History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 138

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280

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JOHNSON WRIGHT, physician and surgeon, P. O. Franklin Corners, was born in Girard Township April 23, 1839, son of Charles and Harriet (Woolsey) Wright, whose bi- ography appears above, married December 24. 1866, Martha M. Miller, born March 15, 1843, daughter of Orange aud Matilda (Smith) Miller, natives of the State of New York. By this union there are three children, as follows, Ernest E., Charles J., aud Carl C. In 1869. Dr. Wright commenced the study of medicine and surgery under the advice and di- rection of Dr. H. H. Baxter, Professor of Materia Medica, Cleveland Homoeopathic Hospital College. He attended the lecture course at that institution in the years 1870, 1871 and 1872, graduating and obtaining his diploma in the latter year. The Hahnemann Medical Society of Cleveland has also conferred a degree upon the Doctor. He commenced to practice his profession in Franklin Township in 1873, and has established a lucrative bus- iness. He is physician for the poor in Franklin Township, having received the appoint- ment from the Directors of the Poor for Erie County. Dr. Wright also holds a diploma for business profession from Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College, of Buffalo, N. Y. He is the owner of a fine farm comprising eighty-eight acres, two and one-half miles from Franklin Centre. The farm is well stocked and under an excellent state of cultivation. Politically, the Doctor is Democratic.

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WILLIAM ALDRICH, Justice of the Peace, P. O. Platea, was born in Cheshire County, N. H., in 1808, and is a son of Amasa and Hannah (Payne) Aldrich, both natives of Massachusetts. They were the parents of fifteen children, our subject the only one surviving. Amasa was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and died when William was five years old, The latter married, in 1885, Mary Preston, who, dying, left two children, both now deceased. The youngest, Mary, was the wife of Jefferson Rouse, and left one child, Mary, who married Edwin Wright, by whom she had twins. Mr. Aldrich's second marriage was with Elizabeth Sawdy, who died without issue. He then was united to Sarah Hatton, of Chautauqua, N. Y. Mr. Aldrich came to Erie County in 1833, making the journey via the Schenectady & Albauy Railroad, the first railroad line in the United States. He engaged in farming, subsequently erecting a tannery, which he carried on successfully many years, but closed on account of other business and his desire to retire from active pursuits. He was commissioned as Justice of the Peace in 1881 for five years. He was previously engaged in manufacturing boots and shoes at Lockport, and has always felt an interest in building and improving the place. He is now living in his fine residence in the borough of Lockport, and as a citizen and pioneer is highly esteemed.

DR. EDWIN R. ALLEN, Girard, a descendant of the distinguished Ethen Allen, of Ticonderoga fame, was born in Girard Township, Erie Co., Penn., September 1, 1825, and is a son of Ira and Phebe (Comstock) Allen, who came to this county in 1818, and entered 100 acres of land at Cross Station, where they passed their lives. They reared a family of seven children, five living-Emily, Nancy, Roana, Almira and Edwin R. The latter re- mained on the homestead until seventeen years of age, when he engaged on a vessel, and followed a seafaring life several years. He began the study of dentistry in 1856, the fol- lowing year going to Cass County, Mich., where he practiced his profession four years. He then engaged in farming four years in Girard, subsequently resumed his profession in same, and has now an established business, and is the oldest practitioner in Girard. Dr. Allen's marriage occurred in 1852 in this township, with Helen M. Anderson, a native of Girard. Two children blessed this union-Clarence Emir, a teacher at Salt Lake City, married to Corrinne Tuckerman, of Austinburg. Ohio, and Cyrus A., dentist at Buffalo. Dr. Allen is among the oldest born settlers. He is universally respected, and is an hon- ored officer of Masons.

A. S. ANDERSON, retired farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., November 17. 1821, and is a graudson of George Anderson, a native of Massachusetts, who settled in this county in 1831, coming from Ann Arbor, Mich. He engaged in lum- bering, and built a saw mill in Girard Township. which he ran a few years, then sold out and moved to Matthew Anderson's, where he died at the age of ninety-eight years. He was a pioneer of Chenango County, N. Y., taking up 400 acres of land there. His wife was Elizabeth Steward, by whom he had fourteen children. The father of our subject, Matthew, was born in Chenango County in 1799. He, with his brother Allen, came to this county, articled 100 acres of laud. and returned to the East. This land was subsequently lost. He was a carpenter by trade, working at the same for years, and accumulated con- siderable property. His widow, still surviving, was Emily Maynard, born in Colerain, Mass., in 1796. They were the parents of four children, all now surviving, viz .: A. S. ; Amos W., a resident of McHenry County, Ill., the father of Edwin V. and May, wife of Mr. Hungi- ford; William M., of Grass Valley. Cal., also has two children-Clarence R., residing on the homestead with grandmother, and Emma. widow of S. E. Brindle; and Helen, wife of Dr. E. R. Allen. Our subject was brought up on the homestead farm in this township. of which he is the oldest resident. He married, April 8, 1847, Adaline A., daughter of Elijah Drury, of a pioneer family, and a native of this county. Of the three children born to this union two are now living-Leslie M .. married to Ida Bunnell, and Carl M., married to Mattie Drury. After marriage, Mr. Anderson settled on his present place, retiring from the active pursuits of life in 1876. He has lived to see all his children comfortably settled.

HENRY BALL, Justice of the Peace, Girard, is the only living son of Henry and Betsey (Halsted) Ball, and was born in 1810, in Galway, N. Y. His father, after emigrat- ing to this country from England, settled in Saratoga County, N. Y., where he was sales- man some years, engaged in farming, and at one time served as Constable. He and his wife died within a year of each other, leaving Henry and Laura, a widow, and mother of Martha, wife of Theodore Allen, residing on the old homestead. Our subject located in Girard Township, and began, in connection with farming, in the commission and forward- ing business. In 1846, he was elected Justice of the Peace, serving five years. Ile was

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re-elected in 1857, and has since filled this office. He has also served as School Director eighteen years, Secretary and Treasurer of the Council many years, and as Treasurer of the School Board, and Secretary of the Cemetery Company, in all capacities with satis- faction to his constituents and credit to himself. He was married to Martha Chesebro, a native of Saratoga County, N. Y. Three children blessed this union, one surviving, Jennie, widow of Fenton Daggett, by whom she has one child. Fenta.

W. C. BATCHELER, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in 1833, son of Elijah and Johanna (Taft) Batcheler, natives of New Hampshire and New York respectively. Amos Batcheler, the grandfather, of English descent, was born in New Hampshire, and served in the Revolutionary war. In 1811, he entered a large tract of land in what is now Kingsville. Ashtabula Co., Ohio, built a log cabin assisted by the pioneers from three townships, raised a large family and passed his life. In 1856, Elijah moved from Ashtabula to Erie County, settling in Albion Township, where he died in 1863. He was the parent of fiye children, all living, viz., Angeline, widow of E. Denio ; Lucinda, wife of H. P. Sullivan ; W. C .; Amos, a resident of Fargo, Dak., and George. Our subject was thoroughly educated in Ashtabula and Erie Counties, read medicine, and followed his profession until his bealth failed, when he moved to Conneaut Township, Erie County, in October, 1861. In 1862, he joined the Union army as Hospital Steward, in which capacity he served until August, 1863. For a few years, he followed mercantile trade, but his poor health compelled him to abandon this, and for the past few years he has heen farming. He moved to Girard in 1873, and in 1881 occupied his present farm, consisting of seventy-five acres. He has held various township offices, and is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Batcheler was united in marriage, in this county, in 1859, with Annie E., daughter of Henry Skinner, of Erie County ; three chil- dren blessed this union, two living-Henry E. and Mary A.

ASA BATTLES, fruit culturist, Girard, was born in 1827 in this township, and is a son of Asa and Elizabeth Battles, both natives of Vermont. The first record we find of this name in America is from Savage's Genealogical Dietionary. Thomas Battles, a Puri- tan emigrant, settled in Dedham, Mass., in 1642, married Mary Fisher, and raised a fam- ily of children, dying in 1706. It is said one of his sons settled in Bridgewater, Mass., from whom descended John Battles, the great-grandfather of our subject, who married a Curtis November 16, 1749, and had several children, the oldest named John, the grand- father of our subject, who married Lydia Spear, his first wife, and had five children, the fifth being Asa, Sr., the father of the present Asa ; also, by his second wife, five children. Asa Battles, Sr., was born 1786, and married Elizabeth Brown, November 22, 1814, the daughter of Abraham Brown, who was well known as a writer of sacred poetry ; many of his hymns are now retained in the popular collections of the day. They had the following children, all living: Rosina, born June 27, 1815, married L. I. Baldwin; George W., born June 15, 1816, married a Miss Bartlett; Alsina, born July 22, 1820 ; Lucina, born January 16, 1824; Asa, horn September 21, 1827, married a Miss Hinds; Rush S., born April 24, 1833, married a Webster. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1814, he settled in Western New York, but in 1825 he removed to Girard, Penn., residing until he died May 10. 1848, aged sixty-two years. His widow survived him till October 10, 1868, aged eighty-one years. Asa Battles (our subject), at the early age of twenty years, engaged in mercantile business, conducting one of the largest stores in the place. At twenty-one, he was appointed Postmaster, holding the office four years, when he engaged in mail contracting, on quite a large scale, with the Post Office Department, having, at the commencement of the war of the rebellion, contracts in all the Middle and Western and several of the Sonthern States. Owing to the unsettling of values, the war about destroyed this busi- ness. He then turned his attention to the mercantile trade, opening a wholesale store in Milwaukee, Wis., and, soon after, another in Chicago ; was also proprietor of a large hotel in Chicago previous to the great fire, after which he had one in St. Louis a few years. Although exempt from military duty, he hired a substitute, and kept him in the service during the war. When Pennsylvania was unable to fill her quota in the army without resorting to a draft, he accepted a commission from the Governor to proceed to the Gulf States and obtain colored recruits, in which he was quite successful. He was also largely engaged in the oil business, owning many producing wells, and a large refinery on Oil Creek. He was married, December 27, 1849, to Sarah M., daughter of Perley Hinds, one of the early pioneers of this connty. Six children have been horn to them, five of whom are now living : Clarence Perley, born October 16, 1853, graduated at Rush Medical Col- lege, Chicago, and is now a practicing physician ; Raymond Willis, born July 31, 1856, graduated at Rush Medical College. Chicago, and is practicing medicine at Ripley, N. Y .; was married to Teresa, daughter of Hon. L. W. Thickstun, and have one son, Donald R .; Wilton Lamar, born September 21, 1860, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and is now practicing dental surgery ; Leland Asa, born June 8, 1867 ; Cora Gertrude, born January 18, 1871. Asa Battles has now retired from all his business operations, and devotes himself entirely to horticultural pursuits, having, it is said, the finest and most extensive fruit plantation in the State of Pennsylvania.

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R. S. BATTLES, banker, Girard, is a native of Girard, born April, 1833, son of Asa and Elizabeth (Brown) Battles, the former a native of Stoughton, Mass., the latter of Guilford, Vt., who settled, lived and died on 250 acres of land in this township. They reared a family of six children, all surviving-Rosina, wife of L. I. Baldwin, Conneaut, Ohio ; George W., of Santa Barbara County, Cal .; Alsina, Lucina, Asa and Rush S. Our subject acquired a primary education in the schools of Girard, where he began to read law with S. E. Woodruff. Iu 1853, he entered the National Law School of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating in the class of 1854, aud was admitted, the same year, to the bar of Erie County, and became associated with his former preceptor in the practice of law in this village. Years later they dissolved, and he devoted his time to farming until 1859, when the bank was organized, under the firm name of Battles & Webster. The latter retired in 1876, and Mr. Battles has since conducted the business alone. He has also an interest in and is Secretary and Treasurer of the Wrench Factory. Mr. Battles was married, in 1861, to Charlotte M., daughter of James Webster, of Girard. Of their three children, one, C. Elizabeth, survives. The family reside on the old homestead, and are highly esteemed citizens.

HENRY BECKER, merchant tailor, Girard, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1830, emigrating to the United States in 1851, and coming to Girard the following year, where he opened a clothing store, which he has since successfully carried on. He is the oldest merchant tailor in the city, and also carries a full line of clothing, hats, caps, notions, etc. He married in this county in 1854, Katrina B., daughter of Christian Breckle, a native of Wittenberg, Germany, who settled in Mill Creek Township in 1843. To this union eleven children have been born, viz .: Henry, Charles (deceased at New Washington, Ohio); Kat- rina, wife of R. Warner; Edward in San Francisco, Cal .; Annie; Helen, in San Francisco, Cal .; Christian, a barber iu Girard; Martha, Gustav, Ida and Caroline. Mr. Becker for nine years has been a member of the City Council, and holds a Lieutenant's and Captain's commission in the militia, in which he served nine years. He purchased the Lutheran Church, named in his honor the Becker Church, and has been its President fifteen years.

DAVID P. BLAIR, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born on the homestead in this township in 1818, and is a son of James and Mary (Wallace) Blair, who located their home in the thickly wooded heights of Elk Creek Township, in 1803. They came from Fayette County, floating their household effects to Meadville, from whence they were brought on horseback. They paid $50 for 400 acres of land, and, after paying taxes on it seven years, abandoned it. Mr. Blair subsequently made a purchase which includes property now occupied by our subject, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are now living-James, Joseph, David P. and Samuel. Mr. Blair died in March, 1855; his widow survived until June 9, 1873, dying in her ninety- fourth year. David P. was married March 5, 1874, to Caroline, daughter of Robert and Sabina Wallace, a native of Washington County, Penn. One son, Robert W., born to this union, is now living. The family erected a fine residence near the old home, a portion of which is the old log cabin, which is still standing. The original homestead consisted of 100 acres, but David P. Blair has made subsequent purchases of 200 acres. The family are widely and favorably known. Their home is situated on a belt of land that stretches out 150 feet above the bend of Elk Creek, and affords one of the finest views in that section.

JAMES R. BLAIR, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born on the homestead in this township, May 7, 1838, and is a son of John W. and Candace (Strong) Blair, the former a native of Erie County, born February 15, 1807, and the latter born May 7, 1809, in Vermont. John W. was a son of James Blair, who settled in this township in 1803, and died in 1879. His widow still survives. The subject of this sketch has a farm of eighty acres and has always followed farming. He is one of our oldest pioneers and is highly respected.

R. C. BROMLEY, retired farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in 1817 in Rutland County, Vt., son of Smith and Phebe M. (Wescott) Bromley, natives of Vermont, and who came to this county in 1837, settling in Springfield Township. Our subject, their only child, came with them. His father bought a farm of fifty-four acres, on which he lived until the death of his wife in 1847. Some two years afterward, the father returned to Ver- mont, where he died, leaving our subject the farm. R. C. Bromley was married in 1843, to Cina A. Cross, youngest child of Oliver Cross, a pioneer of this county, from Vermont. To this union were born three daughters-Mary Jane, married to Samuel R. Carroll, had three children-John B., Lida I., and Ella R., died June 2, 1873; Laura A., married to Norman L. Pratt, has one daughter-Adah Pearl, now residing in Omaha, Neb .; and Flora D., married to J. Harley Silverthorn, has three children-Lora F., Leo G. and Roa C., now living on our subject's farm in this township. In 1853, Mr. Bromley moved to Craw- ford County, Penn,, where he resided twelve years. Here he was an acting Justice of the Peace one term, besides holding other township offices. In 1865, he bought a farm in Girard Township, this county, to which he at once moved. Here he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace one term (five years, as fixed by the law of Pennsylvania). Our subject being compelled, owing to severe attacks of rheumatism, to retire from active labor in 1882, purchased a house and lot near Girard depot, where he now resides.

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A. M. CLARK, grocer, Girard, was born in Torrington, Conn., in 1837, and is a son of Converse and Almira (Burr) Clark, natives of Connecticut, the former born February 29, 1800; the latter April 23, 1803. They came to this county in 1837, and settled on a farm in Greene Township, Erie County. In 1849, Mr. Clark, Sr., removed to Springfield, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying December 29, 1853. He was at one time an active militiaman in Connecticut, and served as an officer in his native State and after coming West. His widow is residing with a daughter in EarIville, Ill., in the eighty-second year of her age, She is the mother of six children, viz .: George Russell. Chester B., Jane Lu- cina, Flora Almira J., Almon M. and Mills C. The latter served as Captain of I. F. V., was wounded at Champion Hills, but served to the close of the war. Our subject followed farming until 1866, when he entered into a copartnership with George P. Rea, groceries and dry goods. He sold his interest to Mr. Rea four years later, establishing himself in the grocery business, which he has since followed, occupying his present premises in the fall of 1871, where he carries a large stock of groceries, crockery, etc., doing a constantly in- creasing and successful trade. He married at Springfield, Penn., November 23, 1859, Ma- tilda H. Ferguson, born March 25, 1839, daughter of Hance Ferguson. She died January 18, 1883. They have an adopted daughter, Bertha A. Mr. Clark is one of the active men and esteemed citizens of the township, in which he has held various offices of trust.

WILLIS COFFMAN, farmer, P. O. Platea. was born on the homestead farm in Girard Township in 1859, and is a son of Conrad and Barbara (Eaton) Coffman, who were among the pioneers of 1803, and erected a cabin in the wilderness of Elk Creek, where they lived to the close of their lives. They reared a family of nine children, four of whom are living- Willis, Ellen, Dorcas and Rush. The children have the homestead farm, consisting of sixty acres.

D. R. CROOKS, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Groveland, N. Y., in 1814, and is the youngest child of David and J. (Buskirk) Crooks, the former a native of Northumber- land County, Penn., and the latter of New Jersey. They settled on the farm now occupied by our subject in 1829, which then consisted of 132 acres. They reared a family of seven children, all growing to manhood and womanhood, but now all deceased except two- Hannah and D. R. David Crooks died at the age of eighty-eight, and his wife when eighty- two years of age. Hannah Crooks married Samuel Buckby, and resides in Southwestern Missouri. They have a family of eight children, viz., Thomas, David, Edwin. Jane, Catherine, Margaret (who resides on the homestead with our subject), Fannie and Emily. Mr. Crooks has always lived on the homestead farm, enjoying his parents' society till the last. He leads a quiet, monotonous life, and is highly esteemed by his neighbors as an old settler and citizen.

W. C. CULBERTSON, lumber merchant, Girard, is a native of Edinboro, Erie Co., Penn., born November 27, 1825. His father, Andrew C., born in Westmoreland County, Penn .. June 20, 1795. When two years of age, he came with his father William, who took up a large tract of land, and was one of the early settlers of Edinboro, where he died. Andrew married, in 1820, Margaret Alexander, born in Washington County, N. Y., October 31, 1797, and reared a family of eight children all now living-Margaret J., Mary C., William C., James A., Rebecca, John. Alexander and Charles W. In 1846, W. C. Culbert- son engaged in lumbering on the Allegheny River and in Kentucky, subsequently con- tinning the same in Jefferson County. He at present has branches established at several points in the South and West. The oldest branch, in Covington, Ky., in which his eldest son-James A .- is interested, is known as J. A. Culbertson & Co. The Girard Lumber Company has mills at Menominee, Mich .; a lumber yard in Chicago is under the name of W. C. Culbertson & Son. He is connected with the Penn Mill at Albion, the business conducted under the firm name of Penn Lumber Co. He owns extensive timber lands in Northern Michigan and in the yellow pine timber districts of Missouri, a wheat farm in the Red River Valley. Minn., smaller farms in Kentucky, Allegheny Springs, Warren Co., Penn .; Edinboro, Erie Co., Penn., and the home estate near Girard. He is proprietor of the Girard Flouring Mills, and President of the Girard Wrench Factory, in which he has an interest. He was married in Warren County, Penn., to Margaret Alexander, by whom he has had eight children-seven now living. Mr. Culbert- son is a modest, unassuming gentleman, loved by all who know him.

GEORGE H. CUTLER, attorney, Girard. The Cutler family are of English origin, New England stock, and noted for their longevity. Thomas Cutler, our subject's grand- father, born in Massachusetts in 1736, a soldier in the French war, died in 1835. George H. Cutler was born in Guilford, Vt., in 1809, and is a son of Nahum and Martha (Rohbins) Cutler, both deceased, natives of Windham County, Vt., and Hartford, Conn., respectively. George H. received a common school education, having a private tutor for the higher branches. He read law with Hon. Judge Ross, of Cortland, N. Y. In 1835, he located in Girard, Erie County; two years later entered the office of Judge Galbraith, of Erie, being admitted to the bar in 1840. He is the oldest practitioner in Erie County. Mr. Cutler was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1852. In 1872, he was elected to the State Senate, and was elected Speaker in May, 1874, and President pro tem. in January. 1875. He was the last Speaker under the old and first President pro tem. under the new consti-

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tution, presiding in the absence of the Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Cutler married, in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1830, Louisa Stewart, a native of Cambridge, N. Y. Six chil- dren (two deceased) blessed this union-Marcus N .; George A., who is a prominent mem- ber of the har at Leland, Mich .; Mary, wife of Irvin P. Hinds, of Hinsdale, Ill., and Louisa. The law firm of Cutler & Hinds, which came into existence in 1861, still con- tinues.

AUSTIN DAGGETT, farmer, P. O. Girard, was born in Greenfield'Township, Erie Co., Penn., May, 1805, aud is the eldest son living of Sebree and Annis (Peet) Daggett, the former born in Coventry, Conn., in 1775, the latter a native of Vermont. The father of Sebree, John Daggett, in the cold winter of 1799, came to this county, following an Indian trail through the woods. On December 24, 1802, going from Erie to Colt's Station, while crossing a stream on a log, he fell into the water and had his feet so terribly frozen that when he reached his destination he made a saw out of a case knife, and cut the frozen parts away, sawing the very bones. No doctors in those days. He was a Revolutionary soldier, was married five times, and reared seven children, fruits of his first union. He made a small payment on 300 acres of land in Greenfield, on which his son Sebree Dag- gett and family, coming from Vermont, settled in 1799. They cleared about twenty acres of this tract, and in 1814 entered the land now occupied by Hiram Daggett, which con- sisted of 125 acres, 100 of which were cleared by Sebree and our subject. John departed this life in 1837, when eighty-four years old. Sebree reared a family of six sons and four daughters. The surviving are Laura (widow of Lewis Wildman), Austin, Darius, Reuben, Elner (widow of J. B. Williams). Hiram, John D. Austin married, in Conneaut, Ohio, ; June 3, 1830, Elvira. daughter of Joab Greene, a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., where she was born June 9, 1808, who has borne him ten children, six surviving, viz .; Julius A .; Annis R., wife of J. C. Zahn; Helen M., wife of Welcome J. Weeks; Melissa, wife of Richard Tuckey, of Coldwater, Mich .; Florence, wife of William M. Anderson, residing at home; and Josephine H., wife of James Tuckey. In August, 1830, Mr. Daggett settled on his portion of the farm, consisting of ninety-five acres of woodland He has en- dured all the privations and hardships of pioneer life, clearing away the timber, building a cabin, etc. He served in the militia for over twenty years, and had a Captain's commis- sion at that time. He has been a member of the Universalist Church many years.

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History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 138

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280