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Witherspoon Instituto owes its existence more largely to Dr. Young than to any other man. The work of calling the convention which brought the school into existence, of preparing the charter. of raising money and of starting the school. devolved principally upon him. He was its Principal for a considerable period.
In May, 1568, Dr. Young took charge of the churches of French Creek and Buckhannon, in West Virginia. Here, at French Creek, he remained
eight years, when he was called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Parkersburg, W. Va. Here he remained five years. He now has charge of the Presbyterian Churches of Winfield, Point Pleas- ant and Pleasant Flats, in Putnam and Mason Coun- ties, W. Va. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by the college of Washington in 1858, Twice he moderated the Synod of Pittsburgh, and once the Synod of Erie. His Presbytery sent him to the General Assembly seven times. His health is still excellent and he preaches every Sab- bath Day. He wrote a commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes, which was published by the Presby- terian Board of Publication in the winter of 1865 66. Four of his sons were soldiers in the Union army, viz., Robert J., Watson J., Torrence F. and James W.
CHAPTER XVEL.
BUTLER.
Topography-Streams Coal The Pioneers - William Kearns-Ilis- torie Ground-Salt Well-Petroleum as a Medicine-Old Burying Ground -John Pierce -- The MeKee's -Robert Graham - The Moores-Abraham Fryor and John Buckhart-Later Settlers- Early German Residents-Justices of the Peace-German Re- formed Church.
DESCRIPTION.
BUTLER was one of the original thirteen town- ships of the county erected in 1504. and was about eight miles square. It was subsequently ro- dneed in size and divided for the convenience of the inhabitants into North and South Butler. In 1854, when the entire county was redistricted into town- ships approximately five miles square, it was reduced to its present limits.
Butler is bounded upon the north by C'entre, upon the east by Summit. upon the south by Penn and upon the west by Connoquenessing. The township is drained by the Connoquenessing and its tributaries, chief among the latter being Butcher's Run. Rock Liek Run and Saw-Mill Run; Karnes Branch and Neyman's Branch unite at the eastern border of the township to form the main stream which runs through it from northeast to southwest. Smith's Branch falls into it from the eastern boundary of Butler Borough. The Little Connoquenessing flows through the north- western part of the township, but drains only a very small fraction of its territory.
The surface of the township is for the most part hilly, and the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand. being derived for the most part from the Bar- ren measure rocks. The hillsides along the Conno- nenessing in this township are, as a rule, too steep to be cultivated, and the country contiguous to the
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RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM STOOPS.
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stream presents, in most localities, the appearance of a perfect wilderness. Conglomerate sandstone appears in massive cliff's along the valley walls, and the stopos are often covered with rock debris. The Upper Free port coal is very well developed in the eastern por- tion of the township, and as it is easily accessible along Butcher's Run and its smalltributarios, and also near the borough of Butler, it is quite extensively mined.
The general appearance of the country is attract- ive, either to the lover of nature in her milder and gentler forms of beanty or to the husbandman. There are few fairer prospects in the county than that which greets the eye in the valley of the Connoquenessing. just south of Butler Borough. and there are many other beautiful landscapes in the township. In near- ly all of them the means rather than the extremes of picturesqueness and of quiet pastoral beauty are pre- sented. nature almost everywhere seeming to pro. claim her kindness to man.
SETTLEMENT.
But little has been handed down from one gone- ration to another concerning early events or the ex- perience of the pioneers This fact is doubtless at- tributable to the fact that the first settlers and their children had their attention diverted from the con- templation and memory of their own quiet lives by the more hurried and bustling progress of affairs in Butler Borough.
The township was settled in 1796. that being the earliest date when the lands were open to immigra- tion. The first settlers were the Pierces, Kearns, Moores, Mckees and the Morrow, Graham, F'ryor, Wilson, Bailes, Buckhart and Peterson families. It cannot be definitely stated who was the pioneer among these, but the honor lies between the first four or five mentioned. Their arrival was nearly simul taneons.
William Kearns, a native of Ireland, came to this county from Westmoreland County in 1796, with five others. He was the only one of the six. however, who located within the present limits of this town- ship, the others making settlements on lands now in- cluded in Summit and Oakland Townships. Kearns settled just northeast of the present boundaries of the borough of Butler on the farm now owned by Michael McKinley, and lived there until his death, in 1832. His wife was Anna Gold. They had seven children. of whom but two are living, viz., James, who resides near the old homestead, and Patton, in Butler Bor- ough.
Jane Kearns, a sister of William, came here with her brother and took up in her own name and seenred by settlers right 100 acres of land adjoining his- - the farm now owned by George Reiber. She married
John Potts, who came to the township in 1799, and after the laying-out of Butter became a merchant there.
The Kearns farms are quite historie ground. On the land originally owned by Jane Kearns is an old burying ground probably the oldest in the township. The graves are still to be seen in the thick woods npon the hill. not far west of the road. They are marked with rough headstones which bear no inserip tions.
Upon that part of the James Kearns farm now owned by Mrs. MeEnre, at the right of the Butter & Millerstown road. is the site of the old salt well, sunk by Thomas Collins in ISH or 1812. Salt was mann factured hore for several years, coal being mined near at hand to be used as fuel for boiling down the brine. The quality of the salt was seriously impaired by the presence of petroleum, or. as it was then called. Sen eca oil. Meat pickled in it bore the unpalatable tasto of the oil, and had to be thrown away. The flow of petroleum in the well was quite small, as it was only seventy fret in depth. Old Mrs. Kearns usually kept a jug or two of the oil in her enpboard. from which many small vials were filled for her neighbors. It was believed to be a sovereign remedy for many of the ills afflieting mau and beast, especially cuts and bruises.
It is probable that John Pierce and his wife, Jane (Venato), came here in 1796. They emigrated origi- nally from New Jersey, but came to Butler County from Turtle Crock. The place of their location was upon the farm near the center of the township, where a grandson, Samuel Pierce, now resides. After build- ing a cabin here, Mr. Vierce went back to the old hoine to procure necessary supplies: and his wife was left in the scarcely-broken wilderness until his return. Mr. Pierce had been a soldier in the Revolutionary war and was a sturdy, resolute character. well adapt- ed to the self imposed hardships of pioneer life. He lived to a good old age, enjoying the fruits of the in- dustry of his earlier years. His death occurred in 1846. He was twice married. His children were Thomas, David, Hannah, Margaret and Elsie, by his first wife, and Silas. John and Joseph by his second. Thomas Pierce moved to the farm where James Me- Connell now lives, and afterward to one upon the east side of the Connoquenessing. David bought of Stephen Lowrie a farm adjoining his father's, His eldest son, John Pierce, resides noar Butler Borough: David and Elvira (Milheisen) are also residents of the town-hip, and Jane (Barickman) lives at Mt. Chestnut. John Pierce, son of the original settler of the same name, is a resident of the county. Silas. the oldest of the second family of children. remained all his life upon the homestead farm where his father
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settled. Samuel and Horace Pierce, who at present live upon the farm, are his sons
Jamos Me Kee made his settlement upon what was known as the Ross tract. in the northwest part of the township, in 1797, procuring 100 acres by his compli- aneo with the settlement law. and afterward buying 100 more. He lived here until his death, m 1532, having as his companions during the first few years his rifle and Bible. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was Sheriff of the county. He came to this county from the Ligonier Valley, in Westmoreland County, but was originally from the vicinity of Wag. ner's Gap. in the Sherman Valley. Thomas MeKoe. father of James, came here a year or two later than his son and took up fand adjoining his. in the Wea- ver tract His house, however, was on the Ross traet. on land now owned by William Stoops. Thom- as McKee was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His death occurred in 1812 or 113. James McKee raised a family of seven children. of whom three are still living. His eldest son. John. now deceased. was once Sheriff. Robert resides near the place of his father's settlement. and Mary Ann, in Butler Borough.
Robert Graham settled in Butler, within the pres- ent borough limits. in 1797. Hischildren were Will iam, James. Robert. John. Williamson. Ebenezer. Rachel. Mary. Lydia and Sarah. Of those living. James is in Allegheny County, John in Butler, Will iamson in California, Ebenezer in Butler. Mary (Hei- ner) in Kittanning, and Sarah (Reed) in Elizabeth- town. Robert died in Penn Township in 1873. on the place now occupied by his son, Wilson W. Gra- ham.
Andrew and James Moore were, as has been said, among the earliest settlers of the township. They located abont midway between the present limits of Butler Borough and the western boundary of the township. Andrew Moore being upon the farm where Prof. Borland now resides.
William Wilson settled in 1797 or 1798, where James Gold now lives, but not many years later moved to Porter County. Ind.
John Bailes (called Little John. to distinguish him from a settler of the same name within the pres- ent limits of Connoquenessing Township). located in the western part of Butler about 1500.
Sammel Riddle was an early settler near Butler Borongh. but afterward moved to Franklin Township. John Morrow located about 1798 in the south west part of the township. He moved to Mansfield. Ohio, in 1830, disposing by sale of the 100 acres of land which he obtained by settlement.
Peter Peterson came here before FS00, and prob- ably as early as John Morrow. He was from Somer set County: had been a Revolutionary soklier. and at
Braddock's defeat was one of six survivors of a com pany of eighty men who were in the hottest of the tight. The farm on which he settled was that on which Mr. Haley now rosides, in the south part of the township. He had seven daughters and two sons, but none of them are now living. Jane married David Pierce.
Abraham Fryor settled soon after 1500, in the western part of the township. One son, Joseph, an aged man, is still living here. Fryor was a noted hunter. His death occurred in 1540, but he was ac- tive until a short time prior to that period. and con- tinned the use of his gun. During the almost two- score years that he lived in Butler Township, he killed fifty bears, eight panthers and fully one thon- sand deer. Venison saddles brought only 3 cents per pound during the first quarter century after the set tlement was made here, and Fryor sold many of them at that price.
John Buckhart settled abont 1800, on the land in the southeastern corner of the township. where his grandson. John Buckhart, now lives. He came from Allegheny County, where, prior to 1796, when the country was full of Indians, he had been captured and compelled to run the gantlet, near Girty's Run. He received a tomahawk wound upon the forehead, the sear of which he carried until his dying day. In his later years, he received a pension from the State of Pennsylvania. He was a noted hunter, and rivaled Abraham Fryor in his dexterity with the rifle and his general knowledge of woodcraft. John Burkhart was of German doseont, and was born a few years before the opening of the Revolutionary war. He died in Butler Township in 1855. His wife. Margaret (Pow- ell). survived him about ten months.
Alexander Bryson came into the township about the year 1800 and settled where William Bryson now lives. He built a mill at an early day on the Little Connognenessing.
Paris Bratton came in between 1800 and 1805. In the latter year he owned 400 acres of land south of Butler Village. He was a hatter by trade and at one time had a shop upon the hill south of Butler. It is traditionally asserted that Paris Bratton and Hannah Pierce were the first couple married in the township.
Abont 1501. Lawrence King came to this county from Eastern Pennsylvania. He settled about four miles west of Butler, on the Harmony road. After ward he returned to the East and died of yellow fever in Philadelphia. His family grew up in this county. but seattored widely.
John MeQuistion settled prior to 1805, about a mile from the village of Butler, where the Freeport road was laid out later. In 1805. he paid taxes on
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800 acres of land. A grandson, Harper MeQuistion, now lives in Butler Borough.
About 1805, Alexander Hamilton took up a large tract of land in the northwestern part of the township. which included the farms since owned by the Max- wells, MeCandlesses. Dumbangh. Bowers, Golds, Robinson and Fisher. One of Mr. Hamilton's dangh ters became the wife of Leslie Maxwell, a later set - tler.
In the year 1805. there were living within the persent limits of Butler Township. in addition to those already mentioned. the following persons: William Burbridge, James Borland. William Brown, William Boyce. James Boyd. Josiah Crawford, John Cratly (who owned a distillery). Samuel Dunbar, John Dougal, Joseph and Henry Evans, William Freeman (the owner of a saw-mill near the present residence of Prof. Borland). Thomas Fletcher, William Flowers, Lawrence King. Charles McGinnis, George MeGuffy, William Martin. -- MeGowan. John Negley (elsewhere spoken of), Matthew Skeer, and possibly a few others. Several of those men- tioned in this list moved away while the settlement was still new, seeking locations farther west, which they imagined would be more desirable. As a rule. they have no descendants living here.
In 1796, Col. Robert Lennon, a native of Ire- land, came to this county, and, soon after it was laid out, located in Butler Village. He went ont as a Ser- geant in Capt. Parviance's company in the war of 1812, and, after its termination, settled on the farm where his son Andrew now lives. He was twice mar. | County. ried, and reared a large family of children, of whom the son mentioned is the only one now resident in Butler County. His oldest son, William, is in Can- ton. Ohio: Robert is in Parker, and Calvin in Cali- fornia.
About 1815, Leslie Maxwell located in the west- ern part of the township, and, soon after, married a daughter of Alexander Hamilton. the large land- holder.
Jacob Dufford and his wife. Catharine (Gruver). of Luzerne County, came into the township in 1817, and, after occupying several locations, finally settled permanently on the Crothers tract. Mr. Dufford died in 1872. His oldest son, John C., is a resident of the township; two others are in Beaver County, and one is in Virginia.
Henry Dufford, a brother of Jacob, came here at the same time his brother did, but soon after removed to the State of Indiana.
Henry Young came from Luzerne County and set- tled in this township about 1524. He was a man of uprightness and integrity, and, by diligent industry. succeeded in acquiring a comfortable property. He
died in IS12. Following are the names of his chil dren: Polly (Ramsey). Sarah (deceased), Elizabeth (Henshew). Anna (deceased). John, Simon P .. Amos. William 11. (deceased), Catherine (. ( Wagner), Re- becca S. (Dwor) and George (deceased ).
David MeHvaine, about 1825, became a settler ou the land now known as the Beck farm. near Samuel Pierce's.
Among the earliest German settlers in the town- ship were Joseph Bernhart Sliker and his wife. Ann Maria (Runnel), who came here in 1830. from Bal- timore, where they had arrived but a short time be. l'ore. Mr. Sliker die l at the ripe age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Mary Bean. of this township, is a daughter of his, and a son Joseph, is living in West- moreland County.
Francis Criley, one of the early German settlers, came directly from Germany to Butler County in 1831. and settled among the glades ou Three- Mile Ruu. He bought his land from Mr. Negley for $4 au acre. Soon after settling here, he went to Butler to buy a barrel of flour, but found his neighbor, Mr. Snyder. ahead of him. Snyder had just bought two barrels, and there was no more flour in town. The Criley farm was given by Francis Criley to his son- in-law, John Inglehart, who still ocenpies it. Mr. Criley reared eight children, all of whom lived to marry and have families. Their names are Barbara. Mary Ann (deceased), Peter, Maria (deceased), Frau eis (deerased), Joseph. Margaret aud Susan. Barbara lives in Minnesota. The others all reside in Butler
In 1832, Joseph Turner came from Ireland and settled at Butler, where he ended his days. Three of I his five children are living - Arthur Turner, Esq .. of Jefferson Township, being the only one now in this county.
Marens Eyth came from Germany and settled in Butler Township ju 1539. He remained on his larm till 1850. when he removed to Centerville. His son Francis carried on the business of making ambro types and dagnerreotypes in Butler from 1550to 1861. He is now proprietor of the Eyth House. Center- ville. Marens Eyth had five sons and five daugh- ters-Roman (deceased), Jordan, John, Martin and Francis, Theresa (Stehle), Barnhartina ( West). Wen lelina (Smith-deceased), Martha ( Berg) and Sophia Kelly.
Glode and Ann Vinroe emigrated from France to this conutry in 1832. and settled in this township. Mr. Vinroe resides on the farm where he first located, having made a good home by bard work. His wife died in 1980. They reared five children, viz .: So phia, John (Kansas), Nicholas ( Butler), Jane ( Ewens -- Pittsburgh) and William (on the old homestead).
HISTORY OF BUTLER COUNTY.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Following is a list of the Justices of the Peace for the old townships of North and South Butler, and the township as now constituted:
North, 1840, David Walker; South, 1840, Robert Me Nair: South, 1843, Anthony Faller: North, 1843. Hugh Stephenson: South. ISIS, Henry Rishaberger: North. 1845, William Jamison: South, 1547. John Kennedy; Sonth. 1818, James MeKinney: North, 1815, Hugh Stephenson: Sonth. 1819. Elijah Burk- hart: North, 1849. Robert K. Hnuter: South. 1553. Joseph Patterson: North, 1853, Robert MeKee: 1856. Peterson Pearce: 1958, Nathaniel Walker: 1861. John Huselton: 1863, Robert McKee: 1866, John Huselton: 1868, Robert McKee: 1871. John Husel- ton; 1572, Anthony Hoon: 1873, Robert McKee; 1877. Samuel Schaffner; 1878, Robert MeKee.
GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH.
The only church in Butler Township outside of the borough is the German Reformed Church, which is located near the western boundary at the intersec. tion of the Meridian and Harmony roads. The so- ciety is large, and composed of about equal numbers of residents of Butler and Connognenessing Townships.
The society was organized in 1815. at the Hen- shaw Schoolhouse, by the Rev S. Miller, who came from Westmoreland County, and consisted of the fol- lowing individuals and their families, viz .: Fredo. rick Barickman, Henry Sehlegle. Abram Henshaw. John Henshaw, Henry Dufford. Jacob Dufford, George Sloppy, Samael Dufford. Eli Henshaw. Samuel Der shiemer. Henry Sarver and Gideon Sellegle. Fred- prick Barickman and Henry Dufford were elected Elders. and Abram Henshaw and Phillip Dafford. Deacons. This congregation and the Harmony cou- gregation originally constituted a pastoral charge.
In October, 1S46, the congregation resolved to build a house of worship. and appointed Abram Hon- shaw. Henry Dufford. Frederick Barickman and Heury Schlegle as a committee to solicit subscription- for that purpose. This committee was soon after- ward appointed as a Building Committee, and John Henshaw. Samuel Dufford and Eli Henshaw were elected as Trustees, and anthorized to purebase gronnd for a building site, and hold the same in trust for the German Reformed Church. The con- gregation numbered at this time eighty-two members. The corner-stone of the church was laid. with appro. priate ceremonies. May 28. ĮSI7, and the building was dedicated in December, by the Rov. Sammel Mil. ler, assisted by Rev. L. D. Leberman and the Rev. Hoffman, all of Westmoreland County The name bestowed was the Reformed Zion Church. In ISIS, Mr. Miller being called away by the Synod, Revs.
Liberman and Hoffman wore appointed as supply preachers. Mr. Miller returned in 1849, and had pastoral charge of the church until 1852, when he was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Miller. Rev. Hartman supplied the pulpit for some time subsequent to 1854. In 1859. the congregation, in connection with that at Harmony, extended a call to Rov. F. W. Dechand. which he accepted. In 1863, he was called elsewhere. and the pulpit was vacant until 1866, when the Rev. Landis assumed the charge. Ho served until the fall of 1870. On the Both of June of that year, he or- ganized an English society, under the name of St. John's congregation of Zion Reformed Church, and consisting of the Following members. John JJ. Duf- ford. Eli Henshaw, Michael Dufford. Samuel Der- shiemer, John Fry, Peter Graver and Francis Heckart. Eli Henshaw and Francis Heckart were elected Eld- ers, and Samuel Dershiemer and John J. Dufford, Deacons. In the fall of 1570, the charge united in calling Rev. F. A. Edmonds, who remained until Jan- uary. 1871. In May, 1873, a reconstruction of the charge took place, and Harmony was made an inde. pendent charge. The Henshaw congregation was united with those of Butter and Prospect, and the three were known as the Butler charge. In January, 1874. the Rov. Limberg became pastor of the German congregation, and the Rev. J. B. Thompson, Super- intendent of the Orphans' Home at Butler, pastor of the English congregation. In 1576, the English con gregation numbered eighty-two members. In 1977. Rov. Thompson left the charge, and the two congre- gations united in calling Rev. W. B. Landor to the field of labor. In November of this year. the con- gregations of the Henshaw Church were constituted an independent charge, known as Henshaw charge. Rev. Lunidor resigned his place September 1. ISSO, and the pulpit was vacant until November 20, when the present pastor, Rev. Josiah May, assumed charge. The church bas at present 120 communicant mem- bers.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM STOOPS.
William Stoops, one of the prominent farmers of Butler Township, was born in Mercer Township Oc. tober 8, 1521. His father, Phillip, married Miss Elizabeth Vanderlin, and reared a large family. He was a blacksmith by occupation, which avocation he followed until middle life, when he engaged in farm- ing. Ho died at an advanced age. William was reared to the life of a farmer, and attained a good common-school education, and for some years wås engaged as a teacher. In 1846. he was married to
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Miss Sarah Cochran. She also was born in Mereer Township. After their marriage, Mr. Stoops removed to a farm. where he resided until Angust. 1861. when he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was engaged in the battle of Fair Oaks, and Mr. Stoops was seriously wounded, and, after some months rest in a hospital, he was discharged for disability, and returned home. The following year, he was elected to the office of Prothonotary, and. after an able ad- ministration of the affairs of the office for three years. he removed to the farm he now ocenpies. In 1865. his wife died, and in 1869 he was again married. to Miss Jane Rose, of Centre Township, where she was born. Her father was one of the pioneers of that township. having settled in about the year 1798. Her mother is still living, at the remarkable age of ninety years. The family are noted for longevity.
Mr. Stoops is a Republican in politics, and a mem- ber of the United Brethren Church.
A. A EBERILART.
One of the later settlers in Donegal Township was Joseph Eberhart, who was born in Westmoreland County in 1800. He settled in Mercer County in 1823. He removed from there to Armstrong County. and from there to Kansas Territory ( where he is still living, at the age of eighty-three years) when it was first opened to settlement. While in Butler and Armstrong Counties, he served as a colporteur for the American Tract Society. He raised a large family -seven boys and six girls. John Eberhart, son of Joseph, came to Butler Connty with the family. He now resides in Fairview. He married Catherine Barnhart, daughter of Rudolph Barnhart, one of the pioneers of Donegal Township, and whose history is recorded in the chapter devoted to Donegal. Of a family of nine children, only three reached mature years -- Andrew O .. Lewis D. and Jonathan A. An- drew O. married Mary E .. daughter of Phillip Barn- hart. in 1873. and settled in Butler Township in 1844. They have one child -Tessie Terrilla. Mr. Eberhart is one of the thrifty and successful farmers of the township. We present on another page a view of his home.
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