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SEC. 2. And he it farther wanted by the authority afore sitid, That it shall be the duty of the said Trustres, or a ma jority of them. to sell by public auction the said town lots and outlots at such times as they may judge most advanta grous to the county, which sale shall be held at the said Cun ningham Mill, in the said county, previous to which the said Trustees shall advertise the same three timesat least in one of more newspaper- published in Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Washington one month before the day appointed for such sale; provided, that before the said commissioner- proceed lo the discharge of the duties herein enjoined and required, they shall demand and receive from the aforesaid Sammel Cunning ham. John Cunningham and Robert Graham sufficient deeds in fee simple of the above described 300 acres of land in trust for the use of the said county of Butler, agrerably to the grant thereof heretofore made to the Governor for the use of the county of Butler by the said Samuel Cunningham, John Cunningham and Robert Graham, and shall procure the same to be recorded in the office for recording of deeds in Alle gheny County, and when the said Trustees shall have so done they shall have authority, and it shall be their duty, to make out and grant sufficient deeds in fee-simple for the town and outlets by them sold in parsuaner of this art.
In August, 1803. the village was duly laid out. the plat containing seventy-six acres and seventy-nine perches. This was deeded to William Elliott, John David and John McBride, as Trustees for the conn ty, and the sales of the lots were made through them at a public auction. David Dongal purchased Lot No. 1. on the northwest corner of Main street and the Diamond. paying for it the sum of $100, which was the highest price paid for any lot in the village. Others sold for prices ranging from $90 down to $10.
As the town was to be the seat of justice. people were sanguine in their expectations of business. The lots were readily sold. and the pioneer villagers eu- tered upon the humble beginnings of what were to be as a rule successful careers. There was promise of prosperity for almost every one, except John Cnn- ningham. one of the founders of the town. His finan cial affairs became involved, & and he was doubtless hurried to the grave by the disappointments he met with. He died in 1805, and was buried in the little plat of ground which he and his brother had set apart for a cemetery. Now no man knows his grave.
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Philadelphia, and is the first recorded instrument in the Recorder's office in Butler. The deed was executed in Philadelphia on the 5th of October, 1803, and recorded on the 23d of January, 1501.
A number of the men who bonght lots immedi- ately begun erecting log cabins upon them. To James Thompson. a sturdy blacksmith, belongs the credit of building the first, located near the Diamond: William Young built the second. William Neyman the third. Abraham Brinker the fourth and Jacob Funk the fifth, on the lot now occupied by Jacob Zeigler. Other houses. all of very primitive charac- ter. were built soon after by John Emfrey. George Powers, Stephen Crawford and John Potts. The lat- ter built originally where Dr. Linns' ding store now is, but two or three years later erected a substantial hewed log house upon the opposite side of the street, which is still doing service as a dwelling, al though the logs are hidden by a facing of boards. This house, the oldest in town, adjoins the store of H. C. Heineman. and is owned by him.
The men named in the foregoing lines were the first settlers within the original limits of Butler. John Negley had settled in 1500 sonth of the creek. opposite the Cunningham mill (now the Walter Mill), the Cunninghams had lived in the vicinity since 1797 and so also had Robert Graham and family. His was probably the first family which had a rosi- dence within the present borough limits, but his house was outside of the original plat. Robert Graham's son William, who made his advent in November or December, 1503. was the first child born. The first female child was Sarah. daughter of John and Jane Potts, who was born in March, 1505. She is still living in Butler. the widow of Squire Robert Carna- han.
The winter of ISOB + was a dreary one. The only means of communication with the outer world was hy means of a bridle path leading straight over the hills to Pittsburgh. Henry M. Brackenridge, son of Judge H. H. Brackenridge, of Pittsburgh, was appointed clerk to William Ayres, Esq .. the first Prothonotary of Butter County, and passed the winter in the new outpost of civilization. In hi- "Recollections of the West" he says: "On my arrival at Butler there were a few log honses just raised. but not -nthiciently com- pleted to be occupied It was not long before there were two taverns, a store and a blacksmith shop: it was then a town. The country around was a howling wilderness, with the exception of a few scattered set. tlements, as far removed from each other as the kraals in the neighborhood of the Cape of Good Hope. "
In the spring of 1804. the population was in creased. improvements were made, public business com- meneed and some of the institutions of civilized life
were established. The first session of the court was held in February .* and soon afterward a school was organized and a series of religions meetings inangu- rated. At the February terin, licenses were issued to William Ayers and James Thompson permitting them to keeptaverus, and in May four others - John Moser, Robert Graham. George Bowers and William Brown were added to the list of backwoods bonifaces. The first merchant was, in all probability. John Potts, who continned in business until his death in 1838, ex- cept when representing his constituents in the General Assembly: closely following Potts in opening stores in the new village were David Dougal. William Porviance, Sammel Hill and Walter Lowrie.
In the summer of 1504. occurred the first social and festive assemblage of the people. The occasion was the celebration of the 4th of July. It was held at the Federal spring, near the Connoquenessing. "A long table. say 100 feet, woll supplied with the best the country afforded. accommodated the eating and drinking part of the occasion. After dinner, William Ayres was appointed President and John McCandless (then Sheriff) Vice President. Patriotic toasts, general and volunteer, suited to the occasion. were read by the President. at the head of the table, and repeated by the Vice President, at the foot. Then followed the drink. the buzzas and firing of musketry. and music of drum and fife playing, playing the old Revolutionary tunes of .Yankee Doodle' and .Hail Columbia.' "+
It is related that on this occasion one of the toasts caused much amusement. Mr. Ayres proposed a " health " to Thomas MeKean. coupling with his name the sentiment " energy and wisdom." McCandless. who was a little deaf, and possibly of the opposite po- litical party, rose at the foot of the table and in a sonorous voice announced " Thomas Me Kean-injured by whisky." and so the toast was drunk.
Passing down the years, we find that in 1828, just a quarter century from the time Butler was settled, many material improvements had been made. The population had largely increased, and numbered be- tween four and five hundred. The borough had been incorporated. About five years prior to the time of which wo write, the citizens had begun to build brick wellings, and there were now twenty-one in the town. The whole number of dwellings was about seventy. There were two newspapers printed here at that time; two physicians attended to the needs of the sick; seven residents lawyers practiced in the court; seven taverns were open for the entertainment of the way- farer and the stranger, and fourteen stores displayed varieties of merchandise to the people, which they
Sep Chapter VII. Civil History. + Centennial address by Gen. John M. Purviance.
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could obtain in exchange for bear skins, deer skins, cranberries. honey, beeswax or cash. The principal merchants at this period were John Gilchrist. John Duffy, Samuel Johnson, William Haggerty, Adam Funk. Maurice and John Bredin. Clark MePherrin, A. and J. Brinker, John Sullivan and Walter Lowrie.
At the end of the first quarter century the number of taxable inhabitants was ninety-seven, and their names as follows: William Ayres, David Albright, Maurice Bredin. John Bredin. Jacob Brinker. Will- iam Beatty. Abraham Brinker. William Brion, Joseph Brand. Joseph Beatment. Robert "Elliott 'Brown. Daniel Catney. O. G. Croy. William Criswell. Will- ian Campbell. Robert Carnahan. Daniel Call. Mil- ton Carnahan. Timothy Cannon. Thomas Dickey, Henry C. De Wolf. David Dougal, John Duffy, Michael Denney, Francis Dobbs. Norbert Foltz, Adam Funk. David Funk. John Gfilmore. John Gilchrist. James Gilmore. Samuel Gilmore, Benjamin Gregg. William Gibson. James Glenn. Solomon Gregg. Robert Gilchrist, William Haggerty. Daniel Hydron. Samuel Harris, Matthew Harbison, Samuel Johnson. Patrick Kelley, Isaac Kinson. Jacob Kelker, John Harper. Walter Lowrie, George Linn. Jacob Lackey, Jacob Leazure. John Mccullough, Joseph MeQuis- tion. Christopher Myres, Mark McCandless, Jacob Mechling. Samuel MePherin, John McQuistion. George Miller, Hugh MeKee, John Mclaughlin, Clark Me- Pherin, Andrew Marshal, Francis MeBride, John Mar- tin, Henry MeGinnis, John Marshall, Hugh MeLaugh- lin. John McLeland, Daniel Moser. John Negley, Isaiah Niblock, William Neyman. Eleanor Neyman, John Potts, Campbell Purvianee, George Potts. George Reed, Malachi Richardson, John Reed, James Spencer, Andrew Sproul, Robert Strain, Alexander Seott. John Sullivan, Eli Skerr. Robert Scott, Will- iam Stewart, Joshua J. Ledwiek. Mathias Ledwick, David Strawiek. G. Washington Smith. Joseph Ster- rat, Lewis Tueker, James Thompson, John Thomp- son. John Welsh, George Wolfe.
Prior to the close of the first twenty-five years of Butler's existence, two notable events had occurred- the visit of Gen. Lafayette in 1824. and the celebra- tion of the fiftiethi anniversary of American indepen- dence. in 1826.
LAFAYETTE'S VISIT TO BUTLER.
An account of the memorable incident in the his- tory of Butler we copy from the columns of the Sen tinel of June 4, 1825: " On Wednesday last June 1, Gen. Lafayette, on his way from Pittsburgh to Erie. passed through this borough. On the evening pre- ceding, a meeting of the citizens was held at the court house, and preparations made for receiving and accommodating him in a suitable and respectable
manner. A committee of six was appointed, of whom two were to go out and meet him and escort him into town; two to prepare necessary accommodations for his entertainment while here, and two to accompany him as far as Mercer. On Wednesday morning, two triumphal arches were erected. one at each end of the town, decorated with lanrel and other evergreens, and on the summits of which were hoisted the American flags. From the center of each arch was suspended a tablet with " Welcome Lafayette " in large and legible letters, and encircled with wreaths of flowers and roses. When it was ascertained that the General was near, the citizens of the borough. with a unmer- ous eoneourse of people from the surrounding vicin- ity, who had been assembled to get a sight of the Na tion's guest, formed in regular order and marched to the southern extremity of the town: there arranging themselves in single file on each side of the road, they awaited his approach, and saluted him as he passed, after which they turned in and marched in regular procession after the carriage up the main street to the publie square, where the General alighted at Mr. Mechling's inn, where a sumptuous entertainment was prepared for his accommodation. After dinner, he walked out among the people, and was introduced to all indiscriminately, who requested that honor.
"The General appeared highly pleased during the short time he remained, and being introduced to some old Revolutionary soldiers who had shared the toils and perils of the Brandywine battle with him, it is said that he distinctly recollected their features, and conversed familiarly upon subjects that transpired at that battle. On taking his leave, he bid them an affectionate adieu, and exclaimed, .Farewell, my friends; this is the last time you will see me.' He stayed but a short time, but it is presmned that during his stay he shook hands with not less than 400 peo- ple. About four o'clock he departed, carrying with him the good wishes of the multitude, and was escorted by the committee of arrangements. He arrived at Mercer about I o'clock next morning.
FIFTIETH CELEBRATION OF THE 4TH OF JULY -- 1826.
The fiftieth anniversary of American independence (1826) was celebrated with unusual splendor and en thusiasm in Butler and several other boroughs in the county.
The principal orator of the day at the Butler eel ebration were John Bredin, Esq., and S. A. Gilmore. The Butler Light Infantry, commanded by Capt. R. Lemmon, after giving an exhibition parade, to gether with a number of citizens, partook of a dinner at Daniel Coll's. Moses Sullivan, Esq. was appointed ed President of the Day and John Gilmore Vice Presi- dent.
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The eloth being removed. the Declaration of In- dependence was read by Dr. H. C. De Wolf. follow- ing which John Bredin. Esq .. delivered an oration. After the regular programme of toasts had been drunk (including Washington. Franklin and Groene, the grand Pennsylvania Canal. the President of the United States, the Governor of Pennsylvania, the Greeks, the South American and Mexican Republics and Gen. Bolivar), volunteer toasts were offered by Mr. John Welsh, Mr. James Lappin, of Pittsburgh. Mr. Robert Criswell, John Gilchrist, Esq .. Mr. Henry McGee, by Mr. P. McKenna, of Pittsburgh, Mr. John Gilliland, Maurice Bredin. Esq .. A. S. T. Mountain, Esq .. Dr. De Wolf. Mr. William Stewart. Mr. Joseph Sterrett, Mr. John Reed and others.
The rifle company commanded by Capt. William Beatty had a similar dinner and celebration, after parade, at Mr. Neyman's tavern, Capt. Beatty acting as President and Dr. George Linn as Vice President. The Declaration of Independence was read by Mr. S. C. Gilmore, who also delivered an ocation. Among those present were Maj. William Gibson, Eli Skerr. John Duffy, Matthew Hannah. John Alexander, Rob- ert W. Stewart, George Mechling, Campbell E. Pur- viance, David Scott. Samuel Mccullough. Hugh L. West, Charles McGinnis, James Potts. Alexander W. Galbraith, Christian Mechling, Samuel Williams. *
GROWTH OF THE TOWN.
Before passing to the corporate history of the bor- ongh and the detailed accounts of its religious and educational institutions, its business and manufactur- ing interests. it may not be amiss to make a brief statement of its growth. In 1830, the borough had but 550 population. This was increased to Sol in 1840: to 1.148, in 1850; to 1,399. in 1860; to 1,935. in 1870, and to 3. 163 in ISSO. It will be noted that the growth was quite slow and even until 1870. when it became known that the Butler Branch Railroad was to be built, the population increased more rapidly, and business interests were materially enhanced. The completion of that road. in 1871, was the most important event in the recent history of Butler, and as such --- as the harbinger of increased prosperity -- was enthusiastically celebrated.f The oil develop. ment in the northeastern part of the county, which.
* Fifty years later July 4, 1876, the Centennial Anniv isiry ot Independ ence was very differently celebrated in Butler, So Lorent an event, it is not necessary to dwell njwmn at length ; Int, for the lumnicfit of postonty, We will say that the day was fittingly observed, as it was in almost every town and hamlet in the land, in conformity with a wine suggestion of President Giant, urging that upon that day the history of all localities should los reviewed by essigist or oratore fitted for that duty. In Butler, Gen, John N Parviance was the orator of the day, and he delivered an address which was a brief, accurate and eloquent resume of the history of the county. The meeting was held in the court house in the afternoon, and was presided over by J. G. Campbell. Rov. William White opened the exercises with praver; Jacob Zeigler read the Declaration of Inde. pendence, And Gen, Purvisher then delivered his address A poem was read by Leander Wise, and the benediction pronounced by Hey Millyer. An outside mimting was addressed by s. P. livi e and Maj John B Buil'r The day was greeted by the firin of canton, and the evening closed with fireworks, and au illumination of the town,
ISee Chapter VI on Internal Improvements.
in 1872 and 1873, was pushed toward Butler as far as Greece City, and Millerstown also had a tendency to enliven the town and swell the number of its people. Many substantial buildings were erected, both business blocks and dwellings, and as the town developed new needs, they were met by men of enter- prise. Thus the gas works were established, chiefly through Mr. John A. Goetz, and the water works through a company, of which J. L. Purvis, Charles Duffy and H. C. Heineman were the principal offi- cors.
CORPORATE HISTORY.
Butler was incorporated as a borough+ by an act entitled, " An act to erect the town of Milton, in the county of Northumberland and the town of Butler, in the county of Butler, into boroughs." which was read February 6. 1517. and passed February 26. The charter was issued May 2. 1817, by Gov. Simon Sny- der, and signed by Nathaniel B. Boileau, Secretary.
The sections of the act relating to Butler are as follows:
SECTION 16. And he it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the town of Butler, in the County of Butler, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a borough, which shall be called the " Burough of Butler. " and contained within the following metes and bounds : The original plat or draft of the town of Butler, beginning at a black oak on the bank of the mill dam ; thence north 78 degrees west 7 perches ; thence south 52 degrees west 8 perches; thence south 11 degrees west 7 perches south, 3 degrees cast 10 perches south, 36 degrees east 8 perches south 73 degrees west 11 perches north 10 degrees west 14 perches north, 10 degrees east 14 perches north 40 degrees west 12 perches west 16 perches south 59 degrees, west 23 perches ; thence south 11 degrees west 13 perches south 25 degrees cast 5 perches south 20 de- grees west 14 perches ; thence south 18 perches ; thence south 52 degrees west 26 perches south 11 degrees west 6 perches south 61 degrees west 13} perches south 57 degrees west 3} perches to a hickory ; thence leaving the dam north 77 de- grees west 9 perches ; thence 57 degrees west 59 perches to two hickories on the bank of the creek ; thence north 15 de- groes west 10 perches north 3 degrees west 152 perches and five-tenths; thence north 87 degrees east 173 porches, and thenve south 3 degrees enst 133 perches and two-tenths to the place of beginning.
Section 17 of the act provided that the inhabitant of the borough entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly having resided in the borough at least six months preceding the election, should. " on the Friday immediately preceding the third Saturday of March next," have power to cast their votes be- tween the hours of I and 5 in the afternoon, for one Chief Burgess, one Assistant Burgess and seven citi- zens to be a Town Council; also one High Constable.
The first election of borough officers was held May 30, 1817, at the house of Adam Funk, but most of the subsequent elections for a long term of years were held in Jacob Meehling's.
' The borough was re-incorporated under act of April 3, 1851, by order of the Court of Quarter Sessions isaned Jannary 15, 1853.
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We subjoin a list of the Burgesses and members of the Council from 1817 to ISS2 inclusive, and a list of Justices of the Peace from 1840 to the present:
1817-Chief Burgess, William Ayres: Assistant Burgess, John Gilmore; Council. William Campbell, Joshua Potts, George Miller, Hugh Mckee. David Dougal, James Stephenson, Jacob Mechling.
1818-Chief Burgess. William Ayres; Assistant Burgess, John Gilmore: Council. Peter Peterson. John Gilchrist. James Stevenson. John Empich. Will- iamı Campbell, George Miller.
1819-Chief Burgess, William Ayres; Assistant Burgess. John Gilmore; Council. JJacob Mechling. William Campbell, John Gilchrist, James Stevenson. John Empich. Patrick Haggerty, Maurice Bredin.
1820-Chief Burgess, John Bredin; Assistant Burgess, John Galbraith: Council. Hugh McKee, Thomas MeLeary. Joseph MeQuiston. William Beat- ty, John Potts, Robert Seott, Eli Skeer.
1821-Chief Burgess, John Bredin: Assistant Burgess. Walter Lowrie: Council. Jacob Mechling. Maurice Bredin, David Dougal. Patrick Haggerty. Thomas M. Sedwick, John Sullivan, Norbert Foltz.
1823-Chief Burgess, John Bredin; Assistant Burgess, Robert Scott; Council, Hugh MeKee, James Thompson, John Potts, John Sullivan, John Sheridan. John Gilchrist, William Haggerty, Eli Skeer.
1824 -- Chief Burgess, John Sullivan; Assistant Burgess, Hugh McKee: Council, William Ayres, William Campbell. William Beatty. Patrick Haggerty. David Scott. Norbet Foltz. John Bredin.
1825-Chief Burgess. John Potts; Assistant Bur- gess, Jacob Mechling; Council, Walter Lowrie, John Sullivan, John Bredin, William Haggerty, Joseph McQuiston, Robert Carnahan, Robert Scott.
1826- - Chief Burgess, John Bredin; Assistant Burgess, William Campbell; Council, John Gilmore, David Dougal, Jacob Brinker. Joseph MeQuiston, John Gilchrist, Alexander Scott. Robert Carnahan, Norbet Foltz.
1827- Chief Burgess. : Assist- ant Burgess. : Conneil. William Ayres. John Gilmore. Joseph Brinker, William Camp- bell, Norbet Foltz, Andrew Sproul. William Hag- gerty.
1828 --- Chief Burgess. William Campbell: Assist- ant Burgess, Adam Funk: Council. John Duffy. Hugh McKee, William Ayres. Francis Dobbs. Daniel Cole, Joshua Sedwick. John Gilmore.
1829-Chief Burgess. Robert Scott: Assistant Burgess, John Bredin; Council. William Ayres, John Potts. Jacob Mechling. Hugh McKee. William Haggerty, William Beatty. John Gilchrist.
1830-Chief Burgess, Jacob Mechling; Assistant Burgess. John Bredin: Council, William Ayres, Will-
iam Beatty. H. C. De Wolf. John Duffy. Francis Mc- Bride. Hugh McKee, S. A. Gilmore.
1831-Chief Burgess. John Mechling; Assistant Burgess. Jolin Bredin; Council. William Ayres. Will- iam Beatty. John Sullivan, Samme! A. Gilmore. Hugh McKee. Jsoeph MeQuiston. Francis MeBride.
1832 -Chief Burgess, Jacob Mechling; Assistant Burgess, William Campbell: Council. William Beatty. S. A. Gilmore, Hugh MeKoe, M. Richardson. George Linu. S. A. Purviance, William Stewart.
1833- Chief Burgess, John Bredin: Assistant Burgess, John Potts: Council. William Ayres, William Beatty, Jacob Mechling, William Campbell, Hugh McKee, Jonathan Plummer. Patrick Kelly.
1534 -- Chief Burgess. John Rredin: Assistant Burgess, David Cole: Council, John Gilmore. Will- iam Ayres, William Campbell. William Beatty. Hugh MeKee. Jonathan Plummer, Jacob Mechling.
1835 Chief Burgess. John Bredin: Assistant Burgess, David Cole; Council, William Ayres, Will- iam Beatty. John Gilmore, William Campbell, Jacob Meehling, David Dougal, Hugh MeKee (William Stewart was elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Mr. MeKee).
1836-Chief Burgess, John Bredin: Assistant Burgess. : Council, William Ayres, William Campbell, William Stewart, John Gilmore, Jacob Mechling. David Cole.
1837-Chief Burgess, John Duffy: Assistant Bur- gess. Patrick Kelly, Sr .: Council, William Ayres, John Gilmore. Jacob Mechling. Daniel Cole. William Campbell, Sr., Robert Carnahan, George Potts.
1838-Chief Burgess. Jacob Ziegler: Assistant Burgess. -: Couneil, Joseph MeQuis- tion, Jacob Mechling, John Gilmore, George Potts. Robert Carnahan, G. W. Smith, George Miller.
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