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Indiantown grist- and saw-mills were built on In- dian River, in 1823, by Isaac, son of John Erb, who sold the property in 1832 to Jacob Hershberger. Mr. Hershberger made some additions to the mill, and subsequently sold to John Oberlin. The next owner was Samuel Millinger, and after his decease in 1880 William Stober became the owner. In 1882 he put in steam-power and otherwise improved the mills, and is the present owner.
Martin Weidman kept a store in the house now owned by M. L. Weidman from 1833 until 1859, when his son, S. P. A. Weidman, kept the old store until 1875, when he died.
A tavern was kept at the turnpike in the house now owned by Zacharias Furry for nearly or quite thirty-three years. The landlords were Henry Stut- enroth, George Elser, and lastly by John Elser in 1837. The tavern now kept by II. K. Wealand was first occupied as a hotel in 1860.
Land Owners in 1828 .- The land-owners of what is now Clay township, and located on the south side of the Downingtown, Ephrata and Harrisburg turn- pike, in 1828, were:
Samuel Appel. Henry Appel. Benjamin Bollinger.
Henry Klein, Michael Klein, Sr. Jacob Klein, innkeeper. Samuel Klein, carpenter.
Peter and Andrew, cons of B. Bollinger. Jacob Bollinger.
l'eter Bollinger.
Peter Martin, Esq.
Jacob Bentz. Christian Bentz.
Jw ob Plontz.
Jobn Erb, whkeeper.
Hemy Romig.
Peter Elser, snw-miller. George Elser, innkeeper. George Eichelberger. Isune Erb.
John Stolu-r
Jacob Wissler.
John Weidman.
Daniel Eib.
Peter Weplman. Sammel Wellman.
Henry Herchelroth. Jacob Hoch man. William Klein,
George Weldman. William Weidman.
On the north side of the turnpike were the follow- ing inhabitants :
Daniel Brubaker
Rev. Abraham Brubaker.
Dasid Brubaker.
John Eberly, Sr.
.J. Eberly, Jr.
Joseph Eby.
Jobu Enck.
Samuel, son of D. Eberly.
Davld Frantz.
Jacob Scherb.
Sebastian Coekley.
John Stenly.
George Scherh.
John Seibert.
Henry Wraland.
Jacob Hersterges, miller.
Georgy Illig, tanner.
George Laber.
Samuel Miller, blacksmith.
John Miller.
Conrad Mentzer.
Peter Weist
George and Jacob Mentzer. Christopher Weist.
John Obi lin.
Henry Windbigler. Elias Weachter.
Justices of the Peace .- The territory now em- braced in Clay township has furnished the following justices of the peace :
Peter Martin, Sr., was appointed a justice of the peace Dec. 22, 1791, by Governor Thomas Mifflin, "for so long as he behaves himself well." He held the office until 1834, in the house now owned by John Y. Weidman, where he died in 1841, aged eighty-four years.
Michael Kline was appointed a justice of the peace about the year 1818.
Christopher Bentz was appointed in 1830.
Samuel Eberly was appointed in 1827 by Governor Andrew Shulze, " for so long as he behaves himself well."
John Elser was appointed in 1833.
Peter Martin, Jr., was appointed in 1835 by Gov- ernor George Wolf. This was the last appointment in this township previous to the adoption of the Constitution of 1838.
The elections by the people have been as follows: 1840, Peter Martin, Jr., and Christian Bentz; 1845, Peter Martin, Jr., and John B. Erb; 1850, John B. Erb and Samuel Nissly ; 1855-75, Samuel Nissly and Samuel Eberly ; 1880, Samuel Nissly and Henry H. Bingaman.
Indiantown Mennonite Meeting-House was built in 1819 on eighty perches of land donated by Abra- ham Brubacher. The building committee were Dan- iel Brubacher, John Wenger, and John Bell. The pastors at that time were Abraham Brubacher, John Hess, and Christian Risser. Christian Risser died in 1826, when Christian Bomberger succeeded him, and moved out of the district in 1848, when another Christian Bomberger succeeded him. John IIess died in 1830, when Benjamin Eby succeeded hin. Benjamin Eby moved out of the district in 1866, when John R. ITess succeeded him. Abraham Bru- bacher died in 1851, when John Risser succeeded him, and he died in 1873. Christian S. Risser suc- ceeded him in 1874. Present pastors are Christian Bumberger, John R. Hess, and Christian S. Risser. Meetings are held every four weeks. Previous to the year 1819 meetings were held every eight weeks in private houses, -at Daniel Brubaker's (now Isaac Brubaker's) at Indian Run, and at Jacob Wissler's
Albright Boyser. Daniel Dissler.
George Dommyer. Samuel Eberly. Josoph Eberly.
Samuel Eberly, Esq.
lemy Eberly, Sr., miller. Michael Eberly.
Jacob Heflly.
John libshnl.n.
Jacob Hacker.
Groige Weachter.
John Wealand. George Wolf.
Juhu Wolf. HIenty Wolf.
John linnck. Ludwig Rohrer.
Joseph Lehir.
George Laber.
Henry Nibyly.
John Schreib.
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and Jacob Hackman's at Middle Creek, in Clay township.
United Brethren Meeting.House, near Newtown, known as " Paradise Church," was built by the United Brethren in 1847. Building committee and tru-tees, Jesse Pannabecker, Joseph Snyder, and Gideon Weid- man. Pastor at that time, Simon Nolt; afterwards Siegrist Landis, Kauffman Ciders, and others. Re- ligious meetings are held every two weeks. Present trustees, John 11. Miller, Jacob Hackman, and David Eberly. Free school was kept in the basement until 1880, when a new school-house was built in Newtown by the township. School-teachers, Charles Anstead, Samuel Zentmyer, B. P. Ilibshman, William Enck, and David S. Enek.
Sandstone Meeting-House, known as lleinecke's, was built by subscription on land purchased from Jacob Frantz, in about the year 1860. Members from the United Brethren for some reason took an interest in the same, and called themselves in German " Al- gemeine Bruder." The church was built for all re- ligions denominations who contributed to build the same, with one exception. Elias Wolf, Benjamin Ileinecke, and Levi Enek were trustees and building committee. The German Baptists hold meetings in this church every twelve weeks. Previous to about 1835 the German Baptists held their meetings in pri- vate houses. Meetings were held every twelve weeks at the house of Rev. Jacob Pfautz, also at Peter Bol- linger's and Jacob Bollinger's, then residing along Middle Creek.
Wood Corner School-House was originally built in 1813, by Jacob Bentz, Peter Bentz, Sr., Peter Bol- linger, and l'eter Martin, on the road leading from the turnpike to Ilallocker's mill, on land owned by Jacob Bentz, for which he paid $32 towards the build- ing of the school-house, Peter Bentz £25, Peter Bol- linger £18, Peter Martin €17, total £92, or, in our currency, 8245.33. Jacob Bentz, by deed dated Feb. 15, 1815, conveyed the ground on which the school- house stood to Peter Bentz, Sr., one-fourth part thereof, to Peter Bollinger one-eighth part, and to Peter Martin one-eighth part thereof, for the use of a school-house and meeting-house for all Christian de- nominations, and for no other use or purpose whatso- ever.
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After the passage of the free-school system act by the State Legislature and its adoption by the people, the i baker, Jacob Romig, and David Miller,
old school-house and grounds were not of sufficient capacity to accommodate the pupils in the district, and the original owners having deceased, upon peti- tion an aet of Assembly was passed and approved March 26, 1859, authorizing Peter Martin, the younger, Martin Weidman, and Elias Stober, trustees of said district and of the school property, to sell the same, and apply the proceeds of such sale in improving the site on which a new school-house had been erected by the township on the opposite side of the highway from the old one. The new school-house was built
in 1858, on sixty perches of land purchased from Christian Bentz. The school directors were Jonathan Kratz, Elias Enck, John Lowry, Jacob Bollinger, Samuel Elser, and Elias Wolf.
Miller School-House was built by the township, on forty perches of land purchased from Peter Miller, in 1849. School directors, Samuel Shenk, Christian Risser, Martin Weidman, Hiram Erb, John Keller, and Gabriel Baer.
Swamp School-House was built by the township, on forty perches of land purchased from Robert and George Dawson Coleman, in 1850. School directors the same as in 1849.
Fairview School-House was built by the town- ship, on forty perches of land purchased from Jona- than Kraatz, in 1855. School directors, Martin Bentz, Peter Martin, Elias Stober, Benjamin Bollinger, Jacob Eichelberger, and John Keller.
Fetter School-House was built by the township, on sixty perches of land purchased from George Fet- ter, in 1860. School directors, John Lowry, Samuel Elser, Peter Fidler, Elias Wolf, Samuel Eberly, and Jacob S. Hacker.
Sunnyside School-House was built by the town- ship, on eighty perches of land purchased from John II. Brubaker, in 1868. School directors, John II. Miller, Abraham B. Snyder, Jacob Romig, Jacob Roehrer, Jacob B. Wissler, and Samuel Burk- holder.
Newtown School-House was built by the town- ship, on forty perches of land purchased from John H. Miller, in 1880. School directors, William K. Furlow, Samuel S. Wolf, Andrew Weidman, Hiram Bollinger, Jacob S. Hacker, and Jacob Hackman. School directors in 1883, William K. Furlow, Samuel S. Wolf, Andrew Weidman, Iliram Bollinger, Jacob S. Hacker, and Hiram L. Erb.
Durlach School-House was erected on seventy- five perches of land which George Illig and wife, by deed dated May 15, A.D. 1800, conveyed to John Erb and Jacob Eberly, in trust for the Mennonite Society, and to Christopher Miller and Jacob Weidman, Jr., in trust for the Lutheran Society, for the use of a school for said two societies, and for no other use whatsoever, in which house school has been kept ever since.
Present trustees, Jacob B. Hackman, Jacob S. Bru-
Durlach Post-Office was established in 1840 at the house then occupied by John Elser, on the turnpike from Downingtown to Harrisburg, with Harrison Elser as postmaster. The mail was delivered at this office three times a week by the old "mail carrier," who was proprietor of a two-horse coach, with which he performed the wonderful task of transporting a large portion of the passenger traffic between the two points above named. When the Reading and Co- lumbia was completed the mail route was changed to run from Ephrata to Brickerville via Durlach six
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times per week. The office is now kept in the store of H. S. Eberly, who is also the present postmaster.
Clay Post-Office was established in 1873 at the house of George W. Steinmetz, on the turnpike, with Emanuel Weidman as postmaster, who hekdl the office until 1876, when Hiram E. Steinmetz, the present postmaster, was appointed, and receives the mail six times per week from Ephrata.
Clay Lodge, No. 915, I. O. of O. F., was instituted in 1875, with the following-named charter members : Samuel M. Jacoby, Martin Romig, J. Y. Kline, MI.D., Henry Mellinger, Peter O. Elser, Solomon Eberly, William Romig, P. G., Franklin Stahl, John M. Jacoby, and J. H. Roher. The regular meetings of this lodge are held on Saturday evening of each week in " Kline Hall," built in 1874 by Dr. J. Y. Kline. The officers in July, 1883, were : P. B. Kotroth, N. G .; H. B. Keller, Esq., V. G .; William Romig, Sec .; J. G. Keener, Asst. Sec .; J. O. Elser, Treas.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
HIRAM ERB.
The Erb family is one of the old-stock families of Lancaster County. Jacob, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came with his father from Switzerland in the year 1728, when four years of age, and resided at an early day near Hammer Creek, in Warwick township. About the year 1782 he removed to what is now Clay village, in Clay township, where he purchased five or six hundred acres of land, in- cluding the mill privileges at that point, and made a permanent settlement. Hle operated the mill at Clay, and another one a little higher up, on Middle Creek, besides engaging in the arduous duties of pioneer agri- culture. In religious affairs he belonged to the Men- nonite persuasion until the breaking out of the Revo- lutionary war; but at that time feeling that the non- resistant principles of the society were detrimental to the preservation of the essential liberties of the peo- ple, he withdrew from the connection and warmly sup- ported the struggle for national independence. After the close of the war he represented his distriet in the Legislature of the State. He was possessed of a deep, reflective mind, good judgment, and a progressive spirit. lle died in 1810, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. His wife was a Miss Johns, who bore him two sons and several daughters. The names of the former were John and Christian. The latter occupied the old family seat in Warwick during his life-time, and his descendants are still to be found in that locality. John was the grandfather of the subject of this paper. At the age of sixteen he entered the service of his country, and served for three years as a teamster during the Revolutionary war. He sube- quently resided at Clay, where he operated both of the
mills owned by his father and cultivated the homestead farm. He was a prominent and influential man, and was the founder of the school at Clay (then Durlach Post-office), and active in religious affairs. He married Judith Hull, and had a large family of children, viz .: Jacob, John, David, Isaac, Samuel, Joseph, Molly (who married Abraham Erb and emigrated to Can- ada), Elizabeth (who became the wife of Michael Shepler), Naney (who married Abraham Bear), and Catharine (who became the wife of Joseph Weidman).
John Erb, father of our subject, born Nov. 3, 1786, also passed his life at Clay, where he engaged in farm- ing, milling, and in keeping a public-house, He was a prominent member of the Old-Line Whig party, and during the Anti-Masonic excitement served as . one of the commissioners of Lancaster County. He married Barbara Bergelbach, and his children were Hiram, John B., Henry B. (deceased), and Priscilla Cecilia (deceased, wife of George W. Steinmetz, a merchant at Clay). He died in 1862, in the seventy- sixth year of his age.
Hiram, eldest son of John Erb, was born at the upper mill privilege, in Clay, on April 11, 1810. He enjoyed only a common-school education, and at the age of nineteen embarked in the milling business, at the old family site established by his great-grand- father, and continued in that vocation for the long period of forty years. He also engaged in farming pursuits on a portion of the original family tract, of which he now owns one hundred and fifty acres, at Clay. In the year 1869 he formed a partnership with his son, Hiram L. Erb, and under the name and style of Hiram Erb & Son, established a general store at Richland, Lebanon Co. In the spring of 1875 the business was removed to Clay, where the firm have since continued to trade. Mr. Erb was postmaster at Clay (then Durlach ) for four years, having been ap- pointed by President Taylor. He was originally an ardent Republican, an intimate acquaintance of Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, and one of the founders of the Republican party of his section. In 1872, out of nd- miration for the life and character of Horace Greeley, he supported the Democratic nominees for the Presi- deney, and has since acted independently in politics. Hle served as a school director at the time free schools were made general, for three years, and has always lent a cheerful support to the various evan- gelical and progressive movements of his time. He married on May 16, 1839, Catharine Lehn, widow of John S. Bear. Hiram L. Erb, the sole issue of the union, was born on Nov. 24, 1840. He was raised in milling and farming, but in consequence of failing health entered the mercantile business with his father in 1869, and has since remained a member of the firm of Hiram Erb & Son. His political career has been similar to that of his father. He represents his dis- trict in the Democratic County Committee at the present time, and is also a member of the school board of his township. He enjoys an excellent repu-
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tation in his locality. He married Nov. 24, 1863, Salinda, danghter of William and Lucy A. Becker, of Lebanon County, and has two children,-Misses Laura and Salinda Erb.
HENRY S. EBERLY.
Henry S. Eberly was born in Elizabeth township (now Clay), on Aug. 6, 1830. His grandfather, Henry Eberly, settled in the neighborhood of what is now Durlach at an early day, where he engaged in mill- ing, farming, operating a carding-machine, and in distilling. Samuel, his father, married Catharine, daughter of John A. and Catharine Wike, of Lebanon County, and pursued the business of a merchant at Durlach for many years. He was a prominent man in the township and county throughout his life, and as a justice of the peace and scrivener transacted a large amount of public business, acting frequently as the adviser and counselor of his friends, and man- aging a great many estates.
Henry S. Eberly received his earlier education at the district schools of his neighborhood, subsequently attending the academy at Lititz. lle began his active business life in 1846 and 18-17, during which time he clerked in the store of Hay, & Long, at Mount Joy. In 1848 he entered his father's store at Durlach, where he remained until April, 1866, at which time be began trade on his own account on the same site, where he has since continued to do business. Be- sides his mercantile pursuits he is engaged in farm- ing and in raising and buying tobacco. Although a stanch Republican in polities, and one of the influ- ential leaders of his party, he has seldom aspired to public office. The only time when he has permit- ted his name to come before the people was in 1875, when he was elected by a large majority treas- urer of Lancaster County, filling the office in an in- telligent and capable manner for three years. lle served as a delegate to the Cincinnati Convention which nominated Hayes and Wheeler to the Presi- deney and Vice-Presidency. He was postmaster at Durlach from March, 1861, until his election as county treasurer. In many respects he is filling the place of his father in the community, acting as ex- eeutor, guardian, and administrator in many cases, and being held in general respect and esteem for his affability of manner and the integrity and uprightness of his character. He was one of the founders of the Ephrata National Bank, and has since been a mem- ber of the board of directors of that institution. lle is also one of the directors of the Northern Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Lancaster County, lo- cated at Ephrata, and a director of the Lancaster County Hail Insurance Company, at Lititz. He married Salinda, daughter of Judge Hibshman, of ; Lebanon County, for many years connected with the Treasury Department, at Washington, and has two children living, viz., Lily P. and Albert II. Eberly.
BENJAMIN WISSLER.
The great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch embarked from Germany for Philadelphia with his wife about the year 1720, but on the voyage over was impressed into the naval service by a vessel of war, together with the other able-bodied men on the ship. His wife proceeded on her journey to Phila- delphia, and after his term of service expired he fol- lowed her to that city, when he accidentally found her engaged in carrying two pails of milk for a farmer in Germantown. He also took service with a farmer in the same locality, and they passed the re- mainder of their lives together. Their son, Andrew Wissler1, led by that peculiar fate which so often directs the aims and purposes of man, removed to Lancaster County, Pa., where he entered the employ of Jacob Groff, an extensive farmer, in what is now Clay township, and in 1767 married the only daugh- ter of his employer, through whom he became the owner of the old Groff homestead, which was taken up in 1724 by John Jacob Groff, his wife's grand- father. The old homestead, although divided into four farms by Jacob Wissler (son of Andrew), bas been in the continuons possession of the family since that early period, and is now owned by Levi H. Wissler.
Andrew Wissler' had two sons, John and Jacob1, of whom the former died unmarried. Jacob1 mar- ried Anna, daughter of Christian Eby, in the year 1800, and had a family of ten children, viz., Andrew?, who removed to Michigan where he died; Jacob"; Christian ; Magdalena, who married Jacob Landes, of Ephrata township; Ezra, the only one surviving, living at Brunnerville; John ; Catharine; Mary, who married Levi Erb, of Warwick ; Levi; and Samuel. Jacob Wissler' was a firm and energetic man, and is known to have made three separate journeys to Canada during his life-time on horseback. Although a Mennonite, he_did not wholly ignore the law of self-defense, and the cane is still in the possession of the subject of this sketch, with which he defended himself against the attack of an Indian upon one of his trips.
Christian Wissler, father of Benjamin, was born on Jan. 14, 1805. He occupied a portion of the old Groff homestead, some sixty-four acres, at what is now Wissler's Mill, in Clay township, which he built in 1843. He engaged in farming until the erection of the mill, after which date he devoted his time principally to milling until his death on Nov. 11, 1878. lle married, Oct. 25, 1831, Anna, daughter of Rev. Jacob Hostetter, a Mennonite preacher, and had a family of four children, viz., Elizabeth, who mar- ried Samuel B. Myers, and removed to Virginia, where she now lives, having married Jacob Lantz for her second husband, after the death of Mr. Myers; Benjamin ; Jacob, who resided in North Carolina, and is engaged in the iron business; and Mary A., wife of Henry Hershey, of Harrisburg, Pa.
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Benjamin Wissler was born at the old homestead on Oct. 5, 1838. He enjoyed only a common school edu- cation, and in early life learned the trade of a miller with his father. In 1862 he enlisted for nine months in the United States army for the suppression of the Rebellion, and was elected second lieutenant of Co. F, One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving in the field for the full term of his enlistment. In March, 1864, he married Susanna, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Wise) Fry, of Millport, Pa., and in April of the same year entered upon the milling business on his own account, in which he has since continued to engage. In 1870 he united with the late S. P. A. Weidman, of Clay township, in the manufacture of millstones, and continued to do business as Weidman & Wissler until the death of the former, in 1875. He subsequently admitted the late Henry B. Erb into partnership with him, and continued the business under the firm-name of Wissler & Erb, until the de- mise of the latter in 1877, since which time he has successfully pursued the business alone. In 1881 he became associated with C. W. Myers, of Lincoln, Pa., and under the name and style of Myers & Wissler engaged in the manufacture of cigars, purchasing and packing their own leaf. This business connec- tion still continues. Mr. Wissler has led an active and successful business life, and is held in general respect in bis native county. He has always felt a deep interest in politics, and acted in strict accord with the principles and policy of the Republican party. Upon two occasions he permitted his name to be offered for nomination for the office of county register, but was defeated each time by a small ma- jority, largely because he firmly refused to pledge himself to carry out any defined line of appointments, or to enter upon his office with any entangling alli- ances. Ile has ever felt a warm interest in all move- ments of a progressive and elevating character, and is recognized as one of the enterprising citizens of his township. He has three children,-viz., Miss Ella E., Christian Fry, and Samuel Lincoln Wissler.
SIMON P. A. WEIDMAN.
The ancestry of the Weidman family, of Lancaster County, can be traced back to the year 1733, at which time Martin Weidman received a patent from Wil- ! liam Penn and his associates for three hundred and eighty-five acres of land situate in what is now Clay township., The date of the conveyance is Oct. 6, 1733, and the consideration named therein fifty-nine pounds, nineteen shillings, and sixpence. This was the common ancestor of the family in this country. Ile emigrated from Durlach, Germany, and was one of the pioneers of Lancaster County. He had two souls, Christopher and Jacob, and a daughter, who married
John Weachter. The former settled at New IIol- land, Lancaster Co., and was the ancestor of the Weidmans of that section. Jacob resided where Jacob S. Brubaker now lives, in Clay township. He married Barbara Hover, and had ten children, viz., George, Christopher, Martin, John, Jacob2, Samuel, Peter, Catharine (who married a Lies), Lizzie (who became the wife of George Yundt), Susanna (who married John Elser, of Harrisburg), and Barbara ( who married a Mr. Zeigler).
Jacob? Weidman, son of Jacob1, was the grand- father of the subject of this sketch. He also had a family of ten children, namely, William, Catharine (who married John Mentzer), Elizabeth ( who mur- ried Jolin Shenk), Susanna ( who married Henry Romig), Jacob (who died, leaving two children), Sally, who married Mr. Fisher), Martin, Polly (who became Mrs. Nye), George, and Fanny (who married a Hocker).
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