History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 82

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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2 George Wolf.

LE BRUN ARCHT

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRISON.

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MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

to have and execute all and singular the powers, jurisdictions, and an- thorities, and to receive and enjoy all and singular the lawful emol- ments of a Justice of the Peace aforesaid, agreeable to the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. To have and to hohl this commission and the office hereby granted unto you, the said John D. Apple, so long as you shall behave yourself well. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Harrisburg, the eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and the Com- monwealth the fifty-eighth. By the Governor.

" JAMES FINDLAY,

"Secretary of the Commonwealth.

" Recorded June 23, 1x34."

Montgomery County was divided into ten districts, for which justices of the peace were appointed, viz :

No. 1. Norriton, Norristown, Worcestor, Whitpain.

No. 2. l'pper Providence, Lower Providence, Skipjack, Perkiomen.

No. 3. Montgomery, Gwynedd, Hatfiell.

No. 4. Towamensing, Lower Salford.

No. 5. Upper llanover, Marlborough, Upper Salford.

No. 6. Donglas, New Hanover, Frederick.

No. 7. Upper Merion, Lower Merion.

No. 8. Springfield, Whitemarsh, Plymouth.

No, 9. Moreland, Horsham, Upper Dublin.

No. 10. Abington, Cheltenham.

The following gentlemen were duly commissioned prior to 1838:

John D. Apple.

William Moor.

Philip Boyer.

George II. Pawling.

John Boyer.

George Piper.

David Beard.

Samuel D. Patterson.

John R. Conrad.

Samuel D. Rittenhouse.

Frederick W. Conrad.

Philip Reed.

Jacob Dewees. Benjamin Reiff.

Jacob Drinkhouse.

George Richards.

Frederick Dallacher. John Eliot.

John Shellenberger.

Robert Evans.

John B. Sterigere.

Josiah W. Evans.

Jacob Fitzwater.

Christian Snyder.

John Shearer.

Jonathan Shoemaker.

Jacob Gerhard.

John Steiner.

John Geyer.

John Supplee.

William lendersun.

Robert Stinson.

Philip llahn.

Adam Slemmer.

Thomas Humphreys.

John Shaffer.

John Heist.

Tobias Sellers.

Jacob Highley.

Benjamin Tyson.

Christian Keisel.

Joshua Taylor.

Isaac Linderman.

David Thomas.

Ilenry Longaker.

Jolın Todd.

Henry Lourks.

John Thompson.

John S. Missimer.

Jesse Umustead.

Isaac Morris.

Peter Wagonseller.

Alexander Mour, Jr.

John G. Watmangh.

Morgan Morgan.

Thomas J. Weber.

Peter Miller.

Benjamin Yost.

John Munshower.

Samnel Young.

Jacob Yost.

The following is a list of the first justices of the peace elected in Montgomery County in conformity with the revised Constitution of 1838, art. vi., sec. vii. :

Abington. - Isaac Schofield, William Morris.

Cheltenham .- Samuel E. Leech, John McMullen.

Douglas .- Frederick Dallacher, Amos Schultz.

Franconia .- Samuel Wambold, Jacob Schlop.

Frederick. - John II. Steiner, Samnel II. Bertolet. Gwynedd .- John Griffen, Eli Griffith.

Hatfield .- Martin Hocker, Peter Hoxworth.

Borsbam .- Charles Palmer, Amos L. Lukens. Limerick. - Isaac Linderman, Robert Evans. Lower Merion. - Samuel Young, Edward Harvey.

Lower Providence .- Jacob lligbley, Isaac S. Christman. Lower Salford .- Benjamin Reiff, Jacob Willower. Marlborongh .- Philip Reed, John D. Apple. Montgomery .- Morgan Morgan, George Solliday. Moorland .- Jacob Fretz, Samuel Shoemaker. New Hanover .- Jacob Fryer, William H. Schneider.

Norriton .- Christian Miller, William %, Kerry. Norristown. - B. F. Hancock, Benjamin lowel.

Plymouth .- Daniel Davis, William Moore. Pott-town .- Jacob Drinkhouse, John Thompson.

Puttsgrove .- Benjamin B. Yost, Sammel Geiger.

Perkiomen .- Frederick Koons, William Fox. Springfield .- Jacob Day, Samuel V. Rex. Towamensing .- David C. Kulp, Isaac W. Wampole.

l'pper Hanover .- Jacob Gerhart, Philip Super.

U'pper Dublin .- Christian Keisel, Jacob Fitzwater.

Upper Merion-Thomas Lowery, Jason Waters.

Upper Providence .- John Dismant, Mathias Halleman.

Upper Salford. - Abraham Heanes, Frederick K. Smith.

Whitemarsh .- George S. Williams, Daniel HI. Dager.

Whitpain .- John Shonenberger, John Styer.

Worcester .- Michael Zilling, George Roberts.

The following honorable record justly illustrates the office of the "country squire" in Montgomery County. The fact that the officer referred to resides at Pennsburg, in Upper Hanover township, distant some twenty-five miles from the county seat, has doubtless contributed in some measure to the results stated.

PHILIP SUFER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Commissioned 3d day of August, 1835, by George Wolf, as major of the First Battalion, One Hundred and Ninth Regiment of the militia of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the Second Brigade, Second Division, composed of Bucks and Montgomery Counties, until the 3d day of August, A.D. 1842.

Commissioned April 14, 1840, by David R. Porter, as justice of the pare, five years from date.

Commissioned April 15, 1845, by Francis R. Shunk, as justice of the pware, five years from date.

Commissioned April 9, 1850, by William F. Johnston, as justice of the peace, five years from date.

Commissioned April 10, 1855, by James Pollock, as justice of the peace five years from date.

Commissioned April 10, 1860, by William F. Packer, as justice of the peace, five years from date.

Commissioned April 21, 1×65, by Andrew G. Curtin, as justice of the peace, five years from the Ilth day of April, Istis.

Commissioned April 2, 1870, by John W. Geary, as justice of the peace, five years from the 11th day of April, 1870.

Commissioned May 13, 1879, by Henry M. Hoyt, as notary public, to reside in the town of Pennstinrg for three years of date.

Commissioned May 13, 1882, by Henry M. Hoyt, as notary public, to reside in the town of Pennsburg from date till the end of the next session of the Senate of Pennsylvania.

Commissioned February 3, 1883, by Robert E. Pattison, as notary public. to reside in the village of Pennsburg three years, to compute from May 13th, A.D. 1882.

Number of civil suits entered in docket 1680

Number of criminal suits entered in docket 150

Number of commitments to court 44

Number of marriage ceremonies performed 20

Number of estates settled 175

Approximate aggregate value of estates settled . $125,000

Squire Super, in furnishing the author with the above data, adds,-

" Yon will see that I served 35 years as a Justice of the Peace, and during that time I never had a case in which counsel appeared to repre- sent parties. I suppose that can be accounted for by our being more than 25 miles from the county-seat, and until of late years having no railroad communication ; besides, our people being rather primitive, were

David N. Egheit.

Dillman Stauffer.

Joseph Sands.

Jacob Fryer. Bernard Gilbert.

George Rex.

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accustomed to take the 'Squire's' word or derision as law, During all the time I served I believe there were not twenty appeals. You will also see that we hul but little criminal business, and that generally of a character that did not require the interveotion of a Court.

"You will also see that our people, a contented and happy people, are nut very rich, as their estates do not average high."

Not only historians gladly chronicle events associ- ated with this ancient and honorable office, but poets pay their moralizing tributes as well,-

"The old 'aquire said, as he stood by his gate, And his neighbor, the dearon, went by,

' In spite of my bank stock and real estate, Yon are better off, deacon, than I.

' ' We're both growing old, and the end's drawing near ; Yon have less of this world to resign.

But in Ilraven's appraisal your assets, I fear,

Will reckon up greater than mine.

"" They sny I am rich, but I'm feeling so poor, I wish I could swap with you even ;

The pounds I have lived for and laid up in store For the shillings and penre you have given.'

"" Well, 'Mmire,' said the deacon, with shrewd common sense, While his eye had a twinkle of fun,

' Let your pounds take the way of my shillings and pence, And the thing can be easily done !'""

- Whittier.

As an illustration of the present magnitude of Montgomery County and as showing the great pro- gress made in the first century of its existence, we append the following statistics which are taken from the annual reports of the County Treasurer for the years 1883 and 1884:

TABULAR STATEMENT OF COUNTY AND STATE TAXES CHARGED TO J. R. YOST, COUNTY TREASURER, FOR THE YEAR 1883.

COUNTY TAX, 1883.

STATE TAX, 1883.

TOWNSHIPS, WARDS AND BOROUGHS.

Charged to Co. Trensurer.

Received by Co. Treasurer.

Charged to Collectors.

Received from Collectors.

Balance Ont- standing.

Charged to Co. Treasurer.

Received by ('o. Treasurer.

Charged to

Balance Out-

Abington,

5,314 02

$ 3,327 16

$ 1,986 86

$1,450 00

$ 536 86

$ 772 50

$ 582 40

$ 190 10

Bridgeport,

1,513 15

807 73

705 42

7 95

6 45

1 50

Conshohocken, 1st Ward,

1,40133 22

251 95

1,051 27

200 00

851 27

10 80

2 60

$ 20

8 20

Conshohocken, 2d Ward,

2,805 87

1,211 30

1,594 57

467 46

1,127 11

131 45

95 85

35 60

East Greenville,

363 37

255 -16

108 11

210 00

175 85

34 13

34 15

Green Lane, *

169 ×4

108 29

G1 55

60 95

29 45

24 95

4 50

Hatboro, .

835 59

415 98

419 61

419 G1

110 10)

77 15

32 95

2 95

Jenkintown,

1,218 96

607 69

611 27

GI1 27

133 92

71 10

62 82

Lansdale,

867 26

382 45

284 81

2×4 81

83 35

76 100)

7 35

Norristown, 2d Ward,

2,052 06

1,4-11 30

GIO 76

100 00

510 76

253 32

227 47

25 85

Norristown, 3d Ward,

2,944 84

2,326 76

618 08

100 00

518 68

761 37

670 42

91 15

Norristown, 4th Ward,

2,680 78

1,982 10

G98 G8

100 00

598 GX

299 65

271 80

27 85

Norristown, 5th Ward,

2,149 47

1,421 50

727 !! ]

100 00

627 !!!

89 70

81 80

7 90

Norristown, 6th Ward,

629 40

341 62

287 78

0001 57

77 60

12 97

Pottstown, E. W.

1,443 87

869 21

574 66

81 55

62 90

18 65

Pottstown, M. W.,

2,255 38

1,620 51

634 87

357 64

311 44

46 20

Pottstown, W. W.,

1,287 64

914 76

372 85

273 70

2-1-1 60

20 10

29 10

Royersford, *

707 37

463 21

2-44 16

239 96 116 54

314 81

186 33

168 03

17 30

Cheltenham,

5,510 75

3,728 99

1,781 7G

315 69

1,466 07

466 72

3×9 57

79 15

Donglass,

1,892 45

363 72

1,528 73

701 96

237 20

Frederick,

1,648 65

612 58

1,036 07

130 00

906 07

175 10

124 10

Gwynedd,

3,512 67

1,554 27

1,963 30

300 30

533 70

353 40

180 30

Hatfield,

2,203 01

993 19

1,209 92

150 74

1,368 11

882 50

739 35

143 75

143 15

Limerick,

2,991 00)

905 40

2,085 60

126 75

1,958 85

123 76

225 76

19 00

198 00

Lower Merion,

9,074 35

2,814 G1

7,159 74

300 00

945 46

435 51

350 10

85 41

Lower Salford,

2,451 26

1,080 59

1,370 69

317 55

203 51

152 40

71 {0)

81 00

Mooreland,

3.589 91

1,273 60

2,316 31

376 00

222 35

153 65

Montgomery,

1,543 44

740 18

803 2G

116 00

6X7 26

98 15

81 25

16 90

Norriton,

2,417 08

1,720 09

687 99

552 95

425 84

127 11

New Hanover,

1,95% 50

503 12

1,455 38

171 72

98 57

73 15

Plymouth,

2,456 54

1,320 10

1,197 44

1,127 44

119 55

98 40

21 0.3

21 05

Pottsgrove,

3,762 62

1,784 91

1.977 71

1,527 7]

326 22

228 27

96 95

Towamenrin,

1,861 52

981 50

880 02

576 50

460 00

115 60

115 GO

Upper Hanover,

3,002 18

1,428 29

1,573 89

26 75

1,547 14

CAD 30

429 27

221 03

Upper Merion,

3,881 57

1,759 33

2,122 04

500 00)

1,622 04

71 80

4× 15

22 65

23 65

Upper Providence,

4,840 52

2,933 61

1,906 91

298 87

1,608 04

717 90

503 25

124 65

l'pper Salford,

1,964 45

581 43

1,383 02

1,384 02

384 25

203 45

180 80

180 SO

Whitemarsh,

4,931 72

2,253 55

2,678 17

219 1H

2,459 13

441 70

260 73

180 95

Whit pain,

2,767 30

1,634 11

1,133 19

404 00)

363 95

10 95

40 95

Worcester,

2,966 76

2,182 68

784 08

130 00

654 08

762 08

673 65

88 43 |

88 43

TOTALS,

$127,761 66 $64,279 14

$63,487 21 $8,277 85 $55,204 5G

$18,904 52

$14,250 97

$4,653 55 $1,638 52

352,76 received pursuant to election laws November election.

Allowance to Collector of Greenlane, Gue, Collector of Royersford, $4.20.

Received the State tax for 1883, in full from Collector of Greenlane $4.50, and of Royersford $10.53.

* Arttled,

3,134 12

1,072 13

2,061 99

1,961 !; )

227 95

147 85

80 10

Upper Dublin,

3,638 06

1,408 77

2,229 29

1,107 25

1,122 04

533 80

377 30

156 50

15G 50

Iforsham,

9,802 43

1,373 58

1,518 85

7,159 74

1,326 10

847 60

478 50

Lower Providence,

2,613 02

1,367 5

1,245 4G

515 00

855 69

917 06

GUI 41

225 65

Marlborough,

703 36

212 30

581 0

Perkiomen,

3,812 90 |

2,017 77

1,795 13

9011 15

788 05

113 10 :

113 10

North Wales,

674 50

513 41

161 09

139 1)

22 00)

2XX 35

84 90

203 45

Fraoconia,

2,897 95

1,193 04

1,704 91

500) 15

436 45 |

72 60

72 70

Norristown, 1st Ward,

3,201 74

2,002 16

1,199 58

100 00

1,090 58

380 10

323 25

56 85

37 75

8 85

104 98

94 45

10 53

West Conshohocken,

1,332 44

901 09

431 35

939 16

209 20

1,663 06

1,209 92

450 00 100 00

Springfield,

Collectors, Standing.

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this history. Therefore, in so short a time as one year no one could anticipate an elaborate treatment involy- ing as it does researches through the long lapse of almost two centuries that have now passed away since the first humble efforts were made within our territory to produce a literature. From the period of settle- meut to the first introduction of a printing-press was more than a century. Philadelphia was near, and printing and publishing to a limited extent was done there even prior to 1700. It was also entered into by Christopher Saur, at Germantown, in the summer of 1738. With such advantages at hand, as may be sup- posed, it was not long before persons would be found of sufficient qualifications to avail themselves of such opportunities.

Whatever is here now offered on the subject was done almost unaided, and has required no small de- gree of labor to secure and bring together. Not an instance of any one having attempted it, or even made an effort in this direction, as respects our county, was ascertained. These facts are now offered in apology for any deficiencies which may exist. Of some works we have failed to secure the date of publication, others their full titles, size and number of pages. That we have used great effort to have it full and complete we shall not deny. However, the result is gratifying-a foundation, at least, is here laid upon which a more finished structure can be reared, and that, too, with less effort. The wonder is, after going over the list, that even so much has been accom- plished when we come to consider the poor reward or patronage allowed authors for their labors. The pur- suit of literature by its votaries was chietly induced by the pleasure or gratification it afforded to them- selves. Though they thought and wrote on the past and lived in the present, yet it was the future that animated them to renewed zeal. True, they were generally dry and speculative in the treatment of their subjects; but it was the beginning, and, like all beginnings, crude, and with time should be improved upon.

The authors or writers who resided within our small territory down to half a century ago could not have fancied the great changes that have since transpired, and that have so respectively tended to disseminate a knowledge and love of letters. No public or free schools then existed, the post-offices were only one- fourth the present number, with but one or two ar- rivals weekly. The first newspaper established in the county was in 1799; in 1810 the number had in- creased to two, and in 1831 to five. They were all issued once a week and small in size. " Locals," in the general acceptation of the term, were then unknown, and as to marriages and deaths, few were yet mentioned. Editorials on useful or instructive subjects rarely made an appearance. Party spirit and rancor was strongly exhibited, and that of a personal kind. That this occasionally led to duels and personal as- saults we need not wonder. Many of the early

writers of books and pamphlets being clergymen, devoted themselves chiefly to doctrinal matters, in which sermons have had their share, and beyond their own circles could possess but little interest. Works treating an agriculture, science, history and biography are being sought after, most of which command high prices.

Modern taste appears to be growing more and more practical and advancing towards solid and instructive information. The most popular authors of fiction thirty and fifty years ago and who secured high prices, might now go begging for publishers. In this we certainly see a change for the better. As important aids to useful information the writers of the past stood much in need of suitable dictionaries and en- cyclopedias of well-digested information, now so com- mon for reference. Even many of the best-written histories down to a century ago were largely made up of connected tales or frivolous and speculative matters, showing a lack of practical and important information in their authors. As a sample, take for instance the amount of space given to the origin of our American Indians or the theories on the internal structure of the earth.

To render the subject more comprehensive, mention ! has been made of a few authors who have been non- residents, yet, from the nature of their works bearing on the county, they deserve honorable mention; this will also apply in several instances to those who have gotton up maps. We have also, in this connection, thought it worth our while to mention a few of the early resident publishers, though hardly authors, yet who did much to encourage such by their enterprise and liberality, for which the reward must have been small compared to the risk ventured. Remarkable to state, although we have had at least three noted calculators of almanacs residing in our midst, two of whom were natives, yet, on the most diligent inquiry, we have not learned of an almanac having been printed in the county, though it has been done in the adjacent ones, where book-printing was not nearly so extensively carried on. Many an almanac in English and Ger- man was sold within the county, printed in German- town, Allentown, Reading and Doylestown.

With the success and labors of some of our authors we can justly be proud; their fame has spread far beyond our limits, and extended even to Europe. Among such in the past can be mentioned Henry M. Muhlenberg, David Rittenhouse, Henry Ernest Muhl- enberg, Charles Thomson and John James Audubon. To become a popular author requires long and careful study in the way of preparation, with an exercise and command of the several faculties that mortals do not all possess. The days of superficiality and mere imitation areover. Invention is now required in every- thing, and whatever is seized upon must be added to. To accomplish this requires that the powers of obser- vation be constantly exercised. These are the basis of originality, more especially in the field of thought.

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With this introduction we shall now take up the authors' names, alphabetically arranged, bringing their works down to the present time.

J. M. ANDERS, M.D., PH.D., a native of Worcester township. "Hygienic and Therapeutic Relations of House-Plants," J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1880, 16 pp., 16mo., reprinted from the Philadelphia pendent 1871-72. Author of a course of lectures deliv- Medicul Times.

WILMER ATKINSON, b. 1840, a resident of Upper Dublin, in connection with H. M. Jenkins, wrote a series of articles entitled "Sketches of the Churches and Meetings of Montgomery County," published in the Norristown Register, 1859, in 18 numbers. In December, 1878, established The Farm Journal in Philadelphia, an agricultural monthly that has at- tained an extensive and widespread circulation. He had previously been an editor and publisher of several newspapers.

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, 1771-1851, a resident of Lower Providence from 1789 to 1809, and at intervals afterwards. "Birds of America," 448 colored plates, size of life, elephant folio, 5 vols., price, $1000. "American Ornithological Biography," 5 vols., 8 vo., 1828. "Birds of America," reduced edition, 7 vols., imp. Svo. 1844. "Quadrupeds of America," 3 vols., folio, containing 150 plates, and three vols., Svo. letter press, 1851. In the latter work he was aided by Rev. J. Bachman and his sons, V. G. and I. W. Audubon. By an act of Congress, passed August 18, 1856, the Secretary of State was authorized to purchase one hundred copies each of the " Birds of America " and " Quadrupeds of North America," for exchange with foreign governments for valuable works.

MOSES AUGE, b. 1811, a resident of Norristown for a long period. "Lives of the Eminent Dead and Biographical Notices of Prominent Living Citizens of Montgomery County, Pa," published by the author Norristown, Pa., 1879, 568 pp., Svo. "Five Essays or Lectures on some of the Great Questions of the Day, with a Sketch of the Author and his Ancestors," Nor- ristown, 1879, 64 pp., Svo. " Historical Sketches of Norristown," published in 1880-81 in a series of weekly articles in the Norristown Register. The first- mentioned work is a valuable addition to the history of Montgomery County, containing considerable infor- mation that has not heretofore been published. (For a more extended sketch of Moses Auge, see history of Norristown).

ELIJAH W. BEANS, long a school-teacher and resi- dent of the vicinity of Hatboro', and also of Norris- town, county surveyor 1853-56, d. before 1860. We have been unable to secure a copy of his work, which was published before 1856, "A Manual of Practical Surveyors," 1Smo. price seventy-five cents.

THEODORE W. BEAN. b. 1835. " Roll of Honor of the Seventeenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry," James S. Claxton, Philadelphia, 1865, 88 pp., 12mo. " Washington at Valley Forge One Hundred Years Ago; or, The Foot-Prints of the Revolution," Norris-

town, Pa., with six maps, 1876, 63 pp., 8vo. Contribu- tions to "Annals of the War," viz .: "Buford at Gettysburg;" "Custer's Charge at Yellow Tavern ; " "The Fall of General Zook," and " General Pleasanton at Chancellorsville," published in the Philadelphia Weekly Times, 1878-83. Editor of the Norristown Inde-

ered at Pennsylvania Female College, in 1873, on "Property Rights of Married and Single Women in Pennsylvania." "Sheridan in the Shenandoah," pub- lished in the Scout and Mail 1883. "History of Mont- gomery County " (the present work), editor.

ENOS BENNER, editor and proprietor of the " Bau- ern Freund" from 1828 to 1858, Sumneytown, deceased. " Erläuterung fur Heern Caspar Schwenckfeld," Sum- neytown, 1830, Svo., “ Abhandlung über die Rechen- kunst oder Practische Arithmetic," 1883, 12mo. "Die Augsburgische Confession als das Glaubens- bekentnes der Protestanden, 1839, 12mo. "Gebete und Lieder," 1840. "Das Neue Buchstabier und Lese- buch, von Enos Benner " 1848. "Hundert Kirchen lieder oder ein Neuer Anhang zum Reformirten Gesang- buch," 1850. The second work has passed through several editions, and has been extensively used iu German schools throughout that section. The fourthi work has also passed through several editions, and is considered one of the best German school-books. It is arranged after the manner of John Comly's work, and of similar size. Ile has also published " Hoch- deutsche Reformirte Kirchen-Kirchen Ondnung," 1830, 25 pp., 12mo .; and " Catechismus für Kleine Kinder von Allen Benennungen, 1855;" a second edi- tion, by his son, E. M. Benner, in 1869, 24 pp., 32m0.

E. M. BENNER, " Das Neue Buchstabier und Lese- buch zum Gebrauch Deutsche Volks-Schulen in Penn- sylvania und andern Staaten; "Vierte verbesserte Auflage," Sumneytown, Pa., Dresck und Verlag, von E. M. Benner, 1864, 144 pp., 12mo. This is an im- proved edition of the former work published by his father.

JOHN PHILIP BOEHM was one of the first German Reformed clergymen in the county, if not in the country : died in Whitpain in 1749. " Der Reformirten Kirche in Pennsylvanien Kirchenordnung, welche in Jahre 1725 vom Philip Böhm aufgestellt und for den Gliedern der Gemiende angenomen ist," Phila- delphia. Potthard Armbruster, in der Arch Strasse. Boehm's " Getruier Warnungs Brief," printed by A. Bradford, 1742. "Bossheit der Herranhutischen Sekte," printed by .I. Bohm, 1749.

J. H. A. BOMBERGER, D.D., b. 1817, president of Frsinus College and Theological Seminary, College- ville. " Alumni Oration at Marshall College, " Mer- versburg. 1846, 28 pp. "Contributions to Mercers. burg Review," 1849-53, about 200 pp. " Five Years in Race Street Reformed Church," 1857, 72 pp. "In- fant Salvation and Baptism,".1859, 192 pp. "Trem- bling for the Ark, a Sermon preached at the Burial of Rev. S. Helfenstein," 1866. "Revised Liturgy,"

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1867, 120 pp. " Reformed not Ritualistic," 156 pp. " Baccalaureate Discourses," 90 pp. Translated from the German, Kurtz's" Hand-Book of Church History," 1860, 2 vols., 750 pp., used as a text-book. Also " Herzog's Encyclopædia," first 2 vols. 1861-66, 800 pp., 8vo. In January, 1868, Dr. B. founded the Reformed Church Monthly, and continued it for nine years, making 9 vols. of from 600 to 700 pages each, to which he furnished nearly half the matter. He has also been a considerable contributor to other publi- cations.

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History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Part 82

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