History of Warren County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 101

Author: Schenck, J. S., [from old catalog] ed; Rann, William S., [from old catalog] joint ed; Mason, D., & co., Syracuse, N.Y., pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1020


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Meeting at Warren of the surviving soldiers of the War of 1812-15, 137.


Meeting of loyal citizens at Warren April 19, 1861, 163.


Merchants, names of those engaged in busi- ness in 1830, 150.


Merchants in 1850, 157.


Merrill, Gilman, brief sketch of, 317.


Merritt, Hon. Charles C., biography of, 624.


Mifflin, Thomas, his letter to the Indian chiefs, 97.


Miles, Robert, biography of, 636. Miles, John N., brief sketch of, 318. Minerals, 16.


Monument ereeted in memory of Cornplanter, 166.


Moore, Hon. Jesse, the first judge, 311. Muse, Homer J., brief sketch of, 321.


N TATURAL gas lately discovered in Warren eounty, 169.


Neill, Samuel T., brief sketch of, 320.


Nesmith. Benjamin, biography of, 681.


New Englanders and New Yorkers in Warren county, 152. Noyes, C. H., brief sketch of, 320. Nursery started by Chapman, 154.


'BAIL, Charles, son of Cornplanter, 142. Oil Creek, 87. origin of name of, 88. Oil fever struck Warren and Glade in 1876, 167.


Oil furor, the last one at Kinzua, 168.


Oil fields at Tidioute, opening of, 161. Oil market of the world eaused to halt, 168. Oil production since 1859, table of, 294. Oil well, " Drake well," the first, 288. " Williams well," 291.


One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, history of, 196.


One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, his- tory of, 214.


One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, his- tory of, 219.


One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment, history of, 227.


One Ilundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, his- tory of, 232.


One Hundred and Eighty-second Regiment, history of, 238. One Hundred and Ninety-third Regiment, his- tory of, 245.


Orr, Richard S., biography of, 678.


P ARMLEE, James O., brief sketch of, 320. Pearson, John J., brief sketch of, 319. Penn, William, 39. Penn, William, in Pennsylvania, 49. Personals, brief, 691.


Petroleum, chapter on, 285.


Pigeons, immense numbers found, 113. Pine Grove, township of, 443. assessment of in 1806, 445.


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Pine Grove, boundary of, 443. early settlements in, 443. ecclesiastical, 452. first elementary school in, 448. present business in, 450. taxable inhabitants in 1822, list of, 449. village of Pine Grove, now Russellburg, 445.


Pine Grove and Columbus townships settled, 131.


" Pittsburgh and Warren Packet," 305. Pittsfield township, history of, 566. boundary of, 566. churches and schools in, 575. early settlements of, 566. Garland village, 572. early settlers in, 573. post-office of, 574. schools and churches in, 575. Torpedo, small village, 574. village of Pittsfield, 570. post-office of, 572. Pleasant township, history of, 532. boundary of, 532. derivation of name of, 532. early settlers of, 533. Poor-house, erection of, 258.


Population of Warren county in 1880, 169.


Portman, John, note on his life, 130. Press, the history of, 276. " Allegheny Mail," 282. " Clarendon Record," 283.


" Democratic Advocate," 281.


"Evening Paragraph," 284. First printer in Warren, 277.


" People's Monitor," 282. "Sugar Grove News," 284.


" The Bear Lake Record," 284.


"The Conewango Emigrant," first number of, 277.


" The Union," 281.


" The Voice of the People," 280.


" The Warren Gazette," editors and publishers of, 279. Tidioute publications, 283.


" Warren Ledger," 281.


" Warren Bulletin," 281.


" Warren Mirror," 283.


" Warren Standard," 281. " Youngsville Express," 283.


Proctor, Col., and Cornplanter en route to Buffalo, 112. Purviance, Samuel A., brief sketch of, 317.


Putnam, Israel, distinguished American pa- triot, 74.


R AFTMEN'S Guards, 164. Railroads, brief mention of, 309. Red Jacket, the orator, 112.


Reminiscences of attorneys, by Hon. S. P. Johnson, 317. Rice, William E., brief sketch of, 323. River navigation, etc., 302. Rogers, Alson, biography of, 633.


Ronse, Hon. Henry R., bequeath of, estate of, 257. Rouse, Hon. Henry R., serious injury of, death of, 257. monument in memory of, 258. biography of, 679. Roy, James, biography of, 637.


S YALE of lots in towns of Warren, Erie, Franklin, etc., 123. Sanford, Joel G., biography of, 676. School-house used as a court-room, 253.


School-houses in 1857, 160.


Schools and academies, grounds laid out for them, 124. Scofield, Glenni W., biography of, 616. Scotch-lrish, 150.


Sechriest, John C., biography of, 688.


Seneca Indians, forlorn condition of, 83. willing to cede their lands, 83.


Settlers, names of the very first in the county, 131.


Sheffield township, history of, 511. boundary of, 511. early settlers of, 511. mercantile history of, 521. municipal history of, 519. post-office in, 521. schools and churches of, 522.


Shippen, Henry, second judge, 311.


Shortt, W. H., biography of, 690.


Signatures to Cornplanter's speech to the Su- preme Executive Council, 104.


Soil, its products, 16. Soldiers' Aid Society, 167. Southwest township, history of, 537. boundary of, 537. early settlers of, 537.


first school in, 544. present business, 543. Southwest in 1847, 542.


Spring Creek township, history of, 467. boundary of, 467. early settlements of, 467. first store in, 473. physicians, past and present of, 474. postmaster, first one in, 473. schools and churches of, 475.


Struthers, Thomas, biography of, 599.


Steamboats, names of, 306. Stone, Chas. W., biography of, 613. Sugar Grove, township of, 420. Agricultural Society, 436.


boundary of, 420. Brookmire, James G., mention of, 431.


Brown, David, mention of, 421. Chandler's Valley, village in, 437.


Early and present mills of, 432.


Ecclesiastical, 439. G. A. R. Post of, 437.


mercantile business of, 433. Miles, Robert, first permanent settler of, 421. physicians of, 435.


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Sugar Grove, post-office of, 437. prominent settlers of, 424. schools of, 438. soil of, 420. Sugar Grove Savings Bank, 436. " Sugar Grove News," 435.


Sunbury and Erie Railroad built, 161.


T ANNER, Archibald, biography of, 621. Tanner, Archibald, appointed county treasurer, 142.


Taxable inhabitants of Warren county in 1806, 127.


Taxable inhabitants, those added to list of 1806, 132.


Tax-paying inhabitants in 1816, 139.


Tax-rolls for 1808, 133.


Tax, the amount levied on taxable property in 1806, 131.


Telegraph line, the first one, 157.


" Tenachshegouchtongee, or the burnt house," 111.


Thirty-ninth Regiment, Tenth Reserve, his- tory of, 169.


Thompson, Robert, biography of, 689.


Thompson, Caleb C., brief sketch of, 320.


Thompson, James, brief sketeh of, 319.


" Tidioute Rifles," 164.


Tidioute oil fields opened, 161.


Townships, organizations of, 259. Brokenstraw, organization of, 259. Cherry Grove, organization of, 267.


Conewango, organization of, 259.


Corydon, organization of, 266. Eldred, organization of, 265. Elk, organization of, 264. Farmington, organization of, 268. Freehold, organization of, 264.


Glade, organization of, 266. Limestone, organization of, 263.


Mead, organization of, 266. Pittsfield, organization of, 267.


Pleasant, organization of, 264. change of boundary line of, 265. Sheffield, organization of, 264.


change of boundary line of, 265. Southwest, organization of, 265.


Township lines, change of, 265, 267, 268. Triumph, organization of, 268. Watson, organization of, 268.


Townships, the two original ones divided, 146. Treaty between Senecas and the United States, 137. Treaty of Nov. 11, 1794, 122.


Trip of the steamboat Allegheny to Olean, N. Y., 149. Triumph township, history of, 593. boundary of, 593. early settlers in, 593. fire in, 594. Gillam, A. M., his poem, 595. school-houses in, 594. Troublesome times on the border, 110.


Two Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, his- tory of, 246.


W AGON ROADS, 308. Walton, John, biography of. 673. Warren borough, history of, 324.


assessment-roll of, in 1885, 346.


auction sale of lots of, 326.


banks of, 355.


building of hewn timber, the first in, 327.


cemeteries, etc., of, 368.


census of in 1870, 345.


failure of " Lumbermen's Bank," 340.


fire department of, 352.


first borough election of, 338.


first bridge across the Allegheny built, 340. first merchant in, 333.


first tax-payer of, 330.


great flood in 1865, 344.


hotels, taverns, etc., of, 363.


Jackson, Daniel, early pioneer of, 328. large fire in, 343.


laying out of, 325.


library association building, cost of, etc., 346.


location of, 32.1.


" Lumberman's Bank," organization of, 339.


manufacturing interests of, 358.


merchants of, 361.


McQuay, Daniel, first inhabitant of, 327.


municipal history of, 348.


names of some residents of, 335.


names of taxable inhabitants of in 1833. 338.


other merchants of, 336.


physicians of, 362.


prices of groceries, etc., about 1830, 336.


religious societies of, 370.


schools of, 353.


secret associations of, 365.


town hall of, 346. traveling facilities from, 341.


Warren county, population of, 169.


period from organization of county until 1830, 141.


period during and since the late war, 161. period from 1783 to 1790, 83.


period from 1790 to 1791, 96. period from 1791 to 1800, 110.


Warren county men in 111th regiment, 204. field and staff, 204.


company B., 204. privates, 205. company D., 209. privates, 210.


" Warren Guards," organization of, 163.


Warren county annexed to Venango in 1805, 127.


Warren county, formation of, 125. Warren county boundaries, 14.


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Warren County, named after, 14. organization, date of, 13. Warren county, English authority over, 82. Washington, Geo., messenger to Le Bœuf, 64. Washington fell sick, 67. Watson, L. F., biography of, 606. Watson township, history of, 597. churches. none in, 598. religious services held in, 598. schools in, 598. sketches, brief, 598. Wetmore, C. C., biography of, 658. Wetmore, Hon. L., biography of, 652. Wetmore, Hon. L. D., biography of, 610. Whig party disappeared, 158.


White, Jay, biography of, 655. White, Giles, and Daniel Jackson, licensed to keep the first public houses, 130. Whitman, Jno., biography of, 669. Wiggins, James W., brief sketch of, 323. Wilson, Hugh, assessor in 1808, 136.


Y FATES, W. V. N., brief sketch of, 323. Youngsville, borough of, 412. lawyers of, 416. merchants in, 414. mills in, 414. physicians of, 415. post-office of, 416. the Youngsville savings bank, 415.


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