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Wingard, John, Mariasville p. o., Salem, was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on August 18, 1840, and came to Clarion, Pa., in 1863. He was a son of John and Bar- bara Wingard, of Ohio. He is a farmer and now owns and occupies a farm of thirty- six acres. He was married on May 18; 1865, to Harriet Weter, a daughter of Henry and Francis (Frey) Weter. John and Harriet had a family of five children-William H., Francis B., Hattie J., John P., and Sarah E.
Wingard, Peter, Lamertine p. o., Salem, was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on March 31, 1848, and came with his parents Peter and Susan (Marbach) Wingard to Clarion county in 1856. He is now engaged in farming, and owns 175 acres. He was married on December 23, 1869, to Susan Long, a daughter of George W., and Mary (Scheffer) Long, of Clarion county. Peter and Susan have had five children-Dellie R., Elizabeth E., Clyde H., George P., and Parmie A.
Wireback, I. J., M. D., St. Petersburg p. o., Richland, was born near line Lexing- ton, Bucks county, Pa., on August 5, 1839, and came to Clarion county in 1876. He is a physician and surgeon, and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania of the class of '66. His parents were Benjamin G., and Catharine (Bitting) Wireback. Ben- jamin was born in Lehigh county, and his wife in Bucks county, both of whom are now dead. I. J. Wireback was married on July 1, 1868, to Maggie E. Fisher, a daughter of the late Rev. P. S. and Verona (Heckert) Fisher, of Sellarsville, Bucks county, Pa. They have five children now living-Benjamin F., Madge E., M. A. Verona, Joseph H., and Nevin E. The doctor is a famous mathematician, and devotes most of his leisure time to the study of this beautiful science.
Wishey, John D., Fisher p. o., Mill Creek, was a son of John and Hannah (Schultz) Wishey, and was born in Mill Creek, Clarion county, Pa., in 1845, and married in 1869 to Jane E. Wetter. They have had two children-Bertha Chloe, and one who died in infancy. Mr. Wishey is a blacksmith by trade, and is also engaged in farming, owning a farm of ninety-eight acres. His father was born in 1795, and died in 1871, and his mother, who was born in 1806, died in 1882.
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Wolf, Philip, Newmansville p. o., Washington, a native of Germany, was born on June 13, 1805, and when about twenty-eight years old came to this country, and located in Lancaster county, where he married Barbara Emert. They came to Washington in 1840, where they have since lived, and where their children were born. They have had the following children-Peter, John, Caroline, Margaret, David A., Andrew, Mary, Dor- cas E., Jacob and Sarah. When the family first came here they built a cabin in the woods on a hundred acre tract that cost $2 per acre. To pay for this land Mr. Wolf worked at the furnace when not employed on his farm. By industry and energy the task was accomplished, and he now enjoys the fruits of that early toil, surrounded by all the comforts of life. The family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Wolley, jr., Thomas, Tylersburg p. o., Farmington, was born in the year 1840, and is a native of this township. He was the third of a family of twelve children born to ,Thomas and Christina Wolley. He is one of the energetic, progressive men of the township ; in its political affairs he is especially active, and is rarely without some office. During the last five years he has been overseer of the poor. At the age af twenty-three he married Anna M. Smith. They have had a family of six children. Mr. Wolley started life poor, but by industry and thrift has accumulated a comfortable fortune. The. family are all members of the Roman Catholic Church.
Wood, George, Valley p. o., Elk, is a farmer, and was born in Wyoming county, N. Y., on October 8, 1819, and was a son of Barnard and Hannah (Pullman) Wood. He settled in Elk township in 1841, and in 1843 located on the farm which he now occu- pies, and which he cleared and improved himself. He was married in 1843 to Julia A., a daughter of Mark Doble, of Venango county They had a family of five children- Albert C., Lydia C., Orvilla, George W., and John B. His second wife was Mary, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Helm, of Ashland. George has had by his second marriage the following children : Charlie, Lucy M., Henry, Parmelia M., Lizzie D., Elmer, and Siloma.
Wood, Dr. George H., New Bethlehem, a physician and surgeon of the borough, was born in Schuylkill county in 1853, and attended medical lectures and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia in 1880, and settled on New Beth- lehem in the practice of his profession that same year. He married Mary E. Wick, a daughter of Dr. Henry M, and Mary (Foster) Wick, and a sister of Dr. J. A. Wick. Dr. George was a son of George and Hannah (Hilton) Wood, natives of Yorkshire, England, who settled in Schuylkill county, where he died, leaving a widow and a family of four children-Joseph, Elizabeth, Alice, and George H.
Woodruff, Jennings H., New Bethlehem, an extensive granite monument and marble dealer, was born in Armstrong, Pa., September 3, 1855. He was a son of Rev. Enos and Martha (Starr) Woodruff. Rev. Enos Woodruff was born in Kittanning, Armstrong county, Pa., January 10, 1828; was baptized November 5, 1845; married to Martha Starr December 19, 1846; ordained to the work of the gospel ministry April 26, 1860 ; settled as pastor at Brady's Bend Baptist Church, Armstrong county, Pa., January, 1860; took the pastorate of the Sharpsburg Baptist Church April 1, 1862. During the war of 1864 he went into the service of U. S. Christian and labored among the dying and wounded soldiers, administering to their wants both temporal and spiritual, and was among the hospitals in the South caring for the sick and wounded soldiers, distributing tracts, bibles, etc., and preaching to them and praying for them, writing letters for them, etc. In the summer of 1864 he returned home to his family and churches, and labored earnestly in his early chosen work as a Baptist minister in sev- eral counties in western and central Pennsylvania, and died in 1876, leaving a widow and three children-Jennings H., Annie M., and Prof. John B. John B. was born on November 18, 1859. He is a graduate of the State Normal School of Indiana, Pa. At present he is principal of the schools at Leechburg, Armstrong county, Pa. Annie M. was born January 11, 1857, and was married in 1883 to William Elwood, of Indi- ana county Pa. In 1885 they went to Nebraska and taught school for a while, and finally located in Sherman county, Kan., buying a farm, and at present are at Newton, Kan. They have had no children. Jennings H. Woodruff was married in Mechanics-
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burg, Indiana county, Pa., October 18, 1876, to Miss Alice L. Davis, daughter of Ben- jamin C. and Elenor (Chauncy) Davis. She came of Welsh and English parents. In 1877 Jennings H. settled in Mechanicsburg and engaged in the marble business, and in 1879 he removed to New Bethlehem, Pa., and engaged there in the granite and marble business. He has traveled for some of the largest granite quarries in the east, and sold some of the largest and handsomest granite monuments in Western Pennsyl- vania. They have had two children-Florence C., born June 30, 1878, in Mechanics- burg, Indiana county, Pa., and Enos M., born August 20, 1881, in New Bethlehem, Pa.
Wyon, James O., Callensburg p. o., Licking, was born in Mifflin county in 1839, and came to Clarion county in 1846, and is a carpenter by trade. He enlisted in 1861 in the 10th Pennsylvania Reserves; was taken prisoner at the battle of Fredericksburg ; was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and served for three years and two months, at the end of which time he was discharged. He was married in 1862 to Candos L. Dunkle. They have had one child-Rhoda Pearl. In 1885 he embarked in the mer- cantile business and opened a general store at Callensburg Bridge. His parents were James and Tinnie (Hitzel) Wyon. James was born in Mifflin county in 1810, and died on August 2, 1877. His wife was born in 1803, and is now living.
Wray, James, Vowinckle p. o., Farmington, was the seventh child born to William and Ellen (Boyd) Wray, a pioneer family in the northeast part of the township. James was born on October 13, 1847. His early life was spent on the farm, and in fact his whole life has been spent near the old Wray homestead. He was married in 1874 to Catherine P., a daughter of Michael Walters. They had one child-Eliza Jane. James Wray was a lumberman, a business at which he has been very successful. Although still a young man he is strongly identified with the growth and prosperity of his town- ship. In its political affairs he takes no prominent part, other than for the general good. Mr. Wray is not connected with any church society, but the family attend the Presbyterian Church.
Wyre, George W., Fisher p. o., Mill Creek, was born in Huntington county in 1833, and settled in Clarion county in 1849. He was married in 1855 to Nancy McBride, a daughter of John McBride. They have had a family of eight children-Flora (deceased), Sadie, Jennie, Inez, May, Rosa, Grace, and Maggie (deceased). Mr. Wyre is engaged in carpentering and farming, and owns thirty-five acres. He enlisted in 1863 in the Second Heavy Artillery, afterwards consolidated with the One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. His parents were Jacob and Margaret (Herrick) Wyre.
Yeany, jr., John, Shannondale p. o., Millville, a retired farmer and lumber dealer, and at present a capitalist, was born in Lancaster county in 1810, and was a son of John Yeany, who was born in Switzerland and settled in Lancaster county in 1805, and came to Redbank in 1813 with a family of seven children, three of whom are now living- John, jr., Christine, and Jacob. John Yeany, jr., was married in 1834 to Elizabeth Swartz, who died in January, 1874. They had a family of fourteen children, eight of whom are now living-Christ, John, Jackson, Wilson, Peter, Mary Ann, Elvira, and Amanda E. John, jr., married for his second wife Susanna Edder, in 1874. They have had four children-Nettie May, Dora B., Charles E., and Alda. John, jr., at an early age became a farmer, a lumber merchant and cattle dealer, in all of which enterprises he has proved successful, and is now a retired capitalist.
Young, John F., Valley p. o., Elk, is a farmer, and was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., on July 11, 1821. He was a son of Joseph and Margaret (Treegard) Young. His maternal grandfather was William Treegard, a pioneer of Westmoreland county, Pa., and a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who lost both arms while in the service of the Union. John F. Young settled in this township, Pa., in 1846, and cleared and improved the farm on which he now resides. He has been married twice. His first wife was Lovis Ohler, a daughter of Philip Ohler, of Elk, Pa. They have had one child-Mary J. His second wife was Sarah, a daughter of John and Catharina (Dal- rymple) Lewis, of Licking township, Clarion county, Pa. John F. and Sarah have
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had eleven children, nine of whom are now living-Sarah, Maggie (died March 2, 1878), William (died March 18, 1876), John, Elizabeth, James, Andrew C., Lora B., Robert, Henry, and Zuella.
Yung, Michael, East Brady, owner and proprietor of the old established Borough Restaurant, where he still caters to the wants of his many friends and customers, was born at St. Ingbert, Kingdom of Prussia, on the Rhine, Germany, in 1844. He was a son of Philip H. and Elizabeth (Schweitzer) Yung, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1846. They had a family of nine children, three of whom are now living-George C., Appol- lonia, and Michael. Michael married Mary Peters, of Dunkirk, N. Y. They have had eight children-George W., August S., Pauline E., Rose F., Elizabeth E., Francis Xavier, Philip Henry, and Adolf Peter. Mr. Yung was a graduate of St. Vincent's College, Westmoreland county, in 1865, and taught school for eleven years. He built his present fine business place in 1873, which was destroyed by fire in 1882, but which he rebuilt at once.
Zeller, Henry, Tylersburg p. o., Farmington, the twelfth child of John and Elizabeth Zeller, was born in Elk township on February 2, 1832. When nineteen years of age Henry left home and went to the southern part of the county, where he learned the trade of a miller. He remained there about two years, when he returned to his native township. He was married in 1853 to Susan Cornish. They have had a family of seven children. Henry Zeller is a self-made man. In his business as a miller he has been quite successful, and now has retired from active business life. He resides in Farmington township. Some years ago he purchased the old homestead farm in Elk township, but has recently sold it. In political life he has no personal ambition, but is a staunch Republican. He is a member of the Evangelical Association Society, and his wife is a member of the United Brethren Church.
Zesky, Charles J., East Brady p. o., was born in Allegheny county, Pa., in 1860. He was a son of J. H. and Augusta (Sande) Zesky. J. H. was born at Frankfort-on- the-Main, and his wife was born at Glanstahl-Bremer. They came to America in 1851 and settled in Allegheny county, where they both died, he in 1883, at the age of fifty- two years, and his wife in 1868, at the age of forty-one years. They had a family of two sons-J. H. and C. J. Charles J. came to East Brady on September 9, 1878, as a journeyman barber. He was married in 1880 to Ida C. Robb, who was born in Arm- strong county, Pa. They have had one son-H. C. Zesky. He became engaged in business in 1880, and in 1882 he opened his well-fitted parlors to the public.
INDEX.
A LLEGHENY River as a highway, 62 Anderson, J. G., school superintend- ent, 419 Andrews, Charles E., 642 Anticlinal, Anthony's Bend, 44 Brady's Bend, 43 Brookville, 44 Kellersburg, 44 Anticlinals of Clarion county, 43
Amusements, early, 85 Apprentice system, 344 Arbor day, 420
Armstrong, Colonel, expedition of, against Kittanning, 25. Arnold, Frank M., 650 Arnold, George W., 632 Arnold Manasseh, 661 Ashland township, 432 churches of, 440 early settlers of, 436 et seq. natural characteristics of, 432 schools of, 440 the Cogley oil field in, 433
Assembly and Council, contention between, 21 final adjournment of the old proprie- tary, 29 members of, from Clarion county, 371 Association, the Clarion Fair, 372 Attorney, Boggs, James, 396 Boyd, Jacob K., 389 Butler, John B., 390
Carskadden, Geo. W., 391 Clark, Jesse G., 390 Foster, David W., 390 Gilmore, Alfred, 390 Hays, David B., 389 Hindman, John T., 402 Johnson, Jacques W., 389 Jolly, Thomas M., 391 Lamberton, C. L., 397 Lathy, George W., 390 Lathy, William E., 402 Lawson, David, 398 Maffett, James T., 402 Meredith, M. M., 403 Myers, Amos, 396 Patrick, Jos. H., 402
Attorney, Reed, J. W., 403 Reid, Bernard J., 397 Shaw, William, 396 Sutton, Robert, 397 Sutton, Thomas, 390 Thompson, John L., 390 Weidner, M. A. K., 403 Wood, Jasper E., 403 Auditors, county, 410
B ANK of Pennsylvania chartered, 33 Barr, Hon. W. W., 657 Beaver, James A., governor, 38 Beaver township, 441 boundaries and natural characteristics of, 441 early settlement of, 443 furnaces in, 444 industries of, 445
mills in, 444
oil wells in, 446
productions of, 442 schools and churches of, 447 villages in, 446
Bench and bar, early incidents of the, 39 members of, 387 et seq.
Berlin, George N., 648
Bigler, William, governor, 35
"Big Level," the, 39
Bingham lands, the, 69 et seq. Biographical sketch of Andrews, Chas. E., 642 Arnold, Frank M., 650 Arnold, George W., 632
Arnold, Manasseh, 661
Barr, Hon. W. W., 657
Berlin, George N., 648
Black, Jacob, 659 Bowman, David, 653
Campbell, Hon. James. 631
Collner, W. F., 658 Craig, Col. Calvin A., 655
Cresswell, Dr. John, 648
Davis, A. J., 647 Eaker, Philip K., 644
Fox family, the, 635 Hess, Michael E., 639 Kahle, John W., 643
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Biographical sketch of Kaufman, Charles, 633 Keating, John, 662 Klingensmith, John, 660 Knox, Hon. James B., 638 Lowry, Samuel, 634 Payne, T. J., 653 Reynolds, David, 654 Ritts, Elias, 637
Ritts, John V., 651
Ross, J. Frank, M. D., 649
Rulofson, Ruloff I. A., 641
Shanafelt, William, 645
Siegwarth, Anthony, 650 Sloan, William C., 642 Strattan, John R., 663
Sweny, Hon. James, 664 Wilson, Hon. J. H., 662 Yeany, John, 663
Black, Jacob, 659 Borough, Callensburg, 459 Clarion, 474
Curllsville, 496
East Brady, 452
Edenburg, 499
New Bethlehem, 551
Rimersburg, 592
St. Petersburg, 600
Sligo, 611 Strattanville, 613
Boundaries of Penn's purchase of the Indians, 63
Boundary between Maryland and Pennsylva- nia, vexatious dispute over, 27
question with Maryland, settlement of, 27
Bowman, David, 653
Braddock, General, defeat of. 25
Brady's Bend and Captain Brady, 378 et seq. Brady township, 449
early settlers of, 450 organization of, 450 schools and churches of, 451
Brodhead and Thomas lands, 67
Brodhead's expedition, 61
Bryan George, vice-president, made president of Council, 31 " Buckshot War," the, 34
Buffington, Judge Joseph, 395
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ALLENSBURG borough, 459
burgesses of, 459 Callen family in, 460 churches and schools of, 464 formation and growth of. 459 laying out of, 460 manufactories in, 463 ministers of, 464 organization of government of, 459 physicians of, 465 post-office of, 466 public men of, 466 stores in, 461 teachers of, 465 Callen family, the, 460
Campbell, Judge James, 401, 631
Campaigns of 1757 and 1758, results of, 26 Canal commissioner, 372
Carrier Seminary and Normal School, 488 Casualty, the first, 87
Céleron, Captain, expedition of, to Western Pennsylvania, 23
Church, the Associate Presbyterian, 421 the Baptist, 422
the Evangelical Association, 427
the Lutheran, 429
the Methodist Episcopal, 427
the Presbyterian, 420
the Protestant Episcopal, 426 the Reformed, 423 crises in, 425 ecclesiastical meetings of, 424 prominent ministers of, 425
the Roman Catholic, 429
Clarion Academy, 487 Clarion borough, 474 banks of, 492
churches of, 485
Citizens' Gas Company of, 496
description of, in 1840, 477
early business of, 480 et seq.
early life in, 478
extension of borough limits of, 496
fires in 494
first buildings in, 475
first railroad train in, 495
growth of, 495
hotels in, 482
in the days of the Rebellion, 493
Light and Heat Co. of, 495
military companies of, 492
original bounds of, 474
population of, 496
post-office of, 479
press of, 489 sale of lots in, 475 schools of, 487 selection of, for county seat, 474 societies in, 483
Clarion Collegiate Institute, 594
Clarion county, act establishing, 103 civil list of, 409 collieries of, 365 drainage, 38 elevation of, 40 finances of, 130, 347
first election in, 109
furnaces of, 112 et seq.
general character of surface of, 40 geographical position of, 38
geology of, 42 in the Mexican War, 121
in the Rebellion, 142 et seq. judicial organization of, 108, 387 militia of, 109 et seq.
politics in, 111
politics in, from 1854 to 1861, 128
politics in 1865-77, 346 politics in, from 1880 to 1884, 369
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Clarion County, post-offices in, at present, 372 scenery of, 40 scenery, Alum Rock, 41 scenery, ancient water courses, 41 scenery at Brady's Bend, 41 scenery from East Foxburg, 41 statistics of, in 1840-45, 112 1850, 130 1870, 347 1880, 369
surface of, 38 the " Underground Railroad " in, 121 timber of, 40 Young, Thomas, first white child born in, 471 Clarion Female Seminary, 488 Clarion river, 38 Clarion township, 467
first church in, 470 first schools in, 469 first settlers of, 471 in 1816, 473 location of, 467 Maffett family, the, in, 472 mills in, 469 natural characteristics of, 467 productions of, 468
Coal, 33 Brookville, the, 51 Clarion Group, the, 49 Clarion Lower, 51 Clarion Upper, 51 Freeport Group, 46 Freeport Lower, 47
Freeport Upper, 47 Kittanning Group, the, 47 Kittanning Lower, the, 48 Kittanning Middle, the, 48 Kittanning Upper, the, 48 mines, 365 et seq. statistics of, 367 Collner, W. F. 658 Commissioners, county, 409 jury, 410 Company A, 103d Regiment, roster of, 235 service of, 232 B, 103d Regiment, service and roster of, 243 B, 169th Regiment, roster of, 329 C, 62d Regiment, roster cf, 173 service of, 167 C, 78th Regiment, service and roster of. 218
C, 105th Regiment, roster of, 26G service of, 264 Captain Tanner's, roster of, 334 D, 57th Regiment, militia, 164 E, 39th Regiment, Tenth Reserve, ros- ter of, 158 service of, 152 E, 62d Regiment, roster of, 181 service of, 178 E, 78th Regiment, service and roster of, 225
Company F, 63d Regiment, roster of, 203 service of, 189
F, 67th Regiment, service and roster of, 209
F, 103d Regiment, service and roster of, 250 G, 155th Regiment, roster of, 310 service of, 308 H, 37th Regiment, Eighth Reserve, roster of, 147 service of, 145
H, 57th Regiment, militia, 165 H, 103d Regiment, roster of, 257 H, 149th Regiment, roster of, 300 service of, 299
H, 155th Regiment, service and roster of. 318 I, 57th Regiment, militia, 166 K, 148th Regiment, roster of, 291 service of, 289 K, 57th Regiment, militia, 167 K, 159th Regiment, enlistment and roster of, 327 L, 108th Regiment, 11th Cavalry, ros- ter of, 282 service of, 277 Company, the Ohio, 24
Conglomerate series, 52 Congress, adjournment of, at Philadelphia, 30 members of, from Clarion county, 371 Connecticut, claims of against Penn's terri- tory, 28
Constitutional Convention, delegates to, 372 Constitution of the United States, framing of,32 the new, adopted, 32 revision of, 34, 37 Continental Congress, assembling of, 28 the second, 28 Corbett, Judge Wm. L., 406 Coroners, 410 Council, adjournment of to Lancaster, 30
Council and Assembly, discord between, 20 Council, the, abolished, 32 County seat, contest over location of, 106 Court-house, the first, 374 the present, 376 the second, 375
Court, the first, 388
Craig, Cel. Calvin A., 655 Crawford's expedition against Ohio Indians, 32 Cresswell, Dr. John, 648 Curllsville borough, 496 anti-horsethief association of, 499 churches of, 497 industries of, 497 name and location of, 496 professional men of, 499 Curtin, A. G., governor, 36
D AM across the Clarion river, act granting permission for, 360 Davis, A. J., school superintendent, 418 biographical sketch of, 647 Defense, measures for, in 1754, 25
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Denny, William, governor, 25 Dickinson, John, president of Legislature, 32 Difficulties with the home government, 28 District attorneys, 409 Draft of men for army in 1812, 88 in 1813, 90 Drift, 46 Duke of York, grant to, 15
E AKER, Philip K., 644 East Brady borough, 452 banks of, 456 churches of. 455 coal mines of, 454 coal mines of, strikes in, 454 early history of site of, 452 early settlement of, 453 fire department of, 458 fires in, 456 oil and gas wells in, 455 physicians of, 456 press of, 458 schools of, 454 Edenburg borough, 499 banks of, 501 casualties occurring in, 505 churches of, 501 early history of, 499 fires in, 503 hotels of, 500 press of, 505
Educational systems established, 34 Eighteenth Judicial District, history of, 407 Electioneering documents, 133 Electors, presidential, 372 Elk City, 509 Elk township, 506 churches in, 511 early settlements in, 506 Elk City in, 509 furnaces in, 511 oil developments in, 508 Pitch Pine in, 511 schools in, 511 Shippenville in, 509 societies in, 510
" Erie Triangle," purchase of, 32 Errata, 630 Evans, John, deputy governor, 20 Exposition, centennial, 37
F AIR ASSOCIATION, the Clarion, 372 Farmington township, 513 boundaries and natural characteristics of, 513 early settlers of, 514 Scotch Hill in, 515 Tylersburgh in, 515 Findley, William, elected governor, 33 First white man in Clarion county, 59 Fletcher Benjamin, governor of New York, 19 Fort Du Quesne, 24 capture of, 61 Fort Necessity, 24
Fourth of July celebration, an old time, 134, et seq. Foxbug, 591 fires in, 591 Fox estate, the, 66 Fox family, the, 635 Fox hunt in 1860, programme of, 137 Franklin, Benjamin, 23 president of Council, 32 Franklin College warrants 67 " Free school law," 412 French, attempt of, to gain territory, 23 establishment of forts by, 24
Friends, or Quakers, settlement of, 16 Public School, incorporation of, 19
Fryburg, 627 Furnaces, 112 list of, 116 et seq.
G ( EARY, JOHN W., governor, 37 Gookin, Colonel Charles, governor, 20 insanity of, 22 Gordon, Patrick, lieutenant-governor, 22 Grand Army of the Republic, 431
H AMILTON, ANDREW, appointed gov- ernor, 20 Hamilton, James, lieutenant-governor, 23 re-appointed governor, 26
Harrison lands, the, 71
Hartranft, J. F., governor, 37
Hess, Michael E., 639
Highland township, 516 churches and schools of, 518 mills and furnaces of, 518 settlement of, 516 Holland Land Company, the, 67 et seq. Hoyt, H. F., governor, 38 Hudson, Henry, 15
1 NCIDENTS of the Revolution in and around Philadelphia, 30 Indians, first troubles with, 22 occupation, early, 57 relies, 58 the, 84 the Seneca, 58
Iron, 33 Iron ore and limestone, 49
J AIL, the first, 375 the present, 376
Jamestown, 628 Jenks, Judge W. P., 403 Johnston, Wm. F., governor, 35
K AHLE, JOHN W., 643 Kaufman, Charles, 633 Keating, John, 662 Keith, Sir William, governor, 22 Kelly, G. S., school superintendent, 417 Kerr, Captain, dismissal of, from army, 179 Klingensmith, John, 660 Knox, Judge J. C., 395
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Rimersburg borough, Clarion Collegiate Insti- tute in, 594 incorporation of, 593 mines of, 600 professional men of, 600 schools of, 594 selection of name of, 594 Ritner, Joseph, governor, 34 Ritts, Elias, 637 Ritts, John V., 651 Roads, early, 97 Ross, J. Frank, M. D., 649 Rulofson, Ruloff I. A., 641
S T. PETERSBURG BOROUGH, 600 bank in, 603 churches of, 605 fires in, 603 first settlers of, 601 hotels of, 604 oil movements in, 602 schools of, 604 Salem township, 606 churches of, 609 early settlers of, 607 industries of, 609 minerals of, 607 natural characteristics of, 606 oil and gas in, 607 schools of, 608 Sandstone, Clarion, 51 Schools and churches, early, 85 School work, exposition of, 418 Schools, first, 411 for soldiers' orphans, 37 graduation system for, 419 method of supporting, 411 parochial, 420 State appropriations for, 412
School superintendent, county, 413 Scofield, Judge Glenni W., 401 Scotch Hill, 515 Senators, State, from Clarion county, 371 Settlement by the Dutch on Delaware River, 15 Settlement on Leatherwood creek, 80 Redbank, 80 Settlers in 1798, 77 in 1800, 77 in 1801, 79 in 1803-05, 80 Shanafelt, William, 645 Sheriffs, 409 Shippen, Edward, made governor, 20 Shippenville, 509 Shunk, Frank R., governor, 35 Siegwarth, Anthony, 650 Slavery, extinguishment of, 31 Sligo borough, 611 business interests of, 611 settlement of, 611 Sloan, William C., 642 Snyder, Simon, elected governor, 33 Societies, 431
Soil, 46 Soldiers of Clarion county, the, 142 of the Rebellion, list of, resident in Clarion county, 335 Stamp act, the, 27 State capital removed to Harrisburg, 33 removed to Lancaster, 33 " Standard " case, the, 404 Stave-mills. 365 Steamboats, early, 98 Strattanville borough, 613 business of, 614 churches and schools of, 615 location and settlement of, 613 war record of, 616
Strattan, John R., 663
Streams, improvement of, 98 Strike, the great, 38
Surface measures, 44
Surveyors, county, 410
Surveyors, early, 72 Swedes, first arrival of, 15
Sweny, Hon. James, 664 Synclinal, Centerville, 44 Fairmount, 44 Lawsonham, 43
TEACHERS, early, 411 Teachers' institute, first, 414 various, 414 et seq. Thomas, George, governor, 23 Toby creek, origin of name of, 60
Toby township, 617 churches of, 620 first school-houses of, 619 settlement of, 617
Tornado, the, in Redbank valley, 123 et seq.
Total abstinence, thesis on, 130
Townships and villages, formation of, 100 Township, Ashland, 432 Beaver, 441 Brady, 449
Clarion, 467
Elk, 506
Farmington, 513
Highland, 516
Knox, 519
Licking, 524
Limestone, 531
Madison, 536
Mill Creek, 543
Monroe, 546 Paint, 562
Perry, 565
Piney, 569
Porter, 573
Redbank, 582
Richland, 588
Salem, 606 Toby, 617 Washington, 622
Trails, 62 Travis, Absalom, pioneer, 76 Treasurers, county, 409
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between Great Britain and France in 1744, 23 between Great Britain and Spain, 23 committee, circular of, 126 of 1812, the, 87 of the Revolution, beginning of the, 28 meeting in 1861, 125
Washington, George, mission of to Fort Du Quesne, 24 Washington township, 622 churches of, 629
schools of, 630 settlement of, 622 et seq. villages in, 628
West Millville, 584 Wharton, Thomas, death of, 31
Wharton, Thomas, mnade president of the Council, 29
Whisky insurrection, the, 33 Whitefield, the evangelist, 23 Williamsburg, 549
Wilson, Hon. J. H., 662
Wilson, Judge Theo. S., 406
Wilton, Hugh, military record of, 156
Wolf, George, governor, 34
Wood, J. E., school superintendent, 417
Wyoming massacre, the, 31
Y TEANY, JOHN, 663 Yellow fever in Philadelphia, 33
Young, Thomas, first white child born in Clarion county, 471 Z EISBERGER, DAVID, 61.
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