History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Part 73

Author: Brown, Robert C., ed; Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Meagher, John, jt. comp; Meginness, John Franklin, 1827-1899, jt. comp
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1658

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This church has had but one pastor, Rev. Samuel Williams, who was installed September 18, 1878, and continues in the same relation still. The mem- bers had nearly all been under his pastoral care, as members of the church of Muddy Creek, to which he has ministered since 1856. On March 24, 1877, the building contract was awarded for a house thirty-six by fifty-six feet, and by November 4, of that year, it was opened for services, though not dedicated until October 18, 1879.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized in 1843, adopted articles of association in 1848, at a meeting over which Christopher Rider presided, and of which Rev. Eli Fair was secretary. They with Jacob Rider, Sr., Daniel Heck, Jr., and William Byers formed the board of trustees when the society was incorporated. The original members were Jacob, John L. and Samnel Rider, with their wives. Jacob, Barbara and Nancy Brown, Daniel Ileck and wife, Jacob Schleppy, Frank and Jacob Byers, with their wives, and Susan, Anna, Catherine, Mary, Sarah, John, William and Daniel Byers. The pastors who have served this church were: Revs. Gottlieb Bass- ler, 1843-45 : Elihu Rathburn, 1846-47 ; Eli Fair, 1847-49; J. B. Breckenridge, 1850-56; J. A. Delo, 1857-58; Jacob Singer, 1859-65; A. S. Miller, 1865-67 ; J. 11. Fritz, 1867-69: Samuel Stauffer, 1871-74: David Townsend, 1875-77; I. J. Delo, 1877-78, and Chas. L. Streamer, 1878-85. R. B. Starks, who came in 1886, is the present pastor, and has a congregation of sixty members. The church, built in 1844, is growing old and steps have been taken to rebuild.

The Church of God was organized in August, 1872, by Rev. Joseph Grimm, who preached the gospel of that denomination in the Brewster neighborhood as

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early as 1870. The ellers were Andrew Albert and James S. Jones, and the deacons, Henry Albert and Ira Bacon. There were twenty-one other members, who. in 1874, aided Rev. J. W. Davis in building a frame house of worship.

VILLAGES.

Unionville was founded by Samuel Thompson, at a point on the Mercer turnpike, seven miles northwest of Butler boroughin 1828. On December 31 of that year, a sale of lots took place, and two or three small buildings were erected near Thompson's store. James Thompson succeeded Samuel as merchant in 1830 ; but in 1833 or 1834, Samuel resumed his mercantile character. David Stewart, the owner of the tavern and first postmaster, succeeded the Thompsons as mer- chant, while Blaisdell & Cornish established an opposition store. One or two others engaged in business here before David and Mark MeCandless began mer- chandising at this point in the forties. Joseph Coulter purchased the mercantile interests and stock of the McCandless brothers in June, 1847, and entered on what proved to be a long business career, closing in April, 1891. In recent years D. C. Miller and W. T. Campbell established business houses here.

The appointment of David Stewart as postmaster, in 1839, was one of the most important local events. John M. McCandless, the new merchant, succeeded him in 1810, and held the office until the early sixties, when F. S. McGee was appointed. In December, 1863, McGee resigned, and the office was discontinued. After its re-establishment, W. T. Campbell and Joseph Coulter were among the incumbents. In 1889 M. H. McCandless was appointed postmaster, but in July of that year, was refused possession by Joseph Coulter. Matters were amicably settled, however, and the village is still a postal center. The general store is car- ried on by Dr. A. Holman.

The Unionville Cemetery Association, organized in 1889 at Unionville, to establish, improve and maintain a public place " for the burial of the human dead," was incorporated April 8, 1889. The members at that time were, W. C. Mc- Candless, K. J. McCandless, J. T. McCandless, Porter A. McCandless and J. M. Russell.

At Fleeger the postoffice is the general store of A. F. Fleeger.

CHAPTER LIIL.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.

DERIVATION OF NAME --- ORGANIZATION-A PASTORAL, TOWNSHIP- OIL, WELLS AND OIL PRODUCTION -- TOWNSHIP STATISTICS- JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-FIRST SETTLERS- SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS - RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES MOUNT CHESTNUT.

F RANKLIN township, named from the Franklin road which passes through it from south to north, is centrally situated, lying west of Centre and northwest of Butler townships. As first organized, it comprised the eastern half of the original Muddy Creek township. In the township division of 1851 its boundaries were changed so as to take in a portion of Centre township, and later still another change in its boundaries was made and that part of Brady township lying south of Muddy creek was added to its area. It has no railroads and may be said to be one of the purely pastoral divisions of the county. Manufacturing industries seem never to have been favored by its people, and even the develop- ment of its coal deposits has been neglected. The township, however, abounds in well improved and highly productive farms.

The Muddy Creek oil field, in Franklin and Muddy Creek townships, was opened in November, 1891, a mile south by west of the old well of 1861. The first Ilenshew well yielded oil at 1,100 feet in the Berea sand, a local name for a sand above the Hundred Foot. There are fourteen producers in the field, which aggregate a production of from 180 to 140 barrels a day.

The population in 1860, six years after the township was re-organized, was 860, the number of inhabitants in the original township in 1850, being 1,119. In 1870 the population was 1,047; in 1880-1.109, and in 1890-1,333, including the 313 inhabitants then credited to Prospect borough. The enumeration of school children in June, 1893, showed 189 males and 105 females in the township. The assessed valuation in January. 1894, was $289,038; the county tax, $1,156.13, and the State tax, ninety-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents. The school moneys appropriated by the State for 1892-93 in the township amounted to $950.12, and the total revenue for schools, to $2,709.65.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

The justices of the peace for Franklin township from [8 12 to 1894 are named as follows : Cadwallader Baker, 1812: David Marshall, 1845; William Spear, 1847 and 1852: Isaac Double, 1817; William Shaffer, 1852; Samuel W. Shan- non, 1856, 1861, 1866 and 1871; James Stevenson, 1859; John Stevenson, 1867; William Dick, 1872 ; Samuel Davis, 1877; John M. Dunn, 1879 ; W. B. Curry, 1882, 1888 and 1593 ; J. E. Robb, ISSI : (W. B. Curry and Harlan Book received forty-seven votes each in 1887), and Elliott Robb was elected in 1859 and 1894.

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FIRST SETTLERS.

The pioneers of what now constitutes Franklin township were John MeCand- less and Aaron Moore, who are said to have located lands here in 1795, before the colony of sixty settled in Centre township. In 1796 a branch of the Centre colony drew lots for the cabins built west of the line, and the same year James, George, William, and it is said Garrett Moore, sons of Aaron, came into the township as residents. At the same time Lewis Wilson, the two William McCandless, Robert McCandless, Henry Montooth, Eliakim Anderson and Charles Sullivan, all fellow colonists and all natives of Ireland, located here. Charles Sullivan selected a beautiful tract of 300 acres about one mile east of Prospect, on what is now the Butler road. One of the MeCandless settlers was a tailor and farmer, the other a distiller and farmer. Both were named William, and in order to distinguish between them the former was known as " Tailor Billy " and the latter as " Stiller Billy."

Stephen and Joseph Crawford, also Stephen, Jr., and Christopher Craw- ford, came from Ireland in 1796, when the father began blacksmithing here, and was a landowner in 1803. George Bowers, John and Peter Saltzman, Thomas and William Dodds, Jesse and James Nash, Abner Coates, John Thompson, James McGrew and Edward White entered lands the same year and began the ' work of clearing the forests. Nathaniel Stevenson came on an exploring tour in 1796, but did not bring his family hither until 1798.

Andrew McGowan, who owned 100 acres of the Indian camp, where Pros- pect now stands, was the first settler there. He came, in 1798, from Maryland, where his parents settled after leaving Freland. Leonard Shannon, referred to in the history of Connoquenessing, located here, at Jefferson's Rock, shortly after McGowan came, while Thomas Means, a soldier of the Revolution, and Joseph Means, each a landowner in 1803. came from Westmoreland county. James Jefferson, a nomad and a great hunter, was a contemporary of the settlers of 1798, as were William and John Dick and Tobias Stephenson.

Adam Albert located in Franklin township in 1799, and may be called the pioneer of Lutheranism in this county. Henry Shaffer, a German, arrived that year with a large family, and set out apple seed.

Jacob Hays, Robert Hays, the distiller, William, Isaac and Benjamin Davis, were here in 1800. In 1799 William Spear, a soldier of the Revolution, and John Spear, arrived to link their fortunes with the settlement. John Kennedy, who was buried near Muddy creek ; Samuel McCall and Cadwallader Baker, were also among the pioneers.

Matthew McCollough and his father-in-law, William Hunter, located here in 1803. The latter bought four hundred acres of land, fifty of which he gave or sold to McCollough, a part of which is now included in the site of Prospect. William Brennan, an Irishman, came in 1803; William Forrester in 1808; John Montgomery and family, with a foster boy-Samuel Loudon-arrived in 1818, and John Anderson, from Down county, Ireland, in 1833. Other families, in- cluding the McClures, Jones, Kukpatricks and Riddles, came in between 1800 and 1833, many of whom have been identified with the township history,

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such as Samuel Riddle, who came into the county in 1800; but as their names occur in connection with the churches, schools, industries and official life of both township and borough, there is no necessity for their repetition here.

SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS.

In the histories of Butler, Centre and Connoquenessing townships references are made to the early schools which the pioneer children of Franklin attended from 1796 to 1803. Seven years after the pioneers brought their families into this section, " Connoquenessing John," or John Thompson, fitted up a log cabin, near Mount Chestnut, for educational purposes, carried on a subscription school for some time, and then sought a wider field in Centre township. yielding the Franklin birch to Charles Sullivan, the founder of the Sullivan family in this county. How long this pioneer presided over the children is unknown, but that he was succeeded by Samuel Cook is unquestioned. In IS11 a log cabin was erected on or near the Sullivan farm, in which a Mr. Fletcher, who moved here from Middlesex, taught the same year. Other teachers followed him, and in the " twenties" Dr. Andrew Spear took charge. The common school system was adopted in 1535, the two Spears being among its warmest advocates. There are now six district schools, including the Franklin independ- ent district, outside of Prospect borough. The teachers in 1893-94 were H. E. . MeClymonds, G. P. Weigle, C. E. Wilson, Nora Oesterling and Mrs. E. L. Eng- lish, with Frank Pollock teacher in the independent district; while at Prospect were F. B. Forrester and Lida K. Lepley.

RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.

In the matter of churches, Franklin township is circumstanced much like Clay or Butler township, the borough gathering within itself the greater number of houses of worship and attracting the worshipers. The old Muddy Creek Bap- tist church and the United Presbyterian church, at Mt. Chestnut, are the only monuments to religious zeal outside the borough of Prospect.

Muddy Creck Baptist Church was organized October 19, 1819, among the members being Henry Shaffer, Jacob Rose, Samuel Stoughton, William Carter, Euphemie Rose, Jacob Stoughton, Catherine Stoughton, Ann Shaffer, Margaret Spear, and John Oelton. Revs. Henry Spear and Nathaniel Tibbett preached here prior to 1822, when Rev. Samuel Stoughton was chosen preacher. Hle re- mained until 1862, when Rev. D. L. Clouse succeeded him. In 1869 Enos Wood- ritff came and preached here until Centennial year, Rev. M. S. Bowser being also a preacher here during the last three years of Mr. Woodruff's pastorate and until the fall of 1877, when Rev. W. H. H. Mckinney took charge. In 1885, he was succeeded by Rev. Joseph M. Ray, who remained until 1891, since which time the church has been without a regular preacher, though the society claims no less than 143 members. In ISH a brick building was erected on the south bank of Muddy creek, three miles north of Prospect, near the Franklin road, which is still in use. The oldl deacons of this organization were Jacob Rose, John Shaffer, William Shaffer, Robert Hampson, C. Baker, Andrew Stoughton, Daniel Smith, Oliver Pisor, Robert McGinnis, Simon Stickel, Leon-

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ard Shannon and James Cratty. Only a few of the number were residents of Franklin, the others hailing from Brady, Muddy Creek and Connoquenessing townships.

The United Presbyterian Church at Mt. Chestnut was organized in 1857 hy Rev. William Brandon. Meetings were held in Joseph Balph's barn until the completion of the present brick church building in the fall of 158. This house resembles in style that of the Presbyterian church at Mt. Nebo, below Whites- town, and appears to have been erected on the same plans and out of similar material. From 1858 to 1876 Rev. James A. Clark was the pastor, and Hugh and James Stevenson, John Miller and John M. Dunn the elders. The society was incorporated March 5, 1890, on petition of William Watson, Enos McDonald, William Stoops. Thomas J. Dodds, John F. Cranmer, John M. Dunn, 1. L. Weitzell and M. W. Shannon. Rev. T. W. Young succeeded Mr. Clark as pastor.

MOUNT CHESTNUT.

This village is one of the enterprises of John Negley, one of the pioneers of Butler borough. It was surveyed in 1850; around the home of James D. Anderson, who made the first clearing there years before, and in 1848 or 1849 erected what is now the Stevenson Hotel, opened a store therein, and in 1850 was commissioned postmaster. Jesse Dutter built the second house, which was razed a few years ago to make way for Matthew W. Shannon's dwelling house. Joseph Dufford's log cabin was the third dwelling, and the fourth, a small brick structure, was torn down to make way for the Kornrumpf frame house. J. J. Stevenson, the blacksmith, came in 1856, established a hotel, and was post- master for eighteen years. Nathaniel Stevenson. Sr., settled two miles north of the village in 1798. The burning of William Haven's log house, near the village, and the incineration of his son Frank, marked the closing days of March. 1886, and formed one of the few tragic events connected with the neighborhood.

The Mt. Chestnut postoffice was conducted from 1850 to 1855 by James D. Anderson. From the fall of 1855 to the spring of 1862, during which time the office was discontinued, the people were compelled to go long distances for mail, so that the re-establishment of the office in 1862 was a boon which they appre- ciated. J. J. Stevenson held the office eighteen years; William Watson from 1880 to 1885 : Oswald Kornrumpf, from ISS5 to 1889, and William Watson from 18>9 to 1893. Oswald Kornrumpf, appointed in 1993, is the present post- master.

There are no manufacturing industries nearer than the Ralston mill and creamery at Prospect ; Ilays' mill and Allen's mill in Connoquenessing, and the Cranner mill, east of the village, on the Butler road. The United Presbyterian church, Stevenson's blacksmith shop. W. Watson & Son's general store, the postoffice store and a collection of neat dwelling houses constitute the village of 1894.

CHAPTER LIV.

PROSPECT BOROUGH.

LOCATION-SURVEY AND SALE OF LOTS-EARLY MERCHANTS AND TAVERN KEEPERS- PAST AND PRESENT BUSINESS INTERESTS-INCORPORATION AND OFFICIALS-POPU- LATION AND ASSESSED VALUATION -SECRET SOCIETIES-PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS-CHURCHES.

P ROSPECT, situated near the south line of Franklin and east line of Muddy Creek townships, is the center of the most extensive plane in Butler county, and the market town of a rich agricultural region. Its elevation above the sea level is 1,330 feet, the same as Unionville, seven miles eastward; thirty feet lower than Portersville, six miles westward, and thirty feet higher than Centreville, eighteen miles northwest.

It was laid out and surveyed into lots May 25, 1825, by Thomas M. Forres- ter, on those portions of the farms of Andrew McGowan. Matthew MeCollough and David Davis, which cornered at the crossing of the Franklin and Pittsburg, and the New Castle and Butler roads. The name Prospect was suggested by George A. Kirkpatrick, who came from Ireland at the solicitation of Andrew McGowan, and opened a stock of goods in a cabin-erected by Lewis Evans, the second built on the town site-which stood on the northwest corner of the cross roads. The first sale of lots took place September 9, 1825, but many years elapsed before those embraced in the original survey were disposed of. John Jones is credited with having an interest in the town site, but the official record shows only the names of Andrew McGowan, Matthew McCollough and David Davis. A second survey of lots was made in 1838 by James Dunlap, a well remembered surveyor of Butler.

George A. Kirkpatrick, the first merchant, was joined in 1836 by Robert Allen and G. W. MeCaskey, who opened a stock of goods in a frame building- the first in the village-erected by Lewis Evans. In 1845 McCaskey retired from the firm, and was succeeded by William Allen, who in turn was succeeded by John Martincourt. William Allen remained in Prospect until 1857, when he moved to what has since been known as Allen's mill, in Connoquenessing town- ship. John Cahey, also one of the early merchants, opened his first stock in a little cabin. Here he carried on business for five years, when he erected the Cahey building, later Dr. Richardson's residence, where he continued a success- ful mercantile career for over a quarter of a century. William Alexander, another early storekeeper, carried on business for a short time on the lot later occupied by the home of William Marshall. In 1859 Thomas Critchlow, a native of Con- noquenessing, established a store here, having moved from Petersville, where he was in business from IS14 to Is 19.

The first tavern, opened soon after the town was laid out, was kept by

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Jonathan Hays in a little two-story log building which stood on the lot now owned by William Riddle. He was succeeded by William Wilson. Samuel Dobbs also kept a public house on the lot later occupied by White's Hotel. In 1845 Robert Allen erected the Prospect Hotel, a large brick building. This is now known as Boehm's Hotel. In 1869 his interest in this house was purchased by John Martincourt, who refitted and refurnished it and carried it on down to his death in 1881. Ile made a genial and popular landlord.

The Morrow Tannery, north of Prospect, is a small but old industry. It was started by Robert Allen in the thirties, and afterward carried on by Andrew Douglas, from whom William Morrow bought it. Another tannery was started, south of town, before the war. by Henderson Dick, and a third one, owned and operated by Alfred Riddle, stood on the site of the Roxbury dwelling.

A steam grist mill and a steam saw mill were erected in 1872 by Martin & Roth, who were succeeded as owners by Edmundson & Haller. and they by Martin & Edmundson. These mills were burned in October, ISSO.

The Ralston Roller Mill, operated by William Ralston, was completed in 1882 as a buhr mill. In 1892 the buhrs were replaced with three sets of rolls and the new process adopted. A saw mill is also operated in connection with this mill. Both mills are devoted strictly to custom work. The Thomas powder mill stood south of the Riddle & Barr store.

The Prospect Creamery is a recent local enterprise. The plant is located north of the borough, on the Franklin road. It has an output of 250 and a capacity of 1,000 pounds of butter a day. Butter made in this creamery has been shipped to Alaska.

The Prospect Savings Bank was opened for business May 1, 1874. David Marshall was president, and J. M. Lieghner. cashier. The directors were David Marshall, George Beam, John Enslen, William Dick, William R. Riddle, John Martincourt and Joseph Allen. They carried on the institution for a number of years, when J. M. Lieghner became the owner. Ile was succeeded in Novem- ber. 1893, by J. H. McLure, the present proprietor.

The present merchants of the place are Critchlow Brothers, S. S. Forrester, Kiester & Company, and W. R. Little & Company, general merchants ; August Bowers and J. H. McLure, druggists, and R. 11. Graham, furniture dealer.

INCORPORATION AND OFFICIALS.

The petition praying that the village of Prospect be incorporated as a bor- ough was granted by the court March 28, 1846. Lewis Roth was elected the first burgess. The early records are not in the possession of the clerk, but the following list of burgesses has been obtained from the county records: Joseph Allen. 1876; Martin Heyl, 1877 and 1882; D. Marshall, 1878; Josiah Dodds, 1879; Samuel Hoon, 1880; J. C. Miller, 1881, and 1892; C. C. Sullivan, 18 3 : R. Shanor, 1884: F. Critchlow, 1885; W. F. Henshaw, 1886, 1891 and 1893 ; L. M. Roth, 1887; J. C. Wright, 1988; A. A. Kelty, 1859; C. M. Edmundson, 1890 and 1894.

The names of the justices of the peace elected for the borough from 1>46 to 1894 are as follows : Samuel Piper, 1846; Jacob Phipp -. 1850; Eno- MeLure,

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1851; John Greer, 1-52. re-elected in 1857 and 1862; William W. Dodds, 1852: Henry Pillow. 1857, and 1862: Joseph Allen, 1867: Samuel Riddle, 1867, re- elected in 1872, 1877. 1882, 1887 and 1892: Abraham Shanor, 1873; John Mar- tincourt. 1874 and 1879: John Heyl, 1852 and 1857, and John Weigle, 1891.

The succeessive postmasters of Prospect since the establishment of the office in 1833 have been : Dr. M. W. Spear, David Marshall. Louis Roth, J. K. Ken- nedy, C. C. Sullivan, A. W. McCollough, S. S. Forrester, August Bowers, Reuben Shanor and August Bowers.

The population in 1870 was 271: in 1880, 362, and in 1890, 348. The assessed value of property was $59.500, on which a county tax of $238.03 and a State tax of $115.62 were levied.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

Rustic Lodge, Number 882, I. O. O. F., was instituted July 22, 1874; Reso- lute Lodge, Number 84, 1. O. U. W., was organized November 10, 1874; John HI. Randolph Post, Number 401, G. A. R., was mustered in December 26, 1883 : Council, Number 229, Jr. O. U. A. M., was organized in 1888; Oriental Tent, Number 153, K. O. T. M .. April 26, 1893. and the Woodmen of the World in 1894.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

The early schools in the vicinity of Prospect are noticed in the histories of Franklin and Connoquenessing townships. James Cummings taught from 1844 to 1849. Among his successors, before the war, were John B. Campbell. A. C. Daniels and John S. Dodds. June 28, 1850, the borough was organized into a separate district, the first directors being George A. Kirkpatrick, James Dodds, David Marshall, Enos Me Lure, Rev. W. Findley and Rev. Joseph Bowman. In October of that year the sum of seventeen dollars a month was authorized to be paid to the teacher, John C. Miller. Jared B. Wallace, who taught a year later, received twenty dollars a month. In April. 1861, almost thirty years after the old subscription school became a thing of the past, a select school was opened in the borough by Rev. 1. 11. Waters and carried on by him for a short time. Lack of sufficient revenue caused him to discontinue it. In June, 1893, there were forty-six male and thirty-four female children of school age reported. The total revenue for school purposes that year amounted to $4,552.60, including a State appropriation of $504. 13.

The Prospect Academy, first known as " The Prospect Normal and Classical Academy," was chartered a few years ago, the officers and directors being James Wilson, president ; Henry Young, vice-president ; C. C. Sullivan, secretary, and J. M. Lieghner and W. N. Clark. Professors Crouse, Kennedy, F. W. McGee and G. I. Wilson have each in turn been at the head of this institution. The building is a two-story frame, containing three class rooms and a hall. In 1894 there were thirty pupils, the tuition fee being seven dollars per term. The trus- tees for 1894 were J. C. Kelly, J. W. Heyl, E. L. English, F. P. Critchlow and J. 11. MeLure.

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CHURCHES.

The United Presbyterian church, known as the Associate Reformed church down to IS5S, dates back to the summers of 1523 and 1s21, when an Irish preacher named Ferguson visited the settlement. Soon after the town site was surveyed, the Associate Reformed society erected a log house for worship, in which such ministers as Revs. Sturgeon, Stark. Conner and Mc Connell preached. From 1527 to 1833, Rev. Mr. Greer filled the pulpit at intervals. In 1885 an organization was effected by Rev. J. T. Pressly, of Allegheny, the members of the first session being James Hall, Benjamin MeCormick, Hugh Stevenson, Joseph Dodds and George Matthews. At that time the men named and their wives, with Robert Aiken, Andrew Douglass. John Mitchell, John MeGrew, James McGrew, Thomas Dodds, Maj. Thomas Dodds, John Dunn, Matthew Shannon, James Stevenson, Christie McMichael. Jennie and James Dodds, Joseph Forrester, Samuel Dodds, William Alexander, Edward Kennedy. Joseph White, John White, William Gallagher, John Double and a few others formed the society. Supplies were sent here by the Monongahela Presbytery until But- ler Presbytery was organized. Rev. William Findley became pastor of this and the church at White Oak Springs, May 25, 1887, and continued until 1857. A charter was granted March 15, 1842. In [8] a brick building was erected, in which meetings were held until July, 1869, when the present house of worship was dedicated. Rev. James A. Clark was called to the pastorate November 1. 1858, and installed April 12, 1859. He served the congregation faithfully until his death, July 26, 1994. a period of nearly thirty-six years. The members of the session at the close of 1893, were James Wilson, William Dick, Ebenezer Dodds, Joseph Graham and O. W. Stoughton. The trustees were William Dick, James Barr and John Roxbury. The church has grown from a member- ship of 175 in 4860, to 200 in 1894.

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History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Part 73

Author: Brown, Robert C., ed; Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Meagher, John, jt. comp; Meginness, John Franklin, 1827-1899, jt. comp Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Chicago : R. C. Brown Number of Pages: 1658

Author: Brown, Robert C., ed; Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.); Meagher, John, jt. comp; Meginness, John Franklin, 1827-1899, jt. comp
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1658