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The general office of the division superintendent is at McCoy's Run, on Water Street. The offices of the machinery department and shops are located west of the depot. The officers in charge are Thomas M. King, general superintendent of the division ; J. E. Sampsel, master of machinery; G. M. Serpell, master of roads.
The general freight agent at Connellsville is T. D. Turner. The amount of freight on shipments of all kinds over this road, and billed at Connellsville in
each business day in the month of May, 1881, is as follows : 83815.83, 84676.23, 84572.71, 84811.02, 82715.51, $4330.51, 84897.87, $2648.46, $3329.95, 84462.43. 82609.94, 82869.03, 82842.09, 82329.03,
$3372.10, 82402.85, 81935.48, $4529.42, 83699.56, 83773.70, 84774.54, $2673.12, $4430.79, 84824.00, $4162.73, 82766.82 ; total for the month, $94,566.72.
This amount inelndes freight on coke shipped on the Fayette County branch between Uniontown and Connellsville, and shipments of coal from the gas-coal region. The freights in the month of June, 1881, were less than one-half those of the preceding month, ag- gregating 842,963.09. The express business of that month at the Connellsville office amounted to $1000.
The passenger agent at Connellsville is John A. Armstrong. The monthly receipts from passenger traffic at this station, from August, 1880, to June, 1881, inclusive, were as follows :
Aug., 1880 . . . $2505.17 | Feb., 188I $1771.65
Sept., 3237.24 March, 2648.33
Oct., 2854.33 April, 2426.93
Nov., 2187.61 May, 2901.35
Dec.,
2880.92
June, 46
. 2727.21
Jan., 1881 . 1953.15
SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
This road was opened for travel through Connells- ville and as far south as Mount Braddock in 1875, and was completed to Uniontown late in the fall of the next year. It is operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and is more profitable than any other division of equal length of that company's lines. The following amounts were received at Connells- ville from passenger traffic on this road during the first half of the year 1881, viz. :
January . . $1053.15 | April 81393.52
February 1125.81 May 1317.45
March 1251.66 June. 1849.17
Total for six months, $7990.76.
In the same month the freights at this station were in amount as follows :
January $930.07 | April $2417.81
February 1108.36 May 1791.68
March . 2166.18 : June . 2831.89
Total for six months, $11,245.99.
Below is given the number of pounds of coke shipped on this road and manifested at Connellsville (being the coke from Pennsville and Davidson's, the last including Moyer's) during the two months ending July 2, 1881 :
From May 2d to 7th :
Davidson . 6,153,200 lbs.
Pennsville 534,200 4
Total . 6,687,400 lbs.
May 9th to 16th :
Davidson
6,577,100 1bs.
Pennsville 869,200 "
Total . 7,446,300 lbs.
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May 16th to 21st :
Davidson . 5,568,000 lbs.
Pennsville
1,130,400 "
Total .
6,698;400 lbs.
May 21st to 28th :
Davidson .
5,991,500 lbs.
Pennsville
924,900 "
Total . 6,926,400 lbs.
May 28th to June 4th :
Davidson . 6,045,300 lbs. and people were slow to believe that machine-work Pennsville 854,500 and heavy and difficult forgings could be done at Connellsville, but the senior partner, Mr. McGrath, having served his apprenticeship at the extensive Total . 6,899,800 lbs. works of Charles C. Delaney, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Davidson . 4,761,800 Ibs. worked in some of the principal work-shops of the Pennsville 299,000 country, soon gave evidence that intricate as well as Total . 5,060,800 lbs. heavy work could be done here as well as in the cities, and soon the company had more orders than their 5,183,400 lbs. 245,500 little shop could accommodate. Abont this time the coke trade began to assume large proportions, and on account of the scarcity of railroad cars several opera- Total . 5,428,900 lbs. tors began to provide their own. As these cars, owing to the bad condition of the new road, were being con- 5,799,100 lbs. tinually wrecked and broken, it became necessary for 26,600 4 somebody to repair them, and the firm of McGrath, McCormick & Co. undertook the business. Having Total . 5,825,700 lbs. no suitable place to erect shops, they obtained privi- lege from the railroad company to lay a track along 6,130,600 lbs. the bank of the river, immediately south of the present 212,400 " depot, and there, in the open air, for two years they Total . 6,343,000 lbs. did all the car repairing for the local coal companies, their carpenter-shop consisting of one end of the body of an old passenger-car, the other end being oc- cupied by the railroad company as a car inspector's office and pattern-shop.
June 4th to June 11th :
June 11th to 18th :
Davidson .
Pennsville
June 18th to 25th :
Davidson .
Pennsville
June 25th to July 2d :
Davidson .
Pennsville
Showing an aggregate of fifty-seven million three hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred pounds of coke manifested at Connellsville in two months for shipment over one of its two railroads, and rep- resenting the shipments of that product from only two out of the thirty-six stations from which coke is shipped on the Southwest line between Fairchance and Greensburg. From these figures and facts some idea may be had of the magnitude of the coke pro- duction and traffic in the region of which Connells- ville is the most important centre.
MANUFACTORIES.
THE CONNELLSVILLE MACHINE- AND CAR-WORKS.
On the 9th of September, 1865, James McGrath, then foreman of the smith-shops of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad at Connellsville, leased from Robert W. Francis for the term of ten years a piece of ground fifty-five by ninety feet, located on North Alley, near Water Street, for the purpose of erecting thereon a machine- and smith-shop. On the 16th of the same month he entered into partner- ship with Bernard Winslow, and they erected a wooden building thirty by fifty feet, and with three smith- fires and one old lathe, commenced business under the name of McGrath & Winslow. Their manufac-
tures consisted mainly of railroad frogs and switches and oil tools. On the 27th of February, 1866, Wins- low sold out to George B. and J. T. McCormick, and the firm-name changed to McGrath, McCormick & Co. On September 1st same year William B. Stout and James B. Caven were taken into the partnership, the firm-name remaining unchanged.
The company now added some new machinery, and began to extend their business. Machine-shops of this kind were until then unknown in this region,
On the 13th of March, 1869, the company succeeded in leasing from P. McCormick the lot adjoining their smith-shop, and immediately erected thereon a small car-shop twenty-five by eighty feet, and began the erection of coke-cars, mine-wagons, and all the vari- ous tools used in the making of coke.
On the 1st of May following the remaining part- ners purchased the interest of George B. McCormick, and changed the name of the company to " The Con- nellsville Machine and Car Company." Business now increased rapidly, and it soon became necessary to ' seek a better location and to erect works of much larger capacity. Accordingly, on the 26th of March, 1872, the company purchased from the " Connellsville Mutual Building and Loan Association" a tract of land lying on the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Rail- road at the mouth of Mounts' Creek, about one-quarter of a mile north of their former location. Here, in the year 1872, they erected a car-shop thirty by one hundred and twenty feet, and on May 21, 1873, they purchased additional ground adjoining, and erected a machine- and forging-shop and foundry of the same dimensions as the car-shop. Later other land was
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purchased, and the works extended and enlarged to The company purchased land of D. R. Davidson, ad- their present dimensions.
On the 1st of October, 1873, the old shops were abandoned, and the machinery removed to the new. At the expiration of the ground lease in 1875 the old car-shop was removed to the adjoining lot, which had then come into the possession of the company, and remodeled into a hardware-store and office.
The larger shops required many new tools, and lathes, planes, boring-mills, punches, drill-presses, steam-hammers, etc., were gradually added, until the works are now as well equipped as any in the country, and give employment to from forty to fifty hands, the products consisting of ears and railroad supplies, and all the various wants of coal, coke, and fire-brick works, mills, furnaces, etc. The partners are all, in some capacity, directly interested in the running of the works, and by careful attention to business have secured the confidence and patronage of the coal and iron operators of the entire Connellsville coke region.
FOUNDRY, MACHINE, AND FORGE-WORKS OF BOYTS, PORTER & CO.
This, the first foundry establishment in Connells- ville, was commenced in 1829 by Robert W. Francis and J. J, Anderson, the former of whom continued in the business for almost half a century. Francis & Anderson continned as a firm until 1834, when James and Isaac Francis bonght Anderson's interest, and the business was carried on without material change until 1860, when a three-fourths interest was sold to Stauffer & Co. In 1868, Porter Bros. purchased an interest, and the firm became Stauffer, Porter & Co., and so continued till 1876, when Mr. Stauffer died, and his interest was purchased by B. F. Boyts, and the business was conducted under the firm-name of Tennant, Porter, Boyts & Co. until June 8, 1878, when R. W. Francis, the original owner, died, and his in- terest was purchased by J. M. Dushane, and Tennant also sold his interest to J. M. Reid, and the firm became, as at present, Boyts, Porter & Co.
On the 28th of Jannary, 1877, the works were destroyed by fire. A temporary building was at once erected, and by the 12th of February following the firm was prepared to fill all orders for castings and machine and forge-work. New permanent buildings were commenced in May of the same year.
It is believed that Boyts, Porter & Co. make a greater variety of castings than any other firm in the State, and the machine-shop and forge department are completely equipped to do machine, forge, and sheet-iron work of every description. In the present year (1881) the manufacture of steam-pumps has been added, and the firm has also given special attention to the manufacture of ore-crushers for silver-mines in Montana, for which large orders have been filled.
AMERICAN STEEL-WORKS.
These works were put in operation about 1866 by J. M. Bailey, Meskimmens, and others, of Pittsburgh.
joining the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Gas-Coal and Coke Company, and erected thereon a frame building about two hundred by seventy-five feet on the ground, and one story (about thirty feet) high. The opera- tions of the company were not successful, and the business had continued less than a year when it was abandoned. The place and the ruins of the building are still known as the " steel-works," but these and the name are all that remain of an enterprise which was commenced with high hopes of success and the promise of permanent advantage to the growth and prosperity of the borough of Connellsville.
CONNELLSVILLE GAS-WORKS.
The Connellsville and New Haven Gas and Water Company was incorporated March 7, 1871. The cor- porators were Joseph Johnston, Christopher S. Sher- rick, Edward Dean, David Welsh, and Dr. Ellis Phillips. On the 23d of September, 1871, the stock- holders met and elected the following-named direc- tors: Joseph Johnston, Edward Dean, Ellis Phillips, David Welsh, John D. Frisbee, J. T. McCormick. The board elected Joseph Johnston, president; John D. Frisbee, treasurer; J. T. McCormick, secretary. On the 31st of July, 1872, a committee appointed for that purpose reported that they had secured a lot of land from the Connellsville Mutual Building and Loan Association on which to erect gas-works. The loca- tion chosen for the works is near Mounts' Creek and the Youghiogheny River. A contract was made with Connolly & Taylor to build the works complete and lay all gas-mains ready for nse on or before the 1st of November following for $22,000, which was done, and J. T. McCormick was appointed superintendent of the works. At present (June, 1881) J. D. Frisbee is president, and J. M. Kurtz, secretary, treasurer, and superintendent. One of the objects in view in the formation of the company was to supply the borough with water, which is authorized in the incorporation, and which will doubtless be accomplished in the near future.
CIVIL LIST OF THE BOROUGH OF CONNELLSVILLE.
No official account is found of the officers elected on the 7th of April, 1806, the first election after the incorporation of the borough. From careful exami- nation of the minutes it appears that the following- named persons composed the first Council, viz .: Geo. Mathiot, Caleb Trevor, James Blackstone, James Francis, Charles Williams, David Barnes, Joseph Rogers; Town Clerk, John B. Trevor; Treasurer, Joseph Rogers. The following extracts and lists are from the borough records :
" ANNO INCORPORATIONIS 2nd. CONCILII'M SECUNDUM, A.D. 1807."
Members elected on the 6th of April, 1807: James Black- stone, Samuel Trevor, Anthony Banning, James Francis, John Barnhart, William Mifford, John Page; High Constable, An-
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drew Ellison ; Samuel Trevor having an equal number of votes for burgess and Council, declined serving in the former capacity ; of course no choice was made for burgess on that day ; 1 J. B. Trevor, town clerk ; Joseph Rogers, treasurer.
" CONCILIUM TERTIUM."
1808 .- Burgess, James Blackstone; Town Council, Samuel Trevor, Charles Williams, Anthony Banning, James Fran- cis, John Page, Jonas Coalstock, and Daniel Rogers; Town Clerk, John B. Trevor ; Treasurer, Joseph Rogers.
1809 .- Burgess, Abraham Baldwin; Town Council, Joshua Gibson, George Mathiot, Caleb Trevor, John Lamb, Isaac Meares, Charles Wells, James Lafferty ; Town Clerk, J. D. Mathiot ; Treasurer, John B. Trevor.
1810 .- Burgess, Abraham Baldwin; Town Council, Dr. James Estep, Dr. Robert D. Moore, John Fuller, David Barnes, Daniel Coughenour, Jesse Taylor, Joseph Rogers; Town Clerk, John Lamb ; Treasurer, John Page.
1811 .- Burgess, John Lamb ; Town Council, Daniel Rogers, Caleb Trevor, Elisha Clayton, Charles Williams, David Stewart, James Francis, Richard Hardin ; Town Clerk, Joshua Gibson ; Treasurer, John Page.
1812 .- Burgess, John Lamb ; Town Council, Abraham Bald- win, Caleb Trevor, Charles Williams, Otho L. Williams, Daniel Coughenour, James Lafferty, Robert Long; Town Clerk, Jeshua Gibson ; Treasurer, John Page.
1813 .- Burgess, John Lamb; Town Council, Caleb Trevor, Charles Williams, John M. Burdette, Jacob Kuhn, William Kirk, Michael Gilmore, Daniel S. Norton ; Town Clerk, Othu L. Williams; Treasurer, Abraham Baldwin.
1814 .- Burgess, Daniel S. Norton ; Town Council, Joseph Bar- net, William Kirk, James Francis, Isaac Meares, Charles Williams, Robert Long, John Fuller ; Town Clerk, Otho L. Williams; Treasurer, Abraham Baldwin.
1815 .- Burgess, Isaac Meares; Town Conocil, Elisha Clayton, James Shaw, John M. Burdette, Elijah Crossland, Daniel G. Norton, Hiram Herbert, Robert D. Moore ; Town Clerk, David Stewart : Treasurer, Abraham Baldwin.
1816 .- Burgess, Isaac Meares ; Town Council, William David- son, George Mathiot, John Lamb, Robert Long, Charles Williams, James Francis, John IIeinbaugh; Town Clerk, Jonathan Kurtz; Treasurer, Abraham Baldwin.
1817 .- Burgess, Isaac Meares ; Town Council, Abraham Bald- win, George Mathiot, Caleb Trevor, Charles Williams, Robert Long, Elijah Crossland, John Adams; Town Clerk, John Boyd'; Treasurer, Elisha Clayton.
1818 .- Burgess, John Boyd ; Town Council, Isaac Meares, Abraham Baldwin, Caleb Trevor, Robert Long, James Francis, Esq , Alexander Johnston, Henry Welty ; Town Clerk, William G. Turner ; Treasurer, Elisha Clayton. 1819 .- Burgess, John Boyd ; Town Council, George Mathiot, Henry Welty, Robert Long, John Lamb, Frederick Bierer, Caleb Trevor, William Lytle; Town Clerk, Dr. Charles MeLane; Treasurer, Elisha Clayton ; Sexton and Inspector of Cordwood, Peter Stillwagon ; Dog-killer, Adam Snider. 1820 .- Burgess, John Lamb; Town Council, John Fuller; Michael Trump, Richard Crossland, Daniel Coughenour, Timothy Buell, Frederick Bicrer, Jesse Taylor; Town Clerk, Charles MeLane; Treasurer, Robert D. Moore. 1821 .- Burgess, Isaac Meares; Town Council, John Lamb, Michuel Gilmore, Robert Long, Samuel Page, Hiram Her- bert, Asher Smith, Michael Trump ; Town Clerk, Charles MeLane; Treasurer, Lester L. Norton.
I An election was called on the 25th July, and James Blackstone, Jr., Was elected burgess, and James Leooard high constable in place of El- lisuo, removed.
1822 .- Burgess, George Mathiot ; Town Council, Abraham Bald- win, Michael Trump, Elisha Clayton, Iliram Herbert, Iler- man Gebhart, Caleb Trevor, Asher Smith; Town Clerk, Caleb Trevor ; Treasurer, Alexander Johnston.
1823 .- Burgess, Carlos Alonzo Norton ; Town Council, Isaac Meares, Joseph Keepers, Moses McCormick, Theophilos Shepherd, William Mifford, Josiah D. Stillwagon, Samnel Page; Town Clerk, Isane Mcares; Treasurer, Alexander Johnston.
1824 .- Burgess, Abraham Baldwin ; Town Council, Robert D. Moore, Daniel Rogers, George Mathiot, William Davidson, Henry Welty, Michael Trump, Hiram Herbert; Town Clerk, Isnae Meares; Treasurer, Alexander Johnston.
1825 .- Burgess, Abraham Baldwin; Town Council, William Davidson, Asher Smith, William Balsley, Joseph Keepers, George Marietta, Richard Crossland, William Clemens ; Town Clerk, William Clemens ; Treasurer, Lester L. Norton. 1826 .- Burgess, Caleb Trevor; Town Council, Robert Long, Joseph Herbert, Samuel Trevor, Thomas Keepers, James Collins, Jobn B. Stewart, Isaac Taylor; Town Clerk, Wi !- liam Davidson : Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz; Teachers in the Borough School-IIouse, John Fleming and David S. Koox. 1827 .- Burgess, Herman Gebhart ; Town Council, Andrew Still- wagon, Robert Long, Joseph Trevor, Ilcory Welty, Michael Trump, George Marietta, William R. Turner ; Town Clerk, Joseph Trevor; Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz.
1828 .- Burgess, Lester L. Norton; Town Council, Hiram IIer- bert, Samuel Page, Jonas Coalstock, Wmn. Davidson, Iler- man Gebhart, Thomas Keepers, Richard Crossland; Town Clerk, Joseph Barnett ; Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz.
1829 .- Burgess, Robert Long; Town Council, Abraham Bald- win, Samuel Page, John W. Philips, James Collins, Caleb Trevor, William Bullsley, William Davidson ; Town Clerk, Caleb Trevor ; Treasurer, Josinh Kurtz.
1830 .- Burgess, John Fuller ; Town Council, Joseph Trevor, Joseph Rogers, Valentine Coughenoor, Alexander T. Keep- ers, IIenry W. Lewis, George Marietta, Ilerman Gebhurt; Town Clerk, Henry W. Lewis; Treasurer, Henry Black- stone.
1831 .- Burgess, Josiah Kurtz; Town Council, Samuel Marshall, Isane Taylor, John Wilson, Samuel Page, Michael Truwp, John B. Boswell, Andrew J. Stillwagon; Town Clerk, Michael B. Loore; Treasurer, Robert Long.
1832 .- Burgess, - ; Town Council, John W. Philips, David Shellenberger, Samuel Marshall, James Collins, Jacob Conrad, Richard Crossland, Samuel McCormick ; Town Clerk, Ilenry W. Lewis ; Treasurer, Caleb Trevor. 1833 .- Borgess, William Davidson; Town Council, Caleb Trevor, Hiram Herbert, Lester L. Norton, James G. Tur- ner, Josiah Kurtz, William Neal, Valentine Coughenour; Town Clerk, Henry W. Lewis; Treusarer, Joseph Herbert. 1857.2-Burgess, Joseph Jobnston ; Town Council, Samuel Crossland, John Fuller, Jonathan Enos, Joseph Trump, N. C. McCormick, Bateman Goe; Town Clerk, R. M. Murphy. 1858 .- Burgess, Joseph Johnston ; Town Council, Joseph Trump, Jonathan Enos, H. B. Goe, N. C. McCormick, John Fuller, Stephen Robins; Town Clerk, R. M. Murphy.
1859 .- Burgess, R. M. Murphy ; Town Council, H. B. Goe, N. C. McCormick, John Fuller, Stephen Robins, T. R. David sun, Lutellus Lindley ; Town Clerk, Joseph Johnston.
1860 .- Burgess, John K. Brown ; Town Council, John Faller, Stephen Robins, Lutellos Lindley, Joseph Herbert, Jona- than Enes, Stephen McBride; Town Clerk, Joseph Jeho- ston ; Treasurer, H. B. Goe.
? No records can be found covering the period from 1833 to 1857.
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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
1861 .- Burgess, Abraham Gallantine; Councilmen, Lutellus Lindley, Joseph Herbert, Jonathan Enos, Stephen McBride, John Fuller, Samuel Freeman ; Clerk, Joseph Johnston. 1862 .- Burgess, Benjamin Pritchard; Councilmen, Jonathan Enos, Stephen McBride, John Fuller, Samuel Freeman, Joseph Herbert, Lutellus Lindley ; Clerk, Joseph Johnston. 1863 .- Burgess, Benjatein Pritchard; Councilmen, Johe Fuller, Samuel Freeman, Joseph Herbert, Lutellus Liedley, John D. Frisbee, John Kilpatrick : Clerk, Joseph Joheston.
1864 .- Burgess, Jomes N. Walker; Councilmen, Joseph Her- bert, L. Lindley, John D. Frisbee, John Kilpatrick, Joseph Trump, Samuel Page ; Clerk, Joseph Johnston.
1865 .- Burgess, James N. Walker ; Council, John D. Frisbee, John Kilpatrick, Joseph Trump, Samuel Page, Joseph Ilerbert, John Crossland ; Clerk, Joseph Johnston.
1866 .- Burgess, Thomas M. Fce ; Council, Samuel Page, John Cooley, Joseph Herbert, John Greenland, David Connell, Joseph Keepers ; Clerk, Joseph T. MeCormick.
1867 .- Burgess, R. T. Galloway : Council, James Herbert, John Greenland, David Connell, Joseph Keepers, Josiah Kurtz, J. W. Coulter; Clerk, J. T. McCormick.
1868.1-Burgess, Samuel J. Cox.
1869 .- Burgess, Samuel J. Cox ; Council, Robert B. Cox, David Welsh, Jonathan Enos, Henry N. Stillwagon. John Kil- patrick, James McGrath, Samuel Freeman ; Clerk, J. T. McCormick.
1870 .- Burgess, Samuel J. Cox; Council, John Kilpatrick, Jonathan Enos, William Ilannum, John Beatty, John R. Murphy, John D. Frisbie, John McGrath ; Clerk, Joseph T. McCormick ; Treasurer, John D. Frisbee.
1871 .- Burgess, Benjamin Pritchard; Council, James John- ston, Juho D. Frisbee, Edward Dean, Joshua Vance, Samuel Page, Peter Martin, Joseph Marietta ; Town Clerk, Joseph T. McCormick ; Treasurer, John D. Frisbee.
1872 .- Burgess, Benjamin Frankinberger; Council, Joshua M. Duchaine, Christian Snider, Johe D. Frisbee, Benjamin F. Baer, Jobn Kilpatrick, George W. Foust ; Town Clerk, Joseph T. McCormick : Treasurer, Provance McCormick. 1873 .- Burgess, Benjamin Frankinberger; Council, Dr. John R. Nickel, Jonathan Enos, David Mahoney, Henry Shaw, James Cunningham, S. P. S. Franks; Clerk, David Barnes ; Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz.
1874 .- Burgess, Benjamin Frankinberger; Town Council, Dr. John R. Nickel, James Conningham, S. P. L. Franks, George W. Stillwagon, Joseph Marietta, Jacob M. Llewel- lyn; Town Clerk. David Barnes ; Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz. 1875 .- Burgess, James E. Stillwagon ; Town Council, James C. Calhoun, David L. Walker, M. B. Stouffer, W. Kilpatrick, Thomas Adams, Samuel Heffley; Town Clerk, Lee II. Walker.
1876 .- Burgess, Joseph F. Torry ; Town Council, David Black- burn, Joseph T. McCormick, James Cunningham, Henry Porter, John T. Hedrick, Joseph Johnston ; Town Clerk, Isaac M. Newcomer; Treasurer, Josiah Kurtz.
1857 .- Burgess, J. Emmett Stillwagon; Town Council, Joseph Johnston, Joseph T. MeCormick, Thomas V. Edmonds, Provance Buttermore, James McGratb, John T. Redrick ; Town Clerk, Henry Page ; Treasurer, Lester P. Norton.
1878 .- Burgess, Benjamin Pritchard; Town Council, Joseph T. McCormick, Provance Buttermore, Thomas V. Edmonds, Hugh Stillwagon, George Eeos, Peter J. Stouffer; Town
Clerk, Henry Page; Treasurer, L. P. Norton ; Attorney, . P. S. Newmeyer ; Borough Engineer, Samuel M. Foust. 1879 .- Burgess, Joseph Johnston ; Town Council, Hugh Still- wagon, Rockwell Marietta, Chris. Balsley, William Hannam, Joseph M. Kurtz, Lloyd Johnston ; Clerk, Henry Page ; Treasurer, Lester P. Norton.
1880 .- Burgess, Juseph Johnton ; Council, J. T. McCormick, James MeGrath, H. B. Balsley, J. R. Balsley, J. W. Rutter, William Hannam; Clerk, Samuel M. Foust; Treasurer, Lester P. Norton.
188] .- Burgess, John Kurtz ; Council, Lloyd Johnston, IIenry Wickham, B. F. Boyts. E. Duon, J. II. Purdy, W. S. Hood; Clerk of Council, J. S. McCaleb; Treasurer, Lester P. Norton.
THE TOWNSHIP.
Connellsville township lies on the east and north- east side of the Yonghiogheny River, extending from the stream back into the mountains. The river forms its southern as also all of its western boundary, ex- cept where for a short distance at its northern end it joins the township of Tyrone, and excepting also that part where the borough lies between it and the river. On the north and north-northeast it joins Bullskin township, and on the east and sontheast it is bounded by Springfield. Next to the Youghiogheny, its largest and most important stream is Mounts' Creek, which enters the river just below the borongh. The popu- lation of the township by the census of 1880 was thirteen hundred and sixty-six.
The earliest inhabitant of any part of the territory now comprised in Connellsville township was Provi- dence Mounts, who came before 1772,2 and settled on a traet of four hundred acres of land lying on the Youghiogheny River, and extending from Broad Ford to, and a considerable distance up, Mounts' Creek, which stream received its name from him. On this traet he built his log house and erected a mill, at which he also carried' on wool-carding. At the time of his death, in or abont 1782, he had received no warrant for the traet on which he settled more than ten years before. It was afterwards warranted and surveyed to his son Abner, Sept. 7. 1786. Providence Mounts left a will, devising property to his sons, Ca- leb, Joshua, Jesse, Asa, and Abner. These emigrated to Kentucky, and the property passed into possession of Stewart H. Whitehill, and in 1826 was purchased by Alexander Johnston.
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