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The general impression has been entertained that Nicholas Upplinger, or Opplinger, lived on the hill above the Snyder mill, but a draft, made in 1791, shows that Upplinger had two tracts of land, one at the Gap between the tract now owned by Col. John Craig, and the Snyder mill ; the other, warranted June 12, 1751, lay above Millport, and contained twenty- six acres. The traet that lies down by the Gap is on the line of the road up to Gnadenhätten ( Lehighton). The draft above referred to (in possession of Col. Craig) also says, speaking of the road that passed up the river, that there was barely room for the road between the rocks and the river.
The impression also has gained that at the Gap the road laid out in 1747, and continued as a military road till 1761, turned and went up the Aqnashicola and passed round the hill, but the remarks in the draft of 1791 prove conelusively that the early road at that time did go along the river-bank. Soon after 1791 a road was used on the south side of the Aquashieola Creek, as far np as the bend of the river, near the Snyder inill. About 1800 it was changed to the north side. On this draft occurs the name of Na- thaniel Irish, as owning a large traet of land. Hle
1 By Col. John Craig.
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resided near Bethlehem, and was living there in 1741, when the first house was erected at that place. At the time Franklin passed through here there was no house between the Gap and Lehighton. The Mehrkem family, if they were here at the time, were living back from the river, where they settled. The Boyer family was broken up, and nothing is known of the precise time when the Baumans and Strohls came in.
The Christian name of the Boyer who came to this township, with his wife and two or three children, before 1755, is not known. He had taken up a tract of land now owned by Josiah Arner, James Ziegen- fuss, and George Kunkle. At this farm they were living in 1755, when the Indian troubles commeneed. The family had gathered with other families at the place now occupied by Charles Straub, where a bloek- house was erected for protection. How many fam- ilies, or who they were, with the exception of the Boyers, is not known. No traditions are among the Mehrkems or Baumans that their families were gath- ered in the block-house at the time the Boyers were there. Mrs. Nicholas D. Strohl, a granddaughter of Frederick Boyer, was brought up in her grandfather's family, and relates that while the families were at the ; block-house, Mr. Boyer, one morning, went up to the farm with his son, Frederick, then thirteen years of age, and the other children, to attend to the crops. ; Mr. Boyer was plowing and Fred was hoeing pota- i toes, while the children were in the house or playing near by. Without any warning they were surprised by the appearance of Indians. Mr. Boyer saw them first, and called to Fred to run. Mr. Boyer first ran towards the house. Finding he could not reach it he ran for the creek, and was shot through the head as he reached the farther side. Fred had escaped to the wheat-field, but was captured and brought baek. The Indians scalped his father in his presence. They took the horses from the plow, his sisters and himself, and started for Stone Ilill, in the rear of the house. After reaching the level land on the top they were joined by another party of Indians and marched northward to Canada. The sisters, in the march, were separated from their brother and were never afterwards heard from. Frederick was a prisoner with the French and : the wife of Mr. Heimbach.
Indians in Canada for five years, and was then sent to Philadelphia. Nothing was ever learned of the fate of Mrs. Boyer or of the other families who remained at the block-house.
After reaching Philadelphia, Frederick made his way to Lehigh Gap and took possession of the farmn. Soon after his return he married a daughter of Con- rad Mehrkem, then living in the township. They had four sons-John, George, Henry, and Andrew -- and four daughters, -- Mary ( Mrs. Joseph Buek), Susan (Mrs. Hess), Elizabeth (Mrs. Leonard Beltz), and Catharine (Mrs. Andrew Ziegenfuss and Mrs. Len- hart). Frederick Boyer died Oct. 31, 1832, aged eighty-nine years. It is stated on his tombstone that he was born in 1732. This is evidently a mistake, as
it is admitted he was but a lad when he was captured. There were no troubles with the Indians prior to 1755, when the defeat of Braddock took place and the Indians were incited to deeds of violence.
In the year 1822 the Boyer farm was divided by Frederick Boyer between the sons and Mrs. Andrew Ziegenfuss.
John Boyer, the eldest, married Elizabeth Snyder, a daughter of one of the family who lived at or near the Gap. His son Daniel resides in the township, and Jacob lives at Weissport.
George was born in 1768, and died in 1861, aged ninety-three years. He married Christiana Klein and settled on the homestead. His sons, Adam and William, live in the township, and Jacob resides in Franklin township.
Henry married Magdalena Strohl and settled on part of the homestead. Of their sons, Henry resides at Weissport and Joseph and Reuben live in Franklin township.
Andrew married Mary Greensweig and settled at Little Gap. Of his sons, John, the eldest, emigrated to the West, Andrew, Daniel, and Frederick settled in the township, as did also Mrs. Buck, a daughter.
Andrew Ziegenfuss, with his wife, settled on that part of the homestead left her by her father. James Ziegenfuss, their son, now lives on the place.
Another daughter of Frederick married Peter Len- j hart ; their daughter became the wife of Nicholas D. Strohl. She is now living at an advanced age.
Conrad Mehrkem was living in the township before 1763, as in that year he was appointed constable of Towamensing. He lived in the western part of the township. In the assessment-roll of 1781 Conrad Mehrkem is assessed on real estate, and Jacob appears as a single man. His sons were Jacob and Abraham, A daughter married Frederick Boyer, soon after his return from Canada, in 1761. They settled on the Boyer farm.
Jacob married a Miss Smith, by whom he had two sons, Jacob and Conrad, and five daughters. One married a Nicholas Box, who owned real estate in 1781 ; Susan and Kate remained unmarried ; Mary became
Jacob settled at or near Little Gap, where he died, leaving a widow and children. Christian Mehrkem, living on the old farm, is a son of Jacob.
Conrad, a son of Jacob, and brother of Jacob, mar- ried Christina Greensweig, daughter of David Green- sweig, and settled on the old place. He died at the age of seventy-eight years. Ilis widow, now ninety- two years of age, is living at Bowinansville. Adam Mehrkem, of Millport, is a son,
Gottfried Greensweig was a resident of the township before 1781. His sons were Jonas, Henry, David, Tobias, Gottfried, and Jonathan. With the exception of Jonathan, who emigrated to the West, they all settled in this and adjoining townships. Mrs. Conrad Mehrkem and John Greensweig, father of Benjamin
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Greensweig, of Towamensing, were children of David Greensweig.
The first of the family of Strolil of which any- thing definite has been obtained is the appointment of Peter Strohil as eonstable of Towamensing in 1764. On the 30th of October, 1765, Peter Strohl took out a warrant for two hundred and forty-six acres of land, now owned by Reuben Ziegenfuss, Oscar Kern, Jere- miah Kern, Levi Straub, Wilson Mushlitz, John Craig, and the congregation of St. John's Lutheran and German Reformed Church. In 1781 the names of Peter, Michael, Elizabeth, and Daniel Strohl ap- pear on the assessment roll as owning real estate. Nicholas Strohl, who died in 1875, at seventy-four years of age, was the father of thirty children, twenty- three of whom were living at that time.
Very soon after 1781 two brothers, Jacob and Nich- olas Snyder, came into possession of three hundred and ten acres of land on the north side of Aquash- icola Creek, embracing the mineral spring laid down in Scull's map of 1759.' The mill on the creek, a short distance above the mouth of the creek, was built by them, and is now owned by Solomon Snyder.
In 1806 the property was surveyed, and the mineral spring was analyzed by Thomas E. James, of the University of Pennsylvania. He made a report of its waters February 24th of that year, and later Alex- ander Boyd, a coal operator of Philadelphia, certified that he had known of the spring and its healing qual- ities for many years.
Bath-houses were erected, and it was used as a summer resort, but for only a short time.
On the 19th of November, 1807, a deed of partition was made by the brothers, Nicholas and Jacob, and the land was divided. Jacob married the daughter of Henry Bauman, and in the division took the property on the creek, including the mill, and lived at the mill and kept it until his death, in 1813, aged fifty-three years. He left seven children,-Daniel, Mary C. (Mrs. John Kuntz), Jacob, John, Stephen, Simon, and Solomon.
Daniel, the eldest, was born in 1794, and emigrated to the West. Jacob married a daughter of Henry Bauman, lived at the mill about thirty years, and I kept hotel for many years at Lehighton, and later moved farther up on the road, where he built a stone house. He became interested in the Evangelical As- sociation, was prominent in the organization of the society, and building of the church in 1844. Ile became a local preacher in the Association, and later in life moved to Parryville, where he died. Stephen now resides at Parryville. Solomon, the youngest son, owns the mill property and lives there.
The spring property was bought by James Ruther- ford of Stephen Snyder. Nicholas Snyder, who had a portion of the property, bought from his brother's three sons,-l'eter, Nicholas, and Jacob. Nicholas and Jacob removed to Crawford County, Pa. ; Peter
settled here, and had children, none of whom are in the township. Lewis, a grandson of Peter, resides in Bethlehem.
The date of settlement of the Baumans is unknown.
Honstetter Bauman is a name found in an old draft as owning land that in 1791 belonged to Ber- nard Bauman. In 1781 the name of Henry Bauman appears. On the 22d of May, 1788, Bernard Bauman took a warrant for one hundred acres of land at Lc- high Gap. On the 18th of November, 1808, he sold thirty acres of the tract to Joseph Bauman, who built the stone tavern at the Gap, and lived there until 1814, and on the 15th of March in that year he sold it to Thomas Craig, in whose possession and that of his descendants it has been retained to the present.
In an old draft it is mentioned that the Snyders were in possession- of this tract, but it does not appear that they warranted the tract.
Nothing is known of who were the descendants of Honstetter, Bernard, or Joseph Bauman. Henry Bauman, supposed to be a brother of Bernard, had two sons, John D. and Henry Bowman.
John D. Bowman settled at what is now Bowmans- ville, and in 1808 built the stone hotel. He built the road along the river in 1808, when the Lehigh and Susquehanna turnpike was put through. He kept the hotel at this place, and died here. He had eight sons,-Jacob, John, Jonas, David, Henry, Peter, Dennis, and Josiah.
Jacob settled at Millport, John and Dennis at Parryville, Jonas, David, and Peter at Mahanoy City, and Henry and Josiah at Bowmansville.
Of the daughters of John D. Bowman, Kate mar- ried Jonas Peter, and settled in Heidelberg ; Susanna became the wife of Jonas Andreas, of East Pen township; Sarah married Daniel Kieper, of Allen- town ; and Rebecca, James Dinkey, of Easton.
Henry Bowman, the brother of John D., settled at what was known as Hassertville, and owned land on the other side of the river, opposite where his son Joseph now lives. Daniel, Adam, William, and Joseph are sons of Henry. Of the daughters of Henry, Sarah married Reuben Hageubuch, who kept the lock at Bowmansville. Susanna married - Berlin, who kept tavern near Kresgeville. Another married a Mr. Butler, of Nesquehoning. Rachel be- eame Mrs. Jonathan Haintz, of East Penn. Mary married Angust Lehr, who for some years kept a tavern at Hassertsville, and Rebecca married Dr. Yarrington, of Easton.
In the year 1806, George Ziegenfuss, a miller by trade, came to Aquashicola Creek and built there a mill, around which grew up the village of Millport. He lived at the place the remainder of his days, and left seven sons, -John, Daniel, George, David, Simon, Charles, and Samuel.
John remained on the farm at Millport, and died in 1869. Daniel located in Philadelphia, and later
1 It is supposed the Snyder tract was warranted by Michael Boltz.
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went to Mexico. Samuel beeame connected with the Ashland Forge and Furnace, under Joseph J. Al- bright, and remained there till 1872, the former having been long discontinued. From that time Samuel Ziegenfuss has resided in Millport. The other sons of George Ziegenfuss went to other parts.
Early Roads .- The first road in the territory now Lower Towamensing was from Bethlehem to Gnaden- hätten, the mission of the Moravians, at what is now Lehighton.
The route on which this road was laid out in 1747 was first traveled by Count Zinzendorf in 1742, when he and his party held a treaty with the Indians, at what four years later became Guadenhütten. This road was used by the Moravians until the destruction of the mission, in 1755. It was traveled by Franklin and his troops on their way to build Fort Allen, in January, 1756, and used as a military road from that time to 1761. No mention is made of its use for twenty years after. The route originally ran along the bank of the river, but from time to time it has been changed in places to higher ground and a better road-bed. It became a part of the line, in 1806, of what was known as the Lehigh and Susquehanna turnpike, or the road from Easton to Berwick. About 1790 a road was laid out up the valley of the Aquash- icola Creek, which is still in use.
Clarissa Forge and Furnace (later Ashland) .- David Heimbach, owner of Hampton Furnace, Lehigh County, and his son, David, erected a forge between 1817-20 on the Aquashicola Creek, about a mile northeast from Little Gap, on property now owned by Samuel Ziegenfuss.
Pig-iron was brought from Oley, Berks Co. Charles Belfort, now living at Parryville, remembers when his father was an assistant at the building of the race and dam for the forge, and he himself worked at the forge in 1830. In 1827, David Heimbach, the younger, erected a furnace near the forge, which he named "Clarissa" in honor of his wife. Ores were brought from Whitehall by boat to Lehigh Gap, and thenee six miles to the furnace. The furnace was right feet in the bosh. John Bachman, a brother-in-law of lleimbach, was superintendent. In the next year, 1834, David and John Heimbach (of the "New Hampton" Furnace, later the " Maria") attended the funeral of their father in Allentown, where he had lived, and shortly after their return were taken with typhoid fever, from which they both died, David at night and John the next morning. Whether the furnace was continued by the estate is not known, but on the 26th of January, 1837, the property was purchased by Joseph J. Albright, Samnel P. Temple- ton, and Jacob Rice, ironmasters. Mr. Albright had been assistant manager of the "Oxford" Furnace, New Jersey, from 1831 to 1834, and manager of the "Catharine" Furnace, at Easton, Pa., from 1834 to 1837. While he was in connection with the "Cath- arine" Furnace he learned through the Journal of the
Franklin Institute the diseovery of the hot-blast by Mr. Crane, of Wales. The idea struek him as favor- able, and with William Henry, then carrying on the "Oxford" Furnace, New Jersey, at their own expense, introduced the hot-blast at the Oxford Furnace, which, however, proved a failure. Mr. Albright then made designs for pipes, which were cast by Banetz & Gang- were, of Easton, which were used in the " Catharine" Furnace with good results, and were continued until the works were abandoned. Mr. Albright took the management of the "Clarissa" Furnace and Forges upon its purchase. He being a strong Henry Clay Whig, changed the name from Clarissa to " Ashland Iron-Works."
They were worked successfully until January, 1841, when the works were entirely washed away by the flood of that year.
This disaster, though so great, did not deter them from again endeavoring to carry on business at that place. The furnace was not again rebuilt, but in one year from its destruction the forge was rebuilt with enlarged eapacity. It was seareely completed when it was partially destroyed by fire, and again repaired and work resumed, and was conducted by him till 1851; when Mr. Albright was ealled to take the man- agement of the coal-mines of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad Company, and the fur- nace passed into other hands, and later to Cooper & Hewett, and closed about 1860. Samuel Ziegenfuss, the present owner of the property, was clerk at the forge in 1856. At that time ten men were employed in the forge and ten others in connection. Four fires were used in drawing iron, and one on blooms.
In 1844, Mr. Albright, in connection with Hon. H. D. Maxwell and Samuel Sherrard, purchased a large tract of land near Natural Bridge, Va., on which were furnaces. This venture was not snecessful, and he re- turned in 1849 to the Ashland Iron-Works, which had not, however, ceased work.
The following are the names and occupations of those who appear on the assessment-roll of Lower Towamensing in 1848-44 :
John D. Batman, tavern keeper.
Nathaniel Anthony, forgeman, 100 acres.
Joseph J. Albright, merchant, 519 aeres, forge and steel-factory and saw-mill.
John Anthony, Jr., saw-mill.
Benjamin Andreas, tailor.
Jonas Arner, carpenter.
Enos Alan Carter.
Joseph Bock, farmer, 115 aeres.
Simon Brown, 86 acres,
Daniel Blose, farmer, 29 acres.
Adam Brown, 50 acres.
John Balliet, 14 acres, tailor.
George Boyer, 29 acres,
Henry Bauman, lawyer, 29 acres.
John Boyer, farmer, 29 acres.
John A. Boyer, farmer, 13 acres.
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Dennis Bauman, surveyor.
John D. Bauman, innkeeper, 660 acres and a saw- mill.
Jacob Brown, carpenter. Henry Boyer, farmer, 111 acres. Jacob Boyer, farmer, 45 acres. Samuel Behler, farmer, 74 acres. Boller & Strohl, 100 acres.
John Betty, Jr., tanner. Boltz & Strohl, 190 acres, saw-mill. Jonas Boek, blacksmith, 132 aeres.
Daniel Boyer, farmer, 180 acres.
David Boyer, carpenter, 71 acres.
Adam Boyer, tanner.
Andrew Boyer, tailor, 60 acres.
Andrew Boyer, farmer, 158 acres, saw-mill and thrashing-machine.
Francis Beltz, 41 acres. Daniel Boyer, blacksmith, 50 acres. Daniel Beltz, farmer, 29 acres.
William Boyer, farmer.
Jacob Boyer, carpenter.
William Baily, cordwainer, 68 acres. Joseph Bauman, farmer, 160 acres.
David Bauer, saddler. Michael Broat, carpenter. Thomas Craig, merchant, 516 acres, postmaster.
Edwin Deemer, carpenter. Charles Deterline, carter. Merrit Derries, forgeman.
John Esch, boat-builder.
Peter Erhelman, boatman.
George Frantz, farmer, 190 acres and saw-mill. John Fenstermacher. John Fuss, cordwainer, 56 acres.
David Greenzweiz, 73 acres, cordwainer.
Nicholas George, cordwainer. Henry George, farmer, 149 acres.
Peter George, farmer, 400 acres and saw-mill.
John Greenzweiz, farmer, 234 acres.
David Griffith, 20 acres. Tobias Greenzweiz, forgeman.
James Greenzweiz, farmer, 86 acres. George Greenzweiz, farmer, 160 acres, Jacob Gresard, doctor.
Jacob Hauk, weaver, 41 acres.
Abraham Harleman, farmer, 194 acres.
Andrew Hummel, farmer, 131 acres. Abraham Huebner, farmer, 100 acres. Joseph Hahn, blacksmith, 82 acres. Kelehner & Ziegenfuss, 29 acres.
John Kelehner, 56 acres. John Klim, carter. Samuel Klim, gentleman. George Klein, and John and T. Craig, 28 acres. Lewis Kleintob, weaver. Levi Kern, farmer, 102 acres. Charles Klotz, blacksmith, 211 acres. Henry Kech, woodchopper.
Adam Kunkel, farmer, 115 acres. George Kean, boat-builder.
Nicholas and Matthias Krill, forgemen.
Thomas Knabenberger, blacksmith. George Kast, doctor.
Henry Kostenbader, miller. Joseph Krum, cask-maker. Jacob Huntzman, cordwainer.
Janes & Kostenbader, 84 acres and grist-mill.
Abraham Luckas, farmer, 45 acres.
James Lawer.
Alexander Lintz, merchant.
George B. Linderman, blacksmith.
Reuben Leah, clerk.
Conrad Mehrkem, farmer, 138 acres.
Jacob Mehrkem, 148 acres.
Charles Mendem, saddler. Andrew Olewine, 17 acres.
John Olewinc, 38 acres.
Caspar Ort, mason. Jonas Peltz, blacksmith.
Abraham Prutzman, farmer, 126 acres,
IIenry Remely, farmer, 24 acres,
Willen Rinker, boatman.
Michacl Remely, cordwainer, 26 acres.
Jacob Rehrig, lock-tender.
John B. Reicherderfer, blacksmith.
David Sander, 20 acres.
Adam Strohl, carpenter, 15 acres.
David Shafer, carpenter, 31 acres.
Paul Sheibly, weaver, 25 acres.
Nicholas P. Strohl, farmer.
Jacob Smith, farmer, 106 acres.
Simon Snyder, farmer, 106 acres. Jacob Snyder, miller, 166 acres, grist- and saw-mill. Stephen Snyder, farmer, 320 acres.
Thomas Strauss, farmer.
Peter Snyder, farmer, 267 acres.
George Strohl, 125 acres.
Nicholas D. Strohil, weaver, 68 acres.
Emanuel Straup, carpenter, Nicholas C. Strohl, weaver, 100 acres.
Thomas Snyder, tanner, 26 acres, tan-vard and bark- mill.
Solomon Snyder, farmer, 224 acres, David Straup, farmer, 96 acres, Adam Shearer, farmer, 60 acres. Cornelius Snyder, gentleman. Jacob Shearer, farmer, 179 acres. Charles Simpson, carpenter. John Smith, teacher. Jacob Strassberger, mason, 26 acres.
Wendel Schwartz, farmer, 125 acres. Smith & Richards, 192 acres, non-resident. Smith & Caldwell, 1100 acres, non-resident.
Peter Stern, 65 acres, non-resident.
Melchoir Smith, mason, 20 acres. George Santee, farmer, 100 acres, Charles Straup, carpenter.
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Benjamin Snyder, carpenter.
Daniel Snyder, blacksmith.
Peter Saunders, carter.
Lewis Sellers, clerk.
Monroe Snyder, farmer.
William Wingert, forgeman.
John Walp, eordwainer.
George Walch, farmer, 60 aeres.
Zebulon Yarington, superintendent.
Jacob Young, blacksmith.
David Younker, wheelwright.
Jaeob Zerly Collier.
Andrew Ziegenfuss, farmer, 288 acres.
George Ziegenfuss, teacher, 93 aeres.
John and Junkin Ziegenfuss, 64 aeres, grist-mill.
John E. Ziegenfuss, blacksmith.
Jacob Zink, cordwainer.
James Ziegenfuss, blaeksmitlı.
St. John's Congregation .- This congregation is a union of Intheran and German Reformed Churches. It was organized on the 12th of February, 1798, and on that day the society agreed to buy six acres of land of Michael Strohl, for which they were to pay twelve pounds.
On the 6th of February, 1799, the society convened and elected officers. Of the Lutherans, John Solt was chosen trustee, Jost Bowman, John Kline, Sr., and Peter Solt were elected deacons. Of the German Re- formed, Nicholas Kern was elected trustee, and Nich- olas Snyder, Peter Stine, and Jost Dreisbach were chosen deacons, and Nicholas Kern treasurer of both congregations,
The Rev. John H. Heltfrich was succeeded April 7, 1811, by the Rev. Frederick W. Mendson, who served till 1852. In addition to this charge Mr. Mend- son had the care of the following churches :
Zion's Church, Allen township, July 1, 1810, to June 15, 1852. .
St. Paul's, in Lehigh township, July 8, 1810, to June 6, 1852.
Salem, in Moore township, July 15, 1810, to July 18, 1852.
Egypt, in Whitehall township, July 22, 1810, to March 1, 1857.
The First and Second Chestnut Hill congregation, in Monroe County, Sept. 9, 1810, to Oct. 22, 1815, and from 1839 to 18444.
East Penn township congregation, 1814 to Dee. 26, 1819.
Gnadenhütten, at Lehighton, 1817 to Jan. 1, 1836. Christ Church, in Moore township, Aug. 15, 1830, to Aug. 15, 1852.
Mauch Chunk, 1835.
St. Paul's congregation, in Franklin township, 1841. He preached his last sermon Nov. 20, 1870, and died at Kleekner, Northampton Co., on the 5th of August, 1871, at the age of ninety years, seven months, and twenty-six days. He was succeeded in 1852 by - Kuntz, - Kistler, and the Rev. G. B. Breugel, the present pastor.
The Rev. Mr. Bill, of the Reformed Church, was succeeded by the Rev. H. Vanderslice. Of others who have served are the following : - Becker, - Gerhardt, - Rybelt, A. Bartholomew, and J. E. Freeman, the present pastor. The church was rebuilt of brick in 1862.
The Church of the Evangelical Association, situated on the road from Lehigh Gap to Stemlerville, was ereeted of stone in 1844, mainly through the in- strumentality of Jacob Snyder, who donated the land, and Jacob Bauman, who donated seven hundred dol- lars. The first pastor was the Rev. Mr. Ilaintz. The church is in the distriet with Parryville, and served by the pastors in charge. It has a membership of forty, and a Sunday-school, with Benjamin Peters superintendent.
German Catholic Church .- This church was built in 1856, and up to the year 1871 was in charge of pas- tors from Allentown. Since that time it has been under the care of the pastor of Lehighton and East Mauch Chunk Church.
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