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Another ancient family of Swedish descent are the: Dolbows, who once possessed large tracts of land. There are a number of persons of the name still resi- dents of the township.
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The hlatrian is indebted to Thomas Shourda, hogy .. for assistance l'e the preparation of this chapter.
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TOWNSHIP OF UPPER PENN'S NECK.
Lucas Peterson, son of Erick Peterson, was the owner of much land in Upper Denn's Neck. He was also a Swede, and many members of his family have become well known and influential in various walks of life.
Thomas Carney was born in Ireland in 1709, and emigrated about 1725, with Willima Summerill, to America, marrying Haunah, daughter of John Proc- tor, of Penn's Neck. Hle was a large landhohler, his possessions, located along the Delaware, extending to John Summerill (20) married Christiana Holton and had nine children. He was a successful farmer, and left much excellent land in Upper Penn's Neck at his death, in 1854, aged nearly eighty. Game Creek. Thomas Carney died in 1784, and Han- nab, his wife, in 1778. Both are buried in the Epi -. copal churchyard in Lower Penn's Neck. " When quite young," wrote Thomas Shourds. " I heard scy- John Summerill (30 ;. son of John (2d), was a man of fine abilities and a well-known politician. Ile was elected to the State Legislature when quite young, and later to the State Senate. Ile married Emily Parker, and died in 1865, aged sixty-two. William, the third son of John (3d). married Hannah Vanne- eral aged people speak of the benevolence of Hannah Carney. By tradition she was in the practice of getting her husband to slaughter a fattening bullock ore .- sionally in the winter. Then she, with a boy to drive for her, with a pair of oxen and a vart filled with meat and flour (there were no spring. wagons in Salem Tenth ) man, and resides at South Pean's Grove, formerly Helm's Cove. He is a man of worth and prominence, and has long been identified with important public and private interest-, holding the offices of judge of the Salem County courts and director of the Canal Meadow Company.
in those days), would go into the woods of Obi-qualas- set, among the poor and laboring classes, who lived in small log dwellings, and there, on a cold North American winter day. she would dispense to them both Hour and meat recording to their necessities. And, above all, she was enabled, by the kindness of ber manner and expressions, to encourage the de- spondent and administer by kind words to the -ick and afflicted among them." 1
At the death of Thomas Carney (1st) he left two sons, Thomas and Peter Carney, and two or three daughters. Hle devised his property to his sons. i came to America in 1690, loeating in this township. Thomas Carney, Jr., Jeft one daughter to inherit his | Matthias Lambson of the present century owned and large estate, who married Robert G. Johnson, of . lived in the ancient brick dwelling near Salem Creek, Salem. Peter Carney, the brother of Thomas, left built by his ancestors in 1730. two daughters, one of whom married Benjamin In 1800, Upper Penn's Neck township, though im- mediately on the Delaware, was very sparsely settled. Still a public-house was licensed. This was located at the " Cove." Subsequently, previous to 1830, pul,- lie-bouses were licensed at Pedricktown, Sculltown, and " Biddle's," and there were stores at the three first-named places. The prominent families in this township, then including Oldman's, from 1800 to 1830, were the following : Cripps, of Manningtoa, the other John Tuft, of Salem. Naomi, the eldest daughter of Thomas Car- ney (Ist), who married John Summerill ( 1st), did not inherit any of her father's property; but her descendants now, after a lapse of nearly a century. own the larger part of the landed estate onre lelong- ing to hier two brothers, Thomas and l'eter, including several large and valuable farms,
The Summerills are an ancient, well known, and numerous family of Upper Penn's Neck. The most reliable account of this family states that William Summerill, in company with Thomas Carney, emi- grated from Ireland about 1725, locating in Penn's Neck. Soon after his arrival he bought a large tract of land, extending from Game Creek, near its source, In Salem Creek, much of which is to this day owned by his descendants. He and Mary, bis wife, resided on the property now owned by Rebecca Summerili Black and Benjamin Black, her husband, which the former inherited from her father. The old mansion- house was burned during the Revolution by a ma-
rauding party from the British Beet lying in the Delaware, opposite Helin's Cove. In the possession of a member of the Summerill family is a large iron pot which passed through the fire on that. occasion.
John Summerill married Naomi, daughter of Thomas and Mary Carney, of Carney's Point, and owned and lived on the homestead property pre- viously referred to, dying comparatively young.
John Stephenson, the great - grandson of Samuel Jennings, emigrated from Burlington County to Upper Penn's Neck, but after a few years' residence there removed to Mannington.
The Lambson family is an ancient one in Upper Penn's Neck. Thomas and his wife. Ann Lambson,
Adams, Allen, Bevis, Biddle, Barber, Black, Bar- ton, Batten, Borden, Corson, Carney, Cook, Diver, Donghton, Danser, Dawson, Davenport, Dolbow, EI- well, English, Fisher, Flanagin, Franklin, Guest, Green, Goodwin, Hunt, Harris, Holton, Humphreys, Helm -. Johnson, Jaquett, Kean, Kiger, Kidd, Kirby, Lynch. Layman, Lamplugh, Leap, Moore, Nichols, Orr, Peterson, Patterson, Pyle, Pedrick, Pitman, . Richard-, Ridgway, Summerill, Springer, Simpkins, Sayres, Somers, Sparks, Scull, Taylor, Urinson, Vickery, Wright, White, and Williams.
Organization .- This township was created by the division of the former township of Penn's Neck," at a
I History of Fenwick'- Colony, p. 108.
3 See chapder on the organization of Lower Penn's Keel.
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date not known. Its territory was reduced by the organization from its area of Oldman's township in 1×1.
Civil List .-- The records of the annual town-meet- ing- in Upper Penn's Neck prior to 1842 are not in possession of the clerk, and are not known to be in existence. Following is a civil list from 1842 lo 1582, inclusive :
COLLECTORS.
1-12-14. Gabriel Dolbow. 146 .M. William P. Somer -.
1-4-17. Thomas Flanigan. 123. Poten Pauser.
Isis-49. William summerill, Jr.
1-201-51. 1:63-64 Jas. II. Cluk.
1 1:52-53. Charles Slope.
1:51-5. Izane Wright.
1550 .... AUrel Sitaphins.
1:38-39. George Dulow.
1575-82. Josiah Summerill.
CONSTABLES.
: 1512-2, 1954. 1856, 1960-63, 1873- 1857-59. David Hillman.
1. Shadrach Pedrick. 7800-64. George Dallww.
1842-15. William Mulford.
1962. Howard Green.
1×42. Thomas Robbins. .
1. William Suuuerill, Jr.
1863-64. George W. Bevis.
1543-56, 1861, 1866-65. Rubert Walker.
1867-64, 1570. William Lawrence.
1535-36. Stacy D. Lavion.
1870-71, 1574-76. Henry Barber.
1857-30, :45. Jne. b. Enilor.
1872-13. John Summerill.
1857-38. Joseph Copper.
15;9-89. Charle- G. Alborn.
1839-60. Isaac Wright.
1881. A. F. Layan.
1.7-61. John Petersuo.
1652. William S Avis.
JUSTICES OF THE PFACE.
1562. Alfred T. Jester.
1870. Malachi Horner.
1462, 1967, 1877. John K. Loud ... 1670. 1\;5, 1880. William H. Ped- lick.
1.62. Jonathan H. BraJway.
1875. Jawies S. Hannah.
1885, 1-20, lasg. H. 11. Dr Grofft.
TOWNSHIP CLERKS.
IN2-14. William Summerill, Jr.
1815-46. Pavid Guest.
1870-71, 1-74. James Canninghan .. IST2. Engene I. De Groft.
1847-50. Benjanun T'. MleCollister.
18-3. Waller >. Spruger.
1-1-53. John M Springer.
1875-74. Hrujutalu T. Straughn.
38'4. Josiah Dolly.w.
3:3G-G1. WillAus TheAvy.
, Is,k -. ) Join V. Trombu !!.
Jed. Jegph R. E.hinton.
Jak4). Juh Pety.
1863. Charles Je. Il ritago.
Ja$2 William 1. Yeager
18-65. K. 11. In. Groft.
TOWNSHIP COMMMITICI.
1842- 16. John Summerill, Sr.
1621. Satan Is. Thompson.
19:2-54. Cz Peterson.
1815-1.1. . I ib Birla.
1-12-46, Devil W'hey.
1312-15, He4-6a 1. springer.
lxc4-Cx, 18:00-15. Joseph Cinger.
1:11-47. Daniel Vannemau.
I-Co. Charh - Humphrey, Sr.
1811, 1x42-54. Thomas Finnaglu.
1-1 F. 1. Horner.
7615-51. Gabriel Dultow.
1572-16. 11. 11. Du Grolit.
1947, 1554-61. James HUT.man.
1872. Thomis Weatherby.
147-55. John Sammeril', Jr.
1-72. T. D. Diver. 18776. Heddert Walker.
1×48-52, 1:0%-C ~. li hard & mer.
1852-61, 1861-72, 1575-42. Wlillan Summierill, Jr.
1874-76. Jonathan blattson.
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1:50-58. John Dlver.
1856. Thama. C. Holton.
1877. Jacob Fratturer.
1:57-61, 1863-65, 1870-71. Charles Slape. >1. 1659-60. Davil Gnest.
1×73 Samuel Given.
1/59-62, 1$73. J M. Springer
1870-80. William Lawrence.
1x01-62. Iatac Wrigl.t.
1880. William Tussey.
1862, 1873. Josiah 1. Frick.
1581-82. George W. Bevis. 1881-2. George W. Hewitt.
ASSESSORES.
1842, 1511, 1850, 1351-55, 1614-68. Thetuas C. I'rice.
1942. 8. 1. 1.4 414
1-63-61. Alfred T. Jester.
1-1., 18 15. David ~mith.
1805-66 Witham Tussey.
1511-17. 1843. William F. Walker.
1570-71. B. H. P. Groft. 18:2, 1-53-76. William Lawrence. 1-3; Chad D. Heritage.
IST7-72. Jacob Sailor
1856-37. Samuel Rain.
1877-50 George W. Jlewitt.
1x90-82. G .uge ?. Kille.
SCHOOL. SUPERINTENDENTS.
1847-49, 1651-57, 1839-01, 1863-05. Iss. Mayhew Johnson.
J. K. Lunderlack. 1862. John S. Locke.
1830-53. Thomas Reeves.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
1-12-46. William F. Hunt. 1811-46. Benjatain T'. MeABister.
1:12-11. Janies F. Dunham. 1:46. William Summerill.
1542-15. Williamn C. Mulford.
Public Schools .- The earliest schools in Upper Penn's Neck were held at l'en'- Grove and vicinity. and were conducted upon the well-understood pio- neer " pay-school" system. School commissioners were elected for many years prior to 1817, and school i superintendents from that date until 1862. Under the system at present in vogue throughout New Jer- sey, this town-hip is divided into five school districts. known as Central District, No. 48; Cove District, No. 49; Wright District, No. 50; Wiley District, No. 51; Penn's Grove District, No. 52.
The schools of Upper Penn's Neck are well con- ducted and kept in comfortable buildings, and com- pare favorably with the other public schools through- out Salem County.
Methodism in Penn's Grove .- The only religiou- worship in Upper Penn's Neck is held by two Meth- : odist organizations, known as the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Prote-tant Churches of P'enn's Grove. The first mentioned dates back to the beginning of the religious history of the town-hip.
The Methodist Episcopal Church .-- Many years before Methodism in Penn's Grove assumed an or. ganie form prayer- and class-meetings were occasion- ally held in private houses by the few Methodists scattered through the country, holling their member- ship either at Perkintown or Pilesgrove, appointment: on the Swedesboro Circuit that have long since been absorbed by the surrounding centres of population.
The Swedesboro Cirenit was formed in 1833, with Rev. Richard Petherbridge as presiding eller, and Revs. John Walker and William H. Stephens : preachers in charge.
Within a circuit of three miles from Pean's Grov-
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1-05-71, 1%6-77, 78M2. Josiah A Kidd. 1875. Daniel Bourn.
1:43-14. Matthew A. Dubois.
1848-46, Bobett Simpkins.
184. James & Stratton.
1677. William P. Titus.
1818, 1: 57-55. William Holtan.
1875-80. Alfred Layton.
1851. Alfred simp kins.
1.78. Samuel Stanley.
1-53-54. Thomas D. C. Smith. 18:9. Bartine FIimagio
1553. Shedlink Pancoast. : IS-0. Albert Stetser.
1855. William F. Hont. , 1'>1. Uriah Biddle.
1566-67. Samuel Rain. 1-64. Joseph L. Horner.
1-70-71. Daniel V. Summeri !!
1-72-44. E. A. Vanneman
CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.
1242-34. Thomas Flatagiu.
1-02. Moses Wricht.
1562. Jacob Stiles.
181. Matthew N. Dubois. Isil Wwweluru Molfor. 1552-53. J. K. Louderback.
1-58-59. Thomast'. Hulton. 1/10-61. John S. Locke.
1-737- J. R. Justus.
1855, 1865-83, 1670-71. Joseph 11. | 1554 Joseph R. Weatherly. CInrk.
1-75-7. Julin &. Featurer. 1877. John Perry. 1877-78. Gideon Allen.
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1a63-04. Henry Whlte.
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TOWNSHIP OF UPPER PENN'S NECK.
only the following Methodist families lived at that time : John Holton's, John Summerill's. Daniel Van- neman's, Bartholomew Stiles, John Boqua's, and James S. Springer's. In 1834 the Helm's Cove . and Clement .A. Borden, mason. school-house was built, and religious services were held therein. John Boqua, a local deacon, who lived about a mile away, and was a member of the Pikes- grove Church, with other local preachers and ex- horters, held regular religious services on Sunday afternoons.
In 1837, Rev. R. E. Morrison was reappointed to the circuit, with Rev. George Jennings as his col- league.
Revs. John K. Shaw and Edward Stout came on the circuit in 1838. In May the Sunday-school was organized, with James Denny as superintendent. He met with strong opposition, but with the help of a few earnest workers succeeded in establishing the school. Among the teachers were un Boqua, Re- becca Sack. Thomas Holton, and Aun Summerill. The following year Revs. John K. Shaw and Abra- ham I. Truitt served the circuit. In 1840, Rev. George A. Rey bold was appointed, and Rev. Abraham I. Truitt reappointed to the charge.
Revs. Sedgwick Rusting and J. W. MeDougall were appointed to the circuit in 1841. This year the Harmony school-house was built, on ground given by Joseph Guest, near the site of the present Penn's Grove public school building, and a second Sunday- school was organized to meet in the new building, which was more convenient for a number of children than the Cove school-house had been. In 1842, Rev. Sedgwick Rusling was reappointed, with Rev. Noah Edwards as his colleague. The appointments to the eireuit in 1843 were Revs. Thomas G. Stewart and S. Y. Monrue.
On the 20th of August, 1843, James Denny, Robert Walker, William Lock, David Smith, and James D. Simpkins were elected trustees. In November, at the Cove sebooi-house, Daniel Vanneman and William Summerill were chosen additional trustees. The hoard immediately organized, with William Sun- merill as president, ami Daniel Vanneman as treas urer, and assumed the name of Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Church of fenn's Grove, filing a certificate of incorporation. Feb. 22, 1346, on a lot purchased of
John Smith, a brick church, forty-five feet by thirty- seven, was completedl, at a cost of about two thousand two hundred dollars, by James D. Simpkin-, builder.
In 1843, Revs. Joseph Atwood and John S. Berg's were appointed to the circuit, and were returned in 1846. The two Sunday-schools were united, chiefly through the instruvientality of Augustus Cann, who was the first superintendent of the school thus formed. Ilis sneeessors have been Jolin Daniels, Jacob Stan- ton, J. K. Louderback, J. H. Clark, J. P. Bennett, and W. 11. Bilderbaek. In 1847 and 1848, Revs. Mulford Day and James Long were appointed to the circuit. They were succeeded in 1849 by Revs. A. K. Street and Joseph Gaskill. In 1850, Penn's Grove and
Rev. William HI. Stephens died in the fall of 1833, and was sneceeded by Rev. Robert Lntton. In 1835, Revs. William Williams and Josiah F. Canfield came on the circuit, and the Cove school-house was placed on the list of appointments. The traveling preachers each held services once in four weeks on Monday evenings. . Pennsville were detached from the cirenit and be- In January, 1836, the first class was formed, consisting came a separate charge, known as Penn's Neck, where the parsonage was located. Rev. George Hitchens was the first pastor, and served two years. In 1852 and 1853, Rev. David Graves was appointed to the charge. He was a radical and, some thought, a violent temperance advocate, and he created a great sensation upon that question. of John Boqua, Martha Boqua, his wife, Hannah, Catharine, and Anu Boqua, his daughters, and Daniel Vanneman, Hannab, his wife, Mary Flanagan, and Rebecca Saek, with John Boqua as leader. About this time Rev. R. E. Morrison was appointed to the eirenit, and Rev. Josiah I. Cantield was reappointed.
Rev. Bartholomew Need was pastor in 1854 and 1855.
In 1856 and 1857, during the pastorate of Rev. II. B. Beegle, there were numerous accessions by conver- sion. In 1858 and 1859, Revs. C. S. Downs and Levi Herr were on the charge. In 1860 Penn's Grove was detaelied from Penn's Neck, and became a separate charge, with Rev. George Hitchens as pastor. Hle was reappointed in 1861.
Rev. Hamilton S. Norris was pastor in 1862 and ! 1863, and enjoyed a prosperous pastorite. In 1864 and 1865, Rev. James F. Morell was pastor. In 1866, Rev. Joseph Ashbrook came on the charge, and was the first pastor who remained three years. Rev. Jo- seph G. Crate became pastor in 1569, and also re- mained three years. Rev. S. Townsend was pastor in 1872 and 1873. The Harmony school-house, where prayer- and class-meetings had long been held, was now sold, subjecting the society to the expense and inconvenience of renting a suitable place for such meetings.
In 1877, Rev. J. II. Payran became pastor. Rev. J. B. Turpin succeeded Rev. Mr. Payran in 1880, and he is the present pastor. The affairs of the church have prospered under his management. The present mem- bership is 456, and the combined Sunday-schools in- elude 65 officers and teachers and 555 scholars. The church property is valued at $5000.
Methodist Protestant Church .- In 1860, Joseph Guest and a number of other> withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church of Penn's Grove and formed a Methodist Protestant Society, which wor- ships in the "Mariners' Bethel," at the corner of Harmony and Penn Streets, which was built in 1861 by Mr. Guest, and purchased by this organization in 1373.
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This society has been signally active and persever- ing, and has fairly won such success as it has had. From the first it has had an efficient Sunday-school, and through it has raised considerable sums of money, which has been used for the advancement of its spiritual and material interests.
Formerly this was a station on the Bridgeport, Penn's Grove, and Pedriektown Circuit, and was served by the pastors of that circuit. Since it be- came a charge the following pastors have served it in the order named : Revs. J. W. Laughlin, 1872-73; W. Irvine, 1873-74; Jacob M. Freed, 1874-76; George . Robinson, 1876-78; J. W. Laughlin, . Isaac Hurff and Joseph Guest, and at the death of 1878-79; John L. Watson, 1879-82.
it is now known. Previous to the year 1829, Penn's ' in the place, and for a short period there were two.
Penn's Grove .- The only village in Upper Penn's Neck is Penn's Grove, which includes the old village so called and Helm's Cove, or South l'enn's Grove, as Grove contained only one house, and that is now a part of the store-house on Main Street occupied and owned by S. R. Leap. There was a frame house on what was known as Pogue's fishery, on the Pogue farm, at the upper end of Penn's Grove, now owned by Joseph Guest, and also a small cabin was situated near where Layton's slaughter-house now stands. There was a landing about where the present bridge or pier stands, whence eordwood and other produce was shipped. The river front above and below the landing was grown up with briers and bushes at high- . water mark.
There was also a publie landing for the purpose of boats at a time landing excursionists upon the
loading and shipping cordwood on Pogue's farm.
During the winter of 1828 and 1829 a company was organized, called the Wilmington and New Jersey Steamboat Company, of which Joseph Bailey, of Wil- mington, Del., was the president. This company, the members of which were citizens of Wilmington and New Jersey, purchased a piece of land of Andrew Dolbow and others, on which they erected a bridge, by driving posts and planking them over, to enable steamboats to land, and the same year they built a steamboat called the "New Jersey," a small side- wheel boat, which ran from Wilmington to Penn's Grove a number of years. The first captain of the boat was Josiah Abbot, of Wilmington, who built the bridge for the company.
The company erected the brick tavern-house now owned by C. Elkinton, and had it licensed as a hotel the same year, and Mr. Wolf, of Wilmington, was the firet landlord. About the same time a public road was laid out from the foot of the bridge to the Ped- ricktown and Cove road.
from the shore ; but during the winter of 1854 the in swept away all of the structure except the piers and stone wall.
Mr. Elkinton declining to rebuild the bridge, a stock company was formed, for the benefit of the community, known as the " Penn's Grove Pier Com. pany," which bought the bridge of Mr. Elkinton, Oct. 6. 1855, and it is still in possession of the same.
From the time of the foundation of the Wilming- ton and New Jersey Steamboat Company the village began slowly to improve. The land where the prin- cipal part of the village now stands was owned by Mr. Hurti' his heirs sold all the property belonging to them in building lots to different individuals at a pub- lic vendue.
There has been for a long time one licensed hotel ! French's Hotel is a well-kept and popular house, and is well filled with boarders in the summer sea- son. It is a noted place for exenrsions from Phila- delphia, Wilmington, and other places during the summer, there being a fine grove in connection with it. Joseph (i. French, the present proprietor, took po-session in 1869. The travel by steamboats to and from the place is very great. One boat runs regu- larly from Wilmington, and makes from one to four trips a day. Two boats usually make dail; trips from Salem to Philadelphia, stopping at Penn's Grove each way, and frequently there are several pier. Four freight-boats are engaged in carrying truck and different kinds of marketing from l'en's Grove to Philadelphia. A railroad was built from Woodbury to Penn's Grove in 1876, and there are four daily trains each way, carrying the mails each way twice. There has been a stage-line from Woods- town to meet the boats ever since the Salem boats have been stopping at Penn's Grove.
The fishing interest is a business of considerable importance, and brings a large amount of money into the place, and furnishes employment for quite a number of persons. The fishing is not confined to shad and herring, for quite a business is carried ou in sturgeon-catching, for which purpose a large house or factory has been erected, where the sturgeon are prepared in a marketable form, frozen, and kept in a proper condition until shipped to the Philadelphia and New York markets. Most prominent amony those identified with the fisheries are Brukens & Dikeman, William A. Sack, Torton & Blohm, and Charles A. Dolbow.
The place contains several general stores, a hard- ware-store, two carriage- and wheelwright-shops, two black. mith-shops, two shoe-shops, one bakery, two barber-shops, one tobacco-store, four saloons, two coal-yards, one limekiin, two livery-stables, o! butcher, and, in the fail and winter, two meat-stands.
The bridge was a frail structure, and the ice car- ried the greater part of it away the first or second winter after it was built. After rebuilding it. the company in a few years sold the bridge and house to Isaac Hurff, and in 1848 Charles Elkinton purchased them both, and improved the bridge by sinking piers and building a solid stone wall a part of the distance . two pool-100ins, a ship yard, and two millinery-shop ...
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The Odd-Fellows own a large hall, in which is a jarge lecture-room. There are two churches, one Methodist Episcopal and the other Protestant Meth- odist, and one public school, in which three teachers are employed.
Among the best-known business men not mentioned elsewhere are S. R. Leap & Brother, William Denny & Brother, George S. Shannon, merchants; William 11. Bilderback, dealer in hardware ; Theophilus Paul- lin, William Denny, wheelwrights ; Samuel Cothern, James Cunningham, blacksmiths ; John Hennen- meyer, George Stanton, shoemakers ; Dr. M. Johnson, Alfred Robbins, druggists; James W. Loughlan, editor and publisher; Hemy Barker, proprietor of a limekiln and coal-yard ; James S. Hannalı.
A few years ago a newspaper was started, called The Penn's Grove Record. It aims to give the local news, and is published weekly by James W. Laughlan.
South Penn's Grove, formerly "Ilelm's Cove," about a half-mile down the river, is a much older business place than Penn's Grove. The land was formerly owned hy one Helms, from whom the place took its name.
There have been Jour licensed hotels in the place, but not over two at one time. The names of the dif- fereut landlords who kept inns are Edmund Adams, James McCollister, William Lawrence, Furman Fen- ton, Charles Doluow, Charles Bilderback, John Diver, and Catharine Diver & Sons, who, in 1837, closed the hotel and invited their neighbors to help take down the sign-post. Theirs was the last hotel in the place. South l'enn's Grove contains at this time one store. The old store-house was built by Adam Harbeson -
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