History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Part 78

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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divided into two grades. In 1581 a fine school building, costing $1,000, was erected and a division into three grades effected. In June, 18 9, this building was sold to the trustees of the State Normal School for $2.000, and has since been used as a model school building in connection with that institution. Pre- vious to the establishment of the State Normal School, private or select schools were regularly maintained in addition to the public school.

SLIPPERY ROCK STATE NORMAAL SCHOOL.

The history of the establishment of the State Normal School at Slippery Rock is traceable to a modest beginning. In order to arouse interest in educa- tional matters, with a view to the establishment of an academy in the village, a meeting called by J. T. Bingham, was held in the Presbyterian church, on the evening of December 7, 1887. It was presided over by John Reed, with Dr. C. W. Bard as secretary, and was addressed by Rev. Mr. Robinson. It was determined to solicit subscriptions, and two lists were authorized : one for build- ing funds, and the other for annual subscriptions of five dollars cach. to provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal's salary, in the event of the revenue not being sufficient for that purpose.

At a second meeting, held December 19, 1887, J. T. Bingham reported that thirty-four annual subscriptions of five dollars each, or $170 a year for three years, had been secured. Dr. C. W. Bard reported a subscription of $2,475 for the erection of an academy. In the meantime, H. C. and Dr. C. W. Bard, having ascertained that there was no State Normal School in this district, con- ceived the idea of securing the location of one in Slippery Rock. They pre- sented the matter to the meeting, which, on motion of J. T. Bingham, appointed a committee, consisting of J. N. Watson, J. M. Covert and F. P. Bingham, to ascertain the cost of normal school buildings, etc. This committee reported to a meeting held January 9, 1588, that it had been unable to obtain accurate infor- mation as to cost or size of buildings. Another committee, consisting of Dr. A. M. Patterson and J. E. Bard, was then appointed to visit a normal school and ascertain the cost and size of necessary buildings. George Maxwell was appointed a committee of one to visit Butler, confer with Hon. John M. Greer, State Senator, and enlist his aid in behalf of the enterprise.

At the next meeting held January 16, IsSS, Dr. Patterson and J. E. Bard reported that they had visited the State Normal School at Clarion, and had ascertained the size and cost of buildings. The figures they laid before the meet- ing were startling, but the pluck and earnestness of the people were too deeply enlisted in the enterprise to permit of their abandoning it. On motion, there- fore, of Mr. Bard a committee of ten was appointed to solicit subscriptions. This committee consisted of J. II. Christley, J. C. Kerr, J. P. McQuistion, Neyman Christley, J. N. Watson, T. S. Coulter. A. J. Bard, William Kaufman, W. H. Wilson and Robert McCoy.

The mission of George Maxwell to Butler was so successful that not only the active but the enthusiastic co-operation of llon. John M. Greer was secured, and he became an earnest and effective champion of the enterprise, both in Butler county and in the General Assembly at Harrisburg. On February 6,

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18AS, he and J. M. Galbreath, of Butler, appeared in Slippery Rock and addressed a meeting in behalf of the school. The address aroused such an enthusiasm that a large amount of money was subscribed before the meeting adjourned. The Ladies' Normal School Fund Association was also organized, and proved effect- ive and successful in collecting funds for the enterprise.

As the result of this exhibition of energy and enthusiasm the amount required was soon secured, and a report to that effect made to a meeting held March 9, 1858, at which the stockholderselected the following trustees or build- ing committee : George Maxwell, T. F. Patton, Neyman Christley, J. C. Kerr, Benjamin Pearson, Lewis Patterson, T. S. Coulter, A. M. Patterson, W. H. Wilson, J. E. Bard, 1I. P. Griffith, William Kaufman and C. W. Bard. This committee organized by electing George Maxwell, president ; C. W. Bard, secre- tary, and W. H. Wilson, treasurer. Two sub-committees were appointed. one to secure ten acres of land for building sites and grounds, which were purchased from Lewis Patterson, in the southeastern part of the town for $2,000, and the other to secure the services of an architect. The latter committee employed S. W. Foulk, of New Castle, who drew the plans and specifications. The contract for the buildings was awarded to J. J. Gourley, of New Castle, for $25,000. W. H. Tinker, of West Sunbury, had charge of the carpenter work. The contract for heating was awarded to MeGinn, of Pittsburg, and for plastering to Le Lutton, of New Castle.

Three buildings, each three storie- high, constructed of wood and roofed with slate, were erected. These were the central building, or Chapel Hall, 60 x 100 feet, and two ell-shaped dormitory buildings, one for ladies, on the north, and the other for gentlemen on the south of the central building. Be- sides recitation rooms, the central building contained an auditorium capable of seating from 1,200 to 1,500 persons. The ladies' dormitory contained seventy- one sleeping rooms, a dining room eighty by forty feet, and also a parlor, kitchen, pantry and storeroom. The gentlemen's dormitory contained eighty-one sleeping rooms. The buildings were lighted by gas and heated by steam.

Upon the completion of the buildings a committee of inspection was ap- pointed by Governor Beaver to examine them before their acceptance by the State. This committee consisted of Dr. E. E. Higby, State superintendent of public instruction : Col. S. M. Jackson, of Apollo, Armstrong county : Hon. S. 11. Miller, of Mercer ; Col. Silas J. Marlin, of Brookville; Hon. William Mc Nair, of Oil City, and the following school superintendents : Samuel Hamilton, of Allegheny county ; J. M. Reed, of Beaver county ; John Morrow, of Allegheny: Charles W. Dean, of Mckeesport ; M. L. Knight, of Beaver Falls ; John Collier. of Homestead ; J. L. Snyder, of Butler county, and E. Mackey, of Butler bor- ough. Hon. S. H. Miller was chairman of this committee, which, after a thor- ough inspection, unanimously reported in favor of accepting the buildings, and they were formally dedicated February 1, 1859, by Governor Beaver, the exer- cises being presided over by Hon. John M. Greer, of Butler, and witnessed by a number of State officials, State and county school superintendents, and a large audience composed mainly of residents of Slippery Rock and vicinity.

The following trustees to represent the State were appointed by E. E.

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Iligby, State superintendent of public instruction : J. S. Rutan and John F. Dravo, to serve until May, 1891 ; Richard V. Scandrett and J. Sharp Wilson, to serve until May, 1890, and Thomas Robinson and John M. Greer to serve until May, 1889.

The following named persons were elected trustees by the stockholders : Il. P. Griffith, A. M. Patterson, T. F. Patton and C. W. Bard to serve until May, 1891 ; George Maxwell, J. E. Bard, T. S. Coulter, to serve until May, 1890, and Lewis Patterson, Neyman Christley, William Kaufman and Ben- jamin Pearson, to serve until May, 1889.

The board elected George Maxwell, president ; Dr. C. W. Bard, secretary, and W. II. Wilson, treasurer. Mr. Maxwell and Mr. Wilson have filled their respective offices without interruption to the present time. Mr. Bard served as secretary until May, 1891, when he was succeeded by T. S. Coulter, the present secretary.

The members of the faculty, March 26, 1889, when the work of the school commenced, were James E. Morrow, I. M. McClymonds, I. N. Moore, J. C. Ricketts, W. A. Beer and Maud C. Bingham.

In June, 1889, the public school building was purchased by the trustees of the State Normal School, and has since been used as a model school building.

The extension of the ladies' dormitory, containing forty-five rooms, was com- pleted in 1893, at a cost of $20,000, and also a southern extension of the same building, for culinary and dining room purposes. This latter extension doubled the size of the dining room. The new main building, a commodious and sightly edifice. costing about $53,000, was completed early in 1891. The front is pressed brick, with Ohio sandstone trimmings. It is a three-story building, with base- ment and attie, and a square, hip-roofed clock tower. It is finished in natural wood, heated by steam and lighted by gas, and with the other buildings, the interiors of which have been remodeled, is furnished with all needful modern conveniences.

Two trustees to represent the State and four to represent the stockholders are chosen for a term of three years each, on the first Monday of May in each year. This board, composed of six members representing the State and twelve representing the stockholders, elects the faculty and exercises a general manage- ment of the institution. The names of the first board have already been given. Those elected since are as follows : On the part of the State : John M. Greer and Thomas Robinson, elected in 1889; Livingston McQuistion and Joseph Ilartman, in 1890; John Buchanan and 11. I. Gourley, in 1891; John M. Greer and Thomas Robinson, in 1892; Livingston MeQuistion and R. D. MeGonnigle, in 1893, and II. I. Gourley and John Buchanan in 1894. On the part of the stockholders: Lewis Patterson, Neyman Christley, William Kaufman and Benjamin Pearson, elected in 1889. Mr. Kaufman died December 24, 1889, and A. W. Christy was chosen to fill the vacancy thus occasioned. George Maxwell, J. E. Bard, T. S. Coulter and J. C. Kerr, in 1890; A. M. Patterson, II. P. Grif- fith, T. F. Patton and Frank Clutton, in 1891; Lewis Patterson, Neyman Christley, A. W. Christy and Dr. Benjamin Pearson, in 1892; George Maxwell,

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J. E. Bard, T. S. Coulter and J. C. Kerr, in 1893, and H. P. Griffith, W. J. Mor- rison, Dr. C. W. Bard and John M. Watson in 1894.

On July 17, 1890, Dr. Albert E. Maltby was elected principal to succeed J. E. Morrow, and has been re-elected each year since. Ile and the following ladies and gentlemen constitute the present faculty : I. M. MeClymonds, teacher of school economy and mathematics ; I. N. Moore, ancient languages and natural sciences ; John C. Ricketts, mathematics; J. M. Shaffer, grammar, rhetoric and literature ; Abbie L. Simmons, preceptress, elocution and civil government : D. C. Murphy, superintendent model school and practice department ; Mary F. Isaminger, form study, drawing and penmanship; Maude C. Bingham. geog- raphy and history; Louise Schwall. instrumental and vocal music ; Clara B. Robinson, English branches; Mrs. Harriet D. Maltby, painting ; Frank A. Dumm, assistant in mathematics; M. Cora Christy, assistant in instrumental music, and Anna Luella Kerr, librarian.

CHURCHIES.

The Methodist Episcopal Church at Centreville dates back to 1834, when Rev. William Carl organized a class here. Among the members were Scott Stephenson, John C. Ramsey and their wives, John Reynolds, Michael Christ- ley, Elizabeth and Rachel Christley, Ephraim, Eleanor and Jane Rose, John and Susan Wallace, Alice Emery, Levi, Rachel and Nancy Hillger, Mary McKee, Daniel and Mary Neyman, Moses Huselton, and perhaps two or three other members, such as Daniel K. Hill, who was the class leader in later days. John Christley and Campbell Robb. The greater number subsequently formed a class in Cherry township, which was the nucleus of the church there. In 1837 a small meeting house was erected, which was torn down in 1860 and replaced by a brick building, dedicated November 15 of that year.

Among the senior members of the society when Dr. A. M. Patterson came here in 1854, were the Christleys, Neymans, Ramseys and the Widow Hill, Dr. Livingston and Darwin De Wolf and their wives, Samuel Adley, John Cook and wife. Rev. W. Carl and Rev. John Somerville were the first two pastors. Rev. J. M. Green and many of the ministers named in connection with the North Washington church were here before the war. Rev. C. R. Patty dedicated the building in 1860, and from that period to 1874 it was in the Harrisville charge. Rev. Mr. Domer was the first resident pastor that year. Rev. P. A. Reno, the present pastor, presides over the churches at Harrisville and in Clay township, which are in this circuit. Frank Clutton is recording steward.

The Centreville United Presbyterian Church was organized in September. 1848, with fifteen members, among whom were Elders John Hays, James Bovard and John Balph. Rev. W. T. Mc.AAdam, installed in 1852 and released in 1851, was the first pastor. Rev. Robert McWatty came in 1555, remained until 1859, and was followed by Revs. A. R. Rankin, S. C. Reed, W. D. Ewing. W. J. MeClintock, and the present pastor, Rev. J. O. McConnell. In 1852 a small building was constructed for the purposes of worship, which was used until ISS2. when a frame house of worship was erected at a cost of $1,000. The church adopted articles of association March 1, 1886, which was signed by Marcus Mc-

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Gonegal, R. F. Glenn. Jacob Kiester, Edmund Smith, Thomas W. George, John Reed. J. A. Glenn. James McKnight. John F. Weakley, W. J. Downs, James Stevenson, W. D. Ewing, B. P. Patterson and C. G. Reed. The trustees were II. M. Gill, John C. Kerr and F. L. Patton. The membership in 1894 was 111.

Centreville Presbyterian Church was organized April 21, 1554, by Revs. John Munson. R. B. Walker and Mead Satterfield, with twenty-nine members. In 1856 the present church building, which has been repeatedly remodeled and repaired, was erected. Revivals held in 1858, 1867, 1876 and 1877 resulted in large additions to the membership. The following named per-ons have served as elders : Thomas Mifflin, Nathaniel Cooper, William B. Cooper. Thomas Kerr, Levi Dale, Andrew Breckenridge, W. O. Breckenridge, William Bigham, Benja- min Campbell, II. II. Vincent, John Bingham, Benjamin Pearson. William Kaufman, James S. Wilson, Thomas Coulter and I. M. McClymonds. The first pastor, Rev. Samuel Williams, was installed April 14, 1857, and served until June 22, 1869. One year later, Rev. D. C. Cooper was installed, and preached here until January 26, 1875. Rev. James A. Menard was installed November 16, 1875. and remained until August 1. 1881. On June 27, 1852, Rev. James II. Wright was installed, and served until July 28, 1887. Rev. Jesse Lee Cotton came September 3, 1889, but resigned in 1893. Rev. G. R. Edmondson, the present pastor, came in November, 1894. The congregation numbers over 200. The society was incorporated in March, 1884, with the following named mem- bers .as trustees : Norman Patterson, Henry Wilson, C. O. Coulter, William Kaufman, Joseph Bestler and Robert Kissick.

The Covenanter or Reformed Presbyterian Church of Centreville did not originate there. Its history is something similar to that of the Associate church. Organized as the " Ryefield church" in 1857. a house of worship was erected near the south line of Slippery Rock township, on the Cooper farm, and there the members inet at intervals until 1874, when a frame building was erected at Centreville and the church moved to that progressive little borough. In 1879 the society was re-organized by Rev. S. J. Crow, and shortly after Rev. J. R. Wiley was installed as pastor. It is now without a pastor.

The Associate or Seceder Church of West Liberty was organized in 1859 at Ryefield, and was continued there until 1878, when a meeting house-now used as a dwelling-was erected at Centreville. Six years before the removal of this church from the West Liberty neighborhood, Rev. S. Ramsey was installed pastor, and continued to preside over the society until after the little house of worship was erected at Centreville.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

Meylert Lodge. Number 435. 1. O. O. F., was instituted at Centreville July 21, 1851, with Joseph M. McNair, noble grand, and W. M. Wells, secretary. The charter was surrendered on account of irregularity in 1856. On April 14, 1875, it was restored to A. J. Bard, William Clauggers, David Hays, Jonathan Clutton and Richard Critchlow and twelve others, then forming the present lodge. In the fall of 1893 W. C. Webber held the chair, with J. A. Kelly, sec-

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retary. The eighty members of this lodge own a two-story frame building on Franklin street, in which the lodge meetings are held.

Slippery Rock Lodge. Number 108. A. O. U. W., was organized May 18. 1877, with the following officers: Jonathan Clutton, M. W .: A. S. Fulkman, F .: A. T. Groves, O .; 11 E. Wick, G .; W. Curry, R. ; A. J. Bard, F. : J. S. Wilson, R. ; Benjamin Pearson and William T. Ramsey, W. ; II. Il. Grossman, John Maybury, James Stephenson and A. Stickel. trustees. S. A. McConnell is the present master workman and W. T. Ramsey the present recorder.

Friendship Lodge, Number 1188, K. of II., was organized in August, 1878, with twenty members. Notwithstanding the competition of older secret and beneficiary organizations it is in a prosperous condition.

O. G. Bingham Post, Number 305, G. A. R .. was mustered in March 6. 1883, with sixteen members, namely : David S. Ramsey, John Boyles, James S. Wilson, Thomas C. Kelly, George Maxwell, Levi Sturdevant, A. B. Prosser, A. S. Berger, Robert J. Kissick, George B. Young, William Curry, Cyrus O. Kings- bury, D. M. Harbaugh, J. T. Grove, J. L. Bend and John Warmcastle. At one time the post was sixty-five strong. It now has thirty-eight members. J. R. Martin is commander.

Council Number 350, fr. O. U. A. M., was organized September 13, 1889, with twenty-one members, J. N. Watson, councillor, and J. M. Roberts recording secretary. The membership in February, 1894, was eighty-two.

Lodge Number 331. K. of P., was organized February 20, 1891, with the following named members : A. W. Christy, J. M. Roberts, J. E. Bard, Benja- min Pearson, C. W. Bard. 11. E. Bard, Frank Clutton, Neyman Christley, J. M. Covert, H. P. Kiskaddon. Frank P. Bingham, J. C. Ricketts, John T. Bingham, J. N. Stillwagon and T. S. Coulter. The present chancellor commander is A. B. Sager, and the keeper of records and seals, J. M. Roberts.

CHAPTER LAH.

MERCER TOWNSIHP.

ORGANIZATION -- POPULATION AND STATISTICS - PIONEERS - EARLY ENTERPRISES- SCHOOLS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE-FORESTVILLE.

M ERCER township was established in 1804, being one of the thirteen townships erected that year. It was previously a part of the original township of Slippery Rock. In 1854, when the county was subdivided into thirty-three townships, much of its territory was transferred to Marion, thus making it, in area, the smallest township in the county. Its natural resources are, however, important, its farms being productive and well tilled and its coal deposits rich and extensive. Its people are industrious, prosperous and intelli- gent, and among them are numbered many of the oldest and best known families in the county.

The population in 1810 was 588; in 1820-641; in 1830-771; in 1840- 1,233 ; in 1850-1,296; in 1860-515; in 1870-178; in 1880-1.871, including Ilarrisville's 386 inhabitants, and in 1890-1,083, including that borough.

The assessed value of the township in January, 1891, was $153,020; the county tax, $612.08, and the State tax, $68.61. The assessed value of Harris- ville was $61,334 ; the county tax, $215.33, and the State tax, $107.48.

PIONEERS.

Col. Robert Reed, who came here from Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, was the first settler of this township, and also the first tavern keeper in Butler county, having opened a house of entertainment on the Franklin road in 1797, when there was only one other house on the trail to Franklin. He died in 1819, after having achieved a reputation as a good tavern keeper, an efficient militia officer and an expert woodsman and hunter.

Samuel Barnes, a native of Down county, Ireland, came here from one of the eastern counties of Pennsylvania, accompanied by his wife and two children, William and Betsey, at a very early day, and settled in the wilderness upon 200 acres of land, now owned by his grandsons, John A. and James B. Barnes. The contemporary pioneers were James Shields, Maj. John Welsh and Thomas Dean, natives of Ireland ; Ebenezer Beatty and Ebenezer Brown. They formed the vanguard of the pioneers ; but to the last should be added the name of Michael Powers, a scout, who was killed by Indians a few years before near White Oak Spring-north of Harrisville. Major Welsh was a land jobber, who built his home just east of Harrisville, near Dean's farm. Shields located permanently near the coal mines at Forestville in 1798; Beatty settled southwest of Harris- ville and Brown not far away.

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James Hartley, who came from Westmoreland county, first improved the site of the borough in 1798. died in 1802 and was buried near the graves of Mrs. Buchanan, Fanny White and Jane McDonald, his being the fourth interment near Harrisville. David McKisson, an Irishman, came in prior to 1800 and resided here until his death. Francis Wilson came from Ireland and located near the Beatty clearing. Adam Funk settled on or near the lands owned by Robert and Andrew Porter, in the southeastern corner of the township, and opened a tavern. Zelotus Jewell located at the corner of Venango and Butler counties. and, for some years, was assessed in each county. John Evans, a farmer, and Henry Evans, who had a grist mill, located near the Jewell cabin, and old Zeke Brady, the blacksmith, built a cabin in 1800 north of where the house of Judge Kerr stands, in Harrisville, in the center of an Indian corn field. where he owned twenty-four acres of land.

William Gill, one of " Mad Anthony's" Irish soldiers in the Revolution, located on Wolf creek in 1802, but was unknown to the assessor in 1803. Eph- raim Harris came in 1804, to take possession of the land which his partner, John Evans, located for him, and there established the first store on the site of Luther Braham's dwelling of later days, where he carried on trade until his death in 1825. Maj. John R. Harris, his son, was the founder of a carding mill, near the bridge east of town, but was a merchant in the village until his death in 1574. Robert Walker, the millwright. moved in from Slippery Rock in 1816, and died here in 1839. Alexander Seaton moved from Marion township in 1819, bought the Alex- ander Donaghy farm, and, in 1825. built a saw mill, to which he added a grist mill in 1828, and later a carding and fulling mill. The Johnstons arrived from Ireland in 1820, James Bell in 1822, and the Cochrans from Crawford county, three years later, or about the time that James Lee built his store and dwelling at Harrisville. Jonathan McMillan was here in 1830. William Stanley, William Waddle, John McCoy, Washington Parker, William P. Brown, James Forker, Josiah Hardy, Thomas McElree, John Dougherty and perhaps two or three other heads of families came about this period.

From the date of the first settlement, when Cornplanter and his sub-chiefs and warriors were frequent guests within the cabins of the pioneers to 1831, Indian visitors were numerous and, it may be stated, that down to IS43, when Mohawk murdered the Wigton family, the old Indians would come to look at the sites of their former villages and corn fields and to point out to their children the scenes among which their own childhood was passed.

SCHOOLS AND JUSTICES.

The pioneer school of Mercer township was established where Harrisville stands in 1799, and Frederick Peel was appointed teacher. He was succeeded by James Hardy, John Walsh, James Matthews, John Evans, Timothy O'Hara, Adam Funk and Conway Hamilton, the last being the teacher when the public school system was introduced. Robert Reed, who settled a mile south of Harris- ville, William McCoy, Thomas Dean, Frank Wilson and James Hardy were the builders. In the year 1800 Wright Elliott, a brother-in-law of Harris, opened a school on or near the site of Harrisville. The second house was built on the

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north line of Slippery Rock township early in the century, and there William Brandon, Russell, Sanborn and Jane Smith taught before the introduction of the common school system. It is believed that Miss Smith was the first female to take charge of a school in Butler county. In June, 1893, there were seventy- eight male and seventy-five female pupils of school age reported in the township. and sixty male and fifty-nine female pupils in Harrisville. The total school rey- enue for the year was $1.685.61 in the township, the State appropriating $614.99. and of the borough, $1,907.31 including an appropriation of $614.99.

The justices of the peace for Mercer township, from 1810 to 1594, are named as follows :- John Murrin, 1810: James Kerr, 1810; John Black, 1845; William Russell, 1815: James Seaton, 1847; James Porter, 1850; Alexander Seaton, 1852. 1864 and 1869: William 11. McGill, 1854; Hugh Braham, 1857. 1862 and 1887; Charles Cochran, 1859 and 1867: John Elder. 1872; James McFadden, 1875; T. D. Kelly, 1877: W. H. Orr, ISSO: Joseph Brown, 1882 ; Thomas Mcclintock, 1885: J. P. Cochran, 1856: N. C. Bryson, 1887; Hugh Gill, 1888 and 1893 : J. W. Bryson. 1891, moved to Chicago in 1893, and James Cochran, 1894.

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History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, Part 78

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