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Source:
HISTORY
of
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA.

Edited by
Theodore W. Bean.
VOL. I
Published by
Philadelphia
Everts & Peck
1884

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I. - Topography 1
     
CHAPTER II. - Ores, Minerals, Geology and Lime 8
     
CHAPTER III. - The Aborigines 33
     
CHAPTER IV. - Early Voyagers and Traders 49
   - First Settlements on the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers  
CHAPTER V. - The First Swedish Settlements 57
     
CHAPTER VI. - William Penn 82
   - "The Holy Experiment, a Free Colony for all Mankind"  
CHAPTER VII. - Penn's Arrival in America 91
   - His Colony Founded on the Delaware  
CHAPTER VIII. - Material Improvements 102
     
CHAPTER IX. - The Schuylkill 118
     
CHAPTER X. - State Lines 129
     
CHAPTER XI. - The Germans 133
     
CHAPTER XII. - The Welsh 139
     
CHAPTER XIII. - The Colonial Era 143
     
CHAPTER XIV - The Revolution 158
     
CHAPTER XV. - The War of 1912 and the Mexican War 180
     
CHAPTER XVI. - The Great Rebellion 195
     
CHAPTER XVII. - The Grand Army of the Republic  285
     
CHAPTER XVIII. - Redemptioners, Slavery and the Underground Railway 297
     
CHAPTER XIX. - Graduates of the United States Military and Naval Academies 313
     
CHAPTER XX - Montgomery County Established 317
   - Municipal Government
 - The "Country Squire."
 
CHAPTER XXI. - Railroads 330
     
CHAPTER XXII. - Manners and Customs 335
   - Sports and Pastimes
 - Local Superstitions
 - Inns
 
CHAPTER XXIII. - Bibliography 348
     
CHAPTER XXIV - Early Poetry 360
     
CHAPTER XXV - Religious Denominations 366
   - Church History  
CHAPTER XXVI. - Educational 392
     
CHAPTER XXVII. - Flora of Montgomery County 423
     
CHAPTER XXVIII. - Zoology of Montgomery County 435
     
CHAPTER XXIX. - Agriculture 439
     
CHAPTER XXX. - Township and Borough Organization 447
   - Post-Offices
 - Roads
 
CHAPTER XXXI. - Journalism 458
     
CHAPTER XXXII. - Banks and Banking 470
     
CHAPTER XXXIII. - Charitable and Benevolent Associations 488
     
CHAPTER XXXIV. - The Insane Hospital and Poor-House 498
     
CHAPTER XXXV. - Past and Present Politics of Montgomery County 502
     
CHAPTER XXXVI. - The Bench and Bar 528
     
CHAPTER XXXVII. - Manufacturing Industries 563
     
CHAPTER XXXVIII. - The Medical Profession 636
     

CHAPTER XXXIX. - Abington Township

678

     
CHAPTER XL. - Borough of Bridgeport 707
     
CHAPTER XLI. - Borough of Conshohocken 713
     
CHAPTER XLII. - Borough of East Greenville 719
     
CHAPTER XLIII - Borough of Green Lane 721
     
CHAPTER XLIV. - Borough of Hatboro' 721
     
CHAPTER XLV. - Borough of Jenkintown 733
     
CHAPTER XLVI. - Borough of Lansdale 742
     
CHAPTER XLVII. - Borough of Norristown 747
     
CHAPTER XLVIII. - Borough of North Wales 777
     
CHAPTER XLIX. - Borough of Pottstown 784
     
CHAPTER L. - Borough of Royer's Ford 797
     
CHAPTER LI. - Borough of West Conshoboken 799
     
CHAPTER LII. - Cheltenham Township 802
     
CHAPTER LIII. - Douglas Township 825
     
CHAPTER LIV. - Franconia Township 827
     
CHAPTER LV - LVI. - Gwynedd Township 853
     
CHAPTER LVII. - Hatfield Township 868
     
CHAPTER LVIII. - Horsham Township 874
     
CHAPTER LIX. - Limerick Township 915
     
CHAPTER LX. - Lower Merion Township 923
     
CHAPTER LXI. - Lower Salford Township 945
     
CHAPTER LXII. - Marlborough Township 956
     
CHAPTER LXIII. - Montgomery Township 959
     
CHAPTER LXIV. - Moreland Township 972
     
CHAPTER LXV. - New Hanover Township 992
     
CHAPTER LXVI. - Norriton Township  

999

     
CHAPTER LXVII. - Perkiomen Township 1019
     
CHAPTER LXVIII. - Plymouth Township 1028
     
CHAPTER LXIX. - Pottsgrove Township 1041
     
CHAPTER LXX. - Providence Township 1044
     
CHAPTER LXXI. - Lower Providence Township 1049
     
CHAPTER LXXII. - Upper Providence Township 1056
     
CHAPTER LXXIII. - Springfield Township 1071
     
CHAPTER LXXIV. - Towamencin Township 1084
     
CHAPTER LXXV. - Upper Dublin Township 1092
     
CHAPTER LXXVI. - Upper Hanover Township 1105
     
CHAPTER LXXVII. - Upper Merion Township 1116
     
CHAPTER LXXVIII. - Upper Salford Township 1131
     
CHAPTER LXXIX. - Whitemarsh Township 1137
     
CHAPTER LXXX. - Whitpain Township 1162
     
CHAPTER  LXXXI. - Worcester Township 1184
     
APPENDIX - CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION i
     
INDEX xxiii
     


~ ILLUSTRATIONS ~
 

Aaron, Samuel 404
Albertson, J. M. 477
Ambler, David J. 1102
Antes, Col. Frederick, residence of 852
Apple, John D. 959
Ashbridge, Joshua 940
Ashbourne Presbyterian Church 803
Auge, Moses 776
Autographs William Penn and witnesses to charter 145
Bank of Montgomery County 473
Baldwin, Norman B. 965
Barley Sheaf Barn 317
Bates, William T. 595
Bean, Theodore W. 554
Beaver, D. R. 667
Bellows, H. M. 670
Berkhimer, Allen 867
Betts, Sarah T. 816
Biddle, Thomas A., residence of 1162
Binder, Samuel B. 955
Binder, W. J. 464
Bisson, James W. 866
Blake, William 699
Bomberger, J. H. 411
Boorse, John C. 1091
Bosler, Charles 634
Bouquet, Henry 150
Boyd, James 549
Bradfield, Abner 704
Branin, George 813
British Stamp 151
Brunner, S. U. 422
Brooke, William 1043
Buckman, Thomas, Sr. 702
Buck, William J. 351
Bullock, George 601
Bullock, George, residence of 800
Burd-Wilson Mansion 405
Cascaden, Robert 577
Casselberry, John W. 481
Chadwick, Robert 615
Chase, Thomas 418
Clay, J. C. 1128
Conard, James P. 1182
Cleaver, Silas 1156
Cleaver, John 1156
Corson, Alan W. 1034
Corson, E. H. 1153
Corson, Hiram 643
Corson, William 646
Coulston, James M. 1158
County Court-House 326
Crawford, John Y. 937
Custer, Anthony V. 1071
Custer, David 1191
Custer, Jacob G. 1055
Davis, John J. 739
Davis, William 801
Delaware Indian Fort 48
Delaware Indian Family 45
Delaware Indian 41
De Vries, David Pietersen 56
Diagram of Bone Cave, Port Kennedy 18
Diagram of Transit of Venus 6
Dismant, Benjamin F. 673
Dodd, Robert J. 641
Ely, Gilbert W. 911
Engle, A. J. 815
Ervien, John A. 634
Evans, David 921
Evans, Oliver 330
Evans, Oliver, Steam-Carriage 331
Evans, Thomas B. 920
Farmer, Edward, seal of 1139
Fegely, Isaac 604
Fenton, John M. 814
First National Bank, Norristown 478
Flat Rock Dam 126
Fort Casimir 68
Fort Christiana 59
Fort Mifflin 164
Franklin, Benjamin 149
Franklin's Press 458
Freas, Jesse W. 1155
Freas, Joseph 1154
Freedley, Samuel 640
Friends' Meeting-House, Lower Merion 928
Geatrell, Thomas B. 914
Geller, Jacob S. 743
Geological Map 8
Germantown, Map of Approaches to 165
Germantown, Map of Battle of 166
Godshall, A. C. 622
Goentner, William K. 729
Goshenhoppen Church, Old 1135
Graeme Coat of Arms 892
Graeme, Elizabeth, Book-Plate of 891
Graeme Park 901
Graeme Park, Vane at 900
Graeme, Dr. Thomas 637
Gresh, W. K. 589
Hallowell, Benjamin T. 690
Hallowell, John J. 891
Hallowell, Jonas W. 988
Hallowell, Joseph W. 692
Hallowell, William J. 909
Hamel, George 697
Hamer, James 649
Hamilton, Andrew 530
Hamilton, W. C. 624
Hamilton, W. C. & Sons, Paper-Mills 1148
Hancock, General Winfield S. 314
Harley, Jonas M. 783
Harper, Smith 629
Hartranft, General John F. 196
Harry, Benjamin 718
Heebner, Christopher 588
Heebner, Isaac D. 620
Heist, David 812
Heller, G. K. 820
Henzey, W. P., residence of 926
Hillegass, John G. 655
Hobart, John H. 548
Hobson, Frank M. 1066
Hoffman, John 1019
Hood, John M. 922
Hooven, James 478
Hoover, Hiram C. 1007
Hudson, Henry 50
Hughes, Benjamin B. 712
Humphreys, Seth 617
Hunsicker, Abraham 1068
Hunsicker, Charles 552
Hunsicker, Henry A. 407
Hunsicker, Henry G. 1069
Hunsicker, Philip M. 1028
Hunter, Joseph W. 738
Independence Bell 158
Indian Signatures 46
Iredell, Robert 461
Jarrett, Samuel F. 1018
Jarrett, William L. 908
Jenkins, Charles Todd 964
Johnson, B. K. 663
Jones, John 719
Jones, John B. 731
Jones, John L. 1103
Jones, Jonathan 1039
Jones, Colonel Owen 200
Jones, Colonel Owen, residence of 930
Keelly, Ephraim P. 799
Keith, Sir William, Seal of 900
Keith, Sir William 884
Kendall, Daniel 923
Kennedy, John 1130
Kennedy, William R. 1016
Kenderdine, Benjamin 1104
Kenworthy, James 585
Kepner, D. K. 793
Kinzie, Daniel 1131
Kirk, Jacob 912
Kirk, Joseph 700
Kneule, A. 462
Knipe, Jacob 642
Knipe, Jacob O. 664
Knight, William Sr. 1015
Krause, David 540
Kratz, Henry W. 1070
Krieble, Charles 1183
Kulp, Samuel N. 698
Larzelere, J. B. 987
Larzelere, N. H. 557
Leedom, E. C. 638
Lefferts, Simon V. 990
Lenhart, John F. 817
Livezey, Thomas 1038
Lloyd, John 992
Lodge, Thomas G. 941
Loller Academy 728
Longaker, Daniel 773
Longaker, R. B. 795
Loux, Hiram R. 675
Lowe, T. S. C. 579
Lukens, Abel 781
Lukens, Joshua P. 904
Lukens, Lewis A. 596
Map of New Sweden 70
Map of West Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1698 120
Markley, A. D. 661
March, T. J. 609
May, Benjamin 771
May, Selden T. 770
McDermott, William 482
McFarland, Elbridge 611
McLane, A. W. 177
Meschter, G. K. 672
Meschianza Procession 178
Meschianza Ticket 178
Miles, William 942
Miles, Samuel 808
Miller, Charles T. 551
Mintzer, William 480
Missimer, George 797
Mitchell, Joseph, Jr. 970
Moir, James 602
Monument Marking Site of Treaty Tree 144
Moore, George W. 632
More, Nicholas, Seal of 978
Morgan, Andrew 1193
Morris, Oliver G. 871
Morison, William T. 693
Moorhead, J. Barlow 600
Mowday, David Y. 772
Mud Island 162
Muhlenberg, Henry M. 1063
Muhlenberg, Peter, Tomb of 1064
Myers, Jacob 633
Nace, Francis 1017
Newberry, Milton 649
New Hanover Lutheran Church 793
Newport, David 694
Noble, Samuel W. 484
Norristown High School 753
Norristown Churches 750
Norriton Presbyterian Church 1003
North Wales Academy 421
Oath of Allegiance 168
O'Brien, Michael 598
Outline Map of Montgomery County 1
Paoli Monument 163
Paxson, Charles 1099
Penrose, Abel 906
Penrose, Jarrett 905
Penn Coat of Arms 88
Penn, John 150
Penn's Treaty Tree 143
Penn, William 82
Pennsylvanische Geschicht Schreiber 135
Perkiomen Bridge 1045
Potts, Joseph D. 605
Potts, William C. 1100
Providence Friends' Meeting 1061
Randle, William H. 676
Ratcliffe, Thomas 591
Read, L. W. 657
Reading, Edward 659
Reed, Michael H. 1011
Reese, John L. 1011
Reese, John L. 1063
Reese, William 1014
Reid, John K. 656
Rennyson, William 468
Rex, Sarah S. 446
Rhoads, Jacob B. 865
Rice, Andrew J. 703
Richardson, William 746
Rittenhouse, Christopher 578
Rittenhouse, David -     Frontispiece  
Rittenhouse Observatory 4
Ritttenhouse, Samuel 1009
Rittenhouse, William 1010
Robeson, Samuel L. 944
Roberts, Enos 1184
Roberts, Jesse 1012
Roberts, Richard K. 967
Rogers, George W. 550
Rorer, Charles S. 903
Rosenberger, Isaac R. 873
Royer, J. Warren 654
Royer, Lewis 522
Rowland, Thomas 635
St. Peters Church, Barren Hill 1150
Sanitary Fair Buildings 296
Sargent, G. P. 666
Saylor, Andrew J. 1195
Scheetz, J. H. 662
Schlatter, Michael 1166
Scholl, Seth L. 745
Schrack, David 668
Schrack, John 653
Schrack, John 653
Selser, John 968
Shannon, George 479
Shaw, James 584
Shaw, Robert 969
Shearer, A. K. 780
Shearer, A. W. 1080
Shepard, Jesse 1040
Shoemaker, Charles 651
Shoemaker, C. K. 1179
Shoemaker, Enoch 1083
Shoemaker, Joseph A. 741
Shoemaker, Mathias 1177
Shunk Monument 1065
Sibley, William 943
Singerly, William M. 1175
Singerly, William M., sheep farm of 858
Singerly, William M., home farm 1176
Slingluff, John 476
Slingluff, W. H. 474
Smith, Isaac W. 592
Smith, John 701
Smith, John C. 523
Smith, Jonas 796
Soldiers' onument 768
Soldiers of 1812 187
St. James' Episcopal Church, Perkiomen 1051
Stahler, William 774
State Hospital for the Insane 498
State House, Philadelphia, 1744 154
Steele, J. Dutton 606
Stiles, George M. 669
Stinson, Mary H. 674
Stuyvesant, Peter 67
Super, Philip 1115
Super, Henry W. 414
Sutton, W. Henry 518
Swedes' Church 711
Swedes' Ford 711
Swedish Block-House 57
Thomas, Allen 868
Thomson, Charles 172
Thomson, Charles, residence of 172
Thropp, Joseph E. 627
Todd, John 660
Trapps Church 1059
Trappe Church (interior) 1059
Tremper, Jacob 830
Trucksess, David 1197
Tyson, Jacob P. 696
Van Buskirk, William A. 650
Upland Meeting-Place 101
Van Pelt, John 732
Walt, Henry S. 922
Walton, John 984
Washington's Headquarters, Worcester 164
Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge 170
Washington Headquarters, "James Morris' " 1164
Watt, William 583
Weaver, C. P. 575
Weaver, Joseph K. 671
Weinberger, J. Shelly 415
Weiser, Clement Z. 1112
Wentz Reformed Church 1186
Wentz, Abram 1180
Wertsner, Benjamin P. 485
Wheeler, Charles 936
White, Bishop William 1052
Whitefield, G. 373
Williams, Anthony 824
Williams, Charles 1160
Williams, Henry J. 1077
Williams, John J. 810
Williams, Thomas 811
Wills, Morgan R. 460
Wilson, S. M. 819
Wilson, Thomas 972
Wood, James 594
Woodward, Evan M. 985
Wright, Charles B. 822
Yeakle, Charles 1081
Yeakle, Christopher, residence of 1073
Yeakel, Daniel 1078
Yeakel, David W. 1157
Yeakle, Joseph 1080
Yeakle, Samuel 775
Yeakle, Thomas C. 818
Yeakle, William 1082
Yeakle, William A. 521
Yost, D. M. 277
Yost, Isaac F. 998
Yost, Jacob S. 52

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