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ship and is nearly a mile in of troops that served in the War of 1812.
George Pollinger who served as register of wills of York County from 1873 to 1876 was a resident of Siddonsburg. Levi M. Myers, also a resident of this village was a member of the State legislature in 1903-4.
George Dare who served as associate sea level is I, II0 feet. Benjamin Siddon and judge of the courts of York County from 1841 to 1846, was born near Lewisberry in 1789. He resided in Monaghan Township most of his life and died in 1863.
William Divin conceived the idea of found- ing a town in 1825, and it was named after the former. James G. Frazer was the first postmaster, being appointed in 1826, and continued for many years. J. A. Myers has been postmaster for a quarter of a century, and also owns a store. Dr. Wingert prac- ticed medicine here for a third of a century. ber of the State Legislature.
He was succeeded by Dr. William R. Prowell who practiced here for ten years, and then removed to Steelton, Pa.
The saw mills of P. Laucks, near
Mills. Bowmansdale, Levi Lantz, on the Yellow Breeches, and L. T. Fortney
A pottery existed in Siddonsburg for on a small stream, a short distance south- many years. It was originally started on a west of Mount Pleasant, sawed a great deal farm owned by Jacob Cocklin. After the of the local timber into lumber for home building was destroyed by fire, the business use. was removed by John Elcock, its owner at One of the first grist mills within the
An Englishman by the name of Bosworth obtained the first lease on the property in the year 1839, but did not develop the mine, and sold his lease to Governor Porter, of Harrisburg, who worked it successfully and hauled the ore to Harrisburg on wagons town, and the ore was shipped over the Cumberland Valley Railroad. Mrs. Knisely received twenty-five cents per ton royalty. About the year 1873 the farm and ore bank came into possession of Mr. Landis and his first lease was given to H. O. Shelly, April 18, 1874, who mined about 1,300 tons, when
no machinery; and about 500 tons of ore were mined. Mr. Landis made a lease to J. C. Fuller January 15, 1875, who held the property under a lease until November, 1882, and mined about 7,000 tons of ore. In October 1883, Mr. Landis leased the bank to H. O. Shelly. The vein was from ten to fourteen feet in thickness. The ore was magnetic. This bank has not been operated, since 1890.
Siddonsburg. Siddonsburg lies near the centre of Monaghan Town- length. The southern part is called Mount Pleasant, which is situated on an eminence overlooking a large extent of country. Round Top on the borders of Monaghan and Warrington townships is only a short distance away, and its elevation above the
David J. Williams, a member of the York Bar, who served as district attorney, was a native of Monaghan Township. Charles Williams of this township, served as a mem-
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present limits of Monaghan Township was next year he took up his residence in Mon- a small log structure, with an undershot aghan. During the succeeding forty years, wheel, built by William Parks on the Yellow Breeches. After some years, the log build- ing was torn down and a stone one built, with the same undershot wheel for motive power. John Gardner, a leading member of the York Bar, at one time owned this mill. The undershot wheel was exchanged and a "center discharge" was used up to 1882, when P. Laucks put in two thirty-inch tur- bine wheels. The capacity of this mill is 1,200 bushels per day when in operation twenty-four hours. F. H. Godhart who suc- ceeded in the ownership of this mill in- creased its capacity and added modern im- provements.
Watts' Mill is situated three-fourths of a mile northeast of Siddonsburg. Robert Bryson built a grist mill on the site of Clark's saw mill but it was destroyed by fire, after which the present mill was built by Mr. Bryson, who also built ovens for drying corn, and manufactured it into meal. He furnished hundreds of barrels for the city markets.
Culture.
he introduced and cultivated 180 varieties of apples, 120 varieties of peaches, eighty varieties of pears, forty varieties of cherries, and ten varieties of apricot trees, besides many other kinds of fruit, timber and orna- mental trees. He began the cultivation of the peach about 1830, and raised his largest crop in 1846, 1,500 bushels of peaches which he sold for the sum of $980. He also made at a local distillery thirty-five barrels of peach brandy, which he disposed of at the rate of seventy-five cents a gallon. He was one of the pioneers in raising small fruits, and at one time had ten acres planted in raspberries alone. The fruit industry of Monaghan became very profitable, and as early as 1884, the statistics show that 73,000 quarts, or over 2,280 bushels of strawber- ries ; 39,900 quarts or over 1,246 bushels of raspberries ; 3,000 quarts of blackberries and about seven tons of grapes were marketed yearly from this township.
During the past twenty years, fruit grow- ing in Monaghan has continued to prosper. The common school system under act of 1834, was accepted in Monaghan Town- ship in the year 1836, and the subscription schools that were in use prior to the adop- tion of free schools, were not very well patronized. There are five schools known as Siddonsburg, Porter's Filey's, Anderson- town and Myers. Peaches have produced abundantly when- ever that fruit grew elsewhere in Pennsyl- vania. The small fruits have also been readily sold in the local markets. Since 1890, the cultivation of the plum tree has been quite successful. Peaches, strawber- ries and plums have been more profitable than any other kinds of fruit. . The insect Monaghan is the banner town- Fruit ship in York County for growing apple and peach trees, which have been known to bear an abundant crop since the earliest recollection of the oldest inhabitants. Since 1870, the cultiva- tion of small fruits such as the raspberry, strawberry, blackberry and the grape has been a very profitable business and has known as the " scale " came to this town- ship when it appeared elsewhere in South- ern Pennsylvania. When peach trees are attacked by this plague, they die after they have grown two or three crops. In order to economize, farmers of Monaghan plant an orchard with peach trees which last abont four years. Plum trees are planted in par- allel rows ; these last about eight years, pro- occupied the attention of nearly all the ducing three or four crops. About the same time that the plum and peach trees are set out, apple trees are planted in the same orchard. The prudent farmer can thus have a continuous crop of either peaches, plums or apples, on the same land.
farmers in the township. Jacob Cocklin, who was born in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, in 1797, and lived to the advanced age of ninety years, raised more fruit in his time than any other person in York County. He was also interested in Eli H. Cocklin succeeded to the owner- ship of the Cocklin homestead, near Sid- donsburg, and continued the fruit-growing business. John A. Cocklin, son of Eli, B. H. Cocklin. B. F. Cocklin and John Cock- arbor culture on a very extensive scale. Observing that the soil and climate of Mon- aghan Township was well adapted for po- mology and arbor culture, Mr. Cocklin, planted his first apple orchard in 1827. The lin, own large orchards, some of which are
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in adjoining townships. Other farmers in church at Andersontown were John Hutton, Monaghan who are extensive growers of William Tate, Jacob May, John Ayers, apples, peaches, pears, plums and small Samuel Arter, Henry Beck and a few others. fruits, are Jacob H. Myers, John R. Myers, Levi M. Myers, Russell Myers, Henry K. Forry and Alfred Eichelberger.
More members were gradually added, among whom were John P. Wiley, Jacob Traver and wife, George Wiley and wife. The most popular varieties of apples are York Imperial, Ben Davis and Grimes' Golden. The Kiefer pear produces abun- dantly. The varieties of strawberries raised within recent years are the Gandy, Bubach and Gregg. In 1842, a revival under the labors of Revs. McElroy, William Miller and D. Maxwell, resulted in the addition of many new mem- bers, William Anderson and Mrs. Mary Kline being among the number. In 1843, a revival of three months' duration resulted in the addition of more than 100 members. Churches. Prior to 1848 the services were held in the schoolhouse. During that year a new of the person who donated the ground. This frame church was built, Elder S. Fleegle being the minister. In 1871, the building was encased in brick. Rev. W. J. Shaner was pastor of this circuit in 1907.
The Lutheran and Reformed Church known as "Filey's Church" was named in honor church was organized about 1800. The first building was of logs, and served as a school and church. It had two rows of desks along the side walls, facing the centre desks. The pulpit was a concavo-convex, or like a goblet cut through the centre, it being usually called the "bird cage."
Mount Pleasant Bethel was organized in 1843, in an old building opposite the hotel later kept by W. K. Burns in Siddonsburg, by members, principally, of the church at Andersontown. The first ruling elders were George Myers and James Machlin. Thomas Kerr donated a small tract of ground, and in 1844, a frame meeting house was built, at
In 1838, it was thought advisable to erect a brick church building of modern architec- ture. The members of both denominations elected a building committee, two of each denomination, to erect a union church. The a cost of about $500. The original number of members was twelve. In 1850, a brick church called Mount Pleasant Bethel was built in the upper end of Siddonsburg, at a cost of $2,300. In 1882, during the pas- torate of Elder H. E. Reever, the building was remodeled at an expense of $1, 100.
building committee was composed of Jacob Hartman, David Fortney, Jacob Coover, and Jacob Heikes. The cornerstone was laid August 20, 1838, and the church was dedicated the same year. Since 1838, the two congregations have been served by the following pastors: Revs. Kempfer, Focht, Andersontown and Siddonsburg are ap- Rightmyer, Bricker, Dasher, Seifert, Win- pointments on a circuit, and are supplied ton, Dietrich, Heilman, Day, Minter, by pastors appointed by the annual East Stump, Ehrhard, Smith, Wiles, Helfrick Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church of and Kale. In 1907 Rev. H. A. Althouse God. was pastor of the Reformed congregation and Rev. George Eveler of the Lutheran to the history of Monaghan, the author is congregation.
The Church of God at Andersontown was organized about 1830. Rev. John Wine- brenner, the founder of this denomination, was originally a clergyman in the German Reformed Church. He preached on cer- tain occasions in Andersontown and vicinty.
For much of the information relating under obligations to James W. Shaffer.
NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP.
In the year 1722, Sir William Keith, then lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, laid off the first tract of land, west of the Sus- quehanna. It was situated along the river, This denomination, according to doctrine above Wrightsville. He called this tract, and discipline, is an order of Baptists, with no definite creed, but "acknowledges and re- ceives the infallible teachings of the inspired word of God, as a guide in all matters of Christian faith and practice." "Newberry" and that is the origin of the name of this township. The Quaker meet- ing records of Chester County state that the first Friends to settle west of the river located at a place called "Newberry." This
The names of the first members of the record was made in the year' 1734, and in
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1738 these Quakers petitioned for a meeting Peter Worrall, Thomas Cox, John Noblet, for religious worship at the present site of Newberrytown.
Ann Noblet, Ann Hussey, Margaret Hus- sey, John Garretson, William Cox, Sam- The settlement of the northern part of the county by the Quakers began at the same time that the Germans commenced to take up the lands in the valley of the Codorus, between the present sites of Han- over, York and Wrightsville. uel Cox, John Baley, James Ashton, Charles McAhele, Patrick Carson, Rebecca Bennett, Hannah Fincher, Mary Cox, Re- becca Cox, Esther Davis, Anna Garretson, Martha Garretson, Sarah McAnabley, Eliza- beth Price, Margaret Carson, James Clem- son, Francis Flincher, Joseph Bennett, Wil- out during the first eight years that white liam Garrettson, Joseph Garrettson, Wil- liam Griffith, James Moore, Thomas Riley, Jacob Youngblood, William Baley, James Baley.
There were no township boundaries laid settlers occupied the region north of the Conewago. In 1742, about one hundred settlers west of the river and north of the Conewago Creek, petitioned the courts at Lancaster for the erection of a township. Their petition was granted and during that year the township of Newberry was laid out from a survey made by Thomas Cook- son, one of the deputy surveyors for the Province of Pennsylvania.
The original area of Newberry Township including the present township of that name, Fairview Township, and the northern part of Manchester and East Manchester.
Nathan Hussey, a prominent
First Quaker, had settled near the Settlers. mouth of Fishing Creek in 1734, and opened a ferry there. He became one of the commissioners to lay out York County in 1749. John Day was ap- pointed justice of the peace for Newberry Township in 1742, and in 1749 was the president judge of the first court held in the view. county of York. He was also a member of the Society of Friends and a man of in- tellectual attainments. The tract of land which he took up in 1735 was called Man- chester from whence came the name of the township. When Manchester Township was laid out in 1745, it included the southern part of the original township of Newberry. Who the earliest settlers of the Redland and Fishing Creek Valleys and the adjoining region of Newberry were, can be best shown by referring to a marriage which took place at the home of Justice John Day, on May 29, 1740. On this occasion, Theodate Seal was married to Robert Hodgin by the ceremony of the Society of Friends. The persons recorded to have been present at this ceremony were : Anne Hussey, Nathan Hussey, John Hus- sey, Christopher Hussey, Content Garret- son, Ann Day, John Day, Thomas Fioland,
The first names in the list were the rela- tives of the persons married.
Most of the fertile lands of Newberry and adjoining townships were taken up soon after the arrival of the first Quakers. There were 2,000 followers of William Penn living west of the Susquehanna as early as 1760. Before the Revolution, many of them mi- grated to Virginia and to the central part of North Carolina. An article in relation to this religious body will be found in the early chapters of this volume, to which the read- er's attention is directed.
In 1767 Matthias Ressler, by
Newberry authority of County Commis- in 1767. sioners, Thomas Stockton, Joseph Updegraff and Hugh Denwody, took the assessment of New- berry Township which then included Fair-
A complete list of the taxable in- habitants for that year is given below. This is the earliest tax list in existence taken in that township. Most of the persons named in the list were among the first settlers in the upper end of York County.
Ashbridge, George
Copland, David
Ashton, William
Clayton, Henry
Anderson, William
Crocket, William
Crone, Philip
Brown, John
Brown, Henry
Cox, John Clemson, John
Beard, Matthias
Cannon, Thomas
Bonine, James
Carrel, Christopher
Bayley, Daniel
Blazer, John
Chamberlain, Jonas
Beck, George
Deveny, Cornelius
Boyd, George
Deveny, Michael
Brooks, William
Davis, David
Bennington, John
Driver, James Ensminger, David
Burrer, Michael
Ensminger. George
Black, Michael
Ensminger, Henry
Cram, Martin
Elliot, Benjamin
Elliot, James
Crone, Simon
Condrick, Darby
Elliot, Alexander
Bare, Jacob
Baxter, William
Carron, Michael
Bonine, Thomas
Cuvard, Abraham Chaffin, John
Barnet, James
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Evans, Daniel
Pike, John
Ernestmyer, George
Pike, Abraham
Fisher, James
Prunk, John
Freeman, Nathaniel
Provent, Jacob
Garretson, John, Sr.
Plough, John
Garretson, John, Jr. Goosehorn, George Grimes, Daniel
Pugh, Thomas Peters, Richard
Glancey, Torrence Garretson, William Grove, Samuel
Grove, John
Pumpa, George Pots, John Quiggel, Philip Rodgers, Ellis
Good, Peter Gorlick, John Horse, Jacob
Rucker, John
Hoover, Joseph
Richey, James
Humble, Garret
Remer, Abraham
Hussey, Richard
Rasler, Matthias
Hussey, Jediah
Richman, John
Hussey, John
Ryon, Cornelius
Hepsa, Jacob
Ryon, John
House, Benjamin Hunter, Thomas
Rankin, James
Hutton, Joseph
Rankin, John
Hero, Peter
Rafe, Jacob
Harris, Samnel
Rankin, William
Harris, George
Riggle, George
Harris, John
Rosenberry, Henry
Hambleton, Francis
Shelley, Peter
Hambleton, Alexander
Shelley, Jacob
Hoffman, John
Silver, Joseph
Ishbogh, Simon
Shetter, Jacob
Jennings, Thomas
Shetter, John
John, Samuel
Stanton, Daniel
Jones, Samuel
Spade, John
Johnson, George
Sharp, James
Knertzer, Baltzer
Sharp, Thomas
King, Christopher
Smith, Thomas
Knafe, Peter
Smith, James
Kennieff, Barney Landis, Henry
Shultz, Felty
Love, James
Spence, George
Love, Robert
Stop, Matthias Shafer, John
Loghman, Henry Leamon, John
Sayler, Christian
Lewis, Samnel
Toland, James
Lewis, Ellis
Thorley, Abraham
Lewis, Henry
Thorley, George
Lehorn, Leonard
Tensil, John
Lockery, Patrick
Taylor, Joseph
Mills, Robert
Thompson, Lambert
Mansberger, Martin
Thompson, Mordecai
Miller, Adam
Thompson, Howell
McCrey, Hugh
Valentine, Jacob
Miller, Robert
Wire, Ludwig
McAdams, John
\Vile, Peter
McAdams, Thomas
Whinery, Robert
Miller, Samuel
Whinery, Thomas
Miller, Robert
Wilson, William
McCrery, Elizabeth
West, Charles
Martin, Jacob
Welsh, James
Mills, James
Webb, John
Moore, Samuel
Willis, Henry
Michael, William
Willis, William
Martin, Andrew
Wallace, Samuel
Myers, Jacob
Wilkeson, John, Sr.
Mathers, John
Wilkeson, John, Jr.
McNele, James
Way, William
Mapping, James
Welch, Margaret
Morgan, John
Way, David West, Isaac
Means, Isaac
Wilkeson, Robert
Mains, David
WVilleby, William
Noblet, Ann
Weaver, Isaiah
Nealer, James
Yarnel, John
Pike, Isaac
Young, William
In 1783, Newberry Township Newberry in 1783. contained 33,107 acres of as- sessed land; had fifteen grist and saw mills; 296 dwelling houses-three more than the town of York then had and more than any other township in the county. The population at this time was 1704, nearly all of whom were Quakers. Since the formation of Fairview in 1803, the area of Newberry is about one-half its original size.
John Ashton, Cephas Atkeson, James Bain, Jacob Burger, Andrew Donaldson, Joseph Thatcher, Henry Krieger, Chris- topher Heingardner, Adam Holtzapple, William Hanna, John McCreary, Thomas McCaddams, Hugh McKee, George Mich- ael, John Ross, Jacob Rife, George Spence, Adam Shullar, Hugh Danner, Herman Up- degraff, James Willis, William Willis, Jesse Wickersham, John Wilson, Thomas Wat- kins, Absolom Hall, and Thomas Whin- nery, all residents of Newberry (which then included Fairview), were weavers. There were at this time 821 sheep owned by the farmers of this township. Jacob Epply was a chair-maker; William Baxter and John Driver were wheelwrights; Adam Collpret- zer, William George, James Hancock, George Kay, coopers; Thomas Warren, Samuel Nelson, John Mills and John Mc- Masters, carpenters; Samuel Grove, gun- smith; Joseph Taylor, wagon-maker; Jacob Burger, James Elliott, Jacob Manly, An- drew Miller, Ellis Rogers, George Snyder, cordwainers (shoe-makers); John Willis and David Jenkins, masons; Edward Jones, saddler ; Isaac Bennett, Jesse Hays, Matthias Rastler and William Randalls, tailors; Elizabeth Chesney (widow of Wil- liam Chesney) owned four houses, 470 acres of land, one distillery, seven negro slaves, six horses, seven cows, twenty sheep, and a ferry-entire valuation 2,620 pounds in money, which was the highest in the town- ship. The ferry mentioned extended across the Susquehanna below the present site of New Market, in Fairview Township, and the land owned was afterward known as the Simpson property, later as the Haldeman estate. Eli Lewis, who afterward founded the town of Lewisberry, owned 850 acres of land, six dwelling houses, all valued at 1.018 pounds; John Prunk owned three dwelling-houses, 250 acres of land, a saw-
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Morgan, William
Pepper, Joshua
Persel, Benjamin
Rubel, Matthias
Rennals, William
Sands, John
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mill and a grist-mill, three horses and six uel Ritcheson, Jacob Rife, William Prowell, John Singer, Jacob Shelley, Christian Stoner, John Starr, James Shannon, Abra- ham Shelley, William Thorley, George Thorley, Joseph Taylor, Jacob Tate, Wil- liam Thorp, Nathan Thomas, Darrick Up- degraff, Samuel Vernon, Joseph Welsh, William Wilson, Robert Walker, James Welsh, Andrew Welsh. cows, all valued at 1, 104 pounds. His prop- erty and mill were located at the site of Goldsboro. The town was not built until sixty-five years after this date. Henry Krieger owned seventeen acres of land, a ferry, and the property at the Conewago Falls, where, through individual enterprise, considerable improvement had been made. It was afterward the site of Conewago The population of Newberry Township in 1820 was 1,794; 1830, 1,856; 1840, 1,850; 1860, 2,182; 1870, 2,144; 1880, 2,228; 1890, 2,238; 1900, 2,10I. Canal Company, and later the York Haven Company. The entire valuation of Krieger's property was 1,018 pounds. Henry Forry owned land valued at 1,006 pounds; John Quakers from Chester County, Harman a tan-yard and 200 acres of land, The belonging to Kennett Meeting, valued at 863 pounds; John Nichols 250 acres of land and two dwelling houses worth 664 pounds. Saw and grist mills were owned by Christian Fox, Godlove Fisher, John Harman, William Love, James Mills, William Michael, John Prunk, Martin Shet- pioneer homes were built. Immediately ter, and William Willis. The blacksmiths of the township were Jacob Highman, James Hancock, Samuel Keller, William Malsby, Anthony Moore, Anthony Phillips,
Friends. began to settle in the region now embraced in Newberry and Fair- view townships, as early as 1734. They met together at their cabins in this settle- ment for religious worship soon after these after the first settlers had cleared small tracts of land and built their cabins, they sent for their wives and families. In 1738, a number of Quakers received a permit from Valentine Shultz, Frederick Shurger, Na- the Sadsbury Monthly Meeting in the east- than Thomas and John Wire. Edward ern part of Lancaster County, to hold Jones was the only saddler; Dr. Robert preparative meetings, west of the Susque- hanna. This occurred four years before Newberry Township had been laid out by authority of Lancaster County, to which the region west of the Susquehanna belonged until 1749.
Kennedy was the only physician regularly authorized to practice, who then resided in the township. Lawrence Frost, who came from Chester County, taught a successful school for the Quakers, during the Revolu- tionary War, and for twenty years before. He was possessed of a good English educa- tion. James Webb owned the Middletown Ferry which was chartered in 1762. Some of the prominent land owners and farmers, whose descendants still reside there were William Ashton, John Atticks, Thomas Brinton, Adam Bower, William Bratton, Christopher Coble, Simon Crone, Jacob Drorbaugh, George Ensminger, Philip Fetrow, John Fetrow, Joseph Glancey, Cor- nelius Garretson, John Garretson, William Garretson, Jacob Hart, John Hursh, Joshua Hutton, Robert Hammersly, William Hunter, Andrew Klein, Michael Kern, Henry Kiester, Ezekiel Kirk, Hugh Laird, John Mills, John McCreary, Robert Miller, George Maish, Jonathan McCreary, George
The Preparative Meetings were success- ful and these early Quakers obtained per- mission from the Concord Quarterly Meet- ing of Chester County, to erect a house of worship in 1745. The site of Newberry- town being a central point, for these Quakers to meet, they decided to erect the first meeting house west of the Susque- hanna, along the hillside overlooking the fertile valleys which were then occupied by members of the Society of Friends who had migrated here from Chester County.
In 1811 the Society built a house of wor- ship two miles east of Lewisberry. The stone meeting house in Newberrytown was sold about 1820 and has since been used as a private residence.
A graveyard covering an area of one Miller, Henry Mathias, George Mans- acre is situated at the east end of Newberry- berger, John Nicholas, William Nailer, town. In this sacred spot a large number Samuel Nelson, John Plow, John Postle- of the early settlers of Newberry and Fair- wait, Michael Pollinger, John Rankin, Sam- view townships were buried.
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Newberrytown.
son, in the year 1791. It is situated near the centre of Newberry Township, on a ridge of trap formation nearly two miles in width, and extending from a point north of Lewisberry to York Haven. On many parts of this ridge are huge boulders of dolerite. A survey was made and forty-three lots laid out by the founder of Newberrytown. Soon after- ward the following named persons pur- chased one or more lots: James Garretson, Henry Krieger, John Wilson, William Kline, William Wickersham, Samuel Miller, south.
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