History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 89

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

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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL .- The first Catholic congregation organized in Dauphin County was lo- · cated within the present limits of Harrisburg. As

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early, however, as 1810, the grounds now owned by them on Allison's Hill were in their possession. And the Jesuit Fathers from Conewago visited the place at stated intervals and held services. There also was their first graveyard. At a later date the property came into the possession of William Allison, but in subse- quent years was reacquired by the church, and is now held by it. The construction of St. Patrick's was commenced in 1826, by Rev. Michael Curran, the first regular pastor, and couscerated Oct. 2, 1:27, by Rt. Rev. Henry Conwell, then bishop of the diocese of Philadelphia. It was a neat building, with a tower and large bell, situated on the north side of State Street, between Second and Third. Its orig- inal size was about fifty by seventy-five feet. and its cost from six thousand to seven thousand dollars. The bell belonging to the church was presented by

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.

the king of France in acknowledgment of the compli- ment paid his family in the naming of the county Dauphin. In the course of time, as the congregation increased, the edifice was enlarged some twenty-five feet and otherwise improved. On Father Curran's death, which happened in Astoria. L. I., the Rev. John Foley was appointed to minister. After a few months he was succeeded by Rev. Pierce Maher in 1835. This Father officiated as pa-tor for many years, endearing himself to his Rock by his kind and char- itahle disposition. Upon the erection of the diocese of Harrisburg, in 1868, he was transferred to Norris- town, where he died in December, 1873. St. Pat- rick's Church became the pro-cathedral of the new diocese. July 12, 1868, the Rt. Rev. J. F. Shana- han was installed the first bishop of Harrisburg in presence of a large concourse of bishops, priests, and

laity of this and neighboring dioceses. For some year- the Right Reverend Bishop was assisted at the new cathedral by the well-known and much-respected Fathers Barry and Bastible, who, unfortunately for the diocese, died young in their zealous labors. The present pastor is the Rev. Michael J. MeBride, a gen- tleman of learning and well qualified for the priestly office. In December, 1573, the church was enlarged again and remodeled, and its exterior and interior modernized, so that now it is one of the fine-t churches in the city. It was reopened and consecrated in 1874, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Lynch, of Charleston. S. C.

Sr. LAURENCE'S |GERMAN! CHURCH is located on Walnut Street, near Fifth. Its congregation was organized by Father Dryer, of York, in April, 1859, after whose death Rev. M. J. Meurer took charge. From Jan. 1. 1860, it was attended regularly twice a month by Rev. J. Vollmeyer and Rev. M. J. Meurer. Up to this time the congregation had wor- shiped in a hall, but in November, 1860, it pur- cha-ed an old church on Front Street, between Wal- nut and Locu-t. From Jan. 26, 1862, the church was attended by Rev. C. Schafroth, from the Columbia Church. His successor, Rev. William Pieper, at- tended twice a month from Dec. 6, 1863, to April. 1868, and was succeeded by Rev. J. B. Frisch, the first resident priest of the congregation. In January, 1869, it was placed in charge of the present pa-tor, Rev. Clemens A. Koppernagel. The old church edi- fice was found inadequate for the growing congrega- tion, and in the spring of 1874 the site on which the present large and beautiful church stands. on Walnut near Fifth Street, was secured, and the work of con- struetion immediately commenced. In September, 1878, the building was dedicated. It is a brick -truc- ture, and its erection is largely due to the untiring labors of the zealous pastor, Father Koppernagel. Its interior finish is mainly the work of its pastor, who executed all the elaborate carving, decorations, win- dow staining, making of the pulpits, altars, etc. . The interior, which will not be finished for several years, is pure Gothic in style. Under the ministrations of the present pastor the congregation has largely in- creased, and now aggregates over five hundred souls. Adjoining the church, on Short Street, is the parish residence. a fine brick structure, connected with which is the building for the parochial school. Immedi- ately in the rear of the latter is the work-shop, in which the pastor has labored with his own hands in preparing the decorations for the interior of the churchi.

BAITIST CHURCHES.

FIRST CHURCH .- On the 19th of February, 1830, Rev. Dyer A. Nichols came to Harrisburg under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Baptist Board of Mis- sions, and proceeded to establish regular services. Sunday inpetings were hell at private houses, and on the 22d of March, 1830, it was agreed in Council to

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hold a meeting in the Unitarian Church, then on Locust Street, to organize a church. On April 2, 1830, the meeting was held, with the following per- 1 sons present, viz. : Rev. Dyer A. Nichols, Griffith E. Roberts, Mary Berry, Abigail Rittenhouse, Ann Wil- kinson, Thomas Corbitt, Julia Thompson, and Fanny Phillips, who then constituted themselves the " First bajfism took place July 4, 1830, when Levi L. Tate and Linn Banks were baptized. By September 19th following their number had increased to twenty-one. | In the fall the congregation began the erection of a church on Front Street, between Walnut and Locust Streets, which was finished in August, 1831. It was a brick structure, forty by fifty feet, with a school- room in the basement. The original founders were William Griffith, Rev. Dyer A. Nichols, Griffith E. Roberts, and Jeremiah Reese ind the cost of the lot and erection of building was six thousand seven hundred dollars, a large portion of which was con- tributed by a member of the church. The new edifice was dedicated Aug. 18, 1831, and on September 30th following, Rev. George J. Miles, of Centre County, became pastor, and remained until Feb. 24, 1833. About 1854 the congregation vacated the church building on Front Street, and commenced the erec- tion of a large brick edifice at the east corner of Second and Pine Streets. This was put under roof in 1858, but not completed until 1865. The pastors have been : April 2 to Sept. 30, 1831, Dyer A. Nichols; Sept. 30, 1831, to Feb. 24, 1835, George J. Miles : May 21, 1835, to Nov. 22, 1835, Samuel Wilson ; 1836,

fifteen thousand dol ....... and the edifice was dedicated Feb: 5, 1865, the Rev. G. T. Day, D.D., of Providence, R. I., preaching the sermon. The pastors of the First Free Baptist Church have been : 1862-69, Rev. James Calder, D.D. (during the years 1865 to 1868, Rev. J. S. Burgess was assistant to Rev. Dr. Calder) ; 1869-71, A. II. Chase ; 1872-77, A. F. Bryant; 1877-78, Thomas liam Fuller.

Baptist Mission Church of Harrisburg." The first : Burkholder; 1879-81, Thomas H. Drake; 1882, Wil-

SECOND FREE BAPTIST CHURCH .- The origin of this church was in a committee appointed by the " First Free Baptist Church of Harrisburg, Pa.," in the spring of 1866, to start a missionary Sunday- school on Allison's Hill. The organization of the Second Church took place on Jan. 11, 1878. The pas- tors in charge of the work from the commencement of the Sunday school mission, in 1866, up to Jan. 11, 1873, when the workers in the mission enterprise organized themselves into an independent body, were those of the First Free Baptist Church at that time. with the Revs. Silas M. Clark, S. M. Mathews, and others as assistant preachers in charge. In January, 1873, after the church was organized and incorporated as an inde- pendent body, the Rev. A. C. Hills was elected pastor, and held the office for one year. In April, 1974, the Rev. John Swank was called to the office, and was the last pastor of the church. The first place of worship was a government army building purchased and re- erected on east side of Hummel Street, and was dedi- cated Aug. 5, 1866. After worshiping some four years on Hummel Street the congregation repaired to Thomas G. Keene; Nov. 27, 1837, to Dec. 31, 1839, ' their frame structure, known as "Calder Chapel," on Edward Kingsford; Sept. 7, 1841, to April, 1846, the south side of Derry Street, costing, with the ground on which it stands, three thousand seven hundred dollars. On April 17. 1880, the church was disbanded. Matthew T. Semple ; July 11, 1844. to March 19, 1845, Edward Conover; Dec. 7, 1845, to June 24. 1846. W. A. Roy; March 3, 1817, to Jan. 1, 1849, Jonas A.| Davis; Oct. 11, 1852, to July 15, 1857, David Wil- r liams ; Aug. 1, 1858, to Ang. 1, 1860, J. Green Miles; April 18, 1861, to May 1, 1863, W. S. Wood; Feb. 1, 1866, to Oct. 1, 1868, E. L. Bailey; April 1, 1860, to April 1, 1873, George Pierce; Oct. 1, 1873, to March 1, 1875, J. A. Kirkpatrick ; Sept. 2, 1875, J. T. Judd, present pastor.

BETH EDEN REGULAR BAPTIST CHAPEL is situated on Fourth Street below Hamilton. It is a frame structure, erected in 1871 for mission and Sunday- school purposes, and is under the control of the First Baptist Church.

FIRST FREE BAPTIST CHURCH .- The origin of till Oct. 30, 1877. Then the Rev. William Lewis be- this church was a division in the congregation of the " Church of God" worshiping on Fourth Street. The organization of the seceding member- was effected July 10, 1862. In a few months thereafter the or- ganization secured a lot of ground on the corner of Fourth and East State Streets, on which they subse- quently erected a church building at a cost of about

THIRD FREE BAPTIST CHURCH .- This church was organized on July 10, 1864, the Rev. Dr. James Cal- der and Mr. J. T. Bender constituting the council. The first pastor, Rev. C. J. Carter, was elected a few days after its organization, on July 27, 1864. 1 Rev. Mr. Cooper followed Mr. Carter as pastor, but how long these gentlemen respectively had charge of the church the records do not state. On July 15, 1874, the Rev. Edward Bennett, a member of the church, was elected pastor, and continued in office one year till July, 1875. On July 15. 1875, the Rev. B. F. Fox, a graduate of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., ae- cepted the pastorate, which he retained for two years came pastor, though his term of office is not stated. On June 6, 1880, the Rev. J. W. Dungee, another graduate of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., was ordained pastor of this church. The present incumbent, Rev. E. J. Burrell, another graduate of Harper's Ferry, W, Va., accepted the pastorate June 20, 1881. The house of worship, on corner of William and Calder

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Streets, is the old Lutheran mission building pur- pastors have been: A. H. Graul, from 1880-82, and chased by the First Free Baptist Church of this city, A. H. Riee, who came in the latter year. and in which they used to worship while their present house was building.

UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST.

MEMORIAL (U. B.) CHURCH .- Several etforts were made by the denomination to plant the society in Harrisburg, and the records show that as far back as 1850 the United Brethren occupied a small church on Front Street, which was regularly supplied by minis- ters from the Conference within whose bounds it was situated. From 1850 to 1853, Rev. D. O. Farrell was pastor; from 1853 to 1854, Rev. J. S. Kesler; from 1854 to 1856, Rev. J. L. Holmes ; from 1856 to 1857, Rev. D. Strickler; from 1857 to 1858, Rev. J. P. Bishop; and from 1858 to 1859, Rev. I. Carpenter.

The church property was finally sold, and the or- and Barbara Avenue. The last rabbi was Rev. L. ganization ceased to exist. In 1864 another effort was made to establish a church, but it was soon relin- EVANGELICAL CHURCHES. quished. Three years later, at a session of the East Pennsylvania Conference, held in Columbia, it was resolved to renew the effort. A mission was formed, called the Harrisburg Mission Station, and Rev. W. S. H. Keys appointed pastor. Little was done during the first year, but at the next session of Conference Rev. J. Erb was appointed to the work, and the organization of the present society was effeeted. It proceeded at once to devise ways and means to build a house of worship, and through the persistent efforts of the pastor and board of trustees the lot on which Me- miorial Church now stands, at the corner of Boas Street and Myrtle Avenue, was purchased, and a neat frame building ereeted and dedicated.

The pastors of the church have been: 1868-69, Rev. J. Erb; 1870-71, Rev. G. W. MI. Rigor; 1872- 74, Rev. W. B. Evers; 1875, Rev. G. W. M. Rigor ; 1876-77, Rev. J. W. Geiger ; 1878-79, Rev. L. Peters ; 1880-83, Rev. I. Baltzell; 1883, Rev. David W. Proffitt.

Early in 1879 a number of the members, having become dissatisfied with the advance movements of the church, withdrew and were organized by the East German Conference of the United Brethren in Christ. In 1880 the congregation of Memorial Church determined to build a more commodious house of wor- ship for the accommodation of the rapidly-increasing congregation. By their united and untiring efforts they have completed a large two-story brick church, complete in all its departments, at a cost of about thirteen thousand dollars. The membership numbers two hundred and seventy-five.

PLYMOUTH CHAPEL, corner of Eleventh and Herr Streets, is owned and controlled by the First United Brethren Church, and is used for mission and Sun- day-sehool purposes.

OTTERBEIN CHURCH is a neat edifice, located on Reily Street, corner of Margaret. It was built in 1880 by former members of Memorial Church. The

CALVARY CHURCH was situated on Regina Street near Fifteenth, but is no longer in existence. Its last pastor was Rev. Thomas Garland, in 1880-81.

HEBREW.

OHAF SHALEM ( HEBREW) CONGREGATION-The Ohaf Shalem (Never-ending Peace) congregation was organized prior to 1858, when L. Bernhard was rabbi; A. Rapp, president : and Joseph Newman, treasurer. Its synagogue was then in the second story of the building on Third Street near Walnut Street. Its present synagogue, a substantial two- story structure, built as the first Methodist Church, is situated on Second Street, between South Street Loewenberg.

SALEM CHURCH, located on North Street Dear Elder, is a one-story brick structure, erected in 1862. Before its construction the Evangelical Association had services by various preachers, among whom were Rev. Mr. Guhl and Rev. G. Marquart. The congre- gation was organized about 1853, and for some years worshiped in the lower story of the Sons of Tem- perance Hall, corner of Second and South Streets. The church edifiee was built under the auspices of Rev. Mr. Stetzell, whose successors were Revs. Deisher. Gingerich, B. F. Boliner, and Wieant. Since 1871 the pastors have been : 1871-73, Rev. Mr. Felir ; 1873-75, Rev. Mr. Lehr; 1875-76, Rev. Mr. Leabold; 1876-77, Rev. C. A. Miller ; 1877-79, Rev. T. A. Blattenberger ; 1879, Rev. Jacob Keller.

TRINITY CHURCH was organized March 14, 1874, with fifty-six members, and grew out of Salem Church, whose services were conducted in the German lan- guage, whereas the services at Trinity are held in English.

Its pastors have been : 1874-77, J. C. Hornberger ; 1877-80, J. A. Fegar; 1880-81. A. W. Warfel; 1881, William H. Rinek, the present incumbent.

The church belongs to the East Pennsylvania Con- ference. The pre-iding elder in 1882 was J. K. Felir. The church building, a frame structure, is located on Broad Street, corner of Fulton.

UNION UNITED CHURCH (WELSH), located on Race Street, near the Lochiel Iron-Works, was erected in 1865. Its congregation is large and steadily increasing.

CHURCH OF GOD.

UNION BETHEL. - The religious organization known as the Church of God was established in 1826-27, by Rev. John Winebrenner, formerly pas- tor of the First Reformed Church. In 1827 his fol-

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lowers in Harrisburg, having formed a congregation, and erected the church edifice on the Two-and-a-half erected a neat brick edifice on Mulberry Street, be- Street corner of Calder. tween Front and Second Streets. The building was forty by fifty-five feet with a basement story, and re- mained standing until the summer of 1858. In 1854 the congregation erected a church edifice of brick at the corner of Fourth Street and Strawberry Alley,

FIRST BETHEL CHURCH ERECTED AT HARRISBURG.

which it at present occupies. The lot on which the first edifice stood was afterwards occupied by the South Ward public school. The pastors of this ehorch have been :

1827-33, Jolin Winebrenner ; 1833-34, Daniel Win- ters ; 1834-35, David Crall ; 1836-38, Edward West ; 1838-39, David Kyle, J. Dobson ; 1839, William Mil ler ; 1840-41. John Winebrenner : 1841-43, E. H. Thomas; 1843-45, George McCartney ; 1845-46, Jo- seph H. Bamberger ; 1846-48, William McFadden ; 1848-49, Jacob Flake; 1849-50, George U. Harn ; 1850-51, William Mooney ; 1851-52, J. H. Hurley ; 1852-54, William MeFadden ; 1854-55, James Mac- key ; 1855-58, James Calder ; 1858-59, William Mooney; 1859-64, A. X. Shoemaker; 1864-66. D. A. L. Laverty ; 1866-68, C. Il. Forney, J. C. Owens : 1867-67, C. H. Forney; 1868-70, J. C. Owens ; 1870- 71, W. O. Owen; 1871-74, D. A. L. Laverty, A. H. Long; 1874-76, C. Price; 1876-78, B. F. Beck ; 1878- SI, George Sigler ; 1881, C. Price.

The three principal founders of this church were George You-ling, Henry C. Demming, and Michael Forney, who each gave seven hundred dollars or more to erect the church building. Mrs. Barbara McFadden was the principal lady engaged in the mission-work which led to the organization of the congregation on March 16, 1874, with twelve persons, increased in a week to twenty-six. The church, for three years called a chapel, was dedicated May 21, 1871. It was erected under the auspices of Rev. D. A. L. Laverty, then pastor of Union Bethel, who preached in it in 1871 and 1872, and in connection with Rev. A. H. Long in 1873.

Its pastors since the formal organization in 1874 have been: 1874-77, Jeremiah Cooper; 1877-78, J. Haiffleigh ; 1878-81, G. W. Seilhamer ; 1881-83, D. A. L. Laverty ; 1883, Thomas Neal, Jr.

NAGLE STREET BETHEL is located on Hanna, near Race Street. The congregation is an outgrowth of Union Bethel and All Workers' Church. It had its origin in the Sunday-school held by Henry C. Demming, as superintendent, in the house of B. F. Bear, No. 231 l'astang Street, which was opened Aug. 20, 1871. A lot forty by sixty feet wa- secured by Isaac Frazer and Henry C. Demming, on which the church building, thirty-four by fifty-seven feet, was erected. The church was dedicated Feb. 7, 1375. The congregation was organized by Rev. D. A. L. Laverty in March, 1875.

Its pastors have been : 1875-77. J. C. Seabrooks : 1877-79, J. Esterline; 1879-81, J. M. Speese ; 1881-83, J. T. Fliegel ; 1883, William Sanborn. Both this and All Workers' Church were organized mainly through the zealous labors of Rev. D. A. L. Laverty and Henry C. Demming.

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH.

The title was chosen in 1816 by Rev. Richard Allen and his associates in Philadelphia, when what is known as the "Bethel" connection was first formed, and in order to make the proper distinction and to avoid controversy the word "Zion" (from the first church established) was subsequently made a part of the title of the first-named connection. From this time every year the African Methodist Episcopal Zion held its two Annual Conferences in New York and Philadelphia. In the mean time, Rev. Christo- pher Rush, born in North Carolina, but a resi.lent of New York City from 1795, had been elected a superin- tendent, and the connection in Pennsylvania had grown to extensive proportions, so that in 1830, when the Philadelphia Conference met in Philadelphia, the churches represented were Philadelphia, membership, 382; Attleborough, 27; New Market, 15; Shippen -- burg, 17; Chambersburg, 72; York, 40; Swatara or

ALL WORKERS' BETHEL .- In 1869 a mi -- ion and Sunday-school were established by the Union Bethel at the corner of Broad and Second Streets. Henry C. Demming was superintendent of the school. In the spring of 1561, George Yousling secured ground i Middletown, 40; Reed's Gap, 9; Lewistown, 35;

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Bellefonte, 27; Jersey Shore, 17; Williamsport, 14: Huntingdon, 31 ; and ( for the first time) Harrisburg, 115; making in Pennsylvania 841 members.

The Wesley Union Church, containing then one- seventh of the whole State membership, was organ- ized on the 20th of August, 1829, by Elder Jacob D. Richardson, Deacon David Stevens, and a brother named Dorsey. Rev. Richardson's home was York, Pa., but he removed to Harrisburg. The organiza- tion took place in a log building at the corner of Third and Mulberry Streets.

At this Conference in 1830, Rev. David Stevens, of Harrisburg, who lately deceased, was ordained an elder and appointed to the charge of what was then -tyled the Harrisburg Circuit, composed of New Mar- ket, Chambersburg, Shippensburg. York, Swatara or Middletown, and Harrisburg. Under Elder Stevens were Deacon David H. Crosby. Deacon Samuel John- son, and Preacher George Galbraith, who, though he afterwards became superintendent of the connection, was that year admitted only as a preacher on trial. Ilis widow is still living in Harrisburg, an honored representative of the good man who so long and so faithfully served the church.

The ministers in charge of Wesley Union Church, following Rev. David Stevens in the log building, were .Jacob D. Richardson, George Galbraith, Thomas Jone-, and others whose names we have not been able to secure. In the mean time the old loy chureb was enlarged, being lengthened sixteen feet, under the immediate direction of Rev. Jacob D. Richard- son and Rev. David Stevens. In order to eke out his salary and at the same time afford opportunity to the colored children to secure the blessings of education, Rev. Jacob D. Richardson opened in the old log church (Third Street) a day-school, the compensation for which was paid by the commissioners of Dauphin County, Messrs. Archibald Orme, John Im-hoff-tall. and Abraham Bombaugh; but in November, 1932. they informed the teacher that " in future the colored children under his tuition shall be taught in the Lan- easterian -chool [Walnut opposite Short Street), as the law direct-, and that the commi -- ioners will bere- after allow him no compensation for teaching said children." It is an interesting fact that the colored children were removed to the Lancasterian school. One of "the boys," Joseph B. Popel. one of the sanitary officers of the city, is yet living. This was evidently subsequent to the time when the Wesley Union Church had been made a "station" or en- titled to the services of a resident pastor. This con- gregation increased in members, and realized that they must remove their church property farther up in the city, more readily to meet the convenience of the member-hip. After considerable delay a lot was purchased from the For-ter estate at the corner of Short and South Streets, and including Fanner's Alley, and a small, plain brick edifice was erected at the junction of Tanner', Alley and South Street,

facing on Tanner's Alley. This building was a great improvement upon the old log church, which had outlived its day. Into the new building the congre- gation removed on Sunday, Nov. 24, 1839. The pas- tor in charge at this time was Rev. David Stevens, the first and last in the old church and the first in the new, and there were present to take part in the interesting dedicatory services the first elder set apart in Pennsylvania and one of the founder- of the Atri- can Methodist Episcopal Zion connection in this State, Rev. Edward John-on, of Philadelphia, Rev. Jacob D. Richardson, and others. Here, with vary- ing success, this congregation worshiped until 1860. The needs of the increasing population and their better circumstances forced upon them at this time the propriety of enlarging the house of worship or of entirely rebuilding. This latter was determined upon in view of the fact that the church lot was ca- pacious enough for any needed church improvement. The war of the Rebellion breaking out in Istil, it was impossible then to carry out the idea; but in 1862 the present brick edifice was completed, facing, not a> formerly, on the alley, but on South Street. In the interval of building, the congregation wor- shiped in the hall, Tanner'- Alley. The first pastor in "the little church around the corner" was Rev. David Stevens; the first in the new edifice, Rev. Abram Cole.

CHAPTER XI.

The Newspaper Press of Harrisburg, and of the County.

FOR the greater portion of the following we are in- debted to our friend, A. Boyd Hamilton, Esq. The story of the newspaper press of this locality is very interesting. There are no files of the first newspaper, and our entire knowledge consists in the taet that it is stated in the Oracle of Dauphin in 1807, when . noting the death of Maj. Lewis, and in the Chronich, in 1827. when referring to the authorship of the ballad on "St. Clair's Defeat," that the first newspaper ven- ture at Harrisburg was by Eli Lewis. This was prob- ably named The Harrisburg Advertiser, as that seem- to have been the second title of the paper which suc- ceeded it, which was The Oracle of Dauphin and Har- risburg Advertiser, the first number being is-ned Oct. 20, 1792, by John W. Allen and John Wyeth, con- tinued by Wyeth and by John. Jr., then by Francis Wyeth for about forty years, up to the days of anti- Masonry. It is a valuable reference for most local event-, but in many of its earliest years its notices of current or rather domestic news are far between. Partial files of it exist in bound form in the family of Mr. Wyeth ; some have been destroyed in a fire which consumed the father's house and store at the corner of Market Square and Street many years ago. Early volumes are in the State Library collection.

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History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical, Part 89

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