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Stephen Hills was the fifth child of Jolin and Sarah [Lewis] Hills, who were married in December, 1755, and had a family of seven sons and a daughter. Stephen, the fourth son, was born at Ashford, Kent county, England, August 10th, 1771. According to the custom of the times, he was "bound out for seven years" as apprentice to a local housewright, living in his "master's" family until his twenty-first birth-day. In 1794 he married Margaret Ashby, of Pluck- ley, a parish village about five miles from Ashford. He Was the first of five brothers who came to America, arriving at Boston in either 1796 or 1797. Ilis brothers Richard and William joined him in 1801, and subse- quent to his departure for this city about 1802, liis brothers George and Joseph, and their widowed mother, came to the United States and settled in the capital of New England.
While a resident of Boston he was ac- ively engaged in business and built several houses. The building erected for his own home in 1799, in what was then the outskirts of the town, still stands in what is now a very thickly settled part of Boston. The city's geographical center has passed it, and is now nearly a mile beyond its location. At how early a date lie became a resident of Harrisburg is not known to his New Eng- land relatives, but it is believed that he built many of the houses of that city which were erected in the earlier part of the present eentury. His plans for the Capitol of Penn- sylvania were adopted, and he was the builder as well as the architect of that edifice, the
corner stone of which was laid May 31st, 1819.
While on a visit to England his wife, Mar- garet Hills, died at Harrisburg, on Sunday, August 4, 1822, in the 51st year of her age, leaving four children. Sarah, who married November 20, 1821, Samuel White, and subsequently removed to Indianapolis, where she was living in 1845, and three sons, John, Stephen and Thomas. Before returning to America Mr. Ilills again married, and was for a short time once more a resident of Har- risburg. About 1825 he went to England for the last time and remained there about eleven years, and in the winter of 1836-7 returned to the United States. IIe is described by those who knew him at this time as a man of large frame, weighing abont two hundred and fifty pounds. In the spring of 1837 he went to Jefferson City to build the capitol for the State of Missouri. The plans made for the Pennsylvania structure were ac- cepted for this edifice, and so closely fol- lowed that the building was practically a duplicate of his earlier work. Immediately following the completion of the capitol, lie commenced the erection of the university at Columbia, in that State, and finished his contract in the spring of 1843. Ile then retired from his profession and went to his farm in the western part of Illinois [abont twelve miles from St. Louis]. Here he died, October 17th, 1844, leaving a widow and her children, two daughters and a son; and a son, daughter and six grandchildren as descendants of himself and Margaret Ashby, his first wife.
INTERESTING NOTES.
From the Records of the Land Department.
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FRANCIS HUGHES, w. for 200 a. "upon Hay creek in Robinson township' whereon he wns settled before August, 1732," now Berks county.
ABRAHAM HIARR of the co. of Lancaster, Jannary 4, 1737, w. for 300 a. "twenty iniles over Susquehannah river to the north of Paxtang, situate on Juniata creek.
SAMUEL HARRIS, w. for 250 a. Feb. 10, 1737, "upon Conegochege."
JAMES HARRIS and ROBERT HARRIS, brothers of the foregoing, w. for 250 a. Feb. 10, 1737, in Hanover twp., Lancaster, co.
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CHARLES HARRIS, brother of the forego- ing, w. for 250 a. Feb. 10, 1737, "on Cone- cochege."
SAMUEL HENDRICKS, w. for 150 a. June 6, 1738, "adjoining James Mitchell, oppo- site the Connoi Town, on the West side of Sasquahannah."
JOSEPH HARRIS and JEREMIAH HARRIS, sons of John Harris, of Lancaster county, took up 400 a. of land "at Conecochege," Sept. 4, 1738.
"Monaday Township, in Lancaster co.," in 1737.
"Indian Town creek," near the foot of the mountain.
CHRISTIAN ILALDEMAN, w. for 150 a. in Donegal township, May 22, 1745, originally warranted to Ludwig Metz, April 20, 1743.
HENRY IFARRIS, w. for 100 a. "on Ber- mudian creek west side of Sasquahanna River. March 18, 1746."
ROBERT HARRIS, w. for 100 a. "in Rath- mullin twp." in 1737.
James and Thomas Harris in Donegal twp. Lancaster county, in 1737.
Lient. Adam Hoopes, settled on a traet of 200 a. of land in Hopewell twp., Cnmber- land co., in 1749.
On 4th March, 1754, the Proprietaries granted 20 a. to Ì icholas Kurtz and Conrad Weiser in trust for the Lutheran congrega- tion to build a church on, adjoining land of Christian Brentzer, in Bethel twp, Lancas- ter co.
Francis Beatty, took up 200 a. of land on Conoy Creek Feb. 4, 1737, but subsequently sold his right.
"Between Pine creek and the Gnadenberg" Lancaster co.
JONAS LARUE took up, Oct. 2, 1734, 350 a. of land in Leacock twp., Lancaster eo.
"Castle's Mill, on Swatara," in Derry twp., Lancaster co., 1737.
"On the east side of Conogochege, in a place commonly called The Castle," 300 acres to William Maxwell, Dee. 18, 1737.
"On a spring that sinks and rises again runs into Conogochege." Where is this ?
ROBERT MCCOY w. for 200 a. "on Cedar Spring near Potowmack old Road, " Feb. 15, 1737.
"Edmund Cartledge's race ground, west of Sasquahannah, " 1737.
Leonard Miller w. for 100 a. of land "about a mile and-a-half from an Indian Town," August 21, 1751.
"Berry's Narrows at Hunter's Falls, " in. 1763.
"Bloody Run," in Upper Paxtang, in.
1775.
"Round Top," in Derry township, so named in 1775,
"Fish Island," 20 perches N. E. of B. Galbraith's Island and opposite land of Abraham Stoner on the Lancaster shore in Donegal township,
MICHAEL MILLER, "on Wiskinisking- creek, opposite to an Indian Town," Oct. 17, 1751.
GEORGE MILLER, land adjoining the foregoing, 1751.
On Dec. 17, 1754. 20 a. to George Mess, Jacob Kemerlin and Jacob Eppricht, in Leb- anon Twp., "in trust for the Dutch Re- formed congregation in that neighborhood to build a church on."
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Mary II. Winebrenner.
Mrs. Mary Hamilton Winebrenner, widow of the late Rev. John Winebrenner, of the Church of God, died at Mt. Joy Tuesday even- ing, May 22d, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Wine- brenner was the eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Mitchell, born July 24th, 1808, near Norristown, Pa. She was named for her maternal grandmother, Mary Hamilton Boggs, who was the daughter of Hugh Hamilton, an officer of the Revolutionary war. When quite young, her parents re- moved to Carlisle, where her mother died. Miss Mitchell removed to Harrisburg in 1828, and in 1837 married the Rev. John Winebrenner. In the early days of her- married life she had frequent occasions to disply her mental talents, and her husband relied very much on her excellent judgment, her executive ability and general trustworthi- ness. During her husband's frequent ab- sences from home it fell to her lot to attend to his affairs, including the printing office of the forerunner of the Church Advocate, "The Gospel Publisher." It was not an uncom- mon thing for her to attend to the mail, correct the manuscript and read proof, seleet matter for the paper, besides the entertain . ing of hosts of travelers and visitors and car- ing for her family. Few can place a proper estimate on her character, but those who knew her intimately will bear testimony to the fact that she was a woman of unusual mental power, and was always equal
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to the occasion. Although she was brought up in the Presbyterian Church, after her marriage she was in full sympathy with the church of her adoption, remaining a con- sistent defender of its doctrines to the end of her days. During all her life she was active in church work, for many years a teacher in the ladies' Bible class, and a very warm supporter of Sabbath school instruc- tiou. She was on the first Board of Managers for the Home of the Friendless of the city of Harrisburg, when that noble charity was organized, and always interested in its suc- cess. In 1871 she removed to the city of Chicago to reside with her youngest son, but the climate proving too rigorous for her fail- ing health, she returned to Pennsylvania in 1878. For the last ten years she has been living in Mt. Joy, a helpless invalid, from a fall which disabled her from walking. Three sons, John N., Albert M., Marshall H. and two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Cassel and Miss Emma C. Winebrenner, of Mt. Joy, survive their mother.
One who knew her well bears cheerful testimony to the loving Christian character of Mrs. Winebrenner, and how in the early years of the founding of the Church which her revered husband labored so unceas- ingly to establish, she was
his great comfort amidst trials and strug- gles few were aware of. Those who knew here intimately have passed to their eternal reward, and she, at the close of four score years, has followed them-and in very truth it may be said, the most devoted, self- sacrificing of that band of early disciples of the Church of God.
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REED (N. & Q. clxxxviii. )-James Read who was a member of the Continental Con- gress was not James Read, of Berks county, but James Rudolph Reid, of whom we de- sire information. E.
DEAD TOWNS (N. & Q. clxxxv. )-By some means Asylum got among the names of dead towns in Pennsylvania. This is not correct -although it may be here stated that as a French colony it was not a success.
SEAL FAMILY .- Of German extraction, this name was originally written Siel. As early as 1750 the name is found among the records of Lancaster county. The first who settled within the limits of Dauphin county was Henry Seal, b. October 16, 1770, and d. Dec. 31, 1827, at Millersburg. His wife, Catharine, b. April 7, 1779, d. May 29, 1842. Henry's brother, Jacob Seal, b. Feb. 16, 1785; d. Sept. 5, 1858; and his wife, Mary, b. August 2, 1792; d. Nov. 26, 1779. Both brothers left numerous descendants. John H. 'Seal, son of Henry, b. March 14, 1797; d. June 12, 1875; and his wife, Cath- arine, b. June 14, 1795; d. Dec. 13, 1833. They were the parents of Josiah Seal, and grandparents of Hon. John B. Seal, editor of the "Millersburg Herald."
DR. WILLIAM PLUNKET.
William Plunket, frequently called Lord Plunket, was a native of Ireland, born abont 1720. Little is accurately known of his early life, save that he studied medicine, graduating from the university at Dublin, and emigrated to America. He first settled at Carlisle, where he practiced his profes- sion until probably the breaking out of the French and Indian war, into which service he entered. He was commissioned lieutentant in Capt. John Hambright's com- pany iu Col. William Clapham's battalion, June 12, 1756. In the Bouquet campaign of 1764, he was surgeon of the second battalion, commanded by Col. Arthur Clayton, his commission bearing date September 7, 1763. For this service he participated in the Pro- vincial land grants on the West Branch, re- ceiving from the Proprietaries six hundred acres of land in Buffalo Valley. About 1770 he removed to what was subsequently North- umherland county locating a little above Chillisquaqne creek, which he termed "The Soldier's Retreat," and became pos- sessed of a large estate. He was one of the leaders in the so called Pennamite war at the outset of the Revolution. A brief account of his expedition to Wyoming is found in Annals of Buffalo Valley, by Hon. John Blair Linn, p. 87-8. At the beginning of the war for Independence he entered heartily into the contest, and was commissioned Col- onel of the Second Battalion of Northumber- land county associators in March, 1776, but for some cause or another, possibly at the instigation of his Wyoming enemies, he was arrested as being inimical to the
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principles of the Revolution. Il℮ was
afterwards released, as nothing treasonable could be proved against him. Sabine, in his "American Loyalists," imputes crimes to Col. Plunket which he had neither fact or foundation for. At the close of the war he removed to Sunbury where he died in the early part of May, 179]
Dr. Plunket married Esther Harris, dangh- ter of John Ilarris, of Harris' Ferry, and sister of the Founder of Harrisburg. Of a large family of children, only four danghters reached maturity. Of these, Elizabeth married Samnel Maclay, after- ward a Senator in Congress and a brother of William Maclay, who married his consin Mary llarris. Isabella Plunket married William Bell, of Elizabethtown, N. J. Margaret Plunket married Isaac Richardson, of New York State; and Esther Plunket married her cousin, Col. Robert Baxter, of the British army. Descendants of the first named have been very prominent in public affairs in Pennsylvania for at least a century.
INTERESTING NOTES
From the Records of the Land Department.
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SIMON GIRTY, an Indian trader. settled in 1743 on a tract of land on the East side of Sasquahannah, cleared 30 a. and made other improvements, and continued several years thereon, That said Simon Girty af- terwards dying intestate and indebted to Thomas McKee upwards of $300, the said Thomas applied for a warrant therefor.
MICHAEL MILLER, in 1737, "in the great hole at the Bine Mountain in Bethel twp,, Lancaster co.
IIANS NISSLEY, w. for 240 a. of land "ly- ing on a small branch of Conestoga ereek in the said co. of Lancaster, " Jan. 16, 1733.
PETER VON BEAVER, "on Suetara creek, " 1738.
JAMES SNODGRASS, dee'd, of Martick twp., in Lancaster co., prior to 1751, left a wife, Mary, and sons James and William.
June 16, 1753, a w. for 50 a. of land to John Shoop and Michael Umberger in Leba- non twp., "in trust for the use of a church, school house and burying place for the Lu- theran and Calvanist congregations."
IIENRY WILLIAM STEIGLE, w. for 100 a. in Warwick twp., Lancaster co., April 10,
1758. Then follow a number of warrants situated in Elizabeth twp., same date.
DAVID McCORD, who settled in Derry township, very early, was "murdered on his plantation by the Indians during the late In- dian war. "
JOHN SLOAN, w. for a tract of land in 1749, in Donegal twp. ; a resurvey was made in 1763, at which time he was deceased, leav- ing a wife Jean, and the following children :
i. Alexander. ii. Archibald. iri. Mary.
iv. Margaret, m. Archibald Sloan. v. Elizabeth.
November 26, 1764, w. for 100 a. to John Nicholas Simon and Adam Klerman, in Hanover twp., Lancaster co., "in trust for the Lutheran and Reformed congregations."
FRANCIS WORLEY, w: for 100 a. of land at mouth of Conestoga May 3, 1716; resur- vey, March 12, 1742, for his son, Caleb Worley.
Manor of Plumpton, in Heidelberg twp., in 1749.
DAVID BYERS took up a tract of land in Donegal twp., and after his death a re-sur- vey was had, Sept. 1, 1762, in favor of his children :
i. David.
ii. John.
iii. Jane; m. Thomas Smith.
iv. Martha; m. Campbell. who d. prior to 1763.
THOMAS SMILEY, and son John, in Hano- ver twp. in 1767.
JACOB BIGLER W. for 137 a. in Leacock twp., surveyed Nov. 16, 1752, for the benefit of his dan. Barbara, who was the widow of Ritter, and had a son IIenry in 1763.
JOHN and JAMES RIPPETH, brothers, in Hanover twp., Laneaster co., in 1737.
JAMES REED, of Upper Paxtang town- ship, Lancaster co., had sons John and James in 1737.
Land "lying upon Tulpyhockin 3 miles from Cowowkin."
HENRY SMITH, w. for 150 a. of land, April 24, 1734, " on this side Tulpehockin near the Iron Works. "
"On the Great Spring in Heidleberg town- ship," in 1736.
George Steyts, w. for 300 a. "situate on Quitapohi'la Run, adjoining John Light's plantation in Lebanon township, Settled and Improved by himself seven years, " Dec. 19, 1737.
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"Samonocasie Run" in Robinson town- ship, Lancaster county, so named in 1740.
"On the waggon road leading thro' the Indian Manor to Patowmeck, fifty miles to the westward of Paxtang, and about sixty miles north of Bell's Town on Patowneck," Dec. 7, 1737.
ROBERT REDICK, w. for land in Penns- boro' twp., upon Conedogwainet, January 31, 1737.
GODFREY SEIDLE, land on Deep Run, in Bethel township, adjoining his father-in-law, John Adams, in 1771.
JOHN MATTER settled ou Great Wicka- nisko, about one mile from the River Sus- quehanna, prior to 1773.
JACOB JOB, of Leacock twp., Lancaster co., d. prior to 1763, leaving issue :
i. Andrew.
ii. Jeremiah, d. intestate, his wife, Mary, subsequently m. - Hughey.
iii. Samuel.
iv. Sarah; in. Jonathan White.
7. Mary; her guardians were Samuel Job and William Hamilton, Esq., of Philadel- phia.
JOHN MONTGOMERY and SAMUEL Mc- CORKLE settled in Paxtang, on adjoining farms, prior to 1735.
Albright and Michael Deibler were in Lykens Valley prior to 1767.
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE DAUPHIN COUN- TY HISTORICAL SOCIETY .- The "Autobi- ography of John Kcan," with an excellent engraving has been published by the Dauphin County Historical Society, and will be fur- nished its members.
THE SCHROPP FAMILY OF NORTH- AMPTON COUNTY.
I. JOHN CONRAD SCHROPP, of Germany, died in 1728, and his wife (maiden-name Berkmuller) died in 1731. Their child was: 2. i. Matthew.
II. MATTHEW SCHROPP, b. 21st March, 1722, at Kauffernen, Suabia, came to Penn- sylvania with the second Moravian colony in 1743. He married Anna Maria Tomet, who was b. 13th April, 1719, at Basle, Switzer- land. He died 11th September, 1767, at
Salem, N. C. [His widow married Rev. John Wolfgang Michler, 23d August, 1778, ancestor of the Easton family of the name, who d. at llebron, in 1785. She d. 3d April, 1786, at Nazareth]. Their children were:
3. i. John, b. Oct. 11, 1750.
4. ii. Christian, b. June 27, 1756. iii. Mary, d. single.
5. iv. Sabina, b. Nov. 5, 1759.
III. JOHN SCHROPP, b. 11th Oct., 1750, at Nazareth; d. 4th July, 1805, at Bethle- hem. He married first, Maria Elizabeth Tanneberger, b. 15th July, 1753, at Naza- reth, d. 23d August, 1801, at Bethlehem. Their children were:
2. Johanna Elizabeth, b. 17 Aug., 1785, at Betlilehem; d 7 May, 1810, at Bethlehemn. ii. Charlotte Sabina, b. 23 Nov., 1787, at Nazareth; d. 22 June, 1833, at Bethlehem.
6. iii. Maria Louisa; b. 27 June, 1790; m. John S. Krause.
7. iv. Anna Caroline; b. 7 June, 1793; m. Owen Rice.
John Schiropp m. secondly 26 April, 1802, Elizabeth Krogstrup; b. 18 May, 1763; d. 25 March, 1819, at Lititz. Their children were : v. [a dau. ] b. and d. 20 Aug., 1803.
8. vi. John. b. Sept. 8, 1805.
IV. CHRISTIAN SCHROPP, b. 27 June, 1756; d. 31 Dec., 1826. He married first, 17 Nov., 1793, Anna Maria Russmeyer, b. 12 July, 1757, at Bethlehem; d. 29 Dec., 1804, at Lititz. Their child was:
i. Christian Russmeyer; b. 7 Oct., 1796, at Lititz; d. 1821 at Nazareth.
Christian Schropp m. secondly 8 Jan., 1806, Rebecca Edmonds, b. 9 Ang., 1762, at Sechem, N. Y. ; d. 25 Aug., 1828.
V. SABINA SCHROPP. b. 5 November, 1759, at Nazareth. d. 8 May, 1848, at Beth- lehem ; married William Henry, of Naza- reth. Their children, all born in Nazareth, were (surname Henry) :
i. Elizabeth; b. 15 October, 1782; d. 15 December, 1844, at Philadelphia; m. John Jordan, of Philadelphia.
ii. Anna; b. 29 September, 1784, d. in 1801.
iii. John-Joseph; b. 17 June, 1786; d. 2 December, 1836.
iv. Johanna Maria; b. 6 May, 1788; d. 31 January, 1811, at Bethlehem ; m. Rt. Rev. A. Benade.
v. Matthew Schropp; b. 10 August, 1790; d. 20 January, 1862, in Philadelphia.
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vi. Sabina; b. 4 August, 1792; d. 22 March, 1829, at Bethlehem; m. John F. Wolle.
vii. William; b. 15 Angust, 1794; d. 23 May, 1878, at Wyoming, Pa.
viti. June: b. 5 June, 1796; d. s. p.
VI. MARIA LOUISA SCHIROPP, b. 27 June, 1790, at Bethlehem; d. 29 July 1819; in. 3 April, 1810, John Samuel Kranse, b. 23 June, 1782; d. 26 Dec., 1815. Their children were (surname Krause) :
i. Sophia Louisa; b. 13 Feb. 1811, at Bethlehem; d. in 1846, at Salem, N. C.
ii. Matthew; b. 6 Aug. 1814, at Bethlehem. VII. ANNA CAROLINE; b. 7 June, 1793; d. 23 Sept. 1852, at Catasauqua ; m. Owen Rice. Their child was (surname Rice) :
i. Maria; b. 4 May, 1829, Bethlehem; d. 18 March, 1849, at Catasauqua.
VIII. JOHN SCHROPP; b. 8 Sept. 1805; d. 2 Sept., 1840, at Bethlehem; m. 12 Oct., 1828, Maria Comelia Goundie, b. 15 Oct., 1807. Their children all b. at Bethlehem were:
i. Charles William; b. 15 May, 1830; d. March 1888, in Philadelphia.
ii. Maria Elizabeth; b. 21 April, 1832; d. 15 Aug. 1854. iii. Henry John; b. 1 Dee., 1833; d. 21 July, 1834.
iv. John Cornelius; b. 28 Aug., 1836. o. Anna Caroline; b. 16 Feb., 1840; d. 31 Dec., 1841.
9. vi. Abraham Sebastian ; b. 22 March, 1841.
IX. ABRAHAM SEBASTIAN SCHROPP, b. 22 March, 1841, at Bethlehem ; m. 19 April, 1864, Caroline Angeliea Guetter; b. 13 March, 1842. Their children, all b. at Bethlehem, were:
i. Elizabeth Burnet; b. 12 Nov., 1865; d. 24 Dec., 1887, m. 8 Feb., 1887, George Hildreth Worrall.
it. Mary HIelen ; b. 25 Aug., 1868. iii. Ruth Caroline; b. 8 Sept., 1871.
THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATE OF 1837-38.
[The following record of the members of the Senate of Pennsylvania in 1837-38, came into our possession among the papers of Hon. John Scrohm, of Lancaster. Accom- panying it was the versification probably written by IIon. Abraham Miller, Senator from the city of Philadelphia, as it appears to be in his handwriting. Of the gentlemen who composed this honorable body, only one
we presume is living, our distinguished fel- low-citizen, Hon. John J. Pearson. ]
Samuel A. Barelay, Bedford, 34, attorney- at-law, Bedford Pa.
James A. Caldwell, Lancaster county, 39, farmer, Laneaster county, Pa.
Samuel L. Carpenter, York county, 42, surveyor, Greensburg, Westmoreland county,. Pa.
Elihu Case, New York State, 47, farmer, Bradford.
Jacob Cassat, Adams county, 59, farmer,. Adams county.
Cornelius Darragh, Allegheny, 29, attor- ney-at-law, Pittsburgh.
Charles Frailey (Sch.). Berks county, 39, farmer, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill eonnty, Pa .-
Fredk. Fraley (city), Philadelphia City, 33, merchant, Philadelphia City.
David Fullerton, Franklin county, 65,. farmer, near Greencastle, Franklin county. John Harper, Lebanon county, farmer, Lebanon, Lebanon county.
Alexr. Irvin, Centre county, 38, merchant, Clearfield Town.
Francis James, Chester county, 38, attor -- ney-at-law, West Chester, Chester county.
Meek Kelly, Franklin, 53, surveyor, Indi- ana county.
Ebenezer Kingsbury, Vermont, 33, attor- ney-at-law, Ilonesdale, Wayne county.
Isaac Leet, Washington county, 35, attor- ney-at-law, Washington, Penn'a.
Peter S. Michler, Northampton, 38, man- ufacturer, Easton.
James MeConkey, Lancaster connty, Pa., 50, merchant, York county.
Abraham Miller (city), Philadelphia City, potter, Lane street, Philadelphia.
John Miller (Berks), Berks county, 52, innkeeper, Reading.
Ilenry Myers, Delaware county, 48, farm- er, Concord.
James Paul, Philadelphia county, 57, farmer, Willow Grove.
John J. Pearson, Delaware county, 35, attorney-at-law, Mercer, Pa.
Alex. M. Peltz, Washington, D. C., 29, merchant, Philadelphia.
Charles B. Penrose, Philadelphia county, 39, attorney-at-law, Carlisle.
David R. Porter, Montgomery county, 38, farmer, Huntingdon.
Wm. Purviance, surveyor, Butler county. WVm. T. Rogers, Philadelphia City, 38, printer, Doylestown.
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John A. Sangston, Fayette county, 34, merchant, Uniontown.
Isaae Slenker, York county, attorney-at- law, New Berlin.
Michael Snyder, Philadelphia county, 52, innkeeper, Manayunk.
Joseph M. Sterrett, Cumberland county, Erie.
John Strohm, Lancaster county, 44, farm- er, Martick township, Lancaster county.
Jesse R. Burden, Speaker, too young when born, so that he don't remember the place, 21 and upwards, speculator and stock jobber, Madison House.
Geo. Hamersley, Chief Clerk, printer and bookseller, York, 27.
David Middlecoff, Assistant Clerk.
Geo. S. Wilkins, Transcribing Clerk, Laneaster.
My Early History.
Amidst the pots my earliest course was run, My sire a potter, I a potter's son.
Amidst the pots my childhood's lot was cast, Amidst the pots my youthful days were past. Amidst the pots I held my manlier course, In making pots I spent my manhood's force; Like pots, my fate, when shattered and de- cayed,
Upon the potsherd heap I shall be laid.
My Tomb.
Of broken pots be built my monument,
This shall endure when records shall be blent
With fabled story, when the splendid dome No more shall mark the cold and silent home
Of slumbering statesmen, whose now quiet dust
No longer wars npon the injured just
Of heroes, who on human glory bent,
In blood and tears built up their monument, Nor dream'd that these, beneath the tread of Time,
Should sinx in dust in every changing clime. While the poor potsherd, humble and ob- scure,
Smiles at the wreck of Time, and ever shall endure.
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Historical, Biographical and Genealogical.
CXCVI.
BELL FOUNT .- Bellefonte, so named in the newspapers of 1800.
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