History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Part 156

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Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Harrisburg : R. C. Brown
Number of Pages: 1454


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Inscho, Hiram, portrait of. 961


Inscho, John. 994


Inscho, John L. 198, 1124 995


Inscho, Micajah Seelye ..


890


Inscho, Mosés 890


Inscho, Obadiah. 994 138


Inscho, Richard J.


995


Intelligencer, The Covington 601


Intelligencer, The Riverside. 601


Internal Improvements. 93


Intrusion Law, arrests under .80, 83


Iron Foundries and Smelting Works. 115


Iron Ore Deposits. 123


Irvin, Benjamin .1152


Irvin, John.


1152


Ives Family 506


J


Jackson Center. 550


Jackson, Ebenezer 267


Jackson, Henry C. .897


Jackson, Jerry 820


Jackson, J. W


1135


Jackson, Lemuel. 819


Jackson, Mary Emily, the poetess 252


Jackson, Mordecai M. 661


Jackson, Mrs. Mordecai M 269


Jackson, William A. 897


Jackson Summit Postoffice .. 550


JACKSON TOWNSHIP .- Organization, 543: Boundaries and Area, 543; Surface and Drainage, 543; Elevation, 543; Popu- lation, 543; Pioneer Settlement, 543; Early Milling Enterprises, 544; Schools, 545; Physicians, Lawyers and Justices, 546; The First Jackson Baptist Church,


546; The West Jackson Baptist Church, 547; Jackson Summit Baptist Church, 547; The Methodist Episcopal Church


Page.


Hunt, Richard 944


Hurd, D. W. 1018


Kentch, John G.


1016


Kennedy Postoffice.


1173


INDEX.


Page.


Church Association, 428; The Christian


Church of Knoxville, 428; The First Evangelical Congregational Church of Knoxville, 428; The Baptist Church of Knoxville, 428; The First Presbyterian Association of Knoxville, 429; The Old


Quaker Burying Ground, 429; The Free Church Cemetery, 429; The Riverside Cemetery Association, 429; Societies, 429.


Krause, Dr. F. W. 195


Kress, William Clymer, sketch of. 697


Kress, William Clymer, portrait of. 697


Kreisler, Augustus P


751


Kreisler, Charles.


751


Kreisler, Elias E.


751


Kunkel, Asaph T., M. D. 202, 924


L


Labar, James.


905


Labar, Melkier. 905


Labor Strikes and Troubles 128


Ladd, William Nathan 968


Lagerbom, John 765


Lamb, Gad.


212, 568


Lamb's Creek, village of. 573


Land Company, trouble, in the. 60


Land Troubles, early.


522


Landrus, Henry Jackson, sketch of. 683 Landrus, Henry Jackson, portrait of. 225


Landrus, village of. 610


Lane, Stephen. 943


Lane, William G. 944


Lansing Postoffice.


468


Lathy, Dr. William Kent. 190


Lattimer, George 934


Lattimer, James ..


934


LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP AND LAWRENCE-


VILLE .- Township Organization, 520;


Boundaries and Area, 521; Drainage and


Physical Characteristics, 521; Early Land Troubles, 522; Hon. Samuel Baker, the First White Settler, 524; Other Early Settlers,526; The William- son Road, 527; The Borough of Law- renceville, 534; Manufacturing and Business Enterprises, 535; Physicians and Lawyers, 536; Newspapers, 537; Schools, 537; The Lawrenceville Acad- emy, 538; Pioneer Religious Services, 538; The Methodist Episcopal Church of Lawrenceville, 538; The First Pres- byterian Church of Lawrenceville, 539; St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, 540; The Christian Church, 540; Sabbath-Schools, 540; Cemeteries, 541; Justices and Burgesses, 541; Lawrence- ville Lodge, No. 913, I. O. O. F., 542; Lawrenceville Encampment, No. 98, I. O. O. F., 542; Capt. Phil. Holland Post, No. 357, G. A. R., 542; Horacetown, 542.


Lawrenceville and Wellsboro Railroad Company. .


106


Lawton, Edgar.


744


Lawton, Gilderoy H.


743


Kilburn, Jonas G., portrait of. 945


Kilburn, Peter .. 944


Kilburn, Dr. Ralph. 191


Kiley, Dr. Frank L. 203


Kiley, John. 1118


Kiley, Samuel H. 1118


Kimball, Alvin C. 921


Kimball, Charles-N


184


Kimball, Ernest Harlan 922


Kimball, James. 272


Kimball, Orville S. 921


Kimball, William. 1011


Kimble, Dr. Z. Ellis 202


King, James, Sr.


902


King, James.


903


King, Lorenzo


904


King, Ozial H.


904


King, Prince.


903


King, Rhadetska 903


King, Samuel P. 214


King, Willard. 904


Kingsbury, E. L.


1159


Kingsley, Charles Sullings. 1068


Kirkendall, Henry P.


.1038


Kirkendall, Samuel E.


165


Kirkland, Francis G


1030


Kirkland, Henry


.1030


Kizer, William ..


916


Kizer, William Morgan


916


Kline, Peter


1159


Klock, Adam A.


715


Klock, Milan L.


716


Knapp, Judge John H.


122


Knapp, Thomas.


.1033


Knapp, Thomas C. 1033


Knapp Postoffice. 359


Knipple, John A., M. D. 1102


Knowlton, Benjamin F 977


Knowlton, Hanover Pitts 1114


Knowlton, Timothy 1113


Knox, Archibald D. 868


Knox, Edward L.


868


Knox, George H. 868


Knox, James.


414, 867


Knox, Hon. John C.


157


Knox, William. 867


KNOXVILLE BOROUGH .- Organization, 421;


Origin of Name, 421; Streams, 421; Area and Elevation, 421; Billings Park, 421; Population, 421; Early Settlers, 421; Manufacturing Enterprises, 422; Daniel Cummings' Fulling Mill, 423; Silas Bill- ings' Enterprises, 423; The Knoxville Foundry, 423; The Knoxville Sash and Blind Factory and Planing Mill, 424; Chester Wells Furniture Factory, 424; D. L. Freeborn's Foundry and Machine Shop, 424; Mercantile Enterprises, 424; Inns and Hotels, 424; Schools, 425; Bor- ough Organization and Officials, 425; Postmasters, 426; Physicians and Law- yers, 426; Newspapers, 427; Quaker Society, 427; The First Methodist Epis- copal Church, 427; The Knoxville Free


716


Knapp, Dr. Jerome B.


198


Klock, Jeremiah


Page.


Kimball, Clark. 921


1174


INDEX.


Page.


Lawton, Russell.


743


Lawton, Warren. 743


Lay, James 1100


Lay, Orrin E .. 1100


Leach, Aaron L. S. 929


Leach, Harvey, M. D 180, 195


Leach, Harvey B


180


Leach, James V 174


Leach, Ross V. 929


Leader, The Tioga County 326


Learn, Dana .. 938


Leather Company, The United States .. 115


Leather Company, The Wellsboro. 358


Lee, Daniel


208


Lee, Daniel H. 892


Lee, Moses.


892


Leete, Clark.


789


Leete, Thomas.


789


Leetonia, village of.


485


Leisenring, William H. 1151


Lent, Dr. Willard G. 203


Leonard, Peter D ... 906


Leonard, Stephen A. 906


Leonard, Timothy.


905


Lewis, Hon. Ellis


153


Lewis, Rankin. 317


LIBERTY BOROUGH .- First White Men, 640; The Block House, 640; Anthony or Anthonyson, 640; Early and Later Taverns and Hotels, 647; First Post Route, 647; A Youthful Mail Carrier, 647; Postmasters, 647; Some Old-Time Letters, 647; Early Merchants, 648; Borough Organization and Officials, 648.


LIBERTY TOWNSHIP .- Organization, 639; Physical Characteristics, 639; Minerals and Timber, 639; Drainage, 639; Popu- lation, 639; Pioneer Settlement, 640; The District Line, 640; The William- son Road, 640; The Block House, 640; Anthony or Anthonyson, 640; Other Early Settlers, 641; Mills and Other Enterprises, 642; Physicians, 643; Jus- tices, 643; Schools, 644; Frieden's Evan- gelical Lutheran Church, 644; Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 644; The Evangelical Lutheran Church at Nau- voo, 644; The Evangelical Lutheran Church at Sebrings, 644; The Evangeli- cal Church at Liberty, 644; The Evan- gelical Church of Nauvoo, 645; The Evangelical Church of East Point, 645; The Methodist Episcopal Church of Liberty, 645; The Methodist Episcopal Church at Nauvoo, 646; The Universal- ist Church, 646; The United Evangeli- cal Church of Liberty, 646; The Eben- ezer United Evangelical Church of


646; Union Churches, 646: Cemeteries, 646; Societies, 646; Nauvoo, 648; Sebrings, 648; Shoptown, 649; East Point, 649; Hartford, 649. Literature of Tioga 249


Little, John 931


Little Marsh, village of 462


Lloyd Postoffice 492


Lock, James


663


Lock, Miss Lydia


292


Page.


Locke, Jesse, Sr. 695


Locke, Jesse 695


Lockwood, Dennison A. 770


Logan, Dr. Charles S. 202


Logan, William R. . 1128


Longwell, Dr. John P. 203


Loop, Dr. Albert M., M. D. 195


Lorenton Postoffice. 493


Losey, Jesse. 209, 505


Losses in the War 248


Loudenslager, Samuel 1152


Loveless, C. O. 1015


Loveless, C. W. 1015


Lowell Orlando B. 1002


Lowell, William


1001


Lownsbery, Deacon Isaac 210


Lowrey, Hon. James 154


Lucas, James


1101


Lucas, L. B. 1102


Lucy, Daniel N. 1049


Ludlam, Samuel 898


Lugg, Anthony W. 887


Lugg, Charles


886


Lumber Business, risks and charms of .. 114


Lumber Rafts in 1804 111


Lycoming County, area in 1795 36


Lycoming County Organized 39


Lycoming Creek


25


Lycoming Township, formation of 39


Lycoming township, original boundaries of 39


Lyell, Sir Charles, visit of 126


Lyman, Dr. Harvey 193


Lyon, Abram 794


Lyon, Joseph E. 793


M


Mabie, Capt. Levi


212


Macfarlane, James, description of coal


seams,


126


Magee, Hon. John


633


Magee, Hon. John, monument of 348


Magill, James P.


323


Magisterial Districts Established 86


Maine, George D., M. D., sketches of.198, 1091 Maine, George D., M. D., portrait of .... 561


Maine, John


.1091


MAINESBURG BOROUGH .- Location, 565;


Origin of Name, 565; Postmasters, 565; Burgesses, 565; Justices, 566. Malone Postoffice 485


Manchester Mills


113


Maneval, Benjamin 1147


Maneval, David


1147


Maneval, Peter


1147


Maneval, William H. 1148


Manhattan, village of 482


Manly, Rev. M. J.


703


Mann, John H.


1044


Mann, Reuben


1044


MANSFIELD BOROUGH. - Location and Area, 575; Drainage and Altitude, 575; Population, 575; Early Settlers and En- terprises, 575; Borough Organization and Officials, 578; Fire Department, 578; The Mansfield Hook and Ladder Company, No. 1, 578; A. M. Pitts Hose


East Point,


1175


INDEX.


Page.


Company, No. 2, 579; Allen Hose Com- pany, No. 3, 579; Postmasters, Physi- cians and Lawyers, 579; Hotels, 580; Public Schools, 580; Mansfield Classical Seminary, 580; The Mansfield State Normal School, 582; The Alumni As- sociation of the State Normal School of Mansfield, 584; Soldiers' Orphan Home, 584; The Mansfield Business College, 585; The Allen Business Col- lege, 585; The Mansfield Tannery, 585; The Sun Milling Company, 585; The Tioga Iron Works, 585; Bailey's Steam Saw-mill, 585; Edward Doane & Company, 585; Mart King's Furniture Factory, 586; The Banking House of Ross & Williams, 586; Smythe Park, 586; The New Era Mills, 586; The Ross Cigar Company, 586; The Mansfield Opera House Company (Limited), 586; The Mansfield Foundry and Machine Shops, 586; The Paisley Woolen Com- pany, 587; The Mansfield Board of Trade, 587; The Mansfield Wood Nov- elty Works, 587; The Mansfield Build- ing and Loan Association, 587; The Mansfield Water Company, 587; The Mansfield Chair Company, 587; The Balance, 587; The Mansfield Express, 587; The Valley Enterprise, 587; The Mansfield Advertiser, 588; The First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, 588; The First Baptist Church of Mansfield, 588; The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mansfield, 589; St. James' Protestant Episcopal Church, 589; The Presbyterian Church of Mansfield, 590; The Universalist Church, 590; Roman Catholic Sunday-School, 591; Hope Cemetery, 591; Oakwood Ceme- tery Company, 591; Friendship Lodge, No. 247, F. & A. M., 591; Mansfield Lodge, No. 526, I. O. O. F., 591; General


C., 592; The Mansfield Club, 592; Tioga Valley Grange, No. 918, P. of H., 592; Other Societies, 592.


Mansfield Classical Seminary 580


Mansfield State Normal School 582


Manwaring, George O. 927


Map of Tioga County 16


Maple Ridge Postoffice 550


Mardin Postoffice


574


Markham, Albert


882


Markham, William


882


Marsh, The Big. 351


Marsh Creek 26


Marsh Creek Postoffice 474


Marsh, H. F.


184


Marshfield Postoffice 481


Martin, Charles H. 938


Martin, Lawrence S. 828


Martin, Stephen, Sr. 828


Martin, Stephen 828


Mason, William G. 983


Page.


Masten, Frank G., M. D. 203


Masten, James, M. D., sketches of . .199, 911


Masten, James, M. D., portrait of. 433


Mastin, Dr. Nathan W. 201


Mather, John William 175


Mathers, Charles Coolidge. 688


Mathers, John, Sr. 687


Mathers, John 687


Mathers, William T.


688


Matson, Edwin, Sr., sketch of


732


Matson, Edwin, Sr., portrait of


481


Matson, Edwin, Jr. 733


Matson, James H. 182, 733


202 Matthews, Henry, "Indian Doctor" Mattison, Alexander 962


Mattison, Silas B. 962


Maynard, Cheney C. 986


Maynard, John 970


Maynard, Hon. John Wesley 155


Maynard, Reuben G. .971


McAllister, David C. 994


McAllister, Ira . .993


McAllister, R. P. H. 994


McAvoy, John 1039


McCallum, John 1040


McCallum, Joseph 1040


McCallum, William H. 1041


McCann, Robert P. .. 846


McCloskey, Dr. J. B. 202


MeClure, Robert, 84


McEntee, Edgar A. 1138


McLean, Alexander A. 800


McLean, John A. 800


McMahon, Michael 1151


McNaughton, Daniel, M. D./ 197, 909


McNaughton, Niles Wesley 909


McNeil, John T. 185


McNinch, Matthew Eugene 940


Mead, John N. 926


Mead, William B. 926


Medical Profession, The . 189


Medical Society of Tioga County 205


Members of Constitutional Conventions. 138


"Memories of the War," extracts from .. 217


Mengee, Henry 969


Mengee, Herman T. 970


Mercantile Appraisers 144


Merrick, Bradford W. 896


Merrick, Major George W. 172,


237


Merrick, Israel, Jr. 659


Merrick, Israel, Sr. 660


Merrick, Jacob B. 1126


Merrick, Hon. Walter T. 181


Merrick, William L. 896


Metcalf, Charles 898


Metcalf, Charles H. 930


Metcalf, Daniel P. 898


Metcalf, James H. . 930


METHODIST CHURCHES .- Wellsboro, 306; Delmar, 356-57; Charleston, 365-66; Middlebury, 374-75; Farmington, 381- 82; Elkland, 393; Osceola, 402; Nelson, 411; Knoxville, 427; Westfield town- ship, 434-35; Westfield borough, 445- 46; Brookfield, 452-53; Chatham, 461; Clymer, 466; Shippen, 472; Gaines, 479-80; Elk, 485; Morris, 489-90; Tioga


*


Mansfield Post, No. 48, G. A. R., 592;


General Mansfield Corps, No. 6, W. R.


Markham, Charles D.


940


1176


INDEX.


Page.


township, 502; Tioga borough, 513;


Lawrenceville, 538; Jackson, 547-48;


Rutland, 554; Mainesburg, 563; Sulli- van, 563-64; Richmond, 572; Mansfield, 589; Covington, 596, 602; Blossburg, 620; Morris Run, 629; Ward, 632; Lib- erty, 645-46; Union, 652.


Mexican War . 216


Middaugh, Cornelius 213


Middangh, Joseph 530


Middlebury Center, village of 377


MIDDLEBURY TOWNSHIP. - Organization, 369; Streams, 369; Elevations, 370;


Agricultural Products, 370; Popula- tion, 370; Early Settlers, 370; Early and Later Enterprises, 371; The Niles Valley Tannery, 372; The Keeneyville Cheese Factory, 372; Schools and Jus- tices, 372; The First Baptist Church of Middlebury, 373; The Hammond Regular Baptist Church, 373; The Kee- neyville Free Baptist Church, 374; The Free Baptist Church of Holiday- town, 374; The First Methodist Episco- pal Church of Middlebury, 374; The Methodist Episcopal Church of Keeney- ville, 374; The First Methodist Epis- copal Church of Niles Valley, 375; The Holidaytown Cemetery Association, 375; The Middlebury Cemetery Asso- ciation,375; The Niles Valley Cemetery Association, 375; The Keeneyville Cem- etery, 375; The Shingle School House Cemetery, 375; The French Hill Ceme- tery Association, 375; Societies, 376; Holidaytown, or Crooked Creek Post- office, 376; Niles Valley, 376; Middle- bury Center, 377; Keeneyville, 378; Hammond, 378.


Militia System, old-time 215


Militia Trainings 215


Miller, Charles A., sketch of 1144


Miller, Charles A., portrait of 649


Miller, Cephas C. 1015


Miller C. I 1014


Miller, Charles L. 1015


Miller, Garret. . 543, 1041


Miller, James 1041


Miller, J. H. 1042


Miller, Jeremiah 1015


Miller, Merton R. 1145


Miller, X. 272


Millerton, village of 549


Mills, Daniel 773


Mills, Samuel 773 Miners and Laborers Benevolent Union. 128


Miners National Bank 623 Minor Streams 28


Miscellaneous Commands 243


Mitchell, Albert 988


Mitchell, Edsell 212, 784


Mitchell, Henry J. 751 Mitchell, John 988


Mitchell, Hon. John Inscho, sketch of .. 150


Mitchell, Hon. John Inscho, portrait of .. 153


Mitchell, Joseph 750


Mitchell, Richard 987


Page.


Mitchell, Robert 988


Mitchell, Ross A. 988


Mitchell, Thomas E. 784


Mitchell, Thomas K. 987


Mitchell, Walter B. 785


Mitchell, William A. 784


Mitchell's Creek Postoffice 503


Mitchell's Mills


550


Mixtown 601


Monroe, Bateman


Monroe, A. J.


Monument of Hon. John Magee 348


Monument, Soldiers' 248


Moody, Benjamin, M. D 200, 1071


Moody, John A. 1071


Moody, Moses 1071


Moody, Nathaniel Peaseley 208, 1071


Moore, Sylvanus 754


Moore, William S. 755


Morgan, Dennis


1089


Morgan, Jonathan V. 709


Morgan, Samuel, Sr. 709


Morrill, Lott W. . 1043


Morrill, Stephen, Sr. .209, 1043


Morrill, Stephen, Jr. . .214, 1043


Morris, Benjamin C., M. D. 195 Morris, Benjamin Wistar 260, 655


Morris, Mrs. Mary Wells 73


Morris, Samuel Wells, sketches of .. 266, 655


Morris, Samuel Wells, portrait of 16


Morris, Mrs. Samuel Wells 269


Morris, Dr. Joseph P., sketches of .195, 1061


Morris, Dr. Joseph P., portrait of 577


Morris' Great Trust 59


Morris' Mills


62


Morris' Offer


72


Morris Run Coal Mining Company. 627


Morris Run Railroad 105


Morris State Road. 100


MORRIS RUN .- Early Settlement, 627;


Rapid Growth, 628; Postmasters, 628; Physicians, 628; Hotel, 628; Schools, 628; The Presbyterian Church of Mor- ris Run, 628; The Welsh Baptist Church, 628; The Primitive Methodist Church, 629; The First Welsh Congre- gation of Morris Run, 629; St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 629; St. Jo- seph's Roman Catholic Church (Po- lish), 629; The Swedish Lutheran Church, 629; The Morris Run Baptist Church, 629; Societies, 629.


MORRIS TOWNSHIP .- Organization, 486; Area and Boundaries, 486; Physical Features, 486; Streams, 486; Railroads, 487; Population, 487; Pioneer Settle- ment, 487; Mills and Other Enterprises, 488; Schools, 489; Physicians, 489; Jus- tices, 489; The Methodist Episcopal Church of Blackwells, 489; Hoytville Methodist Episcopal Church, 490; The Mt. Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church, 490; Dixe's Run Methodist Episcopal Church, 490; The Plank School House Methodist Episcopal Church, 490; The First Baptist Church


467


Monitor, The Weekly 1098


.158


1177


INDEX.


Page.


of Morris, 490; The Church of the Sa- cred Heart, Catholic, 491; Societies, 491; Morris, Village of, 491; Black- wells, 492; Lloyd, 492; Hoytville, 492; The Brunswick Tannery, 492; Loren- ton, 493.


Morris, village of 491


Moulding Sand 116


Mountain Ranges 18


Mourey, Peter


214


Moyer, Lewis


1148


Murphey, Dr. John B. 192


Murray, M. S.


1130


Murry, Betty.


663


Murry, Uncle Eben .264, 662


Murry, Aunt Hetty


.264, 662


N


Nails, high price of 134, 278


Nauvoo, village of 648


Navil, Orrin J. 761


Navil, Samuel 761


Neal, E. J.


926


Neal, John


215


NELSON BOROUGH .- Organization, 404; Area and Boundaries, 404; Streams, 404; Physical Characteristics, 405; Railroads, 405; Village of Nelson, 405; Nelson Station, 405; Population, 405; Early Settlers, 405; Reuben Cook, Sr., 405; Dorman Bloss, 406; Beecher's Island, 406; Manufacturing and Busi- ness Enterprises, 407; The Nelson Sep- arator and Butter Company, 408; Bor- ough Organization and Officials, 409; Physicians, 409; Schools, 409; The Sec- ond Congregational Church of Elkland, 410; The First Presbyterian Church of Beecher's Island, 410; The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church of Nelson, 411; The Cemetery, 411; Societies, 411. Nelson Station 405


Nelson, village of 405


"Nessmuk," the poet 255


Newman, Albert 894


Newman, Joseph O. 894


New York Regiments, men who enlisted


in 246


Nichols, Alfred I. 699 Nichols, Archibald 664


Nichols, Enos 665


Nichols Family 664


Nichols, Levi I .. . 665 Nichols, Mary E. 292 Niles, Aaron 990


Niles, Aaron R.


179


Niles, Col. Alanson E. 678


Niles, Alfred J. 183


Niles, Augustus 990


Niles, Augustus, M. D., sketches of .. 201, 705


Niles, Augustus, M. D., portrait of. 713


Niles, Augustus E. 991


Niles, Erasmus W 788


Niles, Erastus, Sr 787


Niles, Erastus


788


Niles, Erastus M. 788


Page.


Niles, James Homer 787


Niles, Hon. Jerome B., sketch of 166


Niles, Hon. Jerome B., portrait of 177


Niles, Nathan, Sr. .


989


Niles, Nathan, Jr. . 989


Niles Valley, village of 376


Nobles, Asahel. 213


Nobles, Azel 209


Nobles, Daniel L. 1012


Nobles, Darius W. 942


Nobles, Ferdinand E. 747


Nobles, Loron 746


Norris, John. 62, 352,


656


Northern Central Railway 108


Novel Entertainment in the Wilderness 97


Nye, Dr. O. S. 202


0


O'Connor, William 702


O'Donnell, William F. 1131


Odle Corners Postoffice 383


Ogdensburg, village of 654


Old Indictment 83


Old-Time Militia System 215


Old-Time Taverns and Landlords 272


Old Quaker Meeting House 295 Olmstead, Clement P. 753


Olmstead, Jacob R. 753


Olmstead, James. 753


Olmsville Postoffice 359


One Hundred and First Regiment 230 One Hundred and Sixth Regiment 231


One Hundred and Eighth Regiment- Eleventh Cavalry 231


One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Regi- ment 232


One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment. 234 One Hundred and Seventy-first Regi- ment-Drafted Militia. 235


One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regi- ment. 236


One Hundred and Ninetieth Regiment. 239 One Hundred and Ninety-first Regiment. 239


Ormerod, John 177


Orr, Robert


758


Orr, Thomas


760


Orr, Thomas J.


758


Orton, Milton Pardee, M. D. . .. 195, 1028


OSCEOLA BOROUGH .- Organization as a


Township, 395; Organization as a Bor- ough, 395; Village of Osceola, 395; Elevation, 395; Streams, 395; Etymol- ogy of the Word Cowanesque, 395; Pindarville, 396; Population, 396; Lands and Settlement, 396; Early and Later Industries, 398; Inns and Hotels, 400; Schools, 400; Borough Organiza- tion and Officials, 401; Physicians, 402; The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Osceola, 402; The Osceola Cemetery Association, 403; Holden Brook Cemetery, 403; Fairview Ceme- tery Association, 404; Secret Societies, 404.


Osgood, B. H.


1083


Osgood, Charles G.


685


Newelltown. ..


654


Orr, Charles


760


1178


INDEX.


Page.


Other States, men who enlisted in. 247


Ouderkirk, Charles 827


Ouderkirk, Linsford 827


Owlett, Edward Howland 182


Owlett, Gilbert B., Sr. 803


804


Packard, Albert F. 768


Packer, Hon. Horace B. 174


Packer, Dr. Nelson, sketch of 195


Packer, Dr. Nelson, portrait of 193


Pagan, Rudolph 697


Painter Run Postoffice 504


Palmer, Chauncey King


Palmer, Reuben Tower


792


Panther and Wolf Scalp Bounties 43


Parkhurst, Dr. Curtis


192,


533


Parkhurst, Dr. Dexter


193


Parkhurst, Joel


835


Parsons, William H.


917


Patchin, Andrew J.


1038


Patchin, Vine D. . 1038


Patriotic Action of Wellsboro Council in 1861


217


Patriotism of Mrs. William B. Clymer. 217


Patrons of Husbandry 119


Patterson Brothers-Robert and Ben-


jamin


Pattison, Charles L., sketch of 836


Pattison, Charles L., portrait of 385


Pattison, Orville 838


Pattison National Bank 387


Patton, William 152


Peake, Elijah, Sr. 772


Peake, Elijah 772


Peake, Franklin C. 773


Peake, Seth E. 773 Peck, Charles L.


174


Peckham, George W. 818


Penbryn, village of 653


Pennsylvania Joint Land and Lumber


Company


113


Pershing, John 215


Peter's Camp .96, 121


Peters, James E. 780


Petition of Early Settlers


Phelps, Julius A.


40


825


Phelps, Dr. Thaddeus


195


Phelps, Warren


825


Phillips, Dr. H. A.


200 Phillips, Selah


Phoenix, The. 1140


318


Pierson, Lydia Jane, poetess 249


Pierson, Oliver 249


Pine Creek Branch of Fall Brook Rail- road


106 Pine Creek Land Company 58, 5 , 61 Pioneer Mills on Pine Creek 112


Pioneer Mines and Mining


121


Pioneer Physicians


189


Pioneer, The Tioga


317,


511


Pipe Line Postoffice 550


Pitts, Capt. Aaron Mudge, sketch of


1057


Pitts, Capt. Aaron Mudge, portrait of .. 585


Pitts, Apollos.


1057


Page.


Pitts, Daniel H. 1058


Pitts, John F. . 1058


Plank, Charles H. 943


Plank, Harvey 914


Plank, Isaac


913


Plank, Lovel, Sr 943


Plank, Lovel. 913


Plank, Spencer B. 943


Plank, Welcome L.


943


Playfoot, Edward J. 745


Playfoot, James 744


POEMS .- "Crags and Pines," 256; "John O' the Smithy," 256; "The Long Fare- well," 251; "The Parting," 253; "The World Would be the Better for It," 254.


Poggendorf, Joseph 1017


Pomeroy, Mark M. ("Brick") 204


Pomona Grange


119


Porter, Allen T. 1038


Porter, Seth John, M. D. 193


Potter, B. M.


180


Potter, Ezra 717


Potter George W. 902


805


Potter, Hiram E. 717


806


Potter, Jerome B. 818


901


Potter Brook, village of


436


Power, Dr. Pliny .


191


Power, Dr. Simeon, sketches of.191, 533, 1020 Power, Dr. Simeon, portrait of 49


Pratt, Arthur S.


769


Pratt, Dr. Cyrus


195


Pratt, Edwin


769


Pratt, Robert H. 769


PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES .- Presbyterian


Church, Wellsboro, 299; Presbyterian Congregation of Farmington, 381; Presbyterian Church of Elkland and Osceola, 392; First Presbyterian, Beech- er's Island, 410; First Presbyterian As- sociation, Knoxville, 429; "Pine Creek Church," Ansonia, 472; Presbyterian Church of Antrim, 497; Presbyterian Church of Tioga, 515; First Presby- terian, Lawrenceville, 539; First Pres- byterian, of Richmond, 588; Presby- terian Church of Mansfield, 590; First Presbyterian, Covington, 603; First Presbyterian, Arnot, 608; First Presby- terian, Blossburg, 620; Presbyterian Church, Morris, Run, 628; Presbyte- rian Church of Fall Brook, 637.


Pine Creek


25


President Judges.


138


Preston, Charles M. 833


Price, Charles R. 893


Price, Jacob 893 Price, Samuel B. 893


Pritchard, Lyman and Calvin 531


PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES .- St. Paul's, Wellsboro, 297; St. John's, Westfield borough, 446; Trinity, An- trim, 496; St. Andrew's, Tioga bor- ough, 514; St. John's, Lawrenceville, 540; St. James', Mansfield, 589;


Potter, Henry H. 214,


Potter, Louis Albert


Potter, Stephen


209


792


Owlett, Gilbert B. P


1179


INDEX.


Page.


Christ Church, Arnot, 609; Christ


Church, Blossburg, 618; St. Luke's, Blossburg, 619; St. Thomas', Fall Brook, 637.


Prothonotaries 140


Prutsman, Andrew M. 992


Prutsman, Jacob. 992


Prutsman, Nicholas, Sr.


992


Public Buildings, first erected 133


Public Buildings and Officials 132


Public Officials, roster of 137


Pultney Estate. 95


Purchase of 1758 35


Purchase and Treaty of 1768 34,


35


Purchase and Treaty of 1784 35


Purhen, John M. .


972


Purple, Norman H. 185


Purvis, John T. 816


Putnam, John H. 183


Putnam, Jonas Galusha 1006


R


Races in the Wilderness 97


Rafts of Lumber in 1804 111


Rafting Reminiscence 111


Rainfall, mean annual. 28


Raish, George F. 764


Raker, Dr. Jacob, Jr.


195


Robb, James L., portrait of 769




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