Now  Both  Union  and  Snyder  Counties, 
Pages  34  to  46. 

History  of  The  Middleburgh  Post,  Page  48. 

Ifltems  Taken  From  the  Union  Times  of  New  Berlin,  June  27,  1850, 
to  April  22,  1852,  with  the  causes  that  led  to  the  Division  of  Union 
County,  and  the  formation  of  Snyder  County,  pages  46  to  64. 

IJOther  issues  of  these  Annals  Will  Bring  Out  Other  Interesting 
Items  on  the  Question  of  Dividing  the  County. 


PUBLISHED  BY 


The  Middleburgh   Post 

MIDDLEBURGH,  PA. 
Copyrighted  1916. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


SOME  INTERESTING  ANCIENT 

SNYDER  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Many  Forgotton  Items  Gathered  From  The  Files  of 
The  "Union  Star,"  of  New  Berlin,  1846  to  1849. 


February    1846. 

4.  The  Union  Star,  published  by 
John  Smith,  New  Berlin,  Pa.  marked 
Vol.   7,  No.    1. 

4.  In  this  issue,  a  correspondent 
demands  a  lower  rate  of  postage  on 
the  ground  that  a  poor  man  earning 
50  cents  a  day  can  not  afford  to  pay 
half  of  that  (25c)  to  send  one  letter. 

4.  Joseph  Stilwell  and  John  Mon- 
telius  are  Associate  Judges,  Michael 
Clemmens,  Henry  Sanders,  Jr.,  and 
Jacob  Martin  are  county  commission- 
ers; Daniel  Bellman  is  Register  and 
William  Roshong,  Prothonotary.  Hon. 
Abraham  S.  Wilson  is  President 
Judge  of  the  20th  Judicial  district, 
of  Union,  Mifflin  and  Huntingdon 
Counties.  C.  Breyman,  David  Weirick 
and  James  Harrison  are  county  Audi- 
tors. 

Advertisements :  Samuel  Bastress, 
Chapman  Hotel  and  stage  office,  six 
miles  below  Selinsgrove,  Pa.  Charles 
Wireman  petitions  the  court  for  a 
tavern  license  for  the  hotel  in  Beaver- 
town,  Pa.  Wholesale  Brush  factory, 
near  Adamsburg,  by  J.  Norton,  Bea- 
vertown,  Pa.  New  Berlin  attorneys, 
—Charles  Merril,  Joseph  Casev,  and 
D.   W.   Woods. 

13.  New  Berlin  Singing  Association 
gave  a  concert  of  sacred  music  in 
the  Presbyterian  church,  Committee, 
C.  Moser,  C.  Wilson,  and  A.  G.  Quin- 
lan. 

14.  Election  of  Colonel  of  First 
regiment  to  succeed  Col.  John  K. 
Snyder,  resigned.  First  battalion  met 
at  public  house  of  Daniel  Garman,  in 
Freeburg;  Second  battalion  at  public 
house  of  H.  A.  Smith  in  Middleburg. 

16.  Temperance  meeting  in  M.  E. 
Church,  New  Berlin.  Israel  Gutelius, 
President;  Samuel  Harmany,  Secre- 
tary. 

14.  Mifflinburg  just  emerged  from 
ravages  of  small  pox. 

18.  The  Whig  Committee  of  Union 
County  met  at  New  Berlin  and  el- 
ected Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller,  state 
senator,    of   Selinsgrove,    delegate   to 


the  State  convention  and  agreed  to 
support  either  Cooper  or  Irwin  for 
Governor. 

25.  Former  State  Senator  Henry 
C.  Eyer,  of  Selinsgrove,  commended 
for  voting  for  Hon.  Simon  Cameron 
for  U.  S.  Senator  and  the  cause  of  the 
Tariff  of  1842. 

March  11146. 

4.  Star  says  20  inches  of  snow 
fell  Feb.  15th.  There  was  continuous 
sleighing  from  Dec.  1st,  1845  to 
present. 

12 — 18  Spring  freshet.  High  water 
Many  bridges  washed  away,  including 
bridge  across  Penns  Creek  in  Selins- 
grove and  there  was  16  inches  of 
water  in  J.  &  W.  F.  Wagenseller's 
store. 

18.  Henry  Keiser  is  advertising  for  j 
a  tavern  license  for  a  commodious 
house  on  the  baVik  of  the  Susquehan- 
na river,  in  Penn  Township,  on  the 
Isle  of  Que.  Also  Henry  Smith,  of 
Adamsburg,  Beaver  township;  and  Ira 
Sayrs,  of  Chapman,  Chapman  town- 
ship, on  the  road  from  Harrisburg 
to  Northumberland  along  the  Sus- 
quehanna river. 

25.  Application  for  tavern  licenses: 
Wm.  Boyer  for  house  on  Isle  of  Que, 
Penn  Township;  Also  Frederick 
St^rrick.  for  house  at  McKees  Half 
Falls,  Chapman  township;  Frederick 
C.   Moyer,  Freeburg. 

23.  W.  F.  Wagenseller  advertises 
that  on  account  of  the  bridge  being 
taken  away  from  Penns  Creek,  he 
will  keep  a  supply  of  salt,  plaster, 
etc.  on  the  west  side  of  the  creek  in 
order  to  supply  customers. 
April   1846. 

8.  Robert  Ewing,  applicant  for  a 
tavern  license  for  house  in  Chapman 
township,  formerly  kept  by  S.  Bas- 
tress. 

29.  Benjaman  Hummel,  an  appli- 
cant for  a  tavern,  in  Penn  township 
along  the  canal,  one  mile  south  of 
Shamokin    Dam. 

May   1846. 

5.  R.  P.  Adams  delivered  a  lecture 
in  New  Berlin  on  "Electricity."  Ad- 
mission   12%    cents. 


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June  3,  1846. 

Call  for  volunteers  for  the  Mexi- 
can war. 

Peter  Richter,  Selinsgrove,  died  on 
May   25,   aged   69   years. 

Advertisements: — Daniel  B.  Fish- 
er, auctioneer,  Middleburg,  Henry 
Kern,  Executor  of  Catherine  Kern, 
late  of  Beaver  Twp. ;  Gideon  Emey, 
administrator  of  Philip  Emey,  deed., 
late  of  Perry  township;  Isaac  Gear- 
hart,  Drug  store,  Selinsgrove;  Dr. 
L.  Ehrmann,  Homeopathic  physician 
at  T.  D.  Bassler's  Hotel,  Selinsgrove. 
June  10,  1846. 

The  following  military  organiza- 
tions are  requested  to  meet  in  Lewis- 
burg,  Saturday,  June  13th,  prepared 
to  volunteer  to  march  to  Mexico:  The 
2nd  regiment  of  the  First  Brigade; 
The  Union  Troop;  and  the  LaFayette 
Troop;  Union  Independent  Battalion 
of  Volunteers  and  the  Mifflinburg 
Greens. 

Aaron  Smith,  of  Centre  township, 
is  advertising  for  a  stray  sheep. 

June    17,    1846. 

The  Democratic  Whigs  of  Union 
County  are  asked  to  meet  at  their  re- 
spective polling  places  for  the  bor- 
ough and  townships,  Saturday,  July 
25,  1846  to  elect  two  delegates  from 
each  district  to  compose  a  county  con- 
vention to  be  held  in  New  Berlin,  on 
Monday,  July  27th,  to  nominate  a 
county  ticket. 

Advertisements:  — John  Benfer, 
Sheriff,  offering  for  sale  real  estate 
of  Henry  Kemmerling,  of  Beaver 
twp. ;  J.  Lewis  Reyman,  administra- 
tor of  Hannah  Reyman,  late  of  Wash- 
ington township;  Frederick  Richter 
and  Harriet  Hottenstein,  executors  of 
Peter  Richter,  late  of  Selinsgrove. 
June   24,    1846. 

David  Weirick,  Executor  of  Estate 
of  Jacob  Hetrich,  late  of  Centre 
township. 

July  8,  1846. 

Special  adjourned  court  was  held 
at  New  Berlin  to  try  a  case  of  Samuel 
T.  Burrows,  and  others,  against  Au- 
gustus E.  Shultz,  the  son  of  Govern- 
or, J.  Andrew  Shultz.  This  was  an  is- 
sue to  try  the  validity  of  a  judg- 
ment Gov.  Shultz  gave  to  his  son,  A. 
E.  Shultz  for  $8119.07.  This  judg- 
ment was  given  by  the  Governor  to 
his  son,  and  it  was  claimed  without 
consideration,  at  the  time  the  Govern- 
or became  financially  embarrassed. 
His  real  estate  in  Lycoming  County 
was  sold  and  it  did  not  reach  to  pay 
his  creditors  and  by  a  special  act  of 
the  legislature  the  case  was  to  be 
tried  in  Union  County,  at  the  expense 
of  Lycoming  county.  The  defendant 
won. 


July  22,  184G. 
John  Gattfelter,  Selinsgrove,  is  ad- 
vertising for  the  owner  of  two  stray 
heifers  that  came  to  his  place. 

Jacob  Riblet,  Selinsgrove,  guardi- 
an of  George  W.  Moyer,  offers  six 
cents  reward  for  the  return  of  his 
ward,  and  gives  notice  that  he  will 
not  be  responsible  for  any  debts 
contracted  by  him. 

July  29,  1846. 
The  Democratic  Whig     Convention 
nominated  the  following  :- 

Congress  Hon.  James  Pollock  of 
Milton. 

Assembly,  Jacob  McCurley,  of 
White  Deer. 

Sheriff,  Henry  S.  Boyer,  of  Centre 
twp. 

Co.  Commissioner,  Robert  H.  Laird, 
of  East  Buffalo. 

County  Auditor,  A.  Kennedy,  Lew- 
isburg. 

All  of  the  above  candidates  were 
soldiers  from  1840 — 4. 

Aug.  5,  1846. 
Jacob  Long,  Center  twp.  is  adver- 
tising for  the  owner  of  a  stray  cow, 
that  came  to  his  place. 

Advertisements:  Samuel  Werick, 
Auditor's  notice  to  distribute  the 
funds  in  the  hands  of  Ner  Middles- 
warth,  assignee  of  David  Hubler. 

Charles  Hughes  and  Susannah 
Hummel,  executors  of  Jacob  Hummel 
late  of  Washington  twp. 

Michael  Swengel,  Jr.,  Middleburg, 
first  and  last  call  for  debtors  to  pay 
notes  and  accounts  of  the  firm  of  M. 
and    D.    Swengel. 

John  Spayd  and  George  Boyer,  ad- 
ministrators, orphans  court  sale  of 
real  estate  of  George  Spayd,  late  of 
Centre  twp. 

August  12,  1846. 
John  Smith,  Editor  of  the  New 
Berlin  Star,  states  that  Monday,  Au- 
gust 3,  Frederick  Smith  accompanied 
him  to  New  Bloomfield  to  attend 
court,  and  while  there  mysteriously 
disappeared.  F.  Smith,  he  says,  is  61 
years  of  age  and  asks  for  information 
of  his  whereabouts. 

Advertisements:  Dr.  J.  N.  Shindle, 
at  Col.  J.  K.  Davis  Hotel,  Selinsgrove. 
Philip  Shide,  house  lot  and  black- 
smith shop,  in  Chapman,  township. 
August  19,  1846. 
Peter  Kleckner,  editor  of  the  Union 
Demokrat,  New  Berlin,  who  is  rep- 
resented to  be  wealthy,  ($12,000  to 
$15,000)  announces  his  candidacy  for 
sheriff,  against  Henry  S.  Boyer,  the 
Whig  candidate,  poor  man.  George 
Driesbach  of  Mifflinburg  and  John  A. 
Metz,  of  Lewisburg,  are  also  candi- 
dates       1136722 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


August  26,  1846. 

Peter  Kleckner  starts  a  second  Ger- 
man newspaper  called  the  "Jeffer- 
sonian,"  with  John  M.  Baum  as  Edit- 
or. The  New  Berlin  Star  charges 
Kleckner  with  starting  the  paper  to 
help  his  candidacy  for  sheriff.  It 
also  charges  Baum  as,  "one  of  the 
most  unprincipled  Locofocos  in  their 
congressional  district,  and  who  in 
1844  got  up  a  banner  with  'POLK, 
DALLAS  AND  THE  TARRIF  OF 
1842  AND  WE  DARE  THE  WHIGS 
TO  REPEAL  IT.'  " 

The   partnership    of   Antes   Ulrich 
and  Edward  Walter,  in  the  butcher 
business  in  Selinsgrove,  was  dissolved 
by  mutual  consent  Aug.  17,  1846. 
Sept.  2,  1846. 

Peter  Kleckner  called  at  the  "Star" 
office  and  admitted  that  he  entered 
into  an  tgieement  with  John  P-aum 
and  other  Locofocos  to  defeat  the 
Whig  party. 

Locofocos  started  a  rumor  that  Mr. 
Boyer,  the  Whig  nominee  for  sheriff, 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Herman,  a  German 
Reformed  clergyman  administered 
sacrament  to  a  dog,  giving  dried  ap- 
ples for  bread  and  orandy  for  wine, 
thus  scoffing  at  the  holy  ordinances  of 
religion.  The  "Star"  denies  the  story. 

The  'Star"  says  Peter  Kleckner's 
paper  calls  the  Whig  supporters,  the 
"Schnitz  and  Knenp  party." 
Sept.  9,   1846. 

Joseph  Casey,  Esq.,  fo^n^r  editor 
of  the  "Star"  is  charged  by  the  Uni- 
on Demokrat  with  trying  to  get  Jas. 
Pollock  to  decline  to  be  a  candidate 
for  congress  and  to  support  the  said 
Casey.  Casey  proved  by  letters  that 
he  asked  Pollock  to  be  a  Candidate. 

Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller,  Wm.  F. 
Wagenseller,  Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth, 
William  Glover,  Mr.  Rushong  and 
John  Smith  urged  James  Pollock  to 
reconsider  the  matter  of  not  being 
a  candidate  for  congress. 

Israel  Gutelius,  John  Baum,  D. 
W.  Woods,  Peter  Kleckner  and  John 
Snyder  and  the  Commissioners'  clerk 
are  charged  with  trying  to  defeat  the 
Whig  party.  The  "Star"  closes  an 
article  thus:  "We  do  not  look  upon 
the  miserable  little  squirt,  whose 
name  appears  as  editor  of  the  Demo- 
crat— as  responsible.  Israel  Gutelius 
is  the  big  dog  and  Moeser,  is  but  the 
tin  kettle  tied  to  his  tail." 
Sept.  16,  1846. 

This  issue  contains  several  articles 
on  the  political  fight  along  the  lines 
of  the   previous  issue. 

Sept.    23,    1846. 
James  Pollock,  of  Milton,  was  una- 
nimously nominated  for  Congress  at 
the  district  conference,     in     Muncy, 
Sept.  16;  1846. 


Sept.  30,  1846. 

Israel  Gutelius  denies  that  he  is  a- 
gainst  the  whole  Whig  ticket;  he  ad- 
mits he  is  against  Boyer  for  sheriff, 
because  his  moral  character  is  bad. 
Mr.  Gutelius  asks  for  the  appointment 
of  a  committee  consisting  of  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth, Dav  SwenK  and  Henry 
Hilbish,  to  investigate  the  charge  and 
publish  the  result. 

Arbitrators  had  been  appointed  to 
^  ear  the  charge  against  Boyer,  the 
Whig  candidate  for  sheriff,  adminis- 
tering sacrament  to  a  dog,  but  Boy- 
er's  accusers  asked  for  a  postpone- 
ment of  the  case  for  want  of  a  negro 
witness.  Such  men  as  Jacob  Fryer,  J. 
A.  Schoch,  Conrad  Hassinger,  Abra- 
ham Eisenhauer,  Michael  Peters,  Ja- 
cob Kern,  John  M.  Baum  and  a  num- 
ber of  othero  are  nam  i  as  backing 
down. 

Advertisements:  Dietrick  K.  Walter 
and  Jacob     Bolender,     administrators 
of  Joseph  Walter,  late  of  Penn  twp. 
real  estate  sale,  Oct.  17,  1846. 
Oct.  7,  1846. 

Whigs  are  warned  to  carefully  ex- 
amine their  tickets  as  the  Locofocos 
propose  to  have  whig  tickets  out,  with 
the  name  of  Peter  Kleckner  substi- 
tuted for  that  of  Henry  S.  Boyer. 
Oct.  14,  1846. 

The  entire  Whig  ticket  was  elected 
2  to  1. 

Oct.  21,  1846. 

While  Joseph  Pawling  of  Penn  twp- 
was  returning  home  from  Selinsgrove, 
on  the  evening  of  Oct.  10th,  his  horse 
fell  through  a  hole  made  by  a  broken 
plank  on  a  bridge  near  Boyer's  tav- 
ern. Mr.  Pawling  was  thrown  off  the 
horse  on  a  stone  heap  and  received 
injuries  which  caused  his  death  in  a 
few  days. 

Oct.  28,  1846 

James  C.     Livergood,     and     Isaac 
Groff,  executors  of  George  Le^hner. 
late  of  Beaver  Twp.,  Nov.   14th  will 
sell    V2   interest  in  400  acre  farm. 
Nov.  4,  1846. 

A  load   of  dry  pine  wood  will   be 
taken  at  this  office  on  subscription. 
Nov.  25,  1846 

Request  for  debtors  to  pay  up  by 
Thomas   Bower,   Selinsgrove. 

Daniel  Koster,  letters  of  adminis- 
tration in  the  estate  of  Jacob  Duck, 
Penn  Twp. 

Dec.  2,  1846. 

Died, — John  Derr,  Nov.  27,  1846, 
aged  93  years,  3  months  and  29  days. 
He  was  one  of  the  few  remaining 
heroes  of  the  Revolution. 

Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller,  of  Selins- 
grove, the  Senator  from  this  district 
was  operated  on  by  Dr.     Gilbert     in 


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Phila.  for  a  tumor  on  his  left  shoulder 
which  was  caused  by  a  fall  as  he  step- 
ped from  th*1  packet  boat  at  the 
wharf  on  his  return  from  the  Legis- 
lature, last  >pr!l. 

Dec.  9,  3  846. 

Dr.  Wagenseller  is  reported  beyond 
all  danger  and  h^  hopes  to  be  abi^ 
to  take  his  seat  at  the  opening  of  the 
Senate. 

Dec.  16,  1846 

A  correspondent  from  Penn  Twp. 
proposes  Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth  as 
a  Whig  candidate  for  State  Treasur- 
er. 

Jacob  Martin,  administrator's  no- 
tice in  estate  of  Edman  Pheasig,  of 
Chapman  twp. 

Dec.  23,  1846. 

We  have  received  several  numbers 
of  a  new  Whig  paper  just  commenced 
at  Mifflintown,  entitled  the  Juniata 
Sentinel,  by  A.  K.   McClure. 

Geo.  Hill,  school  teacher  of  New 
Berlin,  in  a  public  letter  answers 
Adam  Ettinger's  article  of  the  9th. 
inst.  For  several  weeks  both  engage 
in  a  hot  controversy  with  each  other. 
Dec.  30,  1846 

Call  published  for  a  meeting  of 
the  friends  of  the  Sunbury  and  Erie 
Railroad  in  the  court  house  New  Ber- 
lin, Pa.  Jan.  9,  1847,  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  delegates  to  the  conven- 
tion in  Phila.  Jan.  19th. 

Dr.  J.  Wagenseller,  our  senator 
from  this  district  is  rapidly  recover- 
ing from  the  effects  of  the  surgical 
operation,  and  his  physicians  feel  con- 
fident that  he  can  take  his  seat  early 
in  the  session. 

Henry  Keiser  petitions  the  court 
to  grant  him  a  tavern  license  for  a 
public  house  on  the  Susquehanna  riv- 
er, on  the  Isle  of  Que. 

Jan.  13,  1847. 

At  the  Railroad  meeting  held  on 
Jan.  9th  at  New  Berlin,  the  follow- 
ing delegates  were  elected  to  attend 
the  meeting  in  Phila.,  Jan.  19th — 
John  Wilt,  John  F.  Wilson,  Samuel 
Haupt,  Dr.  Knight,  John  Ruhle, 
Daniel  Bogar,  Philip  Seebold,  Henry 
Sanders,  Jr.,  Philip  Gross,  Michael 
Kleckner,  Isaac  Slenker,  Samuel 
Weirick,  William  Roshong,  Samuel 
Wilson,  Joseph  Casey,  Israel  Guteli- 
us,  Isaac  Eyer,  John  Youngman,  Ner 
Middleswarth,  Abraham  Schoch,  A. 
Swineford,  Benjamin  Cauley,  J.  See- 
bold, Joseph  Kleckner  and  Henry  D. 
Roadermel. 

Jan.  20,  1847. 

Charles  Wireman  applies  for  a  tav- 
ern license  at  Beavertown.  His  sign- 
ers are:     William     Frederick,     John 


Swinehart,  Sam.  Wittenmyer,  Ner 
Middleswarth,  Solomon  Engel,  John 
Hall,  Jacob  Beaver,  J.  M.  Bostian, 
John  D.  Stitzer,  John  Smith,  John 
Frank,  John  Bingaman,  John  Dorn 
William  Beaver  and  Wm.  J.  May. 
Jan.  27,  1847. 

Philip  Shide,  of  Chapman  town- 
ship, publishes  a  notice,  that  his  wife, 
Esther,  a  born  Witmer,  has  left  his 
bed  and  board. 

Feb.  10,  1847. 

Frederick  Richter,  Jr.  and  Harriet 
Hottenstein,  Executors  of  Peter  Rich- 
ter, late  of  Selinsgrove,  ask  all  debt- 
ors to  pay  up  before  Mar.  1st,  as 
after  that  date  all  accounts  will  be 
placed  in  the  hands  of  Jacob  Riblet, 
Esq.,  for  collection. 

The  regular  term  of  court  will  open 
Feb.  15th  with  59  cases  on  the  trial 
list. 

Feb.  17,  1847. 

R.  Swineford,  First  Sergeant,  com- 
mands the  New  Berlin  Artillerist  to 
meet  at  the  armory  Feb.  22,  1847 
with  ten  rounds  of  blank  cartridges. 
The  company  will  dine  at  Lieut. 
Kleckner's  hotel. 

Mar.  17,  1847. 

Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth  was  elect- 
ed President  of  the  Democratic  Whig 
state  convention,  which  met  in  the 
court  house  at  Harrisburg,  March  9, 
1847. 

Mar.  24,  1847. 

The  privilege  of  sending  papers  in 
the  mails  thirty  miles  free  of  post- 
age is  rescinded  by  the  new  post  of- 
fice law.  As  soon  as  the  postmasters 
receive  official  notice  of  the  passage 
of  the  law,  they  will  charge  the  usual 
postage  on  all  papers  sent  by  mail. 
Mail  carriers,  however,  are  allowed  to 
carry  papers  outside  the  mail,  for 
which  no  postage  can  be  charged. 

The  borough  of  Lewisburg,  which 
voted  on  the  License  question,  Friday 
last,  decided  by  the  following  vote: 

For   the   sale   of  liquor,    75   votes. 

Against  the  sale  of  liquor,  210 
votes. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer,  of  Freeburg. 
is  making  application  for  license  to 
conduct  a  tavern  in  Freeburg,  Pa. 
His  signers  are:  John  Motz,  John 
Kantz,  Ludwig  Arbogast,  William  M. 
Schoch,  Jonas  Snyder,  Francis  A. 
Boyer,  David  Botdorf,  W.  F.  Schnee, 
David  Boyer,  Eli  Keeler,  John  C.  Boy- 
er, George  G.  Sauers. 

Mar.  31,  1847. 

Elizabeth  Smith,  of  Middleburg, 
has  applied  to  the  May  term  of  court 
for  a  tavern  license.  The  petitioners 
are:  James  Barbin,  George  Motz,  R. 
H.  Smith,  Michael  Wittenmyer, 
Samuel  Wittenmyer,  David  Swengel. 
David  Schwenk,  Wm.  Bogar,  Michael 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


Swengel,  Jr..  Jacob  wittenmyer,  A. 
Mauck,  Jno.  Bibighouse,  Isaac  Smith, 
George   W.   Hoffman. 

April  7,  1847. 
William  Bower,  of  Perm  township, 
has  applied  for  a  tavern  license,  in 
the  town  of  Charleston,  Penn  twp., 
Union  County,  for  a  large  and  com- 
modious brick  house,  known  as  the 
"Isle  of  Que  House,"  His  petition- 
ers are:  James  Crouse,  C.  Schroyer, 
John  Hayhurst,  Andrew  Bearhell, 
Amos  Stroh,  J.  H.  Fisher,  John  Hart- 
man,  Jr.,  Peter  Miller,  Jacob  Miller 
T.  Bower,  E.  Osburn,  H.  P.  Hotten- 
stein. 

April   14,   1847. 
Justices  of  the  Peace  elected : 
Solomon  Engel,  Beavertown. 
Herman  Magaritz,  West  Beaver. 
John  C.  Boyer,  Washington. 
David  Weirick,  Centre. 
Daniel  Witmer,   Chapman. 

Jacob  Fryer,  of  Middleburg,  has 
applied  for  a  tavern  license  in  Mid- 
dleburg at  the  place  he  formerly 
kept.  His  signers  are:  G.  Kremer, 
David  Schwenk,  A.  Mauk,  Jacob  Wit- 
tenmyer, Andrew  Wittenmyer,  H.  N. 
Backhouse,  James  Barbin,  Jr.,  Samu- 
el Wittenmyer,  Henry  A.  Smith, 
Michael  Wittenmyer,  Jacob  Aurand, 
James    Barbin. 

George  Hahne,  of  Penn  township, 
applies  for  a  tavern  license,  for  a 
commodious  house,  on  the  bank  of 
the  Susquehanna  river,  at  the  upper 
end  of  Charleston.  His  signers:  Ja- 
cob Riblet,  Samuel  Weerheim,  Philip 
Gemberling,  Valentine  Laudenslager, 
William  F.  Wagenseller,  Jacob  Gin- 
grich, John  Emmitt,  Jacob  Jarrett, 
Conrad  J.  Fry,  Isaac  Gearhart,  H.  P. 
Hottenstein,  Elijah  Couldren,  Daniel 
Ulrich,  John  Hall,  G.  Gundrum,  G. 
Adams. 

Jacob  Hilbish,  of  Centre  township, 
offers  a  reward  of  6  cents  fo  rthe  re- 
turn of  William  Edion,  age  14  years, 
a  bound  boy. 

April  21,  1847. 
Frederick  Starick,  of  Chapman 
township  has  applied  for  a  tavern  li- 
cense for  a  large  and  commodious 
stone  house  near  the  canal  at  McKees 
Half  Falls.  Signers:  Robert  Ewing,  F. 
Buckwalter,  John  Rauch,  Daniel 
Brubacher,  Wm.  Kelly,  John  Craig, 
Henry  Cook,  P.  Hilbish,  George  Sny- 
der, David  Kerstetter,  Henry  Herrold. 
John  Lenig. 

Robert  Ewing,  of  Chapman  town- 
ship, applied  for  a  tavern  license,  for 
a  large  and  commodious  brick  house 
known  as  the  Chapman  hotel,  on  the 
road  from  Northumberland  to  Har- 
risburg.  Signers:  D.  E.  Bender,  F.  G. 


Herrold,  Andrew  C.  Hoover,  Edward 
Moyer,  John  Parks,  W.  D.  Herrold, 
Simon  K.  Herrold,  Isaac  Snyder  An- 
thony Houser,  Nathaniel  Moyer,  Ab- 
raham Brubaker. 

George  A.  Smith,  of  Beaver  town- 
ship, has  applied  for  a  tavern  license 
for  the  house  formerly  kept  by  Si-  " 
mon  Frank  and  Charles  Wireman. 
Signers:  Solomon  Engel,  John  Swine- 
hart,  Simon  Aigler,  William  J.  May, 
Moses  Specht,  William  Frederick, 
Daniel  Kloss,  Jacob  Aigler,  Jacob 
Beaver,  Ner  Middleswarth,  Frederick 
Bingaman,  Joseph  Kloss. 

May  5,  1847. 

Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller,  State  Sen- 
ator,   died    Apr.    27,    1847. 
May  19,  1847. 

Grand  Jurors  for  May  Term  of 
Court: 

Beaver,  Jacob  Feese,  Jacob  Beaver 
William  Frederick. 

Penns — Chas.  Hughes,  Reuben 
Bergstresser,   Abraham    Mease. 

Middlecreek — Abraham  Hendricks, 
Samuel  Yoder. 

Washington — Jacob  J.  Boyer,  F. 
A.  Boyer. 

Centre — John  A.  Schoch. 

Traverse    Jurors    for    May    Term    of 
Court: 

Penns — George  Hartman,  Henry 
Hummel,  Wm.  F.  Wagenseller,  Geo. 
Fisher. 

Chapman — Wm.  Kelley,  David  E. 
Bender,  Valentine  Haas,  Robert  Ew- 
ing, Simon  Herrold,  Francis  Buch- 
walter. 

Centre — Jacob  Wittenmyer,  Jacob 
Smith,  Abraham  Eisenhower,  George 
Henry  George  Sampsel,  George  J. 
Schoch.  Elias  Stahlnecker. 

West  Beaver — George  Ar^ogast, 
Edw.  Magaritz,  Henry  Gross  Sr. 

Middlecreek — Abraham  Berger, 
Frederick  Bause,  Jacob  Schoch,  Jno. 
Kessler,  Joseph  Duck. 

Washington — John  German,  Chris- 
tian Gingrich. 

Beaver — -Philip  Kinney. 

There  were  60  cases  to  be  tried 
in   the    May   court. 

John  Lashells  Esq.,  of  New  Berlin, 
died   May   18th. 

May  26,  1847. 

A  meeting  of  the  members  of  bar 
was  held  in  the  Court  House,  New 
Berlin,   May   18th. 

June  2,    1847. 

The  Corner  Stone  of  the  new  Ger- 
man Lutheran  and  Reformed  church 
in  Penn  Township,  near  the  place 
where  the  old  Zion's  church  stood, 
will    be    laid,    June    20th. 


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June    8,    1847. 

Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth,  a  candi- 
date for  the  vacancy  caused  by  the 
death  of  Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller. 

Advertisements:  F.  Gundrum,  of 
Selinsgrove,  store;  John  Ulsh,  Exr., 
settled  the  Est.  of  Susannah  Krebs, 
of  West  Beaver  Twp.  deed;  Continua- 
tion of  partnership  of  J.  &  W.  F. 
Wagenseller. 

Marriage  of  Aaron  Stetler  to  Miss 
Mary  Walter,  both  of  Centre  Twp. 
June    16,    1847. 

A  correspondent  says  that  for  the 
past  two  months,  large  spots  appear- 
ed on  the  sun,  which  is  the  cause 
for  the  varying  of  the  temperature. 

"\^ry  superior  iron  ore  has  been 
discovered  in  Beaver  Twp.,  on  the 
land  belonging  to  Hon.  Ner  Middles- 
warth. 

June    23,    1847. 

The  following  candidates  advertis- 
ed for  office :  Frederick  Bolender. 
New  Berlin,  whig,  for  Commissioner; 
Solomon  Romig  Jr.,  of  West  Beaver 
Twp.,  for  Com.;  George  Klingler,  of 
Union  Twp.,   for  Treas. 

July  7,  1847. 
List  of  business  men :  J.  &  W.  Wag- 
enseller, David  &  Schnure,  George 
Gundrum,  Fred.  Gundrum,  Bassler 
&  App,  Benj.  Schoch,  John  Hall,  Bass- 
ler &  Fry,  Isaac  Gearhart,  Isaac  Coul- 
ter, J.  G.  L.  Shindle,  Elizah  Couldron, 
Geo.  D.  Crouse,  A.  Keenstler,  Lechner 
&  Fisher,  Geo.  W.  Rishel,  Isaac  Col- 
dron,  Yount  &  Co.,  Benj.  Hummel, 
Bower  &  Cummings,  of  Penns  Two.; 
Philip  Hilbish,  of  McKees  Half  Falls; 
A.  &  L.  Herrold,  of  Chapman;  G. 
&  F.  C.  Moyer,  Isaac  Boyer,  Geo.  P. 
Mertz,  of  Freeburg;  Jacob  Schnee,  of 
Mt.  Pleasant  Mills;  Daniel  Bogar  and 
John  Frank,  of  Centerville;  Jacob 
Wittenmyer,  Henry  Backhouse. 
Swengel  &  Hassinger,  Michael  Wit- 
tenmyer, Robt.  E._  Smith,  of  Middle- 
burg;  Frederick  Bingaman,  James  S. 
Smith,  Wm.  Frederick,  of  Beaver- 
town  ;  Henry  Smith,  and  John  Frank, 
of  Adamsburg;  Samuel  Frank,  of 
West  Beaver;  John  D.  Smith,  of  Mus- 
ser's  Valley. 

July  14,  1847. 
Advertisements:  Jacob  Aurand,  of 
Middleburg,  for  Prothonotary ;  H.  H. 
Mageritz,  Esq.,  of  West  Beaver  Twp., 
for  Prothonotary.  Mount  Annata,  a 
Female  Seminary  for  Girls,  at  New 
Berlin. 

July    21,    1847. 
Six  cents  reward  offered  for  the  re- 
turn    of     an       indentified  apprentice 
named  Benj.  Neitz,  aged  12  years,  to 
Simon  Stahl,  of  Chapman. 

July   21,    1847. 
The  STAR  says  the  difference  be- 


tween a  Whig  and  Mexican  Whig,  is 
that  the  former  fights  the  Mexicans 
at  the  call  of  his  country,  while  the 
latter  gives  them  "aid  and  comfort" 
in  the  shape  of  Pass-ports,  votes  and 
censures,  etc. 

August  11,  1847. 

Democratic  Whigs  held  a  conven- 
tion at  the  Court  House,  New  Berlin, 
with  the  following  present:  West 
Beaver — Jacob  Stumpff,  David  Fess- 
ler;  Beaver — Solomon  Engle  Esq.,  Dr. 
Isaac  Rothrock;  Centre — James  Bar- 
bin  Esq.,  Aaron  Mauck;  Centerville 
— Henry  Musser,  Adam  Wae-lfley; 
Chapman — Daniel  Witmer,  Wm.  G. 
Herrold;  Middlecreek — Jacob  Snyder, 
Abraham  Hendricks;  Penn — George 
Adams,  M.  H.  Weaver;  Washington 
— Geo.  F.  Moyer,  John  Hains. 

September  Term  Court  has  a  trial 
list  of  58  cases. 

August  18,  1847. 

Registers'  Notices:  Acct.  of  Kaley 
and  Ner  Middleswarth  Admrs.,  of 
Abraham  Kaley,  late  of  Beaver  twp. 
deed.  Acct.  of  Robt.  Swineford, 
Admr.  of  James  Fitzsimmons,  late  of 
Penn  Twp.  deed. 
Grand    Jury   list    for    Sept.   Court: 

Centre,  Jno.  S.  Kern,  Frederick 
Walter,  Joseph  Eshelman,  Michael 
Swengel,  Jacob  Felmly. 

Washington,  David  Boyer,  Jacob 
Young. 

Penns,  George  D.  Miller.  Geo.  W. 
Keller,  Jacob  L.  G.  Shindle,  Peter 
Bergstresser. 

Middlecreek,  Jacob  Kessler,  Jacob 
Moore. 
Petit    Jurors    for    Sept.    Court: 

Penns,  John  Staily  Jr.,  John  Smith, 
John   Knouse,   Benj.    Schoch. 

Chapman,  John  Houser,  Michael 
Strickler,  Daniel  Witmer. 

Centre,  Christian  Kerr,  David 
Schwenk,  Conrad  Hassinger,  Jacob 
Long,  Jacob  Fryer,  Israel  Bachman. 

Washington, Ludwig  Arbogast,  Jno. 
Schnee. 

Beaver,  Philip  Markley,  Henry 
Smith,  Jacob  Hueter,  Abraham  Mid- 
dleswarth. 

Middlecreek — Michael  Erdiey. 
August  25,  1847. 

Married:  by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmyer, 
Mr.  Marcus  Haintz  to  Miss  Hannah 
Benner,  both  of  Washington  Twp. 
Aug.  1.  Mr.  David  Fisher  to  Mrs. 
Hannah  Heim,  of  Chapman  Twp.  Aug. 
3rd,  Mr.  Wm.  Moyer  to  Amelia  Fry- 
er, both  of  Chapman  Twp. 

Died — In  Penn  township,  Cather- 
ine, wife  of  Jacob  Jarrett,  aged  75 
years.  In  Penn  Twp.  Lydia  Ann, 
daughter  of  George  Ott,  aged  2% 
years. 


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September  1,  1847. 
Petit  Jurors-  for  second  week  of  Sept- 
Court. 

Washington,  Henry  Maurer,  Jona- 
than Arbogast,  Henry  J.  Boyer. 

Penns,  John  Hartman,  Samuel  Rit- 
ter,  Daniel  Smith.  . 

Centre,  Henry  Musser,  John  Wain. 

Perry,  Samuel  Garman,  Michael  S. 
Graybill,  Jacob  Stiver. 

Chapman,  Jacob  Comfort,  Philip 
Herrold,  John  G.  Herrold. 

Middlecreek,  John  Gundrum. 

West  Beaver,  Amos  Wireman. 

Married:  By  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel  Jr. 
Mr.  Joseph  Ulsh,  of  West  Beaver 
Twp.  and  Miss  Christiana  Moyer,  of 
Musser  Valley. 

September  8,  1847. 

Advertisements :  David  Weirick, 
Exr.,  2  farms  for  rent,  situate  in  Cen- 
tre township,  adjoining  lands  of  Hen- 
ry Smith.  Valentine  Hare,  David  Wal- 
ter and  others,  near  Middleburg;  Est. 
of  Solomon  Witmer,  deed,  late  of 
Chapman  Twp.  Est.  of  Jacob  Wood- 
ling,  late  of  Penns  Twp.;  Est.  of  Ja- 
cob Wagenseller,  deed,  late  of  the 
Isle  of  Que. 

September  28,  1847. 

Married  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel  Jr., 
John  S.  Heimbach,  of  Middlecreek 
Twp.  to  Miss  Lucy  Ann,  daughter  of 
George  Rockey,  of  West  Buffalo  twp. 

Notice  of  the  dissolution   of  part- 
nership of  C.  J.  Solomon  and  Abra- 
ham Crause,  of  New  Berlin. 
October  6,   1847. 

The  New  Lutheran  and  Reformed 
church  in  Penn  Twp.,  called  Zions 
church  will  be  consecrated  Sunday, 
October  24th. 

The  members  of  the  Democratic 
Whig  County  Committee,  are:  Chas. 
Merrill,  John  Smith,  Henry  Sanders, 
James  M'Crieght,  Wm.  M'Pherson, 
Wm.  F.  Wagenseller,  Dr.  Isaac  Roth- 
rock. 

October  13,  1847. 
Official   election   returns: 

Governor,  James  Irvin. 

Canal  Com.,  Joseph  W.  Patton. 

Senate,    Ner   Middleswarth. 

Assembly,  Samuel  . ,  eirick,  John 
M'Minn. 

Prothonotary,  Jacob  Haus  Jr. 
Commissioner,  Joseph  Winter. 

Treasurer,  Charles  toeebold. 

Friday  eveninf.  the  8th  inst.,  as 
Jesse  Boyer,  son  of  Mr.  George  Boy- 
er, of  Centre  township,  was  attempt- 
ing to  cross  a  stream  near  Centerville 
was  unfortunately  drowned.  His 
body  was  found  below  the  town  of 
Centerville. 

The  Juniata  River  is  higher  now 
than  since  1810. 


October  27,  1847. 

Died,  on  the  8th  inst,,  in  Chapman 
Twp.,  Elizabeth,  youngest  daughter 
of  Col.  J.  G.  Herrold.  On  the  8th 
inst.,  in  Washington  township,  Mr. 
John  Kneitz,  aged  40  yrs.  On  the 
6th  inst.  in  Washington  Twp.  Mr. 
Jacob  Menges,  aged  72  years.  In 
Washington  Twp.  on  the  11th  inst., 
Mr.  John  Moatz,  aged  66  years. 
November  3,   1847. 

Advertisements:  Frederick  Richter, 
Exr.  of  Estate  of  Peter  Richter,  deed., 
of  Penn  Township,  will  sell  16  differ- 
ent tracts  of  land.  The  heirs  of  Paul 
Bogar.  deceased,  real  estate  in  Cen- 
tre   Twp.    and    in    Middleburg. 

Married,  On  the  21st,  ult.,  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  John  Swinehart 
to  Miss  Barbara  Reachner,  both  of 
Beaver.  Mr.  Perry  Hair,  of  Centre 
Twp.  to  Miss  Mary  Jane  Courtney,  of 
Middlecreek. 

November  10,  1847. 

Grand  Jury  list  for  December  term 
of  Court: 

Centre,  Samuel  Wittenmyer. 

Perry.  William  Heiges,  Isaac  Hold- 
erman,  John  Winey. 

West  Beaver,  Isaac  Romig. 

Beaver,   John    Bickel. 

Penns,  Henry  S.  Fisher. 
Traverse    Jury     for    December    Term 
of    Court: 

Centre,  Michael  Yeisley,  Peter 
Reish,  Peter  Eby,  William  Kuhn, 
Robt.  Smith.      , 

Perry,  Jacob   Rathfon. 

Chapman,  Henry  Nerhood,  John 
German  Jr.,  Lewis  Kerstetter. 

Washington,  John  Forer,  Jacob 
Hendricks.  Frederick  C.  Moyer,  John 
Hummel,  Samuel  Neitz,  Jacob    Morr. 

Beaver,  Solomon  Engle,  John  Erb, 
Sam.  Wittenmyer,  Samuel  Aurand, 
Jacob  Breirhbill,  Samuel  Moyer,  Aar- 
on Middleswarth. 

Middlecreek,    George    Engel. 

West  Beaver,  Michael  Bare,  Peter 
Goss,   Solomon   Romig,  Jr. 

Penns,  James  Crouse,  Samuel  Moy- 
er,  Levi  Pawling. 

Petit    Jurors     for    second    week,    De- 
cember Term: 

Centre,  Jonathan  Spangler,  John 
Mitchel,  John  Steininger,  Andrew 
Wittenmyer. 

Chanman,  John  Kerstetter,  Casper 
Arnold. 

West  Beaver,  David  Fessler. 

Penns,  William  Calsher.  John  Gar- 
dner. Peter  Miller,  John  G.  Stauffer, 
Jacob  Rhoads. 

Washington,  Emanuel  Houtz,  John 
Kuntz. 

Beaver,  Henry  Mtchel,  Chas.  Wire- 
man,  Daniel  Zieber. 

November  17,  1847. 

The    North  .American,    says:    That 


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Hon.  Ner.  Middleswarth,  the  veteran 
Whig  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  is 
a  man  of  strong  mind,  indomitable 
energy,  and  having  had  considerable 
experience  as  a  Legislator  will  make 
a  useful  Senator." 

November  24,  1847. 

Fifty  six  different  cases  are  on  the 
trial  list  for  December  Term  of  Court. 

Registers'  Notices:  Acct.  of  George 
Young,  John  Young  and  John  Mower, 
Admrs.,  of  Ludgwig  Young,  late  of 
Centre  township.  Acct.  of  Wm.  Smith, 
Admr.  of  Martin  Treaster,  late  of 
Beaver  Township,  deed.  Acct.  of  Ja- 
cob Martin,  Admr.  of  Edmond  Pheas- 
ing,  late  of  Chapman  Twp.  deed.  Acct. 
of  Dietrich  K.  Walter  and  Jacob  Bol- 
ender,  Admrs.  of  Joseph  Walter  late 
of  Penn   Twp. 

December    1,    1847. 

Died — In  Penn  Township,  October 
21st,  Mr.  Michael  Beaver,  aged  78 
years,  3  months  and  3  days.  In  Penn 
township,  Jacob,  son  of  Peter  Straus- 
ser,  aged  20  years,  5  months  and  11 
days. 

December  8,   1847. 

Henry  Clay's  speech  that  was  de- 
livered at  Lexington,  Ky.,  was  pub- 
lished in  this  issue. 

Advrtisements:  Public  sale  of  the 
Est.  of  Peter  Richter,  of  Penn  town- 
ship; wholesale  &  retail  tobacco  busi- 
ness, of  J.  D.  Spitler,  of  New  Berlin; 
D.    W.    Woods,    Atty.,   New   Berlin. 

December  15,   1847. 

Mr.  0.  N\  Worden  has  taken  charge 
of  the  Lewisburg   Chronicle. 

Publication  of  the  President's  Mes- 
sage. 

December  29,  1847. 

The  recent  rains  caused  a  rise  in 
the    Susquehanna    River. 

January    5,    1848. 
Died:       At     Sunbury,     Ebenezar 
Grenough  Esq.,  aged  about  65  years. 
January    5,    1848. 
On  the  26th  ult.,  in  Freeburg,  Pet- 
er Hackenberg,  Esq.,  aged  74  ye;./rs, 
6  months  and   3   days. 

Last  issue  of  "The  Star"  publish- 
ed   by   John    Smith.    Messrs.    D.    W. 
Woods  and  John   S.   Hauke,   of  New 
Berlin,  will  be  the  new  publishers. 
January   12,   1848. 
A  temperance  meeting  will  be  held 
i  in  Presbyterian  Church,  New  Berlin, 
i  Saturday    evening.    Wm.    Van    Gezer 
1  will  be  the  speaker. 

The  following  are  the  members  of 
the   Democratic   Whig    County   Com- 
mittee: Charles  Merrill,  John  Smith, 
Henry  Sanders  Jr.,  James  McCrieght, 
:  William  M'Phearson,  Wm.  F.  Wagen- 
!  seller,  Dr.  Isaac  Rothrock. 


January    19,    1848. 

W.  F.  Wagenseller  advertised  the 
large  Tavern  Stand  on  the  Isle  of 
Que,    for   rent. 

List   of   Grand   Jurors    tor  the   Febru- 
ary Term  of   Court. 

Beaver,  Abraham  Snook,  Philip 
Kinney. 

West  Beaver,  John  Goss  Sr. 

Centre,  John  Mitchel,  Elias  Stahl- 
necker. 

Chapman,  Jacob  German,  Simon 
K.  Herrold. 

Middlecreek,    John    Courtney. 

Penns,  Samuel  Boyer  Jr.,  Elijah 
Osborne,  Philip  Kantz. 

Perry,  Joseph  Graybill. 
List    of    Traverse    Jurors    for    Febru- 
ary   Term: 

Beaver,  Jacob  Fees,  Aaron  Specht. 

West    Beaver,   John   Lash. 

Centre,  Frederick  Hassinger,  John 
Renninger,  John  S.  Kern,  David 
Swengel,   George  J.   Schoch. 

Middlecreek,    Samuel  Yoder. 

Penns,  Richard  Loyd,  Samuel  Gem- 
berling,  Samuel  Ritter,  Chas.  Hughes, 
Peter  Fisher,  John  Bieslet. 

Perry,  Andrew  Kohler,  Geo.  Hoff- 
man, Samuel  Arbogast. 

Washington,  Daniel  Sterner,  F.  A. 
Boyer,   Thomas  F.    Charles,  John   S. 
Hackenberg. 
List    of    Petit    Jurors     for    February 

Term    of   Court: 

Beaver,  Moses  Specht,  Henry 
Smith,  George  Miller,  Esq.,  John 
Troxel,  George  Swartz. 

West  Beaver,  Andrew  Ulsh,  Sr., 
Michael  Gearhart  Jr.,  Jacob  Stumpff. 

Centre,  David  Weirick  Esq.,  Geo 
Henry,  Jacob  Aurand,  Aaron  Long, 
John  Mourry. 

Penns,  Jacob  Gingrich,  Jacob  Rib- 
let  Esq.,  Henry  C.  Eyer. 

Perry,  Zacheus  Gordon,  Michael 
Speicher. 

Washington,  Nicholas  Strawser. 
January   26,    1848. 

Samuel  Arbogast  has  applied  to 
the  February  Court  for  license  for 
a  well  kept  tavern  in  Perry  township. 
Signers:  Jacob  Martin,  John  Smith, 
Valentine  Haas,  John  Haas,  George 
Rine,  George  Smith,  Michael  Womer, 
David  Foltz,  Samuel  Garman,  Peter 
Garman,  Daniel  Lease,  Michael  Min- 
ium, Jacob  Stiver,  John  Garman, 
Wm.  Boyer. 

Died:  January  10th,  in  Beaver 
Township,  Catherine  Try,  aged  44 
years,  4  months  and  9  days. 

Charjes  Wireman  has  applied  to 
the  February  Court  for  a  license  for  a 
tavern  in  Beavertown.  Signers:  John 
Hall,  Daniel  Benfer,  L.  Rerich,  Fred- 
erick Bingaman,  Joseph  Kloss,  Benj. 
Etzler.  Jacob  Bicber.  John  Shipton, 
Ner    Middleswarth,    Henry    Deitrich, 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


Moses  Specht,  John  Wetzel,  Abra 
Middleswarth,  Henry  Deitrich,  Moses 
Specht,  John  Wetzel,  Abra  Middles- 
warth, George  Fahl,  Philip  Kinney. 
February  2,  1848 
Died.  On  the  27th  ult.,  in  Centre 
Township,  Mrs.  John  Bishop,  aged  45 
years. 

Advertisements:  J.  Haus  Jr.,  Mar- 
ble yard,  New  Berlin;  Est.  of  Jacob 
Rheam,  deed.,  Chapman  Twp. ;  Est. 
of  Jonathan  Fealty,  deed.,  of  Chap- 
man Twp. ;  Est.  of  Mary  Weller,  deed, 
late  of  Washington  Twp. ;  Est  of  Geo. 
Herrold,  of  Chapman  Township. 
February  8,  1848. 
Evangelical  Messenger  is  the  name 
of  a  new  paper  which  is  being  pub- 
lished at  New  Berlin  by  the  Evan- 
gelical Publishing  Co.,  and  edited  by 
Mr.    Gehr. 

The  report  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures of  Union  County,  was  published 
in  this  issue.  The  auditors  were:  Jas. 
Harrison,  Andrew  Kennedy  and  F. 
C.  Moyer. 

February  16,  1848 
Died:  On  the  6th  ult.,  in  Washing- 
ton Twp.,  Jacob  Garman,  aged  60 
years,  8  months  and  24  days.  On  the 
26th  ult.,  in  Chapman  Township,  Mrs. 
Robert  Craig,  aged  84  years.  On  the 
23rd  ult.,  in  Penn  Township,  Jonathan 
Herman,  aged  59  years. 

March   8,    1848. 
Capt.   Jacob   Wittenmyer  was  un- 
animously  confirmed   by   the    Senate 
to  be  Associate  Judge  of  Union  Coun- 
ty. 

Died.  In  New  Berlin  on  the  7th 
inst.,  Mary  Ann,  wife  of  Charles  D. 
Roush,   aged   25   years. 

March  22,   1848. 
Ner   Middleswarth   was   nominated 
by  the  Whig   Party  for   Canal   com- 
missioner. 

The  following  are  the  prices  of 
flour  and  grain:  flour  $6.00;  wheat 
$1.30;  corn  .51;  oats  .38. 
March  29,  1848. 
Henry  Mick  applied  to  the  Mav 
Coui't  for  license  in  a  large  commodi- 
ous tavern  in  Beaver  Township. 
Signers:  Samuel  Bachman,  Samuel 
Kessler,  Jacob  Dreese,  Jr.,  George  P. 
Long,  Jesse  Brininger,  Martin  Fogel 
Jr.,  Jacob  Stahl,  John  Beaver,  Ja- 
cob Gross,  John  Frank,  Isaac  Dreese, 
Enoch  Aurand,  Simon  Oldt. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  license  in  a  tavern 
in  the  town  of  Freeburg.  Signers:  F. 
A.  Moyer,  David  Mover,  Jonathan  Ar- 
bogast,  George  Hotsberger,  David 
Batorf,  Henry  Mowrer.  John  P. 
Roush,  George  Glass,  William  Arbo- 
gast,  Isaac  Bickel,  E.  R.  Menges,  Jno. 
Gingrich. 


April    5,    1848. 

George  P.  Mertz  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  his  tavern  in  the 
town  of  Freeburg.  Signers:  Henry 
Mertz  Jr.,  John  F  Schnee,  Isaac  Boy- 
er,  Francis  A.  Boyer,  John  Hummel, 
Andrew  Roush,  J.  J.  Moor,  John  Low- 
ry,  Daniel  German,  Wm.  Boyer,  R. 
Picard,  David  Botdorf. 

William  Barth  applieu  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
the  old  ar.d  established  stand  in  West 
Beaver  township:  Signers,  Henry 
Aurand,  Jonathan  Ocker,  Henry  Goss, 
D.  Mrsttern,  Joseph  R.  Ulsh,  Jacob 
Hartman,  Jacob  Smith,  John  Baker, 
John  Stumpff,  Isaac  Fees,  Louis 
Jacobson,    William    Smith. 

Eyster  and  Stitzer  started  a  new 
foundry  in  Sclinsgrove. 

April  12,  1848. 
Elizabeth  Smith  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  a  commodious 
house  in  Middleburg.  Signers:  James 
Barbin,  George  Smith,  F.  E.  Kemrer, 
John  Bibighouse,  Michael  Wittenmy- 
er, George  Moatz,  Absalom  Snyder, 
Peter  Frain,  J.  B.  Smelker,  Sam.  Wit- 
tenmyer, G.  A.  Hassinger  and  H.  W. 
Smith. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  May  Court: 
Chapman,      John      Houser,      John 
Kerstetter,  Henry  Moatz. 
Beaver,    John    Wetzel,   Jr. 
West   Beaver,   Andrew  Ulsh  Jr. 
Washington,    Jacob    Lenig,    David 
Moyer. 

Penns,  Samuel  Fehrer,  George  D. 
Miller,  John  Ritter  Sr. 

Middlecreek,  Daniel  Zeiber. 
Centre,  Henry  Musser. 
Perry,    Frederick    Wendt,    Freder- 
ick Rathfon. 

List      of      Traverse    Jurors    for    May 
Court. 

Beaver,  Jacob  Brechbill,  John 
Bickel. 

West  Beaver,  Henry  Rouch,  Pet- 
er Feese. 

Penns,  John  Kriter,  Benjamin 
Hummel,  Hughlen  B.  Hetrick,  John 
S.  Walter,  John  Dietrich,  Henry 
Kieffer,  Jacob  Miller,  John  App,  Wm. 
Wagner,  Henry  Lloyd,  Wm.  Colsher, 
Daniel  K.  Ulrich. 

'  Washington,  David  Botdorf,  Hen- 
ry Heimbach,  Samuel  Arnold. 

Perry,  Jacob  Shaffer,  Jacob  Winey 
Jr.,  Jacob  Minium,  Samuel  Shadle, 
Jacob  Arbogast. 

Centre,    Christian   Kerr. 
List   of  Petit   Jurors   for  May   Court: 
Perry,  Daniel  Lease,  Nich  Minium, 
John  Fisher. 

Chapman,  Philip  Burkhead,  Jno.  G. 
Herrold. 

Washington,  John  P.  Mertz. 
Middlecreek,    Jacob    Kessler. 


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Centre,  Aaron  Mauck,  Jacob  Wal- 
ter. 

Beaver,  Jacob  Kern,  John  S.  Smith. 

West  Beaver,  Peter  Goss,  Sr. 
April    19,    1848 

William  Frederick  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  License  to  have  a  tav- 
ern in  Crossgrove  Hall  in  West  Bea- 
ver township.  Signers:  George  Hen- 
ry, Wm.  Berger,  George  Enly,  Peter 
Goss  Jr.,  David  Fessler,  H.  H. 
Margeritz,  Joseph  StumpfF,  George 
Knepp  Jr.,  Wm.  Smith,  Daniel  Preiss. 
Henry  Bender,  Adam  Calpetzer,  Hen- 
ry Krebs,  John  Ulsh,  George  D.  Wag- 
ner, James  Caltpetzer. 

Frederick  Starich  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  license  in  the  large  and 
commodious  house  at  McKees  Half 
Falls.  Signers:  S.  S.  Backhouse,  Phil- 
ip Hilbish,  Wm.  Kelly,  A.  W.  Bach- 
man,  Philip  Herrold,  W.  G.  Herrold, 
John  G.  Herrold,  Simon  K.  Herrold, 
David  Brubaker,  Lewis  Kerstetter, 
Michael  Bashore,  Jonathan  Rociee. 
May    10,    1848. 

"The  Union  Section,  No.  51,  Cadets 
of  Temperance,"  was  organized  here, 
Tuesday  evening. 

Died,  March  26th  in  Chapman  twp. 
Mrs.  Jacob  Walborn,  aged  79  years. 
Mar.  27th  in  Penn  township.  Henry 
Row,  aged  59  years.  April  17th,  Pet- 
er Bobb,  of  Beaver  township,  ageu 
69  years. 

Advertisements:  For  county  Com- 
missioner, Philip  Herrold,  of  Chap- 
man Twp.,  Wm.  Kelly,  of  Chapman 
Twp.,  Frederick  D.  Walter,  of  Centre 
Twp. 

May    17,    1848. 

The  court  admitted  George  Hill  and 
William  Jones  Esqs.,  to  pm^tice  law 
in  the  several  courts  of  this  coun- 
ty. 

Isaac  Gearhart  started  a  drug  store 
in  Selinsgrove. 

May    24,    1848. 
An   Editorial   on   "Ner  Middleswarth" 

The  very  judicious  selection  of  the 
l°te  Whig  Convention  for  Canal  com- 
missioner, we  are  inclined  to  think 
says  the  Lebanon  Courier,  is  a  good 
omen  for  the  coming  contest.  Who 
that  has  been  at  all  acquainted,  with 
our  legislative  affairs  for  the  last 
number  of  years  is  not  well  acquaint- 
ed— by  reputation  at  least — with  the 
firm  prudent,  intelligent,  honest  old 
Dntch  farmer.  Ner  Middleswarth. 
Born  of  humble  parentage,  his  first 
days  spent  on  the  farm,  and  when 
he  became  old  enough,  we  believe,  ap- 
prenticed to  the  trade  of  a  black- 
smith, he  had  not  those  advantages 
for  receiving  a  liberal  education 
which  are  employed  by  the  offspring 
of  the  wealthy;  but  being  by  nature, 
of   an    energetic,    determined,    never- 


despairing  character,  he  qualified 
himself  to  appear  in  our  legislative 
halls,  as  one  of  its  most  useful  and 
sound  members.  So  well  did  his  pres- 
ence of  mind,  sound  judgment,  ur- 
banity of  manners  and  determined 
will,  qualify  him  for  a  presiding  of- 
ficer, that  for  several  successive  ses- 
sions he  was  chosen  by  our  House  of 
Representatives,  where  he  acquired 
the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the 
best  presiding  officer  our  state  ever 
had.  Mr.  Middleswarth  is  at  present  a 
Senator  from  a  Locofoco  district, 
which  he  carried  by  his  own  pergon- 
al popularity,  for  at  home  everybody 
favorably  knows  "Old  Ner"  and  when 
he  comes  upon  the  political  carpet, 
he  is  invincible.  For  many  years  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  healthy  and 
virtuous  occupation  of  tilling  the  soil 
and  were  any  of  our  citizens  to  visit 
him  at  his  home,  amidst  his  large 
family  of  sons  and  daughters,  they 
would  set  him  down  as  a  fair  speci- 
men of  a  hospitable  Lebanon  county 
farmer.  Wherever  he  goes,  his  frank, 
manly  bearings,  gathers  around  him 
troops  of  friends;  and  as  a  conversa- 
tional companion,  either  in  German 
or  English,  he  is  always  interesting 
and  pleasing.  We  repeat  that  we  are 
well  pleased  with  his  nomination,  and 
with  the  cry  of  Ner  Middleswarth  and 
Whig  Principles,  the  second  Tuesday 
of  October  will  witness  the  good  old 
state  of  Pennsylvania  cast  off  her  al- 
legiance to  Locofosoism. 
June    7,    1848. 

Last  week  Middleswarth,  Karns  & 
Co.,  Beaver  Furnace,  lost  by  fire  at 
one  of  their  coalings  about  200 
cords   of  wood. 

June    14,    1848. 

The  "Times"  of  last  week  reminds 
us  very  much  of  a  boy  guilty  of     a 
dirty  trick     and     mad     because     he 
discovered  he  was  exposed. 
June   28,    1848. 

The  "Times."  might  as  well  under- 
take to  chain  the  wind  as  to  oppose 
the  election  of  "Old  Ner"  for  Canal 
Commissioner. 

Advertisements:  For  Register  and 
Recorder,  David  Schwenk,  of  Middle- 
burg,  M.  H.  Weaver,  of  Penn  Town- 
ship. County  Commissioner,  Jacob 
Miller,  Penn  Twp.  and  James  Barbin, 
of  Centre  township. 

July    6,    1848. 

The  time  of  publishing  this  paper 
will  be  changed  from  Wednesday  to 
Thursday,  on  account  of  the  change 
in  time  of  the  stages  and  mails. 
July    13,    1848. 

John  S.  Hauke  having  disposed  of 
his  interest  in  the  STAR  office  to  D. 
W.  Woods,  retires  from  the  editorial 
chair. 


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Death,  on  the  6th  inst.,  in  Selins- 
grove, Mr.  Jacob  Albert,  aged  87 
years.  On  the  5th  inst.,  in  Beaver- 
town,  Mr.  Wm.  Weirick,  aged  42 
years.  On  the  3rd  inst.,  in  Chapman 
township,  Mr.  Michael  Shaffer,  aged 
47  years.  On  the  27th  ult.,  in  Wash- 
ington township,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Dunkleberger,  aged  57  years. 
July    20,    1848. 

A  very  heavy  thunder  storm  passed 
over  this  place,  last  week.  The  house 
of  Mrs.  Stimmel  was  struck  by  light- 
ning and  considerably  damaged. 

The  barn  of  Mr.  John  Bingaman, 
of  Beaver  township,  this  county  wa^ 
struck  by  lightning  on  the  12th  inst., 
and  burned  to  the  ground.  19  loads 
of  hay  were  burned. 

July    27,    1848. 

A  notice  was  published  that  all  tav- 
ernkeepers  that  do  not  lift  their  li- 
censes before  next  September  Court, 
will  be  returned  to  the  said  court  as 
the    law      directs. 

Mr.  Nicholas  Baus,  of  Middlecreek 
townsiij  >.  died  on  the  21st  instant, 
aged  88  years. 

August  3,   1848. 
A  "Rough  and  Ready  Club"  was  or- 
ganized in  Perry  township,  Saturday 
evening. 

August  10,  1848. 
List   of  Grand  Jurors   for  September 

Court: 

Penns,  Jacob  Ertly,  Henry  W.  Sny- 
der, George  Adams. 

Chapman,  John  Herrold,  David  E. 
Bender. 

Washington,  John  Miller,  Michael 
C.  Moyer. 

West  Beaver,  Joseph  Stumpff. 

Centre,  Israel  Bachman. 

Middlecreek,    John    Kessler. 
List   of  Traverse  Jurors   for  Septem- 
ber Court: 

Beaver,  Joseph  Long,  Charles 
Wireman,    Samuel    Greenhow. 

West  Beaver,  Wm.  Barth. 

Centre,  Andrew  Wittenmyer,  Ja- 
cob Fryer,  Peter  Frain. 

Middlecreek,  Abraham  Hendricks. 

Washington,  Ludwig  Arbogast, 
John   Hains. 

Penns — Geo.   Fisher,   Peter  Miller. 

Chapman — Jacob  Comfort,  Samu- 
el Sholl,  Perry  Kreamer. 

Perry,    John    Krebs,    Samuel    Ger- 
man, Jacob  Willow,  Simon  Strawser, 
Nathan  Forrey,  Willis  Gordon. 
List    of    Petit    Jurors    for    September 

Court: 

Beaver,  Peter  Smith. 

Centre,  Joseph  D.  Hunt,  Abraham 
Eisenhower,  John  Smelker,  Daniel 
Shower. 

Chapman,  John  Sechrist,  John  E- 
bright. 


Middlecreek,  John  Erdley. 

Penns,  John  Hartman  Jr.,  John 
Harrison,   Samuel  Fisher. 

Perry,  Albright  Swineford,  Jonas 
Snyder,  Philip  Winey,  George  Martin. 

West  Beaver,  John  Weiand,  George 
Kaley.  * 

August  24,  1848. 

The  Centerville  House  formerly 
owned  by  Jacob  Hartman,  is  now  run 
by  A.  S.  Long. 

A  Taylor  meeting  will  be  held  in 
West  Beaver  township,  Sept.  2, 
September  7,  1848. 

A  large  and  spirituous  meeting  of 
the  Rough  and  Ready  society  was 
held  at  the  home  of  Wm.  Baird  m 
West  Beaver  township,  Saturday. 
They  elected  as  their  president,  H. 
H.   Maaritz,  Esq. 

Notice  published  of  the  dissolution 
of  partnership  of  Snyder  and  Keller 
of  Chapman  township,  who  were  in 
the  boat  business. 

September  21,  1848 

A  meeting  of  the  friends  of  Taylor 
Fillmore,  Johnson  and  Middleswarth 
was  held  at  the  home  of  Samuel  Ar- 
bogast in  Perry  township,  Saturday. 
The  following  officers  were  elected: 
Pres.,  Jacob  Martin;  Vice  Pres.,  Mich- 
ael Gerhart,  Nicholas  Arbogast,  Phil- 
ip Winey,  Samuel  German,  Jacob 
Miniam,  George  Rine  and  Michael 
Miniam,  Sec.  John  Winey  and  Philip 
Arbogast. 

The  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod, 
of  East  Pennsylvania,  will  convene 
in  Selinsgrove,  Sept.  27th  in  the  Rev. 
H.    Weiser's   church. 

September  28,  1848. 

Gov.  Johnson  appointed  Wm.  F. 
Wagenseller,  of  Selinsgrove,  as  one 
of  his  Aids  with  the  rank  of  Lieut. 
Colonel. 

Wm.  Van  Gezer  Esq.,  of  New  Ber- 
lin, was  appointed  Deputy  Atty.  Gen. 
of  Union   County. 

October  5,    1848 

The  Spring  House  and  two  Ware 
Houses  of  Charles  Steese,  in  Mifflin- 
burg  were  destroyed  by  fire,  Saturday 
morning. 

Died:  On  the  28th  ult,  on  Centre 
township,  Mr.  Hezekiah  Boon,  aged 
25  years.  On  the  28th  ult.,  at  his  resi- 
dence in  Penn  township,  Mr.  Benj. 
Klingler. 

October  12,   1848 

The  result  of  election  for  Govern- 
or, Johnson  2663;  Middleswarth  maj. 
1349;  Casey's  maj.,  1340.  Cunning- 
ham's 1182,  Weirick's  1161,  Mo 
Laughlin's  1163. 

The  tavern  on  the  Isle  of  Que,  in 
Penn  Township,  is  now  run  by  Amos 
Stroh. 


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45 


October  19,   1848 

The  following  are  the  members  of 
Democratic  Whig  Standing  Commit- 
tee: D.  W.  Woods,  Chairman;  Wm. 
Roshong,  Michael  Kleckner,  John 
Wilt,  Francis  A.  Boyer,  Abraham  K. 
Middleswarth,  Johnson  Walls. 
List    of    Grand    Jurors    for    December 

Court: 

Middlecreek,   Frederick   Bilger. 

Penns,  Benj.  Houseworth,  Samuel 
Pawling. 

Beaver,   Samuel  Kessler,  Christian 
Gross. 
Chapman,  Wm.  Herrold. 

Centre,   Peter  Fries. 

West  Beaver,  Henry  Miller. 

List   of   Traverse    Jurors    for   Decem- 
ber  Court: 

Perry — Jacob  Schnee. 

Centre — Samuel  Wittenmyer,  Da- 
vid  Schwenk,   Edward   Strayer. 

Beaver,  Jacob  Beaver,  Joseph 
Klose,  Sam  Wittenmyer,  Geo.  Smith, 
Robt.   Shipton. 

Middlecreek,  Frederick  Baus,  Wm. 
Courtney. 

Chapman,  John  Craig,  Francis 
Buchwalter. 

Washington,  Henry  Berry,  Isaac 
Bickel,  John  Lawrence. 

Penns,  Benjamin  Smith,  Christian 
Gingrich,  Daniel  Ott,  George  W.  Kel- 
ler. 

West  Beaver,  Daniel  Alter. 
List    of    Petit    Jurors    for    December 

Court: 

Chapman,  George  Snyder,  Simon 
Strawser. 

Perry,  Peter  Troup,  Jonathan  Gel- 
nett,  John  Haas. 

Beaver,  Philip  Markle,  Jacob  Aig- 
ler,  Aaron  Middleswarth,  John  Hall, 
John    Shively,    Philip    Smith. 

Centre,  George  Sampsel,  John 
Oberlin,  John  A.  Schoch. 

Penns,  Benj.  Long,  John  W.  Smith. 
Henry  D.  Kern. 

Washington,    Frederick    Richter. 

West   Beaver,   John   Deimer. 

Middlecreek,    John    Aurand. 
November  16,  1848 

A  two  inch  snow  fell  here,  Sunday. 

There  are  sixty  eight  cases  on  the 
trial  list  for  Dec.  Court. 

November  23,  1848 

Geo.  W.  Snyder  offers  a  reward  of 
six  cents  for  the  return  of  Jacob 
Rhine,  an  apprentice  of  the  Boat 
Building    business. 

December  7,   1848. 

Death:  Nov.  2nd.,  in  Chapman 
township,  Mr.  Thomas  Reddig,  aged 
38  years.  November  25th  in  Middle- 
creek township,  John  Duck,  aged  66 
years. 

Markets:  Flour  $5.37;  wheat  $1.15; 
rye  .70;  corn  .67;  oats  .30. 


December  21,   1848 

Died  the  24th  ult.,  near  Adams- 
burg,  Beaver  township  Mrs.  Margaret 
Smith,  wife  of  John  Smith,  aged  48 
years. 

Advertisements:  David  Spitler, 
New  Berlin ;  Est.  of  John  Wagner,  of 
West  Beaver  township;  Orphan's 
Court  sale  of  Est.  of  Moses  Straub. 
A.  S.  Long,  proprietor  of  Centerville 
house,  Centerville;  John  R.  Follmer, 
Atty.,  Selinsgrove;  Amos  Stroh,  Pro- 
prietor of  Isle  of  Que  House;  Se- 
linsgrove Foundry. 

December  27,  1848 

Friday  we  had  a  four  inch  snow 
fall. 

January  4,   1849. 

Mr.  John  Sinclair  died  at  an  ad- 
vanced age,  January  1st,  in  Penn 
township. 

January  18,  1849. 

Samuel  Arbogast  applied  for  li- 
cense in  the  house  formerly  kept  by 
widow  Eckhart  as  a  tavern,  on  the 
road  leading  from  Selinsgrove  to 
Mifflintown,  in  Perry  township.  Sign- 
ers: Jacob  Martin,  Wm.  Weller,  Val- 
entine Haas,  George  Spayd,  Jacob 
Minium,  Henry  Reichenbach,  Wm. 
German,  Peter  German,  John  Badge, 
George  Rine  John  Haas,  John  Arbo- 
gast, John  German. 

Chas.  Wileman  applied  to  February 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Bea- 
vertown.  Signers:  Ner  Middleswarth, 
Joseph  Kloss,  John  Frank,  Sem.  Wit- 
tenmyer, Jacob  Kern,  Jacob  Gross, 
Joseph  Koss,  John  Frank,  Sam.  Wit- 
Kern,  Daniel  Kloss,  Samuel  Brunner, 
Philip  Kinney,  Isaac  Napp,  John  Has- 
singer,  Moses  Specht,  Levi  Vender- 
i'-h,  Frederick  Fetterolf,  Solomon 
Kloss. 

Albright  Swineford  applied  to  the 
February  Court  for  license  to  keep  a 
tavern  in  Middleburg.  Signers:  David 
Schwenk,  Jacob  Aurand,  James  Bar- 
bin,  David  Swengel,  Samuel  Witten- 
myer, Michael  Wittenmyer,  R.  W. 
Smith,  George  Boyer,  John  Bibighous 
Geo.  Kremer,  T.  Bower,  Geo.  Moatz. 
List    of    Grand    Jurors    for    February 

Court: 

Beaver,  Aaron  Specht. 

Chapman,  Samuel  Sholl. 

Washington,  Wm.  Schnee. 

Penns,  John  Hayhurst. 
List    of    Traverse    Jurors    for    Febru- 
ary court:  . 

Beaver,  Henry  Smith,  Jacob  Brech- 
bill,  Frederick  Bingaman. 

Washington,  Isaac  Bickel,  Daniel 
S.  Boyer,  Andrew  Rouch,  Elias  R. 
Menges. 

Chapman,  John  Houseworth,  John 
Soffel,  John  Kerstetter. 

Centre,  Jacob  S.  Smith. 

Penns,      Jacob      Shaffer,      George 


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Keen,  Wm.  Colsher,  Samuel  Ware- 
ham,  Jacob  Miller,  Benjamin  Schoch, 
Elijah  Osborn,  Henry  Mathias. 

Middlecreek,   Geo.     Engel,       Abr. 
Hendricks. 

West  Beaver,  Michael  Echart. 
List   of   Petit   Jurors      for      February 

Court: 

Perry,  John  K.  Snyder. 

Chapman,  John  Houser,  Benjamin 
Sechrist. 

Washington,  John  P.  Mertz,  Samu- 
el Neitz,  Daniel  P.  Hilbish. 


Penns,  Daniel  K.  Ulrich,  Charles 
Rhoads,  Capt.  John  Hehn,  Henry 
Keifer,  Michael  Fisher,  Henry  Reis- 
er. 

Centre,  David  Wilson,  Jonathan 
Bilger,  Thomas  Bower,  Jacob  Hil- 
bish. 

Beaver,  Benjamin  Keller. 

February    1,    1849 

Seventy  two  cases  were  on  the  trial 
list  for  February  term  of  Court. 


Many  Forgotten   Items  Gathered  From 

The  Files  of  Union  Times,  of  New 

Berlin,  1850  to  1854 


$The  following  items  were  cull- 
ed from  the  files  of  the  Union 
Times,  New  Berlin,  from  June 
27,  1850  to  Feb.  28,  1854,  (from 
Vol.  20,  No.  12  to  Vol.  23,  No. 
42.)  The  Times  was  democratic, 
while  the  Union  Star,  from 
which  we  quoted  before  was  a 
Whig   paper. 

|(Some  pungent  political  re- 
marks are  reproduced  here 
which  were  written  in  the  heat 
of  conflict.  They  are  republish- 
ed {or  historical  purposes  and 
not  as  a  reflection  upon  any  one. 
No  doubt  the  writers  themselves 
were  they  alive  would  disown 
their  own  writings.  Editor  Post.) 

June  27,   1850. 

Galphin       Snyder.  The    Galphin 

Whigs  met  in  State  Convention,  at 
Philadelphia,  on  the  19th  inst.  We 
perceive  that  the  name  of  Henry  W. 
Snyder,  of  this  County,  was  brought 
before  the  Convention  for  Surveyor 
General,  but  failing  in  this,  on  sec- 
ond ballot,  he  was  lucky  enough  to 
get  the  nomination  for  Auditor  Gen- 
eral, a  position  of  the  highest  im- 
portance and  responsibility,  requir- 
ing talents  of  the  most  distinguish- 
ed order,  and  for  which  Mr.  S.  is 
notoriously  disqualified  both  by  edu- 
cation and  experience.  Mr.  S.  is  a 
brother  of  the  Hon.  John  Snyder, 
and  a  son  of  the  ex-Governor  Snyder, 
and  for  many  years  a  warm  and  un- 
compromising Democrat,  but  conceiv- 
ing himself  wiser  than  his  father,  he 
eventually    tore    himself    loose    from 


the  democracy  of  the  country,  and 
since  1828  has  acted  with  the  oppo- 
sition. Disappointed  ambition  was  the 
cause  of  his  apostacy.  As  far  as  our 
recollection  extends,  Mr.  Snyder  has 
never  shown  much  talent  as  a  leader, 
but  has  invariably  been  compelled  to 
submit  to  the  dictation  of  others,  and 
occupy  the  secondary  position  in  the 
ranks  of  his  party.  Although  fre- 
quently up  for  the  nomination  for 
Senator  etc.  he  could  never  as  much 
as  command  a  respectable  vote  in 
Convention,  owing  to  the  antipathy 
of  the  Whigs  against  him,  occasioned 
by  his  reserved  habits  and  aristocratic 
airs.  He  is  disliked  as  much  by  the 
bone  and  sinew  of  the  Whigs  as  he 
is  discontenanced  by  the  Democrat, 
and  most  certainly  his  nomination 
was  as  unexpected  as  it  is  unpopular, 
detested.  So  far  as  the  Democrats  are 
concerned,  we  can  freely  say,  that 
we  look  upon  his  nomination  with 
perfect  indifference.  He's  not  going 
to  "set  the  river  on  fire"  through  his 
popularity  here.  Some  of  the  most 
prominent  Whigs  in  the  county  will 
oppose  him,  "tooth  and  nail"  and  we 
predict  his  triumphant  defeat  in  his 
own  box  which  usually  gives  a  Whig 
majority  of  100. 

Henry  Musser  manufactured  axes 
in  Centre  township,  on  the  road  lead- 
ing from  New  Berlin  to  Centerville. 

Philip  Moyer  was  administrator  of 
the  estate  of  Josiah  Weiser,  late  of 
Chapman  township,  deed. 

Jacob  Reichley  was  administrator 
of  the  estate  of  John  Klinesmidt, 
late  of  Centre  township,  dec. 


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47 


July   4,    1850. 

On  the  25th  ult.,  Rev.  W.  G.  Hack- 
man,  Mr.  Jacob  Eckhart,  of  West 
Beaver  was  married  to  Miss  Harriet 
Karn,  of  Centre. 

George  Hill  practised  law  at  Selins- 
grove. 

Israel  Gutelius,  esq.,  of  this  place, 
has  been  appointed  Deputy  Marshall 
of  Union  County.  As  a  political  op- 
ponent we  admire  the  Sheriff  for  his 
candor  and  straight  forward  con- 
duct, and  have  no  doubt  but  that  his 
appointment  will  give  pretty  general 
satisfaction  to  the  Whigs.  We  con- 
gratulate the  Sheriff  upon  his  success. 
July   18,    1850. 

Franklin  Fryer  was  administrator 
for  the  estate  of  William  P.  Moyer, 
late  of  Perry  township,  deed. 
July   25,    1850. 

The  following  are  running  for  pro- 
thonotary:  Jacob  Haus,  of  New  Ber- 
lin, H.  H.  Mageritz,  of  West  Beaver, 
and  Jacob  Martin,  of  Perry.For  Com- 
missioner: Frederick  Baus,  of  Mid- 
dlecreek,  Jacob  Mauck,  John  Corne- 
lius and  David  Spitler,  of  New  Ber- 
lin, Geo.  Hehn,  of  Penns. 

We  have  been  informed  that  con- 
siderable damage  has  been  done,  by 
the  freshet  on  Thursday  and  Friday 
last,  to  the  Susquehanna  Division  of 
the  Penna.  Canal,  .three  very  seri- 
ous breaks  having  occurred  between 
Selinsgrove  and  Liverpool.  It  will  re- 
quire several  weeks  to  repair  them. 

J.  Shannon,  W.  Bower  and  G. 
Rodgers  caught  in  Shamokin  Dam, 
on  the  Susquehanna  River,  a  con- 
siderable quantity  of  different  kinds 
of  lumber. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  Septem- 
ber Court: 

Perry — Jacob    Winey,    Zacheus    Gor- 
don. 
Penns — Henry   W.      Snyder,      Elijah 

Osborne. 
Washington — Andrew   Roush. 
Chapman — Ira  Sayers. 
West  Beaver — John  Wieand. 
Beaver — Adam    Specht. 
Centre — Frederick  Hassinger. 

List   of   Traverse   Jurors   for    Sep- 
tember Court: 
Penns — Jacob    Ott,    Charles   Hughes, 

David  Heiser,   Elijah   Coldron,  Jo- 
seph   Scharf,    Wm.    Wagner. 
Beaver — Jacob  Kern,  Peter  Smith. 
Centre — David  Swenk,     Ellis     Stahl- 

necker,      Jacob      Aurand,      Peter 

Dreese,  Christian  Kerr. 
Washington — Francis  A.  Boyer,  Geo. 

Apple. 


Chapman — John  Snyder,  Jacob  Wit- 
mer. 

West    Beaver — Samuel    Romig,    Ab- 
raham K.  Middleswarth. 
List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  September 

Court: 

Centre — Daniel  Shower,  Daniel  Kern. 

Chapman — Philip   Moyer,      Frederick 
Starick. 

West    Beaver — Charles    Krebs,    Hen- 
ry Benfer. 
Middlecreek — John    Bickel,      Samuel 

Hendricks,  John  Aumiller. 
Beaver — John    D.      Smith,      Solomon 

Engle. 
Penns, — Peter   Bolig,    Peter  Fisher. 
Perry — Jacob  Schnee,  Geo.  Weikler. 
August  1,  1850. 

Henry  W.  Snyder.  This  gentleman 
who  is  the  Galphin  Whig  Candidate 
for  Auditor  General,  says  the  Lan- 
caster Intelligencer,  is  urged  upon 
the  people  of  Pennsylvania  mainly 
because  he  is  a  son  of  the  late  Gov. 
Snyder — a  reversed  statesman,  but 
at  the  same  time  a  man  who  has  en- 
countereu  as  much  abuse  in  his  day, 
from  the  same  party  with  whom  his 
son  is  now  associated,  as  any  other 
Democratic  Governor  we  ever  had. 
But  so  it  is  ever  with  the  Federal 
Whigs.  They  have  no  hopes  of  suc- 
cess with  wool-dyed  Federalists — 
hence  their  friendship  for  apostates 
from  the  Democratic  party;  and  they 
are  specially  desirous  of  seducing 
the  son  of  a  distinguished  republican 
sire  from  the  faith  of  his  father,  so 
that  they  may  make  him  a  political 
scape-goat  to  bear  their  own  sins. 
They  also  suppose— so  contemptible 
an  opinion  have  these  men  of  the  in- 
telligence of  the  people — that  the  in- 
fluence of  honored  name  will  be 
transmitted  from  father  to  son,  and 
that  the  allegiance  of  the  people  des- 
cends in  hereditary  succession,  no 
matter  what  may  be  the  sins  or  fol- 
lies that  characterize  a  patriot's  des- 
cendants. 

Simon  Snyder  was  a  good  man,  a 
true  patriot,  an  unflinching  Demo- 
crat in  his  duty — but  it  is  very  cer- 
tain that  his  mantle  has  not  fallen 
upon  the  shoulders  of  his  unworthy 
son.  Patriotism  is  not  always  heredit- 
ary. Nor  can  the  virtues  of  the  true 
hearted  old  Governor  be  made  to 
confer  the  political  enormities  or  de- 
rilections  of  a  son,  who  has  so  little 
respect  for  the  memory  and  good 
fame  of  his  father,  as  to  be  found 
arrayed  on  the  same  side  of  politics 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


with  those  who  were  his  bitter  ene- 
mies and  malignant  revilers  whilst 
living. 

The  Whigs  should  blush  at  their 
own  inconsistency,  in  thus  attempt- 
ing to  bolster  up  the  rotten  political 
reputation  of  Henry  W.  Snyder.  If 
his  good  old  father  could  rise  from 
his  grave  and  again  appear  among 
men,  he  would  disown  him  for  his 
political  connection,  and  the  son 
should  be  ashamed  of  himself  at  be- 
ing thus  found  in  such  company.  It 
would  be  doing  an  act  of  real  kind- 
ness to  their  candidate,  if  the  Whigs 
would  at  once  cease  all  allusion  to 
his  paternity,  and  permit  him  to 
stand    or   fall    on    his    own    merits. 

The   following  is  the      Democratic 
Standing   Committee: 
Beaver — Capt.    Geo.   Swartz. 
Centre — Joseph  Bolender. 
Centerville — Samuel  Hartman. 
Chapman — Philip    Hilbish. 
Middlecreek — Michael  Neiman. 
Penns. — Col.  Henry  C.  Eyer. 
West  Beaver, — Henry  Benfer. 
Washington, — Jacob    J.    Mohr. 
Perry — Andrew  Kohler,  J\. 
August  8,    1850. 

We  understand  that  the  Central 
railroad  will   be   completed  to   Holli- 


daysburg  by  the  middle  or  by  the  far- 
thest, the  latter  part  of  this  month. 

The  declination  of  Old  Ner  as  a 
candidate  for  Congress,  on  Monday 
last,  is  perfectly  understood  by  the 
Whigs  and  Democrats  of  this  county, 
and  will  at  once,  we  think,  be  fully 
comprehended  by  Mr.  Armstrong  and 
his  friends  "A  singed  rat  dreads  the 
fire."  Old  Ner  saw  the  imminency  of 
the  danger  that  threatens  the  party 
in  the  district,  and  has  thus  politely 
declined  the  honor  of  a — defeat. 

Whig  County    Convention — The 

Whigs  met  in  county  convention  in 
this  place,  Monday  last  and  nominat- 
ed the-  following  ticket:  Congress — 
Jas.  Armstrong,  of  Lycoming  coun- 
ty; Assembly — Eli  Slifer.  of  Lewis- 
burg:  Prothonotary,  Jacob  Haus  Jr., 
of  New  Berlin;  Prosecuting  Atty., 
George  Hill,  of  Selinsgrove;  County 
Surveyor,  Robt.  G.  H.  Hayes,  of  Mif- 
llinburg;  Comm.,  George  Heimbach, 
of  Union  township;  Auditors,  James 
McCright,  of  Buffalo,  for  three  years, 
and  Henry  K.  Sanders,  of  Limestone, 
for  one  year;  Trustees  of  Mifflinburg 
Academy,  Jos  Boop,  John  C.  Watson 
and  Adam  Sheckler. 

The  Row  at  the  Court  House.  The 
most   amusing  scene   connected   with 


HISTORY  OF  MIDDLEBURG  "POST" 

The  Middleburg  POST  traces  its  history  back  to  the  newspaper  lights 
of  New  Berlin,  its  direct  antecedents  having  figured  prominently  in  all  the 
political  struggles  of  those  early  days  when  New  Berlin  was  the  county 
seat. 

Unfortunately,  we  do  not  have  any  files  of  the  POST'S  antecedents 
from  which  to  quote  the  part  taken  by  them  in  shaping  the  destiny  of  the 
County's  welfare. 

The  origin  of  the  POST  can  be  traced  back  to  the  founding  of  the  UNION 
ADLER,  Jan.  1,  1834.  The  UNION  DEMOKRAT  was  established  January 
20,  1842.  These  two  papers  were  merged  about  May  1,  1844  and  retained 
the  latter  name.  The  Demokrat  was  established  by  Seebold  &  Haus,  as 
publishers,  and  Christain  Moeser  as  Editor.  Peter  Kleckner  later  was  pub- 
lisher, so  was  Christian  Moeser. 

In  1850  Israel  Gutelius  purchased  the  plant  and  Union  Demokrat  news- 
paper. It  was  then  and  had  been  from  the  beginning  a.  German  Whig 
newspaper,  Mr.  Gutelius  published  the  paper  at  New  Berlin,  until  the  spring 
of  1853,  when  it  was  moved  to  Selinsgrove  and  published  as  the  Demo- 
krat until  August  1861  when  it  was  changed  to  an  English  Republican  pa- 
per and  the   name  changed  to  the   Selinsgrove   POST. 

It  was  published  in  Selinsgrove  until  Jan.  1,  1867,  when  the  plant  was 
purchased  by  Hon.  Jeremiah  Crouse  and  removed  to  Middleburg,  and  he 
began  its  publication,  where  it  has  continued  ever  since.  In  1882,  Mr. 
Crouse  sold  the  plant  and  newspaper  to  Thomas  H.  Harter,  of  Centre 
County.  Mr.  Harter  continued  to  publish  the  POST,  until  March  17,  1894, 
when  the  plant  was  sold  to  Arthur  E.  Cooper  and  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller, 
both  of  Selinsgrove,  Pa.  The  partnership  was  dissolved  Dec.  12,  1894,  when 
Mr.  Wagenseller  became  the  sole  proprietor  and  has  continued  the  publi- 
cation up  to  the  present  time.  (1916).  The  POST  had  a  circulation  of  1400 
in  1894,  and  now  it  is  over  5000  copies  every  week. 


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49 


the  late  contest  for  Prothonotary, 
was  enacted  at  the  Court  House,  in 
this  place,  Saturday  last.  Advantage 
was  endeavored  to  be  taken  by  the 
Haus  men,  in  the  opening  and  the 
organization  of  the  meeting,  for  the 
purpose  of  controlling  its  action,  and 
compelling  several  poor  persons  to 
vote  for  Haus  who  were  adverse  to 
his  nomination,  but  yet  who  were 
furnished  with  his  tickets,  and  a 
promise  to  go  for  him  exacted  against 
cheir  will.  Before  the  appointed  time 
arrived  for  the  opening  of  the  Fan- 
dango, the  Haus  men  rang  the  bell 
with  the  expectation  of  coming  the 
"Giraff"  over  the  Taggart  Party, 
but  the  stratagem  failed,  and  under 
the  most  intense  excfitement.  the 
Taggart  men  out-generaled  the  other 
fraction,  and  succeeded  in  electing 
their  officers. — In  the  meantime  an 
interesting  coup  de  combat  was  en- 
acting in  front  of  the  bar  between 
David  W.  Woods,  editor  of  the  "Star" 
and  Sheriff  Gutelius,  whi^h  also,  to 
a  great  extent,  extended  to  all  pres- 
ent. It  seems  that  the  sheriff  ac- 
cused the  Haus  party  with  decep- 
tion which  was  partially  admitted  by 
Haus,  but  pronounced  by  Woods  as 
a  lie,  accompanied,  as  the  story  runs, 
with  a  grab  at  the  throat  of  the  ola 
Sheriff,  but  which  nevertheless  did 
not  disconcert  the  Sheriff,  who  was 
then  only  concerned  in  defeating  the 
Haus  party  in  their  fradulent  at- 
tempt to  organize  the  meeting  against 
the  will  of  a  majority  of  men  pres- 
ent which  he  triumphantly  effected. 
As  we  do  not  wish  to  give  any  fur- 
ther particulars  (having  to  much  re- 
spect for  the  good  character  of  our 
quiet  borough)  we  will  conclude  with 
the  remark,  that  it  was  a  faithful 
representation  of  the  scene  of  the 
"Kilkenny  Cats"  devouring  each  oth- 
er.— The  Haus  party,  however,  at  last 
succeeded  by  three  of  a  majority, 
which  shows  the  strenuous  opposi- 
tion to  him  here  on  the  parts  of  his 
neighbors.  We  have  been  informed 
that  Sheriff  Gutelius  has  prosecuted 
Woods  for  Assault  and  Batterv,  and 
that  Woods  has  given  bail  for  his  ap- 
pearance at  Court.  Public  opinion  is 
altogether  with  the  Sheriff. 

August   15,   1850. 

Hon.  John  Snyder  died  Thursday 
evening  at  7  o'clock  of  dysentary,  at 
his  residence  in  Chapman  township. 
August  22,   1850. 

Married — In  this  place  on  the  22nd 
inst.  by  Rev.   A.   B.   Casper,   Mr.   Jo- 


seph Zeiber,  of  Middlecreek,  to  Miss 
Sara  Bowersox,  of  Centre.  On  the 
8th  inst.,  by  Rev.  W.  G.  Heckman, 
Mr.  Wm.  C.  Engle,  of  Beavertown, 
to  Miss  Barbara  Eisenhower,  of 
Centre  township.  On  the  15th  inst., 
by  the  same,  Mr.  David  Yetter,  of 
Mifflin  Co.,  to  Miss  Catherine  Mick,  of 
West  Beaver.  On  the  15th  inst.,  by 
the  same,  Mr.  John  Bower,  of  Ad- 
amsburg,  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Hummel, 
of  West  Beaver. 
August  29,  1850. 

The  following  is  the  Democratic 
ticket:  For  Congress,  John  Cum- 
mings;  Assembly,  John  M.  Baum; 
Prothonotary,  Joseph  Eyster;  Com., 
Sem.  Schoch  and  Jacob  Horlacher; 
Deputy  Surveyor,  Henry  Motz. 

Mr.  John  Young  has  retired  from 
the  publication  of  the  "Union  Demo- 
krat"  The  paper  is  now  under  the 
control  of  Mr.  Moeser.  We  wish  the 
retiring  editor  health,  prosperity  and 
a  profitable  undertaking  wherever  he 
may  locate  in  the  future.  And  as  to 
friend  Moeser,  may  his  shadow  never 
grow  less  and  his  subscription  be  al- 
ways on  the  rise.  The  statement  of 
the  "Star"  that  the  paper  is  partly 
under  control  of  Col.  Wm.  F.  Wagen- 
seller  is  a  base  fabrication,  and  will 
be  fully  explained  in  the  next  num- 
ber of  that  paper. 
September   12,    1850. 

Court  commences  in  this  place  next 
Monday.  Tuesday  the  Whigs  have  a 
sort  of  fandango  when  his  Excel- 
lency, William  F.  Johnson,  will  ex- 
hibit himself  to  the  inspection  of  our 
temperance  people  and  talk  to  the 
people  about  the  economy  and  glory 
of  his  own  administration.  On  Wed- 
nesday the  anti-Cameronites  intend 
holding  a  meeting. 

"  The  Star"  of  this  week  alleges 
that  Messrs.  Roshong,  Wagenseller 
and  Eyster  "went  the  security  of  Mr. 
Moeser"  for  the  purchase  of  the 
"Ur.ion  Democrat"  printing  office. 
This  in  Wood's  estimation,  is  an  un- 
pardonable sin.  Now,  we  wish  to 
know,  whether  Mr.  Roshong  did  not 
go  security  for  Mr.  Woods,  when  he 
purchased  the  "Star"  office?  He  dare 
not  deny  this  accusation.  What,  then 
is  the  difference  between  two  trans- 
actions? Messrs.  Woods  and  Moeser 
both  stood  in  need  of  assistance  and 
both  applied  to  one  man,  whose  char- 
acteristic liberality  soon  relieved 
them  from  their  dilemma.  "Men  who 
live  in  glass  houses  should  not  throw 
stones." 


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September   19,    1850. 

The  following  is  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee: 

Penns — Henry  C.  Eyer. 
Centerville, — Jacob  Reichley. 
West  Beaver, — Charles  Kreps. 
Beaver — George  Swartz. 
Centre — Jacob  Wittenmyer. 
Perry — Thomas  L.  Light. 
Washington — Elias  R.  Menges. 
Chapman, — John  Herrold. 
Middlecreek, — Henry  Wetzel  Jr. 

George  Kenn  was  administrator  of 
the  estate  of  Joseph  Eshelman,  late 
of  Penn  township. 

Jacob   W.    Smith  was   executor   of 
the  estate  of  Hon.  John  Snyder,  late 
of  Chapman  township. 
Oct.   17,  1850. 

Sheriff  Gutelius  Removed.  But  a 
few  days  ago,  the  people  of  Old  Uni- 
on, in  whom  all  power  is  vested,  pro- 
claimed in  tones  of  thunder,  whose 
reverberations  are  yet  heard  in  the 
distance,  their  unqualified  condem- 
nation of  the  unholy  and  infamous 
Clique,  of  this  place,  headed  by 
Haus,  Woods  and  Co.,  the  former 
of  whom,  by  the  unparalled  major- 
ity of  476,  was  routed  "horse,  foot 
and  dragoons"  from  the  lucrative  and 
responsible  office  he  now  holds,  the 
honors  and  emoulments  of  which,  a- 
gainst  the  known  will  of  the  People, 
he  again  endeavored  to  appropriate 
and  gormandize.  It  was  a  triumph  of 
the  People  over  a  corrupt  and  uh 
scrupulous  Faction,  whose  verdict,  ac- 
cording to  the  institution  of  our 
country,  is  final  and  irrevocable,  and 
therefore  entitled  to  all  the  moral 
and  political  influence  its  importance 
so  earnestly  demanded.  But  to  our 
infinite  surprise,  the  voice  of  the  un- 
trammeled  freedom,  as  expressed  in 
the  late  election  for  Prothonotary, 
has  been  treated  with  impunity,  in 
the  removal  of  Sheriff  Gutelius  from 
the  office  of  Deputy  Marshal  of  Uni- 
on County,  a  station  which  was  fill- 
ed with  honor  and  dignity,  and  the 
duties  of  which  he  ably,  faithfully 
and  efficiently  discharged.  Sheriff 
Gutelius  is  a  Whig— a  working 
Whig,  but  would  not  connive  at  the 
wickedness  and  corruption  by"  Mr. 
Haus  obtained  his  nomination  and 
consequently  opposed  his  election. 
This  is  the  political  sin  of  his  decapi- 
tation. As  soon  as  the  defeat  of  Mr. 
Haus  was  known,  all  that  ingenuity, 
falsehood  and  detraction  could  device 
was  brought  into  play  to  accomplish 
this  object,  which  they  have  at  last 


effected.  Mr.  Jacob  Aurand,  of  Mid- 
dleburg,  has  been  appointed  in  his 
place. 

As  Democrats,  we  have  nothing  to 
say  with  regard  to  the  "family  feuds" 
of  our  opponents,  but  yet  we  can- 
not permit  so  gross  an  outrage  to  go 
unexposed,  when  right,  justice,  hon- 
esty and  fair  dealing  is  so  manifest- 
ly on  the  side  of  Sheriff  Gutelius,  a 
man  who  has  done  more  for  the  pros- 
perity and  success  of  the  Whig  party 
of  Union  county,  than  all  the  wiffits 
combined,  who  are  now  plotting  his 
ruin.  We  understand  that  Geo.  E.  Mil- 
ler, Esq.,  of  Lewisburg,  claims  the 
honor  of  the  removal. 

September  12th,  Mr.  Wm.  Christ, 
of  Selinsgrove,  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Ann  Huff,  of  Selinsgrove. 

The  following  is  the  official  direc- 
tory of  the  County  officers:  President 
Judge,  A.  S.  Wilson;  Ass.  Judges, 
Jacob  Wittenmyer  and  James  Har- 
rison; Pron.,  Jacob  Haus  Jr.;  Sher- 
iff, Archibald  Thomas;  Comm.,  Jas. 
Barbin,  John  Wilt,  George  Heimbach; 
Register  &  Recorder,  Daniel  Bell- 
man; Treas.,  Daniel  Horlacher;  Au- 
ditors, Henry  H.  Blair,  James  Mc- 
Cright,  Henry  K.  Sanders;  Pros.  At- 
ty.,  George  Hill;  Coronor,  Jacob 
Martin ;  Surveyor,  Robt.  G.  H.  Hayes. 

Oct.  24,  1850. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  December 

Court: 

Beaver,  Geo.  A.  Smith,  Philip  Hark- 
ley. 

Centre, — John  P.  Smith,  D.  Wilson. 

Middlecreek — Daniel  Kessler,  Fred- 
erick P.  Baus. 

Penns — J.  G.  L.  Shindle. 

Washington — Isaac  Bickel. 

List    of   Traverse   jurors   for    Dec. 

Court: 

Penns — John  Parks,  Joseph  Eyster, 
Wm.  Bower,  Jacob  Fisher,  H.  J. 
App. 

Perry, — Geo.    Martin. 

Chapman — Simon  Sholly,  J.  Lenig, 
Esq.,  Daniel  Brubaker,  Philip  Hil- 
bish,  John  Sechrist. 

Washington — Daniel  Sterner,  Dani- 
el Hilbish. 

West  Beaver, — Peter  Gass,  Andrew 
Ulsh. 

Centre — Edward    Strayer,   John   Mit- 
chell. 
List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  Dec.  Court: 

Centre — John  Swengle,  Jacob  Fryer, 
Reuben  Eisenhauer,  George  Yar- 
ling.  Geo.  Baker,  Conrad  Wolfley, 
John  A.  Schoch. 


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51 


Perry — Peter  Acker,  Abraham  Hal- 
terman. 

Chapman — John    Craig,   Abr.    Snook. 

Beaver — Jacob  Gross,  Ner  Middles- 
war  th. 

Penns — Jacob  Riblet,  Henry  Laud- 
enslager,  Henry  J.  Curns,  Jacob 
Shaffer,  Leonard  App,  H.  B.  Het- 
rick. 

West    Beaver — John    D.    Romig. 

October  31,  1850. 

Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth  and  Henry 
W.  Snyder,  Esq.,  it  is  said,  took  a  con- 
spicuous part  in  the  removal  of  Sher- 
iff Gutelius. 

The  Tavern  stand  in  Chapman 
township,  known  as  the  Chapman  Ho- 
tel, at  present  occupied  by  David  E. 
Bender,  7  miles  from  Selinsgrove,  is 
offered  for  sale.  Connected  with  the 
stand  are  thirty  acres  of  land  in  good 
state   of  cultivation. 

A  notice  was  published  of  the  dis- 
solution of  partnership  of  Louis  & 
Rohrer,  at  McKees  Half  Falls,  Union 
County. 

The  new  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  of  Selinsgrove,  will  be  dedi- 
cated Sunday,  November  24th. 

July  16th,  by  Rev.  S.  L.  M.  Conser, 
Mr.  Jesse  B.  Evans,  of  Chester  Co., 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  S.  Wagen- 
seller,  of  the  Isle  of  Que,  Selins- 
grove. 

November    14,    1850. 

We  are  gratified  that  Sheriff  Gu- 
telius lias  been  reinstated  as  Asst. 
Marshal,  for  the  completion  of  Penns 
Twp.  The  promptness,  energy  and 
zeal  displayed  by  Mr.  Gutelius  in  the 
prosecution  of  his  duties,  no  doubt 
led  the  Marshal  to  examine  more 
closely  into  the  charges  made  against 
him,  and  as  an  act  of  injustice  to 
a  faithful  officer  thus  openly  to  vin- 
dicate him  from  the  foul  accusations 
of  his  relentless  enemies. 

October  28th,  by  Jacob  Riblet  Esq. 
Mr.  Henry  Yeager,  of  Washington 
Twp.,  to  Mrs.  Catherine  Lenig,  of 
Chapman  township. 

At  Selinsgrove,  last  Wednesday 
morning  by  Rev.  Derr,  Mr.  Wm.  F. 
Eckbert,  of  Milton,  was  married  to 
Miss  Anna  E.  Davis,  of  Selinsgrove. 

November  21,  1850. 

The  log  barn  of  Mr.  John  Hartman, 
about  two  miles  below  Selinsgrove, 
on  the  Isle  of  Que,  was  destroyed 
by  fire  Friday  morning  last,  together 
with  its  contents,  hay,  wheat  etc.  It 
was  the  work  of  an  incendiary. 


November   28,    1850. 

The  case  of  William  Elliot,  of  Cen- 
terville,  indicted  for  the  murder  of 
George  Richwine,  was  tried  at  Lew- 
istown  on  the  7th  inst.  Verdict — 
man  slaughter — sentence  4  years 
solitary  confinement  in  the  Eastern 
Penitentiary. 
December    12,    1850. 

Dr.  Eyster,  the  newly  elected  Pro- 
thonotary,  was  sworn  in  on  Monday 
the  2nd  inst.  Samuel  Roush,  Esq., 
has  been  appointed  clerk. 

We  understand  that  our  young 
friend,  Dr.  A.  S.  Cummings,  of  Lew- 
istown,  purchased  on  the  25th  ult., 
the  extensive  brick  flouring  mill,  late 
the  estate  of  Peter  Richter,  deed.,  of 
Selinsgrove  this  county  for  $6,500. 
December  19,  1850. 

Great  interest  has  been  manifested 
in  the  action  now  pending  between 
Jacob  Haus  Jr.,  and  Christian  Moes- 
er  for  libel,  which  has  occupied  sev- 
eral days  of  the  present  week.  The 
jury  is  still  out. 

We  transfer  to  our  columns  with 
pleasure  an  article  from  the  Lewis- 
town  "Democrat"  suggesting  the 
name  of  Hon.  A.  S.  Wilson,  Pres. 
Judge  of  this  district,  in  connection 
with  a  seat  on  the  Supreme  Bench. 

The  citizens  of  Union  County, 
without  distinction  of  party,  would 
hail  with  lively  satisfaction  his  ele- 
vation to  this  honorable  and  distin- 
guished   station. 

On  the  12th  inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  G. 
Anspach,  Mr.  Frederick  P.  Baus,  of 
Middlecreek,  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Benner,  of  Union  town- 
ship. 

On  the  5th  inst.,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 
Casper,  Mr.  Daniel  Mowrer,  of  Union 
was  married  to  Miss  Esther  Erdley, 
of  Middlecreek. 

November  10th  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shin- 
del  Jr.,  Mr.   Samuel  R.  Yearick  was 
married    to    Miss    Matilda    Sausman, 
of  Union  township. 
December   26,    1850. 

Court  Proceedings.  A  great  part  of 
the  time  of  the  court  last  week,  was 
taken  up  in  the  action  pending  be- 
tween the  Commonwealth  vs  Chris- 
tian Moeser,  Indictment  for  Libel. 

This  arose  from  a  publication  by 
Christian  Moeser,  accusing  Jacob 
Haus,  Jr.,  late  candidate  for  Pro- 
thonotary,  with  having  failed  to  ac- 
count to  Sheriff  Gutelius,  after  hav- 
ing been  discharged  as  Deputy  Sher- 
iff, in  the  sum  of  about  one  thous- 
and   dollars.    Verdict    for    defendant 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


— County  to  pay  the  costs.  This  ac- 
tion excited  unusual  interest.  The  is- 
sue involved  was  of  momentous  im- 
portance to  both  parties,  for  upon 
the  verdict  of  the  jury,  depended  the 
honor  and  integrity  of  the  one,  and 
the  veracity  and  fair  reputation  of 
the  other.  The  line  was  drawn,  the 
fiat  has  gone  forth.  The  jury  vindi- 
cated the  defendant — the  rest  re- 
mains in  mystery  and  doubt. 
January   2,    1851. 

Married — On  the  19th  of  Decem- 
ber by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Nor- 
ris  Hartley  to  Elizabeth  Stetler,  both 
of  Penn  Twp.  On  the  same  day  by 
the  same,  John  S.  Acker  to  Miss  Mary 
Lawver,  both  of  Perry  Twp.  On  the 
same  day,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Aaron 
Moyer  to  Miss  Louisa  Pfeffer,  both 
of  Chapman  Twp. 
January   9,    1851. 

A  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Union 
County,  without  distinction,  and 
in  favor  of  The  Constitution  and  The 
Compromise  Measures  of  the  last 
Congress,  will  be  held  in  the  Court 
House,  in  the  Borough  of  New  Ber- 
lin, Tuesday,  February  18th,  at  the 
ringing  of  the  bell.  All  citizens  op- 
posed to  the  movements  of  the  Fan- 
atics in  the  North  and  South,  or  else- 
where, who  are  distracting  the  coun- 
try, and  seeking  to  divide  our 
GLORIOUS  UNION,  are  respectfully 
requested  to  attend. 

Married — On  the  10th  of  Nov.  Rev. 
G.  J.  Foy,  Mr.  Geo.  Smith  to  Miss 
Brigad  Huffnagle,  both  of  Beaver. 
On  the  15th  of  Dec.  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Jesse  Fry  to  Miss  Mary  Bowman, 
both  of  Centre. 

On  the  19th  of  December  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Josiah  Baker  to  Miss  Sus- 
anna Mick,  both  of  Beaver. 

On  the  24th  of  December  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Josiah  Rudy  to  Miss  Ma- 
tilda Renninger,  both  of  Beaver. 
Jan.    16,    1851. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  February 
Term  of  Court: 

Penns — M.  U.  App,  John  Ritter  Sr., 
Daniel  C.  Ulrich,  Charles  Hughes, 
Isaac  Jarrett,  George  Eby,  Ben- 
jamin Smith,  Samuel  Hartman. 
Centre — Daniel  Shower,  John  Bil- 
ger,  Peter  Frane,  Solomon  Bow- 
ersox. 
Washington, — David  Botdorf. 

List   of   Traverse  Jurors  for  Feb- 
ruary Term  of  Court: 
Centre — Peter  Dreese,  David  Schoch, 
James  Barbin  Jr.,  John  C.  Wilson, 
Jonathan     Bilger,     John     Mitchel, 


George   Bowersox,   Jr. 
Chapman, — John  Craig,  Daniel  Rohr- 

er,  John  Rine,  Peter  Garman. 
Penns, — John  Heimbach,  Nat  Slear. 
Perry, — Michael  Minium,  Jacob  Mart- 
in, Amos  Winey. 
Washington, — John  Hummel. 
Middlecreek — J.  M.  Dauberman,  Jno. 

Aumiller,   Frederick  Baus. 
Beaver, — Philip  Ginney,  Jacob  Heat- 
er, John  D.  Smith. 
West  Beaver, — -Michael  Bare. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  February 
Term  of  Court: 

Penns, — John  Harrison,  Samuel  Boy- 
er,  Jr.,Wm.  J.  May,  Jacob  Jarrett, 
Joseph  Scharf,  Henry  Heiser. 
Washington, — Daniel  P.  Hilbish, 
William  P.  Teats,  Isaac  Boyer, 
David  Moyer,  John  Hanes,  Henry 
Seebold. 
Centre — Jacob  Long,  David  Schwenk, 

Jacob   Reichley,   Jacob   Fryer. 
Middlecreek, — Charles      Fryman    Jo- 
seph Zieber. 
Beaver, — Joseph    Long,    Jacob    Bea- 
ver. 
Chapman,- — Casper  Arnold. 
West  Beaver — Abraham  K.   Middles- 
warth. 

Franklin  Fryer  applied  to  the  Feb- 
ruary Court  for  license  for  a  tavern 
in  P^rry  Twp.  on  the  road  from  Free- 
burg  to  Richfield.  Signers:  Henry 
Sweigart,  John  Meiser,  Peter  Troup, 
George  Foltz,  A.  Shadle,  Samuel 
Shadle,  John  Shadle,  Joel  Rehrer,  Mi- 
chael Meiser,  J.  G.  Hornberger,  Ja- 
cob Shrader,  Jacob  Minium,  Henry 
Meiser,  Frederick  Rathfon,  David 
Foltz. 

Philip  Schnee  applied  to  the  Feb- 
ruary Court  for  licei.se  for  a  tavern 
in  Perry  Twp.,  Signers:  Jacob  Steiver, 
Samuel  German,  Elias  Spade,  Emanu- 
el Lohr,  George  Rine,  Peter  Ger- 
man, John  Barge,  Samuel  Troup,  Ja- 
cob Martin,  Frederick  Rathfon, 
Samuel  Shadle,  A.  Shadle,  H.  Reich- 
enbach  Jr.,  Henry  Fisher,  Henry  C. 
Houts,  Benj.  Arbogast. 
January   23,    1851. 

The  Eddy  Family  will  give  a  con- 
cert Thursday  evening  in  the  Court 
House.  Admittance  18%  cents — 
children  half  price. 

On  Thursday  the  16th  inst.,  by 
Rev.  A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Charles 
Kleckner  was  married  to  Miss  Har- 
riet, daughter  of  Joseph  Orwig,  both 
of  New  Berlin. 
February  20,   1851. 

The  Whig  Meeting.  The  Whigs  met 
in    County  Meeting,  en  Monday  last, 


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and  organized  by  the  appointment  of 
H.  M.  Taggart,  Esq.,  as  President 
Harman  H.  Margarits,  Jacob  Frans- 
worth  and  others  as  Vice  Pres.  and 
Col.  Wagenseller  and  Charles  Cawley 

q.,  as  secretaries.  Wm.  Van  Gezer, 
Esq.,  was  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  resolutions.  Immediately  after  the 
organization  of  the  meeting,  Ner 
Middleswarth,  D.  W.  Woods  and  oth- 
ers demeaned  themselves  in  the  most 
disgraceful  and  ungentlemanly  man- 
ner, by  trying  to  raise  a  row  and 
break  up  the  organization  of  the 
meeting.  They  were,  however,  soon 
silenced  by  the  firmness  and  superior 
intelligence  of  Messrs.  Gutelius, 
VanGezer  and  Wagenseller,  and  the 
prompt  and  efficient  action  of  Mr. 
Taggert  the  President.  A  motion  was 
made  and  carried  that  the  chair  ap- 
point a  committee  of  five  to  draft 
and  report  proceedings  for  the  meet- 
ings; Middleswarth  and  Woods  both 
voted  against  it,  and  when  they  were 
beat,  Middleswarth  moved,  which  was 
seconded  by  Woods,  to  reconsider  the 
vote,  but  the  chair  informed  Mid- 
dleswarth that  as  he  had  voted  in  the 
negative,  therefore,  it  was  out  of  or- 
der for  him  to  move  a  reconsidera- 
tion, as  according  to  parliamentary 
rules,  no  one  can  move  a  reconsidera- 
tion, who  voted  with  the  minority. 
Middleswarth  saw  that  he  was  caught 
and  the  organization  of  the  meeting 
was  sustained.  Woods  met  with  even 
worse  fate  than  Middleswarth.  His 
name  was  suggested  as  a  committee- 
man, but  objection  was  made  to  him, 
and  as  Middleswarth  was  even  forc- 
ed to  admit  that  he  was  odious  to 
the  party,  his  name  was  withdrawn. 
But  as  we  shall  endeavor  if  time  and 
space  will  permit,  to  give  a  full  his- 
tory of  the  meeting  in  our  next,  we 
will    refrain    for    the    present. 

Another  Libel  Prosecution, — At 
December  Court,  Jacob  Haus,  Jr  ,  ob- 
tained a  bill  against  Mr.  Moeser,  ed- 
itor of  the  "Union  Demokrat"  for 
libel,  but  when  that  bill  came  before 
the  court,  where  Moeser  could  also 
be  heard,  Haus  was  shamfully  defeat- 
ed, and  Moeser  was  triumphantly 
sustained  by  the  court  and  jury  in 
the  publication  he  made  against 
Haus.  Moeser  then  published  the  re- 
sult of  that  action,  and  for  which  of- 
fense another  indictment  was  secret- 
ly instituted  and  sent  before  the 
Grand  Jury.  This  time,  however,  he 
fared  worse  than  before.  The  Grand 
Jury    ignored    the    bill,    and    ordered 


the  prosecutor  to  pay  the  costs.  This 
was  the  first  'return  of  the  jury  to 
the  court.  The  Judge  informed  the 
Jury  that  they  must  find  a  prosecu- 
tor, and  remanded  them  back  for  the 
purpose,  with  authority  to  send  for 
witnesses  etc.  Haus  and  Bryman  were 
witnesses  before  the  jury  to  prove 
the  charge  against  Moeser.  These 
proceedings  were  all  transacted  in 
a  sly  way.  Moeser  positively  declares 
that  he  knew  nothing  about  it  un- 
til it  was  over.  The  Court  also  knew 
nothing  about  it  until  the  jury  had 
handed  over  the  bill.  This  secret  and 
underhanded  movement  of  Haus  and 
Co.  against  Moeser  is  in  perfect  ac- 
cordance with  Ner  Middleswarth's 
hyprocritical  resolution  offered  at 
the  Whig  meeting,  Monday,  last,  in 
favor  of  harmony  and  good  will  to- 
wards one  another. 

February  27,  1851. 

On  the  13th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Joshua 
H.  Derr,  Mr.  Albert  Houtz  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Gundrum, 
both  of  Freeburg. 

March   6,    1851, 

Israel  Gutelius,  Esq.,  has  assumed 
the  control  of  the  "Union  Democrat" 
the  German  organ  of  the  opposition. 
The  Sheriff  has  had  considerable  ex- 
perience in  the  business,  having  had 
some  years  ago  both  papers  under  his 
charge,  and  has  been  of  more  servr  e 
to  the  Whig  party  of  this  county  than 
all  the  chuckleheaded  Hausites  com- 
bined. And  what  has  he  received  in 
return  for  his  labor  and  expense? 
Comparatively  nothing.  But  on  the 
contrary,  a  few  up-starts  and  petti- 
fogging adventures,  who  have  sought 
political  preferment  and  advantages 
in  our  midst,  have  assailed  him  with 
a  ferocity  peculiar  to  the  blackguard, 
hoping  thus  to  destroy  his  influence 
and  accomplish  his  private  and  po- 
litical ruin.  But  he  has  triumphed, 
gloriously  triumphed  over  them,  and 
is  now  situated  that  he  can  hurl  de- 
fiance into  their  teeth  and  mock  at 
their  feeble  efforts  to  injure  him. 
The  dragon  lays  helpless  at  his  feet. 
The  party  will  not  be  thoroughly 
purged,  by  ridding  its  ranks  of  the 
bloodsuckers  and  drones,  who,  for 
years,  have  lived  in  luxury  and  splen- 
dor upon  the  extortions  and  steal- 
ings derived  from  their  connection 
with  it.  The  day  of  retribution  is  at 
hand.  We  wish  the  Sheriff  success. 

Mean — The  Grand  Jury  room,  for 


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many  years,  has  been  occupied  by 
almost  every  stranger,  •  for  whatever 
purposes  desired,  in  the  exhibition 
of  puppets,  as  a  Daguerrotype  room, 
etc.,  without  a  murmur  from  the 
Commissioner's  Clerk.  Mr.  John  Lep- 
kieher,  an  old  and  respectable  citi- 
zen, wished  to  use  it  for  a  similar 
purpose,  viz:  to  take  likenesses,  but 
was,  however,  ordered  to  leave  by  the 
Clerk,  because  he  voted  for  Dr. 
Eyster.  Comment  is  unnecessary. 

March    13,    1851. 

Our  Beavertown,  Adamsburg  and 
Crossgrove  Hall  packs  are  now  sent 
by  mail.  As  the  new  Post  Office  law 
takes  effect  on  the  first  of  July  next, 
we  trust  our  friends  in  Beaver  will 
not  object  to  receiving  them  by  mail 
till  that  time — they  will  go  post 
free. 

A  new  weekly  mail  route  has  been 
established  between  Selinsgrove  and 
Mifflinburg  via  of  Crotzersville  and 
this  place,  to  leave  the  latter  place 
on  Tuesday  and  return  tbe  following 
day.  The  Crotzersville  P.  O.  will  be 
supplied  by  this  mail.  We  are  thank- 
ful, of  course,  for  these  facilities, 
meagre  as  they  are  but  we  hope  in 
a  short  time  that  it  will  be  changed 
to  tri-weekly.  We  think  the  public 
interest  requires  it.  It  would  then  be 
of  considerable  importance  to  the 
citizens  of  those  places  in  the  early 
receipt  of  their  papers. 
March  20,  1851. 

Nathan  Forrey  was  Administrator 
for  the  Estate  of  Elizabeth  Rumfelt, 
late   of   Washington   township,    deed. 

H.  D.  Rodearmel,  having  been  duly 
authorized  by  a  resolution  passed  by 
the  Board  of  Canal  Commissioners, 
will,  on  or  before  the  20th  day  of 
April  next,  at  his  office  at  New  Ber- 
lin, receive  sealed  proposals  for  the 
use  of  the  surplus  water  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna Division  Pennsylvania 
Canal  escaping  a,t  the  waste  waters  or 
water  fall  on  the  Isle  of  Que,  near 
Snyder's  store  house. 

George  Hehn  applied  for  license  to 
the  May  Court  for  a  tavern  in  the 
town  of  Charlestown,  on  the  road 
leading  from  Selinsgrove  to  Fisher's 
Ferry,  on  the  bank  of  the  Susque- 
hanna. Signers:  George  Eby,  Isaac 
Coldren,  George  Schnure,  John  Col- 
dren,  James  K.  Davis,  Jacob  Riblet, 
Peter  W.  Gray,  Levy  N.  Holmes, 
Jonathan  K.  Ulrich,  D.  C.  Bergstres- 
ser,  Isaac  Gearhart,  Elijah  Couldron, 
Daniel  C.  Ulrich. 


March  27,  1851. 

The  name  of  the  Post  Office  at 
Dry  Valley,  Union  County,  is  chang- 
ed to  "Winfield." 

Spring  election  returns:  Penns 
Township:  Judge,  George  Adams;  In- 
spectors, William  Bower,  Richard 
Lloyd;  Assessor,  Wm.  Moyer;  Su- 
pervisors, John  Emmitt,  Joseph 
Scharf;  Overseers,  Samuel  Boyer, 
George  Row;  Constable,  Chris- 
tian Shroyer;  School  Directors,  John 
Hall,  Philip  Gemberling,  Auditor,  J. 
G.  L.  Shindel;  Town  Clerk,  Jonas 
Bergstresser. 

Perry  Township:  Judge,  William 
Heiges;  Inspectors,  Casper  Hornberg- 
er,  David  Kemrer;  Justice  of  Peace, 
Willis  Gordon;  Assessor,  Gabriel 
Brugger;  Supervisors,  John  Gelnett, 
Peter  Garman;  Overseers,  Michael 
Speicher,  Peter  Troup;  Constable, 
Frederick  Rathf on ;  School  Directors, 
Samuel  Winey,  Albright  Swineford; 
Auditor,  AmosShadle;  Town  Clerk, 
Jacob  Martin. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  May 
Court: 

Perry — John  G.  Graybill. 
West  Beaver — Henry  Rauch. 
Penns — Samuel  Pawling,  Philip  Gem- 
berling Jr. 
Centre — John  S.  Kern. 
Chapman — Frederick         Brill,      Wm. 
Kely,      John      Hogmaster,       Peter 
Haines. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  May 
Court: 

Penns — Wm.  Colsher,  Elijah  Coldron, 
David  Wendt,  Frederick  Gun  drum, 
Jacob  Ott,  Benjamin  Hummel,  Ab, 
raham  Fisher,  Samuel  Werheim. 
Beaver, — John  Troxel,  Henry  Smith, 
William    Saltzman,    Aaron    Spe^ht. 
Washington — Jacob   J.    Moore,    Dani- 
el   German,    Adam    German,    John 
F.  Schnee,  Daniel  S.  Boyer. 
Perry — Emanuel  Lohr,  Peter  Troup. 
Centre, — D.   J.    Bogar,   Marcus   Tea. 
West  Beaver — Jacob  Smith. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  May  Court: 
Middlecreek, — Samuel   Yoder. 
Centre, — John  Swengel,  Peter  Reish, 

Jacob  Aurand. 
Penns, — Simon    Christine,    S.   Kreish- 
er,  Jacob  Millhof,  Isaac  Woodling, 
Peter  Bolig. 
Perry, — Henry  S.   Houtz,  John  Fish- 
er, Joseph  Graybill,  Peter  Acker. 
Margaret     Davis     applied     for  li- 
cense for  a  tavern  in  a  commodious 
house,  in    Selinsgrove.    Signers:  John 
Emmitt,  H.  P.  Hottenstein,  H.  C.  Ey- 
er,  George  Eby,  John  Cummings,  Ben- 


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jamin  Houseworth,  Jonathan  Fish- 
er, G.  Schnure,  Casper  Hain,  H.  A. 
Lechner,  Charles  Fisher,  Henry 
Lloyd,  Peter  Fisher. 

James  Barbin,  John  Wilt,  and  Geo. 
Heimbach,  Commissioners  will  meet 
at  the  house  of  John  S.  Kern  in  Cen- 
tre township,  Friday  the  28th  of 
March;  and  at  the  public  house  of 
Jacob  Ott,  Friday  April  4th,  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  proposals  for 
the  building  of  two  bridges,  the  form- 
er across  Middlecreek,  near  Beaver 
Furnace,  and  the  latter  across  Penns 
Creek  near  Hi  rtman's  Mill. 
April  10,  1851. 
Spring   election   returns: 

Washington  township — Judge,  J. 
J.  Morr;  Inspectors,  Thomas  F. 
Charles,  Peter  Millhoff;  Assessor, 
Isaac  D.  Boyer;  Supervisors,  Simon 
Arbogast,  John  Kantz ;  Overseers, 
Peter  Lenig,  Aaron  Roush;  Constable 
Jonas  Keeler;  School  Directors,  Jona- 
than Grimm,  G.  Shotzberger,  Samue1 
Neitz;  Auditors,  Andrew  Roush; 
Clerk,  J.  F.   Schnure. 

Centre — Judge,  David  Swenck; 
Inspectors,  Joseph  Shannon,  Aaron 
K.  Gift;  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Geo 
Henry;  Con.,  Christian  Beachle^'t 
Supervisors,  Henry  H.  Walter,  F. 
Long;  Overseers,  Peter  Decker,  Jas. 
Bowersox;  School  Directors,  John  A. 
Schoch,  George  Moatz ;  Auditors,  Al- 
bright Swineford;  Assessor,  Absalom 
Snyder;  Clerk,  John  Stine:  Center- 
ville  Judge,  J.  A.  Wolfley;  Inspector, 
George    Herman,    George    Stine. 

Chapman  township, — Judge.  John 
Leach;  Inspectors,  Josenh  Carill, 
Peter  Neitz ;  Assessor,  Harry  Her- 
rold ;  Supervisor,  Daniel  Swartz,  Ja- 
cob Witmer;  Overseers,  Elijah  An- 
derson, Simon  F.  Herrold;  Constable. 
J.  W.  Lenig;  School  Directors,  Jacob 
Snyder.  S.  Sholl,  John  Herrold;  Au- 
ditor, L.  S.  Herrold;  Clerk,  Nathan^ 
Moyer. 

Middlecreek, — Judge,  Jacob  Sny- 
der: Inspectors,  Abraham  Hendricks, 
Joseph  George;  Spervisors,  Jo- 
seph Zeiber,  Samuel  Boyer;  Assessor, 
Mathias  Dauberman;  Constable,  Jno. 
Klingler;  Overseers,  John  Dunkle- 
berger,  Solomon  Hummel;  Auditor, 
Moses  Mohr;  School  Directors,  John 
Dauberman,  Michael  Erdley;  Clerk, 
Philip  Snyder. 

West  Beaver, — Judge,  Daniel  Al- 
ter; Inspectors,  George  Erb,  Jonathan 
Robenold;  Assessor,  John  Margeritz; 
Supervisors,  Henry  Knepp,  Daniel, 
Wagner,    Overseers,    Levi    F.    Smith, 


Daniel  Herbster;  Constable,  Joseph 
Manbeck;  School  Directors,  H.  H. 
Margeritz,  Henry  Benfer,  D.  Becker; 
Auditor,  Levi  J.  Romig;  Clerk,  Amos 
Weirman. 

Beaver, — Judge,  Joseph  Long;  In- 
spectors, John  M.  Boush,  William 
Saltzman;  Constable,  Aaron  J.  Mid- 
dleswarth ;  Supervisors,  Abraham 
Snook,  Daniel  Moyer;  Auditor,  Solo- 
mon Engle ;  Assessor,  George  Swartz ; 
Overseers,  Adam  Specht,  John  Binga- 
man;  School  Directors,  Jacob  Kern, 
John  D.  Smith. 

Jacob  Slear  Jr.,  appWed  to  the 
May  Court  for  license  in  the  hou;e 
usually  known  as  the  Rising  Sun  tav- 
ern, on  the  road  leading  from  Se- 
linsgrove  to  Northumberland.  Sign- 
ers: Lewis  Lenhart,  Col.  Jacob  Hum- 
mel, Wilioby  Trexler,  George  Kenn, 
Daniel  Gaugler,  George  Fisher,  Hen- 
ry Aurand,  L.  R.  Hummel,  John 
Hartman,  Samuel  Hartman,  James  K. 
Davis,    William    J.    Myers. 

Edward  A.  Kinney  applied  for  li- 
cense to  the  May  Court  for  a  hotel 
situated  in  Penn  township,  on  the 
road  leading  from  Selinsgrove  to 
Midclleburg,  which  is  well  calculated 
for  a  public  house.  Signers:  Jacob 
Roblet,  John  Hartman  Jr.,  Peter  W. 
Gray,  James  K.  Davis,  G.  Gundrum, 
Samuel  Ritter,  William  F.  Pawling. 
Christian  Kantz,  Samuel  Moyer,  Jon- 
athan Gemberling,  Abraham  Witter, 
Linhe   Row. 

WiTliam  Byers  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Selinsgrove,  Penn 
Township.  Signers:  Samuel  Weriine, 
Samuel  C.  Fisher,  C.  Shroyer,  Wm. 
J.  May,  John  Hartman  Jr.,  Henry 
Lloyd,  Casper  Hein,  John  Emmitt, 
Peter  Fisher,  E.  Osborn,  Geo.  L. 
Becker,  John  Hall,  Isaac  Coldron. 

Jacob  Hartman  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  license  in  the  town 
of  Centerville.  Signers:  George  Loss, 
George  Stine,  D.  J.  Bogar,  W. 
Kuhn,  Charles  Yerger,  George  Her- 
man, Christian  Beachel,  Jacob 
Reichley,  J.  A.  Wolfley,  Michael 
Yeisley,  Frederick  Herman,  George 
Young. 

Wm.  Bower  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of 
Charleston,  known  by  the  name  of 
the  Isle  of  Que  House.  Signers:  Jno. 
Hartman,  Peter  W.  Gray,  Samuel 
Pawling,  Philip  GemberUng,  Wm. 
Gaugler,  John  N.  Kantner,  Isaac 
Couldron,  W.  F.  Wagenseller,  George 
Adams,  J.  K.  Davis,  Jonathan  Fisher, 
Wm.  Byers. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


Lewis  Lenhart  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  at  his  dwelling 
house,  known  as  the  Sunbury  Ferry 
House.  Signers:  L.  R.  Hummel,  Ja- 
cob Slear  Sr.,  Isaac  Hottenstein,  Geo. 
Fisher,  Willoby  Trexler,  Henry  Aur- 
and,  Daniel  Gaugler,  Jacob  Millhoff, 
Percival  Herman,  H.  B.  Hetrick,  A. 
Fisher. 

Philip  Moyer  applied  for  license  to 
the  May  Court  in  Chapman  township. 
Signers:  Abraham  Brubacher,  M.  S. 
Hantzelman,  David  Wolf,  Wm.  Z. 
Rhoads,  John  C.  Witmer,  Benjamin 
H.  Lingle,  Simon  Romig,  Benevil 
Kremer,  David  Brubacher,  Joseph 
Smith,  David  Lease,  J.  Louis.  William 
Reifsnyder. 

George  A.  Smith  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  License  in  the  town 
of  Beaver.  Signers:  George  Stetler, 
John  Toly,  David  Getts,  James  S. 
Smith,  Elias  Specht,  Fr.  Bingaman, 
William  Beaver,  W.  J.  May,  R.  Klose, 
Jacob  Gross,  Henry  Deatrich,  Joseph 
Fess. 
April  17,  1851. 

A  load  of  pine  wood  wanted  im- 
mediately at  this  office. 

Daniel  Showers  applied  to  the 
May  court  for  license  in  Centerville. 
Signers:  Jacob  Reichley,  Wm.  Bog- 
ar,  George  Reish,  Jesse  Bilger,  Wm. 
Bilger,  J.  A.  Wolfley,  Geo.  Henry, 
John  Reish,  Michael  Yeisley,  Chas. 
Yerger,  Jas.  Barbin  Jr.,  J.  Fansworth. 

H.  B.  Hettrich  appTied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Penn  Twp. 
Signers:  L.  R.  Hummel,  Geo.  Eby, 
G.  Schnure,  John  Emmitt,  C.  Schroy- 
er,  Casper  Hein,  Anthony  Bastian, 
Nathan  Slear,  Samuel  Bower,  Jacob 
Hummel,  John  Harrison,  William  By- 
ers,   Henry  Hummel,  Jacob   Slear. 

Benj.  F.  Acaley  applied  to  the 
May  court  for  license  in  Washington 
township.  Signers:  Henry  Motz,  J. 
P.  Mertz,  David  Roush,  John  Mertz, 
David  J.  Roush,  G.  Helwig,  George 
Apple,  Isaac  Boyer,  E.  Bassler,  Dani- 
el German,  Isaac  Eh  Boyer,  Geo.  C. 
Moyer,  John  B.  Reigel,  John  Turner. 

G.  Gundrum  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of 
Weiserburg,  lately  occupied  and 
kept  as  a  public  house  by  John  Bass- 
ler. Signers:  John  Detrich,  Benj. 
Houseworth,  Henry  Lloyd,  Peter 
Fisher,  J.  D.  Walters,  James  K.  Dav- 
is, George  Rishel,  John  Emmitt,  Wm. 
Gaugler,  George  Eby,  G.  Schnure, 
James    Crouse. 

George  Keen  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  License  on  the  road  lead- 


ing from  Northumberland  to  Selins- 
grove  and  Harrisburg,  at  Shamokin 
Dam.  Signers:  George  Schnure,  Geo. 
Rishel,  Simon  Christine,  Wm.  Gaug- 
ler, Henry  Hartman,  George  Fisher, 
James  K.  Davis,  H.  P.  Hottenstein, 
Geo.  L.  Becker,  Wm.  Byers,  Isaac 
Hottenstein,  Daniel  Gaugler. 
April  24,  1851. 

We  have  received  the  first  num- 
ber of  a  new  German  paper,  entitl- 
ed "Der  Volksfound"  published  in 
this  place  by  F.  and  E.  Smith,  which 
is  designed  as  the  organ  of  the 
"Battleaxes"  or  as  they  are  now 
known  by  the  cognomen  of  "Wooly 
Heads,'  in  contradistinction  to  the 
present  Whig  National  Administra- 
tion. 

The  "Democrat"  in  its  advertising 
columns,  makes  a  great  blusterfica- 
tion  about  Schaffle's  segars.  Why, 
the  fact  is,  they  are  so  green  that  it 
won't  do  to  name  them  in  the  same 
month  with  our  friend  Swineford's 
which  possess  the  rare  merit  of  ignit- 
ing when  even  held  toward  any  sub- 
stance having  the  least  resemblance 
of  fire.  So  delicious,  so  fragrant,  so 
enchantingly  sweet.  The  bare 
thought  of  them  sets  our  "Suction" 
organs  in  operation,  and  we  go  it 
hollow  on  the  shadow. 
May    1,    1851. 

The  Susquehanna  Railroad — The 
bill  which  finally  passed  the  Legisla- 
ture incorporating  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad  Company,  to  construct  a 
railroad  from  Harrisburg,  to  the 
point  of  intersection  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad  and  Susquehanna 
river,  was  that  originally  introduced 
by  General  Packer.  In  speaking  of  the 
enterprise,  the  Sunbury  American 
says:  'The  people  of  the  Susquehan- 
na are  resolved  to  have  a  railroad  up 
the  valley  of  their  noble  river, 
which  will  not  only  connect  with 
New  York  and  Erie  Railroad  at  El- 
mira,  but  will  be  carried  up  the 
West  Branch,  and  from  thence  to 
Erie.  We  understand  that  a  sum 
nearly  sufficient  to  build  the  road 
from  Harrisburg  to  Sunbury,  is 
ready  for  the  work.'  The  bill  contains 
authority  for  the  Company  to  build 
on  either  side  of  the  river — the 
House  amendments  limiting  it  to 
the  east  side  being  rejected  by  the 
Senate,  and  the  House  receding  there- 
from. The  final  vote  on  it  in  the  Sen- 
ate was  23  to  3. 

A  Lutheran  Church  is  in  progress 


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of  erection  in  Beavertown,  the  corn- 
er stone  of  which  was  laid  on  last 
Sabbath. 

May    8,    1851. 

A  wire  suspension  foot  bridge  is 
about  being  erected  across  Penns 
Creek,  two  miles  west  of  this  place, 
at  the  factory  formerly  owned  by 
Sheriff  Thomas.  The  projector  is  Mr. 
Jacob  Seebold,  a  young  man  of  more 
than  ordinary  inventive  genius.  It 
will  be  hung  sufficiently  high  to  ad- 
mit the  passage  of  rafts  etc.,  at  any 
stage  of  navigation. 

If  we  mistake  not  the  Buffalo 
bridge  was  given  out  for  $4,400;  Mid- 
dlecreek  bridge  at  Middleswarth's 
furnace,  $1,400;  and  Penns  Creek 
at  Hartman's  mill,  $2,200,  making  an 
aggregate  of  $8,000,  extra  allow- 
ances. 
May   22,    1851. 

The  Medical  Card  of  Dr.  Chessel- 
den  Fisher,  of  Selinsgrove,  appears 
on  our  second  page. 

A  bear  weighing  over  200  pounds 
was  shot  on  the  farm  of  Mr.  Samuel 
Putter,  in  Penns  township,  on  the 
18th  inst. 

A  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Union 
County,  in  favor  of  the  immediate 
construction  of  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad,  will  be  held  in  the  Court 
House  at  New  Berlin,  Tuesday,  Mar. 
•  27th  inst.  Another  subject  of  im- 
portance that  will  be  taken  up,  is  the 
necessity  of  crossing  the  West 
Branch  above  Northumberland,  a 
question  in  which  the  people  of  Old 
Union  feel  a  deep  and  momentous 
interest. 
May  29,   1851. 

The  following  persons  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  draft  pre- 
amble and  resolutions  expressive  of 
the  sense  of  the  meeting  of  the  Rail- 
road Convention:  John  Seebold, 
Daniel  Long,  Charles  Merrill,  Dr. 
Houtz,  Jacob  Aurand,  Jacob  Reich- 
ley,  Robt.  Ranck,  M.  H.  Taggart, 
Henry  Smith,  George  Meixell,  Mart- 
in Driesbach,  Charles  Cawley,  Jas. 
F.  Linn,  George  Schnure,  Henry 
Yearick. 

The  resolutions  were  as  follows: 
Resolved,  That  let  no  sectional  in- 
terests, nor  selfish  motives  lead  you 
from  doing  anything  in  your  pow- 
er to  put  the  road  under  contract 
to   Williamsport. 

Resolved:  That  the  whole  route  is 
feasible,  and  the  location  for  a 
sound  and  permanent  road  is  not  sur- 
passed by  any  other  in  the  state. 


Resolved,  That  there  is  every  con- 
venience along  this  route,  as  well  as 
the  necessary  articles  of  wood  and 
stone,  to  construct  a  road  as  cheap 
and  as  economically  to  a  Company 
as  can  be  anticipated  anywhere  else. 

Resolved,  That  Union  County,  will 
bring  to  the  road  the  surplus  produc- 
tions of  500  square  miles. 

We  understand  that  Selinsgrove 
Battalon  was  rather  a  Spirited  af- 
fair, Captain  Whiskey  having  assum- 
ed the  command,  and  took  them  thru 
"all  standing." 

We  learn  that  Beavertown  was  vis- 
ited by  a  shower  of  hail,  last  Thurs- 
day night,  making  considerable  havoc 
among  window  panes,  etc. 

The  chivalrous  young  men  of  Cen- 
terville  are  about  raising  a  new  mil- 
itary company.  Glad  to  hear,  for  the 
military  spirit  should  be  kept  up, 
and  we  hope  that  all  those  of  war- 
like propensities  will  help  to  swell  the 
ranks.  By  the  way,  what  has  become 
of  the  New  Berlin  Artillerists?  Has 
the  spirit  of  '76  ceased  to  burn  with- 
in the  breasts  of  our  young  men  who 
compose  that  company?We  hope  not. 
How  about  it  Capt.? 

A  son  of  Mr.  Stauffer,  of  Selins- 
grove, was  accidentally  drowned  in 
Penns  Creek,  at  Selinsgrove,  Friday 
last. 

Married — May  15th  by  W.  G.  Her- 
rold  Esq.,  Dr.  G.  J.  Crouse,  of  Se- 
linsgrove, to  Miss  Mary  Shaffer,  of 
Chapman  township.  On  the  25th  inst. 
by  the  same,  Mr.  George  H.  Shaffer, 
of  Chapman  township,  to  Miss  Rebec- 
ca   Boyer,    of   Washington   township. 

June  5,   1851. 

By  an  order  issued  by  our  last 
Court,  the  Tavern  keepers,  of  this 
county,  are  obliged  to  close  their 
bars  on  Sunday  to  the  great  chagrin 
of  the  lovers  of  "blue  ruin."  An  ac- 
tive trade  in  hardware  is  anticipated. 

We  learn  that  the  hail  storm  which 
recently  passed  over  the  southern 
part  of  this  county,  demolished  no 
less  than  eleven  hundred  window 
panes  in  Beavertown. 

The  large  hotel  of  Mr.  Albright 
Swineford,  of  Middleburg,  was  en- 
tirely consumed,  with  all  its  contents, 
on  Saturday  night,  the  31st  ult.  It 
is  not  known  how  the  fire  originated ; 
it  was  first  discovered  in  the  kitchen. 
His  loss  is  estimated  at  about  $1500. 
No  insurance. 

Norton  Wagenseller  is  the  Honor- 
ary Secretary  for  Union  County  for 
the  Art  Union,  of  Philadelphia. 


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June    12,    1851. 

Monday  last  was  the  proud  day  for 
Centerville  mustering  having  come 
off.  The  "dogs  of  war"  were  let  loose 
and  made  considerable  havoc  among- 
old  "rot  gut"  and  "brandy-smashers." 
The  Centerville  band  favored  the 
crowd  with  some  of  their  favorite 
strains,  but  they  appeared  to  have 
no  "charms"  to  sooth  the  savage 
breast,  for  the  performance  closed 
with  a  bloody  fight. 

Our  jail  is  at  present  vacant,  no 
one  being  confined  within  its  gloomy 
walls.  The  morals  of  our  people  are 
undoubtedly    improving. 

In  consequence  of  the  late  heavy 
rains,  Penns  Creek  is  full  of  "Jolly 
raftsmen." 

The  following  is  the  district  com- 
mittee of  Centre  township  to  pro- 
cure a  general  turn  out  for  the 
Fourth  of  July  Celebration  to  be  held 
at  New  Berlin:  Dr.  John  Bibighause, 
Albright  Swineford,  Frederick  Bow- 
er, James  Barbin,  Frederick  Kremer, 
Thomas  Bower,  Jacob  Aurand,  Hon. 
J.  Wittenmyer,  Jacob  Fryer,  Henry 
N.  Backhouse,  Edward  Strayer,  Da- 
vid Swengel,  David  Swenck,  John 
Schoch. 
June     19,     1851. 

Israel  Gutelius  Esq.,  Editor  of  the 
"Union  Demokrat"  has  brought  a 
suit  against  A.  J.  Greer,  Editor  of 
the  "Union  Star"  for  slander. 

June    26,    1851. 

The  Tavern  keepers  were  notified 
not  to  allow  any  tippling  at  their 
houses,  Sunday,  and  not  to  sell  spir- 
itous  liquors  on  the  Sabbath  Day, 
and  that  if  any  were  found  so  doing, 
the  Hon.  Court  will  take  the  licenses 
from   all  such  as  violate  the  law. 

July   2,    1851. 

The  house  of  Mr.  John  Shafer,  of 
Middlecreek  township,  was  entered 
on  Thursday  afternoon  last,  the  26th 
ult.,  and  robbed  of  about  $400  in 
money  and  $3500  in  notes,  mortgage 
etc. 
July  10,   1851. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Grand 
Jurors  for   September   Court: 
Middlecreek — Jacob    Snyder. 
Centre. — Reuben    Eisenhauer. 
West   Beaver, — George   Kailey,   John 

D.  Romig,  Daniel  Arter. 
Penns, — Geo.    Hartman,    Peter    Fish- 
er. 
Perry, — Benjamin   Arbo^ast. 
Beaver, — Jesse    Hendricks. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Sep- 
tember   court: 


Centre — Elias  Stahlnecker,  Christian 
Kerr,  Israel  Feich,  David  Weirick, 
Beaver, — Jacob   Brechbill,    Geo.    Mil- 
ler,  Jacob    Greenhoe,   James        S. 
Smith,   Solomon  Engle. 
West  Beaver, — Charles  Krebs,  Isaac 

Ulsh,   Henry   Benfer. 
Perry — Abner   Hornberger,      Samuel 

German,    Jacob    Minium. 
Penns, — John  Staily,  Charles  Kreish- 
er,   William   Stees,   Elijiah  Osborn, 
Mathias  App,  Jr. 
Chapman, — David   Fisher,   David      F. 

Bender,  John  Sechrist. 
Washington, — Henry   Rein. 
Middlecreek, — John   Bickel. 

List   of   Petit   Jurors   for   Septem- 
ber  Court : 
Chapman, — Henry        Cook,         Isaac 

Hoff. 
Washington, — Wm.   M.   Schoch. 
Penns, — J.  D.  Walters,  Jacob  Miller. 
West  Beaver, — Joseph  R.  Stumpf,  H. 

Gass   Sr.,   John   Staninger. 
Middlecreek, — Wm.    Courtney,    Jno. 

Kessler. 
Centre, — Henry  R.  Knepp. 
Perry, — Andrew      Kohler      Jr.,      D. 

Leese. 
Beaver, — Adam    Specht. 
July    17,    1851. 

A    desertion   notice   of     Frederick 
Bolig,    of   Penns  township,  was  pub- 
lished. 
July   31,    1851. 

"Old  Ner"  has  been  appointed 
Chairman  of  the  new  Whig  State 
Committee.  Who  pays  the  expenses? 
Married, — Sunday  last  by  Rev.  A. 
-  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Simon  Zechman  and 
Miss  Amelia  Bilger,  both  of  Middle- 
burg.  July  20th  by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmy- 
er.  Mr.  Edw.  Roush  and  Miss  Cath- 
erine Heintzelman,  both  of  Washing- 
ton Twp.  July  24th  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Michael  Mengel  and  Catherine  Ar- 
bogast,  both  of  Perry  Twp.  On  the 
s-ime  day  by  the  same,  Mr.  Jacob 
Shelly  and  Miss  Susannah  Snyder, 
both  of  Chapman  Twp.  June  12th,  by 
Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  Thos.  S.  Stro- 
hecker,  of  Beavertown,  and  Miss 
Catherine  A.  Bachman,  of  Middleburg 
On  the  s-ime  day  by  the  same,  Mr. 
William  Ritzman,  of  Illinois,  and 
Miss  Mary  Muterling,  of  Centre  twp. 
July  13th,  by  the  same,  Mr.  J.  B. 
Long,  and  Miss  Sarah  Bilger,  both  of 
Beaver  Twp.  June  10th,  by  Rev.  G. 
Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Joseph  Meiser  and 
Miss  Hannah  Shadel,  both  of  Perry 
Twp.  June  12th,  by  the  same,  Mr. 
John  Felmle     and      Miss      Catherine 


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Lang,  both  of  Centre  Twp.  June  17th 
by  the  same,  Mr.  Adam  Nerhut  and 
Miss  Catherine  Herrold,  both  of 
Chapman  twp. 

G.    C.    Quick    and    Co's    mammoth 
Menagerie  will  exhibit  at  Selinsgrove, 
Friday,  Aug  12th;  Middleburg,  Aug. 
13th. 
August    14,    1851. 

The  STAR  has  made  its  appearance 
in  an  enlarged  form  and  new  dress. 
The  Volkfreund  has  also  enlarged.  In 
a  few  weeks  the  Times  will  don  a 
new  head  and  dress,  and  appear  on 
a  larger  sheet.  The  materials  have 
been  ordered. 
August    21,     1851. 

A  Camp-Meeting  of  the  Evangelic- 
al     denomination,      commenced      on 
Monday   last,    about    one   mile   above 
Adamsburg,  this  county. 
August  28,   1851. 

The  Whig  Conference  of  this  dis- 
trict, met  at  Adamsburg,  Friday  and 
made  the  following  nominations. 
Judge,  Joseph  Casey,  of  New  Berlin; 
Senator,  Eli  Slifer,  of  Lewisburg; 
Assembly,  William  Sharon,  of  Juni- 
ata Co. 

Will  Casey,  Woods,  Breyman  &  Co. 
please    inform    the    public   how   they 
effected  Old  Ner's  defeat? 
Buchanan  Visits  New  Berlin. 

Hon.  James  Buchanan  paid  our 
borough  a  visit,  Thursday.  He  looks 
hale  and  hearty,  and  was  called  upon 
by  a  large  number  of  our  citizens, 
who  were  anxious  to  see  one  of  our 
greatest  statesmen  and  Pennsylvan- 
ia's favorite  son. 

The  County  Convention  was  held 
at  the  Court  House,  New  Berlin,  on 
Monday  last.  Col.  John  Emmitt  was 
appointed  Pres.,  and  John  Youngman 
and  E.  B.  Barber  Esq.,  Secretaries. 
The  following  delegates  were  ap- 
pointed; 
Beaver, — George  A.     Smith,     J.     F. 

Huffnaugle. 
West  Beaver, — Charles     Krebbs,     J. 

H.  Robenold. 
Centre, — John    M.    Smith'   Frederick 

Kreamer. 
Centerville, — Jacob  Reichly,  J.  Hart- 

.  man. 
Chapman, — A.  S.  Herrold,  Levi  Roh- 

rer. 
Middlecreek, — G.      Dauberman,        S. 

Leitzel. 
Washington, — E.    R.    Menges,      John 

Kantz. 
Penns, — Peter  Fisher,  John   Emmitt. 
Perry, — Solomon    Kemrer,    G.    Brug- 
ger. 


September  4,  1851. 

Lorenzo  D.  Baker  manufactured 
chairs    at    Selinsgrove. 

Solomon    Kemrer   was    administra- 
tor for  the  estate  of  Peter  Kemrer, 
of    Perry    township,    deceased. 
September    11,    1851. 

Who  offered  Mr.  Stump,  of  West 
Beaver,  when  a  delegate  to  the  Whig 
Co.  Convention  in  1843,  20  dollars 
for  the  votes  of  that  township,  for 
Sheriff?  Where's  Jimmy  Marshall? 
Facts  are  stubborn  things. 
September    18,    1851. 

Railroad  Meeting.  Pursuant  to  a 
call  published,  the  citizens  of  the 
county  assembled  in  the  Court  Room, 
in  this  place,  Thursday  evening,  18th 
inst.  On  motion  of  A.  Swineford  Esq. 
Geo.  F.  Miller,  Esq.,  was  called  to 
the  chair,  and  John  Swineford,  Sec. 
The  President  stated  the  object  of 
the  meeting  to  be  for  the  purpose 
of  appointing  delegates  to  attend 
a  Railroad  Convention  to  be  held  in 
the  city  of  Philadelphia,  on  the 
25th.  The  meeting  was  ably  address- 
ed by  Col.  J.  Rodearmel,  of  Jersey 
Shore.  On  motion  of  Israel  Gutelius, 
it  was  Resolved  that  one  hundred 
delegates  be  appointed  by  this  meet- 
ing to  attend  said  convention.  Re- 
solved that  the  proceedings  of  this 
meeting  be  published  in  all  the  pa- 
pers  of  the   county. 

Married, — September  10th,  by  Rev. 
G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Jonas  Smith  and 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Rau,  ooth  of  Penns 
Twp.  In  this  place  on  the  11th  inst., 
by  Rev.  A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Benj.  Mill- 
hoff,  of  Penn  Township,  and  Miss 
Margaret  Mertz,  of  this  place. 
October    9,    1851. 

Independent  Candidates  of  the 
County  are:  Pres.  Judge,  Hon.  A.  S. 
Wilson;  Associate  Judge,  Hon.  Ja- 
cob Wittenmyer,  Col.  Philip  Ruhl; 
Register  and  Recorder,  H.  H.  Tag- 
gart;  Treasurer,  Henry  D.  Maize; 
Comm.,  John  Troxel;  Auditors,  Geo. 
Schnure,   John  Reber  Jr. 

The  New  Lutherand  and  Reformed 
Church  in   Beavertown,  will  be  con- 
secrated   on   the    11th   and    12th      of 
October. 
October  30,   1851. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Grand 
Jurors  for  the  December  Court: 
Beaver — Peter    Kline,    Henry    Mitch- 
el. 
Centre, — John    Spayd,    John    Bower- 

sox,  Israel  Bachman,  John  Mourer. 
Chapman, — John  Kerstetter,  P.  Buvk- 

hart. 


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Perry, — James  Forrey. 
Penns, — James  K.  Davis. 
Washington, —  Jno.  Landis,  H.  Heim- 

bach. 

List    of    Traverse   Jurors    for   De- 
cember Court.  , 
Beaver,— John    Hall,    Daniel    Smith, 

J.   Shirey,  John   S.   Smith,   George 

C»WJiY*L7  * 

Centre, — Geo.  J.  Schoch,  Geo.  Moatz, 

H.  N.   Backhouse,  David   Swengel, 

Wm.  Koon. 
Chapman, — Reuben  Haines. 
Middlecreek,  John  Straub,  Frederick 

Bilger.    ■ 
Penns, — Jno.   Kreider,   Peter  Kerlm. 
West  Beaver, — David  Fessler. 
Perry, — Henry    Sweigert. 
West  Beaver, — David  Fessler. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  December 
Court: 
Beaver — Christian        Gross,        Jacob 

Kern. 
Centre,   George  W.   Hoffman,   Henry 

Heimbech. 
Chapman, — Simon  K.  Herrold. 
Middlecreek, — Henry  Ritzman. 
Penns,-  -Daniel    Gaugler. 
Perry, — Peter  Arbogast. 
Washington, — John   Pearson,      Philip 

Boyer,     Jacob     Nagle,   George   G. 

Glass,   Geo.  Hilbish,  Daniel  Stern- 
er. 
West   Beaver, — Herman   H.    Margar- 

itz,    Michael    Eckhart,    Jno.    Wei- 

and  Sr. 

Married,— Oct.  28th,  by  Rev.  A. 
B.  Casper,  Mr.  Chas.  Hoffman  and 
Miss  Magdalen  Mathias,  both  of  Penn 
Twp.  Oct.  5th,  by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmy- 
er,  Mr.  Wm.  Weaver,  of  Lewisburg, 
and  Miss  Sarah  Van  Ormer,  of  Perry 
Twp.  Oct.  9th  by  the  same,  Mr.  Wm. 
Arbogast  and  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Stock, 
both  of  Perry  Twp. 
November  20,  1851. 

Married, — Oct.  16th,  by  Rev.  G. 
Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Joel  Row  to  Miss 
Mary  N.  Jarrett,  both  of  Penn  twp. 

Oct.  19th,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Emanu- 
el Boyer,  to  Miss  Phoebe  Ann  Boyer, 
both  of  Penn  Twp. 

Oct.  26th,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Jacob 
Piatt  to  Miss  Mary  Felmley,  both  of 
Centre  Twp. 

Oct.  28th,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Henry 
Bilger  to  Miss  Catherine  Hoff,  both 
of  Centre  Twp. 

Nov.  1st,  by  the  same,  Mr.  David 
Gilbert  to  Miss  Sarah  Shamory,  both 
of  Washington. 

Nov.  11th,  by  the  same,  Mr.  An- 
drew Keinselman  to  Miss  Mary  Ner- 
hood,   both   of   Chapman. 


On  the  same  day,  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Wm.  B.  Acaley,  of  Mifflin  County,  to 
Miss  Anna  Lehr,  of  Perry  township. 
November  27,  1851. 

Eight  inches  of  snow  fell  in  this 
place  Tuesday  and  the  jingling  of 
sleigh  bells  are  heard  at  every  corner. 
It  is,  however,  fast  disappearing. 
Amos  trot  out  the  old  bob  tail  and 
let's  enjoy  a  bit  of  fun. 
December  18,   1851. 

On  the  11th.,  by  Rev.  A.  B.   Cas- 
per, Mr.  Henry  Neiman  was  married 
to  Miss  Magdalen  Stock,  both  of  Mid- 
dlecreek. 
January    1,    1852. 

In  consequence  of  the  indisposition 
of  his  nephew,  at  Selinsgrove,  Mr. 
Fisher  will  necessarily  be  compelled 
to  postpone  his  examination  which 
was  to  have  commenced  this  evening, 
till  Thursday  and  Friday  evenings  of 
next  week.  Although  we  have  not 
been  authorized  to  make  an  appoint- 
ment, yet  we  presume  the  time  will 
be  satisfactory  to  Mr.  Fisher. 

On   the    28th   ult.,   by   Rev.    A.    B 
Casper,    Mr.    Natha-iiel      Fetter,      of 
Union,  was  married  to  Miss  Susannah 
Wittenmyer  of  Penns. 
January  8,  1852. 

Citizens  of  New  Berlin.  In  appeal- 
ing to  the  citizens  of  New  Berlin, 
do  not  for  their  benefit,  so  much  as 
I  do  for  our  own,  the  distance  we 
live  from  the  Wast  Branch  of  the 
Susquehanna,  our  place  of  dealing 
with  our  grain,  suggests  to  my  mind 
a  shortening  of  the  distance  of  seven 
miles,  by  making  New  Berlin  the  re 
ceptical  of  our  exchanges.  I  would 
ask,  without  further  delay,  to  have 
the  citizens  of  your  place,  call  a 
meeting  to  take  into  consideration 
the  importance  of  asking  a  charter 
from  the  Legislature  for  a  Railroad 
from  the  West  Branch  to  New  Berlin, 
Nature  has  favored  this  location  for 
a  railroad  in  every  point  of  view,  to 
make  it  as  cheap  as  any  other  seven 
miles  can  be  made  in  Pennsylvania. 
Citizens  take  the  matter  into  con- 
sideration, consult  together.  Make 
this  road  which  can  De  done  within 
the  limits  of  $50,000.  We  will  brine- 
$20,000  from  the  south  side  of  Jacks' 
Mountain.  When  this  road  is  made, 
it  will  not  only  have  Musser'  Valley, 
but  also  Middlecreek,  as  far  down  as 
Middlebure.  the  two  Beavers,  and  a 
part  of  Mifflin  and  Centre  counties, 
with  a  portion  of  West  Buffalo,  Lime- 
stone and  Hartley,  independent  of 
others    adjoining    neighborhoods.    It 


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will  connect  with  the  Sunbury  and 
Erie  Railroads.  I  will  urge  a  meet- 
ing to  be  called  at  an  early  day,  and 
all  west  of  Middleburg  from  Shade 
to  Jack's  mountains  will  act  in  con- 
cert together  with  the  other  places 
mentioned.  West  Beaver. 

Married — On  the  1st  inst,.  by 
Buskirk,  of  this  place,  to  Miss  Louise 
Rev.  S.  L.  M.  Conser,  Mr.  F.  Van 
Buskirk.  of  this  place,  to  Miss  Louise 
Hall,  of  Selinsgrove.  On  the  1st  inst. 
by  Rev.  A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Joseph 
Dietrich,  of  Washington  Twp.,,  to 
Miss  Sara  Ann  Benner,  of  East  Buf- 
falo, Union   Co. 

January    15,    1852. 

A  railroad  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Grand    Jury    Room,    Friday    evening, 
the   16th  inst.  A  general  attendance 
is  requested. 
January   29,    1852. 

December  23rd  by  Rev.  G.  W. 
Hackman,  Mr.  Moses  Krebbs  was 
married  to  Miss  Sarah  Benfer,  both 
of  West  Beaver. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  February 
Court: 
Perry, — John    G.    Graybill,      George 

Rain. 
Centre, — Henry  Heimbach. 
Washington, — Francis        A.      Boyer, 

Dan  Glahs,  John  Gundrum. 
Penns, — Peter   Kerlin,    Peter   Fisher. 
Chapman, — John      Sechrist,      Samuel 

Sholl,  John  Rein. 
Middlecreek. — Joel  Bilger. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Feb. 
Court: 

Middlecreek.   Samuel  Hendricks. 
West   Beaver. — A.    K.    Middleswarth, 

Michael  Eckhart. 
Penns, — Benjamin  Hummel,     George 

Gundrum,    H.    W.    Snyder,    Daniel 

Ott,   J.    G.    L.    Shindel. 
Centre, — Conrad  Wolfley,  John  Swen- 

gel,      Israel      Knettle,    Daniel      J. 

Bogar,    Geo.      J.      Schoch,      David 

Sihwenck. 
Chapman, — C. 

Strauser. 
Beaver, — Joel   Klingler 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  February 
Court : 
Centre, — Christian      Beached,      Jacob 

Long,  A.  Swinefqrd,  Berner  Thom- 
as. 
West  Beaver, — Jos.  Montbeck,  Dani- 
el Alter. 
Beaver.  Joel  Klingler. 
Peter   Smith,      Samuel 

Specht,  Jno.  Hall. 
Chapman, — William    G.    Herrold. 
Penns.   Franklin   Stuck,   John   Ritter. 


Winkleman,     Simon 


Romig,      M. 


February   5,    1852. 

A  railroad  meeting  was  held  in 
the  court  house  at  New  Berlin,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1852,  and  elected  the  follow- 
ing officers:  Pres.  John  Seebold.  Vice 
Presidents,  James  Harrison,  Peter 
Neiman,  Joseph  Winters,  Henry 
Mowrer,  John  Hazelet,  Michael  Ben- 
fer, Henry  Dinius;  Secretary,  Geo. 
Merrill,  Christian  Moeser,  and  the 
corps  of  printers  in  attendance. 

Married. — On  the  1st  of  January, 
by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Joseph 
B.  Burkhart,  of  Northumberland,  to 
Miss  Margaret  Law,  of  Selinsgrove. 
On  Jan.  22nd.,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Jno. 
Schnee  to  Miss  Abigal  Fried,  both  of 
Perry  township. 

February    12,    1852. 

Democratic      County      Convention 
was  held  at  New  Berlin  and  elected 
the    following   delegates: 
Penns, — Geo.      Gundrum,     Benjamin 

Hausworth. 
Chapman, — Philip  Hilbish,  John  Her- 
rold. 
Washington, — Jacob     Kantz,     Jacob 

Young. 
Centerville, — Jacob      Hartman,        J. 

Reichly. 
Middlecreek, — John    Klingler,    Samu- 
el Leitzel. 
Perry, — Thos.    M.      Light,      Franklin 

Fryer. 
Beaver, — Henry     Deatrich,      Reuben 

Keller. 
Centre, — H.  A.  Smith,  Thos.  Bower. 
West  Beaver, — M.  Krebs,  J.  H.  Rob- 
enold. 

Married.  Thurs.  12.,  Rev.  Wynkoop 
Mr.  Thomas  Gutelius,  of  Mifflinburg, 
to  Miss  Sarah  Albert,  of  Selinsgrove. 
J.  G.  L.  Shindel  took  the  follow- 
ing statistics  from  a  record  of  Dr. 
Isaac  Hottenstein,  at  Shamokin  Dam. 
The  observations  were  made  at  sun- 
rise; at  no  time  did  the  thermometer 
stand  below  zero  at  sunset,  except  on 
the  20th  of  January  1852. 
Year         Month  Date       Below 

1830  Feb.  6  3M> 

1830  Feb.  7  4 

1835  Jan.  4  14 

1835  Jan.  5  21 

1835  Jan.  6  4 

1835  Jan.  7  5 

1835  Jan.  8  11 

1835  Jan.  9  16 

1835  Jan.  10  12 

1835  Jan.  11  5 

1835  Jan.  12  6 

1835  Feb.  8  1 

1835  Feb.  9  4 

1835  Feb.  10  5 


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February    19,    1852. 

Winfield  and  Turtleville  Post  of- 
fices in  this'  county,  have  been  dis- 
continued. 

Joseph  Stumpff  has  been  appoint- 
ed postmaster  at  Middlecreek,  vice 
J.   P.   Ulsh,   resigned. 

The  Sunbury  and  Erie  Railroad 
bill  passed  final  reading  in  the 
House  of  Representatives,  Thursday 
the  10th  inst,  after  voting  down  Gen. 
Packer's  Senate  Amendment,  requir- 
ing a  vote  of  the  people  to  authorize 
Corporations  to  subscribe  to  the 
Stock  of  the  Company. 

Mr.   Henry  W.   Bonsall,   of   Selins- 
grove,  on  motion  of  Mr.  Slenker,  ad- 
mitted to  practice  law  in  the  several 
courts   of  this   county. 
February    26,    1852. 

Several  young  ladies  of  New  Ber- 
lin, between  the  ages  of  17  and  20 
desirous  of  changing  their  names 
published  an  advertisement  for  hus- 
bands, with  the  following  qualifica- 
tions: An  unblemished  moral  charac- 
ter, a  liberal  education  and  refined 
manners;  amiable  disposition;  not  to 
exceed  30  years  of  age;  strict  tem- 
perate habits,  neat,  yet  unostentati- 
ous in  dress,  and  a  subscriber  and 
constant  reader  of  the  "Times."  Oc- 
cupation not  material.  Would  prefer 
one  of  moderate  circumstances  of 
about  the  same  means  as  ourselves. 
March  4,    1852. 

Telegraph  to  New  Berlin, —  There 
is  now  a  project  on  foot  to  raise  funds 
to  continue  the  magnetic  Telegraph 
from  Lewisburg  to  New  Berlin.  The 
cost  would  be  about  $1800.  It  is  pro- 
posed that  the  citizens  of  each  Bor- 
ough subscribe  for  that  purpose  the 
sum  of  $900.  We  understand  that 
much  of  the  stock  has  already  been 
taken  in  shares  of  $25  each.  Con- 
sequently we  have  reasonable  grounds 
to  hope,  that  ere  another  summer's 
close,  we  shall  be  brought  within 
speaking  distance  with  every  section 
of  our  vfidely  extended  country,  by 
the  aid  of  that  mysterious  agent,  el- 
ectricity. Should  our  fond  anticipa- 
tions be  realized,  we  have  no  doubt 
but  that  the  good  citizens  of  Selins- 
grove  will  then  take  the  necessary 
steps  to  continue  the  line  on  to  their 
place,  whence  it  will  ultimately  reach 
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that  the  stock  thus  invested  would 
yield  a  good  dividend  to  its  holders, 
while  the  advantages  to  the  commun- 
ities at  large  would  also  be  very  great. 
They  must  and  they  will  have  the 
Telegraph. 

Attention  is  requested  to  the  call 
of  the  Railroad  Convention  at  Bal- 
timore advertised  in  this  paper.  The 
subject  is  of  general  importance  to 
all  of  the  Susquehanna  Valley.  It  will 
be  observed  that  a  meeting  to  appoint 
delegates  from  this  place  is  also  call- 
ed. We  truft  the  movement  will  be 
followed  with  spirit  in  all  the  coun- 
ties interested,  and  that  the  active 
efforts  of  our  Baltimore  neighbors  to 
extend  a  railroad  from  Harrisburg 
to  Williamsport  will  be  vigoriously 
seconded. 
March   11    1852. 

The  New  Berlin  and  Susquehanna 
Railroad  bill  passed  both  branches  of 
the  Legislature.  Go  to  work  now 
friends  and  put  it  through. 

The  degree  of  Dr.  of  medicine  was 
conferred  upon  our  young  and  tal- 
ented friend,  Dr.  Peter  Shindel 
Leisenring,  of  Selinsgrove,  at  the  an- 
nual commencement  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Medical  College. 

A  very  large  meeting  of  the  friends 
of  the  Susquehanna  Railroad  was 
held  in  the  Grand  Jury  room  at  New 
Berlin,  last  Thursday  evening.  Af- 
ter appointing  a  large  number  of  dele- 
gates, the  meeting  recommended  a 
subscription  of  two  hundred  thous- 
and dollars  by  the  commissioners  of 
the  county,  provided  the  said  road  be 
located  on  the  west  side  of  the  west 
branch. 

Married, — On  the  3rd  inst.,  by  Rev. 
Jesse  Winecoff,  Mr.  Chas.  S.  Davis  to 
Miss  Emma  J.  Smith,  of  Selinsgrove. 
Thursday  evening,  the  4th  inst.  by 
Rev.  A.  B.  Casper,  Dr.  Henry  C. 
Houtz,  of  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  to  Miss 
Harriet  Boop,  of  this  place.  On  the 
19th  ult.,  by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr. 
Daniel  Moyer,  of  Penns,  to  Miss  Ma- 
ria Renninger,  of  Centre. 

March    18,    1852. 

At  Baum's  hotel,  this  place,  on  the 
11th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Casper,  Mr.  Reu- 
ben Dreese  was  married  to  Miss  Ma- 
tilda Saltzman,  both  of  Adamsburg. 
March  25,   1852. 

We  are  plea.sed  to  learn  that  Misses 
L.  and  E.  Snyder,  formerly  of  Se- 
linsgrove, have  opened  a  school  for 
young  ladies  in  Williamsport. 

Results  of  the  Spring  election  in 
Penns  township:  Judge,  Samuel  Wer- 


lin;  Inspectors,  Richard  Lloyd,  Geo. 
Hill;  Assessor;  Samuel  Ritter;  Asst. 
Assessors,  Henry  C.  Eyer,  J.  Hehn ; 
Constable,  Christian  Schroyer;  Su- 
pervisors, Jacob  Erdley,  Jonathan 
Kreichbaum;  Overseers,  Geo.  Row, 
S.  Boyer;  School  Directors,  Geo.  Hill, 
John  Harrison,  Wm.  Laudenslager ; 
Auditor,  James  K.  Davis. 

Centre  township — Judge,  Edward 
Strayer;  Inspector,  John  Spaid  and 
Wm.  L.  Hassinger;  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  David  Weirick,  John  Bilger; 
Assessor,  David  Swengel;  Asst.  As- 
sessors, Daniel  Showers  and  Elias 
Stahlnecker;  Supervisors,  Jacob 
Steininger  and  Solomon  Bowersox; 
Overseers,  Peter  Decker,  and  Jos 
Bowersox;  Constable,  Israel  Bach- 
man;  School  Directors,  Christ  Beach- 
el  and  John  Yerger;  Auditor,  Henry 
A.  Smith;  Town  Clerk,  Isaac  Stahl- 
necker. 
April  8,   1852. 

List  of  Grand     Jurors     for     May 

court: 

Centre — Daniel   Showers. 

Beaver, — John  Troxel. 

Washington, — David  M.  Botdorf, 
Frederick   Richter. 

Penns — Jacob  Smith,  Charles  Winter. 

Middlecreek — Abraham  Hendricks. 

Perry, — Jacob    Schnee,    Samuel    Ger- 
man. 
List   of   Traverse   Jurors  for  May 

Court. 

Centre, — David  Swengel,  Sol  Bow- 
ersox, Jacob  Smith,  Henry  Grubb, 
Jonathan   Bilger. 

Chapman, — Ira  Sayers. 

Middlecreek, — Frederick  P.  Baus, 
John  Erdly. 

Perns, — Geo.  L.  Baker,  Saml.  Wear- 
heim. 

Beaver, — Jacob  Fees,  Adam  Specht. 
Jacob  Beaver. 

Perry — Philip  Arbogast,  Abner  Horn- 
berger. 
List  of     Petit     Jurors     for     May 

Court : 

Beaver — Conrad  Rearick,  H.  Swartz, 
Peter  Klein. 

Centre, — George  Stahlnecker,  Abra- 
ham Eisenhower. 

Washington, — Jacob  Reichenbach,  H. 
Heimbach. 

West  Beaver, — Isaac  Fees,  J.  Deim- 
er. 

Penns, — Joseph  Scharf,  Wm.  Colsher, 
Frederick  Gundrum,  Jacob  Gun- 
drum,  Jacob  Riblet,  Noah  Walter, 
Ben    Pawling. 

Perry, — Jacob  Martin. 


£4 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  2. 


April    15,    1852. 

George  Keen  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Penns  Twp. 
Signers:  Daniel  Gaugler,  George  Fish- 
er, Jacob  Millhoff,  Benj.  Long,  Fran- 
cis M.  Rishel  Wiloby  Trexler,  Ja- 
cob Slear,  John  Gross,  Henry  Aurand, 
Isaac  Hottenstein,  David  Wendt, 
Henry   Hartman. 

Solomon  Heberling  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  license.  Signers:  Abel 
J.  Jones,  G.  W.  Hickson,  James  Tay- 
lor, John  Hilderbrand,  John  Beck,  B. 
M.  Reish,  Samuel  Spotts,  Daniel 
Stout,  Peter  Pontius,  Jacob  Stahl, 
Henry  Fees. 

Wm.  Eilbert  applied  for  license  to 
the  May  Court  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
Hartley  township.  Signers:  Henry 
Klapp,  Michael  Peters,  J.  H.  Eilert, 
Wm.  J.  Yearick,  Samuel  S.  Smith,  Da- 
vid Kline,  Joseph  Charles,  John  Wilt, 
Samuel  Yearick  Jr.,  Shem  Spigelmy- 
er,  David  Klingman,  Levi  Kline. 

Jacob  Slear  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Penn  township, 
about  three  miles  north  of  Selins- 
grove.  Signers:  Samuel  Bower,  John 
Hummel,  David  Hoffman,  Henry 
Hummel,  Wm.  Reichley  Jr.,  H.  B. 
Hettrick,  Jacob  Hettrick,  Capt.  J. 
Hummel,  John  Gross,  Henry  Hart- 
man,  George  Keen,  Samuel  Hartman. 

Michael  Fisher  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  License  in  Penn  Township 
at  the  Ferry  of  Christian  Fisher  de- 
ceased. Signers:  Wm.  J.  Myers,  Jona- 
than Fisher,  Michael  C.  Moyer,  Edw. 
Gemberling,  Francis  Gellsman,  Isaac 
Couldron,  John  Gemberling,  Geo.  L. 
Becker,  George  Rishel,  James  K.  Da- 
vis, Jacob  Riblet,  W.  F.  Wagenseller, 
Wm.    Byers. 

William  Byers  applied  to  the  May 


Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Se- 
linsgrove,  Penn  Township.  Signers: 
Geo.  L.  Becker,  Isaac  Coldron,  E.  Os- 
born,  J.  D.  Walters,  James  K.  Davis, 
Henry  C.  Eyer,  J.  P.  Kantz,  George 
Eby,  Uriah  Reed,  G.  Gundrum,  John 
Couldron,  Peter  Miller. 

Daniel  Showers  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Cen- 
terville.  Signers:  Jacob  Reichly,  J.  A. 
Wolfly,  J.  Farnsworth,  George  Samp- 
sel,  Leon  Wittenmyer,  Jeremiah, 
Kleckner,  Jonathan  Spangler,  George 
Henry,  John  Klein,  Israel  Knettle, 
Israel  Hoffman,  Jesse  Bilger. 

G.  A.  Smith  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Bea- 
vertown.  Signers:  James  S.  Smith, 
John  Wetzel,  William  Kline,  Joseph 
Fees,  John  Dorn,  Frederick  Bingaman 
Simon  Aigler,  William  Beaver,  David 
Geitz,  Wm.  C.  Engle,  Isaac  Wireman, 
George  Stetler,  Jacob  Freed. 

Elizabeth  Smith  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  license  in  the  town  of 
Middleburg.  Signers:  John  M.  Smith, 
James  Barbin,  John  Barbin,  David 
Swengel,  J.  H.  Hassenblug,  Samuel 
Wittenmyer,  Peter  Frain,  John  Bibi- 
ghouse,  David  Swenck,  George  Boy- 
er,  George  Moatz,  Albright  Swine- 
ford,  F.  C.  Kremer,  George  Gaugler. 

Margaret  Davis  applied  for  license 
to  the  May  Court  to  keep  a  tavern 
in  the  town  of  Selinsgrove.  Signers: 
George  Eby,  Peter  Fisher,  Joseph 
Scharf,  J.  W.  Gaugler,  Simon  Chris- 
tine, H.  W.  Bonsall,  Casper  Hane, 
Henry  Lloyd,  Henry  C.  Eyer,  John 
Emmitt,  A.  C.  Simpson,  Wm.  Gaugler. 
April  22,   1852. 

Mary  Smith  and  Charles  S.  Davis 
were  the  executors  of  the  est.  of  J. 
W.  Smith,  late  of  Penns  Township, 
deceased. 


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CONTENTS : 

Early  Snyder  County  History  : 

Items  Taken  From  the  Union  Times  of  New  Berlin,  April  22, 
1852  to  February  16,  1854,  with  the  causes  that  led  to  the  Division 
of  Union  County,  and  the  formation  of  Snyder  County,  Pages  66 
to  89. 

Items  Taken  From  the  Union  Star  of  New  Berlin,  From  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1840  to  Octobebr  9,  1840,  when  New  Berlin  was  the 
County  Seat  of  Union  County,  comprising  what  is  Now  Both  Union 
and     Snyder    Counties,    Pages    89  to  96. 


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April  29,   1852. 

The  article  in  another  column,  en- 
titled Gov.  Bigler'c  veto — The  bank 
of  Northumberland,'  we  publish  for 
the  purpose  of  illiciting  an  explana- 
tion. As  a  conductor  of  an  independ- 
ent paper,  all  questions  of  a  public 
character  shall  receive  at  our  hands 
that  consideration  which  their  im- 
portance demands. 

Bank  Veto.  The  Tribune  of  the  peo- 
ple has  sternly  done  his  duty,  in  for- 
bidding the  Patrician  creations  of  the 
legislature,  designed  for  the  advant- 
age of  the  few  at  the  expense  of  the 
many.  The  Veto  Message  is  contain- 
ed in  this  paper.  We  send  it  forth  to 
our  readers  with  unusual  satisfaction, 
it  will  be  a  monument  of  Gov.  Bilger's 
honor  and  fidelity  as  lasting  as 
that  drawn  up  to  Simon  Snyder,  on 
a  similar  occasion  in  1814,  which  has 
rendered  his  name  dear  to  the  peo- 
ple and  conspicious  in  history,  whilst 
the  members  who  combined  and  car- 
ried the  bills  by  two-thirds,  were 
execrated  and  are  now  forgotten.  The 
Governor  gives,  in  the  message,  good 
and  sufficient  reasons  for  the  faith 
that  is  in  him — he  treats  the  doc- 
trine of  the  democracy,  in  opposition 
to  the  paper  system,  as  though  he 
believed  the  party  sincere  in  its  pro- 
fessed regard  for  its  creed  on  this 
subject.  In  this  he  has  set  a  praise — 
worthy  example  to  those  members  of 
the  legislature  who  before  the  elec- 
tions, profess  special  devotion  to  this 
canon  of  the  party,  and  in  their  legis- 
lative votes  and  actions,  treat  it  as 
though  it  had  been  stricken  out  and 
the  latitudinous  whig  canon  on  this 
subject  inserted  in  its  place.  Now  we 
shall  see  which  the  democracy  will 
stand  for — the  true  or  the  false,  the 
faithful  or  the  unfaithful.  We  doubt 
them  not.  'Trust  the  people  and  be 
true  to  them,  and  they  will  never 
forsake  you,'  was  the  once  celebrated 
saying  of  a  venerable  member  of  the 
legislature  in  times  gone  by. 

May  6,  1852. 

Would  it  not  be  well  for  Commis- 
sioners Wilt  and  Herrold  to  furnish 
ex-high  constable  Woods,  at  the  coun- 
ty's expense,  with  a  dwelling  house, 
lot,  cow,  pig  etc.,  as  well  as  with  a 
law   office    and    a    stove? 

Our  County  mortgaged  to  the  tune 
of  $200,000.  Last  week  Commis- 
sioners Heimbach  and  Wilt,  in  their 
official  capacity,  signed  a  bond  pledg- 
ing the  county  to  subscribe  $200,000 


worth  of  stock,  to  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad.  And  they  have  done  this, 
too,  notwithstanding  our  County's 
Treasury's  bankrupt  and  the  people 
are  already  overburdened  with  tax- 
ation. 

The  last  "Star"  informs  us  that  it 
is  the  intention  of  the  anticompromise 
Whigs  to  pass  at  their  next  County 
Convention,  a  resolution  expelling  I. 
Gutelius,  Esq.,  and  the  other  Admin- 
istration Whigs  from  the  party.  Hence 
we  infer,  that  to  be  a  warm  admirer 
of  Hon.  Henry  Clay,  a  fast  friend  of 
Senator  Cooper,  a  firm  supporter  of 
President  Fillmore's  Administration, 
and  an  unflinching  advocate  of  the 
Compromise  Measures  is  regarded  as 
an  unpardonable  political  sin  by  the 
Abolition  wing  of  the  Whig  party. 

The  Borough  of  Lewisburg  has 
subscribed  $50,000  to  the  Susquehan- 
na Railroad,  and  individual*  about 
ten  thousand.  Do  our  neighbors  in- 
tend to  redeem  their  bonds  in  bor- 
ough shin-plasters? 

A  correspondent  of  the  Ledger 
says  that  a  Corps  of  Engineers  are 
now  re-locating  that  portion  of  the 
Catawissa,  Williamsport  and  Erie 
Railroad,  between  Catawissa  and 
Williamsport. 

May    13,    1852. 

One  of  the  sleek,  oily,  well  fed  of- 
fice holders  here  in  New  Berlin  has 
recently  been  trying  to  intimidate  us 
with  threats.  But  we  can  tell  him  and 
his  masters,  the  New-Comers,  that  we 
shall,  as  we  have  heretofore  done, 
ever  continue  to  walk  boldly  and  in- 
dependently along  the  path  of  recti- 
tude. We  profess  to  be  a  faithful  and 
fearless  sentinel  upon  the  watch  tow- 
er of  Democracy.  Hence  we  cannot 
be  deterred  from  exposing  the  iniquit- 
ous extravagance  of  the  Ticketite  of- 
fice holders. If  the  commissioners  pitch 
quoits  at  the  public  expense;  if  they 
lease  (to  Woods  or  any  one  else)  the 
public  grounds  or  offices  rent  free;  if 
they  give  out  the  county  printing,  at 
triple  prices  to  political  favorites;  if 
they  mortgage  the  county  to  the 
sum  of  $200,000  etc.,  why  surely, 
they  must  expect  to  abide  with  the 
consequences.  If  the  rights  of  the 
tax  payers  have  been  trampled  upon 
if  their  interests  have  been  neglect- 
ed, then  let  the  guilty  look  out  for 
a  just  retribution.  As  an  independent 
editor  the  people  shall  never  have  it 
to  say  to  us  'He  knew  his  duty,  but 
he  did  it  not.' 


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67 


May    20,    1852. 

We  are  pleased  to  state,  that  the 
Governor  has  conferred  the  high  hon- 
or of  Aide,  with  the  rank  of  Lieut. 
Colonel,  upon  Reuben  Keller,  Esq.,  of 
Adamsburg. 

Our  county  is  deeply  in  debt,  the 
treasury  is  bankrupt.  Our  tax  pay- 
ers' property  is  mortgaged  to  the 
tune  of  $200,000.  The  Commission- 
ers have,  already  borrowed  several 
hundred  dollars,  to  ss-tisfy  claims  ar- 
ising from  gross  extravagance.  The 
interest  must  be  paid  by  the  people, 
through  additional  taxation;  for  Her- 
rold  and  Wilt  seem  determined  that 
no  money  shall  come  into  the  treas- 
ury, by  way  of  rent  for  the  public 
property.  Last  summer,  Wilt  present- 
ed the  grass  to  Register  Breyman.  He 
has  also  refused  to  join  with  Mr. 
Heimbach  in  notifying  Mr.  Woods 
to  leave  his  law  office  or  pay  a  fair 
rent  for  it.  Had  Mr.  Wilt  taken  the 
$45  rent,  tendered  him  by  Messrs. 
Heiser  and  Fisher,  it  would  have  paid 
one  year's  interest  on  $750.  of  the 
County's  debt.  The  grass  given  to 
Breyman  would  have  paid  for  $200. 
Had  proper  prudence  and  economy 
been  exercised,  the  county  would  not 
have  been  in  debt  at  all.  Here,  then 
behold  some  of  the  fruits  of  the 
Ticketite  System. 

The  Railroad  meeting  terminated 
very  unfavorablely  to  the  friends 
of  that  measure.  The  turn  out  was 
exceedingly  small,  except  from  the 
Borough  of  Lewisburg,  which  sent 
all  her  available  force  to  sustain  the 
subscription  of  $200,000  by  the  Com- 
missioners. The  meeting  was  organiz- 
ed by  the  appointment  of  Wm.  Fos- 
ter, Esq.,  as  President,  assisted  by 
a  large  number  of  Vice  Presidents 
!and  Secretaries.  Gen.  W.  F.  Packer 
then  addressed  the  meeting  at  con- 
siderable length  in  favor  of  the  road 
after  which  John  Swineford  Esq., 
offered    the    following   resolutions: 

Resolved,  that  we  the  citizens  of 
Union  County,  feel  a  deep  anxiety 
to  see  the  Susquehanna  and  Sunbury 
Railroad  commenced  and  completed; 
but  we  do  most  solemnly  protest 
against  the  action  taken  by  the  Coun- 
ty Commissioners,  in  subscribing 
stock  to  the  amount  of  $200,000,  by 
giving  bonds  and  mortgaging  the 
property  of  the  citizens  of  the  coun- 
ty to  so  large  an  amount,  and  sub- 
jecting the  people  to  the  payment  of 
an  annual  tax  of  $12,000  without 
consulting  and  obtaining  the  opinion 


of  the  citizens  of  the  county."  The 
question  was  then  discussed  by  Mes- 
srs Woods,  Casey,  Shriner,  Swine- 
lord,  Miller,  etc.,  when  a  motion  was 
made  by  Mr.  Miller  to  lay  the  resolu- 
tion on  the  table.  The  motion  was  put 
amidst  the  greatest  excitement,  and 
declared  carried,  yet  so  close  was  the 
vote,  that  in  our  opinion  it  was  dif- 
ficult to  decide  the  matter  rightly. 
The  opponents  of  the  measure  called 
for  a  division,  which  was  objected  to 
by  its  friends,  and  the  meeting  ad- 
journed in  great  confusion  and  dis- 
order. 

George  Mathias  was  the  adminis- 
trator for  the  estate  of  John  Hart, 
late  of  Penn  Township,  deceased. 

The  Corporators  of  the  Union 
County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Co., 
met  and  elected  the  following  of- 
ficers: Directors:  Gideon  Biehl,  J. 
P.  Ross,  H.  P.  Sheller,  Ner  Middles- 
warth,  Wm.  Jones,  Isaac  Eyer,  Jno. 
Gundy,  Frederick  C.  Moyer,  John 
Wilt,  Jas.  Marshal,  Thomas  Klingan, 
Henry  Gast,  John  A.  Mertz.  Pres., 
John  Gundy;  Vice  Pres.,  John  Wilt; 
Ses.,  John  A.  Mertz;  Treas.,  H.  P. 
Sheller,  Gen.  Agent,  Wm.  Jones. 
May   27,    1852. 

We  have  been  informed  that  an 
attempt  will  be  made  to  gull  the  peo- 
ple of  Union,  Limestone,  Centre  and 
the  Beavers,  into  the  belief  that  the 
Central  Railroad  have  in  contempla- 
tion the  construction  of  a  railroad 
from  Lewistcwn  via  of  the  Beaver 
to  this  place  and  Dry  Valley,  to  in- 
tersect the  Susquehanna  Railroad  at 
Cawley's,  This  is  all  moonshine,  got 
up  to  hood  wink  the  tax  payers  into 
the  support  of  the  $200,000  sub- 
scription. That  Company  has  its  hands 
full  to  complete  its  own  road,  let  a- 
lone  the  making  of  other  roads.  Tax- 
payers be  on  your  guard  against  the 
humbuggery  and  the  speculators. 

A  Plain  Statement  of  Facts — As 
the  $200,000  subscription  seems  to  be 
the  all — engrossed  topic  of  conver- 
sation, we  will  state  the  question  in 
its  true  light.  The  Commissioners 
have  subscribed  the  above  amount  of 
stock,  payable  in  fifteen  years,  pro- 
vided the  said  road  shall  cross  over 
to  the  Union  county  side  between 
Sunbury  and  Cawley's  farm;  the 
Company  to  guarantee  the  payment 
of  the  interest  until  the  road  is  com- 
pleted, after  which  the  county  must 
look  to  the  revenue  of  the  road  for 
the  annual  payment  of  the  interest. 


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Should  the  road  pay  but  3  per  cent, 
the  county  will  be  obliged  to  make 
up  the  balance  by  increased  taxes. 
The  Company  may  possibly  realize 
$150,000  from  the  bonds — no  more; 
for  they  will  not  command  more 
than  $175,000  in  the  market;  specu- 
lators will  not  pay  full  value  for 
them;  and  it  will  take  at  least  two 
years  until  the  work  is  completed, 
during  which  time  the  interest  will 
have  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Capital 
funds  of  the  Company,  which  will 
leave  a  balance  of  but  $150,000  out 
of  the  $200,000.  Here  $50,000  is 
virtually  lost,  whilst  the  original  a- 
mount  of  our  indebtedness  remains 
the  same.  For  the  15  years  for  which 
our  bonds  are  drawn,  we  pay  $3,000 
annually  on  the  $50,000  making  $45,- 
000,  nearly  the  one-fourth  of  the  or- 
iginal subscription. 

Railroad  Subscription, — The  Bor- 
ough council  of  Sunbury,  Pa.,  has 
authorized  a  subscription  of  $25,000 
to  the  Susquehanna  Railroad  and 
$25,000  to  the  Sunbury  and  Erie 
Railroad — the  latter,  provided  the 
work  is  commenced  within  one  year. 
The  subscription  to  the  Susquehan- 
na Railroad  was  entered  by  the  Chief 
Burgess,  on  the  books  of  the  Com- 
pany, Wednesday  last. 

June  3,  1852. 

Henry  C.  Eyer  was  the  Adminis- 
trator for  the  Est.  of  John  Snyder, 
late  of  Chapman  township,  deed. 

June   10,   1852. 

Democratic  Nominations:  Presi- 
dent, Gen.  Franklin  Peirce;  Vice 
Pres.,  William  R.  King;  Canal 'Com- 
missioner, Co.  Wm.  Searight. 

George  Mathias  was  administrator 
for  the  estate  of  John  Hart,  late  of 
Penn  Township. 

June   17,   1852. 

The  proceedings  cf  the  meeting  of 
the  stock  holders  of  the  Susquehan- 
na Railroad,  held  at  Harrisburg  on  the 
10th  inst.,  will  be  found  in  another 
column.  By  their  perusal,  it  win  be 
seen  that  Old  Union  stands  solitary 
and  alone  in  her  glory  in  regard  to 
county  subscriptions.  Although  Nor- 
thumberland and  Dauphin  feel  equal- 
ly interested,  and  will  derive  indefi- 
nitely more  advantage  from  its  con- 
struction, than  our  own  county,  yet 
ney  have  not  shown  liberality  enough 
to  subscribe  one  cent  to  the  road — 
and  \he  probability  is,  they  will  not 
do  it. 


June  24,   1852. 

On  the  21st  inst.,  by  the  Rev.  A. 
B.  Casper,  Mr.  William  Bogar,  of 
Centerville,  to  Miss  Sarah  Bibig- 
haus,   of  Middleburg. 

July   1,   1852. 

The  following  persons  have  been 
named  by  the  'Star'  and  'Volks- 
freund'  for  the  respective  offices  this 
fall,  subject  to  the  decision  of  Woods, 
Greer  and  Co's  nominating  conven- 
tion, viz:  Congress,  Ner  Middles- 
warth;  Sheriff,  Jacob  Martin;  John 
Kessler  and  Jacob  Aurand;  Commis- 
sioner, Adam  Sheckler. 

The  'Union  Demokrat'  contains  the 
names  of  Michael  Kleckner,  Henry  S, 
Boyer  and  Henry  Smith  as  suitable 
persons  for  sheriff. 

On  the  29th  ult.,  by  Rev.  Casper, 
Mr.   Frederick  Feterolf  was  married 
to  Miss  Susan     Kastetter,     both     of 
Musser's  Valley. 
July   15,   1852. 

The  following  gentlemen  are  ap- 
pointed committees  to  canvass  their 
respective  districts  to  procure  a  gen- 
eral turn  out  at  the  General  Indigna- 
tion Railroad  meeting  on  the  31st 
Inst:  Washington  Twp.,  George  Moy- 
er,  Elias  R.  Menges,  John  Hummel, 
John  Kantz,  Daniel  German,  John 
Moatz,  Francis  A.  Boyer,  Isaac  D. 
Boyer,  William  Schoch,  George  Ap- 
ple; Penns  Twp.,  George  Schnure 
J.  G.  L.  Shindel,  Daniel  Ott, 
Geo.  Baker,  H.  J.  App,  George  Eby, 
W.  F.  Wagenseller,  Michael  Fisher, 
Simor  Kantz,  Leonard  App,  A.  S. 
Cumn'ings,  Peter  Curlin,  Jesse  Yoc- 
um,  George  Slear,  Chesselden  Fish- 
er, Geo.  Adams,  Benj.  Schoch,  John 
App.  Isaac  Couldron,  Henry  S.  Boy- 
er, John  Emmitt,  John  Dietrich  Jr. 
John  Mathias,  G.  Leisenring,  Daniel 
Hummel,  Emanuel  Aucker,  A.  C. 
Simpson,  George  Keen,  Isaac  Hot- 
tenstein,   Henry  C.   Eyer. 

The  Skies  Brightening,  We  have 
been  authorized  to  state,  that  Mr. 
Heimbach  has  declared  that  he  sign 
ed  the  agreement,  pledging  Union 
County  to  the  Susquehanna  Railroad 
in  the  sum  of  $200,000  under  a  false 
representation  of  facts,  and  that 
should  the  tax  payers,  in  Mass  Meet- 
ing assembled,  on  the  31st  inst.,  pro- 
nounce against  the  subscription,  he 
will  never  sign  the  bonds.  Now  fel- 
low citizens,  is  the  time  for  •  action. 
The  trifling  expense  incurred  in  at- 
tending the  meeting,  will  amply  re- 
numerate  you  for  the  enormous  tax- 
ation you  will  otherwise  annually  be 


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69 


compelled  to  pay,  should  this  sub- 
scription be  'sealed  and  delivered'  and 
the  mortages  entered  upon  your  prop- 
erty. But  should  this  calamity  befall 
you,  through  your  own  careless  in- 
difference, we  hope  that  hereafter  you 
will  forever  hold  your  peace,  and  sub- 
mit to  whatever  exaction  may  be  re- 
quired of  you  without  a  murmur. 
The  matter  now  rests  wholly  with 
yourself.  Your  county  taxes  are  up- 
wards of  $18,000  add  the  $12,000 
which  will  accrue  from  this  subscrip- 
tion, and  they  will  be  increased  two 
thirds.  Out  of  every  twelve  dollars 
County  taxes  you  now  pay,  you  will 
be  obliged  to  make  up  eight  dollars 
to  pay  this  subscription  tax. 

In  Philadelphia  at  the  Merchant 
House,  July  6th,  by  the  Rev.  E.  W. 
Hulter,  D.  S.  Boyer  Esq.,  of  Free- 
burg,  was  married  to  Miss  Leah  Jane 
Snyder,  of  Berrysburg,  Dauphin 
County. 

John  Swineford  was  appointed  Au- 
ditor by  the  Orphans'  Court  to  audit 
and  review  the  accounts  of  George 
Keen,  administrator  of  the  estate  of 
Joseph  Eshelman,  late  of  Penn  town- 
ship,   deceased. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  the  Sep- 
tember Court: 
Beaver,  Jacob  Gross. 
Penns,   George  Adams,   Geo.  D.   Mil- 
ler,Elijah  Couldron, Michael  Fisher, 
Charles  Hoff. 
Chapman,    Abraham    Look. 
Perry,  John  Krebs. 
Washington,    I.    D.    Boyers.    William 

Teats. 
West  Beaver,  Henry  Rauch. 
Middlecreek,    Henry   Yerger. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Sep- 
tember Court: 

Washington,  John  Haines,  Peter  P. 
Mertz,  Daniel  German,  Jacob  J. 
Mohr,  Josiah  Hoff. 
Centre,  John  Wayne,  David  Weirick, 
Charles  G.  Vernon,  Joseph  Paint- 
er. 
West  Beaver,   John   Margaritz,  John 

Bickel,  Andrew  Ulsh. 
Penns,  Hiram  App,  William  Wagner, 

Jacob  Ott,  Henry  Keiser. 
Beaver,    Solomon    Engel,   Jos.    Long, 

Samuel  Moyer. 
Chapman,  Daniel  Witmer,  J.  Herrold. 
Perry,  John  Troup,   Abr.   Haldeman. 
List   of   Petit   Jurors   for   Septem- 
ber Court: 

Centre,  John  A.  Schoch. 
Penns,  Henry  C.  Eyer,     B.      Schoch. 
Isaac   Woodling,    Samuel   Pawling, 


Geo.    Schnure,    Wm.    Byers,    Benj. 

Smith. 
Beaver,  John  D.  Smith,  Geo.  Swartz, 

Jacob  Greenhoe. 
Middlecreek,      Samuel      Yoder,      J. 

Kessler. 
Perry,  Frederick  Rathfon. 
Washington,  Daniel  Hilbish,  John  S. 

Hackenburg,  F.  C.  Moyer. 
Chapman,    Peter   Hains,    Levi    Rear- 

ick,  Daniel  Rohrer,  Philip  Hilbish. 

John  Swineford  was  appointed  Au- 
ditor by  the  Orphan's  Court  to  au- 
dit the  accounts  of  Philip  Swartz,  ad- 
ministrator for  the  estate  of  John 
Swartz,  late  of  Perry  township,  de- 
ceased. 
July    22,    1852. 

Married,  On  the  11th  hist.,  by  Rev. 
W.  G.  Hackman,  Mr.  John  Nichols,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Gilbert,  both  of  Bea- 
vertown.  On  the  15th  inst.,  by  the 
same,  Mr.  A.  M.  Robinson  to  Miss 
Carolina  Kern,  both  of  near  Beaver 
Furnace. 

The  Camp  Meeting  of  the  U.  B. 
Church  will  commence  Monday,  Au- 
gust 23rd  on  the  land  of  Mr.  L.  R. 
Hummel,  in  Penns  township,  about 
one  mile  from  the  main  road,  leading 
from  Selinsgrove  to  Northumberland. 
July   29,    1852. 

Selinsgrove,  July  19,  1852.  J.  M. 
Baum,  Esq.,  I  see  by  the  'Union 
Times'  that  my  name  appears  in  the 
committee  to  make  arrangements  for 
the  Railroad  meeting  to  be  held  in 
New  Berlin  on  the  31st.  I  was  not 
consulted  by  the  County  Commis- 
sioners in  relation  to  the  subscrip- 
tion made  to  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad,  neither  did  I  hear  or  know 
anything  about  it  till  it  was  done. 
But  without  saying  that  I  at  all  ap- 
prove of  their  course,  I  must  be  per- 
mitted to  say  that  I  do  not  approve 
of  any  party  using  my  name  with- 
out my  consent,  and  will  therefore  be 
pleased  if  you  will  withdraw  my 
name  from  the  committee  and  publish 
this  communication.  Very  truly,  W. 
F.  Wagenseller. 
August  5,  1852. 

Middleswarth  Caught  in  a  Wolf 
Trap,  Mr.  Middleswarth  has  now  ful- 
ly committed  himself  in  favor  of  the 
$200,000  swindle.  On  Saturday  night 
he  joined  with  Casey  and  the  Lew- 
isburg  rowdies,  in  their  nefarious  at- 
tempts to  disturb  and  break  up  the 
meeting  of  those  opposed  to  the  sub- 
scription. We  had  not  expected  to  see 
such  unwise,  ungentlemanly  and  dis- 
honorable conduct  on  the  part  of  Mr. 


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Middleswarth,  especially  as  he  is  now 
the  Whig  presidential  elector  of  this 
district.  We  can  account  for  his  dis- 
graceful and  riotous  acts,  only  on  the 
grounds  that  he  is  already  in  his 
dotage.  This  is  the  most  charitable 
construction  we  can  give  to  his  folly. 
At  the  opening  of  the  great  Mass 
meeting,  in  front  of  the  public  build- 
ings, Maj.  Charles  H.  Shriner,  offer- 
ed the  following  resolution,  which  was 
adopted  by  acclamation:  Resolved, — 
That  party  politics  be  excluded  from 
this  meeting,  and  that  none  of  the 
speakers,  be  permitted  to  cast  reflec- 
tions upon  the  whig  or  democratic 
party.  As  soon  as  the  cheering  had 
somewhat  subsided  D.  W.  Woods 
mounted  the  band  wagon,  which  serv- 
ed as  a  speaker's  stand,  and  at- 
tempted to  make  a  disturbance;  but 
he  was  immediately  silenced,  his 
hideous  brayings  having  been  drown- 
ed out  by  the  indignant  cries — Down 
with  Woods — Down  with  the  sleepy 
headed  simpleton,  or  words  to  that 
effect.  Casey  next  forced  his  way 
upon  the  wagon  and  commenced  beck- 
oning to  the  rowdies,  who  true  to 
their  instincts  and  instructions  im- 
mediately drew  near.  He  then  moved 
that  Ner  Middleswarth  be  president 
of  the  meeting  and  was  duly  second- 
ed by  the  bullies.  Mr.  Middleswarth 
now  sprang  upon  the  wagon  and  tried 
to  coax  the  tax  payers  to  elect  him 
president,  by  representing  that  Mr. 
Slenker  would  forthwith  be  permitt- 
ed to  speak.  But  this  would  not  do, 
for  Mr.  Slenker  like  an  honest,  hon- 
orable, high  minded  gentleman, 
scorned  to  countenance,  or  having 
anything         to     do  with  such 

rowdyism.  The  wagon  was  cleared  of 
the  rowdies  and  the  meeting  was 
then  eloquently  addressed  by  Mr. 
Slenker  and  Maj.  Chas.  H.  Shriner. 

Honor  to  Geo.  Heimbach,  The 
moral  power  of  public  opinion,  from 
our  indignant  and  outraged  people, 
has  brought  the  following  card  from 
Commissioner  Heimbach,  who  was 
led  into  an  agreement  to  mortgage 
the  county  by  falsehood  and  decep- 
tion. The  people  will  forgive  him, 
and  this  manly  retraction  of  a  wrong 
act,  shall  be  an  honor  to  his  name, 
when  the  memory  of  Wilt,  Casey, 
Hickok,  like  that  of  Judas  and  Arnold 
shall  be  despised,  execrated,  spit 
upon. 

A  Card, — I  will  not  sign  the  Bonds 
for  the  Two  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars, because  a  great  majority  of  the 


people  are  against  it. 

Destruction  of  the  Northumber- 
land Bridge  by  a  Tornado,  on  Thurs- 
day evening  about  6  o'clock,  a  violent 
tornado  suddenly  passed  over  this 
place,  and  in  its  course,  we  regret  to 
say  swept  from  its  foundation,  that 
portion  of  the  Northumberland 
Bridge  spanning  the  river  from  the 
island  to  the  Sunbury  shore.  The 
bridge  now  lies  crushed,  in  a  mass  of 
ruins  above  the  piers.  The  old  bridge 
was  erected  in  1815  at  a  cost  of  $90,- 
000.  In  the  spring  of  1839,  the 
bridge  on  the  Northumberland  side 
fell  and  was  rebuilt  about  a  year  af- 
ter at  an  expense  of  about  $20,000. 
Several  years  after  the  Danville 
Bridge  was  swept  off  by  the  flood, 
and  in  its  course  come  in  contact 
with  the  new  Northumberland  bridge 
and  carried  off  all  but  one  span.  The 
bridge  was  again  rebuilt  the  year  nf- 
ter.  About  four  years  since  the  old 
bridge  on  the  Sunbury  side  was  de- 
stroyed by  the  freshet,  and  was  re- 
built the  year  following,  and  now  lies 
in  the  stream  above  the  piers  a  per- 
fect wreck. 

August    12,    1852. 

Mifflinburg,  Aug.  9th,  1852.  H.  C. 
Hickok  Esq.,  Sir: — You  state  in  last 
week's  Chronicle  that  I  am  bribed 
to  oppose  the  County  Subscription  to 
the  Baltimore  and  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road, and  that  it  is  susceptible  of 
proof,  that  my  letters  proving  it  were 
publicly  exhibited  in  Sunbury,  etc. 
No  sir,  I  call  on  you  to  make  good 
this  charge  of  bribery,  by  publishing 
said  letters  and  all  other  documents 
in  your  possession,  to  sustain  the 
charge,  and  if  you  fail,  then  stand  be- 
fore this  community  a  self-convicted 
liar,  blackguard  and  scoundrel.  CHAS. 
H.   SHRINER. 

We  have  been  requested  to  give  no- 
tice, that  a  grand  public  dinner  will 
be  had  at  the  Hotel  of  Capt.  John 
Forster  in  Mifflinburg,  Saturday  next 
in  honor  of  the  People's  friends,  Geo. 
Heimbach  and  Simon  K.  Herrold,  for 
their  firmness  in  refusing  to  mort- 
gage the  property  of  the  County  in 
the  sum  of  $200,000.  The  opponents 
of  the  measure  throughout  the  coun- 
ty are  invited  to  attend. 

We  have  received  communications 
recommending  Gideon  Leisenring, 
Esq.,  of  Selinsgrove,  Col.  Reuben 
Keller,  of  Adamsburg,  H.  B.  Het- 
rich,  Esq.,  of  Penns,  as  suitable  and 
competent    persons    for    Assembly. 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  TIMES 


71 


August  26,   1852. 

Mr.  Heimbach's  speech:  Mr.  Heim- 
bach  at  the  public  dinner  at  Mif- 
flinburg,  on  being  toasted,  arose  and 
spoke  in  German  in  substance  as 
follows:  Gentlemen:  I  thank  you  for 
the  kind  manner  in  which  you  have 
mentioned  my  humble  name.  I  never 
would  have  signed  the  agreement  for 
$200,000,  if  I  had  not  been  led  astray 
by  falsehood  and  deception.  They  told 
me  that  Northumberland,  Lycoming 
and  Clinton  Counties,  had  each  sub- 
scribed $200,000.  Williamsport  had 
subscribed  $50,000  and  Lewisburg 
$75,000  to  the  Baltimore  Road  and 
that  not  one  cent  of  the  money  need 
ever  be  paid,  etc.  By  such  falsehoods 
I  was  induced  to  sign  the  agreement. 
But  I  see  now  that  I  did  wrong  and 
that  a  very  great  majority  of  the  peo- 
ple are  against  the  subscription.  I 
am  determined  never  to  sign  the 
bonds.  I  hope  the  people  will  forgive 
me  for  the  mistake  I  have  made. 

September  2,  1852. 

The  following  is  a  true  copy  of 
the  resolution  of  the  Commissioners, 
subscribing  $200,000  stock  to  the  Sus- 
quehanna Railroad  Co :  Resolved, 
That  we  the  Commissioners,  of  Uni- 
on County,  do  hereby  agree  to  sub- 
scribe to  the  Susquehanna  Railroad 
Company,  the  sum  of  $200,000;  the 
said  subscription  to  be  paid  for  by 
the  bonds  of  the  county,  to  be  is- 
sued by  the  said  Commissioners,  re- 
deemable in  twenty  years  from  date, 
and  to  be  issued  when  requested  by 
said  Company,  according  to  the  Act 
of  Assembly,  regulating  Railroads, 
approved  the  19th  of  February,  1849, 
and  to  the  Act  granting  the  Charter 
to  the  said  Company  and  its  various 
supplements.  Provided  that  this  sub- 
scription shall  not  be  binding  unless 
accepted  by  the  said  Comnany  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  July  A.  D. 
1852;  and  that  that  part  of  the  said 
contemplated  railroad  from  Sunbury 
to  Williamsport,  be  put  under  con- 
tract on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
September  next,  and  also  be  com- 
pleted at  least  as  far  as  Lewisburg  at 
the  same  time  as  the  road  from  Sun- 
bury  to  Bridgeport  or  from  Sunbury 
to  intersect  with  Central  Railroad 
And  providea  also  that  the  said  road 
between  Sunbury  and  Williamsport 
shall  t>ass  on  the  west  side  of  the 
We<t  Branch  of  the  Susquehanna  riv- 
er, from  a  point  at  or  below  the  farm 
of  Benjamin  Cawley,  in  said  county 


of  Union,  and  pass  through  the  bor- 
ough of  Lewisburg.  And  with  the  fur- 
ther Proviso  that  the  money  sub- 
scribed within  the  county  of  Union 
be  first  applied  towards  the  construc- 
tion of  so  much  of  the  said  County 
of  Union. 

At  a  large  and  enthusiastic  meet- 
ing of  the  citizens  of  Selinsgrove  and 
vicinity,  August  28th,  opposed  to 
the  subscription  of  $200,000  to  the 
Baltimore  and  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road, John  Hall  Esq.,  was  elected 
President,  Wm.  Gaugler,  Abraham 
Zeigler,  Daniel  Ott,  Jacob  Sechrist, 
and  Daniel  L.  Becker  Vice  Presidents, 
and  Geo.  Schnure,  Esq.,  Sec. 
September   9,    1852. 

On  the  2nd  inst.,  by  Rev.  Erlen- 
myer,  Mr.  G.  G.  Glass,  of  Freeburg, 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Shem  Schoch,  of  this  place. 

Saturday,  the  23rd  of  October,  H. 
C.    Eyer.   Admr.,   Real   estate   of  the 
late  John  Snyder,  of  Chapman  town- 
ship,  deed. 
Sentember  23,    1852. 

No  more  hay  for  Breyman's  Cow. 
The  County  will  no  longer  give  Woods 
a  law  office  and  a  stove  rent  free.  No 
more  $200,000  Swindles.  No  more 
money  to  be  squandered  on  Smith 
and  Greer  for  public  printing.  Mid- 
night Caucus  can  no  longer  rule  the 
people,  of  old  Union.  To  the  taxpay- 
ers, I  offer  my  self  as  a  no  party  in- 
dependent candidate  for  the  office  of 
County  Commissioi.-rs,  PHILIP 
RUHL. 
September    30,    1852. 

Leonard  App  and  Henry  D.  Fisher 
were  executors  for  the  Est.  of  Peter 
Fisher,  late  of  Penn  Township,  deed. 
Jacob  Wittenmyer  and  Sem.  Wit- 
tenmyer,  Exr.,  will  sell  at  public  sale 
real  estate  of  the  est.  of  Andrew  Wit- 
tenmyer, deed,  November  13th. 
October   21,    1852. 

Election  returns  of  Union  County: 
S.  Judge,  Woodward,  1835;  Buffing- 
ton,  2485. 
Canal    Comm.    Hopkins,    1807;   Hoff- 
man, 2555. 
Congress,  Seiler,  1771;  Middleswarth, 

2477. 
Assemblv,  Keller,  1805;  Beale,  2508. 
Sheriff,  Schoch,  1549;  Kessler,  2712. 
Commissioner,  Ruhl,   1788;  Sheckler, 

2506. 
Auditor,  Shindel,  1505;  Snyder,  2418. 
The  letting  of     the     Susquehanna 
Railroad    has   been    extended   to    the 
10th   of  November  next. 


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October  28,   1852. 

The  return  judges  of  the  10th 
Congressional  District  met  in  Harris- 
burg,  Tuesday,  the  19th  inst.,  when 
John  Vincent,  of  Northumberland 
County  was  appointed  president,  and 
Peter  Forney  was  secretary.  The  votes 
counted  up,  appeared  to  stand  as  fol- 
lows: 

Middleswarth     Seiler 
Dauphin   county,  2,915     2,748 

Union  County,  2,477     1,771 

Lebanon  County,  2,361      1,740 

Lower   Mahanoy   Twp,        168  19 


7,921 
6,278 


6,278 


Middleswarth's  Maj.  1,643 

Why  don't  Adam  Sheckler  take  his 
seat  as  Commissioner  elect?  What's 
wrong?  Is  he  to  hold  off  till  after  the 
election,  for  fear  the  signing  of  the 
Bonds  will  operate  against  Gen. 
Scott?  We  boldly  declare  that  the 
bonds  will  be  executed  immediately 
after  next  Tuesday.  The  arrange- 
ment is  fully  made. 

The  Lafayette  Lodge  No.  194,  pro- 
pose to  have  a  public  procession  ad- 
dresses, etc.,  at  Selinsgrove,  Novem- 
ber 4th,  it  being  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  initiation  of  Gen. 
Washington  to  the  masonic  Lodge. 

Col.  Isaac  Wayne,  the  only  son  of 
Major  General  Anthony  Wayne,  of 
the  Revolutionary  War,  died  on  Mon- 
day last  at  his  residence  in  Chester 
County,  in  the  83rd  year  of  his  age. 
Col.  Wayne  was  an  excellent  citizen 
and  well  worthy  of  the  distinguished 
name  he  bore.  In  early  times  he  took 
a  prominent  part  in  the  politics  of 
the  state  and  was  formerly  in  the 
State  Senate,  besides  holding  other 
offices.  He  was  also  the  candidate  for 
Governor  of  the  Federal  party  in 
1814,  in  opposition  to  Gov.  Snyder. 

Samuel  Roush  was  appointed  Au- 
ditor by  the  Orphans  Court,  of  Uni- 
on county,  to  make  distribution  of 
the  money  in  the  hands  of  Francis  A. 
Boyer,  Admr.,  of  the  estate  of  Me- 
thias  Hiem,  late  of  Washington  twp., 
deed. 
November    11,    1852. 

Franklin  Pierce  and  Wm.  R.  King 
were  triumphantly  elected  head  of 
our  nation. 

Masonic  Celebration  at  Selinsgrove. 
LaFayette  Lodge  No.  194.  in  con- 
junction with  the  brethren  of  Lew- 
isburg,  Danville,  Sunbury,  Northum- 
berland, Harrisburg,     celebrated     at 


Selinsgrove  on  the  4th  inst.,  the  Cen- 
tennial Anniversary  of  the  initiation 
of  Washington  into  the  sacred  mys- 
teries of  free  masonary.  The  proces- 
sion numbered  about  fifty.  It,  no 
doubt  would  have  been  much  larger, 
had  the  weather  been  more  favor- 
able. The  exercises  in  the  Evangelic- 
al Lutheran  Church  were  as  follows: 
Prayer,  by  Rev.  Morehead;  of  Nor- 
thumberland; Oration  by  Rev.  S.  L. 
M.  Consar,  of  Lewisburg;  Music  by 
Dr.  Fisher's  Glee  Choir  of  Selins- 
grove; Benediction  by  Rev.  Morehead. 
The  Oration  was  an  eloquent  and 
chaste  production,  well  calculated  to 
remove  undue  prejudice  from  the 
minds  of  the  uninitiated  and  to  in- 
spire the  members  with  renewed  zeal, 
in  their  endeavors  to  extend  the  be- 
nign influence  of  our  Order.  The  in- 
troduction was  extremely  beautiful. 
The  entire  oration  was  replete  with 
facts  of  the  most  interesting  and 
instructive  kind.  The  statement  that 
fifty-two  of  the  signers  of  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence  and  that  Gen. 
Washington  with  all  of  the  Maj.  Gen- 
erals of  the  Revolution,  were  Free- 
masons, surprised  many  in  the  audi- 
ence, who  had  obtained  an  erroneous 
opinion  of  the  merits  of  the  Order, 
and  of  the  character  of  its  members. 
The  appeal  to  the  Ladies,  to  en- 
courage their  brothers,  their  husbands 
their  sons  to  seek  to  unite  with  the 
Order,  touched  many  a  heart,  and  we 
feel  assured  that  the  effects  will  be- 
come visible  through  an  increase  of 
our  members. 

George    Schnure   was   executor   of 
the  estate  of  Mary  Siehrer,  late  of  Se- 
linsgrove, Penn  township,  deceased. 
November    18,    1852. 

Mr.  James  Reber,  of  Buffalo  town- 
ship, left  at  this  office  a  very  fine 
specimen  of  radish.  It  was  twenty 
inches  in  length  and  two  feet  in  cir- 
cumference. Buffalo  Valley  is  the  gar- 
den of  the  world. 

In  pursuance  to  notice,  the  citi- 
zens of  Union  County,  met  at  the 
Court  House,  New  Berlin,  on  the  13 
inst.,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a 
county  Agricultural  Society.  On  mo- 
tion Martin  Dreisbach  was  elected 
President,  and  Samuel  Weirick,  Sec- 
retary, and  the  following  Vice  Presi- 
dents: Chapman, — Daniel  Winters; 
Perry, — Samuel  Shadle;  Washington, 
E.  R.  Menges;  Penns,  Henry  C.  Ey- 
er;  Centre,  John  Swengel;  Beaver — 
Jacob  Brown ;  West  Beaver,  H.  H. 
Margeritz;    Centerville,   Jacob    Sand- 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  TIMES 


73 


ers;  New  Berlin,  A.  Swineford;  Mid- 
dlecreek,  Henry  Wetzel. 

Married.  On  ihe  29th  of  Aug.  by 
Rev.  A.  Casper,  Mr.  Jacob  Shamory, 
of  Centre,  to  Miss  Mary  Straub,  of 
Middlecreek.  On  the  2nd.  of  Septem- 
ber, by  the  same,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Look 
to  Miss  Sarah  Hummel,  both  of  Mid- 
dlecreek. On  the  16th  of  November 
by  the  same,  Mr.  Willi.,  m  Ocker,  of 
Beaver,  to  Miss  Catherine  N.  Spang- 
ler,  of  Limestone. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  December 
Court: 

Beaver,  Jacob  Kern. 
Centre,  Joseph  Hassinger. 
Chapman,    John    Zeigler,    Isaac   Hoff, 
Peter   Arnold,    Benneville,   Arnold. 
Washington,    P.    Arbogast,    Jonathan 

Grimm. 
West   Beaver,   Joseph   R.    Stumpff. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Decem- 
ber Court: 
Beaver,   Henry     Mitchel,      Benjaman 

Huffnogle,  Philip  Markley. 
Centre,    George   W.    Hoffman,    Marks 
Tea,  Henry  Musser,  Geo.  Sampsel, 
John   Bowersox,   Christian  Kerr. 
Middlecreek,  Daniel  Zieber. 
Penns,  Leonard  App,   George     Hart- 
man,  J.  D.  Waters,  Elijah  Osburn, 
H.   D.   Fisher,   Geo.   Keen. 
Perry,   John    K.    Snyder. 
Washington,    Emanuel    Neitz. 
West  Beaver,  Isaac  Romig. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  Dec.  Court: 
Beaver,- — Aaron    Middleswarth,      Ner 

Middleswarth,    Jesse    Hendricks. 
Centre,  John  C.  Wilson. 
Chapman,   Andrew  Houser. 
Middlecreek,    Emanuel    Schoch,    Geo. 

Dauberman,  Henry  Mitchel. 
Penns,  Christian  Walter,  Henry  Aur- 
and,  Peter  Boalich,  David  Heiser. 
Perry,  Peter  Troup. 
Washington,  Jacob  Roush. 
West  Beaver,  Gabrial  Herbster,  G. 
Galey,  Henry  Miller. 
Gaugler  &  Wallace  received  the 
contract  for  carrying  the  mail  from 
Selinsgrove  to  Williamsport,  and 
from  Mifflintown  to  Selinsgrove.  The 
following  are  the  hours  of  arrivals 
and  departure:  Leave  Williamsport 
every  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Sat- 
urday morning  at  7  o'clock,  and  ar- 
rives at  Selinsgrove  at  5  P.  M.  Leave 
Selinsgrove  every  Monday,  Wednes- 
day and  Friday  morning  at  7  o'clock 
and  arrives  at  Williamsport  at  5  P. 
M.  fare  $1.,62%.  Leave  Mifflintown 
every  Tuesd'ay  and  Friday  morning 
at  7  o'clock  and  arrive  in  Selinsgrove 
at  5  P.   M.  Leave   Selinsgrove  every 


Wednesday  and  Saturday  morning  at 
7  o'clock  and  arrive  in  Mifflintown 
at  5  P.  M.  Fare,  $1.50. 

When  the  spring  freshet  sets  in, 
care  should  be  taken  to  avoid  cellis- 
ions.  The  rush  of  the  unterrified  down 
Salt  river  will  be  a  serious  impedi- 
ment to  the  Whigs  upward  bound. 
Keep  a  good  look  out  ahead. 
December    9,    1852. 

Susquehanna  Railroad.      The      con- 
tract for  the  entire  grading  and  mas- 
onry   of    this    road    was    allotted    at 
Baltimore,  on  the  23rd  ult.,  to  Mes- 
srs. Philip  Dougherty,  Zenas  Barnum, 
Geo.  M.  Lauman,  and  Wm.  R.  Trav- 
erse. The  line  of  the  road  commences 
opposite    Harrisburg,    where    it    con- 
nects with  the   Baltimore   and   Cum- 
berland Valley  railroads — it  runs  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Susquehanna  a- 
bout    eight   miles,   whence   it   crosses 
to  Dauphin  between  which  point  and 
Harrisburg,   there   is   already   a  rail- 
road connecting  on  the  east  side  of 
the  river.   From   Dauphin  it  runs  to 
Sunbury,  along  the  eastern  margin  of 
the  Susquehanna  and  from  thence  to 
Lewisburg.  It  is  stipulated  in  the  con- 
tract that  the  work  is  to  be  commenc- 
ed within  30  days  and  completed  with- 
in 21  months.  The  terms  are  said  to 
be   very   favorable   to   the    Company, 
somewhat  below  the  estimates  of  the 
engineer.   Stock  to  the     amount     of 
$250,000  is  to  be  taken  in  payment. 
In  the  known  energy,  experience  and 
responsibility  of  the  contractors,  the 
company  and  the  public  have  a  sure 
guarantee  that  the  road  will  be  com- 
pleted in  the  shortest  time  possible. 
Indeed   it   is   expected   that   the   por- 
tion of  the  work  undertaken  by  them 
will  be  finished  within  twelve  months, 
and  the  entire  road  in  running  order 
within  sixteen  months  except  the  su- 
perstructure   of    the    bridge    at    Dau- 
phin. Thus  are  the  long  deterred  hopes 
of  having  the  populous  valley  of  the 
Susquehanna,    rich    without    parallel 
in  agricultural  and  mineral  products, 
opened  to  travel  and  commerce  by  the 
superior  facilities  of  a. railroad,  about 
to  be  realized. 

Married.  On  the  28th  of  Oct.,  by 
Rev.  Hackman,  Mr.  Samuel  Fralich, 
of  Mifflintown,  Penna.,  to  Miss  Cath- 
erine A.  Moyer,  of  Beaver.  On  the 
11th  of  Nov.  by  the  same,  Mr.  Jona- 
than Biliard  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Acaley, 
both  of  Centre.  On  the  21st  inst.,  by 
the  same,  Mr.  Wm.  F.  Kantz,  of 
Washington,  to  Miss  Emma  Maria 
Klingler,    of    Beaver. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  3. 


December   16,    1852. 

A.  J.  Greer  has  ceased  to  edit  the 
'Star/  which  has  passed  into  the 
hands  of  our  young  friend  and 
townsmen,  Col.  Edw.  Smith  and  Geo. 
Merrill,  Esq.  We  wish  these  gentle- 
men abundance  of  luck,  pecuniarly, 
and  rejoice  that  the  'Star'  is  again 
looking  up. 
December   23,    1852. 

The  Northumberland  Bridge  across 
the  West  Branch  on  the  Sunbury  side 
is  now  passable  for  horses  and  wag- 
ons. This  doubtless  will  be  great 
news  for  the  traveling  public. 

December   30,    1852. 

A  Card.  Having  in  the  Union  Star 
of  June  12,  1851,  published  an  ar- 
ticle reflecting  upon  the  character  of 
Israel  Gutelius,  and  having  since,  on 
examination  become  satisfied  that  I 
was  misinformed  as  to  the  facts  con- 
tained in  said  publication — not  hav- 
ing been  in  the  county  at  the  time  of 
the  trial,  at  December  Term  1850, 
to  which  reference  was  made, — and 
being  now  satisfied  that  the  charges 
in  said  article  was  unfounded  in  fact 
and  injurious  to  Mr.  Gutelius  as  a 
man  of  truth,  in  justice  to  myself  and 
Mr.  Gutelius,  I  cheerfully  withdraw 
them.  A.  J.  Greer,  New  Berlin,  Dec. 
21,   1852. 

January    6,    1853. 

There  will  be  but  a  half  sheet  is- 
sued from  this  office  next  week,  con- 
taining the  Governor's  message.  We 
also  expect  to  be  absent,  at  Harris- 
burg,  for  a  few  days. 

On  the  23rd  ult.,  by  Rev.  A.  B. 
Casper,  Mr.  Jesse  Walter,  of  Union 
was  married  to  Miss  Rachel  Long,  of 
Centre  twp. 

January  20,   1853 

Married.  On  the  16th.,  inst.,  by 
Rev.  W.  W.  Orwig,  Mr.  Ulrich  Weir- 
ich  to  Miss  Susannah  Walter,  both 
of  Centre  Twp.  On  the  14th  of  Dec. 
by  Rev.  W.  G.  Hackman,  Mr.  Solo- 
mon Snook  to  Miss  Mary  Peter,  both 
of  Mifflin  Co.  On  the  21st.  of  Dec. 
by  the  same,  Mr.  Daniel  Speigelmyer 
to  Miss  Mary  Reger,  both  of  West 
Beaver.  On  the  23rd.  of  Dec,  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Isaac  Krebs,  of  West  Bea- 
ver, to  Miss  Catherine  Gutila  Moyer, 
of  Musser's  Valley.  On  the  26th  of 
Dec,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Simon  Sibe, 
of  Somerset  Co.  to  Miss  Sarah  Krep, 
of  Beaver.  On  the  9th  inst.,  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Joseph  Ulsh  to  Miss  Isa- 
bella Boutch,  both  of  Beavertown. 


January   27,   1853. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  February 
Court: 

West  Beaver,  Wm.  J.  May. 
Beaver,  Manessee  Bartolett. 
Centre,  Wm.  Long. 
Chapman,  Simon  B.  Strawser,  Amos 

Stroub. 
Perry,  Jos.  Shotto,  Jacob  Shelly. 
Penns,   Henry  Heiser,   J.   H.   Fisher, 

Simon  Christine. 
Washington,  Daniel     Sterner,     I.     D. 

Boyer. 

List   of   Traverse   Jurors   for  Feb. 
Court: 
Middlecreek,    Jacob    Snyder,      Sem. 

Leitzel,    Michael    Erdley. 
Centre,   Benj.     Wittenmyer,     G.     J. 

Schoch,    H.    A.    Staffer,    Jeremiah 

Kleckner,  John     Swengel,     Henry 

Heimbach,  George  Henry. 
Penns,     Michael     Eckhart,  Jeremiah 

Crouse,  Benj.   Smith,  John  Romig, 

Daniel   Gaugler. 
Beaver.  Reuben  Klose,  Samuel  Moy- 
er, Daniel  Zieber,  James  S.  Smith. 
West  Beaver.  J.  H.  Robennold,  Jos. 

Steininger. 
Perry,    George   Rein,   John   Troup. 
Washington,  Isaac  Bickel. 
Chapman,    Philip    Burkhart. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  February 
Court: 
Penns.  Jacob  Millhofe,  Emanuel  Eng- 

le,  Benj.  Ulrich,  Jr.,  Wm.  Pawling, 

Joen    Kreider. 
Centre.   Henry   Grubb,    S.    Bowersox, 

Aaron   Stetler. 
Washington,  Michael  C.  Moyer. 
Middlecreek.    Henry    Yerger. 
Chapman,  Jac   Berch,   Tho  Thursby. 
Perry,  John  Haas. 
Beaver,   George     Oberdarf,      Conrad 

Rearick. 
West   Beaver,  John  D.   Romig. 

February   3,    1852. 

Serious   Case  of  Stabbing.   We  are 

pained  to  learn,  that  on  Monday  night 
last,  as  Col.  A.  C.  Simpson  and  Casper 
Hane,  Esq.,  of  Selinsgrove,  were  re- 
turning from  Northumberland,  they 
were  met  on  the  bridge  by  three  per- 
sons, who  we  are  informed,  molest- 
ed and  otherwise  illtreated  Col.  S.  A. 
scuffle  ensued  between  the  Col.  and 
one  of  the  party  named  VanDyke, 
when  the  latter  drew  a  knife  and  in- 
flicted several  dangerous  wounds 
upon  the  breast,  abdomen,  etc,  of 
Col.  S.  and  then  pursued  him  back  to 
the  Collector's  office,  cutting  him  be- 
tween the  shoulders,  and  again  seri- 
ously stabbed  him  in  the  office.   Col. 


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S.  rushed  into  an  adjoining  room  and 
fell  senseless  upon  the  floor  from  the 
loss  of  blood.  VanDyke  was  immedi- 
ately arrested,  and  is  now  lodged  in 
jail,  at  Sunbury. 

John  Stroub  and  Moses  Mohr  were 
the  administrators  for  the  estate  of 
Jacob  Mohr,  late  of  Middlecreek 
township,  deed. 

J.  W.  Shank  applied  to  the  Febru- 
ary Court  for  license  for  a  Tavern, 
in  Perry  township,  lately  occupied  by 
Franklin  Fryer  and  formerly  by  Ja- 
cob Eckhart.  Signers:  Nathan  For- 
rey  Esq.,  Michael  Minium,  John  Haas, 
John  Schnee,  Philip  Arbogast,  Peter 
Garman,  George  Smith  Sr.,  Saml.  Shd- 
dle  Sr.,  Frederick  Rathfon,  Jacob 
Martin  Esq.,  Wm.  Arbogast,  John  Ar- 
bogast, Philip  Schnee,  Geo.  Kline. 
February    10,    1853. 

The  County  Fair.  Our  Lewisburg 
friends  seem  very  determined  that 
the  first  Annual  Fair  of  the  County 
Agricultural  Society,  should  be  held 
at  that  place.  It  is  to  come  off  next 
fall.  The  Society  will  meet  in  then 
room  at  the  Court  House,  next  week 
to  determine  upon  the  time  and  place. 
A  subscription  of  $75.  is  required 
from  the  citizens  of  the  place  where 
the  same  is  to  be  held,  to  defray  the 
necessary  expenses  of  erecting  sheds, 
fences,  tables,  enclosures  for  animals, 
etc. 

The  County  Subscription.  On  Mon- 
day last,  Messrs.  Heimbach  and 
Sheckler,  executed  and  delivered  the 
bonds,  according  to  agreement,  sub- 
scribing $200,000  to  the  stock  of  the 
Susquehanna  Railroad.  Mr.  Herrold 
was  not  present.  We  had 
hoped  that  in  as  much  as  suit  had 
been  brought  against  the  Commis- 
sioners, counsel  employed,  and  ever" 
necessary  preparation  made  for  tri- 
al, that  the  question  v*  ould  have  bee  ^ 
permitted  to  be  settled  by  the 
Court;  but  it  seems  not;  different 
counsels  have  prevailed  and  the  sub- 
scription  is  a  fixed   fact. 

Sunbury  and  Erie  Railroad.  The 
work  of  grading  this  road  was  com- 
menced on  Monday  morning  the  31st 
ult.,  on  sections  35  and  36.  Mr.  W 
K.  Morehead,  the  contractor,  broke 
the  ground  with  his  own  hands.  The 
Company  is  pushing  on  the  work  be- 
tween Sunbury  and  William  sport  in 
good  earnest,  and  there  is  every  prob- 
ability that  the  road  between  these 
two  points  will  be  completed  in  a  year 
as  it  is  said  the  articles  of  agreement 
entered  into  by  the   contractors  call 


for.  We  see  that  the  Chief  engineer 
will  receive  proposals  on  the  16th  inst. 
for  80,000  bushels  of  Hydraulic  ce- 
ment to  be  used  on  the  road. 

February  17,   1853. 

The  Freshet.  The  rain  which  fell 
during  the  week  before  last  made 
very  high  waters.  The  West  Branch 
of  the  Susquehanna,  was  very  high, 
and  much  damage  has  been  done.  The 
bridge  at  Jersey  Shore,  and  bridge 
and  Aqueduct  at  Penns  Creek,  have 
all  been  swept  away.  The  Bridge  at 
Williamsport  was  moved  from  its 
piers  about  eight  feet. 

The  Grand  Jury  by  a  majority  of 
one  or  two,  refused  to  recommend 
the  tearing  down  and  re-building  of 
the  present   Court  House. 

George  Gundrum  was  the  Admin- 
istrator for  the  estate  of  John  Ar- 
bogast, late  of  Penns  township,  deed. 

Married.  On  Tuesday  the  8th  inst., 
by  Rev.  David  Longmore,  Dr.  Thos. 
Leight,  of  McKees  Half  Fallsj,  to 
Miss  Isabella  R.  Bobst,  of  Milton.  On 
the  10th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Morrison,  Mr. 
Thomas  Whiteman,  of  Berks  County, 
to  Miss  Esther  Smith,  of  West  Bea- 
ver. 

February  21,  1853. 

The  New  Court  House.  Since  the 
nrojeet  of  the  erection  of  a  new  Court 
House  was  first  originated,  some 
three  or  four  weeks  ago,  it  has  sil- 
ently and  gradually  enlisted  the  fa- 
vor of  the  people  generally.  The  peti- 
tion presented  to  the  Grand  Jury,  at 
the  present  term  of  court,  embraced 
the  names  of  many  of  our  best,  most 
respectable  and  wealthy  citizens,  and 
had  time  permitted,  to  have  enabled 
the  friends  of  the  measure  to  can- 
vass the  county,  the  expression  of 
public  opinion  would  have  been  over- 
whelmingly in  its  favor.  The  probable 
cost  of  the  whole  work  will  not  ex- 
ceed $8,000  and  can  be  completed 
without  one  cent  of  additional  tax- 
ation. 

March  10,   1853. 

The  construction  of  a  railroad  from 
Lewisburg  to  Spruce  Run  seems  to 
engross  considerable  attention  at  the 
present  time.  Like  all  other  illusion- 
ar>  projects,  it  w'll  have  its  day — 'e 
a  source  of  some  little  excitement — 
and  then  like  a  soap  bubble-explode- 
and  make  room  for  some  other  con- 
juration. We  should  be  pleased,  for 
the  sake  of  gratifying  our  Buffalo 
Vallev  Friends   to   see  their  fondest 


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anticipations  realized;  but,  we  must 
honestly  confess,  that  to  us,  the 
whole  matter  appears  wild  and  vis- 
ionary. 

Dividing  the  County.  We  have  been 
credibly  informed,  that  a  very  large 
number  of  signatures  were  obtained 
to  the  division  petitions,  south  of 
Penns  Creek,  upon  the  representa- 
tion that  a  division  of  the  county 
would  relieve  them  from  all  obli- 
gations in  regard  to  the  $200,000  sub- 
scription. This  is  no  idle  rumor.  Such 
intrigue  and  humbuggery  as  this  can- 
not prevail.  The  people  will  soon  de- 
tect the  imposition,  and  the  re-ac- 
tion will  tell  with  terrible  force  a- 
gainst  the  advocators  of  the  division 
whose  sole  object  is  self  interest- 
speculation  in  town  lots — and  office 
hunting,  with  increased  taxation  for 
the  people.  We  have  now  a  State  tax 
of  upwards  of  forty  millions  of  dol- 
lars to  pay — our  county  taxes  are 
some  nine  thousand  dollars,  and 
should  the  people  unfortunately  be- 
come responsible  for  the  interest  of 
our  county  bonds  of  twelve  thousand 
more  and  then  yet  incur  an  expen- 
diture of  probably  twenty  thousand 
to  each  county  for  public  buildings, 
additional  costs  of  holding  Courts,  a 
double  set  of  Commissioners,  their 
clerks  and  attorneys,  etc.,  our  taxes 
will  become  intolerable.  The  bridge 
expenses  alone  last  year,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Creek,  amountd  to  two 
thousand,  four  hundred  dollars.  Are 
these  facts  not  enough  to  startle  our 
most  dreaded  apprehensions,  and 
cause  the  people  to  wonder  and  re- 
flect? But  there  is  another  fact  of 
more  direct  importance  in  the  matter. 
Should  the  schemes  now  on  foot  pre- 
vail, the  subscription  in  the  end — af- 
ter years  of  litigation — law  suit  af- 
ter law  suit — will  be  equally  divided. 
Then  take  your  division  lines  and  see 
how  the  question  will  stand.  By  that 
division  the  south  side  of  the  creek 
will  assume  about  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars more  than  its  proportional  share 
according  to  their  respective  taxation. 
What  say  you  to  this,  tax  payers  of 
the    South? 

Snap  Judgment.  The  editor  of  the 
Lewisburg  Chronicle,  in  his  last 
week's  paper,  designates  the  names 
by  which  the  new  counties  shall  be 
known  in  case  of  a  division,  viz :  Buf- 
falo and  Union.  Fellow  tax  payers, 
the  chains  have  already  been  forged 
for  you. 

A  meeting  was  held  at  Middleburg 


on  Monday  evening  last,  which  passed 
resolutions  repudiating  the  payment 
of  the  County  Bonds. 

On  the  first  of  March  by  Rev.  A. 
B.  Casper,  Wellerofen  Diefenbach,  of 
East  Buffalo  was  married     to     Miss 
Carolina  Jarrett,  of  Penns. 
March   24,    1853. 

H.  N.  Backhaus  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern 
in  Union  township.  Signers:  Andrew 
Yeager,  Frederick  Kashner,  Franklin 
Kreitzer,  Peter  Hains,  John  Apprecht, 
John  Hausworth,  John  M.  Bine,  P. 
Hillbish,  Jacob  Beashoar,  Jacob  Min- 
nich,  John  Moyer,  Jacob  Keistter, 
Jonathan  Weiser,  Adam  Neirhood. 
March   31,    1853. 

A  gentleman,  of  Chapman  town- 
ship, who  is  deeply  interested  in  hav- 
ing the  county  seat  located  at  Selins- 
grove,  should  a  division  be  affected, 
informed  us  the  other  day,  that  this 
fact  must  be  designated  in  the  bill, 
as  they  will  not  consent  to  being  tax- 
ed for  the  benefits  of  Freeburg  or 
Middleburg, — but  on  the  contrary,  in- 
finitely prefer  the  county  as  it  is. 
This  is  the  feeling  all  over.  Local 
jealously  is  strong  and  unconquer- 
able. One  half  of  the  signers  to  the 
division  petitions  were  obtained  from 
just  such  consideration,  to  get  the 
county  seat  in  their  own  neighbor- 
hoods, and  who  are  bitterly  hostile 
to  its  location  any  where  else.  This 
is  the  all-absorbing  question  with 
those  in  favor  of  a  division.  To  ex- 
pect the  legislature  to  pass  a  bill  un- 
der such  circumstances,  is  the  height 
of  absurdity.  Before  they  ask  for  a 
division,  let  them  petition  to  the  tune 
of  2200  apiece  in  favor  of  Lewisburg 
and   Selinsgrove. 

Union  County  SS.  On  the  22nd 
day  of  March  A.  D.  1853,  personally 
appeared  before  me,  a  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and  for  said  county,  Simon 
K.  Herrold,  and  after  being  duly 
sworn  according  to  the  law,  saith, 
Myself  and  Heimbach  were  in  the 
Commissioners'  office,  when  Israel 
Gutelius  came  in.  This  was  on  Wed- 
nesday or  Thursday,  before  the  bonds 
were  signed.  Gutelius  said,  if  you 
Commissioners  would  take  ten  thous- 
and dollars  each,  and  sign  the  bonds, 
then  the  matter  would  be  dropped; 
Heimbach  said  here  with  the  money, 
and  I  said  that  I  would  not  sign  the 
Bonds,  neither  will  I  take  your  money. 
Signed  Simon  K.  Herrold.  Sworn  to 
and  subscribed  before  me  the  22d  d?y 
of  Mar.,  A.D.  '53.  J.  Swineford,  J.P. 


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Henry  Keiser  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Penn  Twp.,  in 
the  town  of  Charlestown.  Signers: 
Henry  S.  Boyer,  J.  K.  Davis,  H.  C. 
Eyer,  J.  Fisher,  G.  Hartman,  George 
Rishel,  Geo.  Schnure,  Geo.  Eby,  John 
Fry,  John  Emmitt,  S.  Gemberling, 
Henry  Lloyd,  Isaac  Gerhart. 

George  Hehn  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of 
Charlestown,  on  the  bank  of  the  riv- 
er, on  the  road  leading  from  Selins- 
grove  to  Fishers'  Ferry,  in  Penn  town- 
ship. Signers:  Jacob  Riblet,  Isaac  Col- 
dron,  Jas.  K.  Davis,  J.  Fisher,  Jacob 
Gingrich,  C.  W.  Emmett,  Peter  Bolig, 
George  Schnure,  Geo.  Eby,  Isaac  Ger- 
hart, Elijah  Coldron,  J.  y.  Ulrich. 

Reuben  Keller  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Ad- 
amsburg,  lately  occupied  by  Charles 
Wireman.  Signers:  Adam  Specht  Jr., 
Jacob  Gross,  G.  Oberdorff,  Jacob  Rar- 
ig,  Jno.  Spangler,  John  Sherey,  Geo. 
Miller,  S.  Wetzel,  S.  Knittle,  John 
Schambach,  D.  D.  Johnson. 

Wm.  J.  May  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  West  Beaver 
Twp.  known  as  Crosgrove  Hall.  Sign- 
ers: Wm.  Smith,  Daniel  Herbster, 
Wm.  Goss,  Henry  Benfer,  Gabreal 
Herbster,  Peter  Goss,  John  Ulsh,  H. 
Bombgardner,  Thos.  Herbster,  Adam 
Wagner,  Daniel  Knepp,  J.  H.  Peter, 
Elias  Weider. 
April  7,   1853. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of 
the  Susquehanna  Railroad  Company, 
held  at  Harrisburg,  Friday,  the  25th 
ult.,  it  was  resolved  to  proceed  at 
once  with  the  construction  of  the 
road  between  Sunbury  and  Lewis- 
burg.  A  public  letting  of  this  road 
will  be  held  at  Lewisburg  on  the  27th 
inst.  A  committee  was  also  appoint- 
ed to  make  arrangements  for  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  road  from  Lewisburg 
to   Williamsport,  through  Muncy. 

The  County  Buildings.  Mr.  Editor: 
I  see  by  an  article  in  the  last  Lewis- 
burg Chronicle,  on  the  subject  of  the 
county  buildings,  in  which  the  editor 
asks  "Who  paid  for  them?"  I  will  un- 
dertake to  answer  the  question.  Chris- 
topher Seebold,  Sr.,  deed.,  gave  the 
square  of  ground  upon  which  the 
Court  House  and  the  offices  stand, 
also  whereon  the  lot  where  the  jail 
now  stands, — FREE.  Besides  the 
ground  he  also  contributed  $200  to- 
wards the  building  of  the  Court 
House,  which  was  entirely  raised  by 
private  subscriptions,  and  the  great- 
er part  of  which  was  subscribed  by 


the  citizens  of  New  Berlin  and  vicin- 
ity. The  other  buildings  were  put  up 
by  the  county. 

On  the  10th  of  March  by  Rev.  W. 
G.  Hackman,  Mr.  Jacob  Wagner  was 
married  to  Miss  Louisa  Gerhart,  both 
of  West  Beaver. 

Margaret  Davis  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Se- 
linsgrove.  Signers:  Elijah  Couldron, 
Benj.  Houseworth,  James  Crouse,  C. 
R.  Rishel,  Jas.  K.  Davis,  George  Eby, 
E.  Osborn,  Jonathan  Fisher,  Wm.  H. 
Shroyer,  Joseph  Scharp,  Geo.  L.  Bak- 
er, Henry  Lloyd. 

John  W.  Drum  applied  to  the  May 
court  for  license  in  Upper  McKees 
Half  Falls,  in  Chapman  township. 
Signers:  W.  G.  Herrold,  S.  G.  Her- 
rold,  H.  G.  Herrold,  Simon  K.  Her- 
rold, Jacob  Sofal,  Wm.  A.  Shafer, 
^hilip  Moyer,  Jacob  Bartch,  George 
Hummel. 

Daniel  Showers  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  License  in  the  town  o' 
Centerville,  Centre  township,  Signers: 
J.  Farnswarth,  Geo.  Reish,  Conrad 
Wolfley,  Jacob  Reichley,  Jacob  Hart- 
man,  George  Sampsell,  Sr.,  Wm.  Bog- 
ar,  Jackson  Sampsel,  Jesse  Bilger, 
John  Elliot,  Peter  Reish. 

Geo.  A.  Smith  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Bea- 
vertown.  Signers:  Frederick  Binga- 
man,  John  Wetzel,  Jacob  Freed,  Jas. 
Fees,  John  Rahmstine,  Henry  Detrick, 
Anthony  Cutton,  John  Dorn,  John 
Swinehart,  Christian  Gross,  George 
Stetler,   David   Getz. 

Catherine  Hartman  applied  to  the 
May  Court  for  License  in  Centre 
township  in  the  same  place  occupied 
by  William  S.  Long  last  year.  Sign- 
ers: Jacob  Reichly,  Daniel  Showers, 
Charles,  Yerger,  John  Wagner,  Peter 
Reish,  Wm.  Bogar,  Michael  Yeisley, 
Lenard  Wittenmyer,  George  Samp- 
sell, D.  J.  Bogar,  J.  Farnsworth.  Is- 
rael Knettle,  John  Elliot,  Geo.  Her- 
man. 

List  of  Grand     Jurors     for     May 
Court: 
Centre.   Leonard   Wittenmyer,   Israel 

Knettle. 
West  Beaver,   George  Long. 
Penns.  Charles  Rhoads. 
Beaver.    Michael    Specht,   Peter   Fet- 

terolf. 

List   of  Traverse  Jurors   for   May 
Court: 
Penns.    Samuel   Hehn,    Philip   Kantz, 

Geo.  Adams,  Jesse  Yocum,  Eamuel 

Fehrer,   Henry   D.    Curns,     Henry 


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Kieffer,  Samuel  C.  Fisher,  Andrew 
Laudenslager,  Samuel  Ritter. 

Chapman.  J.  S.  Achmoody,  A.  Her- 
rold,  John  Herrold  Jr. 

Perry-  Zacharias  Gordon,  George 
Bertzline. 

Beaver.  Isaac  Aurand,  Adam  Specht 
Jr.,  Jacob  Gross. 

Centre.  Jacob  Fryer,  Wm.  Silvis. 

Middlecreek.  Samuel  Yoder,  H.  Wetz- 
el. 

West  Beaver.  Peter  Gross,   Sr. 

Washington.  Daniel  German. 

List  of     Petit     Jurors     for     May 

Court: 

Perry, — John  Shadle,  Jacobb  Martin. 

Centre.  Jacob  Renninger. 

Penns.  David  Jarrett,  John  S.  Wal- 
ter, Elias  C.  Hartman,  Henry  Moy- 
er. 

West  Beaver.  Michael  Gerhart,  John 
Lash. 

Beaver.  Aaron  J.  Middleswarth,  Ja- 
cob Kern. 

Chapman.  Emanuel  Acker. 

April  14,  1853. 

We  see  by  the  Lewisburg  Chronicle 
that  there  are  2130  names  to  the  pe- 
titions asking  for  a  division  of  the 
county,  and  1846  opposed  to  it.  The 
writer  also  says  that  many  petitioned 
who  had  signed  remonstrances,  thru 
fraud.  Is  Mr.  Wordon  aware,  or  will 
he  inform  the  people,  how  many  dif- 
ferent kinds  of  petitions  have  been 
sent  on  to  Harrisburg  asking  for  a 
division?  Or  will  some  of  the  friends 
of  the  division  let  the  people  into  the 
secret,  how  many  different  petitions 
they  had  to  suit  different  localities, 
and  then  cut  off  the  heading  and  at- 
tached them  to  their  petitions  for  a 
division.  It  comes  with  a  bad  grace 
for  the  Chronicle  to  talk  about  fraur' 
and  deception  being  practised  upon 
the  people,  when  the  friends  of  the 
division  have  been  guilty  of  circula- 
tion three  or  four  different  kinds  of 
petitions.  Why  were  the  first  petitions 
altered,  and  the  clause  inserted  of- 
fering to  release  the  south  side  of 
the  county  from  the  $200,000  bonds? 
No  fraud  is  this,  Oh  no.  Who  printed 
them?  If  we  mistake  not  Hickok  ad- 
mitted that  he  did  the  job.  What  was 
the  bill  read  by  Slifer  in  the  Senate, 
and  printed  in  some  of  the  papers, 
but  to  catch  names?  Will  the  editor 
of  the  Chronicle  risk  his  reputation 
as  a  lawyer,  and  say  that  such  a  law 
could  be  passed,  and  have  any  bear- 
ing, when  the  Constitution  of  our  own 
state  expressly  states,  that  no  such  a 
law    shall    be    passed,    Tmparing    the 


obligation  of  contracts.'  No  decep- 
tion practised  then  in  printing  peti- 
tions setting  forth  to  the  people  that 
they  shall  be  released?  No  fraud  or 
decepton  when  a  bill  is  read  in  the 
Senate  of  Pennsylvania  and  held  up 
to  the  people  containing  an  unconsti- 
tutional clause,  for  the  purpose  of 
inducing  them  to  sign  for  a  division? 
With  all  this  deception  staring  them 
in  the  face,  they  still  cry  out,  'decep- 
tion.' 'fraud'.  Out  upon  such  arrant 
knavery  and  hypocrisy. 

Trial  of  Win.  Van  Dyke.  On  Tues- 
day last  the  case  of  the  Common- 
wealth against  Wm.  Van  Dyke,  who 
was  indicted  for  assault  and  battery 
with  intent  to  kill,  upon  the  person 
of  A.  C.  Simpson,  Esq.,  was  called  up. 
This  was  a  stabbing  case  that  occur- 
ed  on  the  West  Branch  Bridge,  at 
Northumberland,  on  the  night  of  the 
31st.  of  January.  A  good  deal  of  in- 
terest was  manifested,  and  the  court 
house  considerably  crowded  during 
the  trial.  The  testimony  was  closed  on 
Wednesday,  towards  evening,  when 
G.  F.  Miller,  Esq.,  commenced  sum- 
ming up  for  the  Commonwealth.  Aft- 
er Mr.  Miller  had  concluded,  the 
Court  was  adjourned  to  8  o'clock, 
when  David  Taggart,  Esq.,  and  Hon. 
Joseph  Casey  concluded  on  the  part 
of  the  Commonwealth.  The  speeches 
of  the  counsels  were  listened  to  with 
much  interest  by  a  large  and  respect- 
able audience,  and  what  was  some- 
thing unusual,  one  of  the  front  seat^ 
were  wholly  occupied  by  ladies  of 
the  place.  As  it  was  after  ten  o'clock 
at  night,  Judge  Jordan  did  not  charge 
the  jury  until  the  next  morning.  His 
charge  was  a  clear  &  lucid  exposition 
of  the  law  in  all  its  bearings.  The 
Jury,  after  an  absence  of  several 
hours,  came  in  court  with  a  verdict 
of  guilty  on  the  third  count.  The 
court  then  sentenced  the  defendant 
to  a  fine  of  one  dollar — the  costs  of 
prosecution,  and  six  months  imprison- 
ment in  the  county  Jail. 

Philio  Schnee  applied  to  the  May 
r«ourt  for  license  in  Perry  township. 
Signers:  John  Garman,  Philip  Wern- 
ert  Jr.,  Samuel  German,  Henry  Rine, 
Harrison  Meiser,  Jacob  Rathfon, 
Samuel  Troup,  Henry  C.  Houtz,  Geo. 
Foltz,  Michael  Mengel,  George  Rine, 
Frederick  Rathfon,  Jacob  Martin, 
Daniel  Lease. 

Lewis  Lenhart  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  Penn  Township, 
"t  the  nlace  known  as  the  Sunbury 
Ferry  House,   on  the     road     leading 


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from  Selinsgrove  to  Northumberland. 
Signers:  L.  R.  Hummel,  Jacob  Slear, 
H.  B.  Hettrick,  J.  H.  App,  Leonard 
App,  G.  Leisenring,  Jesse  Yocum, 
Willoby  Trexle,  Isaac  Hottenstein, 
Geo.  Keen,  Jacob  Millhoff,  J.  P.  Het- 
trick. 

William  Byers  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  in  the  town  of  Se- 
linsgrove. Signers:  A.  S.  Cummings, 
Casper  Hane,  Geo.  L.  Becker,  Geo. 
Eby,  Capt.  John  Hehn,  John  Emmitt, 

E.  Osborne,  Wm.  J.  Myers,  James  K. 
Davis,  Jonathan  Fisher,  Chas.  W.  Em- 
mitt, Samuel  Stauffer,  C.  Shroyer. 

George  Keen  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  License  in  Penns  township 
in  the  town  of  Shamokin  Dam. 
Signers:  L.  R.  Hummel,  H.  B.  Het- 
trick, Lewis  Lenhart,  Jacob  Millhoff, 
J.  H.  App,  Samuel  Wise,  R.  H.  Coryell 

F.  M.  Rishel,  Henry  Aurand,  Daniel 
Gaugler,  Geo.  Fisher,  Jacob  Grainer, 
Jonas  Trexler. 

Henry  A.  Smith  applied  for  license 
to  the  May  court  in  the  town  of  Mid- 
dleburg.  Signers:  David  Schwenck, 
Levi  Scott,  J.  Bachman,  J.  Aurand, 
John  Barbin,  D.  J.  Bogar  Samuel 
Wittenmyer,  Lewis  King,  R.  W.  Smith 
David  Swengel,  Albright  Swineford, 
Joseph  Bowersox. 

April  21,   1853. 

Sunbury    and    Erie    Railroad.    We 

understand  that  on  Saturday  last  an 
agreement  was  entered  between  the 
officers  of  the  Sunbury  and  Erie 
Railroad  and  the  representative  of 
a  company  of  rich  foreign  capitalists 
by  which  the  latter  agree  to  furnish 
$4,000,000  to  build  the  road  and  en- 
sure its  completion  within  two  years. 
This  arrangement  is  subject  of  the 
approval  of  the  parties  interested  a- 
broad,  and  if  it  meets  their  approba- 
tion, the  road  will  be  at  once  put  un- 
der contract. 

Isaac  Rumfelt  applied  for  license 
to  the  May  Court  in  Chapman  town- 
ship. Signers:  Levi  S.  Herrold,  Abel 
Herrold,  Peter  Clemens,  Jesse  Grubb, 
Jacob  H.  Lenig,  Jacob  Kerstetter, 
Henry  Herrold,  Elijah  Anderson, 
Isiac  Hendricks,  Jacob  Hausworth, 
William  Snyder,  Jonathan  Straup. 
April  28,   1853. 

We  are  pleased  to  see  that  our 
Crotzersville  friends  have  caught  up 
the  spirit  of  improvement,  and  are 
determined  to  go  ahead  with  a  rush. 
A  number  of  new  buildings  are  in 
course  of  erection.  Beautiful  panel 
fencing  painted  white,   enclose     the 


lots,  presenting  a  very  neat  appear- 
ance. 

Married.  On  the  10th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
Anspach,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Herman  to 
Miss  Catherine  Fisher,  all  of  Selins- 
grove. On  the  17th  inst.  by  Rev. 
Hackman,  Mr.  Daniel  Snook  to  Miss 
Adda*  Klingler,  both  of  Beaver.  On 
the  21st  inst.,  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Jacob  Stumpf,  of  Decature  Twp.,  to 
Miss  Catherine  Oldt,  of  West  Bea- 
ver. 
May    5,    1853. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  Freeburg 
Academy  will  be  laid  on  the  29th  of 
May.  Addresses     will     be     delivered 
both  in  German  and  English. 
May  12,  1853. 

An  article  was  given  on  the  natur- 
al advantages  of  New  Berlin. 
May  19,  1853. 

A  tremendous  thunder  storm  pass- 
ed over  this  place  yesterday  evening. 
The  ground  was  white  with  hail 
some  of  which  were  as  large  as  haz- 
elnuts. No  serious  damage,  we  be- 
lieve, was  sustained,  excepting  the  de- 
struction of  the  wire  bridge,  above 
town,  the  breaking  of  window-lights 
and  the  demolition  of  vegetables.  Our 
streets  presented  an  unbroken  sheet 
of  water.  If  the  storm  was  as  violent 
in  Centre  county,  as  with  us,  we  may 
expect  Penns  Creek  to  get  into  a 
rage. 
May   26,    1853. 

A  corps  of  Engineers  are  making 
a  survey  of  the  Lewisburg,  Centre 
and  Spruce  Creek  Railroad.  Th; 
road  will  run  through  a  valuable  ag- 
ricultural district,  and  will  be  an  im- 
portant connection  between  the  Cent- 
ral, the  Sunbury  and  Erie  and  the 
Catawissa  Railroad. 

Union  County  Fair.  Pursuant  to 
notice,  the  following  Officers  of  the 
Union  County  Agricultural  Society 
met  on  Tuesday,  17th  inst.,  Messrs. 
Gundy,  Mengas,  Eyer,  John  Gundy, 
Laird,  Lincoln,  ^nyder  and  Worden. 
The  court  being  in  session,  the  Board 
met  in  the  office  of  Mr.  Casey.  Mes- 
srs. Snyder  and  Eyer,  by  request 
waited  upon  the  County  Commission- 
ers, and  obtained  their  consent  for 
the  use  of  the  enclosed  public  grounds 
in  the  rear  of  the  Court  House  for  tne 
First  Fair.  Voted  that  an  admission 
fee  of  12%  cents  be  exacted  of  all 
visitors  who  are  not  members,  and 
that  all  persons  not  members,  com- 
peting for  premiums,  shall  pay  as  an 
entrance  fee  fifty  cents. 


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Railroads.  Railroads  are  generally 
constructed  by  Capitalists.  If  it  can 
be  made  appear  that  the  stock  is 
good  and  will  pay,  there  is  no 
trouble  in  getting  money  subscribed. 
But  before  entering  into  any  such  en- 
terprise, the  first  inquiry  is,  will  the 
road  prove  profitable,  and  is  it  the 
shortest  route  terminus  to  another? 
Now  there  is  at  present  a  great  deal 
said  about  the  making  of  a  railroad  to 
Lewisburg  to  intersect  the  Central 
road  at  Spruce  Creek.  In  my  esti- 
mation, the  most  economical  route 
would  be  from  Lewisburg  via  of  Dry 
Valley,  New  Berlin,  etc.  to  Lewis- 
town.  This  is  the  nearest  and  cheap- 
est route  that  can  be  hit  upon  to  in- 
tersect the  Central  Road.  It  could 
be  built  at  least  one  million  cheaper 
than  the  so  called  Spruce  Creek  road 
now  in  contemplation,  and  the  dis- 
tance would  be  one  third  less,  a  per- 
fectly level  road,  without  a  solitary 
hill  or  mountain  in  it.  It  would  pass 
along  the  inexhaustible  iron  beds  of 
New  Berlin  and  through  a  wealthy 
and  thickly  populated  country. 

June   9,    1853. 

As  there  is  considerable  excitement 
throughout  the  county  upon  the  sub- 
ject of  caves,  in  consequence  of  the 
new  discovery  upon  the  farm  of 
Youngman  &  Walter,  in  Dry  Valley, 
we  present  to  our  readers  a  sketch 
of  caves  in  general  etc.,  which  will 
be  read  with  interest. 

Susquehanna  Railroad.  We  under- 
stand that  the  directors  of  this  road, 
at  their  meeting  Friday  in  Baltimore, 
unanimously  resolved  to  push  the 
road  through  to  Lewisburg,  without 
further  delay. 

Married.  On  the  12th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Isaac  Spade  to  Miss 
Harriet  Neiman,  both  of  Middlecreek. 
On  the  2nd  inst.,  by  the  same  Mr. 
Samuel  Hackmann  to  Miss  Levan  T. 
Hayns,  both  of  Adamsburg.  On  the 
31  ult.  by  Rev.  E.  Kiefler,  Dr.  David 
H.  Miller  to  Miss  Sarah  Hoffman, 
both  of  Mifflinburg.  On  the  5th  inst., 
by  Rev.  J.  G.  Anspach,  Mr.  Solomon 
Derr  to  Miss  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Overdorf,  all  of  Mifflinburg. 
June  23,    1853. 

Suicide.  Mr.  John  Kantz,  of  Wash- 
ington township,  left  home  Friday  af- 
ternoon last,  whilst  laboring  under 
considerable  depression  of  spirits,  oc- 
cassioned  by  the  improper  conduct  of 
of  his  son,  George,  who  now  is  con- 
fined in  jail  at  this  place,  and  pro- 
ceeded to     the     mountain     between 


Woodling's  and  Faust's  Valleys, 
where  he  hanged  himself  with  his 
handkerchief  at  a  young  chestnut 
tree.  Mr.  Kantz  was  a  highly  moral 
and  respectable  citizen,  and  his  un- 
timely death  is  deeply  regretted  by 
all  who  had  the  pleasure  of  his  ac- 
quaintance. As  a  parent,  he  was  kind 
and  indulgent — as  a  citizen,  univers- 
ally loved  and  possessed  a  character 
beyond  the  reach  of  suspicion  or 
slander. 

Married.  On  the  16th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
C.  M.  Klink,  at  Lewistown,  Mr.  Jas. 
M.  Horlacher,  to  Miss  Harriet,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Isaac  Rothrock,  both  of 
Adamsburg. 
June  30,   1853. 

Susquehanna  Railroad.  The  grading 
and  masonry  of  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad  from  Sunbury  to  Lewisburg, 
was  allotted  to  Michael  Burke,  of 
Harrisburg,  he  being  the  lowest  re- 
spectable bidder. 
July   7,    1853. 

The  Susquehanna  and  Spruce  Hill 
Railroads.  It  is  currently  reported 
that  the  extension  of  the  Susquehan- 
na Railroad  to  Lewisburg,  was  grant- 
ed by  the  Board  of  Managers,  upon 
the  condition  that  the  citizens  of  the 
county  are  to  raise  the  money  to  con- 
struct it.  This  proviso  also  applies  to 
the  upper  division  of  the  road,  from 
Lewisburg  to  Williamsport  to  be 
built  without  any  expense  to  the  Co. 
It  is  to  be  separate  and  distinct  from 
the  main  road — dependent  upon  its 
own  resources  and  revenues,  and 
when  built  will  have  no  part  or  par- 
cel in  the  profits  of  the  lower  road. 
The  company  have  the  right  to  au- 
thorize the  construction  upon  any 
terms  they  may  see  fit  to  dictate,  and 
if  acceded  to,  the  stockholders  be- 
come the  responsible  party  as  re- 
gards to  loss  and  profit.  Our  county 
subscription,  therefore,  can  be  con- 
sidered as  good  as  lost. 

This  then  is  the  way  the  matter 
stands,  from  the  fact  that  the  Com- 
pany has  not  the  means  to  complete 
the  road,  and  is  unwilling  to  haz- 
ard the  risk  of  crippling  its  energies 
and  embarrassing  its  resources.  Con- 
sequently this  part  of  the  branch,  at 
best,  will  be  an  unsafe  investment, 
and,  in  our  humble  opinion,  its  ghost 
will  soon  return  to  torment  the  peo- 
ple. Now,  how  much  better  for  all, 
when  it  is  known  that  the  Sunbury 
and  Erie  road  will  be  made,  if  this 
branch  to  Lewisburg  was  at  once  a- 
bandoned,    and   the    county   subscrip- 


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tion  given  to  the  Spruce  Creek  Road, 
which  will  pass  through  a  wealthy 
and  populous  part  of  the  county,  and 
not  barely  along  a  few  miles  of  our 
territory.  The  Spruce  Creek  road  will 
unquestionably  pay  better,  and  be  of 
more  general  advantage  to  the  citi- 
zens of  the  county,  than  this  small 
branch,  which  if  not  immediately  com- 
pleted to  Williamsport,  will  be  an 
endless  burden  and  tax  upon  the  peo- 
ple. A  bridge  across  the  West  Branch 
at  Winfield,  the  stock  of  which  could 
be  readily  sold,  would  afford  New 
Berlin  and  Dry  Valley  ample  accom- 
modations to  the  Erie  road.  This  view 
of  the  subject,  to  our  mind,  is  the 
most  practicable  that  can  be  suggest- 
ed. If  the  credit  of  the  county  must 
be  taxed  to  facilicate  the  construc- 
tion of  any  great  enterprise,  give  us 
assurances  of  assistance  in  the  erec- 
tion of  a  bridge  at  Winfield,  and  then 
let  the  county  subscription  go  to  the 
Spruce  Creek  road.  There  is  no  use 
wasting  our  means  on  a  branch  road 
of  doubtful  propriety,  when  this 
large  sum  would  go  far  toward  en- 
suring the  success  of  the  Spruce  Hill 
Road.  We  are  opposed  to  the  prin- 
ciple of  municipal  subscription,  be- 
lieving it  wrong  and  dangerous,  yet 
if  the  county  is  to  be  forced  into  mak- 
ing a  subscription,  let  us  choose  that 
which  is  most  reasonable  and  just — 
calculated  to  benefit  the  greatest  num- 
ber, with  the  least  amount  of  risk. 

The  following  Post  Office  appoint- 
ments have  been  made  in  Union  Co. 
James  Aiken,  Selinsgrove;  John  Her- 
rold,  Chapman;  H.  N.  Backhous,  Mc- 
Kees  Half  Falls;  Edward  Bassler, 
Freeburg;  Robert  W.  Smith,  Middle- 
burg;  H.  D.  Maize,  New  Berlin;  G. 
A.  Smith,  Beavertown;  Reuben  Kel- 
ler, Beaver  Springs,  Wm.  Bogar, 
Penns  Creek. 

Hail  Storm  at  Northumberland. 
July  1st,  a  most  terrible  hail  storm 
passed  over  this  place,  from  the  west, 
about  three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
extending  some  five  miles  in  width. 
Nearly  every  farmer  has  lost  almost 
his  entire  harvest,  Fruits  of  all  kind=; 
have  suffered  much.  Several  thousand 
panes  of  window  glass  have  been 
broken  here.  In  some  buildines  as 
his:h  as  200  lights  were  broken.  Some 
of  the  hail  stones  measured  7  xk  inch- 
es in  circumference.  A.  E.  Kapp's 
loss  will  exceed  $1000. 

Henry  Aurand,  Jr.,  is  the  proprie- 
tor of  the  Isle  of  Que  Hotel,  Selins- 
grove. He  succeeded  Michael  Eckhart. 


July    14,    1853. 

It  is  well  known  that  a  charter  has 
been  obtained  for  the  building  of  a 
bridge  across  the  Susquehanna,  at  Se- 
linsgrove, and  that  the  Commission- 
ers have  given  notice  that  they  will 
receive  subscriptions  at  eight  differ- 
ent places,  in  Union,  Northumberland 
and  Schuylkill  counties  on  the  27th 
inst.  This  is  all  right,  too,  provided, 
the  money  can  be  raised.  That  how- 
ever, is  the  point  to  which  I  ask  at- 
tention. Now,  what  will  be  the  prob- 
able cost  of  Construction?  Eighty 
thousand  dollars  is  the  lowest  esti- 
mate I  have  heard  named. 

Married.  On  the  2nd  of  June  by 
Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  Henry  Getts 
to  Miss  Caroline  Borger,  all  of  Mus- 
ser's  Valley.  On  the  same  day  by  the 
same  Mr.  H.  P.  Jarrett  to  Miss  Rebec- 
ca Musselman,  of  Selinsgrove.  On  the 
13th  of  June,  by  the  same,  Mr.  Fred- 
erick M.  Kremer,  to  Miss  Elmira, 
daughter  of  Isaac  Smith  Esq.,  all  of 
Middleburg.  On  the  16th  of  June,  by 
the  same,  Mr.  Hiram  Herbster  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Krebbs,  all  of  West  Beaver. 
On  the  same  day,  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Samuel  Thomas  to  Miss  Sarah  Hartley 
all  of  Musser's  Valley. 
July   21,    1853. 

We  learn  from  the  last  'Union 
Demokrat'  that  the  Railroad  Division 
men  have  determined  upon  disregard- 
ing the  call  of  the  Whig  Standing 
Committee,  so  far  as  the  Legislature 
is  concerned,  and  will  consequently 
run  Snyder  upon  his  own  bottom.  Go 
it,  ye  cripples. 
July  28,    1853. 

The  directors  of  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad  are  willing  to  give  up  the 
bonds,  in  case  of  a  new  division,  and 
run  the  risk  of  receiving  a  new  sub- 
scription from  the  county  through 
which  the  railroad  will  pass — Union 
Demokrat,  7th  inst.  In  reading  the 
above  extract,  the  first  thought  that 
suggests  itself  to  the  mind  is  this, 
viz :  that  the  bonds  were  fraudulantly 
obtained — that  the  people  will  never 
submit  to  the  outrage,  and  that  con- 
sequently, a  new  humbug  must  be 
tried  to  gull  the  tax  payers  a  second 
time. 

Ha!  Ha!,  we  have  just  learned  that 
Jake  Gundy,  the  Whig  railroad  di- 
vision candidate  for  commissioner, 
has  seen  the  'Elephant'  and  backed 
out.  That  is  sensible.  We  rather  guess 
that  Henry  W.  Snyder  wishes  himself 
out  of  the  scrape  too.  If  he  hasn't 
sense  enough  to  see  the  overwhelming 


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defeat  that  awaits  him,  he  will  hear 
of  it  next  Saturday  a  week.  The  idea 
of  dividing  a  county  like  Union  is 
too  ridiculous  to  think  of,  and  hence 
it  is  no  wonder  that  Gundy  got  asham- 
ed of  himself  and  withdrew.  If  the 
people  are  dissatisfied  with  New  Ber- 
lin, let  them  go  for  a  removal  of  the 
county  seat. 

Henry  Baum  just  informs  the  pub- 
lic that  he  has  taken  the  place  form- 
erly known  as  Mohr's  Tavern,  in  Mid- 
dlecreek  township. 

Jacob  Rumfelt  will  have  private 
sale  of  a  larg3  and  commodious  tav- 
ern owned  by  the  late  Col.  J.  G.  Her- 
rold,  situated  in  Chapman  township 
about  midway  between  Selinsgrove 
and  Liverpool. 

August  4,   1853. 

It  has  been  reported  by  a  few  de- 
signing men — who  were  conspicuous 
characters  in  the  Sheckler  cheat  last 
fall  that  provided  the  citizens  on  the 
south  side  of  Penns  Creek  would  sus- 
tain the  nominations  and  elections  of 
Snyder,  Gundy,  Hill  and  other  Rail- 
road candidates,  of  old  Gutelius'  se- 
lection, The  Susquehanna  Railroad 
Company  would  agree  to  release  said 
part  of  the  county  from  the  payment 
of  the  $200,000  subscription.  We 
are  strongly  of  the  opinion  that  the 
company  will  be  spared  the  trouble  of 
drawing  up  the  papers.  The  people 
have  taken  a  notion  of  relieving  the 
company  from  any  further  Sheckler 
pledges,  or  swindles — such  as  were 
so  disgracefully  perpetrated  last  fall- 
by  the  arrest  of  Mr.  Heimbach,  one 
of  the  Commissioners  who  has  turn- 
ed the  State's  evidence,  implicating 
certain  parties  and  making  a  'clean 
breast'  of  it.  Since  these  disclosures, 
however,  we  have  heard  it  rumored 
that  it  was  a  trick  of  old  Israel's — 
to  humbug  the  people  as  usual — 
that  he  had  no  authority  to  do  so,  and 
that  he  acted  altogether  upon  his  own 
hook.  Be  this  as  it  may,  the  whole 
matter  looks  suspicious,  and  had  the 
scheme  worked  well,  "gone  it  with  a 
rush"  as  the  Sheckler  fraud,  with  a 
hearty  hurrah  it  would  have  elicited. 
But  the  days  of  humbugry  have  gone 
by;  the  people  can  no  longer  be  led 
by  the  nose  by  such  imposters  and 
hyprocrits  are  now  leading  off  on 
the  railroad  division  question. 

Charge  of  an  Attempt  to  Bribe. 
Israel  Gutelius,  Editor  of  the  'Union 
Demokrat'  at  Selinsgrove,  was  ar- 
rested on  Tuesday  the  2nd  inst.,   on 


a  warrant  issued  by  Esq.  Swineford, 
of  this  place,  charged  with  an  at- 
tempt to  bribe  George  Heimbach, 
one  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  coun- 
ty to  acquiesce  in  an  extension  of  the 
agreement  between  the  Susquehanna 
Railroad  Company  and  the  Commis- 
sioners of  the  county,  and  also  to  at- 
tempt to  bribe  said  Heimbach  to  the 
signing  of  the  bonds  for  $200,000  to 
the  said  Company.  Gutelius  was  held 
to  bail  in  $3,000  before  Justice  Rib- 
let,  of  Penns  township,  for  his  ap- 
pearance  at   court. 

Sunbury  and  Erie  Railroads.  The 
work  on  this  road  between  Sunbury 
and  Williamsport  is  steadily  pro- 
gressing. The  grading  between  Mil- 
ton and  Black  Hole,  about  16  miles 
is  half  done,  some  four  or  five  sec- 
tions above  Warrior  Run,  Culverts 
and  all,  being  entirely  completed.  The 
bridge  over  the  Susquehanna,  about 
two  miles  below  the  Muncy  dam,  is 
also  progressing.  More  than  one  third 
of  the  stone,  covering  several  acres 
are  already  on  the  ground  and  dress- 
ed, and  the  masonary  of  the  piers  go- 
ing up.  The  section  through  Milton 
is  grader1,  and  the  o^e  below,  running 
through  thf1  farm  of  James  Camer- 
on, Esq.,  about  half  done.  The  lirst 
section  above  Chillisquaqua  Creek, 
and  the  three  above,  are  also  vigor- 
ously prosecuted.  The  section  on  the 
firm  of  Mr.  Watts,  four  miles  above 
Northumberland,  is  about  half  done, 
and  the  remaining  sections  down, 
which  are  light,  are  also  about  to  be 
commenced.  The  road  is  to  be  grad- 
ed immediately  for  a  double  track. 
Whether  for  a  narrow,  or  for  a  six 
foot  gauge,  will  we  presume,  says  tho 
Sunbury  American,  depend  upon  the 
success  of  Mr.  Fallon's  mission  to 
Europe.  Should  he  not  succeed,  and 
the  Philadelphians  refuse  to  take  the 
matter  into  their  hands,  the  project 
will,  says  the  American,  fall  into  the 
hands  of  the  New  York  capitalists, 
who  will  undoubtedly  adopt  the  wide 
gauge. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  persons 
recommended  for  the  different  offic- 
es this  fall:  Assembly,  John  Swine- 
ford, and  John  T.  Smith,  of  New 
Berlin;  Philip  Hilbish,  of  Chapman; 
Prothonotary,  Samuel  Roush,  of  New 
Berlin;  Commissioner,  Samuel  Leitz- 
el,  of  Middlecreek,  Daniel  German, 
of  Freeburg,  Charles  Krebs,  of  West 
Beaver;  Treasurer,  James  Barber,  of 
Union,  Jacob  Horlacher,  of  New  Ber- 
lin;    Prosecuting     Attorney,     A.     C. 


Simpson,  of  Selinsgrove;  Deputy  Sur- 
veyor, Henry  Moatz,     of     Freeburg; 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  Septem- 
ber Court: 

Washington,  George  C.  Moyer. 
Penns.  James  Eagan,  H.  B.  Hettrick, 

Geo.    D.    Miller,   John   Fry,   Josiah 

Weakley. 
Centre.   John    Spaid,   Aaron   R.    Gift, 

Aaron  Hassinger,  David  Schwenck, 

Conrad  Woefley. 
West    Beaver.    George    Erb,    George 

Knepp. 
Perry.  Jonas  Snyder. 

List   of   Traverse  Jurors   for   Sep- 
tember Court: 
Chapman.     Philip     Herrold,     Samuel 

Sholl. 
Beaver.  John  Wetzel,  John  D.  Smith. 
Washington.  E.  Houtz,  J.  Keeler,  An- 
thony Specht. 
Penns.  Jacob  H.  Erdley,  George     B. 

German,      Henry        Reiser,      Wm. 
Hughes. 
West  Beaver.  Amos  Wireman,   Peter 

Frees,   Andrew  Ulsh      Sr.,      Daniel 

Alter. 
Perry.  George  Hoffman,  William  Ar- 

bogast,  John  Bailey. 
Middlecreek.  John  Bickel. 

List    of   Petit   Jurors    for    Septem- 
ber Court: 
Centre.  P.  H.  Markle,  Jacob  Swarm, 

Jacob   Felmly. 
Washington.  John  B.  Riegel,  George 

Hilbish,  John  S.  Hackenburg,  Geo. 

C.   Glass,  D.  Boyer. 
Beaver.   George   Miller,  Henry  Kern, 

William  C.  Engle. 
Penns.  John  Pierson,   Geo.  Deatrick, 

James  Jarrett. 
Chapman.  John  Rank,     H.     Herrold, 

Jacob  Sechrist. 
August    11,    1853. 

Whig  Convention.  This  body  met 
at  the  court  house  on  Monday  last. 
The  total  number  of  votes  polled  for 
Assembly  was  1629.  The  question  of 
the  division  was  made.  The  question 
on  the  part  of  the  disorganizers,  and 
the  result,  as  might  well  have  been 
expected,  was  a  withering  rebuke — 
overwhelming  and  annihilating — to 
the  unprincipled  clique  who  wish  to 
feast  and  fatten  upon  the  hard  earn- 
ings of  the  people.  The  vote  stood  for 
Simonton  1135, — Snyder,  418 — ma- 
jority against  a  division  717.  The 
whole  anti-division  ticket  succeeded 
by  large  majorities,  as  follows: 
Assembly.    Simonton    1135;      Snyder 

418;  Beale  76. 
Prothonotary.         Hackenberg,      726; 

Chamberlin,      439;      Cawley     275; 


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83 


Weirick  166. 

Commissioner.  Seebold  955;  Gundv 
539;  Stock  101. 

Prosecuting  Attorney.  Van  Gezer 
846;  Hill  604. 

Deputy  Surveyor.  Hayes  1154;  Her- 
rold 293. 

Auditor.  Peters  465;  Smith  263;  Dief- 
fenderfer  451. 

The  most  ridiculous  part  of  the 
performance,  however,  was  the  fol- 
lowing resolution  offered  by  Col. 
Slifer,  and  seconded  by  Geo.  F.  Mil- 
ler, Esq.,  two  of  the  directors  of  the 
Susquehanna  Railroad.  'Straws  show 
which  way  the  wind  blows."  To  pre- 
sume that  the  people  of  Old  Union 
can  be  Shecklerized  again,  by  any 
such  tomfoolery,  or  dead  mackerel, 
like  the  above-when  the  object  of  it 
is  a  mere  cloak  to  drown  the  excite- 
ment on  the  bonds — is  a  stretch  of  the 
imagination,  founded  upon  the  ex- 
ploded theory  that  the  'moon  is  made 
cf  green  cheese."  Resolved — That 
this  convention  recommends  to  the 
election  officers  of  the  several  elec- 
tion districts  of  the  county,  the  pro- 
curing of  suitable  boxes  in  which  to 
deposit  ballots  for  and  against  di- 
\isifn.  ballots  to  be  labelled  on  the 
outside  'Division,  and  on  the  inside 
'For  Division  or  Against  Division' 
and  that  a  return  of  the  vote  be  made 
at  the  same  time  and  in  tfcr;  same 
manner  that  the  votes  for  the  several 
offices  are  returned. 

We  have  not  thought  it  worth  our 
while  to  notice  the  reckless  and  li- 
belous assertions  that  have  been  made 
by  scheming  demagogues  and  broken 
down  speculators,  in  relation  to  the 
building  of  a  new  Court  House  in 
this  place.  It  is  well  known  to  all 
those  who  have  read  the  Affidavit  of 
Conrad  Mitchell,  that  Israel  Gutelius 
wns  the  instigator  of  the  project, 
with  a  view  of  making  political  cap- 
ital in  favor  of  a  division.  We  would 
now  state,  however,  that  New  Ber- 
lin does  not  ask  for  a  new  Court 
House — we  are  satisfied  with  it  as 
it  is — and  never  shall  ask  the  county 
to  erect  one  at  its  own  expense.  The 
present  building  with  a  few  neces- 
sary repairs,  is  good  enough  for  all 
practical  purposes.  When  the  citizens 
of  New  Berlin  demand  a  new  court 
house,  they  will  build  it  with  their 
own  money. 

John  Swineford  was  appointed  by 
the  Orphan's  Court  to  make  distribu- 
tion of  the  balance  in  the  hands  of 
Henry   Moatz,   trustee   of  the   estate 


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of  Sarah  Ickes,  late  of  Perry  town- 
ship, deceased. 
August   18,   1853. 

We  invite  the  attention  of  the  tax- 
payers of  Old  Union  to  the  following 
affidavit  of  Dr.  Conrad  Mitchell,  in 
relation  to  the  project  of  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  court  house.  The  citi- 
zens of  New  Berlin  hereby  give  no- 
tice, that  when  they  ask  the  erection 
of  'splendid  public  buildings'  they 
will  not  call  upon  the  county  to  build 
them,  but  will  put  them  up  at  their 
own  expense.  Let  the  following  affi- 
davit, however,  explain  the  prime 
mover  in  the  new  court  scheme. 
AFFIDAVIT. 
Union  County  SS — 

On  the  11th  day  of  March  A.  D. 
1833,  before  me  the  subscriber,  Jus- 
tice of  the  peace  in  and  for  the  said 
county,  personally  came  Conrad 
Mitchel  of  the  township  of  Union,  in 
said  county,  who  after  being  duly  af- 
firmed, according  to  law,  saith,  that 
Israel  Gutelius,  was  the  first,  in  New 
Berlin,  with  whom  he  spoke  about 
building  a  New  Court  House  at  New 
Berlin;  and  the  said  Gutelius  took 
him  into  his  office,  and  there  showed 
him  the  list  of  Grand  Jurors  for 
February  term,  and  picked  the  names 
of  such  jurors  whom  he,  Gutelius, 
thought  would  be  certain  to  go  for 
a  new  court  house:  and  by  the  names 
he  then  picked  out,  he  felt  confident 
the  jury  would  report  favorably;  he 
then  urged  Mitchell  to  go  and  see 
others,  and  get  out  a  petition  and 
have  it  circulated.  After  he,  Mitchel, 
had  done  so,  under  the  advise  of 
Gutelius,  and  had  obtained  a  goodly 
number  of  signatures  he  presented  it 
to  Gutelius  to  sign  it,  which  he  then 
refused  to  do,  and  further  saith  not. 
CONRAD  MITCHELL.  Affirmed  and 
signed  before  me  this  11th  day  of 
March  A.  D.  1853. 
August    25,    1853. 

More  Arrests. — Maj.  John  Gundy, 
of  East  Buffalo,  and  Isaac  Eyer, 
Esq.,  of  Union  township,  have  been 
arrested  and  held  to  bail  in  large 
sums  for  attempted  bribery  of  Geo. 
Heimbach,  to  sign  the  bonds  for 
$200,000  to  the  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road Company. 

The  Democratic  County  Conven- 
tion met  in  this  place,  Monday  last, 
and  organized  by  the  appointment  of 
Wm.  Forster,  Esq.,  as  Chairman,  and 
James  K.  Davis  and  H.  C.  Hickok, 
Secretaries.  The  credentials  of  the 
delegates,  having  been  received,  the 


convention  preceded  to  the  nomination 
of  candidates,  viz:  Assembly — Col. 
Reuben  Keller;  John  V.  Barber,  Esq., 
John  Swineford,  Esq.,  and  Philip  Hil- 
bish,  Esq.,  (the  names  of  Messrs. 
Keller  and  Swineford,  were  then 
withdrawn)  Prothonotary — Samuel 
Roush  (no  opposition).  Treasurer — 
Rev.  James  Barber,  Robt.  Swine- 
ford. Commissioner  Samuel  Leitzel, 
Henry  High.  Dep.  Surveyor,  Henry 
Moatz,  (no  opposition.)  Prosecuting 
Attorney,  A.  C.  Simpson,  Henry  W. 
Bonsall.  Auditors,  Laird  Howard, 
James  Madden.  Trustees,  John  Slon- 
aker,  John  M.  Taylor,  Wm.  Forster. 
The  above,  we  believe,  embraces  the 
names  of  all  the  persons  brought  be- 
fore the  Convention.  The  secretaries 
neglected  to  furnish  us  with  a  copy 
of  the  proceedings,  hence  we  are 
compelled  to  give  them  from  recol- 
lection. The  ticket,  as  formed,  will  be 
found  above.  The  conferees  are:  Wm. 
B.  Shriner,  Col.  Reuben  Keller,  Henry 
W.  Forester  to  meet  at  Keller's  hotel. 
Adamsburg,  on  the  day  designated  by 
the  Juniata  Conferees.  Mr.  Hickok 
then  offered  a  resolution  similar  to 
the  one  adopted  by  the  Whig  party, 
submitting  the  question  of  a  division 
of  the  county  to  a  vote  of  the  people 
which  was  amended  by  Mr.  Slenker 
to  read:  That  the  question  of  the 
sale  of  the  BONDS  be  also  left  to  a 
vote. 

It  is  known  to  our  readers  that  Is- 
rael Gutelius  had  been  bound  over  for 
his  appearance  at  Court,  in  the  sum 
of  $3,000  for  an  attempt  to  bribe 
George  Heimbach.  He  had  a  hearing 
on  Friday  last  at  Selinsgrove,  before 
Judge  Marshall,  on  a  habeas  corpus, 
asking  the  discharge  of  his  bail.  Some 
funny  things  occurred,  amongst  which 
we  will  state,  that  the  judge  himself 
asked  Heimbach,  while  on  the  wit- 
ness stand,  "whether  he  ever  receiv- 
ed any  money  for  signing  the  Bonds" 
Smart  trick  that,  for  a  judge.  Again, 
he  stated  that  he  believed  Gutelius 
and  Heimbach  equally  guilty,  but  be- 
cause he  had  not  the  right  to  bind 
Heimbach  over,  therefore  he  ac- 
quitted Gutelius.  How  unfathonable 
are  the  ways  ol  man.  The  only  right 
possessed  by  the  judge,  was,  to  ascer- 
tain whether  there  existed  a  sufficient 
probable  cause  to  hold  Gutelius  over 
to  Court — not  Heimbach.  Great 
county  this,  and  some  great  judges 
in  it.  We  incline  a  good  deal  to  the 
opinion  now,  that  there  are  as  great 


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85 


fish  in  the  sea  as  ever  were  elected 
— J^dge. 

A  strong  attempt  is  being  made  on 
the  part  of  the  Railroad  men  to  de- 
stroy the  character  of  Geo.  Heimbach 
for  truth  and  veracity.  This  accomp- 
lished, they  expect  to  gain  an  easy 
victory,  and  in  the  end  saddle  the 
subscription  on  the  people.  The  prose- 
cutions now  pending,  rest  principal- 
ly upon  the  testimony  of  George 
Heimbach,  and  hence  the  furious  as- 
saults upon  his  character.  It  is,  how- 
ever, only  necessary  to  hear  Mr. 
Heimbach's  plain  and  unvarnished 
narrative  as  to  the  guilt  or  innocence 
of  the  parties  concerned,  to  establish 
in  the  minds  of  all  the  undoubted 
veracity  of  the  witness.  We  predict 
for  this  Court  the  greatest  'crowd' 
that  has  even  been  in  attendance  at 
any  court  since  the  organization  of 
the  county.  Let  the  people  turn  out 
and  hear,  see  and  judge  for  them- 
selves. 

The  Rev.   D.   H.   Bittle,   of   Smith- 
town,  Md.,  has  accepted  a  call  from 
the  Lutheran   church  in   Selinsgrove, 
Union  County,  Pa. 
September  8,   1853. 

The  following  is  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee: 

Centerville — George  Lose. 
West  Beaver — Henry  Benfer. 
Beaver — Henry  Deitrich. 
Centre — Daniel  J.   Bogar. 
Union — John  Fisher. 
Middlecreek — Mathias  Dauberman. 
Penns — Henry  Lloyd. 
Perry — Amos  Shadel. 
Washington — Elias  R.  Menges. 
Chapman — John  Herrold  Sr. 
September    15,    1853. 

The  mail  and  passengers  from  Sun- 
bury  to  Philadelphia,  via  Pottsville, 
now  go  by  rail  to  Shamokin.  The 
fare  through  it  $4;  to  Shamokin  60 
cents. 

Married — On  the  4th  inst.,  W.  G. 
Hackman,  Mr.  Jonas  Spayd  to  Miss 
Sarah  Arbogast,  both  of  Perry.  On 
the  same  day  by  the  same,  Mr.  John 
Schambach,  of  Centre  township,  to 
Miss  Catherine  Aurand,  of  Adams- 
burg. 
September  22,  1853. 

The  Bribery  Cases.  Last  week  Geo. 
Hill,  Esq.,  the  Prosecuting  Attorney, 
was  requested  to  send  up  to  the  Grand 
Jury,  Bills  of  Indictment  against 
Israel  Gutelius,  John  Gundy  and  Isaac 
Eyer  for  attempting  to  bribe  George 
Heimbach,  a  commissioner  to  sign 
the   Railroad   Bonds.    Mr.   Hill  refus- 


ed to  send  any  bills  up  against  Israel 
Gutelius  and  John  Gundy,  and  gave 
as  his  reason  that  the  counsel  for 
these  defendants  had  informed  him 
that  as  they  had  not  been  bound  over 
to  court,  he,  (Mr.  Hill)  was  not 
bound  to  send  up  any  bills  of  Indict- 
ment against  them  to  the  Grand 
Jury.  Mr.  John  Haslett  then  went  to 
Mr.  Hill  and  informed  him,  that  he 
(Haslett)  was  the  prosecutor  and 
that  he  wished  him  send  up  Bills  of 
Indictment  against  these  defendants. 
Mr.  Hill  again  refused  and  gave  the 
same  reason  as  before.  This  was  on 
Tuesday.  On  Wednesday  the  matter 
was  brought  before  the  Court  and 
the  foregoing  facts  stated  and  the 
Court  was  ask  to  direct  the  Prosecut- 
ing Attorney  to  send  up  the  Bills. 
Messrs.  Swineford,  Pollock,  Packer, 
Casey,  Miller,  Hickok,  Simpson,  etc. 
etc.  appeared  as  the  counsel  for  the 
defendants  and  defended  Mr.  Hill 
in  the  course  he  had  taken,  (which 
as  it  appeared  was  at  their  instance 
and  request).  The  Court  decided  that 
they  had  no  authority  to  compel  Mr. 
Hill  to  send  up  the  Bills,  that  the 
law  gave  them  the  power  to  refuse 
if  he  thought  proper  to  do  so,  but 
plainly  imtimated  that  they  did  not 
approve  of  his  proceedings.  The  court 
also  stated  that  the  Grand  Jury 
might  take  the  matter  into  their 
hands  if  they  saw  fit.  The  Grand 
Jury  immediately  acted  upon  the 
suggestion  of  the  court,  and  on 
Thursday  morning  presented  a  peti- 
tion to  the  court,  requesting  the 
Bills  of  Indictment  in  the  bribery 
cases  to  be  laid  before  them.  The 
Court  referred  to  Mr.  Hill  (the  pros- 
ecuting Attorney)  who  still  refused 
to  send  them  up  and  was  defended 
for  pursuing  this  course  by  the 
counsel  for  the  defendants.  Mr.  Hill 
the  next  day,  came  into  Court  and 
asked  leave  by  his  counsel  Mr.  May- 
nard  (who  is  also  the  counsel  for  the 
railroad  and  the  defendants)  to  file 
what  he  called  an  answer  to  the  pe- 
tition of  the  Grand  Jury,  asking  that 
the  Bills  of  Indictment  should  be 
laid  before  them.  The  court  refused 
to  have  the  paper  filed.  This  is  a 
plain  statement  of  the  proceedings  in 
these  cases.  It  is  well  known  that  no 
lawyer  except  the  Prosecuting  At- 
torney has  a  right  to  send  up  bills 
to  the  Grand  Jury.  The  Prosecuting 
Attorney  is  the  lawyer  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, but  in  these  cases  he  act- 
ed  throughout  with  the   counsel   for 


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the  Railroad  and  the  defendants. 
Mr.  Haslett,  who  is  a  responsible  man, 
stated  to  him  that  he  was  the  prose- 
cutor and  the  Grand  Jury  requested 
the  Bills  to  be  sent  up  to  them,  yet 
Mr.  Hill  still  refused.  The  Bills  were 
all  prepared  and  ready  for  him  to 
sign  and  he  was  so  informed,  but  he 
appeared  determined  that  no  bills 
should  go  to  the  Grand  Jury  against 
Gutelius  and  Gundy.  After  the  Grand 
Jury  was  discharged,  the  counsel  for 
Mr.  Eyer  asked  to  have  discharged 
from  his  recognizance,  but  the  court 
bound  him  over  to  appear  at  the  next 
court. 

September  29,    1853. 

Who   Killed   Cock  Robin.   Who   was 

instrumental  in  having  the  Railroad 
Bonds  signed?  'Israel  Gutelius'  says 
George  Heimbach,  'done  more  to  get 
him  sign  the  Bonds  than  any  man  in 
the  County.' 

Who  went  over  to  Heimbach's 
house  after  dark  and  offered  Geo. 
Heimbach  $800  to  sign  the  Bonds? 
'I'  says  John  Heimbach  'went  over 
with  Israel  Gutelius,  and  he  called  out 
his  father,  and  he,  Gutelius,  told  me 
he  had  offered  him  $800  to  sign  the 
Bonds.' 

Who  offered  George  Heimbach 
$1250  to  sign  the  Extension  of  the 
Agreement,  at  Lewisburg,  at  Weid- 
ensaul's  Hotel?  'Israel  Gutelius  of- 
fered me  $1250  to  sign  the  extension 
of  the  Agreement,'  says  Geo.  Heim- 
bach. 

Who  was  caucusing  a  whole  Sun- 
day with  George  Heimbach,  on  the 
shop  loft  of  John  S.  Heimbach? 
'Israel  Gutelius'  says  George  Heim- 
bach, 'he  took  me  up  stairs  to  talk 
about   the   railroad,    etc' 

Who  told  Joseph  Kleckner  that  he 
had  all  "de  sings  fixed,"  and  that 
the  Bonds  would  be  signed?  'Israel 
Gutelius,'  says  Joseph  Kleckner,  'told 
me  that  he  had  all  'de  sings  fixed  and 
the  bonds  would  be  signed.' 

Who  told  John  Seebold  that  he 
had  all  the  arrangements  made  and 
the  Bonds  would  be  signed?  'Gutelius 
told  me  so,'  says  John  Seebold. 

Who  told  John  Heimbach,  that  af- 
ter he  had  everything  fixed  and  had 
got  George  Heimbach  willing  to  sign 
the  Bonds,  that  Casey  and  Kleckner 
had  now  taken  him  to  Lewisburg  and 
he  had  signed  the  Bonds,  and  now 
they  would  claim  all  the  honor,  and 
he  must  stand  back  after  having  all 


the  trouble  in  "fixen  de  sings?'  'Gu- 
telius told  me  so,"  says  John  Heim- 
bach. 'A  few  days  after  the  Bonds 
were  signed  he  came  to  my  shop  and 
said  he  was  so  full  that  he  must  let 
out  or  he  would  burst.' 

Who  was  the  first  man  to  propose 
the  building  of  a  new  court  house,  at 
New  Berlin?  'Israel  Gutelius'  says 
Conrad  Mitchell,  in  his  affidavit. 

Who  came  into  the  Commission- 
er's office  and  told  two  of  the  Com- 
missioners that  they  had  better  each 
take  $10,000  and  sign  the  Bonds? 
'Israel  Gutelius'  says  Simon  K.  Her- 
rold,  in  his  Affidavit,  'came  into  the 
Commissioner's  office  and  made  use 
of  the  above  expression. 

Married.  On  the  13th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
J.  G.  Anspach,  Mr.  Jacob  Frock,  of 
Limestone  township,  to  Miss  Lydia 
Oldt,   of  Beaver  Springs. 

October  6,    1853. 

The  first  agricultural  fair  for  Uni- 
on County  will  be  held  at  New  Ber- 
lin  on   the   13th   and    14th   inst. 

October    20,    1853. 

Election  Returns:  Sur.  Gen.  Braw- 
ley  1475,  Meyers  2204;  Assembly, 
Barber,  1742;  Simonton  2131;  Pro- 
thonotnry,  Roush  1990;  Hackenberg 
1861;  Treasurer,  Barber,  1874,  Solo- 
mon, 1879;  Comms.,  Leitzel  2016, 
Seebold  1773;  Co.  Sur.,  Moatz  1715, 
Hayes  2085. 


Vote    on    Division      of 

County      and 

Bonds. 

Anti- 

Div- 

Anti- 

B 

Div. 

Bond 

New   Berlin 

138 

131 

1 

Middlecreek, 

110 

1 

115 

Union, 

190 

27 

173 

Limestone 

137 

1 

122 

Lewisburg, 

1 

337 

Kelly 

14 

85 

Mifflinburg, 

61 

54 

81 

Centerville, 

139 

120 

Hartley, 

73 

56 

80 

3 

Buffalo   (tie) 

East  Buffalo 

3 

108 

White  Deer 

79 

36 

West  Buffalo 

79 

38 

94 

1 

Penns, 

82 

348 

259 

1 

Chapman 

16 

180 

Perrv 

25 

106 

111 

Washington, 

39 

141 

106 

Middlecreek 

110 

1 

115 

West  Beaver, 

183 

1 

185 

Beaver, 

257 

246 

Centre, 

119 

45 

125 

Total, 

1830 

1649 

1969 

6 

FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  TIMES 


87 


October   27,    1853. 

Married — On  the  20th  inst.  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Shindel  Jr.,  Mr.  Hemy  Walter, 
"f  Union,  to  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Neitz, 
of   Selinsgrove. 

November  3,   1853. 

Nathan   Forrey  was   administrator 
for  the  estate  of  Mary  Shrawder,  late 
of  Perry  township,  deceased. 
November    10,    1853. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  December 
Court: 
Penns — Daniel  Ott,  Abraham     Miese 

Michael  Fisher. 
Chapman — Jacob  Witmer,  J.  Ebright 

William  Kelly. 
Middlecreek — J.        M.      Dauberman. 
Samuel  Hendricks,  Wm.  Courntey. 
Centre, — Geo.   Bowersox. 
West  Beaver — Reuben  Smith. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Decem- 
ber  Court: 

Beaver — Jacob  Heater,  Jacob  Green- 
hoe,  Jr. 
West  Beaver, — John  Ulsh. 
Centre.    Daniel    Shower,   John   Barb- 
in,   John   Bilger. 
Chapman.    Peter    Gemberling,      John 

Kerstetter,  John   Suffel. 
Penns.    Henry   W.    Snyder,    S.    Hart- 
man. 
Perry.  Jacob  Minium,  John   Schraw- 

der. 
Washington.  Peter  P.     Mertz,     Adam 

Gilbert. 
List  of  Petit  Jurors     for     December 

Court: 
Washington.    John    P.    Roush,    P.    S. 

Boyer. 
Penns.  Mathias  J.  App,  Samuel  Boy- 
er Jr. 
Middlecreek.      Mathias     Dauberman, 

Joel   Bilger. 
Chapman.  Lewis  Kerstetter. 
Centre.  Frederick  Mertz,  Henry  Ar- 
bogast,    William    Kuhn,    John      S. 
Kern. 
West    Beaver.    Michael    Bear,    H.    H. 

Margaritz. 
Beaver.  William     Beaver,     Abraham 

Snook,  Frederick  Bingaman. 
November    17,    1853. 

The  surviving  soldiers  of  the  war 
of  1812,  now  residing  within  the  lim- 
its of  Northumberland,  Lycoming, 
Union,  Montour  and  Columbia,  are 
requested  to  meet  in  Milton  on  the 
22nd  day  of  November  inst.,  for  the 
purpose  of  appointing  delegates  to 
attend  the  convention  of  old  soldiers, 
to  be  held  in  Philadelphia,  on  the  8th 
day  of  January  1854.  The  Captains 
are   requested   to   bring  their   books, 


pay  rolls,  etc.  What  this  convention 
has  in  view  is  to  obtain  from  Con- 
gress pensions  and  back  payments 
to  the  old  officers  and  members  of 
companies,  who  enlisted  from  the 
counties  above  named. 
November   24,    1853. 

Revolutionary  Pensioners.  The 
Washington  Star  says,  there  are  now 
surviving  about  1400  revolutionary 
pensioners  all  of  whom  are  regularly 
drawing  their  pay  from  the  Treas- 
ury of  the  United  States. 
December    15,    1853. 

The  Welsborc  Advertiser  and  the 
Selinsgrove  Demokrat  have  hoisted 
the  name  of  Hon.  James  Pollock  as 
their  choice  as  thr  next  Whig  can- 
didate  for   Governor. 

A  meeting  of  the  soldiers  of  the 
war  of  1812,  residing  in  the  coun- 
ties of  Northumberland,  Union,  Ly- 
coming, Montour  and  Columbia,  was 
held  on  the  22nd  ult.,  at  whi^h  it 
was  resolved  to  send  a  delegate  from 
each  of  the  counties  named  to  the 
Convention  to  be  held  at  Philadel- 
phia on  the  9th  of  January  next.  The 
attendance  at  this  convention  prom- 
ises to  be  very  large. 
December   22,    1853. 

The   Volksfreund   has   put   up   the 
name  of  Wm.  F.  Johnson  for  Govern- 
or. Pretty  well  done. 
December   29,    1853. 

The  proceedings  of  Court  last  week 
will  be  found  in  another  column.  It 
will  be  seen  that  true  bills  of  indict- 
ment were  found  against  Israel  Gu- 
telius  and  John  Gundy  and  Isaac  Ey- 
er  for  bribery  and  attempted  bribery 
in  the  signing  of  the  railroad  bonds. 
The  defendants  counsel,  we  under- 
stand, have  moved  to  squash  the  ar- 
ray of  grand  jurors  and  the  indict- 
ments found  against  them,  owing  to 
alleged  irregularity  in  the  notice  to 
some  of  the  jurors.  We  do  not  think 
that  they  can  accomplish  much  by 
thus  endeavoring  to  throw  impedi- 
ments in  the  way  of  speedy  disposi- 
tion of  those  exciting  issues,  so  nec- 
essary of  the  peace  and  tranquility  of 
the  community,  and  so  vital  in  their 
efforts  upon  the  prosperity  of  the 
road.  It  is  therefore  to  be  hoped  that 
the  question  now  may  be  met  with 
a  spirit  of  frankness  and  justice — all 
unimportant  technicalities  at  once 
waived,  and  the  trials  proceded  in  at 
the  next  term  with  a  full  determina- 
tion to  bring  them  to  a  final  close,  let 
the  consequences  be  what  they  may. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  3. 


It  must  come  to  this  at  last,  and 
hence  any  little  advantage  gained  as 
to  time  will  not  stay  the  course  of 
justice,  or  prevent  a  vigorous  in- 
quiry into  the  facts  of  the  case.  The 
public  mind  seems  to  be  fully  arous- 
ed, and  as  there  now  seems  to  be  but 
little  doubt  about  the  manner  in 
which  the  bonds  were  obtained,  we 
would  suggest  as  a  matter  of  com- 
promise, that  they  be  immediately 
returned. 

Court   Proceedings — 

Commonwealth  vs  Daniel  Kauffman 
and  Anthony  King.  Indictment  for 
Assault.  Jury  finds  the  defendants 
guilty.  Sentence  to  pay  a  fine  of 
fifty  cents  each  and  costs  of  prose- 
cution. 

Commonwealth  vs  Elijah  Gember- 
ling.  Indictment  for  disturbing  elec- 
tion in  Perm  township.  Verdict  guil- 
ty. 

Commonwealth  vs  Elijah  Gember- 
ling.  Indictment  for  Assault  and 
Batterv  upon  C.  Schroyer,  constable 
of   Penns   Twp.    Verdict   Guilty. 

Commonwealth  vs  Wm,  Geisweit — 
Indictment  forgery.  New  trial  grant- 
ed. 

Commonwealth  vs  B.  F.  Stone.  In- 
dictment  Arson.    Verdict   not   guilty. 

Commonwealth  vs.  Wm.  Geisweit 
and  Elijah  Gemberling.  Indictment 
larceny.  Verdict  not  guilty. 

Commonwealth  vs  Elijah  Gember- 
ling. Indictment  for  passing  counter- 
feit money.  Verdict  not  guilty. 

Commonwealth  vs  Israel  Gutelius. 
Indictment  for  an  attempt  to  bribe 
etc.  Returned  a  true  bill. 

Commonwealth  vs  Isaac  Eyer  and 
John  Gundy.  Indictment  for  atempt- 
ing  to  bribe  and  bribing  George 
Heimbach,  one  of  the  Commissioners 
of  Union  County.  Returned  a  true 
bill.  Isaac  Eyer  held  for  bail  for  his 
appearance  at  next  court. 

In  the  matter  of  George  Heim- 
bach receiving  a  bribe — Report  or 
statement  of  the  Grand  Jury,  rep- 
resenting that  he  had  offered  to  take 
a  certain  amount  of  money,  and  did 
receive  five  hundred  dollars  for  sign 
ing  the  Railroad  Bonds. 

Grand  Jury  returned  a  true  bill 
on  two  indictments  for  forgery  a- 
gainst  Geo.  W.  Kantz.  Deft,  held  in 
bail  for  $1000  for  his  appearance  next 
term. 


January   19,   1854. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  February 
Court : 

Penns.    Charles    Rhoads,    Jacob    Mil- 
ler, John  App. 
West  Beaver.   T.     Herbster,     J.     D. 

Romig. 
Washington.  William  M.  Schoch,  Ed- 
ward  Bassler,   Henry  Seebold,      J. 
Young. 
Perry.  Samuel  Shade!,  Jacob  Schnee. 
Centre. — Jonas    Renninger. 
Beaver.   J.   F.   Bingaman. 
List   of    Traverse   Jurors   for   Febru- 
ary Court: 
Penns.  Amos  Stroh,  Isaac  App.  Jere- 
miah Crouse,  John  Emmitt,  George 
Keen,  Phillip  Gemberling  Jr. 
Chapman.    Daniel    Witmer. 
Centre.  Joseph  Hassinger,  John  Seig- 

fried,  John  A.   Schoch. 
Beaver.  George  Miller,  Henry  Smith, 
Henry  Dietrich,  John  Moyer,  J.  F. 
Hoffnagle. 
Washington.  Benj.  Straub,  Daniel  P. 
Hilbish,    Jacob    Hendricks,      David 
Botdorf. 
West    Beaver.    John    Spigelmyer,    Jr. 
Middlecreek.  Michael  Erdley,  Conrad 

Stock,  Michael  Schoch. 
List  of  Petit  Jurors     for     February 
Court: 

Chapman.  John   Craig,  John   Zeigler. 
Beaver.    George      Swartz,      Jas.      S. 

Smith. 
Middlecreek.    Allen    Schwenck,   Mich- 

nel    Neiman,    George   Dauberman. 
Centre.  Frederick  Mertz,  John  Hum- 
mel,  Peter  Frain. 
West  Beaver.  Charles  Krebs. 
Penns.    Charles    Winter,    John    Hehn, 

Francis   M.    Rishel. 
February   2,    1854. 

Married.  On  the  29th  of  Decem- 
ber by  the  Rev.  W.  G.  Hackman,  Mr. 
J.  S.  Philips,  of  Illinois,  to  Miss  Sara 
Price,  of  West  Beaver  On  the  5th  ult  . 
Mr.  Daniel  G.  Snook  to  Miss  Mary 
Long,  both  of  Beaver.  On  the  same 
day  by  the  same  Mr.  Abner  Aigler 
to  Miss  Matilda  Dreese,  both  of  Bea- 
ver. On  the  12th  ult.,  by  the  same. 
Mr.  Ream,  of  Mifflin  county,  to  Miss 
Mary  Ann  Wagner,  of  West  Beaver. 
On  the  23ult.  by  the  same,  Mr.  Geo. 
Hackman  to  Miss  A.  Beaver,  all  of 
Beaver. 
February  9,   1854. 

On  Friday  last,  Mr.  Slifer  present- 
ed a  petition  from  Mr.  Israel  Guteli- 
us, for  a  law  changing  the  venue  of 
the  prosecutions  pending  against 
him    from    Union   to    Centre    County. 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  STAR 


89 


Immediately  upon  said  presentation  of 
said  petition,  he  read  in  place  and 
presented  to  the  chair  a  bill  to  that 
effect.  It  is  an  old  saying  that  whom 
the,  gods  wish  to  destroy  they  first 
make  mad. 

The  Chronicle,  for  some  time  has 
exhibited  great  interest  in  defaming 
the  character  of  George  Heimbach, 
whose  testimony  will  have  an  import- 
ant bearing  in  the  railroad  prosecu- 
tions now  pending.  If  the  parties  im- 
plicated don't  feel  awfully  scared, 
why  thus  endeavor  to  destroy  the 
credibility  of  a  witness? 


February    16,    1854. 

The  Mormon  Clay  wing  of  the 
Whig  party,  met  in  county  meeting 
at  the  Court  House,  Monday  last  and 
elected  Joseph  Casey,  Esq.,  Repre- 
sentative Delegate  to  the  State  Con- 
vention with  instruction  to  support 
the  nomination  of  Mr.  Pollock.  The 
Woods  wing  met  on  Tuesday  and  el- 
ected Mr.  Woods  as  delegate;  also  in- 
structed to  support  Mr.  Pollock. 

Counterfeit  $20  bills,  altered  from 
genuine  five,  on  the  Penn  township 
bank,  have  made  their  appearance  in 
Norristown. 


Many  Forgotten  Items  Gathered  From 

The  Files  of  the  Union  Star,  of  New 

Berlin,  1840  to  1844. 


The  following  items  have  been 
culled  from  the  New  Berlin 
Union  Star,  published  at  New 
Berlin,  from  Feb.  22,  1840  to 
Feb.  2,  1844.  The  papers  are 
numbered  from  Vol.  1,  New  Ser- 
ies, No.  2,  to  Vol.  4,  No.  52.  Is- 
rael  Gutelius  was  the  publisher 
for  the  greater  part  of  the  period. 
The  name  of  W.  W.  Fisher  was 
associated  with  that  of  Gutelius 
until  Nov.  3,  1840.  Beginning  on 
Aug.  4,  1843,  the  name  of  M. 
H.  Weaver,  appeared  as  editor 
and    Proprietor. 

(Like  the  Items  from  the  Uni- 
on Times,  some  are  very  pun- 
gent, but  we  are  reproducing 
them  for  historical  purposes  and 
not  as  a  reflection  upon  the 
parties  mentioned.  Editor  Post.) 


February    22,    1840. 

The  Homage  of  Justice.  Wo  have 
compiled  from  various  sources,  the 
following  disinterested  testimonials, 
which  were  commanded  from  their 
several  authors  by  the  lofty  patriot- 
ism, valor,  talents  and  success  of 
Gen.  Harrison,  long  before  he  was 
named  for  the  Presidency,  and  in 
times  which  ought  to  give  them 
weight  sufficient  to  bear  down  all  the 
petty  calumnies  and  quibling  objec- 
tions which  party  malignity  may  now 
presume  to  forge  against  the  war- 
worn and  time  honored  patriot  and 
soldier.  The  authorities  we  present 
against    the   puny    attacks    of    Loco- 


Foco  Federalism,  and  which  we  shall 
stereotype  as  an  impregnable  bari- 
cade  against  all  opposition  are  no 
less  than  the  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  the  Legislatures  of  Indiana 
and  Kentucky,  James  Madison,  Jas. 
Monroe,  Colonel  Richard  M.  John- 
son, Anthony  Wayne,  Lengdon  Chr- 
ves,  Simon  Snyder,  Gov.  Selby,  Com. 
Perry,  Col.  Coghan,  Col.  Davies  and 
others,  including  in  the  illustrious 
catalogue  even  Thomas  Richie,  him- 
self. 

Message  of  Simon  Snyder,  the  Gov. 
of  Penna.,  Dec.  10,  1813.  "Already 
is  the  brow  of  the  young  warrior, 
Cronhan,  encircled  with  laurels,  and 
the  blessings  of  thousands  of  women 
and  children  rescued  from  the  scalp- 
ing knife  of  the  ruthless  savage  of 
the  wilderness,  and  from  the  still 
more  savage  Proctor,  rest  on  Harri- 
son   and  his   gallant   army. 

People's  Motto.  Harrison,  Tyler 
and  Reform — One  Presidential  Term 
- — Integrity  of  the  public  servants — 
The  safety  of  the  public  money — 
And  the  general  good  of  the  whole 
people. 

To  the  Patrons  of  the  Union  Star. 
In  entering  upon  the  duty  of  con- 
ducting a  political  journal,  custom 
(founded  on  wisdom)  has  made  it 
obligatory  upon  its  conductors,  to 
make  known  the  principles  by  which 
they  will  be  governed.  To  this  cus- 
tom, we  willingly  yield,  though  we 
are  aware,  that  the  limits  of  an  in- 
troductory address,  will  strictly  con- 
strain us  to  brevity. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  3. 


In  examining  the  condition  of  this 
great  Republic,  we  see  on  every  hand, 
that  corruption  has  reared  its  hor- 
rid front  in  the  principles  of  those 
"sitting  in  high  principles"  holding 
the  reins  of  Government,  that  there 
are  to  be  found  men,  whose  prin- 
ciples are  calculated  to  make  the 
heart  of  every  lover  of  LAW,  LIB- 
ERTY and  the  CONSTITUTION,  to 
tremble  for  the  welfare  of  those  In- 
stitutions, which  have  been  founded 
by  the  wisest  and  best  Statesmen, 
that  ever  adorned  the  Councils  of 
the  American  Nation. 

But,  sensible  are  we,  that  the  pat- 
rons of  this  paper,  are  aware  of  the 
wide-spread  ruin  that  is  fast  extend- 
ing from  the  centre  of  the  circumfer- 
ence of  this  great  Republic,  and  are 
now  only  waiting  for  the  advocacy  of 
those  principles,  which  shall  hurl  cor- 
ruption from  the  high  seats  of  power, 
and  men  "seven  tried  tried"  whose 
principles,  if  carried  into  operation, 
will  remove  the  mountains  of  corrup- 
tion, raised  by  the  voice  of  the  peo- 
ple, to  administer  the  laws  in  pur- 
ity, and  bring  back  the  Government 
to  the  unparalleled  prosperity  she 
enjoyed,  when  Washington,  Jefferson 
and  Madison  presided  at  the  helm,  of 
state. 

That  this  great  and  glorious  ob- 
ject may  be  accomplished,  we  take 
an  unyielding  stand  for  the  cause  of 
the  People — the  election  of  Harri- 
son and  Tyler  and  the  triumph  of 
Democracy.  This  accomplished,  and 
the  mighty  torrent  of  corruption  will 
be  stayed;  because,  in  the  history  and 
principles  of  the  illustrious  Hero  and 
Statesman,  Wm.  Henry  Harrison,  now 
the  candidate  of  the  people  for  the 
Presidency  of  the  United  States,  we 
find  everything  that  is  calculated  to 
insure  the  welfare  of  the  Nation,  the 
prosperity  of  her  institutions,  and 
make  him  "worthy  the  suffrage  of 
a  free  people,  for  the  highest  office 
in  their  gift.  In  the  time  of  danger, 
when  the  war-whoop  sounded  the 
death  knell,  to  our  brethren  of  the 
western  frontier,  when  the  dark 
groom  of  the  savage  warfare,  mur- 
der and  destruction  over  shadow  our 
western  borders,*  regardless  of  his 
own  ease  and  safety  he  took  his  life 
in  hand,  he  flew  to  their  assistance, 
and  rescued  them  from  death  and 
danger.  As  a  statesman  we  find  him 
in  the  great  councils  of  the  Nation, 
filling  ^the  high  offices  of  trust     with 


honor  to  himself,  and  advantage  to 
the  Nation;  advocating  and  practic- 
ing the  principles  of  Washington,  Jef- 
ferson and  Madison;  sustaining  the 
cause  of  American  industry  by  his 
support  of  a  protective  tariff,  and 
the  institutions  of  his  country. 

Knowing  that  these  are  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  men  for  whom  we  con- 
tend, and  certain  that  if  they  be  car- 
ried into  effect;  they  will  bring  back 
our  Government  to  former  purity  and 
prosperity;  they  shall  be  our  motto, 
and  call  forth  our  every  exertion,  for 
their  triumphant  success  at  the  com- 
ing Presidential  election.  To  the  ac- 
complishment of  these  principles, 
duty  demands  and  we  boldly  declare, 
uncompromising  hostility  to  the  de- 
structive measures,  (now  calling 
forth  the  unwearied  opposition  of  the 
great  and  good  of  our  nation,)  of 
the  general  and  state  administration. 

The  political  principles  by  which 
we  shall  be  governed,  are  now  before 
you.  We  appeal  to  you  to  contend, 
and  contend  manfully  for  their  suc- 
cess; we  appeal  to  you  as  citizens  of 
this  Commonwealth,  who  are  proud 
of  our  free  institutions,  and  your 
National  character;  we  appeal  to  you 
as  citizens  of  this  great  Republic,  to 
seriously  and  deliberately  consider 
these  momentous  questions;  questions 
which  will  in  all  probability  decide 
the  fate  of  millions  yet  unborn. 

County  Meeting.  A  meeting  of  the 
Democratic  citizens  of  Union  county, 
was  held  in  the  court  house  at  New 
Berlin,  Tuesday,  Feb.  18,1840,  the 
following  officers  were  appointed: 
President.  Geo.  A.  Snyder:  Vice 
Pres.,  Peter  Nevius,  Daniel  Ott,  Geo. 
Aurand.  John  Chamberlain,  Samuel 
Boyer,  Wm.  Reichley,  Geo.  Miller, 
Thomas  Weirick,  Jona.  Farnsworth, 
Jacob  M'Curly,  Jacob  Fessler.  Capt. 
J.  Hain :  Secretaries,  Jonas  Kelchner, 
Dr.  J.  Wagenseller,  Wm.  Fisher.  L. 
B.  Christ,  Berryhill  Bell,  John  Bol- 
ander. 

On  motion  the  Chair  then  appoint- 
ed the  following  committee,  to  draft 
a  preamble  and  resolutions  expressive 
of  the  sense  of  the  meeting:  Samuel 
Weirick,  James  Kelly,  James  Brewer, 
David  Shaffer,  John  Hoff,  James  Bar- 
bin,  Samuel  Laird,  J.  C.  Wilson,  Jas. 
Bellas,  Benj.  Shuck,  Philip  Roush, 
Henry  Bickel,  Daniel  Bellman,  Pet- 
er Fronk,  J.   Fryer,  Henry  Frock. 

On  motion  the  following  delegates 
were  then  appointed  to  attend  the 
Democratic    State    Convention    to    be 


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91 


held  at  Harrisburg  the  22nd  inst: 
Ner  Middleswarth,  Samuel  Weirick, 
H.  ,W.  Snyder,  Dr.  J.  Wagenseller, 
Jno.  D.  Smith,  L.  B.  Christ,  Jonas 
Kleckner,  David  Schwenck,  H.  W. 
Snyder,   Geo.   A.   Snyder. 

On  motion  the  following  delegates 
were  appointed  to  represent  Union 
County  in  the  Young  Men's  National 
Convention  to  be  held  in  Baltimore 
next  May:  Israel  Gutelius,  J.  H.  Horn- 
ing, James  Brewer,  W.  F.  Wagensei- 
ler,  H.  W.  Snyder,  Samuel  Pawling, 
Jacob  Gable,  Dan  Bellman,  Jacob 
Haus  Jr.,  Berryhill  Bell,  J.  R.  Tylee, 
Wm.  H.  Irvin,  Johnson  MaClay,  J.  P. 
Seebold,  J.  P.  Metsger,  Wm.  Glover, 
Samuel  Wright,  S.  B.  Barber,  Joel 
Kling,  Dan  Witmer,  Sam  Bastress,  O. 
P.  Duncan,  Jonas  Kelchner,  John 
Haus,  Jacob  M'Curly,  James  Marshall, 
Mich.  Brown,  S.  Laird,  Jno.  Chamber- 
lain, Benj.  Shuck,  John  Datesman, 
Ner  Middleswarth,  L.  B.  Christ,  Dr. 
J.  Wagenseller,  S.  Weirick,  George 
Becker,  J.  D.  Smith,  Geo.  Snyder, 
Samuel  Barber,  John  Smith. 

A  Harrison  and  Tyler  meeting  was 
held  at  the  home  of  Daniel  Ott,  in 
Penns  township,  Saturday  the  15th 
inst.  The  following  officers  were  el- 
ected: Pres.,  Geo.  A.  Snyder;  Vice 
Pres.,  Geo.  Gemberling,  Frederick 
Row,  John  Row,  Val.  Laudenslager, 
Geo.  Ewig,  Henry  Row,  Samuel  Kel- 
ler, Jacob  Stauffer,  Daniel  F  ether; 
Secretaries,  Capt.  John  Hain,  Capt. 
Isaac  Robinson,  Dr.  J.  Wagenseller, 
John  Krider.  The  following  officers 
were  nominated: 

Justice  of  the  Peace — George  A. 
Snyder,  Jacob  Riblet. 

Inspector,   Matthew  Brewer. 

Judge,    John    Hain. 

Assessor,  Francis   A.   Boyer. 

Assistant  Assessors,  Jacob  Berger, 
Geo.    Gemberling. 

Supervisors,  John  Staley,  Henry 
Laudenslager. 

Constable,  George  Adams. 

Township  Clerk,  Isaac  Robinson. 

Overseers  of  the  Poor,  John  Fisher, 
Val.  Laudelslager. 

Auditors,  Samuel  Pawling,  Philip 
Gemberling,  Daniel  Miller,  Benjamin 
Smith. 

School  Directors.  David  Heiser,  Ja- 
cob  Wagenseller,  John     Hall,      Gc 
Miller,  Siml.  Boyer,  Frederick  Stock. 

Henry  G.  Kurtz  manufactured  rope 
at  Selinsgrove. 

List  of  Tax  Collectors  of  the  dif- 
ferent  districts : 
Beaver — Daniel  Bobb. 


Centre — Jacob  Fryer. 
Chapman — John  Kerstetter. 
Penns — George  Row. 
Union — Jacob  Spangler. 
Perry — Geo.  Fisher. 
Washington — Jacob  Hummel. 
March   7,    1840. 

Officers  of  the  Harrison  &  Tyler 
meeting  held  at  Centerville:  Pres. 
Henry  Saunders,  Jr.,  Vice  Pres.,  John 
H.  Staley;  Sec,  Peter  Reish  and 
Henry  Musser. 

Ner  Middleswarth  was  nominated 
President  of  Union  County,  of  the 
Democratic  State  Convention. 

List  of  Township   Committees: 

Penns — Israel  Gutelius,  James 
Brewer,  Isaac  Robison,  Geo.  D.  Mil- 
ler, John  Hehn,  Samuel  Pawling,  Dan 
Ott. 

Chapman — John  Keller,  David  Wit- 
mer, Adam  Stahl,  Geo.  Herold,  Philip 
Herold. 

Penns — Peter  Troup,  George  Rime, 
Michael  Gangler,  Samuel  German, 
John  Arbogast,  Peter  Arbogast. 

Washington — Peter  Hackenberg, 
Esq.,  F.  C.  Moyer,  Isaac  Boyer,  Jon- 
as Snyder,  Daniel  Hilbish,  Jacob 
Hummel. 

Middlecreek,  Frederick  Bouse,  Dan 
Zieber,  Henry  Pontius,  Michael  Coke, 
Jacob  Kessler,  Samuel  Yoder. 

Centre,  Lewis  Bertram,  Esq.,  Dav- 
id Schwenk,  Esq.,  John  Swengle, 
John  Gift,  Frederick  Hassinger,  Ja- 
cob   Fryer. 

Beaver — Dr.  Isaac  Rothrock 
Harman  Margarets,  Daniel  Bobb,  An- 
drew Ulsh,  Abr.  Middleswarth,  J.  D. 
Smith,  John  Kline,  Solomon  Romig, 
Jr.,  Wm.  Roshong,  Jacob  Beaver,  Ja- 
cob Kern. 

Centerville — John  Hoff,  Adam  Wol- 
fley,  Henry  Mosser,  Peter  Reitts,  Jno. 
Hackenberg. 

Married.  In  Selinsgrove  on  the  20 
inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  Sam. 
Burns  to  Mrs.  Anna  Thompson,  both 
of  Selinsgrove. 

J.  &  W.  F.  Wagenseller,  of  the  Isle 
of  Que,   near  Selinsgrove,   sold  salt, 
plaster,   Hollow   Ware,    Stone   Ware, 
nails  and  iron. 
New  Bridges: 
Robert  Badger  on  Spruce 

Run  bridge,  412.50 

Do  Saw  Mill  Run  bridge,         800.00 
Ewig  &  Snyder  Turtle 

Creek  bridge,  400.00 

L.  B.  Christ  1st  payment  on 

Lewisburg  bridge,  129.45 

$1741.95 


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March  14,   1840. 

Harrison  and  Tyler. — "Harrison 
and   Reform." 

"The  People's  Candidate. 

"The  Democrat  of  the  Old  School." 

"Washington,  Jefferson  and  Harri- 
son." 

"The  Farmer  of  North  Bend." 

"The  man  that  is  to  save  the  coun- 
try." 

"Retrenchment  and  Reform." 

"The  Cincinnatus  of  the  West." 

"We  will  try  a  farmer  for  our 
President." 

Taxable  inhabitants  in  the  districts : 
1835        1839 
Beaver  435  528 

Centre  436  424 

Chapman  231  256 

Perry,  214  231 

Penns,  484  466 

Union,  282  353 

Washington,  230  255 

March  21,  1840. 

Geo.  Schnabel  Esq.,  has  been  nomi- 
nated by  the  Governor  as  Associate 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Union  Coun- 
ty. 

Married.  On  the  23rd  of  Feb.  Mr. 
George  Hammel,  of  Beaver  township, 
to  Miss  Anna  Ringert,  of  Centre 
township.  On  the  1st  of  March,  Mr. 
Benj.  Spiegelmoyer  to  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Mr.  Ludwig  Young,  all 
of  Beaver  township.  On  the  12th  of 
March,  Mr.  David  Schoch,  of  Centre 
township,  to  Miss  Maria,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel  Pauling  of  Penn 
Township. 

Among  the  different  cases  to  be 
tried  in  May  term  of  court  was  the 
one  of  Wagenseller  vs  Wallace. 

Leonard    Stine,      of      Selinsgrove, 
wishes  to  inform  the  public  that  he 
still  manufactures  chairs. 
March    28,    1840. 

A  great  democratic  township  meet- 
ing was  held  at  the  house  of  Samuel 
Boyer,  in  Penn  township,  March  14. 
The  following  officers  were  appoint- 
ed: Pres.  John  Hall;  Vice  Pres.,  Philip 
Gemberling,  John  Millhoff,  John  Moy- 
er,  Philip  Gemberling,  John  Mill- 
hoff, John  Moyer,  Philip  Crotzer, 
Yost  Wagoner,  John  Row,  Peter 
Richter,  Jacob  Fisher,  George  Row, 
Joseph  Walter,  George  Gemberling, 
John  Woodling,  Valentine  Lauden- 
slager,  Wm.  Reichley,  Henry  Row, 
Peter  Gotshall.  Sec,  J.  Wagenseller. 

Penns  Township.  The  following  is 
the  vote  for  Justice  etc.  Justice,  G. 
A.  Snyder  225;  Jacob  Riblet  213, 
John  Emmet,  164;  Amos  Stroh  156. 


Constable,  George  Adams,  220;  Jas. 
Egen  165. 

How  Is  It.  We  learn  that  the  North 
and  West  Branches  of  the  Pennsylva- 
nia canal,  the  Juniata  and  other  pri- 
ciple  divisions  are  now  in  good  nav- 
igable order.  Yet  the  Susquehanna 
division  from  Northumberland  to 
Clarks  Ferry,  under  the  superintend- 
ence of  John  Snyder,  is  yet  as  it  was 
one  month  ago,  and  from  that  we 
learn  will  in  all  probability,  remain 
so  for  some  time.  By  this  neglect  of 
duty  the  Merchants,  etc,  are  com- 
pelled to  convey  their  products  to 
market  on  the  Susquehanna,  to  their 
great  disadvantage  and  loss  and  al- 
so to  the  injury  and  loss  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

A  meeting  was  held  in  Middlecreek, 
and  was  organized  by  appointing 
Nicholas  Baus,  Pres. ;  George  Engle, 
Henry  Pontius,  Jacob  Kessler  and 
Conrad  Stock  Esq.,  Vice  Presidents: 
Samuel  Hendricks,  John  Endley, 
Frederick  Bous,  and  Jno.  Courtney, 
Esq.,  secretaries. 

Married.  Sunday  last  by  Amos 
Stroh,  Esq.,  Mr.  John  Thornton  to 
Miss  Mary  Schwartz,  both  of  Selins- 
grove. On  the  19th  of  March  by  Ja- 
cob Riblet  Esq.,  Mr.  Jonathan  Gem- 
berling, of  Penn  township,  to  Miss 
Sarah  Bickhart,  of  the  same  place. 
Treasurer's  Sale  for  Taxes. 

Beaver  township. 
Aurand,  Eva;  Aurand,  Catherine; 
,Aurand,  Mary;  Aurand,  Abraham; 
Aurand,  Daniel;  Albright,  John,  Al- 
bright, Mary,  Artilla,  Barbara,  Artilla 
Thos. ;  Bishop,  Susanna;  Bishop  Marg. 
Bishop,  Jacob;  Bettz,  Solomon, 
B->ldy,  Christian;  Bobb,  Simpson; 
Baker,  Frederick;  Chapman,  Abra- 
ham ;  Dilworth,  Charles ;  Dilworth, 
Richard;  Dilworth,  Joseph;  Dilworth, 
Samuel;  Ensworth,  Margaret;  Ens- 
worth,  Anthony;  Epler,  John;  Fish- 
er, Susannah;  Fisher,  Catherine; 
Fisher,  John;  Fisher,  Catherine; 
Harper,  John;  Hassinger,  Henry; 
Hannum,  Caleb;  Hassinger,  Abram; 
Hassinger,  John ;  Hannum,  John  Jr. : 
Hannum,  George;  Hannum,  Richard; 
Hannum,  James;  Hoops,  Jesse; 
Hoops,  Henry;  Jackson,  Samuel;  Lab- 
enberg,  Christian;  Metzgar,  John; 
Morrison,  Mathew;  McClennon,  Jo- 
seph; M'Coy,  Hugh;  Moore,  Joseph; 
Myer,  Christian;  Mackey,  Robert; 
Myer,  John;  Rieser,  Adam;  Scile, 
Francis,  Swartzscope,  Catherine;  Wit- 
man,  William;  Witman,  John;  Wit- 
man,  Mary. 


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Centre  Township. 

Clymer,  George;  Housel,  Peter. 
Perry    Township. 

German,  Henry;  Kreider,  Tobias 
Jr.   Shindle,   Samuel. 

The  following  were  the  Commis- 
sioners of  Union  County  in  1840; 
Arch'd.  Thomas,  Jacob  Hummel,  Hen- 
ry Hilbish;  Auditors,  Henry  Sand- 
ers, David  Schwenk  and  Samuel 
Pawling. 
April   4,    1840. 

The  senior  editor  of  this  paper,  Is- 
rael Gutelius,  has  removed  his  resi- 
dence from  Selinsgrove  to  this  place. 

Susquehanna  Canal.  We  are  grati- 
fied to  be  able  to  state  that  since  we 
issued  our  last  paper  (Saturday  ev- 
ening) the  water  has  been  let  into  the 
Susquehanna  Division  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Canal,  and  that  boats  com- 
menced running  Monday  and  Tuesday 
last. 

A  Hint.  An  exchange  paper  says 
that  every  man  should  attend  to  his 
own  business.  Will  the  editor  of  the 
Milton   Ledger  apply  it? 

Died.  At  Selinsgrove,  Wednesday 
the  25th  ult.,  after  a  painful  and 
protracted  iiiness  John  Houseworth, 
aged  70  years. 

Samuel  Bastress  announces  that  he 
keeps  the  public  house,  lately  occu- 
pied by  Mr.  John  Rhoads,  situate  six 
miles  below  Selinsgrove,  on  the  road 
leading  from  Northumberland  to 
Harrisburg. 
April  11,  1840. 

Rev.  Wm.  Hurst,  of  the  M.  E. 
church  will  preach  in  the  brick  school 
house,  Selinsgrove,  Monday  evening 
next,  at  early  candle  light. 

List  of  Grand  jurors  for  May 
Court: 

Washington,  Henry  Straub. 
Penns,   Benjamin    Smith,   Wm.   Wag, 

ner,  Joseph  Pauling. 
Centre,  John  Kline,  John  Hoff. 
Beaver,  Henry  Felker. 

List   of   Traverse   Jurors   for   May 
Court. 
Beaver,  Herman     Margaritz,     Jacob 

Stump,  Jacob  Aigler,  Jacob  Kern. 
Chapman,  John  H.     Herrold,     Philip 

Arnold. 
Washington,  John  C.  Moyer. 
Centre,   John      Reninger,      Frederick 

Hassinger. 
Penns,  Peter  Bergstresser,  John  App, 

John  Fisher,  Jr. 
April  18,  1840. 

Register's  Notice.  Notice  is  hereby 
given  to  all  Legatees,  Creditors  and 
other    persons   interested    in    the    es- 


tates of  David  Walter,  Geo.  Weirick, 
Barnhart  Kline,  Samuel  Shuck,  Eliza- 
beth Shuck,  Christian  Huffnagle,  Geo. 
Engle,  Daniel  Imshafsall,  Dr.  I.  S. 
Vorce,  Christian  Walter,  John  Hogg- 
man  Jr.,  Jacob  Gemberling  Jr.,  that 
the  Admr.  and  Exr.  of  said  estate 
have  filed  their  accounts  in  the  Reg- 
ister's office. 
May  20,    1840. 

Charles   Smith   announces  that  he 
will  keep  the  tavern  stand,  lately  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Henry  Wasser,  in  the 
town  of  Selinsgrove. 
May  9,    1840. 

Snap  Judgment.  The  proportion  of 
the  state  debt  devolving  upon  the 
citizens  of  Union  County  to  pay  is 
now  upward  of  $400,000;  which  will 
average  about  one  hundred  and  sev- 
enteen dollars  to  every  taxable  in  the 
county.  How  is  this  to  be  paid? 
Since  the  division  of  this  county, 
which  is  now  26  years,  the  people 
have  paid  a  little  rising  of  $182,000. 
At  that  rate  should  the  people  be 
taxed  double  the  amount  they  have 
heretofore  been,  it  would  require  82 
years  to  discharge  our  proportion  in 
this  county.  But  where  is  the  money 
to  come  from?  Ah,  that's  the  ques- 
tion. Let  one  and  all,  therefore  call 
for  our  proportion  of  the  money  ar- 
ising from  the  sale  of  the  public 
lands,  then,  and  then  only  can  we 
pay  the  State  debt.  This  is  Harrison's 
doctrine — the  principle  to  save  our 
country,  and  shall  therefore  be  our 
doctrine  and  our  principle.  Go  for 
Tip  and  Tyler  and  our  debts  will  be 
paid.  Otherwise  upon  the  snap  judg- 
ment which  the  Locofocos  obtained, 
they  will  sell  all  our  lands.  Look 
sharp  and  decide  for  yourselves. 

Married.  On  Tuesday  evening,  May 
5th,  by  Jacob  Riblet  Esq.,  Mr.  David 
Houghton  to  Miss  Catherine  Medlam, 
all  of  the  Isle  of  Que. 
May  15,  1840. 

May  11th  Mr.  Simon  Old,  of  Bea- 
ver, was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Moore,  of  Penn  township. 

Died.  Some  time  ago  in  Perry  twp. 
Mr.  John  Hageman,  a  Revolutionary 
soldier  in  his  84th  year. 

May  22,  1840. 

We  call  attention  to  the  advertise- 
ment of  A.  Vallerchamp,  in  this  pa- 
per, who  has  returned  to  Lewisburg. 
We  have  seen  an  entire  set  of  fore 
teeth  upon  gold  plate,  inserted  by 
him,  and  they  are  commendable  to 
his  profession  as  a  dentist.  We  there- 
fore  recommend   him   to   all  wishing 


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to  have  operation     performed     upon 
their  teeth. 

Married.  Tuesday  the  12th  inst., 
by  Rev.  Wm.  German,  Mr.  Jonathan 
Felty  to  Miss  Catherine  Wolf,  both 
of  Centre  township.  On  Sunday,  May 
3rd,  Mr.  Henry  Hittle  to  Miss  Re- 
becca Mertz,  both  of  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 

Died.   Very  suddenly  on  the   11th 
inst.,  in  Middleburg,  Mr.  Henry  Wal- 
ter, aged  67  years. 
May  29,   1840. 

Effects  of  John  Snyder's  Speech. 
We  have  it  from  the  best  authority, 
that  a  member  of  the  Locofoco  Van- 
Buren  party  asserted,  that  "the 
speech  delivered  by  John  Snyder  in 
the  Court  House  on  the  19th  inst., 
will"  instead  of  converting  friends  to 
the  cause  of  VanBuren  locofocoism, 
"be  the  means  of  changing  300  votes 
for  the  cause  of  Harrison  and  Tyler. 
Married.  On  the  21st  by  the  Rev. 
J.  G.  Anspach,  Mr.  George  Walter, 
of  Kelly  township,  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Gemberling,  of  Penns  township.  In 
Penn  township,  on  Tuesday  last  by 
the  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  Jacob 
Sleer,  of  Union  township,  to  Mrs. 
Hummel,  of  Penns. 

List  of  wholesale  and  retail  deal- 
ers in  merchandise : 
Chapman,  Walls     &     Geddis,     Philip 
Moyer,  Harold  &     Witmer,     John 
Troup. 
Centre.  Jac.  Wittenmyer,  Isaac  Smith 
Michael  Wittenmyer,  J.  Stayley  & 
J.  T.  Harvey,  Jesse  Walter,  Sarah 
Marshall. 
Beaver,    Simon  Franck,   John   Binga- 
man,  Henry  Mick,  H.  &  A.  Smith, 
Wm.    Roshong,    Henry    Crosgrove, 
Charlotte  Margaritz,  Henry  Koch. 
Perry,  Peter  Orwin,  Lewis  Jacobs. 
Penns,  J.  &  W.  F.  Wagenseller,  Gun- 
drum  &  Kingsbury,  Jno.  Hall,  Eyer 
&  Schnure,  Wiser  Bassler. 
Washington,  John  Hilbish,  Isaac  Moy- 
er, F.  C.  Moyer. 

George  Walter  was  administrator 
of  the  estate  of  Henry  Walter  late 
of  Middleburg,   deceased. 

June  5,   1840. 

Henry  Frick,  Esq.,  has  retired  from 
the  Miltonian,  and  hereafter  Jno.  H. 
Brown  will  be  the  sole  editor.  The 
Miltonian  was  established  in  1816 
by  Mr.  Frick  and  has  been  one  of 
the  most  influential  papers  in  this 
part  of  Pennsylvania. 
June  12,  1840. 

Democratic  Nominations:  Pres., 
Gen.    Wm.    H.   Harrison;   Vice   Pres., 


Hon.  John  Tyler;  Congress,  James 
Merrill;  Assembly,  Ner  Middleswarth ; 
Sheriff,  Israel  Gutelius;  Commission- 
er, Samuel  Boope;  Coronor,  Mathew 
Brewer;  Auditor,  John  Bickel;  Trus- 
tees, Daniel  Bellman,  Jacob  Gable, 
Jr.,  Berryhill  Bell. 
June    19,    1840. 

The  Crops.  The  grain  and  grass 
crop  generally,  in  this  neighborhood 
present  the  most  favorable  appear- 
ance of  an  abundant  harvest.  We  have 
received  information  from  different 
parts  of  the  country  which  states  that 
the  crops  of  grain  and  grass  are  in 
general  very  good. 

Celebration.  The  citizens  will  hold 
a  celebration  on  the  fourth  of  July 
at  the  house  of  Mr.  John  Hoff,  to 
which  the  citizens  of  Union  county, 
are    invited    without    distinction. 

Imitate  the  Example  of  the  69.  A 
few  days  since  the  raising  of  a  barn 
in  Kelly  township,  70  men  were 
present.  Something  over  eight  hours 
were  spent  in  rearing  the  building, 
during  which  time  but  one  individ- 
ual was  heard  to  swear,  or  take  the 
name  of  God  in  vain. 
June  26,    1840. 

The  creditors  and  debtors  of  Samu- 
el Kimber,  formerly  of  the  City  of 
Philadelphia,  now  Union  County,  are 
hereby  notified,  that  he  has  assign- 
ed all  his  property,  real  and  personal, 
to  the  undersigned  for  payments  of 
his  debts.  Henry  W.  Snyder,  Assignee. 
July   3,    1840. 

Tippecanoe  Song  Book.  Through 
the  politeness  of  R.  S.  Elliot  &  Co., 
we  have  received  a  copy  of  the  Tip- 
pecanoe Song  Book.  The  song  book  is 
sold  at  the  low  rate  of  $8,00  per  one 
hundred  copies. 

A  Grave  Charge.  The  Lancaster  Ex- 
aminer prefers  a  grave  charge  against 
Martin  VanBuren — no  less  than  that 
of  defrauding  a  poor  Revolutionary 
Soldier  out  of  the  amount  of  his  pen- 
sion. What  will  such  a  man  not  com- 
mit? 

I'll  Not  Stand  That  Any  How.  A 
sturdy  old  Whig  Democrat  of  the 
Jeffersonian  school,  was  asked  a  few 
days  with  a  sneer,by  a  friend  of 
the  administration  how  he  liked  to 
be  called  a  "British  Whig."  "It  is  of 
no  consequence  to  me,"  said  the 
friend  of  a  good  government,  "What 
they  call  me  whether  a  whig,  a  trai- 
tor or  a  renegade,  so  long  as  they  do 
not  call  be  a  VanBuren  man.  I'll  not 
stand  that,  any  how." 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  STAR 


95 


Mr.  Long  of  Penn  Township,  died 
Sunday  last,  aged  77  years. 
July    10,    1840. 

Died.    On   the   25th  ult.,   in   Chap- 
man township,  Mr.  John  Stahl,  a  revo- 
lutionary soldier,  aged  85  years. 
July   17,    1840. 

Fire.  On  Monday  evening  last,  the 
paper  mill  of  Mr.  John  Bickel,  of 
Beaver  township,  this  county,  with 
the  entire  stock  belonging  to  Bickel 
and  Dietrich,  was  consumed  by  fire. 
The  origin  of  the  fire  is  unaccount- 
ed for,  as  there  had  been  none  in  the 
establishment  for  a  week  previous  to 
the  accident.  The  loss  is  estimated 
from  4  to  $6000.  The  unfortunate 
sufferers  are  men  of  active  and  in- 
dustrious habits,  and  through  this  ac- 
cident lost  the  proceeds  of  their  in- 
dustry for  a  number  of  years.  We 
hope  the  liberality  of  the  citizens  of 
our  country  will  not  be  found  want- 
ing. 

Stray  Cow.  A  cow  strayed  away 
from  the  premises  of  Samuel  Bastress 
of  Chapman  township,  on  the  9th  inst. 
The  cow  is  light  red  with  white  spots 
gives  milk  and  is  five  or  six  years 
old.  Reward  offered  for  its  return. 
July   24,    1840. 

The  following  persons  have  been 
appointed  district  committees  for  the 
different  townships  in  the  county: 

Penns,  Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller, 
James  Brewer,  Isaac  Robison,  Geo. 
D.  Miller,  John  Hehn,  Samuel  Pawl- 
ing,   Daniel    Ott. 

Chapman,  Samuel  Bastress,  John 
Keller,  Daniel  Witmer,  Adam  Stahl, 
Geo.  Herrold,  Philip  Herrold. 

Perry,  Michael  Gaugler,  Peter 
Troup,  George  Rine,  Peter  Orbogast, 
Samuel    German,    John    Orbogast. 

Washington.  F.  C.  Moyer,  Isaac 
Boyer,  Jonas  Snyder,  Daniel  Hilbish, 
Jacob   Hummel,   Peter   Hackenberg. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Bouse, 
Dnniel  Zieber,  Henry  Pontius,  Mich- 
ael Keck,  Jacob  Kessler,  Samuel 
Yoder. 

Centre.  Jacob  Fryer,  Lewis  Bert- 
ram, David  Schwenk,  John  Swengle, 
John    Gift,    Frederick   Hassinger. 

Beaver.  Dr.  Isaac  Rothrock,  Har- 
man  Margarets,  Daniel  Bobb,  An- 
drew Ulsh,  Abram  Middleswarth,  J. 
T).  Smith.  John  Kline,  Solomon  Rom- 
ig  Jr.,  Wm.  Roshong,  Jacob  Beaver, 
Jacob   Kern. 

Centerville.  Adam  Welfly,  John 
Hoff,  Henry  Mosser,  Peter  Reich, 
John    Hackenberg. 

Messrs.    June,    Titus,    Angevine    & 


Co.,  will  exhibit  their  extensive  me- 
nagerie and  aviary  in  Middleburff, 
July  29th. 

July    31,    1840. 

Assessors  in  the  various  townships 
wii:  remember  that  it  is  their  duty, 
under  the  late  election  law,  to  put 
up  a  list  of  voters  on  or  before  the 
first  of  August,  at  the  place  of  hold- 
ing their  elections,  and  such  other 
places  as  the  County  Commission- 
ers may  direct. 
August    14,    1840. 

Married.  On  the  24th  of  July  Mr. 
Samuel  Smith,  of  Middleburg,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Bollender,  of  Centre 
township.  On  the  30th  of  July,  Mr. 
Adam  Guth,  of  Selinsgrove,  to  Miss 
Mary  Sloar,  of  Union  township.  On 
the  9th  of  August,  Mr.  Da/:.d  Brion 
to  Miss  Mary  Dinges,  both  of  Middle- 
creek  f-own?hip.  On  the  9th  of  August, 
Mr.  Paul  Benfer  of  Penns  Township, 
Leach  Bingaman  of  Beaver  town- 
ship. On  the  9th  of  Angust,  Mr.  Ja- 
cob Bolig,  to  Miss  Christiana  Breil, 
Loth  of  Middlecreek  townsh/p.  On  iho 
1 1th  of  August,  Mr.  Daniel  Leitzel 
to  Miss  Sarah  Schneider,  both  of  Uni- 
on  township. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  September 
Term: 

Penns.   Philip  Gemberling. 

Beaver. — Jacob  Long. 

Chapman.  John  Epright. 

Centre.  David  Schwenk  Esq. 

Washington.   Geo.   Apple. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Sep- 
tember Term: 

Penns.  Gee.  Hartman,  Leonard  App 
Charles   Fisher. 

Perry.  Geo.  Weikel,  Edward  Hayes. 

Chapman.  Michael  Shirk,  Jacob 
Fisher,  David  Fisher,  John  Keller. 

Washington.  John  Haines,  Daniel 
Shower,  Wm.  Teatz. 

Centre.  Peter  Reish,  Michael  Nei- 
man,  John  Herr. 

Beaver.  John  Troxel,  Abncr  Mid- 
dleswarth, Samuel  Moyer,  Solomon 
Romig,  Ner  Middleswarth  and  George 
Kaley. 

Simon  Frank  respectfully  informs 
his  friends  and  the  public  that  he 
has  taken  the  Beavertown  hotel,  sign 
of  the  Black  Horse. 

John  Lawrence  opened  a  Temper- 
ance Hotel  in  Centerville,  Union  Co. 
August  21,   1840. 

Samuel  Weirick,  will  offer  for  sale 
at  the  house  of  Jacob  Fryer  in  Mid- 
dleburg, Saturday  the  29th  of  August 
5000  acres  of  wood  land  situated  in 
Centre  and  Beaver  townships. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS,  No.  3. 


t  28,  1840. 
.o  Can  Beat  This?  We  have  been 
pi  ->nted,  and  now  have  in  our  of- 
n  a  stalk  of  yellow  corn  measuring 
13  feet,  8  inches,  raised  on  the  farm 
of  Capt.  Hummel  in  Penn  township. 
The  same  gentleman  also  brought 
to  town  4  others  of  about  the  same 
length. 
September  4,   1840. 

J.  H.  Stailey  and  J.  J.  Harvey,  of 
Centerville,  known  as  the  Stailey  and 
Harvey  firm,  have  dissolved  partner- 
ship. 

Federal  Van  Buren,  Sub-treasury, 
low  wages,  standing  army  tax  ticket. 

Congress.  John  Snyder. 

Assembly.  Isaac  Lottenstine. 

Commissioner.    Robert    Swineford. 

Auditor.  Philip  Schnee. 

Toroner.  Samuel  Rodearmel. 

Trustees.  R.  G.  H.  Hayes,  J.  Bar- 
ber, Wm.  Bilert. 

Dr.  J.  R.  Lotz,  of  this  place,  pre- 
sented us  Wednesday  last,  with  a 
stalk  of  the  Chinese  Tree  Corn,  con- 
taining six  large  ears.  We  examined 
lot  of  this  species  of  corn,  owned  by 
the  same  gentleman,  nearly  every 
stalk  of  which  bears  from  3  to  6  ears. 

Tall  Corn.  Last  week  we  were  pre- 
sented a  VanBuren  corn  stalk  meas- 
uring 13  feet  8  inches,  raised  by 
Captain  Hummel,  of  Penn  township. 
This  week  we  were  shown  a  real  Har- 
rison Corn  stalk,  on  the  land  of  Mr. 
Bell,  of  Mifflinburg,  measuring  15 
feet  3  inches.  Another  good  Harri- 
son stalk  was  left  at  our  office  by 
Samuel  Templeton,  of  Union  town- 
ship, measuring  14  feet  6  inches. 

A  Harrison,  Tyler  Reform  Democ- 
racy meeting  was  held  at  the  court 
House,    at   New   Berlin,    Wednesday, 


September  16th.    There     were     1078 
persons  present. 

September   11,    1840. 

Died.  On  the  2nd  inst.,  Mr.  Jacob 
Wittenmyer,  of  Middleburg,  aged  36 
years. 

Register's  Notice.  George  Row,  Ad- 
ministrator of  Abraham  Kreider,  late 
of  Penn  township  deed. 
September    18,    1840. 

Boys  Do  You  Hear.  A  Harrison 
meeting  was  held  in  New  Berlin  on 
Wednesday  last,  at  which  between 
4  and  5000  freeman  were  present. 
Even  the  honest  Locos  admit  there 
were  3000.  Geo.  A.  Snyder,  son  of 
Gov.  Simon  Snyder  was  president. 

October  2,    1840. 

Why  does  John  Snyder  not  resign 
his  office  as  supervisor  on  the  canal? 
Is  it  not  because  he  knows  that  he 
cannot  be  elected.  Not  so  bad  John, 
"a  bird  in  the  hand  is  worth  two  in 
the  bush." 
October   9,    1840. 

John  Snyder  has  not  yet  resigned 
his  office  as  supervisor  on  the  canal. 
This  is  the  man  who  declared  that  he 
would  not  take  that  appointment,  but 
when  he  failed  in  being  appointed 
Canal  Commissioner,  then  he  pounc- 
ed upon  it  like  a  hawk  upon  a  red 
robin,  notwithstanding  he  had  promis- 
ed to  assist  and  sign  petitions  for  oth- 
ers to  get  it.  Who  has  got  the  job  at 
Shamokin  Dam  which  Snyder  adver- 
tised to  let,  and  promised  it  to  sev- 
eral persons  if  they  would  aid  him  in 
getting  the  nomination  for  Congress? 
Such  humbug  lettings  will  not  take 
at  the  ballot  box,  if  it  did  at  the  nomi- 
nation. Merrill  and  liberty  against 
Snyder  and  a  standing  army.  Choose 
for  yourselves.  SUNBURY. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  MARRIAGE  BOOK  AND  INSCRIPTION  BOOK. 


Snyder  County  Marriages,  266  pp $3.00 

Tombstone    Inscriptions   of   Snyder  County,  279  pp $3.00 

A   Copy   of   Each   Book  Ordered  at  the  Same  Time  will  be  Sent 

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;  ,  Publisher  and  Author, 

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The  above  is  a  likeness  of  the  front  of  the  Snyder  County  Court 
House,  as  remodeled  during  the  year  1916.  The  original  Court  House 
was  built  in  the  years  following  1355,  when  Snyder  County  was  form- 
ed.      This    was    remodelled    and    enlarged   in   1867   at  a  cost  of  over  $11,- 

0:0. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


EARLY  SNYDER  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Items  Taken  From  The  Union  Star  of  New  Berlin,  From 
Oct.  16,  1840  to  Feb.  2,  1844.     Pages  98—119. 

OLD  PEOPLE'S  CORNER.     Pages  120—128. 


October   16,    1840. 

Appointment    by    tbe    Governor.    J. 

P.  Gutelius,  Prothonotary  and  clerk 
of  the  several  courts  of  Union  Coun- 
ty. Vice,  Jacob  H.  Horning,  deceased. 

The  heirs  of  Henry  Walter  deceas- 
ed, late  of  Centre  township,  will  sell 
real   estate  at  public   sale,   Saturday 
the  10th  of  October. 
October  23,   1840. 

Congress.  James  Merrill  2311;  Jno. 
Snyder   1444. 

Senator.  James  Mathers  2236;  Jos- 
eph B.  Ard,   1532. 

Assembly.  Ner  Middleswarth,  2213; 
John  Funk,  2220;  Joseph  A.  Bell, 
2219;  Isaac  Hottenstein,  1582;  Jo- 
seph Kyle,  1582;  R.  D.  Morrison, 
1578. 

Sheriff.  Israel  Gutelius,  2031;  Dani- 
el Spigelmyer,  1724. 

Coroner.  Mathew  Brewer,  2216; 
Samuel  Roadarmel,  1468. 

Commissioner.  Samuel  Boop,  2244; 
Robert  Swineford,  1506. 

Auditor.  John  Bickel,  2287;  Philip 
Schnee,  1503. 

Trustees.  Daniel  Bellman,  2180; 
Jacob  Gable,  Jr.,  2185;  Berryhill 
Bell,  2182;  Robert  G.  H.  Hayes, 
1476;  James  W.  Barber,  1465;  Wm. 
Filbert,  1463. 
November  6,   1840. 

Dissolution.  The  Partnership  here- 
tofore existing  between  Israel  Gu- 
telius and  Wm.  Fisher,  in  the  Print- 
ing establishment  of  the  Union  Star 
has  been  dissolved  by  mutual  consent 
November  3,  1840. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  Decem- 
ber Court: 

Penns.  Geo.  Miller,  Philip  Gember- 
ling. 

Perry.  Philip  Winey. 

Beaver,  John  D.  Smith,  Solomon 
Romig  Jr.,  Andrew  Ulsh. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Decem- 
ber Court: 

Beaver,  Michael  Ewig,  John  Bickel, 
George  Overdorf,  Henry  Smith,  Pat- 
er Kline,  George  Erb,  Jacob  Heinley, 
Jacob   Fees,   Jacob    Gross. 


Penns.  Valentine  Laudenslap.er. 

Perry.  Samuel  Shadle,  Daniel 
Watts,  Peter  Graybill,  Jacob  rjeich- 
enbach. 

Chapman.  Abraham  Zeigler,  John 
Roath,  Simon  Herold,  Adam  Nerhood. 

Centre.  Abraham  Eisenhauer,  John 
Smith,  George  Sampsel,  John  Schoch. 

Washington.    Henry   Arnold,    John 
Miller,  John  Kantz,  Isaac  Bickel. 
November    13,    1840. 

The    official    election    returns    for 
President    in    Penna.,    was    Harrison 
144,018;  Van  Buren  143,492,  a  ma- 
jority of  343. 
November  20,  1840. 

Teacher  Wanted.  A  teacher  cap- 
able of  teaching  English  grammar, 
geography,  arithmetic  etc.,  is  want- 
ed to  take  charge  of  the  Isle  of 
Que  school.  The  school  is  very  large 
and  none  but  one  who  can  come  well 
recommended  need  apply.  Apply  to 
Jacob  Riblet. 
November   27,    1840. 

We  would  respectfully  request 
those  who  wish  to  have  proceedings, 
communications  etc.,  published  in  the 
STAR,  to  hand  them  to  us  on  or  be- 
fore Tuesday  of  each  week. 
December  4,   1840. 

The  Next  Governor.  The  following 
are  a  list  of  gentlemen  recommended 
by  different  papers  as  suitable  per- 
sons for  Governor  of  the  Harrison 
Party:  James  Merrill,  Henry  W.  Sny- 
der, Ner  Midaieswarth  and  Robert  P. 
Maclay,  of  Union  County. 

December    11,    1840. 

Remarkable.  None  of  the  sons  of 
the  late  Democratic  Gov.  Simon  Sny- 
der, voted  for  Martin  VanBuren,  ex- 
cept one,  whose  name  is  John,  and  by 
the  way  he  only  intended  to  vote  for 
him  until  he  was  elected  to  Congress, 
and  then  unfortunately  for  the  Loco- 
focos  refused  to  do  so.  However  it 
some  times  so  happens  that  a  good 
tree  may  bear  all  good  fruit  except 
one  apple  may  roll  off  and  unfortu- 
nately be  lost  in  the  mud  of  locofo- 
cism. 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  STAR 


99 


Interesting  Fact — Mr.  Dickson,  the 
Harrison  elector  of  Adams  County, 
voted  twice  as  Elector  for  George 
Washington,  first  president  of  the 
United  States.  Mr.  Dickson  is  now 
about  75  years  of  age. 
December   25,    1840. 

The  following  committees  were  ap- 
pointed in  the  different  townships  in 
the  second  resolution: 

Beaver.  Sol.  Engle,  Esq.,  Geo.  Mil- 
ler, Peter  Kline. 

Centre.  Hon.  George  Kremer,  Dr. 
J.  Bibighouse,  Isaac  Smith  Lewis 
Betram  Esq. 

Washington.  Henry  Straub,  John 
Motz,  Peter  Hackenberg,  Henry  Hil- 
bish. 

Middlecreek.  Henry  Wetzel,  Jacob 
Kessler,  Daniel  Zieber. 

Perry.  Hon.  Adam  Light,  John  K. 
Snyder,  Samuel  Shadle. 

Chapman.  Frederick  Kremer,  J.  G. 
Herrold,  John  Lenig. 

Penns.   Dr.   John   Baskins,   Charles 
Rhoads,   John    App,    Geo.    Bergstres- 
ser. 
January   1,   1841. 

Speaker  of  House  of  Representa- 
tives. We  must  acknowledge  that  we 
neglected  to  urge  claims  of  our  dis- 
tinguished member,  Ner  Middleswarth 
as  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Represen- 
tatives. Of  all  the  members  elected  to 
that  body  he  appears  to  be  the  most 
conspicuous  person,  and  should  sure- 
ly be  elected  Speaker.  Mr.  Middles- 
warth's  known  talents  and  long  ex- 
perience as  a  Statesman — his  sterl- 
ing and  unbending  republican  prin- 
ciple, justly  entitle  him  to  the  sta- 
tion. He  heretofore  presided  over  that 
body  with  dignity  and  decorum,  and 
as  far  as  we  know,  to  the  entire  satis- 
faction of  all  members.  His  services 
in  that  capacity  will  be  of  great  im- 
portance during  the  approaching  ses- 
sion. We  want  a  Speaker  who  is  sound 
to  the  core,  one  who  knows  his  duty 
and  will  do  it,  in  short  we  want  a 
Speaker,  'firm  as  the  surge  repelling 
rock'  and  such  a  man  is  Ner  Middles- 
warth. 
January   8,    1841. 

Tiie  Weather.  On  Friday  last,  snow 
fell  at  this  place  to  the  depth  of  a- 
bout  15  inches.  The  state  of  the 
weather  became  so  intense  cold,  that 
on  Tuesday  morning  following  the 
thermometer  stood  at  22%  degrees 
below  zero. 

At  the  last  December  court,  Henry 
Christ  and  Casper  Arnold,  both  of 
Chapman  township,  were  indicted,  tri- 


ed and  convicted  for  riotously  dis- 
turbing the  peace  of  the  election.  The 
sentence  of  the  court  was.  that  each 
pay  a  fine  of  $50.  costs  of  prosecu- 
tion be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail 
for  two  months,  and  stand  committed 
until  the  sentence  be  compiled  with. 
On  the  4th  inst.,  they  were  pardoned 
by  the  Governor  and  the  fine  remit- 
ted. Mr.  Christ  was  also  indicted  for 
assault  and  battery,  to  which  bill  he 
plead  guilty  and  was  fined  one  dollar 
and  costs  of  prosecution  and  stand 
committed  until  the  sentence  be  com- 
piled with.  Mr.  Arnold  is  an  aged  man 
and  it  is  believed  was  brought  into 
this  matter  unjustly,  upon  the  recep- 
tion of  the  reprieve,  he  had  the  neces- 
sary costs  and  was  immediately  set 
at  liberty.  Mr.  Christ  is  still  in  con- 
finement and  being  poor,  is  waiting 
to  be  relieved  by  the  helping  hand 
of  his  friends,  but  whether  those  who 
urged  him  into  his  present  situation 
will  now  show  their  generosity  re- 
mains to  be  seen. 

Hon.  Ellis     Lewis     was     president 
judge  of  this  county.  Associate  judges 
Hon.  George  Schnable     and       Adam 
Light. 
January    29,    1841. 

Taverns.  There  are  seventy  five 
licensed  taverns  in  Unicn  County. 
And  for  what  purpose  are  they  licens- 
ed? To  sell  liquor.  But  do  the  people 
of  Union  County  actually  need  so 
many  licensed  houses  for  such  a  pur- 
pose? No-not  one;  and  every  true 
friend  of  Temperance  will  make  the 
same  response.  Shall  we  then  be  in- 
active, and  make  no  effort  to  reduce 
the  number?  Not  if  we  are  true  to 
our  principles.  But  what  can  we  do? 
We  can  petition  the  court,  and  they 
will  hear  us,  and  answer  our  peti- 
tions. The  court  will  reduce  the  num- 
ber of  taverns  in  every  Borough  and 
township,  if  they  are  asked  to  do  it, 
for  they  have  done  the  same  in  other 
counties.  Should  not  the  friends  of 
Temperance,  then  go  to  work?  And 
let  us  bear  in  mind  that  this  work, 
when  once  begun  will  not  depend 
upon  the  efforts  of  the  Temperance 
men  alone.  There  are  many  towns 
and  places  cursed  with  dram  shops 
of  the  lowest  order,  which  many  peo- 
ple who  feel  no  interest  in  the  Tem- 
perance cause,  would  cheerfully  as- 
sist in  removing.  The  only  business 
of  these  shops  is  to  make  drunkards, 
and  produce  vice,  misery  and  want; 
and  the  people  want  it.  And  every 
friend   of   good   morals      and      every 


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good  citizen,  be  he  Temperance  or 
anti  Temperance,  will  give  his  aid  & 
influence  whenever  any  opportunity 
is  afforded.  To  work  then  let  us  go. 
Circulate  remonstrances  in  every 
Borough  and  township  throughout 
the  county,  give  all  an  opportunity 
to  sign,  bring  them  up  before  the 
Court  on  Monday  morning  of  next 
sessions  and  I  will  stake  the  reputa- 
tion of  a  Temperance  man  on  the  re- 
sult. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  February 
Court: 

Penns.    George    Gemberling. 
Perry.  Nicholas  Minium. 
Middlecreek.    Jacob    Kessler,    Con- 
rad Stuck. 

Centre.  George  Aurand,  George 
Sampsell,  David  Weirick. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Feb- 
ruary Court: 

Washington.  John  C.  Moyer,  Jonas 
Snyder,  John  Gingrich. 

Penns.  John  Fisher,  John  Hall,  Ja- 
cob Crawford,  Leonard  App,  Philip 
Kauntz. 

Beaver.  Andrew  Fetterolf. 
Center.   Michael    Swengle,   Freder- 
ick Hassinger,  Isaac  Smith. 
Chapman.  Abraham  Luke. 
List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  February 
Court: 

Beaver.  Philip  Kinney,  Jacob 
Dreese,  Solomon  Romig,  Aaron  Mid- 
dleswarth. 

Centre.  James  Barbin,  David 
Schoch. 

Chapman.  Samuel  Bastress,  Mich- 
ael Beashore,  Wm.  Kelly. 

Penns.  Jacob  Fisher,  Jacob  Ott. 
February    12,    1841. 

Joseph  A.  Bell,  Member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives,  and  Geo. 
A.  Snyder,  transcribing  Clerk  of  the 
senate,  will  please  accept  our  thanks 
for  public   documents. 

The  following  is  a  petition  prepar- 
ed by  the   Committee: 

To  the  Honorable  the  Senate  and 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  Com- 
monwealth of  Pennsylvania,  in  gen- 
eral Assembly  met:  We  the  subscrib- 
ers of  the  counties  of  Centre,  Union 
and  Northumberland  and  would  re- 
spectfully represent:  That  the  Cross- 
cut forming  a  communication  be- 
tween the  west  branch  Canal  and  the 
borough  of  Lewisburg,  has  been  for 
more  than  one  year  so  much  impair- 
ed by  accidents  and  time  as  to  ren- 
der it  daring  that  time,  altogether  un- 
navagable;  and  consequently     of     no 


use  whatever  either  to  the  state  or  to 
ourselves;  in  confirmation  of  which 
we  respectfully  refer  the  senate  and 
House  of  Representatives,  to  report 
of  the  Canal  Commissioners,  who 
nevertheless,  in  their  estimate  of  the 
sum  required  for  Repairs  on  the  Wust 
Branch  Canal  unfortunately  overlook- 
ed this  important  poition  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania improvements,  as  the  amount 
of  tolls  (more  than  $8000  annually) 
arising  from  imports  and  exports 
from  the  borough  of  Lewisburg,  ex- 
ceeds that  of  any  other  port  on  the 
West  Branch  Canal,  paying  toll  for 
crossing  the  bridge  between  them, 
etc.,  and  as  we  have  been  waiting  till 
our  patience  is  exhausted  for  the 
Canal  Commissioners  to  make  these 
repairs  so  essential  to  the  interests 
both  of  the  state  and  to  ourselves,  we 
earnestly  but  respectfully  solicit  your 
honorable  bodies  to  appropriate  the 
requisite  sum  for  the  purpose  above 
stated  immediately;  and  to  direct  the 
said  Canal  Commissioners  to  repair 
the  said  Cross-cut  in  a  manner  which 
their  superior  wisdom  shall  dictate 
and  as  early  next  spring  as  may  be  in 
their  power;  and  your  petitioners  as 
in  duty  bound  will  ever  pray. 

Married.  On  the  27th  of  December, 
George  Miller,  Esq.,  Mr.  Jacob  Houtz 
to  Miss  Anna  Hall,  both  of  Beaver 
township. 

February  26,  1841. 

All  Right.  We  are  gratified  to  learn 
that  when  the  Judges  of  our  Court 
had  received  correct  information  re- 
specting the  Tavern  licenses  in  Frea- 
burg,  they  very  cheerfully  rescinded 
the  refusal  of  F.  C.  Moyer's  Tavern 
License,  and  granted  him  a  license.  It 
would  really  be  a  mockery  of  th? 
true  meaning  of  the  law,  to  refuse  a 
license  to  one  of  the  ^^st  taverns  in 
the  county.  We  say  without  fear  of 
contradiction,  there  is  none  surpasses 
it  for  accommoaation,  as  a  tavern  for 
Temperance  and  respectability.  We 
believe  that  the  intention  of  the  Judg- 
es is  only  to  refuse  license  to  those 
who  grossly  violate  the  License  Law, 
and  not  those  who  keep  houses  to  the 
true  spirit  and  meaning  of  the  law. 

Receiots  and  Expenditures  of  Uni- 
on County,  TUITION: 

Penns.  Mary  A.  Crain  $8.69;  John 
Emmit  $39.19;  Wm.  Fisher  $26.70; 
J.  M.  App  $27.16;  Aaron  Weidman 
$5:60;  Jacob  Musselman  $54.  R.  C. 
Fisher  $4.41;  E.  F.  Wright,  $8.27; 
Jeremiah  Madden  $56.  Total  $121.12. 


Centre.  J.  Highly  $9.84;  J.  Cross- 
grove,   $7.68,  Total  $17.52. 

Middlecreek.  Daniel  Snyder  $2.63. 

Washington.  Wm.  Gardner,  $5.15. 
March  12,  1841. 

To  The  Public.  Whereas,  an  in- 
dictment was  found  against  me  by 
the  Grand  Jury  of  Union  County,  at 
the  last  September  Sessions  for  a 
libel  on  Irsael  Gutelius,  for  an  article 
which  appeared  in  the  Union  Times 
in  July  last.  As  Mr.  Gutelius  says  it 
is  not  his  intention  to  press  the  prose- 
cution, for  the  purpose  of  injuring 
me,  in  justice  to  himself.  I  feel  it  to 
be  my  duty  as  well  as  myself,  to  state 
that  the  article  in  question  appeared 
in  the  Times  without,  to  state  that 
the  article  in  question  appeared  in 
the  Times  without  my  knowledge  or 
consent.  That  I  had  no  knowledge 
nor  evidence  of  the  facts  therein 
charged  on  him,  either  then  or  since 
etc.,  that  at  no  time  have  I  approved 
of  the  publication,  with  a  view  to 
injure  Mr.  Gutelius.  I  cheerfully  make 
this*  acknowledgement  and  the  whole 
matter  is  now  settled.  JACOB 
REICHLY,  December   13,   1839. 

We  have  not  published  this  that  we 
have  any  ill  will  against  Mr.  Reich- 
ly,  but  to  let  the  public  fairly  see  and 
understand  how  the  "Union  Times" 
is  conducted.  We  appeal  to  the  public 
what  confidence  or  reliance  can  you 
have  in  a  public  journal  where  no 
one  will  be  responsible  for  what  ap- 
pears. If  you  read  an  article  in  the 
''Union  Times"  who  do  you  suppose 
is  the  author?  Reichly — No.  He  bit- 
terly denies  ever  knowing  a  word  that 
is  in  the  paper.  Than  it  must  be  the 
boys  or  some  person  in  the  dark  who 
is  afraid  to  let  himself  be  known  to 
the  public.  Will  the  Van  Buren  party 
recognize  boys  to  be  their  leaders  and 
dictators,  or  some  one  in  the  dark 
that  they  do  not  know. 

Penn  Township.  The  friends  of 
Harrison  and  Reform  in  Penns  town- 
ship have  nominated  the  following 
ticket:  Constable,  George  Adams; 
Judge  H.  W.  Snyder;  Inspector,  W. 
F.  Wagenseller;  Supervisors,  John 
Stailey  and  Henry  Laudenslager;  Ov- 
erseers, Charles  Rhoads  and  William 
Mover;  Auditors,  Samuel  Pawling, 
Charles  Smith,  Capt.  John  Hehn; 
Township  Clerk,  Jacob  Riblet;  Asses- 
sor, Samuel  Boyer  Jr.,  School  Direc- 
tors, Daniel  Miller,  Benj.  Ulrich,  Val- 
entine Laudenslager,  David  Heiser, 
Geo.  Gemberling,  Sr.,  Capt.  John 
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List  of  township  Committees. 

Penns.  Dr.  Jacob  Wagenseller, 
John  Hehn,  Samuel  Pawling,  Daniel 
Ott,  Isaac  Robison,  George  D.  Mil- 
ler. 

Chapman.  Samuel  Bastress,  John 
Keller,  Daniel  Witrner,  Adam  Stahl, 
George  Herold,  Philip  Herold. 

Perry,  Michael  Gaugler,  Peter  Or- 
bogast,  Samuel  German,  John  Orbo- 
gast. 

Washington.  Peter  Hackenberg,  F. 

C.  Moyer,  Isaac  Boyer,  Jonas  Snyder, 
Daniel    Hilbish,    Jacob    Hummel. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Bouse, 
Daniel  Zieber,  Henry  Pontius,  Mich- 
ael Keck,  Jacob  Kessler,  Samuel 
Yoder. 

Center.  Jacob  Fryer,  Lewis  Bert- 
ram, David  Schwenk,' John  Swengel, 
John  Gift,  Frederick  Hassingcr. 

Center,  Jacob  Fryer,  Lewis  Bert- 
ram, David  Schwenk,  John  Swengel, 
John    Gift,    Fredrick    Hassinger. 

Beaver,  Dr.  Isaac  Rothrock, 
Harman  Margarets,  Daniel  Boop, 
Andrew  Ulsh,  Abr.   Middleswarth,  J. 

D.  Smith,  John  Kline,  Solomon  Romig 
Jr.,  Wm.  Roshong,  Jacob  Beaver, 
Jacob  Kern. 

Centerville,  Adam  Welfiy,  John 
Hoff,  Henry  Mosser,  Peter  Reish 
John  Hackenberg. 

Number  cf  taxable  inhabitants  in 
the  several  school  districts  of  the 
county,  according  to  the  enumera- 
tions of  1835  and  1839: 

1835  1839 

Beaver,  435  528 

Centre,  436  424 

Chapman,  231  256 

Penns,  484  466 

Perry,  214  231 

Union,  282  353 

Washington,  230  255 

March   19,   1841. 

The  Union  Times.  We  have  last 
week  proven  and  conclusively  shown 
how  wretchedly  the  "Union  Times" 
is  conducted.  They  still  continue 
ubli:  hing  the  false  and  malicious 
obligations  against  the  Commission- 
ers of  this  County,  which  we  have 
shown  and  pvoven  to  be  untrue.  We 
dare  any  responsible  man  to  come 
out  in  the  "Union  Times"  or  any  other 
paper  over  his  own  signature,  and 
deny  any  of  the  statements  we  have 
made,  and  say  that  they  are  untrue, 
respecting  the  county  printing.  We 
will  prove  any  such  person  a  liar  and 
falsifier  in  a  Court  of  Justice.  We 
will  show  a  few  more  absurdities  of 


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the  "Union  Times"  which  wo  neglect- 
ed last  week  to  notice.  Extract  from 
the  "Times"  of  March  5,  1841.  "We 
would  have  done  the  county  print- 
ing last  year  for  $65."  And  reading 
on  a  few  lines  further  the  same  pa- 
per says.  "We  did  not  propose  to  do 
the  county  printing  last  year  for  that 
amount."  The  Times  also  says  they 
proposed  to  do  all  the  printing  em- 
anating from  the  County  this  year 
for  the  comparative  small  sum  of  $65. 
A  more  base  fouler,  malicious  state- 
ment was  never  published.  For  the 
satisfaction  of  the  public  we  do  say, 
that  Reichley,  or  any  of  his  boys  or 
any  other  person,  has  ever  made  any 
offer  to  do  the  Sheriff's  printing,  ema- 
nating from  the  county  at  any  price. 
And  yet  the  "Union  Times"  publish- 
ed and  republished  that  they  did  of- 
fer to  do  all  the  printing  emanating 
from  the  county.  We  also  dare  any 
person  to  publish  that  either  Reich- 
ley  or  any  other  person  made  any 
offer  to  us  to  do  any  part  of  the 
printing  at  any  price.  And  we  will 
pledge  ourselves  for  the  satisfaction 
of  all  parties,  if  such  a  publication 
shall  appear,  with  a  responsible  signa- 
ture, that  we  will  arraign  him  before 
tribunal  where  justice  will  prevail 
and  the  truth  be  sustained. 
March  26,   1841. 

Henry    Orwig   has   taken    out   let- 
ters of  administration  for  the  estate 
of  George  Orwig,  late  of  the  borough 
of  Mifflinburg. 
April  2,  1841. 

Died.  On  the  19th  ult.,  in  Chap- 
man township,  Mr.  Peter  Clemens,  a 
Revolutionary  soldier,  aged  about 
84  years.  On  the  9th  ult,  in  Middle- 
burg. 

Frederick,  son  of  Jacob  Smith,  ag- 
ed 5  years,  2  months  and  19  days. 
On  the  8th  ult.,  in  Beavertown,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth,  consort  of  John  Backer, 
aged  48  years.  On  the  2nd  ult.,  in 
Beaver  township,  Mr.  Jonathan  Brun- 
ner,  aged  22  years. 
April    9,    1841. 

Publication   of     an      obituary     of 
President  Harrison. 
April   16,   1841. 

Daniel  Ott  applied  to  the  May 
court  for  license  for  a  tavern  in  Penn 
township.  Signers:  Charles  Smith, 
Benj.  Ulrich,  Isaac  Gerhart,  L.  Stine, 
Henry  Keefer,  Henry  C.  Eyer,  Geo. 
Rishel,  Jas.  K.  Davis,  John  Bassler, 
Joseph  Walter,  John  Deitrich,  G. 
Schnure. 


Daniel  Hoff  applied  for  license  to 
the  May  Court  for  license  for  a  tav- 
ern in  the  town  of  Centerville.  Sign- 
ers: J.  H.  Stailey,  John  Lenhart, 
Geo.  Sampsel,  Henry  Grobb,  Chris- 
tian Kerr,  Jacob  Kern,  Jno.  Farns- 
worth,  Geo.  Young,  Charles  Yerger, 
Wm.  Crossgrove,  Conrad  Woefley, 
Peter  Reish,  George  Loss,  Abraham 
Humer,  Wm.  Kuhn,  John  Hoff, 
Henry  Musser,  Michael  Yeisley,  Hen- 
ry Hoff,  John  Mohn,  Peter  Mohn, 
John  Sanders,  Jacob  Kuhn. 

John  Hoff  applied  for  license  to  the 
May  court  for  a  tavern  in  the  town 
of  Centerville.  Signers:  John  H. 
Stailey.  Jacob  Hartman,  George 
Loss,  Gideon  Delong,  George  Samp- 
sel, Harry  Stark,  Charles  Yerger,  Jno. 
Mohn,  Daniel  Hoff,  Peter  Reish,  Ja- 
cob Aurand,  Wm.  Kuhn,  Jno.  Farns- 
worth,  George  Young,  Levi  Bertram, 
Jacob  Kuhn,  Peter  Mohn. 

Henry  Mich  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern 
in  the  town  of  Adamsburg.  Signers: 
Geo.  Miller,  Samuel  Kessler,  Henry 
Gross,  Daniel  Bob,  John  Moyer,  Jacob 
Bieber,  Peter  Harbs'ter,  George  Goss, 
Solomon  Engle,  Charles  Kaley,  Aaron 
Middleswarth,  Abr.  H.  Middleswarth, 
Henry  Rauch,  John  Hartley,  George 
Roth. 

Daniel  Shower  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
Washington  township.  Signers:  F.  C. 
Moyer,  Philip  Roush,  Henry  Stroub, 
Geo.  C.  Moyer,  Isaac  Boyer,  John 
Hummel,  Daniel  Garman,  Samuel 
Stroub,  Daniel  Glass,  John  Gingrich, 
John  Hains,  David  Reish,  Wm.  Ar- « 
bogast. 

Charles  Wireman  applied  to  the 
May  court  for  license  to  keep  a  tav- 
ern in  the  town  of  Beavertown: 
Signers:  Simon  Frank,  John  M. 
Boush,  Simon  Aigler,  Sem.  Witten- 
myer,  Jacob  Freed,  John  Bingaman, 
Moses  Specht,  Henry  Young,  Isaac 
Rothrock,  William  Weirick,  Solomon 
Engel,  Jacob  Bertch. 

John  Smith  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern 
in  the  town  of  Middleburg.  Signers: 
George  Mootz,  Jacob  Wittenmyer,  J. 
Bibighouse;  Henry  S.  Boyer,  Peter 
Frain,  Jacob  Aurand,  J.  S.  Smith, 
Frederick  Bower,  Lewis  Bertram, 
John  Highly,  Geo.  Yarnall,  David 
Schwenk. 
April   23,    1841. 

To  the  patrons  of  the  People's  Ad- 


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vocate.  I  have  made  arrangements 
with  Mr.  Israel  Gutelius  publisher 
of  the  "Union  Star"  to  supply  those 
subscribers  who  are  not  now  subscrib- 
ers to  the  Star  in  the  bounds  of  Uni- 
on County,  with  the  Star  to  complete 
the  remaining  six  numbers  of  the  first 
half  volume,  which  will,  when  com- 
pleted make  Vol.  1,  No.  26  of  the  Ad- 
vocate. WM.  FISHER. 

I  have  agreed  with  Wm.  Fisher 
proprietor  of  the  People's  Advocate, 
to  furnish  his  subscribers  in  Union 
county  (those  that  are  not  subscrib- 
ers to  the  Union  Star)  with  six 
copies,  which  he  said  would  furnish 
them  with  the  paper  for  one  half 
year,  and  for  said  six  copies  Wm. 
Fisher  is  to  receive  the  pay — the 
first  number  of  the  six  copies  to  be 
furnished  to  Mr.  Fisher's  subscrib- 
ers will  be  No.  11  and  the  last  No. 
17.  I  will  respectfully  ask  the  sub- 
scribers of  the  Advocate  to  continue 
the  Union  Star,  after  the  time  is  ex- 
pired that  I  have  agreed  to  furnish. 
I  will  continue  to  send  the  paper  af- 
ter No.  17  and  from  that  time,  if  you 
continue  the  paper,  you  are  sub- 
scribers to  the  Union  Star.  ISRAEL 
GUTELIUS. 

Tavern  License.  We  have  under- 
stood and  we  believe  it  to  be  true, 
that  the  law,  compelling  the  appli- 
cants for  Tavern  licenses,  to  publish 
the  same  in  a  paper,  is  repealed  until 
the  first  of  June.  We  have  informed 
all  those  that  we  have  had  an  oppor- 
tunity of  seeing,  concerning  the  pub- 
lication of  Tavern  License  in  our  pa- 
per, that  it  was  said  the  law  was  re- 
pealed and  asked  if  we  should  dis- 
continue the  advertisement.  The  ans- 
wer was  that  they  should  be  con- 
tinued, and  some  said  that  they 
would  have  it  published  so  that  the 
people  might  see  that  they  could  get 
respectable  signers,  that  were  willing 
to  give  their  names  to  be  published. 
If  there  are  any  that  want  their  ad- 
vertisement for  Tavern  License  dis- 
continued, will  please  inform  us. 

Michael  Neitz  applied  to  the  May 
court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
the  town  of  Charlestown,  Penns 
Township.  Signers :  Charles  Smith,  Ja- 
cob Riblet,  Lewis  White,  Jos.  Eyster, 
Peter  Richter,  Peter  Miller,  John 
Hehn,  George  Adams,  J.  Wagensel- 
ler,  Francis  Eckelman,  John  Hart- 
man  Jr.  Frederick  Starick,  Henry 
Keeffer,  S.  Gemberling. 


J.  G.  Herrold  applied  to  the  May 
Court  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
Chupman  township.  Signers:  John 
Lenig,  George  Arnold,  John  H.  Shaf- 
fer, Philip  Herrold,  George  Herrold, 
John  Arnold,  John  Herrold,  Frederick 
Stahl,  Daniel  Witmer,  S.  S.  Back- 
house, Samuel  Bastress. 
May   7,    1841. 

May  20th,  the  corner  stone  of  the 
new  church  will  be  laid.  The  church 
is  located  1  V2  miles  north  of  Buffalo 
Cross  Roads. 
May  21,   1841. 

Reward.  $50.  Reward  will  be  paid 
for  the  apprehension  and  delivery 
of  John  Russel,  at  the  jail  of  Union 
county,  who  broke  out  of  the  said 
jail  on  the  evening  of  the  6th  of  May. 
Russel  was  confined  to  jail  for  horse 
stealing.  Said  Russel  is  from  23  to 
25  years  of  age,  5  feet  7  inches  high, 
slim  of  stature,  has  had  the  small 
pox  and  is  completely  pox  marked, 
has  a  red  face  with  a  peaked  nose 
with  a  scare  on  it.  Had  on  when  he 
left  the  jail  a  blue  tight  bodied  coat 
with  large  gilt  buttons,  and  on  the 
back  of  the  coat  a  crow's  foot, 
striped  cashmere  pantaloons,  monroe 
shoes,  and  a  pair  of  hobbles.  ISRAEL 
GUTELIUS,  Sheriff  of  Union  Co. 
May  28,  1841. 

Tavern  License.  According  to  the 
'promise  in  our  last  week's  paper  re- 
specting Tavern  License,  we  now  pro- 
ceed. We  understood  the  court  to  say 
that  a  petition  presented  according  as 
the  law  requires,  was  all  that  was 
necessary  to  obtain  License;  Provid- 
ed, that  there  was  no  evidence  pro- 
duced before  the  court  that  the 
House  was  not  kept  in  accordance 
with  the  act  of  Assembly,  that  is  to 
'  encourage  gambling,  drunkenness 
and  other  vices;  the  court  in  all  cases 
will  refuse  license,  and  the  court  is 
very  desirous  that  all  the  Tavern 
keepers  in  the  county  should  fairly 
understand  that  and  act  accordingly. 
We  have  made  this  statement  from 
friendly  feelings  to  the  Tavern  keep- 
ers of  Union  County,  and  we  hope 
that  they  will  conduct  their  taverns 
so  that  the  Court  can  grant  them  li- 
cense again  next  year. 

On  Tuesday  last  (June  1st)  by 
Solomon  Engle  Esq.,  Mr.  Adam  Stout 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Howell, 
both  of  Beaver  township. 

June   18,    1841. 

The   following   masthead   appeared 


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in  the  Union  Star:  Harrison,  Tyler — 
One  Presidential  Term  and  no  Sub- 
Treasury. 

Caution  Notice.  Mark  M'Lees  cau- 
tions all  persons  from  taking  or  pur- 
chasing a  note,  which  I  gave  to  Jacob 
Fryer,  of  Middleburg,  for  seventy  or 
seventy  five  dollars,  as  he  has  not 
received  the  value  of  it,  nor  will  he 
pay  same  unless  compelled  by  law. 

Market.  The  following  is  the  Phila- 
delphia market  prices:  Flour,  $4.75; 
wheat,  $1.00;  rye,  .55  cents;  corn  56 
cents,  oats  38  cents;  cloverseed  $3.87, 
flaxseed  $1.33. 

Shall  Corruption  Continue.  We 
have  shown  beyond  the  power  of  con- 
tradiction that  the  canal  commission- 
ers have  been  guilty  of  corruption 
in  the  discharge  of  their  official  duties 
that  they  have  allotted  contracts  to 
their  relatives  and  political  friends  as 
much  higher  prices  then  the  average 
of  good  bidders,  THEREBY  ROB- 
BING THE  STATE  OF  THOUS- 
ANDS, RENDERING  THE  TREAS- 
URY BANKRUPT  AND  FORCING 
AN  EXTRA  IMPOSITION  OF  TAX- 
ES ON  THE  PEOPLE.  These  commis- 
sioners will  be  continued  in  office  if 
Gov.  Porter  is  re-elected — it  remains 
then  with  the  democracy  of  the  Key- 
stone to  say,  whether  they  will  per- 
mit this  indiscriminate  plunder,  or 
drive  the  spoilers  from  their  party. 
Har.  Telegraph. 
July  9,  1841. 

Reward.  Michael  Kleckner,  Treas- 
urer of  Union  County,  offers  a  re- 
ward of  $60.  for  capturing  the  per- 
son who  stole  between  $500  and  $700 
from  him,  Tuesday  night.  Suspicion 
rests  on  a  certain  Geo.  Johnson,  a 
journeyman  taylor  lurking  around 
here. 

The  following  Editorial  appeared  in 
this  issue:  The  Adler  was  not  pub- 
lished this  week,  I  was  disappointed 
in  getting  my  paper.  JOHN  SMITH. 
July   16,   1841. 

Forged  Name.  Notice  to  Reichly 
&  Co.,  conductors  and  proprietors  of 
the  Union  Times:-  This  is  to  notify 
you  that  you  have  forged  my  name 
to  a  Court  Proclamation,  published  in 
your  paper  of  last  week,  and  further 
notice  is  given  you  that  you  are  re- 
quested to  call  immediately  at  our 
office  and  make  satisfaction  for  this 
conduct,  or  we  will  deal  with  you  as 
we  should  with  such  men.  As  you  are 
in  the  habit  of  publishing  matters  in 
your  paper  and  asking  pay  for  such 
matters  that  you  were  never  employ- 


ed or  requested  to  publish.  You  have 
published  some  county  matters 
copied  from  the  Union  Star,  which 
you  never  was  ordered  to  do  by  the 
commissioners  and  for  what  you  have 
brought  suit  against  the  county.  The 
plan  taken  by  you  to  produce  your 
paper,  and  upon  the  ground  that  it 
is  in  your  paper  your  claim  pay.  We 
also  notify  you  that  you  are  not  au- 
thorized to  use  my  name  on  any  oc- 
casion. 

Appointed  Postmaster.  Mr.  Samu- 
el Bastress,  of  Chapman  township, 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  thar 
township. 

Crops.  In  Union  County  we  have 
had  a  common  crop  of  hay;  reason- 
able crop  of  rye;  a  poor  crop  of 
wheat  on  account  of  the  fly;  splendid 
crop  of  oats  and  an  abundant  crop 
of  corn. 

Married.  On  the  4th  inst  by  James 
Harrison  Esq.,  Mr.  William  Cornelius 
of  this  place,  to  Miss  Louisa  Ben- 
fer,  of  Union  Twp. 

Died.  On  the  7th  inst.,  Mrs.  Anna 
Catherine   Spangler,   of  Union  town- 
ship, aged  79  years. 
List    of   Grand   Jurors    for   September 

Court: 

Beaver.  James  Mitchel,  Jacob  Hine- 
ly,  Solomon  Engle,  Philip  Markley, 
George   Wagner   and    Peter   Bobb. 

Centre.  John  Kern,  Jonathan 
Farnsworth. 

Peter.  Peter  Troup,  Henry  Meiser. 

Washington.    Peter   Hertz    Jr. 
List   of  Traverse   Jurors   for   Septem- 
ber  Court. 

Beaver,  John  Bickle,  Samuel  Moy- 
er,  Michael  Gerhart,  Simon  Aigler 
and  Daniel  Klose. 

Penns.  Jacob  Barger,  W.  F.  Wag- 
enseller,  Charles  Hughes,  Daniel  L. 
Baker,  Benjamin  Smith,  Peter  Mil- 
ler. 

Perry.  George  Fisher  and  John  Ar- 
bogast. 

Washington.  Daniel  German,  Isaac 
Boyer,  Elias  Mengas,  Daniel  P.  Hil- 
bish. 

Chapman.  Frederick  Kremer,  Mi- 
chnel  Shirk. 

Middlecreek.  John  Courtney,  Jacob 
Schoch  Jr.,  Geo.  Dauberman,  Michael 
Keck. 
July   23,    1841. 

Mr.  Daniel  Baker,  of  Selinsgrove, 
has  been  appointed  Postmaster  of 
that  place,  in  room  of  Anthony  Kinst- 
ler. 

Israel  Gutelius,  sheriff  will  sell  at 
home  of  Francis  Frank,  of  New  Ber- 


lin,  two  printing  presses,  type,  cases 
and  household  goods. 

Court    Adv.    Union    County    ss.    In 

the  matter  of  the  Institution,  return 
and  confirmation  of  the  real  estate 
of  Adam  Fisher,  late  of  Penns  town- 
ship, deed.  Union  County  ss.  In  the 
matter  of  Inquisition,  return  and  con- 
firmation of  the  real  estate  of  John 
Shaffer,  late  of  Perry  township,  deed. 
August  6,  1841. 

The  following  persons  have  been 
appointed  Postmasters  in  our  county 
by  the  Democratic  Whig  administra- 
tion: John  Smith,  Middleburg;  Moses 
Specht,  Beaver;  Samuel  Bastress, 
Chapman ;  Daniel  L.  Baker,  Selins- 
grove. 

Ner  Middleswarth  declined  for  be- 
ing a  candidate  for  the  Legislature. 
August   13,   1841. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer  was  appointed 
postmaster  in  Freeburg. 

The  Union  Star  Printing  Establish- 
ment, of  New  Berlin,  was  offered  for 
sale. 

Convention.  A  Democratic  Whig 
County  Convention  was  held  at  the 
Court  House,  New  Berlin,  Monday, 
Aug.  9th,  at  which  time  the  follow- 
ing delegates  were  appointed: 

Beaver.  John  D.  Smith,  John  Trox- 
ell. 

Centre.  Michael  Schwengel,  Geo. 
Souers. 

Centerville,  John  Hoff,  J.  A.  Woel- 

fiy. 

Washington,  Jacob  GermSan,  Ja- 
cob Hautz. 

Penns.  Dr.  J.  Wagenseller,  Benj. 
Smith. 

Perry.  Peter  Troup,  Peter  Arbo- 
gast. 

Chapman.  Casper  Arnold,  J.  Walls. 

Middleereek.    Frederick    Baus,    Ja- 
cob Schoch. 
August  20,   1841. 

The  following  are  the  Democratic 
Whig  County  Nominations:  Assemb- 
ly, John  A.  VanValzah,  Prothonotary, 
William  Roshong;  Commissioner,  Ja- 
cob McCurly;  Treas.  Michael  Kleck- 
ner;  Auditor,  George  Meixell;  Trus- 
tees, Jacob  Smith,  John  Reber  Jr., 
F.  C.  Moyer. 
August  2"^  1841. 

The  county  Commissioners,  Jacob 
Hummel,  Henry  Hilbish  and  Samuel 
Boop  advertised  a  letting  for  a  bridge 
across  the  Penns  Creek  near  Ritters 
saw  mill  and  Christopher  Seebold's 
new  grist  mill  in  Union  township,  this 
county.  This  bridge  is  to  be  built  like 


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105 


the  one  that  crosses  the  Penns  Creek 
near   Centerville. 
September  3,  1841. 

Dr.  Wagenseller  was  a  member  of 
the    standing    committee. 

Appointments.  The  following  town- 
ship committees  were  made  by  the 
Democratic  Whig  Standing  Commit- 
tee: 

Penns.  Matthew  Brewer,  chairman ; 
John  Hall,  Wm.  F.  Wagenseller,  Isaac 
Roberson,  George  A.  Snyder,  Daniel 
Ott,  Francis  A.  Boyer,  John  Hahn, 
George  Hartman,  Samuel  Pawling, 
Samuel  Boyer. 

Chapman.  Daniel  Witmer,  Chair- 
man; John  Keller,  John  Staffer,  Phil- 
in  Herald,  Casper  Arnold,  Samuel 
Bastress,  John  Troup,  Adam  Stahl, 
Geo.  Herald. 

Perry.  Michael  Gaugler,  Chairman; 
Peter  Troup,  Samuel  German,  Peter 
Arbogast,    George    Rine. 

Washington.  Peter  Hackenburg, 
Chairman ;  John  C.  Moyer,  Jacob 
Hummel.  Col.  Henry  Straub,  Jacob 
Houtz,  Jonathan  Snyder,  Isaac  Boy- 
er. 

Middleereek.  Frederick  Baus, 
Chairman;  Jacob  Kessler,  Michael 
Keck,  Daniel  Ceiber,  Henry  Pontius, 
Samuel   Yoder,    Jacob    Schoch. 

Centre.  Jacob  Fryer,  Chairman, 
Lewis  Bertram;  John  Smith,  David 
Schwenk,  Jacob  Aurand,  Frederick 
Hassinger,   John    Swengel. 

Beaver.  Ner  Middleswarth,  Chair- 
man; Solomon  Engle,  Dr.  Isaac  Roth- 
rock,  Adam  Smith,  Jacob  Kern,  Solo- 
mon Romig  Jr.,  Herman  Margarets, 
Andrew  Ulsh,  Jacob  Beaver,  John 
Kline  and  John  D.  Smith. 

Centerville,  John  Staily,  Chairman; 
John  Hoff,  Peter  Reish,  Adam  Woelf- 
ly  and  Henry  Mosser. 

Jacob  Martin  was  administrator  in 
the  estate  of  Philip  Wart,  late  of  Per- 
ry Township,  deed. 

Our  paper  has  been  issued  this 
week  two  days  earlier  on  account  that 
we  may  get  ready  to  move  the  press 
to  our  new  office. 

John  Hartman     Jr.,     and     George 
Keen  were*  administrators  in  the  es- 
tate of  Benjamin      Shuck,     late     of 
Penns  Twp.,  deed. 
September    17,    1841. 

We  owe  an  apology  to  our  reader?" 
for  lack  of  news  this  week  as  we  mov- 
ed  our  printing  office  and  had  vari- 
ous matters  to  attend  to. 
October    1,    1841. 

Married.  On  the  26th  ult.,  by  Lew- 
is Bertram  Esq.,  Mr.  Jacob  Kremer, 


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of  Venango  County,  to  Miss  Cather- 
ine Reish,  of  Centre  Twp. 

October    15,    1841. 

The  proprietor  of  this  paper,  whilst 
being  out  on  business  last  Monday  a- 
bout  four  miles  from  town,  was  so 
unfortunate  as  to  fall  out  of  his  con- 
veyance &  breaking  his  leg,  injuring 
himself  otherwise  considerably.  In 
consequence  thereof,  and  on  account 
that  our  supply  of  paper  was  delay- 
ed, occassioned  by  the  break  in  the 
canal,  we  were  unable  to  publish  our 
paper  at  the  regular  time.  Our  read- 
ers will  therefore  have  indulgence. 
October   22,    1841. 

Died.    In    Selinsgrove   on   the    12th 
inst.,  Mrs.  Hannah  Brewer,  widow  of 
John  Brewer,  aged  78  years. 
October   29,    1841. 

The  Sheriff  sale  of  Francis  Frank 
Printing  office  and  other  property  will 
take  place  on  Friday,  Nov.  5th.  Those 
having  cash  will  be  able  to  purchase 
cheap. 

Died.  On  the  21st  inst.,  in  Penns 
township,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Crotzer, 
wife  of  Philip  Crotzer,  aged  60  years. 
November  12,  1841. 

Died  at  New  Berlin,  Union  County, 
Oct.    29th,    1841,    of    cancer,    James 
Merrill,  Esq.,  in  the  52nd  year  of  his 
age. 
List    of   Grand    Jurors    for   December 

Court: 

Penns.  John  Hain,  Hurling  B. 
Hetrick. 

Beaver.  Andrew  Ulsh,  Solomon 
Romig,  Isaac  Fees. 

Washington,  Isaac  Boyer,  Isaac 
Bickel. 

Middlecreek.  John  Erdley. 

Chapman.  Geo.  Herald,  George  C. 
Herald,   Jacob   Brubaker  Jr. 
List    of    Traverse    Jurors    for    Decem- 
ber  Court: 

Centre.   John   Stailey. 

Beaver.  Henry  Miller,  Abner  Mid- 
dleswarth,  Joseph  Fees,  Daniel  Keim, 
Jacob  Long,  Henry  Schwartz. 

Penns.  Henry  Hartman,  Geo.  Close. 
Francis  A.  Boyer,  John  Woodling, 
Samuel  Paulinp,,  Samuel  Boyer  Jr. 

Perry.   Jacob    Graybill. 

Washington,  John  Hains,  William 
Schnee,  John  Dups. 

Chepman  David  Fisher,  Ira  Seer. 
November   26,    1841. 

Or.  Friday  l?st  it  commenced  snow- 
ing at  about  10  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing and  continued  on  during  the  day. 
The  snow  must  have  been  three  or 
four  inches  deep  in  the  evening.  It 
really  made   us   feel   quite   merry  to 


hear  the  sleigh  bells  jingle. 
December  3,   1841. 

The  population  of  Philadelphia  and 
suburbs  in  1830  was  167,811  and  in 
1840  it  was  225,359. 

The  proprietor  of  this  paper  has 
now  been  confined  in  bed  for  nearly 
eight  weeks,  in  consequence  of  the 
fractures  of  his  leg,  and  it  is  not  like- 
ly that  he  will  soon  be  able  to  leave  it. 
The  heavy  expenses  of  the  printing 
office  and  the  inability  to  go  and  col- 
lect any  money,  induce  him  to  re- 
spectfully request  those  patrons  which 
are  in  arrear  to  bring  or  send  some 
cash,  for  which  he  would  be  very 
thankful. 

Our  next  court  will  commence  on 
the  13th  inst.  which  will  offer  a  good 
opportunity. 

Married.  On  Sunday,  the  21st  of 
November  by  Solomon  Engle,  Esq., 
Mr.  Henry  Fetterolf  to  Miss  Anna 
Weiand,  both  of  Beaver  township. 
On  Thursday,  the  25th  of  November 
by  the  same,  Mr.  Henry  Etzler  to 
Miss  Barbara  Kern,  both  of  Beaver 
township. 
December  10,  1841. 

Beat  It  Who  Can?  A  two  and  one 
half  yr.  old  steer,  of  Durham  breed, 
raised  on  the  farm  of  the  late  James 
Merrill  Esq.,  was  slaughtered  in  this 
place,  Tuesday  last,  and  weighed  670 
lbs.,  clear  meat,  the  hide  weighing  96 
lbs. 

Married.  On  Sunday,  the  5th  of 
December  by  Solomon  Engle  Esq., 
Mr.  William  Stumpff,  of  Beaver  town- 
ship to  Miss  Catherine  Barbara  Bow- 
ersox,  of  Mifflin  county.  On  the  5th 
inst.,  by  Lewis  Bertram,  Mr.  Ellis 
Fuhrmnn.  of  Beaver  township  to  Miss 
M^rie  Swartzlander,  of  Centre  town- 
ship. 
December  31,    1841. 

We  inform  the  public  that  we  are 
now  prepared  to  do  all  kind  of  job, 
book  ^nd  pamphlet  printing,  English 
and    German. 

The  next  quarter  of  the  New  Ber- 
lin Female  Seminary  will  commence 
on  the  first  Monday  in  January  1842. 

Henry  Crossgrove,  who  had  a  store 
in  Beaver  township,  sold  the  same. 
January    14,    1842. 

Robert  P.  Maclay  and  James  Math- 
ers were  the  Senators  of  the  8th 
district,  composed  of  Huntingdon, 
Mifflin.  Juniata,  Perry  and  Union.  J. 
H.  M'Crum,  Wm.  Ross,  John  A.  Van- 
v.ilz^h  were  the  Representatives  from 
Mifflin,  Juniata  and  Union  counties. 


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Mr.  Simcn  Frank,  of  Beavertown, 
has  moved  his  store  and  tavern,  and 
where  he  is  now  ready  to  accommo- 
date travellers  and  all  others  who 
may  give  him   a  call. 

Henry  A.  Smith,  of  Middleburg, 
Centre  township  applied  for  license. 
The  following  were  the  signers:  Lew- 
is Bertram,  David  Swengel,  Jacob 
Aurand,  David  Schwenk,  G.  Kremer, 
John  Smith,  George  Yarnall,  Michael 
Swengel,  Jacob  Wittenmyer,  Joseph 
Hassinger,  Absalom  Snyder,  John 
Highley. 

Samuel  Bastress,  of  Chapman  twp. 
applied  for  license  to  keep  a  tavern 
at  his  old  stand  in  Chapman  town- 
ship. The  following  persons  signed 
the  petition:  Abraham  Brubaker,  Ab- 
raham Zeiglcr,  Valentine  Haas  Jr., 
Philip  Herrold,  S.  S.  Backhouse,  Jno. 
Lenig,  Philip  Moyer,  Daniel  Witmer, 
John  Troup,  J.  G.  Herrold,  Johnson 
Hall,  Ira  Sayrs,  John  Witmer  and 
Wm.  Kelly. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer,  of  Freeburg, 
applied  for  license  in  the  town  of 
Freeburg.  The  following  persons  sign- 
ed the  petition :  Philip  Roush,  Jacob 
Houtz,  George  Apple,  John  Dubs,  Jno 
Motz,  Henry  Mowrer,  David  Bot- 
dorf,  P.  Hackenburg,  Peter  Mertz, 
Christian  Houts  St.,  W.  F.  Schnee, 
Henry  Straub,  John  C.  Boyer,  Andrew 
Roush. 

Daniel  Garman,  of  Freeburg,  ap- 
plied for  license  to  keep  a  tavern  in 
Washington  Township.  The  follow- 
ing were  the  signers:  J.  Q.  Moore,  J. 
C.  Boyer,  Isaac  Boyer,  Jacob  Men- 
ges,  Andrew  Roush,  Henry  Straub, 
Geo.  Stroup,  John  Motz,  John  Dubb, 
George  Hilbish,  Peter  Mertz,  Henry 
Mertz,  Jacob  German,  Ludwig  Arbo- 
gast,  W.  F.  Schnee,  Henry  Hilbish. 
January   20,    1842. 

Daniel  Hoff,  of  Centre  township, 
applied  for  license  in  Centerville. 
The  following  were  the  signers: 
Christian  Kerr,  Henry  Musser,  James 
Wales,  John  Hoff,  George  Young, 
Wm.  Kuhn,  John  Lenhart,  John  Law- 
rence, J.  H.  Stailey,  John  Schlotman, 
William  Crossgrove,  George  Sampsell, 
George  Stine,  Conrad  Wolfley,  Peter 
Reish,  Jno.  Farnsworth. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  Grand 
Jurors    for    February    court: 

Penns.  Benjamin  Smith,  Samuel 
Fisher,  John  Hall. 

Beaver.  Daniel  Boob,  Jacob  Moyer, 
Ner  Middleswarth,  Freeman  Shipton. 

Washington.  John  Gingrick. 

Centre.   George   Sampsel. 


List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  Febru- 
ary  Court: 

Centre.  John  Smith,  William  Ritz- 
man,  John  A.  Schoch,  Frederick  Has- 
singer, George  Schoch,  Geo.  Boyer. 

Beaver.   Adam   Smith,  Jacob  Fees. 

Penns.  Henry  W.  Snyder,  Jacob 
Ott.  Joseph  Pawling,  Valentine  Laud- 
enslager,  David  Heiser,  Jacob  Fisher, 
T.  D.  Austin,  Richard  Loyd. 

Perry.  Andrew  Kohler. 

Middlecreek,  John  Kline. 

Washington.   Michael     C.     Moyer, 
John  Kantz,  Jacob  Hautz. 
List    of    Petit    Jurors    for    February 
Court: 

Centre.  Isaac  Smith,  George  Motz, 
Conrad  Wolfley. 

Beaver.  Andrew  Ulsh,  Benj.  Hoff- 
naugle. 

Penns.  Benj.  Hummel,  Henry  Keef- 
er. 

Perry.  Amos  Winey,  John  Kreb£. 

Washington.   George  Moyer,  Dani- 
el   Shower,   Peter  Mertz,   Daniel      P. 
Hilbish,  John  C.  Moyer. 
January   27,    1842. 

Sarah  Eckhart,  of  Perry  township, 
applied  for  license  in  that  township. 
The  following  were  the  signers:  Val- 
entine Haas,  Jacob  Martin,  George 
Martin,  Samuel  Shadle,  Frederick 
Rathfon,  James  P.  Moore,  Jacob 
Stiner,  John  Haas,  Daniel  Waltz,  Geo. 
Pine,  William  Kreiger,  Wm.  John- 
son. 

Der    Union   Democrat. 

The  above  is  the  title  of  a  new  Ger- 
man paper  published  in  this  place 
by  Messrs.  Seebold  and  Haus — the 
first  number  of  which  appeared  in  the 
20th  inst.  The  paper  is,  as  its  title 
indicates,  Democratic  in  principle, 
and  is  edited  by  Mr.  C.  Moeser,  a 
young  man  of  fine  and  excellent  tal- 
ents. If  we  may  judge  from  the  first 
number,  we  believe  it  will  be  a  use- 
ful and  valuable  family  journal,  un- 
der the  direction  of  its  editor,  we 
think,  it  will  be  conducted  in  such  a 
manner  as  will  give  satisfaction  to 
its  patrons.  We  wish  success  to  the 
Proprietors  and  Editor,  and  hope  they 
will  be  sustained  in  their  undertaking 
by  the  German  people  of  this  and 
neighboring  counties. 

(This  paper  was  one  of  the  ante- 
cedents of  the  Middleburg  POST) 
February   3,    1842. 

The  past  week  we  have  had  very 
mild  and  soring  like  weather.  On  the 
evening  of  the  27th  ult.  there  was  a 
thunder  storm,  accompanied  by  light- 


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ening;  also  one  on  the  29th.  At  the 
present  time  it  is  raining. 

Several  cases  of  scarlet  fever  are 
at  present  in  our  village,  but  no 
deaths  have  yet  occurred. 

Fire.  On  the  morning  of  Saturday 
last,  the  carpenter  shop,  belonging 
to  Mr.  Lewis  Engle,  of  Middlecreek 
township,  with  all  its  contents  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  The  loss  is  esti- 
mated at  about  three  hundred  and 
fifty    dollars.    No    insurance. 

March  4,   1842. 

Samuel  Pawling,  John  Bickel  and 
George  Meixsel  were  the  Auditors  for 
Union   County. 

Henry  Hilbish,  Samuel  Boop  and 
Jacob  McCurley  were  the  County 
Commissioners,  of  this  county. 

The  Auditors  of  this  county  pub- 
lished their  report  which  showed  that 
the  State  Tax  was  $3831.57;  County 
Tax  $7596.68;  Money  received  from 
the  state  for  Common  schools,  $891.- 
01;  expended  $424.94. 
March   25,    1842. 

All  persons  applying  for  license 
for  a  tavern  must  publish  their  pe- 
tition in  the  county  they  apply  at 
least  three  weeks,  and  the  last  publi- 
cation must  be  at  least  ten  days  be- 
fore the  first  day  of  court.  Our  court 
will  commence  Monday  the  16th  of 
May. 

Notice.  We  hereby  notify  Jacob 
Haus  Jr.,  and  all  those  that  are  will- 
ing to  be  sent  by  him,  to  stay  out  of 
our  printing  office,  as  our  hands 
complain  of  being  abused  and  insult- 
ed by  him  and  by  those  he  sent. 

Married.  On  Sunday  the  20th  inst, 
by  Solomon  Engle,  Esq.,  Mr.  George 
Dawson,  to  Miss  Hannah  Dimm,  both 
of  Beaver  township. 
April   1,   1842. 

The  summer  term  of  24  weeks  of 
the  New  Berlin  Female  Seminary  will 
commence  Monday  the  18th  of  April. 

We  can  Prove.  If  we  are  called 
upon,  all  we  have  published  in  the 
last  "Union  Star"  respecting  J.  Haus, 
late  Deputy,  nevertheless  we  were 
informed  that  he  is  very  busy  en- 
deavoring to   deny  it. 

Died.  In  Penns  township  on  the  30 
ult.,  Mr.  Jacob  Bishoff,  aged  about 
29  years. 

A  divorce  notice  was  published  be- 
tween Mary  Montgomery,  by  her  next 
friend  Joseph  Glass  vs  Thomas  Mont- 
gomery. 

An  appeals  for  county  and  state  tax 
will   be  held   in   Centre  township,   at 


the  house  of  Jacob  Fryer,  Thursday, 
the  21st  of  April. 
April   8,    1842. 

Self  Defense.  Haus,  our  late 
Deputy,  has  compelled  us  to  defend 
ourselves,  for  when  he  was  turned 
off  as  Deputy  for  acts  of  misdemean- 
or in  office,  we  had  no  idea  that  he 
would  exert  himself  to  injure  us  all 
that  laid  in  his  power.  But  we  were 
disappointed.  There  is  nothing  too 
mean  and  too  low  for  him  to  resort  to 
to  injure  us,  because  we  would  not 
continue  him  in  office.  Reichly,  Smith 
and  Sweetman  in  their  papers  strug- 
gled hard  for  him  and  against  us. 
Nevertheless  they  dispise  him,  but 
they  love  his  money.  He  even  had 
Smith  to  publish  a  call  for  a  county 
meeting  because  he  was  turned  off  as 
Deputy,  and  after  he  had  arrayed  all 
those  papers  against  us.  The  public 
will  naturally  inquire  why  Haus  was 
so  anxious  to  have  his  name  in  the 
paper  as  proprietor.  He  wants  to  pave 
his  way  to  get  an  office;  he  has  pride, 
impudence,  vanity  and  ignorance  e- 
nough  to  persuade  himself  that,  if 
his  name  would  appear  in  a  German 
paper,  he  could  be  elected  Sheriff;  and 
that  was  the  reason  he  urged  his 
name  to  be  put  in  the  paper. 

John  Smith  applied  for  license  in 
Middleburg;  The  following  persons 
signed  the  petition :  David  Schwenck, 
Jacob  Aurandt  Geo.  Mootz,  James 
Barbin,  Lewis  Bertram,  George  Sart- 
man.  Henry  S.  Boyer,  Peter  Frain, 
David  Swengel,  John  Highby,  Jno. 
Bibighaus,  Jacob  Wittenmyer. 

Daniel  Ott  applied  for  license  in 
Penn  township.  The  following  per- 
sons signed  the  petition:  John  Bass- 
ler,  A.  Keenstler,  Geo.  Hehn,  G. 
S^hnure,  Wm.  J.  Myers,  Henry  Lloyd, 
Daniel  Rohrbooh,  Leonard  Stine, 
Isaac  Gerhart,  Chas.  Smith,  James  K. 
Davis  Jr.,  John  Sierer. 
April   15,   1842. 

David  Schwenk,  of  Middleburg,  is 
a  candidate  for  Register  and  Record- 
er. 

John  Roath  applied  for  license  in 
Penns  township.  The  following  were 
the  signers:  John  Bassler,  William 
Gaugler,  G.  Schnure,  Henry  Lloyd, 
Benj.  Hummel,  Jacob  Gingrich, 
Benj.  Houseworth,  Jas.  K.  Davis,  Wm. 
Byers,  Jacob  Hummel,  Capt.,  Jacob 
Schloer,   Daniel   P.    Hummel. 

Michael  Neitz  applied  for  license 
in  the  town  of  Charlestown  in  the 
township  of  Penns.,  on  the  banks  of 
the    Susquehanna   river.    The   follow- 


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ing  signed  the  petition :  J.  Wagensel- 
ler,  John  Hartman,  Jr.,  Henry  Heys- 
er,  Geo.  Dietrich,  Peter  Richter, 
Samuel  Gemberling,  Jas.  K.  Davis, 
John  Hehn,  George  Adams,  H.  A. 
Lechner,  Francis  Eckeiman,  Jacob 
Riblet  and  Jos.   Eyster. 

Simon  Walters  offers  for  sale  the 
farm  on  which  he  resides  in  Union 
county,  four  miles  from  the  Susque- 
hanna river,  the  same  distance  from 
the  Penna  Canal  between  New  Berlin 
and  Selinsgrove.  The  Penns  Creek 
runs  through  the  farm. 

Ritter  and  Kline  puchased  the 
store  lately  kept  by  Mr.  G.  Gundrum 
on  the  Isle  of  Que,  Selinsgrove. 

T.  D.  Austin  &  Co.,  are  conducting 
a    Selinsgrove   foundry   and    Agricul- 
tural warehouse. 
April  22,   1842. 

Henry  Wolf,  of  Centcrville,  Cen- 
tre Twp.,  applied  for  license.  Th?. 
following  were  the  signers  :-Jacob 
Hartman,  John  Schlotman,  J.  H. 
Stailey,  John  Lenhart.  John  Mohr, 
Christian  Cuns,  Wm.  Kuhn,  Geo.  Mey- 
er, Joseph  Weidman,  Daniel  Hoff,  J. 
A.  Woelfly,  Peter  Reish,  Chas.  Beach- 
el,  Wm.  Crossgrove  and  Geo.  Samp- 
sel. 

Frederick  Starick  applied  for  li- 
cense in  Pern  township.  The  follow- 
ing signed  the  petition:  John  Fisher, 
John  H.  Fisher,  George  Adams.  John 
Hall,  Chas.  Smith,  Jacob  Riblet,  Pet- 
er Miller,  Jos.  Eyster,  John  Stayley, 
J.  G.  L.  Shindel,  T.  R.  Austin,  G.  W. 
L.  Becker,  J.  Wagenseller. 
April.  29,   1842. 

John  Smith  in  his  last  week's  lie- 
ing  "Adler"  says  that  the  proceed- 
ings of  a  meeting  held  in  Freeburg, 
recommending  Co.  Henry  Straub  for 
Brigade  inspector,  had  never  been 
handed  to  him.  John,  did  you  ever 
hear  any  person,  except  yourself,  tell 
such  a  foul  base  malicious  falsehood? 
Here  are  the  facts:  We  received  the 
proceedings,  and  published  them  in 
the  "Union  Star"  and  sent  a  paper 
containing  the  proceedings  of  the 
meeting  to  John  Smith  the  same  d*vy 
the  Star  was  published.  John  Smith 
will  you  be  so  kind  and  inform  the 
public  in  your  lieing  "Adler"  wheth- 
er you  and  John  S.  Ingram  had  any 
"Indian  Talk"  the  time  you  were 
brought  to  oppose  Joseph  Ritner's 
election  for  Governor?  Please  ans- 
wer this  question  in  your  next  lieing 
"Adler." 

John   D.   Smith,      of      Beaver,   and 


Solomon  Engle  Esq.,  of  Beaver,  were 
candidates    for    County    Commission- 
ers. 
M?.y  6,  1842. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Grand 
jurors  for  the  May  court: 
Penns.   Michael  Fisher. 
Washington,  Jacob  L.  Moore,  Isaac 
Bickel. 

Centre.   James  Barbin. 
Chapman.    Peter  Hains,  Jacob   Se- 
christ. 

Perry.  Valentine  Hains,  John  K. 
Snyder,  Wm.  Johnson,  Peter  Moyer. 
List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  May 
Court: 

Penns.  Wm.  F.  Wagenseller,  Samu- 
el Fehrer,  Henry  C.  Eyer,  Samuel 
Pawling,  John  Swint,  John  Dietrick, 
John  Krider. 

Beaver.  Solomon  Engle,  Enoch 
Aurand.  Henry  Bingaman. 

Washington.    George    Apple,    Hen- 
ry   Straub,    Isaac    Boyer. 
Chapman.  Adam  Nerhood. 
Perry.  Willis  Gordon,  Henry  Rine. 
Middlecreek.  Daniel  Zeiber,  Samuel 
Yoder,  Henry  Wetzel. 
May    20,    1842. 

Hon.  Henry  Clay  was  a  candidate 
for  President. 

Married.  On  the  26th  ult.,  by  Rev. 
Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Samuel  Tharp  to 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Rickenbaugh,  both 
of  Perry  Twp.  On  the  15th  inst.,  Mr. 
John  Moyer  to  Miss  Susanna  Sheaf- 
fer,  both   of  Perry  Twp. 

The  County  Commissioners  pub- 
lished a  letting  for  a  bridge  to  be  built 
across  a  branch  of  the  Middlecreek 
at  or  near  Henry  Miller's  on  the  road 
lending  from  Beaver's  Dam  to  Lew- 
istown. 

Daniel  Sponenberg  purchased  the 
store  owned  by  Stailey  and  Lenhart, 
of  Centerville. 

John  Keller  and  Daniel  Johnson 
were  the  executors  in  the  estate  of 
Elizabeth  Johnson,  late  of  Chapman 
township. 

Henry  W.    Snyder,   of   Selinsgrove 
and  J.  J.  Maclay,  of  New  Berlin  were 
the  Assignees  of  the  estate  of  Henry 
N.  Backhouse,  late  of  Middleburg. 
May   27,    1842. 

We  tender  our  thanks  to  the  Hon. 
John   Snyder,  for  a  number  of  Con- 
gressional Documents,  received. 
June  3,   1842. 

The  Editor  of  the  New  Berlin  Star 
in  Union  County,  has  hauled  down 
the  Scott  flag  and  run  up  Henry  Clay. 
Will  public  opinion,  the  only  guide 
in    such   matters,    justify   the    Editor 


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in  doing  so  in  the  Antimasonic  Coun- 
ty  of   Union?    Har.    Chron. Mr. 

Chronicle,  Union  County  is  decidedly 
and  almost  unanimously  in  favor  of 
a  man  who  has  known  principles  in 
favor  of  a  protective  tariff. 

Married.  On  the  24th  ult.  by  Lew- 
is Bertram  Esq.,  Mr.  Jacob  Stock,  of 
Centre  Township,  to     Miss     Hannah 
Shrader,  of  Beaver  township. 
July  8,  1842. 

Wm.  H.  Rishel  and  Charles  Hufer 
Admrs.  in  the  estate  of  Geo.  Hufer, 
deed.,  offer  at  public  sale  patented 
Land  situate  in  Chapman  township, 
adjoining  lands  of  Jacob  Witmer,  Ad- 
am Getgen  and  others  containing 
one  acre  more  or  less. 

Israel   Gutelius,   Sheriff,  had   sher- 
iff's sale  of  the  store  of  J.  H.  Stail- 
ey  and  John  Lenhart,  July  15th. 
July  15,  1842. 

John  Snyder  and  No  Tariff.  We 
request  the  "Union  Times"  to  pub- 
lish John  Snyder's  speech  against  a 
tariff,  and  keep  it  before  the  people 
so  that  the  farmers  and  mechanics 
may  see  that  Snyder  is  in  favor  of 
the  mechanics  and  farmers  in  Eng- 
land and  contends  for  them  to  have 
the  preference  over  the  American 
people  in  bringing  their  work  to  our 
country  free  and  to  pay  no  tax  on 
their  imports. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  August 
Court: 

Beaver.  Henry  Miller,  John  D. 
Smith,  Samuel  Romig,  Philip  Mark- 
ley. 

Centre.  Thomas  Bower,  Jacob  Wit- 
tenmyer. 

Washington.  John  Dubs. 

Chapman.  Lewis  Kerstetter. 

Middlecreek.    Jacob    Greenough. 
List    of    Traverse    Jurors    for   August 

Court: 

Penns.  John  W.  Bossier,  Jacob 
Riblet,  John  Hain,  Chas.  Hughes, 
John  Fisher,  Chas.  Roads,  Jonathan 
Ulrich. 

Beaver.  Samuel  Kessler,  Jacob 
Beaver. 

Centre.  Peter  Reish,  Col.  John 
Gift,  Jacob  Hilbish. 

Chapman.  Philip  Herrold,  Freder- 
ick Kremer,  Geo.  Herrold. 

Perry.  George  Fisher. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Bilger. 
July  22,   1842. 

We  have  been  disappointed  in  get- 
ting our  paper  for  the  Union  Star  and 
therefore  were  obiged  to  publish  it  on 
a  smaller  sheet  this  week. 

This  is  the  first  time  we  have  been 


disappointed,  and  we  hope  it  will  be 
the  last  time.  This  apology  we  think 
satisfactory    to    our    citizens. 
August    12,    1842. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  deal- 
ers of  foreign  and  domestic  merchan- 
dise in  the  different  districts: 

Penns.  Eyer  and  Schnure,  Ritter 
&  Kline,  John  Hall,  Hendricks  & 
Schoch,  J.  &  W.  F.  Wagenseller,  J. 
W.  &  E.  Bossier,  Benjamin  Hummel. 

Chapman.  John  Troup,  J.  &  I. 
Walls,  Herrold  &  Witmer. 

Centre.  Isaac  Smun,  Jacob  W:t- 
tenmyer,  D.  &  M.  Swengel,  Stailey 
&   Lenhart. 

Beaver.  Simon  Frank,  Henry  Mick, 
H.  and  A.  Smith,  John  &  F.  Binga- 
man,  Miller  &  Overdorf,  Banks  & 
Mitchell. 

Perry.  Jacob  Lewis,  Daniel  Lease. 

Washington.  Isaac  Boyer,  Jacob 
Bossier,  F.  &.   G.  Moyer. 

Married.  On  Tuesday.  August  2nd 
by  Rev.  G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Levi  Her- 
rold to  Miss  Lydia  Motz,  both  of  Uni- 
on county. 
Ausrust   25,    1842. 

The  following  are  the  Democratic 
Wig  candidates:  Congress,  Wm.  L. 
Harris:  Senate,  Ner  Middleswarth; 
Assembly.  John  A.  Vanvalzah; 
Coram.,  Solomon  Engle;  Auditor,  S. 
H.  Laird;  Trustees,  Robert  Chamb- 
ers, Wm.  A,  Piper,  Chas.  Montelius. 

Married.  On  the  19th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Reuben  Mosser  to 
Miss  Eliza  Weader,  both     of     Union 
county. 
September    9,    1842. 

Reason  for  Cause.  The  following  is 
the  reason  why  the  Union  Star  can- 
not support  M.  H.  Weaver  for  Reg- 
ister and  Recorder:  M.  H.  Weaver 
was  an  applicant  for  Register  and 
Recorder  in  1835,  the  time  when  Jo- 
seph Ritner  was  elected  Governor, 
and  the  Governor  refused  to  elect 
him.  Mr.  Aurand  was  appointed;  Mid- 
dleswarth was  then  one  of  our  mem- 
bers, and  was  re-nominated  next 
fall;  remember,  Weaver  was  one  of 
his  most  active  opposers  because  he 
was  not  appointed  Register  and 
corder. 
September   16,    1842. 

It  is  with  deep  regret  we  have  to 
announce  that  Mrs.  Tyler,  consort  of 
the  President  of  the  United  States, 
expired  Saturday  evening  last  about 
eight  o'clock,  at  the  White  House, 
Washington,  D.  C. 


FROM  NEW  BERLIN  UNION  STAR 


HI 


September    23,    1842. 

To  the  Public.  Whereas,  an  in- 
dictment was  found  against  me  by 
the  Grand  Jury  of  Union  County,  at 
the  last  September  Sessions  for  libel 
on  Israel  Gutelius,  for  an  article 
which  appeared  in  the  Union  Times 
last  July.  As  Mr.  Gutelius  says  it  is 
not  his  intention  to  press  the  prose- 
cution, for  the  purpose  of  injuring 
me,  but  in  justice  to  himself.  I  feel 
it  to  be  my  duty  to  him,  as  well  as 
myself,  to  state  that  the  article  in 
question  appeared  in  the  Times  with- 
out my  knowledge  or  consent.  That 
I  had  no  knowledge  or  evidence  of 
the  facts  therein  charged  on  him, 
either  then  or  since — and  that  at  no 
time  have  I  approved  of  the  publi- 
cation, with  a  view  to  injure  Mr. 
Gutelius:  I  cheerfully  make  this  ac- 
knowledgement and  the  whole  mat- 
ter is  now  settled.  JACOB  REICH- 
LEY. 
September   30,    1842. 

Reason  Why.  Reason  why  we  can- 
not support  M.  H.  Weaver  for  Reg- 
ister and  Recorder.  Because  he  is  not 
identified  with  the  principles  of  our 
party,  which  he  has  so  abundantly 
proven  by  his  opposition  to  our  form- 
ed tickets.  He  has  opposed  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth,  John  Glover  and  the  whole 
ticket  at  the  time  when  Glover  was 
a  candidate.  He  opposed  M.  Kleckner, 
S.  Boop  and  our  ticket  in  general. 
October    7,    1842. 

List  of  Grand  jurors  for  the  Novem- 
ber court: 

Chapman.  David  E.  Bender,  Henry 
Sechnist,  John  Ebright,  Francis 
Buckwalter. 

Penns.  Leonard  App,  John  Detrich. 

Middlecreek.    Jacob    Kessler. 

Centre.  Albright  Swineford,  David 
Schwenk. 

Beaver.  Jacob  Feese,  Henry  Bick- 
el,  Samuel  Moyer. 

List   of   Traverse   Jurors    for   Novem- 
ber  court. 

Perry.  Samuel  Shadel,  Geo.  Smith, 
Geo.    Rine. 

Beaver.  John  Bickle,  Aaron  Mid- 
dleswarth,  Philip  Kinney,  Henry 
Rauch,  Michael  Ewig,  Henry  Cross- 
grove. 

Centre.  Abraham  Eisenhower,  Ja- 
cob Aurand,  Jonathan  Farnsworth, 
Lewis  Bertrem. 

Washington.  Ludwig  Arbogast, 
Christian  Kantz,  John  Hains,  John 
P,  Martz,  John  Boyer. 

Middlecreek.  John  Kessler,  Freder- 
ick  Bouse,    Charles   Fryman. 


Penns.  Jacob  Wagenseller,  Samuel 
Boyer. 

Chapman — John  G.  Herrold. 
List    of    Petit    Jurors    for    November 

Court: 

Chapman.  Emanuel  Aucker,  Ira 
Series,  Frederick  Brill,  Wm.  Kelly. 

Centre.  John  Kern,  Israel  Bach- 
man. 

Beaver.  Jacob  Kern,  Henry  Mitch- 
el,  Jno.  D.  Romig. 

Middlecreek.  Geo.  Engle,  William 
Courtney. 

Perry.  Samuel  German,  Geo.  Weik- 
le,  Adam  Light. 

Penns.   John  Hartman,  Francis  A. 
Boyer,   Geo.   Gundrum,  John   App. 
October    14,    1842. 

Elected  Register  &  Recorder.  It  is 
almost  impossible  to  express  our 
heartfelt  gratitude  towards  our  friend 
who  have  sustained  us  in  supporting 
SAMUEL  AURAND  for  Register  and 
Recorder  against  the  combined  forc- 
es of  unprincipled  politicians  of  all 
parties,  whose  name  we  will  refrain 
from  giving  at  present.  Nevertheless 
we  are  well  satisfied  that  a  large  num- 
ber of  persons  voted  for  Weaver 
from  pure  and  honest  motives. 
October   21,    1842. 

Mr.  Middleswarth.  What  are  the 
consequences  for  underhanding  and 
rascally  defeating  Middleswarth's 
nomination.  The  question  is  plain. 
The  loss  of  a  Senator  to  the  Whig 
party,  and  one  of  the  ablest  cham- 
pions of  the  peoples  rights  in  Penn- 
sylvania, and  also  the  loss  of  three 
members  of  the  Whig  party  in  Union 
Mifflin  and  Juniata.  If  a  man  had 
been  put  on  our  ticket  for  Register 
and  Recorder  identified  with  our 
party  principles  and  Middleswarth 
fr  Senator  then  the  majority  for  the 
Whig  party  would  have  been  at  least 
from  5  to  700  in  our  county;  and 
that  would  have  saved  our  whole  tick- 
et. We  will  lay  the  whole  matter  be- 
fore our  readers. 
November    18,    1842. 

The  Court  will  commence  in  our 
county  on  Monday  the  28th  of  No- 
vember, and  will  continue  two  weeks. 
December  2,    1842. 

New   Type.    We  have   bought   new 
type  to  print  the  Union  Star. 
December  9,   1842. 

Married.  On  the  10th  ult.,  Rev.  G. 
Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Geo.  Straub  to  Miss 
Mary  Snyder;  on  the  15th  ult,  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Wm.  Kerryhart  to  Miss 
Susan  Charles;  On  the  17th  ult.,  by 
the  same,  Mr.  Jacob  Landis,  to  Miss 


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Phrene  Graybill;  On  the  1st  inst.,  by 
the  same,  Mr.  Andrew  Bickel,  to  Miss 
Ann  Kiser  all  of  Union  County.  On 
the  20th  ult.,  by  Jacob  Martin  Esq., 
Mr.  Amos  Shaffer,  of  Perry  Twp.,  to 
Miss  Sarah  Bickel,  of  Chapman  twp. 
On  the  26th  ult.,  by  the  same,  Mr. 
George  Martin,  of  Perry  township,  to 
Miss  Mary  Shaffer,  of  Chapman  twp. 
December  16,  1842. 
List  of  grand  jurors   for  Jan.  Court. 

Penns.  Charles  Roads,  Wm.  Moyer, 
Daniel  Miller. 

Middlecreek.  John  Kessler,  Chas. 
Fryman. 

Beaver,  J.  Bingaman,  John  D. 
Romig. 

Washington,    John    Hackenberg. 

Centre.    John    S.    Kern,    Frederick 
Bolender. 
List  of  Traverse  jurors  for  Jan.  Court 

Penns.  Geo.  A.  Snyder,  Geo.  Baker, 
Philip    Gemberling. 

Beaver.  Isaac  Feese,  Martin  Fogle 
Jr.,  David  Fessler,  Samuel  Kessler, 
Samuel  Aurand,  Benj.  Huffnagle. 

Centre.  David  Weirick,  Geo.  G. 
Sowers,  Samuel  Wittenmyer,  Samu- 
el Swengel,  Conrad  Wolfly,  Albright 
Swineford,  Geo.  Motz,  Andrew  Wit- 
tenmyer. 

Washington.  Geo.  C.  Moyer,  David 
Botdorf. 

Chapman.  Ira  Sayers. 

Perry.    Geo.   Martin. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Bilger,  Ja- 
cob Mohr.  John  Bickel. 
List   of   Petit   jurors    for   Jan.    Court. 

Penns.  Jacob  Riblet,  Elijah  Aus- 
barn,  Geo.   Gemberling,  John  Fisher. 

Beaver.    Simon    Frank. 

Centre.  Jacob  Wittenmyer,  John 
Bower,  John  Stailey,  James  Barbin, 
Frederick  Hassinger,  Andrew  Stahl- 
necker. 

Washington.  John  Hummel,  Eman- 
uel Houts,  Daniel  P.  Hilbish. 

Chapman.    Philip    Herrold. 

Perry.    Philip   Schnee. 

Middlecreek.   Daniel  Zeiber,  Jacob 
Schoch  Jr. 
December  23,  1842. 

Samuel  Woodworth,  most  widely 
known  as  the  author  of  the  beauti- 
ful ode — The  Old  Oaken  Bucket — 
died  in  New  York  City,  Friday  last, 
aged  58. 

Another  Paper  Defunct.  The  Lew- 
isburg  Independent  Press,  official 
gazette  and  administration  organ  for 
the  converts  of  Millerism,  expired 
last  week  of  actual  starvation,  all 
the  pap  being  insufficient  to  sustain 
its  wretched  existence. 


Married.  On  the  13th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Nicholas  Millhouse, 
of  this  pace,  to  Miss  Lydia  Neiman, 
of  Centre  Twp.  On  the  13th  ult.  by 
Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel  Jr.,  Mr.  John  J. 
Kloss,  of  West  Buffalo  Twp.  to  Miss 
Sarah  Moeser,  of  Centre  township. 
On  the  15th  ult.  by  the  same  Mr. 
Willoughby  Trexler  to  Miss  Amelia 
Filbert,  both  of  Penn  Twp.  On  Tues- 
day the  20th  inst.  by  Solomon  Esq., 
Mr.  John  Long  to  Miss  Catherine 
Knepp,  both  of  Beaver. 
January    6,    1843. 

Married.  On  Tuesday  the  3rd  inst., 
by   Rev.    J.    G.    Anspach,    Mr.    David 
Rockey,   of  Buffalo   Twp.,     to     Miss 
Catherine  Baus,  of  Middlecreek. 
January    13,    1843. 

Henry  Wolf  applied  for  license  in 
Centre  twp.  The  following  persons 
signed  the  petition :  J.  H.  Woelfly, 
Peter  Reish,  John  Lenhart,  Joseph 
Weidman,  John  Wollentin,  Jacob 
Hartman,  Wm.  Kuhn,  Geo.  Sampsel, 
J.  H.  Stailey,  J.  Farnsworth,  William 
Crossgrove,  Chas.  Yerger,  Noah  Kis- 
ter,  Gideon  DeLong,  Conrad  Woelfly. 
January  20,   1843. 

Our  court  will  commence  Monday 
the  23  inst.,  and  continue  two  weeks. 

The  Weather.  After  a  cold  and 
snowy  December,  we  have  had  a 
week  of  mild  weather  with  intense 
protacted  fog,  but  little  rain.  We  had 
a  smart  rain  Tuesday  night  and  since 
that    time      bright,   clear   weather. 

Married.  On  the  8th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
Erlenmyer,  Mr.  Reuben  Haines  to 
Miss  Sytilla  Shadel,  both  of  Union  Co. 
January   27,    1843. 

Daniel   Witmer  was   administrator 
in  the  estate  of  Philip  S.  Arnold,  late 
of  Chapman  township. 
February   10,   1843. 

This  paper   comes   out  this     week 
with  a  new  heading. 
List  of  Traverse  jurors  for  adjourned 

court: 

Beaver.  Daniel  Alter,  John  Hall, 
Jacob  Kern,  Samuel  Moyer,  Daniel 
Bobb. 

Centre.  Geo.  Smith,  Thomas  Bow- 
er, Conrad  Hassinger,  Elias  Stahl- 
necker,  Adam  Woelfly,  Henry  A. 
Smith. 

Chapman.  Jonathan  Walls,  Freder- 
eck   Kreamer. 

Penns.    Marcus   Montelius. 

The  county  spent  $336.  for  new 
bridges  this  year. 

Jacob  M'Curley,  Samuel  Bobb, 
Solomon  Engel  were  the  commission- 
ers.     V 


February    17,    1843. 

Tax  Collectors.  Beaver,  John  D. 
Smith;  Centre,  Henry  S.  Boyer;  Chap- 
man, John  Kerstetter;  Middlecreek, 
George  Stroub;  Penns,  John  Staily; 
Perry,  Philip  Schnee;  Washington, 
John  Dubs. 

The    county    Commissioners      paid 
different  orders  to  the     amount     of 
$7127.18. 
March  3,    1843. 

We  have  been  asked  several  times 
for  the  reason  why  we  did  not  pub- 
lish in  the  Star,  the  advertisements, 
that  the  "New  Berlin  Artilerists" 
would  parade  on  the  22nd  February, 
and  that  an  address  would  be  deliver- 
ed by  Mr.  Charles  Carpenter.  The 
reason  is  this:  the  advertisement  was 
handed  to  the  publisher  of  the  Union 
Times,  and  published  in  that  paper, 
and  then  we  were  asked  to  copy  from 
the  Times  the  next  week.  Now,  this 
we  have  not  done,  nor  ever  will  do  it, 
to  publuish  in  our  paper  the  week  af- 
ter it  was  published  in  the  Times,  and 
no  man  possessed  of  common  decency 
will  ask  us  to  do  so. 
March    10,    1843. 

Hon.  Abraham  Wilson,  was  Presi- 
dent Judge,  and  George  Schnable  and 
Joseph  Stilwell  were  the  Associate 
Judges  for  Union  County. 

Married.  On  the  31st  ult.,  by  Rev. 
G.  Erlenmyer,  Mr.  John  George  Her- 
rold,  to  Miss  Chrissina  Walter,  both 
of  Union  county. 
March  17,  1843. 

Religious  Progress.  Some  time  ago 
Rev.  Shindel  held  a  protacted  meeting 
in  Selinsgrove,  and  we  are  informed 
about  600  persons  made  a  public  con- 
fession to  repent  from  their  sins  and 
live  for  Christ.  This  meeting  had  a 
very  good  effect  on  the  community. 
We  are  sorry  to  learn  that  a  revered 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of 
which  church  we  are  a  member,  has 
made  some  opposition  to  this  progress 
of  reform,  and  some  insinuations 
have  been  made  by  others  that  Rev. 
Shindel  should  not  preach  in  the 
meeting  house  at  Selinsgrove  any 
more.  But  the  friends  of  Rev.  Shin- 
del, are  not  going  to  quarrel  with 
them  that  are  opposed  to  his  mode  of 
worship,  but  have  'resolved  to  build 
a  new  house  for  worship. 

Married.  On  the  14th  inst,  by  Rev. 
G.    Erlenmyer,    Mr.    John    Swineford, 
of  New  Berlin,  to  Miss  Mary  Hilbish, 
of  Freeburg. 
List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  April  court: 

Washington.  Isaac  Boyer,  John  C. 


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Moyer. 

Beaver.  John  Oberlin,  Abraham 
Snook,  Simon  Aigler,  Harmer  H. 
Margritz,  Daniel  Klose. 

Penns.  John  Bossier,  Benj.  Hum- 
mel, Samuel  Boyer,  George  Miller. 

Middlecreek.  Conrad  Stock,  Jacob 
Greenhoe. 

Centre.  John  Gift  Jr.,  Freeman  W. 
Shipton,  David   Schwenk. 

List  of  Traverse  jurors  for  April 
court: 

Perry.  Jacob  Martin,  Samuel  Gar- 
man,    Henry    Rine. 

Chapman.  Lewis  Kerstetter. 

Centre.  Jonathan  Bilger,  George 
Schoch,   George   Sampsel. 

Penns.  Isaac  Hottenstein,  Peter 
Richter,  George  Harman,  Saml.  Fish- 
er, John  Hartman,  John  Ritter,  Wm. 
F.  Wagenseller. 

Beaver.  Henry  Felker,  John  Romig, 
Philip    Kinney,    Peter   Kline. 

Middlecreek.  Michael  Neiman,  Ab- 
raham Frederick. 

List  of  Petit  jurors  for  April  court: 
Beaver.  Aaron  Middleswarth,  John 
D.    Smith,   Daniel   Moyer. 

Chapman.  George  Herrold. 

Penns.  Hughlen  B.  Henrdick,  Henry 
W.  Snyder,  Wm.  Wagner,  Daniel  Ul- 
rich,  Joseph  Eyster,  Jacob  Miller. 

Washington.  John  Dubs,  Andrew 
Roush,  John  C.  Boyer,  Christian 
Houtz. 

Middlecreek.  Abraham  Hendricks, 
John  Courtney. 

Centre.  Michael  Swengle. 

John  Smith  applied  to  the  April 
Court  for  license  in  Middleburg. 
Signers:  David  Schwenk,  George 
Motz,  Thomas  Bower,  Peter  Heim- 
bach,  Adolf  B.  Casper,  Jacob  Aur- 
and,  Samuel  Wittenmyer,  Jacob  Wit- 
tenmyer,  H.  S.  Boyer,  Michael 
Swengel  Jr.,  Lewis  Bertram,  S.  W. 
Neiman,   Isaac   Smith. 

March   24,    1843. 

Ner  Middleswarth,  of  this  county, 
was  a  candidate  for  Governor. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer,  of  Freeburg, 
applied  for  license.  Signers.  John  C. 
Boyer,  Philip  Roush,  Francis  A.  Boy- 
er, John  Dubs.  Jno.  S.  Hackenberg, 
Samuel  Mourer,  W.  F.  Schnee,  Henry 
Hilbish,  Andrew  Roush,  John  Hum- 
mel, Henry  Mertz,  John  Motz,  David 
Botdorf,   Isaac  Kuster. 

Isaac  Fees,  of  Beaver  township, 
applied  for  license.  Signers:  George 
Oberdorff,  Peter  Kline,  George  Mil- 
ler, Geo.  Arbogast,  Henry  Aurandt, 
Andrew   Ulsh,   John   D.    Smith,   John 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Troxel,  Adam   Smith,   Philip  Kinney, 
A.    Middleswarth,    Joseph    Fees. 
April  7,  1843. 

Pardon  of  Daniel  Hummel.  Gov. 
Porter  pardoned  Daniel  Hummel 
March  27th.  The  crime  he  was  con- 
victed for  was  for  assault  with  an 
intent  to  commit  a  rape. 

Who  Shall  Be  The  Next  Governor. 
Ner  Middleswarth  Esq.,  would  make 
the  best  governor  that  Penna.  could 
elect,  for  no  man  that  has  any  re- 
spect for  truth  will  deny  that  Mid- 
dleswarth is  not  the  ablest  Legisla- 
tor in  this  state.  We  say  to  the  Demo- 
cratic Whig  party,  nominate  Ner 
Middleswarth  and  you  have  a  man 
that  will  in  all  cases  defend  and  sup- 
port the  interests  and  rights  of  the 
working  people,  because  they  are  all 
his  associates  and  his  feelings  and 
wishes  are  with  them. 
April    14,    1843. 

Frederick  Starick  applied  for  li- 
cense in  Penns  Twp.  Signers:  J.  K. 
Davis  Jr.,  Peter  Miller,  Isaac  Robison, 
Joseph  Eyster,  A.  Keenster,  W.  J. 
Wagenseller,  John  Hartman  Jr.,  John 
H.  Fisher,  Samuel  Pawling,  George 
Adams,  Jacob  Riblet,  James  Crowse. 

Jacob  Fryer  applied  for  license  in 
Centre  township,  near  Middlecreek. 
Signers:  Lewis  Bertram,  David 
Schwenck,  Jacob  Smith,  Jacob  Wit- 
tenmyer,  Albright  Swineford,  James 
Barbin,  John  Spade,  Henry  Lenhart, 
Peter  Frain,  Peter  Heimbach,  H.  S. 
Boyer,  George  Beyer. 
April    21,    1843. 

High  Water.  We  were  to  Selins- 
grove,  Wednesday,  to  see  the  river 
and  made  particular  inquiry  what 
damages  have  been  done  by  high  wat- 
er, but  none  could  tell  for  the  river 
is  higher  than  it  has  been  for  40  or 
50  years,  save  one  exception.  The 
river  above  Selinsgrove  has  broken 
into  the  canal,  and  the  river,  canal 
and  Penns  Creek  is  almost  one  ocean 
of  water. 

When  will  the  editor  of  the  Times 
explain  his  conduct  for  signing  the 
temperance  pledge,  and  after  sign- 
ing, induce  every  person  to  publish 
for  tavern  license  to  sell  alcohol,  and 
also  for  publishing  them  twice  in  the 
same    paper. 

Post  Office.  John  P.  Seebold,  the 
Post  master  of  New  Berlin,  has  re- 
ceived a  notice  from  Washington  City 
the  sum  and  substance  of  which  is, 
that  he  is  opposed  to  Capt.  Tyler,  the 
traitor  to  the  party,  that  elected  him 
to  the  office  of  President,  and  is  ask- 


ed to  explain  this  matter,  or  he  will 
be  removed  from  his  office.  The  on- 
ly way  Seebold  could  explain,  with-' 
out  being  removed  (Which  he  will 
never  do)  would  be  to  say  "I  will  do 
as  you  command  me  to  do ;  I  will  sur- 
render up  all  my  rights  and  opinions, 
and  will  be  at  your  service ;  I  will  call 
a  Tyler  meeting,  and  bribe  some  of 
the  printers,  if  I  can  do  so,  and  make 
a  great  noise  in  your  favor;  I  will 
endeavor  to  persuade  the  people  of 
all  parties,  that  you  are  the  purest 
man  now  living:  I  will  also  endeavor 
to  carry  every  dark  and  dishonest 
plan  into  execution,  that  your  excel- 
lency, the  Chief  Magistrate,  may  pro- 
pose for  the  purpose  of  having  your- 
self elected. 
April  28,   1843. 

A    dissolution    of   partnership   was 
published  between  J.  &  W.  F.  Wag- 
enseller made  T.  D.  Austin. 
May  5,  1843. 

The  Judiciary  Vindicated.  The 
Union  Times  of  last  week  contains  a 
lenghty  article  relative  to  our  courts, 
Judges  and  the  Judiciary  in  general. 
We  here  copy  the  first  paragraph  of 
the  piece  alluded  to  wit:  It  is  with 
feelings  of  deep  regret  that  we  ob- 
serve a  manifestation  pervading  the 
Honorable  Court  of  Union  County 
to  follow  the  example  of  the  more 
cruel  and  desperate  of  the  city  of 
Philadelphia   and   New  York"    etc. 

We  have  the  name  of  Dr.  J.  Wagen- 
seller at  the  head  of  today's  paper  as 
a  candidate  for  Canal  Commission- 
er, subject  to  a  nomination  of  the 
Democratic  Whig  State  Convention, 
to  be  called  by  the  State  Central 
Committee. 

Ner  Middleswarth  Esq.,  is  a  candi- 
date for  President  on  the  Clay  Club. 
May     12,     1843. 

The  Susquehanna  Canal  is  now  in 
complete  order  throughout  the  whole 
line,  and  the  packet  boats  are  run- 
ning from  Harrisburg  to  Williams- 
port. 
May  19,  1843. 

Maj.  Wm.  F.  Collins,  of  Raleigh, 
N.  C.  has  discovered  a  gold  mine  on 
the  waters  of  the  Middle  Creek,  which 
promises  a  rich  yield  of  precious  met- 
al. 
June    2,    1843. 

The  Hon.  Ner  Mddleswarth  and  Mr. 
John  Hall,  decline  being  candidates 
for  the  Legislature. 

A  Temperance  Convention  will  be 
held  at  Selinsgrove  on  Wednesday, 
June   7th. 


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The  Times  is  frightened  already 
because  Dr.  Wagenseller's  name  is 
before  the  public  as  a  Candidate  for 
Canal  Commissioner.  The  conductors 
of  that  mean  unprincipled  sheet,  well 
know  if  the  Dr.  would  be  placed  on 
the  Ticket,  that  he  will  carry  every 
thing  before  him  in  this  part  of  the 
State  where  he  is  known.  The  Times 
charges  the  Dr.  with  squandering 
money  the  time  he  was  supervisor  on 
the  Canal.  Has  the  Times  reference 
to  the  conduct  of  John  Snyder  at 
the  time  he  had  petitioned  to  the 
Legislature  to  have  the  Dr.  remov- 
ed. Or  has  the  Times  reference  to 
the  Wharf  Dr.  Wagenseller  put  in  the 
Canal  at  his  own  expense,  to  the  great 
advantage  of  the  public  and  canal. 
When  will  the  hired  snot  nose  learns 
that  it  is  mean  business  to  be  hired 
to  assail  almost  every  decent  man's 
private  character,  and  to  publish 
charges  every  person  knows  to  be 
false. 

Union  County  Clay  Club.  The  Uni- 
on County  Clay  Clut>  held  a  public 
meeting  Saturday,  May  27th.  The 
meeting  being  organized  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth  Esq.,  the  President  pro- 
ceeded to  the  appointment  of  the 
Township  and  borough  clay  clubs. 
The  following  are  the  members: 

Penns.  Dr.  J.  Wagenseller,  Chair- 
man, Saml.  Pawling,  John  Hall,  Pet- 
er Richter,  Geo.  Gemberling,  Dr. 
Eyster,  John  Seirer,  Jacob  Riblet, 
Jacob  J.  Fisher,  Jno.  Hummel,  Mi- 
chael Fisher,  Jacob  Miller,  John 
Hartman,  Jr.,  Saml.  Boyer  Jr.,  Jacob 
Ott,  Capt.  I.  Robison,  Geo.  Adams, 
Saml.  Ritter,  Chas.  Hughes,  Henry 
Kisor,  Jacob  Dock,  Isaac  Looke,  Le- 
vi Pawling,  Geo.  D.  Miller,  George 
Row. 

Centerville.  Geo.  Sampsell,  Chair- 
man, J.  Farnswarth,  Peter  Reish, 
Conrad  Wolfley,  John  Lawrence,  Hen- 
ry Stock,  Henry  Wolf,  John  Hacken- 
burg,  John  Gearhart  Jr.,  Christian 
Kerr,   James   Wales. 

Beaver.  Solomon  Engle,  Chairman, 
Jacob  Beaver,  Daniel  Bobb,  A.  Mid- 
dleswarth,  Geo.  Miller,  Dr.  I.  Roth- 
rock,  Jacob  Kern,  Henry  Gass  Jr., 
Jacob  Harlester,  Abra.  Middleswarth, 
J.  D.  Smith,  Henry  Swartz,  Andrew 
Fetterolf,  Daniel  Hufnagle,  Henry 
Swartz,  H.  Margeritz,  Esq.,  Jacob 
Stumpff,  George  S.  Ren,  John  Bickle, 
Joseph  Miller,  M.  Gerhart  Sr.,  Ruben 
Grim,  Philip  Kinney,  Peter  Kline, 
Solomon  Romig. 


Chapman.  Samuel  Bastress,  chair- 
man, George  Herrold,  John  Troup, 
Daniel  Witmer,  John  Keller,  Philip 
Herrold,  Lewis  Kerstetter,  Simon 
Herrold,  Abra.  Brubaker,  Casper  Ar- 
nold, Henry  Sechrist,  Adam  Stale. 

Centre.  David  Schwenk,  Chairman, 
Lewis  Bertram,  James  Barbin,  Jacob 
Fryer,  John  Gift,  Jr.,  John  Schoch, 
Frederick  Hassinger,  Geo.  G.  Sow- 
ers, Aaron  Walter,  John  S.  Kern, 
Henry  Heimbach,  George  Aurand, 
John  Smith. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Baus, 
Chairman,  Daniel  Zeiber,  Henry  Pon- 
tious,  Conrad  Stock  Esq.,  Samuel 
Snyder,  Frederick  Bilger,  Jacob  Kess- 
ler.  John  Erdley,  Jacob  Schoch,  Hen- 
ry Yerger,  Samuel  Yoder,  Peter  Bolig, 
John  Courtney,  John  Aurand,  Mich- 
ael Erdley  and  John  Bickle. 

Washington.  Henry  Hilbish,  Chair- 
man, John  Miller,  John  Dubs,  Philip 
Roush,  Francis  A.  Boyer,  Peter  Hack- 
enberg,  Jacob  Houtz,  John  Miller, 
Geo.  C.  Moyer,  Adam  German,  John 
Gingrich,  L.  Orbogast,  Jacob  Hum- 
mel, John  Hackenberg. 

Married.   On  the   21st  ult.,  by  Ja- 
cob Martin,  Esq.,  Mr.  Michael  Ickes, 
to  Catherine  Henry. 
List  of  Grand      Jurors      for     August 
Court: 

Chapman.  S.  S.  Backhouse,  John 
Keller,   William   Kelly. 

Middlecreek.  John  Kline. 

Centre.  Abraham  Eisenhour,  Peter 
Dreese,  Michael  Swengle. 

Penns.  Samuel  Pawling. 

Perry.   Jacob   Rathfon. 

Beaver.  Jacob  Fees,  David  Hubler. 

List  of  Traverse  Jurors  for  August 
Court: 

Washington.  John  Miller,  Henry 
Hilbish,   Jacob   German. 

Beaver.  G.  Wi|ttenmyer,  Michael 
W.  Riggle,  Andrew  Ulsh,  Moses 
Specht,  Henry  Mitchell,  Charles 
Krebs,  Peter  Smith,  Daniel  Hassing- 
er,   Samuel   Romig,    Wm.    Saltzman. 

Chapman.  Daniel  Witmer,  J.  G. 
Herrold,  John  Witmer. 

Centre.  Jonathan  Wetzel,  John 
Spaid. 

Penn.  Jacob  Shaffer,  Lewis  White, 
J.  G.  L.  Shindel,  Philip  Kuntz,  Mi- 
chael Fisher,  David  Heiser,  John  App. 

Middlecreek.  Jacob  Kessler,  Geo. 
Engel. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  August 
Court: 

Penns.  George  Schnure,  Christian 
Kantz,  C.  Smith,  J.  Wagenseller. 

Centre.     Jacob     Fryer,     Frederick 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Walter,     Edward       Snyder,       David 
Swengel. 

Beaver.  N.  Middleswarth,  Philip 
Markley,  Jacob  Long,  Peter  Gross. 
George  Weyand,  H.  Kemberling. 

Middlecreek.  Michael  Schoch, 
Samuel  Yoder. 

Perry.  George  Rine,  Samuel  Shadle. 

Washington.  Jacob  J.  Morr,  Esq. 
June    9,    1843. 

We  have  had  a  hard  frost  last  Fri- 
day morning.  It  has  frozen  the  corn 
dead  to  the  ground,  and  also  the  po- 
tatoes, and  has  injured  fruit  tre- 
mendously, destroyed  peas,  cucum- 
bers etc. 
June    16,    1843. 

The  following  are  the  Democratic 
Whig  nominations:  Assembly,  John 
Hall;  Sheriff,  Michael  Kleckner;  Com- 
missioner, Henry  Sanders,  Jr.,  Treas. 
John  D.  Bogar;  Coroner,  Charles  See- 
bold  ;  Auditor,  Christian  Bryman ; 
Trustees,  William  Gutelius,  John 
Gast  and  James  Simonton. 

County  Convention.  The  Demo- 
cratic Whig  party  held  a  convention 
at  which  time  a  resolution  was  pass- 
ed in  favor  of  Dr.  J.  Wagenseller, 
for  canal  commissioner  and  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth  for   Governor. 

The  corner  stone  for  the  new 
church  in  Selinsgrove,  will  be  laid  on 
July  2nd.  Peter  Richter,  Jacob  Smith 
and  Leonard  App  are  the  committee. 

Married.  On  the  11th  inst.,  by  Rev. 
S.    G.    Miller,    Mr.    Wra.    Dieb'ler    to 
Miss  Mary  Deif  enbach,  both  of  Centre 
township. 
June  23,  1843. 

Israel  Gutelius  offers  the  Union 
Star  Printing  Office  at  New  Berlin, 
for  sale. 

Samuel  Bastress  applied  for  license 
to  keep  a  tavern  in  Chapman  town- 
ship. Signers,  Isaac  Robison,  W.  G. 
Herrold,  Philip  Shid«e,  D.  E.  Bender, 
J.  C.  Witmer,  Isaac  Snyder,  John 
Rine,  C.  Nagle,  John  D.  Yerger, 
John  Lenig,  Isaac  Wellen,  Abraham 
Luck,  Charles  Hufer,  John  Siders. 
June  30,   1843. 

John  Snyder  and  his  Union  Times. 
John  Snyder  the  man  that  has 
run  away  with  another  man's  wife 
and  guilty  of  many  other  dirty  acts- 
such  as  putting  an  OX  in  a  gig, 
tying  a  bundle  of  hay  on  behind, 
and  driving  to  or  past  a  church  on 
the  Sabbath.  The  balance  of  his  con- 
duct that  day  we  will  not  notice  for 
the  present.  It  is  the  John  Snyder  that 
was  elected  to  Congress  in  1840,  by 
a  small  majority  of  about  two  hun- 


dred in  this  Congressional  District. 
Soon  after  this  election  came  the 
Presidential  election  and  this  Joiir 
Snyder  was  at  the  election  and  did 
forget  to  vote  for  VanBuren,  be- 
cause many  of  the  VanBuren  men 
did  refuse  to  vote  for  him  for  Con- 
gress. Another  proof  that  honest 
Locofocos  did  not  vote  for  Snyder  in 
1836,  Mr.  Caldwell  was  elected  for 
Representative  delegate  to  amend 
the  constitution  and  he  died,  and 
Snyder  was  nominated  and  was 
defeated.  The  district  was  Union, 
Juniata  and  Mifflin,  all  the  other 
Locofocos  were  elected  in  this  dis- 
trict, except  this  man  Snyder  that 
did  not  forget  to  vote  for  Van  Buren. 
The  person  that  was  elected  and  beat- 
en Snyder  is  our  present  candidate 
for  congress,  Wm.  L.  Harris.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  Snyder  would  have 
beaten  in  forty,  if  party  spirit  had 
not  been  carried  to  such  a  high  pitch- 
that  was  all  that  saved  Snyder  that 
he  was  not  elected. 

July  7,   1843. 

The  weather  was  remarkably  hot, 
Saturday  and  Sunday  morning.  A 
violent  rain  and  hail  storm  about 
noon,  Sunday,  however,  changed  the 
temperature,  and  has  been  very  cool 
since  Sunday.  We  are  informed  that 
a  few  miles  north  of  this  place  that 
hail  stones  were  as  large  as  a  hen's 
egg.  These  hail  stones  came  down 
perpendicular  and  very  little  damage 
wns  done. 
July    14,    1843. 

Reward.  John     Wise,     of     Buffalo 
Township,    offers   one   pipeful   of   to- 
bacco for  the  return  to  Jacob  Mook, 
a  bound  boy  to  the  farm  business. 
July   21,    1843. 

Killed.  Sunday,  Mr.  John  Bossard 
fell  from  a  cherry  tree.  He  was  only 
six  or  eight  feet  from  the  ground 
the  time  he  fell.  -He  lighted  on  his 
head,  and  he  died  Tuesday  morning 
at  his  residence  near   Selinsgrove. 

Married.  In  Middleburg  on  the 
13th  inst.,  by  Rev.  A.  B.  Casper,  Mr. 
Edward  Smith,  of  New  Berlin,  to 
Miss  Emelia  Hehman,  of  Mifflinburg. 
August    4,    1843. 

This  number  of  the  Union  Star, 
terminates  three  years  and  six  months 
since  my  commencement,  and  closes 
my  connection  with  the  establishment. 
It  will  be  seen  that  I  disposed  of  the 
entire  establishment  to  M.  H.  Wea- 
ver, Esq.,  who  has  attended  to  the 
editorial   department  this  week,   will 


hereafter  have  full  possession  and 
control  of  the  paper. 

The  long  spell  of  dry  weather, 
which  we  have  had  this  summer,  had 
nearly  destroyed  all  hopes  of  the  corn 
and  potato  crops,  but  the  late  rain 
has  revived  vegetation  again,  so  that 
our  farmers  may  at  least  expect  to 
realize  a  tolerable  crop  of  nubbins 
and  a  reasonable  crop  of  Irish  nuts. 

Married.  On  the  16th  ult.,  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Shindel,  Jr.,  Mr.  Isaac  Dreese 
to  Miss  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Jacob 
Beaver.  On  the  23rd.  ult.,  by  Rev. 
Shindel,  Mr.  Michael  Beaver  to  Miss 
Amelia  Dreese,  all  of  Beaver  town- 
ship. 

August  11,  1843. 

Our  Beaver  subscribers  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Adamsburg  will  re- 
ceive their  papers  hereafter  at  Miller 
&  Overdorf's  store  in  Adamsburg. 

The  Harrisburg  Intelligencer  says: 
that  Col.  Joseph  Paxton,  declined  a 
nomination  as  a  candidate  for  canal 
commissioner.  They  say  that  Dr.  J. 
Wagenseller,  of  Union,  is  the  most 
prominent  man  now  in  the  north,  and 
would  make  an  excellent  officer,  and 
is       deservedly       popular     wherever 

known.  You      are     perfectly 

right  friend  McCurdy,  for  there  is 
no  mistake  in  regard  to  Dr.  Wagen- 
seller's  capabilities,  integrity  or  popu- 
larity. He  is  a  strong  man  and  one 
of  the  most  active  business  men  of 
Northern  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Wagen- 
seller is  well  known  as  an  industrious, 
economical  and  preserving  man,  who 
possesses  all  the  qualifications  neces- 
sary to  discharge  the  duties  of  Canal 
Commissioner  with  credit  to  himself, 
and  to  the  best  interests  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

Attention.  Capt.  John  Forster  of 
the  Lafayette  Troop  commands  the 
troops  to  meet  at  the  home  of  Major 
Henry  A.  Smith,  in  Middleburg,  Sat- 
urday, the  26th  of  August,  properly 
equipped  for  drill  with  full  uniform 
and  six  rounds  of  blank  cartridges. 
August  25,    1843. 

The  Editor  of  the  Clinton  County 
Whig  requests  us  to  send  him  a  copy 
of  John  Snyder's  anti-tariff  speech. 
We  shall  comply  with  his  request,  but 
having  so  lately  taken  possession  of 
the  office,  we  have  not  as  yet,  been 
able  to  lay  our  hands  on  any  thing 
of  the  kind.  Copies  of  John  Snyder's 
speech  are  as  scarce  as  hen's  teeth. 
They  have  all  been  gathered  up  and 
either  destroyed  or  put  away  for  safe 


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117 


keeping   till   after    election,    as   they 
are  not  calculated  for  this  meridian. 
The  people  must  be  kept  in  darkness 
until   John    is    elected. 
September    1,    1843. 

Married.  On  the  24th  ult.,  by  Rev. 
A.  B.  Casper,  Mr.  Charles  Stees,  of 
West  Buffalo,  to  Miss  Barbara  Smith, 
of  Middleburg. 

Convicted.  John  Billman,  who  has 
been  in  our  jail  for  some  time  on  a 
charge  of  stealing  a  valuable  horse 
from  Mr.  Nathan  Mitchel,  of  Lewis- 
burg,  on  the  2nd  of  July,  was 
brought  before  the  court  of  Quarter 
Sessions  of  our  county  and  tried,  on 
Tuesday.  The  verdict  was  guilty  and 
he  was  sentenced  to  hard  labor  in 
the  Eastern  Penitentiary  for  two 
years. 

Weather.  The  weather  for  a  week 
past  has  been  extremely  warm  and 
sultry.  Wednesday  last  the  thermom- 
eter rose  to  90  degrees  in  the  shade, 
and  it  continues  excessively  warm. 

Our  court  is  now  sitting  and  busi- 
ness is  progressing  rapidly  but  there 
is  plenty  of  business  for  the  court  for 
two  weeks,  provident  the  different 
parties  are  ready  for  trial. 
September   22,    1843. 

By  turning  to  the  2nd  volume  of 
the  Senate  Journal  of  1843,  Page 
283,  you  will  find  that  John  Snyder 
is  returned  as  defaulter  to  the  state, 
in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  three  hun- 
dred and  forty  eight  dollars  and  forty 
four  cents. 

John  Smith,  the  editor  of  the  "Uni- 
on Adler"  is  a  complete  half  way 
min.  He  goes  in  for  about  half  of  the 
Whig  ticket,  and  electioneers  against 
the  other  half.  What  will  the  Demo- 
cratic Whig  subscribers  to  the  "Ad- 
ler" say  to  this?  We  think  we  hear 
them  say  "The  Lord  deliver  us  from 
Tadpolism." 
September  29,    1843. 

Hon.  John  Snyder's  Speech  on  the 
Tariff,    is    publish    in    this   issue. 

First  Number.  We  have  received 
the  first  number  of  a  new  paper  call- 
ed the  "Lewisburg  Chronicle"  and 
printed  at  Lewisburg,  Union  County, 
by  Messrs.  Shriner  and  Burkenbine. 
The  paper  looks  well,  and  is  very 
neatly  printed.  The  only  objection  we 
could  have  to  it,  is  that  it  is  of  the 
wrong  stripe,  but  perhaps  the  editor 
thinks  otherwise,  and  if  so,  they  have 
"  right  to  their  own  way  of  think- 
ing. 

The  Locofoco  candidates  for  Con- 
gress and  Legislature  held  a  politic- 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


al  consultation  at  the  Buffalo  Hotel, 
kept  by  one  of  the  candidates  (Mr. 
Reber)  on  the  HOLY  SABBATH 
DAY.  This  is  too  bad  to  be  said  of 
any  christian  community,  yet  so  it  is 
and  the  people  should  know  it,  so 
that  they  can  regulate  their  voting' 
accordingly. 
October    6,    1843. 

The  following  is  the  Democratic 
Whig  ticket:  Canal  Commissioner, 
William  Tweed,  Benj.  Weaver,  bimen- 
on  Guilford;  Congress,  Gen.  Henry 
Frick;  Assembly,  John  Hall,  John 
Adams;  Sheriff!,  Michael  Kleckner; 
Comm.,  Henry  Sanders  Jr.;  Treasurer 
John  D.  Bogar;  Coronor,  Charles  See- 
bold;  Auditor,  Christian  Bryman; 
Trustee,  Wm.  Gutelius,  John  Gast, 
James  Simonton. 

Large  Potato.  Dr.  J.  R.  Lotz,  of 
this  place,  produced  a  potato  of  his 
own  raising,  which  weighs  three 
pounds  and  three  ounces,  in  its 
clothes  and  barefooted.  If  any  of 
our  friends  can  crawl  over  this  Irish- 
man, we  would  like  to  hear  from 
them. 
October  20,   1843. 

Married.  In  Selinsgrove  on  the 
15th  inst.,  by  Jacob  Riblet,  Esq.,  Mr. 
Isaac  Kneise,  of  Huntingdon  County, 
to  Miss  Susanna  Row,  of  Selinsgrove. 

The  following  is  the  official  elec- 
tion returns  for  Union  County: 

Congress.  Henry  Frick,  1953,  Jno. 
Snyder,  1547;  Canal  Comm.,  Wm. 
Tweed,  2084,  Benj.  Weaver,  2034, 
Sim.  Guilford,  2010,  James  Clark, 
1299,  Jesse  Miller,  1407,  W.  B.  Fos- 
ter, 1393;  Assembly,  John  Hall,  2240, 
John  Adams,  2099,  Samuel  Reber, 
1621,  Wm.  W.  Wilson,  1613;  Sheriff, 
M.  Kleckner,  596,  J.  M.  Benfer, 
2026,  Wm.  Glover,  913,  Jos.  Hutchin- 
son, 251,  Dan  Rengler,  109;  Commis- 
sioner, Henry  Sanders,  1144,  Mich 
Clemens,  1380,  Fr.  Bolender  566,  A. 
Swineford,  449 ;  Treasurer,  John  D. 
Bgar,  1255,  Philip  Gross,  2155;  Cor- 
onor, Chas.  Seebold,  1326,  Chr. 
Schroyer  1118. 
December   1,   1843. 

We  had  a  smart  sprinkle  of  hail 
and  snow  Wednesday,  which  has 
brought  cold  weather  on  us,  and  this 
morning,  at  the  time  our  paper  is 
put  to   press,   it   is   snowing. 

Our  court  is  in  session,  and  doing 
business  with  unusual  despatch.  Hi; 
Honor  Judge  Wilson  is  indefatigable 
in  his  labors,  an  dis  gaining  in  favor 
and  confidence  with  the  people.  He 
will  certainly  do  his  duty,  as  far  as  he 


is  concerned,  and  we  hope  soon  to  see 
our  Issue  List  considerably  reduced. 

N.  Middleswarth  the  assignee  of 
John  Bickel,  offers  for  sale  the  prop- 
erty well  known  at  the  Beavertowsi 
paper  Mill,  situated  within  one  mile 
to  Adamsburg,  and  the  farm  attached 
thereto  containing  56  acres  of  pat- 
ented land. 

Ner  Middleswarth,  the  assignee  will 
sell   at   public   auction   the   house   of 
David  Hubler,  in  Beavertown. 
December,    1843. 

Our  Court.  The  trial  between 
some  of  the  heirs  of  John  Cowden 
deed.,  against  the  West  B.  Bank,  for 
the  use  of  Ellis  Lewis  Esq.,  and  the 
bank  of  Pennsylvania,  is  occupying 
nearly  the  whole  of  this  week.  There 
is  an  array  of  talent  on  both  sides, 
and  amongst  the  attorney's  concerned 
in  the  cause,  is  Judge  Lewis  late 
President  Judge  of  this  county. 
Snow  fell  yesterday  to  the  depth  of 
about  one  foot,  which  has  enlivened 
the  streets  with  the  jingle  of  sleigh 
bells. 
December    15,    1843. 

Another  Editor  Gone.  We  see  by 
the  Danville  Democrat,  that  the 
editor  of  that  paper  has  left  the 
state  (of  celibacy)  and  is  now  on  a 
tour  through  the  state  of  matrimony. 
We  wish  our  friend  Cook,  a  pleasant 
and  fruitful  journey,  and  hope  that 
his!  broth  may  not  be  spoiled  by 
having  too  many  Cooks. 

The  following  are  the  officers  of 
the  Union  County  Clay  Club:  Pres., 
Ner  Middleswarth,  Beaver  Twp;  Vice 
Pres.,  Geo.  Sampsel,  Chapman,  Saml. 
Bastress,  Perry,  J.  Wagenseller, 
Penns,  Henry  Hilbish,  Washington, 
Frederick  Baus,  Middlccreek,  David 
Schwenk,  of  Centre,  Solomon  Engle, 
of  Beaver. 
December  22,   1843. 

List  of  Grand  Jurors  for  Jan.  Court: 
Beaver — Jacob   Bertsch. 
Middlecreek — Michael  Dinges. 
Chapman — John  Ebright. 
West  Beaver — Andrew  Ulsr  Sr. 
Washington — Jacob      Hartz,      Daniel 
German,   Daniel   Shower,   Elias  Men- 
gas. 

Perry — Philip  Schnee. 
Centre — John    Renninger. 
Penns — Thomas   Bower. 

List  of  Traverse  jurors  for  Janu- 
ary Court: 

Middlecreek.  John  Stroub,  Samuel 
Leitzel,  John  Dauberman. 

West  Beaver.  Joseph  Felker,  Isaac 
Fees. 


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119 


Chapman.  Daniel  Brubaker,  J.  G. 
Herrold. 

Penns.  Samuel  Pawling,  James  K. 
Davis,  Christian  Schroyer,  Christian 
Kantz,  Peter  Richter. 

Beaver.  Daniel  Zieber,  Michael 
Ewig,  John  Hall. 

Centre.  Israel  Bachman,  Michael 
Swengel,  Jacob  Wittenmeyer. 

Washington.  Jacob  Reichenbach, 
Philip  S.  Boyer. 

List  of  Jurors  for  2nd  week  court: 

Beaver.  Daniel  Moyer,  Jacob 
Freed,  Jacob  Kern. 

Washington,   Elijah  Coldron. 

Centre.  Jacob  Fryer. 

Chapman.  Philip  Herrold,  Samuel 
Bastress. 

Penns.  Jacob  Shafer,  David  Hiser, 
Henry  W.  Snyder,  John  Ritter,  Ja- 
cob Jarrett. 

Middlecreek.  Frederick  Bilger,  Jno. 
Kline. 
December    29,    1843. 

There  are  67  cases  in  the  trial  list 
for  the  January  Court. 
January  5,  1844. 

There  will  be  a  dinner  prepared 
January  8th  by  Gen.  Harrison  of  the 
Temperance  Hotel.  The  Artillery  Co. 
of  New  Berlin,  are  to  dine  there,  and 
we  hope  our  citizens  and  others  will 
patronize  the  General  by  joining  in 
a  feast  of  fat  things — say  dead  turk- 
eys for  instance. 

Hon.  Ner  Middleswarth's  name  has 
been  announced  as  a  candidate  for 
Governor  of  Pa.,  and  we  think  there 
has  not  been  a  name  mentioned  who 
would  completely  unite  the  Whigs 
and  Antimasons  and  anti-Locofoco 
Democrats  as  he  will. 
January    12,    1844. 

We  take  the  following  article  from 
the  Union  Times  of  last  week,  to 
show  our  honest  Germans  in  what 
estimation  they  are  held  by  the  Lo- 
cofocos:  "Nothing  new  from  Cong- 
ress. Geo.  Frick's  motion  to  have 
5.000  copies  of  the  Message  reprinted 
in  the  German  Language  met  with 
that  contempt  the  LITTLENESS  of 
the  subject  demanded." 

Ner'Middleswarth  and  Jacob  Bard- 
ner  were  the  executors  for  the  estate 
of  George  Muck,  late  of  Beavr  town- 
ship,   dcd. 

Caution.  All  persons  are  caution- 
ed against  taking  a  note  given  by 
Peter  Dauberman  to  Christian  Daub- 
erman.  of  Middlecreek  Twp.,  dated  on 
or  about  Dec.  11,  1839. 

Frederick  C.  Moyer  and  George  C. 
Moyer    were    the    administrators    in 


the  estate  of  John  C.  Moyer,  late  of 
Washington  twp.  deed. 

Henry  Felker  was  assignee  in  the 
estate  of  Solomon  Romig  Jr.,  late  of 
Beaver    Township. 
January    19,    1844. 

Harvey  Birch,  the  talented  editor 
of  the  Daily  Forum,  on  the  subject 
of  the  next  governor,  in  speaking  of 
Mr.  McKennan  in  connection  with 
that  office,  remarks:  I  can  hardly 
tell  why  it  is  he  is  so  strong,  but  so 
it  is;  next  to  him  in  availability  and 
general  worth  are  the  Hon.  James 
Irvin,  of  Centre,  and  Mr.  Middles- 
warth,  of  Union,  either  of  these  would 
present  almost  an  assurance  of  suc- 
cess and  deserve  the  approbation  and 
support  of  their  fellow  citizens.  You 
will  have  a  pleasant  campaign  be- 
fore you  with  either  of  the  latter, 
but  with  Mr.  McKennan,  the  very 
hoisting  of  his  name  authorized  by 
the  convention,  may  be  considered  a 
victory  won. 
January   26,    1844. 

Ner  Middleswarth  and  Charles 
Kaley  Admrs.,  offer  for  rent  the  Full- 
ing mill  and  carding  machine  be- 
longing to  the  estate  of  Abraham 
Kahley,  deed.,  situate  in  Beaver  twp. 
February   2,    1844. 

A  law  has  been  passed  by  the  Leg- 
islature, changing  the  time  of  hold- 
ing the  courts  in  Union  county.  Our 
courts  hereafter  will  commence  on 
the  third  Monday  after  the  fourth 
Monday  in  April,  August,  November 
and  January  which  will  restore  them 
to  the  old  time  of  holding,  our  next 
regular  term  will  commence  on  the 
second  Monday  or  the  13th  of  May. 
An  adjourned  court  will  be  held  on 
the  second  Monday  in  March  next, 
to   continue   one  week. 

We  understand  that  the  place  of 
holding  the  election  for  Middlecreek 
township,  has  been  changed  from 
Henry  Pontius's  to  Jacob  Mohr's  tav- 
ern. 

The  total  receipts  and  expenditures 
for  Union  County  lor  1843  was 
$8480.74.  J^.cob  McCurley,  Solomon 
Engel  and  Michael  Clemmens  were 
the  commissioners. 

Married.  Sunday,  the  28th  ult.,  by 
M.  H.  Weaver  Esq.,  Mr.  Jacob  Wittis, 
of  Centre  township,  to  Mis  Marga- 
ret  Benfer,   of  Union  township. 

Died.  In  Penns  township  on  the 
26th  ult.,  Mr.  Christian  Fisher,  in  his 
73rd  year.  In  Penn  township,  on  the 
28th  ult.,  Mrs.  Peter  Fisher  aged  a- 
bout  70  years. 


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OLD   PEOPLE'S    CORNER 


OLD  PEOPLE'S  CORNER 

Names  of  People,  Living  at  the  age  of  70  years  and  old- 
er as  published  in  the  Middleburg  POST,  in  April  and  May, 
1917.  Several  of  them  died  between  the  time  of  publishing 
the  list  and  the  publication  of  this  book. 


Adams,  David,  Selinsgrove  R.  R.,  born 
Feb.    9,    1847. 

Albert,  Hannah,  (nee  Keefer)  Hern- 
don,  born  Mar.  1,  1827,  in  Upper 
Augusta  Twp.,  Northumberland  Co. 

Arbogast,  Sophia,  Middlecreek,  born 
Nov.  14  1848  in  Beaver  Twp. 

Artley,  James,  Freeburg,  born  April 
11,   1842. 

Arnold,  Ben.  F.,  Freeburg,  born  May 
29,  1841. 

Arnold,  D.  B.  R.  D.  No.  1  Port  Trevor- 
ton,  was  born  Feb.  28,   1844. 

Attinger,  Mrs.  Caroline,  R.  D.  No. 
1  Port  Trevorton,  born  Oct.  6,  1843 

Aucker,  E.  S.,  Port  Trevorton,  born 
in  Chapman  Twp.,  Jan.  22,  1845. 

Aurand,  Henry  H.,  Beavertown,  born 
near  Troxelville,   Oct.   29,   1?40. 

Aurand,  Henry  S.,  Kreamer,  born 
Mar.  30,  1835. 

Aurand,  Mrs.  Leah  S.  (nee  Hassing- 
er)  Beavertown,  born  near  Trox- 
elville,  Jan.    19,    1839. 

Aurand,  Eliza.  Middleburg,  born  Aug. 
26,  1845,  at  Troxelville,  Pa. 

Aurand,  Mrs.  Sallie,  Troxelville, 
born  July  19,  1835  in  Union  now 
Snyder   county. 

Aurand,  Mrs.  Sallie,  Troxelville,  born 
July  19,  1845  in  Union,  now  Sny- 
der County. 

Bay,  Henry,  R.  D.  No.  1  Liverpool, 
born  in  Susquehanna  Twp.,  Jun- 
iata Co.,  Jan.  11,  1839. 

Bay,  Mrs.  J.  M.,  McAlisterville,  born 
Aug.  9,  1843,  in  Fayette,  Twp., 
Juniata  County. 

Bay,  J.  M.,  McAlisterville,  Born  in 
Fayette   Twp.   Juniata   County. 

Bachman,  Mrs.  Kate,  Middleburg, 
born  in  Limestone  Twp.  Union 
County,  Aug.  28,  1847. 

Bailey,  Jackson,  Penns  Creek,  born 
May  28,  1844,  in  Centre  Twp. 

Barry,  Mrs.  Rebecca  K.,  Selinsgrove, 
born  Dec.  27,  1840. 

Benner,  Solomon,  born  at  Thompson- 
town,  Jan.  6,  1842,  aged  75  years. 

Benner,  Mrs.  Rachel,  born  at  Union- 
town,  June  8,  1844,  aged  72  years. 

Beaver,  Mrs.  Molly,  Dry  Valley  X 
Roads,  born  Feb.   28,   1842. 


Beaver,  Mrs.  Catherine,  Dry  Valley 
X  Roads,  born  near  Kratzerville, 
Apr.  10,  1846. 

Beaver,  Mathias,  soldier,  residing  and 
born  near  Kratzerville,  Feb.  24, 
1845,  was  a  volunteer  and  served  in 
Co.  G,  47  Pa.  Regt. 

Beaver,  Mrs.  Hattie,  born  in  Dry  Val- 
ley X  Roads  1831. 
Benfer,    Jamesi,    of    Sunbury,    born 
Nov.  9,  1840. 

Benfer,  G.  W.,  Dry  Valley  X  Roads 
born  Apr.  6,  1845. 

Bergy,  Mrs.  Kate  (Nee  Shelley)  wid- 
ow of  Rev.  Wm.  Richfield,  born  in 
West  Perry  Twp.,  Snyder  Co., 
July   10,    1845. 

Beaver  G.  E.  R.  D.  Millerstown,  born 
in  Liverpool  Twp.,  Pery  Co.  Sept. 
24   1844. 

Beistle,  Mrs.  Sue,  Port  Trevorton, 
born  Sept.   19,  1841. 

Benfer,  Mrs.  Henry  Sr.,  (nee  Ellen 
Gift)  Newton,  Kans.,  born  near 
Middleburg,  Mar.   13,  1835. 

Benfer,  Henry  Sr.,  Newton,  Kans., 
born  near  Troxelville,  Oct.  3,  1832. 
Was    County    Treasurer. 

Bierly,  Mrs.  Maria  (Dundore,)  Port 
Trevorton,   born   July   28,    1843. 

Bilger,  Wm,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2  McClure, 
Pa.,  Born  Oct.  8,   1836. 

Bilger,  Samuel,  Kreamer,  born  Apr. 
6,  1835  in  Middlecreek  Twp. 

Biokel,  Isaac,  Troxelville,  born  March 

3,  1836. 

Bingaman,   Mrs.    Sara,   Penns   Creek, 

born  in   Sugor  Valley  Centre  Co., 

Sept.  13,  1836. 
Bickhart,  Henry  R.,  Middleburg,  born 

Aug.   13,   1846,  in  Freeburg. 
Bickhart,  Mrs.  Henry  R.,  Middleburg, 

(nee  Roush),  born  April  12,  184Jr 

in  Freeburg. 
Bollinger,  Jacob,  Kreamer,  born  Oct. 

4,  1836  in  Middlecreek  Twp. 
Bollinger,  Mrs.  Jacob,    (nee  Naugle) 

Kreamer,    born   Nov.    22,    1840,    in 

Washington  Twp. 
Boyer,  Mrs.  Catherine,  Penns  Creek, 

born  at  Penns  Creek,  June  21,  1841. 
Bover,  Susie,  Middleburg,  Born  Aug. 

28,  1832. 


OLD    PEOPLE'S  CtORNER 


Bolig,  Rebecca,  Penns  Creek,  born 
1832. 

Boyer,   Wm.  J.,   Salem,  born  Dec.   9, 

1847  in  house  he  now  resides. 
Bowersox,    Perry    O.,    Penns    Creek. 

born  July  23,  1846. 
Bower,    Mrs.    Sarah,    Dry    Valley    X 

Roads,  born  near  Kratzerville,  Mar 

19,  1837. 

Boyer,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Nee  Luck)  widow 
of  Hem-y,  residing  at  R.  D.  No.  2 
Mifflinburg,  born  Sept.  16,  1835. 

Boyer,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  Dry  Valley  X 
Roads,  born  near  New  Berlin  in 
1833. 

Brown,  Mrs.  Julia,  (Nee  Stuck)  wid- 
ow of  Peter,  East  Salem,  born  in 
Monroe  Twp.,  Juniata  Co.  Jan.  27, 
1830. 

Breinheimer,  Mrs.  Selinsgrove,  born 
Mar.    1,    1829. 

Buck,  Mrs.  Louisa,  695  Kling  St.,  Ak- 
ron, Ohio,  born  Aug.  13,  1835. 

Byerly,  Miss  Sarah,  112  Grand  St.. 
Danville,  Pa.,  born  May  15,  1836. 

Catherman,  Geo.,  Millmont,  born  Feb 
13,   1835.  at  New  Berlin,  Pa. 

Charles,  Henry  F.,  Port  Trevorton, 
born  Feb.  16,  1844  in  Union  Twp., 
served  in  Co.  D.  18th  Reg.  Inf  and 
Co.  A.  172  Reg.  Militia  and  Co. 
C.    21st    Reg.    Pa.    Cavalry. 

Coleman,  W.  H.,  Beavertown,  born 
in  Dauphin  County,  July  31,  1843. 
He  enlisted  in  the  9th  Penna.  Cav- 
alry Sept.  28,  1861  and  was  mus- 
tered out  July  27,   1865. 

Cooper,  Mrs.  J.  L.,  Selinsgrove,  Pa., 
born  July  28,  1845. 

Connelly,  Wm.  ReHight,  So.  Dak., 
born  April   30,    1836. 

Crimmel,  Thomas,  Thompsontown, 
born  1845  in  Walker  Twp.  Juniata 
County. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Emma  J.,  Selinsgrove, 
born  Mar.   21,   1831. 

Deal,  Peter,  Hoisington,  Kans.,  born 
Nov.  29,  1838  in  New  Berlin. 

Deck,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  Millerstown. 
born  June  26,  1840  at  East  Han- 
over   Twp.,    Lebanon    Co. 

Dewitt,  Mrs.,  Selinsgrove,  born  Mar. 
8,  1844. 

Deiffenderfer,  Mrs.  Rachael,  Dry  Val. 
ley  X  Roads,  born  in  Perry  Co., 
Aug.   18,  1836. 

Dimm,  Dr.  J.  R.,  Ex-Pres.  Susque- 
hanna University,  Selinsgrove,  born 
1830,  at  Muncy,  Pa. 

Dorman,  Andrew  J.,  Penns  Creek,  Pa., 
born  May  9,  1833  in  Hartley  Twp., 
Union  Co.  Pa. 

Dreese,  William,  Ex-County  Commis- 
sioner, Beavertown,  Pa.,  born  Dec. 
25,  1846. 


m 

Dressier,  George,  Deleware  Twp. 
Juniata  County,  born  Aug.  18, 
1833,  in  Susquehanna  Twp. 

Dunn,  Calvin  S.,  Richfield,  born  Feb 
26,  1848. 

Dunn,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann,  widow  of  Jos- 
iah,   Richfield,   born  in   Berks   Co. 
Pa.  Feb.  11,  1841. 

Dunkleberger,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Middleburg. 
born  Union  Twp.,  Snyder  Co.  Mar. 
1?>,   1846. 

Dunkleberger,  Cornelius  H.,  Middle- 
burg, born  in  Mahantango  Twp., 
Northumberland  Co.,  May  20,  1840 

Erb,  Moses,  Troxelville  November 
30,    1839. 

Ewig,  Geo.  Troxelville,  born  Feb.  26, 

1842,  near  Troxelville,  soldier  6th 
Pa.   Reserves   Co.   B. 

Fisher,  Levi,  Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  born 
Jan.    19,    1843. 

Fisher,  Lydia,  widow  of  Norman,  Sel- 
insgrove, Pa.  born  Sept.   19,  1846. 

Fisher,  Mrs.  John  P.,  Middlecreek  El- 
ectric  Dam,   born   Sept.    23,    1842. 

Fisher,  Mrs.  Mich,  Isle  of  Que,  Sel- 
insgrove, born  Aug.  4,  1845. 

Fisher,  Jacob,  Selinsgrove,  born  Jan. 
6,  1847. 

Forry,  Jacob,  born  Dec.  7,  1835  in 
Perry  Twp.  Union  County. 

Frantz,  Mrs.  Jennie  (nee  Zellers) 
widow  of  Benjamin,  Richfield,  born 
in  Susquehanna  Twp.  July  5,  1844. 

Frantz,  Mrs.  Benjamin,  born  in  Perry 
Co.,  July  5,   1844,  aged  72  years. 

Fultz,  Mrs.  Samuel  G.,  born  July  27, 

1843,  at  Belleville,  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa. 
Fultz,   Samuel  G.,  born  at  Belleville, 

Mifflin   Co.,   Nov.    18,    1842. 
Garman,  D.  G.,  R.  F.  D.,  No.  1,  Port 

Trevorton,  Pa.,  born  in  Perry  Twp., 

Snyder  County,  Jan.  2,   1845. 
Garman,    Mrs.    Elizabeth,    born    Oct. 

1,  1841,  aged  75  years. 
Gaugler,     George,     Shamokin     Dam, 

born  Sept.  13,  1838. 
Gaugler,  S.  C,  Shamokin  Dam,  born 

June  8,  1847. 
Gaugler,     Daniel,      Shamokin     Dam, 

born  Dec.  28,  1849. 
Gelnett,  John   B,  R.   D.   No.   2  Rich- 
field, born  May  26,  1845,  in  Green- 
wood Twp.,  Juniata  Co. 
Gemberling,    Wm.    D.,    Salem,    bom 

Oct.    4,    1841. 
Gemberling,    Mrs.    Wm.    D.,    Salem, 

(nee    Caroline    Fisher)    born    May 

23,  1845. 
Gemberling,    Mary,    Cocolamus,   born 

May   16,    1841   in   Northumberland 

Co.,   aged   76  yrs. 
Geise,  Mrs.  Julia,  Sunbury,  born  near 

Laurelton  Sept.  29,  1843. 
George,     Mrs.     Catherine,     Richfield, 

born  Mar.  26,  1835. 


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Gemberling,    Sephares,    Selinsgrc/e, 

born  Jan.  29,  1833. 
Gill,  Mrs.  Levi,  Troxelville,  born  April 

1,   1843  in  Adams  township. 
Gift,   Mrs.   Amelia,   widow  of  Aaron 

K.,  Middleburg,  Pa.,  born  at  Rov- 
er's Bridge,  July  10,   1832. 
Gingrich,  I.  N.,  Walker  Twp.,  Juniata 

County,    born    Sept-.      8,    1842,    in 

Selinsgrove. 
Good,  Mrs.  Frank,  Selinsgrove,  born 

Jan.  20,  1846. 
Good,   Frank,    Selinsgrove,    Sept.    18, 

1842. 
Graybill,    Mrs,    Elizabeth,    Richfield, 

born   1842   in  Juniata   County. 
Graybill,  Mrs.  Solomon,  born  in  Heis- 

ter  Valley,  July  6,  1848,  age  73  yrs. 
Graybill,  Mrs.  Rev.  Solomon  S.,  born 

at   Richfield,    Oct.    13,    1846,    aged 

70  years. 
Graybill,  Christian,     Richfield,     born 

near  Thompsontown,  Apr.  6,  1828. 
Grimm,  Mrs.  Henry,    (Nee  Elizabeth 

Roush)  Middleburg,  born  March  18 

1848,  near  Freeburg,  died  May  10, 

1917. 
Grimm,  H.  H.,  Middleburg,  born  near 

Freeburg,  June  30,  1845. 
Grubb,   Mrs.    Wm.    A.    Perry    Valley, 

born  Oct.  31,  1840. 
Grubb,  Wm.   A.,   Perry  Valley,  born 

May  21,  1833. 
Hackenburg,  Isaac,  Troxelville,  born 

March  30,  1848. 
Hackenburg,  Mrs.   Isaac,   Troxelville. 

born  Oct.  1.  1846. 
Hackenburg,  John   K.,   Penns   Creek, 

born   June   30,    1832. 
Harter,    Wm.    J.    R.    D.    Millerstown, 

born    in    Greenwood    Twp.,    Perry 

Co.  Jan.  22,  1844. 
Hart,  Mrs.  Mary,  Richfield,  born  1837 

in  Juniata  County. 
Harbster,    Mrs.    Harriet,    Crossgrove, 

born  Jan.   17,   1841,  in  Union  Co. 

now  Snyder. 
Hartley,  John,  born  at  Penns   '"'.reek, 

April  1,  1844. 
Hartman,  Mrs.  Katie,  born  at  Penns 

Creek,  Aug.  2,  1841. 
Hare,   J.    D.,    R.    No.    1    Middleburg, 

born  Sept.  11,  1848. 
Harner,   R.  A.   M.,   Paxtonville,  born 

Jan.    20,    1833,    near    Philipsburg. 

Pa. 
Haas,  Elias  M.,  Duncannon,  born  Jan. 

7.  1839,  at  Mexico,  Juniata  Co. 
Hassinger,  Jacob,  Penns  Creek,  born 

Sept.  6,  1843,  in  Centre  Twp.  _ 
Hassinger,     Henry     M.,     Bannerville, 

born  May  31,   1845,  in  Union  Co. 

now  Snyder. 
Hassinger,    Samuel    H.,    Beavertown, 

Pa.,  born  June  5,  1836,  died  Mar. 

11     1917. 


Hassinger,  A.  J.,  Halstead,  Kans., 
born  near  Benfer,  Pa.,  Aug.  21, 
1845. 

Hassinger,  M.  L.,  Swineford,  born 
April   12,    1843. 

Hassinger,  D.  J.,  Benfer,  born  July 
27,  1843. 

Hassinger,  Mrs.  M.  L.  Swineford,  born 

Hawk,    Miss   Sarah,   Mifflintown,   Pa., 
Born  May  4,  1837. 
July  12,  1846,  near  Freeburg. 

Hazlet,  Emanuel,  Globe  Mills,  Pa., 
born  Oct.  1833. 

Heeter,  Wm.,  Bannerville,  veteran  in 
Civil  War,  born  Jan.  1,  1844,  near 
McCIure. 

Heeter,  Mrs.  Wm.  Sr.,  Bannerville, 
born  Mar.  17,  1847,  near  Beaver 
Springs.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Heeter  have 
been  married  53  years. 

Heintzelman,  Jacob  R.,  Kreamer,  born 
June  5,  1841. 

Heiser,  Barbara,  Verdilla,  born  July 
26,    1833. 

Helfrich,  Phaeon,  Middlecreek,  born 
Nov.  2,  1843  in  Lehigh  Co. 

Herman,  Mrs.  A.  H.,  (nee  Kline), 
Troxelville,  born  Nov.  15,  1846. 

Herrold,  Mrs.  Carolina,  R.  D.  No.  1 
Port  Trevorton,  born  Oct.  12,  1837. 

Herrold,  Geo.  M.,  R.  D.  No.  1  Port 
Trevorton,  born  April  23,  1844. 

Herrold,  Mary  M.,  Port  Trevorton, 
born  May  6,  1848  at  Berrysburg, 
Dauphin   Co. 

Herrold,  Mrs.  Simon,  (nee  Lizzie  Bru_ 
baker)  Produce,  born  in  Union 
Twp.  Snyder  Co.,  Dec.  22,  1838. 

Herman  Serphares,  Selinsgrove,  born 
Jan.  19,  1841. 

Herman,  Mrs.  Catherine  (Nee  Oldt) 
N.  of  Beaver  Srings,  born  in  Ly- 
coming Co.  April  18,  1828. 

Herman,  Mrs.  A.  H.,  (nee  Kline) 
Troxelville,  born  Nov.  15,  1836. 

Hendricks,  Mrs.  Henry,  Port  Trevor- 
ton, born  in  Susquehanna  Twp., 
Juniata  Co.  Nov.  10,  1844. 

Hendricks,  Henry,  Port  Trevorton, 
born  in  Chapman  Twp.,  Feb.  15, 
1837. 

Hendricks.  Jacob,  Middlecreek  Elec- 
tric "  Power  Dam,  born  Oct. 
19,    1837. 

Hermer,  Mrs.  Adam,  (Nee  Sarah  Jane 
Shellenberger  Richfield,  born  in 
Perry  Co.,  Feb.   2,   1847. 

Hironimus,  Miss  Katherine,  Millmont, 
born  Apr.  8,  1839,  at  Lindale,,  Un- 
ion  Co. 

Hickernall,  John,  Hartleton,  born  in 
York  Co.,  Mar.  26,  1839.  Serv- 
ed in  second  Regular  Cavalry  U. 
S.      Served    for    6   years. 

Hockenbrock,  John,  Richfield,  born 
March  23,  1843,  in  York  Co. 


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Hockenbrock,  John,  R.  D.  No.  2  Rich- 
field, born  Mar.  23,  1*834  in  York 
Co. 

Hoffman,  Charles,  Selinsgrove,  born 
Mar.  25,  1831. 

Hoffman,  Noah,  Hartleton,  born  in 
Union  Co.,  July  29,  1836.  Mem- 
ber, of  Co.  E.  142  Regt.  Served 
3   years. 

Holtzapple,  Henry,  Middlecreek  El- 
ectric Dam,  born  Sept.  8,  1844. 

Hummel,  Benjamin,  Chestnut  Ridge, 
born  Apr.  22,  1843  in  Union  now 
Snyder  Co. 

Hummel,  Mrs.  Eliza,  Bellevue,  Ohio, 
born    in    Juniata    County,    Nov.    9. 

1842,  and  raised  near  Beavertown. 
Hummel,  Benj.  Globe  Mills,  born  Sept. 

5,   1833   in   Middlecreek  Twp. 
Hummel,  Edward,  R.  D.  No.  3,  Mid- 

dleburg,  born  Sept.  7,   1850. 
Hunt,  Daniel,   Penns   Creek,   born  in 

Limestone  Two.,  Dec.   15,  1845. 
Hurley,  Mrs.  Julia  A.,  Perry  Vallev, 

born  Feb.  18,  1838. 
Jarrett,  Mrs.  Harriet,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

born  in  New  Berlin,  Aug.  17,  1835. 
Jarrett,     Franklin     H.,     Selinsgrove, 

born  near  Selinsgrove,  Oct.  9,  1839, 

aged  78  years,  died  Mar.  29,  1917. 
Jarrett,    Mrs.    Mary    E.,    Selinsgrove, 

was  born  in  New  Berlin,  June  18, 

1843,  aged  74  years. 

Jarrett,  Perry,  R.  D.  No.  1  Selins- 
grove, born  in  Snyder  Co.,  Aug.  20, 
1843. 

Jarrett,  Samuel,  R.  D.  No.  1  Selins- 
grove, born  in  Snyder  Co.  Mar.  6, 
1842,  served  in  Civil  War,  Co.  G. 
147th  Regt.  P.  V.  I.,  1st  Brig.,  2nd 
Div.  12th  and  20th  A.  C. 

Holsapple,  John,  Kantz,  born  Mar.  1, 
1833.    in    Washington   Twp. 

Holsapple,  Mrs.  John,  of  Kantz,  born 
in  Washington  Twp.,  Jan.  11,  1835. 

Houser,  Alexander,  Produce,  Civil 
War  veteran,  born  Jan.  15,  1845, 
in  Union  Twp.,   Snyder  Co. 

Hommel,  Alexander,  Beaver  Springs 
born  June  3,  1840. 

Hommel,  Mrs.  Alexander,  Beaver 
Springs,   born   Jan.  *28,    1840. 

Hottenstein,,  Mrs.  I.  F.,  Shamokin 
Dam,   born    Apr.    29,    1834. 

Hummel,  William,  Bellevue,  Ohio, 
born  in  Union,  now  Snyder  Co.. 
Apr.  24,  1843,  near  Middleburg. 

Kantz,  Luther,  Freeburg,  born  April 
24,    1840,   near   Freeburg. 

Keiser,  Jonathan,  Thompstown,  Pa., 
born   June   8,    1836. 

Kent,  I.  A.,  Thompsontown,  born  in 
Noble  Co.  Ohio,  Mar.  21  1839. 


Kerctetter,  Mrs.  Mary  A.,  widow  of 
Adam,  Richfield,  born  Sept.  30, 
1831  in  Liverpool  Twp.  Perry  Co. 

Kerstetter,  Moses  D.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1 
Liverpool,  born  March  4,  1847,  in 
ousquehanna  Twp.,  Juniata   Co. 

Kerstetter,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  (nee 
Graham)  widow  of  Peter,  R.  D. 
Liverpool,  born  Apr.  2,  1844  in 
Susquehanna  Twp.  Juniata  Co. 

Kerstetter,  John  L.,  born  Aug  17 
IS 42   in  Chapman  Twp. 

Kerstetter,  Mrs.  Susanna,  Port  Trev- 
orton,  widow  of  P.  G.,  born  Nov 
22,    1837. 

Kerstetter,  Henry,  Alva,  Okla.,  born 
Nov.  21,  1839,  in  the  lower  end  of 
Snyder  Co. 

Kessler,  Samuel  C,  Selinsgrove,  born 
July  20,  1839.  Enlisted  Nov.  4, 
1862  as  private  in  Co.  C.  172  Reg. 
Penna.  Vol. 

Kessler,  Mary  C.  (nee  Ott)  Selins- 
grove, born  June  8,  1845  in  Penn 
Township. 

Kessler,  Mary  M.,  Hummel's  Wharf, 
born  Jan.  23,   1829. 

Kiseling,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  R.  D.  Mill- 
erstown,  born  Oct.  24,  1841,  in 
Chapman  Twp.,  Snyder  Co. 

Klose,  Mrs.  Isaac,  R.  D.  No.  1  Mid- 
dleburg, Pa.,  born  in  Beaver  Twp., 
Snyder  Co.,  April  1,  1826.  Re- 
sides with  R.  A.  Hassinger  and  is 
active  at  the  age  of  91  years. 

Klingler,  Mrs.  Catharine,  wife  of 
Peter  Klingler  Sr.,  deceased,  born 
east  of  Kratzerville  bridge  in  Mon- 
roe twp.,  Feb.  16,  1843. 

Kline,  John  W.,  Lewistown,  born 
Sept.   15,  1840,  in  Snyder  County. 

Klingler,  Mrs.  Eliz.,  (nee  Oldt)  Salem 
born  at  New  Berlin,  Oct.  31,  1839. 

Klingler,  Sarah,  Middlecreek,  born 
Dec.  25,  1841,  South  West  of  Krat- 
zerville. 

Klinepeter,  Samuel  E.,  Beaver 
Springs,  Pa.,  born  at  Port  Roval, 
Juniata  County,  Pa.,  Feb.  2,  1846. 

Kneop,  Isaiah,  Bannerville,  born  Dec. 
27,   1841,  in  Mifflin  Co. 

Knepp,  Joseph,  Bannerville,  born  Oct. 
20,  1844,  in  Mifflin  Co. 

Knepp,  Paul  H.,  Beaver  Springs, 
born  Sept.  17,  1842,  north  of  Mid- 
dlecreek. Pa. 

Knouse,  Christian,  R.  D.  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant Mills,  born  in  Susquehanna 
Twp.,  Juniata  Co.,  Dec.   25,   1837. 

Knouse,  John,  R.  D.  No.  1  Liverpool, 
born  in  Susquehanna  Twp.,  Jun- 
iata Co..  Feb.   12,  1835. 

Knouse,  W.  H.  Bunkertown,  bom  in 
Susquehanna  Twp.,  Juniata  Co., 
Aug.   15,   1836. 


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Knouse,  Mrs.  Solomon,  R.  D.  No.  3 
Millerstown,  born  Aug.  26,  1845 
at  Middleburg. 

Knouse,  Samuel,  Center  Twp.,  Snyder 
County,  Pa.,  born  March  17,  1841. 

Knouse,  Nancy,  (Mickey)  Bunker- 
town,  born  April  21,  1834,  in 
Cumberland  Co. 

Kocher,  Mrs.  Isaac,  Selinsgrove.  born 
Jan.  9,  1837. 

Kopenhaver,  Tobias,  R.  D.  No.  3  Mill- 
erstown,.  born  Apr.  29,  1846  at 
Klinglerstown. 

Kratzer,  Mrs.  Hettie,  Swineford,  born 
Jan.  20,  1836  in  Mussers  Valley. 

Kreeger,  Mrs.  Catherine  Raker, 
Swineford,  Pa.,  born  Oct.  5,  1836. 

Krebs,    Mrs.    Hannah    (Stahl)       born 
near    Verdilla,    Snyder    Co.,    Dec 
19,  1845,  now  living  in  Wyoming, 
Del.,  72  yrs.  old,  healthful  and  hap- 
py. 

Kreps,  J.  Y.,  Troxelville,  born  Aug. 
10,  1836,  in  Mifflin  Co. 

Krouse,  Mrs.  Hannah  Aurand,  widow 
of  Geo.,  born  near  Selinsgrove, 
June  3,  1843.  Resides  on  a  farm 
with  her  son  near  Edwardsburg, 
Michigan. 

Krouse,  Mrs.  Catherine,  widow  of 
Lewis,'  Kreamer,  formerly  of  Mid- 
dlccreek  Twp.,  born  Aug.  2,  1837. 

Kuhns,  Joseph,  born  in  Centre  Twp., 
July    12,    1841. 

Kurtz,  Mrs.  Mary  (Ramer,)  widow 
of  John,  Richfield,  born  near  Porc 
Trevorton,  Feb.   15,   1842. 

Lash,  Ed.,  West  of  Bannerville,  born 
Jan.   3,    1844. 

Lash,  Mrs.  Ed.,  West  of  Bannerville, 
born  May  17,  1845. 

Lauver,  Mrs.  Mary,  Richfield,  born 
April  22,  1832.  in  Montgomery  Co. 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  Emily,  born  August 
12,  1836. 

Leister,  Rev.  J.  D.,  Cocolamus,  born 
Apr.  23,  1843,  near  Cocolamus, 
Fayette  Twp.  Aged  74  yrs. 

Lenker,  Mrs.  Powell,  Hcrndon,  born 
in  1832. 

Logan,  Maria,  (nee  Gaulger)  Sha- 
mokin  Dam.  born  Aug.  31,  1842. 

Long,  James  H.,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa., 
born  north-west  of  Beaver  Springs, 
Jan.  18,  1846. 

Long,  Mrs.  Joseph,  Port  Trexorton, 
born  in  Chapman  Twp.,  Snyder  Co. 
Sept.  20,  1842. 

Long,  Joseph,  Port  Trevorton,  born 
in  Northumberland  Co.,  June  20, 
1842. 

Luck,  Mrs.  Malinda,  (nee  Row)  widow 
of  Samuel,  Salem,  born  near  Sel- 
insgrove, Jan.  7,  1842. 

Martin,   Joseph,    Oriental,   born  June 


24,  1844,  near  Pallas,  Washington 
Twp. 

Martin,  George,  Bunkertown,  born 
April  28,  1838,  near  Port  Trevor- 
ton. 

Maurer,  Charles,  Middlecreek,  born 
Nov.  20,  1844  in  Beaver  Twp. 

Maurer,  Mrs.  Sarah,  Middlecreek, 
born  June  6,  1848,  north  of  Ban- 
nerville. 

Maurer,  Samuel  S.,  Salem,  born  in 
Juniata  Co.,  Jan.  22,  1837. 

Maurer,  Mrs.  Samuel  S.,  (nee  Cath- 
erine Luck,)  Salem,  born  Mar.  28. 
1835. 

Maurer,  Mrs.  Mary,  widow  of  Edward, 
Shingle  Hollow,  born  in  Mahan- 
tango,  June  2,  1838. 

Meiser,  Benjamin,  R.  D.  No.  1  Mt. 
Pleasant  Mills,  born  Feb.  28,  1844, 
In  Perry  Twp.,  Snyder  Co. 

Meiser,  John  S.,  Globe  Mills,  born 
Aug.  21,  1840. 

Mengle,  John,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  R. 
D.  No.  1,  born  in  Juniata  Co.  May 
16,  1839. 

Metherow,  Joseph,  Turkey  Valley, 
born  Mar.  12,  1842,  at  Millers- 
town,  Perry  Co. 

Metzger,  Samuel  C,  R.  No.  1  Selins- 
grove, born  in  Union  County,  Feb. 
16,    1834. 

Metzger,  Mrs.  Sarah,  (nee  Kratzer) 
R.  D.  No.  1  Selinsgrove,  born  in 
Snyder  County,  Aug.  15,  1839. 

Middleswarth,  Robert,  Troxelville, 
born  Aug.  12,  1839. 

Middleswarth,  Mrs.  Robert,  Troxel- 
ville, born  July  30,  1841. 

Middleswarth,  Isaac,  McClure,  born 
Dec.  17,  1840,  in  West  Beaver 
Twp.,  Snyder  Co.,  Pa. 

Middleswarth,  Mrs.  Isaac,  McClure, 
Pa.,  born  May  23,  1843,  at  Beaver 
Springs. 

Middleswarth,  Ner  B.,  McClure,  (Ex- 
Sheriff)  born  Jan.  28,  1844. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Harriet,  Swineford,  born 
Feb.  26,  1846,  Franklin  Twp. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Sara,  Penns  Creek,  born 
in  Limestone  Twp.,  July  14,  1835. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Lydia,  widow  of  Hon. 
Chas..  Salem,  born  at  Kantz,  Sept. 
19,  1844. 

Miller,  Wm.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  born 
April  26,  1841,  at  New  Berlin. 

Miller,  Peter,  R.  F.  D.,  No.  3  Millers- 
town,   Pa.,  born  Nov.   9,   1836. 

Millhouse,  Mrs.  Agnes  A.,  Middleburg. 
born  Anr.  23,  1843. 

Moore,  W.  Harrv,  McAlisterville  born 
Feb.  13,  1836,  in  Walker  Twp. 
Juniata   County. 

Mover,  Prof.  William,  Ex-County 
Supt.,  Freeburg,  Pa.,  born  Sept. 
27,   1834. 


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125 


Moyer,    Henry    B.,    Harrisburg,    Pa., 
formerly  Freeburg,   born  July   24, 
1846. 
Moyer,  Mrs.   Catherine,  R.   D.  No.    1 
Port    Trevorton,    born      June      30, 
1829. 
Mowery,    Mrs.    Mary,    widow    of    Ed- 
ward,  R.   D.   Liverpool,     born     in 
Mahantango,  June  2,  1838. 
Musselman,    John,    Selinsgrove,    born 

June  12,  1834  in  Penn  Twp. 
Musselman,  Samuel,  Selinsgrove,  born 

July  16,  1837  in  Penn  Twp. 

Nagle,   J.    P.,   Aline,   born    Sept.    24. 

1844,  near  Evendale,  Juniata   Co. 

veteran,   enlisted  Oct.   14,   1862  in 

Co.    F.    Pa.      Cavalry.      Discharged 

July  22,  1865. 

Nagle,  Mrs.  J.  P.  (nee  Kepler)  Aline, 

born  in  Dauphin  Co.  May  18,  1847. 

Nankivel,  Thamos,  born  Oct.  6,  1844 

at  Millerstown. 
Napp,  Isaac  J.,  R.  D.  No.  1  Beaver- 
town,  born  Aug.  26,  1838.     Served 
in  Company  G.  147the  Reg.  Penna. 
Vol. 
Napp,    Mrs.    Amelia,    R.    D.    No.    1 
Beavertown,  born  in  Adams  town- 
ship, April  8th,   1842. 
Nearhood,  Michael,  Locust  Run,  born 

1840  in  Snyder  Co. 
Neimond,  Mrs.  Malinda,   (nee  Stuck) 
widow  of  John,  Evandale,  born  in 
West      Perry      Twp.,    Snyder    Co., 
June  16,  1844. 
Pawling,   Mrs.      Lewis,      Selinsgrove, 

born  June  1,  1844. 
Pawling,   Lewis,      Selinsgrove,     born 

Dec.  10,  1839. 
Pellman,  Mrs.  Samuel,  born  in  Berks 
Co.,  Aug.  21,  1834,  aged  82  years. 
Pellman,  Mrs.  Barbara,  born  Feb.  22, 

1832,  aged  85  years. 

Peters,    Mrs.    Amanda,    Bannerville, 

born  Nov.  11,  1842,  Beaver  Springs. 

Pick,  Mrs.  Mary,  born  in  Limestone 

Twp.,    Union    Co.,    Apr.    16,    1844. 

Pontius,  Geo.  R.,  Kreamer,  born  Mar. 

9th,  1836  in  Washington  Twp. 
Ramer,  Miss     Lydia,     Elizabethtown, 
born  in  Clinton  Co.,  Pa.,  May  17, 
1839. 
Rambo,     Emanuel,     Port    Trevorton, 

born  Mar.   15,   1843. 
Rau,   Mrs.   Sara,   Globe  Mills,  widow 
of  Simon,  born  May  7,  1836,  aged 
81  yrs. 
Rauch,  Peter,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  born 
Sept.    16,    1839    in    West    Beaver 
Twp. 
Raught,    Frederick,    Beaver    Springs, 
Pa.,  born  at  Beaver  Springs,  Apr. 
2,    1845. 
Reichenbach,  Joel,  born  near  Pallas, 
Jan.  21,  1842. 


Reichley,  Mrs.  Jenina,  born  May  30th, 

1846,  in  Centre  Twp. 
Reichley,    David,    Penns    Creek,   born 

in  New  Berlin,  Union  County,  Pa., 

September  8,  1838. 
Reichenbach,  Henry  C,  Independence, 

born  Mar.   17,   1842,  aged  75  yrs. 
Riegle,  Mrs.  Eliza,  daughter  of  John 

and   Elizabeth      Swengel      Shipton, 

Beavertown,  born  May  18,  1839. 
Reichley,   John,   soldier,   resides  near 

Kratzerville,  born  in  Lycoming  Co. 

Sept.   4,   1840,  served  in  Company 

172    Yorktown,    Va.,    202      R.      R. 

Guard. 
Ricgel,  John  R.,  born  Nov.  14,_  1835 

in    Union    Twp.,    near    Verdilla. 
Renninger,  Mrs.  John     W.,     Middle- 

dleburg,  born  June  21,   1838. 
Renninger,  Mrs.  Margaret,  Swineford, 

born  Sept.  21,  1840,  near  Meiser- 

ville. 
Renn,    Mrs.    Sadie,    Shamokin    Dam, 

(nee  Gaugler)  born  Dec.  15,  1856. 
Rhoads,    Mrs.    Mary   A.,    Middleburg, 

born  June  14,  1841. 
Rhoads,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  born  in  Ger- 
many, Dec.  28,  1823,  aged  93  years. 

Came  to  this  country  when  14  years 

old.  Has  home  with  her  daughter, 

Mrs.    J.    P.    Derr,    Richfield,    Is    at 

present   confined   to   her   bed  wit  l 

sickness. 
Rice,   Jno.    S.,   Port   Trevorton,   born 

Nov.  30,  1844  at  Mt  Pleasant  Mills. 
Ringler,  Mrs.  Angelina,  born  at  Read 

ing,  Pa.  Sept.  11,  1842. 
Roush,    Jairus,    Kreamer,    born    Jan 

5,  1843   in   Washington   Twp. 
Roush,    Mrs.    Jairus,    Kreamer,    born 

May  9,  1843,  in  Middlecreek  .Twp. 

Row,  Mrs.  Mary  (nee  Herman)  wid- 
ow of  Harrison,  born  May  10,  1846. 

Romig,  Mrs.  Malinda,  Selinsgrove, 
born  June  24,  1841. 

Rubendall,  R.,  Selinsgrove,  born  Apr. 

6,  1841. 

Rumbaugrh,  Mrs.  Caroline  (nee 
Spade)  Kreamer,  born  Oct.  8,  1835, 
at  County  Line,  Northumberland 
Co. 

Schoch,  Hon.  G.  Alfred,  Ex-Repre- 
sentative, Middleburg,  born  Jan. 
16,  1843. 

School.  Mrs.  Solomon,  born  Apr.  28, 
1842,  in  Chapman  Twp., 

School.  Solomon,  born  Aug.  6,  1834 
in  Chapman  Twp., 

Schoch,  J.  Calvin,  Ex-Prothonotary. 
Middleburg,  born  Oct.  11,  1842. 

Schoch,  Mrs.  J.  C,  Middleburg,  born 
in    Franklin    Twp.,    Oct.    15,    1842 

Schwalm,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  widow  of 
Samuel,  Valley  View,  Schuylkill 
County,  Pa.  born  July  12,   1831. 


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OLD   PEOPLES    CORNER 


Schrader,    J.    J.,      Troxelville,      born 

July  20,  1848. 
Schrader,  Mrs.  J.  J.,  Troxelville,  born 

Dec.   7,   1845. 
Sechrist,  Peter  H.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  2  Port 

Trevorton,  Pa.,  born  May  25,  1836. 
Sechrist,  Peter  H.,  Verdilla,  born  May 

25,    1836. 
Sellers,   Eve   A.    (Nee   Kepler)    born 

Feb.  8,  1839,  in  Montgomery  Co. 
Sellers,  Joseph,  born  Feb.  2,  1835,  in 

Greenwood  Twp.,  now  Monroe  Twp. 

Juniata  Co. 
Sellers,   S.    S.,   Beaver  Springs,   born 

August  27,  1844. 
Shaffer,    B.    K.,    R.    D.    Middleburg, 

born   Apr.    28,    1842    in    Chapman 

Twp.  aged  75  years. 
Shaffer,    Mrs.    B.    K.     (nee    Harriet 

Goodman)    R.  D.  Middleburg,  born 

July    25,    1845    near    Georgetown, 

Northumberland  Co.,  aged  72  yrs. 
Shaffer,   S.  F.,   Port  Trevorton,  born 

June   27,    1844   in   Chapman  Twp., 

served  in  the  172  Reg.  Co.  A. 
Shaffer,      Israel    E.,      Turbet      twp., 

Juniata   Co.,   born   Mar.    11,    1843 

in  Snyder  County. 
Shelley,  Mrs.  Katie,  R.  D.  Port  Trev- 
orton,  born   May   18,    1837. 
Shelly   Abram,    Thompsontown,    born 

in  Walker  Twp.  June  7,   1839. 
Shellenberger,    Mrs.    Solomon,    born 

Feb.  28,  1846,  aged  71  years. 
Shirk,  Abel,   (Nee  Catherine  Aucker) 

Richfield,    born    in    Fayette    Twp., 

Juniata  Co.,  June  24,  1844. 
Shinkel,     Mrs.  Mary,     Penns     Creek, 

born  in  Washington  Twp.,  Mar.  1, 

1843. 
Shinkel,  Esther,  born  in  Chester  Co., 

July  16,  1835. 
Shotzberger,    Samuel,    born    Apr.    5, 

1843,  aged  73  years. 
Shotzberger,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  born  at 

Evandale,      Aug.      1844,    aged    72 

years. 
Shelly,   William,   Globe  Mills,  soldier 

Co.   E,   51st  Regt.,  born   in  Union 

Twp.,  Aug.   25,   1839. 
Shrader,   Samuel,  Penns  Creek,  born 

In    Beaver    Twp.,    April    18,    1835. 
Shrader,   Samuel,   Penns  Creek,  born 

April   18,   1834. 
Shrn.wder,     Henry,     Port     Trevorton, 

born  July  8th,  1844,  near  Shadel's 

Mills,  Perry  Co. 
Slear,  Mrs.  Amelia,   (Nee  Ruth)  wid- 
ow   of    Chas.,    residing    at    Cowan, 

born  Aug.  28,  1835. 
Smith,   R.   J.,   Bannerville,   Pa.,   born 

Jan.  27,  1835. 
Smith,  W.  B.,  Middlecreek,  born.  Dec. 

4,  1847,  west  of  Troxelville. 
Smith,  Mrs.  R.  J.,  Bannerville,  born 


Apr.   19,   1842,  in  Union   Co.   now 
Snyder. 

Smith  Mrs.  Savilla,  born  in  Limestone 
Twp.,  Union  Co.,  Mar.  2,  1845. 

Smith,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Middleburg,  born 
Sept.    24,    1847   at   Richfield. 

Smith,  Harry,  Monroe  Twp.,  Snyder 
Co.,  aged  85  years. 

Smith,  Daniel,  soldier  residing  and 
born  at  Shreiner,  Dec.  10,  1845. 
served  in  184th  Regt.  Co.  C.  was 
wounded  at  Petersburg,  Va.  was 
taken  to  hospital  where  he  remained 
one  month.  After  leaving  the  hos- 
pital he  was  put  on  guard,  but  not 
being  satisfied  he  again  went  to  the 
front. 

Snyder,  Mrs.  Samuel  H.,  R.  F.  D. 
No.  1,  Port  Trevorton.  Pa,  born 
Oct.  21,  1836. 

Snyder,  H.  W.  born  near  Richfield, 
Mar.  16,  1839,  aged  78  years. 

Snyder,  Mrs.  Daniel,  Selinsgrove, 
born  in  Uniontown,  Dauphin  Co., 
Pa.  Sept.  13,  1847. 

Snyder,  David,  R.  D.  No.  3,  Middle- 
burg, Pa.,  soldier,  Co.  F,  1^2  Regt. 
M.  and  Co.  C,  47th  Regt.  Vol.  Inf., 
born  in  Jackson  Twp.,  where  he 
now  resides,  Nov.  26,  1839. 

Snvder,  Mary  Harriet,  Middleburg, 
born  Mar.  25,  1838. 

Snyder,  Mrs.  Samuel,  R.  D.  No.  1, 
Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  born  Oct.  21, 
1836. 

Spade,  Mrs.  John,  Cocolamus,  born 
April   18,   1841,  in   Snyder  Co. 

Spangler,  Wm.  Millerstown,  born 
July   7,    1828    at  New   Berlin. 

Spicher,  Edward,  Thompsontown,  born 
in  Delaware  Twp.  Juniata  Co.,  Nov. 
4,  1844. 

Spicher,  Miss  Rebecca,  Thompson- 
town,  born  in  Delaware  Twp.  Juni- 
ata Co.,  Dec.   18,  1842. 

Spotts,  Isaac,  ExCounty  Commission- 
er, R.  D.  No.  1,  Port  Trevorton, 
born  August  18,  1840. 

Springer,  Mrs.  Susan,  R.  No.  1  Mid- 
dleburg,  Apr.   25,    1846. 

Stahl,  E.  S.,  Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  bom 
near  Verdilla,  Union  Twp.,  May  19, 
1841. 

Stahl,  Mrs.  Lvdia  (Row),  born  April 
11.    1847,   R.   D.    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Stahl,  Wm.  S.,  R.  D.  Selinsgrove,  born 
June  23,  1844. 

Stp.hl.  Mrs.  Barbara  (nee  Sholly)  R. 
D.  No.  3  Selinsgrove,  born  Nov. 
18,  1836,  in  Chapman  Twp.,  Snyder 
County. 

Stahl,  Mrs.  Caroline,  born  at  Miffiin- 
burg,  May  15,  1831,  aged  86  years. 

Stahlnecker,  J.  A.,  Middleburg,  born 
Nov.  10,  1841,  Centre  Twp.  Union 
Co.,  now  Franklin  Twp.,  Snyder  Co. 


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127 


Stahlnecker,  Mrs.  J.  A.,  Middleburg, 
born  May  31,  1846,  Centre  Twp., 
Union  County,  now  Franklin  Twp., 
Snyder  Co. 

Steffen,  Jacob,  Port  Trevorton,  born 
Aug.    16,   1845   in   Snyder   County. 

Stcpp,  Henry,  Port  Trevorton,  born 
June  21,  1840,  in  Lower  Augusta 
Twp.  Northumberland  Co.,  served 
in  Co.  H.  142  Pa.  Vol. 

Stetler,  Mrs.  John  Swineford,  born 
Oct.  19,  1833. 

Steininger,  J.  J.,  Hartleton,  born  in 
Franklin  Twp.,  Snyder  Co.,  Aug. 
.  13,  1845.  Served  in  Civil  War  in 
Co.  C.  172  Regt.  for  9  months. 

Stetler,  John  F.  Middleburg,  Pa., 
born  March  21,  1848. 

Stine,  George,  Penns  Creek,  born  in 
Centerville,  June  13,   1845. 

Stine,  Rachael,  born  in  Penns  Creek, 
May  20,  1838. 

Stine,  George,  born  at  Penns  Creek, 
June  13,  1835. 

Stover,  Mrs.  Susan  (Nee  Varner)  R. 
No.  2  Richfield,  born  in  Susquehan- 
na Twp.,  JuniaJta  Co.,  Dec.  25, 
1827. 

Straub,  Mrs.  Barbara,  Pallas,  Pa.  born 
Dec.  20,  1834  in  Washington  twp. 

Stroh,  Amos  M.,  Port  Trevorton,  born 
Dec.  18,  1844  at  Salem,  served  in 
Co.  D,  208th  Reg.  Pa.  Vol  Inf. 

Stroupe,  Mrs.  Jarsanna  (Nee  Dress- 
ier) widow  of  Jacob  B.,  R.  No.  1 
Liverpool,  born  in  Susquehanna 
Twp.,  Juniata  Co.  Mar.  13,  1833. 

Stroupe,  Samuel,  R.  D.  No.  3  Mill- 
erstown,  born  June  4,  1846,  Green- 
wood Twp.,  Juniata  Co. 

Stuck,  John,  Richfield,  born  in  Mon- 
roe Twp.,  Juniata  Co.,  Oct.  19, 
1827. 

Swengel,  Mrs.  Charles  P.,  (nee  Valler- 
champ)  Paxtonville,  born  near 
Bloomsburg,  Columbia  Co.,  Nov.ll, 
1838. 

Swengel,  Charles  P.,  Paxtonville,  born 
Dec.  15,  1834  in  Franklin  town- 
ship. 

Swineford,  Mrs.  Phoebe,  Mt.  Pleasant 
Mills,  born  in  Union  Twp.  in  1842 
aged  75  vears. 

Teats,  Phiiip,  Rolling  Green,  born 
Sept.  3,  1838,  in  Washington  Twp. 

Teats,  Mrs.  P.  M.,  Rolling  Green, 
born  Jan.  7,  1839  in  Washington 
Twp. 

Thomas,  Solomon,  McClure,  born 
May  12,  1840. 

Tobias,  Henry  R.,  Nappanee,  Ind., 
born  near  Berrysburg,  Dauphin 
Co.  Pa.,  Sept.  24,  1838,  served 
3  years  and  three  months  in  Co. 
D.  7th  Pa.  R.  Vol.  Cavalry. 


Troutman,  Emanuel,  Millerstown,  R. 
D.,  born  in  Liverpool  Twp.,  Perry 
Co.,  Oct.  20,  1841. 

Troxell,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  (nee  Hum- 
mel) Chestnut  Ridge,  born  Feb. 
19,  1840  in  Union  now  Snyder  Co. 

Ulsh,  Mrs.  Polly,  McClure,  Pa.,  born 
at  Bannerville,  Nov.   5,    1840. 

Underkoffler,  John  B.,  Mt.  Pleasam 
Mills,  born  June  2,  1845,  in  Low- 
er Mahanoy  Twp.,  Northumber- 
land Co. 

Valentine,  Mrs.  Barbara,  born  in 
Limestone  Twp.,  Union  Co.  Dec. 
17,    1838. 

Vallerchamp,  Dr.  W.  F.,  New  Berlin, 
born  Dec.  25,  1840  in  Columbia  Co. 
Pa. 

Varner,  John  S.,  Bunkertown,  Pa., 
born  July  6,  1836. 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Mary  M.,  Middleburg, 
born  Oct.  31,  1835,  near  Swine- 
ford. 

Wagner,  T.  A.,  Bannerville,  born 
May  23,  1847,  taught  school  in 
Mifflin  and  Snyder  Counties  for  41 
years. 

Wagenseller,  Mrs.  Catherine,  Selins- 
grove,  born  Oct.  3,  1831. 

Wagenseller,  Rebecca,  widow  of  Wm. 
J.,  Selinsgrove,  born  in  West  Perry 
Twp.,  Snyder  Co.,  Pa.,  Nov.  20, 
1840. 

Walter,  Mrs.  John  W.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  1 
Middleburg,  Pa.  born  Dec.  6,  1840. 

Walter,  Reuben  D.,  Williamsport, 
born  May  8,  1835  on  the  Winey 
farm  near  Middleburg. 

Watts,  Martin,  R.  D.  No.  2  Richfield 
born  Feb.  11,  1845,  at  Thompson- 
town. 

Watts,   Samuel,  R.  5J.  No.  3  Millers- 
town,  born  Jan.  8,  1845  at  Knouse 
town. 

Watts,  Mrs.  Martin,  R.  D.  No.  2 
Richfield,  born  1846  at  Dalmatia, 
Pa. 

Weader,  Mrs.  Sophia,  Bannerville, 
born   May   11,   1846. 

Wenrich,  Mrs.  Louisa,  Selinsgrove, 
born   June    18,    1846. 

Weidman,  Albert,  McAlisterville, 
born  Feb.  1,  1845,  in  Fayette  twp. 
Juniata  county. 

Wetzel,  Mrs.  Mary,  widow  of  Henry 
Salem,  born  in  Mifflinburg,  Apr. 
4,    1834. 

Wetzel,  Jacob  S.,  125  N.  8th  St.,  Sun- 
bury,  Pa.,  born  Dec.  8,  1836. 

Wetzel,  John  P.  Beavertown,  born 
Sept.  24,  1846. 

Wetzel,  Hon.  S.  A.  (Ex-Judge,)  Beav- 
ertown,  born    Mar.    14,    1840. 


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OLD    PEOPLE'S    CORNER 


Wetzel,  S.  E.,  Carthage,  Mo.,  born 
at  the  Wetzel  Corners,  North  of 
Kreamer,  Middlecreek  Twp.,  Sny- 
der Co.,  Pa.,  April  27,  1840.  (Gen. 
Grant's  birthday. 

Willow,  Daniel,  R.  D.  No.  3  Richfield, 
born  Apr.  6,  1843  in  Pine  Swamp. 

Wildermuth,  Benjamin,  Leipsic,  Ohio, 
R.  D.,  5,  born  in  Center  Twp.,  Sny- 
der County,  Pa.,  Sept.  21,  1845. 

Wittenmyer,  Henry,  Ramson,  Ohio,  R. 
D.  20,  born  Apr.  15,  1843  in  Frank- 
lin Twp.,  Snyder  County.  Was  a 
Civil  War  veteran  in  Co.  D.  150 
Reg.  P.  V.  I. 

Wittenmyer,  Abbey  E.  (Yarger)  wife 
of  Henry  Wittenmyer,  born  Feb. 
28,  1849  in  Limestone  Twp.,  Union 
County. 

Womer,  Jonathan,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills, 
born  June  14,  1840,  aged  76  years. 

Womer,  Mrs.  Jonathan,  born  at 
Uniontown,  May  20,  1845,  age  71 
years. 

Yarger,  Catharine,  wife  of  Benj.  Wil- 
dermuth, of  R.  D.  Leipsic,  Ohio, 
was  born  in  Limestone  Twp.,  Un- 
Mon  County,  Pa.,  Oct.  18,  1852. 


Yeager,     Simon,     Middlecreek,     born 

Feb.    11,   1842   at  Lewistown. 
Yearger,  Abraham,  Penns  Creek,  born 

Dec.  26,  1845. 
Yeigh,  Joseph,  Millerstown,  born  Jan. 

28,    1847. 
Yetter,    Mrs.    Solomon,    Bannerville, 

born  Nov.  9,  1842,  in  Mifflin  Co. 
Yetter,    Mariah,    Middlecreek),    born 

Feb.   4,    1838,   East  of  Black   Oak 

Ridge. 
Zeigler,     Lovina     Barrell     Strawser, 

Herndon,    born    July    20,    1827    in 

Lower  Mahanoy  Twp.,  Northumber- 
land Co. 
Zeiders,  Mrs.  Wm,  R.  D.  No.  3  Mill 

erstown,  born  May     2,      1845     at 

Knousetown. 
Zeiders,    Wm.    R.    D.    No.    3    Milers- 

town,  born  Feb.  24,  1845  at  Ickes- 

burg,  Pa. 
Zellers,  Mrs.  Jacob,  R.  D.  No.  1  Port 

Trevorton,   born   Oct.    6,    1843. 
Zellers,  Jacob,  R.  D.  No.  1  Port  Trev 

orton,  born  July  10,  1838. 
Zimmerman,    Wm.,    Dry      Valley      X 

Roads,  born  Nov.  9,  1843. 


House  where  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  Editor  of  the  Middleburg  POST, 
was  born  April  27,  1868.  Photo  April  27,  1906,  38th  birthday,  when  work 
was  started  on  the  Middlecreek  hydro  electric  dam,  the  back  waters  ot 
which   now   lave   at   the   rear  of   the   house. 


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129 


Auditors'  Reports  and  Tax  Collectors 
of  Snyder  County,  1855  to  1864. 


The  first  Auditors'  report  of  Sny- 
der County,  covering  the  finances 
from  Dec.  1,  1855  to  Jan.  1,  1857, 
shows  a  total  amount  of  State  taxes 
charged,  $8746.81  and  $4546.35  coun- 
ty taxes  to  the  following  named  tax 
collectors: 

Beaver,  J.  P.  Romig. 

Beaver,   West,  Joseph  Manbeck. 

Centre,  William  Kuhn. 

Chapman,  Jonathan  Stroub. 

Franklin,  Jacob  Fryer. 

Jackson,  George  Bolig. 

Middlecreek,  Jacob  Aurand. 

Penns,  Henry  F.  Ritter. 

Perry,  Jacob  Minium. 

Selinsgrove,  Jacob  Stouffer. 

Union,  Jacob  Hoch. 

Washington,  Jones  Keeler. 

The  list  of  delinquent  taxes,  shows 
the  collectors  for  1855  and  previous 
years,  or  the  last  list  of  tax  collectors 
while  this  part  of  the  state  was  still 
in   Union    County: — 

1853 — Perry,   Peter  Troup. 

1854 — Centre,  Henry  Musser. 

1854 — Washington,  Henry  Sum- 
mers. 

1855 — Beaver,  Reuben  Klose. 

1855 — Beaver,  West,  Simon  Ker- 
stetter. 

1855 — Centre,  Daniel  Showers. 

1855 — Chapman,  Christian  Kerstet- 
ter. 

1855 — Franklin,  Israel  Bachman. 

1855 — Middlecreek,  Joel  Bilger. 

1855 — Penns,   Jacob   Erdley. 

1855 — Perry,  John  Krebs. 

1855 — Selinsgtro  v  e,  Jeremiah 
Crouse. 

1855 — Union,    Joseph    Engel. 

1855 — Washington,  Ludwig  Arbo- 
gast. 

The  total  orders  issued  from  Dec. 
1,  1855  to  Jan.  1,  1857,  was  $4475.53. 
The  report  is  signed  by  Isaac  D. 
Boyer,  George  D.  Miller  and  George 
Swartz,  County  Commissioners,  and 
by  Sem  Leitzel,  clerk,  who  received 
$150  a  year  salary.  It  was  also  signed 
by  the  following  named  County  Audit- 
ors: Ner  Middleswarth,  Francis  A. 
Boyer  and  David   Schwenk. 


The  county  was  indebted  to  the 
County  Treasurer  to  the  amount  of 
$324.54%  while  the  total  commissions 
earned  by  Fredrick  Rathfon,  County 
Treasurer,  was  $60.06. 

Tax   Collectors   for   1858. 

It  appears  that  the  tax  collectors 
held  office  for  only  one  year  and 
were  not  re-elected.  A  new  list  is 
shown  for  the  year  1858  as  follows: — 

Beaver,  Peter  Smith. 

Beaver,  West,  David  Steimnger. 

Centre,  Michael  Yeisley. 

Chapman,   John   Ebright. 

Franklin,   Wm.   L.   Hassinger. 

Jackson,    David    Snyder. 

Middlecreek,   Abr.   Hendricks. 

Monroe,    Jacob    Zimmerman. 

Penns,  George  Row. 

Perry,  William  Heiges. 

Selinsgrove,    Jacob    Gingrich. 

Washington,  J.   Conrad  Menges. 

The  annual  statement  is  signed  by 
Geo.  D.  Miller,  George  Swartz  and 
Samuel  Scholl,  County  Commission- 
ers; and  by  Francis  A.  Boyer  and  Ner. 
Middleswarth,  Auditors,  and  A.  J. 
Peters,  Clerk. 

This  year  the  county  is  in  debt  to 
Frederick  Rathfon,  County  Treasur- 
er,   $855.58%. 

Joseph  Bowersox  was  paid  72 
cents  for  tallow  for  candles.  There 
are  no  bills  for  electric  lights.  Hen- 
ry A.  Smith,  P.  M.  was  paid  $1.47 
■postage  for  the  year's  business.  The 
Trustees  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church  were  paid  $40  rent  for  the 
use  of  the  church  as  the  Court  room 
during  1855  and  1856.  A.  J.  Specht 
was  paid  $2.48  for  15%  lbs.  candles. 
Commissioners'  salaries  were  paid  as 
follows:  Geo.  D.  Miller,  $76.75;  Geo. 
Swartz,  $98.75;  Samuel  Scholl,  $92.- 
25;  Geo.  Boyer,  $22.00.  A.  J.  Peters, 
Clerk,  $150.  Total  orders  issued  in 
1856,  $6489.44%. 

1859. 

The  tax  collectors  for  1859  are  giv- 
en  as  follows: — 

Beaver,   Elias  Specht. 

Beaver  West,  Samuel  R.  Stumpff. 

Centre,  Isaac  Napp. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Chapman,  Simon  B.  Strawser. 
Franklin,  Adam  Walter. 
Jackson,  John  Leitzel. 
Middlecreek,  Frederick  P.  Baus. 
Monroe,  Jacob  Smith. 
Penns,  Daniel  Gemberling. 
Perry,  Charles  Boyer. 
Perry,   West,   Michael   S.   Graybill. 
Selinsgrove,  Jacob  Gingrich. 
Washington,  Jacob  Kantz. 

$104.20  paid  for  fox  scalps.  $1.50  t 
seems  to  have  been  the  establishment 
price  for  hauling  a  load  of  coal,  pre- 
sumably from  Selinsgrove.  John  A. 
Ettinger  was  paid  $44.60  for  his  ser- 
vices as  commissioner's  clerk  for  three 
months;  A.  J.  Peters,  same  for  nine 
months,  $105.40.  Samuel  Scholl, 
George  Boyer  and  Henry  R.  Knepp 
are  the  county  commissioners.  F.  C. 
Moyer,  Henry  Smith  and  Jno.  Y. 
Shindel  were  the  county  auditors. 
Robert  W.  Kern  was  the  County 
Treasurer.  The  total  amount  of 
County  orders  for  the  year,  $6252.60; 
Treasurer's  commission,  $90.31. 

1860. 

The  tax  collectors  for  1860  are 
given    as   follows: — 

Beaver,  John  Wetzel. 

Beaver,  West,  John  Diemer. 

Chapman,  John  Kerstetter. 

Centre,  John  Young. 

Franklin,  Henry  Heimbach. 

Middlecreek,  David  Yerger. 

Monroe,  Jacob  Smith. 

Penns,    Samuel   Ritter. 

Perry,    Charles   Boyer. 

Perry,    West,   John    Fisher. 

Selinsgrove,  John  Emmitt, 

Washington,  Levi  M.  Teats. 

Jonas  Snyder  was  paid  $547.50 
for  building  bridge  at  Kantz's.  $76.55 
was  paid  for  fox  scalps.  Samuel 
Weirick  and  other  attorneys  were  paid 
$245  for  work  in  reference  to  the  old 
county  buildings.  Henry  Motz  was 
paid  ten  dollars  for  making  draft  of 
Jackson  township.  H.  A.  Smith,  P. 
M.  was  paid  $1.31  postage  for  the 
year's  business.  Geo.  Boyer,  Henry 
R.  Knepp,  and  Geurge  Wehr  were 
the  county  commissioners.  Henrv 
Smith,  John  Y.  Shindel  and  Henry  S. 
Boyer  were  the  county  auditors.  I. 
D.  Boyer,  was  county  Treasurer.  The 
county  treasurer  received  during  this 
year  $940.52  on  account  of  the  sale 
of  the  old  county  buildings  at  New 
Berlin,  leaving;  balance  due  of  $220, 
a  total  of  $1160.52  while  the  county 
spent  probably  one  third  of  that  a- 
mount  for  lawyers'  fees. 


1861. 

Tax  Collectors. 

Beaver,  Daniel  Aurand. 

Beaver  West,  David  Steininger. 

Chapman,   David   Reaber. 

Centre,    William    Snook. 

Franklin  Jonas  Renninger. 

Jackson,    Abraham    Brause. 

Monroe,  Michael  Hehn. 

Middlecreek,  Benjamin  Kreamer. 

Penns,  Daniel  Gemberling. 

Perry,  Emanuel  Lehr. 

Perry  West,  Jonas   Snyder. 

Selinsgrove,  George  E'jy. 

Washington,  William   leais. 

The  Relief  Board  paid  to  Soldiers' 
Families  $777.44.  The  auditors'  re- 
port shows,  "C.  L.  Smith,  dinner  to 
soldier  wife,  $1.00."  Henry  R. 
Knepp,  George  Wehr,  and  Jacob  Stef- 
fen  are  the  county  commissioners; 
Jno.  Y.  Shindel,  Daniel  Gemberling 
and  Emanuel  Bowersox  were  the 
county  auditors.  Isaac  D.  Boyer  was 
Treasurer  during  the  year,  but  the 
balance  on  hand,  $797.56%  was  turn- 
ed over  to  Isaac  Beaver,  the  new 
Treasurer. 

1862. 

Beaver,  Michael  Moyer  and  Daniel 
Aurand. 

Beaver  West,  Daniel  Price. 

Centre,   Solomon  Bowersox. 

Chapman,   Joseph   Arnold. 

Franklin,   Ellis   Steininger. 

Jackson,  Michael  Beaver. 

Monroe,    Michael    Hehn. 

Middlecreek,  Lewis  Aurand. 

Penns,    Daniel    Gemberling. 

Perry,  Frederick  Rathfon. 

r>Prry  West,  Jonas   Snyder. 

Selinsgrove,  George  Eby. 

Washington,   Lewis  Miller. 

Capt.  Ryan  and  other  volunteers 
were  paid  the  sum  of  $9275  Bounty 
money.  The  Board  of  Relief,  spent 
$1238.  There  was  paid  for  fox 
s^lns,  $64.80.  Total  orders  grant- 
ed for  the  year,  $13,256.35.  Treas- 
--v.m.'s  commission",  $198.88.  George 
Wehr,  Jacob  Steffen  and  A.  K.  Mid- 
dleswarth  were  the  county  commis- 
sioners; Emanual  Bowersox,  Moses 
Spe~ht  and  Jno.  Y.  Shindel  county 
auditors. 

1863. 
Tax  Collectors. 

Beaver,   J.    S.    Smith. 

Beaver  West,  Daniel  Price. 

Centre,  Jesse  Shambach. 

Ch^nman,   William  Kelly. 

Franklin,  J.   S.   Hassinger. 

Jackson,   Geo.   W.   Row. 

Monroe,  Abial,  Trexler. 

Middlecreek,  Samuel  Yoder. 


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131 


Penns.    Isaac   Jarrett. 

Perry,    Enoch    Smith. 

Perry  West,  Jonas   Snyder. 

Selinsgrove,    Aaron    Hassinger. 

Washington,  Philip  Moyer. 

The  Relief  Board  paid  $1240.61  to 
soldiers'  wives"  and  their  families  and 
$165  expenses.  Henry  Weaver  was 
paid  $1.01  for  coal  oil,  the  first  item 
of  that  kind  that  appears  on  the  re- 
cords. $44.87  was  paid  for  fox 
scalps.  Jacob  Steffen,  A.  K.  Middles- 
warth  and  Joseph  Wenrich  were  the 
county  commissioners,  J.  S.  Hacken- 
burg,  Clerk  at  a  salary  of  $225. 
Daniel  Diffenbach  and  Jno.  Y.  Shindel 
were  the  auditors.  The  old  treas- 
urer, Isaac  Beaver,  paid  over  to  the 
new  Treasurer,  Henry  Schoch,  a  bal- 
ance of  $4883.55.  The  Treasurer 
received  a  commission  of  $118.79  be- 
ing one  per  cent  on  $11,879.60  and 
V2  per  cent,  on  $6837.08.  The  Treas- 
urer received  credit  for  six  dollars 
for  three  $2  bills  on  N.  W.  Bank, 
broken  while  in  Treasurer's  hands. 

Tax  Collectors.  1864. 

Beaver,    Henry    Benfer. 

Beaver  West,   George  Kahley. 

Centre,    Jesse    Shambaeh. 

Chapman,  John  F.  Stahl. 

Franklin,  John  Beachley. 

Jackson,  Geo.  W.  Row. 

Middleburg,  Albright  Swineford. 

Middlecreek,  Joel  Bilger. 

Monroe,  Jacob  Smith. 

Penns,  Isaac  Jarrett. 

Perry,  Enoch  Smith. 

Perry  West,  John  Fisher. 

Selinsgrove,  Henry  Huber. 

Washington,  Samuel  Bickhart. 

Daniel  Aurand,  Collector  of  Beaver 
Twp.,  was  charged  with  delinquent 
taxes  of  1861  amounting  to  $28.39. 
A  note  on  the  Auditors'  report  says: 
Daniel  Aurand  settled  his  account  of 
1862  and  claims  to  have  paid  off  his 
duplicate  of  1861  in  full  to  Isaac  D. 
Boyer  then  Treasurer,  but  failed  in 
providing  anv  further  evidence. 
$66.50  was  paid  for  fox  scalps.  The 
salaries  of  the  county  commissioners 
at  the  beginning  were  less  than  $100 
a  year.  This  year  payments  were 
made  for  commissioners'  salaries  as 
follows:  Jacob  Steffen,  $216.00:  Jos- 
eph Wenri-h,  $256.00;  A.  K.  Middles- 
warth,  $236.00,  Wm.  Snook,  $32.  J. 
S.  Hackenburg,  Clerk,  $330.  The 
Relief  Board  paid  to  soldiers'  wives, 
$1544.;  expenses,  $180.  Henry  Schoch 
the  county  Treasurer  reports  several 
hundred  dollars  received  for  Militia 
fines.      He    also    received    credit    for 


$7.00  for  bills  on  broken  banks. 

The  Treasurer's  commission  on 
$9523. 14  at  one  per  cent  amounted  to 
$95.23  and  on  $9163.96  at  V2  per 
cent  amounted  to  $45.82.  Balance 
in  Treasurer,  $5,398.71.  A.  K.  Mid- 
dieswarth,  Joseph  Wenrich,  and  Wm. 
Snook  are  the  county  commissioners. 

The  auditors'  report  is  signed  by 
J.  Y.  Shindel  and  Daniel  Dieffen- 
bach. 

The  original  reports  of  the  County 
Auditors  are  bound  together  in  one 
book  on  file  in  the  county  commis- 
sioners' office  at  the  court  house. 
Only  brief  extracts  are  made  from 
these  reports  for  historical  purposes. 


THE  BRAVE  DEFENDERS  OF  THE 
UNION 

In  these  stirring  days  of  patriotic 
devotion  to  our  country,  a  glance  in 
retrospect  towards  the  War  of  the 
Rebellion  does  some  good.  Let  us  not 
forget  those  brave  men  who  risked 
their  lives  and  all  in  defence  of  our 
country,  when  facing  disunion. 

There  are  still  a  goodly  number  of 
the  brave  sons  of  the  Rebellion  with 
us.  How  fitting  it  would  be  if  all 
could  be  brought  into  one  Grand  Re- 
union at  a  central  point  of  Rende- 
vouz,  on  the  coming  Memorial  Day. 

On  Snyder  county  soil  sleep  some 
of  the  bravest  of  the  brave. 

General  E.  C.  Williams,  who  raised  ' 
the  first  Flag  at  Chapultepec — Mexi- 
can War;  first  volunteer  soldier  of 
the  Rebellion,  is  buried  at  Chapman, 
where  the  majestic  river  Susquehanna 
sings  a  constant-  requiem  to  this  im- 
mortal spirit;  Major  Wm.  H.  Dill, 
soldier,  scholar,  educator,  lecturer, 
as  fine  a  man  as  ever  lived,  sleeps  in 
Evergreen  Cemetery,  Freeburg;  Capt. 
Wm.  Harding,  staff  officer  for  General 
Hartranft,  a  fearless  fighter,  rests  at 
Fremont. 

Capt.  Geo.  W.  Ryan,  killed  at 
Fredericksburg,  was  seen  lying  along 
a  burning  fence  after  the  battle,  and 
badly  burned  and  it  is  thought  was 
buried  on  the  battle  field.  He  was 
proprietor  of  the  Washington  House 
when  he  enlisted. 

Col.  M.  T.  Heintzelman,  who  com-  * 
manded  the  208th  Regiment,  while 
commissioned  only  a  Lt.  Col.  was 
clearly  entitled  to  an  eagle  or  a  star, 
never  was  accorded  the  same  by  the 
War  Dept.  He  was  also  Major  of  the 
172nd  Regt.  and  lies  buried  in  Wit- 
mer's  Evangelical  cemetery  in  Union 
Twp. 


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Major  Henry  W.  Smith,  buried  in 
Hassinger's  old  cemetery  served  with 
distinction,  but  we  have  failed  to  get 
his  war  record. 

Capt.  Ner  Middleswarth,  who  com- 
manded a  Company  in  the  War  of 
1812,  lies  buried  at  Beavertown. 

Gov.  Simon  Snyder,  who  was  the 
War  Governor  during  the  War  of 
1812,  lies  buried  in  the  old  Lutheran 
cemetery  at  Selinsgrove. 

Capt.  Chas  S.  Davis,  Co.  G.,  147th 
born  Feb.  4,  1827,  fell  while  gallantly 
leading  his  command  in  charge  at  the 
battle  of  Ringgold,  Ga.,  Nov.  28, 
1863,  aged  36  years,  and  lies  buried 
in  the  new  Lutheran  cemetery  at 
Selinsgrove. 

Capt.  John  Hehn,  born  June  4, 
1791,  a  gallant  fighter,  is  buried  in 
the  Reformed  cemetery  at  Selins- 
grove. 

Lt.  Col.  George  Weirick,  by  lot 
Nov.  16,  1814,  was  determined  to 
be  the  first  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the 
first  brigade,  second  division,  Penn- 
sylvania militia,  under  command  of 
Brigadier  General  Henry  Spearing, 
lies  buried  in  the  Lutheran  and 
Reformed  Cemetery  at  Centerville. 
He  was  born  July  15,  1773  and  died 
V    Sept.   25,   1838. 

Capt.  John  Snyder,  son  of  Governor 
Simon  Snyder,  recruited  a  company 
for  the  War  of  1812,  while  the  fath- 
er was  Governor.  Buried  in  the  new 
Lutheran  cemetery  at  Selinsgrove. 
Born  Jan.  29,  1793  and  died  Aug. 
16,  1850. 

Maj.  Henry  W.  Snyder,  paymaster 
in  the  U.  S.  Army,  born  July  20,  1797. 
died  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans., 
April  18,  1866.  Buried  in  the  Luther- 
an cemetery  at  Selinsgrove. 

Captain  Anthony  Selin,  the  found- 
er of  Selinsgrove,  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  died  in  1792. 
buried  in  the  new  Lutheran  Cemetery 
at  Selinsgrove. 

Brigadier  General  Simon  Snyder, 
a  son  of  Major  Henry  W.-  Snyder, 
(paymaster)  was  appointed  before  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War.  He 
served  during  the  Civil  War,  for  some 
time  was  aid  to  General  Custer,  the 
distinguished  Cavalry  commander. 
After  the  War  he  remained  in  the 
Army  and  commanded  a  Brigade  in 
the    Phillipine    War. 

Snyder  County  furnished  for  ^he 
Civil  War:  1  Lt.'  Col.,  5  Majors;  11 
Captains;  12  first  Lieutenants;  13 
2nd  Lieutenants;  1324  enlisted  men 
in  the  army  and  two  full  companies 


of  Emergency  men. 

Col.  Peter  Hosterman,  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  lies  buried  in  the  old 
Lutheran  cemetery  at  Selinsgrove. 

William  Jarrett,  Co.  B.  5th 
Reserves,  one  of  the  veteran  com- 
mands under  Grant  in  the  Wilder- 
ness, twice  wounded,  confined  in 
Libby,  was  with  Warren,  one  of  the 
ablest  officers  of  the  Union,  in  the 
destruction  of  the  Weldon  R.  R.  and 
was  upon  the  scene  where  Con- 
federate Jackson  shot  and  killed  the 
gallant  Ellsworth,  Illinois  Zouaves, 
for  hauling  down  confederate  flag  at 
Alexandria,  Va. 

George  and  John  Swineford,  two 
Revolutionary  soldiers,  lie  buried  in 
the  neglected  Swineford  cemetery. 
Their  graves  should  not  be  forgotten 
this  Memorial  day. 

There  are  many  other  valiant  de- 
fenders whose  names  should  be  men- 
tioned in  this  memorable  list,  but  this 
is  a  hasty  resume  of  what  could  be 
done  in  a  short  time.  We  invite  the 
readers  of  the  POST  to  send  the 
names  and  records  of  other  valiant 
soldiers. 

Of  Men  such  as  these  and  the  un- 
numbered hosts,  sleeping  at  home  and 
in  distant  graves,  of  whom  America's 
Greatest  Volunteer  Soldier,  the  gal- 
lant General  John  A.  Logan  said: 
"This  Government  must  be  preserved 
for  future  generations  in  the  same 
mould  in  which  it  was  transmitted 
to  us,  if  it  takes  the  last  man  and  the 
last  dollar  of  the  present  generation 
within  its  borders  to  accomplish  it." 


FREDERICK    STEES     SR. 


(Written  by  C.  Marlyn  Stees,  Mifflin- 
burg,    Pa.) 

Frederick  Stees,  son  of  John 
Stiess,  who  came  to  America  on  the 
ship  Ch::nce  and  landed  at  Phila- 
delnhia  on  August  8th,  1764,  was  born 
rbout  1765,  probably  in  Lancaster 
County.  He  came  to  Northumberland 
County  from  Berks  County  early  in 
1 788  and  served  as  Captain  in  the 
Militia  of  that  County  until  1794, 
commanding  the  3rd.  Co,  2nd.  Regi- 
ment. 

He  married  Anna  Barbara  Morr, 
born  1722,  died  1804.  Their  children 
were  Jacob,  who  married  Sarah  Desh_ 
ler  and  moved  to  Ohio,  John,  who 
lived  single  at  Pine  Grove,  Frederick, 
who  moved  to  Dauphin  Co.,  Mary,  who 
ninrried  Col.  Herrold,  Benjamin,  Cath- 
erine, and  Elizabeth. 


SURVIVING   SOLDIERS    1917 


133 


He  married  a  second  time  in  1805, 
Mary  Riblet  Worthington,  and  their 
children  were:  Henry,  William,  Tho- 
mas, Levi,  Amelia,  Matilda,  Eliza, 
Sarah,  Harriet  and  Barbara. 

In  1792,  Frederick  Stees  owned 
370  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now 
Snyder  County.  In  1790,  he  was  as- 
sessed with  a  mill  in  Penn  Township, 
in  1791  he  added  an  oil  mill,  in  1792, 
a  saw  mill,  and  later  a  fulling  mill. 
Frederick  Stees  also  kept  store  and  in 
1796,  he  was  commissioned  Justice  of 
the  Peace.  In  1794,  he  kept  a  tavern 
in  Center  township.  He  owned  the 
land  on  which  Fremont  now  stands, 
but  he  gave  it  to  Michael  Eckert  for 
digging  the  race  to  the  Mount  Pleas- 
ant mill,  this  mill  he  sold  to  John 
Schnee  in  1813  for  $13,000.  In  1807, 
he  owned  a  distillery  in  Center  Twp. 
He  owned  the  old  Stillwell  mill.  In 
1820,  he  kept  tavern  in  Middleburg. 
Prior  to  1814,  he  owned  and  operated 
2  grist  mills,  2  saw  mills,  2  distilleries. 
In  1812,  he  built  the  Paxtonville  mill 
which  he  sold  to  Charles  Swengle,  in 
1829.  In  1807,  he  bought  from  Al- 
bright Swineford  the  farm  on  which 
Mr.  Edwin  Bower  now  resides.  This 
he  sold  in  1827  to  Hon.  George  Kre- 
mer.  While  residing  here  in  1817,  he 
was  elected  to  represent  Union  Co. 
in  the  State  Legislature.  In  1813, 
when  the  counties  were  divided  it  was 
first  decided  to  have  the  county  seat 
at  Middleburg  and  the  Commissioners 
wished  to  buy  from  Frederick  Stees 
part  of  his  farm  but  for  some  reason 
he  declined  to  sell  any  land  to  the 
Commissioners,  and  had  it  not  been 
for  him,  Middleburg  would  have  prob- 
ably been  the  county  seat  of  Union 
County. 

Frederick  Stees  and  his  son-in-law, 
Col.  Herrold,  built  several  of  Snyder 
County's  bridges.  The  mother  of 
Frederick  Stees,  Margret  Stiess,  was 
born  in  1741  and  died  in  1824  while 
living  with  her  son. 

Frederick  Stees,  Junior,  was  Post- 
master in  Middleburg  in  1829. 

Frederick  Stees,  Senior,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Mennonite  Church  for 
many  years  and  he  died  about  1845. 
His  estate  was  valued  at  about  $250,- 
000. 

Where  he  is  buried  is  unknown, 
but  it  is  supposed  that  he  was  interr- 
ed at  the  Hassinger  Church,  near  Mid- 
dleburg. 


SURVIVING    SOLDIERS    OF    THE 

CIVIL  WAR  IN  SNYDER 

COUNTY 


From  POST  May  31,  1917 

The  POST  has  compiled  for  the 
benefit  of  its  readers  the  list  of  sur- 
viving soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  now 
residing  in  Snyder  County.  The  list 
as  shown  presents  158  names. 

In  a  number  of  instances  we  have 
been  unable  to  secure  the  name  of 
the  Company  and  Regiment  of  ser- 
vice, and  in  other  cases  errors  may 
have  crept  into  some  of  those  that  are 
given.  We  hope  to  have  those  who 
discover  any  errors  to  notify  us  at 
once.  This  list  will  be  published  in  the 
"Annals  of  Snyder  County"  and 
should  be  made  correct  before  pub- 
lished. If  any  names  have  been  omit- 
ted, or  any  included  that  do  not  be- 
long to  the  list,  kindly  notify  the 
POST.  The  list  as  compiled  is  as 
follows: 


Adams  Twp. 
Benfer,  Simon,   Co.   G.   172  Regt.  P. 

D.  M.  Troxelville. 
Bickel,  Isaac,  Co.  I.  172  Regt.  P.  D. 

M.   Troxelville. 
Boney,    Paul,    (Ettinger)     Co.    I.    49 

Regt.  P.  V.  I.  Troxelville. 
Ewig,  George,  Co.  B.  6th  Regt.  P.  R. 

V.  C.  Troxelville. 
Hackenburg,  Daniel,  Co.  I.  49th  Regt. 

P.   V.   I.   Middleburg  R.   D. 
Middleswarth,      James,    Co.    I.    49th 

Regt.   P.   V.   I.   Troxelville. 
Napp,  Isaac  J.,  Co.   G.   147  Regt.  P. 

V.  I.  Troxelville. 
Swartz,   John    W.,    Co.   I.    184    Regt. 

P.  V.  I.  Troxelville. 


Beavertown   Boro.   &  Beaver  Twp. 

Coleman,  W.  H.,  9th  Penna.  Cavalry 
enlisted  Sept.  28,  1861.  Mustered 
out  July  27,  1865,  Beavertown. 

Bingaman,  James  H.,  Capt.  D.  Mitch- 
ell's Ind.  Co.  State  Mil.  Beavertown. 

Bowersox,  A.  H.,  Beavertown. 

Carpenter,  A.  M.,  Co.  E.  2  Regt. 
Provisional    Pa.    Cav.    Beavertown. 

Dreese,  Wm.,  Co.  B.  184  Regt.  Pa. 
Vol.  Inf.  Beavertown. 

Freed  Edward,  Capt.  D.  Mitchell's 
Indpt.  Co.  State  Mil.  Co.  D.  74th 
Regt.    Pa.    Vol.    Inf.    Beavertown. 

Middleswarth,  David,  Co.  G.  172 
Regt.   Pa.   D.   M.   Beavertown. 

Middleswarth,  Joseph,  Co.  D.  74th 
Regt.  Pa.  Vol.  Inf.,  Beavertown. 


134 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Specht,  D.  S.,  Capt.  D.  Mitchell's 
Indpt.  Co.  State  Mil.  Co.  F.  148 
Regt.  Pa.  Vol.  Inf.  Beavertown. 

Wagner,  Wm.  G.,  Co.  D.  88  Regt. 
Pa.  Vol.  Inf.  Beavertown. 

Wetzel,  Jacob,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.  Pa. 
Vol.  Inf.  Beavertown. 

Wetzel,  S.  A.,  Co.  I.  184  Regt.  Pa. 
Vol.   Inf.   Beavertown. 


West   Beaver  Twp. 

Benfer,   Geo.    Sergeant   Co.   A.   49th 

Regt.  P.  V.  4  yrs.  McClure. 
Burkett,  Albert  L.,   Pri.   Co.   B.   2nd 

Maryland  Vol.  1  yr.  McClure. 
Erb,  Jacob,  Pri.  Co.  H.  49th  Reg.  P. 

V.  3  yrs.  McClure. 
Goshen,    Isaac    H.,    Pri.    Co.    L.    152 

Regt.  P.  V.  3  yrs.,  McClure. 
Heeter,   Wm.,   Pri.    Co.   F.    131   Reg. 

P.  V.  9  months.     Also  Co.  G.  184 

Reg.  P.  V.  3  yrs.  McClure. 
Herbster,   Thomas,    Pri.    Co.    G.    147 

P.  V.  3  yrs.  McClure. 
Kahley,  Henry,  Pri.  Co.  F.  184  Regt. 

P.  V.,  3  yrs.  McClure. 
Middleswarth,  Ner  B.,  Corporal  Co.  I. 

184  P.  V.  one  yr.  McClure. 
Smith,  Reuben  J.,  Pri.  Co.  G.  172  P. 

M.,  9  months.  McClure. 
Thomas,   Solomon,   Pri.   Capt.   Mitch- 
ell's   Independent    Co.,    3    months, 

McClure. 
Wagner,  Andrew,  Pri.  Co.  I.  184  Reg 

P.  V.   1  yr.   McClure. 
Wagner,  Daniel  H.,  Pri.   Co.  K.   195 

Reg.  P.  V.   1  yr.  McClure. 
Wagner,  George,  Pri.  Co.  I.  184  Reg. 

P.  V.   1  yr.  McClure. 
Wagner,  T.  A.,  Pri.   Co.  H.  36  Reg. 

Pa.  Emergency,  3  months.  McClure. 

Center  Twp. 
Bingaman,  Fred,  Co.  F.  148th  Regt., 

Co.  G.  53rd  Regt.,  Penns  Creek. 
Bingaman,    James,    Pri.    Co.    C.    172 

Reg.,  Penns  Creek. 
Bingaman,    Saml.    Pri.    Co.    C.     172 

Reg.,    Penns    Creek. 
Bowersox,    Perry    0.,    Co.    H.    184th 

Reg.  Penns  Creek. 
Bo'wersox.    Phineas,    Co,.    H.,    184th 

Regt.,  R.   D.   Middleburg. 
Bowersox,  Phares,  Co.  H.,  184th  Regt. 

R.    D.,    Middleburg. 
Brunner,      Charles,    Co.      H.,    184th 

Regt.,  Mifflinburg. 
Delong,  Ben,  Co.  A.  46.,  Penns  Creek. 
Dealer,   Elias.    Co.   H.,   184th  Regt., 

Mifflinburg. 
Hackenburg,  John  K.,  Pri.  Co.  I.,  49th 

Reg. 
Henry,    Geo..    Private    Co.    H.,    184th 
Pa.  Inf.,  Penns  Creek. 


Hunt,  Daniel,  Co.  D.  51st  Reg.  Penns 
Creek. 

Kuhns,  Joseph,  Co.  H.  184  Reg., 
Penns  Creek. 

Reichley.  David,  Co.  K.  51st  Reg.  P. 
V.  I.," Penns  Creek.  Wounded  in 
both  feet  in  the  Battle  of  Spotsyl- 
vania, Va.,  May  12,  1864. 

Slutman,  Robert,  Co.  F.  56  Regt.  P. 
V.  I.  (formerly  of  Pleasant  Gap, 
Center  Co.)   Penns  Creek. 

Stuck.  Allen,  Co.  H.,  184th  Regt., 
Mifflinburg. 

Yerger,  Abraham  Co. — 49th  Penna. 
R.  D.,  Mifflinburg. 

Chapman    Twp. 

Focht,  Amos,  Co.  21st,  Liverpool. 
Long,  Joseph,  Co.  F.  172  Reg.,  Port 

Trevorton. 
Long,  Simon,  Co.  H.  192nd  Reg.  Mc- 

Kees    Half    Falls. 
Rine,  Peter,  McKees  Half  Falls. 
Seiler,  J.  H.,  McKees  Half  Falls. 
Seller,  Israel, 
Hockenbrocht.  William,  112  Reg.  2d 

Heavy  Artillery,  Port  Trevorton. 

Franklin    Twp. 

Bachman,  Benjamin,  Pri.  Co.  F.  131 

Reg.  P.  V.  I.  Middleburg. 
Bowersox,    Asaph,    Pri.    Co.    C.    172 

Reg.,    R.    D.    Middleburg. 
Bowersox,    Cornelius,    Co.    I.    184    P. 

V.  I.  R.  D.  No.  1  Middleburg. 
Hackenburg,  Michael,  Pri.  Co.  I.  49th 

Reg.  R.  D.  Middleburg. 
Harner,  R.  A.  M.,  Corp.  Co.  H.  51st 

Reg.   P.   V.   I.,   Paxtonville. 
Renninger,  Henry  H.,  Pri.  Co.  F.  131 

Reg.  P.  V.  I.  R.  D.  Middleburg. 
Hommel,  Ephriam,  Pri.,   Co.  F.   51st 

Reg.  P.  V.  I.,  Paxtonville. 
Zimmerman,  William,  51st  Reg.  P.  V. 

I.  Paxtonville. 


Jackson  Twp. 

Beaver    Levi,    Kratzerville. 
Reichlev,    John,    Co.    172    Yorktown, 

Va.  202  R.  R.  Guard,  Kratzerville. 
Snvder,  David  R.,   Co.   F.    172  Regt. 

M.  and  Co.  C.  47th  Regt.  Vol.  Inf. 

No.    3    Middleburg. 


Middlecreek  Twp. 

Aurand,  Henry,  Co.  C,  172nd.,  Krea- 

mer. 
Meiser,  John   S..   Co.  F.   171st.   Reg. 

Globe   Mills,   Pa. 
Roush,  Jairus,  Co.  F.  131st  P.  V.  I., 

Sergeant  Co.  I.  49  Reg.  Kreamer. 
Shollv,    William,    Co.    E.    51st   Regt., 

Globe   Mills,   Pa. 


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135 


Middleburg 
Amig,   Philip,   Pri.   Co.   O,   172   Reg. 

Also  A.  208  Reg.  Middleburg. 
Bickhart,  Henry  R.,  Priv.  Co.  D.  208th 

Reg.  Middleburg. 
Bowersox,  Harry,  Co.  H.  107th  Ohio 

Reg.,  enlisted  Aug.   23,   1863;  dis. 

July   25,    1865.,   Middleburg. 
Erdley,    James,    Home    Guards    and 

Private  Co.  D.  208  Regt.  P.  V.  I., 

Middleburg. 
Minium,  Elias,  Pri.   Co.  F.   131  Reg. 

P.  V.  I.  Also  53  P.  V.,  Middleburg. 
Sehoch,   J.    Calvin,    Corporal   Co.   F., 

131  P.  V.  I.  Middleburg. 
Shuman,  James.  Pri.  Co.  C.  172  Reg. 

Middleburg. 
Rathfon,   Cyrus,   Co.  F.   172nd  Reg., 

Middleburg. 
Dunkelberger,  Cornelius,  Pri.  Co.  K. 

46th  Reg.,  Middleburg. 
Stahlnecker,   J.   A.,   Pri.    Co.   F.    181 

Reg.  P.  V.  I.,  Middleburg. 


Monroe  Twp. 

Beaver  Mathias,  Volunteer  and  serv- 
ed in  Co.  G.,  47th  Pa.  Regt. 

Fisher,  Isaac,  Shamokin  Dam. 

Gander.  George,  Co.  C.  184  Regt.  P. 
V.  I.  Corp.  Co.  F.  172  Reg.;  Co.  D. 
208  Res?.,  Shamokin  Dam. 

Hummel,  Benj.  F.,  Co.  I.  202nd  Reg., 
R.   D.   No   2   Northumberland. 

Lutz,  Jefferson,  Shamokin  Dam. 

Nace,  Philip,  Co.  K.  172  Reg.  R.  No. 
2  Northumberland. 


Penn  Twp. 

Jarrett,  Perry,  Co.  F.,  131st  Reg.  P. 

V.  I.,  Co.  C.  74  Reg.,  R.  D.  Selins- 

grove. 
Jarrett,   Samuel,   Co.   G.   147th  Regt. 

P.   V.   I.,   1st  Brig.,   2nd  Div.   12th 

and  20th  A.  C.  R.  D.  Selinsgrove. 
Musselman,   Isaac,   Co.   D.   76th  Reg. 

P.  V.  I.,  R.  D.  Selinsgrove. 
Reed,  John. 


Perry  Twp. 

Knouse,  Christian,  Co.  B.  51st  Reg.  P. 

V.  I..  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
Maneval,   Chas.   D.,  No.   1.   Richfield. 
Mengel,   James    Sr.,    Co.    F.    3rd    Pa. 

Heavy  Artillery,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
Naugle,  J.  P.,  Enlisted  Oct.  14,  1862 

in   Co.  F.   Pa.   Cavalry.  Discharged 

July  22,  1865,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
Reichenbach,    Joel,    Pri.    Co.    B.    6th 

Reg.  P.  R.,  Mt  Pleasant  Mills. 
Spotts,  Isaac,  Co.  B.  9th  Pa.  Cavalry, 

enlisted  Sept.  16,  1861.  Discharged 

on    account    of    disability,    No.    1, 

Port   Trevorton. 
Trewitz,  Samuel,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 


West  Perry  Twp. 

Arndt,  Abraham,  R.  D.  Richfield. 
Haas,  D.  W.,  Mt  Pleasant  Mills. 
(?)Nagle    Benjamin, 
Uplinger,  Daniel,  Co.  I.  172nd  Reg., 
R.  D.  Richfield. 


Selinsgrove  Boro. 
Adams,    Phares,    Co.    C.    74th    Regt. 
Selinsgrove. 

App,     Jeremiah,      Co.    G.    147   Reg., 

Selinsgrove. 
App,    Solomon,    Corp.    Co.    G.    147th 

Reg.,  Selinsgrove. 
Bingaman,  Robert,  Co.  F.   184  Reg., 

Selinsgrove. 

Blecker,  Philip,  Co.  D  7th  Reg. 

Burns,  S.  P.,  Co.  D.  202  Reg.,  Selins- 
grove. 

Doebler,  Henry  J.,  Co.  G.  147th  Reg. 
Wounded  at  Chancellorsville,  May 
3,  1863.  Transferred  to  V.  Res. 
Corps   Sept.    7,    1863,    Selinsgrove. 

Feehrer,  Joseph,  Musician  Co.  D.  208 
Reg.,   Selinsgrove. 

Fisher.  Edw.,  Co.  G.  147  Reg.  Selins- 
grove. 

Fisher,  Jacob  W.,  Co.  D.  208th  Reg., 
Selinsgrove. 

Fisher,  Levi,  Co.  F.  184  Reg.  Selins- 
grove. 

Floyd,  David  B.,  Sergeant,  75th  Inf. 
Ind.   Co.  I.,   Selinsgrove. 

Gilbert,  William,  Co.  F.  172nd  Reg., 
Selinsgrove. 

Good,  J.  Frank,  Co.  D.  74  Reg. 
Selinsgrove. 

Herman,  Phares,  Co.  F.  172  P.  M., 
Selinsgrove. 

Houseworth,  Jacob,  Pri.  Co.  F.  131st. 
P.  V.  I.,  208  Reg.  Band,  Selins- 
grove. 

Kessler,  Samuel,  Enlisted  Nov.  4,  1862 
as  private  in  Co.  C.  172nd  Regt. 
Selinsgrove. 

Long,  Peter,  Co.  H.  202  Reg.,  Selins- 
grove. 

Mark,  John  T.,  Co.  G.  147  Reg., 
Selinsgrove. 

McFall,  Clark,  Co.  D.  74th  Reg.  P.  V. 
I.,  Selinsgrove. 

Miller,  John  J.,  Co.  M.  84th  Reg.  P. 
V.  I.    (9th  Pa.   Cav.),  Selinsgrove. 

Musselman,  John,  52  Reg.  P.  V.  I., 
Co.  D.  74  Reg.,  Selinsgrove. 

Musselman,  Samuel,  Pri.  Co.  D.,  76th 
Reg.  P.  V.  I.,  Selinsgrove. 

Noetling,  William,  1st.  Lt.  Co.  D.  18th 
Militia. 

Richter,  Harry,  Musician  in  Co.  F. 
131st  Reg.  P.  V.  I. 

Stroup,  Israel,   Selinsgrove. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Trutt,  David,  52nd  Reg.  P.  V.  I., 
Selinsgrove. 

Ulrich,  F.  B.  Corp.  Co.  G.  147,  Selins- 
grove. 

Ulvich,  James  P.,  Co.  G.  147  Reg., 
Selinsgrove. 


Spring  Twp. 

Bolender,  John,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.  Pa. 

Vol.  Inf. 
Helfrich,   Phaeon,   Corp.   Co.   I.   49th 

Regt.  Pa.  Vol  Inf. 
Hommel,  Alex.,  Co.  G.  172  Regt.  Pa. 

D.  M.;  Co.  I.  184  Regt.  Pa.  Vol  Inf. 
Keller,  James  F.,  Co.  D.   74th  Regt. 

Pa.  Vol.  Inf. 
Klose,  Wm.  J.,  Co.  F.  184  Regt.  Pa. 

Vol.  Inf. 
Knepp,   Paul  H.,   Capt.  D.   Mitchell's 

Ind.  Co.  State  Mil.  Co.  F.  131  Regt. 

Pa.  Vol.  Inf.  1st  Lieut.  Co.  I.  184 

Regt.  Pa.  Vol.  Inf. 
Manbeck,   L.    J..    Co.    D.    74th   Regt. 

Pa.  Vol  Inf. 
Weiand.  John,  Co.  I.  49th  Regt.  Pa. 

Vol.   Inf. 
Yeager,  Simon,  Co.  H.   107  Regt.  0. 

V.  I. 


Union  Twp. 

Boyer,      William    M.,    131st      Regt., 

Port  Trevorton. 
Charles,  Henry  F.,  Co.  D.,   18th,  Co. 

A.    172nd;    Troop    C.    182nd    Reg. 

21st   Cav.,   Port   Trevorton. 
Gamby,   Jonathan,   Co.   I,   49th  Reg., 

Port  Trevorton. 
Houser,  Alexander,  Co.  I,  49th,  Port 

Trevorton. 
Rambo,   Emanuel,  Port  Trevorton. 
Rice,   John.    Co.    F.,    184th   P.    V.    I., 

Port  Trevorton. 
Riegel.  John  R.,  Co.  G,  147th,  R.  No. 

3,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Schrawder,  H.  H.,  Co.  B.  6th  Pa.  Res. 

Co.  G.  147th  Reg.  15th  U.  S.,  Port 

Trevorton. 
Shaffer,  Sowarro,  Co.  D,  18th;  Corp. 

Co.  A,   172nd,  Port  Trevorton. 
Steffen,   Jacob.    Port   Trevorton. 
Stepp,  Henry  H.,  Co.  H.   147th  Reg., 

Port  Trevorton. 
Stroh,  Amos,  M.,  Co.  D.,  208th,  Port 

Trevorton. 
Wise,   John   H.,    Co.    A.    172nd,   Port 

Trevorton. 


Washington  Twp. 

Arbograst,  Jacob,  Pri.  Co.  F.  131st 
Reg.   P.   V.   I.,  Freeburg. 

Brown,  Henry,  Co.  G.  147  Reg,  trans- 
ferred to  Co.  E.  May  18,  1865,  147 
Reg,  Freeburg. 


Charles,  Wm.  F.,  Co.  B.   6th  Penna. 

Reserves,   Freeburg. 
Erdley,  (Hartley)  James,  Co.  C.  172, 

and  Corp.  Co.  D..  108  Regt.,  Free- 
burg. 
Geise,  Simon,  Freeburg. 
Holtzapple,  George,  Freeburg. 
Hendricks,  Jacob,  Co.  F.  131  Reg.  P. 

V.   I.,   Freeburg. 
Rauch,   Jacob,    Co.    I.    172nd   P.    M., 

Freeburg. 
Hughes,   John    K.,    Co.    F.    172    Reg. 

Also   Quarter  Master   Sergeant   of 

172  Reg.,  Freeburg. 
Moyer,  John  K.,  Co.  I.  169  0.  Vol. 
Naugle,  David,  Freeburg. 
Whistler,  George,  Freeburg. 

■  %^ 

Not  In  The  Memorial     -^ 

We  have  made  a  search  in  the  Mem- 
orial for  the  names  of  the  following 
named  soldiers  in  the  Memorial  Build- 
ing: at  this  place  and  fail  to  find  the 
following  names.  This  covers  only  the 
surviving  soldiers.  If  so  many  of  the 
surviving  soldiers'  names  have  been 
omitted,  how  many  of  the  dead 
soldiers  names  have  been  omitted? 
The  POST  would  like  to  have  the 
r-ime  of  Company  and  regiment  of 
the  following  named  soldiers,  whose 
nnmes  are  not  in  the  Memorial: — 

Arndt,  Abraham,  R.  D.  Richfield. 
Bmgaman,  Fred,  Penns  Creek. 
Bowersox,  Harry,  Middleburg. 
Bowersox,  A.  H.,  Beavertown. 
Delong,   Ben,   Penns  Creek. 
Fisher,  Isaac,  Shamokin  Dam. 
Geise,    Simon,   Freeburg. 
D.  W.  Haas,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
Holtzapple,    Geo.,    Freeburg. 
Hunt,  Daniel,  Penns  Creek. 
Lutz,  Jefferson,  Shamokin  Dam. 
Maneval,  Chas.  D.,  R.  D.  No.  1  Rich- 
field. 

Men.erel,      James    Sr.,      Mt.    Pleasant 

Mills. 
Naugle,  David,  Freeburg,  Pa. 
Nagle,  Benjamin.  R.  D.  Richfield. 
R-^mbo,  Emanuel,  Port  Trevorton. 
Rine,  Peter,  McKees  Half  Falls. 
Steffen,   Jacob,   Port   Trevorton. 
Seiler,  J.  H.,  McKees  Half  Falls. 
Seller,  Israel,  R.  D.   Port  Trevorton. 
Stroup,   Israel,   Selinsgrove. 
Trewitz,  Samuel,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
Whistler,    Geo.,    Freeburg. 


INDIAN  HISTORY  OF  WAGENSELLER   FARM 


137 


Other    Names    Omitted 

While  the  above  list  covers  omis- 
sions of  names  of  living  soldiers  there 
are  many  omitted  among  the  list  of 
deceased  soldiers.  A  notable  excep- 
tion is  that  of  Corporal  Jno.  C. 
Arnold,  who  went  to  the  war  from 
Port  Trevorton,  served  in  Co.  I,  49th 
Regiment,  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
in  the  very  last  battle  was  killed  at 
Sailor's  Creek,  and  was  buried  on  the 
battle  field  by  his  comrades,  among 
them,  the  late  Dr.  A.  M.  Smith,  a 
corporal  in  the  same  Company.  Mr. 
Arnold  is  the  father  of  Dr.  J.  S.  and 
Edwin  S.  Arnold,  of  Washington,  and 
the  G.  A.  R.  Post,  of  Port  Trevorton 
fittingly  bears  his  name.  These  omis- 
sions should  be  corrected.  There  may 
be  others.  Let  the  matter  be  investi- 
gated. 


BIT  OF  INDIAN  HISTORY 

IN  UNION  COUNTY 


In  1781   Indians  Captured  Two  White 

Girls  on   Farm   Now  Owned  by 

Geo.  W.  Wagenseller. 


A  bit  of  interesting  Indian  history 
is  handed  down  by  Richard  V.  B. 
Lincoln,  a  relative  of  President  Lin- 
coln, in  relation  to  the  farm  of  Geo. 
W.  Wagenseller,  editor  of  the  Mid- 
dleburg  POST.  The  farm  is  located 
in  Hartley  township,  Union  County, 
one  mile  west  of  the  town  of  Mill- 
mont. 

John  Shively,  who  came  from  York 
County,  owned  the  farm  which  for 
many  years  was  the  home  of  Richard 
V.  B.  Lincoln.  An  improvement  was 
made  as  early  as  1754  and  abandoned 
after  the  time  of  the  Indian  massa- 
cres of  Oct.  1755.  In  1755,  John 
Shively  was  assessed  with  nine  acres 
of  cleared  land,  two  horses  and  two 
cows.  He  was  living  on  his  place  in 
1781,  and,  whilst  engaged  in  making 
hay  in  the  meadow  in  the  rear  of  the 
house,  he  was  captured  and  carried 
away  by  the  Indians  and  was  never 
heTd  of  afterwards. 

When  Shively  was  captured,  two 
daughters  of  John  Weierback,  who 
lived  on  the  farm  now  owned  by  Geo. 
W.  Wagenseller,  tenanted  by  Milton 
J.  Bingaman,  were  also  captured. 
Shively's  and  Weierback's  farms  were 
not  over  a  mile  a  part. 


It  was  in  the  afternoon  when  the 
savages  made  their  descent  upon  the 
Weierback  cabin.  All  of  the  family, 
both  m^les  and  females,  were  out  in 
the  field  reaping,  except  the  two  girls. 
The  savages  captured  the  two  girls, 
set  fire  to  the  cabins,  and  departed. 
The  ascending  smoke  from  the  burn- 
ing dwelling  was  the  first  intimation 
that  the  reapers  had  of  any  thing 
being  wrong.  In  a  few  days  one  of 
the  girls  returned,  having  escaped 
from  her  cantors.  After  the  war  was 
over.  Weierback  having  heard  of  the 
whereabouts  of  his  daughter,  went 
after  her.  and  found  her  the  wife 
of  an  Indian,  on  the  waters  of  the 
Allegheny;  but  she  had  become  so 
attached  to  the  wild  life  of  the  sav- 
ages that  all  the  inducements  that  iie 
could  offer  her  to  return  were  of  no 
avail.  She  was  never  heard  of  after- 
wards. 

John  and  Nicholas  Weierback  own- 
ed this  land  during  the  Revolution 
and  until  May  17,  1811.  Nicholas 
Weierback  sold  the  farm  to  Christian 
Braucher,  who  in  1810  came  from 
Northampton  County,  (now  Lehigh) 
and  the  farm  remained  in  the  hands  of 
the  Braucher  relationship  for  a  full 
century,  from  1811  to  1911,  the 
chain  of  title  being  as  follows: 

June  20,  1820,  Christian  Braucher 
and  wife  to  Jacob  and  George  Brauch- 


May  11,  1853,  one-half  interest, 
Jacob  Braucher  and  wife  to  George 
Braucher. 

May  14,  1862,  George  Braucher 
and  wife  to  Samuel  and  Abagail 
Braucher,  who  afterwards  became  the 
wife  of  Daniel  S.  Smith. 

Mar.  24,  1876,  Samuel  E.  Braucher 
and  wife,  one-half  interest  to  Daniel 
S.  Smith,  who  married  Abagail 
Braucher. 

The  estates  of  Daniel  Smith  and 
his  wife,  Abagail  Smith,  were  set- 
tled in  1911,  when  the  farm  was  sold 
at  public  sale  to  Geo.  W.  Wagen- 
seller, the  nresent  owner.  He  is  also 
in  possession  of  the  adjoining  farm 
recently  owned  by  Samuel  Braucher; 
in  the  earlier  days  by  Philip  Cole,  who 
built  the  first  brick  house  in  Hartley 
townshin,  on  the  farm  of  which  this 
is  a  part. 

The  farm  buildings  shown  on  page 
148,  are  erected  on  the  tract  where 
the  Weierback  cabin  was  destroyed 
in  1781. 


138 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


MILITARY  DRAFT  JULY  20th,  1917 


The  following  are  the  names  of  persons  of  Snyder 
County  between  the  ages  of  21  and  31  years  who  registered 
June  5,  1917,  under  the  selective  draft  Act,  and  the  follow- 
ing is  the  order  in  which  the  numbers  were  drawn  in  Wash- 
ington, July  20,  1917,  which  establishes  the  order  in  which 
they  are  to  be  called  for  military  service. 


The  POST  gives  below  the  order 
of  the  numbers  as  drawn  in  Washing- 
ton Friday  as  it  effects  the  boys  from 
Snyder  County.  As  the  numbers 
have  not  yet  been  verified  by  mail 
there  are  likely  some  small  discrep- 
ancies, but  in  the  main  they  are  cor- 
rect. This  establishes  the  order  in 
which  the  men  will  be  called  as  need- 
ed. 

Snyder  County's  quota  for  the  first 
army  is  144  and  the  county  has  al- 
ready furnished  127  men  as  volun- 
teers, leaving  only  17  more  to  furn- 
ish. With  the  organization  of  the 
Motor  Truck  Unit  at  Selinsgrove  this 
week,  it  is  thought  there  will  be  suf- 
ficient volunteers  that  there  will  be 
very  few  if  any  drafted. 

Union  County's  quota  is  full  at  123. 
Both  Union  and  Snyder  Counties  are 
about  the  same  size,  yet  Snyder 
County  has  already  furnished  more 
volunteers  than  Union  County,  and  it 
is  believed  before  the  week  is  out  that 
Snyder  County  will  fill  her  quota  with 
volunteers  instead  of  resorting  to 
draft,  even  if  Snyder  County  does 
furnish  144  men  to  Union  County's 
123. 

The  first  number  drawn  was  258. 
This  number  in  Snyder  County  be- 
longs to  Warren  Harrison  Walter,  of 
Center  township.  He  is  a  farmer  and 
while  he  is  exempt  on  account  of  his 
occupation,  he  will  be  the  first  man 
to  be  called  for  examination,  and  so 
on  down  the  list  as  it  is  shown  below: 

258— Walter,  W.  H.,  Middleburg. 

458 — Seebold,  A.  J.,  Kratzerville. 

854 — Lauver,  Reubin  V.,  Richfield. 
1095— Herrold.  B.  S.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

783— Moyer.  Thomas  Clay,  Richfield. 
1117 — Rice,  Vernie  A.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 


837— Fisher,    Wilson    H.,    Richfield. 

337 — Hartman,  F.  E., Middleburg. 

676 — Walker,  A.  E.,  Shamokin  Dam. 

275 — Houser,  W.  W.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

509 — Steininger,  R.  R..  Middleburg. 
1185 — Kissinger,  E.   H.,   Selinsgrove. 

564 — Mull,  John   S.,   Middleburg. 

945 — Fall,  John  F.,  Selinsgrove. 

596 — Bailey,  M.  L.  Shamokin  Dam. 

536 — Deitrick,   Roy   W.,   Kreamer. 

548 — Hummel,  O.  C.  Middleburg. 

126 — Wagner,  Sherman  D.,McClure 

784 — Knights,  E.  Pt.  Trevorton. 

755— Dressier,  W.  M.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

107 — Gill,    Rush    Havice,    McClure. 

616 — Hummel,  N.  L.,  Shamokin  Dam 

373— Ernest,   W.   W.,   Paxtonville. 

775 — Lauver,  L.  M.  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

4,Q6 — Hassinger,  M.  A.,  Middleburg. 

692— Fetterolf,   H.   F.,   Selinsgrove. 

600 — Case,  E.  A.,  Northumberland. 

810— Steffen,  C.  N.  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

507— Runkle,   K.   H.    Middleburg. 

309— Suffel    J.  P.  Pt.  Trevorton. 

437— Kline,    Samuel   S.    Winfield. 

604 — Forry,  J.  A.,  Northumberland. 

43 — Walter,  Harry  D.,  Beavertown. 

10^6 — tucker,  Frank,  Selinsgrove  3. 

924 — Johnson,  R.   C.  Selinsgrove. 

420 — Brouse,  A.   F.,   Selinsgrove. 
1014 — Heimbarh,  E.  L.,  Middleburg. 
1178— Heintzelman,  H.  R.,  Mt.  Mills 

514— Sallade,    W.    E.,    Middleburg. 

433—  Hollenbach,  W.  M.,  Middleburtr 

1  0— TPetterolf ,    M.    N.,    Troxelville" 

1045 — Snook,  C.  D.,  Beaver  Springs. 

1031 — Markley,  I.  C,  Beaver  Springs. 

4R7— He^ser,   Lee   P.,   Swineford. 

797— Shetterly,  C.  K.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills 

140 — Baker,    Edward   H.,   McClure. 

432— Herman,  R.   C,  Winfield. 
18 — Jordan,  L.   C,  Beavertown. 

652 — Reichley,  G.  B.,  Shamokin  Dam 

927 — Johnson,   R.    W.,    Selinsgrove. 


DRAFT    JULY    20,    1917 


139 


739 — Yerger,    W.    W.,    Selinsgrove. 
601 — Corle,  J.  A.,  Northumberland. 
1146— Wentzel,  F.  R..  North'd. 
1103 — Krebs,   J.    H.,    Pt.    Trevorton. 
606 — Fisher,  H.  C,  Shamokin  Dam. 
182 — Speigelmyer,   J.   H.,   McClure. 
513 — Specht,  Benj.   C,  Middleburg. 
46 — Bingaman,  J.  S.,  Beavertown. 
1020 — Kauffman,   Lester  J.,   Benfer. 
1099 — Hendricks,  J.  F.,  Pt.  Trevorton 
223 — Inch,  Wm.  J.,  Penns  Creek. 
117 — Romig,    Charles    C,    McClure. 
602 — Enterline,  G.  E.  North'd. 
390 — Heintzelman,  J.  M..  Midbg. 

75 — DeLong,   A.   W.,   Beavertown. 
772— Kaltreiter,  J.  E.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
721 — Rowe,    Loyd    C,    Selinsgrove. 
786— Neitz,  G.  H.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
280 — Hummel,  C.  H.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
972 — Steffen,  M.  E.,  Selinsgrove. 
983 — Wagner,  F.  P.,  Selinsgrove. 
757_Foltz,  J.   H.,  Mt.   Pt.   Mills. 
966 — Steffen,    I.    L.,    Selinsgrove. 
868 — Stuck,    Ammon    S.,    Richfield. 
332 — Dreese.    Jay   W.,    Middleburg. 
379 — Graybill,    Tola    Paxtonville. 
542 — Hummel,   T.    C,    Globe    Mills. 
194 — Will,   Henry   P.    A.,    McClure. 
874 — Snyder,    Clayton,    Richfield. 
552 — Kreamer,    F.    B.,    Kreamer. 
298 — Newman,  G.  C,  Pt.  Trevorton 
675 — Wetzel,  J.  W.,  Northumberland 
1148 — Aucker,  R.  C,  Freeburg. 
343 — Kessler,   C.   C,  Middleburg. 
982 — Walborn,  Miles  O.,  Selinsgrove 
726 — Snyder,  N.  E.,   Selinsgrove. 

15 — Hartman,    A.    E.,    Middleburg 
905 — Fry,    George    L.,    Selinsgrove. 
933 — Ludwig,  C.  L.,  Selinsgrove. 
452 — Maurer,  A.  L.    New  Berlin. 
355 — Walter,  M.  N.*,  Middleburg. 
530 — Bilger,    G.    A.,    Middleburg. 
809— Snyder,   H.    I.,   Mt.    Pt.    Mills. 
1114 — Rathfon,  W.  M.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
645 — Shrawder,  W.  M.  Nort'd. 
218 — Gearhart,    E.    S.,    Middleburg. 
620 — Hummel,  W.  D.  Northum-land. 
550 — Hummel,    H.    B.,    Kreamer. 
574 — Wagner.  L.   M.,   Selinserove. 

31 — Ocker,  H.  E.,  Troxelville. 
981 — Woodruff,  R.  W.,  Selinsgrove. 
770 — Hoover,  N.,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
882 — Arbogast,   J.    A.,    Selinsgrove. 
677 — Wert.  W.  A.,  Northumberland. 
749 — Bressler,    M.    L.,    Meiservillc. 
End  of  First  Thousand  Numbers 
drawn 
1211 — Shotsbere-er,  N.  G.,  Freeburg. 
525 — Winev,    Rine    G.,   Middleburg. 
760— Gelnett,  H.  M.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
183 — Swineford,   Roy   E.,   McClure. 
56 — Krebs.    H.    P.,    Beavertown. 


792— Rhoads,  N.   L.,  Mt.   Pt.  Mills. 
5 — Bartschatt,  W.  J.,  Troxelville. 
350 — Steininger,  J.  L.,  Middleburg. 
54 — Hassinger,  E.  B.,  Middleburg. 
870 — Shellenberger,  C,  Richfield. 
549 — Hummel,  O.  P.,  Middleburg. 
1132— Shaffer,  F.   A.,   Mt.   PI.   Mills. 
440 — Kline    John   Elmer,   Winfield. 
741— Arbogast.  W.  A.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
1054 — Zechman,   J.   H.,   Beavertown. 
711 — Long,    Wm.    A.,    Selinsgrove. 
1022 — Koch,    Benj.    F.,    Benfer. 
841 — Gearhart,    Wm.    H.,   Richfield. 
638 — Smith,  E.  F.,  Shamokin  Dam 
623 — Herman,  M.  U.,  North'd. 
269 — Hile,    Chas.    W.,    Liverpool. 
685 — Berkey,   C.   R.,   Selinsgrove. 
1141 — Wenrich,    C.   W.,   Selinsgrove. 
1016 — Haines,  W.  P.,  Beaver  Springs. 
335 — Gemberling  G.  A.,  Middleburg 
493 — Miller,  N.  C.,  Middleburg. 
923 — Hare.  C.  C,  Selinsgrove. 
341 — Hummel.  J.  J.,  Middleburg. 
1007 — Foulk,  Jas.  Ira,  B.  Springs. 
391 — Humphrey,  U.  H.,  Paxtonville. 
353 — Shambach,  H.  B.,  Middleburg. 
970 — Scharf,  R.  H.,  Selinsgrove. 
637 — Sassaman,  W.  H.,  Sha.  Dam. 
360— Zechman,    T.    L.,   Middleburg. 
1217 — Shrawder,  Lewis  A.,  Freeburg. 
571 — Sauer,    Wm.    A.,    Middleburg. 
488— Kratzer,    P.    W.,    Middleburg. 
704 — Custer.  C.  H.,  Selinsgrove. 

72 — Bingaman,  J.  F.,  Beavertown 
356 — Wagner,  Clyde  A.,  Swineford. 
112 — Hassinger,  P.  L.,  McClure. 
1067 — Aumiller,  L.  F.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
128 — Wagner,  Bruce  A.,  McClure. 
679 — Young  B.  R.,  Northumberland 
805— Shaffer,   C.  A.,  Mt.   Pt.  Mills. 

11 — Getz,    Grover    D.,    Benfer. 
900 — Covert,   Guy  W.,   Selinsgrove. 
363 — Benfer,   J.   M.,   Paxtonville. 
1142 — Wise,    A.    H.,    Pt.    Trevorton 
6 — Erb,  R.  E.,  Troxelville. 
327— Wagner   E.  W.,  McKeesVs Falls 
664 — Martz,  C.  E.,  Northumberland. 
93 — Shrader,    C.    W.,   Beavertown. 
957 — Rine,   G.   B.,  Selinsgrove. 
1112 — Rhoads,  C.  H.,  Selinsgrove. 
345 — Kline,   R.   A.,   Middleburg. 
103 — Fultz,  Harry  A.,  McClure. 
1221 — Sprinkle.  C.  J.,  Selinsgrove. 
1102 — Kerstetter,  A.  R.,  Selinsgrove. 
553 — Kreamer,   B.   D.s   Globe  Mills. 
154 — Howell,    James    H.,    McClure. 

51 — Goss,  L.   H.,  Middleburg. 
717 — Musser,  H.  F.,  Selinsgrove. 
1057 — Wetzel,  L.  B.,  Beaver  Springs. 
1073 — Brubaker,  M.  M.,  Pt.  Trevort'n 
30 — Norman,  L.  S.,  Troxelville. 
199 — Wagner,   Roy  H.,   McClure. 
388 — Hassinger,  C.   S.,  Middleburg. 
773 — Kerstetter,   M.,   Richfield. 


140 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


608 
406 
519 

25 
392 

889 

383 

1166 

588 

856 

705 

576 

944 

122 

642 

939 

222 

906 

700 

1195 

297 

321 

736 

707 

1002 

1151 

1101 

368 

974 

320 

950 

926 

1010 

919 

656 

814 

1175 

1070 

738 

1167 

1097 

1191 

848 

1118 

121 

221 

292 

822 

504 

1064 

End 


— Fiss.   Ira   T.,   Shamokin   Dam. 

Spigelmyer,  C.  S.,  Paxtonville. 

Walter,  C.  McC,  Middleburg. 

Kuhns,  F.   W.,  Middleburg. 

Jones,   E.   R.   M.,  Paxtonville. 
— Bulick   S.  B.,  Selinsgrove. 
— Hartman,   G.   H.,   Middleburg. 
— Fisher,  Lewis  A.,  Freeburg. 

Bailey,  H.  N.,  Shamokin  Dam. 

Leister,   B.   F.,   Richfield. 

Kratzer,  J.  O.,  Selinsgrove. 

Zechman,  W.  H.,  Middleburg. 
— McLain,   A.    L.,    Selinsgrove. 

Snook,  Lester  H.,  McClure. 
— Shrader,  F.  S.,  North'd. 

-McFall,  R.  C,  Selinsgrove. 

Hackenburg,  C.  A.,  Middleburg 

-Frye,    C.    R.,    Selinsgrove. 
— Hollenbach,  B.  D.,  Selinsgrove. 

Boyer,  L.  H.,  Freeburg. 

Newman,  W.  McKees    V2   Falls 

Troutman,  W.  F.,  Pt.  Tr'ton. 
—Wetzel,  M.  R.,  Selinsgrove. 

Kratzer,   R.,   Selinsgrove. 

Eddinger,  C.  D.,  B.  Springs. 

Bollinger,  F.  E.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 
— Kerstetter,  H.  O.,  Pt.  Tr'ton. 
— Courtney,   J.    M.,   Middleburg. 

Teichart,    A.    E.,    Selinsgrove. 

Strawser,  T.  F.,  Pt.  Trevorton 
— Ocker,  O.  B.,  Selinsgrove. 
— Jarrett,  H.  F.,   Selinsgrove. 

Goss,    Alvin    A.,    Middlecreek. 

Herman,  G.  S.,  Selinsgrove. 
— Rauch,  C.  C,  Shamokin  Dam. 

Troutman,   S.   R.,   Meiserville. 

Hoffman,  H.  E.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

Betts,  F.  E.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
— Yerger,   C.   C,   Selinsgrove. 

Gheer,   Edwin,   Freeburg. 

Houseworth,  H.  C,  Pt.  Tr'ton. 

Lenig,  H.  C,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
— Graybill,   Cloyd    C,   Richfield. 
— Reinard,  G.  F.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

Snook,   Harry   C,   McClure. 
— Hackenburg,  J.  E.,  Middleburg 

Long,  J.  H.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

Teats,  Paul  S.,  Meiserville. 

— Rohland,  Frank  V.  Middleburg 

— Aucker,    G.    A.,    Selinsgrove. 

of  The  Second  Thousand   names 

Drawn 


1091 — Herrold.  R.  E.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

470 — Compton,  Wm.  A.,  Middleburg. 

312 — Swineford,    C.    W.,    Liverpool. 
90 — Mattern,    R.    A.,    Beavertown. 

191— Treaster,  J.  L.,  McClure. 

477— Graybill,  J.  R.,  Middleburg. 
1187— Klingler,  J.  A.,  R.  4,  Midbg. 
1170— Glass     W.    S.,    Freeburg. 

753— Dreese,  G.  H.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

130—  Yetter,    Jay    A.,    McClure. 


858 — Master,  Wm.  A.,  Richfield. 

168 — Narehood,  S.  D.,  McClure. 
1023 — Kratzer,   Artie   A.,   McClure. 

424 — Cornelius.  E.  D.,  New  Berlin. 

840 — Graybill,    B.    S.,   Richfield. 
1188 — Lauver,   C.   E.,   Middleburg. 

657 — Rictor,  F.,  Northumberland. 

175 — Renninger,  James  R.,  McClure 

300 — Rine,  J.  M.,  McKees  %  Falls. 

278 — Heckart,  J.   M.   E.,  Liverpool. 

524 — Wenrich,   R.   W.,   Middleburg. 

911 — Gilbert,  C.  S.,  Selinsgrove. 
1172 — Hoff,    Leroy    K.,    Freeburg. 

532 — Benner,  C.  J.,  Globe  Mills. 
1139 — Troutman,  W.   A.,  Pt  Tr'ton. 
1214 — Sprinkle,  H.  H.    Selinsgrove. 

336 — Gilbert,  J.  R.,  Middleburg. 

212 — Bruner,  Wm.  F.,  Penns  Creek. 
49 — Erdley,    J.    P.,    Middleburg. 
8 — Fetterolf,  Jacob,  Troxelville. 
1160 — Dreese,  Burne,  Freeburg. 
1192 — Martin.  C,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

305 — Rice,   L.   A.,   Port   Trevorton. 
1143 — Wise,  A.  R.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

557 — Kline,   Guy  E.,  Kreamer. 

622 — Hottenstein,  G.,  Sha'n  Dam. 

585 — Bailey,  H.  N.,  Shamokin  Dam. 
1077 — Dorman   G.  C,  Port  Trevorton 

781 — Meiser,  J.  H.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
1035— Musser,  A.  R.,  Beaver  Springs. 

958 — Renninger,  E.  C,  Selinsgrove. 

323 — Wilt,   H.   E.,   Port   Trevorton. 

857 — Martin,    Frankie,    Richfield. 
1143—? 

963 — Steiers    J.   H.,   Selinsgrove. 

438 — Kline,  'Amnion    O.,    Winfield. 

878 — Wagner,  A.  H.    Richfield. 
1059 — Weder,  H.  C,  Middlecreek. 

441— Kline,    John    R.,    Winfield. 

880 — Winey,  Paul  G.  Richfield. 

357— Willis,   Ralph   E.,  Middleburg. 
23 — Keister,    H.    E.,    Beavertown. 
1173— Hilbish    P.   S.,  Freeburg. 

331 — Bressler,    D.    H.,    Middleburg. 
1108 — Mitterling,   A.,    Selinsgrove. 

492 — McAfee,  John  R.,  Middleburg. 
1201 — Moyer,  Paul  T.,  Freeburg. 

5f?5 — Meckley,   Roy  W.,   Kreamer. 

800— Shaffer,  H.   C..   Mt.   Pt.   Mills. 
1049 — Snook,  W.  B.,  Beaver  Springs. 

715 — Miller,  E.   E.,   Selinsgrove. 

961 — Rowe,   S.   I.,   Selinsgrove. 

539 — Gordon,   C.   R.,  Kreamer. 

349 — Steininger  W.  C,  M'bg. 

562 — Leiezel,   J.'   P.,   Middleburg. 

501— Potter.  J.   L.,   Middleburg. 

102— Erb,  J.  Alvin,  McClure. 

875 — Soriergle,    T.    J.,    Richfield. 

714 — Markley,  Arthur,  Selinsgrove. 

86 — Knepp.  M.  B.,  Beavertown. 

1024 — Klingler,  C.  L.,  Beaver  Springs 

871— Snyder,   R.    C,   Richfield. 
1  043 — Reich,  R.  Wm.  Beaver  Springs. 


DRAFT    JULY   20,    1917 


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Bingaman,  S.  J.,  Beavertown. 
Boyer,   J.   F.,   Middleburg. 
Kline,  Foster  C,  Middleburg. 
■Wendt,  A.  S.,  Selinsgrove. 
-Runkle,   C.   E..   Middleburg. 
-Spriggle,  S.   S.,  Richfield. 
•Kline,    C.    R.,    Kratzerville. 
Zerbe,  R.  H.,   Selinsgrove. 
■Luck,   S.   P.,   Selinsgrove. 
■Lutz,  E.  M..  Selinsgrove. 
Reinard,  H.  E.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
Boyer,    S.   J.,    Middleburg. 
Musser,  W.  F.,  Selinsgrove. 
Hassinger,   R.   G.,  McClure. 
Stahl,  B.  W..  Selinsgrove. 
Felker,  H.  J.,  Beaver  Springs. 
Kahley,  Ira  F.,  McClure. 
Mattern,   M.   M.,  B.   Springs. 
Shaffer,  H.  V.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
Meiser,    W.    S.,    Liverpool. 
Kissinger,  John  W..  Freeburg. 
Gelnet,   Arthur   Meiserville. 
Pontius,   Geo.   S.,   Kreamer. 
Sholley,  L.  W.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 
Brouse,  A.  P.,  Selinsgrove. 
Mease,  R.  A.,  Selinsgrove. 
Weller.   Nervin,    Middleburg. 
f    The    Third    Thousand    Names 


169 — Nerhood,   Foster   I.,   McClure. 

436 — Kratzer,    W.    L.,    Selinsgrove. 

396 — McAfee,   E.   H.,   Paxtonville. 

989 — Wise,  R.  W.,  Selinsgrove. 
1107 — Leach,  H.  Selinsgrove. 

862— Pvle,   J.    H.     Richfield. 

257 — Walter,   T.   A.,   Middleburg. 
1109— Miller,  R.  E.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

155 — Kline,  Harry  A.  McClure. 

284 — Kerstetter,  Warren,  Liverpool. 

133— Arnold,  A.  R.,  McClure. 

807 — Snyder,   C.   W.,   Liverpool. 

867 — Shaffer.    James    M.,    Richfield. 

930 — Renner,  A.  C,  Selinsgrove. 

185 — Searer,   Geo.   S.,   McClure. 

265 — Dillman,  C,  Port  Trevorton. 

285 — Kerstetter,   Joseph,   Liverpool. 
1119 — Reigle,  C.  A.,  Selinsgrove. 
1051 — Walter,  L.  E.,  B.  Springs  R.  1. 

560— Kreamer    Harry  S.,  Kreamer. 

303 — Rine,  S.  S.,  Port  Trevorton. 

563 — Leitzel,  Herman  G.,  Kreamer. 

211 — Bowersox,  C.  L.,  Middleburg. 

1163 — Eisenhauer,  H.  L.,  Freeburg. 

146— Flick,  H.  L.,  McClure. 

843— Gravbill    A.   H.,   Richfield. 

229 — Keister,  J.  C,  Middleburg. 

410 — Woodling,   P.,   Paxtonville. 

299 — Newman,  J.  F.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
1075 — Clark,  H.  S.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
1189 — Landis,    J.    C,    Selinsgrove. 

750 — Bre^sler'H.    J.,    Meiserville. 
58 — Mitchell,  F.  H.,  Beavertown. 

955 — Poe,    C.    E.,    Selinsgrove. 


150— 
19- 

400- 
4- 


Himes,  Clay  Stuart,  McClure. 
Keister,    H.,    Beavertown. 
Shambach,  W.  E.,  Middleburg. 
Bingaman.  J.  F.,  Beavertown. 

115— Mitchell,  C.  A.,  McClure. 

832— Benner,  Hoyt,  Richfield. 
1180— Inch,  J.  F.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

206 — Bowersox,  E.  I.    Penns  Creek. 

228— Knouse,   H.,   Middleburg. 

136— Benfer    A.    E.,   McClure. 

872— Shaffer,   M.   W.,   Richfield. 

430— Fisher,  J.  C,  Kratzerville. 

328 — Bowersox,  J.  W.,  Middleburg. 

965 — Scharf,  J.  M.,  Selinsgrove. 
96 — Specht,  E.  G.,  Beavertown. 

896 — Burns,  J.  H.,  Selinsgrove. 
1098 — Hoover,  T.  C,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

624— Hummel,  G.  M.,  North'd. 

570 — Steffen,  Ralph  Curtis,  Kreamer 

544 — Hummel,  A.  C,  Middleburg. 
1021— Kline    S.  W.,  Middlecreek. 

747 — Bingaman,  B.  F.,  Mt.  Pt.  Mills. 

929 — Krouse,   P.   R.,   Selinsgrove. 
1194 — Miller,  G.  L.,  Freeburg. 

138— Bilger.  A.  S.,  McClure. 
1199 — Moyer,   John   L.,   Freeburg. 
91 — McDowell,  A.  A.,  Beavertown. 

838 — Foultz,    E.    A.,    Richfield. 

635— Lepley,    J.    S.,    Winfield. 

861 — Nace,   J.    F..    Cocolamus. 

633 — Kessler,  J.  S.,  Northumberland 

712 — Long,  C.  T.,  Selinsgrove. 
17 — Jordan,  C.   C,  Beavertown. 

802— Shaffer,   J.   E.,   Mt.   Pt.   Mills. 

691 — Engle,  S.  M.,  Selinsgrove. 

378— Gift,  S  H..  R.   1,  Middleburg. 
1083 — Flanders,  W.  C,  Pt.  Trevorton 

237 — Marks,  Wm.  H.,  Penns  Creek 

422 — Bilger,    Clarence,    Winfield. 

619 — Fottenstein,  H.   R.,   Sh.   Dam. 

344 — Kreamer     F.    T.,    Swineford. 

824— Wilt,   N.D.,  Mt.   P.   Mills. 

442 — Kratzer,  Reno,  R.  Middleburg. 
1213 — Sprenkle,   G.   W.,   Selinsgrove. 

202 — Bowersox.   J.   F.,   Middleburg. 

164 — Lepley,  W.  I.,  McClure. 

26S — Good.    C.    D.,    Meiserville. 

272 — Hall,    Andrew   S.,   Liverpool. 
1198 — Miller,  N.   W.,  Freebursr. 

762 — Graham,  Chas.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 
1174 — Hoffman,   D.   H.,   Freeburg. 

964 — Swineford,  J.  W.,  Selinsgrove. 

866 — Reichenbach,   E.   P.,  Richfield. 

593 — Brown,  A.  A.,  Nor'berland  R.  2 

407 — Shambach.  Schuyler  M.,  Mbg. 

262 — Attinger,  F.  S..  Pt.  Trevorton 

8R6 — Bonawitz,  M.  H.,  Selinsgrove. 

R93 — Ard,  W.   C.   Selinsgrove. 
1161 — Dreese,    John    M.,    Freeburg. 

769 — Hoover    Henry,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 
1152 — Bowersox,   M.   S.,   R.   4,   Mbg. 

776 — Landis,  Saml.  E.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills 

566 — Mohr,  Wm.,  Kreamer. 


142 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


581 — Artz,  H.   A.,   Shamokin  Dam. 
311 — Sholly,  Chas.  H..  Pt.  Trevorton 
762— Graham,  Chas.  E.,  Mt.  PL  Mills 
1227 — Witmer,  Geo.  S.,  Freeburg. 
124— Snook,  Irvin,  R.  2,  McClure. 
End  of  Fourth  Thousand  Names 


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744- 
979- 
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444- 
636- 
735- 
634- 
326- 
447- 
76- 
672- 
949- 
393- 
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1065- 
851- 

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158- 
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187- 
52- 
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650- 
836- 
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352- 
418- 
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274- 
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968- 
546- 

1154- 
766- 
734- 

1072- 


-Herman,   J.   Jay,   Middleburg. 
-Boyer,  Ernest  S.,  Selinsgrove 
-Botteiger    C.  F.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 
-Walter,  Ray  A.  R.,  Selinsgrove 
-App,  Robert  L.,  Selinsgrove. 
-Benner,   Ray,   Richfield. 
-Pontius,  Wm.  D.,  Penns  Creek 
-Lepley,  Erman  E.,  B.  Springs. 
-McWilliams.  Cecil,  Middleburg 
-Bower,  A.  D.,  Shamokin  Dam. 
-Keller,  Geo.  C,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
-Kline,  Urie  M.,  Kratzerville. 
-Lepley,  Jas.  P.,  Winfield. 
-Woodiing,  F.  C,  R.  3.  Mbg. 
-Kauffman,  M.  L.,  R.  2,  N'rland 
-Walter,  A.  W.,  McKees  H.  Fls. 
-Leiby,  Elmer  C,  R.  R.  Winfield 
-Deobler,   S.   N.     Beavertown. 
-Wagner,  W.  K.-,  R.  2,  N'rland, 
-Ott,  D.  K.,  R.  D.  Selinsgrove. 
-Kerstetter,  C.  N.,  Paxtonville. 
-Aurand,  A.  M.,  B.  Springs. 
-Smith.  B.  W.,  R.  1,  B.  Springs. 
-Aucker,  W.  R.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
-Kauffman,   O.  B.,  Richfield. 
-Inch,  Ira  W.,  Selinsgrove. 
-Krick,  Charles  F.,  McClure. 
-Master,  A.  L.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 
-Aurand,  I.  D.,  Troxelville. 
-Snook,  Daniel  A.,  McClure. 
-Hetrick    John  D.,  Beavertown 
-Fry,  F.*Chas.,  R.   1,  McClure 
-Reichley,  R.  E.,  R.  2,  Winfield. 
-Forry,  Arthur  A.,  Richfield. 
-Sassaman,  Isaac  F.,  Troxelville 
-Wagner    H.  W.,  Selinsgrove. 
-Snyder, 'C.  M.,  R.  2,  Mbg. 
-Beaver,  R.   O,  Kratzerville. 
-Houtz,    Jno.    J.,    Selinsgrove. 
-Seebold,  Merrit,  Selinsgrove. 
-St-ahr,  Jno.   A..   Liverpool. 
-Hilbish,  Philip  L.,  Freeburg. 
-Beaver,  F.  M.,  R.  4,  Mbg. 
-Herman,  Wm.  T.,  Winfield. 
-Wetzel,  Harry  D.,  Middleburg. 
-Good.  H.  H.,  R.  1,  Winfield. 
-Herman,  Frank,  Sunbury. 
-Suffel,   H.    A.,    Pt.    Trevorton. 
-Herrold,  L.  P.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
-Naugle,  V.  D.,  Selinsgrove. 
-Swartzlander,   F.    B.,   S'grove. 
-Hummel.  Chas.  H.,  Kreamer. 
-Bailey,   C.  J.,  Freeburg. 
-Haines,  D.  G.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 
-Ward,  W.  F.,  R.  1,  Selinsgrove. 
-Bierly,  W.  S.  R.  3  Selinsgrove 


511 — Straub,  C.  E.,  Middleburg. 

205 — Bowersox.  I.  A.,  Middleburg. 

913 — Gougler,  L.  F.,  Selinsgrove. 

342 — Hackenburg,   D.    W.,    S'ford. 

860— Newman,  W.  E.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 

934 — Ludwig,  A.  W.,  Selinsgrove. 

460 — Trutt,  J.  R.,  Kratzerville. 

427 — Dinius.  Palmer  E.,  Winfield. 

666 — Leitzel,  J.  A..  Shamokin  Dam. 

241 — Pontius,  A.   L.,   Penns   Creek. 
40 — Thomas,  A.   E.,   Beavertown. 

572 — Steffen,  D.  W.,  Middleburg. 

100 — Wetzel,  W.  D.,  Beavertown. 
1076 — Charles,  C.  A.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
1138 — Sholl    G.  C,  Pt.  Trevorton. 

157 — Kline,  Howard  W.,  McClure. 

236— Musser,  F.  H.,  R.  2,  Mbg. 
1168 — Glass,  C.  W.,  Freeburg. 

214 — Berge,   G.   W.,  Penns  Creek. 

629 — Kessler   D.  C,  Shamokin  Dam 

647 — Sassaman,  R.  R.,  R.  2  N'rland. 

864 — Rhoads,    Sylvester,   Richfield. 
29— Moyer,  D.  F.,  R.  1,  Beavertown 

918 — Good,  F.  E.,  Selinsgrove. 

533 — Benfer.  John  E.,  Kreamer. 
1159 — Dunkelberger,  J.  R.,  Freeburg. 

114 — Knepp,  R.  J.  R.  D.  2,  McClure. 

151 — Haines,  G.  P.,  R.  1,  B.  Springs. 
1198—? 

61 — Rearick   M.  O.,  Beavertown. 

603— Fisher,  W.  A.,  R.  2  Winfield. 

618 — Haas,  S.  E.,  Shamokin  Dam. 

986 — Wise,   O.   W.,   Selinsgrove. 

209 — Bowersox,  J.  W.,  Penns  Creek. 
1110 — Neitz,  H.  H.    Pt.  Trevorton. 

777 — Lessman,  L.  E.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 
33 — Smeltzer,   M.    W.,   Troxelville. 
32 — Rumberger,  Foster,  Beavert'n. 

954 — Portzline,  A.  B.,  Selinsgrove. 

1071 — Burkey,  E.  J.,  R.  3  Selinsgrove 

63 — Thomas    H.  F.,  Beavertown. 

994— Aumiller,  C.  C.  R.  2.  McClure. 

758 — Frymoyer,    C.   M.,   Oriental. 

362 — Benfer,  J.  F.,  Paxtonville. 
1170  — 

816 — Troup,  C.  S.,  Meiserville. 

371 — Dreese,  J.  H..  R.  1,  Mbg. 

529 — Blett,  Michael,  H.,  Kreamer. 
64 — Troup,    H.    W.,    Beavertown. 

382 — Hartman,  J.   A.,  Middleburg. 

224 — Jordan,  W.  E.,  Middleburg. 

818— Walter   C.  B.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 

762— Graham,   C.   E.,  Mt.   PL   Mills. 

931 — Kemberling,  Miles,  Selinsgrove 
1013— Haines,  G.  B.,  B.  Springs. 
1042 — Rager,  H.  O,  B.  Springs. 

440— 
41 — Thomas,  Chas.,  R.  1  Beavert'n. 
48 — Deimer    Jas.   H.,   Beavertown. 
38 — TroxelL  C.  F.,  R.  1,  Beavert'n. 

742— Arbogast,  H.  D.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 

640— Shaffer,  G.  A.,  R.  2  N'berland. 

127 — Wagner,  J.  C,  R.  2  McClure. 
End  of  Five   thousand   Names. 


DRAFT    JULY    20,    1917 


143 


668 — Tressler,  Jno..  N'rthumberland 
88 — Kearns,  C.  M.,  Beavertown. 
1074 — Byerly,  R.  1,  Selinsgrove. 

743_Arbogast,  C.  S.,  Mt.  PL  Mills. 

827 — Apple,  Cloyd  A.,  Richfield. 
1038 — McKinley,  B.  W.,  R.  2  McClure 

976 — VanBuskirk,  C.  R.,  Selinsgrove 

473 — Deitrick,   G.   V.,  Middleburg. 

287 — Kerstetter,  Roy,  Liverpool. 

586 — Beaver,  J.  R.,  R.  2  Winfield. 

260 — Walter,  M.  F„  R.  2  Middleburg 

527 — Aumiller — C.  E.,  Kreamer. 

254 — Walter.  Melvin  H.  R.  2,  Mbg. 

446 — Lepley,'  Reno  A.,  Winfield. 
89 — Lunger,  J.   C,  Beavertown. 
1197 — Meiser,  G.   C.  Middleburg. 

932 — Kline  Daniel  A.,  Selinsgrove. 
1204 — Neitz,  W.  D.,  Freeburg. 

863 — Renninger,  J.  S.,  Richfield. 

358 — Walter  L.  A.,  R.  3,  Mbg. 

451 — Mitchel,  R.   G.,  New  Berlin. 

745 — Botteiger,  C.  E.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 

573 — Wagner    C.   E.,   Selinsgrove. 
1106 — Kerstetter,  Milton,  Pt.  T'orton 

308 — Strawser,  S.  F.,  Liverpool. 

429 — Fisher,  A.  W.,  Kratzerville. 
1055 — Ulsh    J.  A.,  B.   Springs. 
1225 — Wilt,"   Ben   H.,   Freeburg. 

394 — Kauffman,  John  E.,  R.  1,  Mbg. 

417 — Brouse,  H.  C.,  R.  D.  Mbg. 

354_Ulrich,  C.  R.,  R.  3,  Midbg. 

445 — Lepley,   F.   I.,   Winfield. 

217 — Fessler,  M.  E.    Penns  Creek. 

259 — Walter,  Adam*  J.,  R.   1,  Mbg. 
1068 — Burkey,  H.  J.,  R.  3,  Selinsg've. 

322 — Ulsh,   Geo.   R.,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
1120 — Rhoads,  J.  J.   R.  3,  Selinsgrove 

242 — Renninger,  W.  C.,  R.  3,  Mbg. 

702 — Herman,  Ury  I.,  Selinsgrove. 

232 — Moyer,  L.  A.,  Middleburg. 

597 — Comfort,  H.  F.,  Shamokin  Dam 

694— Fuhrman   L.  A.,  R.  D.  Se'g've 

198 — Wagner,  E.   S.,  McClure. 

799— Stuck,  H.  E.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 

671 — Stuck,  Oscar,  Shamokin  Dam. 

561 — Keeler,  Samuel  V.,  Kreamer. 

195 — Weader,  C.  C,  McClure. 
1061 — Zechman     R.    M.,   B.    Springs. 

145 — First,  W."  B.,  McClure. 

98 — Spaid,  W.  P.,  Beavertown. 
1053 — Wagner,  C.  M.,  B.  Springs. 
1184 — Kissinger  A.  J.,  R.  3  Se'grove, 

801— Smith,  W.  R.,  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 

286 — Kerstetter,  W.   M.,  Liverpool. 

990 — Wertz,  J.  M.,  Selinsgrove. 
44 — Zechman,  Oran,  R.  1  B'vert'n 

226 — Jordan,  Foster    R.  2,  Mbg. 
7 — Fetterolf,  B.  F.,  R.  1  Beavert'n 

846 — Haas,  Harry  W.,  Richfield. 

398 — Reigle,  Samuel  E.  R.  1,  Mbg. 
216 — Fessler,  Jack  U..  P.  Creek. 
847 — Hoffman,  Foster.  Mt.  PI.  Mills 


302 — Newman,  W.  H.,  Pt.  Trevorton 

26 — Keister,  C.  H.,  R.  1  Beavert'n. 

1123— Shaffer,  F.  A.  R.  2  Pt.  Trev't'n 

662 — Miller,  Chas.  R.  2  Nor'berland 

475— Fryer,   Ralph   L.,   Middleburg. 

641— Slear,  H.  D.  R.  2  Nor'berland. 
1104 — Kantz,  C.  A.*,  R.  3  Selinsgrove 

239 — Napp,  L.  L.,  Penns  Creek. 

852— Lauver,  C.  O.,  Richfield. 

942 — Mitchel,   J.    W.,    Selinsgrove. 
1145— Wolfe,  C.  E..  R.  2  Pt.  Trev'ton 

975 — Ulrich,  J.  P.,  Selinsgrove. 
82 — Foulk,  C.  F.,  Beavertown. 

478 — Garman,  I.  W.,  Middleburg. 

479— Graybill,  G.  H.,  Middleburg. 
55 — Keister,  Harry  R.    Beavertown 

592 — Berge,  F.  A.,  R.  *2  Winfield. 

461— Ulrich,  C.  F.,  Winfield. 

480 — Graybill,  Guy  E.,  Middleburg. 
1209 — Reigle,  C.  S.,  Middleburg. 
1127 — Stahl,  H.  R.  3.  Selinsgrove. 

674 — Woodling,  Forrest,   Winfield. 

372 — Derhem,  Albert  J.,  Paxtonville 
42 — Walter,  N.  S.,  R.  1  Beavertown 

431—  Herrold,  Amos  D.,  R.  1  W'field 

106— Gill,  C.  F.    R.  1,  McClure. 

639— Stahl,  E.  E.,  R.  2,  Winfield. 

425 — Derk,  Marshall,  Kratzerville. 

1230— Weller,  J.  B.,  R.  4,  Middleburg 

21 — Keister,  Levi  D.    Troxelville. 

423 — Boyer,  J.  H.,  R.  D.  Selinsgrove. 
1144— Wise,  H.  E.,  R.  1,  Pt.  Trev'ton. 
1216 — Swartzlander,  Leroy,  Mbg. 

462— Wagner.  L.  W.,  Winfield. 
End   of   Six  Thousand   Names. 


238- 

1080- 

1226- 

176- 

415- 

409- 

453- 

973- 

890- 

294- 

408- 

1231- 

804- 

230- 

271- 

375- 

65- 

282- 

988- 

1069- 

751- 

1046- 

615- 

1029- 

455- 

833- 

483- 


-Napp,   Cloyd  Elsworth. 
-Flanders,    Albert   Henry. 
-Woodling,  Lawrence  Jacob. 
-Renninger,  Leon   Cloyd. 
-Brouse,    Harry    Edward. 
-Wagner,  Cluney  Elsworth. 
-Naugle,  Lemuel  Melvin. 
-Seesholtz,  William  Kocher. 
-Bitner,    Herbert    Dallas. 
-Lawver,  Milton  O. 
-Troxel,  John  Luther. 
-Walter,  Palmer  Elsworth. 
-Shaffer,    Curtin   Amos. 
-Loss,  John  Franklin. 
-Heintzelman,  Harvey  Adam. 
-Gill,    Oliver   Phares. 
-Wagner,   Cloyd  Elmer. 
-Kerlin,  Levi  Clarence. 
-Williamson,  Plummer  Pearson. 
-Brininger,    John    Phares. 
-Brosius,   Howard  Nelson. 
-Snook,  James  Owen. 
-Hunsinger,  Harvey  McClellen. 
-Lepley,  Ira  Milton. 
-Reich,  Charles  Cruso. 
-Clark,  Thomas  William. 
-Hine,  Charles  Kay. 


144 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


881 — Wildt,    Clayton    Francis. 

346 — Nace,  William  Henry. 

457 — Stimmel,  Ralph  Emerson. 
62 — Rearick,  Samuel  Henry. 

207 — Bingaman,  Spyker  R. 
67 — Arnold,    Millard    Scott. 

646 — Shaffer,    John    Arthur. 

528 — Aumiller,  William  Frederick. 

912 — Gardner,   Carroll  Derritt. 
77 — Deiffenbacher.    Gordon   Leslie. 

699 — Hummel,   John   Franklin. 

248 — Shambach,  Roland  Leroy. 

521 — Winey  Harrison  Graybill. 

695 — Fetter,  Raymond  Jonas. 

947 — Moyer,    Ray   Franklin. 

614 — Hummel,   Emmerson  Jacob. 
H34_Stroh,  Chas.  E. 

160 — Kline,  Ira   Clayton. 

283 — Kersitetter,    Nelson. 
1027 — Klingler,  Curvin  Roy. 

817 — Walker,  Leo  Geo. 
59 — Narehood,  Reed  Franklin. 

815 — Troup,  Chas.  Wellington. 
1126 — Sholly,  Benjamin  H. 

612 — Gilbert,  John  Samuel. 

869 — Snyder,    Irvin. 

764— Hackenberg,  Allen  Leroy. 

359 — Yerger,  Daniel  David. 

984 — Wenrich,  Roswell  Edgar. 

724 — Swope,    Peter    Kepart. 

938 — Lutz,  Clarence  Erdley. 

497 — Moyer,  Birchard  Jesse. 

667 — Long,  Harry  Albert. 
1037 — Moyer,  Arthur  Lester. 

463 — Walter,    Miles    Roy. 
84 — Hassinger,  John  Alvin. 

531 — Boyer,  George  Percival. 

468 — Bilger,  Clayton. 

859 — Mengle,  Fred  Hackenberg. 

663 — Mull,   William   Arthur. 

469 — Boyer,  George  Harold. 

245 — Spangler,  Earl  Eugene. 

580 — Aurand,   George  Atwood. 

351 — Shambach,    Cloyd    Edgar. 
1200 — Moyer,  Ralph  Chester. 
94 — Saylor,   Charles   Theodore. 

148 — Goss,    Clarence    Steward. 
14 — Herman,    James    Washington. 

980 — Wagner,   Lear  Wilson. 

109 — Heeter,  Charles  Edwin. 

892 — Baney,  George  Washington. 

782 — Mengle,  Herman. 

251 — Sassaman,  Elmer  Webster. 

180— Stuck,    Erie    Harden. 

598 — Cooper,   Charles  Clayton. 

825 — Warner,  Boyd  Murray. 

960 — Reed,   Warren   Beaver. 
1171— Glass.   Allen. 

658 — Nace,  George  Peter. 

941 — Moyer,   Daniel   Jeremiah. 
1131— Schaffer    Boyd  M. 

631 — Krohn     Samuel  Henry. 
1040 — Mattern,    John    Franklin. 


1177 


879- 


Hartman,    Foster. 
Woomer,    William    Dollingetr. 
746 — Bottiger,  Lee  John. 

Rhoads,   George  Allen. 
Beaver,   William   Samuel. 


655- 
583- 
830- 
995- 
914- 
791- 
69- 

1116- 
845- 

1129- 
873- 

1036- 
790- 

1155- 

1210- 
174- 
310- 
414- 
763- 
757- 
307- 
991- 
569- 
553- 

1084- 
625- 
402- 
459- 
161- 

1009- 
189- 
659- 
361- 
709- 
909- 
129- 

1153- 

1222- 
213- 
465- 

1096- 
163- 
665- 

1115- 

1224- 
904- 

1202- 

1015- 

1164- 
405- 
250- 
885- 

1147- 
959- 
329- 
628- 
426- 
823- 
246- 


-Bottiger,  James  Lloyd. 
-Aumiller,    Harry    Frank. 
-Gunsberger,  Samuel. 
-Rauch,   Henry   Clay. 
-Bower,  William  Charles. 
-Rice,    Geo.    W. 
-Graybill,  Lee. 
-Snyder,    W.    Ernest. 
-Sheaffer,    Homer    Elsworth. 
-Moyer,  Homer  Palmer. 
-Rauch,  Grover  Weiser. 
-Boyer,  Daniel  Oscar. 
-Ramer,   Chas.   Edward. 
-Pheasant,  Zachariah  Harrison. 
-Sholley,  Samuel  Phares. 
-Zimmerman,    David. 
-Garman,   John    Simon. 
-Foltz,  Jesse  Hurley. 
-Swartz,  John  Adam. 
-Zellner,  Lloyd  Isaac. 
-Sampsell,    William    Elston. 
-Kratzer,    Samuel   Alfred. 
-Gaugler,    George. 
-Herrold,  George  Cleon. 
-Shambach,   Clair  McClure. 
-Stahl,   William   Harrison. 
-Kline,  Charles  Henry. 
-Getz,   Roy  Lester. 
-Swineford,    Lester    Selin. 
-Meiser,  Clarence  Albert. 
-Attig,    Cloyd    Elmer. 
-Keefer,    Harvey   Forrest. 
-Fredericks,   Leon   Edward. 
-Wagner,    Lawrence    Reuben. 
-Buffinerton,    Chas.    Edward. 
-Straub,   Grover  Cleveland. 
-Berger,  Charles  Eugene. 
-Wagner,  Merrill  Norman. 
-Herrold,    Chas.    L. 
-Lepley,   John   Henry   Alvin. 
-Lutz,    Seran   Jefferson. 
-Reichenbach,   Harry  C. 
-Troup,  Franklin   Monroe. 
-Derrick,  Joseph  Wellington. 
-Martin,  Howard  Allen. 
-Herman,    Anthonv    Charles. 
-Fisher,    Robert   Talmage. 
-Snyder,  John  Frank. 
-Sfimpsell,  Stanley  Quay. 
-Bowersox,  Warren  Erdley. 
-Yeakley,  Frank  S. 
-Renner,    Paul    Earl. 
-Bolig,    Reedie    Lester. 
-Jarrett,    Paul    Kepner. 
-Dauberman,    Horace    William. 
-Troup,    Frank    Shetterly. 
-Stine,    Fred    Hartman. 


DRAFT    JULY    20,    1917 


14S 


731 — Walter,    Roy    John. 

682 — Aurand,  Charles  Franklin. 

768 — Hoffman,  Chas.  Clayton. 
1215 — Smith,   Lee   Harvey. 

955 — Poe,    Chas.    Edward. 

627 — Jarrett,    Robert    Paul. 
1063 — Aucker,  Arch  A. 

99 — Wetzel,  Merion  Aigler. 

365 — Brunner,  John  Clarence. 

144 — Edmiston,  Hurley  William. 
1136— Stahl,   James. 

551 — Hummel,    Homer. 

916 — Grissinger,  Murray  Wallace. 

756 — Fulkroad,  John. 

428— Fry,  William  Elmer. 
1090 — Herrold,  Chester,  S. 

821— Teats,   Paul   Snyder. 

850 — Knouse,  Emanuel  Aaron. 

523— Walter,   Claude  Edgar. 
1111 — Reichenbach,  Chas.  E. 
1220 — Shaffer,  Chas.  Edward. 

855 — Leitzel,   Luther. 

902 — Charles,  Robert  Earl. 

891 — Blazer,  Francis  C. 

669 — Tierney,   William   Henry. 
1030 — Lepley,   Edwin   Tobias. 

104 — Folk,   James   Elias. 

540 — Hummel,  Oliver  Elmer. 
79 — Eisenhauer,  Homer  Eugene. 

576 — Zechman,  William  Henry. 
1228 — Woodling,  George  Homer. 

740 — Arbogast,  Chas.  Franklin. 
83 — Hartman,  John  Amos. 

142 — Erb,    Cloney    Dallas. 

649 — Roush,   Clair  Albert. 

559 — Krouse,  William  Edward. 

899 — Coleman,  William  Henry. 
1149— Bickhart,    Chas.   E. 

788— Page,  Walter. 

793 — Snyder,  John  Edwin. 

534 — Bolig,  Frank. 

119 — Reigle,  Willard  Wilson. 

630 — Keyser,    Ralph   Abraham. 

901 — Chere,  Benjamin. 
1052— Weader,    Chas.   F. 

803 — Snyder,   Elmer   Lee. 

135 — Baker,  Ralph  Monroe. 

648 — Stetler,  Harold  George. 

643 — Slear,  George  Washington. 
1212 — Stroub,  Roy  Isaac. 
1000 — Coleman,    Chas.    Palmer. 

946 — Mussleman,  Albert  Cloyd. 

291 — Leach,  George. 
1012 — Goss    John    Reed. 

812 — Spotts,  Fred  Roy. 

554 — Kratzer,  Elmer  Benjamin. 

454 — Oldt,   Peter   Paul. 
1079 — Foltz,  Ralph  B. 

962 — Row,    Charles    Benjamin. 

953 — Phillips,  Edward  Albert. 
13 — Herman,  Reid  McKinley. 
20 — Knause,  Francis  Sylvester. 

835 — Forry,  Chas.  H. 

467 — Bachman,  Jay  Renninger. 


319 — Swineford,  John  Albert. 

999 — Bingaman,  Chas.  Frederick. 

131 — Albert,    Edward    Frederick. 
87 — Kern,   Henry  Andrew. 

915 — Gemberling,  Calvin. 

315— Sheaffer,    George    McClellan. 

476 — Fowler,  William  Edward. 
1196 — Markley,  Norman  Samuel. 

313— Sheaffer,    Charles. 

270 — Hayes,  Howard  Emerson. 

928 — Kemmerer,    David    Sylvester. 

543 — Hummell,  Clarence  George. 

397 — Mitchell,  Robert  Simon. 

339 — Heimbach,    Frank    Edgar. 

348 — Swartzlander,  Franklin  Cloyd. 

318 — Shellenberger,  Harry. 

516 — VanHorn,  Lawrence  Randolph. 

491 — Long,  Samuel  Daniel. 

720 — Page,  Allen. 

190 — Snyder,    John    Roman. 

279 — Herrold,    Geo.    Allen. 

844— Graybill,  Floyd  Cleveland. 

716 — Musselman,    Norman    Luther. 
1082— Foltz,    Harry   H. 
1113 — Reinard,   William. 

887 — Bendigo,    Elmer    Isaiah. 
37 — Swartz,  Carl  Calvin. 

910 — Fisher,  Ray  Stewart. 

413 — Walter,  Nelson  Darvin. 
1033 — Mitchell    Palmer  Sebastian. 

887—? 

903— Duck,    William    Hall. 

697 — Good,   Arthur  Wilmer. 

210 — Bowersox,  Homer  Boyde. 

381 — Hommel,   Oliver  Newton. 

594 — Buffington,  Lester  Clayton. 

494 — Maneval.    Charles  Josiah. 
95 — Saylor,  Melvin  Gordon. 

498 — Moyer,    Harry    Edward. 

545 — Heimbach,  Levi  Henry. 
92 — Rine,  John  Barner. 

831 — Bressler,  William  Harrison. 

306— Rice,   Thomas  Edward. 

998 — Bingaman,   Henry  Jacob. 

517 — VonHorn,  Earl  Blanchard. 

696 — Fry,  Chas.  Roy. 
50 — Freed,  Edwin  Ritzman. 

244 — Ritter,  Lartie  William. 

153 — Hollabaugh,  Orman,  McKinley. 
1017 — Jenkins,    Chas.    Elmer. 

231 — Moyer,    Haven    John. 

969 — Stetler,  John  Fartler  Peter. 
34 — Smith,   Ira   Clayton. 

761 — Graham,   John   Levi. 
1190 — Lenig,   Edgar  Allen. 

787 — Newman,    Chas.    Jonathan. 

680 — Yeager,   James   Benjamin. 
81 — Follmer,    James    William. 

288 — Kerstetter,  Harry  Milton. 
1186 — Kissinger,   Darlington   Peter. 

826 — Apple*    George    Eusene. 

296 — Nicholas,   Millard  Emerson. 

489 — Kline,  Waldo  Ralph. 


146 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


1005 — Felker,    Erman    Berk. 

380 — Hassinger,  Harry  Boyer. 
1208 — Ritter,    Elmer    Roy. 

395 — Klo«e,  Harry  Schoch. 
27 — Lose,  Ira. 

547 — Heintzelman,  Hartey  Palmer. 
1125 — Sechrist,    Claude    J. 

884 — Aikens,  Claude  Gitt. 

943 — Mull,   Frank  Daniel. 

798 — Straub,  Jacob  Michael. 

132 — Aurand,  Henry  Zuard. 

589 — Bowes,  Leroy  Newton. 

834 — Forrey,  Francis  Edward. 

325 — Weiser,  Harvey. 

289 — Leach,  Cloyd  Arlington. 
1093 — Hoover,  Francis  O. 

443 — Kline,  Barnhard  Oscar. 
24 — Krebs,  Foster  Isaac. 

951 — otto.   Theodore   Grant. 

779 — Mengle,  James  Francis. 

558 — Kinney,  Elmer. 

389 — Hackenberg,  Henry  Milton. 
1162 — Eisenhauer,   Carl  R. 
1047 — Swanger,  Chas.  Harrison. 

728 — Stuck,  Lincoln  Solan. 

690 — Erdley,  Miles  Boyer. 
1133 — Stahl,   Robert. 

149 — Goss,   Harry   Soloman. 

482 — Hummel,  Philip  Norman. 
97 — Saylor,  Hurley  Lester. 

219 — Hackenburg,  Jacob  William. 

693 — Flickinger,    Harry    Stewart. 

839 — Ferster,  Ellis  Eugene. 
45 — Aigler,  John  Wilmer. 

605 — Frymire,   Harry   Isaac. 

687 — Baley.  Cloyd  Sylvester. 

18G — Stimely,  Harry  Franklin. 
1135 — Stroh,  James  Blain. 

541 — Hollenbach,  Arthur  Jacob. 

247 — Sampsell,  George  Hop. 

179 — Stimley,  David  Frederick. 

684 — Beaver,  Martin  Frederick. 

997 — Benfer,    Chas.    Philip. 

922 — Hassinger,  Homer  Harrison. 

253 — Walter,   Ira  Adam. 

263 — Dangler,    Russell. 

577 — Aurand,  James  Wilson. 

732 — Witmer,    Calvin    Arthur. 

661 — Meiser,   Riley. 

727— Swope,  John  Phillip. 

584 — Boust,  Charles  Merrill. 

496 — Musser,  William  Clement. 

811 — Shadle,   Lee   Albert. 
12 — Gearhart,    John    Jacob. 

897 — Bingaman,  William  Wilson. 

748 — Brosius.    George    N. 

108 — Goss,    Lewis   Hiram. 

178 — Rager,  Earl  Jacob. 

377 — Gill,  James  Roswell. 
9 — Fuhrman,   Cloyd  Irvin. 

347 — Ocker,    Homer    David. 
70 — Bingaman,  Max  Harrison. 
16 — Hartman,  Samuel  Luther. 

952 — Ott,    Norman    Garard. 


595 — Berge,    Ira    Frederick. 

789 — Rauch,   Chas.   William. 

849 — Helwig,    Geo.    William. 

134 — Bishop,  Henry  Albert. 

607 — Fisher,  Ervin  A. 

374 — Felmey,   John   Edgar. 
1219 — Steffen,    Henry    Edward. 

925 — Jennings,    Chas.    Townsend. 

173 — Pick,  Daniel  Edmund. 

184 — Steininger,   Lester  William. 

819 — Willow,   Edward  Jerome. 

166 — Marks,    Franklin    Lester. 
1039 — Mattern,    Marion    Frank. 

474 — Erdley,    John    Adam. 
60 — Ritter,  Reed  Walker. 

518 — Wetzel,  Russel  Bingaman. 

759 — Goodling,  John  Robert. 

208 — Bingaman,  Reno  Edgar. 

293 — Leach,   Thomas. 

771 — Kerstetter,   Cloyd   S. 

785 — Neitz.  Frank. 

404 — Shambach,  Cloyd  Elsworth. 

137 — Brininger,    Samuel. 

369 — Dreese,  Charles  Oscar. 

575 — Wagner,  Milton  Elmer. 

277— Hile,  William  Henry. 

987 — Wallace,    William   Joe. 

411 — Walter,  Ernest  Prutzman. 
80 — Engle,   Charles  Albert. 

266 — Eisenhart     Daniel    Clayton. 

123 — Snook,  Walker  Woods. 

249 — Sanders,  Jacob   Ocker. 

204 — Beachel,  Irvin  Jacob. 

387 — Hassinger,  Charles  Isaac. 
1085 — Glase,  Harry. 

921 — Hare,  William  Arthur. 
1182 — Jones,   William    David. 

138 — Bilger,  Arthur  Samuel. 
57 — Long,  Abner  Ray. 

159 — Kratzer,  John  Ammon. 

419 — Bilger,    Harvey   Foster. 

197 — Wagner,  Clair  Andrew. 

338 — Hummel,   Harvey  Foster. 

165 — Lose,  John   Edward. 

767 — Heim,  Robert  Maurice. 
1193 — Long,  Dwight  Elmer. 

334 — Duck,    Charles    Franklin. 

386 — Humphrey    Charles  Edwin. 
1001 — Ewing,    Ira    Robert. 

252 — Wise,  Samuel  Ervin. 
78 — Dreese,  Palmer  Edwin. 

703 — Krouse,    Clarence    Louis. 
1041 — Pawling,    William    Robert. 
1229 — Wagner,  Cloyd  Walter. 

T,44 — Shadel,    William. 

6P3 — Brookhart,    Nevin    Guy. 
1062 — Arnold,  Lafayette. 

412 — Walter    Roy  Jacob  Elias. 
1026 — Klinepeter.Frank  Russell. 

996 — Benfer,   Russel   Simon. 

301 — Roush,    Robert    Peter. 
1056 — Wetzel,  George  Felker. 

733 — Wenrich,    Cloyd    Edgatr. 


DRAFT    JULY    20,    1917 


14; 


1044 — Spangler     Jay    Lester. 
587 — Branch,  Paul. 
828 — Arbogast,   Lee  Russell. 

937 — Luck,   George  Isaac. 

490 — Kratzer,    Erney    Palmer. 

340 — Hare,    George    Russell. 

706 — Krouse,  George  Franklin. 

729 — Soloman,  Riley  Lester. 

401 — Spigelmyer,  Chester  Allen. 

719 — Neicewinder,    Monroe    Edwin 

515— Stetler,  William  Harry. 
1100— Kerstetter,   William  H. 

255 — Walter,  Henry  Ralph. 

568 — Roush,    John    Wilson. 
22 — Keister,  Ira  William. 

171 — Pheasant,   Oscar  Warren. 

234— Moyer,    Samuel    Cloyd. 
53 — Hackenburg,  James  Fanten. 

276—  Houseworth,  Cloyd. 

774 — Kepler   Homer. 

439 — Kline    John   Percival. 

820— Warnets,  Kirb  Allen. 

225 — Jordan,    Cloyd. 

517—? 
1122— Scholl,    Roy    C. 

85— Kern,  James  Franklin. 

893 — Bowes,    Joseph    Everard. 
73 — Cover,  Herbert  Kinsey. 

610 — Gilbert,  George  Clarence. 

1  52 — Howell,  Ralph  Franklin. 

520 — Walter,    Oscar    Hayes. 

967 — Schoch,  Manore  Schnure. 
28 — Mitchell,  Fern  Harden. 

688 — Coleman,   Charles  Calvin. 

472 — Crouse,   Harrj^    Smith. 

484 — Hornbf.rger,  Al   H  Homer. 

722 — Rowe.   Harry  Washington. 

314 — Strawser,    Arthur    Abraham. 

1  62 — Krick,    James    Harvey. 
1006 — Fetterolf,    Ira    Joseph. 

181 — Soles,  John  George. 

632 — Klingler,  John  Franklin. 

599 — Clark,  John  Ellsworth. 

711 — Long,   William  Arthur. 

243 — Rigle,  John  Ammon. 
1206 — Pawling,  Clarence  R. 

686 — Benfer,    Elmer   Franklin. 

170— Oldt.   John   Cloyd. 

367 — Boyer,  Clay  Graham. 

651 — Reigle,  Norman  Edgar. 

324 — Weiser,  Charles. 

502 — Renninger,  Frank  Harrison. 

723— Stetler,    William    Clarence. 

888 — Bower,    Oliver   Fisher. 

101 — Wetzel,    Jacob    Franklin. 

116 — Romig.    Charles    Harrison. 

795 — Shaffer,    Thomas    Aaron. 

535 — Deitrich,  Ray  Yoder. 

1  93 — Wagner,   Erie   Roosevelt. 

333 — Dressier.  Leo.  Albert. 

853 — Losch,  Cloyd  Samuel. 

794— Stahl,    Chas.    Milton. 
1165 — Fensterbush,  Raymond  Chas. 


235- 
971- 
330- 

147 — 
39— 


Musser,   Floyd   Levi. 
Swineford,  Chas.  Selin. 
Bachman,   George   Israel. 
Gramley,  Bruce  Israel. 
Troxell,   Miller   Edwin. 
653 — Reichley,    Bruce    George. 
273 — Heintzelman,  Robert  Franklin. 
670 — Shrawder,    Oliver   Asper. 
510 — Snyder,   Guy  Ambrose. 
917 — Gemberling,  Benj.  Harrison. 

35 — Sassaman,  Isaac  Foster. 
765 — Hoffman,  Herman  Nelson. 

47 — Beachel,  Clarence  Milford. 
936 — Ludwig,  William  Edward. 
HI — Hughes,    Edward    James. 
364 — Bickhart,  George  Alfred. 
125 — Weader,  James  Herby  Adam. 
522— Walter    Ralph  Clayton. 
466 — Wetzel.   Miles  Sanders. 

74 — Camp,  John  Adam. 
626 — Johns,  Paul  Jacob. 
591 — Brouse,  George  Steward. 
503 — Renninger,  George  Henry. 
295 — Moyer,  Geo.  Washington. 
865 — Rhoads,  Clarence  Willow. 
177 — Romig,   John    Wilson. 

I  67 — Narehood,  Cloyd  Josiah. 
201 — Wagner,  William. 

141 — Benfer,  Lester  Abraham. 

754 — Dreese,  Jacob  Jonas. 

908 — Follmer,  Howard  William. 

842 — Goodling,  Albert  L. 
1019 — Kahley,    Harry    Edward. 
1140 — Joel    A.    Tharp. 

708 — Kratzer,   Irvin   Luther. 

992 — Aumiller,    Chas.    Edwin. 

495 — Muster,  Clarence  Walter. 
68 — Beaver,  Roy  Edward. 

654 — Reich,   Clarence  Alfred. 

366 — Brunner,    Carl. 

537 — Dunkelberger,  Samuel  Leavin. 
66 — Zechman,  John  Reedie. 

71  8— Mussleman,    Domer   Henry. 

752 — Chubb,   Chas.   Adam. 

227 — -Kuhns,  Harry  George. 

290 — Leach,  Frank  Alvin. 

399 — Rohland,    Ralph    Walter. 

281 — Hile,  Edward. 

448 — Maurer,  John  Edward. 

673 — Woodling.   William  Franklin. 

464 — Wetzel,   Harry  Alvin. 

730 — Soloman,  Murry. 
1128— Scholl,  Walter  J. 
1089— Herrold    Clarence  W. 

I I  0 — Hawk,    Edward    William. 
512 — Smith,   Frank   Frederick. 
894 — Bolig,   Chas.   Nelson. 
370 — Dersham,  Paul  Leroy. 

1124 — Stauffer,    James. 
898 — Clark,   Russell   Sage. 
143 — Erb.    Alcey    Glenn. 
120 — Romig,   William    Chester. 
434 — Herman,  Palmer  Harvey. 


148 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


256 — Walter,  Harry  Price. 

621 — Herman,  Simon  Frederick. 

660 — Mull,   Calvin   Elias. 
1060 — Young,  Roy  Chas. 
1203 — Moyej,   Chas.   Newton. 

485 — Heim,  Jay  Harrison. 

2 — Bingaman,    William    Franklin. 

264 — Dressier,   Peter. 
1088 — Gougler,'  Francis   D. 

215 — Berger,    Urie    Lester. 

500 — Predix,  Martin  Luther. 

385 — Hartman,  Henry  Charles. 
1130 — Scholl,  Francis  M. 

3 — Bowersox,    Frank   Jacob. 
1157 — Cogley,    William    Henry. 

710 — Kuster,    Jacob    Henry. 

678 — Young,    Russell    Howard. 

118 — Romig,    James    Franklin. 

701 — Hoover,    Henry    Nelson. 

508— -Roush.   Ralph   Andrew. 

505 — Roush,    George   Henry. 

737 — Witmer,    Ralph. 

220 — Hummel,   Elias  Henry. 

813 — Shaffer,  Foster  Edgar. 


304 — Rine,  Samuel  Musser. 
1169 — Gemberlii.g,  Burd  Springman 
876 — Swartz,  Ammon  William. 
384 — Haines,    Merril    Edward. 
188 — Snook,  James  Harrison. 
956 — Rothfuss,    Herman    Levi. 
471 — Cohen,  Irving  Ralph. 
689 — Erdley,   Victor   Calvin. 
698 — Hoover,   John   Sherman. 
261 — Walter,   Chas.  Elswort. 
907 — Fisher,    Samuel    Earl. 
172 — Parson,  Meade  Charles. 
200— Will,   John   Howard. 
376 — Gift,   Clark  Thomas. 
192 — Elder,  Spurgeon  Wagner. 
233 — Markel,  John  Allen. 
977 — Van    Devender,    Paul    Homer. 
796 — Snyder,   Calvin. 
578 — Aurand    Omer  Roscoe. 
203 — Broucher,  Charles  Franklin. 
611 — Greiner,   Isaac   Benfer. 
403 — Spigelmyer,  Reed  Edward. 
196 — Warner,   Sydney  Leroy. 


BROOKSIDE  FARM,  NEAR  MILLMONT,    UNION    COUNTY,   PA. 
Owned  By  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Site  where  John  Weierback's    cabin    was    burnt   by    the    Indians    and 
his  two  daughters  captured  and  spirited  away  in   1781,  as  told  in  the  story 
page    137. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


149 


SOLDIERS  BURIED  IN  SNYDER  COUNTY 

LIST  AS  REVISED  UP  TO  MAY  30, 1917  BY  VARIOUS  PERSONS  IN  THE 
VICINITY  OF  THE  BURYING  GROUNDS. 


(Note. — We  do  not  claim  that  this  list  is  complete,  as  many  reporters  fail- 
ed to  send  in  the  names.  The  reader  will  find  a  list  of  Revolutionary  War  Sol- 
diers on  Pages  15  to  30. — Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  Editor.) 


St.     John's    Cemetery,     Chapman. 

Arnold,  John  C,  Corp.  Co.  I.  49th  Regt. 
Pa.  Infantry.  Was  killed  at  Battle 
of  Sailors  Creek,  Va.,  Apr.  6,  1S65. 
Buried  in  Pouplar  Grove  Nat.  Ceme- 
tery, near  Petersburg,  Va. 

Arnold,  M.  P.,  Co.  A.  172  Regt.  died 
1903,    aged   78    years. 

Bender,  Solomon,  Co.  B.  6th  Pa.  Res. 
and  6th  U.  S.  Cav.  died  Dec.  27 
1864,   aged  36  years. 

Dunipher,  Charles,  Co.  A.  172  Ohio  Vol. 
died   1903,   aged   63  years. 

Fox,  Christopher,  9th  Cav.  Co.  P.  46th 
Inf.  Co.  B.  7th  Vet.  Res.  died  1901, 
aged   73   years. 

Frantz,  Uriah,  Co.  I.  177th  Regt.,  died 
1911,   aged  76   years. 

Herrold  J.  G.,  Co.  A.  172  Regt.  died 
June    12,    1902,   aged   61   years. 

Herrold,  M.  R.,  Co.  A.  208  Regt.,  died 
1905,  aged  65  years. 

Herrold,  Philip,  Lieut,  in  Mexican  War, 
died  Mar.   16,   1855  aged  65  years. 

Keller,  John  J.,  Co.  A.  172  Regt.,  died 
1911,   aged   76  years. 

Kerlin,  Peter,  Co.  G.  208  Vol.  P.  V.  I. 
died   June    11,    1876,    aged    43    years. 

Reichenbach,  Amos,  Co.  A.  172,  P.  M. 
died  Aug.   26,   1894,  aged  70  years. 

Rinehard,  Harry  M..  Co.  F.  184th  Regt., 
died  July   12,    1900. 

Roush,  Nathan,  Co.  D.  208th  Regt.,  died 
1903,   aged  78  years. 

Shaffer.  Michael,  Co.  A.  116  Regt.  and 
Co.  F.,  14th  Regt.  died  1900  aged 
64  years. 

Snoke,  John  W.,  Co.  K,  83rd  Regt.,  died 
1902,  aged  60  years. 

Stahl,    Peter,    Co.    A.    172    Regt.    and    Co. 

D.,     208     Regt.,     died     1909,     aged     86 

years. 
Stroh,    H.    J.,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt.,    died 

1895    aged  65  years. 


Williams,  General  E.  C.  Mexican  War 
and  9th  Pa.  Cavalry,  Civil  War,  died 
1900,  aged  80  years. 


Wltmer's    United     Evangelical    Cemetery. 

Campbell,     George,    Co.     A.     208th    Regt., 
aged   76   years. 

Houser,  J.  N.,  died  May  21,  1914. 

Shaffer,   J.    C,    Co.    A.    208th    Regt.,    Died 
Sept.    1,    1911. 

Witmer,    J.    E.,    died    1910. 

Wolf,    Elias,    Co.    E.    9th    Cav..    died   1910. 


Hall's     Church     Cemetery. 

Heckard,    James    P. 

Hei'felfinger,   William,   Co.   K.    83rd  Regt., 
died   April   27,    1887. 

Nichols,   T.   J.,   died   1909. 

Wallace,    William,    Co.    H.    147,   died   Mar. 

18,    1888. 
Weiser,   D.    R.   P.,   Co.    E.    First   Pa.    Cav. 

and     Co.     K.     83rd     Regt.     Inf.,     died 

Jan.    31,    1893. 


Keiser's  Church  Cemetery. 
Auman,  John,  55th  Regt.  died  1879. 
Wrdley,    Elias, 

Miller,    Frederick,    War    of    1812. 
veitz,    Philip,    War   of   1812. 
Kiegel,    John,    Co.    B.    6th    Pa.    Res.    died 

1867. 
Stahl,  Joel,  G.,   died  Mar.   19th,  1912.  Co. 

I.   49th,    Regt,   P.   I. 
Thursby,  Thomas,  War  of  1812. 
Valborn,    Jacob,    War    of    1812. 


Paradise     Church. 
Arnold,   S.   B.,  Died  Dec.  18,  1911. 
Helt,     David,    died    1906. 
Neitz,    P.    C,    Co.    I.    49th   Regt. 
Price,    David,    Co.    G.    16th   Cav. 
Shaffer,  Henry  K.,  Co.  L   53rd  Regt. 


150 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Wltmer's    Evangelical    Cemetery. 

Bogar,    Jerry,    Quartermaster,    18th    Em- 
ergency. 
Heintzelman,   Lieut.    Col.    M.    T.,   Lt.    Col. 

208th    Regt.      and      Major      of    172nd 

Regt. 
Krebs,    Uriah,    9th   Pa.    Cav.,    died    Sept. 

29,    1868. 
Michael,    William,    Co.    C.    21st    Cav. 
Neitz,  Daniel. 
Neitz,    George,    Co.    D.    18th    Emergency, 

died   1868. 
Relf,    Franklin,    Co.    B.    6th    Reserves. 
Shaffer,  J.    George,  Co.   C.  21st  Pa.   Cav. 

died   Nov.   15,    1865,  aged  16  years. 
Sholly,    Michael,    Co.    A.,    172    P.    M.    died 

April  25,   1873. 
Snyder,    Thomas   C,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt., 

died   Oct.    5,   1893. 
Snyder,    William   C,   Co.   D.,   208th   Regt., 

died  April  30,   1868. 
Stahl,   William. 
Strawser,  Geo.  W.,  Co.  F.,  184  Regt. 

Zlon's     Church     Cemetery. 
Charles,   Frank  F.,   Co.   C.    21st  Pa.   Cav. 

died   May    27,    1865,    aged    19    years. 
Charles,    Israel    F.,    Co.    A.    208th    Regt. 

died  July   12,   1901,   aged   80    years. 
Houtz,     Jacob     C,    Co.     A.     208th    Regt., 

died  Mar.   8,  1895. 
Kelly,    Hiram,    Co.    A.,    172nd    Regt,    died 

Feb.   27,  1901. 
Mullner,    Ludwig,    Co.    I.    51st,    died    Feb. 

19th,    1896. 
Neitz,    Emanuel,    Co.    B.    6th    Res.,    died 

Mar.    29,    1880. 
Stroup,     Jeremiah,    Co.     D.     208th     Regt., 

died   June    3,    1890. 

Grubb's    Church. 
Arnold,    Peter,    Co.    A.    172,    died    Sept.    5, 

1863. 
Brltton,      Joseph,      (Record      from      War 

Dept. ) 
"Private  in  Cap.  Caleb  North's  Co.  in 
Col.  Wayne's  Regt.  raised  in  the  state 
of  Pennsylvania,  (afte  wards  known 
as  5th  Pa.  Regt.)  On  Co.  muster  roll 
of  Jan.  5  to  Nov.  26.  1776.  Roll  dated 
Camp  at  Ticonderotva.  Nov.  26,  1776. 
Enlisted  Feb.    1,   171  o. 

"Second — 2nd  lieutenant  on  pay  roll 
of  Capt.  Joseph  Snrth's  Co.  of  Col. 
Nathaniel  Gist's  Regt.  of  Foot,  com- 
manded by  Col.  Moidecai  Gist,  for 
month  of  Jan.  1778.  Commencement  of 
pay  Jan.  Pay  per  month  ?27.  Time 
of  service  one  month.  Amount  of  pay 
10   pounds  2   shillings  and   6   pence." 

Born  March  7,  1755,  died  Sept.  26,  18,50 
aged  75  years,  6  months  and  19  days. 
He  owned  the  farm  lately  occupied  by 
Thomas  Page. 

Cornwall,   Thomas  A.,  Co.   A.   172nd   Rest. 
Derr,    Christian,   Co.    I.   172nd   Regt.,    died 

Aug.    3,    1863. 
Elsenhart,    Gabriel. 
Fisher,    John,    Co.    A.    172,    died    April    9, 

1863. 
Gaugler,  Jacob,  Co.   I.,   172nd. 
Lonsacre,     Peter,     War     of     1812,       born 

March    27,    1789,    died    Dec.     31,    1843, 

aged  54  years. 
Reichenbach,    Jacob,     unmarked. 
Richter,    Christian,    said    to   have   been    a 

Revolutionary   War    Soldier. 
Scholl,   Henry  K.,   Co.   A.   172. 
Shaffer, .  Jacob    S.,    Co.     K.,    2nd    Heavy 

Artillery,   died    1911,   aged   65   years. 


Shemorry,  John,  War  of  1812,  carpen- 
ter who  built  Grubb's  Church,  died 
1886,  aged  95  years.  This  man's 
father  was  the  first  grown  person 
buried  in  Grubb's  cemetery  and  is 
reputed  to  have  been  a  soldier  in 
the    Revolutionary   War. 

Snyder,  Henry  B.,  Co.  F.  172nd,  diec 
Jan.    5,   1890. 

Strawser,  Samuel  H.,  Co.  A.  172,  died 
Aug.    1,    1886. 

Troup,  Benjamin,  2nd  Heavy  Artillery. 
Mexican  War. 

Troup,  Frederick,  Private  of  Capt.  Jos. 
L.  Indell's  Co.  L.,  Second  Regt.  of 
Artillery,  Pa.  "Vet.  He  enlisted  Feb. 
27,  1864  to  serve  3  years.  Was  dis- 
charged Jan.  29,  1866.  He  died  Apr. 
25,   1884. 

Troup,    John,    Mexican    War,    born    Jan. 
12,    1778,    died    Sept.     6,    1848,      aged 
70  years,   7  months  and  24  days. 
It    is     said    there    are    seven     soldiers 

»f    the    War    of    1812    in    this    cemetery, 

hence  they  are  not  all  reported. 


ARBOGAST'S    CHURCH 
Bargo,    Fred,    died   Feb.    6,    1868. 

Neitz,  Levi,  Co.  I.  53  Regt.  P.  V.  I.,  died 
Mar.  7,  1909,  aged  72  yr.  2  mo.  and 
20    days. 

Goodling,  Absalom,  Co.   F.   21st  Regt.  P. 
V.    I.,    died    May    12,    1863,    aged    19 
yrs.   3   months  and   4   days. 
Several   unknown  soldiers  buried  here. 


Stauffer's    Church. 
Stauffer,    died   Feb.    13,    1869. 


Portzllne's     church. 
Portzllne,     Silas,     Co.     B.     7th     Pa.       Re- 
serves, died  Nov.  9,  1863,  aged  27  yrs. 
3  months. 


St.  Thomas. 

Wallace,  Wm. 

Hilbert,  John,  Co.  J.  7th  Regt.  Pa.,  died 

Jan.  19,  1911,  aged  67  yrs.  10  months 

and    1    day. 
Hilbert,  Jonathan,  died  Nov.  3,  1900,  aged 

67  yrs.  11  months  and  2  days. 
Walls,  Wm.,  Co.  H.  1  Regt.  Died  Oct.  10, 

1902,    aged    60    yrs. 
Walter,  John,  Co.  K.   90th  Regt.  and  Co. 

K.    11    Regt.   Pa.   Died  Dec.    30,    1914, 

aged    84   yrs. 


St.    Paul    Cemetery. 

Brown,     Daniel. 

Shetteiiy,    Isaac,      Co.    A.    172nd    Regt. 


Old    Lutheran   Cemetery,   Sellnsgrove. 
Adams,    George,    War    of    1812. 
Hagerty,    John,    Civil    War. 
Hosterman,      Col.    Peter,        Revolutionary 
War. 

We  have  no  record  of  his  services, 
except  that  he  was  a  private  of  Capt. 
Benj.     Weiser's    Co.  at      Philadelphia, 

January  30,  1777.  He  was  a  heavy  land 
owner  in  Penns  township,  Northumber- 
land county.  He  received  from  the 
state  the  following  warrants  for  land: 
(1)  Lot  No.  281,  Sunbury,  August  12, 
1774;    (2)    In    partnership    with    L.    Huls- 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


151 


worth,  600  acres  in  Penn  township,  Sept. 
4,  1786;  (3)  In  partnership  with  Joseph 
Debler,  300  acres  in  Penn  township, 
June  4,  1792;  (4)  100  acres  in  Penn 
Twp.,  December  31,  1792;  (5)  150  acre 
tract  and  40  acre  tract  in  Penn  Twp., 
February  4,  1794.  In  1780  he  was  as- 
sessed in  Penn  Twp.  with  400  acres;  in 
1781,  450  acres;  in  1783-4-5,  500  acres; 
in   1787,    612    acres. 

Col.  Peter  Hosterman.  Meginnes'  Otzin- 
achson  (1889)  says  that  Michael 
Campbell  of  Capt.  Repnolds  Co.,  Col. 
Peter  Hosterman' s  3rd  bat.  was  kill- 
ed by  Indians,   June   10,   1778. 

Hughes,   Charles,   Civil  War. 

Hummel,    Jacob,    War    of    1812. 

Jarrett,    Henry,    Civil    War. 

Keely,    Henry,    War    of    1812. 

Schroyer,  Lewis  C,  Co.  G.  147,  died  Jan. 
17,    1863. 

Snyder,  Simon,  Governor  of  Penna.  1809- 
17.  War  Governor  of  War  of  1812. 

Stitzer,    William,    Co.    I.    49th    Inf. 

Ulrich,    Benjamin,   War  of  1812. 

Ulrich,  John  George,  was  a  member  of 
Capt.  Clarke's  Company,  Revolution- 
ary War.  He  was  born  Feb.  3, 
1753;  died  April  17,  1824,  aged  72 
years. 

Weiser,  Captain  Conrad,  Revolutionary 
War,  born  Aug.  30,  1749.  and  died 
1803. 


New   Lutheran   Cemetery,   Selinsgrove. 

Alleman,    Horace,    Esq.,    18th    Pa.    Militia. 

Albert,  Peter  S.,  208th  Regt.  P.  V.  I. 
Band. 

App,    John,    War    of   1812,    born    Sept.    22, 
1793;       died    May    3,     1876.       aged     S 
years. 

Crissinger,  Nathan,  172  Drafted  Militia, 
died  Jan.   25,   1863. 

Davis,  Captain  C.  S.,  Co.  G.  147  P.  V. 
I.,  fell  while  gallantly  leading  his 
command  in  charge  at  the  battle  of 
Ringgold,    Ga.,    Nov.    28,    1863. 

Forgy,  Casper  D.,   Co.   E.    11th   Regt.  Cav 

Gaugler,  William,  War  of  1812,  born 
May  6,  1793.  died  Dec.  11,  1870,  aged 
77  years. 

'Sushman,   George. 

Haffley,  Uriah  P.,  Co.  G.  147,  P.  V.  I., 
died   June   5,   1893,   aged   52  years. 

Hall.      Rev.       O.    L.,      Co.      G.       147        P. 
V.    I.,    died    Nov.     30,    1862,    aged      33 
years, 
laipt,    Edward    J.,    Co.    D,    208th    Regt., 

Flet trick,  Daniel,   Civil   War. 

Hower,   Chas..   Quartermaster,   172   Regt. 

Lloyd.    James,   Co.    G.    117    Regt. 

Long,   Joseph,   Civil  War. 

Miller.    Charles    B..    Co.    D..    208th    Recrt. 

Mover.   Jeremiah,   Co.   G.   147th   P.   V.   I. 

Miller.    Philip. 

Mussleman,   Jacob.   Co.   H.   147th    Regt. 

Rarick,  John  B.,  Co.  B.  6th  Pa.  Re- 
serves,   di^d   Mar.    1,   1889. 

Riegel,  J.  J.  Co.  G.  147,  died  Jan.  15, 
1873. 

Rohhack,    Major    Elias    P..    74th    P.    V.    I. 

Sears,    William,    Civil    War. 

Seesholtz,    David    R.,    Civil    War. 

Seesholtz,    Samuel   H,    Co.    B.,    6th    Res. 

Selin,    Captain    Anthony    G.,    Revolution- 
ary War.     Founder  of  Selinsgrove. 
He    commanded    the    second    Company 

in     the     Baron     De     Ottendorff's     Corps. 

which     was    recruited    in    the    Spring    of 

1777,  and  continued   in   service  until   1780, 

being    ultimately    merged    into    Armand's 


Legion.  He  was  commissioned  by  Con- 
gress Dec.  10,  1776.  His  children  were 
Anthony,  Charles  and  Agnes.  His  wife 
was  a  sister  of  Governor  Snyder,  and 
Selin  purchased  the  ground  on  which 
the  town  now  is,  at  the  death  of  his 
brother-in-law,  John  Snyder.  Finding 
Snyder's  plot  would  not  fit,  he  resur- 
veyed  the  ground,  laid  it  out  anew,  and 
named  it.  His  son,  Anthony  Charles, 
was  a  Major  in  the  War  of  1812.  The 
widow  of  the  latter,  Mrs.  Catharine 
Selin,  died  at  the  residence  of  her  son- 
in-law,  Robert  Swineford,  in  Selinsgrove, 
Nov.  3,  1868,  aged  82,  the  last  of  the 
family  name  in  the  United  States. 
Schroyer,    Michael      S.,    Sergt.    Co.   G.    147 

P.   .    I. 
Showalter,    Samuel,    Co.    D.    78th    Regt. 
Snyder,    Major    Henry   W.,    paymaster    U. 

S.    Army,    born    Julv    20,    1797,      died 

April    18,    1866    at    Fort    Leavenworth, 

Kans. 
Pnyder,  Captain  John,   War  of  1812,   born 

Jan   29,   1793;    died  Aug.   16,    1850. 
Starks,    Robert  T..   45th  P.   V.   I. 
Ulrich,   John,   War  of   1812. 
Von   Neida,      Geo.    W.,    Corp.    Co.    G.,    147 

P.    V.    I. 


Reformed    Cemetery,     Selinsgrove. 
Burlew,   John,   Civil  War. 

Gemberling,  Paul,  Co.  D.  208th  Regt., 
died   April   25,    1883,  aged   64  years. 

Gemberling,  William,  H,  Lieut.  Co.  D. 
208th  Regt.,  died  Dec.  4,  1893,  aged 
62   years. 

Hehn,  Capt.  John,  War  of  1812,  born 
June  4,   1791;  died  March  9,   1876. 

Hehn,  Michael,  Civil  War,  died  Sept. 
17     1889 

Keller,    George    F,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt. 

Long,    Calvin.    Co.    G.    147    P.    V.    I. 

Long,    John    F,    Co.    D.    74th    Regt. 

Long,  Samuel,  Co.  F.  172  Regt.,  died 
Nov.    4,    1890. 

Moyer,  Chas.  C,  Co.  D.,  5th  Pa.  Re- 
serves. # 

Smith,    Hiram,    172nd    Drafted    Militia. 


Baker      Cemetery      Selinsgrove. 
Bolig,    Henry,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt. 
Fisher,     Moses,    Militia.    '62. 
Georkev,     Dr.     Edward,     surgeon,       born 

April    26,    1816:    died,    June    16,    1887. 
Gregory,    Solomon,    Teamster,    Civil   War. 
Kreamer,    Daniel   W.,    Co.    G.    147th   Regt., 

died    Mar.    6,    1897,    aged    76    years. 
Schroyer,    Lieut.    William   H.,    Co.    G.    147, 

died    at    Aqua    Creek    Landing,    May 

17,    1863. 
Ulrich,    Lot,    Co.    G.    147    P.    V.    I.,    died 

Feb.    11,    1880. 
Wenrich,   John,    Co.    D.    208th   Regt.,    died 

Dec.    29.    1880 


Wagenseiier's     Union     Cemetery,     Selins- 

qrovis. 
Benner,      Henry,   Co.    D.,   110th  P.   V.   I. 
Baker.    Henry   W.,    Co.    G.    147th    Regt. 
Baker,    Lorenzo    D.,    18th    Pa.    Militia. 
Bobb,    Lewis,    Co.    F.    131st    Regt. 
Bolig,    B.    Frank,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt. 
Bower,    Harris   H., 
Ruvns.    Jacob.    Co.    A.    172nd    Regt. 
Burns,    Lot.,    Co.    D,    76th    P.    V.    I. 
Bvers,    Capt.    William,    Co.    I.    49th   P.    V. 

I. 
Bvers,    George,    Surgeon. 
Charles,    Henry    F.,    Co.    F.,    131st    P,    V. 

I. 


152 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Christ,    William,    Co.    D.,    20Sth    Regt.    P. 

V.  I. 
Cooper,   John  L.,   Co.   C.   131   Penna.  Vol. 

Died  June  14,   1915. 
Day,     Rev.     Dr.     David    A.,     Civil    War, 
born    Feb.    8,    1851.    and    died    in    Af- 
rica    while    serving   as    a   Missionary. 
Rev    Day  went  into  the  service  as  a 
Hostler  at  the  age  of  10  years,   lat- 
er becoming  a  private  soldier. 
Elliott,   Daniel,  Civil  War. 
Fink,  Porter,   84th  P.  V.  I. 
Fry,    Benjamin    D.,    Co.    D.,    5th    Pa.    Re- 
serves. 
Glover,    Joseph    S.,    Co.    F.,    131st    Regt., 

died    Feb.    5,    1887. 
Hains,    Casper.    Co.    D.,    208th    Regt. 
Jarrett,  Percival,  H.,  Co.   D.   84th     P.  V. 

I. 
Jones,    E.    B.,    Civil    War. 
Kantz,  J.   Peter,   Co.   D.,   208th  Regt. 
Keiser,  Percival,  208th,  P.   V.  I. 
Keller,    David,    Civil    War. 
Keller,   Frank   W.,   1st  Lieut.   Co.   D.,   3rd 
Div.     9th     A.     C.     208th     Regt.,     died 
March    26,    1865,    aged    36   years. 
Keller,    Jacob,    Co.    I.    49th    Regt.,      died 

Aug.   5,    1886. 
Kinney,  Wilson,     Co.   D.,  78th  Regiment. 
Laudenslager,    D.    W.,   Civil   War. 
Lochman,  William,    (Colored)   Co.   G.   5oth 

Reg.   Mass.   Infantry. 
Lumbard,   J.   A.,   Co.   G.   147   Regt. 
McBay,  John  W.,  Co.   F.    131st,   died  Nov. 

18,  1862,  aged  29  years. 
Millhoff,    William,    Co.    H.,    49th    Regt. 
Noll,   William,   49th,   P.   V.   I. 
Miller,    Henry     J.,     Co.     F.,    131st    Regt., 

died   Sept.    29,    1862,    aged   20   years. 
Parks,    Calvin    E.,    Co.    G.,    147th    Regt.. 

died  Nov.   26,   1884,  aged  40  years. 
Peck,    Simon   B.,    Co.    D.,    78th    Regt. 
Pine,    H.    H.,    133    Regt.    Missouri    Vols. 
Potter    A.   W.,  Corporal,   F.,   46th  Militia. 
Rohrbach     H.    A.,    Co.    E.    208th    Regt. 
Rohrabach,   Harris,   208th   Regt.   Band,   P. 

V.     I. 
Romig,     Isaac    D.,     Co.     F.     172nd     Regt.. 
killed      in       a    railroad    collision      at 
Kreamer,    Pa.,    Jan.    25,    1895. 
Row,   Edward,  18th   Penna.   Militia. 
Schaffer,   Michael,   Co.    G.,    147    P.    V.    I. 
Schoch,    Henry,    Civil   War,    died    Nov.    2. 

1 898 
Schoch.   John.   Pa.   Militia. 
Seesholtz,   Samuel   W.,   Co.   D„   208th. 
Smith,    Benjamin    J.,    74th    Regt. 
Spahr,   John,   Co.   F.,    131st   Rest. 
Springer,    Joseph,    Co.    F.    172nd. 
Stauffer,    Daniel,    Co.    D.    208th    Regt. 
Seebold,   Calvin,    Co.    C,    21st    Pennsylva- 
nia   Cav.,     enlisted    for    three    years 
and    upon    the    expiration    of  his 

term     of     service,     again     re-enlisted 
till    the    war    was    over.      Died    June 
17,   1912. 
Stroh,    Andrew    J.,    Civil    War. 
Van    Buskirk,    Dr.    B.    F.,      Co.    D.,      18th 

P.    M. 
Wagenseller,   John,   Civil   War,   born   July 

16,  1845;  died  in  Bloomsburg,  Pa. 
Wagenseller,  William  Jeremiah,  born 
March  23,  1839,  enlisted  Oct.  28. 
1862  as  Corporal,  Co.  F.,  172nd  Regt. 
P.  D.  M.  First  enlistment  expired 
and  he  was  discharged  Jan  28,  1863. 
Re-enlisted  in  Co.  D.,  208th  Rest. 
P.  V.  I.,  Sept.  5,  1864.  Was  com- 
missioned Sergeant  Oct.  5,  1864  at 
Bermuda  Hundred,  and  mustered  out 
June  1,  1865  at  close  of  war.  Died 
Aug.    3,   1895,   aged   56  years. 


Wagenseller,  Dr.  B.  F.,  Surgeon,  139th, 
158  and  201st  Regts,  P.  V.  I.  born 
Feb.  17,  1838,  died  Dec.  20,  1913,  ag 
ed  76  years. 

Wagner,  Jacob  S.,  Co.  E.,  208th  Regt., 
died  April  20,   1889,  aged  53  years. 

Walborn,    John,    Co.    I.    49th    P.    I. 

Walker,    G.    C,    Civil    War. 

Walter,   Jacob   F..   172nd   Regt. 

Row's  Cht+#ch    Cemetery,   Salem,   Pa. 

Aurand,  Co.  D.,  20th  Regt.  P.  V.,  died 
Feb.    19,    1869. 

Brouse,  Daniel,  Co.  F.,  172nd  Regt.,  died 
Jan.    9,    1884. 

Erdley,    Francis,    Co.    F.,    131st    Regt. 

*  Erdley,  Joel,  Co.  F.,   184th  Regt. 

Gardner,  John,  Co.  F.,  131st  Regt.  Kill- 
ed  at   Fredericksburg,    Va. 

*Gemberling,   Eli,   Co.   F.,   184th  Regt. 

Jarrett,  Jacob,  War  of  1812,  born  Oct. 
10,    1791;    died    Feb.    13,    1873. 

Jarrett,    James,    Civil    War. 

Jarrett,  Franklin.  Co.  D,  52nd.  Regt.  Pa. 
Vols.  3  years,  5  months  some  days, 
Prisoner  of  war,  Andersonville, 
Ga.  Suffered  untold  hardships.  Died 
Mar.    1917. 

Jarrett,    William,    Co.    B.     5th    Reserves. 

Laudenslager,  Henry,  Corp.  Co.  D.  208 
Regt. 

Millhoff,    John,    Co.    G.    147th    Regt. 

Miller,    Daniel    S.,    Co.    H.    51st   P.    V.    I. 

Miller,    William,   Civil   War. 

Miller,  Hon.  Charles.  Co.  D,  18th  Regt. 
Pa.  Vol.  Mil.  Regt.  at  front  during 
battle  of  Antietam. 

Miller,  William  K,  Co.  D.  152nd  Regt., 
Heavy   Artillery. 

Mull,  John,   Co.   G,   147th  P.  V.  I. 

Mull.    William,    Civil    War.         ' 

Mussleman,  John,   Killed  at   Fair  Oak. 

Pawling,  J.  J.,  Co.  F.,  172  Pa.  Militia, 
died    June    10,    1863. 

Row,    Harrison,    Civil    War. 

Row,  Samuel  P.  Capt.  Mitchell's  Com- 
mand, 208  Regt.  Co. 

Reed,  Henry,  (Think  he's  buried  here; 
belongs  here)   Co.  F.  184   Regt. 

Row,  Martin,  Co.  F.,  131st  Regt.,  Killed 
at    Fredericksburg. 

Sipe,  Henry,  Co.  F,  131st  Regt.  Killed 
at  Frederick,  Md.,  and  sent  home 
to   Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Smith,     Jacob     K.,     Co.     D.,    74th     Regt., 
died   Mar.    20,    1887,   aged  49   years. 
Regt. 

Wagner  J.  F.  Co.  F.,  131st  Regt.  kill- 
ed   at    Stafford    Hill     Va. 

Winkleman,    Jacob    Co.    F.     131st. 

Witmer,  Peter,  Born  1737,  in  Germany, 
In  1766  located  one  mile  above  Port 
Trevorton.  His  son,  Peter  born  1760. 
Both  father  and  son  in  Northumber- 
land Co.  Mil.  Rev.  War.  Peter  Wit- 
mer died  1793. 

Woodling,     Elias,    Civil    War,    died    Feb. 
15,    1865. 
*Note.      In   the   list    of    unreturned    sol- 
diers,    W.     J.     Klose    reports    that      Joel 

Erdley    and    Eli    Gemberling      never    re- 
turned from  the   seat  of  war. 


Freeburg    Cemeteries. 
Arbogast     William     Civil    War. 
Bassler,    Jacob,    War    of    1812. 
Birch,     William,     Civil     War,     died     Dec. 
1,     1883,     aged    54    years. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


153 


Boyer,   Christian,   Revolutionary   War. 

Boyer,   Francis   A.,    Civil   War. 

Dauberman,   John   M.,   Civil   War. 

Dill,  Major  Wm.  H.,  Enlisted  as  O.  S.  Co. 
D.,  131st  Regt.  N.  Y.  Vols,  and  was 
promoted  to  Capt.  Co.  I.  118th  Regt. 
Colored  Troops,  through  the  war 
and  was  mustered  out  as  Major. 
Died  May  1,  1886,  aged  44  years, 
while  serving  as  County  Superin- 
tendent. 

Dubbs,   John,    Civil   War. 

Duck,  Jacob    Civil  War. 

Duke,    George,    War    of    1812,    died    Sept. 

22,  1879,    aged    53    years,     4    months 
and   14   days. 

Erlenmeyer,    Gustavus,    Civil    War.     18th 

Pa.    M. 
Goy,    Harry,    Civil    War. 
Goodling,   J.   Wesley,   Regular  Army. 
Gundrum,   John  J.,   Civil  War. 
Hains,   Christopher,   Civil  War. 

Hendricks,   Frederick,    Co.    D.,    76th    Regt. 
Hilbish,   Calvin,  Civil  War. 
Holtzapple,   Geo.   W.,   died  Apr.   22,   1917. 
Hilbish,    Henry,    War    of    181a,    born    May 

23,  H90,    died    Sept.    21,     1858,    aged 
68    years,    3    months   and   28    days. 

Hollenbush,  Dr.  Calvin,  Assistant  Sur- 
geon,   U.    S.    Army,    1861,    born      Aug. 

24,  1830,    died    Aug.    6,    1861,    aged    30 
years,   11   months  and   13  days. 

Huff,  Samuel  P.,  Civil  War,  born  July 
24,  1839,  died  Feb.  12,  1893,  aged  53 
years,   6  months  and   19   days. 

Keck,   Francis,   Civil  War. 

Keeler,  John,  War  of  1812,  born  May  5, 
1794,  died  March  12,  1837,  aged  42 
years,    10    months   and   8    days. 

Keeler,    Levinus,    Civil    War. 

Keeler,  Nathaniel,  Co.  B.  6th  Reserves, 
son  of  Jonas  and  Eliza,  died  April 
14,  1867,  aged  30  years,  one  month 
and  25  days.  He  served  3  years  and 
3  months  in  U.  S.  Army,  Co.  B., 
6th  Pa.  Reserves,  V.  C.  engaged  in 
48  battles;  died  of  diseases  contract- 
ed in   army. 

Knight,  James  W.,  18th  Pa.  M.  born 
Aug.  1,  1839,  died  May  8,  1875,  aged 
35  years,    9    months   and    1   day. 

Kuhn,    Capt.    George,    Co.    I.    172    P.    M. 

Kratzer,   Peter,   Civil  War. 

Maines,    Abner,    Civil    War. 

Maurer,    Henry,    War   of   1812,    born    Aug. 

13,  1778,    died    Aug.    18,    1872,    aged    94 
years  and    5  days. 

Miller,  Sam.  R.,  died  April  15,  1916.  Co. 
I.  49th  Pa.  Volunteer  Infantry. 

Miller,  Charles,  Sergeant  Co.  B.,  6th 
Pa.  Reserves,  born  May  15,  1827, 
died  Oct.  30,  1899,  aged  72  years,  5 
months  and   15   days. 

Millhoff,  Peter,  Civil  War,  born  .lulv  2, 
1831,  died  Aug.  24,  1861,  aged  30 
years,    1    month    and    22    days. 

Rie^el.    H      Frank,    Civil    War. 

Riegle,   Peter     S.,   Civil  War. 

Roush,   Henry  C,  Civil  War. 

Roush,   William,   Civil   War. 

Schaffer,    Joel,    Civil    War. 

Schnee,    Joseph,    Civil    War. 

Sprenkle,    Chas.,    Civil    War. 

Stetler.   Amos,  Civil   War. 

Straub,    George    B.,    Co.    I.    172nd    Regt. 

Weller,    Isaac,    War    of    1812,    died    Nov. 

14,  1868,      aged      76      years      and      P 
months. 

Wert.   Michael,   Civil  War. 

Woodling,     George,      Revolutionary     War. 

Woodling,  Henry,  War  of  1812. 


Shreiner  and   Shamokin    Dam   Cemeteries. 

Bailey,   John   H.,   Co.    I.    49th   Regt. 
Bordner,    Dr.    H.    H,    Civil    War. 
Costley,     Benjamin,    Mexican     War. 
Costley,    Benjamin,      (Colored,)      Co.    D. 

32nd    Col.    Troops. 
Costley,    William,    Mexican    War. 
Deobler,     George,    Mexican    War. 
Duttry,    Conrad,    Civil    War. 
Frymire,    Isaac,    Co.    C,    184th    Regt. 
Gross,    Peter,    Civil    War,    born    Dec.    25 

1822,   died  Dec.   5,   1876,  aged  53  years 

11   months   and  10   days. 
Hartman,    Samuel,    Mexican    War. 
Hane,   George   H.,    Co.    D.,    20Sth    Regt. 
Heiser,    Daniel    B.,    Co.    D,    74th     Regt. 
Hess,    Thomas,    Civil   War. 
Hottenstein,     Iaaac,     Co.     D.,     74th     Regt 

born   Sept.   4,   1796,   died  July   15     1875' 

aged    78    years,    10    months    and       11 

days. 

Hummel,     Captain    Jacob,     War    of    1812 

died    Dec.     17,     1860,     aged    80    years' 

5   months   and   29    days. 
Jarrett,    Daniel,    Co.    C.    47th   Regt. 
.larrett,    Jacob,    Co.    F,    172nd,    died    Nov 

27,    1896,    aged    76   years. 
Keller,    Lewis    D.,    Co.    I.    47th    Regt.,    died 

July       3,       1887,      aged      45    years,     6 

months    and    18    days. 
Keller,    William,    Co.    C.    184,    P.    V.    I. 
Kemrer,    William,    Civil    War 
Noll,    Elias,    Co.    G.    147th    Regt. 
Reed,    Isaac    B.,    Co.    G.,    147th    P     V     I 
Smith,    Henry,    Co.    E.    9th    Pa.    Cavalry. 
Stetler,    Noah,    Co.     C.     74th     Regt.,    born 

Nov.     24,    1827;    died    Sept.     24,     1S97 

aged    69    years   and    10    months. 
Trexler,    Peter,    Civil    War. 
Weaver,     Daniel,     Mexican     War. 
Wilt,    David,    Co.    D.    3rd    P.     V.    I.     died 

Aug.     10,     1876,     aged     68     years,       10 

months  and  5  days. 


Kratzerville     Cemeteries. 

Beaver,  Absalom,  Co.  G.,  131  Regt.  P 
V.  I.  Born  March  23,  1839;  died 
Sept.   18,  1910. 

Biggie  (Bickel),  Jacob,  enlisted  as  a 
private  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
Nov.  5,  1777,  in  Capt.  Martin  Wea- 
ver's Company  of  Lancaster  Co. 
Militia  in  the  service  of  the  U.  S. 
Commanded  by  Col.  John  Rogers. 
He  was  a  pensioner,  Feb.  2,  1833 
at  the  age  of  73.  It  is  said  h'e  was 
born  1757,  died  1852,  aged  95  years 
and  is  the  oldest  man  buried  in 
Kratzerville  cemetery.  He  broughl 
home  from  the  War,  his  musket 
accoutrements  and  uniform  as  rel- 
ics. Married  Maria  Magdalena  Ul- 
ri'ch.  He  spent  his  declining  davs 
with  Samuel  Ulrich  on  farm  now 
owned  by  John  Kline.  (Name  in 
Inscription     book     spelled     Bidel.) 

Boyer,  Emanuel,  Co.  F.,  172  Regt  P 
M.  and  Co.  D.  208  Regt.  P.  v  i' 
Born  May  15,  1831;  died  July  10th' 
1907. 

Brouse,  Peter,  Civil  War.  Born  Aoril 
6,   1842;    died  July  2,   1861. 

Dock.  Frederick,  Civil  War,  born  March 
15,   1831;   died  Nov.   2,   1907. 

Fetter.  Benjamin  War  of  1812.  Born 
June   2,   1794;   died  Nov.   23,    1852. 

Gemberling,  David,  Co.  F,  172nd  Penn. 
Militia  died  March  11,  1891,  aged  52 
years. 


154 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Guise,  Samuel,  "War  of  1812,  born  April 
15,  1792;  died  Aug.  24,  1876,  aged 
84  years,  4  months  and  9  days. 

Heiser,  Jacob,  Civil  War. 

Herman,  Fred,  Civil  War,  born  Decem- 
ber 17,  1837;  died  April  8,  1877,  aged 
39   years. 

Herman,    Michael,    Co.    C,        74th    P.      V. 

1.  Born    May    19,    1844;    died    August 

2,  190S,    aged   64   years. 

Herman,  Simon,  Co.  F.,  174th  Pa.  Mili- 
tia, died  May  10,  1904,  aged  76  years 
6  months  and  14  days. 

Hess,  Joseph,  Civil  War,  died  Nov.  5, 
1889,  aged  46  years,  9  months  and 
27  days.     Co.  I.,   202nd  Regt. 

Hummel,  Fred,  Civil  "War,  born  April 
30th,  1832,  died  June  26,  1865,  aged 
33  years.     Co.  L,  202nd  Regt. 

Klingler,  Peter,  Revolutionary  War  Sol- 
dier, born  in  Berks  Co.,  1756,  liv- 
ed on  the  farm  now  occupied  by 
Elias  Ritter,  near  Kratzerville  and 
died  in  1833,  aged  76  years,  9  mo. 
and  11  days.  Married  Mary  Eliza- 
beth Haag;  had  11  children,  7  sons 
and    four    daughters. 

Kratzer,    Henry,    War    of    1812.  Born 

Sept.   11,   1788;  died  May  19,  1864. 

Millhoff,  Samuel,  Co.  A,  74th  Regt.,  P. 
V.  I.,  died  January  27,  1908,  aged  75 
years. 

Reichlev,  Fred,  Civil  War.  Co.  D.  52nd 
Regt.     Died  Aug.  29. 

Sassaman,  Simon,  Co.  F.,  172nd  Regt., 
P.   M.     Died  Oct.   2,   1863. 

Sholler,  John,  Co.  C,  210th  Regt.,  P.  V. 
I.,   died  April  24,  1898. 

Smith,  John. 

Snyder,  Samuel,  Co.  H.,  51st  Regiment, 
P.  V.  I.,  died  Feb.  11,  1903,  aged 
75  years. 

Zechman,  Edward,  Co.  D,  52nd  Regt., 
P.  V.  I.,  died  August  25,  1865,  aged 
29  years. 


Beaver    Springs    Cemetery,     (Old.) 

Bachman,  H.  I.  Co.  H.  205th  Regiment, 
died   Dec.    25,    1875. 

Sept.  22nd,  1863,  from  wounds  re- 
ceived in  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg,   Va.,    Dec.    13,    1862. 

Getz,   David,   Co.   F.    131st   Regt. 

Gundrum,  S.  J.,  Co.  B.,  6th  Regt.  Pa. 
Reserves,  V.  C.  and  Co.  F.  191st 
Regt.    P.   V.    I.,    died   Nov.    27th,    1891. 

Keompfer,  David,  Co.  F„  131st  P.  V.  I. 
died  June  2nd,   1863. 

Klose.  Reuben,  Co.  H.,  184th  Regt.  P.  V 
and  Co.  H.  36th  Regt.  Pa.  State 
Militia.     Died  March  24,   1891. 

Smith,  W.  H,  Capt.  David  Mitchell's 
Co.  Pa.  State  Malitia,  died  March 
9th,    1876. 

Specht,  Henry  D,  Co.  G.,  6th  Regt.  Pa. 
Reserves.  V.    C,   died  May   30th,    1883. 

Beaver    Springs    Cemetery.    (New.) 

Boyer,  Michael,  Co.  G.,  172nd  Pa.  D  M 
died   Sept.    2nd.    1X9X 

Bilger,  George,  Sergt.,  Co.  1.,  184  P  V 
also  172  P.  D.  M.,  Wounded  at  Hat- 
chers Run,  Va.  Oct.  24,  1864,  died 
March  20,   1912. 


Dunn,    Isaac    S.      Corporal .  Co.    E.    107th 

Regt,   died   Sept.    25th,    1908. 
Ewing,    Wm.    H.    Private,    Co.    B.,    47    P. 

V.,  died     July  29,  1912. 
Getz,   Isaac,   Corporal   Co.   F.,    49th   Regt., 

Died    Nov.    19th     1901. 
Getz      John,     Co.     I.,     184th    Regt,    died 

June  30,   1908. 
Gilbert,  John,  Co.  I.,  184th  Regt,  Pa.  Vol. 

I.  died  May  1,  1898. 
Helfrich,  Wm.,   Co.  D.,   172   Regt.  Pa.  D. 

M.,    died   Nov.    26,    1915. 
Hackenberry,    J.    C.     Co.    I      184th    Regt. 

Pa.  V.  I.  Died  Jan.  27th,  1905. 
Haines,  L.   R.,  Co.,  I.  184th  Regt.  Pa.  V. 

I.  died  July  17,  1908. 
Lepley,    Michael,    Co.    I,    184th    Regt.    P. 

V.   Died  Feb.   10,   1915. 
Laub,    Henry   H.,    Co.    H.    49  th   Regt   Pa. 

Vol.    Inf.    Died   Mar.    13,    1916. 
Lloyd,    Chas.    E.,    Private,    Co.      D.    43   P. 

V.,    also  Co.   E.   51  P.   .V,  Wounded  at 

Spottsylvania,   Va.,   May  12,   1864.    Di- 
ed   March    6,    1912. 

Long,  S  E.,  Co.  D.,  131st  Regt  Died 
Jan.     )8th,    1905.  . 

Manbeck  Philip  J.,  Co.  I.  lS4<m  Regt. 
P.  V.  .&  Co.  G,  172nd  Regt.  P.  D. 
M.,    died   June   24,    1893. 

Oldt,  George,  Co.  G.,  172nd  Regt.  Pa. 
D.  M.,   Died  Jan.   27,   1915. 

Rauch,  Lewis,  Private,  Co.  I.,  184  P. 
V.,  died  April     29,   1913. 

Romig,  Daniel  J.,  Co.  G..  172nd  Regt, 
Pa.   D.   M.   died  Nov.   23,   1908. 

Shannon,  Joseph,  Co.  D.,  74  P.  V.,  died 
Jan.    10th,    1895. 

Smith,  Dr.  A.  M..  Corporal  Co.  I.,  49th 
Regt.,    died   Nov.    22nd,    1909. 

Snook,  J.  G,  Co.  G.,  172nd  P.  D.  M., 
died    Jan.    24th,    1907. 

Specht,  James  W.,  Co.  B.,  2nd  111.  Cav- 
alry,   died   Nov.    5th,   1908. 

Thomas.  William  H,  Co.  E.  53rd  Regt., 
Pa.  V.  I.  died  Dec.  12,  1904. 

Werner,  Samuel,  Co.  E.  1  Regt.  Md.  Vol. 
Cav.,   Died  Sept.   13,    1916. 

Wetzel,  Isaac,  Co.  I.,  184th  Regt.  P.  V.  I. 
died  May  29,  1895  from  cause  of 
wound  received  in  action  in  front  of 
Petersburg,   Va.   Oct   4.    1864. 


Beavertown    Cemetery. 

Aigler,     Reuben,     Co.     G.,     172nd.,     P.     D. 

M.    I.,    born    Dec.    14,    1818,    ded  Oct. 

10,    1893,    aged    74    years,    9      months 

and   26   days. 
Beaver,    Edward,    Co.   I.,    184th   Regt   Pa. 

V.  I.  Died  Nov.  10,  1905. 
Reaver,    William,    Co.    G.    172nd   P.    D.    M. 

I.,     born     March     6,     1819,     died     Feb. 

18,    1896,    aged    76    years,    11    months 

and  12   days. 
Bickel,   Samuel,  Co.   H.,  49th   Regt,  P.   V. 

died   Nov.    30,    1908. 
Bingaman,    J.    F.,    Co.    F.,    147,    P.    V.    L, 

died   May  9,    1889,   aged   67  years. 
Boush,    David,    Co.    I.,    184,    P.    V.    I.    Died 

Aug.   12,  1898. 
Eichinger    (Eighmer,)    Henry     Co.    D.,    76 

P     V.     I.,    died    Nov.     17,    1890,    aged 

55    years. 
Etzler,     Benjamin,     private     in     War     of 

1812,    born    Feb.    12,    1793,    died    May 

14,    1S67,    aged   74   years. 
Feese,   Aaron  J.,   son   of  Jacob   and  Mer- 

rib,    Co.    D.,    74,    P.    V.,    born    Feb.    14, 

1841,    died   in    the   U.    S.    General   hos- 
pital,   Maryland,    April    2,    1865,    aged 

24   years,   1   month   and    6   days. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


155 


Fisher,    Levi,    Co.  G.    172nd    P.    D.    M.    I., 

born     May     9,  1821,     died     Sept.     19, 

1863,    aged    42  years,    4    months    and 
10    days. 

Freed,  Henry   S.,  Co.   I.,   184th   Regt.   P.  I. 

died  June  6,   1885. 
Gilbertt,     William,     Private    Co.     H.,     199 

P.    1.    Volunteers,    died    Sept.    4,    1893. 
Greenhoe,    Reuben,    Co.    G.    172,    P.    D.    M. 

Died  May  28,   1899. 
Haines,    J.    J.,    Corporal   Co.    G.,    172nd    P. 

D.    M.    I.      Born    June    29,    1834;    died 

Oct.    10,   1896. 
Hassinger,     Robert,     Pri.     Co.     G.,     172nd 

Regt.,    Pa.    D.    M. 
Heimbach,    Wm.    N.,    Co.    E.,    115    Regt., 

0.  V.     Died  July  22,  1907. 
Hooven,  Conrad,  Co.  D.  172,  Pa.  D.  M. 
Herbster,    William    H.,    Co.    G.    147,    P.    V. 

I.,   died  Nov.    27,   1895,  aged   55   years. 
3    months    and    25    days. 

Howell.  Ephriam.  Co.  F.  131st  Regt., 
Pa.   V.   I.   died   April   12,    1900. 

Kepner,  William  C,  Mexican  War,  born 
Dec.    8,    1807,    died    Dec.    15,    1893. 

Kinney,  Irwin,  Co.  B.,  184,  P.  V.  I.,  died 
March  12,   1907. 

Kline,  George  A..  To.  F.  131st  Re<rt. 
P.  V.Co.  I.  184th  Regt.  P.  V.  died 
May  24,   1907. 

Mlddlesworth,  Moses,  Co.  F.,  Private 
2nd  Md.  Vol.  (Purnell  Legion)  died 
April    6,    1887. 

Mlddleswarth,  Hon.  Ner,  Captain  Ir 
War  1812,  born  Dec.  12,  1783,  died 
June  2.  1865,  aged  81  years,  5  mo, 
and  20  days.  Member  and  Speak- 
er of  House  of  Representatives  and 
State  Senate  and  National  House  of 
Representatives. 

Moyer,  Israel,  Co.  F.  131st  Regt.,  P.  V.  I. 
died  April   29,   1889. 

Riegel,  Daniel,  Co.  F.   49th  Regt.,  Pa.  V. 

1.  died   Dec.    10,    1901. 

Schroyer,    Henry,    Co.    F.    131,    P.    V.    I., 

died  June  7,   1906. 
Smith,  Jacob  O.,  Co.  I.,  184  Regt.,  P.  V.  I. 

died  Dec.   17,   1907. 
Smith,    W.    O.,    Pri.    Co.    I.    184th    Regt., 

P.   V.   died  Aug.   21,   1914. 
Specht,    Adam,    Private    in    War    of    1812, 

born   July  29,   1784,   died  Nov.   6.    1872, 

aged  88   years,   3  months  and  7   days. 
Specht,    Arthur    B.,     Private    in     Captain 

David    Mitchell's      Independent       Co. 

State   Militia,    died    March    15,    1910. 
Specht,    Flias,    Co.    G.    172.    P.    D.    M.    I.; 

born    March    25,    1820,     died     Feb.     22 

1890,    aged    69    years,    10    months    and 

27   davs. 
Weiand,  Michael,  Co.  I.,  184th  Regt.  P.  V. 

I.  born  Dec.  1,  1821,  died  Jan.  8,  1882, 

aged    60   yrs.,    1    mo.,    and   7    days. 
Weirick,     Emanuel,    Co.    B..    6    Reel     Pa. 
Yerger,  Wm.,  Co.  H.,   147  Regt.  P.  V.  I.. 

Died  Aug.    27,   1915. 

R.   V.   C.  died  Aug.  20,   1877. 
Zechman,      Reuben,       Co.     D.,         P.      V., 

died    Jan.    23,    1902. 

Manbeck's    Cemetery. 

Hackenberry,  Amos  D.,  Co.  D.  74  P.  V. 
I.,  died   April   29,   1894,   aged   53  years. 

Manbeck,  Philip  L.,  Co.  D.,  74,  P.  V., 
died    Oct.    11,    1863. 

Swanger,  Levi,  Co.  D.,  74,  P.  V.  Died 
June  29,  1904. 

Thomas,  Jackson,  Cap.  Mitchells  Inde- 
pendent Co.   Pa.   State  Militia. 

Unangst,  Isaac,  Cap.  Mitchells  Inde- 
pendent Co.  Pa.   State  Militia. 


Troxelville     Cemetery. 

Arnold,    Jno.    A.,    Co.    E.    49,    P.    V.    I. 

Aurand,    James,    Co.    I.,    49,    P.    V.,    died 

Bickel,  Jacob,  Co.  D.  74,  Regt,  died 
March    8,    1910. 

Bingaman,  Frederick,  Soldier  of  the 
Revolutionary  War,  having  served  in 
the  Militia  under  Gen.  James  Pot- 
ter and  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Brandywine,  born  Jan.  15,  1755,  died 
Oct.  30,  1845,  aged  90  years,  9  mo., 
and   14    days. 

Bingaman,  Reuben,  62,  P.  V.  I.,  died 
July    3,    1866,    aged    29    years. 

Bingaman,  William,  Co.  I.  49  P.  V.  I., 
died   in    1864. 

Bingaman,  Josiah,  Capt.  David  Mitchell's 
Ind.  Co.  Pa.  State  M.  Died  Mar.  17, 
1914. 

Bingaman,  Yost  Henry,  War  of  1812, 
member  of  Capt.  Ner  Middleswarth's 
Co.,  died  Nov.  13,  1832,  aged  50 
years,    3    months    and    26    days. 

Bowersox,  Jonathan,  Co.  H,  184  Regt.. 
P.  V.  born  April  15,  1842,  died  April 
10,  1881,  aged  38  years,  11  mo.  and  25 
days. 

Breininger,  Samuel,  Co.  I.,  30th  Regt. 
P.   V.  I.,  died  May  11,  1889. 

Decker,   Levi.,   Co.  K.   205   Regt.  P.  V.   I. 

Ettinger,  William,  Co.  G.,  172,  P.  D.  M. 
born  Dec.  8,  1833,  died  at  Harris- 
burg,  Dec.  2,  1862,  aged  28  years, 
ll    months    and    25    days. 

Ewig,  Michael,  Co.  G.,  172,  P.  D.  M., 
born  Dec.  17,  1818,  died  Nov.  20, 
1896. 

Fuhrman,  Elias,  Co.  G.,  172  P.  D.  M., 
died  Dec.   19,  1899. 

Getz,  Henry,  Co.  F.,  131,  P.  V.  I., 
died    July    14,    1899. 

Gill,  Levi,  Old  Co.  H.  New  Co.  A.,  49, 
P.  V.  I.,  died  May  13,  1892,  aged 
53   years,    1   month   and    25    days. 

Good,  George,  Co.  G.,  172  P.  D.  M.,  born 
Feb.  8,  1829,  died  at  Newport  News, 
Va..  Dec.  12,  1862,  aged  33  years,  10 
mo.    and    4    days. 

Herbster,  Jeremiah,  Co.  G.,  172  Regt., 
Pa.   D.  M.,   died  June  6,  1914. 

Herman,  Anos  H.,  Co.  F.,  131  Regt.  P. 
V.     Died  Sept.   27.   1910. 

Huffnagle,  John  Frederick,  Co.  I.,  49, 
P.  V.  I.,  born  Feb.  23,  1821,  died 
Feb.   20,   1879. 

Kauffman,  Abraham,  Co.  G.,  172  P.  D. 
M.,  died  June  8,  1889. 

Kline,  John,  War  of  1812,  was  a  Lieu- 
tenant in  Capt.  Ner  Middleswarth's 
Company,  born  Jan  5,  1782,  died 
Jan.    5,    1830}    aged    48    years. 

Knepp,  William  H.,  Co.  C,  3rd  Regt. 
Pa.  Cav  and  Co.  K.  5th  Pa.  Caval- 
rv,  died  June  30,  1905. 

Lepley,   Abraham,   Co.    G.,    172,    P.    D.    M 
died   May    13,    1890,    aged    70    years,    8 
months  and   10  days. 

Moyer,  John,  Co.  H.  53  Regt.,  P.  V.  I. 
Died  Dec.  13,  1915. 

Mover.    Roswell,      Capt.      Mitchell's   Inde- 
pendent Co.    State   Militia,   Died  Aug. 
22,   1908. 

Mnyer,  William  J.,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.. 
P.  V.  died  Nov.   4,  1904. 

Nerhood,  Jacob,  Co.  G.,  147  P.  V.  I.. 
died    Sept.    26,    1893. 

Smith,  Chas.  A,  Co.  49th  Regt.,  P.  V. 
Died   Sept.   5,   1910. 

Smith,  Levi  F.,  Co.  G.,  172  P.  D.  M.  Regt. 
died    Jan.    8,    1904. 


156 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Swartz,  Daniel,  was  a  Soldier  in  War  of 
1812,  a  member  of  Capt.  Ner  Mid- 
dleswarth's  Co.  and  was  stationed  at 
Buffalo,  died  Aug.  24,  1842,  aged  33 
years,  9  month  and  4  days. 

Zechman,  Simon,  Corporal  Co.  F.,  36, 
P.    V.   L,  died  Oct.    28,   1867. 


St.    Paul's    Cemetery. 
Martin,     Jacob,     Co.     G.     6th     Regt. 
Mattern,  John  J.,   Co.  I.   184  P.  V. 
Moyer,    Aaron,    Co.    H.,    36th    Regt.,    died 

April    7,    1897,    aged    58    years. 
Ocker,    Jonathan,    Co.    A.,    46    Pa.    Regt., 

died  Feb.   19,   1882. 
Steely,    William,    Co.     K.,    103    P.    V.    I.. 

died  July    20,    1891. 
Wagner,    John    G.,    Co.     G,     172    P.     M., 

died  July   20,   1891. 


St.    John's    Cemetery. 

Goss,    George,    War    of    1812,    born    Dec. 

31,    1790,    died   Jan.    22,    1873,    aged    79 

years. 
Goss,   Henry   F.,   Co.    G.    172,   P.    M. 
Goss,   Henry   G,   Co.    G.    172,    P.    M.,   died 

May  8,   1894,   aged  73  years. 
Goss.   Peter,  War  of  1812. 
Gross,     Samuel,     Co.     184     Regt     Trans- 
ferred   to    18th    Regt.    V.    R.    C.    Jan. 

25,  1865.     Discharged  July  21,  1865. 
Herbster,    Daniel,    Co.    G.    147,    P.    V.    I.. 

died    May   22,    1886. 
Howell,    Jacob    H.,    Capt    Mitchel's    Inde- 
pendent Co. 
Kerstetter,    William,    Co.    I.,    184th    Regt., 

died  Oct.   25,   1891,  aged   61  years. 
Knepp,  Reuben,   Co.  K.   205     P.  V. 
Maurer,    Solomon,    Co.    G.    172nd    P.    M. 

Private.  Died  May  1815. 
McGlaughlin,   Wm.   Y.,   Civil  War.   Co.  A. 

20th    Penna.    Cav.    served    three    yrs. 

Was  discharged  a  Corp. 
Peters,    Daniel,    Co.    I.,    184th    Regt.,    died 

Nov.    28,    18S6,    aged    61    years. 
Peters,    Emanuel,    Co.    A.,   49    Regt.,   aged 

70  years. 
Peters,    Henry    J.,    Co.    I..    184th    Regt. 
Reitz,    Tobias    E.,    Co.    F.,    210    Regt. 
Ritter,   John,    Civil   War. 
Uomig,    Levi   J.,   Co.    G.,   147. 
Smith,    Joseph,    Co.     I.     184,    Regt.,    died 

Oct.    4,    1880. 
Snook,    Amos,    Co.    G.,    172,    P.    M. 
Snook,     Daniel,     Co.     1.     184,     Regt.,     died 

Feb.    20,    1871. 
Stumpff,    John,    War    of    1812,    died    Feb 

1844,  aged  63  years. 
Stumpff,    William,    War   of   1S12. 
Treaster,    Henry,    51st    Regt. 
Youngman,  Thomas,  War  of  1812. 
Weader,    Moses,    Co.    G.    172    P.    M.,    died 
April    6,    1897,   aged   76   years. 


Baker's     Cemetery. 

Baker,  William,  War  of  1812,  born  July 
12,    1765,    died    Sept.    26,    1863. 

Baumgardner,   Adam,  Co.   I.,   184,   P.   V.   I. 

Breininger,   Henry,    War   of    1812. 

Manheck,  Jackson,  Civil  War. 

Swanger,    Isaac,    Co.    D.   74th   P.      V. 

Treaster,    Levi    B.,    Co.    I.    184,    P.    V.    I. 

Walburn,  Jonas,  Civil  War  Private 
Died   Aug.    1914. 


Samuel's     Cemetery. 
(Decatur   Twp.,    Mifflin    County.) 

Arnold,  Jacob  H.,  Private  Co.  H.  4th 
Reg.  U.  S.  Regulars.  Died  Oct.  1915. 

Aurand,   Isaac,    Civil   War 

Davis,    Elisha    J.,    Civil   War. 

Eberhart.    Bernhart.    War    of    1812. 

Eebrhart,  John,  War  of  1812. 

Folk,    John,    War    of    1812. 

Goss,    Aaron,     Co.    I.,    184,    P.    V.     I. 

Hook,    Henry,    49,    P.    V.    I. 

Hook,    Reuben,    Co.    I.    184th   P.    V.    I. 

Krebs,  Jacob,  Co.  G.,  147  Regt.,  aged 
70    years. 

KTebs,   Simon,   Civil  War. 

Lepley,  John,  Co.  A.,  49th  Regt.,  71 
years. 

Lepley,  Michael,  51st  Regt.,  aged  69 
years. 

Mohney,    Jeremiah,    Co.    I.,    184,    P.    V.    I. 

Orwig,  Andrew  Jackson,  Co.  I.  184,  P. 
V.  I.,  born  Oct.  24,  1836,  was  shot 
through  the  lower  jaw  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Va.,  by  a  sharpshoot- 
er from  the  effects  of  which  he 
died  at  Bannerville,  Pa.,  May  16, 
1880. 

Poffman,    Peter,    Civil    War. 

Rager,   Samuel,    Civil   War. 

Rheam,    Jacob,    Co.    I.    184,    P.   V.   1. 

Romig,    Wilson,   Co.   I.,   184,   P.   V.    I. 

Snook,    Joseph,    Co.    C,    67,    P.    V.    I. 

Spigelmyer,    Jacob   H.,    Co.    I.,   184. 

Spigelmyer,     Joseph,     Civil    War. 

Spigelmyer,  Henry  H,  Co.  A.,  49  Regt., 
aged   65   years. 

Spigelmyer,  William  H.,  Co.  I..  18411* 
Regt. 

Treaster,    Lewis,    Co.    I.,    184th    Regt. 

Terrel,    Daniel    G.,   Civil    War. 

Wright,  Thomas  C,  Co.  C,  17th  111. 
Cavalry. 

Yetter,    Moses.    Co.    1.,    184th    Regt. 


Lawver's    Cemetery. 
(Mifflin    County.) 
Smith,    John    I.,    Co.    F,    184th    Regt. 
Snook,    Andrew,    205th    Regt. 
Snook,    Simon,   Co.    K..   205th    Regt. 
Wray,     James,     205th     Regt. 


Kemberling's     Chapel     Cemetery. 
(Mifflin    County.) 
Kemberling,    Robert,    Civil    War. 
LepU'y,    William,    51st    Regt. 
Searer,     Jacob,     Civil     War. 
Thomas.    Benjamin,    49th    Regt.    P.    V.    I. 

McClure     Cemetery. 

Bickel,   Aaron,   Private   Co.    D   74th   Reg. 

P.    V.    Died   August    1916. 
Houser,   Henry,   Co.    L.    184    P.    V.   I. 
Huffnagle,    Mark,    Co.    49    Regt.,    aged    66 

years. 
Lepley,   Wallis,   Co.   I.,    184,   P.    V.   I.,   died 

April    15,    1898,    aged    62    years. 
Rothroek,     Dr.     Roswell,       Surgeon       and 

Hospital    Steward,      died      March      1 

1897. 
Spigelmyer     Henry    S.,    Co.    L.,    9th    Pa. 

Cavalry. 
Spigelmyer,  Levi,   Co.   G.,   172P  .    M.,  died 

Aug.    1,    1898.    aged    68    years. 
Swearer,    John,    Civil  War. 
Ulsh,    Joseph   D.,    Co.    I.,    184. 
Wagner,    Edward,   Co.   G.,  172,   P.   M. 
Wagner,    Harry,    Co.    D.,    74    Regt.      aged 

70    years. 
Young,    Israel,    Co.    G.,    172,    P.    M. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


157 


McClure 
Unreturned    Dead. 
Arnold,  Isaac,   Co.    E.,   20    Pa.   Cavalry. 
Brower,   Jacob,    Co.   F.   184,   P.   V.   I. 
Gill,    William,     Civil    War. 
Goss,    Simon,    Co.    K.    51st    Regt. 
Gross,   Wm.,   Civil  War.   Killed   in  battle. 
Herbster,   Harrison,   Co.    P.    184th    Regt. 
Herbster,    Henry,    Co.    F.    184th    Regt. 
Cook,    John,    49th   Regt. 
Kline,   Roswell,  Co.  F.,  lS4th  Regt. 
Koch,  Samuel,  Co.  F.,  131st.  Regt.  Killed 
at    Fredericksburg. 

Krick,  John,  Co.  1.,  184th  Regt.,  Kill- 
ed at  Boyerton  Plank  Road,  Va.  Oct. 
27,  1864. 

Lash,   Jacob,    Co.    F.,    184th    Regt. 

Peter,    Frank,     49th    Regt. 

Plank,     George,     Co.     I.,     184th     Regt. 

Romig,    Isaac,    Co.    F.,    184th    Regt. 

Shank,    Amos,    Civil    War. 

Snook,    Andrew,    Co.    K.,    205th    Regt. 

Snook,    Augustus,    Civil    War. 

Snook,    Lewis,    Co.    K.,    205th    Regt. 

Spigeimyer,    Jesse,    Co.    I.,    184th    Regt. 

Snook,    William,    Co.    I.,    184th    Regt. 

Steininger,  Jacob  D.,  Co.  I.,  184tli  Regt. 
Killed  near  Petersburg,  Va.,  Oct.  4, 
1864.  Buried  in  Popular  Grove  Ceme- 
tery,  Div.   A.   Sec.   B.   Grave  No.   28. 

Treaster,    Eli,    Co.    F.,    184th    Regt. 

Truckamiller,    Peter,   Civil  War. 

Weader,   Reuben,  Co.   F.,  lS4th  Regt. 

Weader,    William,    Co.    F.    184th    Regt. 

Weirick,   Samuel.    49th    Regt. 


Swineford    Cemetery 
Swineford,     Geo.     Rev.     War.     died    April 

5,   1818. 
Swineford,    John,    Rev.    War.    Born    April 

16,    1755   died   1805. 

Middleburg    Union    Cemetery. 
Aurand      Abner,     Corporal     Co.     D..     76th 
Regt.,    born    May    29,    1840,    died    Aug. 
9,    1863,   from   the   effects   of   a    wound 
received  July  11,   1863. 
Bachman,   Henry,   son   of  Israel  and    Har- 
riet     (Houseworth),       enlisted       Aug. 
1864,    Co.    A.    208th    Regt.    P.    V.    under 
Capt.    T.    W.    Hoffman    and    was    dis 
charged    after    the    surrender    of    Lee 
born    Jan.    17,    1843   and   died    Oct.    30 
1910,    aged    67    years,    9    months    anr1 
13  days. 

Barl  in,  James,  Capt.  John  Donaldson's 
Company,  Colonel  Snyder's  Kegt. 
War  of  1812,  born  June  24,  1791. 
died  Aug.  2,  1855,  aged  64  years.  1 
month    and    9    days. 

Bower,  George  K.,  Ensign,  U.  S.  Navy, 
lost  on  the  Oneida,  Jan.  24,  1870 
aged  21   years,  7  mo.    and  14  days. 

Bowersox,  Joseph,  Civil  War.  172n< 
Re^t. 

Buffington,  E.  L.,  Co.  F.  131st  Regt. 
and  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.,  died  Nov.  29. 
1892,  aged  59  years,  3  months  and 
19  davs. 

Blouoh,   Michael,   Civil   War. 

Buffington,  James,  Pri.  Co.  D.  74th  Regt. 

Clelan,  Alfred,  Pri.  Co.  H.  13  Regt.  P.  C. 

Uiemer,  John,  Co.  D.,  152nd  Kegt..  dier" 
.Tan.    3.    1907- 

Eisenhauer,  Daniel,  War  of  1812,  born 
Oct.  21,  1788  died  June  2,  1874,  aged 
85   years,    7   months   and    11    days. 


Evans,  Capt.  Frederick,  Capt  in  2nd 
Regt.,  commissioned  July  23,  1812'. 
defended  Fort  McHenry  at  Balti- 
more, Sept.  13,  1814;  made  survey  of 
Middleburg  in  1800,  died  Dec.  4,  1844 
aged    79    years. 

Fryer,  Jacob,  Capt.  Ner  Middleswarth 
Co.  War  of  1812,  born  Nov.  23,  1782, 
died  Feb.  13,  1864,  aged  81  years. 
2    months    and    21    days. 

Gutelius,  George  Calvin,  First  Lieut., 
Co.   E.,  51st  Regt.,  died  May  18,  1910. 

Hare,  Henry,  Civil  War,  born  March  7, 
1S22,  died  Jan.  9,  1S64,  aged  41  years 
10    months   and    2    days. 

Miller,  Capt.  Lewis,  Capt.  Co.  F.,  131 
Regt.,  died  March  8,  1900.  Aged 
61  years,  1  month  and  8  days. 

Musser,  John  A.,  Civil  War,  born  June 
18,  1843,  died  May  28,  1895,  aged  51 
years. 

Renninger,  Aaron,  Co.  D.,  74th  Regt. 
died  Aug.    21,  1905. 

Rhoads,  Lieutenant  Daniel  T.,  Co.  E 
49th    Regt.,  died  Dec.  22,   1901. 

SchorJi,  Sepharus  S.,  131st  Regt.,  died 
HBpt.    1910. 

Shambach,  Henry,  Co.  C,  120  Ohio 
Regt.,  born  April  7,  1836,  died  Feb. 
2.  1863  in  the  hospital  at  St.  Louis 
Mo.,  and  was  buried  at  Middleburg, 
Pa.,    March    9,    1863. 

Shindel,  Dr.  John  Y.,  during  the  Civil 
War  was  appointed  deputy  provost 
marshal  for  Snyder  county,  which 
appointment  he  held  until  Jan.  1, 
1865.  On  February  25.  1S65  he  was 
mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service  as 
assist  surgeon  of  the  47th  Pa.  Vet- 
eran Volunteers,  and  was  discharg- 
ed with  the  Regt.  in  Jan.  1866  at 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  During  the  spring 
of  1865,  he  was  with  his  regiment 
through  the  Shenandoah  Valley,  and 
in  June  1865,  the  regiment  was  or- 
dered to  Savannah,  Ga.  Dr  Shin- 
del  was  in  charge  of  the  sick  of 
other  regiments  also  stationed  there. 
He  left  Charleston  Jan.  3  1866,  with 
the  47th  Pa.  Vet.  Vol.  and  was  mus- 
tered out  with  the  Regt.  about  Jan. 
10,   1866. 

Shuman,     Charles,    Civil    War. 

Smith,  Charles  W.,  Co.  D.,  76  Regt., 
died    June    16,    1873. 

Smith,  James  P.,  Co.  F.  131st  Regt., 
died    Dec.    28,    1901. 

Smith,  Philip,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.,  died 
Sept.    6,    1873. 

Smith,  William  A.,  Co.  A.,  208th  Regt. 
died  Jan.    21,   1906. 

Spaid,  David  W.,  Civil  War,  born  Mar. 
3,  1839,  died  Nov.  5,  1S64,  aged  25 
years. 

Spaid,  Philip,  Co.  D.,  71st  Regt.,  died 
May  4,   1898. 

Stetler,  Aaron,  Co.  C,  172nd  Regt.,  died 
April  5,  1890,  aged  66  years,  7  mo., 
and    12    days. 

Stetler,  John  S.,  Co.  L,  172nd  Regt. 
died  April    10,    1907. 

Swineford,  Albright,  Capt.  Ner  Middles- 
warth's  Co.,  War  of  1812,  born  Oct 
11,  1796,  died  Nov.  29,  1S88,  aged  92 
years,   1  month  and  18  days. 

Swineford,  Theophilus,  Co.  F.,  131st 
Regt.,  died  Jan.  1,  1887,  aged  49 
years,    1    month    and  29   days. 


158 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


VanZandt,  James  M.,  Enlisted  May  27 
1861  Co.  B.,  First  Regt.  Pa.  Rifles 
r     V     C  Discharged      March      12, 

1863  at  Providence,  R.  I.  Captured 
and  spent  40  days  in  Libby  Prison 
Was  also  a  member  of  Co.  B.  Mnd 
Regt.  Bucktails;  born  May  31,  1842 
at  Freedom  Forge,  now  Burnham, 
and  died  at  Middleburg,  Pa.,  Sept. 
5,  1909,  aged  67  years,  3  months 
and    5    days. 

Sampseil,   I.    J.,   Co.    F.,    109   Ohio   Regt. 

Zechman,     Henry,     Co.     D.      74th     Regt 
born    Nov.     30,     1837,     died    Nov.     27. 
1884,    aged   46   years,    11    months,    and 
27   days. 

Globe     Mills    Cemetery. 
Bickhart,    Emanuel,   Co.    C,   172nd   Regt. 
Bolig     Reuben,    Co.    I.,    49th    Regt.,    died 

Sept.   28,    1891,    aged   48   years,    3   mo., 

and  12    days. 
Diehl,    George,    Civil    War,    died    July    4, 

1899. 
Diemer,    James    R.,    Private    in    Co.    I.    49 

Regt,    born    Sept.    9,    1842,    killed    in 

battle    near    Winchester,     Va.,     Sept. 

19,   1864,  aged  22  years,  10  days. 
Erdley,    Simon,    Co.    D.,    150    Regt.,      born 

Jan.    6,    1838,    died    Sept.    12,    1S89. 
Gemberling,  Alfred,   Co.  H.  147   Regt.  P. 

Inf.   Died  March   1912. 
Herbst,     Charles,      Co.    K.,      93rd    Regt.. 

died   Dec.    29,    1905. 
Hottenstein,  Henry  A.,   Co.  I.   151st  Regt. 

died  June  5,   1904. 
Hummel,    William,    Co.    I.,    49th    Regt. 
Lessman,  William  K.,  Co.   C,  74th   Regt., 

died   Dec.    20,   1892. 
Musser,   William,    Co.    C,   172nd  Regt. 
Piatt,    Isaac,    Civil    War,    died     Dec.     20 

1895,    aged    68    years,    11    months    and 

3    days. 
Reinhard,    William,    Co.    H.,    199th    Regt. 

died    May    4,    1899. 
Renninger,    Adam,    Co.    B.,     87th    Regt. 

Died    Dec.    18,    1907. 
Renninger,    Abraham,    son    of    Jacob    and 

Sarah,    born    Oct.     18,     1836,     memher 

of    Co.    F.,    131st    Regt.,    died    Jan.    2 

1853     of    a     wound     received     in     the 

battle  of  Fredericksburg.   Va. 
Roush,    Ezra,    Co.   D.,    3rd   Penna.    Heavy 

Artillery,    Died    Mar.    2,    1916. 
Roush,   Henry,   Sergt.   Co.   I.    172   Regt. 
Renninger,    Henry,    Co.     F.      131st     Kegt.. 

died  June  19,   1900. 
Stuck,    Conrad.    War    of    1812,    died    Mav 

15,    1883. 

Stuck,   Samuel,   Co.   C.    172nd    Regt.,    died 
May   20,   1903. 

Ulrich,    Antes,    Co.    G.    147.   died   June    16, 

1906. 
Uplinger,    Henry,    Co.    C,    74th   Regt.   Pa. 

Vol.  born  Feb.  8,  1842;  Died  Mar.  24, 

1911,  aged  69  years,  1  month  and  16 

days. 


Kreamer  Cemetery. 
Bollinger,    Samuel,    Co.    F.,    131st    Regt. 
Walter,    Laphenus,    172    Kegt.,    died    Sent 
5,    1900. 


Decker,  Reuben,  Civil  War,  born  July 
14,  1832,  died  July  12,  1894,  aged  61 
years,    11    months    and    29    days. 

Gift,  Lieut.  A.  K.,  Enlisted  June  1863, 
private  in  Co.  I.  30th  Regt.;  as- 
sisted to  recruit  the  74th  Regt.  and 
served  both  as  first  and  second 
Lieutenant  and  for  a  time  acted 
as  adjutant  of  the  Regt.  Was  dis- 
charged   Aug.    29,    1865. 

Gill,  Isaac,  Co.  D.,  74th  Regt,  died 
March  19,   1899. 

Gift,  Roswell,  First  Lieutenant  Co.  C, 
172  Regt.  Pa.  Militia;  died  Jan.  25, 
1864,  aged  28  years,  3  months  and 
23    days. 

Gilbert,  Jacob,  member  of  Capt.  Ner 
Middles  warth's  Co.,  War  of  1812, 
died  Sept.  19,  1851,  aged  73  years, 
8  months  and  22  days. 

Gill,  Sephares,  Civil  War,  son  of  John 
and  Ann,  born  Dec.  7,  1847,  died 
April  29,  1871,  aged  23  years,  4  mo., 
and    22    days. 

Heimbach  Benjamin  F.,  Company  D., 
52nd  Regt.  P.  V.;  Born  June  22nd, 
1844   and   died  Nov.    7,    1912. 

Howell,  Jackson,  Co.  D.,  74  Regt.,  born 
April  3,  1822,  died  Jan.  3,  18S1,  aged 
58   years   and    9    months. 

McClellan,  Benjamin,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt., 
born  Oct.  22,  1826,  died  Aug.  26,  1869, 
aged  42  years,  10  mo.,  and  5  days.   ' 

Mitchell,  Charles,  72nd  Regt.,  born  Sept. 
16,  1835,  died  Nov.  14,  1886,  aged 
5l    years,    1    month    and    28    days. 

Schwenk,  Hiram,  Co.  D.  74th  Regt.,  born 
March  10,  1829,  died  Sept.  27,  1873 
aged   44   years,    6   mo.    and   17   days. 

Smith,  Henry  H.,  Co.  A.,  208th  Regt., 
died  March  9,  1875,  aged  33  years, 
8   months   and   14    days. 

Snyder,  Charles,  Co.  D.,  76th  Regt.,  died 
Jan.    4,    1865. 

Steininger,  Henry  B.,  Co.  F.,  131st  Regt. 
born  March  26,  1840,  died  Sept.  10. 
1891,  aged  51  years,  3  mo.,  and  14 
days. 

Walter,  Howard,  Civil  War,  died  April 
30,    1865. 

Whatmore,     Benjamin,     Civil     War. 


Hassinger's   Cemetery.    (New.) 
Derr,    Calvin   L.,   Co.    D.,   49th   Regt,   died 

April    24,    1903. 
Dobson,    Alfred,    Co.    I.    49th    Regt.,    died 

May    21,    1896,    aged    53    years,    6    mo., 

and    9    days. 
Risenhaiier.    Jacob.    Co.    C.    172nd    Regt. 
Hassinger,    Samuel    H.,   Corp.   Co.   C.    172 

Regt.   Born   1836,  died  Mar.   11,   1917. 
Martin,  John,  H.  born  Sept.  29,  1833. 


Zlon's     Church     Cemetery.  (Old.) 

Derr,    James    M.,    Co.    A.     81st  Pa.    Inft. 

Shipton,    Thomas    N.,      Co.      C.  6th    Minn. 

Inft. 


Hassinger's    Cemetery.     (Old) 
Barbin,    Henry,    Co.    F.,    131st    Regt.,    died 
Jan.    19,    1864. 


Fremont     Cemetery. 
Bender,    (Benter,)      Peter,    Co.    O.,    172nd 

Regt..    died    Nov.     18,     1874,    aged    60 

years,    1    month    and    28    days. 
Boyer,    Samuel,    Co.    I.,   172nd    Regt.,    died 

Feb.    8.    1902. 
Eckbert,    Jacob,    War    of    1812    died    July 

18,    1841,    aged    48    years,     5    months 

and  29  davs. 
Fisher,  John  R.,   Died  Nov.   21,   1904,   aged 

66   yrs.,    4   mo.    and   13   days.    Private, 

Co.    C.   210th   Regt.   P.    V.   I. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


159 


Garman,     Samuel,     Co.     I.,     172nd     Regt. 

died    Sept.     16,    1863,    aged    50    years, 

2   months   and   5   days. 
Haas,    Valentine,    Civil    War,    died    April 

28,     1857,    aged    86    years,     6    months 

and  8  days. 
Helm,    Joseph,    died    Sept.    29,    1907,    aged 

70    yrs.,    3    mo.    4    days.    Co.    G.    11th 

Regt.,    Pa.    Vol.    Cavalry. 
Helwig,    George,    Co.     1.,    1?2    Regt.      died 

May    10,    1888,    aged    61    years,    1    mo., 

and  24  days. 
Heim,   Isaac,   Co.   1,   53   Regt.,   Penna.   In- 
fantry,   was   born   Dec.    4,    1839,      died 

March    20,      1879,       was    wounded    at 

Gettysburg. 

Howell,  Aaron,  died  Mar.  6,  1913,  aged 
87  yrs.,  1  mo.  lSdays,  Private,  Co. 
C,  172d,  Dr.  Mil.  Co.  D.  74th  Pa. 
Vol. 

Kaltwriter,    William,    Co.    I.,    126th    Regt., 

died  Nov.  27,  1900. 
Kepler,   Abraham,   Co.    I.,    172    Regt.,   died 

June    5,    1885,    aged    65    years    and    8 

months. 

Martin,   Jeremiah,    Co.    1.,   172    Regt.,    died 

Dec.    11,    1885,    aged    47   years,    9    mo., 

and   27   days. 
Meiser,    Henry,    Co.     1.,     172,     died    April 

9,     1893,     aged     55     years,     7     months 

and  21  days. 
Miller,    Elias,    Co.    G.,    147th    Regt.,    died 

Nov.    13,    1901. 
Minium,    David    C,    died    Mar.    17,    1905, 

aged    67    yrs.    3    mo.    27days.    Private, 

Co.   F.,   49th  Regt.,   P.    V.    I. 
Rathfon,   Jacob,    died   in   Libby    Prison. 
Rathfon,    John,    Died    in    Liblr>     I'ris.m. 
Rathfon,    Thomas,    Civil    War,    died    1911. 
Rathfon,    Wilson,     Co.     B.,     6th    Pa.     Re- 
serves,  died  Aug.    25,   1870. 
Schnee,    Jno.,    War    of    1812.    Born    May 

18,    1758   died   Nov.   25,   1826. 
Schnee,    William,    Co.    I.,    172    Kegt.,    died 

June    19,    1897,   aged    55    years,    8    mo., 

and   7    days. 
Shrawder,     John,        Co.        F.        172      Kegt., 

died    Jan.    8,    1865,    aged    27    years,    9 

months  and  2   days. 
Swineford,    Henry    D.,    Co.    E.,    1S4    Regt., 

died  March  25.   1905. 
Yerger,  Jacob  I.,  Co.  B.  16th  Pa.  Cavalry. 

Enlisted    Mar.    11,    1865    and    served 

until    mustered    out    Aug.    11,    1865. 

Died  June  8,  1916,  aged  72  years  and 

18  days. 


Paxtonvllle    Cemetery. 
Avres,    James,    Co.    H.     51st    Regt.,    died 

Dec.     22,    1906. 
Boyer,    Charles,    Co.    J.    172nd    Regt.,    died 

Dec    7,    1903. 
Bordman,  Jonathan,   Co.   J.,   172nd  Regt. 
Dershem,     Jeremiah,     Co      F.,     131st     Pa. 

Inf.,  died  June  6,  1913. 
Earnest,  John,  died  Oct.  11. 
Harner,    David,    Co.    G.,    2    W.    Va.    Regt., 

died  July  9,  1901. 
Hollen,    Thomas,    Co.    H.    51    Regt. 
Howell,    Jno    M.,    Co.    F.    131    Regt.,    born 

Sept.     27,     1816,     died     Oct.     9,     1879, 

aged   63  years  and   12   days. 
Mitchell,    H.    D.,    Co.    D,    208th    Regt. 


Centerville  Cemetery. 
Reported  by  David  Reichley. 
Bliler,  (Blyler,)  John,  Co.  E.,  51  Regt., 
son  of  Absalom  and  Catharine,  born 
Nov.  10,  1845,  died  Feb.  23,  1865, 
aged  19  years,  3  months  and  13 
days. 


Bolig,    F.    B.,    Private    Co.    I.,    49  Pa 

Regt.  P.  V.  Born  May  16,  1841,  died 
Nov.    26,   1907. 

Bolig,  Samuel,  Co.  C.  172  Regt,  also 
19°l'l  49    Re&t-'    died    December    19, 

Bower,    Francis,    Co.    1.,    202    Regt.,    died 

March    2,    1903. 
Boyer     Daniel,     Co.    I.,    49th    Regt.,    died 

July    19,    1886,    aged    48    years    and    1 

month. 

Boyer,  Henry  P.,  Co.  C.  172nd  Regt.,  born 
Oct.   1,   1827,  died  May  29,  1900. 

Bruner,  Samuel,  Co.  K.,  105th  Regt., 
died  Sept.   30,   1900. 

Bruner,  William,  Civil  War,  son  of  Pe- 
ter and  Sarah,  born  Oct.  12,  1843 
died  Sept.  9,  1864,  aged  20  vears,  10 
months    and    17    days. 

Devore,  Daniel,  member  of  Ner  Middles- 
warth's  Co.  8th  Pa.  Riflemen,  War 
of  1812  born  March  25,  1781,  died 
April  23,  1852,  aged  68  years,  and 
23    days. 

Fessler  Reuben  B.,  Co.  E.  142  Regt 
died    Feb.    5,    1898. 

Fessler,  Wm.  H.,  Co.  G.,  172nd  Regt., 
born  Feb.  13,  1839,  died  Feb.  3,  1898, 
aged  58  years,  11  months  and  20 
days. 

Grubb  Jacob,  member  of  Ner  Middles- 
warth's  Co.,  8th  Union  Riflemen 
War  of  1812. 

Hartman,  Capt.  Jacob  H.,  Co.  F.,  56th 
Regt.  P.  V.  Born  July  25th,  1843, 
died    Sept.    3,   1908. 

Henry,  Aaron,  son  of  George  and  Eliz- 
abeth,   born    Oct.    13,    1836     died    Sept. 

5,  1863,     aged     26    vears.     10     months 
and  22   days.,   Co.  C,   172nd  Regt. 

Klingler,    Reuben,    Co.    F    172    Regt..    born 
Sept.   6,   1827  died  Nov.   23,   1875. 
aged  48  years,   2  months  and  17  days 

Koons,  John,  member  of  Ner  Middles- 
warth-s  Co.,  8th  Union  Riflemen 
War  of  1812,  born  Feb.  27.  1787 
died  Aug.  27,  1878,  aged  91  years 
and   6  months. 

Keister,  John  W.,  Co.,  F.  184  Pa.  Inft. 
Born  Aug.  24,  1846.  Died  Julv  22, 
1916,  aged  69  yrs.  10  months  28  days. 

Kuhn,  Abraham,  150th  Regt.,  son  of 
"William  and  Katheryn,  died  Dec. 
21.  1862.  atred  21  vears  2  months 
and  20  days.  Died  in  Washington, 
D.   C. 

Long,    Jacob,    War    of    1812,    born    March 

6,  1790.    died    A  us.    21.    1861      aged    71 
years,   5  months  and  15  davs. 

Mertz,   Henry,  Co.   C.  172  Pa.  Inft. 
Napp,    John.     War   of    1812.    hum    Julv    24, 

1784,    died    May    24,    1857,    aged    72 

years   and    10   months. 
Ocker,     WTilloughby,     Co.     C.     184     Regt., 

died    December  17,   1913. 
Keichenbach,    John,    Co.    C,    172nd    Regt., 

born    Jan.     8,    1816,     died     March     16, 

1883,    aged    67    years,    2    months    and 

8   davs. 
Pick,  Levi,  Co.  D.,  74th  Regt.,  born  Jan. 

23,    1837,    died    Nov.    7,    1908. 
Reichenbach,    Wm.,    Co.    D.    76    Pa.    Inft. 

Volunteer.   Born   Dec.   28,   1842.   Died 

Jan.   14,   1917,   aged   74   yrs.   16   days. 
Reish,   George,   Co.   C,   172nd  Regt.,   died 

Aug.    7,    1898. 
Sampsell,  Andrew  J.,   Co.   I.,   169th  Ohio, 

died   March   5,   1882. 
Sassaman,   Emanuel,   served   3  months  of 

Lincoln's    First    Call;     re-enlisted    in 

the    fall    of    1861,    in    Co.     E.,        51st 

Pa.    Inft.     Born    Dec.    20,     1834,    died 

March  2,   1910. 


160 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Shaffer,  Jacob,  Capt.  Harry  Millers 
Co..  8th  Union  Riflemen,  War  of 
1812,  born  Feb.  16,  1793,  died  Oct. 
19,  1852,  aged  59  years,  8  months 
and  3  days. 

Sheary,  Samuel  F.,  Co.  E.,  51st  Regt. 
died   May   8,    1914. 

Slpe,  Simon,  Co.  F.  148th  Regt.,  died 
May   5,    1901. 

Smith,  John,  Co.  E.  93rd  Regt.,  died 
Oct.    25,    1898. 

Snyder,  Henry,  Co.  F.  51st  Regt.  Died 
Nov.   18,  1884. 

Stahlnecker,  Henry,  Co.  F.,  56th  Regt, 
born  Apr.  10,  1832;  died  Sept.  13, 
1905. 

Stroub,  Samuel  H.,  Co.  H,  199th  Regt. 
P  V.  I.,  born  Sept.  29,  1839;  died 
Apr.  25,  1908. 

Swarm,  Joseph,  Co.  C.  172nd  Regt., 
died    Jan.    1898. 

Walter,  Ephriam,  Second  Sergt.,  Co.  C, 
172nd  P.  M.  U.  S.  A.  Appointed 
Oct.  22,  1862.  Commission  dated  Jan. 
18,  1863  at  Yorktown,  Va.  Signed 
by  Col.  Chas.  Kleckner.  2nd  Lieut. 
Co.  B.,  First  Regt,  Uniformed  Mi- 
litia of  Penna.  8th  Division  to  rank 
from  June  12,  1869.  Commission  dat- 
ed July  12,  1869.  Signed  by  J.  M. 
Weakley,  Sec.  of  Commonwealth. 
Born  April  20,  1833;  died  Oct.  29, 
1900. 

Wierick,  Edward,  Civil  War,  died  Oct. 
12,    1877,   aged    48  years,   I   month. 

Weirick,  George,  Lieut.  Col.  War  of 
1812.  born  July  15.  1773.  died  Sept. 
25,  1838,  aged  65  years,  2  months 
and  10  days. 

Weirick,  William,  In  emergency  of 
Civil   War,    died    December   8,    1871. 

Young,  Ludwig,  77th  P.  M.,  War  of  1812 
born  Oct.  22,  1781,  died  Aug.  7,  1846, 
aged  64  years,  9  months  and  15 
days. 


FRY'S  CEMETERY    (SALEM) 

Fry,  John,  War  of  1812,  born  Feb.  10, 
1792,  died  Aug.  17,  1863,  aged  71 
years,    6  months  and   6   days. 

Fry,  Moses,  Co.  I.,  30th  P.  M.,  died 
April   9,   1898. 

Kuhn,  George,  Ce.  H.,  184th  Regt.,  died 
Nov.  21,  1888,  aged  60  years,  1  mo., 
and   1   day. 

Long,  Ludwig,  (?)  War  of  1812.  (This 
may   be    an    error.) 

Moyer,   George,    War   of    the   Revolution. 

Walter     Daniel    P. 

Walter,  Henry,  War  of  1812,  born  June 
13,  1772,  died  May  12,  1840,  aged  67 
years,   10  months  and  29  days. 

Walter,  David,  Reported  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolutionary  War,  (son  of  the  Pi- 
oneer, Jacob  Walter.)  He  lived  on 
the  farm  now  occupied  by  Phares 
Shambach  which  originally  compris- 
ed  500    acres. 


Erdley's     onurcn     Cemetery. 
Snyder.    Jacob,    Co.    C.    172nd    Regt.,    son 
of    David    and    Katheryn,    born    Dec. 
9,   1837,    died   Nov.    20,    1864. 


Ebenezer   Church   Cemetery. 
Stroub,    George,    Co.    I.,    172    P.    M.    died 
Sept.     5,     1909.       Aged     65     years,       7 
months  and  3  days. 


Unreturned    Soldiers. 

Nances    of    persons    who    left    from    the 

vicinity   of   Chapman    for    Civil   War    and 

never  returned. 

Arnold,  John  C,  Corporal  Co.  I.,  49th 
Regt.  Pa.  Inf.  Born  Nov.  28,  1831, 
was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Sailor's 
Creek,  Va.,  April  6,  1865,  buried  in 
Poplar  Grove  National  Cemetery, 
near  Petersburg,  Va. 

Carvell,  Wm.,  Co.  B.  184  P.  V.,  Ander- 
sonville    Prison,    1864. 

Dengler,  Elias,  Co.  A.  172,  lost  in  ac- 
tion. 

Herrold,  Wm.,  Co.  I.  49  P.  V.  I.,  lost 
in    action,    Wilderness,     '64. 

Houser,  Aaron,  Co.  I.  49  P.  V.  I.  lost 
in  action,  Cold  Harbor,  "  June  9, 
•64. 

Neitz,  Percival,  1st  Pa.  Cav.,  died  in 
Andersonville  Prison. 

Walborn,  Geo.,  Co.  A.  172  P.  M..  died 
at  Baltimore    July   1863. 


ALINE   CEMETERY 
Hornberger,  Abner  G.,  Co.  I.  172nd  Regt., 
bom   Jan.   30,   1834   and  died  Nov.   1, 
1912. 


UNRETURNED    SOLDIERS 
Reported      by      W.    J.     Klose,    Beaver 

Springs,   Pa. 

Brower,  Jacob  A.,  Company'  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Captured  in  front 
of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22nd 
1864.  Died  at  Andersonville  prison 
Georgia,  September  5,  1864.  Grave 
7940. 

Clark.  Henry  F.,  Company  F.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Captured  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22,  1864. 
Died  at  Andersonville  prison,  Geor- 
gia,  October  21,   1864.     Grave  11250. 

Derr,  Jeremiah,  Company  I.,  49  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Killed  at  Spottsylvania, 
Virginia,   May   10,   1864. 

Erdley.  Joel,  (See  Rows  church  ceme- 
tery) Company  F.,  184  Regiment,  P. 
V.  Taken  prisoner  in  front  of  Pe- 
tersburg, Virginia,  June  22,  1864. 
Wounded  badly  and  is  supposed  to 
have  died  from  the  results  of  his 
wounds  as  he  never  turned  up  after- 
wards. History  has  "missing  in  ac- 
tion June  22,  1864." 

Fetterolf,  Isaac,  Company  I.,  49th  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Killed  at  Spottsylvania, 
Virginia,    May    10,    1864. 

Fetterolf,     Robert,     Company     I.,  49th 

Regiment,  P.  V.  Died  May  10,  1S64, 
from  wounds  received  at  Spottsyl- 
vania,   Virginia,    May    10,    1864. 

Gemberling,  Eli  B.,  (See  Row's  church 
cemetery)  Company  F.  184  Regiment 
P.  V.  Captured  June  22,  1864  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Virginia.  Died 
at  Andersonville  prison,  Georgia,  Oc- 
tober 11,  1864.  Grave  10706.  These 
facts  I  know  to  be  true  and  cor- 
rect. We  were  in  the  same  company 
and  regiment  and  were  taken  prison- 
ers at  the  same  time.  We  were 
together  until  the  day  before  he 
died. 

Hackenburg,  G.  E.,  First  Lieutenant, 
Company  I.,  49  Regiment,  P.  V.  Kill- 
ed at  Petersburg,  Virginia,  April 
6,   1865. 


DECEASED  SOLDIERS 


161 


Hackenburg,  Joseph,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  I.  Captured  in  front 
of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22, 
1861.  Died  in  Andersonville  prison, 
Georgia.  No  record  of  death  or 
grave. 

Herbster,  Harrison,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Captured  in  front 
of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22, 
1864.  Died  in  Andersonville  prison, 
Georgia.  No  record  of  death  or 
grave. 

Herbster,  Henry  H.,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Died  at  City  Point. 
June  25,  1864,  from  wounds  received 
at  Tolopotomoy  Creek,  Virginia,  May 
29,   1864. 

Kline,  Jacob,  Company  F.,  184th  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Died  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  June  20,  1864,  from  wounds 
received  at  Cold  Harbor,  Virginia, 
June  3,  1864.  Buried  in  the  Na- 
tional cemetery,   Arlington,  Virginia. 

Krebs,  Jacob,  Company  F.,  184th  Regt. 
P.  V.  Died  at  David's  Island,  New 
York,  August  30.  1864.  Buried  in 
Cypress  Hill  cemetery,  Dong  Island. 
Kline,  Roswell,  Co.  F.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Captured  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22,  1S64. 
Died  at  Andersonville  prison,  Geor- 
gia,  October  6.    1864.     Grave   10439. 

Dash,  Jacob,  Company  F.,  184  Regiment, 
P.  V.  Died  June  5,  1864,  from 
wounds  received  at  Cold  "Harbor, 
Virginia,  June  3,  1864.  Buried  a< 
Cold  Harbor  National  cemetery,  sec- 
tion  B,  Grave  258. 

Loss,  James  E.,  Company  I.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Died  at  Washington,  D. 
C.  November  25.  1864,  from  wounds 
received  near  Petersburg,  Virginia. 
Buried  in  Arlington  Cemetery,  Wash 
ington. 

Reed,  Samuel  D.,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Died  at  Alexandria 
Virginia,  June  29,  1S64  from  wounds 
received  at  Cold  Harbor,  Virginia, 
June  3,   1864. 

Rice,  Henry,  Company  F.,  184  Regi- 
ment. P.  V.  Killed  in  battle  in 
front  of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June 
22,   1864. 

Riffert,  Emanuel,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Died  at  Annapolis, 
Maryland,  March  20,   1865. 

Romig,  Isaac  E.,  Company  F.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Captured  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22,  1864. 
Died  at  Danville,  Virginia,  January 
20,    1865. 

Rhamstine,  John,  Company  I.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Killed  near  Peters- 
burg, Virginia,  October  5,  1864.  Bur- 
ied in  Poplar  Grove  National  ceme- 
tery, division  C,  Section  D.  Grave 
67. 

Schmire,  John  C,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment  P.  V.  Captured  in  front 
of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22, 
1864.  Died  at  Andersonville  prison, 
Georgia,  November  7,  1864.  Grave 
No.   11890. 

Schnure,  Levi,  Company  F.,  184  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Captured  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22,  1864. 
Died  in  Andersonville  prison,  Geor- 
gia.    No  record  of  death   or  grave. 

Steininger,  Jacob  D.,  Company  I.,  184th 
Resiment.  P.  V.  Killed  near  Peters- 
burg,   Virginia,    October   4,    1864.    Bur- 


ied   in    Poplar    Grove    National    cem- 
etery,   division    A,    section    B,      Grave 

Treaster,  Eli,  Company  F.,  184,  Regi- 
ment P.  V.  Died  June  17,  1864  from 
wounds  received  at  Cold  Harbor 
Virginia,   June  3,   1864. 

Wagner,  Jacob,  Company  I.,  49  Regi- 
ment, P.  V.  Killed  at  Spottsylvania, 
Virginia,   May  10,   1864. 

Walter,  Howard  J.,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment  P.  V.  Died  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  April  30th,  1865.  from 
wounds  received  in  action.  Buried 
at  National  cemetery,   London  Park. 

Weader,  Reuben,  Company  F.,  184  Reg- 
iment, P.  V.  Captured  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22  1864. 
Died  at  Andersonville  prison,  Geor- 
gia,  October  26.   1864.     Grave  11503. 

Weader,  William  H.,  Company  F.,  184th 
Regiment,  P.  V.  Captured  in  front 
of  Petersburg,  Virginia,  June  22nd, 
1864.  Died  in  Andersonville  prison 
November    19,     1864.       Grave     12098. 


Miscellaneous     Soldiers. 
Augustine,    Hieronimus,      a      member     of 
Capt.   Clark's   Co.,   was  a   weaver  and 
lived     near     Selinsgrove     as     late     as 
1800. 

Bolender,  Joseph,   presumably  Civil    War. 

Gift,  Jacob,  a  resident  of  Snyder  coun- 
ty, was  killed  at  Fort  Freelanc) 
along  Warrior  Run  and  is  said  to 
have  been  buried  there.  Thirteen 
soldiers  had  been  killed  and  buried 
there  and  Mr.  Gift's  father  went 
to  claim  the  body,  but  it  being  im- 
possible to  identify  the  remains,  the 
body  was  never  removed  to  Snyder 
county. 

Derr,  John,  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution- 
ary war,  died  in  Centre  township, 
Union  (now  Snyder)  county,  Pa. .No- 
vember 27,  1846,  aged  93  years,  3 
months  and  29  days.  *  Taken  from 
New  Berlin  Union  Star,  Dec.  2, 
1846.  He  enlisted  Aug.  25,  1776,  Capt. 
Benj.  Weiser's  Co.,  German  regt., 
Col.  Nicholas  Houseaker;  pensioner, 
private,  P.  M.  Apr.  2,  1833,  age  81, 
lived  in  Union  Co.  (Pa.  Ar.  3rd  se- 
ries 23 — 541)  pensioner,  1  Union  Co. 
1840,    aged   86. 

Dell,  Leonard,  Cumru,  private  Capt.  Pet- 
er Decker's  Co.  taken  Nov.  16,  1776, 
died  in  Penn  Township.,  now  Snvder 
County,  ante  1792.  Vol.  2,  Page  183. 
Pa.    Archives. 

Ewig,  Christian,  aged  60  years,  (in 
1820)  enlisted  in  Sunbury,  in  Captain 
Weitzel's    company,     Colonel  Miles 

Regiment,  in  April  1776,  served  one 
year  and  nine  months,  then  re-en- 
listed at  Sunbury  in  Capt.  James 
Wilson's  First  Pennsylvania,  Colonel 
James  Chambers,  in  which  he  serv- 
ed until  the  close  of  the  war.  A 
wheel  right  by  trade. 

Fisher,  John,  West's  Co.,  and  Col.  Shee' 
3rd  Pa.  Bat.  died  in  Penn  Twp..  now 
Snyder  County,  1792.  Vol.  II.  Pg.  130, 
Pa.   Archives. 

Furrer,  Capt.  Michael,  Col.  Patton's 
Battalion,  Jan.  25,  1776:  Vol.  V.  6th 
Series  Pg.  148.  At  South  Amboy, 
Sept.    5,      1776.      Pg.      150  Pa.    Ar- 

chives. Probably  from  Berks  Coun- 
ty. 


162 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Gill,  William,  member  of  Capt.  Clarke's 
Co.,  resided  in  Perm  township.  He 
died  about  1820  in  Beaver  twp.  Linn 
Annals  of  Buffalo  Valley,  p.  23,  says 
of  him,  ''belonging  to  a  regiment  in 
Forbes'  campaign,  he  was  wounded 
in  the  leg  at  Grant's  defeat,  Sept. 
14,  1758,  or  in  the  attack  on  Bou- 
quet's camp  at  Loyalhanna,  and 
made  for  home  through  the  woods 
with  a  bullet  in  his  leg.  He  lived 
mostly  on  wild  grass  on  the  way. 
Reaching  Penns  Creek,  he  stopped, 
married  a  German  woman  there  and 
settled.  When  during  war  of  1812, 
one  of  his  sons  were  drafted  and  for 
some  reason  could  not  go,  the  old 
man  went  with  him  to  Sunbury,  and 
asked  to  be  substituted  for  his  son. 
The  board  rewarded  his  patriotism 
by  discharging  his  son.  1768  he  was 
living  in  Penn  Twp.,  Cumberland  Co. 
a  freeman:  he  came  originally  from 
Bucks  Co. 

Hackenburg,  Joseph,  son  of  Peter,  en- 
listed in  the  Civil  War  from  Center 
township,   never  returned. 

Hain,  Jno.,  Capt.  Clarke's  Co.,  resided 
in    Penn    township. 

Hessler,  John,  a  member  of  Capt. 
Clarke's  Co.,  resided  near  Kratzer- 
ville. 

Hessler,  Michael,  a  member  of  Capt. 
Clarke's  Co.,  resided  near  Kratzer- 
ville. 

Hessler,  William,  member  of  Capt. 
Clarke's  Co.  resided  near  Kratzer- 
ville.  The  church  at  that  place  is 
named    after   the    Hessler' s. 

Harpster,  Jacob,  a  member  of  Capt, 
Clarke's  Co.,   resided  in  Beaver  twp. 

Hummel,  Jacob,  said  to  be  buried  in 
the  old  Lutheran  Cemetery,  Selins- 
grove,  born  Feb.  21,  1756,  died  Feb. 
22,    1832,    aged   76   years   and    1    day. 

Kerstetter,  Geoige,  blacksmith,  aged  64, 
resided  in  Washington  township  in 
.1820.  He  Tserved  four  years  in  Capt. 
Burkhart's  Company,  Col.  Hunseck- 
er's  regiment.  Children,  Jacob  and 
Dorothy.  Wife's  name  was  Eliza- 
beth. In  1785-6  he  was  assessed  in 
Penn  township  with  200  acr«s.  An: 
25,  1810  he  received  a  warrant  for 
29  acres  in  Northumberland  county, 
and  another  warrant  March  2b,  l*i!!v 
He  lived  in  Perry  twp.  Union  coun- 
ty, 1821.  (Pa.  Ar.  5th  series  3 — 
829) 

Knarr,  Frank,  Co.  G.,  147th  Regt.,  kill- 
ed and  buried  at  Chancellorsville. 

Kerbach,   Antoine,    d    Beaver    Twp.,    Nor- 
,   thumberland   Co.,   1792;   Penna.    pr.    in 
Col.    Hazen's    Regt.    (Pa.    ar.    5th— 3— 
779) 

Kuhn,  Lewis,  of  Centerville,  left  for 
the  Civil  War  and  never  returned. 

Loss,  David,  of  Centerville,  returned 
from  the  Civil  War,  but  later  left 
for  Texas  and  has  not  been  heard 
from    since. 

Miller,  George,  Name  appearrs  on  the 
TJ.  S.  Pension  list,  April  28.  1834. 
from  Union  county.  He  is  buried 
in  Row's  cemetery  Salem.  Pa.  born 
April  18,  1733  and  died  Mav  1,  1R3B. 
Also  as  pensioner  these  records: 
Pensioner,  P.  M.  pr.  Union  Co.,  Ap. 
28,  1834,  aged  74  years  (Pa.  Ar.  3rd 
series,  23 — 541);  Also  pensioner,  Uni- 
on Co.,  in  1840,  aged  81  (Linn's  An- 
nals   of    Buffalo    Vallev,     537.       Two 


members  of  the  D.  A.  R.,  No.  7444 
and  No.  15916  trace  back  to  George 
Miller  (1761-1S44)M.  Catherine  Mark- 
le.  It  is  said  that  George  Miller 
took  the  place  of  his  brother  as 
soldier  under  Capt.  Henry  Wright 
in  1777,  and  served  as  a  teamster 
in  1778;  also  that  he  survived  to 
receive  a  pension. 

Miller,  Reuben,  Co.  G.,  147th  Regt,  kill- 
ed and  buried  at  Chancellorsville. 

Meiser,  Henry,  private  for  6  days  in 
Lt.  Jacob  Bard's  Co.  of  Northd.  Co., 
militia,  1780;  received  depreciation 
pay,  Northd.  Co.,  militia;  1  Penn 
Twp.,    1778—1787. 

Mussleman,  Joseph,  Co.  H.,  147th  Regt., 
killed  and  buried  at  Chancellorsville. 

Patterson,  Murdock,  Rev.  soldier,  pr. 
2nd  Penna.,  Col.  Stewart;  1  Beaver 
Twp.,   1793— Pa.  Ar.   5th-2-S85. 

Price,  Thomas,  was  a  sergeant  in  Capt. 
Casper  Weitzel's  Company,  first 
battallion  of  Penna.  Regiment  of 
Riflemen  commanded  by  Col.  Samuel 
Miles.  Sergeant  Price  is  said  to 
have  ended  his  days  in  a  small  log 
house,  on  Water  street,  Sellnsgrove. 
It  seems  he  was  carried  to  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia.  He  made  his  escape 
traveling  through  the  vast  forests 
intervening  between  that  country 
and  the  nearest  American  settle- 
ments. In  a  letter  to  Hon.  Samuel 
McC*lay,  member  of  Congress  at 
Philadelphia,  dated  Penn's  Township, 
Dec.  4,  1798,  written  in  a  very  good 
hand  he  complains  that  he  had  been 
three  times  elected  colonel,  beating 
Charles  Drum  twice  and  Frederick 
Evans  once  and  yet  had  not  beer 
commissioned,  because,  as  he  says 
it  was  alleged  he  was  too  poor  for 
such  a  post.  He  says:  "I  settled  in 
these  parts  before  the  war  and  have 
resided  here  ever  since,  except  while 
I  was  out  in  the  army.  T  enlisted 
in  Capt.  Weitzel's  company  and  was 
wounded  and  taken  prisoner  at  thf 
Battle  of  Long  Tsland.  T  underwent 
many  hardships,  but  at  last  found 
means  to  escape,  returned  to  the 
army  and  served  my  time  out;  was 
honorably  discharged,  and  never  re- 
ceived my  pay.  Soon  after  my  re- 
turn home  I  was  elected  adjutant, 
and  continued  in  that  post  many 
years.  Afterwards  was  elected  ma- 
jor." 

Roush,  Casper,  A.  Rev.  soldier;  I  Penn 
Twp.,  1778—1787;  1  Penn  Twp,  one 
mile  north   of  Freeburg  in   1770. 

Reger,  Elias,  enlisted  in  May  1775,  Capt. 
Geo.  Nagle's  company  Col.  Thomp- 
son, first  rifle  regiment.  In  the 
siege  of  Boston.  Discharged  at 
Long  Tsland,  in  June  1776.  Cooper 
by  trade.  77  years  old.  (in  1820). 
May  be  a  relative  of  Adam  Rener, 
founder  of  Adamsburg.  He  lived  in 
Penn    Twp.    1778-87,    taxable. 

Schoch,  Matthias  Michael,  known  as 
Michael,  buried  in  Rows  cemetery 
Salem,  in  Penn  Twp.,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Capt.  Clarke's  Co.,  born  Dec 
16.    1738,    died    Mav    12,    1812. 

Shadel,  Henry,  b.  Wurtemberg,  Ger- 
many, Oct.  22,  1752,  d.  Jan.  21,  1822. 
Buried  with  his  wifefMaria  Ohlinger 
to  whom  he  was  married  in  Berks 
Co.)  Grubb's  Church,  Chapman. 
Teamster  in   Rev.   War. 


SPANISH-AMERICAN    WAR    SOLDIERS 


163 


Smith,  Adam,  was  a  teamster  during-  the 
Revolution.  He  had  a  son,  Adam,  Jr 
who  moved  to  Beaver  township,  Sny- 
der county.  His  descendants  are 
living  in  the  west  end  of  Snyder 
County  now.  John,  another  son  of 
Adam,  Sr.,  died  at  Beavertown.  One 
daughter  married  Maize;  another 
daughter  married  Steffy  Touchman. 
He  was  buried  in  Dreisbaugh's  Cem- 
etery, Union  Co.  He  was  still  living 
in    1820. 

Swartzlander,  Conrad,  was  a  pensioner 
from  Center  twp.,  in  1840.  He  may 
have  been  in  the  Revolutionary  oi 
perhaps  the  war  of   1812. 

Stahlnecker,       Andrew,       enlisted  from 

Franklin  township  in  the  Civil  War, 
returned  from  the  army,  but  lefl 
afterwards  and   never   returned. 

Stahlnecker,  Levi,  Mexican  "War,  died 
at  Vera  Cruz..  Received  160  acres 
of  land  in  1S45  in  payment  for  ser- 
vices rendered. 

Walter,  Abraham,  son  of  Daniel  P.,  en- 
listed in  the  Civil  War  from  Cen- 
ter twp.,  about  1862,  last  heard 
from    at    Anderson  ville. 

Wheiper,  Henry,  Co.  F.,  131st  Regt., 
killed  in  Army  and  buried  at  Win- 
chester. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  IN  THE 

SPANISH  AMERICAN   WAR 


COLDEST  DAY  IN  TWENTY-NINE 
YEARS 


Republished  from  POST,  Jan.  7,  1904 

Tuesday  morning,  January  5,  wa- 
ttle coldest  day  in  this  locality  since 
1873.  The  mercury  at  the  POST 
Pointing  Office  disappeared  in  the 
bulb  before  midnight.  Other  ther- 
mometers in  the  county  registered 
below  zero  as  follows: 

Middleburg,     ' 

Paxtonville, 

Shamokin  Dam, 

Richfield, 

McClure, 

Kreamer, 

Salem, 

T'ort    Trevorton, 

Selinsgrove  Weather  Bureau, 

Selinsgrove  Junction, 

ppnns  Creek, 

Troxelville, 

The  Middleburg  POST  of  Feb.  6. 
1873,  says:  "During  the  past  few 
days  the  weather  has  been  the  cold- 
est experienced  in  this  part  of  the 
country  for  a  number  of  years.  Last 
Wednesday  night  being  the  coldest  in 
the  memory  of  the  'oldest  inhabi- 
tants'. On  Thursday  morning  in  this 
nlnce  the  thermometer  indicated  30 
degrees  below  zero.  Jacob  Hartman, 
of  Penr.s  Creek,  says  that  it  was  36* 
^eprees  below  zero  at  that  time  in 
Centreville.  This  evidently  was  Jan. 
30,   and   31,   1873. 


23- 

-30. 

28- 

-30. 

20- 

-33. 

28. 

19- 

-24 

22- 

-30. 

13- 

-20. 

10- 

-20. 

1U, 

22. 

28. 

24. 

26. 

Republished  from  the  POST  of 
August   15,    1898. 

In  the  records  of  the  Adjutant 
General's  department  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Snyder  County  has  not  credit 
for  a  single  volunteer  in  the  Spanish- 
American  army.  Snyder  County  has 
not  sent  out  a  company  and  hence 
has  credit  for  nothing,  while  at  the 
same  time  she  has  quite  a  number  of 
her  loyal  sons  in  the  service.  We 
do  not  think  that  we  can  name  all  of 
these,  but  we  shall  name  all  that  we 
can  recall  and  trust  that  our  friends 
will  send  the  names  of  those  we  do  not 
have  in  the  list  given  below: 

G.  M.  Clelan,  Middleburg,  Co.  C, 
12th  Pa.  Vols. 

Harry  Specht,  Middleburg,  12th  Pa. 
Vols. 

A.  Shambach,  Middleburg,  Co.  A., 
12  th  Pa.  Vols. 

C.  O.  Lenig,  Kreamer,  Co.  E.,  12th 
Pa.  Vols. 

J.  D.  Bucher,  Selinsgrove,  Co.  E., 
12th  Pa.  Vols. 

Amon  Kempfer,  Selinsgrove,  Co. 
— .,  10th  Pa.  Vols. 

R.  S.  Heintzelman,  Kreamer,  Regu- 
lar Army. 

Lieut.  James  Hughes,  Kantz,  Regu- 
lar Army. 

Sergt.  S.  V.  Ulsh,  McClure,  Co.  D., 
10th  Pa.  Vols. 

Henry  Meek,  Port  Trevorton,  Wag- 
on Master. 

Sergt.  H.  H.  Bower,  Middleburg, 
Co.  L.,  5th  P.  V. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Shindel,  Selinsgrove, 
Chaplain  4th  O. 

Simon  Snyder,  Selinsgrove,  Regu- 
lar Army. 

Bryant  Bower,  Middleburg,  Musi- 
cian, 12th  Regt. 

Percival  Snook,  McClure,  Co. — 
5th  Regt. 

Milton  Spigelmyer,  McClure,  Co. — 
5th  Regt. 

Wm.  Krebs,  McClure,  Co. —  5th 
Regt. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Ulsh,  Selinsgrove,  Navy 
Sureeon. 

Thaddeus  Fox,  Port  Trevorton, 
Regular  Army. 

H>rrv  Mullner,  Port  Trevorton, 
21st  U.*S.  Inf. 

Edward  Wallace,  Chapman,  twp.. 
Regular  Army. 

Mr.  Goy,  Freeburg,  Regular  Army. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


PENNS    TOWNSHIP    SETTLERS 
PRIOR  TO  1800 


Perms  township  in  colonial  times 
covered  all  the  territory  now  in  Sny- 
der county  except  Monroe  township, 
part  of  the  townships  of  Brown,  near- 
ly all  of  Armagh  and  Decatur  in  Mil- 
flin  county  and  the  southern  portions 
of  Hartley  and  Lewis  in  Union. 
Penns  township  when  Northumber- 
land county  was  erected  1772,  began 
at  the  mouth  of  Mahantongo  creek; 
thence,  by  the  county  line,  to  Meteer's 
Spring;  thence  with  same  line,  to  the 
top  of  Tussey's  mountain;  thence 
along  the  top  thereof,  easterly  to 
Penns  Creek;  thence  down  the  creek 
to  its  mouth;  thence  down  the  river 
to  the  place  of  beginning.  This 
boundary  ran  along  the  present  line 
of  Snyder  county;  thence  to  the  north 
line  of  Mifflin  county,  at  the  corner 
of  the  present  townships  of  Jack- 
son and  Brown. 

In  1768,  when  Penns  township,  was 
in  Cumberland  county,  the  assess- 
ment books  at  Carlisle  show  the  fol- 
lowing lists  of  inhabitants:  John  Au- 
miller,  Philip  Aumiller,  William  Bly- 
the,  Jacob  Carpenter,  George  Down- 
er, Adam  Ewig,  George  Gabrial,  Jacob 
Hammersly,  John  Lee,  Arthur  Moody, 
Michael  Regar,  George  Rine,  John 
Reighbough,  junior  and  senior, 
Michael  Rodman,  Casper  Reed,  Frede- 
rick Stump,  (who  is  taxed  with  one 
negro,)  Peter  Straub,  Adam  Stephen, 
and  Andrew  Shafer.  The  freeman 
are  John  McCormick,  William  Gill, 
Edward  Lee,  and  Joseph  Reynolds. 

Of  these  early  settlers  I  can  fix 
the  locality  of  but  few.  William 
Blythe  lived  at  the  mouth  of  Middle 
creek;  Adam  Ewig  on  the  creek  just 
above  App's  mill;  George  Gabrial  on 
the  site  of  Selinsgrove;  Frederick 
Stump  where  Middleburg  now  stands; 
Peter   Straub   at   Straubstown;    Will- 


iam Gill  on  Tuscarora  creek,  not  far 
from  New  Berlin.  The  latter  came 
originally  from  Bucks  county.  Be- 
longing to  a  regiment  in  Forbes'  cam- 
paign, he  was  wounded  in  the  leg  in 
Grant's  defeat,  September  14,  1758, 
or  in  the  attack  on  Bouquet's  camp, 
at  Loyalhanna,  and  made  for  home, 
through  the  woods,  with  a  bullet  in 
his  leg.  He  lived  mostly  on  wild 
grass  on  the  way.  Reaching  Penn's 
creek,  he  stopped,  married  a  Ger- 
man woman  there,  and  settled.  He 
served  in  Captain  Clarke's  company 
the  winter  of  1776 — 7,  and  when, 
during  the  war  of  1812,  one  of  his 
sons  was  drafted,  and  for^some  rea- 
son could  not  go,  the  old  man  went 
with  him  to  Sunbury,  and  asked  to 
be  substituted  for  his  son.  The 
board  rewarded  his  patriotism  by  dis- 
charging his  son.  He  died  in  Bea- 
ver township,  about  the  year  1820, 
leaving  a  large  family  of  boys.  His 
grandson  Jacob  was  a  member  of  Cap- 
tain Middleswarth's  Company,  in 
1814. 

1771 
The  assessment  of  Penn's  town- 
ship contains  this  year  the  names  of 
the  following  additional  settlers; 
Frederick  Albright,  Thomas  Allen, 
Tobias  Bickle,  Henry  Bower,  Robert 
Boyd,  Tobias  Bickle,  junior;  Michael 
Beidenbau  gh,  William  Burchard. 
Abraham  Billman,  George  Bowerman, 
Peter  Druckenmiller,  Widow  Dowd, 
Michael  Egulph,  John  Foutz,  George 
Herrold,  Joseph  Jacobs,  Michael  Kers- 
tetter,  Bostian  Kerstetter,  Andrew 
Moor,  Jacob  Myer,  Robert  Moody.. 
Edward  McConnel,  William  Nees, 
John  Regenbach,  Junior;  Michael 
Stoke,  Michael  Swingle,  Harman  Sny- 
der, Michael  Weaver,  George  Miller, 
Ulsh,      Freeman;      Casper 


Andrew 

Snyder,  Conrad  Hayslick,  and  Michael 

Foutz. 


SETTLERS    1772 — 1776 


165 


1772 

Additional  residents  in  Penn's 
township:  Abraham  Clements,  Mich- 
ael Hawn,  Henry  Miser,  George  Mil- 
ler, John  Swartz,  Melchior  Stock, 
Adam  Steffy,  Simon  Scouden,  widow 
of  Andrew  Moore,  Benjamin  Ewig, 
Conrad  Hafflich,  John  Reber.  The 
first  assessments  of  Penn's  and  Buf- 
falo, from  the  organization  of  the 
county  down  to  1775,  seem  to  have 
been  lost  when  the  records  were  for- 
warded to  Paxton,  during  the  great 
runaway.  List  of  settlers  cannot, 
therefore,  be  given  for  the  three  years 
intervening. 

1776 

The  following  inperfect  list  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Penn's  township  is 
taken  from  the  duplicate  of  Christian 
Seecrist,  collector  for  this  year,  dup- 
licate being  mutilated:  Adams,  Geo.; 
Albright,  Jacob;  Albright,  Fred 
rick,  Arnold,  Casper  Arnold, 
Lawrence;  Augustine,  Hieronimus. 
Ault,  Michael;  Bait,  Adam;  Bander, 
Adam;  Baker,  Wm. ;  Berst,  Peter; 
Bear,  Jacob;  Bickle,  Tobias;  Bom- 
berger,  John;  Bower,  Peter;  Bower, 
Henry;  Bright,  John;  Bressler,  Nich- 
olas; Brouse,  Jon.;  Brau,  Martin; 
Bombach,  Geo.;  Jon;  Hassinger.  Jac. ; 
Hostirman,  Peter;  Hosterman,  Jacob, 
junior;  Jacobs,  Joseph;  Jorday,  Peter; 
Jordan,  Philip;  Jost,  Casper;  Kers- 
tetter,  Michael;  Kerstetter,  Bastian; 
Keller,  Michael;  Kebler,  John;  Kline, 
Andrew:  Kline.  Jacob;  Kline,  George; 
Kline,  Stophel;  Kroo,  Godfrey;  Kre- 
mer,  Peter:  Kremer,  Daniel;  Gray- 
bill,  (Krebill,)  John;  Kreger,  Henry: 
KraiL,  Michael;  Laudenslager,  Geo.; 
Seiver,  Adam,  inmate,  Lewis,  John, 
inmate;  L  e  p  ley,  Michael;  Leist, 
David;  Lemley,  Leonard;  Livingood, 
Jacob;  Lively,  John;  Livengood,  F. ; 
Livey,  Peter;  Lowrey,  George;  Long, 
Christian;  Livengood,  George;  Maur- 
er,    Lawrence;   Maurer,   Peter;   Man- 


ning, Richard;  Markley,  Peter;  Mark- 
ley,  Simeon;  Martin,  Frederick;  Mens- 
ch,  Charles;  Menich,  Simeon;  Meiser, 
Michael;  Meiser,  John;  Meiser,  John; 
Meese,  Thomas;  Miser,  Henry;  Miller, 
Henry;  Miller,  Christian;  Miller, 
Frederick;  Miller,  Dewalt;  Miller, 
George;  Moon, William ;Moon,  Casper, 
junior;  Motz,  George,  inmate;  Motz, 
John;  Moore,  Andrew;  Moon,  Casper, 
senior;  Motz,  Michael;  Mull,  An- 
thony; Murry,  Alexander;  Myer,  Jac- 
ob, junior;  Myer,  Jacob,  senior; 
Myer,  Alexander;  Myer,  Stophel;  Mc- 
Queen, John;  McKean,  William;  New- 
comer, Francis;  Nees,  William;  New- 
man, Jacob;  Neff,  Jacob;  O'Brein, 
Patrick;  Puff,  Dewall;  Pyle,  Peter; 
Reger,  Michael;  Reed,  John;  Reager, 
Adam,  junior;  Reichenbach,  John, 
senior;  Reichenbach  John,  junior; 
Reed,  Casper;  Ream,  John;  Riddle, 
Yost;  Richart,  Henry;  Righter,  Chris- 
tain;  Right,  Ellis;  Row,  George;  Row, 
George,  junior;  Row,  John;  Row, 
Martin;  Roush,  Casper;  Roush,  Geo.; 
Robert,  John;  Rush  John;  Ryne. 
Henry;  Sense,  Frederick;  Seecrist. 
Christain;  Schrock,  John;  Schrock, 
George;  Shaffer,  Peter;  Shaffer,  An- 
drew; Shaffer,  Ludwig;  Sharrett,  Jac- 
ob; Sherrick,  John;  Shedderly,  An- 
drew; S  h  a  1 1  e  n  b  erger,  Lawrence; 
Shock,  Mathias;  Simeon,  Joseph; 
Smith,  John;  Smith,  Nicholas;  Snyder, 
Harman;  Snyder,  Simon;  Snyder, 
Anthony;  Snider,  John;  Snevely, 
Abraham;  Swift,  John;  Spayd,  Jacob* 
Spees,  Jacob;  Stees,  Jacob;  Steel, 
Jacob;  Steel,  John;  Stephen,  Adam, 
Stinley,  Daniel;  Stigleman,  Jacoo; 
Straup,  Peter;  Strayer,  Mathias, 
Strump,  Casper;  Stroam,  Christain; 
Stock,  Melchior;  Summerouser,  Hen- 
ry; Sutton,  Stephen;  Swengle,  Mich, 
ael;  Swartz,  John;  Swift,  John, 
Swoab,  George;  Trester,  Martin, 
junior;  Trester,  Michael;  Trucken- 
miller,  Peter;  Troutner,  George;  Ul- 
rich,   George;  Wales,  John;  Wallace, 


166 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Samuel;  Walter,  Ludwig;  Walter,  Jac- 
ob; Warfel,  Henry;  Weaver,  Michael; 
Weiser,  Peter,  Senior;  Weiser,  Benja- 
min, Esquire;  Weirich,  Peter;  Weir- 
ich,  William;  Whitmer,  Peter;  Whit- 
more,  Michael;  Wittenmyer,  An 
drew;  Wittenmyer,  Ludwig;  Wing, 
Hugh;  Wise,  George;  Worrah,  or 
Woodrow,  Ludwig;  Zellar,  John;  Zer- 
bach,  Bartel;  Zimmerman,  Stophel; 
Zanzinger,  Adam.  Single  men — 
Bickle,  Simon,  Dellman,  Andrew;  Dill, 
Leonard;  Dunkle,  Charles;  Garret, 
Henry;  Havelock,  Jacob;  Isenhower 
Frederick;  Kremer,  Daniel;  Kerstet- 
ter,  Martin;  List,  Andrew;  Maxwell, 
James;  Meshall,  Daniel;  Miller,  Con- 
rad; Myst,  John;  Rickert,  John; 
Stroup,  John;  Snider,  Stophel;  Stock, 
Peter;  Weaver,  John;  Zeller,  Henry. 

1778 
Aumiller,  Philip;  Bader,  George 
Bartges,  Christopher;  Bearsh,  Peter; 
Begel,  Thomas;  Benford,  George; 
Billman,  Abraham;  Bickle,  John; 
Bornson,  Catherine;  Bowerman,  Geo.; 
Bowerman,  John;  Borald,  Adam; 
Bowersox,  Paul ;  Boreminginan 
Peter;  Bollinger,  Adam;  Braucht, 
Daniel;  Brenard,  Francis;  Buchtel, 
John. 

1778 
Bumbach,  George,  senior;  Byerly, 
Anthony;  Carrol,  Hugh;  Clemens, 
Abraham;  Conrad,  George;  Dauber- 
man,  Christain;Deininger,  Frederick; 
Eberhart,  Frederick;  Eckart,  Jacob; 
Fannery,  Benjamin;  Fisher,  Jacob; 
Fisher,  Adam;  Fiddler,  Stephen; 
Foulke,  Jacob;  Fry,  John;  Gast,  Chris- 
tain  ;  Gay,  Frederick;  Gemberlingr 
Paul;  Gemberling  Jacob;  Gill,  Will- 
iam; Giltner,  Jacob;  Gillan,  Moses; 
Gift,  Adam;  Glass,  George;  Gundy. 
Peter;  Hafer,  Andrew;  Hains,  John: 
Hampshire,  John;  Harmin,  Henry; 
Hassinger,  Herman;  Havelock.  Con- 
rad; Hawn,  Michael;  Hendershot.  Cas- 


per; Herrold,  Simon;  Herrold,  George, 
a  grist  mill;  Hess,  Mathias;  Hoster- 
man,  Jacob;  Houser,  Mathias;  Kern. 
Yost;  Keister,  Martin;  Knippenberg- 
er,  Paul;  Kline,  David;  Krain,  Hugh; 
Laudenslager,  Ferdy;  Lepley;  Jacob; 
Lever,  Adam;  Lower,  Peter;  McAteer, 
Robert;  McCabe,  Edward;  Magill, 
Valentine;  Manning,  Simeon,  senior 
and  junior;  Maris,  William;  Miller, 
Conrad;  Miller  Dewart,  sawmill;  Mil- 
ler, Sigamund;  MitchelL  Daniel; 
Mockell,  Nicholas;  Molly,  Anthony; 
Moon,  John,  one  grist  mill;  Moon, 
Casper,  junior;  Moore,  Andrew,  two 
mills;  Moyer,  Jacob;  Moyer,  Charles; 
Mower,  Michael;  Musser,  John;  Nees, 
Thomas;  Netz,  Ludwig;  Oatly.  Ed 
ward;  Paul,  Dewalt;  Philips,  Benja- 
min; Reed,  John;  Reger,  John;  Rei- 
ber,  John;  Richter,  Christena;  Rine. 
Henry;  Rorabaugh,  Simon;  Roush. 
Jacob;  Roush,  John;  Seechrist,  Chris- 
tian, saw-mill;  Sherk,  John;  Shirtz 
Jacob;  Shock,  Jacob;  Shoop,  George- 
Snyder,  Christopher;  Spangler,  An- 
drew; Spengle,  Zachariah;  Stock. 
Peter;  Stock,  Michael;  Stoke,  George, 
Stum,  Abraham,  junior;  Swineford, 
Albright,  one  grist  and  saw-mil1.: 
Thomas.  John;  Trester,  George;  Tren- 
ter,  Martin;  Trester,  Jacob;  Weirich, 
William;  Weiser,  Philip;  Weiser, 
John;  Welsh,  John;  Willis,  John: 
Wittenmyer,  Andrew;  Woodrow. 
Simeon;  Yost,  Casper;  Zimmerman. 
Christopher. 

1780 
Among  the  residents  of  Penn  twp., 
in  T780  we  note  the  following  names: 
Barnard,  France;  Bart,  Jacob;  Bart- 
ges, Stophel:  Beard,  William;  Berts, 
Benjamin;  Bickard,  John;  Bickle. 
Thomas;  Bickle,  Simon,  distillery; 
Bickle,  Tobias,  distillery;  Bickle,  Jac- 
ob; Borald,  Adam;  Bolender,  Adam, 
senior;  Bolender,  Adam,  junior;  Bom- 
biugh.  widow;  Borer,  Peter;  Bower, 
Peter;  Bunker,  Abraham;  Carstette;-, 


SETTLERS    1780 — 1785 


167 


Martin;  Cline,  Jacob;  Cline,  Andrew; 
Coleman,  John;  Collins,  Moses;  Co- 
penberger,  Paul;  Crow,  Godfrey; 
Deaner,  George;  Deininger,  Jacob; 
Dowdle,  widow,  (widow  of  Captain 
Dowdle;)  Dreese,  Joseph;  Eberhart, 
Bernard;  Egeh,  William;  Evans, 
John;  Faucy,  Benjamin;  Fisher,  Abra- 
ham; Freyburg;  Ludwig;  Gan,  Frede- 
rick; Gaws,  Christian;  Ginney,  (wea- 
ver;) Graybill,  Christain;  Green 
John;  Graybill,  John;  Guyer,  Valen- 
tine; Hains,  John;  Harman,  John, 
Heffling,  Conrad;  Hermon,  Henry; 
Hoan,  Michael,  senior;  Hornberger, 
Charles;  Hooks,  Stephen;  Horn,  Sam- 
uel, Kemerer,  Peter;  Kemerer,  Dan- 
iel; Kerstetter,  Leonard;  Kerstetter, 
widow;  Keral,  Hugh;  Kettleman, 
David;  Kreek,  Philip;  Kreek,  Jacob; 
Koch,  Daniel;  Label,  Jacob;  Leist, 
David;  Liber,  Adam;  McTaget,  Billy; 
Manning,  John;  Manning,  Richard; 
Mateer,  Robert;  Meikle,  Simeon;  Mat- 
tig,  Daniel;  Merkley,  George,  Motz. 
Michael;  Meyer  John;  Meyer,  Chas.. 
distillery;  Mogel,  Valentine;  Moon, 
Thomas;  Moon,  James;  Moore.  An- 
drew, four  hundred  and  seventy-nine 
acres  of  land,  oil-mill,  two  distilleries, 
one  grist  mill  and  one  saw-mill;  Mor- 
ton, Jacob;  Mull,  Anthony;  Neyman, 
Jacob;  Newcomer,  Peter;  Nitz,  Philip; 
Nitz,  John;  Ogden,  Joseph;  Oudly, 
Edward;  Peters,  Michael;  Reybert, 
John,  senior;  Reger,  Elias;  Reger, 
Michael;  Reichenbaugh,  Jacob;  Reed, 
Casper,  saw-mill;  Reihm,  Henry;  Ret- 
zel,  Youst;  Reit,  John;  Ritchie,  Rob- 
ert; Rodgers,  John;  Roush,  Jacob; 
Row,  Martin,  junior;  Row,  Ludwig; 
Ryhart,  John;  Schock,  George;  Sch- 
ock,  John;  Shaffer,  George;  Shar- 
rer,  Michael;  Shoemaker,  Peter: 
Smith,  Stephen;  Snyder,  Thomas; 
Stees,  Jacob,  grist  and  saw-mill; 
Steffy,  Adam;  Straub,  John;  Styer, 
Henry;  Styers,  Jacob;  Sutton,  Zacn- 
ariah;  Swineford,  John;  Swineford, 
Albright,  six  hundred  and  eighty 
acres,  and  gristmill;  Tremgel,  Peter; 


Trenkle,  Matthias;  Truckenmiller, 
Frederick;  Ulrich,  George,  junior: 
Woodward,    Simon;   Zellner,   John. 

1781 

Anderson,  William,  tan-yard;  Ar- 
nold, Casper;  Arnold,  Widow;  Camp- 
bell, Clary,  (tenant  on  Charles  Gem- 
berling's  place,)  he  was  from  Bald 
Eagle  settlement;  Cripps,  John;  Dill- 
man,  Andrew;  Espert,  Widow;  Gray- 
bill, John,  non-juror;  Gast,  Christian; 
Grow,  Godfrey;  Gillen,  William; 
Hafflich,  Jacob;  Heiner,  Frederick; 
Hauser,  John;  Hessler,  William;  Has- 
singer,  Frederick;  Jordan,  Benjamin; 
Jost,  Widow;  Kester,  Peter;  Kerk, 
Michael;  Kinney,  Jacob;  Kohler,  An- 
drew; Lepley,  Jacob;  Miller,  Adam; 
Miller,  Simon ;  Maddox,  Richard ;  Mer- 
kel,  Peter;  Meraby,  Edward;  Pickard 
John;  Potter,.  James,  two  slaves;  Re- 
pass, Jacob ;  Showers,  Michael,  tenant 
of  Jacob  Stees;  Stephen,  Adam; 
Shaw,  William;  Shetterly,  John;  Wit- 
mer,  Peter;  Woods,  Joseph. 

1782 

George  Herrold  is  assessed  with 
two  mills  and  a  ferry;  Tobias  Bickle, 
senior,  with  a  tanyard;  William  An- 
derson, tanyard.  Additional  resi- 
dents: Frederick  Bubb,  Frederick 
Guy,  (non-juror,)  Andrew  Gift,  John 
Rush. 

1783 

Boop,  George;  Moore,  George; 
Pyle,  George;  Sherk,  John;  Weaver, 
Michael.  Widow  Stees  is  taxed  with 
grist  and  saw-mill. 

1785 

Arbogast,  John;  Dreis,  Jacob,  Her- 
rold, Simon,  ferry  and  grist-mill: 
Miller,  Dewalt,  saw>-mill;  Pontius. 
John;  Pontius,  Peter;  Schoolmaster, 
Abel;  Shipton,  Thomas;  Shisley,  Jac- 
ob; Sinclair,  Duncan;  Smith,  David; 
Selin  &  Snyder,  store,  negro  slave, 
and  forty  acres  of  land;  Speakman, 
J?mes;  Stoll,  Mathias;  Swineford, 
John;  Vanhorn,  Daniel;  Weiand, 
Jacob ;  Witmer,  Peter,  with  ferry. 


168 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


1786 

Auple,  Jonas;  Bolender;  Adam, 
junior;  Bossier,  George;  Businger, 
Conrad;  Dauberman,  Christian;  De- 
vore,  Abraham;  Garmon,  John;  Gem- 
berling,  Jacob;  Giltner,  Jacob;  Gross 
Henry;  Gruber,  Christain;  Mertz, 
Philip;  Nerhood,  Henry;  Winkelpleck, 
Henry. 

1788 
Bickle,  Tobias,  grist-mill;  Brown- 
lee,  William;  Bowerman,  Daniel; 
Buchtell,  John;  Carstetter,  Bostian; 
Eberhart,  Philip;  Howell,  Adam;  Kay, 
Frederick;  Koons,  John;  Meiser. 
Henry,  saw-mill;  Miller,  Widow,  saw- 
mill; Miller,  Benjamin;  Notestone. 
John;  Neiman,  Weiand;  Pyle,  George, 
distillery  and  saw-mill;  Quinn,  Will- 
iam; Quinn,  Thomas;  Rush,  Daniel; 
Shipton,  Thomas,  distillery;  Shock, 
Jacob,  grist  and  saw-mill;  Snyder,  S. , 
Spade,  David;  Spade,  Jacob;  Swine- 
ford,  George. 

1790 
Evans,  Frederick;  Metterling,  Bal- 
tzer;  Reiber,  John;  Stees,  Frederick; 
Snyder,  John  S. ;  Weirick,  Peter, 
Zerber,  Peter;  Snyder,  Simon,  (son 
of  Henry.) 

1791 
Adam,  Widow;  Berry,  Jacob;  Bis- 
hop, Jacob;  Grove,  Adam;  Goy  Fred- 
erick, distillery;  Gwynn,  Hugh;  Heim- 
bach,  Peter;  Housel,  Peter;  Oberdorf, 
Andrew,    grist    and    saw-mill    to    An- 
thony Selin;  Snyder,  John,  tan-yard: 
Stees,  Frederick,  grist,  saw,  and  oil 
mill;  Thornton,  John;  Witmer,  Peter, 
distillery,  ferry,  and  saw-mill. 
1793 
App,    Mathias;      Aurand,    Daniel; 
Bastian,  Daniel,  Michael,  and  George, 

Blasser, ;    Burchfield,    Charles; 

Clements,  Peter;  Dusing,  Nicholas 
and  John;  Gable,  Frederick;  Grogg, 
Peter,  saw-mill;  Hager,  John,  saw- 
mill ;  Hershey,  John ;  Highlands,  John ; 


Hoffer,  Elizabeth,  Hummel,  George, 
Adam;  Jasemsky,  Reverand,  Freaer 
ick,  William;  Kern,  Mathias;  Kendig, 
Jacob ;  Krebs,  John ;  McKinney,  Abra- 
ham; Nyhart,  David;  Pfiel,  Henry, 
saw-mill  on  Middlecreek;  Ram,  Nicho- 
las; Rhoads,  Francis,  junior;  Shatz- 
burger,  Christopher;  Shawber,  Christ- 
opher, junior;  Silvcrwood,  James; 
Snyder,  John,  tan-yard;  Snyder, 
Simon,  junior;  Solt,  David;  Strausser, 
John  N. ;  Sutherland  and  Vanvalzah, 
grist  and  saw-mill  on  Penns  Creek; 
Trester,  Michael,  saw-mill;  Walter 
John,  Jacob,  junior,  David,  and 
Philip;  Weirick,  William,  saw-mill; 
Witmer,  Peter,  junior,  saw-mill; 
Wolfe,  John  and  George,  junior; 
Young,  George;  Zering,  John. 

1794 
Drum,  Charles,  grist  and  saw-mili; 
Forey, Christain ;  Hendricks,  Samuel; 
Landis,  George;  Menges,  Adam,  grist 
and  saw  mill;  Ott,  George;  Page, 
Abraham,  still;  Pawling,  Joseph; 
Reish,  Daniel,  saw-mill;  Ritter,  Simon, 
still;  Stober,  William;  Tryon.  Fred- 
erick, fiddle;  Wetzel,  Philip. 

1795 
George    Benfer,    Michael    Beaver, 
Peter    Hackenburg,    Samuel    McClin- 
tock,    Philip    Youcum,       (Big)    John 
Kerstetter. 

1798 
John  Binkomer,  store-keeper;  Jos- 
eph Barger,  saw-mill;  Adam  Brause, 
saw,  grist-mill,  and  distillery;  John 
Dusing,  shoe-maker  and  fiddler;  Fred- 
erick Dreone,  surgeon  and  fiddler; 
Michael  Galer,  saw-mill;  Adam  Fish- 
er, store-house  and  ferry;  Henr> 
Haus,  saw-mill;  George  Kessler,  tan- 
ner; Valentine  Laudenslager,  grist- 
mill and  store;  Francis  Rhoads,  tav- 
ern, ferry,  and  store-house;  John 
Swineford,  tavern;  Neal  St.  Clair, 
taxed  with  a  negro;  A  Swineford,  two 
mulattoes. 


SETTLERS    1799 


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1799 

Adams,  John,  weaver;  Anderson, 
Jacob,  innkeeper;  Auple,  Peter,  inn- 
keeper; Balliet,  Nicholas,  tanner; 
Bard,  Jacob,  skin-dresser;  Berger, 
Bostian,  weaver;  Berry,  John,  potter; 
Beyer,  Christain,  carpenter;  Bleiler, 
David,  mill-wright;  Bloom,  Henry, 
weaver;  Bowersox,  George  A.,  mason; 
Bower,  Philip,  inn-keeper;  Boyer, 
John,  blacksmith;  Bryan,  George, 
tailor;  Bucher,  John,  blacksmith; 
Bull,  Nicholas,  tailor;  Bum,  Peter. 
saw-mill;  Clymer,  Isaac,  shoemaker; 
Cooper,  Martin,  cooper;  Dauberman. 
John,  carpenter;  Deitz,  Jacob,  black- 
smith; Engel,  George,  weaver;  Epler, 
John,  nailor;  Esterlin,  Frederick,  car- 
penter; Etzweiler,  George,  potter; 
Filman,  John,  Weaver;  Fisher,  Peter, 
weaver;  Frey,  David,  shoe-maker, 
Fuehrer,  Joseph,  tobacconist;  Gaugh- 
ler,  Nicholas,  gunsmith;  Gemberling, 
Jacob,  nailor;  Gemberling,  George, 
carpenter;  Giltner,  Christain,  carpen- 
ter; Grove,  Richard,  saddler;  Grub, 
John,  carpenter;  Hackenberg,  John, 
carpenter;  Hager,  John,  died;  Haines, 
John  and  George,  wheel-wrights;  Har- 
land,  Thoma^,  miller;  Holtzapple. 
Henry,  miller;  Hummel,  Jacob,  dis- 
tiller; Hummel,  Frederick,  shoe- 
maker; Kelly,  John,  carpenter;  Krat- 
zer,  Benjamin,  shoe-maker;  Kreider, 
Isaac,  carpenter;  Kuhn,  Jacob,  weav- 
er; Leist,  Andrew,  mason;  Long, 
Peter,  shoe-maker;  Maurer,  John, 
nailor;  Merkel,  George,  turner;  Mey- 
er, John,  son  of  Stephen,  shoe-maker; 
Meyer,  Jacob,  son  of  Stephen,  tailor; 
Miller,  George,  tailor;  Neaman,  Peter, 
fiddler;  Nelson,  John,  tailor;  Ober- 
dorf,  Hanry,  mason;  Oswald,  John, 
tailor;  Row,  John  and  Frederick,  mas- 
ons; Rupp,  George,  carpenter;  Shear- 
er, Andrew,  blacksmith;  Shock,  Jac- 
ob, blacksmith;  Sns'der,  John,  tailor; 
Snyder,  George,  shoe-maker;  Snyder, 
George,  inn-keeper;  Snyder,  Simon, 
junior,  inn-keeper;  Spade,  Geo., 
mason;      Straw,      Andrew,       hatter; 


Stump,  Jacob,  shoe-maker;  Wales. 
James,  mill-wright;  Weiseu,  Benja- 
min, tailor;  Weikel,  Christain,  tailor; 
Werlin,Michael,  ferry  ana  saw-mill; 
Westman,  Jacob,  Carpenter;  Witten- 
moyer,  Michael,  clock-maker;  Wolf, 
Philip,  mill-wright;  Yoder,  Henry, 
carpenter;  Yoder,  Jacob,  potter. 

Names  of  the  Residents  of  Beaver 
Township,  taken  from  an  Assessment 
made  by  Daniel  Hassinger,  in  April, 
1789: 

Albright,  Jacob;  Aupel,  Peter; 
Barnes,  John;  Beak,  Frederick, 
Beard,  Jacob;  Bell,  George;  Bopp, 
Conrad;  Boutch,  Anthony,  distillery: 
Breiner,  Philip;  Breisenger,  Conrad; 
Carrel,  Hugh;  Carrel,  Frederick; 
Christy,  James;  Clark,  James;  Dein- 
inger,  Frederick;  Deward,  Francis; 
Dido,  Frantz;  Diese,  Michael;  Dries, 
John;  Dries  Jacob;  Dries,  Peter; 
Everhart,  Barnard;  Everhart,  Fred- 
erick; Gift,  Adam;  Gooden,  Moses; 
Gothers,  Henry;  Grim,  Jacob;  Hall, 
Matthew;  Hartz,  John;  Hassinger. 
Jacob;  Hassinger,  Daniel,  saw-mill; 
Hassinger,  Frederick;  Herbster,  Dav- 
id; Houser,  Jacob;  Kern,  Yost,  (Jos- 
eph;) Kline,  George;  Kline,  Christo- 
pher; Kline,  Stophel;  Kricks,  Jacob; 
Krose,  Henry;  Krose,  (Gross,)  Henry, 
junior;  Krose,  Daniel;  Laber,  John; 
Lepley,  Jacob;  Lewis,  Thomas;  Man- 
ning, Nathan ;  Mattox,  Jacob ;  Maurer, 
Michael;  Maurer,  Michael,  junior; 
Meek,  Andrew;  Meek,  Peter;  Meyer, 
John;  Meyer,  John,  (weaver;)  Meyer, 
Mary;  Michael,  Jacob;  Mook,  George; 
Moon,  Nathaniel;  Moriarty,  Francis; 
Mumma,  John;  Nerhood,  Henry;  New- 
comer, Peter;  Nyer,  Nicholas,  grist- 
mill; Oatley,  Edward;  Oatley,  Asa; 
Philips,  Benjamin;  Poe,  Jacob;  Reger, 
Adam;  Reger,  Elias;  Reigelderfer, 
Adam;  Roush,  Jacob;  Royer,  Stephen; 
Royer,  Bastian;  Sharred,  Jacob;  Sny- 
ther,  John;  Snyder,  Feter;  Stock;, 
George;  Straub,  Andrew,  grist-mill 
and  two  distilleries;  Strayer,  Mathias; 
Stroub,  Jacob;  Stull,  Mathias;  Stump, 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


William,  distillery;  Thomas,  John; 
Thomas,  George;  Treminer,  Paul; 
Vanhorn,  Daniel;  Walter,  Jacob; 
Wannermacher,  Casper;  Watts,  John; 
Weiss,  Stophel,  grist-mill. 

Names  of  the  Residents  of  Beaver 
Township,  taken  from  an  Assessment 
made  by  Daniel  Hassinger,  in  April, 
1789: 

Wiant,  Jacob;  Woods,  John;  Yost, 
Widow;  Young,  Matthew.  Single 
men  taxed  ten  shillings  each:  Collins, 
Joseph;  Gift,  Anthony;  Gross,  John; 
Hassinger,  John;  Hassinger,  Henry; 
Lewis,  Enos;  Manning,  Elisha;  Man- 
ning, Nathan;  Philips,  Benjamin; 
Sherrard,  George;  Strayer,  Mathias. 
1791 

Bopp,  Conrad,  hemp-mill;  Collins, 
David;  Edmunson,  William;  Hassing- 
er, Jacob,  tan-yard;  Johnston,  John 
and  James;  Myer,  Henry,  grist  and 
saw-mill;  Myer,  Jacob,  tan-yard; 
Knepp,  George;  Sharrard,  Jacob; 
grist  and  saw-mill;  Wise,  John,  grist 
and  saw-mill. 


1794 

Aurand,  Henry  and  George;  Cum- 
mings,  James;  Ewing,  Thomas; 
Ewing,  John;  Gill,  William;  Hend- 
ricks, Jacob,  mill;  Harman,  Samuel; 
Hileman,  Adam,  mill;  Romich,  Joseph; 
Shipton,  Thomas;  Shultz,  John; 
Troxel,  John;  Wilson,  Moore. 
1799 

Aurand,  Daniel;  Barlet,  Jacob; 
Blompon,  Conrad,  mill;  Cummings, 
John;  Fry,  Jacob  and  Abraham;  Gil- 
man,  Henry;  Grosscope,  Samuel; 
Heil,  Daniel;  Howell,  John,  funning- 
mill;  Lehr,  William;  Manning,  Rich- 
ard; Middlesworth,  John;  Miller, 
John;  Peters,  Jacob;  Reigeldorf, 
Adam;  Romig,  Joseph,  mills;  Rote, 
Jacob  and  John;  Smith,  Adam; 
Steele,  Adam;  Sterninger,  Dewalt; 
Wise,  John,  miller;  Zerns,  Jacob, 
paper  mill. 

Single  Men — Hoyn,  Henry,  in  a 
store  with  Henry  Aurand;  Kern, 
Adam;  Kern,  Peter;  Mussina,  Zach- 
arias;  Weber,  John. 


PROMINENT  SNYDER 


RANDOM  ITEMS  OF  MEN  ANO  AFFAIRS  DURING 
THE  LAST  CENTURY. 


Anthony  Selin,  founder  of  Selins- 
grove,  was  married  Sunday,  Aug.  2fi, 
1810,  to  Miss  Catherine  Yoner,  of 
Sunbury. 

The  same  day,  Conrad  Weiser  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Snyder,  both 
of  Penns  township. 

Albright  Swineford  of  this  place 
was  born,  Feb.  16.  1728,  and  died 
Oct.    15,    1810. 

Conrad  Weiser.  the  famous  Indian 
Interpreter,  who  traveled  through 
here,  was  born  in  Herrenberg,  in 
Wittenberg,  Germany  Nov.  2,  1696 
and  died  July  13,  1760,  aged  64  yrs., 
3  months,  3  weeks  and  6  days.  He 
is  buried  near  Womelsdorf. 

June  11,  1818,  John  Snyder    Esq., 


son  of  Gov.  Snyder,  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  Kittera,  daughter  of  Hon. 
John  Wilkes  Kittera,  deceased.  Jno. 
Snyder  died  at  Selinsgrove,  Aug.  15, 
1850. 

Ex-Governor.  Simon  Snyder,  of 
Selinsgrove,  was  elected  Senator  of 
the  Northumberland  Union,  etc.  dis- 
trict without  opposition  in  the  fall  of 
1818.  He  died  Nov.  9,  1819  at  3  a. 
m.,  aged  70  years  and  4  days.  He 
was  married  three  times:  Elizabeth 
Michael,  of  Lancaster;  second,  June 
12,  1796.  Catherine  Antes;  third, 
Oct.  16,  1814,  to  Mary  Slough  Scott 
of  Harrisburg.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Episcopal  church  and  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  person  to  start 
a  sabbath  school  at  Selinsgrove. 


PROMINENT  PIONEERS 


171 


George  Kerstetter,  a  blacksmith, 
of  Washington  township,  aged  64, 
served  four  years  in  the  Revolution- 
ary war.  in  Qapt.  Burkhart's  Com- 
pany, Col.  Hunsecker's  Regiment. 
Children,  Jacob  and  Dorothy.  Wife's 
name  was  Elizabeth. 

Adam  Smith,  Jr.,  who  was  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  at  Beavertown, 
was  the  son  of  Adam  Smith,  Sr., 
who  was  a  teamster  in  the  Revolu- 
tion. John  Smith  another  son  also 
settled  at  Beavertown.  The  Smiths 
of  the  west  end  of  the  country  art. 
largely  of  the  descendants  of  these 
two  brothers. 

March  28.  1822.  At  Selinsgrove, 
George  A.  Snyder,  son  of  Gov.  Sny- 
der, was  married  to  Miss  Ann  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Duncan,  deceas- 
ed   1812-23? 

1812-23  John  Snyder's  heirs 
brought  a  suit  against  Gov.  Simon 
Snyder  claiming  93  acres  of  land 
lying  west  of  Penns  Creek, .  where 
Selinsgrove  now  stands.  The  prop- 
erty was  struck  down  at  public  sale, 
Nov.  12,  1790  to  Anthony  Selin.  Sr., 
who  was  married  to  Gov.  Snyder's 
sister  and  was  a  partner  with  the  Gov- 
ernor in  a  mill.  Selin  had  intimidat- 
ed bidders  at  the  sale  and  it  was 
claimed  that  the  Governor  was  in 
league  with  Selin  to  cheat  the  heirs 
of  John  Snvder  out  of  the  land  at  the 
de^th  of  Selin  which  occurred  in 
1792.  The  land  was  sold  at  this 
sale  by  the  administrators  of  John 
Snyder. 

April  7,  1825,  by  Rev.  Fries,  John 
Orwig,  of  Mifflinburg  was  married  to 
Maria  Bright.  Oct.  6,  by  same,  Dan- 
iel Apple,  to  Miss  Susan  Orwig  of 
Mifflinburg. 

July  4,  1826,  Jacob  Swineford  of 
this  place  was  murdered  in  Lebanon. 
He  and  his  son  had  taken  380  sheep 
to  the  city,  most  of  which  had  been 
sold.  He  was  knocked  down  at  an 
alley  on  Hill  street  by  three  men 
and  robbed  of  $400  or  $500.  A 
•  purse  of  $80  was  found  on  his  per- 
son after  the  murder. 

Aug.  25,  1827.  Lafayette  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  New  Ber- 
lin, appropriated  $40  to  the  Greek 
Fund  "to  be  applied  in  accelerat- 
ing the  cause  of  liberty  in  Greece." 
Oct.  14  67  Masons  appeared  in  re- 
galia in'  Masonic  procession  at  New 
Berlin.  This  was  during  the  anti- 
Masonic   period. 


Feb.  24,  1827,  Thomas  Shipton, 
Esq.,  died  in  Middleburg,  aged  74 
years.  He  officiated  as  justice  of 
the  peace  for  upwards  of  thirty  years 
and  was  very  highly  esteemed. 

April  13,  1827,  The  borough  of 
Selinsgrove  was  incorporated. 

Dec.  24,  1827,  Hon.  Ner  Middles- 
warth  was  chosen  speaker  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  of  Penna. 
May  1829,  James  F.  Linn  survey- 
ed and  laid  out  the  river  road  from 
Lewisburg  to  Selinsgrove. 

Sept.  18,  1834,  an  indignation 
meeting  was  held  in  New  Berlin  find- 
ing fault  with  the  Legislature  for 
passing  a  law  providing  for  com- 
mon schools.  Prominent  among  the 
kickers  were:  George  Kremer,  Peter 
Richter,  Frederick  Kremer,  Henry  C. 
Eyer  and  many  others. 

1834-5.  The  winter  was  very  se- 
vere. On  Shade  Mountain,  a  pack  of 
20  wolves  were  found  frozen  after 
the  melting  of  the  snow.  They  ap- 
r»e?red  to  have  huddled  together,  per- 
haps exhausted  with  a  long  march, 
and  perished  of  cold  and  hunger. 

1840.  Conrad  Swartzlander,  aged 
85,  of  Centre  township  was  a  U.  S. 
pensioner. 

Jan.   8,   1844.     The  new  Lutheran 

church  at  Selinsgrove  was  dedicated. 

Oct    30,    1845.      Frederick    Binga- 

man  died  in  Beaver  township  at  the 

age   of   90   years. 

Jacob  App,  Selinsgrove,  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  Mexican  War..  Co.  C. 
Second  Regiment,  died  at  San  Fran- 
cisco. Cal.  in  Oct.  1849,  aged  24. 

1802.  The  following  named  per- 
ons  resided  in  Middleburg  or  Swine- 
fordstown:  John  Aurand,  joiner; 
John  Fnler;  David  Frv,  shoemaker; 
Jacob  Fry,  Sr. ;  Mark  Kennel;  Jacob 
Lechner,  inn-keeper;  David  Leist; 
Isaac  Mertz;  Zacharias  Mussina;  Jno. 
Nelson;  Martin  Smith,  cooper;  Rob- 
ert Smith;  George  Spaid;  David 
Snaid;  Geo.  Swineford;  John  Weller; 
Michael  Waint;  Michael  Wittenmyer, 
clock-maker.  . 

Feb.  6.  1804.  Dr.  Joseph  Priestly 
died  at  the  age  of  71  and  was  buri- 
ed at  Northumberland.  He  was  the 
author  of  many  volumes  and  a  great 
scientist.  „    .      *     ,     * 

Jan.  15,  1805.  John  Swineford  of 
Middleburg,  died.  He  was  born  April 
16  1755.  Other  deaths  m  1805: 
Adam  Shewel  of  Centre  twp.,  and 
Geo.  Motz  of  Penns  township. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


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THE  OLD  SNYDER  MILL,  BUILT,    NEAR    RICHFIELD,    1778. 


The  above  picture  represents  one 
of  the  land  marks  of  Snyder  County, 
now  called  the  "West  Perry  Roller 
Mills,"  near  Richfield,  and  is  in  pos- 
ession  of  A.  B.  Swartz.  It  is  said 
the  present  structure  was  erected  in 
1778. 

The  oldest  deed  in  posession  of 
Mr.  Swartz  is  George  Snyder  to  John 
K.  Snyder  dated  April  16,  1817. 

May  30,  1829,  John  and  Catherine 
Snyder  administrators  of  George  Sny- 
der, deceased,  one-half  to  Catherine 
Heiser  and  later  was  deeded  to  John 
K.  Snyder  by  Sheriff  Philip  Seebold. 

Later  John  K.  Snyder  gave  ■  the 
property  to  John  A.  Heiser  and  wife 
and    Susan    Stroup. 

Aug.  23,  1866,  the  last  named  sold 
to  Jacob  Pile  and  wife. 

March  31,  1873,  Pile  sold  to  Joshua 
M.  Roush. 

Nov.  13,  1882,  Joshua  M.  Roush 
and  wife,  Isabella,  sold  to  Lewis  P. 
Yeager  and  wife,  Anna. 

Jan.  21,  1888,  Yeager  sold  to  Chris- 
tian Lauver  and  wife. 

Apr.  1,  1892  , Lauver  and  wife  sold 
to  Thomas  Gordon. 

In  1895,  it  was  sold  by  the  assignee 
to  William  Bergey. 


October  17,  1905,  Bergey  and  wife 
sold   to    George   H.    Ehrenzeller. 

Oct.  1908,  Ehrenzeller  sold  to  A. 
B.    Swartz. 

When  the  property  was  sold  to 
Thomas  Gordon,  Gordon  could  not 
pay  for  it  and  it  reverted  back  to 
Lauver.  Mr.  Swartz  reports  that 
there  are  some  old  deeds  missing  in 
the  chain  of  title  which  accounts  for 
the  apparent  discrepancy  at  the  be- 
ginning of  this  article. 

The    Old    Snyder    Mill 

The  mill  until  recently  has  been 
known  as  the  "Old  Snyder  Mill."  Mr. 
Swartz  writes  as  follows:  "I  saw 
Henry  Snyder  and  he  told  me  his 
grand-father,  John  S.  Snyder,  built 
the  mill  over  100  years  ago,  but  he 
has  no  date.  His  grand-father  died 
40  years  ago  and  he  was  96  years 
old  when  he  died. 

George  Snyder  and  John  S.  Sny- 
der were  brothers,  and  John  K.  Sny- 
der was  a  son  of  John  S.  Snyder. 
Henry  Snyder  is  a  son  of  John  K. 
Snyder  and  is  a  very  old  man. 

While  the  building  is  old,  it  is  still 
substantial  and  all  the  antiquated  ma- 
chinery has  been  thrown  out  and  new 
machinery  has  been  installed  by  Mr. 
Swartz. 


HISTORY   AND   DEVELOPMENT 


173 


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Snyder  County  was  formed  out  of 
Union  KDounty  by  an  Act  of  the  Legis- 
lature of  Pennsylvania  approved 
March  2,  1855.  Union  County  was 
formed  from  Northumberland,  March 
22,  1813.  Northumberland  County 
was  formed  from  parts  of  Lancaster 
Cumberland,  Berks,  Bedford  and 
Northampton  Counties  March  27, 
1772.  What  is  now  Snyder  County 
belonged  at  one  time,  at  least  par- 
tially to  Cumberland  County  which 
was  formed  from  Lancaster  County 
Jan.  27,  1750  and  Lancaster  was 
formed  from  Chester,  Mar.  10,  1729. 
Chester,  Bucks  and  Philadelphia 
Counties  were  the  three  original 
counties  established  at  the  first  set- 
tlement of  the  provinces  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1682.  The  Act  creating 
the  new  county  of  Snyder,  March  2, 
1855  provided  for  an  election  to  be 
held  March  16th  following  to  deter- 
mine by  a  vote  of  the  people  of  what 
was  then  Union  County  whether  the 
division  should  be  made.  There  were 
1688  for  division  and  1643  against  di- 
vision giving  a  majority  of  45  for 
severing  the  county.  The  Act  also 
provided  that  the  county  seat  should 
be  located  by  a  vote  of  the  people 
and  any  town  furnishing  a  guranteed 
subscription  of  $10,000  towards  the 
erection  of  a  new  court  house  and 
jail  should  be  entitled  to  the  seat  of 
justice.  Middleburg,  Selinsgrove  and 
Freeburg  raised  ithe  amounts  and 
the  contest  resulted:  Middleburg, 
1357;  Selinsgrove,  922;  and  Freeburg, 
208  votes.      Middleburg  won. 

An  act  to  change  the  county  seat 
from  Middleburg  to  Selinsgrove  pass- 
ed in  1865.  The  reason  for  this,  as 
given  in  the  bill,  is  that  great  dis- 
satisfaction exsisted  in  consequence 
of  the  location  of  the  county  seat 
and  that  the  necessary  county  build- 


ings had  not  yet  been  erected  and 
that  the  grand  jury  at  he  February 
term  1865  reported  the  court  house 
unsafe  and  the  public  roads  insecure 
and  that  the  new  buildings  must  nec- 
essarily be  erected.  The  act  pro- 
vided that  Wm.  F.  Eckbert,  Wm.  F. 
Wagenseller  and  L.  R.  Hummel  be- 
come Commissioners  by  the  act  to 
select  grounds  in  Selinsgrove  on 
which  to  erect  public  buildings,  a 
fee  simple  deed  to  be  delivered  to 
the  Commissioners  of  the  County, 
without  expense  to  the  county  and 
a  guaranteed  subscription  of  not  less 
than  $5000  to  be  approved  by  the 
Court  and  the  money  paid  to  the 
Commissioners,  who  were  required  to 
proceed  at  once  to  erect  suitable 
public  buildings  fully  as  good  as  those 
in  Lewisburg,  the  county  seat  of 
Union  County.  A  majority  of  the 
Commissioners  refused  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  act  and 
hence  nothing  was  done  to  erect  new 
public  buildings  at  Selinsgrove.  They 
were  arrainged  before  court  for  being 
derelict  of  duty.  They  took  every 
advantage  to  delay  the  erection  of 
buildings  until  too  late  in  the  sum- 
mer to  begin  building.  At  the  next 
session  of  the  Legislature  the  county 
seat  question  was  again  agitated  and 
an  act  was  passed  March  21,  1866 
authorizing  an  election  to  be  held 
April  24,  1866  for  and  against  the 
removal  of  the  county  seat  from  Mid- 
dleburg to  Selinsgrove.  The  reason 
given  for  the  Legislature  reconsider- 
ing their  action  of  the  previous  ses- 
sion was  the  representation  that  it 
was  hastily  done  at  the  close  of  the 
session  against  the  expressed  will  of 
the  people.  The  election  was  held 
in  accordance  with  the  provision  of 
the  act  and  it  was  a  most  exciting 
contest  which  resulted  as  follows 
for  and  against  removal: 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


For 

Against 

Beaver  West, 

244 

Centre, 

182 

Chapman, 

317 

71 

Franklin, 

200 

Jackson, 

34 

114 

Middleburg, 

1 

81 

Middlecreek, 

63 

73 

Monroe, 

215 

20 

Penns, 

275 

5 

Perry, 

28 

151 

Perry  West, 

27 

85 

Selinsgrove, 

343 

1 

Washington, 

99 

184 

Totals, 

1404 

1757 

Maj.  against 

removal, 

353. 

Undoubtedly  the  most  interesting- 
event  in  the  history  of  Snyder  coun- 
ty was  the  division  from  Union,  and 
the  struggles  which  attended  the 
change.  No  other  event  had  such  a 
bearing  upon  the  subsequent  history 
of  our  county,  as  well  as  Union,  as 
this  separation,  after  years  of  good 
will  and  peaceful  existence. 

It  was  not  until  the  beginning  of 
the  latter  part  of  the  nineteenth 
century  that  anything  definite  was 
reached,  or,  in  fact,  any  measure 
was  broached  along  this  line.  The 
bringing  about  of  the  division  is  mem- 
orable and  interesting,  and  the  nar- 
ration of  which  herewith  follows. 
The  Division 

In  the  early  part  of  1853  when  the 
County  Seat  was  located  at  New  Ber- 
lin, an  appeal  was  made  for  the  bet- 
tering or  rebuilding  of  the  shabby 
buildings  which  served  as  the  Court 
House  and  County  Jail.  This,  as  may 
well  be  expected,  was  met  with  strong 
opposition.  The  greater  part  of  the 
people  of  the  southern  section  were 
opposed  to  the  measure  of  giving  the 
county  better  executive  buildings; 
and,  threatened  that  if  this  were 
done,  they  would  secede,  and  form 
a  commonwealth  of  their  own.  This 
of  course,  was  alarming,  and  no: 
much  was  done  in  the  way  of  grant- 
ing the  request.  Indeed,  opposition 
seems  not  to  have  been  confined  to 
that  section  which  is  now  Snyder, 
but  in  many  parts  of  Union  count  c, 
as  well.      This,     together     with     the 


troubles  and  agitations  arising  from 
'the  railway  questions  then  exciting 
the  people,  eventually  brought  about 
the   separation. 

The  first  meeting  held  for  the  pur- 
pose of  separation,  was  called  in  Free- 
burg,  February  28th,  1853.  Peti- 
tions were  soon  circulated  over  the 
county.  The  chief  object  of  the 
meeting  was,  to  decide  the  momen- 
tous issue  of  building  a  new  court 
house  in  New  Berlin.  Division,  how- 
ever, was  advised,  with  Penn's  Creek 
as  the  central  dividing  line. 

In  March,  1853,  and  editorial  was 
printed  in  one  of  the  leading  news- 
papers, strongly  advising  the  division 
for  the  sake  of  peace,  and  laying 
down  the  main  boundary  lines  which 
should  be  used,  in  order  to  give  an 
equal  share  to  both.  It  was  suggest- 
ed that  the  northern  section  be  named 
BUFFALO  COUNTY,  and  the  south- 
ern, UNION. 

Petitions  were  soon  carried  to  the 
Legislature.  In  March,  1853,  Senator 
Slifer  read  a  bill  before  that  body, 
advising  the  separation,  and  sug- 
gested that  the  northern  section  re- 
tain the  present  name,  and  the  south- 
ern be  named  SNYDER,  in  honor  of 
Gov.  Simon  Snyder.  At  the  same 
time  petitions  were  circulated  in  the 
House,  asking  that  a  certain  part  of 
Union  County  be  annexed  to  Juniata. 

A  report  of  the  Legislature,  short- 
ly afterwards,  shows  that  about  2?- 
130  people  petitioned  for  a  division 
of  the  county,  and  1,846,  against. 
More  than  two-thirds  of  the  former 
lived  within  the  present  limits  of 
our  county.  The  effort  to  divide  the 
county  came  to  nought,  because  of 
the  lateness  of  the  bill  in  being  pre- 
sented to  the  House. 

In  the  October  election,  1853,  the 
measure  was  voted  for.  The  railway 
question  was  included  in  the  ticket 
of  the  former,  and  so  confused  many 
of  the  people,  that  the  election  re- 
sulted in  a  vote  of  one  hundred  and 
eip-hty-one   against   division. 

During  the  following  year,  petitions 
weje,  again,  circulated,  and  a  mem- 
orial was  drawn  up,  and  brought  be- 
fore the  house.  It  laid  down  the 
principles    and    reasons    for   wanting 


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175 


the  division,  saying  that,  as  the  coun- 
ty was  thirty-two  miles,  in  length, 
north  to  south,  and  twenty-seven  from 
east  to  west,  it  would  be  of  greater 
advantage  to  the  both,  both  as  to  vot- 
ing precints  and  matters  of  atate, 
should  the  separation  take  place. 
This  memorial  received  two  thousand 
signers  for  division,  and  one  thousand 
against  the  measure;  but  it  failed  to 
accomplish  its  purpose.  The  mem- 
orial earnestly  asked  for  division,  thus 
hoping  to  dispel  all  clouds  of  agitation 
and  animosity  between  the  rivals. 
During  March,  1854,  it  passed  unani- 
mously with  the  exception  of  Major 
Simonton,  Representative  from  Un- 
ion county,  who  voted  in  opposition. 

During  the  entire  summer  of  1854, 
the  agitation  and  excitment  continu- 
ed to  increase.  By  October  elec- 
tions were  held,  and  the  Divisionists 
were  triumphant  in  nomination  and 
election.  Petitions  were  circulated 
during  the  following  month  (Novem- 
ber.) 

The  Legislature  opened  in  January, 
1855.  In  that  month,  Representa- 
tive Crawford,  of  Juniata  county, 
introduced  the  bill  in  the  House.  Up 
to  tbis  date  the  names  of  three  thous- 
and signers  had  been  enrolled  upon 
it;  and  the  bill  passed  the  commit- 
tee of  the  whole,  February  21st. 
Amendments  were  introduced  and  it 
passed  the  Senate,  the  same  day.  It 
then  passed  back  to  the  House;  and 
on  March  2nd,  1855,  was  passed  and 
approved  by  Governor  Pollock. 

One  of  the  sections  of  the  bill 
provided  that  it  should  be  given  Lo 
popular  vote.  Election  was  held  two 
weeks  after  the  passage,  March  16th, 
resulting  in  a  suffrage  of  two  thous- 
and five  hundred  and  fifty-three  for 
the  measure,  and  two  thousand  five 
hundred  and  eight,  against;  a  ma- 
jority of  forty-five  votes. 

Thus  did  Snyder  take  its  place 
among  her  sister  counties  of  the  Com- 
monwealth. 

Growth    of    the    County 

We  append  below  a  tabular  state- 
ment showing  the  growth  of  popula- 
tion of  Snyder  County  during  its 
existence  as  a  county. 


Districts, 

1870 

1880 

1890 

1900 

Adams,  (a) 

831 

646 

707 

Beaver,  (b) 

1766 

1407 

857 

832 

Beaver  "West, 

1131 

1355 

999 

1038 

Centre, 

885 

1060 

1060 

1030 

Chapman, 

1007 

1126 

1219 

1087 

Franklin,  (c) 

932 

1247 

1144 

1286 

Jackson, 

712 

728 

730 

719 

Middleburg,  (d) 

370 

398 

420 

513 

Middlecreek, 

574 

727 

750 

734 

Monroe, 

1126 

1177 

1279 

1215 

Penn, 

1415 

1373 

1261 

1263 

Perry, 

1016 

1212 

1287 

1150 

Perry  West, 

585 

749 

752 

700 

Selinsgrove, 

1453 

1431 

1315 

132<> 

Spring,  (e) 

1208 

1123 

Union,  (f) 

1091 

1251 

1233 

1169 

Washington, 

1541 

1725 

1500 

1412 

Totals,       15606  17797  17651  17304 

(a)  Adams  formed  from     Beaver, 
Sept.,   1874. 

(b)  Part  taken   to    form      Spring 
township,   1880. 

(c)  Formed  from  Centre,  1853. 

(d)  Formed    from   Franklin      and 
incorporated  into  a  borough  1864. 

(e)  Organized  since     1880  from  a 
part  of  Beaver. 

(f)  Formed  from   Chapman  April 
23,   1869. 

The   census   of   1910   revealed   the 
following  figures: 

Adams,     667 

Beaver 809 

Centre,     899 

Chapman   914 

Franklin,   1328 

Jackson, 677 

Middleburg,    531 

Middlecreek,    768 

Monroe, 1315 

Penn,   1119 

Perry 1024 

Selinsgrove,    1473 

Spring,    1049 

Union,    1095 

Washington 1238 

West  Beaver,    1190 

West  Perry,    704 

Total 16,800 

In  1860  the  population  was  15,035. 
Snyder   County   is   located   on   the 


176 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


west  side  of  the  Susquehanna  river 
and  has  very  fertile  soil.  Penns- 
creek  forms  the  greater  part  of  the 
County  living  between  Shade  and 
Jacks  Mountains  and  furnishes  the 
name   to   this  beautiful  valley. 

The  occupation  of  the  people  is 
largely  agricultural,  but  in  recent 
years,  the  industrial  end  has  devel- 
oped. Selinsgrove  has  two  shoe  fac- 
tories, a  shirt  factory  and  a  silk  mill; 
Middleburg  has  a  big  tannery,  a  shirt 
factory,  and  a  silk  mill;  Paxtonville 
has  a  mammouth  brick  plant  and 
many  other  industries  are  located 
elsewhere  in  the  county. 

Selinsgrove,  the  metropolis,  is  the 
seat  of  Susquehanna  University,  a 
Lutheran  College  and  Theological 
Seminary. 

The  Sunbury  and  Lewistown  rail- 
road traverses  the  heart  of  the  coun- 
ty and  the  Sunbury  and  Selinsgrove 
Electric  Street  Railway  Company  car- 
ries passengers  between  the  two 
points  named. 

In  1906,  agents  of  the  Northern 
Central  Connecting  Railway  Com- 
pany purchased  several  thousand  ac- 
res of  land  between  Selinsgrove  and 
Shamokin  Dam  with  the  evident  pur- 
pose of  erecting  large  shops  and  mak- 
ing classification  yards.  Thru  the 
death  of  the  President,  Cassatt,  the 
project  has  not  yet  materialized, 
though  it  is  quite  probable  that  the 
RTe?t  industry  may  yet  spring  into 
being  as  the  Company  still  owns  the 
land. 

The  Middlecreek  Electric  Company 
of  Sunbury  in  1906  bought  a  water 
ris:ht  and  land,  2  miles  South  of  Se- 
linsgrove, and  erected  a  large  Hydro- 
Electric  nlant  that  is  furnishing  pow- 
er in  Selinsgrove,  Sunbury  and  Nor- 
thumberland. 

The  Middlecreek  Valley  Telephone 
Company  is  a  new  corporation,  char- 
tered April  28.  1910,  and  the  stock 
is  owned  by  Snvder  County  people 
Its  lines  have  already  penetrated  to 
all  parts  of  the  County. 

The  soil  is  largely  limestone  for- 
mation, with  parts  'of  it  underlaid 
with  rich  deposits  of  iron,  several 
mines  of  which  are  in  operation  in 
the  County. 


BURIALS    AT    NEW    BERLIN,    PA. 


New  Berlin  is  situated  on  Penn's 
Creek,  in  the  county  of  Union.  It 
was  laid  out  in  1794  and  was  for  over 
forta|  years  the  county  seat.  The 
settlements  along  this  creek  anedate 
the  French  and  Indian  War,  1756, 
during  which  troubles  over  twenty- 
five  people  were  massacred  along -this 
creek.  The  first  burying  place  of 
this  region  was  one  mile  above  town, 
where  many  of  the  first  settlers  as 
well  as  some  soldiers  who  fell  in 
the  Revolution  were  buried.  All 
traces  of  this  grave-yard,  however 
^ave  disappeared.  The  next  burying 
place  was  the  Lutheran  and  Reformed 
churchyard,  in  New  Berlin,  in  which 
mr.ny  colonials  were  buried.  Some 
twenty  years  ago  the  tombstones  of 
this  churchyard  were  laid  fiat  on  the 
ground  and  covered  with  light  soil  and 
sod  now  covers  the  whole.  About 
1815  the  present  burial  place  was 
lnid  out,  on  a  beautiful  elevation 
overlooking  the  town.  Among  the 
honored  dead  is  Rev.  Peter  Beaver, 
who  died  in  1849,  aged  67  years,  and 
whose  monument  stands  in  the  new 
addition.  He  was  the  grandfather 
of  ex-Gov.  James  A.  Beaver.  The  in- 
scriptions herewith  given  are  only 
some  of  the  oldest  and  a  mere  frac- 
tion of  the  whole. 
Aurand,  Samuel,  b.  1798;  d.  1845. 
Aurand,  Maria,  wf.,  b.  1804;  d.  1876. 
Barber,  Rev.  James,  b.  1867,  aged  70 

years. 
Barber.Mary  wf.,  b.  1870,  aged  65  y. 
Beaty,Ann,  widow  of  James,  b.  1846, 
aged  79.      The  graves  of  the  Cooks, 
with  whom  she  was  related,  are  by 
her  side. 
Benfer,  John  G.,  b.  1745,  d.  1818. 
Benfer,   Maria   Madg.    nee   Miller   M. 

b.    1764,   d.    1832. 
Benfer,    Margaret,    wf.,    b.    1777,    d. 

1854. 
Benfer,  Geo.  b.  1777,  d.  1854. 
Benage,  John,  b.  1781,  d.  1864. 
Bovard,    Hannah,   b.    1847,    aged    91. 
She  was  the  widow  of  James  Bov- 
ard, of  the  Revolution,  whose  un- 
marked grave  is  by  her  side.     He 
d.   in   1808. 


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177 


Buck,  Rev.  Thomas,  b.  1842. 
Dauberman,  Peter,  b.  1765,  d.  1839. 
Dauberman,   Elizabeth,   wf.   d.    1851, 

aged  87  years. 
Dersham,  Anna  Eve,  b.  1761,  d.  1823. 
Dersham,  Ludwig  b.,  176-,  d.  1838. 
Dersham,  Barbrpa,  wf.,  d.  1840,  aged 

63  years. 

Derr,  John,  b.  1753,  d.  1846. 
Dinges,  Henry,  b.  1779,  d.  1857. 
Dinges,  Anna  Maria,  wf.,  b.  1782,  d. 

1848. 
Erdley,  Jacob,  b.  1764,  d.  1831. 
Erdley,  Esther  wf.  b.  1775,  d.  1847. 
Gross,  Henry,  b.  1762,  d.  1844. 
Gross,  Philipina,  wf.  b.  1764,  d.  1837. 
Hummel,  Eve,  d.  1840,  aged  77. 
Hummel,  Margaret,  wf.,  of  John,  b. 

1775,  d.    1827. 
Kessler,    Maria,    wf.    of    William,    b. 

1774,  d.  1827. 
Maurer,  Fred,  b.   1764,  in  Montgom- 
ery county,  d.  1834. 
Maurer,    Catherine,   wf.    b.    1779,    in 

Northampton  county,  d.  1858. 
Maurer,    Andrew,    b.    1772,    hi    New 

Goshnhcppen,         Upper      Hanover 

township,  Montgomery  county,  died 

1829. 
Maurer,  wf.,  b.  1772,  d.  1827. 
Maze,  Mich.,  d.  1841,  aged  71. 
Maze,  Barbara,  wf.,  b.  1776,  d.  1848. 
Maze,  John  Adam,  b.  1783,  d.  1866. 
M^ze,  Mary,  wf.,  d.  1860,  aged  76. 
Miller,  Geo.  b.   1761,  d.  1844. 
Miller,  Rev.  George,  d.  1816. 
Miller,  Solomon,  d.   1820. 
Moyer.  E.  H.,  wife  of  M.,  b.  1769,  d. 

1845. 
Noetling,  Dr.  Wm.,  d.  1861,  aged  84. 
Olt,  John,  b.  1771,  d.  1854. 
Olt,  Susan,  wf.  b.  1792,  d.  1852. 
Raum,  Samuel,  Sen,  b.  1769,  d.  1842. 
Roshong,  Henry,  d.  1850,  aged  84. 
Seebold,  Eve,  wf.,  d.  1857,  aged  88. 
Seebold,  John,     d.   1857,     aged      76, 

brother   to    Christopher   S. 
Seebold.  Sarah,  wf.  of  John,  b.  1784, 

d  1866. 
Seebold,  Christopher,  Esq.,  one  of  the 

first    settlers    of    New    Berlin,    d. 

1839,  aged  73  years. 
Schceh,  Henry,  b.  1772,  d.  1859. 
S-hoch,  Abraham,  b.  1811,  died  1881. 
S-hoch,  Hannah,  wf.,   1815,  b.   1875. 
Schneider,  Baltzer,  d.  1838,  aged  72. 


Schneider,   Susanna,  wf.   b.    1761,   d. 
184—. 

Schreyer,  Conrad,  b.  1761,  d.  1825. 
Schreyer,  Catherine. 
Specht,  Henry,  1781,  1840. 
Spangler,  Geo.  Christian,  b.  1755,  d. 
1829. 

Spangler,  Catherine,  wf.  b.   1762,  d. 
1841. 

Spangler,  Jacob,  b.   1788,  d.  1854. 
Spangler,  Maria,  wf.  of  Jacob,  b.  1795 
d.  1850. 

Spangler,  Sarah,  wf.  of  Jacob,  b.  1796 
d.    1850. 

Spangler,  Daniel,  d.  1857,  aged  53. 

Swovin,  Philip,  b.  1749,  d.  1827. 

Swovin,  Margaret,  b.  1741,  d.  1817. 

Wales,  Mary  Ann,  b.  1742,  d.  1831. 

Wales,  Mary,  b.  1768,  d.  1826. 

Wales.  John,  b.  1796,  d.  1821. 

Wales,  Nancy,  d.  1841,  aged  72. 

Wales,  Jacob,  b.  1792,  d.  1842. 


Sacred 

To  the  memory  of 

James  Merrill, 

Who  was  born  in 

Vermont,  May  8th, 

A.  D.  1790, 

And  departed  this  life 

October  29,   1841. 

In  the  51st  year  of  his  age. 

Sacred 

To  the  memory  of 

Mrs.  Sarah  Merrill, 

Wife  of  James  Merrill, 

And  daughter  of  John  Cowden, 

Who    was    born    December    23,    1795 

And  died  Sept.  17,  1831. 

NOTES — Hon.  James  Merrill  was 
one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  Central 
Pennsylvania.  Revds.  George  and 
Solomon  Miller  were  among  the  first 
co-laborers  of  Rev.  .Jacob  Albright, 
the  founder  of  the  Evangelical  Asso- 
ciation. Geore  Miller  succeeded  to 
the  superintendency  of  the  new  de- 
nomination upon  the  founder's  death 
in  1808,  and  framed  the  first  decip- 
line  and  rules  of  government.  Solo- 
mon (brother  of  George)  was  the  first 
nublisher  of  the  denomination  (1815) 
Rev.  Thos.  Buck  was  also  a  publisher 
md  prominent  man  of  this  denomina- 
tion. 

A.  STAPLETON. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  INDIAN  KILLER  A  MOUN- 
TAIN HERMIT  FOR  MORE  THAN  60  YEARS 


JOHN  IRONCUTTER  AND  FREDERICK  STUMP  KILLED  SIX  INDIANS  IN 
MIDDLEDURG,  JANUARY  10th,  1708. 


Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Henry 
W.  Shoemaker  of  26  W.  53rd  St.,  New 
York  City,  we  are  permitted  to  re- 
publish the  last  chapter  of  his  book 
of  the  "Tales  of  the  Bald  Eagle 
Mountains.  This  chapter  deals  al- 
most exclusively  with  the  history 
of  Snyder  County  and  is  entitled 
"Ironcutter's  Cabin." 

On  the  10th  of  January  1768,  Fred- 
erick Stump  and  John  Ironcutter  kill- 
ed a  number  of  Indians  along  Stump's 
Run,  evidently  near  the  Middleburg 
Cemetery,  at  any  rate  the  scene  of 
the  murder  was  within  the  present 
confines  of  the  borough  of  Middle- 
burg. 

Different  motives  were  assigned  for 
the  murder  of  these  Indians  as  will 
be  noticed  by  the  brief  account  in 
Linn's  Annals  of  Buffalo  Valley,  as 
Mr.  Linn  says  the  information  was 
given  by  Mr.  William  Blythe,  January 
19th,  1768  in  Philadelphia  that 
Blythe  hearing  of  the  murder  he  went 
to  George  Gabriel's  where  he  met. 
Stump  and  several  olhers,  en  the  12th 
and  was  then  told  by  Stump  himself 
that  six  Indians,  White  Mingo,  Corne- 
lius, John  Campbell,  Jones,  and  two 
women,  came  to  his  house,  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Middlcjcreek.  Being 
drunk  and  disorderly,  he  endeavored 
to  get  them  to  leave  which  they  would 
not  do.  Fearing  injury  to  myself,  he 
killed  them  all,  dragged  them  to  the 
creek,  and  making  a  hole  in  the  ice, 
threw  in  their  bodies.  Then  fearing 
the  news  might  be  carried  to  the  other 
Indians,  he  went  the  next  day  to  two 
cabins,  fourteen  miles  up  the  creek, 


where  he  found  one  woman  and  two 
girls,  with  one  child.  These  he  kill- 
ed and  putting  their  bodies  into  the 
cabin,  he  burned  it.  That  he,  (Bly- 
the) sent  four  men  up  the  creek,  who 
reported  that  they  had  found  the  cab- 
ins burned,  and  the  remains  of  the 
limbs  of  the  Indians  in  the  ashes. 
The  scene  of  the  latter  deed  was  on 
the  run  that  enters  the  creek  at  Mid- 
dleburg, which  goes  by  the  name  of 
Stump's  run  to  this  day.  Stump  and 
his  companion,  Ironcutter,  were  ar- 
rested at  Gabriel's,  and  taken  to 
Carlisle  jail.  They  were  forcibly  res- 
cued on  the  29th,  were  concealed 
about  Fort  Augusta  a  few  days,  and 
then  fled  the  country.  Tradition  has 
it,  that  Stump  died  in  Virginia,  many 
years  afterwards. 

The  above  seems  to  have  been 
about  all  the  information  our  local 
historians  had  of  Stump  and  Iron- 
cutter, except  that  Stump  had  gone 
to  Virginia  where  he  lived  and  died. 

As  to  the  whereabouts  of  Ironcut- 
ter, it  seems,  our  local  historians 
knew  very  little  about,  for  that  rea- 
son we  feel  highly  indebted  to  Mr. 
Shoemaker  for  the  privilege,  as  well 
as  the  pleasure  of  republishing  the 
chapter  entitled  "Ironcutter's  Cab- 
in" from  Mr.  Shoemaker's  book.  (We 
might  say  parenthetically,  that  Mr. 
Shoemaker  has  another  book  in  the 
hands  of  the  printers,  entitled  "Sus- 
quehanna Legions.")  This  book  we 
understand  includes  stories  along 
the  tributaries  of  the  Susquehanna 
river.  Among  them  are  several 
which  were  collected  in  Snyder  Coun- 
ty last  November. 


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The  following  is  taken  from  Shoe- 
maker's book: 

Where  the  Bald  Eagle  Mountain 
comes  to  an  abrupt  end  north  of 
Hollidaysburg,  and  looks  down  upon 
the  fertile  plain,  then  forms  a  coali- 
tion with  the  Shade  Mountain,  roll- 
ing away  to  the  east,  there  once  stood 
a  lowly  one  roomed  log  cabin.  It 
was  destitute  of  windows,  and  the 
door  was  not  a  half  door,  it  was  kept 
shut  so  much.  The  most  noticeable 
feature  of  the  shack  was  a  hugh  mud 
chimney  which  was  nearly  as  wide, 
and  twice  as  high  as  the  house  it- 
self. The  chimney  saved  the  house 
from  being  dubbed  "deserted"  for 
once  in  a  while  a  thin  trail  of  smoke 
issued  from  it,  smoke  about  the  color 
of  Indian  summer  haze.  Back  of  the 
house  rose  the  steep  face  of  the  big 
mountain,  its  lower  levels  covered 
with  gnarled  rock-oaks  and  chest- 
nuts, and  higher  up  a  denser  network 
of  stunted  pitch  pines.  Below  the 
cabin  was  a  broad  clearing  fast  grow- 
ing up  with  scrub-oaks,  despite  the 
efforts  of  a  small  flock  of  sheep  to 
pasture  it  bare.  Bevond  stretched 
the  fertile  valleys,  with  their  fields  of 
brown,  and  red,  and  yellow,  inter- 
spersed with  dark  green  woodlots. 

The  growing  town  was  plainly  ap- 
parent; here  and  there  could  be 
seen  the  red  roofs  of  barns  and  farm- 
steads, and  an  occasional  church 
snire.  Far  in  the  distance  ran  the 
faint  blue  outlines  of  the  South  Moun- 
tains. All  in  front  of  the  cabin 
seemed  smiling,  thrifty,  cultivated, 
behind  it  loomed  the  end  of  the  Cen- 
tral Pennsylvania  wilderness,  which 
stretched  a  hundred  miles  or  more, 
clear  to  the  rock  caverns  of  the  panth- 
er and  the  wolf,  to  the  swamns  of  the 
elk  and  deer,  to  the  inaccessible  flight 
of  wild  pigeons. 

There  the  Indians  made  their  final 
stand,  retreating  only  after  the  dis- 
appearance of  the  last  buffalo,  the 
last  white-spotted  bee.  But  they  re- 
mained in  song  and  story,  and  in  n 
troop  of  Melancholy  ghosts  that 
lingered  among  the  rorks  and  water- 
falls. But  when  John  Ironcutter 
moved  into  his  little  shack  near  the 
base  of  the  Last  Mountain,  wild 
life.  Indians,  and  settlers  were  st'll 
embroiled  far  off  in  the  fastness  of 
the  Bald  Eagles.  The  spirit  of  prim- 
itive days  was  still  uppermost.  You 
can   sometimes   feel  that  vague   sen- 


sation still  if  you  gaze  long  enough 
upon  some  particularly  wild  bit  of 
scenery.  Ironcutter  felt  it  in  his 
veins;  it  echoed  and  reverberated  in 
the  stunted  pines  on  the  rugged  height 
of  the  Last  Mountain. 

Fifty  years  of  hermit-like  exis- 
tence, at  the  foot  of  this  eminence, 
had  passed  over  his  head.  He  had 
been  there  so  long  that  he  had  out- 
lived all  the  other  settlers  who  were 
in  the  neighborhood  when  he  arriv- 
ed. He  had  outlived  the  thrilling 
story  of  his  youth.  It  was  just  old 
enough  to  be  in  shape  to  be  forgotten, 
and  not  sufficiently  in  the  long  ago,  to 
make  history.  Apart  from  his  her- 
mit characteristics,  his  earliest  neigh- 
bors had  shunned  him,  calling  him 
"the  Indian  Killer."  He  had  outliv- 
ed that  name,  not  that  he  cared,  but 
it  was  an  unpleasant  appellation  to 
carry  about. 

After  half  century  there  was  an 
air  of  dignity  about  the  old  man,  a 
halo  of  romance  and  mystery.  Age 
gives  a  glamor  to  the  most  common- 
place, the  John  Ironcutter  of  eighty 
odd  years  commanded  respect,  where- 
as the  John  Ironcutter,  rough  German 
peasant  of  nineteen,  had  not.  His 
ponderous  form  and  face,  the  heavy, 
aquiline  features,  his  sluggish  walk, 
his  impenetrable  silence,  all  gave  him 
an  atmosphere  that  was  hard  to  for- 
get. He  never  once  told  his  life's 
story,  consequently  there  were  a  score 
of  hazards.  Had  he  told  it  once,  the 
secret  out  would  not  be  worth  re- 
peating or  speculating  about.  Then 
all  at  once  he  cast  aside  the  habili- 
ments of  the  hermit,  becoming  actual- 
]v  sociable,  genial  and  frank.  The 
children  whom  he  formerly  shunned, 
he  made  his  warmest  friends.  But 
some  said  that  the  change  had  come 
too  late,  he  could  not  survive  it,  that 
the  real  Ironcutter  had  died,  and  a 
fresher  younger  spirit  had  crawled  in- 
to the  crumbling  tenement  just  as  the 
fnded  soul  was  departing. 

But  the  old  man  continued  to  defy 
all  precedents,  living  on  to  his  nine- 
ty-first year.  When  he  died  it  was 
from  old  age,  a  clear  conscience  is- 
sued from  the  tumbledown  shell,  a 
mild  spirit  sought  glory.  John  Iron- 
cutter's  history  was  a  most  unusual 
one.  His  name  now  appears  in  his- 
tory, in  connection  with  a  blood- 
thirst  episode,  but  many  say  that  here 


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like  in  divers  other  cases,  history  errs. 
Ironcutter's  beginnings  were  humble 
and  sordid  enough.  He  had  run  away 
from  his  German  home  as  a  boy  of 
fifteen  and  somehow  got  to  Rotter- 
dam. There  he  sold  himself  for  his 
passage  to  Pennsylvania,  falling  into 
the  hands  of  a  wealthy  landowner, 
Frederick  Stump,  of  Middlecreek  Val- 
ley, upon  his  arrival  in  the  province. 
Stump  picked  him  out  of  a  crowd  of 
a  hundred  low-browed  ruffians  on  the 
Front  Street  wharves  in  Philadelphia, 
as  being  the  most  likely  of  the  lot. 
The  choice  was  a  good  one,  as  the 
lad  early  displayed  intelligence  as  well 
as  fidelity,  a  rare  trait  for  the  ill-born 
of  no  mean  order.  He  became  his 
employer's  right  hand  man,  and  when 
he  was  nineteen,  was  appointed  over- 
seer of  one  of  his  farms.  He  was 
treated  on  terms  of  equality  by  his 
master,  who  altho  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Bonn,  and  a  man  of 
some  breeding,  was  of  plain  and 
democratic  manners. 

His  future  seemed  a  bright  one 
leading  perhaps  to  a  marriage  with 
some  niece  or  dependent  of  the  land- 
ed proprietor,  and  a  prosperous  old 
age.  Then  occured  the  catastrophe 
which  brought  his  bright  hopes  tumb- 
ling about  his  feet  like  so  many 
pieces  of  broken  glass,  Then  came 
ten  years  of  hiding  and  wandering, 
followed  by  a  half  century  in  the 
hermitage.  Out  of  this  musty  chrys- 
alis emerged  the  regenerated  old  man 
who  bloomed  like  a  crop  of  fall  clov- 
er for  a  while,  and  then  stumbled  off 
to  his  reward. 

Frederick  Stump  was  a  liberal 
minded  man,  and  possessed  a  broad 
spirit  of  tolerance  towards  the  In- 
dians. He  fed  them  in  winter,  and 
gave  them  sound  advice,  as  well  as 
gifts  innumerable.  There  were  al- 
ways three  or  four  savages  hanging 
around  his  commodious  mansion.  It 
was  the  finest  house  of  its  day  in 
Middle  Creek  Valley.  Built  of  lime- 
stone, of  herring-bone  construction, 
with  a  broad  chimney,  and  the  Stump 
coat-of-arms  carved  out  of  a  block  of 
sandstone,  imbebbed  below  the  gable, 
it  was  a  conspicious  landmark,  In- 
side was  a  wide  hall,  with  a  winding 
stairway;  there  were  spacious  rooms, 
along  whose  walls  gaped  great  clos- 
ets running  from  floor  to  ceiling  with 
carved  walnut  doors  frescoed  lintels. 
It  was  a  home  fitted  to  start  a  dy- 
nasty,   yet    Stump    was    driven    from 


it  suddenly  never  to  see  it  again  to 
his  dying  days. 

He  died  at  a  very  advanced  age, 
in  Millerstadt,  afterward  called 
Woodstock,  in  Virginia.  Stump  had 
a  favorite  nephew,  Balzer  Minnich, 
whose  wife  was  kidnapped  in  broad 
daylight  by  a  roving  band  of  drunken 
Indians.  Stump,  Minnich  and  the 
servant  Ironcutter  found  it  out  none 
too  soon,  and  trailed  the  redmen  to 
their  camp.  They  rescued  the  young- 
woman,  but  in  the  battle  killed  six  In- 
dians. Three  Indian  women,  belong- 
ing to  the  party,  committed  suicide 
for  fear  that  they  would  be  inprison- 
ed,  and  one  squaw,  who  had  an  in- 
fant, butchered  it.  To  get  them  out 
of  the  way,  all  the  bodies  were  dump- 
ed into  Middlecreek,  through  a  hole 
in  the  ice.  At  least  this  is  the  story 
that  Stump's  relatives  and  partisans 
told  at  the  time;  it  was  pretty  gen- 
erally believed,  even  if  it  never  got 
into  history. 

Minnich  and  his  wife  opportunely 
left  the  country,  but  Stump  and  Iron- 
cutter,  after  the  bodies  had  appeared 
in  the  Susquehanna  near  the  Isle  of 
Que,  were  arrested.  Sympathy  wax- 
ed strong  with  them,  as  it  was  con- 
sidered a  Quaker  plot  to  curry  favor 
with  the  Indians  at  the  expense  of 
two  obscure  Germans.  The  prisoners 
were  lodged  in  jail  at  Carlisle,  but 
a  determined  mob  led  by  James  and 
John  Morrow,  two  noted  pioneers 
and  they  were  never  recaptured, 
Stump,  ps  stated  previously,  drifted 
to  Virginia,  while  Ironcutter  became 
a  wanderer  in  the  Pennsylvania 
Mountains.  The  shock  of  the  butch- 
ery had  unsettled  his  mind,  it  was 
said  he  suffered  from  delusions  and 
hallucinations.  Many  of  his  sym- 
pathizers harbored  him,  trying  to 
give  him  work,  but  his  familiar  ghost 
urged  him  ever  onward  like  the  wan- 
deing  Jew. 

During  the  massacre,  he  had  singl- 
ed out  a  young  Indian  named  White 
Feather,  of  about  his  own  age,  and 
size,  whom  he  determined  to  kill.  It 
was  a  bitter  struggle  as  the  youth 
was  evenly  matched,  but  finallv  Iron- 
cutter dashed  his  knife  into  the  red- 
skin's throat.  It  was  a  mortal  wound, 
and  the  young  savage  sank  down  on 
his  knees.  "Oh  brother  White  Man.'* 
he  sobbed  in  his  dying  breath.  "My 
loved  one  is  waiting  for  me  tonight, 
over  on  Shreiner's  Knob,  please  go 
tell  her  that   I   will   never  meet  her 


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in  this  world,  but  I  will  surely  keep 
my  tryst  in  the  next."  Tears  were 
running  down  the  dying  lover's 
cheeks,  he  made  a  pitiable  spectable, 
all  blood  and  tears.  But  Ironcutter 
was  in  an  ugly  mood,  he  mimicked 
his  expiring  foe,  saying  to  him  just 
as  his  eyes  were  glazing  "Let  your 
cursed  sweetheart  wait,  I  will  not  go  a 
step  to  tell  her,  let  her  think  you  have 
gone  off  with  someone  else.  He 
would  have  said  more,  but  the  poor 
young  savage  was  dead.  He  kicked 
the  rigid  face  a  couple  of  times,  and 
then  dragged  the  corpse  by  the  heels, 
and  threw  it  on  the  pile  with  the 
other  victims  of  Stump's  fury.  He 
helped  cut  the  hole  in  the  ice,  and 
push  the  bloody  mess  into  Middle 
Creek.  He  was  too  proud  of  his 
achievement  to  notice  such  a  thing 
as  an  angry  wraith  until  after  his 
delivery  from  Carlisle  Jail.  He  had 
parted  from  Stump,  and  a  settler 
named  McCaslin,  who  lived  in  a  re- 
mote glen  in  the  North  Mountains,  hid 
him  in  his  barn,  it  was  in  this  struc- 
ture, built  of  rough  logs,  and  in  the 
hay  mow  that  occured  nativity  of 
his  conscience.  It  was  on  a  chilly 
midnight,  starless  and  still,  that  he 
heard  a  voice  speaking  to  him  from 
the  rafters  above.  He  thought  at 
first  it  was  a  bevy  of  owls  quarreling 
as  to  which  controlled  the  beam.  "Oh 
brother  white  man,"  in  tones  measur- 
ed and  low,  came  to  his  ears,  my  lov- 
ed one  is  waiting  for  me  tonight,  over 
on  Shriner's  Knob,  please  go  tell  her 
that  I  will  never  meet  her  in  this 
world,  but  I  will  surely  keep  my  tryst 
in  the  next." 

The  words  of  this  disembodied 
voice  sounded  familiar;  he  was  about 
to  answer  with  uncouth  jest,  when 
he  felt  a  pressure  at  his  throat.  He 
could  not  articulate;  at  the  same  time 
arose  in  him  for  the  first  time  a  pang 
of  regret  for  the  Indian  lover  he  had 
slain  on  Middle  Creek.  A  haunting 
sense  of  fear  overcame  him,  he  climb- 
ed out  of  the  mow  as  best  he  could, 
tripping  over  joists  and  beams,  and 
cutting  his  shins  badly  on  a  Dutch 
scythe.  Just  as  he  emerged  from  the 
barn  door  he  beheld  the  figure  of  the 
murdered  Indian  not  twenty  paces 
in  front  of  him,  with  one  hand  held 
across  the  angry  gash  in  his  throat. 
Ironcutter  uttered  a  piercing  yell,  thy 
spectre  vanished  instantly. 


Next  morning  McCaslin's  family 
found  the  German  lying  unconscious 
in  the  barn  yard.  It  was  a  v/eek  be- 
fore he  came  out  of  his  trance,  or 
unconscious  state.  When  he  did  he 
said  he  had  seen  a  ghost,  he  refus- 
ed to  remain  longer  at  a  haunted 
plantation.  With  the  ingratitude  in- 
herent to  ill-bred  men,  he  depart- 
ed without  any  word  of  thanks.  For 
ten  weary  years  he  moved  from  place 
to  place  thru  mountains.  He  was  al- 
ways waked  by  the  voice  of  the  un- 
happy lover,  he  always  ran  from 
bunk  or  mow  into  the  open  to  see  the 
avenging  wraith.  He  passed  through 
Dry  Valley,  Buffalo  Valley,  White 
Deer  Valley,  and  into  the  mazes  of  the 
Bald  Eagle  Mountains.  There  seem- 
ed to  be  no  peace  on  earth  for  him, 
he  wished  every  day  that  he  might 
die.  Once  he  shot  himself,  once  he 
leaped  into  a  mill  race,  once  a  copper 
head  bit  him,  but  somehow  it  was  or- 
dained he  must  live  and  suffer.  As 
he  followed  the  chain  of  the  Eagle 
mountains,  he  always  imagined  that 
the  next  peak  further  on  would  give 
him  relief.  But  each  one  seemed  to 
house  the  torment,  keener  and  more 
horrible.  He  feared  to  turn  back; 
like  the  Wandering  Jew,  he  must  go 
on.  His  story  preceded  his.  The 
sympathetic  mountaineers  were  ever 
ready  to  receive  "John  Ironcutter  the 
Indian  killer."  Frederick  Stump  and 
Minnich  were  overlooked,  the  story 
was  told  that  Ironcutter  killed  ten 
Indians,  sometimes  it  was  twenty, 
it  did  not  matter  much. 

Perhaps  the  best  friend  that  the 
tormented  man-killer  met  in  his 
wanderings  was  a  certain  Roan  Mc- 
Cann,  who  occupied  a  neat  little  clear- 
ing not  far  from  the  present  site 
of  Port  Matilda. 

And  strangely  enough  he  was  a 
bosom  friend  of  Old  Frank,  the  cele- 
brated Indian  chief  from  whom 
Frankstown  received  its  name.  Some 
whispered  that  Old  Frank  had  told 
McCann  that  a  spell  had  been  put 
on  Ironcutter,  and  that  he  had  suf- 
fered long  enough,  at  any  rate  he 
was  merciful.  He  advised  the  Ger- 
man to  cease  his  errant  habits,  to  go 
live  by  himself,  offering  lifelong  use 
of  his  hunting  cabin  at  the  foot  ot 
the  Lost  Mountain.  And  it  was  here 
that  he  sought  refuge,  and  ultimate 


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peace.  He  understood  that  if  he  till- 
ed a  small  garden  patch,  and  subsist- 
ed partly  on  wild  roots  and  berries, 
or  killed  a  deer  occasionally,  he  would 
get  along  all  right.  He  was  of  stal- 
wart build,  on  the  sunny  side  of  thir- 
ty; life  would  have  been  no  problem 
if  he  could  rest  at  night.  Even  if 
he  worked  himself  into  a  state  of  ex- 
haustion, the  pleading  voice  would 
echo  through  his  tired  consciousness. 
The  old  desire  to  rush  out  into  the 
open  world  would  over  come  him. 
Once  outside  he  would  see  the  ghost, 
holding  the  gaping  wound  on  the  neck 
with  one  lean,  bony  hand.  He  would 
run  back  to  his  bunk,  to  hide  his 
head  beneath  the  buffalo  robe  until 
daylight. 

He  shunned  everybody,  with  the 
exception  of  his  latest  benefactor, 
Roan  McCahn.  Evidently  his  moral 
nature  was  expanding;  ten  years, 
yes  five  years  before,  he  would  have 
turned  his  back  on  his  best  friend 
after  he  had  gotten  all  he  could  out 
of  him.  McCann  was  somewhat  of  a 
philosopher.  That  was  another  new 
attribute  which  seemed  to  find  fal- 
low ground  in  him.  He  liked  Mc- 
Cann's  philosophy,  because  he  point- 
ed out  the  possibility  that  the  ghost 
would  be  laid  some  day;  there  was 
chance  of  surviving  it.  But  neither 
of  them  guessed  how  this  would  be 
accomplished.  The  leaving  of  the 
ghost  was  the  one  ray  of  hope  in 
routine  of  existence. 

What  a  long  story  of  distorted, 
hideous  nights  it  was,  always  follow- 
ed by  days  marked  by  lislessness  and 
exhaustion.  Small  wonder  that  he 
had  no  mood  for  visitors.  Probably 
many  hermits  see  ghosts,  hence  their 
exclusiveness. 

One  evening  before  the  old  man 
went  to  his  bunk,  he  was  sitting  out- 
side his  cabin  door,  on  a  small  wooden 
milking  stool  presented  to  him  by  one 
of  McCann's  daughters,  trying  to 
count  up  the  years  since  the  vin- 
dictive ghost  had  rested  on  his  soul. 
Sixty-two  years  it  was  to  the  best  of 
his  calculation,  fifty  of  which  years 
had  been  spent  in  solitary  retreat  at 
the  cabin  at  the  base  of  the 
last  Mountain.  Below  him  several 
miles  away  he  could  make  out  a  light 
or  two  in  the  small  village  called  Hol- 
b'daysburg.  It  was  the  year  1830, 
there  were  then  but  seventy-two  souls 


in  this  afterwards  prosperous  com- 
munity. "What  a  wasted  time."  he 
muttered  to  himself.  "I  were  fai 
better  dead  than  buried  alive  here." 
Then  the  chilling  fear  ran  through 
him  that  he  might  have  to  live  for- 
ever, that  might  be  the  full  extent 
of  the  curse  upon  him.  He  reached 
up  with  the  fingers  of  his  left  hand 
and  felt  the  deep  scar  in  his  neck 
where  he  had  shot  himself  before. 
And  he  thought  of  how  he  had  been 
rescued  and  of  all  strange  fates,  by 
an  Indian,  from  the  mill  race  at  Will- 
iam McElhattan's  mill,  of  how  he  just 
didn't  die  after  the  savage  bite  from 
the  copperhead. 

He  waited  until  the  last  light  was 
extinguished  in  the  distant  village, 
then  he  was  ready  to  retire.  He  was 
in  a  particularly  melancholy  frame  of 
mind  that  night.  A  bat,  chasing  a 
mosquito  rushed  into  the  open  door 
ahead  of  him,  he  struck  at  it  savagely 
with  his  ironwood  cane  as  it  darted 
past  his  head.  Despite  his  gloomy 
reminiscences,  he  fell  asleep  quickly. 
It  must  have  been  midnight  when  he 
was  awakened  by  a  pressure  on  one 
of  his  hands.  He  rose  up,  rubbing  his 
eyes.  Moonlight  was  filtering  thro 
chinks  in  the  roof,  and  from  under  the 
door.  He  heard  a  voice.  It  said  in 
distinct,  measured  tones,  "Oh  white 
brother,  I  have  met  my  loved  one  over 
on  Shreiner's  Knob  tonight.  I  am 
very  happy,  I  have  found  that  this  is 
the  next  world,  it  was  near  to  me  all 
the  time,  please  come  outside  and  all 
will  be  forgiven,"  John  Ironcutter 
could  hardly  believe  his  senses;  he  got 
up  slower  this  time,  he  rubbed  his 
hands  over  the  buffalo  robe  to  make 
sure  that  he  was  not  dreaming.  He 
pushed  open  the  door,  and  looked  out. 
On  the  sward  before  him,  white  with 
dew,  stood  two  figures  arm  in  arm. 

One  was  the  Indian  youth,  the 
White  Feather,  whom  he  had  slain, 
but  the  gaping  wound  was  gone,  the 
other  was  the  frail  beautiful  figure  of 
a  savage  maiden.  When  White 
Feather  saw  his  old  foe,  he  raised  his 
right  hand,  and  made  several  antic 
passes  above  his  nead.  Then  he 
spoke,  "My  deliverance  has  come, 
after  sixty  weary  years,  my  loved  one 
crossed  into  our  world,  the  spirit 
world,  tonight.  She  had  waited  for 
me  every  evening  in  moonlight  or 
storm,   since  the   night   she   expected 


IRONCUTTER,    INDIAN    KILLER 


183 


me,  when  you  laid  me  low.  She,  too 
wanted  to  die,  but  she  never  lost 
faith,  or  believed  I  had  gone  off  with 
another.  Somehow  I  could  appear 
to  you,  to  torture  you  but  I  could 
not  visit  my  loved  one,  and  tell  her 
to  cease  her  solitary  vigils,  that 
death  would  unite  us.  I  suffered  as 
you  have  suffered,  above  all  as  she 
has  suffered.  But  now  she  has  cross- 
ed over,  we  are  one  for  such  time 
as  the  Great  Spirit  may  allow,  we  are 
happy,  we  forgive  you.  Farewell 
white  brother."  Then  the  two  fig- 
ures faded  away  into  the  white  dew 
and  the  moonbeams. 

Instead  of  feeling  frightened,  the 
old  German  experienced  a  sense  of 
calm  peace  such  as  had  not  been  his 
portion  in  sixty-two  long  years.  He 
turned  about,  re-entering  his  cabin. 
Lying  down  on  his  bunk,  he  fell  into 
a  dreamless  sleep,  waking  in  the 
morning,  refreshed  and  rejuvenated. 
It  was  as  if  he  had  bathed  in  the 
Fountain  of  Youth.  He  felt  just  as 
he  had  when  he  was  a  bright,  am- 
bitious lad  of  nineteen  down  in  the 
valley  of  Middle  Creek.  During  the 
morning  three  small  children  passed 
his  cabin  driving  sheep  to  their  pas- 
tures on  the  mountain  sides.  Instead 
of  turning  his  back,  he  called  to  them 
cheerily,  and  when  they  spoke  to  him, 
he  chatted  with  them  pleasantly.  At 
noon  two  fox  hunters  chanced  his 
way.  He  greeted  them  genially,  and 
asked  them  to  partake  of  his  simple 
meal. 

In  the  afternoon  Roan  McCann 
rode  up  on  horseback;  he  was  sur- 
prised to  see  the  altered  appearance 
of  his  dependant.  "Oh  John,  you 
look  fifty  years  younger,"  was  his 
sincere  exclamation.  Old  John  ex- 
plained what  had  happened  as  quick- 
ly as  he  could.  I  can  now  spend  my 
declining  days  in  peace."  Roan  drew 
a  bottle  of  mountain-still  whiskey 
from  his  saddle  bag.  "Let  us  cele- 
brate this  day,  let  there  be  many  more 
of  them." 

Ironcutter  passed  the  evening  such 
as  he  hadn't  known  since  his  youth,  an 
evening  of  song,  stories  and  cheer 
when  he  retired  that  night,  his  sleep 
was  absolutely  dreamless.  A  new 
era  had  come  for  him,  he  was  spar- 
ed ten  years  to  enjoy  it. 

When  he  died,  a  goodly  array  of 


mountaineers  followed  his  remains 
to  the  tomb.  "It  must  have  been  all 
a  mistake  about  his  having  been  an 
Indian  killer,"  said  the  traveling 
preacher,  as  he  watched  the  last 
spadeful  of  dirt  thrown  in  the  grave, 
"the  deceased  was  a  grand  old  gentle- 
man, he  wouldn't  have  killed  a  fly." 


JOE  DISBERRY 


Selinsgrove,    the    Home    of    The    Most 
Remarkable    Thief    in    Revo- 
lutionary  Times. 


From  Philadelphia  Times,  Aug.  12 
1897. 
An  old-time  newspaper  man,  now 
a  resident  of  Williamsport,  and  who 
conceals  himself  under  the  non  de 
plume  of  "John  of  Lancaster,"  in  or- 
der "to  keep  my  hand  in,"  has  for- 
warded for  your  information  the  facts 
concerning  one  of  whom  he  says  that 
"so  far  as  I  know,  in  the  annals  of 
Pennsylvania  history,  he  was  the 
most  remarkable  thief  who  figures  in 
the  official  records  of  the  Common- 
wealth." This  is  the  tale  he  wishes  you 
to  hear,  and  it  is  all  verified  by  official 

data. 

*      *      *      ♦      * 

About  the  close  of  the  revolution- 
ary war  a  notorious  character  named 
Joe  Disberry  lived  about  Selinsgrove 
and  Sunbury,  on  the  Susquehanna. 
Whence  he  came  is  unknown,  but  he 
is  supposed  to  have  been  of  Connecti- 
cut origin.  He  is  reputed  to  have 
been  possessed  of  great  physical 
strength  and  powers  of  endurance, 
could  excel  in  running  and  jumping, 
and  in  thieving  and  lying  had  no  equal 
along  the  river.  He  was  of  a  humor- 
ous disposition  also,  and  frequently 
indulged  in  amusing  pranks  while  en- 
gaged in  plying  his  avocation.  It  is 
related  of  him  that'on  more  than  one 
occasion  he  was  known  to  slyly  enter 
the  kitchen  of  a  family  when  all  were 
in  bed,  start  up  the  fire  and  cook  him- 
self a  meal  and  leasurely  eat  it.  If 
discovered  he  relied  on  his  swiftness 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


of  foot  to  escape.  Finally  his  thefts 
became  so  numerous  that  the  whole 
neighborhood  arose  against  him,  and 
he  was  arrested  and  confined  in  the 
rude  jail  at  Sunbury.  But  as  it  was 
not  very  secure  he  escaped,  and 
Sheriff  Antes  offered  a  reward  for 
his  apprehension.  Joe  took  refuge 
on  the  "Isle  of  Que,"  and  concealed 
himself  in  a  dense  thicket.  He  might 
have  eluded  pursuit  but  for  his  inor- 
dinate love  for  perpetrating  jokes. 
When  lying  in  his  place  of  conceal- 
ment near  the  road,  which  crossed  the 
island.  Joe  heard  the  footsteps  of  a 
horse,  and  slyly  peeping  from  his  cov- 
ert discovered  the  Sheriff's  wife  ap- 
proaching on  horseback  on  her  way 
to  Selinsgrove.  Quickly  stepping  in- 
to the  road  he  pulled  off  his  hat,  made 
a  poltie  bow,  and  as  quickly  disap- 
peared in  the  bushes.  The  astonish- 
ed lady,  who  knew  him,  hurried  on 
to  Selinsgrove  and  gave  the  alarm. 
A  party  headed  by  George  Kremer 
(afterwards  a  member  of  Congress) 
was  hurriedly  made  up  and  went  in 
pursuit  of  the  refugee.  He  was  cap- 
tured and  returned  to  the  custody  or 
Sheriff  Antes  at  the  jail  in  Sunbury. 
He  was  tried  and  convicted,  and  his 
sentence  is  one  of  the  strangest  found 
in  the  annals  of  criminal  history  in 
Pennsylvania.  The  Quarter  Sessions 
docket,  still  preserved  among  the 
court  records  at  Sunbury  (for  Sep- 
tember, 1784,)  shows  that  he  was 
convicted  of  felony,  and  the  follow- 
ing sentence  was  imposed: 

Judgment:  That  the  said  Joseph 
Disberry  receive  thirty-nine  lashes 
between  the  hours  of  eight  and  nine 
o'clock  to-morrow;  to  stand  in  the 
pillory  one  hour;  to  have  his  ears 
cut  off  and  nailed  to  the  post;  to  re- 
turn the  property  stolen,  or  the  value 
thereof;  remain  in  prison  three 
months;  pay  a  fine  of  £30  to  the 
honorable,  the  President  of  this  State, 
for  the  support  of  the  government, 
and  stand  convicted  until  fine,  fees, 
&c,  are  paid. 

***** 

This  remarkable  sentence  shows  the 
estimate  that  was  put  on  Joe  as  a 
criminal.  The  whipping  post  and 
pillory  stood  in  the  public  square  in 
Sunbury,  and  the  spot  can  still  be 
pointed  out.  Colonel  Henry  Antes, 
the  Sheriff,  directed  the  whipping,  if 
he  did  not  do  it  himself.  There  is  no 
record  to  show  who  did  the  ear  crop- 
ping, but  as  the  surgical  operation  fell 


to  the  Sheriff,  it  is  persumed  that  he 
did.  Among  the  twelve  men  who 
composed  the  jury  were  several  noted 
Indian  fighters  and  revolutionary  soi- 
dieris.  Peter  Hosterman,  foreman, 
was  active  as  a  militiaman,  and  had 
command  at  one  time  of  a  company 
to  repel  Indian  attacks.  Adam  and 
Michael  Grove  were  famous  as  In- 
dian scouts,  and  were  engaged  in  sev- 
eral bloody  encounters  with  the  sav- 
ages. This  severe  sentence  did  not 
cure  Joe  of  his  thieving  propensities, 
for  the  Quarter  Sessions  docket  for 
August  term,  1798,  shows  that  he  was 
arrainged  and  tried  on  three  indict- 
ments for  robbing  the  houses  of 
Phillip  Bower,  Peter  Jones  and  Isaiah 
Willitts,  and  convicted  on  each.  Hon. 
Jacob  Rush,  President  Judge  of  the 
judicial  district,  was  on  the  bench, 
and  imposed  the  following  sentence: 

"That  the  prisoner,  Joseph  Dis- 
berry, forfeit  all  and  singular  his 
goods  and  chattels,  land  and  tene- 
ments, to  and  for  the  use  of  the  Com- 
monwealth, and  undergo  a  servitude 
of  seven  years  for  the  burglary  com- 
mitted in  the  house  of  Philip  Bower, 
and  be  committed  to  the  House  of 
Correction,  pay  the  costs  of  prose- 
cution, etc."  The  Court  then  sen- 
tenced him  on  the  two  other  indict- 
ments seven  years  each,  and  con- 
tinued: 

"That  the  defendant  be  conveyed 
to  the  goal  and  penitentiary  house 
of  the  city  of  Philadelphia  to  undergo 
the  servitude  aforesaid  for  the  term 
of  twenty-one  years.  And  that  the 
said  Joseph  Disberry  be  kept  for  the 
snnce  of  two  years  in  the  solitary  ceil 
out  of  the  term  of  twenty-one  years. 

When  the  sentence  was  being  de- 
livered Joe  was  an  attentive  listenei, 
and  when  the  last  "seven"  was  pro- 
nounced he  broke  in  with  this  remark: 
"Why,  Judge,  three  times  seven  are 
twenty-one!"  which  caused  the  au- 
dience to  smile.  Joe  was  brought  fco 
this  city  and  served  his  long  sentence, 
whi^h  expired  in  1819.  He  returned 
to  his  old  haunts  about  Sunbury  and 
Selinsgrove  an  old  man,  but  as  merry 
as  ever.  His  long  and  frequent 
punishments  failed  to  make  an  honest 
man  of  him,  and  he  continued  to  pil- 
fer wherever  an  opportunity  offered. 
The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown,  but 
it  is  s^.id  that  he  went  one  night  to 
a  mill  in  Union  county  to  steal  fioui , 
and  falling  through  a  hatchway  sus- 
tained injuries  which  finally  killed 
him. 


51st  PENNA.  IN  CIVIL  WAR 


185 


THE   51st   PA. 


Republished    from    the    Middleburgh 
POST,    of    Dec.    19,    1912. 


Editor  National  Tribune:  I  have 
asked  you  for  a  short  sketch  of  the 
51st  Pa.,  but  have  not  yet  seen  it. — 
E.  Engle,  Lawrence  Kan. 

The  51st  Pa.,  one  of  the  fighting 
regiments,  was  organized  at  Harris- 
burg,  Nov.  16,  1861,  and  after  serv- 
ing out  two  enlistments  was  mustered 
out  July  27,  1865.  It  was  command- 
ed by  Cols.  John  F.  Hartranft  and 
Wm.  J.  Bolton.  In  January,  1862, 
the  regiment  sailed  from  Annapolis 
with  Burnside,  returning  to  Virginia 
in  August,  1862,  with  the  Ninth 
Corps,  and  was  engaged  at  the  battles 
of  Manassas.  At  Antietam  the  51st 
won  undying  glory.  A  stone  bridge 
spans  Antietam  Creek,  the  approaches 
to  which  were  commanded  by  the 
enemy's  rifle  pits  and  batteries.  Regi- 
ment after  regiment  had  attempted 
to  cross  this  bridge  to  gain  a  position 
on  the  opposite  bank,  but  without 
success.  Col  Hartranft,  at  the  head 
of  the  51st,  led  his  regiment  across 
the  narrow  roadway  of  the  span,  and 
in  spite  of  the  murderous  fire  leveled 
against  them  succeeded  in  reaching 
the  other  side  of  the  creek.  In  this 
daring  movement  he  was  ably  sup- 
ported by  the  51st  N.  Y.,  led  by  Col. 
Robert  B.  Potter.  The  causalties  of 
the  51st  Pa.  at  the  bridge  and  in  the 
subsequent  fighting  of  the  day 
amounted  to  21  killed  and  99  wound- 
ed, Lieut.-Col  Thomas  S.  Bell  being 
among  the  killed.  The  regiment  tooK 
part  in  Grant's  Virginia  campaigns. 
At  Cold  Harbor,  in  advancing  against 
the  enemies  lines,  Lieut.-Col.  Edwin 
Schall,  who  was  leading  the  regiment, 
was  killed.  It  belonged  to  Wilcox's 
Division,  Ninth  Corps,  and  lost  177 
killed  and  137  from  disease,  etc.  Its 
total  of  killed  and  wounded  was  647, 
and  41  of  its  members  died  in  Con- 
federate prisons. — Editor  National 
Tribune. 


Bumside's    Corps,     2     Miles     Beyond 
Sharpsburg,   Md. 

List  of  Killed,  Wounded  and  Miss- 
ing,  of  the   51st  Regiment  P.   V.   at 


the  taking  of  "Stone  Bridge,"  on 
Wednesday,  the  17th  of  September, 
1862. 

Lt.  Col.  Thomas  S.  Bell,  killed. 

Adjt.  George  Shorkley,  wounded  in 
arm. 

Q.  M.  John  J.  Freedley,  wounded 
in  arm. 

Sgt.  Major  C.  P.  Stonerode,  severely, 
thigh. 

Company  A. 
Capt.  W.  J.  Bolton,  Wounded  in  jaw. 
Private  James  Coulson,  killed. 
Private  William  Somerlot,  killed. 
Private   James    M.    Bolton,    wounded 
in  leg. 

Private   George   S.   Buzzard,   slightly. 
Private  Charles  Keiser,  leg,  since  am- 
putated. 
Private  Andrew  Widger,  foot,  severe- 

ly. 

Private  Harry  C.   Wood,  slightly. 

Private  Levi  Bolton,  arm,  severely. 
Company  B. 

Private  David  Huntnar,  killed. 

Sgt.  R.  J.  Williams,  seriously,  in  head. 

Sgt.  George  Bobler,  thigh  severely. 

Corpl.  Valentine  Stocker,  hand, 
slightly. 

Private  George  H.  Bird,  neck,  ser- 
iously. 

Private  Henry  C.  Moore,  breast,  ser- 
iously. 

Private  Aaron  Thatcher,  head,  ser- 
iously. 

Private  Frances  Young,  lungs,  slight- 

ly- 

Company  C. 

David  Kane,  killed. 

Lieut.  Davis  Hunsicker,  wounded 
since  dead. 

Lieut.  T.  J.  Lynch,  wounded,  ser- 
iously. 

Sergt.  B.  F.  Miller,  wounded,  serious- 
ly. 

Corpl.  James  Sullivan,  wounded  ser- 
iously. 

Corpl.  Simon  P.  Emory,  leg,  since  am- 
putated. 

Private  Samuel  Egolf,  slightly. 

Private  Levi  W.  Shingles,  slightly. 

Private  Thomas  Allen,  shoulder,  ser- 
iously. 

Private  Levi  Baum,  hip,  slightly. 

Private  Reub.  DeHaven,  hip,  serious- 
ly- 
Private  Wm.  H.  R.  Fox,  slightly. 

Private  Charles  R.  Fox,  shoulder. 

Private  Wm.   Gunn,  slightly. 

Private  John  Hollowell,  dangerously. 

Private  Henry  Jago,  seriously. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Private  William  Lath,  seriously. 

Private   George  Mercer,   arm,   ampu- 
tated. 

Private  Patrick  Rogan,  leg,  seriously. 

Private  David  Speer,  arm,  seriously. 

Private  John  C.  Umstead,  shoulder. 

Private  Abm.  Walt,  leg,  seriously. 
Company  D. 

Lieut.  Saml.  Fair,  wounded  seriously, 
since  dead. 

Private  Michael  Mooney,  killed. 

Sergt.  Edwin  Bennet,  leg,  slightly. 

Corpl.    John    Gilligan,    shoulder. 

Corpl.  Isaac  Tolan,  arm,  seriously. 

Sergt.  John   Earl,  arm  amputated. 

Sergt.  Wm.  Faulkner,  arm. 

Private  Wm.  Essick,  wrist,  slightly. 

Private  Hector  Gillian,  arm,  serious- 
ly. 

Private   George  Hayberry,   arm,   ser- 
iously. 

Private  Wm.  Hauberger,  leg. 

Private  John  Mogee,  head. 

Private  Saml.  McDade,  arm,  slightly. 

Private  Wm.  Mogee,  back,  seriously. 

Private  Wm.  McMinamy,  foot. 

Private  John   Richards,  hand,   slight- 
ly. 

Company  E. 

Sergt.    Geo.   C.    Gustilians,   arm,   ser- 
ic  jsly. 

Corpl.  Geo.  W.  Foote,  arm,  seriously. 

Sergt.   James   Cornelius,   foot. 

Sergt.  James  Marston,  mouth. 

Sergt.   Abm.    Benfer,  hand. 

Sergt.  C.  W.  Woodward,  slightly. 

Sergt.    Lewis   Kliner,   head. 

Sergt.   Martin  D.  Reed,  hand. 

Sergt.  Jackson  McFadden,  leg. 

Company  F. 

Sergt.  Wm.  H.  Conner,  killed. 
Sergt.    Henry    Shultz,    killed. 
Capt.  Lane  S.  Hart,  arm,  serious. 
1st.  Lt.  A.  H.  Fillman,  body,  serious 

ly. 

Lt.   Isaac   Fillman,   slightly. 

Lt.  James  Dolan,  slightly. 

Lt.  Danl.  Frease,  slightly. 

Lt.    Henry    Lentz,      seriously,    since 

dead. 
Lt.    Wm.    Montgomery,    slightly. 
Lt.  Bob  McGee,  slightly. 

Company  G. 

Corpl.  James  Dowling.  killed. 
Sergt.  Miles  Dillen,  killed. 
Sergt.  Wallis  Wiggins,  killed. 
Sergt.    Geo.      Armstrong,      wounded 

slightly. 
Corpl.  Jesse  Lucas,  slightly. 
Private    Wm.    Wilson,    slightly. 


Private  Geo.  Dumont,  slightly. 

Private    Wm.    Young,    seriously. 

Private  Robt.  Harton,  slightly. 

Private    Jacob    Casher,    slightly. 

Private  Wm.  Allen,  missing. 

Private  John  J.  Fisher,  missing. 

Company  H. 

Lieut.  J.  G.  Beaver,  killed. 

1st.  Sgt.  Mathew  M.  Vandine,  killed. 

Private  Isaac  Beck,  killed. 

Private  Edward  Beer,  killed. 

Private  Levi  Marks. 

Private  Hack  Wittes,  killed. 

Corpl.  H.  C.  McCormick,  wounded. 

Privt.  H.  McClure,  wounded. 

John  Erdley,  wounded. 

John  Rain,  slightly. 

Harry  McCormick,   slightly. 

James  L.  Schooley,  slightly. 

A.  Wertenbaugh,  slightly. 
i 
Company  I. 

Sergt.  John  C.  Davis,  killed. 

Corpl.  Thomas  S.  Davis,  killed. 

Private  John  Murphy,  shoulder. 

Private    George    W.    Percival,    slight- 

ly. 

Private  Jacob  Emerich,  leg. 
Private  Jacob  Myers,  leg,  slightly. 
Private   C.   Buley,  hip,   dangerously. 
Private  Wm.  J.  Anderson,  leg. 

Company  K. 
Private  Wm.  Scott,  killed. 
Sergt.  Albert  Snyder,  wounded. 
Danl.  Eichman,  wounded. 
Private  Thos.  Foster,  wounded. 
Private   Jacob   Fortner,   slightly. 
Private  Jacob   S.   Hiber,   slightly. 
Private    Saml.    McBride,    slightly. 
Private  Saml.  Royer,  slightly. 
Private  Irwin  Richards,  slightly. 
Private  Joseph  Sarba,  seriously. 
Private  Joseph   Snyder,  slightly. 
Private  Wm.  Yates,  slyightly. 

Number  of  Soldiers  in  each  Com- 
pany of  the  51st  Regt.,  Pa.  Vol 
Inft.,  Enlisted,  Drafted  and  Trans- 
ferred: A.  227.  B.  174.  C.  195. 
D.  219.  E.  182.  F.  210.  G.  230. 
H.  237.      I.  189.      K.  197.  Total  2160. 

Miles  Traveled.  By  water,  5,390. 
By  Rail.  3.311.  Marches,  1,738.  To 
tal,  10,439. 


HON.    G.    ALFRED    SCHOCH 


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ALFRED  SCHOC 
TO 


President  cf  Two  Banks  and  Telephone  Comqany,  Director  of  Susque- 
hanna University,  Twice  a  Member  of  Legislature,  Donor  of 
Court  House  Clock,  and  Contributor  to  Charities. 


Sept.  27,  1917,  Snyder  County 
lost  one  of  its  most  valuable  citizens 
in  the  person  of  Hon.  G.  Alfred 
Schoch,  of  this  place,  having  reached 
the  age  of  almost  three-quarters  of 
a  century.  It  was  evident  to  his 
friends  that  for  the  past  few  years  he 
was  gradually  failing  in  health. 

Born  Jan.  16,  1843,  near  Middle- 
burg,  early  in  life  he  began  an  active 
and  useful  career,  never  relinquish- 
ing his  activity  in  business  until  the 
last  week  of  his  life.  He  had  been 
identified  in  every  important  public 
movement  in  connection  with  Mid- 
dleburg,  since  he  has  been  old  enough 
to  do  any  business. 

He  was  an  important  factor  in  the 
organization  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  Middleburg,  became  its  first 
president  and  served  in  that  capacity 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  the  organization  of  the  Mid- 
dlecreek  Valley  Telephone  Company, 
he  played  an  important  part,  became 
its  first  president  and  remained  at  the 
head  of  the  company  until  the  last. 

He  was  the  head  and  active  director 
of  the  Middleburg  Shoe  Company, 
served  as  school  director  of  Middle- 
burg, for  most  of  his  life,  was  an' 
officer  of  the  Lutheran  church,  of 
Middleburg,  was  a  director  and  a 
liberal  contributor  of  Susquehanna 
University,  Selinsgrove,  was  a  direc- 
tor and  officer  of  the  Glendale  Ceme- 
tery Company,  was  president  of  the 
First  National  Bank,  of  New  Berlin, 
from  the  time  of  its  organization  to 
the  end  of  life,  was  a  director  and 
contributor  to  the  school  at  New  Ber- 
lin, while  it  was  in  existence  there, 
and  a  liberal  contributor  of  a  large 
-number  of  charities  and  furnished  the 
money  for  quite  a  number  of  students 
at  Susquehanna  University,  who  were 
too  poor  to  provide  their  own  means, 
until   after  graduation. 


HON.    G.   ALFRED    SCHOCH 


188 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


In  1867,  he  was  elected  Jury  Com- 
missioner of  Snyder  County.  He 
also  served  two  terms  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Legislature,  first  in  1875-6  and 
second  in  1885-6,  having  won  the  ad- 
miration and  respect  of  all  for  his 
steadfastness  of  purpose.  So  well 
had  he  ingratiated  himself  into  the 
hearts  of  his  fellow  legislators  that 
he  secured  an  adjournment  of  the 
Legislature,  just  a  few  days  before 
its  close,  in  order  that  all  might  come 
to  Selinsgrove,  May  25,  1885,  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  unveiling  of  the  monu- 
ment erected  by  the  state  in  memory 
of  Governor  Snyder,  in  whose  honor 
our  county  has  been  named. 

When  the  Sunbury  and  Lewistown 
Railroad  was  projected  he  was  an  ar- 
dent supporter  of  the  enterprise.  It 
was  the  first  great  artery  of  business 
enterprise  through  this  valley  and 
still  remains  the  biggest  project  of 
the  valley. 

He  will  be  missed  in  all  the  busi- 
ness enterprises  in  which  he  was  con- 
nected, and  they  are  many.  Greater 
yet  will  he  be  missed  in  the  home, 
in  the  town  and  the  county,  where 
he  has  always  lent  a  helping  hand 
financially  and  in  every  way  possible. 

During  the  summer  of  1915,  when 
the  Court  House  was  under  process 
of  reconstruction,  he  donated  to  the 
county  the  magnificient  tower  clock 
and  the  court  room  dial,  which  for 
almost  two  years  already  has  done 
service  to  an  appreciative  public  and 
which  will  remain  for  many  years  as 
a  memorial  to  his  charitable  dispo- 
sition. As  the  great  clock  strikes  the 
hours  of  the  day  and  night,  we  are 
all  reminded  of  his  magninimity,  and 
we  pause  to  reflect  over  the  goodness 
of  his  heart  and  his  public  generosity. 

He  ingratiated  himself  into  such 
public  favor  that  the  Palladium  Club, 
composed  of  the  best  ladies  of  Beav- 
ertcv/n,  unanimously  voted  Mr. 
Schoch  the  most  popular  man  in  Sny- 
der County,  a  distinction,  which  has 
generally  been  approved  by  the  peo- 
ple of  the  county. 

Affable  in  manners,  kind-hearted  in 
snirit.  a  good  mixer,  a  pleasant  con- 
versationalist, he  made  friends  wher- 
ever he  went. 

He  was  a  regular  supporter  to  the 
home  for  Friendless  children  and  to 
further  the  great  cause  of  his  chari- 
ties Mr.  and  Mrs.  Schoch  accepted  a 
boy  through  the  home,  and  have  spent 
of  their  means  and  talents  to  raise 
and   educate  their  foster  son,  Allen, 


who  is  now  a  student  of  Bellefonte 
Academy. 

December  23,  1873,  he  was  joined 
in  wedlock  to  Miss  Alice  D.,  daughter 
of  the  late  John  and  Elizabeth  (Ris- 
hel)  Mench,  of  near  Miffiinburg,  one 
of  the  oldest  and  most  prominent 
families  of  Central  Pennsylvania.  To 
this  union  a  daughter  was  born,  but 
the  Allwise  saw  fit  to  remove  the 
sweet  life  in  its  very  bud. 

The  widow,  a  most  estimable  lady, 
and  a  sister,  Mrs.  Lewis  Pawling,  of 
Selinsgrove,  survive. 

Mr.  Schoch  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  in  Freeburg  Aca- 
demy and  at  the  close  of  his  edu- 
cational pursuits,  began  teaching 
school,  and,  for  nine  winters,  taught 
public  school,  then  became  a  clerk, 
and  later  entered  business  in  the 
large  brick  building  adjoining  the 
Middleburg  Inn,  which  business  he  re- 
linquished about  thirty  years  ago. 

Mr.  Schoch  traces  his  parentage 
back  to  the  Faderland,  his  great- 
great-grandfather,  Mathias  Schoch, 
with  his  brothers,  John  and  George, 
and  two  sisters,  coming  thence  and 
settling  in  Berks  County,  Pa.  Mathias 
was  married  twice  and  had  children 
as  follows:  John,  Henry,  Michael, 
Jacob,  Peter  and  Catharine  by  his 
1st  wife,  and  Geo.,  Daniel  and  Rebec- 
ca by  the  2nd.  Jacob,  (son  of  Math- 
ias) had  children  as  follows:  George, 
Michael,  Jacob,  Sem,  Abram,  John, 
David,  Benjamin,  Catharine  (married 
George  A.  Snyder)  Susan,  (married 
Rev.  J.  G.  Anspach)  Elizabeth,  (mar- 
ried Col.  Philip  Gross)  Mary,  (mar- 
ried Beatty  Cook.) 

Michael  (son  of  Mathias)  was  the 
father  of  George,  the  father  of  Geo. 
W.  Schoch,  editor  of  the  Miffiinburg 
Telegraph.  Michael  (son  of  Jacob) 
born  May  15,  1799,  married  Rosanna 
Klose  who  bore  him  seven  children, 
the  eldest  of  whom,  Emanuel,  born 
near  Middleburg.  Aug.  7,  1822,  and 
died  Nov.  23.  1889,  married  Susanna, 
daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (Mil- 
ler) Kline,  and  had  two  children, — 
Hon.  G.  Alfred  Schoch,  the  deceased, 
and  Amanda  Diana,  married  to  Lewis 
E.  Pawling,  of  Selinsgrove.  Mrs. 
Susanna  Schoch,  (mother  of  G.  Al- 
fred) was  born  July  16,  1823,  was 
married  Aug.  19,  1841  to  Emanuel 
Schoch,  and  died  Jan.   29,  1902. 

The  last  sad  rites  and  interment 
took  place  Monday  afternoon  from 
the   late    residence    of   the    deceased. 


STUMP'S  RUN  ACADEMY 


189 


It  was  the  largest  gathering  at  a 
funeral  in  this  place  for  a  long  time. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  H.  D.  Hayes  and  Rev. 
Dr.   Manhart  officiated. 

The  active  pall  bearers  represented 
the  Lutheran  church  council,  and  the 
honorary  pall  bearers  represented  the 
various  boards  of  directors  of  which 
Mr.  Schoch  has  been  a  member  for 
many  years. 

Active  Pall  Bearers 

Middleburg  Lutheran  church  coun- 
cil: J.  R.  Kreeger,  A.  S.  Beaver,  Geo. 
H.  Steininger,  W.  B.  Winey,  John  F. 
Stetler,  Geo.  W.  Hassinger.  Honor- 
ary: Lee  G.  Winey,  John  G.  Renning- 
er  and  Prof.  T.  F.  Shambach. 
Honorary   Pall   Bearers 

Directors  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Middleburg:  J.  G.  Thomp- 
son, W.  A.  Hassinger.  John  C.  Show- 
ers, M.  Millner,  Jere  Charles  and  Geo. 
A.    Erdley. 

Directors  of  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  New  Berlin:  R.  S.  Meiser, 
John  Spangler,  Jacob  Frock,  H.  H. 
Wetzel,  P.  H.  Benfer,  A.  A.  Shiffer, 
and  Cyrus  Eaton. 

Directors  of  the  Middlecreek  Val- 
ley Telephone  Co.:  Hon.  H.  M.  Mc- 
Clure,  James  E.  Magee-  Frank  A. 
Eyer,  John  S.  Kauffman,  John  W. 
Hassinger,  Thomas  H.  Spigelmire, 
James  McClure  and  Geo.  W.  Wagen- 
seller. 

Directors  and  Professors  of  Sus- 
quehanna University: — Chas.  Steele, 
R.  L.  Schroyer,  Hon.  D.  Norman  App, 
Rev.  Dr.  F.  P.  Manhart,  Dr.  John  I. 
Woodruff. 

Many  people  were  present  from 
a  distance.  Court  opened  Monday 
at  eleven  o'clock  and  adjourned  from 
2.30  to  4.30  during  the  funeral  ser- 
vices in  token  of  esteem  for  his  public 
spirit  in  presenting  a  tower  clock  for 
the  Temple  of  Justice. 

Middleburg  has  lost  another  citi- 
zen of  inestimable  worth  to  the  com- 
munity and  his  many  acts  of  kind- 
ness and  charity  will  live  long  after 
the  present  generation  as  a  memorial 
to  his  existence. 


STUMP'S  RUN 


From    POST    Nov.    19,    1908. 

During  the  past  week  Mr.  Milton 
Moatz  tore  down  the  building  along 
the  entrance  road  to  the  cemetery  in 
this  place.  With  the  passing  of  this 
building,  there  is  removed  a  land 
mark  of  history. 

This  was  the  first  school  house  of 
the  town  and  it  was  also  used  for 
Sunday  School.  Owing  to  its  impor- 
tance in  history  we  take  the  follow- 
ing on  scnoois  from  the  History  of 
Susquehanna  &  Juniata  Valleys,  writ- 
ten in  the  70's: 

"The  public  schools  are  graded,  and 
are  held  in  the  large  two-story  brick 
building  standing  at  the  end  of  Wal- 
nut Street,  on  Pine  Street.  Prior 
to  the  erection  of  this  building,  a 
frame  school  house,  painted  red,  oc- 
cupied the  site.  After  climbing  up 
steep  steps,  the  pupils  entered  a 
small  square  entry,  which  led  to  the 
main  room.  Within  the  door,  to  the 
left  sat  the  school  master,  well  sup- 
plied with  four-feet  long  switches 
and  woe  to  the  tardy  or  unruly  pu- 
pil that  came  within  his  convenient 
reach,  as  he  entered  that  door.  The 
seats  and  desks  were  made  of  solid 
pine  boards,  planed  smooth  at  first 
but  ere  many  winters  had  passed 
deeply  cut  with  some  favorite  ini- 
tials and  characters. 

This  old  school  house  on  the  hill 
was  called  the  "Gravel  Hill  Semi- 
nary." 

"There  was  a  similar  school  house 
at  the  East  end  of  town,  on  the  lane 
that  leads  to  the  cemetery  of  the 
place.  It  stood  back  of  Motz's  tan- 
nery, close  by  Stump's  Run,  and  was 
called  "Stump's  Run  Academy." 
Great  rivalries  used  to  exist  between 
the  scholars  of  these  two  schools.  The 
teachers  were:  John  A.  Ettinger,  Dan- 
iel Showers,  Franklin  Wenrick.  Chas. 
P.  Swen«el,  John  Pechman  and 
others.  There  are  at  present  two 
schools  in  the  town,  with  an  attend- 
ance of  eighty  pupils." 


190 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


Waldo  Reed 

One  of  the  teachers  of  "Stump's 
Run  Academy"  was  Waldo  Reed.  He 
came  here  from  Connecticut,  and  for 
the  details  of  this  story  we  are  in- 
debted to  'Sqire  A.  K.   Gift: 

There  was  a  halo  about  this  man 
Reed  all  the  while  he  was  here.  Mr. 
Reed  himself  said  he  had  a  wife  and 
child  in  New  England,  but  as  he 
taught  school  here  for  about  eight 
years,  and  he  did  not  visit  them  nor 
did  they  visit  him,  it  was  scarcely 
believed  to  be  true.  Yet  frequently 
he  would  point  to  some  child  and  say 
that  reminded  him  of  his  own  off- 
spring, back  in  Connecticut. 

Mr.  Reed  said  he  had  been  in  the 
store  business  at  his  old  home.  He 
was  a  good  teacher  and  had  a  kind 
and  loving  disposition.  For  a  while 
he  boarded  at  Mr.  Snyder's,  (father 
of  Absolom,)  and  later  he  boarded  at 
the  Waffle  House,  (the  Central  Ho- 
tel kept  by  old  Mrs.  Smith,  (mother 
of  Charles).  He  was  a  peculiar  man 
in  some  respects,  but  he  maintained 
the  love  and  respect  of  every  per- 
son. He  died  a  poor  man  and  he  did 
not  have  money  enough  left  to  buy 
a  marker  and  in  loving  remember- 
ance  of  the  untiring  devotion  to  his 
duties,  his  former  pupils  raised  a 
fund  and  erected  a  marker  at  his 
last  resting  place  in  the  Middleburg 
cemetery.  The  marker  bears  this 
inscription:  "Waldo  Reed,  born  in 
the  state  of  Conneticut,  1803;  died 
June  3,  1850,  in  Middleburg  Union 
Co..  Pa.,  aged  42  years." 

It  is  said  that  Waldo  Wittenmyer, 
formerly  a  prominent  business  man 
of  this  place,  was  named  after  Mr. 
Reed. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Reed,  his 
wife  wrote  a  letter  of  inquiry  con- 
cerning him,  when  it  was  learned 
positively  that  he  really  had  a  wife 
and  family  in  New  England,  but  it 
was  never  learned  why  he  never  went 
back  to  his  family. 

While  Mr.  Reed  taught  school,  a 
corner  of  the  room  was  partitioned 
off  with  a  curtain,  where  Mrs.  Joseph 
Bowes  taught  a  class  at  intervals  dur- 
ing the  day.  She  was  the  assistant 
teacher. 

Origin   of   Name 

The  name  Stump's  Run  Academy, 
was  taken  from  the  stream  that  flow- 
ed past  the  door  of  this  old  educa- 
tional center.  The  stream  took  its 
name  from  Frederick  Stump,  who  on 
Sunday,  January  10,   1768  murdered 


White  Mingo  and  five  other  indians 
near  the  mouth  of  Middlecreek  and 
later  came  fourteen  miles  up  the 
creek,  here  at  Middleburg,  where  he 
found  one  woman  and  two  girls  with 
one  child.  These  he  killed,  and  put- 
ting their  bodies  into  the  cabin,  he 
burned  it.  This  latter  deed  occured 
on  the  banks  of  the  stream  that  bears 
his  name.  Stump  and  his  com- 
panion, Ironcutter,  were  arrested  at 
Gabriel's,  (Selinsgrove)  and  taken  to 
the  Carlisle  jail.  They  were  forcibly 
rescued  on  the  29th,  were  concealed 
about  Fort  Augusta  a  few  days,  and 
then  fled  the  country.  Tradition  has 
it,  that  Stump  died  in  Virginia,  many 
years  afterward. 

Teacher    and     Pupils     of     the     School 

Among  the  pupils  and  teachers  of 
the  school  are  those  who  are  still 
residing  here  as  well  as  those  who 
have  gone  elsewhere.  Among  the 
teachers  are  (1)  Mr.  Quinlan,  (2) 
Mr.  McAlarney,  an  Irishman,  who 
taught  two  winters.  The  order  of 
the  other  teachers  is  not  known,  but 
among  them  are  Rev.  Frederick  Bow- 
er, now  deceased,  Robert  W.  Smith, 
G.  Aaron  Hassinger,  Thomas  J. 
Smith,  Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Dr.  Ernest. 

Among  the  pupils  were!  Dr.  John 
Y.  Shindel,  Mrs.  D.  T.  Rhoads,  Mrs. 
Joseph  Bowes,  (Peggy  Snyder)  Dr. 
T.  B.  Bibighaus,  Jno.  C.  Frrin,  Mar- 
tha Billhardt,  Thomas  J.  Smith,  Na- 
thaniel Snyder,  John  A.  and  G.  Mil- 
ton Moatz,  Mrs.  Dr.  Ernest,  Mrs.  Ar- 
nold, Mrs.  John  Moatz,  Caleb  Smith, 
Geo.  M.  Shindel  and  many  others. 

Dr.  Shindel  started  to  school  in  the 
building  at  Stump's  Run  when  he 
was  12  years  of  age.  It  was  about 
1846.  The  building  was  not  com- 
pleted when  school  opened,  as  it  was 
not  plastered.  The  school  then  was 
held  in  a  small  building  on  the  Adam 
Showers  property,  for  about  one 
month  until  the  school  building  was 
completed.  A  Mr.  Weller  had  the 
contract  to  build  Stump's  Run  Aca- 
demy. At  that  time  there  was  only 
three  months  free  school,  but  fre- 
quently there  was  subscription  school, 
in  the  Spring  and  Summer. 

Quinlan  was  the  first  teacher.  Dr. 
Shindel  thinks  that  Waldo  Reed 
taught  more  in  Gravel  Hill  Seminary 
than  in  Stump's  Run  Academy.  It 
appears  that  both  of  these  schools 
existed  as  ungraded  schools.  The 
town  was  divided.  From  Wittenmy- 
er's  corner,  North  and  West,  the  chil- 


FIRST    CO.     SUPERINTENDENT 


191 


dren  went  to  school  on  the  hill.  From 
Wm.  Beaver's  Store  Corner,  South 
and  East,  the  children  went  to 
Stump's  Run  Academy. 

We  learn  further  from  Dr.  Shindel 
that  he  circulated  the  subscription 
paper  to  raise  money  for  the  marker 
for  Waldo  Reed's  grave.  He  says  fur- 
ther that  Reed  had  been  to  McKees 
Half  Falls  and  contracted  fever  and 
ague  and  returned  home  and  became 
very  sick  and  died,  as  above  stated. 

Dr.  Shindel  further  states  that  Peg- 
gy Snyder,  (Mrs.  Joe  Bowes,)  taught 
on  the  hill  and  not  at  Stump's  Run. 

The  same  authority  relates  that 
Mrs.  Arnold  carried  to  her  grave  a 
scar  received  as  a  result  of  falling 
off  the  bridge  across  Stump's  Run  in- 
to the  stream,  while  attending  school. 
Dr.  Shindel  jumped  in  and  picked  her 
up  and  helped  her  out. 

The  history  of  Auctioneer  Charles 
Stnid's  injured  eye  had  its  origin  in 
Stump's  Run  Academy.  It  was  not 
"Mooky"  who  was  bad,  but  it  was 
another  boy  who  was  getting  a  flail- 
ing at  the  hands  of  Thomas  J.  Smith, 
deceased,  who  was  the  teacher.  A 
niece  of  the  whip  broke  off  and  flew 
into  Mr.  Spaid's  eye  and  destroyed 
its  usefulness. 

When  the  new  two-story  bnc<c 
building  w?s  completed  on  the  hill, 
the  one  used  for  a  shirt  factory,  the 
schools  were  graded  and  the  pup'H 
all  went  to  the  ~ame  building  where 
the  school  '.vas  continued,  until  the 
present  building  was  erected  8  or  10 
years  ago  en  Sugar  street.  In  this 
building'  there  were  three  teachers 
until  this  fall  when  four  teachers 
were  employed  for  the  first  time. 

During  the  past  year  G.  M.  Moatz 
sold  the  land  along  Stump's  Run  for 
making  a  broader  road  to  the  ceme- 
tery, but  reserved  the  building  which 
he  has  removed,  and  with  it  lingers 
many  fond  recollection  of  early  school 
days  by  those  who  still  reside  in  this 
neighborhood. 


THE    FIRST    COUNTY    SUPERIN- 
TENDENT 


From  POST,  March  30,  1889. 

A  correspondent  writes  as  follows, 
to  the  editor  of  the  "POST."  "Please 
answer  through  the  colums  of  the 
"POST"  who  was  the  first  Superin- 
tendent of  Snyder  County  and  when 
he  was  elected." 

By  reference  to  the  following  ar- 
ticle republished  from  the  "POST" 
under  date  of  May  15,  1884,  our  cor- 
respondent will  find  what  he  wishes 
to  know. 

"The  election  of  County  Superin- 
tendents thruout  Pennsylvania  on 
Tuesday  marks  the  completion  of  the 
third  decade  since  the  adoption  of 
the  present  school  law  and  the  elec- 
tion of  the  first  County  Superinten- 
dents, the  Act  having  gone  into  ef- 
fect May  15,  1854.  The  County 
Superintendents  who  have  served 
Snyder  County  since  the  passage  of 
the  Act.  together  with  the  salaries 
paid  each,  as  far  as  we  are  able  to 
le-rn,  are  as  fellows:  Prof.  Jacob  S. 
Whitman,  of  Freeburg,  was  elected 
in  Mpv,  1854,  for  the  county  of  Uni- 
on. He  resigned  after  serving  one 
ye***:  the  year  Union  county  was  di- 
vided. David  Heckendcrn,  who  re- 
sided at  Adamsburg,  became  his  suc- 
cessor, through  appointment,  receiv- 
ing a  salary  of  $300.  The  next 
County  Superintendent,  and  the  first 
elected  for  the  new  county  of  Snyder 
was  Prof.  Daniel  S.  Boyer.  of  Free- 
burg! The  Directors  Convention 
in  May.  1857,  agreed  to  pay  Prof. 
Boyer  $200  per  annum,  but  the  di- 
rectors reconvened  six  months  after- 
wards and  raised  it  to  $500.  Samuel 
^lleman.  Esq.,  then  a  resident  of 
Middleburgh,  was  elected  in  1860, 
and  received  a  salary  of  $400.  Prof. 
William  Moyer  was  elected  in  1863, 
18fi6,  and  1869,  salary,  $500.  Prof. 
William  Noetling  was  elected  in  1872 
and  1875,  receiving  $500.  Prof.  Noet- 
ling resigned  immediately  after  hold- 
ing his  public  examinations  in  Octo- 
ber. 1877,  and  State  Superintendent 
Wi°kersham  appointed  Mr.  Wm.  P. 
Sch?rf,  of  Selinsgrove,  as  his  suc- 
cessor. Mr.  Scharf  was  elected  in 
May,  1878.  He  was  the  first  County 
Superintendent  of  Snyder  who  was 
elected  after  the,  passage  of  the  Act 
giving  County  Superintendents  a  sal- 
ary of  $1,000  and  upwards.  Prof. 
William  Moyer  was  again  elected  as 
County  Superintendent  in  May,  1881. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS. 


THE  YEAR  MIDDLEBURG  WAS 
LAID  OUT 


Taken  from  POST,  May  31,  1900. 

Considerable  discussion  has  arisen 
since  the  talk  of  having  a  centennial, 
as  to  exactly  what  year  the  town 
was  laid  out.  Mr.  Samuel  Witten- 
myer,  the  oldest  citizen  of  the  town, 
says  on  this  point  that  his  father, 
Michael  Wittenmyer,  erected  a  build- 
ing on  the  store  corner  in  1801  and 
that  the  town  must  have  been  laid 
out  for  several  years  before  that 
time,  at  least  back  as  far  as  1800, 
so  that  the  town  is  not  less  than  100 
years  old.  It  is  unfortunate  that  the 
town  plot  bears  no  date.  Old  Mich- 
ael Wittenmyer  was  a  clock  maker 
and  in  1801  bought  the  lot  where 
Milton  Moatz  lives  from  John  Swine- 
ford,  the  owner  of  the  town,  for  a 
24-hour  clock.  Mr.  Wittenmyer  had 
the  cellar  almost  dug  when  Mr. 
Swineford  came  to  the  site  of  the 
building  and  told  Mr.  Wittenmyer 
that  he  ought  to  have  the  lot  out  at 
the  corner  and  then  it  would  pay  him 
to  put  up  a  good  house.  Mr.  Witten- 
myer replied  that  he  did  not  have  the 
money  to  buy  such  an  expensive  lot, 
whereupon  Mr.  Swineford  agreed  to 
take  back  the  Moatz  lot  and  would 
sell  Wittenmyer  the  corner  lot  if  the 
latter  would  make  him  an  eight-day 
clock.  The  offer  was  accepted.  The 
erection  of  the  building  commenced 
at  once.  This  was  in  1801,  At  that 
time  there  were  only  three  or  four 
buildings  in  this  neighborhood.  John 
Swineford  resided  and  kept  a  hotel 
on  the  lot  where  John  Moyer  now  re- 
sides. (Brick  House  at  the  forks  of 
the  road  on  East  Market  street). 
This  was  the  first  hotel  in  this  sec- 
tion and  that  began  to  entertain 
guests  as  early  as  1787.  There  was 
a  house  in  1801  out  where  Mr.  Fens- 
terbush  now  resides,  the  old  Witten- 
wyer  homestead.  There  was  a  house 
on  the  corner,  now  the  bank  lot, 
owned  by  Mr.  Benheimer,  who  kept 
a  store,  and  another  back  of  town 
on  the  road  leading  toward  New  Ber- 
lin. There  may  have  been  other 
houses  in  this  vicinity,  but  that  is  all 
tradition  accounts  for. 

In  1802  the  assessment  list  show- 
ed the  following  residents  for  Mid- 
dleburg,  John  Aurand,  joiner;  John 
Epler,  David  Fry,  shoemaker;  Jacob 
Fry,     senior;     Kennel     Mark,     Jacob 


Lechner,  inn-keeper;  David  Liest, 
Isaac  Mertz,  Zacharias  Mussinna; 
John  Nelson;  Martin  Smith,  cooper; 
Robert  Smith;  George  Spade;  George 
Swineford;  John  Weller;  Michael 
Wiant;  Michael  Wittenmyer,  clock- 
maker. 

o 


AN  OLD  RELIC 


From  an  Old  Copy  of  the  POST. 

Prof.  D.  S.  Boyer  has  in  his  pos- 
session a  copy  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Reporter  published  by  Wm.  D.  Boas 
in  Harrisburg,  March  2,  1838.  It 
is  a  single  sheet,  seven-column  pa- 
per, and  was  the  leading  Democratic 
organ  in  Pennsylvania,  published 
weekly  at  $3.00  per  annum,  and  dur- 
ing the  session  of  the  Legislature, 
was  published  twice  a  week  for  $2 
additional.  Martin  Van  Buren  was 
President  of  the  United  States,  and 
Joseph  Ritner  Governor  of  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania.  It  contains  a 
lengthy  article  in  favor  of  the  cul- 
tivation of  spring  wheat.  It  con- 
tains a  full  account  of  the  unfortu- 
nate duel  between  Hon.  Wm.  J. 
Graves,  M.  D.,  of  Kentucky,  and 
Jonathan  Cilley,  of  Maine,  also  a 
member  of  Congress,  and  who  was 
killed  at  the  first  fire  of  his  antago- 
nist. This  unfortunate  affair  arous- 
ed a  feeling  of  indignation  among  our 
people,  and  forever  abolished  the 
"Code  of  Honor"  as  the  last  resort  to 
settle  a  difficulty.  The  size  of  the 
paper  and  the  news  it  contains  pre- 
sents a  marked  contrast  to  the  pub- 
lications of  the  present  day.  From 
1838  to  1899,  a  period  of  sixty-one 
years,  great  and  momentous  changes 
have  occurred.  Tv/o  hundred  and  ten 
letters  are  advertised  as  remaining 
in  the  Harrisburg  post  office.  The 
advertisements  in  this  paper  present 
a  marked  contrast  with  those  print- 
ed in  the  papers  of  the  present  day. 
Owen  McCabe,  of  Harrisburg,  adver 
tises  50  sacks  of  fine  salt,  20  barrels 
of  No.  2  mackerel,  etc,  for  sale.  This 
valuable  relic  was  among  the  books 
and  papers  purchased  at  the  sale  of 
Hon.  John  Snyder  by  Mr.  Boyer,  and 
the  name  of  Capt.  John  Snyder  was 
written  by  the  publisher  on  the  pa- 
per, shows  that  he  had  been  a  sub- 
scriber. Prof.  Boyer  presented  the 
p^per  to  the  Snyder  County  Histori- 
cal Society. 


LAND  WARRANTEES 


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LAND  WARRANTEES 


Some  Data  That  Should  be  Preserved 
For  History 


Taken    from    POST.   June    10,    1909. 

We  publish  below  a  list  of  lands  as 
taken  from  the  files  of  the  POST, 
published  in  June  and  July  1868.  The 
list  is  very  valuable  from  a  historical 
stand-point  as  well  from  a  practical 
use   of   tracing  title: 

List  of  Land  Situate  in  Snyder  Co., 
held  by  location  or  any  other  office 
right,  issued  by  the  Land  Department 
of  this  Commonwealth,  upon  which 
no  patents  have  been  issued,  includ- 
ing the  names  in  which  such  loca- 
tions or  other  office  rights  are  enter- 
ed. 

Aurand,  Samuel,  400  acres,  Jack's 
Creek. 

Aurand,  Henry.  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek  Township. 

Augustine,  J.  H.  200  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Aurand,  Henry,  400  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Aurand,  George,  30  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Aurand.  George,  10  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Aplinger,  J.,  Jr.,  100  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Anderson,  John,  5  acres,  Centre. 

Aurand,  George  40  acres,  Centre. 

Arbogast-  Nicholas,  1  acre,  Perry 
Township. 

Aigler,  Noah,  20  acres,  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 

Aigler,  Noah,  130  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Aigler,  Noah,  136  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Aigler.  Noah,  36  acres,  Beaver  town- 
ship. 

Aigler,  Noah,  60  acres,  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 

Allison,  Benjamin,  300  acres,  West 
Buffalo  Township. 

Banter,  George,  100  acres,  Middle- 
creek  township. 

Bright,  Michael  Jr.,  100  acres  Forks 
of  Middlecreek  Township. 

Born,  Herman,  150  acres,  Mahanton- 
go. 

Bay,  Abraham,  25  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Baker,  William,  200  acres,  Penns 
Township. 


Berger,  Philip,  30  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Bruce,  David,  9  acres,  Centre  Town- 
ship. 

Bruce-  David,  29  acres,  Centre  Town- 
ship. 

Bruce,  David,  20  acres,  Centre  Town- 
ship. 

Bowersox.  John,  26  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Bi-uce,  David,  50  acres,  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 

Barr-  Benjamin,  50  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Breckbill,  Jacob,  35  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Bowersox,  Jacob,  7  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Beck,  Samuel,  L.,  175  acres-  Wash- 
ington Township. 

Benner,  Daniel,  35  acres  Perry  Town- 
ship. 

Beaver,  Isaac  100  acres  Beaver 
Township. 

Beaver,  Isaac,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Botteiger,  Isaac,  50  acres,  Perry 
Township. 

Benfer,  Henry,  12  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Brown,  Peter,  110  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Bobb.  Reuben,  5  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Bowersox,  Jacob,  20  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Baker,  Sarah,  300  acres,  Washington 
Township. 

Cline.  Stephen,  100  acres,  Penn 
Township. 

Drinkhouse,  Adam,  100  acres,  Penns 
Creek. 

Danninger,  J.  F.,  130  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Dreese,  Michael,  100  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Dewait.  Win,,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Deimer,  John,  400  acres  Middlecreek 
Township. 

Dilworth,  Charles,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek Township. 

Dilworth,  Samuel,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek Township. 

Dilworth,  James.  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek Township. 

Dauberman,  Cris,  12  acres  Penns 
Township. 

Dauberman,  Cris.,  10  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Decker,  Wm.,  7  acres.  Centre  Town- 
snip. 

Dean,  John,  14  acres,  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Deimer,    Isaac,    8    acres,    Washington 

Township. 
Dubbs,    John.    2    acres,    Washington 

Township. 
Egan,      William,      100    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Eisenhart,  B.,  30  acres  Beaver  Twp. 
Erb.    John,    50    acres,    Centre    Town- 
ship. 
Fear,  Jacob,    100   acres,   Middlecreek 

Township. 
Faush,      Henry,      30    acres,      Beaver 

Creek. 
Fiss,  P.  &  A.  B.,  200  acres,  adjoining 

Mifflin    County. 
Foreman-    D.    &    S.,    7   acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Forrey,  Nath.,   50  acres,  Perry  Twp. 
Fryes,    Peter,    300    acres,    West   Bea- 
ver Township. 
Gerhard,    Henry,      50    acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Gratz.      Simon,      230    acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Gray.  Robert,  300  acres,  Middlecreek 

Township. 
Gettig,  Crist,  400  acres,  Middlecreek 

Township. 
Grebil,    C.    Jr.,    68.126    acres,    Perry 

Township. 
Grebil,    Crist,    10    acres.    Perry   Twp. 
Gift,  J.  and  M.  D.,  400  acres,  Centre 

Township. 

Goodling,  Chas.,  30  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Good,  Jno.  3  acres,  Beaver  Town- 
ship. 

Goss,  George-  25  2cres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Harrold,  Geo.,  15  acres,  Dutch  Run. 

Heister,  Rose,  150  acres,  Penns 
Creek. 

Harhold,  Geo.,  159  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Hassinger,  F..  100  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Hassinger,  J.,   50   acres,   Penns  Twp. 

Hosterman,  P.,  100  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Heister,  D.,  Jr..  400  acres,  Beaver 
Dam. 

Heister,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver 
Dam. 

Herrold,  Sim.,  100  apres.  Pcnn  Twp. 

Hoan,  Michael-  100  acres  Perry 
Township. 

Heister,  Gab.,  400  acres,  Little  Val- 
ley. 

Hassinger,  H.,  400  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Hassinger,  A.,  400  acres.  Penns  Twp. 

Hendricks,  Henry,  100  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Hain,  Philip,  300   acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Herrold,  S.  &  J.  S.  67  p.  s..  Mahan- 
tongo.  \ 


Herhold,  Sim.,  140  acres,  Mahanton- 
go. 

Hackenberg,  P.,  10  acres.  Centre 
Township. 

Herrold,  Fred.,  50  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Herrold,  Sim.  ,13  acres,  Mahantongo. 

Herrold  Fred..  200  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Heveise,  Phil.,  25  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Herrold,  Sim.,  Jr.,  30  acres  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Hentz,  J.  &  P.  W.,  100  acres.  Perry 
Township. 

Herbster,  Jac,  25  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Houser,  Mary,  1  acre,  Chapman  Twp. 

Hilbish,  Hbg.,  20  acres,  Washington 
Township. 

Herrold,  W.  G.,  3  acres,  Chapman 
Township. 

Henry,   Geo.,    12   acres,   Beaver  Twp. 

Herrold,    Able,    8    acres.    Chapman, 

Township. 
Herrold,    John,    100    acres,    Chapman 

Township. 

Herrold,  H.  M.,  3%     acres,  Chapman 

Township. 
Herrold.    A.    S.,    2    acres,    Chapman 

Township. 
Hendricks,  H.,  30  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Huffnagle,    A.,    150       acres,    Beaver 

Township. 

Herold,  H.  M.,  30  acres.  Chapman 
Township. 

Haan,  Michael,  250  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Johnston,  William,  10  acres,  Perry 
Township. 

Kilhouer,  Christ'n,  50  acres,  Middle- 
creek  Township. 

Kilhober,  John,  50  acres,  Middle- 
creek Township. 

Krehl,  Michael,  100  acres.  Penns 
Township. 

Kriger,  Henry,  50  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Kline,  Christopher,  50  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Kidd,  John.   400   acres,   Beaver  Twp. 

Knepp,  George,  50  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Kline,  Peter,  6  acres.  Beaver  Twp. 

Krepps,  Henry,  200  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Koch,  Daniel,  25  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Kelly,  Wm..  2  acres,  Chapman  Twp. 

Krebbs,  Charles,  30  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Kreps,  Moses,  100  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Kreps,  Moses,  89  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Keller,  Jacob,  100  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Kreps,  Henry.  60  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 


.LAND  WARRANTEES 


195 


Kreps,   Charles,     32     acres,     Beaver 

Township. 
Kerstetter,  Michael,  300  acres,  Mah- 
antongo. 
Lewis,   John,      100      acres.    Chapman 

Township. 
Lochner,  J.   &  L.,   100  acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Lerrig,    Jacob,    8      acres.      Chapman 

Township. 
Landis,    Elias.    5    acres,    Perry    Twp. 
Lehr,    John,    50    acres,    West    Beaver 

Township. 
Millinger,   Benecht,   50   acres,   Centre 

Township. 
Magley,  Felix,  25  acres.   Middlecreek 

Township. 
Meiscr,  Henry,  100  acres-  Penns  Twp. 
Mr-Mullen  &  Green,  200  acres,  Penns 

Creek. 
Moll,    Anthony,      100    acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Miles,  Henry,  100  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Miley,    Jacob.    100    acres,    Penn    and 

Chapman  Townships. 
Moore,      Philip,    400    acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Matherling,     B.,     60     acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 
McMullen.    John,    60    acres.    Beaver 

Township. 
McCoy,  Hugh,      400      acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
McClelan,  Joseph,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Moore,    Joseph.    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Morrison,  Matthew,  400  acres,     Bea- 
ver   Township. 
Markley,  Jacob,    110      acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Mauck,  John,  190  acres-  Beaver  Twp. 
Mertz,  Isaac,   14  acres,   Centre  Twp. 
Moyer,  Jacob,  30 'acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Moyer,    George    1    acre    Washington 

Township. 
Margeritz.    H.    H.,    77    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Middleswarth,   Ner.,    131    acres   Bea- 
ver   Township. 
Middleswarth,   Ner.,    5   acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Mohr,   Jacob,    10    acres,   Middlecreek 

Township. 
Middleswarth,  A..  Jr.,  15  acres,  West 
•    Beaver   Township. 
Mitterling,    Balzer,    3    acres,      Perry 

Township. 
Mitchell,  Amos  E.,  100  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Mill.  David,  B.,  100  acres,  Perry  Twp. 


Midderling,  Jacob,  10  acres,  Perry 
Township. 

Moyer,  Michael,  C,  47  acres,  Frank- 
lin Township. 

Midderling,  Benj.,  45  acres.  Perry 
Township. 

Moyer,  George,  4  acres,  Washington 
Township. 

Mill,  David  B.,  50  acres,  West  Perry 
Township. 

Moyer.  John,  100  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Moyer,  John,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

McTeer,  Robert,  300.  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Nev/Comer,  Frans.,  200  acres  Mid- 
dlecreek Township. 

Overmeyer,  David,  50  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Overmeyer,  David,  20  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Oplimrer,  John,  7  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Ocker,  David,  100  acres.  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Ocker,  David,  110  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Overmeyer,  Philip,  50  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Overmeyer,  Fred,  50  acres,  Beaver. 
Township. 

Peter,  John,  121  acres,     Beaver  Twp. 

Parker,  William,  25  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Peter,  Jacob,  25  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Price,  Benjamin,  100  acres,  West 
Beaver  Township. 

Peter,  John,  123  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Peter  Jno..  Sr.,  40  acres,  Beaver  Twp4 

Petten,  Jas.,  300  acres,  Jack's  Creek. 

Row,   George,   50   acres,   Penns  Twp. 

Rafter  &  Kreal,  100  acres,  Perry 
Township. 

Rheam,  Nicholas.  150  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Reger,  Elias,  400  acres,  Beaver  Dam. 

Roan,  Flavel,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Reigel,  Jacob-  12  acres,  Mahantongo. 

Reigel,   Jacob,   5   acres,   Mahantongo. 

Reigel,  Frederick,  100  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Romick,  Solomon,  20  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Reger,  Adam,  30  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Reger,  Adam,  25  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Rathfon,  Jacob,  4  atres,  Perry  Twp. 

Riche,    John,    300    acres,    Penn    Twp. 

Reed,  Elizabeth,  300  acres,  Penns 
Creek. 

Smith,  John,  400  acres,  Penns  Creek. 

Smith,  Ludwick,  400  acres,  Penns 
Creek. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Senclear,    Neal,       130    acres,    Penns 

Creek. 
Tea,  Richard,  200  acres,  Centre  Twp. 

Thompson,    John,    100    acres,    Penns 
Township. 

Thompson,  William,   50  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Thomas,  John,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Thomas,  Jno.,  250  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Thomas,    Adam,    100    acres,    Beaver 
Dam. 

Thomas,    George,    50    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Thomas,    Thomas,    15    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Try,    John,    30    acres,    West    Beaver 
Township. 

Troxel,  John,  75  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Umbehower,  Jonas,  100  acres,  Beaver 
Dam. 

Upling-er,  John  Jr.,  38  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Ulsh,    Andrew,    Jr.,    20    acres,    West 
Beaver. 

Ulsh.  Joseph,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Ulsh,  Andrew,  Jr.,   75   acres,   Beaver 
Township. 

Williams,  Charles,  100  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Withinington,   M.,   400  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Woodrow,    Simeon,    50    acres,    Penns 
Township. 

Witmer,     Samuel,   5   acres,     Mahan- 
tongo. 

Woomer,    Daniel,    13    acres,    Mahan- 
tongo. 

Walter,  John,    2   acres,    Centre   Twp. 

Witmer,   Samuel,   2    acres,    Chapman 
Township. 

Wagenseller,   Jacob,    3    acres,    Wash 
ington  Township. 

Weirick,    George,    25    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Wagner,  George,  Jr.,   15  acres,  Bea- 
ver Township. 

Winter,  Adam,  5  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Wiand,    Geo.,    3%    acres,    West   Bea- 
ver Township. 

Wertz,   Abraham,   6   acres,   Washing- 
ton Township. 

Willow,  Jacob,  1.10  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Willow,  Jacob,  17  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Woomer,    Michael,    40    acres,      Perry 
Township. 

Weaver,  Michael,  H.,  20  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Weaver,  Michael,  H.,  15     acres,  Cen- 
tre Township. 

Watts,   John,    50    acres,    Perry   Twp. 

Yentzer.    Christian,    200    acres,    Bea- 
ver   Dam. 


Young,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Young,    Samuel,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Yeager,  Christ'  R.,  10  acres,  Mahan- 

tongo. 
Young,  Jacob,  30  acres,  Middlecreek 

Township. 
Yeisley,    Michael,    15    acres,    Centre 

Township. 
Zimimerman,   Crist.,    50   acres,   Penns 

Township. 
Zeller,    Frederick,    50    acres,    Mahan- 

tongo. 
Zernos,  Jacob,  23  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Zimmerman,  Geo.,  1  acre,  Perry  Twp. 
Zeller,   John,   300   acres,   Perry   Twp. 

Warrants     Upon    Which    No    Surveys 
Have  Been  Returned 

Armstrong,  John,  100  acres,  Big  Ma- 

hony. 
Aurand,  Geo.,  10  acres,  Centre  Twp. 
Aurand,  Henry,  8  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Aurand,    Samuel,    30    acres,    Centre 

Township. 
Allen,    Zachariah,    200    acres,    Centre 

Township. 
Brunk,    Stophel,    100    acres,    Middle- 
creek  Township. 
Buchanan,    Wm.,    300    acres    Mahan- 

tongo. 
Breeze  &  Geiger,  100  acres,  Middle- 
creek   Twp. 
Breeze,    Nehemiah,    6    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Boyd,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Black,  James,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Boyd,  James,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Brady,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Boyd,  Wm.,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Barton,  Wm.,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Becker,  John,  200  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Brinton,   Edward,   400   acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Bennett,   John,    400      acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Brinton,    Joseph,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Bull,  Thomas,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Britton,    Amos,      400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Brinton,      Wm.,    400    acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Bennett,    Jacob,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Braum,    George,   400      acres,      Penns 

Creek. 
Bossier,   Abram,      50      acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Bruce,  David,  200  acres,  Centre  Twp. 
Bruce,  David,     5  acres.  Centre  Twp. 
Bruce,      Stephen,    20    acres,      Centre 

Township. 


LAND  WARRANTEES 


197 


Bruce,  David,  13  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Bruce,  David,  25  acres,  Centre  Twp. 
Berger,    Philip,    400    acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Berger,  Philip,  10  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Brown,  Peter,  28  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Bruce,  David,   16  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Bruce,  David,   150   acres,   Mahanton- 

go. 
Bollinger    &    Rudy,    6    acres,    Mahan- 

tongo. 
Bowman,  Daniel,  50  acres,  Chapman 

Township. 
Burkhart,  Philip,  70  acres,  Chapman 

Township. 
Benford,  Wm.,  8  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Boyer,    Henry,    P.,    115    acres    Centre 

Township. 
Brunner,  Andrew,  300  acres,  Middle- 
creek  Township. 
Boner,    Bennett,    300    acres,    Head- 
waters Middlecreek. 
Bonham,  Molakah,  300  acres,  Foot  of 

Jack's  Mountain. 
Best,  John,  300  acres,  N.  W.  of  Mah- 

antongo. 
Bright,    Michael,    300    acres,    North 

Branch  Middlecreek. 
Carpenter,    Wm.,    100    acres,    Penns 

Creek. 
Cambridge,  Arch.,  100  acres,  Middle. 

creek   Township. 
Coun,    Joseph,      200    acres,    Middle- 
creek Township. 
Creal,    Michael,      50    acres,      Penns 

Township. 
Cobert,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Ceafer,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Calhoum,  George,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Cummings,  Alex.,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Cummings,  John,   400   acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Cummings,  James,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Cummings,  J.  Jr.,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Clin,   Jacob,    75    acres,    Centre   Twp. 
Clewes,    Michael,    50    acres,    Centre 

Township. 
Crouse,  William,  5  acres,  Washington 

Township. 
Cooper,    David,  _  300    acres,    Middle- 
creek Township. 
Crane,    Benjamin,    300    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Dicksan,  Wm.,  200  acres  on  Mahan- 

tongo. 
Darr,   George,   400   acres,   on  Beaver 

Creek. 


Daugherty,  Jas.,  400  acres,  on  Bea- 
ver Creek. 
Davis,  Elijah,  400  acres,  on  Beaver 

Creek. 
Dufneld,      John,   400      acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Delworth,  James,   400   acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,  Richard,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,  Joseph,   400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,    Thos.,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,  Jas.  Jr.,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,    John,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,    Sam'l,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,    Wm.,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Douglass,  Andrew,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,  Chas.  Jr.,  400  acres  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth.    Chas.,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,    Caleb,    400    acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,   George,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Dilworth,     Jos.,   400   acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Darlington,    Ed.,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Dering,    Fred    P.,    35    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Dering,   Fred   P.,    50   acres,    Mahan- 

tongo. 
Daies,  Peter,  180  acres,  Beaver  Dam. 
Diehl,  Joseph,  35  acres,  Perry  Twp. 
Duck,   Daniel,   8   acres,   Penns   Twp. 
Eslinger,   J.    G.,    100    acres,   Middle- 
creek Township. 
Engle,  Peter,  50  acres,  Centre  Twp. 
Footman,    Peter,    50    acres,    Middle- 
creek Township. 
Footman,   R.,   50   acf«,   Middlecreek 

Township. 
Fisher,   John,      400      acres,      Beaver 

Fulmer,    Adam,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Felker,      Dan,      400    acres,      Beaver 

Felkner,    Peter,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Fry,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Frazer,  John,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Friedly,    L.,    60    acres,    Beaver   Twp. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Fahnestock, 

Township 

Fike,   John, 

Gross,  John 


0.,    100    acres,    Beaver 


10 


acres,    Beaver   Twp. 
50   acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Gross,  Henry,  100  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Graybill,  J.  Jr.,  50  acres,  Limestone- 
ridge. 

Gitts,  Michael,     400     acres,     Beaver 
Township. 

Griffith,  Dan,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Griffith,  Wm,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Griffith,  Levi,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Groutman,    Hy.,    400    acres,    Middle- 
creek  Township. 

Groutman,    Hy.,    400    acres,    Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Gardner,  Samuel,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek  Township. 

Gordon,  John,  400  acres,  Perry  Twp. 

Hoecg,  James,   50   acres,   Middlecreek 
Township. 

Hunter,    James,    250    acres,    Middle- 
Township. 

Hubley,  Bern'd,  Jr.,   255   acres,   Sink 
Hole   Run. 

Hassinger,    John,    25    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Humperhaner,    J.,    50    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Hunt,      Wilson,     400 
Township. 

Hunt,      Pearson,   300   acres, 
Township. 

Howell,    Reading,    400    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Hall,  Charles,  400  acres,  Midd^creek 
Township. 

Hinklinson,  Thos.,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Hinkleson,    Jos.,    400    acres,    Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Hinkleson,  Tobias,  400  acres,  Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Hinkleson.   John,   400   acres,   Middle- 
creek    Township. 

Hassinger,    John,    400    acres,    Beaver 
Township. 

Hassinger,    Jacob,    100    acres,    Penns 
Township. 

Hassinger,    Stoffel,       400    acres,    on 
Penns  Creek. 

Hassinger,    Jonathan,    400    acres,    on 
Penns  Creek. 

Hassinger,      John,    43    acres.      Penns 
Township. 

Hilbish,   Adam,      100 

Township 
Means,      Jacob,    300 
tongo. 

Hackenbergr,   Mi'l.,   45 
Township. 


acres,    Beaver 


Beaver 


acres,      Penns 

acres,    Mahan- 

acres,   Penns 


Harlan,   Isaac,   4   acres,   Penns   Twp. 
Hackenburg,  Peter,  11  acres,  Centre 

Township. 
Hackenburg,     Joe,     4     acres,     Penns 

Township. 
Hentry,  Jacob,  1  acre,  Pens  Twp. 
Hartman,  Geo.,  25  acres,  Centre  Twp. 
Hile,  John,  20  acres,  Chapman  Twp. 
He.lwig,  Andrew,  8  acres,  Perry  Twp. 
Harrold   &    Glass,    6   acres,   Chapman 

Township. 
Hass4nger,    Fred.,    9    acres,     Centre 

Township. 
Heiges,  William,  3  acres,  Perry  Twp. 
Houber,    James,    5    acres,    Chapman 

Township. 

Illig,  Philipina,  150  acres,  Middle- 
creek  Township. 

Inman,  Israel,  40  acres,  Centre  Twp. 

Kreps,  John,    100   acres,   Penns  Twp. 

Kebel,  John,   150  acres,   Penns  Twp. 

King,  Ezekiel,  300  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Kerstetter,  George,  30  acres  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Kratzer,  John,  25  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Klingler,  Samuel,  12  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Kerstetter,  Louis,  6  acres,  Chapman 
Township. 

Kerstetter,  Michael,  6  acres,  Chap- 
man   Township. 

Kreider,  Tobias,  Jr.,  100  acres,  Perry 

Township. 
Lyser,  John,  100  acres,  Penns  Creek. 
Lyon,    John,    400    acres,    Middlecreek 

Township. 
Lyter,  John,  50  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Lechner,  Jacob,  65  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Lambert,  Peter,  10  acres,  Perry  Twp. 
Moyer,  Jacob,  25  acres,  Penns  Creek. 
McMurry,  William,  50  acres,  Mahan- 

tongo. 
McMurry,    Thos.,    50    acres,    Penns 

Twp. 
Moore,    Andrew,     150    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Meiser.  John,  300  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Michael,  Mary,  70  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Moore    &    Sprice,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Michael,  Mary,  80  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Mease,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 
Morris,    Richard,    400    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Maugee,   Geo.,  35  acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Morr,  Philip,   1  y2    acres,  Penns  Twp. 
Moyer,   Peter,   2   acres,   Centre  Twp. 
Miller,    Christian,    12    acres,    Penns 

Township. 


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199 


Miller,  Christian,  6  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Meek,  Henry,  45  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Miller,  John,  5  acres,  Chapman  Twp. 

Middleswarth,  Ner.,  6  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Moatz  &  Herrold,  16  acres,  Chapman 
Township. 

Margeritz,  John,  15  acres,  West  Bea- 
ver Township. 

North,    Geo.,    30    acres,    Penns    Twp. 

Norton,  Samuel,  400  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Neitz,    Geo.,    75    acres,    M^hantongo. 

Prince,  John.,  100  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Parker,  Jeremiah,  400  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Parker,  Wm.,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Plain,  Joseph,    5   acres,    Centre   Twp. 

Reader,  Elijrh,  100  acres,  Beaver 
Dam. 

Rheam,  Nicholas,  400  acres  Beaver 
Township. 

Reese,  Daniel,  100  acres  Beaver 
Township. 

Reger,   John,    25    acres,   Penns   Twp. 

Righter,  Christian,  10  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Reed,  Casper,   94   acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Reichenbach,  John,  16  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Roush,  Geo.,  30  acres,  Mahantongo. 

Richter,  Peter,  30  acres,  Mahanton- 
go. 

Richter,  Peter,  80  acres,  Mahanton- 
go. 

Rihm,  Jacob,  4  acres,  Chapman  Twp. 

Roush,  John,  50  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Romig,  Levi,  J.,  35  acres,  W.  Bea- 
ver   Township. 

Maravian  Church  Records  at  Beth- 
Type,   John,    100   acres,   Mahanoy. 

Torrence,  Adam,  100  acres,  Penns 
Creek. 

Trister,  Martin,  50  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

Taylor,  John,  400  acres,  Jack's  Moun- 
tain. 

Thomas,  Henry,  400  acres,  Jack's  Mt. 

TrerJster,  Martin,  10  acres,  Penns 
Township. 

Toland,  Henry,  400  acres',  Beaver 
Township. 

Taylor,  John,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Taylor,  Thomas,  400  acres,  Beaver 
Township. 

Taylor,  Titus,  400  acres,  Beaver  Twp. 

Traister,  Geo.,  110  acres,  Penns  Twp. 

White,  Robert,  200  acres,  Mahan- 
tongo. 

Wood,  Joseph,  300  acres,  on  Susque- 
hanna. 

Welker,  Michael,  100  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Welker,  Michael,  50  acres,  Centre 
Township. 

Whitman,  Mat.,  50  acres,  Penns  Twp. 


Williams,   E.   or  D.,   400   acres,   Ma- 
hantongo. 
Weaver,    Anthony,    50    acres,    Rocky 

Run. 
Wissmiller,    John,    44    acres,    Penns 

Township. 
Wright,  Wm.,  100  acres,  Beaver  Twp 
White,    Charles,    300    acres,    Beaver 

Township. 
Wharton,   Moore,   400   acres,   Beaver 

Township. 
Wells,  Gideon  H.,  400  acres,  Beaver 

Township. 
Wanamaker,   Cas'r.,   100   acres,   Bea- 
ver Township. 
Weirick,     Henry,     50     acres,  Centre 

Township. 
Weirick,    George,    28    acres,    Centre 

Township. 
Weirick,  David,      16     acres,     Centre 

Township. 
Walter,    Enos    F.,    5    acres,    Franklin 

Township. 
Watts,   John,    10    acres,    Perry   Twp. 
Zall,    William,      235    acres,      Beaver 

Township. 
Zerenes,      Jacob,    85    acres,      Beaver 

Township. 


46TH  ANNIVERSARY 


From  POST,  September  27,   1917. 

Saturday  evening  Stetler's  Cornet 
Band  went  to  Selinsgrove  and  gave 
a  concert  in  honor  of  Prof.  Joseph 
Feehrer,  who  was  the  first  instructor 
of  the  band  which  was  organized  on 
Sept.  7th,  1871,  and  which  has  been 
a  continuous  organization  ever  since, 
under  the  leadership  of  J.  F.  Stetler. 
Upon  their  arrival  at  the  residence 
of  Prof.  Feehrer  and  after  a  number 
of  choice  selections  by  the  band,  the 
boys  were  invited  in  when  the  Prof, 
made  a  splendid  address  recalling 
many  pleasant  incidents  which  was 
responded  to  by  the  leader  of  the 
band.  He  stated  that  the  band  deemed 
it  a  great  privilege  to  be  able,  after 
a  lapse  of  46  years,  to  render  this 
tribute  of  respect  and  to  give  honor 
to  the  man  who  was  father  to  more 
musicians  than  any  other  man  in  the 
county,  or  this  section  of  the  coun- 
try; to  give  honor  to  the  man  who 
led  the  Grand  Review  at  Washington 
at  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  in  1865, 
with  his  splendid  band  of  the  208th 
Pa.  Reg.  After  pleasant  reminis- 
cences, fine  refreshments  were  serv- 
ed, when  the  band  proceeded  to  the 
public  square  and  rendered  an  open 
air  concert  to  a  large  audience  which 
was  highly  appreciated. 


200 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


WAGENSEIL    NOTES 


From  POST  Dec.   14,  1899. 

(The  Editor  of  the  POST  since 
compiling  the  "History  of  the  Wag- 
enseller  Family  in  America"  has  dis- 
covered some  data  that  should  be  in 
the  book.  We  therefore  take  the 
liberty  of  publishing  the  most  im- 
portant part  of  it  in  this  issue.  Those 
who  have  copies  of  the  book  should 
cut  out  this  article  and  paste  it  in 
the  back  part  of  the  book.  G.  W.  W.) 

Coat-of-Arms 

In  1550  A  D.  there  lived  in  Nur- 
emburg, Germany,  a  family  entitled 
to  bear  a  coat-of-arms,  a  copy  of 
which  is  in  possession  of  the  writer. 
The  explanation  and  description  fol- 
lows: 

Von  Wagenseil  Coat-Armor:  This 
family  was  an  old  citizen  or  burgher 
house  of  Nuremburg,  (Nurnburg, 
Bavaria)  in  1550  A.  D.  See  Reits- 
top,  Vol.  II  and  Siebmacher  Burgh- 
er  Farms.) 

Armes:  Coupe  (  cut  in  half)  1st 
half:  argent  (silver)  a  un  homme  is- 
suant  (man)  habited  azure  (blue) 
(holding)  tenant,  one  corde  tortillee. 
<!'  or  (gold)  2nd  half;  Azure,  'a  trois 
(3)  pals  d'  or  (palings  or  uprights)  : 
Crest:  L'  home  issuant  (the  man  of 
the  shield),  mantling:  Argent  and 
Azure.  Banners:  the  charges  of  the 
shield    in    colors    (family    flag). 

German   Annotations 

A.  A.  Vorsterman,  the  manager 
of  the  Genealogical  and  Heraldic 
Archives,  Rijswick,  Holland,  has 
sent  some  annotations  This  author- 
ity states  there  are  no  Wagenseils 
in  Holland,  leaving  us  to  accept  Ger- 
many as  the  original  home  of  Chris- 
topher Wagenseil.     The  annotations: 

Magdalena  George  Wagensailin. 
which  means  Magdalena  Wagenseil, 
daughter  of  George  Wagenseil.  The 
name  of  Ursula  Wagenseil  is  given 
as  having  inherited  a  church  chair 
from  her  mother. 

The  following  was  taken  from  the 
Moravian  Church  Records  at  Beth- 
lehem, Pa.: 

John  Andrew  Wagenseil 

was  born  July  23,  1718,  at  Leut- 
Kirch  in  Swabia,  Germany,  where  his 
father  operated  a  tannery.  The  fath- 
er's name  is  not  given.  *  John  And- 
rew learned   the   trade   of  shoe  mak 


ing  in  his  native  village.  When,  he 
reached  the  age  of  diability  to  military 
service  he  with  a  number  of  others 
in  the  neighborhood  came  under  en- 
forced enrollment.  In  1784,  he  with 
eleven  other  religiously  inclined  sol- 
diers having  served  out  their  time, 
visited  the  Moravian  church  settle- 
ment, Herrnhut,  in  the  Watterau  near 
Frankfort-on-the  Main  where  on  Dec. 
1,  of  that  year  they  all  became  mem- 
bers. 

Wagenseil  with  several  of  his  com- 
rades were  chosen  to  join  a  colony 
of  82  young  men  which  sailed  from 
Dover  May  11,  and  reached  New 
York  in  the  ship  "Irene"  June  22, 
and  they  arrived  at  Bethlehem,  Pa., 
June  27,  1850.  He  passed  his  entire 
life  at  Bethlehem,  and  the  neighbor- 
ing outpost,  Christiansbrunn  on  the 
Nazareth  land,  worked  at  his  trade 
as  a  shoemaker  and  was  never  mar- 
ried. No  mention  is  made  in  the 
records  of  any  of  his  relatives.  Dur- 
ing the  later  years  of  his  life  he 
sank  into  a  melancholy  state  and  ex- 
perienced several  periods  of  mental 
derangement.  He  was  at  all  times, 
however,  a  quiet,  godlv  man  and 
worked  industriously  at  his  trade  so 
to  the  last.  He  died  at  Bethlehem, 
Pa.,  on  May  19,  1796." 

The  John  Andrew  Wagenseil  al- 
uded  to  above,  not  being  married, 
has  no  offspring  and  no  descendants. 
Up  to  this  time  there  has  been  no 
relationship  established  between  this 
man  and  Christopher  Wagenseil, 
the  founder  of  the  Wagenseller  fami- 
ly in  America.  From  the  matter 
accompanying  the  coat  of  arms,  it 
might  be  supposed  that  there  would 
be  Wagenseils  in  Nuremburg,  but  a 
letter  from  the  town  clerk  says  the 
name  Wagenseil  does  not  appear  in 
their  directory. 

Wagenseil  Armorial 

The  following  is  the  translation  of 
the  title  page  of  a  book  recently  re- 
ceived by  the  undersigned  from  Eu- 
rope: 

THE  ADRIATIC  LION 

that  is 
A  short  Information  of  the 
Genealogy  of  the  Renowned  Veni- 
tian    Nobility,    their    origin    and    ad- 
mittance, also  their  heriditary 
family  escutcheons, 
compiled  bv 


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The    Libraries    of    His    Imperial    Ro- 
man   Majesty    of    the    Lauded 
Magistrate   of   the    City   of 
Leipzig,  also  from  old  Italian 
Manuscripts    and    other    Expedients, 
by 
Johann  Christ  of  Wagenseil,  Dr., 
Professor  of 
The    University   at      Altdorfand    and 
Member  of  the  most  Advanced 
Academy  "De  Ricovrati"  or 
"The    Sheltered." 

ALTDORF 

Printed  in  the  170th  year  of  our 
Saviour  by  Jobst  Wilhelm  Kohles. 

The  interest  to  us  in  this  book 
lies  in  the  fact  that  it  w-s  written 
by  one  of  the  same  n?me  almost  two 
hunderd  years  ago.  The  book  treaty 
on  Venetian  Nobility  and  contains 
382  figures  (coats-of-arms) .  It  is 
dedicated  to  Earl  Otto  Ehrenreich, 
Count  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire. 
a  prominent  man  in  his  day  and  a 
gentleman  who  had  educated  young 
Wagenseil,  the  author  of  the  book. 
The  Venetian  Nobility  described  is 
the  ancestry  of  this  noted  Count 
Ehrenreich.  The  book  itself  is  of 
interest  of  our  family  only  because 
written  by  some  one  who  is  probably 
an  ancestor.  The  Dedication  of  and 
Introduction  to  the  book  has  been 
translated  from  German  to  English 
by  Prof.  Paul  Billhardt,  a  native  of 
Germany.  As  this  discloses  the  re- 
lation of  the  author  to  the  Count,  we 
publish  the  translation  as  follows: 

Dedicated   to   the 
Right  Honourable  Count  and  Master 

Sir  Otto  Ehrenreich, 
Count   of   the   Holy   Roman   Empire, 
Count  of  Abensberg  and  Traun 
At  Wolckenburg.   Eglofs, 
Wildberg,  Greub  and 
Meidling, 
Lord   of  Traun,   Petronel   and   Wies- 
sau,  etc.,  Knights  of  the  Gold- 
en Fleece, 
Secret  Counsellor  of  his  Majesty  the 
Roman  Emperor,  Marshal  of 
the  Courts  and  General 
Marshal  of  Southern 
Austria 

To  my  most  Gracious   Master: 
Right  Honorable  Sir  Count, 

Most   Gracious   Sir: — 

Since  it  is  a  well  known  fact-  that 
it  is  more  possible  for  man  to  carry 
live  coal  in  his  closed  mouth,  than 
not  to  pride  himself  of  favors  shown 
to   him   by    eminent   men   I   feel    ex- 


cused    to  write     this  dedication  to 

Your   Illustrious   Excellency 

who  have  favored  me  from  my  youth 
and  still  contribute  toward  my  wel- 
fare. It  is  impossible  for  me,  how- 
ever, to  laud  Your  Excellency's  prais- 
es properly,  owing  both  to  your  high- 
ness and  my  inability.  It  will  there- 
fore be  left  to  a  quill  better  cut  and 
directed  than  mine,  to  do  justice  to 
the  house  of  Your  Excellency,  which 
sprung  from  the  Mightly  Electorate 
of  Bavaria  and  brought  forth  brave 
heroes  in  war  and  wise  statesmen  in 
peace. 

Your  Illustrious  Excellency 

had  in  your  childhood  already  given 
great  promises,  and  had  applied  your- 
self to  the  acquisition  of  the  liberal 
arts  and  languages  so  exceedingly- 
that  some  scienced  men  sent  for  by 

Your  Excellency's  Illustrious 
Father,  to  test  your  skill  in  the 
sciences,  testified  that  your  experi- 
ence was  much  greater  than  that  of 
many,  who  had  been  raised  with 
honours  to  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  at  a  University.  Afterwards 
Your  Illustrious  Excellency  in  your 
travels  over  almost  all  Europe  have 
been  observing  more  diligently  and 
prudently,  than  any  in  your  condi- 
tion ever  did  before  or  ever  will  here- 
after, in  as  much  as  You  are  not 
satisfied  with  the  mere  seeing  and 
hearing  of  foreign  things,  but  made 
daily  records  of  anything  notable 
which  came  under  Your  observation. 
and  collected  descriptions  of  coun- 
tries, regions  cities,  fortresses,  cact- 
les,  pleasure  gardens  and  other  places 
You  visited  or  of  anything  wonder- 
ful exhibited,  together  with  the  por- 
traits of  persons,  high  and  low,  with 
which   You    became   acquainted. 

After  a  long  peregrination  of  sev- 
en "ears  duration  Your  Illustrious 
Excellency  was  sent  by  His  Majesty, 
The  Roman  Emperor,  who  very  soon 
recognized  your  sagacity  and  capaci- 
ty, on  different  important  missions  at 
home  as  well  as  abroad,  and  after- 
wards appointed  you  commLsary  dur- 
ing the  siege  of  Vienna  by  the  Otto- 
man. Power.  As  such  Your  Illus- 
trious Excellency  by  your  untiring 
care,  diligence  and  labour,  night  and 
day,  not  only  amply  supplied  the  dis- 
tressed city  with  provisions,  ammuni- 
tion and  other  necessities  but  made 
such  other  excellent  arrangements, 
that  you  are  entitled  without  a  doubt 


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to  share  the  reputation  of  preserving 
that  bulbwark  of  Christianity  with 
your  cousin, His  Excellency  Count 
Ernest  Rudigers  Von  Starenberg  who 
with  such  marvelous  valour  com- 
manded the  military  forces.  Your 
Illustrious  Excellency  was  afterwards 
rewarded  for  your  loyalty  by  His 
Majesty  The  Roman  Emperor,  by 
being-  appointed  one  of  the  foremost 
ministers  of  his  court,  when  you  con- 
ducted the  office  of  Chief  Marshal 
in  such  a  manner,  that  none  of  your 
respected  precedessors  ever  induced 
the  deputies  of  Lower  Austria  to 
such  devotion  towards  His  Majesty 
The  Roman  Emperor  and  to  the  con- 
tribution of  such  immeasurable  sums 
of  money,  as  Your  Illustrious  Excel- 
lency did  and  are  still  doing,  during 
the  present  war. 

At  last,  after  a  short  timeHis  Ma- 
jesty The  Roman  Emperor,  whom  we 
have  mentioned  quite  frequently,  but 
always  with  humble  veneration,  con- 
cluded to  and  did  establish  that  fam- 
ous institution,  the  "Banco  del  Giro" 
in  the  capital  city  and  metropolis  of 
Vienna,  -  commissioned  His  Highness 
The  Prince  and  Lord  Josepho  Adamo 
Andreaei  regent  of  the  house  of 
Lichtenstein  and  Ricelsburg,  Duke 
of  Silesia,  Troppau  and  Jagemdorf, 
etc.,  Chief  Inspector  of  the  Bank  and, 
for  your  many  excellent  services 
rendered,  appointed  Your  Illustrious 
Excellency  assistant  Director  to  the 
above  mentioned  Duke. 

To  hand  these  and  other  matters, 
worthy  of  record,  down  to  posterity 
in  a  proper  manner,  will  be,  as  I 
have  said  before,  the  work  of  others 
more  capable  than  myself,  to  whom 
I  gladly  yield  in  such  undertaking,  if 
Your  Illustrious  Excellency  will  only 
add  to  the  honour,  which  I  have,  to  be 
Your  oldest  servant,  the  right  of 
being  called  the  truest  and  most  de- 
voted, the  gracious  granting  of  which 
humble  request  is  hereby  obediently 
prayed  for. 

God  the  Omnipotent  protect  and 
preserve  Your  Illustrious  Excellency 
in  such  happiness  as  he  has  given 
you  may  constantly  ward  off  all  harm 
and      danger     from   Your   Illustrious 

House. 

In  most  profound  respect  I  recom- 
mend myself  to  your  gracious  favor 
asYour  Illustrious  Excellency's  most 
humble  and  obedient, 

JOH.    CHRISTOF    WAGENSEIL. 
Altdorf,  Jan.  10th,  1704. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  BUSINESS  MEN 
MANY  YEARS  AGO 


From   Pennsylvania   Gazetteer,    1882. 


MIDDLEBURG  POP.  700 

Bachman,   Henry,   shoemaker. 

Bachman,  John,  Justice  of  the  peace. 

Barber,   I.   G.,   physician. 

Beaver,    Isaac,    dentist. 

Bibighouse,  Thomas,  physician.    • 

Bowen,    Sylvester,    blacksmith. 

Bower,   F.   E.,   lawyer. 

Bowersox,  A.  W.,  carpenter. 

Crouse,  Jeremiah,  printer. 

Dorn,  John,  carpenter. 

Dreese,  J.  W.,  general  store  and  post- 
master. 

Dunkelberger,    Cornelius,      coal    and 
grain. 

Eagle  Hotel,  David  Kerstetter,  prop. 

Fairmount  House,  John  Spotts.  prop. 

Frain,    Peter,   tailor. 

Franklin  Mutual  Aid  Society,  life  in- 
surance. 

Fryman,    E.    harnessmaker. 

Gift,   A.    K.,   justice,   books   and    sta- 
tionery. 

Gilbert,   Jacob,   lawyer. 

Gutelius,    G.    C,    clothing. 

Krise,  James  P.,   &   Bro.,  flour  mill. 

Lambert,  John,  hotel. 

Middleburgh   Mutual  Assessment  So- 
ciety, life  insurance. 

Millhouse,    Daniel,    shoemaker. 

Mink,  Henry,  merchant  tailor. 

Moyer,  John  M.,  meat  market. 

Myers,   L.    M.,   lawyer. 

Orwig,  J.  W.,  dentist. 

Rauch,  Peter,  blacksmith. 

Renninger,    Aaron,    wagonmaker. 

Rothrock,  R.,  physician  and  drugs. 

Schoch,  G.  A.,  general  store. 

Schoch,  Martin,  lawyer. 

Seebold,  C.  C,  sewing  machines. 

Shindel,  George  M.,  druggist. 

Shindel,  J.  Y.,  physician. 

Shower,    Adam,    shoemaker. 

Simonton,    Barber    &    Co.,      general 
store. 

Smith,  Jacob  G.,  hotel. 

Smith,    T.    J.,    lawyer. 

Specht,   Peter  W.,  wagonmaker. 

Steininger,    Martin,    harness. 

Stetler  &  Son,  plaining  mill. 

Swineford,    Philip    jeweler. 

Wittenmyer  &   Son,  general  store. 

Wonderly,   I.    B.,   lawyer. 


OLD   BEAVER   FURNACE 


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RUINS  OF  THE  OLD  BEAVER  FURNACE, 
Paxtonville,  Pa. 


Republished  from  the  POST,  Mar. 
2,   1899. 

Nestled  at  the  foot  of  Shade  Moun- 
tain on  the  road  from  Selinsgrove  to 
Lewistown,  Pa.,  is  the  village  of  Pax- 
tonville. The  railroad  station  is  Ben- 
fer.  It  is  a  village  of  about  300  in- 
habitants, and  was  originally  known 
as  Beaver  Furnace,  the  name  being 
derived  from  the  town's  chief  in- 
dustry— a  furnace,  one  of  the  oldest 
in  the  State. 

This  furnace  was  one  of  the  old- 
fashioned  kind,  being  run  by  an  over- 
shot waterwheel,  or  rather  two  of 
them,  one  above  the  other.  The  wat- 
er to  run  these  wheels  was  diverted 
from  its  course  down  the  mountain 
about  200  feet  above  the  furnace  and 
run  through  pipes  to  the  place  where 
it  was  used.  The  indentations  are 
still  in  the  side  hill,  but  the  pipes 
have  long  since  rotted  and  no  trace 
of  them  can  be  found.  Nothing  re- 
mains of  the  old  wheels,  either,  ex- 
cept two  posts  and  a  lot  of  rubbish 
almost  unseen  on  account  of  the 
growth  of  brush  in  the  pit  where  they 
used  to  do  duty. 

In  1848  Ner  Middleswarth,  Jacob 
Kern,  John  Kern,  Daniel  Kern  and 
[John  C.  Wilson  formed  a  company 
and  erected  a  blast  furnace  at  this 
place.  John  C.  Wilson  was  made 
manager  of  the  concern  and  under 
his  guidance  the  furnace  was  fired 
[Aug.  11,  of  that  year  and  run  until 
1856,  when  it  blew  out.  The  com- 
pany  made    a   good    quality   of   char- 


coal pig  iron,  and  averaged  from  six 
to  eight  tons  per  day.  The  property 
at  this  time — 1856 — changed  hands 
and  passed  into  the  control  of  Ner 
Middleswarth,  who  operated  it  for 
some  time  and  then  disposed  of  the 
concern  to  a  company  made  up  of 
Doctor  Rooke,  Jesse  Walter  and 
Nutting  &  Francis,  who  run  it  from 
1863  to  1866,  when  it  was  again 
stopped,  and  since  that  time  it  has 
not  been  run.  The  iron  ore  was 
mined  a  short  distance  up  the  moun- 
tain, and  with  these  industries  once 
established  the  town  was  a  quite 
active  place.  The  ever-present  com- 
pany store  was  one  of  the  side  issues 
during  the  operation.  Those  of  us 
who  to-day  see  everything  carried  on 
railroad  cars  can  but  imagine  the 
sight  made  by  the  long  lines  of  wag- 
ons loaded  with  iron  and  drawn  by 
six  horses.  The  "pigs"  were  con- 
veyed in  this  way  to  Selinsgrove,  a 
distance  of  14  miles,  where  they 
wore  lor.ded  on  canal  boats,  and  by 
them  taken  to  different  iron  works 
throughout  the  State.  About  1871 
the  property  was  purchased  by  Rob- 
ert Paxton,  when  tne  name  of  the 
village  was  changed  to  Paxtonville, 
in  his  honor,  who  worked  the  mines 
for  some  time.  The  stack  of  the 
furnace  was  built  of  stone,  about 
1,600  perch  being  used.  The  ma- 
chinery and  buildings  have  all  been 
removed  and  nothing  is  left  to  tell 
the  tale  of  past  glories  but  this  big 
pile  of  stones. 


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MARY    K.    SNYDER'S    WILL 


From   POST,  Nov.   29,   1900. 

The  POST  has  been  furnished  the 
following-  abstract  of  the  last  will 
and  testament  of  Mary  K.  Snyder, 
late  cf  Selinsgrove: 

The  will  of  Miss  Mary  Kittera  Sny- 
der, a  prominent  and  distinguished 
personage  in  the  town  of  Selins- 
grove,  having  been  duly  probated  and 
letters  testamentary  granted  to  How- 
ard Davis  Schnure  and  Harvey 
Sehoch,  of  Selinsgrove,  executors; 
the  natural  desire  of  her  friends  to 
know  the  dispositiom  she  made  of  her 
property  can  be  gratified. 

First  directing  her  debts  and  fune- 
ral expenses  to  be  paid,  and  express- 
ing a  wish  to  be  buried  according  to 
the  forms  and  ceremonies  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  She 
bequeaths  her  sister,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Van  Dyke  a  leather  covered  rocking 
chair  which  was  thrown  from  a  win- 
dow of  the  Tuilleries  when  Louis  XVI 
was  g'uillotined.  brought  from  there 
by  Capt.  Gallager  and  presented  to 
Miss  Snyder's  and  Mrs.  Van  Dyke's 
grandmother,  and  in  case  of  her 
death  the  chair  and  marble  bust  of 
Minerva,  are  to  go  to  Mrs.  Van 
Dyke's  heirs.  To  James  Smith  if  in 
her  employ  fifty  dollars.  To  Venti- 
tia  Irene  Walls  one  dollar.  To  Utica 
Y.  Mussleman  one  dollar.  To  Flor- 
ence Amelia  Van  Dyke  fifty  dollars, 
her  shawls  and  any  of  her  clothing 
Miss  Van  Dyke  may  wish.  To  Mrs. 
Keosler  and  her  daughter,  Mary,  the 
remainder  of  the  clothing.  To  Mary 
Snyder  Dunkelberger,  of  Mount  Car- 
mel,  one  hundred  dollars.  To  Mary 
Fishbaugh  Nicholas,  of  Berwick.  Pa., 
fifty  dollars.  To  Mrs.  Emma  Schnure 
Sehoch,  large  cut  glass  bowl, 
once  the  property  of  Mr.  Thomas 
Kittera.  To  the  Pennsylvania  His- 
torical Society,  Phila.,  Locust  and 
13th  Streets,  the  minatures  of  her 
grandparents,  Hon.  John  Wilkes  Kit- 
ter  and  wife.  Mrs.  Anna  Moore  Kit- 
tera, also  blue  china  tevpot  whi:-h 
belonged  to  Gov.  Simon  Snyder.  The 
minatures  are  by  Robert  Fulton.  To 
Mr.  Thom-s  Kittera  Van  Dyke  the 
large  minature  of  Mr.  Thcmas  Kit- 
tera. To  the  Incorporated  Trustees 
of  the  Diocese  of  Central  Pennsyl- 
vania, the  church  building  being 
erected  at  the  corner  of  Market  and 


Sugar  streets,  called  AH  Saints,  also 
lot  on  which  it  stands  with  two-story 
house  and  outbuildings.  Also  her 
Penna.  Railroad  stock,  now  105 
shares,  and  all  other  money  and 
where  invested.  Also  her  house  and 
lot  in  Selinsgrove,  situated  on  Mar- 
ket street.  Also  the  rectory  house 
and  lot  on  Market  street,  the  library, 
furniture,  carpets,  rugs,  piano,  organ, 
pictures,  bedding,  linen,  and  all  fix- 
tures. And  also  all  the  rest,  resi- 
due and  remainder  of  her  estate, 
real,  or  personal  or  mixed,  to  the 
said  Incorporated  Trustees,  forever. 
The  will  was  executed  on  the  8th 
day  of  November.  Anno  Domino 
1fl99  in  the  presence  of  Charles  C. 
Walter,  Charles  G.  Hendricks  and  H. 
Harvey  Sehoch. 


AN   EARLY  SETTLER 


From    POST,    Dec.    22,    1898. 

On  Monday  Sheriff  Ritter  handed 
to  us  the  inscription  from  a  head- 
stone located  on  Samuel  Whittenmy- 
er's  farm  east  of  this  place  in  Frank- 
lin- township.  A  hundred  years  ago 
it  was  the  custom  to  bury  a  man  up- 
on his  own  plantation.  The  inscrip- 
tion is  in  German,  but  in  English 
characters  as  follows: 

"Hier  Ruhet  Nicolas  Mertz  geboh- 
ren  den  8  August,  1748.  Gestorben 
den  21  Horning,  1801  and  is  alt  war- 
den 52  yahr  6  monath  and  wochen." 

The  marker  is  a  sand  stone  about 
3  feet  high,  20  inches  wide  and  3 
inches  thick.  Nicolas  Mertz,  the 
deceased,  is  the  great-grandfather  of 
John,  Aaron  and  David  Stahlnecker, 
of  this  place.  In  a  tax  list  of  1797, 
of  the  citizens  of  Penn  township, 
which  then  included  nearly  all  of 
Snyder  County,  we  find  the  name 
of'  Nicholas  Mertz,  charged  $2.46, 
county  tax.  In  a  road  tax  list.  1796, 
we  find  him  charged  with  $1.51. 

Samuel  Whittenmyer  of  this  place 
remembers  of  older  people  saying 
that  Mr.  Mertz  was  a  very  stout  man 
and  required  a  coffin  so  large  that 
the  facings  had  to  be  removed  in  or- 
der to  remove  the  corpse  from  the 
house. 

Mr.  Mertz  weighed  395  lbs.  The 
body  was  so  heavy  that  chains  had  to 
be  put  around  the  coffin  in  order  to 
get  m.ore  men  to  carry  it.  The  in- 
tense heat  of  August  1784  caused  his 
death. 


MIDDLEBURG   EARLY    SCHOOLS 


205 


EARinCHOOLS 

Teacher   Ettinger,  The 

Leader  of  Sax-horn 

Band 


PRIVATE  ACADEMY 

ERECTED  IN  1861 

A  Program   of  1857   Published 

to   Recall   Memories   of 

52  Years  Ago. 


From  POST  Dec.  24,  1908. 

Through  the  kindness  of  F.  E. 
Bower,  Esq.,  we  .have  received  the 
following  information  concerning  the 
private  Academy  that  existed  in  Mid- 
dleburg  for  many  years.  It  refers 
to  the  building  on  Back  Street,  until 
recently  used  by  John  S.  Stetler's 
family  as  a  place  of  residence,  but 
later  remodeled  and  enlarged  by 
Geo.  S.  Smith  as  a  double  dwelling 
house,  adjoining  Foster  Riegel's 
blacksmith  shop. 

The  building  was  erected  for  an 
Academy  about  1861  by  John  A. 
Hackenburg,  and  was  used  as  a  pri- 
vate school.  Among  the  supporters 
of  the  school  were  Thomas  Bower, 
Samuel  Weirick,  Esq.,  District  At- 
torney; John  Hackenburg  and  Hon. 
Samuel   Alleman,   Esq. 

S.  P.  Fink,  The  First  Teacher 

The  first  teacher  employed  was  S. 
P.  Fink,  who  was  employed  in  1862 
for  five  years  at  a  salary  of  $300  a 
year.  Mr.  Fink  taught  one  year  and 
was  a  very  nice  man,  but  he  did  not 
feel  like  remaining  for  the  full  term 
employed  and  he  was  released  by  the 
trustees  after  the  first  year,  when  he 
went  to  Lewisburg  where  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools.  He  taught 
in  Maryland  before  coming  here. 


S.  P.  Fink  was  a  brother  of  Rev. 
Fink,  formerly  pastor  of  the  Lutheran 
church  of  Lewisburg.  He  married  a 
Miss  Rhawn.  Afterwards  he  left 
*Lewisburg  and  went  to  Johnstown, 
Pa.,  where  he  and  his  wife  probably 
went  down  in  the  great  flood  of  1889 
at  the  stone  bridge. 

He  was  a  man  of  kindly  disposi- 
tion, conscientious,  college  bred, 
scholarly,  but  of  easy  going  disposi- 
tion. 

Prof.    Irvin,    Second    Teacher 

Mr.  Fink  was  succeeded  by  Irvin, 
who  taught  in  1863,  and  had  the  re- 
putation of  being  a  good,  forcible 
teacher.  Irvin  was  educated  at 
Union  Seminary,  New  Berlin.  Both 
of  these  teachers  taught  Latin,  nat- 
ural philosophv,  chemistry  and  Al- 
erebra,  along  with  the  common  school 
branches. 

Some    Prominent    Men 

They  laid  the  foundation  for  the 
success  of  several  young  men,  among 
whom  might  be  mentioned  Frederick 
E.  Bower,  Esq.,  of  Lewisburg;  Geo. 
K.  Bower,  who  graduated  at  the  Unit- 
ed States  Naval  Academy,  at  Ana- 
polis,  in  1868.  Later  he  was  an  en- 
sign in  the  United  States  Navy,  and 
was  lost  on  the  Oneida  Jan.  24,  1870, 
at  the  age  of  21  years,  7  months  and 
14  days.  Other  pupils  were  Horace 
Alleman,  Esq.,  late  of  Selinsgrove; 
Lt.  George  E.  Hackenburg,  who  was 
shot  through  the  head  in  one  of  the 
later  battles  of  the  Civil  War,  and 
the  local  Camp  of  Sons  of  Veterans, 
in  loving  memory  of  this  loyal  hero, 
bears  his  name.  Attorneys  F.  E. 
Bower,  Esq.,  and  Horace  Alleman, 
Esq.,  were  also  in  the  service  of  their 
country  during  the  Civil  War,  having 
been  in  the  Emergency  service  in 
Couch's  Division  in  1863. 

Fragments    of    Stump's    Run 
Academy 

In  response  to  our  appeal'  for  in- 
formation concerning  Stump's  Run 
Academy,  Mrs.  Paul  Bilihardt  secur- 
ed from  her  niece,  Ida  F.  Forney  of 
Millersburg,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
John  C.  Frain,  the  following  clipping 
taken  from  the  POST  in  1890.  The 
program  was  rendered  almost  fifty 
two  years  ago.  The  clipping  from 
the  POST  reads  as  follows: 

Program  of  52  Years  Ago 

The  following  program  is  still  in 
possession   of  Horace  Alleman,  Esq., 


206 


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of  Selinsgrove.  It  will  no  doubt  be 
of  interest  to  some  of  this  town,  and 
will  show  who  were  the  boys  and 
what  they  did  33  years  ago:  (This 
was  published  in  1890.) 
Programme 

for  the  Exhibition  of  the  school  un- 
der the  charge  of  John  A.  Ettinger, 
Middleburg,  Pa.,  to  be  held  in  the 
Court  House,  on  Wednesday,  the  18 
dav  of  March,   1857. 


Part    First 

1.  Music    by    the    Middleburg    Sax- 
Horn  Band. 

2.  Prayer. 

3.  Address —  Introductory,      Adam 

Dobson. 

4.  Address — Education,      Jno.       C. 
Frain. 

5     Address — Little    Orator,    Charles 
K.   Bower. 

6.  Address — Tobacco,   Charles  Alle- 

man. 

7.  Address —    Hohenlinden,    Horace 

Alleman. 

8.  Address — -Conceit,    Albert    Wei- 
rick. 

Part    Second 

1.  Music  by  the  Band. 

2.  Dialogue — "The    Schoolmaster." 
Landlord,   Adam   Dobson. 
Schoolmaster,  John  C.  Frain. 
Parson,  Allen  Bowersox. 

1st  Committeeman,  Geo.  K.  Evans. 
2nd  Committeeman,  Henry  J.Smith 
3rd  Committeeman,  George  Bower. 

3.  Music  by  the  Band. 

4.  Dialogue — "Robin    Rough-head." 
Snaks,  Adam  Dobson. 

Robin,  F.  E.  Bower. 
Villagers,  Geo.  K.  Evans,  Henry  J. 
Smith.  George  K.  Bower. 
Music  by  the  Band. 
f>.      Scene  in  Market. 

Frenchman,  F.  E.  Bower. 
Dutchman,  Adam  Dobson. 
Irishman.   John   C.   Frain. 
Yankee:  George  E.   Evans. 

7.  John  Hastv,  and  Adam  Dobson. 

Caleb  Careful.  T.  Bostwick. 

8.  "The    Dutch    Widower,    Howard 
Frain  and  George  K.  Bower.    ' 

7.      Music  by  the  Band. 
10.      Benediction. 

Doors  open  at  6%    o'clock.      Exer- 
cises at  7  sharp. 

FRONT    SEATS    STRICTLY    RE- 
SERVED FOR  THE  LADIES. 


leman  and  Henry  J.  Smith,  (broth- 
er of  T.  J.  Smith,  Esq.,)  now  lie  in 
widely  separated  graves.  George  K. 
Bower  went  down  a  midshipman  to 
a  watery  grave  on  the  illfated  Oneida. 
The  others  are  scattered  far  and  wide, 
and  but  one  (F.  E.  Bower,  Esq.,) 
remains  in  Middleburgh.  Howard 
Frain  and  Allen  Bowersox  are  in  the 
West.  George  K.  Evans,  resides  in 
Juniata  county,  while  Albert  Weirick, 
if  not  dead,  was  at  last  accounts  a 
wreck  and  a  wanderer.  John  C. 
Frain  frequently  visits  his  former 
heme,  and  resides  at  Millersburg,  and 
Adam  Dobson  is  a  banker  in  Ottowa, 
Kansas. 

Of  the  names  mentioned  in  the  pro_ 
gram  and  clipping,  only  3  survive, 
as  far  as  known,  viz:  F.  E.  Bower, 
Esq.,  A.llen  Bowersox,  and  Adam  Dob- 
son, Frank  Wenrick,  Utica  House- 
worth  and  Mr.  Peckman  should  be 
added  to  the  list  of  teachers  publish- 
ed some  time  ago. 

When  Attorney  Bower  was  shown 
the  above  program,"  he  recalled  to 
mind  very  vividly  the  scenes  of  some 
of  the  plays  rendered  on  the  stage 
fifty-two  years  ago.  He  even  remem- 
bered and  was  able  to  repeat  some 
of  the  speeches  delivered  at  that  time. 
Mr.  John  A.  Ettinger  was  the  leader 
of  the  Middleburg  Sax-horn  band. 


INDIAN    RELICS    FOUND 


Of  the  above  named  persons,  John 
A.  Ettinger,  the  teacher,  Charles  Al- 


From  POST  May  9,  1907. 

Last  week  while  the  engineer  corps 
which  is  employed  in  surveying  the 
land  ,-iurchased  by  Mr.  Africa  in  Mon- 
roe township,  and  while  in  the  act 
of  digging  in  the  land  in  the  vicinity 
of  Thomas  Hettrick,  for  the  purpose 
of  locating  permanent  corner  stones, 
a  number  of  human  bones,  a  jaw  bone 
containing  a  mohler,  several  skulls 
and  other  bones  were  unearthed.  At 
the  same  time,  a  stone  pipe,  perfect 
in  every  particular,  was  found  and 
which  is  in  the  possession  of  the  chief 
engineer.  These  bones  were  found 
in  the  land  which  had  formerly  been 
regarded  as  an  old  Indian  burial 
ground  and  were  those  of  the  aborgi- 
nese  of  this  country. 


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ECHO  OF  KINTZLER  MURDER 
IN  SNYDER  CO.  40  YEARS  AGO 

DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  WM.  K.  MILLER  REVIVES  RE- 
COLLECTIONS OF  GREWSOME  CRIME 
DECEMBER  8,  1877. 


KINTZLER  MURDER  TRIAL 


By  Wm.  K.  Miller,  Esq. 

From   POST,   December   13,    1917. 

Far  in  the  northwest  corner  of 
Snyder  County,  lie  two  unmarked 
graves.  The  lonely  traveller,  pass- 
ing that  way,  would  stumble  over  the 
grewsome  spot,  were  not  his  foot- 
steps halted  by  a  depression  in  the 
earth,  worked  by  time  and  the  pitiless 
storms  which  sweep  over  Jacks  moun- 
tain. Just  beyond  the  roadway  lead- 
ing past  Moycr's  Mill  in  Adams  town- 
ship, by  the  side  of  a  fence,  once  by 
courtesy  enclosing  a  garden,  in  a 
mass  of  tangled  weeds,  shrubs  and  a 
dense  growth  of  thickets,  a  smiling 
brook  lending  something  of  romance 
to  the  scene,  is  the  spot  where  rest 
the  mortal  remains  of  two  brothers, 
who  paid  the  penalty  on  the  scaffold 
years  ago,  for  a  cruel  murder. 

James  Kent,  the  learned  American 
Commentator,  whose  grandfather  was 
a  graduate  of  Yale,  wrote  law  books 
three-quarters  of  a  century  ago,  in 
which  he  used  this  forceful  phrase: 
■Death  by  hanging  is  the  most  power- 
ful example  of  public  justice,  etc' 
Yet,  the  instability  of  human  nature, 
plus  greed,  avarice,  blinded  passion, 
wanton  malice  and  the  unchecked 
wickedness  of  the  man-kind,  often 
lead  men,  innocent  in  youth,  but 
criminals  by  later  year  environment, 
to  atone  for  misdeeds  on  the  gibbet. 
Such  must  have  been  the  disastrous 
fate  of  Uriah  and  Jonathan  Moyer. 
executed  many  years  since  for  the: 
murder  of  Gretchen  Kintzler.  This 
murder  was  enacted  on  Saturday 
night  December  8th,  1877,  just  forty 
yeai-s  ago.  The  culprits  were  brought 
to  trial  several  years  thereafter,  Uri- 
ah Moyer  and  Emanuel  Ettinger  hav- 
ing fled  to  western  states  where  they 
were  apprehended,  brought  east  and 


lodged  in  the  old  jail  in  Middleburgh. 
These  trials  dragged  over  several 
years.  Judge  Bucher  presided  at  all 
of  them,  and  illustrated  his  great 
familiarity  with  the  criminal  law,  in 
a  most  masterly  manner  thruout. 
Israel  Erb  died,  after  conviction,  in 
the  penitentiary,  Ettinger  committed 
suicide  by  taking  strychnine,  while 
languishing  in  jail  and  Uriah  and 
Jonathan  Moyer  were  duly  hanged. 
Most  of  the  actors  in  that  tragedy 
have  passed  beyond  human  reckon- 
ing. Surviving  are  the  sheriff,  a  few 
of  the  jurors,  some  witnesses,  a  phy- 
sician or  two,  who  made  post  mortem 
examinations,  and  in  the  vicinity  of 
Troxelville,  yet  live  grey  headed  men 
who  recount  the  particulars  of  the 
murder,  trial  and  executions.  All  of 
it  forms  one  of  the  sad  chapters  in 
the  criminal  annals  of  the  state.  In 
his  famous  charges  to  the  juries,  no 
less  than  four  of  them  passed  upon 
the  grave  subject,  Judge  Bucher 
said:  'wilful,  deliberate  and  premed- 
itated murder  is  regarded  as  the  most 
heinous,  in  the  dark  catalog  of  of- 
fences!' A  master  of  the  law,  he 
wreathed  his  judicial  utterances  in 
language  so  ornate,  and  reasoning  so 
lucid  as  to  give  a  glamour  of  poetic 
romance  to  the  whole  ghastly  drama. 
A  most  notable  array  of  counsel  ap- 
peared. H.  H.  Grimm,  only  surviv- 
or, was  district  attorney.  He  was 
assisted  by  Charles  Hower,  A.  W. 
Potter  and  Col.  A.  C.  Simpson.  The 
defence  had  Hon.  Andrew  H.  Dill, 
J.  Merrill  Linn,  and  Thos.  J.  Smith. 
As  a  boy,  lounging  idly  in  and  out 
the  old  court  house  watching  the 
surging  throngs,  I  recall  many  cir- 
cumstances of  those  notable  trials. 
Mr.  Dill  then  represented  this  district 
in  the  State  Senate,  and  had,  but  a 
year  or  two  prior,  emerged  from  an 
unsuccessful    contest   for      Governor. 


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A  glance  at  the  man  betokened  his 
birth  and  breeding.  He  had  a  fine 
mind.  This  was  shown  in  his  able 
defence,  and  especially  in  the  bril- 
liant manner  in  which  he  conducted 
Ettinger's  cause.  Ettinger  was  a 
short,  well  built  man,  a  veritable 
criminal  with  the  retreating  forehead 
Shakespeare  delineates  as  a  sign  of 
criminal  propensity.  It  was  on  a 
hazy  Saturday  afternoon,  October  2d, 
I  think,  1880,  that  Mr.  Dill  delivered 
his  famous  speech  to  the  jury  in  de- 
fence of  Ettinger,  the  prisoner,  him- 
>elf  by  instinct  a  reckless  imp,  sitting 
idly  by  and  chewing  tobacco,  in  great 
quantities,  seemingly  enjoying  the 
play. 

The  trial  brought  crowds  from  ev- 
ery corner  of  the  county,  and  the  old 
court  house  was  packed  with  intend 
listeners,  while  Mr.  Dill  spoke  for 
almost  two  hours.  No  abler,  more 
passionate  and  earnest  plea  was  ever 
made  anywhere,  for  a  vile  murderer. 
Judge  Bucher.  restless,  virile,  san- 
guine, reposeful  in  his  dignity,  yet 
catlike,  watched  every  move  and 
weighed  every  syllable,  lest  a  break 
in  the  law,  would  disturb  the  trial 
at  its  very  end  and  render  necessary 
a  re-enactment  of  the  whole  perform- 
ance. It  was  a  day  of  the  masters, 
a  time  when  legal  and  judicial  ability 
of  the  first  order,  rose  to  the  height 
of  genius. 

Against  Ettinger,  came  Mary 
Hartley,  his  paramour,  a  dissolute 
woman,  who  took  the  stand  for  the 
Commonwealth.  Mr.  Dill  treated  her 
to  the  scorn  and  the  withering  pow- 
ers of  his  great  ability,  as  a  lawyer, 
whilst  she  testified;  and-  in  speaking 
to  the  jury,  he  reached  a  climax  in 
his  flood  of  eloquence,  applying  an 
epithet  to  her,  worn  only  by  the  de- 
graded of  her  sex  who  discard  vir- 
tue and  go  the  way  of  derelicts,  clos- 
ing his  speech,  by  shaking  his  fist  in 
the  direction  where  she  sat  and  say- 
ing rather  inelegantly,  but  forcibly: 
'and  her  feet  stand  in  hell.' 

Ettinger  relished  these  cimeter  like 
thrusts  at  his  sinful  partner,  now 
turned  informer,  the  jury  was  rivet- 
ed by  the  spell  of  oratory  and  sat 
dazed  by  its  charm,  the  crowds  roar- 
ed applause  and  the  court  rapped 
sternly  for  order.  Could  the  walls 
have  spoken  they  would  have  nodded 
approval   of  what  was  going  on. 


If  Dill's  speech  was  great,  adroit 
and  masterful,  the  Court's  charge  to* 
the  jury  was  even  more  celebrated. 
As  an  exposition  of  the  law  it  ranked 
with  any  judicial  utterance  ever  re- 
corded in  criminal  history.  Its  anal- 
ysis of  the  manifold  evidence,  step 
by  step,  without  a  single  material 
omission,  reflected  Judge  Bucher's 
matchless  powers  of  memory,  inimit- 
able method  of  expression  and  dra- 
matic form  of  recital.  The  magic  of 
that  dreamy  October  afternoon,  will 
linger,  I  am  sure,  in  the  minds  of  all 
who  came  to  the  rare  treat,  of  a  pub- 
lic trial. 

For  days  the  lawyers  had  battled 
over  the  mooted  point:  was  Mary 
Hartley's  evidence  admissable,  she  be- 
ing an  alleged  accomplice?  Wheth- 
er she  was  accessory  or  not  w  is  si 
question  of  fact  for  the  jury;  and  if 
an  accomplice  she  could  only  be  be- 
lieved if  corroborated.  The  murder 
had  been  committed  in  an  attempt  to 
commit  burglarly.  This,  if  found  by 
the  jury  would  send  Ettinger  to  the 
gallows,  if  convicted.  No  conviction 
could  be  worked,  under  the  laws  un- 
less Mary  Hartley  were  corroborat- 
ed, in  at  least  some  material  part 
of  the  fellony.  Not  a  shred  of  evi- 
dence escaped  the  vigilance  of  the 
Court,  and  the  prisoner  was  duly 
found  guilty.  When  his  trial,  as 
well  as  the  other  three  were,  in  due 
course  of  time,  certified  to  the  Su- 
preme Court,  upon  writs  of  error, 
that  high  tribunal  said,  in  effect  that 
the  masterly  conduct  of  the  trials  in 
the  court  below  left  nothing  for  the 
Court  of  Appeals  to  go,  but  to  affirm 
and  remand  the  record  for  execution, 
to  the  Court  from  whence  it  came. 

This  murder  was  the  first  and  only 
dark  blot  upon  the  county,  when  a 
trial  resulted  in  conviction  and  exe- 
cution. Mr.  Dill  had  the  entire  pro- 
ceeding printed  by  the  Harrisburg 
Patriot,  when  the  record  was  sent  to 
the  Supreme  Court.  Here  and  there 
may  be  found  a  fugitive  volume  in 
some  dusty  out-of-the-way  library 
shelf.  Joseph  Cummings,  stenograph- 
er, yet  living  in  Sunbury,  wrote  ev- 
ery word  that  fell  in  court.  Mr. 
Cummings  is  without  any  superior 
as  a  short-hand  writer,  in  the  United 
States.  His  notes  of  short-hand  are- 
pictures  of  beauty,  he  is  absolutely 
accui'ate  and  reads  his  notes  without 


KINTZLER   MURDER. — 18    INCH    SNOW 


209 


hesitation,  years  after  being  written. 
That  record  reads  like  a  romance. 
It  might  have  been  made  by  Charles 
Dudley  Warner,  Mark  Twain  or  Ed- 
gar Allen  Poe.  It  is  a  splendid, 
blended  composite  of  the  best  in  legal 
literature,  tho  the  subject  is  the  worst 
imaginable. 

Ettinger  was  a  thoroly  bad  man,  a 
type  of  western  road  agent,  who 
would  hold  up  and  kill  his  victim  for 
a  farthing.  On  bended  knee,  the 
testimony  showed,  poor  old  Gretchen 
Kintzler  begged  him  not  to  kill  her, 
that  one  in  the  party  would  betray 
the  crir^e.  She  implored  in  vain. 
When  Judge  Bucher  entered  the 
court  room,  the  jury  awaiting  him; 
after  verdict  reached,  a  tense  still- 
ness pervading  all,  he  tossed  his 
straw  hat  lightly  upon  a  rack,  took 
his  seat  and  with  a  tremor  in  that 
melodious  voice,  directed  the  clerk 
to  poll  the  jury,  an  almost  forgotten 
vestige  of  english  practice.  In  a 
faint  voice  the  foreman  answered 
the  clerk:  'guilty.'  'Guilty  of  what' 
the  court  sternly  asked.  'Guilty  of 
murder  in  the  first  degree.'  Then 
every  juror  rose  to  his  feet  and  re- 
peated the  fatal  words.  Ettinger, 
his  swarthy  countenance  taking  on  a 
sallow  hue,  sickened  for  an  instant 
but  quickly  recovered  himself  and 
seemed  to  find  solace  in  emitting 
huge  spurts  of  heavy  brown  tobacco 
juice.  He  was  led  manacled  from 
the  court  house  to  the  jail  where  he 
died  by  his  own  hand  some  time  lat- 
er. His  flight  to  the  west  and  sui- 
cide confirmed  the  justness  of  the 
verdict;  even  tho  that  remarkably 
great  and  exacting  trial  had  not  been 
held  to  ascertain  his  guilt. 

Judge  Bucher,  always  original, 
dynamic  in  speech,  when  handling  a 
legal  proposition — he  toyed  with  the 
most  abstruse  as  tho  enjoying  a  game 
of  billiards — a  vein  of  mischief  and 
humor  lying  beneath  the  surface, 
hard,  at  times,  for  him  to  conceal  or 
suppress,  would  often  take  the  reins 
in  hand,  and  steer  the  trial  to  his 
whim.  In  one  of  his  charges,  he 
borrowed  a  phrase  from  Gibson — his 
idol  of  judicial  excellence;  I  do  not 
recall  the  quotation,  tho  it  is  lodged 
in  one  of  the  Supreme  Court  reports 
of  that  early  day.  Gibson's  remarks 
were  like   a   flash   of  lightning.      The 


English  judges  sought  them  out  and 
prized  them  as  choice  pearls. 

Even  a  murder  ti'ial  would,  at 
times  be  enlivened,  by  the  irrepres- 
sible humor  of  the  Court.  Did  it 
lag,  and  interest  waned,  there  would 
be  a  sudden  and  unlooked  for  out- 
burst, as  the  Court  would  catch  a 
humorous  phase  and  illustrate  it  with 
bright  scintillating  comments.  If 
Judge  Bucher  missed  his  calling,  the 
stage  lost  one  who  would  have  achiev- 
ed renown  as  an  actor.  He  came 
nearer  being  John  M'Cullough,  the 
Irish  comedian,  than  any  man  living. 
He  would  have  chafed  under  the  con- 
ventional restraints  of  the  play- 
wright; but  in  any  place  where  great 
powers  of  recital,  originality  and 
dare  devil  genius  would  command  at- 
tention, he  would  have  shown  with 
lights  of  unusual  brilliance.  There 
must  be  some  who  yet  recall  his  gro- 
tesque interrogations  as  to  the  age  of 
the  two  dogs — spoken  in  broken  Ger- 
man; his  'telepathic'  (as  he  called  it 
in  after  years)  inquiries  of  one  of 
the  witnesses  who  could  only  tell  the 
time  by  a  cornered  clock,  and  to 
whom  a  round  clock,  such  as  hung 
in  the  old  court  house,  was  an  enig- 
ma. These  and  countless  other  inci- 
dents, representing  humor  which  nev- 
er escaped  him,  went  to  fill  in  niches 
in  that  great  trial,  which  are  record- 
ed only  in  memory  and  not  in  print. 


18  INCH   SNOW  32  YEARS  AGO 


Republished  from  POST,  Mar.   13, 
1902. 

We  have  been  reminded  by  Wm. 
Hassinger  of  Franklin  township  that 
in  the  POST  of  March  17,  1870,  the 
following  item  was  published : 

"  Snow. — Tuesday  night  we  were 
visited  by  a  regular  old-fashioned 
snow  storm  which  lasted  until  yester- 
day noon,  when  the  snow  was  about 
18  inches  deep  on  the  level.  We 
learn  that  some  of  the  crossroads  in 
this  vicinity  are  drifted  very  much 
and  almost  impassable." 

Last  week's  snow  was  18  to  20 
inches  deep. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


CAPTAIN    FREDERICK    EVANS 


From  POST,  June  27,  1907. 

Capt.  Evans  was  a  prominent  man 
in  his  day  and  generation  and  figured 
in  important  matters  of  this  sec- 
tion, and  having  made  the  survey  of 
the  town  of  Middleburg  in  1800  and 
made  a  plot  of  105  lots  on  the  north 
side  of  Middleburg,  on  the  land  of 
John  Swineford,  he  is  worthy  of 
special  mention  in  this  connection. 
His  remains  were  interred  in  the  Geo. 
Kremer  burial  plot  near  Middleburg 
depot,  but  later  were  removed  with 
those  of  Hon.  George  Kremer  to  the 
Union   Cemetery  in  Middleburg. 

Frederick  Evans  settled  in  Union 
county  before  1800;  was  in  the  War 
of  1812  and  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain in  the  second  Regiment  of  Ar- 
tillery July  23,  1812.  He  assisted  in 
building  Fort  McHenry,  at  Baltimore, 
and  was  one  of  its  noble  defenders 
September  13,  1814.  He  often  des- 
cribed the  scene  inside  as  terriffic. 
Three  bomb-shells  struck  and  explod- 
ed inside  of  the  fort,  and  he  remarked 
one  man  shaking  as  if  he  had  a  chill. 
He  asked  to  sit  under  one  of  the  can- 
non. Evans  gave  him  permission, 
when  shortly  another  shell  struck  in- 
side and  killed  him  instantly.  Anoth- 
er man  was  killed  within  three  feet 
of  him.  Their  coffee  ran  out,  and 
they  had  little  to  eat  for  three  days. 

He  spoke  of  a  woman  who  brought 
water  to  them.  A  bomb-shell  hitting 
her,  exploded  and  was  torn  to  atoms. 
He  brought  a  small  piece  of  her  dress 
home  with  him,  the  largest  part  of 
her  remains  that  he  could  find.  The 
fourth  shell  that  came  in  was  mark- 
ed "A  present  from  the  King  of 
England."  '  This  did  not  explode.  It 
weighed  within  two  pounds  as  much 
as  an  ordinary  barrel  of  flour,  This 
he  brought  with  him,  and  it  still  may 
be  seen  at  the  mill  of  S.  O.  Evans, 
in  Deleware  township,  Juniata  coun- 
ty- 

An  article  by  A.  L.  Guss,  on  Hon. 
George  Kremer,  makes  interesting 
mention  of  Captain  Evans  as  follows: 

"Among-  the  heroic  defenders  of 
Fort  McHenry,  at  Baltimore,  on  that 
memorable  night  in  wnicn  the  "Star 
Spangled  Banner"  was  born,  was 
Captain  Frederick  Evans  of  the  Sec- 
ond    Regiment     of  Artillery,     under 


Armisted.  One  of  the  unwelcome 
visitors  cast  into  the  fort  from  the 
British  fleet  was  a  large  bomb  which 
did  not  burst  in  the  air,  but  came 
rolling  around  loose  in  the  fort. 
Captain  Evans  took  charge  of  it,  and 
having  removed  its  explosive  con- 
tents, kept  it  for  a  relic  and  a  play- 
thing for  the  children. 

"He  had  a  brother,  Lewis  Evans, 
living  within  a  mile  of  Thompson- 
town,  Juniata  county,  Pa.  After  the 
war  had  closed  these  brothers 
brought  this  shell  up  the  Susquehan- 
na and  Juniata  in  a  river-boat,  pro- 
pelled against  the  current  by  pure 
muscular  strength.  Having  arrived 
at  Thompsontown  landing, .  Lewis  ob- 
tained his  team;  the  shell,  placed  in 
a  temporary  box,  was  put  upon  the 
wagon,  an  they  started  for  Evans' 
mill,  it  being  then  after  night.  Just 
after   they   had    passed    through   the 

little  village  the  shell  suddenly  broke 
through  the  box  and  wagon-bed  and 
fell  to  the  ground.  Lewis  wanted  to 
reload  the  precious  keep-sake,  but 
Frederick  said:  "Let  the  damned 
thing  lay  till  to-morrow;  nobody  will 
run  off  with  it."  So  they  went  home. 
When  they  returned  for  it  in  the 
morning  they  found  all  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  town  gathered  around 
it.  There  were  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren, all  excited  and  wondering 
whence  this  curious  stranger  had 
come  and  what  it  was.  Some 
thought  it  must  have  come  from  the 
heavens  above,  and  sent  as  a  token 
of  some  impending  calamity.  Num- 
bers of  them  had  tried  to  lift  it,  but 
a  certain  Mrs.  Kessler  was  the  only 
one  who  succeeded  in  raising  it  from 
the  ground. 

"This  shell  is  today  in  the  saw-mill 
of  Samuel  O.  Evans,  son  of  Lewis, 
a  veritable  relic  of  the  bombardment 
of  Fort  McHenry.  .  Being  somewhat 
rusty,  it  does  not  seem  to  have  as 
much  'business'  in  its  appearance  as  it 
had  when  the  captain  first  saw  it, 
when  he  extinguished  the  fire-spitting 
fuse  and  thus  preventing  it  from 
making  an  unwelcome  fragmentary 
visit.  It  is  one  foot  in  diameter;  its 
walls  are  one  inch  and  a-half  thick: 
it  has  a  cavity  of  nine  inches  and 
weighs  one  hundred  and  eighty-six 
pounds.  It  is  one  of  the  four  shells 
that  fell  inside  of  the  fort,  and  it  is 


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211 


said  that  it  originally  had  marked  on 
it:  'A  present  from  the  King  of 
England,  though  when  the  writer  saw 
it  he  neither  heard  of  nor  observed 
any  such  marks;  but  they  may  have 
been  obliterated  by  the  rust." 

Frederick  Evans  resided  at  Selins- 
grove,  and  about  1806  removed  to 
Lewisburg.  He  was  surveyor  of  Nor- 
thumberland county,  which  then  em- 
braced Union  and  Snyder,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  State  Legislature  in 
1810  and  1811.  His  only  daughter, 
Catherine,  married  in  1811,  George 
Kremer,  member  of  Congress.  In 
his  later  years  he  resided  with  Mr. 
Kremer,  near  Middlebm\g,  at  the  old 
home  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Catherine,  widow  of  Thomas 
Bower,  in  Swineford.  He  died  Dec- 
ember 4,  1844,  aged  seventy-nine 
years. 


ABLE  WRITER  TOSSES  BOU- 
QUETS   TO    SNYDER 


Col.  Shoemaker  In  Latest  of  His 
Community  History  Efforts  Tells 
of  Wonders  of  Snyder  County  Past 
And  Present — Sees  the  Wonders 
of    the   Commonplace   Affairs. 


The  POST  is  indebted  to  Col.  Hen- 
ry W.  Shoemaker,  of  McElhattan,  for 
the  receipt  of  a  copy  of  his  latest 
work,    Eldorado   Found. 

Col.  Shoemaker  is  a  historian  of 
unusual  interest  and  ability.  He 
shows  us  wonders  of  many  of  the  af- 
fairs we  have  for  years  regarded 
merely  commonplace.  He  makes  us 
more  .  appreciative  and  therefore 
makes  us  happier. 

Col.  Shoemaker  finds  the  Gilded 
Lands  right  here  in  Central  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  it  is  therefore  most  appro, 
priate  that  he  should  have  identified 
his  book  by  the  name  of  that  one  who 
existed  originally  in  the  minds  of  tht- 
Spanish  conquerors  of  America,  men 
whose  insatiable  avarice  loved  to 
dream  of  richer  rewards  than  those 
of  Peru  and  Mexico. 

Read  of  the  wealth  of  historic  lore 
Col.  Shoemaker  has  found  in  Snyder 
county  and  written  down  in  this  chap- 
ter: 

No  mention  of  "Eldorado  Found" 
could  be  made  without  including  Sny- 


der County.  This  County,  which  was 
set  off  from  Union  County  in  1855,  is 
named  for  Simon  Snyder,  at  one  time 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  It  is  the 
home  of  romance,  of  legend,  a  verita- 
ble storehouse  of  records  of  the  long 
ago.  The  road  from  Selinsgrove  to 
Middleburg,  formerly  Swinefordtown 
runs  thru  a  picturesque  region,  the 
Middle  Creek  Valley,  and  is  replete 
with  historic  spots.  To  the  north  is 
the  massive  outline  of  Jack's  Moun- 
tain, to  the  south  the  Shade  Mountain 
r^.nge,  to  the  east  the  majestic  dome 
of  Mahanoy  Mountain  rules  the  land- 
scape. At  Selinsgrove  is  the  simple 
monument  to  Simon  Snyder,  "The 
Bull  Driver,"  for  three  terms  Govern. 
or  of  Pennsylvania,  who  died  in  1819, 
aged  70  years,  while  a  member  of  the 
Senate  of  Pennsylvania;  the  great 
statesman's  quaint  old  residence,  and 
the  handsome,  and  for  the  most  part 
modern  buildings  of  Susquehanna 
University. 

Near  Selinsgrove  resided  one  of  the 
last  buffalo  hunters,  Daniel  Ott,  born 
May  27,  1820,  and  a  man  of  unusual- 
ly retentive  memory  and  charm  of 
manner.  For  years  he  carried  on  exi 
peditions  into  the  buffalo  country  of 
the  west.  Selinsgrove  is  named  for 
Capt.  Anthony  Selin,  a  Swiss,  who 
ws  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary 
War  and  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
the  Cincinnati.  Along  the  road  to 
Middleburg  still  stands  the  old  block- 
house, called  Fort  Hendricks,  a  relic 
of  colonial  border  warfare,  also  the 
scenes  of  '  several  Indian  massacres 
are  pointed  out.  At  Stump's  Run, 
nbout  half  a  mile  east  of  Middleburg, 
was  the  scene  of  the  murder  of  ten 
Indians  by  a  Dutchman  named  Fred- 
erick Stump,  and  his  servant,  John 
Ironcutter,  in  1768.  The  slayers  were 
;  rrested  but  later  a  mob  rescued  them 
from  the  jail  in  Carlisle.  Stump  died 
many  years  afterwards  at  Millersdat, 
now  Woodstock,  Va.,  while  Ironcutter 
passed  away  at  Hollidaysburg,  Blair 
County,  in  1830.  On  the  road  from 
Middleburg  across  Jack's  Mountain, 
to  Mifflinburg,  formerly  Youngmans- 
town,  is  the  celebrated  "Indian 
Mound,"  a  sort  of  a  redskin  Tower  of 
Babel  erected  by  a  proud  chief  tan  of 
ancient  days,  which  brought  only  con- 
fusion to  the  Indian  ruler  and  his  peo- 
ple. It  is  a  circular  hillock,  nearly  a 
hundred  feet  high  in  the  centre  of  a 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


vast  field,  and  is  well  worth  a  visit. 
See  the  writer's  "More  Pennsylvania 
Mountain  Stories,"  Reading,  1913. 

Northeast  of  Middleburg  is  the  pic- 
turesque old  distillery,  and  the  "Buf- 
falo fields,"  nearby,  were  once  a  fav- 
orite haunt  for  the  bison.  The  pass 
back  to  the  bright  looking  village  of 
Troxelville  leads  to  the  famous 
"Sink"  in  the  White  Mountains  where 
the  last  herd  of  wild  bison  in  Penn- 
sylvania, some  300  in  number,  were 
wiped  out  by  settlers,  who  found 
them  "crusted"  in  the  snow  in  Jan- 
uary, 1799.  See  the  author's  "A 
Pennsylvania  Bison  Hunt,".  Middle- 
burg,  1915.  The  Washington  Inn  at 
Middleburg  is  a  quaint  oldfashioned 
structure,  and  likewise  was  the  court- 
house until  remodeled  several  years 
ago.  The  town  also  boasts  of  rival 
"soldiers'  Monuments."  Further 
southwest  is  the  town  of  McClure, 
formerly  Stuckton,  in  the  midst  of 
wild  and  impressive  mountain  scene- 
ry. 

Beaver  Springs,  another  nearby  vil- 
lage, has  a  fine  spring,  and  was  once 
the  scene  of  extensive  operations  of 
the  beavers.  Near  Wagner,  there  are 
several  large  partially  unexplored 
caves  on  Shade  Mountain.  It  is  said 
no  one  has  visited  them  in  half  a  cen- 
tury. There  is  a  pass  with  much 
grand  scenery  across  the  Shade 
Mountain  from  Beaver  Springs,  and 
another  less  frequently  traveled  at 
Wagner. 

New  Berlin,  once  the  seat  of  justice 
of  Union  County,  is  just  over  the  bor- 
der from  the  County  of  Snyder.  It  is, 
a  picturesque,  yes  beautiful,  old  town, 
one  of  the  most  charming  spots  in  the 
Highlands.  In  the  center  'of  the 
principal  street  runs  a  double  row  of 
of  gigantic  maple  trees.  The  old 
Kleckner  House,  headquarters  of 
raftsmen  returning  to  the  highlands 
from  Marietta,  was  burned  down  sev. 
eral  years  back,  leaving  an  ugly  scar 
on  the  village  street,  but  the  grand 
old  courthouse  is  now  a  school,  and 
the  once  popular  Academy  in  its  fine 
Krove  of  ancient  trees  is  worthy  of 
a  lengthy  visit.  Another  unique  fea- 
ture of  New  Berlin  is  that  thru  every 
street  can  be  obtained  a  view  of  the 
magnificent  Jack's  Mountain,  frown- 
ing down  on  the  historic  town  and 
its  departed  glories.      The  road  from 


New  Berlin  to  the  LeRoy  Spring  and 
to  the  scene  of  the  Penn's  Creek  Mas- 
sacre by  Indians  of  1755,  along  the 
shaded  Karoondinha,  is  easily  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  roads  in  the  State. 

In  October,  1915,  the  160th  anni- 
versary of  the  massacre  of  Penn's 
Creek  was  fittingly  commemorated  by 
three  days  of  exercises,  which  includ- 
ed an  historic  pageant  depicting  the 
massacre,  held  along  the  banks  of  the 
creek.  A  handsome  marble  and 
bronze  monument  to  perpetuate  the 
memory  of  the  massacre  by  the  His- 
torical Commission  of  Pennsylvania 
was  dedicated  at  this  time. 

Snyder  county  possesses  an  active 
Historical  Society  which  has  done 
much  to  perpetuate  the  historic  sites 
and  memories  of  this  beautiful  re- 
gion. An  extensive  historical  library 
is  in  process  of  formation,  under  the 
energetic  management  of  W.  M. 
Schnure. 


THE  UNMARKED  GRAVES  OF 
THE  STOCKS 


From   POST,  August  7,    1902. 

In  a  bleak  little  field  in  Middle- 
creek  township  midway  between  the 
villages  of  Kreamer  and  Globe  Mills, 
lie,  it  is  alleged  by  competent  infor- 
mation, the  bones  of  those  of  the 
Stock  family  who  met  their  death  by 
the  tomahawk  in  1781.  One  hundred 
and  twenty  one  years  have  passed 
by  since  that  massacre  was  perpetrat- 
ed, and  but  few  people  in  the  vitinty 
today  who  can  point  out,  from  relia- 
ble information  transmitted  by  for- 
mer generations,  the  precise  spot 
where  rest  the  bones  of  those  pio- 
neers. 

In  the  long  ago,  some  thoughtful 
hands,  spurred  by  the  sacred  memory 
which  invests  such  a  tragedy  with  the 
romances  of  history,  sought  to  per- 
manently mark  and  identify  graves 
of  the  Stocks,  by  placing  there,  local 
shafts  of  stone  gathered  from  the 
nearby  hills.  These  remained  in 
position  for  many  years-long  enough 
at  any  rate  to  satisfy  men  of  fifty  or 
a  hundred  years  ago — that  the  spot 
would  not  be  lost  to  future  know- 
ledge. 


STOCKS  MURDERED  BY  INDIANS 


213 


Some  twenty  years  ago  a  change  of 
ownership  in  the  soil  obliterated  all 
traces  of  the  graves,  the  markers  fell 
before  the  plow  and  the  harrow  and 
this  once  well  known  "grave-yard" 
has  since  been  a  cultivated  field.  The 
•riginal  site  of  the  Stock  log  cabin 
can  be  fixed  at  this  day  by  a  rude 
excavation  in  the  earth,  it  being  the 
cellar  of  the  Stock  house.  Genera- 
tions have  come  and  gone  and  those 
who  live  near  there  today  say  this 
depression  in  the  earth  is  the  last 
material  reminder  of  the  home  which 
in  a  twinkling  of  time  was  desolated 
by  the  Indian  murder.  During  his 
lifetime  Matthias  Dauberman  one  of 
the  best  known  and  among  the  oldest 
of  the  residents  of  the  neighborhood, 
frequently  recounted  in  apparently 
accurate  language,  the  first  infor- 
mation of  this  bloody  tragedy  which 
Matthias  Schoch  (  the  original  pro- 
genitor) brought  in  the  early  morn- 
ing to  the  Dauberman  homestead, 
due  east  but  a  few  hundred  rods  from 
the  Stock  cabin,  to  which  place  Mr. 
Schoch  rushed  hatless  and  with  gun 
in  hand  and  breaking  into  the  door 
in  his  excitement  summoned  Mr. 
Dauberman's  grandfather  to  assis- 
tance saying  "Komm  geshwint  sie 
(meaning  Indians)  haben  die  Stocken 
geschlagen."  Mr.  Dauberman  said 
he  often  heard  his  grandfather  detail 
the  circumstances  of  the  assault  and 
the  words  v/ere  fixed  upon  his  youth- 
ful  memory. 

The  Stocks  have  scattered  to  the 
points  of  the  compass,  the  hand  which 
placed  a  headstone  only  to  be  ruth- 
lessly battered  down  by  a  plowshare 
has  long  since  returned  to  ashes,  the 
witnesses  of  yesterday's  generation 
are  dead  and  the  grim  tragedy  is  a 
circumstance  in  tradition,  which  ap- 
peals with  stirring  force  for  some- 
thing more  enduring  than  a  fleeting 
oral  speech  for  restoration  and 
identification  of  the  last  resting  place 
of  the  murdered  first  settlers.  Five 
neople,  all  told  were  killed  by  the 
Indians,  and  their  remains  repose  in 
that  quiet  unknown  spot.  The  Con- 
rod  Weiser  Chapter  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  Revolution;  would  perhaps  in- 
terest itself  in  a  project  to  mark  suit- 
ably and  permanently  the  Stock 
graves,  for  there  is  a  growing  opinion 
that  a  popular  subscription  to  reach 
that  end  be  soon  undertaken. 


U.  S.  GOVERNMENT  ELEVATIONS 


Republished  from  the  POST,  of  July 
20,  1905. 

E.  S.  Dawson  and  J.  B.  Myers  have 
been  in  Snyder  county  for  the  past 
three  or  four  weeks  taking  elevations 
for  a  map  of  the  United  States.  The 
work  is  done  in  quarter  sections  one 
corner  of  which  is  at  Millerstown  and 
the  other  at  Swineford,  or  Middleburg 
depot.  Through  the  courtesy  of 
these  engineers  we  have  been  enabled 
to  secure  the  following  elevations 
of  public  roads,  etc.  The  figures  de- 
note the  number  of  feet  above  sea 
level. 

658   Richfield  at  church. 
639  First  mill  on  creek. 

619  Second   mill   on   creek. 

686   Bridge    floor    near    Richfield. 
630   Water  below  bridge. 
620  X  Roads     one     mile     west  of 

Richfield. 
653  X  Roads  at  S.  S.  Graybill's. 
647   25  feet  nearer  Fremont. 
733   Hornberger's    water   trough. 
733  First  road  to  right. 
733   Second   road   to   right. 
652  Top  of  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 
572   X      roads      at    Mt.    Pleasant 

Mills  Post  office. 
547   Bridge   floor   at   Mt.    Pleasant 

Mills. 
533    Water    under    bridge. 
555   Bridge  floor — second  stream. 

550  Water  under  the  bridge. 

551  School   house   and    St.   John's 
church. 

544   Mill  at  Schnee  Post  office. 
864  J.  F.  Weller's  barn.     Highest 

noint  in  road  from  Mt.  Pleasant 

Mills  to  Middleburg. 
833   X   Roads   at   Summit  House. 
628   Bridge      near      H.      Dietrick's 

farm. 
624   Road  south  of  J.  F.  Newman. 

620  Road  north  of  J.  F.  Newman. 
511    R.  R.  at  Bower's  crossing. 
498   Market  Square,   Middleburg. 
510   R.   R.   at  Paxtonville  Road. 
651    R.    R.    at    Beavertown    depot. 
635   Road   R.    R.   west   of   Beaver- 
town. 

591    Road    Beaver      Springs    Post 

office. 
1440   Bridge   on   stream   up   Shade 

Mountain. 
1438   Water   under   bridge. 
1672    Summit   of   Shade   Mountain 

at  Beaver  Springs. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


COLONEL  HENRY 

W.    SHOEMAKER 


An  Appreciation  by  Redie  Romig 


From    POST    January    17,    1918. 


To  write  with  equal  intelligence 
and  charm,  a  dissertation  upon  the 
relation  of  Shakespeare  to  Rossini, 
and  an  essay  about  the  purring  of 
the  brook  among  the  wood-lands  is 
no  small  achievement.  Any  man  who 
can  tell,  in  a  few  words,  with  no 
pleonasm,  the  indebtedness  of  Sav- 
ranola  to  Chaucer;  the  glory  of  the 
forests,  and  the  beauty  that  lies  in 
the  tender  words  of  Longfellow,  is 
as  deserving  a  place  in  the  literary 
hall  of  fame,  as  in  Percy  Bysshe 
Shelley. 

Colonel  Henry  W.  Shoemaker, 
banker,  financier,  newspaper  man, 
publisher,  philanthropist,  author  and 
speaker,  is  such  a  man.  His  writings 
range  from  the  tender  love  song  such 
as  Petrarch  might  have  sung  to 
Laura,  and  Abelard  to  Heloise;  to 
the  rugged  philosophy  of  the  woods, 
shown  in  the  various  volums  from  his 
gifted  pen.  There  is  to  Colonel  Shoe- 
maker's pennings,  the  same  happy 
charm  which  is  in  the  sages  and  le- 
gends of  Hawthorne  and  Irving.  He 
sings  of  the  still,  starry  nights,  and 
the  cool,  shady  forest,  the  wind  wis- 
pering  among  the  pine,  and  the  song 
of  the  lark  in  the  morning.  He  tells 
of  the  shrill  cry  of  the  panther,  and 
the  whistle  of  the  mocking  bird 
among  the  thickets  of  the  south.  To 
know  these  things,  one  must  have 
lived  with  them.  To  catch  the  song 
of  the  bird,  as  he  flashes  to  and  fro 
in  the  bushes,  is  an  easy  thing,  but 
to  carry  that  song  in  the  soul,  thru- 
out  file,  is  a  task  of  no  mean  dimen- 
sions. One  must  have  lived  in  the 
forest  when  a  child;  must  have  ris- 
en before  the  first  pink  flush  of  the 
sky,  and  must  have  caught  a  glimpse 
of  the  lark's  ecstacy  as  he  rises  on 
the  wings  of  the  morning,  dives  low 
and  catches  a  sip  of  honey  from  the 
dew-laden  flowers.  The  pibroch  and 
the  robin,  the  cheery  song  of  the 
wren,  are  the  music  of  nature.  Na- 
ture's choir  sings  best  in  the  early 
morning,  while  the  day  is  young,  and 
the  night  has  grown  gray  with  age. 
Colonel  Shoemaker  catches  this  mus- 
ic and   transmutes  it,  with  his  magi- 


cally-gifted pen,  to  the  city  streets 
amid  the  toil  and  tawdry  tinselry. 
Men  pause  and  turn  white  worn  faces 
to  the  sky,  as  they  read  his  songs  and 
his  stories.  Like  the  dispassionate 
essays  of  Toreau,  he  leads  them  away 
from  the  smoke-clouded  sunset,  in- 
to the  land  of  the  morning,  where 
like  white  lambs,  they  gambol  among 
the  grasses  and  smile  happily  at  each 
other,  until  there  comes  to  them 
again,  the  cry  of  the  street  vendor 
and  the  discordant  noises  of  a  thou- 
sand wheels  of  city  traffic. 

Though  he  has  wealth  and  to  spare, 
there  is  no  thing  which  the  worthy 
colonel  loves  more  than  to  tramn 
out  among  the  pioneers,  and  hear 
their  tales.  He  tells,  with  glee,  of 
his  experiences  in  the  wilds  of  Penn- 
sylvania. In  his  recent  volume, 
"Western  Pennsylvania  Indian  Folk 
Lore,"  he  gives  some  timely  advice 
which  might  be  heeded  by  our  own 
generation. 

"In  addition  to  the  mass  of  folk- 
lore, legends  and  traditions,  old 
songs  still  linger  in  the  back-woods 
communities,  and  with  them  some 
songs  of  the  lumber  camps  of  more 
recent  origin.  These  should  be  col- 
lected and  written  before  it  is  to  late. 
And  about  now  the  question  will  be 
properly  asked  how  is  this  folk  lore 
to  be  collected,  can  anyone  do  it  and 
where?  Most  certainly  anybody  can 
collect  it,  but  one  must  begin  the 
work  soon.  The  old  folks  in  the 
mountains  have  it,  the  younger  gen- 
erations are  too  busy  to  hear  it  and 
what  they  learned  in  their  youth  their 
present  materialistic  life  has  caused 
them  to  forget.  Go  out  in  any  rus- 
tic locality  into  the  region  where 
Doddridge  flourished,  out  to  the 
Chestnut  Ridge,  to  Negro  Mountain 
into  Laurel  Ridge,  along  the  Cas- 
selman  River  or  to  any  of  these 
streams  with  picturesque  names  such 
as  Wolf  Camp  Run,  Big  Buffalo,  Elk, 
Beaver  or  Leatherwood  Creeks; 
above  all  go  to  the  Cornplanter  Res- 
ervation while  Betsy  O'Bail  (Corn- 
planter's  last  surviving  granddaught- 
er.) Dr.  Jacobs,  Charlie  Gordon,  and 
John  Half  White  still  live.  Go  on 
the  premises  that  each  man  or 
woman  you  meet  seventy  years 
old  or  upwards  knows  at  least  one 
good  story.  Mingle  with  these  old 
people,  be  polite,  attentive  and  kind- 


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ly.     They    will    soon    tell    you    their 
stories  if  they  think  you  care  to  hear 
them   and   are   worthy   of   their   con- 
fidence.    Respect  is  the  password  of 
their  free  masonry.     Don't  go  in  an 
automobile,  for  if  you  see  a  person 
you  want  to  talk  to,  the  machine  has 
swept  by  a  hundred  feet  before  you 
can  stop  it;  go  on  foot,  on  horseback 
as  the  circuit  riders  or  as  the  writer 
has  done  in  recent  years  in   a   Glen 
Falls   Buckboard   Surrey,  with  camp- 
ing   outfit    tucked    under    the    seats. 
You  must  be  close  to  humanity,  close 
to  animate  nature,  close  to  the  moun- 
tains and  rivers,  to  the  old  trees,  the 
animals  and  the  birds,   to   be  a  suc- 
cessful     collector   of   folklore.     You 
will    meet    many    quaint    characters, 
take  that  for  certain.     They  will  tell 
you    of   wolves    and    wolverenes    and 
panthers,    of   bison,   moose   and   elks, 
of  wild  pigeons,  paroquets  and  cross 
bills,    of    Indians,    hunters,    soldiers, 
witches,  outlaws,  sand  diggers,  lumb- 
ermen   and    travelling    preachers,    of 
Jack  0,Lanthorns,  tokens  and  ghosts, 
of    the    past,    the    dark,    mysterious, 
trackless  past,  that  age  of  plain  liv- 
ing and  high  thinking  that  is  sooth- 
ing to  ponder  over  to  the  spirit  which 
cannot    reconcile    itself   to    skyscrap- 
ers or  the  white  lights.     It  will  bring 
you   close   to   the   simple   life,   which 
is  the  heart  of  the  world.     You  will 
drink    from    the    pure    font    of    folk 
lore   that  runs  below  the   solid  rock 
of  history,   all   hard   and   fast   facts, 
but   sometimes   deadly  uninteresting. 
It  will  make  you  love  your  country 
more,    knowing    its    beginnings,    and 
how  its  pioneers   lived,   thought   and 
struggled.     Jesse  Logan  used  to  say, 
"Nothing   lasts    long  only   the    earth 
and  mountains,  but  folk-lore  being  a 
part  of  the  soul  of  the  earth  and  hills 
is  eternal  if  it  can  be  rescued  from 
the  primeval  jungles  and  inscribed  on 
the    tablets    of   time.     There    it   will 
serve   to   perputate   those   things   too 
idealistic  or  too  closely  allied  to  the 
supernatural  to  satisfy  the  student  of 
history  who   demands   what  he   calls 
facts,    but    it   will    lend    a    color    anrl 
brightness   to   the   most  prosaic   age. 
In    these    days    of   world   war,    when 
American    courage    and    daring    are 
dazzling  mankind,  we  ask  can  the  lit- 
tle,  simple   unemotional    chapters    of 
Pennsylvania  folk-lore  be  worthy  of 


a  permanent  niche  in  the  mighty 
temple  of  our  national  life.  Must 
they  snuff  out  like  a  little  tallow-dip 
against  the  blackness  of  the  night 
and  be  lost  in  tomorrow  morning's 
glory?  The  only  answer  will  be  to 
study  what  has  been  collected,  and 
then  figure  out  if  it  is  worth-while 
and  if  it  serves  a  good  purpose.  If 
not  sure,  go  out  and  collect  your- 
self among  the  few  remaining  sage-: 
who  lived  when  the  Indians  were  less 
rare  than  they  are  today,  when  the 
virgin  forests  stood  and  the  flights  of 
the  wild  pigeons  darkened  the  sun. 
Perhaps  you  will  find  legends  that 
explain  the  modern  crisis  in  human 
destiny,  truths  that  will  give  us  an 
added  power  to  make  the  world  free, 
for,  aided  by  simplicity,  we  shall  see 
great,  grand,  unending  vistas;  "the 
meek  shall  inherit  the  earth"  it  is 
said.  Through  quiet  seeking  you 
may  strike  the  chord  that  will  send 
us  crashing  to  victory  against  our 
ruthless  foes." 


BIOGRAPHICAL   SKETCH 

OF  PHILIP  GEMBERLING 


From  the      German      Reformed   Mes- 
senger  of  Nov.    9,    1859. 

In  sketching  the  life  and  history 
of  Mr.  Gemberling,  we  recognize  a 
home  hero — -a  character.  Not,  indeed 
one  famous  in  the  departments 
of  art  and  science,  in  politics  and 
war,  in  literature  and  philantrophy, 
but  extraordinary  in  the  sphere  of 
common  life.  Though  he  owed  noth- 
ing to  the  schools,  beyond  reading 
and  writing  in  his  mother  tongue, 
and  simple  arithmetic,  yet  he  was 
not  an  every-day  man.  He  belongs 
to  the  community.  Every  man,  wo- 
man and  child  speaks  of  PHILIP 
GEMBERLING  has  spoken  of  him 
for  several  generations — and  his 
name  has  become  a  household  word. 
He  is  one  of  the  foundation  pillars 
to  the  Gemberling  host. 

He  was  the  third  child  of  a  family 
of  fourteen,  and  born  of  Jacob  and 
Catherine  (Wolfensberger)  Gember- 
ling, A.  D.  1773,  on  the  27th  of  July 
— three  years  befoie  the  signing  of 
the  Declaration  of  Independence — 
in  the  regions  known  as  Tulpenhock- 
en,  then  in  Lancaster  County,  Pa., 
but  now  in  Lebanon.  His  parents 
were  among  the  earlier  settlers  of 
that  neighborhood.   During  his   child- 


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hood,  they  moved  to  Shaeffertown. 
In  his  nineth  year,  the  family  migrat- 
ed for  that  section  of  our  State, 
known  under  the  name  of  Shamokin, 
lying  within  the  limits  of  Northum- 
berland county.  In  1782,  they  took 
up  their  abode  on  the  present  "Gem- 
berling  Homestead."  They  journey 
ed  with  a  family  of  six  children, 
slowly,  and  with  much  toil  and  sacri- 
fice. When  they  arrived  at  Harris- 
burg,  but  one  house  had  been  built 
— that  of  the  founder  and  proprietor, 
after  whom  the  Capitol  of  our  Com 
monwealth  has  been  named — John 
Harris.  A  turning  shop  had  also 
been  erected  and  finished,  and  a  dye- 
house  stood  near-by,  under  which 
the  family  encamped  for  several 
days,  waiting  for  the  conveyance;  of 
their  goods 

As  railroads  and  canals  were  not 
yet,  they  carried  their  simple  furni- 
ture in  a  keel  boat,  while  they  rode 
in  f  slow  moving  wagon,  except  the 
mother,  who  was  on  horse-back,  "and 
often"  says  her  son,  "did  she  weep 
and  wish  for  the  end."  Four  dav? 
were  consumed  in  making  the  dis- 
tance from  Harrisburg.  No  public 
roads  had  been  opened,  only  foot- 
paths and  Indian  trails,  except  the 
main  highway  leading  to  Northum- 
berland, then  called  'Point  Town' — 
because  it  lies  at  the  Fork  of  the 
Branches  of  the  Susquehanna. 

When  they  had  reached  their  des- 
tination, Selinsgrove,  was  not,  and 
no  signs  of  it,  if  we  except  a  house 
on  Col.  Eyer's  place,  one  on  the 
Richter  Homestead,  and  one  on  Leo- 
nard App's  former  residence,  then 
owned  by  the  late  Gov.  Simon  Snyd- 
er. In  the  neighborhood,  but  few 
dwellings  wer.e  planted.  All  was  a 
forest  of  pine  trees — a  beautiful  for- 
est, far  and  wide.  In  his  own  words 
and  tongue:  "Ei  das  war  ein  Lust 
es  anzusehen."  Indians  still  hunt- 
ed along  the  banks.  His  father  took 
possession  of  300  acres  of  govern- 
ment land,  at  six  shillings  per  acre 
intending  it  for  himself  and  his  pos- 
terity; and  it  remains,  after  a  period 
of  80  years  in  the  hands  of  the  de- 
scendants; Philip  bought  250  acres 
from  his  father  at  $16.00  per  acre; 
and  the  land  has  been  increased  in 
value  from  almost  nothing  to  one 
hundred  dollars  per  acre.  After  be- 
coming the  parents  of  fourteen  chil- 


dren, the  father  died  in  his  88th  year, 
and  the  mother  died  far  advanced  in 
seventies;  they  sleep  together  in  the 
ancient  "Gottes — Acker"  of  Selins- 
grove. 

At  the  age  of  23,  Philip  married 
Eve  Glass,  they  lived  together  22 
years,  and  were  the  parents  of  nine 
children — five  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters, after  which  death  separated 
them,  taking  Mrs.  Gemberling  to  the 
grave  in  the  42nd  year  of  her  age. 
In  his  41st  year,  he  gave  himself  in 
marrige  for  the  second  time,  to 
Judith  Fetter — his  present  widow. 
They  lived  together  43  years,  and  be- 
came the  parents  of  eleven  children, 
six  sons  and  five  daughters.  He  saw 
to  their  graves  four  sons  and  four 
daughters.  The  number  of  surviv- 
ing children  is  12 — seven  sons  and 
five  daughters;  his  grand-children 
number  104;  he  has  more  than  100 
great  grand-children;  and  he  leaves 
brothers  of  the  ages  84  and  75,  and 
a  sister  in  her  74t\  year. 

In  his  21st  year,  he  was  confirmed 
bv  the  Rev.  George  Geisweit,  at  Hes- 
sler's  church — then  an  old  log  build- 
ing, without  flooring.  He  remained 
a  member  of  the  Reformed  Church — 
the  church  of  his  fathers — to  the  day 
of  his  death,  covering  a  period  of  67 
years,  and  saw  all  his  children  in  the 
same  communion  with  himself.  He 
became  a  deacon  and  an  elder  un- 
der the  pastorship  of  Rev.  Isaac  Ger 
hart.  He  saw  all  the  Reformed  and 
Lutheran  clergymen  of  the  place  com- 
ing and  going.  He  helped  with  his 
own  hands  to  raise  the  "Old  Union 
Church,"  the  mother  church  of  all. 
The  churches  of  the  town  all  were 
built  during  his  life-time.  His  fami- 
ly Bible  has  remained  in  the  house- 
hold for  ninety  five  years. 

We  may  say  of  him  that  he  saw 
Selinsgrove  from  its  beginning;  and 
not  only  so,  but  the  community,  com- 
monwealth, and  Union  grew  from  in- 
fancy during  his  sojourn  on  earth. 
He  remembered  the  Revolutionary 
War  as  a  fact  in  his  life-time;  he 
heard  and  saw  many  of  our  soldiers, 
but  was  not  in  service  himself.  He 
heard  many  speak  of  Gen.  Washing- 
ton from  personal  recollection,  tho' 
he  never  saw  him.  He  lived  thru 
all  the  administrations  of  the  Presi- 
dents thus  far,  and  through  the  terms 
of  all  the  Governors  of  our  Common- 


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wealth.  Telegraphs,  as  well  as  other 
improvements,  and  their  beginning 
during  his  life  time.  Whilst  we  travel 
to  Reading  and  Philadelphia  in  sev- 
eral hours,  he  required  teaming,  sev- 
en and  fourteen   days. 

As  a  citizen,  he  was  loyal,  orderly 
and  peaceable;  it  was  to  him  a  sacred 
thing  to  obey  the  laws  of  his  coun- 
try. Morally,  he  was  governed  by 
the  principles  of  integrity;  he  was 
taught,  and  taught  others,  to  place 
as  much  stress  and  virtue  on  one's 
word,  honor  and  promise,  as  upon 
note  of  bond.  As  a  Christian,  we 
can  say  he  was  no  hypocrite;  he 
made  no  false  appearances,  nor  de- 
ceptive show.  What  he  seemed  to 
be,  he  was,  sincerely,  and  from  the 
heart.  He  has  run  a  long  race,  and 
has  run  it  well.  With  all  this,  he 
was  full  of  faults,  he  confessed  hi? 
sins,  trusted  not  in  works,  but  in  the 
grace   of   God   for  salvation. 

Physically,  he  was  strong  and 
healthy,  seldom  sick;  and  that  iron 
constitution  he  preserved  until  his 
last.  Apoplexy  was  his  end.  As  a 
giant  was  he  struck  down,  on  Sunday 
— became  suddenly  unconscious,  and 
lay  in  a  stupor  until  Thursday  eve 
ning,  when  he  expired  in  peace.  Thus 
lived  and  died  a  modern  patriarch, 
aged  80  vears,  2  months  and  16  days 

VERITAS. 

The  above  was  furnished  the  POST 
by  Lewis  Walter,  of  Middleswarth. 
It  was  printed  on  a  large  sheet  of 
card  board  the  size  of  a  small  sale 
bill.     Editor  POST 


CONFESSION    OF    MURDER    OF 
JOHN  KINTZLER 


By  J.   F.   Yeisley 

The  Confession  of  the  murder  of 
John  Kintzler  and  his  wife  (Gret- 
chen)  by  Uriah  Moyer,  who  was  ex- 
ecuted March  7th  1883. 

Never  thought  of  murder  until 
Israel  Erb  spoke  to  me  about  the  kill- 
ing of  John  Kintzler.  Sometime  be- 
fore the  murder — how  long  I  don'f 
now  recollect,  but  a  considerable 
length  of  time  before.  He  asked 
me  if  I  could  kill  any  body.  I  told 
him  no.  He  then  said  that  old  Kin- 
tzler had  a  great  deal  of  money,  that 
a  man  brought  some  for  the  old  wo- 
man,   that    old   John    was    dissatisfied 


and  the  man  came  to  stay  with  him 
all  night;  and  told  him  his  business. 
Erb  said  he  had  seen  a  great  deal  of 
money  before,  that  he  stole  a  kettle 
from  his  son,  Moses,  that  he  had  the 
money  in  that  buried  under  the  floor, 
beneath  the  bed.  He  said  that  old 
John  was  a  mean  old  devil,  that  he 
called  him  a  rail  thief  and  b-f,  and 
that  he  would  like  to  see  him  killed. 
He  said  further,  that  he  was  no  good 
to  anybody,  that  he  had  no  friends 
to  hunt  it  up  if  he  was  killed  and 
that  a  person  would  be  perfectly  safe 
in  doing  it.  After  I  told  him  I  would 
not  help,  Erb  said,  you  keep  your 
mouth  shut  about  this.  I  wonder  if 
Jake  Moyer  could  be  got  to  help. 
I  said  I  did  not  know,  but  I  would 
not  help.  After  Erb  left  I  sat  down 
and  studied  about  what  Erb  said. 
That  Kintzler  had  no  friends  and 
thoug-ht  it  was  true.     Then  the  devil 

entered  my  heart,  and  I  was  willing 
to  go  along;  but  not  kill.  I  never 
agreed  to  do  any  killing.  Sometime 
after  that  Erb,  on  his  way  to  the 
mill,  passed  by  where  I  was  eithe.- 
hewing  posts,  or  splitting  wood,  I 
cannot  recollect  which.  I  then  told 
him  I  would  go  along  to  do  that  now. 
Erb  said  you  mean  to  kill  old  John. 
I  said  yes.  He  then  said  we  don't 
need  to  kill  the  old  woman,  we  can 
lay  in  the  woods  above  the  house  and 
then  when  old  John  comes  up  to  let 
off  the  water  to  run  it  over  his  land, 
we  can  shoot  him  and  then  tie  our 
faces  up  so  the  old  woman  would 
not  know  us,  which  would  scare  her 
and  she  would  tell  us  where  all  the 
money  was.  Or  he  said  that  both 
might  be  killed  as  old  John  threaten- 
ed to  kill  some  of  his  neighbors  and 
then  burn  up  his  house  and  himself 
with  it.  I  then  told  Emanuel  Et- 
tinger  of  the  conversation  that  pass- 
ed between  me  and  Erb,  and  he  agre 
ed  to  go  along  and  do  his  part.  So 
Emanuel  and  I  were  there  and  watch- 
ed in  the  woods  at  different  times 
but  never  got  sight  of  John  Kintzler. 

One  day  when  we  were  watching, 
Tob.  Mitchel  came  walking  up  to  us. 
In  orded  to  decieve  him,  we  looked 
up  into  a  tree,  and  told  him  that  a 
pheasant  had  flown  into  one  of  the 
trees  and  we  could  not  see  it.  We 
then  left.      Shortly  after  this  in  the 


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evening,  Perry  Bickhart,  Ettinger 
and  myself,  went  to  Kintzlers.  On 
this  occasion  Perry  was  to  do  the 
killing.  He  got  down  close  to  the 
house  behind  a  haystack  and  had  the 
gun  pointed  around  the  end  of  the 
stack  toward  the  door.  We  then 
made  a  noise  above  the  house  in  the 
woods,  thinking  that  Kintzler  would 
come  out  to  see  what  was  wrone;, 
then  Bickhart  was  to  shoot  him.  Aft- 
er we  were  there  sometime  I  thought 
I  heard  somebody  walking,  and  told 
Ettinger.  He  said  that  nobody  was 
near  and  that  I  was  a  coward.  I 
then  thought  that  some  boy  was 
standing  behind  a  tree,  who  would 
be  sure  to  tell  if  anything  happened, 
so  I  whistled,  which  was  a  signal  of 
danger  to  Perry,  who  came  up  to 
where  we  were.  We  then  joined 
hands  and  made  vows  never  to  reveal 
what  had  happened.  We  then  start- 
ed for  home.  On  our  way  home  we 
passed  the  old  church  above  Troxel- 
ville,  when  Perry  said:  "I  wonder  if 
there  is  not  some  money  in  the 
church?"  I  then  said,  "No,  why 
would  there  be  money  in  the 
church."  I  think  it  was  Ettinger  who 
then  said  "sometimes  they  leave  the 
collection  in  the  church,"  whereupon 
Perry  said  "well,  we  can  soon  see." 
They  then  opened  the  window  and 
went  in.  I  stood  outside  in  the  field 
and  watched.  After  they  were  in  the 
church  some  time  they  called  me  to 
come  to  the  window.  I  did  so,  when 
they  said  that  there  was  no  money 
there  but  there  was  a  bottle  of  wine 
We  three  then  drank  the  wine.  I 
then  told  them  to  come  out  and  we 
would  leave.  They  did  so,  after  we 
had  j;one  a  short  distance,  Perry 
said,  "  see  here."  I  looked  and  he 
had  the  communion  cup  and  plate. 
I  then  said,  "  you  should  not  have 
taken  these  things,  it  is  something 
we  can  neither  use  nor  sell,  some- 
body might  see  them  in  our  posses- 
sion find  the  next  thing  we  would  be 
in  jail  for  robbing  a  church."  Ke 
then  swore  he  would  keep  it;  Etting- 
er took  the  plate  and  Perry  the  cap. 
Ettinger  afterwards  told  me  that  he 
mnde  tinger  rings  nui  of  the  plate. 
What  Perry  did  with  the  cup  T  don't 
know.  I  then  said  I  never  would  go 
to  Kintzlers  again,  that  we  had  been 
there    so    often    and    it   amounted    to 


nothing,  and  it  appears  that  we  were 
not  to  succeed  in  getting  the  money. 
I  had   nearly   dismissed   it   from   my 

mind  when  I  was  sheriffed  by . 

I  hated  to  see  everything  sold  away 
from  me  and  my  family.  I  hardly 
knew  what  to  do,  but  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  endorsers,  and  got 
the  money  from  the  Mifflinburg  bank. 
When  the  note  was  nearly  due  my 
father  said  that  I  should  by  all  mean:? 
pay  that  note  and  not  make  the  bail 
pay  it.  That  they  had  been  kind  and 
I  should  not  leave  them  stick.  I 
hardly  knew  what  to  do,  so  I  saw- 
Israel  Erb  one  day  and  told  him  that 
if  he  knew  anybody  who  wanted  to 
buy  a  cow  and  some  shoats,  he  should 
send  them  to  me.  He  said — "if  yon 
would  have  done  as  I  wanted  you  to 
do,  you  would  have  the  money  and 
could  keep  your  things  too."  I  said 
you  mean  help  to  kill  old  Kintzler. 
He  said  "yes."  I  then  said  I  would 
go  along.  He  said  no  more.  I  then 
saw  Emanuel  Ettinger  and  we  made 
out  to  go  there  on  a  Friday  evening, 
the  date  of  the  month  I  do  not  know. 
On  the  Tuesday  before,  I  went  into 
the  woods  where  my  brohter  Jonat- 
han was  splitting  wood,  and  told  him 
what  we  were  going  to  do.  I  asked 
him  to  go  along.  He  said  that  he 
must  go  to  Kreb's  to  butcher  on 
Friday,  and  at  any  rate  he  did  not 
want  to  go  along,  I  then  went  home. 
The  next  evening  Ettinger  came  to 
my  house,  I  put  a  load  in  one  of  my 
rifles — not  a  very  heavy  load.  I  had 
taken  a  lard  can  to  Kintzler's  sev- 
eral days  before  to  have  it  mended. 
We  then  went  to  Kintzler's,  after  we 
entered  the  house  I  asked  him  if  he 
had  mended  that  can.  He  said  he  had 
not,  and  why  I  did  not  take  it  to  a 
tinner.  I  told  him  he  was  handy  at 
doing  such  things  and  thought  that 
he  would  mend  it  for  me.  But  if 
it  did  not  suit  him  I  would  wait  un- 
til he  had  time  to  mend  it,  but  I 
wanted  to  butcher  next  day.  He 
then  said  "I  will  mend  it  for  you  so 
you  will  not  have  to  come  again  for 
it."  He  then  went  to  work.  While 
he  was  mending  the  can  he  stood 
within  reach  of  his  gun,  I  stood 
along  side  of  him.  Ettinger  was 
sitting  on  the  grind-stone  behind  us, 
with  the  gun  lying  across  his  knees. 
He   once  pulled  at  the  hammer  wiih 


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219 


his  thumb,  when  Kintzler  heard  him 
and  asked  him  what  he  was  doing. 
Ettinger  said,  "I  was  just  playing 
with  the  hammer."  Kintzer  said,  "I 
want  nobody  to  fool  with  a  gun  in 
my  house,  put  it  down."  I  then  said 
"yes,  Emanuel,  put  it  down."  He 
did  so.  After  the  can  was  mended, 
I  said,  "I  think  it  still  leaks."  Kintzl- 
er said,  "no  it  dont,  I  shut  all  the 
holes  that  were  in  it."  I  then  said 
we  could  see  if  we  would  put  water 
in  it,  and  that  I  would  go  to  the 
spring  and  put  water  into  it.  When 
I  started  to  the  spring  Kintzler  came 
to  the  door.  Ettinger  stepped  out 
of  the  door  a  little  to  .the  right  and 
stood  there.  I  went  to  the  spring, 
filled  the  can  about  half  full  of  wat- 
er and  as  I  was  coming  away  from 
the  spring,  I  was  holding  it  up  and 
said,  "I  don't  think  it  leaks  after 
all."  Kintzler  then  came  walking 
towards  me.  When  he  was  close  to 
me,  I  said,  "I  guess  it  don't  leak  after 
all."  Just  as  I  turned  the  can  to 
pour  out  the  water,  Ettinger  fired. 
Kintzler  turned  toward  the  house 
immediately,  Ettinger  intercepted 
him  and  a  severe  struggle  ensued.  I 
started  to  run  up  through  the  lot, 
got  to  the  fence  and  looked  back 
just  as  Ettinger  dispatched  the  old 
man.  He  came  running  up  the  lot 
toward  where  I  was.  I  beckoned 
him  with  the  hand  to  go  back.  I 
ment  to  kill  the  old  woman,  for  I 
knew  that  she  would  tell  on  us.  He 
turned,  ran  back,  and  met  the  old 
lady  right  inside  the  door.  He  struck 
her  once  with  the  gun  when  she 
sank  to  the  floor.  He  then  came  to 
where  I  was.  We  waited  long  enough 
for  any  one  in  the  neighborhood  who 
might  have  heard  it  to  appear  on  the 
scene.  When  all  danger  was  past, 
we  both  went  back  into  the  house. 
After  we  entered  I  heard  the  old 
lady  breathe  very  heavily,  when  I 
said  to  Ettinger,  "My  God,  the  old 
woman  is  not  dead!  He  then  said, 
"I  must  finish  it  now."  He  then 
took  a  stick  of  wood  and  struck  her 
several  times.  We  then  hunted  for 
money,  but  not  very  long.  We  thot 
we  heard  some  one  coming,  when 
Ettinger  kicked  the  lid  off  a  chest 
or  box  of  some  kind.  We  grabbed 
what  was  in  it  and  ran.  We  had 
nothing  but  watch  crystals  and  a  few 
trinklets.     Not  a  cent  of  money.     By 


this  time  it  was  dark.  We  then 
went  home.  I  to  my  house,  Ettinger 
to  my  brother  Jonathan's  for  whon, 
he  was  working  at  the  time. 

The  next  day  (Saturday)  I  butcher- 
ed. After  the  hogs  were  killed  and 
the  lard  was  on  the  fire  for  render- 
ing, I  took  a  pair  of  shoes  and  wen: 
over  to  Israel  Erb.  I  thought  if 
the  thing  was  known  I  would  find 
it  out.  Erb  and  I  did  not  speak  of 
it  that  afternoon.  When  I  returned 
home  Jonathan  and  Ettinger  were  at 
my  house.  They  had  finished  rend- 
ering the  lard  and  put  away  the  meat. 
I  had  some  wine  in  the  cellar  at  the 
time.  They  had  drank  of  it  pretty- 
freely.  We  waited  until  after  dark 
when  we  three  started  for  Kintzler's, 
I  don't  know  what  time  we  got  there, 
but  would  suppose  it  to  have  been 
about  9  o'clock.  We  then  got  a 
light  and  began  to  search  for  the 
money.  We  hunted  high  and  low 
in  every  place,  we  thought  there 
might  be  some,  but  found  only  sev- 
enty five  dollars.  ($75.00)  either  a 
few  cents  more  or  a  few  cents  less. 
Jonathan  found  an  old  coffee  pot 
in  the  west  conier  up  stairs  under 
the  bed.  It  contained  something 
like  fifty  two  dollars.  Ettinger 
found  a  paste  board  box  with  some 
thing  like  twenty  dollars  in  it.  The 
largest  piece  of  money  found  was 
a  five  dollar  bill,  which  was  in  the 
coffee  pot.  The  next  largest  was  a 
dollar  in  coin.  The  coffee  pot  had 
a  great  many  pennies  in  it.  The 
paste  board  box  had  all  silver  coin 
in  it.  After  we  had  hunted  several 
hours  and  found  no  more,  we  made 
preparations  to  leave.  I  split  kindl- 
ing while  Jonathan  and  Ettinger 
carried  the  old  man  into  the  house. 
We  then  kindled  a  fire  under  the 
bed,  piled  wood  on  it  and  left.  Be- 
sides the  money,  we  took  with  us 
some  upper  leather,  a  small  compass, 
and  I  think  that  Jonathan  had  a  small 
pair  of  pincers.  We  then  went  to 
my  house.  I  got  a  light.  We  went 
to  the  cellar  and  there  counted  and 
divided  the  money.  I  would  never 
have  consented  to  the  murder;  had 
I  not  been  influenced  by  Erb  and 
sorely  pressed  for  money. 

OUES. — Was  any  money  under  the 
bed? 

ANS. — We  found  none.  Erb  said 
there  was  money  buried  there  but. 
we  found  none. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


QUES. — Was  Miss  Lepley's  story 
true? 

ANS. — I  think  it  was.  The  way  she 
came  and  went  she  would  not  have 
seen  the  old  people.  The  old  wo- 
man was  lying  behind  the  door,  and 
the  old  man  down  toward  the  spring. 
I  say  it  was  true. 

QUES. — How  about  the  dog? 

ANS. — When  we  were  there  Fri- 
day evening,  the  old  man  told  us 
that  he  was  punishing  his  dog.  He 
had  a  long  stick  tied  to  his  neck.  On 
Saturday  evening  I  heard  the  dog 
groan  in  his  kennel  which  was  along 
side  of  the  house.  How  he  got  to 
the  fence  I  do  not  know.  Perhaps 
he  ran  there  when  the  house  was 
burning  and  got  fast  with  the  stick 
tied    to   him. 

QUES. — Did  you  scatter  pennies 
through  the  house? 

ANS. — We  did  not,  we  took  all  the 
money  with  us  that  we  found. 

The  following  is  a  certificate  of  the 
above  confession  by  his  spiritual  ad- 
visor, A.  H.  Spangler,  to  the  pub- 
lic:— 

I  certify  that  the  above  is  a  true 
and  correct  confession  made  to  me 
by  Uriah  Moyer  before  his  execu- 
tion. I  believe  it  to  be  true  in  every 
particular,  thinking  that  I  am  cap- 
able of  judging  its  truthfulness,  hav- 
ing been  associated  with  the  poor  un- 
fortunate man  as  his_  spiritual  ad- 
visor. I  make  it  public  so  that  the 
people  may  understand  a  subject 
which  has  agitated  the  public  mind 
for  five  long  years.  I  do  not  rea- 
lize a  penny  from  the  publication  of 
this  confession.  I  will  never  seize 
hold  of  the  unfortunate  condition  of 
others  to  make  money. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  FARMS 

PRODUCE  $3,386,049.33 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  value 
of  some  of  the  crops  produced  in 
Snyder  County  the  past  year: 

Wheat $     850,628.80 

Corn 1,206,369.45 

Rye 77,817.48 

Oats,    365,619.20 

Buckwheat,     44,892.00 

Hay,    484,671.00 

Potatoes,    356,051.40 

Total $3,386,049.33 


PUBLIC  SAFETY 
COMMITTEE 


COUNTY   OFFICERS 
Chairman, 
C.  T.  Aikens,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Vice    Chairman, 
P.    Herman,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

Executive   Secretary, 

W.   Wagenseller,  Middleburg,  Pa. 

Assistant    Secretary, 

Miss  Clara  R.  Winey,  Middleburg,  Pa. 

Treasurer, 

K.    C.    Walter,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 


Dr. 


Dr. 


Geo. 


ORGANIZATION 

The  Committee  of  Public  Safety 
of  Snyder  County  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Brumbaugh,  and  was  or- 
ganized in  the  Court  House,  Middle- 
burg,  Pa.,   May  2,   1917. 

From  May  11th  to  May  19th,  six- 
teen public  meetings  were  held  in 
the  various  districts  of  the  county 
urging  the  cultivation  of  more  acres 
for  the  production  of  food. 

June  5th,  assistance  was  given  to 
the  registration  officers  for  the  regis- 
tration of  conscripts  for  the  army. 

From  August  5th  to  August  11th, 
ten  canning  demonstrations  were 
held  in  different  parts  of  the  county. 

The  Committee  co-operated  with 
the  Liberty  Loan  Committee  in  float- 
ing the  First  and  Second  Liberty 
Loan  Bonds. 

The  organization  is  now  (January 
1918)  reaching  out  for  the  purpose 
of  selling  War  Stamps  and  inaugur- 
ating speaking  campaigns  against 
German  propoganda. 

Prior  to  January  5,  1918,  there 
were  only  21  members.  On  account 
of  increased  work  some  270  new 
members  were  elected  Jan.  5,  1918, 
bringing  the  total  membership  up 
to  more  than   290. 


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221 


Department  Directors 

Finance,  H.  D.  Schnure,  Selinsgrove. 
Publicity,    Speakers'    Bureau    and    4- 

Minute   Men   and   Legislation,    Dr. 

John  I.  Woodruff,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Allied  Bodies,  C.  A.  Baker,  McClure. 
Sanitation  and  Medicines,  Dr.  Perci- 

val  Herman,  Kratzerville,  Pa. 
Civic  Relief,  Prof.  E.  E.  Wetzel,  Bea- 

vertown,  Pa. 
Food,  Geo.  R.  Hendricks,  Selinsgrove. 
Material,  Jere  G.  Snyder,  Port  Trev- 

orton,   Pa. 
Industrial  Plants,  Ira  G.  Sanders,  R. 

2,  Northumberland,   Pa. 
Motor  Trucks,     Fuel     Administrator 

and  War  Saving  Stamps,  Wm.   A. 

Hassinger,   Middleburg,   Pa. 
Civilian   Service  and     Labor,     Boys' 

Working   Reserve,    Prof.    Isaac   D. 

App,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Military  Service,  Col.  Wm.  F.  Brown, 

Freeburg,  Pa. 
Naval    Service,    F.    S.    Gingrich,    Mt. 

Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 
Guards  Police  and  inspection,  C.  A. 

Hassinger,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
Transportation,    Railroads,      Electric 

Rys.,    Motors,    Highways   and   Wa- 
terways,    Geo.     W.     Wagenseller, 

Middleburg,  Pa. 
Home   Defense    Police   Force,    Frank 

A.   Eyer,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Federal    Food    Administrator,    R.    L. 

Schroyer,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 


Vice    Chairmen    of    Food    Committee. 


Executive    Committee 

Aikens,   Dr.    C.   T.,   Selinsgrove. 
App,  Isaac,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Baker,   C.   A.   McClure,  Pa. 
Brown,   Wm.   F.,   Preeburg,   Pa. 
Eyer,  F.   A.,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Ferster,   E.   E.,   Richfield,   Pa. 
Gingrich,   F.    S.,   Mt.    Pleasant   Mills. 
Graybill,    H.    C,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 
Hall,  George,  Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 
Hassinger,  C.  A.,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
Hassinger,   W.   A.,   Swineford,   Pa. 
Hayes,  Dr.  H.  D.,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Hendricks,   Geo.  R.,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Herman,   Dr.   Percival,  Kratzerville. 
Herman,  W.  H.,  Troxelville,  Pa. 
Pontius,    George,    Kreamer,    Pa. 
Sanders,  Ira  G.,  Northumberland,  Pa. 
Schnure,  H.  D.,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Schroyer,  R.  L.,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Snyder,  Jere  G.,  Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 
Wagenseller,   Geo.   W.,   Middleburg. 
Walter,   K.    C,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Wetzel,    E.    E.,    Beavertown,    Pa. 
Winey,   Clara  R.,   Middleburg,   Pa. 
Witmer,  G.  M.,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Woodruff,  Dr.  J.  I.,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 


Adams — C.    M.    Ingram,    Troxelville. 

Beavertown — Harvey  Krebs,  Beaver- 
town. 

Beaver  W. — Mrs.  J.   F.   Wetzel,   Mc- 
Clure. 

Center — Dr.  J.  W.  Sampsell,  P.  Creek 

Chapman— Jas.  Swartz,  R.  D.  2,  Mt. 
Pleasant  Mills. 

Franklin — Mrs.  Wm.  Kauffman,  R.  1, 
Middleburg. 

Jackson — Eva   Herman,    Kratzerville. 

Middlecreek — Mrs.      J.      E.      Magee, 
Kreamer. 

Monroe — Jno.  Hummel,  R.  D.  W'field 

Middleburg — Mrs.    W.    A.    Hassinger, 
Middleburg. 

Perry — Mrs.    Dr.    M.    Rothrock,    ML 
Pleasant  Mills. 

Perry    West — N.    P.    Kratzer,    R.    D. 
Richfield. 

Penns— Miss    Ida    Miller,    R.    D.      J, 
Selinsgrove. 

Spring — -Clymer        Romig,        Beaver 
Springs,   Pa. 

Selinsgrove — Mrs.    Chas.      W.      Her- 
man,   Selinsgrove. 

Union — Ammon  S.  Sechrist,  R.  D.  3. 
Selinsgrove. 

Washington — B.  F.  Harley,  Freeburg 


ADAMS  TOWNSHIP 
W.    H.    Herman,    Chairman,    Troxel- 
ville, Pa. 

C.  M.    Ingram,    Troxelville,    Pa. 
Jas.   T.   Herman,   Troxelville,   Pa. 

D.  L.   Middleswarth,   Troxelville,   Pa. 
Ira  Lose,  R.  D.  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Isaac  Gearhart,  R.  D.,  Middleburg. 
A.  W.  Gill,  R.  D.  1,  Beavertown,  Pa. 
J.  F.   Bingaman,  R.   1,  Beavertown. 
Merril  Bingaman,  R.   1,  Beavertown. 
Esther  Middleswarth,  Troxelville. 
Nettie   Aurand.   Troxelville,   Pa. 
Miriam    Gill,    Troxelville,    Pa. 
Laura  Krebs,   Troxelville,   Pa. 
Bessie   Duck,   R.    1,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
Annie    Wagner,    Troxelville,    Pa. 

Speakers:  J.  T.  Herman,  C.  M.  In- 
gram,  Isaac   Gearhart  and  Ira   Lose. 


BEAVER   TWP.    &   BEAVERTOWN 

Prof.  E.  E.  Wetzel,  Chairman,  Beav- 
ertown,  Pa. 

John  W.  Hassinger,  R.  1,  Middleburg 
Harvey    Krebs,    Beavertown,    Pa. 
A.   W.   Hetrick,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
Park   Schlegel,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
W.    W.   Droese,   Beavertown,    Pa. 
William    Specht,    Beavertown,    Pa. 
Miss    Anna    Snyder,    Beavertown. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Miss  Mary  Engle,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
Rev.  Geo.  C.  Kunkle,  Beavertown. 
J.   W.   Engle,    Beavertown,   Pa. 
Dr.   E.   M.   Miller,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
Max  H.   Bingaman,   Beavertown,   Pa. 
John    P.    Walker,    Beavertown,    Pa. 
Miss   Alice   Haines,   Beavertown,    Pa. 
Mrs.  M.  C.  Kearns,  Beavertown,  Pa. 
Geo.  C.  Walker,  Beavertown,  Pa. 
Miss  Myrtle   Rearick,   Beavertown. 

Speakers:  Rev.  Geo.  C.  Kunkle, 
J.  W.  Engle,  Dr.  E.  M.  Miller,  Max 
H.  Bingaman,  Jno.  P.  Walker,  Miss 
Alice  Haines,  and  Mrs.  M.  C.  Kearns. 


BEAVER,    WEST    TWP. 
C.  A.  Baker.  Chairman,  McClure,  Pa. 
Prof.  J.  F.  Wetzel,  McClure,  Pa. 
Ner  B.  Middleswartn,  McClure,  Pa. 

E.  S.   Hoknbrok,   McClure,   Pa. 

H.   A.   Wagner,   R.   1,  McClure,   Pa. 

F.  B.   Wagner,   R.    1,   McClure,   Pa. 
Wm.  F.  Heeter,  R.   1,  McClure,  Pa. 
E.   W.   P.   Benfer,  McClure,  Pa. 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Wetzel,  McClure.  Pa. 
Mrs.   E.  W.  P.  Benfer,  McClure,  Pa. 
Mrs.   P.    E.    Whiffcn,   McClure,   Pa. 
Dr.    M.    E.    Wagner,    McClure,    Pa. 

J.  I.  Gill,  McClure,  Pa. 

Speakers:  J.  F.  Wetzel,  Ner  B. 
Middleswarth,  E.  S.  Hoknbrok  and 
Dr.   M.   E.   Wagner. 


CENTER   TOWNSHIP 
C.    A.    Hassinger,    Chairman,    Penns 

Creek,  Pa. 
Dr.  J.   W.   Sampsell,   Fenns   Creek. 
W.  F.  Sanders,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
W.  G.  Bingaman,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
Frank  H.  Stine,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
Jno.   C.   Showers,  Penns  Creek,     Pa. 
Theodore  Bingaman,  Penns  Creek. 
Ira  Walter,  R.   D.,   Middleburg,   Pa. 
Jas.  A.  Bowersox,  R.  2,  Middleburg. 
Miss   Effie   Bowersox,   R.   D.,   Mbg. 
Miss  Evelyn  M.  Hassinger,  P.  Creek. 
Miss  Aima   Shenkle,  Penns   Creek. 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Breon,  Penns  Creek,  Pa. 
Mrs.  Rev.  F.   F.  Mayer,   P.   Creek. 
Mrs   Warren    Walter,    Penns    Creek. 
Miss  Minerva  Kuhns,   Penns  Creek. 

Speakers:  W.  G.  Bingaman,  W.  F. 
Sanders,  Jno.  C.  Showers  and  Theo- 
dore Bingaman. 


CHAPMAN   TOWNSHIP 
Geo.    Hall,    Chairman,    R.    1,      Port 

Trevorton,   Pa. 
James    Swartz,    R.    2,    Mt.    Pleasant 

Mills,   Pa. 
C.  S.  Hall,  R.  D.  Liverpool. 
J.  B.   Rohrer,  R.  D.   Port  Trevorton. 
Wm.  Troutman,  R.  D.  Port  Trevorton 


Henry  Hile,  R.  D.  Port  Trevorton. 
Geo.  Newman,  R.  D.  Port  Trevorton 
J.  Albert  Herrold,   Port  Trevorton. 
Milton   Shaffer,  Port  Trevorton. 
Percival  Reichenbach,  Pt.  Trevorton. 
Albert  B.   Rine,   McKees  Half  Falls. 
Wm.  Moyer,  Meiserville. 
Miss  Jessie  Hall,  R.  D.  Pt.  Trevorton. 
Miss  May  Hall,  Liverpool. 
Miss  Laura  Rine,  McKees  Half  Falls. 
Miss  Minnie  Rine,  McKees  Half  Falls 
Miss    Blanche    Attinger,    R.    D.    Port 

Trevorton. 

Speakers:  J.  B.  Rohrer,  Wm. 
Troutman,  Heniy  Hile,  George  New- 
man  and   J.   Albert  Herrold. 


FRANKLIN  TOWNSHIP 

W.  A.    Hassinger,   Chairman,   Middle- 
burg, Pa. 

H.    C.    Graybill,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

Prof.  W.  W.  Brunner,  Paxtonville. 

Clark   S.    Boyer,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

William  Kauffman,  R.  1,  Middleburg. 

E.   D.   H.   Walter,   R.    1,   Middleburg. 

Harvey  Hare,  R.   2,  Middleburg,  Pa. 

Jay  Dreese,   R.    2,   Middleburg,   Pa. 

Earl   G.   Winey,  R.  4,  Middleburg. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Graybill,  Paxtonville,  Pa. 

Mrs.   Guy  H.   Oldt,  Paxtonville,  Pa. 

Mrs.  Wm.  Kauffman  R.  1,  Middleburg 

Miss  Mazie  Renninger,  R.  4,  Middle- 
burg, Pa. 
Speakers:     Prof.   W.  W.  Brunner, 

H.  C.  Graybill  and  Mrs.  H.  C.  Gray- 
bill. 


JACKSON    TOWNSHIP 
Dr.      Percival      Herman,      Chairman, 

Kratzerville,    Pa. 
Harry   Wagner,   Kratzerville,   Pa. 
Jno.    C.    Bailey,   Kratzerville,   Pa. 
Luther  Dauberman,  Kratzerville,  Pa. 
Peter    Klingler,    R.    D.    Middleburg. 
Amnion   Erdley,   R.   D.    Middleburg. 
Chas.  J.  Beaver,  R.  D.  Winfield. 
Reno   Snyder,  R.   3,  Middleburg,   Pa. 
M.   H.   Moyer,    Winneld,   Pa. 
Harry  Wetzel,  New  Berlin,  Pa. 
Jesse    Cornelius,    New    Berlin,    Pa. 
Lewis    Miller,    New    Berlin,    Pa. 
Eva  Herman,   Kratzerville,  Pa. 
Mrs.    H.    M.   Derk,   Kratzerville. 
Mrs.    Alvin    Herman,    Kratzerville. 
Mrs.   Jacob   Ritter,   R.   D.   Winneld. 
Mrs.  Thomas  Lepley,  R.  D.  Winfield. 
Mrs.  Harvey  Bilger,  R.  3,  Middleburg 
Harvey    Arbogast,    Winneld. 

Speakers:  Luther  Dauberman, 
Ammon  Erdley,  Chas.  J.  Beaver,  Re- 
no Snvder,  Jesse  Cornelius  and  Lew- 
is Miller. 


PUBLIC   SAFETY   COMMITTEE 


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MIDDLEBURG   BORO 

Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  Chairman,  Mid- 

dleburg,  Pa. 
Rev.  H.  D.  Hayes,  D.  D.,  Mbg.,  Pa. 
Edwin    Charles,    Middleburg,    Pa. 
Prof.  T.  A.  Stetler,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Prof.   T.  F.   Shambach,  Middleburg. 
James  G.  Thompson,  Middleburg. 
John    R.    Kreeger,    Swineford,    Pa. 
Jas.   T.    Sigler,   Middleburg,   Pa. 
M.  I.  Potter,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Mrs.  A.  D.  Gougler,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Mrs.    Elizabeth    Smith,    Middleburg. 
Mrs.  I.  L.   Walter,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Mrs.   J.   R.   Kreeger,    Swineford,   Pa. 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Hassinger,  Swineford. 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Herman,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Mrs.    Wm.    Roush,    Middleburg,    Pa. 
Miss  Clara  R.  Winey,  Middleburg,  Pa. 
Mrs.    Laura   Keiter,   Middleburg,   Pa. 

Speakers:  Rev.  H.  D.  Hayes,  Ed- 
win Charles,  Prof.  T.  A.  Stetler, 
Prof.  T.  F.  Shambach,  Wm.  A.  Has. 
singer,  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller,  Rev.  S. 
A.  Snyder  and  Rev.  A.  C.  Mingle. 


MIDDLECREEK  TWP. 
George  Pontius,  Chairman,  Kreamer, 

Penna. 
Roy  W.   Dietrick,  Kreamer,   Pa. 
W.    J.    Heintzelman,    Kreamer,    Pa. 
Miss    Edna    Seaman,    Kreamer,    Pa. 
James    E.    Magee.    Kreamer,    Pa. 
George   Bover,   Kreamer,    Pa. 
Ammon  Maurer,   R.   3.   Middleburg. 
Albert  J.    Stetler,   Globe   Mills,   Pa. 
J.   A.   Eichman,   Globe   Mills,   Pa. 
Mrs.   J.   E.   Magee,  Kreamer,  Pa. 
Miss   Florence   Bilger,   Kreamer,    Pa. 
Norman    P.    Hummel,    Kreamer,    Pa. 
Geo.    A.    Erdley,    Globe   Mills,    Pa. 

Speakers:      Roy    W.    Dietrick,    W. 
J.  Heintzelman  and  Miss  Edna   Sea- 


MONROE  TOWNSHIP 
I.   G.   Sanders,   Chairman,  R.  2,  Nor- 
thumberland, Pa. 
Paul   Schnee,   Shamokin   Dam,   Pa. 
Merril    Boust,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 
W.   S.   Kuhn,   Shamokin   Dam,   Pa. 
H.   Eisenhauer,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 
Miss  Mae  Boust,  Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 
Robert  App,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Miss  Kathryn  Jarrett,  Selinsgrove. 
Miss   Edna   App,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 
Brian  Teats,   R.   2,  Northumberland. 
A    R    Young,  R.  2,  Northumberland. 
Rev    D.   A.    Artman,   R.   2,  N'rland. 
W     C.    Shaffer,   R.    2,   N'rland,    Pa. 
A.  G.  Kauffman,  R.  2,  N'rland,  Pa. 
Miss   Eva   Hane,   R.    2,   N'rland     Pa. 
Hayes    Jarrett,    R.    2,    N'rland,    Pa. 
Miss  Mary  Young,  R.  2,  N'rland,  Pa. 
S.   M.   Troxel,    Winfield,   Pa. 


John    Hummel,    Winfield,    Pa. 
D.   S.   Hess,   Winfield,   Pa. 
Jeremiah   Beaver,   Winfield,   Pa. 
Joseph   Lepley,    Winfield,    Pa. 
Chas.    Sassaman,   Winfield,   Pa. 
Mrs.    John    Hummel,    Winfield,    Pa. 
Mrs.  S.  M.  Troxel,  Winfield,  Pa. 

Speakers:  I.  G.  Sanders,  Merril 
Boust,  W.  S.  Kuhn,  H.  Eisenhauer, 
A.  R.  Young,  Rev.  D.  A.  Artman, 
Mrs.    S.   M.   Troxell. 


PENN  TOWNSHIP 

G.    M.    Witmer,      Chairman      Selins- 
grove, Pa. 

Wm.    A.    Erdley,    R.    D.,    Selinsgrove 
Wm.    K.    Miller,    R.    2,    Selinsgrove. 
Harvey    Smith,    R.    D.,    Selinsgrove. 
Wm.    C.    Stetler,   R.   D.,    Selinsgrove. 
Rev.  H.  G.  Snablc,  R  2,  Selinsgrove. 
Mrs.    Ida    G.    Colbv,    Selinsgrove 
Frank  Troup,  R.  D.,  Selinsgrove. 
I.   L.   Luck,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Hucchlin  E.  Boyer,  R.  2,  Selinsgrove. 
Jno.    F.    Dinius     R.    2,    Selinsgrove. 
Howard   Row,   R.   2,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Geo.    M.    Witmer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 
Miss    Carrie    Wagner,    Selinsgrove. 
Miss  Ida   Miller,   R.    2,   Selinsgrove. 
Frank  P.  Kuster,  Selinsgrove. 
Jefferson  Erdley,  R.  2,  Selinsgrove. 
Theo.  M.  Herman,  R.  D..  Middleburg. 
Sneakers:      Wm.    A.    Erdley,    Wm. 
K.    Miller.    Harvev    Smith,    Wm.      C. 
Stetler,  Rev.  H.   G.  Snable  and  Mrs. 
Ida   G.    Colby. 


PERRY  TOWNSHIP 

F.  S.  Gingrich,  Chairman,  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant Mills,   Pa. 

W    A.  Arbogast,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills. 

Dr    W    W.   Longacre,   Mt.   PI.   Mills. 

J    H.  Shaffer,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

G     A.    Shetterly,    Mt.    PI.    Mills,    Pa. 

Jonathan   Knouse,   Mt.   PI.   Mills,  Pa. 

J.    L.   Meiser,   Liverpool,   Pa. 

Mrs    J.  A.  Kepler,  Mt.  PI.  Mills,  Pa. 

Mrs    M    Rothrock,  Mt.  PI.  Mills,  Pa. 

Miss  Effie  Hornberger,  Mt.  PI.  Mill?. 

Miss  Lena  Knouse,  Mt.  PI.  Mills,  Pa. 

Mrs    C    W.  Troutman.  Mt.  PI.  Mills. 

R     A.    Garman,    Mt.    PL    Mills,    Pa 

C     E.    Botteiger,    Mt.    PI.    Mills,    Pa. 

H    C.  Rauch,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

T    A    Shaffer,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

F    R  Spotts,  R.   1,  Port  Trevortcn. 

F  S  Troup,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 
'Speakers:      R.    A.    Garman,    C.    E. 

Botteiger,  H.  C.  Rauch.  T.  A.  Shaf- 
fer, F.  R.  Spotts,  F.  S.  Troup  and  F. 

S.    Gingrich. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


WEST   PERRY   TWP. 

E.  E.    Ferster,    Chairman,    Richfield, 
Penna. 

H.   S.   Hornberger,   Richfield,   Pa. 
T.   J.    Spriggle,    Richfield,   Pa. 
Jas.   S.   Leitzel,  Richfield,  Pa. 

F.  H.   Garman,   Richfield,   Pa. 

C.  M.  Arbogast,  R.  1,  McAlisterville. 
J.   W.   Garman,   Richfield,  Pa. 
N.   P.   Kratzer,   Richfield,   Pa. 
C.    0.    Lawver,    Richfield,    Pa. 
Miss   Carrie   Snook,   Richfield,    Pa. 
Miss  Lottie  Winey,  Richfield,  Pa. 

Speakers:  H.  S.  Hornberger,  T. 
J.  Spriggle,  Jas.  S.  Leitzel  and  E.  E. 
Ferster. 


SELINSGROVE  BORO 
K.  C.  Walter,  Chairman,  Selinsgrove. 
Prof.    Sumner   Smyser,   Selinsgrove. 
Frank   A.    Eyer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Marion    S.    Schoch,    Selinsgrove,    Pa 
R.   L.    Schroyer,   Selinsgrove,    Pa. 
E.  R.  Wingard,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Dr.   Geo.   E.  Fisher,   Selinsgrove,   Pa 
Dr.  H.  A.  Allison,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Hon.  Chas.  W.  Herman,  Selinsgrove. 
Rev.  W.  F.  Pfeifcr,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Rev.  J.  B.  Focht,  D.  D.,  Selinsgrove. 
Rev.  J.   E.   Kahler,   Selinsgrove. 
Rev.    Leon    Drumheller,    Selinsgrove. 
Rev.   Leroy  Baker,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
C.  C.  Walter,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Will   Sholly,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 
Mrs.  Frank  A.  Eyer,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Mrs.   Chas.  Foster,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Mrs.  C.  P.  Ulrich,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Mrs.  D.  G.  Schucker,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 
Mrs  Chas.  W.  Herman,  Selinsgrove. 
R.   C.  North,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Speakers:  Sumner  Smyser,  Frank 
A.  Eyer,  Marion  S.  Schoch,  R.  L. 
Schroyer,  E.  R.  Wingard,  Dr.  G.  E. 
Fisher,  Dr.  H.  A.  Allison,  Hon.  Chas. 
W.   Herman. 


SPRING  TOWNSHIP 
Prof.    I.    D.    App,    Chairman,    Beaver 
Springs,  Pa. 

J.  C.  Shambach,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Clymer   Romig,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 
J.  B.  Spangler,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
F.    P.   Decker,   Beaver   Springs,    Pa. 
Frank  Dreese,   Beaver  Springs,   Pa. 
William   Yost,   Middlecreek,   Pa. 
James    Klingler,    Middlecreek,    Pa. 
Jonas   Benfer,   Benfer,   Pa. 
Frank  Mattern,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Frank  Koch,  Benfer,  Pa. 
Geo.  D.  Lantz,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Calvin   Herbster,   Benfer,   Pa. 
John    Smith,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 


Lester  Gross,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
William  Riegle,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Rev.   T.   H.   Matterness,   B.   Springs 
J.  F.  Snook,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Jesse   Ewing,   Beaver  Springs,   Pa. 
Mrs.  I.  D.  App,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Miss  Jennie   Bilger,   Beaver   Springs. 
Mrs.  Geo.  Smith,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Mrs.   Ezra   Steininger,   B.   Springs. 
Mrs.  John   Smith,  Beaver  Springs. 
Mrs.  H.  G.  Manbeck,  Beaver  Springs. 
Hurley   Romig,    Beaver   Springs,    Pa. 
James   Keller,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa. 
Monroe  Aurand,  Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 
Speakers:      Calvin   Herbster,   John 
Smith,     Lester   Gross,      Wm.   Riegel, 
Rev.  T.  H.  Matterness,  J.  F.   Snook, 
and   Jesse   Ewing. 


UNION  TOWNSHIP 
Jere    G.    Snyder,       Chairman,       Port 

Trevorton,  Pa. 
T.   G.  Herrold,  Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 
Arch.    A.    Aucker,    Port   Trevorton. 
John    C.    Herrold,    Port    Trevorton. 
George  Gaugler,  Port  Trevorton. 
Albert  Wise,   Port  Trevorton,   Pa. 
A.  S.  Sechrist,  R.  3,  Selinsgrove. 
George   Aucker,    R.    3,    Selinsgrove. 
Geo.  K.  Scholl,  R.  3,  Selinsgrove. 
Miss  Mayme  Boyer,  Port  Trevorton. 
Mrs.  Hattie  Bogar,  Port  Trevorton. 
Miss  Edna  Aucker,  R.  3,  Selinsgrove. 
Mrs.  Marie  Bierly,  R.  2,  Pt.  T'rton. 
Mrs.  Bertha  Aucker,  R.  3  Selinsgrove 

Speakers:  T.  G.  Herrold,  Arch.  A. 
Aucker,  John  C.  Herrold  and  Am- 
nion S.  Sechrist. 


WASHINGTON   TOWNSHIP 

Col.  Wm.  F.  Brown,  Chairman,  Free- 
burg,  Pa. 

H.    A.    Klingler,    R.    4,    Middleburg. 

G.  A.  Shaffer,  R.  3,  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

J.  F.  Minium,  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Chas.   W.   Bassler,  Freeburg,   Pa. 

B.  F.  Harley,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Calvin  F.   Moyer,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Rev.  H.  J.   Croushore,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Prof.    Geo.    W.    Walborn,    Freeburg. 

T.   E.  Hoff,  Freeburg,   Pa. 

Miss  Mary  Wiest,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Miss  Mary  A.  Houtz,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Miss  Ada  Hilbish,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Mrs.  Myron  A.  Moyer,  Freeburg,  Pa. 

Mrs.   Emma  J.   Bassler,   Freeburg. 

Milton  B.  Hill,  R.  D.  3.  Selinsgrove. 

F.   F.    Glass,   Freeburg,   Pa. 

Mrs.  Chas.  A.  Riegel,  Freeburg,  Pa. 
Speakers:     Rev.   H.   J.   Croushore, 

Prof.    G.    W.    Walborn    and    Wm.   F. 

Brown. 


OLD   "RICHARD,"   A   RARE    SPECIMEN 


225 


Henry  Mertz,  An  Odd  Character 


Akron,  Ohio-  Jan.  22,  1918. 
Mr.  Geo.  W.  Wagenseller, 

Middleburg,  Pa. 
Dear  Sir: — 

I  have  read  with  a  great  deal  of 
interest  and  some  amusement  the 
various  articles  printed  in  the  POST 
concerning  the  local  history  of  Mid- 
dleburg  and  vicinity.  It  may  be  said 
that  I  am  a  "crank"  on  local  history. 
Keep  on  printing  HISTORY.  I  do 
not   care   about   poetry. 

I  will  herewith  enclose  a  picture 
of  a  man,  if  man  he  was,  who  was 
known  by  almost  every  man,  woman 
and  child  in  the  community,  who  liv- 
ed there  fifty  years  ago.  I  believe  it 
would  be  a  "hit"  if  you  could  repro- 
duce this  picture  and  print  it  in  the 
POST.  Scores  of  your  subscribers 
would,  I  think,  recognize  the  homely 
features  of  that  notorious  charact- 
er who  was  commonly  known  as  "Der 
Richard."  His  real  name  was  Henry 
Mertz.  This  picture  was  one  of  the 
first  attempts  at  photograhy  of  my 
brother,  Charles,  in,  I  think  1865, 
fifty  years  ago. 

I  hardly  know  to  whom  I  should 
refer  ycu,  so  you  could  gain  the  most 
information  in  regard  to  this  weil 
known  man.  However,  I  think  if  you 
show  the  picture  to  John  F.  or  Cal. 
Stetler,  or  to  the  older  Stahlneckers 
or  Bachmans.  they  could  tell  you 
more  about  him  than  I  can.  One 
thing  I  know  that  Mr.  Mertz  was  a 
private  in  172  Regt.  P.  M..  He  went 
as  a  substitute  for  a  drafted  man  in 
the  Civil  War.  I  think  it  was  for 
Elias    Steininger. 

In  regard  to  Col.  Shoemaker's 
man,  John  Ironcutter:  I  have  bee1! 
wondering  why  a  German  shoul  1 
have  such  a  name,  when  the  name 
Eisenhauer  is  such  a  familiar  one  to 
the  people  of  Middleburg.  Less  th^n 
50  years  ago  at  least  one  family  by 
that  name  lived  on  the  banks  of 
Stump's  run  not  far  from  where  it 
flows  into  Middlecreek  and  a  little 
more  than  a  stone's  throw  from 
where  Stump  killed  these  Indians  in 
Harry  Smith's  meadow. 

I  was  always  told  that  Stump  fill- 
ed those  Indians  with  whiskey  and 
while  they  were  in  an  alcoholic  stup- 
or he  dispatched  them  with  a  toma- 
hawk. 


I  had  never  heard  the  name  Iron- 
cutter  before  reading  it  in  Col.  Shoe- 
maker's article.  I  may  be  "putting 
my  foot  into"  something  when  I  say 
that  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  "Iron- 
cutter"  is  a  myth. 

J.    C.   SHUMAN. 

P.  S.  I  would  have  mentioned 
some  of  the  old  Greeks  and  Romans, 
but  I  was  afraid  in  my  attempt  to 
connect  them  with  old  "Richard."  I 
would  make  a   "botch"   of  it. 

J.  C.  S. 


HENRY   MERTZ, 

A  familiar  character  about  Middle- 
burg 50  years  ago,  and  was  known 
as  "Der  Richard."  Photo  loaned  the 
POST  by  Dr.  Shurnan,  of  Akron, 
Ohio. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


HENRY  MERTZ 


Upon  inquiry,  we  learn  that  Henry 
Mertz  went  as  a  substitute  for  Elias 
Steininger,  was  a  member  of  Co.  C 
172nd  Inf.  He  was  very  fond  of 
drink  and  nearly  always  wore  a  red 
bandanna  handkerchief  around  his 
neck.  He  loved  his  booze  and  wo- 
men of  low  morality. 

On  a  Sunday  in  a  County  hotel 
Mertz  and  others  were  drinking  and 
dancing.  Some  one  tripped  Mertz. 
He  fell  over  a  chair  and  sustained 
internal  injuries  from  the  effects  of 
which  he  died.  He  is  buried  at  Cen- 
treville. 

While  at  Harrisburg  encamped  as 
a  soldier,  he  came  to  Selinsgrove 
without  leave,  practically  a  deserter. 
He  said  he  left  Harrisburg  because 
he  did  not  like  the  bad  river  water 
down  there.  He  was  not  arrested, 
but  was  returned  to  camp  and  be- 
came a  soldier  in  dead  earnest.  Prac- 
tically every  person  who  knew  Mertz, 
will  smile  and  say,  "He  was  a  char- 
acter.' 


Adam  Kerstetter,  Philip  Neitz,  Nicho- 
las Brosius,  John  Hauser,  John  Heim, 
Christian  Shaeffer,  Adam  Leffler, 
George  Moyer,  Mathias  Witmer,  Geo. 
Herrold,  Jacob  Snyder,  Tobias  Bickle, 
John  Hester,  John  Faust,  Henry 
Groininger,  George  Troutner,  Martin 
Kerstetter,  C.  Faust,  sick;  Leonard 
Kerstetter,  Nicholaus  Shaffer,  Zacha- 
rias  Spengle,  Conrad  Farst,  Michael 
Newman,  Henry  Kauffman,  Peter 
Weis. 


REVOLUTIONARY    SOLDIERS    OF 
PENN  TOWNSHIP 


From  POST,  March  31,  1898. 

In  glancing  over  the  old  files  of 
the  POST  we  find  in  the  issue  dated 
Aug.  14,  1873,  the  following: 

John  B.  Linn  gives  the  following 
roll  of  Capt.  Weiser's  company  which 
was  from  Penn  township  in  the  nei- 
ghborhood of  Selinsgrove  will  no 
doubt  prove  interesting  to  our  read- 
ers as  many  of  the  descendants  of 
these  dead  heroes  are  still  living. 

A  MUSTER  ROLL  OF  CAPT.  BENJ. 

WEISER'S   COMPANY  OF 

NORTHUMBERLAND 

CO.  MILITIA  JUNE 

30,  1777. 

Capt.    Benjamin    Weiser, 

1st    Lt.    Christopher    Snyder, 

2nd  Lt.  Adam  Shaeffer, 

3rd  Lt.  Joseph  Van  Gundy, 

1st  Sergt.  Max  Hane. 

2nd,   Sergt.   George  Marshall, 

1st  Corp.  Philip  Moyer, 

2nd    Corp.    Frederick    Eisenhauer, 

Drummer,   Will   Thompson. 
PRIVATES 

Peter  Hosterman,  George  Peifer, 
John  Livengood,  Geo.  Brosius,  Thos. 
Ritch,    Andrew   Reitz,    John    Meiser, 


Philadelphia,  June  30,  1777. 

This  company  served  through  the 
term  of  duty  during  which  the  battles 
of  Trenton  and  Princeton  were 
fought  and  were  in  the  service  seven 
months. 


COL.  LEISENRING  HEAD  OF 
MOTOR  TRUCK  FACTORY 


(1918) 

Col.  Frank  S.  Leisenring,  who 
spent  several  hours  in  Middleburg 
last  week,  is  a  graduate  of  West 
Point,  and  has  been  advancing  rapid- 
ly up  the  official  scale.  In  August, 
he  was  made  Major  in  charge  of 
Camp  Seville,  Greenville,  S.  C.  and 
in  the  Quartermaster's  department, 
had  charge  of  feeding,  clothing  and 
equipping  30,000  men.  This  number 
of  men  represents  a  population  of  a 
city  as  large  as  Williamsport  and  re- 
quired a  train  load  of  supplies  every 
day. 

In  December  he  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  Colonel  and  was  placed 
in  charge  of  the  establishment, 
building  and  operation  of  a  motor 
truck  factory  for  the  government. 
A  site  was  purchased  in  Baltimore, 
at  a  cost  of  $139,000  and  the  work 
of  erecting  a  million  dollar  building 
is  now  under  the  direction  of  Col. 
Leisenring.  He  is  also  busy  gather- 
ing together  competent  machinists 
to  manufacture  motor  trucks.  The 
government  intends  manufacturing 
their  own  motor  trucks.  He  is  also 
employing  carpenters  for  the  erection 
of  the  building. 

The  many  friends  of  Col.  Leisen- 
ring extend  to  him  congratulations  on 
his  success  in  obtaining  this  respon- 
sible position  and  wish  him  abundant 
success  in  the  development  and  oper- 
ation of  the  plant. 


COLD  WEATHER  RECORDS 


227 


WINTER    IN    PIONEER    DAYS 

We  clip  the  following  for  you  from 
Charles  Pierce's  Diary  quoted  in 
"The  Climatology  of  Philadelphia" 
by  Weather  Bureau  Director  George 
S.  Bliss. 

The  winter  of  1697  was  long,  stor- 
my, and  severely  cold  all  over  the 
United  States.  The  Delaware  was 
closed  with  thick  ice  for  more  than 
three  months,  so  that  sleighs  and 
sleds  passed  from  Trenton  to  Phila. 
and  from  Phila.  to  Chester  on  the  ice. 

The  winter  of  1714  was  very  mild 
after  the  15th  of  January,  so  that 
the  trees  and  shrubbery  were  in 
bloom  the  first  week  in  February,  and 
the    spring  was   unusually  mild. 

The  whole  winter  of  1725  was 
mild,  but  the  spring  very  cold.  In 
March  snow  fell  to  the  depth  of  two 
feet  in  one  night. 

The  winter  of  1741  was  intensely 
cold.  The  Delaware  was  closed  from 
the  19th  of  December  to  the  13th 
of  March.  Many  creatures  died  from 
hunger  and  cold.  As  late  in  the  sea- 
son as  the  19th  of  April  snow  fell  to 
the  depth  of  three  feet,  after  which 
the  weather  became  warm,  and  the 
whole  summer  was  intensely  hot. 

In  1742  was  one  of  the  coldest 
winters  since  the  settlement  of  the 
country.  A  gentleman  drove  with 
horse  and  sleigh  through  Long  Island 
Sound  on  the  ice  to  Cape  Cod. 

The  winter  of  1750  was  very  open 
and  mild,  but  all  the  spring  months 
were  cold  and  stormy.  As  late  in 
the  season  as  the  30th  of  May,  snow 
lay  on  the  ground. 

The  winter  of  1756  was  very  mild. 
The  first  snow  was  as  late  as  the  18th 
of  March. 

On  the  31st  of  December,  1764, 
the  Delaware  was  frozen  completely 
over  in  one  night  and  the  weather 
continued  cold  until  the  28th  of 
March,  with  snow  about  two  and  a 
half  feet  deep. 

The  winter  of  1779  was  very  mild 
particularly  the  month  of  February, 
when  trees  were  in  blossom. 

The  whole  winter  of  1780  was  in- 
tensely cold.  The  Delaware  was 
closed  from  the  first  of  December  to 
the  fourteenth  of  March.  The  ice 
was  from  two  to  three  feet  thick. 

The  winter  of  1789  was  very  mild 
until  the  middle  of  February,  after 
which  the  whole  spring  was  so  cold 
that  fires  were  comfortable  until 
June.  The  summer  months  were  ex- 
cessively hot,  the  mercury  frequent- 
ly rising  to  96  degrees  in  the  shade. 


BELOW  ZERO  WEATHER 


POST,  Jan.   24,   1918. 

Saturday  morning,  Jan.  19,  ther- 
mometers registered  here  as  low  as 
16  degrees  below  zero;  18  degrees 
below  at  Selinsgrove.  Sunday  morn- 
ing, Jan.  20,  J.  E.  Stahlnecker's 
thermometer  on  a  wash  line  register- 
ed 32V2  below;  W.  A.  Hassinger  on 
his  porch  had  28  below;  Wm.  Romig, 
22  below.  Monday  morning  mercury 
varied  from  8  to  12  degrees  below 
zero.  Dec.  30th  it  was  18  below; 
Dec.  31,  14  below. 

The  first  snow  fell  Nov.  20th,  1917 
and  there  have  been  many  since  with 
scarcely  any  thaw  as  the  thermom- 
eter has  been  playing  around  zero, 
many  times  below.  Here  is  a  record 
of  snow  fall  kept  by  Wellington 
Smith,  of  Mifflintown,  a  native  of 
Middleburg,  and  as  this  section  had 
practically  the  same  snow  fall  we 
give  the  record  below: 
Record  of  Snow  Fall  to  Jan.  15  As 
Kept  by   Wellington    Smith 

Below  we  give  a  record  of  the 
fnow  fall  1917-8  winter  as  kept  by 
Wellington  Smith  for  government 
purposes.  This  record  is  correct 
and   needs  no   comment. 

The  first  snow  of  the  season  fell 
on  Nov.  20th  to  a  depth  of  .02  of  an 
inch.  This  was  followed  by  V2  inch 
r>n  Nov.  28th;  8V2  inches  on  Dec. 
8th;  1V2  inches  Dec.  13th;  5  inches 
Dec.  14th;  1  inch  Dec.  16th;  %  inch 
Dec.  17th;  1  inch  Jan.  2nd;  V2  inch 
Jan.  7th:  3  inches,  Jan.  12th,  and 
9  inches  Jan.  15th.  It  is  estimated 
th~t  the^e  is  now  an  accumulation  of 
16  inches  of  snow  standing  in  the 
woods. 

On  Jan.  3rd  the  thermometer  reg- 
istered 17  degrees  below  zero,  the 
coldest  weather  record  this  winter, 
nr>  +o  tint  time.  Six  days  in  suc- 
cession, from  Jan.  1st  to  6th,  the 
thermometer  registered  at  and  below 
zero.  This  is  the  coldest  continued 
weather  estimated  in  Juniata  County 
for  the  last  40  years. 

This  is  the  longest  and  most  se- 
vere cold  siege  that  was  ever  exper- 
ienced by  the  oldest  inhabitants.  It 
generally  means  an  early  spring,  and 
we  hope  the  forecast  will  be  correc4- 
for  many  reasons, — first  as  a  general 
relief  from  the  severe  weather  and 
pIso  for  the  purpose  of  getting  out 
the  spring  and  summer  crops  early 
to  give  them  plenty  of  time  to  ma- 
ture. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


PATRIOTISM  AT  SUSQUEHANNA 


On  account  of  the  war  conditions, 
into  which  our  country  has  been  drag- 
ged, Susquehanna,  along  with  other 
Colleges  of  our  land,  has  been  called 
upon  to  give  expression  to  her  patri- 
otism. Few  institutions,  if  any, 
have  suffered  more  seriously,  in  the 
matter  of  student  losses,  than  Sus- 
quehanna, for  more  than  40  per  cent, 
of  the  male  enrollment  of  last  year 
is  now  in  military  camps  or  in  service 
Somewhere  in  France. 

Through  voluntary  enlistment  and 
conscription,  the  upper  classes  of  all 
our  Colleges  have  been  depleted  and 
the  scarcity  of  help  among  the  farm- 
ers, as  well  as  the  lucrative  demands 
for  young  men,  in  the  munition  and 
various  industrial  plants,  thruout  the 
country,  have  prevented  many  from 
entering  college,  so  that  there  is  a  net 
loss  of  19  epr  cent,  in  the  enrollment 
of  the  Colleges  of  Penna. 

It  is  believed  Susquehanna  has 
contributed  as  many  men  for  the 
Army,  as  any  college  in  Pennsylva- 
nia, for  the  number  of  male  students 
enrolled.  The  Bond  and  Key  Club 
has  29  men  in  military  camps  and 
"somewhere  in  France"  and  the  Al- 
pha Sigma  Omega  Club  has  six  men 
enlisted,  while  the  University,  as 
such,  including  the  two  Clubs  has  the 
excellent  record  of  having  90  stu- 
dents and  alumni  in  the  various  de- 
partments of  the  army,  as  follows: 

Aikens,  Claude  Gitt. 

Allen,  Raymond  E. 

Attinger,  Frank. 

Baker,  Lawrence  M. 

Bateman,   S.  E.,  M.  D. 

Botsford,  Keith  R. 

Callahan,  Eugene  M. 

Cassler,    Geo.    W. 

Decker,  E.  R.,  M.  D.,  (degree  '17) 

Decker,  Lee  H. 

Dahlen,  Maxwell. 

Donachy,    Lee   H. 

Duck,  Wm.  B. 

Emerick,  John  B. 

Emerick,  Winston. 

Erdley,  Calvin  V. 

Farrel,  Harry  M. 

Follmer,  Harold  Wm. 

Foster,  Charles  R. 

Foulk,    Glenn   W. 

Frontz,  Rev.  C.  E. 

Furst,  Gordon  F. 

Gaul,  Joseph  F. 

Ginter,   Calvin  P. 

Gutshall,   Geo.   L. 

Haiston,  Frank  M. 

Harmon,  Jay  Paul. 


Harmon,  G.  Blair. 

Hackenberg,  Jbseph  F. 

Harpster,  Ralph  H. 

Heberling,  Ralph. 

Hilbish,   Philip   E. 

Hilbish,   W.   Bruce. 

Homan,  Robert. 

Horton,  James  B. 

Huntingdon,  Park  W. 

Jarrett,  Paul  Kepner. 

Keller,    W.    Nedson. 

Kirk,  George  E. 

Klepfer,  Albert  F. 

Kleskie,   Joseph. 

Knorr,  Harry  V. 

Kuster,    Clark   H. 

Landes,  Wm.  Latimer  S.,  M.  D. 

Lauver,   Guy  C. 

Liston,  Paul  A. 

Lenhart,  Lewis  E. 

Lesher,  Lea  R. 

Markley,  Arthur  R. 

Mease,   Robert  A. 

Miller,  Paul. 

Morgan,  Rev.  E.  M. 

Nicholas,   Ernest  W. 

Otto,  Theodore  a 

Peters,  Rev.  A.  B. 

Perry,  David  R. 

Phillips,    Garfield. 

Rearick,  R.  Burns. 

Rearick,  Walter  S. 

Remaly,    M.    W. 

Riden,  Jay  M. 

Rothfuss,  Howard  C. 

Rothfuss,  Paul  A. 

Rote,  John  S. 

Scharf,  Ralph  H. 

Schoch,  Andrew  D. 

Schoch,  Brewster  C. 

Schoch,  John  A.  S. 

Sechrist,   Claude. 

Snyder,  Elston. 

Steumpfie,  Herman  G. 

Staib,   Graef. 

Streamer,  Joseph  G. 

Stetler,  Russel  A. 

Swartz,  George  K. 

Swartz,  Wm.  B. 

Sweeley,  Donald  H. 

Stauffer,  Samuel  M. 

Shaffer,  Deane  H. 

Teichart,  Alvin  E. 

Thompson,  J.   W.,   M.   D. 

Traub,  Rev.  W.  H. 

Walter,  Ray  Bubb. 

Witmer,   Ralph. 

Whetstone,   Stanley  L. 

Woodruff,  Ralph  W. 

Waldron,  Lewis  S. 

Yetter,  Vilas. 

Young,  William  O 


OFFICERS    OF    SNYDER    COUNTY 


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OFFICERS    OF    SNYDER    COUNTY 


We  give  below  a  list  of  the  offi- 
cers of  Snyder  County  that  have 
served  since  the  organization  of  the 
County  and  the  members  of  the 
Legislature. 

Members    of    the    Legislature. 

Daniel   Witmer   elected   Oct.   1857. 
Wm.   F.    Wagenseller   elected   Oct. 
1858    and    1859. 

Henry  K.  Ritter  elected  1861,  1862 
and   1863. 

Dr.  Isaac  Hottenstein  elected  1865. 

J.  H.  Wright  elected  Oct.  1866. 

Geo.  H.  Glass  elected  Oct.  1867. 

Wm.  G.  Herrold  elected  Oct.  1868. 

John  Cummings  elected  October 
1870. 

G.  A.  Schoch  elected  Oct.  1874. 

Charles  Miller  elected  Oct.  1876 
and    1878. 

Leonard  Myers  elected  Oct.   1880. 

Chas.  Miller  elected  Oct.  1882. 

G.   Alfred   Schoch   elected   1884. 

Aaron  Helfrich  elected  1886  and 
1888 

Dr.  E.  W.  Toole  elected  1890  and 
1892. 

C.  W.  Herman  elected  1894  and 
1896. 

Dr.  A.  M.  Smith  elected  Nov  1898 
and  1900. 

F.  C.  Bowersox  elected  1902  and 
1904. 

D.  Norman  App  elected  1906  and 
1908. 

J.  W.  Swartz  elected  in  1910  and 
1912. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Sampsell  elected  1914 
and  1916. 

Sheriffs 

Nathan  Forry  of  Penn  township 
from   1855  to   1858. 

Levi  S.  Herrold  of  Chapman  town- 
ship from   1858  to   1861. 

Fred  P.  Bause  from  1861  to  1863. 

Moses  Specht  of  Beaver  townshin 
from  1864  to  1867. 

Daniel  Bolender  from  1867  to  1870 

John  S.  Wolfe  of  Union  township 
from  1870  to  1873. 

Daniel  Bolender  of  Franklin  town- 
ship from  1873  to  1876. 

Daniel  Eisenhart  from  Washington 
township  from   1876  to   1879. 

Daniel  Bolender  of  Middleburg 
from  1879  to  1882. 

David  Reichley  of  Centre  town- 
ship from  1882  to  1885. 

Ner  B.  Middleswarth  of  West  Bea- 
ver township  from    1885   to    1888. 


Reuben  Dreese  of  Spring  town- 
ship from  1888  to  1891. 

Daniel  Bolender  of  Middleburg 
from   1891  to   1894. 

Alfred  Specht  of  Beavertown  from 
1894  to   1897. 

P.  Scott  Ritter  of  Shamokin  Dam 
from  1897  to  1900. 

Geo.  W.  Row  from  1900  to  1903. 

Chas.    E.    Sampsell    1903   to    1906. 

J.  F.  Reitz,  1906  to  1909. 

P.   E.   Hackenberg,    1909  to   1912. 

J.  F.  Reitz  from  1912  to  1915. 

Charles  S.  Mattern  elected  1915. 
Register  &  Recorder 

Frederick  Mertz,   1855  to   1858. 

A.  J.  Peters,  1858  to  1861. 

John  Dorn,  1861  to  1864. 

Jacob  Aurand,   1864  to   1867. 

Samuel  S.  Shuck    1867  to  1873. 

James  M.  VanZandt,  1873  to  1885. 

H.  J.  Duck,  1885  to  1891. 

G.  M.   Shindel,  1891  to  1897. 

John  H.  Willis,  1897  to  1903. 

Jno.    D.    Arbogast,    1903    to    1909. 

Edwin  Charles,  Jan.  1,  1910  to 
the  present  time. 

Prot  ho  notaries 

William  G.  Herrold,  1855  to  1858 

Jacob  P.  Bogar,  1858  to  1861. 

Henry  S.  Boyer,  1861  to  1864. 

Jeremiah  Crouse,   1864  to  1885. 

W.  W.  Wittenmyer  from  1885  to 
1891. 

J.  C.  Schoch,  1891  to  1897. 

G.  M.  Shindel  from  1897  to  Jan. 
1910. 

A.  B.  Keck,  from  Jan.  1910  to 
1918. 

Wm.  J.  Treaster,  1918 — 

District  Attorney 

Charles  Merrill,  1855  to  1858. 
Chas.  Hower,  1858  to  1862. 
Samuel  Weirick    1861  to  1864. 

A.  C.  Simpson,  1864  to  1867. 

B.  T.  Parks,  1867  to   1873. 
Leonard  Mvers,  1873  to  1876. 
J.   H.   Arnold,   1876   to    1879. 
H.   H.   Grimm,   1879  to   1882. 
F.  E.  Bower,  1882  to  1888. 

H.  E.  Miller    Jr.,  1888  to  1894. 
J.  M.  Baker,*  1894  to  1899. 
M.  I.  Potter,  1900  to  1909. 
Wm.  K.  Miller,  1910  to  1918. 
Harry  A.  Coryell,  1918 — 

County    Commissioners 

Geo.  D.  Miller,  1885  to  1857. 
Isaac  D.  Boyer,  1856  to  1857. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


John  D.  Romig,  1855  to  1867. 

Geo.  Swartz    1856  to  1859. 

Samuel  Scho'll,  1857  to  1869. 

George  Boyer,  1858  to  1861. 

Henry  R.  Knepp,  1859  to  1862. 

George  Wehr,  1860  to  1863. 

Jacob  Steffen,  1861  to  1864. 

A.  K.  Middleswarth,  1862  to  1865. 

Joseph  Wenrich    1863  to  1866. 

Wm.  Snook,  1864  to  1867. 

Peter   P.   Mertz,    1865   to   1868. 

Abraham  Eyer,  1866  to  1869. 

Joseph   Wenrich,   1867   to   1870. 

J.  J.  Mattern,  1868  to  1871. 

I.  S.  Longacre,  1869  to  1872. 

Philip  Kinney   1870  to  1873. 

Adam  J.  Fisher,  1871  to  1874. 

J.  F.  Huffnagle,  1872  to  1875. 

Joel  Row,  1873  to  1875. 

Elias  R.  Swartz,  1875. 

Moses  Krebs,,  John  Romig  and 
Joel  Row,  1876  to  1879. 

John  Romig  John  Reity  and  Hen- 
ry N.   Wetzel,'  1879  to   1882. 

John  Reitz,  Henry  N.  Wetzel  and 
John  M.  Moyer,  1882  to  1885. 

John  Mohn,  Isaac  'Erdley  and 
James  N.  Houser,  1885  to  1888. 

Samuel  Walter,  Daniel  Beaver  and 
Samuel  H.  Stroub.  1888  to  1891. 

J.  M.  Dock,  A.  A.  Romig  and  H. 
J.  Heiser,  1891  to  1894. 

James  Erdley,  Thomas  Herbster 
and  Phares  Herman,  1894  to  1897. 

Wm.  Dreese,  Isaac  Spotts  and 
Phares  Herman,  1897  to  1900. 

John  P.  Wetzel  Geo.  F.  Miller  and 
C.  W.  Knights,  1900  to  1903. 

Harrison  Moyer,  Jonathan  Reichen- 
bach  and  Henry  Derk,  1903  to  1906. 

John  W.  Walter,  Wm.  H.  Grimm 
and  Joseph  G.  Lesher,  1906  to  1909. 

Wm.  H.  Grimm,  Tobias  Mitchell 
and  H.  A.  Klingler.  1909  to  1912. 

Adam  Shemory,  B.  F.  Rau  and 
Adam  W.  Aucker,  1912  to  1915  in- 
clusive, H.  A.  Bowersox.  0.  B.  San- 
ders and  L.  F.  Hummel,  elected  1915. 

Treasurers 

Frederick  Rathfon,  1856  to   1857. 
Isaac  D.  Boyer,  1857  to  1859. 
R.  W.  Kern.  1859  to  62. 
Isaac  Beaver,  1861  to  '63. 
Geo.  F.  Miller,  1865  to  '67. 
Jacob  Gross,  1867  to  '69. 
J.  K.  Hughes,  1869  to  '71. 
Jacob  Gross,  1871  to  '73. 
Geo.  W.  Row,  1873  to  '75. 
Henry  Benfer,  1875  to  '77. 
Reuben  Dreese,  1877  to  '79. 
A.  S.  Helfrick   1879  to  '84. 


C.  A.  Bolender,  1884  to  '87. 
C.  C.  Seebold,  1887  to  '90. 
Levi   Fisher   and    Geo.    C.    Wagen- 
seller,  1890  to  1893. 

C.  C.  Seebold,  1893  to  '96. 
Wm.  F.  Reigle,  1898  to  '99. 
Benneville  Smith,  1899  to  1903. 

D.  Norman  App,  1903  to  1906. 
Carbon  Seebold.  1906  to  1909. 
Harry  W.  Boyer,  1909  to  1912. 
William  A.  Napp,  1912  to  1915  in- 
clusive. 

Lewis  F.  Gemberling  elected  1915. 
Surveyors 

Henry  Motz,  (elected  before  divis- 
ion of  the  county  1854)  1854  to 
'58. 

Daniel  Weirick,  1867  to  '70. 

A.  K.  Gift,  1870  to  '76. 

Geo.  B.  Benfer,  1876  to  '83. 

Jas.   Middleswarth,   1883  to  '92. 

Chas.  L.  Wetzel    1892  to  '98. 

Geo.  A.  Botdorf,  1898  to  1906. 

William  Moyer,  1858  to  '61. 

Jno.  M.  Boyer,  1906  to  the  present 
time. 

Coroners 

Henry  Musser  elected  Oct.  185*u. 

Dr.  A.  J.  Sampsell  elected  Oct. 
1858. 

Dr.  Wm.  B.  Christ  elected  Oct. 
1861. 

Dr.  B.  F.  Wagenseller  elected  Oct. 
1862. 

C.  Bolender  elected  Oct.  1867. 

Peter  Hartman  elected  Oct.   1870. 

Dr.  A.  M.  Smith  elected  Oct.  1875. 

Dr.  P.  Herman,  elected  1881. 

Dr.   E.    W.   Toole   elected    1883. 

Dr.  Marand  Rothrock,  elected  Nov. 
1890  and  1893. 

Dr.  J.  E.  Bogar  elected  Nov.  1895. 

For  several  years  there  was  no 
coroner  elected. 

Dr.  A.  J.  Herman  1900  to  present 
time. 

Jury  Commissioners 

Geo.  A.  Schoch  and  Wm.  Markley, 
1866  to  1870. 

Henry  Brown  and  C.  G.  Hornber- 
ger,  1870  to  1873. 

A.  S.  Helfrick  and  U.  P.  Weiser, 
1873  to  1876. 

S.  F.  Sheary  and  Elias  Strouse, 
1876  to  1879. 

A.  A.  Ulsh  and  Henry  Hummel, 
1879  to  1882. 

Levi  Fisher  and  J.  0.  Goss,  1882 
to  1883. 

Wm.  A.  Glass  and  B.  Smith  1883 
to   1886. 


OFFICERS    OF    SNYDER    COUNTY 


231 


Taylor  Gemberling  and  Isaac 
Shirey,  1889  to  1892. 

J.  F.  Zechman  and  John  Reichley, 
1892  to  1895. 

J.  H.  Knepp  and  C.  S.  Dunn,  1895 
to   1888. 

Joseph  Hendricks  and  H.  G.  Horn- 
berger,  1898  to  1901. 

E.  E.  Shambach  and  R.  M.  Cole- 
man. 1901  to  1904. 

Irwin  Graybill  and  Jacob  Jarrett, 
1904  to   1907. 

John  Heimbach  and  A.  W.  Aucker, 
1907  to  1910. 

James  N.  Houser  and  Jacob  Jar- 
rett, 1910  to  1914. 

E.  E.  Shambach  and  Wm.  Erdley, 
1915  to  1918. 

Henry  K.  Boyer  and  J.  0.  Long- 
acre,  1918  to — 

Auditors 

Francis   A.    Boyer,      Ner    Middles- 
warth.  Henry  W.  Sanders,  1855. 
Dainel  Rohrer  elected   1857. 
Henry   Smith,    1858. 
J.  Y.   Shindel,   1859. 

F.  C.   Moyer,    1859. 
H.  S.  Boyer,  1860. 
E.  Bowersox,  1S61. 

J.    Y.    Shindel,    Moses    Specht   and 
David   Schwenk,   1862. 
Daniel  Dieffenbach,  1866. 
Henry  Benfer.  1867. 
M.  L.  Hassinger,  Y<  69. 

C.  L.  Fisher    1870. 
Daniel  Dieffenbach,  1871. 
Jefferson  Hall,   1873. 

S.   H.    Sheary,    1874. 

Ner  B.  Middleswarth,  W.  A.  Glass 
and  Daniel  Dieffenbach,  1875. 

Geo.  W.  Sierer,  W.  P.  Moyer  (ap- 
pointed by  the  court)    1880. 

Adam  Smith,  Geo.  W.  Sierer  and 
J.  G.  Hornberger  elected  1883. 

J.  Kohler  Peck,  John  P.  Kearns 
and  Eli  Portzline  elected  1887. 

J.  C.  Bowersox.  Eli  Portzline  and 
A.  Marburger  elected  1890. 

J.  C.  Bowersox,  C.  F.  Moyer  ana 
M.  G.  Reitz  elected  1893. 

J.  C.  Bowersox,  C.  F.  Moyer  and 
Absalom  Schnee  elected  1896. 

D.  Norman  App,  J.  C.  Bowersox 
and  A.  H.  Klingler  elected  1899. 

Chas.  M.  Arbogast,  John  M.  Boyer 
and  H.  Milton  Amig  elected  1902. 

Irwin  F.  Boyer,  Capt.  J.  H.  Hart- 
man  and  J.  P.  Naugle  elected  1905. 

James  C.  Schaffer,  Wm.  A.  Swartz 
and  John  F.  Erdley  elected  1908. 

John  S.  Smith,  Henry  D.  Kuster 
and  Dallas  Wetzel  elected  1912. 

John  A.  Wetzel,  Frank  Seaman  and 
Geo.   Shetterly   elected  in   1915. 


MOTOR    TRUCK    COMPANY    LEFT 


Third   Community   Unit 
Sworn  Into  Service 


PHILLIPS    IN    COMMAND 


Men  From  Sunbury  and  Northumber- 
land are  Affiliated  With  Snyder 
Countians 


Third  military  unit  recruited  in 
Snyder  county  for  the  war  were 
sworn  into  the  service  Saturday  even- 
ing just  a  month  to  the  day  after  the 
departure  of  the  Susquehanna  Uni- 
versity units. 

The  ceremony  took  place  at  the 
Broad  and  Chestnut  streets  home  of 
Garfield  J.  Phillips,  who  organized  the 
company  of  motor  truck  drivers.  Gov- 
ernor Brumbaugh  and  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral Stewart  have  recommended  to 
the  War  Department  that  in  recog- 
nition of  his  services  and  qualifica- 
tions Phillips  be  commissioned  First 
Lieutenant  of  the  company. 

Lieut.  George  A.  Deitrick,  of  the 
Medical  Reserve  Corps  and  a  former 
practitioner  of  medicine  in  Sunbury, 
conducted  the  physical  examinations 
for  this  unit  in  the  Alumni  gymnasium 
until  the  examinations  were  discon- 
tinued because  ten  more  than  the  re- 
quired fifty-six  men  had  passed  the 
physical  requirements  for  admission 
to   the  service  in  this  unit. 

Twenty  Snyder  countians  are  in 
the  unit,  and  most  of  the  other  men 
come  from  Sunbury  and  Northumber- 
land. The  men  left  Selinsgrove 
Tuesday  for  Mt.  Gretna,  where  they 
will  go  into  camp  for  their  first  train- 
ing. 

The  Snyder  countians  are: 
Selinsgrove 

Garfield  J.  Phillips,  Andrew  F.  D. 
Schoch,  Albert  Kemberling,  Ezra 
Kemberling,  Dennis  Ott,  Chester  Lud- 
wig,  Edward  Dillman,  Henry  Jarrett, 
Ralph  E.  Willis,  Leon  Fredericks. 
Lloyd   C.  Rowe. 

Penn  Township 

Clarke  Kuster,  Charles  Kuster. 
Monroe    Neisewender. 

Port  Trevorton 

Ben  Fisher,  John  Krebbs,  John 
Troutman. 

Beaver  Springs 

L.    B.    Wetzel. 

Shamokin  Dam 

Howard    Fisher 

Middleburg 

Kemer  Harry  Runkle. 


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Third  Boatmen's  Re-Union 
August  25, 1917. 


From  Post  August  30,  1917. 

By  Edwin   Charles 

The  third  annual  reunion  of  the 
boatmen,  locktenders  and  others  con- 
nected in  any  way  with  the  old  canals 
of  Pennsylvania,  was  held  at  Rolling 
Green  Park,  Saturday. 

The  opening  hour  was  set  for  4 
o'clock  a.  m.,  which  was  not  an  early 
one  for  "pulling  out"  in  canal  days. 
The  first  man  to  arrive  was  Captain 
Reese  B.  Bartell,  of  Newport,  who 
was  on  board  by  day  break,  blowing 
his  horn. 

From  the  earliest  arrival  on  until 
noon  there  was  a  merry-go-round  of 
hearty  greeting,  salutation,  well-wish- 
ing and  renewing  of  old  acquaintance- 
ship. 

When  the  sea  shell  sounded  the 
noon  hour  these  grizzled  old  water- 
men sat  down  to  tables  well  laden 
with  delicious  viands  to  which  they 
did    ample   justice. 

During,  and  after  the  repast,  stor- 
ies of  ye  olden  time,  ye  golden  time, 
those  halcyon  days  of  yore,  broke 
forth  spontaneously.  Such  a  match- 
ing of  wits,  such  a  medley  of  imagi- 
nation, equivocation,  exaggeration 
and  prevarication,  with  an  occasional 
chunk  of  unadulterated  truth,  you 
could  scarcely  match  elsewhere  in  a 
century's  quest.  One  old  fellow  put 
it  quaintly  in  a  nutshell,  by  saying, 
"It  was  the  good-naturedest,  lyingest 
crowd   I  ever  enjoyed." 

A  few  examples  to  show  you  the 
spirit  of  the  bunch  and  the  occasion. 

An  Echo  From  the  Union  Canal. 

"Say,  Captain,  what  do  you  think 
of  this  fine  spring  chicken?" 

"Oh,  it  tastes  just  like  the  rooster 
Bill  Strawser  appropriated  near  Wom- 
elsdorf  on  the  old  Union  Canal." 

"How  was  that?" 

"Oh  well,  you  know  Bill,  (he  lives 
in  Sunbury  now)  hadn't  discovered 
his  conscience  in  those  days." 

"But  how  about  the  chanticleer?" 

"Why  it  was  this  way.  You  know 
some  boats  carried  a  brace  of  fowls 
and  an  occasional  hog,  (not  passing 
any  insinuations  towards  Bill) — " 

"Yes,  yes,  go  on,  never  mind  the 
bristles." 


"As  I  was  about  sayin,  the  boat 
was  floatin  along  lazy  like  by  a  nice 
farm.  When  opposite  the  barnyard 
Bill  got  an  idee,  and  the  idee  had 
feathers  with  a  pot-pie  loomin  up  in 
the  background.  So  Bill,  he  takes 
the  hook  pole  and  vaults  from  the 
stern  deck  straight  into  a  flock  of 
poultry,  and  starts  racin  them  round 
the  straw  pile.  An  old  woman  hearin 
the  chickens  commotioning  around, 
comes  out  and  lands  on  Bill  with  a 
broom  and  a  yell  of  what  he  was  a- 
doin  where  he  had  no  business.  Bill 
he  takes  of  his  sundown,  (broad- 
brimmed  hat)  makes  a  bow  and  says 
perlite  like,  "Beg  yer  pardin,  leddy, 
but  I  had  a  rooster  on  my  boat  and 
when  he  seed  yer  fowls  a-scratchin 
he  got  kinder  homesick  and  without 
askin  my  leave  or  yourn  he  made  up 
his  mind  to  take  a  day  off,  and  he 
flopped  right  inter  the  midst  of  your 
peaceful  flock,  an  I'm  after  him." 
Says  she,  "Why  that's  too  bad.  Can 
you  pick  him  out."  "Sure,  says  Bill, 
he's  that  double-combed  Plymouth 
Rock  a-hidin  there  by  the  fence."  To- 
gether they  went  after  the  bird  and 
cornered  it.  The  lady  grabbed  it  and 
handed  one  of  her  own  to  Bill,  who 
said  "Thank  you  missus,  I'll  fix  the 
elopin  rascal  when  I  get  him  back  on 
the  boat  again." 

After  that  Bill's  boat  was  called 
the  Mayflower  because  he'd  landed  on 
a  Plymouth  Rock. 

"Bill  reformed  afterwards,  didn't 
he?" 

"Sure,  he  did. He  sings  in  the  Choir 
now,  but  when  he  was  gittin  converted 
he  did  some  awful  prayin  to  make 
hisself  disremember  that  rooster  pie." 

"Can't  see  why  that  bothered  him, 
he  didn't  steal  the  rooster;  the  old 
woman  giv  it  to  him." 

"No,   twasn't  the   stealin   bothered 
him,  it  was  the  lyin  he  done  to  her." 
Couldn't    Keep    a    Driver. 

"Hello  Barney,  do  you  remember 
when  you  drove  for  the  old  Spaniard; 
why  did  he  discharge  you?" 

"You  go  on,  I  never  was  discharged. 
I  quit.  You  see  one  day  the  stew 
kittle  fell  overboard  and  then  being 
up  against  it  he  cooked  hard  boiled 
eggs   in    the    tea   kittle    and    then   he 


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233 


filled  up  the  coffee  pot  with  water  he 
boiled  the  eggs  in.  You  bet  I  quit, 
None  of  that  kind  of  Ryo  for  me. 
Oh,  No." 

Boils    Two    Pounds    of    Rice 

Adam  Rife  is  responsible  for  the 
following: — 

"Our  boat  was  lying  in  the  Nan- 
ticoke  Dam.  I  told  father  that  I 
was  going  to  Wilkes  Barre  and  that 
he  should  make  supper  for  himself 
and  Will  Keller,  who  was  then  our 
driver.  Father  did  so.  Being  fond 
of  rice,  he  put  two  pounds  in  the 
boiler.  Two  pounds  did  not  look 
very  much  but  it  was  all  he  had.  Kel- 
ler was  sitting  on  deck  playing  the 
accordian  when  the  rice  began  to 
swell.  Father  called  to  him,  Hurry 
up  Will,  go  over  and  get  Danny 
Funk's  Iron  Pot,  ours  is  full  anil 
boiling  over.  The  pot  came  and  was 
filled,  so  was  the  water  bucket,  the 
dishpan  and  several  other  receptacles. 
No  more  empty  vessels  were  avail- 
able, the  rice  continued  to  boil  over 
the  stove  and  thence  onward  until 
the  driver  averred  that  he  took  the 
measuring  stick  and  found  it  two 
inches  deep  on  the  cabin  floor.  When 
the  call  came  to  supper  Keller  said, 
I  don't  eat  rice,  when  the  cook  ejac- 
ulated, "Why  in  Jericho  didn't  you 
say  so.  I  wouldn't  have  made  so 
much." 
Stretching    Truth,    Putty    and    Potpie 

"Yes,  carpenters  these  days  use 
putty  to  cover  a  multitude  of  sins," 
s^id  Dutch  Noll,  as  he  picked  a  piece 
out  of  a  balance  beam  with  his  jack- 
knife.  "And  the  putty  these  days 
isn't  worth  a  sallupious  damn,  either," 
he  continued,  coining  a  new  adjective 
"Why  do  you  know,  I  remember  once 
when  our  boat  was  on  the  Indepen- 
dence Dry  Dock,  Pap  sent  me  up  to 
old  General  Williams'  for  five  pounds 
of  putty.  Now,  that  was  putty;  none 
of  this  crumbly  stuff  without  oil.  Oh 
no,  this  was  Simon  Pure.  You  could 
stretch  it  like  gum.  The  General 
wrapped  up  the  goods  for  me  in  an  old 
newspaper.  I  put  the  package  under 
my  arm,  mounted  my  mule  and  start- 
ed for  the  boat-yard.  Jogging  along: 
briskly  I  didn't  notice  that  the  putty 
found  an  opening  in  the  paper  and 
before  I  was  aware  it  had  sagged  until 
there  was  a  trail  of  it  five  yards  long 
without  a  break.     That  was  putty." 

"It  sure  was,"  replied  a  bystander, 
"but  for  true  downright  elastic 
stretchiness  it  didn't  come  up  to 
Johnny  Cappy's  potpie."  "How  was 
that?"     "Well    they    were    repairing 


the  Penns  Creek  aqueduct.  Johnny 
was  cook.  The  hands  were  clamor- 
ing for  potpie.  Now  Cappy  had  nev- 
er made  a  potpie  but  he  never  doubt- 
ed his  ability  to  do  so.  Accordingly 
he  counted  the  eaters,  took  stock  of 
his  materials  and  made  his  blue  print 
following  instructions  from  the  recipe 
department  of  the  Lancaster  almanac. 
(The  Ladies  Home  Journal  and  the 
White  House  cook  book  were  un- 
known in  those  days).  He  put  in 
flour  and  water.  If  he  had  too  much 
flour  he  put  in  more  water,  when  too 
much  water  he  put  in  more  flour.  By 
the  time  he  obtained  the  proper  con- 
sistency the  pie  had  reached  undue 
proportions  and  was  too  large  for 
the  pot,  so  he  put  it  in  the  laundry 
boiler,  and  added  by  mistake  a  pound 
of  gloss  starch,  together  with  aro- 
matic flavoring  ingredients.  In  due 
course  of  time  the  noon  hour  ap- 
proached and  the  potpie  ripened  into 
a  magnificent  jelly-like  lump.  The 
chef  de  cuisine,  pleased  with  his  ac- 
complishment, set  the  boiler  contain- 
ing the  pie  outside  of  the  shanty 
kitchen,  which  was  built  on  a  flatboat, 
to  cool.  While  he  was  busy  with 
other  matters,  a  large  bull  dog  at- 
tracted by  the  persuasive  fragrance 
of  this  pie,  put  his  nose  over  the  edge 
of  the  pot,  smelled  of  it  then  bit  into 
it.  It  being  extremely  hot  he  darted 
away  with  a  howl  of  pain,  but  could 
not  rid  himself  of  the  sticy  mess. 
In  his  dilema  he  ran  three  times 
around  the  outside  of  the  shanty 
elongating  the  potpie  all  the  while. 
After  a  bit  Cappy,  to  his  chagrin,  dis- 
covered the  poor  brute's  plight,  and 
severed  the  twain  with  a  blow  of  an 
ax.  Now,  taking  up  the  loose  end, 
he  unwound  it  from  about  the  shanty, 
and  flung  it  (ninety  yards  of  it)  into 
the  c^nal  for  the  sake  of  cleanliness. 
He  then  coiled  it  back  into  the  boiler 
just  as  you  would  coil  in  a  tow  line." 
Without  question  this  spinner,  having 
the  longest  thread,  got  the  knife.  Cap- 
py is  now  operating  a  Noodle  factory 
in   an   India  Rubber  town." 

After  the  Gabfest  a  business  ses- 
sion was  held  in  the  theater,  at  which 
orders  for  the  expenses  were  granted. 
Communications  from  T.  T.  Wireman, 
chief  Engineer  of  the  Penna.  Canal, 
regretting  his  inability  to  be  present, 
were  read.  Also  a  poem  in  memory 
of  Capt.  Wm.  Wertz.  The  latter  was 
ordered  to  be  published  and  preserved 
among  the  archieves   of  the  society. 


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A  savel  made  in  1833  out  of  a  piece 
of  wood  taken  from  a  part  of  the 
first  section  boat  to  pass  thru  Holli- 
daysburg,  was  presented  the  Society 
by  Mr.  H.  Bobbs,  of  Huntingdon.  A 
rising  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded 
the  gentleman  for  the  priceless  gift. 
The  following  officers  were  elected 
to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President — W.  C.  Fortney,  Milton  Pa. 
1st.  Vice  Pres. — Clinton  Brobst,  Ber- 
wick. 
2nd   Vice   Pres. — A.    Reese      Bartell, 

Newport. 
3rd     Vice     Pres. — Maurice     Naugle, 

Marietta. 
4th  Vice  Pres. — Park  Murtiff,  Lewis- 
town. 
Secretary — Edwin    Charles,      Middle- 
burg,  Pa. 
Assist.   Sec. — M.  L.  Horting,  Harris- 
burg. 
Treas. — Frank  H.   Eckelman,  Harris- 
burg. 

Same  committee  appointed  last 
year,  with  the  addition  of  the  names 
of  Len  Saxton,  of  Lewistown,  and — 
William  Corson  was  called  upon  for 
a  song  but  Billy  replied,  "You  can't 
pull  nothin  on  me  like  that  in  a  thea- 
ter." 

Addresses  were  made  by  J.  H. 
Jones  and  W.  P.  Faust,  of  Harris- 
burg. 

The  time  for  next  convention  fixed 
for  last  Saturday,  August,  1918. 

The  time  having  arrived  for  the 
opening  of  the  show  the  boatmen 
pulled  out  to  the  lawn  and  had  a  pic- 
ture taken,  then  went  to  the  pavilion 
for  the  terpsichorean  entertainment 
as  slated. 

There  were  cotillions,  quadrilles, 
Virginia  Reels,  schottishes,  polkas  and 
old-fashioned  hoe-downs  that  made 
the  present  day  turkey-trotters  open 
their  eyes  with  wonder.  Here  the 
catgut  responded  to  the  touch  of  some 
upriver  Ole  Bull  and  flung  forth  the 
feet-tickling  airs  of  Fisher's  Horn 
Pipe,  Devils  Dream  and  the  Old  Wash- 
erwoman. Now  it  was,  by  Leader 
Fortney,  Balance  All!  Honor  Your 
Partners,  Forward  Up,  and  Back 
Again!  Alleman  Right!  Lady  on  the 
Left!  Sashay  All!  Shuffle  up  the  Saw- 
dust and  Turn  Em  Again,  Away  You 
Co  and  Balance  All,  Etc,  &c,  and  so 
forth.  This  was  dancing  and  hero 
was  grace.  Park  Murtiff  and  'Squire 
Herrold  got  prizes,  one  for  agile  sup- 
pleness and  the  other  for  oyster-foot- 
ed awkwardness.  Of  course  out  of 
respect  for  the  prizetakers,  and  per- 
haps out  of  a  little  fear  of  possible 


consequences  we  do  not  say  who  got 
which  prize.  Everything  at  this 
dance  was  true  to  life,  save  only  they 
forgot  to  pass  the  cider  jug  around. 
Hunt  for  the  Old  Timers 

The  hunt  for  old  timers  resulted 
as  follows: — 

Charles  Dayton,  Lewistown,  Pa., 
colored,  born  so  long  ago,  nobody  re- 
members his  birthday.  Probably  a 
hundred  years  old.  Came  from  Vir- 
giny.  Wears  ear-rings,  also  a  5x8 
smile.  Boated  on  Juniata  and  Penn- 
sylvania Canals. 

Jacob  Ungard,  89  years  old.  Be- 
gan boating  on  the  Union  Canal  in 
1843.  Quit  West  Branch  Canal  in 
1878.  Boat,  Rose  and  Carrie.  With 
him  at  the  reunion  four  generations. 
His  son,  W.  F.  Ungard,  Allenwood, 
Pa.  Boat,  Edward  L.  Matchin. 
Grandson  Truman  L.  Ungard  and 
great-grandson  Wm.  Ungard,  of  Wat- 
sontown,  Pa.,  boat  Edward  and  Maud. 

Capt.  Jack  Eddy,  Beach  Haven,  Pa. 
85  years  old  looks  fifty.  Spry  and 
sprightly.  Would  like  to  make  a  trip 
over  the  old  route. 

Capt.  John  (alias  Dad)  Koch,  Liv- 
erpool, Pa.,  84  years  old.  Could  still 
warp  a  pair  around  the  Spinning 
Wheel  or  Gerty's  Notch  without  stir- 
ring the  mud. 

Then  there  were  plenty  of  old  fel- 
lows who  refused  to  give  their  ages, 
thinking  it  might  prejudice  their 
chances  with  the  girls.  However, 
the  cooks  have  them  spotted  all  right 
for  all  their  delicacy. 

A  Sample  of  Greeting 

Over  there's  Ike  Gitt,  of  Columbia. 
Where?  Over  there.  Why  he's  ov- 
ergrown with  whiskers.  Bet  he  does- 
n't know  me.  Yes  I  do,  you're  John 
Neitz,  says  another.  Of  course  he  re- 
members all  the  fellows  having  the 
worst  reputations.  Well  how  about 
yourself  Doc?  You  and  Will  Keller, 
were  the  two  mischiefs  that  would 
start  the  crazy  wicket  rattling,  tnen 
dash  around  the  corner  yelling,  I.  C. 
Gitt.  Do  you  see  Gitt?  Yes,  Yes, 
Will,  poor  fellow,  is  dead  and  gone 
these  many  years.  But  that  wicket 
was  a  nuisance.  Comes  another 
scraggly  duffer.  How  about  me.  Do 
I  resemble  a  canal  boat.  No.  You 
look  more  like  an  eel  basket. 

About  four  p.  m.  while  some  were 
still  saying  How-dy-do,  others  were 
already  giving  good-by,  and  saying 
come  again,  and  those  within  the 
County,  kindly  vote  for  Charles  for 
Register  &  Recorder. 


THE  GALLOWS  FOR  URIAH  MOYER 


23J 


THE  GALLOWS 


Execution  of  Uriah  Moyer  for  Parti- 
cipating in  the  murder  of  John 
and   Gretchen   Kintzler. 


The  Last  Night  on  Earth.      Beginning 
of  the  End. 


By  Jno.  F.  Yeisely. 
Notwithstanding  the  rapidity  of 
his  approaching  doom,  Uriah  Moyer 
has  been  gaining  strength  for  the  last 
week  or  ten  days.  On  Tuesday  eve- 
ning Rev.  Spangler  his  spiritual  ad- 
viser entered  his  cell  and  was  surpris- 
ed to  find  him  sitting  on  his  bed  cooly 
watching  the  erection  of  the  gallows. 
This  was  the  first  time  that  Spangler's 
feelings  got  the  better  of  him,  and 
he  showed  signs  of  emotion,  where- 
upon Moyer  exclaimed:  "Don't  get 
excited  now  Spangler  as  long  as  I  am 
cool.  I  am  ready  to  die.  I  have 
gravely  sinned  and  broken  the  law 
of  my  God  and  my  country,  and  I 
want  to  suffer  as  God  directs."  He 
seemed  in  excellent  spirits.  Before 
Mr.  Spangler  left,  Moyer  handed  him 
a  common  little  Chromo  visiting  card, 
with  the  name  of  his  sister  Mrs.  Eliza 
Boganrief,  printed  on  it  and  request- 
ed to  have  it  pinned  on  his  breast 
after  he  was  in  his  coffin.  The  doom- 
ed man  retired  to  his  rest  about  9 
o'clock  Tuesday  evening.  When  ask- 
ed whether  he  desired  any  one  to  sleep 
in  his  cell  with  him  he  declined  say- 
ing that  he  thought  it  would  not  be 
necessary.  He  seemed  to  sleep 
soundly,  and  the  keeper  says  he  only 
turned  over  in  his  bed  once  or  twice 
during  the  night.  About  _  daybreak 
he  awoke,  and  immediately  arose. 
His  first  thing  was  to  engage  in  pray- 
er, which  he  done  several  times  after- 
wards. He  said  he  felt  much  strong- 
er than  before,  and  the  Sheriff  says 
the  greatest  change  imaginable  had 
taken  place  in  him  bearing  up  much 
braver  than  was  ever  expected  he 
would.  Shortly  after  he  arose  the 
shackles  were  taken  off  of  him,  and 
he  was  allowed  the  freedom  of  his 
cell.  He  partook  of  a  hardy  break- 
fast, consisting  of  mush,  pudding, 
bread,  pie,  cake,  coffee,  etc.  His  un- 
fortunate position  did  not  effect  his 
appetite.     -During   the   early   part   of 


the  morning  he  was  shaved  by  his 
keeper.  At  8.15  the  Lord's  Supper 
was  administered  to  him  by  his  spirit- 
ual adviser.  He  requested  the  pres- 
ence of  Mrs.  Reichley  in  the  early  part 
of  the  morning,  and  although  it  was 
disagreeable  to  the  lady,  nevertheless 
she  very  kindly  consented.  He  pac- 
ed his  cell  a  good  part  of  the  morn- 
ing, stopping  now  and  then  to  speak 
a  word  or  two  with  those  who  were 
in  the  room  with  him.  All  morning 
the  jail  was  beseiged  by  a  crowd 
anxious  to  get  a  view  of  the  doomed 
man,  and  the  scaffold  upon  which  ha 
was  to  be  hung.  Erb  was  visited 
about  eight  o'clock  and  said  he  felt 
badly  about  the  execution.  His  cell 
looks  out  upon  the  scaffold  but  he 
said  he  could  not  bring  himself  to 
view  the  final  scene  in  this  dreadful 
occurrence. 

About  9  o'clock  the  prisoner  was 
visited  by  Rev's.  Shindle  Edmunds  & 
Herrold,  who  spoke  words  of  comfort 
to  him,  also  engaged  in  prayer  and 
singing.  About  8  o'clock  the  prison- 
er was  dressed  in  the  suit  in  which  he 
was  to  be  hung.  It  was  a  dark  suit, 
with  striped  stockings  and  slippers, 
lay-down  collar  and  necktie.  This 
suit  is  the  one  in  which  he  is  to  be 
buried.  He  did  not  put  his  coat  on 
during  the  morning  but  walked  about 
in  his  shirt  sleeves.  The  death  war- 
rant had  been  read  to  the  prisoner 
about  four  weeks  before,  just  after 
it  was  received.  The  prisoner  was 
thus  spared  having  his  spiritual 
thoughts  broken  in  upon,  and  was 
saved  from  all  disagreeable  reference 
to   his    death. 

At  9  o'clock  the  scaffold  was  put 
into  order  for  the  execution,  and  the 
noose  nroperly  and  carefully  adjust- 
ed. The  jail  yard  is  about  twenty 
feet  by  thirty  five,  and  in  the  eastern 
part  of  that  a  tier  of  12  seats  for  the 
accommodation  of  about  150  peop'e 
was  erected.  The  scaffold  was  direct- 
ly in  front  of  the  prisoner,  and  a  good 
view  could  be  commanded  from  it. 
The  prisoner  during  the  morninp,, 
walked  to  the  window  several  times, 
and  looked  out  upon  it.  He  betray- 
ed no  emotion  whatever  when  view- 
ing it.  The  sheriff  had  seven  special 
police  appointed,  two  for  the  jail  yard, 
two  for  the  interior  of  the  jail,  and 
three  for  the  outside  of  the  building. 
The    sheriff   had    issued    nearly    four 


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hundred  passes  for  the  execution  and 
from  the  early  part  of  the  morning, 
those  holding  passes  began  to  enter, 
and  up  to  the  time  of  the  hanging 
there  was  constant  commotion  occa- 
sioned by  the  moving  around  and  con- 
versation. The  sheriff  was  compell- 
ed to  have  ladders  put  up  on  the  out- 
side of  the  jail  wall  and  to  place 
many  holding  passes  upon  the  top  of 
the  wall.  This  was  necessary  on  ac- 
count of  the  want  of  room  in  the 
jail  yard. 

About  20  minutes  of  10  o'clock  the 
aunt  of  the  doomed  man,  Mrs.  Moyer 
of  Troxelville  visited  him.  A  short 
time  afterwards  his  brother  appear- 
ed. From  six  to  eight  persons  were 
in  the  cell  all  the  time  from  half  past 
9  until  the  time  of  the  execution. 
His  conversation  to  these  was  of  a 
spiritual  nature  altogether.^  He  fre- 
quently expressed  his  willingness  to 
die,  and  said  that  he  was  prepared  to 
meet  his  God,  and  hoped  to  be  saved. 
He  said  that  he  knew  very  well  that 
he  had  broke  the  laws  of  man  and 
God,  and  was  prepared  to  pay  the 
penalty. 

From  10:30  on  the  crowd  began  to 
throng  in  and  fill  up  the  place  of  the 
execution.  The  sheriff  unwillingly 
was  compelled  to  put  out  one  or  two 
persons  who  behaved  in  an  indecent 
manner.  A  disgraceful  scene  and 
confusion  was  being  kept  up  nearly 
all  the  time  by  the  assembled  crowd 
which  defied  the  efforts  of  the  sheriff 
and  his  police  to  subdue. 

Shortly  after  10  o'clock  an  im- 
mense crow  assembled  outside  the 
jail,  it  was  only  with  the  utmost  diffi- 
culty that  those  holding  passes  were 
enabled  to  gain  admittance. 

Many  holding  passes  were  unable 
to  gain  admittance. 

At  10:05  the  condemned  prisoner 
engaged  in  earnest  prayer  to  his  God 
to  receive  his  soul.  He  remained  en- 
gaged about  20  minutes. 

At  exactly  11:02  the  procession 
started  for  the  gallows.  The  prison- 
er ascended  the  gallows  with  a  firm 
step,  an  opportunity  was  given  him 
to  speak,  when  Moyer  said,  "Etting- 
er  and  myself  were  the  only  ones  at 
the  place  on  Friday  evening,  my 
brother  Jonathan  was  not  along,  al- 
though they  swore  in  court  he^was. 
The  rest  I  have  confessed."  He  then 
repeated    a   prayer    in    german    after 


Rev.  Edmunds,  with  a  firm  voice.  He 
shook  hands  with  the  two  ministers 
and  kissed  them.  The  ministers  then 
descended  the  gallows  when  he  united 
and  shook  hands  and  also  kissed  sher- 
iff Reichley,  he  then  said.  "I  thank 
the  people  for  all  they  have  done  for 
me."  At  11:05  his  hands  and  arms 
were  pinioned  and  then  his  legs. 

During  this  time  he  stood  and  cooly 
looked  upon  the  breathless  crowd. 

When  the  sheriff  had  pinioned  him 
he  whispered  a  few  words  to  him. 

The  noose  was  then  placed  around 
his  neck  with  the  knot  under  his  left 
ear.  The  white  cap  was  drawn  over 
his  face  and  the  sheriff  descended 
from  the  scaffold.  In  an  instant  the 
trap  fell,  at  precisely  11.08.  Scarce- 
ly a  shudder  was  seen  to  pass  from 
his  frame,  and  death  must  have  been 
almost  instantaneous.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  a  slight  twisting  of  the 
legs  no  motion  was  noticeable.  The 
pulse  beat  very  slowly  and  8% 
minutes  after  the  fall  of  the  drop  he 
was  pronounced  dead  by  the  physi- 
cians. His  hands  immediately  after 
the  drop  fell  were  slightly  warm,  but 
strange  to  say  after  hanging  a  few 
minutes  they  increased  in  warmth. 
In  a  short  time  the  body  was  taken 
down  and  placed  in  a  walnut  coffin 
and  then  set  out  on  the  pavement, 
where  it  was  viewed  by  an  immense 
crowd. 

When  the  drop  fell  the  knot  slip- 
ped to  the  back  of  the  neck.  The 
fall  of  the  drop  was  3  feet  and  2 
inches.  He  met  death  in  a  remark- 
ably calm  and  resigned  manner,  and 
surprised  every  one  by  his  firmness. 
When  the  noose  was  placed  around 
his  neck  he  began  to  mutter  a  prayer 
which  he  continued  until  the  drop  fell. 


RELIC  REMOVED 


New  Berlin  Reporter. 

What  will  be  of  much  interest  to 
Evangelicals  thruout  America,  is 
the  fact  that  evidence  of  their  pione- 
er existanee  are  still  fully  preserved. 

Wednesday  of  last  week  three 
ministers  of  their  faith  visited  this 
place  and  removed  from  their  pre- 
sent house  of  worship,  a  timber  whicn 
formed  part  of  the  first  Evangelical 
church  in  this  country.  This  relic 
is  to  be  utilized  in  shaping  souvenirs 
to  be  sold  to  Members  and  others  in- 
terested in  their  cause. 


KINTZLER  MURDER 


237 


KINTZLER  MURDER  CONTINUED 


By  Wm.  K.  Miller,  Esq. 
From  POST,  Feb.  28,  1918. 

The  alleged  confession  of  Uriah 
Moyer,  for  participation  in  the  Kintz- 
ler  murder,  forty  years  ago,  Decem- 
ber 8th  last,  as  made  to  A.  H.  Spang- 
ler  (is  this  Rev.  A.  H.  Spangler?)  and 
recently  printed  in  the  POST  has 
aroused  interest  or  curiosity,  on  the 
part  of  people  who  recall  the  tragedy 
and  subsequent  trials.  Several  men 
present  in  Court  during  those  days, 
suggested  to  me  that  an  added  chap- 
ter on  this  subject  be  printed,  owing 
to  the  apparent  discrepancy  in  facts, 
surrounding  the  trials  and  the  recent- 
ly published  confession. 

At  this  period  of  remove  from  the 
crime,  it  brooks  little  to  engage  in 
hair  splitting  refinements  as  to  facts, 
or  details;  but  there  is  considerable 
public  curiosity-perhaps  interest  on 
the  part  of  those  who  remember  the 
Kintzlers  and  the  manner  of  their 
death.  In  the  re-telling,  a  critical 
feature  arises,  because  the  records  of 
the  Court  necessarily  must  be  open 
for  inspection.  A  rehearsel  opposed 
thereto,  wo  beuld  set  down  as  a  fic- 
tion of  the  law,  or  a  figment  of  the 
imagination. 

I  recall  seeing  Uriah  Moyer  in 
Court.  He  was  ordered  by  the  Court 
to  arise  for  arraignment  and  to  enter 
his  plea  to  the  indictment  when  it  was 
brought  in  by  the  Grand  Jury.  I  re- 
call nothing  of  his  trial.  I  am  per- 
fectly familiar  with  the  Ettinger  and 
Jonathan  Moyer  trials,  but  heard 
little  of  the  Erb  and  Uriah  Moyer 
trials.  Uriah  Moyer  had  a  peculiar- 
ly, grizzled,  wild  and  staring  look. 
His  crime  evidently  haunted  him.  In 
looks,  demeanor,  and  presence,  he  was 
the  very  opposite  of  his  brother  Jona- 
than, the  latter  appearing  in  court, 
for  trial  arrayed  in  a  neat  suit  of 
broadcloth,  with  a  long  black  coat, 
a  man  of  fair  skin,  quiet,  self  possess- 
ed, mild  mannered,  and  would  have 
impressed  an  impartial  onlooker, 
something  not  unlike  an  itinerant  pas- 
tor traveling  the  circuit  administering 
to  the  wants  of  his  flocks.  I  think 
Uriah  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War. 
Jonathan  was  not.  Here  were  Esau 
and  Jacob.  Quite,  by  accident,  on  a 
sultry  day  in  Aug.,  I  rlmost  s+umbleri 
upon  the  sequestered  spot,  at  the  base 


of  Jacks  mountain,  where  the  two 
brothers  lie  buried.  I  thought  of 
that  stately  phrase,  and  yet  how  an- 
tagonistic,  in   significance: 

By  Nebo's  lonely  mountain, 
On  this  side  Jordan's  wave 

In  a  vale  in  the  land  of  Moab  , 
There  lies  a  lonely  grave. 

Uriah  Moyer's  alleged  confession, 
is  at  direct  variance  with  Mary  Hart- 
ley's evidence  as  to  the  details  of  the 
killing.  Moyer  does  not  deny  the 
murder.  His  statement  differs  from 
the  Hartley  one.  They  lead  to  the 
same  result.  Quite  naturally,  a  con- 
fession by  a  man  doomed  to  death 
would  be  taken  as  a  verity;  yet,  mur- 
derers face  the  spectre  of  the  gallows 
and  the  yawning  grave  with  lies  upo11 
their  lips.  There  is  one  powerful 
statement  in  the  Spangler  narrative 
which  becomes  of  absorbing  impor- 
tance. He  asked  Uriah  whether  Miss 
Lepley  told  the  truth.  He  said  she 
did  and  explained  why.Mary  Lepley 
beiame  Mary  Snook  by  marriage. 
Her  statement  in  Court  was  as  fol- 
lows: She  lived  along  the  mountain 
road  above  Kintzlers,  leading  across 
•nto  Union  county.  She  left  her 
home  late  Saturday,  toward  evening. 
December  8th,  1877,  the  fateful  day 
to  take  a  fresh  sausage  down  to  Kin- 
tzlers. By  a  short  cut  across  an  open 
patch  of  ground  leading  to  Kintzlers, 
she  reached  there  shortly  before 
dark.  The  place  was  deserted.  An 
unusual  circumstance.  They  had 
never  been  known  to  leave  the  place, 
both  at  the  same  time.  She  entered 
the  house,  saw  no  one,  the  rooms  were 
cold;  she  heard  a  small  pig  grunt  in 
a  barrel  in  the  small  room,  just  off 
the  narrow  entry;  went  to  the  barn, 
saw  some  cattle,  saw  no  dogs,  stayed 
ten  minutes,  without  seeing  any  one, 
and  returned  home,  her  gift  of  sau- 
sage being  undelivered,  because  the 
recipients  to  be,  were  not  there.  Her 
testimony  closed  with  the  words: 
'And  when  I  went  home,  the  stars 
did  shine.'  Mary  Lepley  was  a  guile- 
less, chaste,  innocent  and  disinterest- 
ed young  woman.  She  testified  for  all 
the  defendants.  Mary  Hartley,  star 
witness  t  for  the  Commonwealth  was 
tainted  with  the  stain  of  an  accessory, 
yet  her  story  was  so  convincing,  so 
minute  in  detail  stood  unshaken  as 
to  the  main  facts,  she  wavered  some 
under    the    fine    tooth    comb    grilling 


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which  Senator  Dill  gave  her  day  after 
day,. but  pieced  tog-ether  it  formed 
so  powerful  a  chain  of  circumstances, 
details  and  events,  leading  up  to  pre- 
ceding and  at  the  very  instant  of  the 
tragedy,  that  the  juries  could  not  dis- 
regard it  and  convictions  followed  in 
every  case,  mainly  upon  her  narra- 
tive. In  this  she  was  supported  and 
confirmed  by  the  detective  Lyon,  the 
felon  Wagner,  to  whom  Ettinger  is 
alleged  to  have  told  it  all  in  the  east- 
ern penitentiary;  and  likewise  was 
she  substantiated  by  other  disinterest- 
ed witness,  years  after,  at  trial.  Mary 
Hartley's  statement  was  to  the  effect: 
That  on  the  night  of  the  murder,  she 
accompanied  Ettinger,  Jonathan  and 
Uriah  Moyer,  Ell  Moyer,  Jonathan's 
wife  and  Israel  Erb  to  the  scene  when 
Ettinger  took  from  under  his  vest  a 
doubled  bitted  axe,  with  a  handle  six 
inches  long,  hacked  a  hole  in  the 
door,  broke  a  pane  in  the  window 
threw  into  the  room  a  small  vial  of 
chloroform,  entered  the  house  and 
slew  both  inmates. 

She  detailed  the  circumstances 
with  graphic  minuteness,  the  nervous- 
ness of  sin  seemed  to  grip  her  frail 
form  and  lend  accent  to  her  testi- 
mony. She  saw  the  dog  tied  to  a 
stake  at  the  fence  south  east  of  the 
log  building,  loosened  Sunday  morn- 
ing by  the  witness  Breininger,  the 
cowchain,  rope  and  heavy  stick  wrap- 
ped or  twisted  attached,  to  the  chain 
or  rope.  It  was  part  chain  and  part 
rope.  She  told  of  pennies  found  in 
the  fire,  of  lumps  cf  molten  silver,  of 
the  crock  Ettinger  used  to  scoop  up 
blood  and  thrown  by  him  into  the 
woods,  found  some  years  thereafter 
by  disinterested  witnesses,  of  the 
shingle  shown  in  Court  used  by  Et- 
tinger to  hide  his  plunder  on  the 
mountain  side.  She  identified  the 
shingle,  by  being  split,  with  knots 
and  portions  of  knot  holes  and  pick- 
ed up  in  the  vicinity  she  described. 

There  are  many  living  witnesses 
today,  who  would  recall  these  and 
many  like  portions  of  her  testimony, 
witnesses  who  could  fortify,  by  their 
own  vivid  recollections,  acts  they 
themselves  witnessed  the  day  follow- 
ing the  tragedy,  as  well  as  periods 
long  thereafter,  connected  with  the 
trials. 

Mr.  Dill's  contention  was  that, 
moving  upon  the  theory  of  the  Moy- 


er confession,  the  Kintzlers  were 
dead  when  Mary  Lepley  was  there.  If 
correct  then  Mary  Hartley  misled  the 
court  and  falsified  before  the  jury, 
in  a  chain  of  facts  and  circumstances, 
which  the  keenest  cross  examination 
failed  to  shatter.  True,  there  were 
fables  in  her  testimony,  but  they  were 
trifling.  Mary  Lepley  saw  the  grind 
stone  in  the  cold,  deserted  room,  the 
improvised  seat  where  Ettinger  sat, 
'fooling  with  his  gun',  when  Kintzler 
commanded  him  to  put  it  down,  while 
mending  Moyer's  lard  can,  on  the 
Friday  afternoon,  Moyer  says  Etting- 
er shot  and  subsequently  killed  the 
old  man.  Taken  as  a  verity,  Moyer 
stood  in  the  light  of  an  accomplice 
and  in  stating  the  law  as  to  the  ac- 
complice, Judge  Bucher  in  his  charge 
said:  what  great  judges  had  said  be- 
fore: 'In  fact  such  testimony,  ought 
to  be  received  with  great  caution  and 
jealousy,  for  upon  his  own  confes- 
sion he  stands  contaminated  with 
guilt.  He  admits  participation  in 
the  crime,  which  by  his  evidence  he 
would  fix  upon  the  prisoners.  His 
character  is  tainted  and  he  may  have 
strong  and  unadmitted  motives  to  de- 
ceive etc' 

This  language  would  likewise  have 
applied  to  Mary  Hartley's  statement, 
and  Judge  Bucher  reminded  the 
juries  they  should  not  convict  upon 
her  testimony  unsupported  by  other 
affirmatives  and  unimpeachable 
proofs.       But   she  was   not   on   trial. 

Throw  Ettinger  out  of  the  case 
and  no  murder  would  have  occured. 
None  possessed  the  daring,  reckless 
spirit,  the  defiant,  sturdy  make  up 
he  had.  He  was  physically  fit  for  the 
awful  task  and  did  not  flinch  at  the 
critical  moment,  in  an  encounter 
with  a  man  over  six  feet  high,  mus- 
cular, morose  and  generally  feared 
and  hated  by  his  neighbors  for  his 
prowess  and  illtempered  disposition. 
But  Kintzler  was  77  years  old.  Had 
Ettinger  faced  him  in  a  fair  contest, 
it  is  problematical  who  would  have 
been  victim.  According  to  Moyer, 
he  was  shot  outside  and  'turned  in- 
stantly toward  the  house'  to  seize  his 
gun  and  face  his  murderous  assail- 
ant. He  did  not  turn  to  flee.  Kin- 
tzler was  absolutely  fearless,  and 
whether  killed  Friday  afternoon,  by 
being  shot  and  then  beaten  to  death, 
by   Ettinger      in   his   own      yard,    or 


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239 


whether  foully  struck  down  with  a 
club,  which  Mary  Hartley  said  Et- 
tinger had  cut  in  the  woods,  with  the 
double  bitted  axe,  while  enroute  to 
the  scene,  on  the  fateful  Saturday 
evening  (she  subsequently  took  wit- 
nesses to  the  spot  where  Ettinger  cut 
the  club.  The  late  A.  W.  Potter  was 
one  of  the  parties  who  aided  in  lo- 
cating this  precise  place)  matters 
little,  at  this  time,  since  the  culprits 
expiated,  as  forfeit  with  their  lives, 
the  double  murder;  nevertheless  it 
all  depicts  the  personality  of  mur- 
der and  murdered.  Ettinger  pick- 
ed the  handcuffs  (Mr.  Dill  called  them 
bracelets)  with  a  hair  pin  pulled  out 
of  Mary  Hartley's  hair  while  she  and 
the  detective  slept  at  night,  on  the 
train,  enroute  eastward  through  the 
state  of  Ohio,  walked  boldly  out  of 
the  car  door  and  leaped  off,  while  the 
train  was  traveling  at  a  very  high 
rate  of  speed;  he  threatened  to  kill 
Wagner  in  the  penitentiary,  in  a  quar- 
rel, and  drew  a  knife  for  the  purpose, 
saying  he'd  as  soon  kill  a  man  when 
angry  as  not,  even  for  five  dollars, 
etc.,  he  had  taken  the  precaution, 
presumably  while  west,  to  conceal 
upon  his  person  a  subtle  poison,  to 
cheat  the  gallows,  in  event  of  con- 
viction, for  he  boldly  boasted  during 
trial,  he  never  would  be  hanged:  he 
shamelessly  lied  to  Mr.  Dill,  his  earn- 
est counsel,  in  open  court,  denying 
knowledge  of  the  crime,  mu^h  le~s 
participated  in  it.  Turning  to  face 
him  while,  in  an  earnest  burst  of  ap- 
peal to  the  jury  which  sat  in  judg- 
ment over  him,  Dill  said:  "Gentle- 
men of  the  jury  look  at  this  youne 
man,  just  entering  into  the  prime  of 
his  life.  Will  you  send  him  to  a 
premature  grave  by  adjudging  him  a 
murderer.  Never.  I  have  asked  him : 
'  Tell  me  Emanuel  confidentially  as 
your  counsel,  are  you  guilty  or  not  ' 
and  he  tells  me  he  is  innocent..' 
Throughout  it  all  Ettinger  sat  un- 
moved his  impenetrable  face  as  im- 
passive and  mute  as  a  carved  stone 
not  a  muscle  twitched,  no  emotion 
moved  his  heart,  or  quickened  his 
pulse.  He  was  absolutely  cold  blood- 
ed. Thoroughly  illiterate,  he  was 
yet,  the  most  cunning  prisoner  who 
ever  faced  a  jury. 

I  think  the  late  Dr.  J.  Y.  Shindel 
endeavored  to  gain  a  confession  from 


him  in  the  old  jail,  when,  under  the 
spasm  of  a  powerful  and  certain  poi- 
son, he  was  in  the  throes  of  dissolu- 
tion; but  the  death  rattle  was  already 
in  his  throat  and  rendered  inarticu- 
late, his  mumbled  efforts. 

Mary  Hartley  was  probably  twenty 
two  or  twenty  three  years  old  when 
in  Court.  Her  powers  of  discern- 
ment and  narrative  were  marvelous 
Frail,  slender  and  unschooled,  she 
tracked  out  the  course  for  the  Com- 
monwealth. Her  evidence  startling 
in  the  extreme,  had  the  impress  of 
truth  and  remained  always  unvaried. 
The  detective  Lyon  corroborated  her, 
Ettinger  having  confessed  to  him 
when  apprehended  in  Michigan,  the 
entire  tale.  Judge  Bucher,  with  the 
innate  caution  of  every  Judge  "who 
is  slow  to  punish"  took  his  own 
course  to  "find  out"  about  Lyon, 
who,  under  Mr.  Dill's  severe  cross 
fire  admitted  he  had  been  indicted 
for  murder,  bounty  jumping,  forg- 
ery, etc.,  during  war  times,  wh:le 
acting  as  Federal  marshal.  The 
court  to  re-assure  itself,  wired  to 
Hon.  Jeremiah  Hagenman,  President 
Judge  of  the  Berks  county  courts,  on 
the  Saturday  when  Ettinger's  tri^l 
closed,  for  a  final  estimate  of  the  de- 
tective's intergrity.  It  was  just  pre- 
ceding his  famous  charge  to  the  jury 
in  the  afternoon,  that  he  was  handed 
a  telegram  and  openly  announced 
this  fact  to  the  jury,  but  in  such  a 
way  as  not  to  taint  the  legal  proceed- 
ings then  under   consideration. 

This  tragedy,  with  its  long  train  of 
results,  was  but  a  restatement,  in  its 
final  phase,  of  the  rigor  of  the  Dra- 
conian Law,  enunciated  many  cen- 
turies ago:  "That  the  land  shall  be 
cleansed  of  the  blood  of  the  slain  by 
the  blood  of  the  slayer." 


FOOT   SNOW  APRIL  9-10,    1918. 


After  this  most  severe  winter  and 
the  beautiful  March  weather  during 
which  farmers  did  most  of  their 
Spring  plowing  and  the  gardeners 
had  put  out  their  early  seeds,  no  one 
expected    snow. 

Snow  began  falling  April  9th  and 
continued  during  the  night  and 
Wednesday  morning,  April  10th, 
about  a.  foot  of  snow  lay  on  tho 
ground. 


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THE    MOYERS    OF    ADAMS    TWP. 


(By  Dr.  J.  C.  Shuman) 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth 
century  the  ancestor  of  the  Moyers 
of  Adams  township  is  said  by  J.  G. 
Moyer  to  have  come  from  Germany 
to  America.  J.  G.  Moyer  also  says 
that  Jacob  Meyer,  who  was  his  grand- 
father, came  to  Musser's  Valley  from 
Berks  County,  Pa. 

In  the  census  of  1790,  which  was 
the  first  U.  S.  Census,  I  find  55  Meyer 
families  in  Pennsylvania,  none  in 
Berks  County.  Then  there  are  157 
Moyer  families  given  as  being  in 
Pennsylvania,  56  of  these  were  in 
Berks  County,  six  of  whom  by  the 
name  "Jacob  Moyer."  However  this 
I  give  for  what  it  may  be  worth. 
Jacob  Meyer  is  said  by  his  grandson 
to  have  come  from  Berks  County  to 
Snyder  County  and  that  by  "common 
consent"  the  name  was  changed  from 
Meyer  to  Moyer  afterwards. 

Jacob  Moyer  must  have  come  to 
Snyder  County  early  in  the  nineteenth 
century.  He  owned  some  land  south 
of  what  is  now  Moyer's  gap  in  Jack's 
mountain  where  he  .built  a  grist 
mill.  This  mill  was  an  old  landmark. 
It  stood  a  short  distance  north  of  the 
public  road  from  Troxelville  to  Cen- 
terville.  It  was  operated  afterwards 
by  his  son,  Michael  and  then  by  his 
grandson,  Joseph  Moyer.  This  was 
"Moyer's  Mill"  and  here  originated 
the  saying:  "Miller  Mike  Moyer, 
musht  miner  mommy  mush  male  maw- 
la.  My  mommy  mus  mich  meshta 
mit  mush."  Moyer's  mill  was  still 
run  when  I  left  in  1890  by  Joseph 
Moyer. 

J.  G.  Moyer  says  his  grandfather, 
Jacob  Moyer  had  sixteen  children.  I 
know  of  only  four,  namely:  Christina, 
born  1797,  died  1866,  married  Henry 
Bingaman,  son  of  old  Frederick 
Bingaman;     Mrs.  Ettinger;     Michael 


Moyer,  who  lived  at  Moyer's  Mill 
and  there  he  died;  John  Moyer,  tan- 
ner born  1802  and  died  1885. 

Christina,  wife,  of  Henry  Binga- 
man, was  the  mother  of  J.  Fred 
Bingaman,  Christina,  wife  of  Elias 
R.  Swartz,  and  Jacob  Bingaman 
whose  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Peter 
Fetterolf  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Swartz. 
In  this  tangle  of  intermarriages  wo 
find  represented  the  Swartz,  Fetter- 
olf, Bingaman  and  Moyer  families. 

Mrs.  John  Ettinger  and  family 
lived  about  two  miles  west  of  Troxel- 
ville, on  the  public  road  near  the  foot 
of  Jack's   mountain. 

Michael  Moyer  married  Caroline 
Haines.  I  know  of  only  three  of 
their  children ;  Joseph  Moyer,  who 
lived  near  Moyer's  Mill  and  operated 
it  after  the  death  of  his  father,  Uriah 
and  Jonathan  Moyer,  lived  close  to 
the  old  mill,  and  are  buried  side  by 
side  near  by.  The  two  brothers  were 
executed  for  the  murder  of  John 
Kinsler  and  wife.  John  Moyer,  who 
is  designated  "Tanner  Moyer"  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  another  John  in 
that  neighborhood,  was  born  in  Sny- 
der County  in  1802.  He  married  a 
sister  of  Henry  Bingaman,  daughter 
of  old  Freidrich  Bingaman.  Here 
again  is  a  cross  between  the  Moyer 
and  the  Bingaman  families.  John 
Moyer,  Tanner,  married  his  sister's 
husband's  sister. 

He  lived  about  half  a  mile  east  of 
the  old  Troxelville  cemetery.  He 
had  a  small  tannery  there,  and  also 
a  farm.  The  old  house  stood  on  the 
western  slope  of  a  low  hill  that  is 
crossed  by  the  public  road.  It  stood 
on  the  north  side.  Another  house 
and  the  tannery  were  on  the  south 
side  of  the  road  east  of  a  small  stream 
of  water  which  crosses  the  road.  John 
Moyer's  face  reminded  me  of  the 
pictures  we  see  of  Richard  Wagner, 
the  great  German  musician.  John 
Moyer    had    the    following    children: 


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241 


J.  Y.  Henry  Moyer,  Mrs.  Josiah 
Kline,  mother  of  Ida,  wife  of  Man- 
beck,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio ;  Catherine, 
second  wife  of  Josiah  Kline;  Maria, 
unmarried;  Mrs.  Isaac  Krebs;  Mrs. 
Nr.thnn  Fetterolf;  Jacob  J.  S. 
Moyer  married  Miss  Musser,  died  in 
Salem,  Oregon;  John  Gustavus  Moy- 
er, who  married  Maggie  J.  Swartz, 
daughter  of  Elias  R.  Swartz  and  his 
wife,  Christiana  Bingaman,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Bingaman. 

J.  Y.  H.  Moyer  lived  at,  and  farm- 
ed the  old  home  farm.  He  married 
Miss  Klose,  of  Mifflinburg.  Some 
years  ago  he  moved  to  Troxelville 
and  there  he  died  a  few  years  ago. 
I  knew  him  well.  He  was  a  very 
good  man. 

John  Gust  Moyer  was  born  in 
Adams  township.  He  was  the  young- 
est of  John  Moyer's  children.  Gust 
was  a  shrewd  business  man.  He  own- 
ed a  large  general  store  in  Troxel- 
ville. After  he  sold  his  store  he  saw- 
ed, and  dealt  in  lumber,  and  was  quite 
successful.  He  died  at  Beaver 
Springs  a  few  years  ago.  His  widow 
and  two  daughters  survive  him.  Vic- 
toria May  born  1876  and  Pirie  Pruel- 
la  born  1874,  and  Franklin  Guy,  who 
died  1881,  are  his  children.  The 
writer  spent  three  years  with  the 
family  of  J.  G.  Moyer  and  wife  while 
in  Troxelville,  and  will  always  remem- 
ber them  for  their  kindness. 

After  further  inquiry  I  find  that 
Capt.  Friedrich  Bingaman  had  a  son, 
Peter  Bingaman,  born  1795  and  died 
1877.  There  was  also  Christian 
Bingaman  born  1780  and  died  1874. 
It  is  probable  that  he  was  a  brother 
to  Henry  and  Peter.  Peter  Bingaman 
had  a  son,  John  Bingaman  (who  was 
the  father  of  Joshua  Bingaman  and 
Mrs.  James  M.  Middleswarth.  Now 
James  M.  Middleswarth  Esq.,  Ner  M. 
Middleswarth,  Mrs.  Joshua  Bingaman, 
Mrs.  A.  Howard  Swartz  and  Mrs.  D. 


J.  Bingaman  were  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, children  of  Jacob  Middleswarth, 
who  was  one  of  the  sons  of  Hon.  Ner. 
Middleswarth,  who  came  with  his  par- 
ents, John  and  Martha  Middleswarth, 
from  New  Jersey  in  1792  when  ten 
years  old,  to  a  place  a  mile  south 
of  Beavertown. 

Ner  Middleswarth  was  captain  in 
the  war  of  1812.  Afterwards  he 
served  thirteen  terms  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  Legislature.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  thirty  third  U. 
S.  Congress.  Afterwards  these  five 
grand  children  went  to  Musser's  Val- 
ley and  were  married. 

John  Fetterolf,  brother  of  Andrew 
and  Peter,  had  a  son  named  Robert, 
who  was  lost  in  the  Civil  War.  Rob- 
ert Fetterolf  was  the  father  of  Henry 
and  Phares  Fetterolf  and  Mrs.  Frank 
Ettinger. 


FETTEROLF   FAMILY   OF   ADAMS 
TOWNSHIP 


By   Dr.  J.   C.   Shuman 

I  have  it  from  good  authority  that 
the  ancestor  of  the  Fetterolfs 
of  Adams  township,  Snyder  County, 
Pa.,  was  Frederick  Fetterolf,  who  was 
said  to  have  come  from  Berks  Co., 
Pa.  According  to  the  first  census  of 
the  U.  S.  there  was  a  Jacob  Fetterolf 
in  Albany  twp.,  Berks  Co.,  in  1790. 
There  is  a  Fetterolf  buried  at  Troxel- 
ville that  was  born  in  1779,  probablv 
born  in  Berks  County.  His  first  name 
is  not  given  on  the  tombstone.  This 
may  have  been  Frederich,  the  father 
of  the  Adams  township  family.  The 
Berks  County  Jacob  had  in  1790  one 
son  over  16  years  old  and  one  son 
under  16,  and  four  daughters  This 
is  the  only  Fetterolf  family  in  Berks 
County  in  1790.  In  1908  I  saw  the 
graves  of  a  dozen  or  more  Fetterolfs 
in  Albany  township  and  in  the  ad- 
joining township  of  Lynn  in  Lehigh 
County.      A  Peter  Fetterolf  paid  tax 


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in  1759  in  Herford  township, 
Berks  Co.  These  are  interesting  but 
isolated  factor,  I  give  them  for  what 
they  may  be  worth.  I  am  unable  to 
connect  them  with  any  degree  of 
certainty.  Be  this  as  it  may,  I  know 
that  there  were  in  Adams  township, 
three  brothers,  Andrew,  Peter  and 
John   Fetterolf. 

Andrew  Fetterolf  was  born  1795 
and  died  1883  married  Catherine, 
daughter  of  Henry  Swirtz.  I  do  not 
know  where  Andrew  was  born. 
Amonf  his  children  were*  Nathan, 
Frederick  and  Mrs.  Elms  Fuhrman. 
Andrew  was  a  large,  fleshy  man.  He 
told  me  that  he  could  remember  the 
time  of  Washington's  funeral  1799, 
and  when  Troxelville  was  but  a  muddy 
road  between  overhanging  brush.  I 
think  he  was  a  blacksmith,  Andrew 
made  his  last  home  with  his  son. 
Nathan,  in  Troxelville,  where  he  died. 

Nathan  Fetterolf,  son  of  Andrew, 
had  a  small  piece  of  land  east  of 
Troxelville,  now  a  part  of  the  town. 
He  first  married  Harriet,  daughter 
of  John  Moyer  (Tanner).  Harriet 
died  at  the  age  of  22  years.  Nathan 
afterwards  married  Ann  Knep.  Hh 
children  were  Harriet,  married  to  J 
F.  Zechman,  mother  of  Wellington  I. 
Zechman.  John  A.  Fetterolf,  mar- 
ried Good;  Roswell  H.  Fetterolf  mar- 
ried Ammerman;  Rev.  John  H.  Fet- 
terolf, of  the  Lutheran  church.  He 
is  preaching  in  Kansas.  John  A.  has 
several  children  and  so  has  James, 
namely,  Luther  and  Vera. 

Frederick  Fetterolf,  son  of  An- 
drew, was  a  blacksmith,  had  a  shop 
in  Troxelville,  where  he  died  1879, 
aged  61  years.  His  children  were: 
Irvin,  married  Evaline  Steininger; 
William,  Ellen,  married  Klose;  Ir- 
vin lives  in  Lewistown  and  has  sev- 
eral children. 

Peter  Fetterolf  was  born  in  1801 
and  died  1879,  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter  of      Henry    Swartz.      Peter   and 


Andrew  were  brothers  and  their 
wives  were  sisters.  Peter  lived  at 
the  foot  of  Jack's  mountain,  north 
of  Troxelville,  where  Ner.  M.  Mid- 
dleswarth  now  (1918)  lives.  He 
died  where  I.  C.  Hackenburg  lives. 
Peter  had  these  children:  Philip,  the 
father  of  J.  E.  Fetterolf;  Elias  Fet- 
terolf, who  lived  in  Spring  Mills, 
Center  Co.;  Catherine  born  1828  and 
died  1887,  married  Jacob  Bingaman; 
Susan,  married  John  Hendricks,  has 
several  children;  Polly,  married  Fred 
Shrader,  whose  children  were,  Os- 
car, of  Ohio,  Elias;  Rev.  Frederick,  a 
Lutheran  minister  and  Alvin  Shrader. 
John  Fetterolf,  brother  of  Andrew 
and  Peter  lived  a  mile  North  West 
of  Troxelville,  where  he  died  1887, 
aged  82  years.  He  was  the  father 
of  John  Jr.,  and  grand  father  of 
Chas.  Fetterolf. 


THE     BINGAMAN    FAMILY     OF 
ADAMS  TWP. 


By  Dr.  J.  C.  Shuman 

In  an  autographic  record  in  my 
possession,  Frederick  Bingaman  tells 
us  that  in  1754  his  father,  Johan  Jost 
Bingaman  and  wife,  Juliana,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Ort,  came  from 
Germany  "aus  der  Wetteran"  to 
America. 

In  Rupp's  "Thirty  Thousand  Names 
of  Immigrants"  I  find  the  name  of 
J.  Jost  Bingaman  in  a  list  of  pas- 
sengers who  came  over  in  ship  Edin- 
borough.  James  Russel,  Master, 
from  Rotterdam,  and  landed  in  Phila- 
delphia Sept.  30,  1754.  Those  peo- 
ple came  from  the  Palatinate  and 
Wurtenburg,  in  southern  Germany. 
Frederick  Bingaman  says  "I  was  born 
in  Istum  County  Jan.  15,  1755"  (I 
know  of  no  such  county).  His  fath- 
er, Johan  Jost,  died  in  «*uly  1755 
Where  his  father  died  and  is  buried, 
and  what  became  of  his  mother  I  do 
not  know. 


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243 


At  the  time  when  the  first  U.  S. 
census  was  taken  in  1790,  a  Fre- 
derick Bingaman  and  family  lived 
in  Ruscomb  Manor  township,  Berks 
Co.  This  Fred  had  then  one  son 
over  16  years  old,  two  sons  under  16 
and  two  daughters. 

Frederick  Bingaman  who  came  to 
Snyder  Co.,  says  that  on  April  6, 
1779  he  married  Maria  Christina  Huf- 
nagle,  who  was  born  May  3,  1758. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Johan  Chris- 
tian Hufnagle  and  her  mother's  name 
was  Maria  Elizabeth. 

In  the  list  of  residents  of  Ruscomb 
twp.,  Berks  Co.,  of  the  census  of 
1790  I  find  Christian  Hufnagle  and 
family  of  three  sons  over  16  years, 
two  under  16,  and  two  daughters. 
Again  I  find  a  Henry  Swartz  and 
family  in  this  same  township  of  Rus- 
comb. I  will  let  the  reader  decide 
whether  this  Fred.  Bingaman,  of  Rus- 
comb Twp.,  is  the  one  who  came  from 
Berks  Co.  to  Snyder  County  after- 
ward and  became  the  father  of  the 
large  family  by  that  name. 

That  Frederick  Bingaman,  of 
Adams  township,  came  here  from 
Berks  there  is  no  doubt.  Those  who 
knew,  said  that  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
American  Revolution  and  fought  in 
the  battle  on  the  Brandywine. 

He  and  his  wife  had  12  children, 
6  sons  and  6  daughters.  How  many 
of  these  children  they  brought  with 
them  to  Snyder  County,  I  do  not 
know.  He  must  have  come  after 
1794,  because  we  know  that  his  son, 
Henry  came  with  him  and  he  was 
born  in   1794. 

Fred  Bingaman's  wife  died  Apr. 
12,  1818  and  was  buried  on  the  14th 
in  the  cemetery  of  St.  Heinrich's 
Church,  Rev.  Gerhart  officiating.  The 
text  of  the  funeral  sermon  was  "Kom, 
Sterblicher,  betrachte  mich." 

Father  Bingaman  died  in  Adams 
township  Oct.  30,  1845,  aged  90  yrs., 
11  months  and  9  days,  and  is  buried 


in  St.  Henry's  cemetery.  He  must 
have  had  a  second  wife,  since  he  calls 
Maria  C.  Hufnagle  his  "first"  wife. 
Of  this  large  family  of  children,  of 
which  at  least  nine  lived  after  1818, 
I    know    only    one,    namely: 

Henry  Bingaman  born  1794  and 
died  1861  Henry  married  Christina 
Moyer,  born  1797.  Her  son,  Jacob 
says  she  was  born  in  Northumber- 
land County.  It  would  be  interest- 
ing to  know  just  where  she  was  born. 
She  may  have  been  born  in  Snyder 
County  for  all  that,  since  Snyder 
County  was  a  part  of  Northumberland 
County  in  1797.  Henry  was  a  sol- 
dier of  the  war  of  1812.  This  data 
I  have  from  "Susquehanna  and  Ju- 
niata Valleys  "Vol.  II  p.  1582.  Henry 
Bingaman  had  the  following  children: 
Yost;  John  Frederick,  married  to 
Susan  Partch;  Isabelle,  married  to 
Jacob  Neidich;  Christiana,  married  to 
Elias  R.  Swartz  (see  Swartz  family)  , 
Jacob,  married  Catherine  Fetterolf. 
(see  Fetterolf  family)  ;  Elizabeth, 
married  Abraham  Hufnagle;  Gutelda, 
married  William  Swengel;  Mary  Ann, 
married  William  Wagner;  Amanda 
married  Henry  Middleswarth,  of  Kan- 
sas. 

Of  these  children  I  know  none  bm 
Jacob  and  Christiana.  Jacob  Binga- 
man was  born  1826  and  died  1897, 
was  born  one  mile  east  of  Troxel- 
ville  on  the  farm  now  (1918)  owned 
by  his  son,  John  Fred  Bingaman. 
which  farm  was  his  father  Henry's 
while  he  lived.  Jacob  tilled  the  same 
land  untii  a  few  years  before  he  died, 
when  John  F.  Bingaman,  the  pres- 
ent owner  bought  it.  Dec.  23,  1852 
Jacob  Bingaman,  married  Catherine 
Fetterolf,  daughter  of  Peter  Fetterolf 
and  grand  daughter  of  Henry  Swartz. 

Jacob  and  Catherine  Bingaman  had 
the  following  children:  Elizabeth 
born  1856  married  Ner  M.  Middles- 
warth  whose    children    are,   John    S., 


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Prudie  E.,  Charles  J.,  Sarah  C, 
William;  (2)  D.  Jacob  Bingaman  born 
1869,  married  Alice  A.  Middleswarth 
who  have  children:  Verdie  G.,  mar- 
ried Fultz;  Jacob  C,  Charles  E., 
Cottie,  Hazel,  Merrill  and  Lucinda. 
(3)  Savilla  Christina  born  1863,  mar- 
ried 1880  to  Dr.  J.  C.  Shuman,  has 
two  children,  Mabel  Patti,  married 
Daniel  Thomas.  Mabel  has  three 
children,  Robert  C,  Marjorie  A.  and 
Lester  G.;  Cottie  Pruella  Shuman, 
born  March  30,  1886.  (4)  Anna  C, 
born  1865  and  died  1883.  (5)  John 
Frederick  Bingaman  born  1868  and 
married  Fanny  Berge.  (6)  Ida  C, 
born  1870  married  to  Mr.  Walter. 


HISTORY    OF    SWARTZ,    FETTER- 

OLF,  BINGAMAN,  AND  MOY- 

ER  FAMILIES,  OF 

ADAMS  TWP. 


By  Dr.  J.  C.  Shuman,  Akron,  Ohio. 
My  object  in  compiling  this  data 
of  the  Swartz,  Fetterolf,  Bingaman 
and  Moyer  families,  of  Adams  town- 
ship, Snyder  County,  Pa.,  is  they  may 
not  be  lost.  Since  almost  all  the 
older  ones  of  those  families  are  gone, 
and  I  do  not  know  of  any  one  who 
has   kept   a   record    of   them,    I   will 

put  down  what  I  know  about  them. 
It  would  be  too  bad  to  lose  what  we 
have  left,  and  forget  those  people 
who  took  so  large  a  part  in  the  de- 
velopment of  that  region. 

I  do  not  think  I  am  the  best  fit- 
ted to  do  this,  for  there  certainly  are 
some  left  who  know  more  on  the  sub- 
ject than  I  do;  but  I  am  afraid  it  may 
be  neglected  This  record  will  be  in 
no  way  complete  but  it  is  what  I 
know  of  it. 

Swartz  Family  of  Adams  Twp. 

I  do  not  know  the  year  but  it  was 
about  1800  that  Henry  Swartz  came 
to  what  is  now  Adams  township  in 
Musser's  Valley.  I  do  not  know 
where  he  came  from,  but  none  of  the 
older  ones  of  the  family  would  hesi- 
tate to  say  at  all  times  that  he  came 
from  Berks  county  where  so  many  of 
the  pioneers  of  central  Pennsylania 
came  from. 


In  searching  the  lists  of  names  of 
heads  of  families  as  given  in  the  first 
U.  S.  Census  in  1790  I  find  two  men 
by  the  name  Henry  Swartz  given  as 
being  residents  of  Ruscomb  twp., 
Berks  County.  If  I  were  allowed 
two  easy  guesses  I  would  be  able 
to  trace  the  Swartz  family  back  to 
Lorraine. 

Henry  Swartz  was  born  1768  and 
died  1834,  married  Elizabeth  born 
1766  died  1839.  Henry  owned  a 
piece  of  land  half  a  mile  east  of  Trox- 
elville.  About  1805  the  Lutherans 
of  that  community  organized  a  con- 
gregation, and  in  1811  together  with 
the  Reformed  congregation,  they  laid 
the  foundation  of  a  church.  This 
church  they  named  "St.  Heinrich's 
Kirche";  no  doubt  in  honor  of  Henry 
Swartz  who  had  sold  them  the  three 
acres  of  ground  on  which  it  was 
built,  for  sixty  seven  cents.  The  old 
church  has  long  since  been  removed, 
but  the  ground  is  still  used  as  a 
burial  place;  and  here  is  where  most 
of  these  good  old  people  lie  buried. 

Henry  Swartz  had  four  children 
that  I  know  of.  I  think  there  were 
more  because  those  people  usually 
had  large  families.  I  will  write  only 
of  those  whom  I  know. 

Sarah,  born  1800,  died  1874,  mar- 
ried Peter  Fetterolf,  buried  in  St. 
Henry's  cemetery. 

Catherine,  born  1779,  died  1868, 
married  Andrew  Fetterolf,  brother 
to  Peter. 

Daniel  Swartz,  born  1788,  died 
1852,  married  Eve,  born  1795,  died 
1875.  Daniel  had  two  sons  whom  I 
knew  namely  Thomas  and  Elias  Rag- 
er    Swartz. 

Thomas  Swartz  had  a  large  family: 
Henry,  Louisa,  married  Ramer;  Sar, 
ah,  married  Harrison  Breininger, 
Mary,  Kate,  James,  Samuel,  Gust, 
Daniel,  Eliza,  John.  Thomas  Swartz 
and  family  lived  on  a  small  farm  a 
short  distance  east  of  the  old  church. 

Elias  Rager  Swartz  was  born  1821 
and  died  1898.  He  married  Chris- 
tiana, daughter  of  Henry  Bingaman. 
Elias  R.,  was  born  in  what  is  now 
Adams  township  close  to  the  old 
Swartz  homestead  on  a  farm.  After- 
wards he  lived  in  Troxelville.  He 
was  a  popular  and  well  known  man  in 
the  community^  The  writer  knew 
him  and  his  good  wife,  aunt  "Tena" 
very  well,  being  next  door  neighbors 
for  ten  years. 


OLD    DEEDS — POSTMASTERS    OF    1875 


245 


Elias  R.  and  wife  had  the  following 
children:  Daniel,  died  1866;  Mary, 
a  widow  of  I.  C.  Hackenburg  died 
1887;  Ellen  B.,  wife  of  Benneville 
Smith,  died  1891;  Alice  15,  and  Chas. 
13,  died  1880;  J.  Wilson  born  1848, 
married  Kate  Earnest;  for  some  time 
he  was  Commissioners'  Clerk,  after- 
wards he  represented  the  county  in 
the  State  Legislature;  Adam  Howard 
Swartz,  the  writer's  good  old  friend, 
is  married  to  Mary  Middleswarth, 
lives  in  Troxelville.  He  is  the  fath- 
er of  Albert,  Charles,  Frank  and  Em- 
ma, who  was  married  to  Chas.  Fetter- 
olf. 

Maggie  J.,  married  J.  G.  Moyer, 
son  of  John  Moyer  (tanner),  lies  in 
Beaver  Springs.  Hattie  L.,  lives  in 
Cleveland  Ohio. 

George  Swartz,  Esq.,  born  1795. 
died  1873,  son  of  Henry  and  Maria 
Elizabeth,  born  1800  and  died  1856, 
both  buried  in  St.  Henry  cemetery. 
He  was  popular  among  the  people  of 
that  community.  He  was  justice  of 
the  Peace  for  some  time  and  his  opin- 
ion and  advice  was  sought  by  friends 
and  neighbors.  Among  his  children 
were:  J.  F.  Harrison  born  1829  died 
1876,  married  Matilda  Wagner,  born 
1834  and  died  1887.  Both  buried  in 
St.  Henry's  cemetery.  They  had  the 
following  children: 

Samuel  H.,  born  1857,  died  1884, 
John  G.,  born  1864,  died  1885;  Wm. 
H.  H.,  died  1890  age  23  yrs. ;  Adda 
J.,  born  1859  died  1879;  Isaac  C. 
Swartz,  married  Mary  Bowersox; 
Gust  Swartz  who  lives  in  California. 
After  the  death  of  Isaac  C.  and  Gust 
Swartz  there  will  be  none  left  of  the 
Geo.  Swartz  family. 


SOME    OLD    DEEDS 


Some  old  deeds  were  discovered  a- 
mong  the  effects  of  Hon.  Alfred 
Specht,  late  of  Beavertown.  Thomas 
J.  Specht,  one  of  the  sons,  had  two 
deeds  dated  Nov.  1,  1815  from  Geo. 
Springer,  of  New  Berlin  and  George 
Dengler  and  wife,  of  Orwigsburg, 
Schuylkill  County  to  Adam  Specht 
for  lots  Nos.  516  and  517  in  Spring- 
er's addition  to  New  Berlin.  Consid- 
eration in  each  deed.  $25.00. 

The  names  of  the  grantors  are 
printed  on  the  deed  indicating  that 
they  were  conducting  a  lot  sale, 
either  public  or  private,  at  New  Ber- 


lin,  as  the  town   began  to   show  its 
importance. 

In  May  of  that  year  the  first  court 
was  held  at  New  Berlin,  the  Act  cov- 
ering the  same  provided  that  the 
courts  should  be  held  in  New  Berlin 
if  a  deed  for  the  court  house  be  given 
to  the  county  commissioners  for  the 
consideration  of  67  cents.  The  orig- 
inal receipt  is  still  on  file  in  the  Coun- 
ty Commissioners'  office  at  Lewis- 
burg. 

It  is  probable  that  speculators  and 
investors  considered  New  Berlin,  at 
that  time,  a  good  place  to  invest  for 
increase  of  land  values,  as  it  had 
just  been  selected  as  the  county  seat 
of  Union  County.  Then  the  present 
limits  of  Snyder  County  belonged  to 
Union  County,  and  New  Berlin  was 
the  geographical  center,  and  the  one 
place  where  all  the  important  func- 
tions  of  Union   County  took  place. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  POSTMASTERS 
OF  FORTY  YEARS  AGO 


From  old  U.  S.  official  reports  we 
find  the  names  of  the  following  post- 
masters in  Snyder  County  in  1875, 
with  the  amount  of  their  annual 
salary. 

Bannerville,   S.   L.   Brown,   $45.04 

Beaver  Springs,  B.  L.  Rauden- 
bush,    $120.25. 

Beavertown,  Moses  Specht,  $128.- 
40. 

Chapman,  W.  M.  Boyer,  $20.55. 

Freeburg,  G.  C.  Moyer,  $259.77. 

Kantz,  H.  J.  Boyer,  $48.19. 

Kratzerville,  J.   S.   Beaver,   $43.08. 

Kreamer,  P.  Roush,  6  mos.  $20.- 
43. 

Kreamer,  J.  A.  Smith,  6  mos. 
$23.34. 

McClure,  A.  L.  Holshue,  6  mos., 
$30.95. 

McClure,  J.  M.  Troxell,  6  mos. 
$23.52. 

McKee's  Half  Falls,  E.  G.  Sheaffer, 
$99.48. 

Meiser,    S.   H.   Yoder,    $70.92. 

Middleburg,  J.  W.  Dreese,  $297.- 
16. 

Middlecreek,  I.  M.  Troxell,  6  mos., 
$10.67. 

Middlecreek,  T.  E.  Reitz,  6  mos., 
$6.23. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  J.  Minium,  11 
mos.,  $74.29. 

Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  George  Scholl, 
1  mo.,  $4.39. 


246 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


49. 


Pallas,    D.    Eisenhart,    $33.02. 

Paxtonville,  H.  Benfer,  $43.99. 

Perm's  Creek,  J.  T.  Huffnagle,  $67.- 

). 

Port  Trevorton,  J.  P.  B?gar,  $108.- 
61. 

Salem,  D.  Witmer,  $37.78. 

Selinsgrove,  M.  K.  Snyder,  $1,- 
100. 

Shamokin  Dam,  G.  M.  Gross,  $32. 
94. 

Troxelville,  J.  W.  Swartz,  $49.- 
68. 

o 

SOME    COPPERHEADISM 

POST,  Feb.  28,  1918. 

At  the  Court  House  two  sheets  of 
paper  were  found  the  past  week, 
written  in  an  unknown  hand,  probab- 
ly during  the  Civil  War,  and  as  the 
matter  is  appropriate  now,  we  give 
the  documents  as  they  are  found, 
though  they  seem  to  be  incomplete. 

"Senator  Douglas  declared  in  one 
of  his  last  speeches  that  there  were 
but  two  parties  in  the  struggle  for 
the  Union — Patriots  and  Traitors.  It 
will  be  unnecessary  to  precisely  de- 
fine the  words  "patriot"  and  "trai- 
tor," but  he  who  unconditionally 
stood  by  his  government,  will  be  re- 
garded  a   patriot. 

"On  the  other  hand  not  only  the 
man  who  bore  arms  and  participated 
in  open  demonstrations  against  his 
government,  but  also  he  who  by  word 
or  deed  threw  every  obstacle  in  the 
way  to  crush  this  unholy  rebellion 
will  be  regarded  as  a  traitor.  Pre- 
cisely this  line  of  demarcation  will 
be  drawn  when  the  storm  of  passion 
and  excitement  shall  have  subsided, 
and  the  eyes  of  men  see  things  as 
they  really  are.  Altho  we  seldom  al- 
low ourselves  to  indulge  in  a  look 
behind  the  veil  of  the  future,  we  can 
see  nothing  in  store  for  the  creatures, 
who  by  their  words  and  deeds,  proved 
that  they  loved  slavery  better  than 
liberty  and  union,  but  infamy  and 
disgrace  such  as  cursed  the  Tory  of 
the   Revolution. 

"The  writer  of  the  next  century 
will  be  far  more  severe  in  his  strict- 
ness on  the  copperheads  than  the 
most  bitter  of  the  present  day.  The 
copperhead  will  be  far  more  obnox- 
ious to  the  eye  of  the  next  genera- 
tion than  they  are  in  the  eyes  of 
this.  History  only  awards  shame 
and  disgrace  to  such  who  failed  in 
their  schemes  to  destroy  the  liber- 
ties for  the  public  good  of  a  people. 


The  solitary  example  of  the  treach- 
ery of  Benedict  Arnold  is  sufficient 
proof  of  this. 

"Now  since  the  triumphant  termi- 
nation of  the  war  itself  disproves 
every  argument  of  which  copper- 
heads made  use  and  abundantly 
proves  the  men  to  be  false  prophets 
who  declared  the  war  a  failure.  It 
is  a  matter  of  surprise  that  any  sane 
man  should  persist  in  a  course  that 
he  knows  to  be  wrong,  and  that  will 
only  lead  him  to  inevitable  shame  and 
disgrace." 

On  another  sheet,  incomplete  tho 
it  is,  the  writer  spoke  plainly  of 
some  particular  individual,  as  fol- 
lows: 

"Where  was  this  valiant  knight 
(knave)  when  South  Carolina  Rebels 
charged  their  first  gun  with  the 
Charter  of  American  liberties  and 
aimed  it  at  the  keystone  of  the  Fed- 
eral arch?  Where  whilst  brave  men, 
everywhere  hurried  to  the  scene  of 
conflict  and  carnage  to  offer  their 
lives  as  sacrifices  upon  the  altar  of 
their  country,  whilst  the  bleaching 
bones  of  fallen  braves  cried  loudly 
for  re-enforcement — whilst  the  wid- 
ow wept  hot  tears  over  the  lifeless 
body  of  her  husband  slain  in  battle 
and  invoked  Heaven  to  protect  her 
helpless  orphans — whilst  fields  run 
red  with  blood,  and  gloom  and  de- 
spair hung  like  a  dark  mantle  over 
our  beloved  country,  and  the  Na- 
tion's heart  almost  ceased  its  pulsa- 
tions— whilst  our  flag  was  trailed  in 
the  dust  upon  the  highways  of  our 
native  state,  and  freeman  hastened 
forward  to  drive  the  invading  horde 
of  traitors  from  soil? 

"Did  he  stand  upon  the  battle- 
ments and  hurl  his  deadly  shafts  to 
break  the  tide  of  war?  Was  he 
upon  the  watch-tower  urging  on 
brave  men  to  combat?  No,  he  hid' 
his  head  in  the  swamps  of  Indians, 
or  adopted  the  Kingdom  of  Canada. 
He  has  fought  many  battles — his 
sword  is  sheathed — he  looks  back 
urson  h;s  narrow  escapes  and  bloody 
engagements  with  holy  horror — un- 
born millions  will  chant  his  heroic 
deeds  in  measured  verse.  Soldiers, 
a  creditable  writer  chronicles  a  diff- 
erent story  and  says,  "it  is  well  au- 
thenticated" that  this  chicken  heart- 
ed, pettifoging,  itinerant  frying  pan 
peddler  was  sneaking  from  place  to 
place  to  avoid  conscription,"  *  *  * 
(Here  the  sheet  ends). 


SHERIFF'S    DEED,    MAY    27,    1817 


247 


AN  OLD  DEED 


The  following  is  a  copy  of  an  old 
deed  given  to  the  Snyder  County  His- 
torical  Society. 

To  all  to  whom  these  Presents  shall 
come,  I  FREDERICK  WISE,  Esq., 
High  Sheriff  of  the  County  of  Union, 
in  the  Commonwealth  of  Penna.,  send 
greetings: 

Whereas  a  certain  writ  de  partiona 
facinda  was  issued  out  of  the  court 
of  Common  Pleas  of  the  county  afore- 
said, bearing  test  at  New  Berlin  in 
and  for  the  county  aforesaid,  the 
nineteenth  day  of  September,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixteen,  at  the  suit  of 
Henry  Seckel  and  Joshua  C.  Seckel, 
against  George  H.  Seckel  and  Basel 
S.  Elder  and  Charles  Guinn,  grantees 
of  the  said  George  H.  Seckel,  Joseph 
Gray  and  Sophia  his  wife,  late  Sophia 
Seckel  and  Cooper  Seckel,  in  order  to 
have  the  following  real  estate,  to  wit, 
one  tract  of  land  called  "Farmers' 
Delight"  situate  in  Buffaloe  township, 
in  the  county  late  Northumberland, 
now  Union,  containing  one  hundred 
and  five  acres  and  one  hundred  perch- 
es, and  the  usual  allowance  for  road 
etc.,  surveyed  the  ninth  day  of 
March,  1775,  in  pursuance  of  a  war- 
rant bearing  date  at  Philadelphia  the 
seventeenth  day  of  September  1772 
to  Nehemiah  Bries — one  other  tract, 
situate  in  Penns  township  in  the  coun- 
ty aforesaid,  now  Snyder  County, 
containing  three  hundred  and  thirty 
one  acres  and  one  hundred  and  twenty 
nine  perches,  and  the,  usual  allowance, 
etc.,  surveyed  the  fourteenth  day  of 
Dec.  1773,  in  pursuance  of  a  war- 
rant of  the  honorable  the  proprie- 
taries to  Daniel  Shaub,  bearing  date 
Pit  Philadelphia  the  seventeenth  day  of 
October  1771,  for  which  said  tract, 
called  "Nicaturvin"  George  Cooper 
obtained  a  patent,  bearing  date  the 
twenty  first  day  of  March  1774 — one 
other  tract  situate  in  Buffalo  town- 
ship aforesaid,  containing  one  hun- 
dred and  ninety  seven  acres  and  the 
usual  allowance  etc.,  surveyed  the 
twelfth  day  of  July  1775,  in  pursu- 
ance of  a  warrant  to  George  Snegons. 
dated  at  Philadelphia  the  twenty 
third  day  of  February  1775 — one  oth- 
er tract  situate  in  Buffaloe  township 
aforesaid,  adjoining  lands  of  Abraham 


Ireland  and  others,  containing  seven- 
ty eight  acres  and  three  quarters  and 
the  usual  allowance  etc.,  surveyed  the 
fourteenth  day  of  October  1786,  for 
Michael  Daragh,  in  pursuance  of  his 
warrant  dated  the  sixteenth  day  of 
April  1776 — and  one  other  tract  sit- 
uate in  Penns  township,  aforesaid,  ad- 
joining lands  late  of  William  Greer 
and  others,  containing  ninety  four 
acres  and  three  quarters,  and  the 
usual  allowance  etc.,  surveyed  the 
thirtieth  day  of  April  1786,  for  Geo. 
Cooper  by  virtue  of  his  warrant  bear- 
ing date  the  twenty  first  day  of  April 
1785 — divided  and  parted  between 
the  said  Henry  Seckel  and  Joshua  C. 
Seckel  and  the  said  Basel  S.  Elder 
and  Charles  Guinn,  grantees  of  the 
said  George  H.  Seckel,  Joseph  Gray, 
and  Sophia  his  wife,  late  Sophia  Sec- 
kel and  Cooper  Seckel.  The  said 
Henry,  Joshua,  George,  Sophia  inter- 
married with  Joseph  Gray  and  Cooper 
Seckel  being  all  heirs  and  legal  re- 
presentatives of  Sophia  Seckel,  late 
of  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  deceased, 
to  whom  the  above  described  tracts 
of  land  with  the  appurtenances  were 
devised  by  George  Cooper,  late  of  the 
said  city,  deceased,  by  his  last  will 
and  testament,  bearing  date  of  six- 
teenth day  of  August,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  ninety  six — as  by  reference 
thereto  duly  proven  and  remains  in 
the  Register's  office  at  Philadelphia, 
may  more  fully  and  at  large  appear — 
and  whereas  by  an  order  issued  out 
of  the  court-  of  Common  Pleas  of 
Union  County,  aforesaid,  bearing  test 
at  New  Berlin,  the  twentieth  day  of 
February  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seven- 
teen, and  to  me  the  said 
sheriff  directed,  I  was  command- 
ed th-f  the  said  tracts  of  land,  as 
above  described,  with  the  appurten- 
ances, I  should  expose  to  sale  at  pub- 
lic auction;  and  that  I  should  bring 
the  money  arising  from  such  sale,  or 
sufficient  security  taken  thereof  into 
the  said  court  of  Common  Ple^s  at 
the  same  court  to  be  held  at  New  Ber- 
lin the  third  Monday  of  May  then 
next,  to  be  distributed  and  parted  by 
order  of  the  said  court  to  and  among 
the  parties  entitled  to  receive  the 
same  lieu  of  the  respective  parts  and 
purports  of  the  said  several  tracts  as 
aforesaid,  as  by  reference  to  the  re- 


248 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


cords  and  proceedings  of  the  said 
court  will  more  (fully  and  at  large 
appear.  In  pursuance  whereof,  I  the 
said  sheriff  having  given  due  and 
timely  notice  of  the  time  and  place 
of  sale  agreeable  to  act  of  assembly 
in  such  case  made  and  provided,  did 
on  the  eighth  day  of  May  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand,  eight  hun- 
dred and  seventeen,  expose  to  sale  by 
public  vendue  or  out  cry,  the  follow- 
ing described  lot,  piece  or  parcel  of 
land,  being  part  of  the  second  above 
mentioned  tract  (a  part  of  which  hav- 
ing been  laid  out  in  lots)  situate  in 
late  Penns  (which  was  practically  all 
of  Snyder  County)  now  Centre  town- 
ship in  the  county  aforesaid,  num- 
bered in  the  plot  or  draft  of  said  lots, 
number  three,  bounded  and  describ- 
ed as  follows,  to  wit,  Beginning  at  a 
post  in  the  line  of  Conrod  Shroyer's 
land  thence  along  the  road  leading 
from  Hartleytown  to  Selinsgrove, 
south  thirty  six  degrees  East,  fifty 
perches  and  five  tents  to"  a  post; 
thence  by  lot  number  fourteen  North 
eighty  one  degrees  East,  twenty  six 
perches  and  seven  tenths  to  a  post 
thence  by  lot  number  four  North 
seven  degrees  West,  forty  five  per- 
ches to  a  post;  and  thence  by  Conrod 
Shroyer's  land.  South  eighty  one  de- 
grees, West  fifty  one  perches  to  the 
place  of  beginning.  Containing  ten 
acres  and  one  hundred  and  forty 
eight  perches  neat  measure  and  sold 
the  same  day  by  adjournment  with 
the  appurtenances  unto  Peter  Shref- 
fler  and  for  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  eighteen  dollars  and  fifty  five 
cents,  he  being  the  highest  bidder  and 
that  being  the  best  price  bidden  for 
the  same,  now  know  ye  that  I  the  said 
sheriff,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the 
aforesaid  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
eighteen  dollars  and  fifty  five  cents 
lawful  money  aforesaid,  to  me  in 
hand  paid  by  the  said  Peter  Shreffler 
at  and  before  the  ensealing  and  de- 
livery hereof,  the  receipt  whereof  is 
hereby  acknowledged,  have  granted, 
bargained,  and  sold,  and  by  these 
presents,  according  to  the  directions 
of  said  last  recited  order  of  court, 
and  by  force  and  virtue  thereof,  Do 
grant,  bargain  and  sell  unto  the  said 
Peter  Shreffler,  his  heirs  and  assigns 
all  that  the  said  above  described  lot 
of  ground  containing  ten  acres  and 
one  hundred  and  forty  eight  perches 


together  with  all  and  singular  the 
buildings,  improvements,  rights,  mem- 
bers and  appurtenances  whatsoever 
there  unto  belonging,  or  in  any  wise 
appertaining,  and  the  reversions  and 
remainders,  rents,  issues  and  profits 
thereof;  and  also  all  the  estate,  right, 
title,  interest,  property,  claim  and  de- 
mand of  the  said  heirs  and  legal  re- 
presentatives of  the  said  Sophia  Sec- 
kel,  deceased,  above  mentioned,  of, 
in,  to,  or  out  of  the  same.  TO  HAVE 
AND  TO  HOLD  the  said  lot  of  ground 
as  above  described  hereditaments  and 
premises  hereby  granted  or  mention- 
ed or  intended  so  to  be,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances, unto  the  said  Peter 
Shreffler  his  heirs  and  assigns,  to  his 
"'nd  their  only  proper  use  and  behoof 
forever,  according  to  the  laws  and  us- 
age of  this  commonwealth,  in  such 
case  made  and  provided. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  the  said 
sheriff  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seil.  Dated  the  nineteenth  day  of 
May  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  seven- 
teen. 

Senled  and  delivered  in  the  pres- 
ence of 

M.  LA  SHELLS. 
JAMES  MERRILL. 

FRED  WISE, 

Sheriff. 

Received  the  day  and  date  of  the 
nbove  Deed  Poll,  of  the  therein  names 
Peter  Shreffler,  the  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred and  eighteen  dollars  and  fifty 
five  cents  it  being  the  consideration 
money  above  mentioned. 

Witness. 
M.  LASHALLS. 
JAMES  MERRILL. 

FRED  WISE. 

Sheriff. 

Acknowledged  by  FREDERICK 
WISE,  Esquire,  Sheriff,  in  open  court 
of  Common  Pleas  for  the  county  of 
Union,  the  twenty  fourth  day  of  May, 
Anno  Domini,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  seventeen  r*nd  entered 
among  the  proceedings  of  said  court. 
Certified  under  my  hand  and  seal  of 
office  at  New  Berlin  the  day  and  year 
aforesaid. 

SIMON  SNYDER, 

Pron. 

The  following  endorsements  were 
made  on  this  deed: 

Know  all     men  by     these  presents 


SHERIFF'S    DEED,    MAY    27,    1817 


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that  Peter  S'hreffler  and  Regina,  his 
wife,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  lawful 
money  of  this  state  of  Pennsylvania 
to  them  in  hand  paid  at  and  before 
the  consealing  and  delivery  of  these 
presents  the  receipt  whereof  is  here- 
by acknowledged.  Have  granted, 
bargained  and  sold  set  over  transfer- 
red and  confirmed  any  by  these 
presents  doth  grant,  bargain  and  sell, 
set  over  transfer  and  confirm  unto 
Michael  Wagner  and  to  his  heirs  and 
assigns  all  the  within  tract  of  land 
mentioned  in  the  within  deed  togeth- 
er with  the  appurtenances.  To  have 
and  to  hold  the  same  unto  the  said 
Michael  Wagner  his  heirs  and  assigns 
forever  and  the  said  Peter  Shreffler 
for  himself,  his  heirs,  Executors  and 
administrators  doth  covenant  prom- 
ise, great  and  agree  to  and  with  the 
said  Michael  Wagner  his  heirs  and  as- 
signs that  he  the  said  Peter  Shreffler 
will  warrant  and  forever  defend  the 
same  unto  the  said  Michael  Wagner 
so  far  as  it  is  secured  to  him  by  the 
written  deed  poll.  In  witness  where- 
of the  said  parties  of  the  first  part 
have  herento  interchangeably  set  their 
hand  and  seals  the  twenty  first  day 
of  April  A.  D.  1821. 

Sealed  and  delivered  in  the  pres- 
ence of 

JACOB  SPANGLER. 
C.  MILLER. 

PETER  SHREFFLER, 
REGINA  SHREFFLER, 
SEAL. 

Personally  appeared  before  me  the 
subscriber  one  of  the  Justices  of  the 
Peace  in  and  for  the  said  county, 
Peter  Shreffler  and  Regina,  his  wife 
and  acknowledged  the  forgoing  as- 
signment to  be  their  act  and  deed  and 
desiring  that  it  might  be  recorded  as 
such  according  to  law.  In  testimony 
whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal  the  twenty  first  day  of  April 
1821. 

C.  MILLER. 

Known  all  then  by  these  presents 
that  Michael  Wagner  and  Barbara 
his  wife  for  and  in  consideration  of 
the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  law- 
ful money  of  the  Estate  of  Pennsyl- 
vania to  them  in  hand  paid  at  and  be- 
fore the  ensealing  and  delivery  of 
these  presents  the  receipt  whereof  is 
hereby  acknowledged  have     granted, 


bargained  and  sale  set  over  transfer- 
red and  confirmed  and  by  these 
presents  doth  grant  bargain  and  sell 
set  over,  transfer  and  confirm  unto 
Jacob  Reichley  to  his  heirs  and  as- 
signs all  the  within  tract  of  land  men- 
tioned in  the  within  deed  together 
with  the  appurtenances  to  have  and 
to  hold  the  same  unto  the  said  Jacob 
Reichley  his  heirs  and  assigns  for- 
ever and  the  said  Michael  Wagner, 
Barbara  his  wife  for  themselves,  their 
heirs,  Executors  and  Administrators 
doth  covenant,  promise  and  agree 
with  the  said  Jacob  Reichley,  his 
heirs  and  assigns,  that  he,  the  said 
Michael  Wagner,  will  warrant  and 
forever  defend  the  same  unto  the  said 
Jacob  Reichley  so  far  as  it  is  secured 
to  him  by  the  within  Deed  poll, 
whereof  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part  have  hereunto  interchangeably 
set  their  hand  and  seals  the  twenty 
third  day  of  March  in  the  year  one 
thousand,  eight  hundred  and  twenty 
four. 

MICHAEL   WAGNER, 
BARBARA  WAGNER, 

Seal. 

Sealed  and  delivered  in  presence 
of 

WILLIAM   KESSLER. 
J.  MERTZ. 

Received  of  the  above  named  Jacob 
Reichley  the  sum  of  four  hundred 
dollars  above  consideration  in  full  the 
day  and  year  above  written. 

MICHAEL  WAGNER. 
Union  County  ss: 

Personally  appeared  before  me 
Isaac  Mertz,  one  of  our  Justices  of 
the  Peace  in  and  for  said  county, 
Michael  Wagner  and  Barbara  his 
wife,  and  acknowledged  the  above  as- 
signment to  be  their  act  and  deed  and 
desired  that  the  same  might  be  re- 
corded as  such  according  to  law.  She 
the  said  Barbara  being  of  full  age  and 
voluntarily  hereunto  consented.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  here  unto  set 
my  hand  and  seal  this  twenty  third 
day  of  March  A.  D.  1861. 

ISAAC  MERTZ,  J.  P. 


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Many  Forgotton  Items  Re-pubSished  From  The  Old 
Files  of  The  POST,  Selinsgrove  and  Middleburg. 


June    23,    1864. 

The  POST  at  this  time  was  pub- 
lished at  Selinsgrove,  Cal.  W.  Gute- 
lius  Publisher. 

The  following  are  the  casualties 
of  Co.  G.  from  Snyder  county  be- 
longing to  the  147th  Regiment,  Gen. 
Geary's  division  and  engaged  in  the 
late  and  hard  fought  battles  of  the 
Southwest: 

Wounded — Wm.  E.  Seesholtz,  Ed- 
ward Fisher,  and  Elias  Noll  from 
Selinsgrove;  Wm.  E.  Fanchal,  and  H. 
E.  Shreffler. 

The  above  Regiment  fought  six 
hours  on  the  25ult.,  driving  the 
enemy  two  miles,  and  held  the  ground 
until  the  2nd  of  June,  when  it  was 
relieved  by  M'Pherson's  troops.  Next 
week  we  may  be  able  to  give  a  full 
account  of  our  company 

The  Second  Draft — The  following 
persons  were  drafted  this  week  for 
the  purpose  of  filling  up  the  quotas 
of  the  different  townships  of  the  coun- 
ty. This  second  drawing  was  made 
to  fill  up  the  deficiency  caused  by 
those  who  were  exempted  from  the 
first  draft  on  account  of  physical  dis- 
ability, etc. 

Selinsgrove — Chas.  Snively,  M.  B. 
Gardner,  Jacob  Sheetz,  Samuel  Show- 
alter  and  Alexander  Rohback. 

Jackson  Township — Joel  Leitzel 
and  John  Sower. 

Middleburg  Borough — Isaac  Beav- 
er, Adam  Renndnger  and  J.  H.  Lewis. 

Franklin  Township — James  Bower- 
sox,  Adam  Renninger  and  Henry 
Steuberger. 

Chapman  Twp. — Nathan  Roush, 
Harrison  Lenig,  David  Thaber,  Lewis 
Reitz,  David  Thursby,  Michael  Tens- 
man,  Jacob  Keller,  Wm.  Hoffman, 
Frederick  Oddinger,  G.  W.  Strawfer 
Frederick  Herrold,  Edward  Fertig, 
and  Thomas  Carwell. 

Centre  Township — John  Mehr  and 
Abraham  Walter. 

Beaver  Township — Jacob  Hacken- 
burg  and  Daniel  Smith. 


Middlecreek  Township — Gideon 
Gordon  and  Henry  Krouse. 

Monroe  Township — Henry  Fisher, 
Thomas  Hess,  Wm.  Slear,  H.  Sassa- 
man,  Daniel  Keiser  and  Wm.   Mertz. 

Perry  Township — Samuel  Boyer, 
Franklin  Wertsline,  John  J.  Gelnett, 
Philip  Arbogast,  Moses  Frymire  and 
G.   F.   Smith. 

West  Perry — Samuel  Willow,  Geo. 
Mitterling,  Christian  Shelly  and  F. 
K.  Kauffman. 

Washington  Township — J.  W. 
Knight,  Daniel  Riegel,  J.  J.  Gundrum, 
John  Steininger,  Nick  Strawser,  John 
Dunkelberger,  Elias  Kissinger,  John 
Thomas  and  Adam  Garman. 

Penn  Township — Simon  Herman, 
Daniel  Gemberling,  Wm.  Boyer  and 
Andrew  Romig. 

Married 


John  S.  Stroub  to 
Pontius  of  Wash- 


On  the  9th  inst. 
Miss  Catherine  A. 
ington  township. 

On  the  10th  inst.,  Martin  L.  Fisher 
to  Miss  Abby  Eyster,  both  of  Selins- 
grove. 

On  the  11th  inst.,  W.  W.  Snody,  of 
Lock  Haven,  to  Miss  Mary  Long,  of 
Selinsgrove. 

June  8th,  Henry  Swarm,  of  Milton, 
to  Miss  Rebecca  Haupt,  of  Selins- 
grove. 

Died 

On  the  18th  ult.,  in  Penns  twp  , 
John  H.  Kratzer,  aged  75  years,  8  mo. 
and  8  days. 

In  Freeburg  on  the  14th  ult.,  Jona- 
than Oliver  son  of  David  Roush,  aged 
14  years,  2  months  and  13  days. 

In  Penns  twp.,  on  the  lOult.,  Isora 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lewis  Aurand, 
aged  3  years,  5  months  and  29  days. 

In  Freeburg,  on  the  31st  ult.,  Mary 
Jane  daughter  of  Wm.  and  Cather- 
ine Glass,  aged  4  years,  3  months  and 
20  days. 

In  Monroe  twp.,  on  the  11th  ult., 
William  son  of  William  Kelley,  aged 
17  years,  7  months  and  28  days. 


FROM    SELINSGROVE    POST,    1864—7 


251 


The  following  is  an  advertisement 
of  the  Fryer  Hotel  that  was  one  of 
Middleburg's   hotels. 

FRYER  HOTEL-Middleburg,  Sny- 
der county,  Pa.  The  old  and  well 
known  brick  TAVERN  STAND,  for- 
merly kept  by  Jacob  Fryer,  at  Middle- 
burg,  Snyder  County,  Pa.,  will  now 
be  kept  by  the  subscriber,  who  hopes 
by  personal  attention  to  the  wants 
of  his  guests  to  make  it  a  comfortable 
home  for  such  as  may  favor  the  hotel 
with  their  patronage.  Theo.  Swine- 
ford,  Feb.  18,  1864. 

The  Proprietor  of  the  Washington 
House  at  this  time  was  Reuben  D. 
Walter. 

The  National  Ticket  for  President 
and  Vice-President,  was  Abraham 
Lincoln,  of  Illinois,  for  President,  for 
his  second  term,  Andrew  Johnson, 
of  Tennessee,  for  Vice-President. 

The  county  nominations  were  as 
follows: 

For  Congress — George  F.  Miller, 
of  Union.  (Subject  to  the  decision  of 
the  Congressional  Conferees.) 

State  Senator — A.  C.  Simpson,  of 
Selinsgrove.  (Subject  to  the  deci- 
sion of  the  Senatorial  Conferees.) 

Assembly — Sam'l  Alleman,  of  Mid- 
dleburg. 

District  Attorney-Samuel  Weirick, 
of   Middleburg. 

Prothonotary — Jeremiah  Crouse,  of 
Selinsgrove. 

Register  and  Recorder — Jacob  Au- 
rand,  of  Middleburg. 

County  Surveyor — A.  K.  Gift,  of 
Franklin  township. 

County  Commissioner-Wm.  Snook, 
of  Centre  township. 

County  Auditor — D.  Diffenbach,  of 
Jackson  township. 

Coroner — P.  M.  Hackenberg,  of 
Middleburg. 

The  foregoing  is  an  odd  copy  of 
the  POST  published  at  Selinsgrove, 
and  is  the  only  copy  of  the  Selins- 
grove POST  files  we  have  on  hand. 
Sometime  during  1867  the  POST  was 
removed  to  Middleburg  and  the  fol 
lowing  items  are  taken  from  the 
POST  while  being  published  at  Mid- 
dleburg. A  more  complete  sketch  of 
the  history  of  the  POST  will  be  found 
on  page  48  of  the  Snyder  County  An- 
nals. 


May  16,  1867 

Monday  last  the  county  Commis- 
sioners met  and  made  the  following 
appointments  for  collectors  of  State 
and  county  taxes  for  1867:     Beaver 


— Wm.  N.  Kiester;  W.  Beaver — J.  J. 
Mattern;  Centre — Jacob  Stock;  Chap- 
man— Henry  A.  Boalich;  Franklin, 
— Simon  Rau;  Jackson — Simon  Erd- 
ley;  Middleburg — Jacob  Steininger; 
Middlecreek — Jacob  Aurand;  Monroe 
— -S.  B.  Schuck;  Penn — John  Hughes; 
Perry — Henry  Fisher;  W.  Perry — 
John  B.  Snyder;  Selinsgrove — Henry 
Huber;  Washington — Henry  Heim- 
bach. 

Dedication  of  new  hall  of  Selins- 
grove Lodge. 

The  Mifflinburg  Telegraph  of  May 
9th  says  that  Montgomery  Van  Val- 
zah,  formerly  of  this  place,  and  broth- 
er of  Wm.  VanValzah,  of  Lewisburg, 
was  killed  and  scalped  by  the  Indians, 
near  Ft.  Phil  Kearney.  He  was  a 
mail  carrier  and  was  on  duty  when 
killed. 

Died — On  the  1st,  in  this  borough, 
Caroline,  infant  daughter  of  A.  K.  and 
Amelia  Gift,  aged  1  mo.  and  14  days; 
On  the  8th  inst.,  in  Perry  township, 
Catherine  widow  of  Thomas  Pries, 
aged  73  years;  On  the  9th  inst.,  in 
Penn  township,  Rosina,  widow  of 
Samuel  Boyer,  aged  87  years;  On  the 
11th  inst.,  in  Penn  Township,  Eliza- 
beth Ulrich,  aged  72  years. 

Wheat  sold  for  $3.00  a  bushel. 

Advertisements :  Samuel  Faust, 
Tailor,  Selinsgrove;  S.  Wittenmyer, 
general  store,  Middleburg;  Black 
Horse  Hotel,  Washington  Twp.,  Fre- 
derick Reich,  Prop.;  Kerst  &  Heiling, 
chair  Manufacturers,  Selinsgrove; 
Beaver  &  Bros.,  Middleburg;  B.  T. 
Parks,  Attorney,  Middleburg. 

December  1867 

A  lot  near  Susquehanna  Female 
College,  Selinsgrove,  was  sold  for 
$1000. 

The  early  completion  of  the  Mid- 
dlecreek Valley  R.  R.  is  assured. 

Mr.  Tyson,  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  Miffiintown — Selinsgrove  stage 
line  fell  down  the  stairway  leading 
from  the  pavement  to  the  basement 
of  the  Keystone  Hotel,  Selinsgrove. 

Advertisements: — W.  F.  Eckbert, 
general  store,  Selinsgrove;  Moyer, 
Simpson  &  Co.,  consisting  of  the  fol- 
lowing, C.  A.  Moyer,  A.  C.  Simpson, 
Isaac  C.  Burns  and  Andrew  J.  Gross; 
Divorce  notices,  Peter  B.  Riegel  vs. 
Catherine  Reigle;  Mary  A.  Beaver  vs. 
Levi  Beaver;  Aaron  Shaffer  and  John 
J.  Troup.  Executors  of  Jacob  Engle, 
late  of  Perry  twp.,  John  Hoffman, 
General  store,  Middleburg. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


January  1868 

Applicants  for  tavern  licenses  :Reu- 
ben  Greenhoe,  Centerville;  John  H. 
Wenrich,  Selinsgrove;  Henry  E.  Wet- 
zel, McKees  Half  Falls;  David  R. 
Kooni,  Chapman  Twp. 

Assessed  Valuation  of  real  estate 
of  Snyder  Co.,  $2,717,898.00  mort- 
gages and  money  at  interest,  $114,- 
498. 

Barn  of  Isaac  Krebs,  in  Beaver 
Twp.,  destroyed  by  fire.  Loss  $3,- 
000. 

Atlas  of  Union  &  Snyder  Counties 
will  be  ready  for  delivery  Feb.    1st. 

Directors  of  the  Middlecreek  Val- 
ley R.  R.  elected;  President,  Joseph 
Alexander;  Directors,  E.  L.  Benedict, 
Henry  C.  Eyer,  Aaron  K.  Gift,  John 
Hayes,  Jr.,  Amos  W.  Mitchel,  Abram 
K.  Middleswarth,  John  A.  McKees,  J. 
F.  Reynolds,  Thomas  B.  Reese,  Moses 
Specht,  George  Schnure,  William 
Willis. 

February  1868 

Directors  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Selinsgrove:  Geo.  Schnure, 
Col.  H.  C.  Eyer,  W.  F.  Wagen- 
seller,  W.  F.  Eckbert,  Geo.  C.  Moyer, 
Daniel  Carey,  H  N.  Backus,  M.  B. 
Holman  and  S.  R.  Yearick 

President  Judge:  Hon.  S.  S.  Woods; 
Associate  Judges,  Daniel  Witmer  and 

A.  J.    Middleswarth. 
Advertisements:       Union      House, 

Middleburg,  Samuel  Bowen,  Proprie- 
tor; Washington  House,  Middleburg, 
Irvin  Smith,  Prop;  Schoch  &  Broth- 
er, Selinsgrove;  Keystone  Hotel,  Sel- 
insgrove, R.  D.  &  F.  J.  Walter,  Prop's. 
Home  made  Boots  and  Shoes,  David 
Keller,  Middleburg;  Hiram  Schwenk, 
Middleburg,  Middleburg;  National 
House,  Port  Trevorton,  Ira  Sayers, 
Prop.;  F.  Boyer,  Auct.,  Freeburg;  G. 
Weist,  Isle  of  Que  Mills,  Selinsgrove; 

B.  &  S.  S.  Schoch,  General  store,  Sel- 
insgrove; Jacob  Wittes,  administrator 
of  John  Wittes,  late  of  Franklin  twp. ; 
J.  S.  Burkhart,  tin  shop,  Selinsgrove; 
J.  A.  Clopp,  photographer,  Selins- 
grove. 

Grand  Jurors  for  February  Term: 
West  Beaver — Thomas  Youngman, 
Joseph  Manbeck.  Centre — Hophni 
Sampsel.  Chapman — Henry  M. 
Freed,  Levi  Witmer,  William  Kelley. 
Franklin — Henry  G.  Gilbert.  Jack- 
son— Jacob  Wittes,  John  Erdley,  Sam- 
uel R.  Yearick.  Middlecreek — 
Christian  Walter,  Mathias  Dauber- 
man.  Monroe — Isaac  Jarrett.  Penns 
— George  Kuhn.  Perry — Frederick 
Rathfon,  John  Dorn.      West  Perry 


Jonathan  B.  Snyder.  Selinsgrove — 
Jacob  G.  L.  Shindel,  Geo.  W.  Glass, 
Charles  B.  Miller,  Jonathan  D.  Wal- 
ters, Samuel  Pawling.  Washington 
— Henry  Rine,  Philip  B.  Moyer. 

Petit  Jurors  for  February  term: 
Beaver — Alfred  M.  Carpenter,  Elias 
R.  Swartz,  Wm.  N.  Unangst,  John 
Moyer.  Centre — Solomon  Bowersox, 
Robert  Hassinger,  Samuel  H.  Straub, 
Martin  L.  Hassinger,  Andrew  Maur- 
er  Michajel  Yeisley.  Chapman — 
Ferdnand  Zones,  Henry  Burns,  Sr., 
Wm.  Craig,  Jeremiah  B.  Hall,  John 
P.  Bogar.  Franklin — Henry  Heim- 
bach,  Henry  Benfer,  Esq.,  John  Bil- 
ger,  Chas.  A.  Bolender.  Jackson — 
George  B.  Benfer,  Elias  Spangler, 
John  S.  Beaver,  Wm.  H.  Wetzel,  Y. 
Henry  Wagner.  Monroe —  John 
Hummel,  John  Ritter,  Sr.,  Daniel 
Rieber,  Geo.  Lyons.  Penns — Henry 
B.  Smith,  Lewis  M.  Snyder,  Harrison 
Brouse,  Isaac  Ardley.  Perry —  Ja- 
cob Schnee,  Charles  Boyer.  West 
Perry — John  K.  Snyder.  Selinsgrove 
— Wells  O.  Holmes,  Jonathan  Reitz, 
Robert  Swineford,  Nelson  Byers, 
Henry  C.  Eyer.  Washington — Philip 
Apple,  Henry  Brown,  Edward  Bas- 
sler,  Jacob  Busier,  Alexander  Bertch, 
John  I.  Gundrum,  Geo.  F.  Miller. 

Trial  list  for  February  Term : 
Sarah  Bruner  &  F.  E.  Harman 
Admr's.  etc.,  vs  Mrs.  Bruner,  wife  of 
John  Bruner;  Missionary  Institute 
etc.,  vs  A.  S.  Cummings  et  al;  Sus- 
quehanna Female  College  etc.,  vs 
same;  Henry  M.  Straub  vs.  Daniel 
Meiser:  Borough  of  Selinsgrove  vs 
E.  J.  Schoch;  Jacob  Humphrey  et  al 
vs  Jacob  Shrawder  and  wife;  Warren 
Erdley  vs  Peter  Krouse;  George  Fow- 
ler vs  D.  R.  Royer;  W.  F.  Eckbert  vs 
Samuel  Fisher;  Jackson  Weller  vs 
Peter  Eby;  Michael  Kleckner  vs  Geo. 
Wiest. 

Wheat  was  selling  for  $2.20  per 
bushel. 

New  Air  Line  between  Middleburg 
and   Selinsgrove. 

April    16,    1868 

Candidates  on  the  National  ticket 
were:  Pres.  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant;  Vice 
Pres.,  Andrew  G.  Curtin;  State  Tic- 
ket, Auditor  Gen.,  Gen.  John  F.  Hart- 
ranft;  Surveyor  Gen.,  Col.  Jacob  M. 
Campbell. 

Advertisements:  T.  J.  Smith,  Atty., 
Middleburg;  Mullener's  Hotel,  Port 
Trevorton,  Daniel  Mullener,  Prop;  Y. 
H.  Wagner,  Justice  of  Peace,  Monroe 
Twp.;  Grocery  and  Feed,  William 
Colsher,   Selinsgrove;   William   Hard- 


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ing,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Fremont, 
Pa.;  Hardware  Store,  Hiestand  & 
Hostetter,  Selinsgrove;  W.  F.  and  M. 
L.  Wagenseller,  Selinsgrove. 

Solomon  Bowersox,  one  of  the  most 
enterprising  farmers  of  Centre  town- 
ship, presented  us  with  2  beets,  one 
weighing  eight  pounds  and  the  other 
seven  pounds. 

Organization  of  William  Curtis  I. 
O.  O.  F.  encampment,  Selinsgrove. 

March  29th  by  Rev.  S.  Aurand,  Mr. 
Levi  Witmer  was  married  to  Miss 
Luzetta  C.  Wolf,  both  of  Chapman 
township. 

Jacob  Houser,  of  Chapman  town 
ship,  died,  aged  56  years. 

April    23,    1868 

Grand  Jurors  for  May  Term: 
Beaver — William  Saltzman,  Reuben 
Dreese,  Josiah  Kline,  Abraham  Wag- 
ner. West  Beaver — Jeremiah  Hack- 
enburg,  John  Felker,  Jr.  Centre — 
George  Henry,  Sr.  Chapman — Danie! 
Mulliner,  David  Traub,  Samuel  G. 
Herrold,  William  S.  Thursby.  Mid- 
dlecreek — Michael  R.  Schoch,  Henry 
H.  Roush,  Henry  Schoch,  Frankli  i 
Bubb.  Monroe — James  M.  Kessler. 
Penn— -John  S.  Walter,  Charles  Mil- 
ler, j-'erry — Mathias  Schnee,  John 
Shadle,  Isaac  S.  Hein.  Selinsgrove 
— Benjnmin  Rupp.  Washington — 
Jacob  Steffen.  West  Perry— Joseph 
Arbogast. 

Petit  Jurors  for  May  Term : 
Beaver — Abraham  Snook,  Henry  Nor- 
man, Edward  Coleman,  William  N. 
Keister,  Peter  Riegel,  Jacob  G.  Sny- 
der. West  Beaver — Daniel  Alter, 
Jacob  Mattern,  Reuben  Felker.  Cen- 
tre— Reuben  Greenhoe,  Geo.  W. 
Showers,  William  Kuhn,  Sr.  Chap- 
man—John M.  Rine,  Emanuel  Auke 
Wm.  IL  Mann.  Middlecreek — Sam- 
uel H.  Yoder,  Henry  N.  Wetzel,  John 
Bickel,  Elias  Keck,  Joel  Bilger.  Mon- 
roe— rDaniel  Sassaman,  Noah  Deobler, 
George  Fisher.  Penn — Gideon  Amis, 
Jonathan  Gemberling,  John  B.  Foek- 
ler,  Lewis  E.  Pawling,  Franklin 
Kreider,  John  P.  Richter.  Perry — 
William  Boyer,  Daniel  Hovis,  James 
C.  Franklin,  Moses  Traub.  West 
Perry — Jonathan  Woomer,  Jacob 
Pile,  Michael  S.  Graybill,  Joseph 
Fisher.  Franklin — James  Ayers, 
Samuel  Boyer,  John  S.  Hassinger, 
Benjamin  A.  Eisenhower.  Jackson 
— John  Hasslet,  Geo.  W.  Row.  Sel- 
insgrove— William  M.  Boyer.  Wash- 
ington— Samuel  G.  Hilbish,  Jacob 
Seebold,  John  P.  Mertz. 


Death  off  Col.  E.  C.  Moor,  of  Cent- 
erville. 

Trial  list  for  May  term:  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  Bank  vs  H.  C.  Fry- 
er. The  Borough  of  Selinsgrove  vs 
F.  J.  Schoch;  Jacob  Humphrey  et  al 
vs  Jacob  Shrawder  et  al;  W.  F.  Eck- 
bert  vs  Samuel  Fisher;  Michael 
Kleckner,  Jacob  Weist;  Rathfon  & 
Minium  vs  Philip  Lenig  &  W.  G.  Her- 
rold; Albert  Smith  vs  George  Smith 
and  Henry  Kern;  Wm.  J.  Weller  vs 
D.  B.  Mills;  Nehemiah  Reos  vs  Var- 
ner  Rees;  Elizabeth  &  Lydia  Sanders 
vs  The  County  of  Snyder. 

Advertisements:  John  Hoffman, 
clothing  store,  near  Selinsgrove;  Sam- 
uel Faust,  stoves,  Selinsgrove;  F.  W. 
Schwan,  physician,  Middleburg,  Shin- 
del  &  Swineford,  druggists  &  chem- 
ists, Middleburg. 

April  30,  1868 

Register's  Notice:  Isaac  Morr  and 
Henry  Summers,  Exr's.  Jacob  J.  Morr, 
late  of  Washington  Twp.;  A.  J.  Mid- 
dleswarth, A.  K.  Middleswarth,  Abner 
Middleswarth  and  John  S.  Smith 
Exr's.  of  Ner  Middleswarth,  late  of 
Beaver  Twp. ;  Jacob  Wittes  Admr.  of 
John  Wittes,  late  of  Franklin  Twp. ; 
Aaron  Shaffer,  Exr.  Jacob  Engel,  late 
of  Perry  Twp. ;  Frederick  Harman, 
and  Sarah  Brunner  Admr's.  of  Peter 
Brunner,  late  of  Centre  Twp. ; 
Hophni  Sampsel  and  Barbara  Samp- 
sel, Admr's.  of  George  Sampsel,  late 
of  Centre  Twp. ;  Wm.  Moyer,  Admr. 
John  Dubs,  late  of  Freeburg;  F.  A. 
Boyer.  Jr.  and  I.  D.  Boyer  Admr's.  of 
Henry  S.  Boyer,  late  of  Selinsgrove; 
Samuel  Srdioll,  Admr.  of  Joseph  P. 
Arnold,  late  of  Chapman  Twp.:  J.  P. 
CronmiHer,  Admr.  of  Isaac  Keller, 
late  of  Beaver  Twp. 

Mr.  Seth  Mitchel  and  Miss  Fietta 
Brouse,  of  Jackson  Twp.  were  mar- 
ried bv  Rev.  J.  P.  Lescher. 

J.    W.    Snangler    and    Miss    Louisa 
Wenzel,  both  of  Chapman  Twp.  were 
married  by  Rev.   J.   P.   Lescher. 
May  7,  1868 

License  Notices:  Port  Trevorton 
— Ira  Sayers,  Daniel  Mullner;  Sel- 
insgrove— Walter  and  Bro..  John 
Ceuldron.  Henry  Keiser;  Monroe 
Two. — Sarah  Keen,  Geo.  Lyons,  J.  F, 
Hottenstein  ;  Penns  Twp. — Andrew 
Romig.  John  Emerish;  Washington 
Twp. — F.  C.  Moyer,  Andrew  Roush, 
Daniel  Eisenh^rt.  Peter  Weller. 
Perry — Moses  Bush.  Mathias  Schnee. 
Jackson — John  S.  Beaver.  Centre 
Twp. — Henry  Weaver.  Middlecreek 
Twp. — J.   A.   Smith.        Middleburg—- 


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Simuel  Bowen,  Irvin  Smith,  Lewis 
Kine-.  Beaver — Moses  Specht,  Geo. 
A.  Smith,  B.  L.  Raudenbush.  West 
Beaver — Peter  Troup,  Jesse  Stuck. 

The  contract  of  carrying  the  mail 
from  Selinsgrove  to  Middleburg  was 
awarded  to  J.  W.  Gaugler. 

D.   B.   Moyer,   of  the  Courier,  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Republi- 
can State  Committee  for  Snyder. 
August   13,   1868 

Grand  Jurors  for  September  Term : 
Franklin,  Reuben  Decker,  AbneL- 
Howel;  Centre — Enoch  Bingaman, 
Jacob  File,  John  Young,  William 
Matter.  Chapman — John  S.  Wolfe, 
Wm.  H.  Blackhouse,  Jacob  Witmer, 
Jeremiah  Bogar.  Middlecreek — 
Daniel  Kessler,  John  S.  Meiser,  Jere- 
miah Hubber.  West  Perry — Jacob 
Shelley.  Washington — Wm.  Moyer. 
Selinsgrove — George  Eby,  Joseph 
Feehrer.  Penns — John  S.  Forrey. 
Monroe — Abiel  H.  Trexler.  Beaver 
— Abner  Middleswarth,  Lewis  R. 
Haines,  Henry  Kern,  John  Montgom- 
ery.    Jackson — John   Maurer. 

Petit  Jurors  for  September  Term : 
Beaver — Christian  Gross,  George 
Stetler,  Aaron  A.  Hassinger,  Israel 
Aurand,  J.  F.  Hufnagle,  Philip  Herb- 
ster,  John  Trexler,  Sr.,  Robert 
Smith,  Jos.  N.  Haines.  Perry — Enoch 
Smith.  Wm.  Rathfon,  Jacob  Swab; 
Wm.  Heiges.  Selinsgrove — Franklin 
Weirick,  Henry  E.  Miller,  Benj. 
Houseworth,  M.  L.  Wagenseller.  Mid- 
dleburg — Thos.  Bibighaus,  Peter 
Frain,  Jos.  A.  Lumbard.  Chapman 
— Daniel  Rohrer.  Simon  Sholley,  Har- 
rison Witmer,  John  A.  Moyer,  Wm. 
K.  Shaffer,  Abraham  Brubaker,  Abra- 
ham Gaugler.  Washington — Isaac 
Moore,  Jonathan  Arbogast,  Daniel 
Maines,  Geo.  G.  Glass.  Franklin — 
r'hirles  H.  Steininger.  John  K. 
Smith,  Israel  Yerger,  Thos.  Bower. 
Jno.  W.  Renninger.  Centre — David 
Ocker  Henry  K.  Sanders.  West  Bea- 
ver— Geo.  P.  Long,  Hiram  J.  Herbs- 
ter,  Chas.  Krebbs,  Joseph  Peter.  Mon- 
roe— George  Aurand.  Penns — Fran- 
ces Erdley,  John  W.  Herman,  Wm. 
Woodling.  Jackson — Conrad  Mit- 
chel,    Abraham    Brouse. 

Advertisements:  John  K.  Hughs, 
•Tnsti^e  of  the  Peace.  Penns  Twp.,  D. 
W.  Gemberling,  Baker;  Caveny  & 
Auker,  Clothing  store,  Selinsgrove; 
Charles  B.  Miller,  Architect  &  Build- 
er, Selinsgrove;  J.  H.  Hawout,  Drug- 
gist, Beavertown. 

September  3,  1868 

Rev.  J.  H.  Grier,  of  this  place,  has 
married  .550   couple   during  his  resi- 


dence and  ministry  in  this  neighbor- 
hood. Mr.  Grier  came  to  this  neigh- 
borhood in  1841  and  has  labored  as 
a  preacher  ever  since. 

Snyder  County  Nominations:  Con- 
gress— John  Cummings ;  Assembly — 
Geo.  G.  Glass;  Associate  Judge — John 
K.  Snyder;  Commissioner — Henry 
Wetzel;  Auditor,  Jacob   Schnee. 

The  pay  of  jurors  and  witnesses  in 
the  several  courts  of  Union  and  Nor- 
thumberland counties  was  changed  as 
follows:  Jurors  from  $1.50  to  $2.00: 
Witnesses  from  $1.00  to  $2.00  per 
day. 

The   office   of  the   POST  has  been 
removed  from  Sugar  to  Main  St.  on 
"Gravel   Hill,"   between   Kings   Hotel 
and  Rauch's  Cabinet  Ware  Room. 
September  10,   1868 

Dedication  of  the  Lutheran  Church 
at  New  Berlin. 

Next  week  the  POST  will  be  en- 
larged bv  adding  3  columns  to  each 
page.  We  will  then  have  the  largest 
paper  in  Snyder  County. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel  has  been  preach- 
ing in  this  place  since  1838,  and  in 
that  time  married  875  couple. 

Laying  of  the  corner  stone  for  a 
new  church  near  Mr.  Samuel  Trout- 
man's   mill,    Perry   township. 

John  H.  Arnold,  of  Snyder  County, 
attempted  to  pass  the  tracks  of  the 
Cumberland  Valley  Railroad  at  Har- 
risburg,  and  happened  to  get  be- 
tween two  cars  just  as  they  were  be- 
ing coupled.  He  was  not  seriously 
injured. 

Isaiah  Fink  and  Miss  Maggie  Lutz, 
both  of  Selinsgrove,  were  married  by 
Rev.  J.  W.  Olewine. 

October   1,    1868 

Mr.  Aaron  Stahlnecker  and  Miss 
Lovina  Ulrich,  both  of  Snyder  Coun- 
ty, were  married  by  Rev.  Richard 
Lazarus. 

Mr.  James  VanZant  and  Miss  Mary 
Elizabeth  Frain,  of  Middleburg,  were 
married  by  Rev.  Richard  Lazarus. 

Died — Catherine,  eldest  daughter 
of  Mr.  John  Beaver,  of  near  Beaver- 
town, aged  20  years;  Sarah  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Amos  and  Mary 
A.  Mitchel,  of  West  Beaver  township, 
aged  2  years. 

October   8,    1868 

Court  Proceedings — In  the  matter 
of  the  Est.  of  Hon.  Ner.  Middles- 
warth, deed.,  exceptions  to  Executors 
acct.,  confirmed:  In  the  matter  of 
the  Est.  of  Geo.  Sampsel  deed.,  re- 
port of  Auditor  filed  and  confirmed: 
In  the  matter  of  the  Est.  of  Cassand- 
rew  Hetzel     return   to   order  of   sale 


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confirmed:  In  the  matter  of  William 
Bower,  deed.,  return  to  order  of  sale 
confirmed:  In  Est.  of  Rebecca  Bolig, 
deed.,  John  Norman  appointed  guar- 
dian: in  etc.  John  Hartley,  deed.,  pe- 
tition (for  order  of  sale:  Inquisition 
on  body  of  Franklin  Rigel— report  ap- 
proved and  costs  ordered  to  be  paid: 
In  the  matter  of  Joseph  Mitman 
deed.,  John  S.  Walter,  D.  Boyer  and 
Hiram  Kantz  appointed  commission- 
ers to  value  and  appraise  the  land: 
In  the  matter  of  Edw.  Brown,  deed., 
petition  for  order  of  sale:  In  Est.  of 
Abner  Dreese  deed.,  Philip  Dreese 
appointed  Guardian :  In  Est.  of  Lewis 
Aurand  deed.,  petition  for  order  of 
sale:  In  Est.  of  Isaac  Walter  deed., 
petition  for  order  of  sale:  In  Est.  of 
Ludwick  Arbogast  deed.,  J.  M. 
Knight,  Esq.,  appointed  to  make  dis- 
tribution: In  Est.  of  Samuel  Spigel- 
myer,  deed.,  report  o'f  auditors  con- 
firmed: In  Est.  of  G.  Schultz  deed., 
H.  K.  Knepp,  Esq.  appointed  Guar- 
dian: In  Est.  of  Henry  Ritter  deed., 
Samuel  R.  Sbumph  appointed  Guar- 
dian: In  Est.  of  John  Hassinger, 
deed.,  testimony  filed  proving  special 
contract:  In  the  Est.  of  John  Detrich, 
Sr.,  deed.,  S.  Alleman  appointed  Au- 
ditor: Com.  vs  Samuel  C.  Fisher  and 
Henry  Ott,  supervisors  of  Penn  Twp., 
verdict  against  defendants:  Com.  vs 
William  Fessler,  indictments  assault 
and  battery  true  bill — verdict  guilty: 
Com.  vs  William  Fessler — Oct.  1, 
reason  for  new  trial  filed  indictment 
distributing  religious  meeting  true 
bill — verdict  not  guilty,  deft,  and 
Prosecutor  to  pay  each  half  of  the 
costs:  Northumberland  county  bank 
vs  H.  Eyer.  Nos.  11,  12,  &  13  M.  T. 
1865,  verdict  in  favor  of  Def. :  Ja- 
cob File  vs  Israel  Young — action  in 
assumsit,  after  jury  sworn,  witness- 
es heard,  plaintiff  takes  non  suit. 

On  the  29  ult.  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Lesh- 
er,  Philip  Greenwalt,  of  Lebanon,  and 
iMiss  Izora  M.  Byers,  of  Selinsgrove-, 
were  married. 

On  the  20  ult.,  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Lesh- 
er,  George  Deppen,  of  Herndon,  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Mertz,  of 
Freeburg. 

In  Middleburg  on  the  5th  inst., 
John  H.  Wright  died,  aged  34  years. 
October  15,   1868 

November  1st,  the  corner  stone  will 
be  laid  for  a  new  Evangelical  church 
rear  Smith  Grove. 

On  the  30th  ult.,  John  Kersteter, 
of  Chapman  township,  died,  aged  67 


years. 

Advertisements:  William  Beaver, 
store,  Middleburg;  Crosgrove  Hall 
Hotel,  Peter  Troup,  Proprietors; 
Chas.  B.  Miller,  architect,  Selins- 
grove; Caveny  &  Auker,  store,  Selins- 
grove. 

October  22,   1868 

A  fatal  accident  occured  near  Nor- 
thumberland, Tuesday  of  last  week, 
George  Heimindinger  was  blasting 
rocks  on  Blue  Hill,  near  Northum- 
berland, when  he  touched  the  match 
to  a  blast  and  started  down  the  hill. 
It  exploded  sooner  than  he  expected 
and  a  large  stone  struck  him  on  the 
'back  of  the  head.  He  was  thrown 
pbout  seventy  five  feet  and  killed  in- 
stantly. 

On  the  8th  inst.,  by  Rev.  L.  S. 
Edmonds,  Mr.  Samuel  McManamy 
and  Miss  Amelia  Peter,  both  of  Mif- 
flin county,  were  united  in  marriage 

On  the  18th  inst.,  by  Rev.  L.  C. 
Edmonds,  Mr.  John  Gerhardt  and 
Miss  Mary  Benfer,  both  of  Snyder 
County,  were  married. 

October  29,   1868 

John  J.  Mattern,  our  newly  elect- 
ed Commissioner,  assumed  the  duties 
of   his    office,    Monday. 

The  farm  of  Isaac  Eyer,  Jr.,  late 
of  Union  township,  Union  county,  de- 
ceased, was  purchased  on  the  24th 
inst.,  by  Isaac  A.  Eyer,  consideration 
$26.  838.92 y2,  or  $150.  per  acre. 

The  store  of  Messrs.  Wolf  and 
Barber,  of  Mifflinburg,  was  entered 
by  burglars,  Monday  night. 

The  late  firm  of  Chas.  A.  Moyer 
&  Co.,  consisting  of  Chas.  A.  Moyer, 
Isaac  C.  Burns  and  Andrew  J.  Gross 
dissolved  partnership  by  mutual  con- 
sent. 

November  5,  1868 

A  new  Post  Office  has  just  been  es- 
tablished at  Evendale,  Juniata  Coun- 
ty.  John  T.  Haltemen  was  appointed 
Postmaster. 

There  are  15  lodges  of  Odd  Fellows 
in  Northumberland  County,  with  ? 
membership  of  1111. 

William  Dailey  was  fatally  injured 
on  the  Pan  Handle  Railroad,  Satur- 
day. 

On  the  29th  ult.,  by  Rev.  Lazarus, 
Mr.  Jacob  Snook,  of  Mifflin  County 
was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  B.  Stein- 
inger,  of  Bannerville,  Snyder  coun- 
ty. 

November  12,  1914 

Grand  Jurors  for  December  Term : 
Beaver — Jno.  S.  Smith.  Joel  Klingler, 
Joseph  Long,  Reuben  Bubb.      Beaver 


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West — Jesse  Knepp,  A.  K.  Middles- 
warth,  Jacob  Brua.  Centre — Daniel 
Weirick,        Esq.  Chapman —  Geo. 

Reigel,  John  M.  Huffman,  Isaac  Long- 
acre.  Franklin — Samuel  B.  Walter. 
Jackson — Simon  Erdley,  John  M. 
Dauberman,     Esq.  Middlecreek — 

Jacob  A.  Smith.  Monroe — Samuel 
Gemberling,  John  Young.  Perry — 
William  Garman,  Henry  Fisher. 
Penns — Lewis  Miller.  Selinsgrove — 
Jonathan  Fisher.  Washing-ton — 
Isaac  D.  Boyer,  G.  A.  Erlenmyer, 
Peter  L.  Haines. 

Petit  Jurors  for  December  Term : 
Beaver — W.  H.  Dreese,  David  Sham- 
bach,  S.  A.  Wetzel,  Henry  Smith. 
Beaver  West — 'Samuel  Hassinger, 
Enos  Gross,  Lewis  F.  Smith.  Chap- 
man— J.  J.  Kelly,  J.  Detrich,  Jr.. 
David  Witmer,  Abel  Herrold,  Benne- 
ville  Kreamer,  Lewis  Karstetter,  Jr. 
Centre — Samuel  Wetzel,  Wm.  Hart- 
man.  Franklin — Jacob  Felmy,  J. 
Norman.  Middleburg — -  Daniel  T. 
Rhoads,  John  M.  Smith.  Monroe — 
Daniel  Huffman,  John  C.  Bakeless,  J. 
Cooper,  Wim.  Connelly.  Perry — 
David  Gay,  Samuel  Troutman,  Wm. 
Arbogast,  James  -Minium.  Perry 
West — John  Stuck,  John  G.  GraybiH, 
John  S.  Troup,  Joseph  G.  Winey, 
Lewis  Teats.  Penns — Jno.  K.  Hughes, 
Jacob  B.  Snyder,  Jas.  Jarrett,  A. 
J.  Fisher.  Selinsgrove — Jefferson 
Hall,  Charles  Fees,  Jacob  Weist,  J. 
S.  Burkhart,  Henry  E.  Richter,  Daniel 
Stauffer,  Lorenzo  D.  Baker.  Wash- 
ington— Elias  M.  Haas,  Jonathan 
Griner,  T.  B.  Kantz,  Sam.  B.  Kantz. 

Saturday  evening  the  Republicans 
of  Middleburg  and  Franklin  town- 
ship, had  a  jollification  over  the  elec- 
tion of  General  Grant.  Bon  fires 
were  kindled,  houses  illuminated  and 
salutes  fired. 

The  new  bridge  at  Lewisburg  was 
opened  to  horses  and  vehicles,  Mon- 
day. 

November  18,  1868 

Trial  list  for  December  term:  Ja- 
cob Humphreys  vs  Jacob  Shrawder, 
Rebecca  Aurand  vs  John  Gross;  John 
P.  Troup  vs  Wilhelm  Leonard;  Henry 
M.  Harman  vs  Jacob  Detrick;  Hen- 
rietta Walborn  vs  Aaron  Fisher  and 
wife;  Borough  of  Selinsgrove  vs  John 
Hummel;  Jos.  Light  vs  Richard  and 
Leah  Sanders;  Franklin  M.  Bilger, 
Judith  Bilger  and  Abagail  Bilger  vs 
Edward  Bolig;  Thos.  &  Alex  Penny 
vs  John  Emrich;  Henry  S.  Boyer  vs 
Andrew  Romig;  John  Hummel  vs 
Martha    Hummel. 

Advertisements:     Salem    Brothers, 


Music  store,  Selinsgrove;  Adam  Wil- 
lier,  restaurant,  Selinsgrove;  John  B. 
Fockler,  Mfg.  oif  Carriages  and  bug- 
gies, near  Selinsgrove;  Z.  S.  Keely, 
lumber  dealer,  Selinsgrove. 
November  26,  1868 

The  new  school  house  at  Middle- 
burg is  nearly  finished  and  presents 
a  very  neat   appearance. 

The  winter  term  of  our  free  school 
will  open  Monday  in  the  new  build- 
ing. J.  M.  Van  Zant  and  Rev.  R. 
Lazarus  are  the  teachers. 

Tuesday  last,  a  German,  giving  his 
name  as  Jacob  Bower,  was  lodged  in 
jail  at  this  place.  He  was  captured 
at  Huntingdon  by  Mr.  Goy  and 
Richard  Sanders,  of  West  Perry 
township.  Mr.  Goy's  horse  was  stolen 
several  weeks  ago  and  traced  to  Hunt- 
ington where  the  thief  was  captured. 

At  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
father  on  the  17inst.,  Mr.  Wm.  Sny- 
der, of  Penn  township,  was  married 
to  Miss  Anna  Smith,  of  Franklin 
township. 

On  the  8th  inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shin- 
del  M.  Roswell  Moyer  to  Miss  Amelia 
Moyer,  both  of  this  county,  were  mar- 
ried. 

Died — Mr.  Isaac  Weller,  of  Frank- 
lin township,  a  survivor  of  the  war 
of  1812.  aged  72  years:  On  the  19th 
inst.,  Mrs.  Jane  Gilbert,  of  Franklin 
fownship,  aged  23  years:  John  B. 
Snyder,  of  West  Perry  township. 
December  3,   1868 

Rev.  Lazarus  delivered  an  excellent 
Thanksgiving  sermon  in  the  Lutheran 
and  Reformed  Church,  Thursday. 

On  the  24th  ult.  L.  N.  Myers,  Esq. 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  L.  Moatz, 
both  off  Middleburg. 

On  the  19th  ult.,  Dobeon  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sarah  E.  Eisenhower. 
December  10,  1868 

A  sad  accident  occured  in  West 
Beaver  township,  this  county,  yester- 
day morning.  Mr.  Eli  Lambert  in 
company  with  his  son,  William,  a 
young  man  of  about  20  years,  went 
to  the  hog  pen  with  the  intention  of 
shooting  the  hogs.  The  gun  seemed 
to  be  out  of  order  and  while  the 
yo'jnp"  man  was  trying:  to  fix  it,  the 
gun  discharged,  and  the  load  entered 
the  body  of  the  father,  killing  him 
instantly. 

The  11th  annual  session  of  the  Sny- 
der County  Teachers'  Institute  for 
1868  will  be  held  in  Boyer's  Hall,  at 
Freeburg,    commencing   Dec.    29th. 

The  students  of  the  Freeburg 
A  cademy  will  give  an  exhibition  in 
Boyer's  Town  Hall,  evening  of  24th. 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG   POST,    1868. 


257 


December  17,   1868. 

Simon  Kantz,  of  Penn  township, 
died  very  suddenly,  Sunday  morn- 
ing. 

The  following  is  the  court  pro- 
ceedings of  December  14,  1868. 
Hon.  S.  S.  Wood,  Pros.  Judge,  and 
^on.  A.  J.  Middleswarth  and  Hon. 
Geo.  C.  Moyer  Associates  present. 
Henry  K.  Snyder,  Thomas  Rathfon 
and  John  Hoch  were  appointed  tip 
istaves. 

Orphans  Court — In  the  Est.  of 
John  Detrich  Sr.,  deceased,  report  of 
S.    Alleman,    Esq.,    confirmed   Ni.    Si. 

In  the  Est.  of  Susan  Rine,  deceas- 
ed, petition  for  Guardian,  Augustus 
Arnold   appointed. 

In  the  estate  of  Lewis  Aurand,  de- 
ceased, return  of  sale  of  real  estate 
confirmed. 

In  the  estate  of  Isaac  Walter,  de- 
ceased, return  of  sale  confirmed. 

In  the  estate  of  Rebecca  Bolig, 
deceased,  petition  for  Guardian,  John 
Norman  appointed. 

In  the  estate  of  Ludwig  Arbogast, 
deceased,  report  of  J.  W.  Knight, 
Esq.,  auditor  in  said  estate  confirmed 
Ni   Si. 

In  the  estate  of  John  Wittes,  de- 
ceased, petition  for  Guardian.  Geo. 
J.  Sc'hoch  refusing  to  act,  John  Nor- 
man appointed  in  place. 

In  the  estate  of  Joseph  Miller,  de- 
ceased, commission  of  three  men 
granted  to  value  and  appraise  said 
estate. 

In  the  estate  of  D.  Walter,  de- 
ceased, inquest  awarded  in  said  es- 
tate. 

In  the  estate  of  John  Erdley,  de- 
ceased, order  of  sale  confirmed. 

In  the  estate  of  John  Hall,  deceas- 
ed, petition  for  order  of  sale  grant- 
ed. 

In  the  estate  of  Joseph  Mitman,  de- 
ceased, inquisition  in  said  estate  con- 
firmed Ni.   Si. 

In  the  estate  of  Jacob  Winkleman, 
deceased,  petition  for  order  of  sale 
granted  by  court. 

In  the  estate  of  E.  Benne,  deceas- 
ed, return  of  sale  of  real  estate  con- 
firmed. Petition  for  Guardian.  John 
Kepler,  appointed  guardian  for  tha 
children;  to  give  bail  on  the  sum  of 
$1000.  for  each  heir. 

In  the  estate  of  Daniel  Hubb,  de- 
ceased, petitions  for  guardian. 
Philip  Hilbish  appointed;  to  give  bail 
in    the   sum    of   $1000. 


In  the  estate  of  Joseph  P.  Arnold, 
deceased,  report  of  J.  C.  Bucher, 
Esq.,   Auditor  confirmed  Ni.   Si. 

In  the  estate  of  John  Hummel,  de- 
ceased, petition  for  inquisition  in  the 
sum  awarded  by  the  court. 

Quarter  Sessions — Order  to  assess 
damages  on  land  of  Gaugler's  heirs 
in  Monroe  township;  Report  of 
Charles  Miller,  Jacob  Ott  and  Henry 
Moyer  confirmed. 

Henrietta  Walborn  vs  Aaron  Fisher 
and  wife;  settlement  filed  in  this 
case. 

Order  to  assess  damages  on  the 
property  of  John  W.  Rine;  report  of 
Frederick  Rathfon,  James  K.  Davis 
and    Samuel   Troutman   confirmed. 

Elizabeth  Huff  by  her  next  friend 
and  father  Joseph  Ramer  vs  George 
H.  Huff,  testimony  confirmed.  Di- 
vorce awarded  by  the  court. 

Craig  Ridgeway  vs  C.  A.  Moyer 
&  Co.,  settlement  filed. 

Henry  W.  Harman  vs  Jacob  De- 
trich continued. 

Mary  E.  Mohny  by  her  next  friend, 
Thomas  Keller  vs  Jeremiah  Mohny. 
On  motion  of  L.  N.  Myers,  Esq.,  T. 
J.  Smith  Esq.  appointed  commission- 
er to  take  testimony  report  etc. 

John  W.  Martin  vs  Catherine  Mar- 
tin  on   motion   of  L.   N.   Myers,   Esq. 

B.  T.   Parks   appointed   commissioner 
to   take   evidence,   report   etc. 

Ada  Bowersox,  by  her  next  friend, 
Jacob  Hassinger,  vs  George  Bower- 
sox; on  motion  of  N.  L.  Myers  Esq., 

C.  Hower    Esq.    appointed    commis- 
sioner to  take  testimony,  report,  etc. 

Samuel  Haymaker  vs  Rebecca 
Haymaker;  on  motion  of  C.  Hower 
Esq.,  B.  T.  Parks,  Esq.,  appointed 
commissioner  to  take  testimony,  re- 
ports etc. 

Northumberland  County  Bank  vs 
Henry  C.  Eyer;  Nos.  11,  12,  13,  of 
May  term,  1865.  Judgment  in  all 
of  the  above  eases  in  ifavor  of  Henry 
C.  Eyer.  Defendants  for  costs.  By 
the   court. 

Rebecca  Aurand  vs  John  Gross; 
case  of  slander.  Jury  rendered  a 
verdict  in  favor  Rebecca  Aurand 
Plaintiff,  defendant  to  pay  damages 
in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars 
and   costs. 

Abraham  Brunner  vs  Charles  H. 
Brunner;  petition  for  subpoena  in  di- 
vorce  awarded   by   the    court. 

Ada  Bowersox  by  her  next  friend. 


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Jacob   Hassinger  vs   Geo.    T.   Bower- 
sox,  divorce  decided  by  court. 

Commonwealth   Cases 

Com.  vs  Simon  Shaffer;  case  con- 
tinued to  next  term.  Defendant  en- 
tered bail  for  his  appearance  next 
term. 

Com.  vs  John  W.  Orwig;  bill  ignor- 
ed by  the  Grand  Jury.  M.  Breyman 
to  pay  the  costs. 

Com.  vs  Henry  Hoff;  fornication 
and  bastardy.  Entered  bail  for  his 
appearance  at  next  court. 

Com.  vs  Jacob  Bower,  indictment 
for  stealing  a  horse  of  David  Goy, 
of  Perry  township.  Jury  (found  de- 
fendent    guilty    as    indicted. 

Corn,  vs  Simon  Erdly;  bound  over 
for  his  appearance  at  next  court  in 
the  sum  of  $300. 

Com.  vs  John  J.  Musser;  (bound  ov- 
er in  the  sum  of  $300  for  his  appear- 
ance at  next  court. 

December  24,   1868 

Court  adjourned  last  Friday  morn- 
ing. Jacob  Bower  was  indicted  for 
horse  stealing,  was  sentenced  to  pay 
a  fine  of  one  dollar  and  costs  of  pro- 
secution and  to  be  imprisoned  in  sep- 
arate and  solitary  confinement  at 
hard  labor  in  the  Eastern  Peniten- 
tiary for  the  term  of  two  years  and 
nine  months.  He  was  conveyed  to 
Philadelphia  by  Sheriff  Bolender, 
Monday  morning. 

John  Troup  vs  Wilhelm  Leonard. 
Action  in  slander.  Verdict  in  favor 
of  the  plaintiff  in   the   sum   of   $40. 

January  7,  1869 

A  bear  weighing  130  pounds  when 
dressed  was  killed  on  the  Shade 
(Mountain  last  Saturday  a  week  by 
Charles  Roush  and  others. 

The  newly  erected  church  near 
Troutman's  Mills,  Perry  township, 
will  be  dedicated  to  the  worship  of 
Almighty  God,  Sunday,  the  17th  inst. 

The  County  Commissioners  met  in 
their  office  last  Tuesday,  when  J. 
Crouse  was  awarded  the  county 
printing  for  1869;  B.  T.  Parks  ap- 
pointed commissioners  attorney;  A. 
J.  Peters,  Clerk;  Hiram  Swenk,  jani- 
tor. 

Married 

On  the  22nd  of  December  by  Rev. 
J.  P.  Shindel,  Mr.  James  Gibbons,  of 
Northumberland  Co.,  and  Miss  Caro- 
line  Garman,   of  Freeburg. 


On  the  27th  of  December  by  the 
same,  Mr.  Thomas  Martin  and  Miss 
Mary  Musser,  both  of  Musser's  Val- 
ley,  this   county. 

On  the  same  day  by  the  same,  Mr. 
Charles  Mitchel,  of  Beaver  Furnace, 
and  Miss  Sarah  Smith,  of  this  place. 

Middleburg  Markets 

Potatoes,  $1.00;  lard,  .20;  tallow, 
.10;  cherries,  .10;  flaxseed,  $2.25; 
beeswax,  .40;  huckleberries,  .20;  but- 
ter, .40;  eggs,  .30;  dried  apples,  .10. 

January    14,    1869 

There  will  be  a  partial  eclipse  of 
the  moon  on  the  evening  of  the  17th 
of  January,  which  will  be  visible  in 
the  United  States.  It  will  begin  at 
7:20  and   end  at  6.45. 

Married 

On  the  29th  ult.,  by  Rev.  Lazarus, 
Daniel  Grouse  Esq).,  of  Crawford- 
ville,  Kans.,  and  Miss  Mary  Witten- 
myer,  of  this  place. 

Advertisements : — M'Carty,  Moyer, 
and  Schnure,  general  store,  Sel- 
insgrove;  J.  W.  Dreese,  store,  Mid- 
dleburg; Salem  Brothers,  music  store, 
Selinsgrove;  Shindel  &  Swineford, 
general  store,  Middleburg;  J.  H. 
Hughawout,  druggist,  Beavertown; 
Z.  S.  Kelly,  lumber,  Selinsgrove; 
Caveny  &  Auker,  general  store,  Sel- 
insgrove; W.  F.  Eckbert,  Selinsgrove. 
John  Huffman,  near  Selinsgrove; 
Hiestand  &  Hostettcr,  hardware,  Sel- 
insgrove; J.  W.  Orwig,  dentist,  Mid- 
dleburg. 

January    21,    1869 

The  County  Commissioners  at  a 
late  meeting  made  the  following  esti- 
mate of  the  probable  expenses  of  the 
county    for    1869:    For 

Deficit  of  1868,    $2,922.88 

Court   Expenses     same   as 

1868,    2.100.00 

Bridges  and  Repairs,  ....  5,000.00 
Ordinary  &  mis.  expenses  1,500.00 
Assessors  &  elections,  .  .  .  1,200.00 
Road  Views  and  damages,  1,100.00 
Printing  &  Com.  costs,  .  .  .  1,300.00 
Dockets  etc.  (for  Proth'y  & 

Reg.    &    Rec 400.00 

Salaries  of  Com.  &  clerk  & 

Jail  expenses,   2,700.00 


$18,222.88 

Married 

On  the  21st  inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
Shindel,  Joseph  Musser  to  Miss  Cath- 
erine Kratzer,  both  of  this  county. 

The  trial  list  for  February  term 
of  court  is  as  follows: 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG   POST,    1869. 


259 


Henry  M.  Hartman  vs  Jacob  De- 
trich. 

The  borough  of  Selinsgrove  vs 
John  Hummel. 

Samuel  Moyer  vs  Daniel  Rebert. 

Daniel   Kern  vs   Isaac   Romig. 

Alexandria  Betch  vs  Simon  Roush. 

A.  C.  Simpson  vs  the  Overseers  of 
the    Poor,    of      Franklin      Township. 

John  Hummel  vs  Martha  Hummel 
January    28,    1869 

While  Franklin  Bower,  of  Center- 
ville,  this  county,  was  cutting  in  the 
woods  last  Thursday,  the  ax  caught 
in  a  bush  and  glancing  struck  his 
foot  cutting  one  of  his  great  toes 
entirely  off. 

Amos  E.  Kapp  Esq.,  of  Northum- 
berland, Wednesday  .was  elected 
President  of  the  Agricultural  Society 
of  Pennsylvania. 

Union  County  shows  a  clear  finan- 
cial record.  Not  a  dollar  of  indebt- 
edness and  $4,195.45  in  the  treasury. 

Grand  Jury  list  for  February  term 
of  Court: 

Beaver — Daniel  Bingaman,  John  S. 
Smith,  Philip  Dreese,  Lewis  R. 
Haines.  West  Beaver — Ner  B.  Mid- 
dleswarth.  Centre — Valentine  Wal- 
ter. Chapman — Joseph  Smith,  Jona- 
than Gamby,  Jeremiah  B.  Hall,  John 
B.  Thompson,  John  Houser.  Henry  E. 
Wetzel,  Jacob  Lewig.  Franklin — 
Henry  Benfer.  Jackson— Bernhart 
Kline.  Penn — William  J.  Wagensel- 
ler.  George  J.  Schoch.  West  Perry 
— Philip  M.  Teats.  Selinsgrove — 
John  Cummings.  I.  Boggs  Smith, 
Uriah  P.  Haffley.  Washington — 
George  Hilbish,  Hiram  Kantz,  Daniel 
Gemian. 

Petit  Jury  list  for  February  term 
of  court: 

Beaver — Thomas  McGovern.  Jacob 
G.  Snyder,  J.  Peter  Romig,  Wm.  N. 
THe^ter.  Jacob  Brechbill,  Joseph  S. 
Ulsh,  George  A.  iSmith.  West  Bea- 
ver— David  Benfer,  Franklin  Koch, 
Isaac  Romig,  Henry  M.  Ulsh.  Cen- 
tre— John  F.  Hufnagle,  Jacob  San- 
ders, Reuben  Greenhoe,  Samuel  H. 
Hassinger,  Frederick  Herman.  Chap- 
man— Abel  Herrold.  Nathan  Dun- 
dore.  John  M.  Rine,  Simon  Heil,  Pe- 
ter Gemlberling,  John  R.  Riegel,  Fer- 
dinand Zone-?,  Daniel  Rohrer,  Levi 
Witmer,  William  Hummel,  Henry  M. 
Freed.  Franklin — John  Reitz,  Philip 
Wittenmyer,  Jacob  Eisennauer.  Mid- 
dleburg — Irvin    Smith,    Israel      Bach- 


man.  Monroe — Abiel  Trexler,  Isaac 
Hottenstein  Jr.  Middlecreek — David 
Meiser.  Penn — William  Erdley,  Da- 
vid W.  Dunbaugh,  Henry  Moyer. 
Perry — John  Comfort,  David  Traub, 
Charles  Boyer,  John  Schnee.  Selins- 
grove— William  H.  Gemberling, 
Charles  B.  Miller.  Washington — 
George  G.  Miller,  John  Gundrum 
Jr.,  Jacob  Mann,  Edward  Bassler. 

February   4,    1869 

Tavern  Licenses:  Reuben  Kling- 
ler,  Centerville;  Henry  E.  Wetzel, 
'McKees  Half  Falls;  David  Koons, 
Chapman,  and  John  H.  Wenrick,  res- 
taurant, Selinsgrove. 

At  the  Democratic  County  meeting 
held  in  the  Court  House,  last  Mon- 
day, James  W.  Knight  Esq.,  was 
chosen  Senatorial,  and  Maj.  John 
Cummings,  Representative  Delegates 
to  the  convention. 

Middleburg  Markets:  Potatoes 

$1.00;  Lard  .20;  tallow  .10;  cherries 
.10;  Flaxseed  $2.25;  beeswax  .40; 
huckleberries  .20;  butter  .35;  eggs 
30;  dried  apples  .10. 

On  the  28th  ult.  at  the  residence 
of  the  hride  by  Rev.  Early,  John  H. 
Wenrich  to  Miss  Louisa  Ulrich,  both 
of  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

February   11,    1869 

On  the  26th  ult.,  a  daughter  of 
Wm.  Wenrich,  of  Neitz  Valley,  this 
county,  set  fire  to  her  dress  while  her 
mother  was  at  the  barn  and  was  so 
badly  burned  that  she  died  about 
five  hours  later. 

The  stockholders  of  the  P.  R.  R. 
Co.,  held  a  meeting  in  the  Court 
House,  Monday,  'for  the  purpose  of 
electing  officers. 

Married 

Feb.  2nd  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel, 
Mr.  George  Koons  to  Miss  Amelia 
Bobb,  both  of  Centre  township. 

Feb.  4th  by  the  same,  Mr.  William 
Keiser,  near  Lewisburg,  to  Miss  Alice 
E.  Yerger,  of  Hartleton,  Union  coun- 
ty. 

Feb.  7th  by  the  same,  Mr.  John 
Lawver,  of  Juniata  County  to  Miss 
Catherine  Wertz,  of  Snyder  County. 

On  the  9th  inst.,  by  the  same 
Charles  L.  Smith  to  Miss  Hattie  Wit- 
tenmeyer,   both   of  this  place. 

Feb.  9th  bv  Rev.  R.  Lazarus,  John 
D.  Romig,  of  West  Beaver,  to  Miss 
polly  Romig,  of  Beaver  township, 
Snyder  County. 


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Died 

In  this  place  on  the  9th  inst., 
Samuel  Weirick  Esq.,  aged  61  years, 
4  months  and  20  days. 

In  Mifflinhurg  on  the  4th  inst., 
John  Dreisbach,  a  soldier  of  the  War 
of  1812,  aged  76  years. 

In  this  place,  Sunday  morning, 
Mrs.  Amelia  Schwenk,  aged  37  years 
and  three  months. 

February   18,    1869 

The  following  had  cards  in  the 
POST : 

J.  P.  Cronmiiller,  Atty.  at  Law, 
Middleburg. 

S.  Weirick,  Atty.  at  Law,  Middle- 
burg. 

A.  C.  (Simpson,  Atty.  at  Law,  Sel- 
insgrove. 

J.  Knight,  Atty.  at  Law,  Freeburg. 

Wm.  VonGezer,  Atty.  at  Law,  Lew- 
isburg. 

Charles  Moyer,  Atty.  at  Law,  Sel- 
insgrove. 

Samuel  Alleman,  Atty.  at  Law, 
Selinsgrove. 

L.  N.  Myers,  Attorney  and  Coun- 
selor at  Law,  Middleburg. 

Samuel  Faust,  Sewing  Machines, 
Selinsgrove. 

Dr.  J.  Y.  Shindel,  Surgeon  and 
physician,    Middleburg. 

B.  F.  VanBuskirk,  Dentist,  Selins- 
grove. 

John  K.  Hughes  Esq.  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  Penn  Township. 

Y.  H.  Wagner  Esq.,  Justice  of  the 
Peace,   Jackson    township. 

Dr.  J.  F.  Kanawell*  physician, 
Penns  Creek. 

F.  W.  Schwan,  physician,  Middle- 
burg. 

F.  A.  Boyer,  Auctioneer,  Free- 
burg. 

B.  T.  Parks,  Atty.  at  Law,  Middle- 
burg'. 

Wm.  Harding  Esq.,  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  Fremont,  Snyder  Co. 

Died 

In  Chapman  township  on  the  12th 
inst,  William  Wolf,  aged  29  years. 

February  25,    1869 

^.ev.  S.  Domer,  of  Selinsgrove,  has 
received     a  unanimous     call     to     St. 
Mathews  Lutheran  Church,  of  Read- 
ing.    The  call  has  been  accepted. 
Married 

On  the  list  inst.  by  Rev.  Kloss, 
Walter  Seitler,  of  Limestone  and 
Miss  Elizabeth  Fessler,  o'f  Snyder 
County. 


On  the  same  day  (by  the  same 
William  H.  Fessler  and  Miss  Sarah 
E.  Woodling,  both  of  Snyder  Coun- 
ty. 

On  the  18th  inst.,  by  Rev  J.  P. 
Shindol,  Mr.  Jackson  Houtz,  of  this 
county,  and  Miss  Molly  A.  Shellen- 
berger,  of  Juniata  County. 

On  the  21st  inst.,  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, Mr.  Joseph  Hook,  to  Miss  Anna 
Jane  Gross,  both  of  Decatur  twp., 
Mifflin   County. 

On  the  same  day  by  the  same  Mr. 
John  M.  Bowersox  to  Miss  Mary  A. 
Hoffman,  of  this  place. 

March  4,  1869 

Court  proceedings.  Court  con- 
vened on  the  22d  ult.  Present 
Hon.  S.  S.  Woods  and  Associate  Jus- 
tices A.  K.  Middleswarth  and  George 
C.  Moyer. 

Abram  Wagner,  Henry  K.  Snyder 
and  John  Mphn  were  appointed  tip 
staves.  J.  B.  Hall  was  selected  as 
foreman  of  the  Grand  Jury. 

The  evening  of  the  22d,  on  motion 
of  A.  C.  Simpson  Esq.,  Court  ad- 
journed as  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the 
memory  of  Samuel  Weirick  deceased. 
Eloquent  and  touching  eulogies  were 
delivered  by  A.  C.  Simpson  and  Wm. 
VanGezer  Esq. 

The  following  civil  cases  were  dis- 
posed of: 

The  Borough  of  Selinsgrove  vs 
John  Hummel.  Verdict  for  defen- 
dant. A.  C.  Simpson  vs  the  Over- 
seers of  the  Poor  o'f  Franklin  town- 
s-hip.     Verdict    for    plaintiff. 

Daniel  Kern  vs  Isaac  Romig.  Ver- 
dict for  defendant. 

Samuel  Moyer  vs  Daniel  Reber. 
Verdict  for  Plaintiff. 

Commonwealth   Cases 

Commonwealth  vs  Thos.  Kleckner. 
Indictment,  fornication  and  bastardy. 
Verdict  not  guilty.  Defendant  to 
pay  half  the  costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Simon  Shaffer. 
Indictment  selling  liquor  to  minors. 
Verdict — not  guilty.  Defendant  to 
pay  half  the  costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Levi  Fisher.  In- 
dictment fornication  and  bastardy. 
Usual  sentence. 

Commonwealth  vs  Lewis  King.  In- 
dictment attempted  burglary.  Ver- 
dict— not  guilty.  County  to  pay 
costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  George  and 
Aaron  Weist.   Indictment  fraudulent- 


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261 


ly   sawing  logs.      Nolle   Prosequi    en- 
tered. 

Commonwealth  vs  Joseph  Spring- 
er. Indictment  keeping  a  gambling 
house.      True  bill.      Not  tried. 

The  following  officers  were  elected 
for  the  Middlecreek  Railroad* 

Pres. — George  Schnure,  Selins- 
grove;  Directors — James  H.  Mann, 
Wm.  Willis,  Joseph  Seiber,  Joseph 
Alexander  and  Wm.  R.  Graham,  of 
Mifflin  County;  Moses  Specht  and 
John  S.  Smith,  of  Beavertown;  Aaron 
K.  Gift,  of  Middleburg;  W.  F.  Eck- 
bert  and  H.  C.  Eyer,  of  Selinsgrove; 
J.  F.  Reynolds,  of  Pittson,  and  John 
McFarland,   of  Northumberland. 

The  Grand  Jury  at  the  present 
term  cf  court  granted  the  erection 
of  a  new  bridge  over  Penns  Creek 
in  the  borough  of  Selinsgrove  two 
squares  'below  the  present  bridge. 
Died 

On  the  28th  ult.,  Frederick  Andrew 
Wittenmyer,    of    Franklin    Township, 
aged  4  years  and  9  months. 
March  11,  1869 
Married 

On  the  4th  ult.  by  Rev.  C.  G. 
"^rlenmeyer,  Benjamin  Miser  to  Miss 
Kate  Grimm,  both  of  Washington 
township. 

On  the  2 1st  ult.  by  the  same,  John 
J.  Coleman  to  Miss  Ella  Bowersox, 
Centre  township. 

On  the  23rd  ult.,  by  the  same, 
Henry  Laudenslaerer  to  Miss  Sarah 
Krouse.  both  of  Penn  township. 

On    the    28th    ult.,    bv    the    same, 
Lew's  Goodling  to  Miss  A.  Derr,  both 
of   Chapman   township. 
Died 

In  Penn's  township  on  the  20th 
•'lit.,  J^cob  Dietrich,  aged  87  years, 
4  months  and  15  days. 

In  the  same  township  on  the  23rd 
ult.  Sarah,  wife  of  Henrv  Duck,  aged 
29  vears,  1  month  and  4  days. 

In  Penns  Township  on  the  25th 
ult.  John  Franklin,  infant  son  of  H. 
Franklin  Rigle,  deceased,  and  his  wi- 
dow Emma  Jane. 

March  18,  1869 

On  the  14th  inst.,  in  the  Freeburg 
Academv  by  Prof.  D.  >S.  Boyer,  Mr. 
G.  M.  Gross  to  Miss  Sarah  Fisher, 
both  of  this  county. 

On  the  14th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Erlen- 
meyer,  Henry  Rigle  to  Miss  Charlotte 
Spade,  both  of  this  place. 

The  Central  Pennsylvania  Confer- 
ence of  the  M.  E.  Church  as^tmbled 
at  Danville,  Wednesday  last.  Bishop 
Scott  presiding. 


March  25,  1869 
Died 

We  understand  that  a  number  of 
new  houses  will  be  erected  in  our 
town  the  coming  season. 

About  seventy  thousand  Odd  Fel- 
lows are  expected  to  participate  in 
the  semi-centennial  anniversary  ol 
the  establishment  of  the  Order, 
which  is  to  be  held  in  Philadelphia 
the  26,  of  April  next. 

Snow  Storm — Last  Monday  even- 
ing the  lowering  clouds  culminated 
in  a  snow  storm  which  would  have 
done  credit  to  Jan.  and  on  Tuesday 
morning  the  earth  was  covered  with 
snow  at  least  five  inches  deep. 
Weather  prophets  say  there  are  to 
be  two  more  snow  storms  this  year. 

The  Election. — The  results  of  the 
election  in  this  place  was  as  follows : 

Chief    Burgess,    Daniel    Bolender. 

Town  Council,  Nathan  Shambach, 
Geo.  0.  Smith,  A.  J.  Peters,  Jacob 
Dreese  and  W.  H.  Beaver. 

Judge,  Jacob  Aurand. 

Inspectors,  Hiram  Schwenk,  Hen- 
ry Bachman. 

Assessor,   Samuel  Bowen. 

School  Directors,  John  Y.  Shindel, 
Irvin  Smith. 

Auditor,   J.   H.    Smith. 

Constable,    Aaron    Renninger. 

Overseers  of  Poor,  Jacob  Steining- 
er,  Abraham  Eisenhower. 
Died 

In  West  Beaver  township,  on  the 
21st  inst,  Wm.  Unangst,  aged  33  yrs. 

Advertisers.  Some  of  the  adver- 
tisers of  the  POST  of  this  issue  are 
as  follows:  M'Carty,  Moyer  &  Sch- 
nure, near  the  Canal  Bridge,  Selins- 
grove; J.  W.  Orwig,  Middleburg; 
Lewisburg  Wollen  Factory,  Lewis- 
burg,  controlled  by  Mark  Halfpenny; 
Shindel  &  Swineford,  Druggists,  Mid- 
dleburg; John  B.  Fockler,  Coach  fac- 
tory, xk  of  a  mile  south  of  Selins- 
grove on  the  road  leading  to  Port 
Trevorton;  J.  W.  Dreese,  N.  W.  Cor- 
ner Market  Square,  Middleburg; 
Crossgrove  Hall  Hotel,  Peter  Troup, 
Prop.;  Charles  B.  Miller,  Contractor 
and  Builder,  Selinsgrove;  B.  &  S.  S. 
Schoch,  Selinsgrove;  S.  Faust  &  Bro.. 
Tailors,  iSelinsgrove ;  Dr.  F.  W. 
Schwan,  druggist,  Middleburg;  Wag- 
enseller  and  Son,  Selinsgrove;  J.  A. 
Clopp,  Photographer,  Selinsgrove; 
Heestand  &  Hostetter,  Hardware,  Sel- 
insgrove; Schoch  &  Bro.,  Selinsgrove; 


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William  Colsher,  Selinsgrove;  John 
Hoffman,  Middleburg;  W.  H.  Beaver, 
Middleburg. 

Some  professional  cards  were  as 
follows: 

J.  P.  Cronmiller,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Middleburg. 

A.  C.  Simpson,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Selinsgrove. 

J.  Knight,  Attorney  at  Law,  Free- 
burg. 

Wm.  VanGezer,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Lewisburg. 

Geo.  F.  Miller,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Lewisburg. 

J.  F.  &  J.  M.  Linn,  Attorneys  at 
Law,  Lewisburg. 

Charles  Hower,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Selinsgrove. 

Samuel  Alleman,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Selinsgrove. 

L.  N.  Meyers,  Attorney  &  Counse- 
lor at  Law,  Middleburg. 

J.  C.  Bucher,  Attorney  at  Law, 
Middleburg. 

B.  F.  Van  Buskirk,  Dentist,  Selins- 
grove. 

John  K.  Hughes,  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  Penn  Twp. 

Y.  H.  Wagner,  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  Jackson  Twp. 

Dr.  J.  F.  Kanawell,  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Centerville. 

F.  W.  Schwan,  M.  D.,  Surgeon  and 
Physician,   Middleburg. 

F.  A.  Boyer,  Jr.,  Auctioneer,  Free- 
burg. 

B.  T.  Parks,  Attorney  at  Law  and 
District  Attorney,  Middleburg 

Wm.  Harding,  Justice  of  the  Peace 
and    Conveyancer,    Fremont. 

Washington  House,  Middleburg, 
Geo.  0.  Smith,  Prop. 

The  Commissioners  of  Snyder  Co., 
at  this  time  were,  Abraham  Eyer, 
Joseph  Wenrich  and  J.  J.  Mattern. 
The  Commissioners  Clerk  was  A.  J. 
Peters. 

Dissolution  of  Partnership  of  Ca- 
veny  &  Auker,  dealers  in  Clothing, 
Etc.,  in  the  Borough  of  Selinsgrove, 
has  this  day  been  dissolved  by  mu- 
tual  consent. 

Dissolution  of  Partnership  of  Stet- 
ler  &  Kern,  doing  business  at  Bea- 
ver Springs.  The  business  will  be 
continued  at  the  old  place  by  Mr. 
Stetler. 

Middleburg  Markets.  Potatoes, 
$1.00  lard  .20;  tallow  .10;  cherries 
.10;  flax  seed    $2.25;  bees  wax   .40; 


huckleberries  .20;  butter  .30;  eggs 
.20;  dried  apples  .10;  soap  .10;  cher- 
ries seeded  .40;  blackberries  15. 

Selinsgrove  Market.  Wheat  $1.- 
35;  rye  $1.10;  corn  .70;  oats  .60; 
beans  $2.00;  clover  seed  $7.25;  buck- 
wheat .80;  onions  $1.00;  pork  .18; 
butter  .40;  eggs  .30;  lard  .16;  ham 
.22;  shoulder  .18;  tallow  .10;  timo- 
thy $2.00;  chestnuts  $5.00. 

April   1,   1869 

Daniel  Witmer  Esq.,  of  Port  Trev- 
orton,  has  been  appointed  Notary 
Public. 

Selinsgrove  Markets.  Wheat  $1.- 
35;  rye  $1.10;  new  corn  .70;  oats 
.60;  potatoes  $1.00;  cloverseed  $7.- 
25;  buckwheat  .80;  onions  $1.00; 
butter  .40;  eggs  .30;  lard  .10;  ham 
.22;  shoulder  18;  tallow  10. 

April   8,    1869 

Mr.  Charles  J.  Bruner  of  Sunbury 
has  been  appointed  Collector  of  In- 
ternal Revenue  for  this,  the  Four- 
teenth Congressional  District,  in  place 
of  Charles  H.  Shriner,  of  Mifflinburg. 
This  is  a  good  appointment  and  gives 
satisfaction  to  nearly  all  except  those 
who  were  applicants  for  the  position 
themselves. 

THE  ASSESSORSHIP.— Dr.  B.  F. 
Wagenseller  of  Selinsgrove,  has  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  Assessor 
of  this,  Fourteenth  Congressional 
District.  There  were  quite  a  number 
of  applicants  for  this  office  in  the 
five  Counties  of  this  district;  but 
Snyder  County  deserved  the  office 
and  we  congratulate  the  Dr.  on  his 
appointment. 

West  Susquehanna  classis  of  the 
Reformed  Church  will  be  held  in  New 
Berlin,  on  the  3rd  Wednesday  in  May, 
(19.) 

We  learn  that  on  the  31st  ult.  the 
house  of  Rev.  John  K.  Snyder  in 
West  Perry  township,  this  county, 
was  consumed  by  fire.  We  have  not 
learned  the  amount  of  the  loss. 

Mr.  Martin,  of  Junita,  introduced 
a  bill  in  the  House,  incorporating  the 
Juniata  and  Susquehanna  Railroact 
Company,  running  from  Miffiintown 
on  the  Juniata,  to  Selinsgrove. 

The  stage  route  between  this  place 
and  Selinsgrove  is  now  in  charge  of 
Capt.  L.  N.  Homes.  The  stage  leaves 
here  daily  at  six  o'clock  A.  M.  and 
returns  in  the  evening  after  the  ar- 


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263 


rival  of  the  mail  train  at  Selinsgrove. 

Last  Tuesday  evening  as  Dr. 
Schwan  was  driving  to  the  country 
the  horse  became  frightened  and 
jumping  to  the  side  of  the  road  broke 
both  shafts  of  the  buggy  and  the 
Dr.  was  thrown  out.  He  was  pretty 
severely  bruised  by  the  fall  but  not 
seriously   injured. 

A  young  man  of  this  place,  while 
laboring  under  a  very  heavy  load  of 
"benzine"  wandered  to  the  stone 
quarry  North  of  town  last  Sunday, 
and  getting  too  near  the  outer  edge 
of  the  lime  kiln,  he  lost  his  bal- 
ance and  fell  a  distance  of  about 
twenty  feet.  He  was  very  much 
bruised  by  the  fall,  but  we  are  pleas- 
ed to  state  that  no  bones  were  brok- 
en. 

Died 

On  the  3rd,  inst,  in  Beaver  Twp., 
John  Troxel.      Aged  about  68  years. 

In  Selinsgrove,  March  15,  Ida  An- 
netta,  daughter  of  John  Deitrich,  of 
Mason  City,  Illinois,  aged  5  years,  2 
months  and  21  days. 

Administrator's  Notice.  Letters 
of  Administration  on  the  estate  of 
Henry  Weaver,  deceased,  late  of  Cen- 
terville,  Centre  Twp.,  have  been 
granted.  Eliza  Weaver  and  Valen- 
tine  Walter,   Admrs. 

Grand  Jurors  May  Term,  1869: 

Beaver — Jno.  B.  Moyer,  Geo. 
Smith.  Beaver  West — Jos.  Haines, 
Joseph  Manbeck.  Chapman — Adam 
L.  Spangler.  Franklin — Abner  How- 
el. — Jackson — Daniel  Oldt.  Middle- 
creek — H.  Hummel,  Conrad  Stock. 
Monroe — Henry  Sausaman.  Penns 
— John  Romig,  John  W.  Gemberling. 
Perry — Frederick  Rathfon.  Perry 
West — John  Haus,  Thomas  Shellen- 
berger.  'Selinsgrove — James  West, 
Benj.  Ristner.  Washington — Elias 
Shotzberger,  Philip  B.  Moyer,  John 
G.   Glass. 

Petit  Jurors.  Beaver — John  C. 
Smttll,  Henry  Mechtly,  James  W. 
Soecht,  Frederick  Bingaman,  Joseph 
G.  Snook.  Hiram  Sw:>rtz.  Beaver 
West — John  Kline,  John  Felker,  Jr., 
Wan.  Decker,  Jacob  H.  Howel.  Ed- 
ward A.  Smith.  Chapman — Davut 
Snyder,  Augustus  Arnold,  Henry  J. 
E.  Stroh,  David  W;tmer.  Franklin 
—John  P.  Smith,  William  D.  Gift, 
Ed.  L.  Buffington,  John  A.  Deitrich. 
Middlecreek — .Andrew  Benfer,  Wm. 
Dunkelberger,  Philip  Roush.  Mon- 
roe— George  Lyons.  Henry  D.  Fisher, 


George  Fisher,  Noah  Doebler.  Penns 
— Samuel  Maurer,  William  Hughes, 
John  Parks,  Henry  Ott.  Perry — 
Daniel  Lease,  John  D.  Yerger,  Mi- 
chael Womer.  Perry  West — Amos 
Winey,  H.  B.  Snyder.  Centre — 
Isaac  Bowersox,  Peter  Hartman. 
Middlcburg — Henry  S.  Smith.  Sel- 
insgrove— Henry  Walter,  Isaac  Ro- 
mdg,  James  E.  Lloyd,  Samuel  Stauf- 
fer,  J.  W.  Gaugler,  Frederick  Hare, 
Wm.  Colsher.  Washington — F.  G. 
Glass,  Daniel  Riegle,  Sr.,  George  G. 
Glass. 

April   15,   1869 

A  fire  is  raging  on  the  mountains 
copy  free.  Dept.  1777,  E.  A.  Strout 
grand  sight  at  night,  we  understand 
that  the  flames  have  already  spread 
over  hundreds  of  acres,  and  much 
valuable  timber  has  been   destroyed. 

A  man  named  Chappel,  who  has 
been  confined  in  the  jail  in  this 
place  since  last  term  of  court,  made 
his  escape  last  Saturday.  A  paper 
box  would  hold  prisoners  about  as 
securely  as  our  jail. 

The  proprietor  of  the  Selinsgrove 
Times  is  making  preparations  for 
building  a  new  office.  He  expects  t;. 
have  his  new  building  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy by  the  first  of  July. 

The  Spring  Term  oif  the  Freeburg 
Academy  opened  last  Tuesday  with  a 
large  number  of  students.  Under  di- 
rection of  Prof.  Boyer  this  school 
is  gaining  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  best  in  the  state. 

HARDWARE — The  firm  of  Mes- 
sers  Heistand  &  Hostetter,  of  Selins- 
grove, has  dissolved.  The  hardware 
business  will  be  carried  on  by  A.  B. 
Heistand  on  the  corner  of  Pine  and 
Water  St.  As  Mr.  Heistand  deals 
exclusively  in  hardware,  he  is  con- 
fident that  he  can  sell  goods  in  his 
line  cheaper  than  other  merchants  in 
the  County.      Give  him  a  call. 

Collectors  Appointed. — The  com- 
missioners at  their  meeting  on  the 
13th  appointed  the  following  persons 
as  collectors  of  state  and  county 
taxes  for  1869,  in  and  for  Snyder 
county  viz: 

Beaver — Henry  Smith. 

Beaver    West — Henry    Treaster. 

Centre — Michael  Yeisley. 

Chapman — Albright  Swinefard. 

Franklin — Henry  Felty. 

Jackson — Simon    Erdley. 

Middleburg — Jacob  Steininger. 

Middlecreek — Henry    Yerger. 

Monroe — John    Smith. 


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Perms — Adam  J.  Fisher. 

Perry — Thomas  Rathfon. 

Perry  West — John   G.   Graybill. 

Selinsgrove — Henry  Huber. 

Washington — George  C.  Glass. 

Mr.  A.  Marburger  nas  opened  i 
tobacco  and  cigar  store  in  the  room 
lately  occupied  by  Mr.  Boob.  Per- 
sons in  want  of  anything  in  his  line 
will  get  a  good  article  by  calling  on 
him. 

ACCIDENT.-On  Wednesday  morn- 
ing of  this  week  while  Mr.  John 
Stahlnecker  of  this  place  was  engag- 
ed in  hauling  logs  for  building  pur- 
poses he  met  with  a  painful  accident 
from  the  effects  o>f  which  he  may  be 
a  long  time  in  recovering.  The  re- 
ports as  to  how  the  accident  happen- 
ed are  confused  nearly  every  per- 
son having  a  different  story.  It 
appears,  however,  that  Mr.  Stahl- 
necker had  one  end  of  a  log  on  a 
wagon  which  was  standing  on  slant- 
ing ground,  and  was  trying  to  fasten 
it  with  a  chain  when  it  slipped  to 
one  side  of  the  wagon  and  upset  it; 
and  it  is  supposed  that  the  impetus 
given  to  the  chain  by  this  mishap 
caused  it  to  fly  around  the  end  of 
which  struck  him  on  the  nose  be- 
tween the  eyes,  fracturing  the  nasal 
bone  and  bruising  the  face  in  a  shock- 
ing manner.  At  the  present  Mr. 
Stahlnecker  is  in  a  critical  condition 
but  hopes  are  entertained  of  his  re- 
covery. 

LOOK  HERE — If  you  are  in  want 
of  a  good  Piano,  Organ,  Melodian, 
Violin,  or  a  Guitar,  the  best  place 
to  get  one  is  at  the  well  known  music 
store  of  Salem  &  Steininger,  Selins- 
grove.  Besides  keeping  for  sale  in- 
struments of  the  most  celebrated 
manufacturies  in  the  country,  they 
manufacture  instruments  that  are 
considered  by  those  who  have  used 
them  to  be  as  good  as  the  best. 

April  22,  1869 

LICENSE  NOTICE.— Notice  is 
hereby  given  that  B.  L.  Raudenbush, 
Beaver  Twp;  Moses  Specht,  Beaver 
Twp.;  Peter  Troup,  Beaver  Weslt; 
James  Miller,  Beaver  West;  Ira  Sayrs, 
Chapman;  Jacob  Lenig,  Chapman; 
Mrs.  Eliza  Weaver,  Centre;  John  S. 
Beaver,  Jackson;  George  0.  Smit'i. 
Middleburg;  David  Kerstetter,  Mid- 
dleburg; Lewis  Lenig,  Middleburg; 
Lewis  Amich,  Middlecreek;  J.  F.  Hot- 
tenstein,  Monroe;  George  Lyons, 
Monroe;  Sarah  Keene,  Monroe;  John 
Emeich,   Penns;   Moses   Bush    Perry, 


Mathias  Schnee,  Perry;  Herry  S. 
Boyer,  Selinsgrove;  Walter  &  Broth- 
er, Selinsgrove;  Henry  Keiser  Selins- 
grove; F.  C.  Moyer,  Washington ; 
Andrew  Roush,  Washington;  Danul 
Eisenhart,  Washington;  Peter  Wel- 
ler,  Washington. 

RESTAURANTS.-Isaac  Fees,  Bea- 
ver; J.  Crouse,  Selinsgrove;  George 
Hosterman,  Washington,  have  filed 
their  petitions  for  licenses  with  the 
clerk  O'f  the  Court  of  Quarter  Ses- 
sions of  the  Peace  of  Snyder  County, 
and  the  same  will  be  preson;ed  o 
said  Court  for  approval  on  Monday 
the  24th  day  of  May  next. 

J.    CROUSE   Q.    S. 
Middleburg,  April  21,  1869. 

April  29,   1869 

The  following  is  a  list  of  venders 
in    Snyder    County. 

Selinsgrove — iSchoch  &  Bros.,  B.  & 
S.  ;S.  Schoch,  M'Carty,  Moyer  & 
S^hnuie.  Wagenseller  &  Son,  Jacob 
Weist,  H.  E.  Richter,  Norton  Glover, 
Swineford  &  Backus,  Shindel  &  Wag- 
enseller, W.  F.  Eckbert,  T.  W  Au<> 
ker,  A.  B.  Heistand,  R.  L.  Bowes, 
Salem  &  Brothers,  J.  Boggs  Smith, 
N.  Kantner,  J.  S.  Burkhart,  Rollback 
&  Rudy,  Wm.  Colsher,  PauMng  &- 
Kreiger,  S.  Faust  &  Bros. 

Penn  Township — C.  .S.  Long,  Ed- 
mund Yost,  D.  J.  Bogar,  Scl  cch  & 
Bro.,  Duck. 

Washington — G.  &  F.  C.  Moyer, 
Boyer  &  Bassler,  Mertz  &  Brown 
David  Goy,  Aaron  Moyer,  D.  B.  &  C. 
F.  Moyer,  Daniel  Eisenhart,  G.  F. 
Miller,  Beachel  &  Son. 

Chapman — John  M.  Rine,  H.  M. 
Freed.  Witmer  &  Dundore,  Hoffman 
&  Bro.,  E.  C.  Williams,  John  Het- 
zcl. 

Centre — Huffnagle  &  Rine.  Vval^er 
&   Hartman. 

Beaver — Joseph  S.  Ulsh,  Henry 
Hauser,  R.  L.  Raudenbush,  J.  H. 
Hughawout,  Moses  Specht,  Joseph 
Shirk,  Geo.  H.  Hassenplug,  Wm. 
Coleman. 

West  Beaver — Smith  &  Braua,  3. 
H.  Ulsh. 

Jackson — John  S.  Beaver,  J.  M. 
Dauberman  &  Co  Harrison  Brouse, 
John  Maurer,  Philip  Benfer. 

Monroe — Mr.  Clark,  J.  F.  Hotten- 
stein,  John  Hoffman,  H.  B.  Hetrick, 
Leonard  App. 

Middlecreek — Jacob  A.  Smith,  Yo- 
der   &   Fegely,   David    Meiser. 


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265 


Middleburg — Samuel  Wittenmyer, 
J.  W.  Dreese,  Wm.  H.  Beaver,  Cath- 
erine Bower,  F.  W.  Schwan,  Shindle 
&  Swineford,  Daniel  T.  Rhoads,  A. 
Morberger,  J.  S.  Boop. 

Perry — George  Boyer  &  Son,  Ja- 
cob Minium,  .Mathias  Schnee,  Benne- 
ville  Kremer,  William  Gout,  John 
Shadle,  John  Schnee,  Frederick  Meis- 
er,   Samuel  Troutman   &   Co. 

West  Perry — Thomas  Shellenberg- 
er. 

An  election  was  recently  held  to 
divide  Chapman  township,  this  coun- 
ty, which  resulted  in  a  large  majority 
for  division. 

Trial  list  for  May  term  of  court: 

Shamokin  Bank  vs  Henry  C    Eyer. 

H.  M.  Hartman  vs  Jacob  Detrick. 

John  Hummel  vs  Martha  Hummel. 

Thos.  and  A.  Penny  vs  John  Eme- 
rick. 

William  Rowe  vs  Andrew  Romig 
acting  Exr.  of  Samuel  Bover  deceas- 
ed. 

Married 

On  the  25th  inst.,  at  the  residence 
of  the  bride's  father,  Hon.  A.  K 
Middleswarth,  by  Rev.  L.  C.  Ed- 
munds, Mr.  William  Dreese  and  Miss 
Sarah  L.  Middleswarth,  'both  of  Bea- 
ver township. 

On  the  23rd  inst.,  by  Rev.  D.  Kloss, 
Mr.  Isaac  C.  Eden,  of  Middleburg, 
rnd  Miss  Mary  A.  Gottshall,  of  New 
Berlin 

On   the   25th  inst.    by  Rev.    C.   G. 
Erlenmieyer,   Philip   Freed,    of  Wash- 
ington    township,     to  Miss     Caroline 
Craig,   of  West  Perry  township. 
Died 

On  the  23rd  inst.,  in  Penn  town- 
ship, John  Wagner,  aged  63  years,  1 
month   and   3   days. 

On  the  27th  inst.,  in  Perry  town- 
ship, William  German  aged  about  34 
years. 

On  the  24th  inst.,  in  Washington 
township,  Margaret,  widow  of  Simon 
Bi-kel,  deceased,  aged  90  years,  4 
months  and  13  days. 

May  6,   1869 

The  election  of  County  Superin- 
tendent at  this  place,  Tuesday  the 
4th  inst.,  resulted  in  the  re-election 
of  Wm.  Moyer  Esq.  with  a  vote  42 
to  30.  Salary  same  as  heretofore 
$500. 

S.  D.  Ulsh  has  been  appointed  post- 
master of  Bannerville  in  place  of 
David    Benfer,    resigned. 


Married 

In  SelinsgTove,  on  the  20th  ult., 
W.  S.  Keller,  of  Selinsgrove,  to  Miss 
Mattie  Wyland,  of  Sunbury. 

On  the  2nd  inst.,  by  Rev    J.   P. 
Shindle,   Jacob   N.    Feese,    of   Snyder 
County,  to  Mary  Ann  Conrad,  of  Nor- 
thumberland county. 
Died 

On  ihe  3rd  inst.,  in  Franklin  town- 
ship, Mrs.  Mary  Gaugler  agei  about 
65   years. 

In     Washington     township,     April 
19th,  Jas.     P.,     son  of  Peter  Lenig, 
aged  7  years,  3  months  and  21  days. 
May   13,    1869 

On  the  19th  of  last  month,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Lincoln  step-mother  of 
President  Lincoln,  died  in  Illinois. 

The  following  political  cards  were 
published  in  this  week's  issue  of  the 
POST:  Wm.  G.  Herrold,  of  Chapman 
township,  for  Assembly;  John  Wolfe, 
of  Chapman  township,  and  Henry  K. 
iSanders  for  Sheriff.  Williarr  Kelly 
and  Ferdinand  Zones,  both  of  Chap- 
man township,  for  Commissioner. 
John  K.  Hughs  and  George  J.  Schoch, 
of  Penn  township,  for  Treasurer. 
Married 

On    the    9th    inst.,    by    Rev.    J.    P. 
Shindel,    A.   iM.    Smith   and    Miss   Al- 
vilda  J.  Stetler,  of  Beaver. 
Died 

In  Franklin  township  on  the  12th 
inst.,  Isaac  Ramer,  aged  about  48 
years. 

In  Franklin  township  on  the  14th 
inst.,  Howard  Frantz,  aged  about  21 
years. 

May  20,  1869 

Some  hail  fell  in  this  neighbor- 
hood, last  Sunday  afternoon. 

A  colored  man  was  lodged  in  jail 
last  Friday  for  stealing  two  watches 
from  Reuben  Gemberling,  of  Pern 
township. 

Hemy  Benfer  Esq.,  of  Franklin 
township,  was  appointed  Assistant 
Assessor  of  Internal  Revenue  for 
Snyder   Countv. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  Evangeli- 
cal church  at  the  Furnace,  about  two 
miles  above  this  place,  was  laid  last 
Sunday. 

May  27.  1869 

The  new  Evangelical  Church  at 
Smithgrove,  halfway  between  this 
place  and  Selinsgrove,  will  be  dedi- 
cated   next    Sunday   morning. 


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The  following-  hotels  and  restau- 
rants were  granted  licenses:  B.  L. 
Raudeabush,  Henry  Houser.  Georgo 
A.  Smith  and  Moses  Specht,  of  Bea- 
ver township;  Peter  Troup  and  James 
Miller  of  West  Beaver  Twp. ;  Ira 
Sayrs  and  Jacob  L.  Lenig,  of  Chap- 
man Twp.;  Mrs.  El;za  Weaver,  of 
Centre;  John  S.  Beaver,  of  Jackson 
Twp.;  George  0.  Smith  and  David 
Kerstetter,  of  Middleburg:  Lewis 
Amich,  Middlecreek  Twp.;  J.  F.  Hot- 
tenstein,  George  Lyons,  Sarah  Keen 
and,  D.  S.  Clark,  of  Monroe;  Join 
Emeich,  of  Penn  Township,  Moses 
Bush  and  Mathias  Schnee,  of  Perry 
township;  Henry  S.  Boyer,  Walter  & 
Bro.  and  Henry  Keiser,  of  Selins- 
grove;  F.  C.  Moyer,  Andrew  Roush, 
Daniel  Eisenhart  and  Peter  Weller, 
of  Washington  township.  Restau- 
rants—  Isaac  Fees,  of  Beaver;  J. 
Crouse,  of  Selinsgrove,  and  George 
Hosterman,    of    Washington. 

COURT  PROCEEDINGS— Com- 
monwealth vs  Catherine  Kohl?r,  Lar- 
cency,    Nolle    Prosequi    entered. 

Commonwealth  vs  Joseph  Spring- 
er, Indictment  keeping  gambling 
house,  Nolle  Prosequi  entered. 

Commonwealth  vs  Hannah  Shaf- 
fer— Larcency — prosequi  entered. 

Commonwealth  vs  Louis  King — In- 
dictment, selling  liquor  to  persons  of 
intemperate  haJbits — Not  sentenced. 

Commonwealth  vs  Lewis  King — 
Selling  Liquor  on  Sunday — verdict 
guilty.     Not  sentenced. 

Commonwealth  vs  Overseers  of 
Lower  Augusta  lownship,  Northum- 
berland County — Illegally  removing 
pauper — True  bill — continued 

Commonwealth  vs  Daniel  T. 
Rhoades — indictment  adultry.  Plead 
guilty.     Not  sentenced. 

The  Shamokin  Bank  vs  Henry  C. 
Eyer — Verdict    for   plaintiff. 

June  3,    1869. 

The  contract  for  the  new  bridge 
in  Selinsgrove  has  been  awarded  to 
Mr.  Bell,  of  Dauphin,  and  the  stone 
work  to  Nathaniel  Moyer,  of  Selins- 
grove. 

Jacob  K.  Snyder,  of  this  place,  has 
purchased  the  stage  line  from  New 
Berlin   to   Lewistown. 

By  a  special  act  of  the  Legislature 
enacted  last  winter,  the  Commis- 
sioners of  this  county,  will  be  re- 
quired to  erect  a  new  bridge  over 
Middlecreek   at   Kant's   mill. 


Married 

May  3rd  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel, 
Henry  Yeisley  and  Miss  Matilda  Zim- 
merman, both  of  Union  county. 

May  30  by  Rev.  R.  Lazarus,  Mr. 
Henry  Keck,  of  Middlecreek  town- 
ship, and  Miss  Mary  M.  Bickel,  of 
Washington    township. 

June   10,   1869. 

The  court  approved  the  action  of 
the  voters  of  Chapman  township  in 
dividing  said  township  and  decided 
that  the  new  township  be  called 
Union.  A  special  election  will  be 
held  in  these  townships  to  elect  of- 
ficers. 

Last  Saturday  evening,  Diller 
Grove,  of  Selinsgrove,  was  commis- 
sioned to  the  jail,  here,  for  stealing- 
wheat  from  the  premises  of  Jacob 
Weist. 

We  learn  that  a  military  company 
of  38  men  has  been  raised  in  Centre 
township.  This  will  be  Company  B. 
of  Snyder  County  militia. 

The  muskets  for  the  military  Com- 
pany here,  have  arrived.  They  are 
of  the  Harpers  Ferry  make. 

Married. 

May  23rd  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel, 
Mr.  H.  Yeisley  and  Miss  M.  A.  Zim- 
merman, both  of  Union  County. 

June  6th  by  the  same,  Frederick 
Rath  and  Sarah  J.  Pontius,  of  Sny- 
der County. 

June  6th  by  the  same  at  Beaver- 
town,  Arthur  B.  Specht  and  Miss 
Amanda  Moyer,  both  of  Snyder 
County. 

May  30th,  by  Rev.  R.  Lazarus, 
Henry  Keck,  of  Middlecreek  town- 
ship, and  Miss  Mary  M.  Bickel,  of 
Washington    township. 

In  Selinsgrove  at  the  residence  of 
the  bride's  mother,  on  the  6th  inst., 
bv  Prof.  Born,  Philip  H.  Bentz,  of 
Philadelphia,  to  Miss  Maria  C.  Scharf 
of  Selinsgrove. 

Died 

In  Selinsgrove  on  the  3rd  inst., 
Harry,  son  of  William  and  Mary 
McFall,  aged  about  3  years. 

June   17,   1869. 

On  Monday,  the  21st  inst.,  the  reg- 
ular trains  of  the  P.  &  E.  R.  R.  will 
run  to  Lewisburg. 

The  members  of  Company  "A"  are 
notified  to  report  at  their  armory  on 
Saturday  next  at  nine  o'clock,  a.  m. 
for  company  drill. 

As  the  4th  of  Julv  comes  on  Sun- 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG  POST,    1869. 


267 


day  this  year,  Saturday  the  3rd  has 
been  generally  fixed  upon  the  day 
celebrating  our  Independence  Anni- 
versary. We  think  it  is  far  better  in 
every  respect,  to  observe  Saturday 
instead  of  Monday.  By  the  way,  we 
do  not  hear  that  any  movement  has 
been  made  for  celebrating  the  day  at 
this  place.  We  doubt  if  we  shall  have 
even  Sunday  School  Celebration. 

We  learn  that  Mr.  Fahnestock, 
late  collector  of  Internal  Revenue  for 
this  District,  who,  it  will  be  remem- 
bered, had  brought  suit  against  S.  B. 
Boyer,  Esq.,  for  being  a  defaulter, 
has  been  discovered  to  be  a  defaulter 
himself,  and  his  bondsmen  weve  com- 
pelled to  pay  over  to  C.  H.  Shriner, 
Esq.,  Collector  the  sum  of  $7,120.00. 

A  correspondent  of  the  Mifflin- 
burg  Telegraph  states  that  Joseph 
Huff,  of  White  Deer  township,  Union 
County,  lost  all  of  his  hogs  (seven) 
last  week  by  throwing  several  arm- 
fulls  of  may  apple  plants  in  their 
stalls  for  bedding.  They  ate  them 
and  in  less  than  half  an  hour  they 
were  poisoned  beyond  recovery. 

The  Primary  Election 

The  Return  Judges  elected  at  the 
Primary  election  held  in  Snyder  Co., 
on  Saturday  last  assembled  in  the 
Court  House  at  Middleburg  on  Mon- 
day last  at  one  o'clock,  P.  M. 

On  motion  of  John  S.  Beaver,  Ja- 
cob P.  Bogar  of  Union  township,  was 
elected  president  of  the  convention. 
Secretaries,  Peter  Hartman  of  Centre 
township,  and  Daniel  B.  Moyer  of 
Freeburg.  Henry  S.  Boyer,  Jno.  S. 
Beaver  and  Sheriff  Bolender,  wer  i 
chosen  a  committee  to  draft  resolu- 
tions. 

The  following  named  persons  rep- 
resented their  respective  townships  as 
return    judges: 

Beaver,  Moses  Specht. 

Beaver  West,  J.  J.  Mattern. 

Centre,  Peter  Hartman. 

Chapman,  J.  P.  Bogar. 

Franklin,  Jacob   Bolender. 

Jackson,  John  S.  Beaver. 

Midoleburg,   Daniel   Bolender. 

Middle   Creek,   Joe1    Bilger. 

Monroe,    John    Hartman. 

Penns,   Levi   Row. 

Perry,   William   Harding. 

Perry  West,    G.    G.    Shellenbergev. 

Selinsgrove,  H.  S.  Boyer. 

Washington,  D.  B.  Moyer. 


Election  returns  were  as  follows: 
Assembly. 

Wm.  G.  Herrold,  1,111. 
Sheriff. 

J.  S.  Wolf,  851. 

F.  Glass  631. 

Wolf's   Majority,    220. 
Commissioner. 

Isaac  Beaver,  397. 

Kinney,    396. 

Ferdinand  Zones,   273. 

William  Kelly,  349. 

Beaver's  Majority,  1. 
Treasurer. 

John    K.    Hughes,    863. 

Geo.  J.  Schoch,  412. 
Auditor. 

M.   L.   Hassinger,   440. 
The     following     gentlemen  of  the 
various  townships  and  boroughs  com- 
pose the  --^nding  Committee,  for  thi 
ensuing  year: 

Beaver — Dr.  Isaac  Conrad,  Jos.  S. 
Ulsh. 

Beaver  West — John  J.  Mattern, 
Jos.  Manbeck. 

Centre — Peter  Hartman,  Jacob  H. 
Hartman. 

Chapman-Jeremiah  B.  Hall,  Frank 
Walles. 

Franklin — John  Bilger,  John  Reits. 

Jackson — John  S.  Beaver,  Samuel 
Gross. 

Middleburg — Dr.  J.  Y.  Shindel, 
Jacob  Aurand. 

Middlecreek,  G.  A.  Schoch,  Joel 
Bilger. 

Monroe — Joseph  Boust,  John 
Young. 

Penns — Levi  Row,  Lewis  Pawling. 

Perry — Capt.  Wm.  Harding,  Isaac 
iS.  Heim. 

Perry  West — Michael  Shellenberg- 
er,  Joseph  Arbogast. 

Selinsgrove — Henry  S.  Boyer,  A. 
Z.    Schoch. 

Union — Jacob  P.  Bogar,  John  J. 
Kelly. 

Washington — 

June  24,   1869 

Five  new  houses  will  be  built  on 
"Gravel  Hill,"  in  this  borough  this 
summer. 

The  Washington  House  in  this 
place  has  passed  into  the  hands  of  a 
gentleman  named  Taylor  from  Mil- 
ton. 

A  monster  bear  was  killed  in  Gregg 
Twp.,  Union  County.  The  bear  haJ. 
killed  a  number  of  sheep  and  hogs 
for  the  farmers  for  a  long  time. 


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The  communication,  signed  Penns 
Creek,  appearing  in  the  last  issue  of 
the  Tribune — is  a  malicious  slander 
on  libel  on  the  respectable  people 
living  in  the  valley  or  along  the  banks 
of  the  Penns  Creek.  To  our  certain 
knowledge  there  is  not  a  man  from 
its  contiguous  point  to  where  it  emp- 
ties into  the  Susquehanna,  who  would 
undertake  to  palm  off  such  miserable 
scribbling,  such  senseless  nonsence 
on  decent  men,  or  even  acknowledge 
its  authority  except  Bill  Bailey  or  Mr. 
Lumbart  as  the  orthography  cf  "P" 
has  it — it  don't  mean  Lumbard. 

Bravery    and     Cowardice     Contrasted 

True  bravery,  according  to  the  ex- 
organ  of  Jno.  Bilger  and  "The  Selins- 
grove  Times,"  consists  in  a  full,  free 
use  of  the  very  chaste  terms — 'Jack- 
fool,  clown,  blockhead,  &c,"  instead 
of  fair  candid  argument  in  defense 
of  party  and  principles.  Cowardice 
consists  in  avoiding  billinsgate,  and 
in  presenting  to  our  patrons,  in  an 
humble  way,  whatever  pertains  to  the 
welfare  of  the  people  and  the  party 
to  which  we  adhere.  Hence  we  are 
cowards.  We  submit  the  case  to  an 
honest  intelligent  jury  composed  of 
the  whole  people  of  Snyder  County. 

King  has  a  large,  black,  wooly  dog, 
proverbial  for  always  being  in  con- 
fusion and  in  a  bad  humor,  and  con- 
taminating other  more  peaceably  dis- 
posed dogs.  He  snaps,  barks  and 
"pitches  into"  every  dog—  -whiff e1, 
cur  and  spaniel —  that  comes  his  wry 
— he  annoys  the  public  and  bears  a 
bad  name.  How  is  it  Tribune?  How 
unlike  the  dog  are  you. 

The    Middlecreek    Railroad 

The  last  we  have  heard  of  this 
improvement  is  the  following  from 
the  Selinsgrove  Times  of  last  Wed- 
nesday: 

For  a  week  past  the  former  Presi- 
dent of  the  road  has  been  in  town  ad- 
justing the  book  and  business  ac- 
counts of  the  Company  under  his  ad- 
ministration. As  represented  to  uj 
by  himself,  the  condition  of  the  com- 
pany looks  more  favorable  than  we 
had  anticipated.  There  are  still  six- 
ty thousand  dollars  to  be  collected 
over  and  above  the  debts  of  the 
company,  which  are  not  many.  In 
addition  to  this  sum,  there  are  eigh- 
teen thousand  dollars  subscribed  by 
Mr.  McGovern,  the  contractor,  mak- 
ing in  all  seventy-eight  thousand  dol- 


lars subscribed  and  not  yet  collected. 
One  contractor  has  proposed  that 
for  eighty  thousand  dollars  he  would 
undertake  to  grade  and  bridge  ready 
for  ties,  the  unfinished  road  from 
Northumberland  to  Stucksville,  a  dis- 
tance of  thirty-three  miles.  Mr. 
McGovern  himself  proposes  that  the 
sixty  thousand  be  now  collected  and 
he  will  now  go  on  and  do  as  much 
work  as  the  money  collected  will  pay 
for,  of  this  contract.  Mr.  Alexander 
who  still  continues  in  the  board  as  a 
director,  will  urge  this  policy:  that 
when  the  thirty-three  miles  are  grad- 
ed to  Stuckville,  the  Company  then 
will  issue  bonds  to  raise  the  money 
to  pay  for  the  ties,  iron  and  neces- 
sary rolling  stock  and  fixtures.  He 
seems  to  think  that  this  would  be 
the  best  plan.  Another  plan  suggest- 
ed and  perhaps  the  best  one,  would 
be  to  purchase  an  engine  and  truck 
car,  and  then  start  at  Northumber- 
land, and  grade  the  road,  put  down 
the  ties  and  lay  the  rails,  finishing 
the  road  at  once  as  you  go  along,  as 
they  did  the  Union  Pacific  road. 

If  the  parties,  who  had  formerly 
promised  to  furnish  the  iron  for  19 
miles  and  take  their  pay  for  the  same 
in  freight,  will  consent  to  do  so,  then 
we  are  in  favor  of  adopting  the  plan 
of  finishing  the  road  and  putting  it 
in  actual  operation  as  we  go  along, 
and  pay  for  it  as  we  go.  Today  the 
directors  meet  and  we  respectfully 
suggest  to  them  the  adopting  of  the 
latter. 

July  1,   1869 

A  new  postoffice  has  been  estab- 
lished at  John  Hummel's  half  way 
between  Selinsgrove  and  Shamokin 
Dam,  to  be  called  Hummel's  Wharf. 

Mr.  J.  M.  VanZandt  closed  his 
school  here,  Friday.  He  informed  us 
that  about  thirty  of  his  pupils  have 
the  measles. 

The  Democrats  of  this  county  will 
hold  their  delegate  election,  Satur- 
day, August  7th.  The  County  Con- 
vention will  be  held  the  following 
Monday. 

At  a  special  election  held  in  Chap- 
man township,  June  29th  for  town- 
ship officers,  the  following  named 
gentlemen  were  elected: 

Justice  of  the  Peace — Daniel  Rohr- 
er. 

Inspector — Benjamin   iVToyer. 

Supervisor — Joseph   Meiser. 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG   POST,    1869. 


269 


School  Directors — Solomon  Eb right 
and   Peter   Stegle. 

Overseer  of  the  Poor-  -David 
Kerstetter. 

Auditor — H.  Keister. 

Assessor — Thomas    Paiger. 

Place  of  election — At  the  House  of 
Israel  Metzger. 

UNION  TOWNSHIP— 

Justice  of  the  Peace — Hira     O'neil. 

School  Directors — T.  W.  Hoffman, 
David  Witmer. 

Supervisor — Samuel  Witmer 

Judge   of   Election — Isaac   Shaffer. 

Inspector — Philip  H.   Lamey. 

Place  of  holding  election — At  Port 
Trevorton. 

Monday,  S.  P.  Wenrich,  Newton 
Myers  and  John  Trait,  of  Selins- 
grove  were  arrested  and  bound  over 
for  disorderly  conduct. 

The  prospects  of  having  the  Mid- 
dlecreek  Railroad  completed  at  an 
early  date,  are  now  encouraging. 
We  learn  that  the  Company  conclud- 
ed an  agreement  with  John  R.  Mc- 
Govern  the  contractor  by  which  the 
latter  is  to  immediately  resume  the 
work  of  grading  the  road  at  the 
eastern  termination  on  the  Susque- 
hanna, and  to  complete  it  to  a  point 
17  miles  from  Lewistown  by  Feb- 
ruary next.  He  is  to  receive  $64,000 
in  cash,  and  wait  for  the  balance  until 
the  road  is  completed. 

July  15,  1869 

Mifflinburg,  Union  County  with  a 
population  of  more  than  1000  inhabi- 
tants has  no  lawyer.      Happy  Town' 

The  chances  are  that  the  apple 
yield  in  Pennsylvania  this  fall  will 
be  the  largest  it  has  shown  for  a 
long  stretch  of  years. 

A.  K.  Gift,  Esq.,  junior  editor  of 
the  Tribune,  published  in  this  place, 
has  disposed  of  his  interest  in  that 
paper  to  E.  C.  Gobin,  Esq.,  of  Sun- 
bury. 

The  very  warm  weather  we  are 
now  having  should  serve  as  a  warn- 
ing to  all  persons  to  exercise  more 
than  usual  sanitary  precautions 
about  their  premises,  and  to  avoid 
eating  unripe  fruit  prejudicial  to 
health. 

A.  man  named  Elias  Haldeman, 
who  resides  not  far  from  Richfield, 
aged  about  40  years,  committed  sui- 
cide on  the  26th  ult.,  by  hanging  him- 
self in  his  barn  with  a  plow  line.  He 
had   several   years   ago    been    in   the 


asylum  for  insanity,  and  this  seems 
to  have  been  the  cause  of  his  death. 

It  will  be  seen  by  reference  to  our 
advertising  columns  that  Prof.  D. 
Denglinger  of  Newport  will  take 
charge  of  Union  Seminary,  located  in 
New  Berlin,  Union  County,  on  Mon- 
day, August  4th.  The  location  is  all 
could  be  desired,  and  the  institution 
embraces  accommodations  for  one 
hundred  and  fifty  students,  with  first 
class  facilities  for  study,  a  library 
of  about  three  thousand  volumes,  ex- 
tensive Philosophical  Apparatus,  a 
museum  of  Geographical  and  other 
specimens.  Prof.  Denlinger  has  had 
twenty  years  experience  in  teaching 
classical  schools,  and  the  prospects 
are  that  this  seminary  will  rank 
among  the  first  in  the  State.  We 
congratulate  the  Trustees  of  this 
school  in  their  choice  of  so  thorough 
a  man  for  principal.  We  heartily 
wish  the  school  and  its  principal  suc- 
cess. 

About  six  o'clock  on  Monday  eve- 
ning, Diller  Grove,  the  young  man 
who  was  confined  in  jail  in  this  place 
for  stealing  wheat,  made  his  escape 
in  this  wise:  He  had  for  a  week 
past  been  in  the  habit  of  tempting 
with  pennies,  a  little  daughter  of  the 
Sheriff's  aged  about  4  years.  On 
Monday  evening  while  the  sheriff  was 
not  at  the  jail,  and  his  wife  had  gone 
f  cross  the  way  to  a  neighbor's  house, 
Grove  induced  the  little  girl  to  go 
and  get  the  big  key  to  the  iron  door 
r.nd  hand  it  to  him  through  the  baro, 
in  consideration  for  some  pennies  he 
gave  her.  After  hunting  some  time 
fhe  found  the  key  in  a  desk,  where 
the  sheriff  had  placed  it  for  safe 
keeping.  Handing  it  to  Grove  he  un- 
locked the  door,  descended  to  the  cel- 
lar kitchen  and  escaped  from  the  back 
part  of  the  building.  It  seems  that 
from  this  nlace,  he  went  direct  to  his 
hon^e  in  Selinsgrove,  where  he  stole 
a  horse  belonging  to  Mr.  S.  S.  Schoch 
and  rode  as  far  ?s  Richfield  in  Ju- 
niata county,  where  he  left  the  horse 
and  has  not  been  heard  of  since. 

Married 

June  24,  by  the  Rev.  C.  G.  Erlen- 
mever.  Emanuel  Aucker,  of  Freeburg 
and  Miss  Maggie  Weipert  of  Perry 
Township. 

July  4,  by  the  same  Elias  C.  Wei- 
rick  and  Miss  Rebecca  Renninger,  of 
Washington  Township. 


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Died 

In  Selinsgrove  June  30,  John  Rich- 
ter,  son  of  C.  B.  and  Annie  North, 
aged  1  year,  1  month  and  6  days. 

In  Jackson  township,  near  New 
Berlin,  July  3,  Andrew  Kohler,  aged 
73  years,  and  8  months. 

In  Chapman  township,  July  4th, 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  Benjamin  Rumfelr, 
aged  40  years,  1  month  and  19  days. 

July  29,  1869 

Work  on  the  M.  C.  R.  R.  will  be  re- 
sumed next  Monday  morning. 

Three  sheep  belonging  to  Charles 
Steininger  were  killed  by  strange 
dogs  one  night  last  week. 

Fifty  guns  and  equipments  have 
been  received  by  Captain  J.  H.  Hart- 
man  of  Centerville,  for  the  company 
of  militia  under  his  command. 

Mr.  Benj.  Schoch,  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Selinsgrove,  died  at  his 
residence  in  that  place,  on  the  27th 
inst.  Funeral  to-morrow,  (Friday) 
morning  at  10  o'clock. 

Mr.  Jacob  Aurand  has  received 
the  appointment  of  Post  Master  at 
this  place,  vice,  Mrs.  Eliza  Smith,  re- 
moved. Mr.  Aurand  will  undoubtly 
miake  an  obliging  P.  M. 

We  learn  that  the  storm  last  night 
was  very  severe  in  the  western  part 
of  this  county.  Large  trees  were  up- 
rooted, and  quite  a  number  of  build- 
ings were  unroofed. 

Hon.  Isaac  Beidlesbach,  Associate 
Judge  of  Northumberland,  died  very 
suddenly  of  apoplexy  at  his  residence 
in  Point  Township  on  Thursday  last. 
He  was  a  man  universally  esteemed 
by  all  who  knew  him. 

Jacob  Boyer,  a  worthy  citizen  of 
Centre  township,  died  very  suddenly 
of  apoplexy,  Tuesday  night  of  last 
week.  Until  a  few  hours  of  his 
death  Mr.  Boyer  enjoyed  unusual 
good  health.  His  age  was  about  68 
years. 

From  the  annual  statement  of  the 
Middleburg  School  Board,  just  pub- 
lished, we  learn  that  the  new  house 
which  was  built  in  this  place  last  sum- 
mer cost  $4,417.58.  On  this  sum 
there  is  a  credit  of  $884.51,  leaving 
a  debt  of  $3,533.07. 

Dr.  J.  D.  Conrad  of  Beavertown, 
has  been  commissioned  by  the  Stat? 
Department  to  be  a  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures  for  Snyder  County,  for 
a  term  of  three  years.      This  is  a  good 


appointment  and  we  congratulate  the 
Dr.  on  his  success  in  obtaining  it. 

We  owe  an  opology  to  our  patrons 
for  not  getting  out  a  paper  la-it  week. 
Twice  within  the  last  year  we  failed 
to  get  out  the  POST  at  the  regular 
ime  on  account  of  not  receiving  our 
paper.  Dissappointments  of  this  kind 
are  very  annoying  to  publishers  and 
we  will  try  to  avoid  them  in  the  fu- 
ture. 

We  have  just  learned  that  a  citi- 
zen of  West  Beaver  Township,  nam- 
ed Spigelmyer  was  found  dead  on 
Shade  Mountain  several  miles  from 
his  home  one  day  last  week.  He  left 
home  on  Friday  previous  for  the  pur- 
pose of  visiting  his  daughter  on  th>3 
other  side  of  the  mountain,  and  was 
found  dead  as  stated  about  several 
days  afterwards.  From  the  appear- 
ance, when  found,  it  is  supposed  that 
he  was  struck  by  lightning. 

The  summer  session  of  the  Free- 
burg  Academy  will  comtmence  on 
Tuesday,  August  3.  The  prospects 
for  a  full  attendance  are  very  flat- 
tering. A  Normal  Class  will  be  form- 
ed to  be  conducted  by  the  County 
Superintendent.  This  is  one  of  the 
best  Academies  in  the  State,  and 
young  ladies  and  gentlemen  wishing 
to  fit  themselves  to  enter  higher  in- 
stitutions of  learning  will  find  all  the 
advantages  that  can  be  desired  at 
this  school. 

Married 

On  the  2nd  inst.,  by  Rev.  Seiple, 
Jacob  S.  Boob  and  Miss  Mary  M. 
Walter,  both  of  this  place.  We  wish 
the  happy  couple  a  long  life  of  hap- 
piness, an  abundance  of  this  world's 
goods,  and  hope  that  they  will  never 
have  cause  to  regret  the  important 
step  tbey  have  just  taken. 

On  the  25th  inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
Shindel,  Mr.  H.  D.  Speicht  and  Miss 
Mary  J.  Long,  both  of  Beaver  Twp. 

July  13,  Mr.  Samuel  Shipman,  son 
of  Judge  Shipman,  and  Supt.  of  Com- 
mon Schools  of  North'd  Co.,  and  Miss 
Lucinda  Fasold,  both  of  Lower  Au- 
gusta Twp. 

Died 

In  Selinsgrove  on  the  27th  inst., 
Mr.  Benjamin  Schoch,  aged  about  55 
years. 

In  Centre  Twp.,  on  the  20th  inst., 
Mr.  Jacob  Boyer,  aged  about  68  yrs. 


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August  5,  1869 

Dr.  J.  Y.  Shindel,  of  this  place, 
has  been  appointed  on  the  State  Cen- 
tral Committee  and  also  chairman  of 
our  County  Committee. 

The  Republican  Standing  Commit- 
tee of  this  county,  met  last  Saturday 
in  the  Court  House.  After  the  busi- 
ness was  transacted,  they  adjourned 
to  meet  on  the  28th  of  August. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  Grand 
Jurors  for  September  term. 

Beaver — Isaac  Manbeck,  Jr.,  Henry 
D.  Mitchel.  Beaver  West — John  D. 
Romig.  Centre — Henry  Grubb  Jr., 
William  Catherman,  William  Walter. 
Chapman — John  S.  Wolf.  Franklin 
— Reuben  C.  Bowersox.  Jackson — 
Abraham  Braus,  S.  S.  Baker.  Mid- 
dleburg — John  Hoch,  Aaron  S.  Hel- 
frich.  Monroe — Joseph  Boust.  Penns 
— Wm.  H.  Snyder,  Jacob  Look. 
Daniel  Dieffenbach.  Perry — Daniel 
Hornberger,  Jr.  Perry  West — Jonas 
Bender.  Selinsgrove — Jacob  Swarm. 
Washington — Aaron  Diehl,  Francis 
A.  Boyer,  Jr.,  George  Shotsberger, 
Benjamin  Arnold. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  Petit 
Jurors  for  September  Term : 

Beaver — Reuben  Aigler,  Samuel 
Bachman,  Philip  Herpster,  John  Het- 
rick,  Henry  Houser.  Beaver  West — 
Edward  Mitchel.  Centre — James  M. 
Bingaman,  George  C.  Spangler. 
Chapman — iSimon  Sholley,  Aaron  H. 
Sechrist,  Jacob  P.  Bogar,  Wim.  Craig, 
Jas.  W.  Beistle,  Samuel  C.  Burtnetfc, 
William  Beachel.  Franklin — John  S. 
Hassinger,  Benj.  M.  Shirk,  John  Nor- 
man. John  W.  Wialter.  Jackson — 
George  B.  Benfer,  Wm.  H.  Wetzel, 
John  S.  Beaver.  Middlecreek — Benj. 
Uplinger,  George  K.  Fegley,  Geo.  M. 
iStraub.  Monroe — John  Huffman, 
Wm.  Hile,  Percival  Hummel,  Hiram 
P.  App.  Penns — Philip  Hilbish. 
Perry — Abner  Hornberger,  Jacob  R. 
Martin,  Jonathan  Krishbaum.  Perry 
West — Jonathan  B.  Snyder.  Selins- 
grove— Wm.  H.  McCarty,  Daniel 
Rohrback,  Azariah  Kreeger,  Charles 
Winters,  Sepharus  iSchoch,  Henry 
Huber.  Washington — Daniel  Grimm, 
John  H.  Adams,  Wm.  Gemberling, 
John  Hepner. 

August  12,   1869 

The  eclipse  came  off  Saturday  af- 
ternoon according  to  the  announce- 
ment. 

Samuel  Dundore,   of  East  Buffalo, 


while  riding  homeward  last  Wednes- 
day evening,  two  men  came  out  of 
the  brick  yard,  half  a  mile  west  of 
Lewisburg,  one  of  whom  caught  his 
horse  and  the  other  presented  a  re- 
volver to  his  head,  demanding  his 
money  or  his  life.     He  lost  $205. 

Our  farmers  have  just  reaped  the 
largest  crop  of  wheat  ever  raised 
in  Snyder  County.  The  crops  of  hay 
and  oats  are  also  large,  and  the  pros- 
pects of  a  heavy  yield  of  corn  is  flat- 
tering. Our  fruit  trees  are  loaded 
down  and  it  seems  that  1869  may  be 
recorded  as  a  year  of  plenty. 

The  Democratic  Committee  met  in 
the  Court  House,  last  Monday.  All 
the  districts  in  the  county  were 
represented  except  West  Beaver  and 
West  Perry.  On  motion  Jacob  Reich- 
ly,  of  Centre  townshin,  was  chosen 
President  and  T.  J.  Smith  Esq.,  of 
this  place.  Secretary. 

The  following  nominations  were 
made: 

Assembly — 'Wm.  H.  Dill,  of  Free- 
burg. 

■Sheriff— Daniel  Eisenhart,  of  Wash- 
ington. 

Commissioner — Isaac  S.  Longacre, 
of  Union. 

Treasurer — John  Norman,  of 
Franklin. 

Auditor — Wm.  H.  Snyder,  of 
Penns.  A  standing  Committee  was 
then  chosen  of  which  Franklin  Wei- 
rick  was  made  chairman,  and  the  con- 
vention adjourned. 

Married 

August  8th,  by  Rev.  R.  Lazarus. 
Mr.  Jonathan  Spangler  to  Miss  Mary 
Alice  Bachman,  both  of  Adamsburg, 
Snyder   County. 

Died 

On  the  6th  inst.,  Mr.  Jacob  Mau^k 
aged  about  65  years. 

On  the  8th  inst.,  Mr.  Peter  Yeager 
aged  about  60  years. 

On  the  9th  inst..  Miss  Lydia  Maize, 
aged  about  40  years,  both  of  New 
Berlin,  Union  County. 

August    19,    1869 

A  camp  meeting  will  be  held  in 
Thomas  Paige's  woods,  one  and  one 
half  miles  north  of  McKees  Half 
Falls  and  will  commence  August 
26th. 

We  learn  that  Charles  Shrmer 
Esq.,  late  Collector  of  Internal  Re- 
venue in  this  District,  had  his  leg 
broken  Tuesday,  by  being  thrown  out 
of  a  buggy  on  his  farm  near  Mifflin- 
burg,  Union  County. 


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Horace  Alleman,  of  Selinsgrove, 
has  been  appointed  notary  public, 
vice  Samuel  Alleman  resigned. 

On  Friday  afternoon  during  a 
heavy  thunderstorm,  the  barn  of 
Asoph  Bowersox  in  Franklin  town- 
ship was  struck  by  lightning  and 
with  its  contents  was  burned  to  the 
ground. 

Married 

On  the  8th  inst.,  by  Rev.  C.  G. 
Erlenmeyer,  Franklin  Hummel  to 
Miss  Margaret  Dock,  both  of  Middle- 
creek  township. 

On    the    same    day    by    the    same, 
Philip   S.   Mitterling     to  Miss      Leah 
Arnold,  both  of  Perry  township. 
Died 

At  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Perry  Town- 
ship, on  the  5th  inst.  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Matthias  Schnee,  aged  40  years, 
11  months  and  11  days. 

August    26,    1869 

The  Juniata  iSentinel  has  changed 
hands  and  is  now  published  by  Messrs. 
Littlefields.     We  wish  them   success. 

IRON  ORE — Two  specimens  of 
fossil  ore  were  sent  to  our  office  the 
other  day  which  for  richness  we  con- 
sider hard  to  beat  by  any  other  sec- 
tion of  the  county.  The  first  was 
brought  from  land  of  Messrs.  Rath- 
fon  and  Minium,  in  Perry  Township, 
this  county,  and  yielded  65  per  cent 
of  pure  iron.  The  other  specimen 
was  brought  from  Sheriff  Bolender's 
farm  in  Franklin  township  and  con- 
tains 72  per  cent  of  pure  iron. 
Married 

August  14th  by  Rev.  C.  G.  Erlen- 
meyer, Franklin  Weirick,  Editor  of 
the  Selinsgrove  Times,  and  Miss  Clara 
Rohback.  both  of  Selinsgrove. 

Trial   (List    for    September    Term. 

The  Shamokin  Bank  vs  H.  C.  Eyer. 

Henry  M.  Harman  vs  Jacob 
Deterick. 

Thomas  Penny  and  A.  Penny  vs 
John  Emerick. 

A.  G.  Walls  et  al  vs  Jacob  Wal- 
born. 

G.  D.  Miller  and  Lewis  M.  Snyder 
Admrs,  of  Abraham  Mease  deceased 
vs  Hiram  Kant,  one  of  the  Adm'rs., 
of   Hiram   Kantz    deceased. 

Schweyer  &  Co.  vs  Nathaniel  Moy- 
er. 

T.  Richter  guardian  of  Martha  E. 
Richter  now  for  the  use  of  Martha 
E.  Richter  vs  A.  S.  Cumming.  L.  E. 
Cumming,  E.  Richter  and  John  P. 
Richter. 

A.  S.  Cummings  vs  C.  E.  North  and 
A.  North  and  his  wife. 


September  2,   1869 

Isaac  Kleckner,  of  West  Buffalo, 
Union  County,  killed  a  monster  bear 
on  the  6th  ult.,  along  stony  creek  in 
that  township.  The  bear  weighed 
over   500   pounds. 

We  learn  that  Ammon  Fisher,  son 
of  Samuel  Fisher,  of  Selinsgrove  aged 
about  17  years,  while  engaged  at  his 
work  on  the  Maine  Sawmill,  Thurs- 
day, was  caught  in  the  belting  and 
had  his  right  arm  torn  off  between 
the  elbow  and  shoulder  and  some  of 
the  muscles  and  ligaments  were  torn 
off  along  his  side.  We  understand 
he  is  getting  along  as  well  as  can  be 
expected. 

The  Republicans  of  Middlelurg  and 
Franklin  Township,  met  August  31st 
at  the  house  of  Garman  and  Kers- 
tetter,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing 
a  Geary  Club.  The  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  President — B.  T. 
Parks  Esq.;  Vice  Presidents — Adam 
B.  Walter,  E.  A.  Steininger,  Davis 
Gift,  Henry  D.  Mitchel;  Recording 
(Sec. — Wm.  H.  Haus,  Henry  Benfer; 
Corresponding  Sees. — John  H.  Ar- 
nold, N.  Kennedy;  Treas. — Joseph 
Bowersox.  Club  adjourned  to  meet 
'September  6th. 

Beavertown   Lodge   No.    623   I.   0. 

O.  F.  has  made  arrangements  for  a 

Grand  Parade  of  the  Order  to  be  held 

at  Beavertown,  September  18,  1869. 

Married 

August  29th,  by  J.  P.  Shindel,  Jo- 
seph Catherman     and     Christiana  J. 
Rearick,  both  of  Union  County. 
Died 

In  Chapman  township  on  the  17th 
ult.,  Anna  Maria,  widow  of  John 
Heil,  aged  86  years,  10  months  and 
11  days. 

September  9,    1869 

The  following  widow's  notices  were 
filed : 

Martha  Apple,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Apple,  late  of  Washington  township. 

Rebecca  Wagner,  widow  of  John 
Wagner,  late  of  Penn  Twp.  deceased. 

Elizabeth  Brouse,  widow  of  Abra- 
ham Brouse,  late  of  Jackson  Twp. 

Mary  A.  Ramer,  widow  of  Isaac 
IRamer,  late  of  Franklin  township, 
dee'd. 

Mariah  C.  Klingler,  widow  of  Joel 
B.  Klingler,  late  of  Beaver  Twp. 

Eliza  A.  Garman,  widow  of  William 
Garman,    late    of    Perry    Twp.    deed. 

Susunnah  Derr,  widow  of  William 


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Derr,   late   of   Chapman  Twp.    deed. 

Rosana  Mich,  widow  of  Andrew 
Mich,  late  of  West  Beaver  Twp.  deed. 

A  new  post  office  called  Salem  has 
heen  established  on  the  road  from 
this  place  to  Selinsgrove  at  Boyer's 
Tavern.  Charles  Miller  is  postmas- 
ter. 

We  learn  from  a  gentleman,  of 
New  Berlin,  that  a  fatal  accident  oc- 
cured  there,  Sunday.  Two  boys 
(cousins)  named  Cornelius,  were 
playing  with  a  gun,  when  one  of  them 
pointed  it  at  the  other  and  pulled  the 
trigger.  The  gun  was  discharged 
and  the  contents  lodged  in  the  head 
of  the  one  it  was  aimed  at.  The 
parents  were  attending  a  camp  meet- 
ing. 

As  Mr.  Arthur  Specht  and  family 
were  leaving  the  camp  grounds,  Sun- 
day, their  horse  became  unmanage- 
able and  they  were  all  thrown  out  of 
the  buggy.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Specht  es- 
caped with  slight  injuries,  but  their 
child  was  very  much  injured. 
Died 

In  Selinsgrove,  August  29th,  Cyrus 
Kistner,  in  the  26th  year. 

In  Monroe  township,  near  Selins- 
grove, August  27th,  Leanord  Apo, 
aged  79  years,  7  months  and  27  days. 

In  Middleburs:  on  the  2nd  inst., 
Mrs.  Eliza  Smith  late  P.  M.  of  this 
place,  aged  40  years. 

September  23,  1869 

The  Republicans  of  Perrv  town- 
ship had  a  large  and  enthusiastic 
meeting  at  Fremont,  September  20th. 
The  following  officers  were  elected: 
Pres. — Wm.  Harding,  Esq.;  Vico 
Pres. — George  Bover,  Michael  Min- 
ium and  Enoch  Smith;  Sees. — Dr. 
H.  N.  NiDole  'and  John  Dorn,  Esq.. 
Wm.  G.  Herrold,  Esq.  addressed  the 
meeting. 

September  30,  1869 

Our  friend,  Philip  Smith,  of  this 
place,  caught  a  pike  in  Middlecreek, 
a  few  days  ago  with  a  hook  and  line 
which  weighed  4  pounds  and  one 
ounce. 

Monday,  October  11  a  Republican 
mass  meeting  will  be  held  in  Selins- 
grove. Co].  John  W.  Forney  and 
Clinton  Lloyd,  Esq.  are  announced  as 
the  speakers. 

Our  neighbor,  Moses  Frey,_  grew 
two  large  sweet  pumpkins  in  his  gar- 
den this  summer.  One  of  them  meas- 
ured five  feet  nine  inches  in  circum- 
ference and  the  other  five  feet. 


Advertisements —  Union  House, 
Garman  and  Karstetter,  Proprietors, 
Middleburg;  Shindel  and  Swineford, 
Druggists,  Middleburg;  Salem  and 
Steininger,  music  store,  Selinsgrove; 
S.  Faust  and  Bro.,  merchant  tailors, 
Selinsgrove;  Wm.  Beaver,  general 
store,  Middleburg;  Keystone  Hotel, 
R.  D.  and  J.  F.  Walter,  proprietors, 
Selinsgrove;  Samuel  Faust,  sewing 
machines,  Selinsgrove;  M'Carty,  Moy- 
er  and  Schnure,  general  store,  Sel- 
insgrove; J.  W.  Dreese,  general 
store,  Middleburg;  John  Huffman, 
general  merchandise,  Hummel's 
Wharf;  Crossgrove  Hall  Hotel,  Peter 
Troup,  proprietor.  West  Beaver  town- 
ship; J.  W.  Orwig,  dentist,  Middle- 
burg; W.  F.  Eckbert,  store,  Selins- 
grove; B.  and  S.  S.  Schoch,  store  and 
country  produce,  Selinsgrove;  Wal- 
ter and  Hartman,  general  store,  Cen- 
terville;  W.  F.  and  M.  L.  Wagensel- 
ler,  general  store,  Selinsgrove;  J.  S. 
Burkhart,  stove,  Selinsgrove. 
October  7,    1869 

The  following  is  the  Republican 
ticket:  Governor — John  W.  Geary. 
Supreme  Judge — Henry  W.  Williams; 
Legislators — Wm.  G.  Herrold,  Thos. 
Church.  Theodore  Hill;  Treasurer — 
John  K.  Hughes;  Sheriff — John  S. 
Wolf;  Commissioner — Isaac  Beaver; 
Auditor — Martin  L.  Hassinger. 
October  13,  1869 

Court  Proceedings — Court  opened 
September  27th,  1869.  Present — 
Hon.  S.  S.  Woods,  President:  and  As- 
sociates— Hon.  A.  K.  Middleswarth 
and  Hon.  G.  C.  Moyer;  Tipstaves — 
John  Mohn,  Samuel  W.  Watt,  James 
Hoover. 

Reports  of  Auditors  having  been 
heard.  Administrators'  accounts  con- 
firmed; Guardians  appointed,  motions 
made  and  the  usual  preliminaries 
gone  through  with  the  usual  dispatch 
which  characterizes  our  President 
Judge,  the  Civil  cases  were  taken 
up. 

Shamokin  Bank  vs  Henry  C.  Eyer. 
Summons  in  case.  Jury  found  for 
plaintiff  $538.80. 

Frederick  Richter,  guardian  of 
Martha  E.  Richter,  now  for  use  of 
Martha  E.  Richter  vs  A.  S.  Cum- 
mings,  S.  E.  Cummings  and  John  P. 
Richter.  Jury  found  for  plaintiff 
$1053.62. 

Thomas  Henry  and  Alex.  Penny  vs 
John  Emerick.  Writ  of  Replevin  for 
one  Iron  Gray  Horse.  Jurv  found 
for  plaintiff  $i41.25. 


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G.  W.  Walls  vs  Jacob  Walborn 
tenant  and  Mary  K.  Snyder  Eject- 
ment. 

George  D.  Miller  and  Lewis  M. 
Snyder,  Administrators  of  Abraham 
Mense,  deed.,  vs  Hiram  Kantz,  one 
of  the  adm'r.  of  Simon  Kantz,  de- 
ceased.    Assumpsit. 

Schroyer  and  Co.  vs  Nathaniel 
Moyer,  continued. 

A.  S.  Cummings  vs  C.  B.  and  A. 
R.  North,  Summons  in  Assumpsit. 
Plff.   by  leaf   enters   discontinuance. 

Commonwealth  vs  Wm.  Dewitt, 
John  Foy  and  Newton  Renn.  Indict- 
ment quashed. 

Com.  vs  Wm.  A.  Smith — indict- 
ment larcency.  Nolle  prosequi  en- 
tered upon  payment  of  costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Filler  Grove — 
indictment  larcency.  Not  arrested. 
True  bill. 

Commonwealth  vs  Frederick  Chubb 
— indictment,  fornication  and  bas- 
tardy. Convicted  and  usual  sen- 
tence. 

Commonwealth  vs  William  Wehr 
not  arrested.  True  bill.  Indictment 
and  Fornication. 

Commonwealth  vs  Alvin  Dudley — 
Assault  and  Battery.  Not  a  true 
bill;  prosecutor  to  pay  costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Uriah  Herrold — 
indictment,  fornication  and  bastardy. 
Not  a  true  bill,  county  to  pay  costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Andrew  Reiser 
— indictment  Assault  and  battery. 
Not  a  true  bill;  Prosecutric  to  pay 
costs. 

Commonwealth  vs  Levi  Boyer — 
indictment  fornication  and  bastardy. 
True  bill;  not  arrested. 

Overseers  of  Poor  of  Franklin 
township  vs  George  Mitchell.  Rule 
to  show  cause  why  decree  of  Court 
ordering  George  Mitchell  to  pay 
$116.50  for  support  of  two  of  his 
grand  children  should  be  annulled. 
Continued. 

Jacob  Bowersox  vs  Hetty  Bower- 
sox.  Rule  on  Plaintiff  to  answer  bill 
of  complaint  etc.     Continued. 

Overseers  of  Poor  of  Selinsgrove 
vs  Overseers  of  Lower  Augusta  town- 
ship, Northumberland  county.  Re- 
moval of  pauper  to  Lower  Augusta 
township.     Appealed    by   defendants. 

Lewis  R.  Hummel  vs  F.  A.  Boyer, 
Administrators  of  Henry  Boyer  de- 
ceased. Defendants  agree  to  pay 
plaintiff  $4354.33  on  or  before  Jan- 
uary 1st. 


Daniel  Hern  vs  Isaac  Romig — 
Reason  for  new  trial.  New  trial  re- 
fused. 

Married 

On  the  12th  inst.,  by  Rev  R.  Laza- 
rus, Dr.  J.  F.  Kanawel  and  Miss  E. 
J.  Showers,  both  of  Centerville,  this 
county. 

On  the  5th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Erlen- 
meyer,  Edward  Boyer,  of  Fremont, 
to  Miss  Emeline  Garman,  of  Wash- 
ington township. 

On  the  7th  inst.  by  the  same  Solo- 
mon App  to  Miss  Levilla  Gember- 
ling,  both  of  Penns  township. 

Died 

In  Perry  township  on  the  29th  ult., 
Catherine,  wife  of  Philip  Schnee, 
aged  77  years,  5  months  and  14  days. 

Henry  Smith,  an  old  citizen  of 
this  place  fell  from  a  chestnut  tree 
last  Monday  morning  and  was  severe- 
ly injured. 

October    21,    1869 

A  young  lad  named  Botdorf,  aged 
about  14  years,  jumped  into  the  grain 
hopper  in  Col.  Wagenseller's  ware- 
house, Wednesday,  whilst  the  wheat 
was  passing  through  it.  He  slipped 
down  and  was  tightly  wedged  in  the 
funnel  shaped  neck  and  the  wheat 
rushed  upon  him  and  covered  him 
and  suffocated  him. 

A  painful  acident  occured  to  Mr. 
Kerl,  of  this  place,  Wednesday.  He 
was  engaged  at  casting  in  the  Foun- 
dry, and  he  poured  molten  spelter 
into  a  wet  box  or  mould,  which  flew 
out  in  his  face  and  on  his  head.  Dr. 
P.  R.  Wagenseller  dressed  the 
wounds,  and  it  is  feared  he  will  lose 
the  sight  of  both  eyes. 

Married 

In  Lewisburg  on  the  13th  inst., 
by  Rev.  J.  C.  Bucher.  father  of  the 
bride,  Mr.  J.  Wilson  Barber,  of  Mif- 
flinburg,  and  Miss  Anna  Bucher,  of 
Lewisburg. 

At  the  residence  of  the  bride's 
father  in  Buffalo  township,  by  Rev. 
S.  Creighton,  Mr.  L.  A.  Ranck,  of 
Lewisburg  and  Miss  H.  M.  Smith,  of 
Buffalo  township. 

On  the  17th  inst.  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, Mr.  Reuben  Steininger  and  Miss 
Matilda  Robenold,  both  of  West  Bea- 
ver township. 

On  the  17th  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel, 
Mr.  Philip  Stroup  and  Miss  Emma  J. 
Shumaker. 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG  POST,    1869. 


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At  the  same  time  by  the  same, 
Mr.  Wm.  Moll  and  Miss  Kate  Houser, 
all  of  iSnyder  County. 

Died 

In  Lewisburg  on  the  8th  inst., 
James  F.  Linn,  Esq.,  aged  66  years 
and  10  months.  Mr.  Linn  was  the 
oldest  attorney  in  Union  Co. 

Oct.  11,  1869,  John  H.  Felker,  of 
Beaver  township,  aged  75  years,  10 
months  and  17  days. 

October  14th  Mrs.  Catherine  Goss, 
of  West  Beaver,  aged  65  years,  5 
months  and  28  days. 

Oct.  15th  Mr.  John  Eberhart,  of 
Decatur  Twp.  Mifflin  Co,  aged  47 
years,  1  month  and  22  days. 

October   28,    1869 

Mr.  Noah  Aigler,  a  citizen  of  Bea- 
ver township,  this  county  committed 
suicide,  Sunday,  by  cutting  his 
throat  with  a  shoemaker's  knife.  Just 
before  the  sad  occurrence  Mr.  Aigler 
was  sitting  in  a  room  at  his  home  con- 
versing with  several  others,  when  he 
got  up  and  walked  into  an  adjoining 
room,  where  he  was  found  a  short 
time  afterwards  with  his  jugular  vein 
severed  and  life  extinct.  The  deceas- 
ed was  a  farmer  in  comfortable  cir- 
cumstances but  for  several  years  was 
subject  to  melancholy  fits. 

The  new  church  lately  erected  by 
the  Evangelical  Association  at  Bea- 
ver Furnace,  will  be  dedicated  to  the 
Almighty  God,  Sundav,  November  the 
21st,  1869  at  10  A.  M. 

T.  J.  Smith  Esq.  has  moved  his 
law  office  to  Wittenmyer's  block, 
nearly  opposite  the  Court  House. 

We  learn  that  Jacob  Aurand  of 
this  place  purchased  the  store  of  Huf- 
nagle  and  Ryne  in  Centerville,  this 
county. 

Isaac  Longacre,  the  newly  elected 
Commissioner  entered  upon  the  du- 
ties of  his  office  last  Monday. 

The  Volkesfreund  printing  office 
was  moved  this  morning  from  this 
place  to  New  Berlin,  Union  County 

November  4,    1869 

Alexander  H.  Stephens  has  been 
confined  to  his  house  since  last  Feb- 
ruary by  illness. 

Married 

October  28th  by  Rev.  R.  Lazarus, 
Jeremiah  R.  Luck,  of  Penns  Township 
and  Miss  Mary  E.  Martin,  Selins- 
grove. 

The  following  is  the  Selinsgrove 
market:     No.    1.    Wheat    $1.20;    No. 


2  wheat  $1.10;  corn  $1.00;  rye  $1.00; 
oats  .40;  flaxseed  $2.00;  timothy  seed 
$3.00;  clover  seed  $6.50;  onion  $1.00; 
butter  .35;  eggs  .25;  soap  .06  to  .1; 
lard  .22;  ham  .22;  shoulder  .18;  side 
meat  .16. 

November  11,  1869 

The  brick  dwelling  house  belong- 
ing to  the  estate  of  Eliza  Smith,  late 
of  Middleburg,  deceased,  was  sold 
Saturday  at  public  sale  for  $3,775. 
Emanuel  Schoch  was  the  purchaser. 

Indian  summer  caught  a  severe 
cold,  Saturday  night  and  expired  sud- 
denly. For  the  past  few  days  ovev 
coats  were  worn. 

Four  new  houses  are  in  process  in 
this  county.  One  in  Perry,  one  in 
West  Beaver,  one  in  Penn  and  one 
in  Franklin. 

The  members  of  Co.  A,  1st  regi- 
ment of  Snyder  County  militia,  are 
ordered  to  meet  at  this  place,  next 
Thursday  for  company  drill. 

The  new  dwelling  house  which  has 
been  erected  by  John  W.  Orwig  at 
the  west  of  the  town,  presents  a  neat 
appearance. 

The  following  is  the  Middleburg 
market:  Potatoes  .40;  lard  .22;  tal- 
low .10;  butter  .40;  eggs  .25;  dried 
apples  .10. 

November  18,  1869 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Grand 
jurors   for   December   court: 

Beaver — Samuel  Schoch,  Isaac 
Feese.  West  Beaver — Walter  Bak- 
er. Chapman — William,  Bitting, 
Henry  A.  Bolig,  Uriah  Kelley.  Frank- 
lin— John  Hummel,  John  Swengle. 
Jackson — Peter  Maurer,  Robert  P. 
Cornelius,  Joseph  Reish,  John  M. 
Daubemian.  Monroe — Mathias  U. 
App,  John  iShaffer.  Penn — (Sephares 
Gemberling,  Conrad  Fetter.  Perry 
— William  Harding.  West  Perry — 
Jacob  Pile,  John  K.  Snyder,  Daniel 
Leitzel.  Selinsgrove — William  F. 
Eckbert,  Aaron  G.  Hassinger,  John 
Couldron.  Washington —  Andrew 

Roush. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Petit 
jurors: 

Beaver — Jacob  Greenhoe,  Isaac 
Aurand,  Alfred  M.  Carpenter.  West 
Beaver — Jeremiah  C.  Hackenberg, 
Joseph  Peters.  Centre — Samuel  H. 
Straub,  Benjamin  Keller,  Reuben 
Snook.  Chapman — David  Reber.i 
Samuel  Scholl,  John  A.  Moyer,  Geo. 


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Gaugler,  Emanuel  Neitz,  John  Diet- 
rich, John  M.  Hoffman,  Dan  Mulliner. 
Franklin — Morris  Erdley,  Michael 
France.  Jackson — John  H.  Martin, 
Seth  Mitchel,  Ad  Fisher.  Middle- 
creek — David  Hassinger,  Antes  Ul- 
rich.  Monroe — David  Wendt,  Hugh- 
len  B.  Hettrich,  Daniel  Hettrick, 
David  Hoffman.  Penn — Jeremiah 
Row,  Benjamin  Ulrich.  Perry — 
Isaac  S.  Heim,  James  C.  Franklin, 
Enoch  Smith,  Jacob  Minium,  Samuel 
Shadle.  West  Perry — Peter  M.  Gar- 
man,  Tobias  Reitz,  Joseph  Fisher. 
Selinsgrove — Ammon  Z.  Schoch, 
Jonas  Rauch,  Augustus  Carey,  Henry 
E.  Miller,  Geo.  A.  Backus.  Wash- 
ington— James  P.  Moyer,  Henry 
Brown,  William  Teats,  Henry  K. 
Moyer,  Peter  P.  Mertz. 

Dr.  I.  J.  Conrad,  of  Beavertown, 
who  was  commissioned  by  Gov.  Geary 
as  Sealer  of  Weights,  entered  upon 
the  duties  of  his  office. 

The  following  is  the  trial  list  for 
the  December  term  of  court: 

Schroyer  and  Co.  vs  Nathaniel 
Moyer. 

Henry  W.  Witmer  vs  The  West 
Branch  and  Susquehanna  Coal  Com- 
pany. 

Daniel  Muliner  vs  Same. 

C.  S.  Rushong  for  the  use  of  C. 
G.  Girst  vs  Henry  Nace  and  Jacob 
Wiest. 

Joseph  Marks  vs  Benneville  Kra- 
mer et  al. 

Elias  Robb  vs  Same. 

William  Carl  vs  Same. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  Bowes, 
Burns  and  Moyer. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  W.  F. 
Herrold. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  Bowes, 
Burns  and  Moyer. 

Philip  G.  Fessler  vs  Z.   S.  Keeley. 

Henry  N.  Backus  assignee  of  D. 
Smith  and  Co.  vs  Napoleon  Brosius. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  George 
Weist. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  J.  Hend- 
ricks et  al. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  J.  Hend- 
ricks et  al. 

George  Dauberman  vs  Jacob 
Krouse. 

Jacob  Krubbs  vs  Daniel  Shelley. 

Edward  Bolig  vs  Henry  Bilger  et 


al. 


John  T.  Huffnagle  vs  J.  Bowersox. 


Died 

In  Union  Township,  October  29th, 
Caroline,  wife  of  Jacob  Gaugler,  aged 
24  years  and  5  months. 

In  Penn  Township,  November  3rd, 
George  Renninger,  aged  65  years,  5 
months  and  27  days. 

November  25,   1869 

The  Teachers'  Institute  of  this 
county  will  convene  at  Freeburg, 
Tuesday,  December  21st,  1863. 

The  Lutheran  and  the  Reformed 
Church,  in  Middlecreek  Township  will 
be  dedicated,  Sunday,  December  25th. 

The  following  Register's  notices 
have  been  filed: 

The  first  and  final  account  of  Geo. 
Hilbish,  guardian  of  Miss  Ellen  Hum- 
mel, one  of  the  minor  children  of 
Henry  Hummel,  late  of  Monroe  town- 
ship, deceased. 

The  first  account  of  Bc.nnevill 
Reitz  Adm'r.,  of  the  estate  of  Saran 
Reitz,  late  of  West  Perry  township, 
deceased. 

The  account  of  Elizabeth  Lambert 
Adm'x.,  of  the  estate  of  Elias  Lam- 
bert lot  of  West  Beaver  township, 
deceased. 

The  account  of  Jacob  G.  Walter, 
Adm'r.,  of  the  estate  of  Katherine 
Walter,  late  of  Centre  township,  de- 
ceased. 

The  account  of  Henry  Benfer  and 
Adam  B.  Walter  Adm'r.,  of  the  es- 
tate of  Joseph  Haffley,  late  of  Frank- 
lin Twp.,  deceased. 

The  account  of  Elizabeth  Mertz 
and  John  Y.  iShindel,  Admr's.,  of 
Frederick  Mertz  late  of  the  borough 
of  Middleburg,  deceased. 

The  account  of  Samuel  B.  Kantz, 
Guardian  of  Mary  H.  Diehl,  a  minor 
child  of  Michael  Diehl,  late  of  Wash- 
ington Twp.,  deceased. 

The  account  of  John  D.  Miller  and 
Lewis  M.  Snyder  Admr's.,  of  the  es- 
tate of  Abraham  Mease,  late  of  Penn 
Township,  deceased. 

The  third  account  of  Isaac  Morr 
and  Henry  Summers  Exr's.,  of  the 
estate  of  Jacob  Morr,  late  of  Wash- 
ington Twp.,  deceased. 

December   2,    1869 

Mr.  Arthur  Specht,  of  Beavertown, 
has  built  a  small  stationary  engine 
in  his  father's  foundry,  which  is  said 
to  work  very  well. 

A.  A.  Youngman,  senior  publisher 
of  the  Sunbury  Gazette,  had  his  thigh 
broken,  last  Friday  by  being  thrown 
from  a  wagon  while  hauling  a  load  of 
hav. 


FROM   MIDDLEBURG   POST,    1869.— 70. 


277 


The  Tribune  has  made  its  appear- 
ance in  the  old  folio  form  and  some- 
what enlarged.  The  paper  looks  well 
and  it  is  a  decided  improvement  on 
the  quarto  form. 

The  Revenue  officers  of  this  dis- 
trict met  at  the  Jones  House,  in  Har- 
risburg  last  week,  and  presented  to 
Dr.  B.  F.  Wagenseller  and  Charles 
J.  Brunner  Esq.  the  faithful  and  ef- 
ficient Assessor  and  Collector  of  this 
Congressional  district,  two  handsome 
gold  headed  canes. 

Mr.  John  Stahlnecker,  of  Franklin 
township,  has  purchased  King's  Hotel 
here.  Mr.  King  purchased  the  Wash- 
ington House.  These  gentlemen  will 
take  possession  of  their  new  stands 
January  1870. 

Died 

Novemlber  27th  in  West  Beaver 
township  Mrs.  Ellen  Ritter,  aged  27 
years  and  9  months. 

December   16,    1869 

Mr.  Franklin  Koch,  of  West  Bea- 
ver township,  last  week  butchered  a 
hog  nine  months  old  that  dressed  443 
lbs. 

Dr.  H.  P.  Hottenstein,  formerly  of 
Selinsgrove,  who  moved  to  Kansas 
last  spring,  is  back  and  has  lesumed 
his  practice  of  medicine  in  Selins- 
grove. 

The  following  is  the  Selinsgrove 
market:  No.  1  wheat  $1.10;  No.  2 
wheat  $1.05;  corn  .80;  rye  .90;  oats 
.40;  flax  seed  $2.25;  timothy  seed 
$3.00;  clover  seed  $7.00;  onion  $1.00; 
butter  .35;  eggs  .30;  lard  .16;  shoul- 
der .18;  side  .16. 

Married 

On  the  12th  inst.  by  Rev  J.  P. 
Shindel,  Mr.  Issac  Hackenburg  and 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Swartz. 

On  the  same  day  by  the  same, 
Jeremiah  Moyer  and  Miss  Elizabeth 
Shrader,   all   of   Snyder   County. 

On  the  9th  inst.  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, Isaac  Bickel  and  Miss  Susanna 
Knepp,  both  of  West  Beaver. 

On  the  2nd  inst.  by  C.  G.  Erlen- 
myer,  Jacob  Benfer  of  Beaver  Fur- 
nace, and  Mrs.  Christiana  Bolig,  of 
Middlecreek  township. 

January    6,    1870 

The  following  is  the  court  proceed- 
ings: Present — Hon.  S.  S.  Woods, 
President  and  Hon.  A.  K.  Middles- 
warth  and  Geo.  C.  Moyer  Associates. 
Tip  staves — John  Beachel,  John  Mohn 
and  Aaron   Renninger. 


Common   Pleas 

Joseph  Marks  vs  Benneville  Kra- 
mer et  al.  Summons  in  trespass  de 
bonis  asportatis.  Verdict  for  plain- 
tiff in  the  sum  of  $75.00. 

Henry  H.  Witmer  vs  the  Susque- 
hanna and  West  Branch  Canal  Co. 
Summons  in  case.  Court  order  non 
suit. 

Daniel  Eisenhart  vs  Jacob  H. 
Lenig.  On  motion  leave  granted  D. 
Bolender,  Sheriff  to  pay  into  Court 
$200.  money  made  on  Fi  Fa  No.  23, 
Decemiber  term,  1869. 

Daniel  Mulliner  vs  the  West  Branch 
and  Susquehanna  Canal  Co.  Sum- 
mons in  case.  Verdict  for  plaintiff 
$300. 

Commonwealth  vs  Snyder  County. 
Case  started  whether  the  Commis- 
sioners of  said  county  are  bound  to 
obey  an  Act  of  Assembly  approved 
April  12,  1869,  authorizing  said  Com- 
missioners to  cause  a  public  bridge 
to  be  erected  over  Middlecreek,  re- 
serving the  right  to  sue  out  writ  of 
error. 

William  Carl  vs  Benneville  Kramer 
et  al.  Summons  in  Trespass  debonis 
asportatis.  Plaintiff  by  leave  takes 
non  suit  and  pays  costs. 

Elias  Koble  vs  Benneville  Kra- 
mer et  al.  Summons  in  trespass  de 
bonis  asportatis.  Verdict  in  favor  of 
plaintiff,  for  $80.00. 

Philip  G.  Fessler  vs  Z.  S.  Keeley. 
Sumimons  in  assumpsit.  Verdict  in 
favor  of  plaintiff  for  $350. 

In  the  matter  of  estate  of  Frank- 
lin Houtz  vs  Dr.  Joseph  Eyster  et  al. 
Charles  Hower  Esq.  appointed  ex- 
aminer and  upon  application  of  de- 
fendant. 

Franklin  township  vs  Geo.  Mitch- 
ell. Former  decree  of  court  com- 
pelling George  Mitchell  to  pay  $116 
for  the  maintenance  of  pauper  grand 
children  vacated,  and  new  order  for 
the  payment  of  $65  annually. 

In  the  matter  of  the  assignment 
of  Jack  Stock,  John  Huffnagle,  John 
Young  and  H.  K.  Sanders  appointed 
appraisers. 

Susuannah  Sampsel  vs  A.  J.  Samp- 
sel,  divorce  granted. 

Abraham  Brunner  vs  Charlotte 
Brunner  al  sub  in  divorce.  L.  N. 
Myers    appointed    commissioner. 

Daniel  Mattern  vs  Catherine  Mat- 
tern.  Divorce.  T.  J.  Specht,  Esq. 
appointed  commissioner  etc. 


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Orphans  Court 

Return  to  order  of  sale  confirmed 
in    the    following    estates: 

Daniel  Romig,  Isaac  Ramer,  John 
B.  Snyder,  Solomon  Engle,  Andrew 
Mick,  W.  K.  Ungast,  R.  W.  Smith, 
Jacob  Middleswarth,  Wm.  Garman, 
John  H.  Garthoff,  Peter  Kratzer  and 
Simon  Kantz. 

Return  to  writ  of  Inquision  in  the 
following  estates  confirmed: 

Benj.  Schoch,  Peter  Mohn,  Abra- 
ham Brouse,  Michael  Neiman,  Jacob 
Lepley,  John  A.  Smith,  Jacob  Deit- 
rich.  A  large  amount  of  0.  C.  busi- 
ness was  transacted  for  which  we 
have  no  space. 

Quarter    Sessions 

A  number  of  cases  of  minor  impor- 
tance were  presented  to  the  Grand 
Jury  nearly  all  of  which  were  set- 
tled by  the  parties  thereby  avoiding  a 
great  deal  of  expense  to  the  county. 

Tavern  License  granted  Lewis 
King,  of  Middleburg,  and  Daniel  Mul- 
liner,  of  Port  Trevorton.  John 
Reigle  appointed  Constable  (instead 
of  James  Hoover  resigned)  for  the 
township  of  Union. 

January    13,    1870 

Mrs.  George  Schoch,  of  Franklin 
township  departed  this  life  Wednes- 
day, after  an  illness  of  about  one 
year.     She  was  67  years  old. 

Mr.  John  Stahlnecker  has  taken 
possession  of  the  Eagle  Hotel,  here. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Gutelius,  formerly  of 
Selinsgrove,  has  purchased  the  Sun- 
bury  Democratic  Guard. 

The  Keystone  Saw  and  Plaining 
Mill  at  Selinsgrove  has  had  a  change 
of  proprietors.  Mr.  I.  C.  Burns  re- 
tiring. The  business  is  now  conduct- 
ed by  C.  A.  Moyer  and  Robert  L. 
Bowes. 

The  Lewistown  Gazette  has  chang- 
ed hands.  G.  R.  Frysinger  son  of 
the  retiring  editor  assumed  control 
on  the  1st. 

The  "American  Lutheran"  former- 
Iv  published  at  Selinsgrove,  by  Rev. 
P.  Anstadt  has  been  removed  to  Mil- 
ton,  Pa. 

The  County  Commissioners  have 
appointed  A.  J.  Peters  Clerk  and  B. 
T.  Parkes  Attorney  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

Married 

On  the  25  ult.,  by  Rev.  C.  G. 
Frlenmeyer,  Jeremiah  Kris-singer,  of 
Penn's  Township,  to  Miss  Kate  Se- 
christ,  of  Union  township. 


On  the  2nd  inst.,  by  the  same  at 
the  house  of  the  bride's  father.  Philip 
J.  Moyer,  of  Washington  township, 
and  Miss  Mary  Jane  Erlenmeyer,  of 
Freeburg. 

On  the  6th  inst.,  by  Rev.  Lazarus, 
Wilson  Gross,  of  Beaver  township,  to 
Miss  Mary  Decker,  of  West  Beaver. 

Jury  list  for  February  Term  of 
Court.      Grand  Jurors. 

Beaver — John  R.  Stumpff,  Isaac 
Aurand,  Jacoh  Brechbill,  Ephriam 
Romig,  Jacob  Greenhoe,  Isaac 
Krebhs,  Isaac  J.  Manbeck.  Beaver 
West — Joseph  Peter.  Centre — Solo- 
mon Bowersix,  Aaron  C.  Walter. 
Chapman— Henry  M.  Herrald.  Frank- 
lin— Henry  Steininger,  James  Bur- 
gess. Jackson — -Henry  Y.  Wagner. 
Middleburg — James  P.  Smith,  Absa- 
lom Snyder.  Middlecreek — Daniel 
Meiser.  Monroe — Joseph  Lepley. 
Penns — Samuel  F.  Goodling,  Henry 
Duck.  Perry  West — Daniel  Mitter- 
ling,  John  G.  Graybill.  Selinsgrove 
— G.  W.  Glass.  Union — Simon  Shaf- 
fer. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Pe- 
tit Jurors  for  February  court. 

Beaver — Reuben  Aigler,  Henry 
Smith.  Beaver  West — John  D.  Goss, 
Amos  E.  Mitchell,  George  Arbogast. 
Centre — Michael  Yeisley,  Andrew  J. 
Bowersox.  Chapman — Daniel  Rohi - 
er,  Jacob  H.  Lenig,  John  C.  Kreitz- 
er.  Franklin —  Wm,.  Shambach, 
Daniel  Millhouse,  Henry  Benfer, 
Benj.  A.  Eisenhower,  John  Witten- 
meyer,  Henry  Steimel.  Jackson — 
Harrison  Brouse,  Abraham  Eyer. 
Middleburg — George  Moatz,  Wm. 
Hassinger  Middlecr  e  e  k — Jacob 
Heintzelman,  Reuben  Knouse.  Mon- 
roe— Harry  D.  Fisher,  Abel  Trexler. 
Penns — John  I.  Fisher,  John  P.  Rich- 
ter,  Daniel  Gemberling,  Valentine 
Bolig.  Perry — James  S.  Forry,  Sam- 
uel Troutman,  Henry  Sweigart.  Sel- 
insgrove— B.  F.  Gregory,  F.  J. 
Schoch,  Jonathan  Rudy,  Benj.  Rupp, 
J.  W.  Gaugler,  John  Cummings,  Miles 
Wetzel,  M.  L.  Wagenseller.  Union 
— Jacob  P.  Bogar,  Lewis  Houser,  P. 
H.  Lamey,  Hiram  O'neal,  John  J. 
Kelley.  Washington — Daniel  Eisen- 
hart,  Jonathan  Grimm,  Daniel  S. 
Boyer,  Jacob  Steffin  Jr. 


FROM    MIDDLEBURG    POST    1870. 


279 


January   20,    1870 

J.  Howard  Ulsh  purchased  Dr. 
Bowes'  Drug  iStore  in  Selinsgrove 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
old  stand  on  Market  street,  a  few 
doors   north   of  the   Keystone   Hotel. 

The  members  of  the  Crystal  Spring 
Lodge  No.  299  I.  O.  of  G.  T.  of  New 
Berlin  have  fitted  up  a  new  Hall  in 
a  most  elegant  and  comfortable  man- 
ner. 

On  the  28th  ult.  a  bell  weighing 
1400  pounds  was  placed  on  the  Luth- 
eran and  Reformed  Church  at  Free- 
burg. 

Maj.  'Smith  last  Saturday  purchas- 
ed the  John  A.  Smith  farm  located 
in  Franklin  township,  for  $4,9G5. 

The  following  is  the  trial  list  for 
the  February  term  of  Court:  C.  S. 
Roshon  for  the  use  of  C.  G.  Geist 
vs  Henry  Nace     and     Jacob     Weist. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  Bowes, 
Burns   and    Moyer. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  W.  G.  Her- 
rold. 

Henry  N.  Backus  assignee  of  D. 
Smith  and   Co.  vs  Napoleon   Brosius. 

Craig  and  Blanchard  vs  George 
Weist. 

Same    vs    Jacob    Hendricks    et    al. 

George  Dauberman  vs  Jacob 
Krouse. 

Edward  Bolig  vs  Franklin  M.  Bil- 
ger  et  al. 

John  T.  Huffnagle  vs  John  Bower- 
sox  et  al. 

John  McAlarney  for  the  use  of  M. 
W.    McAlarney   vs    A.    S.    Cummings. 

Thomas  B.  Taylor  vs  John  Gross 
Jr. 

Aaron  Gift  and  Reuben  Eisenhow- 
er, trustee,  vs  Benj.  iSteimling  et  al. 

Same  vs  Jos  Breininger  et  al. 

Ryan  Dauberman  vs  Enos  F.  Wal- 
ter. 

George  Bolig  et  al  vs  Same. 

Jacob  Krebs  vs  John  Sholley. 

January    27,    1870 

The  County  Commissioners  met  at 
their  office  in  the  court  house,  Mid- 
dleburg, Wednesday,  for  the  purpose 
of  receiving  proposals  for  the  erec- 
tion of  two  bridges  across  Middle- 
creek,  one  near  Kantz  and  the  other 
between  this  place  and  Beaver  Fur- 
nace. The  former  was  awarded  to 
Benjamin  Rupp,  of  Selinsgrove  for 
the  sum  of  $1,885.  and  the  latter  to 
A.  J.  Specht,  of  Middleburg,  for  the 
sum  of  $1,299. 


The  Bauer  family  will  give  one  of 
their  grand  entertainments  of  vocal 
and  instrumental  music  in  the  Court 
House,  Saturday  evening-,  Februarv 
5th. 

B.  L.  Raudenbush,  of  Beaver 
Springs,  has  been  appointed  postmas- 
ter of  that  place. 

The  following  have  filed  their  li- 
cense notices: 

John  A.  Stahlnecker  and  Benj. 
Bachman,  Middleburg;  John  Wenrick 
and  Nicholas  Kantner,  of  Selinsgrove; 
Enoch  Smith,  of  Fremont,  W.  S. 
Long,  of  Centerville. 

February   3,    1870 

John  B.  Fockler  has  taken  charge 
of  J.   Crouse's  saloon  in  Selinsgrove. 

The  Union  County  Teachers'  In- 
stitute met  at  New  Berlin,  on.  the 
24th  ult,  and  continued  in  session  for 
five  days. 

The  following  public  sales  were  ad- 
vertised in  this  week's  POST:  Solo- 
mon J.  Bowersox,  of  Centre  town- 
ship; John  S.  Wolf,  of  Chapman  town- 
ship; Peter  Hackenburg,  of  Centre 
township;  John  M.  Aurand,  of  Mid- 
dlecreek  township;  Lewis  Sassaman, 
of    Centre    township. 

Register's  Notices: 

The  first  account  of  Henry  B.  Sny- 
der, administrator  in  the  estate  John 
B.  Snyder,  late  of  West  Perry  town- 
ship, deceased. 

The  account  of  John  C.  Smull. 
Adm'r.,  de  bonis  non  cum  testumento 
annexo  of  the  Est.  of  Solomon  Engel, 
late    of    Beaver    township,    deceased. 

The  second  account  of  John  A. 
Moyer,  Adimr.  of  the  Est.  of  Philip 
Moyer,  late  of  Chapman  township, 
deceased. 

The  account  of  Jacob  S.  Weller, 
Admr.,  of  the  Est.  of  Isaac  Weller, 
late  of  Washington  township  de- 
ceased. 

The  first  account  of  Sam  Leitzel, 
Admr.,  of  the  Est.  of  Jacob  Breon, 
late    of   Jackson    township,    deceased. 

The  account  of  John  S.  Beaver, 
Guardian  of  Jacob  Knouse,  minor 
child  of  Daniel  Knouse. 

The  account  of  William  Hages, 
Admr.,  of  the  Est.  of  John  S.  Mark, 
late  of  Perry  township,  deceased. 

Married 

In  Middleburg,  January  30th  by 
Rev.  Lazarus,  Mr.  Samuel  F.  Aurand 
and  Miss  Elenora  E.  Stumpff,  both  of 
Beaver  township,  Snyder  County. 


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At  the  same  time  and  place  by  the 
same,  Mr.  H.  Wilson  Mattern  and 
Miss  Elizabeth  Steininger,  both  of 
West  Beaver  township,  Snyder  Coun- 
ty- 

At  the  same  time  and  place  and 
by  the  same,  Mr.  Reuben  Dreese,  of 
Beaver  township,  and  Mrs.  Kate  Bar- 
bin,  of  Franklin  township,  Snyder 
county. 

February   10,   1870 

F.  Wm.  Schwan  M.  D.  has  located 
at  Port  Trevorton  and  has  entered 
upon  an  extended  and  lucrative  prac- 
tice of  his  profession. 

An  adjourned  court  will  be  held  at 
this  place  the  second  week  of  March. 

Married 

On  the  9th  ult.  by  Rev.  L.  C.  Ed- 
monds, Isaac  Bony  to  Mary  Bach- 
man. 

On  the  1st  inst.  by  the  same,  An- 
drew Heifer,  of  Bellevue,  Ohio,  to 
Emiline  Ewig,  of  West  Beaver  town- 
ship. 

On  the  3rd  inst.  by  the  same,  Mi- 
chael Dreese  to  Elizabeth  Middles- 
warth. 

February   17,   1870 

Tuesday  evening,  February  22nd 
a  musical  and  literary  entertainment 
will  be  given  in  Boyer's  Hall,  Free- 
burg  Academy. 

Married 

February  10th  by  Rev.  R.  Lazarus, 
Mr.  H.  Lash,  of  Snyder  County  to 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Oldt,  of  Mifflin  coun- 
ty. 

Petit  Jurors  for  February  adjourn- 
ed court. 

Beaver — W.  J.  Klose,  Henry  Nor- 
man, Lewis  R.  Haines,  Samuel  Trox- 
ell,  Michael  Ewing.  Beaver  West — 
Levi  F.  Smith,  Henry  Troster,  Moses 
Krebbs,  John  D.  Romig.  Centre — 
John  Hufnagle,  Jacob  H.  Hartman, 
G.  C.  Spangler,  H.  K.  Sanders.  Chap- 
man— Philip  R.  Lenig,  Ferdinand 
Zones,  J.  M.  Hoffman,  Geo.  Heintzel- 
man.  Franklin — W.  C.  Bowersox. 
Jackson — Henry  Moyei,  S.  R.  Year- 
ick,  J.  M.  Dauberman,  David  Wetzel. 
Middleburg — Aaron  Renninger.  Mid- 
dlecreek — Harvey  Sholley.  Monroe 
— John  S.  Smith,  J.  F.  Hottenstein, 
John  Schoch.  Penns —  Benjamin 
Stetler,  C.  F.  Kantz,  Reuben  Gember-  • 
ling,  Daniel  Brouse.  Perry — Enoch 
Smith,  Wm.  Good,  Casper  Hornberg- 
er,  Joseph  Heim.  Perry  West — Mi- 
chael Gerhart,  John  Haas,  John  Craig 


Tobias  Graybill.  Selinsgrove — Nor- 
ton Glover,  J.  D.  Waters,  G.  W.  Kel- 
ler, Geo.  Eby,  John  W.  Parks,  Kemer 
Fisher.  Union — Adam  L.  Spangler. 
Washington — James  P.  Artley,  Chas. 
Diehl. 

February  24,   1870 
The   following     have      filed      their 
notice  for  Licenses: 

John  A.  Stahlnecker,  Benj.  Bach- 
man,  Middleburg;  John  Wenrich  and 
Nicholas  Kantner,  of  Selinsgrove; 
Enoch  Smith,  Fremont;  W.  S.  Long, 
Centerville;  Susan  Kunts  and  Henry 
E.  Wetzel,  of  Chapman;  Elias  Bor- 
man,  of  West  Beaver. 

The  following  have  public  sale  dur- 
ing March:  John  S.  Wolf,  of  Chap- 
man township;  Peter  Hackenburg,  of 
Centre  township;  John  M.  Aurand,  of 
Middlecreek  township;  Lewis  Sassa- 
man,  of  Centre  township;  Hiram 
Hackenburg,  of  Beaver  township; 
Henry  Gerhart,  of  Centre  twp. 

Major  Henry  A.  Smith,  of  this 
borough,  received  slight  injuries  yes- 
terday afternoon,  by  reason  of  horse 
running  away. 

Messrs.  Philip  G.  Royer,  formerly 
of  this  county,  and  Ammon  H.  Bow- 
ersox, of  Franklin  township,  went 
west,  Monday  last. 

The  house  of  P.  M.  Teats  Esq.,  in 
West  Perry  Township,  was  robbed  a 
few  weeks  ago.  The  occurrence  took 
^lace,  Sunday,  while  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Teats  were  visiting  his  brother  in  the 
same  township.  The  thief  got  away 
with  about  $25.00  in  money  and 
some  valuable  papers. 
Died 

On  the  14th  inst.,  at  McKees  Half 
Falls,  Jennie  May,  daughter  of  H.  E. 
and  Eliza  Wetzel,  aged  2  years,  6 
months  and  3  days. 

On  the  22nd  inst.,  Sarah  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Ellen  Benfer,  of 
Franklin  township,  aged  2  years,  7 
months  and  10  days. 

March  3,  1870 

Advertisements:  W.  Granello 
watch  and  clock  maker,  Middleburg; 
Crossgrove  Hotel,  Peter  Troup  Pro- 
prietor, West  Beaver  Twp. ;  WaUer 
and  Hartman,  general  store,  Center- 
ville; Chas.  B.  Miller,  architect,  Se1- 
insgrove;  Private  sale  of  J.  F.  Mid- 
dleswarth,  of  Beavertown;  J.  P.  Shirk, 
stove  store,  Beavertown ;  J.  W. 
Dreese.  general  store,  Middleburg; 
Z.    S.    Keely,    lumber    dealer,    Selins 


FROM    MIDDLEBURG    POST    1870. 


281 


grove;  Salem  and  Steininger,  music 
store,  Selinsgrove,  Hiestand  and  Boy- 
er,  hardware,   Selinsgrove. 

Married 

On  the  24th  ult.,  by  Peter  Shindel, 
John  Hafley  and  Mary  E.  Riegle,  both 
of  Snyder  County. 

Court  Proceedings — Court  opened 
Monday,  February  28,  1870  with 
Hon.  S.  S.  Woods,  President,  A.  J. 
Middleswarth  and  G.  C.  Moyer,  As- 
sociates on  the  bench.  George 
R.  Reigle,  S.  Watts  and  Benj  Moyer 
were  appointed  tipstaves. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  Jane 
Hoover,  a  minor,  Return  to  order  of 
sale. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  John 
Kern,  deceased,  Petition  for  order  of 
sale  granted. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  John 
Sechrist,  deceased.  Petition  for  or- 
der   of   sale.      Order   granted. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  Benj. 
Schoch,  deceased,  Return  to  order  of 
sale. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  J. 
J.  Moohr,  deceased.  Report  of  Au- 
ditor confirmed  Nisi. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  John 
B.  Snyder,  deceased.  L.  N.  Myers 
wis  appointed  Auditor  to  make  dis- 
tribution. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of 
Abraham'  Brouse,  deceased.  Heirs 
accepted  the  real  estate  at  the  valua- 
tion. 

David  A.  Stahl  vs  Viola  Stahl.  J. 
P.  Cronmiller  Esq.,  was  appointed 
Commissioner  to  take  testimony. 

In  the  matter  of  Jacob  Lepley,  de- 
ceased. Heirs  accepted  the  real  es- 
tate at  the  valuation. 

Margaret  Hunt  by  her  next  friend 
John  Bailey  vs  Geo.  Hunt.  T.  J. 
Smith  Esq.  was  appointed  commis- 
sioner to  take  testimony. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  Jacob 
Stimeling.  deceased,  Henry  P.  Boyer 
was  appointed  guardian  of  Wm.  J. 
and  Lydia  Ann  Stimeling. 

Report  of  T.  J.  Smith  Esq.,  auditor 
to  make  distribution  of  moneys  in 
Court  Fi  Fp.  No.  23  Dec.  term,  1869. 
Confirmed  Nisi. 

In  the  matters  of  the  estate  of 
William  Botdorf,  deceased,  on  peti- 
tion Sol.  Getz  was  appointed  guar- 
dian. 

Edward  Bolig  vs  Frank  Bilger,  Ju- 


dith Bilger  and  Abagail  Bilger  tres- 
pass.     Verdicts  for  defendants. 

H.  N.  Backus,  assignee  of  Daniel 
Smith  and  Co.,  vs  Napoleon  Brosius. 
Action  in  debt.  Verdict  for  defen- 
dant. 

Overseers  of  the  Poor  of  the  Boro 

of  Selinsgrove  vs  Overseers  of  the 
Poor  of  Lower  Augusta  Twp.,  Nor- 
thumberland Co.  Remitter  from  the 
supreme  court  for  the  Eastern  dis- 
trict of  Penna.,  below  in  this  case 
received  and  confirmed.  Also  re- 
cord in  the  same  case  received  and 
filed. 

Joseph  Marks  vs  Benneville  Kra- 
mer et  al  Remitter  from  the  Supreme 
Court  for  the  Eastern  district  of 
Pennsylvania  affirming  the  judgment 
below  in  this  case  received.  Also 
record  on  the  same  case  received  and 
filed. 

In  the  matter  of  the  estate  of  Ja- 
cob Detrich  deceased.  Order  award- 
ed to  sell  real  estate. 

In  the  matter  of  the  incorporation 
of  Zion's  Evangelical  Lutheran  in 
place  of  Aaron  Renninger,  resigned. 

S.  Alleman  Esq.,  appointed  Audi- 
tor to  audit  accounts  of  the  Prothono- 
tary  and  Register  and  Recorder  with 
Commonwealth  of  Penna. 

March  17,  1870 

We  see  it  stated  that  the  Supreme 
Court,  Monday  last,  decided  that  all 
soldiers  who  enlisted  in  the  volunteer 
service  after  April  15,  1861,  before 
July  22,  1861,  for  three  years,  were 
discharged  for  sickness  or  other  disa- 
bility, are  entitled  to  one  hundred 
dollars  bounty,  promised  them  at  the 
time  of  enlistment. 

Tuesday  night  we  were  visited  by 
a  regular  old  fashioned  snow  storm 
which  lasted  until  yesterday  noon, 
when  the  snow  was  about  eighteen 
in "hes  deep  on  the  level. 

J.  H.  Harthan,  of  Centerville,  has 
been  appointed  Mercantile  Apprais- 
er for  this  county  for  the  ensuing 
year. 

March  24,  1870 

At  a  public  sale  held  in  Beaver 
township  a  few  days  ago,  bacon  was 
sold  at  22  cents  per  pound,  while  the 
market  price  is  only  13  cents  per 
pou.nc 

Married 

In  this  place  on  the  22d  inst.,  by 
Rev.  P.  Lazarus,  Jacob  P.  Aurand  and 
Miss  Ella  C.  Long,  both  of  Center- 
ville, this  county. 


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On  the  20th  ult.,  by  Rev.  Seiple, 
William  Markle  and  Miss  Carolina 
Klingler,  both  of  Centerville. 

On  the  13th  inst.,  by  Rev.  C.  G. 
Erlenmyer,  Tobias  Landis  and  Miss 
Utioa  Row,  both  of  Washington  town- 
ship. 

On   the   5th   inst.,   by   Rev.    C.    G. 
Erlenmyer,  P.   M.   Garman   and  Miss 
Mary  Landis,  both  of  this  place. 
Died 

In  Mifflinburg  on  the  15th  inst., 
Sarah  J.,  wife  of  Thomas  Gutelius, 
aged  38  years,  5  months  and  6  days. 

In  Fremont,  this  county,  on  the 
22nd  inst.  Moses  Bush,  aged  about  40 
years. 

March  31,  1870 

Company  A.,  Snyder  County  mili- 
lia  are  requested  to  meet  in  the  ar- 
mory, Sunday  morning  at  9  o'clock, 
fully  equipped  for  the  purpose  of 
being  present  at  the  funeral  of  Mid- 
ship man  George  K.  Bower. 

The  semi  election  of  Selinsgrove 
Lodge  No.  107  I.  0.  O.  F.,  held  Sat- 
urday evening,  resulted  in  the  choice 
in  the  following  officers:  Noble 
Grand,  Joseph  Albert;  W.  G.,  F.  M. 
Stuck;  Treas.,  Joseph  Wenrich;  Sec. 
C.  B.  Miller. 

Joun  Lebkicher,  of  New  Berlin,  was 
found  dead  on  the  mountain  near  that 
place  on  the  18th  inst.  Early  in  the 
morning  he  left  his  home  with  a  horse 
and  sled  for  the  purpose  of  hauling 
wood.  As  he  did  not  return  when 
expected,  the  family  became  uneasy, 
and  one  of  his  sons  went  to  see  what 
was  wrong  and  found  him  lying  on 
his  back  on  the  snow.  He  was  74 
years,  6  months  and  6  days  old. 
Married 

On  the  26th  inst.,  Uriah  Smith,  of 
this  place,   and   Miss  Mary  A.    Shaf- 
fer, of  Washington  Twp. 
Died 

In  Selinsgrove  on  the  24th  inst., 
Franklin  Vincent,  son  of  Norton 
Glover,  aged  1  year,  2  months  and 
20  days. 

In  Franklin  township  on  the  23rd 
inst.,  Mathias  Eggert,  aged  about  40 
years. 

In  Port  Trevorton  on  the  20th  inst., 
Thomas  Benton,  son  of  Wm.  S.  and 
Caroline  Thursby,  aged  3  years,  3 
months  and  22  days. 

April  7,  1870 

Walter  Steitler  escaped  from  jail 
last  Friday  night  and  has  not  been 
heard  of  since. 


Tuesday  morning  we  had  a  six 
inch  snow  and  in  the  evening  of  the 
same  day  we  had  about  the  same 
amount  of  mud. 

Funeral  services  were  held  in  the 
Middleburg  court  house  in  behalf  of 
midshipman,  Geo.  K.  Boyer,  deceas- 
ed. 

April  14,   1870 

John  Laudenslager  opened  a  coach 
factory  in  Selinsgrove  in  the  build- 
ing occupied  by  Philip  Blecker. 

Levi    Reller    opened    a    Chair    and 
Cabinet   factory  in   Selinsgrove. 
Married 

On  the  10th  inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
Shindel,  John  Cramer  and  Miss 
Amanda    Shaffer. 

On  the  same  day  by  the  same, 
Samuel  Hassinger  and  Miss  Jane  Moy- 
er. 

On  the  7th  inst.,  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus,   Robert   Dreese   and    Miss    Anna 
Wetzel,  both  of  Adamsfourg,  Pa. 
Died 

In  Franklin  township,  on  the  12th 
inst.,  Mrs.  John  Erb,  aged  75  years. 

The  following  is  the  list  of  Grand 
Jurors   for   May  term   of  court: 

Washington  —  George  Pontius, 
Francis  A.  Boyer.  West  Beaver — 
John  Felker  Jr.,  Paul  H.  Knepp, 
Daniel  Alter,  Saml.  S.  Sellers.  Perry 
— John  R.  Fisher,  Wilson  Rathfon. 
Monroe — Elias  J.  Ritter,  Samuel  H. 
Hartman,  Henry  Aurand  Sr.,  Joseph 
Boust.  Union— Jacob  Sholley,  Peter 
Stahl,  Samuel  Scholl.  Middlecreek 
Christian  A.  Walter.  Jackson — John 
S.  Beaver.  Beaver — Peter  Reigle. 
Franklin— James  J.  Mitchel.  Selins- 
grove— James  Lloyd,  John  Fry,  Wells 
O.  Holmes.  West  Perry — Joseph  G. 
Winey.      Penns — Elijah    Woodruff. 

List  of  Petit  Jurors  for  May  term 
of  court: 

Beaver — William  Spangler,  Wm. 
H.  Heimbach,  James  Keller,  Ben.  L. 
Rodenbush.  Chapman — Lewis  Kers- 
tetter  Sr.,  Thomas  Paige,  H.  Edw. 
Wetzel,  Wm.  Craig.  Middleburg — 
Jeremiah  H.  Smith.  Perry — Jona- 
than Gelnett,  William  Boyer,  Napo- 
leon Brosius,  Moses  Troup,  Jacob  F. 
Reichenbach,  Jacob  Minium,  Jacob  R. 
Martin.  Penns — Chas  Look,  Daniel 
J^rrett,  Henry  C.  Kessler,  Jno.  S. 
Walter.  George  Kuhn,  Lewis  Haas 
West  Perry — Henry  Gordon,  John 
Stuck,  Benj.  F.  Burroughs,  Jacob 
Hornbercrer.  Franklin — Jacob  Bol- 
ender,  Wm.  H.  Snyder.  Jackson — 
Simon    Erdley.       Washington — Saml 


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W.  Watt,  John  Hepner,  Emanuel 
Houtz.  Union — Jacob  Blasser,  Jacob 
Longacre,  David  Snyder,  Nathan  Dun- 
dore.  Centre — Reuben)  Greenhoe, 
Peter  Hartman.  Middlecreek — Lewis 
Amig,  Henry  Hummel,  Calvin  L. 
Fisher.  West  Beaver — Daniel  Has- 
singer.  Monroe — Peter  Bailey,  Peter 
Trexler.  Selinsgrove — George  Har- 
man,  Landis  F.  Foye,  Chas.  B.  Mil- 
ler,  John    Stailey. 

April  21,   1870 

A.  K.  Gift,  Esq.,  of  this  place,  has 
been  appointed  surveyor  to  locate  the 
boundary  line  between  Union,  Cen- 
tre, Mifflin  and  Snyder  counties. 

We  understand  that  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus has  given  up  his  school  in  this 
place  on  account  of  not  receiving  suf- 
ficient support. 

The  great  storm  of  last  Saturday 
night,  Sunday  and  Monday  raised 
the  streams  in  this  vicinity  to  an  un- 
usual height.  Middlecreek  was  very 
high  while  the  river  is  bank  full  and 
filled   with   floating  lumber. 

Company  A.  Snyder  County  Militia 
will  meet  in  the  armory,  Monday 
May  30th  for  the  purpose  of  decorat- 
ing the  graves  of  the  patriotic  dead. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  persons 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  Sny- 
der County: 

West  Beaver — Helfrich  &  Browe, 
W.   H.    Smith. 

Beaver — George  H.  Hassenplug, 
Joseph  S.  Ulsh,  Henry  Houser,  R.  L. 
Raudenbush,  Moses  Specht,  J.  P. 
Shirk. 

Centre — Walter  &  Hartman,  Ja- 
cob  Aurand   and    Son. 

Chapman — John  M.  Rine,  H.  M. 
Freed,    E.    Anderson. 

Jackson — J.  M.  Dauberman  &  Co., 
John  S.  Beaver,  Harrison  Brouse, 
Philie  Benfer,  John  Maurer,  G.  A. 
Erlenmyer,  George  Miller. 

Middlecreek — Jacob  A.  Smith, 
Samuel  H.  Yoder,  David  Meiser. 

Middleburg — Jacob  W.  Dreese, 
Samuel  Wittenmyer,  William  H.  Bea- 
ver, Daniel  T.  Rhoads,  Shindel  & 
Swineford,  Catherine  Bower,  G.  Al- 
fred Schoch. 

Monroe — John  Hoffman,  Schoch  & 
Brother,  J.  F.  Hottenstein,  D.  S. 
Clark. 

Perry — Charles  Boyer,  Minium  & 
Schnee,  Mathias  Schnee.  Wm.  Gout, 
John  Schnee,  Markle  &  Troutman. 

Penns — Edmond    Yost,    Daniel      J. 


Bogar,  Franklin  Duck,  Schoch  &  Bro. 

Union — Heitzel  &  IMcCullough, 
Knights  &  Thursby,  F.  Wm.  Schwan, 
Hoffman  &  Bro.,  Witmer  &  Dundore. 

Washington — G.  &  F.  C.  Moyer, 
Mertz  &  Brown,  Boyer  &  Bassler, 
Beachel  &  Son,  D.  &  C.  F.  Moyer, 
Aaron  Moyer,  Jacob  Shirk,  Daniel 
Eisenhart. 

Selinsgrove — McCarty,  Moyer  & 
Schnure,  Wagenseller  &  Son,  Schoch 
&  Bro.,  Jacob  Weist,  Heistand  & 
Boyer,  Wm.  F.  Eckbert,  Keeley  & 
Miller,  Robach  &  Keller,  I.  B.  Smith, 
Kistner  &  Son,  Shindel  &  Wagensel- 
ler, R.  Swineford,  R.  L.  Bowes,  Nor- 
ton Glover,  J.  S.  Burkhart,  Samuel 
Foust,  Salem  &  iSteininger,  John 
Couldron  and  Miles  Wetzel. 

April  28,   1870 

Peter  H.  Hartman,  of  Centerville, 
has  been  appointed  Deputy  Revenue 
Collector  for  this  County. 

The  contract  for  the  erection  of 
the  Odd  Fellows  Hall  at  Selinsgrove 
'has  been  awarded  to  John  M.  Krei- 
der,  of  this  place.  He  agreed  to  do 
the  job  for  $4,000  allowing  the  as- 
sociation $400  for  the  old  building. 

Work  on  the  railroad  was  com- 
menced on  Tuesday,  near  this  place. 

Sunday  afternoon  the  kitchen  roof 
of  Irvin  Smith's  residence,  of  this 
borough,  was  discovered  to  be  on 
fire.     The  damage  done  was  slight. 

The  stable  of  Mrs.  Royer,  four 
miles  west  of  Middleburg  was  burn- 
ed to  the  ground,  Saturday.  It  was 
set  on  fire  by  a  small  boy. 

The  two  orphan  children  of  Jesse 
Bilger,  a  soldier  of  Centerville,  who 
was  killed  during  the  Civil  War, 
were  taken  to  the  McAlisterville  Or- 
phans Home. 

Died 

In  Beavertown  on  the  20th  inst., 
Mrs.   Catherine  Specht,  aged  82  yrs. 

In  Franklin  township  on  the  24th 
inst.,  infant  daughter  of  Chas.  Sny- 
der. 

May  5,   1870 

Ex-Sheriff  Bolender  purchased  the 
Washington  Hotel  in  Middleburg  and 
wi:i  take  possession  in  the  near  fu- 
ture. 

Last  Sunday  Charles  Spaid,  son  of 
Philip  Spaid  of  this  place,  fell  from 
a  hay  mow  and  dislocated  his  wrist. 

Two  young  men  named  Showers 
and  Hackenburg  fell  from  a  scaffold 
while   weather  boarding  Mrs.    Bolen- 


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der's  house,  Middleburg,  Monday. 
Mr.  Showers  dislocated  his  ankle, 
while  Mr.  Hackenburg  was  pretty- 
badly  bruised. 

The  new  postage  stamps  are  now 
in  pretty  general  use. 
Married 

On  the  1st  inst.,  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, J.  R.  Keeler  and  Miss  Sarah  C. 
Walter,  both  of  Middlecreek  town- 
ship. 

At    the    residence    otf    the    bride's 

father  in  Selinsgrove  on  the  26th  ult., 

by  Rev.  George  J.  Bresinger,     Adam 

Levengood  and   Miss  Emma  Burns. 

Died 

In  Franklin  township  on  the  4th, 
Catherine,  wife  of  Adam  Renninger, 
aged  23  years. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  can- 
didates for  the  Primary  election: 
Associate  Judge — B.  L.  Raudenbush, 
of  Beaver  Twp;  Hon.  A.  J.  Middles- 
warth ;  Henry  D.  Mitchel. 

Senator — Col.  Wm.  G.  Herrold. 

Assemblyman — Wm.  H.  Harding, 
of  Beaver  Twp. ;  Irvin  Smith,  of  Cen- 
tre Twp. 

Register  &  Recorder — James  M. 
VanZandt,  of  Penns  Twp.;  S.  B. 
Schuck,  of  Middleburg. 

District  Atty. — B.  T.  Parks,  Esq. 

Commissioner — Adam    J.      Fisher, 
Capt.  Phillip  Kinney  and  John  Romig. 
May  12,  1870 

Last  week  Messrs.  Daniel  Bolender 
and  Daniel  Gemberling  received  their 
commissions  as  Deputy  Marshalls  for 
taking  the  census  in  this  county. 

Messrs.  Walter  and  Hartman,  of 
Centerville,  remodelled  and  enlarged 
their  store  building. 

A  meeting  of  the  Republican 
Standing  Committee  of  this  county 
will  be  held  in  the  court  house,  next 
Tuesday. 

May   19,    1870 

The  Republican  Standing  Commit- 
tee, of  Snyder  County,  met  in  the 
Court  House  at  Middleburg,  Tuesday, 
May  17th.  All  the  districts  excepc 
Jackson,  Monroe  and  West  Perry 
were  represented.  Saturday,  June 
4th  was  selected  as  the  time  to  hold 
the  Primary  election  and  the  Mon- 
day following,  June  6th,  for  the 
meeting  of  the  Return  Judges.  On 
motion  of  J.  P.  Bogar  Esq.,  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  draft  reso- 
lutions in  regard  to  the  manner  of 
conducting  the  primary  election.  The 


following  are  the  names  of  the  com- 
mittee: Jacob  P.  Bogar,  John  Bil- 
ger,  Wm.  Harding,  Jacob  Aurand  and 
H.    S.    Boyer. 

The  May  term  of  court  will  con- 
vene in  Middleburg,  Monday,  May 
23rd. 

Messrs.  James  Marshall  and  B.  C. 
Ammon  have  been  appointed  assis- 
tant marshalls  to  take  the  census  of 
Snyder  County. 

The  corner  stone  in  the  new  M. 
E.  Church,  Shamokin  Dam,  will  be 
laid  Sunday,  May  29th  at  2  :30  P.  M. 

The  census  takers  get  two  cents 
for  every  name  taken,  ten  cents  for 
every  farm,  fifteen  cents  Tor  every 
productive  establishment  or  industry, 
two  cents  for  every  deceased  person 
and  two  per  cent  of  the  whole 
amount  for  names  enumerated  for 
social  statistics  and  ten  cents  per 
mile  for  travel. 

The  commissioners  have  appointed 
the  following  tax  collectors  for  the 
present  year:  Michael  Ewig,  Beaver 
Twp.;  J.  Howell,  West  Beaver;  S.  F. 
Sheary,  Centre;  G.  Heintzelman, 
Chapman;  Henry  Felty,  Franklin;  M. 
Beaver,  Jackson;  J.  Steininger,  Mid- 
dleburg; H.  Yerger,  Middlecreek;  D. 

B.  Heiser,  Monroe;  A.  J.  Fisher, 
Penn;  H.  Sweigert,  Perry;  Jones 
Bender,  West  Perry;  Henry  Huber, 
Selinsgrove;  A.  Swineford,  Union;  G. 

C.  Glass,    Washington. 

Married 

On  the  8th  inst.,  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindel, 
Newton  Shannon  to  Miss  Amanda 
Rearich. 

On    the    15th    inst.,    by    the    same 
Daniel  J.  Miller,  of  Washington  Twp., 
to  Miss  Susan  Keister,  of  Penns. 
Died 

On   the    17th   inst.,   Mary,   wife   of 
Samuel  B.  Walter,  of  Franklin  Twp. 
May  26,   1870 

Ground  has  been  broken  for  the 
new  Odd  Fellows  Hall  at  Selinsgrove. 

Work  on  the  new  bridge  to  be 
erected  over  Middlecreek,  west  of 
this  borough,  was  commenced,  Mon- 
day. Anthony  J.  Specht,  of  this 
place,   is   the   contractor. 

Last  Thursday  night  Ner  Feese, 
son  of  Isaac  Feese  of  Beaver  town- 
ship, aged  14  years,  got  up  from  his 
sleep  and  fell  from  a  second  story 
window.  He  received  painful  though 
not  serious  injuries. 

The  withdrawal  of  Henry  D.  Mit- 
chell and  Hiram  Schwenck  and  J.  B 


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Hall  from  the  contest  for  the  nomi- 
nation of  Associate  Judge,  leaves  the 
field  clear  for  A.  J.  Middleswarth  and 
B.  L.  Raudenbush,  these  gentlemen 
being  the  only  candidates  left  in  the 
field. 

Married 
On  the  22nd  inst.,  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, Wm.  J.  Klose  and  Miss  Mary  E. 
Dreese,  both  of  Beaver  Springs. 

Died 

In  Penns  township  on  the  21st 
inst.,  Mrs.  Leonard  App,  aged  60 
years. 

June    2,    1870 

Ex-Sheriff  Bolender  has  taken  pos- 
session of  the  Washington  House  in 
this  place. 

The  newly  erected  Lutheran  and 
Reformed  Church  in  Freeburg  will  be 
dedicated,  June  19. 

Court  Proceedings — Court  opened 
Monday,  May  23rd  and  closed  Tues- 
day following.  Most  of  the  cases 
on  the  trial  list  have  been  continued 
or  amicably  settled,  there  was  but 
little  to  be  transacted. 

In  the  Quarter  Sessions  there  were 
but  two  bills  laid  before  the  Grand 
Jury,  to  wit:  Commonwealth  vs 
Moses  Middleswarth  and  Common- 
wealth vs  William  Fessler.  Both 
bills  were  ignored  by  the  jury. 
County  pays  costs. 

Tavern  and  restaurant  licenses 
were  granted  to  all  persons  that  ap- 
plied for  the  same. 

In  the  Orphans  Coux't  petitions 
were  petitioned  for  orders  to  sell  real 
estate  in  the  estate  of  Mathias  Eg- 
gert,  deed.;  Abraham  Leaker,  deed, 
and  Daniel  R.  Reigle  deed. 

Orders  of  sales  were  confirmed  in 
the  estates  of  John  S.  Remer,  deed.; 
John  Sechrist,  deed.;  Peter  Mohn. 
deed.;  and  John  Courtney,  deed. 

John  Gundrum  was  appointed 
guardian  of  the  minor  children  of  J. 
P.  Winkleman  deed. ;  Augustus  Spring- 
man  for  those  of  Joseph  Bird;  John 
S.  Mattern  for  those  of  Andrew  W. 
Krouse,  and  John  Reitz  for  those  of 
Isaac  Walter. 

J.  P.  Cronmiller  Esq.,  was  appoint- 
ed auditor  to  make  distribution  of 
the  funds  in  the  hands  of  the  exe- 
cutor of  'Samuel   Boyer   deed. 

In  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas 
there  was  but  one  case  tried,  to  wit: 
Philip    Swineford    vs    Jeremiah    Sny- 


der. The  jury  found  for  the  defen- 
dant and  the  plaintiff  to  pay  the 
costs. 

Market — Potatoes  .40;  lard  .15; 
butter  .25;  eggs  .16;  wheat  $1.20: 
corn  $1.00;  Rye  $1.00;  oats  .45;  ham 
.20;  shoulder  .15;  side  .13. 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history 
of  Penna.  the  National  and  State  cen- 
sus will  be  taken  at  the  same  time. 

June    16,    1870 

The  closing  exercises  of  Union 
Seminary  at  New  Berlin,  will  take 
place  o>n  the  evenings  of  the  13th, 
14th  and  15th  insts.  The  public  are 
respectfully    invited    to    attend. 

We  now  have  a  live  and  energetic 
man  at  the  head  of  the  S.  &  L.  Rail- 
road, and  work  is  going  on  in  good 
earnest.  Employment  is  given  to  all 
men  applying  for  it,  and  more  horses 
and  carts  are  wanted.     Pitch  in. 

Land  Lien  Docket. — For  the  infor- 
mation of  those  interested,  we  this 
week  commenced  publishing  the  list 
of  lands  situate  in  this  county,  held 
by  location,  or  any  other  office  right, 
issued  by  the  Land  Department  of 
this  Commonwealth,  upon  which  no 
patents  have  been  issued,  including 
the  names  in  which  such  locations  or 
other  office  rights  are  entered,  and 
the  amount  due  the  Commonwealth 
up  to  June  1,  1868.  We  will  continue 
these  lists  from  week  to  week  until 
all  republished. 

Efforts  are  being  made  at  Port 
Trevorton,  in  this  county,  to  organize 
a  military  company  at  that  place. 

Dr.  Schwan,  first  lieutenant  of 
Company  A.,  Snyder  Co.,  N.  G.  hav- 
ing tendered  his  resignation,  and  the 
same  having  been  accepted,  an  elec- 
tion will  be  held  by  the  company  on 
the  4  th  of  July  next  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy. 

After  part  of  our  issue  intended 
for  last  week  was  printed  on  the  in- 
side, we  were  compelled  to  stop  the 
press,  owing  to  circumstances  not 
necessary  to  mention,  and  conse- 
quently no  paper  was  issued  on  the 
9th. 

The  annual  exhibition  of  the  Free- 
burg Academy  will  be  held  on  Fri- 
day evening,  June  17th.  The  public 
are  invited  to  attend. 

Our  military  company  has  been  in- 
vited to  attend  the  4th  of  July  cele- 
bration at  Lewisburg.     We  have  'not 


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learned  that  the  invitation  has  been 
accepted. 

Republican  Convention 

In  pursuance  of  the  Republican 
Standing  Committee  of  Snyder  Co., 
the  Return  Judges  met  in  Convention 
in  the  Court  House,  in  this  place,  on 
the  6th  inst. 

On  motion,  Capt.  John  Hehn,  of 
Monroe,  was  elected  President,  and 
Charles  B.  Moyer,  of  Selinsgrove, 
and  Henry  M.  Freed  of  Chapman, 
Secretaries. 

Dr.  J.  Y.  Shindel,  Joseph  S.  Ulsh, 
and  Harrison  Brouse  were  appointed 
committee   to   draft  resolutions. 

The  following  named  persons  rep- 
resented their  respective  districts  as 
Return  Judges: 

Beaver,  Joseph  S.  Ulsh;  West  Bea- 
ver, Henry  R.  Knepp;  Centre,  Sol. 
Bowersox;  Chapman,  Henry  M. 
Freed;  Franklin,  Jacob  Hassinger; 
Jackson,  Harrison  Brouse;  Monroe, 
Capt.  John  Hehn;  Middlecreek,  Al- 
fred Marburger;  Middleburg,  Dr.  J. 
Y.  Shindel;  Perry,  Dr.  H.  M.  Nipple; 
West  Perry,  Abraham  Mitterling, 
Penn,  Levi  Row;  Selinsgrove,  Chas. 
B.  Miller;  Union,  J.  J.  Kelly;  Wash- 
ington, H.  H.  Grimm. 

The  returns  from  the  various  dis- 
tricts of  the  county  were  opened  and 
the  result  of  the  election,  announced 
as  follows: 
Congress — 

John  B.  Parker,  1,281. 
Senator — 

A.  C.    Simpson,    953. 
W.  G.  Herrold,  581. 
Simpson's  majority,   372. 

Assembly — 

William   Harding,   829. 

Irven    Smith,    590. 

Harding's  majority,   239. 
Associate   Judge — 

B.  L.  Raudenbush,  771. 

A.  J.   Middleswarth,   628. 
Raudenbush's  majority,  143. 

Prothonotary — 

J.  Crouse,  832. 

G.   A.    Schoch,    735. 

Crouse's  majority,   97. 
Register  and  Recorder — 

S.    B.    Schuck,    763. 

J.  M.  Vanzandt,  565. 

Schuck's    majority,    198. 
District  Attorney — 

B.  T.  Parks,  678. 
L.  N.  Myers,  659. 
Parks'  majority,   19. 


Commissioner — 

Philip   Kinney,    827. 

John   Romig,    585. 

Kinney's  majority,  242. 
Surveyor — 

A.    K.    Gift,    800. 

Daniel  Weirick,  336. 

Gift's  majority,  464. 
Jury   Commissioner — 

J.  D.  Romig,  274. 

Henry    Brown,    440. 

Fred  Gundrum,   197. 

Brown's  majority,  166. 
Auditor — 

Calvin   L.   Fisher,  475. 

D.    Diffenbach,    267. 

Fisher's    majority,    208. 
The    following      named   gentlemen 
were    chosen    a    Standing    Committee 
to   serve   for  the   ensuing  year: 

Beaver — Peter  Reigel,  Henry  S. 
Freed. 

West  Beaver — H.  R.  Knepp,  A.  A 
Romig. 

Centre — Solomon  Bowersox,  Uriah 
Weirick. 

Chapman — Henry  M.  Freed,  J.  M. 
Hoffman. 

Franklin — J.  C.  Schoch,  Henry 
Benfer. 

Jackson — Harriso'n  Brouse,  Y.  H. 
Wagner. 

Middleburg — J.  Y.  Shindel,  Daniel 
Bolender. 

Middlecreek — A.  Marburger,  Sam- 
uel H.  Yoder. 

Monroe — John  Young,  Joseph 
Boust. 

Penns — Levi  Row,  Geo.  J.  Schoch. 

Perry — Dr.  H.  M.  Nipple,  Napoleon 
Brosius. 

West  Perry — Abram  Mitterling,  B. 
F.   Burrows. 

Selinsgrove — Chas.  B.  Miller,  A. 
Z.  Schoch. 

Union — John  J.  Kelly,  H.  J.  G. 
Herrold. 

Washington — H.  H.  Grimm,  D.  B. 
Moyer. 

No  coroner  having  been  voted  for, 
Peter  Hartman,  of  Centre,  was  nomi- 
nated by  the  convention. 

June  23,  1870 

Anthony  Specht,  of  this  place,  has 
contracted  to  build  a  new  bridge  over 
Middle  Creek,  near  Beaver  Springs, 
He  is  to  have  $1,150  for  the  job. 

Messrs.  Billmyer,  Nogel  and  Co.,  of 
Lewisburg,  are  to  finish  the  timber 
for  the  Railroad  bridge  at  Selins- 
grove.     The  bill  amounts  to  $45,918. 


FROM    MIDDLEBURG    POST    1870 


287 


The  United  Brethren  church,  of 
this  place,  has  made  arrangements 
to  hold  a  camp  meeting  in  Bower's 
grove  in  Franklin  township,  to  com- 
mence on  the  18th  of  August  and  to 
last  ten  days. 

The  County  Commissioners  will 
meet  at  the  home  of  Ferdinand 
Zones,  in  Chapman  township,  Satur- 
day, July  23rd,  for  the  purpose  of 
receiving  sealed  proposals  for  build- 
ing a  new  bridge  across  Mahontongo 
creek  at  the  place  where  the  road 
from  this  place  to  Liverpool  across 
said   creek. 

Married 

On  June  5th  in  Middleburg  by  Rev. 
R.  Lazarus,  Mr.  Geo.  Goss  to  Miss 
Laura  J.  Steininger,  both  of  Snyder 
County. 

June  30,  1870 

Kemer  Fisher  has  been  appointed 
ticket  agent  at  Selinsgrove  for  the 
Northern   Central  Railroad. 

The  two  literary  societies  of  the 
Missionary  Institute  at  Selinsgrove 
are  getting  excited,  both  claiming  to 
have  won  the  laurels  at  the  last  com- 
mencement. 

Henry  Berry,  of  Washington  Twp. 
and  Joseph  Me'iser,  of  Chapman  Twp., 
are  candidates  for  the  office  of  Coun- 
ty Commissioners  on  the  Democratic 
ticket. 

Married 
On  the   19th     inst.,  by  Rev.  J.  P. 
Shindel,    Mr.    Jeremiah    Walter    and 
Miss  Susan  Yeisley,  both  of  Franklin 
township,  this  county. 

July  7,   1870 
Forty  three  persons  were  added  to 
the   Lutheran   Congregation   at  Free- 
burg,   on  the   18th  ult. 

A  few  days  ago,  a  man  named 
Musser,  as  he  was  quietly  walking 
along  the  public  road  between  Mid- 
dleburg, was  suddenly  attacked  by  a 
dog  owned  by  Mr.  Fessler.  He  was 
severely  bitten  in  the  muscles  of  the 
knee.  The  wound  is  of  such  a  na- 
ture that  the  life  of  the  man  is  in 
danger. 

Dr.  Schwan,  1st.  Lieut.,  of  Co.  A., 
Snyder  County  N.  G.  having  tender- 
ed his  resignation,  and  the  same  hav- 
ing been  accepted,  an  election  was 
held  in  this  place  bv  the  Company, 
Monday  evening,  when  James  M.  Van- 
Zandt  was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy. 
Jos     A.    Lumbard    was    promoted    to 


second  Lieut,  and  G.  C.  Gutelius  to 
first  sergeant. 

The  wheat  crop  in  this  vicinity 
is  not  as  good  as  it  was  expected  it 
would  be.  Grass  was  abundant  and 
good  but  much  of  it  was  damaged  by 
the  wet  weather.  Oats,  corn  and  po- 
tatoes never  looked  better. 

The  Union  National  Guards  is  the 
name  of  a  new  military  company  that 
was  organized  at  Port  Trevorton  last 
week.  F.  W.  Schwan  was  elected 
Captain.  J.  R.  Reigle  1st  Lieut.,  and 
Daniel  Snyder  2nd  Lieut. 

July   14,    1870 

The  corner  stone  for  the  new  Evan- 
gelical Church  to  be  erected  at  Cen- 
terville  will  be  laid  on  the  24th  inst. 

We  learn  that  there  is  a  project 
on  foot  to  establish  a  second  bank  in 
Selinsgrove  and  that  a  large  amount 
of  money  has  already  been  subscrib- 
ed. 

Enos  F.  Walter  was  last  week  tried 
before  a  district  court  in  Williams- 
port  upon  the  charge  of  running  an 
illicit  still.  He  was  found  guilty  and 
sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  $1000  and 
serve  an  imprisonment  of  one  year 
in  our  county  jail. 

The  contractors,  who  have  under- 
taken to  grade  the  S.  &  L.  Railroad 
and  are  doing  their  best  to  complete 
the  work  done  before  the  close  of  the 
year,  and  if  the  laborers  can  be  had, 
the  grading  of  the  entire  road  will 
be  finished  before  the  first  day  oi 
January  1891.  At  Selinsgrove  the 
work  on  the  bridge  is  progressing  ra- 
pidly. The  cut  opposite  this  place 
will   be   finished   this   week. 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Shindel,  brother  of 
Dr.  Shindel,  of  this  place,  died  at 
Allentown,  Saturday  last  in  his  64th 
year. 

July  21,    1870 

It  is  estimated  that  on  an  average 
at  least  one  hundred  bushels  of 
huckleberries  were  taken  from  the 
Shade  mountain  every  day  last  week. 
H.  B.  Hettrick,  of  Monroe  Twp., 
is  recommended  as  a  substitute  per- 
son to  represent  the  Democracy  of 
this  County  in  the  Legislature.  Wm 
Glass,  of  Freeburg,  announces  he  will 
be  a  candidate  for  Jury  Commission- 

er. 

We    are    told    that    there    are    five 
colored  voters  in  this  county  and  that 
they  are  all  Democrats. 
Married 

On    the    7th    inst.,    by    Rev.    J.    P. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Shindel,  Jefferson  Walter  and  Har- 
riet Jordon,  both  of  Chapman  town- 
ship. 

On  the  20th  ult.,  Samuel  Bailey, 
of  Washing-ton,  and  Miss  Sara  Shan- 
non, of  Franklin. 

July  28,  1870 

A  meeting  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee of  the  Republicans  will  be  held 
in  the  Court  House,  Saturday,  Aug. 
6th.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the 
members: 

Beaver — Peter  Reigle,  Henry  S. 
Freed. 

West  Beaver — H.  R.  Knepp,  A.  A. 
Romig. 

Centre — Solomon  Bowersox,  Uriah 
Weirick. 

Chapman — Henry  M.  Freed,  J.  M. 
Hoffman. 

Franklin — J.  C.  Schoch,  Henry 
Benfer. 

Jackson — Harrison  Brouse,  Y.  H. 
Wagner. 

Middleburg — J.  Y.  Shindel,  Daniel 
Bolender. 

Middlecreek — A.  Marburger,  Saml. 
H.  Yoder. 

Monroe — John  Young,  Joseph 
Boust. 

Penns — Levi  Row,  George  J. 
Schoch. 

Perry — Dr.  H.  M.  Nipple,  Nopoleon 
Brosius. 

West  Perry — Abram  Mitterling,  B. 
F.  Burrows. 

Selinsgrove — Charles  B.  Miller,  A. 
Z.  Schoch. 

Union— John  J.  Kelly,  H.  J.  G. 
Herrold. 

Washington — H.  H.  Grimm,  D.  B. 
Moyer. 

The  Union  Sabbath  School,  of  this 
place,  will  hold  a  celebration  in  Bow- 
er's Woods  on  Saturday,  Aug.   13th. 

The  Volksfreund  printing  office 
has  been  purchased  by  Rev.  R.  Laza- 
rus, of  this  place.  We  learn  that 
the  printing  office  will  again  be 
brought  to  this  place. 

The  contract  for  building  a  new 
bridge  across  Mahantongo  creek,  in 
Chapman  township,  was  given  to  Jas. 
P.  Smith,  of  this  borough.  The 
bridge  if  sixteen  feet  wide  and  of 
one  span  fifty  feet  in  length.  Mr. 
Smith  is  to  receive  $600  for  the  work. 

August  4,  1870 

The  shares  sold  at  the  last  meeting 
of  the  Selinsgrove  Building  Associa- 
tion   brought   32    per   cent   premium. 


One  of  the  horses  in  the  stage  line 
running  from  this  place  to  Lewis- 
town,  dropped  dead  in  front  of  the 
Lewistown  Postoffice. 

The  stockholders  of  the  new  Sel- 
insgrove bank  have  elected  F.  J. 
Schoch,  President,  and  J.  G.  L.  Shin- 
del, Philip  Hilbish,  Abraham  Schoch, 
B.  F.  Wagneseller,  Geo.  Hilbish, 
Thomas  Hoffman,  Henry  Schoch, 
Moses  Specht  and  A.  C.  Simpson  di- 
rectors. 

Died 

In  Selinsgrove,  July  28th,  Miss 
Sarah  Lizzie  Alleman,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Alleman,  aged  17  years. 

In  Franklin  township,  on  the  2nd 
inst.,  Rosanna,  widow  of  Conrad  Has- 
singer,  aged  about  70  years. 

August   11,   1870 

A  postoffice  was  established  at 
Eisenhart's  store,  Washington  town- 
ship, called  Pallas.  Daniel  Eisen- 
hart  has  been  appointed  the  first 
postmaster.  Mail  tri-weekly  as  fol- 
lows: Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Satur- 
day. 

On  and  after  Oct.  1st,  United 
States  revenue  stamps  will  not  be 
required  on  any  promissory  notes  for 
a  less  sum  than  100,  nor  the  receipt 
given  for  money  or  payment  of  a 
debt. 

The  Republican  standing  commit- 
tee held  their  meeting  in  the  court 
house,  Saturday.  They  elected  the 
following  officers:  D.  B.  Moyer,  Esq., 
Chairman;  Dr.  Jno.  Y.  Shindel,  Sec. 
The  following  persons  were  appoint- 
ed as  a  committee  of  arrangements 
to  hold  a  mass  meeting:  J.  Crouse, 
B.  T.  Parks,  S.  B.  Schuck,  A.  K.  Gift, 
D.  Bolender  and  Dr.  Jno.  Y.  Shindel. 

R.  D.  and  J.  F.  Walter  purchased 
the  Keystone  hotel  at  Selinsgrove. 

August   18,    1870 

School  opened  in  this  place  last 
week  with  Miss  Mitman  as  teacher. 

A  barn  owned  by  Philip  Hilbish 
located  at  McKees  Half  Falls,  was 
burned  to  the  ground,  with  all  its 
contents,  last  week.  It  is  supposed 
to  have  been  the  work  of  an  incen- 
diary. 

A  few  weeks  ago  while  passing 
along  the  road  leading  from  Adams- 
burg  to  Lewistown,  Mr.  Edward  Wag- 
ner, of  Beaver  West,  found  a  gold 
watch  worth  probably  about  $125.  It 
is  supposed  that  the  watch  was  drop- 
ned  by  some  one  connected  with 
Thayer's  circus,  which  passed  over 
that  road  in  the  morning. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  MAN  POWER 
REGISTERED  FOR  GREAT  WAR 

While  None  of  These  Actually  Went  to  War,  They  Hold  a  Sufficient 
Place  in  History  to  Publish  in  The  Snyder  County  Annals. 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Draft  Registrants  of  Snyder  County,  as 
filed  with  the  Local  Draft  Board  from  the  Registration  of  Sept.  12,  1918. 
This  covers  all  male  persons  between  the  ages  of  18  and  46  in  the  county, 
excepting,  of  course,  those  between  the  ages  of  21  and  31  who  registered 
June  5,  1917  and  since  that  time: 


Serial  No. 

632     Arthur  Peter  Adams Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1711     John   Calvin   Adams,    Shamokin   Dam,   Pa. 

515     John   Quincy  Adams,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

699      Charles  Edward  Aigler, Beavertown,  Pa. 

1646     Byron  Lawton  Albert,    Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1273      Elmer   James    Albert,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1648     Rutherford  Burchard  Hays  Albert,    Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

496     Herbert  Allen  Allison,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1087     George  Washington  Amey, McAlisterville,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1183     Howard  Milton  Amig, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1633      Charles  Benton  Anderson,    Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1707      Harry  Sigler  Anderson, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1618     William    Maurice    Anderson,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1213     Philip  Allen  Apple, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

520     Arthur   Arbogast,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

506     Charles  Arbogast, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

410     Earl    Clinton    Arbogast,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

661     Henry  Absolom  Arbogast, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1203     James  William  Arbogast Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

37     John  Howard  Arbogast Freeburg,  Pa. 

1369     Edward    Arnold,    Liverpool,    Pa. 

179     George  Calvin  Arnold, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

256     Harry  Edwin  Arnold, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1585  Clarence  Homer  Artman,   ....   Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

885     Paul   Roy   Attig,    iMcClure,    Pa. 

198     Charles  Aucker, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

190     Emanuel    B.    Aucker,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

208     Francis  Elmer  Aucker, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

197     Oliver  L.  Aucker,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

213     Reuben  Aucker,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1255     William   Brubaker   Aucker,    Middleburg,   Pa. 


290  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial  No. 

413     Grant  McKinley  Aumiller, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1029     Henry  Elsworth  Aumiller,   Kreamer,  Pa. 

283     Hiram  Jerry  Aumiller,    Beavertown,   Pa.,   R.    D.   No.    1. 

394     Paul   Hane    Aumiller,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

657     Edward  Franklin  Aurand Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

583     Harry  Pawling  Aurand,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   1. 

770     Henry   Dewey    Aurand,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

664     Henry   William   Aurand,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

800     Reuben  William  Aurand,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

997     Samuel   Levi    Aurand,    Kreamer,    Pa. 

1609     William  Henry  Aurand, Northumberland,  Pa. 

B 

1036     William  Henry  Bachman Middleburg,  Pa. 

820     Allen   Amos    Bailey Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1222     Calvin   Isaiah   Bailey,    Mt.    Pleasant   Mills,   Pa. 

730     Daniel  Levi  Wallace  Bailey,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

1407  Elmer   Isarhia   Bailey,    Winfield,    Pa. 

1456     Ernest   Franklin    Bailey,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

1454     Harvey   Percival   Bailey,    Winfield,   Pa. 

1408  John    Calvin    Bailey,     Kratzerville,    Pa. 

1676     John  Franklin  Bailey, Northumberland,  Pa. 

321     John   Wesley   Bailey,    Beavertown,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

603     Newton  Henry  Bailey,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1620     Peter  Daniel  Baley Northumberland,  Pa. 

1709     Peter    Graybill    Bailey,     Winfield,    Pa. 

278     Arbor  Daniel  Bair,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

807     Abraham    Edward    Baker,    Puxtonville,    Pa. 

941      Cluney  Arthur  Baker McClure,  Pa. 

146     Jacob   Allbright   Baker,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

869     James   Pharus   Baker,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

871     John  Solomon  Baker,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.  2. 

458     Jacob  Albert  Baney,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

637     Lewis  Wilson  Baney,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

45     Martin    L.    Baney,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1650      Charles  Castor  Barner, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1075     Henry   Edward    Barner,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

6  Charles    Wiser    Bassler,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

181      Israel  Bauman,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,   R.  D.  No.   3. 

277     Jay  Alcey   Baumgardner,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

744      Charles  Haven  Beachel,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

1430  Charles    Sherman    Beaver,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

7  George  Washington  Beaver, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

306     John    Jacob    Beaver,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1560     John    Sherman    Beaver,     Winfield,    Pa. 

1398     Naldie  Michael  Beaver,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

89      Samuel    Leitner    Beaver,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

607      Ward  Luther  Beaver, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

260     John  Henry  Beigh,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

793     Henry    Ephraim    Bell,    Troxelvillc,    Pa. 

1459     Ammon    Foster    Benifer,     Winfield,    Pa. 

662     Ammon  Jerome  Benfer Middleburg,  Pa. 

352     Anthony  Banks  Benfer,    Benfer. 

1431  Calvin  Benfer,    Kratzerville,  Pa. 

827      Charles  Foster  Benfer,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D 

552      Charles    Foster    Benfer,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

928     Erman  Winfield  Paul  Benfer, McClure,  Pa. 

373     Franklin  Albert  Benfer,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1317      George  Calvin  Benfer, Middleburg,  Pa. 

952     Jacob    Daniel    Benfer,    Kreamer,    Pa. 

1406     Jerome  Franklin  Benfer, ".".  .   Winfield    Pa. 

916     John  Emerson  Benfer, '.'.'.'.  McClure',  Pal 


DRAFT    REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918 


291 


Serial    No. 

305     John   Josiah   Benfer,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.   No.    1. 

1460     Michael  Albert  Benfer,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

775     Ursinus    Zwingli    Benfer,    Benfer,    Pa. 

1086     Abraham    Benner,     Richfield,    Pa. 

487     Benjamin    Snyder   Benner,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

468     Charles  Edward   Benner,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1097     Cloyd   G.   Benner McAlisterville,   Pa. 

546      David   G.   Benner,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1107     David  W.  Benner,    Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1296     Jacob  W.  Benner,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

493     James   Murray   Benner,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

566     Rupert   Carlton   Benner, Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1104      William  Benner,    Richfield,   Pa. 

1564     Jonas   Alvin   Berger,    Winfield,   Pa. 

486     Jacob  F.  Berlew Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

54     Charles  Bertch, Freeburg,   Pa. 

818      Simon    Jacob    Betsker,     Paxtonville,    Pa. 

1319     Charles  Edward  Betzer, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1081     John   Edward   Betzer,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   4. 

1243      Charles   Edgar   Bickel,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1311      Charles  Milton   Bickel,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1327     Daniel  Arthur  Bickel,   Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

971     John  Donmoyer  Bickel,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

1392     Norman  Sylvester  Bickel, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1490     Robert  Bickel,    Mifflinbuig,  Pa. 

837     Charles    Bickhart,     Paxtonville,    Pa. 

1388     Jacob    Bickhart,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mill?,    Pa. 

56  James  Edward  Bickhart,   ....   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

824     James    Herman    Bickhart,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

573     John    Wilson    Bickhart,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1602     Wash    Bickhart,    Northumberland,    Pa. 

1076     William    Franklin    Bickhart,    Swineford,    Pa. 

1064     Arthur    Sylvester    Bilger,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1478      Calvin    Wesley   Bilger,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1262      Chester  James   Bilger,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1521     Ira   Daniel    Bilger,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

452     John   Oscar  Bilger,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

993      Rinaldo    George    Bilger,    Kreamer,    Pa. 

1467      Austin  Alvin  Bingaman,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1525      Bright   Earnest   Bingaman,    Penns   Creek,    Pa. 

803     Brvan  Elder  Bingaman, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

698     Charles  Franklin  Bingaman,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

683      Charles   Franklin    Bingaman,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

1042      Charles  Speaker  Bingaman, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

507      Clyde   Francis   Bingaman,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

613     Daniel   Oscar   Bingaman,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1528      Earl   Raymond   Bingaman,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

726      Eckert  Isaac  Samuel  Bingaman,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

675     George  Edgar  Bingaman, Beavertown,  Pa. 

354     Jay    Frederick    Bingaman,     Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

791      John  Franklin   Bingaman,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

930      Haven  Oscar  Bingaman, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1497     Merl  Grant  Bingaman,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

686      Noah  Herbert   Bingaman,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

559      Palmer  Enoch  Bingaman, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

678      Reid   Elmer   Bingaman,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

1515      Van  Bingaman, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1543      Warren  G  Bingaman,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1481      William  Wesley  Bingaman,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

265      Willard  Wesley  Bingaman, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1124      Dewey  Bitner. Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1638      Earl  Franklin  Bitner, Northumberland,  Pa. 


292 


SNYDER   COUNTY   ANNALS 


Serial 

1582 

244 

1562 

769 

1027 

735 

717 

558 

192 

221 

447 

1018 

1256 

459 

57 

881 

749 

877 

1204 

789 

1613 

1594 

327 

25 

173 

425 

1376 

539 

1689 

1716 

1485 

850 

274 

1535 

757 

1476 

927 

955 

1505 

1504 

1272 

1046 

1531 

1472 

1667 

831 

96 

1503 

819 

551 

38 

1493 

953 

1223 

598 

631 

1445 

615 

1466 

1468 


No. 

Frank  Oliver  Bitner,   Northumberland,  Pa. 

Harry   Bitner,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa.,    R.    D.   No.    2. 

Charles  Edwin  Bittinger Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

William  Francis  Blee,    Troxelville,  Pa. 

James  Maxwell  Blett Kreamer,   Pa. 

Charles  Warren  Bobb,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

Melvin  Emerson  Bobb,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

George   Augustus   Bodmer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Christian    David    Bogar,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

Victor  Emanuel  Bogar, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

Benjamin    Franklin    Bolig,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

James  Bolig,   Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

John    Russell   Bolig,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Luther    Bolig,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Newton  John  Bollinger, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Charles  Elmer  Boonie, McClure,  Pa. 

David  Franklin   Booney,    Troxelvihe,   Pa. 

William   Steward   Boonie,    McClure,   Pa. 

Charles  Nelson  Bordner,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Clarence    William   Bordner Beavertown,    Pa. 

Sherman  Goodell  Bordner, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

Ollie  Oscar  Bordman,    Northumberland,   Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

Charles  Palmer  Boreman,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

John  Adam  Botdorf, Freeburg,  Pa. 

Fred   Allen   Bower,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa. 

George  Albert  Bower,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

George  Palmer  Bower,    Port  Trevorton,   Pa. 

Harry  Edward  Bower, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Norton  Lewis  Bower,    Northumberland,   Pa. 

Charles  Olver  Bowersox,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.   No.  2. 

Clarence  Young  Bowersox,    Penns   Creek,   Pa. 

Cornelius  Bergheum  Bowersox, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Earnest  Bethire  Bowersox, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

Frederick    Bowersox,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

George  Frederick  Bowersox, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

James  Alfred   Bowersox,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

James  Franklin   Bowersox,    , McClure,   Pa. 

Jonathan  Howard  Bowersox, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Merrill  Lawrence   Bowersox,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

Phenius   Charles  Bowersox,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

Reno  Oliver  Bowersox,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

Samuel   Eugene    Bowersox,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Steward  Lester  Bowersox, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

William  Robert  Bowersox, Middleburg,  Pa. 

Alvin  Boyer, Northumberland,  Pa. 

Charles  Albert  Boyer,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   R.  No.   2. 

Charles  Wilson  Boyer,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Clarence  Sylvester  Boyer, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

Clark  Stewart  Boyer,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

Harvey  Franklin  Boyer, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Ira    Calvin    Boyer,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

James  Simon  Boyer,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

John  Boyer, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

John  Calvin  Boyer,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Leonard   Foster   Boyer,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    3. 

William    Artie    Boyer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

William  Calvin  Boyer,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

William    Franklin    Boyer,     Selinsgrove.    Pa. 

Wi  ham  Jesse   Boyer,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

William   Alfred   Breon,    Penns    Creek,    Pa. 


DRAFT    REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918  293 

Serial  No. 

398     Albert  Franklin  Bressler, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

482      Charles    Frank    Bressler,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1180      Clayton  Lewis  Bressler, Meiservilie,  Pa. 

1113      John  Franklin  Bressler, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1158      Clayton    Lester    Brosius,     Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

31      Elmer  Napoleon  Brosius, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1318     John  Newton  Brosius,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1321     Marriott  Basom  Brosius, Middleburg,  Pa. 

206     Sylvester  Brosious, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1559      Calvin  Lester  Brouse,    Winfieid,   Pa. 

1416     Foster    Brouse,     Winfieid,    Pa. 

1424     James   Wesley   Brouse,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

1479     John    Brouse,    Penns    Creek,    Pa. 

1444     John    Brouse,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1695      Peter  Victor  Brouse,    Shamokin   Dam,  Pa. 

1413      Reno    Brouse,    Winfieid,    Pa. 

1558     Samuel  Edward  Brouse,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

978     Samuel  Jefferson  Brouse, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

81      Arthur    Clement    Brown,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

1166     Daniel  Lincoln  Brown,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1329     Roy  P.  Brown,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1396      Thomas  Franklin  Brown, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

74      William    Frederick    Brown,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

658      Ammon   Grant  Brubaker,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

220     Christian  Musser  Brubaker, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

216     Daniel  B.  Brubaker, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

572      Jacob  Martin  Brubaker, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

203      John  Brubaker, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

193     John  M.  Brubaker, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

251     Michael   Brubaker,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

858     Harvey  James  Brunner, Paxtonville,  Pa. 

857     Joseph  George  Brunner Paxtonville,  Pa. 

808     William  Washington  Brunner, Paxtonville,  Pa. 

939     Samuel  Howell  Bubb, McClure,  Pa. 

522  Jacob  Bay  Bulick,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

478      William  Norman  Bulick,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

502      George   Clarence  Burns,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

439     Mark  Anthony  Burns,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

c 

771     William  Grant  Camp,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

176     Elias  Campbell, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

313      Charles  Albert  Cornahan, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

499      Isaac  Newton  Catherman, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

523  Arthur    Howard    Charles,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

531      Clyde  Albert  Charles, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

24     William   Heckter   Charles,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

845     Jacob  Andrew  Chubb Paxtonville,  Pa. 

933     Alvin   Augustus   Clark,    McClure,   Pa. 

1566     Charles   Musick   Clark,    Winfieid,    Pa. 

1337     John    Clark Meiservilie,    Pa. 

550     Lewis  Edward   Coble,    Selinsgrove,  Pa, 

1568     Willard  Otto  Cochran, Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

719     Charles    Gabriel    Coleman,     Beavertown,    Pa. 

337      Ira    Nevin    Coleman Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

975  John   Absalom   Coleman,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   3. 

976  Charles    Elmer    Conley Kreamer,    Pa. 

1619      Charles    Edward    Conrad,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1622     John    Luther   Conrad,    Shamokin    Dam.    Pa. 

165     Rodger  Lee  Cook,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1247      Cyril  Edward   Corkins,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

423      Harry  Allen  Coryell,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 


294  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial    No. 

302     Mark  Gilger  Craw Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

979     Harvey  Shaw  Crawford, Kreamer,    Pa. 

1588     William  Homer  Crebs, Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1461     Samuel  James   CrossgTOve,    Winfield,   Pa. 

374     Fred   Crossland,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   A.    S.    O.   House. 

571     Henry  Jonas  Croushore,   Freeburg,  Pa. 

D 

1368     John  Emanuel  Dangler, Liverpool,  Pa. 

1418     Martin  Luther  Dauberman,    Kratzerville,  Pa. 

761     Milton    Henry    Dean,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

1522      Clarence   Andrew   Deobler, Middleburg,    Pa. 

794     Daniel  Hugh  John   Deobler,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

680     George  Houston  Deobler,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

1495     Simon   Peter   Deobler, Middleburg,    Pa. 

1499     James  Ivison  Dersham, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1649      Edgar  Isaac  Derr,    Shamokin   Dam,    Pa. 

999     John  Valentine  Diemer, Kreamer,  Pa. 

1003     John  Abraham  Dietrich, Kreamer,  Pa. 

1393     Henry  Adam   Dietz,    .  .  . Liverpool,   Pa. 

1382      Banks  Dillman Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

406     Edward    Lee    Dillman,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1377     Milton   Dillman,    Meiserville,   Pa. 

480     Lewis   Benjamine   Dillman,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

600     Frederick  William  Dinger, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

960     Allen  Henrv  Dinius Middleburg,   Pa. 

964      Calvin    Foster    Dinius Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1014     Isaac   Charles  Dinius,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   3. 

614     John  Franklin  Dinius,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1579     John    Crouse    Ditty,    Shamokin    Dam     Pa. 

809      Charles    Clayton    Dobson,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

1636     Isaac    Harry    Dockey,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1463      Charles   O.   Doebler Middleburg,    Pa. 

1641      Perry    Robert    Doebler,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1507      Benjamin  Franklin  Dorman,    Penns   Creek,   Pa. 

690     Albert  Dreese,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

123      Charles  Henry  Dreese,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

356     Edward    J.    Dreese,     Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

87     Frank    Dreese,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

533      George   William    Dreese,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1170     John  Oscar  Dreese, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

65     Lawson    Christopher    Dreese,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

740     Murray  Kimber  Dreese,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

711      Randall  Ruel  Dreese,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

692     William  Clay  Dreese, Beavertown,  Pa. 

553     Albert  Burchfield   Dressier,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1161     Floyd    Samuel   Dressier,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

1058  George  Washington  Dressier,    ....    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.   D.   No.    1. 

1061      Russell    Jay    Dressier,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1174     Wilson  Irvin  Dressier, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

989     Anson  Boyd  Drumheller, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

549     Leon  Schall  Drumheller, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

556.      Charles   Stewart  Duck,    Selinsgrove,'  Pa. 

783     John   Alvin    Duck,    Beavertown,'    Pa. 

851      Millard   Bryan   Duck,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

836     William  Henry  Duck, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D    No.  1. 

951  Charles  William  Dunkelberger,   ....   Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

970     James  Albert  Dunkleberger,    Middleburg,    Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    3. 

994     John  Daniel  Dunkleberger, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

5     Henry  Earle  Dunkleberger,    Freeburg    Pa. 

1449     Henry    Harrison    Dunkelberger, .     WinfielcT,'  Pa. 

100     William    Ira    Dunkleberger,     '.'  '  Freebur^'    Pa' 


DRAFT    REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918 


295 


E 

Serial  No. 

806     Emery  Foster  Earnest, Paxtonville,  Ta. 

1326     Oscar  Sterling  Earnest, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

958     John  Alvin  Eichman, Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

1026     Leire  Alvin   Eichman,    Globe   Mills,   Pa. 

1335     John  Grover  Cleveland  Eisenhart Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1302      Harry  Elmer  Emery, Middleburg,  Pa. 

920     Dan  Webster  Erb,    McClure,  Pa. 

1294     Eugene    Joshua    Erb,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

934     John  Russell  Erb,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

778     Lee  Weand  Isaac  Erb,   Troxelville,  Pa. 

319      Vern  Elmer  Erb, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

992      George  Alfred  Erdley,    Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

164      Hoyt  A.  Erdley Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

985     Jacob  Henry  Erdley,   Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

291      John  Franklin  Erdley, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1239     Milton  Edgar  Erdley, Middleburg,  Pa. 

731      Charles   Warren   Ernest,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

747     Harrold  William  Ernest,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

324  Dewey    Franklin    Ettinger,     ....     Beavertown,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

759     Jacob   Albert   Ettinger,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

772      William  Harrison  Ettinger, Beavertown,  Pa. 

708     George  William  Etzler, Beavertown,  Pa. 

145     Charles  Franklin  Ewig McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

281      George    Edwin    Ewing,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

448     Frank  Abram   Eyer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1577      Oscar   John    Eyer Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

F 

396     Robert  Albert  Fasold Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1555      Oliver  Ausborne  Fausey Northumberland,   Pa. 

409      Charles    Bennett   Feehrer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

481      John    Clarence    Feehrer,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

262      Charles  Aurand  Felker,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

303      Charles    Aurand    Felker,     Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

1274      John    Warren    Felker Middleburg,    Pa. 

299  Ralph   Monroe   Felker,  ' Beaver    Springs,    P.a. 

860     Alvin   Ananias  Felmey,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

1165     Reuben  Ammon  Fensterbush,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1399      George  Franklin  Ferdig,    Winfield,   Pa. 

1363      Charles  McClain   Ferry,    McKees  Half  Falls,   Pa. 

1545     Franklin    Pierce   Fessler,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

652      Benjamin   Fetter,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

764     Forry  Isaac  Fetterolf,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

285     John  Franklin  Fetterolf,    Beavertown,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

780     Stephen  Paul  Fetterolf,    Troxelville,  Pa. 

626     Adam   Sylvester  Fisher,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1684      Charles  Roy  Fisher Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

300  Clotworthy  James  Fisher, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

471      Dennis  Roscoe  Fisher,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1696     Ira  Clayton  Fisher Northumberland,  Pa. 

1175     James   Monroe   Fisher,    Mt.   Pleasant   Mills,   Pa. 

491     John  E.  Fisher, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

647      John    Franklin    Fisher,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

476     George    Daniel    Fisher,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1017     Glenn  Eugene  Fisher,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

395     Roland    E.    Fisher,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1130     Sterill  Fisher,    Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1706      William   Wesley  Fisher,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

238      George  Walter  Flanders Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1088     Stephen  Wilson  Fogle, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 


296  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial  No. 

922     John  Hurley  Folk,   McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

132  William   Curtin   Folk,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 

175     Charles  Foltz,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   3. 

148     Francis    Brown    Foltz,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

170     John   Henry  Foltz,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1553     Wilson  Henry  Foreman Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No'.  2. 

563     Charles  Belmer  Forgy,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1145     Wilson   Albert  Forrey,    Richfield,   Pa. 

1714     John    Reu   Forster,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

407     John    William   Forster,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

329     Ammon  Samuel  Frantz,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1144      Gust  Steven  Frantz,    Richfield,   Pa. 

684     Charles   Edward   Freed,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

84     Clarence    Edward    Freed,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D    No.    4. 

51     Frederick  Allen  Freed, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

705     George  Henry  Freed,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

62     Henry   Milton    Freed,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

701     Oscar  Elwood  Freed,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

50     Philip    Harvey    Freed,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

700     Robert  Alfred  Freed,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

49     William    Irvin    Freed,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

1304  Jacob   Freeh,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

987     Charles   Newton   Fries,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

936      Calvin  Frock, McClure,  Pa. 

287      Charles  William  Frock Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

133  Alvin    Walter    Frontz,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

568      Chalmers   Eugene   Frontz Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1412     Franklin   Wilbur  Fry,    ■ Winfield,    Pa. 

1426      Oliver    Pierce    Fry,    Winfield,    Pa. 

1651      Ammon    Jonas    Frymire,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1586      Charles   Wilson   Frymire,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

781      Charles  William  Fuhrman,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

750      Guy  McKinley  Fuhrman, Beavertown,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

779     William  Elias  Fuhrman, Troxelvilie,  Pa. 

G 

438     Franklin  Harry  Gable, :  .  .   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

'392      Guy  Franklin   Gabel,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

839     William   Foster    Gabel,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

187     Charles  William  Gamby, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1626     Hiram  Aaron  Gamby, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1305  Bankson  Sowara  Garman, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1519     Charles  Henry  Garman,    Middlebui'g,   Pa. 

1135     Foster   Henry    Garman,    Richfield,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1150     Palmer  Roscoe  Garman, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1108     Paul  Garman,    Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

1101      Raymond  Arthur   Garman,    Richfield,   Pa. 

1265     Robert   Bruce    Garman,    Middleburg,'   Pa*. 

1565     Adam  Durell  Gass, .      Winfield'    Pa 

15?n     San,iel«  Dewey    Gaugler,    Shamokin    Dam,'  Pa! 

1640     Earl    Gaugler,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1604     Harry    Thomas    Gaugler Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Ill     i-v  °]1VT,er  ?^ley- Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

iiiZ     St1?,,.        ?Taul  Gau8'ler Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1628     William   Hottenstine    Gaugler,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

no     £*?,?  IraT  Gearhart>    Middleburg,   Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   2. 

98     William  James  Gearhart,  .  , Freeburg,  Pa. 

1310     Harvey    Gelnett      Middleburg,    Pa. 

n'rq     iTU?  pRi  Gf  nett' Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

?n^     5w  r        i  '  r-v-r Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

503     Albert  Carroll  Gemberlmg, .'  Selinsgrove,  Pa. 


DRAFT    REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918 


297 


Serial 

389 

1549 

516 

1201 

1527 

488 

465 

1547 

497 

634 

981 

596 

477 

375 

597 

570 

893 

943 

1435 

443 

1303 

897 

266 

350 

282 

826 

616 

823 

1171 

1 

105 

1645 

1234 

288 

1380 

58 

932 

160 

865 

734 

1090 

467 

1263 

460 

13 

70 

887 

1123 

1085 

1295 

1112 

1253 

828 

817 

1096 

1125 

1121 

1111 

1285 

537 

526 

514 


No. 

Albert  Walton  Gemberling, Selinsgrovie,  Pa. 

Benjamin  Allen  Gemberling Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Charles    Clay    Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Charles  Guy  Gemberling,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Clyde  Alfred   Gemberling,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

Daniel  Luther   Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Francis   Hays    Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Francis  Samuel  Gemberling,    Winfield,  Pa. 

George  Albert  Gemberling, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

George    Calvin    Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Lawrence    Oscar    Gemberling,     Globe    Mills,    Pa. 

Lester   William   Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Lewis  Franklin  Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Ralph  Loggan  Gemberling, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Rinaldo    Clay    Gemberling,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

William  Edgar  Gemherling, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Ralph  Dorman  Gentzel, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Benjamin  Cleveland  George, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Jeremiah    Albert    George,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

George  Samuel  Gessner, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Austin    Francis    Gilbert,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Charles  Curtin  Gilbert, McClure,  Pa. 

Frank  Gilbert, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

Harry   Warren    Gilbert,    Beaver  -Springs,    Pa. 

William   Franklin    Gilbert,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

Alvin  Isaac  Gill, Paxtonville,  Pa. 

Rinaldo   Daniel   Gill,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

William   Elmer    Gill,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

Frank  Shirk  Gingrich,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Frank  Adam   Glass,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

Russell    Avon    Glass,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

Herbert  Sanford  Gleason, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

Edward   Wilson    Good Middleburg,    Pa. 

Herbert  Webster  Good, Beaver   Springs,  Pa. 

Franklin  Edwin  Goodling, MeiservilU-,  Pa. 

Curtin  Gordon Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Charles  Robert  Goss, McClure,  Pa. 

David  Goss, McClure,  Pa. 

Galan    Grand    Goss,    McClure,    Pa. 

Lester   Lewis   Goss,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

Robert  James   Garfield   Goss McAlisterville,    Pa. 

Benjamin   Franklin    Gottsehall,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Absalom    Dietrick    Gougler,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

Charles  Gustdavis  Goy,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

James  Cloyd  Goy,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

Robert  Frank  Gov.    Freeburg,  Pa. 

Ray    Jasper    Gramley,    McClure     Pa. 

Ammon   W.    Graybill McAlisterville,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

Cloyd  Gravbill Richfield,  Pa. 

Curtis    Wilson    Graybill,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

David  Edward  Graybill, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Dean    Merkle    Graybill,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

Frank    Graybill, Paxtonville,    Pa. 

Hoyt    Christian    Graybill,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

James    Edgar    Graybill,    Richfield,    Pa. 

John  Henry  Graybill, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

William  Snyder  Graybill McAlisterville,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

William   Walter  Graybill,    Richfield,   Pa. 

Harry   Austin    Grimm.    Middleburg,   Pa. 

Joseph   Herbert   Groce,    Selinsgrove,   Pa: 

William    Frick    Groce Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Franklin  Elmer   Groner,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 


298  SNYDER   COUNTY   ANNALS 


Serial  No. 

665'     Charles    Wilson    Gross,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

276     Homer  Clayton  Gross,   Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

273     James  William  Goss, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

331     John  Franklin  Gross, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

883     Vernon   John    Gross,    McClure,    Pa. 

138     William  S.  S.  Gross, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  — . 

638     Howard   Zwingli   Grove,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

446     John  Cameron  Grubb, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1551     William  Pfleegor  Gubbage, Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2 

408     Wilber  Meridan  Gundrum,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1202     Charles  Adam  Hackenberg, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

758     Charles  Edward  Hackenberg, Beavertown,  Pa. 

1060     Clair    Eugene    Hackenberg,     Middleburg.    Pa. 

754      Clark  Randall  Hackenberg, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1153     Dewey  Erb  Hackenberg, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1484     Frank  Milton  Hackenberg,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1474      George  Alfred  Hackenberg, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1033      Grant  Henry  Hackenberg, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

797     Ira  Servatus  Hackenberg, •.  Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1509     James   Abraham    Garfield   Hackenberg,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1500     James  Garfield  Hackenberg,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

787     John    Alvin    Hackenberg,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

796     John  Ebard  Hackenberg, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1469     Lank   Hackenberg,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1480     Milton    Hackenberg,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1415      Ralph    Gearhart   Hackenberg,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

849      Roy  Franklin  Hackenberg, Middleburg,  Pa. 

773      Roy   McKinley   Hackenberg,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

1293      Samuel  Albert  Hackenberg,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1219      Samuel  Harrison  Hackenberg,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

892     Harry  Wilson  Haffley McClure,   Pa. 

1067  Herman  Clayton  Haffley Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

713     William  Jacob  Haffley,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

297      Charles  William  Haines,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

984     Henry   Oscar  Haines,    Middleburg.   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   3. 

318     Harry  Lewis  Haines,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa. 

745     Ira  Edgar  Haines,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

895     Jay    Miron    Haines,     Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

292     John   Albright   Haines,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

91      Percival  Franklin  Haines, v   Freeburg,  Pa. 

1074      Grant    Stanley    Haire,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1068  Harvey   Foster   Haire,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1375      Charles   Stewart  Hall,    Liverpool,    Pa. 

1044      George    Edwin    Hall,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1698     Ammon    Riley    Hane Winfield,    Pa. 

1674     Arvy  Blain  Hane,   . Northumberland,  Pa. 

1679      Clarena  Elmer  Hane, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1694      George    Edward    Hane,     Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

385     Edward   Allen    Hare,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

541      Forrest   Burton    Hare,    Selinsgrove!    Pa. 

339  Winfield    Scott    Harshbarger,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1 537     Joseph  Arlington  Hartley,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

342     Rufus  Robert  Hartley,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

691      Charles   G.   Hartline, Beavertown,'  Pa. 

309      Charles   Ira    Hartman,    Beaver    Springs'    Pa. 

846     Charles  Ray  Hartman,    Middleburg',   Pa. 

1511      Cloyd  Jasper  Hartman,    Penris  Creek,  Pa. 

264     Frank  Clayton  Hartman, Beaver  Springs',  Pa. 

Yf^      George  Edward  Hartman, Northumberland'  Pa. 

1491      George  Millard  Hartman, Penns  Creek    Pa 


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299 


Serial    No. 

812 

762 
1071 

387 
1084 
1250 
1475 

322 

341 
1252 

712 
1680 

721 

718 

688 

153 
1309 
1381 
1056 
1049 

129 

878 

128 
1700 
1229 

676 
1267 

707 
1596 
1354 
1378 
1196 
1072 
1179 

205 
1614 
1215 
1644 
1683 

918 

333 

585 

643 
35 

510 
1606 

307 

834 

357 

360 

141 

889 

334 

696 
1598 

605 
1238 

414 
1508 
1693 

998 

609 


Herman   Wilson   Hartman,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   1. 

Milton  Alfred  Hartman,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

Speaker  Bernard  Hartman, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

Stewart    Nelson    Hartman,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Jerome  Albert  Haas,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Russell   Nevin    Haas,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Charles  Albert  Hassinger, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

Charles   Levi   Hassinger,    Benfer,    Pa. 

Charles    Reuben    Henry    Hassinger,     Benfer,    Pa. 

Evan  Parvin   Hassinger,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

John  William  Hassinger, Beavertown,  Pa. 

Michael  David  Hassinger, Northumberland,  Pa. 

Oscar   Isaac   Hassinger,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

Randall  Neven  Hassinger, Beavertown,  Pa. 

Reno   Aaron   Hassinger,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

Reuben  Daniel  Hassinger, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Harry  Dennington   Hayes,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

John  Frederick  Heckard,    Liverpool,  Pa. 

Philip   Henry  Heckert,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Benjamin  Franklin   Heckman,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

Daniel    Swigart   Heeter,    McClure,   Pa.,    R.   D.    No.    1. 

Henry   William   Heeter,    McClure,    Pa. 

Roland  McKinley  Heeter,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.    1. 

Arthur    Carey   Heider,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Henry  Newton  Heim Mt,  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Charles  William  Heimbach, Beavertown,  Pa. 

Ira    Lester    Heimbach,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

John  Franklin   Heimbach,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

Joseph  Iron  Heimbach, Northumberland,  Pa. 

Daniel    Wester    Heintzelman,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

Harvey  Austin  Heintzelman, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

John  Amnion  Heintzelman,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,   Pa. 

Samuel    Heintzelman.     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

Walter  Jonathan  Heintzelman, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

William  Nelson  Heintzelman,  ....  Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Arthur    Charles   Heiser,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Dennis  Elvin  Heiser, Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,   Pa. 

Harry  Daniel  Heiser,    Shamokin  Dam,   Pa. 

William  Oscar  Heiser. Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

Charles  Franklin  Helfrich, McClure,  Pa. 

Earl   Spencer  Helfrich,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,   R.  D.  No.   1. 

Charles  Erskine  Hendricks,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Clyde  Simon  Hendricks,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Dolan  Edward  Hendricks,   Freeburg,  Pa. 

Harry  Philip  Hendricks, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Millard  Jacob  Hendricks, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Clay  Wilbert  Henry, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Allen    Lester   Herbster .-  .    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    I).    No.    1. 

Dewey  Alexander  Herbster,    Benfer,   Pa. 

Jacob  Calvin  Herbster,    Benfer,  Pa. 

James  Albert  Herbster,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.  — . 

James  Calvin  Herbster, McClure,  Pa. 

James    Cloyd    Herbster,     Beavertown,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

Percival    John    Irvin    Herbster,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

Richard    Anton    Herbert,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Arthur   Pslmer   Herman,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Charles    Albert   Herman,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Charles  Byron   Herman,    Selinsgrov?,   Pa. 

Clottie   Isaac   Herman,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

George  Henry  Herman,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Henry  Merrill  Herman,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

John    Benjamin    Herman,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 


300 


SNYDER   COUNTY   ANNALS 


Serial 

980 

501 

1712 

659 

1013 

574 

1019 

2 

234 

1347 

201 

528 

1361 

167 

1372 

241 

1653 

725 

1189 

80 

1345 

1390 

83 

1608 

1210 

60 

1117 

1550 

1136 

669 

1442 

1448 

1411 

548 

202 

642 

11 

668 

650 

182 

847 

623 

511 

1070 

1221 

1115 

17 

204 

59 

1184 

810 

386 

1009 

1541 

1281 

1629 

1686 

1356 

1039 

1258 

1386 

957 


No. 

John  Foster  Herman, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Milton    Perry    Herman,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Oscar   Herman,    •    Winfield,    Pa. 

Ralph   Jacob    Herman,    •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •    Selinsgrove     Pa. 

Samuel  Edwin  Herman Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.D.  No.  3. 

Theadore  Martin  Herman Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Thomas  Edward  Herman Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

William   Henry  Herman,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

Charles  Henry  Herrold,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

Charles  Jacob  Herrold,    Port  Trevorton,   Pa. 

Dewey  Sylvester  Herrold Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

James  Milton  Herrold,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

John  Albert  Herrold,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

John  Charles  Herrold, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

Oliver  S.  Herrold,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

Thomas    Gaugler    Herrold,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

Simon  Clovd  Hess,    Winfield,  Pa. 

Ira  Dreese  Hetrick,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

Jonathan  Hilbert,    Oriental,   Pa. 

Henry  Edger  Hilbish,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

Cyrus   Hile,    Liverpool,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

James  Hile, Liverpool,  Pa. 

Milton  John   Hill,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    3. 

Clem  Lewis  Hock,    Selinsgrove ,  Pa. 

Absalom    Hoffman Richfield,    Pa. 

George  Washington  Hoffman, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Joseph  Hoffman, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Oscar   Edward    Hoffman,    Selinsgiwe,    Pa. 

Webster    Lee    Hoffman,     Richfield,    Pa. 

Foster   William    Hollenbach,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Henry   Allen    Hollenbach Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

James  Norman  Hollenbach, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Murray  Samuel  Hollenbach,    Winfield,   Pa. 

Clarence    Eray    Holtzapple,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Edward  Henry  Holtzapple,   ....    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Forrest  Edwin  Holtzapple,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Frank   Holtzapple,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

Franklin   Pierce   Holtzapple,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Peter  Holtzapple,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

William  Henry  Holtzapple, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Dewey    George    Hood,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

Ammon    Rufus    Hoover,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Osborne  Hoover, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

George  Dewey  Hornberger, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Michael  Abner  Hornberger,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Wilson  Abner  Hornberger, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Ellis  Franklin  Hosterman, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

George    Edwun    Houser,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

Albert  John  Houtz,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.   D.   No.   3. 

Henry  Joseph  Howell,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

William  Franklin  Howell, Paxtonville,    Vn. 

Charles  Ulrich  Hower,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Allen  Charles  Hummel, Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

Charles  Calvin  Hummel,    Penns   Creek,    Pa. 

Charles    Edward    Hummel,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Charles   Franklin    Hummel,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Charles  Franklin  Hummel, Winfield,  Pa. 

Francis  Oscar  Hummel,    Port  Trevorton,'  Pa! 

Harry  Hummel,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   3. 

Harry  Azariah  Hummel,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

Harry    Sylvester    Hummel,     Port    Trevorton,'  Pa! 

Jacob  Asher  Hummel,    Globe  Mills,   Pa. 


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301 


Serial 

1552 
1605 
949 
959 
1257 
1177 
1571 
1023 
1038 
1554 

1316 
118 

620 
114 
654 
119 

777 


651 

525 

538 

1705 

1556 

785 

792 

1523 

1516 

1492 


535 

415 

1275 

1576 

1573 

335 

833 

716 

1704 

582 

462 

1471 

753 

751 

1050 

1228 

428 

500 

508 

453 

554 

401 

1211 

1391 

1336 

1357 

1167 

1353 

1141 


No. 

Jesse  James  Hummel, Winfield,  Pa. 

Luther  Smith  Hummel,    Shamokin   Dam,   Pa. 

Norman  Philip  Hummel,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

Oliver  Franklin  Hummel,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

Raymond    Edward    Hummel,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Robert  Allen  Hummel,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Roy  Arlington  Hummel,    Winfield,  Pa. 

William  Bryan  Hummel Globe   Mills,  Pa. 

William  Edward  Hummel, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Grover   Cleveland  Hunsinger Northumberland,   Pa. 

I 

Raymond    Daniel    Imboden,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

Ammon  Foster  Inch,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

George  Adam  Inch,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Henry  Calvin  Inch, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D. 

Robert  William   Inch Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

William  Walter  Inch, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Clark  Kline  Ingram, Troxelville,  Pa. 

J 

Ammon  Jerome  Jarrett, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Arthur   Daniel   Jarrett, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Arthur  Garfield  Jarrett,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

George    Franklin    Jarrett,     Shamokin    Dam,  Pa. 

Samuel  Hayes  Jarrett Northumberland,  Pa. 

Ammon   Jordan,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

Corbett  Garfield  Jordan,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

John   Elmer  Jordan,    Middlebuig,  Pa. 

John  Homer  Jordan,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

William  Henry  Jordan,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

K 

Joseph   Edward  Kahler,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

William  Malick  Kantner, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Aaron  Boyd  Kauffman Middleburg,  Pa. 

Arthur  Garfield  Kauffman,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

Harry  Jeremiah  Kauffman,   ....   Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

Nesbert  Clinton   Kauffman,    Benfer,   Pa. 

William   Rudy  Kauffman,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

John  Alvin  Kearns, Beavertown,  Pa. 

Charles  William  Keeler, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

Nathaniel   Nesbitt   Keener,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Benjamin    Lafayette    Keiser,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Calvin    Irvin    Keister,     Penns    Creek,    Pa. 

Clarence  Edward  Keister, Troxelvilie,   Pa. 

Irvin  Franklin  Keister,    Troxelville,  Pa. 

James  Franklin  Keister, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Henry   Edward   Keiter,    Richfield,   Pa. 

Charles  William  Keller,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

J.   Frank  Keller Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

John   Milton  Keller,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Edward  Pnsion  Kemberling,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Eugene  Kemberling, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Ezra  Warren  Kemberling, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

William  Franklin  Kepler, , Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

Levi    Kerlin Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

William  Alvin  Kerlin, Liverpool,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Abraham    Oscar    Kerstetter,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

Dirvan    Sylvester    Kerstetter,     Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

Edward  Kerstetter,    Liverpool,  Pa. 

John  Wilson  Kerstetter, Richfield,  Pa. 


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Serial  No. 

1156     Paul    Kerstetter,    Mt.    Pleasant   Mills,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1352     Thomas  Abner  Kerstetter Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1383     William    Henry   Kerstetter,    Meiserville,    Pa. 

1621     Charles  Alvin  Kessler, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1623     Franklin    Isaiah   Kessler Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1269     Herbert   William   Kessler Middleburg,   Pa. 

1264     Homer  Franklin  Kessler,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1572     Joseph  Elias  Kessler, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

455     Lester  Charles  Kessler,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

587     Alvin   Sylvester  Kinney,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   2. 

1713     Harry  Franklin  Kinney,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

461     Lewis  Edward  Kinney,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

26     Charles    Monroe    Kissinger,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

1035     Benton   Hoyt   Klase Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1045     Victor  Allen  Klase,   Middleburg,  Pa. 

935     Alvin  Kline, McClure,  Pa. 

1450     Amnion    Edward    Kline Winfield,    Pa. 

1447     Artie    Palmer   Kline,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

931     Clair  David  Kline,    McClure,   Pa. 

1455      Clyde  Edward  Kline,    Winfield,   Pa. 

1433     Earl  Leroy  Kline,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

880     Franklin    Kline,     McClure,    Pa. 

645     Franklin    Edwin    Kline,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

890      George  Calvin  Kline, McClure,  Pa. 

124     Harry  Arthur  Kline,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1290     Henry  Lester  Kline,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1403     Henry  Foster  Kline,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

903  Hiram  Wilson  Kline, McClure,  Pa. 

1453     James  Israel  Kline, Winfield,  Pa. 

907     John  Martin  Kline,    McClure,  Pa. 

268     Kimber  Sidney  Kline, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

127     Lester  Dewey  Kline,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1701      Miles  Long  Kline Northumberland,   Pa. 

1439     Ralph    Noah    Kline,     Winfield,    Pa. 

882     Reuben  Ambrose  Kline,   McClure,  Pa. 

905     Samuel    Harvey    Kline,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

267      Clarence  Howard  Klinepeter, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

815     Ammon  Joseph  Klingler,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D..  No.   1. 

901      Amos  Edward  Klingler, McClure,  Pa. 

1584      Calvin    Harrington    Klingler,    Northumberland,    Pa. 

896     Floyd  Swanger  Klingler,    McClure,  Pa. 

923      George  Abraham  Klingler, McClure,  Pa. 

315     Harry    Homer    Klingler,     Middlecreek,    Pa. 

946     James  William  Klinger, McClure,  Pa. 

618     John   Cyril  Klingler,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1428     Raymond  Alfred  Klingler,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1025      Raymond  Jerome  Khuger Middleburg,   Pa.,  R.   D.   No.   3. 

912      Samuel  Harold  Klingler, McClure,  Pa. 

621      William  Klingler,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

627     William    Foster    Klingler,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

755     William  Henry  Klingler, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

948     Fred  Oliver  Klose,   Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

1248     Isaac    Daniel    Klose Middleburg,    Pa. 

1668     William  Clyde  Knauer,    Shamokin    D?m,    Pa. 

898     Henry  Wilson  Knepp,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa. 

904  Irvin   Fern    Knepp,    McClure,    Pa. 

304     James  Henry  Knepp,    Benfer,  Pa. 

875     John  Calvin  Knepp, McClure',  Pa. 

155     Mason    Samuel    Knepp,    McClure,    Pa.',    R.    D.    No.    2. 

864     Prestie    Albert   Knepp,    McClure,    Pa. 


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Serial    No. 

906     Wilbur  Augustus  Knepp, McClure,  Pa. 

592      Albert    Daniel    Knouse,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1440      David  Henry   Knouse,    Kratzerville,    Pa. 

450     Harry  Milton  Knouse,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1225     Newton   Gelnet   Knouse,    Mt.   Pleasant   Mills,   Pa. 

656     Norman  Knouse Kratzerville,  Pa. 

444     Harry  Isaac  Kocher, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

73      Abner    Kratzer,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

624      Calvin  Andrew  Kratzer,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1138      Charles    Michael    Kratzer,    Richfield,    Pa. 

66     Francis    Kratzer,     Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D. 

1678      Gardie    Leroy    Kratzer,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1083     Harry  Philip  Kratzer, Richfield,  Pa. 

1008     Harvey   Kratzer,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1443      Harvey   Milton   Kratzer,    Winfield,    Pa. 

136     Jacob   Samuel   Kratzer McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 

666     Jonas   Courtley   Kratzer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

399      Murray  Arthur  Kratzer, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

606      Murray  Franklin   Kratzer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1100     Newton  Percival  Kratzer, Richfield,  Pa. 

1404  Percival  Henry  Kratzer Kratzerville,  Pa. 

1160     Ralph  Luther  Kratzer Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1405  Riley    Ray   Kratzer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

628      Wesley  Jonas  Kratzer,    Kratzerville,  Pa. 

973     Jacob    Edward   Krause,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    3. 

1006     Henry   Elliot   Krebs,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,   R.    D.   No.    2. 

1563      Arthur   Norman    Kreider,    Winfield,    Pa. 

1209      John  Adam  Kreighbaum,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

388      Gwynne   Russell   Kremer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

894     George  Homer  Krick,    McClure,   Pa. 

917     Lawrence  Ammon  Krick,   McClure,  Pa. 

1012     Amon  Jerome  Krouse,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

405      Harry   Samuel  Krouse,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

739      Albert  Henry  Kuhns,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

1510      Arthur  Samuel  Kuhns,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1486     Clavens  Eugene  Kuhns,   Middleburg,  Pa. 

1410     Clayton   Ervin  Kuhns,    Winfield,  Pa. 

724     Clottie   Eugene   Kuhns,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

345      Daniel  Kuhns,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1524     David  Penrose  Kuhns,   Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1591      Ezra    Palmer    Kuhns,     Northumberland,    Pa. 

344      George   Dewey   Kuhns,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

1482      Samuel  Frederick   Kuhns,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

156     Vincent    Wilhelm    Kuhn,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1520      William   McKinley   Kuhns, Middleburg,   Pa. 

950      Grant    William    Kumler,     Kreamer,    Pa. 

673      Cloyd   Russel   Kunkel,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1687      George  Benjamin  Kunkel,   Winfield,  Pa. 

562     John    Ezra   Kunkel,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1673      Samuel  Edward  Kunkel, Winfield,  Pa. 

581      George  Daniel  Kuster, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

594      Paul   Henry   Kuster,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

622     Theadore  Fisher   Kuster Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

L 

886  Henry  William   Lacombe,    McClure,   Pa. 

1218  Francis    Cloyd    Landis, Richfield,    Pa. 

289  Charles    Wesley    Lash,     ....     Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

942  John  Adam  Latsha, McClure,  Pa. 

641  David  Valentine  Laudenslager, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

578  Jordan  Henry  Laudenslager, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

635  Justice    Franklin    Laudenslager,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1109  Christian    Maurice    Lauver,     Richfield,    Pa. 


304  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial  No. 

1230     John  Lauver, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1062     Ashley  Alward   Lawrence,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   4. 

64     Jacob  Lawver,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

82     John  Edward  Lawver, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

85     Ryan  Lee  Lawver,   Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

472     Harry  Albright  LeFever, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1458     Jacob  William  Leiby,    Winfield,  Pa. 

862     Clarence   Samuel   Leitner,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1098     Charles  Leitzel,    Richfield,   Pa. 

1436     Charles   Edward    Leitzel,    Winfield,    Pa. 

1432     Hughlin  Jerome  Leitzel,   Kratzerville,  Pa. 

1451  Irvin   Clay  Leitzel,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1446     Jefferson    Cleveland    Leitzel,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1452  Joel   Percival   Leitzel,    Kratzervilie,    Pa. 

1119     Samuel   Shelly   Leitzel,    Richfield,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1011     William  Abraham   Leitzel,    Kreamer,   Pa. 

1617      Samuel    David    Lemon,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1028     Harvey  Galen  Lenig,   Kreamer,  Pa. 

255     Leon    Albert   Lenig,    .  .  .  ._ Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

914  Charles  Ambrose  Lepley,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

362      Clair  Dewey  Lepley, Benfcr,  Pa. 

366      Charles  Franklin  Lepley, Benfer,  Pa. 

275     Ira  Edwin  Lepley, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

323     James  Wellington  Lepley, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

915  Ralph    Edward    Lepley,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1154     Ira  Eldon  Lessman, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1570     Harry  Simpson  Lewis,    Shamokin  Dam,   Pa. 

1066     Reed    William    Libby,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

543      Charles   William   Lindner,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

483      George  Patterson  Livingstone,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

432     Herbert  Horace  Livingstone, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

147     Charles  Clarence  Long,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

494     Daniel    Ott    Long,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

630     Elmer  Newton  Long Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

733     George   Daniel   Long,    Beavertown.    Pa. 

449     Jacob  Madison  Long,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

379     James  Raymond  Long,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

966     James  Sydney  Oscar  Long, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1371     John  Jackson  Long Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

403     John  Peter  Long, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1625     Norman  Arthur  Long, Northumberland,  Pa. 

505     William  Vester  Long,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1182      Charles   Edwin    Longacre,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

168     Emanuel    Longacre,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1195     Isaac   Witmer  Longacre,    Mt.    Pleasant   Milk,   Pa. 

1178     Jacob  Oscar  Longacre,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1152     William  Guy  Longacre, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

924     Oliver  Tobias  Longer, McClure,  Pa. 

921     Ezra  Garfield  Lose,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   2. 

1526     Archie  Andrew  Loss Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1513     Clyde  Celestdine  Loss Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1512     Elmer  Elsworth  Loss, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1496     Peter  Benjamin  Loss,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

358     Guy  George  Luck,    Benfer,  Pa. 

1699     Ira    Luck Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1421     Norman    Luck,    Winfield,    Pa. 

434     Howard   Rockwell    Lytle,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 


DRAFT   REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918  305 


M 

Serial  No. 

492     Fred  Machmer Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1414     Frank   Isadore   Maize,    Winfield,   Pa. 

286     Jerome  Eugene  Manbeck, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1114     David  Franklin  Maneyal, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

88     John  Henry  Maneval, Middleburg,  Pa. 

436     George  Magnus  Mark,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1059  Benjamin   Franklin    Markel,    ....    Middleburg,   Pa.,    R.   D.    No.    1. 

1173     William  Franklin  Markel, McAlisterville,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1282     Eugene    Markley,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

441      Charles  Landis  Marks Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1717     Fred   Marks,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.   D.   No.   2. 

935     Lloyd  Sylvester  Marks, McClure,  Pa. 

653      Francis  Lee  Martin Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

72     Henry    Austin    Martin,     Fneeburg,    Pa. 

1518     Jesse  Russel  Martin,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

94      Oscar  Graybill  Martin,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

1140     Jacob  Irvin  Master, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1095     James   Edwin    Master Richfield    Pa. 

1288      Charles   Spurgeon   Mattern,    Middlebur-i',   Pa. 

969     Allen   Francis   Maurer,    Middleburg,    Pa.,   R.   D.    No.    3. 

1423      Benjamin    Henry    Maurer,     Winfield,    Pa. 

347  Calvin  Ambrose  Maurer,   Middlecreek,,  Pa. 

579     Charles  Andrew  Maurer,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1632     Edward  Burg  Maurer,    Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1022     George   Sidney  Maurer,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   3. 

1420     Harry  Samuel   Maurer,    Winfield,   Pa. 

967     John  Ammon  Maurer,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

348  William  Charles  Maurer,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1434      William  Henry  Maurer,    Winfield,  Pa. 

261     Joseph  Waden  McClellan,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

926     Robert  Clark  McClellan, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1226     George    Edward    Meiser,     Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

517     George  William  Mease Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1334     Dewey  Roy  Meiser,    Meiserville,   Pa. 

1612     Edward    Meiser Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

52  Samuel    Meiser,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1176     William  Henry  Meiser Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

257     Charles    A.    Mengel,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1214     Grant  Mengle,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1168     Harry    Mengel,     Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

577     Henry   Albert    Mengel,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

575     John  Albert  Mengle, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1312     John  Allen   Mengle,    Middleburg.   Pa. 

1278     Milton  Mengel,   Middleburg,  Pa. 

564     Charles  Foster  Metzger, selinsgrove,  Pa. 

214      Roscoe  Theopholus  Metzger, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

463  William    Edward    Metzger,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

172      John  William  Michaels, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

527      Samuel  Robert  Michaels,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

766      Charles    Jacob    Middleswarth,     Troxelvillc,    Pa. 

704     Ira  Musser  Middleswarth Beavertown,   Pa 

646     Charles  Arthur  Miller,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

530     Elmer  Elsworth  Miller,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1514     Floyd  Showers  Miller,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

557     Harry  Grant  Miller,    Selinsgrove,   Pa- 

1004      Harry   William    Miller,    Kreamcr,    Pa. 

48     John  H.   Miller,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

464  Norman  Atwood  Miller, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

667     Scott   E.    Miller, Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

53  William    Charles   Miller,    Freeburg,    Pa. 


306  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial    No. 

1249  Creighton    Stanley    Millhouse,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

1199  John  Edward  Minium,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

28  Percival   Albert   Minnich,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

763  Charles   Palmer   Mitchel,    Troxelviile,    Pa. 

840  Cloyd  Charles  Mitchell, Middleburg,   Pa. 

961  Freman  Greier  Mitchel, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

270  Harry  Alvah  Mitchell, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

854  Paul   Daniel   Mitchell,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

752  Seth  Cornelius  Mitchell, Troxelviile,  Pa. 

1483  William   Henry   Mitchell,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

47  Edward    Mitterling,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

40  Harvey   Mitterling,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

43  John   Benjamin   Mitterling Freeburg,   Pa. 

996  Austin  Mohr, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1002  Cloyd  Mohr, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

663  David  Mohr, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1 400  Albert  Harry  Moyer, Winfield,  Pa. 

1040  Allen   Edward   Moyer,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1395  Benton   Leroy  Moyer,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa. 

101  Cloyd    Milton    Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

117  Earl   Frederick   Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

104  Edwin  Klose  Moyer Freeburg,  Pa. 

1307  Elmer  Edward   Moyer,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1385  Francis  B.  Moyer Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

756  Franklin  Martin  Moyer,    Troxelviile,  Pa. 

113  George  Ammon  Moyer,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

102  George    Gustavus   Moyer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

109  George    Peter    Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

788  Harvey    Moyer,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

110  Henry  Wilson  Moyer,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,   R.  D.  No.   3. 

760  Herbert  Austin  Moyer, Beavertown,  Pa. 

1077  Jacob  Philip  Moyer,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

697  James  Foster  Moyer,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

475  James  Franklin   Moyer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1642  John  Clifford  Moyer,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

103  John    Frederick    Moyer,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

99  John    Nevin    Moyer,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

786  John  Peter  Moyer,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

111  John  Reuben  Moyer, Freeburg,  Pa. 

106  Joseph    Calvin   Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

655  Kenneth   Henry   Moyer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1365  Levi    Riley    Moyer,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

115  Malvin    Lee    Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

1437  Martin    Henry    Moyer,     Winfield,    Pa. 

112  Michael  S.  Moyer,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

108  Myron  Abbott   Moyer,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

1599  Nathaniel  Harry  Moyer, Northumberland,  Pa. 

107  Norman   Earnest   Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

116  Russell    Lowell    Moyer,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

738  Samuel   Alfred    Moyer,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

968  William   George   Moyer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.    D.   No.    2. 

1147  William  Kohler  Moyer, .    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1379  William  Richard  Moyer, Meiservile,  Pa. 

378  Carl   Hobert   Mull,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1664  Franklin  Harvey  Mull,    Northumberland,   Pa. 

12  George   Mull Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 

1457  Ray   Grant   Mull Kratzerville,    Pa. 

317  Ammon  Elsworth  Musser Beaver   Springs,  Pa. 

983  Ammon    Jerome    Musser,     Kreamer     Pa. 

1246  Cloyd   Alvin    Musser,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1607  Daniel  Franklin  Musser,    Northumberland,  Pa. 


DRAFT   REGISTRATION,    SEPT.    12,    1918 


307 


Serial 

68 
988 
284 
702 
1235 
469 


1244 

1034 

1517 

1538 

604 

1133 

767 

144 

801 

940 

457 

633 

185 

1610 

1387 

210 

235 

1063 

1344 

298 

1349 

1362 

1374 

524 

782 

1601 

390 

384 

743 

822 


1715 

1536 

368 

400 

802 

1487 

1635 

843 

1397 

351 

143 

965 

429 

433 

542 

544 


863 

601 

1205 

1314 


No. 

George  Albert  Musser,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

George  Frederick  Musser, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

Palmer  Anson  Musser, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Park  Edwin  Musser, Beavertown,  Pa. 

Albert   Herman   Mutschler,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

George  Frederick  Mutchler,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

N 

Lloyd  Edward  Nace,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

Thomas  Jacob  Nace,   Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

Clement  Bowersox  Napp, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

Melvin  Alvin  Napp, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

William   Harrison   Napp,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Franklin  Samuel  Naugle, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

Carl   Asher   Nearhood,    Troxelville,    Pa. 

Levi  William  Nearhood McClure,  Pa. 

Ira  Lincoln  Narehood, Troxelville,  Pa. 

Joseph  Samuel  Neidig McClure,  Pa. 

Charles  Daniel  Neiswender,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Seth    Jackson    Neiswender,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Edwin  Franklin  Neitz Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  — . 

Francis  Edwin  Neitz Northumberland,  Pa. 

George  Adam  Neitz, Liverpool,  Pa. 

Lawrence  Leopold  Neitz,    ....    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

William  Galen  Neitz, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

Frank  Wilson  Newman,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   4. 

Isaac .  Newman,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa. 

Jacob  Edward  Newman, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

James   Asber   Newman,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa. 

John  Clinton  Newman, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

William  Dallas  Newman,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

George  Linton  Nerhood,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

William  Franklin  Nerhood,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

Arthur  Franklin   Noll,    Northumberland,   Pa. 

Asher  Leroy  Noll,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Donald  Eugene  Noll,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Charles  Franklin  Norman,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

Ira  Herbert  Norman,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

o 

Charles  Oberlin,   Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

Foster  Henry  Oberlin Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

Ammon  Jonathan   Ocker,    Benfer,  Pa. 

Bryson  Clark  Ocker,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

George   Jay   Ocker,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

Rush  James  Ocker Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

William    Woods    Ocker,     Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

George    Hassinger    Oldt,    Paxtonvillo,    Pa. 

Gerald  Foster  Oldt, Winficld,  Pa. 

William  George  Oldt,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

William    Henry    Oldt,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

Earnest   Howe    Oplinger,    Kreamer,   Pa. 

Clifford  Nelson  Orner, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

Jacob    Greiff   Ott,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

Murray   Winfred    Ott,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

Simon  William  Ott,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

P 

Arthur  Emanuel  Paige, Middleburg,  Pa. 

George  Washington  Paige Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

George    Washington    Paige,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

John    Albert    Painter,    Middleburg,    Pa. 


308  SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Serial  No. 

328     George  Howard  Pearson, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1146     John    0.    Pellman,    '•••    Richfield,    Pa. 

1102     Paul    S.    Pellman McAlisterville,    Pa. 

911     Herben  Vernie  Pennington McClure,  Pa. 

466     John  Penny, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

61     Charles  Franklin  Perkinson,   Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

154     James    William    Peter,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    — . 

293     Allen  William  Peters, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

157     Anthony  Harrison    Peters,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1198     David   Victor   Peters,    Mt.    Pleasant   Mills,    Pa. 

311     Homer   Henry    Peters,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

308     Ira  Caspar  Peters, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1048     John  Faro  Peters,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

271     William  Daniel  Peters, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  2. 

519     William  Frederick  Pfeifer, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

909     Carl  Willard  Pheasant, McClure,  Pa. 

919     William  Henry  Pheasant, McClure,  Pa. 

418     Benjamin    Thomas    Phillips,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

442     William  George  Phillips,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1494      Samuel  Cloyd  Pontius, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1719      George   Pontius,    Washington    Twp. 

1169     Frank    Arbogast    Portzline,    Richfield,    Pa. 

1155     Isaac  Frank  Portzline, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1192     Thomas  Portzline,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

376     Albert    Raymond    Potteiger,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

411     Robert  Joseph  Potteiger,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1279     Harry   Elmer   Predix,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1593  Burtrand  Alvin  Putnam,    ....    Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

R 

451     John   Edwin   Rambo,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1021     Henry  Edward  Ramer,    Globe  Muls,  Pa. 

19     Isaac  William  Ramer, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

230      Charles  G.  Rathfon, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

223  James  Frederick  Rathfon,    ....    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1241      Lewis  Homer  Rathfon,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1030      Charles  Franklin  Rau, Kreamer,  Pa. 

1283      Charlie  Theadore  Rauch, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1647     Naltie  Clay  Rauch,    , Northumberland,   Pa. 

44     William  Noah  Rauch,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

1394     William  Raush.    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1703     James    Jacob    Rearick,    Shamokin    Dam.    Pa. 

576     Ammon  Eugene  Reed, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D,  No.  2. 

589     Forrest    Edwin    Reed,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

383      Stanley   Jacob    Reed,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1637      Charles   Wellington    Reedy,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

27     Dewey  Washington  Reich, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

1069      Grover  Cleveland   Reich,    Middleburg,   Pa.,  R.   D.   No.   4. 

1603     Arthur  Nace  Reichenbach, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1216      Charles  Edward  Reichenbach,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

212  David  Franklin  Reichenbach,  ....  Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1157     Dewey  L.  Reichenbach, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1346     Elias   Foster   Reichenbach,    Meiserville,    Pa. 

1583     Harvey  Nace  Reichenbach, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1600     Henry  Samuel   Reichenbach,    Northumberland,    Pa. 

1137     John   Ammon    Reichenbach,    Richfield,    Pa. 

1373     John  Ammon  Reichenbach, Port  Trevorton    Pa. 

1297     Percival   Albert   Reichenbach,    Middleburg,    Pa! 

1355     Percival    Henry    Reichenbach Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

llS,l     £?.^en  BenJ?min  Reichenbach, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1343     William    H.    Reichenbach,     Port    Trevorton     Pa 


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Serial    No. 

848     Charles    William    Isaac    Reigle,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

1300     Foster    Reigle,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1254     Harry  Frank   Reigle,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

332     Park   Russell   Reigle,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

1299     William    H.    Reigle,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

180     Ammon   Reinard,    Port  Trevorton,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

183      Calvin   Reinard,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

240     Harry  Edwin  Reinard, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

259     Hobson  Dewey  Reinard, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

236     John  Henry  Reinard,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

219     John  Sylvester  Reinard, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

215      Phares   Reinard,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1284      David  Oliver  Reinert,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1441      Albert    Calvin    Renninger,    Winfield,    Pa. 

891      George  Dewey  Renninger, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

852     Grant  Emerson  Renninger,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

811  Herman   Sylvester  Renninger,    ....    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

974     John   Franklin   Renninger,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    3. 

602      Simon  Franklin   Renninger,    Selinsgrovc,   Pa. 

569     Frank  A.   Rentz, Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1681     Irvin   Willow   Rhoads, Winfield,   Pa. 

540      Benjamin  Franklin   Rhymestine,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

529      Clair    William    Rice,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

518     Merritt  Rodgers  Richter,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

77     Charles  Albert  Riegle, Freeburg,  Pa. 

310     Jacob  Franklin  Rigel,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1595      William    Rochus    Riegel,     Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

263     William  McKinley  Rigel, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1359     Albert  Bingaman  Rine, McKees  Half  Fails,  Pa. 

1389     William    B.    Rine,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

732     Walter    Abraham    Ripka,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

416      George  Warren  Rishel,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1268     Elias    Ritter,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

326     Harvey  Foseer  Ritter, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1240     Heber  Elias  Ritter,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1462     Jacob    Heber    Ritter,    Winfield,    Pa. 

498     John   Oscar  Ritter,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1245     Parson   Ross   Ritter,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1597      William  Martin  Ritter,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

427     John  Clark  Robinson, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1529      Charles  Pell  Rohland,    Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1409      Raloh   Sidney  Rohland,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

39     Frank  Carleton  Rohrer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1341      Jonathan  Black  Rohrer Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

135     Charles  William  Romig,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

346     Clymer   Romig,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

316     Forrest  Clyde  Romig, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

142     Harry  Jackson  Romig, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

364      Hurley  Romig,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa. 

130  Jerome  Jerry   Romig,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

151     John  Henry 'Romig,    McClure,   Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

161     Ner  Benjamin   Romig,    McClure,  Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   1. 

872      Warden   Calvin  Romig,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

330      William  Albert  Romig, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

159     Andrew    C.    Rothrock McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

121     Calvin  Ambrose  Rothrock,   McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

131  Isaac  Theadore  Rothrock,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

565     George  Bickle  Roush,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

9     Ira  Philip  Roush, Freeburg,  Pa. 

8     Joseph   L.   Roush Freeburg,   Pa. 

977     Philip  Melanchton   Roush,    Globe  Mills,   Pa. 


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Serial  No. 

982     Clarence    Franklin    Row,     Kreamer,    Pa. 

591     Ralph    John    Row,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

671  Alfred  Tennyson  Rowe,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

588     Alvin  Smith  Rowe Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

672  Edgar  Wallace  Rowe, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

580     Elmer  Valentine   Rowe,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

629     Ira  Clarence  Rowe, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

644     Jacob    George   Rowe,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

397     Paul  Emerson  Rowe,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1005     Robert  Roscoe  Rowe,   Kreamer,  Pa. 

590     Victor   Kuster    Rowe,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1438     Franklin  Austria  Royer, Winfieid,  Pa. 

1557     William   Owen   Ruhl,    Shamokin   Darn,    Pa. 

184     Joseph  Russell  Runk Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

545     Ralph  Monson  Runyan,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

s 

990     Harry  Edwin  Sampsel, Kreamer,  Pa. 

805     Isaac  Elmer  Sanders, Middleburg,   Pa. 

1569     Ira  Garfield  Sanders Northumberland,  Pa.  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1227     John  Kerstetter  Sanders,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1532      Carl  Emerson  Sassaman, Penns  Creak,  Pa. 

1548  Charles  Edward  Sassaman,    ....   Northumberland,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No. 2. 

1401      Rufus    Calvin    Sassaman,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1708     William  Foster  Sassaman, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1020     George  Henry  Sauer,   Kreamer,  Pa. 

956     Isaac  Thomas  Sauer,    Kreamer,  Pa. 

599      Calvin    Martin    Sauers,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

947     Samuel  Jacob   Schaffer,    Kreamer,   Pa. 

737     J.   Parke   Schlegel, .    Beavertown,    Pa. 

504     George  Schnure  Schoch, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

435      Silas   Howard    Schoch,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

243     Arthur   Monroe    Scholl,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1370     Benjamin  Franklin  Scholl, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

485      Simon  Ammon  Scholl, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

560     William   Marian    Schnure,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

325     Ferdinand  Garfield  Sehrader, Troxelville,  Pa. 

714     Jay   Rearich    Sehrader,    Beavertown,    Pa. 

1332  Gomez  Hedwig  Schreiber,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1340     Randall   Simpson   Schreiber,    Port  Trevorton,   Pa. 

195      Charles  William  Schrey,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

404     Benjamin  Ghorn  Schuck,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

495     Daniel  Ginther  Schucker, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1016     Dewey   Henry    Seaman,    Kreamev,    Pa. 

1306     Luther  Adwood   Searer,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1539     Bruce  Melvin  Seasholtz, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

372      Charles  Edward  Seasholtz, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1351      Charles  Patterson  Seasholtz, Liverpool,  Pa. 

1422     William  Ira  Seebold, Winfield,  Pa. 

1301      Benjamin    Franklin    Sechrist,    Middleburp-,'  Pa. 

1592      Charles  Wesley  Sechrist,    Northumberland,   Pa. 

1634     George    Harrison    Sechrist Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

178     Walter  Leon   Sechrist,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   3. 

1188     John  David  Seiders,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

490     A.    Hiram    Seigfried,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1672     Jacob  Houseworth  Shafer,    Northumberland    Pa 

229     Allen  John   Shaffer,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No    2. 

11  ™     Charles  Nelson  Shaffer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

69      Charles  Thomas   Shafer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.  No    3 

1333  Dewey  Augustus   Shaffer,    Port  Trevorton     Pa 


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Serial  No. 

228     Dewey  Hobson  Shaffer, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1143     Edward    Crafford    Shaffer,    Richfield,    Pa. 

1339     Foster  Daniel  Shaffer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

736     George    Percival    Shaffer,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

186     Grant  Lee  Shaffer,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.l. 

188     Harry  Albert  Shaffer Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

33     Henry  Arthur  Shaffer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1208     Jacob  Albert  Shaffer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

254     Jacob  Edgar  Shaffer, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1224     John  Franklin  Shaffer,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

962     John   Irvin    Shaffer Globe   Mills,   Pa. 

226  Ray   Milton    Shaffer,    Port   Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1217     Sherman  Wilson   Shaffer,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

225      Simon  Jacob  Shaffer, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1690  Steward    Richard    Shaffer,     Winfield,    Pa. 

1660      Thomas  Nelson  Shaffer,    Winfieid,  Pa. 

1163     William    Anson    Shaffer,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

227  William   Arnold   Shaffer,    ....    Port  Trevorton,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 
16     William  Jacob  Shaffer, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1534     Dale  Leroy  Shambach,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

774      Edgar    Christian    Shambach,     Troxelville,    Pa. 

1506     Frank    Preston    Shambach,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

4      Miles  Edgerd  Shambach, Middleburg,  R  .D.  No.  4,  Pa. 

855     Spurgeon  Sanford  Shambach, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1271      Thomas    Franklin    Shambach,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

1691  William  Henry  Shambach,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

804      Ernest  Franklin  Shawver, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R    D.  No.  2. 

1032     Robert  Maine  Shawver, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

867      Walter  Dewey  Shawver, McClure,  Pa. 

1220     William    Henry    Sheaffer,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

1149     Corbett  Louis   Sheetz,    Richfield,  Pa. 

1465     Calvin   Shell,    Penns   Creek,   Pa. 

1118     Edward  Shellenberger, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2 

1134     George  Henry  Shellenberger,    Richfield,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   1. 

1105     William   Shellenberger,    Richfield,   Pa. 

813      Clinton   Geere   Shemorry,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

768      Wesley   Simon    Shemorry,    Troxelville,   Pa. 

1654     Cyrus    Sylvester    Shipe,    Shamokn    Dam,    Pa. 

1259     John    Pearson    Shires,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

900     Arthur    Daniel    Shirey,     McClure,    Pa. 

359      Frank  John  Shirey,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1099     Abel   A.    Shirk,    Richfield,    Pa. 

681      Charles  Edward  Shirk,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

150     Edward    Berry    Shive,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1325     Milton   Michael   Sholley,    Port  Trevorton,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

233      Ammon    Sholly,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

1037      Harvey  Arthur  Sholly,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   4. 

217      Ira  David   Sholly,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   3. 

71      Philip  Edwin  Sholly,   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

426     William   Clifford  Sholly,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1631      Franklin  Lee  Shotsberger, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

231      John    Shotsberger,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1207      Aaron   Shuler   Showers,    Liverpool,   Pa. 

1501     John  Clarence  Showers, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1120      George   Dewey   Shrawder,    Richfield,   Pa.,    R.   D.    No.    2. 

30     Park  Stevens  Shrawder,    Freeburg,  Pa. 

1110     Solomon  Wesley  Shrawder, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

29      William  Holman  Shrawder, Freeburg,  Pa. 

1200     John  Adam  Sierer,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1237     James   Thompson    Sigler Middleburg,    Pa". 

1233      Samuel  Barber  Simonton,    Swineford,  Pa. 


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Serial  No. 

369     Charles  Franklin  Sipe, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1546     Isaac  Frederick  Slear, Shame-kin  Dam,  Pa. 

1580  James  Ira  Slear, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1615     Harvey  Raymond  Smeltz,    Winfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1675     Herman  Roy  Smeltz,    Winfield,  Pa. 

1589  Alfred    Daniel    Smith,    Winfield,    Pa. 

301     Ammon  Smith,    Beaver  Springs,   Pa. 

742     Burkelinton  Philmin  Smith,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

209      Charles  Lumbert  Smith, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

694     Clayton  Bowman  Smith, Beavertown,  Pa. 

1041      Clemmon  Harvey  Smith, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1489     David   Roy   Smith,    Penns    Creek,    Pa. 

1498     George    Allen    Smith,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

593     Harry    Percival    Smith,     Selmsgrove,    Pa. 

670     Harry  Wilson  Smith,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1277     Herbert   William    Smith,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

355     James    Henry    Smith Benfer,    Pa. 

1561     John    Franklin    Smith,    Winfield,    Pa. 

280     John  Frederick  Smith, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1270     John    Shambaugh    Smith,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

295     Lester  Franklin   Smith Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   1. 

1054     Lloyd  Elsworth  Smith,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   3. 

377      Oliver  Robert   Smith Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1590  Samuel    Edward    Smith,     Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1710     William   S.   Smith,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

] 276     Aura    Estes    Snook,    Middleburg,    Ps 

365      Charles  Franklin  Snook, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

125     George  Abraham   Snook,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 

424      George   Claude   Snook,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

908     Hurley  Philip  Snook, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

361     James  Forry  Snook, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

162     John    David    Snook,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

715     John  Samuel  Snook,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

139  John  William  Snook McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

913     John  Wilson  McKinley  Snook, McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

353     Lester  Snook, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

140  Samuel  Theadore  Snook,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.    1. 

689     Aaron  Jacob  Snyder,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

248  Carl  Elwood  Snyder Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

720      Charles  Franklin  Snyder,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   1. 

509      Charles  Howard  Snyder,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

245  Clarence   Eli    Snyder,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1289     Daniel    Oliver    Snyder,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1659     Daniel  William  Snyder, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

247     David    Henry    Snyder Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

246  Edwin    Jeremiah    Snyder,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

34     Felix    Snyder,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

1089     Floyd   Elmer   Snyder,    Richfield,    Pa. 

954     James  Grant  Snyder Kreamer,    Pa. 

249  Jeremiah    Geist    Snyder,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

1581  John   Adam    Snyder,    Shamokin    Dam.    Pa. 

748     John  Calvin  Snyder, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1670     John  Wilson   Snyder,    Shamokin  Dam,   Pa. 

929     Murry  Edward  Snvder, McClure,  Pa. 

166     Nevin  Earnest  Snyder, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

250  Samuel  Edward  Snyder, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1656      Samuel  Peter  Snyder Northumberland,  Pa. 

11 39     Thomas    Snyder,     RichfieM,    Pa. 

693     William  Harrison   Saylor,    Beavertown,   Pa. 

456     Edwin  Peter  Sones Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

437      Charles  Christian    Spade,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 


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Serial    No. 

1260     Harry  Thomas  Spaid,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

703     Warren  Daniel  Spaid, Beavertown,  Pa. 

790     ,Cloyd  Austin  Spaide,    Troxelville,  Pa. 

798     Daile    Middleswarth    Spaide,    Troxelville.    Pa. 

1685     David  Adam  Specht,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

1079     Francis   Marion    Specht,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D   No.   3. 

853     John  Lester   Specht,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

1073     Reno   Calvin  Specht,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

709     William  McClure  Specht,   Beavertown,  Pa. 

393      Cyril  Isaiah  Henry  Speigelmire,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

440      Thomas   Henry    Speigelmire,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

296  Frederick  Daniel  Philip  Spigelmyer,  .  .Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  1. 

844      Thomas  William   Spigelmyer,    Paxtonville,  Pa. 

1360     John  Adam  Spotts,    Meiserville,  Pa. 

1082     John   Jacob    Spriggle,    Richfield,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1106     William  Earl   Spriggle,    Richfield,   Pa. 

67     Joseph   Burd   Springman,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

174     Daniel    L.    Stahl Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

200     Dewey    Stahl,     Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

199     Dewey  Edward  Stahl,    Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D    No.  3. 

617      Jacob    Peter    Stahl,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

625     James  Franklin   Stahl,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

586     Jeremiah  Melanchton  Stahl, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1047     John    Clayton    Stahl,    Middleburg,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1350     John    W.    Stahl,    Liverpool,    Pa. 

595     Jonas    Aaron    Stahl,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1616      Martin    Luther   Stahl,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1322     John   Luther    Stahlnecker,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

171      Aaron  Brubaker  Stauffer, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

252     Eli  S.  Stauffer, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

649     John   Stauffer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

252     John   D.    Stauffer,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

55     Moses  :Stauffer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

584     Samuel  Pawling  Stauffer, Selinsgrove,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  — . 

158     James  William   Steeley,    McClure,   Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   2. 

991     Zeno   Arthur   Steese,    Globe   Mills,   Pa. 

20      Charles  Albert  Steffen, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

838      Grant  Benjamin   Steffen,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

422     Harvey    Vincent    Steffen,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

23     Hiram  Clay  Steffen, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

532      James  Calvin  Steffen;    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1384     Os2ar  Steinba'ch,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

727      Charles  William  Steininger,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

1193     George   Albert    Steiver,    Mt.    Pleasant   Mills,    Pa. 

412     Harvey  Samuel  Sterner Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1266     Aaron    Leroy    Stetler,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

1320     Boyd    Homer    Stetler,    Swineford,    Pa. 

1658      Charles  Albert  Stetler, Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1286      Charles    Henrv    Stetler,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1024     Clyde   Bolig   Stetler,    Globe   MiLs,    Pa. 

1298     Lawrence    George    Stetler,    Middleburgs    Pa. 

1470      Newton  Benjamin  Stetler, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1313     Thomas  Adin   Stetler, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1624     Duke    Still,     Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1544     James  Garfield  Stine, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

489     Amos  John  Straub, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

821      Charles    Newton    Straub,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

93      George    Benjamin    Straub,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

92     James    Samuel    Straub,    Middleburg,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4. 

746      Lester  Ammon  Straub, Middleburg,  Pa. 


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177     Russell  -Marion   Straub,    Selinsgrove,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   3. 

90     William  David  Straub,    Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  N,o.  4. 

1131  Clarence  Dewey  Strawser, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D#.  No.  1. 

1206     Daniel  Henry   Strawser,    Liverpool,    Pa. 

1338     Edward    Lewis    Strawser,    Meiserville,   Pa. 

1342     Francis    Henry    Strawser,     Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

1142     Samuel  Amnion   Strawser,    Richfield,   Pa. 

1132  Irvin   Herbert  Strawser,    Richfield,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1129     Uriah  Ulysses   Strawser,    Richfield,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    1. 

1666     William  Jav  Strawser, Northumberland,  Pa. 

454     Elias  Stroub, •  •  •  •  •  .Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1172     Francis  Edward  Stroub, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2 

521     Walter  Daniel  Stroub,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1052     J.    Nevin    Stroup,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

1116     John  Clarence  Stroup, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  2. 

1630     Harvey   Stroup,    Shamokm    Dam,    Pa. 

1148     Norman  Roy  Stroup, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1126  Samuel    Stroup,    Richfield,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1000     Aldo    Stuck,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1662      Charles  Stuck, Northumberland,  Pa. 

1007     Elmer  Charles   Stuck,    Kreamer,   Pa. 

884     James    Franklin    Stuck,    McClure,    Pa. 

1186     John  Stuck,   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

391     Leon  George   Stuck,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

349     James    Albert    Stump,     Beaver    Springs,    Pa. 

1128     Adam  Bowersox  Swartz, Richfield,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1127  Jacob  Paul  Swartz, Richfiold,  Pa. 

239     William  Henry  Swartz, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1236     Irvin    Daniel    Swartzlander,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1419     Victor    Cleveland    Swartzlander,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

861      Ward   O.    Swartzlander,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

189     Arthur  Andrew  Swineford, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

211     Frank  Roverd  Swineford, Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

547     Lloyd  Albert   Swineford,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

555     William    Albright    Swineford,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1661      Ira  Wood  Swope, Northumberland,  Pa. 

T 

512     Earl   Edgar   Taylor,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1655     Brian  Teats,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

36      Claude  Snyder  Teats Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

1092     Stuart  S.  Teats,   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1331     Walter  S.  Teats Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

97      Charles  Edward  Tharp, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

76     William  Styles  Tharp Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

685      Clarence  Jeremiah  Thomas,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

363     John  Clarence  Thomas Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1540     Elmer  J.  Tittle Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1502     William  Franklin  Tittle, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

841      George   Washington    Trawitz,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1242      Oscar  Alvin   Trawitz,    Swineford,   Pa. 

41     William  Foster  Trawitz,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   4. 

1367      Emanuel    Jacob    Treevits,     Liverpool,    Pa. 

1328      Samuel  Henry  Treevits, Liverpool,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

21      Charles  Earnest  Trego, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

340     William  Harold  Trego, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

830     Benjamin    Franklin    Troup,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

75      Calvin  William  Troup, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1212      Charles   William   Troup,    Mt.    Pleasant   Mills,    Pa. 

196     Elsworth    Troup,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1231     Jacob  Edward  Troup, Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 


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Serial  No. 

1091     Luther  Marande  Troup,   Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

1348     Orlanda  S.  Troup,   Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1190     William  Robert  Troup,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

639      Aaron  Shalfer  Troutman,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1192     Charles  William  Troutman,   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

32     Harry  Walter  Troutman Freeburg,  Pa. 

78     Harvey  Newton  Troutman, Freeburg,    Pa. 

3      Roy  Newman  Troutman, Freeburg,  Pa. 

1151     William  Herbert  Troutman,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

799      Samuel  Henry  Troxell,    Troxelville,   Pa. 

1567     Samuel  Mather  Troxell,    Winfield,  Pa. 

473      David  Ammon   Trutt,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

314      Isaac  Milton  Try, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

370     James  Jacob  Try, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

290     John    Daniel    Try,    Beaver    Springs,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

320     William  Henry  Try, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

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636     Charles    Willard    Ulrich Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

417     Franklin  Foster  Ulrich,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1402      Franklin  .Simon  Ulrich,    Winfield,   Pa. 

1429     Frederick  Edward  Ulrich, Middleburg,  Pa. 

46     John    Lawrence   Ulrich,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    4/ 

1057     Malvinn  Robert  Ulrich, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

402      Selin    Davis    Ulrich,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

874     Erie   Evan   Ulsh,    McCluie,    Pa. 

338     James   Edwin   Ulsh,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

312      Warren  Leonard  Ulsh, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

677     James  Perry  Umholtz,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

1197     James  Marcellus  Underkoffler,   Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 

1682      George  Elmer  Updegrove,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

1103     Jacob  Foster  Uplinger, Richfield,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

V 

1159     David   Ray  Valentine,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,   Pa. 

22     Benjamin    Vail Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1292      Birt  Blair  VanHorn, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1280      Ira  Robert  VanHorn,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

95     Norris    William    Vanhorn,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

784     Harry  Franklin   Varner,    Troxelville,   Pa. 

w 

1315     Ammon    Sylvester    Wagenseller,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

421      Frank  Schoeh  Wagenseller, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

536      Harry  Franklin  Wagenseller, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

870     Aaron    Jesse    Wagner,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

899     Alfred  Harold  Wagner,    McClure,  Pa. 

382      Carl    Smith    Wagner,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

944      Charles    Ammon    Wagner,    McClure,    Pa. 

888     Charles  Edgar  Wagner,    McClure,  Pa. 

868      Charles   Franklin   Wagner,    McClure,    Pa. 

343      Ezra   Henry    Wagner Benfer,    Pa. 

149      Franklin  Blaine  Wagner McClure,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

648     George   Ehrer   Wagner,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1688      George  Elmer  Warner,    Northumberland,  Pa. 

63     George    Tillman    Wagner,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

126     Harry    Allen    Wagner,     McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

381     Harvey    Sylvester    Wagner Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

825     Herbert  Wagner, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

336     Jacob  Adam  Wagner,   Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1652      Jacob   Peter  Wagner,    Northumberland,   Pa. 


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1001     John  Alvin  Wagner, Kreamei,  ra. 

660     Leno    Ray    Wagner,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1669     Merrill  Lester  Wagner,    Northumberland,   Pa. 

910     Milton  Emanuel  Wagner,    McClure,   Pa. 

902      Orrren   Roscoe   Wagner McClure,    Pa. 

879     Orrie  Wilson  Wagner,    McClure,  Pa.,  R.   D.  No.   2. 

610     Ralph  Oberlin  Wagner,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

120     William  Arthur  Walborn, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

722     Alvin  Carpenter  Walker,    Beavertown,  Pa. 

728     George  Clarence  Walker Beavertown,  Pa. 

695     John  Peter  Walker, Beavertown,  Pa. 

741     Adam  Henry  Walter, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1488     Albert   Walter,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

816     Allen    Oscar    Walter,       Middleburg,    Pa. 

776     Ammon   Howard   Walter,    Troxelville,   Pa. 

640     Anthonv  Grant  Walter, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1718      Charles  Walter, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1464      Charles   Oscar  Walter,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

15      Cloyd  Edwin  Walter,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

294     Daniel  William  Walter, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1542     Ernest   Grant  Walter,    Penns    Creek,   Pa. 

674     Garman    Elias    Walter,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

608      George  Washington  Walter, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1425     Harvey  Eyer  Walter,    , Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1671     Harvey   Lee   Wnlter,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1530     Henry  Millard  Walter, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1051     Herbert   Samuel   Walter,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.    2. 

1291     Irvin  Foster  Walter,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

765     James  Walter,    Troxelville,  Pa. 

995     James  Garfield  Walter, Globe  Mills,  Pa. 

1080     Lee   Ernest   Walter,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1574     Lucian    Elmer   Walter,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1477     Melancthon   Milton  Walter,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

1078      Oscar  Walter, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

612     Ralph  Banks  Walter,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1533      Ray  Franklin  Walter,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

1261      Waldo  David   Walter,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

835     Warren  Luther  Walter, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

866     William   Henry   Warburton,    McClure,    Pa. 

925      Charles  Franklin  Warfel, McClure,  Pa. 

1720      Will  Watson,    Unknov/n,  Snyder  County,  Pa-      Col. 

938     Adam  Alvin   Weader,    McClure,   Pa. 

152     Franklin  Daniel   Weader,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

137     James  Edward  Weader,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.  D.   No.   2. 

1702      Walter   Franklin    Weader Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

567     James  Samuel   Webb,    , Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1232      Charles   Renninger   Wehr,    Swineford,    Pa. 

371      Ammon   Edward  Weiand,    Beaver   Springs,   Pa. 

279     John  William  Weiand,    Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

1578     Norman  McKinley  Weiand,    Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

1043      Charles  William  Weirick, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

829      George   Edward   Weirick Paxtonville,   Pa. 

859     Martin    Weirick,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

856     Reuben   David   Weirick,    Paxtonville,    Pa. 

10     William  Allen   Weller,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.  No.   4. 

1639      Clarence    Reuben    Wendt, Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

1657     David    Allison    Wendt,    Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

419     John  Boyd  Wendt, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1330     Robert    Samuel    Wendt,    Meiservillc,    Pa. 

224     Charles   Nevin    Wenrich,    Selinsgrove,  '  Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3*. 

218     Foster  Elias  Wentzel, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 


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Serial    No. 

1308     Michael  Ammon  Wenrich,    Middleburg,   Pa. 

380      Roland   Richard   Wenrich,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

873     Jesse    Brown    Wert,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

420     William  Asher   Wertz,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

729      Francis    Marion    Wetzel,     Beavertown,    Pa. 

1677      George    Franklin    Wetzel,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

710     John  Adam  Wetzel, Beavertown,  Pa. 

474     John  Dallas  Wetzel, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

687     Palmer  Edward  Wetzel, Beavertown,  Pa. 

1015     Paul    Edgar   Wetzel,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

945     Percy  Edward  Whiffen, McClure,   Pa. 

534      Charles  Leven  Whitmer, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

470     John  Michael  Whitmer,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

269      Banks  Ezra  Wiand, Beaver  Springs,  Pa. 

134      Howard  McCluney  Wieder,    McClure,   Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

876      George  Franklin  Will, Beaver  Springs,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 

222     Edward    Charles   Williams,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa. 

42     Clinton    Willis,     Freeburg,    Pa. 

1692     Harvey  Cleveland  Willow,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1122     John  Frederick  Willow,    McAlisterville,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   1. 

1094     William   Henrv   Willow Richfield,   Pa. 

1323  Boyd  Ernest  Wilt,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

561     Dallas  Albert  Wilt, Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

1364      Edward  Wilt,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

1366     Francis  Albert  Wilt McKees  Half  Falls,  Pa. 

513      George    Martin    Wilver,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1251     Dewey  Winey,    Swineford,  Pa. 

1055     Earl   Graybill   Winey,    Middleburg,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   4. 

1287     Lee  Graybill  Winey,    Middleburg,  Pa. 

1093     Lee   S.   Winey,    Richfield,   Pa. 

430  Edgar  Raney  Wingard,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

445     William  Wayne  Wirgman,    Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

14     Charles   William    Wise,    Freeburg,    Pa. 

194     Francis  Edwin  Wise,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.   2. 

611      George    David    Witmer,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

207      Ira    Edwin    Witmer,     Selinsgrove,    Pa..,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

1643     Jacob   Foster   Witmer,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

242      Norman  Walter  Witmer, Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

169      Walter   Elsworth   Witmer,    Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

1324  William  Edward  Witmer,    ....    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  1. 
18      Charles  Albert  Wochley,    Freeburg,   Pa. 

431  Charles  Aaron  Wolf,   Selinsgrove,  Pa. 

191     Daniel    Wolf,    Port    Trevorton,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

163      Edwin    Samuel    Wolf,     Port  Trevorton,  Pa. 

258     Francis   Allen   Wolf,    Port   Trevorton,   Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

237     George  Byron  Wolf,    Port  Trevorton,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  2. 

1473      Calvin  Henry  Wolfley, Penns  Creek,  Pa. 

1164     Banks   Wilson    Womer,    Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa. 

484     Harvey    Milton    Woodling,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

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1417      Charles  Mitchel  Yarger, Middleburg,  Pa. 

1427      Oliver    Christ    Yarger,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

842     Charles   Porter  Yeager,    Paxtonville,   Pa. 

1697     Harry  Francis  Yeager,   Northumberland,  Pa. 

963     Amon    Syrene   Yerger,    Selinsgrove,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

1065     Charles    Clinton   Yerger,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    1. 

986     Charles  Foster  Yerger, Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  3. 

1185     John   Steven  Yerger,    Mt.   Pleasant  Mills,   Pa. 

1010     Landis   Yerger,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 

972     William    Henry    Yerger,    Middleburg,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    3. 


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832     Charles   Clayton   Yetter Paxtonville,    Pa. 

1665     Isaac  Norman  Young Northumberland,  Pa. 

619     John   Britton   Young,    Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

1587  Marlin    Eugene   Young,    ....    Northumberland,    Pa.,    R.    D.   No.    2. 

1575     Miles  Allen  Young,   Shamokin  Dam,  Pa. 

479     James    Frank    Youngman,     Selinsgrove,    Pa. 

272     William  John  Yost,    Middlecreek,   Pa. 

z 

682     James  Oliver  Zechman, Beavertown,  Pa. 

79     Frank   Zechman,    Middleburg,    Pa. 

706     Howard  Samuel  Zechman, Beavertown,  Pa. 

723     Irvin  Milton  Zechman, Beavertown,  Pa. 

86     Lee    Zechman,     Middleburg,    Pa. 

1031     Paul  Edgar  Zechman,   Middleburg,  Pa.,  R.  D.  No.  4. 

679     Roy    Edgar    Zechman,     Beavertown,    Pa. 

1611     John  Homes  Zeek Northumberland,  Pa. 

122     Forry  Wilson   Zeiber,    McClure,   Pa.,   R.   D.   No.   2. 

367     William    Clinton    Zerbe,    McClure,    Pa.,    R.    D.    No.    2. 

834      Samuel  Allen  Zimmerman,    Paxtonville,  Pa. 

1191      Marshall  Hays  Zong,    Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  Pa. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  SOLDIERS'  MEMORIAL 

Middleburg,    Pennsylvania 

Corner    Stone    laid    September    28,    1905.      Dedicated,    September    10,    1908. 


INDUCTED  SOLDIERS,    1917—1919   WAR 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  INDUCTED 
SOLDIERS,  1917-1919  WAR 

OFFICIAL  LIST  OF  ALL  MEN  SENT,  BY  INDUCTION,  TO 
THE  GREAT  WORLD  WAR. 


*  A.  Below  Means  "Accepted"  and  R.  Means  "Rejected." 


Date  of 
Induction 

Arch  A.  Aucker 7-24-18 

George  A.  Aucker 8-26-18 

Charles   E.   Aumiller,    7-24-18 

Paul  H.  Aumiller, lu- 18-18 

Amnion  W.  Aurand  Jr.    .  .  5-15-18 

Lafayette  Arnold,    7-24-18 

B 

Jacob  R.  Beaver, 8-26-18 

Reno   C.  Beaver,    5-28-18 

William  S.  Beaver, 7-24-18 

Harry  R.  Benfer, 9-5-18 

Joseph    E.    Benfer,    9-5-18 

Rupert  C.   Benner,    1 0-8-18 

Charles  E.   Berger 6-19-18 

Charles   E.    Bickel,    10-7-18 

Jay   F.    Bingaman 10-8-18 

John  F.  Bingaman,    6-1-18 

Max  H.  Bingamah,    6-15-18 

Merril   D.    Bingaman,    8-26-18 

Reno  E.  Bingaman, 7-24-18 

William  F.  Bingaman 8-26-18 

Allen    S.    Bitner,    8-26-18 

Evert  R.  Bolig, 9-1-18 

Frank  Bolig 7-24-18 

John    R.    Bolig,     10-8-18 

Reedie   L.   Bolig,    7-24-18 

Frank  E.  Bollinger, 4-30-18 

George  A.  Botdorf, 8-26-18 

Charles  M.  Boust,    7-24-18 

Emory  S.  Bowersox, 9-5-18 

George  H.  Boyer,    7-24-18 

Henry   J.    Bressler,    5-28-18 

John  P.  Bressler, 5-28-18 

Marriott  B.  Brosius, 10-8-18 

George    S.    Brouse,    7-24-18 

Harry    E.    Brouse,     8-8-18 

Walter    C.    Brown,    9-5-18 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

Camp  or  Rejection 

Camp   Lee A.  7-29-1S 

Camp   Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Sus.  University A.  10-22-18 

Camp  J.   E.  Johnson,  A.  5-18-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  8-20-18 

Camp  Meade,    ......  A.  5-30-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp  Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Sus.  University, A.  10-17-18 

Ft.  B.  Harrison A.  6-26-18 

State  College,    A.  10-7-18 

Sus.  University A.  10-17-18 

Columbus,  O A.  6-3-18 

State  College, A.  6-17-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  8-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  S-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  R.  3-30-18 

Spring    Garden    Inst.  A.  9-10-13 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Sus.  University, A.  10-17-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  5-6-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  8-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Sus.  University, A.  10-17-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  R.  8-21-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Date  of 
Induction 

Carl  Brunner,    7-24-18 

John  C.  Brunner, 7-24-18 

Carol  G.   Bulick 9-1-18 

Samuel   B.    Bulick,    4-30-18 

Harvey  J.   Burke},    8-26-18 

c 

Howard  S.  Clark, 5-28-18 

Thomas   W.   Clark,    6-25-18 

Charles   P.    Coleman,    7-15-18 

William  H.   Coleman,    7-24-18 

Charles  C.   Cooper 7-15-18 

Guy   W.   Covert,    8-8-18 

Harry    S.    Grouse,     7-24-18 

D 

Burton   A.   Dangler,    9-5-18 

Charles  E.  Deihl, 7-24-18 

Paul  L.  Dersham, 7-24-18 

Grover  C.  Dorman, 8-26-18 

John   H.   Dreese,    8-26-18 

Randall  R.  Dreese,    10-8-18 

Peter  Dressier 8-8-18 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

Camp  or  Rejection 

Camp    Lee,    R.     7-31-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.     7-29-18 

Spring    Garden    Inst.  A.     9-10-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.        5-6-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.     8-29-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.     5-30-18 

Camp    Lee R.     7-30-18 

Lehigh  University,    .  .  A.     7-15-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.     7-29-18 

S.    College,    A.     7-16-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  R.      8-21-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.        8-2-18 

Camp  Greenleaf,    ...  A.     9-10-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  R.  7-30-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  8-29-18 

Camp  Lee,  A.  8-29-18 

Sus.  University,    A.   10-17-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.     8-19-18 


Daniel    C.    Eisenhart, 


E 

7-24-18 


F 

Robert  A.  Fasold, 10-8-18 

Charles  B.  Feehrer 10-8-18 

Joseph    E.    Felker,    5-28-18 

Jackson  U.  Fessler, 9-5-18 

Myron    N.    Fetterolf,     6-4-18 

Alfred  J.  Fisher, 9-5-18 

Glenn  E.  Fisher,    10-18-18 

William  A.  Fisher,    6-1-18 

William   C.   Flanders,    5-28-18 

Paul  A.  Foltz,    9-5-18 

Ralph  B.  Foltz, 7-24-18 

Lloyd  A.  Foreman,    8-26-18 

Charles  H.  Forrey,    7-24-18 

Francis  E.  Forry, 7-24-18 

Jacob   A.   Forrv,    4-30-18 

Charles    E.    Freed,     11-2-18 

Charles    R.    Fry,    7-24-18 

Harry  I.  Frymire, 7-24-18 

G 

Guy  F.  Gabel 10-18-18 

Charles  R.  Garman, 9-5-18 

Leon  F.  Gaugler, 6-1-18 

Benjamin  H.  Gemberling,   .  7-24-18 

George  A.  Gemberling,   .  .  .  8-8-18 

George  S.  Gessner 10-18-18 

Charles   S.   Gilbert,    8-8-18 

James  R.  Gill 7-24-18 

Clarence  W.  Glass, 6-1-18 

Arthur   W.    Good,    8-26-18 

Harry    S.    Goss,     7-24-18 

Charles  E.  Graham, 6-25-18 


Camp   Lee,    A.     7-29-18 


Sus.  University,    A.  10-17-18 

Sus.  University,    A.  10-17-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Ft.    Logan A.  6-5-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    .  .  .  R.  9-10-18 

Sus.  University, A.  10-22-18 

Columbus,  O A.  6-3-18 

Camp  Meade, A.  6-24-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee,   Va A.  5-6-18 

Fort  Sheridan,    A.  11-5-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-20-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 


Sus.  University,    ....  A.   10-22-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.     9-10-18 

Columbus,  O A.        6-3-18 

Camp    Lee A.      7-29-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.     8-19-18 

Yale  Uni A.   10-18-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  R.     8-21-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.     7-30-18 

Columbus,  O A.        6-3-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.     8-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.      7-30-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.        7-1-18 


INDUCTED  SOLDIERS,  1917—1919    WAR 


321 


INDUCTED  SOLDIERS,  1917-1919  WAR. 


Date  of 
Induction 

Bryan    S.    Graybill,    4-30-18 

Floyd    C.    Graybill,    S-26-18 

Lee   Graybill 7-24-18 

Erman    J.    Gross 10-15-18 

John  F.  Gross, 10-8-18 

William  S.  S.  Gross, 10-8-18 

John  H.   Gundrum,    9-1-18 

Samuel   Gunsberger,    7-24-18 


Allen  L.  Hackenburg,  . 
William  D.  Hackenburg, 
Roy  S.  Haines,  .  .  . 
David  G.  Hains,  .  .  . 
William  A.  Hare,  .  .  . 
John  Adam  Hartman, 
John  Amos  Hartman, 
Stewart  N.  Hartman, 
Evan  P.  Hassinger,  . 
Harry  B.  Hassinger, 
Jay  A.  Hassinger,  .  . 
Randall  N.  Hassinger, 
Reno  A.  Hassinger,  . 
Harvey  A.  Heintzleman 
Hoyt  M.  Heinzleman, 
Lee  P.  Heiser,  .  .  . 
George  W.  Helwig, 
John  W.  Hendricks, 
Dewey  A.  Herbster, 
Ury  I.  Herman,  . 
Chester  S.  Herrold, 
John  A.  Herrold,  . 
Charles  W.  Hile,   . 

Edward  Hile 

Leroy  K.  Hoff ,   .  .  . 
Herman  N.   Hoffman, 
Raymond  E.  Hoffman, 
Orman  M.  Hollenbach, 
William  N.  Hollenbach, 
Henry   D.    Hoover, 
Newton    Hoover,     . 
George  I.  Hottenstine, 
Paul  K.  Howell, 
Emmerson   J.    Humn 
Homer  Hummel,  .  . 
Oliver  E.  Hummel, 
Oliver  N.  Hummel, 
Charles  E.  Humphrey, 
Harvey  M.  Hunsinger, 


Robert  C.  Inch, 


:el 


9-5- 
5-28- 

10-15- 

5-28- 

7-24- 

6-1- 

7-24- 

10-18- 

10-10- 
S-8- 
6-15- 
10-8- 
11-2- 
5-29- 
9-19- 
4-30- 
7-24- 
9-5- 

10-18- 
8-26- 
7-24- 
7-24- 
7-24- 
7-24- 
S-28- 
7-24- 
8-26 
7-24- 
8-8- 
5-28 
4-2. 
8-26 
S-26 
7  24- 
7-24- 
7-24 
7-24- 
7-24 
6-25- 


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18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
•18 
18 
18 
•18 
•18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
■18 
18 
■18 
■18 
•  18 
18 
18 
■18 
18 

I 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

Camp  or  Rejection 

Camp   Lee,    A.        5-6-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.     8-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.      7-29-18 

S.    College,    R.   10-24-18 

Sus.  University,    ....    A.   10-17-18 

Sus.  University,    A.   10-17-18 

Bowmans  Tech  School  A.     9-10-18 
Camp   Lee,    A.     7-29-18 


Camp  Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp  Meade A.  5-30-18 

Uni.  Pgh.  Pa.    ......  A.  10-15-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Columbus,  O A.  6-3-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Sus.  University, A.  10-22-18 

State  College,    A.  10-10-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  8-19-18 

S.    College,    A.  6-17-18 

Sus.  University,    ....  A.  10-17-18 

Fort  Sheridan A.  11-5-18 

Ft.  Slocum, A.  5-31-18 

Lehigh  University,    .  .  A.  9-19-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  5-6-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Sus.  University,    A.  10-22-18 

Camo    Lee,    R.  8-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Camp    Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  S-29-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp     Wadsworth,    .  A.  8-19-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp  Meade A.  4-9-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  8-30-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee A.  7-29-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.        7-1-18 


4-30-18      Camp   Lee,    A.        5-6-18 


Harry  J.  Jarrett,   10-15-18 

Paul  J.  Jones,    7-24-18 

Charles   C.  Jordan,    5-28-18' 

Foster  Jordon,    6-25-18 

Lincoln  C.  Jordan, 4-26-18 


Carnegie  Institute,    ..    A.    10-15-18 

Camp    Lee A.      7-29-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.      o  30-1S 

C*im>    Lee P..        7-1-18 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .    A.     4-28-18 


322 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Date  of 
Induction 

Henry  E.   Kahley,    7-31-18 

John  E.  Kaltriter,    1-30-18 

Lester  J.  Kauffman, -4-2-18 

Calvin    H.    Kcister,    6-25-18 

Harvey    Keister 10-4-18 

Homer    E.    Keister 8-8-18 

Ralph   L.   Keller,    6-25-18 

Harrold  E.   Kempfer,    10-15-18 

Henry   A.    Kern,    6-15-18 

James    F.    Kern,     5-20-18 

Allen   E.   Kerstetter,    5-14-18 

Joseph    Kerstetter,     5-28-18 

Nelson  Kerstetter, 8-8-18 

William  H.  Kerstetter, 7-24-18 

David  C.  Kessler, 5-20-18 

Edward  H.  Kissinger, 2-27-18 

Curtis   R.   Kline 8-8-18 

Flovd    J.    Klingler,    8-26-18 

Discharged 11-9-18 

Merril    B.    Knepp,     5-28-18 

Rav    W.    Knepp,     9-5-18 

William  L.  Kratzer, 5-28-18 

Benjamin  D.  Kreamer 5-14-18 

Foster   I.    Krebs 8-8-18 

Harry  G.  Kuhns,    8-26-18 

L 

John    S.    Lanker,    9-5-18 

Reuben  V.  Lawver, 9-18-17 

Discharged 2-16-18 

George  Leach 7-24-18 

James    S.    Leitzel,     9-5-18 

Luther  Leitzel, 8-26-18 

Erman    E.    Lepley,    5-28-18 

Franklin  I.  Lepley,    6-25-18 

John    H.    A.    Leplev,     7-24-18 

Reno    v.  r..er)lev 6-25-18 

Loyd  E.  Lessman, 8-26-18 

William    A.    Long,     4-30-18 

In.    Lose 6-25-18 

Clement  E.  Loss, 9-5-18 

Schuyler  Loss 9-5-18 

George'  I.    Luck,    7-24-18 

Guv    G.    Luck 10-18-18 

William    E.    Ludwig,     ....  7-24-18 

M 

Ira    C.    Markley 5-14-18 

Norman    S.    Markley,    ....  7-24-18 

Clarence  Martin,    5-28-18 

Howard  A.  Martin,    7-24-18 

John   E.   Maurer 8-15-18 

Alfred    A.   McDowell,    ....  5-28-18 

Selin    H.    Meckley,    8-26-18 

George    C.    Meise'r,    8-26-18 

Charles  C.  Middleswarth.    .  5-28-18 

Norman  W.  Miller,    ......  5-28-18 

Crei->hton  S.  Millhouse,   .  .  .  10-8-18 

Br  hard  J.   Moyer,    6-2-18 

Earl  F.  Moyer, 10-18-18 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

Camp  or  Rejection 

Forest,  Ga A.  8-7-18 

Camp    Lee A.  5-6-18 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .  A.  4-9-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Ft.   Thomas,    A.  10-5-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  8-19-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-1-18 

Carnegie    Inst R.  10-28-18 

LaFayette    College,    .  A.  6-28-18 

J.  E.  Johnson,    A.  5-23-18 

Columbus,  O A.  5-16-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  819-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

J.    E.    Johnson,    A.  5-23-18 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .  A.  3-5-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  R.  8-21-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

CamD  Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Columbus,  O A.  3-16-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  8-19-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  8-29-18 


Camp   Greenleaf,    . 
Camp  Meade,  Md. 


A. 
A. 


9-10-18 
9-21-17 


Camp    Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Camp  Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp    Lee R.  S-30-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-1-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp   Lee A.  7-1-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp    Lee R.  5-7-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-1-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Sus.  University,    A.  19-22-18 

Camp   Lee,    R.  7-30-18 

Columbus,  O A.  5-16-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Camp  Meade A.  5-30-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

Uni.  Pittsburg,    A.  8-23-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  V  30-18 

Camp    Lee,    R.  S-30-18 

Camp    Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

Camp  Meade A.  5-30-18 

Camp  Me  de A.  t>-30-18 

Sus.  University,    A.  10-17-18 

J.    E.    Johnson A.  6-5-18 

Sus.  University,    ....  A.  10-22-18 


INDUCTED  SOLDIERS,  1917—1919    WAR 


323 


Date  of 
Induction 

John  R.  Moyer, 10-8-18 

Paul    T.    Moyer,    8-26-18 

Russel    L.    Moyer,     10-18-18 

William  E.  Musser, 7-24-18 

Domer  H.  Mussleman, 7-24-18 


Camp 
Sus.  University, 
Camp    Lee, 
Sus.  University, 
Camp   Lee, 


Camp   Lee,    A 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

or  Rejection 

A.   10-17-18 

8-29-18 

10-22-18 

'7-29-18 

7-29-18 


A. 
A. 
A. 


George  P.  Nace, 

Cloyd    E.    Napp,    G-25-18 

Isaac  B.  Napp, 8-26-18 

Horace  H.  Neitz, 6-1-18 

William    D.    Neitz,    6-1-18 

William  H.   Newman 6-25-18 

Willard  Newman, 4-30-18 


N 

8-8-18     Camp  Wadsworth, 


Camp   Lee A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Columbus,  0 A. 

Columbus,  0 A. 

Camp    Lee R. 

Camp    Lee A. 


8-19-18 
7-1-18 

8-29-18 
6-3-18 
6-3-18 
8-1-18 
5-6-18 


Oliver  B.   Ocker, 


o 

4-30-18 


Camp   Lee,    A. 


5-6-18 


7-1- 


Ammon   Page,    7-24-18 

Carl   W.    Pheasant 10-8-18 

Oscar  W.  Pheasant, 7-15-18 

Edward  A.  Phillips, 7-24-18 

Abraham  B.  Portzline,  ....  6-1-18 

Albert    R.    Potteiger,    10-25-18 

Martin  L.  Predix, 8-8-18 

R 

18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
-18 
18 
18 


Wilson  M.  Rathfon, 

Charles  W.   Rauch,    

Henry  C.  Rauch,   8-8 

Robert  P.  Rauch, 6-15 

Charles    C.    Reich,     6-25 

Charles  E.  Reichenbach,    .  .  7-24 

Harry  C.  Reichenbach,  ....  7-24 

Chester    S.    Reigle,    5-28 

George  F.  Reinard, 4-30 

James   Reinard,    9-5 

William  Reinard, 7-24 

Sylvester   G.    Rhoads,    6-1 

Vernie    A.    Rice,    4-26 

John  M.  Rine,    4-30 

Samuel  M.  Rine,    8-8 

Parson  R.  Ritter, 10-8 

William    R.    Rohland 9-19 

Discharged,     9-23 

Foster    Romberger,    S-8 

James  F.  Romig,    8-8 

Ralph  A.  Roush,    6-1 

Charles  B.  Rowe 7-24 

Sherman    I.    Rowe,     5-28 

Carl   E.    Runkle,    7-24 


Camp    Lee,    , 

Sus.  University,    .  . 
Lehigh  University, 

Camp   Lee 

Columbus,  O 

Sus.  University,    .  . 
•Camp  Wadsworth, 


R. 
A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 
A. 


Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A. 

Del.    College,    A. 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A. 

S.    College,    A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp  Meade,    A. 

Camp    Lee,    A. 

Camp  Greenleaf,    ...  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Columbus,   O R. 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A. 

Sus.  University,    ....  A. 

Lehigh  University,    .  .  A. 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A. 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A. 
Columbus      Barracks,  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp  Meade,    A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 


7-30-18 
10-17-18 

7-15-18 

7-29-18 

6-3-18 

10-28-18 

"*-19-18 


8-19-18 

7-9-18 
8-19-18 
6-17-18 

7-1-18 
7-29-18 
0-29-18 
5-30-18 

5-6-18 
9-10-18 
7-29-18 

6-3-18 
4-28-18 

5-6-18 

8-19-18 

10-17-18 

9-19-18 

8-19-18 
8-11-18 
6-3-18 
7-29-1S 
r>-30-18 
7-29-18 


William   E.    Sallade 4-26-18      Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .    A 

Elmer   W.    Sassaman,    7-24-18 

James  M.  Sassaman, 9-19-18 

Robert   R.    Sassaman,    ....        6-1-18 

Melvin  G.  Savior 7-24-18 

Foster  E.   Schaffer 8-8-18 


Camp    Lee, 
Lehigh  University, 
Columbus,  O. 

Camp    Lee,    

Camp  Wadsworth, 


5-23-18 
7-30-18 
9-19-18 
6-3-18 
7-31-18 
8-19-18 


324 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


Date  of 
Induction 

Hurley  V.  Schaffer, 5-28-18 

Francis  M.  Scholl, 8-8-18 

Grover  C.  Scholl, 6-1-18 

Scholl, 7-24-1 

Seaman, 10-8 


Walter  J. 
Dewey  H. 
Claude  J. 


Sechrist 7-24 

Ammon  J.  Seehold 9-18- 

Albert  S.  Seiler,    9-1- 

John    M.    Seiler,    9-5- 

Boyd   M.    Shaffer,    7-24- 

John  A.  Shaffer,    8-26- 

Roger  H.   Shaffer,    6-25- 

William  H.  Shaffer, 9-5- 

Clair  M.  Shambach 7-1 

Schuyler  M.   Shambach,    .  .  5-28- 

Homer  E.  Sheaffer, 7-24 

Clyde  Shellenberger, 4-30 

Levi   W.    Sholly,    5-28. 

William  R.  Smith, 6-15 

Jay  L.  Snook,  9-5 

Aaron  J.  Snyder, 10-8- 

Carl   E.    Snyder,    10-8 

Charles  M.  Snyder, 5-28 

Clayton    Snyder,    4-30 

Elmer  L.   Snyder,    7-2.4 

Harvey    I.    Snyder,    4-2 

William  E.  Snyder, 7-24 

Charles  R.  Spaid, 9-19 

Ralph   C.    Spaid,    5-28 

William    P.    Spaid,    6-25 

Earl    E.    Spangler,    7-1 

Jay  L.  Spangler,    7-24 

Cyril  I   H.  Speigelmire,  ...  10-18 

Henry  H.  Sprenkle, 5-28 

Ralph  A.   Springman,    ....  9-19 

Arthur  Stahl 9-5 

Harvey    Stahl,    7-1 

James  Stahl, 8-26 

Discharged, 10-29 

Robert  Stahl,   7-24 

Charles  N.   Steffen,    4-2 

Samuel  S.  Strawser, 6-25 

Charles  E.  Stroh, 7-24 

Lincoln  S.  Stuck, 8-26 

Erie   E.    Swanger,    9-5 

John  A.   Swartz,    7-24 

Lcroy  Swartzlander 6-25 

Ward   O.    Swartzlander,    .  .  10-8 

John  W.  Swineford, 5-28 


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-18 


17 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
■18 
■18 
■18 
■18 


Camp 
Camp  Meade, 


Date  of 

Acceptance 

or  Rejection 

A.      5-30-18 


Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  R. 

Columbus,  O A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Sus.  University,    ....  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .  A. 

Spring    Garden    Inst.  A. 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A. 

Camp  Lee,  R. 

Camp  Lee,  A. 

Camp  Lee,  A. 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A. 

Delaware   College,    .  .  A. 

Camp  Meade,    A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp    Lee,    R. 

Camp  Meade,    A. 

S.    College,    A. 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A. 

Sus.  University,    ....  A. 

Sus.  University,    ....  A. 

Camp  Meade A. 

Camp    Lee R. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp    Meade A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Bowman  Tech  School  A. 

Camp  Meade A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Spring  Garden  Ins.    .  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Temple  Uni.   Phila.    .  A. 

Camp  Meade,    A. 

Lehigh  University,    .  .  A. 

Camn   Greenleaf,    ...  A. 

Del.  "College,   Del.    .  .  A. 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

Camp  Lee,  A. 

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Camp  Meade,  Md. 

Camp  Lee,  .... 

Camp  Lee,  .... 

Camp  Lee, 

Camp   Greenleaf, 

Camp   Lee,    A. 

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Camp    Lee, 
Sus.  University, 
Camp  Meade,    .  . 


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William  H.  Tierney,    5-20-18 

Charles  S.   Trouo,    6-1-18 

Charles  W.  Troup,    8-8-18 

Clarence  Troup, 9-5-18 

James  C.  Troup,    9-5-18 

Walter  A.  Troutman,    ....  5-28-18 

Reed  B.  Troxell,    8-26-18 


Camp   Lee,    A.  7-29-18 

J.  A.  Johnson,    A.  5-23-18 

Columbus,  O A.  6-3-18 

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Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp   Greenleaf,    ...  A.  9-10-18 

Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

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Date  of 
Induction 

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Date  of 

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Selin   D.    Ulrich,    10-7-18     Bucknell  Uni A.   10-18-18 


Clayton  M.  Wagner, 6-25 

Harry   L.    Wagner,    9-5 

Lear  W.  Wagner, 11-2 

Orren    R.   Wagner,    1 0-8 

Walter  K.  Wagner, 5-28 

Miles   O.    Walborn 5-14 

Arthur  E.   Walker, 10-5 

Charles  E.  Walter,    8-8 

Harry   P.    Walter,    

Ira  A.  Walter,   8-26 

Boyd    M.    Warner,     7-24 

Kirb  A.   Warnets 7-24 

Charles  Weiser 7-28 

Harvey  Weiser,    7-24 

Nervin  Weller 5-28 

Harry  D.  Wetzel, 5-28 

Merrian  A.  Wetzel, 6-15 

William  D.  Wetzel, 5-28 

Roy  W.  S.   Will 10-15 

John   H.   Will,    8-8 

Harvey  E.   Wilt,    3-6 

Rine    G.    Winey 5-14 

Albert   R.    Wise,    5-28 

Archie   H.   Wise,    4-30 

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Camp  Meade,    A.  5-30-18 

Columbus,    O,    A.  5-16-18 

Camp  Meade,  Md.    .  .  A.  10-11-17 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  8-19-18 

Camp  Wadsworth,    .  .  A.  8-19-18 

Camp   Lee,    A.  8-29-18 

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Camp   Lee,    A.  5-6-18 

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Benjamin    R.    Young, 


7-24-18      Camp   Lee,    A. 

8-26-18     Camp   Lee A. 


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EST— MA  PARK 


We  have  frequently  been  asked  for  the  origin  of  the 
name  "Est-Ma"  as  applied  to  Est-Ma  park  and  Est-Ma  addi- 
tion to  Middleburg. 

Est-Ma  park  is  a  memorial,  which  will  be  presented  to 
the  borough  of  Middleburg  as  soon  as  the  borough  council  is 
prepared  to  look  after  its  care  and  attention.  It  is  to  be  a 
donation  to  the  public  by  the  firm  of  Shambach  &  Wagenseller 
as  a  memorial  to  their  two  daughters,  Esther  Wagenseller,  de- 
ceased, and  Mary  Shambach,  deceased.  It  will  be  observed 
that  the  name  is  made  up  of  the  first  part  of  each  daughter's 
name. 

Inasmuch  as  there  have  been  frequent  inquiries  concern- 
ing the  origin  of  the  name,  it  is  given  here  for  the  information 
of  those  interested. 


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SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


HISTORY  OF  "ST.  HENRY'S 

CHURCH"  NEAR  TROX- 

ELVILLE 


By  Dr.  J.  C.  Shuman 


The  first  German  Lutheran  Con- 
gregation organized  in  Pennsylvania 
was  that  of  Falckner's  Swamp,  on  the 
Manatawney,  in  Montgomery  Coun- 
ty. The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  Justus 
Falckner,  who  was  born  and  educated 
for  the  ministry  at  Halle,  Germany. 
The  school  under  Francke,  at  Halle 
furnished  several  ministers  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  who  afterward  came 
to  Pennsylvania  in  the  beginning  of 
the  eighteenth  century. 

Rev.  Falckner  came  to  America  in 
1700  but  did  not  at  once  enter  ac- 
tively into  the  work  of  the  ministry. 
The  date  of  the  erection  of  the  first 
church  at  Falckner's  Swamp  is  un- 
known; but  it  must  have  been  prior 
to  1718,  for  in  that  year  fifty  acres 
of  the  ground  on  which  the  church 
had  already  been  built,  were  donat- 
ed for  the  use  of  the  church. 

By  this  time  a  considerable  tide  of 
Lutheran  immigration  from  Germany 
had  been  pouring  into  the  eastern 
part  of  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania 
and  during  the  period  from  1702  to 
1727  and  after,  large  numbers  of 
Lutherans  were  added  to  the  popu- 
lation. 

These  people  settled  in  the  coun- 
try around  about  Philadelphia  in 
what  are  now  Montgomery,  Bucks, 
Lehigh,  Lebanon,  Chester  and  Lan- 
caster counties,  and  also  in  York 
county  west  of  the  Susquehanna  riv- 
er. 

Soon  afterward  some  of  them  be- 
gan to  migrate  farther  into  the  in- 
teriors, so  that  about  1750  we  find 
them  as  far  north  on  the  Susquehan- 
na as  Sunbury  and  Northumberland. 
On  the  west  side  they  now  began  to 
find  their  way  into  the  valleys  of  the 
Middlecreek,  the  Penns  Creek  and  in- 
to Buffalo  Valley.  As  early  as  1769 
we  find  John  Beatty  permanently 
settled  near  a  spring  north  of  New 
Berlin  on  the  Penns  Creek. 

Just  when  the  first  white  people 
came  into  Musser's  Valley  and  wheth- 
er they  came  from  Penns  Creek  Val- 
ley   or    over    from    the    Middlecreek 


Valley,  I  do  not  know.  They  must 
have  come  in  there  about  1780  for 
we  know  that  some  of  the  land  on 
which  the  subject  of  our  sketch  was 
afterwards  built  was  still  owned  by 
the  state  up  to  Aug.  20,  1791,  when 
John  Taylor  secured  the  ownership 
of  it.  The  majority  of  the  settlers 
came  from  the  eastern  part  of  the 
state,  many  of  them  had  been  mem- 
bers of  Lutheran  and  Reformed  con- 
gregations in  the  regions  from  which 
they  had  come. 

At  that  time,  when  the  country 
was  very  thinly  populated  the  settlers 
were  scattered,  they  seldom  met  dur- 
ing the  week,  being  busy  clearing 
the  land  and  making  for  themselves 
homes  in  what  was  then  a  wilderness. 
Occasionally  a  minister  of  the  gospel 
would  go  into  those  new  settlements 
and  would  visit  the  people  in  their 
homes,  baptize  the  children  of  those 
who  wished  to  have  it  done,  adminis- 
ter to  them  the  sacraments,  and  at- 
tend to  their  spiritual  wants.  After 
another  year,  perhaps,  the  visit  was 
repeated,  and  it  was  announced,  that, 
at  a  certain  time  in  the  future  the 
people  who  were  so  inclined,  should 
meet  at  some  centrally  located  set- 
tler's home,  and  there  the  minister 
would  preach  to  them  in  a  house  or  a 
barn  or  even  in  the  open  air  if  the 
weather  permitted.  By  and  by  they 
would  be  organized  into  a  congrega- 
tion after  which  they  would  be  serv- 
ed regularly  and  in  a  more  formal 
manner.  This  was  probably  the  way 
the  organizations  of  the  Lutheran 
and  the  Reformed  congregations  in 
Musser's  Valley  were  originally  con- 
summated. 

The  Lutheran  congregation  of 
Musser's  Valley,  in  what  is  now 
Adams  township  in  Snyder  County, 
Pennsylvania  was  organized  at  least 
as  early  as  1807,  and  with  strong 
probability  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
eighteenth    century. 

Mr.  George  Swartz  in  an  autogra- 
phic sketch  of  the  history  of  that 
church,  written  in  German,  which  is 
considered  quite  authentic,  but 
which  has  never  been  published,  tells 
us  that  Rev.  John  Conrad  Walter  was 
the  first  regular  Lutheran  pastor. 
That  he  came  to  them  in  1807. 
Whether  he  had  visited  this  organiza- 
tion  before  this   is  not  known.      Mr. 


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Swartz  goes  on  and  states  that  the 
congregation  at  that  early  period  was 
very  small  in  membership,  and  that 
since  they  had  no  church  building  to 
worship  in,  they  held  their  services 
in  a  schoolhouse  where  Rev.  Walter 
preached  to  them  once  every  four 
weeks.  He  continued  to  serve  them 
very  faithfully  up  to  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occured  in  the  month 
of  August  1819,  when  he  was  43 
years,  8  months  and  10  days  old. 
(Rev.  John  Conrad  Walter  lies  buri- 
ed at  the  old  Hassinger's  church 
about  two  miles  west  of  Middleburg.) 
When  he  took  charge  of  the  work  in 
Musser's  Valley  he  was  comparative- 
ly young,  only  32  years  old.  He  was 
the  regular  pastor  of  quite  a  number 
of  congregations.  Among  those 
which  he  served  were:  Gap  Church 
in  Watts  township,  Perry  County 
from  1804  to  1809;  St.  Michaels  in 
Greenwood  township,  Perry  county, 
from  1805  to  1814;  St.  John's  Free- 
burg;  Grubb's  in  Chapman  Twp., 
Snyder  County  from  1804  to  1819; 
Hassinger's  from  1805  to  1819; 
Adamsburg,  1807  to  1819;  He  also, 
at  the  same  time,  served  as  a  supply 
at  several  other  places,  one  being  at 
Lewisburg    during    1808. 

In  those  days  ministers  had  to  tra- 
vel long  distances,  usually  on  horse- 
back, over  rough  roads  and  often 
through  trackless  forests,  fording 
streams,  there  being  few  bridges. 
Those  men  preached  for  from  six  to 
ten  congregations  widely  separated, 
every  four  weeks.  While  Rev  J.  C. 
Walter  preached  in  Musser's  Valley 
he  resided  in  Freeburg,  Snyder  Coun- 
ty, near  the  center  of  his  charge. 

Rev.  George  Heim,  another  Luth- 
eran minister  also  visited  Musser's 
Valley  occasionally.  He  preached 
in  Lewisburg  from  1809  to  1828. 
Rev.  Heim  was  present  and  assisted 
Rnv.  J.  Conrad  Walter  on  the  occa- 
sion of  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone 
in  Musser's  Valley  in  1811.  After 
a  few  years  they  concluded  that  they, 
and  the  Reformed  congregation  joint- 
ly were  now  able  to  build  a  church. 
Accordingly  they  selected  a  spot  on  a 
small  hill  a  short  distance  east  of 
where  Troxelville  was  afterwards 
built.  Early  in  the  year  1811  the 
foundation  of  the  church  was  built 
and  on  the  28th  day  of  April,  1811 
the  corner-stone  was  laid  on  the  south 


eastern  corner  of  the  foundation. 
Henry  Swartz,  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Lutheran  congregation  owned 
the  land  on  which  it  was  being  built. 
At  these  ceremonies  were  present 
and  officiating,  the  Rev.  John  Conrad 
Walter,  the  pastor,  and  George  Heim, 
both  Lutherans.  Whether  there 
were  any  Reformed  ministers  present 
on  this  occasion  I  do  not  know.  Soon 
after  this  the  building  was  raised  and 
put  under  roof,  but  on  account  of  the 
war  of  1812  it  was  left  standing  in 
this  unfinished  condition  for  three 
years.  In  the  year  1814  it  was  finish- 
ed and  in  October  of  that  year  it  was 
dedicated.  On  this  occasion  were 
present:  Revs.  Walter  and  Heim  and 
then  also  Rev.  Jost.  Heinrich  Frie-z 
and  Rev.  Isaac  Gerhart,  two  well 
known  Reformed  ministers.  The  of- 
ficers of  the  church  at  this  time,  and 
mentioned  by  Mr.  George  Swrvtz,  a 
son  of  Henry  Swartz,  were  the  fol- 
lowing: Henry  Swartz,  Elder.  John 
Meyer,  deacon;  (both  Lutherans.) 
The  building  committee  consisted  of: 
John  Meyer  and  Adam  Kern  Luth- 
eran, Samuel  Hoch  and  John  Aurand, 
Reformed.  They  named  the  church 
"St.  Heinrich's  Kirche,"  no  doubt  in 
honor  of  Henry  Swartz  who  still 
owned  the  ground  on  which  it  was 
standing. 

Whether  either  Rev.  J.  H.  Fries z 
or  Rev.  Gerhart  was  the  pastor  of 
the  Reformed  congregation  at  this 
time  or  not  I  do  not  know.  In  a 
short  sketch  from  the  life  of  Rev. 
John  H.  Friesz  by  an  (to  me)  un- 
known author,  a  copy  of  which  I 
made  about  30  years  ago,  I  gathered 
that  in  1812,  Rev.  Friesz,  and  I  sup- 
pose also  his  household,  were  brought 
in  a  wagon  from  Young  county,  Pa. 
to  Buffalo  Valley,  Union  County,  bv 
John  Reber.  an  elder  in  "Drei=bich's" 
Church.  "Having  arrived  safely  at 
Mifflinburg,  Rev.  Friesz  entered  upo:. 
his  duties  in  his  new  field  June  17. 
1812.  This  field  extended  e-st  and 
west  from  Brush  Valley  to  Blooms- 
burg  and  up  and  down  the  Susque- 
hanna from  Muncy  to  S?lin?grove. 
His  first  charge  was  comro".ed  of  Mif- 
flinburg, Dreisbach's.  New  Berlin, 
Aaronsburg  and  Brush  Valley.  Be- 
sides these  he  preached  at  many  other 
points." 

From  the  narrative  mentioned 
above,  it  seems     that     he  was     stiil 


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preaching  in  1819,  for  it  states  in 
that  year  "he  had  some  difficulty  in 
his  Mifflinburg  congregation."  He 
was  advised  to  "withdraw  from  the 
Mifflinburg  charge  and  take  eight 
congregations  at  Middlecreek."  Now 
whether  St.  Henry's  was  one  of  these 
eight  I  do  not  know.  Rev  Friesz 
died  Oct.  9,  1839  from  septicemia, 
I  suppose.  His  death  was  the  result 
of  paring  a  corn  with  a  razor.  He  is 
buried    at   Mifflinburg. 

Rev.  Isaac  Gerhart,  the  other  Re- 
formed  minister   present    at   the    de 
dication  of  St.  Henry's,  was  the  pas- 
tor  of   Hassinger's     from      1813    to 
1820. 

Until  1819,  it  seems,  St.  Henry's 
congregations  did  not  own  the 
ground  on  which  the  church  stood. 
Henry  Swartz  in  1814  had  bought  of 
Henry  Ramstone  the  tract  of  land 
adjoining  that  on  which  the  church 
had  been  built.  But  now  in  1819, 
John  Aurand,  Reformed,  and  Fred- 
erick Fetterolf,  Lutheran,  trustees 
of  their  respective  congregations, 
bought  of  Henry  Swartz  three  acres 
of  ground  on  which  the  church  stood. 
This  three  acre  lot  extended  from  the 
public  road  leading  from  TroxelvilL? 
to  Centerville,  and  north  40  rods  to, 
and  about  20  rods  beyond  the  church 
on  the  north.  The  lot  was  a  part  of 
each  tract  owned  by  Mr.  Swartz. 
Sixty  seven  cents  was  paid  for  the 
three  acres.  This  purchase  was  con- 
summated Feb.  27,  1819  and  in  Au- 
gust of  the  same  year  occured  the 
death   of  Rev.   John   Conrad   Walter. 

Soon  after  his  death,  Rev.  Walter, 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  J.  P.  Shindol 
Sr.,  who  then  resided  in  Sunbury, 
Pa.  He  was  assisted  by  Rev.  J.  W. 
Schmidt.  Rev.  Shindel  Sr.  served 
the  congregation  about  one  year, 
after  which  Rev.  Schmidt  took  charge 
by  himself  and  preached  until  about 
1828.  It  is  said  that  he  committed 
suicide  in  Selinsgrove.  Rev.  Schmidt's 
successor  was  William  Garman,  and 
in  1840  Rev.  Charles  Gustavus  Erlen- 
meyer  took  up  the  work.  Rev.  Erlen- 
meyer  was  born  in  Germany  Feb.  18, 
1808.  Came  to  America  in  1832. 
He  died  at  Freeburg,  Snyder  County, 
May  6,  1876.  He  is  buried  at  Free- 
burg where  he  had  lived  a  good  many 


Rev.  J.  Peter  Shindel,  a  son  of  J. 
P.  Shindel  Sr.,  a  former  pastor  of  St. 
Henry's  Church  succeeded  Erlenmey- 
er  in  1852.  He  preached  until  1859 
when  he  quit,  but  was  re-elected  the 
same  year.  How  long  he  served  after 
this  I  do  not  know.  Rev.  W.  R. 
Wieand  was  called  and  came  in  May 
1873.  Several  other  men  preached 
in  the  meantime  but  I  am  not  able  tc 
tell  who.  Rev.  Wieand  was  the  last 
regular  pastor  of  St.  Henry's  Church. 

Of  the  pastors  on  the  Reformed 
side  of  St.  Henry's  I  have  never  seen 
a  record.  However,  there  were  such 
men  as  Revs.  A.  B.  Casper,  L.  C. 
Edmonds  Landis,  Romig  in  the  later 
history    of    the    church. 

St.  Henry's  Church  in  size  was 
about  40  feet  square  or  nearly 
square.  It  was  built  on  the  same 
general  plan  as  so  many  of  the 
churches  that  were  built  in  the  early 
years  of  the  union  churches.  Some 
of  those  churches  were  built  of  stone 
and  were  substantial  and  lasting,  ana 
many  of  them  can  still  be  seen  ii 
Eastern  Pennsylvania  and  would  be 
good  for  another  century,  and  pro- 
bably will  be  used  for  many  years  to 
come.  St.  Henry's  of  Musser's  Val- 
ley was  made  of  logs.  The  logs 
were  hewn  on  two  sides  and  the 
spaces  filled  with  pieces  of  wood 
and  mortar.  Outside  it  appeared  to 
be  a  two-story  building  but  inside  it 
was  open  from  the  lower  floor  to  the 
ceiL  lg  of  the  second  story.  There 
were  two  entrances,  one  on  the  south 
and  on  the  east  side.  Inside  there 
was  a  gallery  on  three  sides,  east, 
south  and  west.  Stairs  in  the  south- 
east and  in  the  southwest  corners 
leading  to  the  gallery  above,  the  foot 
of  the  stairs  immediately  to  the  left 
of  the  entrance  doors.  Against  the 
inside  of  the  center  of  the  north  wall 
was  the  pulpit.  In  St.  Henry's  it 
was  goblet  shaped,  octagonal,  with 
room  for  only  one  man.  The  floor 
of  the  pulpit  was  about  six  feet  abov* 
the  level  of  the  main  floor.  It  was 
sunported  by  a  single  pillar.  The 
nillar  was  round,  turned  on  a  lathe. 
In  front  of  the  pulpit  on  a  platform 
rbout  six  inches  high  and  about  six 
feet  square  stood  the  Altar.  The  al- 
tnr  was  a  box-shaped  affair,  about 
3  M>  feet  square  and  as  high  as  a 
t-ibTe.  The  top  extended  a  few  inch- 
es beyond  the  body  of  the  altar.   The 


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sides  were  in  panels.  In  the  rear 
was  a  small  door.  In  the  altar  were 
stored  books  and  papers,  communion 
cups  and  plates  with  odds  and  ends 
of  all  descriptions.  The  faces  of  the 
gallery  and  of  the  pulpit  were  laid 
out  in  pannels  and  ail  the  woodwork 
of  the  interior  was  painted  with  white 
lead. 

The  pews  on  the  lower  floor  were 
built  on  a  very  plain  and  simple  de- 
sign. Very  vertical  backs,  seats  nar- 
row and  of  the  very  softest  pine 
wood.  Those  in  the  gallery  were  like 
those  below  only  that  the  rear  ones 
were  much  higher  than  those  in  front.. 

The  pews  on  the  main  floor  were 
arranged  in  four  sections.  Those 
opposite  the  pulpit  faced  north  while 
those  in  the  northeast  and  those  in 
the  northwest  part  faced  each  other 
from  either  side.  The  sexes  occu- 
pied sections  of  pews.  In  one  sec- 
tion sat  the  old  men,  in  another  the 
old  women,  in  a  third  section  sat  the 
young  married  men  and  in  the 
4th,  the  young  married  women.  The 
young  people  were  supposed  to  oc- 
cupy the  gallery;  the  boys  on  one 
side  and  the  girls  on  the  other,  direct- 
ly under  the  eyes  of  the  preacher. 

In  those  days  they  had  what  you 
might  call  a  system  of  promotion. 
If,  for  instance,  during  the  week  a 
couple  of  young  people  would  get 
married,  next  Sunday  they  would  go 
up  lower,  that  is,  they  would  taKe 
seats  down  stairs.  Would  they  sic 
together  in  one  seat?  No  indeed. 
The  young  man  would  sit  in  the 
"yunge  menner  stuhle"  while  the 
young  wife  would  have  to  worry 
through  the  services  sitting  by  her- 
self in  the  "yunge  weiber  stuhl."  In 
those  times  it  would  have  raised  noth- 
ing short  of  a  scandal  if  a  man 
should  have  become  so  bold  as  to  pro- 
pose to  sit  with  his  own  wife  in 
church.  Those  people  were  very 
strict  in  certain  matters. 

When  St.  Henry's  was  first  built, 
there  was  neither  steeple  nor  bell  on 
it.  After  the  first  roof  had  worn  out 
and  it  required  a  new  roof,  it  was 
decided  that  now  they  would  put  on 
a  steeple  and  a  bell.  Accordingly  in 
1853  the  church  got  a  new  roof,  and 
a  bell  was  secured  through  Moses 
Specht  for  $143.  The  bell  came  from 
somewhere  in  Lewistown  and  Mr. 
Isaac  Ulsh  brought  it  from  there  to 


the  church.  That  same  bell  is  now 
doing  service  in  the  belfry  of  the  new 
Reformed  church  which  stands  near 
the  road  a  few  rods  south  of  the  hill 
on  which  the  old  church  stood. 

During  the  terms  of  service  of  Rev. 
W.  R.  Wieand,  the  Lutheran  pastor, 
and  Rev.  A.  Romig,  the  pastor  of  the 
Reformed  congregation  there  came 
a  very  interesting  and  at  the  same 
time  a  very  exciting  period  in  the 
history  of  that  old  church.  It  had 
been  decided  that  since  the  church 
on  the  hill  was  becoming  old  and 
somewhat  delapitated,  the  time  had 
come  when  it  was  necessary  that  the 
old  buildings  would  h>ve  to  be  either 
improved  quite  extensively  or  a  new 
one  built. 

The  question  came  up:  Shall  the 
Lutheran  and  the  Reformed  congre- 
gations again  jointly  repair,  or  re- 
build; or  shall  they  now  be  divorce"! 
and  each  build  a  church  of  its  own? 
It  was  decided  that  there  should  bo 
a  joint  meeting  held  on  January  5, 
1879  of  the  two  congregations 

They  therefore  met  on  that  date 
and  there  were  only  nine  votes  cast, 
all  in  favor  of  a  separation,  where - 
uuon  it  was  announced  that:  "In  pur- 
suance of  a  congregational  meeting 
announced  two  weeks  previous,  the 
congregations  met  in  the  Musser  Val- 
ley (St.  Henry's)  Church  and  by  a 
congregational  vote  it  was  unani- 
mously resolved  that  the  two  congre- 
gations, Lutheran  and  Reformed,  se- 
parate; that  the  one  or  the  other  of 
them  buy  the  interest  of  the  other." 

On  January  10,  1879  the  following 
r^olution  was  passed:  "At  a  meeting 
of  the  Lutheran  Church  Council,  it 
was  resolved  that  we  make  the  fol- 
lowing offer  to  the  Reformed,  Viz: 

1.  That  we  give  the  Reformed 
congregation  for  their  interest  in  the 
church  building,  organ,  bell  and 
church  ground  below  or  south  of  the 
creek  and  north  of  the  pub-ic  road 
the  sum  of  $150  or  take  the  same 
amount  for  our  interest  in  the  same." 

"2.  That  the  Reformed  minister 
be  requested  to  announce  a.  joint 
meeting  of  the  Luthe^n  Church 
council  and  the  Reformed  consistory 
on  next  Monday,  Jan.  13.  at  9  A. 
M.  in  the  Musser  Valley  Church." 
This  paper  was  signed  by  the  follow- 
ing   officers    of    the    council:    W.    P 


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Wieand,  Pastor;  Jacob  Bingaman 
and  George  Smith,  Elders;  E.  H. 
Shrader,  deacon,  and  Isaac  N.  Trox- 
ell,  Secretary. 

Jan.  13,  1879  it  was  announced 
that:  "at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Gen- 
eral Synod  Lutheran  Church  council 
and  the  Reformed  consistory  of  the 
St.  Henry's  church  of  Musser  Valley, 
Adams  township,  Snyder  County. 
Penna.,  it  was  resolved:  1  that  the 
Reformed  congregation  purchase  the 
interest  of  the  Lutheran  congrega- 
tion in  the  St.  Henry's  church  in- 
cluding church  building,  organ,  bell 
etc.,  and  the. right  to  build  a  church 
building  on  that  part  of  the  ground 
lying  between  the  run  or  creek  and 
the  public  road  leading  from  Troxel- 
ville  to  Centerville.  The  General 
Synod  Lutheran  Church  reserving  the 
right  of  ingress  and  egress  anl  hitch- 
ing their  horses  whenever  necessary. 
The  ground  north  of  the  creek  will 
remain  a  cemetery  or  burying  ground 
for  the  Gen.  Synod  Lutheran  Church 
and  the  Reformed.  The  bier  and  the 
grave-digging  tools  will  be  owned  and 
used  as  heretofore,  as  also  the  tool- 
house,  and  the  burying  ground  or 
.that  part  of  the  property  north  of 
the  creek  (the  building  excepted) 
shall  be  kept  in  order  and  repair  by 
the  two  congregations,  and  that  for 
this  consideration  the  Reformed  con- 
gregation pay  to  the  Gen.  Synod 
Lutheran  congregation  the  sum  of 
$150.  as  soon  as  they  get  full  pos- 
session of  the  same,  the  Lutherans 
reserving  the  rights  in  the  property 
as  heretofore  up  to  Jan.  1,  1881 
providing  their  (new)  building  is  not 
completed  any  sooner.  This  agree- 
ment was  followed  by  the  signatures 
of  the  following  officers  of  the  two 
congregations,  namely  W.  R.  Wieand, 
Luth.  Pastor;  Frederick  Shrader,  Ja- 
cob Bingaman,  George  Smith.  E.  It. 
Shrader  and  I.  N.  Troxell,  for  the 
Lutherans;  and  Jacob  B.  Riege], 
Henry  Norman  and  Simon  Benfer, 
for  the  Reformed." 

Thus  was  the  separation  of  the 
two  congregations  that  had  worship 
ped  in  the  same  building  for  65  long 
years  brought  about,  peacefully  as 
far  as  the  Gen.  Synod  Lutherans  and 
Reformed   were   concerned. 

But,    as    it   happened    in    the    case 
of  the  union   churches,   the  question 


arose  which  of  two  Lutheran  organi- 
zations was  the  owner  of  the  Luth- 
eran half  of  the  property  of  St. 
Henry's  church?  Did  it  belong  to 
the  Gen.  Council  or  to  the  General 
Synod?  Each  laid  claim  to  half  the 
property  and  the  Reformed,  of  course 
claimed  the  other  half.  But  since 
the  Civil  Courts  had  decided  the  same 
question  in  other  cases  in  the  country 
in  favor  of  the  Gen.  Synod,  the  Gen. 
Council  submitted  without  again  tak- 
ing the  case  to  the  courts.  But  they 
submitted  under  protest. 

There  was  some  bitter  feeling  be- 
tween the  two  parties  of  Lutherans, 
after  having  worshipped  in  the  same 
building  harmoniously  for  so  many 
years  to  find  that  half  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  congregation  claimed  that 
the  other  half  belonged  to  an  alto- 
gether  foreign    organization. 

But  the  strife  soon  quieted  down. 
The  Gen.  Council  withdrew  and  built 
themselves  a  church  on  their  own 
ground  immediately  east  of  the  old 
church  lot,  but  next  to  the  public 
road.  The  Gen.  Synod  people  al?o 
built  a  new  church  of  their  own  on 
a  lot  in  the  town  of  Troxelville  and 
called  their  church  "St.  Luke's  Evan. 
Luth.  Church."  The  Gen.  Council 
people  named  their  new  church  "St. 
James." 

There  was  also  an  understanding 
between  the  Lutherans  and  the  Re- 
foi-med  that  the  Reformed  would  be 
allowed  to  use  the  old  church  until 
the  time  came  that  they  too  had  a 
new  church,  but  that  when  they  were 
to  remove  the  old  church  and  clean 
up  the  spot  to  make  room  for  graves. 
That  the  Reformed  would  be  allowed 
to  build  on  the  lot  if  they  wished 
not  on  the  hill  but  close  to  the  pub 
lie  road.  There  they  built  a  new 
church  a  few  years  after  the  separa- 
tion. The  old  church  was  removed, 
and  with  it  the  last  trace  of  that  con- 
snicious  landmark  "St.  'lenry's 
Church."  I  was  invited  to  be  present 
when  the  corner  stone  was  opened. 
It  was  an  ordinary  rough  st-me  like 
the  rest  of  the  stones  in  the  foun- 
dation. A  cavity  was  cut  into  the 
top  of  the  stone.  In  it  was  found  a 
wooden  box  about  5x5x7  inches  in 
size.  It  was  of  old  fashioned  sp'.t 
shingles  nailed  together.  On  top  a 
piece  of  shingle  was  loosely  laid,  and 


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over  all  was  laid  a  thin  copper  plate 
slightly  larger  than  the  cavity  in  the 
stone. 

Of  the  contents  of  the  box  very 
little  was  left.  Water  had  found  its 
way  in  and  the  contents  had  decayed. 
It  seemed  as  though  a  piece  of  fold- 
ed paper  had  been  placed  in  the  bot- 
tom on  which  was  what  seemed  to 
have  been  two  books  16  mo.  size,  the 
lower  one  all  decayed.  Of  the  upper 
one  a  few  leaves  were  found  the  cen- 
ter of  which  was  sufficient  to  prove 
that  it  had  been  a  copy  of  Luther's 
smaller  catechism,  in  German,  of  an 
1806  edition.  Nothing  else  was 
found  in  the  box. 

The  three  acres  of  ground  are  still 
used  jointly  as  a  burying  ground  and 
there  lies  buried  all  that  is  mortal  of 
most  of  the  pioneers  of  Musser's  Val- 
ley and  the  ancestors  of  hundreds 
of  the  people  who  are  scattered  over 
everv  state  of  the  Federal  Union. 

o 

MOYER  FAMILY  OF  ADAMS  TWP. 


By 
Mrs.  Arthur  Boyer,  Urbana,  Ohio. 


The  ancestors  of  the  Moyer's  of 
Adams  township  came  with  relatives 
from  Wurttenberg  and  landed  in 
Pennsylvania  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
seventeenth  century  about  1670.  Ac- 
cording to  Diffendorffer  they  pro- 
nounced their  A's  like  the  English  au 
or  aw.  They  spelled  their  name  May- 
er which  means  in  German  a  mower 
or  harvester.  The  umlaut  means  an  e 
following.  The  A  in  Mayer  would 
then  sound  like  the  English  oi  or  oy. 
That  their  name  might  be  pro- 
nounced correctly  by  English  speak- 
ing people  they  adopted  the  English 
MOYER. 

The  reason  for  the  great  wave  of 
German  immagration  into  Penna.  at 
that  time  was  the  seizure  of  King 
Louis  XIV  of  France,  of  Alasce  and 
Lorraine  and  his  wars  to  gain  the 
lower  Netherlands  and  the  County  of 
the  Palatinate. 

The  German  Protestants  already 
wearied  by  the  thirty  year  war  and 
threatened  with  the  possibility  of  hav- 
ing to  submit  to  a  Catholic  Soverign, 
then  a  catholic  succeeded  to  the 
Palatinate     and  began     persecutions 


and  when  King  William  III.  a  dutch 
prince  of  their  own  faith,  (Protes- 
tant) was  called  to  the  throne  of  the 
British  in  1688,  he  extended  them  an 
invitation  to  emigrate  to  the  British 
colonies  in  America.  As  a  result 
there  was  a  general  exodus  of  Protes- 
tants from  Alsace,  and  according  to 
Kuhns. 

The  Moyers  of  Adams  township 
were  descendants  of  Hans  and  Chris- 
tina Moyer,  who  settled  in  Penna.  At 
that  time  Jacob  Moyer,  a  descendant, 
is  said  to  have  come  from  Berks 
County  and  was  the  father  of  John 
Moyer,  the  tanner,  Michael  Moyer, 
the  miller,  Christina  Bingaman,  a 
Mrs.  Swengle,  Mrs.  Yerger,  Mrs. 
Gross  and  Daniel  Moyer,  whose 
youngest  son  lives  in  Rhea  County, 
Tenn.,  and  is  the  only  living  grand 
child  of  Jacob  Moyer. 

Daniel  Moyer  was  married  to  Leah 
Hassinger  and  he  owned  a  farm  about 
three  and  one  half  miles  south  east 
of  Troxelville.  He  was  also  a  Potter 
and  had  a  pottery  on  his  farm  for  a 
number  of  years.  Daniel  Mover  was 
appointed  Captain  of  the  militia  of 
seven  counties,  including  Snyder,  by 
Gov.  J.  A.  Shulz. 

That  the  Moyers  originally  spelled 
their  name  Mayer,  I  have  ample  proof 
in  as  much  that  we  have  in  our  pos- 
session the  old  Moyer  desk,  an 
heirloom,  and  in  it  are  papers,  viz.  the 
baptismal  certificate  of  Jacob  Mayer 
written  in  German  and  also  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  appointment  of  Daniel 
Moyer,  captain  of  the  militia  inl828- 
1835. 

Daniel  Moyer,  son  of  Jacob  May- 
er, was  born  in  1804.  He  hid  three 
sons  and  five  daughters.  His  old- 
est son,  Jacob,  moved  his  family  to 
Champaign  Co.,  Ohio  in  1881.  His 
son,  George,  died  in  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion,  and  Daniel  lives  near 
Spring  City,  Rhea  Co.,  Tcnn. 

A  former  article  said  the  Moyer 
Mill  was  the  old  Homestead  of  Jacob 
Moyer,  but  Daniel  Moyer,  his  grand 
son,  says  where  John  Moyer  the  tan- 
ner owned  was  the  old  Homestead  of 
the  Moyers,  which  I  have  always  be- 
lieved to  be  the  place. 

Would  also  add  in  due  justice  to 
the  unfortunate  death  of  Jonathan 
and  Uriah  Moyer,  sons  of  Mich?.el 
Moyer,  that  they  were  found  guilty 
of  being  implicated  in  the  murder  of 


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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kintzler  as  confessed 
too  by  Mary  Hartley,  the  sweetheart 
of  one,  Emanuel  Eddinger,  who  did 
the  killing,  but  cheated  the  gallows 
by  taking  arsenic. 

Daniel  Moyer's  descendents  are 
scattered  and  can  be  found  in  the 
following  states:  Penna.,  Ohio,  Va., 
111.,  Tenn.,  Fla.,  Mon.,  and  Cal. 

The    following    is    a    copy    of    the 
original  appointment  of  Daniel  Moy- 
er  as  Captain  of  the  Militia: 
*      *      * 

PENNSYLVANIA,  SS, 

IN  THE  NAME  AND  BY  THE  AU- 
THORITY OF  THE  COMMON- 
WEALTH   OF    PENNSYL- 
VANIA 

J.  ANDREW  SHULZE 

GOVERNOR 

OF  THE   SAID   COMMONWEALTH 

To  Daniel  Moyer,  Esquire  of  the 
county  of  Union— GREETING:— 
Know   that    you,    the    said    Daniel 

Moyer being  duly 

appointed  and  returned,  are  here- 
by commissioned  CAPTAIN  of  the 
SECOND      company,      SEVENTH 
REGIMENT  OF  THE  MILITIA  OF 
THE       COMMONWEALTH       OF 
,    PENNSYLVANIA,     in     the     first 
BRIGADE  of  the  EIGHTH  DIVI- 
SION, composed  of  the  Militia  of 
the    counties    of    Northumberland, 
Union,  Columbia,  Luzerne,  Susque- 
hanna, and  Wayne:     HAVE  AND 
HOLD  this  commission,  exercising 
all    the    powers,    and    discharging   all 
the   duties  hereunto   lawfully  belong 
and  attached,  until  the  third  day  of 
August,  one  thounsand  eight  hundred 
and  thirty-five,  if  you  shall   so  long 
behave  yourself  well,  and  perform  the 
duties  required  by  law.      This  he  did 
holding  the  office  until  1835. 

IN  TESTIMONY  WHEREOF,  I 
have  set  my  hand,  and  caused  the 
LESSER  SEAL  of  the  State  to  be 
affixed  to  these  presents,  at  Harris- 
burg,  dated  agreeably  to     law,     the 

third day  of  August  in  the  year 

of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  twenty  eight  and  of  the 
commonwealth,   the   fiftv-third. 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


MOYER  FAMILY  OF  ADAMS  TWP. 


By  Miss   Ivah  F.  Moyer,   Spring  City, 
Tenn. 


By  the  Governor, 

C.  M.  SMYTHE, 
SECY,  of  the  COM'TH. 


In  a  recent  issue  of  the  POST  I 
read  an  account  of  some  of  the  Moyer 
family    of    Snyder   County. 

Of  the  sixteen  children  of  Jacob 
Mayer,  later  Moyer,  we  know  of  the 
following: — John  Moyer,  the  tanner; 
Michael  Moyer,  Christina  Bingaman, 
Mrs.  Swengle,  Mrs.  Ettinger,  Mrs. 
Verger,  Catherine  Hartman,  Mary 
Gross  and  Daniel  Henry  Moyer.  Of 
the  last  three  I  wish  to  add  a  little  in- 
formation. 

I.  Catherine  married  Benjamin 
Hartman.  and  went  to  Carl  Co., 
Illionois.  Their  children  were: — 
Henry,  Daniel,  Jimmie,  Catherine  and 
Margaret. 

II.  Mary  married  John  H.  Gross 
after  which  they  moved  to  Bellevue, 
Ohio.  Here  he  owned  a  hotel  and  a 
large  farm.  In  1864  they  moved  to 
LaGrange  Co.,  Indiana.  To  them 
were  born  the  following  children : 
John  Phillis,  Mary  Jane,  Barbara 
Ellen,  Phillip,  William  and  Sarah. 

John  P.  Gross  married  Mary  Ann 
Null,  of  LaGrange,  Co.,  Ind.  Their 
children  were:  John,  Laura,  Emma 
and  Frank. 

John  Jr.,  married  Etta  Graham  and 
live  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  Their 
children  were:  Elmer,  John  and  Ber- 
nice.  Elmer  married  Annie  Lou  Mil- 
ler and  lives  in  Chattanooga;  Bernice 
married  Carl  Fowler  and  also  live  in 
Chattanooga. 

Laura  married  George  Clark  and 
live  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Their  children 
were: — Ber.trice,  Gladys  and  Sidney. 
Beatrice  is  a  musician,  unmarried: 
Gladys  married  and  lives  in  St.  Louis, 
r>-<d  Sid™ev  has  a  government  posi- 
tion in  Chicago. 

Emma  rmrried  Roswell  Smith  and 
lived  in  Morristown,  Tenn.  Their 
two  daughters  were  Carrie  and  Kath- 
leen. Carrie  married  John  McLean 
and  lives  at  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Kath- 
leen married  Geo.  Evans  and  live  in 
Morristown,  Tenn. 

""Vsnk  Gross  married  Nettie  Crow- 
der.  of  Rogersville,  Tenn.  They  live 
in  Mobile,  Ala. 

Mary  Jane  Gross  married  William 


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Miller  and  lived  near  Sandusky,  Ohio. 
Their  children  are  as  follows:  Rose, 
Lydia,  Flora,  Lawrence,  Rudolph, 
William,  Chancey.  All  live  on  a  big 
farm  in  Huron  Co.,  Ohio. 

Barbara  Ellen  Gross  married 
Nicholas  Quirin.  He  is  dead  but  she 
lives  in  Bellevue,  with  her  daughter, 
Mrs.  William  Collins.  They  lived 
near  Bellevue  on  a  farm.  Their  chil- 
dren are  as  follows:  Rose,  Eva,  Flora, 
Henry,  Delia  and  Burt.  Rose  mar- 
ried John  Smith  and  lives  in  Okla. 
Eva  married  Mr.  Beerbaum  and  live 
in  Toledo,  Ohio.  Flora  married  Wm. 
Smith  and  lives  near  Bellevue.  Henry 
unmarried  lives  on  his  apiary  farm 
"Honey  Corners"  near  Bellevue.  Burt 
'lives  in  Bellevue. 

William  Gross  married  Belle  Fran- 
c's, LaGrange  Co.,  Ind.  They  had 
three  daughters:  Rose,  Matie  and 
Nettie.  Of  the  in-laws  I  know  noth- 
ing.    They  live  in  Noble  county,  Ind. 

Philip  Gross  married  Lizzie  Stood, 
of  Norwalk,  Ohio.  They  lived  in 
Wood  Co.,  Ohio.  To  them  were  born 
the  children:  Mary,  Pheobe,  Laura, 
Emma,  Lillie,  William,  Clara  and 
Dora.  Mary  married  William  Oster- 
line  and  lived  in  Norwalk,  Ohio. 
Their  children  were:  Clair,  a  musi- 
cian, Sacramento,  Cal.,  and  Mark  a 
school  boy. 

Pheobe  married  William  Jewell  and 
lives  in  Toledo,  Ohio.  They  have  one 
son  and  one  daughter. 

Laura,  Emma,  Lillie,  William, 
Clara  and  Dora  are  married  and  live 
in  Wood  County. 

Sarah  Gross  married  Daniel  Henry 
Moyer,  Jr.,  of  Snyder  County,  Pa., 
Dec.  26,  1866.  To  them  were  born 
five  children,  viz: — Cora,  Delia,  Ed- 
gar, Ivah  and  Harry. 

Cora  married  John  H.  Garrecht,  an 
architect.  They  live  in  Lake  City, 
Flai  Delia  married  Frederick  A. 
Gregory,  a  rancher,  and  they  live  on 
their  ranch  in  Fergus  Co.,  Montana. 
Edgar  married  Rose  Balduff,  of  San- 
dusky, Ohio.  They  live  on  their  farm 
near  that  city.  Ivah  is  a  literary 
teacher  and  supervisor  and  is  with 
her  father  at  present  keeping  house 
for  him.  Harry  a  rancher,  married 
Id  i  Gerry,  of  Irono,  Can.  They  live 
on  his  ranch  in  Fergus  Co.,  Montana. 
There  are  three  grand  children  in  this 
family  as  follows:  Lewis  Dean  Gre- 
gory, age  8,  Nelson  Frederick  Gre- 
gory age  6  and  Sarah  Viola  Gregory 
age  7  months. 


III.  Daniel  Henry  Moyer  married 
Leah  Hassinger.  They  lived  on  his 
farm  about  two  miles  from  Moyer's 
Mill  and  two  and  one  half  miles  south 
east  of  Troxelville.  To  them  were 
born  the  following  children:  Mary, 
Jane,  Adeline,  Barbara,  Jacob  Y., 
George  and  Daniel  Henry  Jr. 

Mary     married  Abraham     Wagner 

and  lived  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.     Their 

children  were:     Sarah  Jane,     Annie 

Catherine,  Margaret,  Daniel  and  John 
D. 

Sarah  Jane  married  Milton  B>>s- 
oough  and  live  in  Sacramento,  Cal. 
To  them  were  born  two  sons  and  one 
•laughter. 

Annie  Catherine  married  Albert  L. 
Bosbaugh  and  live  at  Mendota,  111. 
They  had  one  daughter  and  one  son, 
both  dead. 

Daniei  lives  at  Alexandria,  Va.  He 
has  two  daughters  and  one  son. 

John  D.  was  a  minister  for  several 
years  previous  to  his  death.  He  was 
unmarried. 

Frederick  Bingaman  after  living  in 
Snyder  County  for  a  while,  moved  to 
LaGrange  Co.,  Ind.  To  them  were 
born  the  following  children:  Daniel 
Henry,  Frederick  Henry,  George 
Henry,  David  Henry  and  Sarah  Re- 
gine.  I  know  nothing  about  the  in- 
laws or  whereabouts  of  this  family. 

Adeline  Moyer  married  Samuel 
Fralic,  lived  in  Snyder  County.  To 
them  were  born  three  daughters  and 
one  son,  Mary,  Emma,  Laura  and 
George.  Mary  a  musician,  married 
Samuel  Myers,  lived  in  Chicago. 
Their  children  were:  Mabel  and  two 
sons,  Laura  married  and  lives  in 
Penna.  Emma  is  married  and  mov- 
ed to  Portland,  Ohio.    George  is  dead. 

Barbara  Moyer  married  Isaac 
Peters  lived  near  McClure.  To  them 
were  born  the  following  children: 
William,  Margaret,  Robert,  Leah  and 
Polly. 

William  lives  at  McClure. 

Margaret  married  Ner  B.  Middles- 
warth  and  lives  at  McClure.  Robert 
lives  in  Snyder  Co.  Leah  married 
Nathan  Manbeck  and  lives  in  Lewis- 
town.  Polly  married  Reuben  Haines 
and   lives   at   McClure. 

Jacob  Y.  Moyer  married  Catherine 
A.  Pressler,  of  Mifflin  Co.  To  them 
were  born  the  following  children: — 


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Annie,  Elizabeth,  Leah,  Catherine, 
Susan,  Margaret,  Martin,  Luther 
John  David.  Ida  Mary,  Effie  B.  and 
Airy  Elnora.  Annie  E.  married  Wm. 
Instine,  live  at  Kings  Creek,  Ohio. 
He  also  owned  a  farm.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  Ruth,  Jeanette  and  John 
Michael.  Ruth  married  Robt.  Dun- 
can; Jeanette  married  Rush  Harvey, 
and  John  married  Florence  Yates,  of 
Belfontain,  Ohio.  All  live  in  Cham- 
paign Co.,  Ohio. 

Leah  Moyer  married  Frank  Con- 
ditt,  live  in  Urbana,  Ohio.  To  them 
were  born  the  following  children: — 
Lester,  Robert,  Marz,  Horace  and 
iRussell,  Lester  has  a  government 
position  in  Washington,  Horace  with 
Penna.  R.  R.  Co.  at  Cleveland,  the 
others  at  Urbana. 

Margaret  Moyer  married  Frank 
Nicholas,  live  near  Urbana,  Ohio. 
Their  children  are  as  follows: — Frank 
Jr.,  Ivah,  Charles,  McKinley  and 
Elizabeth. 

Frank  is  school  superintendent  of 
Champaign  Co.,  married  Hazel  Dal- 
las. Ivah  married  Clarence  Hines, 
of  Salem,  Twp.  Charles  is  a  me- 
chanical engineer  for  T.  C.  &  I.  Co., 
Birmingham,  Ala.  McKinley  and 
Elizabeth  at  home. 

Martin  Luther  Moyer  died  and  was 
unmarried. 

John  David  married  Floy  Thurman. 
They   live   in   Urbana,    Ohio. 

Ida  married  Arthur  Boyer  and  live 
in  Urbana,  Ohio. 

Erne  married  Joseph  McNally  and 
live  in  Urbana,  Ohio. 

Elnora  married  Earl  South.  They 
live  at  Konrad,  Ohio. 

Jacob  Y.  Moyer  was  a  teacher  in 
Decatur  Twp.,  and  Justice  of  the 
Peace  of  Adams  Twp.,  Pa.,  previous 
to  his  departure  for  Campaign  Co., 
Ohio,  in  1881.  He  was  a  very  devout 
member  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church.     He  died  Jan.  18,  1884. 

George  Moyer  enlisted  in  the  Civil 
War  as  a  federal  soldier,  making  a 
good  record  when  he  died  in  Camp  in 
Kentucky  before  the  war  closed. 

Daniel  Henry  Moyer  Jr.,  married 
Sarah  M.  Gross,  of  LaGrange  Co., 
Ind.,  Dec.  26,  1866.  To  them  were 
born  the  following  children:  Cora, 
Delia,  Edgar,  Ivah  and  Harry.  As 
this  couple  were  cousins  you  have  in- 
formation   concerning   their    children 


in  the  sketch  of  Mary  Moyer  Gross' 
family.  Daniel  Henry  Moyer  Jr.,  was 
born  Jan.  25,  1838,  lived  at  his  fa- 
ther's home  in  Adams  Twp.,  Snyder 
Co.,  until  1863  when  he  went  to  San- 
dusky, Ohio.  There  he  enlisted  in 
the  34th  Ohio  Inf.  He  played  a 
heroic  part  in  many  battles  during 
the  Civil  War  in  Maryland  and  Vir- 
ginia. He  was  the  man  who  fired  the 
first  shot  that  began  the  battle  at 
Cedar  Creek,  Va.,  in  1864.  With 
three  shots  he  killed  three  Confed- 
erate patrolmen  and  caused  the 
famous  ride  by  General  Sheridan  to 
be  made  from  "fifty"  miles  distant. 
For  this  heroic  deed  he  was  offered  a 
worthy  promotion  but  his  retiring 
disposition  permitted  him  to  refuse. 
He  was  present  when  the  gallant  Gen. 
R.  E.  Lee  surrendered  at  Appomat- 
tox Court  House,  Va.  After  the  war 
closed  he  visited  his  father,  Daniel 
Henry  Moyer  Sr.,  in  Snyder  Co.  He 
then  went  to  Indiana  and  from  there 
to  Mount  Carl,  Carl  Co.,  Illinois. 
Here  he  had  a  position  with  Mr.  E.  B. 
Thomas  until  Dec.  1866.  He  return- 
ed to  Indiana  was  married  and  lived 
there  four  years.  After  going  to 
Kansas  to  find  a  location,  his  father- 
in-law,  John  Henry  Gross,  wanted 
him  to  go  to  Tennessee  to  live. 
Finally  he  came  with  his  wife  and  her 
parents  to  the  "Sunny  South"  in 
1871.  He  located  on  a  grain  and 
fruit  farm  near  Spring  City,  Tenn. 
He  has  been  active  in  all  improve- 
ments and  is  known  from  far  and 
near  as  the  man  with  the  fine  French 
Coach  horses,  delicious  apple  cider 
and  registered  Poland  China  pigs. 
After  forty  years  of  sweet  compan- 
ionship his  wife,  Sarah,  died.  Daniel 
is  80  years  old,  the  only  grand  child 
living  of  Jacob  Mayer,  later  Moyer. 
He  still  lives  on  his  farm,  is  quiet 
active  and  shows  his  patriotic  spirit 
in  one  way  by  having  much  grain  and 
fruit  grown  and  live  stock  raised  to 
do  his  bit  towards  winning  the  great- 
est war  the  world  has  ever  known. 

If  you,  who  read  this,  know  of  any 
other  members  of  the  great  grand 
father,  Jacob  Moyer,  and  if  you  have 
any  information  about  the  Mayer, 
Meyer  and  Moyer  ancestry,  also 
names  of  any  who  fought  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  please  write  me 
at  "Elmwood,"  Spring  City,  Tenn. 


ABE  LACEY 


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ABE  LACEY 

The  above  cut  reprensents  -Abe 
Lazy,  the  original  tramp,  tha  man 
who  served  for  half  a  century  as  a 
terror  to  women  and  children  and 
a  living  demonstration  that  the  world 
owes  every  man  a  living.  He  is  dead 
now,  died  in  the  insane  asylum  at 
Harrisburg  a  short  time  ago,  not 
that  he  was  insane,  but  because  no 
one  wanted  to  care  for  him  anymore. 
His  body  was  sent  as  a  subject  for 
the  dissecting  table  in  Philadelphia 
where  he  probably  rendered  his  first 
service   to   mankind. 

In  1890  he  was  living  with  a  family 
in  Richfield,  Pa.,  by  the  name  of 
Winey,  who  had  taken  pity  on  the  de- 
crepit old  vagrant  and  furnished  him 
with  a  home.  His  passion  for  tramp- 
ing, however,  had  not  forsaken  him, 
and  although  he  was  compelled  to 
use  two  canes,  and  his  gate  was  pain- 
ful and  slow— at  best  less  than  a 
mile  an  hour — he  kept  up  his  noma- 


dic life,  almost  as  helpless  as  a  child 
and  yet  independent  as  a  hog  on 
the  ice. 

He  had  been  against  the  world  and 
the  world  seemed  set  against  him. 
He  had  often  felt  the  sting  of  the 
cartwhip  wielded  by  the  hand  of  an 
indignant  parent  whose  domain  he 
had  invaded  and  insulted  the  family 
or  destroyed  their  property  to  vent 
his  spleen.  He  had  a  long  memory 
and  was  as  cunning  as  a  fox.  One 
merit  may  be  accorded  to  him.  He 
never  spoke  unkindly  of  anybody  but 
pretended  to  have  forgotten  the  name 
of  every  individual  whom  he  adjudged 
as  having  gotten  even  with  him  dur- 
ing his  incessant  ramblings. 

Obstinate  as  an  army  mule  he 
would  never  do  what  you  requested  of 
him,  and  the  least  offence  would  ren- 
der him  sour  and  sullen.  The  pic- 
ture represents  him  just  as  we  picked 
him  up  from  the  street.  His  pockets 
were  crammed  full  of  old  exchanges 
which  he  preferred  to  late  magazines 
and  periodicals — for  the  simple  rea- 
son, we  presume,  because  we  had 
urged  him  to  take  the  latter.  We  in- 
sisted upon  him  taking  off  his  hat, 
remove  his  papers  and  button  his 
coat  to  have  his  picture  taken.  His 
reply  was: 

"Y-y-youngoto-?" 

Abe  Lazy  was  a  character  the  like 
of  which  we  do  not  think  exists. 
He  was  well  known  all  over  Central 
Penna.,  as  "Old  Abe  Lazy"  forty 
years  ago,  and  no  one  has  ever  been 
able  to  learn  his  age  or  parentage, 
but  it  is  said,  although  without  any 
known  authority,  that  his  original 
name  was  Lawrence,  and  that  be  came 
from  a  wealthy  family.  His  depre- 
dations in  Penns  Valley  alone  would 
fill  a  volume  and,  if  as  Shakespeare 
says,  "the  good  men  do  is  buried  with 
their  bones"  Old  Abe  Lazy  will  not 
be  crowded  for  room  in  his  coffin. 
Bellefonte  Gazette. 
Taken  from  POST  May  30,  1895. 


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Why  It  Is  Called 
"Doler  Keriche 


GOLDEN  WEDDING 

ANNIVERSARY 


yy 


The  above  question  has  been  asked 
by  some  of  the  Readers  of  the  POST, 
hence  we  give  below  the  following- 
answers: 

J.  C.  Shuman,  of  Akron,  Ohio, 
gives  the  following  explanation:  St. 
Henry's  Church,  Troxelville,  was  call- 
ed "Doler  Keriche"  (Thaler  Kirche) 
because  it  was  located  in  Musser's 
Thai   (Musser's  Valley). 

This  brings  to  my  mind  an  inci- 
dent that  occurred  in  a  church  away 
from  St.  Henry's.  A  man  who  hap- 
pened to  be  visiting  a  church  away 
from  home,  who,  when  the  collection 
was  being  taken  declined  to  contri- 
bute anything,  saying:  "Ich  kare  net 
do  har.     Ich  kare  in  Musser's  Thai." 

Rev.  I.  W.  Bingaman,  pastor  of 
the  Lutheran  Memorial  Church,  Quin- 
cy,  111.,  says:  "Why  called  Doler 
Keriche?"  I  always  like  the  analy- 
tical and  having  been  reared  in  ths 
district  of  said  church,  I  venture  an 
answer. 

Properly  written  as  it  was  first  used 
in  German,  would  be  "Die  Thaler 
Kirche"  (the  church  of  the  vales  or 
valleys).  In  Pennsylvania  German 
no  attention  is  given  to  the  umlant. 
Most  churches  in  the  early  day  were 
built  on  a  hill,  this  being  an  excep- 
tion, as  well  as  drawing  the  congre- 
gation from  the  valley,  hence  the 
given    name. 

The  woods  on  the  main  driveway 
from  Middleswarth  to  Centreville  us- 
ed to  be  and  I  presume  even  today 
is  called  "Der  Thaler  Busch"  (better 
Der  Thai  Busch).  There  are  no  laws 
Governing  the  Pennsylvania  German, 
as  in  a  written  language,  therefore 
odd  spelling,  pronounciation  and  us- 
age. 

Die  Thaler  Kirche  has  never  puz- 
zled me  nearly  as  much  as  the  St. 
Henry's  Church.  Who  was  Saint 
Henry?" 

(An  article  was  published  in  the 
POST  during  the  past  summer  on  the 
St.   Henry's   Church). 


POST,   Dec.   26,    1918. 

A  golden  wedding  anniversary  was 
held  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  H.  Seiler,  McKees  Half  Falls,  in 
honor  of  their  fiftieth  wedding  anni- 
versary. They  received  forty  dollars 
in  gold  as  a  token  of  esteem  from 
their   four   children. 

Those  present  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
J.  H.  Seiler,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert 
Seiler,  of  McKees  Half  Falls,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  George  Krone  and  sons,  Reuben, 
Edward  and  Franklin,  and  daughter, 
Sarah,  of  Sunbury,  Mrs.  H.  E.  Sny- 
der and  son,  Walter,  of  York,  Pa., 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  C.  Trimmer  and  sons, 
Harry,  Chester,  Albert  and  George, 
and  daughter,  Catherine,  of  York, 
Pa. 

Mr.  Seiler  received  a  letter  from 
his  grandson,  J.  M.  Seiler,  "Some- 
where in  France"  stating  that  he  was 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has 
seen  some  very  fine  scenery  in 
France  and  his  trip  overseas. 

o 

HE   HOLDS   THIRTY-THREE   COM- 
MISSIONS THAT  ENTITLE 
HIM   TO  OFFICE 


The  following  is  an  old  undated 
clipping  we  have  just  discovered  in 
our  desk  and  we  republish  it  as  a 
matter  of  history. 

Hon.  Jere.  Crouse,  who  took  his 
seat  as  Associate  Judge  of  this  coun- 
ty the  first  week  in  January,  now 
holds  the  thirty-third  commission  re- 
ceived at  the  hands  of  the  Governors 
of  Pennsylvania  and  Postmaster  Gen- 
erals of  the  United  States.  The  first 
one  was  a  colonel's  commission  by 
Governor  Pollock,  three  by  the  Post- 
master Generals  and  twenty  nine  by 
the  Governors  of  Pennsylvania.  The 
last  was  given  by  Governor  Patti- 
pon,  to  the  office  which  he  now  holds. 
He  was  prothonotary  and  clerk  of  the 
courts  of  this  county  for  twenty-one 
years.  We  believe  he  exceeds  any- 
other  man  in  the  State  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  the  number  of  commissions 
issued  to  any  one  man.  Mr.  Crouse 
has  always  been  a  popular  official 
and  too  liberal  to  grow  rich  in  office 


ELDA   GRAYBILL— ELSIE   ROTHERMEL 


337 


MISS  ELDA  GRAYBILL 
Paxtonville,  Penna. 


Miss  Elda  Graybill,  of  Paxtonville, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irvin 
Graybill,  attended  school  at  Central, 
Pa.  College,  at  New  Berlin,  taught 
for  four  years  in  the  public  schools 
of  Snyder  County. 

After  three  years  of  training  she 
graduated  at  the  Medico  Chi  hospi- 
tal, Philadelphia.  After  several 
years  of  private  nursing  she  accepted 
a  position  at  the  State  Tuberculosis 
Dispensary  at  Harrisburg  from  which 
place  she  enlisted  in  U.  S.  service  as 
a  Red  Cross  nurse.  She  sailed  with 
the  Episcopal  Hospital.  Phila.  unit 
and  landed  overseas  Christmas  day 
1917.  She  is  located  at  Base  Hos- 
pital No.  34  near  Nantes,  France. 

Miss  Graybill  is  a  sister  to  Winey 
H.  and  Irvin  Graybill  Jr. 


MISS  ELSIE  ROTHERMEL 

Mt.    Pleasant    Mills,    Pa.      Red    Cross 

Nurse,   Base   Hospital,   No.   54, 

France. 

Miss  Elsie  M.  Rothermel,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Richard  Rothermel, 
of  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills,  lived  with  her 
grandparents,  Aaron  Rothermel  and 
wife,  attended  public  schools  of  West 
Perry  Twp.,  Snyder  County,  after 
which  she  took  a  two  years  course  in 
nursing  at  the  Danville  State  Hos- 
pital. She  afterward  went  to  the 
Gouveneur  Hospital,  New  York  City, 
to  complete  her  course  from  which 
she  graduated.  She  then  enlisted  as 
a  Red  Cross  nurse  in  the  service  of 
Uncle  Sam  and  sailed  for  France 
Sept.  1918,  where  she  is  located  at 
Base  Hospital  No.  54. 


338 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


GRAYBILL  BROTHERS 


Irvin    on    Left;    Winey    on    the    Right 
Paxtonville,    Penna. 


WINEY  H.  GRAYBILL 

Winey  H.  Graybill,  of  Paxtonville,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irvin  Gray- 
bill  attended  the  public  schools.  Graduated  in  Harrisburg  High  School 
in  1916.     Taught  school  in  Franklin  township  the  winter  of  1916 — 17. 

He  enlisted  in  Aug.   1917.     Was  sent  to  Columbus,   Ohio,  later  to 
Indianapolis,   Ind.,   and   then   sent  to    Camp  Dix,  N.  J.,  where  he  became  a 
member  of  312  Amb.  Co.,  303  Sanitary  Train,  78th  Division.     Arrived  in 
France  in  June. 

He  was  in  active  service  in  Argonne  Ridge  and  was  gassed  in  the  St. 
Michel  Drive.  Spent  five  weeks  in  Hospital  and  is  at  present  in  a  convales- 
cent camp  waiting  to  be  sent  home. 


IRVIN  GRAYBILL,  Jr. 

Irvin  Graybill  Jr.,  of  Paxtonville,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Irvin  Gray- 
bill  attended  the  public  schools  of  Paxtonville  and  Harrisburg.  He  spent 
two  years  in  the  Moody  School  for  Boys  at  Mt.  Hermon,  Mass.  He  taught 
in  the  public  schools  in  Dauphin  county. 

September  1917  he  enlisted  in  303  Field  Signal  Battalion,  Co.  B. 
78th  division  and  was  in  training  at  Camp  Dix,  N.  J.  until  June  1918  when 
he  sailed  for  overseas. 

Was  mustard  gassed  and  wounded  in  the  army  by  a  piece  of  shrap- 
nel in  the  fierce  fighting  near  Verdun  in  October.  Was  in  the  hospital 
for  six  weeks  and  is  at  present  in  a  convalescent  hospital  fully  recovered. 
In  a  letter  Mr.  Graybill  says  he  was  burned  on  the  body,  his  face  not  being 
disfigured  as  it  was  protected  by  his  gas  mask. 


HOTTENSTEIN — HARTMAN 


339 


CORP.  EDWARD  H.HOTTENSTEIN 


JOHN    ADAM    HARTMAN 


E.  H.  Hottenstein,  son  of  Mrs. 
Amelia  Hummel,  of  route  3,  Middle- 
burg,  Pa.  was  born  May  26,  1896; 
enlisted  in  National  Guard  at  Ro- 
chester, N.  Y.  in  1915;  went  to  Texas 
in  1916  and  came  home  during  the 
winter  of  1916-17;  in  the  Spring  of 
1917  he  went  to  Camp  Wadsworth, 
S.  C.  and  was  assigned  to  Co.  A.  108th 
U.  S.  Infantry. 

May  1918  went  over  seas;  was 
wounded  in  October  and  died  Oct. 
23,  1918,  aged  22  years,  4  months  and 
27  days. 

He  was  the  only  son  of  Henry  Hot- 
tenstein, a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War. 
He  had  three  sisters  as  follows: 

1.  Kate,  wife  of  Percival  Kratzer; 
She  died  October  1917. 

2.  Ida,  wife,  of  Edward  Metzger, 
of  Union  County. 

3.  Jennie,  married  to  E.  E.  Fisher, 
of  Sunbury. 

4.  Lillie,  married  to  George  Bil- 
ger,  of  near  Kratzerville. 


Middleburg,       Pa.         Co.       E,       Corps 

Troops,      53rd      Pioneer      Inf. 

Died   in   France   Sept. 

2,    1918. 


John  Adam  Hartman,  son  of  Mrs. 
Harriet  Hartman,  Penna.  Ave.,  Wat- 
sontown,  died  in  the  service  overseas, 
Sept.  2nd,  1918.  Death  was  due  to 
pneumonia. 

June  1st,  Pvt.  Hartman  left  with 
a  contingent  from  Middleburg  and 
sent  to  the  Columbus  Barracks,  O. 
From  there  he  was  transferred  to 
Camp  Jackson,  South  Carolina.  Lat- 
er he  was  sent  to  Camp  Wadsworth, 
S.  C.  He  left  for  overseas  August 
4,  1918  from  Camp  Upton,  N.  J.  ana 
from  that  date  nothing  was  heard 
from  him  with  the  exception  of  a 
card  to  his  mother  on  which  was  writ- 
ten "The  ship  on  which  I  sailed,  has 
arrived  safely  overseas." 

Several  months  before  entering  the 
service  he  was  employed  at  Dewart 
Creamery.  Prior  to  that  he  was  en- 
gaged by  a  farmer  two  miles  W.  of 
Middleburg  on  the  K.  C.  Walter  farm. 

He  was  a  member  of  Company  E, 
Corps  Troops,  53rd  Pioneer  Infantry. 


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HIRAM    C.    STEFFEN,    Jr. 


Hiram  C.  Steffen,  Jr.,  son  of  Hiram 
Steffen,  St.,  of  Mt.  Pleasant  Mills, 
was  born  April  11th  1901,  and  was 
killed  in  action  Oct.  12th,  1918.  aged 
only  17  years.  Official  notice  of  his 
death  was  received  Nov.  19th,  by 
his  only  brother,  Isaac  L.  Steffen, 
215   High   Street,   Selinsgrove,   Pa. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  107th 
Machine  Gun  Battalion,  and  was 
eager  to  join  the  army  to  fight  for 
the  great  cause  of  freedom  and  said 
he'  would  stand  for  his  country  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  was  true  to  his 
faith  and  his  convictions.  He  leaves 
a  father,  mother,  sister  and  brother. 

o 

Harvey  S.  Teats 

Batt.  D,  11th  Regt.  F.  A.  R.  D., 
Camp  Jackson.  We  do  not  know 
whether  Mr.  Teats  is  a  volunteer  or 
not.  He  was  not  drafted  from  Sny- 
der county,  according  to  our  records. 


HARRY  ALBERT  STRAUSER 


Richfield,   Pa.       Supply   Co.   314   Regt. 
Wounded  in   Left  Arm   Sept.   30. 


Harry  Albert  Strauser,  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Strausar,  R.  D.  2, 
Richfield,  was  born  July  30,  1895, 
registered  for  conscription  June  5, 
1917,  at  Trevorton,  Pa.,  was  drafted 
and  left  Sunbury  for  Camp  Meade, 
Md.  Sept.  19,  1917,  was  assigned  to 
Supply  Co.  314th  Regt.  Inf.  as  a 
wagoner,  and  was  at  Camp  Meade 
nearly  ten  months  before  sailing  for 
France.  He  arrived  overseas  about 
July  16th,  1918.  Was  wounded  in 
the  left  arm,  Sept.  30,  1918.  The 
last  word  received  from  him  was 
written  Nov.  29th  stating  that  he  was 
in  a  convalescent  camp  and  expected 
to  be  sent  home  before  long. 


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RALPH     C.     SPAIDE 


GROVEB  C.  SCHOLL, 


R.    1,   Beavertown.      Co.    E,    314th   Regt. 
Reported    Killed    Nov.    7th.     Let- 
ters   Say    He    Is    Alive. 


Port   Trevorton,   Pa.     Died   in   France, 
Sept.  8,  1918. 


Ralph  C.  Spaide  was  born  Dec.  25, 
1892,  was  killed  Nov.  7,  1918.  He  was 
a  son  of  John  and  Martha  (nee  Middles- 
warth)    Spaide,    R.    D    Beavertown. 

He  was  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
for  a  number  of  terms  and  was  employ- 
ed by  the  American  Steel  Foundry  Co., 
Washington  D.  C.  before  leaving  as  a 
draftee  May  28th,  1918.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  St.  James  Lutheran  church, 
Troxelville  for  8  years. 

A  letter  from  Chas.  Jordan,  of  Co.  E, 
314th  Inf.,  (of  which  Mr.  Spaide  was 
also  a  member)  dated  Dec.  1,  1918,  stat- 
ed vas  follows:  "Ralph  Spaide  is  in  a 
hospital,  wounded,  and  is  getting  along 
fine." 

Also  another  letter  from  Chas.  Mid- 
dleswarth,  of  the  same  Company,  has 
made  this  satement,  "Ralph  Spaide  has 
a  flesh  wound,  and  is  getting  along  fine." 
The  date  of  Middlesworth's  lette"  is  not 
known   correctly. 


Grover  C.  Scholl,  son  of  Wm.  H.  Scholl 
of  Port  Trevorton,  was  born  Nov.  23, 
1889  and  died  of  labor  pneumonia  in 
France  Sept  8,  1918,  aged  28  years,  9 
months  and   15   days. 

He  was  a  member  of  Company  M. 
53rd  pioneer  Infantry.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Camp  No.  23  P.  O.  S.  of  A.  Port 
Trevorton  of  which  he  was  a  faithful 
member.  He  was  eager  to  join  the 
army  to  fight  for  the  great  cause  of 
freedom.  He  left  his  home  June  1st 
for  Columbus,  Ohio,  from  which  he  was 
transferred  to  Camp  Jackson,  then  to 
Camp  Wadsworth  for  a  short  time.  He 
embarked  Aug.  4th  and  arrived  in  France 
and    wrote    his    first    letter   Aug.    21st. 

He  is  survived  by  his  father,  mother, 
four  brothers  (one  in  France)  and  a 
host    of   friends. 


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SKETCH  OF  WAR  RECORD  OF 
1st  LIEUT.  CHAS.  N.  BROSIUS, 
M.  C,  SHAMOKIN  DAM,  PA 


I  took  the  physical  examination  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  under  Benj.  Frank- 
lin Royer  in  July  1917,  who  found  me 
0.  K.,  receiving  my  commission  as 
1st  Lieutenant,  Aug.  13,  1917.  I  was 
called  for  active  duty  April  15,  1918 
to  report  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.  Arrived 
there  Apr.  30,  1918  and  was  asked 
to  enter  the  Transportation  Dept. 

May  1st  was  called  to  New  York 
City  to  escort  a  Major  who  had  be- 
come insane  on  the  other  side,  also 
a  Sergeant  who  had  phlebitis,  to  Ellis 
Island  Army  Hospital.  May  2nd  was 
sent  over  to  New  York  City  to  inspect 
the  troops  of  the  ship  "Carmama." 
When  I  got  there  Earl  Shipe.  Sun- 
bury,  was  at  the  gang  plank  doing 
guard  duty.  A  number  of  the  Sun- 
bury  boys  went  over  to  France  on 
that  ship.  I  had  three  patients,  one 
very  bad  case  of  pneumonia,  to  take 
over  to  the  St.  Mary's  hospital. 

May  3rd  was  sent  over  to  Pier  59 
New  York  City  to  inspect  troops  of 
a  certain  ship. 

May  4th  my  birthday,  received  or- 
ders to  go  with  H.  M.  T.  Persic,  a 
British  ship  as  "Transport  Surgeon." 

May  6th  set  sail  on  the  H.  M.  T. 
Persic  for  parts  unknown  to  us  at  that 
time.  Went  up  to  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  where  the  convoy  was  formed, 
which  consisted  of  the  Muldavia  (our 
escort  ship)  Persic,  Rumic,  City  of 
Brisbane  and  Oxfordshire.  While  at 
Halifax  saw  the  ruins  of  that  city 
from  late  explosions.  Bought  a  Hali- 
fax paper  there  and  took  an  Austra- 
lian to  the  Halifax  hospital,  who  was 
suffering  with   appendicitis. 

The  Persic  had  come  from  Austra- 
lia through  the  Panama  Canal,  had 
about  500  Australian  troops  and  a 
heavy  cargo  from  Australia,  consist- 
ing of  several  million  rabbits  in  cold 
storage,  and  wheat  and  mutton.  This 
ship  had  to  report  at  Newport  News. 
The  Pilot,  when  he  came  in,  tried  to 
run  up  the  gang  plank  of  another  ship 


DR.   CHARLES   N.   BROSIUS 

Shamokin    Dam,    Pa. 

Who  Has  Written  the  POST  A  Full 

and  Complete  History  of  His 

Experience  in  the  War. 

which  was  about  ready  to  leave.  The 
guard  told  him  he  had  orders  not  to 
leave  anyone  on  board.  The  Pilot  said 
"The  Hell  with  your  orders"  and  con- 
tinued going  up  the  gang  plank,  so 
the  guard  shot  the  Pilot  in  the  back 
and   he   died   right   there.     They   did 


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343 


not  have  any  troops  for  the  Persic  at 
Newport  News,  so  she  set  sail  for  New 
York  City,  where  my  troops,  two  com- 
panies of  M.  P's,  mostly  Southerners 
from  Camp  Gordon  were  loaded  mid- 
stream of  the  Hudson,  as  high  up  as 
170  St.  The  s"hip  laid  at  New  York 
for  about  a  week,  the  Australian 
troops  were  allowed  to  leave  the  ship 
and  go  over  to  New  York  City  as  this 
was  the  1st  batch  of  Australian  troops 
who  had  ever  been  in  New  York  City. 
The  people  almost  carried  them 
around  in  their  hands.  At  any  rate 
the  rich  took  them  in,  gave  them 
banquets,  made  them  drunk  and  had 
them  get  up  at  different  gatherings 
and  make  speeches  in  favor  of  the 
Third  Liberty  Loan,  which  was  being 
worked  in  America  at  that  time. 

The  Australian  troops  had  on  board 
a  good  cornet  band,  which  furnished 
us  with  good  music.  They  also  fur- 
nished us  an  orchestra  for  our  din- 
ners in  the  Salon  in  the  evening. 
All  the  officers  ate  in  the  Salon.  I, 
as  transport  surgeon,  had  the  best 
cabin  on  the  ship.  When  Dr.  Ander- 
son, the  troop  Doctor,  arrived  he 
wanted  to  stay  in  the  same  cabin  with 
the  Surgeon,  so  he  slept  in  the  upper 
berth  and  I  in  the  lower. 

We  left  Halifax  and  went  due  East 
along  the  coasts  of  Newfoundland, 
Greenland  and  Iceland  until  we  came 
close  to  the  Irish  coast.  On  this 
route  it  was  very  cold  and  stormy. 
One  night  when  it  was  very,  very 
stormy,  I  was  sitting  in  my  cabin 
reading  at  about  ten  o'clock,  when  the 
ship  gave  a  sundden  jar.  I  fell  off 
my  chair.  I  ran  out  in  the  hallway, 
and  found  that  the  soft  drink  bottles 
were  flying  in  all  directions  in  the 
store  room,  and  Mr.  Safford,  the  store- 
keeper, was  dodging  them  so  that  he 
would  not  be  hit.  It  surely  was 
laughable  to  look  on. 

I  then  went  over  to  the  smoking 
room  and  saw  the  other  officers  roll- 
ing around  on  the  floor,  tables  and 
chairs  being  upset.  Upon  investiga- 
tion we  found  that  the  waves  were 
about  100  feet  or  more  high,  and  the 
Rumic's  steering  wheel  had  given 
away,  and  the  ship  coming  directly 
for  us.  So  in  order  to  get  away 
Chief  Tyson,  who  was  at  the  helm  of 
our  ship,  gave  it  a  quick  turn,  and  the 
Rumic  instead  of  dropping  on  the 
bridge  of  our  ship  as  was  expected  by 


all  ship  officers,  dropped  about 
thirty  feet  back  of  our  ship.  This 
was  the  most  dangerous  part  of  our 
voyage.  If  the  Rumic  would  have 
dropped  on  ours,  ship  and  all  would 
have  been  lost,  as  no  life  boats  could 
have  been  put  out,  as  the  big  and 
heavy  waves  would  have  crushed  them 
like  egg  shells.  One  member  of  the 
submarine  crew,  said  "I  would  have 
shot  at  the  Rumic,  but  it  looked  a 
little  too  big  to  me  for  a  submarine.'' 
That  night  all  of  the  submarine 
guards  had  to  be  ordered  down  into 
the  hold,  as  the  waves  splashed  over 
the  upper  deck  and  threw  the  men 
down.  Twelve  of  the  Australians' 
rifles  were  lost  that  night  by  being 
washed  over  board.  Chief  Tyson  in- 
deed can  be  typed  as  a  real  hero,  as 
he  saved  the  two  ship-loads  of  troops 
and  cargo,  by  his  quick  thinking,  and 
at  the  same  time  acted  at  the  right 
time. 

Going  across  we  had  very  informal 
dinners,  that  is  when  the  storm  was'nt 
too  heavy,  for  then  I  was  holding  on 
to  one  leg  of  the  table  with  one  hand 
and  trying  to  eat  soup  with  the  spoon 
in  my  other  hand,  although  when  the 
dishes  of  soup  would  start  to  slide, 
or  run  over  when  a  heavy  wave  would 
come  along,  I  had  to  leave  it  go.  I 
did  try  to  catch  a  dish  of  soup  that 
was  starting  to  slide,  by  leaving  go 
of  the  table  leg,  and  soup  and  myself 
were  found  on  the  floor  along  side  of 
the  table,  and  my  clothes  "well  I 
guess"  they  were  a  mess.  Even  a 
glass  of  water  would  sometimes  try 
the  same  stunt  as  the  soup,  by  sliding 
to  the  other  end  of  the  table,  wail 
ing  for  someone  to  slide  it  back  to 
its  original  owner. 

At  these  informal  dinners  that  I 
was  trying  to  tell  you  about,  we  often 
had  a  special  program  arranged,  of 
selections  played  by  the  orchestra. 
After  playing  "God  Save  the  *ling" 
Col.  Feathers,  of  the  Australian 
troops,  would  get  up  and  ask  a  toast 
to  be  given  in  honor  of  King  Georga 
V  of  Great  Britain.  After  the  Star 
Spangled  Banr>cr  was  played,  Col. 
Nelson,  ou**  .enior  troop  officer,  would 
ask  a  t^cist  to  be  given  in  honor  of 
Prec.  Wilson,  of  the  United  States  of 
America.  This  was  an  every  day's 
occurrence.  This  co-mingling  of  the 
Australian  troops  with  the  Americans, 


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I  thought  was  very  nice  and  I  en- 
joyed it  very  much  and  gained  much 
knowledge  of  Australia,  which  I  be- 
lieve I  could  in  no  other  way  have 
learned.  They  told  me  so  much  about 
this  "Golden  Spot"  Australia,  that  I 
am  longing  ever  since  to  have  the  op- 
portunity of  seeing  it  some  day. 

The  Australians  showed  me  photo- 
graphs where  they  have  wheat  stack- 
ed up  in  two  bushel  bags,  20  feet 
high  and  extending  for  miles.  They 
say  wheat  is  so  plentiful  that  it  was 
rotting  when  they  left.  In  some  in- 
stances they  burned  it  for  cooking 
purposes.  Rabbits  are  so  plentiful 
that  they  destroy  all  vegetation  in 
some  places,  hence  this  cargo  of  rab- 
bits, wherein  they  helped  along  in 
the  meat  famine  of  England. 

One  morning  at  3:30  A.  M.  while 
in  our  most  so'lid  and  sound  slumbers, 
the  submarine  gong  sounded.  I 
heard  it  at  once  and  was  out  of  bed 
by  the  time  Ool.  Feathers  was  going 
thrugh  the  hall-way  at  the  cabins 
sounding  the  bugle.  Dr.  Anderson 
asked  me  before  to  tell  him  when 
there  were  any  subs  around  as  he  was 
a  young  fellow,  just  coming  out  of 
Camp  Upton,  where  they  had  to  get  up 
so  early,  so  he  was  a  good  and  sound 
sleeper  on  the  ship.  This  morning  [ 
called  him  but  he  was  in  no  hurry 
to  get  up  and  rolled  around  and 
groaned.  I  had  my  leggings  and  shoes 
off  and  was  in  the  act  of  putting  them 
on,  when  I  called  him  a  second  time. 
When  he  heard  this  he  jumped  right 
down  on  my  back.  Both  of  us  after 
this  jolt  quickly  got  our  life  belts 
and  ran  out  to  our  posts.  I  was  in 
command  of  life  boat  No.  12  which 
was  close  to  the  Hospital.  I  had  to 
have  my  patients  ready  for  the  life 
boat,  before  I  was  allowed  to  enter. 
This  morning  our  ship  the  Persic  was 
torpedoed  but  missed.  Two  aero- 
planes came  over  from  the  coast  and 
were  hovering  over  the  aft  and  then 
the  front  and  throwing  depth  bombs. 
At  this  time  we  had  nine  British  de- 
stroyers surrounding  our  convoy,  who 
were  also  throwing  depth  bombs,  un- 
til they  thought  in  their  mind  that 
they  had  conquered  the  submarine.  I 
looked  over  towards  the  horizon  and 
saw  land  for  the  first  time.  I  was 
told  that  this  land  was  the  Scilly  Is- 
lands. 


The  next  morning  we  were  aroused 
out  of  our  slumbers  at  about  2:30  A. 
M.  by  the  submarine  gong.  This 
morning  I  slept  with  leggings,  shoes 
and  all  on,  so  did  not  have  much 
trouble  getting  to  my  command. 
When  I  came  out,  the  "Muldavia"  our 
escort  ship,  wherein  we  had  put  our 
faith,  pride  and  guidance,  all  the 
way,  had  been  notified  of  submarines, 
now  was  zigzagging  over  to  our  side, 
before  she  was  always  to  our  left, 
but  now  it  seemed  at  the  risk  of  her 
own  danger  she  came  over  to  our  side 
and  was  hit  right  in  front  of  our 
shin,  the  Persic.  A  torpedo  hit  her 
right  in  the  hold  and  by  the  concus- 
sion of  the  torpedo  killed  56  of  her 
troops,  she  staggered  right  in  front  of 
us. 

Our  ship  the  Persic,  ran  into  the 
Muldavia  and  the  Rumic  ran  into  our 
ship,  the  Persic,  smashing  one  of  our 
life  boats  to  pieces.  Thus  we  almost 
lost  the  three  ships  with  their  troops 
and  cargo  right  in  this  spot.  The 
Muldavia  was  lowering  its  life  boats 
when  we  passed  and  the  groans  of 
the  injured  could  be  heard  as  we  pass- 
ed by.  The  aeroplanes  again  came 
out,  as  they  can  always  see  deeper  in 
the  water  than  the  destroyers,  the 
higher  up,  the  deeper  you  can  see. 
An  aeroplane  can  see  a  submarine 
many  feet  under  the  water,  the  whole 
form  and  shape  of  it.  They  were 
again  throwing  depth  bombs,  so  were 
the  destroyers.  But  right  here  was 
where  the  good  work  of  the  destroyers 
came  in.  They  could  be  seen  picking 
up  the  troops  out  of  the  life  boats 
and  water,  and  passed  the  bow  of 
our  ship  laden  with  troops  and  in- 
jured taking  them  over  to  Plymouth 
our  nearest  seaport  town.  A  trans- 
port dare  not  stop  to  help  the  stricken 
for  fear  it  will  also  be  blown  up. 
This  work  all  belongs  to  the  destroy- 
ers. The  Muldavia  went  down  close 
to    the    coast    of    the    Isle-of- Wright. 

The  following  evening  we  landed 
in  the  outlet  of  the  beautiful 
"Thames",  forgetting  about  the 
fights  with  the  submarines,  as  here 
they  could  not  reach  us.  Could 
sleep  with  our  clothes  off,  and  every- 
thing was  quiet.  While  coming  in 
along  the  channel  we  came  along 
close  to  the  coast  of  France,  and 
could  see  the  outline  of  the  coast  all 
along   the   way,   the   Channel    Island, 


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you  could  see  the  masts  of  the  ships 
which  were  stranded  in  the  sand.  We 
also  had  a  good  view  of  the  famous 
Chalf    Cliffs. 

Friday  May  24th  at  about  2:30  P. 
M.  we  arrived  at  Tilbury  Docks, 
where  we  had  berth  for  the  Persic 
for  over  12  days  stay  in  England. 

Tilbury  is  located  in  Essex  Co. 
on  the  banks  of  the  Thames,  directly 
opposite  the  river  is  Grave's  End,  the 
county  seat  of  Essex.  Steamboats 
cross  the  Thames  at  this  point.  I 
went  across  to  Grave's  End  to  get 
shaved.  A  shave  in  England  costs 
three  pence  or  six  pe  mies  in  our 
money.  Have  straight  chairs  with 
head  rests,  and  rather  rough  barbers. 
No  hot  towls  here,  the  barber  only 
tells  you  to  go  over  to  the  bowl  and 
wash,  and  then  go  out  to  the  Gover- 
nor and  settle  your  bill.  The  Gov- 
ernor is  the  man  in  the  front",  room 
who  sells  cigars  and  takes  the  three 
pence.  These  barber  shops  are  alike 
over  all  Great  Britain,  rirfit  opposite 
Victoria  station,  close  to  Buckingham 
palace  they  are  the  same,  here  is 
really  where  I  had  the  above  experi- 
ence. 

Everything  is  different  in  England 
from  here.  The  coaches  of  the  rail- 
road trains  each  have  two  seats  par- 
titioned and  a  door  leading  in  each 
apartment  from  the  outside.  The 
conductor  is  known  as  the  guard,  and 
the  guard  never  calls  out  any  sta- 
tions. Each  passenger  has  to  look  out 
for  himself.  The  names  of  the  sta- 
tions are  printed  in  big  letters  and 
if  you  fail  to  look  out  at  these,  you 
are  liable  to  be  carried  to  the  next 
one.  The  milk  cans  are  conical.  The 
freight  cars  are  too  short  for  their 
height — and  those  high  wheels.  The 
newspapers  are  much  smaller  than 
ours,  no  skv  scraper  buildings  here 
and  a  peculiar  shaped  chimney  goes 
to  each  house  in  England.  Trucks 
are  run  thru  the  streets  with  small 
steam  engines.  Automobiles  were 
then  used  only  for  war  purposes  as 
"Petrol"  was  too  scarce.  Everybody 
was  looking  all  around  for  air  raids 
in  London.  Walking  along  the  streets 
every  now  and  then  you  would  come 
to  a  hand  pointing  to  a  place  of  shel- 
ter during  air  raids.  The  last  Sun- 
day night  that  we  were  on  the  ocean, 
they  had  an  air  raid  over  London  in 
which  178  were  killed  and  many  in- 
jured. 


One  evening  while  I  and  my  good 
friend,  the  Welshman,  were  sitting  in 
Hyde  Park,  some  one  gave  an  alarm  of 
an  air  raid.  The  whole  mass  of  peo- 
ple consisting  of  many  thousands 
started  to  move  for  sheltering  places. 
They  found  it  was  a  falsa  alarm  and 
came  back.  All  blinds  had  to  be 
drawn  early  in  the  evening  so  that 
no  streak  of  light  would  be  thrown 
out  to  attract  any  German  aeroplane. 
Matches  were  not  to  be  lighted  on  the 
streets. 

While  in  London  I  stayed  at  the 
Duke  of  Connaught's  home  for  sol- 
diers and  sailors  while  out  on  their 
furloughs.  I  was  glad  that  I  had  the 
opportunity  of  staying  here  as  I  got 
to  see  more  of  the  British  ways  and 
customs,  than  I  could  have  in  any 
other  way.  Every  night  we  had  rep- 
resented here,  Australians,  New 
Zealnnders,  Irish,  Welsh,  Scotts, 
South  African  and  Britons  of  Eng- 
land, just  in  from  the  battlefields. 
It  was  interesting  to  hear  them  tell 
different  things  that  happened  on  the 
battlefield. 

Before  they  went  out  in  the  trench- 
es, they  told  that  there  was  a  dugout 
with  two  compartments — a  little  gang 
way  leading  from  one  compartment 
to  the  other.  In  the  one  they  had  a 
big  kettle  of  tea  strongly  flavored 
with  rum.  They  were  asked  whether 
they  wanted  rum  with  their  tea,  and 
as  most  preferred  a  little  rum  in  their 
tea,  they  usually  went  to  that  com- 
partment, as  they  then  felt  more  like 
fighting. 

The  Duke  of  Connaught  home  was 
run  on  religious  plans.  It  was  in 
charge  of  a  Deaconess  and  a  sister  of 
the  church  of  England,  which  is  about 
the  same  as  our  Methodist  church  of 
America.  They  had  prayer  meeting 
every  evening  at  9:00  P.  M.  conduct- 
ed bv  the  Deaconess,  and  every  Sun- 
day had  services  in  the  church,  which 
was  an  apartment  in  the  basement, 
fitted  up  like  a  real  church,  with  its 
puln;t  and  pews.  A  chaplain  (Major) 
of  the  British  Army  preached  when 
I  attended.  After  the  services  the 
Major  wished  the  American  officers 
to  take  tea  with  him,  which  I  did,  by 
breaking  the  American  custom,  as 
thev  say  about  President  Wilson  dur- 
ing his  trip. 

One  morning  while  going  out  along 
Queen    Ann's   lane    to    the   House    of 


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Parliament,  I  met  an  old  British  vet- 
eran in  uniform.  He  asked  me  wheth- 
er I  wished  to  see  anything  great. 
I  told  him  yes,  if  it  were  possible  for 
me  to  do  so.'  He  says— "Well  King 
George  the  Fifth  is  going  to  give  out 
the  medals  to  the  soldiers,  sailors  and 
nurses  for  their  heroic  work  in  the 
war,  and  any  man  in  officer's  uni- 
form can  pass  through  the  gates,  and 
no  questions  will  be  asked."  He  said 
"that  he  would  walk  along  and  show 
me  the  way."  As  we  walked  along 
St.  James'  square,  he  pointed  out  to 
me  Queen  Alexandria's  horns.  She 
has  a  very  beautiful  residence  on  one 
of  the  most  prominent  places  of  St. 
James'  square. 

As  we  came  opposite  Buckingham 
palace,  he  pointed  to  me  the  way  to 
the  gates  and  left.  I  went  over  and 
passed  thu  the  gates  without  anybodv 
asking  me  any  questions,  although 
the  Palace  is  well  guarded  by  the 
King's  Guards,  and  also  many  police- 
men for  the  occasion.  At  the.  one 
side  of  the  court  yard  was  the  Royal 
band,  in  the  opposite  corner  was  the 
Scottish  band,  who  were  dressed  in 
their  regular  army  uniform  of  kilts 
and  bare  knees,  and  the  main  band 
instruments  consisted  of  bag  pipes. 
The  King  was  standing  back  of  a 
temporary  arranged  altar,  on  a 
platform  surrounded  and  covered  with 
yellow  striped  canvass,  resembling 
the  booths  at  the  county  fairs,  if  we 
may  use  this  expression. 

In  one  corner  sat  his  Secretary.  On 
the  other  side  another  officer  dressed 
in  the  Royal  uniform,  which  is  trim- 
med with  red  and  gold.  The  candi- 
dates for  medals,  of  which  there  muse 
have  been  a  few  hundred,  formed  in 
the  building  back  of  the  stage,  and 
came  out  thru  the  door  one  by  one 
around  this  platform.  Each  one  as 
they  came  along  stepped  in  front  of 
the  King,  who  himself  pinned  on  the 
medal,  which  was  handed  to  him  by 
his  Secretary.  The  King  then  took 
the  candidate  by  the  hand  if  a  male; 
if  a  female,  (nurse)  with  her  long 
white  veil  bowed  low  before  the  King 
and  went  on.  The  Royal  band  now 
and  then  plaved  "God  Save  the  King." 

The  first  Sunday  morning,  I  was  to 
the  church  of  England,  services  at 
Westminster  Abbey.  Here  is  wners 
Shakespeare  and  many  other  men  of 
prominence,  and  members  of  the 
Royal  family  are  buried.  The  audi- 
torium is  entirely  surrounded  with 
tablets,   figures   and   statues   of  their 


heroes  who  had  fallen  in  their  wars 
in  times  gone  by.  Right  at  the  wall 
of  the  pew  wherein  I  sat,  I  remember 
a  figure  representing  three  of  their 
heroes  in  the  death  agony,  as  they 
were  killed  in  a  naval  engagement 
during  the  Revolutionary  war  in  1775. 

The  second  Sunday  I  was  in  Eng- 
land I  was  to  Catholic  services  in  St. 
Paul's  Cathedral.  This  is  one  of  the 
oldest  Cathedrals  in  the  world. 

The  first  Sunday  afternoon  in  Eng- 
land I  hired  a  taxi,  accompanied  by 
my  good  friend,  the  Welshman  Ser- 
geant, who  was  in  London's  Officers' 
Training  School,  studying  to  become 
a  second  Lieutenant.  The  British 
always  say  "Leftenant."  The  French- 
man says  "Lew-ten-a"  while  the  Am- 
erican says  "Lieutenant"  which  is 
really  a  derivate  of  the  French  word. 
At  any  rate  this  would  be  "Leftenant" 
and  I  started  out  with  the  taxi  he 
could  tell  a  good  bit  about  London, 
so  did  the  driver.  That  day  we  pass- 
ed Big  Ben.  thence  along  the  Strand, 
across  the  Bridge  of  Sighs,  saw  the 
big  tower  of  London  in  the  distance, 
passed  by  the  House  of  Parliament, 
and  all  other  Govermental  buildings 
of  which  there  are  many.  Saw  Queen 
Ann's  Home,  which  is.  old  looking, 
the  brick  falling  in  at  some  places. 
This  is  supposed  to  be  the  tallest 
building  in  London.  It  is  about  seven 
stories  high.  It  was  to  be  built  ac- 
cording to  the  American  plans,  but 
when  they  came  up  to  this  height, 
the  workmen  had  to  quit,  as  they  do 
not  believe  in  tall  buildings  in  Eng- 
land. .Also  passed  the  house  where 
Sir  Walter  Raleigh  was  beheaded. 
Saw  the  mounted  guard  in  the  rear 
gate  of  Buckingham  palace.  This 
guard  is  always  under  the  arched 
gateway  sitting  on  a  horse  when  the 
King  and  Queen  are  out  of  town. 
If  anything  happens  this  Guard  has 
to  go  on  horseback  with  all  his  might 
and  give  the  alarm.  On  this  trip  we 
also  passed  thru  St.  James'  Lane, 
Hyde  Park  etc. 

While  I  was  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral 
on  the  Sunday  of  June  2nd.  Princess 
Patricia  and  the  Duke  of  Connaught 
attended  the  Empire  Day  services, 
which  was  a  special  occasion  or  event 
at  St.  Paul's. 

Monday,  June  3rd,  the  day  I  left 
England,  the  Empire  knew  of  its  first 
one  and  one  half  pence  postage,  the 
same  as  three  cents  in  our  money. 


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347 


About  the  time  I  left  London  the 
Pemberton  Billings  case  was  at  its 
zenith  in  the  House  of  Parliament, 
wherein  Mr.  Billings  was  charged  with 
publishing  false  and  defamatory  libel 
on  Miss  Maud  Allan,  the  dancer, 
where  Miss  Maud  Allan  took  the  part 
of  Salome.  The  case  hinged  on  a 
certain  book  which  was  referred  to, 
containing  the  names  of  47000  Eng- 
lish men  and  women,  who  were  forc- 
ed into  the  wishes  of  German  agents 
in  England  and  to  their  superiors  in 
Germany;  who  were  supposed  to  be 
easy  victims  for  the  Germans  thru 
their  moral,  sexual  and  other  weak- 
nesses. 

June  3rd  I  again  went  back  to 
Tilbury  to  get  ready  for  our  return 
voyage  on  the  H.  M.  T.  Persic.  The 
only  thing  of  note  at  Tilbury  is  its 
big  hotel  which  is  a  regular  summer 
resort  right  on  the  Thames.  It  is  own- 
ed by  the  London  and  India  Docks 
Co.  I  stayed  at  this  hotel  three  days, 
costing  in  our  money  about  $3.00  per 
day.  Everything  is  beautiful  here, 
the  Thames  in  front,  a  nice  drive-way 
and  magnificent  gardens  in  the  rear, 
a  nice  lawn  tennis  court  along  the 
side  and  a  lawn  of  nice  green  grass 
with  benches,  swings,  etc.  under  shade 
trees  on  the  other  side  of  the  hotel. 

By  the  way  I  spent  my  Memorial 
Day  in  England.  Was  going  from 
Tilbury  to  London  on  tha  afternoon 
of  May  30th.  I  picked  up  a  paper 
and  noticed  that  the  Americans  were 
celebrating  Memorial  Day.  While  in 
London  the  Americans  had  Memorial 
exercises  in  memory  of  the  Lusitania 
victims  and  others. 

Tilbury  and  Graves  End  date  back 
to  the  14th  century  and  the  two 
towns  were  frequently  the  centre  of 
interest  in  ancient  days.  In  1382 
Tilbury  was  taken  by  the  French  fleet 
and  many  of  its  inhabitants  being 
captured  and  made  slaves.  In  1667 
the  fleets  of  the  Netherlands  bom- 
barded East  Tilbury  and  took  pos- 
session of  the  Thames.  Much  damage 
was  dene  lo  Tilbury  church,  the  tow- 
er being  entirely  destroyed.  On  the 
enst  side  of  the  Tilbury  station  is 
the  fort.  The  original  fort  dates 
back  several  hundred  years,  and  the 
ancient  stone  gate  is  very  interesting. 
St.  Botolph  Church  is  one  of  the 
oldest  churches  in  the  neighborhood, 
and    some    curious    Saxon    relics    are 


to  be  seen  on  the  south  side.  In  the 
interior  is  a  decorated  oak  screen 
which  is  very  beautiful,  and  near  the 
front  is  an  ancient  oak  chest,  bound 
with  iron. 

At  Chalk,  which  is  close  by,  is 
where  Charles  Dickens  spent  his 
honey  moon.  The  exact  house  where 
he  stayed  is  not  known.  Some  say 
it  is  now  known  as  the  "Manor  House" 
while  others  say  it  was  a  cottage  on 
the  other  side  of  the  road. 

Cofham  was  another  favorite  spot 
of  Dickens.  At  "The  old  Leather 
Bottle"  Inn,  the  Dickens'  room  con- 
tains a  splendid  collection  of  relics 
and   curios  of  the  novelist. 

Cooling  is  a  very  pretty  village 
dating  back  to  808.  The  castle  was 
built  in  the  14th  century,  but  all 
that  now  remains  is  a  gateway,  bear- 
ing a  quaint  legend. 

Stone  Church  is  situated  on  a  hill, 
overlooking  the  Thames,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  beautiful  in  Essex.  It 
was  built  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
13th  century  and  remodeled  in  1869. 
The  pillars  are  very  handsome,  and 
the  interior  very  richly  decorated. 

While  in  London  I  was  to  one  thea- 
tre, the  Adellphi,  where  "The  Boy" 
was  presented.  Was  also  down  to 
Sloan's  square  to  the  movies  and  saw 
Gerard's  four  years  experience  in  Ger- 
many. 

June  4th  at  2  P.  M.  we  set  sail  for 
America,  and  was  good  and  ready  to 
return  after  my  twelve  days'  stay  in 
England.  About  the  third  day  out  in 
the  Channel,  a  torpedo  was  thrown 
towards  us  by  a  German  sub.  but 
missed  us.  We  had  two  dirgibles,  one 
a  two  tanker  and  the  other  a  three 
tanker  as  our  escorts  for  about  five 
days  and  three  destroyers.  They  saw 
the  submarine  and  were  throwing 
depth  bombs,  and  the  destroyers  shot 
off  their  six  inch  guns.  We  had  an 
old  Scottish  doctor  on  board  for  the 
crew.  He  was  65  years  old,  had  T. 
B.  and  was  out  for  his  health,  but 
things  did  not  appear  so  healthy  for 
the  old  man.  When  the  fight  was 
at  its  fiercest  chief  Tyson  came  run- 
ning up  and  said  "Now  Lieutenant 
if  any  one  gets  injured,  I  want  you 
to  help  this  old  man."  I  said  "sure 
that  is  what  I  am  her  for."  Soon 
the  old  man  disappeared  and  did  not 
return  for  about  a  half  hour.     Then 


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he  came  up  and  said  "Well  Lieuten- 
ant how  do  things  look."  I  said 
"Serious  enough."  Then  he  said 
"Say  Lieutenant,  do  you  have  any 
first  aid  books  around?"  I  said  I 
didn't  have  any  books  of  any  kind 
along.  Then  he  said  "well,  I  surely 
thought  they  had  some  first  aid  books 
around  down  below."  I  said  "I  guess 
we  will  soon  have  enough  to  do  with- 
out having  time  first  to  read  up  on 
it."  But  all  passed  off  O.  K.  nobody 
was  hurt  in  the  fight. 

All  went  well  for  a  few  days,  I 
spent  most  of  the  time  reading.  Read 
five  British  books  coming  across. 
When  we  were  about  mid-ocean  we 
had  a  wireless  stating  that  there  were 
now  submarines  playing  about  110 
miles  from  the  New  York  Harbor. 

The  last  Friday  night  that  we  were 
on  the  ocean  "The  City  of  Cairo" 
reported  a  submarine  17  miles  in 
front  of  us,  and  one  was  reported 
back  of  us.  That  night  when  I  went 
to  sleep  I  never  expected  to  awake 
in  the  morning,  but  through  the  Cap- 
tain's skill,  he  went  due  south  50 
miles,  almost  hugging  the  coast  of 
the  Azores,  then  came  up  around, 
thus  missing  the  submarines. 

The  last  Sunday  on  water  we  had 
target  practice  with  our  big  4-inch 
guns  on  the  aft,  and  two  howitzers 
on  the  front  on  each  side.  The 
marksmanship  of  the  British  was  rath- 
er poor.  Also  had  target  practice 
the  day  before,  when  it  was  still 
poorer. 

June  18th,  we  landed  at  Quaran- 
tine at  New  York  harbor.  Our  pilot 
had  two  telegrams,  the  first  one  giv- 
ing us  a  berth  at  New  York  harbor, 
but  then  on  account  of  submarines 
playing  around  the  harbor,  he  was  to 
take  us  to  Boston,  but  he  forgot  about 
the  Boston  telegram  and  landed  us 
in  thru  the  danger  course  and  into 
New  York  harbor.  That  morning  we 
heard  that  17  small  schooners  had 
been  torpedoed  the  night  before. 

In  the  afternoon  the  Persic  had  to 
go  to  Boston,  while  I  was  relieved  by 
another  Lieutenant,  and  had  to  take 
our  Gov'c.  yacht  "The  Gardner"  and 
proceeded  to  Hoboken,  to  get  my  re- 
ports into  Washington. 

I  was  then  stationed  in  the  Attend- 
ing Surgeon's  office  at  Hoboken, 
where  I  was  busy  continually.  Was 
on  the  day  shift  for  a  few  weeks, 
then  was  put  on   night  shift  for   18 


nights,  of  14  hours  each  out  of  24. 
It  was  eat,  sleep  and  work.  No  time 
off  at  all.  An  orderly  and  I  had 
charge  of  the  office.  This  was  the 
only  office  open  at  nights,  and  had 
to  oversee  the  ports  of  New  York 
City,  Newark,  N.  J.,  Jersey  City  and 
Hoboken.  If  a  fellow  would  become 
sick  on  a  boat  over  in  New  York 
City,  they  would  call  me  up,  then  I 
had  to  send  an  ambulance,  have  the 
patient  brought  to  my  office,  make  a 
proper  diagnosis  (a  better  diagnosis 
then  they  did  on  me  when  I  started 
in  with  the  Spanish  Influenza)  and 
send  him  to  St.  Mary's  hospital,  Em- 
barkation Hospital  No.  1. 

This  way  I  worked  hard  until  in  the 
beginning  of  October.  I  started  in 
with  Spanish  Influenza,  was  delirious 
and  had  a  high  fever.  Lieut.  Boyd 
was  called.  He  was  there  to  see  me 
twice,  in  the  morning  and  evening. 
Then  he  said  "Now  Lieut,  if  you  are 
not  down  to  the  office  tomorrow  morn- 
ing, I  will  be  up  again  to  see  you." 
The  way  he  put  the  question  I  thought 
they  wanted  me  down  at  the  office,  so 
I  went  down  to  the  office  the  next 
morning  in  a  rather  delirious  state. 
They  say  I  worked  that  way  for  a 
few  weeks.  A  week  after  I  was  sick 
in  bed,  one  day  with  influenza,  a  medi- 
cal board  met  of  which  I  have  only  a 
faint  recollection,  as  I  was  delirious 
and  don't  know  what  they  decided, 
but  they  tried  to  get  rid  of  me  when 
I  was  too  sick  to  work.  They  offered 
to  take  me  to  a  hospital. 

At  last  I  got  so  weak  that  one  morn- 
ing I  could  not  dress  and  was  so  de- 
lirious that  all  was  an  entire  blank 
from  that  time.  Mrs.  Letts,  where 
I  roomed,  dressed  me  and  took  me 
down  to  the  office  and  told  them 
"Now  you  know  that  this  man  has 
been  sick  for  awhile,  and  if  you  don't 
take  him  to  the  hospital,  I  will."  So 
they  sent  me  to  the  St.  Mary's  at 
Hoboken,  for  four  hours.  Never 
kept  me  long  enough  at  any  place  so 
that  I  could  recover  or  get  out  of 
my  delirium. 

The  Geisinger  hospital,  Danville, 
was  the  fifth  and  last  hospital  where 
I  landed.  Here  I  had  pneumonia, 
then  pleurisy  and  a  phlebitis.  I  am 
still  suffering  now  with  a  swollen  leg, 
from  ankle  to  groin,  a  weak  heart, 
bronchial  cough  and  pleuritic  pain  on 
my  left  side. 


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349 


Was  discharged  Oct.  18,  1918, 
when  I  was  delirious  with  influenza 
at  William's  Bridge  Base  Hospital. 
They  signed  my  telegram  announcing 
the  granting  of  a  discharge,  by  sign- 
ing my  name  with  the  typewriter. 

So  I  often  think  had  I  received  the 
proper  attention  thru  the  army  sur- 
geons, I  would  have  gotten  thru  much 
easier.  The  length  of  the  delirium 
would  have  been  much  shorter,  and 
maybe  would  not  have  these  many 
complications,  which  will  and  can 
never  be  normal. 

I  came  to  my  home  Dec.  8,  1918 
where  I  am  now  recuperating. 

Chas.  N.  Brosius,  1st  Lieut.  M.  C. 
Hon.  Discg.  Transportation  Dept. 


SALE  OF   WAR   STAMPS    IN   SNY- 
DER  COUNTY 


Sketch    of    Lieut.    Chas.    N.    Brosius' 
Life 

Physician : — was  born  in  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant Mills,  May  4,  1878,  son  of  Geo. 
F.  Brosius  and  Mary  C.  (Schnee) 
Brosius.  He  graduated  from  Buck- 
nell  Academy,  Lewisburg,  in  1902, 
receiving  the  Degree  of  M.  E.,  and 
from  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College, 
Phila.,  in   1907   as  M.  D. 

He  was  married  in  Lewisburg  Dec. 
22,  1906  to  Lena  Mary  Blyler.  He 
was  appointed  postmaster  of  Mt. 
Pleasant  Mills  in  1900  and  resigned 
Jan.  1,  1908,  his  father  succeeding 
him  as  postmaster.  He  started  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Shamokin 
Dam,  Oct.  22,  1907,  and  has  had  good 
success. 

Dr.  Brosius  taugh  in  the  public 
schools  four  years  to  furnish  the 
means  for  his  preparatory  course  at 
Bucknell.  He  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, and  a  Lutheran  in  Church  rela- 
:ons,  member  of  the  Alumni  of 
Mcdica— Chirurgical,  Phila.  Ptolmey 
Society  of  Phila.,  Mann  Ortholpedic 
Society  of  Phila.,  Snyder  County  Med- 
Society,  Penna.  State  Society,  and 
American  Medical  Society,  Member  of 
the  P.  O.  S.  of  A.  of  Shamokin.  He 
is  also  a  Mason. 


Record  of  Snyder  county's  War 
Savings  and  Thrift  Stamps  are  as 
follows,  with  Middleburg  in  the  lead: 
Middleburg,  $2224.75   $12119.83 

Troxelville,  2186.25      10767.09 

Beavertown,  723.84        6929.11 

Kreamer,  1807.27        5345.08 

Selinsgrove,  2381.55        3337.15 

Mt.  Pleasant  Mills  600.55        3238.87 
McClure,  1631.17        3220.76 

Beaver  Springs,       846.34        2623.79 
Globe  Mills,  1762.93        1879.92 

Port  Trevorton,        273.99        1642.65 
Kratzerville,  183.04  998.75 

Shamokin   Dam,        139.68  965.03 

Benfer,  223.98  919.20 

West  Perry,  632.32  632.32 

Penns  Creek,  335.05  591.60 

Swineford,  176.15  480.44 

Paxtonville,  80.00  457.47 

Meiserville,  83.20  336.04 

Freeburg,  .25  195.61 

Middlecreek,  83.20  194.64 


Total, 


$16375.51   $56875.95 


WHAT  IS  A  WIND  MILL? 


A  little  amusing  incident  occurred 
at  this  office  two  weeks  ago.  A 
patron  sent  us  word  he  had  a  wind 
mill  to  sell  and  we  should  advertise 
it.  As  most  Snyder  Countians  use 
the  term  "wind  mill"  for  fanning 
mill,  we  advertised  a  fanning  mill  for 
sale.  We  were  surprised  to  learn 
later  that  the  gentleman  did  not  have 
a  fanning  mill  to  sell  but  a  wind 
pump  outfit. 

This  seems  to  have  been  as  bad 
as  the  fellow  who  translated  "en  fux 
mar"  into  "a  fox  mare,"  meaning  of 
course  a  sorrel  mare. 


350 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


WEATHER  CONDITIONS  IN 
SNYDER  COUNTY 


The  following  is  a  list  of  the  lowest 
degrees  of  temperature  taken  at  Se- 
linsgrove  by  J.  M.  Boyer  for  the 
months  of  December  and  January 
from  1900  to  the  present  time. 
DECEMBER 

lowest 


year 

day 

temperature 

1900 

17 

9 

1901 

6 

4 

below 

1902 

6 

zero 

1903 

12 

1 

below 

1904 

11 

6 

below 

1905 

17 

12 

1906 

19 

6 

below 

1907 

20 

12 

1908 

21 

10 

1909 

28 

5 

1910 

7 

5 

balow 

1911 

30 

26 

1912 

25 

5 

1913 

28 

5 

1914 

18 

7 

below 

1915 

5 

15 

1916 

18 

3 

1917 

18 

3 

below 

1918 

28 
JANUARY 

18 

1900 

30 

9 

1901 

20 

6 

1902 

5 

9 

1903 

14 

1 

below 

1904 

5 

24 

below 

1905 

29 

7 

below 

1906 

9 

1 

1907 

27 

11 

below 

1908 

10 

1 

below 

1909 

19 

10 

below 

1910 

16 

10 

below 

1911 

24 

10 

1912 

14 

27 

below 

1913 

15 

16 

1914 

14 

7 

below 

1915 

30 

5 

below 

1916 

15 

7 

1917 

27 

zero 

1918 

20 

12 

below 

1919 

5 

10 

below 

The  following  is  a  list  of  unusual 
weather  conditions  in  Pennsylvania 
long  ago  taken  from  old  lecords  noc 
so  far  away  from   Philadelphia: 

January  20,  1737 — weather  so  cold 
many  persons  frozen  to  death. 

December  19,  1740 — The  Dela- 
ware river  was  unnavigable  until 
March  13,  1741. 

March  5,  1741— The  severity  of 
the  winter  prevailed  thruout  the  en- 
tire country.  Cattle  died  for  want 
of  fodder,  many  deer  were  found  in 


the  large  forests  and  some  came  to 
the  farm  houses  and  were  fed  by  the 
farmers  with  hay  and  who  partly 
tamed  them. 

February  7,  1765 — The  novelty  of 
roasting  a  whole  ox  on  the  river  drew 
together  a  great  number  of  persons. 

March  4,  1780 — After  being  froz- 
en for  three  months  the  streams  be- 
came navigable.  Ice  was  19  inches 
thick  and  frost  penetrated  the  ground 
five  feet. 

January    27,    1781 — Was    a      mild 
winter.     Vegetables    grew      in      this' 
month  and  garlic  was  tasted   in   the! 
butter. 

January  2,  1790 — It  was  open  win- 
ter and  boys  were  bathing  in  the 
streams  as  if  it  was  summer.  There 
was  only  one  snow  which  fell  March 
10th. 

January  18,  1793 — Shad  were 
caught  in  the  Delaware  on  this  date. 

December  25,  1794 — As  warm  as 
an    invalid   could   wish. 

January,    1797 — Proved  very  cold. 

December    30,    1805 — The    country 
people   were   plowing  in   their   fields. 
_o 


BIRCHARD  J.  MOYER 


Supply    Co.    321. 


Discharged  at  Camp  Dix, 
March  25,  1919. 


HON.  H.  M.  McCLURE 


351 


HON.    H.    M. 

Saturday,  Mar.  1,  1919,  the  sad  and 
shocking  news  reached  Middleburg 
announcing  the  sudden  death  of  Ex- 
Judge  McClure,  at  his  home  in  Lew- 
isburg.  While  it  has  been  known 
that  the  honored  ex-judge  has  been 
suffering  physical  weakness  for  some 
time,  the  fact  that  he  had  been  fol- 
lowing his  duties  as  Public  Service 
Commissioner,  left  no  ground  for 
any  early  apprehension   of  fatality. 

Hon.  Harold  M.  McClure  was  born 
in   Lewisburg,   Aug.   8,   1859,   gradu- 


McCLURE 

ated  at  Bucknell  in  1877,  after  which 
he  entered  the  field  as  a  professional 
base  ball  player,  having  played  with 
the  Athletics  of  Philadelphia,  the 
Binghampton,  Syracuse,  Rochester 
and  Boston  clubs.  He  was  at  that 
time  regarded  as  one  of  the  best 
catchers  and  most  accurate  throwers 
in  the  country,  always  remaining  cool 
and  deliberate  in  the  most  exciting 
games. 

He  later  studied  law  and  began  its 
practice  in  Sunbury.     In  1891,  when 


352 


SNYDER  COUNTY  ANNALS 


no  republican  lawyer  in  the  17th  Ju- 
dicial district  was  willing  to  be  a 
candidate  against  Hon.  J.  C.  Bucher, 
who  was  then  a  candidate  for  the 
third  term,  young  Harold  McCluie 
was  induced  to  be  a  candidate.  The 
epithets  of  base  ball  player,  carpet 
bag  candidate,  and  others  of  like 
character,  applied  to  the  young  can- 
didate, are  still  familiar  with  the 
older  voters. 

Bucher  was  an  experienced  Judga, 
but  the  people  fell  in  with  the  slogan 
of  the  campaign,  "No  Third  Term," 
and  young  Harold  M.  McClure  was 
elected  Judge,  probably  one  of  the 
youngest  iudges  in  the  state.  He  en- 
tered the  duties  of  his  office  with  dig- 
nity and  expounded  the  law  without 
fear  or  favor,  as  he  found  it  on  the 
books  and  made  friends  with  his 
straight-forward  impartial  adminis- 
tration of  justice.  He  was  re-elect- 
ed in  1901  and  served  in  all  a  period 
of  twenty  years   on   the   bench. 

He  was  defeated  for  the  third 
term  in  1911  on  practically  the  same 
issue  upon  which  Judge  Bucher  was 
defeated  by  him,  twenty  years  be- 
fore. 

His  name  has  been  frequently 
mentioned  for  appointments  on  the 
Supreme  and  the  Superior  Court 
bench.  Last  July  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Brumbaugh  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Public  Service  Commission 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  was  the  only 
member  of  the  Commission  who  was 
re-appointed  by   Governor   Sproul. 

Judge  McClure  has  not  only  been 
a  factor  in  Judicial  circles,  but  he 
has  been  a  business  man  of  more 
than  ordinary  ability  and  while  he 
has  never  been  a  resident  of  Sny- 
der County,  he  became  identified 
with  the  public  utilities  of  the  coun- 
ty and  assisted  in  every  way  to  bring- 
to  the  people  of  the  county  those 
modern  facilities  and  conveniences 
which  add  to  the  broadening  and 
development  of  any  community. 

In  the  first  place  he  purchased  the 
Selinsgrove  Water  Works,  recon- 
structed and  modernized  the  plant 
and  established  a  sewer  system  so 
that  the  metropolis  of  the  county  has 
been  provided  with  the  most  modern 
water  and  sewer  outfit  possible. 

In  1910  when  the  Middlecreek 
Valley  Telephone  Company  under- 
took the  work  of  supplying  Snyder 
County  with  a  real  rural  telephone 
service,   Judge   McClure   became    one 


of    the    original    subscribers    of    the  ] 
stock.     In    1911    he   was    elected      a 
Director  and  took  an  active  interest  i 
in  the  development  of  the  Company. 
He    became    a   very   large    purchaser 
of  stock  and  the  bonds  of  the  Com- 
pany  and   at   the    death   of   Hon.    G. 
Alfred    Schoch,    Judge    McClure    be-  ; 
came  the  President  of  the  Company,  ' 
a    position    which   he    resigned   when 
he  was  appointed  Public  Service  Com- 
missioner. 

His  chief  interest  in  the  telephone 
company  was  inspired  by  the  thought 
that  the  telephone  is  a  civilizer  and! 
a  means  of  quick  communication  and  j 
he  felt  as  the  people  of  Snyder  Coun- 
ty had  stood  by  him,  he  should  stand 
by   them,   which   he   did  to   the  very 
last.     Judge  McClure  was  also  iden- 
tified  with   the   Buffalo   Valley   Tele- 
phone Co.  of  Union  County,  and  for 
some   years   operated   some   coal   col-i 
lieries    near   Scranton. 

Judge  McClure  was  married  June 
1890,  to  Miss  Margaret  Focht,  of 
Lewisburg,  with  whom  he  had  two  j 
children,  James  F.  McClure,  who  has 
just  returned  from  the  army,  and  a 
daughter,  Margaret,  a  graduate  of 
Smith  College.  James  McClure,  the 
son,  is  a  director  of  Middlecreek  Val- 
ley Telephone  Company. 

Judge  McClure  and  Governor  Ten- 
er  were  personal  friends,  and  it  was 
during  the  Tener  administration  that 
the  Governor  was  put  in  a  trying 
position.  Personally  a  great  admir- 
er of  Judge  McClure,  he  had  hoped 
to  appoint  him  to  a  vacancy  on  the 
Superior  or  Supreme  Court  bench. 
But  one  opportunity  occurred,  and 
in  that  instance  the  vigorous  efforts 
of  Colonel  H.  C.  Trexler,  of  Allen- 
town,  and  his  friends  won  and  the 
colonel's  brother,  Frank  M.  Trexler, 
was  landed  on  the  Superior  Court 
bench.  Nothing  much  was  said  about 
this  at  the  time  for  McClure  had  the 
reputation  of  being  a  good  soldier  as 
well  as  a  valiant  loser  and  reliable 
party  man,  and  he  simply  sawed 
wood. 

One  of  the  disappointments  of  Gov- 
ernor Tener's  career  as  Governor,  it 
is  declared,  was  that  he  never  again 
had  a  chance  to  place  his  friend  Mc- 
Clure where  he  thought  he  ought  to 
be  in  recognition  of  his  eminent  fit- 
ness. 

The  immediate  cause  of  death  was 
neuralgia  of  the  heart.  Obsequies 
took  place  at  2:30  P.  M.  Wednesday 
at  the  house  in  Lewisburg. 


INDEX  353 

INDEX 
A 

Agricultural  Society  organized, 72. 

Aigler,  Noah,  Committed  Suicide, 275. 

Applications  for  Tavern  Licenses,  see  Tavern  Licenses. 

American  Lutheran,  moved  from  Selinsgrove  to  Milton, 278. 

Anti-Railroad  Meeting  at  Selinsgrove, 71. 

Anti-School  meeting,  New  Berlin, 171. 

App,   Jacob,    Mexican    soldier,    171. 

Auditors,  County,  1855 — 1918, 231 . 

Auditors'  Reports  of  Snyder  County,    129. 

Aurand,  Jacob,  Middleburg  postmaster, 270. 

B 

Bacon  sold  at  22  cents,    281. 

Bank  Directors,  new  Selinsgrove  bank, 288. 

Bank  Veto,  by  Gov.  Bigler,   66. 

Bastress,  Samuel,  postmaster,  Chapman, 104. 

Bear,  130  lbs.,  killed  on  Shade  Mountain, 258. 

Beaver  Furnace,  Paxtonville,   203. 

Beaver  Springs, 7. 

Beavertown,    7. 

Beavertown  Hotel,  Simon  Frank, 95. 

Bickel,  John,  paper  mill  burned 95. 

Billman,  John  convicted,    117. 

Billmyer,  Nogel  &  Co.,  Build  R.  R.  Bridge,    286. 

Bilger,    Jesse,    orphan    children,    283. 

Bingamam  Family   of   Adams   Twp. 242,    244. 

Bingaman,  Frederick,  died,    171. 

Boatmen's  Third  Re-union,  1917, 232. 

Bolender,  Daniel,  Deputy  Marshall,    284. 

Bolender,   Daniel,   Ex-sheriff  bought  Washington   House,    283. 

Bossard,  John,  killed,    116. 

Bounty  for  Soldiers,  $100,   281. 

Bower,  Franklin,   toe   cut   off,    259. 

Bower,  George  K.  Ensign,  U.  S.  N., 205. 

Bower,  Jacob,  horse  thief  captured, 256. 

Boyer,  Geo.  K.  mid-shipman,  funeral  services, 282. 

Bribery  Cases,  no  bills  of  indictment  presented, 85. 

Bridge  Across  Susquehanna  river,  proposed, 81. 

Bridges,  two  at  Kantz  and  one  at  Beaver  Furnace,  contracted  for,   .  .   279. 

Brookside   Farm   Buildings,    148. 

Brosius,  Dr.  C.  N.,  War  Record, 342. 

Brubaker  farm,    13. 

Buchanan,  Hon.  James,  visits  New  Berlin, 59. 

Burials  at  New  Berlin,  early,    176. 

Burnside's  Corps, 185. 


354    _____ INDEX 

c 

Canal,  Cross-cut,  repairs  asked  for,  at  Lewisburg,   100. 

Candidates    of    1864,     251. 

Candidates  of   1868,    • 252. 

Candidates  of  1870, 284. 

Caveny  &  Aucker,  partnership  dissolved, 262. 

Center  township,  Sheriff's   deed,    May   1817,    247. 

Chapman  Hotel,  for  sale,    51. 

Charles,  Edwin,  historical  data  by,    9. 

Chapman,    Samuel   Bastress,   postmaster,    104. 

Chapman  twp.  election, 268. 

Chronicle,  Lewisburg,  established,   1843,    117. 

Church,  Evan.,  Paxtonville,   corner  stone,    265. 

Church,  Evan.,  Paxtonville,  dedicated,    275. 

Church,  Evangelical,  -Smithgrove,  corner  stone,    265. 

Church,    Meiser,    dedicated,    276. 

Church,  Troutman's  Mills,  dedicated,    258. 

Co.  A.  Militia,  Middleburg,    f 266. 

Co.  B.,  Militia,  Penns  Creek, 266. 

Coldest   day,    (1904),    163. 

Colored  votes,  five  in  Snyder  Co.,    287. 

Commissioners,  Jury,    1855-1918,    230. 

Committee  of  Public  Safety,  1917, 220. 

Confession,  of  Uriah  Moyer,  Kintzler  Murder,    217. 

Conrad,  Dr.  J.  D.,  sealer  of  weights, 270. 

Copperheadism,  during  the  Civil  War,    246. 

Corn,  big  and   tall,    96. 

Coroners,    County,    1855-1918,    230. 

County   Commissioners,    1855-1918,    1869 229,    262. 

County  Fair  at  Lewisburg,    75. 

County  Mortgaged  for  $200,000  by  Commissioners    Wilt  and  Herrold,     66. 

County    Superintendent,   first,    «...     191. 

County   Subscription   by  Heimbach   and    Sheckler,    75. 

County  Treasurers,   1855-1918,    230. 

Court  House,  new,  asked  for  at  New  Berlin,    75. 

Court  Proceedings, 254,  257,  260,  266,  273,  277,  281,  285. 

Crouse,  Hon.  Jeremiah,  33  commissions, 326. 

D 

Davis,    Capt.    Chas.    S.,     132. 

Deeds,    some    old,    245,  247. 

Dill,  Major  William   H.,    5. 

Directors,    Middlecreek    Valley    R.    R.,    1868,    252. 

Directors,    Selinsgrove    Bank,    1868,    252. 

Disberry,    Joe,    Thief,     183. 

District  Attorneys,    1855-1918,    229. 

Division    of   Union    County,    76,  174. 

"Doler   Kerdche,"   by   Dr.   J.   C.    Shuman, 336. 

Drag  Hotel, \\ 

Draft,    2nd,    Civil    War,    '..'.'.'. '.'.'."'  250* 

Draft,  Military,  of  1917,  of  Snyder  County,".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'...'.'.'.  138! 

Draft  Registration,  Sept.  12,  1918, .       .  .  289. 

Dry  Valley  Post  Office  changed  to  Winfiel'd,'  \.  .... \\\  ......  .....  54! 


INDEX  355 

E 

Early  Burials  at  New  Berlin,    176. 

Eclipse,   Moon,    1869 258. 

Election  Returns,  Union  County, 71,  76,  98,  118,  267. 

Elevations,  U.   S.   Government,    213 

Est — Ma  Park,  origin  of  name, 325. 

Evangelical   church,    Centerville,   corner   stone   laid 287. 

Evangelical  Messenger,  started  at  New  Berlin,    .  .  .  .» 42. 

Evans,  Capt.  Frederick, 9,  210. 

Evendale  Post  Office  established, 255. 

Eyer  Farm  sold  for  $150  an  acre,  1868, 255. 

Eyer,  Isaac,  arrested  for  attempted  bribery,    84. 

Eyer,  Isaac,  Indicted, 87. 

Eyster,   Dr.   prothonotary,    51. 

F 

Farm  Products,  1917,  ....-, 220. 

Feese,  Ner,  fell  from  second  story  window, 284. 

Fetterolf  Family  of  Adams  Twp., 241,  244. 

Fifty  First  Pa.  Vols.  Snyder  County  names,  .  ; 185. 

Fink,  S.  P.  teacher, 205. 

First   County   Superintendent,    191. 

Fisher,Adam,  Mansion, 10. 

Fisher,  Kemer,  ticket  agent,  Selinsgrove, 287. 

Flory,   Elizabeth,    11. 

Foot  Bridge,   over  Penns  Creek,    57. 

Frank,  Simon,  Beavertown  Hotel, 95. 

Freeburg  Academy  corner  stone  laid, 79. 

Freshet,  Feb.  1853, 75. 

Frost,  June  1843, 116. 

Fry,  Moses,  big  pumpkins, 273. 

Fryer  Hotel,  Middleburg, 251. 

G 

Gemberling,  Daniel,  Deputy  Marshall 284. 

Gemberling,  Philip,  pioneer,    215. 

Gift,  A.  K.  Surveyor,  County  line, 283. 

Gift,  A.  K.,  sold  interest  in  Tribune, 269. 

Government   Elevations,    213. 

Grand  Jury  Room  refused  as  a  photograph  gallery, 53,  4. 

Graybill,  Elda,  Red  Cross  Nurse, 337. 

Graybill,  Irvin  and  Winey,    338. 

Greer,  A.  J.  retracts  statement  about  Israel  Gutelius 74. 

Grier,  Rev.  J.  H.,  married  550  couples,   254. 

Grove,  Diller,  escaped  from  jail,    269. 

Grove,  Diller,  committed  to  jail 266. 

Grubb's  Church,    14. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  arrested  for  Attempted  bribery,   82. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  charges  against,    86. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  indicted,    87. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  re-instated  as  deputy  marshall, 51. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  removed  as  deputy  marshall,   50. 

Gutelius,  Israel,  vs.  A.  J.  Greer,  libel, 58. 

Gundy,  John,  Indicted, 87. 

Gundy,  Maj.  John,  arrested  for  Attempted  bribery,    84. 


356    ^___ INDEX 

H 

Haldeman,  Elias,   committed   suicide,    269. 

Hartman,  Corp.  Edward  H., 339. 

Hartman,  John,  barn  burned, 51. 

Hartman,  Peter,  Deputy  Revenue  Collector, 283. 

Hehn,   Capt.   John 132. 

Heimbach,  George,  refuses  to  sign  bond  subscription, 70. 

Heintzelman,  Col.  M.  T., 131. 

Heistand  &  Hostetter,  partnership  dissolved,    263. 

Henry's   church,    by   Dr.   J.    C.    Shuman,    326. 

Herrold,  Col.  W.   G.  farm,    13. 

Herrold,   George,  Farm, .    13. 

Herrold,  John,  farm,    13. 

Herrold,  Simon  K.  refused  $10,000  to  sign  $200,000  bond, 76. 

Hilbish,  Philip,  barn  burned, 288. 

High  Water,  in  Susquehanna,  ., 114. 

Hosterman,  Col.  Peter,   132. 

Hotel  of  Albright  Swineford,  burned, 57. 

Hotels,  Sunday  closing  required,    57. 

Hottenstein,  John  Adam, 339. 

Hummel's  Wharf  Post  Office  established, 268. 

I 

Indian  Relics  Found,    '. 206. 

Indians  in  1781  captured  two  white  girls, 137. 

Iron  Ore,  discovered  in  Perry  and  Franklin  Twps., 272. 

Ironcutter,  John,  Indian  Killer, 178. 

Isle  of  Que,    9. 


Jarrett,   William,   soldier,    132. 

Jeffersonian,  new  paper  started, 36. 

Judges,  Return,  of  Snyder  Co., 267. 

Jury    Commissioners,    1855,    1918,    230. 

Jury  Lists,  38,  39,  40,  41,  42,  44,  45,  47,  50,  52,  54,  58,  59,  63,  73,  74,  77, 

83,  88,  95,  98,  100,  104,  106,  107,  109,  110,  112,  113,  115,  118,  252, 

253,  254,  255,  259,  263,  271,  275,  278,  280,  282. 


Kantz,  John,  committed  suicide, 80. 

Kantz,  Simon,  Died, 257. 

Keensville  Hotel,    4. 

Kerstetter,  George,  Rev.  Soldier, 171. 

Kintzler  Murder,  Dec.   8,   1877,    207,  217,   235,   237. 

Kleckner,  Michael,  Treasurer,  robbed, 104. 

Kreamer  Church,  corner  stone  laid, 255. 

Kreamer  Tavern, g 

Kremer,  Hon.    George,    ...  .    8. 


INDEX       357 

L 

Lacey,  Abe,  Portrait  and  Sketch, 335- 

LaFayette  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M Jjl. 

Lambert,   Eli,   accidently   shot  by  son,   Wm 256. 

Land   Lien   Docket,    •  •  ■    285. 

Laaid  Warrantees ; iyd'   ^J" 

Laudenslager,  John,  opened  Coach  shop 282- 

Lebkicher,  John,  found  dead,   282- 

Leisenring,  Col.  Frank  S. 226- 

Lewisburg  &  Spruce  Run  R.  R.  proposed, "5. 

Lutheran   and   Reformed  church,  Freeburg,   dedicated,    285. 

Lutheran  congregation,  Freeburg  43  new  members, 287. 

M 

Mahantongo  Bridge  contract, 287'  288- 

Mahantongo  Creek  Bridge,   j_°" 

Masonic  Celebration  at  Selinsgrove,    "l- 

McClure,    "      " 

McClure,  Hon.  H.  M.  Death  of,   6tyL- 

McKees  Half  Falls,    * 

Members    of    Legislature,    1857-1918,    ^»- 

Memorials,  Susquehanna  University ■      ■ 

Merchants   of   Snyder   County,    • 

Merrill,  Hon.  James,   •  " 

Mertz,  Henry,  Der  Richard, b>  *£'' 

Mertz,  Nicholas,  early  settler,  395  lbs.,   2^4. 

Methodist  Church,   Shamokin   Dam,   corner  stone,    2«4. 

Middleburg,    '  " 

Middleburg,  5000  acre  sale  of  woodland »°- 

Middleburg  Band,  46th  anniversary,   •  •  •  •  •  •  •  ■  •  •  •  •  •  •  •  •    1»|- 

Middleburg  Business  men,  1882,  1869  202,  258,  260,  261,  273. 

'Middleburg    School    House    finished,    1868,    |J"« 

Middleburg  Early  Schools,    • 

Middleburg    Election,    ig2' 

Middleburg  laid  out,    •  ■  •  ■  •  ••  •  -  V  ■ •    275" 

Middleburg  Markets, 258>   259>   Zb^'   |'J- 

Middleburg    POST,    extracts    from ^ 

Middleburg  POST,  history  of,    .  .  . • 

Middleburg  postmaster,   John   Smith,    "•• 

Middleburg-Selinsgrove  Stage, • 

Middleburg  to  McClure, • 

Middleburg   re-modelled   court   house,    »■£■ 

Middlecreek  Electric  Co., • ' 

Middlecreek,  Joseph  Stumpff,  postmaster, D-- 

Middlecreek  Valley  R.  R 268' 

Middlecreek  Valley  R.  R., •  •  •  • 2(-2" 

Middlecreek  Valley  R.  R.  Directors,  1868, £»;• 

Middlecreek  Valley  R.  R.,  officers,    « JJ- 

Middlecreek    Valley    Telephone    Co.,    •  •  •     {■ '  »■ 

Middleswarth,  Capt.  Ner,   i0^>  x   i' 

Middleswarth,  Hon.  Ner,      ■■•••••••■ '  * jio 

Middleswarth,  Hon.  Ner,  candidate  for  Governor, lid. 

Middleswarth,  Hon.  Ner,  proposed  for  Governor, »»■ 

Military  Draft,  1917.  Snyder  County,    A|°- 

Mitchell,  Conrad,  affidavit,    •••••• ;;    Rq' 

Moeser,  Christian,  indicted  for  libel,  . s?0* 

Mover,    Birchard    J.,    supply    Co.    321,    oou- 


358 ^PEX 

Moyer  Family  of  Adams  Twp., 331>  332- 

Moyer,  F.   C.   Tavern  license  granted   after  refusal,    100. 

Moyer^  Uriah,  Execution,  last  Night  on  Earth,   235. 

Moyer!  Uriah,  Confession,  Kintzler  Murder,    217. 

Moyer,  Wm.  Elected  Co.  Supt.,   265. 

Moyers  of  Adams  Township,    240,   24.4. 

N 

New  Berlin,  early  burials, 176- 

New  Berlin   Relic   Removed,    23(5. 

Nominations,  democratic, 271. 

Northern   Central  Connecting  Ry.,    176. 

Northumberland  to  Selinsgrove, 4. 

o 

Odd  Fellows  Hall,  'Selinsgrove,    283. 

Old  Deeds, 245>   247- 

Old  People,  70  years  and  older,  (1917) , 120. 

Old  Relic,  Penna.  Reporter,  1838, 192. 

Otft,  Daniel,  aged  96,  Buffalo  hunter, 211. 

P 

Pallas  Post  Office  established,    288. 

Pawling,  Joseph,   killed,    30. 

Paxtonville, 7. 

Paxtonville,  Beaver  Furnace,    203. 

Penn  Township,  Revolutionary  Soldiers,    220. 

Penn  Township  Settlers,  1768,   1799,    164. 

Penns   Creek  Bridge,    (new)    Selinsgrove,    261. 

Pennsylvania   Reporter,    1838,    192. 

People's  Advocate,  suspended  publication,    103. 

Pioneers,  Prominent,    170. 

Population  by  districts,  1870-1910,    175. 

Port  Trevorton,    12. 

POST,   Middleburg,   Extracts   from,    251. 

POST,  Middleburg,  history  of, 48. 

POST  Printing  office  moved  from  Sugar  to  Market  St., 254. 

Postmasters,  of  1875, 245. 

Priestly,  Dr.  Joseph,  died,    171. 

Program,  School  of  1857, 206. 

Prothonotaries,  1855-1918,    229. 

Public  Safety  Committee,  World  War,    22i. 

R 

Railroad  meeting  at  New  Berlin,    57,   59. 

Raudenbush,  B.  L.,  postmaster  Beaver  Springs, 279. 

Reed,   Waldo, 190. 

Registers  and  Recorders,  1855-1918, 229. 

Registration    (Draft)    Sept.    12,    1918,    298. 

Reichley,  Jacob,  retraction  concerning  Israel  Gutelius,    101,  111. 

Relic  removed  from  New  Berlin,    f.  236. 

Removal  of  County  seat,  vote, 174. 

Republican  Candidates,    286. 

Republican  Convention '  *  286. 

Republican    Standing    Committee, 286,'  288! 

Republican  Standing  Committee  meeting, '.  284. 


INDEX  359 

Revolutionary   Soldiers  of   Snyder  and  Union   Counties,    15. 

Revolutionary  Soldiers,  Penn  Twp.,    226. 

Road,  Lewisburg  to  Selinsgrove, 171, 

Rothermel,    Elsie,    Red    Cross    Nurse,    ".  .     337. 

Row  at  the  Court  House,    4g. 

Ryan,    Capt.    Geo.    W.,     131. 

s 

Salem  post  office  established,    272. 

Sehoch,    Benjamin,    died,     270. 

Schoeh,  Hon.  G.  Alfred,  sketch,    187. 

Scholl,  Grover  C, 341. 

School  Program  of  1857,   206. 

Schwan,  Dr.  resigned  as  Lieutenant, 285. 

Seller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.,  Golden  Wedding, 33,3. 

Selin,  Capt.  Anthony, 132,  170,  211. 

Selinsgrove, 2. 

Selinsgrove  borough  incorporated,   171. 

Selinsgrove  Markets 262    277. 

Selinsgrove  Motor  Truck  Co.,  1917, 231. 

Selinsgrove  Post,  Extracts  from,    250. 

Selinsgrove    to    Middleburg,     5, 

Selinsgrove  to  Richfield, 4. 

Selinsgrove  &  N.  B.   R.  R.,    9. 

Selinsgrove   to   Weiser's   Mill,    9. 

Shade  Mountain  fire,    263. 

Sheriff's  Deed,  Center  Twp.,  1817,    247. 

Sheriffs  of  Snyder  County,  1855-1918,   229. 

Shindel,   Rev.   J.   P.  married  875   couples,    254. 

Shipton,    Thomas,    171. 

Shoemaker,  Col.  Henry  W., 211,  214. 

Shultz,  A.  E.  suit  against 35. 

Silverwood,  Jumimie,    10. 

Simpson,  Col.  A.  C.  stabbed,   74. 

Smith,  Adam,  Jr., 171. 

Smith,   K.    &   E.   start   Der   Voldsfreund,    56. 

Smith,    Major    Henry    W.,    131. 

Smith,  Philip,  four-pound  pike,    273. 

Snow,  foot  deep,  Apr.  1918, 239. 

Snow  Fall  Record,  1917-8,    *    227. 

Snow,  six  inches,  April  1870, 282. 

Snow,  18-inch,  1870,  1902, 209. 

Snyder,   Brig,    Gen.    Simon,    132. 

Snyder  County,  auditors'  reports, 129,  130,  131.x 

Snyder    County,    history    of,    2. 

Snyder  County,  its  formation  and  development,    173. 

Snyder,  Capt.  John, 10,  132,  170. 

Snyder,  Capt.  John  died, 49. 

Snyder  County  Merchants,    283. 

Snyder  County  Soldiers,  deceased,    149. 

Snyder  County  Venders,    264. 

Snyder,   George  A.,    171. 

Snyder,  Governor,  Mansion, 3. 

Snyder,  Henry  W.,  Major,    46,  47,   132. 

Snyder,  John,  heirs,    171. 

Snyder  Monument, 3. 

Snyder  Mill,   erected    1778,    "  17.2! 


360  INDEX 


Snyder  Monument,    (illustration) ,    31. 

Snyder,  Mary  K.,  Will,   20'L 

Snyder,    Simon,    Governor,    8>    !^,    170,    211. 

Soldiers,  deceased,  buried  in  Snyder  County,   149. 

SOLDIERS,  DECEASED,  BURIED  IN  SNYDER  COUNTY: 

By  Cemeteries: 

Aline,    16°- 

Arbogast's,   , 15°- 

Baker's,  Selinsgrove, 151. 

Baker's,    West    Beaver 156. 

Beaver  Springs,  new,   154. 

Beaver   Springs,   old,    154. 

Beavertown,    154. 

Centreville,   .  .  . 159. 

Ebenezer,    160. 

Erdley's,    160. 

Freeburg, 152. 

Fremont, 158. 

Fry's,   Center  Twp.,    160. 

Globe  Mills,   158. 

Irubb's, 150. 

Hall's, 149. 

'lassinger's,  new, 158. 

Hassinger's,   old,    158. 

Reiser's, 149. 

Kemberling's,   156. 

Kreamer, 158. 

Kratzerville,   153. 

Lawver's, 156. 

Lutheran,  new,  Selinsgrove, 151. 

Lutheran,  old,  Selinsgrove, 150. 

McClure, 156. 

Manbeck's, 155. 

Middleburg, 157. 

Miscellaneous, 161. 

Paradise, 149. 

Paxtonville, 159. 

Portzline's,     150. 

Reformed,  Selinsgrove, 151 . 

Row's,  Penn  Twp., 152. 

Samuel's 156. 

Stauffer's,     . 150. 

St.  John's,  Chapman, 149. 

St.  John's,  West  Beaver 156. 

St.  Paul's,  Chapman, 150. 

St.  Paul's,  West  Beaver, 156. 

St.  Thomas, 150. 

Swineford,    157. 

Troxelville, 155. 

Unreturned, 157,  160. 

Wagenseller's,  Selinsgrove, 151. 

Witmer's  Evan., 150. 

Witmer's  U.  E., 149. 

Zion's,  New, 150. 

Zion's  old 158. 


INDEX  361 

Soldiers,  Inducted,  War  191-7-19,    319. 

Soldiers,  Miscellaneous  dead, 161. 

Soldiers,  Names  not  in  Memorial,    136. 

Soldiers,    Selinsgrove    Motor    Truck    Co.,    231. 

Soldiers,  Spanish-American  War, 163. 

Soldiers,   Surviving,   of   Snyder   County,    1917,    133. 

Soldiers,    Susquehanna   University,    228. 

Soldiers,  unreturned, 157,  160. 

Spaide,   Ralph   C,    341. 

Specht,  Anthony,  builds  Middlecreek  bridge,    28r>. 

Spring  Election  returns, 54,  55. 

Stahlnecker,  John,  bought  King  Hotel,    277. 

Stahlnecker,  John,  nose  broken, 26-1. 

Stees,  Frederick,  Sr., 133. 

Steffen,  Hiram  C, 340. 

Stetler  &  Kern,  partnership  dissolved, 262. 

Stetler's  Band,  46th  Anniversary,    199. 

Stock   Family,   murdered    by   Indians,    212. 

Strausser,   Harry  Albert,    340. 

Stump,   Frederick,    Indian   Killer,    178. 

Stumpff,   Samuel,  postmaster,  Middlecreek,    62. 

Stump's  Run  Academy,   Middleburg,    189,   205. 

Sunbury   &   Erie  R.   R.    construction  began 75. 

Sunbury   &   Lewistown   R.   R.,    176. 

Superintendent,  First  County,    191. 

Surveyors,  County,  1855-1918, 230. 

Susquehanna   R.   R.    contracted,    73,    80. 

Susquehanna  R.  R.  incorporated,    50. 

Susquehanna  University,  Soldiers,    228. 

Swartz  Family,  of  Adams  Twp., 244. 

Swartzlander,  Conrad,  pensioner, 171. 

Swineford,  Albright, 170. 

Swineford,   Albright,   hotel   burned,    57. 

Swineford,   George   and   John,    132,    171. 

Swineford,    Jacob,    murdered,    171. 

T 

TAVERN  LICENSES,  APPLICATIONS  FOR: 

Acaley,  Benj.  F.,    56. 

Amich,  Lewis, 264. 

Arbogast,  Samuel, 41,  45. 

Bastress,  Samuel, 107. 

Beaver,  John  S., 253,  264. 

Bower,  Samuel,    254. 

Bower,  William, 38,  55. 

Boyer,  Henry  S., 264. 

Boyer,  William,   34. 

Bush,  Moses,    253,  264. 

Byers,   William,    55,    64,   79. 

Davis,  Margaret,    54,  77. 

Drum,  John  W., 77. 

Eckhart,  Sarah,    107. 

Eilbert,  Win.,   64. 

Eisenhart,   Daniel,    253,    264. 

Emeich,  John,    264. 

Emerish,  John,    253. 


362  INDEX 

Tavern  Licenses    (Continued). 

Ewing,  Robert, 38. 

Fees,  Isaac, H3. 

Fisher,   Michael, 64. 

Frederick,  William,    43. 

Fryer,  Franklin,    52. 

Fryer,  Jacob 38,    114. 

Garman,  Daniel, 107. 

Greenhoe,  Reuben,    252. 

Gundrum,   G,    56. 

Hahne,  George, 38,  54,  77. 

Hartman,  Catherine,   77. 

Hartman,  Jacob,    55. 

Heberling,  Solomon,    64. 

Hettrich,  H.  B.,   56. 

Hoff,  Daniel 107. 

Hoff,   John,    102. 

Hottenstein,  J.   F.,    253,   264. 

Hummel,   Benjamin, 34. 

Kantner,  John, 279. 

Keen,  George, 56,  64,  79. 

Keen,  Sarah,   253,  264. 

Keiser,  Henry : 34,  37,  77,  253,  264. 

Keller,  Reuben, 77. 

Kerstetter,  David,    264. 

King,  Lewis, 254.. 

Kinney,  Edward  A.,    55. 

KoonC  David  R., 252. 

Koons,  David, 259. 

Lenhart,    Lewis,    56. 

Lenig,  Jacob,   264. 

Lenig,  Lewis, 264. 

Long,  W.  S., 279. 

Lyons,  George 253,  264. 

May,    Wm.    J 77. 

Mich,  Henry,    42. 

Miller,    James,    264. 

Moyer,  Frederick  C, 37,  42,  107,  113,  253,  264. 

Moyer,  Philip 56. 

Mullner,   Daniel,    253. 

Neiltz,   Michael,    108. 

Ott,  Daniel, 102. 

Raudenbush,  B.   L.,    254,   264. 

Romig,   Andrew,    253. 

Roth,  John, 108. 

Roush,  Andrew, 253,  264. 

Rumfelt,  Isaac, 79. 

Sayers,  Ira,    253,  264. 

Schnee,  Philip, 52. 

Schnee,  Matthias, 253,  264. 

Shank,   J.   W.,    75. 

Showers,  Daniel, 56,   77,   102. 

Slear,  Jacob,  Jr., 55,  64. 

Smith,  Elizabeth* 37. 

Smith,  Enoch, 279. 

Smith,   Geo.   A., 56,    77,   254] 

Smith,  George  O.,    264. 

■  Smith,  Henry  A.,    79,   107. 

Smith,  Irvin,    .........'   254. 


INDEX  363 

Tavern  Licenses    (Continued). 

Smith,  John, 102,  113. 

Smith,  J.  A., 253. 

Specht,  Moses, 254,  264. 

Stahlnecker,  John   A.,    279. 

Starick,  Frederick,   38,  43,   109,  114. 

Stuck,  Jesse,    254. 

Swineford,    Albright,    45. 

Troup,  Peter, 254,  264. 

Walter  &  Bro.,    253. 

Weaver,  Henry,    253. 

Wenrich,    John    H.,     252. 

Wetzel,  Henry  E., 252. 

Wireman,  Charles,    37,   41,  45,   102. 

Klingler,   Reuben,    259. 

Wolf,  Henry, 112. 

Weaver,  Mrs.  Eliza, 261. 

Weller,  Peter, 264. 

Wetzel,-  Henry  E., 259. 

Wenrich,  John  H 259,  279. 

Taverns,  75  in  Union  County, 99, 

Tax  Collectors  of  1869, 263. 

Tax  Collectors  of  1867, 251. 

Teats,   Harvey   S 340. 

Telegraph,  proposed  for  New  Berlin, 62. 

Treasurers,  County,  1855-1918,  ,. 230. 

Trial   List,   February    1869,    258. 

Trial  List,  Sept.  1869 272. 

Trial  List,  Dec.  1869, 275. 

Trial  List,  Feb.  1870, 279. 

u 

Ulsh,  J.  Howard,  bought  drug  store, 279. 

Ulsh,  S.  D.,  postmaster  Bannerville,    265. 

Union  County,  Division  proposed, 76. 

Union  County  fair  held  at  New  Berlin, 79. 

Union  County  Merchants,    ,    94. 

Union  Demograt,  established, 48,  107. 

Union  Demograt,  Israel  Gutelius  assumes  control, 53. 

Union  Star  items,  from   1840-44,  Israel  Gutelius,   Publisher,    89. 

Union   Star,  items  from   1846-9,    34. 

Union  Star  printing  office  moved,    105. 

Union  Star  sold  by  A.  J.  Greer  to  Smith  &  Merril, 74. 

Union  Times,  items  from  1850-4, 46. 

Union    Township,    created,     266. 

U.   S.   Government  Elevations, 213. 

V 

VanDyke,  Wm.   Trial  for  stabbing  A.   C.   Simpson,    78. 

VanValzah,  Wm.  &  Montgomery,  scalped  by  Indians, 251. 

Van  Zandt,  Jas.  M.  Elected  Lieut., 287. 

Volksfreund,    Der,    started, 56. 

Vo'lkesfreund,   moved    from    Middleburg   to    New   Berlin,    275. 

Volkesfreund,  sold  to  Rev.  Lazarus, 288. 

Vote  on  Division  of  Union  County  and  Bonds, 86. 


364  INDEX 


w 

Wagenseil,  Johann  Christof,  1704, 201. 

Wagenseil,   John   Andrew,    200. 

Wagenseil  Notes,    *£«■ 

Wagenseller,   Dr.   Jacob   died,    :  •  • »»• 

Wagenseller,  Geo.  W.  birthplace,    (illustration),    128. 

Wagenseller,  Geo.  W.,  Brookside  farm  buildings,     148. 

Wagenseller,  Geo.  W.  historical  data  by, , 2. 

Wae-enseller,  Geo.  W.,  two  white  girls  captured  in  1781,  on  farm  owned 

by,    137. 

Wagenseller,  Jacob,  operation 36. 

Wagenseller,  J.  &  W.  F.,  partnership  dissolved, 114. 

Wagner,  Edward,  found  gold  watch,    288. 

Walter,   Enos  F.,  running  illicit   still,    • 287. 

War  Stamps  sold, 349. 

Warrantees,  Land, 193,  196. 

Wayne,   Col.   Isaac,   died,    72. 

Weather,  Cold,  1900-1919, 350. 

Weierbach,  John   &  Nicholas,  two  white  girls  of,   captured   by  Indians, 

1781,    137. 

Weiser,  Conrad,    170. 

Weirick,    Lt.    Col.    George,     132. 

Weirick,  Samuel,  died,   1869,    * 260. 

Weller,   Isaac,    War   of    1812,    died 256. 

Wenrich,   Wm.   Daughter   of,   burned   to    death,    259. 

Whig  Committee  of  Union  County, 91. 

Whig  Committee  of  Union   County,    105. 

Whig  Convention,  at  New  Berlin,    83. 

Whig  meeting  at  New  Berlin, 52. 

Widows'   notices,    * 272. 

Williams,  Gen.  E.  C,   131. 

Wind  Mill,  what  is  a, 349. 

Winfield  name  Post  Office,  instead  of  Dry  Valley, 54. 

Winter  in  Pioneer  Days, 227. 

Wolves  frozen   on  Shade  Mountain,   1834-5,    171. 

z 

Zero  Weather,   1830-1852,    61. 

Zero  Weather,  1918, 227. 


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