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tors of Daniel Follmer. Follmer had agreed to give this ground, but died without executing a deed; the conveyance referred to was made under direc- tion of the county court.
The present church edifice, a brick structure sixty by forty feet in dimen- sions, was erected in 1867 under the supervision of a building committee composed of Samuel Garnhart, Lutheran, and William Transue and Joseph Graven, Reformed. The ground upon which it stands, with adjacent land amounting to twenty-seven perches, was deeded to Samuel Huffman, trustee of the Lutheran church, and William Transue and John Work, trustees of the Reformed church, July 15, 1879, by Joseph Graven and Catherine his wife at the nominal consideration of one dollar. The basement of this build- ing is used for Sunday school purposes; the audience room above has a seat- ing capacity of four hundred. A tablet in the wall in front is inscribed with the legend "St. John's Delaware Run Union Church, April 28, 1867."
Regarding the early history of the two congregations that worship here but meager information is attainable. Originally all the services were con- ducted in German; English was first introduced in the Reformed congrega- tional worship by Reverend Gring, and in the Lutheran by Reverend Albert, and this language has now entirely superseded the old patois, not only in the formal exercise of worship, but also in ordinary social intercourse. The following is a partial list of pastors: Reformed-Reverends George Adams, Richard Kelly, Tilghman Derr, Z. A. Yearick, T. S. Land, and D. E. Schoed- ler, the present incumbent; Lutheran-Reverends Sheetz; Stoever; Albert; Thomas C. Billheimer; Keller; P. S. Mack, July 1, 1871, to July 1, 1873; S. P. Orwig, October 1, 1873, to October 1, 1878; A. K. Zimmerman, June 1, 1879, to November 1, 1881; Samuel G. Shannon, June 1, 1882, to March 1, 1885, and F. W. Staley, May 1, 1885, to May 1, 1890.
St. John's Reformed Church, McEwensville, was organized in 1842 with John Derr and Daniel Frymire as elders. It united with the Lutheran congre- gation in erecting a church building, for which the joint building committee was Solomon Truckenmiller and George Hittle, Lutherans, and John Derr and Daniel Frymire, Reformed. In 1873 this union was dissolved, when the pres- ent church edifice, a two-story brick structure at the east end of Main street, was erected under the direction of a building committee consisting of John B. Leinbach, Peter B. Schaeffer, and John Klapp. The first pastor, Rev. Henry Weigand, was installed, July 9, 1843. Among his successors have been Rev- erends G. E. Adams, Henry Mosser, J. K. Millett, and G. S. Sorber, the present incumbent. The following is a list of the elders of this church: John Derr, 1842-49; Daniel Frymire, 1842-48; David Eshbach, 1849-56; John Klapp, 1849-56; Samuel Lerch, 1856-68; John Klapp, 1866-75; Eli Schaeffer, 1868-71; P. D. Schaeffer, 1871 -; Samuel Derr, 1875 -; William S. Klapp, -1890; David Strauss, -1887; Daniel Lerch, 1887 -; Alem Mauser, 1890 -.
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Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, McEwensville, united with the Reformed congregation in the erection of a union place of worship, of which the corner-stone was laid, May 5, 1842, and the dedication occurred, October 9, 1842. In 1873 the interest of the Reformed congregation was purchased by the Lutherans, who repaired the building in 1882 at a cost of fifteen hun- dred dollars. It is a two-story brick structure, and is the present place of worship. At the time of its erection (1842) the council consisted of Solomon Truckenmiller and David Gold, elders, Henry Hartranft and George Hittle, deacons; Jacob Truckenmiller was trustee. The first pastor was Rev. C. F. Stoever; Rev. A. R. Boyer was pastor, April 1, 1846, to October 1, 1855; J. T. Williams, October 1, 1856, to 1863; A. R. Horne, a short time, beginning with the 1st of December, 1863; Rev. George Sill, a short time; E. J. Wolff, D. D., December 27, 1865, to 1869; and Reverends U. Myers, W. C. McCool, M. L Schmucker, and I. B. Crist since 1869. The Lutheran Sunday school was organized in 1873 with A. E. Gauger as superintendent.
The Evangelical Church, Dewart, was originally organized at "Stony Batter," a locality two miles northeast of Dewart, under the administration of Rev. A. H. Irvin. When Rev. George Josephs became pastor the build- ing was removed to Dewart, where it was rebuilt on the north side of Main street at the extreme eastern end of the village. It is a frame structure. Among the first members were John Beaver, Nancy Beaver, Hetty Beaver, Wilson Heiney and wife, Michael Kunes, and Elias Williams and wife. The present pastor (1890) is Rev. J. M. Trice, of White Deer, Union county, Pennsylvania.
The Dewart Union Chapel, originally projected by the Union Sunday school of Dewart, was built in 1887. It is an attractive brick building on Railroad street.
Extinct Church Organizations include the "Pines" Associate Reformed church, the Presbyterian and Methodist churches of McEwensville, and the Delaware Run Baptist church. The Associate Reformed church was organ- ized by the Rev. George Junkin, whose successors at Milton also preached here; prominent among the membership were the McGuires, Shannons, and Rynearsons. The church edifice was a frame building, and occupied a triangular lot on the farm of Mrs. Eleanor Armstrong. The McEwensville Presbyterian church was organized in 1842 with eighty-five members, for- merly connected with the Warrior Run church, to which its membership returned after disbanding. The church was a substantial brick structure, since sold and removed. The Methodist church at McEwensville, a frame building, was dedicated, December 29, 1867. An account of the Delaware Run Baptist church is given in connection with the organization of that denomination at Watsontown,
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SCHOOLS.
At the time when the public school system was adopted by Turbut town- ship (1834), there were six school houses within the present limits of Dela- ware, located, respectively, at Warrior Run church; at Watsontown; at the river (now known as Nicely's); at the Fry school house, known at an early day as Gundy's, and subsequently as "Solomon's Temple;" at Garnhart's, to which the name of Mengesville was afterward applied; and at Sinking Spring, where the school house still bears that name.
In 1852 an academy was erected at McEwensville by a stock company composed of J. F. Dentler, William Hays, J. P. Hackenberg, William Hood, R. H. McCormick, Jacob Armstrong, Andrew Guffy, and others. The first term opened in the autumn of 1852 with C. L. Rynearson as principal. Under his administration the institution flourished, and he continued in charge six years. In 1871 G. W. Armstrong, having acquired a controlling interest in the property, transferred it to the local school board; since that date the public schools of the borough have been conducted in the building six months of each year, and a private school of advanced grade the remain- ing six months. The building is a two-story brick structure.
An academy was erected at Dewart about the year 1859 under the auspices of a board of trustees composed of W. P. Datesman, Joseph G. Durham, J. D. Hayes, Robert M. Russell, and W. L. Antrim. It is a brick building two stories high with one apartment on each floor. The first teacher in the high school was Joseph Cassells, and at the outbreak of the civil war a large and flourishing school was in operation. The principal and a number of advanced scholars enlisted, resulting in a practical suspension of the school. After the war A. D. Albert conducted it successfully several years, and under his suc- cessor, J. W. Stout, it was also continued with success, but after his depart- ure, owing to the reactionary policy of the township school board, the high school has been allowed to decline. Several years since the academy associ- ation disposed of its interest, which is now the exclusive property of the township school authorities.
CEMETERIES.
Warrior Run Cemetery is the oldest in the northern part of the county. At the time when the first church was built, the one in which Mr. Fithian preached, some interments had been made in its immediate vicinity, and this locality, it has been found by subsequent excavations, was also an Indian burial ground.
The River Church Cemetery is the last resting place of many of the Ger- man families of the township through several generations.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
LEWIS TOWNSHIP.
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TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES-POLITICAL ORGANIZATION-FREELAND'S MILL-SETTLE- MENT, GROWTH, PRESENT BUSINESS INTERESTS, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE BOROUGH OF TURBUTVILLE -- CHURCHES-SCHOOLS-TURBUTVILLE CEMETERY.
L EWIS TOWNSHIP is situated in the extreme northeastern part of Northumberland county, adjoining Lycoming on the north, Montour on the east, Turbut township on the south, and Delaware on the west. It is rectangular in shape, and agreeably diversified in its geographical and topo- graphical features. The Muncy hills form the northern boundary; to the south are the sources of Delaware run and Beaver run, while still farther south Muddy run flows through the beautiful and fertile region known as Paradise. The location of the borough of Turbutville varies but slightly from the geographical center of the township; it is traversed by the Wilkes- barre and Western railroad, which affords a convenient outlet for its products and a most desirable means of communication with the outside world.
The township of Turbut embraced this region from the 9th of April, 1772, to the 15th of April, 1843, when Lewis was erected; from March 22, 1813, to February 21, 1815, it formed part of Columbia county, and its present eastern boundary was established, January 22, 1816, by act of the legislature. The first township officers were as follows: justice of the peace, Samuel Shannon; constable, Isaac Reeder; overseers of the poor: Jacob Kerchner, David Watts; judge of election, Michael B. Garman; inspectors of election: John Klopp, Samuel Russell; assessor, George A. Wykoff; super- visors: William Wilson, Robert Blain.
The township received its name in honor of Judge Ellis Lewis, president of the Eighth judicial district from 1833 to 1843, associate justice of the Supreme court of Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1854, and chief justice from 1854 until 1857.
FREELAND'S MILL.
The first mill in that part of Northumberland county north of the North Branch was built in 1773-74 by Jacob Freeland, who brought the irons from New Jersey. It stood on Warrior run, near the present site of McFar- land's.
BOROUGH OF TURBUTVILLE.
The first settlement at the present site of Turbutville was made by Philip
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Reifsnyder, a blacksmith, who built a house near the corner of Main and Paradise streets. Here he also started the first hotel of the place, not long after the opening of his shop. A second hotel was soon afterward opened by a Mrs. McCarty, and a third by Samuel Burrows. The first merchants were Jacob Maurer, Burrows & Bryson, a Mr. Baily, and E. L. Piper.
The greater part of the site of the borough was once owned by Jacob Sechler, from whom a Mr. Moyer purchased twenty acres, now the main part of the town. At a contemporary period that part of the town site south of Main street and west of Paradise was owned by Peter Stahl, and that part east of Paradise street was the property of Samuel Burrows. After chang- ing hands several times the land on Church street and on Main west of Church came into the possession of Dr. Tobias Piper, by whom it was divided into lots about the year 1850. Moyer's land ultimately passed to Rev. J. P. Hudson, by whom it was subdivided; A. B. Artman subsequently became the owner of Stahl's land.
The village was first called Snydertown, in honor of Reifsnyder, the first settler. There is also a town of that name in the southern part of the county; owing to the inconvenience thus occasioned a change was wisely made, and, being the principal village in Turbut township, the name of Tur- butville was appropriately selected.
Local manufacturing has never been extensive. A tannery was once in operation at the site of H. A. Reynolds's chopping mill; it was established by George Christman and successively operated by John and Solomon Brobst, Julius and Harmon Hertwig, and George P. Kamp. Among those who have conducted carriage, wagon, or repair shops in the past or present have been Henry Bitner, Christian Griner, J. A. Henion, Adam Strouss, David Strouss, B. F. Boyer, and A. D. Griner. There are two chopping mills, both on Main street; M. S. Bond and H. A. Reynolds are the respect- ive proprietors. The Keystone Pad Factory, of which Dr. E. H. Horner, Dr. Fuller Derr, and William H. Gibson are the owners, is situated at the railroad depot.
By the census of 1890 Turbutville had a population of four hundred forty-one. It has public schools, four churches, six general stores, two furni- ture stores, two hotels, one drug store, one hardware store, one shoe store, one millinery store, one stove and tinware store, one merchant tailoring establishment, etc. It is connected with Watsontown by rail, and is the commercial metropolis of Lewis township.
Secret Societies .- The charter of Warrior Run Lodge, No. 645, I. O. O. F., was granted on the 28th of August, 1868; that of Washington Camp, No. 315, P. O. S. of A., April 23, 1888.
Municipal Government .- A petition from the inhabitants of Turbutville for incorporation as a borough was presented to the county court of quarter sessions at April term, 1858, and favorably considered by the grand jury.
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Remonstrances having been filed at the following August term, Andrew J. Guffy was appointed as commissioner to take depositions in the matter; his report was considered at November sessions, 1858, and on the 3d of Jan- uary, 1859, a decree of court was granted for the incorporation of the borough. The first election oocurred in the following February, resulting as follows: burgess, S. A. Savidge; council: George Christman, James D. Barr, Anderson Denius, A. T. Bisel, Jacob Giltner, Jacob Stahl; high constable, James H. Pollock; overseer of the poor, M. Reader; town clerk, William B. Schuyler; supervisor, William Herring; judge of elections, Frederick Fox; inspectors: William Bortz, Josiah Nagle.
The following is a list of burgesses since the incorporation of the borough: 1859-61, S. A. Savidge; 1862, Amos T. Bisel; 1863, S. A. Savidge; 1864, Henry F. Faber; 1865, S. A. Savidge; 1866, Thomas Barr; 1867-69, S. A. Savidge; 1870-71, John Hoof; 1872, John Derr; 1873, David Fowler; 1874, Nathan Wetzel; 1875, B. F. Boyer; 1876, George P. Kamp; 1877, E. H. Horner; 1878, L. Garman; 1879, George W. Smith; 1880, Edward Wetzel; 1881, Peter Wagner; 1882, H. H. Wetzel; 1883, Edward Wetzel; 1884, D. W. Denius; 1885, B. F. Boyer; 1886-87, David Fowler; 1888-90, John E. Krumm; 1891, David Fowler.
CHURCHES.
The first church edifice at Turbutville was a log structure situated a short distance north of St. James's Lutheran church and on the same side of the public road. The site was embraced in an acre of ground, donated for church and burial purposes about the year 1805 by Jacob Sechler, father of Rev. Jacob Sechler, a Reformed clergyman. This building was jointly occupied by the Reformed and Lutheran congregations until its destruction by fire in the autumn of 1855.
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church numbered among its early member- ship the families of Truckenmiller, Wertman, Ritter, Robenold, Ruch, Hart- ranft, Shade, Martz, Smith, Angst, Schuck, Raup, Myer, Fox, Menges, and others, and worshiped in the union church for many years. At a congrega- tional meeting held on the 18th of August, 1854, it was decided, without a dissenting vote, to erect a new Lutheran church, the construction of which was accordingly begun. George P. Kamp, Jacob Hunsicker, and Samuel Menges, Sr., composed the building committee. The completed edifice was dedicated on the 26th of March, 1857, and the first communion therein was held on the 27th of May following. Rev. C. Stoever was pastor in 1845; S. R. Boyer, from April 1, 1846, to 1859; Jacob Albert, 1859-67; J. F. Wam- pole, October 6, 1867, to 1876, and A. P. Pflueger, the present incumbent, since 1876. This church is connected with the General Council.
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized with a member- ship formerly connected with Zion church. The place of worship is a sub-
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stantial brick structure directly west of Trinity Reformed church and in the immediate vicinity of the old union church. Reverends John J. Rei- mensnyder, John Williams, A. R. Horne, D. D., E. J. Wolff, D. D., Augustus Babb, George Sill, U. Myers, W. C. McCool, Martin L. Schmucker, and I. B. Crist, present incumbent, have served as pastors of this church.
Trinity Reformed Church is one of the oldest religious organizations of this denomination in Northumberland county, and worshiped in the old union church until it was destroyed by fire. The present church edifice, a substantial brick structure, was erected in 1856 under the supervision of a building committee composed of Samuel Muffly, B. H. Dreisbach, Daniel Keller, Cyrenius Bomboy, and William Levan. Reverends Daniel Gring, George Wolf, C. A. Rittenhouse, George E. Adams, D. W. Kelley, Tilghman Derr, Z. A. Yearick, Thomas S. Land, and D. E. Schoedler, present incum- bent, have served as pastors since the erection of the present church building.
The Baptist Church was originally organized at Derry, Montour county, some years ago with the Dye, De Mott, Savidge, and Derr families promi- nent among its early membership. The place of worship was removed in 1868 to Turbutville, where the present church building on Broadway, a brick structure forty-five by seventy feet in dimensions, was erected; John Schuyler, Lewis Schuyler, and William Savidge were the trustees at that time, and the building committee was composed of John Schuyler, Lewis Schuyler, William Shires, William Savidge, Thomas N. Derr, George W. Derr, and G. B. Runyan, Since the removal of the church to Turbutville its pastors have been Reverends H. C. Monroe, J. M. Hare, and L. C. Davis.
SCHOOLS.
In the "Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for 1877" John F. Wolfinger states that "in 1802 the Rev. John Bryson, a Presbyterian divine, opened a select and classical school for the study of Greek and Latin languages, etc., in his own dwelling house about a mile north of Turbut- ville," continuing it until 1806 or 1807. The number of his students is given as twenty-five, some of whom afterward distinguished themselves as preachers, teachers, physicians, lawyers, etc.
The erection of a one-story brick school building at Turbutville was begun in 1850 by the township school board, but before its completion a proposition was accepted from Jacob Giltner by which he added a second story as a lodge room. The entire building eventually came into possession of the school board; it was used for school purposes until 1889, when the present two-story building containing four rooms was completed under the administration of the following directors: George Smith, Moses Bond, Ben- jamin Boyer, E. C. Troxell, Jasper De Mott, and A. P. Pflueger. The old building was purchased by the P. O. S. of A.
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Lewis township sustains eleven schools, and an equal number of school houses are situated at proportional distances throughout its territory.
TURBUTVILLE CEMETERY.
Turbutville cemetery comprises six acres, which were purchased in 1866 by Samuel Leinbach and Benjamin H. Barto and transferred to an incorpor- ated body of which the first trustees, elected on the 13th of October, 1866, were Stephen Glaze, Emanuel Artman, Henry Raup, Daniel Keller, William Levan, P. L. Dieffenbacher, George P. Kamp, Peter Menges, Sr., and Reu- ben Beiber. The articles of incorporation were granted on the 15th of January, 1867. The grounds were surveyed by Thomas Barr. Isaac Boyer has been sexton since the grounds were laid out.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CAMERON TOWNSHIP.
EXTENT-ORGANIZATION-DRAINAGE-VILLAGES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT-SCHOOLS -CHURCHES.
C JAMERON township extends from Little Mahanoy to the line of Schuyl- kill county, two thirds of the distance across the county at this point. It comprises the long and narrow valley of Mahanoy creek; Line mountain, the original northern boundary of Mahanoy township, separates it from Washington and Upper Mahanoy, while an equally well defined mountain barrier forms the geographical limit on the north, with Zerbe, Coal, and Mt. Carmel townships adjoining in that direction. From the original division of the county into townships in 1772 until the formation of Catawissa in 1785, the whole of its territory was in Augusta township, but by the erection of Catawissa much the larger part was transferred thereto. This portion passed to Shamokin township upon the division of Catawissa in 1788; in 1813 Little Mahanoy was formed from Augusta and Shamokin, and in November, 1837, Coal was erected, the present area of Cameron being successively trans- ferred to each. Its separate organization was effected by act of the leg- islature, February 10, 1851. The first township officers were Solomon B. Boyer and Solomon Dunkelberger, justices of the peace; John Hine, constable; Henry Klock and John Derr, overseers of the poor; Gideon Derk and Peter Weikel, supervisors; John Haupt, clerk; Daniel Kramer, judge; John H. Kramer, Daniel Haupt, inspectors; Jacob Wagner, assessor; John Gottshall, John Boyer, and Jacob Haupt, auditors, and Gideon Kramer, treasurer.
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Mahanoy creek flows through the township from east to west, and drains the whole of its area. The principal highways extend in a direction parallel with the general course of the creek, one upon its banks and the other at the base of the mountain on the north; they are united by lateral roads at various points.
VILLAGES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT.
Helfenstein is situated in the southeastern part of the township, on the boundary of Schuylkill county. The town was laid out in 1868 by William L. and Charles P. Helfenstein, with P. W. Sheafer as surveyor. The plat consisted of North, Shamokin, High, Main, Mahanoy, and Water streets, ex- tending from east to west, crossed by streets numbered from First to Fifth inclusive extending from north to south. Two collieries were opened, one by Guiterman, Beddall & Robertson, and the other by the Helfensteins. The coal trade was carried on successfully, and the town prospered for some years; but mining operations were suspended after the coal measures above water level had been exhausted, and it is now a place of about three hundred inhabitants. The population is principally employed in the collieries at Locust Gap.
Gowen City is situated in the eastern part of the township at the place where the road leading from Shamokin to Mahantango is crossed by that leading from Helfenstein and Minersville to Trevorton and the Susquehanna. The town, as evidenced by a map published in Philadelphia, was elaborately laid out in 1870 with reservations for various churches and schools; the loca- tion of a hotel at the intersection of the roads and the corner of Market and Fifth streets is indicated. But few lots were sold, however, and at the sus- pension of the mines at Helfenstein the enterprise was abandoned entirely.
Doutyville is a small village midway between Gowen City and Helfen- stein. At one time during its existence it reached a population of eight hundred, but has been almost abandoned since the closing of the mines. A Methodist church is perhaps the most important feature of the village at present.
SCHOOLS.
The public school system was adopted in Coal township (then embracing Cameron) in 1838; the Mahanoy valley, however, was practically unanimous in opposition to it, and the votes in its favor came almost entirely from the embryo village of Shamokin. In the first school board the valley was repre- sented by George Long and David Billman; and upon the present territory of Cameron one school building was erected-a small frame building costing ninety-four dollars, eighty-seven cents. The first teacher there employed was John Fidler, who taught until his salary reached the sum of eighteen dollars, when he was superseded by William Stizes, whose stay was also of
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brief duration. Unfortunately, the practical application of the system did not add to its popularity, and in 1840, by act of the legislature, Coal township was divided into two districts, known as North and South Coal, respectively, the latter embracing the present limits of Cameron. The con- tinuance of the system in South Coal was submitted to the people at the first election thereafter, and promptly defeated by an overwhelming vote. Thus ended the first effort to establish public schools in Cameron. Nearly thirty years elapsed before a second and successful attempt was made.
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