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Saturday, 10th, we got orders to be ready to go to the Isle of Orleans.
Sunday, 11th, there was carialls for to take us to the Island, to a Captain of militia, six leagues from Beaufort-and there we were billeted, two in a house.
Monday, 12th, we drew provisions for thirty days where I remained and drew provisions for what time I stayed at the place.
Monday, 23d of February, 1778, His Ex- cellency Genl. Carleton came out for to visit the Priest and gave orders for but one to be in a house.
Thursday, 26th, I was removed to another house and there remained till April 7th, when I went into the woods where they were mak- ing sugar; and the day getting warm so that the crust of the snow got soft-the snow was three feet deep-I was forced to stay to the next morning and then I came to my billet.
Tuesday, 26th of May, we got orders to be in readiness to march to Quebec.
Wednesday, 27th, we marched to the end of the Island and then went in a batteau to the ship Maria, commanded by Capt. Mase, and went on board and there remained till June 27th. General Haldeman arrived at
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Quebec and relieved General Carleton. July A new county was expected to be formed 30, the Montreal sailed home with Sir Geo. out of Westmoreland and a village was com- Carleton.
Wednesday, August 12th, they fell down vision of territory would be made Newport, the river below Quebec. Thursday, 13th, being in or near the center, would become the county seat. However, the Conemaugh was made the line and Newport's expecta- tions were blighted. Newport was located near the Conemaugh river about midway be- tween Blairsville and Livermore. . The town has been deserted. sailed to Patrick's Hole .- Friday, 14th, they fell down to the lower end of the Island of Orleans. Thursday, 20th, came to the Island of Beck and handed out the pilot on shore- came to anchor at Gapsey, and put an officer ashore to take command at that place. Sun- day, 23d, we came to Cancer and lay at an- chor till Friday, 28th, and then sailed and arrived on Saturday 29th at Halifax, 800 miles from Quebec, and lay there till the 11th September, 1778, and then went to the Provo guard and remained there till the 7th of Oc- tober; then went on board the ship Silver Eel, commanded by Capt. Moor. The 9th we fell down the harbor and ran aground, lay there till tide rose, and then got clear. The 10th we sailed out; the 14th in the morning we came in sight of Cape Ann, and got into Boston Harbor that night.
[From Boston, Campbell travelled to Penn- sylvania, sometimes afoot and sometimes rid- ing in a vehicle; but as the remainder of his journal is no longer all legible, we shall not attempt to copy it further.]
Mollie Furnace, one of the early settlers, came with the Dicksons and often told of nursing Gen. George Washington. William Loughry, by appointment, was the first jus- tice of the peace. Robert Doty was the first justice under the new law, and served twenty- four consecutive years. Jonathan Doty, one of the early settlers, died at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and was buried at Hopewell Church. Jacob Bricker, one of the early settlers, was taken prisoner by the In- dians at the time of the Indian war and kept prisoners for seven years, from the age of fourteen until he was twenty-one years old. John Dickson, born in 1771, the first white child born in Blacklick township, died at the age of seventy-two and was buried in the old graveyard at Blairsville.
Newport .- Newport was founded by Alex- ander Denniston, the father of John Dennis- ton, between 1787 and 1790. He purchased the improvement right of George Findley. By the Act of March 29, 1787, a road was ordered to be opened and established between the navigable waters of the Frankstown branch of the river Juniata and the river Conemaugh. The road was run and marked in December, 1787. Not long after this New- port was founded and a blockhouse or forti- fied building gave security to the village.
menced in the expectation that if such a di-
Fifty years ago there were seven school districts in the township, and to-day there are nine school districts. The McCrea dis- trict was divided into two districts, now known as the Gordon and Mahan districts. The Graff district was formed from part of the Dickson district. The improvements made by the Graffs in that vicinity made it neces- sary to establish a school. What was called the Coleman district is now better known as the Archibald school. In 1912 there were 156 pupils in the public schools. The Hope- well Methodist Episcopal is the only church in the township. The cemeteries are Hope- well and Fairview.
On March 20, 1807, the first election of Blacklick township was held in the house of Patrick McGee, when the following officers were elected: Constable, Benjamin Clawson ; supervisors, Daniel Smith and Gaven Sutton; overseers of the poor, John McCready and Patrick Jack; fence appraisers, Richard Clawson and James Caldwell. At this time the election board consisted of two judges, who were Albert Lyons and Joseph Loughry.
The following persons attended the public schools of Blacklick township: James K. Shields, Methodist Episcopal minister, of Chi- cago : J. H. Miller, Presbyterian minister, of Oklahoma; James Jack, Presbyterian min- ister ; Fulton Jack, an attorney, of Nebraska ; T. B. Miller, physician, of Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania.
Old residents of Blacklick township who are still living: John Ackerson, John Arch- ibald, R. J. Billingslee, Benjamin Clawson, Thompson Cramer, W. H. Dickie, James Dixon, Sr., Porter McClaren, J. K. Mikesell, J. T. Smith, W. J. Smith, J. D. Thompson, J. M. Wiley.
The assessor's book for 1913 shows the fol- lowing: Number of acres of cleared land, 15,213; timber land, 2,291; taxables, 340; valuation of taxable real estate, $401,619; number and value of horses assessed, 324- $9.862; number and value of cows assessed, 359-$4.232; cost of assessment of township for 1913, $73.46; money at interest, $115,313.
CHAPTER XXIV
BRUSHVALLEY TOWNSHIP-MECHANICSBURG BOROUGH
Brushvalley township, formed from Wheat- erected. The citizens of Mechanicsburg bor- field township in 1835, in 1870 had a popu- ough, with the assistance of the township, lation of 1,402, and in 1910 had a population erected the present two-roomed public school of 899. The township was so called from the building. valley of Brush creek. In the early days the timber along the creek was short and com-
At present there are ten school districts in the township, just the number fifty years pared by the settlers to brush, hence the name ago. A few years ago there were eleven, but Brush creek. The soil is a sandy loam; it is the Underwood school has been closed. Last adapted to grain and stock raising, which is year there were 226 pupils in the schools of the township.
Brushvalley has just reason to be proud of first settlers was James McDonald, who set- the record that it has made in educational
the chief employment. Coal, iron and lime are found here in abundance. Among the tled in 1790 in Mechanicsburg, which is the principal village.
The first election in Brushvalley township was held Friday, March 18, 1836, in the house of George Robinson in Mechanicsburg, and the following officers were elected: Con- stable, George Robinson; supervisors, James McDonald and Andrew Lowman; overseers of the . poor, James Stewart, Esq., and Na- thaniel Bryan; auditors Matthew Dill and Samuel Wilson; school directors, David W.
lines. The select schools that have been con- ducted in Mechanicsburg from time to time have been a great factor in arousing a healthy educational sentiment. The young people who have been educated in the public and select school have taken first rank in the higher institutions to which they have gone. Pupils from these schools have graduated from the normal schools of the State, State College, and other institutions of like rank.
The first preaching near the site of Me- Wakefield, Maj. James Stewart, John Mc- chaniesburg was by Rev. James Wakefield, a local Methodist Episcopal minister, on the Hugh Evans tract, afterwards occupied by Rev. A. B. Runyan, but now by Matthias Altemus.
Nutt, Jonathan Adair, John Criswell and William Bracken; township clerk, David Boner; fence appraisers, David Boner and John Overdorf; election officers-judges, Maj. James Stewart and James McFeaters ; inspector, John Trimble; clerks, J. M. Bark- ley and M. Creswell.
Thomas Baxter was killed in 1804 at the raising of the William Wilson barn. He was buried at the Creswell graveyard. This was the first cemetery in this section and this was the first interment.
The first school in the vicinity was the Bowles schoolhouse on the John Criswell farm, about 1803 or 1804. For some time The first gristmill in the vicinity was the old Evans mill, and the second in the vicin- ity was Empfield's which was built early in the century, perhaps 1804. Isaac Griffith, the next proprietor, was succeeded by Jona- than Adair and Jesse Willet, who sold to John Simon. John Wakefield erected a grist- mill in 1822 on Big Brush creek. Adam Altemus in 1829 built the mill afterwards owned by Christian Weaver; the mill is now operated by William Altemus. In 1833, Rob- there was no floor or loft. The chimney was made of wood and consisted of a back wall and opening in the roof for smoke. Greased paper covering holes in the logs answered for windows. The benches and desks were of slabs with peg feet. Paddles with letters pasted on them were the books for the little ones, and Bibles, spellers, etc., formed a mis- cellaneous assortment of books for the elder pupils. In 1829 Samuel Wilson taught a school on the site where Mr. Truby located his store. About 1848 a village school was ert McCormick erected a gristmill on Little 29
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Brush creek. This has long since been aban- midway between Mechanicsburg and Heshbon. doned.
Other merchants of this vicinity were: bell and Bruce Wagner, of Heshbon, and John Bossinger, who kept a general store in Harry Empfield, of Rico. Heshbon; Moorhead & Cribbs, dealers in The assessor's book for 1913 shows the fol- ready-made clothing and general merchan- lowing: Number of acres of cleared land, dise, and J. Truby & Brother, dealers in
18,050; number of acres of timber land, 6,- general merchandise and ready-made cloth- 745; number of taxables, 341; number and ing; both kept stores in Mechanicsburg. H. value of horses assessed, 327-$13,054; num- H. Pershing, dealer in groceries, boots and ber and value of cows assessed, 341-$5,276; shoes, and shipper of country produce, had a store in the Creswell school district.
The following were manufacturers and dealers: N. Altemus, manufacturer of flour and feed at the old Altemus mill; G. G. Clark, undertaker and manufacturer and dealer in furniture; M. L. Stewart, manufacturer of upper leather, harness and saddles, at a place now called "Slabtown," where there was a woolen factory and a tanyard.
This township has furnished its share of men who have figured prominently in the affairs of the State and the county. Robert B. Moorhead, of Mechanicsburg, served in the Legislature for two years, 1856-57. Simeon Truby, of Mechanicsburg, was sher- iff of Indiana county from 1845 to 1848. John Truby, of Mechanicsburg borough, was county treasurer in 1878-81. Thompson McCrea was county surveyor, 1850, 1865-68. Edmund Paige was county surveyor in 1862, 1871-77. Dr. Alexander McMullen was county commis- sioner in 1834-35. John A. Campbell, of Hesh- bon, was county commissioner from 1903 to 1906. Frank McFeaters, a son of Anderson McFeaters, who for many years resided in Brushvalley township, is president of the shortest railroad in the United States. Harry W. Fee, a prominent attorney of Indiana, Pa., was a pupil and teacher in the public schools of this vicinity. John G. MeCrory, who has made snel phenomenal success of the five and ten cent stores, was reared in Mechanicsburg borough. Cephas Mack, who was the general manager of the MeCrory stores, and who has now taken up the business for himself, was reared in Brushvalley township.
The churches of Brushvalley township are the Lutheran, two and a half miles east of Me- chaniesburg, near Simon's Mill; the United Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal near Heshbon; and the Bethel Evangelical, about
The merchants at present are A. W. Camp-
money at interest $56,880.08; valuation of tax- able real estate, $414,826; cost of assessment for the year 1913, $83.64.
MECHANICSBURG BOROUGH
The first improvement near the site of the village of Mechanicsburg was the cabin of James Williams, erected about 1780 on the property afterwards owned by the Miller heirs. This was an extremely rude, round log house, about 8 by 10 feet, and for several years after the founding of the village re-
Brush valley, in the vicinity of Mechanics- burg is the most beautiful valley in Indiana county. In the last few years the farmers of this valley have been liming their land, mained in its original position. Early set- planting orchards, and making their farms tlers in the vicinity were: Adam Richey, not only beautiful but productive.
about 1798, on the tract owned by John Brink- man, where Andrew Campbell lived and died; William Wilson, about 1800, on the Jacob Overdorff property, who had a distillery at an early date; James McDonald, about 1800, on the farm now occupied by George Hileman : William Ferrier, about 1800, on the. Armon Tyson tract (Ferrier became discouraged and committed suicide and his family left for the South, and the land was sold for $14 to pay taxes) ; Joseph Wilson, about 1801, on the farm afterwards occupied by Joseph Wilson; John Wolf, about 1800, on the farm after- wards owned by Simeon Truby; Robert El- gin, about 1800, on the McFeaters property ; Thomas Richard and Francis Bowles, about 1800, on the Stineman land; Richard Dias. about 1800, on the tract owned by the Page heirs; Thomas Sanderson, about 1801, on the waters of Brush creek, on the land after- wards occupied by Alexander Getty and Henry Miller, and Patrick, about 1801, on land afterwards occupied by John McCormick. The first settlers on the site of Mechanicsburg were John Criswell and Sam- nel Stephens. Mechanicsburg was laid out by John Taylor for Robert McCormick in Sep- tember. 1833. Being a place for mechanics, it was called Mechanicsburg. The first lot was sold September 7, 1833, to Stephen Adams. The first house was erected on Main street by Samuel Wilson and was afterwards occupied by Elizabeth MeLaughlin, who was the first
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weaver. The second cabin was built by George Miller; auditors, John Marks and James Robertson for a hotel. The next house was Stewart; overseers of the poor, Henry Snyder and Richard Donahue; election officers- Judge, Thomas Clark; inspectors, John Marks and Nicholas Peddicord. erected by Simeon Truby, who kept in it the first store. One year prior to this Mr. Truby opened a store on the Hugh Evans farm. This was said to have been the first store in the Dr. Hildebrand was the first physician in Mechanicsburg. He moved there from Som- erset county about 1839, remained but a short time and moved away. township. The first blacksmith in the vicin- ity was Leonard Gosshorn and the second was George Turner. The first in the village was George Deitrick. The first tannery was Ben- Dr. Livingston came to Mechanicsburg about 1840, and practiced there nearly two years, and then moved away. jamin Elliott's, on the Overdorff place. The first in the village was established about 1834 by William Glass. This was situated on the lot afterwards owned by Richard Donahue. The first wagonmaker was John Marks. The first shoemaker was Richard Donahue. The first cooper was Mathias Yaney. The first cabinetmaker and undertaker was Jacob Clark. The first milliner was Margaret Mc- Laughlin, and the second Mrs. Buchanan. The first tailor was William MeIntire. The first justice of the peace was James Stewart, and the second was George Robertson, who was the first constable.
The petition to make Mechanicsburg a borough was presented to court in Septem- ber, 1856. The petitioners were as follows: James Stewart, John Overdorf, William W. Adams, Richard Donahey, M. Wilson, Jr., Henry Snyder, John Marks, Thomas G. Clark, Christien Miller, John Miller, John Fry, R. B. Moorhead, Simeon Truby, Michael Sow- ers, David Waltimire, Levi Adams, Joseph Marks, William Lydia, Joseph Wilson, Joseph MeNutt, Jacob Clark, Nicholas Peddicord, Joseph M. Loughry.
The petition was approved by court Jan- uary 2, 1857, and William Lydia was ap- pointed by the court to give notice to the citizens of the time and place of holding said first general and borough elections. William Clark and Nicholas Petticord were appointed inspectors and Thomas G. Clark judge. . The election was to be held in the house of Jolin Overdorf.
The first election in Mechanicsburg borough was held March 20, 1857, and resulted as follows: Constable, William Lydia; high constable, Henry Snyder; town council, Rob- ert B. Moorhead, Matthew Wilson, James Stewart, Henry Snyder and James MeMul- len ; burgess, Nicholas Peddicord; justice of the peace, Thomas Clark; judge, Michael Sowers ; assessor, Simeon Truby ; school direc- tors, Robert B. Moorhead, Matthew Wilson, Mechanicsburg has always been a flourish- ing borough and has taken an active part James Stewart, Christian Miller, John Over- dorf and James McMullen; inspector, John in the affairs of the county. It has been
Dr. Ferdinand F. Bingell came from Ger- many to Mechanicsburg in 1843, and prac- ticed there about two years. He then moved to Johnstown, Pa., practiced there a few years, and then located in Marietta, Ohio. He lived there a short time, returning to Johnstown, where he practiced until his death.
Dr. Henry Faulk, a practitioner from Ger- many, located in Mechanicsburg in 1845, and practiced there until 1849, when he moved to Ohio.
Dr. James McMullen, a native of Center township, was educated at the Indiana Academy, studied medicine with Dr. Grass, and graduated at Jefferson College, Philadel- phia. Locating in Mechanicsburg in 1849, he practiced there until his death.
Dr. Thomas McMullen practiced in Me- chaniesburg in 1854 and 1855.
Dr. Benjamin F. Tomb moved from Armagh to Mechanicsburg in 1867, and prac- ticed there for many years. He afterwards moved to Johnstown, Pa., where he practiced until his death.
Other physicians were George Smith, Myers, Weamer. Campbell, Hepsley, and William Johns. Dr. William Johns, the pres- ent physician, has a wide and successful practice.
Mechanicsburg has always been a good place for merchandising. Few business men have been so successful in the store as Mr. Simeon Truby and his sons. Simeon Truby had the distinction of starting the first store in Brushvalley township and the first in Mechanicsburg borough. The merchants of Me- chaniesburg at the present time are Messrs. H. S. Truby, Edward Buchanan, William Cunningham and H. T. Ross.
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especially active in the work of the church building is the one used on the old academy and the school.
The first church was erected in 1851, by the union of the Presbyterian and United first used. Presbyterian congregations. Following this the Methodist Episcopal, the United Brethren, the Baptist and the Evangelical established church homes. At present the United Pres- byterian and the United Brethren congrega- tions have no houses of worship. The United Presbyterians worship in the Presbyterian church.
For many years Mechanicsburg has been an important center for select schools. It is one of the places in the county where the citizens take a deep interest in education and give their support to the school .. The names of Truby, Davis, McCrea, MeMullen, Mc- Featers, Altemus, Campbell, Rugh, Overdorf, Cunningham, Rowland, Kelley, Evans, Hile- man, Donahue, Fee, Stewart, Brinks, Macks, Buchanan, Yaney will be remembered, as residents of this borough and vicinity who for many years have given their support to the Select School of the village.
The present two-room school building was erected in 1860 by the citizens of the borough and Brushvalley township. The bell on this
at Indiana, Pa. It is an excellent bell and has the same clear, musical sound as when
The select schools have been taught by Rev. Mr. McCarther, Dr. John Harris, Rev. T. P. Patterson, Miss Emma J. Ruffner, Rev. A. W. Mccullough, Mr. J. P. Lytle and Otis Thompson, William Price, J. T. Stewart and H. W. Fee, Rev. Mr. Irwin, Eward William- son, C. A. Campbell and R. C. Walbeck, Earl Miller, Miss Mary McCormick, T. S. Bracken, J. E. Weaver and Frank Coulter. For the last two years the school has been conducted by C. A. Campbell and Miss Vesta Lowry.
In the recollection of the writer five min- isters have gone out from this school. One young man is superintendent of the car shops at Altoona, Pa .; two are mail carriers in the city of Pittsburg; one in Windber, Pa .; one in Sharpsburg, Pa .; one in Monmouth, Ill .; one in Indiana, Pa .; one a physician at Seward; one an attorney and postmaster at Indiana, Pa .; two have graduated from State College; and still others have made notable records.
CHAPTER XXV BUFFINGTON TOWNSHIP
Buffington township was separated from seph McCartney farm near where the East Pine township in 1867, and was named in Uniou United Presbyterian church now stands. honor of Judge Joseph Buffington. The first The special election after the organization settlers were Joseph McCartney, on the place of the township was held in August 16, 1867, now occupied by Harry Stephens; Michael Campbell, where Mrs. Catherine Cameron now lives; John McPherson; John Stewart, where John Rodkey lives; Charles Stewart, on the present property of William Auker; Thomas Bracken; William Clark, who lived not far from Dilltown; and Matthew Dill.
Very familiar names are: Graham, Dun- can, Mardis, Cameron, Altimus, McFeeters, Stephens, Schultz, Bennett, Grow, Strong, Dearmin, Lemmon, Reaver, Stiles, Helman, Conrad and Young. The Campbells, Mc- Phersons and Stewarts were soldiers in the army of Lord Cornwallis in the Revolutionary war. They were natives of Scotland, and after the cessation of hostilities wended their way to what is now Buffington township.
in a log house that stood on the James Mc- Kee farm, and the following were elected : Justice of the peace, Maj. James Stewart; constable, Joseph Mardis, of Mexican war fame; school directors, James Duncan, Nich- olas Altemus, John Weaver, William Conrad, J. T. Bracken and Jacob Shultz; assessor, James Stewart, Jr .; assistant assessors, Adam George and William Young; supervisors, James Grow and William R. Doak; auditors. William Wachob and J. T. Bracken ; overseers of the poor, George Wilson and Jacob Mardis.
Dilltown was laid out in 1850 by William Stephens and James C. Dill, a civil engineer, for whom the town was named. The town is located on the Williams Stephens farm, and was at one time called Franklin. The
There was a blockhouse or fort on the Jo- Williams Stephens sawmill was erected in
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1840, Jacob Gamble being the millwright.
The coal has not been developed to any His gristmill was built in 1843, by Mr. Gam- great extent. The coal town of Wehrum was ble also. In Dilltown there are at present two
started in 1901 and has had rather a flourish- general stores, one managed by George M. ing history. At one time a national bank was Stephens, who is the postmaster; and the other by Harry Dill.
in operation, but the works having shut down caused a financial disturbance and the bank Blacklick furnace was built in 1845 by was closed. The town is on better footing David Stewart, of Cambria county, but has now and the mines are working regularly.
not been in operation for forty years. All traces of the furnace are gone. At one time it was a place of special interest, when the digging for ore and the furnace were in full blast. The old ore banks from which the ore was taken may still be seen in this part. For many years there has been a store at this place. It was conducted by William Wil-
mills. The gristmill was built by Christian Kellar, Jr., in 1838, on Laurel run, a tribu- tary of Yellow creek, and at the corner of
is any record was built on the farm now Kellar built a sawmill prior to building the owned by Dickson Tomb, across the road from gristmill. He owned and managed the prop- erty until his death, after which the heirs sold it, in 1879, to John R. Stumpf, who after- wards sold it to Schreckengost, and he sold it to John Ewing. The capacity of the grist- mill in a good stage of water was about thirty bushels of wheat per day. the old camp-meeting ground. Rev. William Bracken, a local Methodist preacher, and father of Mrs. Washington Tomb, tanght in this school. He was a very strict teacher, and the boys were treated to a whipping once around every day, which same treatment was administered at home by the fathers of the boys.
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