History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Part 151

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Rev. Samuel McFarren succeeded him, and was ordained and installed Oct. 3, 1827, when Rev. S. Swan preached and W. Speer gave the charge. His pastorate extended over forty-two years, and while unassuming was most successful. He resigned Jan. 11, 1870, when, in the judgment of many persons, he i seemed competent to serve it well for many more


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years. On August 1st of the same year, after an ill- ness of only four days, he was called to his eternal home. He was succeeded by Rev. W. J. Bollman, who was ordained and installed June 8, 1870, when Revs. D. W. Townsend preached, G. M. Spargrove charged the pastor, and Dr. McFarren the people. He resigned Oct. 2, 1872, and Oct. 7, 1878, Rev. Wil- liam B. Craig, from Carlisle Presbytery, having been called in April, was installed. Revs. W. W. Meor- head preached, R. Carothers charged the pastor, and W. F. Kean the people. Besides the eleven Presby- terian preachers raised and born in its congregation, there were John F. Kean and Samuel P. Marshall, who were called from work to rest just before ready to enter upon the ministry, the former soon after li- censure and the latter just as he was about to be li- censed. The first elders were Thomas Armstrong, William Freeman, James McKee, John Shields, and John Cochran. The first accessions were John Moore, John Woods, Hugh McClarren, and David Buchanan. The second, Robert Shields and John Ralston. The third, John Dickey, William Armstrong, and Benja- min Allsworth. The fourth, John Steele, William Marshall, and John L. Adair. The fifth, William Ralston, Ephraim A. Robinson, and Robert Rainey. The sixth, Thomas McQuade, John Moore, and Wil- liam Craig. The seventh, Joseph Cook. The eighth, Thomas W. McConnell, Thomas Humes, John Mar- shall, and Joseph Reed. The ninth, James Sloan, David McConnell, James M. Shields, and Henry Robinson. The tenth, George Kirker and Henry M. Jones. The present pastor is Rev. E. S. Robinson.


The cemetery adjoining the brick house contains the remains of the old settlers in this region.


UNION REFORMED AND LUTHERAN CHURCH ("FEN- NEL'S CONGREGATION").


"Fennel" is a daughter of Trinity Reformed con- gregation, New Salem. Since her organization the charge has undergone three changes in the way of di- vision and reorganization, yet Fennel's has always stood by and held fast to her mother, Trinity. This congregation originally constituted a part of Trinity, at New Salem, but owing to the great distance these persons lived from Salem, and the inconvenience of attending divine service there, the pastor, Rev. R. P. Thomas, was engaged to preach for them in " Concord School-house" every two weeks, in the afternoon, com- mencing Dec. 4, 1858, which continued to Jan. 29, 1860. In the spring of 1859 a lot of ground for the church edifice and graveyard were purchased from David Shields. It was the design to build an exclu- sively Reformed Church, but when the deed was made the land was deeded to the Reformed and Lu- theran congregations. Hence the church became, and continues to the present time, a union church. The edifice is frame, forty-five by thirty-two feet, lined and ceiled inside with boards. The corner- stone was laid in August, 1859, and it was dedicated


Feb. 27, 1860, with ceremonies and exercises, by Revs. N. P. Hacke, D.D., and C. C. Thomas, assist- ing the pastor. The following were the first church officials : Elders, William Mccutcheon, two years, Peter Hill, one year; deacons, Joseph Willard, two years, John Michael Fennel, one year; trustee, Da- vid Wolff. Some fifty members came from the New Salem congregation, leaving fifty-one at the latter. Its pastors have been the same as at New Salem: 1860-68, R. P. Thomas; 1863-66, T. J. Barkley ; 1867-78, J. F. Snyder; 1874-76, 8. Shaw ; 1876-78, J. W. Knappenberger ; 1878-82, C. W. Good.


The Lutheran congregation was organized in 1859. The first pastor was Rev. A. Yetter, who was suc- ceeded by Rev. V. B. Christy. The membership is nearly a hundred.


PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND CEMETERY (NEW SALEM).


This church was organized chiefly from Congruity, Dec. 25, 1849, with seventy-two members and five elders, by Revs. S. M. McClung, D. Kirkpatrick, and W. Hughes. Rev. James C. Carson was installed its first pastor, Feb. 11, 1851. The substantial church edifice was erected in 1849 by the following building committee : James L. Clow, Henry C. Keever, Sam- uel Jack, Moses Clark, Joseph McQuilkin. The second pastor was Rev. David Harbison, who was succeeded in September, 1876, by the present incum- bent, Rev. J. L. Thompson. He was born in Wash- ington County, and graduated in 1869 at Washington and Jefferson College, and soon afterwards entered the ministry. This church is in the Blairsville Pres- bytery. The present ruling elders are Finton Tor- rence, Thomas K. McQuaid, Thomas Waddell, John W. Kirker, Robert I. Clow, James Stout; and the trustees are Finton Torrence, Samuel Bovard, John Mckeever, Samuel Paul, and Joseph Christy. The Sunday-school superintendent is John .G. Kirker. The church has a membership of two hundred and nineteen. The late Joseph McQuilkin and its first pastor, Rev. James C. Carson, were largely instrumen- tal in the formation of the congregation and the erec- tion of the substantial brick edifice, built a third of a century ago. Its builder was D. W. Shryock, who built it 48 by 56 feet for $1520, as by contract with the building committee, entered into May 1, 1849, and same to be finished in twelve months.


The first pastor, Rev. J. C. Carson, resigned Oct. 4, 1866, and died July 5, 1870. The second pastor, Rev. D. Harbison, was installed May 21, 1867, when Rev. N. H. Gillett preached, Samuel McFarren charged the pastor, and George Hill the people. The elders at organization were Joseph Reed, Col. Thomas Mc- Quaid, Sr., John Larimer, Robert Shields, and D. W. Shryock. The first accessions were Joseph Ralston, Joseph Harvey, Joseph Niccolls, and James Blair. The second accessions were Thomas K. McQuaid, S. S. Duffield, and Robert S. Clow. The congregation


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of the dead, substantially inclosed, contains a larger amount of monumental marble than is to be found in almost any other inland town.


TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH (NEW SALEM).


A number of the members of the Reformed Church who lived in and around New Salem, and who wor- shiped at the Manor Church, four miles southwest from New Salem, or at St. James', nine miles north, long felt the necessity of a Reformed Church in the village of New Salem. Accordingly in 1849, in con- nection with the members of the Lutheran Church, who were also without a temple in the village, the work of erecting an edifice was begun. In the sum- mer of 1850,, before the Reformed congregation was organized, this edifice, as a union church, was dedi- cated. November 25th following the congregation was formed, with Philip Hobaugh and Michael Fennel as elders, and Valentine Bossard and Sebastian Bear as descons. The following were the original members : Philip Hobaugh, Elizabeth Hobaugh, Valentine Bos- ward, Sarah Bossard, Sebastian Bear, Michael Fenner, Henry H. Bear, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Row, Elizabeth Hugus, Henry Hugus, Sarah Hugus, Sarah Zimmer- man, George Kline, Hannah Kline; Simon Hugus, Lydia Hugus, George Lose, Catharine Lose, John M. Fennel, Isaac Hugus, William Marts, Mary Marts, David Wolff, John Snyder, Elizabeth Snyder, John Wangaman, Susanna Wangaman, Rebecca Klingen- smith, Margaret Snyder. Rev. B. H. Giesy, who had but recently come into Westmoreland Classis, was elected pastor, this congregation, in connection with St. James', 2d Greensburg, and Irwin, constituting his pastoral charge. He continued pastor to Aug. 1, 1855, during which time thirty-six members were added by confirmation and certificate, and thirty in- fants to the baptized membership.


His successor was Rev. Thomas G. Apple, a grad- nate of the theological seminary at Mercersburg, who was here a year and three months, his pastoral rela- tion being dissolved. Feb. 14, 1857, when the charge was divided, Greensburg and Irwin forming one, and Salem and St. James the other. He was followed by Rev. R. P. Thomas, elected March 28, 1858, and duly called April 10th. On October 6th following the number of communicants were eighty-nine, eleven of whom were received under his pastorate. He con- tinued his labors to April 1, 1863, and was succeeded by Rev. T. J. Barklay. In 1864 the old Union Church was sadly out of repair, and on Jan. 7, 1865, it was resolved to build a new exclusively Reformed Church. The subscription committee were Rev. T. J. Barklay, Henry Hugus, William Hugus, Jonathan Snyder, and Joseph Snyder, and the building committee con- sisted of John Hugus, H. H. Bear, and George Keck. The lot was purchased for four hundred dollars. Early in the spring of 1865 the work began, and in the fall of. 1866 the edifice was under roof. Mr. Barklay resigned his pastorate Jan. 1, 1867, at which


time Emmanuel congregation was detached from first Greensburg charge and annexed to Salem, St. James and Pine Run constituting one, and Trinity, Fen- nel's, and Emmanuel's the other. He was succeeded April 1, 1867, by Rev. J. F. Snyder, and on the suc- coeding 4th of August the first service was held in the new church, which was formally dedicated October 14th, with the dedicatory sermon by Rev. J. A. Peters. Rev. Snyder continued to Jan. 1, 1873, and under him one hundred and three persons were added to the communicant membership, and seventy- four to the baptized. June 6, 1872, the charge was again divided, Salem and Fennel's constituting one, and Emmanuel and Olive the other. The next pastor was Rev. S. Shaw, who entered upon his labors April 1, 1874, and remained until June 1, 1876. His suc- cessor was Rev. J. W. Knappenberger, born and reared within three miles of New Salem. He was baptized, catechised. and confirmed by Dr. Hacke, and was a member of his congregation (Manor). He graduated at the theological seminary May, 1876, and was licensed by the Westmoreland Classis in June following, and installed November 9th. His suc- Cessor was Rev. C. W. Good, present pastor, who was installed 1880. He was born in Tiffin, Ohio, where he served two years in the ministry before called here.


SALEM EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH


was organized Sept. 27, 1850, with John Lenhart, Gasper Klingensmith, elders; Isaac Bush, Joseph Sherbondy, deacons; and John Zimmerman, trustee. At the first communion, Oct. 10, 1850, there were thirty-three communicants. The first edifice was begun in 1849, and dedicated in September, 1850. The present elegant brick church was commenced in 1868, and dedicated in January, 1870. The pastors have been : 1850-52, Michael Eyster; 1853-56, C. H. Hurst; 1856-66, A. Yetter; 1867-68, J. D. English ; 1868-76, V. B. Christy ; 1876-77, J. A. Bauman; 1878-82, J. D. Roth, who resigned in January, 1882, to remove to Sidney, Neb., having been appointed by the Pennsylvania Synod to establish a church and mission there. His successor has not yet at this writing been elected.


METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (NEW SALEM).


The Methodist congregation was the first religious organization in the town, and was made in 1833. Their first edifice, erected that year on the site of the present one, was a brick structure, which fell down in 1844, but was replaced by a frame building in 1846. This stood until 1874, when the present edifice was built. It is a part of Sardis Circuit, embracing five preaching appointments, viz .: Salem, Sardis, Murrys- ville, Oakland, and Davidson's Chapel. The circuit has often been changed and divided, being formerly known as Salem, Murrysville, Sandy Creek, etc. Since 1869 the pastors here. have been : 1869, W. W.


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Boup; 1870-72, 8. B. Blesse; 1872-78, M. B. Pugh ; 1878-75, A. H. Miller; 1875-77, George Orbin ; 1877 -19, W. Johnson; 1879-81, J. B. Gray; 1881-82, W. 8. Cummings, the present incumbent. The trustees are Dr. J. A. Fulton, Charles Boxman, George Marts, Hugh Brown, and Mr. Anderson. Dr. J. A. Fulton is the assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school, a union school, in connection with the Presbyterian members who withdrew from the Salem Presbyterian Oharoh and united with that at Congruity, but has its services in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Joseph Harvey (Presbyterian) being the superintendent of this union school.


COVENANTERS' CHURCH (NEW SALEM).


For many years the Covenanters held worship in this town, and during and for some time prior to 1849, Bev. Mr. Cannon was the pastor, preaching the last Sabbath of each month. In August, 1849, when the only house of worship here was the Methodist Church, the people gathered in David Christy's woods, some fourteen rods northeast of where the Presbyterian. Church now stands, to hear Mr. Cannon, but in his stead Rev. John Wilson preached. His sermon was a scorching denunciation of the crying sins of the day and of wickedness in high and low places. There were cake-stands in the wood, where drink was sold, and a young man having imbibed too much, and pre- seating himself before the audience in a maudlin condition, the preacher gave the young man a severe reproof, and rebuked the authorities for allowing on the Sabbath such sales and exhibitions. This denom- ination has had. no services here for over a score of years, and its members who did not remove mostly connected themselves with the other churches.


NEW SALEM.


New Salem was settled at an early date, but was not formally laid out and incorporated until 1833. Pre- vious to the laying out of the town, however, about 1810, Hugh Bigham came to the place and started the first store. He laid the first water-pipes from the "Big Spring" to what is now the centre of the town. About 1816, Samuel Bigham and his sister Kate opened the first public-house. She was then the Widow An- derson. Samuel Bigham built the house, which was lately owned and occupied by George Lose, deceased. Prior to 1888 there had been no stated religious ser- vices in the town. There was occasionally preach- ing, however, by Rev. Cannon, a Covenanter minis- ter, and others, sometimes in the school-house, and sometimes in an adjoining grove. The first religious organization was effected in 1888 by the Methodists. Their first edifice, a brick structure, was built the same year, on the site of the present one. In 1844 it fell down, killing a man named Thomas McClung, but was replaced two years. afterwards by a frame building, which remained until 1874, when it was torn down to give place to the one now standing.


The name of the post-office was formerly Salem Cross-Roads, and as this name did not indicate the ex- istence of a town, and as there was another post-office in the State called New Salem, it was called Del- mont.


The site of the town was part of a three-hundred- acre tract surveyed to William Wilson by a warrant bearing date of Nov. 8, 1784, of which he died seized. By his will, dated March 7, 1796, it was divided be- tween his sons, George and Thomas Wilson, to whom a patent was issued Dec. 7, 1812. The children and heirs of William Wilson (who entered the land'), viz .: William, Martha, Agnes, George, and Rachel Wilson, and Thomas Young and his wife Mary, Samuel Mc+ Clelland and his wife Ann, and Jane Elliott, all united in conveyances deeding all their interests in sald tract to Thomas Wilson, thus making him its owner in fee simple. He laid out the original town on March 3, 1814, into lots numbered from 1 to 48, inclusive, the survey and plat being made by Isaac Moore. He sold these lots at public sale, and of which lot No. 25 was purchased by Joseph Reed for fifteen dollars.


Joseph Reed was born in Lancaster County in 1791, came to Westmoreland County in 1798 with his pa- rents, and in 1814 settled here, building on the lot No. 25 the house now occupied by Simon P. Keck, He was the only original purchaser of these lots who owned it, or any of them, at his death. He was the first cabinet-maker in the place, which business, with that of undertaking, he carried on for over half a century, and he buried fifteen hundred and sixty-nine persons. On April 28, 1821, he bought two shares in the Pittsburgh and New Alexandria Turnpike Road Company, for which a certificate, No. 39, was issued to him, signed by its president, James Graham, and its treasurer, John A. Gilchrist. Graham at that time lived at the forks of the road where it joins the Greens- burg pike, and Gilchrist was a merchant at Murrys- ville, being a son-in-law of Gen. Murry, the founder of that town. Joseph Reed was for many years one of the managers of this then noted turnpike company. He died Feb. 22, 1880. He married Ann Christy, by whom he had the following children living : Dorcas, married to Samuel Christy ; James, now carrying on the business and trade of his father; Jane; Mary, married to Robert Campbell; Lavina; George H., who was in the late war and was wounded in the face ; John, mortally wounded at the first battle of Fred- ericksburg, Va., from which he died at the hospital, near Washington, D. C .; and Harriet Newell. His wife (Ann Christy) died July 3, 1871.


The two oldest houses in town are one owned by Zachariah Zimmerman, on Pittsburgh Street, a two- story frame, just above Snyder's Hotel, which was built in 1814 by a Mr. Hunter, and afterwards occu- pied by James R. Logan as a store; and the other one the building owned by S. S. Duffield, and which was built in 1814 by John Potts, on the lot he pur-


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chased that year of Thomas Wilson at his public vendue of the lots for the town.


The leading men in the town at its laying out and for some years afterwards were the Bighams, Wilsons, and Mckibbens. In 1828 there were but sixteen dwellings in the place and two stores, one kept by W. B. Alexander, in a house now torn down, and the other by James R. Logan, in the old frame building now belonging to Zachariah Zimmerman. Some four years later James L. Clow (still living three miles from town at nearly the age of ninety years) opened a store and tavern in the' present "Duffield House," where in 1828 Benjamin Weaver had an inn. Hugh Misskelly had a cabinet-maker's shop, which was the second one started after Joseph Reed's, opened in 1814. One of the first shoemakers was George Lose, with whom John Hugus went to learn the trade in 1828, but which having mastered he never carried on. The oldest school-house was just back of the Presbyterian Church, in which for several years dif- ferent Irish teachers taught, whose love for education was excelled by their love of ardent spirits.


Edward Geary, father of Governor John W. Geary, moved to this region from Unity township, and was one of the early schoolmasters of the county whose memory is revered by all.


Daniel Zimmerman came here before the town was laid out, afterwards bought a lot on Pittsburgh Street and erected his house, in which he carried on his trade of a tailor, the first in the place. In the year 1825 the principal heads of families here were Humes Kelly, who kept tavern where Daniel Potts lives; Mr. Weaver, who had the tavern. at the Duf- fleld place; James Mckibben, who had one just above John Hugus' house; Robert Shields, who had " tannery (then just bought of John Hutton); Thomas McConnell, John B. Plummer, who carried on & saddlery and harnees-shop; Philip Steimats, Dr. Sterritt (the first physician here), who was the doctor for this whole region; Thomas Bigham, Joseph Reed, who had a cabinet-shop and made cofins; James R. Logan, store-keeper ; Mr. Dewalt, whose wife died a few months later ; Hugh and Samuel Bigham, after- wards an associate judge of Armstrong County ; and Thomas Wilson, the venerable squire and founder of the town.


Before the Pennsylvania Railroad was built New Balem was a very busy inland town, and being one of the main stopping-places on the Pittsburgh pike, was the centre of much trade and bustle. At one time as high as five lines of stages passed here, and the old-time taverns, with their bustling landlords and hard-worked hostlers, could hardly wait upon the travelers thronging the numerous old taverns that then flourished here.


BOROUGH CORPORATION AND OFFICERS.


New Salem borough was incorporated by act of . Assembly of 8th of April, 1833. The qualified voters


of the town, then made a borough, were to meet on the first Tuesday of May in each year, at the house of Henry Hughus, in the said borough, to hold their election for the borough officers, which were to be those then recognized by the law. Their duties and powers were set forth at length in the act of incorpo- ration.


It appears there was no election held at the time designated, for an act was obtained as a supplement to this one, April 11, 1885, by which the inhabitants were allowed to meet at the same place for the same purpose on the first Tuesday of May, 1885. Thomas Wilson, Esq., was appointed judge of the election. At this election Henry Hugus was elected burgees, Christopher Amelong constable, and Hugh Mieskelly, James R. Logan, James Harvey, Robert Shields, Philip Steimats, and John Deever, councilmen. Jacob Huffman was appointed town clerk.


The first ordinance established the footways to be nine feet from the houses on each side of the streets, and provided for their being paved with brick or stone, also provided for draining the town, and de- clared against the planting of trees on any of the streets or footways, and made those already planted common nuisances.


The next officers were elected in 1887, viz. : Bur- gees, Joseph Reed ; Constable, Michael Potser; Coun- cil, Hugh Misskelly, James McKillip, Joseph Harvey, William Wilson, Daniel Medsker, Thomas Wilson ; Clerk, Henry Hugus.


Since then the following persons have filled the offices named :


1838 .- Bargees, J. L. Clow ; Constable, Jacob B. Ament; Council, Thomas Wilson, James Harvey, George Lose, Joseph Sherbondy, Henry Hagas, Jonathan Remealin; Clerk, Heory Hugue.


1889 .- Burgess, Heary Hugue; Constable, J. B. Ament ; Council, Joseph Harvey, Jacob Earnest, Thomas Wilson, George Lose, Joseph Reed, Hugh Miskelly ; Clerk, J. Huffman. '


1840 .- Burgess, Joseph Harvey ; Constable, David McCallogh; Council, Matthew Jack, J. L. Clow, J. 8. Ormoby, James Huthan, David Bankin, John Hagas; Clerk, Jacob Huffman.


1841 .- Burgess, Henry 'Hugus ; Constable, D. MoCallogh; Council, James Carothers, J. B. Logan, James McKillip, J. L. Clow, Simon Hagus, Joseph Sherbondy ; Clerk, Jacob Huffman.


1842 .- Burgess, Elles C. Gregg; Constable, J. B. Ameat; Council, H. Hugues, Robert Shields, Nathaniel Kelly, James McKillip, Jacob Earnest, Joseph Reed; Clerk, J. Huffman.


1843 .- Burgess, Jacob Huffman ; Constable, Nathaniel Kelly; Council, James Borlin, Israel 8. Bigalow, David J. Potser, John Uncapher, John Hagus, William McCall ; Clerk, Jacob Huffman.


1844 .- Burgess, James McKillip; Constable, N. Kelly; Council, Adam Stygen, George Love, William MoCall, John Unceffer, Jacob Huff- man, I. 8. Bigelow; Clerk, William McCall.


1845 .- Burgess, Robert Shields; Constable, D. J. Potser; Council, Joseph Reed, John Hugos, James Guthrie, Benjamin Truzal, Joseph Sher- bondy, John McNell; Clerk, John McNell.


1846 .- Burgess, Henry Hugue; Constable, D. J. Potser; Council, John Zimmerman, Joseph Klingersmith, George Keck, George Lose, William McCall, Michael Pifer ; Clerk, John Zimmerman.


1847 .- Burgess, William McCall; Constable, D. J. Potser : Council, James Borland, John Hugus, Jacob Huffman, John McNeil, Joseph Sherbondy, Joseph Beed; Clerk, John MoNell.


1848 .- Burgess, William MeCall; Constable, James Barlin; Council, John Hugus, John Zimmerman, James Carothers, James McKillip, George Keck, George Lose; Clerk, James Killip.


1849 .- Bargees, David Lloyd; Constable, James Borlin; Council, Dr.


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John Mellett, Joseph Reed, William McCall, J. B. Ament, D. J.


1000 .- Bargees, Simen Hague ; Constable, Gebper Klingensmith ; Coun- di, James MeKiltip, Valentine Bossert, George Klingensmith, Philip Bekongh, Jeseph Marts, W. W. Logan (also clerk).


1981 .- Burgess, George Lose; Constable, Joseph Kline; Counoll, Robert Shields, Henry Hages, W. W. Logan, Dr. John McNell, Daniel Metager, James Carothers; Clerk, W. W. Logan.


1804 .- Burgess, George Loss; Constable, Joseph KHme; Council, John Hagas, James Carothers, John MeWell, Daniel Putta, Joseph KHine, Philip Hobangh ; Clerk, D. J. Potter.


1098 .- Bargese, Oyrus M. Damm; Constable, J. Kline; Council, Joba Hagas, James Carothers, John McNell, Daniel Posta, Philip Ho- bengh, Josoph Kline; Clerk, Joseph Harvey.


1864-Bargers, George Lesig; Coduell, Jobn Huges, Joseph Kline, James Carothers, Philip Bobsagh, Daniel Potts.


In this year the charter was extended under the general borough law authorized by the General Assem- bly. The proceedings of the borough from 1854 to 1858 are lost or mislaid.




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