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Old residents recall that some of the graves had tombstones, but the inscriptions could not be read. It appears that the plot, now become a part of the field without any enclosure, is full of graves. It may have been the burial place of a few families of the early settled Moravians, locally known as "Herrnhüter."
At the line fence between the Anson C. Kis- tler and Henry D. Kistler farms in Kistler Val- ley, there is a private graveyard, on the Anson C. Kistler side, near the Schochary Hill, and an old white-oak tree marks this burial place. As late as 1890, seven graves were visible, marked by rough field stones. It is almost entirely for- gotten and obliterated. Who lies buried there is not known.
A log-house stood several squares away, which was probably erected about 1742, the time one George Michael Kuntz obtained a warrant for the land. In 1907, Anson C. Kistler found a Spanish coin on the site of this house, dated
1773. The value of this coin is about three cents, but Mr. Kistler nevertheless prizes it most highly as a memento.
One mile east of Lynnville, on the Miller homestead, there is a private burial place, long known as the "Miller graveyard." It is located at the corner of two public roads, in dimensions 50 x 50 feet with a stone wall in fairly good condition along the two sides adjoining the pub- lic roads, the other two sides being enclosed by a fence. One Christian Miller had settled here at a very early period. He, and his wife, some children, and grandchildren, and descendants of the fourth generation, were buried here. Twenty tombstones remain standing and upwards of twenty graves are unmarked. Among those buried there are the following:
Christian Miller, Sr., 1706-1785
Christian Miller, Jr., 1741-1778
Anna Elizabeth Miller, 1757-1830
Andreas Miller,
1739-1817
Peter Miller, Sr., 1772-1855
Maria Magd Miller,
1770-1863
(wife of Peter)
George Miller, 1798-1865
Mary M. Miller, 1805-1874
(wife of George)
It is noteworthy of mention that, in August, 1913, one of the descendants, Mr. Reuben Mil- ler, of Millport, Carbon county, with the en- couragement and assistance of other descendants, improved this private burial place at great ex- pense by putting around it a concrete wall, by. securely fastening the upright tombstones in cement beds, and by covering its entire surface with concrete so as to prevent the growth of obnoxious grasses and weeds, an improvement which has won for him much favorable com- ment.
SCHOOLS.
The first building for school purposes was put up about 1761, by the members of the Ebenezer Church, near the log church, where the present edifice stands. It was one story, with a hall running through the middle. The school-room was on the left of the hall. On the right there was a room for living and sleeping purposes, and another small room which was used as a kitchen ; and these two were occupied by the teacher and his family. The teacher's children slept on the garret, where (it is said) the snow was often blown in and lay in heaps on the bed in the morning.
About 1858 a new brick building, two-stories, was put up by the church, with two rooms, one
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for the school and the other for the church. The earliest teacher mentioned was named Jacob Salem, who was regarded as a very capable teacher, and he continued teaching for many years until he became too feeble. He was suc- ceeded by Frederick Schmidt, also a superior teacher from Germany, who "devoted himself to his work with his whole heart." He taught for upwards of thirty years, from about 1830 to 1865. His teaching was in the German lan- guage. He also filled the position of organist and choir leader. He was succeeded by his son, Theodore S., who taught in the English lan- guage for the township in a most efficient man- ner, for fifteen years and like his father, he was a skilful musician and acted as organist and choir leader of the church until his decease in 1910.
Some of the first public school teachers were: Blair, Schumacher, Stoneback, Bradley, Reinhart, and Bausch.
The township, by election, adopted the com- mon school system in 1838, and elected directors to carry out the provisions of the law. The president of the board was Jesse Hermany; the secretary, J. S. Kistler ; and the treasurer, Daniel Brobst. Then there were in the township 375 persons who were liable to taxation, for school purposes; and the state appropriation to the dis- trict was $242.78.
In 1855, there were 15 schools in the district and 604 pupils.
During the latter part of 1878 the board con- sisted of the following members:
Daniel Fetherolf.
Daniel Bennighoff.
Daniel Kerschner. Daniel Leiby.
Daniel Kistler. Willoughby Brobst.
But an election changed the personnel of the board as follows: Daniel H. Creitz and Sam- uel Hermany took the places of Daniel Kistler and Willoughby Brobst.
The school board had become unpopular be- cause of some of its decisions and Harrison Saul, a former teacher, and prominent citizen, had sarcastically called it the "Daniel's Board," be- cause it had five Daniels on it. At an excited meeting of the board held at New Tripoli, a number of citizens of villages protested against the unfair division of that section, the board hav- ing decided that children living on the East side of Madison street should attend Snyder's school which stood about one and one-half miles north of the village and Harrison Saul was the spokesman for the protestors. His stinging ad- dress in which he frequently mentioned the "Daniel's Board," led Samuel Hermany to at- tempt to answer him and on rising from the table where the directors sat, in great silence he said : "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"
Mr. Saul promptly and vehemently replied: "I am Saul, Kish's son, and have been sent out to find my father's asses, and lo! here I have found them."
The first graded school house in the town- ship was at New Tripoli, a two-story building, owned jointly by the township and Ebenezer Church on church ground. The first floor was used for school purposes by the township; the second for church and Sunday-school purposes.
The first double room building in the town- ship was erected at Lynnport in 1887, the sec- ond at Steinsville in 1888; the third at Lynn- ville in 1889; the fourth at New Tripoli in 1 890.
The directors elected under the new school code in November, 1911, were the following:
James M. Braucher, 6 years.
Samuel T. Waidlich, 4 years.
Frank B. Snyder, 4 years.
Charles H. Koenig, 2 years.
Monroe P. Snyder, 2 years.
Of whom Waidlich was selected as president, F. B. Snyder as secretary, and M. P. Snyder as treasurer.
At that time, the status of the school affairs in the township was as follows:
Buildings, 16. Tax levied, $5,416.
Teachers, males, 8.
State app't'n, $3,043.
Teachers, females, 9.
Property value, $30,000.
Pupils, males, 247. Salary, $44 to $50.
Pupils, females, 239.
The buildings were known as follows:
New Tripoli (graded). Camp's.
Lynnport (graded). Rausch's.
Steinsville (graded). Snyder's.
Lynnville (graded).
Kistler Valley.
Greenawald's (graded).
Slateville.
Fenstermacher's. Jacksonville.
Fetherolf's.
Rabert's Corner.
Weaver's.
Bausch's.
The building known as Bausch's is owned jointly by Lynn and Weisenberg.
Teachers .- The following is a list of teachers of the township for the year 1913-14:
TEACHERS. Edna E. Snyder. Hattie Fetherolf.
John F. Weiss.
Mrs. Leon B. Klingaman.
James L. Kerschner.
Minnie L. Sittler.
Elmer W. Fisher.
Olive F. Oswald. Howard E. Hartman.
SCHOOL.
Mame E. Wuchter.
New Tripoli ( secondary)
Arthur B. Klingaman.
Minnie E. Klingaman.
Milton D. Leiby.
Jennie A. Foster. Cyrus A. Peter.
Lynnport (secondary).
Fred F. Behler. Alfred Kistler.
Anna L. Heintzelman.
Eva Kistler.
Florence M. Kuntz.
New Tripoli (primary). Greenawald's.
Snyder's. Weaver's.
Lynnport (primary).
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Jacksonville.
Lynnville (primary).
Fetherolf's.
Kistler's Valley.
Steinsville (secondary).
Rausch's.
Steinsville (primary).
Camp's.
Slateville.
Rabert's Corner.
Fenstermacher's.
Bausch's (with Weisen-
Lynnville (secondary). berg).
In 1913 the pupils of school age between the years of 6 and 16, numbered 379, seven less than in 1912.
English School .- The first action of the peo- ple of the township in behalf of improved facili- ties for education, except in connection with the churches, was taken in 1812, at Saegersville, later called New Tripoli. A society was then formed for the erection of a schoolhouse where all the instruction was to be given in the English language, and it was built on Decatur street, on lots, 70 and 71, each 66 feet wide and 1771/2 feet deep. It was called the Saegersville Eng- lish schoolhouse, and teaching came to be car- ried on there successfully from that time until the township accepted the school-law in 1838. Daniel Saeger was the most influential man of the community in this movement.
Rules and regulations were adopted for the management of this school, which were as fol- lows:
"RULES AND REGULATIONS QF SAEGERSVILLE ENGLISH SCHOOL SOCIETY.
"At 'an election held at the House of George Tryne, Innkeeper, on the twenty-seventh Day of March, A. D. 1812, Jacob Mosser & Daniel Saeger, Esq., were Duly Elected a committee to establish Rules and Regulations, as follows, to wit:
"Ist. That there shall be five Trustees and One Treasurer Chosen annually by ballot, and the Elec- tions to be held on the second Saturday of April at the School-Room, and the said Trustees and the successors shall be elected in a manner and form as is hereinafter Described, to have the name & title 'Sagersville English School Society.'
"2d. That the said Trustees, after each annual election, shall elect from among their own members a President and Secretary, and in all cases Two- Thirds of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum to transact any business.
"3d. That all elections to be held in Pursuance of this Rule Shall be conducted by two members of the society, who shall be appointed inspectors at the same time & Place where the Trustees are to be elected as af'ordered by the Electors then as- sembled, and the inspectors so chosen shall ap- point one suitable person as a clerk.
"4th. That the Secretary of the Society shall make out and furnish the Inspectors of every elec- tion with a fair, true, and correct list of all mem- bers of the said Society & the number of shares set opposite their Respective names.
"5th. That in all elections to be held in pursuance of these Rules, every person of the age of twenty- one years who has subscribed for any number of shares in Said Stock of Said society, shall be en- titled to a vote for each and every Respective Share.
"6th. That in case any vacancy happens by Death,
resignation, removal, or otherwise, a majority of the Trustees assembled shall appoint special election for supplying such vacancies, and every special elec- tion shall be held and Conducted as is directed for the annual Election, and the Persons so legally chosen shall hold said office for the remainder of the time in whose place he was elected.
"7th. That it shall be the Duty of the Trustees yearly and every year to get a School-Master who is by them judged competent for Business, and agree with him for his salary for Three months, to com- mence from the first day of December, or as near that time as conveniently may be, and defray the said salary. Each subscriber of the said English School Society shall pay quarterly the sum of two Dollars, and every month if not amounts to a quar- ter the sum of eighty cents, and every non-subscrib- er shall pay quarterly the sum of three Dollars, & every month if not amounts to a quarter, the sum of one Dollar & twenty cents; and if it should hap- pen that it would not be money enough to pay said salary, and no money in the Treasury, then every Subscriber Shall pay his proportionable part accord. ing to the number of shares subscribed, & if money left, then to remain in the Treasury for any use the said Trustees shall direct.
"8th. That after the said quarterly school is ex- pired, and any number of said subscribers is De- sirous of having School for any time before the then next quarterly school, they shall apply to the Trustees, who shall grant them Leave for any time for getting a School-Master competent for Business to have a school at said School-house at the ex- pense of the Company applying for said school.
"gth. That in case the Teacher or employees should think themselves aggrieved, they are to make known their complaint to any one of the Trustees, who can at any time call a meeting of the Board of Directors in all cases.
"roth. That the Trustees take particular Notice that Sufficiency of wood be provided for the stove during the quarterly school mentioned in the 7th article, for the comfort of the Teacher and Scholars.
"IIth. That the said Trustees & their successors shall be impowered to keep the school-house & ap- purtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging, all in good order and Repair, and to Draw the Money from the Treasurer of said society found to defray the expenses of all warrants or orders on the Treasury which shall be signed by the President of the Society.
"12th. That the present Trustees and their Suc- cessors shall permit and suffer all Persons of Law- ful age who shall offer to subscribe in their own name or the name of any other person who shall Duly authorize the same for any number of Shares in the Stock of said Society, and the Shares in Said Stock shall be Ten Dollars each, and that each and every subscriber shall have and to hold the several and respective shares for which subscribed for themselves, their Heirs, or Assigns, & the warrants or titles for said shares or Share shall be signed by the President of Said Society.
"13th. That a book to be kept by the Trustees and their proceedings recorded therein.
"In witness whereof we, the said Committee, have hereunto set our hands the twentieth Day of August, in the Year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hun- dred and Twelve.
"JACOB MOSER. "DAN. SAEGER."
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At the same time, a subscription paper was cir- culated there for the purpose of raising money, which was as follows:
"We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the managers or trustees of the Saegersville English School Society the sum of Ten Dollars for every share of stock in said society or company set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportion, and at such time as shall be determined by the Trustees of the said so- ciety, and the said sums of money to be applied for the use of the aforesaid English school, as wit- ness our hand this 20th day of August, A. D. 1812.
Names of Subscribers.
Number of Shares
Jacob Moser
2 $20
Daniel Saeger
2 20
Henry Mantz
2 20
George Tryne
2
20
Burckhardt Moser
2
20
Christian Holben
2
20
John Kistler
2
20
John Sittler
2
20
George Sittler
2
20
David Moser
2
20
Samuel Ely, Jr.
2
20"
On April 2, 1813, an election was held at the schoolhouse for selecting trustees to carry on the school property, and the following were elected :
David Mosser.
George Sittler.
George Tryne. Henry Mantz.
John Sittler.
Tryne was chosen as president of the Board and Mantz as secretary.
The cost of building this schoolhouse was £85, 3s. 512d.
Teachers were regularly employed by the so- ciety and the school was carried on successfully until 1838, the last teacher having been Robert M. Blair recognized and appreciated for his superior fitness. Then it was taken by the township school-directors upon the adoption of the common-school system, and used by the Board for about twenty years.
In 1890, the township erected a fine one-story brick building, with two rooms in its place and established a graded school there.
Phaon B. Oswald, of New Tripoli, was a teacher of Lynn township school for about 30 years, retiring in 1910; and he served as assist- ant secretary of the Lehigh County Teachers' Institute for many years. His son, Gustave E., has become an efficient and successful teacher of
the public schools, having filled the position of principal at Hokendauqua and Tamaqua and now serving this position at Catasauqua.
PROFESSIONAL MEN .- As an evidence of the intellectual, energetic and progressive character of the people of this township, which was devel- oped by the education and associations here, it may be mentioned in this historical narrative that a large number of professional men have been produced who are located in various parts of the state.
Reformed Ministers.
A. J. Bachman, Schaefferstown, Pa.
J. P. Bachman, Allentown.
G. M. Bachman, Catawissa. Charles E. Creitz, Reading. Willoughby D. Donat, Schuylkill Haven.
W. D. Donat, Aaronsburg. Geo. G. Greenawald, Boyertown. M. J. Klingaman, Lynnport. George W. Lutz, Pennsburg.
William A. Reimert, Yochow, China.
Oliver P. Schellhammer, York. J. N. Bachman (dec'd) .
Lutheran Ministers.
Preston A. Behler, Allentown.
A. O. Ebert, New Tripoli. J. O. Henry, Topton.
Charles E. Kistler, Reading.
William U. Kistler, Pennsburg.
William F. Mosser, Bethlehem.
James J. Reitz, Walnutport.
O. P. Smith, Pottstown.
John H. Waidelich, Sellersville.
Astor C. Wuchter, Ohio.
Attorneys-at-Law.
Francis J. Gildner, Allentown.
George M. Lutz, Allentown.
Edwin J. Mosser, Chicago.
Wilson A. Wert, Allentown.
Physicians.
J. O. Fenstermacher, New Tripoli (D. V. S.) Wm. J. Fetherolf, Steinsville.
James A. Fetherolf, Tatany. D. W. W. Follweiler, Lynnport.
Robt. D. Follweiler, Lynnport
CHAPTER XL.
NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP.
ERECTION .- North Whitehall township was formed in 1810 by a division of Whitehall town- ship into two parts by a straight line extended from the corner of Lowhill and Macungie town- ships in a northeastwardly direction to the Le- high river at Coplay. The extreme length of the territory was about eight miles and the ex- treme width about five miles and embraced 27 square miles; and this body of land remained as a whole until 1867 when a portion, about ten square miles, was taken away in creating a new township called Whitehall.
The surface is undulating, and the soil is very productive for farming purposes. In some sec- tions it is impregnated with valuable deposits of iron ore, limestone, and slate. Tracts of oak, chestnut, and pine are still found in different sections.
The surface of the western part is mostly drained by the winding course of the Jordan creek, and the northern and north eastern parts by the Rock and Crab creeks. At the outlet of the Rock creek in the Lehigh river there was formerly a very deep hole whose bottom could not be reached by a line 100 feet long.
The Coplay creek is the longest water course in the township. It enters the township from Washington, crossing the line a short distance beyond Neffsville, and flows southwardly about five miles to a point near the southern line, then eastwardly about three miles into Whitehall. Two grist-mills were long run by its waters, Wotring's, and Romig's, both near Schnecksville. Romig's mill is now no longer in use. Along its course, near Romich's mill, a portion of the stream formerly disappeared into the ground, and reappeared near Balliet's mine, (distant about a mile), as pure spring water. Chaff thrown into the opening did not come out at the exit till after twenty-four hours. In early times it was so full of trout that they could be caught by simply dipping a basket into the water, but after the mine was opened it was choked up with dirt from the washings, and they disappeared.
EARLY SETTLERS .- The early settlers of this region were also Swiss or Germans, with here and there wanderers from Alsace or Lorraine. Their travels in search of suitable lands made them ascend the Lehigh river, and then its trib- utaries, which they believed must flow through
fertile and easily tilled valleys. The course of settlement and colonization spread from the west- ern bank of the river, up the Jordan and Coplay creeks, and later along the smaller streams, such as Mill, Rock, and Sand creeks, where the im- migrants found water and pasturage in abun- dance. Coplay creek proved particularly attrac- tive, and many dropped their burdens along its green banks. Some of them had settled as early as 1733, at a spot which they called by the old biblical name of Egypta, because of its fertility. From this, as from a centre, the settlements spread, but still principally along Coplay creek, along the course of which all the most desirable sites were located between 1735 and 1750. Among the pioneers were the families of Steckel, Saeger, Schaadt, Burkhalter, Ruch, Bear, Scheurer, Woodring, Kennel, Balliet, Schlosser, Gross, and Schneck, some of the latter touch- ing the settlements already made in the northern parts of the county, along the Blue mountains. About the same time, the families of Lichten- wallner, Sieger, Seip, Semmel, Kern, and others located along the Jordan, in the western part of the township, while along Mill creek George Ringer, Ulrich Flickinger, John Jacob Mick- ley, Nicholas Marks, John Schneider, and Nich- olas Troxell settled upon land in the eastern part and along Rock and Crab creeks, which were farther north, were the Miller, Newhard, Laury, Yehl, and Kuntz families.
The first duty which occupied the early set- tlers was the clearing of a space sufficiently large for a dwelling house and garden. Their houses were built of logs, the interstices between which were filled up with saplings, and sometimes roughly plastered with mud. At first the bare ground, trodden down hard, served as a floor, but later rough boards were laid. The roof was thatched with straw, and in the course of time covered with boards and shingles. The houses were one story and a half in height, and the same model was observed by all in the method of their construction. On the ground floor there were two rooms,-a larger, used as a kitchen, dining room, and for general family purposes, the other smaller, and occupied as a bedroom. The latter opened into a still smaller room, called the "kammer," which was without a window, and used by the head of the family and
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his spouse as a bedroom. In the kitchen there was a huge fireplace, generally in the partition- wall between the two lower rooms, and a large chimney reared itself from the middle of the roof.
On the right hand, a bake oven was inserted into the fireplace and chimney, and in the loft over the oven there was a smoke house for dry- ing meat. Later, wall stoves were used, which were square boxes of rough cast iron, without a cover, inserted into the wall. The loft was all one room, and was used by the children as a bed- room, and for storing grain and flax. Small windows, with four panes of glass, were let into the walls, and heavy plank doors guarded from external assault. In the loft there were also loopholes, from which to repel the attacks of hostile savages. The furniture was simple, and
for which purpose flax and wool were the only materials used.
It required men of great bodily strength to engage in a contest with nature such as the early settlers undertook, and tales of the strength and endurance of the North Whitehall settlers are told to this day. Their lives were simple and well regulated their food was corn mush, game and fish, The richer farmers treated them- selves of a Sunday to pies made of bread crust and beef.
The Coplay and other creeks abounded in trout, and shoals of shad ascended the Lehigh River every spring. These were caught by par- ties who erected what were called shad-bounds, the idea of which was received from the Indians. In the center of the stream, some distance above a fall, a large circle, not entirely closed, was
HOUSE BUILT BY PAUL, GROSS.
roughly made out of logs. It generally consisted of a heavy board for a table, and several rude benches and bedsteads.
They next began constructing barns and out- buildings, at the same time clearing more land. Thrashing floors were of mud, leveled and beaten down hard. Upon the new land the farmers raised wheat for the first and second crop, and afterwards rye and buckwheat, and, after 1780, Indian corn. Upon a whole farm, in the early days, no more of these grains was raised than is now produced by a single field. The rye and buckwheat were used for bread, wheat being the only commodity passing current as money. The wheat was carefully garnered and ground into flour,-not for the use of the farmer and his family, but to be sold. Flax was also raised, but only in such quantity as was needed for clothing
made with stones, rising above the surface of the water. From the broken ends of the circle, wing-walls of stone extended to both banks of the river, thus effectually preventing the return of the fish down stream. The party of fisher- men then went some distance up the river, and with twigs and branches frightened the shad into swimming into a circle, where they were easily caught. It was a common occurrence to take 200 fish out of a circle, many of which weighed ten pounds. Some of these Indian bounds were standing as late as 1825.
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