History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 63

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

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Abraham Teeter, born in Franklin county, in 1773, came to Morrison's cove with his parents, who were among the earliest settlers. Abraham

married Hannah Neff, also a native of Franklin county. By trade he was a machinist. He died in 1848. His children were: Abraham, Catharine, Elizabeth and Jacob, dead ; Daniel, Susannah, Barbara, David, John, Hannah and Mary, living. John is farming in this township. He married Anna Berger and is the father of thirteen children, eleven of whom are living. Samuel, his oldest son, served in the late war about six months. Another son, Joseph B., is farming on the homestead.

Jacob Kagarise came from Franklin county to Morrison's cove early. He removed near Everett in 1840, and there died at the age of sixty-eight. He was the father of John (deceased), Nancy, Daniel, Susannah, Christian, Jacob, Mary (deceased), Barbara, Samuel, David, George B., Isaac (deceased) and Abraham (deceased). George B. moved from Monroe township to his present farm in South Wood- berry in 1854. His children are: Wilson, George, Nelson, Jerome, Esther, Irvin, Oliver and Erastus.

Jacob Kagarise, son of Jacob, has been living in this township over sixty years. His children are: Leah A., Eli, Edward and Andrew Z. Eli is a miner by trade ; Edward is ticket agent at Roaring Springs ; Andrew Z. is farming in South Woodberry.

Henry Fluck, son of John Fluck, an early settler of Hopewell township, was born in 1785 and died in 1844. He married Christina, daughter of John Snyder, a very early settler, and was the father of Susannah (Bowser), John, Jacob, William, Henry, Nancy, Christian, Emanuel, Mary (Longenecker), Levi and Samuel. The survivors of this family are : William, ex-sheriff of the county, Henry, Eman- uel, Levi and Samuel.

Tobias Fluck, son of John Fluck, was born in Hopewell township, in 1793. He removed to Woodberry township in 1812, and resided here until his death in 1834. Mr. Fluck married Nancy, daughter of John Snyder, the pioneer settler at Waterside, and was the father of Mary, Harry, Abram (deceased), Catharine (de- ceased), Sarah, Susan and John B. The last named has always resided near his birthplace. In early life he was a school-teacher. He also followed surveying a number of years. His son, Frank B. Fluck, is the present county sur- veyor.

Daniel Replogle was born in Bloomfield town-

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ADAM HADERMANN.

Among the emigrants to this country none have done more to in- crease its material wealth and prosperity than those from Germany. It was from this country that Adam Hadermann, the subject of this biography, emigrated to the United States in 1889, he having been born in Schleuchtern, Germany, February 12, 1812. His father, George Hadermann, passing away when he was eighteen months old, his mother, Martha (Hildebradt), married a tanner by trade, and it was this occupation that he was early taught. Early evincing a thirst for knowledge that was quite phenomenal in one so young, he seized with avidity the fine opportunities that presented themselves in the gymnasium, or public schools, of his native village, and not- withstanding the fact that he was obliged to labor in the tannery after school until time for retiring, his stepfather being poor, he succeeded in making remarkable progress by early rising. He pur- sued his studies with such eagerness, and being withal a precocious youth, that he graduated with the highest honors when fourteen years of age, he having mastered not only the German branches, but also acquired a classical education, he having learned Latin and Greek so thoroughly that be conversed freely in the former language, and could therefore be appropriately called a mental prodigy. His family having for five generations prior to his father, who was a miller by trade, been ministers of the gospel, it was his ardent de- sire to follow in their footsteps, but fortune, or rather a lack of it, prevented, he not possessing sufficient means to prepare himself for the ministry, and was therefore obliged to commence in earnest the life of a tanner, so distasteful to him who was intended by nature for a higher sphere of action.

Finding it impossible to secure the necessary means by working at this trade, the wages being so insignificant, to pursue the course in life he was so anxious to espouse, he soon formed the resolution of emigrating to America; but owing to the military requirements by the government and filial love for his mother, even this long- cherished plan was not put into execution until he had attained the age of twenty-seven years. Upon landing in New York an invoice of his worldly possessions found him in possession of sixty dollars, which amount appeared totally inadequate to warrant him, an en- tire stranger to our manners and customs, to put into execution the project he had in view-"writing a history of the people of the United States and their resources." Not being in the least dis- couraged, he set about his self-imposed but congenial task, he main- taining himself by working at his trade while traveling and gather- ing the desired Information. In the spring of 1840 he came to Everett, and one year later to Pattonville, where labor on his

history, which then embraced the portions devoted to Pennsylvania. New York and Maryland, terminated. Being unable to obtain pay for services rendered at his trade, he was obliged to purchase his employer's entire stock in order to secure his wages. The indebted- ness thus incurred amounting to twenty-seven hundred dollars, re- quired his entire time and energies for several years to liquidate. In 1816 he moved to New Enterprise and established himself in busi- ness. He purchased his present property in 1849, and has succeeded by industry, perseverance and strict integrity in accumulating a competency.

Probably no one man has been such an important factor in sbajr ing and furthering the educational interests of his township as Mr. Hadermann. Being an educated man, he lamented the standard of scholarship with which the people seemed contented, and immedi- ately set about awakening an futerest in education and did much toward preparing the people to accept free schools. For many years prior to the establishment of the county superintendency system, he examined all the teachers of the township and established a teach era' institute, which was held from schoolhouse to schoolhouse, long before the present county system came into vogue. He was in- strumental in erecting ten schoolhouses, and by so doing incurred the displeasure of some, who even endeavored to intimidate him by threats of personal violence, so bitterly were they opposed to free education. "Mr. Hadermann is the sole survivor of the first six school-directors elected upon the establishment of free schools, and held tois office for eighteen consecutive years.

In addition to other township offices he held the office of justice of the peace for ten years, and no case was ever taken from his to a higher court, a case doubtless without a parallel, which plainly in- dicates the equity of his decisions. In fact, he was a peacemaker, frequently remitting his own fees in order to effect an amicable set- tlement between the contestants.

Being a man of unaffected piety and practical christianity, he contributed liberally toward the erection of the first Reformed church in the township in 1848. He also established the first Sunday school in this section, and did not cease in the good work until he had succeeded in organizing six schools His many disinterested acts for the benefit of his fellowman are characteristic of Mr. Hadermann, whose life is replete with good works.

April 18, 1844, he was married to Lydean Chaney, of Hopewell townsbip, who was born in February, 1823. They have been blessed with eight children: Eliza Jane, Mathew Irvin, Margaret (deceased), Josiah M. (deceased), Rufus C., Augustus (deceased), Harriet (de- ceased). Of his sons, Mathew I. is conducting his father's business and Rufus C. is a practicing attorney in Bedford.

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JUDGE JOSEPH B. NOBLE.

Gen. John Noble, father of the subject of this memoir, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1768. When a young man he emigrated to Licking Creek, Fulton county, in this state, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1842. He engaged in farming and the lumber business, in which he was quite successful, becoming the possessor of quite a large landed estate, and was one of the leading men of his section. He acquired the title of general by reason of the office he held in the state militia. He was married to Eliza- beth Irvine, who departed this life in 1849. They became the parents of four children, viz : Joseph B .. Susan, John H. and William I. Joseph B. Noble, familiarly known as Judge Noble, was born in Licking Creek, then Bed- ford, now Fulton county, June 7, 1807. Reared on a farm, he early evinced a desire for more active business pursuits, and secured labor in a carding-mill. Subse- quently, in connection with farming operations, he en- gaged in merchandising, and at the same time operated a gristmill, all of which he prosecuted successfully, thus evincing a high order of business and executive ability. which ever characterized his long, busy and successful life.

It was while thus thoroughly immersed in business, that he, in January, 1839, was appointed to the office of prothonotary, which then included the duties of clerk and recorder, of Bedford county. Before the expiration of the term for which he was appointed the office be- came elective, and he was elected by handsome majori- ties, three times in succession, serving in this capacity nearly ten years. At the expiration of this time, not- withstanding the requests of his friends to the contrary, he decided to retire to private life, and accordingly pur- chased a large farm and gristmill in Morrison's Cove, which he operated until about 1860. He then purchased the Waterside woolen factory property, and replaced the old with the present factory buildings, the finest in the county, and, in fact, equal to any in this part of the state. This business he conducted in connection with his son, under the firm name of J. I. Noble & Co. Although having no further desire for office, he was called upon by the people to fill the position of associate judge, also that of justice of the peace, and the minor

township offices, all of which he filled with marked ability and fidelity, as he did those of more importance, his motto being, "What is worth doing at all is worth doing well." As school-director and as a private citizen he lent all his influence to further the cause of educa- tion, in which he was deeply interested. Politically he was a most decided democrat, and his name graced the democratic ticket for the offices of state senator and representative in a district that was hopelessly republi- can, and the fact that he at one time polled one thou- sand votes in excess of his ticket sufficiently attests the popularity of the man. He was the active member of the board of commissioners who erected the new county infirmary, and was largely instrumental in causing the building of the Pattonville and Roaring Springs pike, in fact, he was a most cordial supporter and promoter of works of a public nature. His was a most active life, and he not only did much legal business in the way of making out administrators' and executors' accounts, but also held the sacred trusts of guardian and administrator in many instances, and it is quite remarkable that he always conducted the business so equitably as to avoid litigation. He was an open-hearted, liberal man- a man who could be called everybody's friend, and as such, was often consulted by those in difficulty, to whom he freely gave advice, which was largely followed. January 12, 1832, he was united in marriage with Charlotte Davis, in the same room in which he was ushered into life. Mr. Noble donated two-thirds of the funds neces- sary to erect the Presbyterian church at Waterside, of which both he and his wife were members.

Mr. Noble departed this life, December 18, 1875, at a ripe age of sixty-eight, thus ending a long and useful life. Mrs. Noble died March 12th, 1859. They were the parents of seven children : John I., Dr. James D., Dr. William B., Edward H., Joseph E., Daniel D. and Mary E. Only two still survive, viz .: Dr. William B., pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Norristown, Pennsylva- nia, and Hon. Joseph E., who is now engaged running the woolen-factory formerly owned by his father. Joseph E. has filled several of the township offices, including that of justice of the peace, and in 1878 was elected member of the state legislature, serving in the session of 1879.

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ship in 1799. He died in 1871. He was the owner of over five hundred acres of land, the greater portion of it being in South Woodberry. He married Nancy Brumbaugh. Her grand- parents came from Holland, prior to the Ameri- cin revolution, and settled in Maryland, whence they removed to this county. Daniel Replogle's children were : George, John, Daniel, Susannah, Elizabeth, Nancy (deceased), Isaac, Henry, Sam- tel, Levi, David (deceased), Mary, Barbara (de- ceased) and Christopher (deceased). Isaac lives in Huntingdon county, and Samuel in Blair. All the others who are living are in Bedford county. Isaac and Levi are deacons of the Brethren church. George Replogle and his son, George Z., are farming on land formerly owned by Daniel Replogle, Sr.

Henry Butts, a captain in the war of 1812, died in 1846, at the age of seventy-five years. He was a native of Reading, Pennsylvania. He married Esther Stahl. His children were : Mary, Joseph, Sarah, John, Catharine, Frederick, Will- iam, Thomas, Henry, George and James B., of whom only Thomas, Henry and James B. are living. George and Henry served in the late war, in the 77th regt. Penn. Vols. James B. enlisted August 8, 1862, in Co. C, 133d regt. Penn. Vols., and served nine months. February 29, 1864, he re-enlisted in Co. A, 184th regt. Penn. Vols .; was appointed principal musician ; dis- charged July 28, 1865. He at present holds the office of county commissioner.

John S. Snyder, a native of Snake Spring township, where his ancestors were early set- tlers, came to South Woodberry in 1845. He married Susannah Replogle, and their children are Jacob (deceased), Daniel, David, Andrew R., Samuel, Elizabeth and Amanda. Andrew and Samuel reside on the homestead, and are en- gaged in farming.

Joseph Brown Noble was born on Licking creek (now Fulton county), in 1807. His an- cestors were Scotch-Irish, and early settlers. He was principally engaged in mercantile pur- suits until 1839, when he was appointed pro- thonotary of Bedford by Gov. Porter. He was elected to the same office in 1840, and subse- quently was re-elected for the two succeed- ing terms. He afterward served one term as associate judge. He was one of the earliest school directors of South Woodberry township, and held the office of justice of the peace a number of years. He was a candidate for state

senator and representative, and though the dis- trict was then largely republican, came near being elected. After retiring from office, he bought the old woolenmill at Waterside in 1860, and rebuilt it in 1867. He died in 1875. His wife was Charlotte Davis, a native of Franklin county, and her children were John I. (deceased), James D. (deceased), William B. and Joseph E. James D. Noble graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1860; was appointed assistant surgeon of the 55th Penn. regt., then commanded by Col. (afterward Gov.) J. F. Hartranft. He was promoted to surgeon, which position he resigned in 1864. In 1865 he was appointed assistant surgeon in the United States navy, and held the position until the close of the war. He died in 1874, in his thirty-seventh year. Rev. William B. Noble is pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Hon. Joseph E. Noble has served as justice of the peace, school director, and in other township offices. He was a member of the legislature of 1879-80. He has been connected with the Waterside woolen- mill since 1867.

Rinehart Replogle was born near New Enter- prise, in 1794, and died in 1859. He married Elizabeth Long, of this township, and was the father of David, John, Joseph, Simon, Rine- hart, Rebecca (deceased), Elizabeth and Esther (deceased). John Replogle owns the flouring- mill in the southern part of Woodberry town- ship. He married Elizabeth Dull, a native of Franklin county, and is the father of seven chil- dren : Calvin, Simon, Catharine, Elizabeth, Emma, Anna and Susan. Calvin is farming on the home farm.

Andrew G. Biddle was born in Blair county in 1792. He died in 1834. He was a miller and farmer. He married Mary Holsinger and was the father of Jacob H., Susannah (deceased), and Levi H. Levi H. Biddle is living on a farm of nearly four hundred acres, which was purchased by his father in 1830.

Christian King, son of John King, who re- sided in Huntingdon and Fulton counties, came to South Woodberry and married Nancy Long, and settled on the farm where he now lives. His children are : Elizabeth, Esther, Barbara, Nancy and C. L. Mr. C. L. King, a school- teacher by profession, is now farming on the home farm.

Leonard Furry was born in Lancaster county

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in 1807. He came to South Woodberry in 1815, and resided on the same farm until his death in 1877. He was a minister of the Ger- man Baptist denomination. He married Hannah Brown, of this township, and was the father of Jacob, John (deceased), Magdalena (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), Samuel and Catharine. John was a German Baptist preacher. Jacob married Elizabeth Berger and lives on the homestead. He is the father of twelve children. Samuel, his oldest son, is a physician in Hast- ings, Nebraska. David E. and Levi are carrying on the butchering business in New Enterprise.

Dr. William W. Reed was born in Philadel- phia in 1806. He removed to Woodberry town- ship in 1840, thence to South Woodberry in 1841. He died in 1851. His wife was Eliza- beth Reed, a native of Berks county, and their children are Aaron W., William H. and Nath- aniel (deceased). William H. is extensively engaged in the real estate business in Topeka, Kansas. Aaron W. has lived in this township since 1841, excepting three years (1857-60), when he was in Illinois. He is now carrying on farming and distilling. He has served as township constable, county jury commissioner, and took the census of his township in 1880.

Jacob Fyock, a German, was an early settler of Somerset county. His son John lived and died in that county. He reared twelve children, eight of whom are living. His son, Samuel Fyock, a resident of South Woodberry township since 1865, is a cabinetmaker by trade. He served as justice of the peace one term in Paint town- ship, Somerset county. During the war he suffered considerable loss of property at the hands of non-unionists. His barn was burned, his house plundered and money taken, making a total loss of two thousand dollars.

Adam Guyer, a native of Juniata county, moved to Martinsburg in 1816, and there re- sided for twenty-two years. He afterward lived in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, and in the State of Ohio. Two of his sons, Jacob and Henry, live in this township. Jacob married Fannie Smith, and is the father of eleven chil- dren, all living but one : Mattie, John, Henry, Jacob, Elizabeth (deceased), Sarah, Nancy, Barbara, Emanuel, Amanda and Fannie.

Benjamin Lyons, colored, was brought to Martinsburg, from Franklin county, about 1810. He was bound to Jacob Snoeberger when twelve

years of age, and held as a slave until he was twenty-eight years old. After becoming free he worked a few years for John Berger, in this township, then purchased a farm, upon which he lived until his death. He died in 1859, at the age of eighty years. His wife was Mary Heck and their children were Mary, James H. and Catharine, living, and Richard and Eliza- beth, dead. James H. Lyons is living on the place formerly owned by his father and has resided here for fifty-eight years. He married Sarah Forsythe, of Maryland, and is the father of fifteen children, all living but two. Mr. Lyons is postmaster at Salemville, an office which was established in August, 1882.

Adam Biddle emigrated from Germany when four years of age, and with his parents settled near Baltimore. He was a wagon mas- ter during the revolution. He settled in Blair county, being among the pioneers. John Biddle, one of his sons, was born in Maryland in 1774, and died in Pennsylvania in 1848. Andrew, son of John, was born in 1801 and died in 1875. He married Susan Snowberger, whose parents settled near Roaring Springs. In 1834 he moved to a farm one-half mile south of Pattonville, where he resided until his death. The land on which he settled was nearly all un- improved and had no buildings upon it. The children of Andrew Biddle were John, Dru- sanna, Elizabeth (deceased), Jacob S. and Andrew B. Jacob S. Biddle was a soldier in the rebellion, in Co. I, 194th regt. Penn. Vols., and in Co. M, 22d Penn. Cav. He married Emma Shoenfelt, of Waterside. He was a farmer until 1881, when he engaged in the creamery business, starting the first creamery in this county.

Anthony Henry emigrated from France in 1830, and settled in Huntingdon county. In 1861 he removed to Ohio, where he died in his eighty-second year. His son, John Henry, has resided in South Woodberry since 1854. He served in the late war from June 24, 1863, until his discharge in February, 1865, and held the rank of quartermaster. By trade he is an orna- mental weaver.

David Price was born in St. Clair township. He is a son of Daniel Price, who came from Hun- tingdon county to Bedford county about 1840, moved to Morrison's cove in 1847, and died in 1879. David Price has followed school-teaching in winter for the last twenty years, and worked

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as a mason in summer. He was in the army (Co. C, 110th Penn.) from August 25, 1861, until October 24, 1864, and was wounded at the battle of Winchester, March 23, 1862. On April 1, 1882, he was appointed United States store- keeper and ganger.

PATTONVILLE.

Pattonville is situated on a tract of land men- tioned in the records as the "Joseph Sims sur- vey." This tract is one of a large number of sur- veys in South Woodberry which were originally owned by Hon. Charles Cox. Martin Loy, Sr., settled on this tract very early, and owned a mill, a store and two large farms. A small settlement grew up around him, and was named Loysburg. He had two sons, Martin and David. The former became the owner of the store and the mill property, and the latter occupied the farm lying south of the village. The Loysburg property was sold to James Patton and Col. John Bingham in 1844. Subsequently Patton became sole owner. The name of the village was then changed to Pattonville. In 1860 James Patton sold out to Daniel Bare. In 1864 Daniel Bare, Jr., and Andrew Spanogle, the then proprietors, sold the property to William H. Aaron, the present owner.

The village is pleasantly situated in the midst of romantic scenery, near the gap in Tussey's mountain, through which flow all the waters of the southern part of Morrison's cove. East of Pattonville, in the gap, is Rockford, where there is the finest water-power in Bedford county. This water-power was improved by Harvey Lin- ton and John B. Fluck, in 1871. In the spring of 1888 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company began building a railroad through this gap to connect the Hollidaysburg branch with the Hun- tingdon & Broad Top road. While the work- men were removing the rocks from a cut near the planing-mill, they found underneath the earth an earthen pot, whose appearance indicates that it was made by the aborigines.

Pattonville has two stores, a large flouring- mill owned by W. H. Aaron, and the usual minor village industries. J. B. Fluck's planing-mill is one-fourth of a mile east of the village, and J. S. Biddle's " Frigid Spring Creamery " one-fourth of a mile north. The creamery originated by Mr. Biddle is now owned by Biddle & Keagy, D. F. Keagy, of Woodberry, being his partner. Martin Loy emigrated from Germany about

1774. In 1788 he moved from Bucks county to Woodberry township and settled on Clover creek, near the site of Woodberry borough. About 1795 he removed to the site of Loysburg or Pattonville, where he erected a gristmill, kept a store and engaged in farming. He died in 1826, aged about seventy-two years. The children of Martin and Margaretta (Hoffman) Loy were: Martin, Christina (Bowser), Catharine (Stineman) and David. Martin, Jr., was born in 1784; married to Elizabeth Ferguson, of Snake Spring valley, in 1808; died in 1847. He was the father of twelve children, none of whom now live in this county. He was a colonel of militia and served two terms as a representative in the legislature. He made all the improvements on the Loysburg property, the first of which was the brick house erected in 1820. His brother, David, was born about 1790 and was reared on the Loysburg farm, of which he subsequently owned the southern half. He was interested in the iron business at Lemnos forge for a time. He also served one term in the legislature. He removed to the West and died in Iowa.

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History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 63

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

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