History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Part 130

Author: Bell, Herbert C. (Herbert Charles), 1868- ed; John, J. J., 1829-
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Chicago, Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1424


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R. H. MUTH, physician, was born, September 3, 1826, in Berks county, Pennsylvania, son of Frederick and Mary (Snyder) Muth. His early edu- cation was obtained in the common schools, and he subsequently attended Mar- shall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1852 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Lewis Rogers, of Schuylkill Haven, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1855. He commenced practice the same year at Fredericksburg, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, where he re- mained until 1860. He then located in Jackson township, Northumber- land county, and has since been in continuous and active practice. Doctor Muth was married in 1862 to Louisa, daughter of Abraham Deppen, and has one son, Henry. He is a Democrat in politics, and an elder and trustee in the German Reformed church.


WILLIAM H. LAMB was born in Tioga county, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1826, son of Lorrain and Susan (Adams) Lamb. He was educated in the


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common schools, early engaged in railroad work, and for many years has been employed as superintendent upon the construction of various railroads throughout the United States. In 1853 he came to Georgetown for the pur- pose of getting out the stone for the railroad bridge at Herndon; he was subsequently appointed foreman in the construction of the railroad between Trevorton and Herndon, afterwards bridge tender, and held the latter posi- tion until 1870, when the bridge was condemned and removed. While he held this position he was also express agent and postmaster. Since the removal of the bridge Mr. Lamb has been connected with the postal service and engaged in various enterprises. He was married in 1858 to Susan Allman, and their family consists of the following children: William L .; George E .; Harry S .; John A .; Mary D .; Charles F., and B. A. Mr. Lamb is a member of the Masonic fraternity.


JACOB R. HILBUSH, surveyer, conveyancer, and insurance agent, Jackson township, was born in Lykens township, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1835, son of Daniel and Nancy (Romberger) Hilbush. The latter was born in Lykens township, Dauphin county, September 11, 1811. Daniel Hilbush was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, Decem- ber 20, 1807, son of Daniel Hilbush, a native of Amity township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, who settled in Upper Mahanoy township, Northumber- land county, in 1802, removed to Washington township in 1820, was captain of a military company in 1812, and justice of the peace from March 31, 1823, to April 10, 1860; he was born in 1779 and died in 1862. Daniel and Nancy (Romberger) Hilbush, both of whom are still living, are the parents of three sons: Jacob R .; Henry A., and Elias R. Jacob R. Hilbush received his education at the common schools, at Freeburg Academy, and at the Mil- lersville State Normal School. He began his active life as a plasterer and school teacher. As surveyor and conveyancer he has been concerned in many real estate transfers in the southern part of the county; he has also served as county surveyor eleven years, having been first elected to that office in 1862. He was justice of the peace twenty years and two months, and is at present filling the office of notary public; he holds commissions as justice and notary public from all the Governors of Pennsylvania from A. G. Curtin to James A. Beaver. As insurance agent he transacts a large business, representing half a score of the leading fire insurance com- panies. On the 29th of September, 1867, he married Amanda, daughter of John Zartman, and they are the parents of three children: Annie, deceased; Mary, and Lydia. Mr. Hilbush is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Reformed church. He one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Northumberland county.


SAMUEL S. ZARTMAN, farmer and justice of the peace, was born upon the homestead farm, which is a part of the original Zartman tract, in Jackson township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1845, son of Daniel and


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Catharine (Seiler) Zartman, and great-grandson of Henry Zartman, one of the pioneers of Jackson township. He was, educated at New Berlin and New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, and has always followed farming as an occupation. He married in 1875 Susan Fenstermaker, and by this union they are the parents of five children: Jennie C .; Emma B .; Ella M .; Daniel H., and Isaac S. Mr. Zartman was elected justice of the peace in 1885, and is now serving a second term. He has served in minor township offices, and in poli- tics is a Republican.


JOHN BINGEMAN, deceased, was born in Lower Mahanoy township, North- umberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1817, son of Adam and Hannah (Shroyer) Bingeman. He was reared upon a farm, early in life became a boatman upon the Susquehanna canal, and in the winter drove teams to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia transporting the produce of the farms to market. Early in the '40's Mr. Bingeman located at Georgetown and en- gaged in the coal and lumber business, and about 1850 he purchased the hotel property now known as the Bingeman House, which he conducted in connection with his other business. In 1875 he built the brick store now owned and conducted by his son, W. O. Bingeman, and engaged in the mer- cantile business, which he conducted until his death, March 31, 1889. Mr. Bingeman was also extensively engaged in farming. In politics he was an active and ardent Republican, although he never sought or would accept public office. He was a member of the German Reformed church and of the I. O. O. F. He was twice married; his first wife was Louisa Brosius, who bore him one son, John, who resides in Virginia. His second wife was Mary Wiest, who survives him and resides in Georgetown; to this marriage were born nine children, six of whom are living: William O .; Charles; Mary, wife of Joseph Morgan; Harry W .; Frederick W., and Lizzie.


W. O. BINGEMAN, merchant, was born, February 6, 1856, son of John and Mary (Wiest) Bingeman. He received his education at Berrysburg and Freeburg academies, and at the Shippensburg State Normal School. In 1875 he entered the employ of his father as clerk in the store, where he re- mained until the death of the latter, when he purchased the business. Mr. Bingeman has filled the office of assessor, postmaster, and tax collector. Politically he is a Republican, and in November, 1890, he was a candidate for commissioner, but the whole county ticket was defeated. He married Lilly M. Beaver, of Snyder county, and they are the parents of two children: Blanche and John G. The family are adherents of the German Reformed church. -


ISAAC H. RESSLER, postmaster, was born at Georgetown, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1831, son of Solomon and Catharine (Haas) Ressler. He received his education at the subscription schools, and learned the trade of cabinet maker. In 1853 he was elected justice of the peace for Lower Mahanoy township; at this time he was engaged at cabinet making


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and in the manufacture of corn and seeding plows, which business he carried on until 1862, when he enlisted in Company L, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was commissioned second lieutenant. In the following spring he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in the summer of 1863 was appointed captain of his company. At the battle of Boyden Plank Road, October 27, 1864, he received a gun-shot wound in his left leg and was commissioned brevet major. He spent several months at City Point hospital; after his recovery he rejoined his regiment, and at the battle of Middleburg, Virginia, June 18, 1863, was again wounded, in the right leg. On the 7th of April, 1865, he was wounded at Farmville, Virginia, in the left groin. At the close of the war he returned to Georgetown, and built a steam saw mill, but, owing to reverses, was compelled to close up his business. He was again elected justice of the peace and filled the office fifteen years. In 1889 he was ap- pointed postmaster of Dalmatia, Pennsylvania. Mr. Ressler is a member of Colonel James Cameron Post, G. A. R. He married Mary A. Heckart, and by this union they have had ten children, four of whom are living: Elemor P .; Plato A .; Linda P., and Norman W. Politically Mr. Ressler is a Republican.


B. M. BUBB, justice of the peace and surveyor, was born in Lower Maha- noy township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, son of Philip and Magdaline (Michael) Bubb. His education was obtained at the subscription schools and the Freeburg Academy. His early occupation was clerking in Georgetown, and about 1858 he engaged in the general mercantile business in the same place, which he conducted some three years, when he sold out. In 1860 he was appointed postmaster, and filled the office six years. He was elected justice of the peace in 1869, which office he has since filled. In 1880 he established his business as surveyor. Mr. Bubb was one of the first school directors elected in the township, in 1865, and held the office until 1888. He is a member of the German Reformed church, and has served in the office of deacon and elder. Politically he is a Republican, and a gentle- man of enterprise and public spirit.


B. L. KERCHNER, physician, was born in Greenwich township, Berks county, Pennsylvania, son of Benjamin and Mary M. (Lintz) Kerchner. He was educated at the public schools and Freeland Seminary of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. For some years he was engaged in teaching in the schools of his native township and the high school of Leonardsville. In 1868 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. B. Potteiger, of Ham- burg, Berks county, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1871. He was appointed in the same year one of the ward physicians in the Blockley hospital, of Philadelphia, and later in the same year he located at Georgetown, where he has since practiced, and for sixteen years was in the employ of the Northern Central Railway Com- pany as physician. The Doctor has filled the office of school director, and was the treasurer of the board through his term of office. He was married


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in 1875 to Etta, daughter of Henry Spotts, of Snyder county, Pennsylvania. In religious faith the Doctor is a Lutheran, and in politics a Republican.


E. D. MESSNER, saw mill proprietor, was born in Lower Mahanoy town- ship, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1852, son of Philip and Mary (Dockey) Messner. He was educated at the public schools and Freeburg and Berrysburg academies. He learned the carpenter trade, which business he followed sixteen years. In 1883, in connection with his brothers Jacob and Isaac, they erected a sham saw mill at Georgetown, which business they carried on until March, 1890, when, in connection with E. S. Radel, they built the present mill, and are engaged in manufacturing shingles, lath, and fence railing, and dealing in flooring, doors, and moulding. Mr. Mess- ner was married in 1874 to Mary M. Moyer, and to this union have been born six children: Clara A .; Henry P., deceased; Alda E .; Morris G .; John F., and Eugene A. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of Susque- hanna Lodge, F. & A. M., of Millersburg, and of the P. O. S. of A. of Tower City, Pennsylvania.


WILLIAM B. KEIEL, miller, was born in 1845, in Lower Mahanoy town- ship, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, son of John and Anna (Binge- man) Keihl. He was educated at the common schools, and was apprenticed to the milling trade at an early age. This calling he followed for some years. The mill property now owned and operated by him was purchased in 1868 by himself and his brother, John B. Keihl. In addition to this he also owns a farm of fifty acres. In 1868 Mr. Keihl married Lavina Raker, and they are the parents of the following children: Emma R .; Brosius; John E., and William H. Mr. Keihl is a Democrat in politics; in 1878 he was elected a school director, and has filled various local offices. The family is connected with the Lutheran church.


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INDEX.


INDEX.


A


Adams, B. E.


958


Adams, Casper


1175


.Adams, George C. 1176


Adams, John H.


952


Advocate and Day-Spring


288


AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH- ES .- Milton, 582; Shamokin 638


African Methodist Episcopal Zlon Church, Milton. 583


Agricultural Epitomist 296


Agricultural Societies


341


Agriculture. 329


Albright, Andrew


238


Albright, Joseph 1079


Allumapees. 23


Ammerman, Robert B 1206


Ammerman, William S. 1205


21


Antes, Frederick


215


Anthony, Joseph B. 227


Anthracite Building and Loan Association, Mt. Carmel 664


Anthracite Water Company 627


Argument Court, first provision for 211


Armstrong, G. W 1155


Arter, J. M.


1161


Assembly, members of. 190


Associate judges. 232


ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCHES. - Mil-


ton, 581; the " Pines," Delaware township. 763 Attorneys 240


Aucker, J. S.


911


Ancker, R. S.


905


Augusta Bank.


495


Augusta regiment 50


AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP .- Original and subse-


quent boundaries, 698; disintegration of its territory, 153, 699; pioneers. 84, 699


Angustaville. 791


Augustaville Farmers' and Mechanics' Asso- ciation 345


Anten, William M. 1113


Anten, Voris 1033


Awl, Jacob. 804


Awl, R. H., 265, 805; reminiscences of 458


Awl, William M


804


Ayers, Alfred.


1066


B


PAGE.


Bailey, C. H


263


Bally, William H. M 1206


Ball, Thomond. 450


Bank of Northumberland. 494


BAPTIST CHURCHES .- Augusta, Lower Au-


gusta township, 707; Milton, 581; Montan- don, 725; Mt. Carmel, 674; Northumberland, 544; Rush, 742; Shamokin, Shamokin town- ship, 731; Shamokin, 644; Summit, Shamo- kin township, 732; Sunbury, 510; Trevorton, 782; Turbutville, 768; Watsontown. 688


Barnhart, George 1161


Barrell, Aaron 957


Bartho, B. F. 1037


Bartholomew, Henry. 1170


Batman, John J. 852


Bealor, John W


934


Beard, John P. 1157


Bear Gap Water Company 627


Becker, John P. J.


263


Beckley, Daniel.


836


Beidelspach, Isaac.


239


Beierschmitt, Joseph 1056


Bellas, Hugh


247, 807


Bench and Bar


201


Bergstresser, Peter S


1227


Bergstresser, Samuel A


1024


Bickel & Bailey's foundry and machine shop, Milton 561


Bieber. Eli 1133


Bingeman, John.


1237


Bingeman, W. O. 1237


Binns, John.


275


Bird Family.


874


Bird, Joseph 875


Bird, Josiah F


875


Bird, Pemberton 874


Bird, Sylvanus


874


Bird, Ziba.


601


Bittenbender, Stephen 603, 869


Black, John and James. 472


Blade (Watsontown) 296


Blain, Samuel M.


1120


Bloom, Hiran. 1167


Bloom, Jacob


1167


Bloom, Samuel


1167


Bloom, Urias


850


Andastes


PAGE.


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HISTORY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.


PAGE.


Bly, Joseph .1091


Bly, William. 1087


Boat building at Sunbury, 489; at Northum- berland. 534


Bogar, John 475


Bogle, Thaddeus G., company of. 437


Bolich, Daniel D. 1020


Bolig, Grant.


1233


Booth, William 915


Bougliner, John. 1192


Boughner, Peter.


.604, 1192


Bougher, Sebastian.


1193


Boundaries of the county. 143


Bower, Thompson. 1087


Bowlby, M. C., foundry and machine shop, Sunbury. 491


Boyd, John. 519


Boyd, John C. 600


Boyer, Charles B 1230


Boyer, John


1230


Boyer, Solomon B


827


Bradford, E. G.


248


Brady, John


717


Brautigam, Daniel M. 526


Brecker, Peter.


1062


Breinig, A. J. L. 1174


Brice, Andrew N. 843


Bright, William S. 266


Brodhead. Daniel.


123


Brouse, Cyrus


1102


Brown, Cyrus ..


978


Brown, J. Woods


978


Brown, Samuel T.


977


Brulé, Etienne, explorations of . 20


Bruner, Charles J., 252, 824; company of, 404, 437


Brysoo, James, company of ... 423


Bryson, Samuel C., 1157; company of.


423


Bubb, B. M.


1238


Bucher, John, Dietrich, and Henry. 454


Bucher, J. F.


1133


Bncher, J. Weiser. 839


Buck, Peter E. 943


Buck, Robert


1077


Bull, John.


520


Buoy, John Y


998


Burd, James, assumes command of Fort Au-


gusta, 59; extracts from his journal 60


Burg, H. W. 1106


Burkert, Willlam T. 1042


Burns, George.


1076


Buyers, John.


473


Buyers, John, company of ..


426


Buyers, William F., 277; company of


393


C


Cadwallader, Albert. 977


Cadwallader, George B 846


Cadwallader, Setlı 977


Cake, John A


853


Caketown


445


Caldwell, Alexander, 900; company of. 411


Caldwell, Samuel


1074


Cameron, James,


443


Cameron, Simon ..


PAGE. 274


CAMERON TOWNSHIP .- Extent and organi- zation, 769; drainage, 770; villages of the past and present, 770; schools, 770; church- es, 771; biographical sketches. .1217


Camp, David


.1024


Camp, William 1053


Campbell, Daniel 1204


Campbell, Delmar F 1175


Campbell, Isaac 1160


Campbell, Joho. 1204


Campbell, John. 1162


Campbell, Lawrence. 520


Campbell, Obadiah 1179


Campbell, Obadiah, Jr 1179


Campbell, Obadiah S. .1179


Canals.


310


Carl, John 1051


Carothers, John 520


Carothers, M. J. 1004


Catawissa railroad


324


Cathcart, James H.


1155


CATHOLIC CHURCHES .- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mt. Carmel, 673: St. Edward's, Sha- mokin, 630; St. Joseph's, Locust Gap, 785; St. Joseph's, Milton, 568; St. Joseph's, Mt. Carmel, 673; St. Michael's, Sudbury, 510; St. Patrick's, Trevorton, 781; St. Stanislaus Kostka, Shamokin. 634


Centre Turnpike Company 305


Chamberlin, Moses


980


Chamberlin, William 980


Chambers, Stephen


242


Chapman, Edward


499


Chapman, Seth 223


Cherry Family.


598


Chester, Holden.


907


Chillisquaque


724


Chillisquaque creek.


19


Chillisquaque Mills ..


718


· CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP .- Area and to- pography, 716; erection and subdivision, 716; pioneers, 717; industries, 718; Potts- grove, 719; Montandon, 720; Sodom, 724; Chillisquaque, 724; schools, 724; churches, 724; biographical sketches .1106


Chulasky Furnace.


716


Church of Christ, Sunbury .. 511


Church of God, Mt. Carmel


674


Citizens' Building and Loan Association, Mt.


Carmel


664


Civil War


396


Clapham, William, regiment of, 50; military


administration o


53


Clark, F. A


933


Clark, Franklin A


875


Cleaver, Kimher


600, 862


Clees. T. O.


.1137


Clement, Charles M.


831


Clement, Ira T., 814; industries at Sunbury ... 491


Clement, John K


825


Clerks to county commissioners


189


Clifford (Klofeta), John.


960


Clinger, D., 988; planing mill, Milton


562


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PAGE.


Clinger, L. O 1008


Clyde, Thomas 527


Clyde, William 527


Coal Poor district 750


COAL TOWNSHIP .- Suggestiveness of the


name, 749; organization, 749; streams and roads, 749; industries, 749; villages, 750; Coal poor district, 750; churches 751


Cohill, H. G. 989


Cold Spring Brewery 490


Cold Spring Creamery 719


Colonial Period.


17


Colt, Henry A., company of


431


Columbia Gazette.


276


Colvin, E. F., 987; foundry and machine shop,


Milton


562


Comly, Joshua W 250


Committee of Safety, abstract of proceedings, 111; constituent members. .112, 113, 115


Committee of Safety (State), members of ... .. 191


Condition of the farming interests in 1845. ..


..


340


CONGREGATIONAL, CHURCHES .- Mt. Car- mel, 672; Shamokin. 645


Constitutional Conventions, representation in 189


Cooke, Willlam, 237; regiment of. 106


Cooper, James 1223


Cooper, Thomas 219


Coroners


183


Correy, Robert W .1006


Council of Censors, representation in. 190


Council of Safety, members of. 191


County auditors.


186


County boundaries 143


County commissioners 183


County officers 179


County poor house


171


County prisons


161


County superintendents of public schools. 179


County surveyors. 188


County treasurers 186


Coup, Charles E


987


Court houses.


155


Court of common pleas 209


Court of quarter sessions. 202


Cowden, John. 526


Cox, William B. 1141


Cressinger, Jacob R 842 Crone, George F 959


Crone, Gothilf C. 1221


Crone, Herman T .1221


Curnow, Richard


.1015


Curnow, William


1015


D


Daily American (Sunbury). 283


Daily Dispatch (Shamokin) 294


Daily Herald (Shamokin). 293


Daily Times (Shamokin). 294


Dalmatia 711


Dalmatia Iron and Nail Company 712


Danville and Pottsville railroad 312


Danville Turnpike Road Company 309 Davidson, Joseph H. 963


PAGE.


Davis, H. E


855


Davis, Isaialı B., company of. 429


Davis, John


.1065


Davis, Morgan


1054


Davis, U. Q


267


Dean, William A


994


De Armond, Samuel 1078


De Armond, Thomas


1156


Deeter, W. A.


1124


De Gruchy, John P


533


Deitrich, Samuel


1050


Delaney, Jolın J.


966


Delaware Indians


.22, 42, 46, 47


Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad 327


DELAWARE TOWNSHIP .- Organization and boundaries, 752; pioneers, 752; early indus- tries, 753; borough of McEwensville, 753; Dewart, 755; churches, 759; schools, 764; cemeterles, 764; biographical sketches .. .1141


Dentler, John F.


239


Dentler, John P. 1149


Deppen, B. F


1223


Deppen, George


1235


Deppen, Joseph. 1032


Deppen, William


1223


Derby, James M


.1067


Derr, Fuller S.


1085


Deutsche Amerikaner


283


Deutsche Demokrat.


283


Development of the farming industry. 337


DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHAMOKIN COAL FIELD .- Discovery of anthracite in this re- gion, 358; first application to general uses, 359; first Shamokin coal taken to market, 360; opening of the first mines at Shamokin, Coal run, and Trevorton, 360; the Danville and Pottsville railroad, 364; pioneer coal operations, 365; the disastrous year of 1842, 367; revival of 1850, 368; Judge Helfen- stein's developments, 368; original coal breakers, 370; Marshall's letter, 371; new collieries and outlets, 372; coal shipments to Elmira in 1855, 374; other collieries started and breakers erected, 374; tonnage of this region for the years 1857 and 1889, 389; total production for the past fifty-one years. 390


Dewart.


755


Dewart Academy. 764


Dewart, Lewis. 837


Dewart, William 472, 816


Dewart, William L. 255


Dewitt, C. W.


1235


Diamondtown.


785


Dickerman, Charles H


983


Dieffenbacher, James.


1101


Dlehl, J. Ward.


1086


Dietzler, Jacob.


1012


DISTILLERIES .- Chillisquaque township, 718;


Delaware township, 753; Lower Mahanoy township, 712; Milton, 558; Northumber- land, 533, 534; Point township, 716; Rush township, 741; Shamokin township, 729; Sunbury. .. 484


District attorneys.


180


70


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HISTORY OF NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.


PAGE.


Ditzler, George M.


1104


Donnel, Charles G. 227


Donohoe, Patrick .. .1013


Dougal, Charles H., 969; company of ..


439


Dougal, James


.266, 967


Dougal, James S.


267, 968


Dougal, William P.


968


Dougherty, Charles H.


1062


Douty, Charles H.


891


Douty, John B.


605, 882


Douty, Richard B.


890


Doutyville


770


Drainage of the county.


19


Dreibelbies, Joseph, company of. 395


Dugan, Charles.


1061


Duncan, Thomas


243


Dunkel, Hiram.


1072


Dunkel, John


1124


Dunkel, Kilyan


1072


Dunkelherger, William 1232


Durham, W. A.


1092


Duttinger, John


.1201


E


Eagle Run Brewery.


619


Early county fiscal affairs. 172


Early township officers. 193


EAST SUNBURY .- Early history, 513; local in- dustries, 514; incorporation. 514


Eckert, Henry T.


849


Edison Electrle Illuminating Company of


Shamokin


627


Edison Electric Illuminating Company of


Sunbury


496


Edison Electrical Illuminating Company of Mt. Carmel. 665


Eichholtz, Jacob E 845


Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers 405


Eightieth Pennsylvania Volunteers.


422


Elster, William B


1174


Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers 402


Elliott, Samuel M 854


Elliott, William 1096


Elysburg


797


Elysburg Academy. 798


Emrick, E. M 936


Engle, Norman S. 855


Enterprise.


750


Enterprise railroad. 322


Epler, Jacob 1200


Epler, Samnel M. 1200


Epler, Valentine . 1216


Erdman, William K. 964


Eshbach, Anthony 1109


Eshbach, David. 1109


Eshbach, Isalah A


1109


Eshbach, John. 1109


EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. - Bingeman,


Lower Mahanoy, 713; Chilllisquaque town- ship, 726; Dewart, 763; Emannel, Jackson township, 748; Milton, 582; Mt. Zion, Hern- don, 748; Salem, Jackson townshlp, 748; St. John's, Little Mahanoy townshlp, 736; St.


Jolin's, Shamokin, 639; St. Luke's, Upper


Augusta township, 705; St. Paul's, Mt. Carmel, 675; Seven Points, 795; Sunbury, 511; Trautman's, Jordan townshlp, 774; Trevorton ... 782


Evans, Edwin A., company of. 431


Evans, Evan R. 245


Evening News (Sunbury). 285


Everitt, Samuel 1121


Excelsior


750


Excelsior Wagon Works, McEwensville. 754


F


Fagely, Renben


602, 860


Fagely, William. .602, 860


Fagley, Jacob 1169


Fairchild, Abram 1132


Fairchild, Solomon 1131


Farley, Michael 993


Farmers' National Bank of Watsontown,.


683


Farnsworth, William C. 831


Faulkner, James 266


Fausnaught, J. J. 997


Fausold, Jonathan 1168


Fausold, Simon P.


851


Fausold, Valentine.


1168


Faust, William B.


1033


Fetter, Jacob, 988; planing mill, Milton 565


Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers 425


Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers 414


Fifty-sixth Pennsylvanla Volunteers 420


Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers 418


Finney, Spencer L. 995


First courts and cases 202


First National Bank of Milton 557


First National Bank of Mt. Carmel. 664


First National Bank of Shamokin 624


First National Bank of Sunbury 494


Fisher, Albert S. 1198


Fisher Family 1197


Fisher, George S. 958


Fisher, John 1197


Fisher, John T.


999


Fisher's Ferry.


705


Fiske, A. R., company of.


440


Fithian, Philip V., journal of.


88


Fitzpatrick, Dennis. 1222


Floyd, H.


913


Follmer, C. F. 997


Follmer, Daniel


976


Follmer, Daniel H.


1107


Follmer Family 976


Follmer, Henry P 1107


Follmer, J. M. 976


Follmer, J. S.


1003


Follmer, Levi H.


1150


Follmer, Michael


1106


Follmer, William .1107


Foresman, William S


1131


Forsyth, J. C.


1101


Forsythı, William


.1095


FORT AUGUSTA .- First suggested, 49; expe- dition for erection of organized, 53; plan


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and location, 54; progress of construction, 55, 66; difficulty of obtaining provisions, ammunition, and pay, 57; resignation of the officers, 58; Colonel Clapham's grievances, 58; extracts and incidents from Major Burd's journal, 60; successive commanding officers, 66; the magazine, 66; Indian trad- ing house, 68; military operations in 1763, 71; numerical strength of the garrison, 73; the armament, 76; the old cannon, 77; the flag, 77; doctors and chaplains, 78; plan of the fort, 80; colonel's quarters 81




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