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Order, neatness, regularity and punctuality were virtues not only practiced habitu- ally himself, as rules of his life, but were expected and required in all his employees ; and a failure in any of these was sure soon to attract his vigilant eye, and cause the applica- tion of an effectual remedy.
His remarkable power of concentrating his mind upon any subject that interested him-until he had reached a satisfactory conclusion-was brought to bear upon the various branches of his extended business, as well as upon his mechanical studies, and no doubt, contributed largely to the gratifying results attained.
Being a very close observer of men, and generally a good judge of human nature, he was seldom at fault in the selection of his principal aids, assistants, foremen, and em- ployees generally ; whatever gift or excellence each one was possessed of, Du Bois was quick to notice, and to place such employee where his superiority could be used to best advantage. He studied his men and knew them thoroughly, often forming his judg- ment of them from what to others would seem trifling acts or occurrences, which would escape the notice of most observers. While strict and exacting from all employees the full measure of their duty, he did not expect to find perfection in any of them ; and in those who were known to be reliable, and had proved to be loyal to his interest, indus- trious and honest, an occasional mistake would be excused ; but no degree of ability, would atone in his estimation for the lack of truth, honesty and integrity. One who ever deliberately deceived him need ever expect to be trusted again by him. This faculty of close observation was habitually exercised towards the minutest details of his business, as the various departments from time to time were separately reviewed. He seemed to value the results of his plans and labors more for their successful outcome, than for the rapid increase of his wealth. Money was never with him an end or object, but a means for the furtherance and accomplishment of his designs and plans, and the proper em-
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ployment of his accumulations in active business gave him much thought in his later years. The"employment of a large number of men at liberal wages, in his extensive schemes of improvement, he seemed to consider a better use for surplus capital, than the hoarding of it in stocks and bonds, and very rarely during the last five years of his life did the number of his employees fall short of five hundred to six hundred men.
Although making no parade before the world as a philanthropist, yet he frequently ran his works with a full complement of men for months together out of regard for the welfare of his employees and their families, when he could have made far more money by a suspension of work. To his men who were diligent, faithful and honest, he gave very liberal terms on land and buildings for their homes, and was never known to har- ass them for payment, always accepting whatever could be spared out of their earnings after providing for the comfort of their families, and in sickness or disaster of any kind, he could always be depended upon for sympathy and assistance. Such a combination of traits could not fail to make up a character of note and prominence among his fellow men.
INDEX.
Academies, 290 Academy, act establishing an, in Clearfield, 291 Clearfield, epitome of proceedings concerning, 292 teachers in, 296 Curwensville, 298, 307 Allemansville, 536 Ansonville, 573 Attorneys, deceased: Christie, William, 244 Fenton, Daniel G., 244 Fulford, John H., 246 Gordon, Isaac G., 244
Gordon, J. Biddle, 245 Graham, Alfred A., 248 Green, Samuel M., 248 Krans, Lewis J., 244 Larrimer, James H , 245 Mccullough, Thomas J., 246 Mccullough, William M., 247 Marr, James B., 244 Martin, Joseph M., 244 Smith, Josiah W., 243 Smith, Lewis, 243 Swoope, H. Bucher, 247 Test, Israel, 246 Wallace, Robert, 247 Wallace, Robert J., 248 Attorneys, present: Adams, Alonzo A., 251 Ames, Truman, 254 Arnold, William C., 253 Barrett, Walter, 249 Bell, Singleton, 255 Bigler, William D., 250 Bilger, George M., 255 Chase, William A., 253 Cole, Arthur L., 254 Cuttle, John L., 251 Easton, George W., 254 Fielding, Frank, 249 Gordon, Cyrus, 251 Hagerty, William A., 253 92
Attorneys, present : Hamer, George D., 254 Harris, Frank G., 253 Herron, David S., 250 Kelley, James H., 255 Kramer, Aaron G., 251 McCurdy, Daniel W., 251 McKenrick, Joseph F., 252 McLeod, Alonzo P., 255 McQuown, M. L., 254 Mitchell, Oscar, 252 Murray, Thomas H., 250 Parker, Joseph W., 249 Patterson, Alexander, 255 Patterson, William H., 253 Pentz, W. Clarence, 254 Shaw, William I., 254 Smith, Allison O., 254 Smith, H. W., 251 Snyder, John F., 253 Swoope, Roland D., 253
Swoope, William I .. 255 Wallace, Harry F., 252 Wallace, William A., 248 Wallace, William E., 252 Weaver, John F., 249
Wilson, S. V. V., 252 Woodward, A. H., 255 Zeigler, George W., 255
Bar, the, 242 Barrett, George R., biography of, 676 Beccaria township, 407 business interests of, 413 first coal mining in, 409 first settlement of, 408 railroads of, 410 topography of, 407 villages in, 41I Bell, Arthur, arrival of, 53 Bell township, 414 first church in, 425
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Bell township :
first school directors of, 421 organization of, 414 pioneers of, 417 schools of, 425 topography of, 416
Bellville, 557 Bench, the, 237
Berwinsdale, 576
Bethlehem, 424
Betts, Rev. Frederick G., biography of, 691 Bigler, 451 Bigler township, 425 industries of, 426 organization of, 426
Bigler, William, biography of, 709 Biography of Barrett, George R., 676 Betts, Rev. Frederick G., 691 Bigler, William, 709
Boynton, Jonathan, 700
Chase, John M., 695
Coudriet, Leon M., 703
Dill, William H., 690 Du Bois, John, 719 Forcey, Thomas H., 702 Goodlander, George B., 698 Hoyt, John P., 689 Irvin, Alexander, 682
Irvin, Col. E. A., 674
Irvin, John, 701 Irvin, William, 684
Irwin, Ellis, 681 Mahaffey, James, 704 McClosky, Isaac C., 675
McEnally, Joseph B., 696
Maxwell, M. D., James A., 682 Murray, Alexander, 687 Murray, Thomas H., 706
Patchin, Aaron W., 683 Patton, John, 679 Porter, William, 697 Potter, Dr. J. W., 688 Shaw, Richard, 685
Shaw, Richard H., 692
Shaw, William M., 694 Stewart, Robert S., 678 Wilson, Dr. Robert V., 705 Bloom township, 428 churches of, 433 erection and organization of, 428 first settlers of, 430 schools of, 433 Boggs township, 434 fire-clay workings in, 439 first settler of, 435 streams of, 437 topography of, 434
Boquet, Colonel, defeat of, 32 Borough, Burnside, 493 Chester Hill, 514 Clearfield, 331 Curwensville, 633 Du Bois, 376 Houtzdale, 663 Lumber City, 621 Pennville, 624 Wallaceton, 440 West Clearfield, 601 Boynton, Jonathan, biography of, 700 Bradford township, 444 churches of, 452 coal deposits of, 453 early settlers of, 446 fire-clay beds in, 454 industries of, 449 organization of, 444 topography of, 445
Brady township, 455 annals of, 461 business interests of, 462
churches of, 464 education in, 650
hotels of, 470 mining and lumbering in, 456
pioneer incidents of, 457 political reminiscences of, 47 1 roads and railroads of, 457 settlement of, 455 societies and orders of, 469 topography and geography of, 456 " Woodside Centennial " at, 472
Brant, Joseph, 39 Brisbin, 671 Burnside township, 478 churches of, 493 early military affairs in, 494 first settlers of, 480 organization of, 478 reminiscences of, 479 topography of, 479
Canan's surveys, 48 Chase, John M., biography of, 695 Cherry Valley massacre, the, 40 Chest township, 495 business of, 500 early settlers of, 497 erection and boundaries of, 496 McGarvey post-office in, 499 railroads of, 498
Chester Hill, 514 Clapham, Colonel, letter of, to Gov. Mor- ris, 25 Clearfield Bar Association, 248
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INDEX.
Clearfield borough, banking houses of, 356 business blocks and mercantile in- terests of, 353 cemeteries of, 375 churches of, 362 civil list of, 350 fire department of, 374
first buildings in, 333 formation of, 331
hotels of, 355 incorporation of, 347 industries of, 360 local improvement companies of, 359 old families of, 335 post-office and postmasters of, 334 schools of, 374 societies and orders of, 369
the press of, 357
Witmer's donation of lands for, 332 " Clearfield Citizen," the (now " Demo- crat,") 273
" Clearfield County Times," the, 274 Clearfield county, act erecting, 64 act supplemental to act of organ- ization of, 65 addition to in 1823, 72
bar of, 242 bench of, 237
boundaries of, 14
causes for establishing the lumber business in, 92 civil list of, 323
commission to locate county seat of, 66 early surveys in, 48 effects of War of 1812 in, 85
establishment of early election dis- tricts in, 87 first enumeration of taxable inhab- itants of, 69 first Indian occupants of, 17
first murder in, 85 first saw-mills in, 92
first settlers of the, 51
formation of, 13 geographical position of, 14 in the Rebellion, 107 medical society, 259 proceedings of General Assembly in relation to report of commission- ers to locate county seat of, 69
report of commissioners to locate county seat of, 68 second act to complete organiza- tion of, 71
Clearfield county : selection of site for county seat of, 67 settlements of, tardiness of early, 82 settlers of, from 1810 to 1815, 82 streams of, 15 topographical features of, 14
" Clearfield Democrat," the, 27I " Clearfield Whig," the, 272. Coal basin, the first, 205 the second, 207 the third, 212 the three great, 205
interests, development of, 215
measures, true section of, 204
mines, 217 et seq mining, statistics of, 232
Coalport, 412 " Coalport Standard," the, 277 Committee of safety, the, 39 Cooper township, 509 topography of, 509 villages in, 510
" Cornplanter " Indians, 52 Coudriet, Leon M., biography of, 703
County institutes, 309
" County Review," the, 275 County seat, description of lands donated for, 74 Court-house, important cases tried in the new, 80 the first, 75 the second, 78
Courts, first State, 233 powers and jurisdiction of early courts, 235
Court, the first, 75 Covington township, 501 churches of, 507
early settlers of, 503
erection and organization of, 502
industries of, 505 schools of, 506
Cresap, Colonel, and Logan, 36 Curwensville, 633 churches of, 637
First National Bank of, 641
first settlers of, 633
industries of, 641
location of, 633
lumbering operations in, 635
Patton Graded School in, 656
press of, 642
schools of, 635 societies of, 638
Declaration of rights, the, 38
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INDEX.
Decatur township, 511 early settlement of, 51I growth of, 516 villages in, 514 Difficulties arising from ante-treaty sur- veys, 47 Dill, William H., biography of, 690 Du Bois borough, 376 agriculture in, 387 almshouse of, 405 annals of, 384 bands of, 396 banking in, 288 board of trade of, 406 churches of, 389 early settlements of, 378 fire protection of, 385 hotels of, 405 manufacturing interests of, 397 mining interests of, 380 orders and societies of, 399 places of amusement in, 394 press of, 403 roads and railways of, 387 schools of, 388
topography and geography of, 377 " Du Bois Courier," the, 276 " Du Bois Express," the, 276 Dn Bois, John, biography of, 719
Early" settlers : Anderson, Robert, 57 Askey, Robert, 55 Bloom, William, 58 Carothers, John, 57 Clover, Paul, 55 Coleman, Dr. Samuel, 62
Erhard, Peter, 59
Ewing, Samuel, 59
Fenton, Benjamin, 58 Ferguson, John, 59 Forcey, Thomas, 60 Frazier, Hughı, 57 Fulton, Samuel, 60 Gallagher, Hugh, 59 Graham, Robert, 55 Hartshorn, Benjamin, 61 Hess, Abraham, 55 Hoover, Martin, 54 Irwin, Henry, 56 Jordon, Benjamin, 58 Jordon, Hugh, 59 Kline, John, 57 Kyler, Conrad and Leonard, 59 Leonard, Abraham, 55 Leonard, Joseph, 55 Litz, David, 55 Mapes, Thomas, 56
Early settlers : Moore, James, 61 Owens, John, 55 Passmore, Abraham, 56 Patterson, Joseph, 60 Read, Alexander, 57 Sundry other, 63 Turner, Daniel, 56 Welch, George and John, 59 Wise, Jacob, 57 " Enterprise, The," 277
Ferguson township, 523 churches in, 526 first school in, 526 first settlement in, 523
Fire-clays, 213 Five Nations, dates of conquests by the, 19 peculiar clans of the, 19 Floods on the West Branch, 89 Forcey, Thomas H., biography of, 702 Fort Stanwix, the treaty at, 46 Frenchville, 505
Gazzam, 527 Geological classification, general, 203 Geulich township, 531 early history of, 532 topography of, 531 villages in, 534
Gillingham, 540 Girard township, 537 churches of, 540 early settlers of, 538 industries of, 541 schools of, 540 topography and geography of, 537
Glen Hope, 41I Goodlander, George B., biography of, 698
Goshen township, 546 churches of, 550 coal lands in, 551 organization of, 546 pioneers of, 547 schools of, 550 Graham township, 542 churches of, 545 early settlers of, 543 erection of, 542 industries of, 545 Grampian Hills, the, 617 " Granny Lathers," 54 Greenwood township, 552 first settlement of, 555 formation of, 552 schools of, 557
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Harris, James, extracts from journal of, 48 Holland Land Company, the, 49 Houtzdale, 663
" Houtzdale Mining Record," the, 276 " Houtzdale Observer," the, 276 " Houtzdale Squib," the, 275 Hoyt, John P., biography of, 689 Huston, township of, 558 annals of, 560 lumber and agriculture in, 558 manufacturing in, 562 orders and societies of, 565 religious services in, 559 schools of, 563
Indians, conquest over the Pennsylvania, 2I Sullivan's expedition against the, 41 expedition of 1779 against the, 41 final treaties with the, 42 military operations against the, in 1755,25 outbreak in 1774, 35 part taken by, in French and Eng- lish war, 23 results of the treaty with, in 1754, 24 retirement of, to the Muskingum, 33 the, during the Revolution, 39 the Five Nations of, 18 the Lenni Lenape, 17 the Shawnese, 21 treachery towards, 40 treaties with, 22 treaty with, in 1763, 33 troubles with, in 1767-8, 34 wars and their results, 17 wars with, 31 et seq Irvin, Alexander, biography of, 682 Irvin, Col. E. A., biography of, 674 Irvin, John, biography of, 701 Irvin, William, biography of, 684 Irvona, 412 Irwin, Ellis, biography of, 681
Jail, the first, 74 the present, 74 Janesville, 534 Johnson, Sir William, 39 Jordan, township of, 566 churches of, 571 first settlers of, 567 schools of, 574 Judges : Barrett, Geo. R., 242 Burnside, James, 239 Burnside, Thomas, 238
Judges : Gamble, James, 239 Hale, James T., 239 Huston, Charles, 238 Knox, John C., 239 Krebs, David L., 241 Linn, Samuel, 240 McEnally, J. B., 240
Mayer, Charles A., 240 Orvis, John Holden, 240 White, Robert G., 239 Woodward, George W., 238
Judiciary provisions of constitution of 1790, 234
Karthaus, township of, 577 churches of, 583 coal deposits of, 585 early settlement of, 579 organization of, 577 societies and orders in, 584
Kerrmoor, 528 Keewaydin, 505
Know-Nothing party, the, 315 Knox township, 586 churches in, 589 early settlers of, 587 organization of, 586 Kylertown, 510, 610
Land purchases, different, from the In- dians, 45 purchasers, early, 49 purchase of 1768, the, 46
Lawrence township, 591 churches of, 598 early settlers of, 591 orders and societies of, 599 schools of, 598 topography of, 591
Leconte's Mills, 541
Lewisville, 557 Lumber business, maximum of, 95 Lumber City, 62 1 churches of, 623 first officers of, 622 settlers of, 621 Lumber manufacturers, early, 93 et seq Luthersburgh, 461
McClosky, Isaac C., biography of, 675 McClure, Thomas, early settler, 54 McEnally, Joseph B., biography of, 696 McGee's Mills, 424 Madera, 426, 663 Mahaffey, 423 Mahaffey, James, biography of, 704
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Maxwell, James A., M. D., biography of, 682 Medical Society, the Clearfield, 259 Military events in Western Pennsylvania, epitome of, 29 expeditions, results of, 1756-7, 26 Militia of early days, 106 Morris township, 603 churches of, 613 early settlers of, 605 organization of, 604 schools of, 612
" Multum in Parvo," the, 273 Murray, Alexander, biography of, 687 Murray, Thomas H., biography of, 706
New Karthaus, 582 New Millport, 587 Newspapers, the effects of, in early days, 268 New Washington, 493
Officers, public, of and from Clearfield county, 323 Ogden, Daniel, arrival of, 52 doings of, 53 .
Osceola Mills, 515 business of, 521 churches of, 518 great fire in, 521 growth of, 515 " Osceola Reveille," the, 275
Packersville, 431 Patchin, Aaron W., biography of, 683
Patrons of Husbandry, 328
Patton John, biography of, 679 Peale, 510 Penfield, 560
Penn's first purchase from the Indians, 44 management, 44 property, disposition of, 47 " Pennsylvania Banner," the, 269 origin of name of, 43 Penn, Thomas, 47 Penn township, 615 early settlers of, 619 organization of, 615 Penn, William, charter to, 43 death of, 47 Pennville borough, 624 churches of, 626 societies of, 628 Physicians : Blandy, Thomas R., 258 Boyer, Thomas J., 259 Caldwell, G. W., 259 Colman, Samuel, 256
Physicians : Crouch, D. O., 258 Fetzer, D. A., 259 Houtz, Henry, 258 Hoyt, J. P., 256 Lorain, Henry, 257 McLeod, Alexander, 256
Richards, John C., 258
Schryver, A. T., 257 Thompson, Hardman, 258 Wilson, R. V., 258 Woods, Matthew, 258 list of, 260 Pike township, 628 early settlers of, 630 organization of, 629 Pine, municipal district called, 602
Press, the, humble beginning of, 267
Politics, Clearfield county prominent in, 313,
Porter, William, biography of, 697
Post, Frederick, 29 Potter, Dr. J. W., biography of, 688
" Raftsman's Journal," the, 272 Railroads, 102 et seq. Revolutionary War, instigation of, 37 Rickerts, Captain Edward, 51 Roads and turnpikes, 97 et seq.
Sabula, 649 Sandy township, 645 annals of, 647 churches of, 649 early settlements of, 646 educational matters in, 649 manufacturing interests of, 647 mines of, 648 organization of, 646 School benefits for the poor, 281 county, superintendents, 308 early, incidents, 288 law, 280 Leonard Graded, 303 organization by Governor Wolf, 282 system, public, act organizing the,. 283 Schools, common, 299 early, 284 early progress of, 279 miscellaneous, 310 normal, 310 race in, 308 statistical table concerning, 312 Seminaries, female, 298 Settlements succeeding 1801, 54 et seq. Shaw, Richard, biography of, 685 Shaw, Richard H., biography of, 692.
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Shawsville, 549 Shaw, William M., biography of, 694 Shekelimo, 2I Stewart, Robert S., biography of, 678 Surveyors, early, 49
"Township, Beccaria, 407 Bell, 414 Bigler, 425 Bloom, 428 Boggs, 434 Bradford, 444 Brady, 455 . Burnside, 478 Chest, 495 Cooper, 509 Covington, 501
Decatur, 51I
Ferguson, 523 Geulich, 531 Girard, 537 Goshen, 546 Graham, 542 Greenwood, 552 Huston, 558 Jordan, 566 Karthaus, 577 Knox, 586 Lawrence, 591 Morris, 603 Penn, 615 Pike, 628 Sandy, 645 Union, 651 Woodward, 658
Townships, formation of, 71 Tragedy at Devil's Hole, 32 Transfer of creating power in the judiciary from the governor to the people, 236 of the Penn titles to the Common- wealth, 48
Treaty, the, of 1753, and its results, 45 Trials, important early, 77 " Triangular tract," the, 47 Troutville, 462 Trump, Levi, journal of, 26 et seq
Union township, 651 churches of, 657 geography, 652 organization of, 652 pioneer settlers of, 654
Volunteers, Eighty-fourth regiment of, 130 roster of, 134 Fifty-ninth regiment (Second Cav- alry) of, 129 roster of, 128 Forty-second regiment of, 117 roster of, 121 One Hundred and Fifth regiment of, 151 roster of, 154 One Hundred and Forty-ninth reg- iment of, 183 roster of, 186 Thirty-fourth regiment of, 108 roster of, 112
Wallaceton borough, 440 business of, 442 churches of, 441 formation of, 44 I officers of, 443
Weiser, Conrad, 21, 23 West Clearfield, 601
Western frontier, defense of the, by Gen. McIntosh, 40
Wilson, Dr. Robert V., biography of, 705 Winterburn, 561
Witmer, Abraham, bond of, 67
Wolf, Governor, organization of school sys- tem by, 283
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 326 Woodland, 449 Woodside, James, first arrival of, 52 Woodward township, 658 business of, 668 churches of, 665 mines of, 671 schools of, 667 settlement of, 658 societies of, 669
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