History of the Beech Creek Area of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, Part 10

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Also Widower Daniel Hendricks and family, G. Washington and Susanna (James) Heverly - first wife was Eliza Waddle, John and Catharine Hubbard, Francis Huff and family, Clinton and Maria (Gunsallus) James, Adam Kessinger and his second wife, Elizabeth, and family, Charles Kitchen and family, Elias and Elizabeth Kitchen, David and Mary Krouse, Henry and Julia Ann Kunes, Austin and Julia Ann (Packer) Leonard - married September 14, 1831 - Austin and second wife, Eliza Ann (Knepley) Packer, married March 27, 1864, James Lindsey and family, John and Susanna (Neff) Ligget, David Lingle and family - moved west in 1840's, Joseph and Elizabeth (Harvey) Lingle - Joseph elected Centre County sheriff in 1850, James and Elizabeth (Morrison) Linn, Roland and Phoebe Lucas - later lived in Liberty Township, William and Mary (Fredericks) Sterling McGhee - married October 26, 1831, James and Eve R. Mann, James and Margaret (Yost) and Margaret (McClure) Masden, William and Annetta Masden, David and Jane Miller, Levi, Sr. and Susan (Bur- kett) Miller, Samuel and Eliza (Bridgens) Miller and William Montgomery and family.


Also tailor John Orner and family, Amos and Elizabeth (Lingle) Packer, Asher and Nancy (Hall) Packer, Hays Coates and Ann Eliza (Williams) Packer, James Packer and family, John T. and Sarah (Confer) Packer, William and Mary Quay, Nicholas and Elizabeth (Moore) Quigley, William and Elizabeth Reed, John and Elizabeth Rupert - came from Liberty Township, James and Elizabeth (Rorabaugh) Shearer, Jacob Shirk - later returned to Boggs Township, where he died in 1845, Joseph M. and Janetta (David) Smith - married July 5, 1832, William Smith and family, Solomon Strong and family, George and Susan (Rorabaugh) Wagner, Levi Wagner and family, Robert and Lydia Wagner, John B. and Lavina Welsh, Andrew and Eliza (Quigley) White, Hugh White, Jr. and fami- ly, George and Elizabeth (Bollinger) Williams, William and Hannah (Packer) Williams - second wife was Ann Lingle, Charles and Margaret Winslow - both born in Ireland and John and Sarah Yost.


Additional Familes 1840 to 1850


Richard and Mary (Snyder) Berryhill - married February 1, 1847, Christian and Isabella (Sterling) Bitner, widow Catharine Bolopue - born in Switzerland and her young son, Charles, born in New Jersey,


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Joseph and Maria Bullock, James and Rebecca (Quigley) Clark, Wil- liam and Margaret (Quigley) Counsil, Horatio and Sophia DeHaas, John and Eve C. (Myers) Earon, John and Elizabeth (Wise) Eyer, John and Sarah Fearon, Arthur and Eliza Foresman - later moved to Liberty Township, George and Eliza (Stewart) Furst, Dolan and Mary Ann and Esther (Miller) Gardner, McCormick and Mary (Bollinger) Graham, John and Elizabeth Gummo - both born in England, Giles W. and Frances (Johnson) Halenback, John and Frances Hall, Joseph and Temperance (Sterling) Hall, Samuel and Sarah (McCloskey) Hall, Robert and Letitia (Packer) Hays and John and Mary Johnson or Johnston.


Also Nathan and Rebecca (Reeder) and Mary Jane (DeHaas) Johnson, Charles and Martha (Bitner) Johnston - later moved to Liberty Township, Samuel and Rebecca (Courter) Knepley, widower Absalom Ligget - came from Liberty Township, George Fulton and Emeline (Bitner) Miller, John and Nancy (Nestlerode) and later Janet- ta (David) Smith Miller, William and Eliza Miller, Israel and Caroline Nestlerode - she died in 1860 - he died in Missouri in 1899, Levi and Mary Orner - later lived in Iowa, Moses, Jr. and Mary Packer, Vickers Amos and Eliza Ann (Knepley) Packer - her second husband was Austin Leonard, William and Frances (Strong) Parsons, James and Sarah (McClure) Quay and Cline and Agnes (Thompson) Quigley.


Also John and Rebecca Reeder, Richard and Susanna Riter, T. A. Smith and Agnes Ann (Miller) Rogers, Dr. William P. and Jane (Stewart) Rothrock, David, Jr. and Ruth Ann and Sarah D. Rorabaugh, Vincent S. and Mary Jane (Lingle) Smith, William and Margaret (Marshall) Snyder - came from Snyder County - later moved to Liberty Township, John and Anna Eliza and Hannah (Reeder) Dalton Starns, John and Wilmina Watkins, Joseph and Ellen (Reeder) Whitefield, George W. and Catharine Williams, James and Esther or Hester Williams and John and Sarah M. (Smith) Wilson.


Additional Families 1850 to 1860


Evan and Phoebe Ashton, Eliza (Beck) Beaty, widow of John, and her family, Henry and Elizabeth (Wensel) Berry, John and Catharine (Crispen) Berry, John and Sarah and Elizabeth (DeLong) Bickel - Sarah died in 1863, Abraham and Martha (Trexler) Bitner - married March 15, 1856, John W. and Elizabeth (Berry) Bitner - married December 12, 1850, James and Caroline Bodle, James and Mary (Locke) Brady - married May 10, 1832, John and Ruhama (Hall) Bridgens, Thomas and Elizabeth (Bodle) Brown, William and


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1949 National Father of the Year, William C. Peter, and his eighteen children. Left to Right, Front to Back: Margaret (Askey), Helen (Earon), Mr. Peter, Leona (Long), Pauline (Bowes), Florence (Mapes), Olive (Haugh), Cora (Pletcher), Betty (Rowe), Alice (Glossner), Mary (Scantlin), Ralph, Charles, Elery, Lester, Harry, Harvey,


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Jesse, Frank.


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Margaretta (Mckinley) Bullock, Nelson and Elizabeth (McGhee) Caldwell, William and Mahala (Kunes) Clark - later settled in Liberty Township, James and Catharine (Trexler) Confer - her second husband was William Williams, John and Jane (Hays) Cook, D. W. and Nancy (Counsil) Counsil, John and Lavina (Rorabaugh) Counsil, W. H. and Catharine Counsil, John and Phoebe Cramer, John and Hannah (Reeder) Dalton - married February 9, 1850 - her second husband was John Starns, James and Sarah Darrah and Alexander and Sarah (Johnson) DeHaas.


Also Edward, Jr. and Elizabeth (Linn) DeHaas, Nelson and Lydia (Starns) Devling, John T. and Annie (Johnson) Fearon, Samuel F. and Mary Fearon - likely brother and sister, Daniel and Mary Fredericks, Johnson and Emily (Gunsallus) Gardner, Jacob and Elizabeth (Kaler) Glossner, Dobbin and Nancy (Confer) Gunsallus, George, Jr. and Catharine (Eyer) Haagen, Saul and Sarah (Brungard) Haagen, Everett and Eliza (Ross) Hall, Saul and Julia Hall, Josiah and Abigail Hans- come, Silas and Frances (Quigley) Hess, Edmond and Rachel Huff, Richard and Jane (Gilmore?) Lannen, Philip and Elizabeth Lehr, George W. and Jane Ellen (Johnson) Lingle, David and Margaret Long, Joseph and Nancy E. Lucas, Abner and Abigail (Mason) McCloskey, James William and Mariah McCloskey, Joseph and Rebecca McCor- mick, John and Deborah (Reeder) McDonald, James and Frances (Gunsallus) McGhee, John and Julian (Harleman) McGhee and Wil- liam and Elizabeth McKissick.


Also John and Louise (Huff) Mann, Thomas H. and Margaret (Quigg) Martin, John and Martha (Linn) Mason, Carpenter and Louise (Wetzler) Miller, Michael and Zylphia (Winslow) Miller - her second husband was George Ruple, Samuel and Eliza (Bridgens) Mil- ler, Samuel and Margaret (Linn) and Sarah Catharine (Sproul) Mor- timer, David and Lydia Myers, John and Elizabeth Myers, Marshall and Mary (Johnson) Packer, William and Clementine Pierson, George and Matilda Preston, Joseph and Jemima (Miller) Quay - married January 1, 1857, James and Catharine J. (Miller) Quigley - married August 12, 1858 - second wife, Hannah Rutland, later became third wife of Levi Rupert, William and Sarah Frances (Brown) Quigley - married September 2, 1851, John and Harriet (Gardner) Reed - mar- ried August 19, 1858, Andrew and Mary (Linn) Reeder, Charles and Elizabeth Reeder, John and Anna J. (Swartz) Romig and Barnard and Elizabeth (Hannon) Rupert.


Also George and Zylphia (Winslow) Miller Ruple, John and Emily (Williams) Shaw - later settled in Liberty Township, David and Rosanna Shearer, Jeremiah and Abigail Shearer, Michael and


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Catharine Smith, Roland and Margaret (Snyder) Smith - later settled in Washington State, George W. and Anna C. Sterling, George and Elizabeth (McCloskey) Stevenson, William and Elizabeth Stone, Henry and Mary (Confer) Swartz, John S. and Amelia (Crispen) Toner, William and Elmira (White) Trexler, Joseph and Mary Van At- ta, Jackson and Elizabeth Watson, George and Ellen Eliza (Quigley) Wensel - married October 16, 1856, Adam and Caroline (Gronnet) Winklebleck and John and Rebecca (Clark) Winslow.


Additional Families 1860 to 1870


Jacob and Rosanna (McDowell) Aikey, Jonathan and Susan (DeLong) Abbott - her first husband was George Winslow, William and Sarah Bartley, C. Foster and Beulah (Clark) Beaty, Adam and Martha Best, Joseph and Delinda (Miller) Bitner - married June 11, 1866, Silas and Lavina (Leonard) Bitner - her second husband was John Harleman Berry, Jacob and Elizabeth (Bridgens) Bonsell, Wil- liam and Anna Boob, Joseph L. and Sarah (Hendricks) Bowes, Joel and Eliza Bowman, Joseph and Sarah (Bitner) Brady - married December 20, 1863, Jesse H. and Catharine Jane (Bollinger) Bridgens - married December 22, 1864, William and Sarah (Mapes) Bridgens - married July 4, 1867 and Frank and Amanda Brown.


Also Charles and Mary Elizabeth (Hall) Cade, William and Ella Calderwood, S. and Mary Campbell, Isaac and Mary Carson, Uriah and Mary A. Clark, Edward and Ellen Cline, Jacob and Harriet (Rothrock) Cook - married February 23, 1865, Albert and Abigail (Ab- bott) Cottle, Martin and Mary (Stewart) Counsil, William Stewart and Clarissa (Beck) Counsil, Frank and Elma Cox, John W. and Elizabeth (Packer) Crays, John and Clara Curns, James Riley and Mary (Bechdel) DeHaas - second wife was Eliza, Hugh and Adaline (Bechdel) DeLong - later settled in Curtin Township, Jonathan C. and Temperance (Heverly) DeLong, Augustus and Ann Driver, J. D. and Ann Engles, William J. and Judonna (Lose) Eyer, James and Sarah (Mann) Falls, Lemuel T. and Emma R. (Robinson) Fearon, John and M. J. Felmlee, William B. and Lizzie Foresman, Samuel and Ann (Winslow) Gardner - married February, 1863, John H. and Julia (Snavely) Gensle, Jesse and Hannah (Keister) Gladfelter - his second wife was Esther Keister, John and Agnes Jane (Gardner) Gladfelter - married April 9, 1867 - her second husband was John Kunes, Peter C. and Mary Ann (Wagner) Gould, William and Mary J. Griffey, John E. and Elizabeth (Stephen) Gummo, John and Fayetta (Brungard) Haagen, Irvin and Margaret Hanscom, Warren and Mary Hanscom,


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John S. and Elizabeth Jane (Johnston) Harleman, Enoch and Kate Hastings, George D. and Anna Frances (Furst) Hess - married December 5, 1867 and Hiram and Mary Hoover.


Also Joseph W. and Harriet (Weaver) Hubbard - second wife was Jennie E. Packer, John T. and Frederica (Smith) Hunter - later moved to Liberty Township, Henry and Margaret Jane (Vance) Kaler, Stillman C. and Eliza (Strong) Keyes, Irvine and Frances (Clark) Keyes, Solomon and Martha Matilda (Sollars) Knarr, Alvin H. and Fannie L. (Keyes) Knecht - married June 10, 1869, Daniel and Mary D. (Mapes) Kunes - married March 28, 1869, John and Eliza Kunes, John and Hannah (Longshore) Ligget, Francis Mills and Frances (Kunes) Linn, Daniel and Susan (Eyer) Lose - married October 24, 1858, George and Mary Jane (Confer) Lucas, Roland and Mary Lucas, George and Mary M. McDonald, Miller L. and Elizabeth Mckean, William L. and Mary J. (McGhee) Mckean - second wife was Jennie - third wife was Lizzie Kline, Alfred and Susan (Mantle) Mantle, Frederick and Margaret (Reeder) Mantle, Hope and Sarah (Allison) Mantle, David and Isabella (Reed) Mapes - married July 26, 1868 - second wife was Demaris Quay, John S. and Elizabeth (Cop- perthwaite) Masden, Carpenter Miller and second wife, Nancy Jane (Bowmaster) Miller, Harrison and Sarah Amanda (Linn) Miller, Levi and Hattie Miller, Nelson and Clarinda (Rogers) Miller, Robert and Anna Miller, C. William and Jane (Lucas) Montgomery and James G. and Sophia Morris.


Also Joseph and Catharine (Lehr) Muthler, George and Maria (Burd) Packer, William and Margaret Peck, Casper and Philomena "Phoebe" (Eckert) Peter, Boyd and Matilda Quigley, William and Emily Rine, Rufus and Rebecca (Whitefield?) Riter, Joseph and Sarah (Confer) Rorabaugh - married April 24, 1866, William and Jane (Shields) Rossman, John and Hannah (Eyer) Rowe, Frank and Amanda Russell, Samuel and Mary (Hess) Saylor, John S. and Amelia (Reed) Shaffer - married February 19, 1867 in a double ceremony, Thompson and Harriet (Brady) Snyder, John and Sarah Stevenson, John and Sarah (Llewellyn) Streck, Dr. Isaac and Phoebe Strong, Fleming and Clara (Burchard) Trexler - married to second wife, Josephine Stout on July 4, 1870, J. W. and Martha Wagner, William and Sarah (Berry) Waite - married at Hublersburg in 1858, Michael and Rachel Wantz, James and H. Rebecca (Betz) Whitefield, Ann (Lingle) Williams, widow of William, and son, Edward and Susanna (Strayer) Williams, William and Catharine (Trexler) Williams - her first husband was James Confer, William and Barbara (Myers ?) Wilson and Jacob and Mary (Walizer) Workman.


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Additional Families 1870 to 1880


Christian H. and Charlotte (Hall) Beschler - her second husband was John Winklebleck, W. Frank and Mary J. "Jennie" (DeLong) Ber- ry, William and Mary (Mckibben) Bickel, Benjamin and Annie Bierly, George W. and Elizabeth (DeLong) Bitner, Howard and Sarah Frances (Johnson) Bitner, Nathan and Emma (Metzger) Bitner, Rev. Matthew S. and Emma Blair, Dr. John M. Bright, Clyde and Alice (Berry) Brown, Willis P. and Annie (Lingle) Bullock, Erastus and Harriet (Bitner) Cade - married July 9, 1871, widow Mary E. Casselberry and family, George and Lizzie Clark, Thomas J. and Elvira (Cottle) Confer, John F. and Elizabeth (Winslow) Cook, Thomas and Elizabeth (Lan- nen) Cox, Frank and Mary E. Crispen, Levi and Joanna (Linn) Darrah - Joanna died in 1877, William and Catharine (Shearer) DeHaas, David and Jesse (Mantle) Downs, widow Julia (Carver) Dunkle and family, John B. and Annie (Quay) Earon, John and Susan (Stoler) Eaton and David H. and Ella J. (Whiting ?) Eyer.


Also Rev. Theodore and Martha (Williams) Faus - married August 19, 1879, Thomas and Mary Jane (Ammerman) Furl, J. Irvin and Catharine (Rose) Gardner, Frederick C. and M. Delinda (Bitner) Glossner - married December 26, 1878, H. Kirk and Charity (Miller) Graham - later lived briefly in Liberty Township, William and Mary (Nestlerode) Haagen, Jesse S. and Blanche (Owens) Hall, H. D. and Amelia Hanscom, James and Susan J. (Dickey) Harleman, George and Loretta (Rogers) Hastings - married September 26, 1871, Charles and Phoebe Heimer - both born in Germany, Philip and Mary (Lentz) Heimer, Charles and Annie (McGhee) Heverly, Peter and Julia (Batschelet) Hoffman, Joseph and Edith (Berry) Johnson, William N. and Emily (Mapes) Johnson, Charles W. and Lydia (DeLong) Jones - her first husband was Robert Mann, Charles and Rebecca Keyes, Uriah and Sarah (McCloskey) Kitchen, Samuel "Long Division" and Ellen (Overton) Kunes, Daniel and Louise (Alexander) Leyden and Hezekiah and Mary (Bullock) Lindsey.


Also Joseph Britten and Mary E. (Williams) Linn - married May 7, 1876, Thomas W. and Mary C. (Kane) Linn, William R. and Mary C. (McBride) Linn, John and Susan (Smith) Longshore, Henry F. and Eliza (Heverly) Lose, Timothy and Mary E. (Steiner) McCarthy, Campbell and Rachel (Watkins) McCloskey, Ira and Elizabeth (Pot- ter) McCloskey, Joseph and Mary (Martin) Masden, Winfield Scott and Mary L. (Ammerman) Meredith, James and Ella (Martin) Metzger - married February 10, 1876, widower John Miller and his second wife, Janetta (David) Smith Miller - married March 25, 1874, Matthew and Amanda (McCloskey) Miller, Robert and Margaret Ann


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Miller, William B. and Elizabeth Miller, Salathial and Emily (Quigley) Mobley - married January 11, 1853, James and Sarah Jane (Counsil?) Moore, Dr. Henry H. and Susan (Hartswick) Mothers- baugh, Andrew and Mary (Cook) Myers, Christian and Mary J. (Earon) Myers, John and Mary Myers and William G. and Elizabeth (Freeze) Myers.


Also Charles W. and Alice (Walz) Packer - married April 4, 1878, Frederick and Alice (Heltman) Robb, Barnard and Sarah (McCloskey) Rupert, Levi and Lydia (Linn) Rupert - second wife was Lydia (Bechdel) Bumgardner - third wife was Hannah (Rutland) Quigley, Theodore and Elizabeth (Rhine) Rupert, William and Candace (Ridge) Rupert - later in Marion and Liberty Townships, Elijah and Susan (Williams) Searle, James E. and Mary (Lucas) Shearer - previously in Liberty, later in Lamar Township, Frank L. and Jennie W. Smith, Joseph and Ella (Packer) Smith, widow Margaret Strawcutter and family, William F. and Annie (Grove) Strunk, Dr. Joseph E. and Emma (McDowell) Tibbins - married in June, 1873 - first wife was Emma Hoy, John G. and Julia Walz, Warren and Lizzie A. Walz, widower Hugh White and family, C. Allison and Elizabeth (Kunes) Williams, George W. and Kate (Hubbard) Williams, Henry C. B. and Albina (Brickley) Williams - second wife was Mary Fredericy, Wilson and Laura K. (Martin) Williams, Charles C. and Emma (Holloway) Winslow and John and Sophia (Hanscomb) Yaudes.


Additional Families 1880 to 1900 (1890 census records destroyed by fire)


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Charles and Sarah H. Baker, Frank and Elizabeth Barner, John and Elnora Batschelet, Samuel and Laura (Martin) Batschelet, Harry E. and Florence A. Beaver, Ernest and Annie (Waite) Berry, Thomas and Henrietta (Glossner) Berry, William and Florence G. Berry, Oliver and Cora A. (Mortimer) Bitner, Ambrose and Carrie (Clark) Brady, Charles E. "Dix" and Mary (Mann) and Susan (Kitchen) Bullock, George A. and Mary Bush, Mr. and Elsie (Hastings) Chambers, George A. and Annie E. Clark, Harry B. and Josephine (Merrey) Clark, W. Edgar and Kate Clark, Cline Quigley and Mary Frances (Loomis) and Lula (Linn) Confer, Edward and Elva K. (Strunk) and Tacie (Allen) Spangler DeHaas, John P. and Emma Clara (McGhee) DeHaas, George and Emma L. (Summers) Deise, Stephen and Cynthia (Trex- ler) Deise, J. Irvin and Mabel B. (Hoffman) DeLong, Adam and Elizabeth (Muthler) Earon, Wilson and Cora (Neff) Forcey, Frank and Matilda Furl, G. Thomas and Annie (Fearon) Furst, Napoleon and El- len (David) Gangnon and John and Annie (Haagen) Glossner.


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Also Samuel and Amanda (Haagen) and Mary Emily (Mapes) Gloss- ner, Joseph Tibbins and Edith (Williams) Gunsallus, Alpheus and Maud (Packer) Hall - married October 27, 1885, Thomas and Annie R. Heberling, Charles and Catharine Heimer - her second husband was widower David Smith, Bradley and Grace (Stahl) Herr, Edward and Myrtle (Williams) Heverly, Harry and Annie M. Heverly, John and Margaret C. Huff, John and Caroline Hunter, G. B. Mcclellan "Mack" and Sarah E. (Miller) Johnson, Lewis and Annie G. Johnson, George and Mary Keagle, Harry and Josephine (Watkins) Kitchen, Oscar and Alma M. (Swartz) Kunes, William and Sarah P. Lamkin, Albert and Mary E. Laubach, Chatham and Agnes (Quigley) Linn, Harry and Clara (Gephart) McCloskey, Mr. and Edith McCloskey, George C. and Minnie M. (Brady) McGhee, Oscar and Jemima (Haagen) McGhee, Robert and Hattie (Haagen) McGhee, Harvey and Clara (McCloskey) Mann, James A. and Elizabeth (Burd) Mann, Wil- liam and Susan (Wilson) Mann, William and Lydia (Breon) Marr, Alexander and Mary J. Martin, Edward and Bertha (Wren) Martz and Joseph and Eliza (Magnus) Bailey Merrey.


Also Jerome and Ada (Gunsallus) Miller - married February 26, 1890, John B. and Alice (Smith) Miller, John J. and Annie S. Miller, Lewis and Maud (Galbraith) Miller, W. Rothrock and Eliza (Sollars) and Emma (Sollars) Miller, Edwin and Sarah A. (Hall) Mobley, Frederick and Susan (Earon) Muthler, Frank P. and Mary (Falls) Myers - second wife was Mary Mayes, John and Josie Nelson, David and Margaret (Gardner) Packer, Harry and Lydia (Singer) Packer, Elmer and Emma V. (Scantlin) Peters, George and Theda (Masden) Peters, John and Alta (Bitner) Peter, William C. and Emma (Gummo) and Mary (Walker) Myers Peter, Charles and Adaline (McCloskey) Quay, Edwin R. and Elizabeth (Gould) Reed, Joseph Riter, Charles and Ella Mae Rothrock, Daniel and Clarissa "Clara" (Smith) Rowe, B. Frank and Sarah Jane (Rhine) Rupert, George and Ella (McCarthy) Rupert, Harry and Susan (Nestlerode) Rupert, Peter and Ella (John- son) Rupert, G. B. McClellan "Clell" and Ida (Lingenfelter) Ruple, Henry and Deborah (Whitefield) Salisbury, Charles and Annie (Huff) Salmon, Edward and Ellen (Miller) Scantlin, Charles and Eva M. Shafer and William and Sadie A. Shafer.


Also George and Isabella (Leonard) Shearer, William and Amanda Shearer, Alexander and Hannah Shoemaker, Charles and Mary (Bitner) Slocum, Edwin and Mary Ida (Aley) Smith, Temple C. and Eliza Jane (Gardner) Smith, George M. and Amanda E. (Myers ?) Snyder, Charles and Sarah J. (Boyer) Streck, Ellis and Hilda (Anderson) Sundin, John and Ida (Furl) Swartz, Nathan Mitchell and Alice (Stager) Swartz - her second husband was Joseph Swartz, B.


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Frank and Mary E. Thompson, Percy and Jennie (Gardner) Trexler, Harvey and Annie (Knarr) Wagner, John W. and Sarah A. (DeLong) Waite - second wife was Fannie Lyons, James and Minnie M. (Har- ris) Wensel, David and Sarah Virginia (Gunsallus) Whamond, Frank and Sallie M. Williams, George and Rachel J. (Baney) Williams, John and Charlotte "Lottie" (Hall) Beschler Winklebleck, Charles and Car- rie Emma (Strunk) Winslow and Edward and Annie (Counsil) Winslow.


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Afterthoughts and Supplemental Notes


In the year 1900, according to census records, our area had a popula- tion of 972, with 525 in our township and 447 in our borough. Of that total only twenty-three are known to be still living. Of these just four reside here now. They are: Laura Confer, daughter of David and Demaris (Quay) Mapes; Bertha Hepler, daughter of Timothy and Mary (Steiner) McCarthy; Charles Martz, son of Edward and Bertha (Wren) Martz, and Myra Peters, daughter of George and Theda (Masden) Peters. The following still live in our broad general area: Nel- lie Cole, daughter of Lewis and Maud (Galbraith) Miller; Bertha Cryder, daughter of Chatham and Agnes (Quigley) Linn; Lester DeLong, son of J. Irvin and Mabel (Hoffman) DeLong; Orpha Eyer, daughter of William and Mary (Mckibben) Bickel; Elma Glossner, daughter of John and Alta (Bitner) Peters; Hugh Linn, son of Chatham and Agnes, above; Florence and Chester McGhee, daughter and son of Oscar and Jemima (Haagen) McGhee; Harry Peters, son of William and Emma (Gummo) Peters; Ruth and Victor Peters, daughter and son of John and Alta, above; Pearl Putman Randals, daughter of George and Mollie "Maud" (Rorabaugh) Linn, and Olga Sundin, daughter of Ellis and Hilda (Anderson) Sundin. Residing at more distant points are: Jesse W. Bridgens, son of William and Sarah (Mapes) Bridgens; Jesse V. Glossner, son of Frederick and Mary Delinda (Bitner) Gloss- ner; Ruthel Lasher, daughter of Percy and Jennie (Gardner) Trexler; Marie Leeuwerick, daughter of John W. and Sarah (DeLong) Waite, and George B. "Rabbit" Miller, son of W. Rothrock and Emma (Sol- lars) Miller.


The development of Furst's Climax Healer, generally known as Tom- my Furst's salve, was described earlier. Now it has been learned that several households still possess a quantity of this product. Mentioned occasionally in local conversations, even to this day, is Spruce Beer, a popular soft drink concoction that was processed and bottled by Richard Berryhill. Local advertising signs proclaimed his thirst quencher as, "The National Drink." After Mr. Berryhill's death a


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number of area people, including some of his close relatives, tried to duplicate his recipe. Their failures caused these people to proclaim that he took the real recipe with him. Another local product, very popular in its day and still talked about, was John Hunter's bologna. Made of coarsely-ground beef with crushed crackers added as a filler, it was the forerunner of the dry bologna being marketed today. There were, however, several other factors that made Mr. Hunter's product superior to many that are available at this time. He kept continuous control of the temperature of the kettle water, in which the stuffed product was submerged, and the timing was very important. The coils of bologna were then exposed to hickory smoke of the proper density for exactly the right length of time.


Kolon Kleener, an effective laxative with cathartic qualities, was prepared and distributed in the 1920's by the Mckean brothers, Sheldon and Lyle, who are listed elsewhere as barbers. Their product had the appearance of powdered sugar, but the taste was quite dif- ferent. It was boxed in the old-style, round, half-pint ice cream boxes. The label listed Federal Laboratories of Beech Creek as the manufac- turer. More importantly, however, was the fact that the label claimed the recommendation of Dr. George H. Tibbins. The McKean brothers were never pressed to reveal their formula. However, it was generally conjectured that the main ingredient was pure epsom salts with something added to make the taste more appealing. Not a bad idea! William and Flora (Heichel) DeWitt and their three children lived on Vesper Street in the house now occupied by the Lee Waite family. Mr. DeWitt, a carpenter and handyman, is best remembered for his development of a hair tonic. Prior to putting his discovery on the market, it is reported, he decided to try it on himself and lost all his hair. Many heavy-bearded, hard-to-shave men later remarked that they'd like to have some of his product for their faces.




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