History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 2

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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City Government 814 Square, Monuments, etc.


School Building .. 815 Public Men


Newspapers. 816 Newspapers and Banks Miscellaneoua. 850


849


Secret Societiea. 816 Gas, Gas Wells and Public Halls. 820


Religious Societies. 820


823


Miscellaneous


CHAPTER XVIII .- WAYNE TOWNSHIP. 824-832


Lands and their Value .... 824 The Streama ... 825


Village of Beaver Dam .. 825


Carter Hill and Hare Creek. 829


Schools, Mills, etc ... 829


The State Fish Hatchery 830


The Pioneers ... 855 Railroads and Common Roads 855


Streams and Valleys 856 Religious Societies. 856


859


Mills, Quarry, Etc .. 860


860 Miscellaneous ...


PART V.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-ERIE AND CORRY.


City of Erie (alphabetically arranged)


.. 977-1006 City of Corry.


PART VI.


TOWNSHIP BIOGRAPHIES.


Amity Township. 3


Concord Township.


11


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Elk Creek Township. 29 Springfield Township .. 152 Fairview Township. 37 Summit Township 164


Franklin Township. 45


Girard Township.


Greene Township ... 70


Greenfield Township. 75


- Le Bœuf Township. 98


McKean Township ..... 102


Mill Creek Township ..


116


North East Township .. 134


- Union Township. 168


58 Venango Townahip 183


. Washington Township 203


- Waterford Township. 216 Harbor Creek Townahip 80


- Wayne Township. 233


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Milla and Roads. 833 Public Schools. 834


Early Settlers ... 835


CHAPTER XX .- GIRARD TOWNSHIP AND BOR- 835-851 OUGHS OF GIRARD AND LOCKPORT .....


836


Early Settlers


839


Lands and Roads.


839


Railroads and Canal


Streams, etc ...


840 840 841


Mouth of Elk Creek


Mills and Churches. 842 Schools and Mounds.


842


West Girard. 843


BOROUGH OF GIRARD 844


Churches, Schools. etc .. 844


845 846 846


BOROUGH OF LOCKPORT .. 850


CHAPTER XXI .- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ..... 851-854 First Settlements. 852 General Description. 852


Mills and Schools 853


Churches and Graveyards


853


Village and Quarry. 854


CHAPTER XXII .- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP .855-860


The Pioneers. 830


Prominent Men


831


The Greeleys. 831


CHAPTER XIX .- AMITY TOWNSHIP 832-835 Streams and Bridges 832


School History. .....


....... 863-975 City of Erie (not alphabetically arranged-Hon. S. M. Brainerd) .... 976


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Conneaut Township.


Miles Grove.


CONTENTS.


PORTRAITS.


PAGE.


Bennett, J. H., Venango Township. 887


McCreary, D. B., Erie. 747


McKea, Thomas, Mill Creek Township 268


Bowman, Jane, Elk Creek Township 608 Metcalf, Prescott, Erie ..... 507


Bowman, Lucretia, Elk Creek Township 518


Boyd, Charles C., Waterford Township. 727


Brightman, William, Wayne Township. 848 Brown, Samuel M., Mill Creek Township. 668


Burton, John, Mill Creek Township 468


Carroll, William, Union Township. 238


Casey, James, Erie .. 597


Chambers, James, Harbor Creak Township 187


Chapin, Pliny, Venango Township 708


Cochran, Robert, Erie .. 388


Colegrove, Isaac, Corry. 398


Cook, J. L., Waterford Township.


827


Custard, Robert, North East Township. Dobbins, Daniel, Erie. 79


Downing, J. F., Erie.


657 Sanford, G., Erie.


Sedgwick, John, Waterford Township. 367


Ebersole, Joseph, Harbor Creek Township. 307 Ebersole, Joseph J., Harbor Creek Township .. 697 Sill, Thomas H., Erie ..


Ellicott, Andrew, Erie .....


Frontispiece Sill, James, Erie. 818


Elliott, Thomas, Harbor Creek Township ...... 318


Farrar, F. F., Erie ....


897 Stafford, Henry C., Erie.


938


Foot, Jabez B., Venango Township. 358 Staples, F. E., Erie .. 947


Galbraith, John, Erie .....


227 Sterrett, Joseph M., Erie ...


Hammond, Paul, Concord Township ..


Stinson, William S., Harbor Creek Township. Stranahan, P.G., Union Township


648


Hartleb, Mathias, Erie. 768 Hasbrouck, William, Concord Township 637


Haynes, J. H., North East Township. 218


628


Henderson, Joseph, Erie. 807


Henry, Robert H., Harbor Creek Township. 788


Kennedy, D. C., Wayne Township. 438


Vincent, B. B., Erie.


457


Kincaid, John, Wayne Township 777


Vincent, Strong, Erie.


717


Koch, Moses, Frie .... 757


Loop, D. D., North East Township. 347


Lowry, N. D., Harbor Creek Township. 558


Wheeler, Silas, Corry.


178


Marshall, James C., Erie. 497


Wilson, David, Union Township


587


677 Marvin, Elihu, Erie. 327 Woodruff, S. E., Erie


MISCELLANEOUS.


Errata ..


12


Map of Erie County


Map Showing Various Purchases From the Indians .. 113


Diagram Showing Proportionate Annual Production of Anthracite Coal Since 1820 118


Table Showing Amount of Anthracite Coal Produced in Each Region Since 1820 119


Moore, M. M., Harbor Creek Township. 918 Nash, Norman, North East Township. 338


Nicholson, Isabel, Mill Creek Township. 867


Orton, J. R., Conneaut Townshlp 688


Ottinger, Douglass, Erie ..... 537


Putnam, William, Union Township. 878 Raa, Samuel, Springfield Township. 277


Rea, Johnston, Girard Township. 447


Reed, Seth, Erie .... 45


Reed, Rufua S., Erie. 157


Reed, Charles M., Erie ...


297


Reeder, Moses, Washington Township.


288


927 Russell, N. W., Erie.


377


Salahury, A. P., Conneaut Townahip.


527 167


Duncombe, Eli, Amity Township .... 488 Eagley. John, Sr., Springfield Township. 857 Selden, George, Erie .... 247 Short, Alfred North, East Township 567 257


Smith, Samuel, Wayne Township.


407


Foote, David E., Venango Township. 578 Sterrett, A. J., Erie .. 738 148


427 Hamot, P. S. V., Erie ... 134


Strong, Martin, Erie.


207


Taylor, Iaaac R., Washington Townahip


547 797


Hecker, A. W., Corry .....


Tracy, John A., Erie.


417


Tracy, John F., Erie ... 617 Vincent, John, Erie 198


907


Thayer, Alvin, Erie


Weed, William B., Greene Township .. 477 Weschler, Jacob, Erie .. 837


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Bowman, Ralph, Elk Creek Township .. 607


ERRATA.


Page 214-For "after the last war," read " before the last war."


Page 263-McCullough's mills were built in 1802.


Page 272-The steamboat Walk-in-the-Water was wrecked in [821.


Page 272-The steamboat Missouri was bought, not built, hy Gen. Reed in 1840.


Page 274-The U. S. revenue cutter Benjamin Rush was built in 1828.


Page 293-The block-house referred to as having been built in 1795 stood on Garrison Hill. Page 324-William Wallace located in Erie in 1798.


Page 332-The name of the first court crier was Daniel Nangle, instead of David Langley.


Page 341-William Hoge was a resident of Washington County.


Page 401-The Democratic vote for Congress in Warren County in 1878 was 821, instead of 1821.


Page 425-For Sylveras E. Webster, County Surveyor, read Cyrenus E. Webster.


Page 429-For David Langley, Court Crier, read Daniel Nangle.


Page 433-The first passenger train came into Erie January 9, 1852.


Page 463-The Observer office was the first to introduce a power press, not steam power.


Page 495-For Isaac Miller read Israel Miller.


Page 499-For Daniel Stancliff read Lemuel Stancliff.


Page 500-For Benjamin Colton read Benjamin Collom.


Page 500-John Teel, second, died April 21, 1872.


Page 656-For Benjamin Russell read N. W. and G. J. Russell.


Page 664-For Tract 47 read Tract 247.


Page 664-For Mr. Martin Stough read Mrs. Martin Stough.


Page 675-George W. Reed settled in Waterford in 1810.


Page 679, also 139-The park in Waterford Borough is about a mile from Waterford Station on the P. & E. road, making the distance by rail from Erie about twenty miles.


Page 680-For James Judson read Amos Judson.


Page 732-Rev. Cyrus Dickson completed his college course in 1837.


Page 744-For John M. Fratz read Joseph M. Kratz.


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PREFACE.


TN entering upon the publication of a history of Erie County, the difficulty and importance of the task were not underestimated by the publishers. A desire for such a work has long existed, a work that would faithfully present a correct, concise and clean record of events, beginning with the Indian tribes that once inhabited the land, thence tracing its history down to the present period.


The burning of the court house, on the 23d of March, 1823, which destroyed the records of the first twenty years after the organization of the county, has ever been a source of annoyance to those tracing the original titles to lands through the names of the first settlers. This work shows where the titles of the lands in Erie County originated, to whom the first sales were made, and the locations of the earliest pioneers, thus supplying many missing links in the fabric of its recorded history.


The book may be said to have had its inception in 1879, when Mr. Benja- min Whitman, having sold the Erie Observer, which he had edited since Jan- uary, 1861, made a number of short tours over the county for the joint purpose of reviving old friendships and settling his outstanding accounts. After one or two trips he commenced writing up a series of articles for the Observer under the heading of "County Jaunts," and finding them received with favor, con- ceived the idea of expanding them into a history of the county. The effort of Mr. Whitman was more to give a plain and correct statement of facts than to indulge in fine writing, for which, it is needless to add, there is little op- portunity in a work of this kind. His manuscript was purchased by the pub- lishers, and is mainly embodied in the book.


He was largely aided in the collecting of his matter by Capt. N. W. Russell, whose father, Mr. Hamlin Russell, when on his death bed in 1852, after a res- idence of half a century in Erie County, said to him, "I have made, a great mistake in not keeping, for the good of future generations, a historical record of the advent and progress of the early settlers. Your retentive memory can yet collect them, and put them in a shape that will be of great use to the inhabitants hereafter. Promise me you will do so." The promise was given, and has been fulfilled to a considerable extent in this work. "In the preparation of the matter," says Mr. Whitman, "Capt. N. W. Russell, of Mill Creek Township, deserves very large credit. His remembrance of early events is remark- able, and to his valuable assistance I owe more than I can express. His fre- quent sketches on historical subjects, printed in the newspapers, were really the foundation of the book, and in many cases I have not done much more than to elaborate his articles. Mr. Russell has, also, revised all the proof, and vouches for the correctness of the historical matter."


For the convenience of its readers, the book has been divided into five parts. The outline history of the State, contained in Part I, is from the pen


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of Prof. Samuel P. Bates, of Meadville. The history of Erie County, included in Part II, was compiled by Mr. Whitman, with the aid of Mr. Russell, as above stated. The history of the city of Erie, in Part III, was written by Mr. R. C. Brown, of Chicago, Ill., excepting Chapter IV, which is from the pen of Mr. F. E. Weakley, of Lebanon, Ohio. The township histories, in Part IV, embrace a portion of the matter furnished by Messrs. Whitman and Russell, with additions by Messrs. F. E. Weakley and J. B. Mansfield; while the bio- graphical sketches in Part V, were collected by a corps of solicitors, and a proof of each sketch submitted by mail to each subject for correction. It is due to Mr. Whitman to add that the township sketches prepared by him were much more full than they appear in the book, the limits to which the publishers were obliged to confine themselves not allowing space for all of his matter.


The publication of such a work, for a patronage limited to a single county, was a hazardous undertaking, and much solicitude was felt by the publishers on this account during the first stages of the enterprise, but whatever their misgivings, they were soon dispelled by the liberal patronage of the people of the county. An earnest effort has been made to render the book reliable and attractive, and to more than fulfill every promise made in the prospectus.


Acknowledgments are due to County, Township, City and Borough officials, old settlers, members of the various professions and to citizens throughout the county, for favors and generous assistance in the preparation of the work.


THE PUBLISHERS.


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CONTENTS.


PART I.


HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA.


PAGE.


PAGE.


CHAPTERI .- INTRODUCTORY .- Cornelis Jacob- son Mey, 1624-25. William Van Hulst, 1625- 26. Peter Minuit, 1626-33 David Petersen de Vries, 1632-33. Wouter Van Twiller, 1633-38 .15-23


CHAPTER II .- Sir William Keift, 1638-47. Peter Minuit, 1638-41. Peter Hollandaer, 1641-43. John Printz, 1643-63. Peter Stuyvesant, 1647-64. John Pappagoya, 1653-54. John Claude Rysingh, 1654-55 23-33


CHAPTER III .- John Paul Jacquet, 1655-57. Jacob Alrichs, 1657-59. Goeran Van Dyck, 1657-58. William Beekman, 1658-63. Alex. D'Hinoyossa, 1659-64 ... .33-35


CHAPTER IV .- Richard Nichols, 1664-67. Rob- ert Needham, 1664-68. Francis Lovelace, 1667-73. John Carr, 1663-73. Anthony Colve, 1673-74. Peter Alrichs, 1673-74. .. 35-41


CHAPTER V .- Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-81. Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76. John Collier, 1676-77. Christopher Billop, 1677-81 .......... 41-50


CHAPTER VI .- William Markham, 1681-82. William Penn, 1682-84 .... .51-61


CHAPTER VII .- Thomas Lloyd, 1684-86. Five Commissioners, 1686-88. John Blackwell, 1688-90. Thomas Lloyd, 1690-91. William Markham, 1691-93. Benjamin Fletcher, 1693-95. William Markham, 1693-99 ......... 61-69


CHAPTER VIII .- William Penn, 1699-1701. Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03. Edward Ship-


pen, 1703-04. John Evans, 1704-09. Charles Gooken, 1709-17 .. .69-75


CHAPTER IX .- Sir William Keith, 1717-26. Patrick Gordon, 1726-36. James Logan, 1736-38. George Thomas, 1738-47. An- thony Palmer, 1747-48. James Hamilton, 1748-54 ... 75-89


CHAPTER X .- Robert H. Morris, 1754-56. Will- iam Denny, 1756-59. James Hamilton, 1759-63 .. .89-97


CHAPTER XI .- John Penn, 1763-71. James Hamilton, 1771. Richard Penn, 1771-73. John Penn, 1773-76 ... 98-104


CHAPTER XII .- Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1777-76. George Bryan, 1778. Joseph Reed, 1778-81. William Moore, 1781-82. John Dickinson, 1782-85. Benjamin Franklin, 1785-88 ...... 104-114


CHAPTER XIII. - Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99. Thomas Mckean, 1799-1808. Simon Snyder, 1708-17. William Findlay, 1817-20. Joseph Heister, 1820-23. John A. Shulze, 1823-29. George Wolfe, 1829-35. Joseph Ritner, 1835-39 .. 114-121


CHAPTER XIV .- David R. Porter, 1839-45. Francis R. Shunk, 1845-48. William F. John- stone, 1848-52. William Bigler, 1852-55. John Pollock, 1855-68. William F. Packer, 1858-61. Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67. John W. Geary, 1867-73. John F. Hartranft, 1873-78. Henry F. Hoyt, 1878-82. Robert E. Pattison, 1682 .. 122-131


Gubernatorial Table.


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PART II.


HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.


CHAPTER I .- GENERAL DESCRIPTION, ETC .- 137-144


County and Township Organization 137 Cities, Boroughs and Villages 138 Distance Table. 138 Organization of Cities and Boroughs. 139 Election Districts. 139


What Township Taken From, etc. 140 Post Offices. 141


.142-144


Census ...


County and Township Boundaries.


143


CHAPTER II .- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.


.145-150


The Land-Its Characteristics and Value ..... 146


Climate, Geology and Timber


149


Minerals, Oil Wells, etc .....


150


CHAPTER III .- GEOLOGY.


151-155


CHAPTER IV. - STREAMS,


LAKES,


BAYS,


BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ...


155-166


Principal Settlements, Railroads, etc ........... 156


Features of the Streams


159


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French Creek and Its Principal Tributaries 160 The Lake Shore Streams. 161 Lakes and Bays .. 162 The Interior Lakes. 165


Bridges, Culverts, etc .. 165


CHAPTER V .- PRE-HISTORIC REMAINS AND


NATURAL CURIOSITIES. 166-172 Ancient Embankments .. 169 More Strange Discoveries 170


Natural Curiosities .: 171


CHAPTER VI .- INDIAN HISTORY. 172-185


Extermination of the Eriez. 173 The Six Nations ... 174


French and English Intrigues. 175


Pontiac's Conspiracy.


176


Capture of Le Boeuf and Presque Isle. 176


American Occupation .. 180


Threats of an Indian War 181


Raids by the Savages ... 182


Indian Villages and Graveyards 183


Cornplanter, The Seneca Chief 184


CHAPTER VII .- THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH 185-194


The First Soldiers 186


Army of Occupation 186


Coffin's Statement 189


Washington'a Visit 189


Progress of the French. 191


French Village at Presque Isle.


191


Events in 1757 and 1758.


192


The English Gaining. 192


Evacuation of the French 193


English Dominion ... 193


The French and English Forts. 194


The French Road. 194


CHAPTER VIII .- THE TRIANGLE 194-200


The Western Boundary 195


The New York Line 195


The Triangle. 195


Release of the Indian Title 196 Outside of Erie City 263 Interesting Details .. 199 Other Early Mills and Factories. 264 List of Manufacturing Establishments 265 Continental Certificates 200


CHAPTER IX .- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION 201-209


Protecting the Frontier .. 202 The Era of Steamboats. 272


Occupancy of Fort Le Boeuf .. 202


Interference of the General Government ... 203


Was the Danger Real ?. 203


A Lengthy Discussion .. 204 Government Vessels 274


An Important Council. 204


Fort Le Boeuf and its Garrison 205


A Treaty of Peace ... 206


Beginning of the Town of Erie. 206


The Last Indian Murder. 209


CHAPTER X .- ANTHONY WAYNE. 209-212


Massacre of Paoli. 210 His Western Campaign 210


Sickness and Death. 210


His Appearance and Bearing. 211


Disinterment of His Remains. 211


Appearance of the Body. 212 County Statistics 291


Second Disinterment 212


Workhouse 292 His Eastern Tomb 212


CHAPTER XI .- LAND MATTERS .. 213-226


Pennsylvania Population Company 213 A Great Land Speculator. 214


Plan of Settlement. 214


Holland Land Company. 215


Tenth Donation District .. 215 Harrisburg and Presque Isle Company. 216 The Moravian Grant .. 216 The Reservations Academy Lands.


216 219 Surveyors and Land Agents 219


More Land Legislation .... 220


Settled at Last .. 220


Abstract of Judah Colt's Autobiography. 221


Land Sales. 223


List of Purchasers ..


223


State Commissioners 224


Land Litigation


The Speculation of 1836 226


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CHAPTER XII .- THE PIONEERS.


229-233


Where the People Came From. 230 Marriages, Births and Deaths. 230 Condition of the People, etc ... 231


Game, etc.


232


CHAPTER XIII. - COMMON


ROADS, STAGE


LINES, MAIL ROUTES, TAVERNS, ETC .. 233-244 Buffalo Road .. 234


The Ridge Road. 235


The Lake Road. 235


Waterford Turnpike .. 235


Edinboro Plank Road. 236


Waterford Plank Road.


239


Wattsburg Plank Road ..


Lake Pleasant Road


The Colt's Station Road.


Old Taverns ...


241


Travel and Transportation 242


The Salt Trade ... 243


Stage Lines and Mail Routes. 243


CHAPTER XIV .- RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS


-CHURCHES-GRAVEYARDS, ETC ..... .245-262 Presbyteriau Misaionariea .. 245


The Erie Presbytery ..


246


Permanent Preachera.


246


Rev. Johnson Eaton.


246


The Erie and Other Churches 249 Methodist Episcopal Church. 249 United Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopa- lians, etc ... 254 Catholics and other Denominationa. 255 List of Churches 255 Sunday Schools. 260


Bible Society and Y. M. C. A 261


Graveyards and Cemeteries. 261


CHAPTER XV .- MILLS AND FACTORIES 262-270


CHAPTER XVI .- LAKE NAVIGATION .... 270-283


The Merchant Service .. 271


Propellers and Shipa 273


The Old Times and the New 273


Valuable Statistics ... 274


275


Opening of Navigation 279


Collectors at Erie


280


Deputy Collectora. 280


Veasels Owned in Erie .. 280


Business of the Port. 281


Light-houses and their Keepera. 282


CHAPTER XVII .- COUNTY BUILDINGS. 283-293


The County Jail .. 285


The Almshouse. 286


First Stages of the War. 294 Assembling the Militia 295


A Fleet Arranged For. 295


Perry Reaches Erie. 296


The First Step to Victory. 300


300


Menaces of the Enemy. 302


Getting over the Bar. 302


The First Cruise. 303


Challenging to Fight. 304


Preparing for Battle .. 305


Brief Account of the Victory 305


After the Battle. 309


Victories on Land.


310


Perry's Return to Erie. 310


Disasters on the Bay and Lake Distances by Lake ..


276


CHAPTER XVIII .- PERRY'S VICTORY AND THE WAR OF 1812-14 ... 293-320 Erie's Defenseless Condition 293


Safely Concentrated ..


PAGE. 224


The Shunpike. 239


240 240 241


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The Winter of 1813-14. 311


A Fatal Duel 312


The Campaign of 1814 313


Incidents of the War 314 Disposal of the Vessels 814 American Army Officers. 316


The Story of James Bird. 316


Official Report of the British Commander .... 319


CHAPTER XIX .- BENCH AND BAR. .... 320-332


United States Courts. 323 The Bar. 324 Deaths, Removals, etc .. 330


Court Criers, and Other Matters 332


CHAPTER XX .- NOTABLE EVENTS 333-340


The King of France 333


Lafayette ..


333


Erie ..


445


Horace Greeley


333


Corry


446


Presidential Visitors.


334


Mckean.


446


An Exciting Campaign. 335


The Only Execution .... 335


Indictments for Murder 339 Girard


CHAPTER XXI .- POLITICAL HISTORY-AN- NUAL RECORD. .340-430 1788 to 1800. 340


1800 to 1802. 341


1803 to 1806 342


1807 to 1810 343


1811 to 1816 344


1817 to 1820.


1821 to 1823


345 346 349


1824 to 1825.


1826 to 1828 350


1829 to 1830


351


1831 to 1832.


352 353 354


1836


1837 to 1638. 355 Academies, etc .. 454


1839 to 1840 359


1841


Tabulated Statement. 456 1842


1843 to 1844


1845 to 1846


364


Early Newspapers. 459


The Erie Gazette. 459


The Erie Observer 460


The Erie Dispatch. 461


Other English Papers. 461


German and Portuguese Papers. 462


Defunct Papers 463 1853


373


1855 to 1856


374


Personal ..


464


376 Papers Outside of Erie 465 1857


1858


379 390


1859 to 1860.


1861 to 1862 382


1863 to 1864 383


1865 to 1866. 385


1867 to 1868 386 390


1869 to 1870.


1871 to 1672


391 394


1873


1874


395


1875 to 1876. 396


1877 to 1878 401


1879 to 1880 402


Officers from Erie County 475 1881 .. 1882


County Finances in Connection with the War .. 476


Prices Compared .. 479


The Erie Regiment-three months 479 The Eighty-third Regiment ... 481


The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment. 483


The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment 485


CHAPTER XXVII .- MISCELLANEOUS. 490-500 Agricultural Societies ... 490 Militia and Military Oganizations. 490 Temperance .. 492


Slaves and Slavery .. 492


Seal of the County 493 The Weather. 493 Early Justices. 493


495


Erie to Buffalo


433


Telegraph Lines 495 Erie to Cleveland, 433


Consolidation Effected. 434


Further Consolidation. 435


Local Features .... 435


Distances. 436


Philadelphia & Erie Railroad. 436


General Description 439


Other Matters. 439


Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad. 440


Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh Railroad .. 441 New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad ... 441 Union & Titusville Railroad .. 442 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (The Nickel Plate) 442


Projected Railroads ... 443


CHAPTER XXIII -PHYSICIANS AND DEN-


TISTS .. 444-461 List of Registered Physicians. 446-450


449


Union City


449


North East


449


Albion .....


449


Waterford


449


Springfield


449


Edinboro. 450


Mill Village 450 Other Localities 450


Other Matters 450


Dentists


451


CHAPTER XXIV .- SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, ETC. 451-456


The County Schools


453


School Books, etc. 453


Spelling Schools. 454


General Remarks.


455


360 361 362


1847


365


1848


366


1849 to 1850


369


1851


370


1852 ..


371 372


1854


Miscellaneous. 463


CHAPTER XXVI .- WAR FOR THE UNION .... 465-489 The First Regiment. 466 The Eighty-third Regiment ... 466 The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment. 469 The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment. 470


The First Draft. 470


Other Matters. 471


The Second Draft. 472


Lively Recruiting. 473 Half a Million More. 474


Nearing the End ... 474


404 405 406


1883 ...


LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS 406 United States Officers. 406 State Officers from Erie County .. 410


State Senators .. 411 Members of the House of Representatives .. 412 County Officers. 414


CHAPTER XXII. THE CANAL AND RAIL- 430-444 ROADS.


The Lake Terminus .. 431


Completion of the Canal. 431


Its Abandonment. 432


Railroads 433


The Cholera.


Shows and Circuses.


496


The Railroad War. 434 Cattle Driving 495


Wattshurg. 449


Fairview.


449


CHAPTER XXV .- NEWSPAPERS 459-465


1833 to 1835.


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CONTENTS.


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Currency 496


Soldiers' Monuments 496


The Revolution 496


The Mexican War


499


The Flood of 1683. 500


PART III.


HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ERIE.


CHAPTER I .- HISTORICAL ........... ...... 503-519


Scraps of History 512


CHAPTER II .- GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND


PROGRESS ...


519-534 Hotels and Public Halls .... 524


Pleasure Resorts ..


524


Railroads and Shipping Facilities. 525


Bay, Harbor and Peninsula 525


Life-Saving Service .. 532


The Head 532


Fisheries. 533


CHAPTER III .- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT


535-550


Water Works 543


Fire Department. 546


Markets 546


Police .. 549


Financial Exhibit. 549


CHAPTER IV .- CHURCHES 550-586


First Presbyterian Church .. 550 Park Presbyterian Church .. 552 TIONS 600-613


Central Presbyterian Church. 554


Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church 555 United Presbyterian Congregation 556


St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 560 St. John's Episcopal Church 563


Church of the Cross and Crown 564


First Methodist Episcopal Church 565 Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church. 569




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