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Welcome to
Erie County, Pennsylvania
History & Genealogy
Know as 'Old Dominion State'

Source: 
History of Erie County, Pennsylvania
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884

TABLE OF CONTENTS

See List of Errors while reading this volume

PART I.
HISTORY OF PENNSYVANIA
  PAGE
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY 15-23
 - Cornelis Jacobson Mey, 1624-25.
 - William Van Hulst, 1625-26
 - Peter Minuit, 1626-33
 - David Petersen de Vries, 1632-33
 - Wouter Van Twiller, 1633-38		  
CHAPTER II. - 23-33
 - 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		  
CHAPTER III. - 33-35
 - John Paul Jacquet, 1655-57
 - Jacob Alrichs, 1657-59
 - Goeran Van Dyck, 1657-58
 - William Beekman, 1658-63
 - Alex. D'Hinoyossa, 1659-64		  
CHAPTER IV. - 35-41
 - Richard Nichols, 1664-67
 - Robert Needham, 1664-68
 - Francis Lovelace, 1667-73
 - John Carr, 1668-73
 - Anthony Colve, 1673-74
 - Peter Alrichs, 1673-74		  
CHAPTER V. - 41-50
 - Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-81
 - Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76
 - John Collier, 1676-77
 - Christopher Billop, 1677-81		  
CHAPTER VI. - 51-61
 - William Markham, 16818-82
 - William Penn, 1682-84		  
CHAPTER VII. - 61-69
 - 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, 1693-99		  
CHAPTER VIII. - 69-75
 - William Penn, 1699-1701
 - Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03
 - Edward Shippen, 1703-04
 - John Evans, 1704-09
 - Charles Gooken, 1709-17		  
  PAGE
CHAPTER IX. - 75-89
 - Sir William Keith, 1717-26
 - Patrick Gordon, 1725-36
 - James Logan, 1736-38
 - George Thomas, 1738-47
 - Anthony Palmer, 1747-48
 - James Hamilton, 1748-54		  
CHAPTER X. - 89-97
 - Robert H. Morris, 1754-86
 - William Denny, 1745-59
 - James Hamilton, 1759-53		  
CHAPTER XI. - 98-104
 - John Penn, 1763-71
 - James Hamilton, 1771
 - Richard Penn, 1771-73
 - John Penn, 1773-76		  
CHAPTER XII. - 104-114
 - Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1777-78
 - George Bryan, 1778
 - Joseph Reed, 1778-81
 - William Moore, 1781-82
 - John Dickinson, 1782-85
 - Benjamin Franklin, 1785-88		  
CHAPTER XIII. - 114-121
 - Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99
 - Thomas McKean, 1799-1808
 - Simon Snyder, 1708-17
 - William Findlay, 1817-20
 - Joseph Heister, 1820-23
 - John A. Shulze, 1823-29
 - George Wolfe, 1829-35.
 - Joseph Ritner, 1835-39		  
CHAPTER XIV. - 122-131
 - David R. Porter, 1839-45
 - Francis R. Shunk, 1845-48
 - William F. Johnstone, 1848-52
 - William Bigler, 1852-55
 - John 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 		 
Gubernatorial Table 132

 


PART II.
HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY
CHAPTER I. - GENERAL DESCRIPTON, ETC. - 137-144
 - County and Township Organization 137
 - Counties, Boroughs and Villages 138
 - Distance Table 138
 - Organization of Cities and Boroughs 139
 - Election Districts 139
 - What township Taken From, etc. 140
 - Post Offices 141
 - Census 142-144
 - County and Township Boundaries 143
CHAPTER II. - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 145-150
 - The Land - Its Characteristics and Value 146
 - Climate, Geology and Timber 149
 - Minerals, Oil Wells, etc 150
CHAPTER III. - GEOLOGY 151-155
CHAPTER IV. - STREAMS, LAKES, BAYS, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS 155-166
 - Principal Settlements, Railroads, etc. 156
 - Features of the Streams 159
 - French Creek and Its Principal Tributaries 160
 - The Lake Shore Streams 161
 - Lakes and Bays 162
 - The Interior Lakes 165
 - Bridges, Culverts, etc. 165
CHAPTER V. - PRE-HISTORIC REMAINS AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES 166-172
 - Ancient Embankments 169
 - More Strange Discoveries 170
 - Natural Curiosities 171
CHAPTER VI. - INDIAN HISTORY 172-185
 - Extermination of the Eriez 173
 - The Six Nations 174
 - French and English Intrigues 175
 - Pontiac's Conspiracy 176
 - Capture of Le Boeuf and Presque Isle 176
 - American Occupation 180
 - Theats of an Indian War 181
 - Raids by the Savages 182
 - Indian Villages and Graveyards 183
 - Cornplanter, The Seneca Chief 184
CHAPTER VII. - THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH 185-194
 - The First Soldiers 186
 - Army of Occupation 186
 - Coffin's Statement 189
 - Washington's Visit 189
 - Progress of the French 191
 - French Village at Presque Isle 191
 - Events in 1757 and 1758 192
 - The English Gaining 192
 - Evacuation of the French 193
 - The French and English Forts 194
 - The French Road 194
CHAPTER VIII. - THE TRIANGLE 194-200
 - The Western Boundary 195
 - The New York Line 195
 - The Triangle 195
 - Release of the Indian Title 196
 - Interesting Details 199
 - Continental Certificates 200
CHAPTER IX. - THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION 201-209
 - Protecting the Frontier 202
 - Occupancy of Fort Le Boeuf 202
 - Interference of the General Government 203
 - Was the Danger Real? 203
 - A Lengthy Discussion 204
 - An Important Council 204
 - Fort Le Boeuf and its Garrison 205
 - A Treaty of Peace 206
 - Beginning of the Town of Erie 206
 - The Last Indian Murder 209
CHAPTER X. - ANTHONY WAYE 209-212
 - Massacre of Paoli 210
 - His Western Campaign 210
 - Sickness and Death 210
 - His Appearance and Bearing 211
 - Disinterment of His Remains 211
 - Appearance of the Body 212
 - Second Disinterment 212
 - His Eastern Tomb 212
CHAPTER XI. - LAND MATTERS 213-226
 - Pennsylvania Population Company 213
 - A Great Land Speculator 214
 - Plan of Settlement 214
 - Holland Land Company 215
 - Tenth Donation District 215
 - Harrisburg and Presque Isle Company 216
 - The Moravian Grant 216
 - The Reservations 216
 - Adademy Lands 219
 - Surveyors and Land Agents 219
 - More Land Legislation 220
 -Settled at Last 220
 - Abstract of Judah Colt's Autobiography 221
 - Land Sales 223
 - List of Purchasers 223
 - State Commissioners 224
 - Land Litigation 224
 - The Speculation of 1836 226
CHAPTER XII. - THE PIONEERS 229-233
 - Where the People Came From 230
 - Marriages, Births and Deaths 230
 - Condition of the People, etc. 231
 - Game, etc. 232
CHAPTER XIII. - COMMON ROADS, STAGE LINES, MAIL ROUTES, TAVERNS, ETC. 233-244
 - Buffalo Road 234
 - The Ridge Road 235
 - The Lake Road 235
 - Waterford Turnpike 235
 - Edinboro Plank Road 236
 - Waterford Plank Road 239
 - The Shunpike 239
 - Wattsburg Plank Road 240
 - Lake Pleasant Road 240
 - The Colt's Station Road 241
 - Old Taverns 241
 - Travel and Transportation 242
 - The Salt Trade 243
 - Stage Lines and Mail Routes 243
CHAPTER XIV. - RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS 245-262
 - Presbyterian Missionaries 245
CHAPTER XV. -MILLS AND FACTORIES 162-270
 - Outside of Erie City 263
 - Other Early Mills and Factories 264
 - List of Manufacturing Establishments 265
CHAPTER XVI - LAKE NAVIGATION 270-283
 - The Merchant Service 271
 - The Era of Steamboats 272
 - Propellers and Ships 273
 - The Old Times and the New 273
 - Valuable Statistics 274
 - Government Vessels 274
 - Disasters on the Bay and Lake 275
 - Distances by Lake 276
 - Opening of Navigation 279
 - Collectors at Erie 280
 - Deputy Collectors 280
 - Vessels Owned in Erie 280
 - Business of the Port 281
 - Light houses and their Keepers 282
CHAPTER XVII. - COUNTY BUILDINGS 283-293
 - The County Jail 285
 - The Almshouse 286
 - County Statistics 29
 - Workhouse 292
CHAPTER XVIII. - PERRY'S VICTORY AND THE WAR OF 1812-14 293-320
 - Erie's Defenseless Condition 293
 - First Stages of the War 294
 - Assembling the Militia 295
 - A Fleet Arranged For 295
 - Perry Reaches Erie 296
 - The First Step to Victory 300
 - Safely Concentrated 300
 - Menaces of the Enemy 302
 - Getting over the Bar 302
 - The First Cruise 303
 - Challenging to Fight 304
 - Preparing for Battle 305
 - Brief Account of the Victory 305
 - After the Battle 309

 
CHAPTER XVIII. - Continued -  
 - Victories on Land 310
 - Perry's Return to Erie 310
 - The Winter of 1813-14 311
 - A Fatal Duel 312
 - The Campaign of 1814 313
 - Incidents of the War 314
 - Disposal of the Vessels 314
 - American Army Officers 316
 - The Story of James Bird 316
 - Official Report of the British Commander 319
CHAPTER XIX - BENCH AND BAR 320-332
 - United States Courts 323
 - The Bar 324
 - Deaths, Removals, etc. 330
 - Court Criers, and Other Mattes 332
CHAPTER XX. - NOTABLE EVENTS 333-340
 - The King of France 333
 - Lafayette 333
 - Horace Greeley 333
 - Presidential Visitors 334
 - An Exciting Campaign 335
 - The Only Execution 335
 - Indictments for Murder 339
CHAPTER XXI. - POLITICAL HISTORY - ANNUAL RECORD 230-430
 - 1788 to 1800 340
 - 1800 to 1802 341
 - 1803 to 1806 342
 - 1807 to 1810 343
 - 1811 to 1816 344
 - 1817 to 1820 345
 - 1821 to 1823 346
 - 1824 to 1825 349
 - 1826 to 1828 350
 - 1829 to 1830 351
 - 1831 to 1832 352
 - 1833 to 1835 353
 - 1836 354
 - 1837 to 1838 355
 - 1839 to 1840 359
 - 1841 360
 - 1842 361
 - 1843 to 1844 362
 - 1845 to 1846 364
 - 1848 366
 - 1849 to 1850 369
 - 1851 370
 - 1852 371
 - 1853 372
 - 1854 373
 - 1855 to 1856 374
 - 1857 376
 - 1858 379
 - 1859 to 1860 380
 - 1861 to 1862 382
 - 1863 to 1864 383
 - 1865 to 1866 385
 - 1867 to 1868 386
 - 1869 to 1870 390
 - 1871 to 1872 391
 - 1873 394
 - 1874 395
 - 1875 to 1876 396
 - 1877 to 1878 401
 - 1879 to 1880 402
 - 1881 404
 - 1882 405
 - 1883 406
LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS 406
 - United States Officers 406
 - State Officers from Erie County 410
 - State Senators 411
 - Members of the House of Representatives 412
 - County Officers 414
CHAPTER XXII. - THE CANAL AND RAILROADS 430-444
 - The Lake Terminus 431
 - Completion of the Canal 431
 - Its Abandonment 432
 - Railroads 433
 - Erie to Buffalo 433
 - Erie to Cleveland 433
 - Consolidation Effected 434
 - The Railroad War 434
 - Further Consolidation 435
 - Local Features 435
 - Distance 436
CHAPTER XXIII. - PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS 444-461
- List of Registered Physicians 446-450
 - - Erie 445
 - - Corry 446
 - - McKean 446
 - - Wattsburg 449
 - - Fairview 449
 - - Girard 449
 - - Union City 449
 - - North East 449
 - - Albion 449
 - - Waterford 449
 - - Springfield  449
 - - Edinboro 450
 - - Mill Village 450
 - - Other Localities 450
 - - Other Matters 450
 - - Dentists 451
CHAPTER XXIV. - SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, ETC. 451-456
 - The County Schools 453
 - School Books, etc. 453
 - Spelling Schools 454
 - Academies, etc. 454
 - General Remarks 455
 - Tabulated Statement 456
CHAPTER XXV. - NEWSPAPERS 459-465
 - Early Newspapers 459
 - The Erie Gazette 459
 - The Erie Observer 460
 - The Erie Dispatch 461
 - Other English Papers 461
 - German and Portuguese Papers 462
 - Defunct Papers 463
 - Miscellaneous 463
 - Personal 464
 - Papers Outside of Erie 465
CHAPTERS XXVI. - WAR FOR THE UNION 465-489
 - The First Regiment 466
 - The Eighty-third Regiment 466
 - The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment 469
 - The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment 470
 - The First Draft 470
 - Other Matters 471
 - The Second Draft 472
 - Lively Recruiting 473
 - Half a Million More 474
 - Nearing the End 474
 - Officers from Erie County 475
 - County Finances in Connection with the War 476
 - Prices Compared 479
 - The Erie Regiment - three months 479
 - The Eighty-third Regiment 481
 - The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment 483
 - The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment 485
CHAPTER XXVII. - MISCELLANEOUS 490-500
 - Agricultural Societies 490
 - Militia and Military Organizations 490
 - Temperance 492
 - Slaves and Slavery 492
 - Seal of the County 493
 - The Weather 493
 - Early Justices 493
 - The Cholera 495
 - Telegraph Lines 495
 - Shows and Circuses 495
 - Cattle Driving 495
 - Currency 496
 - Soldiers' Monuments 496
 - The Revolution 496
 - The Mexican War 499
 - Anti-Slavery 499
 - Oldest Men and Women 499
 - Thanksgiving Day 500
 - The Flood of 1883 500

 


PART III.
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
CHAPTER I. - HISTORICAL 503-519
 - Scraps of History 512
CHAPTER II. - GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND PROGRESS 519-534
 - Hotels and Public Halls 524
 - Pleasure Resorts 524
 - Railroads and Shipping Facilities 525
 - Bay, Harbor and Peninsula 525
 - Life Saving Service 532
 - The Head 532
 - Fisheries 533
CHAPTER III. - MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT 535-550
 - Water Works 543
 - Fire Department 545
 - Markets 546
 - Police 549
 - Financial Exhibit 549
CHAPTER IV. - CHURCHES 550-586
 - First Presbyterian Church 550
 - Par Presbyterian Church 552
 - Central Presbyterian Church 554
 - Chestnut Street Persbyterian Church 555
 - United Presbyterian Congregation 556
 - St. Paul's Episcopal Church 560
 - St. John's Episcopal Church 563
 - Church of the Cross and Crown 564
 - First Methodist Episcopal Church 565
 - Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church 569
 - Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church 570
 - The African Methodist Episcopal Church 571
 - The First Baptist Church 571
 - First German Baptist Church 573
 - St. John's Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church 573
 - St. Paul's German Evangelical Church 574
 - Salem Church of the Evangelical Association 575
 - The English Evangelical Lutheran Church 576
 - The German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church 579
 - Anchai Chesed Reform Congregation 579
 - United Brethren Church 580
 - The First Universalist Church 580
 - St. Patrick's Catholic Pro-Cathedral 581
 - St. Mary's Catholic Church 583
 - St. Joseph's Catholic Church 584
 - St. John's Catholic Church 585
 - St. Andrew's Catholic Church 585
CHAPTER V. - EDUCATION AND SOCIETIES 586-600
 - Erie Academy 591
 - Erie Female Seminary 592
 - Catholic Schools 592
 - Secret and Other Societies 594
CHAPTER VI. - PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, CEMETERIES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS 600-613
 - Erie Gas Company 600
 - Telegraph, Telephone and Express Companies 601
 - The Erie City Passenger railway Company 601
 - Banks 601
 - Insurance Companies 603
 - Cemeteries 604
 - Charitable Institutions 606
CHAPTER VII. - LEADING MANUFACTURING INTERESTS 613-649
 - Board of Trade and Business Statistics 649-651


PART IV.
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
  PAGE
CHAPTER I. - MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP 655-666
 - Lands 655
 - Reservations 656
 - Creeks and Bridges 656
 - Public Highways 659
 - Schools 659
 - Villages and Post Offices 660
 - Other Prominent Points 661
 - Religious Societies 662
 - Mills 663
 - Early Settlers 663
 - Public Men 664
 - Miscellaneous 665
CHAPTER II. -  WATERFORD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF WATERFORD 666-684
 - Lands of the Township 666
 - Tax List in 1813 669
 - Streams and Lakes 670
 - Roads, Bridges and Mills 670
 - Religious Societies 671
 - School History 671
 - Waterford Station 672
BOROUGH OF WATERFORD 672
 - The French Fort 673
 - Pontiac's Conspiracy 673
 - Beginning of the Town 673
 - First Settlers 674
 - Early Events 675
 - The Lytles 675
 - The Boating Trade 676
 - Societies, etc. 676
 - Incorporation 679
 - The Academy 680
 - The Cemetery 680
 - Religious Societies 681
 - State and County Officers 682
 - Postmasters 683
 - Newspapers 683
 - Manufactories 683
 - Miscellaneous 684
CHAPTER III. - UNION TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF UNION CITY 684-695
 - The South Branch and its Tributaries 685
 - Bridges and Mills 685
 - Churches and Graveyards 686
 - Early Settlers 686
 - Political 689
BOROUGH OF UNION CITY 690
 - The Founder 690
 - Growth of the Town 690
 - Societies 691
 - Manufactories 692
 - Church Organizations 693
 - Newspapers 694
 - Miscellaneous 695
CHAPTER IV. - LE BOEUF TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MILL VILLAGE 696-703
 - Early Settlers 696
 - Streams and Mills 699
 - Valleys and Ridges 699
 - Holland Land Company 700
 - Common Roads 700
 - Churches 701
 - Schools 701
 - Public Men 700
 - Villages 702
BOROUGH OF MILL VILLAGE 702
CHAPTER V. - VENANGO TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF WATTSBURG 704-715
 - Early Settlers 704
 - Taxables in 1800 705
 - Political 705
 - War of 1812 705
 - Streams, Lake and Bridges 706
 - Public Roads 706
 - Mills, Factories and Schools 709
 - Churches 710
 - The Middlebrook Church - Gravehards 710
 - Villages 711
 - Recollections of a Native of the Township 711
BOROUGH OF WATTSBURG 712
 - Incorporation 713
 - Religious 713
 - Societies, etc. 713
 - Business Features 714
 - Public Men 714
 - Schools and Newspapers 714
CHAPTER VI. - HARBOR CREEK TOWNSHIP 715-723
 - General Description 715
 - Creeks and Gullies 716
 - Mills 719
 - Roads, etc. 719
 - Wesleyville 720
 - Harbor Creek and Moorheadville 720
 - Religious Societies 721
 - County Officers 722
 - School History 722
 - Miscellaneous 723
CHAPTER VII.- NORTH EAST TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF NORTH EAST 723-739
 - Early Settlers 724
 - First Things 725
 - Railroads and Common Roads 725
 - The Creeks 726
 - Manufacturing Establishments 726
 - The Grape Culture 729
 - Villages 729
 - Cemeteries 730
 - Schools 731
 - Rev. Cyrus Dickson 731
BOROUGH OF NORTH EAST 732
 - Religious Societies 733
 - Public Schools and College 734
 - Hotels, Bansk, etc. 735
 - Newspapers 736
 - State and County Officers 736
 - Miscellaneous 736
CHAPTER VIII. - FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF FAIRVIEW 739-749
 - General Description 740
 - Lands and Streams 741
 - Bridges and Mills 742
 - Schools 742
 - Common Roads, Railroads and Canals 743
 - Political 743
 - Religious Societies 744
 - Manchester and Swanville 744
 - Other Matters 745
BOROUGH OF FAIRVIEW 746
 - Early Incidents 746
 - Other Churches 749
 - Miscellaneous 749
CHAPTER IX. - SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 750-760
 - Lands, etc. 750
 - Early Settlers 751
 - Incidents of the Pioneers 752
 - Streams, Mills and Factories 752
 - Burial Places 753
CHAPTER IX. - Continued -  
 - Public Men 754
 - Academies and Schools 754
 - Railroads, Common Roads and Hotels 755
 - Churches 756
 - Villages 759
CHAPTER X. - CONNEAUT TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF ALBION 760-769
 - The First Settlers 760
 - Creeks and Bridges 761
 - Land, Litigation and Pre-Historic Remains 762
 - Railroads, Canals and Common Roads 764
 - Schools, Mills and Burial Places 764
 - Villages 764
 - Miscellaneous 765
BOROUGH OF ALBION 765
 - Churches 766
 - Business, Schools and Societies 766
 - Factories, Newspapers, etc. 769
CHAPTER XI. - ELK CREEK TOWNSHIP 770-775
 - General Description 770
 - Roads and Streams 771
 - Churches 772
 - Schools 772
 - Wellsburg 772
 - Crainsville 774
 - Pageville 774
CHAPTER XII. - McKEAN TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MIDDLEBORO 775-782
 - Streams and Lands 775
 - Mills and Schools 776
 - Churches, Cemeteries and Roads 779
 - Villages 780
 - Early settlers 760
 - Public Officers 781
BOROUGH OF MIDDLEBORO 781
CHAPTER XIII. - GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP 782-786
 - Beginning the Settlement 783
 - Other Matters 784
 - Streams and Mills 784
 - Village and Churches 785
 - Schools 786
 - Roads, etc. 786
CHAPTER XIV. - GREENE TOWNSHIP 789-793
 - First Settlers 789
 - Lands 790
 - Streams and Mills 790
 - Roads and Railroad 790
 - Hamlets and Churches 791
 - Public Men 792
 - Schools 792
CHAPTER XV. - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF EDINBORO 793-802
 - First Settlers 793
 - Roads 794
 - Streams, Lake and Lands 795
 - Villages and Churches 795
 - Schools 796
 - Factories and Mills 799
BOROUGH OF EDINBORO 800
 - General Description 800
 - Churches 800
 - Secret Societies, Newspapers and Post Offices 801
 - State and County Officers 802
 - The Normal School 802
CHAPTER XVI. - CONCORD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF ELGIN 803-806
 - County Officers 803
 - Early Settlers 803
 - General Description 804
 - Streams 804
 - Railroads, Common Roads, etc. 805
 - Schools and Churches 805
 - Miscellaneous 806
BOROUGH OF ELGIN 806
CHAPTER XVII. - CITY OF CORRY 802-823
 - How the City Started 809
 - Rapid Growth 810
 - Borough and City 810
 - The City in General 811
 - Oil Works 812
 - Other Leading Industries 813
 - General Business Features 814
 - City Government 814
 - School Building 815
 - Newspapers 816
 - Secret Societies 816
 - Gas, Gas Wells and Public Halls 820
 - Religious Societies 820
 - Miscellaneous 823
CHAPTER XVIII. - WAYNE TOWNSHIP 824-832
 - Lands and their Value 824
 - The Streams 825
 - Village of Beaver Dam 825
 - Carter Hill and Hare Creek 829
 - Schools, Mills, etc. 829
 - The State Fish Hatchery 830
 - The Pioneers 830
 - Prominent Men 831
 - The Greeleys 831
CHAPTER XIX. - AMITY TOWNSHIP 832-835
 - Streams and Bridges 832
 - Mills and Roads 833
 - Public Schools 834
 - Lands, Villages, etc. 834
 - Early Settlers 835
CHAPTER XX - GIRARD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGHS OF GIRARD AND LOCKPORT 835-851
 - Early Settlers 836
 - Lands and Roads 839
 - Railroads and Canal 839
 - Streams, etc. 840
 - Mouth of Elk Creek 840
 - Mills, and Churches 841
 - Schools and Mounds 842
 - Miles Grove 842
 - West Girard 843
BOROUGH OF GIRARD 844
 - Churches, Schools, etc. 844
 - Hotels and Factories 845
 - Square, Monuments, etc. 846
 - Public Men 846
 - Newspapers and Banks 849
 - Miscellaneous 850
BOROUGH OF LOCKPORT 850
CHAPTER XXI. - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP 851-854
 - First Settlements 852
 - General Description 852
 - Mills and Schools 853
 - Churches and Graveyards 853
 - Village and Quarry 854
CHAPTER XXII. - SUMMIT TOWNSHIP 855-860
 - The Pioneers 855
 - Railroads and Common Roads 855
 - Streams and Valleys 856
 - Religious Societies 856
 - School History 859
 - Mills, Quarry, Etc. 860
 - Miscellaneous 860


PART V.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - ERIE AND CORRY.
City of Erie (alphabetically arranged) 863-975
City of Erie (not alphabetically arranged - Hon. S. M. Brainard) 976
City of Corry 977-1006


PART VI.
TOWNSHIP BIOGRAPHIES.
Please Note:  The Biographies are alphabetized to make names easier to find.
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Amity Township 3
Concord Township 11
Conneaut Township 16
Elk Creek Township 29
Fairview Township 37
Franklin Township 45
Girard Township 53
Greene Township 70
Greenfield Township 75
Harbor Creek Township 80
Le Boeuf Township 98
McKean Township 102
Mill Creek Township 116
North East Township 134
Springfield Township 152
Summit Township 164
Union Township 168
Venango Township 183
Washington Township 203
Waterford Township 216
Wayne Township 233
   


PORTRAITS
Bennett, J. H., Venango Twp. 887
Bowman, Ralph, Elk Creek Twp. 607
Bowman, Jane, Elk Creek Twp. 608
Bowman, Lucretia, Elk Creek Twp. 518
Boyd, Charles C., Waterford Twp. 727
Brightman, William, Wayne Twp. 848
Brown, Samuel M., Mill Creek Twp. 668
Burton, John, Mill Creek Twp. 468
Carroll, William, Union Twp. 238
Casey, James, Erie 597
Chambers, Jams, Harbor Creek Twp. 187
Chapin, Pliny, Venango Twp. 708
Cochran, Robert, Erie 388
Colegrove, Isaac, Corry 398
Cook, J. L., Waterford Twp. 827
Custard, Robert, North East Twp. 927
Dobbins, Daniel, Erie 79
Downing, J. F., Erie 657
Duncombe, Eli, Amith Twp. 488
Eagley, John, Sr., Springfield Twp. 857
Ebersole, Joseph, Harbor Creek Twp. 307
Ebersole, Joseph J., Harbor Creek Twp. 697
Ellicott, Andrew, Erie Frontispiece
Elliott, Thomas, Harbor Creek Twp. 318
Farrar, F. F., Erie 897
Foot, Jabez B., Venango Twp. 358
Foote, David E., Venango Twp. 578
Galbraith, John, Erie 227
Hammond, Paul, Concord Twp. 427
Hamot, P. S. V., Erie 134
Hartleh, Mathias, Erie 768
Hashrouck, William, Concord Twp. 637
Haynes, J. H., North East Twp. 218
Hecker, A. W., Corry 628
Henderson, Joseph, Erie 807
Henry, Robert H., Harbor Creek Twp. 788
Kennedy, D. C., Wayne Twp. 438
Kincaid, John, Wayne Twp,. 777
Koch, Moses, Erie 757
Loop, D. D., North East Twp. 347
Lowry, N. D., Harbor Creek Twp. 558
Marshall, James C., Erie 497
Marvin, Elihu, Erie 327
McCreary, D. E., Erie 747
McKee, Thomas, Mill Creek Twp. 268
Metcalf, Prescott, Erie 507
Moore, M. M., Harbor Creek Twp. 918
Nash, Norman, North East Twp. 338
Nicholson, Isabel, Mill Creek Twp. 867
Orton, J. R., Conneaut Twp. 688
Ottinger, Douglass, Erie 537
Putnam, William, Union Twp. 878
Rea, Samuel, Springfield Twp. 277
Rea, Johnston, Girard Twp. 447
Reed, Seth, Erie 45
Reed, Rufus S., Erie 157
Reed, Charles M., Erie 297
Reeder, Moses, Washington Twp. 288
Russell, N. W., Erie 377
Salsbury, A. P., Conneaut Twp. 527
Sanford, G., Erie 167
Sedgwick, John, Waterford Twp. 367
Selden, George, Erie 247
Short, Alfred North, East Township 567
Sill, Thomas H., Erie 257
Sill, James, Erie 818
Smith, Samuel, Wayne Twp. 407
Stafford, Henry C., Erie 938
Staples, F. E., Erie 947
Sterrett, A. J., Erie 738
Sterrett, Joseph M., Erie 148
Stinson, William S., Harbor Creek Twp. 907
Stranahan, P. G., Union Twp. 648
Strong, Martin, Erie 207
Taylor, Isaac R., Washington Twp. 547
Thayer, Alvin, Erie 797
Tracy, John A., Erie 417
Tracy, John F., Erie 617
Vincent, John, Erie 198
Vincent, B. B., Erie 457
Vincent, Strong, Erie 717
Weed, William B., Greene Twp. 477
Weschler, Jacob, Erie 837
Wheeler, Silas, Corry 178
Wilson, David, Union Twp. 587
Woodruff, S. E., Erie 677


MISCELLANEOUS
Errata 12
Map of Erie County 13-14
Map Showing Various Purchases From the Indians 113
Diagram Showing Proportionate Annual Production of Anthracite Coal Since 1820 118
Table Showing Amount of Anthracite Coal Produced in Each Region Since 1820 119

 


 
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