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TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH .- This con- gregation was organized in 1868. The church building was created during the summer of 1870 at a cost of forty-five tudred dollars. It is a fine frame structure of the Gothic style of arch- iterture, with a cupola and a spire. The min- isters who served this congregation have been Reys. W. C. Rodrock, Henry Wissler, U. H. Heilman and II. C. Lewis. The congregation has forty members in 1886. Among the tint members were O. T. Everhart, M.D., Jolm S. Funk, M. Beaver aud Clarence Beaver.
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH was
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organized with fifteen members in the year 1872 by the Rev. - Graham, who was its pastor until the spring of 1873, when Rev. E. A. O. Seaver took charge. During 1873 the congre- gation built a church at a cost of twenty-four hundred dollars. The building is thirty-five by fifty feet. The ministers who succeeded Mr. Seaver have been Reys. J. J. Shannon, A. Swartz, J. P. Benford, II. N. Minnich and Rev. Swiger. Amongst the original mem- bers were W. R. Peacock, L. Swartz, G. W. Diek, F. G. Weaver, J. S. Weaver and J. C. ('ulp.
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH -The Lutherans of this place were first served by Rev. . J. Harpster, during the year 1870. They were next served by Rev. J. J. Kerr, who commenced to preach for them during 1875, and continued here until the latter part of 1878. Rev. G. W. Crist followed and remained until the sum- mer of 1881. Rev. Crist regularly organized the congregation, which was without a pastor until April, 1885, when Rev. HI F. Long ac- cepted a call, and is now the pastor. The con- gregation numbers twenty-five members. It belongs to the Synod of Central Pennsylvania and also to the General Synod of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Church. Among the first members were W. M. Schools and wife, An- drew Swarts and wife, Alfred Corl and wife, Geo. W. Kissinger and wife and Mrs. John F. Gushard.
Prime Schools .- The first school building in Marysville was created by Win. Agonay iu 1853. G. W. Richards was one of the most successful teachers who taught within its walls. The school-house on the river-bank was built in 1868, at a cost of four Iumdred dollars. A school-house was built in 1868 above the railroad at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars. One was built in 1871 below the railroad at a cost of' twenty-three hundred dollars. In 1886 one is building at a cost of six thousand dollars.
Some of the leading teachers of the town were George Swartz, ex-county superintendent Cumberland County ; John S. Campbell, E. U. Ammiller, now county superintendent of com- mon schools of Perry ; and G. W. Rine. Miss
Harriet Singer was the first school-teacher who taught in the town.
Sonneries .-- Perry Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. M., was instituted December 27, 1869, with the following-named charter members : J. S. Fik, W. M. ; O. T. Everhart, M.D., S. W .; F. Flickinger, .1. W. ; II. H. Seidel, Treasurer ; A. J. Stahler, Secretary ; T. W. Morley, S. D .; J. S. Weaver, J. D. ; HI. P. Morley, S. M. C .; W. P. Price, J. M. C. ; J. . 1. Nesbit, Tiler; W. B. Coulter, Pur .; D. Ful- ton, S. D. Potter.
Post No. 188, G. A. R., was organized De- cember 30, 188-, with the following officers : Alfred Corl, C .; W. R. Peacock, Sr. V. C .; James M. Haney, Jr. V. C .; B. F. MeNear, Adjt. ; G. W. Eppley, M.D., Surgeon ; James D. Miller, Chaplain ; E. C. Gault, Quarter- master; W. L. Taylor, O. D. ; G. Kocher, O. G .; J. Culp, Sergeant-Major; Wm. Gettys, Quartermaster-Sergeant ; E. C. Ney, Outer Guard ; F. Lentz, Inner Guard.
Buehler Lodge, No. 269, K. of P., was organ- ized November 3, 1870, with the following officers : V. P., William P. Price ; W. C., W. 1. Sheaffer; V. C., Ebert Stotter; G., II. C. Colder ; R. S., Joseph MeCanna ; F. S., L. F. Mickey ; Joseph Sadler, B .; (. II. Burus, I. G., J. W. Beers, O. G.
William Penn Council, No. 110, O. U. A. M., was instituted May 29, 1867, with the fol- lowing officers : Jesse Wagner, C .; George Kocher, V. C .; C. M. Dickinson, R. See. ; Jos- eph Sadler, Asst. R. See. ; Dr. Heinsling, F. See. ; W. B. Millett, Treas.
Washington Camp, No. 218, P. O. S. of A., was instituted December 24, 1880, with the fol- lowing officers : G. W. Eppley, M.D., Pres. ; G. E. Strasbaugh, V. P .; Howard Turner, M. F. and C .; J. II. Hondeshell, R. S. ; F. H. Hays, F. S .; S. G. Geib, Treas. ; M. J. Clen- denin, I. G .; L. N. Klingler, O. G .; G. S. Flickinger, J. W. Kocher and G. W. Eppley, M.D., Trustees.
I. O. of O. F., No. 290, was instituted No- vember 19, 1866, with the following officers : N. G., W. W. Jackson ; V. G., John S. Weaver; E. J. Mills, See. ; Joseph A. Brenner, Treas. SHAD-FISHING .- Shad were at one time
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canght in very large numbers along the Sus- quehanna River, and three or four well-paying fisheries were within the present borough limits of Marysville. The Haldeman fishery, near the mouth of the Fishing Creek, as late as 1835, was leased by Joseph Musser for one hundred dollars per season and one barrel of packed or salted shad. As many as seven hundred to one thousand shad were caught at a hau !. The Landsdorf fishery was below the Haldeman
The saw-mill, taken down when the forge was built, was rebuilt in 1856 by Thomas Morley. It was created by Hon. J. B. and Henry Seidel and was operated by them for a number of years, after which Seidel & Sons were the owners and operators. The firm is now Seidel Brothers. In 1879 a twenty-five horse-power engine was placed in the forge to furnish the blast for the run-out and forge-fires ; the han- mer is driven by water-power.
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fishery, and was used by Esquire Longeuecker as late as 1825, and shad caught in paying quantities. The Hatfield fishery was north of the Haldeman fishery, below where the North- ern Central Railroad bridge pier now stand. It was operated by Branyan & Greek in 1875.
PERRY FORGR was built in 6862, near the month of Fishing Creek, on the site of a saw- mill erected by Sammel Hunter in 1766.
WILLIAM W. JACKSON.
WILLIAM W. JACKSON is of Scotch-Trish parentage and the son of Lyman Jackson, who removed from Chemung County, N. Y., to Marysville, in Perry County. He first engaged in teaching and afterward in boating_on theSu -- quehanna River, as also in the building of keel- bottom boats. He married Mary, daughter of Jas, White, of Perry County, and had children- Melinda (deceased), Jahial (deceased), William
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W., Mary Ann (Mrs. David H. Stabiler) and Margaret Jane (Mrs. Henry Musser).
Mr. Jackson's death resulted from an acci- dent in 1831, while managing his boat.
Mrs. Jackson married, a second time, Jolm A. Ilumes, of Cumberland County, and had chil- dren-Sarah A. ( Mrs. P. J. Nevin), Lyman .1., married to Annie Butt.
William W., the subject of this biography, was born at Marysville, in Perry County, on the 11th of October, 1827, and devoted his youth to study at a select school and later at the public school of the place. At the age of fom'- teen he cutered his step-father's shop for the purpose of learning the trade of a blacksmith. This he followed for two years, and in 1843 re- moved to Dauphin County, Pa., where he was for three years employed by Charles Heister as a farm-hand. He returned to Perry County and entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad and assisted in grading the road-bed of that corporation. From 1848 until 1850 he engaged in boating on the Pennsylvania Canal. Mr. Jackson was, on the 22d of October, 1850, married to Catherine M., daughter of Levi Adams, of Dauphin County, Pa. Their chil- dren are Levi Allen, deceased ; Mary Eliza- beth, wife of George Tuekey ; Emma Alice, married to R. Q. King ; Sarah Catherine, wife of J. W. Flickinger. Mr. Jackson, on his marriage, was employed by the Pensylvania Railroad for five years as a hand, and during the five succeeding years acted as assistant foreman. lle then entered the service of the Northern Central Railroad as foreman, and has performed his duties faithfully for a period of twenty-seven years, during which time he has never received a reprimand. He is a member of Marysville Lodge, No. 590, Independent Order of Odd- Fellows, was its first Master, and first repre- sentative to the Grand Lodge of the State. A Democrat in polities, he has served in the Borough Council, and for thirteen years as a member of the board of school directors. He worships with the congregation of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church of Marysville, his wife and daughters being members of that church.
CHAPTER XV.
PENN TOWNSHIP.'
Tmis township lies along the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers, and has nearly the form of a triangle, with its base on the Cove Mountain, which extends east and west. A spur of this mountain extends in a northeasterly direction at an angle to the river, a short distance above the Cove Forge, forming a valley known as " The Cove." Claypole says of this,-
"The district enclosed by the mountain is drained by a small stream rising at the Horse-Shoe Bend and receiving the waters of both slopes. This district is peculiarly isolated from the rest of the country by its physical conformation. Surrounded on two sides by the mountain, and on the third by the river, access to it is very difficult. Two roads zigzag across the range to the south, from Rye township, and one enters from the north, through the gap of the Susquehanna, and passes out by the same outlet. The Pennsylvania Railway has taken advantage of the same natural pathway to enter and leave the valley. These except- ed, there is no practicable road from the outside world into this seeluded district, which is, as it were, a little world by itself."
Sherman's Creek passes from Wheatfield township, along the foot of Cove Mountain, and joins the Susquehanna near Duncannon. The Little Juniata Creek, coming from the north, through Centre and Wheatfield townships, joins the Susquehanna a short distance above the mouth of Sherman's Creek.
The territory now Penn township belonged to Rye from 1766 to 1826, when it was em- braced in Wheatfield township, and so remained until 1840, when, upon petition to the courts, and after necessary action, it was erected as Penn township, with its present limits.
A careful examination of the assessment lists of Rye and Wheatfield townships will show the names of the early settlers residing here, and who will probably be recognized by the older citizens.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS. - The first meution of any white man to settle within the limits of what is now Penn township is found in the Co- lonial Records, third volume, page 5H. This,
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however, was but temporary. The settlement was made by John Harris, father of the founder of Harrisburg, in 1732-33, and is believed to be at or near the aqueduct. It is mentioned also by Watson, in his "Annals," and by Rupp, as at the White Rock, on the river-side, above the old fording, afterwards Clark's Ferry.
The following is the account : At a council held at Philadelphia, June 19, 1733, Shiek- alamy', a chief, asked whether the proprietors had heard of a letter which he and Sassaman sent to John Harris, asking him to desist from making a plantation at the month of Choniata, where he had built a house and cleared fields.
. They were told that Harris had only built that house for carrying on his trade; that his plantation on which he has houses, barns, etc., at Paxtang, is his place of dwelling, and it is not to be supposed he will remove from thenec ; that he has no warrant or order for making a settlement on Choniata.
Shickalamy said that though Harris may have built a house for the convenience of the trade, yet he ought not to clear fields. To this it was answered that Harris has probably cleared as much land only as would be sufficient to raise corn for his horses. Shiekalamy said he had no ill will to John Harris; it was not his custom to bear ill will ; but he is afraid the warriors of the Six Nations, when they pass that way, may take it ill to see a settlement on lands which they had always desired to be kept free from any person settling on. He was told in answer that care should be taken to give the necessary orders in it. The plantation was probably abandoned soon after by advice from the proprietors. He died in 17-18, and is bur- ied at Harrisburg, and no mention or claim has ever been made on lands there by the family.
There is no mention by Richard Peters, in his letter of June, 1750, of any trespassers or settlers on these lands at the month of the Juniata or on the islands, and they passed up through the county along the river.
Not far from 1753 there came up the Sus- quehanna parties who settled upon the island
now called Dimcan's and upon both banks of the river. Of these were Marens Uhlings (Inlings), James Baskins, Cornelius Acheson, Francis Ellis and others. Marens Hulings was probably the first, and as later he lived upon and located a large tract of land in what is now Watts township, a fuller account of him and his operations will be found in a sketch of that township. Of his land and settlement in what is now Penn township, the following is related. He says in a letter to William Peters, Esq., secretary to the proprietors, dated May ye 17, 1762 :
"Sir: I have left orders for Mr. Matthias Holston, living in Upper Merrion, of Philadelphia County, to take out two warrants for me, one for the point be- tween the two rivers and one for the improvements I have in the place called the Onion bottom, on the south side of the Junead, right oposite to the other where I lived six months before I moved to the other place. From your humble servant,
" MARCUS HIVLINGS."
It is evident from this letter that his first settlement in this section of country was nt what he calls " Onion Bottom," now in Penn township. It is evident, from a description of the draft accompanying the letter, that these two warrants were as follows : The point on the isl- and was the lower part of the island at the junction of the two rivers, which belongs now to Dauphin County. On the south side of the Juniata, below the mouth thereof, "is William Kerl's" house; opposite the point of Duncan's Island is "Jas, Baskins'" house, while Inlings' house is farther np, in what is named as " Onion Bottom." Still above this is a house marked " Cornelius Acheson, who has encroached upon Halings' improvement in the Onion Bottom, settled there last Spring," which would be in the spring of 1761.
Mr. Hulings, after the settlers were driven from their places in 1755-56, went to Fort l'iut, from which place he wrote the letter here quoted. Soon after this he returned to the Juniata, built the Huling's ferry and other im- provements, and died on his property, in Watts township, in September, 1788, and is buried in the old Dick's Gap Presbyterian grave-yard, now in Miller township. His wife died before
'A chief of The Iroquois Indians, on the Sasquelatam, and father of the celebrated chief Logan.
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the Revolution and is buried in the same yard with her husband.
It does not appear that Hlulings succeeded in obtaining a warrant for the " Onion Bottom " tract, as his name does not appear in connected drafts at that place. Ile took ont an order of survey for thirty aeres August 28, 1768, lying on the north side of Sherman's Creek, above the Duncanon Iron-Works. Upon this tract was a mill-site, and, as Jas. Patton had trouble with his mill-dam not far from this place, he took precaution to obtain authority from the Legislature, under date of -, 1787, to erect a mill-dam on Sherman's Creek. It is not known whether a mill was erected, as he died in Sep- tember of the next year.
P. F. Duncan, of the Duncannon Tron-Works, is a lineal descendant of Marcus Hulings.
James Baskins, who was a settler here before 1762, at which time he is mentioned by Hulings, took out a warrant for three hundred acres of land October 28, 1766, which inelnded his im- provements, and is the land on which the old settlement of Baskinsville is located, below the ferry tract.
He also owned land on the island, and estab- lished a ferry at the foot of Haldeman's Island, known as Baskins' Ferry for many years. Francis Ellis also had a ferry, which, probably, was from the island to the east side.
The following was obtained from Michael Steever, Esq., of Newport, many years ago :
"At one time, when trouble was expected with the Indians, the families of these settlers removed to Fort Ilunter for security, when William Baskins, having a crop of grain, returned with part of his family to harvest it ; while thus engaged they were startled by the yell of Indians who were near by. However, on discovery that they were neighbors, their alarms were quieted; but they were deceived, for thesavages on their approach gave them distinctly to understand that their object was scalps. At this they fled in conster- nation towards the house, hotly pmisued, and when there, Mr. Baskins, in the act of getting his gun, was shot dead and scalped. His wife, a danghter of about seven and a son three years old were abducted. Mrs. Baskins effected her escape from the Indians some- where near Carlisle; the daughter was taken to the Miami country, west of the Ohio, then an unbroken wilderness, where she was detained for more than six years, when, in conformity to a treaty with the Indians, she was delivered up and returned.
"She was afterwards married to Mr. John Smith, whose son James, in 1846, resided in Newport, Perry Connty.
" The lad that was taken at the same time was car- ried to Canada, where he was raised by Sir William Johnston. Not knowing the name of the boy, he was baptized under the name of Thomas Murphy. Ile was afterwards discovered by Alexander Stephens, of Juniata township, and later visited his friends in Perry County. He was owner of a large estate near Malden, in Upper Canada."
A daughter of James Baskins married Alex- ander Stephens, who was a soldier under Gen- cral Braddock, and settled near Baskins abont 1766. An attachment sprang up between the young people, which was opposed by the father, hut not successfully. The daughter was di-in- herited, and the property passed to the sons. Alex. Stephens settled a short distance up the river, and later moved to Georgia, and from him Alexander II. Stephens descended. A filler ac- connt of this family will be found in Juniata township, as James Stephens returned from Georgia and settled in that township. The sons of James Baskins remained at the homestead, and they and their sons have been connected with the ferries in that vicinity until ferries were a thing of the past.
Baskinsville hamlet, clustered about the ferry landing, was on the old Baskins farm, but is now absorbed in the town of Duncanon. The old grave-yard on the bluff is known as the Bas- kinsville burial-place.
Samuel Goudy located a tract of land on the river August 19, 1766, containing two hundred and fifteen aeres, which was granted on order of survey No. 901. James Goudy resided upon it. It was purchased by John Clark, to whom it was surveyed in right of Samuel Goudy.
At this place was a fording known by the Indians as Queenaskowakec. A ferry was established by John Clark, which was afterwards continued by his son (Robert Clark). It became widely known as Clark's Ferry. A tavern- house was built tliere, and kept by John Clark, his widow (Margaret), by their son (Robert), later by John Boden and last by Henry Lemon. The line of stages of the Juniata Stage Com- pany began running through here in May, 1808, of which Robert Clark was one of the pro- prietors. The old stone tavern-house is still
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standing, which, from 1808 to the time of the packet-boats, about 1830, was a place of daily resort for the people of the vicinity when the stages halted at the old hostelry.
Above the dames Baskins tract on the river were the Barren Hills, containing about three hundred aeres, which were taken up by Wil- litun Backins and others about 1766. They joined the Byers tract at the Aqueduct.
On the Little Juniata Crock, above the John Brown warrant, on which Duncannon now stands, was a tract of two hundred and sixty-three acres, which was taken on order of survey dated November 24, 1766, which extended on both sides of the creek. It was surveyed to Isaac Jones, whose son, Robert Jones, about 1800, erected a grist and saw-mill upon the creek. It passed to his son Cadwallader, who owned it in 1820, and soon after sold it to Frederick Al- bright, who sold it to Jacob Bruner. While in his possession a woolen-mill was erected, full- ing and carding-machines were added and the manufacture of cloth was carried on to a consid- erable extent. The property later passed re- speetively to Jolm and Benjamin Shade, Sam- uel Shull and, in 1869, came to the possession of Samuel Haas, the present owner. The grist- mill is still in nse.
East of the Jones tract Andrew Berryhill took up three hundred and thirty-one acres on November 26, 1766, which was surveyed March 12, 1768, as " Sherman's Valley." It was con- veved by him, May 24, 1773, to Isaac Jones, who, March 11, 1776, sold it to John Shear- man, by whom it was patented Nov. 24, 1781.
This traet is at the cross-roads, on the line between Penn and Wheatfield townships; it is abont a mile above Duncanmon, and is now owned by the Hollahans and Klines.
The name of Shearman does not appear in any warrant or record pertaining to lands in Sherman's Valley prior to this time. The creek and valley were known as Shearman's as carly as 1750, and retained the name. A dim tradition is given that a trader by that name was drowned while crossing the stream, but no facts are found that warrant the statement. The origin of the name will probably remain in ob- seurity.
Adjoining the Berryhill and Shearman tract, Richard Coulter, Jr., was granted, on an order dated March 21, 1762, two hundred and seven- teen acces, Near it William Clark took four hundred acres, and Heury Gordon two hundred and two acres,
James Dugan, in 1769, took up a tract of land adjoining the Robert Nicholson tract on Sherman's Creek, which was bought by the Rev. James Brady about 1803, when he was called to the pastorate of the Juniata Church.
Alexander Rutherford, on an order of survey dated April 27, 1787, located three hundred acres of land above the Isaac Joues tract, on the Little Juniata Creek.
On this tract Frederick Speck built an oil and fulling-mill about 1840, which he operated a few years, and, in 1846, it passed to Robert King, who changed it to a grist-mill. It passed to his son, William C. King, by whom it is still owned.
In the loop of Sherman's Creek Benjamin Abraham took up a tract of land on both sides of the creek, which contained two Imidred and seven acres. It was taken up on an order dated October 20, 1766, and surveyed May 20, 1768. Fio Forge lies on the north side of the creek at this place.
Robert Nicholson took up six hundred and eighty-two acres of land, on order of survey No. 5559, on Sherman's Creek, about a mile above Duncannon, now owned by Jacob Mutzabaugh, November 15, 1769. David Hackett, the an- cestor of the family in this county, settled upon it, and, it is supposed, died there. It was later ovenpied for many years by William and Alex- ander Patterson. Mr. Hackett had three sons- Robert, James and George. Robert was in the Revolutionary War and died unmarried. Ile and his father are both buried in the old grave- yard, on the hill above Baskinsville. James emigrated to Crawford County, Pa., and George moved to the Red Rock (now Loysville), and settled on the farm owned by Peter Wolf, where he died August 1, 1800. He had four sons-Henry, Robert, James and William, Heury settled in Tuscarora Valley, where he lived and died ; James and William moved to Ohio; Robert settled near Sandy Hill, where
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he died, June 1, 1835, and was buried in the Old Centre grave-yard. He had nine sons, of which George S. Hackett, the second son, set- ted near Elliottsburg, and, in 1813, moved to New Bloomfield. James B. Hackett, now in the office of the Secretary of Internal affairs, at Harrisburg, is a son of George S. Hackett.
An account of Richard Kirkpatrick will be found in Spring township, and will be of inter- et to the Kirkpatrick> and their branches. Joseph, Moses and Isaac were doubtless sons of Richard, although it is not certain. More ap- pears in the settlement of 1782, referred to.
Joseph Kirkpatrick warranted a tract of one hundred aeres of land Angust 17, 1790, which lay in what is now Penn township. It was as- signed by him to his brother Moses, August 4, 1792, who settled upon it and, in the course of a few years, purchased other lands, and died about 1820, leaving six hundred acres of land and eight children -- F-aac, Oliver, Thomas, Moses, William ; and daughters : Mrs. Alexander Gar- rett, Mrs. John Harris and Mrs. Alexander Rodgers. In 1822 this land was divided be- tween them.
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