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INCORPORATION .- The act of Assembly to erect Waynesburg into a borough by the name of Me Veytowu was approved by Governor Wolf April 9, 1833. A supplement to the aet was passed May 9, 1841, extending its boundaries and granting other powers to the burgess and Council. The first election was held at the octagonal school-house on the 21st of March, 1834. John M. Barton was elected the first burgess, and Richard Miles, Revel Elton, John Haman, William Rook and G. II. Galbraith were elected members of the Town Council.
On the 24th of May, 1842, the Council an- thorized the burgess to issue notes in sums of one dollar, fifty cents, twenty-five cents, twelve and a half cents, ten cents and six and a quarter cents, with interest at six per cent., payable in sums of five dollars one year from date. The notes were issued in June, 1812, and signed by William J. McCoy, bur- gess. They were issued for the purpose of pay- ing the indebtedness of the borough, arising I'rom macadamizing the streets the year previous, and from the difficulty of collecting taxes at the time. They were paid during the next year, and amounted to abont one thousand dollars.
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The following are the names of the burgesses from the incorporation of the borough to the present time :
1834. John M. Barton.
1858. John M. McCoy. 1859. Geo. W. MeBride.
1835. John M. Barton.
1836. Richard Miles.
1860. Daniel Decker.
1837. Richard Miles.
1838. Ralph Bogle.
1839. Hugh Johnston. 1840. Ilugh Johnston.
1841. William J. MeCoy.
1842. William J. McCoy.
1843. William J. McCoy. 1844. George M. Bow- man.
1845. George M. Bow- man.
1846. George M. Bow- man.
1847. George M. Bow- man.
1874. Jacob Fry.
1848. George M. Bow- man. 1849. Wm. S. Wooden.
1850. William S. Davis.
1851. William S. Davis.
1852. William S. Davis.
1881. Michael Dillon. 1882. J McCarthy.
1853. William Macklin. 1854. William Macklin.
1883. W. HI. Swanzey.
1855. Michael Horning. 1856. William S. Davis. 1857. John M. McCoy.
1884. Michael Dillon. 1885. James George.
The justices of the peace who have served in the borough since 1840 are as follows :
Rob. MeMonigle. John Oliver, Jr.
1860. John Walters, 1861. James Moran.
1815. William J. McCoy.
1862. Christian Beck.
1847. Geo. W. Bowman.
1868. B. L. Long.
1850. James Hood.
1869. J. R. Wirt.
1852. John McCord.
1853. William Davis.
1855. John Walters.
1858. John M. McCoy.
1859. Geo. W. MeBride.
1874. George W. Sunder- land. 1879. W. II. Mcclellan. 1881. W. P. Stevenson. 1885. J. R. Wirt.
Tux PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. -- The his- tory of the Presbyterian congregation of Me- Veytown is comprehended in three periods: First, from its founding to the year 1811; see- ond, from 1814 to 1871; third, from 1871 to the present time.
First Period. - As the early records of this
congregation have been lost, it is impossible to fix the exact date of its organization. It is certainly known that the Rev. Charles Beatty, of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, who was sent out by the Synod of New York and Phila- delphia in 1766 to visit the frontiers of Penn- sylvania, preached on the old Bratton farm in Angust of that year. In his journal Rev. Beatty says, "That was the first preaching in these parts." He likewise tells us that " the people had determined to build a meeting- house." The only church structure creeted in this neighborhood before the close of the eigh- teenth century was the one on the Bratton farm, now owned by James Kyle. It is, therefore, altogether probable that the church which Rev. Beatty found the people about to build was the one referred to above.
All the territory in this region was in Derry township from 1767 to 1783, when it became Wayne township, and it is probable " the Pres- byterian Congregation of Central Wayne," the original name of this congregation, was organized soon after the erection of the township. The first minister resident among the people was the Rev. Matthew Stephens, who came to what is now Bratton township about the year 1785. In this year his name is entered upon the minis- terial roll of the Presbytery of Donegal, as re- ceived from Ireland. In the year 1795, at the time of the organization of the Presbytery of Huntingdon, Mr. Stephens held a call in his hands from this congregation, which he had ac- cepted, but for some reason he had never been installed. He had, however, been preaching as a stated supply from the time of his settlement in the commmity. In October, 1795, he asked permission of Presbytery to return the call, which was granted.
The next minister of whom we have any defi- nite knowledge was the Rev. James Simpson, who was received from the Presbytery in the " Kingdom of Ireland" in Jannary, 1800. A request was immediately made to Presbytery to appoint him the stated supply of Wayne, Lew- istown and Derry, which relation he held toward these churches for a little over three years. He was a man of intemperate habits, and, in 1802, was suspended by Presbytery, but, in defiance
' By Rev. E. HI. Mateer.
1861. Geo. W. McBride. 1862. Geo. W. McBride. 1863. Christian Beck. 1861. Geo. W. McBride. 1865. Geo. W. McBride. 1866. Dr. J. A. Swartz. 1867. R. T. Applebaugh. 1868. S. A. Souders. 1869. R. T. Applebaugh. 1870. J. R. Wirt. 1871. J. R. Wirt.
1872. J. R. Wirt.
1873. David Corkle.
1875. Jacob Fry. 1876. Jacob Fry. 1877. George W. Hesser. 1878. George W. Ilesser. 1879. Albert II. Bear. 1880. Michael Dillon.
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of the authority of Presbytery, continued to ton. The oldest records of the Session now preach. However, he was deposed from the ministry, and nothing more is known of him from ecclesiastical records. From 1803 to 1819 there was no minister here for any length of time. The preached word as a means of grace was not regularly provided. Between these dates there was a removal of the congregation to Waynesburg (Me Veytown), and a reorganiza- tion under the name of the Presbyterian Con- gregation of Waynesburg, with three trustees.
Second Period .- This period began not la- ter than 1814. On December 29, 1814, "Jolm MeVey, Sr., of the one part," deeded to " Wil- liam Armstrong, AArchibald More and James Criswell, Trustees for the Congregation of Waynesburgand its Vicinity, of the other part," one-half acre of land situated on the west side of Queen Street and fronting six perches there- on. Soon afterwards, probably the next year, the congregation built a small stone church on the grounds donated by John Me Vey, Sr.
The first minister of this period was the Rev. James S. Woods, who began his labors in November, 1819, and was ordained and in- stalled pastor for one-half of his time, at a salary of three hundred dollars per anmnn, on April 5, 1820. In 1823 he was appointed stated snp- ply of the Lewistown congregation for one year, and in 1824 was installed pastor at. Lew- i-town at a salary of three hundred dollars for one-half his time. Mr. Woods continned the pastor of these two congregations until 1837, when his pastoral relation with the congrega- tion of Waynesburg was dissolved.
During this pastorate the congregation was incorporated and the old stone church torn down and in 1833 a larger edifice of brick built at a cost of about twenty-five hundred dollars.
In April, 1838, that part of the congregation of Waynesburg in the vicinity of Newton Hamilton were, on petition to and by direction of Presbytery, organized into a separate con- gregation. From that date, 1838, until Janu- ary 1, 1871, the two congregations were united under the same pastorate.
On July 1, 1838, the Rev. Benjamin Carroll became pastor, giving two-thirds of his time to Waynesburg and one-third to Newton Hamil-
known to be in existence are dated March 21, 1813, near the close of the fifth year of Mr. Carrell's pastorate. The ruling elders at that date were Samuel Witberow, ordained 1818; William Erwin, ordained 1827 ; Nathaniel Wil- son, ordained 1827; Cyrus Criswell, ordained 1827 ; and William Wakefield, ordained 1827. These oldest minutes record the result of a revival by which sixty-four members were added to the Waynesburg congregation. In 1813 the Ses- sion passed a resolution that any member who should violate the Sabbath-day by running boats, or have men in their employ working on the Sabbath, would subject themselves to be de- prived of church privileges. October 21, 1844, it was resolved "that if any members of this church are engaged in the traffic of ardent spirits as a beverage, they be and are required to cease from the same or subject themselves to the censure of the church." Mr. Carrell's relation with this congregation ceased October 22, 1844. On May 23, 1845, the Rev. Peter Hassinger became pastor, giving one- half of his time. The relation was dissolved June 27, 1849.
The Rev. David Sterrett was pastor from Jan- uary 27, 1850, to October 2, 1855. During this pastorate a member was suspended from church privileges for traveling in the cars of the Penn- sylvania Railroad on the Sabbath-day. Eigh- teen months afterward the suspended member was restored to church privileges on profes-ing sorrow for his past act, and promising not to ride in the cars on the Sabbath-day.
The Rev. D. D. Clarke, D. D., became the pastor June 3, 1856, and so continued to the time of his death, December 30, 1865. In 1862 there was a revival and a large accession to the church.
The Rev. Samuel C. MeCune was pastor from June 19, 1866, to April, 1869.
The Rev. Thaddeus MeRae was installed pas- tor January, 1870, and the relation was dis- solved October, 1872. On January 1, 1871, the co-pastorate with Newton Hamilton ceased, and Mr. MeRae was called for the whole of his time by this congregation.
Third Period .- By decree of the County Court, on April 10, 1871, the corporate name of
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the Presbyterian congregation of Waynesburg was changed to " The Presbyterian Congrega- tion of MeVeytown." In 1873 the Rev. D. W. Moore was installed the pastor, and so con- tinned till September, 1883, when the relation was dissolved at his own request. In 1871 the congregation enlarged and improved their honse of worship, at an outlay of nine thou- sand dollars. During the last decade this con- gregation has contributed, for all purposes, thirty thousand dollars. The present member- ship is two hundred and five. The members of Session are Rev. E. H. Mateer, pastor since 1874, and Ruling Elders Abraham Rothrock, M.D., ordained May 3, 1858 ; Adam Leford, ordained June, 1869; John Kiner, ordained .January, 1879 ; George MeKee, ordained June, 1879 ; James Macklin, ordained October, 1885 ; and William S. Wilson, M.D., ordained Octo- ber, 1885.
The church corporation holds the following property : 1. One-half acre of land deeded December 29, 1814, by John Me Vey, Sr. (the present church structure stands on this plat, but the larger part is included in the graveyard). 2. A narrow strip of land on the north side of the above, bought from Samuel Holliday September 30, 1829 ; consideration, $37.25. 3. A plat west of No. 1, containing seventy-two perches, included in the graveyard, bought from Robert U. Jacobs November 17, 1829 ; consider- ation, thirty-six dollars. 4. On the south side of Nos. I and 3, one hundred and fifty-seven perches, bought from Robert U. Jacobs An- gust 28, 1834 ; consideration, one hundred and fifty dollars ; only about one-third of this pur- chase now in possession of the church, the two- thirds to the west having been sold to the Key. D. D. Clarke. 5. Lot No. 130 on plan of Me- Veytown, January 10, 1861, from James Cris- well ; consideration, ten dollars. 6. The par- sonage and lot, purchased from Dr. A. Rothrock May 7, 1863 ; consideration, fifteen hundred dollars. 7. Lots No. 131 and 132 on town plan, bought of William Macklin and William A. Moore; consideration, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. S. Lot 129, pre- sented by Mrs. Rliettie M. Clark.
THE MernopisT ErIscorAt, Cureen .- The | in the town.
society was organized in 1832, and a lot on Queen Street was purchased of Caspar Dull in 1833. A brick church was erected by Ralph Bogle, which was used until 1871, when it was enlarged and remodeled as it is at present. The pastors since 1860 have been as follows : John Morehead, John Anderson, William Gwin, M. S. Smith, A. D. Yocum, C. B. Wilson, George S. Sykes, J. M. Johnston, A. S. Baldwin, W. S. Hamlin, W. Gwin and J. W. Rue. The secretary has a present membership of one hundred and sixty.
SCHOOLS .- The children in Waynesburg for several years attended school either at the school- house on the Stewart farm or at another school- house near where the furnace was later built. Sam- uel Holliday donated the present lot to the village for school purposes. Upon this lot the octang- ular-shaped school-house was built, which was used until 1844, when a movement was insti- tuted to build a larger and more commodious house. The village at that time contained one hundred and fifty children between the ages of five and fifteen, and the old house was not suf- ficiently large to accommodate them. The vil- lage was set off as an independent school district in 1842, and the directors of the district called a public meeting on January 9, 1814, to discuss the propriety of erecting a larger school building. At this meeting a committee was appointed to make a report Jannary 17th, which was done, and they reported that in their opinion it was advisa- ble to erect a brick building, thirty by sixty feet, two stories in height, with two rooms on each floor, at an estimated cost of seventeen hundred and fifty-nine dollars, and suggested the present lot as convenient in location and as already be- longing to the village.
This report was accepted and the directors advertised for proposal- to be received until February 5, 1811. The contract was given to Ralph Bogle, and Owen Thomas was the car- penter. The academy was erected of hrick, fifty-two by thirty-eight feet, with a cupola, and was divided into four school-rooms, twenty- five by twenty-eight feet. It was completed during the season and opened in January, 1815.
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to the present and is the only public school- house in the village. The directors in 1842, when the village became an independent dis- triet, were Michael Norton, William Hardy and John Stine, Jr. The directors, during the building of the academy in 1811-15, were N. Wilson, T. F. Mccoy, George A. Lyon, Caspar Pull and John (. Reynolds. The district con- tains at present one hundred and seventy-eight pupils.
NEWSPAPERS .- The first newspaper pub- li-hed in MeVeytown was established in the -pring of 1842, and was edited by William D. Me Vey, as the People's Friend. It was con- thmed three or four months and suspended. In the summer of 1813, Thomas F. McCoy pur- chased the type, presses and other fixtures, of Mr. Me Vey and on the 26th of October, 1843, isned the first number of the Village Her- all. It was a six column paper and was con- tinued to February 15, 1845, when the editor, T. F. McCoy, soon after enlisted and went to the Mexican War. From that time no paper was issued in Me Veytown until 1873, when Edmund Conrad began the publication of the Me Veytown Journal. The first number was issued March 18th in that year. In size it was seven by twelve inches, three columns. In six months it was enlarged to four columns eleven by sixteen inches, and at the beginning of the second volume enlarged to six columns, and the third year was again enlarged to seven columns, its present size. This is the only paper pub- lished in this borough.
MOORE, MOWILLIAMS & CO.'S BANK .- In the spring of 1872, an organization was effected for carrying on a banking business, and the fol- lowing-named directors were elected : William 1. Moore, Samuel Me Williams, James Forgy, David Stine, Jr., A. Rothrock, M. D. and John Atkinson.
The directors elected William A. Moore pres- ident and J. R. Wirt, cashier. Business was begun in the present banking office July 18, 1872. The only change to the present is in the election of W. P. Stevenson in April, 1879, the death of James Forgy and retirement of John Atkinson.
WILLIAM A. MOORE is of Scotch-Irish ex-
traction and the grandson of William Moore, a soldier of the Revolution who received a wound during that memorable conflict resulting in his death. He removed from Lancaster County, Pa., to Mifflin County and engaged in farming puesnits. His children were Archibald, John, Andrew, who died in youth ; Mary (Mrs. Stanley), and Ann (Mrs. Wilson). Archibald of this number was born on the 13th of May, 1768, on the farm of his father in Mifflin (then Cumberland) County, and at a late period of his life purchased the farm lying adjacent to the homestead on which he resided during his lifetime. He was a man of much strength of character and wielded an extended influence in the community, having filled the office of justice of the peace, also various minor positions. He married Rebecca, daughter of William Junkin, of the same county, born in 1769. Their children are Isabella, born in 1793; Jane, in 1795 (Mrs. John Owens) ; Ann, in 1798; Isa- bella, second, in 1800, (Mrs. Richard Miles) ; William A., February 4, 1804; Margaret, in 1806, (Mrs. Samuel Ilays) ; Mary Ann, in 1809, (Mrs. Potts), and Catherine, in 1813, (Mrs. James McCoy), all of whom, with the excep- tion of the subject of this biographical sketch, are deceased. The birth of William A. occurred on the farm purchased by his father. His studies which included the languages were pur- sned under the direction of Reverends James S. Woods and John Hutchison, after which he returned to his home and at once became inter- ested in the cultivation of the land which he acquired by inheritance on the death of his father. To this property he gave his personal attention until 1811, when Me Veytown beenure his place of residence. Here he engaged in the grain business, though still retaining his owner- ship of the farm of which in 1851 he resmed the management. He had meanwhile embarked in a mercantile enterprise under the firm name of Steel & Co., which business connection was continued but a brief time. Mr. Moore is also identified with the banking firm of Moore, McWilliams & Co., established in 1872, of which he is president. Though educated as a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school of politics he afterward became a Whig and later a Re-
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publican, though he has neither sought nor ac- cepted office. He is a member of the Presby- terian Church of Me Veytown of which he has for many years been a trustee.
SOCIETIES. - Mc Veytown Lodge, No. 123, I. O. O. F., was instituted, in 1811, in the vil- lage, and continued about two years, when they disbanded. No other lodge was formed here until 1870, when, on March 14, in that. year, a charter was granted to Bright Star | Secretary, and C. P. Dull, Treasurer.
was chartered October 22, 1866, and instituted November 16th, with thirteen charter members. Twelve of the members were from Lancaster Lodge, No. 203, and one, C. P. Dull, from Easton Lodge, No. 152. A lodge-hall was fitted up in the brick house of C. P. Dull, where they still hold their meetings. They have at present thirty-seven active members, with J. R. Wirt, W. M. ; Samuel M. Troxell,
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Lodge, No. 705, I. O. O. F. Meetings were held in Couch Hall for a time, and in 1871 rooms were fitted up in the Davis Hotel, on the Diamond, which they occupied until the spring of 1881, when they moved to Couch Ilall, where they now are. The lodge has a membership of forty-five, with the following officers : M. A. Stine, N. G .; A. T. Lefford, V. G .; E. Conrad, Secretary ; Stephen Tred- wiek, Assistant Secretary, and E. S. Stewart, Treasurer.
The MeVeytown Lodge, No. 376, A. Y. M.,
Chaplain Thomas Stevenson Post, No. 482, G. A. R., was organized June 21, 1885, by the members of the Colonel Hulings Post, of Lew- istown. The Post started with thirty-one char- ter members, and the following officers were elected and appointed for the first term : P. C., W. A. Wilson ; S. V. C., W. H. Mcclellan ; J. V. C., Joseph S. Leffard ; O. of D., Austin Giro; O. of G., W. A. Moore; Q. M., J. J. Corkle; Chaplain, Mathias Neice; Surgeon, F. M. Coulter; Adjutant, M. C. Bratton; Ser- geant-Major, E. J. Davis; Q. M. Sergeant,
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Rudolph Ward; I. S., A. J. Jenkins; O. S., F. P. Kirk.
CHAPTER XI. BRATTON TOWNSHIP.
The township of Bratton was erected in 1850, and first appears on the court records of that year. No record of petition or commis- sion report is found. It was, however, taken from the township of Oliver. It is bounded by the Juniata River, Granville township, the range of mountains dividing it from Juniata County and Wayne township, and is settled only on the riverside. The Pennsylvania Rail- road passes along the river the entire length of the township. Two railroad stations are in the limits, Longfellow and Mattawana ; the last is the station for Mc Veytown, opposite on the river. This settlement began with the comple- tion of the railroad, in 1850; a depot was erected at that time and soon after the large brick hotel, by Henry Hartzler. About 1860 Joshua Harshbarger opened a grocery-store, which was kept by him for about thirteen years when it was sold to Lewis Casey, who still keeps it. William Miller about 1873-74 opened a dry-goods store which is now owned and kept by Alexander Cowell. The post-office was established in 1874, with William Miller as postmaster. Hle retained the position until 1882, when Lewis Cassey was appointed and still holds the position.
In 1877 Ilanawalt & Myers erected a grist- mill, which was operated a few years and is now used as a warehouse by William M. At- kinson.
The earliest tract of land located within the limits of Bratton township, of which any record is obtained, was warranted to Alexander Hamil- ton February 10, 1755, and contained two hun- dred and eighty acres, on the Juniata River. It was sold by him to James Bratton March 29, 1779, and then contained two hundredacres. ITe conveyed it to George Patterson, of Fermanagh township July 5, 1795 ; two years later, No- vember 10, 1797, George Patterson sold the tract to Samnel Bratton. The sons of Sammel Bratton wore Charles, Elisha and Richardson.
Charles settled on the homestead where his son Charles now resides, near Manayunk. Of other sons of Charles were Horatio G., of Lewistown; Isaac G., of Dublin Mills, Pa., William II., of Sterling, Dakota; and Samuel S., who was a member of Battery G, Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, and died July 10, 1864. Of the daughters, Mrs. Enos Woodruffresides in Lewistown ; the others are living in different parts of the country.
The first actual settler in what is now the township of Bratton was Andrew Bratton, who, with Samuel Holliday, his brother-in-law, came over the mountains early in 1755, in search of lands on which to locate. He selected a tract of land on the south side of the Juniata River, and made application to the Land Office at the same time. Samuel Holliday located at what is now Me Veytown. Warrants were issued to them September 8, 1755. They were here but a short time before the Indian troubles broke out, and they returned to Cumberland County, and remained until they had somewhat subsided, which was in 1762, when they, with their families and others, returned and began in- provements upon their locations. Andrew Bratton built a log house above where James Kyle now owns, and later built the stone house now owned by Joseph Harshbarger. A log meeting-honse was ereeted near his house for the use of the Presbyterians in the neighbor- hood. It is said that the first religions service in this part of the county was held at his house in 1766, by the Rev. Charles Beatty, who was traveling through the country till that year. A burying-ground was laid out and enclosed with a stone wall, which is still standing, where the carly settlers were buried; several stones withont date are standing, and but one with date prior to 1800. It is now nnused as a burial-place. Andrew Bratton had two sons, -William and John, and two daughters,-Mary and Nancy.
There were a number of the name who located lands in and near the Bratton homestead. The names, dates and number of acres here all given : John Bratton, July 13, 1762, 150 acres ; William and George Bratton, October 26, 1785, cach 100 acres ; George Bratton, Jan- mary 6, 1786, 100 acres, and Jacob Bratton,
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50 acres ; Edward Bratton, February 28, 1787, 100 acres and George 10 acres ; John Bratton, February 21, 1791, 350 acres ; James, April 22, 1795, 100 acres. Between 1811 and December 16, 1816, George, Jacob, William, Wallace, James and Andrew Bratton took up over 1000 acres of land. The John and William here mentioned were the sons of Andrew. John was a graduate of Princeton College, a general of militia and lived a bachelor on the homestead. William was elected first lieutenant in Captain Robert Adam's company January 9, 1776, in the Sixth Battalion, under General William Irvine, was promoted captain March 20, 1777, and resigned April 17, 1779. He was at the battle of Paoli and at Germantown, and was wounded at the last battle.
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