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Ile chose for his residence the prettiest little dale in Buffalo Valley.
Down the sweep of this beautiful little dale, just before you cross the brawling waters that come tumbling from the mill, may be yet seen the hearth-stones of Terrence Quinu, and this place was known as Quiun Valley, and the war- rant he laid for the land stretches down to the border of the township.
At George Wolfe's, Smoketown, lived Adam Grove, one of the famous four brothers, who were famous in the annals of Indian warfare,- Wendell lived near the old Burges house; Mi- chael lived on the back road to Mifflinburg, Buffalo township; Peter was commissioned lientenaut of the Rangers March 31, 1781, and disappears from our history carly ; Adam lived afterwards ou the plot of Murray Nesbit, to whose father Thomas Grove sold that lot in 1822. His son, Samuel, married a sister of the late Joseph Glass, and moved West, and this family became wealthy and influential at the bar and in other pursuits. A son, Wesley, starved in the rebel prisous. And up the northern slope of the Smoketown hill was the farm of Captain John Brady,-a long tract, which extends from Smoketown up to the place lately owned by John Schrack, Esq., now Frederick's, adjoining Smoketown or Mortons- ville. As far back as 1773, Japhet Morton brought an ejectment against Christian Storms, tenant in possession of Captain John Brady. The captain's niece lived there until 1783. She died there on the 20th of October, and her remains rest in the Lewisburgh Cemetery. General Hugh Brady tells about this place. Captain John Brady was killed near Fort Freeland, April 11, 1779. (See page 109).
" After the fall of Captain Brady, my mother re- moved, with her family, to her father's place in Cum-
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Irland County, Pa., where she arrived in May, 1779, and where she remained till Detober of that year. She then removed to Buffalo Valley, about twenty miles below our former residence, and settled on one of our own firms. We found the tenant had left our portion of the hay and grain, which was a most for- tunate circumstance. The winter following (1779 and 1780) was a very severe one, and the depth of the suow interdieted all traveling. Neighbors were it's, and the settlement scattered, so that the winter was solitary and dreary to a most painful degree. But, while the depth of the snow kept us confined at home, it had also the effect to protect ns from the inroads of the savages. But, with the opening of the spring, the Indians returned and killed some people not very remote from one residence. This induced Mrs. Brady to take shelter, with some ten or twelve families, on the West Branch, about three miles from our home.' Piekets were placed around the houses, and the old men, women and children remained within during the day; while all who could work and carry armis returned to their farms, for the pur- pose of' raising something to subsist upon. Many a day have I walked by the side of my brother John, while he was plowing, and carried my rifle in one hand and a forked stick in the other, to clear the ploughshare.
"Sometimes my mother would go with us to pre- pare our dinner. This was contrary to our wishes; but she said that, while she shared the dangers that surrounded ns, she was more contented than when left at the fort. Thus we continued till the end of the war, when peace-happy peace-again invited the people to return to their homes."
Right across the valley, then thickly wooded, where Dale's Hill rounds down to Buffalo Creek, just this side of the bridge that crosses to Hoffa's Mill, lived Captain John Foster. Peter Grove had been on a seont through Pennsyl- vania, and discovering Indian signs, was cou- vinced that there were Indians between the West Branch and the Juniata, and at once started for his home in Buffalo Valley. On his way he discovered a man's track, which aston- ished him as no other man, red or white, would travel that way, except one, and he was beyond the Alleghenies; but the size of the track and length of the step was his. The footsteps left the path, and this making him uneasy, he left it too and went to Foster's. Foster said there must be wild work west of the mountains, and the
Jenkins' Mill, on Turtle Creek. The old mill was solid and loop-hotel for rifles, and was the resort of that part of the valley when the Indians threatened,
frack must be one of Brady's Rangers. Peter replied, " There is no man living who would have taken the ronte I did, but Sam himself." " Well," said Foster, " you go to the top of the ridge and discharge your rifle three times." Grove went to the top of Dale's Ridge and did so, and in a short fime twenty men made their appearance. Foster informed them of the dis- covery and the Indian signs, and dismissed them with orders to keepstriet watch and be ready to march in the morning. The captain said they would then go the Widow Brady's, and they crossed the valley, and as they came near to the honse their path was crossed by a man, whom Captain Foster hailed in a low voice. The man advanced and they found him to be Captain Sam Brady. He was accontred as a hunter, with his blanket on his back, and had just arrived, and had been detained, hearing the shots that had been fired. After a private conversation between him and Foster, they set out on their return to Foster's. Peter asked him whether he was not going in to see his mother. He said no, as they were well, and for their preservation, must be off. After their return to the house of Foster, Brady said that it was better that his mother and fam- ily would not know of his being there. There had been about one hundred and fifty Indians disappeared from the western country, and it was the opinion that, knowing that a number of the settlers were drawn off to the army, they supposed that they would reach this valley un- awares. He had himself crossed the trail of a party of thirty, led by noted warriors, named Panther and Blacksnake, evidently making for the Bald Eagle's Nest, who would make a de- scent on the valley. With Grove, Sam Brady left the next morning, to be followed by Foster and fifteen men, and resulted in a very thrill- ing adventure, but beyond the place of our narrative.
At the death of Mr. Brady, Japhet Morton came into possession of the premises. Mor- tonsville was laid out and called by his name. In 1815 that place was appraised at forty-eight dollars an acre. Japhet died in 1815. His children were Edward, William, John, Alex- ander, Isabella (married to Thomas Mefinire) and Rachel, and four grandsons, children of
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Thomas, deceased,-Martha, Betsey, Polly and Japhet.
Long before any buildings were about there it was called Smoketown. On George Wolfe's place there was a very superior clay for brick, and many of the brick for the carlier houses of the town were made there. The brick-makers were the Poeths, and they had two mnd-built cabins, which the use of the pitch-pine torches for lighting had smoked black and gave the name to the town, together with the ever-as- eending smoke of the brick-kilns. In 1771, Samuel Martin came from North Britain and settled just beyond there, at the fair-ground, in the house owned by Mrs. Shorkley. Martin sold it to George May, who sold it, July 30, 1793, to Thomas Wilson, who was a son of ITugh Wilson, of the "Trish settlement," in North- ampton County, and was born in 1724, in Ire- land. According to the tradition among his descendants, he was about twelve years old when his father emigrated from Ireland. He mar- ried, in 1760, Elizabeth Hayes, a daughter of John Hayes and Jane (Love) Hayes; the latter emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, and after a short stay in Chester County, removed to the Irish settlement.
During the Revolution Thomas Wilson was largely engaged in supplying the Continental army with flour. He was paid in Continental money and suffered heavily by its depreciation. In consequence, he sold his land in Allen town- ship and removed to Buffalo Valley in 1792. Ile purchased the farm mentioned and died February 25, 1799. The widow and children sold the place, and in 1803, Mrs. Wilson and her sous, William and Thomas, removed to Beaver County, Pa., where she died in Devem- ber, 1812.
Their children were Hugh, who married Cath- arine Irvine, who lived and died on the Francis Wilson farm; Sarah was married to Richard Fruit, and removed to Mercer County ; Eliza- beth married James Dauern, merchant, Aarons- burg, afterwards at Spring Mills ; William and Thomas live in Beaver; Mary married Jou- athan Courtes, Esq., of Beaver County ; James Wilson, Esp, attorney-at-law at New Orleans ; Margaret, who married John Thomas, who
also moved to Beaver County. This farm was afterwards purchased by Jacob Musser. Jacob Musser was the son of Joseph Musser, of Kelly; commissioned a justice of the prace May 17, 1832, and October 22, 1837, moved to Lewis- burgh. He sold to Myers.
David Myers, father of David Myers, of Lewisburgh, was killed by a kick of a horse January 30, 1833, and the place was purchased by James Moore, then by Joseph Meixell, whose daughter now owns it.
Beyond that, along the pike, was Widow Mary Harris', mentioned with such glee in his journal by Flavel Roan, of the evenings spent there and the social hops. She came there in 1794, and the family became widely related. One of its members was William L. Harris, who took a prominent part in the social and political associations of the day, was a member of the House in 1833, and was one of the representa- tive delegates, with Ephraim Banks and John Cummins, to the convention of 1837, in which James Merrill and William Maclay were the Senatorial. He died November 11, 18-16, from the effect of an operation performed for the re- moval of a tumor. His nephew, William L., still lives on the old place, rich and a bachelor. A daughter of the Widow Mary, Elizabeth, married Thomas Howard, February 9, 1797.
Nicholas Stroh lived on Sammel Dunkel's place in 1778. Mathias Allspach made crock- there. The latter killed with a potter's stick a wolf following the sheep into the yard.
The road between Lewisburgh and Mortons- ville was vacated in September, 1830, and the Turtle Creek road, at the latter place, extended to the turnpike. It was in September, 1828, James F. Linn surveyed the route of the pres- ent turupike, and located it December 22d, finishing December 30th ; and December 28, 1829, commissioners appointed by the court re- turned it completed. This did away with the old road. March 12, 1830, Sammel Reber opened the hotel so long known as Beale's, and lately as the " Lochiel," where the managers of the turn- pike company hold their ammal election, on the first Monday of March, and where William 1. Harris, the treasurer, lately carved his fortieth successive turkey.
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"John Brown, father of Abraham, Michael, etc., came to the valley in the spring of 1804, from Pine Grove township, Berks County. He bought the An- drew Edge warrantec (late Michael and Christian Brown, Getz, cte.) of Henry Spyker, for ES per acre. There was then an old log cabin on it, in which Peter spyker, son of Henry, lived. Michael Brown, late county commissioner, who was then seven years old, stated that he had eight children when he came,- John, who went to Ohio; Elizabeth, married to Simon Christ, moved to Ohio; Christena, married to Philip Frederick ; Peter, who went to Ohio; Abraham, lately deceased; William, Christian, Michael and Jacob. Their mother died in 1806, the father in 1838, and both are buried in the Dreisbach grave-yard. He was boru in Pennsylvania, served in the Revolution, was in the battle of Brandywine. His father came from Ger- many. The neighbors were Lorentz Barnhart, who lived where Peter Getz lives ; Kreighbaum, at David Schrack's; Christopher Weiser had a fulling-mill where Peter Wolfe now lives ; Henry Poeth, father of old Henry, late of Lewisburgh, was the sole inhabitant of Smoketown, which was a part of Spyker's land. He made there all the brick that were used in Lewis- burgh. Edward Mortou lived where A. Frederick's barn now is; Bailey; on R. Laird's place ; John Zellers, where Samuel lately lived ; John Aurand, on the Au- rand place, now owned by John Zellers; Christian Gundy lived where John W. Brown now lives. From Brown's to Derrstown only ton neres were cleared where George Wolfe lately lived. The road com- menced at Spyker's (now James S. Marsh's), at the river, passed through part of the cemetery, the lane at Chamberlin's, came out at George Wolfe's, passed through Smoketown, skirted the ridge at Ellis Brown's and along by Morton's (Schrack's now), crossed the present pike above Beale's tavern ; that, with the road to the cross-roads and the one up along the river, were the only three roads he recollected."
Christopher Weiser built the first fulling-mill in the valley, on Turtle Creek, on what was lately Peter Wolfe's place, in 1786. He died March 30, 1819, at the age of sixty-one. Daniel Moyer succeeded to him, running the mill.
George Wendell Wolfe came to this locality very early. He was a private in Captain George Clarke's company, Colonel Potter's regiment, in 1776. He bought about a thou- saund aeres on Turtle Creek, extending from Van Gundy's and running up to Aurand's. He had seven sons,-Michael, Peter, John, Jacob, Christian, Leonard and Andrew. He located Michael on the lower, or east end ; next Peter ; then John. Jacob got the homestead (now Joel Riehl's), originally two hundred and fifty
aeres. Christian became a batter and lived on the present lot of Jonathan Wolfe, in Lewis- burgh, and carried on that business, but he left and moved to New York in an early day. Leonard married a Dreisbach and moved to Ohio with the Dreisbach and Spyker families. Joli sold his farm to Michael Smith, now oc- cupied by David Smith. He was married to Am Aurand and moved to Sandusky, Ohio. Michael lived and died on his place, lately owned by his son Abram, now Hiram Wolfe. In 1778 Abraham Mensch lived on this place. His wife died in the valley and was buried at Jeukius' Mill. He left with the " runaway," in 1779, taking with him his boys, Christian and John, and one horse. He never returned. He married again, and the late Rev. J. Nicholas Meusch was a son by the second wife, the lat- ter dying at Lewisburgh in 1851. Peter lived and died on his farm in 1820; afterwards di- vided between Peter and Leonard, his sons, mentioned above as the Christopher Weiser place. Jacob lived ou the homestead adjoining the Hubler & Aurand place, and died in 1832. Andrew purchased the farm in Buffalo now owned by his sons, George J. aud Martin. Jacob left six children, ---- Catherine, married to George Machamer, moved to Stark County, Ohio ; Elizabeth, married to Jonathan Smith (both now dead); Jacob, John, Samuel, Jonathan. The mother of these children was Catherine, a daughter of John Bashor, who lived at George T. Miller's farm, and who is mentioned in the account of Kelly township. She afterwards married Jonathan Reedy, and lived at the farm now owned by her son Jonathan. The memory of her father's murder was never effaced. Long afterwards, when Indians came around in peace- ful shows, she would become uncontrollably ex- cited. She died on the 8th of October, 1856, at the age of eighty-four.
In 1792, Abel Rees living at Strohecker's died ; and Anna M. Smith loft in her will thirty pounds to erect a school-house on Turtle Creek for poor children.
Adam Smith was a teamster in the Revolution and settled upon the place now owned by Jacob Kunkle, above Henry Mertz's. He died there and was buried at the Dreisbach grave-yard. His sons were Adam,
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George, Michael and John and a daughter, married to Michael Maize, another to Steffy Touchman. Adant, Jr., moved to Beaver township, Suyder Conuty. His descendants are about Braver town yet. George died in Union County, John at Beaver town, and Michael in Union County in 18-41. He had a blacksmith- shop above fleury Mertz's, and that is the point so often spoken of in old road-views. Michael's chil- dren were Michael, who moved to Michigan ; Dau- iel, who moved to Ohio; Benjamin, to Illinois; David, now (1869) living near the old place. His daughters married, one to Jonas Nyhart, one to John Wolfe, one to David Oldt, near New Berlin. Michael had three wives: first was a Bower, of Dry Valley ; second, Susanna Bartges, of Mifflinburg ; third, Sophia Bickle, whose father, Henry Bickle, was killed by the Indians, Michael had also a son Jonathan, father of A. W. Smith, Esq., late jury commissioner, who died in Hartley township in 1870.
The account of Henry Bickel is in Union township, Emerick family. Christopher, his eldest sou, took the place in 1792, at forty shillings per acre. He sold it to JJohn Meyer, in 1806, who sold it to Daniel Nyhart, who sold it, May 4th, to Jacob Mertz, whose son Henry, married to an Aurand, lives on the place.
EAST BUFFALO SCHOOLS. - The first election for free schools took place in 1834, and was re- jected by a large majority, three votes for it aud eighty-seven against it. At a subsequent election it encountered much opposition, but was adopted by a large majority. Directors in 1838 were Jacob Gundy, Robert 11. Laird, Samuel II, Laird, Jacob Mertz, Philip Frederick and John Snook. There lots were decided to them and school- how e greeted upon them. Two others were later bolt, between 1868 and 1873. They were replaced by substantial brick houses.
In 1884 the schools of East Buffalo contained two hundred and seven pupils. Seven dis- triets,-Linnville, Pike, Aurand, Zeller's, Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson, Riverside.
THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION IN THE BUPPATO VALLEY .--- Among those who carly beenme followers of Jacob Albright, the foun- der of the religious body now known as the Evangelical Association, was Martin Preis- bach's family, at whose house was formed, in 1806, the first class of that faith in the denomi- mation. It is probable that they were visited by Jacob Albright himself and his co- laborers,
John Walter and George Miller, who were the first preachers of the new seet. From that time on Evangelical preachers have had regular ap- pointments in the valley, and at Dreisbach's were the headquarters of those zealous, perse- cuted ministers. In 1808 John Preisbach him- self began to expound the Word, and, in the course of a few years, became one of the most active and useful members of the new hody. That your he and George Miller served what was called the Northumberland Circuit, a scope of country not defined by any limuits, but hav- ing the valley as a radiating centre. In 1809 the ministers were John Walter and John Erb; 1810, John Dreisbach and D. Yearlitz; 1811, J. Erb and L. Zimmerman; 1812, 1. Zimmer- man and I. Shaner. This year the Fifth An- unal Conference was held at Dreisbach's, April 2d and 3d, twelve preachers being present, who reported seven hundred and sixty-one members. The Conference of 1813 was held at the same place, April 21st to 23d, as well as the one in 1814. The latter year the preachers numbered thirteen and the members ten Inuindred and six- teen. John Dreisbach was elected presiding elder and the Union Cirenit was formed, with Henry Niebel and John Kleinfelter as preach- ers in charge. The circuit is one of the oldest in the State, but the territory has been very much reduced, embracing at present only New Berlin and a few other appointments, In 1815 the preachers were J. Stambaugh and Jacob Kleinfelter, and the following year the latter and M. Deholf.
From October 1th to the 17th, 1816, was hold the First General Conference of the associa- tion, at the house of Martin Dreisbach, which was attended by the following ministers as chosen delegates : J. Dreisbach, H. Niebel, John Walter, L. Zimmerman, J. Erb, J. Stambach, J. Kleinfelter, S. Miller, J. Dehoff, D. Thomas, A. Ettinger and J. Fructh. Very important business was transacted, among the chief being the selection of the present name, to dis- tingnish this seet, which up to this time was called Albright Methodists or Albright's peo- ple, after the founder of the denomination. The hymn-book composed by J. Dreisbach and II. Niebel was approved, and one thousand five
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hundred copies ordered to be printed on the new press which had been set up in New Berlin, and which had been purchased by John Dreisbach for the use of the denomination. This small press was the foundation of the extensive pub- li-hing house of the association, now main- tained in the city of Cleveland, Ohio. The articles of faith were also revised and ordered printed. The members of the Conference seq- rated to hold their next quadrennial meeting in a church, for up to this time no distinct house of worship was yet owned by the association. A church was created at New Berlin, which was couscerated March 2, 1817, as the first church of the association, and that village thenceforth became the seat of many ecclesiastical meetings, In it was held the Tenth Animal Con- Ference, from June 2 to 7, 1817, when B. Ettin- ger was assigned to Union Circuit. After that period the following were the appointees :
ISIS, -- J. Stomo and M. Dehoff.
1819 .- 11. Hassler and J. Bridenstein.
1820 .- A. Kleinfelter and G. Lanz.
1821 .- J. Seybert aud Fred. Glasser.
1822 .- J. Barber and I. Eisenberger.
1823 .- J. Breidenstein, J. Foy and A. Becker.
1824 .- P. Wagner, C. Kring and F. Buck.
1825 .- J. W. Miller and G. Reich.
1826 .- J. C. Reisner.
1827 .- B. Ettinger and B. Mottinger.
1828 .- F. Hoffman and G. Enders.
1829 .- J. Barber and J. G. Zinser.
1830 .- G. Schmeider and S. Tobias.
1831 .- J. M. Saylor and W. Wagner. 1832 .- S. G. Miller and C. Hesser.
1833 .- J. C. Reisner and F. Hoffman.
1834 .- J. Young and D. Berger.
1835 .- J. Sensel and J. Poorman.
1836 .- D. Berger and C. Hull.
On the 1st of March, 1839, another important. event in the history of the association took place in the Buffalo Valley. On that day was or- ganized the Home and Foreign Missionary So- ciety, at the house of' J. S. Dunkel, which has been the instrument in placing the gospel before thousands of people in the West and foreign lands. It had as its first officers,-
President, John Seybert ; Secretary, S. G. Miller; Treasurer, John S. Dunkel; Managers, Charles Hant- ner, Philip Schmidt, Dr. J. Brugger, Martin D. Reed, Philip Wagner, I-ane Eyer, Leonard Gerhart, Henry Thomas, John Kandiman, Martin Dreisbach, John Roland, M. F. Maize, John Maize, Sebastian Mosser.
The increase of membership was so rapid and the demand for preachers so urgent that the Union Circuit was divided, and the Buffalo Circuit formed of the charges in the valley and northward, while the territory of the Union Circuit extended southward and westward. The appointees on the Buffalo Circuit to the present were,-
1847-48 .- James Barber and John M. Sindlinger.
1849 .- E. Kohr and Benjamin Hengst.
1850,-E. Kohr and Andrew Staley.
1851-52 .- J. M. Young and Jacob Young.
1853 .- Henry Kegle and George Hunter.
1854 .- Henry Kegle and J. Clair. 1865 .- B. F. Hall and N. Dochler.
1856 .- B. F. Hall and HI. Brodbeck.
1857 .- J. C. Farnsworth and S. Smith.
1858 .- J. C. Farnsworth and MI. Walter.
1859 .- A. Longsdorf and S. E. Davis.
1860. - A. Longsdorf and J. M. MeGaw.
1861 .- J. Hartzler and S. T. Buck.
1862 .- S. T. Bnek and 11. A. Deitrich. 1863 .-- 11. A. Deitrich and F. Kurtz.
18GI .- S. W. Seibert and F. C. Hoffman.
J.865 .- M. W. Harris and J. G. M. Swengle.
1866 .- 31. W. Harris and W. E. Detweiler. 1867-68 .- S. D. Bennington and W. B. Thomas.
1869 .- HI. W. Buck and C. II. Gramley. 1870 .- 11. W. Buck and II. Conrad.
1871 .- 11. Conrad and P. W. Raidabangh.
1872 .- ES. Kohr and L. K. Harris.
1878 .- E. Kohr and L. Mathias,
1874-75 .- G. Hunter and P. F. Jarrett.
1876-78 .- M. Sloat.
1879-80 .- 7. Hornberger.
1881-83 .- D. P. Kline. 1884-86 .-- 1. M. Pines.
In 1886 the cirenit embraced but four ap- pointments, namely : Salem and Ebenezer, in East Buffalo, and Emanuel and Cowan, in Buffalo township.
The Salem Church was begun in January, 1849, and dedicated the following January. It is a plain brick house, without belfry, and stands in need of repairs. Among those who were instrumental in building il were Johu Dunkel, Cyrus Brown, John Zellers, John Ra- land and Abraham Aurand, most of them sery- ing as a building comuniltee. The Trustees in 1886 were John C. Dunkel, Mathias Noll, N. Mauser, Martin Dunkel and A. M. Farley. The congregation has fifty-five members.
The Ebenezer Church is also in East Buffalo,
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and was built in 1873, under the pastorate of Rev. E. Kohr, on the land of Jacob Mache- mer. The building is a small frame, and the congregation has never been strong, but has lately had an encouraging increase, which has aided in putting the society ou a more perma- hent footing.
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