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Perhaps the parent organization has never entirely overcome the withdrawal of so important a part of her life and strength, and the cession of so much of her most populous territory ; but her order and vigor are manifested in the significant fact that in the last seventy-two years she has been only six without a pastor or stated supply.
In the year 1849, Tyrone furnished just one-half of the original members of Harmony Church, namely, Nathan, Marjory, Henry, and Margaret Smith, Eli and Susan Hendricks, and John Stauffer, who was for some time the only elder.
The youngest offspring of the parent congregation of Tyrone was the church at Dawson, which was or- ganized in 1874, embracing in its membership twenty- four persons who had received certificates from Tyrone for the purpose. After about three years, however, the congregation disintegrated, and the members re- turned to the mother-church of Tyrone, which now (188f) numbers one hundred and sixty members.
THE GERMAN BAPTIST OR DUNKARD CHURCH OF TYRONE.
About the year 1799, Martin Stuckman and Lud- wiek Snyder came from Hagerstown, Md., to Fayette County, Pa., and settled in what was then, and is now, the township of Bullskin, where for more than ten years they held meetings for religious worship in pri- vate dwellings. About the year 1812 they removed to a new location in the present township of Lower Tyrone. There they held religious meetings in pri- vate houses for about five years ; but after 1817 they were held in a stone school-house which was built in that year on land of Philip Lucas, the people living in that vicinity being principally of the German Bap- tist or Dunkard denomination. A church was soon after organized with Martin Stuckman as chief bishop, Ludwiek Snyder as under-bishop. The first elder of the congregation was Frederick Blocher, whose son Samuel, and also his son-in-law, Isaac Shoemaker, were also elected elders. George Shoemaker,1 a brother of Isaac, was also a bishop or preacher. Following is a list of the elders of this church (all elders being also preachers) from that time to the present, viz .: Michael Myers, Jacob Murray, Eli Horner, Martin Coder, John Nicholson, John Murray, David Ober, Jacob Freed, Samuel Gallatin, Joseph Freed, Jacob
1 George Shoemaker, after preaching a number of years, hecame dis- satisfied with the manner of worship in the Dunkard Church, and thereupon broke off his connection and started a new sect, which (for lack of a better name) were called " Shoemakerites." He had a son named Jacob, who became quite distinguished as an eloentionist. He
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Snyder, and John Gallatin. The present preacher to this congregation is Frederick Winner.
About the year 1840 the edifice known as the Ger- man Baptist meeting-house (a stone structure, plas- tered outside as well as inside) was built, and from that time became the house of worship of the Dun- kard congregation, which had previously met in the stone school-house on the farm of Philip Lucas.
The congregation at one time numbered over one hundred members, but on account of divisions, deaths, and removals the number has become reduced to a total of from twenty to twenty-five members.
BETHEL CONGREGATION OF THE DISCIPLES.
This was organized in May, 1845, with thirty mem- bers. Jacob Newmyer, Peter Galley, and John Tay- lor were elected elders, and Nathan Reece and Jacob Newcomer deacons. A lot was donated by Jacob Newmyer from his farm, and on this lot the congre- gation erected a church edifice of stone, thirty by forty-five feet in dimensions. This was replaced in August, 1880, by a frame church, thirty-six by fifty feet, built on the same site, but an addition was made to the grounds for church and cemetery purposes.
Among those who have ministered to this congre- gation may be mentioned the Revs. James Dorsey, A. S. Hale, L. M. Streeter, H. B. Carleton, M. L. Streeter, J. D. Benedict, J. W. Kemp, Charles C. Berry, J. Grigsby, and L. C. McClane, the present pastor. The congregation now numbers one hun- dred and twenty. A Sabbath-school in connection with it contains thirty-five scholars, under William B. Chain as superintendent.
BRYAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
This church was organized in 1856 with about eighty members. A house of worship was erected, at a cost of about nine hundred dollars, on the property of James Bryan. The first pastor was the Rev. Syl- vester Burt. Among his successors in the pulpit of this church there have been the Revs. - McAlier, W. A. Steward, - Moffatt, - Appleton, J. Man- sell, - Taylor, - Eaton, and S. Lane, the present pastor. The church is now in a flourishing condition, with about forty members. It is out of debt, and its house of worship is in good repair. It has a Sabbath- school of seventy-five scholars, with Irvin Cottom as superintendent.
SCHOOLS.
It is not known precisely when or where the first school was taught in Tyrone. One of the earliest school-houses was a log building erected more than seventy-five years ago in the present township of Lower Tyrone, on a site embraced in the farm of Samuel Cochran. Among those who attended the schools in that house were the children of the fami- lies of Cunningham, Torrance, Newcomer, Cochran, Ross, Galley, Lyttle, Gallatin, and McDonald. The first teacher was an Irishman named Craig. His or-
dinary modes of punishment were by the "dunce- block," fool's cap, and leather spectacles, but in many cases he used the heavy ruler with great severity, if not brutality. So say some of his yet surviving pu- pils. Besides this school there were others taught near Jacob's Creek, at Overholt's, and on the Quay farm, near the bottoms on the Youghiogheny. Mr. Henry Galley recollects that the stone school-house on land of Philip Lucas was built in or about 1817.
Under the operation of the public school law of 1834, the first school directors (appointed by the court in January, 1835) for Tyrone were Jacob New- myer and William Espey. The township was re- ported to the county treasurer as having accepted the provisions of the law Jan. 3, 1838. The first appor- tionment of money to the township under that law was from the State, 864.723 ; from the county, $129.57.
Prior to the division of old Tyrone, the township contained nine districts (which have been very little changed since), as follows :
In the extreme western end, the Quay District ex- tends entirely across the township from the Youghio- gheny to Jacob's Creek. The school-house is near the centre of it.
East of and adjoining the Quay District are the Cunningham and Gaut Districts, which join near the centre of the township. The former lies on the Youghiogheny River, and extends up that stream nearly to the borough of Dawson. The Gaut District lies on Jacob's Creek.
The Cochran District borders on the river for a short distance, embracing the borough of Dawson, and extends northeasterly to include a part of Ilick- man's Run. Its northern boundary is nearly all on the Gaut District.
The Taylor District lies in the bend of the river above the Cochran District, and embraces the mouth of Hickman's Rnn. All the districts above named lie wholly in the present township of Lower Tyrone, as do also a part of each of the three next muen- tioned.
The Strickler District lies on the river next above the Taylor District, and extends eastward to the east line of Upper Tyrone.
The Ridge District lies north of the Strickler, and extends from the east line of U'pper Tyrone westward to the Cochran District.
The Washington District lies along Jacob's Creek, and extends south to the Ridge District, east to the east line of Upper Tyrone, and west to the Gaut Dis- trict.
The Walnut Hill District embraces the north- eastern corner of Upper Tyrone, extending from the township line on the east to Jacob's Creek on the northwest, and joining Washington Distriet on the south.
The report for the school year of 1880-81 shows in Upper Tyrone seven hundred and sixty pupils and seven teachers. Total expenditure for schools,
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$2452.99; valuation of school property, 86000. The same report gives for Lower Tyrone four hundred and ten pupils and seven teachers. Total expendi- ture for school purposes, 81425.44; valuation of school property, $9000.
The following is a list (as nearly complete and accurate as can be obtained from the defective rec- ords) of school directors elected from 1840 to the present time :
1840,-James Wade, Joseph Cunningham.
1841 .- Jacob Newcomer.
1842 .- David Galley.
1843 .- Joseph Cunningham, John Smilie, Hugh Torrance.
1844 .- Joseph H. Torrance, William Vance, John Taylor. 1845 .- Martin Sherriek.
1846 .- William Huston, James Darsie.
1847 .- Peter Galley, John T. Stauffer.
1848 .- Jacob Newmyer, Robert Langhrie.
1849 .- Joseph Cunningham, Joseph Gaut.
1850 .- Joseph Gwion, Stewart Strickler.
1851 .- Jacob Newmyer, Alexander Boyd, John T. Stanffer.
1852 .- Samuel Gallatin, Eli Homer, Hugh Chain.
1853 .- Tilghman H. Strickler, Joseph Gwinn, Ebenezer Moore. 1854 .- Samuel Heath, Solomon Keister, Ebenezer Moore.
1855 .- Hugh Chain, George Strickler.
1856 .- David M. Frame.
1857 .- Solomon Keister, Jacob Sherrick.
1858 .- William Washington, Joseph Newmyer.
1859 .- Joseph Cunningham, David Galley.
1860 .-- Solomon Keister, Jacob Sherrick, Moses Porter,
1861 .- Jacob Newmyer, John Keith, Wesley Collins.
1862 .- Alexander Boyd, John L. Hutehinson.
1863 .- Jacob Sherrick, Samuel Gaddis, William Strickler, Amos Miller.
1864 .- Samuel Smouse, George Strickler, J. R. Stauffer, George Youns.
1865 .- Joseph Newmyer, Daniel Strickler, C. S. Sherrick.
1866 .- James Cochran, Jacob Sherriek, Solomon Hunter, Jacob Newmyer.
[867 .- George W. Anderson, Wesley H. Cottom, William L. Yard.
1868,-Solomon Keister, S. Cottom.
1869 .- J. W. Stillwagon, Isaac Cochran.
1870 .- George W. Anderson, Jacob Sherrick, J. M. Cochran. 1873 .- J. D. Porter, William Landenberger, J. W. Sherbondy. 1874 .- N. M. Anderson, Jacob Sherrick, H. J. Molliston,
1875 .- J. W. Stillwagon, J. G. White, W. B. Chain, John Keyser.
1876 .- W. Landenberger, Jacob Sherrick, Joseph Strickler.
1877 .- James W. Cochran, J. D. Porter.
1878 .- W. T. Kinney, Samuel Barnum.
1879 .- Upper Tyrone, J. R. Stauffer : Lower Tyrone, Hugh Ryan, W. M. Anderson.
1880 .- Upper Tyrone, Benj. Newcomer, John Beatty; Lower Tyrone, P. Snyder, B. F. Oglevee, D. M. Newcomer.
1881 .- Upper Tyroue, James D. Porter, David L. Sherriek ; Lower Tyrone. Paul Ilough, Wesley Galley, A. Sballen- berger.
DAWSON BOROUGH.
The land forming the site of the borough of Daw- son was included in the original tract, called " Pros- pect," which was warranted to John Smilie in 1786, but for eighty years after that time no attempt was
made to centralize business and settlements at this place other than the erection of a steam saw-mill by two sons of John Smilie, Robert and John, who did something of a business there in sawing lumber for the construction of keel- and flat-boats for the transportation of iron, coal, and sand.
The Smilie farm, except the river bottom, was sold to Stewart Strickler. The bottom land was sold to George Dawson, who used it for purposes of cultiva- tion. The Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad was located through the tract, and upon the opening of the line Dawson's Station was established at this point. A post-office was established at the same time.
The property passed, in the division of the Daw- son estate, to Mrs. Alfred Howell, and in 1866 a town plat was laid out and surveyed by Martin Dickson for Mr. Howell. The brick building now known as the Ebbert House was built by Henry H. Galley in 1868. The first store was opened by Samuel Smouse.
For some reason the new town received the name of " Bloomington," and held it, without entirely su- perseding the railroad designation of Dawson's Sta- tion, until the incorporation of the borough, which was effected in 1872, upon a petition of certain free- holders presented to the court of Fayette County at the March term of that year. The court ordered the petition to be laid before the grand jury, which body reported the next day (March 7th) that after a full investigation of the case a majority of the said jury " do find that the conditions prescribed by the acts of the Assembly relating thereto have been complied with, and believe that it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners."
The report of the grand jury was confirmed on the 8th of June, 1872, and the court decreed "that the said town at Dawson's Station be incorporated into a borough in conformity with the prayer of the peti- tioners; that the corporate style and title thereof shall be the borough of Dawson," giving the bounda- ries in detail. It was further provided that the first election should be held at the school-house in the said borough on the 31st day of August, 1872. At the time designated the following-named officers were elected, viz. : Justices of the Peace, William Lent, M. McDonald ; Burgess, Alexander B. Luce; Asses- sor, W. W. Luce; School Directors, Joseph New- myer, James Mosser, William Luce, Jacob Oglevee, Frank Snyder, Henry Newmyer; Council, Joseph Newmyer, Frank Snyder, Daniel Wurtz, James Fairchild. John McGill, Isaac Cochran; Auditor, Jolın Orbin.
The list of succeeding borough officers to the year 1881 is as follows :
1873 .- Justice of the Peace, A. J. Anderson; Assessor, Henry Newmyer; Auditor, J. F. Oglevee.
1874 .- Justice of the Peace, T. Robb Deyarmon : School Direc- tors, William Lent, William Ebbert ; Auditor, George New- myer; Assessor, David Forsyth.
1875 .- Justice of the Peace, John W. Sherbondy; Assessor,
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Eli Galley ; Auditor, John Arnold ; School Directors, J. C. Henry, James Fairchild.
1876 .- Justice of the Peace, Mordecai McDonald; Burgess, John H. Sherhondy ; Council, John Corder, James Stauf- fer; Assessor, J. R. Laughrey ; Auditor, A. C. MeCune. 1877 .- Burgess, James Newmyer ; Justice of the Peace, James Newmyer ; Council, W. B. Frier, George Newmyer ; School Directors, Isaac Cochran, J. R. Langhrey, John Orbin ; Auditor, E. Galley.
1878 .- Burgess, Joseph Newmyer ; Council, Eli Galley, William H. Rush : School Directors, William Johns, William Fair- child ; Assessor, Edward Loverns; Auditor, Henry New- myer.
1879 .- Burgess, Joseph Newmyer; Assessor, W. H. Rush ; Auditor, J. R. Langhrey ; School Directors, S. S. Stahl, M. B. Fryer.
1880 .- Justice of the Peace, J. K. McDonald ; Auditor, Eli Galley ; Assessor, Jackson Anderson ; School Directors, William Lint, John Coder.
1881 .- School Directors, Eli Huston, David Forsythe ; Assessor, Eli Galley ; Auditor, J. A. Kittell.
CHURCHES.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT DAWSON.
The organization of this church was effected abont 1870, and in 1872 the present church edifice of the congregation was erected and dedicated, the dedi- cation sermon being preached by the Rev. Charles Smith.
From the organization of the church to the pres- ent time it has been served by the following-named preachers, viz. : the Revs. Garrett Wakefield, Mitch- ell, Stewart, Taylor, Emerson, Reynolds, Appleton, Moffatt, Eaton, Stafford, Storr, and S. Lane, the pres- ent pastor.
The church has now (1881) a membership of sixty- five, and is one of four charges under the pastor. Bryan Church is in the connection, and Pleasant Grove, near Layton Station, which has a membership of thirty, is also within this charge.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT DAWSON.
In 1874 a Presbyterian Church was formed and or- ganized in the borough of Dawson, with forty-two members, among whom were the following-named persons, who joined on certificates from the old Ty- rone Church, viz .: Solomon Baker, M. E. Baker, Lewis Huston, Rebecca Huston, Rachel Suverin, Milton Jenkins, Susan Jenkins, Margaret Newmyer, Kate Newmyer, Mary Stauffer, Jonathan Merritt, Mary M. Merritt, William Lint, Mary J. Lint, An- drew McElhaney, Anna McElhaney, Emma McEl- haney, Mary Shoffer, A. C. McCune, Nora McCune, Mordecai McDonald, Jane McDonald, Parthenia Pat- terson, and Ellen Kepple. Jonathan Merrit, William Lint, and Solomon Baker were elected ruling elders. The Rev. Thomas S. Park became their pastor, and remained as long as the church was continued. No church edifice was erected, and after about three years the church organization was dissolved, and the congregation returned to the mother-church of Ty-
rone, under the pastoral care of the Rev. J. H. Ste- venson.
THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT DAWSON.
This church was organized in 1874, under charge of the Rev. William Ellis. Services were at first held in the school-house. A church edifice was com- menced in June of the same year, but was not com- pleted till November, 1878. At the dedication, dele- gates were present from the Baptist Churches of Flatwood, Connellsville, Pennsville, Scottdale, and Uniontown. The dedication sermon was preached by the Rev. R. C. Morgan.
Prior to the dedication of the church the pulpit was supplied, in 1875, by the Rev. W. R. Patton, and in 1876 by the Rev. Robert Miller. The Rev. O. B. Stanger was called to the pastorate for one year, beginning Oct. 13, 1878, but resigned April 6, 1879. From that time the pulpit was occasionally supplied by the Rev. R. C. Morgan and others for about two years, until May, 1881, when the Rev. Amos Hutton was called to the pastoral charge. The church now contains about fifty members, and has in connecton with it a Sabbath-school of seventy pupils.
SOCIETIES AND ORDERS.
Bloomington Lodge, No. 728, I. O. of O. F., was chartered Sept. 3, 1870, with John Coder as N. G .; H. E. Koser, V. G .; J. F. McGill, Sec .; W. H. Cot- tom, Asst. Sec .; and J. C. Knight, Treas.
It has at present sixty-five members. The officers for IXSI are as follows : T. Robb Deyarmon, P. G. ; Henry Newmyer, N. G .; Henry Thrasher, V. G .; Henry Molliston, Sec .; John Coder, Treas.
Tyrone Lodge, No. 310, K. of P., was chartered Aug. 10, 1871, with George Strickler, Charles Cherrey, M. L. Moore, R. Strickler, J. Coder, N. C. Cochran, L. Cochran, John M. Burney, and John McCracken charter members. The present membership is sixty- five, and the officers for 1881 are H. E. Momyer, C. C .; Isaac Colbert, V. C .; C. O. Schroyer, P. ; Solomon Baker, K. R. S. ; Charles Cherrey, M. F. ; H. J. Mol- liston, M. E .; Isaac Shepard, M. A .; Jackson An- derson, P. C.
Hodenausonee Tribe, No. 164, I. O. of R. M., was or- ganized in the 17th Sun of the Cold Moon, G. S. D. 381, to bear date 29th Sun of the Hunting Moon, G. D., 380. The charter members of this tribe were John Coder, Solomon Baker, John C. Knight, John R. Dunham, Jesse A. Oglevee, Charles Cherrey, William Harberger, Frank Snyder, Alexander Davenport, William Randolph, Jasper N. Colbert, George Me- Burney, David Randolph, Isaac Colbert, Daniel Wirt, John Hartwick, Lntellus Cochran, William W. Luce, and Edward E. Strickler. Meetings are held in Odd- Fellows' Hall.
" Brotherhood of the Union, encircled in the II. F.," No. 90, was chartered Aug. 2, 1876. The charter members were William L. Shaw, John MeCracken, Frank Richie, Martin Johnson, Daniel Jones, P.
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Mulligan, Harry Johnson, William Highberger, F. ,of tenement-houses and shops, in which they build C. Reed, and Martin Layton.
Star of Hope Lodge, No. 196, I. O. of G. T., was organized in 1878, the charter being without date. The following-named persons were the charter mem- bers: Franklin Snyder, John W. Sherbondy, Daniel P. Whitsett, John H. Stranek, Nelson Newmyer, Jonathan Hewitt, William Herbert, Lewis L. Huston, J. K. MeDonald, Jr., David Orbin, Thomas B. Mure, L. H. Eaton, William Lint, Mrs. C. L. Whitsett, Mrs. Clara Eaton, Miss C. Sherbondy, Miss Gertie Sherbondy, Miss Barbara Orbin, Miss Hannah Mure, Miss Mary Orbin, Miss Dora Martin, Miss Flora Stickle, Miss Lizzie Smith. The lodge has at present seventy-eight members.
The public hall in Dawson was erected by the Odd- Fellows. In this hall the meetings of the several societies are held.
The borough now contains two churches (Methodist and Baptist), a post-office, railroad depot, express- and telegraph-offices, school-house, Odd-Fellows' Hall, steam grist-mill, spoke-factory, saddler-shop, shoe-shop, tin-shop, a silversmith-shop, three hotels, five stores, a drug-store, and three physicians, viz. : Dr. J. C. Henry, Dr. G. M. Campbell, and Dr. H. Dravo. The population of the borough by the United States census of 1880 was four hundred and fifty-three.
JIMTOWN.
This mining settlement has grown up from the very extensive coke-works in the vicinity, and is en- tirely made up of the homes of miners. It is reported in the census of 1880 as having a population of six hundred and fifty-three.
COKE MANUFACTURE.
From Broad Ford north to the county line is an almost continuous succession of coke-works, extend- ing along the Mount Pleasant Branch Railroad, half of which in number (and more than half in number of ovens) are owned by the H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany. The Henry Clay Works, at Broad Ford, were commenced by the H. C. Frick Company about 1872, and have been in operation since that time. At this place the company has one hundred ovens in blast, and eighteen new tenements have been recently erected for occupation by the laborers employed about the works. The coal taken from this mine is hauled up a slope ; all the others farther up the road are worked in drifts. The H. C. Frick mines are next north from the Henry Clay. They were started about 1870, and have now one hundred andisix ovens, employing eighty-five men.
The Morgan Coke-Works were commenced about 1866 by Sidney and James Morgan and A. J. Cross- land, and about 1878 were sold to the H. C. Frick Coke Company, who now have in use at this place one hundred and sixty-four ovens and employ one hundred and twenty men. They have here ten blocks
all the cars, wagons, and wheelbarrows used in the extensive operations carried on along this line of rail- way.
The " White" mines, Jate the " Hutchinson Globe," were started by A. C. Hutchinson & Brother, and came into possession of the H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany in January, 1881. They have one hundred and forty-eight ovens now in operation at this place.
The Foundry Mines and Coke-Works were put in operation about 1869 by Strickler & Lane, com- mencing with a few ovens and gradually increasing the number. They now comprise seventy-four ovens, owned and operated by the H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany, who employ here a force of fifty men.
The Eagle Mines were put in operation by Markle, Sherrick & Co., about 1868. A few years later they sold to the H. C. Frick Coke Company, who have now in operation eighty ovens and employ fifty-five men.
The Summit Mines were opened by Cochran & Keister, in 1873. In February, 1880, they were sold to the H. C. Frick Coke Company. There are now here in operation one hundred and forty-two ovens, and ninety men are employed. Forty-four tenements are near the mines. The company own one thousand acres of land on the south side of the Mount Pleasant Branch, and four hundred acres on the north side.
The Franklin Mines, owned by B. F. Keister & Co., are next above the "Summit." Here are in operation one hundred and thirty ovens.
The Tip-Top Coke-Works were started by Charles Armstrong about eight years ago. In 1879 they were sold to the H. C. Frick Coke Company, the present owners. Fifty-six ovens are in operation at the Tip- Top.
The Clinton Mines are next above the Tip-Top, and are owned by James Cochran & Co. Forty-four ovens are in active operation at these mines, and five cars are daily loaded with coke from them.
The Valley Mines were started by Wilson, Boyle & Playford, about 1870. At the time of sale to the H. C. Frick Coke Company, in April, 1880, they had one hundred ovens in operation. They have since been increased to one hundred and fifty-two, the number in operation at the present time.
The Hope Mines and Coke-Works, called until re- cently the Sherrick Mines, are situated about half a mile east of Everson Station, and also east of both the Southwest Pennsylvania and Mount Pleasant Branch Railroads. They were put in operation about ten years ago by Jacob Sherrick, and were sold by him in March, 1881, to the present proprietor, Joseph R. Stauffer, for about eighteen thousand dollars. The property embraces about thirty-one and a half acres of coal as yet untouched (as shown by a survey made in the spring of 1881). The proprietor has in opera- tion at this place twenty ovens, with a daily capacity of thirty tons of coke. He has here all the necessary
RESIDENCE AND FLOURING MILL OF J. R. & A. K. STAUFFER, TYRONE TOWNSHIP FAYETTE CO., P.A.
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buildings and appliances for the business,-tank, of- fice, and dwellings for the employés. The works are so favorably situated with regard to drainage that no pumping is required. The number of persons em- ployed by the works is fifteen.
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