|
HISTORY
of
CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
including A History of the County; its Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.;
Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and Miscellaneous
Matter, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO.
1885
CONTENTS
PART I.
HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA
| CHAPTER I. -
INTRODUCTORY |
15-23 |
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-
Cornelis Jacobson Mey, 1624-25
- William Van Hulst, 1625-__
- Peter Minuit, 1625-33
-
David Petersen De Vries, 1832-83
- Wouter
Twiller, 1833-48 |
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CHAPTER II |
23-33 |
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- Sir
William Keift, 1638-47
- Peter Minuit,
1638-41
- Peter Hollandaer, 1641-43
- John Printz, 1643-53
- Peter Stuyvesant, 1647-64
- John Pappagoya, 1653-54
- John Claude Rysingh, 1654-55 |
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CHAPTER III |
33-35 |
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-
John Paul Jaquet, 1655-57
- Jacob Alrichs,
1657-59
- Goeran Van Dyck, 1657 - ___
-
William Beekman, 1658-63
- Alexander D'Hinoyossa, 1659-64 |
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CHAPTER IV |
35-41 |
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-
Richard Nichos, 1664-67
- Robert Neelham,
1664-68
- Francis Lovelace, 1667-73
- John
Carr, 1668-73
- Anthony Colve, 1673-74
-
Peter Alrichs, 1673-74 |
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CHAPTER V |
41-50 |
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Amdros, 1674-81
- Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76
-
John Collier, 1676-77
- Christopher Billop,
1677-81 |
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CHAPTER VI |
51-61 |
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-
William Markham, 1681-82
- William Penn,
1682-84 |
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CHAPTER VII |
61-69 |
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-
Thomas Lloyd, 1684-86
- Five Commissioners,
1686-88
- John Blackwell, 1688-90
- Thomas
Lloyd, 1690-91
- William Markham, 1691-93
-
Benjamin Fletcher, 1693-95
- William
Markham, 1698-99 |
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| CHAPTER VIII |
69-75 |
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-
William Penn, 1699-1701
- Andrew Hamilton,
1701-3
- Edward Shippen, 1703-4
- John
Evans, 1904-9
- Charles Gookin, 1709-17 |
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CHAPTER IX |
75-89 |
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- Sir
William Keith, 1717-96
- Patrick Gordon,
1726-36
- James Logan, 17858-88
- George
Thomas, 1738-47
- Anthony Palmer, 1747-48
-
James Hamilton, 1748-54 |
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CHAPTER X |
89-97 |
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-
Robert H. Morris, 1754-56
- William Denny,
1756-59
- James Hamilton, 1759-63 |
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CHAPTER XI |
98-104 |
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-
John Penn, 1763-71
- James Hamilton, 1771
-
Richard Penn, 1771-73
- John Penn, 1773-76 |
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CHAPTER XII |
104-114 |
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Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1777-78
- George Bryan,
1778
- Joseph Reed, 1778-81
- William Moore,
1781-82
- John Dickinson, 1782-85
- Benjamin
Franklin, 1785-88 |
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CHAPTER XIII |
114-121 |
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-
Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99
- Thomas McKean,
1799-1808
- Simon Snyder, 1808-17
- William
Findlay, 1817-20
- Joseph Heister, 1820-23
-
John A. Shulze, 1823-29
- George Wolfe,
1829-35
- Joseph Ritner, 1835-39 |
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CHAPTER XIV |
122-131 |
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-
David R. Porter, 1839-45
- Francis R. Shunk,
1845-48
- William F. Johnstone, 1848-52
-
William Gibler, 1852-55
- James Pollock,
1855-58
- William F. Packer, 1858-61
-
Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67
- John W. Geary,
1867-73
- John F. Hartranft, 1873-78
- Henry
F. Hoyt, 1878-82
- Robert E. Pattison, 1882. |
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GUBERNATORIAL TABLE |
132 |
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PART II.
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.
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| CHAPTER I -
ARCHAEOLOGY |
137-142 |
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- The Mound Builders
- Evidences
of a Vanished Race
- Delaware Tradition of
the Allegewi
- Pre-Historic Remains in
Crawford County
- Stone Mound Near Oil Creek
- Old Meadows on French Creek, and Indian
Tradition Regarding Them
- Circular Forts
and Mounds Below Meadville
- Indian Graves
and Relics
- Description of a Large Fort
Near Pymatuning Swamp
- Numerous Artificial
Oil Pits Found by the Pioneers in the
Vicinity of Titusville
- Munds in Other
Portions of the County
- Archaeological
Conclusions Regarding these Monuments of
Antiquity. |
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CHAPTER II - INDIAN HISTORY |
142-158 |
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- The Eries Occupy the
Southern Shore of Lake Erie
- They are
Conquered and Dispersed by the Iroquois
-
Catholic Missionaries Who Have Written of
the Eries
- Definition of Their Name
-
Mention of the Eries on Two Old French Maps
at Harrisburg
- Seneca Tradition Regarding
the War of Extermination
- The Senecas
Occupy the Conquered Territory
- War Between
the Senecas and Massassaugas
- Indian
Villages in Crawford County - Friendly
Indians and White Prisoners Found Here by
the First Settlers
- Neighboring Indian
Towns - Biography of Cornplanter
- Ancient
Indian Trace
- Delegations of Wyandots and Senecas Pass Through Meadville in 1808
-
Council at Jennesedaga Between Citizens of
Crawford County and the Senecas
- The Latter
Join the Americans in the War of 1812-15. |
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CHAPTER III - FRENCH NAVIGATORS |
154-169 |
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- Cartier Discovers the
St. Lawrence
- Champlain Founds Quebec and
Montreal
- French Explorations
- Catholic
Missionaries Visit the Eries and Iroquois
- Joncaire
- French and English Traders -
Conflicting Claims
- Celeron's Expedition
-
The French Take Possession of the Machault
and DuQuesne - Catholic Church Erected at
Presque Isle
- English Resistance to the
Claims of France
- Washington's Mission to
the French Commandant at LeBoeuf - War
Between the Two Nations
- Old French Road
Through Crawford County
- French Fort at
Site of Meadville
- Evacuation of the
Country by the French, and English Occupancy
- Forts Presque Isle and LeBoeuf Repaired,
and Venango and Pitt Erected
- Indian
Dissatisfaction
- Pontiac's Conspiracy and
Capture of Forts Venango, LeBoeuf and
Presque Isle
- Revolutionary War and
American Possession Indian Treaties
-
Erection of Fort Franklin
- Soldiers
Stationed at Mead's Blockhouse
- French
Creek Settlers Organize for Protection
-
English and Indian Opposition to American
Occupation
- Wayne's Victory and Final
Peace. |
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CHAPTER IV - PIONEERS OF FRENCH CREEK |
170-181 |
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-
David and John Mead Visit the Valley in 1787
- Appearance of the Country at that Time
-
First Settlement Made in May, 1788, by
David, John and Joseph Mead, Thomas Martin,
John Watson, James Fitz Randolph, Thomas
Grant, Cornelius VanHorne and Christopher
Snyder
- They Plow and Plant a Field of Corn
in the Bottom West of French Creek
-
Selection of the Lands
- David and John Mead
Bring Out Their Families
- Arrival of Darius
Mead, Robert Fitz Randolph and Frederick
Baum
- First Birth in the Settlement
-
Biographies of David Mead, John Mead,
Cornelius Van Horn, Robert Fitz Randolph and
Edward Fitz Randolph
- The Hermitage They
Left to Their Descendants. |
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CHAPTER V - INDIAN DEPREDATIONS |
181-191 |
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-
Friendly Indians
- The Settlers Leave the
Valley in April, 1791
- Return of Cornelius
Van Horne, Thomas Ray and William Gregg
-
Capture of Van Horne by the Indians and his
Subsequent Escape
- He meets Ensign Jeffers
at Mead's Block-House and Goes to Fort
Franklin
- Ray Captured and Gregg Killed by
the Savages
- The Former Taken to Detroit,
but Finally Gains his Freedom
- Capture and
Death of Darius Mead
- Unsettled State of
French Creek Valley
- Mead's Block-House
Garrisoned by Ensign Bond
- Indians Attack
James Dickson
- Cornelius Van Horne Raises a
Company of Volunteers to Protect the
Settlement
- The Settlers Erect a
Block-House at Meadville
- Fearless
Character of the Pioneers
- Findlay and
McCormick Killed by Indians
- Raid on
William Power's Camp by the Same Band, and
Capture of James Thompson
- Closing Events
of Indian Hostility. |
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CHAPTER VI - NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA |
191-205 |
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-
Formation of Counties
- Territory Embraced
in Allegheny County
- Erection of Crawford
County, and Location of the Seat of Justice
at Meadville
- Surrounding Counties Erected
and Temporarily Attached to Crawford for
Judicial Purposes
- The Mercer and Erie
County Boundary Lines Established
-
Biography of Col. William Crawford after
Whom the County was Named
- His Useful
Career and Cruel Death
- Location and
Boundaries of Crawford County
- Townships
-
Size, Area, and General Appearance
-
Population Statistics
- French Creek
- The
Stream as a Highway of Navigation
- New
Channel at Meadville
- Its Tributaries -
Cussewago and Other Streams
- Oil Creek
-
Conneaut Creek
- Shenango and Crooked Creek
- Lake Conneaut
- Oil Creek Lake
- Sugar
Lake. |
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CHAPTER VII - TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF
CRAWFORD COUNTY |
205-225 |
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Features of Crawford County
- Elevations,
Surface Dip, and Physical Phenomena of
Streams, Lakes and Swamps - Drainage of
Conneaut Marsh
- Pymatuning Swamp
-
Geological Series
- Drift
- Buried Valleys
-
Pottsville Conglomerate
- Homewood Sand
Stone, Mercer Group, Conoquenessing and
Sharon
- Subconglomerate Formations
-
Shenango, Meadville and Oil Lake Groups
-
Venango Oil Sand Group
- Venango Upper
Sandstone, Upper Shales, Middle Sandstone,
Lower Shales and Lower Sandstone. |
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CHAPTER VIII - LANDS |
226-235 |
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-
Land Provision Made for Pennsylvania
Soldiers of the Revolution by the Act of
1780
- Depreciation Certificates
- Act of
1783
- Depreciation Lands
- Donation Lands
-
Survey and Distribution of Military Lands
West of the Allegheny River
- Unseated Lands
- Act of 1792
- Prevention Clause in Said
Act, and the Litigation and Troubles Arising
Therefrom
- Organization of Land Companies
-
Holland Land Company
- Pennsylvania
Population Company
- North American Land
Company
- John Reynolds' Reminiscences of
the Conflict Between the Settlers and Land
Companies, and the Injury Thereby Inflicted
on the Settlement and Prosperity of the
County. |
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CHAPTER IX - AGRICULTURE |
236-246 |
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- First Land Cultivated by the
Pioneers in the alley of French Creek and
First Corn Crop Planted
- Pioneer Nursery
- Introduction of Potatoes Wheat, Rye, Buckwheat, Oats, Barley, etc.
- Rapid Increase of the Cereals
- Horses and Cattle
- Merino Sheep Brought into the County
- Anecdote of a Sheep Speculation
- Swine of the Past and Present
- Stock and Land in 1826
- Wool, Production
- Leading Fine Stock Breeders, Dealers and
Importers
- Agricultural Societies of
Crawford County
- Agricultural Implements,
their Changes and Wonderful Improvement
During the Past Century
- Pioneer Mode of
Farming
- Dairy Interests
- First Cheese Factories Erected in the County
- Their Rapid Increase and Present Prosperity of the Business
- Dairyman's Association
- Dairyman's Board of Trade. |
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CHAPTER X - PRIMITIVE APPEARANCE OF CRAWFORD
COUNTY |
249-262 |
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-
Timber, and Fruit-Bearing Trees and Vines
-
Roots and Herbage
- Pioneer Days and Trials
- Habitations of the First Settlers
-
Furniture
- Food and Medicine
- Habits,
Labor and Dress
- Early Manners and Customs
- "Bees" and Weddings
- The Hominy Block and
Pioneer Mills
- Store Goods and Produce
-
Old Cash Book at Fort Franklin
- Mode of
Living
- Churches and Schools
- Period of
1812-15
- Alfred Huidekoper's List of Wild
Animals, Birds and Reptiles
- An Old Settler
- Game
- The Inhabitants of Northwestern
Pennsylvania Petition the Legislature to
Enact a Law for the Destruction of Squirrels
- Hunts Inaugurated
- Pheasants, Pigeons,
Bees and Fish
- Wolves - Premiums on Wolf
and Fox Scalps - Bears - Panthers -
Fur-Bearing Animals - The Rattlesnake and
other Pests of Early Times. |
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CHAPTER XI - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS |
263-286 |
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-
Early Roads and Navigation
- Salt Trade
-
Discovery and Manufacture of Salt in
Crawford County
- Freightage of Salt Between
Erie and Pittsburgh
- Turnpike Roads
-
County Expenditures for Roads and Bridges
from 1804 to 1834
- Mode of Travel in
Pioneer Days
- Plank Roads
- First Bridges
Built across French Creek
- Stage Lines and
Mail Routes
- Boating and Navigation on
French Creek
- Canals and Canal Building
- French Creek Feeder and the Beaver & Erie
Canal
- Introduction of Steamboats of the
Allegheny and Slack-Water Navigation on
French Creek
- Completion of the Beaver &
Erie Canal
- Railroads of Crawford County. |
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CHAPTER XII - THE BURR CONSPIRACY, ETC. |
286-294 |
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- One
of Burr's Agents Visits Meadville and
Enlists en for the Expedition
- Capture of
Boats on the Ohio
- The Democracy of
Crawford County Hold a Celebration at
Meadville to Rejoice Over the Failure of the
Conspiracy
- Suggestive Toasts Drank of the
Occasion
- The Federalists take Offense and
Attempt Retaliation
- Partisan Strife
Becomes Bitter, but Finally Dies Out and
Peace Prevails
- Religious Phenomena of
Pioneer Days
- Strange Actions of Those
Affected
- Vivid Descriptions of the
Excitement
- Early Murders
- Killing of a
Squaw in Meadville
- Murder of Hugh
Fitzpatrick by Van Holland
- Arrest, Trial
and Execution of the Murderer
- Hanging of Lamphier for Killing Constable Smith
-
Charles Higgenbottom Killed by George
Gosnell
- The Latter Sent to the
Penitentiary
- Slavery in Crawford County
-
John Brown, of Ossawatomie. |
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CHAPTER XIII - JUDICIARY |
295-311 |
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-
Pioneer Court Houses, Their Simplicity and
Many Uses
- First Buildings Used for County
Purposes in Crawford County
- First Term of
Court and Amusing Incident Connected
Therewith
- Second Session and First Grand
Jury Impanelled
- Indictments Found by This
Jury
- Pioneer Mode of Settling
Disagreements
- Anecdote of Judge Mead
-
Second Grand Jury - First Jury Trial in
Crawford County
- Early Practice and
Practitioners
- The Bench and Bar
-
President, District and Additional Law
Judges
- Associate Judges
- Deputy
Attorney-Generals and District Attorneys
-
United States Courts
- The Men who Organized
the First Court at Meadville
- Brief
Biographies of Leading Members of the Bench
and Bar
- Present Bar of the County
-
Resident Attorneys out of Practice
-
Deceased Attorneys. |
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CHAPTER XIV - OFFICIAL ROSTER |
311-320 |
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-
Members of Congress
- State Senators
- State
Representatives
- Prothonotaries
- Clerk
-
Registers and Recorders
- Sheriffs
-
Commissioners
- Treasurers
- Surveyors
-
Coroners
- County Buildings and County Farm
- The Old State Arsenal |
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CHAPTER XV - EDUCATIONAL |
321-330 |
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The
Old Block-House Where in the First School in
Crawford County was Taught
- The Act
Erecting the County Provides for a Seminary
of Learning at the County Seat
- Pioneer
Schoolhouses
- School Law of 1809
- Free
Schools Established in 1834
- Nationality
and Educational Characteristics of the Early
Settlers
- Teachers of Pioneer Days
-
Organization of the Crawford County
Teachers' Institute
- Its Growth and
Progress, and the Work it has Accomplished
-
School Law of 1854
- Office of County
Superintendent Created
- Establishment of
Normal Schools
- Superintendents since 1854
- Present Condition of the Schools
-
Crawford County Medical Society
-
Homeopathic Medical Society of Crawford
County
- Crawford County Mutual Insurance
Company
- Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Crawford County. |
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CHAPTER XVI - MILITARY HISTORY |
331-343 |
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-
English Intrigue and Indian Hospitality
-
Tecumseh and the Battle of Tippecanoe
- War
of 1812-15
- Preparing for the Conflict
-
Organization of the Militia
- Gen. David
Mead and Brigade
- Inspector William Clark
Engaged in the Work
- Military Camp
Established at Meadville by Gen. Tannehill's
Brigade
- Political Trouble Between the
Soldiers while in Camp
- The Command
-
Leaves for the Front
- Excitement Caused by
Hull's Surrender
- Patriotism of the
Pioneers
- Tannehill's Brigade Disband
-
Testimonial to Maj. James Herriott
-
Recruiting Office at Meadville
- Building of
Perry's Fleet
- Gen. Mead's Stirring Appeal
to the People
- Perry's Letter of Tanks to
Gen. Mead
- Battle of Lake Erie
- Second
Letter from Perry to Mead
- Mead's Troops
Stationed at Erie in 1813-14
- Capt. Morris
Recruiting at Meadville
- List of Officers
-
Peace Proclaimed
- Brief Review of the War
-
Mexican War. |
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CHAPTER XVII - CRAWFORD COUNTY IN THE WAR OF
THE REBELLION |
344-365 |
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-
Patriotic Feeling Among its People
-
Meetings Held to Denounce Treason and Uphold
the Government
- First Volunteers Sent to
the Front
- Erie Regiment
- Thirty-eighth
Regiment, Ninth Reserve
- Thirty-ninth
Regiment, Tenth Reserve
- Fifty-seventh
Regiment
- Fifty-Ninth Regiment, Second
Cavalry
- Eighty-Third Regiment
- One
Hundred and Eleventh Regiment
- One hundred
and Thirteenth Regiment, Twelfth Cavalry
-
One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment
- One
Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment
- One
Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment
- One
Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment
-
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment
-
One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment
- One
Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment
- One Hundred
and Sixty-third Regiment, Eighteenth Cavalry
- One Hundred and Ninetieth and Ninety-first
Regiments
- Two Hundred and Eleventh
Regiment
- Close of the War. |
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PART III.
MEADVILLE AND TITUSVILLE
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| CHAPTER I -
MEADVILLE |
371-389 |
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-
Appearance and Topography of the City
- The
Town Laid Out by David Mead
- First Sales of
Lots and the Purchasers
- Anecdote of the
First Survey
- Pioneers
- Re-survey and
Enlargement of the Town Plat
- 'Brief
Sketches of Those, Who Located Permanently
in Meadville Prior to 1805
- Early
Physicians
- Natural Phenomena of Pioneer
Days
- Strange Psychological Phenomenon
-
Visit of La Fayette
- Meadville in 1830
-
Business Men Then Residing Here
- Old Houses
Yet Remaining
- The Changes Which
'Fifty-four Years Have Wrought in the Town. |
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CHAPTER II - RELIGIOUS HISTORY |
389-403 |
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-
First Presbyterian Church
- Second
Presbyterian Church
- Cumberland
Presbyterian and United Presbyterian
Churches
- First Methodist Episcopal Church
- State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
-
African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church
- Independent
Congregational Church
- First Baptist Church
- Lutheran Evangelical Trinity Church
- St.
Paul's Reformed Church
- St. Agatha's
Catholic Church
- St. Bridget's Catholic
Church
- Meadville Hebrew Society
- First
Evangelical Protestant Church
- Park Avenue
Congregational Church. |
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CHAPTER III - SCHOOLS OF MEADVILLE |
404-426 |
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- The
Old Block-House Remodeled by David Mead for
School Purposes
- First School Opened in the
Town
- Night School
- Meadville Academy
Founded by the Legislature
- Original
Subscribers to the Fund for its
Establishment
- The Academy Opened Under
Rev. Joseph Stockton
- Its Early Teachers
and Future Progress
- Free Schools
- Growth
of Education in Meadville and Present
Condition of the Schools
- Allegheny
College
- History of the Institution from
its Inception to the present time -
Meadville Theological School
- Meadville
Business College. |
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| CHAPTER IV -
NEWSPAPERS, ETC. |
426-443 |
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-
Crawford Weekly Messenger
- Allegheny
Magazine
- Western Standard
- Meadville
Gazette
- Unitarian Essayist
- Western Star
- Meadville Courier
- Crawford Democrat
-
Statesman
- American Citizen
- Democratic
Republican
- Meadville Gazette
- Crawford
Journal
- Pennsylvania Sentinel
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| CHAPTER IV -
NEWSPAPERS, ETC. |
426-443 |
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- Cussewago Chronical
- Spirit of the Age
- Meadville
Republican
- Meadville Index
- Crawford
County Post
- Meadville Reporter
-
Democratic Messenger
- Messenger Democrat
-
Morning News
- National Vindicator
- Chautauquan - Chautauqua Assembly Herald
-
Pennsylvania Farmer
- Meadville Tribune
-
Past and Present Manufacturing Interests of
the City. |
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CHAPTER V - MEADVILLE CONCLUDED |
443-462 |
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-
Incorporation of Meadville as a Borough
-
First Election of Officers
- Meadville
Becomes a City
- Population of the Town by
Decades Since 1800
- Burgesses
- Mayors
-
Postmasters
- The Old Cemetery
- Greendale
Cemetery
- City Hall
- Market House
- St.
Joseph's Hospital
- Meadville City Hospital
- Fire Department
- Meadville Gas and Water
Company
- Electric Light
- Meadville Water
Company
- Telegraph, Telephone, and Express
Companies
- Banks
- Hotels
- Secret and
Other Societies
- Pioneer Shows and Public
Halls
- Public Library
- Parks
- Conclusion. |
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CHAPTER VI - TITUSVILLE |
462-475 |
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-
Historical - Early Settlements
- First
Things
- Lumbering Industry
- Discovery of
Petroleum
- Oil Companies Organized
- Oil
Wells
- Refineries
- Great Oil Fire
- Oil
Exchange
- Industries. |
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| CHAPTER VII
- TITUSVILLE, CONCLUDED |
476-491 |
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-
Incorporation
- City Hall
- Water Works
-
Gas and Water Company
- Fire Companies
-
Sewers
- Banking
- Library Association
-
Agricultural Association
- The Press
-
Schools
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Societies
- Miscellaneous |
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PART IV
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
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| CHAPTER I -
ATHENS TOWNSHIP |
495-501 |
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-
Boundary
- Lands
- Early Settlements
-
Organization
- Population
- Streams
-
Railroads
- Topography
- Timber
- Industries
- Schools
- Post Offices
- Little Cooley
-
First Settlers
- Industries, etc.
- Churches |
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CHAPTER II - BEAVER TOWNSHIP |
502-505 |
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-
Erection
- Boundaries
- Physical Features
-
Industries
- Land Titles
- Settlements
-
Salt Industry
- Mills
- Schools
- Beaver
Center
- Churches. |
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CHAPTER III - BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP AND
BOROUGH OF RICEVILLE -
Finished 1/28/2018 |
505-513 |
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-
Organization
- Boundaries
- Physical
Features
- Lands
- Early Settlers
- Thomas
Bloomfield
- Richard Shreve
- Other Settlers
- Money
- Schools
- Lincolnville
- Churches
- Chapmanville
- Bloomfield
- Cheese
Factories
- Mills. |
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BOROUGH OF
RICEVILLE |
511 |
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- Incorporation
-
Officers
- Early Settlers
- Schools
-
Industries
- Churches
- Societies |
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CHAPTER IV - CAMBRIDGE TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH
OF CAMBRIDGEBORO |
513-521 |
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-
Formation
- Location
- Name
- Physical
Features
- Early Settlers
- Drake's Mills
-
Schools. |
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BOROUGH OF
CAMBRIDGEBORO |
516 |
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-
Location
- Population
- Settlement
- Growth
- Business
- The Railroad
- Present
Industries
- Incorporation
- Officers
-
Newspaper
- Churches
- Societies
- The
Conservatory of Music
- Schools. |
|
|
CHAPTER V - CONNEAUT TOWNSHIP |
522-526 |
| |
-
Organization
- Boundaries
- Name
- Physical
Features
- Area and Population
- Land
Companies
- First Purchasers
- Early
Settlers
- Mills
- Schools
- Friends
-
Churches
- Summit
- Penn Line
- Steamburg. |
|
|
CHAPTER VI - CUSSEWAGO TOWNSHIP |
526 |
| |
-
Formation and Boundaries
- Name
- Streams
-
Soil
- Population
- First Owners
- Pioneer
Life
- Early Settlers
- Mills
- Cheese
Factories
- Schools
- Mosiertown
-
Crossingville
- Churches. |
|
|
CHAPTER VII - EAST FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP AND
BOROUGH OF COCHRANTON |
533-540 |
| |
-
Petition
- Election
- Physical Features
-
Titles
- Trials of Pioneers
- First Settlers
- Early School Teachers
- Shaw's Landing
-
Pettis Postoffice
- Stitzerville
- Churches |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
COCHRANTON |
535 |
| |
-
Population and Present Industries
- School
-
Press
- Churches
- Societies
- Cemetery. |
|
|
CHAPTER VIII - EAST FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP |
541-545 |
| |
-
Fallowfield and Boundaries
- Division of the
Original Township
- Physical Features
-
Population Company Contracts
- First
Settlers
- Other Settlers
- Early Schools
-
Lost Child
- Mills
- Atlantic
- Societies
-
Churches |
|
|
CHAPTER IX - FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP |
546-552 |
| |
-
Boundaries
- Location
- Physical Features
-
Population
- First Settles
- Lands
- Later
Settlements
- Conscription
- State Road
-
Library Association
- Schools
- Great Snow
-
Mill
- Calvin's Corners
- Churches. |
|
|
CHAPTER X - GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP |
552-559 |
| |
-
Location
- Area
- Population
- Physical
Features
- Field's Claim
- Early Settlers
-
Early Mills
- Distilleries
- Early Teachers
- Glendale
- West Greenwood
- Mills,
Churches. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
GENEVA |
556 |
| |
-
Population
- Incorporation
- Election
-
Officers
- Early Residents
- Schools
-
Churches
- Societies. |
|
|
CHAPTER XI - HAYFIELD TOWNSHIP |
559-564 |
| |
-
Organization
- Area
- Physical Features
-
Population
- Early Settlers
- Land Titles
-
Pioneer Trails
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Hayfield
- Coon's Corners
- Norrisville. |
|
|
CHAPTER XII - MEAD TOWNSHIP |
564-575 |
| |
-
Formation Size
- Valuation
- Population
-
Boundaries
- Rev. Timothy Alden on Mead
Township
- Early Settlers
- Titles from the
Holland Land Company
- Other Settlers
-
Mills
- Wayland
- Frenchtown
- Bousson
-
Schools
- Churches. |
|
|
CHAPTER XIII - NORTH SHENANGO TOWNSHIP |
576-579 |
| |
-
Original Township
- Subdivision
- Population
- Physical Features
- Mounds
- Espyville
Station
- Espyville Postoffice
- Churches
-
Land Titles
- Early Settlers
- Mills
-
Distilleries
- Early Teachers |
|
|
CHAPTER XIV - OIL CREEK TOWNSHP AND BOROUGH
OF HYDETOWN |
579-585 |
| |
-
Erection
- Boundaries
- Physical Features
-
Land Titles
- Early Settlers
- Early
Merchants
- Postoffice
- Mills
-
Distilleries
- Oil Wells
- Early Teachers
-
Religion
- Churches
- Kerr's Hill |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
HYDETOWN |
584 |
| |
-
First Settlers
- Early Business Interests
-
School
- Present Business
- Incorporation
-
Officers
- Churches
- The Equitable Aid
Union
- Literary Society |
|
|
CHAPTER XV - PINE TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF
LINESVILLE |
586-595 |
| |
-
Population
- Organization
- Name
- Physical
Features
- Land Companies
- Deeds
- Early
Settlers
- Colt's New Station. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
LINESVILLE |
591 |
| |
-
Location
- Origin
- Plat Recorded
-
Postoffice
- Early Settlers
- Mill
- Press
-
School
- Churches
- Societies
- Police
Company
- Incorporation
- Business
-
Professions. |
|
|
CHAPTER XVI - RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP |
595-601 |
| |
-
Location
- Organization
- Lands
- Population
- Physical Features
- Settlements
- Land
Titles
- Pioneers
- Soldiers' Titles
- Later
Settlers
- Mills
- Schools
- Guy's Mills
-
Societies
- Churches. |
|
|
CHAPTER XVII - RICHMOND TOWNSHIP |
601-605 |
| |
-
Boundaries
- Physical Features
- Donation
Lands
- Soldiers' Claims
- Pioneers
-
Tannery
- Mills
- Cheese Factories
- Early
Schools
- New Richmond
- Lyona
- Cemeteries
- Churches. |
|
|
CHAPTER XVIII - ROCKDALE TOWNSHIP |
605-612 |
| |
- Original
Boundaries
- Present Limits
- Population
-
Physical Features
- Early Mills
- Land
Titles
- Early Settlers
- Other Mills
-
First Schools
- Roads
- Miller's Station
-
Church
- Cemetery
- Brown Hill. |
|
|
|
CHAPTER XIX - ROME TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF
CENTREVILLE |
612-620 |
| |
-
Organization
- Boundaries
- Area
-
Population
- Physical Features
- Land Titles
- Pioneers
- Early Tax Payers
- Mills
-
Early School Teachers
- Churches |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
CENTREVILLE |
616 |
| |
-
Settlement
- Present business Interests
-
School
- Cemetery
- Churches
- Societies |
|
|
CHAPTER XX - SADSBURY TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH
OF EVENSBOROUGH |
620-625 |
| |
- Original Boundaries
- Present Area
- Population
- Canal
- Railroads
- Conneaut Lake
- Physical Features
- Land Companies
- Early Settlers
- Distilleries
- Early Teachers
- Shermanville
- Aldenia
- Stony Point Post office |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
EVANSBORO |
623 |
| |
- Location
- Incorporation
- Hotels
- Population
- Business
- Religious Organizations
- Societies
- The Founder
- Early Settlers and Business Pursuits. |
|
|
CHAPTER XXI - SOUTH SHENANGO TOWNSHIP |
625-630 |
| |
- Erection
- Population
- Physical Features
- Westford
- Marshall's Corners
- McLean's Corners
- Population Company Contracts
- Early Settlers
- Indians
- First Teachers
- Religious Organizations |
|
|
CHAPTER XXII - SPARTA TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH
OF SPARTANSBURG |
630-635 |
| |
Boundaries
- Erection
- Population
- Physical Features
- Mills
- Land Companies
- Early Pioneers
- Early Justice
- Early School Teachers. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
SPARTANSBURG |
633 |
| |
- Location
- Business
- Early Settlers
- First Name
- Incorporation
- Officers
- Religious Organization
- Societies |
|
|
CHAPTER XXIII - SPRING TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGHS
OF CONNEAUTVILLE AND SPRING |
635-652 |
| |
- Name
- Physical Features
- Population
- Land Titles
- Early Settlers
- Adventures of Pioneers
- Early Mills
- Lumbering
- Early Schools
- 'Teachers
- Religious Organizations
- Rundel's Postoffice |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
CONNEAUTVILLE |
542 |
| |
- Incorporation
- Election
- Officers
- Fire Department
- Population
- Canal Days
- Present Industries
- Mercantile Pursuits
- Alexander Power
- Original Plat
- First Settlers
- Press
- Bank
- Cemetery
- Agricultural Societies
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
SPRING |
650 |
| |
- Location
- Population
- Business
- First Settlers
- Postoffice
- Incorporation
- Election
- Officers
- School
- Churches
- Societies. |
|
|
CHAPTER XXIV - STEUBEN TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH
OF TONWVILLE |
653-658 |
| |
-
Erection
- Boundaries
- Lands
- Early
Settlers
- Lumbering
- Early Mills
- Tryonville
- Proposed Railroad
- Clappville
- Tryonville Methodist Episcopal Church. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
TOWNVILLE |
656 |
| |
-
Incorporation
- Officers
- Population
-
Business Interests
- Name
- Early Residents
Schools
- Press
- Religious Organizations
-
Societies. |
|
|
CHAPTER XXV - SOMMERHILL TOWNSHIP |
658-662 |
| |
-
Boundaries
- Organization
- Physical
Features
- Pioneers
- Land Titles
-
Distilleries
- Mills
- Early School
- Dicksonburg
- Religious Organization
-
Society. |
|
|
CHAPTER XXVI - SUMMIT TOWNSHIP |
662-667 |
| |
-
Boundaries
- Formation
- Population
-
Physical Features
- First Settlements
- Land
Titles
- Pioneers
- Conneaut Lake
-
Cemeteries
- Early Methodist Organization
-
Canal
- Peat and Marl
- Mills
- Religious
Organizations
- Harmonsburg
- Churches
-
Lodges |
|
|
CHAPTER XXVIII - UNION TOWNSHIP |
672-675 |
| |
-
Petition
- Proposed Bounds
- Election
-
Physical Features
- Population
- Early
Settlements
- Killing by Indians
- Early
Deeds
- Other Pioneers
- Religious
Organization
- Mills |
|
|
CHAPTER XXIX - VENANGO TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH
OF VANANGO |
675-680 |
| |
- Organization
-
Boundaries
- Physical Features
- Name
-
Early Settlers
- Distillery
- Mills
-
Religious Societies |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
VENANGO |
678 |
| |
First Settlement - Industries -
Incorporation - Officers - Population -
Business - Schools - Religious Organizations
- Societies |
|
CHAPTER XXX - VERNON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF
VALLONIA |
680-685 |
| |
- Organization
-
Population
- Physical Features
- Industries
- First Settlers
- Holland Company Titles
- Kerrtown
- Fredericksbug or Stringtown
-
Religious Organizations. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
VALLONIA |
684 |
| |
Location - Incorporation
- Election
-
Population
- Growth
- First Residents
-
Distillery
- Post office
- School
- Mission
Chapel |
|
|
CHAPTER XXXI - WAYNE TOWNSHIP |
685-688 |
| |
-
Formation
- Limits
- Population
- Physical
Features
- Sugar Lake
- Indians
-
Rattlesnakes
- Deer
- Wild Animals
- Titles
- Early Settlers
- Mills
- Schools
- Decardville Religious Organizations |
|
|
CHAPTER XXXII - WEST FALLOWFIELD TOWNSHIP
AND BOROUGH OF HARTSTOWN |
689-392 |
| |
-
Formation
- Population
- Physical Features
-
Pennsylvania Population Land Titles
- Early
Settlers
- Early Presbyterian Congregation
-
Adamsville
- Religious Organizations
-
Schools |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
HARTSTOWN |
691 |
| |
-
Incorporation
- Officers
- Location
-
Population
- Business Houses
- Name
-
Churches
- A. O. U. W. |
|
|
CHAPTER XXXIII - WEST SHENANGO TOWNSHIP |
693-694 |
| |
Petition
- Elections
- Population
- Physical
Features
- Penn Population Company Titles
-
Early Settlers
- Early Hills
- Cheese
Factory
- Early Teachers
- Turnersville
-
Religious Organizations |
|
|
CHAPTER XXXIV - WOODCOCK TOWNSHIP AND
BOROUGHS OF BLOOMING VALLEY, SAEGERTOWN AND
WOODCOCK |
695-705 |
| |
-
Boundaries
- Erection
- Population
-
Physical Features
- Early Settlements and
Settlers Holland Land Company Titles
-
Actual Settlers
- Other Pioneers
- Schools
-
Taverns
- Graveyards
- Mills
- Cheese
Factory
- Paper Mill. |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
BLOOMING VALLEY |
699 |
| |
-
Location
- Population
- Name
- Postoffice
-
Village Plat
- Business Interests
- Schools
- Press
- Incorporation
- Election
-
Officers
- Religious Organizations
-
Societies |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
SAEGERTOWN |
801 |
| |
-
Location
- Population
- The Founder
- Early
Business
- Incorporation
- Officers
-
Present Business
- Cemetery
- Schools
-
Churches
- Societies |
|
| |
BOROUGH OF
WOODCOCK |
803 |
| |
-
Location
- Population
- Rockville
-
Keplertown
- First Settlers
- Incorporation
- Officers
- Present Business
- Societies
-
Churches
- Grange
- Fairs. |
|
|
|
PART V.
BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES.
|
| Meadville |
709 |
| Athens Township |
776 |
| Beaver Township |
788 |
| Bloomfield Township |
791 |
| Cambridge Township |
800 |
| Conneaut Township |
819 |
| Cussewago Township |
841 |
| East Fairfield Township |
857 |
| East Fallowfield Township |
863 |
| Fairfield Township |
864 |
| Greenwood Township |
869 |
| Hayfield Township |
871 |
| Mead Township |
891 |
| North Shenango Township |
904 |
| Oil Creek Township |
913 |
| Pine Township |
919 |
| Randolph Township |
925 |
| Richmond Township |
943 |
| Rockdale Township |
962 |
|
| Rome Township |
970 |
| Sadsbury
Township |
985 |
| South Shenango |
993 |
| Sparta Township |
999 |
| Spring Township |
1010 |
| Steuben Township |
1066 |
| Summerhill
Township |
1055 |
| Summit Township |
1080 |
| Titusville |
1088 |
| Troy Township |
1101 |
| Union Township |
1107 |
| Venango Township |
1112 |
| Vernon Township |
1123 |
| Wayne Township |
1137 |
| West Fallowfield Township |
1130 |
| West Shenango Township |
1141 |
| Woodcock Township |
1143 |
| Jamestown, Mercer County |
1184 |
| |
|
|
|
PORTRAITS.
|
| Bemus, Daniel, Meadville |
46 |
| Brawley, Francis, Mead
Township |
187 |
| Britton, A. T., Randolph
Township |
267 |
| Gideon, Vernon Township |
547 |
| Birchard, D. D.,
Cambridge Township |
167 |
| Chamberlain, E., Richmond
Township |
367 |
| Culbertson, J. H.,
Cambridge Township |
218 |
| Cutshall, G. W., Randolph
Township |
378 |
| Davis, Wm, Jr., Meadville |
134 |
| Davis, James H.,
Mead Township |
178 |
| Dick, John, Meadville |
79 |
| Doane, Isaac S., Mead
Township |
307 |
| Gamble, W. J., Cussewago
Township |
348 |
| Gamble, Esther Jane,
Mrs., Cussewago Township |
349 |
| Gamble, H. M., South
Shenango Township |
387 |
| Gibson, Dr. William,
Jamestown, Mercer County |
207 |
| Herrington, Edward, Union
Township |
158 |
| Hotchkiss, Elizabeth,
Mrs., Cussewago Township |
607 |
| Humes, John M., Woodcock
Township |
407 |
| Johnson, Wm. M., Dr.,
Venango Township |
438 |
| Johnson, R. C., Fairfield
Township |
227 |
|
Kean, John S., Sadsbury
Township |
527 |
| Kepler, S. W., Meadville |
538 |
| McKay, Neal, Randolph
Township |
278 |
| Miller, Robert P., Pine
Township |
447 |
| Morse, William Richmond
Township |
298 |
|
| Pettis. S. Newton,
Meadville |
487 |
| Reitz C., Union Township |
458 |
| Richmond, Hiram L.,
Meadville |
197 |
| Richmond, A. B.,
Meadville |
247 |
| Ross, A. B., Cambridge
Township |
258 |
| Ryan, Geo. P., Woodcock
Township |
497 |
| Sperry, Isaac, Spring
Township |
396 |
| Virtue, J. C., Randolph
Township |
558 |
| Waid, John, Steuben
Township |
427 |
| Waid, Ira C., Woodcock
Township |
147 |
| Waid, Elizabeth P., Mrs.,
Woodcock Township |
148 |
| Waid, Francis C.,
Woodcock Township |
328 |
| Waid, Eliza C., Mrs.,
Woodcock Township |
329 |
| Waid, Robert L., Woodcock
Township |
507 |
| Waid, George N., Woodcock
Township |
518 |
| Waid, Franklin I.,
Woodcock Township |
568 |
| Waid, Maggie E., Mrs.,
Woodcock Township |
569 |
| Waid, Guinnip P.,
Woodcock Township |
588 |
| Waid, Anna M., Mrs.,
Woodcock Township |
589 |
| Waid, Fred F., Woodcock
Township |
618 |
| Warner, William, Randolph
Township |
287 |
| Wilcox, George, Rockdale
Township |
468 |
| Wilcox, Sarah, Mrs.,
Rockdale Township |
469 |
| Williams, F., Spring
Township |
418 |
| Wilson, Jacob, Randolph
Township |
238 |
| Wing, D. O., Rockdale
Township |
318 |
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