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SAMUEL EBY .- The progenitor of the Eby family in America, if tradition be correct, is Theodore Eby, a Swiss Mennonite, who, having suffered religions per- secution, left his native place, and about the year 1700 settled for a brief time in the Palatinate, or Pfaltz, in Germany. About the year 1716, Theodore Eby, with several others of kindred belief, came to the United States under the auspices of William Penn, and settled on Mill Creek, in what is now Leacock township. Hle had six sons, all of whom were industrious mechanics or farmers. A few years later l'eter Eby, a relative of Theodore, followed him to America. The sons of Theodore settled in various portions of Lancaster County, one named Christian locating on Hammer Creek, another (probably Peter) choosing a home on l'equea Creek, these two forming the branches of the family known as the Mill Creek, Hammer Creek, and Pequea Ebys. Peter, a grand-on of Theodore, was a farmer, and probably the first Mennonite bishop In the county. He was ordained about the year 1800, and creditably filled the position both in the United States and Canada for many years. Peter was a posi- tive man, of clear, native mind, a natural orator, and, though making no pretense to a thorough scholastic training, commanded, both in temporal and spiritual matters, the deference of his brethren. His death occurred April 6, 1843, in his eightieth year.
The great-grandfather of Samuel, the subject of this biographical sketch, was Peter Eby, who settled in what is now Upper Leacock township, on a farm of three hundred acres.
HIe had sons, Peter, Samuel, Andrew, Henry, David, Christian, and John, all of whom followed farming employments, and one daughter, Ann.
These sons, in accordance with their religious faith, were non-resistants, though during the period of the Revolution, when Washington was hard pressed by the British forces, Peter and Samuel, the eldest sons, voluntarily shouldered their own guns and joined the Continental troops, and were at New York when the city was captured. After the seizure of a quantity of wheat in the barn of Samuel Eby, four of his sous joined the army at Valley Forge during the winter, and, having served as volunteers under Washington, returned in the spring to their farm labor.
Samuel and Peter lived and died upon the mansion farm. John and Christian settled in Dauphin County,
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Pa., where their lives were spent. Henry and David died in Cumberland County, Pa., and Andrew re- moved to North Carolina, where he reared a family and spent his declining years.
Samuel, the grandfather of Samnel above named, resided in what is now Upper Leacock township. His children were Samnel, Jonas, Elizabeth, and Bar- bara, of whom Jonas became possessor of the family property. He married Salome Line, daughter of a neighboring farmer, and had four children. Their son Samuel was born at the ancestral home in Lea- cock township in 1833. His early youth was spent on the farm, after which he received an academic education, and studied surveying and conveyancing under Israel Carpenter, of Lancaster. In 1853 he engaged in the pursuit of his profession in the borough of Elizabethtown, and after an extended business, in 1870 entered the Farmers' Bank of that place as cashier. He was in 1858 elected director of the Middletown Bank, which office he held for a period of six years. Mr. Eby was elected justice of the peace of the bor- ough of Elizabethtown, and administered the duties of his office with marked discretion and judgment, no appeal having been taken from the decisions on his docket during his period of service. The office, how- ever, not proving congenial to his tastes, he declined a furtlier incumbency. He was chosen president of the Reading, Marietta and Hanover Railroad Com- pany, but, owing to onerous demands upon his time, tendered his resignation, which was laid over for further action. Mr. Eby was married in 1865 to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Abram Collins. Their children are a son, Abram, and a daughter, Mary. Mr. Eby was reared in the faith of his ancestors, that of the Mennonite Church.
Manufacturing .- Elizabethtown has never at- tained note as a place for the encouragement of manufacturing. During the thirties the silk-worm excitement was quite prevalent in the country, and Elizabethtown did not escape the fever of speculative investment. The building now owned by William Fletcher was at one time literally filled with silk- worms, and the farmers in the surrounding country raised large quantities of Morus multicaulis. The pro- ject of silk production was soon abandoned, and the building which we have mentioned was then used for a time as a starch-factory.
The oldest of the present manufacturing establish- ments is the large steam tannery carried on by A. G. Redseeker & Son, and started forty years since by Isaac Redsecker.
The foundry and agricultural implement manufac- tory owned by Buch & Heisey was established on a small sale by the senior member of the present firm in 1868. A partnership was formed, one year later, between Mr. Buch and a Mr. Groff, and the present one was formed in 1876. lir this year the shop was burned down, but it was immediately rebuilt on a much larger seale, and has been constantly carried on
and prosperously since that time. The works are run by steam-power and employ about fifteen men.
In 1876, Joseph Groff built a steam flouring-mill in the lower end of the borough, adjoining the agri- enltural implement factory, which he sold in 1877 to Jacob G. Stauffer, the present proprietor, who en- larged and improved it, and now has four sets or runs of stones in constant operation making flour. Mr. Stauffer also carries on a large warehouse and ' ships grain quite extensively. Two other ware- houses, owned respectively by B. G. Groff and Pierce & Keener, are open to the farmers who seek a market for their grain.
Newspapers .- The Trumpet, started by B. F. Leh- man in 1864, is the earliest Elizabethtown newspaper of which we have trustworthy information, although report gives eredit to the existence of a newspaper in or before 1833, and it is remembered that several small publications- The Gospel Banner, The Owl, and The Comet-led ephemeral lives subsequently. For all practical purposes The Trumpet may be considered the beginning of newspaper printing in Elizabeth- town. The name of this paper was changed to The Gazette soon after it was establisbed, and in 1869 Mr. Lehman, suspending publication here, removed to Mount Union, where he issued The News.
The Chronicle, at present the only journal published in the borough, was established in December, 1869, by Messrs. Westafer & McCord. The former is now the sole proprietor, Mr. McCord having withdrawn in 1872. The Chronicle has been from time to time im- proved in various ways, and in 1882 was enlarged to an eight-column sheet, twenty-six by forty 'inches. It has a circulation of upwards of one thousand in Lancaster, Dauphin, and Lebanon Counties, and is a sprightly local news journal. In politics it is inde- pendent.
The Thespian Society .- In 1842 the young men of the borough organized a Thespian Society, which remained in existence for a number of years and was a notable institution of the town. A frame hall was built on the lot now owned by Col. N. H. Brenne- man, and a number of amateur dramatie entertain- ments were given there to good andiences. After a flourishing holiday season the structure was erushed by a heavy snowfall, and the society, having attained a good financial condition, immediately built another hall larger and more substantial than the first. This had seating capacity for over three hundred persons, and during the next holiday season it was repeatedly crowded to its utmost capacity. The performances given were of a good order of merit, and the company achieved a reputation which made it possible for them to visit other places and play before large audi- ences. Occasionally they were assisted by some strolling aetor from Philadelphia or New York, and on those occasions the company was able to produce such plays as " Pizarro," " The School for Scandal," and "The Stranger." The company had an ex-
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tremely good comedian in Mr. Frederick Leader. The society flourished for several seasons, and doubt- less would have done so a considerable time longer but for the damper that was thrown upon their ardor by the absconding of their dishonest treasurer with a fund of several hundred dollars belonging to them.
The Friendship Fire-Engine and Hose Com- pany, No. 1 .- This company was organized in the year 1836, and had in use a small Vulcan engine, costing five hundred dollars, bonght by subscription and an appropriation of Councils. Isaac Kauffman, Henry Smith, and Michael Kauffman were appointed to take care of and keep in repair the engine, which is yet in possession of the company.
The company was reorganized April 3, 1859, at a meeting of the citizens of the borough of Elizabeth- town at the house of Col. A. Greenawalt, and the following members were enrolled, viz. : D. W. Balmer, Gabriel Young, Reuben Bender, Uriah Frank, Jacob A. Coble, Frank S. Andrews, Rufus Frank, Ambrose Shrode, Samuel Hoster, H. A. Wade, John W. Shaffer, Jacob H. Bletz, John Oldweiler, H. M. Breneman, Harrison T. Shultz, Christ. Ebersole, Christ. Foltz, Christ. Mickey, George F. Wagner.
At a meeting held April 26, 1859, a constitution was adopted, of which the following was the pre- amble :
" WHEREAS, The citizens of the borough of Elizabethtown, Pa., seeing the necessity of more amply securing and protecting their buildings, have deemed it advisable to provide a fire-engiue for the protection of their property from the devouring nud destructive element of fire, therefore we do hereby organize and form ourselves into a body politic, and adopt the following constitution for the government of the Friendship Fire Company of Elizabethtown, Pa."
At the same meeting the following officers were elected, viz. :
President, Col. A. Greenawalt; Vice-President, Jolin A. Gross; Secretary, Jacob H. Bletz; Treas- urer, James Wilson ; Chief Engineer, Christian Foltz.
A Rogers engine was purchased from the Friend- ship Fire Company, of Baltimore, at a cost of eight hundred dollars, during this year, which was in ser- vice for twenty years. During the rebel raid into Pennsylvania it was loaned to the Pennsylvania Rail- road Company, for the purpose of pumping water for their engines at the depot, their water supply not being sufficient, owing to the running of all their trains of this branch of the road.
Monday evening, May 7, 1860, the following offi- cers were elected : A. Dissinger, president ; John A. Gross, vice-president ; J. H. Bletz, secretary ; James Wilson, treasurer.
Monday evening, Dec. 3, 1860, the company met in their new engine-house for the first time. It is yet used for that purpose, and in the mean time has been used for Council chamber and school-house. It was built at a cost of four hundred and eighty-nine dol- lars and twenty-two cents, and Col. A. Greenawalt, Samuel Eby, Peter, lloffer, Jacob Felix, and F. S. Bryans were appointed trustees; Samnel Eby, presi-
dent; Jacob Felix, vice-president; George F. Wil- son, secretary ; H. M. Breneman, treasurer. These officers were re-elected for the following year.
The company disbanded in 1862, many of its mem- bers having enlisted in the Union army, and the Friendship was reorganized July 26, 1867, by the fol- lowing gentlemen : S. II. Brubaker. A. Breneman, F. G. Sayler, A. B. Rult, Henry Boll, Reuben Coble, J. W. Shaffer, Reuben Betz, C. Brinser, Charles Hoster, J. F. Rothermal, George Weber, Samuel Foltz, Abram Balmer, Ellis Haldeman, Emanuel Hippard, John Wiegand, John H. Steiner. Samuel Brubaker was elected president ; Amos Gantz, vice-president; Abram Balmer, secretary ; A. Breneman, treasurer; Harry White, chief engineer. This organization continued but one year.
The last and present organization was effected July 14, 1876, when Samuel Eby was elected president; A. Eby, vice-president; J. G. Westafer, secretary; Joseph Heise, treasurer; Tobias Nissley, chief en- gineer.
Aug. 8, 1878, the following officers were elected: President, D. D. Courtney ; Vice-President, J. G. Westafer; Secretary, Milton Wealand; Assistant Secretary, H. C. Lewis; Treasurer, Tobias Kehlor; Engineer, Tobias Nissley ; Assistant Engineers, George W. Redsecker, Sebastian Keller, Jr.
A meeting was held Dee. 19, 1878, in the engine- house by citizens and members of the company, when some able remarks were made by Mr. A. Dissinger and others in regard to the purchasing of a steam fire- engine. A committee consisting of J. H. Brubaker, George Bynd, E. Hoffman, Tobias Kehlor, B. G. Groff was appointed to solicit petitioners for a new steam fire-engine, and to present the same to the Council for their consideration.
The Friendship Fire-Engine and Hose Company was chartered Dee. 30, 1878.
The new steam fire-engine manufactured by Clapp & Jones, Hudson, N. Y., arrived in June, 1879, when it was thoroughly tested and accepted by the Council.
The following officers were elected for 1880: Pres- ident, D. D. Courtney ; Vice-President, J. C. Red- secker; Secretary, HI. C. Lewis ; Assistant Secretary, W. A. Laird; Treasurer, Tobias Kehlor; Foreman, Ilarry Starlach ; Assistant Foreman, William M. Barttels ; Chief Engineer, T. W. Nissley ; Chief Hose Director, R. S. Ross.
The first inspection of the company with their steam-engine and apparatus took place on Jan. 1, 1880, being conducted by the Burgess and Council.
Speeches were made by J. H. Brubaker, Burgess, and Councilmen II. A. Wade, B. G. Groff, and M. Iless, expressing themselves as well pleased with the condition of the company and its apparatus. Speeches in response were made by President D. D. Courtney, R. S. Ross, J. G. Westofer, and others.
The first fire that the company were at with their steamer was at Mr. Sweeny's, on May 29, 1880, when
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they did efficient service in keeping the fire under control and saving the large warehouse opposite.
In January, 1881, the company elected officers as follows: President, D. D. Courtney ; Vice-President, J. C. Redsecker ; Secretary, H. C. Lewis.
Sept. 5, 1881, D. D. Courtney was elected delegate to Fireman's Association, held in Maennerchor Ilall, city of Reading.
The company elected officers for 1882, as follows : President, D. D. Courtney ; Vice-President, J. C. Redseeker; Secretary, R. J. Seitz.
In January, 1882, the company held a ladies' fair, from which they realized nine hundred and forty- two dollars and ninety-six cents, with which it is in- tended at some time to build an engine-house.
The following are the officers of the company at the present time : President, D. D. Courtney ; Vice-Pres- ident, J. C. Redsecker; Secretary, J. D. Weigand ; Assistant Secretary, Harry Huntsberger ; Treasurer, Tobias Kehlor; Foreman, J. R. Diekr; Assistant Foreman, J. D. Weigand; Chief Engineer, G. W. Redsecker; Assistant Engineers, J. D. Weigand, R. J. Seitz, J. B. Buch, E. E. Coble, J. G. Stauffer ; Chief Hose Director, J. S. Groff'; Assistant Hose Directors, Tobias Kehlor, S. Y. Heisey, D. D. Court- ney, H. H. Brubaker, R. S. Ross; Firemen, II. C. Bryan, H. U. Coble ; Finance Committee, A. Dissin- ger, R. S. Ross ; Property Protectors, J. G. Stauffer, A. Dissinger, Tobias Kehlor; Janitor, George W. Redsecker.
The company at the present time has forty-five men on the roll as active members, and is in a flour- ishing condition, with the prospect of increasing its strength.
Cornet Band .- As early as 1840 there was a brass band in the borough which had been organized by Dr. S. Keller, an effective instructor, whose activity in musical matters has extended through a period of nearly half a century. The band had much to do in the famous Harrison campaign of 1840, but became more meritorious by 1848, and from that time to 1856 had a reputation that extended to other towns. At this time the band bad a uniform and a full line of fine brass instruments. The present Elizabethtown Cornet Band was organized July 19, 1867, and the body comprised Dr. S. Keller, Sr., as president ; S. L. Yetter, vice-president; W. K. Jeffries, secretary ; Jacob Buch, treasurer ; and S. Keller, Jr., leader. The band was uniformed in the following year. In 1876 it was incorporated with the following charter members, viz., S. Keller, Jr., W. H. Duhling, Henry Sharlock, John C. Redsecker, J. P. Oeschgan, J. W. Murray, E. Greiser, H. J. Greenwalt, Philip Singer, J. D. Weigand, B. F. Dohner, J. A. Goble, L. Scheetz, J. C. Stambaugh, G. A. Schwan, C. B. Sherbahn, H. Louer, Frank Rutherford, II. J. Seitz, and R. J. Seitz.
Elizabethtown Lodge, No. 128, I. O. O. F., was instituted Sept. 29, 1845, with Jacob Redseeker, Jack-
son Sheaffer, Sebastian Keller, Benjamin Sheffer, and Joseph Buchanan as charter members. Jacob Red- secker was elected Noble Grand; Jackson Sheaffer, Vice Grand; Joseph Buchanan, Secretary ; and Se- bastian Keller, Treasurer. The lodge has now forty members, and owns the building, valued at three thousand dollars, in which is its hall.
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Fidelity Beneficial Society .- This organization was chartered and opened business on the 17th of September, 1879. The following were the original officers : President, Col. 11. M. Brenneman; Vice- President, Daniel S. Will ; Secretary, E. B. Bierman ; Treasurer, A. Dissinger; General Agent, S. R. Hack- enberger ; Medical Director, J. W. Coble, M.D .; So- licitor, William A. Wilson, Esq. ; Directors, David W. Crider, York ; B. B. Brenneman, Elizabethtown ; George W. Hoverter, Harrisburg; S. Hackenberger, Sr., Bainbridge; A. Dissinger, E. B. Bierman, H. M. Breneman, J. W. Coble, M.D., S. R. Hackenberger, of Elizabethtown; Clerks, Daniel Will, Bainbridge; B. F. Baer and II. H. Brubaker, of Elizabethtown.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
BOROUGHI OF MARIETTA.
MARIETTA is located on the left bank of the Sus- quehanna River, forty-eight miles from its mouth, and twenty-five miles below Harrisburg, the capital of the State. It is two miles long and one-fourth of a mile in width. In population it is the third town in the county.
Along the river shore the ground is level, extend- ing back from four to six hundred feet, and is some- times overflowed with water during a freshet. From the first alley, running parallel with Front Street, the ground in Waterford, or the western half of the town, rises gradually for a distance of two hundred feet to a terrace three hundred feet wide, when another and more abrupt ascent commences, and runs for a dis- tance of four hundred feet to level ground. The ground in the lower half of the town ascends more abruptly, and continues to the level ground along the northern boundary of the town. The turnpike, or Second Street, was eut and leveled along the side of the sloping hill.
Through the centre there runs from north to south a stream of water, which rises upon the farm now owned by Abraham N. Cassel, and passes through the farms of James Duffy ; it passes the borough line at a point between the lands formerly owned by James Ander- son and David Cook, and thence through the land of. the latter to the Pennsylvania Canal, into which it now empties.
The Town Laid Out .- Waterford was laid out upon land, containing three hundred aeres, taken up by Robert Wilkins, an Indian trader, in the year
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1719. In the year 1727 he sold it to James Anderson, the minister of Donegal Church, who, in 1740, by will gave it to his sons James and Thomas. Thomas and Mr. Anderson's widow released their interest to James, who gave the same to his son James, who gave it to his son James, who laid ont the town of Waterford.
In 1719, George Stewart took up several hundred acres of land adjoining Robert Wilkins on the east. Hle died in January, 1773, and his eldest son, John, came into possession of the land, and in 1738 he took out a patent for three hundred and fifty aeres and allowance. On the 25th day of November, 1748, John Stewart and his wife, Ann, sold the land to David Cook, who gave his son David two hundred and twelve acres adjoining Mr. Anderson's land, who gave the same to his son David, who laid out the town of New Haven.
David Cook also gave to his son James one hun- dred and fitty-nine aeres adjoining his son David's tract on the east. On the 1st day of May, 1786, James sold his farm to Jacob Neff, of Hempfield township, who died in the year 1798, leaving several children, among whom was a daughter, Catharine, who mar- ried Henry Cassel after her father's death. On the 17th day of April, 1806, Henry Acher, the executor of Jacob Neff's estate, sold to Henry Cassel one hun- dred and sixty-two acres of the Stewart land, which was probably his wife's share in Mr. Neff's estate. On the 1st day of Jannary, 1814, Mr. Cassel sold off forty-five acres of this farm, fronting on the river, to Jacob Grosh, for fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Grosh laid the same out into building lots, which now constitute the eastern section of the bor- ough, which he called Moravian Town, but it was nicknamed Bungletown, which latter name it retained for many years.
By reference to the plan of the borough, it will be seen that the boundary lines of the farms belonging to Mr. Anderson, Cook, and Cassel formed an acute angle with the river front. The surveyor, Isaac Tay- lor, commenced to lay out lands for the Indian traders in 1719, at a point a short distance below Conoy Creek, and ran his lines at right angles with the river front. The several farms to the south of that line were surveyed in the same week and year, and the side lines were made parallel to each other. Where the river approached the lower surveys, now cin- braced in Marietta, its course turned suddenly and ran in an easterly direction, which made the river front an aeute angle with these division lines. Thus much in explanation of what seems to have been a very awkwardly drawn plan of the town.
Additions .- On . Nov. 19, 1803, David Cook gave public notice that he was the proprietor of a "tract of land adjoining Mr. Anderson's plantation at An- derson's Ferry, and that he had laid out a town, to be named New Haven, containing one hundred and one lots, which he intended to dispose of by lottery,
each tieket commanding a prize; the price of each ticket to be fifty dollars, and the titles to the lots were to be in fee simple and free from ground rents."
This plan extended to Lumber Alley, a few hun- dred feet east of the "run" spoken of. This alley was laid out at right angles with the river shore, and extended north until it intersected the line of James Anderson's land, forming a triangle.
A few years later Mr. Cook laid out forty-eight building-lots adjoining his first town plan upon the east side, which he called "New Haven Continued."
At the time this town was projected measures had been taken to construct a turnpike leading from An- derson's Ferry to Lancaster, for the river business had increased wonderfully. Lots sold rapidly, and we find in the first year (1805) the following lot- holders: Shews Baugh, Adam Bahn, Bartin English, Martin Crider, John Coble, Henry Conn, John Long- enecker. Lewis Leader, Jacob Bitner, Henry Sharer, John Smith, Henry Witmer, John White.
The following is a list of taxables for the year 1807, in addition to the other list, which indicates the rapid growth of the place : Philip Gie-ey, Widow Hyland, Alexander McCullough, Christian Longenecker, Fred- erick Heinselman, James Mehatley, James Walton, James Agnew, John Hess, William Hamilton, Reu- ben Armstrong (colored), Thomas Clark.
Following is a list of taxables in New Haven for the year 1812:
Widow of Reuben Armstrong.
Joseph Keesey.
Samuel Armstrong, carter.
Lewis Leader, joiner.
James Agnew.
Duntel Longsderf, joiner.
Andrew Brooks
Samuel Mckinney, inn.
Peter Buzzard, couper.
James Mrhaffey, storekeeper.
Ilenry Clark, cooper.
Marsh & MeKain.
George Christine, saddler.
Alexander McCullough.
Henry Conu, inu.
David Munima, inn.
Henry Cassel.
Charles Nagle, stiller.
Widow English.
Jacob Berkley.
Jucob Garst, trilor.
Jolin Roberto, inn.
Alexander Humbler, joiner. Richard Robison, wheelwright
Joseph Hopkins, mason. Mathing Rank, Inmber merchant.
William Hinkle, inu.
Widow Ralston.
William Hamilton.
Ilenry Shuler.
John Harney, cooper.
John Steel, joiner.
Iliroronymus Perry, mason.
llironymins Sailor, blacksmith.
Jolin Hain. Abraham Ilertzler.
John Sutton.
John White.
Mathias Heffer, cooper.
Abralium Zublin.
On the 16th day of November, 1804, James Ander- son announced that he had "appropriated a tract of land ou the north side of the Susquehanna River, at Anderson's Ferry, for a new town to be called Water- ford, and wished to dispose of the same by a lottery." He also announced that the drawing of the lottery was expected to commence in the month of February or early in the month of March; tickets at sixty dollars each. And on the 14th day of June, 1805, he gave public notice that the deeds were all exe- cuted and ready for delivery. The water lots were forty by one hundred and thirty-two feet, and upper lots fifty by two hundred and six feet. " The bank of
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