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The Charter house was built in 1850 and 1851, by the Charter House association, as a tangible memorial of the temperance triumph in securing a prohibition clause in the borough
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charter. The first manager of the house was D. R. Hawkins, and the present proprietor is S. D. Hughes. The surrounding country of Media is such that many fine summer resorts could be made within a mile or so of the bor- ough. The present summer resort of Idlewild is in a forest grove south of Media, where it was established in 1871.
The Media institute, where the Keeley cure for the disease of inebriety is used, was estab- lished prior to 1892, and is the oldest of its kind in the eastern part of the State.
CHURCHES.
The Hicksite Friends' Providence meeting was organized in the last century, and their present meeting house, on State street, stands on the site of the old house torn down in 1812. The Friends' Media meeting was organized in 1875, and built their present stone meeting house in that year.
The Media Methodist Episcopal church was founded by a class of five Methodists in 1851, and the present church edifice was erected in 1854 and 1855. In 1859 the church became a station, and its pastors, since then, have been: Revs. Jeremiah Pastorfield, Samuel Gracey, David Mckee, H. F. Hurn, J. F. Timmanus, Samuel Lucas, J. I. Gracey, Jerome Linder- muth, G. T. Hurlock, J. R. Gray, S. A. Heib- ner, F. M. Griffith, J. D. Martin, H. T. Quigg, and Henry Wheeler, D.D. South Media church was organized about 1875.
The First Presbyterian church was founded through the efforts of Rev. Dr. James W. Dale and J. C. Beatty. Dr. Dale first preached in the Providence school house and then in a room over J. C. Beatty's store. The present church structure was built in 1854 and 1855, is of Doric architecture, and with the parson- age, is worth $25,000. The pastors of the church have been : Dr. Dale from 1866 to 1872; Rev. Edward H. Robbins, 1872 to 1886; and Rev. David Tully from April 27, 1886 to 1893. Rev. Tully also officiates at Preston Yarnall Memorial chapel in Upper Providence. The
Media church has sent three missionaries to foreign lands : Miss Annie Dale to Persia, Frank Hoskins to Syria, and Miss Clara Hough to Brazil.
Christ Protestant Episcopal church was or- ganized in 1854, and the church edifice was consecrated in 1860. The stone rectory was built and presented by Mary A. Hoeckley. The rectors of the church have been : Revs. S. Hazelhurst, H. S. Getz, T. Edwards, Sam- uel Hallowell, W. F. Chesby, Edward Lowns- berry, DeWitt C. Byllesby, and Henry D. Jones, A. B.
The Catholic Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded as a mission in 1858. The first church structure was built in 1862, and the present handsome stone sanc- tuary was erected through the efforts of Rev. Henry L. Wright, the present pastor. The pastors have been : Revs. H. L. Wright, 1868; P. A. Quinn, 1892; H. L. Wright, 1893.
During the early part of the year 1871 the Baptists in Media began to hold meetings in the court house. This was followed by the erection of their church edifice, which was dedicated May 2, 1872. The church was duly recognized by a council of churches Septem- ber 12th of the same year. Since then services have been regularly maintained and the church has prospered. Realizing the need of more room, a building fund has been established which now exceeds three thousand dollars. On September 12, 1872, the church was organ- ized with the following twenty-two members : Casper and Ann Rudolph, Sarah Fimple, Alice and Eliza Killie, Isaac Lodge, Elizabeth Hoffelfinger, Phebe Flounders, William Cow- perthwaite, Elizabeth Free, Abigail and John Parsons, Miranda Williamson, Emmeline E. Lewis, Sarah R. Thorne, H. Cheyney, Dr. A. M. Matthias, L. L., William and A. G. Rus- sell,. Belle R. Price, and William Russell, jr. The present membership is nearly one hundred and fifty. The pastors have been : Revs. E. A. Ince, J. T. Judd, H. C. Applegarth, jr., Prof. B. C. Taylor, H. C. Applegarth, jr., J.
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V. Ambler, T. G. Wright, and W. R. Patten from April, 1881 to 1893.
The Media Union American Methodist Epis- copal church was started as a mission about seven years ago. The pastors have been : Revs. Edward Brown, Samuel Wilmore and C. H. Nicols.
Media African Methodist Episcopal church was organized a few years ago, and Rev. P. M. Laws is its present pastor.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Kossuth Lodge. No. 303, Independent Or- der of Odd Fellows, was instituted January 22, 1850. George W. Bartram Lodge, No. 298, Free and Accepted Masons, was warranted June 2, 1855 ; and Media Chapter, No. 234, Royal Arch Masons, was constituted June 21, 1871. Bradbury Post, No. 149, Grand Army of the Republic, was chartered May 3, 1880. Garfield Lodge, No. 94, Knights of Pythias, was instituted March 24, 1885. Charter Cas- tle, No. 171, Knights of the Golden Eagle, was instituted April 6, 1887. Johnson Camp, No. 18, Sons of Veterans, was organized Jan- uary 3, 1888. Washington Camp, No. 354. Patriotic Order Sons of America, was institu- ted August 29, 1888. Media Council, No. 749, Junior Order of American Mechanics, was or- ganized September 3, 1892. Wyandotte Tribe, No. 54, Improved Order of Red Men, came from Nether Providence to Media in January, 1893. There are lodges of colored Odd Fel- lows and Masons.
SEMINARY AND ACADEMIES.
Brooke Hall Female seminary was built in 1856, by Hon. H. Jones Brooke, for whom it was named. Media academy was opened in 1872 by Miss Anna M. Walter, and closed in 1884, when she accepted a position in a Friends' school at Philadelphia. Shortlidge's academy or school for boys was removed in 1874 from West Chester to Media by its prin- cipal, Swithin C. Shortlidge, and soon gained a reputation throughout the State. Professor
Shortlidge always was assisted by a corps of competent teachers.
DELAWARE COUNTY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE.
This institution, which is described on page 62 of this book, is in a flourishing condition and has a large membership.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Media was organized as a separate school district in 1856, and from the first, books and stationery have been furnished to the pupils free. The schools were graded in 1874, and ten years later the present handsome twelve- room school building was erected at a cost of twenty thousand dollars. The present prin- cipal is Leon H. Watters, assisted by a corps of teachers. The number of pupils enrolled is 473, and the members of the present school board are : Isaac Ivinson, president ; S. H. Appleton, secretary ; J. W. Baker, treasurer ; Rev. W. R. Patton, T. F. Green, and S. R. McDowell.
POPULATION.
The population of Media since 1850 has been as follows : 1850, 285: 1860, 900; 1870, 1,045: 1,880, 1919; and 1890, 2,736.
CHAPTER XXII.
ASTON, BETHEL AND BIRMINGHAM TOWNSHIPS.
ASTON TOWNSHIP.
In the history of this and the succeeding townships want of space will allow but brief mention of factories, churches, and villages.
The township of Aston is bounded by Thornbury, Middletown, Chester, Upper Chi- chester, Bethel and Concord townships. Chester creek forms its entire northern boun- dary, and the West Branch runs through the central part. Its villages are : Rockdale, Vil- lage Green, South Lenni, Chester Heights,
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Llewellyn Mills, West Branch Mills, and Crozerville.
The township contains small areas of ferru- ginous conglomerate, serpentine steatite, and considerable mica schists and gneisses and syenites. Its minerals are : corundum, ame- thyst, actinolite, hornblende, asbestus, garnet, oligoclase, tourmaline, fibrolite, talc, damour- ite, and margarite.
The township was first known by the name of Northley, and in 1688 was called Aston by Edward Carter, for his native village of Aston in England.
The early settlers were: William Wood- mansey, 1680; Anthony Weaver, 1681 ; John Dutton, 1681; Charles Ashcom, 1682 : and Edward Carter, 1686. The taxables in Aston in 1715 were : Robert Carter. John Pennell. Moses Key, John and Thomas Dutton, Thomas Woodward, John Neild. James Widdows, Wil- liam Rattew, Samuel Jones, Thomas Barnard, Abraham Darlington, John Hurford, Jon. Monroe, and Thomas Gale. The freemen were : Thomas Dunbabin, Isaac Williams, Joseph Darlington, Edward Richards, and Samuel Stroud.
The first woolen manufacturing industry was at Peters' mills, where a stone fulling mill was erected prior to 1790. The Llewellyn, once Tyson, mills were started as a grist mill. by Hall and Sharpless, who were succeeded by Elwood Tyson, whose executor, in 1864, sold the mill to John B. and Samuel Rhodes. They changed the mill into a cotton and woolen fac- tory, and the village grew up around it. The postoffice was established in 1877, with John B. Rhodes as postmaster. Mr. Rhodes is the present owner of the West Branch cotton mills, built by Aaron Matson about 1790, as a paper mill. The Crozerville cotton mills are on the site of the Bottomley woolen mill. erected about 1810, and the Lenni mills are near where the old Lungren's paper mill stood. Bridgewater, once Pennellton mills were built as a cotton factory in 1845, then used as paper mills, and in 1872 changed back to a
woolen factory. Old Rockdale forge was built prior to 1850, and Thatcher's tilt mill previous to ISII, but both were gone by 1845, the lat- ter having been swept away in the great flood of 1843. Village Green, the oldest village in the township, is mentioned as early as 1762, when James Johnson had license to keep a tavern there. In 1780 Joshua Vaughan opened the " Seven Stars" tavern, now kept as a hotel by J. Lewis Garrett. This house is said to have been Lord Corn wallis' headquarters after the battle of Brandywine. Five roads diverge from Village Green, in front of the old "Seven Stars " tavern, now Village Green or Garrett's hotel, and the place contains abont fifty houses. Mrs. James Tyson has had charge of the post- office since September 1, 1890, being preceded by William Van Leer and Samuel Hall, the latter of whom was postmaster in 1888. Among the early postmasters were Samnel Hughes and John Garrett, who opened the present hotel and a store about 1835. The first church was the present Mount Hope Methodist Epis- copal, which was organized in 1807. The next Methodist church was Crozerville, formed in 1851, while the Chester Heights camp meet- ing ground was purchased in 1872 by the as- sociation of that name. The Blue or Seceders church was built about 1818, and went down in 1839. The Catholic church of St. Thomas, the Apostle, was organized in 1852. The Village Green Baptist church was organized in 1860, and the Bridgewater Baptist chapel was erected in 1874. Calvary Episcopal church was organized between 1833 and 1836.
The early secret societies of the township, in order of age, were organized as follows: Benevolent Lodge, No. 40, Odd Fellows : Rockdale Lodge, No. 50, American Protestant association, and Energy Lodge, No. 9, Juniors of that order : Lenni Tribe, No. 86, Red Men ; and Charles Dickens Lodge. No. +1, Sons of St. George.
Aston has eight schools and eight teachers, with an enrollment of three hundred and forty. six pupils. Huntingdon's seminary for young
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ladies was established in 1845, and went down is 1859. The Sisters of St. Francis now own the property, and their church and convent are described on page 79 of this vol- ume.
BETHEL TOWNSHIP.
Bethel, the smallest township in the county, is bounded by the townships of Concord, Aston, and Upper Chichester, and New Cas- tle county, Delaware.
Bethel township contains a small area of ferruginous conglomerate, of steatite and of mica schists and gneisses, while syenites are found in nearly all parts, and a large part of the soil is formed by the decomposition of feldspathic rocks. The minerals found are : wad, quartz, garnet. talc, orthoclase, and muscovite. Fire and kaolin clay abound in the western part of the township. West of Chelsea are the garnet mines, on the Lan- caster farm. The garnet sand is used in the manufacture of sand-paper and emery.
The name of this township occurs as early as 1683, and the word Bethel is said to mean " House of God." In 1683 tracts of land were surveyed for Edward Bezer, Francis Smith, Edward Brown, and John Gibbons. The taxables thirty-two years later, in 1715, were : Robert and Joseph Pyle, John Grist, Robert Booth, Edward Beazer, John Cannady, Benjamin Moulder, John Hickman, Edward Dutton, Edward Pennock, William Griffith, John Hopton, John Gibbons, and Thomas Durnell.
Bethel has two villages and one corner: Chelsea, formerly Corner Ketch, is in the northern part, and a store was kept as early as 1820. The place contains about twenty houses, and in 1858 the postoffice was estab- lished, with John Hoffman as postmaster. Booth's Corner, or Boothsville, is in the west- ern part, and takes its name from Isaac Booth, who built a store in 1835. Bethel Lodge, No. 191, Knights of Pythias, is located there. Zebley's Corner, containing a store and a few houses, is in the southern part. 9
Siloam Methodist Episcopal church, a branch of Bethel church, Delaware, was organized in 1852. It established a mission in 1871 at Chelsea, that has grown into a church.
Bethel has three public schools and three teachers, with an enrollment of one hundred and thirteen pupils.
BIRMINGHAM TOWNSHIP.
Birmingham, the extreme southwestern township, is bounded by Thornbury and Con- cord townships, Chester county, and the State of Delaware.
Mica schists, gneisses and hornblendic gneiss are found in nearly all parts of the township. Kaolin deposits are on a branch of Beaver creek, southwest of Brandywine Summit. The minerals of the township are : Rutile, quartz, orthoclase, fibrolite, kaolinite, of a white and yellowish white color, and calcite.
Birmingham is said to have received its name from William Brinton, who came from Birmingham, England, in 1684. Of the early settlers, besides Brinton, were : Peter Dix, Joseph Gilpin, and Francis Chadds, whose name is said to have been originally written Chadsey.
On the waters of Brandywine creek, which is said to have derived its name from the Dutch word brand-wein, several mills were erected at an early day. The Brinton flour- ing mills were built prior to 1800. On Beaver creek is the Tempest paper mill, originally built in 1817 as a woolen factory, and near it, in the early part of the present century, were built Hatton's woolen mill and cotton factory. On Beaver creek also was the Dupont woolen factory that was swept away in the flood of 1843. On the Brandywine William Twaddell erected iron works previous to 1780. They were changed into powder mills about 1807, and twenty-four years later became paper mills. Chadds' log mill, at Chadds' Ford, was erected about 1807, and nearly on its site stands the present Hoffman brick roller pro- cess flouring mill. On Harvey's run, near
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Chadds' Ford, Benjamin Ring built a mill on the site of the present Turner flouring mill. On Harvey's run, at an early day, were also a corn and an oil mill.
The battle of Brandywine has been de- scribed in a previous chapter, and needs not further description here. Lafayette, in 1825, visited the battle ground, which should be appropriately marked by stone pillars to show the positions of the British and American armies.
Birmingham has two small villages, Chadds' Ford and Brandywine Summit, while a few houses of Dilworthtown lie in the township. Chadds' Ford has three or four unnamed streets and about twenty-five houses. The first postmaster was said to have been Thomas H. Bullock, appointed in 1829, and the present one is R. J Baldwin (1889), with H. C. Bald- win as assistant. Brandywine Summit is a railroad station and contains about twelve houses. The postoffice was established about 1865, and the postmasters have been: a Mr. Heyburn, John Gilpin, M. Slack, G. W. Evans, and Martha W. Peirce, appointed January 6, 1889. The Fairlamb carriage factory and coal and lumber yards are situated there. About one mile from the place are the Brandywine Kaolin and Feldspar Company tract of ninety acres, and the National Kaolin tract of one hundred and ten acres. The National Kao- lin works ship a fine grade of kaolins, and splendid fire clays are said to be abundant there. The largest kaolin mine is in a glen three thousand three hundred and eighty feet long and about six hundred feet wide, running to the depth of one hundred and seventy-three feet.
The earliest church was the Brandywine Baptist church. It was organized June 14, 1815, at John Powell's, in Providence town- ship, with fifteen members: Jere. Collett, Ed- ward Butcher, John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary and Joan Powell, Rich. Buffington, John and Hannah Buckingham, David Roberts, Thomas George, Margery Martin, Hannah Hunter and
Mary Robinet. The meeting house was built in 1818, and its present pastor is Rev. I. N. Earle. In 1720 the Upper and Lower Bran- dywine churches were established, but went down shortly after the Revolution. The Dil- worthtown Presbyterian church was organized before 1878, as the outgrowth of the labors of Miss Cassy Brinton, who established the Sun- day school at that place in 1860.
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church, at Chadds' Ford, was organized May 12, 1884, by Rev. J. J. Sleeper. The Friends worship at the old historic Birmingham meeting house in Chester county.
The township has four schools, with four teachers, and an enrollment of one hundred and fifty-two pupils.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHESTER AND CONCORD TOWNSHIPS.
CHESTER TOWNSHIP.
The township of Chester, that once en- braced within its territory the city of Chester and the boroughs of Upland and South Ches- ter, is bounded by the Delaware river and the townships of Ridley, Nether Providence, Mid- dletown, Aston and Upper and Lower Chi- chester.
The alluvial deposits are in the southern part of the township, where gravel beds are also found, and mica schists and gneisses are exposed in the northern part, especially oppo- site Todmorden mills and in the vicinity of Waterville and Crosbyville. A small area of syenitic rock is close to the west township line. The minerals of Chester township are: pyrite, chalcoyrite, menaccanite, molybdite, amethyst, beryl, garnet, biotite, muscovite, albite, orthoclase, fibrolite, antunite, mirabi- lite, uraconite, and bismuthite.
The name of Chester township appears as early as 1683. Lands were surveyed in 1682
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to Richard Few and Thomas Coebourn, while Thomas Brassey became a purchaser of lands in 1684, and the same year Thomas Baldwin came in possession of Michael Isard's lands, patented in 1677. Sneath's Corner was named for George Sneath, who opened a store there prior to 1816. There was a pottery, a school house, old Ebenezer Methodist church and a burying ground at Carterville before 1830, and Joseph Carter sunk two shafts for copper ore near that place.
The township has two schools, two teachers, and an enrollment of seventy-eight pupils.
CONCORD TOWNSHIP.
In the southwestern part of the county lies Concord township, which is bounded by Bir- mingham, Thornbury, Aston and Bethel town- ships, and the State of Delaware.
Ferruginous conglomerate covers a large area in the south western part of the township, while serpentine is found near Elam and syen- ites south of Green's creek, but the larger part of the township south of the west branch of Chester creek and the railroad is occupied by feldspathic and garnetiferous schists. Kaolin is found on Concord creek. The minerals of Concord are : rutile, amethyst, actinolite, beryl, garnet, biotite, muscovite, orthoclase, fibrolite, sepiolite, serpentine, and kaolinite.
Concord, the largest municipal division in the county, is mentioned as early as June, 1683. The manor of Rockland, which was laid out as being in New Castle county, Dela - ware, extended into the western part of the township.
Among the earliest settlers were: William Cloud, John Beal, John Mendenhall, Nicholas Pyle, Nicholas Newlin, Thomas King, and John Hannum. The taxables in 1715 were: Nathaniel Newlin, sr., Nicholas Pyle, for ye mill; James Clamston, Nathanel Newlin, jr., Joseph Cloud, Henry Oburn, John Palmer, sr., John Palmer, jr., Godwin Walter, George Robinson, Jacob and Ralph Pyle, Henry Peirce, Matthias Carle, Ralph Evenson, James
Heavrd, William Ammet, Thomas Smith, John and George Lee, Robert Chamberlin, sr., Robert Chamberlin, jr., Thomas West, Wil- liam Hill, Morgan Jones, Thomas Durnall, Daniel Evans, Joseph Nicklin, John Hannum, John Newlin, Joseph Edwards, Thomas Broom, John and Benjamin Mendenhall, Wil- liam Ford, Francis Pullin, John Penneck, James Cliffers, John Hackney, and Christo- pher Pennock.
The earliest mill in the township is the Hill or Concord mill, built in 1704 by Nathaniel Newlin. The Leedom mills were running in 1715. The Trimble or Felton mills were erected prior to 1799 as a paper mill, being afterward used as a cotton factory, and burn- ing down in 1873. Before 1800 John Newlin, Abraham Sharpless, and Hugh Judge had grist mills. Between 1800 and 1825 John Hannum had a woolen factory and Matthias Corliss a carding and spinning machine.
But the most important of the early mills of Concord township were the old Ivy mills, the second paper mill built in the new world. Their ivy-clad ruins to-day of crumbling walls and broken wheel greet the gaze of thousands of passing travelers, and stand as the last link connecting the old times to the new in Dela- ware county. Their memory is an important lesson in the financial history of the American republic, and they would be worthy of preser- vation as a landmark of Colonial times.
Concord has three villages and two railway stations. Concordville commenced to build up about 1831, and now contains over fifty houses. The postoffice was established in 1832, with John Way as postmaster. The present postmaster is Joseph H. Brinton. John Way kept the first hotel, now conducted by James Neeld, and in 1893 Isaac Cornog, of Philadelphia, opened his present wagon build- ing establishment. Elam, or Pleasant Hill, as early as 1848 contained a store, postoffice and tavern.
Johnson's Corners contains eight or ten houses, and is only about one quarter of a
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mile from Elam. On the site of Johnson's Corners was the old Three Tun tavern, which was kept as a public house from 1748 to 1814. Concord Station contains a few buildings and Sharpless' creamery. The postoffice there is known by the name of Ward. N. J. Scott was the first postmaster, and M. A. Kelly is the present incumbent. Markham Station is one quarter of a mile above the old Woodland, or Patterson Station, whose successor it be- came eight or ten years ago. Hill's roller process mill is at Markham. whose postmaster in 1893 was J. B. Smith.
Concord Friends' meeting was organized prior to 1697. The first church was built in 1710, and the second and brick house, built in 1728, was burned in 1788. It was rebuilt, and is still used as a meeting house by the Hicks- ite Friends. The Orthodox Friends have a meeting house but a short distance from the old church. St. John's Episcopal church is mentioned as early as 1707, and the present church edifice was erected in 1844. The Catholics had services at Ivy mills until St. Thomas church in Aston was erected.
Maplewood institute was established in 1862, at Concordville, by Prof. Joseph Short- lidge, and is in a flourishing condition. Ward academy was founded in 1882 by Benjamin Ward. There are seven public schools in Concord township, with seven teachers, and an enrollment of two hundred and thirty-five pupils.
CHAPTER XXIV.
DARBY TOWNSHIP AND DARBY BOROUGH
DARBY TOWNSHIP.
The township of Darby, from which has been carved the borough of Darby is boun- ded by Philadelphia county and Upper Dar- by, Ridley and Tinicum townships.
Gravel covers the greater part of the town- ship, but there are mica schist exposures in
several places, and alluvium deposits extend over Hay and Smith's islands and the extreme southern section. The minerals of Darby township are: wad, rutile, garnet, fibrolite, syenite, and staurolite.
Darby was settled immediately after the coming of Penn, and in 1686 Calcoone Hook was made a part of the township. Calcoone Hook was granted in 1668 to Israel Helme, Hendrick Jacobson, Ole Kock and Jans Mın- sterman, while Hay island, five years earlier, had been given to Ericke Nichels, Moorty Poulson, Andreas Johnson, and Henry Jacob- son. Among the early settlers between 1680 and 1686 were: Andres Swason Boon, John Wood, Edward Gibbs, John Bartram, Thomas, William and John Smith, Thomas Worth, John Blunston, and Samuel Bradshaw. Up- per Darby was set off from Darby in 1747, and the present boundary line was established in 1786.
Glen Olden flouring mills were built prior to 1700, and the Horntown tannery was in operation from 1790 to 1812. The Jones car- pet mills, built in 1849, were burned down in 1876. The Warpington cotton spinning mill was built in 1867, and in 1877 met the same fate as the carpet mills. being destroyed by fire.
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