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Snydersville .-- In 1835 the hotel there was erected by George Snyder. Since then it has grown into a ' hamlet of ten or twelve houses.
Guth's Station .-- This is a place of from fifteen to eighteen houses. It began to grow since the Cata- sauqua and Fogelsville Railroad passes through. It has a hotel, a store, a fine school-house, and a num- ber of dwelling-houses. Its people are principally engaged in the ore-beds which surround the place.
Roads .- In " ye olden time" two main roads passed through this township. One was known as the Allen- town and Easton road, and the other as the Manch Chunk road. The former came into this township 1868 it was discontinued as a hotel. In 1872, John ' from Weissenberg and Lowhill townships, at or near Kuntz bought the property, and at once opened a Snydersville, traversed this portion on top of the hill hotel again. After his death, in 1879, it went into ; back of the church property, and at its corner wound the hands of his sons, Nathaniel and Edward. They are the present proprietors.
In 1841 iron ore was discovered near the place by Joseph Kern, on land of George Guth. This brought new life to the place. At the same time the name of ! line of Reuben Henninger's house, which now stands the place was changed from Hoffmansville to Ore. field. A post-office was also established near the hamlet, at Siegersville, and the name Orefield post- office given it. To-day the hamlet contains a hotel, a carriage manufactory, and some eight or ten dwell- ings.
towards Guthsville, passing through between M. G. Hoffman and Tilghman Schantz's houses. At Guthis- ville it turned towards the Reformed Church ; from thence towards the row of old dwellings lying in the some distance from the main road ; from there it passed through Wennersville to Albright's hotel. The Maneh Chunk road eonneeted with the former at Guthsville, and from thence went to Siegersville.
The road which now passes from Snydersville passed the Jordan Lutheran Church to Walbert's; passed Walbert's Station .- This village grew up in 1857, 1 Capt. John Henninger's and Tilghman Henninger's, 35
Orefield .- The land on which this hamlet is sit- uated was a part of the Peter Kern tract. In 1813, Joseph Kern, a son of Peter, purchased from his father two hundred and one acres. He ereeted a brick house, which is still standing. This dwelling passed into the hands of Nicholas Kramer, and later into those of John Hoffman. The last-named gen- tleman changed the dwelling-house into a hotel. Additional houses were erected, and the name Hoff- mansville given the place. In 1859 the hotel was sold to Frank C. Balliet, and later to George Keiser. In
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through Wennersville, to Albright's hotel; was laid out by George Snyder soon after the year 1835. He did it to get the trade from the upper townships to Allentown. The road from Walbert's to Bastian's hotel is also quite ohl.
Railroads .- Catasauqua and Fogelsville Railroad passes through this township from east to west. The stations of this road in the township are Seiple's, Jordan Bridge, Guth's, and Walbert's. The iron bridge which spans the Jordan is quite an ingenious piece of work- manship. It is mentioned more fully in the general history of the county. A branch of the Ironton Rail- road extends into this township at Orefield.
Churches -Lutheran .- In 1727 many Germans eame to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate, from Wur- temberg, Darmstadt, and other parts. A number of them settled along the Jordan Creek. These colonies were long without regular pastors, but they had trained sehool-teachers who taught and who served as readers on Sundays. Such we had in this township. These were the means of forming the nucleus around which shortly afterwards the present Jordan Lutheran congregation began to form. There were Lutherans here prior to 1734, but not yet an organized congre- gation. In that year (1734) a certain Rev. Stober baptized children for John Lichtenwalter. Ile was not stationed here, but no doubt visited the few Li- therans from Falkner Swamp and Goshenhoppen. In 1736, Rev. Schmidt occasionally preached to these Lutherans. In 1738 we meet with the name of Rev. Streiter in connection with this congregation. In 1739 there was a regular pastor here by the name of Rev. Berkenstock. In the year 1744 the congrega- tion was regularly organized, and a tract of land con- sisting of fifty acres warranted to them. The follow- ing is the form of receipt :
" Phila., April 25th, 1744 .- Rec'd of Geo. Steininger and John Lightwater 2£ 10s. in part of the considera- tion for 50 acres to be surveyed to them at Macungy, in the Co. of Bucks, for the use of a Burying ground for the Lutheran Cong. there.
" Rec'd for the honorable Prop. "LYNFORD LARDNER, Rec. Gen."
Abont the year 1749 the first church building was erected here. It was a log building. The Reformed people also worshiped in it for a short time. The second building was erected in 1771, and in 1842 the present brick structure. Among the old members of this congregation we meet with the following names: Lichtenwalter, Saeger, Kuntz, Schlosser, Robinold, Heberly, Ruch, Schlang, Schantz, Litzenberger, Koch.
In 1757 the German Reformed separated again and settled abont half a mile cast.
The pulpit was filled successively by Revs. Berken- stoek, Sehnmacher, Diel, Geisenhainer, Wartman, and Doring, from 1836 to 18 -; by Rev. Jeremiah Schindel, from 18- to 1883; by Rev. O. Leopold; and since June, 1883, by Rev. F. K. Bernd.
Until a year ago (June, 1883) this congregation, in connection with five additional congregations, formed a pastoral charge. But since that time it is self-sus- taining. It numbers six hundred communicant mem- bers, has two German and two English services per month from its pastor, and is connected with the Ministerium of Pennsylvania.
Jordan Reformed .- There were German Reformed in these parts as early as 1742. At that time a certain Rev. J. Henricus Goetschius was in charge of three con- gregations, of which Jordan was one. The Reformed then worshiped in the same building with the Luth- erans, where the Lutheran Church now stands. But in the year 1752 a separation was effected between these two congregations. It was then that Lorenz Guth presented the Reformed with a traet of land of fifty acres, about half a mile cast of the Lutheran Church. He also erected a log church building on the premises. This log building was put up on four weeks' notice. Naturally it can hardly have been a palace. It had small windows. Logs sawed lengthwise, resting at either end on blocks and stumps, served as seats. But soon this building was too small. Therefore a second and larger log building was erected soon afterwards. It stood until 1808, when the present stone building was put np.
This congregation is a daughter of the old Egypt congregation in Whitehall township. Since its separ- ation it has been in the hands of Revs. J. J. W. Dil- lenberger, J. D. Gross, A. Blumer, J. Gobrecht, J. S. Dubbs, and since 1867 Rev. E. J. Fogel, the present efficient pastor. It has a membership of several hun- dred, has services twice a month, and is in every re- speet an active, wide awake, and earnest congregation. There still stands on the premises the old Gemeinde- Sehulhaus. Here the congregational school was kept until the township accepted the school law. Then the school directors had rented the school building until within a few years, when a handsome brick school- house was erected near the same place. Thus the old marks of Gemeinde-Schulen are gradually effaced ; only here and there can the old buildings be met with.
Rev. Jeremiah Schindel was pastor of Jordan En- theran Church for twenty-four years, from 1837 to 1861. He was the son of Rev. John Peter Schindel, the pioneer Lutheran pastor of Northumberland and adjoining counties of Northern Pennsylvania. On May 15, 1807, he was born in the town of Lebanon, Lebanon Co., and when five years old, in 1812, he removed with his parents to Sunbury, Northumber- land Co. He was baptized by Rev. George Lochman, D.D., pastor of the Lutheran Church at Lebanon, and in later years confirmed by his father in Sunbury. The educational facilities which he enjoyed were such as were offered then, at best very limited. When seventeen years old he was serving an apprenticeship as printer in Harrisburg, and had for his associates the now Hon. Simon Cameron, and the brothers
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John and William Bigler. His mind was then already occupied with thoughts of the ministry, and before his apprenticeship was over he was under the instruction of Rev. Dr. Lochman, who was then pastor of the Lutheran Church in Harrisburg, and was a very gifted and learned divine. Dr. Lochman not only instructed him in his preparatory course, but also in theology. His theological studies were, however, completed under his father at Sunbury.
In April, 1828, he was married to Miss Elizabeth A. Masser, of Sunbury. In 1830 he was licensed to preach the gospel, and in 1831 he was regularly or- dained to the holy ministry, the Rev. Dr. Demme and his own father officiating. His first charge was in (then) Columbia County, where he served congrega- tions at different times at Danville, Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Roaring Creek, Mitllinsburg, Berwick, Briar Creek, Conyngham, and other places.
In 1837 he was called to Lehigh County, taking charge of Jordan, Heidelberg, Union, Weissenberg, Ziegel's, Lowhill, and Trexlertown. He also served part of this time at Fogelsville, Tripoli, Friedens, Macungie, Millerstown, Longswamp, in Berks County, and Hecktown, in Northampton County. He also or- ganized and served Morganland, Cedar Creek, Mick- ley's, and St. Paul's, Catasanqua. From 1859 to 1861 the charge was cut down to Jordan, Weissenberg, Morganland, and Cedar Creek, when he served as State Senator for Lehigh and Northampton Counties. In 1861 he resigned and entered the United States army as chaplain of the One Ihundred and Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving under Gens. Banks and Shields, in their Shenandoah Val- ley campaigns. In 1864 he returned home, and accepted a call to congregations in Lyken's Valley, Dauphin Co., where his father had preached for twenty-eight years. Here he labored until March 17, 1870, when he was taken ill with asthma and dropsy. He was brought to his home at Allentown, where he gently and peacefully fell asleep on July 2, 1870, aged sixty-three years, one month, and seventeen days. His remains rest in the Allentown Cemetery. His family consists of nine children, four sons and five daughters. The oldest son and second daughter preceded him to eternity, and their remains lie near old Jordan Church. The second son is now a captain in the Sixth United States Infantry, the third a Imtheran clergyman, serving Mickley's and St. Paul's, Catasauqua, two of his father's congregations, and the fourth son is engaged in railroading, living in the old Schindel homestead in Sunbury. The re- maining four daughters, as well as the aged widowed mother, live at Allentown, Pa.
United Brethren .- This religions sect began its activity in these parts about the year 1867. At that time a congregation of eight members was organized. Its first services were held in the hall above the store building at Guthsville. In 1869 a church building was erected in the town of Guthsville. Here services
were held until 1872, when the building was sold to the South Whitehall school district for school pur- poses, and immediately afterwards the present frame building at Orefield was erected. Rev. Mr. Hoffman was the first pastor. The congregation is small, but keeps up its activity, and has regular services once a month.
Schools .- The early schools of the township were connected with the Lutheran and Reformed Churches. We can, therefore, trace these parochial Lutheran and Reformed schools to a very carly date. We read that at the organization of these congregations they were at first supplied, not by pastors, but by teachers, who used to read sermons for the congregations on Sun- days. Since we can trace the baptism of children in the Lutheran Church baek as far as the year 1739, we can readily conclude that schools existed prior to this date. Thus did these noble German forefathers, at a time when they could not yet afford to be supplied by a regular pastor, feel the necessity of having their children taught in parochial schools. There still stands alongside of the German Reformed Church the old school-house, which was used in the past for the double purpose of a dwelling-house for the organist and also a school-house. Coming down to a more recent date, we find that a school-house was erected on a lot of land near Simon Moyer's hotel. The lot was a gift from Nicholas Kramer. A society was formed, and stock was issued at nine dollars per share. The following was the form of a certificate of stock, dated Nov. 20, 1833 :
" WHEREAS, An English school-house is erected on a lot of land given by Nicholas Kramer for said purpose, situated in South Whitehall town- ship, Lehigh Co., adjoining lands ol George Gangwer and John Troxel, by the members of a society composed in part of a society of North and South Whitehall.
"Stock company, shares $9.
"JOHN SCHERER, Pres."
How early this house was built is not known. It was, however, used for quite a number of years. On May 26, 1877, this lot was exchanged with Samuel HIermony for another one near by, on which, how- ever, no house was erected.
From the year 1828 to 1839 the township of South Whitehall appropriated the following amounts for the education of poor children within its limits :
1828
89.32
1835. $70.85
18330 ...
10 87
1836. 42 50
1833
43.91
1837. 101.85
25.61 1838 152.83 1834
From this time all children were educated under the new school system.
In 1839 the township accepted the school law. The officers of the first board of directors were George Ibach, president ; George Frederick, secretary ; and Solomon Grisemer, treasurer. There were then four hundred and thirty-eight taxable citizens, and the first State appropriation amounted to $234.24. At ouce arrangements were made to ercet school-houses from term to term. There was considerable opposi- tion on the part of the patrons to the public schools
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for quite a time. Consequently we find, even as late as 1847, an attempt made to abolish the system again. On the 29th of May, in that year, a meeting of the citizens was called to convene at the public-house of Alexander Loder, at Wennersville. The object of the meeting was, if possible, to rescind the previous action of the township on the school question and re- ject the school law. This, however, failed, and the schools were continued. In 1855 the township had 15 schools and 813 pupils ; tax, $1514.98. In 1877, number of schools, 12; pupils, 650; tax, $2633. } 1883, number of schools, 13; pupils, 689; tax, $5741.91.
The following statement is of dates, locations, and cost of school-house lots in South Whitehall town- ship :
Dec. 1839. Directors bought of Solomon Griesemer, $1.00.
Jan. 1870. Directors bought of E. F. Bntz lot adjoining above, $28.79.
Dec. 25, 1839. Directors bought of Isaac Troxell, $1.00. Jordan Bridge School-llonse.
Nov. 3, 1856. Directors bought of Benjamin Robenold, Snyderville,1 $375.
June 16, 1860. Directors bought of Reuben Butz, Cedarville, $1500. June 10, 1861. Directors bought of John Kratzer, $1,00.
June, 1861. Directors bought of William Wenner, $1.00.
Jan. 1866. Directors bonght of John Heilman, Crockerport, $24.00.
Jan. 1870. Directors bought of Frank Marsteller, $22.50.
Jan. 1870. Directors bought of Thomas liertzell, $58.12.
Jan. 1871. Directors bought of Daniel Stetler, Guthaville, $1650.
Sept. 1, 1882. Directors bonght of Alexander Guth, Guth's Station, $125.
Sept. 23, 1882. Directors bought of Edwin C. Jacoby, Wolbert's Sta- tion, $98.99.
A brick school-house was erected in 1883 at Wol- bert's Station, at a cost of $1673.98, and one at Guth's Station, at a cost of $1662.53.
Justices of the Peace .- Prior to 1840 the justiees having jurisdiction over this territory were elected in districts, and their names will be found in the eivil list of the general history. The names of those from 1840 to the present are here given :
Commissioned.
Commissioned.
Solomon Gaeble ... ..... April 14, 1840 Henry Guth ...... : 14, 1840
Frank J. Newhard .... April 12, 1864
John 11. Nott .. ...... 11, 1865 Charles Kittel ... 12, 1842
Wilhain Wolher( ..... 16 17, 1866 Daniel J. Roth .. 9, 18.44
Moses G. Hoffman ... 11, 1868
John Eisenhard .... 15, 18.45
11, 15 Ii
1 8 Hletter ....
Moses ti. Hoffman .. .. 15, 1ST5
Charles Guth .... 9. 1850 .. Moses ti. Madman .... Mar. 25, 1875
Daniel 1. Rhoads .... 11, 1854 Miton R Schatter ..... " 25, 1878
Charles Ginth ..... 10, 1855 Miton R. Schaffer ..... April 6, 1883
Daniel I. Rhoads. ..... May 2, 1859 James F. Kline .. ...... April 10, 1860
Moses G. Hoffman ... 6, 1883
Iron-Ore Mines .- In 1833 iron ore was discovered on the land of Daniel A. Guth. Mining was at once began by Reuben Trexler, who owned a furnace in Long Swamp, Berks Co. The ore was taken to that furnace.
In 1841, Joseph Kern discovered ore on land of George Guth, near Orefield. Ile began mining on a small scale.
Other mines were soon afterward opened in different parts of the township.
1 .A school-honse had been previously erected on this ground, which the directors had leased.
At present mines are operated by Kline & Albright, Calvin Guth, Koch & Balliet, Daniel Henry, Sieger Brothers, Frank P. Guth, and one near Scherersville is worked by Thomas Rhoad.
In 1847, Peter Moyer, a blacksmith, invented an ore-washer, which came into general use. Later it was improved and patented by Samuel Thomas.
Mills .- This township has five mills. The Sieger's mill is on Jordan Creek, of which we have already spoken in the Sieger sketch.
On Cedar Creek there are four grist-mills :
1. The old Caspar Weaver mill, now owned by M. S. Bortz. It was erected by Caspar Weaver in 1794. It passed through the hands of Daniel Butz, Reuben Butz, David Bortz, Charles Weaver, and now M. S. Bntz.
2. Mertz's mill. This is also very old. It was in the hands of Mr. Ochs, Mr. Gernert, and now E. H. Blank.
3. L. H. Lichtenwallner's mill also dates back very far. It was rebuilt.
4. Below Cedarville is John Butz's mill.
Indian Troubles .- Like most of the early settle- ments, this township also had its share of troubles with the Indians. This was especially the case in 1763. Then we find that " Governor Hamilton ealled the attention of the Assembly to the sad condition of .the settlers" of this township. "Their houses were destroyed, their farms laid waste," etc.
We also notice in the Hallische Nachrichten, page 1125, German edition, that in 1763, at the meeting of Synod of the Lutheran Church at Philadelphia, no representatives or delegates could attend that body from the Jordan congregation in this township, on account of the dangers in connection with the In- dians. Synod was asked to pray for the safety of Rev .. Scharthir, who was then the pastor in these parts.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
JOSIAH HENNINGER.
Mr. Henninger is of German descent, his grand- father, John Jacob, having emigrated from the prov- ince of Alsace, in Germany, and settled soon after his arrival in South Whitehall township, Lehigh Co., where he was a farmer. He married Miss Catherine Kimmel, and had children, -John George, Jacob, Christian, Daniel, John, and one daughter (Polly ). John, of this number, was born in South Whitehall in 1793, and spent his life, with the exception of a brief interval of travel, in that township, where he followed the trade of a tailor. Hle married Miss Susan Good, whose children are Josiah, Zephaniah, Solomon J., Edwin D., and Brigitta. Josiah was born on the 17th of December, 1824, in South White- hall township, where he remained a resident until
Calvin Guth 1. 14, 18GS
Jonas Sunth .. ..
Daniel 1, Rhoads 10, 1SI9
1.
Jauch Henning
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1873. After receiving a limited education he engaged in farm labor, first assisting his father, and later taking the farm on shares. He was, April 1, 1873, appointed high steward of the Lehigh County almshouse, in which capacity he still officiates. He was in 1847 married to Miss Sarah, daughter of John Grim, of Weissenberg township, Lehigh Co., and has children, -William Richard, Dora (Mrs. Edwin Bortz), and Oliver J. (living), and two who are deceased.
Mrs. Henninger died in September, 1878, and is buried in the Jordan Cemetery.
Mr. Henninger is in politics a Democrat, and has held varions minor offices in the township. He is in religion a Lutheran, member of the Jordan Church, as are also his wife and children. Mr. Henninger has been since 1851 a member of the Macungie Lodge, No. 231, of Independent Order of Odd-Fellows.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
Organization. - The territory now included in Washington was a part of the large township of Heidelberg, erected in 1752, and was not organized as it now exists nntil 1847. At the November term of court in that year the following report was made :
"August 31, 1847, Jesse Samnels, Benjamin Fogel, and Charles B. Sheimer, Commissioners appointed by an order of this Conrt to enquire into the expediency of dividing the township of Heidelberg into two separate Townships. Report, That, having first given the notice re- quired by Law of the time and place of their meeting, they met at the house of Charles and David Peter, in said township of Heidelberg, on the sixteenth day of August, instant, and having first been sworn ne- cording to Inw and the order of said Court, did inquire into the propriety of granting the prayer of the petitioners, mul having dermed the division of the said township of Heidelberg to be necessary, they did proceed to divide the same by making the proposed division-line therein, which they have designated by sullicient Inudmarks, as follows: Beginning at the point at which the division-line between the townships of North Whitehill and Lowhill intersect the line of said Heidelberg, said point being Kast distant eleven perches from the dwelling-house of Jacob Hen- sloges, and rounding theuse by magnetic bearing north twenty four and a quarter degrees west by a line of men ked trees and other monuments through lands of Jacob Heusinger, John Hansman, Goorge Boatz, Fred- erick Kranse, Philip Hardwork, Andrew Peter, Jonas Peter, Godfroy Peter, Henry Bloss, George Metzger, John Roeder, Daniel and Elias Roeder, - Muth, George Rex, William Rex, Jacob Bachman, daroh Rex, Elius Suydor, Christian Snyder, Jonas Bloss, John Bloss, Stephen Bolliet, and others ; twenty-four hundred and twenty perches to a point on the suunnit of the Bine Mountain on the line of the township of East Penn, Cmbon County, said point bearing sonth thirty-eight degrees Kast distant one hundred unid twenty-five perches from a stone set for a cor- ner on the East side of the public Road leading from the Lehigh Fur- nace, in said Heidelberg Township, to Dinkey's Tavern, in said Town- ship of East Penn. . . . And the undersigned would also beg leave to report it as their opinion, that it is proper and expedient that the said Township of Heidelberg should be divided into two townships, agreealdy to the above-described fine of partition and the draft hereunto annexed."
This report was read in open court Sept. 1, 1847, and held under advisement, and on the 6th of Decem- ber, 1847, it was confirmed, and it was ordered "that the township of Heidelberg be divided into two sep-
arate townships, agreeably to the division-line afore- said, and that the western division of said township retain the original name of Heidelberg, and that the castern division or portion of said township be called 'Dallas' township."
The first election in Dallas township was held March 17, 1848, the officers elected being as follows : Moses Lentz and Nathan Miller, constables; Joseph Paten, judge ; John Balliet and Tilghman Kuntz, in- speetors ; Thomas Kuntz, assessor ; George Rex, audi- tor; Stephen Schlosser, justice of the peace; Benja- min S. Levan, Jacob F. Hailer, John Rex, and John Raher, school directors. These were the last as well as the first officers elected for Dallas township, for, by aet of the Assembly, the name was changed to Washington on April 21, 1848.
Early Settlers .- Caspar Peters, one of the earliest settlers in that part of Heidelberg which is now Washington, came here about 1742, from Switzerland, and took mp three hundred acres of land between Unionville and Slatington, and about four miles dis- tant from the latter place. Ilis log house was built where is now the residence of his great-grandson, Daniel Peters. The date of the death of this pioneer progenitor of the Peters family is not known. He was buried in the Union Church Cemetery. He left several sons, among others, John and Caspar. The name of Jaeol, Peters appears in a list of warrants, in which it is indicated that he took up land Jan. 28, 1752. Rudolph Peters took up land in 1754. It is not known that these two men were sons of the first Peters, but it is presumnable that they were. Caspar, son of Caspar, was a native of the township, born in 1754. He married Elizabeth Rachel, the daughter of an early settler, and settled on the homestead farmn. He died in 1811, and was buried in the Union church- yard, as was also his wife. They had sons,-Jonas, John, Caspar, Godfrey, Henry, and Daniel. Jonas, who married Sally Aun Hothinan, a daughter of Wil- helm Hoffman, lived most of his life near the old homestead. He died in 1873, aged eighty-three years, leaving two sons, David and Charles, the former of whom lived on the Fenstermacher farm, where he died about 1840, and the latter moved to Slatington in 1857.
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