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To many noted writers and genealogists Mr. Summers was known, and through personal conference and correspondence they drew upon the vast resources of his information and exchanged items of importance. He was a contributor to the Yost and other family histories, attended many annual reunions, and his gentle, kindly, whimsical manner won him the cooperation and aid of even those most indifferent to the work he found so absorbing. His patience in aiding those who sought information regarding their families was unfailing, and his mail dealing with such matters was remarkably large.
Mr. Summers married, October 10, 1858, Henrietta Yost, born March 26, 1833, died May 18, 1887, daughter of Abram and Maria (Christman) Yost, member of a long-established Pennsylvania family. Abram and Maria (Christman) Yost were the parents of: William C .; Peter C .; Charles; Henrietta, previously mentioned, married William Summers; George Washington; Mary; Isaac C .; Sarah. Mr. and Mrs. Summers were the parents of three children: William E., deceased; Clara E .; married John B. Murray, deceased; and Lillian E.
"William Summers was rarely absent from the popular 'outings' of historical sites and places, of the Historical Society of Montgomery County. Upon these occasions, the writer looked forward to his com- panionship, not only because he had inducted him into that society but by reason of their close friendship. It was also our habit to fore- gather on each Memorial Day, in Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, where, amidst the illustrious dead of the vicinity, appropriate ceremonies are held. And here, where many of my people lie, and with his family, William Summers found his last resting place. His last request that he
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be quietly and unostentatiously laid away was reverently complied with on May 3rd, save that he was borne there by the loving hands of his friends-members of the Historical Society of Montgomery County, and the Sons of the Revolution. No greater tribute could the friends of Wil- liam Summers pay his memory than that he gave unto them in full those noble qualities summed up by Jeremy Taylor,-'By friendship, I suppose you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, and the most open communications, and the most exemplary faithfulness, and the severest truth, and the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds, of which brave men and women are capable.' "*
*The biographical material concerning Mr. Summers is largely taken from an article by Walter Ross McShea, and the concluding paragraph is fully quoted there- from.
INDEXES HISTORICAL-BIOGRAPHICAL
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NORRISTOWN EVENING REGISTER.
Just before this volume went to press it was announced by a coterie of well known county newspapermen, that the name of a newspaper that for over a century was a household word in Montgomery county, but which for some years had been engraved on a journalistic tombstone, would again represent an entity, when publication of a new daily journal in Norristown, to be known as the "Norristown Evening Register," would be begun in the early autumn of 1923.
The "Norristown Register" was established in 1800 and had for over a hundred years led a successful career, and made an influence in the community. After the death of Albrecht Kneule, who for over half a century had guided its career, it gradually waned in influence and finances, and eight years ago peacefully suspended publication.
After the sale of "The Norristown Times," the leading daily of the county, early in January, 1923, to R. B. Strassburger, who had a short time before bought the "Norris- town Herald," leaving Norristown with only one daily where it had for many years sup- ported three, it was felt that there was an opening for a new journal, and they decided to revive the familiar name of "The Register" rather than offer the public a new name.
These men were Gilbert S. Jones, an executive of wide experience and recognized ability, who had been general manager of the Herald Company at the time of the pur- chase of "The Times"; Clifton S. Hunsicker, an editor and feature writer, who had served his apprenticeship on New York newspapers and who for twenty-three years had been actively engaged in promoting the interests of "The Times"; N. B. Wamsher, also a journalistic executive, who had for many years specialized in circulation promotion with various large dailies ; and Elwood S. Moser, author of several books on metaphysical topics and for nearly half a century the editor and proprietor of the "Collegeville Inde- pendent," one of the most influential and widely circulated of the county weeklies. A temporary office was established by this quartette, and on July 19, 1923, a temporary organization was effected by the election of the following: President, Gilbert S. Jones ; vice-president, Norman B. Wamsher; secretary, Clifton S. Hunsicker ; treasurer, E. S. Moser.
It was decided to capitalize the new company, to be called the Register Printing Company, at $75,000, and the president was directed to secure an attorney and apply to the State Department for a charter. It was announced that the founders of the company had purchased two old four-story stone houses at Nos. 57 and 59 East Penn street, in the heart of the business section, as a site for the publication plant, and that after the buildings were razed, a modern three-story and basement newspaper building would be erected on the site in accordance with plans drawn by Harry Gordon McMur- trie, a leading local architect. It was also announced that practically the entire printing plant had been purchased and would be ready for installation as soon as the building was completed.
HISTORICAL INDEX
Abington Township, 294-95.
African Methodist Churches, 142.
Agriculture - County Society, 157-58;
granges, 159; Farm Bureau, 159-60. Ambler, Village, 337-39; borough, 355. American Legion of Honor, 197.
American Mechanics, Junior Order of, 197. American Protestant Assn., 197. Antiquarian Exposition, 116.
Ardmore Village, 285, 307, 313.
Ardmore Women's Club, first in County, 209. Ashbourne, Village, 296.
Audubon, John James, ornithologist, 415.
Banks and Banking-First bank in county, 179-181 ; "shin-plasters," 179-80; Banks of Norristown, 181-83; of Glenside, 183 ; of Telford, 183; of Lower Union, 183-84; of Pennsburg, 184; of Harleysville, 184; of Souderton, 184-85 ; of Collegeville, 185; Conshohocken, 185; of Schwenkville, 185-86; of Jenkintown, 186; of Lansdale, 186, 190; of Bridgeport, 186-87 ; of Green Lane, 187; of North Wales, 187-88; of Ardmore, 188; of Pottstown, 188, 190, 191; of East Greenville, 188-89; of Bryn Mawr Trust Company, 189; Ambler
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Trust Company, 189; banks of Hatboro, 189-90; of Royersford, 190.
Baptist Churches, 123-25.
Bar Association-Objects of, 254-55; offi- cers, 256; delegates Am. Bar Assn., 262; first woman admitted to bar, 263 ; Lincoln's Centenary, 265 ; members in World War, 265-69; war-workers at home, 269-71; banquets of Bar Assn., 271-75; necrology, 275-76. (See also Courts and Lawyers). Barbadoes Island, 391.
Barren Hill, Village, 333, 334.
Bench and Bar (see Courts and Lawyers, also Bar Association).
Biddle, James, early Presiding Judge, 238, 244.
Black Knights of Malta, Order of, 197.
Blue Bell, Village, 351.
Boehm, John Philip, schoolmaster, church founder, 416.
Bone Cave, Port Kennedy, 16-17.
Boyer, Benj. Markley, Presiding Judge, 239, 244.
Brandywine, Battle of, 49.
Bridgeport, Borough of, 356-57.
Broad Axe, Village of, 351.
Brooke, Colonel John R., 71, 197.
Brotherhood of the Union, 197.
Brower, Lizzie J., Civil War nurse, 199. Bryn Mawr, Village, 307; college and schools, 312; industries, 285, 312.
Buckwalter Stove Co., 380-81.
Budd, John, 25.
Burnside, Thomas, President Judge, 239, 241-42, 244.
Campanius, Rev. John, Swedish missionary, 293.
Camptown, Village, 297.
Canal, The Schuylkill, 7, 108.
Carner, Anna, Civil War nurse, 199.
Cedar Hill, Village, 349.
Census, Federal (see Population).
Census, Religious, 142-43.
Centennial Celebration, 115-17.
Center Point, Village, 349.
Centre Square, Village (formerly Wag- gon), 35I.
Chapman, Hy., President Judge, 239, 242-43, 244.
Cheltenham Township, 295-97; industries of, 285.
Children's Aid Society, 204.
Christian Church, The, 125-26.
Churches, census reports, 142-43.
Churches, miscellaneous, 142.
Churches of County, 119-43.
Cities, Principal, 405.
Civil War-4th Regt., 62-65; 44th Regt., 65 ; 55th Regt., 65-71; 53rd Regt., 71-73; 68th Regt., 73-75; 93rd Regt., 75; 95th Zouaves, 75; 106th Regt., 75-77; 129th Regt., 78-79; 138th Regt., 78-79; 138th
Regt., 79-80; 160th Regt., 80-81; 162nd
Regt., 81; 17th Cavalry, 83-85; 175th
Regt., 85-86; 179th Regt., 86-87; 197th Regt. (Coal Exchange Regt.), 87-88; summary, 88.
Coates, Linsay, first senator, 98.
Collegeville Village, 330; borough, 357.
Colmar, Village, 304.
Colonial Era, 43-45.
Colonial Conditions of Settlement, 37-38. Conshohocken, Borough, 358-60.
Corson, Hiram, early physician, 227-28.
Corson, William, early physician, 225, 228.
Council, Indian (1712), 25-26.
Council of Nine, 36.
Council of Safety, 47.
County Seat, Locating of, 100.
Court, Minutes of First County, 98, 99.
Courts and Lawyers (see also Bar Asso-
ciation )-First courts, 97-100, 236, 237, 238-39; first trial by jury, 236; first Court of Common Pleas, 237; first Courthouse, 238; President Judges, 238- 44; judicial districts, 238-39; additional Law Judges, 244-45; Associate Judges, 245-47; Orphans' Court, 247-50; District Attorneys, 250; Bar records, 250-54; earliest lawyers, 252; later lawyers, 252- 53; members of Bar, 253-54; Bar Assn., 254-77; lawyers in World War, 265-69; banquets of, 271-75; necrology, 275-76; officers of Bar Assn., 276-77; Law Li- brary, 277-78; Library Committee, 278- 81, 416.
Coxe, James D., President Judge, 238, 244. Craig, Thomas, first Prothonotary, 98, 235, 236.
Crooked Hill, Village, 327.
Dannehower, Wm. F., lawyer and writer, 235, 256, 258, 259, 261, 280.
Daughters of the American Revolution-
Valley Forge Chapter, 206-08; Merion Chapter, 208.
Davis Grove, Village, 305.
Dean, Wm., early justice, 97, 98, 236.
Dewees, Wm. Potts, early physician, 224.
District Attorneys, 250.
Douglas-Township, 297-98; village, 297.
Dresherton, Village, 337.
Dunning, Wm., cannonmaker, 54.
Eagleville, Village, 330.
Early Physicians, 224-25.
Early Settlers, 29.
East Greenville, Village, 322; borough, 361-62.
Ecton Consolidated Mining Co., 12, 13. Edge Hill Village, 297.
Education (see Schools).
Engleville, Village, 297.
Episcopal Churches of County, 123.
Evangelical Assn., Churches, 137.
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Evansburg, Village, 330. Evans, Peter, early jurist, 236. Evans, Rachel P., Civil War nurse, 199.
Fagleysville, Village, 321. Fairview, Village, 349. Farnier, Edward, early settler, 23, 25, 26.
Fifty-first Regt., P. V. I., 65-71.
Fifty-third Regt., P. V. I., 71-73.
Finances of County, 102-03.
First Happenings-Indian grants, 25; set- tlements, 29-30; courts, 97-100; trial by jury, 36, 97, 236; Provincial Assembly, 40-41, 251 ; grand-jury, 98; stage line, 109; railway, III; banking institution, 179, 180; courthouse, 238.
Fisher (Lt. John H.) Post No. 101, G. A. R., 92.
Fitzwater, John, 23.
Fitzwatertown, Village, 337, 339.
Flag of Volunteers, 1861, 62.
Flourtown, Village, 336.
Flower, Enoch, first teacher, 145.
Foresters, Order of, 197.
Fort Beversrede, 107.
Fort Washington, Village, 333, 334. Forty-fourth Regt., P. V. I., 65.
Fossilized Remains, 16-17.
Foulke, John L., early physician, 228.
Fourth Regt., P. V. I., 62-65.
Fox, John, President Judge, 239, 241, 244. Franconia, Township, 298-99; Square, 299. Franconiaville, 299.
Franklinville, 351.
Fraternal Orders, 193-97.
Frederick, Township, 299-301 ; Village, 301. Frederick's Station, Village, 301.
Freeland, Village, 330.
Free Masonry in Montgomery County, 193- 94. Friends, The Society of, 119-22. Fruitville, Village, 306.
Garden Clubs, 214-15. German Baptist Churches, 122. Gilbertsville, Village, 286, 297. Glasgow, Village, 327. Good Fellows, Ancient Order of, 197. Good Templars, 197. Gookin, Governor Charles, 25.
Graeme, Thomas, early physician, 224. Graham Post, No. 106, G. A. R., 92. Grand Army of the Republic in Mont- gomery County, 88-92, 197. Greatersford, Hamlet, 323. Greenlane, Borough, 364. Green Tree, Village, 330. Grosstown, Village, 327. Gulf Mills, Village of, 340. Gwynedd-Upper and Lower, 347-48; Vil- lage, 347.
Gwynedd Station (or Hoyt Village), 347.
Half-Way, Village, 327.
Hancock, General Winfield S., 197, 318, 410.
Harleysville, Hamlet, 344.
Harmansville, Village, 332.
Harmer Hill, Village, 297.
Hartranft, Major-General John Frederick, 62, 65, 67, 68, 70, 197. Hartranft Station, 323.
Hatboro, Borough, 362-63.
Hatfield, Borough, 364.
Hatfield, Township, 303-04.
Hatfield, Village, 304.
Hickorytown, Village, 332.
Highways for Lime Transportation, 22-23. Hillegassville (now Red Hill), Village, 322. Historic Markers-By Valley Forge Chap-
ter, D. A. R., 207; by Merion Chapter, D. A. R., 208.
Hockertown, Village, 304.
Holstein, Alice H., Civil War nurse, 199.
Holstein, Anna M., Civil War nurse, 199, 207.
Holstein, Matts, early settler, 29.
Homoeopathic Hospital, 231.
Homeopathic Physicians, 227.
Hoppenville, Village, 315.
Horshamville, Village, 305.
Horsham, Township, 304-05.
Hospitals-Norristown, 231-32; Pottstown, 232-33; Bryn Mawr, 233; Abington, 233. Hoyt, Village, 347.
Huddleson, Isaac, early physician, 225.
Huntingdon Valley, Village, 319.
Indians of County, 25-27; earliest grants, 25.
Industries-Ironworks, 283; paper mills, 283 ; cotton and woolen mills, 284; grist mills, 284-85; glassblowers, 285; present industries, 285-87. (See also boroughs and townships).
Iron Bridge, Hamlet, 323. Iron Works at Valley Forge, 283.
Jarrettown, Village, 337, 339. Jeffersonville, Village, 323. Jenkintown, Borough, 365-66. Jones, Mrs. A. Conrad, writer, 199.
Journalism-First printing office, 161; Norristown papers, Herald, Gazette, and Register (1799-1800), 161-63, 419; cur- rent papers of county, 162; reminiscences, 163-66; newspapers of Royersford, 166; of Collegeville, 166; of Hatboro, 167; of Glenside, 167; of Hatfield, 167; of Con- shohocken, 167; of Ambler, 168; Jenkin- town, 168; Schwenkville, 168; Penns- burg, 168; Pottstown, 169-72; Souder- ton, 172; Ardmore, 172; Press League, 172-78.
Judges, President, 238-44.
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Judges, Additional Law, 244-45.
Judges, Associate, 245-47.
Judicial Districts, 238, 239.
Jury, First Grand, 98.
King of Prussia, Village, 340.
Kleinville, Village, 322.
Knights of Columbus, 197.
Knights of Friendship, 197.
Knights of the Golden Eagle, 197.
Knights of the Mystic Chain, 197.
Knights of Pythias, 196-97.
Knights of the Revolution, 197.
Krause, David, President Judge, 239, 242, 2.44.
Kulp, Bronze Tablet to Harriet Lorraine, 232-33.
Kulpsville, Village, 337.
Lafayette, Village, 333, 334.
Lancasterville, Village, 333, 334.
Lansdale, Borough, 367-71.
Lederachsville, Village, 344.
Limerick-Township, 305-07; Station, 306- 07; Village, 306.
Limestone and Lime, 21-24.
Line Lexington, Village, 304.
Loller, Robert, early legislator, 98.
Lower Merion Township-Valley Forge Park, 309-12; historic buildings and mon-
uments, 311 ; Bryn Mawr schools and the college, 312; villages, 312-14.
Lower Salford, Township, 342-45.
Lukens, Dr. Anna, first female member Medical Society, 229.
Lutheran Churches, 128-34.
Mainland, Village, 344-45.
Mann, John, early commissioner, 98.
Marble Hall, Village, 333, 334.
Markham's Council, 36.
Markley, Isaac, first County Treasurer, 98.
Markham, Wm., deputy-governor, 36.
Marlborough-Township, 315-16; Village, 315.
Martin, Christian Fred'k, early physician, 224.
Matsunk, Village, 340.
Mechanicsville, Village, 343.
Medical Profession, 223-33.
Medical Societies, 227-28; some prominent members, 228; members who served in World War, 228-29; members in 1923, 229-30.
Mennonites of County, 122.
Merion Chapter, D. A. R., 208.
Methodist Episcopal Church, 135-37. Mexican War, 60-61.
Miller, Judge, 239, 244.
Milltown (or Cheltenham), Village, 296. Minerals-Gold, II; copper, 11-14; tin, 14; iron, 14-15; coal, 15-16.
Montgomery County - Erection of, 1; boundaries, 3; streams, 4; industries in
1795, 4; highways, 4-5; surface and soil, 6; Schuylkill Canal, 7; plants, 8; zool- ogy, 8-9; ores and mining, II-16; fossils, 16-17; minerals, 17; stone, 17-24; trap- dyke, 19; rocks, 19; limestone, 21-24; Indian grants, 25; Swedish settlements, 32; other settlements, 43-45; property loss during the Revolution, 54; condi- tions, War of 1812, 56; Civil War, 61-92; Spanish War, 92-93; World War, 93-96; organization and naming of County, 97; first courthouse, 101, 238; resources of, 103; transportation, 107-13; president- judges, 238-44; Bar of, 250-54; Bar As- sociation, 254-77; Courthouse dedicated, 264; Law Library, 277-78; Committee of Law Library, 278-81, 416; industries and manufactures, 283-87; State and county institutions, 290-91 ; townships of, 293- 353; boroughs of, 355-93; population of, 405-06; post-offices of, 404.
Montgomery County Historical Society, 389.
Montgomery County Hospital, 231-32.
Montgomery County Women-Women's Loyal League, 200-01; Suffrage Associa- tion, 201-03; Suffrage Party of, 203; League of Women Voters, 203-04; W. C. T. U., 204-05; Needlework Guild, 205- 06; Valley Forge Chapter, D. A. R., 206- 08; Merion Chapter, D. A. R., 208; Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, 209-14; Gar- den Clubs, 214-15; Music Clubs, 215-17; Red Cross, 217-21.
Montgomery-Township, 316-17; Square, 317.
Montgomeryville, Village, 317.
Moreland, Township, 318-20.
Morris, James, President Judge, 97-98, 236, 244.
Mott, Lucretia (Coffin), founder of Anti- Slavery Society, 412.
Muhlenberg, Frederick A., first President- Judge, 97, 98, 235, 236, 238, 239-40, 244, 416.
Muhlenberg, General Peter, 197.
Municipalities, Principal, 405. Music Clubs, 215-17.
Mystic Druids, Order of, 197.
Narberth, Borough, 372-73. National Guard, 197.
Needlework Guild, 205-06.
New Hanover Church, first Lutheran church in America, 128.
New Hanover-Township, 320-21; Square, 321.
Newspapers, see Journalism.
Niantic, Village, 297.
Ninety-third Regt., P. V. I., 75.
Ninety-fifth Regt. (Zouaves), 75.
Norriton Observatory, 8.
Norriton, Township, 8, 322-23.
Norritonville, 323.
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Norristown, Borough of ; platted as county Seat, 100; population, 385; civil govt., 385-88; libraries, 388-90; Washington and British in, 390; Barbadoes Island, 392; post-office, 392; burgesses since 1812, 406-07; Presidential vote since 1860, 407-09; telegraph, 409; Register, 419. North Wales, Borough, 371-2.
Nugent, Washington G., early physician, 228.
Oaks, Village, 330.
Odd Fellows, Independent Order of, 194-96. One Hundred Sixth Regt., P. V. I., 75-77 ; One Hundred Twenty-ninth, 78-79; One Hundred Thirty-eighth, 79-80, One Hun- dred Sixtieth (Cavalry), 80-81 ; Seventh Cavalry (162nd Regt.), 81 ; One Hundred Seventy-fifth, 85-86; One Hundred Sev- enty-ninth, 86-87; One Hundred Ninety- seventh, 87-88.
Orphans' Court, 247-50. Orville, Hamlet, 304. Orville Station, 304. Owen, Griffith, pioneer physician, 224.
Palm Station, Village, 321. Patriotic Sons of America, 197.
Patrons of Husbandry, 197.
Penllyn, Village, 347.
Penn, William, proprietary, 35, 39-40, 251. Pennsburg, Borough, 378-79.
Pennsburg, Village, 321.
Penn's Code of Laws, 39.
Penn Square (later Hartranft Station), 323.
Perkiomen Consolidated Mining Company, 12. Perkiomen Mining Association, 12, 13. Perkiomen, Township, 323-24.
Perkiomenville, 301.
Philadelphia Riots, 60.
Physicians of County, 223-33.
Physicians, early nineteenth century, 225; of forty years ago, 225-27 ; of later years, 227.
Physicians, Homeopathic, 227.
Pleasant Run, Village, 321. Plymouth, Township, 331-32.
Plymouth Meeting, Hamlet, 332-34. Population of County, 405-06. Porter, General Andrew, 197.
Port Kennedy Bone Cave, 16-17.
Port Kennedy, Village, 34I. Port Providence, Village, 330.
Post Offices of County, 402-04.
Potts, Dr. Jonathan, early physician, 224.
Potts, Nathan, early commissioner, 98, 252. Potts, Zebulon, first sheriff, 98, 236, 331.
Pottsgrove - Upper, Lower, and West Townships, 325; the Ringing Rocks of, 325-26. Pottstown, Borough, 375-78. Pottstown Hospital, 231, 232-33.
President Judges, 238-44.
Presidential Vote since 1860, 407-09. Presbyterian Churches, 126-28.
Priest, Sarah, Civil War nurse, 199.
Prince Oscar of Sweden, The Visit of, 30-31.
Printz, Colonel John, first Swedish gov- ernor, 30.
Property Damage during Revolution, 54-55. Prospectville, Village, 305.
Protestant Association, Junior American, 197.
Protestant Episcopal Churches, 123.
Providence Townships, including Upper and Lower, 328-30.
Providence Square, 330.
Provincial Assembly at Upland, 40-41.
Quakers (Society of Friends) in Mont- gomery County, 119-122.
Quinceyville (or Mont Clare Village), 330.
Railroads, III-13.
Rawle, Francis, pioneer settler in Ply- mouth, 23.
Read, Dr. L. W., former Surgeon-General, 228.
Red Cross, Women of County in the, 217, 220-21.
Red Hill, Borough of, 381.
Red Men, Fraternal Order of, 197.
Reformed Churches of County, 131-34.
Regiments and Companies of County in Civil War, 88.
Resources of County, 103.
Revolutionary War-General Washington, 47 ; march through Philadelphia, 48; Bat- tle of Brandywine, 49; fall of Philadel- phia, 49; winter at Valley Forge, 51-54; property damaged, 54-55.
Richards, John, early justice, 97, 98, 236.
Richards, Peter, early legislator, 98.
Richardson, Margaret, first woman admitted to County Bar, 263.
Ringing Rocks, The, 19, 325-26.
Rittenhouse, David, scientist, astronomer, 116, 414-15. Riverside Hospital, The, 231.
Roberts, Sallie L., Civil War nurse, 199.
Rockledge, Borough, 382.
Roman Catholic Church, The, 137-42.
Rose Glen, Village, 307.
Rosemont, Village, 307.
Ross, Henry P., President Judge, 239, 243, 244. Ross, John, President Judge, 239, 240, 241, 244. Royal Arcanum, Lodges of, 197. Royersford, Borough, 379-81.
Sandstone, 20-21. Saul, Nicholas, pioneer, 22. Schall (Colonel Edwin) Post No. 290, G. A. R., 92.
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Scheid, Christian, early commissioner, 98. Schools-First teacher, 145; first grammar
school, 145; county schools, 146-48; aca- demic schools, 148; Ursinus College, 148- 49, 395-402 ; Bryn Mawr College, 150-51 ; St. Charles Borromeo, 151; Hill School of Pottstown, 152; district schools, 153- 56; district school statistics, 154.
Schuylkill Canal, 7, 108.
Schwenkfelders, The, 122-3, 134.
Serpentine Rock, 19-20.
Seventeenth Regt. of Cavalry, 83-85.
Sheetz, Hy., early jurist, 97, 98, 236.
Sixty-eighth Regt., P. V. I., 73-75.
Smith, George, early legislator, 98.
Smyser, Daniel M., President Judge, 62, 239, 242, 244.
Societies, Medical, 227-28.
Solly, Wm. F., jurist, 247-48.
Sons of Temperance, 197.
Sons of Veterans, Patriotic Order of, 197. Spanish-American War, 92-93.
Stage Lines, 109-II.
State and County Institutions-Norristown Hospital, 289; County Poor House, 290- 91.
Stinson, Chas. H., President Judge, 239, 243-44.
Stinson, Dr. Mary Henderson, 225.
Swaine, Francis, soldier, 56.
Swartz, Aaron S., jurist, 105, 239, 244, 274, 275.
Swedes in Montgomery County, 29.
Swedes Profess Loyalty to William Penn, 4I. Swedish Colony, The, 31-32.
Swedish Royal Delegation, 30, 31.
Temple of Honor and Temperance, 197.
Thomas, George W., early physician, 225, 227, 228.
Tilghman, Wm. H., President Judge, 238, 240, 244.
Tippen, Andrew H., colonel, 60, 74. Transportation in County, 107-13. Trap Rock, 18, 19.
Threshing Grain for Army at Valley Forge, 53.
United American Mechanics, Order of, 197. United Swedish Lutheran Churches, 32-33. United Workmen, Ancient Order of, 197. Upland, Provincial Council at, 40, 41. Ursinus College, 148-49; 395-402.
Valley Forge, 3, 341-42; American army encamped at, 51-54; Park, 309-12; his- toric buildings and monuments at, 311.
Van Mangel, Charles M., pioneer preacher, 32.
Walker, Conrad Richard, pioneer, 25.
War Bonds, Liberty and Victory, 95-97. War of the Revolution, 47-55.
War of 1812-Events leading to, 55-57 ; capture of Washington, D. C., 58; Bat- tle of New Orleans, 59.
Washington, George, in Montgomery County, 47-48.
Waterways, 107-09.
Weaver, Dr. J. K., former Surgeon-Gen- eral, 228.
White, John, Provincial Attorney-General, 25I.
Williams, J. Ambler, jurist, 244-45.
Wilson, Bird, jurist, 238, 240, 244.
Woman Suffrage Association, 201-03.
Woman Suffrage Party, 203.
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 204-05.
Women's Clubs, Federation of-Ardmore Club, 209; Colony Club of Ambler, 209- I0; of Bala-Cynwyd, 210; of Bryn Mawr, 210; of Collegeville, 210-II ; of Consho- hocken, 211; of Glenside, 211; of Hat- boro, 211-12; of Narberth, 212; of Noble, 212; of Norristown, 213; of North Glen- side, 213; of North Wales, 213; of Potts- town, 213-14; of Royersford, 214; of Wyncote, 214.
Women's Loyal League of Montgomery County, 200-201.
Women's Work-in Civil War, 199-201; political activities, 201-04; Children's Aid Society, 204; W. C. T. U., 204-05; Needle Work Guild, 205-06; D. A. R., 206-08; Federated Clubs, 209-14; Garden Clubs, 214-15; Music Clubs, 214-17; in Red Cross, 217-21.
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