History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 92

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

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And it is further agreed by and between the said parties, that the said Woolrick Bruner excepts and reserves to himself, out of the said two hundred acres, one of the said town lots, being the second lot in number on the plan ; and it is further agreed, that if the said land, when it comes to be measured, should fall short of the said two hundred acres more than ten acres, that then there shall be an abatement in the price in proportion to such want; but in case it shall measure more than the two hundred acres, ever so much, that there is to be no addition to the price; and it is further agreed that the said Woolrick Bruner shall make over and convey the said two hundred acres of land, more or less, to him the said Adam Snider, his heirs and assigns forever, clear of all costs, by good and lawful deeds of conveyance, as soon and on the payment of the last gale of fifty pounds, or give a sufficient bond of performance to complete the same as soon as the said Harmon Husband shall pro- cure his patent to the said one hundred acres, accord- ing to the agreement made between the said Woolrick Bruner and Harmon Husband, and when at the same time the said Snider shall make the like title of the aforesaid lot and house in Baltimore town to him, the said Woolrick Bruner, his heirs and assigns forever, and for the due performance of the above agreement the parties above do bind themselves and each of their heirs, executors and administrators unto each other in the sum of two hundred pounds current money aforesaid, to be paid by the party failing. In witness

* Now Main street in the town of Somerset.

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whereof, the parties above said have put their hands and seals the day and year first above written. ULRICH BRUNER. [L.S.] ADAM SCHNEIDER. [L.B.]

Signed, sealed and delivered, in the presence of us : HARMON HUSBAND. HENRY BRUNER.

The foregoing is the article of agreement by which the transfer of Bruner's Town (or the present borough of Somerset) and adjacent lands was made by Ulrich Bruner to Adam Schneider. The signatures, with the exception of that of Harmon Husband, were written in German. The agreement itself was prepared by Husband in a plain, legible style.

Thereafter it is to be presumed the Schneiders, and the few other people congregated in and immediately around Bruner's Town, lived on in an even, uneventful manner until the autumn of 1795, when their hitherto unpretentious hamlet at once arose to importance by receiving a new name - Somerset -and being made the seat of justice of the recently created.county of Somer- set. This matter was determined on the 19th day of September, 1795. (See a preceding chapter entitled "Organization and Erection.") On the same day, Adam Schneider, proprietor of the lands lying on the north side of the " great road " -- the Main street of today -and Peter Ankeny, proprietor of the grounds on the south side of the same highway, caused a plot of the town of Somerset to'be made.

It is not known whether the street and lot lines of Brunerstown were followed in this sur- vey and mapping of the town, or not ; but it is most probable that they were conformed to and maintained. However, the original map of the town of Somerset, which was executed. upon parchment by Josiah Espy, Esq., under date of September 12, 1795, defines the original lim- its of the town ; its boundaries were Catharine street on the north, Race street on the south, Pleasant street on the east and Rosanna on the west. Each lot, originally, was sixty-six . feet wide by two hundred and sixty-four. feet in length, except the four central ones, which were but two hundred and thirty-one feet in depth. Espy's map also indicates Central square - the place frequently designated "the diamond," court-house square, German church and burial- grounds, English school grounds, church and burial-grounds where the Reformed church edifice now stands, and Garbage square. The

last-mentioned locality being bounded by Patriot, South and Main Cross streets, and the alley running parallel to the last-mentioned street on the west. Alexander Ogle, after- ward widely known as Gen. Ogle, was then mentioned as the owner of five or six town lots. The names of several other individuals were also written upon this map as original owners of lots, but use and the many passing years have rendered t !. em illegible. As was customary in the time of which we write, ground rents* were entailed and collected for a long term of years, upon all lots sold by the proprietors within the original limits of the town. ·

After its establishment as the county-seat the town increased rapidly in numbers, and five years later- 1800- men bearing the following well-remembered names were classed as its citi- zens : Peter Ankeny ; John Armstrong, Sr., mason ; Emanuel Brallier, joiner ; John Camp- bell; William Campbell; Conrad Beymer ; Josiah Espy, Esq., attorney, etc .; Dr. Will- iam Gore Elder, the first physician to settle in the town; Adam Flick, Sr .; Abraham Faith ; Gabriel Forsythe, merchant; William Findley ; Henry Glessner, joiner; Jacob Glessner, joiner ; Rev. Henry Giesey, D.D .; Valentine Haupt, joiner ; Christian Hipple, caterer ; Valentine Haupt, Jr., joiner ; Mi- chael Hugus, clockmaker ; Thomas Kennedy, the first sheriff, also saddler and innkeeper ; Peter Kimmel, farmer, also tanner and black- smith ; John King; John Kurtz, hatter ; Rev. Frederick William Long, D.D. ; Thomas Leech, tailor; Alexander Lynn, blacksmith ; Abraham Miller, tanner ; Abraham Morrison, attorney- at-law ; John Mong, wheelwright; Alexander Ogle, Esq., politician and attorney ; Robert Pearson, jobber ; Jacob Saylor, tinner ; Adam Schneider, farmer; Jacob Schneider, farmer and merchant; Henry Schneider, merchant ; Henry Shaffer, wagoner ; Henry Schneider, farmer ; Michael Tedrow, joiner ; Rudolph Ul -. rich, watchmaker ; Joseph Weigley, Esq., attor- ney-at-law ; John Weimer ; John Wells, Esq., magistrate, and Capt. John Webster, inn-keeper.

Peter Ankeny, one of the founders of the town, was a descendant of the French Hugue- nots. He was born on the Conococheague, near

* As late as 1826, John Wells, Widow Armstrong, George Ross, John Lichtenberger, Daniel Baird, John Armstrong, Abraham Morrison, George Parker, Philip Herman, Alexander Ogle, Masonic Lodge, Jacob Bonnett, George Chorpenning, John Pat- ton, Isaac MtKeim, Isaac Bricker, Keller's estate and the widow Parker paid ground rents to the heirs of Adam Schneider.

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Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1751. Peter and his brother, Christian Ankeny, came to Somerset county (then Bedford) not later than 1773. Christian settled southwest of the town. Peter owned about two-thirds of the present site of the town. He gave lots for school, cemetery and church purposes. He died in 1802. His wife, Rosanna Bonnet, was also a native of the Conococheague settlement, and a sister of Hon. Jacob Bonnet, of Bedford. She died on the old homestead in 1835. The children of Peter and Rosanna Ankeny were : Peter, John, Jacob and Henry (twins), Isaac, Joseph ; Catharine, who married Frederick Meyers; Elizabeth, who married Michael Hugus ; Rosanna, who married George Shaver, and Susan, who became the wife of Andrew Stewart. All are now dead. John removed to Illinois and became promi- nent.

Soon after the Ankenys came to this county, they were driven away by the Indians and re- turned to the Conococheague. About a year later they returned, built a blockhouse on their property, and thenceforth remained here.

Michael Hugus, another early and prominent resident of the town, came here from Westmore- land county, about 1799. He was a clockmaker, but during a part of his life engaged in farming and hotelkeeping. He died November 25, 1825. His widow (née Elizabeth Ankeny) died November 25, 1863. Their children were : Mar- garet (Neiswander), Maria (Connelly), Rosanna (Walter), Lydia (wife of Samuel Gaither, Esq.), Elizabeth R. (single), Peter, John, Isaac, Henry W. and Jacob A. The surviving members of this family are Peter, Isaac, Lydia and Eliza- beth.

On March 5, 1804, by an act of the general assembly, the town was made a borough, and its corporate officers were thus empowered to assume the title of "the burgesses and town council of the borough of Somerset in the county of Somerset." An assessment separate from the township, however, does not seem to have taken place until some two or three years later. The first borough assessment roll, at least the first one that we have been able to find, bears the date of 1807. At that time the town contained seventy-two dwelling-houses, stores and shops, while its resident tax-payers were mentioned as follows : John Armstrong, Sr., mason ; Jane Armstrong, widow ; Joseph Armstrong, brewer ; Jacob Ankeny, clockmaker ;

Peter Ankeny ; Rosina Ankeny ; Hon. Alex- ander Addison ; Isaac Bucher, carpenter ; Hen- ry Benford, tanner ; Frederick Beigle, tailor ; Emanuel Brallier, joiner ; Conrad Beymer's heirs ; James Carson, attorney ; George Chor- penning ; Samuel Koontz, blacksmith ; John Crook, wagoner; Griffith Clark, joiner ; William Campbell; Henry Chorpenning; Christian Cugle, wagonmaker ; James Clark, innkeeper, distiller and postmaster; John Campbell, borough as- sessor; Clark, Campbell & Shrader; John Drolly, barber ; Josiah Espy, Esq., attorney ; William G. Elder, merchant and physician ; William Findley ; Adam Flick, Sr .; Abraham Faith, deputy - sheriff; Gabriel Forsythe, merchant ; John Fletcher; John Forsythe, merchant ; Jacob Graft, butcher; Rev. Henry Giesey; Rachel Griffith, widow; John Griffith's heirs; Aaron Garretson, farmer ; Jacob Glessner, joiner ; Henry Glessner, joiner ; Jacob Heffley, weaver; Andrew Hyrsh, potter; Valentine Houpt, Sr., joiner ; John Hays, saddler ; Valen- tine Houpt, Jr., joiner ; Christian Hipple, caterer ; Joseph Hollis ; Peter Huston, joiner ; Michael Hugus, clockmaker ; John Houpt, wagonmaker ; Emma Husband ; Harmon Hus- band's heirs ; John Kelly, schoolmaster ; Peter Kimmel, farmer, also owner of tannery and blacksmith-shop; Abraham Kimmel, wagoner ; John King ; Thomas Kennedy, sheriff, saddler and innkeeper ; Henry Keller, carpenter ; John Kurtz, hatter; Thomas Leech, tailor; Alex- ander Lynn, blacksmith ; Thomas Logan, laborer; George Lichtenberger ; Rev. Frederick William Long, D.D .; Widow Catharine Lint, baker; Samuel W. Leeper, attorney ; John Mong, wheelwright; John McKim; Jacob Meyers, wheelwright ; Christopher Murray, tan- ner ; Abraham Miller, tanner; Peter Miller ; Henry Mavis, shoemaker ; Abraham Morrison, attorney and prothonotary ; Frederick Neff, inn- keeper ; Alexander Ogle, attorney and assembly- man ; Agnes Parker, widow ; Robert Philson ; Elizabeth Probst, widow ; Robert Pearson, job- ber ; Barbary Penrod ; William Ross, weaver ; Samuel Rhodes, blacksmith ; Samuel Selby, attorney ; Adam Schneider, farmer, also owner of an oilmill ; Jacob Schneider, farmer ; Philip Shaffer, innkeeper; Jacob Schneider, mer- chant ; Henry Schneider, merchant; Leonard Stahl ; Henry Shaffer, wagoner ; Jacob Saylor, tinner ; Jacob Swartz ; Otho Shrader, attorney ; John Tantlinger, saddler ; Michael Tedrow,

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THE EDGEWOOD SUMMER RESORT- S. S. SCHROCK, PROPRIETOR.

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joiner ; Rudolph Ulrick, watchmaker ; John Wiemer ; Joseph Weigley, attorney ; John Wells, Esq., magistrate ; John Whysong, butcher ; Conrad Will, innkeeper ; John Web- ster, innkeeper; Elizabeth Winters.

The single freemen at the same time were : William Armstrong, blacksmith ; John Barrett, saddler ; Archy Cambridge, joiner; David Campbell, postrider; George V. Cartell, school- master ; Samuel Cash, stage-driver; George Hartzell, tanner; Leonard Lamberson, joiner; George Maurer, printer; John Nickle, black- smith ; Moses Noble, stage-driver; John Nox (probably intended for Knox), shoemaker; William Russell Schrivener ; Henry Schneider, farmer ; John Stull, blacksmith ; James Still, shoemaker ; Henry Umburn ; Michael Wagoner, blacksmith ; Francis Ward, shoemaker ; Daniel Perkey, blacksmith ; Samuel Wall, hatter ; and Christopher Murray, tanner.

Frederick Neff, whose name is mentioned in the foregoing list of residents, removed from Franklin county, Pennsylvania, to Somerset in 1805. He was first known here as an innkeeper, subsequently as a merchant. He also served as sheriff and treasurer of the county. He died in 1814, while holding the office of treas- urer. His children were : Jacob (who was born in Franklin county in 1803), David, John, Fred- erick and Eliza Ann. Jacob is the only sur- vivor, and is now one of the oldest citizens of Somerset. He was first lieutenant of the "Somerset Independent Blues," a military company of which Alexander Ogle, Jr., was captain. He followed merchandising for twenty years, and kept public-house about the same length of time, retiring in 1848. Mr. Neff served as county auditor, 1827-9; county treasurer, 1828-81, and was elected register, recorder and clerk of the orphans' court in 1854. He married Mary, daughter of George Flick, Sr., in 1826. She is still living, and is the mother of four children.

In 1808 an act was passed by the state legis- lature, authorizing certain citizens of Somerset to institute a lottery for the purpose of raising 83,000, with which to build a church. The com- missioners named to attend to the matter were : Abraham Morrison, Peter Kimmel, Abraham Miller, John Tantlinger, Jacob Schneider and James Clark. This, doubtless, was the begin-

ning of the movement which resulted in the building of the Union "Stone Church " in 1810.

The year 808 also witnessed a memorable Fourth-of-July celebration in Somerset, an ac- count of which was written at Somerset, July 9, 1808, and published a few days later in the Bedford Gazette.

The day which gave liberty to America and a na- tion to the world was celebrated at this place on Monday last in a manner truly patriotic ; the day was ushered in by a discharge of musketry by the infantry, commanded by Captain . Leeper. At 11 o'clock an oration was delivered at the court-house, by Abraham Morrison, Esq., to the general satisfac- tion of a large and respectable audience; after which the infantry, accompanied by a number of the citizens, marched to Pine Spring in sight of town, where they partook of a very appropriate and plentiful entertain- ment, prepared by a committee of the infantry. The young lads who had marched out in perfect order to martial music, to the number of sixty, dined at a second table, after which the following toasts were drank, each accompanied with a general discharge of musketry.

Seventeen regular toasts-one for each state then in the Union-were drank, entitled as follows: "The day we celebrate," "The memory of General Wash- ington," "The United States,". "The patriots who signed and supported the declaration of indepen- dence," "The patriots of '76," "The revolutionary armies of the United States," "The constitution of the United States," "The day that gave liberty to millions," "The freedom of the press," "Education to the rising youth," "Toleration," "The American Congress," "The plough," "Manufactures, agricul- ture and commerce," "The mothers, wives and daughters of the heroes and patriots who effected the American . revolution," " National honor," seven- teenth and last, "The American fair-may their Domestic labors produce good patriots." As volun- teers, Capt. Leeper toasted the Somerset Infantry, and Gen. Saylor the memory of Gen. Anthony Wayne.

After which the company marched to town in regular and perfect order, where the infantry per- formed various firings with a regularity and exactness that did them great honor. The whole proceedings were conducted with an extraordinary degree of harmony and decorum; a small band of music con- cluded the entertainment of the day.

The Somerset Academy, another important ad- junct to the town at an early day, was established by an act of the general assembly, passed March 9, 1810. It has been stated that Gen. Alexander Ogle, then state senator, secured the passage of the act and an appropriation of two thousand dollars. The building was completed about the year 1813 (upon grounds set apart for such pur- poses by Adam Schneider in 1795), and Mr.

. Probably the publisher of the Somerset Gasette, which, print- ed in German, was the Art newspaper published in the county. See chapter relating to the press.

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Cartell, already mentioned as a resident and . "schoolmaster " in 1807, became its first prin- cipal. About the same time, 1812, the first newspaper printed in the English language was established by John Patton.

In 1814 all of the resident tax-payers of the town were mentioned in the following order :

John Armstrong, mason ; Jane Armstrong, widow; Jacob Ankeny, innkeeper; Henry Ankeny, inn- keeper; John Annewalt, carpenter; Isaac Ankeny, deputy sheriff; Levi Adams, wagoner; Philip An- thony, stage-driver; Ephraim Barns, hatter; Isaac Bricker, carpenter; Henry Benford, tanner; Frederick Beigle, tailor; Adam Black, blacksmith; Jacob Blucher, innkeeper; John Blucher, bar- keeper; Norman M. Bruce, physician; Frederick Beymer, cooper ; Charles Blish, schoolmaster; Henry Clark, tanner; John Cummins, drover; James Carson, attorney; James Clark, postmaster ; Samuel Crook, wagonmaker; John Coffroth," merchant; Archibald Cambridge, cabinetmaker; S. Cooper Cunningham, wagoner; William Cooper, merchant; James Dunlap, wheelwright; Robert Douglass, wagoner; William Gore Elder, physician and merchant ; Michael Evert, blacksmith; Abraham Faith, laborer; John Fleming, innkeeper; Jacob Faith, joiner ; . Robert Findley, attorney; Isaac B. Falkerson, shoemaker ; Jacob Graft, butcher; Aaron Garrison, stage-driver; Jacob Glessner, cabinet- maker; Frederick Goeb, printer ; Levi Grible, shoe- maker; John Graft, tailor; Valentine Houpt, joiner ; Joseph Hollis, sugarmaker; Frederick Huff, black- smith; Peter Huston, joiner; John Hemminger, blacksmith; Daniel Houpt, joiner; John Houpt, joiner ; Samuel Hoover, tailor; John Hemminger, schoolmaster ; John Hoon, tailor; James Johnston, merchant; John Kurtz, hatter; Samuel Kuntz, black- smith; Samuel Kennedy, hatter; Conrad Lichten- berger, tanner ; Thomas Ledwith, tanner; Thomas Leech, tailor; Alexander Linn, blacksmith; John Lichtenberger, tanner; Thomas Logan, laborer ; J. Peter Leahr, tailor; Catharine Lind, widow ; Catha- rine Lang, widow ; Samuel McAnulty, printer; Jacob Meyers, wheelwright; Abraham Miller, tanner ; Henry Mavis, shoemaker ; Abraham Morrison, Esq., treasurer and attorney ; George Meese, saddler; Jacob W. Mouse, carpenter; Joseph McCulloch, silversmith; Asa Moore, combmaker; Arthur Nelson, shoemaker; Elizabeth Neff, widow; John Nickson, blacksmith; Alexander Ogle, prothonotary and attorney; Jabez Osborn, shoemaker; George Ogder, tanner; Redgrave Perry, joiner; Robert Per- son, laborer ; Agnes Parker, widow; Elizabeth

*John Coffroth, the father of Hon. A. H. Coffroth, settled in Somerset about the year 1808. In early years his merchandise was brought in on packhorses. For a considerable length of time his wife possessed the only brass kettle in town. Hence it may easily be inferred that, during the seasons of pickle and apple-butter making, Mrs. Coffroth's Invaluable article of house- hold service was in great and constant demand. It was de- stroyed with the countless other relics of "ye olden time" dur- ing the great fire of May 9, 1872.

Probst, widow; Matthias Peck, hatter ; John Patton, publisher of the Whig; George Pile, auctioneer ; William Phillips, laborer ; William Philson, merchant; William Quig, laborer; Hugh Richards, saddler ; William Ross, weaver ; John Rickard, joiner ; John Risinger, barber ; Charles B. Seely, attorney ; Adam Schneider, farmer; John Smith, joiner; Jacob Schneider, merchant; John Schneider, farmer ; Henry Schneider, merchant; Andrew Stewart, tailor ; Thomas Sutton, saddler ; Jonathan Stahl, saddletree-maker ; John Tantlinger, saddler; Henry Tantlinger, joiner ; Rev. Ernst Henry Teideman, preacher ; Henry B. Trout, physician ; Rudolph Ulrich, watchmaker; John Wells, Esq., surveyor ; John Webster, innkeeper ; John Wysong, carpenter; Barnett Willmore, bookbinder; Daniel Weedelaar, printer ; Michael Wilson, barkeeper ; John Webster, Jr., gentleman ; John Waggoner, wagoner.

At the same time the negroes and mulattos residing in the borough were designated as fol- lows :

Yellow Charles, aged 6 years; Black Patrick, 17 years; Jack Lickit, 23 years; Black Sally, 15 years; Black Catharine, 18 years; Black Phoebe, 5 years; Black Maria, 9 years.

Commencing with the year 1820, the number of dwellings, etc., the names of professional men, tradesmen and mechanics of the town (but not all taxables) are briefly alluded to, at intervals of ten years, in the following manner :

1820. Number of dwellings, stores and shops, 87. Prominent residents: John Armstrong, merchant; Norman M. Bruce, physician ; George Chorpenning, merchant; James Carson, attorney; James Clark, postmaster and distiller ; John Coffroth, merchant ; William G. Elder, physician and merchant; Alexan- der B. Fleming, attorney ; Chauncey Forward, attor- ney ; Christian Fisher, hatter ; Henry Gardner, baker; Michael Hughes, innkeeper; Joseph Imhoff, inn- keeper; John Kurtz, hatter; Peter Kimmel, tanner; John Lichtenberger, tanner ; Thomas Leech, tailor; John Lint, cooper; Jacob Meyers, wheelwright ; Abraham Morrison, attorney; Abraham Miller, tan- ner; John Miller, tanner; Isaac Nisewanger, drug- gist ; Gen. Alexander Ogle, attorney; Alexander Ogle, Jr., prothonotary ; William Philson, merchant ; John Parker, hatter; John Risinger, weaver; George Shaffer, merchant; Andrew Stewart, tailor; John Schneider, merchant; John Tantlinger, saddler ; John Webster, innkeeper, and John Wells, Esq., surveyor.

Francis Kiernan, a native of Ireland, came from Franklin county to the town of Somerset in 1821.

1830. Dwelling-houses, etc.,. 95. Total population, 641. Pominent residents: Isaac Ankeny, innkeeper ; Norman M. Bruce, physician; Henry Benford ; Samuel G. Bailey, attorney ; David Benford, tanner; Samuel Crook, wagonmaker; George Chorpenning, tanner ;

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. John Chorpenning, innkeeper; John Coffroth, gen- tleman ; Joseph Cummins, tailor; Joshua F. Cox, merchant; Jacob Cunningham, tanner; John Chor- penning, merchant; William G. Elder, physician ; George Foy, prothonotary ; Chauncey Forward, attor- ney; Alexander B. Fleming, attorney; Frederick Gebhart, merchant; Henry L. Holbrook, teacher; Elizabeth Hughes, innkeeper; Moses Hampton, attorney; Joseph Imhoff, sheriff; John C. Kurtz, hat- ter; John Kurtz, Esq., hatter; Daniel J. H. Keiffer, physician; Adam Lichtenberger, saddler; Charles W. Michaels, merchant; Abraham Morrison, attorney ; George Mowry, printer; Jacob Meyers, gunsmith ; Henry Marteny, postrider; George Meese, inn- keeper; Jacob Neff, merchant; John Neff, inn- keeper; Alexander Ogle; Alexander Ogle, Jr., gen- tleman ; Charles Ogle, attorney; George Parker,* merchant; William Philson, innkeeper; John Pat- ton, printer ; Parker & Co., tanners; Ross & Parker, merchants; John Sutton, coppersmith ; John L. Sny- der, druggist; Arthur Stewart, tailor; Samuel Stahl, hatter; David Updegraff, innkeeper; John Webster, innkeeper; Joseph Williams, attorney. Single men : John Campbell, merchant ; William Calvert, printer ; George Ross, attorney; Elias Stahl, merchant; Emanuel Shaffer, merchant; Horatio N. Weigley, attorney ; William H. Postleth waite, attorney ; John Mong, millwright; Nelson Whiteside, watchmaker; James Armstrong, merchant; Jacob Glessner, Jr., editor; John T. Wilson, schoolmaster; William Lint, merchant, and Jeremiah S. Black, attorney-at-law.

1840. Number of dwellings, etc., 96; which, owing to the fire of October, 1833, was a gain of but one over the number reported in 1830. Residents : Isaac Ankeny, innkeeper; Jacob Ankeny, innkeeper; Cyrus Benford, merchant; Henry Benford, tanner; Michael Bridecom, brewer; John Benford, drover; Norman M. Bruce, physician; John Benford, tanner ; Jeremiah S. Black, attorney ; Joseph Cummins, magis- trate ; Joshua F. Cox, attorney ; John Coffroth, school teacher; John R. Edie, attorney; Samuel Elder, register and recorder; Herman G. Ibbekin, clergy- man; Alexander B. Fleming, attorney ; Daniel Flick, merchant; Samuel Gaither, attorney ; Simon Geb- hart, attorney ; Michael Harbough, innkeeper ; Joseph Imhoff, innkeeper; John Kurtz, Sr., hatter; John Kurtz, Jr., hatter ; Philip Kephart, physician ; Gillian Lint, merchant ; Lint & Schell, merchants; Chauncey F. Mitchell, printer; Jacob Neff, innkeeper ; Charles Ogle, attorney; William H. Postlethwaite, protho -- notary ; Samuel W. Pearson, attorney ; George Parker,

tanner; Samuel J. Smith, innkeeper; John L. Snyder, merchant; Henry Schell, merchant; Tredwell & Miller, merchants ; John Witt, Sr., surveyor; Daniel Weyand, postmaster and attorney. Single men: John Cover, merchant ; Abraham Dull, brewer; Isaac Hugus, attorney ; Samuel Kurtz, druggist; Francis M. Kimmel, attorney; John Newcomer, merchant; Samuel Pile, millwright ; Michael A. Sanner, merchant.

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History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 92

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

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