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A Monthly Record of
Local History and Biography
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NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
By JOHN F. MEGINNESS,
("John of Lancaster.")

VOLUME I.

Williamsport, Pa:
Gazette and Bulletin Printing House.
1888
(found at Archive.org)

 

VOLUME 1 - NUMBER 1

 
  REV. JOHN BRYSON - By Rev. John Paris Hudson
          - To be continued in June Volume)
1
  Stature of Revolutionary Soldiers - By J. W. Clarke 10
  The Meteoric Shower of 1833 - By J. C. McCloskey, Lock Haven. 12
  HON. JOSEPH BILES ANTHONY - By F. C. Campbell, Washington, D. C. 14
  Methodism in Centre County. - By John B. Linn, Bellefonte 16
  A Very Old House Burned. 17
  The Antiquity of Prohibition 18
  The Three Muncies. 19
  Latitude of Wilkes-Barre 19
  Most Eccentric Will Ever Written 20
  Northumberland County in 1800 21
  The Little Grave on the Hill - (Poem) 22
  Business of Twenty-Two National Banks. 25
  Notes on Local Books 27
  Notes on Newspapers 28
  Hon. C. D. Eldred 28
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - Samuel Titus
  - John King
  - Reuben Derby
  - John DeLong
  - Henry Royer
29
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Major William Power Elliott
  - Mrs. Hannah Tallman
  - Mrs. Lydia Roush
  - Mrs. Catharine Detweiler
  - William Ritchie
  - John P. Summers
  - Seneca Freeman
  - Mrs. Mary McEvoy
  - Michael Swartz
30
  PHOTO of Hon. J. K. Whitmore end of volume
 


VOLUME 1 - NUMBER 2

 
  HON. J. K. WHITMORE, of Ridgway 33
  REV. JOHN BRYSON - By John Paris Hudson - Continued from Vol. 1 No. 1 37
  Slavery in the West Branch Valley - by J. H. McMinn, Williamsport. 46
  Indian Burial Places on the West Branch - By Dudley A. Martin, Caledonia 54
  Eccentric Tribute to a Mother 56
  Postmasters of Muncy 58
  God Bless Mother - By George Cooper (Poem) 59
 

WILLIAMSPORT, JUNE, 1887

 
  Success of the Journal 60
  The Coal Business at Tyrone 62
  Literary Notes 63
  Nearing the End of a Century 65
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper 66
  Etymology of "Susquehanna." 71
  (Several small articles) 72
  [PHOTO of FRANK THOMSON, Esq.)  
 


VOLUME 1 - JULY, 1887 -  NUMBER 3

 
  FRANK THOMSON, Esq. 73
  The Old Portage Railroad 76
  PETER PENCE, THE BRAVE FRONTIER RANGER - By C. F. Hill, Hazleton 88
  Journal of JOHN MARTIN MACK - Contributed by John W. Jordan 92
  The Susquehanna - By H. T. Eckert  (Poem) 97
  WILLIAMSPORT, JULY, 1887  
  Susquehanna Governors 98
  One Hundred Years old 99
  HON. H. L. DIEFFENBACH, of Lock Haven 100
  MAJOR CRAIG 100
  Nearing the End of a Century 101
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - John Carlile
  - Jonathan Lackey
  - John Jones
  - W. C. Ripley
  - Mrs. Elizabeth Miller
  - Isaac Craig, Esq.
102
  The Pennsylvanian's Lament (Poem) 104
 


Vol. 1 - August, 1887 - Number 4

 
  (PHOTO OF GOV. JOHN ANDREW SHULTZ. (Aged 77 Years)  
  GOVERNOR JOHN ANDREW SHULZE. - By John F. Meginness. 105
  JOHN HAMILTON'S JOURNAL 110
  Local History - Its Interest and Importance. - By Edith C. Baily, Jersey Shore 118
  The Prolific Family|
  - Lewis Bricker, Sr.
120
  Curious Grave Stone Inscriptions. 122
  Old Time Iron Furnaces 124
  The Singer and the Song. (Poem) 125
  Very Long Ownership 126
  The First Mail to Franklin and Erie 127
  One Hundred Years 128
  Mention made of death at Muney of HENRY HARRIS, a venerablle colored man 129
  Literary Notes 130
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - John Hamilton
  - Ralph Elliot
131
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Mrs. Rachel Humpton
  - John Armstrong Reed
  - Mrs. Elizabeth Africa
  - James Johnson
  - Reuben Derby
134
  Major Isaac Craig 136
  Picture of:  Appearance of the Central Part of Williamsport 45 Years ago.  
 


Volume 1 - September, 1887 - Number 5

 
  JOURNAL OF SAMUEL MACLAY - 1780 137
  Northumberland County Prisons - By R. H. Awl, M. D., Sunbury 152
  Recollections of Peter Pence 155
  The Old Fireplace (Poem) 157
  JOSEPH BARNETT 158
  Old Time Iron Furnace again. 160
  MR. HAMILTON'S JOURNAL 162
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - John Warner
  - Mrs. Elizabeth Gilday
  - Mrs. Mary J. McClintick
  - Mrs. Martha Williams
  - James Preston
  - Colonel Henry Royer
163
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Frederick Derr
  - George Dorey
  - John Kincaid
  - Hon. George A. Frick
  - Mrs. Mary Pollock
  - Captain Charles Mortimer Manville
166
  ANDREW STRAUB 168
 


Volume 1 - October, 1887 - Number 6

 
  (PICTURE of Present Court House of Lycoming County)  
  JOURNAL OF SAMUEL MACLAY - 1790.  Annotated by John F. Meginness. 169
  First Schools in Williamsport - By J. F. Wolfinger, Milton 190
  Old Williamsport Academy 191
  Literary Notes 193
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - Peter Bastress
  - Mrs. Ann Gray
 - J. B. Scott
194
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Hersh Weyle
  - Daniel Tonner
  - Daniel Follmer
  - John Johnson
  - Mrs. Moriarty
194
  Tombstone Record
  - Michael Ross, Esq'r
  - Ann Corson Ross
  - Hiram Sizer
  - Polly Sizer, wife of Hiram Sizer
  - Samuel Stocks
  - Jenny, 1st wife of John Wilson
  - John Wilson
  - Margaret, wd wife of John Wilson
 
  Some small articles 200
 


Volume 1 - November, 1887 - Number 7

 
  (PHOTO of Central High School Building, Williamsport, Pa. - A. S. Wagner Architect  
  Journal of SAMUEL MACLAY - 1790 - Annotated by John F. Meginness 201
  Reports on the Survey 216
  ROSWELL FRANKLIN - By Rev. J. N. Hubbard 218
  The County of McKean 223
  Sullivan County's First Paper 225
  Louis M. Neiffer 227
  Nearing the End of a Century 228
    - Amos Ellmaker Kapp 229
  Tombstone Record
  - John Baldy
  - Elizabeth G. Baldy
  - Ebenezer Greenough
  - Samuel Awl
  - Mary M. Awl
  - William Maclay
231
  DR. R. H. AWL 232
 


Volume 1 - December, 1887 - Number 8

 
  (PICTURE of Ludwig Derr's Mill, Lewisburg, 1772  
  HUNTINGDON'S CENTENNIAL  1787 - 1887
  - Formation of Townships
  - Prominent Points Known to the Pioneers
  - Early Roads
  - Early Settlers
  - Barree
  - Dublin
  - Slavery
233
  Methodism on the North Branch 244
  Fort Huff - Its History - By J. H. McMinn 249
  EDMUND HUFF 252
  Curious Old Papers 253
  A Hundred Years.* - By "Edith May" - Miss Anna Drinker (Poem) 254
  Presbytery of Nortthumberland 256
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - John Else
  - William M. Quigley
  - William White
258
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Hon. William A. McConnell
  - Mrs. Eliza Laird
  - Mrs. Isabella Brady Bruner
  - Lewis Zaner
259
  Tombstone Record
  - Benjamin Ream
  - James, son of David & Rebecca McKinney
  - Jacob Becker
  - John Black
263
 


Volume 1 - January, 1888 - Number 9

 
  (PHOTO of Old Williamsport Academy Building, West Third Street  
  History of Northumberland Presbytery - By Rev. Joseph Stevens, D. D.
  - Part I
  - Part II -
  - and continued Next Month
265
  Indian Famine in 1748 287
  A New town called Lopez in Sullivan County 289
  History of the West Branch Valley 290
  Literary Notes
  - John P. Dwyer
  - Dr. W. H. Egle
292
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - J. Emery, Esq.
  - Mrs. Elizabeth Badger
293
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Thomas Myers
293
  Tombstone Record
  - Henry Harris and his wife Jane
  - James McMurray
295
 


Volume 1 - February, 1887 - Number 10

 
  (PHOTO of Residence of Judge Hepburn, built in 1801.  See page 322  
  History of Northumberland Presbytery. - By Rev. Joseph Stevens, D. D.
  - Part of Part II
  - Part III - Historical Sketches of the Churches Belonging to the Presbytery of Northumberland
      - Northumberland Church - p. 305
      - Sunbury Church - p. 306
      - Warrior Run Church - p. 307
      - Chillisquaque Church - p. 308
      - Pine Creek (Now Jersey Shore) Church - p. 308
      - Lycoming Church - p. 313
      - The Orangeville Church - p. 315
     Continued next month
297
  The War of 1812 - Local Incidents - by J. H. McMinn, Willimspart 316
  A Historic House (at the foot of Park Street, Williamsport) 322
  Old Letters and Accounts 324
  How Carterville Rose and Fell - By A. S. Hooker, Troy 325
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - Mrs. Elizabeth Quiggle of Beech Creek
  - Daniel Beckley, Esq.,
326
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - John King
  - Jacob L. Mussina
  - The wife of Coleman Huling
326
  Tombstone Record
  - Gen. Henry Frick
  - Dr. James S. Dougal
  - Gen. R. H. Hammond
(PHOTO of Rev. Joseph Painter, D. D.) See Page 359
328
 


Volume 1 - March, 1888 - Number 11

 
  History of Northumberland Presbytery - continued - By Rev. Joseph Stevens, D. D.
  - Great Island Church
  - Mill Hall and Nittany Church
  - Beech Creek Church
  - Lycoming Centre Church
  - Linden Church
  - Montoursville Church
  - Montgomery Church
  - Washington Church
  - Bethel Church
  - Mooresburg Church
  - Berwick Church
  - Briar Creek Church
  - Bloomsburg Church
  - New Columbia Church
  - Sugarloaf Church
  - Rohrsburg Church
  - Mount Carmel Church
  - Derry Church
  - Washingtonville Church
  - Shiloh, or St. Mary's Church
  - Emporium Church
  - Renovo Church
  - North Point Church
  - Hyner's Run Church
  - The First Church of Williamsport
Concluded next month
329 - 353
 
  Warrior Run Graveyard - By H. T. Eckert 354
  Williamsport and Newberry Postmasters 356
  REV. JOSEPH PAINTER, D. D. - By John F. Meginness 359
  Nearing the End of a Century
  - Isaac Willower
362
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Mrs. Mary Smith, of Towanda
  - Mrs. Anna Runn, widow of Jacob Rinn
  - Henry Haas
  - Mrs. Margaret Krise
362
  Tombstone Record
  - Rev. Wm. S. Hall, D.D. M.D.
  - Rev. John H. Rittenhouse
  - David Rittenhouse
  - Sarah H., wife of David Rittenhouse
 
 


Volume 1 - April, 1888 - Number 12

 
  (PICTURE of Williamsport Dickinson Seminary)  
  History of Northumberland Presbytery. - by Rev. Joseph Stevens, D. D.
  - The Third Church of Williamsport
  - Muncy Church
  - Watsontown Church
  - McEwensville Church
  - The Mifflinburg Church
  - Hartleton Church
  - New Berlin Church
  - The Church of Lewisburg
  - The Milton Church
  - Holland Run Church
  - Centralia Church
  - Elysburg Church
  - Shamokin Church
  - Mahoning Church
  - The Grove Church
  - Shamokin First Church
365 - 388
  ERRATA 388
  Close of the Volume - The Future 388
  The Warrior Run Rifles - War of 1812 390
  Postmasters of Sunbury 392
  Postmasters of Jersey Shore 392
  Nearing the End of a Ceutury
  - Susan Eaton
393
  Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper
  - Michael Quigley, Esq.
  - James Hammond McCormick
  - Mrs. Eleanor Blackwell
  - John Delong
394

INDEX

Allegany, Port of 13
Anthony, Joseph B., Hon. 14
Antiquity of Prohibition 18
Africa, Catharine 103
Africa Residence, Huntingdon 126
Adlum, John 143, 226
Acres, Northumberland County 161
Academy, Old Williamsport 191
Awl, Samuel 231
Africa, J. Simpson, Hon. 233
Arks on the River 255
Antes, Henry, Col. 262
Andastes, Tribe of 289, 322
Bryson, John, Rev. 1, 37, 282
Bellefonte in 1800 22
Banks, Business of Twenty-two 25
Burial Places, Indian 54
Burrows, John, General 64, 321
Bell, Court House 64
Blackwell, Eleanor, Mrs. 65, 395
Beaver, James A. 99
Baker, John 101
Bayard, Secretary, Letter from 129
Barnet, Joseph 158
Barto, Catharine 163
Brodhead, Colonel 184
Bastress, Peter 194
Beech Creek, Borough of 200
Blair, John 209
Baldy, John 231
Bowman, Thomas 245
Bruner, Isabella Brady 261
Becker, Jacob 264
Black, John 364
Badger, Elizabeth 293
Barber, D. M., Rev. 311
Beckley, Daniel 326
Boyd, Alexander, Rev. 331
Beech Creek Church 335
Bethel Church 339
Berwick Church 340
Briar Creek Church 341
Bloomsburg Church 342
Call of Rev. John Bryson 5
Corman, Mrs. 65
Cook, Jacob 68
Calvert, Thomas 72
Curtin, Andrew G. 98
Craig, Notice to Timothy Pickering, 100, 133
Carlisle, John 102
Cornplanter 180
Catawissa Railroad 188
Canal, Pennsylvania 193
Corson, Ann 197
Cable, Henry 200
Comly, J. W. 228
Curious Old Papers 253
Churches in Presbytery 501
Chillsquaque Church 308
Cartersville, How It Rose and Fell 325
County of Lycoming 355
Centrailia Church 378
Close of the Volume 388
Derby, Reuben 29, 136
Detwiler, Catharine 31
Dicky, M. M., Mrs. 67
Dieffenbach, H. _ 160
Derr, Frederick 166
Dorey, George 166
Dushare, Origin of Name 227
Dongal, Dr. James 328
Derry Church 347
Delong, John 29, 396
Elliott, William Powrs 30
Elders of Chillisquaque Church 40
Eccentric Tributes to a Mother 56
Erie, Soldiers Home 61
Eckert, Jacob 67
Elliott, Ralph 132
Edwards, Abigail 194
Emery, J. 293
Emporium Church 350
Elysburg, Church 378
Freeman, Seneca 31
Family of Giants 97
Family, A Prolific 120
Furnaces, Old Time Iron 124, 160
Forest, A. Buried 125
First Mail to Franklin and Erie 127
Freeze, George A., Col. 155
Frick, George A., Hon 167
Follmer, Daniel 196
Frankstown 213
Franklin, Rosswell 218
Freight by Wagon 226
Fort Huff, Its History 249
Famine, Indian, in 1748 287
Frick, Henry, Gen. 328
First Church of Williamsport 352
Gordon, Gazetteer of 32
God Bless Mother poem 59
Governors, Susquehanna 98
Graff, Isaac 104
Gilday, Elizabeth 163
Gray, Ann, Mrs. 195
Greenough, Ebenezer 231
Grain, Scarcity of at Milton 264
Grier, Isaac, Rev. 369, 309
Grier, John H., Rev. 271, 330
Great Island Church 329
Grove Church 384
Heirloom, Family 24
Hart, Adam 29
Harris, Henry 70, 295
Huntingdon County in 1790 and 1800 73, 133
Hoyt, H. M. 98
Harrisburg, Latitude of 103
Hamilton, John, His journal 110, 131
History, Local, Its Importance 118
Huntingdon, Levels at 133
Humpton, Rachel, Mrs. 134
Heinley, David 230
Huntingdon Centennial 233
Hundred Years, A poem 254
Hood, Thomas, Rev. 282
Hepburn, William 322
Huling, Coleman, Mrs. 327
Hammond, R. H., Gen. 328
Henderson, Samuel, Rev. 343
Hull, David, Rev. 349
Haas, Henry 362
Hall, William S., Rev. 364
Hartleton Church 373
Holland Run Church 378
Indian Burial Places on West Branch 54
Inscriptions, Curious Grave Stone 122
Jones, John 102
Johnson, James 135
Johnson, John 197
Junkin, George Rev. 275, 304
King, John 29, 326
Kline, D. B., Dr. 66
Kittanning, When Destroyed 136
Kincaid, John 166
Kapp, A. E. 229
Kirkpatrick, David, Rev. 276, 304
Kerr, William A., Rev. 297
Krise, Margaret, Mrs. 363
Latitude of Wilkes-Barre 19
Little Grave on the Hill, poem 22
Lock Haven, Height Above the Sea 72
Lackey, Jonathan 102
Latitude of Pennsylvania 103
Lament of a Pennsylvanian 104
Lick, Great Elk 176
Lake, Chautauqua 181
Leboeuf, Fort 185
Lyon, Thomas, Dr. 228
Laird, Elizabeth 260
Lycoming County, Census of in 1830 264
Lopez, Town of 289
Lycoming Church 313
Linden Church 336
Lycoming County, When Erected 355
Lilley, Jacob 363
Lewisburg Church 374
Meteoric Showers of 1833 12
Methodism in Centre County 16
Muncies, The Three 19
McElroy, Mary, Mrs. 32
Muncy, Postmasters of 58
McKean County, Highest Peak 72
Mack, Martin, Journal of 92
Morey, Erastus 101
Miller, Elizabeth, Mrs. 103
Mouse, Family Name of 104
McConnell, Eleanor, Mrs. 128
Maclay, Samuel, Journal of 138, 169, 201
Matlack, Timothy 139
McClintock, Mary J. 164
Manville, Charles M. 167
Mill, Grist 168
Mead, David 185
Montcalm, General 200
McKean, County of 223
Maclay, William 232
Methodism on the North Branch 244
Money, Continental 253
McConnell, William A., Hon. 259
McKinney, James 263
Myers, Thomas 294
McMurray, James 296
Morrison, Rev. 303
Mussina, J. L. 327
Montoursville Church 337
Montgomery Church 337
Mooresburg Church 339
Mount Carmel Church 347
Muncy Church 370
McEwensville Church 372
Mifflinburg? Church 372
Milton Church 375
Mahoning Church 379
McCormiccck, J. H. 395
Northumberland County in 1800 21
Newspapers, Notes on 28
Nearing the End of a Century 29, 65, 101, 131, 163, 194, 228, 259, 293, 326, 362, 393
Northumberland County Prisons 152
Neiffer, Louis M. 227
Northumberland Church 305
Nesbitt, Joseph, Rev. 333
New Columbia Church 346
North Point Church 351
Newberry, Postmasters of 358
New Berlin Church 374
Old House Burned 17
One Hundred Years Old 99
Owernship, Very Long 126
One Hundred Years 128
O'Connor, Richard 136
Old Fire Place, poem 157
Orangeville Church 315
Old Letters and Accounts 324
Pine Creek 32
Patterson, Caroline 66
Pollock, Samuel, Dr. 67
Portage Railroad, Old 76
Pence, Peter 88, 155
Packer, W. F. 98
Pollock, Mary, Mrs. 101, 167
Pennsylvania, Size of 103
P. and E. Railroad, Length of 151
Preston, James 164
Penny, Old English, found in Muncy 200
Plunkett, History of 209
Presbytery of Northumberland 256, 265, 297
Packer, W. F. Votes Received 264
Patterson, John B., Rev. 282, 347
Pine Creek Church 308
Postmasters of Williamsport 356
Painter, Joseph D. D., Rev. 359
Phillips, J. W., Rev. 365
Postmasters of  Sunbury 392
Postmasters of Jersey Shore 392
Quiggle, Elizabeth, Mrs. 65, 326
Quigley,,,, Michael 394
Revolutionary Soldiers, Stature of 10
Royer, Henry 29, 164
Ripe Sheaves Gathered by the Reaper 30, 66, 102, 134, 166, 196, 229, 326, 362, 394
Roush, Lydia 31
Riddell, Mary A., Mrs. 65
Reitz, Samuel 66
Renovo, Height Above the Sea 72
Ripley, W. C. 103
Reed, John Armstrong 134
Ross, Michael 197
Roof, Slate, first in Muncy 199
Ream, Benjamin 263
Rohrsburg Church 346
Renovo Church 350
Rinn, Anna, Mrs. 332
Rittenhouse, John H., Rev. 364
Rifles, Warrior Run 390
Summers, John P. 31
Swartz, Michael 32
Snyder, Simon 32
Slavery in West Branch Valley 46
Susquehanna, Etymology of 71
Susquehanna, poem 97
Schoch, Samuel 101
Shulze, John Andrew, Gov. 105, 106
Singer and the Song, poem 125
Straub, Andrew 168
Simler, John Henry 187
Schools, First in Williamsport 190
Scout, J. B. 196
Sizer, Hiram 198
Survey, Reports 216
Sulllivan County, First Paper 225
Store, First in Sunbury 252
Sunbury Church 306
Stevens, Joseph, Rev. 312
Sugarloaf Church 346
Shiloh, or St. Mary's Church 349
Smith, Mary, Mrs. 362
Sterling, William, Rev. 366
Shamokin Church 385
Titus, Samuel 29
Tallman, Hannah 30
Thompson, Frank 73
Tonner, Daniel 196
Tombstone Record 197, 231, 263, 295, 328, 364
 
Transportation in 1817 226
Tornado on Lycoming Creek 263
Van Campen, Moses 72
Will, Most Eccentric Ever Written 20
Whitmore, J. K., Hon. 33
Woodruff, Joel Heaton 66
Westport, Height Above the Sea 72
Warner, John 163, 293
Williams, Martha 164
Weyle, Hersh 196
Wilson, John 199
Willis, Samuel 199
Water Street 214
Warrior Run Church 307
War of 1812 316
Woodward, Apollos 319
Watsontown Church 338, 371
Waller, J. D., Rev. 340, 342
Washingtonville Church 348
Warrior Run Grave-yard 354
Willower, Isaac 362
Williamsport, Second Church of 365
Williamsport, Third Church of 369
Watson, James C., Rev. 377
Zaner, Lewis 262

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