History of Perry County, Pennsylvania, including descriptions of Indians and pioneer life from the time of earliest settlement, sketches of its noted men and women and many professional men, Part 123

Author: Hain, Harry Harrison, 1873- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1922
Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa., Hain-Moore company
Number of Pages: 1102


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Lutheran Church. The Watts Township congregation of Lutherans probably dates back to the old Half-Falls Gap Church, described in "the Earliest Churches." From there the members of the faith went to the Union Church, which stood on the site of the Lutheran Church. In 1860 they erected a new church, which was in use until 1865, when the mem- bership had so dwindled that the field was abandoned by the Lutherans. In the list of ministers we find Mathias Guntzel, 1789-96; John Herbst, 1796-1801; Conrad Walter, 1804-09; John William Heim, 1814-30. In 1833 the Liverpool pastorate was formed, and it was connected with that pastorate, having as ministers :


1833-42-Rev. Charles G. Erlenmeyer. 1843-47-Vacant.


1842-43-Rev. Andrew Berg (6 mos.).


In 1847 this church seems to have been dropped from the Liverpool Cir- cuit, as the newly called pastor did not preach here, nor did any of his successors of that charge. In the meantime, while the Liverpool pastorate was vacant, according to Rev. Focht's "Churches Between the Mountains," Rev. Lloyd Knight, who took charge of the Duncannon pastorate on Octo- ber 1, 1845, also served New Buffalo, as this church was known by reason of its location not far from that town. Rev. Knight served until 1849. Rev. Jacob Martin succeeded him in July, 1849, and the following year the Duncannon charge was regularly formed at a convention held at New Bloomfield, and New Buffalo made an integral part. Rev. Martin remained one year, and in November, 1850, Rev. John P. Heister became the pastor, but according to the "Churches Between the Mountains," at New Buffalo "he preached seldom, if any at all." He remained until November, 1853. From June, 1854, to May, 1858, Rev. George A. Nixdorff was pastor of the Duncannon charge, and again preached at New Buffalo, but at first only occasionally. August 27, 1858, Rev. Wm. H. Diven became pastor, and in May, 1859, at Synod held at Mifflinburg, Union County, reported four con- gregations, and New Buffalo as a "preaching station." When Rev. Focht's book was issued, June I, 1862, Rev. Diven was still in charge of the Dun- cannon pastorate, but concluded his services that year. Records are un- available, but local tradition tells of the discontinuance of services there by both the Lutherans and Presbyterians about 1870, when the United Brethren organized and used the church until their own was built in 1876. The last board of trustees of this old church werc N. C. Heyd, Joseph Hammaker and J. W. Ulsh, Sr. The church had long been idle, until about 1895, when Rev. J. M. Axe held services there for a period covering six months, preaching every fourth week, in the afternoon. As the con- gregations had disintegrated by death, removals and lack of a shepherd, the old church gradually became a victim of the ravages of time. Occa- sionally funerals were held within its walls, however. During the winter of 1916-17 heavy snows crushed in the roof, and it was torn down and removed by the Cemetery Association. In this church Rev. Harry N. Bassler, a noted minister of the Reformed Church, preached his first ser- mon, when but twenty years of age.


The Hill U. B. Church. The United Brethren people began holding services in Watts Township about 1870, as the other denominations seemed to be letting the field take care of itself. Their meetings were held in the Lutheran Church until 1876. On January 9, 1875, Isaac Huggins deeded the grounds for a church, to Isaac Motter, James Wright, Wmn. Fenicle and Leonard Jones, trustees of the U. B. congregation, and during 1875-76 the church was erected. It was a part of the Duncannon Circuit from 1870 to 1874. It was then attached to the Liverpool Circuit, where the names of the later ministers may be found. The pastors while under the Duncannon Circuit were Rev. G. W. Lightner and Rev. J. W. Hutchison.


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In 1874 the latter held a revival and had over a hundred converts, adding ninety members to the church. J. I .. Huggins and Alfred Jury were long among those who helped sustain this congregation as a working body.


New Buffalo Presbyterian Church. During the pastorate of Rev. Na- thaniel Snowden, at Millerstown Presbyterian Church, he also organized churches at Liverpool and (at the Hill) near New Buffalo, the period be- ing between 1818 and 1820. After his leaving, in 1820, the Liverpool and Buffalo churches were without a pastor until 1828, when Rev. James F. Irvine was installed as their pastor. During the next year that part of Perry County lying between the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers was taken from the Huntingdon Presbytery and placed in the Carlisle Presbytery. In 1830, Rev. Irvine sought his release through Presbytery, as there were so many removals that he deemed the remainder unable to pay his salary. A committee visited both the New Buffalo and Liverpool fields and found but eight responsible people left to pay the salary. It was during the period when the Scotch-Irish were emigrating, and the newcomers were mostly Germans. And thus passed two early congregations. The New Buffalo Church, as it was known in Presbyterian circles, used the old Union church, the same building that the Lutherans occupied, its location being in Watts Township, a mile west of New Buffalo, at Hill cemetery.


WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP.


Between 1793, when Juniata Township was erected from territory taken from Rye Township, and 1826, when Wheatfield Township was formed from territory also taken from it, there were various efforts made in the courts of both Cumberland and Perry Counties to divide the township by the creation of another, for the territory was yet a part of Cumberland for the first twenty-seven of these thirty-three years. After Juniata Town- ship's erection, Rye embraced the territory bounded by Mahanoy Ridge on the north, the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers on the east, Cumberland County on the south, and Tyrone Township on the west.


In 1824, at the May sessions of the Perry County courts, a petition was presented asking the erection of a new township. The court appointed Meredith Darlington, Jacob Stroop and William Wilson as viewers. What happened in the interim to delay the matter is not clear, but the order of the court granting the petition is dated January 5, 1826-over two years later. The township was named "Wheatfield," which tradition attributes to the fact that during one of the trips of the viewers over it the entire township's lands were fields of waving grain. At that time it embraced all of Penn Township and parts of Miller, Centre and Carroll. A small strip was later added to Wheatfield, being taken from Rye, it being located between Sherman's Creek and the crest of Pine Hill. Wheatfield is a long, narrow township, except at its western end, where it has a breadth of eight miles.


Wheatfield is bounded on the north by Centre and Miller, on the east by the Juniata River and Penn Township, on the south by Penn and Rye, and on the west by Carroll and Centre. At the north Losh's Run is the bound- ary. It is also drained by Little Juniata and Sherman's Creeks. It had 298 taxables at the time of its erection.


The original frontage on the Juniata of the township as it now exists was comprised in two warrants, one of 331 acres being granted to Fred- erick Watts, a native of Wales, whose history is covered in our chapter relating to the Revolutionary War and by a sketch. The warrant is dated June 4, 1762. He died in 1795, and his remains and that of his wife were interred in a burial ground on the farm. They had seven children, a daughter, Elizabeth, being married to a son of Marcus Hulings. The farm


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recently owned by the heirs of Noah Hertzler was comprised in the Watts holdings. The other tract also extended into Miller Township, and was for 199 acres, and was warranted by John Smith in 1788. It was later owned by Dr. J. P. Singer.


In 1766, William Baskins warranted 238 acres on Little Juniata Creek, above King's mill. The old Montebello furnace was built on it, and ad- joining tracts were purchased by the owners. Eve Baker warranted 133 acres of land in 1767, which shortly passed to Levi Owen, the progenitor of the many families of that name within the county, and many located elsewhere. Owen, in 1791, warranted the adjoining 150 acres. He later purchased other lands and was a large landowner. The Owen family has been prominent in the civil affairs of the county since its erection.


Arnold VanFossen warranted 123 acres in 1766. A pioneer United Brethren pastor, Rev. John Snyder, warranted 189 acres below the Owen and VanFossen claims, in 1828, but an improvement had been made there as early as 1800. He died in 1845. What later became the Daniel Born- man farm, was comprised in a warrant for 180 acres, granted in 1767, to Robert Ramsey, but later surveyed to Alexander Shortess. Below, in what is known as "dark hollow," 228 acres were warranted in 1793, by John Mc- Bride. East of this tract, William Bothwell, in 1811, warranted 450 acres, which was later increased to 500. In 1815, John Light warranted 231 acres, which afterwards was known as the Samuel Mckenzie tract. On Sher- man's Creek, embracing "The Loop," and in both Penn and Wheatfield Townships, Benjamin Abram warranted 207 acres in 1766. Fio Forge was later located on a part of this tract, purchased by Israel Downing and James B. Davis, in 1827. Where Dellville is located, was included in the warrant of George Moser. George Mills warranted a tract above Dellville, and Samuel Graham one along Sherman's Creek. Andrew Boyd warranted lands in 1767, but they were patented to Matthew Henderson, in 1787. The greater portion of this tract lies in Carroll Township. John Stewart, an early setttler and a Revolutionary soldier, came in from Carlisle prior to 1800, and Samuel Potter and Andrew Pennell settled in the eastern end of the township soon after 1820. Descendants of these three families have been prominent in that section of the county ever since.


As early as 1773, Alexander Power, a schoolmaster who came from Philadelphia, was in possession of a large tract of land. His lands lay in the vicinity of the road leading from Weaver's Station, on the Susque- hanna River & Western Railway, to Centre schoolhouse. John, George and Jacob Clay later resided in this vicinity.


Before 1800 Christian Ensminger was in possession of over 500 acres of land in Rye, but some of which extended into Wheatfield. His son David settled in Wheatfield and was one of its substantial citizens. Alexander Shortess, in 1815, took up 186 acres, and made many purchases of lands in addition.


Montebello furnace was located on Little Juniata Creek, on a tract of land warranted in 1766, to William Baskins, its history appearing under the chapter devoted to "Old Landmarks, Mills and Industries." Fio forge's history appears at the same place. Jacob Seidel, of Fishing Creek, pur- chased property on Sherman's Creek, and dismantled his mill in Rye Town- ship, and shortly after 1820 erected a mill from the same lumber at the location known to this day as Dugan's. About 1850 he sold it to a man named Shapley, who five years later sold it to Dugan & Zorger. The latter firm tore down the old mill, in 1856, and erected the present mill. Then Adam H. Zorger and Emanuel Dugan operated it until the death of Mr. Zorger, when, in 1895, Mr. Dugan purchased the other interest. After


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Mr. Dugan's death, in 1896, James A. Shearer purchased it and still is in possession.


Farther up the stream, where Dellville is located, on the George Moser tract of 102 acres, Christian Smith and Isaac Kirkpatrick purchased a small tract, and in 1841 erected a gristmill, which they operated until 1853, when Smith sold his interest to Daniel Ristine. The other interest passed to John Souder. In 1856, Mr. Ristine sold his interest to Eli Young, and it came to be known as Young's mill to that generation. The other interest also came into the possession of Mr. Young in 1878, and after his death, it was conveyed to Amos N. Hunsecker, in 1894. In 1911 he sold to Roy Rice, the present owner.


Griffeth Owen, a native of Wales, who came to America about the same time as William Penn, was the grandfather of Levi Owen, who settled on a large tract of land between New Bloomfield and Duncannon, about 1770. The story that he helped convey the Indians over the Allegheny Mountains when they moved farther west, of course, is fiction, as the Indians were not in the habit of being "conveyed."


The post office at Dellville was established in 1860, with Eli Young as postmaster. The first store at Dellville was opened in 1855, by Adam Bil- low, who has had many successors.


The greater part of the land between Pine Hill and Sherman's Creek was patented to Samuel Funk, in 1805. He soon sold 106 acres to John Minich, who sold it to Adam Fultz, in 1809. In 1812, it passed to Peter Billow, who died in 1829, George Billow then coming into possession. Prior to 1820 there was a tavern and distillery on the place. The tavern was a well-known stopping place, and after the erection of the county, in 1820, for many years the name of George Billow appears as the proprietor. The place was locally known as "Billow's Fording" until 1836, when a bridge, the length of which was 160 feet, was erected at a cost of $2,000. It was proposed to locate a town there as late as 1843, when Joseph Mar- shall advertised lots for a town "on the north bank of Sherman's Creek, at Billow's Inn, Wheatfield Township." On February 22, 1854, it was ad- vertised for sale by R. E. Shepley, then the owner. It no longer exists.


One of the longest continuous records of holding a public office in Perry County was that of Joseph Lepperd, father of John R. Lepperd, merchant at Roseglen, who was a justice of the peace for ten terms, covering forty- eight years.


In Wheatfield Township resided Gen. Frederick Watts, one of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Colony of Pennsylvania, which was the govern- ing body during those year between the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the American Union. In 1813, Gen. Henry Miller, a Revolutionary hero, also located in this township. He became prothono- tary of Perry County at the first election in 1821, and died in Carlisle, April 5, 1824, in his ninety-fifth year.


There are not many business places within the township. The mercantile appraiser names Roy E. Rice, flour and feed; J. R. Lepperd, and Philip People, general stores, and J. N. Crouse, grocery store. Mrs. Maria Price had once kept a small store at Roseglen, where Mr. Lepperd started in 1907, succeeding H. D. Banks, who built the building and opened the busi- ness in 1901. Mr. Crouse's location is near Losh's Run Station, at the Wheatfield-Miller line and the Juniata River. He has long been located there, and is postmaster at I,ogania.


On the lands of Levi Owen a schoolhouse was built about 1810, where sessions were held until about 1820, when a log schoolhouse was built near Snyder's Church. It was in use until 1848, when the schoolhouse on


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the Wallace farm was moved nearer and its usefulness was a thing of the past. Wheatfield accepted the common school act in 1835, and received $148.20 appropriation from the state. In November, 1835, the school direc- tors met at the Clay schoolhouse to examine the teachers. This house stood near the present location of the Roseglen store, on the New Bloom- field-Duncannon road, and was abandoned long ago. The Potter (110w Pennell's) schoolhouse was in use before the free school law came into existence.


Near Aqueduct Station is a notable summer colony composed principally of Harrisburg business men, whose cottages line the banks of the Juniata for almost a half-mile.


A Methodist church once stood on the top of the hill, west of Fio forge, not far from Sherman's Creek, on the Carlisle road, west of the present residence of Henry Grubb (then August Mckenzie's place). A. S. Hays, a Duncannon merchant, now eighty-two years of age, attended meetings there when a boy, and distinctly recollects it. The graveyard is located close by the buildings of the Sausaman farm. It was built in 1840, and in use until 1875. It was served by Reverends Jordan, Holmes, Wright, Swengler, Hamilton, Thompson and White. The U. B. congregation used it a few years after 1875.


Snyder's U. B. Church. Snyder's Church, that historic old structure located along the Duncannon-Bloomfield road, is one of the churches of distinction within the county limits. It was built as a Union church, in 1814, in conjunction with the Methodists, who soon dropped out and left it to the United Brethren alone. It was the first church of that faith to be located north and west of the Kittatinny Mountain and west of the Susque- hanna River. In other words, it is the oldest United Brethren church in the Juniata Valley, and in all that part of the country lying to its west. Prior to 1846 this church was included as a part of the Carlisle Circuit, of Cumberland County. At that time the Shermansdale charge was formed by the churches at Young's, near Shermansdale, and Snyder's. Rev. John (Schneider) Snyder, the first pastor, from whom it took its name, war- ranted a tract of 129 acres of land below the Owen and VanFossen war- rants, on April 12, 1828, and it is described as "on which an improvement had been made before 1800." Rev. Snyder's successor was William Sholty. Rev. Snyder died in 1845, and sleeps in the burial ground adjoining the church. The church was remodeled and rebuilt in 1904. The list of pas- tors appears under the Carroll Township chapter, in connection with Young's United Brethren Church.


St. David's Lutheran Church. Located near the site of old Fio forge, about five miles southwest of Duncannon, was St. David's Church, which was dedicated in November, 1845. The Lutheran people residing in this neighborhood originally belonged to Mt. Zion and Mt. Pisgah churches, in Carroll Township, and to Christ's, at Duncannon. The long distances from their homes to these churches impelled them to make an effort to have a church nearer home. Rev. L. T. Williams preached in the Fio forge schoolhouses in 1845, and a church was erected at once by members of the Lutheran and Reformed faiths. While the church was built in 1845, the Lutherans did not organize the St. David congregation until June 20, 1846, when it was organized with a membership of twenty-seven. Rev. Lloyd Knight, the New Bloomfield pastor, began holding regular services every four weeks, he being the first pastor. He served until June, 1849, when he was succeeded by Rev. Jacob Martin, who preached every three weeks. In February, 1850, this congregation and others united to form the Peters- burg (Duncanon) charge, whose pastors have since served it. See chapter on Duncannon Borough.


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St. David's Reformed Church. The Reformed congregation at St. David's was organized between 1843 and 1845, but preaching had been conducted there before that time, in the schoolhouses and at irregular in- tervals. It was organized by Rev. Jacob Scholl. From its beginning the pastors of the New Bloomfield charge had charge of the services until April, 1867, the close of Rev. Kelley's ministry. (See Bloomfield chapter.) From then until the early part of 1868 they were without a pastor, and from that time were made a part of the newly formed Marysville-Dun- cannon Reformed charge, the pastors having since been the same, the list of ministers appearing in the chapter relating to Marysville.


This church was first known as Billow's Church. It was a well built frame structure, 30x40 feet in size.


Pennell's Church. During 1845 Andrew Pennell donated a plot at the corner of his farm, in Wheatfield Township, for the purpose of erecting a Methodist church. The present stone church was erected on this site, the building committee being Robert Jones, George Bruner and Andrew Pen- nell. Since then this pulpit has been supplied by the Duncannon Methodist pastors at intervals. The church is the property of the Duncannon con- gregation.


INDEX


PAGE


Academies


335


Act creating the County of Perry


205


Agriculture in Perry County ..


862


Anti-Abolition Feeling in Perry County


539


Bailey, Joseph, Member of Congress


727


Bald Eagle Island


135 519


Banks and Corporations


488 282


Beaver, James A., Governor of Pennsylvania


654 459


Bench and Bar


Bernheisel, Dr. John M., Delegate to Congress


Bernheisel, Luther M., Noted Builder


Bigler, John, Governor of California


Bigler, William, Governor of Pennsylvania


636 779 731


Bixler, Harris J., Member of Congress


Blain Borough


927


Blaine, General Ephraim, Revolutionary Patriot


Blaine Family, The Noted


Blaine, James G., Great American Statesman


Blood of the Pioneer 858


Bloomfield Borough


914


Boroughs, Townships and Villages


91 I


Boundaries


15


Box Huckleberry


3I


Bretz, Carlton Lewis, Noted Railroad Man


713


Bridges and Toll Roads Long Free


883 157


Buffalo Township


932 784 780 407


Captain Jack, Exploits of


95


Carroll Township


938


Carson Long Institute


34I


Centre Township 945


Churches, The Earliest


280


Civil War, The


543


County Soldiers in the Union Armies


5,56


Confederate Vice-President son of a Perry Countian


554


Famous Ride Down Sherman's Valley


550-551


Governor of Kentucky son of Perry County parents


545


Secession Edict Written by a Perry Countian 544


Clark's Ferry Bridge, The 132


County Home, The 359


County Seat, Fight for the


221


1084


732 705 644


Billow, David


628 625 630


Buffalo, Passing of the


Calhoun, Rev. John Dill


Calhoun, Wm. F.


Canals, Coming of the


Baltimore, Early Trade with


Beatty, Rev. Charles, The First Missionary


INDEX


1085 PAGE


County Seat, Efforts to change


Creigh, Rev. Thomas, D.D. .


759


Croghan, George


Cummins, Hugh Hart


750


Doro, Marie, Celebrated Dramatic Star


708 782 772


Dromgold, Walker A.


949


Duncan's Island


Early Maps


Early Years-A Comparison


497


Editors. Biographical Sketches of Prominent


483


Ehrhart, William Nelson


745


Election Districts, Old 193


760


Emig, Lelia Dromgold


770 30


Ferries, Early Perry County


374-394


First Free School West of the Susquehanna


317


First School in State Opened Under Free School Act


318


Flickinger Family


740


Flickinger, Henry W., Expert Penman


768


Flickinger, Prof. Junius R.


737


Floods and High Waters


387


Focht, Benjamin K., Member of Congress


729


Forest, The Tuscarora


Forts in and Near County


870 98 766


Fry, Sheridan E.


Fulling Mills


Gantt, Daniel, Chief Justice of Nebraska


Garland, Rev. D. Frank, D.D.


Gibson, General George


Gibson, John Bannister, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania


104


Gold, The Rush for 532 962


Greenwood Township


Gristmills, Old


247


Haldeman's Island 118-131


Hall of Fame, Representatives in


Harding, Warren G., President of the U. S., a descendant 600


Hart, Rev. B. H. 787


Hench & Dromgold 772


772


High Rivers and Floods


387 20


Historical Society


001


Howe Township


965


Ickesburg


Indian History


1052 37 64


Albany Treaty, The


228


141


Douglas Family, The


Duncannon Borough


I18


159


Elliot, Rev. David, D.D.


Features of Distinction


Froehlich, Anna


751 264 677 762 700 666


Girty, Simon, The Renegade


Hench, S. Nevin


Hill Ranges Within the County


1086


INDEX


PAGE


Attacks on Fort Robinson


78


Baskins Family Abducted


81


Battle of Peters' Mountain 82


Capture and Release of Frederick Stump


92


County Citizens Recipients of Charity


00 84


Devastating Indian Warfare


Earliest Records of Occupancy


37 48


French and Indian War


Indian Villages


Inhabitants, Description of the


43


Intruding Settlers Evicted


Massacres on County Soil


Missionary to the Indians


Murder of an Early Trader


Pioneer Runners


Treaty of Peace


Iron Industry, Early


Irvin, Elihu C., Noted Insurance President


Jackson Township


Juniata River


Juniata Township


Kerr, Mina, College Dean


Kistler, Rev. John and Catharine McCoy


Kemp, Col. Geo. E.


Landisburg Borough


Landisburg, The First County Seat


Landmarks, Mills and Industries, Old


Law and Order, County Reputation for


Legislation, Special, Pertaining to Perry County


Lewis the Robber


Linn, Rev. James


Linn, Rev. John


Liquor Question, The


Liverpool Borough


Liverpool Township


Long, Chester I., United States Senator from Kansas


Long, Theodore K.


Loudon, Archibald, Early Historian


Lupfer, Edgar Newton, Noted Manufacturer


McCartney, James


McClure, Col. A. K., Noted Editor


McClure, Jos. M.


McGinnes, L. E.


Madison Township


991 882


Many Viewpoints, Perry County from


1000


Marshall, Thomas Riley, Ex-Vice-President U. S., a Descendant


611


Meminger. Rev. James W. 786


Mexican War, Perry County in the 530


Militia Companies


516


57 71 123 49


84 270 706 968 379 97 1 718


755 776 976 202


247 882


460 196 758 735 443 982 989 632 747 733 774 781 700 782 74I


Márysville Borough


66 44


Five Nations, The


1


INDEX


1087


PAGE


Milligan, Rev. John Linn


757


Miller, Jesse, Noted Early Citizen


726 649


Miller Township


1007


Millerstown Borough


1010


Miller, William H., Member of Congress


728


Montour, Andrew, First Authorized Settler


143 18


Mountains


Mountain Gaps


24-27


Naming of the County


215


New Bloomfield


221,014


New Bloomfield Academy


341


New Buffalo Borough


1021


New Germantown


1065


Newport Borough


1023


Noted Men and Descendants


6:04


Noted and Professional Men-an Alphabetical List


708 1037


Orris, Prof. Stanhope


765


Packet Boats


Peale, Rev. and Mrs. John Rogers


Penn Township


201


Perry County Societies Abroad


903


Petition for New County


203 15


Physical Features


904


Pioneers, Coming of the


148


Pioneer Life


153


Political Trend, The


522


Population


893


Post Offices, Early


370 362 33


Press, The Public


473


Province and Mother Cumberland, The


182


Public Institutions


335


Pennsylvania Railroad, Building of the


421


Central Route Proposed by Perry Countian


425


Over Half of First Twenty Miles in Perry County


421


River and Canal Transportation


401


Railroads, Projected and Others


431


Revolutionary War, Perry County Territory in


161


Native Led Captive Cornwallis Army to York, Penna.


169


Soldiers of the Patriot Army from Perry Territory


166-173


Toboyne Township's Ephraim Blaine Helped Finance


629


Rural Mail Routes 372


Rye Township 1044


Saville Township


1048


Reifsnyder, Dr. Elizabeth


716


Rivers, Streams and Old Ferries


374


Postrider and Stagecoach


Prehistoric Fish


413 753 1041


Oliver Township


Perry County Established


Picturesque Perry


Miller, Stephen, Governor of Minnesota


1088


INDEX


PAGE


Sawmills


26.4


Schools, Past and Present


309


Scotch-Irish, The


149


Sectional War, The


543


Sherman's Creek


384


Size of County in Comparison


15-17


Slaves Owned in Perry County


534


Soldiers' Orphans' Schools 349


756


Smith, Rev. Martin Albert


788


Spanish-American War, The


580


Spring Township


1056


Stephens, Alexander H., Vice-President of the Confederacy-son of a native 613


Stills and Distilleries 265


Streams, Others than Rivers and Sherman's Creek


384-386


Sunday School Movement in Perry County, The


438


Super, Dr. Chas. W., University President


723


Super, Ovando B. 768


Superintendents of County Schools


331


Susquehanna River


376


Syphers, Gen. J. Hale


728


Tanning Industry, The


267


Telephone Companies


495


Thatcher Family, The Noted


68.4


Thatcher, Henry Calvin, First Chief Justice of Colorado


681


Thatcher, John A., Pioneer Colorado Merchant 688


Thatcher, Mahlon D., Noted Financier and Banker


692


Toboyne Township


1061


Towns, Laying out of


913


Townships, Boroughs and Villages


911


·Townships, Formation of 912


Trader, Coming of the I37


Trails and Highways


231


Tressler, Rev. David Loy, College President


917


Tressler Orphans' Home, The


352


Tuscarora State Forest, The


870


Tuscarora Township


1066


Tyrone Township


1069


Underground Railroad, The


541


Valleys


28


War Between the States


543


War of 1812, Perry County in the


178


Warm Springs, The


32


Watts, David


752


Watts Township


1075


Weiser, Conrad


138


Wheatfield Township


1079


Whiskey Insurrection, The


188


World War, The


582


County Soldiers in the World War 580-603


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Smiley, Emma Margaret


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