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Kreider, Tobias, Sr., 1816.
Miller, David, W., 1817-31.
SHAD FISHERY. Stuart, Widow William, 1799.
In 1793 John Brown had added to his grist- mill a saw-mill ; Thomas Henry owned a tan- yard. George Patterson, near Mexico, in 1794, near his grist and saw-mill, built a fulling-mill. Peter Sturgeon owned the Purdy grist-mill.
In 1815 Daniel Kreider and Christian Acker wore coverlet weavers, and dissolved partnership January 1, 1816. Acker continued the busi-
In 1813 John Riddle had a wagon-shop and Samuel Belford a blacksmith-shop between Mifflintown and Mexico. James Riddle was a wagon-maker in 1790. The family had former- ly lived in the Narrows.
Jesse Jacobs in 1813 was a tanner and con- tinned after 1824.
EARLY SETTLERS-One of the carly warrantecs to land in Fermanagh was James Sharon, who received his warrant of two hundred and sixty-eight aeres of land on the north fork of Lost Creek, Sep- tember 8, 1755. He conveyed all of this tract to his son Hugh, November 24, 1784. HIe also took up other tracts of land, one of which was on an order of survey No. 846, dated August 20, 1766. These lands came to his sons, Hugh and William Sharon ; they were ad- joining lands of John Hamilton, Samuel Bry- son, Christian and Conrad Lintner, James Banks, Peter Beale and George Moore. Ou the 22d of March, 1788, William and Hugh sold the last tract to James Banks, except a moiety to William Sharon, and years later, when James Banks presented his application for a patent, he was informed his title was not good, and May 30, 1793, he conveyed this moiety, four acres in full, to William Sharon and received his patent.
On the 28th of December, 1785, Hugh Sha- ron and Abraham Sheridan took out a warrant for one hundred and forty-three acres. This was later patented as Ingh Sharon's "New Survey." Hugh Sharon sold it to John Mc- Clure November 19, 1793, and later it was owned by David Jordan. Hugh Sharon also sold two hundred acres of land June 28, 1793, to Thomas Sturgeon, of Middle Paxtang, Dauphin County. William Sharon sold, April 28, 1791, one Inindred and fifty-one acres of land to John Dunlap and William Thompson, and August 22, 1791, one hundred and fifty-two acres to William Thompson, and soon after sixteen acres to William Banks, and June 17, 1793, a tract to Peter Sturgeon, ou which there was a grist- mill. These lands are all on Lost Creek, between Jericho and Cuba Mills and vicinity.
It was at the house of William Sharon the , men of this locality met in 1776 when the cay-
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alry company that weut ont under Captain John Hamilton was raised. John Hamilton was chairman of the meeting and Hugh Me- Alister was the first to enlist.
It was also at the house of William Sharon the frontiersmen met in 1780. He lived near the line of Fayette and Fermanagh townships, and near the land of Andrew Bashore. His daughter Jane was the mother of Dr. James Frow. The lands of this once prominent fan- ily were sold.
lames Purdy was one of the carly settlers to locate land in this settlement, and came abont the same time as Captain James Patterson. Ilis first tract of land was located at Jericho September 6, 1755. Hle warranted lands in 1762, and later acquired other lands by pur- chase. The tract warranted in 1762 he sold, January 26, 1791, to dohu Elliot. He bought a tract of one hundred acres of Francis West (warranted July 9, 1755), which he sold to James Smith Angust 21, 1777. Ile also pur- chased, November 5, 1799, a tract of land on Lost Creek Ridge, which Denman Beavis took up on order of survey No. 5117, July 20, 1768, and sold to his son Issachar Beavis.
John Purdy, the oldest son of James, obtained a tract of land on an order of survey No. 1161, October 6, 1767, which later he sold to John Watson, who patented it January 4, 1786. John Purdy also warranted a tract of land January 20, 1787, and also purchased a tract of Heury Drinker, a merchant of Philadelphia. He sold part of this last tract February 19, 1791, to Michael McCrum, and on June 17, 1793, to Poter Sturgeon, of Paxton township, one hnu- dred and one aeres, on which he had erected a grist-mill. A song, written over ninety years ago, entitled "General Arthur St. Clair's Defeat," November 1, 1791, contains many allusions to participators in the battle. The twenty-ninth and thirtieth verses allude to Ilugh and William Purdy, sous of flames Purdy, who were killed in that battle. The anthor of the poem was Major Eli Lewis, founder of the town of Low- isberry, York county, Pa., publisher of the first paper over printed at Harrisburg, and father of Ellis Lewis, late judge of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
The Purdys and young Anderson, Whose names should be revered, They fought like brave heroes, But death was their reward.
Full twenty paces in the front Of their men they did go; The enemy soon spied them out, Which proved their overthrow.
Yonug Anderson, here mentioned, was of this county-whether of the family who then lived near Jericho or near Waterford is not known.
lohn Purdy purchased, November 2, 1792, four hundred and sixty-five acres of land of William Buchanan and John Smith, merchants, of Philadelphia, which they warranted April 10, 1755; they also had warranted, adjoining, four hundred and ninety-eight acres on Febru- ary 3, 1755.
The John Purdy Mill, that in 1793 passed to Peter Sturgeon, came again to the Purdys, and in 1829 was sold to Amos Gustine, who erected a larger mill. The ruins of the old mill, now a shapeless'pile of stone, are still to be seen north- cast of the Jericho dam. The present mill is now owned by the Cowenhovers.
William Purdy, a son of James, and brother of John, took out a warrant for land in the vi- cinity of his brother December 30, 1785.
The land the Purdys took up and purchased has all passed to others long since.
James Purdy built a grist-mill upon his farm in 1770, which he continued until 1779, when it would appear to be continued by John Purdy, as he was assessed upon a grist-mill from 1780 to 1793, at which time he sold to Peter Stur- geon a tract of land containing a grist-mill.
The children of James Purdy were John, William, Hugh and Robert, Elizabeth and Jane. John married Nancy, a daughter of Thomas Wilson. Of their children, Mary married David Reynolds ; Martha became the wife of Robert Nelson and moved to Ohio, where Caroline, a daughter, became the wife of Governor John Brough, and Margaret, the wife of Dr. James McConnell.
Elizabeth, a daughter of John, married a . Ilu-ton and moved West ; Nancy married a Mayberry and settled in Tennessee. Sally re- sided in the neighborhoo.l of the old homestead
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and lived to an advanced age, and died a few years since. She was the last of the family. William and Hugh, sons of' James, were killed at St. Clair's defeat in 1791. Robert was an officer in the War of 1812.
William HInston, March 1, 1755, soon after the New Purchase was open for settlement, took up a tract of land containing one hundred and eighty acres of land, and embracing Cedar Spring Ridge, which, before 1763, he sold to Robert Nelson, who came to this country from Derry Comty, Ireland, about 1750, and settled first near Anderson's Ferry, on the Susque- hanna. He purchased the traet of William Huston, married and settled upon the place. It was adjoining the glebe lands of the Cedar Spring congregation, of which he and his family were members. On February 10, 1768, he ob- tained, on order of survey, one hundred and sixty- four acres of land adjoining. His wife, Martha, died July 26, 179 1, about sixty-three yearsof age, and was buried in Cedar Spring grave-yard. Hle resided in the neighborhood until about 1800, when he removed with his sons to Ohio, where they settled upon lands upon which the city of Columbus is partly built. He died at Bowling Green, Ky., abont 1801-5, aged eighty-five years, when on a visit to his son John.
The house of Robert Nelson, during the Rev- olution and the troublons times that preceded and followed it, was a rendezvous for all patriotie men in this section. He raised money to pay the sol- diers from his private resources. Thisdevotion to the cause and his great zeal, placed him in great financial straits, that eventually caused the sale of the Cedar Springs farm. His sons and friends endeavored to save it, but the burden was too great, and it was finally sold. The first sale was March, 1790, to Samuel E. Greer, and October 1, 1792, to William Moore, of Carlisle. It was between 1790 and 1799 efforts were made to retain the farm. On September 11, 1809, the heirs of William Moore sold the property to Eber Benthall, who came to the place from Philadelphia, and about whose life there was much mystery. He settled upon the farm with his wife, Lucinda, who was a woman of mich culture. She died January 27, 1812,
aged thirty-seven years. He sold the farm, March 24th following, to Christian Stauffer, whose heirs still own it.
The children of Robert and Martha Nelson were David, Andrew, James P., John, Nancy, Mary and Catharine. David and Andrew, the eldest sons, were in the Revolutionary army, and were prominent in the civil affairs of this region of country. Andrew was sheriff of Mifflin County from 1796 to 1798, and promi- nent in 1801 in the endeavor to remove the county-seat to Mifflintown. He later removed to Columbus, where David had preceded him. James P. was a surveyor, and after 1800 moved to Moundsville, W. Va., where he died. Ilis sister Nancy resided with him. John emi- grated to Bowling Green, Ky., and settled there. Mary became the wife of David Allen, and settled near the homestead ; they are both buried in the Cedar Spring grave-yard. Two daughters, Martha and Mary, both married a Thompson and settled in the vicinity. David Allen was a son of David Allen, who warranted three hundred acres in the township February 3, 1755.
Catharine Nelson married James Banks, the son of James Banks, and settled on part of the Banks homestead. After 1815, for several years, they resided at the mills now known as Oakland. It later passed to Dr. Thomas Whiteside.
Andrew Douglas settled on Lost Creek, near the Purdys' land, and was wounded in the Kittaming expedition of 1756. His name ap- pears in the first assessment of 1763. He died soon after 1790.
Azariah Reed, Sr., Azariah Reed, Jr., and John Reed are each assessed upon one hundred aeres in 1763. The land was adjoining the Alexander Lafferty tract (now Mitilintown), and in 1767 John Reed only appears. Ile is still there, in 1779, as a resident. Adam Reed, at this time, has one hundred aeres, and is a resident. Moses Reed warranted one hundred acres August 1, 1767, and later sold it to John Reed. This land passed, respectively, to --- Henry, Jacob Wright, Robert C. Gallagher, John Schweier, and is now, in part, owned by his son, B. F. Schweier.
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March 7, 1755, a warrant was issued from the Land Office to Thomas McCormick, an Irishman, for a tract of land, which is now known as Horningtown. It is said he ascended the Juniata to the mouth of Horning's Run, where he found quite an Indian settlement, with abont twenty aeres of land cleared. Me- Cormick concluded to locate his warrant near this place. The chief of the Indians, while re- ceiving him in a friendly manner, yet refused to let the surveyor who accompanied him, run the line in that place until McCormick pre- sonted him with a bull's-eye watch he carried. The tract surveyed was three hundred and eleven aeres, sixty perches, and was returned as " Armagh." McCormick, like the other set- tlers of that time, did not remain long upon his new purchase, and it is doubtful if he ever returned, as July 30, 1766, he conveyed the property to his brother, Hugh McCormick, who immediately took possession, and Thomas was not afterwards known as a settler in these parts. IIngh remained upon " AArmagh " for thirty-two years, and was a prominent man in the Presbyterian Church and in all progressive movements. In 1788 he erected the two-story stone dwelling-house now occupied by Enoch Horning. He was a brother of William Me- Cormick, who settled on the other side of the river.
On the 18th of October, 1798, he sold " Armagh " to Elias Horning, a native of Montgomery County, whose father, John Hor- ning, was a German, who had purchased a large tract of land in Montgomery and Bucks Comties. He had thirteen children, who, with one exception, settled on their father's land. The father lived to the age of one hundred and twenty years. Elias married there, and lived on the homestead farm, in Bucks County, until after the death of his father. After receiving the share of his father's estate, he migrated to the Juniata River, and purchased the property mentioned above and settled upon it.
It is tradition that McCormick, upon his first visit to the place, in 1755, found an Irish- man, by the name of John Hardy, who had a tammery of six vats here at that time.
This tradition is not true, as the John Hardy
here mentioned was born in Milford township, on the farm now owned by William Guss.
The tradition has been published several times and bears evidence of its untruthfulness in its statements, as facts that occurred in 1763- 67, and on to 1783, all appear in the story as of one time. A tamery was npon the Horning place, which was owned and operated by Hugh McCormick, with John Davis as the manager, and was abandoned soon after 1790. The vats of this tannery fell in, and years after, when the property was transferred to Elias Horning cou- siderable leather, well tanned, was found in the vats. That part of the farm is now owned by Henry A. Stambangh. Elias Horning lived upon the " Armagh " tract until his death, at the age of sixty-live. His eldest son, Jacob, the father of Enoch, died at eighty-three years, and setfled on the homestead farm. In 1810 the distillery was built by Elias Horning, by whom the bond was given. Jacob was the dis- tiller and ran it until 1828. The tax in 1818 was $193.32. The greater portion of the liqnor was shipped on arks and flats down the river to Columbia. Elias Horning planted, in 1810 or 1811, a peach orchard of six thousand trees, the fruit of which was mostly made into liquor. The Horning farm, upon the death of Elias, was divided among four sons,-Jacob, Joseph, Wil- liam and Elias, the latter having the mansion- house tract. Upon his death the heirs sold it to Jacob and Enoch, and upon the death of the latter it passed to Enoch, who now owns it, as well as the portion that came to his father, Jacob. Joseph's farm passed to Jacob Ulsh, whose sons, Simon and William, now own it.
Henry A. Stambaugh is of German de- svent. His grandfather, Jacob Stambaugh, who assisted in the transportation of supplies during the Revolutionary War, removed from Lancas- ter to Perry County soon after the conclusion of that memorable struggle. His children were thirteen in number, of whom Martin was born in Perry County, and learned the trade of' a brick- layer, which he followed in his native county and in Juniata County. He was elected and served a term as sheriff of the former county, and afterward removed to the West, where his death occurred. He married Anna Mary
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Fusselman, of the same county, whose children | Island. The war at this time being declared are Elizabeth C., wife of Rev. Aber Van between the United States government and the Sonth, the "Sabine " was detailed for govern-
Fosseu ; Jacob, formerly a successful merchant in Mifflintown, whose death occurred in Cali- 'ment defense, and later despatched to the relief fornia in 1874; fleury A. ; Ama Mary, who ' of' Lientenant Stemmer, in command of Fort died in 1857, wife of Hon. Samuel S. Bloom, Pickens. The vessel then returning to the North, Mr. Stambangh reported for duty at the Washington navy-yard, and was transferred to the United States flag-ship " Pensacola," which later became part of the fleet of Admiral Farra- of Ohio ; and John P., of Philadelphia. Henry A. Stambangh was born on the Ist of Novem- ber, 1833, near Laudisburg, in Perry County, where the early years of his life were spent.
N. aStambaugh
Receiving but meagre instruction at school, he : gut, whose purpose was to open up the Lower carly acquired the trade of a tailor, and after- Mississippi. He participated in the battle of ward a knowledge of daguerreotyping, the latter New Orleans, and on the expiration of his being made available until 1858, when he period of service, in June, 1862, received his entered the navy, and, embarking on the "Sa- discharge. Engaging for a brief period as clerk bine," the flag-ship of a fleet sent by the United . in Mifflintown, he soon established himself in business in the same borough. Mr. Stambangh was married, in 1861, to Mrs. Jane Isabella Harris, daughter of William Horning, of Fer- managh township. Their children are Anna
States government to Paraguay, sailed for South America. The purpose of the expedition having beru effected, he afterward embarked for Central America, and later cruised in the Gulf of Mexico, from whence he sailed for Santa Rosa | Mary, born May 10, 1865 ; William Horning,
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October 4, 1867 ; Charles Jacob, January 28, 1870; Imnella Carrie, January 24, 1872; Cor- nelia, September 1, 1873 ; Walter, October 21, 187 ; Jane Isabella, August 15, 1879 ; Mar- garet Elizabeth, October 20, 1881 ; David II. and Esther E. (twins), February 25, 1883. Mr. Stambangh continued business in Mifflintown until 1877, when, deciding upon the life of an agriculturist, he removed to the farm purchased by him in 1869. Since that time he has been actively engaged in farming, making the raising of peaches a specialty. He is the second grower of this fruit in the county whose efforts have been crowned with success. Ile has also been equally successful in the staple cereals. Mr. Stambangh is a Republican in polities, and has filled such offices as treasurer, anditor and school director, both in the borough of Mifflintown and the township of his residence. He is a member of the Masonie fraternity, and also of Fermanagh Grange, No. 787, of which he is Master. His religions sympathies are with the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which he is a regular attendant.
David Jordan, in 1787, purchased of John MeClure, one hundred and fifty acres of land in the Narrows, on the river, at which place he built a tavern, and kept it until 1798, when he traded with Michael Foncannon, who had for se- veral years kept tavern at Lewistown. In 1793 Jordan established a ferry across the river at the place. In 1808, when the stage-coaches first began to rim past the place, it became known as the " Seven-Mile Tavern." David Jordan, in 1795, married for his second wife, Isabella, the widow of Arthur Buchanan, on whose farm Lewistown was laid out. They lived there until they went to Lewistown, where he kept the tavern on the Diamond, on the site now occu- pied by Pratt's grocery. Only a short time since, on the site of the old tavern, a water-pipe was uncovered, which brought the water down from the mountain springs, and it was found to deliver three gallons to the minute. Michael Foncannon kept the tavern several years after 1800. It al- terwards came into the possession of' Michael M. Monaghan, and during the building of the canal, in 1829 and 1830, it passed to Daniel Brought.
The first person by the name of Wiley to locate in the township was Joseph, who was here from 1771 to 1774. Thomas was resident here, not far from Jericho, from 1771 to 1805; William, a drover, from 1771 to 1818; Sam- nel, Sr., from 1774 to 1805 ; Sammel, Jr., from 1780. The latter was running a falling-mill from 1805 to 1813, and carding-machine from 1801 to 1813. In the latter year the name dis- appears from the rolls.
The tract upon which James Aitken later settled was warranted by Robert McCormick, a brother of Thomas, Hugh and William. HIe sold it to James Aitken before 1790, as in that year he was in possession of one hundred and fifty acres of land at the foot of the Narrows, where he opened a tavern at the sign of the " Three Candlesticks." The. fam was later enlarged to three hundred and six acres and came to Mary Aitken, his wife. Captain Jonathan W. Aitken, a son, kept the tavern for several years and moved to Mifflintown, where he kept tavern and also a store. The property, in 1834, was left by will to Jonathan W., William and Ellen Aitken, and was sold, September 2, 1839, to David McClure, and is now owned by F. Espenshade, of Mifflintown.
John Watson purchased one hundred and fifty-five acres in 1781, and settled npon it, and in 1785 warranted one hundred and forty-eight acres of land at the mouth of Lost Creek, where in 1794, he built a grist-mill and a saw-mill. About 1793 he moved to Mifflintown and opened a tavern, continning the mills until 1809. They have passed through many hands, and are now known as the Cuba Mills. Dr. William Watson, a son of John Watson, prac- tired medicine a short time in Lewistown and moved to Bedford Springs, where his son is now living. The mill property was afterwards owned by William and Robert Thompson, of' Thompsontown, and later by Jacob Forrey. The mill property is now owned by Joseph Masser & Bro., and the Mansion House and most of the farm by Noah A. Elder.
William Riddle was assessed from 1767. James, probably a brother, settled below Mexico in 1777. They were prominent in the
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Indian troubles, and the family are still in the county.
Christian Lintner was the ancestor of the family of that name, who settled on the forks of Lost Creek, and his name appears first in 1773. Ile lived near the lands of the Sharons and Purdys. He was the father of Conrad, Chris- topher, Peter and John, and gradually came into possession of about six hundred acres of land, which were given to his sons. Conrad was a miller, a merchant and also had a distillery from 1787 to 1805. The others settled near there nutil abont 1805, when they moved to the West. Elizabeth, the daughter of Christian, became the wife of Andrew Banks; another daughter became the wife of Jacob Adams, who died in 1805.
"The family of Sturgeon occupied a brief, but important, space in the early history of the township. Thomas and Margaret Corbett Sturgeon were married July 16, 1750, and settled above what is now Harrisburg, Danphin County, where he built a mill at the month of Stony Creek. They had fifteen children, of whom Peter was the fourth. He was in the Revolutionary War. In 1793 Thomas Stur- geon, his wife and three sons-Peter (with his family), John and Moses-and daughters came to Lost Creek Valley, and on the 17th of June, in that year, Peter purchased of John Purdy one hundred and one aeres of land, including the Purdy grist-mill. Thomas, the father, pur- chased two hundred acres of Hugh Sharon, June 28th the same year. Moses, on the 4th of December, 1800, named Anna, a daughter of George Mccullough, of Tuscarora Valley. In 1817 Moses Sturgeon and his family moved to near Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, in Shelby County, having purchased a large tract of land there in 1812, where he lived and died, and his family still own the homestead. Peter Sturgeon, after the death, of his father in 1813, emigrated with his family to Ohio and settled near Lancaster, in that State. John, who also had settled in Lost Creek, and had pur- chased land near his father and brother at a later date, removed to wear Somerset about 1817, with his brother Moses.
Thomas, the father, died in 1813, and was
buried in the old Presbyterian grave-yard and his wife, Margaret, died in 1817, and one slab marks their resting-place. In this year the remainder of the family emigrated to Ohio. The lands of Thomas and Peter Sturgeon were sold to Adam Johnston, John and William Ramels and others.
William Henderson is on the list of 1763 as owning two hundred acres of land, and in 1767 is assessed on five hundred acres, thirty aeres cleared, two horses and three cows; in 1770 on one hundred and ninety acres, and James Hen- derson on one hundred and fifty acres ; in 1773, William on three hundred and James on two hundred acres; in 1776, William on one hun- dred acres, James on seventy acres and John on oue hundred and twenty aeres, and each with horses, cows, and Jolm on fifty acres and one horse ; in 1780 William has four hundred aeres, John (cooper) two hundred, James ninety- three and John, Sr., thirty acres ; in 1789 John (cooper) on three hundred, William on one hundred and Jolin, on Lost Creek, two hundred acres. JJohn was in possession of the prop- erty until 1803. This farm now belongs to Joseph Rothrock.
Joseph Rothrock is of Holland descent. On the 29th of September, 1733, Philip and Jacob Rothrock arrived in Philadelphia in the ship " Pink Mary," of Dublin, which sailed from Rotterdam, then from Cowes, England. On the 1st of September, 1736, Johannes Rothrock arrived in Philadelphia in the ship " Hart," of London, which sailed, as did the former, from Rotterdam and later from Cowes. From one of these emigrants is descended Joseph Roth- rock, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who was born December 26, 1776, and resided in Mifflin County, Pa., where he was a farmer. His wife, Anna Rothrock, was born November 27, 1772. Their children were John, born August 25, 1794; Abram, November 6, 1796 ; Isaac, June 22, 1798 ; Mary, December 31, 1800 ; Asenath, November 15, 1802; Anna, 1805 ; Sarah, March 16, 1807; Susannah, Jan- nary 25, 1809; Elizabeth, April 26, 1811 ; and Joseph, August 31, 1813. The birth of John, of this number, occurred in Mifflin County on the 25th of August, 1791. He married Sarah,
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