History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 81

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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CHURCHES.

The churches of the township are the Union or Manross, on French Creek, near Pollock's bridge, a Methodist Episcopal at Edenville, and a United Brethren near New Ireland.

The Methodist Episcopal society at Edenville was organized about 1839, and was placed on the Cambridge Circuit. In 1844, it was changed to Rock- ville, in 1849 to Waterford, in 1855 to Cambridge, in 1857 to Rockville, in 1861 to Union, in 1863 to Waterford, and in 1865 to Mill Village, to which circuit it has ever since belonged. The congregation began by worshiping in the schoolhouse, and continued to do so until 1855, when the Edenville Church was built at a cost of $800.

The Manross Church edifice was built at a cost of $3,000 in 1869 by John W. Manross, who intended it to be used by religious bodies generally. The first minister officiating there was Rev. Mr. Barnhart, a Methodist. It has since been used principally as a Methodist preaching place, the appointment having been on the Mill Village Circuit since the erection of the edifice.

The United Brethren Church, located near New Ireland, is the outgrowth of a revival held in that neighborhood in 1876. Preaching of this denomina- tion had years before been held in the neighborhood, but the society had ceased to exist until revived and re-established as above stated. The church building was erected in 1877, and was dedicated on the 6th of January, 1878, by Rev. John Hill. In 1876, it was styled Mill Village Mission. It has since, for periods, been a missionary church, and at other times connected with Union Circuit. It now forms a part of Union Mission. Revs. R. McIntire, Root, W. H. Childs and Starkey have preached for this church. The present pastor is Rev. W. H. Childs.

SCHOOLS.

In the Ford neighborhood, some two and a half miles north of Mill Village, a schoolhouse was standing in 1820, in which at that time a summer school was taught by Miss Elizabeth Strickland; a later summer teacher was Hannah Hall. The winter school was taught by James Skinner. Other teachers in the building at about this time, and perhaps a little subsequent, were Stephen

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Skinner, Paddy McGill, Cyrus Nutt and Thomas Graham. This schoolhouse was known as the Smith Schoolhouse, and it served that portion of Le Boeuf Township for many years. A log schoolhouse was built in the north- eastern corner of the township west of French Creek about the year 1822, which was burned after several terms of school had been taught in it, and another schoolhouse was erected on a branch west of French Creek on land now owned by James Stranahan. Among the teachers in this portion of the township, at about the period spoken of above, were Sophia Sackett, a Mrs. Ward and a Mr. Crownstar. In 1825, a log schoolhouse was built by the people living in the vicinity of the United Brethren Church near New Ireland. Early instruc . tors in this house were Nathan Mallory, Mr. Reynolds and Miss Emeline Sloan. Le Bœuf has at this writing twelve school buildings, all of which are frame.

PUBLIC MEN.

The citizens of LeBœuf and Mill Village, who have held State and county positions, are as follows: Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1837-38, James Pollock. Assembly, James Weston, 1813, 1814, 1815 and 1822; John D. Stranahan, 1868-69. Sheriff, James Weston, 1810-13. County Commis- sioners, James Weston, 1803-04; James Pollock, 1830-33; A. L. Tilden, 1878-84. Director of the Poor, William Bracken, 1846-49 and 1859-62. Auditors, Thomas Pierce, 1844; John Wood, 1847; . E. K. Range, 1875-78. Mercantile Appraiser, H. L. Minium, 1883. Perry G. Stranahan, Jury Com- missioner from 1867-70, was long a resident of LeBœuf, moving from there to Union about 1859. Alfred King, ex-Mayor of Erie, and Prothonotary from 1854-57, and his brother, Wilson King, County Surveyor from 1827-33, are grandchildren of Capt. Robert King, the first man who took up lands in the township. John Clemens, a prominent business man of Erie, is a son of one of the first settlers in the township.

VILLAGES.

Edenville consists of the church mentioned above and perhaps a dozen dwellings. Formerly the site boasted a store, post office, saw mill, oil refinery and blacksmith shop. The village went down after the construction of the A. & G. W. Railroad, which diverted the trade and travel to Mill Village. The settlement is on the road from the latter place to Union, in the south part of the township. The locality known as New Ireland is on the road from Ford's bridge to Lincolnville, about a mile and three-quarters east of Mill Village. A church, a school and a few dwellings make up the village, if such it can be called. Quite a settlement has grown up around C. M. Wheeler's mill, in the northeast part of the township, which gives the site very much the appearance of a small village. Mr. Wheeler alone has five dwellings and eight barns, be- sides which there are a cheese factory and some farm buildings.

The late William Hunter was one of the wealthiest farmers in the south part of the county, leaving an estate supposed to be worth about $50,000. He came to LeBœuf from Forest County about the close of the last war, and hav- ing plenty of ready money, realized from the sale of oil territory, was enabled to buy some of the finest land in the township. Mr. Hunter died in the spring of 1869, leaving thirteen children.

· BOROUGH OF MILL VILLAGE.

The borough of Mill Village occupies a pleasant site nearly in the center of LeBoeuf Township, from which it was taken, and about a mile from French

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Creek. The town owes its origin to Mill Run, which flows through its limits, and unites with the chief creek of the township a short distance beyond. Three saw mills with their attendant buildings, sprung up along Mill Run, which gave the settlement the name of Milltown. When the A. & G. W. road was built, the station was called Mill Village, and in 1860 was incorporated as a borough by that title. Before the opening of the railroad, there was nothing on the site, in addition to the mills, but a cooper shop, blacksmith shop and a few houses. Now it has become a brisk town, with a population, ac- cording to the census of 1880, of 388. The idea of laying out a town was con- ceived by William Kingen, and the survey was made by Judge Benson, of Waterford. The plat includes portions of the farms of Mr. Kingen, P. H. Colt, John Gregory, H. M. Range, E. K. Range, David Mckinley, James Hun- ter, F. N. Reynolds, W. C. Ford, M. S. Edmunds and G. W. Gillett.

The manufacturing establishments of Mill Village are one cheese factory, built in 1870 by H. B. Ames; one planing mill, one stave mill, one cider and jelly mill, one steam saw mill, three blacksmith shops, one wagon shop and a shoe shop. The business houses in 1883 were one drug store, two groceries, three general stores, one hardware store, one millinery store, one furniture store, one meat market, one jewelry store, one paint shop, and a portable pho- tograph car. A good hotel is kept on the temperance plan. Among the most creditable buildings is the Union Schoolhouse, which furnishes accom- modations for two schools on the first floor, and the second story of which is used as the town hall of the borough and LeBoeuf Township. The Knights of Honor have their hall in Kingen's building, the Grangers in the hotel, and there is a public hall in Beardsley's building.

The churches of Mill Village are a Methodist Episcopal and a Presby- terian.

The Methodist Episcopal Church dates its beginning prior to 1810, when Erie Circuit was a four weeks circuit of about 200 miles, and composed of twenty-three appointments. In 1810, Rev. Joshua Monroe was in charge. The most prominent of the appointments were Brush's meeting house in West Springfield, Erie County; Leech's, on Little Shenango; Mumford's, near Meadville; Pit Hole; Mrs. Mitchell's, in Venango, and Ford's on French Creek Flats, in Erie County. This latter class formed the nucleus from which sprang the church in question. The preaching was held in the dwelling of Capt. Robert King, and subsequently in that of one of the Fords. The first church building was erected in 1850, about one-half mile south of the village. In five or six years this building was destroyed by fire, when the church edifice in the village was erected, which was enlarged in 1878. The appointment for a long time was on the Waterford Circuit, and from that circuit it was placed on the Mill Village Circuit at its formation in 1865. H. M. Chamberlain is present pastor.

The Presbyterian congregation was organized by Rev. J. M. Gillett, then pastor of the church at Union Mills, in 1870, with fifteen members. The building was erected in 1872, costing $2,800. The present incumbent is Rev. M. Wishart, who has the charge at Waterford also.

The assessed valuation of the borough in 1883 was as follows: Real estate, $75,469; cows, 44; value, $1,039; oxen, 3; value $150; horses and mules, 44; value, $3,256; personal property, $4,445; value of trades and occupations, $5,020; total assessment for county purposes, $84,934; money at interest, $13,716.

The Mill Village Herald, the only newspaper of the borough, was started by C. C. Wright in January, 1876. It was purchased in October, 1882, by J. S. Ross, who is still its proprietor and editor.

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CHAPTER V.

VENANGO TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF WATTSBURG.

V ENANGO RIVER was the name given by the French to the stream after- ward called by the English and still known as French Creek. It is a corruption of the Indian word Innungah, which is said by Mr. Day, in the His- torical Annals of Pennsylvania, to have had reference to a rude and indecent figure carved upon a tree near the mouth of the creek, which the Senecas found when they drove out the Eriez and took possession of this region by the right of conquest. The township of Venango received its title at the organization of the county. It is bounded on the north by Greenfield, on the east by French Creek Township, Chautauqua County, N. Y., on the south by Amity, and on the west by Greene. The township has regular lines, and is nearly square, hav- ing a width of about six and a quarter miles by a breadth of seven. The population was 490 in 1820, 683 in 1830, 812 in 1840, 1.019 in 1850, 1,301 in 1860, 1,650 in 1870, and 1,445 in 1880. The east line of Venango, Greenfield and North East Townships forms the boundary between Pennsylvania and New York, which is exactly on a parallel with the western extremity of Lake On- tario. It was established in the year 1788 by a joint commission of Pennsyl- vania and the United States, leaving a Triangle which was subsequently pur- chased by the State. Venango Township is within the Triangle, and its south line is a part of the original northern boundary of the commonwealth. The vil- lages are Lowville and Phillipsville, both of which have post offices. The highest point in Erie County is said to be in Venango Township, near the Greenfield and New York lines.

By the assessment for 1883, the township contained 25,595 acres, and was valued as follows: Real estate, $553,458; cows, 994, worth, $17,892; oxen, 48, worth $1,925; horses and mules, 381, worth $15,680; personal property, $35,497; trades and occupations, $3,975; money at interest, $28, 141.

EARLY SETTLERS.

The first white man who is known to have visited Venango Township was William Miles, who came out as a surveyor with David Watts in 1785, fell in love with the beautiful flats at the junction of the East and West Branches, and after going East to make his report returned in 1795 and took up 1,400 acres, including the site of Wattsburg. He was followed in 1796 by Adam Reed and his son James, who located 400 acres on the East Branch, and at a later period built the first grist mill in the township. Thomas Smith set- tled at Lowville in the same year. and was soon followed by Burrell and Zal- mon Tracy. In 1797, John and David Phillips became possessed of 1,100 acres on which Phillipsville now stands. In 1798, William Allison and wife, from Northumberland County, with their son James, a boy of three years, settled near Lake Pleasant. From that year to 1800 a number of colonists went in whose names will be found in the list of taxables further on. In 1822, Low- ville was settled by Samuel Low and his brother-in-law, Dr. Wright, both from Genesee County, N. Y. Timothy Butler and father, from Onondaga County, N. Y., made their settlements in 1816; John R. Smith about 1826, David

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Bailey in 1828, and Dr. D. T. Bennett, from Delaware County, N. Y., in 1829. William Biore, the Chapins, the Tituses, and others took up their residence in the township in 1830. The Norcrosses and the Davisons, who had located on the'high lands west of Lake Pleasant, changed to Mill Creek. John Warren, another of the early settlers, moved to Erie in 1810. During the interval be- tween 1810 and 1820 there was little increase, but about the latter year a new population, mainly from New York, commenced going in, whose descendants generally remain. For many years the nearest stores were at Erie and Water- ford, and the nearest grist mills at North East and Union Most of the early set- tlers were Scotch Presbyteriaus from the Susquehanna Valley. The first child was Robert, son of William Allison and wife, who was born in 1799, soon after his parents moved into the township. The first death was that of Adam Reed, in 1805. Samuel Henderson came with William Miles from Carlisle, Penn., in 1795. That winter he spent in driving pack horses to and from the mouth of French Creek. He and his brother, Stuart, located 400 acres of land in the spring of 1798, and then went to Fayette County and married.

TAXABLES IN 1800.

The taxable citizens of the township in 1800 were as follows: William Allison, Hezekiah Barker, Philo Barker, Henry Bontz, John Boyd, John Car- nahan, William Carnahan, Thomas Carnahan, John Clark, Thomas Davison, Sr., Francis, Robert, George, Arthur and Thomas Davison, Jr., John and William Dickson, Bailey, John and James Donaldson, John Dickson, Jr., Samuel and Stuart Henderson, Stephen Hazleton, James and John Hunter, Thomas Hinton, Jr., Robert and Wilson Johnston, John B. Jones, Caleb Lyon, David McNair, Joseph McGahen, William Miles, Barnabus McCue, Andrew Norcross, John, James M. and David Phillips, Thomas Prentice, James Perry, James M., Thomas E. and Robert R. Reed, Ralph Spafford, Thomas, Samuel and John Smith, Benjamin Saxton, Zalmon and Burrill Tracy, Na- thaniel Wilson, John Warren and John Yost. In 1817, William Miles was assessed for 2,400 acres in Venango Township, most of which were at Watts- burg and Lowville. They were valued at $3,400.

POLITICAL.

The following is a list of the citizens of Venango who have held State and county positions: Canal Commissioner, John Phillips, 1826 to 1829. As- sembly, John Phillips, 1809, 1810, 1811, 1812 and 1824; Wareham Warner, 1856 and 1857. Prothonotary, Giles D. Price, December 28, 1875, to Janu- ary 1, 1882. Clerk of the Courte, Charles L. Pierce, November 20, 1867, to November 14, 1873. County Treasurer, John Warren, 1817; elected from Erie, where he had moved. County Commissioners, John Phillips, 1804 to 1807; Samuel Low, 1836 to 1840, elected from Harbor Creek, where he moved in 1834; Jacob Fritts, 1860 to 1863; Daniel W. Titus, 1875 to 1881. Clerk to County Commissioners, Giles D. Price, chosen in January, 1883. County Auditors, Samuel Low, 1832; Daniel W. Titus, 1872; C. R. Gray, 1878 to 1881. Col. J. S., M. Rush and Joseph Warner, well known business men of Erie, were born at Lowville. The first named was a Colonel in the Union army during the late war. D. B. Foote was a Captain in the same serv- ice, and Dr. S. F. Chapin a Surgeon.

WAR OF 1812.

Following is the muster roll of Company E of the One Hundred and Thirty. sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Militia, at the breaking-out of the war of 1812:

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Captain, William Dickson; Lieutenant, Robert Davison; Ensign, Thomas Da- vison; Sergeants, Arthur Davidson, John Dickson, David Phillips; privates, James Donaldson, David McNair, Bailey Donaldson, Thomas Johnson, John Hunter, Samuel Smith, George Davidson, John B. Jones, John Smith, James Smith, James White, Thomas Prentice, Samuel Henderson, Thomas Henton, Griffith Henton, William Henton, Zalmon Tracy, Burrill Tracy, Thomas E. Reed. Capt. Dickson moved from the county in April, 1813, and Lieut. Da- vidson assumed command, continuing during the war. The company was called out in June, 1813, and for some time guarded the shipyards at the mouth of Cascade Creek, where Perry's fleet was building. They remained until the fleet sailed and were then sent home, but were ordered into service again when the news came in January, 1814, that the British had taken Buffalo.

STREAMS, LAKE AND BRIDGES.

Venango is one of the best watered townships in the county. The West Branch, which rises in Findley's Lake, N. Y., enters the township from Green- field, and crosses its entire width from north to south, past Lowville and Watts- burg. The East Branch takes its rise near Sherman, N. Y., and coming in not far from the southeast corner, flows in a southwestern course into Amity, where the two unite near the township line, just outside the borough limits of Wattsburg. The West Branch, which is very crooked, has a length of about twelve miles in Venango, and the East Branch of about four miles. The tributaries of these streams are as follows: Of the West Branch, Middlebrook, Alder and Fritts Runs; of the East Branch, Stafford Run. Several streams start in the southwest corner of Venango and unite with French Creek proper in Amity.

Lake Pleasant, in the extreme southwestern part, near the corners of Ve- nango, Greene, Amity and Waterford, is a beautiful body of water, about three-fourths of a mile long and a third of a mile wide, with a depth of twenty-five to fifty feet. Its outlet is a stream about the size of Le Bœuf Creek at Waterford, that never diminishes except in the dryest seasons. After fur- nishing power to several mills, it falls into French Creek about three miles south, in Amity Township. The North East, Colt Station, Phillipsville & Waterford road, one of the first in the county, runs just above the head of the lake, and the Lake Pleasant road from Erie follows its east bank and outlet to French Creek.

The township owns one iron bridge over the East Branch at the Tanner place, and a covered wooden bridge over the West Branch at Lowville. All of the other bridges are ordinary open wooden structures, The one over the West Branch at Wattsburg was the first bridge in the county. It was built origi- nally by the County Commissioners, through the influence of William Miles in 1822.

PUBLIC ROADS.

The chief avenues of Venango Township are the Erie & Wattsburg Plank Road; the old Erie & Wattsburg road by way of Phillipsville, which branches off from the former at the Siegel farm in Greene Township; the Wattsburg & North East, up the West Branch and through Greenfield; the Waterford & North East through Phillipsville and Colt'e Station; the Erie & Lake Pleasant, by way of French Creek and the lake; the Wattsburg & New York, up the East Branch to Clymer and Sherman; the Union & Wattsburg; the Wattsburg & Corry; and the cross road from A. N. Woods to M. S. Rouse's. The old Erie road was opened in 1809, partially changed in 1828 and improved in 1832; the Waterford & North East in 1804; and the Wattsburg and North

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East in 1798. The latter was the great route for conveying goods between Lake Erie and the Allegheny until the road was opened between Presque Isle and Waterford. The Erie & Wattsburg Plank Road was commenced in 1852, completed in 1853 and abandoned as a toll road in 1865, after all the gates had been torn down by a party of indignant farmers. The road from Erie to Lake Pleasant was opened as far south as the Martin Hayes place in Greene, in 1821-22, and completed to French Creek in 1826-27. From Erie to Wattsburg by the Lake Pleasant road is eighteen and three-quarters miles; by way of Phillipsville eighteen miles, and by way of Lowville twenty miles, the latter route, however, having the advantage of better grades. Venango is without a railroad, the nearest station being at Union. In 1853, the Erie City Railroad Company was chartered to build a road from the bay of Presque Isle to the State Line, three miles from Wattsburg, where it was to connect with an extension of the New York & Erie from Jamestown, N. Y., making a continuous route between the lake and the Atlantic Ocean.

The valleys of both branches are quite wide, running from a mile to a mile and a half, and spreading out to about three miles at Wattsburg, where they come together. Along Alder Run, Middle Brook and Stafford Run, the flats are from a quarter of a mile to a half mile in width, and upon the outlet of Lake Pleasant they are very similar to those along the branches. The value of farm property is from $30 to $60 an acre in the valleys, and from $20 to $50 in the hill region. Most of the marketing is done at Wattsburg and Low- ville. A good stone quarry has been opened on the farm of David E. Foote, and another on that of J. H. Sears.

MILLS, FACTORIES AND SCHOOLS.

The manufacturing interests of Venango Township are as follows, not includ- ing those of Wattsburg Borough: At Lowville-A grist mill run by water; a saw mill by steam and water, and a steam shingle and heading mill. The grist mill was built in 1822, has been remodeled since, and has frequently changed owners. At Phillipsville, a cheese factory. In other sections-A steam saw mill on the plank road near Robinson's Corners; a steam shingle mill on the farm of Will- iam S. Henderson; and a steam saw and cider mill on the farm of John H. Bennett, upon the East Branch. There is also a steam saw and shingle mill owned by Henry Jenkins, and Jones' steam shingle mill. Besides the above, there is a creamery in Amity, just outside of Wattsburg, where much of the milk in the south end of the township is disposed of.

The schools require two joint and eleven full buildings as follows: Joint schools-Wales, in the northwest corner, maintained by Venango and Greene; and the Venango and Amity, on the south line, near the center. Full schools- Milltown, in the northeast; Phillipsville; Titus, on the road from Phillipsville to Milltown; McNair, in the north part, near the center; Lowville (a graded school); Sears, a little northwest of the latter village; Henderson, in the north; Maple Grove, on the old Erie road; Moore, on the Wattsburg & New York road; Wicks, on the cross road from Wood's Corners to the State line; and Tower, on the same road.

Not far from the year 1818, a school was held in the dwelling of B. Tracy, situated about one and a half miles east of the present borough of Wattsburg, taught by a Mr. Lewis. In the Phillipsville settlement, about the year 1833, a frame schoolhouse was erected not far from the present site of the school building now at that village. A log schoolhouse had previously been used by the settlement, in which taught at one time Amanda Tracy. Among the teach - ers in the frame house were Norman Chapin, a Mr. Pelton, and Benjamin

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Grant. Later teachers in this neighborhood were William Wood and Miss Sylvia Brown. In the summer of 1819, Ann Riddle taught a school in the neighborhood of the old Middlebrook Meeting-house. Near the line between Venango and Greenfield Townships, but in the former, stood what was known as the Campfield Schoolhouse, in which school was taught during the decade beginning with 1822 (at periods) by Warren Loomis, Milan Atkins and Lo- renzo Rogers.

CHURCHES.

The religious edifices of Venango are a Methodist Episcopal Church each at Lowville and Phillipsville. The Lowville congregation was organized in 1875, and built its house in 1876, at a cost of $2,500, Rev. J. A. Kummer being the first pastor. This appointment is on the Wattsburg Circuit, with which it has been ever since its organization.

The congregation at Phillipsville was organized some years prior to 1848. The church building was erected in 1862, on land deeded to the society by Norman Chapin. In 1849, this charge was on the Wesleyville Circuit, with which it continued until the formation of Greene Circuit in 1864. It is now on Greene, the pastors of which since that period have been as follows: S. L. Wilkinson, J. K. Mendenhall, T. D. Blinn, C. L. Barnhart, R. D. Waltz, W. Hoover, J. Akers, Z. W. Shadduck, I. N. Clover, A. Bashline, J. C. Ridout and J. O. Osborne. In addition to the above congregations, the United Breth- ren hold services in the Macedonia and Wick's Schoolhonses, and the Methodists in the Tower Schoolhouse.

THE MIDDLEBROOK CHURCH-GRAVEYARDS.

The Middlebrook Church, the first house for religious worship in the coun- ty, stood about a mile and a half north of Lowville, along the Wattsburg & North East road, upon a tract of two acres deeded by John Warren to the con- gregation, to be held as long as used for church and cemetery purposes. The first services, held in August, 1801, in the woods on the east bank of the West Branch, near a spring now owned by Enos Mann, were attended by every man and woman in the township, the young men having previously cleared the ground and provided a pulpit and seats by chopping down and squaring the timber. At their conclusion, a motion by John Hunter that a church building be erected, was eagerly adopted. On the next Thursday, all the able- bodied men and boys met, concluded upon a site, and put up a structure-all within the same day-which though more modest than modern churches, doubtless afforded the people as much satisfaction. The first church was re- placed in 1802, by another of more pretentious style, built of hewed and split logs. Services were regularly held in this building, until the Presbyterian Church at Wattsburg was erected about 1828, when most of the congregation dropped off. Rev. Absolom McCready was the pastor in charge for a time. He was succeeded, in 1802, by Rev. Robert Patterson, who continued until April 22, 1807, having charge at the same time of the congregation of Upper and Lower Greenfield. The congregation at Middlebrook continued to decline un- til April 30, 1829, when it was dissolved and attached to the one at Wattsburg.

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History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 81

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