History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 77

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

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Cornelius Devore, son of the Cornelius De- vore above mentioned, was also a justice of the peace, and resided in this township. He mar- ried Elizabeth Dunlap, and his children were : James, Louisa, Delilah, Sarah, Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Levi, Benjamin and Caroline. James married Lydia Wickard, and is the father of Mary, Caius, Ann, Charity, Caroline, Sarah, John, Laura and Amanda.

A tract of land, patented to John England in 1763 was sold by England to John Dunn, who resided upon it prior to 1795.

John, William and Samuel Shaw owned lands along Will's creek, on which some of them lived during the revolution. John Shaw ob- tained a title to his land in 1762.

Henry Wilhelm came to Londonderry town- ship about 1790. He was then a single man and followed the carpenter's trade. Subse- quently he married Mary Helm, of Somerset county, and settled near the present site of Hyndman. His son John, born in 1797, is still living. The children of Henry and Mary Wilhelm were : Catharine (Miller), Christina (Flickner), Jacob, John, Susan (Hardman), Polly (Rice), Andrew and Hannah (Boor). The descendants of this family are numerous and respectable.

George Carpenter settled at the junction of Big and Little Will's creeks soon after the revo- lutionary war. He had served in the war as a lighthorseman. George Carpenter married Eva Baker, and was the father of Polly (Reams), Jacob, Andrew, Betsey (Lybarger), Rachel (Boll), Catharine (Leidig), Lena (Lybarger), George, Eva (Lybarger), Michael and Hannah (Miller). Michael Carpenter is now living in Milligan's cove. ' Though an old man, his memory is good, and he has been of material assistance to the writer.

Jacob Burket settled in this township prior to 1800. He emigrated from Germany, and while a young man was engaged for some time in wagoning between Baltimore and Wheeling. He

married a Miss Myers, of Maryland. His children were : Jacob, Benjamin, Johp, Nicholas, Rachel (Logsdon), Nancy (Beals), Jesse and Samuel. Jesse followed wagoning for several years, and afterward was a raftsman. He married Drusilla, daughter of Amos Raley, an early settler of this township. Their son, A. L. Burket, is a promi- nent citizen of Hyndman.

John Logue, a revolutionary soldier, settled on Little Will's creek about 1800, moving from Cumberland Valley township. Logue purchased from Godfrey Wolford, who was an early settler. The children of John Logue, Sr., were: John (who was born in Cumberland Valley township in 1795), James, Daniel, Andrew, Isaac, George, Elizabeth and Hannah.

Amos Raley came to Londonderry township about 1800. For many years he was engaged in building boats, which were floated down Will's creek at. times of high water. His children were :. Henry, George, Vincent, John, Drusilla, Hannah and Margaret. John married Susan J. Miller and lived in this township.

Cornelius Martenius settled in 1803 on a tract surveyed for William Shaw in 1762, and called the Diamond tract .. He is said to have built the first hewed log house on Little Will's creek. The building is still standing and is now the washhouse of F. A. Miller. Martenius sold out to Adam Miller.

The earliest gristmill in the southwestern part of the county was John Fait's, located at Fossil- ville. Probably he also had the first sawmill. Fait was quite a mechanical genius. It is re- lated that he once tried attaching an endless chain with buckets to his millwheel, so as to fully utilize the water-power, and thus keep up a sort of perpetual motion ; but the wheel utterly re- fused to perform the extra work and turn the mill. Fait's mill stood for many years and was visited by settlers living at least a score of miles distant. Fait also ran a distillery and a black- smith shop.

Cornelius Devore built a mill where Cook's mills now are, at about the same time Fait's mill was built. He also had a sawmill and a distil- lery. The mill was of logs. A part of it is still standing, having been converted into the structure known as Cook's mill.

Boat-building was another industry of early times. These craft were run on Will's creek, between Londonderry township and Cumberland, Maryland.

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J. T. MATTINGLY.

Very few families in Bedford county can trace their settlement back farther in the early history of the country than the Mattinglys, they having come from England with Lord Baltimore, who settled in Mary- land. In 1890 James Mattingly emigrated to Bedford county from Allegheny county, Maryland, and settled in Londonderry township, on ninety acres of land, known as the Myers tract, which then was only slightly improved, and he was the first of this imme- diate branch of the family who settled in Bedford county of whom we have any record. At this time, Mr. Mattingly possessed but little of this world's goods, he not having sufficient funds to pay for the small farm he purchased, notwithstanding the pur- chase price would now be considered a comparatively insignificant amount. It is said that fortune favors the brave, but in this then uninviting field it not only required a courageous spirit, but indomitable will, pluck, perseverance and industry, coupled with good business management, to accomplish what Mr. Mat- tingly did, surrounded as he was with many discour- agements which to a man possessed of less hopeful- ness would have appeared insurmountable. By per- sistent industry in farming, and also mercantile business, for fifteen years, he not only liquidated the indebtedness on his first purchase, but subsequently added to his farm until he possessed seven hundred acres. He and his wife, Ann, became the parents of fifteen children, fourteen of whom survive, and as fast as they reached manhood and womanhood's estate, he presented each son with fifteen hundred dollars, and each daughter with one thousand dollars, with which to purchase a farm, and extended to them his credit for the balance of the purchase money. He still survives at the advanced age of seventy-nine years, and pays taxes to the amount of two hundred and fifty-seven dollars. Mrs. Mattingly is now in her seventy-seventh year. Of their children, William, Christopher, Samuel, Vincent and Anastasia are resi- dents of Muskingum county, Ohio; Francis, Peter, and Jerome J. live in Illinois ; John Baptist, a lay

MRS. J. T. MATTINGLY.

brother in the Catholic church, resides at White Marsh, near Baltimore; Catharine is a sister JI charity at New Mount Hope, near Baltimore, and is known as Sister Mary Francis; J. T. and Henry E. reside on a portion of the old homestead; Rose A. lives in Allegheny county, Maryland; Margaret E. resides in her native county. All are married except John Baptist and Catharine. J. T. Mattingly, the subject of this sketch, was born in Londonderry township of this (Bedford) county, in 1836, and has adopted farming as his vocation. He was married January 19, 1860, to Ann T., daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Donahee, by whom he had five children, viz .: Rose E., who is married, and lives in Allegheny county, Maryland; Emma J., Mary F., Bernard A. and Alphonsus L. Mrs. Mattingly died October 7, 1870, aged twenty-eight years.' April 23, 1872, he married Rosalie, daughter of Peter A. and Mary A. Topper, of Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and they are the par- ents of four children-Ann C., Margaret, Henry T. and Agnes M.

Mr. Mattingly has been successful in accumulating a handsome competency, and aside from the farm first purchased of his father, he purchased another of two hundred and thirty acres at Mount Savage, which he has disposed of to his son-in-law, Joseph Mason, on the same plan adopted by his father. He also possesses a fine block in Cumberland, Maryland. The first thousand dollars he accumulated (part of which was earned by wagoning on the National pike to Baltimore) was used in procuring two substitutes for the late war. Mr. Mattingly has always interested himself in enterprises of a public nature, productive of good to the general public, and among other things the public schools. The Mattinglys are about the only Catholics in this section of the county, and attend church at Cumberland, nine miles distant. Mr. J. T. Mattingly is frequently visited by the priest, who occasionally holds mass in his home, he having all the necessary appurtenances to perform this religious ceremony-a very rare thing in this country.

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About the year 1818, James Dugan, a one- armed man, taught a school of about fifteen pupils, in an old tan-house situated where John Bohn now lives. The seats were made of slabs and fence rails.

John Miller, who had served in the revolu- tionary war, settled in Londonderry, on Will's creek, soon after the close of the war. He mar- ried a Miss Myers, and was the father of John, George, Peter, Michael and Mary (Kirchner). John Miller, the father of Samuel Miller, of Hyndman, was born in the township about 1785. He married Catharine Wilhelm, and his chil- dren were George, Andrew, Elizabeth (Trout- man), John, Julia A. (Allbright), Samuel, Mary (Evans) and Hen y.

Evan Evans, a revolutionary soldier, settled in or near Monroe township early. He had a family of about fifteen children. His son, David Evans, came to Londonderry and settled near . the site of Hyndman about 1837. He was a farmer and served as justice of the peace. He married Mary Snyder, and their children were Jacob, Leah (dead), Elizabeth (Devore), Cad- wallader (dead), Jane (Burns), John, David, Daniel and Mary (Shaffer). Jacob, the oldest son, married Mary, daughter of John Miller, of this township. Mr. Evans has held many town- ship offices, including the office of justice, and has been a republican candidate for county audi- tor, county commissioner and poor director. He is a prosperous farmer and worthy citizen.

George Gellar came from Virginia quite early. He was the father of Adam, Susanna (Lybar- ger) and Phebe (Conghenour). Jacob Cough- enour came from Southampton township, Som- erset county, and settled in Londonderry in 1849. His son, D. A. Coughenour, has been a teacher in the schools of this township for the past three years.

James Mattingly came to Londonderry town- ship about 1833, and purchased from Samuel Devore the farm on which J. T. Mattingly now lives. He married Ann Allbright, and his chil- dren were William, Christopher, Ignatius, Fran- ois, Samuel, Anastasia (Sutton), Baptiste, J. T., Peter, Henry E., Catharine, Rosanna (Burkey), Vincent, Jerome and Ellen (Kilkin). J. T. Mattingly married, first, Ann T. Donahue, and second, Rosalia Topper.

The villages of Londonderry township, ex- cepting the borough of Hyndman, are small and' unimportant. Cook's Mills contains one store

and a gristmill ; Palo Alto, one store and a blacksmith-shop ; Fossilville contains a store, a mill, etc .; near it is an ore mine of the Cum- berland Iron Company. Bridgeport (that part of the town not incorporated in Hyndman), contains a store, a blacksmith-shop and a flour- ing-mill.

CHURCHES.

Will's Creek Lutheran Church .- As early as 1805 the Lutheran and German Reformed de- nominations maintained a regular organization. From the old church record we copy the follow- ing list of communicants present at a commun- ion service held at Henry Lybarger's house in 1805, the pastor, Rev. Hanker, officiating :

Jesse Walker, Henry, Daniel, Adam and Lud- wig Lybarger, Joseph, Andrew and Jacob Wol- ford, Frederick Wolford, Sr., Frederick Fait, Peter Cupp, Christopher and Rachel Ball, Bar- bara Lybarger, Hannah Haines, Charlotte Wol- ford, Susanna Fait, Catharine Fait, Mary Beam, Mary Wagerman, Mary Crise, Catharine and Mary Wolford, Sarah Smith, Mary Fisher, Elizabeth Cupp, Mary Helmes.

The first adult person buried in the old ceme- tery of this church was Christopher Ball. Meetings were held principally at Henry Ly- barger's house until about 1840, when a church was built on a lot given to the congregation by David and Catharine Moser. The deed for the lot was not given until 1845, but the records show that the church was used in 1840, during the pastorate of Rev. Charles Reese. The house was built by Adam Miller, and purchased by the congregation, both Lutheran and Reformed. The Reformed congregation gradually dimin- ished, and ceased to exist during the late war. The Lutheran church is strong and flourishing.

Methodist .- A log church, erected by all de- nominations near the beginning of the present century, was the first meeting-house in London- derry township. It was also used as a school- house. The Methodists have maintained an organization from very early years. Among the first Methodists who preached here were Hen- rickson and Isaac Hook, local preachers. The old building disappeared about 1856, when the present Methodist Episcopal church at Cook's Mills took its place, The present membership is about forty.

Evangelical .- There are two churches of this denomination in the township, one at Fossilville, and the other at Palo Alto. The Fossilville

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church was built in 1875, under the ministerial labors of Isaac Sinith. The class-leader at that time was John F. Wolford. Present member- ship, twenty-five.

The society at Palo Alto was organized by Rev. Bowen in 1873. Jacob Fichtner was the first class-leader. Meetings were held at his house principally until the church was built in 1880. The building cost about nine hundred dollars. Present membership, thirty-four.

Disciples .- The Disciples' church at Bridge- port was organized in 1875. The first pastor was Rev. George W. Allen. The first church officers were : elder, Jacob Evans, and deacons, Hezekiah Logue and John Evans. In 1877 a house of worship, which cost over eight hundred dollars. The present membership is about fifteen.

HYNDMAN.

Hyndman is a prosperous and growing town, located on the Pittsburgh division of the Balti- more & Ohio railroad and on the line of the Pennsylvania (Bedford and Bridgeport) rail- road. It contains four general stores, three hotels, and shops of various kinds. A large establishment for the manufacture of bricks is also located here. A very important industry is the manufacture of lime. There are four com- panies at present shipping lime from this point at the rate of about eight car-loads per week. The Willametto Limestone Company, operating in the township, ship about ten car-loads of limestone per day.

Bridgeport, the original town, may be said to date from about 1840, when Samuel Waters settled here. He built the bridge across the creek, and shortly afterward purchased land, on which he erected the first house in the place. The name Bridgeport was given the town from the bridge located here, and from the fact that the place was at the head of the rafting stations on Will's creek. For several years consider- able business was carried on here by lumber- men, who rafted their products down the creek and thence to Washington and George- town, D. C.

The firet public-house in Bridgeport was built by Solomon Allbright, and kept by Capt. Peter Smith. The first store was opened about 1850 by Enoch Cade. The village made little prog- ress until the Pittsburgh & Connelsville rail- road was built. Soon after the road was com- pleted, a flourishing town, now the borough of

Hyndman, sprang up on the south of Will's creek.

Hyndman was incorporated as a borough, under the name Bridgeport, at the Septem- ber term of court, 1877. At the December term of the same year the name was changed to Hyndman. This name was given in honor of E. K. Hyndman, the president of the Pittsburgh &. Western railroad. Bridgeport, the original village, is not included in the borough. In 1880 Hyndman had a population of three hundred and thirty-five; in 1888 the number of inhabi- tants was estimated at five hundred. The bor- ough has two churches, two lodges, and a, good frame schoolhouse containing two rooms. . The number of scholars enrolled in the schools is about one hundred and twenty-three.

The first borough officers, elected in 1878, were as follows : S. M. Wilhelm, chief burgess ; J. W. Madore, W. S. Mullin, Samuel Miller, Henry Miller, William Penrose, council ; W. A. Boor, treasurer ; Dr. William MoNeal, secre- tary ; William Wertz, high constable ; Isaac Cady, street commissioner.

The lime industry is carried on by the follow- ing parties : Peerless Lime Company (limited), Willametto Limestone Company, Daniel S. Evans, Carpenter Bros., and R. H. Willison. All burn and ship lime except the Willametto,. which ships only limestone.

A. L. Burket, Esq., is a native of London- derry township. For a number of years he taught school (1867-78). He served as town- ship constable in 1872-3, and was secretary of the school-board in 1875. In 1879-81 he was county auditor. He is now a justice of the peace, and is serving his third term as chief burgess of Hyndman.

F: S. Cook is a native of Napier township, and settled at Hyndman in 1871. He is a stone- mason by trade, and has followed his trade in summer and taught school in winter for several years. He was burgess of Hyndman borough in 1880. The same year he was elected justice of the peace. Mr. Cook married, first, Rachel Tipton, and second, Mary E. Miller, both of Somerset county.

G. D. Crissman, principal of the public schools of Hyndman, is a native of New Paris, where his father, Charles S. Crissman, now resides. Mr. Crissman came to Hyndman in. 1881. In addition to teaching, he has an interest in a store here. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

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W. S. Mullin, of the firm of Mullin & Miller, merchants, is a native of this county and a descendant of one of the early settlers. For a number of years he followed railroading in the capacity of fireman, then as engineer, on the Baltimore & Ohio and the Huntingdon & Broad Top roads.

Isaac Mason, a native of England, settled in Cumberland valley township about 1819. His children were : William, Sebastian, John, Isaac, Rachel, Ann, Sarah and Elizabeth. Isaac, the father, was a farmer and shoemaker. His son William learned the same trade and worked at it until 1865. He has since been engaged in farming. His son, William E. Mason, is fore- man for the R. H. Willison Lime Company in Hyndman, and is a councilman and borough constable.

John Wertz, a representative of an old family of this county, moved from Bedford township to Hyndman in 1871. His son, W. A. Wertz, is an engineer on the Pittsburgh & Connellsville railroad.

Franklin Miller, proprietor of the Hyndman hotel, is a native of Colerain township. His father, Jonathan Miller, moved from Colerain to Napier township about 1845. Franklin Miller went into the army at the age of seventeen. He married Virginia, daughter of Robert Douglas, of Cumberland Valley township. Mr. Miller was elected county commissioner on the republi- can ticket in 1881. He moved from Napier township to Hyndman in April, 1882, and opened the Hyndman hotel, of which he built the greater part.

D. J. Harley, superintendent of the Savage Fire-Brick works, is a native of England, but came to this country when twelve years of age. He married Martha E. Braig, of Meyersdale. In 1879 he came to Hyndman and assumed his present position.

W. L. Malmsberry came to Hyndman in 1878, and worked at carpentry until three years ago. He has since been doing woodwork for the Savage Fire-Brick works.

Jacob Smeak, an employé of the Savage Fire- Brick works at Williams' station, came to Hynd- man in 1876.

James Glotfelty is a native of Somerset county. He came to Hyndman in 1882, and has since been employed in the fire-brick works and stone quarries. He married Elizabeth Kennell, of Somerset county.

J. M. Kennell is a son of Jacob L. Kennell, of Southampton township, Somerset county. Mr. Kennell taught eight terms of school in Somerset county. In 1881 he removed to Hyndman. He has since taught one.term of school in the town- ship, and the rest of the time has worked in the stone quarries. Mr. Kennell married Clara D., daughter of William Mason, of Londonderry township.

S. C. Allbright is a son of George Allbright, who moved to Somerset county from Little York with his father (S. C.'s grandfather), whose name was also George. George Allbright, Jr., died in Somerset county, and his widow moved to Hyndman. S. C. Allbright- is employed at the Savage Brick works. His wife is Sarah E. (Lowry).

CHURCHES.

Methodist .- A Methodist class which met at private houses and schoolhouses was organized about 1840. The early members were the Car- penters, Wickroys, Logues, Wilhelms, Raleys, Millers, etc. The first preacher was Rev. J. Fulmer; the second, Rev. Joseph Morris, who held an interesting series of revival meetings. In 1851 the society erected a frame meeting- house, 25×35 feet. The first minister who preached in the house was Rev. James Mc- Connolly. A new brick church, costing three thousand dollars, was dedicated in 1876. The church is in a flourishing condition and has about sixty-five members.

Evangelical .- The church of the Evangelical association at Hyndman was organized by Rev. Bowen in 1874. A house of worship was built the same year at a cost of one thousand dollars. This denomination was supplied with preaching by Samuel Lowry some twenty-five years ago ; and about ten years ago Jacob Fichtner preached. The trustees of the church at the organization were Samuel Miller, Jonathan Simons, Dennis Close, Wm. P. Close and Isaac Close. The last named was also class-leader. The present pastor is Rev. W. F. Shannon ; exhorter and steward, A. L. Burket. Member- ship, eighty.

The society in 1878 leased land for a camp- ground, which it has fitted up at an expense of about fifteen hundred dollars.

Reformed. - Hyndman Reformed church, a part of the Will's Creek charge, was organized with twenty members in September, 1881. Meetings were held in the Disciples' church

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until a house of worship was erected. The building was completed and dedicated in May, 1882. Its cost, including bell, was seventeen hundred dollars. Rev. S. T. Wagner, the pres- ent pastor, labored here while the church was building. The first church officers were F. S. Cook, elder, and W. H. Miller, deacon. Present membership of the church, thirty-three.

SOCIETIES.

Odd-Fellows. - Hyndman Lodge, No. 983, I.O.O.F., was chartered in May, 1882. The first officers and charter members were : J. W. Ma- lone, N.G. ; A. J. Beals, V.G. ; F. Kelly, Secy .; G. D. Crissman, Asst. Secy .; A. L. Burket, Treas .; A. W. May, C. Penrose, H. Ware, W. Cook, D. F. May, H. E. May, D. Raly, N. Kennell, W. E. Dom, W. Geiger, L. Shaffer, C. M. Devore, H. W. Miller, A. Hoyle, L. P. Clitz, A. B. Cross. The lodge is very flourishing and has thirty-two active members.

Knights of Pythias .- Hyndman Lodge, No. 483, K. of P., was instituted January 6, 1883, with thirty-two charter members. The first officers were : Frank Miller, C.C .; Fred S. Cook, V.C .; William McNeal, Prel .; S. Barman, M. of F .; G. M. Hoblitzell, M. of E .; George D. Crissman, K. of R. and S. ; Calvin May, M. at A. ; S. Noel, I.G. ; HI. E. May, O.G .; Morris Joo, P.C.

JOSIAHI MILLER.

Adam Miller came to this country in the year 1773 and settled at Hagerstown, Maryland. He served in the revolutionary war, serving first as an enlisted and afterward as a drafted soldier. After its close he settled in Berlin, Somerset county, where he served in Brother's Valley township as justice of the peace for many years, during which time he married seventy-four couples. He also represented the county in the state legislature. He removed to Londonderry township, Bedford county, to the farm now occupied by Francis A. Miller, about 1808, and there did much pioneer work. He married Rosanna Kirshner, and was the father of Mary (Wyand), George, Elizabeth ( Alter ); Rosanna ( Lichtelberger ), Daniel, Josiah and Misilda (Metzger). Josiah Miller, one of the above-mentioned children, who served as a justice of the peace for a term of twenty-two years, and for many years as a militia captain, was born in 1798. A man of fine ability and many ennobling qualities, he

assumed a very prominent position in county affairs, and not only served two terms as county commissioner, but also as representa- tive in the state legislature. For forty years he was an officer in the Will's Creek Lutheran church. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Martin Kershner, of Londonderry township, and was the father of six children : Ann, Eleanora (Hillebrant), Maria L. (deceased), Mered J. (deceased), Henrietta (deceased) and Francis A. Francis A., who is numbered among the progressive farmers of this town- ship, married Jennie R. Emerick, of Somerset county.

CHAPTER XLIV. SOUTHAMPTON.

Early Settlement - Michael Huff, the Pioneer -The Chaneys, Rowlands, Brownings, Donahoes and Others - Bean's Cove Settlement - Pioneer Farming - Leakins, the Methodist Preacher - Lost Run - Chaneyville -- Schools - Churches.

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History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 77

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

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