History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 100

Author: Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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Number of Pages: 967


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JACOB MUSSER.


Jacob Musser, son of Tobias and Susannah Musser, was born in Stony Creek township,


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April 8, 1821. His grandfather, John Musser, was one of the pioneers of Somerset county, having emigrated from Lancaster county, Penn- sylvania, in 1784, and settled on the farm on which the subject of this biography was born. John Musser was a mail-carrier during the revo- lutionary war, and it is said that at one time he owned a part of the land on which Lancaster now stands. He was a prominent member of the Mennonite church. He had a family of eight children : Tobias, Peter, Henry, Abraham, Annie, Susannah, Elizabeth and Polly, all of whom are dead. Tobias, father of Jacob, was born on a farm, and received a good English education, and was an earnest advocate of the free-schools at a time when the system was unpopular with the masses. He identified him- self with political matters, and was elected com- missioner of Somerset county, and in 1843 was elected to represent the county in the represen- tative branch of the state legislature. He was a man of good business capacity, and officiated as treasurer of the Bedford & Somerset Turn- pike Company. In all positions he was placed in he discharged his duties with eminent ability.


In October of 1805 he was married to Miss Susannah Croner, a sister of Dr. John Croner. They reared a family of ten children : John, Catherine, Mary, Magdalene, Barbara, Susannah, Jacob, Julia A., Peter and Tobias. He died August 14, 1859, aged eighty-two years ; his wife died two years later at the age of seventy- four ; both are buried in the family burying- ground in Stony Creek, where rest five genera- tions of the Musser family. Jacob Musser was married December 20, 1840, to Miss Mary, daughter of Rev. Jacob Myers, of Berlin ; six children were born to them : Susannah, wife of George J. Schrock (deceased), Tobias and Mary A., who died in infancy; Jacob M., who married Elizabeth Beachy, of Meyersdale; Cathe- rine is the wife of John M. Meyers, of Somerset, Pennsylvania; and Rebecca. Mr. Musser is one of the representative farmers of the county ; his farm' of two hundred and twenty-two acres is underlaid with coal and limestone, is considered one of the most valuable in the county, and one of the most productive.


The wife of Mr. Musser died in December of 1862, aged sixty-four years; both she and her husband are prominent members of the Brethren church.


CHAPTER LIX. SUMMIT.


Organized in 1842 from Portions of Elk Lick and Brother's Valley - Resources - Tax List of 1848 -Pioneer Settlers- Meyersdale - The Largest Town in Somerset County - Ita Rapid Growth from a Country Village to an Important Business Center - Mercantile and Industrial Interests- Sketches of Prominent Citizens-Industries of the Town- ship - Mills, Brick works and Mines - Garrett-Societies and Churches.


YUMMIT township was organized in 1842 S from portions of Elk Lick and Brother's Valley. Its territory contains much excellent land for agricultural purposes, besides abound- ing in minerals and timber. A good idea of the extent and wealth of the industrial interests of the township may be gathered from the sketches which follow. Enterprise and thrift seem to be generally characteristic of the citizens of Summit.


The following were the taxable inhabitants of Summit township in the year 1843: John Berkely, Sr., cooper; John Berkely, Jr .; Jacob Berkely, gristmill and sawmill ; Sally Berkely, sawmill ; Abraham Beachly; Daniel Beachly, tanyard ; John K. Beachly, Elias Beachly ; Andrew Brown, shoemaker; Jacob Brown, shoemaker ; Chris. Boyer, Samuel Bittinger, Rudolph Bittinger ; John Bowers, cooper ; John H. Bowser, John Brougher, Sr., Jonathan Bawman, Jacob Breniser, Peter Boyer ; Josiah Boyd, blacksmith ; Jacob A. Brisky, Daniel Baer, John Barkholder, Daniel Boger ; Samuel Barkley, sawmill; William Collins, shoemaker ; Jos. Christner, Jr., Jos. Christner, Sr., Abraham Christner, Chris. Christner ; Jonas and Joseph Christner, saw- mill ; Moses Christner ; George Coleman, black- smith ; Molly Claybote, Frederick Doomer, John Fike, Jacob Fike, John J. Fike, Jos. Fike, George Felker, Elijah Fordly, Michael Fullem, widow Flickinger, Samuel Flickinger, Harmon Grody, Jacob Gneggy, Chris. Gneggy, Daniel Gneggy, John Gneggy, Sr., John D. Griffith, George Gradwell, Daniel Horner, Wm. Horner, Henry Hauger, George Hay, Sr., George Hay, Jr., John Hosteller, Adam Har- mon ; Conrad Hicks, merchant ; Emanuel Hen- sel ; Levi Hechard, tanyard ; John G. Hutzel, shoemaker ; Frederick Lotsedee, tailor ; Philip Infelt, Henry Kuhlman, Bernard Kuhlman, George Keifer, John Klingaman ; George Lichty, blacksmith ; Gillian Lint, Esq., black-


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smith ; Jacob Long ; "big" Abraham Miller, cooper ; Peter Miller, Sr., distillery ; Jos. Miller, A. Jonas Miller ; A. Jacob Miller, oil- mill ; Abraham H. Miller, Esq., William Miller, Samuel Miller of Peter, Daniel Miller of Peter ; Samuel Miller, fulling, carding and saw mill ; Mary Miller, Josiah Miller, Magdalena Meyers; Peter Meyers, postmaster ; John B. Meyers, Chris. Meyers, Peter Meyers ; Jacob Meyers' estate, two sawmills, gristmill, distillery and store ; Barnhart Markely; Peter Mull, shoe- maker; Frederick Mohler, distiller; John McCleary, fuller ; Robert McCurty, black- smith ; Baltzer Meese, miller ; Jacob Olinger; Daniel Otto, miller; Adam Ringer, . Herman Rector ; Gabriel Schrock, blacksmith ; Samuel C. Schrock, shoemaker ; Samuel Schrock, Chris. Schrock, Sr .; Jos. Schrock, carpenter ; Simon Smith, Peter Shoemaker, Michael Shallis, Matthias Surry ; Jos. Stoup, tailor ; Abraham Sayler, Peter Sayler, David Sayler, John Sayler, Sr., John Sayler, Jr., George Shuck, Daniel Judy, Matthias Judy, Peter Tye, Jacob P. Walker, Frederick P. Walker, Perry P. Walker, Peter Walker, Peter Walker, Sr., widow Susanna Walker, William Weller; Samuel Weller, shoemaker ; James Wiltrout, Martin Welfley, Frederick Walter, George Windmiller, Jos. Wimer, Peter Yorty, Daniel Yoder, Adam Yoder, Solomon Yoder, Daniel Y. Yoder, Jacob Yoder, Sr .; Joseph J. Yoder, axmaker ; John Zufall, Josiah Zufall, Adam Zwarner, Jacob Zwarner.


Christian Meyers bought the farm on which his son Peter C. now lives, of John Trusel, who was the first settler on the farm and one of the first in the township. Here he lived and died. He reared thirteen children, of whom four are still living - Christian, Peter C., Dinah (Swarner) and Eliza (Hover). Peter C. became the owner of the farm in 1857. In 1869 he sold it to his son Samuel, with whom he lives.


John Klingaman, a native of Eastern Pennsyl- vania, settled quite early in this township, where he died in 1862. He purchased two hundred and seventy acres of George Arnold. His wife was Barbara Schrock, and their children were : Joseph, Samuel, Harriet (Hoch- stetler), Magdalena and Sarah, dead ; Emanuel, John, Susan (Miller), Eliza (Boyts) and Barbara (Meyers), living. John Klingaman is living on the homestead, a finely improved farm which he purchased in 1863.


Peter Miller, the grandfather of Samuel P. Miller, was an early German settler in this township. His son Peter, born in 1789, settled on a farm in the southern part of the township. He died in 1846. His wife was Barbara Yoder. They reared sixteen children, fourteen of whom are living. Samuel P. Miller bought the home- stead of his father in 1840. The farm contains about three hundred acres. In 1881 he sold it to his son Samuel, the present owner.


Abraham A. Miller was the son of Peter Miller, an early German settler who located on the farm now owned by Elias Fike. He followed farming and coopering, and died in 1849. He was born in Elk Lick township. He married Maria Saylor, and was the father of Peter, Jonas, Henry, Catharine (Fike), Mary (Miller) and Anna (Lichty), deceased ; John, Abraham, Jacob, Daniel and Barbara (Meyers), living. John A., born in 1806, is still living. Samuel J., son of John A., is a farmer in this township. William S., son of Samuel J., resides on the homestead with his father, and is also engaged in farming.


Stephen Yoder emigrated from Germany, and settled in this township quite early. His sons were John, Daniel, Joseph and Solomon. John was born on the old homestead in 1799. He was a blacksmith and axmaker. It is said that he made as many as four thousand axes, by hand, in his lifetime. He died in 1868.


John J. Beachly, a native of Germany, em- barked for America at the age of ten years, accompanied by his mother. During the voyage the vessel was boarded by pirates, and his mother was killed and thrown into the sea. When a young man, he crossed the mountain's alone, and settled in Elk Lick township, where he took up fifteen hundred acres of land situated about three miles west of Meyersdale. Later he bought twelve hundred sores very near Meyers- dale. Upon this property he built the first tub-mill in this county. He also had two tub- mills at the place since known as Berkley's mills. Before his death he sold the Meyersdale property to Jacob Meyers, Sr. He died in 1812, aged about seventy-seven years. Among his children were : Jacob, Joseph, Michael, Abra- ham and John. Abraham, who was born in Elk Lick in 1780, settled early within the present borough limits of Meyersdale. He mar- ried Elizabeth Keagy, and was the father of Emanuel, Daniel and John, deceased ; Elias K.,


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Sally (Berkley) and Eliza (Garber), living. Daniel Beachly was born in 1804, and died in 1880. He started the first tannery at Meyers- dale, in 1825. Dr. U. M. Beachly, of Meyers- dale, is a son of Daniel.


C. P. Livengood, son of Peter Livengood, and grandson of Christian Livengood, resides upon the homestead farm which his father purchased of his grandfather. Mr. Livengood has been the owner of the farm since 1842.


MEYERSDALE.


Meyersdale is a prosperous and rapidly-grow- ing town. Its population is greater by several hundreds than that of any other borough in Somerset county ; its industries, which are ex- tensive and varied, are constantly increasing, while in enterprise, public spirit and thrift, no town in Southern Pennsylvania surpasses it.


The location of the town is pleasant and picturesque. It also possesses great commercial advantages, being in the midst of a good agri- cultural region, while close at hand are abun- dant resources as yet but slightly developed, such as timber, coal, ore and limestone. Meyersdale has present prosperity and encouraging pros- pects for the future.


The name of the town has undergone various modifications. While the place was only a straggling and unimportant country village, it was known as Meyers' mills. After the rail- road was built, and evidences of prosperity began to appear, a more ambitious spirit seized the citizens, and the town became Dale. City. This title was worn but a short time before it was shaken off, and the present appropriate name assumed in its stead.


The first plat of the town was made in 1844, when Jacob Olinger caused thirty lots to be laid out. Alexander Philson, of Berlin, was the surveyor. In 1852, an addition of forty or fifty lots, embracing the whole of North street, was laid out by Jacob Olinger, and M. D. Miller, surveyor. The Olinger property consisted of about two hundred and fifty acres. In 1869 the Olinger heirs caused the balance of it to be laid off in town lots; Kenneth McCloud, sur- veyor.


About the same time Peter Meyers laid out about sixty acres of his land in town lots. This addition embraced Meyers' avenue, Second avenue, Large street and Keystone street and part of Centre street. In 1870 that portion of


the town lying southwest of Flauenerty creek was laid out at the instance of Daniel, U. M. and William Beachley ; J. B. Gaither, surveyor,


A portion of the town is built quite irregu- larly, owing to the fact that a number of houses were erected before a general survey was made.


In 1872 the Olinger and Beachley plats were incorporated as a borough under the name of Dale City. In 1874 the borough limits were extended so as to include the Meyers plat, and the entire town was incorporated as Meyers- dale. The first borough officers were as follows : Franklin Enos, burgess ; Gillian H. Walter, assistant burgess ; U. M. Beachley, G. H. Wal- ter, George Weber, James S. Black, Frederick Naugle, councilmen ; Jacob J. Holtzhue, high constable ; David Koontz, street commissioner ; W. C. Hicks, secretary.


The first house within the limits of the town was erected by Andrew Barntrager about 1780. The property is now owned by the Meyers heirs. The first house after the town was laid out was built on the spot where Hartley Brothers' store now stands, by Godfrey Bittner, in 1845.


Adam Cook built a mill, where the Meyers' mill now stands, long prior to 1800. The mill now standing was built by Peter . Meyers in 1826. The first store in the place was kept by Peter and William Meyers in 1831. It stood about midway of Meyers avenue. The first hotel was erected in 1848, by James McGuire. It has since been converted into a dwelling, and is now occupied by Dr. U. M. Beachley.


The first blacksmith shop in the place was built by John Berger, who worked at his trade here as early as 1800. The first shoemaker, Adolph Just, began work in 1845, in a shop which he still owns. W. P. Welshons was the first tailor. He settled here in 1848.


The first schoolhouse in the town, also the first in Summit township, was a log building which stood near the center of the town. It was built as early as 1812. A second log building was erected about 1822. In 1861 the present brick schoolhouse was built at a cost of two thousand dollars. It was begun by private enterprise, and finished under the direction of the school- board. The school is well graded and in excel- lent condition. Six teachers are employed.


A commodious opera house, 30×68 feet in size, was erected in 1883, by William Slicer and Alexander Glotfelty.


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Banking was established in 1868 by Philson, Black & Co., chiefly through the efforts of Sam- uel Philson, of Berlin, who is now sole proprie- tor of the business. The bank is a private in- stitution, and has been managed since 1882 by S. B. Philson, son of the proprietor.


S. D. Livengood and J. M. Olinger began banking business in 1872, and continued until 1875. A national bank was then organized, which continued in existence until 1880. S. D. Livengood then bought out the establishment and established the Farmers' Bank instead. Mr. Livengood is sole proprietor.


A pottery was established in 1878 by George J. Black, who is the present proprietor of the business. Mr. Black manufactures all kinds of stoneware, drain-tile and sewer-pipe. Of drain- tile he makes about 20,000 feet per month. Mr. Black is a native of Somerfield, in this county, and was there engaged in his present business until he removed to Meyersdale.


The planing-mill of Daniel Schultz was erected by its present owner about 1870. About 100,- 000 feet of lumber for building purposes is planed yearly. The planing-mill owned by L. Morrill manufactures for the furniture store of Morrill, Masters & Co., doing a large business in that line. In 1873 Friedline Brothers (J. H. and H. I.) erected a planing-mill at a cost of about 88,000. In September, 1882, the mill, then owned by J. H. Friedline, was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt the same year, and is now owned and operated by J. H. Friedline and D. S. Cober. This is the best planing-mill in the county, and is provided with the latest and best machinery. About eight hands are employed, and from 800,000 to 400,000 feet of lumber planed yearly.


The firm of Hartley & Co., merchants, was established in 1868. The members of the firm are S. C., L. E. and H. P. Hartley. The store occupied by this firm was erected by S. C. Hart- ley and A. F. John in 1875. A large business in drygoods, clothing, etc., is carried on. The store is in two departments, each 26 × 66 feet in size.


The firm of Dill, Watson & Co., manufactur- ers and dealers in lumber, was formed in the spring of 1880, and consists of M. R. Dill, man- ager, A. H. and W. H. Dill, Jonathan Boynton and James E. Watson. The mills of this com- pany are located on the Salisbury Branch rail- road, in Elk Lick township. In 1882, 6,188,000


feet were cut. The amount of lumber shipped is about 5,000,000 feet yearly, solely for building purposes. The company give employment to from sixty to one hundred hands.


PERSONAL.


About the year 1785, Jacob Meyers, a native of Lebanon county, came to the then wild and unsettled region west of the mountains and pur- chased a tract of land which included the site of Meyersdale. He never settled here, but sent his sons, Christian, Jacob, Henry and John, to look after the interests of his property. All settled on farms in the vicinity of Meyersdale, except Jacob, who located on the land which is now the site of the town.


Jacob Meyers, Jr., was born in Lebanon county in 1783, and settled in Somerset county in 1804. About 1807 he erected a fulling-mill, a sawmill, a distillery and a gristmill, which were among the first industries of the kind in this locality. The gristmill was burned about 1827, and rebuilt by Peter Meyers, son of Jacob. It is still standing and in opera- tion, being now owned by the heirs of Peter Meyers. Jacob Meyers lost his life while assisting his son to refit the mill. The two were engaged in bringing a load of lumber to the mill, when they were overtaken by a tremendous storm or cyclone accompanied by a waterspout. Mr. Meyers was thrown from his horse into the river. A few days later his body was discovered some distance below.


Jacob Meyers was a militia officer. He mar- ried Barbara Yorty, who was born in Lebanon county in 1787. After settling here, she became weary of life in the wilderness and determined to visit her former home. She made two trips from Somerset county to Lebanon county - going and returning on horseback, a feat which few ladies of the present day would care to un- dertake. Mr. and Mrs. Meyers reared three children-Peter, William and Eliza (Beachley), all now deceased.


Peter Meyers, after whom Meyers' mills and later Meyersdale was called, was the son of Jacob and was born in 1807. He was one of the most active business men and respected citizens of this part of the county. He generally had two stores in operation, as well as two saw- mills and two gristmills. He also took a prom- inent part in the establishment of the Pitts- burgh & Connellsville railroad, and was a


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member of its first board of directors, and was largely instrumental in the location of the towns of Hyndman and Confluence. He married Lydia Miller, and was the father of Cyrus, Nel- son, J. O., Dr. W. H., Dennis, Barbara E. and Ida E. Nelson and Dennis were soldiers in the late war.


J. O. Meyers was born in Meyersdale and educated at the Somerset Collegiate Institute. He has followed mercantile pursuits chiefly. Since 1879 he has been engaged in the insurance business in Meyersdale.


Samuel Foust was born in Berlin, Somerset county. He learned the tanner's trade. He has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of boots and shoes in this town since 1851.


C. P. Heffley began the business of a merchant tailor in 1875. In 1879 William Heffley, his brother, entered upon the same occupation in this town and is now doing a thriving business. Mr. Heffley is a native of Berlin.


G. D. Lichty was born in Elk Lick township, and reared on a farm. In 1868 he came to Meyersdale, where he has been engaged in mer- cantile business, the manufacture of lumber and dealing in agricultural implements. He is at present in the employ of the United States internal revenue service. E. M. Lichty, brother of G. D., resides in Meyersdale and carries on an extensive business in the manufacture and shipment of lumber.


H. J. Blough, a native of Conemaugh town- ship, settled in Meyersdale in 1870. Mr. Blough is a mechanic by trade, but since locating in this place, has been principally engaged in the lumber business. In partnership with John Hocking he owns the shook works at Meyers- dale, also a steam sawmill situated three miles northeast of the town. The sawmill has a capacity of about twelve thousand feet per day. The partnership with Mr. Hocking was formed in 1882. Mr. Blough enlisted in October, 1862, in Co. K, 18th Penn. Cav. He was taken prisoner at Cedar Creek, and was three months and nine days in Libby and Andersonville prisons. He was mustered out in October, 1865. Entering the service as a private, he was promoted to second lieutenant, then to captain.


Johnson Collins was born in Allegheny county, Maryland. He followed the mercantile business at Elkhart mines, Maryland, from 1859 until 1878, when he removed to Meyersdale and was engaged in the hardware business until


1882. For four years prior to his coming he had an interest in the hardware store managed by John F. Shipley. He also had a mercantile establishment in Salisbury for seven years. Mr. Collins retired from business in 1882. He owns the block occupied by Shipley's store.


William B. Cook is a native of Bedford county, and has been a resident of Meyersdale since 1872. For six years he followed the busi- ness of a contractor. He was then elected a justice of the peace and still serves in that capacity. Since April, 1883, he has been en- gaged in the insurance business.


E. Wineland, merchant, was born in Germany, and came to America in 1868, settling in Frost- burg, Maryland. He followed the mercantile business in that place until his removal to Meyersdale in 1874. He purchased his present store of Emanuel Lichty in 1876. Mr. Wine- land carries a large stock, and is conducting a prosperous business.


W. J. Jones, proprietor of the well-known and popular Jones House, in Meyersdale, is a native of Westmoreland county, and came to Somerset county in 1870. After engaging in the grocery and hotel business in Ursina for three years, he came to Meyersdale and estab- lished himself in his present business.


C. G. Masters was born in Everett, Bedford county. He is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. For about ten years he followed the drug business in Philadelphia and Everett. In 1882 he engaged in the furniture business in Meyersdale as a member of the firm of Morrill & Masters. This firm occupy & store one hundred and thirty-two feet deep, and keep the largest stock of furniture in the county.


William Hicks, a native of Dauphin county, settled in Meyersdale in 1840, and engaged in blacksmithing and lumbering. In 1868 he re- moved to Westmoreland county, his present home. W. C. Hicks, son of William, is a native of Meyersdale, and has been postmaster in the town since 1871; also, carrying on the business of a dealer in books and stationery. He was the first soldier from Meyersdale that en- listed in the late war, and the third that enlisted in the county. He entered the service in April, 1861, in Co. A, 10th Penn. reserves ; Was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, December 12, 1862 ; mustered out in June, 1864.


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has been engaged in the coal trade in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He came to Meyersdale in 1872, and purchased sixteen hundred acres of coal land in Summit township. In 1875 the Cumber- land and Elk Lick Coal Company was formed, and Mr. Chamberlin elected its vice-president, in which capacity he still serves. The company now has quite extensive cokeworks in successful operation.


Levi J. Yoder was born in this county. He learned blacksmithing with his father, and worked at his trade for sixteen years. In 1882 he entered the hardware store of G. W. Gass- man as clerk, and is still engaged in that pur- suit. Mr. Yoder served in the late war in Co. F, 61st regt. Penn. Vols., from September, 1864, to June, 1865.


C. B. Cook is a native of Southampton town- ship, and was educated in the schools of Somer- set county. In 1873 he entered Mount Union College, Ohio, where he completed the commer- cial course. He has followed teaching since he was fifteen years of age, and has been principal of normal schools at Ursina, Romney, West Virginia, Meyersdale and Salisbury. Since 1880 he has been a principal of the Meyersdale Normal School. Mr. Cook was county mercan- tile appraiser in 1880. He is connected with several secret orders, I.O.O.F., K. of P., F. & A. M., in which he has held prominent offices.


. W. S. Mock is a native of Bedford county. He learned photography under F. H. Foltz in Bedford, and in 1888 came to Meyersdale and established business for himself. He is skilled in both painting and photography.


Dr. W. G. Burns, dentist, was born in Adams county, Ohio, and received his educational train- ing in Geneva (Ohio) College, where he took both a scientific and a classical course. In 1861 he graduated from the Ohio Dental College, Cincinnati. In 1878 he settled in Meyersdale, where he now practices, in partnership with Dr. W. H. Stryker. This firm also have & branch office in Berlin. Dr. Stryker is a gradu- ate of the Pennsylvania Dental College, Phila- .delphia. Dr. Burns served in the late war in Co. G, 68d regt. Iowa Vol. Inf., from June, 1868, to March, 1864.




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