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118th .- William Simpson, Adam Frantz, Samuel Y. Beard, Robert A. Maingay, Joseph L. Seiders.
119th .- Adam Delong.
124th .- Sergeant Henry I. Stager, John W. Phillips.
1 28th .- Assistant Surgeon Theodore C. Helwig, Jere- miah Smith. John Seiders.
130th .- Sergeant John W. Alexander, James Alexan- der.
132nd .- Daniel S. Yeager, J. F. C. Williams, William F. Hay.
133d .- William Slack, James Grimes.
136th .- Corporal R. P. H. Phillips.
139th .- Theodore Meyers, James Meyers.
141st .- Sergeant D. W. Scott.
142nd .- Bernard McNaller.
147th .- Jacob Riddle.
150th .- Abraham Everhard.
152nd .- Lieutenant Joseph N. Porter, Anthony Fla- herty, Maxwell Darby, Patrick Hogan, Edward Davis, William Light, John F. Casey, John Delaney, Patrick Flaherty, Thomas Graady, Thomas Harrod, Barney Kelly, James Leslie, Kanslow Fisher.
182nd .- Charles Schroeder, Henry J. Stein, Joseph Davison, D. H. Finfroch, David Hissong, William H. Snively, Jacob Buckwalter, Richard Murphy, Franklin Schropp, William Schropp, Charles Bressler, Nathan Buck, Jacob Miller, Adam Strohl, Alfred Lesher, Alex- ander Lesher.
192nd .- Daniel Boice, Lloyd Cox, Thomas Hopkins, Frank Jones, John C. Jones, Richard Jones, Charles Kunkel, Abiathar Powell, Joseph Snyder, Moses Stiff.
198th .- Daniel M. Everhard.
199th .- John T. Block, John Litweiler, Henry Shuman, John Stuber, Jacob R. Saylor, William N. Yost.
McShea, Charles O'Donnell, John Richards, George Scholly.
202nd .- Edward Brennan, William H. Dillinger, Au- gustus Faust, Jacob D. Hoffman, George J. Hyde, John R. Hood, William Hill, Bernard Lynch, James Lynch, Zachariah P. Madara, John Meghan, David Quinn, Elias Quinn, George Schimp, Wilson Sechler, Elias Snyder, William Stout, Charles Wissner, James Woods, William Wertz, John Weise.
208th .-- Charles Heagey.
213th .- Matthew McAtee, John Bear, Isaac Miller, William Schriver.
215th .- Charles J. Hendricks, Matthew L. Johnson.
IN NEGRO REGIMENTS.
ist. U. S .- William H. Harrison, Charles Lee; 3d U. S .- Elijah Entry, Charles Calaman, John C. Cole, Charles H. Wilson, Daniel Wright; 8th U. S .- Henry A. Bhular, George Dellaman, Gabriel Enty, Jonathan Enty, John H. Groom, Edward Lee, Thomas Powell, Charles Thomas; 24th U. S .- Alexander Brown, Joseph Jones, David Molson, Daniel Molson, John Surls, Israel Smith; 32nd U. S .- George Jackson, Hosea Rigbee, Benjamin Robinson; 41st U. S .-- James Snowden; 43d U. S .-- Samuel Bartlett.
IN REGIMENTS OF NUMBERS NOT KNOWN.
William Bradley, James Cosgrove, James Fisher, Thomas Daress, Bernard Duffey, Matthew Flanigan, William Boggs, Alexander McDonald, Patrick Johnson, William B. Getter, Michael Madden, Morgan Reynolds, Lewis Sanders, William Thomas.
IN THE FIRST ARMY CORPS.
Henry C. Benseman, George Brazier, John H. Ebert, William Edwards, Cyrus Haner, Richard Rahn, Sylves- ter C. Rice, Perry Waltz, Francis Vaughn.
IN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
Anderson Cavalry (afterward 15th Penna. Cavalry) .-- Charles Henry Jones, Ivens R. Jones, John Guldin, David E. Holmes, Robert C. Morris, Alfred M. Halber- stadt, Horace A. Moore, Edward Farne, William Gable, Thomas A. Jones, James Henderson, Wellington J. Kram, Charles E. Beck, Theodore F. Beck, Henry W. Morgan, Richard C. Kear, John N. Bannan, Oscar Rahn, Charles W. Bratton, Frank Lefler; John Weidman's Cav .- Isaac Meare, Abraham Lehrer; 4th Penna. Art .- Patrick Sullivan, Sergeant John C. Hughes; 5th Pa, Art .- Henry Pugh, John Hughes, James Rice, James Whalen, Henry Harris, William Davis, Henry Harrison; 7th Pa. Art .- Robert Rowe; McCall's Flying Art .- William Um- benhower; Independent Engineers .- Lieutenant Joseph Fayant; Harris's Pa. Cav .- Stephen Ferguson, Martin Lawler, James Lawler, Michael Christopher; Scott Le- gion-Patrick Brennan; Gen. Negley's Body Guard- Thomas Edmonds; Anderson Zouaves-John Delay; Signal Corps-Lieutenant Theodore F. Patterson, John Curry, Charles Garret, Francis M. Hodgson; Gen. Thorp's Staff-Lieutenant Albert G. Whitfield; Gen. Johnson's Guard-Stephen Ferguson; McLean Guards -- Thomas Morton; Lambert's Independent Cav .- Lieu- tenant W. F. Austin, Sergeant John A. Patterson, Cor- porals Solomon Foster, jr., James Whitfield, Privates Aaron Billington, George W. Eiler, F. N. Lawton, Wil- liam Parry, James Russell, George Rhoads.
IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER STATES.
200th .- Francis Diehl, Jonathan Davidson, George Fogt, Thomas Gobeen, Michael Hofalech, William Ist N. J .- Thomas Haley; 6th N. J .- James McCor- Leaver, Thomas Matthews, Thomas McCauley, Thomas |mick, Archibald Lavebrech; 14th N. J .- John G. Derg-
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HISTORY OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.
ler; - N. J .- John Maley; Ist N. Y .- Joseph Nune- macher; 3d N. Y. cavalry-Thomas Reilly; 7th N. Y .- Joseph Smith; Ioth N. Y .- David Gordon; 33d N. Y .- Robert Coates; 36th N. Y .- Patrick Kane; 40th N. Y .- William Burns; 48th N. Y .- Owen Duffy; 57th N. Y .- William Jones, Evan Jones; 69th N. Y .- John Riley, Patrick Fealthy; 104th N. Y .- John McWilliams; N. Y. Excelsior regiment-Adjutant William Hartz; Sickles brigade-Frank Spatz; other regiments, N. Y .- Terence Dolan, Condy Haffy, Michael Burns, Lewis Kershner; 20th Me .- Henry Davis; 15th Mass .- Conrad Amthow- er; 8th Va .- Colonel Lucien Loeser; 5th O .- Charles Nierman; 9th O .- A. G. Brandner; roth O .- William Glaspire, James McClinchey; 16th O .- Lieutenant Man- uel B. De Silva; 18th O .- Valentine H. Leib; 12th Ind. -- William J. Koch; 20th Ind .- James D. Long; 23d Ind. -- George Nunemacher; 33d Ind .-- Charles Houseman; 39th Ind .- Francis Koch; 58th Ind .-- Sergeant Uriah Good, Zaccarias Jones; 84th Ind .- Charles N. Taylor; other regiments, Ind .-- Aaron Greenwalt, James Long, Charles Medlar; 8th Ill .- Jacob Deibert; 15th Ill .- Ru- dolph Small; 19th Ill .- George P. Campbell; 55th Ill .-- Corporal John Casey; other regiments, Ill .-- Morgan F. Saylor, William Steele; 2nd Ia .-- Thomas Rausch; 5th Ia .- William Godling; 9th la .- Dr. J. Bowman; 8th Mich .- William Schisster, 5th Wis .- Allen Evans, John Evans, Joseph Foster, William Foster; 16th Wis .- Wil- liam Evans, Jacob Britt; 15th Ky .- Joseph Rupp; 24th Ky .- Sergeant De Silva, Benjamin Pott; 32nd Tenn .- James Devine; 25th Mo .- Sergeant John Weller; 2nd Cal .- William Henry Harrison Werner.
IN THE REGULAR ARMY.
Fifth Artillery .- Benjamin Franklin Andrews, Edward Boyle, Robert Boyle, Patrick Buggy, John Munhall, Rob- ert Nowrie, John Jones Powell, James Whalen, Daniel Richard Williams, Corporal John Williams, Patrick Can- field, John Conner, John Donehue, Thomas Griffth, Henry Harris, Robert Haggerty, Abraham Horn, Thomas P. Higgins, James Jenkins, David Jones, Charles A. Keller, Edward McGee, William Nixon, John Nawlan, John Nicolls, Francis O'Neal, Hugh Pugh, James Condron, Edward Cull, James Evans, William Edwards, Charles Fury, George Hel shaw, John D. Kelly, Sergeant James Mc Gloughlin, John Morgan, John Porter, James Rice, Robert Tate, John Rae, John E. Spencer, Henry Straub, Patrick Brennan, John Walborn, John Wrigly, James Welsh, Thomas Ferguson, Edward Coller, R. D. Ferguson, Robert Ferguson, John Jeffries, John Thomas. James Kane, Michael Glennin, John Henry, John Morgan, Daniel Morgan, Peter Riland, Thomas Levens, Elias Day, Peter Grimes, Lawrence Brennan, Lawrence Bruton, Richard Barnes, Patrick Craven, James Campfield, Patrick Kelly. Jacob Sheriff, Daniel Mcclellan, Thomas Donehugh, Alexander Diy, James Redmond, Jacob Leatherman, William Walsh, William H. Harrison, Michael Brennan, Franklin May- berry, Daniel Hummel, Patrick McGovern, Thomas Owens, Francis Harrison, Henry Owens, Diniel Dougher- ty, Corporal James Porter, John Tobin, Thomas Cress. well, Thomas Harrison, James Potter, Thomas Collohan, Lewis Bonnerville De Lacy, William Brennan, Francis Davis, John Clarev, Patrick Ratchford, Thomas Scott, Francis Smith, William Cowby, Robert Troy, George Carr, Dennis Sullivan, Martre Sullivan, Dennis Sullivan, Thomis Scott.
Sixth Artillery .- Michael Pepper, J. Letterman. Sherman's Battery .-- Thomis Livell.
First United States Cavalry .-- Christ Bloomfield, Sim uel Cover, Patrick Gilmore, Francis Leman, Henry Miller.
Fifth Cavalry .- Captain Edward T. Leib, John H. Wilson, Charles Weaver.
Sixth Cavalry .- Colonel W. H. Emory, William Everly, Morris Everly, Thomas Turner, John Kane, Thomas Kelly, Corporal William Mattern, John Bird, Benjamin Mills, Henry Fields, Abraham Heck, Martin Lawler, James Brennan, Charles Lucas, Joseph Davies.
Third Infantry .-- Lieutenant Joseph A. McCool.
Fourth United States Infantry .- Michael Howard, James B. Hawk.
Fifth Infantry .- Arthur Donly, Dennis Delaney, Francis Williams, David Morgan, Van Buren Weike, William Weike, C. Arerline.
Sixth Infantry .- Lieutenant W. H. Bartholomew, Joseph Davis, Benjamin Mills, Henry Feilas, Patrick Hough, Martin Dacy, John McCormick, John Henrie, Peter Riland, John Stevens, Patrick How.
Eighth Infantry .-- George Wineland.
Twelfth Infantry .- Sergeant William L. White, Rich- ard Coogan, Thomas Manuel.
Thirteenth Infantry .- William Lynch, William Lloyd, James Dunlevy, John Warlow, John McCarty, John Con- neff, Thomas R. Williams, William R. Griffith, Richard Coogan, Patrick Corcoran, William Lynch, John Miller, William Rafferty, Thomas MeGlone, Michael Brennan.
Fourteenth Infantry .- Dudley Gerdon, William Hig- gins.
Fifteenth United States Infantry .-- Henry Adam, John Bowers, George Brinton, John Birkinbine, Michael Bradley, Charles Baird, James Brennan, William Bradley, John Barret, Peter Carrol, John Campbell, John Carney, Lewis Crosby, John Clark, Philip Devine, John Elliott, Bartholomew Fell, James Focht, John Farley. James Gan- non, William Gunning, Nathan Gillmore, James Higgins, Thomas Hibbit, John Hamilton, George Irwin, Michael Jennings, James Kelly, John King, Michael King, John M. Keim, John Lynch, Martin Lee, John Llewellyn, Henry McGhan, Thomas McDonald, John Mich, Peter Magnan, James MeDavid, John C. Mason, Richard Mar- shal, John McMenamin, John Morney, John Metz, John Miller, Andrew Martin, James McCoy, Patrick O'Brian, Charles O'Hara, Patrick O'Neil, Edward Phillips, George W. Pritman, William Riley, James Rorry, Michael Rubey, James Smith, John Sailor, John Woods, John Welch, Charles Williams, Harvey J. Wagner, John Wil- son.
Sixteenth Infantry .-- James Allen, Michael Brown, Thomas Burns, Thomis Bodey, Peter Brayson, Peter Bruce, Frederick A. Baldwin, John Brown, Patrick Connelly, John Clark, Charles Crouse, John Cain, Luke Connelly, James Doran, John Dawson, John Donnelly, Edward Diler, William Froulk, James Farrel, Michael Fagan, William Freny, Patrick Gerret, Thomas Gibson, Arthur Grant, James Gill, William X. Griffin, Charles Harrison, Francis Hire, Peter Hagerty. Thomas Horan, James Harross, William Henderson, John Harrington, Henry Hall, Michael Kruming, John Kelly, John Kelly, Peter Lynch, James Logan, John March, Robert Mitchell, Thomas McGuire, Michael McCann, Charles Murray, George MeCay, James Murray, Patrick Moran, John B. Mears. John A. Maghan, William Mullen, Patrick O'Neill, John Osborn, John Parker, John Quinn, Martin Riley, James Ryan, Elward Riley, Michiel Rinay, John Ross, John Rooney, John Sweeney, Michael Seymour, George Stanton, Henry Sudler, Augustus Sweeney, Philip Smith, Peter Stroup. John Smith, John Slack, Thomas Smith, Edward Sonner, John Todd, John White, Barney . Williams.
Eighteenth Infantry .- Colonel Henry B. Carrington, Lieutenant Lewis T. Snyder, Valentine Henry Leib, John Ebert.
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DEATHS AMONG SCHUYLKILL VOLUNTEERS.
Regiments not Ascertained .- Captain Henry Baird, Cap- tain Edward Hartz, Matthias Frantz.
In United States Hospitals .- Surgeon William Beach, Assistant Surgeon Thomas Turner, Surgeon C. P. Her- rington, Surgeon Livermore, Surgeon John G. C. Lever- ing, Henry Heilner, Surgeon John T. Carpenter, Surgeon Henry R. Sillyman, Surgeon Henry C. Parry.
Medical Cadet .- George Saylor.
In Commissary Department .- William Daniell, William B. Lebo, G. M. Straub, John G. Hewes.
In Secret Service .- Samuel Byerly.
In the Navy .- Surgeon Douglas Bannan, Surgeon Rob- ert L. Weber, Ass't Eng. Richard M. Hodgson, Ass't Eng. Thomas Petherick, Michael McDonough (marine), Patrick McGee, George Fegley (marine), George H. Ber- ger, S. S. Bassler (captain's clerk), James Brannan, James M. Carr, John Carr, John Gray, Edward Riley, William Yost (marine), William S. Peale, John Evans, Patrick Carrol (marine), Thomas Cribbens (marine), William Rose (marine), John Hipple (marine), John Stevenson (marine), Thomas McDonough (marine), Thomas Corby, Ass't Eng. Howard D. Pott, Acting Master F. G. Pryor, Thomas Kelly, James McDonald, John Bannan, Samuel Holmes (marine), Robert T. Ewing. James Dolan, Albert Saylor, Thomas Bentley, John Britt, William J. Barnett, Patrick McGee, Stephen Haughton, John Matig, John Steven- son, Patrick Finnigan, William John Brandt, John Dougherty, John Shay, Henry Mulineause, John Weaver, James Carpenter, Ass't Eng. Hiram Parker.
MORTUARY RECORD
of Schuylkill county men in various regiments. Killed or died of wounds or disease:
John Eplin, 132nd Pa. Regt .; John W. Sennett, Co. B, 53rd Pa .; George Rice, Co. K, 67th Pa .; Amos Fisher, Co. A, 88th Pa .; Sergeants Emanuel Moyer, Philip Troy, Joseph Koons, Co. H. 17th Pa. Civ .; Sergeants John F. Mundy, Josiah W. Matthews, Co. F, 109th Pa .; James Jenkins, Co. F, 5th U. S. Art .; George W. Overbeck, Co. G, 8th Pa. Cav .; William Henry Pritchard, Co. E, 78th Pa .; Sergeant Robert A. Maingay, Co. D, 118th Pa .; Al- bert Boone Meyer, Co. L, 9th N. Y .; Patrick Divine, Capt. S. S. Richards's Pa. Cav .; William Casey, Sist Pa .; Joseph L. Seiders, Co. I, 118th Pa .; James Devine, 32nd T'enn .; Henry Harris, 36th Pa .; Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Jones, Co. I, 52nd Pa .; Martin Pike, Co. D, 41st Pa .; Daniel Schwenk, Co. N, 28th Pa .; Emanuel Esterheld, Co. K. 76th Pa .; George Nagle. Co. G. 107th Pa .; Daniel Wiehry, Co. L, 3d Pa. Cav .; John Davis, navy; John M.
Southam, on western gunboat; James B. Kane, 13th Pa. Cav .; Frank Dolan, 69th N. Y .; Frederick Boltz, Co. F, 184th Pa .; A. R. Wilson, Co. I, 2nd Pa. Cav .; Sergeant George S. Herring, Co. H, 17th Pa. Cav .; Corporal J. B. Heiser, Co. H, 17th Pa.Cav .; L. Kershner, Co. D, 198th Pa .; Henry Hoy, Philip Keeley, 107th Pa .; William R. Wren, Co. K, 19th Pa. cav .; Sergeant Silas C. Hough, 5th Pa. cav .; John C. Cole, 43d U. S. colored; Henry H. Bick- ley. Co. E, 10th N. J .; Thomas K. Rausch, Co. C, 2d Iowa; Sergeant James Murray, Co. H, 8rst Pa .; Thomas H. James, Ist N. Y. cav .; Sergeant Theodore F. Beck, Co. D, 15th Pa. cav .; Sergeant William Place, Co. E, 72d Pa .; William C. Shissler, Sth Mich .; Edward Hether- ington, Battery I, 2nd Pa. art .; William H. H. Brown, 17th Pa. cav .; John Roseberry Roads, Co. M, 6th Pa. cav .; Degenhart C. Pott, 112th Pa. regt .; Charles Fran- cis Koch, 25th Mich .; Edward R. Eveland, Co. E, 28th Pa .; Sergeant John J. Jones, Co. I, 15th N. J .; Frederick Snyder, Co. E, 151st Pa .; Capt. James Rob- ertson, Co. I, 22nd Ia .; Lieut. George Byron Clayton, 5th Pa. Cav .; George B. Smith, Co. E, 147th Pa .; Lieut. WVill. K. Pollock, Ist U. S. Art .; William M. Steel, Co. A, 124th Ill .; Lieut. J. A. Dunston, Co. C., 105th Pa .; Henry Hehn, 9th Pa .; Robert Davis, Co. K. 76th Pa .; Michael Henegan, Co. K, 52d Pa .; William Welsh, Co. A, 67th Pa .; John O'Donnell, Co. H, Bist Pa .; John Menear, Co. E, 6th Pa. Cav .; Corp. Jeremiah Delay, Co. H, Sist Pa .; Reese W. Roberts. Co. 1., 3d Pa. Cav .; Jacob Arnold, Co. D, 28th Pa .; Christian Ernst rith Pa .; John H. Miller, Co. L, 3d Pa .; Benjamin Miller, 6th U. S. Cavalry; Henry Harrison, Co. A, 5th Pa. Art .; Jacob Deiter, Co. I, toIst Pa .; Joseph Dale, 52nd Pa .; Joseph Foster, Co. D, 5th Wis .; Patrick Dollard, Co. H, 31st Pa .; Thomas Sullivan, Co. D, 107th Pa .; Thomas Boran, Co. B, 6th Pa .; Martin Dacy, Co. B, 6th Pa .; William H. Medler, Sist Pa .; George Wilson Bratton, Co. G, 15th Cav .; John S. Meredith, Co. H, 137th Pa .; Corpi. John H. Slingluff, Co. A, 138th Pa .; Lieut. Wm. D. Williams, Co. F, 184th Pa.
Mortuary record in the nine months' service:
Marcus Drey, of Captain Wellington's Zouaves, 129th Pa .; George Andrew Lerch, Co. H, 129th Pa .; Lieuten- ant Edward Wertley, Co. H, 129th Pa .; Captain George J. Lawrence, Co. A, 129th Pa .; John Michael, Co. B, 129th Pa .; Reuben Kline, Co. B, 129th Pa .; Edward Reber, Co. B, 129th Pa .; Joseph H. Heisler, Co. A, 129th Pa .; George H. Payne, Co. H, 173d P. V. M .; Samuel Burkhart Richland, jr .. Co. G, 129th P. V .; Asher Woo- mer, Co. E, 129th P. V
TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH HISTORIES.
BARRY TOWNSHIP.
HE settlements in this township, then a part of lower Mahantongo, date back to about 1808,and of the original settlers the names of John Garivy, who settled where William Hoch now lives; John Bailey, on the Daniel Smith farm, and the Yarnall family, who came from New Jersey, and settled the place still owned by one of its descendants, Miss Lydia Yarnall, are among the most prominent. In 1815 the families of Charles Marwine, of Philadelphia, and John Clauntz, John Heter and a man named Shupert, from Berks county, settled in the township and took up farms. Dr. George Long also settled here, and was the first and for many years the only resident physician.
Three thousand acres of land in the township were owned by Joseph Reed at the time of its first settlement, and were sold by him to John S. Heister in 1812, the deed bearing date November 5th of that year. It was divided by him into tracts of three hundred acres, and sold to settlers. The tract now contains some twenty farms, and comprises the lands lying between the farms of Elias Kessler and Seth W. Geer, extending north to the top of Mahantongo mountain, and south to Little Mount.
The first log house was built by John Clauntz, and the first crops were raised by Isaac Yarnall. The earliest traveled road was one running from Reading to Sunbury through Taylorsville, and the first bridge was built near where Calvin Reed now lives. The only cut stone dwell- ing in the township was erected by Israel Reed, in 1848, near the east end of the town, and is now occupied by his sons.
I. D. Rupp, in his history of Schuylkill county, says that in 1840 Barry contained two stores, one forge, three grist-mills, twenty-three saw-mills; population in 1830, 443; in 1840, 639; in 1850, 689; in 1860, 943; 1870, 950; 1880, 1,587.
PIONEER INDUSTRIES AND SCHOOLS.
A grist-mill was erected in 1810 where the Isaac Reed mill now stands. Another, which is now owned by C.
M. Millman, was built some twenty years later on Deep creek, and in the west part of the township Daniel Klinger built a mill in 1840. The first saw-mill was built by George Kessler, on Deep creek, about the year 1815.
A small tannery was erected at an early day on the banks of the Mahanoy creek, near the John Rice place. by a man named Johnson.
The opening of a foundry by John A. Otto in 1845 was considered an event of favorable omen; but it was sold in 1865 to John R. Fisher, who carried on in it the manufacture of coffee mills until 1869, when it was destroyed by fire.
The first merchant of Barry was Amos Yarnall, whose log store, opened about the year 1820, was located on the old Yarnall farm. The pioneer hotel, kept by Jesse Yarnall, was built of logs, and opened in 1810. It is still standing and is the residence of Calvin Reed.
In 1820 the people built a log school-house opposite the site of St. John's church, and hired William Bolich to teach a school. Among the scholars at that first term of school in Barry, still living in the township, are Charles Marwine and Charles M. Billman.
The free school system was adopted in 1847, and in 1880 there were six districts in the township.
POST VILLAGES AND HOTELS.
TAYLORSVILLE .- The first post-office established was that of Barry, at the little hamlet of Taylorsville, of which Frank Dengler was commissioned postmaster. It was kept in the building now occupied as a residence by his widow. The village at which it is located com- prised in 1880 the Taylorsville hotel, owned and kept by C. M. Billman, a blacksmith shop, and eight or ten houses.
The Taylorsville Cornet Band was organized August 18th, 1880, with sixteen members, and the following persons elected to office: George P. Bolich, president; J. G. Starr, treasurer; A. L. Schneider, secretary; Gideon Welkel, leader; A. M. Derr, assistant leader. The en- tire expense of equipping the band-some $300-was borne by its members, who comprise the best and most reliable of the young men of Taylorsville.
WEISHAMPLE was named after J. F. Weishampel, an
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itinerant preacher belonging to the Winebrenarian sect, about the year 1855, when a church of that denomina- tion was built. The post-office was established in 1870, and given the same name, the department merely chang- ing the splling to "Weishample." The place contains one store, kept by C. W. Hoch, the church before men- tioned, a blacksmith shop, carriage shop, school-house, and half a dozen dwelling houses.
Weishample Camp, No. 85, P. O. S. of A .- This lodge was organized in 1872, with a membership of eighteen, and since that time from seventy to eighty members have been initiated. In 1876 C. W. Hoch built a hall for the lodge by adding a story to his residence.
MABEL post-office was established in 1869 with Isaac F. Betz as postmaster. The place contains a store, blacksmith shop, hotel, kept by Benjamin O. Reineart, shoe shop, and eight houses.
WAYSIDE INNS .- G. M. Hornberger keeps a papular hotel, known as the Buckhorn Mountain House, on the Pottsville road in the southeastern part of the township, and about one mile west of his place, on the same road, the McKown House, kept by James McKown, extends a welcome to the hungry or thirsty wayfarer.
BARRY STATION .-- A railroad station was established at Bolich's switch, on the Shamokin branch of the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad, in the summer of 1880, and it is known as Barry Station.
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
The township was erected from Norwegian and Schuylkill in 1821, and the first election was held at the house now occupied by Frank Bolich as a shoe shop. The first justices elected were John A. Otto and Elijah Yarnall. The following persons have held the office from that date to 1880: John A. Otto and Elijah Yarnall, from 1845 to 1850; Israel Reed and William Hoch, from 1850, the former until his death in 1876, when he was succeeded by Charles M. Billman, and the latter con- tinuously until 1880.
The township officers for 1880 were: C. W. Kramer, town clerk; William G. Kehler, treasurer; George A. | Ephraim Yarnall, auditors; Gideon Weikel, constable.
Sly, assessor; William Hoch, Michael Snyder and . is located about midway between Mabel and Weishample, ; on the main road. The earlier and most active members of the church were Jacob Klinger, Daniel Kessler, Daniel FRANKLIN COLLIERY NO. 2. Klinger, Simon Licht and Jeremiah Klinger.
This colliery is located on lands of Riegel, Forten- baugh & Brentzel, and operated by S. S. Bickel. A tun- nel is driven north one hundred and two yards to the Lykens Valley vein, with east and west gangways; west gangway worked out, east gangway driven nine hundred yards and working four breasts. The men and boys em- ployed number about 40, with one fifty horse power engine. The ventilation is by natural means. Tobias Bickel is the superintendent. .
CHURCHES.
The Church of God .- The denomination of which this body is a representative deserves a passing mention as a
body of Christians originating in the State, and in a great measure comprised within its limits. Its founder was Rev. John Winebrener, of Harrisburg, who in the year 1830 formulated a creed, based on the Holy Scriptures. The creed expresses a positive belief in three perpetual ordinances-baptism, by immersion ; feet-washing, as taught by Christ's example and precept; and the Lord's Supper. A holy life and non-conformity with the world are especially enjoined.
In this belief a little body of Christians gathered in 1842 at what is now Weishample, and were organized into a church by Elder Thomas Strahm. John Ghist was chosen elder, and in 1855 the chapel, or Bethel, as it is called, was built at a cost of $1,000. The church numbered in 1880 thirty-two members, with John Ghist and John Kessler as elders, and William Kessler and William Frimayer as deacons. It has a flourishing Sunday-school of 113 officers and members, with Michael Wolfgang superintendent. The pastor in charge is Rev. J. Hay, of the Mahantongo circuit. A burial ground is connected with the Bethel.
United Brethren in Christ .- In 1862 a mission of this church was established at Barry, and Rev. L. W. Cranmer was assigned to it by the East Pennsylvania Conference. In 1863 this circuit, then comprising Valley View and IIubley township, was attached to the Lykens circuit and supplied by Rev. Messrs. David Moyer and Jacob Runk. In 1864 the place of Pastor Moyer was filled by Rev. H. E. Hackman. In 1865 Rev. John Lowery succeeded Pastor Runk, and in the following year these appoint- ments were detached from the Lykens circuit, and again called Germantown mission, the name first given to them. Rev. F. List was assigned to the work of pastor. From 1867 to 1870 Rev. J. Shoop ministered to the circuit, in 1871 Rev. William Dessinger, and from 1872 to 1874 Rev. J. M. Mark. During the two years following Rev. H. E. Hackman again filled the pastorate, followed by Rev. S. Noll in 1870, and Rev. L. Fleisher in 1877. In 1878 the mission was converted into a circuit, now called Val- ley View; and from that time to 1880, inclusive, Rev. J. Shoop has had charge of it.
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