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choice selection of standard and valuable books was purchased. The association also received as donations a number of good books from gentlemen residing at Corning and Elmira, and from Mrs. Conrad Gansevoort, then temporarily residing at Fall Brook. General George J. Magee presented the association with Macfarlane's "Coal Regions of America " and $25 in cash. The first officers of the association were: Dr. A. R. Barton, presi- dent; Robert Russell, treasurer; John L. Sexton jr., secretary; librarian, Dr. Barton; directors-A. R. Bar- ton, John Forrest jr., Dennis O'Connell and A. J. Owen. The library has at times been quite neglected, but upon the whole has been the source of much enjoyment and information. L. C. Shepard is now the librarian.
MISCELLANY.
In 1864 work was begun on the Fall Brook Hotel by the Fall Brook Coal Company, and the hotel was opened to the public by Warren Goff, of Steuben county, N. Y., in the spring of 1865. Lebbeus Phillips took charge of it in 1866 and remained until 1872. C. B. Whitehead was the manager from 1872 to 1875. John Van Order and J. G. Scudder succeeded him, and the hotel is now conducted by John F. and Edward Dwyer, under the firm name of Dwyer Bros. It has recently been repainted and repaired. It is a well conducted house.
The railroad depot was finished in December 1865. The first agent was the late John Walker. He was suc- ceeded by I .. E. Christie, Conrad Gansevoort, H. D. Wey, L. J. Stothoff and others. It has recently been re- modeled and converted into a town hall, meat market and lodge hall.
The telegraph line from Corning to Fall Brook was completed in the fall of 1864. Miss Kilbourn, daughter of Dr. Henry Kilbourn, was the first operator, and was succeeded by William E. Butts, W. W. Halsey, Henry H. Blair and others. For several years past the office has been operated by the clerks in the cashier's office at the store.
In July 1869 the Alba and Fall Brook stage line was established.
The smallpox raged in Fall Brook during the winter of 1871-2, and several deaths resulted.
On Saturday and Sunday May 11th and 12th 1872 fire raged in the woods surrounding Fall Brook, and threatened the destruction of the town. The whole population fought the fire and succeeded in arresting its progress.
In April 1881 occurred the burning of the large saw- mill of the Fall Brook Coal Company. Fall Brook has been remarkably free from fires, the only ones occurring in twenty years being that just mentioned and the de- struction of two barns and a water tank.
Hon. John Magee died at Watkins, N. Y., April 5th 1868. The business of the Fall Brook Coal Company was suspended and a special train carried from Fall Brook and along the line more than a thousand of the employes of the company to his funeral. In May 1869 was held the funeral of 1). S. Magee, at Watkins, which was largely attended by citizens of Tioga county as well as of southern and central New York.
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WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP.
BY BUTLER B. STRANG.
W ESTFIELD township and Westfield borough (which was erected from the township) lie in the western tier of townships, next the Potter county line. The township is bounded on the north by Brookfield, east by Deerfield, south by Clymer and west by the county of Potter. It lies near the head waters of the Cowanesque River, which runs from west to east through the northern portion of the township. Its el- evation is 1,734 feet from the sea level, though the valley in which the borough lies is considerably lower.
The valley has a rich alluvial soil with a gravel subsoil, producing fine crops of wheat, corn and the other cereals. Of late the farmers have engaged in raising tobacco, and have been very successful, both as to quality and the quantity of the crop. The upland soil, while producing fine crops of grain, is better adapted to grazing and dairy purposes, and has no superior in northern Pennsylvania or southern New York for raising cattle and sheep and making butter and cheese.
ORGANIZATION AND OFFICERS.
The township was taken from Deerfield, in 1808, and was originally about six miles by seven. In 1852 a por tion of Clymer township was taken from it, and it is now about four miles north and south by six miles east and west. Its population by the census of 1880 was 907.
Below is a list of the township officers so far as a record of the same can be found:
Supervisors .- Christopher Sayles, William Ladd, Zena Atkins, George Leonard, John Craig, C. Eastman, Theo- dorus Doty, Sylvanus Baker, A. C. Bancroft, Dyer Weeks, Alvin Butler, Charles Goodspeed, Barton Hunt, John King, Halsey Aldrich, Edmund Guernsey, E. G. Hill, Nelson Burdic, John Barr, S. A. Buck, John Howland, T. R. Leonard, H. N. Aldrich, A. M. Thompson, James King 2nd, M. V. Seagars, Arthur Carpenter, l'age Sprague, Emerson Rexford, John Craig, L. H. Knapp, James E. Dodge, William H. Baker, C. D. Walters, Wil- liam N. Hulburt, Ira B. Luce, Burton Hunt, John Little, William Lattimer, Frank Strang, Jonathan Stevenson, James Davis, L. H. King, E. A. Buck, Alonzo Seamans, William Convers, S. R. Haven, George Close, S. A. Leon- ard, Jonathan Stevenson, Page Sprague, W. L. Convers, Town Clerks .- B. B. Strang, C. Eastman, A. Streeter, G. H. Niles, H. N. Aldrich, M. H. Abbey, Ambrose Close, Elisha Turner, William Hulburt, Emerson Rex- ford, I .. H Knapp.
Justices of the Peace .- Shelden Tuttle, William Ladd, Jacob Everett, Hiram Tubbs, Zaccheus Malloroy, Charl- ton Phillips, I. C. Thompson, T. R. Leonard, William Finkner, Francis Strang, George Close.
School Directors .- Zena Atkins, Richard Krusen,
E. G. Hill, Reuben Short, S. A. Leonard, Benjamin Tubbs, Jonathan Seamans, Hollister Baker, William Ladd, Dyer Weeks, Ira Luce, James King, Francis Strang, C. Phillips, Edwin Davie, S. W. Harris, S. S. Baker, John Champlin, H. H. Bostwick, P. E. Rexford, D. H. Sherwood, Orville Brown, Hiram McCoy, John B. Stevenson.
The early school books are destroyed, and it is impos- sible to get a full list of of township directors.
Auditors .- William Ladd, Zena Atkins, George Leon- ard, C. Eastman, Dyer Weeks, Sylvanus Baker, Charles Goodspeed, John King jr., Edmund Guernsey, Nelson Burdic, S. A. Buck, T. R. Leonard, Arthur Carpenter, E. G. Hill, Emerson Rexford, John Craig, L. H. Knapp, William H. Baker, William N. Hulburt, Barton Hunt, William Lattimer, Jonathan Stevenson, L. H. King, Hiram McCoy, William Convers, John B. Stevenson.
Town Treasurers .- Richard Krusen, Zena Atkins, Thomas Baker, Hiram Tubbs, H. N. Aldrich, Reuben Short, G. D. Walters, I. C. Thompson, N. J. Burdic, David Close, Jonathan Seamans, Sylvanus Baker, Theo- dorus Doty, John Goodspeed, Morris Pritchard, Barton Hunt, A. J. Burdic, John Ackley, Charles Scott, W. N. Hulburt, Page Sprague, William Lattimer, J. L. Calkins, L. H. Knapp, S. S. Baker, I. C. Thompson, S. R. Haven, William Convers, John Swimelar, Edwin Darcy, J. P. Stevenson, S. W. Harris, T. R. Leonard, Sylvanus Baker, A. H. Bostwick, P. E. Rexford, John Champlin, D. H. Sherwood, Orville Brown, Morris Pritchard.
Constables. - Zaccheus Malloroy, John Roberts, Isaac Plank, Seth Tremain, Joel Calkins, William Finkner, A. M. Thompson, G. H. Tremain.
The vote for township officers February 21st 1882 was given as follows in the Wellsboro Agitator:
Supervisors-Barton Hunt, 105; Ira Luce, 72; Willard King, 54; William L. Convers, 21. Justice of the peace -T. R. Leonard, 123. Constable -- Seth Tremain, 123. School directors-S. K. Rumsey, 108; Dana Learn, 96; J. M. Howland, 28; Peter Edgcomb, 13. Assessor-G. D. Walters, 100; S. R. Haven, 24. Assistant assessors- Hiram Sprague, 124; James Metcalf, 105; E. A. Buck, 21. Treasurer-Benjamin Tubbs, 64; Nathan Barr, 59; S. W. Harris, 2. Town clerk-L. H. Knapp, 109; George B. Davis, 16. Judge of election-James King, 121. Inspectors of election-William Howland, 61; Peter Edgcomb, 52; Benjamin F. Swimelar, 13. Auditor -Alonzo Seamans, 105; M. L. Weaver, 18.
THE EARLY SETTLERS
of Westfield were mainly from New York and the New England States, and the present population is largely composed of people from those States and their descend- ants. The settlement of Westfield township began about 1809. The first settlers were Porter Lapham, Nathaniel
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WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH.
Mann, Ayres Tuttle, John Thomas and Reuben Cook, now living near Westfield and bears the name of one who settled in the valley below the site of the village; of them. and Abraham Pease, Jonathan Pierce, Stephen Potter MILLS. and two men named Riggs, who settled in and a little west of what is now the village.
Soon after the settlement began a grist-mill was built on the Tuttle farm by a man named Saxbury. It was a primitive affair, but served to grind the grain raised by the early settlers, who before that were compelled to carry their grain 40 miles to Corning to be ground. About that time Porter Lapham and James Turner built a saw-mill where is now the west line of the borough, and to it they afterward attached a carding machine, at which the wool raised by the settlers was carded, to be then spun and woven into cloth by the wives and daughters
Ayres Tuttle was an enterprising though eccentric man, and soon opened up a large farm just east of the village; built a commodious house, in which he enter- tained travelers; kept some merchandise, which he ex- changed for furs and deerskins; tanned the deerskins and made them into gloves and mittens, and subse- quently built a store and an "ashery " for making pot. ash. He was for many years the principal merchant and dealer in the neighborhood. He was known for many of the pioneers. For many years these establishments
miles around, and was, all things considered, the leading constituted all the manufacturing business of the town- citizen among the first settlers of Westfield. His son ship, with the aid of which the industry and skill of each family enabled them to erect their own buildings, make their own clothing, make and mend their own boots and shoes, hats and caps, and generally to provide themselves with the necessaries and many of the comforts of lite, and at the same time to fell the trees, and clear the lands which have since been developed into fertile farms and a busy village. Shelden Tuttle occupied the farm for many years after the death of his father, and was also the only merchant as well as a leading citizen. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and was an amiable Christian gen. tleman. A grandson, Cyrus Tuttle, still lives on a part of the old farm, and is believed to be the only male descendant of either of the original settlers who is
WESTFIELD BOROUGH.
BY BUTLER B. STRANG.
1 was about the year 1840 that Westfield be- people have rallied from its effects; and, while the borough contains no large capitalists, there have been fewer busi- ness failures and less financial disturbance in it than in gan to take on the aspect of a village. In that year the Rev. Francis Strang came into the town from Lawrenceville and built a most towns of its size. . It is the point at which the local store, which is still standing and was the first business and trade of the townships of Westfield and Cly- mer, part of Gaines and Chatham and most of Brookfield, regular store building in what is now the borough. Soon afterward David Close came from Chatham, in the county of Tioga, and very much of the business of and provided a hotel by enlarging and improving a build- the townships of Hector and Harrison, and part of Ulysses and Bingham, in the county of Potter, are done; thus making the business of a population of nine or ten thousand people tributary to it, and it only lacks proper railroad facilities to make it one of the principal towns in the county. ing in which entertainment for travelers had been fur- nished by James Turner and George Hunter. A year or two later Richard Krusen, who is still living and engaged in business, came from Andover, N. Y., and commenced the mercantile business, in which he has been for many years engaged and has contributed largely to the growth THE BOROUGH ORGANIZATION. and prosperity of the town. Richard Phillips came from Pine Creek and built a substantial flouring-mill; his son Westfield borough was formed from Westfield town- ship, in 1867. It is about one and one-fourth miles lister Baker, built a foundry, plow factory, and general square, lying across the valley of the Cowanesque at its junction with Mill Creek. Its population in 1880 was 579. Following is a list of borough officers since its or- ganization Samuel Phillips built a saw-mill; his son-in-law, Hol- manufacturing shop. A doctor, a blacksmith, a shoe- maker, a tailor, etc., dropped in around the corners, and thenceforward the people began to reckon themselves villagers.
Since then the growth of the village has been slow but substantial, and for several years Westfield has been the leading village in point of business of the beautiful val- ley in which it lies. Twice since 1870 a destructive fire
Burgess .- Butler B. Strang, Ambrose Close, Hollister Baker, S. B. Lewis, B. S. Lewis, J. W. Hancock, T. C. Sanders, Elijah Thompson, Charles Bliss.
Borough Council .- Richard Krusen, Simon Wilcox, T. C. Sanders, E. G. Hill, N. P. Close, Nelson Gardner, Nelson Burdic, S. D. Phillips, Eugene Baker, Isaac has swept away the business part of the town, but the Plank, I. O. Thompson, James Masten, S. B. Lewis,
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Hollister Baker, Jacob Keltz, S. S. Begell, Erastus Hoose, Augustus Streeter, K. B. Hill, J. V. Leach, A. Wether- bee, William Simmons, B. S. Lewis, Charles Bliss, I. W. Hancock, O. P. Mintonye, James Dodge, E. G. Davidge, A. L. S. Leach, Albert Baker, Theodore Rood, Elijah Thompson, Hiram Hunter, S. W. Shirley.
Justices of the Peace .- Zaccheus Malloroy, Daniel Mc- Naughton, Miles White, William H. Parsons, Charlton Phillips, Thomas C. Sanders, Orren Tremain, Charles Williams.
School Directors .- Charlton Phillips, J. O. Thompson, Frank Buck, Erastus Hoose, Nelson Burdic, J. C. Strang, Nelson Doty, George Close, Charles Bliss, N. W. Mc- Naughton, Albert Baker, T. C. Sanders, W. O. Bristol, Miles White, L. V. Leach, James Horton, Hollister Baker, Richard Krusen, William Simmons, Andrew Mal- lory, A. K. Sayles, Charles Gardner, E. G. Davidge, I. P. Simmons, Nelson Gardner, Job Rexford, W. H. Parsons, Hiram Hunter, William F. Everett, E. Tucker.
Constables .- Alonzo Ellis, G. H. Tremain, J. Calkins.
The last vote for borough officers (February 21st 1882) was as follows.
Burgess-Albert Wetherbee, 59; Frank Eberle, 45. Council-Frank Eberle, 53; Frank V. Leach, 98; Alonzo Ellis, 73; J. W. Hancock, 53; T. C. Sanders, 53; W. F. Everett, 48; Charles Gardner, 49; Beri Lewis, 48; Wil- liam C. Trim, 54; W. H. Baker, 18; A. Close, 1; Jed. Hoose, 46. School Directors-Nelson Gardner, 54; W. H. Parsons, 51; A. K. Sayles, 28; A. J. Tubbs, 28; E. A. Eggleston, I. Justice of the peace-J. O. Thomp- son, 46; MI. L. Foster, 52. Constable-G. H. Tremain, 104. Assessor-William H. Fuller, 61; Elijah Thomp- son, 41; J. W. Hancock, I. Assistant assessors-George Close, 103; S. W. Jennings, 49; W. H. Parsons, 51; F. D. McNaughton, 1; W. H. Fuller, 1. Judge of election- Frank Strang, 104; M. T. Osborn, I. Inspectors of election-C. E. Bernauer, 52; Clarence Hancock, 49. Auditor-W. H. Shorley, 48; Albert Baker, 56.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Westfield Lodge, No. 477, F. and A. M. was organized in the borough December 28th 1870, by R. W. Robert C. Simpson, D. D. G. M., and the following officers were installed: Thomas C. Sanders, W. M .; Norman J. Kru- sen, S. W .; Edwin B. Bulkley, J. W.
The first stated meeting of the lodge was held January 7th 1871, with the following officers: T. C. Sanders, W. M .; N. J. Krusen, S. W .; Edwin B. Bulkley, J. W .; A. D. Ashcroft, S. D .; Nelson Doty, J. D .; E. H. Stebbins, secretary; Isaac Plank, treasurer; A. K. Sayles, tiler.
The following were the charter members: Thomas C Sanders, Edwin B. Bulkley, Sylvester D. Phillips, James Masten, Isaac Plank, E. H. Stebbins, John Davis, Phile- tus I. Corbin, E. P. Fish, Nelson Doty, Charles Bliss, Levi Skinner, N. J. Krusen, Norman Buck, A. D. Ash- croft, A. K. Sayles.
The lodge has since been maintained and is now in a flourishing condition.
Fuller; V. D., Charles Krouse; A. D., Benjamin F. Mul- ford; G., James H. Metcalf; R., J. B. Tubbs; T. R., E. H. Ashcroft; treasurer, William A. Omans; chaplain, A. S. Mintoyne; guardian, Seth W. Harris; sentinel, E. V. Eaton; medical examiner, A. L. Bottum, M. D.
The charter members were E. H. Ashcroft, Benjamin L. Mulford, Charles Krouse, John Swimelar, Seth W. Harris, William H. Fuller, J. B. Tubbs, James H. Met- calf, A. L. Bottum, W. A. Omans, E. V. Eaton, A. S. Mintonye.
THE WESTFIELD CHURCHES.
Methodist Episcopal .- The principal churches are the Methodist Episcopal and the Wesleyan Methodist. There is no local record to show the exact date of the organi- zation of the former, but it was organized about 1830, under the ministrations of the Revs. Marshall St. John, David Fellows and Samuel Conant, the last of whom was for many years a local preacher of that church. The first preacher stationed at Westfield was the Rev. Theo- dore McElhenney, and the subsequent ones have been Samuel Nichols, William H. Armstrong (under whose ministration the church was built), Henry Brown, Vera- nus Brownell, Rev. - Tutton, O. B. Weaver, Isaac Everett, W. Peck, Charles Rowley, F. W. Connable, H. B. Turk, W. Duncan, G. H. Transue, H. Roberts and G. D. Howland, the present minister.
The Wesleyan Methodist Church was organized in 1850, by Revs. Francis Strang and Stephen A. Leonard, by whose exertions a church was built; since which the ministers have been Revs. Benjamin Luckey, Ludovic Saulsbury, P. S. Slauson, S. W. Jennings, M. J. Owen and J. S. Fansey, the present minister.
The Baptists and Adventists have a considerable mem- bership in and about Westfield, but neither denomination has a settled minister or a church building.
MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
The principal manufactory in Westfield borough is the sole leather tannery owned and operated H. H. Crarey & Co. It was built in 1875-6 and has been in constant operation since. The capital invested is about $450,000. The firm disburse about $25,000 monthly, employ about 80 hands, and bought during the last year 8,500 cords of hemlock bark, thus contributing largely to the pros- perity of the town and the country about. The total length of the tannery buildings is 1, 100 feet, the average width 40 feet, and it has a capacity for tanning 1,800 sides per week.
There is another large sole tannery, just erected a short distance west of the borough by H. H. Crarey & Co., which is intended to be nearly equal in capacity to the one just mentioned.
F. Eberlee & Co. are the proprietors of a large upper leather tannery within the borough limits, which furnishes a market for slaughter hides, and the proprietors are en- terprising, reliable business men.
Knights of Honor .- There is also a lodge of the Knights of Honor, organized September 16th 1878, known as Westfield Lodge K. of H., No. 1,206, with the Westfield is also the point at which a large portion of following officers and charter members: D., William H. the bark is purchased to supply the tannery of J. Ham-
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BUSINESS MEN OF WESTFIELD-DEERFIELD'S PHYSICAL FEATURES.
mond & Co., at Osceola, by E. Tucker, who is their agent Gardner & Briggs, groceries and provision -: D. Mc- for that purpose.
Naughton and A. L. Bottum, druggists; Sherman & An establishment owned by the Parkhurst Chemical Krusen and E. D. Wescott, hardware; Clarence Han- Company, for the manufacture of acetic acid, alcohol and cock, furniture; A. K. Sayles and D. Van Dusen, black- charcoal from wood is located just west of the borough; smithing; W. Smith, hotel; Villia Thompson and A. so that as a market fot bark, lumber, wood, etc., it is Ackley, millinery. The attorneys are A. Streeter, M. L. Foster, T. C. Sanders, and B. B. Strang, and the physi-
perhaps second to no town in the county.
Other manufacturing establishments are: a flouring. cians James Masten and A. I .. Bottum.
THE GRADED SCHOOL.
mill owned by Crandell & Richardson, a steam saw-mill owned by Walker & Lathrop, a saw-mill, sash and door factory and planing-mill owned by Lawrence & Co., a
There is in the borough a graded school, with a com- wagon manufactory with steam power owned by Theo- fortable and convenient school building, divided into dore Rood, and another by Albert Wetherbee, and a fur- three departments. It is at present under the charge of niture factory with steam power, by Shirley & Son, all J. Edwards, assisted by his wife and Miss Lillias Scott. of which are in active operation and doing a good busi- The school is and has been for some years in a flourish- ness.
ing condition. Among those who have been instrumental BUSINESS MEN. in building up and sustaining it may be mentioned Pro- fessor J. C. Ward, who had charge of it for several years, The principal merchants and business places in the and Miss S. I. Lewis, who also had charge for some time, borough are as follows: H. H. Crarey & Co., general and who was the first female county superintendent of merchandise; L. Plank and F. D. Strang, general mer- common schools elected in this State-if not in the chandise, wagons, and agricultural implements; J. P. Union. She served two terms of three years with great Simmons, Bliss & Everett, W. B. Murdock, E. E. & W. credit and capacity, and ranks high among the educators Simmons and Esterson Brothers, general merchandise; | of the country.
DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP.
BY CHARLES TUBBS.
EERFIELD township was formed from Del- mar, in 1814. with an area originally of about 150 square miles. Its territory has under- gone many changes. Out of it have been formed the townships of Westfield, including Brookfield (1821) and Chatham (1828, Knox- ville borough 1851,, Clymer (1858), and part of Osceola (1878 . In 1879 it regained a part of the terri- tory from which Chatham was formed. At at present constituted it is bounded north by the State of New York, and Osceola; east by Osceola and Farmington; south by Chatham, and west by Westfield and Brookfield. It con- tains an area of 20,725 acres, or a little more than 32 square miles exclusive of Knoxville borough, which lies entirely within its boundaries. Its drainage is to the eastward, through the Cowanesque River and its tribu- taries-Troup's Creek and Yarnall Brook being the most considerable. The height above tide of the bottom lands of the Cowanesque in this township will average about 1,200 feet, while the summits of the hills upon either side rise from 400 to 600 feet above the river.
Geologically Deerfield was formed in the Devonian age-the age preceding the coal measures. Such out- crops as we have exhibit rocks of the Chemung and Cats- kill formation. Says the report of the second geological survey of Pennsylvania:
"Chemung rocks repeat themselves along the valley of the Cowanesque. There are many gray and few bluish and greenish beds, especially toward the bottom of the visible mass. Such beds form the surface over a part of Deerfield, comprising the southeast corner and the valley of the Cowanesque as far up as the mouth of Troup's Creek. Lower Catskill may be seen in the banks and bed of the Cowanesque a little above Knoxville; on Troup's Creek at Knoxville bridge, and at a quarry a short distance above. Upper Catskill may be seen jutting from the brow of the mountains in many places on the north side of the Cowanesque. * On Troup's Creek a half mile above its mouth, at the saw-mill, where % thirty feet of red shale appears, containing so much iron that ore bogs are formed by the springs which issue from the foot of the hill, the first overlying 200 feet of rocks in the mountain side are of green Chemung sandstone, as shown by the characteristic pink soil and the fragments covering the surface. At Knoxville the limestone must underlie the surface at no great distance; as it was open - ed on the Cowanesque two miles below, showing two feet of poor fossiliferous limestone."
When the township was set off in 1814 from Delmar by the county commissioners it is reported in the official proceedings as having 63 taxable inhabitants. The United States census returns show the population at each enumeration since the formation of the township to be as follows: 1820, 678; 1830, 568; 1840, not separately mentioned; 1850, 721; 1860, 677; 1870, 665; 1880, 908.
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The name Deerfield was given to the township because there was such an abundance of deer in its then exten- sive boundaries.
The main tributary of the Cowanesque in this town comes in from the north, and is mentioned in early deeds as "Troup's Town Branch." Latterly it has been known as Troup's Creek in common parlance, and is so called on all maps. It derived its name from Robert Troup, attorney in fact for David Cathcart (Lord Alloway) and Masterton Ure, owners of extensive landed estates in the adjoining county of Steuben in New York, in which it has its source. He was also secretary of the treasury board of the Continental Congress. (Pennsylva- nia Archives, Second Series, Vol. III, p. 336.)
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