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North of the Loudon lands the surveys were made in 1771, and still farther north a block of surveys was made in 1785. In the central part of the township, on Rapid Run, and in the neighborhood of Forest Hill, a number of sur- veys were made in August, 1769, and settle-
dians. This patrol passed from place to place in defense of the settlements, and more especial- ly of the mills, and was nearly at the mill when attacked by the Indians. Four of the patrol were killed in this attack, viz .: John Forster, Jr., George Etzweiler, Ir., James Chambers and Sammel MeLanghlin. John Forster was a brother of Major Thomas Forster, of the Revolu- tionary army, and uncle of Captain John Fors- ter, of Mifflinburg, and of William Forster, of Ilartley, etc. James Chambers was a son of Robert Chambers, and an unele of James Chambers, of Mifflinburg, and of Joseph Chambers and Benjamin Chambers, of Limestone township. James Chambers and John Forster are, without doubt, buried in the Lewis grave-yard; some accounts say that all four of the men slain are buried there along- side of Patrick Watson and his mother, who were killed by Indians near the White Spring, at nearly the same time. Other accounts have it that they were buried on a bluff overlooking Penn's Creek, about a mile west of New Berlin, where some of the first settlers are buried. William Fisher, the grandfather of James, John and David R. Crossgrove, of Limestone town- ship, and who resided where James Crossgrove lately lived, made a narrow escape in this at- tack. As he was running into the mill, he stumbled and fell into the door, and the bullet intended for his head struck a log of the build-
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ing in line with his head, and remained for a prisoner by Indians, and remained in captivity long time imbedded there.
This old mill, as long as it stood, showed the marks made by the bullets on the occasion of this fight with the Indians. French Jacob subsequently got into a lawsuit involving the title to his location, and being worsted in his suit, he rode home from Sunbury the same night, and immediately dismantled his mill, re- moving the wheels and all the machinery to another site farther down the run, and in 1782 rebuilt it on the site of the Reish mill (now Wagner's), near Forest Hill, and added a saw- mill in 1785. In 1793 he sold to Enoch Thomas, and moved into Centre County, not far from the present village of Lemont, and from there went West. In 1797 Thomas sold to Christopher Johnsou, and he, in 1808, to dohm Hoffert. The property in course of time be- came Reish's, who remained the owner for a number of years, and carried on a distillery in connection with the mill. The mill is now owned by Samuel IT. Wagner. The distillery is not in operation there, but the business of distilling is carried on by Mr. James K. Reish at another place, between Forest Hill and Cowan, it being the only establishment of the kind in the county.
After the discomfiture of French Jacob in his lawsuit at Sunbury, and the consequent abrupt removal of his mill machinery, a man named Henry Suyder fitted up some kind of mills at French Jacob's original location, and about 1810 sold to Captain John Bergstresser, who, in 1814, is assessed with three houses, a stable, a still-honse, a grist-mill, saw-mill, oil-mill and filling-mill on the premises ; he also kept store there. The location and history of the prop- erties at the entrance to the narrows leading from Buffalo Valley to Penn's Valley, and from Buffalo Valley to Brush Valley, are very much alike ; both were on the highways of trade and travel, both had substantially the same kind of improvements and business and both are now nearly as silent as the grave.
Henry and Conrad Mizener were settlers as carly as 1780, not far from Forest Hill. Adam Mizener, who resided where the late Daniel Pontius formerly lived, was in this year taken
about a year and a half. He afterwards removed to one of the Western States. The last of the Mizeners in Union County was David Mizener, who, about fifty years ago, taught school in Mifflinburg, Hartleton, White Springs and various other places in those neighborhoods. He subsequently became a Methodist itinerant preacher in Western Pennsylvania.
David Watson settled in the township as early as 1782 ; he was the son-in-law of Captain John Clarke, and lived on the farin for many years past known as Schmucker's. He died, February 21, 1813. David, John C. and Wil- liam, of West Buffalo, were his sons. John Watson, of West Buffalo, and David Watson, of Mifflinburg, are his grandsons-sons of Wil- liam Watson.
Between 1825 and 1830 a man named Shel- lenberger built the mill north of Mifflinburg, on a branch of Buffalo Creek ; he sold it a few years afterwards to John Van Buskirk and went West. After the death of Van Buskick it was bought by Jolm Plank, afterwards by C. H. Shriner, who erected a distillery there, which was short-lived. Heury Gast, of Mifflinburg, was the next owner, and he, in 1852 or there- abonts, sold it to William Young, the present owner.
In 1814, John Charles had a saw-mill, card- ing-mill, etc., on the north branch of Buf- falo Creek, at or near the site of the present Edleman mill ; afterwards a man named Reeser owned the same property ; he sold to Waggo- ner, who built the mill and sold the property to Edleman. In the same neighborhood, about 1840, John Clapham erected a woolen-factory, and continued the business of manufacturing woolens until, about 1865, the building and machinery were destroyed by fire. It was not rebuilt.
The following is a list of all the inhabitants of' West Buffalo township in the year 1796. West. Buffalo at that time included all of Lime- stone, Lewis and Hartley.
George Anthony. William Armstrong.
Obediah Allen.
Christopher Boerhave.
William Adamson. Daniel Ammerman.
George Bech. Jacob Bruner.
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lohn Bruner. John Brown.
Jacob Grim.
Andrew Pontins, Jr.
Peter Shriner.
George Gray.
Robert Peterson.
Melchior Smith.
Christian Brown.
John Hyman,
Henry Piper.
Michael Shirtz.
William Black.
Jonathan Holmes.
Michael Peters.
William Snook.
Frederick Beigh.
Robert. Holmes.
George Ray.
Ludwig Smith.
Michael Bartges.
Jacob Housel. Martin Honsel.
Jolm Reatick.
Henry Shriner.
George Books,
Francis lamilion.
Andrew Richey.
loshna Spencer.
John Banter.
Daniel Hmmler.
William Rockey.
David Tate.
Henry Bole.
John llelman.
James Thompson.
Peter Buckalew.
Jolm Hickson.
Enoch Thomas.
George Bubb.
Thomas linll.
Peter Royer.
Godfrey Tittleman.
William Boveard.
John Hoves.
Mary Reed.
David Tibbies.
John Buyers,
Henry Hendricks.
George Trippy.
Kimber Barton.
Adam Humler.
Joseph Clarke.
James Iddings.
Peter Rote.
Jacob Wise. Christopher Wagner.
John Carmany.
William Iddings.
Michael Ridabaugh.
Jacob Welker.
William Cox.
John Irwin.
John Reznor, Jr. John Reznor, Sr.
Benjamin Williams.
Conrad Coont.
Christopher Johnson. Benjamin Jones.
George Reznor.
John Wigdon.
David Clay.
Alexander Kennedy.
John Rote. Jacob Rote.
lIngh Wilson. David Wilson.
John Conser.
John Kemple.
John Clark.
David Keney.
George Rote.
Catharine Wirebangh.
George Coderman. Joseph Clark.
Henry Kester.
Baltzer Rhinemacher.
John Winkleplech.
Anthony Clarney.
Peter Kester.
Christian Spangler.
Joseph Ultz. lohn U'ltz.
David Coderman. William Carnes.
Solomon Kleckner.
Nicholas Sample.
Thomas Youngman.
Jacob Coderman.
Michael Lyman.
William Stotan. Elias Youngman.
Robert Chambers. Mary Chambers.
John Leighty.
John Smith.
Peter Zellers.
Benjamin Chambers. Ludwig Dershant. John Dreisbach.
Paschal Lewis.
Aaron Barnes. John Hunter.
Christian Derr.
Jacob Mathias.
Joseph Chambers. Alexander Love.
James Duncan. William Douglass.
Ihenry Moore.
John Crotzer. John Moore.
John Earnhart.
Patrick Mettlen.
John Emery.
Adam Mizener.
Nathan Evans.
Conrad Mizener. John Mitchell. Bastian Miller.
John Emery. Abel Everet. Jacob Fry.
Philip Mann.
Thomas Forster.
Henry Metzger. Jacob Metzger. Andrew Means.
Robert Forster. Henry Fongh. Thomas Ford.
Sammel Mathers. John Melain. Ingh MeCutcheu.
Alexander MeGrady.
Peter Fisher. Stephen Fiddler. Thomas Frederick. ludwig felgen. Nathan Chien. Henry Gray. Adam Getchey. Jacob Gast. John (flover.
Alexander McCally. Hugh MeMurtric. Henry Noll. William Neel.
Abel Owens. Andrew Pontins. Henry Pontius.
John Spangler. Jacob Shanke.
John Vorgan.
Peter Kester.
James Skiler.
George Youngman.
Edward Crawford.
Juli Kester.
William Crawford.
John Kester.
Henry Langabangh.
John Shrock.
Christian Young.
John Lowdon.
Nicholas Shriner.
Frederick Zippornech.
Adam Laughlin.
Single Freemen.
James Moor.
Moses Caruthers. Jacob Moore.
Jaunes Duncan. David MeCalley. Jacob Rockey.
Joseph Emery.
Senoons,-Of the carly schools it is difficult toget any very reliable information ; but abont the year 1800 there were three school-houses in that part. of Old Buffalo township now embraced in the bounds of West Buffalo township. One was on the farm now owned by Joseph King, another on Levi 1. Shoemaker's farm (now occupied by his son Charles L.) and the other at Forest Hill-all log buildings with houches for seats. Robert Taylor and a man named Evans are named as some of the teachers of that day.
At the election held in 1831, when the vole was taken on accepting the free-school system, the vote of West Buffalo township, which at
Jacob Rockey.
David Smith.
James Bon.
John Rockey. George Rote.
Nicholas Reedy. 1 Charles Ross.
William Welker.
Conrad Christ.
John Kleekner.
lingh Reznor. Nicholas Wirebangh.
Peter Emery.
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that time also included Limestone, was almost unanimously against the new system, the vote being: Against school, one hundred and eighty- seven ; for school, seven ; majority against school, one hundred and eighty. Before three years had elapsed a great revulsion or change of publie sentiment appears to have taken place, for at the election of 1837 schools had the ma- jority, and the directors proceeded to build new school-houses and made the necessary arrange- ments for putting the schools in operation. New plank houses, lined with boards on the inside and weather-boarded on the outside, with board desks and seats with aisles between them, were built at Forest Hill, at the London or Kauffinan sub-district and at the Pike, above Mifflinburg. A school-home had been built, some years before, at the Red Bank, which was at this time purchased by the directors and remodeled. In 18:39 the free-school sys- tem was voted down, and again accepted in 1811. In 1850 the citizens of a neighborhood in the west end of the township, nick-named " Hardscrabble," built a plank house by sub- scription, at the same time paying their taxes also, the late Jacob Striekler giving the lot without way. The school board then took pos- session of the premises and provided a teacher.
Abont the same time the board built a school- house on the north bank of Buffalo Creek, about one-fourth of a mile west of Rockey's (now Thomas') mill, and near to the dam, the house taking for a while the name of " Rockey's Dam School-House.". As this name seemed to savor of profanity, it has since been changed into the more enphonious one of the " Creek School-House." At the time of the commence- ment of the free schools good teachers were scarce. The rod bad not yet lost its supremacy as the principal part of the school apparatus.
Daniel Spotts and Robert Jodon-after careful investigation and mature consideration of the subject, decided to build an additional school- house on land belonging to John Miller, about a half-mile west of the mouth of the Brush Valley Narrows. Mr. Miller was an extremely old man, somewhere in the eighties, but reso- Intely refused to allow a school-house to be put on his premises. The board offered him fifty dollars for a quarter-acre of comparatively bar- ren land, which he rejected with disdain. The land of Mr. Miller, being in the opinion of the board, the only eligible place for the new school- house, they were compelled either to abandon the building of the school-house at that point or to obtain the land by the right of eminent do- main given them by the law.
The board applied to the court for viewers to give title and assess damages sustained by Mr. Miller. Viewers were appointed, examined the premises and reported thirty-five dollars as the damages due to Mr. Miller, which he sturdily refused to take as long as he lived, say- ing that he had sold no land, and would not take pay for what he had not sold. Ilis repre- sentative, after death, was not so serupulous, and took the pay. The house built here is of plank, weather-boarded and plastered, and furnished with board desks and good blackboard. The school records call it the " Miller School," but it is also frequently called the "Centennial School."
In 1878 the Pike School-house of 1837 was torn down and a new briek school buikling erected in its stead; the school lot was also en- larged at a cost of sixty-four hundred dollars. The house is furnished with the Keystone school furniture.
In 1880 a similar one was built for the Kanffinan School, and in 1882 another one, a little larger, was built at the creek, near Thomas' dam. In ISSI another, still larger, was built at " Hardscrabble," sometimes called "Strickler's," and now (1886) another is nuder contract for Red Bank.
About 1863 the board built a large brick school-house at Forest Hill, on the old lot con- taining an acre of ground. This house is iu fine condition now, and at one time more than one Iundred pupils were enrolled there. To relieve this overcrowded condition of the school at About four hundred pupils are enrolled in the schools of West Buffalo. Forest Hill, the board of 1875-consisting of John Watson, president; S. G. Grove, secretary; FOREST Hun ..- Butil about 18-17 or 1848 Samuel Keiser, treasurer ; and Peter Kimple, | there had been nostore for the retailing of general
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merchandise within the bounds of West Buffido township. There was also no post-office and to church within it. At this time Ammon Il. lutz, a young merchant of Millinburg, con- wived the idea of establishing a store on the road between Brush Valley Narrows and Buf- falo Cross-Roads, at the point where the road from the Rockey mill intersects the Brush Val- ley road. He established his store, and had a -addler-shop and tailor-shop in operation, when, in 1850, the United States government established a post-office there and called it Forest Hill, Mr. Lutz being the first post- master. It was on a mail-route from Lewis- burgh to Brush Valley, on which the mail was carried two or three times a week each way. After a few years' trial Mr. Entz left Forest Hill, his venture there not having proved a financial success. A store has, however, con- tinned to be kept there until the present day.
In 1857 Rev. Samuel Creighton, the Method- i-t preacher in charge of Mitlinburg Circuit, commenced preaching in the Forest Hill School- house, and aroused an intense interest in re- ligious affairs in that community, which re- sulted in the building of' a Union Church there, in which preaching has been had every two weeks from that time ou, by the minister in charge of the Mifflinburg Circuit. It is also regularly used by the Evangelicals and Luther- ans.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
DAVID KLECKNER.
As indicated by the name, the Kleekner family are of German origin. Their ancestor, som Klockner, Sr., was born in Würtemberg, Ger- many, Ang. 12, 1750. When two years old his parents emigrated to the New World and settled in Northampton County, Pa. He resided with his parents until he was of age and learned the blacksmith trade. The family at one time were driven from their house by the Indians, and it is still known that two of the children remained hidden for two days nuder the threshing-floor. He married, in 1778, Anna B. Koch, who was born in Northampton County May 6, 1760. She
was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Koch. In 1785 hemoved into the Buffalo Valley and bought of Colonel Davis six Inindred acres of land, which was then an unbrokou wilderness. When not engaged in blacksmithing he spent his time in clearing up his land. He built a good house and out-buildings, which he turned into a way- side inn or tavern when the wants of the travelers in his section made it necessary for some one to keep a public-house. He also en- gaged in distilling, and the products of his still were hauled by teams to Philadelphia. In pol- ities he was a Democrat. He belonged to the Lutheran Church, while his wife was a member of the German Reformed Church. He died September 21, 1839; his wife July 9, 1849. Both are buried in the Milllinburg Cemetery. Their children were Daniel, John, Joseph, Christina, Elizabeth, AAnthony, Barbara, Mar- garet, George, Eli and David. All are dead but the last named. David Kleckner was born on the home farm in the Buffalo Valley, An- gust 1, 1802. He remained with his father on the homestead, going to the country schools during the winter months when his services were not needed elsewhere. When old enough he was sent to Philadelphia with teams hauling the product of still and farm, seventeen day's being consumed in making the trip. On his return he brought back provisions and such goods as were needed by the people of that day. On the 8th day of June, 1829, he married Miss Esther Wingert, who was born in Born township, Berks County, December 15, 1810. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth ( Beru) Wingert, whose ancestors also came from Germany. After the death of his father, in 1829, Mr. Kleckner came into possession of three hundred acres of the original six hundred acre tract, on which he remained until 1863. Hle, like his father before him, was farmer, dis- tiller and tavern-keeper. In the year last uamed he moved into Mifllinburg, where he has since resided and where he intends to pass the remainder of his days. He is a Democrat, but never was a politician. He, like his mother, is a member of the Reformed Church, of which he has been a deacon twenty-three years and an elder many years, He is now in his eighty-
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fourth year, passing away the even-time of life, happy in being surrounded by children, grand- children and friends, and in the knowledge that his life has been well-spent and that of him only good words are spoken. To Mr. and Mrs. Kleckner have been born children as follows : Anna B. M., born July 30, 1831 ; Annie B., October 30, 1832; Sallie, April 8, 1831 ; Eliza- beth, October 18, 1835 ; Maria, April 11, 1837; Christiana, February 3, 1839; Emma, June 29,
the sune year went to Ottawa, Kansas, where she is successfully practicing her profession. Mr. Kleckner has seven daughters living, twen- ty-five grandchildren and two great-graudehil- dren. Mrs. Kleekner died November 26, 186 1.
CHAPTER XII. MIFFLINBURG.1 THE built-up portions of the borough of
David Illeknes
1810 ; Esther S., February 24, 1843; and Lottie, November 2, 1845. Knowing the need of an education himself, Mr. Klockner provided his dinighters with at least good common-school educations. Five of them were teachers in pub- lie schools, while another one, Sallie, graduated at the Women's Medical College of Philadel- phia. She, in 1862 commenced the practice of medicine in Mittlinburg, and was in time able to live down the prejudice against lady doctors. In 1880 she purchased of B. Harvey the drug- store ; she sold it in 1881 to Dr. J. Klocknerand
| Mifflinburg are on the southern ends of the Ensign Foster and the Ensign MeMeen sur- veys; the present cemetery is on the Elias Youngman survey. The Ensign Foster and MeMeen surveys were sub-divisions of the large officers' survey made on the 1st, 2d and 3d days of March, 1769, by William Maclay, deputy surveyor-general. On his field-notes he marks the south line of the Captain Green and part of the Captain Bucher survey -.
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Elias Youngman took up the tract on which the cemetery is located, and it was surveyed for him June 20, 1791. George Rote, or Rhodes, owned the Eusign Foster tract of two hundred and forty-six aeres in 1775, when it was assessed cultivated land. The Ensign MeMeen tract of two hundred and forty-eight acres was as- essed to Elias Youngman in 1781 as uneulti- vated. Mr. Youngman became a resident of the site of Mifflinburg in 1783; he resided in Turbnt township before moving into Buffalo Valley, and in 1777 his name appears as one of the grand jurors of Northumberland County. In 1792 he laid ont a town which for many years was called " Youngmanstown." It ex- tended from Third Street westward. At Third Street, which was the cast end of the town laid out by Mr. Youngman, there is a bend in the main street of the town (Chestnut Street). From that point eastward another town was laid out, in 1797, umder the direction of George Rote, which he called " Greenville," but it was known in common parlance as " Rhodestown." In 1827 these two towns were incorporated into a bor- ough and called Mifflinburg, in honor of Thomas Mifflin, the first Governor of the State under the Constitution of 1790.
Lot No. 55, on which stands the handsome residence of JJ. & JJ. Young, was sold by Elias Youngman November 30, 1792. By the 1st of March, 1793, Mr. Youngman had sold thirty- two lots and fifty-six out-lots; the lots were sixty feet by one hundred and twenty feet, and the ont-lots contained one acre.
The following is a list of the residents of the town in 1793:
John Dreisbach, gunsmith ; Jolm Earnhart, black- smith ; Ludwig Getgen, mason ; Jonathan Holmes ; Robert Holmes, store-keeper; John Irvine, store- keeper; Henry Longabaugh, weaver; Heury Neal, tailor ; Israel Ritter; Nicholas Rudy, jobber; Nicholas Stumpsel, carpenter; Christopher Wagner, carpenter; Jacob Welker, tailor; William Welker, jobber; Mar- tin Withington, tavern-keeper; George Youngman, store-keeper; Thomas Youngman; Elias Youngman.
March 17, 1796, George Youngman was commissioned a justice of the peace .. In 1796 the additional residents were,-
William Black, shoemaker; Michael Bartges, nailor; Kimber Barton, tavern-keeper; Nathan
Evans,' saddler (died in ISI] ) ; Michacl Lyman, car- peuter; John Leighty, tanner; Henry NoHl, cropper; Charles Ross, tailor.
The town of Elias Youngman continued to grow and in 1799 was the largest town in the county. Its resident taxables were,-
James Ayers, shoemaker; Michael Bartges, nailor; Kimber Barton, tavern-keeper; William Black, shoe- maker; John Carmony, shoemaker; Moses Carothers; Daniel Clark, tanner; Adam Clark, jobber; Michael Collins, jobber; John Crotzer, carpenter; Jacob Crotzer, tailor; Christian Derr, joiner; Christopher Eilert, farmer; Jolm Ely, clock-maker; Nathan Evans, saddler; James Forster, tavern-keeper; Simon George, laborer ; Ludwig Getgen, mason ; John Gib- bons, joiner ; Henry Hasseuplng, brewer; Adam Her- ring; Nathan Herrington, cooper; Robert Holmes, store keeper; Jonathan Holmes, jobber; John Irving, store-keeper; Michael Layman, joiner; John Lighty, tanner; Henry Longabangh, laborer; Patrick Moss, jobber; Heury Neal, tailor; George Paget, school- teacher; John Patterson; Andrew Patton, wheel- wright; Philip Peters, carter; Charles Russ; George Russ, tailor; Nicholas Sampsel, wheelwright ; Mich- ael Shock, carpenter; Jacob Shock, blacksmith ; James Skiler; Richard Van Buskirk, tavern-keeper; Christopher Wagner, farmer; Jolm Webb, hatter; Jacob Welker, tailor; William Welker, jobber; Peter Young, shoemaker; Elias Youngman; George Young- man, postmaster ; Thomas Youngman, store-keeper.
The post-office was established at Mifflinburg April 1, 1798. George Youngman was the first postmaster. In 1803 additional residents were Christian Brown (potter), Aaron Clark (silter), Jacob Gable (carpenter), Adam Getgen, John Larrabee (doctor), Peter Withington (sil- versmith); in 1802, Christopher Deering (school- master), Frederick Gutelins (surveyor). Fred- erick Gutelius was a member of the first board of county commissioners of Union County, and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1814. Hle died May 30, 1839, aged seventy-two years. His descendants in Mifflinburg are immerons. In 1806 appear the names of Jacob Kimble (potter), John Eilert and Jacob Maize (tavern-keeper). Maize's tavern was long a noted place of resort. He was for many years the postmaster, and carried on a tannery where Jacob Gutelins' coach-works, are situated. Mrs.
I He was a local Baptist preacher ; his granddaughter, Mrs. Professor James, late of Lewisburgh University, has in possession many abstracts of his sermons preached in the valley.
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B. W. Thompson, of' Mifflinburg, is his youngest daughter. He died in 1836, fifty-nine years old.
We find that in the year 1807 William Kee- ver (tailor), Thomas Lemon (schoolmaster), Dr. Miller, Dr. Smith, Jacob Swentzell and Si- mon Yearich. Dr. James Smith married the only daughter of. Jacob Brobst, who at that time owned the Clarke farm, west of the town, where the Big Spring takes its rise. He prac- ticed his profession until his death, in 1826. He lived on the corner where James R. Ritter now lives. Ile left a large family of children, many of whose descendants are still in the county.
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