History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 241

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534

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but further research can no doubt reveal it earlier. Some have supposed the name to be derived from Shakhoppa, one of four chiefs of whom a considerable purchase of lands was made in 1685, in the present limits of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware. There was a school district in this town- ship so called which was abolished by an act of As- sembly passed in 1859.

The earliest road in Upper Salford, according to the records, was one laid out and confirmed in June, 1728, from Skippack, through the present Lederachsvilleand Salfordville, to Sumneytown, where it terminated. It was then called the Skippack and Salford road. The road from the present Spring House to Sumneytown was confirmed and opened in June, 1735, and turn- piked in 1848. What is now known as the Ridge road was opened in 1766, and commenced at a corner of Detrich Rudy's land, on the Bucks County line thence through the present Tylersport, by lands of William Mayberry, deceased, Frederick Wentz, Woolrich Hertzell, Philip Zeigler, John Eck, Widow Philmon, Bastian Heap, Valentine Boyer, Jacob Landis, John Gans and George Doctor ; thence through Sumney- town, Perkiomenville, Fagleysville, terminating near the present Sanitoga Station on the Schuylkill. John | Hildebidle and Philip Wentz were township super- visors in 1767, Richard Klein in 1773, Valentine Kratz and Michael Scholl in 1776, Frederick Berndt and Abraham Scholl in 1810. John Eck was consta- ble in 1767, Adam Hildebidle in 1774, and Philip Gable assessor and George Frederick collector in 1776.

In the assessment for 1776 mention is made of John Bergy owning 180 acres and a grist and saw-mill; Jacob Graff, 200 acres and a fulling-mill; Ludwig Moyer, 50 acres and a grist-mill; George Moyer, 50 acres and a grist and saw-mill; Henry Deetz, 125 acres and a grist and saw-mill ; Jacob Kulp, 88 acres and a fulling-mill; Daniel Heister, 130 acres and a tannery; Robert Coleman, ironmaster, one servant and ten horses; Conrad Epler, forgeman ; Godfrey Kersneck and Henry Croll, saddlers; John Brown and Sebastian Nell, smiths; Henry Sauder, weaver; George Walt, tailor; William Antich, shoemaker; and Joseph Warner, fuller. Jacob Graff's fulling-mill is now the property of Jesse Zeigler, at Salford Station, and Jacob Kulp's fulling-mill was on the Ridge Valley Creek, about a mile from Sumneytown, on the property now owned by William Nice. A licensed inn was kept by Michael Croll in 1767, by Philip Gable from 1776 on to 1790, by Jacob Rudy in 1790, and by Frederick Rudy, Peter Wagoner and Jacob Croll in 1807.

On the east side of the turnpike, close to Ridge Valley Creek, stands a fine brick house bearing the date of 1757, and now the property of D. Krouse. A new slate roof has been recently put on it by the present proprietor, and its walls appear durable enough to last at least another century. Nicholas Scull, in his

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map of Pennsylvania, published in 1759, thought it of sufficient importance to have it denoted thereon as " Heister's." This was the property of Daniel Heister, a native of Elsoff, in Westphalia, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 with his brother Joseph, having been preceded a few years by his elder brother, John. Daniel settled on this tract, which was then known as Goshenhoppen, and raised a family of four sons and one daughter. He was rated for holding here, in 1776, one hundred and thirty acres of land, one negro, three horses, three cows and a tannery. He died in 1795, aged eighty-two years, and was the unele of Governor Joseph Heister. Daniel Heister's sons were John, Daniel, Gabriel and William, who were born on this homestead. They all served in the army of the Revolution, the first three being officers. John and Daniel Heister afterwards became members of Congress, the former from Chester and the latter from Berks County, where they had removed.

From 1785 to 1807 Upper Salford belonged to the Third Election District, and the people voted at Creps' tavern at the present village of New Hanover Square, distant from the central part of this township about six miles, and having to cross the Perkiomen, which at this period was bridged. In 1838 it was placed in the Fifth District, voting at the house of John Hart- ranft, Sumneytown. In July, 1878, the township, from its great length, was divided into two districts, called East Upper Salford, voting at Tylersport, and West Upper Salford, voting at Mechanicsville.

Tylersport is the largest village, and is situated in the northern part of the township, near the Bucks County line. It contains a store, hotel, post-office, meeting-house and about fifty houses, and, according to the census of 1880, two hundred and twenty-four inhabitants. In 1849 the place contained only a few houses. R. R. Cressman carries on extensively the manufacture of segars; his taxes on the same for 1882 amounted to twenty-seven thousand seven hundred and seven dollars. There are here also several mechanic shops.

Salfordville contains a store, hotel, po-t-office and nineteen houses. T. W. Cressman has a cigar manu- factory here, besides the nsual mechanic shops. A creamery has been recently established about a quarter of a mile to the northeast of the village. This place in 1858 possessed eleven houses. It was at the upper end of this village where Michael Croll, in 1767, kept an inn and owned a farm of two hundred and sixty acres. He was long a justice of the peace, and died about 1810.

Mechanicsville contains one hotel, a restanrant, hall, shoe shop, wheelwright-shop, store and twelve houses. At the north or upper end of this village a splendid view is offered of the Oley Hills, Methacton, and of Bucks County for many miles. The elections for West Upper Salford are held at this place. About half a mile west of this is the Methodist Episcopal

Church, built about 1858. It has no regular stationed minister. It was at the sign of the " Black Horse " here where Jacob and Frederick Rudy so long kept an inn. This village formerly bore the name of Croppa Stettle, or Crowtown.

Salford Station, on the Perkiomen Railroad, con- tains a merchant mill, a grain and feed-store, coal- yard and five or six houses. Rudy post-office has recently been established here, called after the late Samuel D. Rudy, sheriff of the county in 1856-59. Branchville contains a store, hotel, several mechanic shops and three houses.

The Old Goshenhoppen Church .- This long- established place of worship is situated but little over half a mile northeast of Salford Station and nearly midway between Salfordville and Mechanicsville. It dates back nearly to the early settlement of this sec- tion, when the country for miles around was only known as Goshenhoppen, and hence applied to denote the locality of this church, and which it has ever since retained. The settlers of the Lutheran and German Reformed faith united, in 1732, to procure by warrant a traet of land, upon which they erected a log school- house in the fall of that year, which was also used as a place of worship. However, the tract was not sur- veyed until January 26, 1737, when thirty-eight and one-quarter acres, with allowances, were taken up for the express purpose mentioned, and the deed recorded the following 7th of February. Michael Royer, on the part of the Lutherans, and Jacob Keller, for the German Reformed, made final payment for the same January 12, 1738, the cost being £8 9s. 3d., equiva- lent to $23.34 of our present currency.

As the German Reformed members were withont a pastor, they worshiped together in the aforesaid building until the spring of 1744, when it was decided to proceed to the erection of a church. The masons commenced their work the 9th of May, and on the following 14th the corner-stone was laid. It was erected that year, but the interior wood-work was not finished until 1748. An agreement was made with a carpenter to complete the same for fifteen pounds. which included a gallery, pews, benches and painting. The pulpit was made by Gabriel Schuler, of Lower Salford, as a present to the church. The expense incurred in the erection of the building is not exactly known, the members doing considerable of the work without charge. At the settlement, in 1751, a debt of thirty pounds remained, which was subsequently paid off. The building committee on the part of the Luth- erans was composed of Michael Reyer, Balthasar Gerlach, John Philip Gable and Conrad Schneider ; and for the German Reformed, Christian Schneider, Christian Lehman, Bernhard Arndt and John Servier. The first Lutheran elders were John Michael Reisser and John Philip Gabel ; Deacons, William Ganckler and John Lenhart Durkheimer. The German Re- formed elders were Jacob Hauck and John Getz. Deacons, Isaac Summers and Andreas Ohl.

UPPER SALFORD TOWNSHIP.

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The first Lutheran members of this congregation were Conrad Schneider, John Martin Derr, Elias Long, John William Danb, John Jacob Nuss, John George Weikel, Heinrich Schmidt, Isaac Klein, John Klein, George Weikel, John Christopher Bickel, Ludwig Adam Bickel, John Jacob Fillman, Philip Fillman and John George Wagner. The German Reformed members were Jacob Hauck, John Getz, Gabriel Schuler, Heinrich Bomberger, Daniel Kuster, Jacob Isett, Samuel Schu- ler, Jost Keller, John Nice, Christian Hollebush, Peter IIollebush, John Faust, John Knouss, Nicholas Wolfart, Frederick Getz, Christopher Dickenscheit. The pastor's book commences in 1751, and the entries since have been made by the several clergymen. Mr. Raus, who commenced the record, was evidently a well-educated man, his writing being excellent, and on the title-page he made a considerable inscription in Hebrew characters. In 1751 there were forty-six

Rev. John Wm. Ingold, 1780-81; Rev. Frederick Dilleker, 1781-84; Rev. Frederick Wm. Vonder Schlotte, 1784-86; Rev. John Thomas Faber, Jr., 1786-88; Rev. Albert Helfenstein, 1808-11; Rev. Albert Zent, six months in 1811; Rev. Frederick Wm. Vonder Schlotte, Jr., 1812-18; Rev. Jacob Wm. Dechant, 1818-33; Rev. Andreas Hoffman, 1833-56; Rev. Robert Vancourt, 1856-63 ; Rev. Au- gustus 1 .. Dechant, since 1863.

The school-house mentioned, in which worship was first held, stood until 1808, when it was torn down and another erected in its place. The first church was built of stone, two stories high, and in dimensions fifty by thirty-five feet. After standing above one hundred and thirteen years, it was resolved by the two congregations to tear it down in the spring of 1858 and erect a larger and more commodious build- ing in its place. The writer of this account, learning.

THE OLD GOSHENHOPPEN CHURCH.

members composing the two denominations. The Lu- | this, proceeded hither a few weeks previous on pur- theran population was estimated at one hundred and ninety-five and the German Reformed one hundred and five.

The congregation was originally formed by the Rev. J. Conrad Andreas, an expelled Lutheran clergy- man in Germany, who, without any recommendation so insinuated himself into their confidence as to become their pastor, but who was soon after discharged for im- moral conduct. The first regular Lutheran minister was the Rev. Lucas Raus, from 1751-53: Rev. Fred- erick Schultz, 1753-59; Rev. John Joseph Roth, 1759-71; Rev. Frederick Neimier, 1771-72; Rev. Conrad Roeller, 1772-95; Rev. Frederick Geisen- hainer, 1795-97; Rev. John George Roeller, son of Conrad, 1797-1840 ; Rev. Engelbrecht Peixto, 1841-64; Rev. Frederick Waltz, from 1865 to the present time. The first German Reformed pastor was Rev. Jacob Reisz, 1751-66 ; Rev. John Thomas Faber, 1766-80;

pose and made a drawing of the same, which has since been ascertained to be the only one extant. By the 1st of May it was leveled to the ground, and in the corner-stone was found two silver coins, one dated 1652 and the other 1695. The former proved to be the pine-tree shilling of Massachusetts and the other an English shilling bearing the head of Wil- liam [1I. A pint bottle contained a tasteless yellow fluid which it was supposed had been wine. All these were replaced in the corner-stone of the new building, which was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, May 15th and 16th of said year. The church was completed by the close of 1858, and is a fine two-story stone structure, sixty-two by fifty feet in size, with a spire one hundred feet high, the total cost of which was six thousand one hundred dollars. The church is calculated to hold about eight hundred persons. It possesses a fine organ, made in 1837 by A. Krauss

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& Son, of Allentown. The bell is of five hundred and thirty-seven pounds weight, and can be heard from its elevated position for some distance around. There is an ample churchyard and sheds for horses and carriages, besides a shady, unfenced woods of several acres adjoining.

The graveyard contains about five aeres, and few in the county can surpass it in the number of its tomb- stones. The oldest graves are near the centre of the yard. The earliest inscription observed was that of "1745, H W BH." One is said to be here bearing the date of 1733. It has been stated on reliable authority that seventy-two persons have been buried here, killed by powder-mill explosions in this vieinity previous to 1859. Three Revolutionary soldiers are known to be interred here,-John Andrew Artman who died in 1843, aged eighty-six years; John Sallide and Jacob Schaeffer, in 1840. The ground here is shard to dig, being composed of a shelly, red slate- stone. The following surnames were copied within the' ample inclosure: Flieger, Schneider, Geisinger, Hilti bidle, Groff, Wagner, Ruckstuhl, Cope, Humel, Langb.ein, Schuler, Mayer, Geyer, Heebner, Lunn, Hertzel, Hoff~ ~ Musselman, Gabel, Gerges, Klein, Boyer, Grimley, Smith, Scholl, Walt, Shied, Miller, Bock, Hillegass, Detyveiler, Wambold, Fried, Weishe, Ried, Roudenbush, Gerhab, Borneman, Kehs, Daub, Richards, Meyers, Hutt, Wail, Neidig, Reiman, Zepp, Cressman, Nyce, Pannapacker, Kerr, Ratzel, Shade, Zink, Jacol ~ Dietz, Fry Jy, Ache, Johnson, Neitz, Wohlfard, Hauberger, Schwartley, Schell, Wandelich Reichert, Fillman, Sallade, Zeigler, Weidemeier, Erd- man, Bibighaus, Schwartz, Kerwer, Schwenk, Wirth, Roel er, Mayberry, Ettinger, Steiner, Bout, Roshong, Hendricks, Dietz, Ochs, Liedtke, Underkoffler, Sheib, Wisler, Koppelberger, Souder, Kuhlman, Anderson, Herbst, Adrian, Seit, Rahn, Kneezel, Keyser, Faust, Long, Kolb, Sleifer, Schäfer, Emert, Brey, Cressman, Kemerer, Hartranft and Troll.

John Eck and Reminiscences of his Family .-- Jacob Eck, the ancestor of the family in this county, with his son John, arrived from Baselbede, in Alsace, possibly in 1746 or near the beginning of the follow- ing year. He was by occupation a locksmith, and perhaps a widower, his son being then a young man and single. The father took up by patent in Upper Salford, in two tracts, one hundred and twenty-five acres. The survey was made June 3, 1747, and the deed given April 6th of said year, under the great seal, by Governor George Thomas. The cost of the land was £19 78. 6d., under a yearly quit-rent of a half- penny sterling for every acre, payable on the 1st day of March at the manor of Springettsbury, near the city of Philadelphia. This tract lay near the northern part of the township, within Ridge Valley and near the present Dietz's grist and saw-mill. Here the father and son at once commenced the first improvements, not only in building, but in clearing the land to render the same fit for tillage.

It is likely that within the first ten years Jacob Eck died and the son inherited the property and took in marriage for his first wife Savina Ott, the daughter of a neighboring farmer. She died before 1764, leaving him several children, when he married Mary Snyder, who died a short time before the Revoln- tion, for in the assessment of Upper Salford for 1776, John Eck, who it is noted had ten children and had " lost his wife." is rated as owning one hundred and twenty-five acres, with a dwelling, two horses, three cows and five sheep, taxed £10 7s. 8d. In 1766 the Ridge road was opened from the Bucks County line, through the present Tylersport and along the whole length of his farm on to Sumneytown. In 1767 he was appointed, greatly against his will, by the Court of Quarter Sessions at Philadelphia, constable of the township. About the close of the Revolution he mar- ried Dorothy Yost, who survived him. He died in the beginning of June, 1809, at an advanced age.

His will was made January 30th and proven June 20th of said year. In it he appoints his son Dorus and Nicholas Buck his executors. He leaves to his son John twenty-five acres, with all the improvements thereon ; to Dorothy, his wife, in addition to her other allowances, he leaves " £150 in lawful gold or silver money." Eleven children are mentioned therein, as follows: Conrad, Dorns, John, Anna (widow of Martin Miller), Catharine (wife of Simon Adams), Margaret (wife of Joseph Storm), Magdalena (wife of Nicholas Buck), Sabilla (wife of Mark Zeigler), Theresa, Catharine and Fanny. He had in all fifteen children, a son, Michael, and three daughters having previously died. Although the surviving descendants of John Eck at this day may number thousands, the surname has become extinct in the township within the past sixty years. Dorus settled on a farm in Maryland, some moved to Berks County, others to Philadelphia and out West. The witnesses to the will were John Keller, Jacob Bäer, and Cadwallader Foulke, the last of whom very probably wrote it. Through the descendants of the first two, who still exist in the vicinity, the homestead of the Ecks was ascertained and visited in September, 1883, in com- pany with Solomon K. Grimley, Esq.

The original tract has since been divided into sev- eral farms, now owned by Henry Richards, Andrew Loch, William L. Nace, Thomas Roth and Frederick Beltz. The latter, who is the owner of the original homestead portion, took pleasure, on learning our ob- ject, to point out the several remaining objects of in- terest. The site of the old house is still readily dis- cernible about two hundred yards northwest of Mr. Beltz's dwelling, within a few yards of which are still standing two venerable pear-trees, about two feet in diameter, the fruit of which was then ripe. We do not question that their growth must have begun very close to 1747, or one hundred and thirty-six years ago. The spring was shown, about one hundred and fifty yards to the north of the site of the old house. Though

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now long unused, except for cattle, it never has been known to fail. Strange to say, the original barn still remains in use, and must now be one of the very few existing in the county that antedate the Revolution. It is part stone and part log, thirty by forty-two feet and we knowof no other that has soold and primitive an appearance. In the beginning of this century John Eck built himself a new house, to which he re- tired, and died in 1809, the site of which was also pointed out, and is still discernible on the premises of William L. Nace.

Mary Magdalena was the daughter of John Eck and his second wife, Mary Snyder, born on the home- stead in June, 1767, where she remained until her marriage, in 1793, with Captain Nicholas Buck, a na- tive of Springfield township, Bucks Co., and the founder of Bucksville. She attained the age of nearly ninety- one years, and at her death left ninety-five living de- scendents. Her memory remained unimpaired almost to the last. In 1856 her reminiscences were written down by one of her grandsons, and that portion relat- ing to her residence in Upper Salford will be briefly given. In the vicinity of Jacob and John Eck's settlement here, in 1747, deer still abounded, of which several were shot by the latter. Wolves were becoming scarce, but occasionally destroyed sheep. Wild fruit was abundant, as grapes, red plums, hazel-nuts, shell- barks, huckleberries and crab-apples. Her father raised considerable hemp and flax, which was manu- factured by the family into goods for household and other purposes, their clothing being all home-made. The women assisted considerably in out-door labors connected with the farm, and all grain was reaped by sickles, even corn and buckwheat. Her father kept a heavy farm-wagon, but the produce was chiefly taken in panniers and wallets, on horseback, to Philadel- phia. Rye was chiefly grown for bread, as in Ger- many, with which beans were ground to increase the quantity. While Washington and his army were en- camped by the Skippack, in Towamencin, seven miles distant, her father drove down with his wagon, taking her and several of his children along to behold so novel a sight. The incidents connected therewith she often related, being at that time past her tenth year. In connection with those reminiscences one fact is re- markable, that though John Eck reared so large a family, and was entirely dependent on his farming operations for a subsistence, yet, with all the disad- vantages he labored under and the aid given his chil- dren, the inventory of his estate, which is still pre- served, shows that his effects amounted to above eight thousand dollars, which was no inconsiderable sum three-quarters of a century ago, originating from such limited means, and may raise a query whether farming may not have then been more profitable than now.

ASSESSMENT OF UPPER SALFORD, 1776.

Philip Gable, assessor, and George Frederick, collector.

John Bergy, 180 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows and a grist and saw-mill ; George Slotterer, 200 a., 3 h., 6 c. ; Jacob Wagoner, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Frederick Rudy, 180 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Philip Gable, Jr., inn-keeper, 260 a.,

4 h., 5 c. and 1 servant ; Christian Haldeman, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Philip Zeigler, 376 a., 5 h., 6 c .; George Frederick, 100 a., 4 h., & c .; Henry Landis. 75 a., 3 h., 7 c. ; John Clioe, 4) a., 1 h., Ic. ; Adam Hilde- bidle, 145 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Abraham Cassel, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Frederick May, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Jacob Groff, 20) a., 4 b., Gc. and a falling- mill ; Philip Fisher, 120 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Conrad Grim, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Valentine Nungesser, 150 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; Leonard Snyder, 150 a., 2 h., 3 c. aod 7 children ; Godfrey Kersneck, saddler, 55 a., 2 c. ; Henry Streaker, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Charles Derr and Henry Kepple, 160 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; John Brown, blacksmith, 2 c .; Henry Hersch, 160 a., 2 h., 3 c .. Michael Kroll, ion-keeper, 260 a., 4 h., 3 c. ; Richard Cline, 15) a., 2 h., 4 c. ; John Eck, 125 a., 2 h., 3 c., 10 children, and lost his wife ; Ulrich Hertzell, 128 a., 2 h., 4 c .; Joha Foast, 140 a. ; Christian Reiff, 1 c. ; Caspar Walt, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c .; John Hoot, 125 a., 3 h., 6 c. ; Dorothy Weishey, widow, 50 a., Ic. ; Margaret Wentz, widow, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. and 6 children : Martin Leightle, 50 a., 1 h., 3 c. ; Abraham Krider, 1 c. ; Ludwig Moyer, 50 a., 2 h., 3 c. and a grist- mill ; George Moyer, 50 a., 2 h., 3 c. anl a grist and saw-mill ; Dewalt Nace, 375 a., 3 h., 4 c .; Henry Walt, 250 a., 2 h., 3 c. and 9 chil - dren ; Philip Wentz, 185 a., 2 h., 4 c. ; George IIertzell, 430 a., 4 lı., 10 c. ; Joha Fillman, 2 h. and 150 a. for his father's estate ; Sebastian Fleap, 10 a. ; John Nice, 100 a., 2 h., 3 c .; Jost Martin, 120 a., 3 h., 3 c. ; Joha Oberholtzer, 158 a., 3 h., 4 c. ; Jacob Landis, 150 a., I h., 2 c. ; Michael Young, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Henry Moyer, 180 a., 4 h., 8 c. and 8 children ; George Wyant, 50 a., 3 c., old and poor ; Hans Ulrich, stover, 200 a., 3 h., 8 c. and 8 children ; llenry Dietz, 125 a., 2 h., 4 c. and a grist and saw-inill ; Jacob Kalp, 88 a., 2 h., 4 c. and a fulling- mill ; Adam Smith, 4) a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Daniel Heister, tanner, 130 a., 1 negro, 3h., 3 c. ; Frederick Koch, 2 c .; Elizabeth Wentz, widow 100 a., 2 h., 1 c. ; Valentine Kratz, 150 a., 2 h., 5 c. ; Jacob Daub, smith, 60 a., 1 h., 2 c .; Jacob Ellinger, 12 a., 1 c .; Sebastian Nill, smith, 2 c. ; Henry Sander, weaver, 2c. ; Elizabeth Wentz, widow, 62 a., 1 c. ; William Zirkle, 2 c. ; Heury Zeigler, 1 h., 2 c. ; Robert Cole- man, iron-master, 10 h., 4 c., 1 servant ; Conrad Epler, forgeman, 1 c. ; Jacob Cline, 110 a., 2 h., 3 c. ; Jacob Landis, Jr., 2 h., 4 c. ; George Walt, tailor, 2 c. ; Martin Riddlemier, 1 c. ; William Antick, shoe- maker, 2c. ; llenry lIass ; Peter Wentz, 100 a., 2 h., 2 c. ; Jacob Wy- ant, 1 c. ; Christian May ; Peter Gerhart, 1 h., 3 c. ; Henry Strowman, 1 c .; Joseph Warner, fuller, 1 c. ; Henry Croll, saddler, 1 c. ; Jacob Young, Philip Reon. Single Men .- Killian Fisher, Jacob Filmaa, De- walt Young, Adam Shearer, Henry Foust, George Landis, Michael Swartz, Christian Martin, Valentine Kooker, Abraham Groff, Christo- pher Streaker, Wilder Bevang, John Moyer, Andrew Zeigler, Christian Bergy, Henry Hartinstine, Anthony Treale, Wendle Wentz, John Nice, Valentine Snyder, Daniel Murray, Peter Kepple, John Landis and Michael Derr.

CHAPTER LXXIX.

WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP.1

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 241

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1534

Author: Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1534