History of York County, Pennsylvania : from the earliest period to the present time, divided into general, special, township and borough histories, with a biographical department appended, Part 127

Author: Gibson, John, Editor
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago
Number of Pages: 1104

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Andersontown and Siddonsburg are ap- pointments on the West York Circuit, and are supplied by pastors appointed by the Annual East Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church of God. The following is a list of pastors from first appointment, with date of appoint- ment:

David Kyle. .1844

A. Swartz and J. H. Hurley. 1846

Simon Fleegle .. 1848

J. H. Hurley 1850

S. Fleegle and J. Plowman. 1851

Moses Utley and T. Deshiri. 1852

Samuel Crawford and D. Maxwell. 1853

G. W. Coulter. 1854

Jacob Keller 1856

Jabez Bender. 1859

T. Deshiri and S. S. Richmond. 1861

John Ross. 1863

John W. Deshong. 1865

E. D. Aller. 1868

R. White .. 1870

W. L. Jones.

W. P. Winbigler. 1871

1872

J. A. McDonnald.

1875

W. P. Winbigler. 1877

J. E. Arnold. 1879

H. E. Reever 1881

O. H. Betts.

1884

SUNDAY-SCHOOLS.

At present there are three Sunday-schools in Monaghan: Mount Pleasant, Anderson- towu and Filey's. A few years ago there were two more schools within the limits of the township (one at Myer's schoolhouse, and one at Siddonsburg schoolhouse), but they have been discontinued. There has been a great deal of interest infused into Sunday-school work since the organization known as the Upper District Sunday-school Association of York County, composed of Sabbath-school workers from the townships of Monaghan, Carroll, Franklin, Washing- ton and Warrington, which meets at least once a year. Mount Pleasant School is su- perintended by W. A. and W. W. Myers; Ida L. Cannon is secretary. Number of pu- pils, 112; teachers, nine. It is kept open the entire year.

Andersontown Sunday-school is superin- tended by H. M. Traver; H. S. Moore, secre- tary. Number of pupils, sixty-five; teachers, seven. It is kept open nine months of the year.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

There are five public schools in Monaghan, known as Siddonsburg, Filey's, Freysinger's,

Myers' and Andersontown Schools. The buildings are brick. The common school system, under the act of 1834, was accepted in this township in the year 1836, and the subscription schools that were in use prior to the adoption of free schools, were not very well patronized. The tenth census reports that in this township the number of male in- habitants that can neither read nor write is fifteen, not including five males that can read, but cannot write; and the number of females in the township that cannot read or write is twenty, not including thirty-five who can read, but cannot write. Nearly all are aged people:

The State appropriation for 1884 was $267. Teachers for 1885: Miss C. A. Filler, John K. Cocklin, Russell Cocklin, Ulysses Myers and William Kimmell. School board for 1884: John Bucher, president; E. H. Cocklin, secretary; James Cannon, John Shaffer, John Strayer, Jacob Bigler.

MANUFACTURERS.

At the pottery of Samuel Myers in Siddons- burg was formerly on the farm now owned by Jacob Cocklin, but the buildings were burned a few years ago, and the location was changed to Siddonsburg by John Elcock, Jr., who carried on the business very successfully for some years, but sold to the present owner in 1882, and went to Illinois, to engage in tile-making.

The coach shops of Moore & Bushey in Siddonsburg, sleighs, buggies and spring wagons are manufactured. The shops are the most extensive of the kind in this section. The firm is also engaged in the undertaking business.

H. Deitz has a coach shop in Anderson- town.

Monaghan Township has three saw-mills: P. Laucks' near Bowmansdale; Levi Lantz's on the Yellow Breeches, and L. T. Fortney's on a small stream a short distance southeast of Mount Pleasant.

One of the first grist-mills within the pres- ent limits of Monaghan Township was a small log-structure, with an undershot wheel, built by William Parks on the Yellow Breeches. After some years the log-building was torn down, and a stone one was built, with the same undershot wheel for motive power. John Gardner, Esq., of York, once owned this mill. The undershot wheel was exchanged and a "center discharge" was used up to 1882, when P. Lauck put in two thirty-inch turbine wheels. The capacity of this mill is 1,200 bushels per day (twenty- four hours).

Watts' Mill is situated three-fourths of a

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mile northeast of Siddonsburg. Robert Bryson built a grist-mill on the site of Clark's saw-mill, but taking fire it was de- stroyed, 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 to the city market.

LANDIS' ORE BANK.

The farm of Daniel Landis was first sur- veyed by Roger Cook, in pursuance of a warrant dated June 23, 1746, by Thomas and Richard Penn, Esqs., and after the lapse of over one hundred years, the first ore was discovered, when the land was in the posses- sion of Mrs. Mary Knisely.

An Englishman by the name of Bosworth effected the first lease on the property in the year 1839, but did not develop the mine, and sold his lease to ex-Gov. Porter, of Harrisburg, who worked it successfully and hauled the ore to Harrisburg on wagons for a few years, and after that to Shiremanstown, and the ore was shipped over the Cumber- land Valley Railroad. The Kniselys re- ceived 25 cents per ton royalty. About the year 1873, the farm and ore bank came into the possession of the present owner, and his first lease was given to H. O. Shelly April 18, 1874, who mined about 1,300 tons, when he sold out to Jackson C. Fuller of Philadelphia, January 10, 1875, for $2,500. At this time there was only one opening, and no machinery; about 500 tons of ore mined. Mr. Landis made a lease to J. C. Fuller, January 15, 1875, who held the property under 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 is from ten to fourteen feet in thickness. The ore is mag- netic.

FRUIT CULTURE.

Monaghan has an enviable reputation for the cultivation of fine fruit in great abun- dance. Small orchards were planted early in the history of the township, but it is within the recollection of the older inhabi- tants of this section that fruit culture became so prominent an industry. Jacob Cocklin originated the business here. He planted his first orchard in the township, in the year 1827, and became a citizen of it the follow- ing year (1828), no other nursery being nearer than Carlisle. Since that time he has introduced and grown over 180 varieties of apple, 120 varieties of peach, 80 varieties of pear, 40 varieties of cherry and 10 varieties

of apricot trees, besides many other kinds of fruit, timber and ornamental trees. He planted the first vineyard here, importing a great number of his vines from Germany, but was unsuccessful in cultivating the for- eign fruit. The greatest amount realized in one year from his peach orchard was in 1846; commenced gathering August 4, and finished October 10, and sold over 1,500 bushels for $980, and thirty-five barrels brandy at 75 cents per gallon. Nearly all the farms in the township have apple orchards, and some have been engaged in cultivating the peach.

The growing of small fruits, such as the raspberry, strawberry, blackberry and grape, has engaged the attention of quite a number of the inhabitants, and a profitable business has been developed. Thousands of dollars come into the township annually by this in- dustry alone. The following is the yield for 1884, as nearly as can be ascertained by actual canvass: strawberries, 73,000 quarts, or over 2,280 bushels; raspberries, 39,900 quarts, or over 1,246 bushels; black- berries, 3,000 quarts, and about seven tons of grapes were marketed.

THE TOWNSHIP OF CARROLL.

T HIS township was formed out of eastern part of Franklin and western part of Monaghan. The viewers appointed to make the division were William Caldwell, John Aughenbaugh and George Darron. The court confirmed their report in 1831. The names of the petitioners for the new town- ship were Henry Logan, F. Eichelberger, Isaac Prosser, Alexander Cathcart, Samuel Anderson, W. Elcock, Andrew Mumper, John H. Carl, Robert Hamersly, Michael Bender, John Bentz, John Eichelberger, M. Arnold, John Hursh, Henry Smyser, Jacob Lau, George Klugh, Noah Mumper, James Black, Jacob. Shearer, Jacob Knisley, Abraham De- huff and Aaron G. Blackford and others.

Carroll joins the county of Cumberland on the north, the township of Monoghan on the east, Washington on the south, and Frank- lin on the west. The land, which is quite undulating, slopes to the north and is drained by the Dogwood Run and Stony Run, tribu- taries of the Yellow Breeches. The soil in general is very fertile and productive. This township contains some of the finest homes and farms in the county. There are valua- ble deposits of iron ore, much of which has

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been taken out. A bed of marl was found on the farm of John Dill in 1799.

The population of Carroll, including Dills- burg, in 1880, was 1,338; the number of tax- ables in 1884, in township alone, 348; valu- ation of real estate, $569,465; county tax $2,146; State tax, $65.

The Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad crosses the upper end of this township, and the Mechanicsburg & Dillsburg Railroad pene- trates to the last-named town.

The iron interests of Carroll are of special importance, and future developments promise still more favorable results. The following article was carefully prepared by John N. Logan, Esq.

IRON ORE MINES OF CARROLL.

Iron ore was discovered in Carroll Town- ship by Abraham Mumper, about the year 1847, and very soon afterward by John Mum- per. These were the first known deposits of magnetic ore west of the celebrated Corn- wall mines in Lebanon County, Penn., and they are supposed to be continuations of the same iron belt. The Mumper farms lie directly east of the town of Dillsburg, and the mines are but one mile from the town. The early discoveries consisted of large deposits lying very close to the surface of the ground; in fact, one of the very best pockets was only covered by about two feet of sand or gravel. These heds, or pockets of ore, were worked very successfully by the Messrs. Mumper and their sons for a number of years, and the ore hauled on wagons to Mechanicsburg, Penn., a distance of eight miles, that being the nearest railroad station, and in many in- stances it was hauled much farther.

Mining operations were conducted with varying success by other parties in the town- ship and a great influx of prospectors followed, but with the exception of the beds of ore just mentioned, nothing of any magnitude was discovered, except a mine on the farm of Martin Smyser, adjoining Messrs. Mumper, and a deposit near the Yellow Breeches Creek in Monoghan Township, near the present mine of Mr. Landis. Subsequently Henry Sidle made a discovery on what is now known as the Price farm, near the mines now worked by Mr. D. W. Cox. The hemetite mines west of Dillsburg were of a much more re- cent date, and the deposit much more exten- sive, and the late developments have clearly shown that they are practically inexhaustible. Dr. Lewis Heck, of Dauphin, Penn., who, bought the Knaub Mine some ten years ago, has proved, beyond doubt, that the hematite ore on the south side of the South Mountain,

is both much richer and very much more abundant than was at first supposed, and the McCormick Mine and the Wolf Mine now operated by Maj. H. D. Markley are both showing up rich and abundant deposits of a very superior variety of hematite ore, and the best territory is yet supposed to be un- touched. These mines are situated about three miles west of Dillsburg.

But to return to the Magnetic Mines re- ferred to in the beginning of this article. The panics in the iron trade variously effected them, and although the Messrs. Mumpers worked very successfully, they had many ob- stacles to overcome, and after mining thou- sands of tons of the surface ore, and reap- ing handsome fortunes, finally abandoned the mines, believing the paying ore had all been taken out, and that the cost of further search, and the long haul upon wagons would eat up all the profits .. Little mining was done for a number of years, and Messrs. McCormick & Co., of Harrisburg, Penn., did the most of it. In 1867 Alexander Under- wood, Esq., a son-in-law of Abraham Mum- per, bought the Abraham Mumper farm, Messrs. McCormick & Co., having hecome the owners of the John Mumper ore lands. Mr. Underwood, with his characteristic en- ergy, determined to investigate the property more fully, and sunk a shaft through the "Trap rocks," and was rewarded by the dis- covery of the magnificent mine now owned and worked by him. This was a wonderful event in the mining history of the country, and exploded all former theories regarding the finding of ore in this region. Whilst the building of the Harrisburg & Potomac and the Dillsburg & Mechanicsburg Railroads afforded a much needed outlet, by way of transportation to market, for the ore. Mr. Underwood's principal find was made in the fall of 1872, and was succeeded the next year by the important discovery made by John N. Logan, Esq. Mr. Logan had in- herited from his father, Col. Henry Logan, a tract of land known as the "Cotton farm," lying directly east of the Mumper farms, but sold it at a very ordinary price, as the land was not supposed to be worth much, and the "practical miners " thought there was no ore on it. But as soon as he learned of the find of Mr. Underwood, he at once set to work to make a very careful survey of the surrounding country, and came to the conclusion he had sold the best iron land in the township, and that the great body of the Underwood vein of ore would be found on that tract. He at once determined to buy it back, and paid to Mr. Hafner, what at that

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time was considered a most fabulous price, and became the laughing stock of the coun- try for being such a fool as to throw away his money on so hazardous an investment. But Mr. Logan was not to be driven from his purpose by any such impediments, but went immediately to work, and after what at that time seemed almost unsurmountable dif- ficulties, sunk his shaft on a line directly east of Mr. Underwood, and at a depth of thirty feet, found the same vein of ore, and proved to the country that his opinions were well founded, and that he had not worked on a mere speculation. This was the advent for a wholesale influx of prospectors, and almost every piece of land that was supposed to contain ore, was leased by some party. But the terrible financial panic of September, 1873, struck a severe blow to the iron busi- ness, and the numerous failures that followed delayed greatly the development of the iron interests. But the advent of better times, revived business, and an industry of so much importance, could not lie dormant. Messrs. McCormick & Co., leased Mr. Logan's mine, and have worked it for ten years, and im- proving the mines both of Mr. Underwood and Mr. Logan, have shown a deposit of ore varying from five to fifty feet in thickness After these discoveries the Smyser Mine was opened, then the Bell, next the McClure, the Price (which was operated by Mr. Cox,) and last and most important of all the mine opened, and the prospecting of Mr. G. A. Longnecker. Mr. Longnecker leased a considerable tract of land from Messrs. Un- derwood, Fleming and Logan, and after thoroughly developing the mine on Mr. Un- derwood's land, proceeded to drill down on Mr. Fleming's land with a "Diamond Drill" to a depth of more than 1,000 feet, and although the results of his operation have not as yet been made public, sufficient is known to warrant the statement that an immense deposit of ore has been found at great depth, and that the quantity is sup- posed to be inexhaustible. And we are now led to believe that our mining interests are after all only in their infancy. The quality of the ores have been given by other parties; suffice it to say, they are very rich in metalic iron and quite free from impurities, thus proving their great value.

It is learned that during the last twelve years, more than 120,000 tons of magnetic iron ore have been shipped from the mines referred to, and the amount of money paid out for labor alone, during that time, will exceed $250,000. There is no doubt very much more territory containing val-

uable deposits of both varieties of iron ore, as yet untouched, and all that is want- ing is increased railroad facilities and more capital and energy to develop the untold wealth that must at some day return remu- nerative profits to the diligent investors.

TAXABLE INHABITANTS.

The following is a list of the taxable in- habitants of Monaghan in 1783, which then included Carroll and Franklin:

Henry Arndorf, 130 acres. € 200

James Anderson, 1 still. 211

Michael Alker.

John Anderson, 50 acres. 25

Albert Andrew, 150 acres. 242

Edward Brady.

Michael Brady, 20 acres.

Daniel Bailey, 50 acres.

116

Wendal Baker.

Adam Brumer.

James Brawly, 43 acres.

Christian Baker, 50 acres.

William Beans.

Robert Bole ..

John Brown

Hugh Beans.

Thomas Beans, 100 acres.

150

James Beans, 100 acres. 116

Samuel Beans, 100 acres. 100

Robert Beans, 100 acres. 100

Thomas Beans, Jr. . .

146

Richard Blackford, 182 acres.

148

Charles Byars, 100 acres.

148

Elizabeth Braken, 140 acres.

151

Joseph Bash, 30 acres. .

Jesse Cook, 105 acres, 1 tanyard. 148

Taylor Conrad, 140 acres 166

Amelia Cleveland. 13

Robert Cunningham, 74 acres.

William Colston, 100 acres 173

Charles Colston, 300 acres.

583

David Colston, 100 acres.

161

William Camlon, 160 acres.

200

Christian Coiner, 24 acres.

Patrick Campbell, 118 acres

162

Archibald Campbell.

Henry Coiler, 70 acres. 23

John Carothers, 297 acres.

395

Benjamin Cable, 166 acres.

209

Thomas Campbell, 200 acres

200

William Crawford, 42 acres.

Robert Crawford ...

Nicholas Coulson, 100 acres.

172

Ann Daugherty, 80 acres.

Jacob Deardorff, 132 acres.

465

Isaac Deardorff, 150 acres.

485

Henry Deardorff, 100 acres.

Joseph Dixon, 1 tan-yard. 30

Alexander Donaldson, 1 tan-yard. 9

Thomas Dill, 130 acres. 173

564

Mathew Dill, Jr.

James Dill, 650 acres, 2 slaves.

992

John Eickinger, 50 acres, 1 tanyard

104

David Eyres.

Isaac Elliot, 1 tanyard. 46

Benjamin Elliot, 100 acres.

192

Robert Elliot, 200 acres. 270

Josepb Elliot, 250 acres. 335

Henry Finley

Jacob Deardorff, 180 acres.

Col. Matthew Dill, 350 acres, 1 slave, 1 still .. John Develin ..

Daniel Brinkerhoof.

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George Fry

£59

George Ross, 280 acres.

Thomas Fullerton

William Renolds, 50 acres. 70

William Fisher

Thomas Robinson, 100 acres. 123

Joshua Fresher.

126

George Steel, 200 acres 65

Anthony Fisher

Isaac Steel, 10 acres ..

James Fisher, 50 acres.

Henry Lever, 100 acres

William Godfry, 642 acres, 1 slave.

797

Jacob Shull, 100 acres.

Alex Galacher .

Jacob Smith, 150 acres.

121

William Garrettson, 290 acres.

362

William Squib.

William Grist, 100 acres

488

Daniel Spontle.

Daniel Grist

550

Philip Smith, 5 acres.

Casper Groob, 100 acres.

Gabriel Smith, 100 acres.

220

George Heikes, 103 acres.

143

Henry Stauffer, 200 acres.

375

Isaac Hodge

Henry Shafer, 93 acres

Stoffel Hoffman, 90 acres.

David Shoeman, 3 acres.

127

Peter Haushalter, 309 acres, 1 slave.

533

Nicholas Shadow, 150 acres.

George Heikes, 100 acres

119

Rudolph Stiers, 60 acres.

George Hopple, 50 acres.

Godfry Steel, 107 acres

Bailiff Kennedy, 170 acres

203

Barnet Sneider.

John Kerr, 100 acres.

123

Andrew Sans, 30 acres.

John Kneisly, 58 acres.

Daniel Stanton ..

Philip King

John Thompson, 100 acres.

126

Francis Travlet.

James Kitely ...

194

Allen Torhet. 250 acres.

297

John Kennedy, 76 acres

John Trough.

Peter Keiser, 100 acres

129

George Lenhardt, 100 acres.

Lewis Williams, 180 acres.

230

Abraham Lobach, 126 acres.

270

John Williams, 200 acres.

450

Jacob Lerew, 100 acres

William Webster.

William Lemer, 200 acres.

394

Daniel Williams, 300 acres, 1 still, 1 slave. 382

John Williams, 100 acres. 113

Bryon McDonnel. 8

John Wilson, 200 acres.

345

Andrew Williams

Joseph Wilson

Amos Williams ..

129

Henry Miller, 10 acres ..

John Miller, 190 acres, 1 still.

257

George Miller, 100 acres

101

Ludwig Zimmerman, 445 acres, 1 still.

6-42

SINGLE MEN.

Peter Brunner.

William Turner.

Jacob Brunner.

Alexander Wilson.

Jacob Wagner.

Robert Torbet.

John Heiser.

Henry Deardorff.

Joseph Moulen.

Obediah Pedan.

George Ross.

Joshua Williams.

Richard Ross.

Robert Ayers.

Robert Moody 16

William Mills. 6

Samuel Nelson, 161 acres. 290

Jerey Newman. 5 80

Samuel Nisely, 100 acres.

John O'Hail 143 acres. 169

John Oldshoe, 20 acres

169

Lawrence Oats, 40 acres.

Andrew Peterson, 100 acres

William Patterson 17

William Potter, 139 acres.

159

Philip Bence. . 4

John Prince, 240 acres. 334

William Porter, 80 acres. 188

William Parks, 190 acres. 309

Richard Peters 1,300 acres. 975

Henry Pearson. 193

Pearson Vincent 14

Samuel Pedan, 190 acres, 2 slaves

228

James Quigley 51

Jacob Reever, 162 acres.

202

George Riess, 45 acres. 63

Jacob Richardson, 85 acres, 2 slaves. 448

637

George Messersmith, 40 acres. 82

John McGriffith 4

Peter Myers, 3 acres. 10

Daniel Miller, 140 acres

162

George McMullen, 80 acres

140

Daniel McCurdy, 107 acres. 147

371

Hugh McMullen, 50 acres.

103

Hugh Moore.

Samuel McClure

John Miller. 13

Stoffel Moody, 50 acres .. 45

Michael Mumper, 400 acres, 1 slave, 1 still ..

Andrew Wilson, 287 acres 241

Mathew Long.

John Wilson. . 18

258

Joshua Williams

James Livingston

Henry Logan, 150 acres

444

James Wilson, 110 acres 95 374

Joseph McDowel.

William Mitchel, 308 acres.

Abraham Williams, 247 acres.

Edward Williams 3

Henry Wales, 130 acres .. 176

THE BOROUGH OF DILLSBURG.

This town which bears the honored name of the most prominent Scotch-Irish settler of the vicinity, was laid out by one of his descendants in the year 1800. For more than half a century before this event, the immediate vicinity was quite densely popu- lated and the home of the Dills and the Presbyterian Church near by, were the center of interest to the "Monaghan settlement." The town is situated on the old Harrisburg and Baltimore road, and consequently at a very early day, was on the line of a much traveled route. There was an Indian trail and trader's route at a still earlier period, extending north and south over nearly the same line. Two miles to the west and northwest of the town at an elevation of

Edward O'Hail, 70 acres.

168

Benjamin Oram, 150 acres

360

Christopher King, 250 acres.

Andrew Wilson, 600 acres, 2 slaves.

1026

William Lemer, 103 acres.

175

122

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1,000 feet above the sea level extends the southern ridge of the South Mountains, whose picturesque wooded height casts its evening shadow upon the honest villagers at an early hour of the winter's day. Nature in the long ago, by a great convulsion and upheaval, formed this, as it now seems to be, tutelary monitor of the destiny of its sur- roundings, clothed it in vernal beauty and made it the abode of the bear, the wolf, the deer, and the wild turkey. These and the palatable fish that swam in Dogwood Run and the Yellow Breeches, * furnished most of the necessary food for the red man of the forest, who was the first human inhabitant of this region and built his wigwam along these winding streams. From 1755 to 1758, during the French and Indian war, this settlement was several times threatened by the invasion of hostile Indians. As late as 1780, the township assessor reported that Elijah Adams, Adam Brunner, John Dick- son, Philip King, Robert Moody, William McCadger, Alexander Wilson, Peter Brun- ner and Jacob Brunner who lived along the mountains were "drove by the Indians" from their lands which could not be assessed for that year.

Dillsburg when first laid out did not grow rapidly yet, it became an important stopping place on the routes between York and Car- lisle, and Harrisburg and Baltimore. One or two taverns were kept there and the Dills and others conducted a mercantile business. During the Revolutionary period this was a very important section of the county.

INCORPORATION.

Dillsburg was incorporated with limited powers in 1833. At the first election John Lynch was inspector, Jacob Heiges and Charles Stough, judges, George L. Shearer was chosen chief burgess; Daniel Ahl, assis. tant burgess; Daniel Bailey, Robert Ham- mersly, John Bradley, Mode Griffith and Charles Stouch, councilmen; Peter Leit- ner, high constable; Jacob Heiges, collector, and Alexander Cathcart, clerk. The names of the chief burgesses in order of succession are as follows: George L. Shearer, 1834; James O'Hail, 1835-36; Jacob B. Hursh, 1838; James O'Hail, 1839-40; Abraham Debuff, 1841; David Bender, 1842; Daniel Baily, 1843; J. B. Hurst, 1844; Christian Pfahler, 1845; Thomas Campbell, 1846; Francis Leas, 1847; John Weimer, 1848; Frederick Ditmer, 1849; Jacob Lau, 1850; Daniel Bailey, 1851; Jacob Heiges, 1852;

Joel G. Underwood, 1853; James G. Moore, 1854; Benjamin Knaub, 1855; Joel G. Underwood, 1856; Alexander Billifelt, 1857; John M. Heiges, 1858-59; Thomas L. Spahr, 1860; Henry C. Smyser, 1861; John A. Smith, 1862-63; Frederick Ditmer, 1864; Samuel P. Nelson, 1865; Frederick Ditmer, 1866; George W. Reed, 1867; Frank Dit- mer, 1868; Robert A. Moore, 1869; Samuel Wagner, 1870; Abraham' Lunkert, 1871; Frederick Ditmer, 1872-73; Samuel Ross, 1875; D. W. Beitzel, 1876; John A. Arnold, 1877; George Lau, 1878; H. C. Smyser, 1879; George Ditmer, 1880; A. Billifelt, 1881; James Porter, 1882; J. A. Smith, 1883; H. C. Smyser, 1884; M. J. Bailey, 1885.

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History of York County, Pennsylvania : from the earliest period to the present time, divided into general, special, township and borough histories, with a biographical department appended, Part 127

Author: Gibson, John, Editor Publication date: 1886 Publisher: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago Number of Pages: 1104

Author: Gibson, John, Editor
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: F.A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago
Number of Pages: 1104