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HISTORY OF CARBON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
The laborers are mostly Hungarians, and number abont three hundred. The mines are in Carbon County and the works are in Luzerne County.
Schools in Banks Township .- The schools are en- 1881 .-- Bernard Coyle, George Spencer. tirely in connection with the mining towns, and 1882 .- John Martin, Edward Garrihan. number fourteen. There are two at Beaver Meadow, 1883 .-- Hngh Ferney, John Boyle. three at Colerain, or Leviston, three at Tresckow, four at Audenried, and two at Jeansville. They are ' justiees of the peace from 1845 to the present : under the control of the board of school directors, six HI. W. Curley, March, 1845. in number.
The following is a list of the school directors of the township since the erection of Carbon County :
1844 .- James Yarrow, George Jenkins, Charles Haines, A. W. Pratt, P. G. Gensell.
1845 .- A. W. Pratt, Aaron Howey, Thomas B. Daniels.
1846 .- Oakley O. Hampton, Stephen Smith.
1847 .- James Lewis, Patrick Mellugh.
1848 .- A. B. Longshore, T. B. Daniels.
1849 .- John Rodrock, W. MeCulloch.
1850 .- J. O. Cleaver, John Henry.
1851 .- Thomas B. Daniels, O. O. Hampton, Wil- liam II. Cool, Philip Hoffeckner.
1852 .- William H. Cool, Jenkin Reynolds, John Rothrock, John W. Righter, George Brader.
1853 .- J. Garrihan, M. Smith.
1854 .- Charles Ried, William II. Cool.
1855 .- George Brader, Thomas Daniel, Stephen Smith, Charles Brittain.
1856 .- George Johnson, James Early, James Mc- Closkey.
1857 .- John Shindel, A. J. Moyer.
1858 .- J. B. Longshore, Patrick Mellugh.
1859 .- S. W. Hudson, Michael Smith.
1860 .- Jacob Dilinnger, Patrick Turney, J. S. Haynes.
1861 .- A. J. Laudabaum, Henry Sheffer.
1862 .- James A. Meyers, Patrick McHugh, Henry Sheffer.
1863 .- Marcus McDonnell, Michael MeCormick.
1864 .- A. J. Landerbaum, Jenkins Reynolds.
1865 .- J. B. Longshore, W. D. Fowler, John Tre- Vaske.
1866 .- A. Dimmick, Jonah Reese. 1867 .- James Washburn, James Francis.
1868 .- J. K. McCollum, John Travaske, Henry Shaffer.
1869 .- Charles Murry, Daniel Brisbin.
1870 .- James Wear, James Theudem, Michael Smith, William E. Bevan.
1871 .- No record.
1872 .- Daniel Brisbin, C. J. Murray.
1873 .- Patrick Conahan, J. J. Gallagher.
1874 .- W. E. Bevan, Richard Hughs.
1875 .- Martin C. Birdley, Henry C. Sinfkin.
1876 .- J. J. Gallagher, Patrick Conahan.
1877 .- Bernard Gilded, John McGeady, C. J. Mur- ray.
1878 .- Richard Williams, Jr., Bernard Gilded.
1879 .- William Coyle, Hugh Sheridan.
1880 .- R. Ilughs, J. F. Hardcastle, George Speneer, Ilugh Ferney.
Justices of the Peace .- Following is a list of the
Jacob Horn, March, 1846.
Aaron Hamburger, March, 1850.
Jacob Horn, Mareh, 1851.
Reuben Miller, Thomas L. Boileau, March, 1852.
William H. Trescott, March, 1856.
A. J. Landenbeam, J. P. Shindel, March, 1857.
William B. Wilson, March, 1858.
John B. Longshore, William Simpson, Mareh, 1859.
James McCloskey, March, 1860.
John B. Longshore, Herman Hamburger, Mareh, 1864.
Michael Kelly, March, 1867.
Otto Hoeffner, John B. Longshore, March, 1869.
John B. Longshore, October, 1869.
E. S. Heintzelman, October, 1870.
Thomas Mallery, March, 1872.
William E. Bevan, March, 1873.
James Washburn, March, 1874.
Hugh MeGarvey, March, 1876.
Charles Butler, March, 1877.
E. S. Heintzelman, Daniel Romig, Jr., March, 1880.
J. B. Longshore, R. E. Donaughey, March, 1881.
Richard Williams, Sr., Hugh MeGarvey, March, 1882.
Edward Kimlin, March, 1883.
Beaver Meadow .- This village is situated on the Beaver Meadow Division of the Lehigh Valley Rail- road, about six miles from Weatherly. It lies about fourteen hundred feet above tide-water, and takes its name from Beaver Creek, which flows past it, and on which it is said beaver dams were found when the land was located. Its prosperity was assured for a time by the shipment of coal, the building of the Beaver Meadow Railroad in 1832, and the establish- ment of their shops at the place. Upon the removal of these latter, in 1842, the interests of the village somewhat deelined, but the coal-mines still gave lite to the place. It now contains seven stores, a post- office, two churches ( Methodist and Presbyterian), two school-houses, Odd-Fellows' hall, and station of the Beaver Meadow Division of the Lehigh Valley Rail- road. The old turnpike is abandoned, and a road leads from the village across the Spring Mountain to the Quakake Valley, where it connects with the road from Quakake to Tamaqua. Many of the miners at Cole- rain live at Beaver Meadow. The population of the village, as given by the census of 1880, is five hundred and two.
The traet on which the village was located was war- ranted in 1787 to Paddy and Mary Keene, and later
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eame into possession of Nathan Beach, who sold five hundred acres to Judge Joseph Barnes, of Philadel- phia, in 1830. The turnpike from Easton to Berwick on the Susquehanna, known also as the Lchigh and Sus- quehanna turnpike, ran through the tract. In 1804 a log house was built upon the site and kept as a tavern (by whom is not known). On the 10th of April, 1826, William II. Wilson removed with his family to the place, and became the landlord of the tavern. There was a toll-gate at the foot of the mountain, kept by a man by the name of " Green." At that time, also, a man by the name of Bevelheimer lived where now Leviston stands. There was no other house here at the time. A little later James Lamison came in and built a house, which, in 1831, he kept as a tavern. In that year Miss Hetty Hinkel, still living, removed to the place. In the year 1833, N. R. Penrose, now liv- ing at the age of eighty-three years, came to Beaver Meadow as the agent of the property of Judge Barnes. He built near the site of the log tavern a large frame building, now owned by William Carter. Upon its completion it was occupied by William II. Wilson as a tavern, and by James Gowan (father of Franklin B. Gowan) who bought it, as a store. Mr. Wilson kept the tavern at this place about three years, and in 1837 built nearly opposite a tavern known as Wil- son's Hotel, which he kept for twenty years. It was then kept a year by Mr. Woodring; by William B. Wilson (a son of William II.) for two years; later by Henry Kepner, Michael Wilhelm, and others, until 1878, when it was discontinued, and is now occupied as a store. The only hotel now in the village is kept by Mrs. J. Husson.
N. R. Penrose was appointed justice of the peace of Lausanne township. in 1834, the next year after his settlement, and served about twelve years. Ile has been a resident since that time, and actively engaged in business for many years. He was with the engineer- ing party who made the first survey for the railroad through the section. In the year 1855 he erected about two and a half miles east of Beaver Meadow, a powder- mill, which was operated until 1866, when it was blown up and abandoned. A mile and a half' farther north- . east William II. Cool, about the same time, built a powder-mill ; it was also blown up and abandoned.
In 1848, N. R. Penrose erected a foundry at Beaver Meadow, which he conducted a year or two and sold to S. W. and B. W. Hudson, who carried it ou till 1859, when S. W. Hudson sold his interest to his brother, B. W. Hudson, who continued till 1865, and sold to - Wainwright. He very soon after sold to J. C. Hayden & Co., of Jeansville, who, in 1868, tore it down and removed it to Jeansville, in connection with other business of a similar nature. The Hud- sons, while in business, made the bridge bolts and other iron-work for the Mahanoy Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, then building through the Quakake Valley.
The Beaver Meadow Railroad Company erected ma-
chine-, blacksmith-, and car-shops at Beaver Meadow. Hopkin Thomas was the master-mechanic at first, and while the shops were at this place a ten-wheel loco- motive (probably the first built in this country), named the " Nonpareil," was constructed here. Capt. George Jenkins was the first superintendent. He was succeeded by James D. Gallop, and he, in 1838, by A. H. Van Cleve. The shops were removed from Beaver Meadow to Weatherly about 1840.
The oldest settlers now living in Beaver Meadow are as follows, with the years in which they settled : Mrs. S. B. McClane, 1826 ; Miss Hetty Hinkel, 1831; N. R. Penrose, 1833; Charles Brittain, 1836; John B. Tweedle, 1837; Miss James Farrow, 1837 ; Henry Schmouch, 1838.
Beaver Meadow Post-Office .- The first post-office was established at the place about 1830, and kept by William H. Wilson at his tavern. He was succeeded in 1839 by A. G. Brodhead, who officiated till 1840, when William H. Wilson was again appointed, and was succeeded respectively by Dr. Ashbel B. Long- shore and Thomas Hooven, The latter retained the position till 1861, when Mrs. L. B. McClane, a daugh- ter of William H. Wilson, the first postmaster, was appointed, who still holds the position.
Schools .- The first school in the plaec was started about the year 1835, and was kept by Miss Lydia Bidlaek in what was formerly used as a blacksmith- shop, and stood on a back street in the rear of the present post-office. Thomas McCurly later taught many years. Two sehool-houses are now in the vil- lage, which are well filled. Mr. John Martyn is the resident director.
Churches. - The Presbyterian Church which stands at the head of the street was built largely through the influence of A. II. Van Cleef, about 1838 or 1839, and the society became quite numerous. The re- moval of the shops affected it, and it declined. There is no congregation of this denomination here at pres- ent. The building has been used many years by the Methodists, and now by the German Reformed con- gregation, who are supplied occasionally from Hazle- ton.
A Methodist congregation was organized many years ago, and worshiped in the Presbyterian Church edifice. In 1874 the society erected the present house of worship, which was dedicated in October of that year. The pastor at that time was the Rev. J. P. Moore. The present pastor is Rev. J. W. Buckley. A Sunday-school with two hundred pupils, under the superintendence of Jolm Martyn, is connected with the church, which has a membership of forty-five.
Beaver Meadow Lodge, No. 62, I. O. of O. F .- This lodge was instituted July 13, 1839, and incor- porated at the August term of court, 1849. Their meetings were first held in a building which stood on the lot now owned by Joshua Gates. Here they re- mained about five years, when they erected a hall on the site of the present building, which stood until its
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destruction by fire about 1878. Soon after, the pres- ent large and commodious hall was erected, two stories in height, at a cost of a trifle over two thousand dol- lars. The lower story is used for publie purposes and the upper for a lodge-room. The present num- ber of members is about seventy. The present officers are James Wear, Noble Grand ; William H. Watkins, Secretary.
Yorktown and Audenried, adjoining each other, are mining towns that lie in the western end of Banks township. Yorktown is on the northeru line of the county, adjoining Luzerne County, and a part of Au- denricd is located in Schuylkill County.
They are entirely the outgrowth of the mining com- panies' operations near them, and have a population of one thousand and thirty-nine. Audenried was named from Lewis Audenried, a coal operator in Philadel- phia. A post-office was established in 1860, and on the 15th of October, 1860, Samuel Martyn received a commission as postmaster. The office was opened in the store of the Honey Brook Coal Company, and has been kept in the same building to the present. The postmasters, with the dates of commission from that time, are here given : Isaac K. McCollum, Feb. 25, 1862; Miss Mary E. Lazarus, March 2, 1865; Miss Martha J. Lazarus, May 14, 1869; Miss Kate Koons, Dec. 14, 1871. The latter is still in possession of the office.
On the 10th of July, 1871, a stock company was or- ganized as the Hosack Hall Association, for the pur- pose of erecting a public hall. A lot was donated by the New York and Lehigh Coal Company. A capital stock of seven thousand five hundred dollars was ex- pended in the erection of the present commodious hall, which bears the name of Hosaek Hall.
The place contains five churches,-a Presbyterian, Catholic, Methodist, Welsh Baptist, and Welsh Inde- pendent Congregational.
Presbyterian Church .- About the year 1870 the Rev. Daniel Durrelle was sent to this section as a missionary of the Presbyterian Board of Missions. Through his influence a congregation was gathered, and services were held for a time in the Methodist Church. The present church was built in 1872, the corner-stone having been laid September 8th in that year, while still under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Daniel Durrelle. He was succeeded by the Rev. Jesse Shafer, and he by the Rev. William McNair, the present pastor.
St. Patrick's Church .- Prior to 1873 the Catholics of this place worshiped in Frenchtown. In 1868 a new diocese was created, and the church at French- town was in the new diocese (Scranton), and this place was still in the diocese of Philadelphia. This change brought about a desire on the part of Catholics in Audenried and Yorktown to build a church of their own. A lot was donated by Hosack & Co., of New York, for that purpose, and in 1870 a parsonage was crected, at a cost of six thousand dollars. A church
edifice was commenced in the spring of 1873, the corner-stone being laid in June of that year. It was completed and dedicated Nov. 14, 1875, Archbishop Wood performing the dedicatory service, and Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, preaching the sermon. The church has been under the pastoral care of Rev. T. J. Warren from 1869. The Catholic population within the charge of this church numbers fifteen hundred.
The Welsh Baptist Church .- The first preacher after the division of the Baptist and Congregational Churches was the Rev. Samuel Thomas. He was suc- ceeded by the Revs. D. Roslyn Davis and T. D. Evans, who is now the pastor. The church has a member- ship of one hundred and eight. The church edifice was erceted in 1872, at a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars, and in 1883 improvements were added to the amount of eleven hundred dollars.
The Welsh Congregationalists and Baptists worshiped together for several years in the old Armory building, and later in the school-house. After the division the Rev. W. H. Harris was the first pastor of the former denomination. He was succeeded by the Rev. Morgan, who served two years and died here. In 1877 the Rev. John E. Jones was chosen pastor, and served till 1882, since which time the church has been without a pastor. It has a membership of fifty.
Methodist Church .- The Methodists of this region were for many years under the charge of ministers from the Cunningham District. In 1869 a church was erected. The Revs. Bird, Hoge, and James B. Cuddy were among those who preached prior to that time. The following ministers have had charge of the Au- denried and Jeansville Churches from 1869 to the present : Revs. E. W. Schwartz, Alem Britten, JI. L. Drum, J. W. Leckie, George Warren, W. A. Clip- pinger, and W. C. Hesser, the present pastor. The Andenried Church has a membership of forty-five.
A hotel was opened at Audenried in 1861 by Au- gustus Williams. He was succeeded by - Roth- rock, F. D. Fruit, and N. D. Fowler, who went out in 1875, since which time it has been kept as a boarding- house, and is now by Mrs. Mary Dimmick.
Jeansville .- This village is situated on the north border of Banks township, and mostly in Luzerne County. The property was once owned by Joseph HI. Newbold, and was bought by Joseph Jeanes, of Philadelphia, after whom it is named. It is a village of about fifteen hundred inhabitants, and has grown up to its present size since 1847, at which time the coal operations commenced. The population by the census of 1880 is four hundred and forty-one.
Tresckow .- This village is the result of the mining operations commenced by the German Pennsylvania Coal Company in 1851. A tavern, store, school-honse, and dwellings were built by them, and the village in- creased as the mines were developed, and now has a population of six hundred and seventy-six by the census of 1880. The property is now owned by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company.
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Leviston, Colerain, and Coolstown are a cluster of hamlets now owned by William T. Carter, who is conducting the mines in that vicinity. The popula- tion of the settlement is eight hundred and six, and in the census of 1880 is stated as belonging to the Beaver Meadow Mines Village.
CHAPTER XIII.
EAST PENN TOWNSHIP.
THE territory comprising all that part of Carbon lying west of the Lehigh River, and a portion of Schuylkill County, was, in 1768, set off from Towa- mensing Distriet. On the 22d of Jnne in that year a petition was presented to the court of Northampton Comty asking that Towamensing township be divided. The following is on record concerning it : " Upon peti- tion of divers inhabitants of Towamensing township setting forth that the Petitioners labour under the greatest inconveniences by reason of the too large ex- tent of the said township, it being no less than thirty- six miles long, which makes it extremely expensive as well as inconvenient especially to the public offieers, such as . . . and praying the court that the said township may be divided where the river Lehi euts the same nearly in the middle. Whereupon it is considered and ordered by the court that William Kern, John Kern, Nicholas Kern, William Thomas, Henry Rhoads, and Frederick Klein be appointed Commissioners . . . and if they see occasion to divide the said township according to the prayer of : the said petition, and that they make report of their doings in the premises at the next court after it is so divided."
The commissioners reported at the September term of court, 1768, " We the subscribers have viewed in pursuance of an order of June term last the township of Towamensing, and have divided the same by a nat- ural boundary of the river Lchi." . . . This report being read in open court and considered, it was "ordered that the division so as aforesaid made be confirmed, and, no cause being shown to the contrary, the same is confirmed and named by the Conrt Penn Township."
The first settlers of East Penn were English-speak- ing people of the following family names: Rhoads, Meyers, Washburn, Johnson, Thomas, Kocher, Cus- tard, Piersol, Tippler, and others.
They received the grants for their lands about the year 1750.
After the war of independence a portion of them removed to Canada, their places here being filled by Pennites, with which the remaining families became intermarried, and in time by them entirely absorbed. In the year 1762 there were but thirty-three persons
in the territory then embracing what, in 1768, be- came Towamensing and Penn townships. In the year 1781 the assessment-roll made by the commissioners of Northampton County on the 27th of December contained the following names : 1
Solomon Baker. . Nathan Werner.
Christian Bauman ..
William Wall.
Nicholas Baucher. Simon Henry.
Arnold Billich.
Simon Wehr.
George Fries.
Henry Wetherstein.
John Fries.
Jonathan Winner.
Richard Dodson.
Adam Ziner.
Joseph Everett.
Leonard Zimmerman.
John Edmunds.
Ritter Zimmerman.
Michael Ero.
Bernard Bauman.
Edmund Edmonds.
George A. Bortz.
George Grosley.
Thomas Baskell.
George Gilbert.
Frederick Kramer.
George J. Gilbert.
Valentine Bobst.
Michael Hoppes.
Samuel Dodson.
Michael J. Hoppes.
Thomas Everett.
Jacob Hauser.
John Holden.
Cornelius Klingman.
John Handwerk.
William Kern. Henry Kueher.
Samnel Henry.
John Kisner.
John Lusen.
George Longinburg.
John Maxfield.
Bastian Longinburg.
Jacob J. Mertz.
John Lietner.
Jacob Mertz.
Henry Miller.
Everitt Ohl.
William Meyer.
John Meyer.
Ludwig Mansiner.
John Peter.
Michael Ohl.
Samuel Rhoads.
George Reich.
John Roberts.
Peter Reich.
Andrew Singinger.
John Rhoads.
Henry Schmidt.
Joseph Rhoads.
Isaac Watson.
George Shelhamer.
Mathew Weaver.
George Shelhaner, Jr.
Jeremiah Warton.
Daniel Werner.
Boze Walton.
Philip Schleicher.
" Gentleman's Land!"?
Valentine Brobst. Henry Billig.
Thomas Bervin. Jacob Duisbills.
Arnold Billy. Henry Din.
Jacob Bassall. Samuel Broomfield.
! Of the names given in this list, several will be found whe were members of the Benn Salem Church, of whom are Michael Ohland Eber- hard Ohl, Michael Hoppes (he was a resident in the part of the town- ship that in 1808 became West Penn. His grandson, Solomon Hoppes, now owns the mill in Mahoning township, on the site of the mill built by Christian Klote in 1823), Heinrich Miller, Philip Schleicher, Joseph Rhoads, Simon Wehr, John (or Jehannes) Handwerk, Williamt Arner, and Leonard Balliet. (They wore residents of the west part of Penn towuship, later West Penn.) Henry Aruer, son of William, came te what is now Mahening township in 1818, and is still living there. Thomas Balliet, son of Leonard, alse came le what is new Mahoning, settled, aud died there. His sou, Nathan, is now a resident of that township.
" The lands heve assessed were the unseated lands.
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Peter Handwerk.
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Thomas Barkill.
George Meyer. Samuel Nift.
Widow Catharine Haber- Henry Ohl. man. Thomas Paschall.
Melchoir Dunn.
Robert Dunn.
Barbera Ritter.
Christian Hans.
Caspar Peter.
Joseph Gerber.
Henry Reglistonfor.
Leonard Hans. Jacob Peter.
William Green.
Martin Sheib.
Peter Hartman. John Peter.
Peter Klysser.
Able Jeans.
John Handwerk.
Barnet Rad.
George J. Kistler.
Abraham Steinbach.
Martin Heaster estate.
Henry Remelly.
Jacob King.
Adam J. Stein.
Jonathan Erb. Henry Remelly, Jr.
William Logan.
Andrew Ohle.
Peter Handwerk.
llenry Rolf.
John Long.
Bernard Volfellen.
John Heller.
Conrad Rerig.
Jacob Moss.
Benjamin Walton.
Christian Horn.
Martin Rerig.
Jacob Manns.
George Caston.
George Henry Horn.
Daniel Reber.
Philip Mosser.
Baltzer Snyder.
William Ileller.
William Rex, Sr.
Burk Mosser.
Michael Ohle.
Jolın Meyer.
Robert L. Hoper.
Andrew Heller.
Peter Robenold.
Deater Heller.
Peter Rhoads, Esq.
Single Freemen.
Nathaniel Edmonds. Daniel Ero.
George Houser.
Samuel Werner.
The territory remained as by the division of 1768 till 1808, when it was again divided into East Penn, West Penn, and Lausanne. East Penn embraced the present township of Mahoning, and the greater part of Mauch Chunk. West Penn was a portion of ter- ritory west of East Penn, that in 1811 became a part of Schuylkill County. Lausanne was the northern part of the township of Penn, and embraced the pres- ent townships of Lausanne, Lehigh, Banks, Packer, and a small part of Manch Chunk.
The following is a list of the names of persons who were assessed in 1808 : 1
Peter Andreas.
Nicholas Fuller.
George Mertz.
George Werthess.
Jacob Andreas.
Jacob Fuller.
Abraham Miller.
Simon Wehr.
William Andreas.
John Freyman.
John Andreas. Abraham Freyman.
Thomas Mewharter.
Doctor Weisler.
Daniel Andreas.
John Fuhr.
Peter Notestine.
George Worthman.
Christian Ackerman.
John Fuhr, Jr.
Henry Notestine.
Christian Wahl.
Jonathan Bachman.
George Fogleman.
John Notestine.
Samuel Walton.
John Baufield.
Caspar Frederick. Andrew Fritz.
Estate of Michael Ohl.
Peter Musselman.
Anthony Boekert.
Peter Frantz.
Henry Bowman.
Leonard Fisher.
Stephen Balliet, Sr.
George Fritz.
Stephen Balliet, Jr.
George Griffith.
Peter Bobst.
Gertrude Goldner, widow. Jacob Goldner.
Leonard Beltz. Jacob Bachman. Solomon Broomfield.
George Geiger.
Solomon Gordon.
Frederick Delious.
George Heller.
Henry Dreisbach.
Joseph Hunsicker.
William Holshoe.
Christian Miller.
Joshua Davis, Esq.
William Henry, Esq. J. Weiss.
Lewis Ereke.
Henry Hartmann.
Lawrence Ebener.
David Heller.
Conrad Ebener.
Caspar Horn.
Jacob Fritz, Sr.
Daniel Ilefllidseker.
Single Freemen.
Mathias Notestine. John Lischleter.
John Solt. Jacob Maury.
Nicholas Mertz. Jacob Feller.
Jacob Smith. Peter Notestine.
Daniel Rerig. Christian Fisher.
Frederick Goldner. Peter Feller.
Jolin Rex. Jacob Andreas.
John Holshoe.
Peter Holshoe.
In the year 1827 the territory of East Penn town- ship was reduced by the setting off of Mauch Chunk, the greater part of which was taken from this town- ship. In the year 1830 the following persons were engaged in business in the township ( Mahoning and Lehighton being still in its limits) :
1 The tax levied in that year was $175,39.
Theobald Kendall.
John Kearney.
Joseph Rhoads.
Joshua Kocher, Sr.
Jacob Renner.
Joshua Kocher, Jr.
Samuel Reinsmith.
John Klotz.
Christopher Rex.
Andrew Kunkel.
George Ruch.
Jolm Kuntz.
Conrad Zolt.
John Leichleidner.
Paul Zolt.
George Lerbengnth,
Andrew Steigerwalt.
John Lintz.
Adam Stahneckel.
Benjamin Mathew.
Charles Steigerwalt.
Jacob Maury.
Philip Sanders.
Joseph Mathew.
Joseph Sewitz.
Henry Miller.
Tobias Schlosser.
Jost Miller.
Carl Weiss.
Robert McDaniel.
Thomas Wolton.
Frederick Newhard.
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