History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 112

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046

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of what was then Upper Paxtang township. This report was confirmed by the court on the 3d of Sep- tember, 1810, and it was ordered that the eastern division be called Lykens township. Lykens town- ship was reduced in 1819 by the formation of Mifflin township from Upper Paxtang and . Lykens, and further in 1840 when that portion south of the north side of Coal or Thick Mountain was erected into Wiconisco township.

This township and the valley is named for Andrew Lycans, one of the earliest pioneers of this section, and to whom full reference has been made in the sketch of Lykens Valley proper.

GRATZ BOROUGH.

Gratz was laid out in 1805 by Simon Gratz. It is situated on the road leading from Millersburg to Reading, thirty miles from Harrisburg. It was in- corporated into a borough April 3, 1852. In 1838, Mrs. Frey kept the tavern and Solomon Shindle a store. The oldest resident of the place is Squire George Hoffman, who was born two miles east of the borough March 13, 1798. He was the son of Jour Nicholas and Margaret ( Harman) Hoffman, one of the earliest settlers in the valley, and a prominent family. Squire Hoffman has been magistrate for the past thirty-five years. When he came to Gratz

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in 1819 there were only five houses in the place; one was the oldest house, built here by Ludwig Shoffstall, now owned by Edward L. Umholtz. The second was built by Lewis Faust, who sold it to Rev. William Hedel. now belonging to the estate of A. K. Kepler, deceased. The third was oe- cupied by George Feagley, and the fourth by Adoni- jah Matthias, a Frenehman. The fifth was occupied by George Crapp, a tenant of Mr. Wise. The store was kept by Conrad Frey, then by his widow, and later by her son-in-law, Solomon Shindle.

The municipal officers of the borough since its in- corporation have been :

BURGESSES.

1852. Theodore Gratz. 1853. Daniel Good.

1860. Daniel Good.

1861. Dr. I. S. Schminkey.

1855. Jonas Laudenslager.

1864-68. No record.

1856. Daniel K. Osman.

1868. Daniel Good.

1857. Daniel Lehr.

1869-70. No record.

1859. George Hoffman.

1876. Frank Fidler.

TOWN CLERKS.

1852. James Kissinger. 1853. Abram Hess. ·

1976. J. A. Willier.

1378. H. W. Good.

1856-76. No record.

This town, located on the old Reading road, was the centre and field of the old-time militia musters, at which thousands used to assemble to witness the evolutions of the battalions. Jacob Hoover had a noted grist-mill two miles distant, on the Little Wi- coniseo. After the opening of the coal-mines a post- office was established. The present postmaster is J.

Arnholtz, and his predecessors (as far as ascertain- able) were Jacob Butlington, Solomon Shindle, and C. T. Bowman. The ridge on which the borough stands was in old times called " Wild-Cat Ridge," from its being the abode in pioneer times of wild- cats.

ST. SIMEON'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN AND RE- FORMED CONGREGATIONA were organized in 1823, and until 1832 preaching was had in a house built by Mr. Gutz, where William Boyer now live -. A joint church edifice was built in 1832. Rev. Isaae Ger- hart was the first Reformed and Rev. John Peter Shindel the first Lutheran pastor, and Rev. Joseph Hilpot the present Lutheran incumbent. The pas- tors of St. John's Lutheran and Hoffman Reformed Churches have generally preached here.

HOFFMAN REFORMED CHURCH .- This old eburch edifice, a two-story frame, built over half a century, is two and one-fourth miles from Berrysburg, three from Gratz, and is in Lykens township. The ground on which it was erected was donated by Squire John Hoffman, who was a magistrate from his twenty-fifth year until his death in 1877.

COLEMAN CHURCH .- This Union Church of the Lutheran and Reformed Churches is near the Schuyl- kill County line, in the extreme eastern part of Ly- kens township. St. Mother's is the name of the Lutheran congregation, which is supplied with preaching by pastors of St. John's Church, Rev. Joseph Hilpot being the present incumbent.

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP.

AT a Court of Quarter Sessions held the 22d day of October, 1818, an order was issued to three com- missioners to inquire into the propriety of dividing the townships of Upper Paxtang and Lykens, then embracing the whole of Lykens Valley, into three townships, as had been petitioned for by the inhabi- tants of said valley. The commissioners reported that they were of opinion that the two aforesaid townships ought to be divided into three, and that they had ac- eordingly run and marked the lines of division as fol- lows, to wit :

6 miles SO perches to the beginning, which we have called Upper Paxtang township. The Second we have called Berry township, beginning at the chestnut-oak aforesaid ; thenee by the summit of Berry's Mountain aforesaid 4 miles 260 perches to a small chestnut-oak ; thenee north 6 west 7 miles (through Hain's Gap; to Mahantango Creek aforesaid ; thenee down the same to the point aforesaid, near Miller's fording; thence by the line of Upper Paxtang aforesaid (reversed1 south 73 degrees east 6 miles 80 perches to the begin- ning. The Third beginning at the same chestnut-oak aforesaid : thenee along the summit of Berry's Moun- tain aforesaid 10 miles to the line of Schuylkill County ; thence by the same 8} miles to Mahantango Creek aforesaid ; thenee down the same to Berry town- ship aforesaid; thence by the same south 6 degrees east 7 miles to the beginning, and which we have called Lykens township."

"The First township beginning at Mahantango Creek, a short distance below Miller's fording, on the old Sunbury road ; thence down the same to the river, and across said river to the mouth of West Mahantango Creek ; thence down the western shore of Susquehanna to a point opposite to Berry's Moun- tain ; thenee by Halifax township across said river and along the summit of said mountain 5 mile- 200 This report was confirmed by the court March 12, perches to a chestnut-oak-tree; thenee north 7} west . 1819, except so far as the new or centre division,

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which the court ordered to be called Mifflin township instead of Berry, as suggested by the commissioners. It was named for General and Governor Thomas Mifflin. (See Sess. Doc. 1815-23, page 212.)

The township is bounded on the north by North- umberland County, east by Lykens township, sonth by Washington township, and on the west by Upper Paxtang township. The Mahantango Mountains ruo the entire length of the upper part of the township .. the Mahantango Creek, the Northumberland County boundary, being at the foot on the north side. The township is well watered, and there are very many fine productive farms.

MInch of the history of the township is identified ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH .- This elegant brick church edifice is the pride of the : Lutherans of Lykens Valley, and is one of the finest | church buildings in the county ontside of Harri-burg. with the history of the Lykens Valley proper; that which may have transpired during the eventful eras of the county's existence will be found in other por- tions of this work. It contains two important towns, | The first settlers in Mitllin and Washington town- Berrysburg and Uniontown.

BERRYSBURG is situated on the road leading from Millersburg through Lykens into Schuylkill County, thirty-five miles from Harrisburg. It was incorpo- rated into a borough Dec. 14, 1869. The town was laid out by John Adam Heller in December, 1319, who owned a large tract of land, including the pres- ent town and a farm adjoining. now owned by Daniel Romberger. Heller was of a pioneer family in the valley, but removed in 1839 to Sogar Valley, and subsequently to Ohio. John Paul, Jr., surveyed the : this year the deacons were Christian Schnug and town for Heller. who called it Berrysburg, from the mountain named Berry's, lying in the vicinity, but for many years went by the name of the proprietor.

John Matter. On Jan. 19. 1797, the following build- ing committee were appointed to erect a new church edifice : John Matter, Sr., David Harman, Philip Bechtel. and Reuben Wise. It was built in 1798, but not being fully paid for, was not dedicated until Oct. 24, 1802. This old two-story frame edifice, with its antique but venerable steeple, stood until 1876, when the present building, a brick structure ninety by fifty-five feet, was erected. It stands on a high ridge one mile from Berrysburg and three from Elizabethville, on land the congregation has owned since 1780. Directly opposite is the fine farm of the the schools were taught in private honse, except . church, comprising sixty-five acres, with a substantial farm-house, occupied by the sexton of the church.

A school was organized in Berrysborg about 1826. The different organized churches owned small tracts of land, from ten to twenty acres, on which a school- honse was erected, all one story with divisions, one part to be occupied by the teacher and his family and the other as a school-room. About this time the townships now called Mittlin, Washington, Ly- kens, Wiconisco, and Williams had nine schools,-a territory of one hundred and fitty square miles. All three, which were built by the citizens. The land in some cases was purchased for a few dollars and some donated, but in either instance only sufficient to erect the building. On a fixed day the inhabitants assem- bled at the place where the house was to be built, and some went to felling trees, others to hauling the logs, and the rest erected the house. In two or three days the house was finished. The furniture was made of pine or oak boards nailed against the wall : the benches made of slabs.

The officers of Berryxburg borough have been :

1870. Jonathan Tobias.

1871. Valentine Lenker.

1877. Valentine Lenker.

1872. John Singer.

1578. John Ramspell.

18:3. Jonathan Miller.

- 1-79. John Singer.

1874. John Rampell.

1875. Jonathan Rovk.

15-0. Joseph Bender. 1881. J. D. Willier.

TOWN CLERKS.

1-70. Peter S. Bergstresser. 1879. P. W. Bischoff. 1880. J. A. Brugger.

1575. John Rovp.

BERRYSBURG SEMINARY .- This institution was or- ganized about thirty years ago, but in the lapse of time its building was sold to the town for public- school purposes. On the reorganization in 1879 the seminary seenred the property known as the town hall for its rooms. Nearly one-half of the teachers in the upper end of the county have been connected with this seminary at one time or another. This seminary was built by Rev. H. S. Bosler, and its first teacher, in 1851, was Edward Witman.

ships were Germans, who, on June 5, 1780, organ- ized a church congregation called St. John's. The first baptism was Dec. 3, 1780, of Hannah, daughter of Nicholas Schnug; the second, May 8, 1781, of Catharine, daughter of Henry Umholtz; and the third, May 13, 1781, of Philepna, daughter of Chris- tian Schnug. The first pastor was Rev. Michael Enterline. Services were held in the private dwell- ings of the members until 1791, when a school-house was erected, in which preaching was then had. In

The pastors have been : 1780-1807, Michael Enter- line: 1807-9, C. Walther; 1809-11, Daniel Ulrich ; 1811-15, C. Walther; 1815-44, John Peter Shindel; 1844-50, J. Nicholas Hemping ; 1850-52, C. F. Wel- den ; 1852-53, Nathan Jaeger; 1853-64, F. Waltz; 1864-70, Jeremiah Shindel; 1870-75, Thomas T. Steck ; 1875-81, R. S. Wagner; 1881, Joseph Hilpot.

UNION SALEM CHURCH of the Lutheran and Re- . formed congregation- was built in 1844, and rebuilt in 1873. It is supplied with preaching by pastors from Elizabethville and Millersburg. Rev. A. S. Stauffer is the present Reformed, and Rer. George Conrad Henry the present Lutheran pastor. Before 1546, Jobn Peter shindel preached as Lutheran pastor.

EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION .- This congregation was organized in 1846, and the church edifice was

BURGESSES.

1876. William Shertzer.

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erected the same year. The first six pastors were Revs. John Kramer, Abraham Bost, Michael Sind- linger, John Sentzell, William Hime, Mr. Sharfe. Among their suece-sors were Revs. C. S. Haymon and Jacob Adams. Since 1570 the pastors have been : viz., 1870-72, J. K. Knerr; 1872-74, J. C. Horn- berger; 1874-75, John Leib ; 1:75-78, J. S. Newhart ; 1878-80, William Black : 1850-83 (present incum- bent), A. Dilabar. The circuit embraces this congre- gation, one at Oakdale, Weaver's, and at Gratz.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- This church in 1866 was made a part of Mille, sburg and Berrys- burg Circuit, and in le79 of the circuit composed of Berrysburg, Oakdale, and Cross-Roads. The latter was abandoned in 1-77, but the church property at Oakdale is still owned. Since 1866 the pastors have been : 1866-67, A. W. Higgins; 1868-70, Ahel How- ard; 1870, George C. Young; 1871-74, H. White; 1874, F. M. Collins; 1875-77. F. M. Brady ; 1877, John Bell; 1878-80, Joseph Gregg; 1880-82, John McQuoid.

THE UNITED BRETHREN have a large congrega- tion and neat church in the western part of the town- ship near the U'pper Paxtang line.

UNIONTOWN .- This borough, whose post-office is Pillow, is situated in the northeast part of Mitlin township, between Deep Creek and Mahantango Creek. It was laid out in 1864, and has developed into a thriving town. It contains a Union Church (Lutheran and Reformed), Evangelical, and a United Brethren, several stores and shops, a foundry, and good school-house. Near by on Deep Creek is a large cotton-mill and saw-mill, and on Mahantango is an extensive flouring-mill. The early settlers of this region were the Deiblers, Bonawitzs, Millers, Jurys, Koppenheffers, Bohners, Weists, Boyers, Witmers, Weavers, Williards, Shepleys, and Hess'. The town is situated in a gap of the Mahantango Mountains, and is connected by stage with Elizabethville, run- ning from the latter place to Georgetown. The first settlers were of German and Swiss-French extrac- tion.

WICONISCO TOWNSHIP.

THE 90th section of an aet of the General Assem- bly, passed July 2, 1332, Pam. Laws, page 602, pro- vides :

That that part of Lykens township, in the county of Dauphin, north of lines to be run by the supervi- sors of said township, "commencing at a bridge crossing the head of the Widow Snyder's mill-dam at the Mittlin township line ; thence east to the hand- board in the fork- of road on the lands of Elder and

Hakleman ; thence a straight line to a house of Mar- north 67 degrees east 186 perches to a chestnut ; tin Rickert, now occupied by Peter Rickert, at the | thenee north 64 degrees east 300 perches to a chest-

foot of the Short Mountain; thence east along the foot of the mountain (north side) to the Schuylkill County line, shall hereafter form a separate township to be called Wieonisco.

Clerk of Quarter Ses-ions of the county of Dauphin."

On the 26th June, 1849. the plot or draft of the lines run was filed as above directed, and are as fol- lows, to wit :

"Beginning at a point on the MitHin township line; thence north 63! degrees east 206 perches to cross-roads ; thence due east 464 perches to a chestnut-

oak; thence north 83 degrees east 52 perches to a chestnut-oak ; thence north 77 degrees east 30 perches to a chestnut-oak; thence north 58 degrees east 120 perches to a black-oak; thence north Go degrees east 70 perches to a chestnut; thence north 65 degrees east 61 perches to a poplar ; thence north 80 degrees east +50 perches to a white-pine; thence north 75 de- grees east 82 perches to a white-pine ; thence north 70 degrees east 280 perches to a chestnut-oak ; thence

nut; thence north 67 degrees east 310 perches to a white-oak at the Schuylkill County line, making in all S miles, 150 perches."

The early history of Wieonisco is embraced in that By the 54th section of an act, passed April 14, 1840, Pam. Laws, page 342, it is provided that "the name of Peter Rickert in the foregoing act shall be taken and construed to mean Henry Rickert, and that it shall be the duty of the supervisors to file the of the valley proper. The erection of the township divested the ohl township of Lykens of its coal- mining operations; all the collieries and coal-beds now lying in the new township. The contiguity of the town of Lykens, however, to that of Wiconisco survey or plot of said lines run in the office of the 'borough being less than half a mile distant, still

gives the former borough the prestige of being the business centre of the Lykens Valley coal opera- tions.

The land where Lykens and part of Wiconisco now stands was owned by James Way, of Chester County. who died in 1>25, before receiving a patent therefor from the State. His executor, George Pearce, ob-

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tained a patent for the land Feb. 2, 1826, and had it with other contiguous tracts surveyed by Isaac Ferree and his son, Joel B. Ferree. After they were surveyed they were put up for sale at publie outery down at the brick mill and sold. The conditions were that any person purchasing any tract was to pay immedi- ately after the sale twenty-five dollars in cash as hand money.

LYKENS BOROUGH.

The tract of sixty-seven aeres on which the borough of Lykens stands was struck down to Jane and Rachel Ferree for nineteen dollars and ninety cents. The sale really was to their father, Isaac Ferree, but for prudential reasons he ordered the deed for this tract to be made in the names of his daughters, Jane and Rachel. Isaac Ferree formerly owned a considerable amount of land in this section, and operated a pow- der-mill, the products of which he sold all over the country, and frequently took long drives up the river to his customers. He brought the saltpetre from Philadelphia by teams. Joel B. Ferree and his sis- ters subsequently laid out a town on this traet, named it Lykenstown, and the two sisters sold the lots for eleven dollars each. They were all numbered and drawn by lottery, and some hundreds of lots were thus drawn and paid for. Upon these lots log houses were built by William Zerby, Isaac Ferree, Martin Blum, Jacob Staley, Kate Bordner, Benjamin Drum, John Shehan, and Patrick Martin, south of the rail- road, some of which are yet standing. The first log house, however, was built by Joel B. Ferree, in the lower part of the borough, in April, 1832, the stone- work of which was done by Richard Nolen. This was the extent of Lykens in 1832.

In 1803, Simon Gratz recovered a judgment for a small amount against Isaac Ferree, and kept it alive by successive writs of scire farias. In 1835 said judg- ment was issued upon, and the land sold as belonging to Isaac Ferree, the court holding, in the legal con- test which followed, that his daughters only held the property in trust for him. Therefore the purcha-er, Simon Gratz, purchasing at sheriff's sale the interest of Isaac Ferree, it is presumed, received a good title. After the death of Simon Gratz, the land was con- veyed to William Hawkins, who the same day sold it to Edward Gratz. He bought up a tax title to the same, held by Jacob MI. Haldeman and Thomas Elder, July 8, 1847, which gave him an undisputed title. He then caused it immediately to be laid in lots a second time. as they now are, by Daniel Hoff- ! man, in IS4S. The first purchasers. under the Ferree sisters, all lost their lots. with the exceptions of those whose deeds were recorded at a certain date.

Since its first settlement the town has rapidly in- creased in wealth, influence, and population. It is the centre of the coal trade of the Upper End, and much of the industrial development of that section is due to the energy displayed by its citizens.

Lykens borough received its charter of incorpora- tion in 1871. The chief municipal officers since that year have been :

BURGESSES.

1872, Hon. M. R Young.

1878. Charles Wolcott.

1-74. L .. Katzenburg. 1880. W. S. Young.

1875. Charles Wolcott. 1891. Riley Bressler.

1876. John E. Nace.

1883. Henry Feindt.

TOWN CLERKS.

1872. C. A. Harper. 1877. P. S. Bergstresser.

1873. E. II. Willson.

1879. Ilenry Helt.

1874. Harry W. Troy. 1881. John O'Neil.

1875. John E. Nare. 1883. Henry Helt.

Is76. Benjamin F. Eby.

The borough has no debt.

GRACE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The first sermon ever preached in this place was by Rev. Thomas Sovern, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Halifax, in 1933, it being the funeral sermon of a young Englishman killed in the mines. This sermon was preached on the porch in front of Michael Sheaffer's house. The next religious service was a prayer-meet- ing held in the stone school-house which stood near where the coal dirt has been burning for years. That meeting was opened by Richard Nolen, who had built the school-house. This meeting was there kept up for some time, and until another school-house was erectedl. and for a long time the preaching, prayer- meetings, and Sunday-schools were held in it until the building of the present churches. In 1848. Ed- ward Gratz, Hon. A. O. Hie-ter, and Richard Nolen took the incipient steps for building a Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Gratz gave the lot and guar- anteed the collection of two hundred dollars towards the building.

Mr. Nolen opened the subscription-list, and in 1850 a building committee was appointed. Mr. Nolen did the stone-work, and it was completed under the pastorate of Rev. John Cummins, and dedicated in January, 1852. This was the first church in Lykens, and this stone building is now owned by A. F. Englebert, who rented it for a dwell- ing, and subsequently was used for an armory. The present church edifice is the finest in the borough. Lykens and Wiconisco Circuit was formed in 1857 out of Halifax Circuit, whose pastors to that date had supplied it with preaching. Since then the pastors have been : 1857, Charles L. Stineman ; 1858, Able Howard; 1859. John C. Gregg; 1860, A. Fisher; 1861, Oliver W. Landreth ; 1862, S. J. Kemble ; 1863-65, C. H. MeDermit; 1865-67, J. M. Wheeler ; 1867-68. J. J. Jones ; 1869-72, F. M. Brady ; 1872- 74, J. A. Watson; 1974-77, J. F. Meredith : 1877, George G. Rakestraw : 1878-80, H. R. Calloway ; 1881, Israel MI. Gable, William Powick.

CHRIST PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- Ly- kens parish was organized in 1861. The first preach- ing was by Rev. William V. Feitwell, in the school- house, who officiated as deacon. Mr. Feltwell's services ceased in May, 1863, from which time to

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1870 no services were held, save lay readings by S. H. Barrett and George E. Hoffman. The parish was re- organized May 7, 1871, and Rev. Daniel Shaver tem- porarily officiated. Occasional services were held until Oct. 3, 1871, when Rev. V. Hummel Berghaus became rector. Under his rectorship the church was chartered in 1872, and the corner-stone laid for the present church edifice on May 26, 1874. He resigned Jan. 1, 1875, and for four years there was no rector. Rev. Jesse M. Williams was called in 1879, and re- mained two years, when he was succeeded by Rev. S. H. Boyer, who continued about a year and a half. His successor was the present rector, Rev. Henry C. Pastorius, who came June 12, 1>$1. The enurch edi- fice was consecrated Jan. 4, 1881, and before its erection the services were held in the brick school- house.

ZION'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH .- The first minister representing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in this vicinity was the Rev. C. F. Stoever, who preached occasionally in Lykens and Wiconisco. He was on the Berry burg charge from 1845 to 1850. The next minister who effected a temporary organiza- tion of the congregation at Lykens and Wiconisco was Rev. N. Yeager, of the Berrysburg charge, who was here from 1850 to 1852. Rev. D. Sell, of same charge, came Nov. 2. 1853, and took up this vicinity and permanently organized the congregation, and built the present church edifice in 1859. He re- mained pastor until April 1, 1861, and was succeeded by Rev. P. P. Lane, who continued till April 1, 1862. Rev. G. P. Weizer took charge then until April 1, 1863, and his successor, Rev. C. A. Fetzer, remained until April 1, 1866. Rev. M. Fernsler came on the Berrysburg charge Dec. 2, 1866, to April 1, 1871, at which time Lykens and Williamstown were made a separate charge, and the Rev. D. Kloss took Lykens April 1, 1871, to April 1. 1877. Rev. J. A. Wirt, the present pastor, came in charge June 1, 1877.

EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION .- Before the erection in 1873 of this church edifice the association had had preaching occasionally some six or seven years in the school-itouse. Its pastors have been : 1872-73, W. A. Shumacker; 1974, J. H. Wulfurth ; 1875-77, L. N. Warman; 1377, J. R. Hensel; 1878-80, J. S. New- hart; 1880-82, 1. A. Delong. Up to 1850 this con- gregation was a part of Williamstown Circuit, but is now the Lykens Cirenit, and embraces Wiconiseo and Dayton's school-house. just this side of Williamstown.

O'Neill, the present incumbent. The residence or parsonage was built in 1876. The building of the church edifice was largely due to the labors of J. M. Blum, the first merehant of the town.

ST. JOHN'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH .- The congregation was organized in 1873, and the first church edifice, a frame structure, erected in 1874. It burned down in February, 1876, and the present one was built in 1979. It- pastor has been since its or- ganization Rev. MI. B. Lenker, who has also a charge at Tower City and at John-town, Schuylkill Co., and a mission at Williamstown.

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History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 112

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901 Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1046

Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Philadelphia : Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1046