History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 52

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Publication date: 1888
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Algonquin Lodge No. 1206, K. & L. of H., was instituted November 22, 1886, by L. B. Lockwood, the Grand Protector of Pennsylvania, in Hoelzle Hall, with the following named charter members: J. H. Gilmore, Henry Ohl, Mrs. DeEtta Ohl, J. E. Lightner, C. J. Bussey, S. A. Mckay, Mrs. S. A. Mckay, Charles M. Couch, Dr. Charles W. Hoyt, Mrs. Emeline Hoyt, Dr. J. H. Reed, Mrs. Kate L. Reed, D. R. Shiras, Mrs. Lydia E. Shiras, John Han- nah, Mrs. Lulu Hannah, Prof. J. W. Canon, Mrs. M. E. Canon, Mrs. Mary J. Ray, Mrs. R. J. Southard, Miss Millie F. Rose, Mrs. John Fullerton, Mrs. L. A. Burrell, J. W. Vandeventer, Mrs. J. W. Vandeventer. The first of- ficers comprised : P. P., Mrs. De Etta Ohl; P., Charles M. Couch; V. P., J. H. Gilmore; Secretary, J. W. Vandeventer; F. S., S. A. Mckay; Treasurer, C. J. Bussey; Chaplain, J. W. Canon; Guide, Mrs. John Fullerton; Guar- dian, Mrs. R. J. Southard, and Sentinel, Henry Ohl. Meetings are held on the first and third Mondays of each month in Hoelzle Hall. The membership of the lodge is twenty-three.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Sharon owes its origin to a "league " organized March 17, 1874, in the U. P. Church, when 120 ladies met and effected a temporary organization. On the following day Mrs. Mary H. Wolfkill was chosen president; Miss Della Hammond and Mrs. G. W. Porter, vice-presidents; Mrs. S. C. Yoder, recording secretary; Mrs. Clara E. Clark, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. James M. Willson, treasurer. Committees were appointed to secure names to the pledge, and visit places where intoxicating liquors were sold. Meetings were held daily, and the temperance crusade worked up to a white heat. The saloons were invaded, the proprietors reasoned with, and prayers offered, and so persistent was the work prosecuted that the people of the town became divided into factions, and much bitter feeling was engendered. Beside those previously mentioned, the following ladies served on the committees engaged in the crusade: Mrs. Alfred Williams, Mrs. John Gay, Mrs. A. P. Hamilton, Mrs. M. Kennedy, Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Mrs. B. K. Ormond, Mrs. J. McKnight, Miss Jennie Strawbridge, Mrs. M. Christy, Mrs. Kate Moore, Mrs. Joseph McCleery, Miss Jennie Dunn, Mrs. Dr. McArthur, Mrs. J. T. Wilson, Mrs. H. Brown, Mrs. E. Elliott, Mrs. E. Hyde, Mrs. J. P. Reed, Mrs. J. Hyde, Mrs. J. Wright, Mrs. Corpe, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. George Williams, Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Lockhart and others. The following ministers took a leading part in the movement: Revs. L. W. Day, B. K. Ormond, Orange Higgins, A. S. Willson, Latshaw, Truesdale and Vogel; also Messrs. J. M. Irvine, E. A. Wheeler, J. P. Reed, Joseph Mc- Cleery, P. L. Williams, Alfred Williams, John Titus, W. C. Bell, S. C. Yoder, J. B. King, Isaac De Forest and many others. A large number of dealers were prosecuted and fined for illegal liquor-selling, and hundreds of dollars were thus secured and turned over to the Sharon school fund. The crusade of 1874 is still vividly remembered as one of the leading national tem- perance movements of the century. The local union is still vigorously push-

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ing the cause of temperance, and bitterly fighting against the sale of intoxi- cants.

Sharon Y. W. C. T. U. was organized September 12, 1886, in the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, by Henrietta Moore, with the following members: Sadie Stambaugh, Met Stambaugh, Etta Stambaugh, Millie Boyer and Mattie Harper. Millie Boyer was first president, and Sadie Stambaugh, secretary. The order numbers some sixty members at present, and is in good condition.

FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRES.

Sharon has an efficient fire department, of which its citizens feel justly proud. The history embraces some interesting items. On the 8th of March, 1856, the town council decided to "procure and furnish six ladders, six fire hooks and poles, for use of said borough in case of fire; two of said ladders to be fifteen feet, two twenty, and two twenty-five feet long, and to be made in a good and substantial manner." This equipment was the means of protec- tion until June 16, 1873, when the present department was regularly organized as follows: President, W. I. Mordock; vice-president, W. O. Leslie; secretary, J. L. Morrison; treasurer, Thomas S. Alexander; ex-commissioners, E. T. Higgs and George F. Shaeffer; foreman, T. K. Perkins; first assistant foreman, James F. Golden; second assistant foreman, C. E. Bundel; engineer, S. M. Blystone; assistant engineer, J. E. Beebe; fireman, H. K. Neiler; suction men, J. J. Hunter, E. N. Ohl, Isaac Wise and W. W. Davidson; axe men, William Rob- erts, James P. McKnight, George F. Shaeffer and James Burnett; pipe men, Phil. Leonard, E. T. Higgs, W. D. McMillen, James H. Ash, Perry Byard and Vulk Brooks; hose directors, John Marshall, Alvin Bronson, James Wright and Daniel Williams; reel No. 1, Thomas S. Alexander, William Bide- man, John H. Fisher, Joseph Higgs, G. B. Johnson, W. I. Mordock, John L. Morrison, Thomas J. Montgomery, W. J. Watson and Ben. R. Williams; reel No. 2, C. A. Ashton, James A. Boyd, W. V. Byard, M. B. Hofius, George S. Kirk, W. O. Leslie, R. G. Morrison, J. C. Offutt, J. C. Owsley and J. W. Scott.

Robert S. May was appointed by the council as chief in 1873, and filled the position about three years, when he was succeeded by Thomas K. Perkins, who held the office about two years. May was again appointed, and continued until 1881, when the present efficient chief, C. E. Bundel, succeeded him, and has since filled the position in a very creditable manner. The organization since 1873 has been as follows:

1874-President, John L. Morrison; vice-president, George S. Kirk; sec- retary, C. E. Bundel; treasurer, Thomas S. Alexander.

1875-President George S. Kirk; vice-president, William M. Jackson; sec- retary, C. McTaggart; treasurer, W. O. Leslie.

1876-President, J. C. Owsley; vice-president, Mark Cohen: secretary, C. McTaggart; treasurer, J. J. Hunter.

1877-President, J. C. Owsley; vice-president, Mark Cohen; secretary, C. McTaggart; treasurer, J. F. Golden.

1878-President. William M. Williams; vice-president, Thomas D. McFar- land; secretary, C. E. Bundel; treasurer, J. F. Golden.

1879-80-President, Thomas D. McFarland; vice-president, J. J. Hunter; secretary, C. E. Bundel; treasurer, J. F. Golden.

1881-President, Harry Orchard; vice-president, John W. Mason; secre- tary, C. E. Bundel; treasurer, J. F. Golden.

1882-83-President, John W. Mason; vice-president, W. S. McGowan; secretary, H. B. Robison; treasurer, J. W. Fisher,

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1884-President, John W. Mason; vice-president, Robert Leipheimer; secretary, H. B. Robison; treasurer, B. F. Budd.

1885-President, John W. Mason; vice-president, Robert Leipheimer; sec- retary, C. E. Gibson; treasurer, B. F. Budd.

1886 -- President, S. H. Sisson; vice-president, Fred. McClain; secretary, John W. Mason; treasurer, B. F. Budd.

1887-President, S. H. Sisson; vice-president, James N. McClain; secre- tary, Charles A. Hazen; treasurer, C. E. Bundel.

1888-President, Robert Leipheimer; vice-president, H. B. Robison; sec- retary, Charles A. Hazen; treasurer, C. E. Bundel.

The first meetings of the company were held in a barn on Bridge Street. The present city building, which serves as headquarters for the department, stands on Chestnut Street. It was erected in the autumn of 1873, being occu- pied in November. The lot and building cost about $10,000. In February, 1874, the Shenango Hook and Ladder Company was organized. It was composed of substantial business men of the place, from whom the romance of pulling a heavy truck with a forty-five foot ladder soon departed. It passed through many changes and reorganizations, and ceased as an organiza- tion in 1887. After the decease of the Shenango Hook and Ladder Company, the Sharon Engine and Hose Company was reorganized, May 3, 1887, as the Sharon Fire Department. It now consists of three officers and twenty-seven men. The first equipment was a third class (size) Silsby engine, two hand hose reels, and one two-horse carriage and the hook and ladder truck. At present, under the water-works regime, the steamer is held as a reserve. In- stead of the hand reels a two-horse hose wagon has been added.

The first fire after the organization was at New Castle June 21, 1873. The company was present and won laurels. The first fire in Sharon was a small frame building on the corner of State and Dock Streets, October 3, 1873. The most extensive fire occurred on Thursday, October 5, 1876, a planing-mill owned by Wallis & Carley, on Dock Street, being burned. Some eight build- ings were consumed, at a loss of $30,000. On the 25th of July, 1878, Fred- erick Hoelzle's Block was consumed, the fire starting in Bowden's carriage shop on Vine Street. Some fourteen buildings were consumed, with a loss of more than $30,000. It was the Chicago fire of the place.

BANKING INSTITUTIONS.

The pioneer bank of Sharon was established by C. B. Wick, S. Q. Porter and William Coleman, early in 1865, under the firm name of Wick, Porter & Co. The following November Simon Perkins purchased the interest of Mr. Coleman and a part of Mr. Wick's, Mr. Porter buying the remainder, the name of the firm then becoming Porter & Perkins. This bank carried on a large business, and had very extensive deposits, as it was then the only banking institution in Sharon. It continued business until early in 1870, when Porter & Perkins sold out to the First National Bank, both taking stock in the latter at the same time.

McDowell's Bank is the successor of the second banking institution of Sharon, established by D. C. Strawbridge May 1, 1868. In March, 1870, James Bleakley, Son & Co. bought the Strawbridge Bank, and began a general banking and exchange business, with a financial basis of $100,000. Mr. Bleakley withdrew from the bank in 1873, and his son-in-law, Alex. Mc Dowell, the previous "Co." of the firm, took full charge, and has since conducted its operations. It has a capital of $100,000, and is doing its full share of the banking and brokerage business of Sharon. Its quarters are in

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the substantial brick block owned by the I. O. O. F., on the corner of State and Vine Streets, and its financial standing is recognized as substantial as the block it occupies.

The First National Bank of Sharon was organized on the 31st of August, 1868, and began business operations on the 1st of November same year, with a capital stock of $100,000, which has since been increased to $125,000. The first officers of the bank were: President, George Prather; vice-president, James Westerman, and cashier, J. T. Wilson. In the autumn of 1871 Mr. Prather died, and his place was filled by the election of J. J. Spearman, the present president. The bank occupies an excellent building on State Street, erected in 1875, and owned by itself, a model of convenience and comfort, containing banking office, cashier's office and directors' room. The vault is one of the most complete in Western Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh, being fire and burglar proof, and fitted up with the latest time and combina- tion locks. The present officers of the bank are: President, J. J. Spearman; vice-president, B. H. Henderson; cashier, A. S. Service; assistant cashier, W. F. Porter; teller, Benjamin Spearman. The institution has a surplus and undivided profits of $100,000, while the line of deposits averages $500,000.

The Sharon Savings Bank was chartered September 14, 1869, with a capital stock of $50,000, and began business in the following May, under the supervi- sion of: President, John M. Mordock; cashier, J. E. McCarter; book-keeper, A. E. Graham. It did a good business till August, 1878, when it failed because of a large amount of bad paper it had taken. It, however, finally paid up the larger part of its indebtedness to depositors and others, the stock- holders being the principal losers.

Sharon National Bank .- In 1870 Mr. M. Zahniser and L. Hefling, Esq., organized the "Sharon Banking Company," with a capital of $200,000. Under this name a general banking business was carried on until May, 1875, when a reorganization was effected, under the present title of "Sharon National Bank." During the good times preceding the change deposits in the old institution amounted upon several occasions to upward of $700,000. The first officers of the bank were: President, Joseph Forker; vice-president, James Westerman; cashier, M. Zahniser; assistant cashier, T. K. Perkins. Mr. Westerman became president in 1878, and held the office till his death, July 20, 1884. He was succeeded by Joseph Forker, who still fills the posi- tion. M. H. Henderson is vice-president, and John Forker, assistant cashier and book-keeper. The building occupied by the reorganized bank since 1875 is near the E. & P. Railroad, on State Street. In it the bank has enjoyed fair prosperity, and is yet conducting an increasing business. The capital stock is at present $125,000. Mr. Zahniser has been cashier of the bank since its inception.

The Sharon Building and Loan Association was incorporated December 17, 1872, by J. G. Elliott, A. W. Phillips, Alex, McDowell, C. E. Bundel, George F. Shaeffer, R. W. Morrison, William Henlan, John L. Morrison, Thomas S. Alexander, I. K. Whitcraft, A. B. Llewelyn and Robert Boyce. The purpose of the association, as expressed in its constitution, was that of accumulating a fund by the contributions of members, and to loan the same to them to enable them to purchase real estate, erect buildings or engage in any legitimate business. This association lasted seven years, its affairs being wound up early in 1880. During its existence it fully accomplished its object, and was a great assistance to its members. On May 21, 1887, a similar asso- ciation was chartered by Alex. McDowell, A. W. Williams, John L. Morrison, C. W. Ray, R. Hanlon, C. M. Rice, George Tribby and Thomas B. Beil, with

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a capital stock of $500,000, divided into 2,500 shares of the par value of $200 each, but nothing further was done, and the project has from all appear- ances been abandoned.

GAS AND WATER COMPANIES.

The Sharon Gaslight and Water Company, was chartered in 1863, and in the spring of 1871 began the erection of works on the corner of Silver and Railroad Streets. The plant was built and mains laid under the supervision of D. R. Shiras, and in September, 1871, the town was lighted for the first time with gas. The first corps of officers were C. G. Carver, president; D. R. Shiras, secretary and general manager; S. P. Dame, treasurer. Mr. Dame was succeeded in a short time by M. Zahniser. The present officers consist of Simon Perkins, president, and J. L. Carver, secretary and manager. The company's plant embraces five miles and a half of mains, and it furnishes the borough with fifty-one street lamps.

The Columbia Gaslight and Fuel Company, organized at Franklin in 1886, opened a main to Sharon in May, 1887, and supplies the town with natural gas at a distance of fifty-four miles. The supply comes from the Speechly District. About sixteen miles of pipe are laid in town. D. R. Shiras manages the Sharon plant. This fuel has proven a great boon to the people of Sharon, as well as to its manufacturing interests, and few would care to return to the use of wood and coal.

The Sharon Water-works were incorporated November 20, 1883, with a capital stock of $20,000, divided into 200 shares of the par value of $100 each. The first board of directors consisted of John C. Owsley, J. S. Fruit, Ellis Morrison, Charles S. Wallace and W. D. Wallace. The present officers are: President, Samuel R. Bullock; vice-president, John C. Owsley; directors, Will- iam S. Mercer, Alex. McDowell and Ellis Morrison; secretary, Ellis Mor- rison; treasurer, E. Waltman; superintendent, E. J. Robinson. The borough is supplied from a reservoir elevated 319 feet, located northwest of Sharon, in Ohio, into which water is forced from the Shenango River. There are eighty fire plugs and ten miles of mains inside the corporation.

CEMETERIES.

In 1807 William Budd donated to the Baptist Church a lot for church and grave-yard, the latter, however, to be for the general use of the community at large. This ground was the first one used in Sharon, and extended up the hill west from the Catholic Church. At a later day Mr. Budd gave an adjoining lot to the Methodists, and the two lots were thrown into one cemetery for the use of the town. This was used as a burying-ground until Oakwood was opened, when Dr. J. M. Irvine got a bill passed by the Legislature prohibiting interment within the borough limits. In 1876 the dead were removed to Oak- wood, and the old site is now principally occupied by dwelling-houses.

Oakwood Cemetry Association was chartered April 11, 1866, by Dr. J. M. Irvine, T. J. Porter, C. Q. Carver, E. A. Wheeler, James Westerman, Samuel Kimberly, Thomas Bowden and E. J. Fish. The first officers chosen were: President, T. J. Porter; secretary and treasurer, Dr. J. M. Irvine. The grounds include thirty-two acres, which were purchased of James McCleery, in 1867, at $100 per acre. The surveying and platting was done by P. Butz, of New Castle, Penn. The superintendent, John Randall, was instrumental in orna- menting the grounds. This city of the dead lies northeast of the borough, and re- flects much credit upon the enterprise of its originators, as well as upon the affec- tionate regard exhibited by the people of Sharon toward their deceased friends.

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GROWTH AND POPULATION.

The growth of Sharon throughout its earliest history was, indeed, very slow, and at the close of its first half century had embraced only 900 inhab- itants. In 1840 we find a scattered village of about 400 people, and on this population it was incorporated the following year. In 1850 the town had only 541 inhabitants, an increase of but 141 in ten years. The next decade it almost doubled, having in 1860 a population of 900. During the war a boom struck the town, and the census of 1870 gives Sharon 4,221 inhabitants. It has kept on growing ever since. In 1880 it had 5,684, while its present estimated population, based on the school enumeration, is about 7,000. The growth of Sharon is of course principally due to her large manufacturing interests, and to the enterprise and public spirit of her citizens.

CHAPTER XX.

BOROUGH OF GREENVILLE-LOCATION AND ORIGINAL LAND CLAIMS-WEST GREENVILLE LAID OUT, AND ORIGIN OF NAME-SHIANK'S FORD-THE TOWN RE-SURVEYED AND LOTS SOLD-PIONEERS-KECK'S ADDITION TO WEST GREEN- VILLE-FIRST LOT OWNERS IN TIIAT ADDITION-EARLY BUSINESS INTERESTS -WEST GREENVILLE IN 1833-RESIDENTS OF TIIAT PERIOD-ADDITIONS TO THE TOWN-INCORPORATION AND BOROUGH OFFICIALS-SCHOOLS-FIRST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS-GREENVILLE ACADEMY-UNION SCHOOLS-THIEL COLLEGE- CHURCHES-CEMETERIES-SECRET AND OTHER SOCIETIES-MANUFACTURES- BANKS-BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, AND BOARD OF TRADE-GAS AND WATER COMPANIES-LOCAL INSURANCE COMPANIES-FIRE DEPARTMENT AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRES-BRIDGES-RAILROADS-NAME CHANGED TO GREENVILLE-EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE COUNTY SEAT-GROWTH AND APPEAR- ANCE.

THIS borough, the most beautiful one in the county, is gracefully and pleas- antly situated at the confluence of the Little Shenango and Shenango Rivers, on " warrants lands " represented in the early times as belonging to Will- iam Hall on the west side and J. Stenger on the east. To know how the settle- ment of Greenville was brought about, it may be well to be informed that the Fifth Donation District, embracing 100 tracts of 400 acres each, for which no soldiers' warrants were issued, the roll of soldiers being exhausted before the land on the west end was taken up, lay in this region. Judge Wilson, of Philadelphia, obtained from the State, warrants bearing fictitious names, at a mere nominal price, being bound to have each tract settled within five years

or forfeit his claim. Wilson failed, and John Nicholson became the purchaser at sheriff's sale. Probst, Lodge & Walker, agents for Nicholson, proceeded to bargain with settlers and have their boundaries defined. Wilson, during his ownership, engaged to give half of each tract to the settler, but the agents of Nicholson were willing to allow only 100 acres. The result was a great deal of litigation before the question was settled, with varying fortunes on each side.

Probst, Lodge & Walker, about 1798 or 1799, laid out, on a tract of fifty acres which they obtained from Jacob Loutzenhiser, in exchange for 100 acres up the Little Shenango, the village of West Greenville, Walker doing the surveying. It was so called because of two circumstances. 1. The west bank of the Shenango was covered with hemlocks, whose green foliage sug- gested the idea of a green villa. 2. Its location on the west side suggested the prefix.

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Tobias Shank bought the first one of these lots, and at once erected a log tavern near the west end of the bridge, thus becoming the first innkeeper of the place. His house stood on the northwest corner of Main and First Streets, the site now occupied by the two-story frame house dwelt in by Art. Weir. He also kept a canoe for the convenience of foot travelers, aiming, it seems, to cater to the wants of the public. A little below was a ford at which horsemen and wagons could cross. The place was familiarly called "Shank's Ford" for several years.

Greenville is thus the oldest town in the county, its origin dating back to the close of the last century. Other lots than the one sold to Shank were disposed of, but none seem to have been built upon; nor was this first town plat recorded. At least no record has been made to guide posterity. The en- tire property, after passing through the hands of Jacob Loutzenhiser, Sr., and John Walker, fell into possession of William Scott, who had it resur- veyed, retaining the old name. This occurred in 1815, and Scott sold off the lots quite rapidly, and furnished good titles to purchasers.

PIONEERS.

The first settlements in this vicinity were commenced in the autumn of 1796 by a hardy band of land prospectors from Westmoreland County, Penn., com- prising the Klingensmiths, Kecks, Loutzenhisers and Christys. They selected sites for future homes, upon which they settled permanently in the spring of 1797. Daniel Klingensmith, Sr., located on the site of the rolling mills. His sons, Peter and John, also took up lands in what is now West Salem Township. Peter, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and Daniel Keck settled in the same vicinity, their locations extending down the Shenango for several miles. Joseph and Abraham were sons-in-law of Daniel Klingensmith, Sr.

Jacob Loutzenhiser settled first on the site of Orangeville, where he built a grist-mill in 1798. He, too, was a son-in-law of Daniel Klingensmith, and with the latter purchased a large tract of land where Greenville now stands. He sold his property on the Ohio line to Adam Haun in 1802, and settled near his father-in-law. In 1798 he sold 100 acres northeast of Greenville to John Williamson, who built thereon a saw and grist-mill. This came back into the possession of Loutzenhiser in January, 1806, who retained it up to his death in 1821. In 1815 Loutzenhiser constructed a dam across the Shenango and erected a log grist-mill on the site of the Mathers mill. This he owned and operated up to his death, when it was sold by his executors to Joseph Keck, who ran it for many years. Loutzenhiser's son, Jacob, was afterward sheriff of Mercer County.

Col. Andrew Christy settled two miles east of Greenville, in what is now Hempfield Township. He was quite a prominent man in the early develop- ment of the county, and served as lieutenant-colonel in the War of 1812, his regiment being composed principally of Mercer County pioneers. He was elected sheriff in 1827, and served one term. His father, John, a native of Ireland, and brothers John and Samuel, also two sisters, accompanied him from Westmoreland County in the spring of 1797. They settled on what is known as the Callen farm, south of Greenville. John Christy, Sr., is said to have been the first justice of the peace in the county. His son John afterward filled the same office for many years. Col. Christy went to Erie several times to prevent the capture of that place by the British. He subsequently held the position of brigade inspector. His son James W. is a resident of Greenville.

John Williamson came the following year (1798), and bought 100 acres of

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land from Jacob Loutzenhiser, lying on the Little Shenango, northeast of Greenville. He came from near Carlisle, Cumberland County. On this tract Williamson and James King, the latter a mill-wright, erected a saw-mill with a grist-mill attachment the next year. Two years later (1800), their families having meanwhile arrived, these two men built the first grist-mill on the Little Shenango. At the time of Williamson's arrival his family consisted of wife and five children: Anne, James, Agnes, Susan and Eliza. Two more were finally born in Mercer County, John and Melinda. Of these, the former is still living at Jamestown. Mr. Williamson is said to have been a man who could not do too much for a neighbor that needed assistance, and was much re- spected. The mill erected by Williamson, together with the one at Orange- ville, Bentley's at Sharon, and Peter Wilson's on Yellow Creek, in Jackson Township, were the pioneers of their kind in the county. Williamson died July 21, 1840, aged eighty-one years

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History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 52

Author: Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1288

Author:
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1288