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correspondence with Mrs. Nicholls, president : Miss Young. secretary, and Mrs. Byers, treasurer.
The actual organization of the Alliance was effected on September IS, 1890, by Mrs. Ellen J. Phinney, president of the National Union. The officers then elected were Mrs. Margaret J. Earhart, president: Mrs. J. B. Showalter, vice- president ; Mrs. M. E. Nicholls, corresponding secretary : Miss May Hopkins, recording secretary ; and Miss L. E. Young, treasurer. The title adopted for this new association of temperance workers was "Woman's Christian Temper- ance Alliance."
The second conference, held November 6, 1891, resulted in the choice of Mrs. J. B. Showalter, president ; Mrs. M. J. Earhart, vice-president ; Mrs. Emily Robinson, corresponding secretary : Mrs. E. J. Calvert. recording secretary; and Miss Ella Young. treasurer.
The third conference, held at Millerstown in 1892, resulted in the re-election of the president. with Mr -. E. D. Robinson, corresponding secretary ; Mrs. U. D. Fisher, recording secretary and Mis- L. E. Young, treasurer.
The fourth conference was held at Butler in September, IS93. when the fol- lowing named officers were chosen : President, Mrs. I. J. McBride; vice-presi- dent, Mrs. N. C. Core : corresponding secretary. Mrs. J. E. Byers : recording secretary, Mis. U. D. Fisher ; and treasurer, Mis- L. E. Young, who are also the present officers.
The Non- Partisan Temperance Union of Butler was organized September 19, 1890, as an auxiliary of the Alliance, by Miss Ella Beacom. Miss L. E. Young was chosen president, Mrs. J. E. Byers, secretary, and Mrs. U. D. Fisher. treasurer. Since that year this organization has been extended to other parts of the county, Millerstown, Karns City and Concord township having Unions.
In reviewing the work accomplished by the temperance women of Butler county, we cannot but admire the wonderful persistence with which they have pursued their object. In 1855 they assisted their co-laborers throughout the State in having the " Temperance Education Law" enacted, and by their zeal lit- erally compelled the court to close every drinking place in the county. In ISS1 there were forty-five saloon- or bars in Butler county, while in ISS5 there was not one. This was the result of womens work. The great Murphy meetings and the license agitation of 1886-87 were also manifestation- of their power ; while the gradual molding of public opinion in opposition to the liquor traffic is principally due to their untiring agitation. Though the women of Pennsylvania lost the battle on the prohibitory amendment in June, 1889, Butler county gave a majority of 2,423 votes in favor of the measure. It was largely through their efforts that every drinking place in the borough of Butler was closed in the spring of 1894, and that several other towns in the county met with the same treatment. And it is their intention to never cease this warfare until Butler county is " dry " throughout its length and breadth.
CHAPTER XVII.
EARLY MILITARY HISTORY.
INTRODUCTION-VETERANS OF THE REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812-MUSTER ROLLS OF BUTLER COUNTY COMPANIES-MEXICAN WAR VETERANS-PIONEER MILITIA OR- GANIZATIONS-MUSTER DAY FESTIVITIES-BUTLER COUNTY MILITIA COMPANIES- NATIONAL GUARD-MILITARY ENROLLMENT.
M ANY of the sturdy men who became the pioneers of Butler county were soldiers of the Revolutionary War, who after its close took up the work of clearing the forest and establishing homes for themselves and their families on what was then the western frontier. They proved no less true to every duty of manhood in the pursuits of peace than they had in battling for liberty and inde- pendence during the long struggle that followed the firing of the first gun at Lex- ington. In 1812. when the encroachments of Great Britain made a second war necessary. these venerable veterans were among the first to offer their services in defense of their flag and country, inspiring by their patriotic example those of the younger generation to a quick response to the call to arms. It is needless to say that among these men and their descendants have been found citizens that have reflected honor upon Butler county. By their industry they have contributed to her up-building ; and in every department of human effort have advanced her in the direction of progressive and enduring growth, and have given her a high place among the counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Among the Revolutionary soldiers who became settlers of Butler county were the following :
William Harbison, served under Capt. James Leach, in Colonel land's old regiment, later Brodhead's : was taken prisoner ; subsequently served under Cap- tain Jack in the Eighth Pennsylvania regiment in 1779.
John Welsh served in Colonel Greer's Seventh Pennsylvania regiment, was at Brandywine, and Paoli, and was wounded at Germantown. He received an honorable discharge after one year's service.
John Galbraith, a native of Ireland, who served in the Pennsylvania Line, settled in Centre township in 1796-97, making his home there during the remain- der of his life.
John Rankin served in William Huston's company of Colonel Watt's Rifle- men. of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, from July I to November 15, 1776, when he was transferred to Colonel Rollin's command, and a day later was taken prisoner by the British at Fort Washington. He was held at New York until the last of March, 1777, and was exchanged in November, 1778.
John Slator, a soldier in the army of Count de Rochambeau, arrived with the fleet off Rhode Island in 1780, served in the battle of White Plains ; was present
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at the surrender of Cornwallis and continued in service until discharged at Wil- mington, Delaware, May 9, 1783. He was a pioneer of Donegal township.
John Johnston enlisted in September, 1777, at Boston, in Colonel Craine's artillery command, and served until after the surrender of Cornwallis.
Samuel Porterfield, born in 1753, served eighteen months in the troop of Lighthorse of the Second Pennsylvania regiment.
John Ranson enlisted in Captain Talbott's company of the Sixth Pennsyl vania regiment in 1776, and served three years. In October, 1779, he was ensign of the Seventh Pennsylvania regiment.
Andrew Dunn, seventy-six years, in 1824, enlisted in Captain Morgan's company of Virginia troops under Col. John Gibson, in 1777, and served until discharged at Pittsburg, in 1783.
James Burnside enlisted in the Eighth Pennsylvania regiment under Colonel Bayard, in Captain Lloyd's company, and served nineteen months. He was dis- charged at Pittsburg after the surrender of Cornwallis.
Capt. John McCollough, an early settler of Fairview township, served as captain of a company.
Hugh Murrin, an early settler of Venango township, served in a New Jersey regiment.
John McLeod, of Connoquenessing township, served in Captain Patterson's company of the Second Pennsylvania regiment from 1777 to 1782. Ile was present at Germantown, at Monmouth, where he was wounded, and at York town.
Daniel Graham, Sr., who was seventy-two years of age in 1820, enlisted in the Tuscarora Valley, Cumberland county, in March or April, 1777, in Capt. Francis Negley's company, of the Ninth Pennsylvania regiment, commanded by Col. Richard Butler. He received an honorable discharge at Trenton, New Jersey, in 1781, which was signed by General Butler and countersigned by Gen. Anthony Wayne.
Jacob Rudolph enlisted as a ranger in 1779, under Capt. Matthew Jack, and aided in destroying the Muncy Indian towns in 1780. He subsequently enlisted in another company for nine months, and was stationed at Kittanning. He re-enlisted in the Eighth Pennsylvania regiment, in which he served twenty-one months.
John Bell, enlisted in the Sixth Maryland regiment, under Captain Giesland, in 1777, and served until the close of the war.
George Dobson, who was seventy-seven years of age, and a resident of Slip- pery Rock township in 1839, entered the Continental army at Staunton, Virginia, under Captain Yates, in October, 1777, serving until the close of November fol- lowing. In April, 1781, he joined the Bedford County (Pennsylvania ) Rangers, under Colonel Davis, serving in Capt. David Walker's company until Septem- ber, 1781. The command was employed against the Indians.
James Glover, one of the pioneer settlers of the county, served with the New Jersey troops during the Revolution, participating in many battles and enduring the privations of Valley Forge. He settled in Adams township.
Thomas McKee, another Revolutionary soldier, settled in Butler township
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in 1797, where he resided until his death in June, 1815. A biographical sketch of him will be found in another chapter.
Peter Peterson was a survivor of the ill-fated expedition sent in 1755 against the French, at Fort Duquesne, under command of General Braddock, whose death and disastrous defeat are matters of history. He afterwards served in the Revolution, and later settled in Butler township, Butler county.
Alexander Bryson, a native of Ireland, and a soldier of the Revolution, set- tled in the northwestern part of what is now Butler township.
William Gill, a pioneer of Mercer township, served under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and although wounded at Paoli, continued in the service until the close of the war.
Andrew Cruikshank, who came from Ireland prior to the Revolution and took a full part in that struggle, died in 1813. His death occurred on the day that his son Andrew was to have started for the front as a soldier of the War of 1812.
John Kennedy, who came from Ireland in Colonial days, served in the Rev- olution and afterwards settled in Winfield township. His son James served in the War of 1812.
Thomas Watson, a native of Ireland, served in the Revolutionary army until taken prisoner at Brandywine. Escaping from the British, he found a home in this State and settled in Clinton township, Butler county. His son James served in the War of 1812.
John Green, a native of Ireland, enlisted in 1776, at Little York, in Colonel Hartley's regiment of the Pennsylvania Line. After participating in the battles of Brandywine, Paoli, Germantown and Trenton, he was discharged at Sunbury in 1781.
Nathaniel Stevenson, who was seventy-six years of age, and a resident of Butler borough in 1827, enlisted December 27, 1775, in Captain Rippey's com- pany of Colonel Irvine's Pennsylvania regiment. He served until April 20, 1777.
George Byers, aged sixty-seven years in 1823, served in Colonel Cook's Pennsylvania regiment from November, 1776, to 1779.
John Jameson, seventy years of age, and a resident of Parker township in 1820, enlisted at Hannahstown, Westmoreland county, at Colonel McCoy's Eighth Pennsylvania regiment. He was discharged at Pittsburg in 1779.
Peter Kinney, better known as McKinney, who was fifty-six years of age in 1821, served as a fifer in Captain Black's company of the Eighth Pennsylvania regiment. He entered the army a mere boy and served for six years and six months.
Charles Sullivan, the ancestor of the Sullivan family in Butler county, served under Washington in the Continental Line, and was with the army during the terrible winter at Valley Forge. While in the army he made the acquaintance of Miss Susanna Johnston, of Chester county, to whom he was married in 1785.
Philip Hartman, an early settler of Donegal township, Butler county, served in Colonel Ogle's regiment.
John Harbison served under General St. Clair against the Indians in 1791.
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Ile was noted as a scout and spy. His wife, Massy Harbison, was captured by the Indians in 1792, and after terrible sufferings escaped from the savages.
John Pierce, who served in the New Jersey Line, settled in Butler township in 1796.
Michael O'Hara, who served under Gen. Anthony Wayne. was an early settler of Butler county.
Andrew Orr, John Vanderlin, Patrick McDowell and James Shields, early settlers of the county, all served in the Revolutionary War. Luke Covert, another soldier. settled in Brady township. William Carson, one of the early settlers of Marion township, saw service in the Continental army.
Among the other Revolutionary soldiers who became early settlers of Butler county, may be mentioned Jame- Critchlow: Joseph Snyder, who served in the Pennsylvania Line, settled in Worth township and died in 1815 ; Thomas Martin, a native of Ireland. who served from 1776 to 1781 and settled in Middlesex ; James Byrne, who came to Butler county in 1800; Abraham Leasure, who settled in Winfield township; John Allen, who settled in Allegheny township ; Enoch Varnum, who served in St. Clair's army, settled in Washington township, where he died in his ninetieth year : Thomas Clark, Sr., who settled in Worth township: John Moser, who settled in Oakland township ; William Elliott, who served two years in the militia and five years in the Continental army ; David Russell, a pioneer settler of Butler county ; General Campbell, a pioneer of Marion township; William Spear, who settled in Franklin township, and Jacob Hilliard. who settled in Washington township.
In 1:30, the Pennsylvania legislature refused a contribution to William Elliott, mentioned above. although his claims to recognition were strongly urged by William Purviance, then a member of the House. In 1852, the legislature granted a pension of forty dollars a year to James McElwaine, a soldier of the Indian war, and a like sum to Catherine Monks, the widow of another soldier of that war. In 1840 there were twenty-six Revolutionary pensioners residing in Butler county.
THE WAR OF 1812.
Within thirty years after the thirteen colonies had wrested their independence from the mother country, another call to arms resounded throughout the length and breadth of the young Republic. England, smarting under the loss of so large a portion of her American domain, had precipitated a second conflict, and had sent her fleets and armies to our shores. The struggle that followed is familiar history. At its beginning the pioneers of Butler county were yet engaged in subduing the wilderness to the uses of civilization. The " spirit of '76." however, yet lingered among them, and the call to arms found even the surviving soldiers of the Revolution as ready to defend the Republic as they had been to aid in establishing it. The sons, as patriotic as the sires, also took their places in the ranks, and proved their value on many a well fought field.
On July 19, 1-13, the appearance of the British fleet off Presque Isle, evinced a determination on the part of the enemy to not only compass the destruction of the half-finished American fleet, but to invade the State itself. Commodore Perry, appreciating the gravity of the situation and the necessity for prompt resist-
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ance, sent a courier to General Mead, of Meadville, asking for reinforcements, The next day General Mead sent the following circular into every settlement within the Sixteenth Militia district :
CITIZENS TO ARMS.
Your State is invaded. The enemy has arrived at Erie, threatening to destroy our navy and the town. His course, hitherto marked with rapine and fire wherever he touched our shore, must be arrested. The cries of infants and women. of the aged and infirm, the devoted victims of the enemy and his savage allies, call on you for defense and protection. Your honor, your property, your all, require you to march immediately to the scene of action, Armsand ammunition will be furnished to those who have none, at the place of rendezvous near to Erie, and every exertion will be made for your subsist- ence and accommodation. Your service to be useful must be rendered immediately. The delay of an hour may be fatal to your country, in securing the enemy in his plunder and favoring his escape.
DAVID MEAD, Maj. Gen. 16th D. P. M.
The response was prompt, Butler county furnishing her full quota of men, and contributing to the notable naval victory that followed. In appreciation of the valuable services thus rendered, Commodore Perry sent the following letter to General Mead :
U. S. SLOOP OF WAR LAWRENCE, OFF ERIE, August 7, 1813.
Sir :- I beg leave to express to you the great obligation I consider myself under for the ready, prompt and efficient service rendered by the militia under your command, in assisting us in getting the squadron over the bar at the mouth of the harbor, and request you will accept. Sir, the assurance that I shall always recollect with pleasure the alacrity with which you repaired, with your division, to the defense of public property at this place, on the prospect of an invasion. With great respect I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
MAJ. GEN. DAVID MEAD, Pennsylvania Militia, Erie.
O. H. PERRY.
Shortly after war was declared, Col. John Purviance proceeded to raise a regiment for service, four companies of which were recruited in Butler county. This regiment, known as the " Second Regiment of Infantry," formed a part of the brigade commanded by Brig. Gen. Adamson Tannehill, and saw service at Erie and other posts in northern Pennsylvania. Under the call of July, 1813, the men of Colonel Purviance's regiment re-enlisted. In 1851 his son, Gen. John N. Purviance, secured from the files of the war department at Washington, D. C., a roster of the regiment. It was published July 26, 1851, in The Democratic Herald, together with an offer of General Purviance to procure pensions free of charge for the survivors of his father's regiment or for their descendants. From this roster are taken the following names of those who enlisted from Butler county :
Brinker's Company .- Captain : Abraham Brinker.
Lieutenant : William Balph.
Ensign : Robert Lemmon.
Sergeants : Reuben Ayres, Alexander McCandless, Abraham Maxwell and Thomas McKee.
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Corporals : Henry Slator, Matthew Randles, Peter Henry and John Moser, Jr.
Musicians : William Pillow, fifer, and Peter Mckinney, drummer.
Privates : Philip Barnhart, Samuel Robb, Robert Ilogg, Hugh McKee, Alex- ander Wilson, Martin McCandless, Alexander W. Galbraith. John Dunbar, Matthew Thompson, William Frazier, Andrew Porter, Arthur Frazier, Alexan- der Seott, Samuel White, Samuel Fulton, Norbert Foltz, Reese Evans, Alexan- der Wright, William Johnson, James MeCleery, Samuel Williamson, David Delong, James Robb and John Warmcastle.
Storey's Company .- Captain : Robert Storey.
Lieutenant : Robert Means.
Ensign : Christopher Stewart.
Sergeants : Andrew Christy, William White, William Weakley and John Ross.
Corporals : Thomas Martin, Thomas Anderson, John Gibson and Edward Conan.
Musicians : John Bell, fifer, and William Bell, drummer.
Privates : Walter Bell, Isaac Hilliard, Samuel Wallace, John Stanoot, Will- iam Martin, Samuel Crawford, Andrew Celeron, Pickert Taylor, Henry Addavit, George Armstrong, John Jackson, David Stewart, James Porter, David Cross, William Moore, Jesse Gildersleeve, Joseph Adams, Richard Taylor, Robert Campbell, Henry Campbell, Signor Straign, John Brown, John Hartley, Robert Waddle, Andrew Moore, Samuel Sutton, George McDermott, John Wick, Jos- eph Stinetorf. Joseph Studebaker, William McCannon, Solomon Beecher, Samuel Black, Thomas Waddle, Andrew Bradley, Alexander McMurray, Samuel Osborne, John Martin, Robert Sutton, Hugh Gilmore and Thomas Caruthers.
Thompson's Company .- Captain : Robert Thompson.
Lieutenant : Thomas Pearce.
Ensign : Charles Ilunter.
Sergeants : William Beatty, David Pearce, Robert Harkins and E. T. Stone. Corporals : James Gold, James Balph, John Mechling and John Critchlow.
Privates : Charles O'Donnell, John Harbison, William Elliott, Andrew Smith, John McCall, Allen Flemming, William Gray, Joseph Kirker, James Morrow, Robert Stewart, Peter Gruey, Robert Kennedy, James Johnston, Allen Bails, James Watson, Henry Hess, Thomas Cleeland, John Maiden, Malachi Sutton, John Shira, David Strawick, Richard Martin and Robert Flemming.
Fordan's Company .- Captain: Samuel Jordan.
Lieutenant : Leonard Dobbins.
Ensign : William Tindle.
Sergeants : John Semple, Andrew Long, William Taylor and David Wallace.
Corporals : Robert Patterson, David White, Nathaniel Hammil and Benja- min Stubbs.
Privates : Michael Brennan, William Rodgers, William Gaston, William Coleman, William Annom, Samuel Vennatta, Samuel Covert, Samuel Leslie, Robert Lusk, Robert King, James Miller, James Moore, Joseph MeCord, Joseph
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Sippoy, Joseph Shevar, Adam Whittenbarger, Thomas lloge, David Houck, David Martin, Daniel Boles, Daniel Termeans, John Lippey, John Clark, John Truesdale, John Schendledecker, Stephen McConaghey, Christopher Strieby, Charles Smith, George Bridgeman and Hugh Wilson.
Stewart's Company .- Captain : James Stewart.
Lieutenant : John Scott.
Ensign : Jesse Morrow.
Sergeants : Thomas Burke, Isaac Robertson, John Frew and George Ackles.
Corporals : David Morrison, John Book, Jr., Matthew Murray and Abel Ilannon.
Musician : Abraham McCurdy, fifer.
Privates : William Hunter, Thomas Murrin, Michael Book. James Lutton, Samuel Stewart, Francis Leslie, Adam Connor, Caleb Piles, Thomas Hannon, Alexander Chambers, William Murray, John Book, Sr., Justu- Squires, James Cubbison, William Lutton, Uriah Cairns, John Lewis, Jacob Hawk. Thomas Morrison, Thomas Morrow, William Hawk, Andrew Ilewitt, Robert Moore, Jacob Lewis, William Wilson and John Motheral.
Martin's Company .- Captain : Robert Martin.
Lieutenant : William Logan.
Ensign : Jacob Mechling, Jr.
Sergeants : Hugh Stevenson, John Gillespie, Elijah Anderson and Matthew McCollough. Corporals : Thomas Johnston, James Riddle, John Graham and William Moore.
Privates : John Sullivan, Moses Sullivan, John Gallagher, James Cratty, William Forrester, William O'Hara, James Bryson, William Gray, Samuel Rob- inson, John Maiden, Mordecai Graham, John Love, Robert Mackey, George Custard, Robert Hindman, Joseph White. James Covert, Benjamin Davis, Eman- uel Little, Abner Meeker, Samuel Critchlow. Archibald Critchlow. Moses Meeker, John Compton, James McCandles-, John Brown, James Critchlow, Richard Shorts, Joseph Flake, William Davis, William Bales, Alexander Mon- tooth, Daniel Root, Daniel McDonald, Henry Pender, James Brandon and Rob- ert Mckinney. This roll is taken from the roster of Captain Martin's company, dated January 18, 1814. It was then in the battalion commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Miller, known as the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth regiment.
In addition to the foregoing roster, the following names, obtained from their descendants and other sources of information, are given of those who served from Butler county, as well as of those serving from other counties, who afterwards became residents of this county :
John Brandon and John Waldron, pioneers of Forward township. The lat- ter served under Commodore Perry on Lake Erie.
James Mitchell, an early settler of Summit township.
Joseph Alward was wounded in one of the skirmishes with the British and Indians. He afterwards taught school in this county, until his removal to the neighborhood of Tarentum.
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James Bartley, who came from Ireland in 1803, served nine months.
Francis Anderson, known as 'Squire Anderson, who settled in Butler county in 1802.
Garrett Moore and Capt. William Walker of Clinton township.
Thomas Alexander, of Brady township.
Dennis O'Donnell and John Pontius of Donegal township.
Michael Emminger served as a lieutenant of a company.
Samuel and George Bell, Abraham and Isaac Hilliard and John Shira, all early settlers of Washington township.
John Gibson, who served from Washington county, under General Harrison in Canada, settled in Butler county in 1828.
William, James and Thomas Welsh, of Connoquenessing township. James Welsh, who died in 1878, was the last of these veterans.
William. James and John Dodds, sons of Thomas Dodds, who was born on the Atlantic ocean while his parents were en route from Ireland to America.
Matthew and Samuel Irvine, sons of James Irvine, of Adams township.
John Morrison, a pioneer of Yellow creek.
Capt. Thomas Jolly, James and George Murrin, Levi Williams and John Jameson, of Venango township.
James and IIngh McKee, sons of Thomas McKee, a Revolutionary soldier, early settler, of Butler township.
William Cross, Samuel Weakley, Samuel Barnes, Thomas Bigham, Jacob S. Kiester and John Ralston, of Slippery Rock township.
George Daubenspeck, John and Samuel Gibson, sons of Levi Gibson, of Parker township.
Joseph Graham, John Schobert, Isaac Lefever, Philip Burtner, and Alexander and James Wright, of Jefferson township.
Elisha Wick, Jr., and Capt. John Glenn, of Clay township.
Samuel Stewart, of Lancaster township.
Joseph McCoy, William and Dunbar Christy, and Simeon and Benjamin Grossman, of Cherry township.
William Hutchison, Daniel Whitmire, John McGinley, Robert Wilson and John Christie, of Oakland township.
Henry Kneiss, a native of Maryland, served during a part of 1813-14, and settled in Harmony in the latter year.
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