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Next south of Monnts' tract, on the Yonghiogheny, was that of William McCormick, whose very early settlement has been mentioned in the history of the borough of Connellsville.
Above the borough and in the southeast part of the township, at a place which afterwards became known as "Trump's Hollow," settled John Trump, son of Henry Trump, who located farther to the southeast,
1 Two elections were held this year under different authority ; both were declared unll and void. The court ordered a new election for bur- posy in September. In March, 1869, by direction of court, election was held.
2 His name is found in the assessment rolls for that year of Bedford County (which then embraced all that is now Fayette), in the township of Tyrone, which at that time comprehended all of the present township of Connellsville and a large extent of surrounding country.
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CONNELLSVILLE BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP.
near the mouth of Indian Creek, in what is now the township of Springfield. John Trump, at his settle- ment in what is now Connellsville township, erected a small saw-mill, but never gave much attention to running it. He spent most of his time in hunting deer, bears, and bees, having usually a large number of swarms of bees, and selling a good deal of honey. He lived a very secluded life, the greater part of which was spent in hunting. Mr. Joshua Gibson says he was personally acquainted with John Trump for more than fifty years, and in all that time never saw him but twice in the borough of Connellsville. He died since the year 1875, at his home in Trump's Hollow, at the age of seventy-two years. Michael Trump, a brother of John, settled in Connellsville borough, where he lived for many years, and died there. He was a good millwright and carpenter, and a highly respected citizen.
John Gibson came from Chester County, Pa., in 1793, and was concerned with Isaac Meason and Moses Dillon in the erection of the old Union Furnace, in Dunbar township. In 1795 he removed with his wife, his sons, Thomas, Joseph, Joshua, and James, and his daughter Elizabeth,1 to the McCormick tract, a portion of which (about ninety-two acres) he had purchased, where now are the ruins of the stone mill on the river. Here he built a stone house on the bank of the river, also a grist-mill, saw-mill, rolling- and slitting-mill, and nail-shop, having a tilt-hammer in operation. All these buildings are now in ruins, ex- cept the stone house, which is owned by the railroad company.
Of the sons of John Gibson, James died while a young man, at the old stone house ; Thomas lived in the south part of the township, where Joshua Gibson (Joseph's son) now lives. He was interested in the Mount Etna Furnace, and had a saw-mill and large Janded property both in Connellsville and in the State of Ohio. Joshua (son of John Gibson) was drowned at the Yough Forge in 1808. Joseph was concerned with his brothers in their various enterprises, and was the owner of the land where is now Gibsonville.
Joseph Page, a native of New Jersey, emigrated to Fayette County in 1801, and on the 26th of October in that year purchased of Zachariah Connell the tract of three hundred and two acres called "Confi- dence," which had been warranted to John Mugger Dec. 20, 1773, and which passed from Mugger through the hands of John Vanderen to Connell. On that tract, where Joshua Gibson now lives, stands an old mill, built by the Pages. In the erection of this old mill, Noah Miller was the millwright, and his two sons were his assistants. The race, one-fourth of a mile in length, was dug by James Rogers.
The sons of Joseph Page were Jonathan, Jobn,
Samuel, Joseph, and William. Jonathan was a shoe- inaker, and lived in the house still standing near Joshua Gibson's. He removed to the borough of Connellsville, where he followed his occupation (shoe- maker), and where he died. His daughter Rebecca married D. S. Knox, well known to the citizens of Connellsville and Brownsville. She is still living, and resides at Brownsville, as does also her sister, Miss Mary Page.
Samnel Page (son of Joseph) purchased his father's property July 5, 1814, and in 1815 purchased the tavern stand known as the Banning House, in Con- nellsville, and lived there many years. His son, Henry Page, still lives in Connellsville. A daughter of Samuel married William Templeton, of Brady's Bend, Pa. Another daughter married John C. Bee- son, of Uniontown. Joseph Page (son of Joseph) lived and died in New Jersey. William married a daughter of Zachariah Connell, and removed to the West.
Jacob Buttermore, with his brothers, Peter and George, were early settlers in Connellsville. The two former lived on Mounts' Creek. George's loca- tion was on the Mount Pleasant road. They were farmers and teamsters, in the latter capacity working at the hanling of goods between Connellsville and Pittsburgh.
William Glenn came from Ireland, and settled in the vicinity of the old Etna Furnace. He was killed at or near that place in 1830, by a fall from the frame of a house. He had two sons, Nathaniel and Wil- liam, the latter of whom emigrated to Kentucky. Nathaniel lived at the furnace, and worked there and at the other works in the vicinity nearly all his life. He is still living, abont two miles east of Con- nellsville, near McCoy's Spring, at about the age of eighty-one years.
Azariah Davis lived in the mountains, about five miles southeast of Connellsville borough. He was employed at the salt-works that were built by Isaac Meason in 1810-11. He lived to an advanced age, but moved away from the place in his later years. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was celebrated in all this section of country as a rapid and untiring pedestrian.
John Lemon, from Cecil County, Md., settled here at an early day. He worked as a foundryman nearly all his life, and died on the furnace lands. He was noted as a man of extraordinary memory.
James Carr, an Irishman, was an early settler. He was an ore-digger. In his later years he moved to a new location on the Allegheny River, where he lived till his death, at the extraordinary age of one hun- dred and five years.
An early settler named Langebaugh lived in the mountains, about two miles southeast of Connells- ville borough, in a "Hollow" which still carries his name. He was a mighty hunter. Little or nothing is i known of the time of his settlement or when he died.
1 His brother, Nathaniel Gibson, also came te Fayette County and settled at Little Falls, where he built a furnace and forge. He after- wards moved into Connellsville borough, where he carried on a mill sev- eral years, and then removed to Ohio, where he died.
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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
" Actora Tom," a man part negro and part Indian, was well known in Connellsville township in the years that succeeded the close of the last war with Britain. He was a worker in the forges, and had the reputation of being the strongest man west of the Alleghenies. It was said of him that he could carry two forge-hammers at once, one under each arm, each weighing fully six hundred pounds ; run an arm through the eye of each hammer; and that he could, and did, throw a fifty-six-pound weight over the drum-beam of the forge (about fourteen feet high) by the power of his little finger alone.
Amos Pritchard was a forge-man in Connellsville township. Afterwards he removed across the Youghio- gheny, and died in Dunbar, at the old forge on Dun- bar Creek. Maj. Benjamin Pritchard, of Connells- ville, was his son,
Jolin Reist1 was an early settler in the township. He was a farmer, fisherman, and ferryman. He was living at Broad Ford at about the beginning of the present century, and remained there for many years. He had a small plat of land cleared, and his log dwelling stood on the bank where is now the pump- house of the railroad company. This was afterwards replaced by a stone house. Below it lay the large canoe, or "dug-out," on which he ferried passengers to and fro across the Youghiogheny. He also had an oil-mill, which was in operation as late as 1823.
Mr. Joshua Gibson recollects the following-named persons as having been among the early inhabitants of the township, viz. :
Robert Dunsmore, worked at the Yough Forge.
John Kirk, worked in the oil-mill.
Alexander McDowell, forge-man.
James St. John, forge-man.
James Richie, forge-carpenter.
Thomas and William Baylis, forge-men.
George Speelman and Daniel Jones, forge-men.
John Shoup and John Shoup, Jr., millers at forge- mill.
Jacob Summers, here about 1795, worked in Gib- son's rolling- and slitting-mill.
John English and Aaron Merryman, worked in rolling-mill.
Barney Call, rolling-mill man and blacksmith, died in the army.
Levi McCormick, rough-carpenter.
Aaron Thorp, a very tall man, worked in rolling- mill.
Moses Thorp, worked in rolling-mill.
William Waugh, here as early as 1800, worked at making wrought nails many years.
Samuel Gibson, miller at John Gibson's mill, below Connellsville borough.
John Barnhart, an old resident, lived near steel- works.
" This man's name is found variously spelled in the records aod else- where, viz .: Reist, Rist, Riste, Reis, Rise, Riset, and Rice.
Samuel Alling, early settler, shoemaker.
James Robbins, stone-mason, a great hunter. Aaron Robbins, bricklayer and fisherman.
Tillard, tavern-keeper on the mountain, three miles east of Connellsville borough.
John and Martin Stouffer carried on a little grist- mill on the Youghiogheny, a mile below the borough, which in dry times did grinding for a large section of country. It was in operation in 1823, but how long it continued in use is not known. It fell into decay, and was never rebuilt.
Following is a list of taxables in Connellsville township (including the borough) in 1823, the year in which the township was set off from Bullskin :
John Adams. John Davis.
William Andrews.
Ezra Davis.
Eli Abrabams.
John Eicher.
Samuel Alling.
Joseph Freestone.
William Aling.
Ezekiel Foot.
Thomas Asley.
John Fairchild.
Jacob Buttermore.
John Fuller.
Peter Buttermore.
James Francis.
George Buttermore.
Azel Freeman.
Francis Barclay.
Gebhart & Smith.
Daniel Balsley.
llerman Gebhart.
John Barnhart.
Pennel Garret.
William Balsiey.
Michael Gilmore.
David Barnes.
Thos. and Jos. Gibson's beirs.
Pennell Beale.
John Gibson.
Thomas Beatty.
Samuel Gibson.
Timothy Buel.
John Hinebaugh.
Frederick Bierer.
Iliram Herbert.
Stephen Bishop.
William Hawk.
Esther Balsley.
Stoddart Huntley.
George Bal-ley.
Daniel Harshman.
James Bartholt.
John Iliff.
Mahlon Broomball.
John Imell.
Robert Bail.
William Jervis.
Abraham Baldwin,
Stewart Johnston.
John Boyd.
Alexander Joboston.
William Brown.
Jobn Jones.
John Cofman.
Thomas Jarrett.
William Clemens.
Daniel Jones.
Elisha Clayton.
Baker Johnston's exr's.
Abraham Clayton.
Thomas Johnston.
Elijah Crossland.
Roger Johnston.
Richard Crossland.
Joseph Keepers.
Valentine Coughenour.
Alexander Keepers.
Thomas Cumberland.
Sarah Keepers.
Henry Collins.
William Kirk.
Zephaniah Carter.
Samuel Keepers.
William Clements.
Wm. Kiskader.
Jonas Coalstock.
James Kerr.
Hugh Cameron.
Gustavus Kells.
Elijah Correll.
Thomas Kilpatrick.
Daniel Coughenour:
Cunningham Kitheart.
Rachel Clayton.
Michael Lore.
Margaret Connell.
Jobn Lamb.
Charles McClane.
Susan Lamb.
Adms. of Zachariah Connell.
Joshua Lamb.
William Davidson.
George Lane.
Jonathan Dewet.
Mary Long.
Dempsey & Work.
William Lytle.
Robert Dougberty.
Adam Laws.
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William Larrimer.
Jacob Smith. Ilenry Smith.
Robert Long.
John Lemon.
Henry Smith, Jr.
Provance McCormick.
George Martin. Andrew McCloy.
John and Martin Stauffer.
Samuel McMichael. Robert D. Moore.
Peter Stillwagon, Jr. John Shallenberger.
George Mathiot.
Peter Stillwagon.
Henry Marshall.
Wm. T. McCormick.
Josiab D. Stillwagon. John Stillwagon. Andrew Stillwagon.
Charles McClane.
Isaac Mears.
Asa Smith. George Sloan.
George Marietta. Moses McCormick.
Robert McGuire.
James McBride.
Jacob Stewart. John Stewart.
Edward McCormick. William Mifford.
Jobn Slonaker. Conrad Scheges.
James Moody. David Mitso.
Jobn Salyards. Stephen Smith.
Jacob Mitso.
Archibald Mellenry.
Niel MeHenry. Isaac Meason.
Thomas Shields.
William Noland.
Henry Strickler.
James Noble.
James Shaw.
Clement Sawyer.
. John M. Sims.
James Shaw, Jr. Samnel Snowden. William Stillwagon.
Uriah Newcomer. Lester L. Norton. Ann Norton. Peter Newmyer. C. A. Norton. Daniel T. Norton. John Orbin.
Williate Salyards. Christopher Sleesman.
William O'Neil.
Jacob Sumners.
Samuel Parker.
Michael Trump.
William R. Turocr.
William G. Turner.
Samuel & Sarah Trevor.
Samuel Trevor. Joseph Trevor.
Trovor & Clayton. Isaac Taylor. Joseph Torrence.
Thomas Taylor. Jesse Taylor. Caleb Trevor.
Sarah Tillard.
Susan Rotruck. Daniel Rogers. Daniel & Joseph Rogers. D. & J. Rogers & Walker, David Reedy. Joseph Rogers. John Robins. James Robins. Aaron Robins. James Richie. Asher Smith. David Smith. Theophilus Shepherd. Jaines Stafford. William Stafford. Adam Snider,
Blanche Tillard. Roberts Tillard. John Tramp. Jacob and John Wiland. Peter White. Henry Whitc. Stewart H. Whitebill. Henry Welty. David Weymer. John Williams. Benjamin Wells. Otho L. Williams. William William. Samuel G. Wurts. Adam Wilson.
ERECTION OF CONNELLSVILLE TOWNSHIP.
At the March term of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County in 1822, Isaac Meason, Moses Vance, and Thomas Boyd were appointed commissioners " to enquire into the expediency of dividing Bullskin township, and forming a new township out of part thereof, to be called Connellsville township." At the October sessions in the same year this committee re- ported to the court " that in pursuance of said order (made by the court at the March sessions), and ap- proving of the propriety of dividing said township, they have divided the same agreeably to the annexed diagram of the courses and distances and natural boundaries, viz. : Beginning on the bank of the Yough River, below the Broad Ford, at the mouth of Reist's Run ; thence np Reist's Run to the mouth of New- comer's Run ; thence up Newcomer's Run to a per- pendicular fall in said run at the mouth of Abraham Newcomer's lane, which said runs are the present di- vision line between Bullskin and Tyrone townships; thence sonth 44°, east 366 perches to the middle of Mounts' Creek in Whitehill's meadow; thence up Mounts Creek to the mouth of White's mill-run, alias Laurel Lick Run; thence up the last-named run to the mouth of Yellow Spring Run at the Connellsville and Berlin new State road; thence along the middle of said road to Salt Lick township line ; thence south- wardly along the Salt Lick township line to the Yough River ; thence down said river to the place. of beginning; which said courses and distances and nat- ural boundaries as above set forth will comprise Connellsville township." This report of the commis- sioners was approved and confirmed by the court, which thereupon ordered the erection of Connellsville township, to comprise the territory embraced within the boundaries established by the commissioners and described as above in their report.
LIST OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
The following is an incomplete list (bnt the best that can be obtained) of the justices of the peace, as- sessors, and auditors of Connellsville township from its erection to the present time.
JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE.
. Until.1840 this township with Bullskin and Tyrone formed a district for the election of justices, and the names here given down to and including 1837 are those of residents of Connellsville township who were elected to that office in the district above mentioned, viz. :
1824, March 17. Hugh Tor- rence.
1829, April 20. Herman Geb- hart. 1831, Aug. 16. Henry W. Lewis. 1832, June 8. Abraham Per- shing. 1835, Feb. 23. William S. Can- non.
1835, Dec. 9. Thomas S. Kil- patrick. 1837, May 4. Matthew Wray. 1840. Henry Detwiler. Thomas S. Kilpatrick. 1845. Hiram Herbert. Isaac W. Francis. 1850. Joshua Gibson. David Sherbondy. 1855. George Swank.
Clayton Passmore. Samuel Page. John Page. George Piper. Jonathan Page. Hlenry Peters. Amos Pritchard. Joho Reist. Conrad Reist. Jacob Reist. Jobo Reist, Jr. John Reist.
Stephen Smith, ex. of C. Wood- raff. Jacob Sipe.
Jacob Stewart, administrator of Wm. McCormick.
Alexander McDonald.
Christian Shallenberger. Isaac Shallenberger.
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1855. Robert Wilson.
1863-64. Genrge Swank.
1856. Isaac W. Francis.
1867. Noble C. McCormick.
1859. John Mills. 1872. S. C. Leighliter.
George Swank.
1873. John Freeman.
1860. Isaac Gilmore.
1876. Jacob S. Helter brau.
Samuel Shumao.
1879. Herman P. Gray.
1861. George Swank.
ISSO. Richard Campbell.
1862. Samuel Long.
! ISSI. John Freeman.
ASSESSORS.
1832. George Buttermore.
IS57-58. Jesse Smith.
1833. M. A. Ross.
1859-60. Philo Norton.
1834. J. Conrad.
1861. Josse Smith.
J. Anderson. William Neal_
1864. Jesse Sinith.
1835. Josiah Kurtz.
1865. Hiram Herbert.
James G. Turner.
1866. George Nicholson.
William S. Cannon.
1867. John Kurtz.
1868-69. George B. Shaffer.
1870. Je.s: Smith.
James Stimmel.
1874. S. C. Leichliter.
1875. Striokler Stacy.
1876. Sinclair Stacy.
1877. Thomas Moreland.
1853. Isaac W. Francis.
1878. Jacob Pieree.
1854. Philo Norton.
I879. Jacob Pierce.
1855. Thomas Buttermore.
1880. George Washabangh.
1856. Philo Norton.
1881. George W. Nicholson.
AUDITORS.
1832. George Buttermore.
1854. John Boyd.
1833. M. A. Ross.
1856. Michael Bramon.
1834. J. Conrad.
1857. Clayton Herbert.
J. Anderson.
1858. Hiram Herbert.
William Neal.
1859-60. George S. Butter- more.
1835. Josiah Kurtz.
James G. Turner.
1861. Ilimam Herbert.
William S. Cannon.
1862-63. Jesse Smith.
1840. Samuel Marshall.
1864. Samuel Long.
Joseph Trump.
1865. John R. Murphy.
George White.
1866. Iliram Herbert.
John Johnston.
1867. George S. Buttermore.
1841. Noble C. McCormick.
1868. Jesse Smith.
1842. Robert Torrence.
1869. Stephen Robbins.
1843. Isaac Munson.
1870. Samuel Leighliter.
1844. John Grecoland.
1873. Jesse Smith.
1845. Noble C. McCormick.
1874. William Boyd.
1846. Thomas S. Kilpatrick.
1875. Thomas Buttermore.
1848. Noble C. McCormick.
1876. James Campbell.
1849. William MeCrary.
1877. Joho Freeman. Samuel N. Long.
1850. Josiah Stillwagon.
1851. Daniel R. Davidsoo.
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1879. Thomas Gregg.
1852. Hiram Herbert.
1880. Michael D. Kerr.
1853. William L. Collins.
1881. Strickler Stacy.
schools were opened in Connellsville as elsewhere in other townships. In conformity to the requirements of the law the Fayette County Court, at the January term of 1835, appointed William Davidson and Henry W. Lewis school directors of the township. In March of the same year a township election was held, resulting in the choice of Valentine Coughenour and James G. Turner as school directors. On the 14th of September following these directors reported to the treasurer of the county that they had complied with the requirements of the law. The amount of money then apportioned to the township from the State funds was $88.17}, and the amount from the county for school purposes, $176.35; total, 8264.523.
From the records of the school directors of the township of Connellsville, commencing in 1848 (none earlier having been found), are given the following extracts having reference to the schools of that time :
Oct. 2, 1848, the directors " Resolved to rent an extra house for the use of the schools." March 30, 1849, a committee was appointed to make an estimate of the cost of a brick school-house sixty feet long, twenty-two feet wide, and eight feet high, for the use of two schools. The question of building the house was submitted to the voters at a meeting held on the 12th of May following, and was decided in the nega- tive, thirty-seven to thirteen.
Notwithstanding this negative vote the directors, on the 30th of May, directed the secretary to give no- tice that a contract would be let June 30th for build- ing a school-house. The contract was so let to John Shellenberger for 8556. On the 7th of July, 1849, a protest by a large number of the inhabitants of the township against building the school-house on the public grounds adjoining the graveyard (in the borough) ; " and," proceeds the record, " as the situa- tion had been recommended by persons living in the vacant districts, and as the people were for several months fully aware of the designs of the board to build upon the said ground, and no opposition having been shown until after the sale for building the said house, and as no suitable situation for build- ing can be had in the vacant districts, Therefore be it Resolved, That the present board have nothing to do with the matter. John Taylor, Secretary."
On the 30th of October, 1849, David Barnes, J. D. Stillwagon, and James Mitchell were examined and passed as teachers. At that time, besides the three schools in the borough, two other schools were taught in the township, viz., at the school-house near Brad- ford's and at the Narrows. Eight teachers were then employed in the five schools of the township (includ- ing those of the borough).
Until the year 1852 the township and borongh of Connellsville were districted in common, and prior to 1834 the schools at which the children of the town- In September, 1850, David Barnes was in charge of School No. 2, and Joseph Shoemaker of the Bradford School. On the 5th of October following J. D. Still- wagon was appointed to School No. 1, Joseph T. Mc- Cormick to the North Bend School, and Mrs. Margaret ship received the rudiments of education were chiefly taught in the borough. In that year the law was passed establishing the system of free common schools, and by the operation of that law, granting public money for purposes of education, additional Collins to the Clayton School. The wages then paid
SCHOOLS.
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1840. John Boyd.
1841. John L. Means.
1842-43. William B. Isley.
1844-46. Samuel Parker.
1847. Isaac Francis.
1848-50. John Greenland.
1851-52. Henry Gibson.
1862-63. Biram Herbert.
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to male teachers were twenty dollars per month, and to females twelve dollars and fifty cents.
In October, 1851, Jane Cramer was appointed teacher in the Narrows school-house, and Margaret Collins was given charge of the small school in the Ratcliff honse. In this year School No. 2 and the North Bend School were graded. From the 5th of April following, the schools of the township and those of the borough were under separate directions, the borough being formed into a separate and independent district.
After the separation of the borough from the town- ship in school matters, the township contained four school-houses and supported the same number of schools. In 1854, David Barnes taught in the North Bend school-house, Joseph Hale in the Snyder house, George Gregg in the Gibson house, and - Halpin in the school-house at the Narrows. In November, 1855, James Whaley was placed in charge of the Gibson School, J. D. Stillwagon of the North Bend School, and Joseph Cramer of the school at the Nar- rows. No school was taught in the Bradford school- house during the succeeding winter season.
The Gibson school-house lot was sold in July, 1857. In that year only two schools were taught in the town- ship, viz., at the Narrows and at North Bend, Jesse Smith teaching at the former place and W. McDowell at the latter.
The township now comprises three school districts, viz .: White Rock, the Narrows, and Rock Ridge. Number of school-houses, schools, and teachers of each, three ; number of pupils, three hundred; valne of school property in township, three thousand dollars.
Following is a list, as nearly as can be ascertained, of school directors elected in Connellsville township since 1853, no names of school directors being found in election returns of the township prior to that date:
1853. Henry Gibson. Daniel R. Davidson.
1854. Hiram Snyder. William Dennison. John Buttermore.
1855. A. fluntly. John Buttermore.
1856. Themas Buttermore.
John Grass.
George B. McCormick.
1857. Peter Stillwagon. Samuel Long. George Swank, Jr.
1858. John Taylor. George B. McCormick.
1859. Asa Huntley. William Eccles.
1860. Philo Norton.
Peter Stillwagon.
1862. Stephen Robbins. Isaac Gilmore.
1863. Philo Nerton.
George W. Stillwagon.
1864. Jobn Taylor. George B. McCormick.
1865. Stephen Robbins. Jesse Smith. Samuel Long. George B. McCormick.
1866. Jesse Smith. Robert Beatty.
1867. John Taylor. Samuel Long.
1868. Stephen Robbins. George B. McCormick. Peter De Muth.
1869. Jesse Smith. John Covert.
1870. Stephen Robbins. John Buttermore. Boston Bowers.
1873. David Blackburn.
Joseph Sisson.
1874. Isaac French. George B. McCormick. Jesse Smith. James S. Dravoo.
1875. Jacob S. Hilterbran. Jacob May. James Means.
1876. Sumuel C. Leighter. George W. Nicholson. 1877. Strickler Stacy. George B. Shaffer.
1878. Jacob May. George Swank.
1879. Albert Nicholson. Stewart Durbin. Jacob Wildey.
1880. Jeremiah Loomis. Thomas Louden. Nathan MePherson. 1881. Heory Blackstone.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
The old "Rogers Paper-Mill," the earliest mann- facturing establishment within the territory now com- prised in the township of Connellsville, was erected in 1810 by Daniel and Joseph Rogers, of Connells- ville, and Zadoc Walker, of Uniontown. Its location was on the right bank of the Youghiogheny River, a short distance above the present village and railroad station of Gibsonville. The "Pittsburgh Almanac" for 1812 says, " D. and J. Rogers erected lately a Paper- Mill on the Youghiogheny River above Connellsville." The Messrs. Rogers and Walker were succeeded in the proprietorship of the mill by D. S. Knox, M. Lore, and John Scott, who, as a firm, continned the manu- facture of paper until March 21, 1836, when the busi- ness was closed and the firm dissolved, its affairs being wound up by D. S. Knox.
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