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The first separate assessment list of Freeport, in 1826, bears the names of Philip Bohlen, Hugh Gillespie, John Drum, John Fullerton, Matthias Folcake, William Gibson, George Helterbrand, William Painter, Andrew Sterrett, Thomas Regan, John Dougherty, James Cain, Patrick Pree, Hugh Carson, Ja- cob Weaver, Henry S. Weaver, John Wodi- son.
The building of the Pennsylvania canal and the construction of the aqueducts across the Allegheny and Buffalo creek, in addition to the boring of several salt wells, gave an impetus to the growth of the town in the years 1827- 28. The work on the canal commenced here in the summer of 1827, and boats made their first trips on it in 1828-29. The "Benjamin Franklin" was the first packet-boat, said to have been a very neat one, that plied regular- ly between Freeport and Pittsburgh. Her first trip was on Feb. 6, 1829, with about thirty passengers. Her speed was five miles an hour.
Freeport was incorporated as a borough in 1833, and the first election of that year re- sulted as follows: Jacob Weaver, burgess; James McCall, assistant burgess; Andrew Easley, James Milligan, William Moorehead, William Painter, David Putney and Henry Weaver, town councilmen; David McCall, high constable; John Drum, street commis- sioner ; James Ralston and Joseph Shoop, over- seers of the poor; Jacob Alter, assessor ; Wil- liam Painter and James Ralston, assistant assessors.
The first meeting of the burgess and town council was held May 10th, when William W. Gibson was appointed clerk.
The assessment list for 1833 shows that the borough contained the year its charter was granted 107 taxables. The only occupations given in that list were: Merchants, 4; carpen- ters, 3; blacksmiths, 2; tailor, I ; laborers, 2; hatters, 2; shoemakers, 4; innkeepers, 3; tan- ner, I ; mason, I ; limner, I ; teacher, I ; joiner, I ; wagonmaker, I.
ANCIENT AND MODERN INDUSTRIES
Benjamin King's sawmill was the pioneer in- dustry of the town, in 1843. J. N. Nesbitt operated a fulling mill in 1835. Several saw- vid Scott was a tanner in 1836, Henry Hel- lerich ran a pottery in 1838, Robert Martin was assessed as a weaver in that year, George McCain's gristmill was operated in 1839, and in 1840 T. P. & S. C. Williamson started a foundry, the remains of which still stand as an eyesore near the railroad depot.
While the canal was being made there were mills were also in operation in that year. Da- two settlements of Irish laborers, called "Garry Owen" and "Mullengar," one above and the other below Freeport. The inhabi- tants thereof occasionally came to patron- ize, at least they did patronize, the three taverns which then flourished here, and sel- dom- failed to enliven the town with their boisterous hilarity. There was a racecourse Hope Woolen Mills were started in 1841 by Samuel and William P. Fullerton. The same year Jacob K. Rupp made windmills. David Putney was the father of the brick business in the town in 1832. J. P. Stuebgen started on the lower flat on which some of the best blooded horses from Kentucky and Virginia evinced their wonderful speed. Jumping and foot races were common. Betting was brisk, and large sums were won and lost on the his brewery in 1866, running it until 1889. The
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first photographer was Dr. David Alter, who took pictures not as a business but for his own amusement. J. H. Douglas had a room here and took pictures before the war, and Charles Tuxford was also engaged in the business about the same time. J. D. Stewart and a man named Kelly were in the business during the late sixties and in 1870.
The Freeport Planing Mill was incorporated in 1875, with a capital of $20,000. The firm is still in a thriving condition. A. King & Sons also operate a large planing mill, near the center of the town.
The Freeport Clay Products Company was organized in 1910 with a capital of $200,000. The plant consists of two brick machines and twelve kilns, and the daily product is 50,000 faced building brick, made from the fireclay mined on the company's extensive landhold- ings. Although a new company, the firm is thriving and is considered the most important in the township. About fifty men are em- ployed the year round. The officers are: T. O. James, president ; James DeWitt, vice- president ; A. L. Chapman, secretary-treasurer. The directors are: J. H. Oppenheimer, James A. Grant, A. J. Fulton, G. L. Rutherford, Francis Laube and T. G. Hill.
Wallace, Fred Sarver. Newsdealer-H. W. Rowley. Furniture-S. Turner & Son. Baker and confectioner-F. A. Seitz. Flour, grain and feed-Smith & Zahniser, W. A. Noble. Livery-Joseph Thomas, Ewing Bros.
Freeport has seven grocery stores, one 5 and IO cent store, three milliners, four meat mar- kets, two liverymen, and four barbers.
HOTELS
The hotels of Freeport are well known in the county as models of comfort and good liv- ing. They are: Central, T. G. Hill; Zone; Commercial, M. C. Mohr.
BANKS OF FREEPORT
The Freeport Bank was organized in 1868, with a capital stock of $50,000. It has weath- ered all the financial storms of the past with- out springing a leak, and is established firmly in the financial life of the town. The present officers are: Isaac Guckenheimer, president ; Beynard Way, vice president ; A. M. Johnston, cashier ; C. E. Hild, assistant cashier ; Hugh G. Ralston, teller.
The Farmers' National Bank of Freeport
The Buffalo Milling Company was incor- porated in 1881 and commenced business in was chartered in 1904, with a capital of $50,- the next year. It was operated until 1900. 000. The present officers are T. G. Cornell, The owners were the same as those of the president; W. A. Jack, vice president ; W. F. planing mill, of which it was a part. Turner, second vice president ; F. K. Weaver,
Guckenheimer Brothers' distillery, which cashier; W. E. Phillips, assistant cashier. was started in 1855, by Williamson & Rhey, was begun to be operated by the present own- PROFESSIONS ers in August, 1866. In 1912 the firm of A. Guckenheimer & Bros. was formed into a cor- poration, and they now operate the largest consuming 2,100 bushels of grain per day. They operate their own cooperage and employ 125 men. A 310,000-bushel grain elevator, a malthouse, a stillhouse and nine bonded ware- houses, with capacity for 150,000 barrels, con- stitute their complete plant. Part of the plant is located in Laneville.
The first resident clergyman appears to have distillery of rye whiskey in the United States, been Rev. Hugh Kirkland, who, as is else- where noticed, engaged extensively in buying and selling town lots, and who was first as- sessed here in 1830, and was the first pastor of the Associate Church. Rev. William Gal- breath was first assessed here in 1843 for the next year, though not as a clergyman until a year or two later. He was pastor of what is now the First United Presbyterian Church from then until 1845. Following on the as- MERCANTILE sessment list of 1846 was Rev. Mr. McKee, who occupied lot No. 2, Rev. Mr. Hawkins in 1849, and others at subsequent times, as men- tioned in connection with their respective churches.
The merchants of Freeport are: Merchant tailors-J. O. Ralston & Son, J. H. Shoop & Sons, and Frank Maxler. Dry goods-H. Brenneman and J. H. Moss. Jewelers- Dr. Charles G. Snowden was the earliest resident physician, who was first assessed as such for 1832. Dr. J. B. Williamson was first H. Rumbaugh, R. V. Marshall. Druggists- E. N. Gillespie, Louis N. Berube. Shoes-G. W. Benevitz, Jos. Gianotti. Hardware-E. H. assessed here the next year ; Dr. D. M. Bor-
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land in 1841; Dr. David Alter in 1843; Dr. Henry Weeks in 1844; Drs. Thomas Galbreath and Samuel T. Redick in 1849; Dr. James A. Donaldson in 1850; Dr. N. E. McDonnell in 1851; Dr. William P. McCulloch in 1859; NEWSPAPERS Drs. Charles B. Gillespie and Thomas Magill in 1860; Dr. Robert L. McCurdy in 1862; Dr. Christopher Krunpe in 1867; Dr. A. G. Thomas in 1868; Dr. William Plank in 1871: ger was the proprietor and editor, who had Dr. W. L. Morrow in 1872; Dr. A. M. Hoover in 1876.
Dr. Alter's scientific discoveries deserve in this connection a special notice, for it was here in Freeport that they were made. In the lat- ter part of the summer or in the early part of the autumn of 1847 he invented the method of manufacturing bromine in large quantities. He obtained a patent for his apparatus used in making it July 5, 1848, and soon afterward commenced its manufacture in company with Edward and James Gillespie, whose works were situated on the right bank of Buffalo creek opposite the upper part of the island, or about 120 rods above the mouth of the creek.
In the latter part of 1853 and the beginning of 1854, he discovered the bands in the spec- trum of the elementary bodies, which was the foundation of spectrum analysis, and pub- lished some of his observations in the numbers for July, 1854, and 1855, of Silliman's Ameri- can Journal of Science.
A signal service station was established here April 16, 1873, under the charge of Dr. Alter, a company organized in 1876, the original which was afterward in charge of his son, Dr. members being Rev. J. J. Francis, W. J. Murphy and Thomas C. Nicholson. The first number was issued May 18th of that year. In 1877 R. B. McKee, at that time in the grocery business, took hold of the plant, formed a stock Myron H. Alter. The present mode of mak- ing monthly reports, showing the relation be- tween the quantity of rain and the rise in the river, is the work of the latter. High water here, March 17, 1865, reads 31.42 feet. Ice, company and in a few days raised $1,200. Feb. 28, 1875, was 171/2 inches thick in the After trying several managers until 1878, Mr. river.
The resident physicians in 1913 are: Drs. William H. McCafferty, James R. McDowell, Charles H. Mclaughlin, Charles A. Rogers, Lewis W. Schnatterly and John L. M. Hal- stead.
The earliest resident lawyer assessed here was James Stewart, United States commis- sioner in bankruptcy, in 1843. The next were James Donnelly and J. Noble Nesbitt, in 1846; Lawrence S. Cantwell, in 1848; James B. Ful- lerton, in 1849; James A. McCulloch, in 1850; J. G. D. Findley, in 1869; Thomas N. Hatha- way and George G. Ingersoll, in 1871.
The real estate dealers are Barrett & Llewellyn, Findley & Taylor.
The first newspaper published in Freeport was the Olive Branch, of which William Bad- previously published and edited the Armstrong Advertiser and Antimasonic Free Press at Kittanning, the type and material of which he transferred thither in August or September, 1833. Its publication continued for about two years. The Freeport Columbian and Leech- burg and Warren Advertiser was established here by A. J. Foster in 1839, and was trans- ferred in April, 1842, to John and Samuel Mc- Culloch, by whom it was published as a Demo- cratic paper until about 1845. The Visitor, after making divers visits to the domiciles of its patrons here and round about, departed. The Freeport Ledger was published by A. J. Gibson from 1853 until 1855-56. The New Era was established by Simon Shoop in the spring of 1872, who, in a few years afterward, transferred it to James A. McCulloch, and its name was changed to that of the Valley Times, which, in the early part of 1876, was trans- ferred to Oswald & Simpson, and removed to Kittanning.
The Freeport Journal was published first by
McKee took up the task himself, and from that time to the present the paper has been a decided success. "Bob" McKee has become one of the institutions of Freeport, his name and influence being used to further every mat- ter of importance in the social or industrial life of the town. So well is he thought of in the town that not a single rival publication has been able to knock him out. In 1902 C. H. McKee was taken into partnership by his father.
Y. M. C. A.
The only Young Men's Christian Associa- tion in the county is that of Freeport, organ- increasing and they hope in the near future to
The resident lawyers are S. F. Clark and D. R. Nulton. Drs. J. W. Held and Harry Mc- ized in 1907. The membership is gradually Culloch are the local dentists.
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build a home of their own. The secretary is It is of red brick, with a lofty tower, and is P. A. Brenneman.
FREEPORT BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
The Freeport Building and Loan Associa- tion was organized and incorporated in Janu- ary, 1887, and went out of business in 1913. It helped a number of people to secure homes, made money for the non-borrowers, never dis- tressed a borrower, never lost a dollar by bad loans, and closed up business to the satisfac- tion of all concerned.
Unfortunately there is no complete history of the beginning of Methodism in Freeport. All the official records of the church previous to 1867 are lost. In October, 1833, Freeport was taken into the Butler Circuit, which then took in parts of Butler, Armstrong and Alle- gheny counties. The first preachers were Revs. William Carroll and H. Bradshaw. In No- composed of Joseph Ford and wife, John Atkinson and wife, and John A. Sterns. Wor- ship was held in a frame house on Third street, afterward in a schoolhouse on High street, between Second and Third streets. Then a currier's shop, which was somewhere near the intersection of Market street and
A church edifice was erected in 1840 on lot No. I on the corner of Fourth street and Mul- berry alley, where the present church stands.
a creditable monument of old-time church con- struction. So well was the work done that few repairs and no alterations have been nec- essary in later years. The cost at the time of building was $13,257. A substantial par- sonage is located near the church, having been built in 1899 at a cost of $3,500.
The church has been blessed during its his- tory by having two honored superannuated ministers reside in the town. For some years Rev. Richard Armstrong, a Methodist minister of the old school, resided in Freeport, and frequently occupied the pulpit of the church THE METHODISTS with great acceptability. He died Aug. 19, 1859, aged eighty-four years, and was buried in the old cemetery on Fourth street. In 1899 Rev. J. W. Kessler, having served forty-two years in the active ranks of the Pittsburgh Conference, took up his abode in Freeport. He was ever ready to render any help to the church that he possibly could and was a bless- ing to the whole community. He died Feb. 15, 1903, aged seventy-four years, and was vember of the same year a class was formed buried in the Freeport cemetery.
The pastors have been: With Butler Cir- cuit-W. Carrol and H. Bradshaw, 1833. A. Jackson and L. Janney, 1834. A. Jackson and E. J. Kinney, 1835. W. C. Henderson and L. Whipple, 1836. J. McLean, 1837-38. P. M. McGowan, 1839. P. M. McGowan and W. Cooper, 1840. J. Ray and J. S. Patterson, the old Pennsylvania canal, was used for 1841. P. M. McGowan and J. Philips, 1842. church purposes. Still later, near where the C. C. Best and W. C. Morris, 1843. J. White Pennsylvania railroad station now stands, the and J. L. Williams, 1844. J. L. Williams and Baptist congregation kindly granted the use W. Cooper, 1845. R. J. White, 1846-47. of their church at communion seasons, and other special occasions.
With Tarentum Circuit-J. Murray, 1848. B. F. Sawhill, 1849. E. B. Griffin, 1850-51. M. L. Weekly, 1852. A. G. Williams, 1853. D. Hess and A. W. Butz, 1854. D. Hess and I. Aiken, 1855.
Freeport Station-W. Cooper, 1856-57. A.
61. J. W. Shirer, 1862-63. R. Morrow, 1864-66. E. M. Wood, 1867-68. E. B. Griffin, 1869. J. B. Uber, 1870-72. N. P. Kerr, 1873- 75. M. McK. Garrett, 1876-77. S. T. Mit- chell, 1878. M. M. Sweeney, 1879-SI. C. WV. Miller, 1882-83. A. P. Leonard, 1884-86. J. E. Wright, 1887-88. D. L. Johnston, 1889- 91. D. J. Davis, 1892-94. Solomon Keebler, 1895-97. John Connor, 1898. M. M. Hilde- brand, 1899-1901. F. A. Richards, 1902-07. A. H. Davies, 1911. S. Elmer Rodkey, 1911- 13.
Especial honor is due to Wesley Bowman and Peter Ford for the energy and self sacri- G. Williams, 1858-59. A. H. Thomas, 1860- fice with which they pushed the enterprise to success. These were days of struggles and sacrifices, and right nobly were they made by all those who laid the foundation of Method- ism in Freeport. The church organization was incorporated Dec. 26, 1846, the trustees provided for and named in the charter being Jacob Alter, John Atkinson, Wesley Bowman, Peter Ford, Leonard Leidy, Daniel Richards, John A. Sterns and Robert C. Williamson.
In 1877 the old building gave place to the present highly artistic example of religious architecture. The enterprise was carried to completion under the pastorate of Rev. M. The trustees are: Wilson Daugherty, John McKendree Garrett, being dedicated in 1879. Atkinson, J. E. Myers, S. P. Dixon, Newton
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Cuthbert, William Bowden, Joseph Beaumont, Joseph Todd and E. M. Keebler. The mem- bership is 300, and of the Sunday School, 350.
PRESBYTERIANS
The first Presbyterian services in Freeport were conducted occasionally from 1827 to 1830 by Rev. John Redick, and afterward by Rev. John Wilson. In 1833 the formal organization was made, and we fortunately can present the complete list of original members: James Bole and wife, Isaac Bole and wife, James Ralston and wife, William Hill and wife, Nancy Hill, Maria Hill, Margaret Hill, An- drew Ralston and wife, Jane Weir, Elizabeth Weir, Mary Weir, Mary Woods, James Mc- Call and wife, Mary Murray, Elizabeth Roeny, Margaret Stewart, William Laughery and wife, Margaret Girt, Betsy Girt, Mary Girt, James Bole, Mary Ann Bole, Michael Moorhead and wife. In 1838 Mr. Johnston resigned in favor of Rev. Samuel Caldwell, who remained until 1845. During the period from 1846 to 1849 Revs. John K. Cornyn and D. D. McKee supplied the pulpit and in 1849 Rev. William F. Kean became pastor. After nineteen years of faithful service he resigned, in 1868. After a vacancy of one year, Rev. J. J. Francis became pastor, resigning in 1879. Then came another vacancy of three years, after which Rev. T. M. Thompson took charge, severing his connection in 1890. The succeeding pastors were Revs. William L. Mc- Clure and A. B. Elliott. The present pastor, Rev. H. W. Hanna, came in 1912. The first house of worship was a communistic one, erected on a lot donated by James Armstrong for the use of the Presbyterians, Seceders and Episcopalians, which afterward became the property of the Presbyterians. It was a frame edifice, erected in 1833. In 1850 a brick church was put up and in 1885 replaced by a modern brick structure, costing $12,500.
The ruling elders are: H. S. Smith, Dr. W. H. McCafferty, Capt. H. P. Hudson, S. H. Crawford and W. B. Alter. The membership of the church is 325, and of the Sunday School, 225.
UNITED PRESBYTERIANS
The Associate Presbyterian-commonly called Seceder-Church was organized about 1826. The original families of the congre- gation were the Brewers, Colmers, W. W. Gib- sons, Millers, Pattersons and Painters. Rev. 11
Mr. Dickey, pastor of the Rich Hill and Slate Lick Churches, preached here occasionally, be- fore the labors of the first pastor, Rev. Hugh Kirkland, began. His successors were Revs. William Galbraith and R. B. Robertson.
The church was located on the south side of Fourth street, where the present parsonage stands. The congregation was incorporated in 1866, the trustees being: John S. Dimmitt, Robert A. Hill, Thomas Magill, Joseph B. Mil- ler, William Moorehead and James Ralston.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterians or- ganized about 1850. Their first pastor was Rev. John Jamison, his successor being Rev. E. N. McElree. During the latter's pastorate the union of the Associate and Reformed Churches was accomplished. The first serv- ices of the latter were held in a hall above Peter S. Weaver's store, on Market and Fifth streets. In 1858 the title of the congregation was made United Presbyterian, and in 1865-66 a brick church was built on the corner of Mar- ket and Fourth streets, the same now occupied by F. A. Seitz as a store and meeting hall. The present church was built in 1902 at a cost of $13,500.
After 1878 the pastors have in succession been Revs. A. E. Linn, A. F. Kirkpatrick, W. E. Purvis, J. R. McFarland and T. C. Mc- Kelvey, the latter being the present pastor, having been installed in 1912. The ruling elders are: H. N. Miller, George Ralston, I. Linn Miller, W. M. Dougal and N. M. Mc- Intyre.
EPISCOPALIANS
The Protestant Episcopal Church of Free- port was organized about 1833. Rev. Moses P. Bennett had preached to the people here in 1823, and Rev. William Hilton in the years following, Rev. B. B. Killikelly served the congregation as missionary from 1833 to 1838. That year the present building was erected near the Catholic Church. Rev. William White and Rev. William Hilton were his suc- cessors.
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church was established in Freeport between 1834 and 1845, by Rev. B. B. Killikelly, from Kittanning. The present church was erected in 1868, and has lately been extensively repaired. Many of the interior furnishings were donated by friends from Kittanning and Pittsburgh. There is no rector resident here now, but services are held by pastors from Pittsburgh. The con- gregation is small.
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EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCHES porated by the proper court April 23, 1862, as the German Evangelical Lutheran Zion's A few persons of the Lutheran faith were Church of the borough of Freeport. Its char- ter officers were Rev. Gabriel A. Reichert, pastor ; George Eppler, and David Kraft, elders; John Mangold and George Pfaff, dea- cons. The charter requires "the German language to be used forever in preaching the doctrines of the church among this associa- tion." The congregation is small in numbers, and is served by Rev. Johannes E. Burgdorf of Ford City. They occupy a small old-fash- ioned church, built in 1860.
residents of the vicinity of Freeport before 1800, but they had no regular organization, attending services in the old Eisaman settle- ment, several miles distant. No attempt was made to establish a Lutheran Church in the town until 1834, when Rev. John H. Hohn- holz, of the Ohio Synod, began to hold occa- sional services in the schoolhouse. He was fol- lowed by Rev. G. A. Reichert in 1836. The last sermon preached by Rev. Mr. Reichert in western Pennsylvania was in the Freeport schoolhouse in 1837. His successor, Rev. John H. Bernheim, entered the field in 1838 and soon organized a regular congregation, by 1841. He was very popular. His successors, up to the time of the Lutheran controversy, were Revs. George B. Holmes, 1844-48; George F. Ehrenfeld, 1848-51 ; Lewis M. Kuhns, 1851- 56; Jacob H. Wright, 1856-61; Jeremiah H. Brown, 1861-65; J. K. Melhorn, 1865-68.
In 1848 St. John's purchased the old Bap- tist church for $400, but it soon proved in- adequate to hold the rapidly growing congre- gation, and in 1862 a substantial frame church was erected at a cost of $2,100. In 1868 the great controversy separated the congregation into two parts, Rev. J. K. Melhorn adhering to the General Council, the courts later giving him possession of the building. Subsequent pastors of St. John's have been Revs. J. H. A. Kitzmiller, 1871-81 ; H. K. Shanor, 1882- 90 : William A. Laub, 1891-1900. The present pastor is Rev. Herbert Martens.
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran congrega- tion was formed from 69 of the members of St. John's who adhered to the General Synod in 1868. The first pastor after the separa- tion was Rev. H. H. Hall, who remained until 1870, being succeeded by Rev. D. R. P. Barry in 1875. The following year the courts decided against the congregation using the old name of St. Paul's and the name Emmanuel was selected. A lot was then purchased on Buffalo street, and a church was built at a cost of $4,000. The pastors from that date were: Revs. Max Lentz, 1881 ; A. C. Felker, 1881-82; Isaiah Irvine, 1882-85; Luther M. Kuhns, 1886-87; J. W. Breitenbach, 1887-88: J. E. F. Hassinger, 1889-93; H. C. Reller, 1893-1901 ; John H. Diehl, 1901-02; H. C. Walter Shearer. The church membership is 145. and the Sabbath school, 131. The church property is valued at $7,000.
Zion's German Lutheran Church was incor- sionary.
THE BAPTIST
The Baptist Church was organized Dec. II, 1830, by Revs. William Shadrack and George I. Miles, with the following members : Samuel Logan, Robert Lowry, Rhoda Lowry, William Critchlow, David Robinson, George Montgomery, John Robinson, Silas Ramsey, Benjamin Harbison. Daniel Howe, James Harbison, James McWilliams, Jacob Robin- son, Elizabeth Bowser, Hannah Longwell, Margaret Given, Sarah Evans, Harriet Critch- low, Julian Hickenlooper, Rachel Myler, Martha J. Leonard, C. G. Snowden, Sarah C. Snowden, John Congliton, Samuel Foreman, Elizabeth John Haney, Andrew Wilson, Ulam, Abigail Howe, Adaline Rowley. The house of worship of this congregation was built in 1849. The succession of pastors has been as follows: Revs. William Shadrach, George I. Miles, William Penny, John Thomas, W. Rockafellow. Benoni Allen, J. A. Davis, Edward M. Miles, William A. Barnes, Peter M. Weddell. Thomas J. Penny, L. L. Still. D. W. C. Hervey. J. G. Penny, David Williams. J. E. Dean, J. P. Jones, F. H. Jones, J. W. Ewing and S. Drummond.
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