History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 84

Author: Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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John R. Edie, elected October, 1845.


John R. Edie, elected October, 1846. Jost J. Stutzman, elected October, 1847. Jost J. Stutzman, elected October, 1848. Henry Little, elected October, 1849.


George Mowry, elected (October, 1850. George Mowry, elected October, 1851. John P. H. Walker, elected October, 1852. Joseph Cummins, elected October, 1853. Joseph Cummins, elected October, 1854. Jonas Augustine, elected October, 1855. Jonas Augustine, elected October, 1856. David Hay, elected October, 1857. Samuel J. Castner, elected October, 1857. George G. Walker, elected October, 1858. George W. Williams, elected October, 1858. George G. Walker, elected October, 1859. George W. Williams, elected October, 1859. Edward M. Schrock, elected October, 1860. Charles W. Ashcom, elected October, 1860. Edward M. Schrock, elected October, 1861. George W. Householder, elected October, 1861. Christian C. Musselman, elected October, 1862. Christian C. Musselman, elected October, 1863. Benjamin F. Myers, elected October, 1863. Moses A. Ross, elected October, 1864. David B. Armstrong, elected October, 1864. Moses A. Ross, elected October, 1865. David B. Armstrong, elected October, 1865. John Weller, elected October, 1866. John T. Richards, elected October, 1866. John Weller, elected October, 1867. John T. Richards, elected October, 1867. John Weller, elected October, 1868. Jacob H. Longenecker, elected October, 1868.


F. B. Long, elected October, 1869. Jacob H. Longenecker, elected October, 1869. William H. Sanner, elected October, 1870. Samuel P. Wishart, elected October, 1870. William H. Sanner, elected October, 1871. Jacob R. McMillen, elected October, 1872. Jacob R. McMillen, elected October, 1873.


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CIVIL LISTS.


William Endsley, elected November, 1874. Joseph D. Miller, elected November, 1874. Emanuel J. Meyers, elected November, 1876. Allen S. Will, elected November, 1876. Andrew J. Colborn, elected November, 1878. Edward M. Schrock, elected November, 1878. Andrew J. Colborn, elected November, 1880. Samuel Mier, elected November, 1880. Andrew J. Colborn, elected November, 1882. William S. Morgan, elected November, 1882.


ASSOCIATE JUDGES.


James Wells, commissioned April 17, 1795. Abraham Cable, commissioned April 17, 1795. Ebenezer Griffith, commissioned April 17, 1795. Morgan J. Rhees, commissioned February 8, 1799. Robert Philson, commissioned August 10, 1800. John Kimmel, commissioned December 1, 1800. William G. Elder, commissioned December 7, 1805. Henry Black, commissioned November 10, 1820. John Kurtz, commissioned December 6, 1823. George Chorpenning, commissioned March 27, 1841. John McCartney, commissioned March 27, 1841. John McCartney, commissioned April 2, 1846. George Chorpenning, commissioned April 2, 1846. John C. Kurtz, commissioned April 10, 1851. Jonathan Knepper, commissioned April 10, 1851. Jonas Keim, commissioned November 12, 1856.


Michael Zimmerman, commissioned November 12, 1856.


Henry S. Picking, commissioned November 23, 1861.


John Hanna, commissioned November 23, 1861.


Charles A. Kimmel, commissioned November 9, 1866.


Jacob R. McMillen, commissioned November 9, 1866.


Lewis A. Turner, elected October, 1871. Josiah Mowry, elected October, 1871. Christian C. Musselman, elected November, 1876. Daniel Stufft, elected November, 1876. William Collins, elected November, 1881. Samuel Snyder, elected November, 1881.


PROTHONOTARIES AND CLERKS OF COURTS. Josiah Espy, commissioned April 17, 1795. Morgan J. Rhees, commissioned January, 1800. Otho Shrader, commissioned December, 1804. Abraham Morrison, commissioned April, 1806. Abraham Morrison, commissioned May, 1809. Alexander Ogle, commissioned April, 1812. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned December, 1817. John Wells, commissioned February, 1821. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned January, 1824. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned April, 1827. George Foy, commissioned January, 1830. Chauncey Forward, commissioned March, 1831. Chauncey Forward, commissioned December, 1832. Moses Hampton, commissioned January, 1836. William H. Postlethwaite, commissioned Decem- ber, 1886.


William Philson, commissioned January, 1839.


William H. Postlethwaite, commissioned Novem- ber, 1839.


Samuel W. Pearson, commissioned November, 1842. Andrew J. Ogle, commissioned November, 1845. Robert L. Stewart, commissioned November, 1848. John J. Schell, commissioned November, 1851. John O. Kimmel, commissioned November, 1854. Edward Scull, commissioned November, 1857. William H. Koontz, commissioned November, 1860. Cyrus . Meyers, commissioned November, 1863. Andrew J. Schell, commissioned November, 1866. Dennis Meyers, commissioned November, 1869. Edward M. Schrock, commissioned November, 1872. Francis J. Kooser, commissioned December, 1875. Henry F. Schell, commissioned November, 1878. Samuel U. Trent, commissioned November, 1881.


REGISTERS AND RECORDERS AND CLERKS OF ORPHANS' COURTS.


Josiah Espy, commissioned April 17, 1795. Morgan J. Rhees, commissioned January, 1800. Otho Schrader, commissioned December, 1804. Abraham Morrison, commissioned May, 1809. Alexander Ogle, commissioned April, 1812. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned December, 1817. John Witt, commissioned February, 1821. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned January, 1824. Alexander Ogle, Jr., commissioned April, 1827. Joseph Williams, commissioned January, 1830. Chauncey Forward, commissioned March, 1831. Chauncey Forward, commissioned December, 1832. Jacob Kimmel, commissioned January, 1836. Jacob Kimmel, commissioned January 3, 1839. William Philson, commissioned January 26, 1839. Samuel Elder, commissioned November 14, 1839. John O. Kimmel, commissioned November, 1842. William H. Picking, commissioned November, 1845. Joseph B. Earl, commissioned November, 1848. Conrad M. Hicks, commissioned November, 1851. Jacob Neff, commissioned November, 1854. Robert R. Marshall, commissioned November, 1857. Eli R. Haines, commissioned November, 1861. John H. Boyts, commissioned November, 1863. Aug. C. Davis, commissioned November, 1866. Daniel J. Horner, commissioned November, 1869. J. Robert Walter, commissioned November, 1872. Aaron F. Dickey, commissioned December, 1875. William B. Frease, elected November, 1878. Abraham A. Stutzman, elected November, 1881.


SHERIFFS.


Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1795. Peter Kimmel, elected October, 1798. Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1801. Abraham Miller, elected October, 1804. Thomas Kennedy, elected October, 1807. Frederick Neff, elected October, 1810. Jacob Ankeny, elected October, 1813. George Pile, elected October, 1816. William Philson, elected October, 1819. Isaac Ankeny, elected October, 1822. George Meese, elected October, 1825.


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HISTORY OF SOMERSET COUNTY.


Joseph Imhoff, elected October, 1828. John Witt, elected October, 1831. John Bell, elected October, 1894. Jonathan Knepper, elected October, 1837. George Mowry, elected October, 1840. Jacob Phillipi, elected October, 1843. Samuel Griffith, elected October, 1846. John Weller, elected October, 1849. Robert R. Marshall, elected October, 1852. Henry J. Swope, elected October, 1855. Perry Walker, elected October, 1858. Robert P. Cummins*, elected October, 1861. Josiah Shaffer, elected October, 1863. John A. Walter, elected October, 1866. Josiah Shaffer, elected October, 1869. Oliver Knepper, elected October, 1872. George W. Pile, elected November, 1875. Edgar Kyle, elected November, 1878. John J. Spangler, elected November, 1881.


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


John Fletcher, qualified October, 1795. John Read, qualified October, 1795. John Leech, qualified October, 1795. Jonathan Kurtz, elected October, 1796. Andrew Ream, elected October, 1797. Joseph Weigley, elected October, 1798. John Kimmel, M.D., elected October, 1799. Jacob Hartzell, elected October, 1800. John Shoaff, elected October, 1801. Abraham Hildebrand, elected October, 1802. John Kimmel, M.D., elected October, 1803. John Weimer, elected October, 1804. Christian Ankeny, elected October, 1805. John Lehmer, elected October, 1806. Adam Schneider (vice Ankeny), elected October, 1806.


Michael Hugus, elected October, 1807. John Mitchell, elected October, 1808. Frederick Sheneman, elected October, 1809. John Phillipi, elected October, 1810. Jacob Weyand, elected October, 1811. John B. Jones, elected October, 1812. Godfrey Stahl, elected October, 1813. Henry Black, elected October, 1813. Godfrey Stahl, elected October, 1814. Henry Chorpenning, elected October, 1815. Andrew Dennison, appointed by court January, 1816.


Tobias Musser, elected October, 1816. John Mostollar, elected October, 1817. Jonas Hartzell, elected October, 1818. George Meese, elected October, 1819. Jacob Knable, elected October, 1820. John Lichtenberger, elected October, 1821. John Brubaker, elected October, 1822. John Davison, elected October, 1823. John Rush, elected October, 1824.


. While in command of the 142d regt. Penn. Vols., Col. Cum- mins was wounded at Gettysburg, July 1, 1868, and died the fol- lowing day. On July 27 Jacob Countryman was appointed sheriff, to all vacancy, and served until December 1, 1868.


Henry Heiple, elected October, 1825. Jacob Knable, elected October, 1826. John Brubaker, elected October, 1827. Jacob Lehmer, Jr., elected October, 1828. Benjamin Kimmel, elected October, 1829. George Shaver, elected October, 1830. Abner Griffith," elected October, 1831. George Walker, elected October, 1832. Daniel Will, appointed April, 1833. Daniel Will, elected October, 1833. Jonas Keim, elected October, 1833. Peter Putman, elected October, 1834. Jacob Schneider, elected October, 1835. John Hanna, elected October, 1836. Michael Zimmerman, elected October, 1837. John Rauch, elected October, 1838. Joseph B. Davis, elected October, 1839. Emanuel Smith, elected October, 1840. Samuel Griffith, elected October, 1841. Solomon Knee, elected October, 1842. Frederick Weimer, elected October, 1843. John R. King, elected October, 1844. Peter Berkey, elected October, 1845. John Mong, elected October, 1846. Daniel Lepley, elected October, 1847. John Crichfield, elected October, 1848. George Masters, elected October, 1849. Abraham Beam, elected October, 1850. Samuel Bittner, elected October, 1850. Abraham Brubaker, elected October, 1851. Abraham Beam, elected October, 1852. Jonathan Kimmel, elected October, 1853. John Chorpenning, elected October, 1854. Gabriel Walker, elected October, 1855. William Reel, elected October, 1856. Jacob Walter, elected October, 1857. John Howard, elected October, 1858. Edward Kimmel, elected October, 1859. Michael Frease, elected October, 1859. George Klingaman, elected October, 1800. John Mong, elected October, 1861. Daniel 8. Knee, elected October, 1862. Hiram Beam, elected October, 1863. John Mong, elected October, 1884. Jerome Bowman, elected October, 1865. Peter Auman, elected October, 1866. John Mong, elected October, 1867. Jonathan Dumbauld, elected October, 1868. John Hoffman, elected October, 1869. Jacob J. Walter, elected October, 1870. Valentine Miller, elected October, 1871. Frank J. Countryman, elected October, 1872. Gillian Walter, appointed 1873. Oliver W. Boyer, elected October, 1874. Daniel Phillippi, elected November, 1875. William Reel, elected November, 1875. John P. Philson, elected November, 1875. Dennis Cook, elected November, 1878. Jacob C. Crichfield, elected November, 1878.


. Died in April, 1888. Daniel Will appointed by other commt dioners to fill vacancy.


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Jonas Mcclintock, elected November, 1878. Adam S. Shaffer, elected November, 1881. Joseph Horner, elected November, 1881. Herman W. Brubaker, elected November, 1881.


COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' CLERKS .*


Abraham Morrison, appointed October, 1795; Will- iam Russell, October, 1797; Joseph Parks, July, 1799. Dr. William G. Elder, February, 1800; Otho Shra. der, April, 1801; John Sullivan, January, 1805; John McClean, October, 1805; William Russell, April, 1806 ; Jacob Schneider, July, 1807; Abraham Morrison, July 1808; James Clark, July, 1809; 'George V. Cartell, August, 1810; James M. Riddle, July, 1812; George Pile, January, 1815; Elias Stahl, January, 1818; Michael Wilson, January, 1820; Samuel G. Bailey, January, 1822; William Philson, January, 1828; William H. Postlethwaite, January, 1829; Jeremiah 8. Black, January, 1830; Samuel Risinger, January, 1831; George Mowry, April, 1831; William H. Postle- thwaite, January, 1833 ; Jonathan Knepper, January, 1836; Samuel W. Pearson, January, 1837; John R. Edie, January, 1840; Andrew J. Ogle, January, 1842; Robert L. Stewart, January, 1846; R. R. Marshall, January, 1848; William H. Koontz, January, 1850; George Mowry, January, 1854; Jacob Neff, January, 1864; William M. Schrock, January, 1876; Daniel J. Horner, present clerk, January 1, 1882.


COUNTY TREASURERS.+


Josiah Espy, appointed October, 1795. Abraham Morrison, appointed September, 1801. Jacob Saylor, appointed October, 1805. James Clark, appointed December, 1808. Frederick Neff, appointed January, 1813. Abraham Morrison, appointed January, 1814. John Kurtz, appointed January, 1818. Abraham Morrison, appointed January, 1821. John L. Schneider, appointed January, 1822. John Patton, appointed January, 1825. Jacob Neff, appointed January, 1828. Isaac Ankeny, appointed January, 1831. George Mowry, appointed January, 1834. George Parker, appointed January, 1838. Samuel Kurtz, appointed January, 1840. John C. Kurtz, elected October, 1841. Andrew Stewart, elected October, 1843. Miller Tredwell, elected October, 1845. Jonathan Row, elected October, 1847. John A. Snyder, elected October, 1849. William Mong, elected October, 1851. John Mong, elected October, 1853. Curtis Kooser, elected October, 1855. Nicholas B. Snyder, elected October, 1857. William H. Picking, elected October, 1859. John Roberts, elected October, 1861. Isaac Simpson, elected October, 1868.


.The first two or three clerks were paid a salary of about $40 a year.


t County treasurers were appointed by the county commis- tioner until the act of May 27, 1841, provided for their election by the people, to hold office from the first Monday of January after their election.


Curtis Kooser, elected October, 1865. Adam Grimm, elected October, 1867. William B. Coffroth, elected October, 1869. Noah Roberts, elected October, 1871. George M. Neff, elected October, 1873. Josiah Keller, elected November, 1875. Henry F. Knepper, elected November, 1878. John H. Weimer, elected November, 1881.


DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.


John Edie, elected October, 1850. Cyrus Meyers, elected October, 1856. Cyrus Meyers, elected October, 1859. William H. Postlethwaite, elected October, 1862. Samuel Gaither, elected October, 1865. Francis J. Kooser, elected October, 1868. Francis J. Kooser, elected October, 1871. James L. Pugh, elected October, 1874. John R. Scott, elected November, 1877. George R. Scull, elected November, 1880. Fred. W. Biesecker, elected November, 1883.


COUNTY SURVEYORS.


Enoch D. Yutzy, elected October, 1869. Frederick Knepper, elected October, 1862. William M. Schrock, elected October, 1868. William B. Shafer, elected October, 1871. Jonathan H. Fritz, elected October, 1874. William Baker, elected November, 1877. William Baker, elected November, 1880.


JURY COMMISSIONERS.


Josiah Keller, elected October, 1867. John Thompson, elected October, 1867. Reuben Woy, elected October, 1870. David Knable, elected October, 1870. George C. Leichty, elected October, 1873. Joseph C. Leichty, elected October, 1873. Charles T. Hunter, elected November, 1876. John Winters, elected November, 1879. Charles F. Rayman, elected November, 1882. Charles H. Fisher, elected November, 1882.


CORONERS.


David King, elected 1795. George Swartz, elected 1799. William McDermett, elected 1801.


John Onewalt, elected 1803. Michael Hugus,.elected 1804. Alexander Lina, elected 1808. Jasper Ruby, elected 1810. Norman M. Bruke, M.D., elected 1813. James Johnston, elected 1816. Charles Stoner, elected October, 1843. Isaac Freidline, elected October, 1846. Michael Hay, elected October, 1849. John H. Smith, elected October, 1852. Henry Musser, elected October, 1855. Jacob Ringler, elected October, 1858. Jacob B. Countryman, elected October, 1861. Francis J. Countryman, elected October, 1864. Francis J. Countryman, elected October, 1865 William Collins, elected October, 1870.


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William Collins, elected October, 1872. Frank Wolf, elected November, 1880.


COUNTY AUDITORS.


John Mong, elected October, 1843. Conrad M. Hicks, elected October, 1844. Isaac Kauffman, elected October, 1845. Samuel J. Leichty, elected October, 1846. John Witt, elected October, 1847. George Weller, elected October, 1848. William Reel, elected October, 1849. John J. Will, elected October, 1851. John Howard, elected October, 1852. John Cramer, of S., elected October, 1853. David Smith, elected October, 1854. Gabriel Miller, elected October, 1855. John Baker, elected October, 1856. John Maurer, elected October, 1857. Adamn Holtzopple, elected October, 1858. Isaac Yoder, elected October, 1859. Samuel J. Levengood, elected October, 1860. Peter A. Miller, elected October, 1861. Simon Chorpenning, elected October, 1861. George C. Leichty, elected October, 1862. Edward Keller, elected October, 1863. William Meyers, elected October, 1864. Reuben Woy, elected October, 1865. George C. Leichty, elected October, 1866. Daniel Stufft, elected October, 1866. Philip F. Cupp, elected October, 1867. Jeremiah P. Hartman, elected October, 1868. Henry J. Fox, elected October, 1869. William Maurer, elected October, 1870. George A. Kimmel, elected October, 1871. Jacob Speicher, elected October, 1872. John Ober, elected October, 1873. Daniel S. Miller, elected October, 1874. Samuel Smith, elected November, 1875. Samuel S. Miller, elected November, 1875. George A. Thompson, elected November, 1875. Jacob M. Baker, elected November, 1878. Hiram D. McCoy, elected November, 1878. Henry Lucas, elected November, 1878. John P. Rhoades, elected November, 1881. Israel Emerich, elected November, 1881. James M. Meyers, elected November, 1881.


DIRECTORS OF THE POOR.


A majority vote in favor of a county poor house and farm was first polled at the October election in 1845.


Benjaman Kimmel, elected October, 1846. Absolam Casebeer, elected October, 1846. Joseph Imhoff, elected October, 1846. Samuel Will, elected October, 1847. Henry Frank, elected October, 1847. Henry Frank, elected October, 1848. John Lichty, elected October, 1849. Jacob Koontz, elected October, 1851. Henry J. Heiple, elected October, 1852. Joseph Ferner, elected October, 1853.


Jacob Walter, elected October, 1854. William Will, elected October, 1855. John Sutter, elected October, 1856. George Zimmerman, elected October, 1857. David Ankeny, elected October, 1858. John Cupp, elected October, 1859. Joseph R. Chorpenning, elected October, 1860. George Cobaugh, elected October, 1861. John Schrock, elected October, 1862. William Will, elected October, 1863. Samuel A. Rhoads, elected October, 1864. Jeremiah Snyder, elected October, 1865. David Casebeer, elected October, 1866. Tobias Meyers, elected October, 1867. Jeremiah Snyder, elected October, 1868. Andrew Woy, elected October, 1869. Jacob M. Walter, elected October, 1870. Peter Suder, elected October, 1871. John H. Snyder, elected October, 1872. Jacob C. Crichfield, elected October, 1873. Samuel Trent, elected October, 1874. Isaac Yoder, elected November, 1875. Samuel Snyder, elected November, 1876. Joseph G. Coleman, elected November, 1877. Gillian Koontz, elected November, 1878. Rudolph Ferner, elected November, 1879. Alexander Korns, elected November, 1880. Daniel Kimmel, elected November, 1881. Jesse Hoover, elected November, 1882.


JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.


The following is a list of justices of the peace of Somerset county from 1795 to 1883, with the date of commissions. Until 1840, when the office was made elective, appointees held the office solely by virtue of a commission from the governor :


Elk Lick township, John Hendricks, 1795; Shephat Dwire, 1797. Milford township, John Leech, 1796; Jacob Knable, 1800. Town of Somerset, John Wells, 1796. Brother's Valley township, Jonathan Kurtz, Geo. Johnston, 1799. Quemahoning township, Ebenezer Hickling, 1799; John Read, 1800. Turkey-Foot town- ship, John Mitchell, 1800. Southampton township, Benj. Critchfield, 1802. Conemaugh township, Abraham Hilde- brand, 1802. Stony Creek toumship, James Black, 1802. Cambria township, Robt. Jones, 1802; Luke McGuire, 1806.


DISTRICTS.


District No. 1, composed of Somerset and Milford townships: Jacob Saylor, Jacob Schneider, Philip King, 1804; Jacob Baker, 1806; Abraham Morrison, 1808; Jonathan Rhoads, 1809; Thomas Wilson, 1812. Same district, including Somerset and Milford town- ships and Somerset borough : John Tantlinger, 1812; John Phillippi, 1813; James Carson, John Gebhart, 1818. District No. 1, including Somerset borough, Somerset and Milford townships and a part of Jenner : Geo. Pile, John. Kurtz, Jacob Loud, 1820; Geo. Ross, 1821 ; John Witt, 1823; Jacob Knable, Geo. Gebhart,


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1824; Joseph Morrison, 1825; Samuel G. Bailey, 1826; Geo. Pile, John Gebhart, 1829; Abraham Beam, An- drew Stewart, 1830; Robt. Fletcher, 1831; Elijah Dennison, 1833; Alex. B. Fleming, Geo. Lenhart, John Neff, Wm. Philson, 1835; Christopher Beam, Benj. Masters, 1836; Mark Ross, 1837; Reading B. Conover, Samuel W. Pearson, 1838.


District No. 2, composed of Quemahoning and Stony Creek townships. Jacob Glessner, Jonathan Rhoads, 1804; John Lehmer, 1806; Henry Fisher, Thomas - Faith, 1810; Joseph Reed, 1811; Jacob Moses, 1813; Thos. Gaghegan, Andrew Dennison, 1815; Peter Rhoads, 1816. For Quemahoning, Stony Creek and Jenner: Joshua Cooper, 1818. For Quemahoning, Stony Creek, Shade and part of Jenner: Reuel Peter- Bon, John Latshaw, 1820; Geo. Foy, 1821; Henry Howard, 1822; Geo. Hartzell, 1823 ; Andrew Campbell, 1829; Rogers Marshall, 1830; John B. Miller, 1836. For the above-mentioned townships and Stoystown borough: David Hite, 1833; Jacob N. Clark, John Risheberger, 1835; John Lohr (of George), John G. Tantlinger, 1837; Henry Kennedy, Ezra Dunham, 1839.


District No. 3, composed of Pleasant Valley : Henry Lore, 1805; Philip Walker, 1809. Same district, com- posed of Brother's Valley, Allegheny and part of Greenville : Geo. Waker, 1819; Christian Moyer, Jacob Kimmel, Jacob G. Miller, 1822. District No. 3, composed of Brother's Valley, town of Berlin, and parts of Greenville and Allegheny : Alex. H. Philson, 1831; Solomon Baer, 1835; Wm. Fletcher Dively, 1836.


District No. 4, composed of Conemaugh and Cam- bria townships : Daniel Fiester, Thos. W. Jones, 1804 ; Peter Berkey, 1809; John Miltenberger, 1822; Daniel Berkey, 1827 ; Thomas Lane, 1833.


District No. 5, composed of Turkey-Foot and Addison townships : John McMillen, 1804; Bernard Connelly, 1820; Peter Haldeman, 1822; Jonas Hartzell, 1823; John Piper, John Hanna, John Frey, 1825. For Turkey-Foot, Addison and the town of Smythfield : Thomas Hanna, Michael Sanner, Jr., 1829; Zalmon Luddington, 1830; Andrew Craig, 1832; Hugh Con- nelly, 1833 ; Samuel Gaither, Henry S. Holbrook, James Black, 1835 ; Moses A. Ross, David Black, 1836; Jacob Richards, 1837; John Hartzell, Bernard Con- nelly, 1838 ; James S. Hook, 1839.


District No. 6, composed of Elk Lick township : Patrick Sullivan, 1808; Peter Deal, 1813; Michael Dively, 1816. For Elk Lick and a part of Greenville : Douglas Baker, 1820; John Shirer, 1829; Yost Stutz- man, 1830; Samuel Findley, 1831 ; John S. Weimer, 1835; Joseph Griffith, 1837.


District No. 7, composed of the township of South- ampton : Wm. C. Dorsey, 1805; Adam Lepley, 1809; Jacob Martz, 1818. For Southampton and part of Allegheny : Geo. Flickinger, 1818; Geo. Weller, 1829.


TOWNSHIPS.


Somerset .- Abraham Beam, Mark Ross, 1840; Wm. F. Countryman, Jacob Snyder, 1845; Solomon Baer, 1847 ; Isaac Friedline, 1848; Josiah P. Walker, 1849;


Jacob Will, 1850; James McVicker, 1853; Josiah P. Walker, 1854; James McVicker, 1858; Josiah Mowry, 1859; Jacob Cable, 1860; Josiah Mowry, 1864; Silas H. Cable, 1865; Christian Streng, 1866 ; Josiah Mowry, 1869 ; Christian Streng, 1871; Samuel Snyder, 1872; Christian Streng, 1876; Samuel Snyder, 1877 ; Chas. F. Walker, 1881; Samuel A. Dietz, 1882.


Milford .- Jacob Knable, Michael Frease, 1840; Jacob Knable, John N. Baker, 1845; Hamilton B. Barnes, 1847 ; Wm. Scott, 1851; Eli K. Haines, 1852; Jonathan Miller, 1854; Eli K. Haines, 1857; John Sterner, 1859; John Weller, 1861 ; Jacob Weimer, 1864; John Weller, Solomon Snyder, 1866; John Weller, 1871; John C. Weller, Alfred Evans, 1876; John C. Weller, Alfred Evans, 1881.


Turkey-Foot .- Hugh Connelly, Thomas Hanna, 1840; Samuel R. King, Alex. Hanna, 1845; Jas. Cunning- ham, 1848; Samuel R. King, 1850.


Upper Turkey-Foot .- James Cunningham, 1853; Thomas Hanna, 1855 ; Jacob Gerhard, 1858; Jonathan Dumbauld, 1861; John S. Cramer, 1863; Jacob Ger- hard, 1866; Jacob Weimer, 1868; Jacob Gerhard, 1871 ; B. F. Snyder, 1873; Jacob Gerhard, 1876; Jacob Weimer, 1879; Jacob Gerhard, 1881.




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