Indiana County, Pennsylvania, her people, past and present, Volume I, Part 1

Author: Stewart, Joshua Thompson, 1862- comp
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01202 1819


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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION


J. J. Stewart


INDIANA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA


HER PEOPLE, PAST AND PRESENT


Embracing a History of the County Compiled by PROF. J. T. STEWART And a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families


IN TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED


VOLUME I


CHICAGO J. H. BEERS & CO. 1913


PREFACE


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In presenting "Indiana County and Her People" to its patrons, the publish- ers have to acknowledge, with gratitude, the encouragement and support their enterprise has received, and the willing assistance rendered in enabling them to surmount the many unforeseen obstacles to be met with in the production of a work of such magnitude. To procure the materials for its compilation, official records have been carefully examined ; newspaper files searched, manuscripts, letters and memoranda have been sought; those longest in the locality were interviewed; and all the material has been so collated, systematized and indexed as to render it easy of reference.


Hle who expects to find the work entirely free from errors or defects has little knowledge of the difficulties attending the preparation of a work of this kind, and should indulgently bear in mind that "it is much easier to be critical than to be correct." It is, therefore, trusted that the history will be received by the public in that generous spirit which is gratified at honest and conscien- tious effort.


The publishers have been fortunate in securing the services of a staff of efficient and painstaking historians, who have been materially assisted by the gentlemen of the press and of the various professions, by the public officials, and by many other citizens of the county, of all of whom personal mention would gladly here be made, did space permit.


The work has been divided into two parts, History and Biography. The general history of the county, and for the most part of the townships and boroughs, has been compiled and prepared by Prof. J. T. Stewart. The Blairs- ville chapter is from the pen of Thomas Davis Marshall; the Montgomery town- ship chapter by S. K. Rank; the Bench and Bar chapter by Samuel A. Douglass, Esq. Acknowledgment is made of assistance rendered by Gen. Harry White and Dr. W. B. Ansley in the prosecution of the work.


In behalf of the author thanks are extended to all who have contributed to the work, the ministers of the county, especially Revs. W. J. Wilson and H. F. King, of Indiana, Pa., and H. W. Maguire, of Cookport, Pa .; the press, especially the Indiana Progress and the Saltsburg Press; the church officials; John Z. Simpson for the use of his library; James M. Swank; Dr. W. J. Me- Knight ; John S. Ritnour, and William F. Lindsey.


The Biographical department is of special interest. In nearly every instance the data were submitted to those immediately interested for revision and cor- rection. The work, which is one of generous amplitude, is placed in the hands of the public with the belief that it will be found a valuable addition to the library, as well as an invaluable contribution to the historical and genealogical literature of Pennsylvania.


THE PUBLISHERS.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPTER I


CHAPTER XVIII


CHAPTER


The Wilderness


PAGE


1


Medical Profession


.366


CHAPTER II


CHAPTER XIX


Remains of an Extinct People.


4


Bench and Bar


... 383


Early Settlers


CHAPTER III


Indiana Borough


.395


CHAPTER XXI


Armstrong Township-Shelocta Borough


.. 432


CHAPTER XXII


Banks Township-Glen Campbell Borough.


.438


CHAPTER XXIII


The Pennsylvania Canal


49


CHAPTER VII


Mineral Resources of Indiana County .


55


CHAPTER VIII


Changes in the System of Weather


79


CHAPTER IX


Buffington Township


. . .


.. ..


.452


Beasts and Birds of Indiana County.


84


CHAPTER XXVI


CHAPTER X


Burrell Township


. . . . ....


455


Number and Variety of Serpents.


CHAPTER XI


CHAPTER XXVII


Indigenous Fruits of the County


90


CHAPTER XII


Canoe Township


. .......


.482


CHAPTER XXIX


Center Township-Homer City Borough


. . .


. .


.484


CHAPTER XXX


Cherryhill Township-C'lymer Borough.


.. 492


CHAPTER XXXI


CHAPTER XV


Conemaugh Township-Saltsburg Borough.


. .


.499


Veterans of Indiana County


. . .


.109


CHAPTER XVI


CHAPTER XXXII


Schools of Indiana County.


.195


Grant Township


511


CHAPTER XVII


CHAPTER XXXIII


Churches


.231


Green Township


......


513


V


.


Roads


45


CHAPTER VI


Blacklick Township


. . ..


. . . 445


CHAPTER XXIV


Brushvalley Township-Mechanicsburg Borough. . 449


CHAPTER XXV


History of Blairsville and Vicinity


........ . 458


CHAPTER XXVIII


Formation of the County.


92


CHAPTER XIII


Political Parties


97


CHAPTER XIV


County and State Officers


103


CHAPTER XX


S


CHAPTER IV


Modes of Travel


40


CHAPTER V


CHAPTER


PAGE


vi


TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPTER XXXIV


CHAPTER


East Mahoning Township-Marion Center Bor- .517


ough


CHAPTER XLI


CHAPTER XXXV


North Mahoning Township


.527


CHAPTER XXXVI


East Wheatfield Township-Armagh Borough. . . . 561


South Mahoning Township-Plumville Borough. . . 538


CHAPTER XXXVII


CHAPTER XLIII


West Mahoning Township-Smicksburg Borough. . 542


CHAPTER XXXVIII


CHAPTER XLIV


Montgomery Township-Cherrytree Borough. . . .. 546


White Township


571


CHAPTER XLV


Pine Township


CHAPTER XXXIX


..


.552


CHAPTER XL


PAGE


CHAPTER


Rayne Township


PAGE 556


Washington Township-Creekside Borough. .559


CHAPTER XLII


West Wheatfield Township


.566


Young Township


.572


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


Academies


218


Blairsville 992


Covode


225


Eldersridge


218, 271


Greenville


224


Indiana


218


Jacksonville


221


Purchase Line.


515


Saltsburg


225


Allegheny Formation


58


Coals in


64


Allison, William R 390


Allisons, The.


484


Birds


86


Alum Bank


455, 462


Ambrose Baptist Church.


294


Animal Life


17


Antioch Evan. Luth. Church .. 312


Apprentice's Agreement, 1803. 454


Areadia


549


Arcadia Presbyterian Church .. 280


Armagh Borough.


564


M. E. Church ..


354


Presbyterian Church


242


Armstrong Township-Shelocta Borough 432


Post, Wm., No. 303, G. A. R. 179 Assessments, Early. 97


Associate Judges 104


Associate Presbyterian Church. 317 Assumption Church, Catholic. . 1331


Atcheson, George


194


Attorney Generals, Deputy.


105


Attorneys, District


105


List of Present .


395


Auditors, County


106


Axes


16


Baird Family 468


James


462


Bairdstown


461, 468


Banks-


Blackliek


457


Blairsville


469


Cherrytree


551


Clymer


498


Glen Campbell 440


Homer City


490


Indiana


419


Marion Center


527


Plumville


540


Saltsburg


510


Banks, John N ..


389


Township - Glen Campbell Borough


438


William


394


William, Deceased


385


Y. M. C. A.


470


Blockhouses .... . 12, 14, 432,


. . 494, 486, 499, 556, 567, 573


Bolar, Maj. A. J., Post, No.


533, G. A. R.


178


PAGE


Boroughs of Indiana County,


List


96


Armagh


564


Blairsville


458


Cherrytree


550


Clyme


496


Creekside


560


Glen Campbell


439


Jacksonville


574


Marion Center


Mechanicsburg 450


Plumville


540


Saltsburg


503


Sheloeta


436


Smieksburg


543


Boyle, Albert C.


389


Brethren


(German


Baptist )


Churches


362


Briekmaking Material


69


Bridges and Ferries, Salts- burg 307


Brown, Lieut. Frank M., Post, No. 266, G. A. R. .. .. 179, 574 Brownlee, Rev. Dr. J. Day. 325, 625 Brushvalley Baptist Church ... 294 Evangelical Lutheran Church 302 Syneline 62


Township - Mechanicsburg Borough 449


Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg


Railroad


43


Buffington, Judge Joseph.


384


Township


452


Burrell Township


455


Campbell, Gen. Charles


445, 460


His Journal


446


Family


460


Campbell's Mill


460


Canoe Place (Cherrytree)


546


History by Decades


474


Township


482


U. B. Church.


360


Carboniferous System, Stratig-


raphy


57.


74


John C.


389


Presbyterian Church


235


Census, Comparison of Years


1840 and 1910.


95


Center Presbyterian Church. . .


246


Township - Homer


City


Borough


484


Centerville Presbyterian Ch .. 249


Chambers, Moses


.13, 459


Chambersville


557


Cherryhill Manor


492


Cherryhill Township -- Clymer


Borough


492


vii


PAGE


Beasts and Birds of Indiana County 84


Bell, John T.


393, 867


Bell's Mills (now Josephine) .. 455


Bench and Bar ..


383


Beracha U. P. Congregation .. 339 Berringer P. O. (Kesslerville) 514 Bethel Evan. Lutheran Church 311 Presbyterian Church 263


U. P. Church 336


Bethesda (now Nebo) Presby- terian Church 258


Black, James


461


William R.


391


Blackliek Baptist Church.


290


Free Methodist Church.


361


M. E. Church. 353


M. E. Church, Buffington


Township


356


Presbyterian Church


234


Township


445


Blair, David


394


Rev. David 319


Hon. John P. 388, 679


Samuel S.


386


Blairsville and Vicinity.


458


Academy


229


Attorneys


469


Banks


469


Baptist Church 295


Beginning of Blairsville 474


Borough Officers.


470


Business People, Past and


Present


474


Days of the Pioneer


458


Early Hotels 464


Early Postmasters 464


Early and Former


Resi-


dents


461, 465


Evangelical Association


346


Free Methodist Church,


362


Monument


550


Items of Interest


466


Ladies' Seminary


900


Masonic Lodge


470


M. E. Church


353


Carpenter, Ephraim


384


Newspapers


464, 465


Old Log Schoolhouse


465


Catholic Churches


281


U. P. Church


331


Present Business Houses.


471


Present Commercial and In-


dustrial Establishments .. . 470 Running History 461


Baptist Association, Indiana. .


284


Churches


284


German Churches (Brethren)


362


Barnes, Joseph


460


Homer City


489


523


viii


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


PAGE


Cherrytree Baptist Church .. 294


County Agricultural Society .. 412


Borough


..


550


Home


409


Monument (Canoe Place) .. 550


Male and Female College .. 223


M. P. Church 357


Post, No. 40, G. A. R ..


178


Presbyterian Church


265


Chestnut Ridge


56, 64


Anticline 61 Covode (formerly Kellys-


Christ Protestant


Episcopal


Church, Indiana 364


Christ's Evangelical Lutheran


Church, Garfield


313


Church of God


362


Churches


231


Circular


Hunt,


Conemaugh


Township


501


Green Township


.515


Civil War, Indiana County in the 109


History of Regiments and


Companies


109


Soldiers, Roster of Indiana


County


144


Veterans, First Reunion


179


Clark, J. Wood.


393


Hon. Silas M. 388


William


8


Clarksburg


500


Presbyterian Church 248


Reformed Presbyterian Ch. 342 Clay Deposits 69, 497


Clearing the Land 16


Clerks


104, 107


Clymer Borough


496


Christian Church


George


93, 383,


496


M. E. Church 355


Presbyterian Church 250


Coal


75


63,


Coalport 501


Coffey, Titian J. 386


Cokeville, Coketown 478


Coleman, James M.


388


Nicholas 329, 501


Colfax (Decker's Point P. O.) 511


College, Cherrytree Male and Female 223


Comet, 1835


82


Commissioners, County 106


Jury 105


Clerks


107


Conemaugh (West Penn) Di- vision, Pa. R. R. 481


Formation


59


Formation, Coals in .. 67


Presbytery


318


Teachers' Institute


.211, 213


Township-Saltsburg


Bor-


ough 499


United Presbyterian Con-


gregation 328


Congressmen 103


Conner, Rev. William. 329


Cooking, Early 25 Baptist Church. 295


Cookport .


513


East Rum.


511


Baptist Church


288


East


Union


Presbyterian


Evan. Luth. Church.


310


Church


276


TT. P. Congregation. .


334


Coral


486


Coroners 108


PAGE


Ebenezer Presbyterian Ch ... 272


Eclipse of Sun, June 16, 1806 81


Eldersridge


573


Academy


218,


271


Presbyterian Church 268


Elders Ridge Quadrangle


70


Syneline


74


Election Places, Early 96


Eleventh Reserves, 40th Pa. Vols. 109


M. E. Church


355


Elkin, Hon. John P.


392,


Creekside Borough


560


W. F.


Gas Field


.69,


Crete U. P. Church


338


Croft Evangelical Church 345


Crooked


Creek


Baptist


Church


298


Samuel 390


Currie's


Run


Presbyterian


Church


250


Davidsville (Trade City P. O.) 527


Decker's Point P. O. (Colfax) 511 M. E. Church 351


Declaration of Independence, First 459


Deputy Attorney Generals.


105


Surveyors


108


Diamondville (Mitchells Mills P. O.) 496


Dias (or Nolo) Ridge. 56


Dilltown


453


Baptist Church 298


Distriet Attorneys


105


Surveyors


108


Dixonville


514


Wesleyan Methodist Church 360


Douglass, Samuel A. 387


Drainage, Local .... .56, 71, 94


Dress of Indians and Early Settlers 21


Drum, Augustus 385


Dunkers or Tunkers 362


Dunmore's War 459


Dutch Run Antieline 74


Early Assessments 97


Cooking 25


County Roads


47


Forts.


8, 12, 432,


.445, 485, 486, 567, 571


Forty-first Pa. Vols., 12th Re- serves 112


Roster


150


Forty-sixth Pa. Vols.


114


Roster


151


Forty-third Pa. Vols., Ist Light Artillery, 14th Reserves .. Roster 151


114


Fourteenth Cavalry, 159th Pa.


Vols.


138


Roster


170


Fourteenth Reserves, 43d Pa. Vols., 1st L. A. 114


Roster


151


Fourth Cavalry, 64th Pa. Vols. 159


Frances .


483


l'rankstown Road, Old.


.45, 461, 563


117 154 8


Findley, George


Findley Patch Post, No. 137, G. A. R.


177


Fire Clay


.69, 497


First Declaration


of Inde-


pendence


459


First Light Artillery, 43d Pa. Vols., 14th Reserves. 114


Roster


151


First Mill


460


Road


45


Fisher, Hon. John S. 393,


638


Five Points


560


Flax Brake


24


Flora P. O.


438


Forbes Road


458, 459


99


Formation of the County .


Of Townships


96


Fort Hill


567


Fortieth Pa. Vols., 11th Re- serves 109


Roster 144


Election Places 96


Farming


18


Furniture


20


Games and Diversions 30


Mills


13


Schools of Indiana County. 202 Schools of Blairsville. 465


Settlers


8


Settlers, Fare of


20


Transportation, Cost of.


45


Wedding, An


26


East Mahoning Township-


Marion Center Borough .. 517


East Wheatfield Township-


Armagh Borough


561


559


Ernest


557


Evangelieal Association 343


Lutheran Churches


299


Extinct People, Remains of an 4


Fairview Baptist Church. 997


Cunningham, Judge John


467


Fare of Early Settlers


20


Farming, Early


18


Fee, Harry W.


394, 923


Feit, George J.


394


Ferries and Bridges, Saltsburg 507 Ferry over Conemaugh River .. 460 Fifth Regiment, Pa. Vol. Inf .. 182 Fifty-fifth Pa. Vols .. 115


Fifty-sixth Pa. Vols. (Co. B) Roster


590


394,


766


ville)


536


Academy


225


Christian Churches


358


Cramer


562


Roster


144


Institute


213


Elder, Robert


573


Medical Society


366


Surveyors


108


Court House Square, Indiana (view) 399 Covered Bridge, Blairsville .. 463


M. E. Church 357


359


ix


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


Free Methodist Churches. 361 Free Schools 204


Freeport Coal, Lower.


.65,


75


Upper 64,


75


Friendship Chapel, Cherryhill Township 346


Frolies, Pioneer Evening ..


32


Fruits of the County, Indi-


genous


90


Gallows Hill


459


Games and Diversions, Early. . 30


Garfield (Robinson P. O.) ...


569


Garfield Brethren Church.


364


Gas, Natural


67, 559


Geological Structure.


61


Geology-


Elders Ridge Quadrangle 72


Indiana Quadrangle 57


Georgeville . 518


German Baptist Churches


(Brethren)


362


Germany M. E. Church.


356


Getty, John L. .


393


County Home


409


Gettysburg M. P. Church 357


Gilgal Presbyterian Church ..


267


Gilpin P. O. (Kintersburg) . 558


Gipsy ..


549


Girls' Industrial Home 409


Glen Campbell Borough.


439


Baptist Church


295


Presbyterian Church


280


Grace U. E. Church.


346


Graceton


486


Luther Chapel


308


Graffs


463,


468 Grand Army of the Republic. . 176 Grant Township 511


Greek Catholic Church. 1249


Green, Isaac.


462, 463, 475


Township


513


Greenville


495


Academy


224


U. P. Church


339


Greenwood Cemetery


413


Grove Chapel


Evan.


Luth.


Hannastown 459


Harmony Grove Evan. Luth. Church 310


Presbyterian Church 257


Haying in the Olden Time 19 Hazelet M. P. Church. 356 Hebron Evan. Luth. Church .. 304


553


Heilwood


554


Dairy


Hospital 554


Presbyterian Church 257 Heshbon M. E. Church 355 U. P. Congregation. 331


Hill, Rev. George.


236.


810


John H. 391


548


Hillsdale


Holy Cross Catholic Church. 986


Home P. O. (Kellysburg)


557


Homer City Borough.


489


Baptist Church


295


Evan. Luth. Church.


308


M. E. Church.


350


PAGE


Presbyterian Church 274


U. P. Church . 336


Hood, Hon. G. W. 391


Hopewell M. E. Church. 354


Hortons P. O .. 439


Hospitals-


Indiana


410


Penn-Mary


551


House Warming, The. 28


Household Manufactures 24


Hunting, Subsistence by. 23


Hunts-


Circular


501, 515


Wolf


17


Hustonville


496


"' Indiana"' Antieline (so-


called) 63


Indiana Baptist Association .. 284


Indiana Borough


395


Baptist Church


296


Academy


218


Juneau


483


Banks


419


Business Establishments. 414


County Agricultural Society 412


Court House Square (view) 399


Early Residents, Tradesmen, etc.


400


Early Hotels 404


Early Industries 401


Electric Light and Power .. 405


First Buildings


Girls' Industrial Home.


409


Greenwood Cemetery


413


Hospital


410


Hospital View 410


Hotels


428


Lot No. 1. 420


Lot No. 1, First Building. 420


"Present Building'


421


Merchants, etc.


421


Municipal Building


411


Normal School 226


Normal School Views. .. 226-230


Waterworks 405


West Indiana Borough. 404


Y. M. C. A.


410


Y. M. C. A. Building, View 411 Indiana Branch Railroad. 43 Iudiana Churches


Baptist, First 287


Christian, First 358


Evangelical Association 345


Free Methodist


361


Methodist Episcopal


347


Presbyterian, First.


244


Protestant Episcopal, Christ 364


U. P. Congregation. 318 U. P. Congregation, Second 326 Wesleyan Methodist 360 Zion Evan. Luth 299


Indiana County Agricultural


Society


412


County Home


409


County Medical Society ..


366


PAGE


County Normal School


214


County St. Railways Co.


43


Indiana Female Seminary


218


Post, No. 28, G. A. R.


176


Quadrangle, The


55


559


Institute, The County


213


Institutes, Local


.213,


Iselin


573


Jack, Hon. S. M.


391


Jacksonville Academy


221


Anticline


73


Borough


574


M. E. Church


351


277


Presbyterian Church


U. P. Congregation.


326


Jamieson, Rev. John .... 329, 931


Josephine (Bell's Mills) .


455


Judges, Associate


104


President


104,


383


U. E. Church


346


Jury Commissioners


105


Keener. Frank


393


Kelly, James


459, 500


Kelly, James M ..


384


Kelly, Pliny


386


Kellysburg (Home P. O.) ... 557


Kelly's Station (Tunnelston). 500


Baptist Church


290


Kellysville (now Covode) .... 536


Kesslerville (Berringer P. O.)


514


Kintersburg (Gilpin P. O.) .. 558


Kittanning Coals


66


Knott, Wilson


461, 468


Labor and Its Discourage- ments 30


Ladies' Seminary, Blairsville 222


Land, The


14


Langham, J. N.


393


Latrobe, Syncline


62


Leech, John M .. 392 Legal Relations of Man and Wife, Pioneer 29


Leonard, Jane, Hall-Normal Recitation Building 227


Lockvale


438


Locust Lane


483


Log Cabin, The


15


Logan


438


Judge James A. 384


Logging and Underbrushing. 17


Lot No. 1, Indiana


420


First Building on


420


Present Building


421


Lovejoy


516


Lowry, John 388


Loyalhanna Baptist Church. 290


Lucerne


486


Luciusboro 488


Luther Chapel, Graceton


308


Lutheran Churches, Evangeli-


cal


299


Lyon, Samuel


390


McCabe, Richard B.


385, 477


McIntyre


574


Oakland Cemetery


413


Philadelphia St. Views. . 423, 425


Press, The


428


Church


314


Sewage Disposal' Plant. 407


Site 397 Liggett, W. N. 394, 944 Societies, Clubs, Lodges. 430 Limestone 70


400


62.


x


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


MeKee Run Anticline 63


MeKirahan, Rev. William. 330


Mahan, W. M .. 394


Mahoning Baptist Church


296


United Presbyterian Con-


gregation 334


Mahonings, The


517


East-Marion Center Bor-


ough


517


North


527


South-Plumville Borough. 538


West-Smicksburg Borough 542


Mail Stage


47


Manor Brethren Congregation 363 Wesleyan Methodist Church 360


Manufactures, Household 24


Maple Sugar Industry 37


Evangelical Association 344


United Evan. Church .... 344


Marlin's Mills (Willet P. O.) 560


Marion Center Borough. 523


M. E. Church


349


Presbyterian Church. 259


Mauch Chunk Shale. . 58


Mechanicsburg Borough. 450


Evan. Church


of


North


America


345


M. E. Church 352


Presbyterian Church


234


U. P. Congregation


330


Medical Profession.


366


Medical Society, Indiana Co. 366 Members of Congress. 103


Meteorological Record,


1911


and 1912


83


Methodist Episcopal Churches 346 Methodist Protestant Churches 356 Mexican War, Indiana County in the 184


Roster of Indiana County


Soldiers


185


Militia of Indiana


County,


1861 to 1865


141


Militia of 1864


143


Mills, Early


13


Mineral Resources


55


Mitchell, Dr. Robert ..... 496, 785


Mitchell's Mills P. O. (Dia-


mondville)


496


Modes of Travel


40


Montgomery Brethren Church,


Grant Township


363


Peelor, Elder


393


Township-Cherrytree Bor-


ough


546


Moorhead, Everett H.


390


Fergus


8, 459


Fort, White Township, View


12


Mount Pleasant Presbyterian


Church


240


Railroad


.43, 476, 480


Mount Zion


Evan.


Luth.


Church


311


Myers, John


385


Nashville


512


National Guard,


Pennsylva-


nia


431, 482


1840


195


Nebo


Presbyterian


Church


(formerly Bethesda) .


. .


Newport


448


Newspapers-


Pine Township


552


Blairsville


464


PAGE


Pine Flats


514


Baptist Church


288


Christian Church 359


Pine Grove Wesleyan Metho- dist Church 361


Pioneer Evening Frolies


32


Legal Relations of Man and Wife 29


Life, Reflections On.


37


Pioneers


8


Pittsburg Coal 76


Plum Creek United Presbyte- rian Church . 340


Plumville Baptist Church. ..


Borough


540


Presbyterian Church.


279


Political Parties


97


Pollock, John, Post, No. 219,


G. A. R.


179


Porter, Daniel S.


389


Potter, John


386


Pottsville Formation


58


Presbyterian Churches


231


Synodieal Connections


231


Planting and Growth


231


Organization of Presbytery 232


Presbytery, Conemaugh.


318


Prothonotaries, Clerks, etc.


104


Purchase Line, The.


546


Purchase Line Academy .


515


Quadrangle, Elders Ridge.


70


The Indiana


55


Quaternary System


60


Railroads


43


Rayne Presbyterian Church. .


278


Township


556


Reed, G. P.


386


Reformed Presbyterian Ch .. 314


Churches


340


4


Remains of an Extinct People


Representatives, State


103


Reunion, First, of Civil War Veterans 179


Rexis


453


Rice, Conrad


395


Richmond (Rochester Mills P.


O.)


482, 512


Penn Run (Harmony)


Pres-


Antieline


62


byterian Church


257


M. E. Church


355


Post, G. A. R.


179


P. O. (Greenville)


495


U. B. Church


359


U. P. Congregation 335


Roads


45


Early County


47


State


47


Road Viewers, Early.


47


Robertsville


482


Robinson P. O. (Garfield) .


. .


569 Foster, Post, No. 36, G. A. R. 179


Rochester Mills P. O. (Rich-


mnond)


.482, 512


Rockbridge Presbyterian Ch .. 238


Rossiter


483


Evangelical Association.


345


Presbyterian Church


949


PAGE


Homer City


490


Indiana


428


Marion Center 527


Saltsburg


510


Nineveh


563


M. E. Church 352


Ninth Reserves, 38th Pa. Vols. 109


Roster


144


Nolo


552


Antieline


62


(or Dias) Ridge 56


Normal


School,


Indiana


County


214


Pennsylvania State


226


North Mahoning Township 527


North Point P. O. (Sellers-


ville)


542


Marchand


528


U. B. Church


359


Northern Turnpike


.. 461, 462


Northwestern Railroad 44, 476, 477


Nowrytown Evangelical Asso-


ciation


346


M. E. Church


352


Oakland Cemetery


413


U. P. Church, Decker's


Point


337


Officers, County and State ...


103


O'Harra


.467, 476


President Judges


104, 383


Protestant Episcopal Denomi-


nation


364


Old Moorhead Fort, View. .. . 12


One Hundred and Fifth Pa.


Vols.


132


Roster


166


One Hundred and Fifty-ninth


Pa. Vols., 14th Cavalry. 138


Roster


170


One Hundred and Forty-eighth Pa. Vols. (Co. E) 136


Roster


170


One Hundred and Third Pa.


Vols.


131


Roster


165


One Hundred and Thirty-fifth


Pa. Vols.


136


Roster


168


Registers and Recorders.


104


One Hundred and Seventy-sev- enth Pa. Vols. 139


O'Neil, James L., Post, No.


537, G. A. R.


179


Paige, Edmund 386


Parkwood


435


Pennsylvania Canal, The.


49


National Guard. ..


.431, 482


School


Journal,


Extraets


. . 210, 217


State Normal School ... ... 226


State


Normal


School,


Views


226-230


Pensioners in Indiana County,


Philadelphia Street, Indiana,


258


Views.


421, 423. 425


Physicians of Indiana County 367


Pierce, John Il.


392


Baptist Church


297


289


xi


HISTORICAL INDEX


PAGE


Roster of Indiana County


Soldiers-


Civil War 144


Mexican War 185


Spanish-American War.


183


Salem Evangelical Association 345 Evan. Luth. Church, Smieks- burg 308


M. E. Church 355 M. P. Church. 357


Salt Manufacture


502


Saltsburg Borough


503


Academy


225


Business Places 509


Cemeteries


507


Ferries and Bridges.


507


Kiskiminetas Springs School


.510, 601


Soldiers' Monument


508


Way Back in the Sixties-


A Pen Picture of Salts- burg 504


Saltsburg Churches-


Baptist


290


Methodist Episcopal 351


Presbyterian


259


United Presbyterian


339


Sandstone


69


Sansom, James B.


389


Saxman


516


School Code


209


Superintendeney 207


Schoolhouses


216


Schoolmasters 201


Schools, Early


202


Free .


204


Of Our Forefathers 195


Of Indiana County


Select


224


Scott, John A. .392, 622


Second Pa. Vols., Mexican War 184 Select Schools 224


Sellersville (North Point P.O.)


542


Seminaries


218


Strongstowu


552


Blairsville Ladies'


M. E. Church.


351


Indiana Female


218


Presbyterian Church 246


Stuchell, John T ..


392


Subsistence by Hunting.


23


Surveyors-


District, Deputy, County 108


Susquehanna U. P. Church. . 338


Sutton, Thomas, Sr. 386


Tannery Village


435


Tanoma


558


Taylor, Alexander


386


A. W. 386


David Blair


391


John S.


393


Matthew


386


Taylorsville (Utah P. O 515


Teachers' Institute, First


County


210


Teachers' Institutes-


Conemaugh


211, 213


County


213


Washington Township


213


White Township


214


Telford, Judge S. J ..


.. 384, 392


PAGE


Thirty-eighth Pa. Vols., 9th


Reserves


109


Roster


144


Thompson, John


14


Joseph M.


388


Todd, William A.


386


Tomahawk Rights


14


Tomb, D. H ..


393


Topography 56


Townships, List of.


96


Armstrong-Shelocta


Bor-


ough


432


Banks-Glen Campbell Bor-


ough


438


Blacklick


445


Brushvalley -


Mechanics-


burg Borough


449


Buffington


459


Burrell


455


Canoe


492


Center-Homer


City


Bor-


ough


484


Cherryhill-Clymer Borough 492 Conemaugh-Saltsbur'g Bor- ough 499


Grant


511


Green


513


Mahoning.


East - Marion


Center Borough


517


North .


527


South-Plumville Borough 538


West - Smieksburg Bor- ough 542


Montgomery


- Cherrytree


Borough


546


Pine


552


Rayne


556


Washington - Creekside


Borough


559


Borough


561


Wheatfield, West


566


White


571


Young-Jacksonville


Bor-


ough


572


Nature of


Trade City P. O. (Davids- ville) 527


Evan. Luth. Church. 306


Transportation, Early Cost of. 45


Travel, Modes of. 40


Treasurers, County 106


Tunkers or Dunkers.


362


Tuunelton (Kelly's Station). 500


Presbyterian Church


262


Twelfth


Reserves, 41st Pa.


Vols.


112


Roster


150


Two Hundred and Sixth Pa. Vols. 140




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