History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania, Part 205

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 1438

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hundred and sixteen acres his father lived on, for which he was to pay two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and paid five hundred dollars down. He built a house, barn and other out-buildings, and has cleared a hundred acres. He has grown a fine orchard, which yields, some years, a thousand bushels of apples. His farm claimed his attention in summers, while he lumbered twelve winters in succession for Isaac Case, of Tobyhanna Mills, Pa .; also one winter for Judge Paxson, of Philadel- phia. In 1877 he rented his farm and entered

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into contract with A. F. Peters & Son to cut off the timber from seventeen hundred acres on the New- hart tract, in Tobyhanna township. He moved his family on the tract, where they have since re- mained, and expect to remain two years longer, then return to the farm in Paradise township to pass the remainder of their days. He has also had a job getting out for Messrs. Peters & Son ten million feet of logs near Gouldsboro'. In all his business transactions Mr. Wagner has so dealt that his word is as good as his bond, and he can say that he has never sued or been sued, nor had any dealings with the sheriff. His friends and acquaintances speak of him only in terms of praise, and in this he is an evidence that lionesty and integ- rity, coupled with industry, are the sure stepping- stones to success. He is a Democrat, but not a politician, and has held only minor township offices. May 3, 1857, he married Miss Maria Wilson, who was born in New York September 11, 1835. She was daughter of James and Isabell Wilson. Her father came from England, her mother from Scotland. He was a blacksmith by trade, but bought of Stroud Hollinshead a piece of wild land adjoining the farm of Mr. Wagner, which he cleared and improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have been born children, as follows : Elizabeth, John J., William H., Amanda J., Martha J., George E., Isaac (deceased) and Wilson Amzy.

CHAPTER XXII.1

BARRETT TOWNSHIP.

BARRETT TOWNSHIP was erected in 1859, from portions of Price and Paradise townships. It was so named in honor of George R. Barrett, president judge of the Monroe County courts at that time. It is bounded on the north by Coolbaugh town- ship and Pike County, on the east by Pike County. on the south by Price township and on the west by Paradise and Coolbaugh townships. Its greatest length, east and west, is about thirteen miles, and its greatest width is about eight miles. Formerly the entire township was heavily wooded and presented a very inviting appearance to the

lumbermen. At the present time about one-half of the township is in a state of cultivation. The soil is rich and loamy. The surface is broken by numerous small hills and valleys, through which many rapid mountain-streams, abounding with trout, flow with eager haste to join the brimming river. Buckhill, Spruce Cabin and Leve's Branch Falls are on streams of the same name. These cascades, having a fall of a hundred feet or more, are much visited during the summer.

The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road passes through the southern part of the town- ship. By means of this railroad the products of the township are easily transferred to various markets and travel is greatly facilitated.

The scenery is very attractive and romantic, and, with the changes of the seasons, presents many varied appearances.

The population, as given by the census of 1880, is one thousand one hundred and forty-nine.

EARLY SETTLERS .- The first settlers in that part of Monroe County now known as Barrett township were John Price, Jacob Smith, Charles Price, Smith Price, Ferdinand Gravel, John M. Deubler, Peter Seese, George Leek, William C. Long, Christopher Sommers, George Bender, Charles J. Price, Daniel Price, Jacob Price, Simon Stright, Adam Albert, Charles Boyer and Adam Utt. All these obtained a livelihood by tilling the soil and marketing staves, hoop-poles and other articles easily manufactured. Fish and game were also in abundance.

John Price, whose descendants are mentioned in the history of Price township, was the first set- tler in the township. He came from Bucks County and built his residence in what is now Barrett township. A few years after his arrival, in 1764, he planted an apple orchard, mnany trees of which are still standing, one of them having a circumference of fifteen feet and two inches. This land is now owned by Harry Peters and Harry Kellam.

Jacob Smith moved from Stroud township into Barrett about 1825, and continued a resident un- til his death. He was the father of eight chil- dren, viz.,- Catharine M., Sarah A., Susan, Wil- liam, Louisa, Delilah, Jane and Hester. C'atha- rine M., wife of Frederick Deubler, resides in the township. Sarah A., wife of Charles Bush, lives

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in Wisconsin. Susan married De Witt Mareau and resides in Stroudsburg. William married Elizabeth Seese and lives in the township. Louisa wife of Samuel Stiger, resides in Tompkinsville. Delilah lives in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Jane lives in Phillipsburg, N. J. Hester, wife of John Transue, resides in Paradise township. The land on which Jacob Smith settled is now owned by Mrs. Fred- erick Deubler.

Charles Price moved here from Price in 1838, and resided in the township during the remainder of his life. He had eight children, viz.,-Madi- son, Davis, Benjamin, Townsend, Ellen, Morris, Dimmick and Mahlon. Madison married Chris- tine Mineweiser and resides here, as does also Davis, a single man. Benjamin lives in Pike County. Townsend, who married Katie Mick, and Ellen, the wife of Dimmick Custard, reside in the township. Morris and Dimmick live in Michi- gan. Mahlon, who married Ida Edwards, lives in the township. The land on which Charles Price settled is now owned by Jacob Gravel.

Smith Price moved from Price township into what is now Barrett township in 1840. He was a resident of the township from that time till his death. He was the father of nine children, viz.,-Mahala, Edmund, Harriet, Emma, Martha J., Hiram, Amanda, Caroline and Charlotte. Ma- · hala married Peter Heller and resides in the town- ship, as do also Edmund (who married Elizabeth Kinney), Emma (the wife of William Seese) and Hiram. Martha J., the wife of Simeon Cosler, of Stroudsburg. Harriet, wife of Wharton De Boys, resides in Ridgeway, Pa. Caroline, wife of Jacob Dennis, lives in Scranton. Charlotte died unmar- ried.

Frederick Gravel came from Germany and set- tled in Barrett township in 1842. He continued a resident of the township till his death. He had eight children, viz., - Jacob, Charles, John, James, Mary, Charlotte, Ferdinand and William. Mary, Charlotte, Ferdinand and William are dead. Charles is unmarried. Jacob is married to Annie Bagley, John to Abigail Buck and James to Josephine Utt, all residents in the township, and James owns the land on which his father settled.

John M. Deubler came from Germany and set- tled here in 1843. He resided in the township till his death and was the father of fourteen children,

viz., -- Frederick (deceased), married Maria Smith ; Henry, who married Rosetta Boyer; Edward, who married Hannah Lomax; John, who married Lydia Slater and lives in the township ; George, married Susan Bush, of Susquehanna County ; Catharine, the wife of Nicholas Lisk, of Tunkhannock ; Liz- zie, the widow of Adam Hensil ; Alexander, who married Mary Rockafellow and resided in the township (was wounded in the battle of the Wil- derness, and, in consequence of the wound, died) ; Nathan, lives in Chicago; Christian, in Susque- hanna County ; Maudlin, the wife of Conrad Kintz, lived in the township ; Martin and Otto, live in Scranton, Pa. ; and Dorothy, who died in the West.

Peter Seese came from Northampton County and settled in the township in 1843. He resided here till his death. He was the father of seven children, viz.,-Elizabeth, Joseph, George, Charles, Gerald, Leah and Oliver. Leah is wife of Ben- jamin Price and lives in Pike County. Gerald lives in Wisconsin ; the others reside in the town- ship. Elizabeth is married to William Smith, Joseph to Jane Hall, George to Ellen Feltham, Charles to Sophia Deubler and Oliver to Ida Zabriskie. The land on which Peter Seese settled is owned by George Seese.

George Ink came from Northampton County and settled in Barrett township in 1844. He was a resident of the township till his decease. He had ten children, viz. : Sibyl, wife of John Everett, who lived in Mount Bethel ; Letitia, married Ed- ward Mott, and resides in Stroudsburg ; Eliza- beth, widow of Waites Manard, living in New York; Kate, wife of John Staples, living in Scran- ton ; Mary, wife of William Ergood, who resided in New Foundland settlement; Susan, the wife of William Price, who lives in Michigan ; Lucy, the widow of Perry Price, who resides in the township ; Emory and Charles (died unmarried) ; Washing- ton.

William C. Long moved from [ Price into Bar- rett township in 1844 and still resides here. He has had eight children, viz. : Mary J. and Addison (dead); Emeline, the wife of Lexington Morris, lives in New Jersey ; Margaret J., the wife of William Cosler, resides in Smithfield ; Mary E., the wife of Philip Bush; William, who mar- ried Maggie Mackey, and resides in the township ;

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Ellen, the wife of John Hannas, lives in Strouds- burg ; Arminda, married Edward Case and resides in the township.

Christopher Sommers came from Germany and settled in Barrett township in 1845. He was the father of five children, viz .: Andrew, married Lucy Utt and resided in the township till his death ; John, married Caroline Crimin, and lives on the homestead ; Rachel, married Jacob Mick, and, after his decease, David Bender, and lives in the township; Joseph, of Susquehanna County ; Catharine was the wife of Peter Dean, of Bar- rett.

George Bender came from Germany and settled in Barrett township in 1845. He was the father of two children,-George, a resident here, married Elizabeth Cross, and David, deceased, married Rachael Sommers.

Charles J. Price moved from Price township into Barrett in 1842. He is the father of eight children, viz. : Emory, married Sarah A. Posten ; Eliazar, married Julia Mole, and, after her decease, Lizzie Bisbing ; Abram, married Mary A. Mole ; and Wesley, married Stella Clark, all reside in Barrett ; Mareau, lives in Luzerne County ; La- fayette, married Hannah Shroeder, and resides in the township ; Mathias and William.

Daniel Price moved from Price into what is now Barrett in 1846, and was the father of three chil- dren, viz. : Warren, in Olean, N. Y .; Albert (died) ; Daniel, in Wisconsin. Lewis Mills owns the homestead.

Jacob Price moved from Price township into Barrett in 1840. He was the father of twelve children, viz. : Martin and Jacob (dead) ; David, who married Sarah Boyer, in the township; Am- brose, in Stroudsburg; Allen, who married So- phia Evans, and, after her decease, Sarah Bailey, in the township ; Andrew, married Louisa Conk- ling, in the township; Sarah, married Charles Zeiger, and lives in the West; Paul, married Charlotte Deubler, and Stroud married Ellen Edwards, both of Barrett; Hester, wife of Julius Bush, resides in Stroudsburg ; Wesley and Milton, in the township.

Simon Stright came from England and settled in Barrett township in 1842. He was the father of six children, viz .: Joseph, who married Caro-

line Price, and lived in the township till his death ; Mary, Alford and Charles, at Dover, Pa ; William, in Tunkhannock ; John, married Martha Sebring, and, after her decease, Mary Crisman, and lives on the homestead.

Adam Albert came from Easton, Pa , and set- tled in Barrett township in 1845. He is the father of seven children, viz. : Elizabeth, wife of Edward Markle, in Minnesota ; Anthony, married Maggie Walters, and lived in the township till his death ; Catharine, wife of John Vernoy, in the township ; Andrew, killed in the "Seven Days' Fight," before Richmond ; Mary, wife of Benjamin De Grott, in Pike County ; Edward, in Minneso- ta ; Abraham, married Susan Price, and resides in the township. The land on which Adam Albert settled is now owned by Mrs. Maggie Albert.

Charles Boyer settled here in 1846. He was the father of six children, viz : Daniel, in Olean, N. Y .; Ann, married Edward Price; Lewis, mar- ried Harriet Cramer ; Sarah, wife of David Price ; and Rose, wife of Henry Deubler, the last four of whom live in the township; Amelia, wife of Ben- jamin Lewis, in New Jersey.

Adam Utt settled in Barrett township in 1849. HIe was the father of eight children, viz. : Charles, in Paradise township; Almeron, married Emma Transue, in the township; Jacob, in the West ; Ely, married Catharine Sebring, in the township ; Lucy, wife of Andrew Sommers, lives on the home- stead ; J. Wilson (deceased) ; Jane, wife of Wil- son Sutton ; Ellen, wife of Charles W. Decker, in the township.

ROADS .- The earliest roads opened in this township were the State road and Wismer road. The State road extending from Stroudsburg to the New Foundland settlement, passes through the centre of the township. The Wismer road started from the State road, near the resi- dence of Charles J. Price, and extended also to New Foundland settlement. The exact dates of the construction of these roads cannot be ob- tained. Since the erection of the township the old roads have been repaired and new ones opened by the various supervisors.

The following is a list of the supervisors who have been elected since the erection of the township, in 1859 :

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1860. John M. Deubler. Christian Deubler.

1861. John Warner.

Charles Boyer.

1862. Ichabod Price.

Madison Price.

1863. Henry Shaler. Nicholas A. Lisk. 1864. Jacob H. Price. Conrad Kintz.

1876. Ambrose Price. Edward Price. 1877. Ambrose Price. J. W. Sutton. 1878. J. W. Sutton. J. S. Snow. 1879. J. W. Sutton.

1868. George W. Price. David Bender.

1866. Peter Seese.

1880. J. W. Sutton.

David Price.

1867. Gottlieb Boncr. John Sees.

1881. J. W. Sutton. Townsend Price.

1868. J. Wilson Sutton. S. N. Stright.

1882. J. W. Sutton.

Joseph Seese.

1869. J. W. Sutton.

Peter Sees.

1870. J. W. Sutton. John M. Wagner.

1884. John Deubler. J. W. Sutton.

1885. John Deubler.

1872. J. W. Sutton. J. M. Wagner.

J. W. Sutton.

1886. Wm. Evans.

James Brewer.

SCHOOLS .- The first school building in this township was erected in 1845, on a tract of land now owned by Jacob Gravel. It was a select school, over which Anthony Ramer presided. It was several years after this when the public schools were first opened. At the present time there are six convenient and commodious school- houses in Barrett township. Four male and two female teachers instruct in these buildings two hundred and fifty pupils. Five months' school is held each year, and for instruction in this time seven hundred and fifty-five dollars are expended. The amount of tax levied for school purposes is seven hundred and fifty-two dollars. The State appropriation for this township is two hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-nine cents. The schools are all in a flourishing condition

The following is a list of school directors who have been elected since 1859:

1860. George W. Price. Smith Price. Gilbert E. Palen. Daniel Staples. Robert Lomax. Fred. Deubler.

1861. R. Compton.

Jacob Rinehart. Smith Price.

1862. Wilkinson Price. L. W. Morris. 1863. Christian Deubler. William P. Seese. Lewis D. Bond. 1864. George H. Miller. Lewis D. Bond. Charles Price. H. Sundheimer.

1865. Chas. W. Decker.

Charles Price. Charles Evans. Edmund Price. Wm. C. Long. 1866. Fred. Deubler. Lewis D. Bond. Wilkinson Price. 1867. William C. Long. Benjamin Hanna.

1875. Davis W. Bush. Wm. P. Sees. 1876. Edmund Price. Edward Price. John Vernoy. 1877. J. N. Stright. C. W. Decker. Hannah Deubler. 1878. Jacob Price. Joseph Brown. B. F. Price. 1879. Townsend Price. Edward Price.

1880. C. W. Decker. Otto E. Shaler. 1881. David Bender. Mahlon Carlton.

1882. Townsend Price. Sylvester Price. George W. Seese. 1883. G. G. Shafer. Jerome Frantz.

1885. E. M. Case. David Price. Mahlon Price.

1875. Jacob Price.

Joseph H. Stright.

1886. John Krummel. Moses Cosler.

HOTELS AND BOARDING-HOUSES .- In Barrett township there are at present two hotels and five boarding-houses. Allan Price is proprietor of one, and the other, which is situated at Cresco, is con- ducted by Henry Zeiger. Three of the boarding- houses are located at Canadensis. They are man- aged respectively by C. W. Bruton, Abraham Albert and David Crane. The other boarding- houses are conducted by Edward and Henry Price. The buildings are all well constructed and stand in good, healthful locations. Many private families also accommodate summer guests. The proprietors are amiable and accommodating men, and leave nothing undone to add to the happiness of their guests. The excellent fishing, the beauti- ful scenery and the healthiness of the place exert a great influence in bringing city people from their homes to enjoy a summer's pleasure and rec- reation.

Henry Zeiger can accommodate about forty people. The Laurel Grove House, conducted by C. W. Bruton, has ample room for thirty-five ; Abraham Albert for thirty-five, David Crane for thirty, Edward Price for forty and Henry Price for forty.

POST-OFFICES .- The first post-office in the

George W. Price. 1872. Elisha Dunbar. Joseph Brown. 1873. John W. Yothers. Henry Deubler.

1874. A. J. Decker.

Charles Boyer. Jacob H. Price.

1873. Charles Boyer. S. M. Edwards.

1874. Edward Price. Depue Detrick. 1875. Ambrose Price. Edward Price.

1865. Jacob H. Price. Simon N. Stright.

A. J. Decker.

J. W. Sutton.

1869. G. W. Sees. Ely Utt. Edmund Price. J. A. Dunning.

1870. David Bender.

1883. Philip Bush. O. E. Shaler.

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township was established at Coveville about 1846. Simon N. Stright was the first postmaster. He was succeeded by E. F. Palen and the office changed to Canadensis. E. F. Palen was suc- ceeded by Henry Pye, C. W. Bruton and Wilkin- son Price; the present incumbent A post-office was established at White's tannery in 1856 with William S. White as first postmaster. He was succeeded by George G. Shafer, Jerome Frantz and C. W. Decker, the present incumbent. In 1870 the name of the office was changed to Moun- tain Home. The post-office at Cresco was estab- lished a few years ago. J. S. Coleman was ap- pointed postmaster. He still retains the office.

VILLAGES .- Canadensis is a small hamlet situ- ated near the centre of the township. It contains two churches, a tannery, a grist-mill, a saw-mill, a post-office, three boarding-houses, two stores, run respectively by Abraham Albert and Henry Pye, and about thirty residences. It was formerly a more active place than at present.

Mountain Home is the name of a small village formerly called Oak Valley. It is situated in the southern part of the township, about a mile from the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad The town was in a flourishing condition until the tannery of Day, Wilcox & Co. was burned. Since that time it has slowly declined. It contains a clothes-pin factory, a veneering factory, a saw- mill, a church, a school-house, a post-office, a store run by C. W. Decker and about forty dwellings.

Cresco is the name of the only station of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in the township. It was formerly called Oakland. It is located in the southern part of Barrett town- ship. It contains a store, run by Place Brothers ; a hotel and boarding-house, managed by Henry Zeiger, and about twenty residences.

MOUNTAIN HOME LODGE, No. 684, I. O. O. F., was instituted December 23, 1869, by Theodore Schoch, I. D. G. M. The lodge is located in the village of Mountain Home, Barrett township. The charter members were E. H. Heller, Town- send Price, John A. Dunning, Jerome Frantz, Ely Utt, J. Wilson Utt, Madison Smith, Edmund Price, Robert Eaton, Moses C. Cosler and Allen Price. The present officers are, N. G., G. Sommers ; V. G., H. Bachmeer ; Sec., O. E. Shaller ; Ass't Sec., J. Boorem ; Treas., E. M. Case ; Rep, E. Utt.

MANUFACTURING .- There are at present in this township a clothes-pin factory, a veneering factory, two grist-mills and six saw-mills. There were formerly two tanneries, one at Mountain Home and the other at Canadensis. Palen & Northrop built the tannery at Canadensis in 1847, and conducted it till 1875, when the scarcity of bark rendered it unprofitable. White & Brakely built the other tannery, at Mountain Home, in 1856. In 1862 Loring Andrews purchased it, and in 1874 sold it to Day, Wilcox & Co. The latter firm run it till 1885, when it was burned.

E. Dunbar & Co. built a shoe-peg factory at Mountain Home in 1868. It was sold to C. W. Decker, who changed it toa clothes-pin factory in 1880. The mill contains three sets of machines and employs twenty-five persons when in opera- tion. At present it is owned by Richard S. Sta- ples, Thomas A. Bell and George E. Stauffer, and is not operated.

The veneering factory was built in 1881 by C. W. Decker. It is now owned by John Sperry and is not operated.

John Pitt built one of the grist-mills in 1845. It was successively owned by Henry Feltham, Emory Ergood, A. Moon and Solomon Edwards- The grist mill at Canadensis was built in 1881 by Christian Cuff. It is now owned by P. Ackerman and managed by Labar & Harris.

The saw-mills are situated in various parts of the township. They were built at early dates, and at different times have been repaired and rebuilt. The mills are about of the same size and capacity, employing from three to eight men. They are at present owned by Martin B. Rinehart, George Price & Sons, P. Ackerman, Eleazer Price & Co., Milton and Wesley Price and Howard and Joseph Price. Labar & Harris conduct P. Ackermen's mill, which is situated at Canadensis. The others are both owners and proprietors.

TOWNSHIP OFFICERS .- The following is a list of the justices of the peace who have been elected in Barrett township since its erection :

1865. Jacob Price. Adam Utt.

1870. John M. Carlton. Adam Utt.

1875. J. M. Carlton. Laban Lewis.

1880. J. M. Carlton. Laban Lewis.

1885. C. W. Decker. Laban Lewis.

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The following is a list of assessors who have been elected since the erection of Barrett town- ship.

1860. L. W. Morris. 1874. Townsend Price.

1861. George W. Price.

1875. Townsend Price.

1862. Wilkinson Price.

1876. Townsend Price.

1863. J. A. D. Custard.

1878. Townsend Price.

1864. Wilkinson Price.

1879. David Price.

1865. David Price.

1866. Simon N. Stright.

1880. Townsend Price. 1881. Wilkinson Price.

1867. Wilkinson Price.

1882. Townsend Price.

1868. Henry Deubler.

1883. R. C. De Deon.

1869. David Price.

1884. J. H. Feltham.

1870. Jacob Price.

1885. David Price.

1872. Joseph N. Stright.

1886. David Price.

1873. E. H. Heller.

RELIGIOUS MATTERS.

METHODISM IN BARRETT TOWNSHIP.1-Regular Methodist preaching began to be held in this township in the year 1855, at which time Paradise Circuit was organized and left to be supplied by the presiding elder, who appointed Rev. Francis D. Eagan pastor in charge. His preaching-points within the limits of the township were the old school-house in the cove, near Canadensis, and the house of Harrison Sebring, at Oakland, now called Mountain Home.

Mr. Sebring was at that time engaged with Mr. William White in the lumbering business, which, in the hands of Shafer & Rinehart, who succeeded them in 1856, developed extensively, and was one of the agencies which induced a greater popula- tion to this section of the country. The tanning business, which commenced about this time, proved a still greater attraction for population. Little villages rapidly grew up around the tanneries of White & Brakely, at Mountain Home, and North- rop & Palen, at Canadensis. A fine field was thus opening for Christian enterprise, having, more- over, this advantage : that some of the leading men engaged in these business ventures were decided Christians, while others were favorably disposed towards the church. Rev. F. D. Eagan was re- appointed to Paradise Circuit in 1856. About this time Mrs. Sarah Northrop started a Sabbath- school in the little school-house near the bridge over Goose Pond River, in Canadensis. Not much was accomplished that year, and Rev. Eagan

closed his labors without seeing any material ad- vance in church matters.

In the spring of 1857 Rev. Thomas S. Childs was appointed to the circuit, and, under God, Mr. Childs proved to be the right man for the place. He entered heartily into the work assigned him, preaching earnestly and faithfully, and personally urging the Gospel upon the attention of the people. In his labors he had the sympathy and co-opera- tion of the scanty membership. During the latter part of that year the society, finding the old school- house in the cove no longer endurable, because of its dilapidated condition, fitted up the wagon- house in the rear of the store, in Canadensis, with seats, etc., and held service in it till the erection of the present church. In this wagon-house an extensive revival of religion took place, resulting in many conversions. This revival gave wonder- ful impetus to church affairs. The project of building a church was agitated, but all were not agreed as to the character it should bear, some proposing that it should be a Union Church, while others insisted that it should be distinctively Meth- odist. Finally a meeting was held, at which these matters were fully discussed, and the conclusion reached to build a Methodist Church on the site now occupied in Canadensis. The firm of Palen & Northrop took the responsibility of building the church. Under their supervision the present neat structure was built in 1858, at a cost of twelve hundred dollars, which was partly provided for by subscriptions, and the remainder was assumed by the above firm. The church building is a one- story frame, twenty-six by thirty-eight feet, Gothic in style, and will seat about two hundred persons. Regular preaching services are held in the church every two weeks, and are well attended. It has a membership of fifty-six, and a Sabbath-school numbering about seventy teachers and scholars.

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History of Wayne, Pike, and Monroe counties, Pennsylvania, Part 205

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co. Number of Pages: 1438

Author: Mathews, Alfred, 1852-1904. 4n
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : R.T. Peck & Co.
Number of Pages: 1438