|
History of Mercer County,
Pennsylvania
Its Past and Present
including
Its Aboriginal History; Its Early Settlement and Development;
A Discription of Its Historic and Interesting Localities;
Sketches of Its Boroughs, Townships and Villages;
Neighborhood and Family Histories; Portraits
and Biographies of Pioneers and Representative
Citizens; Statistics, etc.
--
Also A Condensed History of Pennsylvania
- ILLUSTRATED -
Published: Chicago, Ill.:
Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers
1888
CONTENTS
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HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
41-50 |
- Sir Edmund Andros,
1674-81
- Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76
- John Collier, 1676-77
- Christopher Billip, 1677-81 |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
51-61 |
- William Markham,
1681-82
- William Penn, 1682-84 |
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| 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 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
69-75 |
- William Penn,
1699-1701
- Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03
- Edward Shippen, 1703-04
- John Evans, 1704-09
- Charles Gooken, 1709-17 |
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| CHAPTER IX. - |
75-89 |
- Sir William Keith,
1717-26
- Patrick Gordon, 1726-36
- James Logan, 1736-38
- George Thomas, 1738-47
- Anthony Palmer, 1747-48
- James Hamilton ,1748-54 |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
89-97 |
- Robert H. Morris,
1754-56
- William Denny, 1756-59
- James Hamilton, 1759-63 |
89-87 |
| CHAPTER XI. - |
98-104 |
- John Penn, 1763-71
- James Hamilton, 1771
- Richard Penn, 1771-73
- John Penn, 1773-76 |
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| 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 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - |
114-121 |
- 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 |
- David R. Porter,
1839-45
- Francis R. Shunk, 1845-48
- William F. Johnstone, 1848-52.
- William Bigler, 1852-55
- James Pollock, 155-58
- William F. Packer, 1858-61
- Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67
- John W. Geary, 1867-73
- John F. Hartranf_, 1873-78
- Henry F. Hoyt, 1878-82
- Robert E. Pattison, 1882-86
- James A. Beaver, 1886 |
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| - Gubernatorial
Table |
132 |
|
HISTORY OF MERCER COUNTY |
| CHAPTER I. -
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND SUBDIVISIONS |
137-142 |
-
Boundaries and Area
- Topography
- Drainage
- Tide Elevations
- Soil
- Vegetation
- Act Creating the County
- First Election Districts
- Original Townships and their Progeny
- Population of the County by Decades |
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| CHAPTER II.
- LAND TITLES |
143-146 |
- Penn's
title not Recognized by the Indians
- Treaties at Forts Stanwix and McIntosh
- Surveyors endeavor to locate claims of Revolutionary Soldiers
- Conference of the Seneca Chiefs, Cornplanter, Half-Town and Big Tree,
with President Washington
- Wayne's Victory over the Savages at Fallen Timbers
- Treaty of Greenville
- Depreciation Lands
- Bounty or Donation Lands
- Terms of Settlement
- John Carmichael's effort in Worth Township
- John Nicholson and the Pennsylvania Population Company
- John and David Hoge
- Holland and North American Land Companies
- Dr. Nathaniel Bedford
- Lodge, Probst and Walker
- Litigation growing out of Conflicting Claims
- Land Warrants, Patents and Deeds |
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| CHAPTER III.
- PIONEERS |
147-158 |
- Their
Nationality and Character
- Lists of Taxables by Townships
- Neshannock for 1800, 1801 and 1802
- Irvin for 1800
- North Beaver for 1800
- Salem for 1801 and 1802
- Sandy Lake for 1801
- Cool Spring for 1801 and 1802
- Sandy Creek for 1802
- Pymatuning for 1802
- Wolf Creek for 1802 |
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| CHAPTER IV.
- ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION |
158-172 |
- Where
the first courts were held and the Official
and Lawyers Present
- First Grand Jury
- Public Buildings, First Courts and Statistics
- Court-houses and Jails
- County Farms
- First Courts and Cases
- Statistics
- Roster of Public Officials
- Members of Congress
- State Senators
- State Representatives
- President Judges
- Associate Judges
- District Attorneys
- Commissioners
- Prothonotaries
- Registers and Recorders
- Clerks of Court
- Sheriffs
- Treasurers
- Auditors
- Coroners
- Poor Directors
- Canal Commissioners
- Jury Commissioners
- Surveyors |
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| CHAPTER V. -
INTERNAL AFFAIRS |
172-190 |
- Roads
Laid Out and by Whom Located
- Mercer and Meadville Turnpike
- Beaver and Erie Canal
- Efforts Made to Have It Built
- Its Construction, Prosperity and Final Abandonment
- Railroads
- Early Railroad Agitation
- Earie & Pittsburgh
- Erie Lines
- Lake Shore Branches
- Sharpsville Road
- West Shenango & Lake Erie
- Proposed Railroad from Mercer to Big Bend in 1847
- Early Inns and Innkeepers
- Tavern Keepers in Mercer County from 1804 to 1834
- Post-offices and Postmasters
- Pioneer Mail Routes and Rates of Postage
- Growth of the System
- List of Post-offices and Postmasters since the Organization of the
County
- Present Offices |
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| CHAPTER VI.
- IRON, STEEL AND COAL INDUSTRIES |
191-207 |
- Pioneer
Furnaces of Mercer County
- Clay
- West Middlesex
- Oregon
- Big Bend
- Esther
- Greenville
- hamburg
- Sharon
- Sharpsville
- Mazeppa
- Present Iron and Steel Interests
- Greenville Rolling Mills
- Furnaces in Sharpsville
- Iron and Steel Industries of Sharon
- Iron Statistics for 1887
- A Question of Controversy
- Coal Interests of the County
- First Coal Discovered and Used
- Other Early Banks
- Growth and Development of the Coal Industry in the Vicinity of Sharon
and West Middlesex
- Daily Output in 1864 and 1865
- Mines near Stoneboro, Pardoe and Grove City
- Output for 1887
- Product not Reported |
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| CHAPTER VII.
- AGRICULTURAL |
207-216 |
- Sources
of Wealth and Their Relationship
- Dignity of Domestic Animals into America
- Vegetable Products
- Introduction of Wheat, Rye Corn, Oats, Buckwheat, Barley and Potatoes
into this Country
- Farm Implements and Improvements Made Therein
- Fertilizers and Drainage
- Gilkey Potato
- Agricultural Societies
- Mercer Agricultural Societies of the Past and Present
- Shenango Valley Agricultural and Manufacturing Society of Greenville
- Wool Growers' Association
- Mercer County Agricultural Society of Stoneboro
- Jamestown Agricultural and Manufacturing Association
- Keystone Buckeye Fair Association of Sharon
- Agricultural Paper
- The Grange |
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| CHAPTER
VIII. - EDUCATIONAL |
216-226 |
-
Necessity of Rudimentary Education
- Pioneer Schools and Buildings
- School Furniture
- Text Books
- Branches Taught
- Methods of Instruction
- Early Teachers in Mercer County
- James Hanavan’s Recollections
- Common School System of 1834
- Condition of the Schools in 1846
- Office of County Superintendent Established, and James C. Brown Elected
as its First Incumbent in Mercer County
- Teachers’ Institutes
- List of County Superintendents |
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| CHAPTER IX.
- POLITICAL |
|
- Civil
Government a Divine Appointment
- Duties Imposed by American Citizenship
- National Administrations and Formation of Political Parties
- Washington the Unanimous Choice of the People
- Electoral Vote Cast for Each President since the Foundation of the
Government
- The Democratic Party and Its Opponents
- Anti-Masonic Period
- Nullification Excitement
- Tariff Discussion Which it Produced
- Prominent National Campaigns
- Know-nothingism
- Birth of the Republican Party
- Its First Campaign in Mercer County
- Subsequent Local Standing of Political Parties |
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| CHAPTER X. -
THE PRESS |
231-247 |
- Its
Great Power and Influence
- Early Modes of Disseminating News
- Birth of the Newspaper, and its Struggle for Free Speech
- First Newspaper Published in America
- Its First Religious Paper
- Number of Periodicals Published in the United States in 1886
- Mercer Newspapers
- Western Press
- Mercer Luminary
- Free Presbyterian American Freeman
- Mercer Dispatch
- Mercer Whig
- Whig and Dispatch
- Mercer Republican
- Dispatch and Republican
- Freemen’s Monitor
- Mercer County Farmer
- Independent Democrat
- Democratic Register
- Mercer Index
- Mercer Signal
- Greenville Papers
- West Greenville Gazette
- Visitor Weekly Express
- Independent Press
- West Greenville Times
- Rural Argus
- Shenango Valley Argus
- Advance
- Advance Argus
- Union Democrat
- Greenville Progress
- Shenango Valley News
- Independent Sharon Papers
- Sharon Herald
- Sharon Times
- Gospel Temperance Advocate
- Sharon Eagle
- Evening Eagle
- Sharpsville Papers
- Sharpsville Advertiser
- Sharpsville Times
- Other Papers
- Jamestown Sun, Era, Democrat and Sentinel
- Grove City Telephone
- Sandy Lake News
- Lake Local. |
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| CHAPTER XI.
- BENCH AND BAR |
247-265 |
- The Law
Profession
- The Bench
- Sketches of President Judges
- Associate Judges
- The Bar
- Brief Biographies of Deceased Attorneys who Practiced at the Mercer Bar
- Present Bar of Mercer County |
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| CHAPTER XII.
- RELIGIOUS |
265-271 |
-
Predominant Faith of the First Settlers
- Their Efforts to Establish Churches and Schools
- Sketches of the First Presbyterian Organizations
- Call Extended to Rev. Daniel McLean in 1801
- Who Signed the Call
- Methodist Church
- Beginning of Methodism in Mercer County
- Bishop Roberts and Cotemporary Methodists
- First Class Organized in the County
- Growth of the Church
- Salaries Paid Methodist Preachers from 1800 to 1816
- Itinerants of the Shenango Circuit Other Denominations Establish
Churches
- An Attempt Made to Organize a Mormon Church
- First Bible Society
- Early Missionary Society |
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| CHAPTER
XIII. - MEDICAL |
271-284 |
-
Physiology
- Proper Knowledge and Observance of Physical Laws Necessary to a Sound
Body and Mind
- Ignorance the Main Cause of Most Human Infirmities
- Senseopathy
- Progress in Medical Science
- The Old-fashioned Doctor
- Pioneer Physicians of Mercer County
- Brief Sketches of the Best Remembered Practitioners of Pioneer Days
- Epidemics
- Medical Societies
- First Medical Society of Mercer
- Organization of the Mercer County Medical Society in 1848
- Its Demise and Reorganization
- Officers of the Society since 1882 |
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| CHAPTER XIV
- PHILANTHROPIC AND PATRIOTIC MOVEMENTS |
284-293 |
-
Temperance
- Early Temperance Agitation
- Organization of the Mercer Temperance Society
- The Leading Spirit in the Movement
- Its Rules and Supporters
- The Influence It Wielded
- Counter Agitation
- Resolutions Passed at an Anti-Temperance Meeting in Sheakleyville
- Growth of the Temperance Cause
- Prohibition Movement of 1854-55
- Temperance Convention in Mercer
- Other Temperance Movements
- The Crusade
- Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
- Murphy Movement
- Prohibition
- Anti-Slavery Agitation in Mercer County
- A Society Organized
- Its Principles and Declarations
- Growth of the Abolition Sentiment
- Underground Railroads
- Assistance rendered the Irish People in 1847 by Mercer County Citizens
- Strong Protest against the Desecration of the Lord’s Day
- Fourth of July Celebrations. |
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| CHAPTER XV.
- MILITARY |
294-304 |
- The
Revolution, War of 1812 and Mexican War
- Condition of Western Pennsylvania during the Revolution
- Period of Settlement
- Revolutionary Soldiers who Settled in Mercer County
- War of 1812
- Early Incidents of the Struggle
- Military Organization in the County before the War
- Rosters of Companies from Mercer County
- Character of the Troops
- Events of that Period
- Some Veterans whose Names do not Appear on the Rosters
- Mexican War
- Opposition of the Whig Leaders to the War
- Enthusiasm of the People
- A Company Raised in Mercer, and its Services Tendered the President
- Public Meetings Held to Sustain the Government, |
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| CHAPTER XVI.
- WAR OF THE REBELLION |
304-330 |
- The
Seed of Discord Planted with the Colonial
Settlements
- Growth of the “Irrepressible Conflict,” and its Final Culmination
- Some Causes Accounting for the Intensity and Duration of the Rebellion
- Events Preceding Its Commencement
- Partisanship in Mercer at the Beginning of the War
- Sublime Patriotism of the People Irrespective of Party
- Their Devotion to the Union Prosecution of the War
- Troops Furnished by Mercer County
- Regimental Sketches and Rosters of Companies
- Thirty-ninth Fifty-seventh
- Seventy-sixth
- Seventy-seventh
- One Hundredth
- One Hundred and Thirty-ninth
- One Hundred and Fortieth-One Hundred and Forty-Second
- One Hundred and Forty-fifth
- One Hundred and Sixty-ninth
- Two Hundred and Eleventh
- Miscellaneous Troops
- Closing Events of the War |
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| CHAPTER XVII. -
HISTORICAL NOTES |
330-339 |
- Local Indian Tribes
- Some Indian Reminiscences
- Pre-Historic Remains
- Indian Mound at Greenville
- The Old Indian Fort in West Salem
Township
- Slaves in Mercer County
- Natural Occurrences
- Wolf Killing Among the Pioneers
- A Veritable Snake Story
- A Rare Surgical Operation
- Why Lawrence County was Erected
- Mercer County’s Phrenology
- Distinguished Visitors
- An Incident of President Taylor’s Visit
to Sheakleyville
- Men of Mark
- First Piano in Mercer County
- Muster Days |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - BOROUGH
OF MERCER |
340-373 |
- The Town Laid Out
- Derivation of Name
- Sketch of Dr. Hugh Mercer
- Streets and Alleys
- Public Square
- Incidents that Occurred in Laying Out the Town
- Sale of Lots
- Size, Shape and Location
- First House Erected
-Hotels of the Past and Present Early Settlers and Business Interests
- Manufacturers
- Incorporation and Borough Officers
- Fire Department
- Churches
- Schools
- Pioneer Schools and Teachers
- Mercer Academy
- Public Schools
- Soldiers’ Orphan School
- Secret and other Societies
- Banking Institutions
- Gas and Water Companies
- Cemeteries
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XIX - BOROUGH OF
SHARON |
373-406 |
- Location
- Pioneers
- First Mill
- The Town Laid Out
- Early Business Interests
- First Physicians
- First Justice of the Peace
- Manufactures
- Additions Made to the Town
- Incorporation and Borough Officers
- Schools Their Progress and Government
- Old Baptist Academy
- Hall Institute
- Churches Secret and Other Societies
- Fire Department and Fires
- Banking Institutions
- Gas and Water Companies
- Cemeteries
- Growth and Population |
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| CHAPTER XX. - BOROUGH OF
GREENVILLE |
406-447 |
- Location and
Original Land Claims
- West Greenville Laid Out and Origin of Name-Shank’s Ford
- The Town Re-surveyed and Lots Sold
- Pioneers
- Keck’s Addition to West Greenville
- First Lot Owners in that Addition
- Early Business Interests
- West Greenville in 1833
- Residents of that Period
- Additions to the Town
- Incorporation and Borough Officials
- Schools
- First Schools and Teachers
- Greenville Academy
- Union Schools
- Thiel College
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Secret and other Societies
- Manufactures
- Banks
- Building and Loan Association, and Board of Trade
- Gas and Water Companies
- Local Insurance Companies Fire Department and Most Destructive Fires
- Bridges
- Railroads
- Name Changed to Greenville
- Effort to Obtain the County Seat
- Growth and Appearance |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - BOROUGH OF
SHARPSVILLE |
447-459 |
- Location and
Population
- Name
- Original Settlers
- Early Mills
- Growth and Prosperity
- Manufactures
- Railroads
- Incorporation and Borough Officers
- Schools
- Early Schools
- Their Progress and Development
- Churches
- Societies and Associations
- Riverside Cemetery
- Iron Baking Company |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - BOROUGHS
OF SANDY LAKE AND STONEBORO |
460-472 |
- Brownsville Laid Out
-The Village Incorporated
- Name Changed to Sandy Lake
- Derivation of Name
- Description of the Lake
- First Settler on the Town Site
- First Things
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Banks
- Manufactures
- Population
- Stoneboro
- Negro Colony
- Sale of Site
- Town Laid Out
- Chapter of First Things
- Schools
- Incorporation and Borough Officers Churches
- Secret Societies
- Manufactures
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - BOROUGHS
OF SHEAKLEYVILLE AND NEW LEBANON |
472-482 |
- History of the Name
of Sheakleyville Traced
- Its First Election
- Original Settlers
- First Houses Built
- Early Physicians
- Schools
- Pioneer Teachers
- Progress of the Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Population
- New Lebanon
- Location
- First Settlers
- Village Laid Out
- First Buildings and Business Interests
- Physicians
- Schools
- Progress of Education in the Borough
- McElwain Institute
- Early Settlers of that Vicinity
- Incorporation
- A Political Event
- Societies
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - BOROUGHS
OF WEST MIDDLESEX, WHEATLAND AND BETHEL |
483-491 |
- Location and Early
History of West Middlesex
- The Town Laid Out
- Name Given
- Business Interests
- Manufactures
- Incorporation
- Bridges
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies
- Population
- Wheatland
- Borough Laid Out, Named and Incorporated
- First Officers
- Early Settlers
- Schools
- Manufactures
- Churches
- Bethel
- Early History
- Incorporation
- First Settlers and Business Interests
- Churches and Schools
- First Election and Officials
- First Postmaster |
|
| CHAPTER XXV. - BOROUGHS
OF JAMESTOWN AND CLARKSVILLE. |
492-504 |
- Location of
Jamestown
- First Settler on its Site
- First Grist-mill and Dwellings Erected
- First Merchant, Justice of the Peace and Postmaster
- Jamestown Laid Out and Incorporated
- First Mechanics
- Early Physicians
- Historic Address
- Railroads
- Schools
- Old Academy
- Jamestown Seminary
- Public Schools
- Recent Fires
- Banks
- Societies
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Population
- Clarksville Laid Out
- Incorporation and First Officials -
- Location
- Early Settlers
- Indian Village
- First Medical Practitioners
- Pioneer School- house
- Secret and other Societies
- Churches
- Population |
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| CHAPTER XXVI - BOROUGHS
OF GROVE CITY AND FREDONIA |
504-514 |
- The Former Laid Out
and Named Pine Grove
- Change of Name to Grove City
- Incorporation
- First Settlers of that Vicinity
- Pioneer Grist and Saw-mills
- Cunningham Family
- Early Business Interests of the Village
- Pioneer Schools and Teachers
- Progress of Education
- Grove City College
- Bank
- Manufactures
- Churches
- Societies
- Growth and Population.
- Fredonia
- Location
- First Settlement on Its Site
- Arnold’s Mills Erected First Birth
- Other Settlers
- The Village Laid Out
- Its Growth and Progress
- Business Interests and Manufactures
- Churches
- Schools
- Societies
- Incorporation and Population |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. - TOWNSHIP
SKETCHES AND POPULATION |
515-624 |
- Cool Spring
- Deer Creek
- Delaware
- East Lackawannock
- Fairview
- Findley
- French Creek
- Greene
- Hempfield
- Hickory
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lackawannock
- Lake
- Liberty
- Mill Creek
- New Vernon
- Otter Creek
- Perry
- Pine
- Pymatuning
- Salem
- Sandy Creek
- Sandy Lake
- Shenango
- Springfield
- Sugar Grove
- West Salem
- Wilmington
- Wolf Creek
- Worth
- Official Census by Decades since 1850 |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII - THIRTY
YEARS OF TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS |
625-650 |
- Value of such a
Record
- Character of the Men Chosen
- List of First Justices
- Township Officers in 1804
- The Pioneers who Annually Filled the Offices in each Township from 1806
to 1831, inclusive |
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CHAPTER XXIX. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF MERCER
|
651-703 |
CHAPTER XXX. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF SHARON
|
703-770 |
CHAPTER XXXI. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF GREENVILLE
|
771-835 |
CHAPTER XXXII. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF SHARPSVILLE
|
835-847 |
CHAPTER XXXIII. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF SHENANGO AND HICKORY
|
847-878 |
CHAPTER XXXIV. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF LACKAWANNOCK, EAST
LACKAWANNOCK AND WILMINGTON
|
879-902 |
CHAPTER XXXV. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF PYMATUNING, DELAWARE AND
JEFFERSON
|
902-932 |
CHAPTER XXXVI -
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPRINGFIELD AND FINDLEY
|
932-9733 |
CHAPTER XXXVII. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF COOL SPRING, FAIRVIEW, LAKE
AND JACKSON
|
973-1020 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF WOLF CREEK, PINE AND LIBERTY
|
1020-1042 |
CHAPTER XXXIX -
BIOGRAPHIES OF SANDY LAKE, WORTH, MILL CREEK
AND FRENCH CREEK
|
1043-1094 |
CHAPTER XL - BIOGRAPHIES
OF SANDY CREEK, DEER CREEK, NEW VERNON AND
PERRY
|
1094-1128 |
CHAPTER XLI - BIOGRAPHIES
OF SALEM, SUGAR GROVE, HEMPFIELD AND OTTER
CREEK
|
1028-1166 |
CHAPTER XLII. -
BIOGRAPHIES OF WEST SALEM AND GREENE
|
1167-1210 |
|
BIOGRAPHIES |
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- MISCELLANEOUS - |
| Outline Map of
Mercer County |
10-11 |
| Map Showing the
Various Purchases from the Indians |
113 |
| Table Showing
Amount of Anthracite Coal Produced in Each
Region since 1820 |
119 |
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| Diagram Showing
Proportionate Annual Production of
Anthracite Coal in Pennsylvania since 1820 |
118 |
| Population of
Townships and Boroughs by Decades since 1850 |
624 |
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- ILLUSTRATIONS -
Portraits |
| Allen, F. |
223 |
| Anderson,
William |
349 |
| Anderson, D. C. |
619 |
| Ashton, John |
385 |
| Bonner,
Jeremiah |
475 |
| Brown, J. F. |
583 |
| Byerly, Andrew |
45 |
| Byerly, Joseph |
511 |
| Cole, Isaac D. |
457 |
| Cossitt, H. D.
La |
277 |
| Curtis, Joel B. |
169 |
| Egbert, Lewis |
295 |
| Fell, William
S. |
601 |
| Frampton, D. A. |
493 |
| Fruit, Richard |
367 |
| Garvin, William
S. |
136 |
| Gibson, T. C. |
Facing 771 |
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| Henderson, B.
H. |
403 |
| Koonce, Charles |
331 |
| Laird, William |
421 |
| Linn, David |
313 |
| Mathers, James |
439 |
| McClure, Joseph |
Facing 703 |
| McCrumb, John
W. |
529 |
| McDermitt, A. |
259 |
| McDowell, J. H. |
547 |
| Morford, Nathan |
151 |
| Ormsby, J. W. |
187 |
| Pettitt, N. R. |
565 |
| Pierce, James |
205 |
| Reimold, George
Jacob |
79 |
| Spearman, J. J. |
241 |
| Trunkey, John |
Facing 651 |
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