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History of the Founding of the City orMeadville and Settlement of Crawford County

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a r F R a a S . P. D e l m te o o o o o o o o H o n G B . o o o o o o o 1 0 to Celebrate . . The Crawford County ystem o y 5

W - T R I U E - R E PU L C A e C o . B N B I N The Manner in which the Cele , Us The and the People

W 1 bration was O bserved ho Print It . 0 6 ~ Why the First Pioneer Came to Mead The Meadville Post O ﬁi c e 1 0 8

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— B e 1 1 R e v . Timothy Alden The Founding Townships and oroughs

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Ca r S H . M on t P ro G eo . L . . . om er 1 y . 1 The Meadville Theological S chool . f Mineral prings of the County 7 g y 4 Meadville Conservatory of Music Eureka Mineral Springs 1 0 4

’ S mith s B usiness College Ponce de Leon Mineral S prings 1 39 W Pr o S tu rd e a n . The S chools of the County f ! . v t Knights of Labor 1 1 5 ld B 1 8 20 Com iled — O O u r O Citizens orn prior to . p Fire Laddies History of the rgan

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0 B D e la a e r e H o n . m t O ld john B rown . . The Conneaut Lake Ice Co Limit d Reminiscence of the Great Naturalist German S ocieties O u r O ne Hundredth Anniversary Crawford County in the War of the Rebellion

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I a - e H ll . Ca t l A n z . V/e G Centennial Ballad The Eighty Third Regiment p A . i ll 1 23 Girlhood Memories of Early Life in The Meadville Volunte ers [ 24

M r a E s n e B em s e . kee . u . . . l Meadville 7 Second P nnsylvania Cavalry S . S 1 2 5 ’ ' H on R 1 i P / A . B . i eﬁm on d l th L eu . . z t . esse l ll oor e 1 26 Ancient Military of Crawford County , The ennsylvania Reg t 7 ,

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Greendale Cemetery . C entennial Executive Committee 1 5 7 t O il H A bbot Religious History of Crawford County Transporta ion of in Pipe Lines W . t 1 63 C ' he R ev . R r a z ﬁ ea d t . . . f W . o H . A bb First Churches in County g Reﬁning Petroleum . ott o o o o o o o 1 64

s R e v . T . L o a n The Presbyterian g The City of Titusville o o o o o 7 0 n a t/z a n W a ts on 1 65 R e H r W v . H . H . e ve ith e rO The United Presbyterian Church , y Rice , Robinson p , | 66 W W R ev . G . . Cla r ke e O il The Methodists . Int rnational orks 1 66

C C on tr ibu ted . O O dd . . . PV H a n n hrist P E Church Independent rder of Fellows 7 . en 1 66 h F T e R e v . . B : H a /zn . e A r /t L o o o o o t a r B a e o o o o o o o o o o . t s 1 Reformed Church City Governm nt o o o 67 ’ ’ ‘ . C on re a t n l R e v . G . Ca r n a e lza n i Park Ave g g Church , j , Contr butors to the Centennial Celebration Fund 1 68 ' ‘ S e e Meadville s Church ocieti s in Gen ral Fuller s Cash Carrier 1 68 W ’ C oman s hristian Temperance Union Meadville Distilling Company . 1 68 ’ A Young Men s Christian Association dams Express Company . 1 68 B I O G R A P H I E S .

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Church , Mrs . Gaylor C 8 . onneaut Lake from the Pavillion 9 Derickson , Joseph B Delamater , Hon . G . 80 Derickson , Maj . D . V Court House W H o n . D elamater , . G Dick , Gen . John . C u sse w a o Mills 62 g B . 5 . Dick , Col . S . B D . ick , Col S ' W * 8 D e . unn talk r s Carriage orks 5 . , M . Dick Dickson , H . J O * 1 E , E . S . merson Electric Light tation 5 Dorrance , Col J . Ford H o n . Fertig , Joh 8 Douglass , Joshua M S Sa . Eureka ineral prings , egertown 7 e Flood , Th odore Dunn , Rev . . J . . Figure of Pioneer 31 J K in ne . . B M c y , J C Edson , Abner H ’ l 68 M c K e lv Fuller s Cash Carrier . y , David Flood , Dr . Theodore L * H o n W m 6 Rey nolds , M . . Greendale Cemetery Entrance 7 Fuller, A . W r . B W Robe ts , Hon . . S — Gaskill , . H Historical ketch First Court House i W S c h e d e . , T — Ba lthaz e r . . First S teamboat First j ail Court Gehr , — D Thomas , Hon . . P House o f 1 8 25 O ld Mercer S tre et Gill , J , J e H o n oh Waid , Francis C Bridg e Hend rson . J n J H u id e k O e r a n h B B p , Harm J Ric mond lock Hotel runswick , Titusville

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. in Watson , Thomas Martin , James F Randolph maining warriors he joined the settlers a S T and Thomas Grant , from unbury , Northum fruitless search for the hostiles seen by Gregg . CRAWFO I COU N Y. O n EL berland county . the following day all the men departed for

O n and the next day these pioneers built a Franklin with their horses , cattle move A H I S TORY OF I T S G ROWTH A N D i o n fi cab n the deserted corn elds of the Indi able e f ects . D EVE LOPM ENT . o u u ss e w a o ans the bottom , between the C g C B Y T H E I N D I A N ATTA KED S . a nd e fi French cr ek , and commenced their rst O n d V a n H o rn e W — e a n d May Cornelius , illiam s o f P V a n H o rne f 3 T ale ion eer Life D an g r s planting . Cornelius a terward Gregg a nd Thomas Ray retu rned to plant the E S located a tract of land one and o n e - half mile s H ard ship s of the arly ettler s ’ spring crops . S topping for the night at Gregg s south , on the west of the creek . David E S a a n d u C o n arly o ci l I n d s trial e cabin , they shelled a bag of corn , part of M ad first located west of the creek , designat — “ ” which they ground the next morning at the d it i o n s R ailro ad D ev e l op ing his tract C u ss e w a g o Island . Grant i V . a Mead house Arriving at the corn f eld , n selected the present site of Meadville , but — P m P io m e n t s ro in en t o n e e Horne laid his gun the bag of seed corn abandoned his s ttl ment the same summer , a nd d — a n . n ee t s V ital S tatis tic s . w hen David Mead took possession and built a ploughed while Gregg Ray planted At noon Gregg and Ray returned to the Mead double log house o n the bluff banks of French

house for dinner and fresh horses . While W I I M Y O S . B Y H O N . e LL A RE N LD cre k , where is now the residence of James V a n H o rn e ploughing , saw two Indians emerge M c Farla n d . 0 E . , Esq This house was built

H E beautiful hunting grounds and the from the woods . The one dropping his bow with a view to defense against Indian attacks , th e ancient homes of the Indians comprised and other his gun , they rushed to the at a n d was surrounded with a Stockade and pro e N , V within orthwestern P nnsylvania by the . a n H o rn e te c te d on tack with their tomahawks by a small , square log block house S O 2 2d 1 8 treaty of Fort tanwix , ctober , 7 4, graspe d the uplifted arm o f the fi rst savage the northwest corner . John Mead settled on Six n with the Natio s , and by the treaty with . B S i C u sse w a o and entered on a struggle for life y his the west de of the creek , north of g the Delawares and Wyandottes at Fort M c I n a n d a o n superior strength gility he shielded him Island survey , and Randolph located the 1 8 tosh , January , 7 5 , had been ceded to the self from the attack of his more formidable east side of the creek two miles south . Joseph 1 8 1 86 6th th S tate . During and 7 the and 7 7 5 foe with the body of his weaker antagonist , Mead , Thomas Martin , John Watson , Chris a districts of donation l nds had been surveyed calling loudly help . After a time the I n tophet Snyder and Thomas Grant made no _ for a nd 8 by William Power , the th district by dians promised his life o n condition of sur permanent settlement .

M c D ow e ll. Alexander At the commence . V an H o rn e be THE FIR S T W H I T E C H ILD B O R N I N C RAW FO R D render Mounting the horses, ment of the centennial era of Crawford county C u ss e w a o tween them , they crossed the g , C O UNTY . the I ndians had generally migrated to their and entering a ravine on the hillside they met I n the fall of 1 7 88 David and John Mead o n y reservation the upper Allegheny or be ond . brought their wives and families from North two other Indians They tied the arms of the western limits of the ceded territory . b rla nd I n their prisoner and three returned to the corn u m e . the David Mead house was Many remained , to some of whom the early V a n m an d e fi in held . Ho e the Indian rod the the rst white child born the county , his w an d settlers ere indebted for friendly services horses to Conne aut Lake a n d crossed the out S e . daughter arah , aft rwards the wife of Rev O f timely warnings of threatened dangers . m V a n H rn let . Here they dis ounted and o e u t rﬁ e ld . Mr . S te , of Mercer county Within these should be born e in memory the chief the two years following David M ead built a was tied by the ends o f the rope which secured h a “ C o nne d au g t and his three sons , Flying e o n re c i i his arms to a tr e while his captor left in ” ’ ; saw mill the north side of a deep p p “ S a n d “ Bi S u n Cloud , S tanding tone g , tous ravine then extending from the present search o f game . With a knife he had secreted whose wigwams were at the mouth of Conne he succeeded in C utting the rope and made M c F arlan d . property of James E . , Esq , to the e o n “ aut cre k Lake Erie ; the renowned Corn his escape to the settlem e nt where by good north side o f the red mill . The power for ” “ ” e h i s - plant r , half brothers Half Town and e fortune he found thirty soldiers under Ensign ” this mill was suppli d by a small stream long ‘ o n Wire Ears , who . resided the Allegheny , f o n Je fers , their return from Erie to Fort since gone . “ ” a nd a n k c h ie f S old Mohaw , tripe Neck , F . 1 89 y as ranklin During 7 the little colon . known who , with his numerous family , lived after the ’ " “ Mead s S ettlement was reinforced by the Gregg and Ray returning with the horses ' early settlement o u the west sid e of French e fle d ~ arrival of the family of Darius M ad , Frederic discovered the three Indians and , cross creek near the site of the present tannery in w a o B a nd C u ss e . aum , Robert Fitz Randolph with their ing the g near its mouth Gregg , a c Kerrtown . He died regretted by all on H a m ak e r W illia m families , Frederick y , Gregg , after reaching the opposite bank , was wound count o f his many services to the whites . He S . O n o n amuel Lord and John Wentworth ed , and seating himself a log he was shot by was buried near the intersection of Dock street t st 1 1 b w n April , 7 9 , the settlers were warned y his pursuers through the head with his o with the rail way . u n R a a nd to D e Flying Cloud of threatened danger from the g . y was captured carried T H E I S S S F R T ETTLER . and o n tro it B hostile western tribes , the same day , then occupied by a ritish garrison .

I n the twilight of an evening o f one hundred eleven strange Indians were seen a few miles Here he was recognized by a n old school - fel

a o 1 2 1 8 te n m e n . o f in S years g , May , 77 , a party of northwest of the settlement The women and low his boyhood cotland , Captain W built their camp ﬁre ben e ath a wild cherry children of the colony ere gathered within White , who purchased him from his captors o n o n the bank of French creek , near the pres the Mead house and cellar and the next for two gallons of whisky , furnished him l . o n B u fi alo ent site of the Mercer street bridge . They day sent in canoes to Fort Frank in The money and sent him a vessel to , were the ﬁrst settlers in Crawford county Indian chief Hal f Town was encamped here from wh e nce he was piloted to Franklin by “ ” V H o rn e - an S . S . Cornelius and Christopher nyder , at the time with twenty seven of his braves tripe Neck He made his settlement and

e a n d in from New Jers y ; David Mead his Twelve of these he sent to guard the canoes , ended his days the northwest corner of — — a n d re o w i . brothers Darius , John and Joseph John six on each side of the creek , with his Mead t nsh p - B . 2 C E NT E NNI A L E D I T I ON TRIB UNE R EP U LICA N

u At the close of the century the village c o n In the summer of the same year Darius back from Franklin , thro gh a remarkably o f deep snow a n d in a driving storm , Mrs . Dick sisted in great part log dwellings scattered Mead , the father of David and John , was cap W . o n carrying her young infant (the future Hon Dock , ater , Chestnut , Centre and Walnut tu re d near Franklin . His body was found fe w r . streets . A f ame buildings had been side by side with that of o n e of his captors , John Dick) the entire distance

built, some of which remain to the present . Among the residents of the village at the Captain B ull , a Delaware chief The duel '

i b M rs . B lls b 1 time . The res dence owned , had been to the d e ath and they were buried close of 7 95 , many of whose names were y y y W S afterward identified with the enterprises for at North ater and Market streets , was built side by side where found , near the henango e in 1 6 a n d th e the development of the public int rests of the for David Mead 79 , frame cree k in Mercer county . B The exposure of the frontiers by the defeats town and county , were John rooks , H en ry building on the northeast corner of Water an d b W o f General Harmer (O ctober 1 790 ) and G e n Richard , Jacob Rasor , John Davis , Dr . street Cherry alley was built y illiam 1 1 1 Thomas R . Kennedy , Major Roger Alden , Dick , 7 95 . The streets mentioned had been eral S t. Clair ( November 7 9 ) necessitated a nd the abandonment of the settlements o n French Colonel Joseph Hackney , Henry Marley , Cap cut out made passable for the wagons of in creek during the greater part of 1 7 9 1 a nd tain Richard Patch and James Hennington . that day by a corduroy of logs laid the low a nd 2 B efore the close of the century we may add swampy grounds . 1 7 9 . During the winter of these years ’ S o n 6th 1 80 0 Mead s house was garrisoned by a detachment the names of James Gibson , amuel Torbet , The first court convened July , , i n of fifteen men from Fort Franklin . The com John Carver , William Clark , H enry Hurst , the house of William Dick , before David

W M c A rthu r . mand of the army in 1 793 by General ayne William , David Compton , Rev Mead and John Kelso (of Erie) associate ' O n d a S , c , . . y E encourage d the return of the settlers , who Joseph tockton Patri k Davis Alex judges that dward Work and B B . were for a time protected by a garrison of uchanan and James Herriott Henry aldwin were admitted as attorneys . I n 1 O n 8 S S twenty - four soldiers under Ensign Lewis 795 the town was surveyed by David July th teele ample , George Armstrong an d a nd o n O 6th o o m an Mead , Dr . Thomas R . Kennedy Major Thomas Collins , and ctober B ond . This p y having been withdrawn

, . . by General Wayne , and the settlers being Roger Alden who had become interested Alexander W Foster were added to the list

M ad i . . . f e . On d . again warned by the aithful Flying Cloud , with June 3 of th s y ear was the Dr T R Kennedy was the ﬁrst prothonotary - in S the greater number returned to Franklin . last demonstration of Indian hostility the A small log cabin on teers alley , west of Water

Restored conﬁdence in 1 7 94 added many county , the murder of James Findley and street, owned by Mr . Richard , was used as a B M c C o rm ic k s i x o f M e a d arnabas , miles south a n d new colonists , and substantial improvements jail until the building of the log jail court e in , . o n 1 80 . were commenced . Law was some degree vill and one mile west of French creek house the public square , 4 en forced and a small company of militia was The fi rst school was opened by Jennet The earliest religious meetings of which we V a n r in e e nrolled under the command o f Mr . Finney (afte wards wife of David Mead) have account were under a missionary d lega 1 in o n 9 , . O . . H orne as Ensign . Alarms were , however , 7 5 a log house North Market street tion of the Presbyterian synod of hio Rev n o c S a n d The block house , longer needed for de Elisha Mc urdy and Rev . Joseph tockton not infrequent , many times the Mead fe nse in house and cellar gave refuge to the women , was soon by David Mead made suitable were the delegates and visited Meadville

O n a nd 1 . . S a nd children from apprehended danger . for school purposes , in it was opened a 799 Mr tockton was invited to preach

in 1 8 - an i u 1 0 1 w as school the winter of 9 99 , Aug st , 794, James Dickson wounded 7 by I r shman statedly dividing his time with the growing

in . S from an ambush of three Indians , near the by the name of Kelly The population of the settlement at Little ugar Creek (now Coch te rs e c tio n of Spring street and the Terrace . accessible portion of the county was greatly ranton) . H e removed to Meadville with his in 1 80 0 For the better protection of the increasing set increased during these years , at the close of the young wife the summer of and ful 2 th 1 8 1 0 tle m e n t a block house was built in the autumn century the residents numbering in ﬁlled the pastoral duties until June 7 , .

1 o n 1 66. of 7 94 , the northeast corner of Water cluding those of the town , The ﬁrst elders of the Meadville church were ’ V H rn e in 1 8 S o f . an o street and S teer s alley , hewn timber , Mr 7 9 planted apple seeds , John Cotton , Robert tockton and Hugh

a ro e c tin . square in form with p j g second story , which , by their vigorous growth , had supplied Cotton with loop holes for musketry a n d e mbrasures trees a nd fruit to the inhabitants . Potatoes The toil and privation incident to pioneer f 1 1 W f t for a s wivel . were success ully cultivated as early as 7 9 . life in estern Pennsylvania le t lit le leisure u fe w The crushing defeat of the western Indians I n 1 797 Dr . Kennedy bro ght a quarts of or inclination for attention to improvements of

W 20 1 t e in . by General ayne ( August , 7 94) wheat his saddlebags , which , distributed a public character The trees ﬁrst cut on the ’ stored safety to the frontiers , and many settle among the farmers , had yielded returns of a ground selected for the settler s home formed

- n . in tro d u c e d a n d e ments were made o the navigable streams of thousand fold Rye was next , , his rude log cabin , which often sh ltered the

in . the county . The previous year David Mead turn , buckwheat , oats and barley made ﬁrst generation to mature life The sunshine

o r re s e nt . had laid out the nucleus of u p city , their appearance through the leaﬂess tree tops of the unsightly “ a n d had sold a few lots as early as February , 1 80 0 deadening , ripened scanty harvests . The THE YEAR .

1 n 1 2th 1 80 0 grain was reaped with the sickle , threshed 7 93 O March , , the counties of Arm 1 0 an d th e a nd Near this time , probably between 7 9 B B with ﬂail winnowed with a sheet or strong , eaver , utler , Crawford , Erie , Mer

1 David Mead built a grist mill for grind and blanket . 7 95 , cer , Warren Venango were created , the o n ing corn , the south side of the ravine before O N E R S O F O territory of Crawford having formed a part of HUND ED YEAR PR GR ESS . mentioned where is now the intersection o f , . e Allegheny county For judicial purpos s , It may not be out of place to recall the

Water street and the street to Island Park . owing to the sparse population , the counties of condition of the country at large at the close

, e W a nd w a This was very primitive in construction con Erie , M rcer , arren Venango ere in of the past century as to industries nd im sisting of a tub wheel a n d a shaft bearing o n ro ve m e nts o f a d van c e d in . cluded the Crawford county district , the p civilization It must its ape x the upper mill stone . The meal was 0 o f u stic e c urts j to be located at Meadville , be remembered that the only powers of nature ia “ sifted by hand . The water power was Pr o id ed m a v , The inhabitants or proprietors of subjected to the control and assistance of n creased by a timber dam built east of Water in Meadville and its vicinity subscribe and secure his labor were wind and water . The for street a nd a race extended to Mill run , near o n the payment of to the trustees of the mer was little used,except the sea coast .

e . a bu nd u n t Liberty str et county , within four months from the passing Water power, although over all parts fl S T S . c hie iliz e d EARLY ET LER of the act , for the use of a seminary of learn of the country , was y u for grind ”

1 in . . O f the settlers of 7 94 were William Dick g , within the county David Mead , Fred ing grain and cutting lumber Weaving of

i a a nd a nd his w fe , coming from Pittsburg to Frank erick Haymaker and James Gibson were p cotton wool by the power loom had been

a rivc d in 1 0 lin by k e el boat . They Meadville pointed trustees by the Governor , with power introduced to a limited extent as early as 79

o n . I . B B i n the month of December, traveling horse to mark the boundary lines of the new county . at Pawtucket , R , at everly and ridge - C E NT E NNI A L EDITION TRIB UNE R EP UB LICA N.

E ric 1 8 B o . . water, Massachusetts , and at Philadelphia , yet , cut through the forrest from Le euf to 7 to 5 days A mail was established from W a o n N e w O at the close of the century , mill manufacture ith the incre se of population the upper Washington to rleans for letters ex

O e e 1 . I n 1 80 of cotton or woolen goods was not a success . hio this communication became very impor lusively , mil s , time 7 days 7 in O Iron manufacture was conﬁned to coarser tant, as all the salt consumed the hio an express mail was established between

S a n d . articles , the ﬁner being imported from hef valley was for many years brought from the Washington Detroit , time 9 days

- O S in S B . field o r irmingham Labor saving machinery , nondaga prings the tate of New York I n 1 80 5 S amuel Torbett commenced the as we see it , was practically unknown . Had by this transit . manufacture of nails in a log building on Cen ' The first enterprises by the settlers were manufacturing industry been more extended ter street and Mulberry alley . Cut nails were and prosperous , the absence of transportation those necessary for their immediate wants n o t then made and all use d i n the first houses mills for grinding grain a nd for sawing lum to the newly opened west would have ex of the town were wrought by hand .

. ber . The first mill after that of David Mead cluded the pioneer from benefit Turnpike A tannery was opened ( 1 80 5 ) west of t o n roads were confined to the eastern or to hose was a grist mill built by Archibald Humes , Water street and south of Mill ru n by Patrick

- in o f 1 . portions of the middle states the vicinity Gravel run , 7 97 99 Near the same time I n Davis . the following year a second was

o ne . the seaboard , and were of very imperfect con Isaac Paden built in Conneaut Jabez o n built by James White the Terrace , north of 1 80 0 a nd struction . The roadways were badly graded Colt built at Linesville in Alexander o f A . . H u id e k o e r . the residence C p , Esq This

v S in . and being built through low lands and amps , Power in pring township early the century in 1 80 6 residence was built by Mr . White or

b . a nd with corduroy of tim er , rapid traveling or Major R Alden erected a grist sawmill 1 80 a n d 7 , is probably the ﬁrst brick building o n S n in 1 80 1 - 2 a n d speedy transportation by land was impossible . French creek at aegertow , in this part of the state . Canals for arteries of commerce were not yet in 1 80 5 James Dickson built o n Woodcock The manufacture of whisky was introduced in . S constructed . creek ubsequently the number was at an early date by David Mead and it soon

creased as the population demanded . The falls of the Connecticut had been became an important article of export . The turned by a few miles of short levels with Lumber soon became a large export , ﬁnding distilling was by the old copper boiler and o n a market the O hio , the lower Mississippi an . locks , giving outlet for the productions of worm still The machinery being inexpensive , m and New O rleans . The rafts en returned the upper valley ; and some six miles around - stills were soon built by farmers and operated O from New rleans by sailing vessels to Phila e the falls of the Mohawk , opened water com at l isure times , in many parts of the county . 20 — an d nic a tio ns e delphia ( Fare $ water found ) thence O n 1 80 “ m u betw en the Hudson and Lake February 5 , 7 was organized The

h home by foot , or, as was often the case , walked S O ntario . T ese , with a short line between Meadville ociety for the Encouragement of ” n im . the entire distance through the wilderness , B oston a d Lowell , comprised the canal Manufactures and Arts , Roger Alden Pres and su Ffe rin enduring great hardship g , and ex m n s . S . pro ve e t of the period Inland commerce ident , Thomas Atkinson ecretary The e f depended chiefly on natural water courses posed to imminent peril . forts of this association accomplished much I n 1 8o 4 a court house a nd jail were built and lakes . These . with the few eastern turn for the interests of the youthful settlement in o n the west side o f the public Squa re north of pikes and wood cut roads , were the only furthering industrial enterprises , and in the i channels of communication between the east Cherry alley , of hewn t mber, with a yard improvement of stock; particularly i n the surrounded by a high stockade of round and the frontier settlement . breeds of sheep .

pointed logs . The lower floor was occupied News of the death of Washington , Decem The only public road from Franklin to in 1 1 8 B a th by the jailer and family front, and by the a n d ber 4 , 7 9 , reached oston December 4 Meadville Waterford for many years was O n a c prisoners in the rear . the upper ﬂoor , n i . 1 0 te days . The account of the nauguration of what is know as the creek road In 8 7 t f th 1 80 1 B cessible by a double ou side front stairway , Je ferson , March 4 , , reached oston state appropriations were made for the im w a 1 th was the court room . This room s also their March 3 . provement of the road from Franklin to Mead fo r i only place public worship unt l the erec 0 0 The pioneer, however limited his wants , ville , 84 ; from Meadville to Waterford , was nevertheless dependent to some degree tion of the brick church on Liberty st reet in 845 0 ; $30 0 for the road between Mercer and

1 820 . l a nd 0 0 im ro v m upon the productions of mechanica industry Meadville , $5 for the p e e n o f

T h The Meadville Academy was opened under a nd B e . a nd commercial enterprise . necessity French Le oeuf creeks

. S 1 80 “ h S the charge of Rev Joseph tockton in 5 , I n 1 80 6 E ri for house old conveniences , pinning wheels The Waterford and c Turn in the o n n bu s ﬁrst brick academy building the 1 a d looms , wagons and implements of pike was organized , and in 80 8 southwest corner of Chestnut an d Liberty bandry, soon established in each village and the company commenced collecting toll with

streets . in country hamlet the black and tin smith , the the road an incomplete condition . This W EARLY NE S PAPERS . cabinet , wagon and spinning wheel maker , enterprise , although outside the limits of our

o f o n O n 2d 1 80 and the proprietor the miscellaneous c January , 5 , the ﬁrst number of the county , was closely identiﬁed with its com g re g a tio n of merchandise forming the country Cr a wf or d M esse ng er was published by Thoma s m e rc ia l interests and enli sted the support of

B . store . Atkinson and W . rendel I t was the ﬁrst its citizens . The subscription books were

u r in O village , even at that early day num newspaper the state west of Pittsburg . opened at the store of Joseph Hackney (still

' ' bered among its citizens many m e n of broad T /ze C en t z rz a l of tﬁ e N ortbw es ter n T er r z tory standing next north of the brick Store of the

l e W este rn a d F a rla nd S n M c . views , great enterprise and much above the (Cincinnati py late J ohn ) Among its advocates in H a m ilton G a ette an d average intelligence and education . z (Cincinnati the and active promoters were Dr . Thomas R .

ila S c i o to G a z ette fo e . The unbroken forests by their dense g , Chilicothe were the Kennedy , Joseph Hackney , Major R Alden ,

in a n B prevented evaporation and caused abundant only other newspapers the United States David Mead d Henry aldwin .

M e “ B . s n 26th 1 rain fall . French creek and Le oeuf were west of Pittsburg The paper for the O April , 793, The Holland Land ” larger streams than at present an d were navi seng er was brought for several years from the Company purchased acres of land

I n an d e gated for the greater part of the year by canoes mills near Pittsburg o n horseback . this between French creek the Allegh ny and batteaux . The importance of this rive r year one mail per week was carried from river at three shillings , four pence per acre .

a n d u 1 80 0 communication was recognized during the Pittsburg to Erie through Franklin Mead The s rveys were completed prior to .

B a nd b . S . . French occupation , and the portage etween ville amuel Foster Alexander W Foster Presque Isle an d Le B oeuf was used for trans I t will be of interest to note the time re were the agents for the company from 1 796 o rtatiSn o n r 1 p of supplies to their posts the Alle qui ed for the transmission of news to our to 7 99, succeeded by Major Roger Alden to

h e n and O . 1 Philad e l 1 80 1 a . 1 g y hio As early as 79 a state p village From Lancaster , 4 days; the close of 4, when the duties were as ,

20 0 1 B 2 2 2 1 n 2 a n propriation of $ was made for the improve phia , 4 days; oston , ; Washington , ; sumed (Ja uary , by Harm J

. 1 1 8 60 6 H u id e k o e r . ment of French creek In 7 95 a road was New York , ; London , to 7 days; Paris , p , Esq - B B N . 4 CENTENNIA L E DITION TR I UNE REP U LICA

rifle m e n in The Population Land Company wa s organ sonal enterprise . It stood at the crossing of of will leave this place for Erie a ” “ w i 0 0 n the few day s . T o wagons loaded w th 5 mus in 1 2. i z e d December, 79 Its first agent was Mercer street u til the erection of present flin ts e in 1 80 2 iron structure by the county . Toll was col kets , and powder, lead and , left Harris Thomas Re s , of Erie , succeeded by 1 lec te d burg on the 2 1 5 t for this place ?! Aug . 9 . Judah Colt for the lands situate i n Erie county , until the construction of the free bridge i n “ T wo v 1 8 28 . companies of the militia will lea e this and Jabez Colt at Meadville for lands within at Dock street, The timber used its ” ‘ - E M a o r 2 6. n n construction was rafted from Kennedy mills on place to day for Erie . Aug . j Crawford c o ty . C o n n e w o n o Clark has arrived from Erie with the in te lli Great trouble arose from the construction of the g , Chautauqua county , New e 1 2 re a nd gence that five B ritish . v ess e ls were seen abov the pre vention clause of the Act of 79 , York , to Franklin towed to Meadville by

. . Erie; that four expresses arrived there last s u lting in bitter contests be tween the company our aged citizen , Mr Joseph Dickson in n 1 th 1 8 1 1 . e n h a se rs O O ctober 1 , , Rev Rob rt John night with news that Indians were landed p rc and actual settlers , which for many ” o f S . years discouraged and retarded se ttlement . son was installed as pastor the congrega the neighborhood of andusky All com ’ ” o o S m u n ic a tio n . ff. ti ns of Meadville , Little ugar creek (Coch with Gen Hull s army is cut 1 0 PERIO D o r 1 8 . ranton ) and Conneaut ( Evansburg) with a “ Every m a n capable of bearing arms is re ” It may be inte resting at the termination of “ “ A n S 1 6 . salary from the Meadville church of $ 20 0 per quired to march forthwith . ept . th e ﬁrst decade of the century to notice the . year . express arrived with orders to Maj Clark to o u la ” general condition of the county . Its p p ’ n S . 2 . A n evidence of the taste and culture of the call out his quota of m e . ept 5 tion was Meadville 0 0 . The number " 3 citizens o f the village in 1 8 1 2 was the organi This village has assumed a warlike appear

” “ of horses , cows , sheep , “ c o n . O u r v l ation of the Meadville Library . It ance brave olunteers are collecting e — o ne spinning whe ls , 9 4 being to every 3 ta ine d 1 0 . 5 volumes of standard works , history , rapidly Five companies from Washington 1 — of inhabitants; looms , 3 3 being one to every a n d a n d o n e biography travels, not a single work county , one from Erie , two from Greene , 20 e e 1 66 of inhabitants ; male w av rs , ; female f Mi fli in o f fiction . The association a forded g ood from and one from Center have arrived 1 8 1 — o n e ” “ weavers , ; total , 347 being weaver 2 n . O c t . 8. O I reading until the donations to Allegheny Col and are regularly encamped to 1 8 o f population . S lege enlarged the literary field . Incited by unday two rifle regiments left this place for fo r — Manufactures the year Linen cloth , i F a irfi eld 1 this example , the c tizens of estab Niagara , the st regiment of infantry is ex ” yards ; woolen cloth , yards ; “ lish e d e c te d S S . the French Creek Union Library , p to march on aturday or unday next —a “ cotton cloth , yards total of 2 o f which appears to have had efficient s n pe rvis io n Nov . . The residue the first detachment

1 2 . yards , or yards per capita Maple sugar , o f o n for many years . Among the old citizens iden volunteers left this place Monday even ’ pounds . iﬁe d in . t . with it were Col James Cochran , David g f — Exports Whisky , black salts , lumber and 1 8 1 a n d . . Humes , David Nelson Mr Mumford . 4 staves (for pipes) to New O rleans . These associations are worthy of notice as The increase of population in the western — 0 d Prices Coffee , 5 cents per poun ; tea , e f . b ing the ﬁrst of the kind west o Pittsburg counties of the state a n d the necessity for e r 62 ; p pound; whisky , cents per gallon W A R o r 1 8 1 2 . greater money facilities for commercial and in 1 60 0 calico , 3 to cents per yard muslin , 4 to Meadville shared the gen e ral excitement of d u s trial enterprise resulted in the creation of the 7 5 cents per yard . “ ” 1 8 1 2 . O n 1 2 B the war of July th , a town meet Northwestern ank of Pennsylvania , with a Cost of transportation from Philadelphia to G e n . . . ing was held and Mead , Col in a o r J Hackney capital of shares , pp 1 236 8 0 0 . Meadville , to 7 per pounds a n d . tio n e d to Maj Patrick Farrelly were deputed to shares to Crawford , Erie , There were but nine vessels on Erie a n d the visit the Indians on the Allegheny reservation to Mercer and to Ven ango and

0 . upper lakes , averaging 5 tons a n d a m S s to make explanations of facts s e their Warren counties . ubscription book were an d B Drs . T . R . Kennedy Daniel emus paciﬁc attitude . The deputation held a coun opened at the house of S amuel Torbett in were the physicians for the village and county . “ G e n e s to n u e 1 8 1 cil at g with a number of the Meadville , May 4 , 4 , by Thomas Atkin l S rm u e B . Four stores by Magaw, James f S so n B S chie s and Indians of the eneca tribe , among , Henry Hurst , John rooks and amuel

Gibson , James Herriott and Joseph Hackney C o rn l a nt r n 2 8 e S . O O c t. whom were p , ilverheels and the Torbett , commissioners the o B sufficed for the county . J hn rooks manu O ld . C o rn lan te r Prophet After speeches by p stockholders elected James Herriott , Eliphalet fa c tu re d that universal article of household d r . a n e C o n lan te r B . o Maj Farrelly oth rs , p gave etts , Wm Clark , John Reyn lds , John nec e ssity , the spinning wheel , and Jacob S fro m B S . the reply for the enecas , which we rooks , Rufus Reed , of Erie; Roger Alden , Raysor made irons for spinning wheels and M c aw S B . G C O 1. make a short extract , as taken down by amuel , Henry Hurst , Jacob repaire d guns . Sh ro c k Marlin y , Patrick Farrelly , Wilson Smith and a ll To this time wool carding was done “ B — W O T E S e . — R H R are very glad to see you William Connelly , of Franklin , directors The with small hand cards a slow and tedious - - . O u r a n an d S to day fore fathers made agreement bank was located at Meadville , amuel f process . The necessary ulling of the woolen B M c aw t which we hoped would be lasting . I f any . G elected presiden At a subsequent cloths by hand was a very great labor . As in a in te d bushes grow up the road we will cut them date Joseph Morrison was pp cashier . early as 1 80 7 the “ S ociety for the Encourage down . You have now come forward to renew The bank for many years had good credit a nd ment of Manufactures and Arts offere d a e our friendship . We made this agreement a successful care r , making dividends of from libe ral advance in money for th e establishment S — e in with the United tates that we should have six to eight per c nt . per annum ; but the o f te n a fulling mill within miles of the town . a n d 1 20 our lands together , should always be financial troubles of 8 became embar The following y e ar one was built o n French friends as long as the s u n shines a nd the water ras se d and went into liquidation i n the fall of in C reek Ve nango county , but the first of ”

. 2 runs By our treaty with the 1 8 2 . which we have account in Crawford county S r I n 1 8 1 United tates we made the ag eement that if , 4 , . . , ’ December Rev Mr Johnston in e e 1 0 1 8 1 0 was Nov mb r , , near Alden s mill , m an an Indian should kill a white he should connection with Thomas Atkinson , organize d I n 1 8 1 1 ( Saege rtown) . a carding machine 20 0 m a n an S in pay $ , and if a white should kill the ﬁrst abbath school the county . Mr . S ' was operate d by amuel S loane on th e farm ”

. n S . P Indian he should pay the same ( A com Johnston was the father of H o . : John V a n H n e _ o f Cornelius o r e . A y ar later another e nsatio n in W for murder hardly accordance , , . ’ p ston of arren Pa la c ad W ru n was p on atson s by Lot Lewis , i with modern deas . PEA C E . after which time the carding machine grad ) M ess en er “ O n S 1 8 1 The following from the g will show aturday morning , February , 5 , an y e . nall superceded the hand proc ss “ i A u . . the feel ng of the day . g 5 Maj . Clark express passed through Meadville , which left I S B I G O C C T D E E EN EE . F R R V R FR H R K 1 has called into service two hundred volunteers Washington the preceding Tuesday , 4th , for ” . . This year Dr Thomas R Kennedy erected who are being stationed along Lake Erie as a Erie , w ith the glad tidings of peace . The ” e ’ e . the ﬁrst bridg over French cre k , as a per frontier guard Capt . Cochran s company time and distance traveled (four days and four - CENTENNIA L EDITION TR IB UNE REP UB LICA N.

W ” and . nights) proves the improved condition of aterford Turnpike Co Three hundred an d Thomas Atkinson were the commission l V e t . shares were al otted to be subscribed by the public roads at hat time The shortest ers appointed from Crawford county . The n ana o r 0 0 dates of published news in Meadville for this g county; Merce county , 3 ; Crawford stock was no t subscribed in time for contract

0 80 . B 20 , county , 4 ; Erie county , The state was 1 8 1 8 and year are , from oston , days; New York 5 ing the work until November , , the

20 O 2 , 6 . to subscribe upon condition of a n t l 1 2 1 1 3 to ; New rleans , 3 ; London 5 road was o opened for use unti 8 . Two more bridges were built over French subscription of S hares having been made During the year 1 8 1 9 the county erected

in 1 8 1 B and within a eriod of three years . The commis fﬁ creek 5 , one at road Ford one at p public o ces at a cost, including lots, of s io n e rs H e r Dead W ater ( Cambridge) . A toll bridge was for Crawford county were James This building ye t stands next south

rio tt and Henry Hurst . The war and general also built over Conneaut, near its entrance of the Unitarian church . e n 1 820 into French cre k , by William May , who for business depression prevented the subscriptio In the population of the county was some years had controlled a ferry at that until the charter a n d - state appropriation were an increase of The town num n 1 1 8 1 ff jeopardized . O August 9, , an e ort s n 5 0 a 66 . point . bered 5 4 inhabitant , increase of 3 ~ was made by the citizens to prevent such dis FO UNDI N G O F ALLEGHENY C O LLEGE . The ordinary expenditures of the county were

. ‘ aster , and Maj . R . Alden , John Reynolds , H f I n the spring o f this year (April 1 4) Rev . Add for new o ﬁce buildings

S B . u id e k o e r . . . H , F F Cummings , amuel S s p Total , eated tax , Prices , Timothy Alden , a native of Mas achusetts , J

Magaw , Thomas Atkinson , Joseph Morrison , 2 6 2 l , 8 became a resident of Meadville . Wel edu log chains cents , plough shares , cents B S amuel Torbett , Patrick Farrelly , E . etts , i per pound . c ate d for the times , energet c and ambitious , he soon occupied a prominent position as a James Foster, James Herriott , Henry Hurst, Roads had been opened from Franklin to B Wm . Clark and John rooks were appointed an d leader in all movements of an educational or Meadville Waterford by the creek route , philanthropical character Through his ef orts a committee to secure by correspondence a and from the latter point to Erie the turnpike f in u s united e fort for the completion of the enter e . a public meeting of the c i ti zens was convened was The state road had been cut out n 1 8 1 6 prise . I January , , the subscription was o n for part of the distance , and other rude ways at the old court house , Tuesday evening ,

. completed extended to the various centers of settlement . 20 1 8 1 . . June , 5 Major R Alden was called W m At the close of 1 8 1 Col . . Magaw and o f 5 , . These while passable , were the most prim to the chair and John Reynolds , Esq , appoint n William Clark commenced the ma ufacture itiv e i s character, as may be believed , when it ed secretary . At this meeting the foundation B e a of Allegheny College was laid by the appoint of salt in the western part of the county ( stated that the entire amount expended by the ver township ) finding brine at th e d e pth of county for roads and bridges for the five pre ment of Rev . Timothy Alden , president , and 1 0 feet and using thirty kettles for boiling . professor of oriental languages a nd of e c c le s i 3 ceding years was less than and for S , 1 8 1 8 Daniel hryock afterwards became a partner , but Neither of the turnpikes astic al history , and Rev . Robert Johnston a n d the drilling was carried to a depth of 30 0 c onnecting with the town had been completed . vice president an d professor of logic , meta a feet . The production was about ten barrels French creek was the chief artery of com physics and ethics . John Reynolds was p a n d $ 1 0 $ 1 2 per day , the price from to per merce . Upon its surface the exports were M r. pointed treasurer . Alden revisited his O barrel . wing to the decline in value the carri ed to the market by flat boats or rafts and native state to secure aid to the undertaking , works proved unprofitable a n d the m anu fa c r and the first name o n the S ubscription list was imports b ought by keel boats from Pittsburg . t u re was abandoned in 1 82 1 . - . M C that of ex President John Adams He after ANUFA TUR E S .

S B I . , AR ENAL U LT 1 820 : wards canvassed the, New England states New Manufactures for barrels 2 B York and Pennsylvania , and on March , The recent war with Great ritain induced sugar; gallons whisky; pounds

1 : ; the legislature to build a n arsenal in the a nd 1 8 6, reported as result land , books wool , carded ; yards of cloth , w e rte rn if h 1 6 part of the state suf ciently remote . cas , $4 ; total , The dressed The county contained 49 saw mills,

in . 0 m ac h in es a n d f subscriptions Meadville , at that time num from the lake to be safe from surprise Mead 3 grist mills , 4 carding , 4 ull a 0 0 . bering less than 5 of population , amounted ville was selected as suitable location and a ing mills brick arsenal was erected o n the site now o c 1 8 1 0 S to The act of incorporation did not Mercantile houses amuel B .

- ! 2 th 1 8 1 and o n c u ie d N . become a law until March 4 , 7 , p by the orth ward school The Magaw , James Gibson , James Herriott, Joseph 1 0 0 a nd 0 y th building was feet long feet wide , . Jul 4 of the same year the organization was 3 Hackney , H enry Hurst Co Wm .

6 o f two an d . F $ B . B e . , complet d The cost was , for tuition per stories , with attics dormer windows oster Magaw etts Jas .

. d O n a n . quarter, boarding per week; or , total the ﬁrst ﬂoor were sever compartments for Herriott Jas Foster Jacob Shry " a n d - . T . W for year , including boarding , washing cannon and work shop he second story ock Co Connor Clark m .

1 0 . . tuition , $ 3 The classes were for a time and attic were divided into rooms for storage Magaw and Jas Herriott Joseph T .

a nd l ita in W m i l r s. C ii m m s m n . and instructed i the court room , afterwards of small arms and y equipment The g James Foster 1 8 8 W m at other places until the erection of the col arsenal was used until 5 , when the old . W . White Daniel Per

S in 1 86 L e F e v re lege ediﬁce . amuel Lord donated ﬁve acres arms and equipments were sold , and 9 kins Daniel Wm .

. a n d D avid D ic k o f land f o r the site of the institution the site was given for school purposes . Magaw James Gib . B in O n u 2 d s on a nd S The ﬁrst ible society the county was Aug st 3 died General David Mead , John Gibson Andrew mith ,

8 1 . 6 . 20 1 . . B organized on July , 5 The society was at the age of 4 Arthur Cullum Druggist, J A . lossom . Man

S O . u fa c tu res : S an active agency for the distribution of the THE TATE R AD pinning wheels, John Brooks . ; 1 1 B B 1 8 . S criptures for many years , and to perpetuate y the act of March 3, 7 , thirteen chairs , A radley; nails , scythes and axes,

e the memory of those who appear to have been commissioners were appointed and ordered to James Hamilton ; watch mak rs, A Johnson ,

in 0 f e t ' in S e . P. the active members the cause , the names lay out a road of 5 width , beginning Jacob Hull; addlers , J Davis 8; Co Hora

: e connected with the organization are appended at the north line of Warr n county , at the tio Davis; John Dick , hatter; tanneries, Patrick

e . ru n . a nd Rog r Alden , president; Hon Jesse Moore , termination of the road to Angelica , and Davis, John Findley , Jos John Patterson , W vice president; Rev . Timothy Alden , corre ning thence to Meadville . was appro James hite; stone cutter, John

B S . n in . ia d fo r s p o d g secretary ; Rev Robert Johnston , p r te by the state opening and clearing irth ; cabinet maker , Derickson B a nd S 1 8 1 recording secretary ; John Reynolds , treasurer the road . James Miles , John rooks Hotels , amuel Torbett , George Hurst ( 9 ,

B M c G ra d . 8 . Dr . Daniel emus , auditor ; Hugh Cotton , Major James y were appointed com Andrew Work Kirkpatrick , weaver; gun

. an d R o George Davis , James Hamilton , Col Robert missioners to make the survey location . smith , Jacob azor; nail maker , Robert Por

S . T o rbe tt S . S tockton and Peter haw , managers Duri ng the same session was incorporated a ter , ; Alva Flint , cloth dressing; black “ 8 1 1 - 1 2 i 1 . . B Dur ng the session of a bill was pass company for the construction of the Mercer smiths , A Radle L arton “ ” S n 1 820 a nd . O B ed for the incorporation of the usquehanna Meadville Turnpike John Reynolds July 5 , , the corner stone of entley 6 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UN E - REP UB LICA N

C H all(A lleg h e ny College) was laid with great certain the practicability o f a connection by QUI K TRAV E LING . “ S O . r : ceremony , on the site presented by amuel canal of Lake Erie with the hio The ex A Troy paper of that pe iod says The lo ra tio ns n o f S Lord . p were made duri g the summer rapidity of traveling in the United tates and 1 82 FIRST B RIC K C HURC H . 3 by French creek and Waterford and by the means of public conveyance have so in During this summer the brick church o n the western route which was afterwards creased within a fe w years as to become a ” “ a nd o n . . n w Liberty street was completed , August adopted matter of astonishment A gentleman o 1 4th the pews were S old by auction to pay the I n 1 824 the United S tates government o r in Troy traveled from Erie in seventy -nine ” “ ar . S e cost of construction , by a committee consist dered a corps of engineers to make surveys hours uch the signs of prosperity in ” r f . . . H u id e k o e , a land of freedom The Pitts burg G a zette ing of John Reynolds , H J p Livi rom the Potomac at Washington to Lake

B B . c on arton , John rooks and James Hamilton Erie to ascertain the practicability of a publishes the fact that a resident of the city

' “ ” n e c tio n a i in This was the ﬁrst brick church west of Pitts by canal communicat on . The had traveled from Detroit three days .

M e an d o f 0 0 . G e n . B ss en er burg , had a seating capacity over 5 corps consisted of arnard and _ Captain The Crawford g notes the arrival of O n December 2 2d was celebrated in this Poussin (formerly French ofﬁcers under the a merchant from New York City in the u npre

a nd and c e d e n te d - church the second centenary of the landing of empire) Colonel Totton Major Doug time of ﬁve and one half days . The

an . I n S p the pilgrims , with music , orations and ode las August the party ent some weeks time from Meadville to Pittsburg was thirty a nd written for the occasion . The last surviving in Meadville while prosecuting their explora hours to Philadelphia six days . participant in this ceremony was the late Hon . tions . The cost of transportation from New York

David Derickson . The mail service between Pittsburg , Mead to B uffalo was reduced to per 1 0 0 E ric 1 ville and was in February , 824 , extend I N N IO O F S W . , 2 VE T N TRA PAPER pounds to Erie 5 cents, Erie to Meadville ,

ed to three mails per week . 2 A mill for the manufacture of paper was 5 cents ; total from New York to Meadville , During this year was completed the ﬁrst 1 0 0 this year commenced by Colonel Wm . Magaw , per pounds . Wheat was worth

“ a nd o n brick court house on the eastern side of the in v Thomas Atkinson David Carr , Wood , 1 Mead ille per bushel , 7 5 cents ; at Erie , $ .

public square , at the time considered a n im cock creek , four miles north of Meadville . Cast iron ploughs were ﬁrst introduced into S o f f posing pecimen architectural skill . Colonel Magaw a terwards became the sole . M c F a rla n d the county this year by Mr John . 8 1 2 . In December, 4, died Hon Jesse Moore , proprietor and conducted the manufacture Unimproved lands were sold at from 3 to $4 president judge since the short ofﬁcial service with success for many years . It was in this per acre ; improved farms at from $5 to $8

of Judge Addison . mill that straw paper was ﬁrst made , Colonel per acre . 2 4th , 1 82 , . S Magaw being the inventor of this now univer January 5 Hon Henry hippen 0 0 Meadville , with a population of nearly 9 ,

. was appointed to ﬁll the vacancy caused by sal manufacture contained ten stores , ten taverns , one grist and

“ O n th the death of Judge Moore . November 7 arrived at Meadville the fulling mill , oil mill , carding machine and B At a meeting of the “ S abbath S chool , and ﬁrst mail stage from ellefonte Phillipsburg grist saw mill at outlet of the C u sse wa o . ” g a nd U - re — . nion this year sixt four schools were Franklin This line was established by y Manufactures in the county B lack salts an d ’ ported , forty of which were in Crawford Robert Clark , of Clark s Ferry , and by it a , p potash ounds ; whisky , gal

E ric county . A library of over o n e hundred vol stage connection was made with over the lons ; sugar, pounds . S finished portion of the . W . turnpike . umes had been provid ed exclusively for the The lakes were navigated by 1 0 0 sailing use of the scholars connected with the Union an d We again , at the commencement of the vessels six steamboats . Thirty four steam : “ decade , notice the general condition of ma under the following restriction Every pupil w at boats ere employed New York , consuming t ria th e l e r . O n a nd who shall have recited with little or no progress of count y Erie cords of pine wood annually at $ 5 per ’ prompting m em or zter verses from the the upper lakes were thirty sailing vessels cord . B “ 0 and o n e ible , shall have the right to take one book averaging 5 tons , steam boat which , The Internal I mprovement Society of B o n z i s arrived at Erie from lackrock Aug . t, those who have recited verses , two e in Crawford County was organiz d April , fo r volumes , and three volumes at 1 826 e fl o and was intended to make weekly trips from . To its rts the western part of the ” r B . n i n etee n r z fits a nd . one time Certificates of lackrock to Erie , Cleveland Detroit g S tate was in a great m e asure indebted for the The steamboats on the O hio an d weste rn riv had been granted . r B const uction of the eaver and Erie canal . IS I O F o ne a nd o n V T LAFAYETTE . fli c e rs ers numbered not quite hundred , o . S I ts were Hon Henry hippen , presi ” S 1 0 th “ eptember the Franklin was the first 2 th in . M c L e a n B June 9 is memorable the annals of the dent ; Rev Daniel , Hugh rawley , K ask ask in W i f’f steamboat to reach , eighteen days c o . town for the visit of Lafayette , who spent a William and Joseph T Cummings , from New O rleans . o n - few hours his route from Pittsburg to Erie , vice presidents ; David Derickson , recording o f B . The shortest time published news at Many citizens yet live who remember the o c secretary ; John Wallace , corresponding m m 1 Meadville was from New York , days; . S B 3 casion ; . . secretary tephen arlow , treasurer ; H J 1 2 1 from Washington , to ; from Philadelphia H u id e k o e r 3 The mania for canal improvements had be p , Thomas Atkinson , Joseph Mor

1 S t. 0 . 9 to 3; Louis , . 3 come general and lines were projected in all rison , John P Davis , John Reynolds , William 1 82 1 and In the Mercer Meadville turnpike . . parts of the country Internal improvement Foster and John H Work , acting committee . was opened , completing a turnpike connec O n th conventions were held at all points . November 9 , the new brick academy

E . W o w S tion from rie to Pittsburg Arthur Cullum and John B . allace were de ( n the High chool) was opened under the The Crawford county S abbath school union u te d o f p to represent this county at a convention charge John Adams and Henry Pettibone .

, . . was organized this year embracing eleven at Harrisburg The U S . Engineers made an The surveys for the French creek feeder o f w hic h in 1 8 1 schools , the ﬁrst was opened 9 . elaborate report of the explorations from the from Conneaut Lake to French creek were h Among the managers we notice t e names of f a Potomac to Lake Erie , pronouncing the e si made this year by Major Douglass .

. . Rev G Alden , pastor ; Alex . Johnson , elder , bilit O n t i th 1 82 - y of the canal from Pittsburg to the lake . April , 7 , the corner stone of ; B secretary David reckenridge , treasurer; The connection by tu rnpike of the entire c Christ chur h was laid with appropriate cere , S M c C lu re Robert tockton , elder; John , elder; e a n d in S distance between Philad lphia Erie monies by Rev . Charles mith , rector , assisted

. B Joseph T Cummings , James rawley , Jacob 1 82 B 4 , and the completion of the Erie canal on by Rev . . Hutchins . The building commit

Guy , John Galbreath , Esq . O 26 1 82 ~ . S ctober , 5 , aroused new enthusiasm by tee were Hon tephen Shippen , Jared S hat The impetus given to internal improvements a n ’ giving access to eastern market for pro tuck , William Magaw , David Dick and Rob t by the grand schemes o f De W itt Clinton ia d u c tio ns of the west hitherto excluded , and L . Potter . This was the ﬁrst Ep i scopal church d u c ed Pe nns ivan ia in the legislature of y , the r at the same time reducing the time of travel wes of Pittsburg . 1 8 2 1 - 2 z session of , to authori e surveys to as n and the cost of transportation . O August 27 th ground was broken fo r - CENTENNI A L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N.

in te n the B eaver and Erie Canal opposite ing made eight or nine weeks . About French creek division proved a great d isa p

H id e k o e r and o f . . u c o n the present residence A C p , days were consumed in going to returning pointment to its friends , and the cost of

E s . o f s u . q , with a grand parade of the volunteer from Pittsburgh A large part the tran str ction a total loss to the state o rtatio n O n th 1 8 l companies a nd citizens . The oration was de p from Pittsburg was by keel boats, November 4 , 33, Al egheny College

r B 1 2 1 o f livered by Hen y aldwin , Jr . After the which carried about to 5 tons and were was opened under the auspices the Metho ceremonies of the occasion a collation was propelled up the rapid current by setting poles , dist Episcopal denomination , with Rev . Mar served at the Lord spring , where a barrel of a very laborious task . tin Ruter President . whisky was opened for the refreshment of all At this date there was of completed canal The first foundry was established by Jared S on who desired . and other artificial navigation in the United hattuck , the south side of Randolph i i , S street , opposite the present school build ng, A daily mail from P ttsburg Meadville and tates , miles; in progress, miles; and in Erie was established , and also a stage 22 and it was the first steam engine operated completed railroads , 44 miles; in progress 4

n in the town . The Red mill this year was c on mail route opened over the new turnpike to miles . O the lakes were e leven steamboats '

- E B i . Harrisburg via ellefonte , accomplish ng the 0 0 0 a nd verted from a paper mill to a grist mill by of from 5 to 4 tons , ninety schooners

- n . i . 0 Derby distance three and one half days averaging 7 tons . The importance of French O n 1 8 1 828 ia O n 2 1 8 in March , , a newspaper in the creek as an outlet for the exports from the May , 35 , the last of the beavers te re s t of the supporters of Andrew Jackson surrounding country may be seen from the Northwestern Pennsylvania was killed in V e — was published by Jacob Williamson the fact that o n April I st between ninety and one nango county . This last of his race had been

a z ette . Meadville G . hundred ﬂat boats descended the stream with known for thirty years O n 1 1 8 6 Christ church was consecrated on August a n - August 5 , 3 , the Unitarian church average touage of twenty s even tons , with

n . 1 6th by B ishop O nd e rd o k . an approximate total valuation of was dedicated th e The important improvement of year for while an equal or greater number were pre The rapid increase of western immigration and consequent trafﬁc is proved by the com the convenience of the town was the erection paring for the voyage . Add to these the large m e rc ia l o n f development the lakes , the number of a free bridge over French creek at the ter export of lumber by ra ts , and the value of in . c an of steamboats having ﬁve years increased mination of Dock street creek navigation be appreciated .

- f from eleven to thirty four, and schooners from 1 2 Time of travel rom Philadelphia to Mead 8 9 . a n a n d 1 2 ninety to one hundred d ﬁfty . ville , 3 days hours; New York to Bo s B entley Hall , of Allegheny College , having S 1 t n , 8 . o 48 hours . Judge hippen died in March 39 The in been a great measure completed , the faculty W 1 8 2 vacancy was ﬁ lled by the appointment of Na olf bounties for 9, for ten was increased by the appointment of Dr . Rey B . thaniel Eldred . James Thompson was also years , County expenditures for

an d . nold Coats , of Philadelphia , Rev David 1 8 1 appointed president judge of the district court . 39 , borough , $5 7 . n M c K in e as additional professors . y During this year the first church of the During this year the white daisy first made 28th 1 8 2 O n November , 9, water was let a n Methodist Episcopal congregation was com its appearance in this county , unwelcome , into the first division of the French creek m e n c e d o n and it is to be feared , a permanent settler . Arch street . th e feeder, an occasion celebrated by citizens I n S M I C I O F M I November the aqueduct over French E ENTENN AL EADV LLE . with great enthusiasm .

C . 18 0 reek was completed 4 . The commencement of this decade M I I 1 8 0 . EAD LLE N - V 3 The successful navigation of the Alleghen y is so nearly coincident with the semi c e n te n B Population of county , of Meadville , by the steamboat Wm . . Duncan from Pitts nial of the settlement as to make it a proper 1 8 28 a nd Merchants o f Meadville James burg to Franklin in January , , by period for a consideration of the condition of “ A ” d S C h a o tin a n . Herriott, Leon and ebastian pp , the llegheny (built by David Dick the county after ﬁfty years of settlement S an S . t Isaiah Kellogg , George King , mith Col others of our citizens , introducing for the ﬁrst Its population was increase in e n

M F a rlan d o n n c C o . s o John , John P . time the stern wheel western waters) to years of The tax assessment was

1 8 0 O in 1 8 1 - . 8 1 10 Davis , Wm . W . Perkins , Wm Whitley Warren in 3 , and to lean 3 ; and rate per capita , 3 cents .

B in O scar Cullum Foster Co the completion of the French creek feeder to orough population , increase te n

85 0 2 . C 0 . . . . Dick , Reynolds I W P the aqueduct excited a reasonable expectation years , 3 Tax assessment , rate per — 8 . Rupp Wood Cady Mer that a system of artiﬁcial navigation on French capita , 7 % cents Value of labor Mechan a n tile 1 8 20 - o — S n c houses between 3 Jared hat creek to con ect with steam on the Allegheny ics , per day , 7 5 cents to labor , per day , W 62 m . . . B . 10 1 tuck , A V Magaw John rooks would prove of great public beneﬁt % to 7 5 cents ; labor , per month , $ to $ 1

a n d . A . S Jas . L . Wm . Foster lack water navigation from the aqueduct board Prices board and lodging , per

Wm . Davis . Attorneys John B . to Franklin became a favorite scheme and the week , to prices current (retail) S Wallace , George elden , David Derickson , legislature was induced to undertake its con Flour , to per barrel ; beef, 4 to 5 2 8 B . . . . 1 8 1 1 8 Chas . Power , Robert L Potter , John W struction Early in December, 33, ﬁve cents ; sugar , to cents per pound ; tea , 7 f 10 1 2 S . Farrelly , John tuart Riddle , Miles Green . freighted boats descended French creek from cents to co ee , to cents — B — Physicians Daniel emus , Reynold Coats Meadville to Franklin by the canal and the A tri weekly mail coach connected with

f 1 8 a n d t a n Wm . Woodru f, Edward Ellis ( slack water , and by the river to Pittsburg . Harrisburg a daily with Pit sburg d ‘

. . . o f . Chas . W Yates Dr Warner Hon John Dick had the honor conducting Erie Time of travel to New York or Phila — r S 1 O n . D uggist amuel Magill ( Hatters the ﬁrst boat through this improvement . delphia , 3 to 3% days Meadville was the

M c C u rd S — 2 th 18 Hill y ilversmiths H ull April 9 , 34 , the French Creek Pioneer business centre , not only for Crawford , but also

- — — . T . M c D o w ell of Walters Cabinet makers , was launched the ﬁrst and probably only for portions Mercer and Venango counties .

tin a n d - A . Grimes . Wm . Davis, sheet iron canal boat for passengers between these Merchandise was transported from Pittsburg

- . : . . . . o n 6th a nd an d E ric manufacturer Tanners W C Clark John points We note her arrival June by four or six horse conestoga wagons ,

for labo r o n 1 Patterson , James White . Prices paid December 3th . The French creek feeder keel boats having gone from use . The time 1 0 on canal , $ per month . Prices of wheat was completed to Conneaut Lake in Decem for transportation of merchandise fr om New

0 I n 1 8 B e m u s to w n per bushel , 7 5 cents; corn , 4 cents; hay , per ber . July , 37 , the dam at York and Philadelphia was from thirteen to

bro k n w as e . ton , $7; ﬂour, per barrel , beef, 5 cents w , and the canal and slack water sixteen days 2 8 per pound per quarter; whisky, 5 to 3 cents improvements seriously damaged by a great B usiness houses between 1830 and 1840

. . S per gallon Merchandise was brought from ﬂood No appropriations for repairs were Wm . Magaw mith Colson

i - c o n n e sto a in 1 8 0 ne c e s B W Ph ladelphia in four or six horse g made , and 4 the estimated sum Ebenezer etts Wm . atson a nd be wagons , the trip to from Philadelphia sary for these repairs was The George King I . W . P . Rupp - 8 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE REP UB L ICA N.

- I n . H ylu s Ellis Magaw C happotin ford county did not escape the contagion . Pine streets The corner stone was laid by

- S S 2 th 18 the winter of 1848 9 a public meeting was con Father teinbacher , eptember 5 , 49 , — B usiness houses in Meadville in 1 840 John ven e d at the court house and the advantages and the building was completed and dedicate d

M F arland Sc o f th is . S . 10 , 18 0 . o r c Co Cullum Thorp , Hastings , sy stem of road building set forth by J August 5 The congregation was i d in an z e . S 8: . S mith Bagley , Gill and Derickson , Joseph Riddle , Esq It must be borne mind that g by the same Rev Nicholas teinbacher x e 18 S S e c in February , 4 . Douglass , Daniel hryock , amuel Wilson , at this period the county was , with the p 9 O n 16 d B January 9 , 4 , Ro ney urt , Fleisher Tuckner , John tion of the turnpikes , destitute of good public 5 a charter was granted W . . David Dick . roads , especially the eastern portion Farms to the Meadville Gas and ater Company a n d The Crawford Coun ty Medical Society was were widely separated by unimproved lands , The projectors stockholders were citizens s organized in 184 1 with a membership of ten : large blocks were held by the Holland Land of New Jersey . After ten year of unsuccess

W Y a s a re p Y a te s A . te Doctors Chas . M . , James hite , Company , or under tax titles , often g g ful o eration of the works , the stock was pur f in o f S . o Harlow , Edward Ellis , Philip pencer , Wm gating many thousands acres compact chased by residents Meadville , a new site

a nd a n W o o d ru ﬂ B . d , Rufus Ashley , Joseph loomﬁeld , bodies To open these lands induce set purchased entirely new works erected , tle m e n t B . . Ebenezer Hyde , H . oyd , the plank road scheme was favorably with a largely increased capital — a a nd . . I O S . Crawford county B r G . Church A received A charter was obtained for the TH E RA LR AD “ B rok e ns tra w O n O 8 18 2 H u id e k o e r . S . Meadville , Allegheny and Plank , , p , David Derickson , J Riddle ctober th 5 representatives of a in 18 an d a nd . . . . 49 , in S Wm H Davis , Arthur Cullum , J W Ro d the spring of the company several railway interests this tate , New

e . S . O B . . . Farrelly and C . Power , D M Farrelly , organized by the el ction of J Riddle York and hio , met at Cleveland to perfect a V a n H o rn e o H u id e k o e r fo r a c o n n e c tio n O Thomas . president , and J hn Dick , Alfred p , scheme from hio to the W W m . O Druggist, Norman Collender ; books , Allen . Thorp , John M sborne and illiam city of New York through Northwestern

. O n 1 18 0 B O B . . . rother ; hatters, sborn urgess , J H Reynolds , managers February 9, 5 , Pennsylvania At this meeting Meadville

. . te n F in Hemler ; cabinetmakers , John Carr, C P a contract for miles was given and the road interests were represented by Darwin A . ’

8 . h a i m a e rs . 1 l c r k . w as Cochran , Samson Hamilton ; , A completed to Guy s Mills in 5 3 The antici ney and Wi liam Reynolds This the ” a d e n a nd in 18 “ B . . . . M c F d ; , B radley , D V Derickson , W J pated results were not realized 5 7 initiation of the Pittsburg Erie ranch , “ a nd w a o n m ak e rs carriage g , Proctor For the road was abandoned by the company to afterward merged into the Meadville Rail ” - “ s th . . y ; tin and sheet iron manufacturer , W the public road , subsequently known as Atlantic Sc ” B 18 - 0 W a nd artle Co . During the winter of 49 5 a charter was Great estern Railway , at the present “ ” I n f 18 2 A K le c k ne rv ille a n d the spring o 4 the Trustees of lle granted to the Meadville , time the New York , Pennsylvania O hio . ”

n . B g he ny College opened a femal e seminary i Edinboro Plank Road Company ooks Hon . Gaylord Church and William Reynolds

’ o n 18 0 : the building formerly known as T o rbe tt s hotel . were opened March 5 , 5 The com were appointed to represent the Pennsylvania

e In the fall of the same year a steam paper pany was organized with Gaylord Church , int rests at a meeting in New York with the S ae S a . mill was erected by Edward A . Reynolds on president ; Edward ger , Isaac eger , Wm New York Erie Railroad Company . The in the site now occupied by the Sennett machine Reynolds and others as manage rs . The conference resulted a survey of the line in

W i 18 2. shops . road was completed to a connection th the autumn of 5

“ O n 2 th 18 e a n d 18 1 O n l th 18 , May 4 , 43, ﬁfteen y ars after the Edinboro Erie plank road in 5 , August g , 5 3 ground was broken ” “ a nd breaking ground for the French creek the line of mail stages to Erie transferre d for the railway on the bank of French creek ,

and . . O n 2 2d feeder , the Hudson Pilot landed at from the Waterford turnpike to this road south of the borough line the a sub

e c re o f the Ch stnut street basin , laden with freight , Toll was ollected for some years , but the scription was made by the commissioners c e i ts re in a n i n from Pittsburg , the ﬁrst boats over the line p were insufﬁcient for the necessary the county , consequence of express o B S d a nd e frcm eaver to Meadville . The tate had ex newal of the roa way the road was sur of opinion by a vot of the citizens on August 181h in 1 0 to pend e d nearly during these years rendered by the company for public use . , of favor and 7 adverse n o n B 1 8 0 such subscription . O the same day Joseph the canal from eaver to Erie and Mead 5 . M c A rthu r - S B . — an in , amuel Long, Alexander ville and the slack water to Franklin . The Population of the county , i e d th in Power and W lliam Reynolds were appoint estimated amount for the completion of e crease ten years of Tax assessments ,

- directors on behalf of the county . W illiam 1 10 0 . B o r canal was yet at the session of rate per capita , 4 43 cents

18 2 in te n Reynolds was appointed by the board of 4 3 all the work done at such cost was ough population , increase years ,

in directors superintendent of construction of the granted to the Erie Canal Company , con Tax assessments , rate per “ ” . - branch About ten miles were graded . m 10 . sideration of ﬁnishing the work The old ill capita , 7 3 7 cents Mercantile houses in e — so uthwest of Meadv i lle at a cost of H . O . at the head of Wat r street was converted into Meadville . C Cullum , Hastings , a in . . . . when the contractors ab ndoned the work a woolen factory by Wm A V Magaw . . J R Dick , Derickson Fuller , Donnelly 1 8 O n 2d 18 n e w S n F a rla n . b M c d St o . , 4 ar o C . . December Thirty thousand dollars of June , 44 , the school ( econd Lenh t , J , D V Der 5

e H il n in ic k so n . . . bro e r . the county bonds had been expended the Presbyt rian ) church was dedicated , and on , John P Davis , J M , T — O 2 B s . ctober 4 the brick Cumberland Presbyterian M . Kean ; grocer J . C . C . rooks ; druggists con truction d O n 1 1 1 8 6 o f o n an C o . . Bu s . church , Centre street Cranberry alley , N . Collender , Chas . W rton , Cha November , 5 , a convention

h a t r~ o h n e a s in t e M . O was dedicated by the Unitarians as Divinity M . Yates ; J sborne ; clothing the s ver l intere ted companies was held — — o f . S e 81 C o . H . B . B A . C o . Hall iple ; books alch , Meadville to mature a plan for resumption — O C Z : . T E LAN AD A E . . S S H F K R R D exton ; foundries Hiram teele , Watson work Thomas J Power and William Rey — th e the S e m illﬁ H n o lds e . St . After completion of canal from Case , Pardon nnett ; woolen . Sc C . were appointed to r present the P E

B e — in k alara tu s . . aver to Erie ( December , no public Cullum s manufactory John M c F a r R R interests at a meeting New Yor — W s 81. . c h a irm ak e r . . M c a be improvements of note were undertaken in the land ; R C , A . City “ o f — M a 2 th 1 8 B S . O n county until the spread the plank road radley ; ilversmith Isaac Myers y 7 , 5 7 , The Meadville Rail

in 18 8 . o ﬁi c e e e mania 4 9 This method of road build The ﬁrst telegraph was opened this road Company was incorporat d , Georg

. W he e S . . in t . ing met with popular favor Calculations of year jewelry store of C . Mead , on M rriman , Gill hryock , A W Mumford ,

e St M c F arla nd large proﬁts w re easily made when the per Chestnut street , by the Pittsburg Erie Tele Gay lord Church , John , John Dick , isha ble M c F a rla nd a nature of the roadway was left out of graph Company . James E . , Rich rd Craighead ,

a nd fi the estimate , the possession of a plank The rst building used as a Catholic church Darwin A . Finney, James R . Dick and Wil

‘ road charter was regarded as a stepping stone exclusively was the frame building still stand liam Reynolds , corporators . The org aniza ‘ in to a fortune prospective dividends . Craw ing o n the northwest corner o f L iber ty and tion of the company was ef ected by th e CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UN E - R EP UB LICA N

the and election of William Reynolds president, John this charter road was graded through the W . P. Porter, directors; F . W . Ellsworth ,

in 1 r W 8 . Dick , Gaylord Church , Darwin A . Finney , western part of Crawford county 5 9, and sec etary; G . Delamater , treasurer . The l in 1 86 . S , . . N 4 . O 1 88 1 . James J hryock , George Merriman L D comp eted to ew Castle road was completed in ctober, 1 860 — . . O C . an d Williams, A . W . Mumford , James R Dick , AN TH ER DE ADE Manufactories of window glass bottles,

in 1 860 a n d directors ; Harper Mitchell , secretary ; James The population of the county was silk works , wire nail manufactories have

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s . o 1 880 . R . Dick , trea urer an increase in ten years of been added to the list f industries since C I S M M n 2 th . O July 7 all the branch interests of Tax assessment, 35 ; rate per capita , ENTENN AL U ARY 80 B . the P . E . Company were transferred to the cents orough , population , an At the close of the century of settlement of ” B Meadville Railroad Company . increase in ten years of orough tax the county , a statement of its status will be

- th 8 1 0 0 . O n June 8 the commissioners of Crawford assessment, rate per capita , 95 3 appropriate Population ( estimated)

a n . 1 88 county applied for injunction prohibiting cents Tax assessment for 7 , rate

O n br 1 1 866 - C 1 0 0 . the further issue of county bounds and a decree Fe uary 5 , , a new harter was per capita , 7 5 Acres of improved

o f . V for the cancellation the entire county sub granted , and Meadville became a city land , timber land , alu a S IS IC S R 1 s O n 1 6 1 8 8 F O 8 0 . scription . February th , 5 , a con TAT T 7 tion (by asse sors) Farm build

. S . an an d tract was given to Henry Doolittle and W County , population , increase in ings , mills manufactories , lots

S te n . treator for the construction and equipment of years of Tax assessment , $79, with buildings , vacant lots ,

- 8 1 0 0 . a nd the road . Individual subscriptions of some rate per capita , 7 City , Horses mules , over four years what over had been made and nego population , increase in ten years , of age , cows , ditto , oxen ,

i s f in fo r 86 tia t o n e fected Europe a portion of the Tax assessment, rate per capita , ditto , 9; total valuation of personal property

O n 2 th 1 8 0 B a nd i necessary funds . November 9 , 7 , the eaver occupat on , money at interest ,

n O 2 th 1 8 8 S 8: . O ctober 5 , 5 , the upreme Court Erie canal was sold to the Erie Pittsburg mortgages , etc , total valuation , R I n 1 8 1 by decree , annulled the of unissued ailroad Company . 7 the main line City population (estimated) , 1 88 county bonds, basing their decision upon the was abandoned , and the water drawn from the for 7 . Tax assessment ,

“ - C O m in 1 8 2. 22 1 fact that the Pittsburg Erie Railroad feeder 7 , rate per capita , 36 0 0 . C I W th e W O S . pany , at time the county subscription was TY ATER RK 1 8 6 T h e authorized by the legislature ( 4 ) was des city was left without a water supply RECOLLECTI ONS OF A N EA R LY ” 1 8 titu te of legal basis . This decree was a for ﬁre pu rposes , and in 7 , the Mayor , 3 S ETTLE R . serious disaster to the project, the European James D . Gill , recommended the construction negotiations having been based on the county of water works by the city for ﬁ re protecti o n S P torie s of ion eer Life , I n dia n Trou and individual subscriptions . The latter were and supply to the citizens . The expenditure l P l E E tc . b e s , erso n a xperien ce s . o f m ade conditional upon the completion a for such purpose was strongly opposed , and

B Y H O N . O I C . certa in portion of the work within a limited the proposition being submitted to a vote , was ( J HN D K ) time . The delays occasioned by new nego rejected . The insecure condition of the I have been urged by many friends to com

O n tiatio n s rendered these subscriptions void . rapidly growing city against the danger of ﬁre mit to writing my early recollections of the

l o th 1 8 ff March , 5 9, the name of the company induced the o er by the city to capitalists of a ﬁrst settlers and residents of Meadville and “ was changed to The Atlantic Great contract for a water supply for ﬁre purposes . the surrounding country , together with such ” O n O 0 1 8 “ Western Railroad Company , of Pennsylvania . ctober 3 , 7 4 , The Meadville Water information as I have obtained from my asso

” ' c ﬁ o r c ia tio n It subsequently became necessary to organize Company was incorporated . Every t with many who were resident at an a new company in the state of New York to was made to secure a general popular stock early period . f I n 1 W D i m e fect the desired connection with the Erie subscription , the amount to be subscribed by 7 94 . my father, illiam c k , re o ve d 2 1 8 o n 5 1 1 . railway . This was done May , 5 9 , any one person being restricted The com with his family from Pittsburg to Meadville .

e . . i n : under the name of the Atlantic Great pany was organiz d by the election of J J His family were four number , viz his wife in S Western Railroad Company New York; hryock , president; James D . Gill , Pearson and two sons , George and myself. I was S B . B . William Reynolds , president; John Dick , Church , amuel Dick , George Dela between four and ﬁve months old when we

arlan d S W H i M c F . . F . . u d e k o e r in Gaylord Church , James E . , W mater, p , William Rey nolds , arrived Meadville . At that period there

S r . r. . S . . . treator , J J h yock , Pearson Church , Hiram L Richmond , J , F W Ellsworth , were no means of transportation but by the

. . . e Henry A . Kent, William Thorp , Henry J C Porter, directors The works were Allegh ny river, or by pack horses . My

a nd . . in m 1 , . . , E S , 8 . Doolittle D C Doan Marvin Kent J completed epte ber 7 5 father chose the former , and embarked , with

. 1 880 Lowber , directors The latter company pur . his family and goods , on board a keel boat,

w a an d i chased the right of y the work done by County, population increase in ten destined for Frankl n , at the junction o f the

. n the Erie New York City Railroad Company years , Tax assessme t , French creek with the Allegheny river . This

2 th 1 86 1 8 1 0 0 w n o u la . The track was laid to Corry May 7 , , rate per capita , 4 . City , p p journey occupied three eeks to Fra klin O 22 e in and was completed to Meadville ctober , tion , incr ase ten years , Tax Franklin was then a military post,established

1 862 . e assessm nt, rate per capita by the government for the protection of the

O n I 1 86 - June st , 3, the line was opened to 64 1 0 0 . settlers . The fort was under the command of O n d 1 86 . M I I S I . an d Franklin November 3 , 3, the ﬁrst TH E EADV LLE L NE V LLE R . R . Left Polhemus Ensign Rosencrantz . train (freight) entered Cleveland from New The necessity of a competing railway from S everal of the members of his com mand sub W o n 20 th York over the A . G . . , and June our city induced many of the business men to sequently became residents of Meadville ,

1 86 . . e 4, the last spike was driven at Dayton undertake its construction A meeting was amongst whom were John W ntworth , Luke

i in 1 S S O l 880 . The Creek railroad was built from held at the court house March , E . Hill , argeant Muzzy , amuel Lord and Mar

S a nd tin K ic e n c e d e r Corry to Titusville of the same guage as the W . hippen was appointed chairman T . , names now familiar to many

e and . A . G . W . (six fe t) connecting there A . Delamater , secretary . As a result the of the old citizens a t O n with Corry , by the assistance of the friends Meadville Linesville Railroad Company , the arrival of the boat at Franklin , my

86 2 - . . . C o . 1 . a i of the A G W , in with capital of was organ zed o n father procured pack horses for the transpor

Pittts bu r a i n h 1 0 t t o an d . e E t 88 . The g rie Railroad Company July 7 , , by the election of James J of his goods family I hav often

1 8 . S H u ide k o e r S o n was chartered in 45 A new charter was hryock president, A . C . p , amuel heard my mother speak of her journey

B o n . . S . . S obtained under the name of the Erie Pitts Dick . G . W Delamater, C tratton , A . horseback with me her lap, along the

in 1 8 6. S . in S . burg Railway Company , 5 Under Dickson , Cyrus Kitchen , W . Harper Indian path which many places was over - l O CENTE NNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N.

f hung with bushes that nearly swept her from time , the roof put on and also the weather of his o ﬁce expired , returned to Lycoming in a . h r O n fﬁ o f o bt , e seat . arriving at Meadville , General boarding , but owing to the di culty county where he formerly resided

Mead invited them to his house until some ing material to ﬁnish it , it remained in that For several years following the removal of 1 21h 1 80 0 provision should be made for them . I believe unﬁnished state until March , , when my father to Meadville , there were many

“ ass s d a nd this was in September or O ctober . the legislature p a law to organize Craw added to the population of the town

' ’ h e ffi t . . i e E M S S O C O S . C N . EAD T KADE H U E ford county As soon as the o cers of county The successful campa g n of G neral a General Mead resided o n the ground now county were appointed , the commissioners Wayne the s me year against the Indians , and o ff h is e occupied by the residence of Jame s E . Mc contracted with my father to ﬁnish the treaty with them , r ndered more secure

w as a sto c k a d e , in Farland . There erected about building for a court house , which was com the settlers and there was a consequent

f le te d e . his premises , as a protection rom the attacks p early in the summer and the ﬁrst court creas of immigration Amongst those who 1 80 0 of the Indians, who were very numerous and held by David Mead and John Kelso , asso located here previous to , were Luke H ill e W w as 1 80 0 a nd . troublesome . The stockade built by ciate judges , in July , by Judge , Rodger Ald n , Alexander Foster ,

C 1 80 1 K d , planting timber lose together , and was about Addison , in , Judge elso and Ju ge John Carver James Gibson , John Davis , S re c o lle c B . , ﬁfteen feet high . I have a distinct ell being the associates amuel Torbett David Compton , Daniel ~ T H E Y BA R . e tion of seeing th e m standing many years after EAR L Razor . Daniel Roger , Henry Hurst, Georg

W e I n 1 80 B a nd e wards . ithin the stockade wer three 3 my father contracted with the Hurst, John rooks many others scatt red

(0 CO u rt . buildings , or cabins; two were built of round county commissioners build a house through the county — a nd o ne e a nd o n A S E E E S TO M . logs , which was occupi d by General jail the west side of the Diamond site V R R

- Mead , was a frame one story My earliest recollection of ﬁlle d in be tween the studding any particular circumstance h with C lay mortar and boarded in connection wit personal o n both sides to prevent the interest was a terrible storm

O n e 1 clay falling out . of the in June , 7 97 , which pros log houses was occupied by tra te d everything in its way

a nd . S e James Dickson family , for many miles veral who had settled a farm four houses ‘ were blown down

miles up French creek , and and others unroofed I was

he removed there in the then three years old , had a nd spring , where he resided strayed away from home o n many years , and until his found myself the bank of W . e . d ath The other cabin , French creek hen the r o n which had been used as a n sto m came , I started for

out house , or store house , was home , but was caught by put in the best repair that the wind a n d carried to the

th e C could be under ircum middle of Water street . A

th e o f - o c stances , for oc cupancy two story log building ,

’ re c u ie d my father s family . We p as a hotel or tavern

mained there until the S pring by John Carver , was blown

1 re of 7 95 , when my father down to the ﬁrst story , and moved to a log cabin on the the logs and other timbers

corner of Water a n d Center piled over me . The ﬁrst log

streets . The ground is now fell parallel with my body ,

occupied by the Rupp hotel . the next fell at right angles The building w e occupied a n d supported all the re st

was a part of what was called from pressing upon me . A

o f e rso ns a double house , there being number p from with a space between two cabins in saw me but dared not with the roof extending over venture out until the storm

the space between , and the subsided . As soon as it was G E N E R A L J OH N D I CK . door o f entrance to each be safe some eight or nine m e n

’ B s o fﬁc e — e ing under cover . The other part was occupied of Mr . rawley law which was oc n rushed out and removed the timber , and Alex . ~ R a . o f al e . by David y , one of the earliest settlers . pied for many years as such At the early ander Power , Esq , late Conneautville , car ’

S o f u d ic ia l in . . ome of his family are yet residents of this vi period j business this county , there ried me to my father s Dr Kennedy was

nd a n c init . he a d y The only residents at t time of our were many of the ﬁrst talents of the bar in soon with me , by judicious active

H n . . a o . arrival were Gen David Mead , James Dickson , regular ttendance on the courts . treatment restored me to consciousness A R R a a l e a W r B S H o n . Thomas y , David y , illiam Jones , Hen y aldwin , late upreme Judge , young man by the name of Dunn was killed

C 0 1 Robert F . Randolph , James Finney and Cor William Wilkins , John Woods , Thomas at the same time by a log blown from a house V W n e liu s a n H o rne . S S o n . e lins , teel ample , James Ross , Parker Camp striking him the head have never

I n 1 6 a n d m e n . 7 9 , my father built a two story resi bell George Armstrong , all of more had so violent a storm since

’ o n W a n d 1 80 0 —1 8 — o— dence the corner of ater street and an than ordinary ability , some of them not Previous to 7 9 9 General Mead

- e in . O f i alley and remov d his family there the same surpassed by any their day the resi had built a saw mill , which furn shed all the

. I n | a t fall 797 , he contracted to build a house dent lawyers we had several who were the lumber used here for several years . In the

: . 1 0 for General Mead , which now is standing at head of the profession Alexander W Foster, fall of 79 he built a small grist mill , near — ’ S B . . . . B the head of Water street Dr Ellis residence Patrick Farrelly , amuel Foster, John W the sawmill oth were located near where

— in . . B being the oldest building the city . In Hunter and others The ﬁrst prothonotary the red mill now stands oth mills were 8 1 . . ru n 79 , my father built the house corner of was Dr Thomas R Kennedy , and William operated by water from Mill , there being

e n o w . f i Water str et and Cherry alley , owned by Moore register and recorder Alexander su cient then to run both mills the greater

. . . S sh e ritT S J D Gill The frame was erected at that tewart was ﬁrst , who , after the term part of the year . oon after there were sev I - B CENTENN A L EDI TION TR IB UNE R EP U LICA N. I I

V a n ﬁ e d . . . eral saw mills erected in the vicinity , C that he deserved what he got During another beaver skin He began to suspect all m W f a nd Ho e , General ilkins , and George Dickson that night , my mother su fered great anxiety was not right examined the loft and found . ’ in built saw mills Rodger Alden built a grist for my father s safety , and much fear lest he had been buying the same skin over again .

i 1 1 . mill n 80 at Saegertown ; Archibald Humes their rage they would attack her house When he taxed the savage with his rascality , built one o n Gravel ru n; James Dickson built Amongst the prominent Indians who were he roared and laughed and thought it a ﬁrst W ’ n o n e o n f . a c one o oodcock; Alexander Power requently in the village , was a celebrated class joke And so did all the colonel s

H a lf T o w n u a in tan c e s Conneaut creek . Thus the country was saved chief whose name in English was , q , for I have heard them twit him

in much labor and expense procuring food for another , Logan , another , Cheat , and Twenty about it many years afterward . W in O B S . . n I I I their families Canoes . O thers , whe translated English , TR U LE TH TH E ND AN

' L S THE PR IVATIO NS O F S ETT ER . were probably characteristic of the gentlemen In speaking of the troubles and diffi culties a — S e For many yea rs after our removal to Mead so n med Laughing Thief, tinking Fish the early settlers had to ncounter, I will

ﬁe re d o n e o c n su S B . ville , we many privations , for want and urly ear I remember , upon mention the attack by the I dians on James

. and 1 of the actual necessaries of life For the ﬁrst casion , Half Town his squaw came into Dickson , in 794 , when returning from his

’ th e to . . year, all our supplies were brought from Pitts my father s and asked for something eat farm up creek He was attacked by three

o n . th e 1 e burg pack horses Late in fall of 7 95 , My moth e r set before them some cold meat , or four Indians near wh re William Reynolds

r i n o w . an my fathe started with four horses to pack a bread , butter and milk . After having sat sﬁed resides They ﬁred upon him from

o f m supply ﬂour from Pittsburg for his family their hunger, they left with many expressions a bush , one of the balls breaking his arm ,

. f h . . . during the winter He expected to be absent o t anks , shaking hands with mother He another passing through his hat Mr Dickson

u “ — in about eight or ten days , but did not ret rn for remarked , Good squaw , very good . About had his riﬂe with him no one traveled — nearly six weeks, in consequence of the fall of two or three months after , near Christmas , our those days without arms and immediately

e snow about four feet deep . Th re were no old friend Half Town again made his appear wheeled round , presented his riﬂe , and called roads opened and consequently no travel to ance with one of the largest and fatte st wild to them to come out and ﬁght him . The break the roads . I have heard my mother say turkeys I ever saw , completely dressed , and cowardly rascals he succeeded in keeping at

h e . that she and her children subsisted principally presented it to my mother . S asked him bay until he reached his home

a nd , . upon frozen potatoes venison bear meat how much was to pay Half _ seemed Another circumstance that occurred about _ Town ’ “ f until my father s return . The few inhabitants quite indignant and said , Good squaw , you or be ore that time , may still further show what ” in here were no better off than we , but a dis much good squaw , you keep him , and turned our fathers had to endure the early settle

n o t . position to divide with and assist each other and walked away . He was to be outdone ment of the country I refer to the capture

. bec a m e n V an H o rne a nd n . c o u n tr was strongly manifested by all During the i acts of kindness As the y , of Captain Cor elius Thomas

S o ff ummer, large bodies of Indians were encamp settled and the game scarce , they retired to Ray by the Indians . They were carried in a n d ﬁsh the ed about the village , hunting and other hunting grounds . and tied in woods , with their hands tied

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. N 1n 0 1A N O . ing French creek abounded at that time A s J KE behind them , then secured to a tree , but so

c o n with ﬁne ﬁsh and eels , and deer and turkeys T here is one other circumstance in far apart that they could not communicate

. f . were often killed within the lines of the village n e c tio n with the business o the place , which with each other The Indians then left them I I S . e TH E ND AN may not be of much importanc , but may be for a time until they made a raid on some

in V a n H rn The Indians general were peaceable ex somewhat amusing to those who love a good other of the settlers . Captain o e had cept when under the inﬂuence of whisky , joke . Colonel Joseph Hackney was about picked up a small knife a day or two before

. O n a nd f f r e . which was furnished them by traders one the ﬁrst in this place to t ade with the Indians , , stu f d it into the cu f of his coat After occasion , when a large number of them were an d had provided such articles as were usual the Indians had left him , he remembered the

e in a n d f encamp d on the point or bend the creek , ly required by them . He kept his little sup circumstance a ter some time secured the

' where now stands the freight house of the N . ply in a small frame building on the corne r of knife , cut the thongs , and released himself

’ Y . . 81 0 . M c F a rla n d s in , P Railroad , my father went down the lot where John store now from the torture that was store for him .

. n and purchased a dressed deer skin When stands . Amongst the prominent articles of His companio , Ray , did not fare so well , but n returning he met an Indian , who challe ged trade with the Indians were beaver, otter and was taken to Detroit and after some delibera

. him with stealing the skin and attempted to musk rat skins . At that period there were tion the savages decided , by way of amuse

. B u t an d ru n take it from him he , being a stout large quantities of the beaver taken in the ment , to have him the gauntlet . The m a n no t resolute , did feel disposed to yield to streams a nd marshes of this county . Colonel gauntlet consisted of two lines of savages

h i s . demands He felled him to the ground , Hackney had traveled amongst the Indians facing each other about eight feet apart , each th e n p icked up an ox gad and belabored him and acquired a pretty good knowled ge of their man b e ing supplied with a well trimmed

. a nd . r n right soundly He was soon after surrounded language , many of the nations were quite hickory The prisoner is then made to u

O n o n e an a n d by a large number of Indians , who were de familiar with him . occasion Indian up down between them , each savage “ te rm in e d to have revenge; o n e of them ap a nd : B o n e . came into the store said rother, buy striking him the bare back as h e pass s , ” ” roa c h e d m “ “ ? in f p fro behind with a large knife , but beaver skin Yes . How much give a process which would result laying the ” y “ “ le . Six . . e a b stander called to father to warn him of his shillings Well , take him The f sh from his body After the proc ss , a danger, when he wheeled round , caught the colonel threw the skin up through a hole in B ritish ofﬁcer who proved to be a countryman

’ f th e —h e S — fellow in the act of striking him , threw him the ﬂoor into the lo t . After Indian went of Ray s being a cotchman bargained

a nd in m e nd down , seized the knife drawing it fro out , he saw a rude ladder against the of with the Indians and bought him off for two ’ . e in e him , cut the savage s hand nearly through th house where there was an opening the gallons of whiskey , and then furnish d him

an d in re Finding himself surrounded danger of loft . Placing it so that he could reach in , he with means to return to his family , which ' his life , he made his way to General Mead s stole the beaver skin and an hour after , he quired some months to perform .

i n : B house , where , a short time , the building came back and said rother , I another A DUEL . ” . ? o f t was surrounded by Indians , demanding the beaver skin , How much , six shillings Another event of the early days the ci y

. O ﬁ rm n n surrender of my father wing to the After being paid , he retired , but soo after was one which probably will o t interest the a nd ness of General Mead a few others who returned with another beaver skin . The present residents , but as a matter of history , l remained with him during the night , any co onel , never suspecting , asked him why he may with p ropriety be record ed . A duel was

. n o t . : 1 80 further hostility was prevented After explana did bring them all at once He replied fought in 4 , between General Roger Alden ” an d “ W o n e . an d . ia tions were made the conduct of the Indian No get ; at time The colonel paid the Alexander Foster . I am not fully

m an d explained , the mass of the Indians w ere satis third ti e , soon the Indian appeared with formed as to the origin of the dif i culty but I - [ 2 CENTENNIA L EDITION TR IB UNE REP UB LICA N .

i v . . o n be l e e a woman was at the bottom of it by the descendants of the original parties In cuit was performed horseback , there being ’ o n a on 1 no t They fought point of land French 7 93 or 94 , I am certain which , William no public conveyance of any kind for many

- creek about two miles from the court house Gill took possession of and settled o n the tract years after . The roads in the spring and fall o n d on the Randolph flats . At the first fire , Alden of land directly north of the Lord tract seasons were almost impassable . Ju ge Moore

’ r fell , his antagonist s ball having shattered his F ench creek . He built a cabin and raised continued to preside from that period until his

in an d . I n in 1 2 thigh bone . He was brought home a canoe corn potatoes during the summer death , which occurred December, 8 4 . M C G u n t f in by James F . Randolph and George the fall he went to Pit sburg , where his family It is a remarkable act that all the twenty

l n K n in n e e . a d e g Doctors Wallace , of Erie , were , intending to lay supplies and return one years of his administration he never lost a

h . B u t edy , of Meadville , acted as surgeons on the with his family , owing to the winter set single term , week or day of the courts under

S a n in ih be . occasion . uch event our village would ting early , deferred his return until the his jurisdiction W f . o f necessarily produce a great deal of excitement , ollowing spring hen he arrived , he found Judge Moore was one the purest and .

o f . each the belligerents having their personal the cabin occupied by Jenny Finney , who noblest of mankind All who had the pleas

f in . B u t b a o friends y judicious forbear nce , all claimed possession the land and stood ure of his acquaintance , young or old , rich or and trouble soon subsided and the harmony of the the door with riﬂe in hand and warned him to poor, loved respected him for his amia ble

' i le ave th e i cit zens was not disturbed . premises ; or , if he attempted to dis . and benevolent feel ngs to all As a judge , O M H LLAND LAND C O PANY . , . , , possess her she would put a ball through him he was sound honest impartial and upright . an d General Alden was at that time agent for Mr . Gill , believing discretion the better part In his opinions decisions he was uniform~

in a nd l S the Holland Land Company Pennsylvania , of valor, abandoned the settlement went y sustained by the upreme Court, with but B Paul ush , of Philadelphia , be few exceptions . He died t e ing the ge neral agent for the g re tte d by the bar and Ofﬁ cers company in Pennsylvania and of the Court and all others,

. in New York Large bodies of who, either judicial or social

e land were conveyed to the , m e t intercours had ever him . company by the government in H H e was succeeded by o n . payment of money furnished S in 1 82 Henry hippen , 5 , who them to carry on the R e vo lu e r pr sided for many yea s, and tio na r s e ttle m e n t o f y war . The until his death .

these lands caused much trouble M O DE O F T ANS PO TATIO N R R . a n d in I n 1 80 0 litigation our courts for , the population of

many years , which retarded , in Meadville consisted of twenty

ﬁve a great measure , the settlement or thirty families . The sur e of the country . Gen ral Alden rounding country was fast ﬁlling u soon after resigned the agency p , consequently an increased and was succeeded by H arm demand for the necessaries an H u id e k o e r J p , who some which a growing population re years after purchased the entire quired ; to supply which keel interest of the com p any in this boats and canoes were employed

S . in tate His history this and in the transportation , by way fa the surrounding country is of the A llegheny river a nd

miliar to most persons , and will French creek , the latter stream not re quire a ny further notice being navigable for boats of t n from me , other than to say that e or twelve tons as far up as

he lived in this community , . Waterford At that period , and

much respected for his philan 0 for many years afterward , the thro n a nd py and be evolence , navigation of the stream was died much regretted by his nu uninterrupted during the whole m e ro u s a c u a in A friends and q summer . s late as the sum

. 1 8 1 2 tances mer of , the navigation was

H A RM J A N H U I D E K OPE R . General Alden served with open nearly all the season , when distinction in the revolution the keel boats were employed in ary army and was considered a brave further up the stream . Jenny Finney remain transporting the necessary armament for a nd chivalrous ofﬁcer . in in in r He was posses ed possession long enough to perfect her the ﬂeet p ocess of building at Erie .

, . sion at one period , of some of the most claim , and soon after married Gen Mead , he All the cannon balls , and ammunition of in . e . e valuable property this vicinity He became being widower at that time Perhaps the ev ry description , together with the cord in ff in o embarrassed his pecuniary a airs , cons General could not have selected a more suita age , anchors and spikes , were shipped to u e n c e Sh e q of the revulsion of money matters , ble companion . was well educated , pos Pittsburg for Waterford , and from th e nce 1 8 1 2 a n , d a nd I n after the war of all his valuable sessed a strong mind , indomitable will hauled by ox trains to Erie . the early set

S C . tle m e n t possessions were sold to atisfy his creditors . great energy of haracter The tract of land of the western part of the state , many He lived some years after in this place in very settled by her ﬁnally became the property of of the necessaries o f life were transported from

e C an - n mbarrassed ircumstances , then received her daughter Maria , who was subsequently the sea board o pack horses across the moun

- so n o f a d ve r . appointment as military store keeper at West married to William Gill , the her tains Amongst those essential to the house a n d I n Point , where he resided several years , sary in the land claim . the end , singular keeper was salt , which necessarily made it u nd l where he died between eighty ninety y enough , the descendants of the contending come very high to the consumer . I have

o f a e . years g parties became joint owners ofthe property . heard my father say that he often paid ﬁfty

I n 1 80 . a There is one other circumstance which April , 3, Hon Jesse Moore was p cents for a quart of salt . About the year 1 80 7 o f would , perhaps , as a matter of history , be pointed president judge the judicial district salt was produced in large quantities at Ana

; , o f B v B in worth recording particularly so as it ﬁnally composed the counties of ea er , utler , dagua , the state of New York , and sent to

terminated in the possession of the property Mercer , Crawford and Erie . The entire cir Erie by water thence hauled over to Water

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’ on Z ville joined them a nd made an excursion to Farland . The hubs and wagons not required Water street, the lot where John one s

o f in o n , Conneaut Lake . The landing the bo at was this vicinity were loaded ﬂat boats and old livery stable now stands made a wheel b f e th e t . e o immediately below the bridge which crossed taken to Pi tsburg market This was barrow wood with a metal tir , the whole

o f . the canal on S outh Main street , at a point at fore the opening the canal only weighing as much as three grains of

the northeast corner o f Pine and South Main The manufacturing of potash , pearlash and wheat . It was considered such a great curi ’ o s it black salts was a great industry of the time , that it was placed in Peale s museum in streets , or near where now stands the hose y

o n . house . and was carried by some of the Dick Philadelphia o n I am under the impression that the keel brothers Dock alley , nearly south from the Writing of the Dick brothers reminds me of ,

C o . a n boat with the excursion party was the only present banking house of J . R . Dick ; incident that occurred during their early h i ad l boat and only trip ever made ascending the also by M c F arla nd a nd S tewart o n the north manhood days . A young lady from P l e in slackwater navigatio n from Franklin to Mead side of Walnut street near French creek . phia was visiting a lady friend the town . W ville . At least I do not remember ever hav Many were the stalwart trees of the forest that hilst she and her friend were perambulating

in ing seen or heard of another . The locks of were felled by the pioneers clearing their the streets, they were met by a young gentle

“ a . S h e the slackwater soon bec me out of order , so land , turned into ashes , and transported to the man who bowed to them asked her f n that the upper boatmen , with their broad , ﬂat asheries . riend the name of the ge tleman , to which “ ” A n . c o n boats , descending French creek from above , axe factory was built and operated by a the reply came , Mr Dick , and as they m a n had so much trouble in passing their boats named Proctor , over Mill run on the site tinned their walk they met at intervals a sec

in no w t through the locks that they assembled occupied by the Irvin House , on Market ond , a hird and a fourth brother , with a like

bodies and cut out the dams forming slack street . The power used for grinding was result , when the Philadelphia lady turned to “ o f . water navigation . A younger brother the from the water taken out of the canal her companion and said are all the young ” writer fell into the locks of Conneaut Lake The only machine shop in the town was o n e gentlemen of this town named Dick? ’ h a n d ru n . t e . from off the excursion boat came near by Mr Goodrich , at which a man s foot I am under impression that the Hon

i being drowned . was the power for runn ng the lathe to do the David Dick was the ﬁrst instigator of the a SO M E O L D M ILLS . turning . The making of wooden pumps was navigation of the Allegheny river by ste m

bo at The grist mills of the time were the old mill combined thereto .

e r e . then known as the H u id e k o p mill , operat d Mr Forker , gunsmith , father of the present The ﬁrst ﬁre apparatus , a hand machine S o n o n a nd by Mr . idman , miller on the west bank of gunsmith of this city, had his shop north worked by levers front rear, was

S i L 1be rt o n French creek , now the te of the modern side o f Arch street , west of y street , at housed the north side of Center street on

S o f a lle a nd . structure o f Messrs . Gill hryock ; the mill the corner the y , invented a gun ground now occupied by Market street ’ at S aegertown known as Saeger s mill ; a mill with a sliding breech to hold four charges of The ﬁrst public lecture room , with ball

S u n o n at Cochranton , on Little ugar creek , then ammunition , the ﬁrst repeating g of which room up stairs , was built Center street , west

’ o f w h ic h known as Cochran s mill , to the latter the writer has any knowledge . of Market street .

r e o n S I O S . the writer has straddled a ho se carrying a bag Rob rt Hope carried on wagon making , KAT NG P N D

o n of grain to be ground . northeast corner of North and North Main The ground the north side of Chestnut

o n The saw mills of the near vicinity were streets . I have seen him place a flour barrel street west of Park avenue , now occupied by ’ n O ne M c N am a ra in o sto ffic e Mill ru . known as the mill with one head out , partially filled with the p , Howe s furniture store and ’ in o f o n was situated at the foot of the hill front brush and stone , in Mill run , opposite his Rouche s stove store , Chestnut street and d . a n wa s the house where Mr William Magaw now house , catch half a bushel of fish , weigh the Prenatt block , on Park avenue , a

o n o ne a n . resides ; one the Ellis farm about northeast ing to two pounds each , in afternoon basin connected with the canal , for the lay ing

n of the Theological S chool ; and one alongside O e Fourth of July he took a cannon out of up o f canal boats . Another boat basin is now S of the old red mill at the head of Water street , the old United tates arsenal , which stood partially occupied by Park avenue and the W then owned by Mr . . A . V . Magaw , who where the North ward school house now Rockland silk works . These basins and the

in lived a house on the site where now stands stands , loaded the cannon , then straddled it mill pond before mentioned , southeast corner

F a rla nd t ff and M c . o h the house of Mr . James E . The and ouched it , causing his air to stand of Market Randolph streets, were the

ru n o n e nd . in water from Mill was carried to a pool at by its rebound favorite skating places winter . Mr . Horace

o f a nd i o n th e th e fan c the southeast corner Market Randolph There were two iron foundr es , one y . . Cullum was _ skater of the time Mr

o f W streets , from where it was carried to the saw site the present Eagle Iron orks , south Cullum afterwards built the ﬁrst woolen mill

o n 2 in S in mill top of a wheel about 4 feet diame side of Pine street, west of outh Main , and Meadville on the site now occupied by the

d a o n o to ﬁi w a in S O ne . s c e . s 1 86 ter . y I witnessed Mr Magaw tie a the other the south side of Randolph street p I t burned eptember 5 . w l a n he e ass in M . rope to arm of the water , p g the a short distance west of North Main street . GA E

a nd S rope across tying it to another arm on the Colonel William Magaw , the father of Leon quirrels and wild pigeons were very num

f was e a nd opposite side , several eet from the buckets of and William Magaw , the inv ntor of etons , in some years were pests to the

r and o n S in the wheel . H e then sat upon the ope and straw paper had his mill French creek farmers . quirrels particular , owing to h e t e . ask d boys to open the gate and let the four miles up He lived at northeast corner their migratory habits , accumulated in vast d an in . water run , which we did , when he was carried of Water Center streets the building numbers and destroyed wheat and corn ﬁelds

w in S . around inside the wheel , try ing to keep his now the Central Hotel . The building now hooting matches ere great vogue Two

e head perpendicular , which he did not a com used as a stable was a warehouse used for captains were ﬁrst chosen , who ﬁrst drew lots

lish d in p , and we fearing that he would be kille , storing potatoes bought at a shilling a bushel , as to who should have ﬁrst choice selecting

. n e soon stopped the wheel which were loaded on ﬂat boats i French the ﬁrst member of his company , th n each

a nd o n There was also a paper mill operated by creek sent to Pittsburg . captain made selection alternately his side

S o n ru n t amuel Quail , Mill , situate a little eas t The ﬁrst theatrical performance that I ever from among the best shots of the town . Af er

in o ne m e n of north from the Theological college . witnessed was the second story of the ware having hunted for day the would as

M C O I . in S . a nd ANUFA T R E house Colonel Magaw also had a hay press semble the evening count the game . The largest manufacturing establishment on the south side of Center street a nd shipped The side having the fewest number were re

was the hub and wagon manufactory of Mr . large quantities of hay by ﬂat boat to Pitts quired to pay for a supper for the whole party

. Cyrus Townsend , which stood at the southwest burg upon the following evening . Upon one of S SM W A ALL EELBA O W . corner of teers alley and Water street , south H R R these occasions Mr . O ctavius Hastings pro ’ ; S e . M C . of the present premis s of Mr James E . quire Robert D Potter, who lived on du c e d over three hundred black and gray B - CENTEN NIA L EDI TION TRI UNE R EP UB LICA N. 1 5

in C uss e w a o squirrels , which he shot the g week departed for Franklin , and , returning , round upright rungs similar to the old sty le r o f bottom within four miles of town , but he had entered the ya d the Rupp house , then kept chairs . I t was looked upon as a great curi i . n o w os t severa l guns and men to load for him . My by Mr Jesse Rupp ( the Crawford house) y and visited by a large concourse of m e n ’ - eldest brother Edward shot sixty two on top just opposite to my father s dwelling house . and boys .

H u ide k o e r o n e m S O W S of the hill just above the p park and Upon occasion I managed to secrete y H .

in S within one mile of town . I was permitted to self unnoticed the boot of the stage and was The ﬁrst circus or how of which I have

' d isc o v in accompany him and help to carry the game , well nigh to Franklin before I was any realization was held a stable yard near being then too young to carry a gun . Many ered . Little did I then think of the pangs of the southeast corner of Chestnut and Water a were caught by the boys from apple tre es distress th t I occasioned my dear mother and streets , on ground now occupied by the Phoe

a nd nix B 1 8 within the limits of the borough . About 95 friends that night the next day by my lock , about the year 30 . The ﬁrst per cent . were jet black , whilst about only 5 absence , whilst they were seeking for me elephant came to town a year or two later, and

ric e a m o n in . per cent . were gray . The market p g through the town and French creek was domiciled in the stables of the present

ﬁn e H o n . in the boys for a living specimen of a black Upon one occasion the late David Crawford House , I think the same one that

i n i n S o . o e was ixpence , whilst I sold one beautiful Dick , whilst Pittsburg , wish ng to return stands there t day Well do I remember

f . o n e gray one for a hal dozen home , started early morning from the that some of the boys remained out of their

in Wild pigeons were such abundance that hotel , a few hours before the time for the de beds all of the previous night and strewed the

in h e ru n some mornings their ﬂight over the town parture of the stage , remarking that would road from Mill to the old arsenal with po S nd ta to e s in they fairly darkened the sky . ome were walk ahead a enter the stage when it over and apples hopes of stopping him

h e a h im in . T killed with poles from the house tops . took him st ge overtook or near that they might get a good sight of him; a n d

B n o e . O ne . in b ear were very plentiful fall was Meadville I cannot say whether he got I recollect their disappointment , y his keeper B shot by Doctor Yates , on the osler farm , a or not . havin g him covered up and hurrying him

. C B u t half mile below the Kerrtown bridge Three VEHI LES . along . we had the satisfaction of seeing

i in a nd were found bask ng the sun in a barn yard The pleasure carriages of the period were and measuring his tracks , comparing them on the Franklin pike , a half mile below the very few in number , and only owned by the with the size of a half bushel measure .

. B O S PR A N town The boys were afraid to venture out citizens of the town . My impression is that Y K s into the woods . there were only about ﬁve or six four - wheeled Among the pranks o f the boys was a n occa

O L D S - T E TAGE C O AC . fe w n H H pleasure vehicles , two of which were in th e sion when a of them o e dark night e n

- - te re d The old four horse stage coach was the old sty le , with their folding steps , similar to the old Presbyterian church which stood greatest attraction of the times . As the hour the one used by General Washington , and two on Liberty street , on the site of the present

- would approach for its arrival , many were the or three two wheeled gigs , all of which were modern building . Ascending to the belfry fo r “ ” ears open to listen the ﬁrst blast from the h e hung upon the old, fashioned C springs, with they tied the end of a ball of wine to t ’ tin driver s horn , and soon thereafter could leather bands of several thickness , passing clapper of the bell , then threw the ba ll down many citizens be seen wending their way to over them and under the bodies similar to over the roof. Upon descending they u n the northwest corner of the diamond , where a nd e those of the old style stage coach . wound the ball carri d the e nd up into

. o sto ﬂi c e r Mr Daniel Andrews kept the p in the - The ﬁ st buggy with the elliptic s prings was the hay mow of the old log stable that stood second building from the corner of North H o n . i th e ba c k e nd brought to town by the David D ck and upon _ of the lot owned by Mr . W . W in Main street ell do I remember the team . . . S . A n ow Mr P hattuck from Pittsburg I t was Thomas tkinson , the site o f the south

- of four snow white horses as they twice per a nd without a top , the back was formed with e rn e nd o f the court house and jail yard , - B E B . 1 6 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRI UN REP U LICA N

O O F . , , th e where they awaited the hour of midnight . F U RTH JULY now saying and singing and doing for “ ” e When the citizens were in their beds they be Fourth of July was for many years celebrat d purpose of celebrating something , that little th e h gan ringing the bell until they observed some by raising of a tall liberty pole , with the or nothing is left for the ordinary and umble is , penman to do , in contributing towards th of the m e n with lanterns groping their way bark off, from which floated the flag alongside “ ” through the mud up the alley from the dia of which was erected a bower made of forked great mass of celebration . in poles planted in the ground , over which were Moreover , the prosaic mind there is a mond , when they ceased . From their retreat di fficulty in generating any great degree o f the boys could see through the windows , the placed cross poles covered with fresh boughs afte r and leaves , forming a shade . Under the bower enthusiasm about what was , all , a very men looking about the church , but finding no

was built a long table with seats at the sides . commonplace event . All towns were settled m e n . one , the returned home After waiting “ ” m e n Here would assemble citizens of the town and once upon a time . It has so happened that a sufﬁcient time , when they supposed the in Meadville was no exception to this universal to be again comfortably ensconced their county , and after enjoying a sumptuous dinner m e n a n . d M e n patriotic speeche s were the order of the day . rule The women who came to beds, they again rang the bell . again These bowers were sometimes built upon the this spot an d made themselves homes did C ame , and as they passed near the stable th e t in of t . n o in boys could hear them vowing vengeance o n Diamond and other parts the ci y The so , because they thought of doing or

last large o ne that I remember was built upon tended to do any notable thing , but did it the disturbers of th e ir rest . After the men in vain searched the church inside and out from the ground between Dock street and French just as many men and women had done S creek , east of the railroad , the liberty pole of before under imilar circumstances , just as foundation to roof, they again left . The boys ” in “ W which stood for many years . they are now doing the Wild est , waited another interval , when they rang the B owers and liberty poles were erected in and just as they will hereafter continue bell . Men returned a third time and ﬁnally

the groves alongside of town by the boys , to do so long as there is any place ascending up into the belfry , found the string , which they burned o ft with a candle taken where they and the girls would assemble and left to settle . Hence there is nothing in o O v picnic . Upon one occasion I had taken my remarkable the founding or laying out f from a lantern . bser ing this , the boys left ’ a n d . n father s horse wagon to haul out supplies , Meadville The proprietor or ﬁrst settler i for parts unknown . The writer was not of

, this beautiful valley laid out Meadville not . without permission and at a time that he de , the party , but learned who the boys were A n sired to use him . Upon retur ing, I found because he designed to found a city , as Dido reward was offered for their names , but I doubt a nd i : him out of humor , being scolded , I repl ed laid out Carthage , or as Romulus built Rome if they are known to this day . , as Why , father , I supposed I could do I and thus send down an imperishable name M I LITIA TRAININGS . ” pleased on the Fourth of July , at which he through future and admiring ages but because i Diamond park was the scene of the m litia a n o n smiled d the controversy ended . he hoped to realize at good prices the sale n ’ , i , hi trainings held May or June which were T i mE s C HANGES o f s corner lots .

very attractive to the boys . The Meadville o As I was gr wing to manhood , in the year For this reason and through this effort e o m an Grays were a p y of well accoutred and 1 8 fo r 44 , I was sojourning a short period at a Meadville came here , and it came to stay . I t

disciplined men , and carried of the palm . C . O ne hotel in the ity of Harrisburg evening , has stay ed , and it has grown with the growth

The artillery company were dressed in a a nd whilst there , Mr . Taylor Randolph (before of the century ; has increased in popa la

uniform of dark colored cloth , trimmed with in in in mentioned as living about one mile south of tion , wealth , enterprise , industry , in a nd yellow , in their caps was a short plume , I in town) arrived at the same hotel . During the learning , culture , in reﬁnement , and in ’ think made of sheep skin died yellow . Horses evening s conversation he said he had never everything that goes to make up a beautiful a a n d were attached to cannon a caisson , ra ie a d an d seen a or a locomotive , and requested and well ordered city a happy , prosperous

which the company maneuvered . that I should accompany him in the morning and contented people . The Hibernia Greens were a company from p . a n d to the de ot Harrisburg was then the west Every person living here , every person o f the country dressed in a uniform bright , e rn th e terminus of Pennsylvania railroad , who has ever lived here , ought to feel , and ,

medium shade , green color , light material . S . e which belonged to the tate . About dayligh t let us hope , does f el proud of this little place , The coat was a loose ﬁtting blouse or frock the following morning Mr . Randolph knocked nesting (whatever that may be) amongst the

coat reaching nearly to the knees , with a broad fo r an 81 C . i n at my door and called me , d before hills , (poetical strain) , and which and

lay down collar over the shoulders , the collar breakfast we visited the depot , where he for through which appear the meanderings and

h f f . and skirt bot estooned with a green ringe o f an the ﬁrst time witnessed the operation of a sinuosities French creek and Mill run , d The C u s se wag o rangers or C u sse wa g o I n “ ( . locomotive He then said to me , I have not unmindful of the latter beautiful streams

- ’ dians , as the boys called them , also nick named lived to see the Indian s trail , the bridle path , when they forget their good manners and in

’ Shirt tail Rangers) were a company from up d u l e in a n - the wagon road , the turnpike and the canal g old fashioned riotous dashing thro C u ss e w a o the g creek , dressed in a uniform n B I w o d e r . all passing over my farm , and if I the property of the citizens y anyone in a ” consisting of coat or blouse of white , home l e shall iv to see a railroad passing over it . reflecting mood it cannot be doubted that , o r made linen tow cloth , which reached to or He did live to witness it . since the tread of the pioneer footstep first a little below the knees , and was bound and echoed through these surrounding hills (more trimmed with broad red bands of other mate “ PA P poetical thought) , the times have greatly ST, RE S ENT A N D F UT URE . a ra rial . This company was particularly tt c changed and we have changed with them . t tive to the boys , as they performed evolu ions This n ow /se n te n c e might have been written S om e R e m arks o n the Chan g e s of t h e f f dif erent rom the other companies , marching in - classic Latin , but I have thought old fash L a st an d the N ex t O n e H u n a nd in around in a circle files , intertwining io n e d no t English inappropriate . Therefore , dred Ye ar s . themselves somewhat in the manner of the “ ” I repeat , times have changed . e B Y H O N SO C C circus rid rs upon their grand first entree into ( . PEAR N HUR H . ) O ne hundred years ago th e laborer took his

the circus ring . I n undertaking to contribute a topical paper riﬂe with him to the ﬁeld of his industry .

The majority of the militia were dressed in appropriate to the centennial celebration of m a n This for protection against and beast , and

- their every day suit, some carrying muskets the founding of Meadville , I am disagreeably for use in obtaining food . T o d ay the peace

S . obtained from the U . Arsenal , others carry confronted with the dreadful threadbareness ful dinner pail is the weapon for use at the “ ing their private riﬂe or shot gun , whilst others . S o of the subject matter much has been said nooning . The riﬂe is scarcely employed ed in whittled out a pine stick shaped as a gun , and ( I had almost add sung) the newspapers except against the innocent turkey at a Thanks

- ~ - - ” i . ne ve r to be “ many carried clubs , corn stocks and car es of the city upon the faded glory giving raffle ; and the villainous saltpetre is fi fe s a nd u . Each company had their , dr ms flags and - of this long expected event , so much is more generally used to equip the hip pocket B - B CENTENNIA L EDITION TRI UNE R EP U LICA N. I 7

’ ‘ in a nd - n o twith pistol as it deals its destruction on the didn t alleys and back yards the city clean law abiding and God fearing people ,

- - - f a nd know it was loaded principle . Man needs no powerless to breed disease and death and did standing the e forts attempts of some o f its

o ﬂi c io u s f extraordinary protection against wild beasts , not neglect to repair and rebuild old , decayed o ﬁcials and of some estimable but

f - in and no defense against man , except himsel , and dilapidated side walks , so that a journey misguided citizens a public meetin g of less

w n . a o and his o appetites and passions through the town would not bring danger of than a y ear g , to slander and traduc e its

. and A hundred years ago men cut and hewed loss of limb and probably loss of life good name , fame reputation . Fortunate

an d a n d l o and cleared , and ploughed and sowed I t is doubtful if the orators poets of this y , however , neither the utside nor the inside

' reaped with the rude implements for the pur week s festivities will have much to say of w o public believed this denunciation to be war

’ in o . a n d pose that were placed their hand . T day man s part in the founding of this city Let ranted , Meadville survived .

w o O n e they cultivate the g round with myriads of me say , therefore , that in the presence of hundred years hence Meadville will

- - . m a n M e ad villian s bi labor saving and ingeniously made machines we of to day have much the celebrate its centennial , and this will be a

w - of every description , and which relieve ork advantage of our fore fathers of one hundred much bigger event than the present than can

a n of so much of the toil d drudge ry to which years ago . The primitive homes of the early well be imagined . None of us will be here to “ h t in h O our forefat ers were subjec ; and thus, the settlers were indeed rude the absence of help on this festive occasion , but let us pe “ ’ ” . . o f O ne labor we delight in physics pain And so this heaven s last and best gift to man To that it will be worthy our successors . the same may be s aid of ev e ry other form o f day th e pedestrians o n O u r streets encounter hundred years is a goodly number and indeed

- a nd in active , every day labor . the handsomest women , the prettiest girls cannot easily be realized so far as the years

e i n A century ago mankind was contented to the happi est children that are to be met with human lives are concern d , but looking " live a quiet , equable life , every forward to a future celebration m a n sitting under his vine an d let us take heart of grace and ” d fi - un er his g tree , content with possess our souls with patience , z what he had and only satisfied and we c a n m a ize éel ze ve that to earn a good living for himself the years will soon roll around and family , accumulate a little by saying to ourselves (after the competency , so that either he manner of the local columns of m ig ht not leave a depe ndent the DA I L Y T R rB U N E for the wife and children helpless “ at past six months in continually ” the mercy of a rude world , or reminding their readers of the that he might give a part of his gradual approach of this event farm to a s o n starting out fo r ful season ) that we will only “ - fi himsel f, or a modest setting have twenty ve mayoralty elec " O u t to a daughter as she left tions before this bi centennial the paternal roof to join her life will be upon us ; and then in “ ” for better or for worse with only four more years we c a n re the choice of her heart . In duce the number of mayoralty “ short, being poor and content elections to twenty four, and so

” ' . o n ﬁ rs t thin he was rich , and rich enough on and so , until the g

- a - ﬁnd Now day s men rush and push , we know we ourselves , or thrust at a n d among their fel rather our great - grandchildren

in i lows , the wild scramble for will find themselves , prepar ng , “ gain , work night and day with under a new and vigorous C e n ” e to e th te n a hand and brain , to gath r g n i l Executive Committee, er a few or rath e r a many more for a much more elaborate com l do lars than they already have , memoration . and are never satisfied . Avarice O ne in thing conclusion , I c a n s never be atisfied . They would suggest to the city officials “ seem almost literally to want of that day , that when this bi ” the earth , and as a conse quence u s centennial comes upon , our ’ J OSE P D ERI C SON . don t live out their days , and H K streets will all have found a dry ' don t rationally enjoy the days a n d d solid foun ation , even if it a nd they do live . in the world . We are proud of this fact does occasionally rain a little ; that the n m a n r e O e hundred years ago a wo th ten challenge comparison with all other citi s . loose and worn out and decayed boards

- a - thousand dollars was a rich man . Now days Let us see to it that we always treat them on our sidewalks will have been repaired a t he must be worth a million , or else he is sim with the respect , the courtesy and the chivalry least once , and that accident insurance poli l in t a nd e p y comfortable circumstances . that beau y virtue and tenderness d mand cies will be unnecessary documents for the

O ne at our hands . o n hundred years ago Meadville had not foot traveler our streets . When that happy e m a a Read r , it y be that m nkind is happier d a o f th at arrived at the conclusion that a market house y arrives, the mayor period will then , o t day than it was a hundred years ago , but I was the proper thing to own , for the purpose with proud satisfaction , bear witness to the r a n d doubt it . There is too much longing fo the of renting farming it out , and did not then municipal millennium . think it a wise policy to levy a tax upon every unattainable , too much of unsatisﬁed desire ,

R E M I N I S CE N CE S . person who e ntered its boundaries to furnish too much ambition , too much envy , too much h its in abitants with the necessities and con strife , and too much wrath for us of the pres D e s cription of V ariou s F e ature s of th e ve n ie n c e s o f . . ent generation to be entirely happy I here life E M arly Life of eadv il l e . O n e hundred years ago the city council O f remind myself that there is danger o f this little ’ a m B 0 Y O . IC H U I D E K O PE R Meadville did not lie awake nights studying ess y turning out a sermon and I ust close ( PR F FR EDER . ) ” “ in c o m e how not to do it , or how to keep p with a single remark . Meadville is a beauti M e adville in its earlier days had an exten a n d m e n f a n d tent unemployed in o ﬁce , did ful little city , peopled with a prosperous , a sive swamp, reaching from north of Chestnut

i not neglect their duty to keep the streets , reputable , an intellig ent , industr ous , virtuous , street southwards to what is now Poplar 1 B E - 8 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRI UN REP UB LICA N.

an d n o w a nd - street . Chestnut street was impassable , where Vallonia is , and the latter about course unknown , bullet moulds were o c

- c as io nal all transit from W ater street to the Public o ne half mile further north . ly employed as a n instrument for pu l in S quare was by the way of Centre street . At The audibility of the human voice the ling teeth .

n o w what is Poplar street General Mead left early days of quiet could hardly be compre The only fuel known was wood , and I c a n

from Water street westward twenty feet as a hended at present . A person calling from remember , when a little boy , bringing a small

i k o r f . . H u d e e water way , though the ditch which was to the front ence of H J p could be piece of bituminous coal from Pittsburg as a m e n o n drain the swamp was not dug till long after heard by at work half way up the hill curiosity , that I migh t watch the smoke fro m his death . From Poplar street southwards the opposite side of the creek . it when laid upon the coals . W S the swampy ground trended towards the canal , hile the swamps and forests prevailed outh Main avenue originally terminated

a S there being a large body of alluvial soil mosquitoes were common and tried the p at what is now outh alley , from which the

B i n c e a nd . t e . i between it the creek etween Poplar of those who were sensitive It was Franklin turnp ke diverged to the east , a nd a and Arch streets the swamp was rendered then not unusual to have mosquito bars around row of houses grew up where Main avenue

O f o bta in in worse by the inﬂux of a little stream called the bed as the only means g a quiet now is . Twenty years of patient ef ort were

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so n s . N e e run , which was afterwards inter night s rest Those who had no such bars requisite for opening it through these obstrue

te d . in a nd c e p by the canal Chestnut street has spent not infrequently some time a mosquito tions , when it was almost through the

in W d isa been ﬁlled up some places six or eight feet . hunt before going to bed . ith the p ﬁrst building for the gas works was placed

S e a ra n c e o f s w a m s a nd h The town originally extended only to outh p p forests t e mosquitoes directly in its line . W o n alley . ater street , which is the line of seem almost totally to have disappeared . The custom of afﬁxing a building line to the old Indian path , between the sale of lots was initiated o n

a nd W e th e Franklin at rford , ( trav property between Poplar a nd c led by W ashington before the Mercer streets west of Water Revolution) stopped at South street and subsequently applied a n d alley . Here the Meadville to other property between Water

a nd Mercer turnpike had its com street the canal . m e n c e m e n t. This differed by The ﬁrst line of stages was o n e or two degrees in its course a weekly o n e between Pittsburg a nd from that of the street , which Erie . They traversed the has caused no little p e rplexity muddy roads at a rate of not in the subsequent extension of more than three miles per hour . W Water street southwards . agons were scarce throughout

The ﬁrst bridge across French the county . Farmers did their creek was erected by Dr . Ken hauling largely in w i nter time n e d y at the foot of what is now on sleds made by themselves .

Mercer street , on the line of the These sleds were often soled

Mercer turnpike . It was a toll with ironwood instead of iron or bridge , and was like many of steel .

’ s in Pe n ns lva the early bridge y India rubber was unknown , — n n ia a covered o e . Its mate and those unwilling to wear rial was sawed in Warren coun cowskin shoes were apt to suffer

t . y , floated down to Franklin and from colds The first pair of brought up from there via French India rubbers brought to Mead creek to its destined locality . ville had been moulded o n a flat The house of the tollkeeper was board perpendicularly and prov o n the west side of the creek . ed unendurable to the intended

Many years afterward another wearer . bridge was erected at the foot In some respects matters were

O f a n d n Dock street , toll ceased better then than o w . About to be taken at the Kennedy the year 1 838 or 1 839 there was B r b ridge . efore the erection of but one pe son on the poor list H ON . G . B . D ELA M A TE R . o n in the this bridge Dock street the borough of Meadville , an d a n d o ne o favorite swimming place of men boys Also , with the drying up of the swamps a dis not in the t wnship of Mead ; the had b e en near this spot at a point called the ease called the goitre passed away . There former having a population of more than nine ” “ t h e Board Kiln . This was a portion of front were several cases of it in the earlier days of hundred persons and the latter of about twelve branch at no great distance from its junction Meadville , but it is now , I think , unknown . hundred . in with the back branch . I t derived its name No market existed those early days . F M D a nd OR E R A YS . from a board kiln having been burned there . The poultry yards vegetable gardens The front branch was in early days the larger needed to be well stocked against the con S C tin e n c ie s ketche s of E arly H is tory of rawford of the two , but a break in the canal north of g of the table . The productiveness

' C M l . in d a ou n ty an d e a dv il e town ﬁlled it with earth , thus diverting the of potatoes the fresh soil o f that y was

- ﬁ th e . O n e h n n d re d ve water into back branch noteworthy . and twenty B Y H I D E K P R ( ALFRED U O E . Among the pe culiarities of O u r neighbor bushels were sometimes produced from a )

o n e o f o n a n in hood were three prairies , them the quarter of acre , and those days potatoes Passing over with a brief notice of the ex d itio n in f e . . 1 e ast bank of the creek southward rom Mead were rarely poor ones . The vegetable garden p early the winter of A D 7 5 3,

a nd in ville about four miles length . Two was also expected to supply a good stock of of then Major George Washington , and his

e l e nti . others were northward , ach of them about medical herbs , for physicians were not p companion Mr Gist , who passed up French o ne an d in o n e e n one half miles extent , of them ful nor always of the best quality . These creek valley route to Waterford to de being o n the west side of the creek a nd th e herbs were carefully dried each autumn a nd mand of the French commander by what

o n the . other east The former commenced stored up against need . Dentists were of right he held that place; the blunt reply B N - CENTENNIA L E DITIO N TRI U E R EP UB LICA N. I 9

c o u ntr o n e . n u given him that it was held by order and tion of y ,, can conceive the induce a retreat The Indians , their guns being

in l claim of France ; the courtesy shown to ment Indians had to live that ocality . loaded , followed with tomahawks , but were

ﬂi c e rs f W o . m an ashington by the French ; and (his These forts were uni ormly round , the earthen afraid to approach near him The old

a nd in f horses having given out) the dangerous walls being some three feet high , which always insisted a terwards that just when he

’ n “ wearisome tramp back o foot of Washington the wooden stockade , originally driven , has was going to ﬁre , a low voice said don t ” a a n d his comrade to the Allegheny river; their long since disappeared . The interior is full shoot , whereupon , reserving his lo d , he W having to make a raft , from which ashing of little pits containing charcoal and ashes , thereby preserved his life . He was willing to

I n o ne m e n ton , by collision with ice , was thrown into where the Indians cooked their food . join with three or four who started out

an d o n in the river obliged to spend the night fort on the west side of the swamp , some pursuit of the Indians , but the latter escaped

e fre e z me in e . a n island walking about to k ep from il s south of the others and the forest , a by a tim ly retreat The wife of Darius

o f tre e s in ing , while his comrade , less fortunate , had number were embraced in the earthen Mead died this summer Meadville , being

a n his ﬁngers frozen; I proceed to comment on wall ; one of them , oak , which I measured , (except those occasioned by Indians) the ﬁrst

te n in . the valley of French creek , as it presented was over feet circumference I am death in Crawford county among the white

n an d o n . itself, includi g the island for a mile or sorry to say that no conservative spirit the inhabitants

a n e O n two above d below the pres nt city , to the part of the land owners has protected these the third day of june of this year james

a n B M c C o rm ic k first pioneers who came here . forts , and I doubt if y of them now exist . Findlay and arnabas were f I t is di ficult to believe that Indians , with As a problem for historians I would say killed by Indians while splitting rails for john H a le t 8 ns . their simple instruments , could ever have that in the year 34 , when surveying near about a mile west of the aqueduct ‘ e e cleared away such a for st as Guns having been h ard , search would naturally grow on such was made and they were found fertile land . The Indians alleged dead and scalped by their savage that the work had not been assailants . The bodies were done by them; a tradition among placed in one coffin and interred

i n them attributed it to a larger and the Meadville cemetery . The more powerful race of inhabit treaty of General W ayne with ants who had preoccupied the the western Indians o n the third

1 o n country . From relics turned up day of August , 795 , ratiﬁed in ploughing it would appear the 22d day of December that the common implements of brought peace so far as Indian the Indians here were the stone hostilities were concerned to

v war club and the ﬂint arrow Northwest Pennsyl ania . head . The interments probably Meadville , the county seat , indicate where the Indian set was originally planned in 1 790

n . O n e tle m e ts were most dense by General David Mead , but the of these w as situated west o f the plan was enlarged and matured

be lOw o in 1 aqueduct , six miles t wn , the year 795 by Major Roger

K n n f n . e another O a blu o the Fish Alden and Dr Thomas R .

I n e n e d . farm . a skeleton tak n from y The plot for the town this one , was found embedded a was divided into 7 5 squares , by a e a nd . ﬂint arrow , the probable c use str ets , alley s lanes The

I n a f m o f death . the valley a short Di mond was laid o f in the for

arale llo ram distance below the glass works of a p g , measuring was a funeral mound some ﬁfty 30 0 feet east and west by 60 0 l feet ong and some three feet north and south , designed for

e i . O n high , which , when lev led down publ c use the east side of

te n o w a few years ago , presen d sev this stands a large , commo

d io u s in eral skeletons and some Indian brick court house , built

in 1 82 p . S implements , now reserved 5 , planned by Mr trickland , B . n the Library museum y the of Philadelphia . O the west J A M ES J . S HRYOCK . side of o n e of the skeletons was stands the Episcopal church from ‘ a s m o o th S B O n , perfectly round hole some two or orrel Hill in the extreme west part of the plan of ishop Hopkins , of Vermont . the

a nd in r more feet deep a foot or so diameter , county , I came across trees that had been south stands the Unitarian chu ch of brick with

l z on o f where food had no doubt been placed for the b a ed a north and south line , apparently Doric columns from plan General George I 1 2 . . O n e D r deceased ; whatever it was it had disappeared with a sharp axe , years before that tim e , W Cullom the w st side of the a 1 66 through time . Another place of interment or from present time . Who could have mond , some half way between Center and ’ ‘ V an H o rn e s was across the creek near Mr . done this Chestnut streets , stood the ﬁrst jail , made

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. O n l o th 1 mill the of August , 794, james Dick strongly of hewed logs with a palisade pro I I M I S so n S te c te d ND AN R E A N . (known as cotch jemmy to distinguish yard behind it , the story above the jail

The signs of Indian occupation are far him from a namesake) , when seeking his being of frame work and used for a court

P m atu nin o n S E s more numerous along the y g swamp cows the farm of amuel Lord , q , was house , the judges having an elevated seat at

in . I n e n d a n than in the French creek valley the lat attacked by Indians ambuscade . H e was the south d a circular enclosure divid ter locality some years ago the remains of wounded in his shoulder , his hip and his ing the bar and jury from the audience . It

V a n what had been stockade forts could easily be hand , and while stooping , trying to see his was in this court room that Holland , the

, o n . in 1 8 1 seen some half dozen the east side and foes , a ball passed through his hat The old murderer of Hugh Fitzpatrick 7 , and

’ o ne . i in on the west As at the period these forts mar , with a shout of deﬁance , exclaimed David Lamphier , who killed a constable with S “ were constructed wild game was abundant , broad cotch come out of that you rascals , an axe when attempting to arrest him , were ” in . r a n d and millions of pigeons , as they did the and ﬁght us fair The Indians showing no t ied convicted , being as yet the only crim

e in als n days of my boyhood , annually visited this sec ass nt to the proposition , Dickson commenced ever publicly executed i this county . — 20 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N .

The brick building south of the Unitarian standing back from the road about half way fugitives stood trembling in their shoes until ’ ’ W ta “ church was built for the ofﬁ ce of the county from Kennedy s bridge to at r street was he added , if you did , keep on ; don t stop

e . . commissioners . When th y removed to the occupied by John Gibson The next house here

rt e W O n court house , President Timothy Alden used standing back ast of ater street with the southeast corner of Water and as a library for the books donated to Alle a yard planted with trees in front was that Chestnut streets was the store of Arthur Cul

in 1 80 S h e n . . H u id e k o e r . g y College , the building of the latter being of H J p , erected 5 It lum , the elder outh of this store was a

. S . I n then prospective . was a frame house with two recessed wings large barnyard of amuel Torbet this

o f S C H O O LS . North it was a plastered brick building yard was exhibited the ﬁrst menagerie visiting

In 1 80 7! an act was passed incorporating a used for a land ofﬁ ce . Here a large part of Meadville . When Mr . White , a young medi

a nd B u rc h ﬁ e ld in seminary of learning , James , the lands of the Holland Land Company cal student , entered the exhibition room a lion

B . Po u la . . James Herrington , John rook , Henry Rich four counties , and of the Pennsylvania p became greatly excited Mr White went

W l a nd ards, il iam Moore , John Patterson , John tion Company in two counties, were sold by home changed his clothes , but as soon as

H i k r B i . u d e o e . Limber and H enry Hurst were made trustees H . J . p , their agent oth these he reappeared the l on became so excited

A one story brick building containing two houses have been supplanted by new ones . again that the manager had to request Mr .

in 1 80 rooms was completed the fall of 5 at East of Water street , near now Pine street , White to retire again .

' B a rz e lla T Orbe t the southeast corner of Liberty and Chestnut was the next house , occupied by Across Water street was the once

. streets, where it stood for about twenty years . Goodrich , a carpenter , crippled with rheuma Hotel , which any citizen now living who ever

‘ I n S ins tru . . c tis m it the Rev Joseph tockton gave , but whose ingenuity made him the attended the dancing school of Mr Tobias in

in t e tion Latin and Greek , the hotel ball room will a n e a d the common branches memb r , as place full of

S . of English education . ome pleasant memories

years afterward Mr . Andrew Across Chestnut street ’ D e fﬁ ng w e ll taught a n Eng from the Cullum store was

in lish school the same build the Gibson Hotel , noted for

n a n d ing . I recall a amusing its order excellence , and

incident under his rule . north of it beyond the alley Wishing to punish a boy for still stands the frame building

misbehavior , he requested where the ﬁrst courts were

W in n o w Mr . ilson Dick , then a held Crawford county ;

pupil , to go out and cut a the judges , until the county ~ switch for him . The latter, was separated from Alle

he n thinking the errand rather g y county , coming from

a n u nd i n ﬁ g i e d one for a boy Pittsburg . The building was

of his size , after a long delay also used at times for relig

came back with two poles ious services . Across from ﬁfteen feet long and laid this building was the old log

them with gravity before the house , much sunk at the

e — t t acher the gravity not ex ends , the home of he Waab B tending to the rest of the er osler family , the origi O n scholars . nal owners of the island . R i e v . T m o th y Alden taught the east side of the street ,

a classical school in the north of the court room , was S B mall frame house two doors the home of Eliphalet etts ,

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e St . w st of Joseph s Hospi in his day the leading , if not

tal , and Judge Derickson the only , village tailor . S mall

taught one in the Clinton in size , he is said to have Cullum house and afterward been in early life one of the

n o w in in a house gone , about most popular riders horse O H N . J O HN PORTE R . a where the opera house now r cing , at that time a very M o o f t h e C o f M e a d v rl l e 1 888 - 2 ay r it y 9 . stands . common amusement . North

. . B l I recall when a very small boy going to a factotum of the village at that early time of Mr etts ived Gen . Geo . Hurst , a promi

very primitive school taught by a Mr . Doug Following up the east side of Wa ter street nent citizen , and northward across Centre

O n l ru n S e x W . a l m M a a w w ho lass Arch street The boys sat on low near Mill was the hotel of Roswell street lived Col . . g , built paper

a n d - f in benches the teacher used , to preserve ton , and connected with it was the o ﬁce of mills Woodcock township and discovered ” e a n “ S E s ord r, instrument called taws , made of amuel Lord , q , who at that time was the how to make straw paper, a process only

o n o f . leather strings fastened to a handle . I f a boy owner and lived the place now Mr known in the East Indies prior to his discovery .

' e a n d . I n M a a w s misb haved the taws was thrown at him William Reynolds common with many North o f Col . g house was the e an d S B he was r quired to carry it to the master others of that day the quire was somewhat dwelling of Dr . Daniel emus , who married W abide results . A spell of sickness shortened addicted to profanity , but when the minister a daughter of Mr . illiam Miles , of Union

e my t rm to a week and I am happy to say one day coming up heard him , and tapping City . Across the street was the home of John “ “ . o n S . I had no experience with taws him the shoulder said , quire , suppose Reynolds, who married the widow of Dr ” O L D O S S S I S H U E AND R E DENT . you skip some of those hard words , it is said Ellicott , the person who built the bridge over f O ne . O I close my article with a notice of old the remark left its impression on him . French creek leading to Kerrtown North

o n . e n ffi S . a n houses or residents Water street Near morning route to his o ce the quire saw Mr Reynolds , across alley , still stands the

e m e n o n where the freight depot is now , stood the res sev ral black the other side of the very old store of Major Harriot . Eastward H o n W idence of . illiam Clark , who I think street hurrying northward towards Canada . across the street from this store was the old S e i M ~ B . was ecretary und r the administration of Look ng at them sternly , in his stentorian voice Meadville ank , of which Mr Joseph orri “ ” in 1 8 2 . O n e ru n ? s n John Quincy Adams 4 old house he said , did you away The poor o was cashier . It has lately been taken

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h e n . g y county , and upon the organization of city The grand parade moved shortly after ’ 1 2th 1 80 0 1 an d Crawford county , March , , he was o clock along the entire route the streets

appointed one of the Associate Judges, which were lined with people , while in the principal ofﬁ ce (save during a brief period ) he held streets the throng was simply a dense mass of T E M A NNE R I N W I C I T WA S * H H H o n until his death . He was appointed a Major humanity , forming a solid wall either side

K an re . M c e . an General of militia by Gov . , and OB SE RVE D . of the street It may give idea of the

- n d i b . S a appointed y Gov nyder, and during the length mportance of the parade to men

1 8 1 2 - 1 in —T h e A dd r war of 4 rendered important service The Tr ade s P roce s s io n e s s e s . tion that the route of march was up Park

— a n d the defense of Erie . General Mead was U n v ei li n g of th e S tat u e P l a ntin g avenue to Randolph , thence to down — 1 C a k . a nd twice married; in 7 7 4 to Agnes Wilson , o f the e n ten nial O The Water to Pine , up Pine to Liberty , etc ,

m m . E tc . daughter of John and Janet Wilson; she died C o it te e s , E tc , that when the column had passed clear around

I n 1 6 W in 1 . 795 , leaving nine children 79 he the line of Park avenue , Randolph , ater and 1 1 th married Jeannette Finney , daughter of Rob Friday , May , was the day set for the Pine streets , the head of the column met the I c e le bra tio n ert Finney , by whom he had seven children , opening of the grand in honor of rear at the corner of Park avenue and Pine

s whose names are omitted for want of space . the hundredth anniver ary of the founding o f streets, showing the line to be about two miles

o n e in . s I will state , however, that daughter, Meadville and settlement of Crawford County . length The street and buildings were a

Elizabeth , was married to Patrick Farrelly , a The committee of arrangements and the sev wilderness of decorations and everything in

s b in w lawyer and member of Congres , and anoth eral su committees had been tireless their connection ith the parade was a grand and

e r f , Maria , his youngest , was most grati ying s u c c e s s . ’ married to William Gill , About 5 o clock a light sprin both of whom have de kle of ra in began falling

nd a n s s c e t well known in this and umbrellas came handy , city . but it was not heavy and

The following is a copy did not last long , hence the of the letter referred to as day may j ustly be recorded presented to our Historical as pleasant .

’ Society About 4 o clock in the afternoon a large crowd July assembled on Diamond park S l k z—W e are just inform to enjoy an O pen air c o n ed that the Federal troops cert by the No rthwestern at B an d this station have been and , certainly music ordered to march in a few never sounded sweeter than O f days down the O hio . it did on that occasion I t course the post will be is but fair to speak of the evacuated , and the settle excellence of the N o rthw es ’ ment of the country much i ' w tern s music , for t as cer discouraged . Therefore , we tainl y of a very high order . request that you will be I N I G TH E EVEN N . ’ pleased to order a su rjea nt s The celebration continued command of State troops to in the evening. The city B u t support the Post . was brilliantly illuminated should it not be in your and rockets , Roman candles power to grant us a ny re and general pyrotechnic dis lief, we wish you to let us plays were to be seen in o ortu know by the first pp every direction . G r e a t it n y what prospects we can C rowds of people thronged a nd have , also that you for the streets until a late hour, ward the enclosed letter and the enthusiasm of cele H ON . H . C . J OHNSON . without delay . bration continued until after in I am , behalf of the inhabitants , your labors for the success of the celebration , and midnight . h u m bl most obedient and very e servant , M 0 1? M when the city awoke on Friday morning its AT TH E A C ADE Y US IC . ” ’ DAVI D M EAD . people were greeted with o n e of earth s fair The Academy of Music was filled to over C O L N E e L To . . c o n est days , the beautiful weather seeming to flowing , Friday evening , the occasion being The foregoing letter is illustrative of the spire with the citizens for the success of the the evening program in connection with the

. a nd th e . times man . celebration For once at least Meadville was celebration

. B . M in G DELA ATER . holiday attire . Towering arches of ever The interior of the building was tastefully A green , gaily decorated with ﬂowers and na ado rned with ﬂowers , the gift of . Krueger , * tio n al c o lo rs h ad I n 1 80 0 , in . July , , he and John Kelso , of Erie been erected various parts of the Greendale conservatory

, county Associate Judges , held a court of of the city , while the buildings along the The following gentlemen occupied seats on Quarte r Sessions at Meadville for the counties H n : . . B . o . . principal streets looked like walls of ever the stage Col Compton , L . C a nd J of Crawford , Erie Mercer , at which time an d . B 0 . R e they appo i nted constables and supervisors of green ﬂuttering colors It was a grand each , . H Hollister, Hon . William y

. n o ld s . . highways for those counties , and ordered display and one worthy of the occasion , Major D . V Derickson , Hon . C . W ro ad vie w fourteen s . This was the ﬁrst court S ] . M c F a rlan d The visitors began to arrive Thursday and tone , Co James E . , George in e held Northwestern P nnsy lvania . This with the dawning of Friday morning addition Anderson , Rev . R . Craighead , Col . Frank Court was held in the old building n o w stand a i in crowds poured from all directions . The . . . ing o n the corner of W ater street a nd Centre Mantor , of Conneautville , Rev A A Liver a nd , . . trains were all loaded by noon it was , alley the property at this writing of J D more , John Fox , of Union , Mayor John Porter Gill , Esq . , of this city . in estimated that fully visitors were the . . . C o l . . Hon J G Foster, Alex Power, Jesse O B - B C ENTENNIA L EDI TI N TRI UNE REP U LICA N. 23

. h . t e S mith , of Titusville , A . M . Fuller , Wm Hope , From time to time other settlers came toiled that we might enjoy blessings of the .

. S . . , , They manfully contended with the forests , J L Henry , of Union John Marley of Green present ome of us know what life was F airﬁe ld I n B . wood , James rawley , of East , the wild beasts , and the more dangerous thirty , forty or ﬁfty years ago The children

' h s c c e e d e d C o n . rr o James Davis , of Mead , George Foster , of dians How t ey the present will of t day have no more conception of it than

. . an neant , Judge Crozier , of Conneautville , Hon answer From this small beginning Craw we have of the lives of those noble men d o f S A . S . Dickson , George Campbell , henango , ford county now has a population of nearly wom en who came here eighty , ninety or a B Sylvester Wilder , of Randolph , Hon . G . . within her borders are the ﬂourishing hundred years ago .

Delamater , David Ellis , of , Dr . Farrelly , cities of Meadville and Titusville; there are All honor to them , and it is ﬁtting that this ”Mead S - of Townville , Judge amuel Woods , of twelve prosperous villages; about two thirds mighty concourse of people has assembled to B . V a . . S . . . ; . Phillippi , W , Prof P ates , John J of the land is under cultivation the primeval pay tribute to their memory V e nan o bo ro n o w Shryock , A . E . Kingsley , of g , forest has passed away ; tens of thousands of We , who have entered on the second

E s . . . o n Joshua Douglass , q , Hon H L Rich cattle , horses and sheep graze the hills century of our history , have a work to per

W a n in . G . d . f . o mond , Hon . S . H . Findley , of Atlantic , the valleys; not a dozen log houses re orm We kn w the political and social evils ﬂl i S . . . a c te d . B rown , of West henango , Hon A G Apple , main; the roads are excellent; churches are with which we are We know the W n H o . . in S . S . B . . . Col . Dick , Hon Harper , A not only found the cities and villages , but preponderance of greed and the untold misery

H o n . . in a c B . . and S . eatty , Henry C Davis , M Park country places; free schools are easily it begets To eliminate ﬁrst extend that

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S . in . . , , ; , Davis , Hon John J Henderson Merrill cessible to every child the factories are charity which because of one common father m an m an R e v . T . D . Logan , F . H . Davis , Peter A . made nearly every kind of machinery; Titus hood , is due from to , is the work of

C a m brid e bo ro . Gage , of g , and the present

D . P . Compton . I f we do it as well as the pio At Mayor Porter was neets of Crawford county did

n W introduced by H o . illiam theirs , then at the second c e n

te n nia l and Reynolds , and delivered the , when all of us our address of welcome , which was children have been gathered to

: O u r o n as follows fathers, the future orator

' M AY O R PO RTER S A D D R E SS O F that occasion will voice the s e n

M tim e n ts W ELC O E. of the vast multitude by

F ellow - c i ti ze n s a n d G u ests of saying of us as we say of those “ whom we now honor , They ,

We have met to celebrate an too , builded better than they ” event that marks the birth of knew .

d e liv our fair city . Many of you have Applause followed the come from distant places to ery of the address . renew early associations a nd to Next o n the program was a join us in this Centennial anni selection by the Northwestern

O . ve rs ary . rchestra I n behalf of our good people A fervent prayer was offered

e . . . of Meadville I xtend a hearty by Rev A A Livermore , the w ill welcome to all . You miss venerable president of the Mead e S e . familiar faces . Your fri nds ville Th ological chool

' W - have grown old . ell known Then was rendered a selection

a nd A streets favorite walks have by the llegheny Glee Club, ” Pe e in m a been changed , but there are cer The p , a superb n

m n tain land marks which , amid the ner . The young e were

s re transformation of the past, warmly encored , and in response main , and without which you gave a medley , which was very would hardly recognize t h e acceptable .

Meadville of years ago . Mayor Porter read a telegram

The hills that surround this H N I A L I M D from several residents of Kansas O . H R M . R C H ON , S R . beautiful valley , though stripped City , Mo . , who formerly lived

— vrlle re of their forest, greet you as of yore the erratic , the Queen City , is one of the largest here , expressing regret that they could not be

C u sse w a o an d d . Mill run , the silent g French ﬁning centers in the world ; six ifferent lines with us at the celebration

O f e th e creek murmur as they did when your silvery railroad int rsect the county; towns are The historical address , by Hon . William

' locks were black as the raven s wing , and your all connected by telegraph or telephone; our Reynolds , came next . The address , which wrinkled faces ﬂush with the beauty of hope citizens are in communication with the world; was a synopsis of the historical article from

’ in he a r an . in and youth ; these remain , and you will y great event happening Europe , our Mr Reynolds pen , appearing elsewhere

in me witness that the famed hospitalities of our people would know it within three hours . this pamphlet , was listened to with much

- - an te re st . city are unchanged ; the latch string , a well We have able and well sustained press , throughout ’

e . a nd known characteristic of the pioneer s cabin , is there b ing seventeen daily , weekly and Hon Pearson Church arose said he

O u r in te lli still out , and we greet you . May your stay monthly publications . people are had for exhibition a copy of the Meadville w M h 1 8 an . essen er 2 t 0 d ith us be a realization of your fondest antici gent , happy and prosperous Could the pio g of date of May 9 , 5 ,

atio ns an W i p , and event that ll ever be pleas neers who wisely laid the foundations of this said when the paper was compared with the an tl - y remembered . glorious superstructure be called back to see Centennial ed i tion of the TR I B UNE REPU B LI

O n e o n c e n C A N it hundred years ago David Mead , with Crawford county as she is , this her , was made doubly interesting .

te nn ial n o t “ a n several others , began a settlement on the banks birthday , would they exclaim , We Mayor Porter here took occasion to

in of French creek , which was the ﬁrst the builded better than we knew nounce the program for S aturday .

. a nd m e n W e the county They were brave vigorous cannot respect too much those who After a selection by College Glee Club, ' “ ?” ff . s u ﬂ e re d a nd W they su ered all the privations of pioneer life hewed down the forests , who Who Was George ashington which , by N O B - B 24 CENTE NIA L EDI TI N TRI UNE REP U L ICA N.

“ ” the way , was so well rendered that the boys this delightful spot which they so fortunately the planting of that young tree . Yonder col 1 0 0 e u m n a n selected years ago . All honor to th ir of cold and lifeless granite , not as yet were compelled to respond to encore , and an d e the thanks of the speakers having been ten memory honor to the memory of those unveiled to the public , is intend d to remind who followed their leading and example . us of the century that is gone . This life giving dered to the audience through Mayor Porter , - its o u th They were all animated by the brave and and life receiving oak , in y , its vigor a nd in the benediction was pronounced by Rev . R . loyal spirit of the true patriot . Liberty and its growth , is emblematical of the years

freedom of conscience was forbidden in the that are to come . Craighead , and the assemblage dispersed . empires and kingdoms of the o ld world and a The o ne stands as a reminiscence of the

I B . C ENTENN AL ALL few brave spirits bid d eﬁance to the wiles o f forest primeval where the murmuring pines a n d i n d The Centennial ball at Libra ry Hall was a the monarchs and lords of fossilized Europe the hemlocks, bearded the moss a n an d ’ come over the stormy Atlantic to p lant in garments green , indistinct in the twilight - ﬁtting wind u p of Friday s celebration . The f “ the seeds of ree and independent thought once stood like Druids of old , with voices sad in ladies were attired costumes of the olden and action o n the broad continent of Amer and prophetic .

n f . a nd in time , a d the di ferent dresses worn were of ica A few of their sons daughters , The other will rear its head . as the begin unique pattern and much skill was exhibited spired by the enthusiasm of their parents , ning of a new forest where under the shade of C ame to this promising place and prepared its branches will dwell a newer race a nd with - in t h e u . make p of each The gentlemen O o rtu an d the delightful ways and the splendid pp newer customs habits . O r . n itie s a n . wore full dress suits The Northwestern which we now improve d enjoy I f it be true , as was once wisely and wittil y c h e s tra occupi e d the stage and to the beauti May their memory ever be cherished . said , that whoever could make two ears of two w B o corn or blades of grass to grow upon a fu l strains of music , old fashioned dances , as At the North estern and took p spot of ground where only on e grew before e well as those popular at the pres nt day , were sitiou on Diamond park , near where the would deserve better of mankind an d do more i n . indulged The names of the ladies who Centennial oak had been planted , and the essential service to his country than the whole in c e n appeared the attire of a race of politicians put together , tury ago as follows : Misses Maud then it is likewise most true that , in this utilitarian age , the one Roudebush , Helen Thompson , who plants an acorn has c o n O M c L ea n T ho m die , Adelaide p firmed a lasting benefit upon so n a nd , Emma Fowler , Hattie man upon Mother Earth , from which he receives his nur Thompson , Anna Davis , Hattie an d ture support . S Porter, Georgie ennett , Hattie During the y ears that are past S c Gill , arah Mc lurg , Margaret l since the sett ement of this city , S ton e roa d Cary , Anna , Marion the country has been denuded of its forests for the fitting and B L u tt e n S _ oileau , Lizzie g , allie W for the habitation and support of Sayer , Miss oodburn , of Frank its peoples . Yet , now on the an lin d . . . , Mrs . V M Delamater threshold of the second century S M A Y 1 2T H ATUR DAY , , of its existence , it is time to begin the cessation of any w a n The second a n d last day of the ton or useless d estruction of Centennial celebration , opened a nd trees , the authorities of the under the most auspicious cir S tate do now annually set apart ' c u m s ta n c e s , and at 7 o clock , a day to be devoted to the build ing up and strengthening of so when the ringing of bells , the important an element in our o f w h istle s a nd blowing , the firing physical and ae sthetical l i fe and 1 0 0 of the salute of guns , by happiness . B the College attalion , under The planting of this young in oak is thus , addition to its command of Major Kreps , was a n o f o u r marking of era , typical ; inaugurated , it was evident that common taste , and common a nd Meadville proposed to let every hope , of our common future body know that she was 1 0 0 prosperity . The oak is the Monarch of years old , and was proud of it . the Forest ; the patriarch of The salute was fired on the trees . vacant lot at the northwest cor B est of all adapted for the m a n n e r of North and North Main general uses and needs of , a n it is emblem of strength , streets . of beauty , of utility, and of dura A K THE C ENTENN IAL O . M A R D . V . D E R I K N t J O C S O . bili y . It is , therefore , peculiar Early on this beautiful morn ly fitted to mark this epoch in ‘ o n m u s rc ing a large crowd of people assembled rendered soon caused a large crowd to our local history , and to stand , as it were ,

o n the line dividing the century past , from Diamond Park to witness the ceremony o f assemble . the century to come ; and as it shall peren planting a Centennial oak . Mr . A . M . Fuller Members of the Centennial Executive ia i ts i n lly review its growth , its strength , V gor , H n pre sided and introduced o . Joshua Doug Committee and a large number of old citizens and its beauty through the grass as they pass , th e a n d lass , who spoke as follows of city and county occupied seats on the it will s erve to remind us , those who f a n d [ el lo w Ci ti en s : come after us , of this day its ceremonies , z platform . W e meet this Centennial morning with and of time as it takes its ﬂight through the Mr . Fuller introduced Joshua Douglass , th e pleasant greetings and hearty congratulations century , and at close of another hundred E s a n d q , as president of the meeting , he W i re stiv e i ts a n d — years it ll , in its p beauty , cast for one all grateful for the century gone , i a nd a n d grateful and trustful for the century to made a short but patriotic address , recalling, benignant shade over the th rd fourth f i . generation rom us , reminding them of th s come . This tree is planted to note the divid brieﬂy , the achievements of the past century , ’ i t W l ll day s work of us their ancestors , and ing line between the two decades , not as a an d I n o n the g ood work of the pioneers . c — a speak more eloquently than yonder statue . stopping place , but as a signal living wit e . H n lusion Mr Douglass introduced o . Pear i ness to the line o f the progress of the age ; The one will crumble and decay . Th s

so n a nd . to grow and flourish in this beautiful place Church , who spoke as follows will increase endure The one the work ’ where our successors m ay O pen the exercises Amidst the series of pageants that fi nd a of men s hands , the other the result of the W o f in th is n Almighty orkman who planted the first the next Centennial celebration under its place commemoration , the o e we tree in the garden . broad branches and glorious shade . have just witnessed is by no means the least ’ W e in o f plant this tree honor those brave , noteworthy . Then here s to the oak , m e n loyal , noble and women who unfolded It was indeed most fitting that one of the The brave old oak , their tents and spread their blankets first on memorials of this day a nd occasion should be Who stands in his prime alone ; - 2 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UN E REP UB LICA N. 5

And still ﬂourish he , now make way for other features of the pro must be uprooted by law and virtuous teach a nd h ale l . A , green tree , gram which wi l prove more interesting ings ere their seeds are scattered thei r in d iﬂ e re n e and e c . W . sins propagated by n glect hen a hundred years are gone Next on the program was “The American in e Marc Antony , his address ov r the body ' ” Hymn , which was sung by the combined a And when a hundred years are past our of the murdered C esar , said a n i o f descendants on such occasion as th s may church choirs of the city , under direction “ The evil that m e n do lives after them; in their turn sing : . . . , Prof F A Reynolds of the Conservatory of The good is oft interred with their bones . “ Music with accompaniment by the North A song to the oak , , no a This is t true in general sense , else

B . B . . The brave old oak , western and , led by F Nichols in would there be no advancement our race . Who hath ruled in the greenwood long ; . la w . . . . ’ Rev Dr V Reynolds led in prayer As a rule under the of the survival of the a nd J Here s breadth renown in e volu The North w estern B and followed with a fittest , it is the good that lives the , To his broad green crown ' tion of mankind , while the evil dies the death A n d his fifty arms so strong ; medley of National airs , which aroused a of the outlaw and criminal . We build monu ’ f There s fear in his rown popular feeling o f enthusiasm o n the part of ments to commemorate the acts of the great When the sun goes down , an d the audience . noble among men , while the guillotine t And the fire in the wes fades out, m em en t o v itae an d and gallows are erected in and H o n . . B . i sh o w e th A R chmond was introduced ’ And he his might a nd m em e n to m or z of the vile lawless . - : O n a wild wind night , spoke as follows O u r beautiful monument just unveiled amid When the storm through his branches shout . O N E HUNDRED Y EAR S A G O ! the plaudits o f a happy and prosperous peo I n retrospect how long seems the period of ple , commemorates not the vices , but the vir b n . After another sel e ction by the a d , Mr

I n a o . time spanned by that short sentence . the tues of the hardy pioneers of a century g Fuller announced that further exercises would e history of our race what changes have tran Their sins w re those incident to mankind , ’ I O . a n d be held at the Academy at o clock spired in the mental physical condition and are forgotten , while their virtues , their ’ M of mankind ; to the travelers on life s weary courage and patriotism will be remembered A T T H E A C ADE Y . l r thoroughfare how ong , drea y and tiresome long , long after our monument has crumbled y on e in The Academ of Music contained of seems that journey which spans its length into dust . the largest audiences ever assembled within that of three generations of men which The m e n of 1 0 0 years ago have left us as a o ne - n o t n e exceeds by half the allotted period of legacy only a country whose fair and fer its walls . O the stage wer seated members in in ﬁn itu d e human life , and yet the of time tile ﬁelds their courage wrested from forests th e f a n d of di ferent church choirs of the city, e it is but one b at of that great pendulum that and savagery , but they have also bequeathed a nd residents of the city counyt . vibrates between the eternities of the past an d to us the principles of religious an d personal n - e ta in At H o . William Reynolds made a future but one atom of dust lib rty , a heri ge far exceeding value the

O . “ wealth of phir or the riches of Golconda brief address and introduced Hon . John With Him from out whose hand The descendants of those m e n have pre fall nd S z The centuries like grains of sa . wart , Mayor of Titusville , as president of n served t h at legacy o the battle ﬁeld , and the : ’ . S z in the meeting Mayor wart spoke as follows And , although it may have been proliﬁc ocean s waters against the assaults of the most

We are assembled h e re tod ay to commem great events that have happened to our race powerful nation on earth . The principles of orate a n event which took place a century though during its period nations have been good for which they contended survived

i n - ago , the memories of which have been hand born , and empires may have died ; though the storm of battle and live to day , while the ed down from generation to generation to the the calendar of m e n i t m ay form a n impor ships and cannon of the contest are rotting on o n present time . tant part the pages of history , yet it will the shore or crumbling with rust and decay

. o f th e W hat a ﬂood of recollections this occasion soon be lost in the vastness of the future on the bottom deep , emblematic of the will call to the minds of many of you who The record of most of its deeds will be blot death of the spirit of evil that prompted the

n o n e . come here to assist i making this day ted out of the memory even of history itself contest . W long to be remembered . Like a name written on the sands of the hen domestic discord and civil war Friend meets friend and discusses by - gone ocean shore , which every approachin g and stained our land with the blood of northern e n d . e pleasures a pleasant reminiscences Each receding wave r nders less and less distinct , patriots , when the principl s of human free in an d — s o notes some change the other and each ﬁnally totally obliterates will the suc dom fought against those of human bondag e , a n c e e d in T he com ments o n the changes which time d a g years of centuries yet to come erase again the good prevailed over the evil . v a nd - progressive age have wrought in the locality every physical vestige of the events that have ﬁttest sur ived , to day our great national o n in with which he or she is most familiar . happened our earth since one hundred sin lies buried the g raves of those who

an d f . Friendships are renewed old d i er years ago fought for its perpetuity , and never more in O n a nd o n e e n c e s are forgotten . A renewal of friendship the pages of the records of the past any Christian nation earth shall manacl s f in is always pleasant , and when it brings with it future of our race it is but a moment lost and etters bind human limbs the servitude — a review of pleasant events of the past , the amid the hours , days , years , centuries and of slavery never more will men contend for “ . I n m an pleasure of the occasion must be increased eons of passing time the history of the the wild , the wicked heresy , that can a n many fold . present nations of the earth it is epoch hold property in man . m th e m e n I cannot myself bring to your inds any whose inﬂuence will be felt until time shall Verily , it is good that do that lives — in r pleasing recollection with a certainty of our be no longer like seeds scattered by the after them , while the evil is buried thei f r W of - o r r being mutually amilia with them . ill hand the husbandman strewn by the g aves . ’ u l leave that to other gentlemen who take a s mmer s wind , the events of the last century Nations , ike individuals , have both charac ’ in - e a o prominent part to day s xercises , and who have been sown , and successive generations ter and reputation . The one what they ’ no e all to are doubt more familiar with the county s will gather a harvest , either of good or vil , tu y are , the other what they are reputed ‘ h o n d a history than I am , having themselves taken from the germs t us cast the broad omain be . The character of a nation is but the g ’

n . e an active part in many of the eve ts which of man s future destiny The seeds of r ligion g reg a te o f those o f its citizens . ' an d - make up the history of this region . I will morality , propagated during its time , will As the rain drops of a summer shower , fall f th e o n a n d venture , however, to say that the past century grow beneath the ostering care of Most ing meadow hillside , collect in rills , an d i ts e a n d a re has produced two cities of which the county High , , long after ev nts are forgotten , torrents, rivers lakes , and at last g g ’ a n d m e n and in an d may well be proud . Namely , Meadville will gather from vine tree the fruits gate the rush foam of Niagara s

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. a nd Titusville . of its transmitted prosperity The thorns sounding waters , so the individual industry , ar a nd W a nd They e alike prosperous furnish a thistles of evil it planted ill be uprooted by artisan skill , intelligence morality of the fi ne in market for the products of the many advancing enlightenment and burned the citizens , when aggregated , gives the final char r farms surrounding them . The entire counyt fires of progressive expe ience ; their ashes , acter to the current of national greatness . As in v l is necessarily concerned the success and spread broadcast , will ser e to ferti ize the fair the courage of the private soldiers give

o f . prosperity their business interests . My wish fields of human progress prowess to the company , the prowess of the h m a O n t at they y continue to prosper is , I trust , this earth the weeds and noxious plants company force to the regiment , the force o f in a nd the hearts of all who have come here to grow spontaneously , flourish amid the regiment strength to the army , so the quali ’ in - e in witness and assist to day s proceedings . rocks and sands of barren fields and hillsid s , ties of courage and patriotism the individ A celebration of this kind does much to while the life - sustaining grains require the ual citizens form the reputation of the nation

' ' a nd te n c are o f . o i ﬂ a unite a people promo good will a d a careful husbandman S it s with a n d secure to it the respect due to its g . brings to them a realization of their common the mental and moral culture of mankind The general education of the people gives se ’ a nd interest in the country s prosperity . morality religion must be cultivated to c u rity to our institutions and be gets respect t and I feel privileged to extend to you all the the very ime of the harvest, while vice for our laws , while ignorance of the masses l i th e good will of the citizens of Titusville , and wil mmorality grow like natives of the soil , and leads to a communism that would convert O B - 26 CENTENNIA L EDI TI N TRI UNE R EP UB LICA N.

civilization of the world into savagery and ness of the new world , and it grew and ﬂour Through the land let the sound of it ﬂee;

is h e d . . th e barbarism . For this reason that hydra as if it was a native of the soil This Let far and the near all unite with a e S s in - ve rsifi e d o f a head d monster , ocialism , and its bred simile was by one the noblest p cheer, trio ts I n B Y whelps , Anarchism and lawlessness , must be of the Revolution , yet one whose name defense of our LI ERT TR EE . crushed by the iron heel of the law , or they has c ome down to us covered with unde T H E C e ENTUR Y PAS T . will devour the liberties and the rights of the serv d obloquy by the bigotry of the past , but i o f pe ople . his songs are a part of the l terature the The century just past will go down to his n 1 6 In this Ce tennial celebration we are not day . In 7 7 he wrote a poem that was sung tory as one of the most remarkable that have e e n th u s ias R only remind d of the past , but it is full of by the army of the Revolution as left their impress on the dial of time . e ’ ” “ B in . t e a prophetic visions of the future While we tically as was john rown s Requiem by markable the progress of hum n thought , th e d joice in commemorating heroic eeds of the Federal soldiers of the war of the Rebel in the advancement of civilization , in explora e o f the pion ers , the sound of whose axes first lion . I will repeat three verses this cele tion of unknown portions of the world , in the ' ’ bra te d e i th e a u th o r s broke the stillness of the forests that once song , without m ntion ng prominence of great men , and in wonderful 115 1 covered our beautiful valley and its hi des; name , that you may judge of its merits with scientific discoveries and inventions that now while we erect our monument in honor of out prejud i ce : make the elements do th e labor once only pe r th e d and them , present eserves our attention formed by human hands . W e “ I n O n e h u n d red ea rs a o future our consideration . should not be a chariot of light from the regions of day , y g but little was known

- - e B . so lated with our past progress as to overlook The Goddess of LI ERTY came , of the power of steam To day the steam n the present and future . Natio s are not per Ten thousand celestials directed her way engines of the world have the aggregate of m 6 anent , no matter how great and powerful And hither conducted the dame . 4 ;ooo , ooo horse power , and approximately th e l o oo o o o o o o they may become; but like the restless waters A fair budding branch , from gardens represent the work of , , . of men ; of the ocean , where wave succeeds wave , above , more than double the force of the working e W only to be broken into foam and bubbl s on Where millions with millions agree , population of the whole earth . hat may we e o f the shor , so do nations come prophesy the next century ? s d O n e l mn a r ed ea rs a o t and go , ri e in gran eur and y g bu lit in power, only at last to fall tle was known of electricity , ex fragments , to be cast up as cept as its destructive force was o n wrecks the shores of time . displayed in the storm cloud , O ther nations have l i v e d where it defied the control of n the whose gra deur and power have man . Now it is most obedi o f S been the subject the bistori ent of his servants . ubmissive ’ ’ a n s e n p or the poet s theme , to his commands , it illuminates and yet a few curiously - carved the nights of our cities with the f ragments of stone scattered on glare of noonday , lights our the plains of Palestine , or in dwellings with subdued and the almost impenetrable forests gentle rays , turns the wheels of of Central America , are now the our factories , conveys our mes o f th e ir f only evidence _ former sages with the swi tness of existence . They are fragments thought , and whispers the famil of wrecks cast upon the strand iar tones of affection into listen o f its infi nitu d e d w of time , evidence ing ears hundre s of miles a ay ins i nific a n c e and the g of man . from the lips that uttered them . It is not th e works of our W hat will it have accomplished f hands that shall live orever, but one hundred years from now ? ’ the thoughts or conceptions of O n e lzu n a red y e a rs ag o com arative l men . A principle of good once p y little was known of evolved from the thinking mind the geological formation of our ’ can never die ; a truth of nature s earth . Now science has delved laws once discovered is never into its secret caverns , and read n lost , but as centuries roll on the from tablets of stone there e ’ good will become better, while tombed and inscribed by God s the best will from a distance own hands the history o f our ’ ever beckon man o n with the world s creation . O n e h u n d red ea rs a o promise of its attainment . The y g the n rr truth discovered will , with u e stars shone as now upon the a n d ing certainty , point ahead to sunless earth , astronomers other truths yet concealed in the wondered from what source a n d arena of nature , the time came their light , and what was will never come when the last the fuel that kindled their g low o hidden fact shall be found , and ing fires . T day the scientist ’ man s researches ended forever , in his darkened room admits COLON E L S . B . D I CK . when the last unknown problem their rays through a spe c tro s shall be solved , and science will cope , and from a screen at his o f S h in have reached the very throne infinite knowl e brought her hand , as a pledge of her side reads the names of the chemical elements

a n d . edge wisdom love , they are consuming as easily as he would from ‘ f O n e Iz zn n /r ed y ea rs ag o the principles of a And the plant she nam e d LIB ERTY TR EE . a printed page ; or learns there rom that they re publican form of government were compar shine from the re ﬂected light of other suns . “ in - o i The celestial exotic struck deep the ground , O n e lzu n d r ed ea rs a o tiv e ly new t the world . The divine r ght of y g but twenty two ele Like a native it ﬂourished a nd bore; kings was a part of the religious sentiment of ments were known to chemistry , and from a The fame of its fruit drew the nations around all the nations of the e arth . It was sustained combination of these alone it was supposed by the w e alth of kingdoms and th e power of To seek out this peaceable shore . that all the beautiful forms of natural objects Unmindful of names or distinction they came , B t in . e . u e mpir s at last . the wilderness of were constructed Now science has discover th e For freemen like brothers agree; o n A merica , far away from pomp of courts ed over seventy , yet her foot is only the o ne a n d t h e With one spirit imbued , they friendship pride of a titled nobility , a germ of threshold of that great storehouse in which fre edom and personal liberty was planted in pursued , nature has concealed her treasures , and where ’ A nd their temple was LIB ERTY S TR EE . in the minds of the hardy pioneers , beneath are hidden the mysteries of her laboratory , ’ whose sturdy blows the wilderness was falling yet to be yielded up to man s researches . “ B e neath this fair tree , like the patriarchs of like grass before the scy the of the husband When another century has passed away , the old , ~ m a n . The temple of our free government little children that will play around our monu a n d Their bread in contentment they ate , in had been dedicated , though rude in its ment anxious expectation of the coming U , in i nvexed with the troubles of silver and gold w 1ll proportions and primitive ts architectural pageantry of another day like this , indeed a n The cares of the grand d the great . e o n design , yet its foundations w re laid the be wiser than their fathers , and will know a nd at ae 9t o f en principles of justice freedom , and the more of the causes natural phenom a than ’ O r l r m . storms of a century could not shake it . u o the east to the west blow the trumpet to the sage or savant of the present time ’ e in th e O n e lzu n o r ed eo rs a o tr e of liberyt had been planted wilder arms , y g we were separated B N - B CENTENNIA L EDITION TRI U E R EP U LICA N . 27

a nd " from the commerce of the old world by long The type then used was very imperfect press , and the engine , will continue to mold o f months of ocean navigation , that depended the presses rudely constructed . A weekly the opinions mankind , protect their rights n 0 0 and alone o the treacherous winds to drive the edition of 5 copies was a most laborious and liberties from lawlessness anarchy ,

- . . 60 0 i loaded ship across the pathless deep To day task Now there are over daily papers decrease the physical labor of men , and n an d in S o f hundreds of palatial steamers weekly go printed the United tates with a yearly crease the prosperity our race . And in e circulation of about a n d nearly - come , and like great shuttles b tween the the not distant future this God like trinity will e warp a nd wool of commerce , are w aving the weeklies with an annual circulation of decree that arbitration , not war , shall settle — destinies of nations harmonizing the c o n flic t To day by the most approved the contentions of republics an d e mpires; that m e n c 0 n flic t e ing interests of , and are fast hastening printing devices printed sheets are the cannon of unholy , purifi d by fire , '

. m o u d e d the time when wars shall be no more struck per hour, thereby scattering the news shall be into plow shares ; the sword s ’ O n e lzu n d r eo y ea rs ag o the population of of passing events as well as the best thoughts and bayonets into pruning hooks and the the United S tates did not exceed four millions , of men over the continent as plentiful as the noise of battle shall be heard no more . Then ’ “ - fi ve Pea c e on ea r l /a a n d d now it numbers nearly sixty millions , ex snow flakes are scattered by a winter s storm . the motto, g oo w i l l to ” d i e n W ? w a r ds m e n tending over a country whose vast m hat can be m ore ephemeral than thought , will be inscribed o n the flag of

f o n . A n d ver i l I s a sions reach rom the frozen regions of the It is but a vibratory action of the gray matter every nation , earth y y r b or e north to the southern land of pe petual sum of the brain translated by that in c o m p re he n 5 1 u n to y ou ef M e n ex t c e n tu ry s /za ll pa s s d a a nd a w a ti ns ro /wr w i ll be a n u lled . mer , and east west literally from the ris ble thing we c ll the human mind , it y p p y f lﬁ ing to the setting sun . leaves no more impression after it has passed Now let us for a few moments leave the o n o f o n and Daniel Webster, in his eulogy England , than does the voice the harp string the arid region of facts statistics and visit

“ - a i r . i said , That her morning drum beat following that surrounds it What can be more those realms where fancy pa nts her pictures ? n d . n w the su n , a keeping company with the hours , evanescent than thought unrecorded What in somewhat fantastic colors We are o circles the earth with one continuous an d u n more enduring than thought seized by the celebrating the ﬁrst century of our local exist ” B u t — broken strain o f her martial airs . we printing press and embalmed by the magic ence as a community and what is a century c an say with equal truth that Instinctively do we judge of o n the sun never se ts the posses things and time comparatively , B sions of this nation . etween both as to the size of objects a n d our Atlantic a n d Pacifi c bound th e duration of events it is a part aries there are one hundred de of our common education to o f grees of longitude , and during form our opinions what we do the longest days of our summer, not know from that which is when evening is casting her familiar to us . Let us estimate shadows over the rocky coast the length of our years and c e n ' tu rie s b c o m a ris o n of Western Alaska , morning is y p with those spreading her rosy wings over of some of our sister planets . the hills and forests o f Eastern W e measure our epochs of

Maine . And though no martial time by the movement of our

- f in r drum beat ollows the sun in its little earth the celestial orre y . pathway across our continent ; O nce it circles around the su n yet in this Christian land th e a n d it is our year; 1 0 0 times the matin song or vesper hymn and e nd le ss jo u rne y is performed and — prayer greets it through every it is a c e ntury a h event we cel

e bra te o . n e hour of its radiant journey . t day O hundred ’ ’ O n e l mn o r ea y ea rs ag o our s e aso ns c o m e and go a nd we population was principally con commemorate the history of ﬁned to a narrow border of th e ir deed s and the acts and o f states along the shores the lives of their illustrious men .

Atlantic All the west was an Yet , compared with the length in unbroken wilderness , save here of the years of other worlds a n d a a rs e l ins i n iﬁ there s p y settled town our solar system , how g v o r or hamlet , where ad ancing civ cant how great is a century ili z a tio n ~ was battling with a sav of our registered time , as we age people for the possession of may select other orbs as our a pathless forest . The waters standard of comparison ? Y o n d e r th e of our lakes and rivers , unvexed on very verge of our in by keel or rudder , slumbered horizon is the planet Neptune , the stillness of primeval solitude . whose lonely pathway is nearly

There were no roads or hi gh 3,ooo ,ooo ,ooo miles from our o i ways travel , and the only sun . A portion of our year it means of conveyance was the is a morning and then an even

- pack horse or the rude cart or ing star . It is the outermost th e o f wagon of pioneers . The member our solar system . I t borders of civilization were often GEORGE A ND E RS ON . is 85 times la rg e r th a n our earth marked by the ashes of the and performs its annual circle 1 6 burned cabins of the early settlers , whose power of its impress We erect monuments or revolution around the sun in about 5 of thresholds and hearth s tones had been stained of granite to commemorate so m e great event our years . with the blood of murdered women and chil or to render the name and fame of some illus Now let us im a gine that like our earth it is no w a n d o n dren ; towns cities are thickly scat trions man immortal . Centuries pass with inhabited by intelligent beings who count te re d across the continent to the very shores ceaseless tread and those monuments have their time as we do by the annual revolution

B u t . a n d of the Paciﬁc . Hundreds of steamboats trav crumbled into dust . , preserved by the of their world A young blooming e erse our lakes and rivers while the iron roads printing press , the incidents of the events th y maiden there of sweet sixteen , that is one of civilization cover the country like spider commemorate are as fresh in th e memory of who has seen the roses o f sixteen Neptunian

- m e n webs a summer meadow . To day we have as if they occurred but yesterday , while summers bloom and fade , by our measurement more miles of railroad than all the rest of the the thoughts of the distinguished dead have of time would be about years old; while o ne o n world , while the number of our steam vessels become as familiar as household words , and of those excellent ladies so common o n in e our lakes , rivers and the ocean waters ex repeated books or printed sheets will live this planet , who after thirty ﬁve y ars of celi c e e d that of all the other nations of the globe long after their monuments have vanished bate happiness never grow older , and who , W ~ . n e W S a combined hat may we not predict for and are forgotten . though so often reviled by ungallant p ' in o “ e n of o u r American enterprise the hundred years to T day it may be truly said that the p is per men , are among the most worthy P ” N t . S e e come mightier than the sword , the prin ing press institutions uch a one , if a resid nt of p ' ' O n e lzn n area ea rs a e y g o there were only more powerful than the artillery of a thousand tune , might w ll hesitate to announce her age - i battlé d forty six weekly newspapers published n the ﬁelds , while the steam engine moves as years , computed by our standar

S a nd o ne - u ns m a United tates only daily . These pa the world with the force of the lever of of time . While the cold blooded , y p a nd th iz in o n pers had a very limited circulation , the Archimedes . g old bachelor , who has shivered his editors of those days did not suddenly acquire And as time shall move o n with tireless weary way of buttonless linen and dilapidated e vast wealth as they do at the present time . footsteps this trinity of power, the pen , the underwear for ﬁfty Neptunian years , if, whil 2 8 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE - REP UB LICA N

, n visiting this planet , was asked his age , might star depths around us , but so many uninhabited his ha ds , and with Whom all centuries past — u well blush as he answered Well , on your useless constr ctions of Him who could have and all time to come is but one eternal now , a t e . ; e , earth , I would be about y ars old And peopled them with immort l souls and great and y

is the vanity of the man , and greater his ego yet , from the appearance of some of my Who sees with equal eye as God of all n o w in tis m friends of this class , whom I see this , who believes that this vast universe was A hero perish , or a sparrow fall ; ih made for him alone . The power and bene audience , the statement might not seem Atoms or systems into ruin hurled , v ole n c e C . of the Creator seems to be boundless , redible A nd an d its now a bubble burst , now a world . In Neptune a n infant whose eyes first saw and to compass all he has created within the light in early Spring , and around whose folds . From what man has already accomplish ed cradle were falling the leaves of autumn , ‘ we may form a faint conception of the possi While m an exclaims : S e e all things for la bilitie s . S would , as he there playing with his rattle ’ of his future cientifically speaking , y my use! 8 2 and teething ring , be a rosy cherub of of “ ’ m our world is yet in its youth or early manhood , S e e man for mine , replies a pa pered and every succeeding c entury will develop our years of age , while the ordinary Fourth of e goos . e xis te n c ie s July oration , comparatively , of our usual hitherto unknown truths, unseen , mv e l a n os . patriotic proportions , or average political It is now p y known to science that and unrecognized phenomena The opinions 1 6 in m m e n ih speech , would occupy about of our months some of the planets our solar syste are of will change as their knowledge O h ! in their delivery . What a field for ora nearly in the same physical condition as that creases , and many of the pet creeds and

f . o to ric al greatness does that planet af ord , and of our own Mars , whose orbit is just outside theories of t day will but excite a smile of I ts o n e what a pity it is that some of our prominent that of our earth , can be well observed . derision hundred years from now . c a n statesmen could not be transported thith er . snow line be seen to recede from its As long as this earth shall continue to be

equator as the summer of the planet advances , the theater of human life and action , so long “ Let us take another e xa m ple to our pur ” a n d as its poles stand at a n angle to the plane will m a n continue to advance in the know pose quite . ' ’ o f . ecliptic as do those of our earth , its ledge nature s laws The religious beliefs Nearest to our sun is that of the present will be modi beautiful little planet Mer ﬁ e d by the discovery of new o cury . From its size and p truths , as they have been in sitiou it is seldom seen with the past , and the world will the un assisted eye . At brief be better and happier th e re periods of each y e ar it is also for . Compare the terrible alternately an evening and a doctrine of what a century

’ T be r el r z é morning star , a shining cres ago was called u ' ’ ” e n t . t zo e u sl z ee o M e Crea to with a bright , white light j f r Its pathway is the belief in the awful doom m iles from our sun , and it of those born in the darkness re volu performs its annual of ignorance, who , from no 88 o f th e ir ow n tion in days , or about fault , had never S three months of our time . heard of a avior or the u m a n Now , suppose a yo ng atonement , and who were as in that planet had lived to guiltless o f disobedience to the callow period of d u d e i s m laws they never knew as — in that is , twenty Mercurian the babe the cradle to day —b o u r years , y time he would is guiltless of infringement of in have reached the age of five those our statute book . years , and would probably Compare the horrible creeds have the same ~degree of and dogmas of 1 0 0 years ago mental capacity o f one of with those now taught by that species fully developed an educated and pious m in o n istr c e n » this earth , while t h e y , and add another maiden of sixteen would be tury of Christian . enlighten four years old . The lady , ment to the experience of o n who , this earth , can say mankind , and what will be “ s h a lt ? to time , so far thou the result Verily the change ” m n come , and no farther , would will be great , and e will be only nine years of age . no longer be ostracized for ’ The bachelor of fifty would opinion s sake . The past w ould be twelve years and had its racks and instruments al t wo months old . The of physical torture to c o n l otted period of human life , vince men of their error. which the sacred page fixes To day those cru el a n d e at three score y ars and ten , bloody arguments are modi counted by the calendar of fl e d into obloquy and social

J OS UA nonum ss E s . that world , would , on our H , q ostracism , and the time is not ins i n iﬁ e planet , occupy the g far distant when ev n these

o f an d o ne - m e n cant period seventeen half y ears , changes of seasons must be very similar to will disappear and will extend charity to s be o r ju t about the time when a young m a n here ours . Mars appears to in a condition to others as they would have it extended to

o f and . in is longingly contemplating the potentiality beget sustain animal life And if life , them when the religious sects of the world A nd i . no t ? lip and chin A Fourth of july oration or a why intelligence if ntelligence , the lion and the lamb shall lie down together , political speech would be completed in fifteen why not immortal souls ? and the little child that was born in a manger a n in A a i n 1 sa u n to ou M a t minutes of our time ; average sermon I t is a narrow bigotry indeed that refuses to shall lead them . g y y ’ n x r s /za ll n o! a ss a a a d five , and a lawyer s plea , by our rules of court receive the demonstrations of science through e e t c en tu y p w y n ' no t n e t a e /z r c n u l le te le v t zs o he u l d . there applied , could possibly exceed fear of danger to some p creed or dogma , p p y f fi in v od of our minutes length , so you will obser e and the minister of t ay who, in his pulpit , And now one more thought in conclusion that the inhabitants of that little world have a scoffs or sneers at the demonstrated truths of e ’ er we part never to meet again as on this

o n e f - few blessings to compensate them for their scientific investigation , hundred years rom occasion . To morrow our pageantry will be ’ e e . S be phem ral existence cientific researches of now will recorded on history s page as a among the events of the past , and soon even o f i t the last one hundred years now most posi theological Dogberry , and will not need the its pleasant recollections will have gone from tiv e l B n y assert the fact that many of the worlds genius of the ard of Avon to give him u our minds . In a few moments this audience fi rm a m e n t in n m W that throng our countless u enviable notoriety . hen another century will pass through yonder doors never again to e c o n bers , are as well fitted by th ir obvious shall have added its knowledge and discover enter them in a celebration of another c e n te n d itio ns to sustain life as r 5 this comparatively ies to the treasures already accumulated by nial anniversary of the first settlement of this m iC ro s c o ic o u r p atom of dust which we call man , if we judge the future by the past , the beautiful valley , endeared to us because it is e s om e arth , and upon which of us are supposed footsteps of science will cross the boundaries our home ; because here we have spent the

. r to live It certainly would seem to the ﬁnite of worlds now unknown to us , and eve y suc greater part of our lives ; because here we ’ c e e d in d is c o ve i mind to be a waste of creative power to have g y will but increase man s dave lived and loved , and sorrowed over our in the uncounted millions of orbs that shine in the reverence for Him who holds the universe head . Here we have formed earthly projects

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' ’ w S th e e e n I B UNE- EPU B LIC AN Men , s arming like bees round a well ome paint and gay feathers y dare of the TR R be requested to o n . to stick an oo o o f chosen tree to print extra edition of 3, the Cen _ and Poor Indian , chant his misfortunes in m ten ial paper . The motion was seconded and “ O n the day that shall close that cycle of time , song . S h t h e carried unanimously . ince t ey ﬁrst saw light of this beauti “ B u t a thing that much grieves me is yet to be 1 2 ’ ful vale , At o clock the benediction was pro told n o n d u c e . . a nd A great concourse shall come with songs and by Rev Dr Jonathan Hamnett, O n a beautiful park in the heart of their city with chime , the audience dispersed . W here bright waters sparkle , where holidays To echo its praises , and sound the glad tale . hold , T H E X C IS S A T I M O E ER E D A ND PARK . W here lovers assemble , and murmur sweet The loud roar of cannon shall usher the ’ t As early as 1 o clock the crowd began to dit y , morning , W assemble around the. pioneer monument o n ith gay trappings the war horse shall They have set up a statue of that same pioneer s u n at rival the , W Diamond park , to witness the ceremonies ho , all uninvited , with no right to the in i Triumphal procession , a full hour form ng , tending the unveiling o f the granite pile which land , an d Shall move to the music of trumpet , ’ Has pushed , and has crowded , and set him will stand as a monument to our city s ﬁrst

u . dr m ’ self here , B 2 hundredth anniversary . y o clock , the A nd . “ C carried injustice with a very high hand The pri de of their workshops, the unning of hour set for the ceremonies to begin , about

smiths , “ And now the poor Indian , who always has people were assembled .

The fruits of rare culture , the growth of ’ lived here , The speakers stand was occupied by the their ﬁelds; And dreamed that his children would ever an d The secrets of nature no longer are myths , Centennial committee old citizens , the ! remain , They talk with the lightning and bridle a u mu Mayor and city Councils , nearly all of whom Must pocket displeas re , st wipe the sad steeds ! tear , wore Centennial badges .

’ 1 . ‘ ah Must go of this land not a vestige retain B You shall hear them hallo there , th e At the Northwestern and arrived on ‘ ’ swer comes well , “ Does your blood stir with anger at this har the ground and in ﬁve minutes more the From wigwam that nestles on far away ? C in rowing tale rowd had reached fully people , stream ; Do you clu tch the swift arrow , the scalping o A n d an d cluding the sch ol children who marched up they talk , they giggle , and easily knife k e en ? i tell ’ behind the band and took their pos tion di Tis vain ! all i n vain ! the horn hero would All the nonsense that maketh the stuff of a re c tl in fail y front of the monument . It was the dream . No ! a change of blind fate i was never yet largest public meeting ever held in Meadville

seen . They take some rough iron , and chunks of and as enthusiastic as any that ever occurred

' , cold steel “ n in in the history o i our city . The su his course , as he goes to his setting , A nd roast them in ovens very like to hell o n Nightly beckons us . to the limitless sea , C M O THE ERE NY . ﬁre; The caves of the lava beds have our last And they pound a nd they sweat till they e While the crowd was getting into position gre ting , surely must feel , ’ f . ’ Then good bye to this land orever and e e to hear the speeches , the band rendered a As Vulcan who forged for Achilles mad M B S . SA UEL P. ATE selection , following which the ceremony open i re . “ ” le M a 1 2 1 88 b n e , a . M e d e s e ttt d ed with America the school children join a vill was y , 7 , y ni “ an d And when all is fashioned , set upon o e e o m N o m e d . pi n rs fr rthu b rlan i in ng with the band the National air , Prof. F . n J o n d e d e in wheels , a. D avid a d h M e a visit this vall y - o n o a nd th e m m e o f 1 8 a n d e e e d t h e e fo r t h e P . Boynton acting as musical director . They feed c ld water, a little rough su r 7 7 , s l ct sit e e m e n e e e e n e d fo r th e p y o f sand; s ttl t , wh r th y r tur art President William Reynolds stepped to th e 88 . l 1 7 They touch a soft spring, in a twinkling it fee s c T e m e h o rse s lo w s a n d m e front of the platform and announced that the h y ca with , instru nts The breathing and wheezing as it runs o f n d b th e B d Ep e a nd C h i n k la e c e husba ry , y al ag l o f _ ﬁrst act would be the unveiling the statue , m o o s e a th to th e e e n i e th e m o through the land . All g h y r v r at uth o f th e ‘p n o na g which was done by Hon . H . L. Richmond ,

nd d . C o n n e L e th e e in Pe n n Then it whistles a screams from its hoarse aut ak , larg st nsy lva ia , at and accompanied by loud cheers . p re se n t a sum m e r wate r place . brazen throat , B e o n d P ma t u n in o o f t a m a ra c s Prof. H . H . arber , pastor of the Unitarian in its Ar u y g is a g r wth , Sends upward , circles and rings , hot wh i ch furn ished a ro o sti n g p lace fo r vast fl o cks o f church , then read the centennial hymn , com , breath , wild p i g e o ns which s o cro wd e d th e lim bs that o m e e e e o e d o ff e D o f And echoes from mountain return the shrill s w r b ing c nstantly push , which k p t posed by Rev . Thomas Hill , D . . , Port o fl e th e o e o no t n u a c ntinual utt r wh l nig ht thr ug h , note , e th e d n o i o f N . land , Me Till all is made vocal o ’ er the wide circling lik ista t r a iag ara f Py m a t u n in g was th e favo rit e asse m bly g ro u n d . o f h i n earth e Ind a s . Eternal God , thine endless years , T h e o il e d o c g . A th e ’ was lig ht with a t r h t sig ht Know n o t the shadow of a change; It tears down the valley , it plunges neath o f t h e fl m e th e I n d e m n o a s ians g av a triu p ha t sh ut , i m d e t h e a n d e re - e o n ! While our br ef days forever see mountain , that a hills vall y s ch ag ai H e e e n e e d t h e n i e fi re - o i o f S w a It laughs as it passes the cataract grand; r , th , is r viv a c nt w rsh p trange things give y to scenes more tIi e E — e e e n a re th e d e n o f h e s u n ast h r th chil r t . strange . , a It scorns at strong drink as it sips at the I D y .

f , ountain Ir. T he y cam p e d th e fi rst nig ht M a y ne ar A nd pleads by its strength for the cold t h e he ad o f M e rce r stre e t br id g e u n d e r th e wid e B u t every change thy mercy shows re a d in c e o f d e e e —l/ a n ’ g bran h s a wil ch rry tr . water band . ;p Thy goodness unexhausted wealth ; a 1 T h e I nd n e e f In each , we see Thy loving h nd in ia s w r atalists . It starts the morning , it scarcely knows n That still supplies our life a d health . where H n o . William Reynolds arose a nd said that n - fi nd and - The ight fall will it , resting place b the Centennial edition of the TRI BUNE - REPUB We less the Providence that led be , O u r ; Bu t IC fathers to this lovely spot onward and onward , like the bird of the L AN having been exhausted , if orders for T hat sh i elded them from savage foes a i r, three thousand more copies could be secured , And filled with good their earthly lot . Its wing never tiring , its course ever free . the edition would be reprinted . “ ’ “ S ” We pray the fathers ’ God to bless Venang o s bright waters may quench its first The ong of the Pioneer , composed by ’ thirst , The children , wheresoe er they roam ; . S . . B a nd ‘ Prof P ates set to music by Prof. F . Allegheny s proud stream , its nooning place To shield them from their hidden fose , A . Reynolds , was rendered by the church be , And lead them to a heavenly home . a n d S a n d , o f tw o usquehanna Delaware quickly are passed , choirs was followed by the singing ’ “ ” Help us to fill our father s place ; At midnight it takes a long breath by the verses of the National Hymn , America , the in . Help us to be all things true sea audience arising and joining in the singing of o n in Toward men earth , toward Christ “ o n the latter . , e , A hundred devices as mad as this heaven ,

1 in . W i n . A n see procession wind gaily along Hon Reynolds moved that the editor d do Thy will as angels do . - 1 CEN TENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N. 3

m ' . e n i e . Next in order was the mortal history in that decisive struggle With invincible made their way to t i frontier in e e her bord rs transpired events which changed They came not as explorers or adv nturers , SS O F SO . ADDR E JUDGE HENDER N 110 i the dest iny of the continent , and marvelously whose hasty departure left permanent m ’ “ F ellow c itiz e n s e llow P en n s l va n za m , el - , f y f affected the civilization of the world . press , but bidding good bye to the scenes of en low c ou n tr m , artic i a t y S urrounded by such inﬂuences , p p their early life , they brought with them their

- i th e m e n 1 88 W e have met to place a way mark in the ing in such h story , of 7 were families and their property , and established path of our local history— to erect a memorial thoroughly equipped to be founders o f new homes for themselves and their children in

n . to the heroic men who planted civilization i S tates . The time of their migration was the new country Neither the violence of

O u r . o f this valley . The beginnings of things are auspicious . local history began with the savages nor the rigors climate , nor their

S . always interesting , and certainly few could be history of the United tates The same year remoteness from centres of business and social ’ more so to this people than an event so far which heard the first strokes of the settler s life could deter them from their purpose . o n th e reaching and widely beneficial in its influence axe banks of the Venango , saw the B efore their vigorous blows - the fo re St S a nd as the founding of their community . tand adoption of the Federal Constitution the melted away ; from the presence of their cour a n n T he ing at the summit of the century with u b irth of a new nation . long struggle of o f _ age the warriors the woods retreated o f f ; , obstructed view the event ul years through the Revolution had ended in triumph peace further into the wilderness; humble homes ro fi ta w which we have grown as a people , it is p like an angel from heaven , had come to d ell sent their columns of smoke , like incense , ble to pause in our progress to contemplate into the sky; fields began to glisten with ripen nd the character a view the labors of those ing grain; tinkling bells marked the presence who laid the foundations of government and of growing herds; highways opened up the set in operation the forces which have pro country to commerce , and that which had d u c ed such wonderful social a nd commercial lately been the undisturbed haunt of the red life . m a n gradually unfolded into comfortable and S itting in the shade of wide spreading trees productive abodes of intelligent citizens . The f or plucking the fruit rom their bending men who achieved these results were brave in “ ” branches, our attention may well be called to the face of danger , given to hospitality , the labor o f those who in the far - away days sympathetic towards the unfortunate , loy al to converted the W i lderness into fertile fields and their country . Though possessing little gold a n planted th e seeds which now y ield their in they were rich faith and hope . Animated nual tribute o f blossom and fruit . The culti by an adventurous spirit, they belonged to vation of reverence for our ancestors and ap that race who , with faces set toward the west , preciation of their toils and sacrifices and a advanced step by step , bearing the banner of just estimate of their moral worth produces in liberty , exploring mountain and valley , and our minds higher sentiments of patriotism , paused not until the golden shore of the Pa f clearer apprehension of the t rue objects of li e c ifi c flashed the sunlight into their astonishe d e and firmer resolutions to exert some nergy , vision . The pioneers and explorers have de at least , for the promotion of the general wel parted . Their work has been accomplished , fare . but as long as there are happy homes a nd in It is true that a vague and general way free people memory will turn with gratitude we are never indif erent to the benefactors to their services to their country and to their " who have preceded us , but we need the n fellow m e . presence of some visible witness to quicken B u t the conquest of nature is not the high our feelings , and to speak to us from day to ' est claim which these men have upon our th e a c h ie ve m e n ts — day of of other years to n grateful consideratio . The log cabin , the remind us o f those early sowers into whose a nd cultivated fields , the gathered harvests harvest we have entered . e contributed to their physical welfar , and n Here , therefore , o the soil where they first t made easier the labor of those who came rested , amids the scenes of their struggles ' after them; but their chief merit lies in the and sacrifices , and near the spot where their fact that they e xhibited the moral qualities in bodies lie buried , the presence of many of which fitted them for founders of society , and their descendants and a multitude who ack n o wle d e that they brought with them those ideas of g themselves their debtors , we pre and law , order , and justice , and religi on serve in enduring granite the memory of the , pioneers and set up a perpetual memorial of which have left their impress during the c e n tury . Whatever advantage may come from their work and worth . I count it a fortunate fact in their history material good conferred , he is the benefactor of his kind and most entitled to the dutiful a nd that of the community which they found re g ard . o f posterity who seeks to elevate the e d that they were Pennsylvanians . s Among civilized Commonwealths Penn intellectual and moral condition of his fellow . sylvania has from her earliest settlement been As soon as the demands for subsistence

S , entitled to stand in the front rank . The pirit of were met the settlers addressed themselves

liberty , charity and peace which animated the to providing the means of education for the statesman and philanthropist whose name she young . The spirit of inquiry and desire for m d e and bears , in fused itself into the public ind , knowle ge which the xcitement discus in found expression the laws enacted , and hap sion of the Revolution produced , followed pily influenced the great career o n which the them to their western homes a nd stimulated m i S . them to ake provision to the extent of the r new tate was entering With the first URE F T H E PI ONE E R F I G O i e Constitution of Pennsylvania were intro ab lity for the education of their childr n , and d u c e d it is a remarkable fact that in a few years those principles of free govern E r e c t e d o n D iam o n d P ark . fi ment, the right of suffrage , trial by jury , after the rst settlement was made , while the o f u n a rale lle d r and freedom the press , which are in the land ; a new era of p enter count y was for the most part unbroken

20 0 ris an d th e , , still , after the lapse of years , our se p e hope dawned upon new Repub forest with little means but with great faith a a n c u rit . B O y and pride Attracted by the religious lic . y the adoption of the rdinance of charter was procured for institution of

e 1 8 , tolerance and fr edom of individual action 7 7 , the Northwest territory , then compris higher education and the buildings which o ffe re d h ard bra ve libe rt S which the colony , y , , y ing all the public land of the United tates , look down upon us from the hill tell the in e a nd o o r o f a nd loving emigrants great numbers , sought an was forever dedicated to fre dom pp story that enterprise the result of that

S im . asylum within her borders . By a process tu n ity was given to all who desired to settle faith ila r in w B e n e ﬁc e nt re to that which blended various people on the unoccupied land of the Common ealth , however , as have been the re m ark a s u lts d iﬂ u sio n England , and gave us the high type of Anglo and the Republic . Then began that of those early efforts for the of

' S S k n o w le d e that axon life , the union of wedes , Danes, Ger ble movement which advanced the picket g , to which we owe most for E n lish an d mans , g , other European people gave line of civilization far westward into the our growth and prosperity and happiness , is er e to the colony a homogeneous population long wild ness , and op ned up the fertile valleys the religious inﬂuence which came with the

. w n an d before the Revolution The stirring events of of our o region , and the wide expanse of settlers gave tone and color to all their

the colonial period developed a sp irit of the North w est to the habitation of the hardy intercourse . in liberty which made Pennsylvania a prominen t settlers . Across mountains , through forest The Christian religion was , the colonial c in an d im and a tor the Revolution , gave her an pa ths, over unbridged streams , resolute days , as it is now , a part of the common law — 32 CENTENNIA L EDITION TR IB UNE REP UB LICA N .

s ' of Pennsylvania . The people then were base of the monument , President Reynolds my friends , that there is a widenes in God s e r , W mercy lik unto the wideness of the sea . st angely imbued with religious sentiments introduced Judge S amuel Woods, of est a nd all their thoughts of liberty were associ ated with their sense of dependence upon a Virginia , whose remarks undulated from the The ceremony was closed and the thou la w an d extreme of pathetic eloquence to mirth pro n t S upreme B eing . This these ideas sands ofpeople turned their attentio to get ing v kin - a they brought with them to their western o g wit . Judge Woods is grand look a better view of the monument , while the n e . O n T he home of their ﬁrst concerns was the ing man and a able speaker . following band delivered a closing selection . Many and providing means of worship , that aspira in u was s bstance , what he said tion which guided them in all their e xpe ri lingered about the park during the entire e n c e s M y ellow c itiz e n s : I n , which modulated their triumphs , miti f looking over this afternoon , while others dispersed about the t f gated heir de eats , has been to thousands vast sea of upturned , happy faces , full of hope city . an d f who succeeded them a consolation and a joy . li e , I recognize not a single one of all The closing ceremonies of the grand cele The great principles o f our government are the loved ones I knew here forty years ago . o n in n founded upon relig ion . I t is our strong wall Time rolls its ceaseless course and all is bration were conducted the evening , o of defense , the cable which holds society at changed . You will not expect me , under the Diamond park , where the Northwestern Band her moorings . They builded wisely , there circumstances , to present to you anything like rendered one of its m ost delightful open air e . fore , who made religion the corner stone of a conn cted address or savoring of oratory concerts before an audience of thousands o f their social fabric . P olitical equality , exact As I journeyed over the mountains on my

. o f justice , organized public charity , and general way back to your city , my heart swelled as spectators Thus closed the observance ’ l . education have nowhere been attempted ex I reca led the happy days of my boyhood I a n Meadville s first hundredth anniversary , d cept in a Christian country . thought perhaps all those things that came so as the curtain in the great drama of life is The monument we have erected looks two vividly before my recollection had certainly ’ t rung up o n our ciyt s second centu ry it finds ways; it not only calls to our a tention those been forgotten by everybody else , but I was who laid the first stones in that our people happy a nd prosper mighty structure of which we ous , ready and willing to retu rn form a part , but it also faces the ’ to the sterner duties of life s re f o h uture . To the present and u ire m e n ts coming generations it stands n o t q , fully satisfied with ’ c e only as a memorial, but as a the result of their city s n te n t monitor . It represen s the cour — nial celebration . age hardy as its own g ranite and the faith , immovable as its — W H Y A M o w n foundation o f our an c e s THE Y C E . a nd f tors , tells of their e ort for i H o w F s t P s H a civilizat on . It also reminds us the ir io n eer p that the second century brings p e n e d to S t a rt fo r W h a t is greater opportunities than the n o w M a e e dvi ll . first . It suggests to us the value a n d of liberty law , of order and B Y H O N . O S . O ( TH VA N H R NE . ) a nd peace , of home country , and bids us guard our priceless herit Charles I I of England granted age with the utmos t fidelity . to the governor of Connecticut I n entering o u the second cen all the land of the width of th e tury of our history let us , there state , from the western boundary fore , cheerfully and hopefully contribute our share toward the thereof through to the Pacific ‘ further elevation of mankind . ocean . A grant was also made

President Reynolds , at the by the same monarch to th e ’ conclusion ofJudge Henderson s Penns for the land within th e address arose and said boundaries of this S tate . Penn “ F e ll ow c i tiz en s —S - x ixty eight afterwards acquired the title years ag o o u r fathers laid the cor from the Indians . - ner stone of Allegheny College , i and when they did so they placed Cornel us Van Horne , David , c o nstitu therein a history of the John and Joseph Mead , Christo a n d tion other articles, to be S z R an pher nyder, James Fit opened only when the building o no w d lph , Thomas Grant, John is destroyed . We propose to send the history of what has W ats on and Thomas ‘ Martin taken place to - day a n d during were among those w h o had this celebration to future genera to H N . J . D O OH N J H E N E RS ON, acquired title from the Penns tions . It shall contain the full lands in the Wyoming valley . of c o f P e d e d e T e d D s history this o casion; the r si nt J u g hirti th J u ici a l i tri c t . pioneers of our city a nd county During their occupancy th e

“ a nd of what has been in the past century . After astonished last evening to learn that my dis Connecticut claimants came in and seemed o ne tin u is h e d this is done I wish to introduce to you who g friend , [meaning President Rey determined to oust the Penn claimants a nd no ld s has come here to visit us , who used to ] , had transferred the greater portion to ” from their possession . This proceeding gave . a n d H n live here forty years ago history , this morning the speaker , [ o .

. . B . R rise to much trouble and some bloodshed A ichmond ] , robbed me of all I wanted At the conclusion of the remarks of Presi — in to say robbed me even of my poetry and While this conflict was progress , the Revo dent Reynolds the articles alluded to , which every little thought , leaving me only a beg lu tio na r and ” y war broke out , and this great in - garly account of empty boxes . had been previously placed an air tight u important event , in a measure , swallowed p copper box a n d this box in a larger box The speaker kept the audience laughing the minor d ifli c u ltie s of the Connecticut and e in e for a few minutes a nd closed by saying made of granite , were plac d a rec ptacle “ Penn claimants . in I t does my heart good to look in your prepared the base of the monument . This fl se y o u The result of the con ict between the faces and feel that are my countrymen . box , it is but just to say , was the gift of Messrs . adverse claimants was that the Penn parties We enjoy the shade of these spreading trees , A . Grindrod and . P . Hailwood , who built - J to day , and my heart swells when I remember were driven out a nd they were obliged to lo o k

. the monument foundation It is made of that I was here when they were planted ; yes , r elsewhere for homes. S ome of the numbe

. e . when the holes were dug I remember when granite slabs , dovetailed togeth r and sealed e o f l — had seen , or heard of, the r port Colone the Episcopal church was built the old o ne It will last for countless ages . in a nd Washington to Governor Dinwiddie , which in it I learned the catechism . I am now f bo x i n th e A ter the placing of the historical the a Methodist class leader, and I do thank God , mention was made of the ﬂat lands along - CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UN E REP UB LICA N. 33

R v REV TI M OT A L D E N D . e . S , . D . in banks of French creek i n this vicinity . At . H Y , colleague with amuel Haven D , S that time French creek was known as Venango the outh Presbyterian church of Portsmouth ,

A H 20 1 . o t h e a . . . n e e rs abo ve T h e S to ry f L bor s of D r l den N , November , 799 He was honor io . river . The nine p referred to P 1 th an d H is A s s oc iat e s in t he ou nd ably discharged from his pastorate July , joined company at Sunbury , Westmoreland s

C . 1 80 f l an in g of A lle gh en y oll ege 5 , was a terwards principa of academy county , and journeyed through the wilderness s until they reached the Allegheny river about for both sexe in Portsmouth; of a young ’ C . S . i n t n an d B Y . A E B os p , of opposite where O il City n o w stands . They ( J H Y ) ladies academy the young ’

in . . followed down the rive r to a point opposite The subject of this article made his appear ladies boarding academy Newark , N J

M in Fort Franklin where they crossed , and after a ance amongst the people of eadville the From there it would appear he removed to

in 1 8 1 . in . an d Meadville the year short rest started up French creek canoes early part of the present century , at once 5 . They landed near the mouth of Mill run o n embarked in a n enterprise which many The population of the town at that time

' an d th e ﬁ rst B u t 666 the east bank of the creek , slept thought was a visionary project . the amounted to but , a very small number B u t n o t So m a n to start , build and sustain a college . night under a large wild cherry tree . ovement stamped upon that generation tli e much has been said about the movements of evidence of zeal in education that stands u n par withstanding paucity of the numbers that a n in the early settlers after their arrival on May alle le d in the h istory of colleges . That could be expected to take part an enter o f 1 2 1 88 o n institution of the magnitude of Allegheny Col prise so gigantic as the founding a college , , 7 that it would be mere repetition n m d is c o u ra it had no discouraging effect o Mr . Alden . m y part to say anything about it here . Years lege should grow up a idst such g h is after the settlement had been made at Mead ing circumstances a nd become the outgrowth The outlook did not appear to dampen l . of such small beginnings , is astonishing to all ardor Noteworthy as to his zea and ability ville , the title to the lands in dispute in the

B ENTLE Y H A LL, A LLE GH EN Y COLLE GE .

i i in Wyom ng valley was settled in the courts n conversant with its surroundings . I ts growth infusing encouragement into all around

b V a n m an ej ectment etween Cornelius Ho e and progress shows what indomitable zeal him , is the fact that a meeting was at once

— fe asi and John Dorrance and the case is reported and effort will accomplish . This success called for the purpose of discussing the

n at length i 2 Dallas page 30 4 . W a s all owing to the vigor infused by the man bility of the undertaking . He had interested

' re stan d s a t in E s It was determined in the action above whose name the head of this article , the project John Reynolds , q , the father

i n R e v . . . . D . m a n ferred to that the Penn claimants had the bet a name that should be prominent this the of J V Reynolds , D , a of abil ’ e Pe n ns l to ter title , but the commonw alth of y ﬁrst year of Meadville s Centennial . ity and character, who was always known vania did not enforce the decree of the court Genealogical history makes him to be a be ready a n d willing to enter upon and assist i an . s was and put the Penn claimants into the posses lineal descendant of John Alden , who landed in y good work H counsel and aid

h 1 6 20 an d 1 t . sion of the lands which rightfully belonged on Plymouth Rock , November s , always invoked heartily given to every 28th 1 1 to them , and from which they had been so Timothy was born August , 7 7 , his project having for its obj ect the advancement

l a rn in . . o f e unceremoniously driven Instead of perform father being Rev . Timothy Alden , who was a g or religion The meeting was s 20 h 1 1 and o n t 8 . ing this act of justice , the authorities of the graduate of Harvard the pa tor of a held the evening of June , 5

' S t th e s a nd ate caused lands to be appraised , and Presbyterian church in Yarmouth , Mas , Major Alden , a distant relative of Timothy

many years afterwards , when most o f the whose mother was S arah Weld , a lineal de Alden , was called to the chair , and John

R v ad s c e nd ant . e . actual owners were old men , paid the amount of John Fox , the martyr . The sub Reynolds chosen secretary Alden

of e c t e an d the appraisement over to the Penn claim j of this sk tch was also a graduate of Har dressed the meeting , so ably did he set

ln 1 a nd e n . an d ants lieu of lands vard of the class of 794, was ordained a forth the feasibility advantages of the - 34 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N.

an t e rpris e that he induced the handful of men The history of Mr . Alden is so intimately sired to build up institution for the beneﬁt present to zealously enter up on its p ro se c u blended and united with Allegheny College of their children and their posterity . They

in : tion . A preamble , set of resolutions and plan that for all those years they are one and were as follows Major Roger Alden , Hon .

O f o f o n e B . H o n . . f o f operations were at once adopted , an outline separable . necessity the history is John Wallace , Wm Gri ﬁth , each

' 0 0 S a nd L e was drafted of the institution , and it was bap the history of the other . gave $5 ; amuel Lord Daniel ” z “ in 2 2 t i e d Allegheny College , when fact there After procuring a library such as had been fevre gave 5 acres of land , valued at

o f t h e in . B . . H u id e k o e r was nothing it but conception of it obtained , the erection of suitable buildings Dr Daniel emus , H J p , Daniel the brain of its projector . was the next thing in order . For several Lefevre , General David Mead , Hon . Jesse and S The meeting was not blind to the fact that years the students were taught in various Moore , John Reynolds Jared hattuck ,

e in 0 0 . S means were nec ssary to carry their plans to places , sometimes the old frame court each $3 ; Hon Patrick Farrelly , amuel ” a B a successful issue . A committee was p house , under which prisoners were kept in . Magaw , Col . Ralph Marlin and James 2 S a . 0 0 1 0 pointed , therefore , to procure a charter and j il , and to which old Mr Throop carried White each gave $ ; amuel Torbet , $ 5 ; R e m - 1 20 in open a subscription book . The latter was the keys as jailer . That stood on the Dia Timothy Alden , $ , books; James

in . 1 1 0 . placed the hands of the John Reynolds , mond , on the corner of the alley which Judge T Cummings Co , $ ; Thos Atkinson

. . 1 0 0 B ts who was appointed treasurer Dr Alden De rickson occupied for so many years , next and Henry Hurst , each $ ; Eliphalet et ,

an d S 60 was to visit the eastern middle tates to to his residence . At other times the classes $7 5 ; James Foster, $ ; Daniel Perkins , ’ l a t . . solicit money and donations of books for the were called together Dr Alden s residence , $5 5 ; Moses A len , James Hamilton , Rev e mbryo college , a task which Robert Johnston , Alex . Mc

d nial an d e . required much self Dowell , Jos Morrison , Alex . labor at a time when rail Power and Wm . W . White ,

and 0 0 roads , steamboats, all each $5 ; John Cotton , $4 ;

‘ modes of fast locomotion , Lewis Weill , $ 35 ; David B u t a c 0 were unknown . he Compton , $ 3 ; John John c e te d p the duty and perform ston and Noah Wade , each ed it in a spirit of vigorous $ 20 ; Hugh Cotton a nd Hugh

O n 2d r 1 0 alacrity . the of March Cotton , J . , each $ . ” f r “ n ollowing he wrote the t us When we co sider , says tees that he had collected the historian of that day , 6 1 in “ $4 in money , that Crawford county was

s a n d in book , land . but sparsely settled at this

a nd n o t He had also secured amongst time , had recovered friends many promises to do from the effects of the war 1 8 1 2 nate books which were fully of , we must confess this r realized in good time , giving subsc iption exhibited a spirit to this college the most val of very generous and rare ” u able college library proba liberality .

O n th 1 820 bly then existing in the Unit the 5 of July , , ted S tates . the ceremony of laying the The college ediﬁce was to corner stone of Bentley ” ” “ B in in be called entley Hall , Hall took place , which

c o n gratitude due to Rev . Wm . Dr . Alden took a very B entley for a m u n iﬁc e n t be s pic u ou s part as a Master

o f quest books made at his Mason , for it was laid under demise , said to be the most strict masonic rules and regu

la i n rare theological works in this t o s . I t is said to have country and valued at $30 0 0 . taken place in the presence ~ B a . Mr . entley was a divine of of large concourse of peo

S s alem , Mas , born in B oston ple from Crawford as well as

n a d ordained over the S e c the adjoining counties . A o nd fo rnf e d Presbyterian church in procession had been ,

1 86 an d ULI N S A LL A LLE EN COLLE E . 7 , died suddenly in H G H , GH Y G headed by Marshals and the 1 8 1 9 , leaving his cabinet and committee who had selected

o n library to Allegheny College . which stands East Pine street, upon the the site for the building , who , on reaching ’ m S t . . Many other valuable donations were made west side of Joseph s Hospital the ground , found it handso ely decorated ,

S . the college , purely out of the regard of the The committe appointed at the ﬁrst meet and amuel Lord , Esq , the donor , handed

e m u n iﬁ e n t in 1 8 1 . . c r donors for Dr Ald n The most ing held , 5 had , by dint of much labor over the deed for the premises to the t ustees .

H o n a nd f m in of these was that of . James Winthrop , persuasion , procured a subscription of After much or ality properly disposing of

D . s LL . , of Cambridge , Mas , who gave his which , together with granted many articles , which will be great curiosities S library , consisting of volumes , valued at by the tate , encouraged the trustees to erect when that corner stone is opened , the cere

. in 1 820 m a Rev Winthrop was born at Cam suitable buildings , and the ﬁrst step monies were concluded by speeches and

s A 8 1 2 in : i st O bridge , Mas , pril , 7 5 ; graduated at was taken this work . tions by the students , Hebrew ration ,

1 6 a nd n 9, o n . . , so 2d Harvard 7 possessed a high reputa I must be allowed to place record the T J Fox Alden of the President; ,

. e O . . d ra tion for scholastic attainments He devoted nam s , with the amount given by each of Greek ration , A M White; 3 , Latin O

r a nd m e n . . th O most of his time to litera y pursuits, par these generous , and , be it remembered , tion , R W Alden; 4 , German ration ,

r tic u la l . m e n th O y to ancient and modern languages that no rich had as yet come out to David Derickson ; s , Poem on the ccasion , ’

. 6th o n I t will be readily observed that Dr Alden s speculate and grow richer by investments in 0 . Tay lor; , O ration American Inde “ ” m e n n n n h o n friends were among the most scholarly a d . e d e c e . . t , corner lots coveted tracts of land p , T J Fox Alden; 7 Address in ; in . . 8th S o n l of his day hence the pride he always took Having probably acquired a home here War, J W Farrelly; , peech the Fa l ‘ . o f ae M an d a n pursuing similar studies what was then called the backwoods, they de C sar , David . Farrelly ; , ﬁnally , - CENTENNIA L EDI TION TR IB UNE REP UB LICA N. 35

and “ address on the occasion by David Derickson , the scriptures , , when convenient , with duelling pistols which he laid upon the table , S s c are l n e c es singing . uch rules will y be , Esq . The only survivor who took part in demanding that Foster should take his choice

in . e . th en an d these exercises is the Hon . David M Far sary these days Teachers never exp ct and there across the table settle their

f , f an d f pay and singing orms the largest part of the fi . relly , whose venerable orm is requently seen di culties Friends , however , interfered ! O n b ar . amongst the members of the in the court e xercises a future meeting was arranged _ the day Notwithstanding the high hopes entertained . room , where he participates with as keen a appointed , Mr Foster , accompanied by his

in regard to the college , it did not prove a W relish and as clear a perception of law as any second , Dr . allace , of Erie , rode down the o n . , e that take part in the cases before the court . success It was expected account of its east side of the creek to a clust r of thorn o c nd f O f the vast number who listened o n that location and the impetus given to it through bushes a mile a a hal below Meadville , ’ Dr . Alden s inﬂuence , that it would be taken a nd . . , casion , a very few remain , and of the active and Maj Alden Dr Kennedy , his second

. under the charge of the Pittsburg Presbyterian o n e participants, I know of none but Mr . Farrelly rode down the opposite sid and swam B u t . During a considerable portion of the time synod western Pennsylvania had already their horses across the stream . The ground — two colleges one at Jefferson , the other at o ff , Dr . Alden had remained in Meadville , he was measured and word given to ﬁre when

in ‘ Washington . They were antagonistic their preached very frequently in the old Presby Major Alden fell , wounded just below the

. i 1 8 location , and eventually had to be united b . terian church , that stood , up to 7 5 , on the knee , the bone being roken He ins sted

B u t at the time referred to , they each had o n ground on Liberty street , corner of Centre , being propped up for the exchange of

i . now occupi ed by the stately First Presby ter an friends who were working against the other another shot . The seconds would not con l r in Allegheny co lege was not received with favo a nd . church . Always active everything that sent , he was conveyed back to town in a

. pertained to its interests and the good of the by either party The friends of this college canoe . He was lame ever after but he gained

— , community the advancement of the young were anxious to make it a success and there the lady in question . and rising generation lay next his heart . In fore made a proposition to the Methodist Although he showed much liberality to the 1 8 2 1 2 l C ra w ord Episcopal church conference in 3 , to give in 8 6, from a engthy article in the f college he appears to have become poor his I n 1 8 ’ n er 1 th O fin d h im it to that body in charge . 33 that body fo r in A l esse g of the 9 of ctober , we later years , we find a sheriff s sale , pub an d p met in Meadville , acce ted the proposi lis h e d in 1 826 in at the head of a scheme for establishing a the year , that even his pew i “ ” a nd Sunday S chool Union of all the s c h ools i n tion , the college , its magnificent library , the Presbyterian church was levied o n by the

. laboratory and mineralogical collection , which ff Crawford , and the surrounding counties As sheri to satisfy a debt of his , due the old m e n had been principally collected by the assiduity n an usual , he was surrounded by such as Northwestern ba k of Pennsylvania , insti

. B n of Dr Alden , was transferred to the care of tu tio n in . John Reynolds , Esq . , Rev . Wells ush ell , then existing Meadville

S the M . E . church . Prior to this transaction Alex . Johnston , tephen Allen , Richard Cus B for two years the college had been closed tard , Wm . Cook and David rackenridge , A B ri e f S k e t c h o f t h e P re s e nt S t a tus o f t h e B u t o who all took a n active interest in this organi the ﬁnal transfer seemed to break the In s tituti n . z a i n fi spirit of its founder , and he retired for a time o n t o . It was to be composed of all of cers Allegheny College is beautifully situated

a nd to East Liberty , near Pittsburg , and had charge o n and teachers of schools within its bounds , the summit of a hill , the north side of the

of a seminary there for both sexes . Returning m~ conducted by a board of twenty managers , city of Meadville . The college campus e

1 8 B u t . to Pittsburg, he died in 39 . Rev a n o f elected annually , and a prudential committee , braces thirteen acres , having elevation

T i mothy Alden must , as long as Allegheny whose duties were fully set forth . Among the two hundred feet above the river . I t is well

. in . college has a history , be honored as its founder an d most important , and , the opinion of Dr shaded with trees , has a beautiful outlook

the Meadville , the country at large , and the world Alden , the most essential matter , was upon the town and the adjacent hills and val are this day reaping untold beneﬁts a nd bless m . for ation of a select library for the scholars leys . i in st tu B I I S . The regulations for procuring books there ings ﬂowing from the founding of this U LD NG from were somewhat stringent— scholars who tion . Although Dr . Alden did not see the There are three large buildings belonging : B should distinguish themselves in memorizing college arrive at the distinction he may have to and used by the college , as follows ent n verses of scripture were only to be e n a ticipated , nor participated in making it what ley Hall bears the name of Rev . William f D B . . titled to receive o n e volume each week ; those it is , it has risen under more avorable circum entley , D , of Massachusetts , who gave

stances to a position beyond his reasonable his valuable library to the college . The cor having repeated verses , should have

- n r 1 820 . expectations , and to him belongs the honor of e stone was laid July , It combines the privilege of taking out two books per week , 5 A nd o n a nn ive r and those memorizing three books per being its founder . , this , the a central building, which is three stories high ’ sary of the hundredth year of our city s exist above the basement , with two wings, each of week . A list of names entitled , under this h i m ence , we turn our thoughts to , who , under two stories . The basement rooms are used rule , to take books from the library were pub

was t i . lish e d the God , the originator of the greatest bless for labora or es and shops The stories above at that time , and only persons thus

. h a lls a nd r , ing bestowed upon our community From are used as recitation rooms , society , p ivi leged , known to the writer of this article , c B e ﬂ e rso n this ollege has gone forth a host of worthy , the ofﬁce of the president of the college . were Hiram Johnson , of eaver , J o d L wry , of Conneautville , Harriet Cornelia . intelligent , well educated men , who are sprea Ruter Hall , named after Rev . Martin Ruter ,

n ee an d n Cooper , Cotton , of Hayﬁeld , Andrew ing science religio in almost every land the second president of the college , is a sub

S C O 1. a nd e ie mith Cotton , now of this city , and clime ; whose inﬂu nce no man can com stan tial brick building, erected ch ﬂy by the

x . n o t in 1 8 . Ale ander Power pute , and will be understood until the ﬁnal citizens of Meadville 5 5 This building o r No society was ever so methodically consummation of all things . contains the museums of the college , the libra

aniz e d as s . o r g thi one The chronological The Major Roger Alden above spoken of ry and chapel . g an iz a tio n of each school was given from made himself somewhat famous by be i ng one Hulings Hall is a large brick ediﬁce erect

1 8 1 1 826 . n t o ln 1 88 1 M arC u s . i 9 to , and the names of all who re of the principals in the ﬁrst if the only ed by Hulings , Esq , of O l c e ive d in u I t to ok . a nd . certiﬁcates to take books from the duel ever fought Crawford co nty City , the citizens of Meadville I t is used

. 1 80 0 in s library are also stated The constitution pre place in the summer of , this way . as a home for lady student , and has rooms ‘ ﬁ l scribes rules for conducting schools which The major had a dif cul ty with A exander W . for eighty persons . I t is about one hundred

and would be considered peculiarly unnecessary in Foster, Esq . , it is said , about a young lady by eighty feet on the ground , four stories

. o id e re d and in in these days For instance , it was that named Carver , they met the parlor of height , including the mansard roof, and is ’ fi a nd “ of cers teachers must perform the ir Gibson s old hotel which stood on part of supplied with gas and water, and heated by " duties gratuitously , and that the schools the ground now occupied by the Delamater steam . n should be ope ed with prayer , the reading of block . The major had with him a pair of The college possesses a well equipped chem - 36 CENTENNI A L EDI TIO N TR IB UNE REP UB LICA N.

f M i cal laboratory a n d e xte nsiive cabinets of None o these proj ects , however , assumed To the inhabitants of eadville it may be

deﬁnite shape ; and even when , towards the , mineralogy a n d concholog y , and a complete interesting to know that at its opening , the

. H u id ek o e r in o ﬂi c e of A lfre d H u id e k o e r chemical a nd philosophical apparatus of the close of the y ear, Rev Frederick p school met the p , decided to invite to Meadville young m e n o n most improved form . in the basement of his present residence an d r m The museum embraces several valuable desirous of prepa ing for the Christian minis Chestnut street, but that it soon re oved to a

m ine rals . try , and undertook , with slight help from e costly collections o f , shells , fossils , etc building which had b en erected by the Cum

others , to furnish the necessary training and The college library contains about berland Presbyterians for church purposes ,

instruction , he entered upon this work with an d volumes , many of them rare and valuable which , when sold at auction , had been

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. no expectation that the issue would be the . . H u id e k o e r works , which are accessible to all students purchased by H J p and presented

ow n , The library and reading rooms n o w occupy development , within his lifetime of a to the school . This building stood east of

ﬂourishing institution supplying to the U n i n ot fa r the whole third ﬂoor of Ruter Hall . Foreign Diamond Park , from the court house ,

do in and domestic periodicals are found in the read tarian denomination no small proportion of and is longer existence . The corner its active an d successful clerg ymen east as i ng room . stone of the present school building was laid e ffi S S O F S . well as west , besides sending out many o n 1 8 2 an d C O UR E TUDY the first day of July , 5 , its dedica “ ” i . The college offers three courses of study , cient workers nto other fields tion as Divinity Hall took place o n the S 28th an d The Meadville Theological chool held its 1 8 . the classical , the scientific , the course in day of June , 5 4 Its present aecom n 1 o O , 844 , m o d atio ns Latin and modern languages . The degree of first session the first day of ctober are taxed to nearly their full c a

. a c it bachelor of arts is conferred upon those who ﬁve students being in attendance From that p y , and it is hoped that aseparate building . m . o f th e se . ti e to this there has been a gradual increase i complete either courses The college for the recept on of the library , which consists in numbers (though with many ﬂuctuations , also confers the degree of civil engineer, mas ) of some volumes , may be erected at

11 0 te r of arts a n d doctor Of philosophy . until the roll of the present academic year distant day . an O f - A military department affording the ad shows attendance thirty seven . The charter of the school is altogether u n

S r an d vantages of tactical instruction is also main ome months before the opening of the ﬁ st sec tarian , forbids the application of any ta in e d . session it became apparent that there would denominational test to candidates for admis

Candidates for the ministry sion . The result of this free ﬁ nd in the college the means dom has been that students of the theological training . have come to the institution The cost of living is moder from many different branches

a l ‘ ate . of the Christian church ,

S S though the great m ajority LITERARY OC IETIE . of its graduates have fou n d There are four literary so their way into the Unitarian i tie s : c e the Allegheny , Philo ministry . In the early years ’ sso li Franklin , O (the ladies of the school m any stu d e n ts ‘ an d society) the Athenian . came from the Christian These societies have their re ” Connexion , but the supply s e c tiv e p halls and libraries , from this source has nearly t the latter aggrega ing ceased since the ' establish volumes . The members hold ment of the “ Christian B ibli public exercises and prize at S cal Institute tanfordville , T h e re n contests . societies der ef i ci e nt service in the The course of instruction literary and forensic training is not limited to the study of of the students . the tenets a nd usages of the A post graduate course has denomination with which the T H EOLOG I CA L S CH OOL . t a ﬂi li been recently introduced . institu ion is especially l a n The Meadville Conservatory of Music and be need of more than a sing e instructor , and ated , but effort is made to give a broad and

B o f s the College of usiness are connected with Rev . Rufus P . S tebbins, Leominster , Mas , comprehensive theological education , while

A in llegheny College . was invited to become a professor the not forgetting that training for the practical Of h According to the last annual catalogue , the school an d to assume its presidency . The work the ministry with a view to whic

in 2 th e . number of students attendance was 4 5 . American Unitarian Association co operated school was originally established

B ‘ The oard of Instruction consists of Rev . with its Meadville friends in securing Mr . ~ ’ . . D . W G Williams , D . , president ; Rev . Jona S tebbins acceptance of the offer , and he at

M ead vi e Cons ervator of M u si c . D li r ll y e . b a rian W than Hamn tt , D . , ; D . H . heel once entered upon the work , presiding over ’ r D . D e . . . . f , D , LL , James H Montgomery , A . the new institution with marked e ﬁciency for This is the youngest of our city s educa

M . S . S . M . Ph . D S e c . o . i n al . n o , amuel E tilwell , A , , a peri d of twelve years He was succeeded t o institutions It is by means , how

o n d . . S . O S of Lieut Jacob F Kreps , William Twin by Rev . liver tearns , and he , seven years ever , the least , having been good size from

. E . . . . he b . . t ing , C , Albert E Colegrove , Prof John A later, y Rev . A A Livermore , who this its birth . It was organized in summer of

e B a n . d i S . . . h o n 1 886 Mill r , Miss M roas M ss D Rouse year completes his quarter centenary of , and opened its doors to students in

o ra bl . H u id e k o e r e service . Prof p retained S eptember of that year: As the result has

B a l his connection with the oard of Instruction shown , the place for such a school was Th e M eadﬁ lle Th e o lo g i c a l S c h ool . 1 8 until 5 5 , and thereafter , for several years , ready here waiting to be occupied . For B Y O G O ( PR F. E RGE in continued to give instruction the school , many years our city had been noted fo r the

i The history of this institut on covers a whenever circumstances made it necessary musical taste of its people , and for the culture

o f a nd period something less than ﬁfty years . the state of his health allowed . To this and ability of its musicians . A Philharmonic

1 8 a n d t Prior to 43 several plans had be en sug chosen work he has given the loving socie y , rivaling similar organizations in the gested for the establishment of a Unitarian gratuitous service of the most vigorous portion large cities, had been long maintained . Then

eo S in . in Th logical chool some part of the west . of his life came , the order of progress, the admission

- 38 CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N. te r S e d throughout the county sturdy Germans school houses are descri bed as being of log , triet chool gave the bright pupil education

u 1 2x 1 e a nd with traditions of edu c ation brought from the us ally abo u t 6 ; ﬂoor of puncheon , that enough to r ad and write , occasionally

e in . be Fatherland . Nor should the stud nt of the is , logs split halves with ﬂat side for ﬂoor ; produced a fair mathematician The history of our county forget that its earliest roof of shakes ; door o n wood en hinges ; ginner was kept for months o n the letters; but

a nd e n d u be ~ settlements were made in the very year chimney of sticks or stones mud . The had to do them in the unconscio sly , counting forward in months from the date we window or windows were made by cutting fore he could read with ease what the pupils — - n ow ers to day celebrate that the new nation , with out a part of one or two logs a d putting in now do from the start learn the p of

n e w . . . its constitution , its ﬁrst president , its panes of greased paper Near this the writing the letters

its bright hopes , and increased responsibilities desk , usually composed of a slab held up by Great stress was placed on learning to spell ,

T h e s began . pins or legs , was placed . seats were of but the purpose for which one learn to spell , d S “ At no previous time in any nation had the puncheon and faced the win ow . ometimes namely, to write correctly , seems to have

an . common people had so great incentive to when the settlers decided to have a school , been entirely lost sight of It is stated by ” o f “ an d educate . Moreover , this county was a part they would make a bee construct the some of the earliest publishers of newspapers

a nd i that good Province of which William Penn entire building outﬁt in one day . The that it was rare to rece ve even tolerable man

e in u s c ri t . became propri tor more than one hundred ﬁrst school house Troy township , for in p from any but collegians There was - a nd in w as in in o n e O f years before , whose second Assembly , stance , built this manner, day . enough time spent on memorizing columns

1 8 a n d l in 7 3, enacted a wise comprehensive law The teacher was paid a certain sum per pupil words never required by the earner prae

in . f r regard to the education of children It by those patronizing the school , usually from tical li e , and in getting ules and pages ver

: “ th e reads To the end that poor as well as 7 5 cents to for term of three months . batim , to have given the pupil a fair knowl the rich may be instructed in good and com Someti mes the teacher was engaged by the edg e of correct English and wider general in n if fo r mendable learni g, which is to be preferred month , the wages being from to formation , the time had only been used before wealth , all persons in this Province the latter being considered high . Very often that purpose .

having children shall cause DISC IPLI N E . such to be ins tructed in read The most reprehensible ing and writing, so that they thing we meet in glancing may be able to read the down the century of school a n d S cripture , to write by life is the severity and cruelty the time they attain the age of the discipline . Any teach an d of twelve years, that er who did not wield the birch they be taught some useful freely was considered in c om trade or skill that ye poor t pe ent to teach . To toughen i may work to l ve, and ye rich , juvenile Skins rather than to if they become poor , may not l penetrate juveni e brains , was want , of which every county ” the foundation of many peda court shall take care . There ’ o u e s ’ g g reputations Much is a provision that the parent ru of this c elty came , no or guardian shall , pay five doubt , from the severe rule pounds fi n e for each violation of parents both in the old of this law unless there in world and the colonies . should appear in c apac itie of B u t the early teachers sowed body or understa nding to ” the wind and reaped the c y hinder it . The teaching at clone . For with the in this time was done in the creased attendance and the family or by private teach chan ged relation of teacher ing . L and pupil , following the free O D A CA D EM Y B UI LD I NG . I S SC O O . THE F R T H L 1 8 school law of 34 , the E c e e d i n 1 826 T o m d o w i n 1 888. r t . n The first school in Craw teacher usually had a struggle b G e n . , . ford county was established y Mead the teacher received his wages in p roduce with his pupils to hold his position . The large B k o w n fe w . S at his expense , in the famous loc The branches taught were uch country boy went to school with a pri ’ ” o n in W m r “ House Water street , Meadville , the school books as ebster s spelling book , the ary pu pose of putting the teacher out ’ an D ab ll s winter of 1 798 9 . The teacher was I rish English reader and o arithmetic were and a secondary purpose of learning ’ m an . named Kelley common . Great stress was placed on writing something of the three R s , if he failed in his at O u r S From the most authentic sources and spelling , but none at all apparently on main object . ometimes the struggle was — — command , we learn that schools were estab grammar and correct English except the ended quickly often against the teacher lish e d in : n the various townships as follows spelling . I some schools the B ible an d the and sometimes it was prolonged throughout 1 80 0 F a irfie ld 1 80 2 — Hayfield , about ; East , ; catechism were included . It is said that one the entire term to th e great detriment o f s n ’ “ ” S , 1 80 C u se w a o a d s K irk ham s Mead and adsbury 5 ; g school cautiou ly introduced gram scholarship and sweetness and light . I n 1 80 1 80 N S , 4 ; , ; in 1 8 6 a n i r orth henango Greenwood 7 mar 3 , but it was rarely that a grammar many instance t is a sad sto y of cruelty ,

1 80 8 F allo w ﬁe ld 1 80 1 8 - Cambridge , ; East , 9 ; was seen in a school up to 5 4 . Quill pens wasted opportunity and life long regret ; an d e F airﬁ eld 1 8 1 0 S W st and Venango , ; pring , e in were us d writing and it was a part of the not a few of our citizens , above middle age , ’ 1 8 1 1 S a nd 1 8 1 2 and ; ummerhill Woodcock , ; teacher s duty to make pens to keep know the sto ry well . I t is indeed but a short

1 8 1 1 8 1 6 O il in a Randolph , 3; Rockdale , ; Creek them repair . It was not n uncommon time since our schools became entirely free n o w e 1 8 1 1 8 1 8 ( Titusvill ) , 7 ; Conneaut , ; thing for pupils to have to travel three or four from this spirit of conflict ; and even to day 1 8 1 B 1 820 1 8 2 Troy , 9 ; loomﬁeld , ; Pine , 4 ; miles to reach school . some of our O lder people are still looking fo r B 1 8 26 A thens , eaver and Richmond , . n o The instruction was mostly individual , teachers to govern instead of teachers to teach . G O S L O S C O O L US E . . fe w h H H classes or few classes being possible The There were , however, a teachers w o

in in The early schools were held log school chief faculty that the teacher tried to cultivate were advance of their times , and whose

a nd . houses abandoned cabins The ﬁrst seems to have been the memory . The dis methods were good and whose schools wer e - CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE R EP UB LICA N . 39

in a nd all o f S tion the primary common branches . attractive . These are entitled to honor ing over the reports and addresses tate among the men and women who have borne and counyt superintendents a n d leading This led to the establishment O f a separate a c a brave part in promoting our civilization . teachers, at seeing with what zeal they h ve school . The academy was formally in or — a 1 80 The two most important eras in the schools c arried on their work a work that was more po r te d in 7 . The academy existed with

l S . of this county , as wel as of the entire tate , than perfunctory varying prosperity , a matter of some interest

e 1 8 a n d , were , ﬁrst , when the fr e school act of 34 ’ pride to the people of the town apparent FIR ST TEAC HER S I NS TITUTE . an d l 1 8 2 was passed , second , when the law creating y enjoying its palmiest days from 5 until in 1 8 f 1 860 0 0 the county superintendency , 54 , was Craw ord Country may glory in having held , the attendance reaching nearly 4 , the ’ i . passed . The history of the struggle for the the ﬁrst teachers institute in Pennsylvania number of each be ng about equal Many of

f in . . 1 86 1 free school law would orm a chapter itself outside of Philadelphia . This institute con its students became teachers In it

in 1 80 2 1 8 0 . Sufﬁ ce it to say that 9 a law was passed vened at Meadville , March 5 , 5 It was passed into the hands of the board of control

r . o f . providing for the education the poor g atis a voluntary organization of teachers , which of the city S — 1 8 8 It had not proved successful . ome children continued its semi annual meetings until the In 3 Meadville is reported as having ’ in s were educated at the county s expense , but annual institute was provided for by law seven free schools , kept open 7 % month ,

i in re 1 86 . t few parents were willing to be advert sed as 7 The annual ins itutes were held the with two male and ﬁve female teachers,

S u l a nd c e ivin and paupers . Thaddeus tevens in his powerf various boroughs of the county , were g respectively and

1 8 1 1 8 and 1 1 f speech in favor of free schools declared that migratory until 7 9, since which time they attended by male pupils 3 emales ; I n 1 86 1 1 80 t 2 1 . the law of 9 , instead o f being termed a have , by the appointmen s of the County total , 3 the board of control for

' “ i f all public school law , ought to be termed an S uperintendents , been held in M e adv lle . the city was ormed , and the schools of act for branding and marking the poor so that The county institute has from the ﬁrst been a M e ad villle ( only te n in number) organized ”

. . 1 868 S l they may be known from the rich and proud strong feature in our educational work . The under it In the outh Ward schoo

law an d in 1 86 t The free school was p assed with a condi awakening that comes from its yearly meet building was erected , 9 hat of the 2 tion that it was optional North Ward . From 31 for each district to accept pupils in the year 1 838 or reject its provisions . A the number increased to

o f 6 1 1 8 main feature the law 5 in 5 5 , to in . 1 8 1 was its provisions for lay 7 5 , and to over , 80 0 in 1 ing and collec ting taxes 888. In the for public schools. And meantime the number of in passing it shou ld be teachers has increased

f 1 o ne observed levying and col rom 7 to 4 . No le e ting taxes always lies fact speaks more for the at the foundation of pu b growth of Meadville than lic schools . The liberality the increase in number of or parsimony with which pupils and teachers in its this is done wi ll largely school (in the 2 7 years) dete rmine th e quality of since 1 86 1 the number the schools . Many dis of teachers then being

S an d tric ts of the tate , fully but ten the number

- 8 o ne fourth out of the 9 7 of pupils 30 0 . The ﬁrst had not accepted its pro city superintendent , Geo .

u 1 8 visions p to 37 , as is W . Haskins , was appoint

. B u t in 1 6 shown by the reports ed 8 7 . He was suc

th e d d in 1 86 c e e e . to great credit of 9 by W C .

Crawford , be it said that I A I H B I D I . . CE NTE NN L H G S CHOOL U L NG . J Hall He was suc each of her twenty - seven c e e d e d in 1 87 2 by his E c e d i 1 88 h e o f th e l d c re t n 8 o n t e sit O A ad e my . t s dis rict accepted the free predecessor, who was fol

in 1 8 . B . . . school law when it was offered ings has well been compared to the beneﬁts lowed 7 5 by S . P . ates H R Roth

1 88 1 1 8 an d With the county superintendency came from the annual overﬂowing of the Nile . I t served from to 8 6 was succeeded

o n n . closer school supervision , the li censing of is now a better foundation tha ever before , by the present incumbent , H V . Hotchkiss .

an d 1 88 e 1 866 teachers , school visitation , reports upon for by the act of 7 teachers r ceive liberal Titusville did not become a city until .

i i fo r 1 86 1 t 1 0 the condition of the schools , more attent on compensat on the time devoted to the In here were but three schools and 4

— - i i in O . . to the nst tutes a word , better rganiza institute pupils It now has twenty eight schools and

. O u r S . tion first county superintendent was . about pupils Its first superintendent M I A D I S I EADV LLE N T TU V LLE S C H O O LS . S . S f 1 8 1 8 6 re . B te n . ears, who served rom 5 4 to 5 , was H . C osley , who served nearly years o n and f . . S signing account of insu ficiency of salary , The schools of Meadville of Titusville R M treeter has filled the position since

0 0 . 1 8 . it being but 84 He was followed by J . in time became separate from those of the 79

. e . B Clifton Marcy H e was succe ded by S . P . county y the act creating Crawford Coun GRO WTH O F THE SC H O O LS . B an d in 1 80 0 ns t t i n S . t c o i u ates , he turn was followed by R . y , a condition was attached t

who i nh a 1 860 1 86 . e bi Thompson , served from to 4 ing Meadville the county s at , if the As showing something of the growth of the

. S e 1 86 1 86 t 1 in Hugh R t wart served from 4 to 5 , tants would contribu e in money or ree school system the entire county we

in 1 ‘ . 1 86 1 . O u t 8 6 and Daniel R Coder from 5 to 866 . land to found a seminary of learning of ﬁnd that 3 there were but few more 1 86 1 I n 1 0 0 The eighteen years from 6 to 884 were this grew the M e adville Academy . this than schools in the county , with an esti

. . an d o f . 1 86 1 ﬁlled by H D Persons , James C . Graham the ancient languag es , etc . , were taught , mated attendance pupils In

. s an t and Charles F Chamberlain , respectively , pupil of all grades applied , but many parents there were 335 schools with enrollmen of

r . I n 1 88 I n 1 888 who se ved two terms each 4 James who had contributed to establish it could not pupils . there are 5 74 schools

. S f r a nd W turdevant was elected and is now ﬁlling obtain o their children what was more (40 5 outside of . the two cities) nearly O n e in . o 1 60 0 0 . his second term is impressed look needed than classic al studies , namely , instru pupils - B N 40 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP U LICA .

1 820 . S S S O U R OL D CI TI Z E NS . prior to and has been a resident of Mrs aloma mith, aegertown , was born

2 1 8 1 8 . Meadville since its very early settlement . in Hayﬁeld April 5 ,

James Campbell , born in Venango town Abram Isaac Flaugh , of Cambridge , was R e siden t s of Cra w ford Cou n ty B orn P rior 1 1 80 6 W in S 0 1 8 1 8 ship , June 3, ; residence in oodcock born adsbury township , April 3 , .

. B B . . S 1 8 20 . to township Mrs Henry eatty , aegertown , born

in . Reuben L . Patterson was born in Gaines Greenwood township , (now Union) July ' Y 28 1 8 1 6 a The following is a partial list of people at ville , N . . , February , ; has been

1 8 . resident of Crawford county since 37 . Mrs Charles Martin , Hayﬁeld , born on present residing in Crawford county who were S O n in n o w 1 imeon dell , Tryonville , bor Graw the place where she resides , March 4 , 820 1 . born prior to the year The list is G e u a Y 1 0 1 81 1 8 1 1 . ton , g county , N . . , March , 5 ;

f 1 8 8. . doubtless incomplete , but it numbers su ﬁcient came to this county in November , 3 John J Long , Woodcock township , born o in e 0 1 8 1 6 . to assure the world that Crawford county is a James Andrews , Tryonville , b rn in War Woodc ock township D cember 3 ,

S B . Pa . 1 6 1 8 1 6 healthy as well as a pleasant and desirable ren county , , December , ; came to amuel Long , born in Woodcock town in 1 ih 1 80 6. this county 86 1 . ship : place to live B . . . b in D E Castle , Tryonville , orn in Litch William Long, born Woodcock town

m . 28 1 8 1 8 in 1 8 1 . . . S bo E P locum , Cochranton , November , ﬁeld , Conn , August , ; came to this ship 9 W 1 8 1 2 in S t 1 8 . r , usquehanna coun y , Pa . county in 39 James Campbell , oodcock township , e B O f S Abraham rink , Cochranton , born June , Hollis Kellogg , Tryonville , born in Dumer sides one mile north aegertown; was born 1 2 in 28 1 1 80 0 no t 79 , New Jersey . son , Vermont , November , 793; came to early in , the precise date known .

. B ro in 1 8 6 1 812. ok h o u s e r in John F . Hogue , . Cochranton , born Novem this county 3 ; was in the war of Mrs Jacob , Hayﬁeld , born S 1 81 1 80 6 . . ber, , in O hio . John R Titus , Tryonvil le , born S eptember aegertown 9

' in 1 8 1 in 1 0 1 816 in . B . in Lydia ell , Cochranton , born 3, , , this county Mrs Joseph Fox , Hayﬁeld , born Hay - 1 8 1 Pa . a r . . S Crawford county , Nathan P Trude , Tryonville , born in ﬁeld township 9 S ato a . Y 28 1 8 1 8 in Henry Whitling, Cochranton , born Decem g county , N . , August , ; came Henry Rick , aegertown , born Crawford

80 in 1 8 0 1 8 1 2. 1 6 . ber , 7 , France . to this county in county

M c C lin to c k in i . S n John , Cochranton , born Marvin Hartwell , Tryonville , born n Mrs Henry Rick , aegertown , bor in S 1 8 1 1 8 1 in . Y . 1 80 . 3, Centre county , Pa . Ellery , N , in 7; came to this place in aegertown , 9

S 1 80 0 b 1 8 6 . 0 . O 1 8 1 B . 6 A i amuel irues, Cochranton , born in , Novem er , 4 D Wing, born ctober , , in

W in . . in Ireland . John aid , Tryonville , born this county , bany , N Y ’ M c u iston 1 1 820 S 1 1 8 1 Elizabeth Q , West Greenwood , near Guy s Mills , December 5 , . Robert Quay , born eptember 4 , 3, in f O 1 80 2 in M e rre t . born ctober , , Cumberland county , Post, Tryonville , born in Saratoga Craw ord county Y W M c A rth r . . . 1 1 80 u O 1 1 8 1 Pa county , N , December 3 , 4; came to illiam , born ctober 4 , 4 , in in 1 . S 8 . Philip hafer , Custard , born December, this county 43 Meadville , Pa M A 1 80 . 2 c rth u r in 1 8 10 in 4, in Europe James Tryon , born in Connecticut June 4 , Rebecca , born , Mead

1 r in 1 82 1 Pa . Joseph Evans , Cochranton , born February , 799; moved to T yonville . ville , 1 8 1 M c A rth u r 1 8 1 2 4, in Crawford county . David Tryon , Try onville , born in Litch Moses , born May , , in Mead

m ﬁ e ld 1 80 . Philip Ka es , Cochranton , born August, , August 4, 4; came to this ville

n 1 2 . P . S 8 1 2 in 80 1 i 8 1. 1 1 , in Huntingdon county , Pa . county D mith , born May , , Massa h u se tts S . in c . Robert Norton , Cochranton , born July , herman E Cook , Tryonville , born

1 8 1 S . 2 2 1 8 1 1 80 3, in York tate . Winchester , Conn , March , 3; came to Rachel Clemson , born June , 9, in Mead

M c F a P u in 1 866 . te . Robert , Cochranton , born ebr this county ville

8 1 0 n . a S . 1 1 1 6 c u t P . . O 8 in ary , , in Venango y , Mrs Nellie dell , Tryonville , born in New Clara Minniss , born December , 7 ,

in 1 80 in S in 1 . Katherine Kelly , Pettis , born 3, York tate 7 95 ; came to this county April Crawford county 1 1 8 c 1 8 1 in Ireland . 3. 39 Jane Mc oy , born May , 3, Crawford

B in 1 . 80 8 in . in Nancy urns , Franklin , born , Mrs John Mallery , born Greenwood county

S 20 1 8 1 in B . B M a 1 1 8 1 in the United tates . township , August , 7 , now resides rown Williams , born y , 5 , ’ B in F ai rﬁ e ld . S . James rawley , haw s Landing , born township North Carolina B 80 8 in . B . O 1 8 1 in 1 . S in . , Crawford county , Pa ilas C ishop was born Pine township , A lum , born ctober 9 , 4, France

. M F a rla nd 181 . c German Roche , Cochranton , born August , where he still resides , April 3, 9 James E , born at Chambers Pa i . 1 1 1 8 1 n . . . S 8 9 , France E G tackpole , Venango township , was burg , , January 4 , 7 ; came to Meadville

O in 12 1 8 1 2 1 8 . Peter Roche , Cochranton , born ctober, born Maine , July , ; came to Craw in 35 1 i B 1 8 n . ih 1 8 1 . in B 7 , France ford county 4 arbara Houser , Meadville , born ava in 1 80 George Klinger , Cochranton , born April , Luther Marsh , Townville , was born in ria December , 5 .

1 80 8 . 180 a nd . B e e rbo w e B a , in Dauphin county , Pa Franklin county , Mass . , in 9, became Mary M , Meadville , born in in 1 8 1 in 1 8 . . David Gourley , Cochranton , born Novem a resident of this county 33 varia June , 9

1 8 1 in . i S in in ber , 9, Ireland Elizabeth Marsh , Townville , was born n Mary mith , Kerrtown , born Ireland

S 26 1 8 1 1 a in 1 1 1 8 1 . in P . 8 1 a nd ebastian Leitz , born June , , Erie county , , , became a resi 3 in f t in 18 M B in Wurtemburg, Germany , came to Meadville dent o this coun y 47 . ary atmen , Meadville , born Hunt in d o n n 1 8 . in Pa . i 1 80 . May , 39 Mrs . Catherine Lammel was born North g county, , April , 3 B e ie rsm itt 1 1 in in 18 0 in . 8 Casper , born in Wurtemburg , hamshire , came here 39 , lives in Margaret Pentz, Meadville , born West in 1 1 28 1 8 1 0 Pa . 8 8 . Germany , February , , emigrated to Woodcock township . moreland county , , July ,

in 1 8 a nd in C u sse w a o in K rie te r in »B a this country 4 7 , has since lived Leonard Irwin , g , born Cusse Elizabeth , Meadville , born in 8 1 . 0 1 80 . 1 this county , now resides in Woodcock town wago township , January 3 , 3 varia February , 7

. C u sse w a o B in ship Mrs . Leonard Irwin , g , born in John arrett , Meadville , born in Ireland

. in 6 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 1 . Mrs Levi Peters was born York county , Hayﬁeld township , January , . June ,

Pa . 2 1 8 1 1 1 8 1 in S u m H o n . S , August 3, 4 , has been a resident of Minor Walton , born May , 5 , Jesse mith , Titusville , was born

O . 1 8 1 . 1 82 . rhi l this county since 4 m e l . ctober 7 7

. S i n B 6 . A n n H e n la n in Mrs usan Dewey , born Massachusetts , enjamin Minium was born February , Mrs Mary , born Meadville , 26 1 8 1 2 in 1 8 1 0 in S S 1 8 1 2 April , , came to Crawford county , aegertown , now of Erie eptember 9, , and has lived here nearly 82 1 e . s H nry Minium , Woodcock township , was all her life

F ra n c is B in O 1 1 8 1 in W B B i . runot , born France , ctober born April 9 , 9, oodcock . John raymer , loom ng Valley , born Jan

2 1 8 1 6 in 0 1 8 1 8 . 5 , ; came to Randolph township John Clark , Woodcock township , born in uary 3 ,

18 . 1 1 181 K e c e nsid e r 1 47 Woodcock , March , 4 . Joseph y , born November 4 ,

. W 1 80 in C u ss e w a o Mrs Laura Walton , of Mead township , Thomas Clark , oodcock township , born 3, a log house near g Mills , in . in 1 8 1 . born Chester , Hamden county , Mass , De Woodcock , in 6 . between the two creeks , lives in Kerrtown m b 1 1 ’ c e e r 1 81 1 O S . f . , ; came to this county ctober George hearer, Woodcock township , born Mrs Priscilla Woodru f, widow of Dr Wil

1 1 1 828 . in W 16 1 8 1 6 f , oodcock , August , . liam Woodru f, formerly well known in this

. F airﬁ e ld S W in B . Y . Mrs Isabel Marshall , of township , Mary M . hearer , oodcock township , born city , was born inghampton , N , on April in 1 1 80 2 . W . M e ad s id e in 1 82 8 1 8 1 6 . born Chester , Hampden county , Mass , in oodcock , April , 9, Removed to 4 ,

1816 - , O W in . Sh e March 9 ; came to this county ctober Mary Long , oodcock township , born where she has since resided is to day in 1 816 . Woodcock July 7 , excellent health and has apparently many

. in . S n . Mrs Maria Lord , born Chester , Ham Mrs Francis eavy , born in Hayﬁeld i years before her d e n . 1 1 8 1 8 1 8 in . county , Mass , February 3, ; came 0 9. Richard Hanna , born Wayne county , N

O 18 18 28 . S Y . 26 1 in S to this county ctober , amuel Peters , now of Union , born in Hay , December , 7 97 , settled teuben

. S . 1 8 1 1 i in 1 8 8 . Mrs usan A De Hass, this city , was born ﬁeld July 4 , . townsh p , this county , 3 - CENTENNIA L EDITION TRI B UNE R EP UB LICA N . 4 1

W in t in l eld Noble Alden , born Yarmouth , his paren s were en route to Crawford county , Cyrenius Davenport, born U ster county ,

1 6 1 8 1 1 1 1816 . . Y . 1 1 8 1 0 in Mass . , January , ; came to Meadvill e June 5 , N , July , ; has resided Meadville

1 1 . B i n 1 8 0 . in 8 7 . Mary M yham was born Massachusetts, since 5 in 1 1 8 1 and in Robert Allen was born Lancaster City , August 4, 7 , came to Crawford coun James Dickson , born Hayﬁeld township , in 1 8 8 1 8 1 8 h 1s . in 1 t 8 1 . Pa . S 1 , eptember 7 , , came with parents y 3 March came to Meadville 3 1 8 1 in 1 80 1 in i n to Crawford county in 9, and has resided Miss Margaret Cotton was born , Joseph Derickson , born Dauphin county ,

i R e . Pa . 180 1 i n S e in W ayne townsh p ever since . His wife , Vernon township , July 5 , ; came to Meadville p in t 1 80 in 18 2 K n i h t . becca M c g Allen , was born Ran Rober Cochran , born February , 9, tember , 4

2 1 1 . i i u 6 8 . . n dolph township , Aug st , 5 They Crawford James H Davis , born Un on township , ’ 20 1 8 1 M c G rifﬁ n s S 2 1 8 1 were married November , 5 James Clark , born at Falls , this eptember 5 , 5 , and removed to Mead

h i 1 181 . Ethan Allen , of Mead towns p , was born county , April 5 , 5 township , where he has since resided , about ’ ar e nte r G u s in 1 2 1 . C 8 . i s in in 1 80 . W A . p , y Mills , born Ver H is general health very fair. Meadville 5 Has lived on the farm _

8 1 . f . r 1 M rs . h . where he now resides for ﬁ ty years mont , Feb uary , 4 Mart a E David , widow of the late

ir i S r. B S Deacon George Anderson , born in V W lliam Curry , , born in County Antrim , . G . David of aegertown , was born March 811 2 1 1 1 11 1 8 Pa . ginia , March 4 , 7 99; moved to Crawford Ireland , December , ; came to this city , 9 , at Philadelphia , , and removed to

1 80 1 in 16 18 0 . county with his parents in ; lives June , 3 this county , where she has since resided . W l in Kerrtown . il iam Chase , born in Mead township , Alexander Ewing , Meadville , born Craw 1 80 6 in 1 W in 80 8. m . Armstrong was born York county , November , and has been living ford county , March ,

1 181 . b i n Pa . , February 9, 4, came to Crawford Meadville for the past twenty years Margaret Ewing , Meadville , orn Craw

1 18 1 8 1 1 . county , Hayﬁeld township , March , 34 , James Campbell , Woodcock township , was ford county , March , in 1 80 6 where he now resides . born . Joseph Evans , of Cochranton , was born in

in S . an d S . B e m is to w n 2 Hugh Arters , born New Castle , Pa Thomas John Cole were born in , Crawford counyt , February 4 ,

. . S 1 1 8 1 1 8 1 in 21 180 8 6 . March , ; came to Meadville April , N Y tate , April 3, 3, and moved to 4 , and has always lived this county

in 1 8 6 . . in 1886 . Hayﬁeld township , this county , 3 F Ellsworth , Meadville , was born Utica , Y in . . 1 80 B . B . in . G aird was born Mead township , Mrs Morina Coon , Hayﬁeld township , was N , in 9, and moved to this city

Y 1 8 1 8 . . 860 . 1 8 1 . . 1 July 5 , 5 borne in Locke , N , in “ 1 80 0 in Baird bo rn e 1 8 1 2 2 . . 1 80 William M . , Novemb r, , in Peter Cares was born July 7 , , D M Farelly , born March , 7 , in Mead Pa e i Crawford county . Northumberland counyt , . , has b en a res ville .

f . B in 1 o . . in John arrett , born Ireland , June 5 , dent this county for the past four years W E Fellows , born Wellsboro , Essex w as n in in Y O 1 8 1 1 l in 1 8 0 . . . 20 181 , came to Meadvi le 4 Abram Cartright bor Delaware county , N , ctober , 5 ; moved to B S 1 80 2 in 18 1 in Casper aldwin , of near teamburg , was , and has been a resident of this county Pennsylvania 3 , and to Meadville the 6 1881 born in Tompkins county , New York , in 5 years . fall of .

W i n Pa . 1 . S . . in 1 8 0 . Crozier , born Venango , , August Mary M Farelly , Meadville , born Craw

1 1 80 1 8 1 8. William Baker was born in Northumber , 7 , moved early to Conneautville , which ford county , May ,

P . . S a . land county , hamokin township , , August he has since made his home Mr George Fordyce , born in Eldersley , in . C am ﬁe ld S 80 2 1 8 1 1 2 1 82 . 1 7 , , came to Meadville , August 9 , 9 Mrs David p was born Hunt Renfrewshire , cotland , in November , 4;

B in d o n n Pa . 2 1 80 S in 1 8 Worthy irchard , Woodcock township , was g cou ty , , April 5 , 3; came to came to the United tates 35 and to 1 2 828 i n in 1 8 in B . 1 80 0 1 . born ecket , Mass , in , and has lived Meadville , March , , has resided Meadville 7 5 S in 1 8 1 . . o rd c e in this county since 3. Meadville over sixyt years till good Mrs George F y , born in Renfrew

B S trau sbu r . S t 1 80 A . lum , born near g , France , health shire , co land , in June , 4 ; came to the

2 181 S 0 . . S S in 1 8 in O ctober 7 , 4; came to the United tates M Cain , was born in choharie county , United tates 35 and to Meadville Y 18 1 in 1 . . 8 . about 1846 and to Meadville about 1862. N , December 4 , 9, resided Craw 7 5 B in 18 1 and F lau h Isaac lystone , born Venango , Crawford ford county since May 9, 5 , is now a Matthias g , born in Woodcock town

80 2 . 181 Pa 1 S . county , . , January 3, ; came to Mead resident of Meadville ship eptember 4 , 7 , where he still lives S in F lau h 1 0 18 . ville between 84 and 45 Andrew mith Cotton , born Vernon Catherine g , born in Vernon town 2 1 1 8 1 1 2 1 8 8 in B w 1 . . David oyles, Vernon to nship , was born township , March , 4; came to Meadville ship, January , Lives Woodcock

O 6 1 8 . Y . in . Y . . North Lansing , Tompkins county , N , ctober , 74 Albert Fish , born in Rensselaerville , N , O in 1 2 1 8 1 0 2 1 1 80 8. S eptember , rlando Coburn , born Rutland county , April , , came to Crawford county with

B V t. 1 1 8 1 1 to 2 2 1 8 1 6 S arah Hamilton oyles , Meadville , was , November 7 , ; came Meadville his parents , February , , and has since

2 1 1 in 1 8 . born in Mead township March 7 , 8 4 . July , 47 lived on a farm two miles south of Conneaut W S B . . Mrs . Rebecca owen , born in Vernon town George Clark , born in tark county , ville 80 0 1 1 1 8 1 0 1 8 in ~ 28 1 8. S c hu l ship , July , Lives in Meadville . , July , ; came to Meadville in 35 , Lydia First was born Pottsville , y

B in Pa . 1 1 8 1 0 D . W. raymer was born Washington John Carr, born in Lock Haven , , No kill county , July 4 , , and moved to S 181 ve m be r 0 1 8 10 in O 1 82 coun ty , York tate , 5 ; came to Crawford 3 , ; came to Meadville in the Crawford county ctober , 3, has been 1 8 1 6 county at the age of 1 year . fall of . a resident ever since . h n now i h B B re n c to w . n S e h ard s John . rown , F , born in David Compton , of Mead township , William P Floyd was born p 1 1 80 1 1 8 1 0 Pa O 1 France , January 5 , 4, moved to Mead born March 4 , , in the city of Meadville , town , Cumberland county , . , ctober 3 , in 1 8 in n o w l 181 18 township , Crawford county , 43. the house ca led the on 4 ; came to Crawford when about years

B 1 1 8 1 2 W ate r s tre e t . in t John rown , born December 9, , in He has always resided in this of age , and has resided the coun y ever

Vernon township , Crawford county . county . His wife , Eliza N . Compton , was since . 1 1 1 8 1 in B W r B Pa . George W . rown was born in hiting born April , 3, and was the daughter of Hugh Graham , bo n eaver county , , V t B o f the t 1 2 1 80 8 . 1 8 1 8 1 0 1 88 . ham , Windham county , , March , , Judge John rooks , one early set lers of March , ; came to Meadville in 4

. . in B became , a resident of Crawford county in Meadville Mrs Anna Grah am , born eaver county ,

m in . Pa 1 1 in . . 6 80 in ac ob T . Brown , born Vernon township , Tho as D Durant, born Palmer , Ham , March , 7 ; came to Meadville

n d e n . 22 1 80 8 1 88 April lives o the farm on which he county , Mass , May , ; moved to 4 . in 1 8 in B was born . Crawford county 34 , and to this city ina Grover was born in Monroe county ,

1 8 . . 8 1 1 2 a n rn 1 8 1 1 in Y . 8 d t . . B re e d b0 7 , , , J F , February 5 , , Massa 5 N June moved to Conneau 8 1 B . 1 in 1 8 h s e tts . . c u J H Dungan , born April , 7 , in eaver township 37 W e B in . rn . . C e n Jam s rawley , born Randolph town county C Greenﬁeld , of near Conneaut ‘

O 1 6 1 80 8 1 . S . in B rook ﬁe ld in 1 80 . ship , ctober , ; now living in East Doane , born , Mass , ter, was born New York in 5

0 1818 in 18 . A in F airﬁe ld . April 3 , ; moved to Meadville 54 lmon Greenﬁeld was born Herkimer

B u rc hﬁe ld 1 8 1 8 . in S e 1 8 1 his Jane M . , born May , , in James W Douglas , born Meadville p county , New York , in 4, removed with

20 1 8 1 8 . 1 8 0 Crawford county . tember , family to Conneaut township in 4 , where in B t . . . Katy u ler , born near Harmonsburg , this D V Derickson , born Meadville , April he has since resided

1 8 1 8. 1 1 8 8 at i n 1 80 . . 0 county , 6 9, Peter A Gage was born June 4 , , 20 1 80 0 in r A e O . . B t F ush , of near Conneau ville , was born Peter Doty , born June , , the Fe risburg , ddison county , Vermont ; cam 1 8 1 0 2 2 1816 re in New York in . town of Elmira , Chemung county , New York , to Pennsylvania February , ; has P B in L e B e o u ff . in . Daniel unting was born , Erie moved to Turnersville , Crawford county, a , sided Crawford ever since

1 8 . in O 1 180 8 1 O . county , ctober 5 , : moved to Rock 5 th of February , 37 liver A Gage was born Waterford , 1 O 1 2 a 1 h a s 8 P . 1 81 dale township in 37 ; resided here ever Eliza Compton Dunn was born ctober , Erie county , , November , 9 ; -

80 0 tu . in 2 B 1 18 1 . since . His wife , Mrs . Nancy unting , was , Mead township lived Crawford county since

2 1 1 8 1 . . . in born March , 3 They were married Dr Christopher Dart, Conneaut township , William R Gray was born Tompkins Y o 1 1 8 . i n . . 1 1 1 8 1 t December 9 , 33, and now live near Mil was born in Tompkins counyt , N Y county , N , April , 3, and moved ’ 1 80 6 i in S . ler s tation , and has been a resident of th s county the farm he still occupies , Richmond town

1 8 . O 1 8 S B 8. J . . yham , born in New York state while since 35 ship , ctober 3, 3 2 D O B - 4 CENTENNIA L E I TI N TRI UNE REP UB LICA N .

. Pe a rle tt C au d ie llo i 180 1 8 Mrs . of Frenchtown , Edward Jones , born in 5 his wife , Eliza , 34 , was absent in the west thirteen years , ' in D e a rtm e nt d u in 180 8 1 8 8 was born p Doubs, France ; was born , and they have lived in lived here since 4 .

in 1 8 a n d o n . . came to this county 37 , has lived Rockdale township over forty years Mrs Jacob Moyer, born in Union county , K le sk in d W ar Pa . e . 1 8 1 8 the sam farm ﬁfty one years Michael , ayland , born in , February 4 , , settled in Crawford 8 1 . 1 . in . 1 8 W W Glenn , now residing at Chautauqua , France , June , 7 county April , 34 . Residence , Cusse

8 S . in Y . 0 1 1 N . , was born in this city , June 3 , 7 , Isaac Kiser , born Unity township , wago . a n d 1 1812 M c C o rm i spent the greater portion of his life in Westmoreland county , February 3, ; emi c , O r 2 1 8 1 0 in _ John born ctobe , , in 816 . 1 . Pa Meadville grated to Meadville , Crawford county , Fayette county , , , moved to Crawford A n n 1 . S . 82 6 Philip Harpst , Vallonia , was born in Hunt Mrs Margaret Kepler , mother of county in . in d o n N 1 1 8 1 . . M c F a rla nd i n h g county , June 5 , 3, and moved to W Kepler , of this city , born in orthumber James E , born C ambers

1 Pa . 1 1 8 8 80 2 a nd Pa . 1 81 Meadville in 39 . land county , , January , , burg , , January 4 , 7 ; came to Meadville B V in 1 8 . . a li o n ia Mrs Phillip Harpst , was born moved to loomﬁeld township , this county , in 35

in 1 8 1 0 . M c C u ne S e 2 1 8 1 . O ld Lancaster county ept mber 5 , 3 with her parents , Thomas , born in Radford , h 1 1 80 6 in S e e e 1 1 8 1 H enry Hatch , Athens towns ip , was born Israel Kuder , born January 4, , England . pt mb r 7 , 7 ; came to Mead W W Y . in 1 86 1 at hitehall , ashington county , N . , Northampton county , Pa moved to Turners ville . W 0 1 80 in Pa . i 1 8 . . . F airﬁ e ld April 3 , 3 ; came to Crawford county ville , Crawford county , , Apr l , 37 A Mumford , born in township , 1 8 2 a nd in f S 8 1 80 8 4 , settled the township where he Elizabeth Kuder , wife of Israel Kuder, Craw ord county , eptember , , and still bo rn ' A u u s t 1 8 1 8 S e in still resides . g 9, , in andusky county , liv s same township . W O Pa 1 . lin . . 8 M c C to c k F a irﬁ George Hamilton , Troy Center , was hio , moved to Crawford county , , 37 . Mrs Jane was born in e ld in 1 1 2 1 1 1 80 8 . . e 8 . born in Mead township April , John A Keller , of V rnon township , born township July ,

S o in in O S 2 . M c D o nald in a amuel Hamilt n was born Mead town Canton ran , witzerland , December 9 , Mrs Elizabeth , born F irﬁe ld 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 2 1 80 2 ship May , landed in New York in August , 3 , township , this county , April , , and has ‘ e in in 1 8 2 Calvin Hatch , Randolph township , was settl d Vernon township May , 3 , and lived on the same farm for a period of ﬁfty W o n 1 8 . S . born in hite Hall , Washington county , N . moved present farm in 35 till strong six years

Y . u , J ly moved to Randolph town and active . John Maxwell was born on the farm o n in 1 182 1. ship , this county , February 3, Jacob Kightlinger , born M ead township , which he still resides , in Conneaut township , Pa S e 2 in 1 8 1 8 . O . 1812. . E Hathaway was born in ntario counyt , Crawford county , , ptember 5 ,

. Y . 1 18 18 a nd B a nd o n S N , August 9 , , moved to this ought moved the farm on which he ebastian Miller , professor of music , was 1 2 n 2 1 8 1 1 H o ll 8 8 . i 18 6 . e nd ro county in has since made his home 3 born December 3, , in ff, Ger ‘

A . 1 in e . 1 8 in . i 1 8 J Hunter , born November , 5 , John A Keene was born Crawford coun many came to Amer ca Dec mber, 5 3, to

f t F a llo w ﬁe ld in 1 8 1 i n 1 8 . Craw ord county . y , East , 9, on the farm Meadville 5 4

H u id e k o e r . M c N am a ra 6 1 81 Elizabeth p , Meadville , born in where he now lives Josiah , born June , 3, in

1 8 1 . . . . Meadville , January , 9 E D Lamb , Townville , born in Cortland Mead township , where he still lives M N am ara in H i Y . S 2 1 8 1 to c 180 6 in u d e k o e r in . Frederick p , Meadville , born county , N , eptember 7 , 9 , moved George , born , Mead

1 8 1 1 8 6 . . Meadville , April 7 . this county in June , 3 township H u id e k o W 1 2 in M c N a m ara 1 80 e r i n . 8 0 i n Alfred p , Meadville , born J esley Lang , born February , James , born in 4 Mead

1 8 1 0 . . Meadville , March , . Crawford county township M c D o w e ll F all C . . o w ﬁ e l Henry Hemler , born in Alexandria , D . , Horatio P Langworthy , was born May 3, Robert , born in East d 80 80 1 6 181 1 1 . e November 7 , 9; came to Meadville April 9, in Addison county , Vt He moved to township December , 7 ; liv s in Sads

1 18 . in 1 8 . 5 , 33 Athens township the year 33, and has bury 8 1 in M c N am ara 1 e . Noah Hope , born 9, Gloucester since liv d on the same farm Alexander , born in Mead town O ld B u shire , England , moved to Turnersville , Jacob L . Leberman , born in avaria , Ger ship , where he still lives , Febr ary Pa M c t o n n e il in 1 86 . 8 1 8 1 Crawford county , . , 4 many , O ctober , 9; came to Meadville in Mary was born January in . 1 8 . . . Mrs Leonard Hatton , born December 9 , 5 9 Florida , Montgomery county , N Y came 1 8 1 in a C s w a 0 M a h o i n 18 6 P . . u se rc t 4 , Mercer county , , moved to Craw Mrs Mary Lewis , born in g , Randolph township 5 , where she now

Pa 1 . 1 86 . 1 80 . ford county , . , in 6 , 4 resides S in a in in P . . amuel Hower , born Union county , , Mrs Marian Lefever was born Locke , David Morris , born Hayﬁeld township , 28 1 8 1 1 Y in 1 1 in 12 1816 18 8 8 . January , , settled in Crawford county N . . , 5 ; now lives Hayﬁeld town December , ; came to Meadville in 4

in S . 1 8 . S . December , 34 Residence at aeger ship Thomas Minniss , born in Venango - 81 . r 21 1 town A . A . Live more . born in Welton , Mass . , county , November , 5 ; came to Mead

W m 0 1 1 1 1 86 1 182 . . o rte bu r 8 . John C Hayne , born in g , Ger O ctober 3 , ; came to Meadville in 3 ville April , 5 2 1 8 1 0 F a irﬁe ld B M c N e il in many , November 4 , , came to Ross Lane , born in Nelson , Madison coun enjamin , born _ Genesee county , in 1 8 2 F e bi u a r 180 6 180 6 e . . . t . Y . 2 township 3 y , N , March , ; came to M ad N Y , y 5 , 9 ; came to Meadville

8 28 . . . in 1 18 . J L Henry , Union township , born in Mer ville 39 July , a 8 1 in W M c F ad den P . 20 1 1 cer county , , January , ; came to Thomas Jefferson Limber , born ood George , born in Meadville ,

80 2c 180 6 . 1 820 1 6 1 . this county in . Came to Meadville six cock township , August , 7 March , an d M lu re M c F add e n in years later took up his present residence John c C , Harmonsburg , was born Feb Elizabeth , born Connecticut , i n i 1 812 f in 181 n 8 . 2 1 i 1 1 . 1 ru a r 8 . Union township 5 9 y , , at Conneaut Lake April , , came to Craw ord county 7 18 181 A l c M c C lu re Phoebe Havens , born April , 4, in James Mc lure , Harmonsburg , was born James , Harmonsburg , was born ’ 80 8 Y . 2 1 . 2 1 80 8 . bany county , N ; moved to Crawford April 3, , at Conneaut Lake April 3, , at Conneaut Lake ( Lynce s in 1816 an d u m M c K n i h t 1 8 1 0 in county , is now a resident of S Thomas C . g , born July , Landing) , and has always lived in this coun M if m e rhill . t township Crawford . y with the exception of sixteen years in i i B K n i h 1 8 1 2 ﬁ n . n S . M c t Jonathan Hamnett , born Pittsburg Janu Mary g , born December , , county , Pa His wife , Frances ( unnell)

10 1816 18 Mc C lu re Pa . ary , ; came to Meadville in 45 . in Crawford . , was born in Crawford county , , 8 1 8 1 6 . S Pa S . c t 2 Joseph C Hays , born in omerset , . , Robert Mc leary , of this ci y , was born May , , and this county has always

1 1 in 1 . 8 8 6 in 1 8 1 . . in July 4 , 0 ; came to Meadville 3 Mead township July , 5 been her home W r - in M c A rth u r illiam Hope , bo n in Mead township , Loren Marsh , Riceville , was born Haw William , born in this city , where

8 180 6 180 a O 1 1 8 1 . near the ﬁve points , July , ; came to ley , Mass . , in 3, and moved with his p he still resides , ctober 9, 4 80 S in 1 8. B Meadville to live rents to loomﬁeld township , this county , in Alexander Mellon , born in adsbury , where

P in 1 8 1 . a 18 2 . Jere Hecker , born in Lehigh county , . , 3 he still lives, June , 9

2 1 0 0 in 1 828 in o r M c C o in B . . 8 . . F fe t July 9 ; came to Meadville Mrs Marjorie Maxwell , born Henry y was born altimore , Md , S H ilbro n n e r w rs B S O 1 816 1 181 olomon born in avaria , shire , cotland , ctober 4 , ; came to the April 7 , 9, and has been a resident of this

28 1 8 1 S in 18 in 18 . December , 9 , came to Meadville in United tates 5 4 , and to Meadville city since the second Tuesday in May , 39 F a irﬁe ld 1 8 . 1 66 . . 4 7 8 . W W Nelson , born in township,

B R u n d e ls W i 1 8 1 6 . . n O Hiram . Hopkins , of , was born C . Morse , born Hartwick , tsego Crawford county , November , 81 in f N Y in F a irﬁ e ld 1 1 ef . . 8 1812 March 3, 5 , Champion , J erson county , county , , August , ; moved to Allen Nelson , born township , Y O 8 n d 6 1 8 1 . 18 a N . , and came to this county , ctober , Crawford county in February , 37 , to Crawford county , June , 4 , and still lives

8 . 1 o n 1 188 . 3 Meadville June , 7 on part of the same farm which he was h o f C u s se w a o o s e M c D ill in . ﬁ p Henry , g township , born Hugh , born Mead township , born 28 1 6 in S 1812 a nd F a irﬁ e ld November , 7 9 , omerset county , Pa . August 9 , , still lives there . Daniel Nelson was born in town 8 1 180 0 . o n n 2 1 1 Came to Crawford county in John Mahoney , born ship o the ocean , ship , November , 9, moved to this city h s bo m M 1 80 in 1 1 2 1 . o n o n 6 8 0 8 . R . C J , arch 4 , 5 , New December ; came to Meadville August O ctober 5 , 47

in 1 8 2 1 8 - 1 180 6 in . S York , came to Crawford 3 7 , 37 Jacob Nisley , born eptember 4, , 1 2 1 8 1 2 in r M a in c C lu re 1 1 8 1 P . Isaac Kiser , born February , , Alexande , born August 7 , 5 , Dauphin county , , now living Cusse

. Pa . i n . Westmoreland county , Pa at Lancaster , , moved to Meadville wago township V - CE NTENNIA L EDI TIO N Z R I B U z E R EP UB LICA N. 43

’ i O D an ie l S in S n 1 8 1 Mrs . El jah , born in New Haven , Rushton kelton was born Philadelphia , amuel Trace , bor April , 4 , in Craw

21 181 1820 . 8 1 80 0 . I n . Conn . , May , 4; moved to Meadville February , June of the same year ford county ~ W as in o n S . . in O Au gustus Person born Greenwood his parents settled the farm where he still H Thompson , born Pittsburg, cto

S . 10 181 . he r 1 8 1 in 1 8 township , where he still lives , ept , 9 lives , in Venango township, this county . , 7 ; came to this county 35 , and S S S 1 86 1 80 in . Merit Past , Tryonville , was born in arato arah haw , born January , 7 , Craw to Meadville in 3 8 Y . 1 1 0 . 1 1 1 80 g a county . N . , December 3 , 4; emi ford Gilbert Thomas , born December , 9 ,

18 . O B S f . in . grated to Craw ord county in June 43 liver cott was born Ellisburg , Jef in Millville , Mass , moved to Turnersville , fe rso n Y a n 1 . . 2 1 80 8 P . i 8 . Thomas Patterson , Troy township , was born county , N , May 5 , ; came to Crawford county , , 49

Pa . 1816 1 18 n o w in . in in Westmoreland county , , March 9 , , Crawford county April 7 , 34; lives Mrs Catharine Tyson , born Westport , A F a irﬁ ld . e . 2 1 80 8 and moved to Troy township, March thens township county , Conn , November , ; O hio n e ar S in 1 2 O 86 . M rs . James R . Porter was born in , Nelson mith was born in New York S tate arrived Meadville ctober, 0 1 8 1 1 8 1 a nd T hic k s ton in C u ss e w a o Canton , March 3 , 7 , came to Meadville in 3, came to this county with his Miss Nancy , born g ,

6 an u a 1 0 1 8 1 2 . 1 82 . . in 5 parents at the age of months Resides at J ry ,

2 2 . . O 2 180 James R . Porter was born November , Rundles Robert W Tower , born ctober 9 , 4 , m 18 1 in F a irﬁe ld . S 1 80 18 . 3, West township Harvey ackett, born March , 7 , in oved to Crawford county in April , 49

Y . . S th e C . F . Purse , born in Groton , N , Decem Massachusetts ophia R . Tower, wife of above , was

2 1 8 1 i n 1 8 . S W 8 181 ber 4, 7 ; came to Meadville 35 David wift , oodcock township , was born June , 5 ; came to Crawford county F airﬁe ld in 8 . C . 1816 . Henry Peterman , born in town born Charleston , , November 3, , the same time

1 6 1 8 1 . o A ril 1 ship , Crawford county , May , 9 and moved to Wo dcock township p , John Thomas , of Conneaut township , was in 18 8 r in Y 2 1 8 1 1 George Potter was born Conneaut town 3 , where he has since resided . bo n Utica , N . . , December 7 , ,

e S . 1 2 1 8 1 2 . S in ship, where he still r sides , ept , Frederick mith , born at Long S utton , came to Crawford county with his parents in 16 181 1 8 1 8 an d Augustus Peterson , born Greenwood Lincolnshire , England , February , 9; January , , has resided there ever

m be ri o 1 8 1 . S e te S in . township p , 9 ; still lives there emigrated to the United tates December , since 18 S t 18 6 . Alexander Power , born in Greenwood 49 , and came to Meadville in ep , 3 Thomas Thomas , of Conneautville , was Y r 80 6 S S . . u 1 1 80 8 6 1 . o f d a township , November , ; came to Mead Chauncey mith ﬁrst saw the light y born in Utica , N , Feb ary 4 , ,

in 1 8 8 . L ic h ﬁ e ld C on nf 1 80 b t in ville to live 5 in county , , in 7 , and e came to Crawford coun y with his parents

bO rn in 6 in 1 8 0 1 8 1 8 . Nial Pease , Massachusetts , July , came a resident of Crawford county 4 . January , , has remained here since

1 18 28 a n d . . S . . C u sse w a o 7 99 ; bought the Mead tract in , Mrs Julia M mith was born in Plymouth , E A Tenny was born in g town 8 L i h ﬁ e ld 1 18 0 . c 181 . came to Meadville to live about 49 or 5 county , Connecticut, February 4 , ship , where he still resides , July 7 , 3

80 in 1 2 C ra w . il 1 d . O r . 1 2 1 8 8 James Power was born June 9, 7 , 7 9 ; came to county Feb , 3 . R C Thomas , of Creek township, was ‘ d in in a n . S 1818 . S . Conneautville , is still living that place Nancy J anderson , of near teamburg, born in Woodcock township , April ,

S A . in Y 1 8 1 1 o n Mrs . arah Pardee , born in Randolph was born Herkimer county , N . . , in , John Trace was born on the farm which

26 1 8 1 6 . t 1 8 S township , March , Has always lived and came to this coun y about 5 4 . he still lives , in Vernon township ( then ads - 812 . . S H u id e k o e r 2 1 . there Mrs Frances hippen p was bury) , February 4 , V a n H in S f i in Pa . 2 1 1 o rn olomon Pei fer , Mos ertown , was born born at Lancaster, , March 3, 8 8 ; was John was born Union town B 21 180 8 H u id ek o e r 28 1 8 8 N 1 1 80 loomﬁeld township , January , ; has married to Edgar p , June , 3 , ship, Crawford county , ovember 9 , 9,

in . always lived in Crawford county . at Meadville , Pa . and still resides the same township B Pe ie r in She rre d V an H o rn e in enjamin was born Woodcock Jacob , born in Venango township , Thomas , born Vernon town i 81 in 1 80 0 2 0 1 6 18 . township , January 4 , 9 ; now resides in . ship , July , 9

. S in Jamestown , Mercer county . M . D haw was born Duchess county , John Williams , Greenwood township , was

V e n a n o bo ro . Y . in 1 8 1 1 . to S in 1 8 6 Isaac Peiffer , of g , was born in N , Came this tate 3 . born in the township in which he now lives Pe iffe rto w n S th e n E as F allo w ﬁe ld in 1 2 t 816 . what is known as , February , Isaac perry was born in Connecticut in ( ) , February , 3 ' 80 B 1818 1 . 1 80 in , and has always resided in the county . 4 , and has been a resident of this county Ephraim Williams , born April , 9 ,

6 . Cornelius Lawson Rushmore , of Conneaut 4 years Crawford county . W Y . in . . 20 S in S . B . ville , was born Albany , N , Aug ust , James M nodgrass was born outh J alker , Riceville , born in Lawrence w rd 18 2 S Pa 18 1 181 C ra . t Pa 2 . 7 ; came to county in 4 henango , Crawford coun y , . , June 9 , county , , in 9 , and moved to Crawford

1 8 1 in 18 0 . Jacob Glass Rupert , of Conneautville , was 5 , and has always resided the township county in 5 H a 1 8 1 1 . m d e ro born in Taneytown , Maryland , April 4, where born James Williams , born in , Dela

e 1 8 1 . S S E n . Y . 181 . cam to Conneautville in 3 Thomas timpson was born in ussex , g ware county , N , July 4 , 9; moved to i 1 0 A . B . , n 8 in in 18 . _ Ross , Cambridge was born in Peru , land , 5 , came to Conneaut township Meadville 7 7 6 1 8 1 0 M 2 1 8 B . ass . , November , ; moved to Cam 35 , where he has since resided . H . Wadsworth , Randolph township , was in 1 8 S i n n n . O C o . F e bru ar 1 1 8 1 bridgeboro , this county , 37 liver Perry aeger , Conneaut township , born Farmington , , y 5 , 5 , B C a m brid e bo ro n M rs . . . i 1 8 0 S e 8 18 1 2 . A Ross , g , was born was born in New York , ept mber , , came to Crawford county 3 H W a n d w it h . . 1 2 1 a n in S c , N , , 8 1 6 d . , in February , has been a resident of this coun ty since Hudson J est born Cayuga county ,

C a m brid e bo ro 1 8 1 8 2 . Y 1 181 moved to g , this county , in 37 . 4 N . . , December 3, 5 ; came to Meadville

1 8 1 0 S 2 2 180 i n 182 . Philip Regan , born March , , in I re Nathan outhwick was born May , 6, 7 W W W . in Y in land hitehall , ashington county , N . . , William arner , Meadville , born Massa

. t B in 2 2 h u se tts S 1 8 1 1 18 1 c . Mrs Mary Rober son ancroft was born came to Meadville February , , and has , eptember , 5

. H . 2 180 i R h e m ba m Merrimack county , N , May 5 , 7; l ved in Crawford county ever since . Mrs . Elizabeth Walp, born in u , f in . S W S e 2 1 8 1 moved rom there to Athens , this county , Margaret K mith , daughter of illiam Germany , ept mber 4 , 9 , came to 8 6 ‘ W K n i h t . bo rn in 1 1 . M c 8 . the fall of 3 , where she still resides g , Esq , ayne township, Meadville in August , 33 80 2 1 Pa . 10 1 81 O 2 1 8 1 8 Andrew Reed , born May 3, 9 , came to Crawford county , , January , 5 . Amasa Walton , born ctober , , in

a irﬁe ld in 1 8 0 . S F . in S . township 4 Daniel P mith , born Clinton , Mass . , ummerhill in 2 1 8 1 2 B . . . in . C an T G Richardson , born Clarion county , May 4 , ; came to Meadville June , enj P Wheeler was born in Lower

Pa . 2 1 1 8 1 1 8 2 1 . a nd in 1 8 6 , April , 9 , came to Crawford county ada came to Conneaut township 3 , W 1 8 B . S bO rn in an d o n in 7 4 and now lives at looming Valley illiam Godfrey mith was B e d settled the farm where he now resides . r M D o w e ll M s . c f rd shire o 1 8 1 2 . in Polly Rupert , wife of , England , July 24 , , landed in Mrs Peggy Warren was born Conneaut 28 1 8 a nd in 1 Jacob Glass Rupert , of Conneautville , was New York , July , 4 3, has resided in township , where she still resides , 80 9. in S B W F a irﬁ e ld born ummerhill township, Crawford Crawford county over thirty y ears . yron ebster , township , was

1 811. S 1 hi in . Y to w ns w as . 2 county , March 7 , Daughter of John Joseph ayre , Richmond p , born born Courtland county , N , August ,

M c D o w e ll . i n 1 8 1 1 80 2 , a pioneer in New Jersey 9 and came to this coun , and has been a resident of this county

. . t in 1 8 1 . Mrs Harriett W Ross , Centerville , was born y , at which time his parents settled Rich since 5 in Y i 1 2 L a n W . . 20 n 8 2. . M c e Keen , Cheshire county , N , March , mond township Mrs Nancy hite , widow of the 180 o f S c h e nbe r in in S 4 , and has been a resident Crawford Mrs . Mary g , born France July late Dr . James White , was born outh S h e

. 20 181 in 18 28 county for nineteen years , 7 came to Meadville . nango township , Crawford county , July 9 ,

. . . f in 1812 S R 1 80 a n d n ow . . . . i O n il . h Rev L L Radcli e , born Has H P hreve , iceville , was born O 5 , lives near Hartstown S e i ’ e n . O 2 181 . . M c L e an s resided a gr at many years this city Creek township , ctober 7 , 4 was the eldest of Rev Daniel chil

. B S in . John V Reynolds , born in Meadville April E . . R . ackett , born Massachusetts , dren

12 181 . W 6 1 8 1 6 in . in te rm u th fn S , 5 July , , came to Crawford county. John H , born ussex

. in 1 2 . . 8 . 181 Horace C Rounds , Townville , was born 4 , lived here ever since county , N J , February 9, 9 ; came to Y ‘ . . 1 1 8 1 . o Se h O 1 8 1 in 182 Lock , Cayuga county , N , February , 4 J p Taylor , born ctober , 9, in Crawford county the summer of 9, and

. O B . S Mrs liver cott , Athens township , was Northumberland . now resides near Linesville . and B F in . B . 1 80 in L i h ﬁ l . . tc e d born in Connecticut March 7 , came Taylor , Riceville , was born Elli R Welton , born 9 ,

. Y 2 to this county , with her parents , when she was cott , Chautauqua county , N . , January 9 , county , Conn ; for many years a resident of

. 8 18 1 18 6 . about ﬁve years of age ; came to Crawford county April 3, 4 . this city C I O B - 44 ENTENN A L EDI TI N TRI UNE REP UB LICA N .

RECOLLECTI ONS OF LI NCOLN . Lincoln was raised up by Providence from I told him my name and place of residence

h n W e among the common people of the country , to He replied , O , I k ow all about you . C raw ford C ou n ty S oldiers o n D u ty a t th e be the instrument for carrying out the great appointed you as one of the internal revenue — ” W . hite H ou se R e m in i sce n c e s . work of emancipating four million slaves He assessors a few days ago . He inquired how

- ad vo t stood between the radical anti slavery I got into the mili ary service , and I explained

B Y M O . o n o n e ( AJ R D V . cates of the north the hand , and the the situation to him . H e told me how it came

e - When the Presid nt made his call , on the conservative pro slavery elements of the bor that my appointment as assessor was so long

I 1862 . st of July , , for more troops , I concluded der states on the other ; and waited , watched , delayed

e a nd . to again enter the s rvice , soon made ar and acted just as fast as public opinion would When we entered the city Mr Lincoln said ’ h e a d u a r rangements to recruit a company for the new allow . If he had issued his emancipation he would call at General Halleck s q “ ’ B uck - tail regiment then being formed by proclamation when he did his hundred day s ters a nd get what news had been received ” W 862 n O n 28th S 2 2 1 ot . Colonel ister . the day of August, notice , eptember , , most , if all , from the army during the night I informed

1862 n h , we started with the compa y for the of t e border states would , doubtless , have him that General Cullum , chief aid to General

in . O n . and seat of war the same day I received the gone into the rebellion The people of these Halleck , was raised Meadville , that I

h e n I w as o f S . w appointment U . assessor , which I had states did not at ﬁrst realize that the rebellion knew him a boy . He replied , ” applied for in June , but it came too late . I was the death warrant of American slavery . Then we must see both the gentlemen . ' u n t r m: S . had put my hand to the plow , and co ld o PRE IDENT S GUAR D When the carriage stopped , he requested me

. n 6th look back After some delay in Harrisburg O the morning of the of S eptember to remain seated , and he would bring the we proceeded to Washington . gentlemen down to see me , the

O n f o n our arrival I called at the o ﬁce being the second ﬂoor . f i B I n o ce of Governor outwell , a short time the President n f com missioner of inter al reve came down , ollowed by the

in nue , and tendered my resigna other gentlemen . When he t tr d u d ion , requesting the appointment o c e them to me General

z of my friend , J . H . Lenhart . Cullum recogni ed and seemed e The appointment was im m edi pleased to see me . In G neral ately made out and forwarded‘ Halleck I thought I discovered f to him . As I le t the Treasury a kind of quizzical look , as much ‘ “ ’ B 1 a n oid uilding met friend , a as to say , isn t this rather a big former State S enator from our joke to ask the Commander in . district , who was early very rad chief of the army down to the ical o n the abolition question . street to be introduced to a coun I asked him what he thought try captain

O n W of the situation . His reply was , arriving at the hite “ ! v I t looks dark , dark Would House the President in ited me to God that we had a President into the executive chamber, with a heart and determination where I spent a half hour very

an d to put down crush out this pleasantly . During that time wicked rebellion ! I was much he explained to me all about the

i a nd surpr sed , inquired what situation of both armies, and was wrong . He replied t hat the read the ofﬁcial telegrams that President did no t move as fast had been received during the as the loyal people of the coun night from the different head f try desired , and expected him quarters o the army . I was to ; that he should immediately much pleased with my inter

a rm re emancipate and the slaves , view with the President . I a nd in put them into the service . turned the carriage to my

n h O the 5 t day of S eptember I camp quarters. ' D was mustered into the service H ON . A . B . R I C H M ON . S upposing that the invitation V . 1 0 . as Captain of Co K , 5 P . , t o ride to the city with the Pres

s a n o o r. commanded by Colonel Langhorn Wister . my company was detailed as permanent guard ide nt w a as much to give him pp

no t o f S tu n it I t is for man to direct his steps ; and for the President the United tates , and y to look over and interview the new S ’ ' little did I think that I would soon be so stationed at the oldiers Retreat , three miles captain as for any other purpose , I did

n o t r . pleasantly associated with the President , and north of the city , to replace two companies of eport the next morning During the l ﬁnd him the most anxious and determined regulars who were that day to rejoin their day I was informed that , if agreeab e to me , person that I had met , on the question of put regiment , as it marched through the city on it was the desire of the President that I

a n ting down the rebellion , d preserving the its way to Maryland . should breakfast with him and accompany

Union . He soon after said to me that the The next morning the President sent a mes him to the White house every morning, and

r . whole aim and object of his administration senger with a note to my quarters , stating eturn with him in the evening This duty I

’ a nd o n was to crush the rebellion a nd preserve the that he would like to see the captain of he entered upon with much pleasure , was n U . re in c o nion , and that, having accomplished that , he guard at his residence I immediately hand good time next morning; and I

a n would willingly lay down his life o n the altar ported . After informal introduction and tinned to perform said duty until we moved

- if I . of his country (words almost prophetic) ; that hand shaking, he asked me would have to the White House in November It was ’

r n . . o n if he could prese ve the Union a d free the any objection to riding with him to the city Mr Lincoln s custom , account of the pres

d’ he o f slaves , he woul free the slaves , but , if it I replied that it would give me much pleasure sure business, to breakfast before the other

in came necessary to perpetuate slavery in order to do so , when he invited me to take a seat members of the family were up; and I usually O n to preserve the Union , he would say let it be the carriage . our way to the city he made entered his room at half past six or seven ’ f perpetuated but that the Union must be pre numerous inquiries , as to my name , where I o clock in the morning , where I o ten found

B ible served a t all hazards . came from , what regiment I belonged to , etc . him reading the or some work on the

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O ’ “ O n . o f o n e ! S S S . LI NC O LN S FEAR LES NE another occasion Mr Jesse Winans , when some below said , No , no that is ” nd “ m a . t e . L in his county , called on at my camp , a rebel tune Mr Lincoln replied , That There was no fear or timidity in Mr .

’ in W . e I n informed me that he had six sons the army tune fairly belongs to us captured it at coln s make up . fact I thought him rather ” in careless or thoughtless as to his personal that averaged six feet height , and that he the battle of Antietam . The band at once in ﬁ ne had been at the front to visit them . He had struck up Dixie style , when a shout safety . He frequently walked to the theater

e . n n a gr at desire to see Mr Lincoln before his went up from below , givi g three cheers for with no escort but myself a d his little son ,

' r . a nd i s e stio n a u a rd return bo ne . I requested him to wait until I President Lincoln it was not at h s ug g that . g - . I C O A S I S I I n could see whether Mr . Lincoln was at leisure L N LN A R A L PL TTER . was stationed at his residence . fact, he W “ i B u t hen I entered the executive chamber I I said to him one day , Mr . Lincoln , when said so to the military authorit es . future

. i n 1 860 found him alone I told him a gentleman you were a candidate for President , events proved the wisdom O f this action .

’ from Crawford county was visiting me , who your friends made much of the fact that you 6 2 During the fall of several efforts were ' ' - - t/n r l x e o so n s . had y s z f e t f in the army , and were a rail splitter How many rails did you made to supersede our company , by parties ” in ? that he had just made them a visit at the ever split a day His reply was , that wanting the position , which became so annoy ' be e front , and would like to see the President wh n he was a lad about twelve years old , his in g to the president that he issued the follo w “ f h fore returning home . His reply was: Invite step ather moved t e family from Kentucky ing order , which placed the matter at rest

u . him p , Captain , I want to see him just as to the state of Indiana , where he bo u g h t a S O EXEC UTIVE MAN I N , ” n much as he wants to see me . They spent farm of ﬁfty acres . O it there was a ﬁeld of W S I O 1 1 862. A H NGT N , November ,

a n . half hour very pleasantly together ﬁve acres cleared and partly fenced , and Whom it may concern .

Captain Derickson , with his company , has Again , a gentleman from Erie county was enough rail timber cut to enclose the lot . He been for some time keeping said that he a nd his step father guard at my residence , now at ’ had split rails enough to com a nd the soldiers retreat . He a his company are very agreeable plet the fence , and that this

- to me , and while it is deemed was all the rail splitting he had proper for any guard to remain , ever done . none would be more satisfactory to me than Captain Derickson Mr . Lincoln made no effort

, and his company . to conceal his humble origin

I N C O . A . L LN but rather delighted to dwell ’ M R N CO S C S . . LI LN ALLER upon the incidents and trials of ’ S in 6 r f ome time April , 3, I his ea ly life . He o ten inter noticed rather a pl ain looking e s te d me by rehearsing many of

the h i s lady , on several occasions , in stories and in cidents of earnest conversation with the youth , most of which have been W doorkeeper at the hite House . published time and again , so I

Bu t I learned afterward that she will not repeat them . I was seeking a n interview with will give one as he related it

i n o t e e l the Pres dent , but succ ed to m , that have never seen

n e ing she approached me o day in print .

- as I entered the door and made LINC O LN A s A C APTAIN . known her wishes . After hear At the breaking out of the in in B 1 8 g and becoming interested lack Hawk war in 37 , he

a her case , I told her I would see was clerking in a store in a sm ll that she had a n inte rview with village or settlement in Sanga

m o n . the President . I went to his county , Illinois A call room an d told him there was a was made o n their county for

S a nd lady from the tate of Indiana volunteers , when he forty

in waiting the east room , whose others from his neighborhood husband was sick in one of the enlisted . Another neighborhood hospitals somewhere in the ten or twelve miles distant raised . W front ; that he had not been paid forty four . hen they came “ I . L . S E ELE . o n e for nine months , and that she Y together there was of the was poor and had a family other party dressed in full uni

to . S h e in M r support had managed some way visiting me , who had been frequently told , and form , who , . Lincoln supposed , was to be

W he Bu t to get money enough to come to ash was rather proud of the fact , that looked their captain . , when the mustering

in to n . e g , to see if she could not get him paid like the President At his request I w nt ofﬁcer came to muster them into the service , W to . a n d off and discharged . Mr . Lincoln told me with him to the hite House introduced he formed them into line and said that if there

I “ M r a n a nd . . invite the lady up , , after hearing her him During the conversation _ said , were y candidates for the captaincy they

in h e r. story , said he would do what he could for President , my friend has often been told that would station themselves twenty paces front ”

f . m an in He gave her a small card o n which was writ he resembles you very much . Mr . Lincoln o the line The uniform stepped “ ” I c a n : . O u r . ten , as nearly as remember , the follow looked at him for a moment , and said I promptly to the front men , said Mr “ ’ “ : S e s e e u s t c o m linre n t . a nd ing Mr . tanton , please see the b arer of don t j where that p comes Lincoln knowing that I could read

c a n c o n in this card , and assist her so far as you , as either of us would make a good subject write , urged me to stand a poll to be their ” d i r . an . s ste n tly with your l u ty . He requested me to for a comic almanac captain , I reluctantly stepped to the front ’ ‘ ’ S S O B W direct her to ecretary tanton s fﬁce , which The Marine and , of ashington , frequent At the word , forward , march , all my men ,

i O n l in in I did w th pleasure . her return from the y serenaded the president the evening and four from the other squad , marched to my W n n a o m . O o e a n d front she inform e d me that she had c c front of the hite House of these rear , and I was elected duly mustered as

l s o f h e r . . e p i he d the object mission ; that her hus occasions , the hand having played several captain He said that he always regard d

ad a n band h been paid off, and that he would be tunes , the president , who stood in upper this as the turning point in the history of his ”

e . discharged as soon as he was able to travel . window , request d them to play Dixie , life Having no military knowledge , he was - CENTENNIA L EDI TION T R I B U NE R EP U B L I C A N. 47

’ PRES I D E NT LI NCOLN S RD E R . thrown upon his ow n resources . He under many good men , it was hard for him to make O took to do the best he could ; with what suc a choice I handed the re ply to the presi “ O n re cess he would leave others to tell . his dent , who , after reading it , said , Very well A M e a su re W hich R e s u lted in E n lis tin g turn home at the end of his service , he was if he cannot make a choice , we will have to R ebel P ris oner s in to the e fo r . met by a gentl man , whose name I cannot make one him

U S . O n I l n ion ervic e now recall , who inquired of him what he was the _ 7th of Apri the president sent me S S going to do . He said he did not know , but a note saying that ecretary eward and him m ' B Y H O N . s W I rather thought he would go into the store self would be pleased to inspect y company ( NE TO N PETT S . ) ’ A . f . . t I n 1 86 again . This riend told him that he had bet at 3 o clock p m the hour appointed Mr the summer of 4 , under the order of ’ 1 2 l aw and . B . ter study , that if he would come into Lincoln s son , Tad , then about years old , the War Department , J Fry , Provost Mar had in S his o fﬁce he would give him a good chance , came to where I the company charge shal General of the United tates , directed

A nd . . which offer he accepted . we all know and informed me that the president and the Captain D V Derickson , at the time Provost

o f the sequel . governor were in waiting at the lawn on the Marshal of this District , to make a draft

- W A W O F O R M R S . C O . m e n in R D LIN LN south side of the hite House I immediate about two thousand this district , c0 m B l ' o f efore going to Washington I had seen y marched up and saluted the inspecting posed of the counties of Clarion , Venango ,

ﬁ e rs a nd ni an ve rin th c e u . e many newspaper articles stating that some one , after g . company for Mercer and Crawford , which Captain Derick s o n was improperly giving out cabinet secrets , and a short time , I put it in charge of Lieutenant promptly executed , whereupon the s u bsti G e tc h e l m that it was likely to do great injury to the , who arched the company to their tute business in this city , the headquarters of d . a n Union cause . I t was more than hinted that quarters After a handshaking a few the Provost Marshal , became very brisk ,

. a nd Mrs . Lincoln was the party , the writers even words complimentary to the company , Mr drafted persons their localities paying all going so far as to state that she had the way from ﬁve hundred to a

in a brothers the rebel rmy , and was thousand dollars for substitutes . S in sympathy with the outh . I While the drafted m e n were re L in know this charge against Mrs . porting to Captain Derickson , Chas .

F - F . coln to have been a very great Wilson , a son of . . A Wilson ,

f and mistake . Although she had two came into my o ﬁce informed brothers in the rebel army , Mrs . me that among the ten thousand

Lincoln was a hearty loyal woman , rebel soldiers that had been captured an d h e l one of t e best r be haters by the Union army , and who were that I met during my stay in Wash confined in the government prison in he o n to n . S g appealed to me , at Rock Island , Illinois , there were more than one occasion , to urge three classes who would gladly e n the President to arrest and confine list in the Union service of the a certain offi cial connected with a United S tates for a bounty of one

: government institution in Washing hundred dollars a year first , some

im r ess ed ton , whom she believed to be a that were p into the rebel rebel sympathizer . I spoke to Mr . service second , those who enlisted

o n e Lincoln about it day , when he thinking the conﬂict would not replied that Mrs . Lincoln had m e n amount to anything more than a tio n e d a nd in the matter to him several holiday contest , that having if times , but that he were to arrest been disappointed , desired to re an d imprison all within our lines sume allegiance to the Union ; third , known to be in sympathy with the a class that entered the rebel army rebel cause , to say nothing about honestly believing in the doctrine those who were suspected , it would of secession , but had become satis keep the quartermaster’ s depart ﬁ e d that the cause of th e South was

a n d ment employed most of the time a lost cause , for that reason

WI LLI A M H . A ND REWS . in building new prisons . desired to again rally around and - C hairman e l e c t R e p ubl i c a n S tat e C o mmitt e e . 1 86 In the spring of 3, Congress under the old ﬂag of the Union ;

W t “ a nd passed hat was known as the Enrollmen Act , Lincoln said to me quietly , Captain , I was if I could procure an order from the ’ B d establishing the Provost Marshal s ureau . over at the war department, yester ay , and President authorizing the enlistment of these ” m e n Finding my duties very light , I told the Presi that little matter of ours is all right . I thank , and have them credited to this district ,

lie u tan a n ts . dent that I thought my could take ed him for his kindness , when we separated a million of dollars could be made by the

e r c care of him and the company and suggest d The next day , I e eived my appointment , operation , as all local authorities would will in l that he appoint me provost marshal of our dis and made my arrangements to leave for home . g y pay two or three hundred dollars more tric t. th at if a n d b in His reply was he had the appoint I bid a ﬁnal farewell to the pre sident his than that asked y the recruits , order to “ o f ment he would give it to me at once ; but, family , feeling conscious and proud the save their citizens from being dragged to the “ said he , the members of Congress think these fact that I had for a friend and acquaintance front . ” appointments all belong to them . He asked one of the kindest and greatest m e n this coun I left the next day for Washington , after H H id S . u e k o e r me if I knew our member of congress and try has ever produced . telegraphing Col . . p at Phila u r whether he was my friend . I replied that I delphia to meet me there . O conference N T H — in knew him very well , but that he was not a O R IGI O F E DO LLAR . Previous to July with President Lincoln resulted the follow

6 1 8 citizen of our county , and I had not spoken , 7 5 , the English system of money was in ing executive order o n “ “ . in n X C I NS IO S . O to him the subject He said , Well , you use the tates that date the Congress E E UT VE MA N , ” “ N 1 86 . S I O . C . S e . I t WA H GT N , D , pt , 4 . b had be ter write him , anyway I did so , and esta lished the dollar , although the exact “ I t is represented to me that there are at in a short time received a reply , stating that 8 1 86 weight was not ﬁxed until July , 7 , when I ll Rock Island , . , as rebel prisoners of war , before receiving my letter, he had received o it was made to ab ut equal that of the old . f many persons of northern and oreign birth , S a n d ﬁfteen other applications ; and that among so panish dollar . who are willing to be exchanged sent 8 O B - 4 CENTENNIA L EDI TI N TRI UNE REP UB LICA N.

S o n e l H u id e k o e r outh , but who wish to take the oath of alle with hundred dol ars for each man drafted p , a copy of which in conclusion g ian c e and enter the milita ry service of the from their sub district , which I paid to a rebel of this communication is g i ven below : Union . “ H u id e o e r o n soldier for his one year bounty , and took his P . k 1 I L A . S . 8 . Col p , behalf of the people MEADV L E, , ept 64

t M R . S I N of some par s of Pennsylvania , wishes to pay receipt therefor, and that being done , Captain PR E DE T, S i n —I it the bounties the government would have to Derickson , by direction of the gove rnment found upon reaching home that

pay to proper persons of this class , have them e it was impossible for me to go to Rock Island authorities , releas d the drafted men , which

e S an d . nter the service of the United tates , be for some time I gave Judge Pettis authority resulted in the release of about drafted credited to the localities furnishing the bounty to act for me in enlisting such m e n as were in f . I money men in this (then ) congressional district , a fected by your order of st inst . He will “ a nd f He will , therefore , proceed to Rock Is as m u c h as when musteri ng the m e n in at explain all to you in orm you of his

land , ascertain the names of such persons success . Rock Island I had the m e n enrolled as sub (not includ i ng any who have attractions Everything has been done with the utmost s titu tes e a n for those drafted h re , d properly southward) and telegraph them to the Pro ﬁdelity on the part of Judge Pettis , and to the

d ire c C . vost Marshal General here , whereupon redited to this district At the same rate I entire satisfaction of our people , who will be

B l . tion will be given to discharge the persons gave some more to the counties of ut er , saved hundreds of thousands of dollars The named upon their taking the oath of alle effect has been to strengthen the arm of the Erie , Warren , and at the earnest request o f ia nc e , , o f g and then upon ofﬁcial evidence being ‘ government and inspire anew the hopes - C ove rn o r B C le a rﬁe ld h t e ex igler , of county , as O u r a nd e furnished t at they shall have been duly ' people , to renew their energi s in the i c e ive d and well as some to Ashtabula county , O hio , n in mustered into the service of the great struggle which we are engaged . I S ' United tates , their number will be credited order to help the Provost Marshal there out remain very respectfully your obedient ser

H u id e k o e r. . . S . H U I D E K O PE R as may be directed by Col p d iﬂi c u lt vant , H . “ of a y , his request for such relief com A B RAHAM LIN C O LN . ’ ing through , and at the earnest solicitation of, in The above is endorsed Mr . Lincoln s A n B 1 S ow al l 0 0 Years Ol d . . S . in M . Cotton , Esq ,now of Linesville , this

o w n : . hand as follows A correct copy A . . county B Y N I E M S 2 O n ( FA N E . C O PTO N . Lincoln , eptember 3, the back ) is noted the following direction I gave n o receipt for the nearly two hun Thinking the following item might be of The bearer will present the list of names dred thousand dollars given me here to pay interest to some of the readers o f the C e n te n

. m én i contemplated within The Provost Marshal these at Rock Island , which I there paid nial Number, I br eﬂy state the history of

' ‘ I I A M H OM A H . T R T E N I W LL T S , ON . J OH N C S U VA ,

' C e P e e e S s B k . P e d e F i s N o B a k C o e t e . ashi r p l s aving an r si nt r t ati nal n , nn au vill e General will pl ase take the proper steps to over to them , individually , when they were what I believe to be the oldest ornamental have them examined , mustered in and dis mustered in . While there at Rock Island , I ﬂowering bush in the county . charged from prison , so as to be properly I n 1 8 was offered by B altimore authorities , as well the year 7 9, Robert F . Randolph , with e . cr dited , all according to the within “ B as those from oston , the sum of two hundred his family , settled in what is now Mead town C O . A . LIN LN a S 20 1 86 o m a n a nd . eptember , 4 . d llars a for my soldiers , in addition ship , his son , James F Randolph , h ving ’

in . o n e To the above is added Mr Lincoln s thereto , to pay the interest upon the money been of the nine persons who ﬁrst cam e 88 : . in in 1 . . own hand Also correct copy . A Lincoln , while my hands , and the express charges to this county 7 Mr Randolph and S 2 th i 1 1 o n eptember 3, returning e same to the persons here that his family remained here unt l 79 , when

H u id e k o e r f Col . p , stul su ering physically had furnished me the money , which would account of the warlike attitude of the Indians , a n d — f t an d from the shock of battle at Gettysburg , have netted me which o fer is a they , with other settlers , le f this region

a u . I n 1 2 not feeling able to carry out the order, matter of record , veriﬁed under oath . returned to their former homes 79 or

th0 riz e d and s u m e n I I a n d . me to repair to Rock Island At the request of these enlisted , 7 93 they came back , Mr Randolph set ’

e rinte nd th e tle d o ne . p execution of the President s asked President Lincoln to appoint Lieut . upon a farm mile south of Meadville . a nd order , which I did , enlisting mustering Col . A . P . Caraher, the Provost Marshal of At this time the Randolph family brought r m C l into the se vice two regiments of rebel sol prisoners at the Rock Island Post , a Colonel with the a ﬂowering bush commonly a l ed ” d a nd a n o n . . diers , which were , are still know n as two of e of the regiments , which he did Col a snow ball , planted it near their

U n ited S l a tes Volu n teers . regiments of , being Caraher afterwards married a sister of Mrs . home . When , years later , Taylor F Ran

1 ~ r C 0 . s o f R o be t . aided by Johnson of New Jersey , com Pettis . The regiments both erved out their dolph , son F Randolph , sold th e S th e manding the post , Rev . . L . Gracey , the Chap term of enlistment with credit to their coun farm (now known as the Church farm) to

n d . . a . lain , Lieut Col Andrew P Caraher , the try and themselves . Atlantic Great Western Railroad Company ,

Provost Marshal of prisoners there . The manner of the execution of the trust he reserved a few acres of l and upon which

- a f» The sub districts of the counties of Clarion , conﬁded to me is best attested by a letter he built a house , and there lived until his t Venango , Mercer , and Crawford furnished me te rw a rd addressed to the President by Col . death . The snow ball bush was replan ed B N E - CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRI U R EP UB L ICA N. 49

186 near this new home . In the spring of 7 OL D J OH N B ROWN . our eastern cities . His name is on the page

th e a nd B . Mr . John . Compton purchased house of history in volumes of biography h h . d au O t e v m H i O F B IO G an d lot from Miss Maria F Randolph , g u t lin e of D e elop en t of s S e n ti VALU E RAPH Y . — . m P r s M n O b ter of Mr . Taylor F . Randolph Miss Ran e n t s a nd u po e H i s ai The memory of persons greatly distin ’ a nd e r A m —A S u ish e d fo r dolph went West to live , after two years j e cco pli s hed ket ch of g , especially if it is good , brave or

th e s s . ff a absence had a strong desire to see the old H ero of Kan a generous conduct , or for su ering in good

S he in BY H O N . . B . M . home once more . arrived Meadville ( G DELA ATER ) cause , should be cherished and made to illus ' B n i i a nd w e nt at once to Mr . Compton s , and while John row , who became distinguished for trate our h story . The limited space n the ‘

“ radic al - B making general inquiries about the home , sentiments , ﬁrm will , brave actions CENTENN IAL TRI U NE admits of only a brief and i f where , with her father, she had spent so his tragic end on a Virg nia sca fold , was outline of our subject . The great events at many years , asked if there was a snow ball a pioneer citizen of Crawford county , and for the commencement of era we celebrate _ the in im bush in the yard . Upon being told there was , many years aided its settlement and shaped the institutions of our country , giving

fo nd a and that the previous year it had bloomed provement during an important period of its it power as a Nation . They were the u

r . o f in a nd profusely , Miss Randolph , with tears of joy , histo y Although at his death he was only tion its future growth population “ ~ replied : I am so glad ; my father brought 9 , wealth . Provision was made against the ex , 5 years of age he had for several years been ” n d a nd “ ld B that bush here a planted it , I know it known as O John rown , a prominent tension in the territories of slavery , a system ” e an is nearly one hundr d years old . Nineteen friend of freedom , efﬁcient antagonist of inconsistent with fundamental principles ‘the " a nd i n th e S a re s years have passed since then , still the slavery United tates and its g g of our government , equal rig hts to all men .

’ in bush grows , and every summer is completely sions the Territories . Let us premise , that the vast wilderness of

SC ON A R E NE SOUTH W TE STRE E T, 1 888 .

. im e covered with its great white balls of bloom I Whether controlled by intelligence or country , north and w st of the O hio an d Alle

or h e n believe it has fully reached its centennial pulse , sanity insanity , wisdom and pru g y rivers , held by the French from 1 7 49 r t 1 6 year , and with Meadville should celebrate dence , or folly and imp udence , his character ill 7 3, had passed to the English . It is a e a i that ev nt . It is pleas nt to think that the and conduct have given him prominence n peculiarly interesting fact that our city of le early sett rs brought their love of ﬂowers the recent history of his country . His name Meadville and th e valley of French Creek was

into this wilderness in those days , to remind has been spoken in every mansion and cot on the line which the French had attempted

and the o a nd o n them of the homes they had left ; to tage in the land , in legislative halls , by to h ld , which they had erected a nd ' in i — cheer and brighten their new heritage , they orator in the popular assemblage , the citizen held , our v cini ty, three forts Presque Isle

in in L e Bo e u ff W an planted these emblems of the beautiful the crowd and at home , by the slaveholder at Erie , at aterford , d Ma “

. an d . c au lt nature ; and now as we look over the broad the slave I t has been an inspiration to at Franklin . These were held by the t o n 1 62 and fer ile valley lying around us , and think the soldier in the camp , the march , and English in 7 , but the Indians , at the time d “ ” ’ O n . in 1 6 of our age bush blooming these hundred the perilous edge of battle of Pontiac s conspiracy , 7 3, burned these t years , we are reminded hat e t in 1 8 After his xecu ion , 5 9, a gold medal forts and destroyed the garrisons . They “ G o d m e m d e t h e ig ht hav a e arth bring fo rth w was presented to his widow and family by , , h e ld E no ug h fo r g re at a n d small ; were ho ever soon rebuilt and by th e T h e o a k e e a n d t h e c e d e e H tr ar tr , . 1 6 ” Victor ugo and other eminent savants and English again From 7 7 , during the war W o ﬂ o ll ith ut a we r at a .

. e i patriots of France His statue has been or of the Revolution , a scrambling poss ssion of Yet He has also g ven us beautiful flowers , dered by Kansas at her Capitol ; a nd art has an d emblems of purity , which point us to the them was taken held by the United “ ” . in S 1 8 world where flowers perennial bloom finished it in granite and marble some of tates , continuing until 7 7 . O B E - 5 0 CENTENNIA L EDITI N TR I UN R EP UB LICA N.

in ? B u t v in in The war of the revolution being ended been the destiny of this country the in olved bloody results . He came 1 826

» ~ 1 8 1 C o n re s sro n al S . i and a n d 7 , g and tate action followed Constitut on was framed adopted , the or remained about ten years , a pioneer set an d an d inan c e The Northwest territory was erected was enacted , the settlement of Mead tler , at a time when the wilderness spread out

n . S t ordinance was adopted restricti g slavery . was made lavery had been previously six y miles eastward from Meadville to the

l o f in in S . a n The gradua overthrow this policy more abolished Pennsylvania and other tates New York line , while only occasional

o f W f e recent times, for the purpose perpetuating ashington , Je erson , Franklin and other cabin , er cted by some similar settler, could a n d extending American slavery , developed leading men had denounced it as unjust and be found in that direction by the hunter or

ii 1 8 . f I C . the John B rown of history . 7 7 , six perilous to the ountry Je ferson had written traveler

' h s O B O W N S years after the close of the war, a convention in view of it that he trembled for i country J H N R TANNERY .

S Phila d e l te n from the several original tates , at when he remembered that God was just and At this period years was an age in the phia , framed the present Constitution of the that his justice would not sleep forever . changes they wrought . Many of the men

S s 1 8 C o n M ISSO I C O M O M IS . e in e n United tate , The same year, 7 7, UR PR E who made them wer giants industry ,

a n B t 1 8 a n d 1 82 1 t r ris a n u e e d . gress at New York passed ordinance for between 7 7 a change had p achievement The state road ,

. in the government of the Northwest territory occurred the policy of many leading politi laid out by commissioners , from Meadville to

ia n n c s . I in 1 8 1 The east line of this terri tory bounded that of the south admitting Missouri the New York line , 7 , had been with

s 1 80 0 in 1 82 1 ' S t d iﬂi 0 u lt an d part of Penn ylvania from which in , our into the Union , as a slave ate , a y opened made passable . Mr . o B t . coun y of Crawford was formed The ordi compr mise was adopted , which departed rown purchased land on this road , twelve 8 1 1 8 . nance of 7 7 , provided among other things , from the absolute restriction of 7 7 The miles east of Meadville , and cleared the dense in n what was termed a perpetual compact , as discussion o the subject had continued from forest from ﬁve acres , which afterwards ex

TH E CI TY M A RKET HOUS E .

“ e : n o r 1 8 1 8 1 8 2 1 a nd and d . follows There shall be neither slavery to , three years , was attended p into a farm He erected thereon a ” d O in . a n involuntary servitude said territory with great excitement among the people . double log house , built put in peration a

8 and in 1 B . The same year , 7 7 , General David Mead John rown , born at Torrington , Conn , May tannery , aided generally the improve

a 1 80 0 1 8 2 1 e . visited our French Creek V lley , accompanied 9 , , resided at this time ( ) at Hud m nt of the country He chose this place

a nd D . by several others , they selected this place son , , where he married Diantha Lusk , for a tannery because of the faciliyt with b . 1 88 2 1 1 820 B 2 1 o f for a colony The next year , 7 , he came June , . eing about years age , which he could o tain oak and hemlock bark on with this colony and took actual posses he took deep interest in the very able a nd for tanning purposes . He intended to obtain

s o n in O sion , which has since been held , with only heated di cussions , and ﬁnal action the hides from the Western Reserve , hio , for

. i short interruptions from Indian hostilities question o f restr cting slavery in the admis a while , and at no distant period from the

r in h is . This was a most important era for the county sion of Missouri . This congressional depart developing count y vicinity

a n d . 1 8 generally , this section particularly I f, ure from the policy of 7 7 aroused deep As there was then neither railroad nor canal , a nd O as has been said , there are no great things , feeling throughout the country , when some hides were drawn from hio over the bu t B o n o t B many combinations of small things , what rown , ﬁve years later , came a pioneer t this state road at this time , only to rown but

c o nv a . . an aggregation of small things occurred in county he had a deep and intelligent ic in some c ses to Jamestown , N Y Whether 1 8 ! I f i “ n o t 7 7 the Constitut on had not been tion that slavery was not only the sum o f all proﬁtable or , these operations gave a ” . a n u n . framed at this period , would it ever have villainies , but institution that would , stimulus to the settlement of the country th e 1 8 Of been framed I f ordinance of 7 7 had less promptly checked , become so powerful The writer remembers seeing loads hides a not then been adopted , what would have that trouble would come and the nation be on wagons standing over night in a shed ne r ON B - B CENTENNIA L EDI TI TRI UNE REP U LICA N. 5 !

’ his father s old Richmond home , and hearing , S , B le c te d Clark ayer Gilbert, Guy , rawley , Wilder, the weightier matters , judgment a nd

the howling of the wolves in the forest around , , . . O u r . Wright Hunt and Dr Taylor subject, mercy His part was to undo heavy burdens ,

. B m a n d — them , attracted by the scent This is a mem rown , was recognized by them as a of a n let the oppressed go free to remember

. a nd a n — ory of boyhood , it is believed it occurred d a . integrity force leading citizen those in bonds as bound with them . in 1 828 C C O F O B O W . n o t HARA TER J HN R N His library , though large , was well

My father , the late Thomas Delamater, also and S hall I mention something of his character selected , generally of practical value .

a pioneer in Richmond , had erected a double B and conduct as estimated from my observa esides the works of Edwards , Witherspoon ,

log house eight miles east of Meadville , on B i tion and association with his familiar friends ? ible commentaries, h stories, etc . , I remem ’ B ' ’ the state road , four miles from rown s . B I E so s His ancestry was good . oth paternal and ber the Maxims of Franklin and p c o - in They became friends , and operated t e maternal ancestors did service in th e war of Fables as of en read and much quot d .

various enterp rises . Each had a small family the Revolution . He had a good practical S everal newspapers were furnished his fam

o f a n d . from three to six sons daughters r education , from schools, private inst uctors ily and hired men , who were expected to B They arranged that rown should , during the d an . books He was a practical surveyor , also read up the events of the day .

winter and colder months , employ a school a nd in a tanner , gave at times attention to farm While Richmond he encouraged an d a nd teacher and board , lodge make a home B d . e in ing, stock raising, and ealing in wool aided the in troduction of ﬁn e blooded d for the children of Delamater ; an in the S B lieving in God , the upreme eing , and horses , cattle , sheep and swine to the neigh an d ‘ summer warmer weather Delamater S c m e n Christ , the avior , recon iling to God bo rh o o d . should furnish similar accommodations for an d His government, he was very devout . The formation of Richmond from R an

those of B rown . This was done for a few C alva n istic in his theology , he laid great dolph , and the establishment of New Rich and years , a few scholars were admitted to o n t a nd i osto ﬂi c e stress the purpose of the Dei y , ult mond p were moved by him . He h e - such school from other pioneer families . mately became convinced that it was his came the ﬁrst postmaster under the ad m in is

h i an tratio n This method of maintaining sc ools sug special m ssion to strike effective blow at of President Adams , but upon the

d iﬂi c u ltie s gests the of election of Jackson , re

u n in pioneer life . It f r ished signed , view of Jack

’ a peculiar discipline , and , son s maxim , To the ” did your limits permit a victors belong the spoils . picture of the domestic H e usually had many m life , as I re ember, it m e n in his employ , whose would probably h a v e home was with him , and

some interest . From this o n insisted early rising, beginning a n acquaint and family worship , in ance continued until long w hich the men , with his B after Mr . rown removed n family , joined i reading

to O hio . This gives me B from the ible . Discour a knowledge of many aging the use of tobacco , facts a nd a foundation alcoh olic drinks and th e

fo r estimating his char . indulgence of profanity , acter . he encouraged athletic

Notwithstand i n g i t s exercises , such as wrest

privations , this period is ling , leaping , contests in

remembered as a golden pulling , running , etc . , as

age in that vicinity . promotive of strength a nd

. e n c o u r Game , such as deer , tur skill He also

keys , quail , partridge , ag ed mental exercises , by woodcock and snipe were securing the formation of

I I A I . m e n plentiful . E LEC TR C L GHT S T T ON his into a sort of

n A good hunter , the late domestic debati g club ,

ad d e n . in Thomas M c F , within the recollection of American slavery He was ﬁrm as Cromwell which held its meetings at his house the

in o ne . . the writer , killed eight deer in day The or Mahomet the belief that such was his long winter evenings I was present at

- s dense forest prevented the rapid evaporation of destiny . Ex Governor Robinson , of Kansa , some of these debates, in which John

in B an d B . n the water from rainfall the streams were said , a recent public address , that rown so rown took part His knowledge a d f much larger then than now . In these streams impressed his associates and others that they power to present an argument skill ully was

fo r n o t were large numbers of speckled trout , some of believed that if he had been asked his probably exercised wi th delicacy , to

a n which were much larger than c be found authority to act , he would have pulled from mortify , but to encourage his opponents a nd m B a nd . . in them now . ears , wolves , panthers his pocket a commission fro God Almighty develop his powers He always seemed to ~ i wildcats were occasionally found in that sec Th s , though perhaps extravagant, illustrates speak anywhere , to any one or more , with

. n in a d . tion . A few Indians were to be seen small his character out embarrassment , with the ease of a

R in f -m parties , with their peculiar costumes , g uns , While residing in ichmond he lead the professional speaker . Years a ter this , y

w as tomahawks , knives , pipes , etc . The variety organization of a small Congregational church , observations furnished evidence that he u t n f e . S of game a d wild animals urnished some ex of which he was elect d clerk This church quite able in arg ment , in a ocra ic way , by c ite m e n t to the settler, and though John was dissolved by the removal of its members , asking questions and using answers to the dis

- B ad v e n a nd in c om ﬁtu re . s l rown gave them little attention , the the original papers , the hand writing of of his opponents He had a y

B o n tures and experiences of the pioneer would Mr . rown , are deposited with the Historical humor, which was quite refreshing such

e . . have its value even to him . Among his S oci ty of Crawford county occasions

a n d B e in a m a n r neighbors latterly within a radius of a few His religion was practical , he de g of integ ity, and decided in

n ou n c e d o n and miles were Lyon , Hunt , Hatch , Delamater , proper occasion , such as paid his conviction manners, though modest

B n e o r Culbertson , Townley , Town , Hall , ritain , tithes of mint , anise and cummin , but g and unassuming, he abhorred all shams - 5 2 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N.

“ pretense in others ; cant in religious matters uttered the sentiment that there was an ir the power of such m e n by citing the case i n ” n v re in C a ins n was peculiarly o ﬂ e si e . He frequently repressible conﬂict the country between Roman history when Muci s before

o f minded the youthful circle , which I was opposing and enduring forces , and that the Porsena thrust his right hand into the ﬂame

’ n Z S an n o n o e , of eno s , saying that boys have two ears United tates must become either entirely bur ing the altar, and held it there till it ff and but one tongue , therefore , they should slave holding nation , or a free labor nation ; was consumed , which so a ected Porsena that i h l w ' a h e r a . o f S hear much a nd talk little . We sometimes and further , that there was g which he released him The action the partan heard such sentences as these controlled forces that would in the nature of soldiers at Thermopylae to impress the Per ” in B A continual dropping will wear a stone . things be utilized this conﬂict, rown held sians with the nature of their warfare was ” a nd . of Lost time never returns the same , the impression grew on him another illustration , He proposed a case

. I n God helps those who help themselves that he had or would have serious duties to victory or death , or victory and death . ” in i A small leak will sink a ship . perform the matter , and he was inclined to either event , V ctory . B u t He informed us of his early experience , accept the responsibility cheerfully . his schemes were necessarily provis

‘ w in O io na l saying that he had been treated with neglect I had long interviews ith him hio , and , and we must refer to certain events

‘ b c e rtain m e n in 1 8 2 an d in y snobbish young when he was other places , 4 earlier, which he which paved the way for what followed . I n ” “ in u n 1 8 6 young, in whose set he had not been explained the purpose he was cherishing 4 David Wilmot , a member of Congress

in in s i n iﬁc an c e cluded ; but later life , their g , der circumstances which sealed my lips for from Pennsylvania , moved a proviso in C o n

a n d t . in th e outgrowth of their indolence folly , over ﬁf een years gress declaring that all territories acquired W in nd — in . a made them silent his presence hile his I had faith moral suasion political from Mexico slavery be forever prohibited 7

self- reliance may have led him to undervalue and legislative action against the inter - state thus proposing the same policy as the ordi

- 1 8 or under estimate , sometimes , those who dif slave trade , slavery in the District of Colum nance of 7 7 . Though largely supported by

fe re d f in . n o ne V an B rom him principles or measures , it is bia and the territories He had , or very the people led by Chase , uren , Adams,

in certain that he admired brave , intelligent and little . He further claimed that arms put Giddings and others , it failed . This was fol skill ful m e n an d women with more than ordi the hands of slaves would inspire them with lowed in 1 85 0 by the compromise m easures I r l nary wa mth , while he had for the empty manhood , and soon ﬁt them for defensive admitting Ca ifornia as a S tate and establish — headed fop , or devotee of fashion , without work for they could be made to feel that ing territories , all without restriction as to “ Co n r aim or other object, mingled pity and who would be free , himself must strike the slave y , resolving against the power to abolish ” in . . in tempt blow slavery the District of Columbia , or to He seemed to practice te rfe re with the inter

his theory , that everyone state slave trade , and should have a n object in providing for the re c ov

life , and sometimes in ery of fugitive slaves .

death . When presenting Thus the policy of 1 787

n to certain persons his was abandoned , a d

B r scheme for operating own , like the citizens against slavery , he said of the North generally , life was short at the long felt i n d i g n a n t a n d i m est ; t was more i port grieved .

o ne I n 1 8 K a n ant how died , than 5 4 came the

- when ; that they should sas Nebraska bill , which consider whether an early introduced what w a s

in death , a good cause , called squatter sovereign

a n was not better than to ty , d allowed the peo rust out life in inaction ple of a territory to intro P E NNS YLVA NI A G LA S S WORKS . for a longer period to no duce or exclude slavery

n o w purpose . Was it not better to wear out He then reminded me of his old plan . The as they might determine . There was no

than rust out ? Death , he claimed , was not purpose he then cherished was , if circum escape from the contest predicted . The actual

B r. the worst of evils . As to death , it was only stances favored , to strike a blow against settlers soon included John rown , J , and his — w f . a ll O ld B a question of time o a very short time His slavery , to weaken it , prevent its extension brothers sons of John rown . They ” “ a nd a n d ﬁ n e friends , however , must count the cost, ultimately destroy it , whatever might be were all specimens of manhood , deserving

an d c an . should act according to their estimate . the cost to him his associates . He claim more notice than be given here When W hile John Brown was a m an of generous ed that in remote mountain fastnesses in coun the time for holding elections for territorial

n t ffi o f emotions , he used i tellectual methods to ties where the slaves greatly ou numbered the o cers came , large bodies men from Mis ih determine his course of conduct . The logic whites , with defensive weapons and skilful souri , with ﬂags ﬂying and drums beating , o f — a n d things the idea of right wrong , strategy , large numbers could be freed , and vaded every voting precinct except some two

a nd — li e in m e n and justice injustice used in disposing of property be made insecure . Then or three , they thus voted the ballots

I n r questions . a given case he would say , results would follow which would secu e leg which they claimed elected a legislature ,

islatio n at What is duty favorable to freedom . which enacted most barbarous laws , and

in a c u o n . He believed strateg y , if necessary , to He and others associated with him wo ld tempted to force them the people

e O S S S . complish his purpose , and would appeal to be prepared for em rgencies , having counted G E To KAN A ’ ’ “ - in O ld B one man s ambition , to another s self esteem , the cost and taken their lives their hands , rown , who did not reside there , was

the o f a n d to pity another , to the pecuniary inter and they might die violent deaths in s e lf de appealed to in writing by his sons others

o f fe nse . est another , or to the love of ease or desire or pass through a trial in court to the for aid , and went forward His hour had

I n o n 0 1 8 6 . a n d . for fame , or the elevation of man , or the glory scaffold such an event their voices come An invading force August 3 , 5 ,

so n of God , or all these , as in the particular cir blood should testify to their abhorrence of shot and killed his Frederick , who was a c u m s ta n c e s a nd might seem to be best . slavery kindle sentiments as to its moral native of this county , born at Richmond , De d H I S S . a n d mb r 2 1 1 8 0 . an PLAN political character , which would ultimate c e e , 3 The house library of

B u t l . r have B . our subject must be considered at a y destroy the institution He would John rown , J , who had been elected a B S l ate i . S m e n period efore enator eward had heroic , ﬁrm as leaders , and he illustrated member of the free state legislature , were

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i n O n Ou r O n e H u i i d r edtli A nn i versar y , Till out from ﬁelds , in grateful tone , , on they came , but halted where

“ Two silvery waters meet , i n Came the glad song of harvest home . One H u n d re d L es . And builded there a small camp ﬁre Look now on many a fertile ﬁeld , And cooked that they might eat , C O M O . ( BY J O HN B . PT N ) By skill of m a n increased in yield

O ne hundred years have passed away , I n And drank of the crystal waters , all the products of the soil , si S o n Which , unused to this strange ght, ince ﬁrst Meadville dawned the day By implements for saving toil n Crept softly by , then leaped a d laughed O u r fathers came to seek a home The husbandman to bless and cheer , I n frolicsome delight . u r n o U o , ; pon soil more to roam In all his work from year to year . a n The strangers cared not , heeded not , To work d toil for daily fare , I n all the arts of peace and war , B u t joyfully looked around , To hunt the deer and chase the bear , They followed still their guiding star , And thought an earthly paradise in To build their huts forests deep , B . And blest the land they helped to free , y them had just been found a nd To dig and plant , to sow reap . With valiant deeds o n land and sea . The red man , who , until that day , Their western exodus begun S o , e following down diverging lines Reign d lord of the wood and waves , Towards regions of the setting sun , in S Yet still their descendants shines , tood sullenly by , with strong arms crossed , ’ o n With blessings from the parent hearth As he gazed his father s grave . Full many a brave , heroic name ,

Upon these manly sons of earth . Enrolled upon the scroll of fame . S adly he watched th e great sun roll They toiled along the dangerous way S ’ m o m a nd e till looking back o er days now past , Till the the noon were pass d ,

m e n and of e A n d , Where savage beasts pr y ﬁve - sighed for he knew each day must bring We count our s core years at last , B an d Less joy for him than the last . eset their pathway here there , And in this passing swift revie w

From wooded copse and secret lair . n ow S We bid our heroes adieu . carce had a twelvemonth rolled ’ O e r Still o n they came through forests vast , this , our valley fair , ' PR O SPE C T l V E . ’ r th e and Till the mer y ring of woodsman s axe And many a hill river past , I n f . ’ aith we turn another page , Fell on the slumbering air Till on Venango s bank they stand , B ’ eyond this grand heroic age , That hardy , brave , heroic band , The low of kine , the plowman s call , A n d S o f M a view the wonders yet to come , ounding till set sun That day in lovely charming y , and e I n su n These , the upturn d soil , proclaimed o every land beneath the , O n e hundred years ago t day . e . A nd A settlement b gun see the ages yet beyond , Here , came to join from year to year a nd With gentle peace light adorned . Ah ! what fond hopes must then have cheered The brave and hardy pioneer ; an d O h ! Each manly heart brain , S days to come , how glad and bright till others , true in head and heart , As with a careful hand they sowed ' With glories meet ou r o nw a rd sight ! , To do and dare , in manly part The beauteous yellow grain , Their duty in the coming strife While here the past and present greet , They dreamed of a golden harvest I n no I n f union now more to meet ; ’ toils and cares of rugged li e , A n d , when their toils were o er, ’ in And when another mile stone s raised , The land to bless , years to come , A glorious home of plenty ’ B e n O . In works an d deeds so nobly done . its more perfect glories praised , French creek s verdant shore

O h Irr nobler songs along the way , , noble band , we sing thy praise , Then Progress took her golden wand ,

Upon that happy day in May . n A n d a cleft touch here and there I grateful songs and cheerful lays . S oon changed those grand old forest lands And with thy sons we all conspire INVO C ATIO N . n d a . ' To homesteads sweet fair m a n if e a c h . ! To g y worthy sire God of our fathers we come to bless , Sh e C changed the log house for the frame , R ETRO S PE TIVE. And all Thy goodness here confess ; e The fram for brick and stone , fo r H o w distant seems the century past , To thank Thee the era done , With mansard roofs , and marble front , ’ A nd trust Thee for the opening one . a n d When o er its days we look at last , And columns grand lone .

Back through the vista of the years , Sh e - banished all real home made goods , A C T I A B A A D . E N E NN L LL While here the mile stone now appears . The old-style swifts and reel ; W hat progress made on every hand No more is heard the busy loom

By i N E z M I . . Nor buzzing spinning wheel I n all the a rts throughout the land , ( HALL , EADV LLE )

k o f fan c ’ What changes mar the hundredth year Come with me to realms y , o The poor old scythe s of little use ,

S ince ﬁrst our heroes tented here . Now behold a country new , The mower just the thing ;

With its many mighty changes The sower , reaper , thresher , too I n days of yore the stage is seen , in Passing us grand review . Who heavy ﬂails would ﬂing ? - W ith tow boat next upon the scene . ' — ho Come be ld a lonely valley , Then came the oxen , cart , stage coach , Then came the steam and iron horse , Through which silvery waters glide , Canalboat , too , and sail , i m a nd W th puff of s oke whistle hoarse B I maging the grand old forest , efore the steamboats were the rage , Along the track and winding path . Turning on each grassy side , A nd traveling by rail .

Then soon appears the telegraph , S in 0 ! tretching unbroken beauty , And , the mails how slow they were ; And next we hear within our home O a nd ver valley , plain hill , W hat agony to wait - The wonder working telephone . And the wild birds from the branches For tidings of one dearly loved ’ . The soft air with music fill Who lingered near death s gate . I n the blest days of long ago , ’ — so , T B u t ! ( Well , our good fathers told us ) was evening away in the west now , ah , me a message flies s u n ’ The was sinking low , They used the hoe , the earth to tame , Away on lightning s wings, Filling the grand old forest A nd telephone to listening ears And swung the flail in threshing grain , ’ W o ft ith a glorious sunset glow , A loved one s voice brings . W barro w and hile plow and , round round ,

Till the whole world seemed enchanted , I n t They made to cultivate the ground . hose old days few could afford Like some fairy scene of old , a nd Portrait of child or wife Then came the time to sow reap , ’ O e r an which unseen hand had ﬂung Now , by new processes , we have And gather in the hay and wheat ; . Garlands of glittering gold Them cheap and true to life . a nd With scythe fork the work was done ,

in - When suddenly , deep the wood , Then the home made tallow candle From early m o m to set of sun ; B u t , an d plainly to our view Illumined parlor banque t hall , an d They stored the crops so nice ﬁne , Came , slowly plodding onward , Casting its feeb—le , ﬂickering rays , . A n d Through the long days of harvest time Two creatures strangely new tallow over all . - B CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP U LICA N. 5 5

in A nd when the great Rebellion came , bread baking was done a large iron kettle , In the days of Indian hostiliyt the settlers O u r ; W city took her part in o n . which we set a bed of coals , also covering had to be constantly their guard hen a a nd H er bravest gave , many slept , . B u t ﬁeld was to be planted a body of armed men S ! the lid with them the bread was just as till lone , how many a heart ' be s t m o d e rn u good as, that from the oven , and wo ld go to the place , and while some plant

Then came days of wild excitement , th e n . there was less dyspepsia i the country ed rest stood guard , with arms in hand for When from fountains in the earth and S O C IAL A M U S EM ENTS . instant use . The women children would O il in tremendous quantities ’ The young people in those days had various frequently be sent to General Mead s block Came madly pouring forth .

forms of social amusement . They had to work house at night for safety . General Mead was m n S ome e were crazed , and lost their wealth more than the young ladies and gentlemen of one of the kindest a nd most considerate of n S ome grew rich i a day . - m n ; e . B u t the sperm and tallow candles to day , and had less time for pleasure but When he took a company of soldiers 1 8 1 2 Were doomed to pass away . we had social parties at which , in many sim to Erie during the war of , he provided w e o f o w n Then lamps and gaslight ﬁlled our homes ple ways, found recreation and amuse out his means for the support of the

And hearths with joy and mirth , ment The ladies used to give parties for the families of such as were needy . A nd we dr eamed not that a brighter light children , who enjoyed them hugely , in ways T H E S I I C NG NG S H O O L . Could come to sons of earth . less detrimental to health than the pleasures Among the features of those early times W e gazed at the ﬂashing lightning , d a . of children to y was a singing school , held where the B arr Nor wished for aught so bright, ’ H u id e k o e r s . . . n Until was introduced to us In Mr H J p yard there was house o w stands . A day school was kept in a large frame swing that used to be a source Modern electric light . the front room , and the singing school was

. of great pleasure to the children It had a . And now our great Centennial held in the evening Among those who sat Was seat large enough for two , and free to all . c Doth occupy the ﬂoor . in the common school seats for the ulture of

H u id e k o e r r . Mr . was a ve y kind man , and I note the fact , and bid adieu p their vocal powers were Mrs . Reynolds , Mrs .

To a century , and more . m took pleasure in furnishing amuse ents to H u id ek o e r . a nd p , Mrs Mead her daughters ,

. a nd the children Mrs . Foster two Misses Heron . Colonel I GI RLHOOD M E M OR ES . W e had frequent dancing parties at the Joseph S tockton conducted the school and a n d hotels , which were attended by old young , R e coll ection s of E arl y Life in M ead drilled us on the singing of old style tunes .

’ fathers , mothers and children . The gentle O W S B m . . v ille by M rs . J an e e u s L RY ARK ’ , While collecting . material for the c e n te n men who didn t care to dance played whist Among the eccentric characters of the time

but almost everybody danced . The church o ne IB . c o n nial number, a TR UNE reporter called upon was James Lowry He became B people in those days were rather strict about vin c e d Mrs . Jane emus . of this city , who gave him that there was going to be a second

m . amuse ents, and all did not sanction dancing a nd f his many interesting reminiscences of her early ﬂood , to provide for the safety o family ’ n B u t, as a ge eral thing , that innocent amuse v . days . The vi acity of the genial old lady s he built a sort of ark It had two rooms

ment was indulged in by the maj ority . Major in a n d o n conversation cannot be reproduced , but the it was moored French creek . The o n e Alden , who was at time one of General in . following is , in substance , the result of the family lived in this about two years No ﬂood ’ Washington s aides , often presided at the sup te rvie w : came except the regular spring freshets , and

I believe I am the oldest citizen of Mead per , although he did not participate in the the ark was placed on trucks and moved by

1 80 2 dance . vi lle now living, having been born in , several yoke of oxen , to a place near where

GEN ERAL TRAI NING DAY . t i . and remaining a resident ever since hat t m e . the court house now stands Its owner lived o n I was married when I was sixteen to Conner The great time for amusement was the there high ground for three or four years , ” in “ n o t o n e . Clark , of the ﬁrst merchants the town general training day of the militia , in May , but as the expected ﬂood did come he

- t O u r bridal trip was taken to Franklin o n horse which lasted three days . Whole families ul imately abandoned his peculiar habitation . “ B C B Y I I in S . back , my wardrobe being carried saddle would come from the surrounding country , A DU TED ND AN

an d bags and that of my husband in a valise strap with provisions , stay through the entire When I was about four years old I was car “ ” n . ped to the saddle . My traveling dress was a rid time . The diamond was cleared up , and ried off by the India s There was a camp

a nd in ing habit of plum colored broadcloth , with a benches placed along the west side . Hem near by , the Indians were the habit of

s O ne S square crowned hat of the same color; and my locks were placed behind the se ats to furnish coming to our hou e for milk . unday

e in and an S wedding dress was whit silk , made a sty le shade , there the people assembled to wit morning Indian named imon came and

n o w S that is fashionable , I hear , for evening ness what to them was a grand display . Gen procured some milk as usual . eeing me , he

h - t e . dresses ; it was short in skirt and very eral Mead was the major general . Judge told me he had something for me at the wig

in tlie a n d a nd i an d - scant , very short waist low in the Clark was one of his aides Mr . Patr ck wam , I , child like , became eager to go

B . neck , with deep lace falling over the waist , Farrelly another . Dr . Daniel emus , my with him My mother reluctantly consented and forming the short sleeves ; I wore long second husband , was surgeon of the staff, and to my going , upon the promise of the Indian

. in kid gloves that came above the elbows My in the war of 1 8 1 2 hospital surgeon under that he would bring me back soon . Late

e bridesmaid , Miss Eliza Alden , wore a thin , General Mead . G neral Mead wore knee the day my mother became anxious over my white muslin , made as mine was . Mr breeches and buckle shoes . H e was quite a absence and called my father , who sent the W S . ﬁ n e S amuel itherow was groomsman After the striking ﬁgure , for he was a large , looking bound boy after me . The boy hortly return

a n wedding ceremony , which was performed by m , and bore himself with great dignity . H e ed and reported that the Indians were all

ﬁ ne . B . the Rev Timothy Alden , the company all sat rode a , large black horse called ona gone , and that he could not ﬁnd me My

’ o n . and down to a hot supper, served a long table parte . General Mead s voice could be heard father at once secured several neighbors ,

. o ne in o f There were no vehicles that I remember, from end of the diamond to the other, the party started with guns pursuit the

i . 1 except those having two wheels , called gigs , when g ving his commands At about 0 Indians . They tracked the savages up Mill

’ t be wo r m . and and ca riages (painted yellow) which o clock a . , the patriotic martial strains run , and after traveling about eight miles

. a n d w . longed , one to Judge Mead , the other to Mr of the ﬁfe drum corps were heard and the came up ith them They immediately de

' H u id e k o e r. b in m and e d p When we went to housekeeping parade egan , and ended about 3 or 4 the my surrender , which was reluctantly f we did not have the conveniences that make afternoon . It was an a fair of great import granted , and I was taken back to my home

in re c o l domestic duties so much lighter these an Ge and unusual interest in our quiet little an d anxious friends . I have but a dim

. a nd modern days Instead of a stove , we had a village , would engage the thoughts and lection of this episode of my life , but have

ﬁ re - large open place , with a crane from which conversation of the people for weeks before heard it so often repeated that it seems very ” . O u r n d a in . our few cooking vessels were suspended after it took place . real all its particulars - 56 CENTENNI A L EDITION TRIB UNE R EP UB LICA N.

h SC I IO N O F IO S C O M N I S TH E A NCI E NT M I LI TA RY OF CRA W muskets that were a terror to those t at held DE R PT VAR U PA E . a c c den ta l roba ble C u ss ew a o them , while i death was the p The g Riﬂes wore a neat uni F ORD COUNTY . B u t fate to those at whom they were aimed . form consisting o f a green hunting frock and f the crowning glory of the equipment was the leggins ringed with yellow , a light wool hat B IC M O N . (B Y H O N . A . . R H D )

hats . Words fail to convey to the present or cap with a short yellow plume , and a black ’ e o d e n o W ar s who le art e ach p rivat s l i r k ws , ' denizens of earth even a faint conception of leather belt in which was hung a to m h aw k A n d with a g e ri e ral s lo ve o f co nque st g lo ws . — ’ ' “ A a d z s o n . their shape or gravity . Verily , they were and scalping knife . S uspended by a strap ” l S I t is meet in this our centennial year that fearfully and wonderfully made , bel crown from the houlders was a powder horn , so thin the glory and power of the ancient military o f ed in the widest sense of the term , of the size and transparent that its contents could be d is tin c tl Crawford county should n ot be forgotten . of an ordinary camp kettle , a rigid frame y seen; a bullet pouch and charger com d le te . covered with shining black leather , on their their equipment Each member of the Fifty years ago , when I was a boy , the great p

in i day of the year , the day that my youthful front a metallic shield as large as those car company carried a long Amer can riﬂe , the o f opinion was that for which all others were ried by the crusaders old and , blazoned pride of its owner , with which their skill was “ ’ with the form of our national bird . This shield such that they could hit a squirrel s head on made , was general training day I t was

. usually appointed the last of June , at which supported a lofty plume of scarlet wool From the top of the highest forest tree . The mem t time it was supposed the farmers would have the projecting eaves of the crown were sus bers of his company were farmers , well skilled “ f an d their corn hoed and could well a ford to pended festoons of white cotton cord , curiously in the woodcraft of those early days , would ’ nd t . a d spend o n e day for their coun ry s glory At braided , from these white tassels de have been formidable adversaries to the traine that time the military of the commonwealth pended in tasteful profusion . A metal clasp troops of France or England . I t was such m e n an d B was divided into volunteers and militia . There passed from the sides of the crown under the as these that gave Lexington unker su ﬂi c ien t i were a number of uniformed volunteer com chin . This was of size and strength Hill the r renown , and wrested our forests

- ﬁ eld to ensure the artilleryman on a battle from savagery and wild beasts . Ever bullet panics in our county . but the great mass of . y the bone and sinew—male—were mustered that if he could only hit a hat the soldier would forced by sturdy hand into those long slender

and . under the militia law , were compelled to be decapitated iron tubes was a death warrant , and every practice the art of war two m an who carried them w a s

. days in e ach year . This was skilled in its execution for the purpose of educating The Saegertown company the yeomanry in the science presented a neat and soldier of military tactics ; so that , like appearance . Their uni if called out to defend our form consisted of w h i t e

in v as ‘ country from a sudden pants , black swallow tailed io n o f a foreign foe , they coats with white C ross belts might be termed veterans sustaining cartridge box and O f in the sci ence of war . bayonet sheath ; black fu r ” e course it was not xpected plug hat , on the side of to give the average farmer which was fastened a white W in a est Point education in cockade , the center o f

’ - two days time , yet it was which was a ten cent piece . expected that they could be Well do I remember how taught to execute the com my boyish avarice coveted plicated military maneuvers the wealth thus publicly “ ” f . of right and le t wheel , displayed They c a r r i e d ” “ shoulder arms , stand at muskets which were supplied M . M . WE LTON CO . F LOUR A N D F E ED . , , ” ” in ease and break ranks , to the troops from the govern M I I B a manner that would strike terror to any THE L TAR Y AND . ment arsenal , situated where the North Ward

S no w invading foe that might land from foreign ships The military band of this company consisted chool H ouse stands . ” o f o . i into the back woods of Pennsylvania a ﬁfe , tenor and bass drum; and ts inspir Next in the roll of fame of the ancient mil strains e ve n t I have said that there were a number of ing , at his distant day , echo through ita ry of Crawford county was the Meadville uniformed companies in the Volunteer Regi the recesses of my memory with painful dis ” Dragoons . Here my pen fails me in an a t a nd in tin c tn e s s ment , these were marshalled battle , while Yankee Doodle has become tempt to accurately describe the gorgeous “ array the day before the general militia an important factor in the formation of my equipments of this celebrated body of warriors ” training day . The uniforms usually varied now educated musical taste . Many of our old or their martial appearance on days of parade .

. B according to the taste of the soldiers Many citizens will remember little Jesse aldwin , a nd o f Their coats pants steel gray , the former of the companies , however , preserved their whose distinguishing uniform was a scarlet glittering with globular buttons of brass; their to a n characteristic style and color such ex coat , and who beat the tenor drum so skill l e ather helmets surmounted with a crest o f ‘ a i tent that naturalist would have been able to fully , while grimv saged war was delineated horse hair that hung down their bii c k s to th e

i o n . determine the r genus , even if he failed to de his every feature Well do I remember f crupper of the saddle , a fording a complete

a d ‘ te e t their species . He at least would know with what feelings of mingled awe and protection against invidious sword cuts f rom m iratio n that they were uniformed volunteers , no mat I gazed upon him as he marched an enemy in the rear; their ponderous swords in ter what doubts he might have as to the com along all the glory of his position , and how o f o lis he d p iron , like that of Sir Hudibras S pany to which they belonged . everal of the my boyish ambition coveted the attainment , u w rrh w basket hilts , that ould hold broth a nd in companies were well e ven handsomely the distant future , of his fame , skill and A nd e serve for ﬁght and dinn r both , I n uniformed . The Meadville Grays was the uniform . To reach such a point in military which could be melted lead for bullets ” “ ” m e c o n su m m a To shoot at foes and sometimes pullets . crack company of the regiment . Their greatness seemed to to be the

' bu ﬂ at h uniform was white pants , gray coats , with tion of human glory , and I determined to Holster pistols with ﬂint locks and bores t e

r ss be lts . B u t ! c o , to which were suspended a cartridge tain it or perish in the attempt alas size of small artillery ; dangerous weapons to

a nd e box , a priming wire , a small brush to while ambition urged me on , ability lagged the troopers themselves, what must they hav

and . a clean the pans of the formidable ﬂint lock behind I never reached the goal been to n advancing foe The horses were. CENTENNIA L EDITION TRIB UNE - REP UB LICA N 57

of all colors , size and sex , from the mustang but were generally composed of the ordinary ed and the inspection of arms took place .

r w i to the plow horse , or the high stepping blood holiday suits of the fa mers , ornamented ith While the br gade inspector passed along in “ I m e n ed charger , to those that were without pride white belts and colored scarfs . remember front of the , numerous bottles of liquid ” re “ of ancestry or hope of posterity . I well a fragment of a company called the W ash re fre slnn e n ts were surrepti tiously passed from ” i n to n in member one June morning that a member of g Guards . The only distinctive feature hand to hand the rear , and when the ﬁnal ” o n s the company appeared parade with a that remains in my recollection was a large order , break ranks , dismis ed , was given , a “ ” . a n d d maternal dam and her playful offspring The shield of painted tin in front of their hats . more happy inspire array of men

in th e a n juvenile steed somewhat interfered with the These were kept place by red cords passing never rallied under ﬂag of y nation .

n a nd military evolutions of the company and was through holes in the top and bottom of the I t was a day lo g to be remembered , h promptly ordered under guard by the captain . shields and around the hat crown , where they w at citizen of our county who has almost

so n in r The mother and were accordingly led to were tied a bow with pendant tassels . The reached the alloted pe iod of human life , does f h the stable of the Craw ord House, at that front of the s ields were ornamented with the not recollect the relish with which we , boys , “ ” . o n time the fashionable hotel of the place The letters W . G . in yellow . There was also a feasted general training days , on a

’ c o n f F le u r s colt, (against loud maternal protests) was company called the Greenwood Ri les , with a quarter section of good old Jacob y in and u sse w a o . fined a vacant stall , the mother and uniform similar to the C g Rifles A ginger bread , washed down with that nectar ” bo ttle o f rider took their place at head of the column company called the Liberty Guards from fit for the gods , a _ small beer ; and d “ B ba n s . r near the , a single The order looming Valley mustered in number Their how anxiously we longed f om month to “ ” . r t a n d forward march ; music , was given The members were expe t with heir rifles , their month , from week to week , finally from

a an d t column st rted across the public square ; the uniform hunting frocks leggins well suit day to day for a re urn of those , the happiest in ba n d blew an inspiring blast, which the ed to the times and forest warfare . days of our boyish life ; and how we sorrow t l l a a disconsolate mother hought she recognized The Meadvi le Arti lery , commanded by ed when cruel , m licious legislature , by one t o ﬂ S e the plain ive appeals of her imprisoned Captain amuel Doud , was a formidable ar f ll swoop , repealed the militia law and made

f - o f ﬁ ve . spring and answered with an a fectionate ray twenty or more veterans , uniform us miserable forever response that completely S till o ’ er these scenes ’ drowned the b u g l e r s my memory wakes , And fondly broods with r chee i n g notes . A halt ’ miser s care ; t h was called , and e Time but the impression owner of the mother and deeper makes , As streams their chan colt was ordered out of ” nels deeper wear . the ranks , whereupon he

“ refused to go , in a style of Yes , general train language highly orna ing days are n o more ;

. mental For the balance long , long years ago those of the day the deceptive bright green oases in the u c o n notes of the b gle desert of life were c ov tin u e d to mislead the ered with the drifting maternal mind , and were sands of passing events . a ffectionately answered Most of the men who by the bereaved mother . then answered t h e i r ’ From that time the com country s call “ to arms !

n o pany was known as the are more , and it mat Meadville S tock - raising ters not how fantastic ” Dragoons. were the uniforms they O f u all the vol nteer wore , for The clothes PA R A VE N U E CA RRI A E WOR S . companies of those early K G K are but the guinea ’ s i ’ ’ . u n days none were more patr otic than the Mead ed in grey coats and white pants Their g stamp , the man s the goud for a that .

- i a . in 1 8 v lle Dr goons Afterwards, 45 , when was a brass six pound cannon , with a vent They were true soldiers in the best sense of ” “ — 0 ﬁ the war cry 5 4 4 , or ght , resounded almost as capacious as the muzzle , rendering the word ; inured to hardship, brave , inde ” I w as o f over our land , orderly sergeant of the the feat spiking it one of great difﬁculty pendent and patriotic . They were ever to be

in in ball i company , very young years but aged unless a cannon was used . This com rel ed upon when danger threatened either “ . military ambition Well I remember how the pany was very popular with young pioneer their neighbors or the country . Kindly to ” . O u r . s cry ﬁred the hearts of the Dragoons America of that day each other and hospitable to stranger , they swords almost leaped from their scabbards B u t Oh ! the gathering of the militia or were honest and truthful , always to be trusted fe are d r O u r as friends and to be as foes . They with pat iotic zeal . pistols rattled in their ﬂood wood as they were sometimes called . in “ ” were fact the germs of a great people sown - an d holsters with an ominous war like sound , while The diamond was the parade ground , n e w an d in the virgin forests of a world , from every horse hair on the crests of our helm ets at that time it was a sea of dust whose surface which has been propagated a great nation “ bristled on end like the quills of a fretful was as restless under the summer ’s wind as whose institutions will eventually mould a nd th e ” ’ model the future governments of earth . . r porcupine We all regretted when the white the ocean s wate s in a storm . Promptly at m e n ’ ’ A nobler race of than the early pioneer a 1 0 e hand of peace smoothed war s frowning f ce o clock a . m . the citizen soldiers w re call soldiery of America never lived . Alone with

an d n . in and corrugated brow , conti ued to regret ed to arms These arms usually consisted of the Creator this sublime forest temple , they

l th e h a were naturally reverential and religious . The unti news came that war d been de old shot guns , dilapidated muskets , riﬂes , and evening prayer daily ascended from many a c la re d . m against Mexico, when the Meadvill e bean poles The line was for ed three deep rude C abin in the wilderness , while the family “ S i c tr a n i t Dragoons suddenly disbanded . s and extended from end to end of the public Bible was read by every ﬁreside . They pray ’ ' lo r i a m y n a z . o u g square . After a short practice in the manual ed the eve of battle , yet took good care to ” ” “ h th e keep their powder dry . Theirs was fait There were several fragmentary portions of of arms, soldiers were put through a sys ” a nd other uniformed companies at that time that tem of evolution that must have been copied with works , the result is a nation of free m e n no , a Christian people who acknowledge foss ilife ru o s seemed to be remains of past ages . from a western cyclone . This continued an supremacy o n earth ; a n d no sovereign bu t

o n . Their uniforms were diversiﬁed and unique ; hour or two , when the line was again form H im whose throne is high O B E B 5 8 CENTENNIA L EDITI N TRI UN REP U LICA N.

TH E I RI S H B LOOD . to the other three hundred . but about this ried on his back , and before he got it com

M c A rthu r le te d in I n time , opposed by General Mead , p , the fall of the year , a friendly M e n fro m th e I sl e o f G en iu s who h av e was elected to represent in the S tate S enate dian told him that he would have to leave as

' H elped to M o uld the Hi s tory the district composed of the counties of Erie , the cross Indians were coming and would

. a n o f C raw ford C oun ty . Crawford , Mercer, Venango , and Warren , and kill him The Indians did come d slaugh through his legislative exerti ons the settlers to te re d many settlers in the French creek val

B Y O . . M c G ill ( J H N HU LL ) whom the land companies would only allow ley Arthur , as well as his neighbors ,

S i h . nce the day of the return of William Penn one hundred acres got two undred were frequently driven from home . His house S S M c A rthu r ~ to America with his Irish ecretary , James enator married Rebecca Mc was known far and near for its hospitality and

in 1 80 S h e Logan , a native of the County Armagh , Ire Clean 5 . was a daughter of Col . was visited by many Irishmen who came to

be én Pe n ns l M c C le a n o f . land , the Irish have coming to y Moses the Revolutionary Army counsel with him on the propriety o f settling c le an a nd W n a nd . M C in w a n . vania . Logan was educated linguist a Col his brother Archibald as the estern wilder ess ith pride would

i n n o w f mathematician of great ability . At different sisted running the amous Mason and he in his old age narrate the fact that Commo '

be . periods ﬁlled the positions of provincial sec Dixon line After serving two terms in the dore Perry stopped at his house all night , as re ta r o f S S M c A rthu r f y , commisioner property and receiver tate enate , William was appoint he was traveling rom Fort Duquesne to ﬁght S general , Mayor of Philadelphia , recorder of ed by Governor nyder , prothonotary of the the celebrated battle on Lake Erie . an d ’ . O n e M c G ill s the city , and president judge of Common Pleas several courts of Crawford county , one of Arthur nearest neighbors in a nd B It was undoubtedly his acquaintance and year after he was appointed register re was Henry ole . He came to Meadville in

ﬂ u e n c e W i w e ll 1 2 1 in 1 th his countrymen , as as the corder , positions which he held for about 795 , and 797 he settled in Venango town '

and . o n assurance of civil religious liberty , which years He was the father of six children , ship a beautiful site o n the banks of French

‘ induced so many Irish , whose woolen industry three girls and three boys . His oldest son , creek . He lived the alloted three score and

an o n S Sh e te n had been destroyed by alien Parliament , to Moses , now lives his farm in outh , years and died the owner of seven or eight

in . seek homes the new col farms . He had six children

n ony . The early Irish settlers His so David was the father B sent for friends and relatives , of W. R . ole , a member of and each succeeding batch the Meadville bar , and o ne of Irish emigrants followed of the foremost lawyers in the example until the best Western Pennsylvania .

1 8 2 2 blood of Ireland ﬂowed in About the year , a the veins of more than one young m a n named John Mc third of th e population of the Closkey found employment ~ . O n e h is B M Commonwealth with Henry ole . c C lo s torian says that The de key married the youngest

m an M c ill struction of the woole n daughter of Arthur G , u fa c tu res of Ireland com and they were the parents o f

e lle d ' a multitude of Epis . . M c C lo s k e n ow p J N y , a resi c o lia n o f a t r p Protestants to desert dent Meadville , an t o ” a the country . L rge num ney enjoying a lucrative

in bers of them settled Penn practice , and the grandson s lva nia w h e re M c G ill y , their descend of Patrick , is the ants to - day hold prominent honored governor of Minne positions in politics and all sota . ’ D UNN S TA L E R S C A RRI A E WOR S . K G K B the learned professions . John rooks settled o n a “ in . so n a no w n in The Agrarian insurrection in part of the nango William , his second , was p farm what is Gree wood township ,

in o f 1 . north of Ireland , says another histo pointed justice the peace for the city of 794 He was a native of County Donegal ,

“ in 1 8 0 an d rian , led a multitude of the people to emi Meadville by Governor Porter 4 , Ireland , where he learned the trade of wheel

O f . grate to America . these the province two years later was elected prothonotary and wright After remaining a few years on his founded by Penn received a considerable pro clerk of the courts of Crawford county for a farm , he came to Meadville and engaged in " in . o n portion . term of three years He is now engaged mercantile business , which he carried for

in r t O ne of the ﬁrst Irishmen to come to Craw the real estate business the city of Mead nearly a quarter of a centu y . He then re ired

h r o n M c A rt i i . ford county was William , grand ville John , the youngest son , left the home to his farm , the Franklin turnpike about

fo r in 1 8 uncle of the present postmaster of Meadville . of his childhood California 5 5 , and three miles southeast of the city , where he died n in l l of in an I n a 8 . o S . He was by professi n a land surveyor , and died Francisco soon after early 3 H e was ﬁrst justice the peace in

1 o n e was employed in the Northwest , from 794 day John was captain of a militia company Crawford county after its organization was

1 80 0 a n d . S a nd c o n u ntil , surveying land for the settlers and was very popular with his command of the tate commissioners to lay out

ill tra c tth e W a nd a nd . l M c G th e Holland Population land companies In the year of 7 g 5 , Arthur , a stal Erie and aterford turnpike , was

an d . He was the ﬁrst surveyor sent here by the wart enterprising Irishman , found his way twice elected county treasurer During the S tate authorities after the formation of the to the valley of French Creek a n d with his war of 1 8 1 2 he organized a nd commanded a W M c rth u r 80 0 . county . A was the opponent of the brother Patrick settled acres of perhaps company hile at Erie he was appointed land grabbers of his time . After the passage the best land in the county . The best portion aide to General Mead , division commander ,

’ o W a nd I n 1 8 1 ( 2 m . a of th e S ettlers Act of 79 , the land c of the land between oodcock creek with the rank of major 7 he was p

hu n B S panics began to parcel the land into four road Ford was once the fruitful domain of pointed , by Governor nyder , associate judge

w n li lls o f i t c M c G i . dred acre plots a n d cla med it as their o . Their hands directed the ﬁrst Crawford county , which he held until his

a nd an d . Then came the actual settlers , the conﬂict plow along the winding furrows converted death He was grandfather to John Comp to n a nd B B between those who wanted land for homes and the impervious forest , which almost shut out the late J . . rawley . The biog “ ra h e r : m a n the land speculators . The companies wanted the light of day , into broad ﬁelds laden with p says He was a of more than

' b fi a to compromise with the settler y giving him golden grain . The rst house built by Arthur ordinary ability , good English scholar , and il ” o n e hundred acres for preserving their claim M c G l was constructed of logs which he car well read in the literature of his day . - C E J V T E N N I A L EDI TIO N TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N. 59

i B in in LI C AN There was born n Ireland , near elfast , There are more native born Irish Craw is the leading newspaper in northwestern

» . 1 . : ford county to day than there are people of Pennsylvania 7 39, Archibald Humes He came to Amer

- a n . B u t . . , , ica before the revolution , and was a teamster y other nationality it is the descend W H Andrews his brother chairman elect m e n i a S in the army of Washington . In after years ents of the Irish pioneers and other able of the Republ c n tate committee , was born in Pa . he used to tell of Washi ngton and Lafayette of Irish blood who have reﬂected the most Youngsville , Warren county , , January 8 0 18 . an ne o n . , 4 riding along o day , when the drivers stop honor the Irish race At early age he entered on a

c a re e r . bu mercantile , t is distinguished as a ped their teams for fear of throwing mud on ' Besides the men of Irish blood already m e n a nd great organizer of both m e n a n d commercial the distinguished generals , Washington s o n an tio ne d , is Thomas Roddy , the of Irish “ e o n . H m an said : Drive , boys ; never mind the in enterprises is a of even tempera father , and one of the promising lawyers ” ‘ , a nd mud . Humes came to Crawford county in ment possesses great fealty to his friends Western Pennsylvania . He has a ﬁne legal i a nd 1 and built one of the ﬁrst grist m lls in his political party , has all the aptitude of 797 , mind and a great future is expected of him by

. the county . He had four sons and three his race for politics He has keen discern those who best know his abilities .

H i s . daughters . son James , grandfather of ex ment which enables him to understand men

Frank P. Ray , who is another able lawyer , S enator Humes , was with General Mead at This attribute , coupled with patience , energy d e c e nd e d in 1 8 1 in is from the Reas , of Ireland , a tal Erie 3, when it was thought that the and steadfastness to what he believed to be

e nte d family , a branch of which came to B , o f va sio n of Pennsylvania soil by . the ritish right has placed him in the front rank

America in the middle of the last centu ry . F o r . soldiery was imminent . this service his political organizers

in . . e wido w was gra nted a pension after y ears James D Rob rts , district attorney , is also The Irish , wherever their lot may be cast ,

re vo lu Archibald Humes , the old need not feel ashamed of the rep io nar in re se n tative s in t y soldier , died at his home of their race Craw

in 1 8 2 . S fo re fath this county 3 , at the advanced ford county ome of their i age of 93 years . ers came here to a w lderness , pre Among the law makers who as ferring the freedom of th e forest to sembled at W ashington in the ﬁrst the oppression of an alien Parlia

m e n t an d quarter of the present century , none , the companionship of the were more popular than Patrick Indian and wild animal to the ruth o f . , . Farrelly He was born in Ireland less sway the , Irish landlord

1 8. and came to Philadelphia in 7 9 Here in their new home , the cour

He studied law in Lancaster county , age , energy and industry of Irish

in 1 80 and settled in Meadville 7 men , untrammeled by landlordism , he was the ﬁrst Irish lawyer that have shown the possibilities and u practiced in Crawford co nty , and mental capacities of the Irish race was a m a n of great inﬂuence and in a free country . undoubted ability . He was three There were other early I rish

820 - 22- 2 times ( 1 4) elected to rep settlers in Crawford county whose I n resent his district ih congress . s a c e sh o l names , but for lack of p , u d those days the district comprised all a n d m e n be mentioned here , other Western Penn sylvania except Alle of Irish blood living in our m i dst

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h e n . . g y county His son , David M whose abilities entitle them to even

Farrelly , is now a member of the more than a passing notice . in Crawford county bar , ripe years ,

in an d rich legal lore , honored by ' F i rst Ste r n W ee S team er on - h l all the profession . It was mainly

W st rn W aters . throug h the inﬂuence of Patrick e e Farrelly that the ﬁrst appropriation

O n r r 28th 1 828 t h was made for the improvement of a Feb ua y , , e W S m . 80 harbor by the United tates Con steamboat Duncan , of gress . He asked Congress for 3 tons , ascended the Allegheny to

an for improvement of the harbor RI CH M OND B LOCK . Franklin , but with great difﬁculyt , S on at Erie , and although all the outh account of the very rapid cur

I n s . ern members considered such an appropriation of Irish descent . fact , ome of the bright rent and crooked channel Robert L . Potter,

o f c m n E s B a r unconstitutional , yet , because of their esteem est minds the Crawford ounty bar are e q , one of the Meadville , became inter

th e f and e s te d . B for author of the measure , they re rained of Irish blood , the same can be truthfully in experiments made by Mr lanchard ,

la w b m from voting , thus permitting it to become a . said of the bar of every judicial district in y the substitution of ste for side wheels on

This appropriation was the entering wedge for Western Pennsylvania . the Connecticut river . ’ - a IB R E . nd . . . all subsequent ones for rivers harbors W R Andrews , editor of the TR UNE Through Mr Potter s instrumentality Mr .

B I C an B There came in the ship which brought Pat PU L AN , is the son of educated Irish phy lanchard came west and examined the river .

E s a nd sic ian . S rick Farrelly to this country , the grandfather He was born at ugar Grove , Warren David Dick , q, became interested , with

H e n 2 1 8 . and great grandfather of Judge John J . county , December 3, 37 In early man other citizens of the town furnished the means at derson. They settled a place in Mercer hood he entered into mercantile business and for the construction of a steamboat with the

T h e “ A lle h n county which was subsequently called H e n was engaged in the wholesale trade in New newly invented wheel . g e y was

ille a fte r th e . 1 8 0 d e rs onv . , family Judge Hender York City for many years The ﬁrm which launched at Pittsburg in March , 3 , and o n a nd r in in s is known to honored by the p ofe s he founded was point of sales the third of April made her trial trip , arriving at Frank

I n 1 8 e n lin 1 8th a nd W ar sion for his legal learning, and the number of its kind in the United S tates . 7 4 he on the proceeding as far as Sh e r n re n . votes cast for him when he was elected to his te e d o a literary career, which he has fol made seven trips during the year ,

o n e o f O . prese nt position bears testimony to his p pu lowed ever since . O his publications at one time ascending to lean This was the la rity and the appreciation in which he is held had the largest circulation of any other of its introduction of the stern wheel on the western

- in n B . . a d I B N e by the people without regard to party kind this country , the TR U E REPU wat rs B - 60 CENTE NNIA L EDITION TR I UNE REP UB LICA N .

0 . I n 1 8 1 TH E D A I RY . during the first year 5 4 boxes of cheese , the by the farmers and dairymen 7 the ’ D air m e n s second year boxes , and later increasing Crawford County y Association was f s . The B u tter a n d C hee s e I n tere s t o f to boxes per year . organized at Venango boro The first o ficers Bl C rawford C ou n ty . The Morse Root factory might also be of the association were president, Joseph y

mentioned among the ﬁrst factories built in stone ; secretary , D . H . Gibson ; treasurer , J . v 8 0 . t . . . B Y A . M . . . I n 1 ( FULLER ) the county 7 there existed in the state H Marcy ; ice presiden s , H C Green , J

in 2 in . B . The dairy interest Crawford county is the 7 factories , eight of which were Crawford H lystone and Thomas Van Horne In 1 8 8 1 8 th e leading agricultural industry of our farming county . In the year 7 it was estimated 7 5 the name of association was changed ’ in 68 1a c S D air m e n s population . The increase in the number of that there were Crawford county to the Pennsylvania tate y Asso

' in in c iatio n 0 milch cows this county recent years has tories , producing pounds of cheese . and a state appropriation of 835 per a c ~ n been very great, and will , in a measure , In recent years the factories have diminished annum was secured for its maintaina ce . A .

and count for the prominence of this portion of in number, more attention has been given M . Fuller was elected president of the asso

a nd c iatio n 1 8 northwestern Pennsylvania as one of the lead to private dairying , stock raising , other in 7 5 and served in that capacity for

. . S . ing dairy sections of the country branches of farming a period of six years . ubsequently , Messrs

I n 1 8 0 in C o le 5 there were milch cows The dairy interests , however, is regarded at John , John Fuller, J . H . Lenhart , M . C . t 1 860 1 8 0 O B . Crawford coun y . in , 7 , the present time as the most proﬁtable branch liver and J . Phelps have been elected to a nd 1 880 m an u fa c in f 1 8 88 . . in , The of farming the county , and it is believed the o ﬁce , and in the year Hon . C . J an S ture of cheese and butter under the factory that the coming year .will show increased ibley , of Franklin , Venango county , w as i c on n in . system in cheese factories and creameries interest dairying this section As the elected president . sumes one - half of the entire milk product of country becomes more thickly settled and A board of trade for the buying and selling O the county . nly a small portion of the competition grows keener in all branches of of cheese and butter was organized in Mead

' r 1 8 in . . cheese and butter made at the factories is farming , the peculiar adaptability of this farm ville the yea 7 5 Leon C Magaw was ou r ow n consumed by peo elected president , H . C

. H ple The remainder of the Green , secretary , and o n . m B ilk product supplies the S . . Dick , treasurer . The requirements of the home offering of cheese frequently t markets , and that por ion amounted to ten thousand in ~ w which is not used its nat boxes per eek . The A . ural state is made into but G . W . and Erie railroads

' ter . The ﬁrst attempt at assisted the business very factory cheese making in materially by introducing Crawford county was made ventilated a n d iced cars fe r in the year 1 849 at Mosier the transportation of ch e ese

s u e rinte n town , under the p and butter to the eastern

M . dence of essrs Clark markets . The ﬁrst cheese S S tebbins , they manufacturing fair in the United tates was what were called English held at Meadville in O cto

in 1 8 dairy cheese , weight about ber , 7 5 , and proved a

a n c 1 6 pounds d selling at 3 great success . The cheese

f xh ibite d per pound . It di fered from in Philadelphia in

i n 1 8 the present system that 7 5 , under the auspices of the patrons delivered curd the Meadville board of trade

e s ta blish o at the factory instead of milk . did much to u r ‘ The second factory w a s reputation for the produc

in in built also Mosiertown tion of ﬁne cheese . The

1 85 0 by Messrs . Mosier per cent . of the perfection CLOVE R CREA M E RY . M c F a rland and continued in in the exhibits of cheese f th l operation for three years, at which time the ing section for the production of the best rom e individua states and United parties having engaged in other business this quality of dairy goods will unquestionably re S tates collectively and Canada collectively

an O system of factory cheese making came to sult in a still larger development of the dairy were as follows: Connecticut , hio,

in in 6 oo S 6 . 82 I n . W is c o ns . end . subsequent years there existed the business , 7 United tates ,7 ; eastern portion of this county many large There are at this time 43 cheese factories New York , Pennsylvania , private dairies , notably those of D . D . and and creameries in Crawford county . The Canada , in Cyrus Burchard , consisting of dairies number average number of cows supplying milk to O u r dai rymen have much to be proud of 0 in ing from 20 to 6 cows . Cheese at this time each factory during the season of six months their success all the contests in which they

2 1 0 . ( 1 85 0 to 1 86 ) sold at from ﬁve to eight cents commencing April 5 is about 35 . The have taken part A hundred years hence we 1 862 1 86 in an d per pound , and from to 7 at an product of these factories butter cheese have every reason to believe that an industry average price of thirteen cents . at the present market rates will amount to which has been prominent in all countries

in in The ﬁrst factory under tee present system as annually . At the present time about and all ages , will still survive this locality ,

in 1 86 - - an d o f w as built by George Thomas 7 , at Cam one fourth of the cheese marketed from this that the farms Crawford county will

o f 2 0 . o f an bridge , securing the milk 5 cows the ﬁrst county is sold by Leon C Magaw , Mead continue to yield ever increasing quantity “ ’ 820 . . 60 0 . year, the third year , and the sixth ville The cheese is branded Crawford s of the products of the dairy h 1 86 T e average price of factory cheese in 7 Favorite , is well known and eagerly sought

an d was twelve cents per pound , of farm after throughout the eastern and western states , The ﬁrst steamboat was launched on the Del

. te n in 1 88 dairies nine to cents . and is favorably known the Liverpool aware in 7 ; the ﬁrst steamboat plied the

in ‘ in 1 80 a n d The second factory , known as the Wood market . The rapid growth of the dairy Hudson 7 , the ﬁrst locomotive in the

- l 1 868 e e s s in S in . in c ock First Premium , was bui t in by t r t this county was largely due to the United tates was built Hartford , Conn ,

' 8 and 1 82 . C o . 1 9 M essrs . D . H . Gibson , manufacturing beneﬁts derived from thorough organization 79 , was ﬁrst used practically in

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O ...... C . ; A N OL D D OCUM ENT . of enchantment , to develop a love for the J C G Kennedy , Washington , D H ‘ Y B B . . . . study of nature , the department of natural Marshal , uffalo , N ; T Kennedy ,

80 Pa . B S th O l P 2 1 8 . . . C e G history was organized February 3, Chambersburg , ; T wearingen , Pitts opy of rigin a aten t ran te d t o

O : B . S e n Pa . . . Pa . M . fficers first year President , George burg , ; J E Rupert , Conneautville , ; Dav id e ad ~ Pa nett ; recording secretary , Dr . George Elliott ; Col . H . Cogswell , Titusville , . ; A . P . J The document , of which the following is a W Pa S . . . corresponding secretary , Mrs . Ruth E . Ting hitaker, Franklin , . ; C T Dodd , literal copy , was given to David Mead by W H u id ek o e r Pa . . S . M Pa . ley ; treasurer , Edward p ; curator , Franklin , ; Garvin , ercer , ; M ifli in 1 1 6 Governor , January 5 , 79 . Its great

L o ra n di . . Pa . . . H . R . ; managers , Prof Christy , Col Frank Mantor, Conneautville , ; Col P historic interest a n d value is too evident to

B Pa . H u id e k o e r . . . , ; . . . Edgar p , Prof J Tingley , Miss Carpenter Conneautville , Hon L W need further comment

- h i T c k s tun Pa . f 1 88 8 : . Maxwell . O ﬁcers for 7 President , , Mosiertown , ; James D Minnis, O O O F ’ TH E C MM NWEALTH PENN A . S . . Rev . E . P . prague ; secretary , Dr Elliott ; Athens township , Crawford county ; Hon W To ALL T O W HO M T H E S E PR ES ENTS S HA LL m B Pa . managers , Geo . L . Cary , . Reynolds , Frederick ates , Titusville , ; A . W . Mum C O M I : F airﬁe ld E , GR EET NG Joshua Douglass . ford , township , Crawford county , — W Pa . u ss e a O 0 . O . C w o h S ections for the various branches zoology , ; Col . Potter , g township , K N Y E, That in consideration of t e

- Pa . r s u m ornithology , entomology , paleontology , etc . Crawford county , ; Hon . John H . G ay , of Forty two pounds seventeen nine

n ow have been thoroughly organized , and from Cambridge , Pa . pence lawful money paid by Daniel

a nd C O O ’ the interest manifested by its members , RE R DS F EAR L Y HISTO R Y . Meade into the Receiver General s ofﬁce of the well - known enthusiasm an d practical In the rooms of the society are collected this Commonwealth there is granted by the knowledge of its ofﬁ cers and heads of sections , and preserved the records of the early history said Commonwealth unto the said David

ld a and o f S . O M e ad e we may expect a most valuable perfect the county and tate letters , contain certain tract of land called Mead collection of all pertaining to the natural his in g descriptions of this part of the State or Ville situate including a n improvement On O S . t tory of this part of the tate Generous dona county , reminiscences of the early set lers , the West side of the River hio , Allegany

ld o n ne w an o tions and loan contributions by friends have their manner of living , etc . O maps , manu and C g Creek , in Allegany County, already rendered the rooms beg inning at a black oak

” of the society replete with near French creek , thence ’ e S 260 o f C a t n e ﬂ e rs inter st . ome birds by land p J , n 0 - ﬁ ve a d 6 mammals , comprising North seventy degrees , o a large proporti n . of the East four hundred and eight

W Pe nns lva fauna of estern y perches to a white oak , O f nia , have been placed in its thence by land Hugh

D u r cases . A large collection of p y , North one hundred

a n d - nests eggs , shells and and forty four perches to a insects, of agates and geodes Post , thence by land of Wil an d S other minerals , insects , l iam Mead , outh seventy

ﬁve - sea mosses , wood mosses and degrees , West eighty one shells . A classiﬁed cabinet perches to a Post , North

an d - o ne of minerals a case of foryt perches to a Post ,

S e - fi shells , from French creek outh sev nty ve degrees ,

O an d an d and the hio , other West two hundred sev

t o e nt - -a contributions , combine y one perches to Post

o f form a museum great at an Island , and thence value to the student of nature . down French Creek , by the S O C O C THE HI T R I AL S IETY . several Courses thereof three CU SS E WA GO M I LLS . While providing for the hundred and twelve perches O ld a m h B diffusion of knowledge by the library a nd read script or printed . newspapers and p p to the eginning containing four hundred and

- - a nd l . O il ﬁ ing room ; for the culture of art and the study lets . Autograph signatures etters thirty nine Acres , one hundred fty six

an d e a n d of nature the preservation of the history of the portraits of citizens others , of life size , p rches allowance of six per Cent for & in Roads c . Which said tract was surveyed ld . n . O past , and the perpetuation of that of the prese t, photographs , etc account books Tro pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly and . has not been overlooked . For these ends the phies mementoes of the recent war Indian passed the 3rd April 1 792 for William Mead

S o r . Historical ociety of Crawford County was and pre historic relics Many valuable books , b 1 1 6 , Who y Deed dated January 79 convey iz e d 1 1 0 a a n 6 88 . O f i e : g February , c rs , first year letters , manuscripts , maps and arch eological ed the same to the said David Meade , to th e 1 2 - whom a warrant of acceptance issued , President , Joshua Douglass ; first vice presi relics have already been contributed by those T O H i January instant with the appurtenances . u d e k o e r s . dent , Alfred p ; recording secretary , interested in its object Many of the relics HAVE A N D To H O LD the said tract or parcel of T . R . Kennedy ; treasurer , A . M . Fuller ; of the stone age , from the mounds and graves th e land , with appurtenances , unto the said S B managers , amuel P. ates , William Reynolds , in this county and from the excavations at David Meade and his H eirs to the use of him a nd B S in the said David his Heirs Assigns forever, . O . . George ennett, . V . Reynolds , A . C . Madisonville , , are exhibited its cases J free and clear of all restrictions and reserva H id - u ek o e r . . p , G A Carstensen , P . A . Laffer , From the relics of the pre historic age the tions as to Mines , Royalties , Quit rents , or - . f r 1 8 i . O o 8 8 : in T H Delamater . fficers 7 Presi society hopes to aid the solut on of the otherwise excepting and reserving only the B . S O re dent , G . Delamater ; secretary , Arthur L . mystery which has thus far enshrouded with fifth part of all the Gold and ilver for B the use of this commonwealth to be delivere d ates ; managers , Wm . Reynolds , Cyrus impenetrable mist the races of antiquity who ’ S at the pitt s month clear of all charges . B . Kitchen , Joshua Douglass , amuel P . ates , peopled our land We propose to add our I N W ITN ES S whereof Thomas M ifll in Gov B H . H . arber . dim taper light for the exploration of the dark e rn o r of the said commonwealth hath hereto a nd Corresponding members of the Historical ness of their history , perchance even by set his HAND, and caused the S tate S eal to be f i S D Pe s t r hereunto a xed the fifteenth day of January : . e e . . i t ociety are Gen Frederick y , LL D , s feeble glimmer some dim outline may be in the year of our LO RD one thousand seven S . F . R . H . , president New York Historical traced among the illusive shadows which may hundred and ninety - six and of the common

S . ociety ; Gen Harry White , Indiana county , give the clue to more certain knowledge of wealth the twentieth . W Pa . I ) . C . . S S e c . ; illiam Reese , Washington , ; Hon . this mysterious people ATTE T James Trimble , Deputy D T N N - CEN TENNIA L E I /O TR IB U E REP UB LICA N. 63

' a nd TI M E A N D ETE RNI TY . Let it once be believed that the grave is these school , church hospital buildings

the goal of our human existence ; that the have been erected ; how , with generous a n d

C —M - O u r B equ e s t to the N e xt en t u ry ate soul does not survive the wreck of the clayey ready self denial , the large annual expense of P m ; , ria l rogre s s the H a nd aid of tenement which enshrines it that our hopes , supplying them with teachers nurses , minis f S piritu al D e velop m en t . our a fections and our aspirations perish with ters and so forth has been met ; if we make “ ” all B M I it ; that in this life only we have hope , B Y H O N . . S . a careful estimate of the cost of of these ( F H . E ) a n d s a then indeed th e virtuous , the pure , the schools and churches , to y nothing of the O n e hundred years ! O n e hundred years ! “ : W e loving would have reason to exclaim radiating charities that go out from them , we How much of human power and pride , . W ! ! ” hat glorious hopes What gloomy fears are of all creatures most miserable . The shall then begin to realize how large a propor ” Have sunk beneath its sweeping tide . foundations in human character of whatsoever tion of the wealth of our people is devoted to O ther w riters in this Centennial number of things are lovely and O f good report would other than mere bodily necessities— to perma T R l B U N E B IC an d . S the REPU L AN will interest its forever be destroyed . If this were so , then nent abiding results uch is the estimate

’ readers with personal reminiscences , or with T the thoughtful , intelligent and cultured citi were best at once to sink to peace , historical sketches , showing the gradual growth Like birds the charming serpent draws zens of Meadville during the century now To drop headforemost in the jaws of Meadville , from its settlement one hundred closing , have placed upon these great interests . O f ” vacant darkness and to cease . years ago to the present time . They will S uch is the practical testimony to our suc

a nd d e ri B u t r doubtless recite the trials , dangers p it is not so . O u r institutions of learn c e sso s of the next century of their paramount ' va tio ns i n incident to pioneer life , and they will g , of charity and religion were built upon importance to all other interests . S uch the point with justiﬁable pride to her slow , but no such faithless and uncertain foundation . great trusts committed to their keeping . im S “ steady and sure , progress through all her past They are based upon a belief in personal urely in the past it has not been said , Let

. . - . a an d years They will tell you how , under the mortality Without such basis Christian or us eat , drink be merry , for to morrow we ” u magic influence of intelligent industry , patient a religious superstr cture would have been im die . I t has rather been perseverance and in Let us , then , be up domitable resolution , and doing , preced i ng generations With a heart for h a v e accomplished a ny fate S till achieving , still the r e m a r k a b l e pursuing , achievements of to Learn to labor a n d ” . day . They will tell to wait you of her intellect O u r past h i s t o r y ual , social , charitable forcibly illustrates the a nd religious enter admonition o f t h e pri ses ; of her schools , poet, learn to labor ” h e r hospitals , h e r and to wait . I t took beneficiary and be the founders of Mead n e vole n t societies and ville thirty - fi ve years her churches . A l l of labor and waiting this is well . It is but to convert their set ’ preliminary to what I tle rs hamlet into a

a nd have to say , to the borough ; it took more presumptuous their successors forty task I have assumed , three years more to to the deductions I convert that borough _ wou ld make , and the ’ into a city . Thus we S CH A U W E K E R S LE A TH E R B E LTI N G WORKS . lesson they seem to see how o n e genera

. O u r and me to teach . That lesson is , that the busy possible schools our churches were tion after another labored and then patiently

i o n t generations of Meadv lle during the last established the presumption that bodily waited for the next to en er into its labors , and b hundred years have een planning and necessities and comforts were to be supplied carry them forward to full fruition . And now ,

’ a nd working to wiser purp oses diviner ends but as a means to higher ends , as incidental as I look back over forty years O f Meadville s

h r than they knew . Every legitimate enter to continued existence . isto y , during which period I have been an

u n c o n prise undertaken has had (perhaps If we but reﬂect for a moment upon our humble participant , through personal observa s c iou sl and y ) , a nobler purpose than mere selﬁsh past history we shall see how this thought has tion experience , I think I discover evi

a ran dise m e n t O u r . d e n c es g humane societies for the pervaded it Think how , during the last forty of remarkable social , intellectual and o r care of the unprotected ; our benevolent years, the people of Meadville have recognized religious progress . We have all been at school — g a n iz atio ns for the relief of the s u ﬁ e rin g ; our the demands of other than mere b odily a school where all have been teaching and all

o e n li h tm e n t B educati nal institu tions for the g of necessities . Forty years ago entley hall was learning ; and it has seemed to me that all

O f . the mind ; our churches for the cultivation Allegheny college The Theological school classes of society , including trades , occupa

in an a n d the religious sentiment , involving the senti was domiciled obscure building on tions , schools churches , have constituted

~ in ment of human brotherhood , all bear testi Center street . The primary education of the a common university which Providence ,

a nd o f in mony that the toil and sweat we endure , children Meadville was supplied two through divine methods and agencies , has

- sa riﬁ c e - the self c we make , are least of all for small one story brick buildings , (still standing) been educating and ﬁtting us for a higher

o n . those things which perish with the using . one on North street , the other Chancery state of existence The effects of this com

W u ls o r a nd a n d . e no These are but secondary tributary to more lane , near Pine street had public p y , modifying moulding process is

“ an d imperishable results . Yes , practically our library . All but three of our fourteen church p erhaps best exempliﬁed most apparent

: i r . people have been saying edif ces have been built during that pe iod . in our churches Church members have O f To say nothing of sundry charitable societies learned to respect the opinions others . ! Life is real Life is earnest , a nd we have two well equipped public hospitals . They have more exalted creditable views And the grave is not its goal :

an d . re tu rn e st Now , if we but consider for a moment how , of God human destiny They are more Dust thou art , to dust , ” W as n o t a n d spoken of the soul . with lavish expenditure of time treasure , courteous , more charitable to each other , and ’ - 64 CENTENNI A L EDI TION TRIB UNE R EP UB LICA N.

' ’ A n ibs . . s r e u e ntl as a consequence more truly Christian . They of the hospital At a meeting of the board of dollars addition was q y built

l s t 1 880 . . e are beginn ing at last to realize something of directors held July 3 , , Messrs R at an expense of eighteen hundr d dollars , ’ “ W the spirit of Christ s prayer , that they might Craighead , George W . Haskins and illiam and the lot on the west side of the building ” “ n e . . all be o , by laboring together for a com F Dickson were appointed a com mittee to was purchased for the benefit of the hospital a nd an d . inquire and examine into all matters mon end , waiting for its fulfillment . . B Messrs R Craighead and Colonel J . . things necessary and important for the board Far out in the harv est field of Time Compton were appointed to confer with Mrs . to know in regard to purchasing or renting of S . S t in The grain for the reaper is standing ready , arah A tewar regard to taking charge real estate for the use of the corporation as a And they who come to the work sublime . of the hospital They reported favorably , ” . Must toil with a patience calm and steady . hospital whereupon she was appointed April 8th 1 88 1 Truth never was subject to Chance or Fate , , The by - laws prepared by the committee matron and acting superintendent of the C . I ts sickle , so sharp , uts clean and even

0 5 . t Then labor and wait, both early and late , previously appointed were read and referred h pital The president was requested to ake - ﬁ e ld i o f For the seed of Earth y elds the har to a meeting the stockholders , to be held at possession of the property and make arrange

vest o f Heaven . 1 0 1 880 . S the court house August , At this ments with Mrs . tewart , the matron , to take

- b e a nd o f . meeting the y laws w re read , corrected immediate charge it ’ M E A D VI LLE S OS PI TA LS . H adopted . At a subsequent meeting of the The ﬁrst person received into the hospital

h . in t e . board of directors , accordance with was Mr Joseph R Johnson . He was a native M eadv il l e C it y H o spit al . b - a n F y laws , advisory committee consisting of of Huntington , airﬁeld county , Connecticut . “ 1 1 The Meadvi lle city hospital is o f recent a number of ladies was appointed , whose He was a soldier in the war of 8 2 ; settled in i . I n 1 822 he date , and its history is readily g ven the duty it shall be to call the attention of the Tioga county , Pennsylvania , in ;

1 0 month of January , 88 , while came a resident of Crawford in 1 8 some of our kind and humane county 35 , entered the hos

2 th 1 88 1 e citizens were visiting the sick pital April 9 , , liv d a and and destitute , they conceived contented , happy life died 1 1 1 88 1 the idea of procuring a suitable December , 4, aged 9 place where these would receive years . In the course of some

O w as proper care and attention . ther three years the building

in a c c o m m o persons were consulted , and found inadequate to due time became interested in date the applicants for admis m the project, which resulted in a sion , at ti es every bed being call for a public meeting to be occupied . This led to the deter o n held at the court house . At mination the part of the di this meeting it was determined rectors to erect a more com

m o d io u s to organize under the provisions building . And while of the act of assembly of April discussing this question , Alfred id 2 1 8 . H u ek o e r . h 9, 74 The following per p , Esq , wit his well sons were selected as directors known generosity , informed the i Joshua Douglass , George W . directors that f they would pur

. B . n Haskins , R Craighead , John chase the plot of ground i the

. S Compton , Leon C . Magaw , C . M econd ward known as the

R . t oush , Henry W Reynolds , Anson Porter proper y , contain

an d William Roddick , William F . ing about three acres , erect

Dickson . The hospital was duly thereon a suitable building for a incorp orated with the above hospital , he would donate the i t named persons as directors , by land . Negot a ions were at once the decree of the Court of Com commenced , and the purchase

N E W CI T OS PI TA L . mon Pleas of Crawford county , Y H consummated for the sum of P a . o n 28th , the day of June , which was paid over to 1 880 th e H id e k o er. , under name of The Meadville City public to the wants of this institution; to solicit us by Mr . u p Thus we received " Hospital . subscriptions to the stock of the corporation , the most eligible location that could be found

The purpose for which the corporation is to procure aid and assistance , and to advise in the city . f l ormed is that of a purely public chariyt , with the directions about the management of The contract for the erection of the bui d i n f o f i . o f the establishment and maintenance of a the a fairs the hospital . ing was g ven to Mr James Welland this

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in o n n 1 88 . public hospital the city of Meadville and The committee real estate , after havi g city , January , 7 and to Mr William Mo

. a nd i state of Pennsylvania The term for which examined a great number variety of pieces ran , of Titusv lle , the contract for furnishing

. rd . said corporation is to exist is perpetual The ofproperty , reported to the board January 3 , the steam heating apparatus The hospital te n 1 88 1 “ capital stock of this corporation is ﬁxed at , that the Walde property , situated on was completed and dedicated with appropriate

- o n t th thousand shares of the par value of Randolph street , with a two story frame house religious services the s of December ,

c an 1 88 . ﬁve dollars , each , making a total of thereon , be p urchased for the sum of 7 The whole cost of the building and

- ﬁve The number of directors of this twenty hundred dollars , ﬁve hundred dol furnishing , including the grounds , the grading ,

- ﬁv i s . in n e corporation ﬁxed at nine lars hand and the residue i thirty days . and the sewer , is about twenty thousand

The ﬁrst meeting of the directors of the This report was submitted to a meeti ng o f dollars .

2 th . 1 8th 1 88 1 on an Meadville City Hospital was held July 4 the stockholders January , , and they The hospital is situated elevated piece

( 880 . t , at which time Joshua Douglass, esq , authorized the board of directors to complete of ground wi h nothing to intercept the free

B o s h r i n a ir n . u o 86 was elected president ; C . M , clerk ; the purchase of the prope ty and make such circulat g of every side . I t is by

S . M c G u nn e le . o n ne c e s 2 f and William g , treasurer A incumbrance the same as might be 4 feet , the foundation o solid stone masonry ,

an d tw o committee consisting of Joshua Douglass , R . sary to secure the purchase money . Improve the super structure of brick . I t is

a n d . . B o ush o n a n Craighead C M was appointed to ments were made the building in the stories high , the ﬁrst 1 4 feet d the second

b - 1 2 prepare a code of y laws for the government month of April to the amount of ﬁve hundred feet , with mansard roof, and upper and CENTENNIA L EDITIO N TRIB UNE - REP UB LICA N

lower porches 1 2 feet wide o n two sides o f premises attached to the hospital southward as interests in the manufacturing and commercial

1 0 fa r the building , with foot halls the entire as Poplar street . world , but never was any action taken that

a nd . T h e h O S ita l S is a length , and kitchen laundry separate It p is under the charge of the realized practic l results , until , on the evening

n d e a St. 2 2d 1 886 is heated by steam , is supplied with ters of Joseph , of whom the following are of March , some of the most push

‘ : S S an d abundance of water , natural and illuminating at present resident there ister uperior ing energetic young business a n d pro fe s

' i n S e A lo isu ia S M a d e lin a s io nal gas . The ventilation is perfect every room , Clotilda , ist r , ister g , men of the city met together and a nd S S S B all the modern improvements now used ister Philomena , ister Genevieve , ister organized the Meadville oard of Industry . on e s te n in the best hospitals have been introduced . Mary A nne and S ister B . O ﬁrst ﬂoor A constitution was adopted suitable to the

a n d - . S . S ri Mrs arah A tewart , the kind suc are located the reception room , music room , exigencies of the case , a d the following o f

c e ss fu l a nd o n n a n d . O ﬁ c e rs matron acting superintendent , chapel , dini g room , kitchen ver all : . S elected John J hry ock , president ; n a n entering the new buildi g resigned her posi three broods atmosphere of calm comfort Fred G . Andrews , vice president ; B enjamin

a n d . B tion on account of her age health Her and an impression of solicitude pervades the lum , secretary ; A . Arthur Gill , treasurer ; ﬁtl place was supplied by Miss Emily Arthington , halls and alcoves , which y ﬁnds a hallowed Chas . E . Richmond , corresponding secretary .

t i in B - a lady eminently qualiﬁed , ha ng graduated center the curtained twilight of the cosy The oard undertook their self assumed task ’ a n d o n e O f e n d . in Leed s hospital , the largest best chapel in the eastern of the building The vigorously , and after many discouragements I n training schools in England . addition to second floor is devoted to pleasant chambers ﬁrst succeeded in locating in our city the

in f S C o her training English hospitals she has had for patients , each room being tastefully itted , Rockland ilk . , formerly of Patterson , N .

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in aﬁ o rd in i 2 . experience the Pennsylvania hospital at g accommodat ons for about 5 per J , which is now running with full force , em

l . B . o n 1 0 0 Phi adelphia sons . ath rooms , wash rooms , etc , are ploying over hands , and undoubtedly will

f r f . u Nurses are being trained under her , and this loor The building is heated by a be the nucleus for a large branch of the silk ~ others of more extensive experience , are pre nace , supplied by the best water service , and industry . S c ru B pared to go out into this and neighboring has every convenience for hospital uses . The oard spent some ti me considering

cities and towns , where fam many applications, and next ilie s may desire their ser located here the Meadvill e

W ire ' N a i l C o . vices . We have an excellent , formerly of

S Pa . staff of physicians and sur haron , , which is now r in geons, and persons seeking unning a large plant the

treatment c a n h ave all the southern part of the city . attenti on and skill to be The Pennsylvania Glass B found in our large city hos ottle Co . from Rochester ,

ita ls a nd Pa . p , at a much reduced , was next secured , and rate . proved to be a very large and

The ofﬁcers at present successful plant , bringing are Rev . R . Craighead , pres many new citizens here and h e 1 0 0 B ou s . ident ; C . M . , clerk mploying over hands and treas urer ; directors , A car of freight per day is

Joshua Douglas, Geo . W . received and shipped from

B . Haskins , John . Compton , this factory alone T h e B M c L e an . . A . White , D V oard has worked constant S l t Derickson , G . D . hryock , y and patien ly for the wel W an d of t Henry . Reynolds fare the ci y amid the

Leon C . Magaw . many discouraging circum stanc e s natural to a work of

’ s . S t . J o sep h s Ho pit al that nature, and already our Pleasantly located just be city has felt the impetus given ’ S T . J P yond the busier portions of OS E H S H OS PI TA L . to it . A large number of the city , and near one of the new factories have been e s

' w lahd u lo u s a many beautiful bits of o od which surround p cleanliness , devoted nd skilled nurs tablish e d with local capital , and all of the

o n r re Meadville , Pine st eet, stands a substantial ing , and the attendance of the best medical manufacturing interests of the city have

’ - O S t . c e ive d . two story frame building . ver the front door talent are features of Joseph s Hospital . a decided boom Many new commer “ ’ St . t ial appears the modest inscription , Joseph s As the institution now s ands it is designed to c houses have come from abroad to share ” o f Hospital . be a place where any physician repute can our prosperity , and to add to the general wel f Sis 1 86 o . In the year 4 Mother Agnes , the ﬁnd accommodation for any patient who needs fare

t o wn e th e B ters of S . Joseph , erected out of her pat especially car ful nursing ; also if persons At the annual meeting April last oard rim o n re - y , aided by subscription , the main por from abroad need treatment for chronic or was organized , many new members added

e an w O : tion of the present building , and found d lingering disorders here is where they may to the roll , and the follo ing fﬁcers elected

d e . an S E . orphan asylum . As such the institution was ﬁnd skilled medical aid suitable attend John J . hryock , presid nt ; A Hempstead , I n a n E d . e conducted for four years , but in the meantime ance . no case is there y distinction to vice president ; R . Ashl y , secretary ;

i o n a c O . did much for the homeless , sick and wounded . be made in the admiss on of patients M . hlman , treasurer ; Chas E Richmond ,

1 e o f . . I n 868 the applications of this chara cter b count sex , race or condition , or religion corresponding secretary came so numerous that the orphans were sent There has be en no change in the physician in Never before in the history of our city has to E ric an d the whole institution was devoted charge since the institution ﬁrst received its it made more rapid advancement than in the charter . There have been at least per 8 0 r . 1 to hospital purposes In 7 it was regula n ’ f last two years , and very much of this is due to so s treated at St. Joseph s since its ounding . B ly established by an act of the legislature as a the energetic actions of the oard of Industry , L h l B . as e ls hospital , and Dr . T . , of Meadville , T h e M ead vill e B oard o f I n d ustry . and our citizens can rest assured that with

1 8 2 B Y c . was appointed surgeon in charge . In 7 ( E . R . ) proper assistance and encouragement the new

Fo r h ad the building was enlarged to its present capa many years Meadville felt the B oard will look untiringly to . the future pros B city and recent donations have extended the necessity of a oard of Trade to look after its pe rity of Meadville . - 66 CENTENNIA L EDI TION TRIB UNE REP UB LICA N.

’ M n h A t an i l d ra ft o f TA YLOR S V I S I T . J ames c H e ry a n d t e l t c abor supply by the enlistment and a nd G re at We s te rn Rai lroad . men , the terrible depression V is it of P re s ide n t Z ach ary Tay lor to The Centennial TR I B UNE would be i n c o m and discouragement as to the national future , M 2 1 8 . eadv ill e A u gu st 4 , 49 ple te without a recognition of the most valu a the Atlantic Great Western R . R . was com W hen the announcement was made o n the L o n le te d in a nd M c H e n r . the three states the last spike ble services of James y , Esq , of p 2 2d of August that President Taylor and Gov in 1 86 a nd in in driven August 4 , , addition , the W don , the construction of the grand enter e rno r illiam P . Johnson would visit our city prise which has contributed so greatly to the extensive shops commenced at Meadville . n 2 th . o the 4 inst , an impromptu meetin g of . M c H e n r , material prosperity of our city and county , Mr James y its financial agent , prominent citizens , i rrespective of party , was o f O and , after the death of Mr . Doolittle , the con held to make proper arrangements for their and the three states of hio , Pennsylvania —“ a nd and New York The Atlantic Great W est tractor , made the negotiations supplied H o n reception . . Gaylord Church presided , ” n a d , e rn Railroad . the money iron for its completion with when a committee of reception was ap exception of the work commenced in O hio , M c H e n r Mr . y was appointed the financial n o f H o n . . . pointed , consisti g W Farrelly , J an and the part purchased from the Erie , d d n agent of the Meadville (afterward the A . B . . a n G e . Col . John liss , Hon G Church — N a n u n R in 1 8 ew York City Railway Company O n G . W . ) R . . , 5 9 . Messrs . Doolittle John Dick . Friday morning said com precedented financial success . R . S th e and m itte e w and treator were contractors , Mr . , ith many other citizens, proceeded M c H n r Sh e a kl ville e y undertook to negotiate the securities to y , where they met the Presi ' ’ a nd T h e D an g e rs ot Pi on ee r L i fe . . furnish the money and iron necessary for dent s party , and escorted them to Meadville ,

in a n the completion of the road and equipment . via the Mercer turnpike , coaches d car The following interesting paper by Cor ria es V a n g , that being our only mode of public Many great and unexpected obstacles em n e liu s Horne , was handed us by F .

ba rras se d . f co nveyance at that time . his plans The application o the H u id ek o pe r The road was literally lined W i th people all county commissioners a nd the cancellation of From the spring of the year 1 79 1 to the ’ O n along the route . the fall of the year 95 , there arrival of the party at were depredations com

’ m itte d Custard s Hotel , n i n e on the northwest

Pe nns l miles below Meadville , a ern frontier of y short speech was made vania in different parts ; i . . in by Hon J W . Farrelly , but I w ll commence ’ and responded to by the the summer of 93. Then ’ ' President an d Governor Squire Lord came u p

an d Johnson . The procession from Franklin warn reached our c ity about ed u s at Meadville to

o n noon , one of the hot clear out or we would be test days of the season , scalped by the Indians . and was greeted by hu n S o m e w e nt away ; a few dreds of cheers by a very stayed . General W ilkins enthusi a s t i c c r o w d . at Pittsburg wrote up to ~ W ater and other princi me to employ ﬁfteen m e n l ’ pal streets being ﬁl ed by as a sergeant s guard ,

a nd W all classes parties which I did . e were who had turned out e n continued embodied until

i st O f masse in their gala day the 3 December , dress . The procession , when we were disband

I n in charge of Col . James ed . the summer of 1 Cochran , Chief Marshal , 794 some men were \ ’ I T A W . H . C A R M . N S L VE RY S B LE . moved up W ater to Wal wounded near Meadville ;

m e n nut , up Walnut to the Diamond , around of unused county bonds by decree two killed and scalped near Franklin .

a n d c t mse u e n t the Diamond to Chestnut , down Chestnut to of court , the q loss of some Word of this went. to Pittsburg, when John

' a nd S Pe n n s lva Water , down Water to the herwood of individual subscription , limited Gibson , General of the militia of y ’ in in i a n i Hotel (now Gable House) , where the recep time , involved his negotiations ser ous nia , sent me Ens gn s commission , and for

. in m e n tion committee took the party in charge . embarrassment Yet , the face of all , the me to enlist forty odd to defend the set

e o f o n tle m e n t G e n . Dick delivered a very feeling addr ss work was commenced by the company his , which we did , and built a block welcome , which was brieﬂy responded to by assurances . house , and mounted a cannon in the second

a nd . r . President Taylor Governor Johnson It became unexpectedly necessary to build story , with a sent y box over all We were

in n President Taylor claimed not to be a public a new line the state of New York . Mr . conti ued embodied until the last of Decem ’ a n e ﬂ o rt M c H e n r f speaker , and did not make much of y promptly o fered to negotiate for ber, when by the General s order we were

in a nd a nd . that direction , but what he did say was the iron cash , the New York com disbanded

th e . . e 1 very proper to occasion Governor pany was organized Extrem ly hard times In the month of June , 795 , Finly and Mc ' in c Johnson , who was a good speaker , spoke the money market for a time shortened the Corma k were killed by the Indians, within a

o D u rin and more at length . g the evening a recep supplies , then the rebellion burst upon us few miles of Meadville , and Powars , the sur ’ e n ~ v e o r s tion was given in the parlors of the hotel , at with threatened destruction . American y camp , was plundered , and James

ise in and te r r s . which there was a very large attendance . p were discredited England , on Thompson taken prisoner Word of this was ’ i a n d a The recept on could not have been anything the continent, it seemed madness to make taken to John Gibson he sent me a Capt in s

’ r a n f o n but g atifying to the President and his paryt , e fort for any railway this side of the commission , and for me to enlist a Captain s

M c H e n r a nd a nd . . . certainly was to the people of Meadville Atlantic Mr y was undaunted , company , which I did ; with orders to guard

’ a nd f ﬁ n an The President : party le t at 7 o clock surrounded himself with a bulwark of the settlement of Meadville , also to guard the

c ral . r next morning for Erie , via the Waterford strength It is only necessa y to add boats transporting provisions from Meadville

in o n turnpike , accompanied as far as Waterford by that , the face of American discredit , mone to Waterford , as there had gone to Erie fﬁ the reception committee and other citizens . tary demoralization , with all the di culties of commissioners and a number of men to lay O B - B CENTENNIA L EDITI N TRI UNE REP U LICA N.

n out a town at Erie a d another at Waterford , enclosed with a substantial fence , and about and also for us to open a wagon road through ten acres of it adjoining the eastern bOu nd a the woods from Meadville to W aterford also ries of th e town were improved and laid out

to guard ourselves . The last of December of in burial lots ready for use . Mr . Herman RELI I O US I STOR O F CRA W said year we were discharged . We have had Leo, a graduate of one of the best agricultural G H Y

. e . O n peace with the Indians ever since In those schools of Europe , was the engin er the F O RD COUNTY . m e n i s t 1 8 three years the number of employed 3 of August, 5 3, the cemetery was pub li l with me exceeded 1 20 ; now I know not of c y dedicated to its intended purposes . Rev . — E arly M i s s ion arie s a n d P re achers Th eir B more than eight , some of them like myself, John arker, president of Allegheny College , — L a bors in th e W ilderne s s E arly in and . . . far advanced life needy I f Congress Hon Gaylord Church , John Reynolds , Esq , R L P e o would grant them a pension it would be very and Rev . Alexander Varian ofﬁciated in the eligiou s ife o f the — acceptable unto the feeble few and as I have ceremonies , which were witnessed by a large ple P r e se n t C ondition

their enlistment, with the dates when it com concourse of people . C of th e h urche s . m e n c e d and when it ended , which I will de Permanent and valuable improvements were clare under oath before a Justice of the Com made from time to time . An arched gateway E A RL C URCH E S . m o n w ea lth a nd Y H , that certiﬁed by the Prothon in 1 A of stone was built 865 . receiving vault otary of the county court, there c a n be no was built in 1 874 . A lodge or superintend O n z th e F s C ’ rga i ation of ir t h u rc h e s of fraud . ent s house was erected near the entrance in ' h e n t t C o u . 1 y 87 5 . Water supply was brought to the

B Y . IC C I in a nd REV R HAR D RA GHEAD . cemetery , and improvements roadways ( ) GREE ND A LE C E M ETE R Y . in The ﬁrst ministers who preached within paths , grading , paving and draining, etc . ,

’ im . A H i s toric al S ketc h of M eadv ille s B e a u were continually going on . The most the bounds of Crawford county were Rev

c . S Elisha Mc urdy and Rev Joseph tockton . l portant and valuable improvements were tifu B urial G ro u nds . Pa . made under the superintendency of Mr . Her The former was born in Carlisle , , on the 1 th O r 1 , 6 . a nd man Munz, a thoroughly educated landscape s of ctobe 7 3 His father fam B Y c M . R O S . ( . U H ) ily subsequently settled in W estmoreland An act of the Legislature approved the i l th . S county , Pa Mr . tockton was born near 1 8 2 day of March , 5 , incorporated the follow h 1 Pa . 2 t I n Chambersburg , , February 5 , 7 7 9. of : o ’ ing citizens Meadville J hn Dick , John the year 1 7 84 h e removed with his father s M c F a rla n d Reynolds , John , Frederick Huide family to the vicinity of Washington , Pa . koper , Darwin A . Finney , Gaylord Church , They were both licensed to preach the gospel K in le r Calvin g , Joseph Derickson , William O 26th by the Presbytery of hio , on the of Thorp , Horace Cullum , David Derickson , 1 B f June , 7 99 , at the church of Upper u falo , M c F arla n d William Reynolds , James E. , W Pa . ashington county , , and were sent out

Joseph C. Hays , Richard Craighead , James o n a missionary tour through what is n ow W M c L au hlin D . Gill , illiam g , Arthur Cullum , Mercer , Crawford and Erie counties , and B D . Sexton , R . C . oileau , Kennedy Davis among other. places preached in Meadville . and Edward Ellis , under the name and title 1 80 0 S r During the next year , , Mr . tockton e “ ” ( of The Meadville Cemetery which name c e ive d an invitation to preach statedly in was subsequently change d to that of “ The . o f Meadville In the autumn the same year , ” and Greendale Cemetery ) conferred upon in company with his young wife , he left his them and their successors all the powers nec in Pa n paternal home Washington county , . , o essary for the proper government of the cor horseback , bringing some household goods

o ratio n fﬁ d . p , its o cers and a airs d u e with them , and in time reached Mead

. O In accordance with the provisions of this ville , their future residence ver this church ,

an ih o f S act of incorporation , organization was e f connection with that Little ugar gardener a nd horticulturist , who took charge fe c te d o n l t d a y 1 8 2 the of April , 5 , and the Creek , now Cochranton , he was ordained as of the grounds in the spring of 1 87 5 . His 2 th 80 1 ‘ f : 1 . c o n following o ﬁcers were chosen Managers , pastor on the 4 of June , He usefulness came to a n e nd by his unexpected tin e d H o n . u Hon . John Dick , president ; Gaylord to perform the duties of a pastor to 1 880 and untimely death in January , at the be Church , Rev . Calvin Kingsler , Rev . Frederick these churches, dividing his time equally 2 H e tle r age of 3 . Mr . A . . , the present W J 1 8 1 0 a nd . H u id e k o pe r illiam Reynolds , Esq tween them , until June , , when the rela a nd superintendent, succeeded Mr . Munz , he M c L au h lin W . illi am g , secretary ; Joseph C tion was dissolved by the Presbytery of Erie . has charge of Greendale cemetery at present . Hays , Esq . , treasurer . The same year the The second pastor of the church of Mead The present board of managers are Rev . John . e following lands were purchased for the ville was Rev Rob rt Johnston , who was said

E s . C . Hamnet , president ; James D . Gill , q ,

: . O purposes of the cemetery From A Huide to be a lineal descendant of liver Cromwell ,

R . . . . M . oush , Esq , Hon John Henderson , L C H i B 20 . u d e k o e r koper , acres ; from H p , by ridget , the eldest daughter of the Pro M c L a u h lin Magaw , Esq . Mr . Norman C . g is 1 . 4 acres ; from John Reynolds , 9 acres , tector His paternal grandfather emigrated secretary and treasurer . S i n in 1 2 perches ; from D . hryock , 9 acres , to this country early life , and settled

80 . . 82 perches ; from Diller, perches ; New Jersey Rev Robert Johnston was born ‘ — h 1 A t Pa . t . f . H e a n d 1 . I I S I S o total , 5 3 acres 4 perches To which WEDD NG ANN VER AR E the end in Perry county , , August 7 , 7 74 ’ in 1 8 6 . was added 7 , by purchase J R . Dick s one year is the cotton wedding ; two years , studied at Canonsburg Academy , was licensed 28 1 2 1 882 O A ril 1 80 2 heirs , acres , perches ; in , by pur paper ; three years , leather ; ﬁve years , by the Presbytery of hio , p , , ’ S te n tin chase from Edward tebbins heirs , 5 acres , wooden ; seven years , woolen ; years , preached eight or nine years in Venango

M c N e il 1 0 a nd e o n 1 th O 1 8 1 1 1 4 perches ; from James , 3perches; twelve years , silk fine linen fifte n years , county , and the s of ctober , , ’ ' 1 20 - fi ve o i from Denney s heirs , perches . Total crystal ; twenty years , china ; twenty was installed pastor the churches of Mead

in S amount of land contained Greendale Cem years , silver ; thirty years , pearl ; forty years , ville , Little ugar Creek (now Cochranton) ,

e te r 8 1 0 . t y , 7 acres , 3 perches ruby ; fif y years , golden ; seventy five years , and Conneaut (now Evansburg) , dividing his a nd The first 5 3 acres purchased were at once diamond . time equally between Meadville the other 6 8 I O B - B CENTENN A L EDI TI N TRI UNE REP U LICA N.

e in . h is two congregations . This relation continu d prominent trait his character In has arisen in so short a time from such 1 8 1 W i until April , 7 . He was the father of the ministerial labors he was often found nding obscurity to occupy so prominent a position . W I n 1 80 1 Pa . an H o n . S . . P Johnston , of arren , , who for through the paths of the forest , fording and he was licensed as exhorter , in

o f a nd 1 80 2 in 1 8 1 several years was the President Judge this swimming streams , climbing rugged hills , licensed to preach , 5 was appoint a in 1 8 1 6 district . sometimes at night tying his horse under a ed Presiding Elder , and May , , was S S C S a nd B FIRS T R ELIGIO U ERVI E . tree , he slept on the ground with his saddle elected consecrated a ishop in th e

in an d a . The ﬁrst public religious services Mead for a pillow , pressed on to meet his p church

n o in tm e n ts . ville were held i the old Gill House , situated p to preach the word of God The Methodist church of Meadville was

u bs e M C on Water street and still standing . S TH E ETH O DIS T EPISC O PAL C HUR H . organized with eighteen members in the year

O n e 1 8 2 . quently the preaching was in the court room of the earliest and most prominent 5 , by Rev Robert C . Hatton . The ﬁrst

o n . e over the old jail , that stood the ground members of this church was Robert R Rob regular plac of holding meetings was in the

f ﬁ B now occupied by the law o ce of Messrs . erts , afterwards ishop Roberts . He was building still standing on the southeast corner 8 1 s a n d M c lin to c k . I n 1 8 Ha kins C the year born in Frederick county , Maryland , August of Main and Arch streets . It was erected by

2 1 8 . a nd the old brick church on Liberty street was d , 7 7 . At the age of 7 years his father Mr John Luper , the lower part used by 1 820 commenced and completed in the year . removed into the valley of Ligonier , West him as a blacksmith shop . O ver this shop

I n 1 6 All the inhabitants of the town continued to moreland county , Pa . the spring of 79 , was a large unﬁnished room , which , it is said ,

in 1 8 2 1 8 . and worship it until 5 , when three other de when young Roberts was years of age , he , Mr Luper ﬁnished furnished at his own

’ nominations effected organizations that same in company with his brother Thomas and three expense for a church . This building was

m e n year . other young , started out in quest of lands occupied for this purpose for some nine years .

O I L C C C . o n R EEK HUR H for a home for themselves . They traveled The next place of holding public worship was

1 80 2 rr in b As early as a request was sent to the foot , ca ying their provisions on their backs , the brick uilding on Arch street , on the Presbytery of Erie from O il Creek lot on which has been erected the ” “ I n 1 80 for supplies . 3 the request Irish Catholic church . It was com ” for supplies was repeated under m en c e d in the year 1 830 and ﬁ n ’ th e . ish e d in 1 8 name of Titus s , Mr Jonathan November, 34 . This

Titus , from whom Titusville took its continued to be the place of meet t in ~ name , having set led here the ing for thirty four years , until the

1 8 . in 1 868 year 79 He came ﬁrst as a erection of the large , ele

‘ in 1 . a n t m ass ive surveyor 793 The ﬁrst com g , stone building o n the

. S munion was held in the barn of Mr corner of the Public quare . S Titus by Messrs . Joseph tockton T H E ASSO C IATE PR ES B YTERIAN a n d S C C amuel Tait , the latter having HU R H . t S set led at Cool pring , Mercer This church effected a n organiza 0 in 1 80 . in t 1 8 1 0 . county , the year The tion this coun y in Rev . formal organization o f the church Daniel M c L e a n was the ﬁrst minis O il t of Creek , or Ti usville , as it was ter of this denomination to enter afterwards called , devolved upon this ﬁeld . He was born in L an

. . Rev Amos Chase He was born Pa . S 1 0 caster county , , eptember , n h B . o 1 2t 1 1 near oston , Mass , the 7 7 . He removed with his fath 6 ’ 1 0 . day of May , He graduated W 7 er s family to ashington county ,

in 1 80 . P a . at Dartmouth College 7 He , and settled o n a farm near w a s a n d ordained placed over the Cannonsburg , where he prosecuted L itc h ﬁe ld church of , Conn June , his academic and theological stud

1 8 . in 7 7 He continued as pastor ies . He was licensed to preach in

- this ﬁeld for some twenty six years , 1 799 by the Associate Presbytery of o w n dis and at his request was Chartiers . In the year 1 80 1 he in 1 1 i ﬁ 8 . L tc h e ld missed 4 He left began his labors in Shenango town o n Pe nn s l a nd in th e horseback for Western y ship , same year he organ o n vania , and reaching the Alle iz e d a church consisti ng of te n h e n O g y river at lean , he descended ; F I RS T P RE S B YTE RIA N C H URCH . members and it has very appro “ by raft as far as the present town of priate ly been called O ld J e ru sa in a nd " Tionesta , Forest county , from thence and their guns on their shoulders , for the pur lem , being the mother of all the churches o n . o f a nd o n i again horseback to Titusville Having pose defense securing game their of this denominat on in this whole region .

in re m e n 1 1 80 2 spent some months missionary labor , he journey . Two of the young soon became January , , he received calls from o n th e i th S turned to Connecticut , and s of discouraged and returned home . The others henango , and from S andy a nd S . alem F e bru ai 1 8 1 o n in y , 5 , started with his family for kept their way , crossed the Allegheny churches Mercer county , and was installed

n o w . this county to enter upon a pioneer life , known river near where Freeport stands , came pastor over them He continued pastor o f the f ll a n ~ u d . a nd 0 1 S fift fou r to be of labor of trials He organ up to Franklin , followed up French creek church henango y years . This iz e d O il . 1 8 the churches of Creek and Centreville to Meadville From this place they went out relation was dissolved April , 5 5 , and he i n 1 8 1 a nd o n S th in 5 , continued to preach to them till the headwaters of henango creek , where died June 5 ensuing, the 84th year of his 1 8 0 “ 3 , when the pastoral relation was dissolved . . I n 1 8 a nd 6th in in is ti an m a n they finally settled the year 7 9 the age the s of his y , old , H e ” died at his home in Centreville , Decem parents of Mr . Roberts took up their residence full of days , riches , and honor . lb e r 2 d 1 8 in in S I n rs 3 , 49 , the 9oth year of his age , and henango , near their children . this The fi t services held by this congregation h e 6 d t . of his ministry The following . 1 80 3 same year a Methodist class was organized , were under a tent About the year 5 a e n S an d description of him is from the of amuel . in p Robert R Roberts was appointed their log house was erected which to worship , “ E s : I n ~ Minor , q person he was tall , erect , leader . This was the nucleus of Methodism and in 1 81 8 a frame building which was o c c u nd a . in . m a n 1 8 of full size and proportion A determined this county Probably no in the minis pied until 7 9, when a neat and substantial a nd c o ns titu te d a n energy of purpose action . try in the Methodist church in this cou try , edifice was erected

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1 8 8 in C Sab c e m be r 20 1 8 . O n 20 th culminated in the year 3 the division of raighead occupied the pulpit the ﬁrst , 74 the of January , P o f N 1 8 o n 8 1 8 the General Assembly of the resbyterian bath ovember, 43, and April , 7 5 , he was ordained and installed pastor by P 1 8 . . church into two branches , commonly known 44, he was unanimously called to be pastor the resbytery of Erie This pastorate has

l N e w S . as O d S chool and chool The divi The formal acceptance of the call was delay continued thirteen years , while the entire 1 86 t wo in a nd 1 sion continued until 9, when the ed the ﬁrst instance , no further action period of his labor has been more than 4 in P . bodies were happily reunited . The division was taken till a meeting of resbytery held years During this time the church has been

P 1 1 8 2 w h e r. r an of the Assembly led to the dividing of res Meadville , April 4 , 5 , he was regu refu nished , and organ with water moter ’ b te rie s o f . larl . . C rai h e ad s y , and , in some instances, churches y installed Mr g pastorate was purchased at a cost of

- P in . o n e . The resbytery of Erie , while meeting long and useful For thirty years he At the time of the separation Messrs Jabez

2 th 1 8 8 . S Meadville , June 7 , 3 , divided by a vote labored with indefatigable energy to advance B acket and Joseph Dickson were ruling 28 1 6 N e w in of to , the majority adhering to the the temporal and spiritual interests of his elders the old church and were among those

I n 1 86 the n w . e . . S chool Assembly . The Meadville church charge 9 building was enlarged , composing the organization Mr David

a n d in C was vacant at that time , but the elder the the towers front being added and the seat ompton who had been a ruling elder of the

n - a n w a o R e v . N o e C u ss e former pastor , athaniel West , adhered ing capacity increased third at expense g church was appointed to the same N w S U ac c o m fﬁ in to the e chool . nder these circum of The building will now o ce this church at the ﬁrst communion m o d ate 0 I n N 1 8 stances when a call was extended to a pastor 45 persons . ovember 7 3, service .

1 1 8 an d O ld S . C i June 7 th , 39 , taken to the chool after preaching thirty years , Mr raighead The ent re membership enrolled up to the P 1 c o n t 1 8 resbytery 0 Erie , a large part . of the resigned his charge on account of ailing present date is of which 3 took part d re a io n an . in i g g t held that the action was illegal , health At the request of the congregation the organizat on or were received under in u and the lang age of their record the ministry of Messrs . Kellogg

“ o n 8 determ ined to continue the c Lockwood , 5 4 were received dur s titu ti on al organization of the Pres ing the thirty - one years of the pas

b te rian in th e U to rate R e v . R . C y church nited of raighead , and ” R 1 e v . . States . The names of foryt male 39 under the pastorate of T

- members are appended to this D . Logan . S eventy nine members N 1 declaration . early all of these have died during the 3 years of

r we e married men , and their wives , the present pastorate . The enrolled

in c re as 6 with other female members , membership is 37 , the resident C 2 1 0 0 . S ed the number to about laim membership 3 5 . A abbath school ing to be the constitutional church has been maintained from the o r

a n iz ation of Meadville there was no formal g to the present time . I t 2 O rganization . now has a membership of 40 with

an 1 80 The ﬁrst stated supply was R e v . average attendance of . John m . C n . E . W . Kellogg, who continued his B o pton is superinte dent , T

R e v . 2 th 1 8 1 . . labor till Ap ril 5 , 4 H Apple , assistant superintendent, R a n d R a obinson S . Lockwood was called ich rd Graham , principal of

in . to the pastorate June 5 th , and the infant department The church an d 8 1 8 1 . stalled S th , 4 This is out of debt is enjoying a high - eptember

O l th s . relation continued till ctober g , degree of pro perity 8 2 1 8 . I n S 1 S 43 the pring of 4 there TITU VI LLE . U O il C was an extended revival of relig nder the name of reek ,

in 1 8 1 ion , during which over ﬁfty were this church was organized 5 , added to the membership . but services were held several yeasr

r After the division the congrega earlier . The ﬁ st communion was

1 80 R v S tion at ﬁrst worshiped in the frame held in 9 by e . Joseph tock

o n C f R e v . lecture room entre street , cor ton , o Meadville , and Samuel

P in C S ner of ark avenue , and then the Tait , of ool pring , Mercer coun

. C t in building erected by olonel Wil y , a log cabin of Jonathan Titus , B A PT I S T C H U R C H . liam Magaw as a ware room , and standing near the present Fletcher n o w C be used as the stable of the entral Hotel . the matter was deferred from time to time Block , on the east side of Franklin ,

P S . I n 1 8 1 The next move was to the building known as and supplies were engaged to ﬁll the pulpit , tween ine and pring streets 5 a

C P a the umberland resbyterian church , opposite but as his health was not sufﬁ ciently restored permanent organiz tion was effected with a

I n 0 the jail . this place the congregation wor to allow him to resume his work , the pastor membership of 4 , some of whom lived twelve R e v . C . shipped till the completion of the lecture again presented his resignation , and the rela or ﬁfteen miles distant , by Amos hase

. O 2 1 8 . room of the present ediﬁce tion was dissolved ctober 4, 74 The For eleven years this pioneer minister labored

in in The ﬁrst deﬁnite movement towards erect entire period of his labor this congregation as a missionary portions of Warren , Venan

S 20 1 8 1 1 ‘ 1 82 6 . a n d C ing a building was made eptember , 4 was 3 years. go rawford counties , and in he

O il C o ne R e v . I t was decided to build a brick structure , with The present pastor , Thomas D . Logan , accepted a call to preach at reek

’ no t le ss o x 6o a nd C dimensions than 4 feet with base was engaged as temporary supply for six half his time , one fourth at entreville , ment story for the lecture room on the lot cor months , and preached his ﬁrst sermon on the devoting the other fourth to missionary work .

C P . S 1 8 1 8 0 ner of entre street and lum alley The last abbath of March , 74 . He was then This relation continued till 3 , when at th e

. P 0 . C C ﬁrst board of trustees , consisting of A Lind a licentiate of the resbytery of Allegheny age of 7 years , Mr hase retired to entre W S . . S a nd to . R e v . ley , ilson , William Gill , Z acket , Hugh about graduate from the Western ville The next regular pastor , George C an d S e S . . S i s t otton james acket , was lected Decem Theological eminary H e supplied the pul W Hampson , began his labor eptember ,

1 1 8 1 S S e 1 8 0 2 th ber 9 , 4 , The church was dedicated pit till the last abbath of the following p 3 , and was settled in due form June 7 ,

0 8 - 1 . 1 8 2 . June 3 , 44 The adjoining lot was pur tember . A unanimous call was extended to 3 He continued his ministry twenty two

in 1 8 . N 1 m chased 5 9 him ovember 4 , which he accepted and years and six onths , or until March I st,

R R - e v . 1 8 8 At the request of the session ichard preached his ﬁrst sermon as pastor elect De 1 85 3. Between that date and 5 there was ENT ENNI A L ED I T I ON R I N - R P C T B U E E UBLI C A N. 7 1

. R e v. R ft U R u n a vacancy in the pulpit most of the time Associate eformed , a erwards the nited . A separate organization was effected in l P r a n iz a io n w hic h . o t 1 866 . C t . , . . S George H Hammer was called Ju y I st resbyterian church That g , John H ulber son and J W . cott P C R v 1 8 8 s . e . 5 , and he and two elders , William Kelley is now the resbyterian church of ochranton , were the ﬁrst elder . D Waggoner was f U P 8 0 1 1 88 1 . and C aleb M . Allen , called a church meeting seceded rom the nited resbyterian church pastor from 7 to At other times the

t s t the in 1 8 8 R P O ctober 3 of that year , at which con 4 , and formed a eformed resbyterian pulpit has been occupied by supplies .

tio n 28 . C . g re g a was reorganized with members or ovenanter church This was transferred S B R EVAN U G . P 1 86 I n the fall of 1 86 1 Mr . Hammer resigned to to the resbyterian church in 7 . The C o n R This church was formerly known as e v . . C in command a cavalry company enlisted in this present pastor , . T rumrine , was J n e au t . The date of its organization is u n c e r in 2 th 1 88 . county . His successors the ministry have stalled December 9 , 7 The church I n 1 8 1 - 1 tain . 1 8 1 7 it formed part o f the pas in 1 2 C . C 8 . f R e v . . been R e v . S amuel Wyko f, W urtis , building was erected 5 toral charge of R e v . R obert Johnston in con Sin C M BR G R e v . D E . R e v . William H . Taylor , Alexander A I n e c tio n a n d C , P with Meadville ochranton The R e v R S R e v . . . C clair , . obert loss , W hiches The resbyterian church was organized J 1 8 1 building was erected in 3 . D 2 2d 1 8 2 . U C D . . R e v . . A . Maxwell , The present April , 5 A nion ong regational ter , J R M in P O NSB U R G . D . D . HA pastor R e v . M . D . Kneeland , , was and resbyterian church had been previously , ~ u th 1 888 . , t e O z 1 1 82 R e v stalled Febr ary 9 , built which by mutual agreement was rgani ed June 3, 9, by . D . Mc ta in e d P R . e v . . 1 The ﬁrst preaching was in private houses , by the resbyterians G W , Kinney , with 4 members and 5 elders , viz 1 8 1 2 1 8 . M c C lu re N school houses and groves About a Hampson was pastor from 5 3 till his death John , John eal , David Brecken

1 86 . R e v. . . S mall round log meeting house was erected in 9 H e was succeeded by W A ridge , Thomas C hidester and R obert S tock M c C arre ll 1 8 1 1 8 . to n . just east of the old cemetery , at the head of , 7 to 7 5 The present pas The building was erected in 1 844 at a

I t 80 0 . Franklin street . was used for cost of $ The present pastor ~ ﬁ n R e v . R R some time, but never entirely is . . Moore . ’

R R S . ish e d . A short distance west of it KE HILL S O il C a hewed log church was commenced ituated in reek township , in 1 8 1 5 , but not wholly completed two miles west of Titusville , was 1 2 till 8 3. A frame church was organized and the building erected

n in 1 8 commenced in 1 833 a d completed 5 3. The early elders were

1 8 P . C . M c G in niss in 37 . The cost was eter T urry , Wm and it stood directly at the head of and Wm . Kerr . The church has

on R e v . Franklin street , the site of the been ministered to by the s S f ~ R . . present German eformed church , Me srs amuel Wyko f, Wm Ell i

lo . S M c L au hlin and west of the old g church . ott, Wm mith , John g d a n S . . S The ground f o r this church was B tevenson .

n G R donated by Jonathan Titus . I EENFI ELD 1 863 a lot w as purchased on the is located in the western part of southeast corner of Walnut a n d Greenwood . I t was organized and

in 1 8 Franklin streets . The church build the building was erected 5 4 .

1 86 R e v ing was ﬁnished in 5 at a cost of The settled pastors have been .

C R e v . S The parsonage , nearly James oulter , George cott ,

R e v D . . R e v . opposite the church building , came Waggoner , and I . W . M c V itt into the possession of the congrega y . The first elders were R 1 8 0 . A n . S tion in 7 elegant brown Elliot Logan and John laven . A C stone church has just been erected TLANTI . to take the place of this structure , This church was organized in S N 1 8 at a cost of ince the oil ovember , 7 4 , with forty mem development in 1 865 the Titusville bers from Greenfield a n d Adams church has displayed a commenda ville . The first elders were James

r in ble spi it of liberality its contri Hamilton , George K . Miller , John

an d S . . butions to missionary objects , as N . Kerr M Kerr . The build A FR I CA N M . E . C H U R CH . 1 8 w e ll as to their own support . ing was erected in 76 at a cost R C O . e v P NNE UTVI LLE R e v . . . . . A tor , William Grassie , then took charge of The present pastor is J

This church was organized with nine mem U nder his earnest and efﬁcient ministry the I rwin . X C C R C E TI N T HU HES . b R e v . P O 1 5 t bers y eter Hassinger, ctober 3 , church has attained a high degree of pros

1 8 : e rit 35 The following ministers have served p y . There was a church organization and build R N G R AVEL U . the church as reg ular pastors or supplies C 1 8 1 1 8 0 ing at entreville from 5 to about 5 , R R v ' R e v . R . e v . . h r h lo c ate d e . c u Lewis and D Waggoner , This c , at Woodcock borough , and S artan sbn r 1 8 1 8 also at p g from 44 to 7 5 , R e v R v in . . P. e . . P . y . . J W Dicke , L Bates , G W is the oldest resbyterian church the county when it was transferred to the C ongregational

hn iz e r R e v . N . R e v . R Z a . S . . . , Lowrie , L outside of Meadville I t was organized about . C u ss e w a o body The church known as g , near R e S v . M . . . S R e v . . . 1 80 . tewart , D A teen , W W 9 The church was divided into the old 1 8 Mosiertown , was organized about 35 and

R R n 1 8 8 1 86 . M c K in n e R e v . n w , . . . a d e school branches from to 9 n y Moore The ﬁrst 3 lived but a few years . Mentio is made of an in 1 8 8 . church was erected 3 The present The building , a substantial brick structure , organization of Presbyterians who at that ear h nd som e i 1 8 1 1 8 5 br ck structure was built in 7 at was erected in 5 4 . The following ministers ly date built a house of worship about a mile

R v . P a cost of e . R v S . have labored here Messrs eter Has north of pringboro e . John Boyd was

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C O C H R A N I R D D . . O N . F . . C . , . , ead , , G th ! singer A unningham J e pastor . From various causes these organ S C M c C arre ll The church known as Little ugar reek . , . W . Dickey , W . A . z ns W Hampson J i atio were abandoned . 1 80 0 was organized about , and was part of the a n d William Grassie ,

o f R e v . S 1 80 1 1 8 1 0 A G O charge Joseph tockton , to , VEN N .

R R 1 8 1 1 1 8 1 in 1 8 e v . . U and obert Johnston , to 7 The church building was erected 5 3, The present national colors of the nited t About 1 820 it passed into connection wi h the the members being connected with Gravel States were not adopted until the year 1 7 7 7 . 2 I A I I O R I E - R P I A 7 C ENTENN L ED T N T B UN E UBL C N .

C f R e v . T H E U . P . CH U R CH . lies raw ord county , whilst scattered more or . H H . Thompson . The enrollment was th e t 0 less over coun y are the great bulk of the 3 members . This congregation was taken

P s . s th e U . R H i tory of n ited re sbyterian in churches to be found in the southwest The from Hartstown The ﬁrst pastor was e v . R C C . e v . rawford ou n ty oldest congregation of the denomination in Dalzell , and he was succeeded by H . H .

S , e n u m the county is henango in the township of Herv y , the present incumbent . I t now I t i 1 S S . n 80 1 B Y R E V . H . H . R . 1 0 ( H E VEY ) outh henango was organized bers 3 . M n R D S LLE . N te e v . M c L e a n A A VI The U nited Presbyterian church of orth with members , by Daniel ,

a R e Pa . I n 1 80 2 in 1 America is the line l descendant of the then from Washington county , Adamsville was organized 85 4 . I t was

C . I n 1 8 0 0 o r 4 S . formed , ovenanter , and the Associate , or he accepted a call there were 35 another slice from henango An indisposi

. S S . eceder , churches of cotland These bodies , members in the congregation His congrega tion to write history , or unwillingness to tell

C o n h as being represented by persons living principal tion reached to near onneautville the what they knew , left their numerical

' l P N e w at th e . a h I t y in eastern ennsylvania and York , north , and Greenville on south From his forces t t e beginning a secret . made a l al l a 1 ff . R e v . tempted union . As early as 7 7 7 the e ort abundant and faithfu labors have sprung good healthy start , however William o f a . . Wa s was begun , and fter years of patient perse the congregations in this part the country Bruce was their ﬁrst pastor He installed M c C u rd 8 I r 1 . . ve anc e it was accomplished , and the Associ He was contemporary with y and in 5 4 , think There is no date He was

. 1 8 in S 8 . 8th 1 860 R e v ate R eformed church took its existence the tockton He died June , 5 5 , aged 4 pastor until the of February , . .

' ﬁft - all W alla c e su c c e e d e d 1 2 1 6 1 8 2 . 86 86 . year 7 . The articles forming the basis of His pastorate lasted y four years in John him , till

m e n R e v . . . C H e R her existence were chieﬂy fro the p of The pastors since were J A ollins , went into the eformed church and died . - ' I n 1 ﬁ c m 1 8 8 1 86 R e v . . . R v W R S in . e . . . the celebrated Dr . John M . Mason 799, 5 till 3; J B Waddle , from tewart was ordained and

1 868. O n after sixteen years of labor, the stalled May 5 th , June 1 th 1 8 0 standards of her profession were 4 , 7 , he was released and O ﬁnally adopted at Greencastle , sent to regon as a missionary . R W e v . . . r Pa . T W inter se ved them

O b th 1 8 2 1 880 . As is often the case , instead of from cto er 4 , 7 till R ev . . . M c C ro r . W one church , there were three J y served The brethren who did not go them from his ordination and into the union kept up their ex installation , which took place O l o th 1 is te n c e I n 1 8 8 , 88 1 , i l . 3 negotiations ctober t ll Ju y

6th 1 882 . and were opened fo r a union be , The next pres

R is R ev . . . C . tween the Associate , eformed ent pastor J L lark R and the Associate churches . The H e was pastor at Kerr idge , R eformed were included in the and from there he was called to f ﬁrst ef orts , but soon dropped Adamsville , and was installed 2 1 C d , 88 . out . onventions were held , July 3 The membership and meetings for conference an d of the congregation at present ' 2 2 a better understanding of each is 9 .

E A N SB U R G . o n M a 26 1 8 8 in V other , till y , 5 , P t e C the city of it sburg , the d sired Evansburg ( onneaut Lake ) , P in 1 8 2 d U . . 6 end was attaine , and the organized . First pastor ,

R S 2 : e v . . 1 church was formally organized M nodgrass , from 8 7 1 8 6 There was again a small frag 5 ; William B ruce , stated

re 1 - 1 60 R 8 6 8 e v . . ment of both churches that supply , 5 ; J B . I n 1 86 4 1 R fused to go into the union . Wadde , pastor , 3 87 e v .

h all 1 - R S 8 ev . . the old city was the scene . M . Black , 7 34 ; J

- o n M c N ab 1 8 1 88 . of the nuptial ceremony , and , 7 5 5 W ’ the banner that ﬂoated in air A TSO N S R U N .

r was inscribed , The t uth as it This is in Vernon township . ” in a nd “ 6 6th 1 8 . is Jesus , Forbearance O rganized March , 9 ” . R e v is love The body thus formed . Waddle served the congre

a ti on a nd 1 8 had a strength something like g for a time , in 73 S T A T E ST R E E T M . E . CH U R CH . 2 P 0 6 as : S . . this 4 resbyteries ; 3 p R e v . M Black became its

1 1 0 1 866 1 8 1 R e v; a nd tors , without charge ; licentiates and stu till 7 ; John Armstrong , from there in Meadville , where the Associate

1 8 8 . R R 1 e v . . 1 880 dents , 7 5 ; communicants , congrega 7 5 till 7 7 ; D . F Dickson , till eformed church had a congregation , from

0 I n 1 88 a 60 1 - S 1 28 6 . re 1 0 S 88 R v 1 1 2 R e v 8 . . 8 6 . , 4 , ; e . . C . 1 88 8 0 . . 4 tions 7 there ynods 3 J Herron , 4, and he still 7 F mith from R P 0 o f e v . . . resbyteries , nearly members , 7 5 serves them . The history mother congre When he died H H Thompson

88 1 a tio ns in O 1 8 4 86 R e v . D o n ministers , 5 congregations , 44 mission sta g is veriﬁed Shenango . rganizations preached from 47 5 ; David in 1 866 tions , 3 theological seminaries , and 5 colleges , have sprung up around her till she gives signs nan became pastor , and is still at

- . i . 8 . . two being well endowed The fore gn mission of weakness The present membership is 3 work , Two hundred and twenty eight mem

in A R S OW . work carried on by the church is principally H T T N . bers are reported

d n PO W R a n c o 1 0 . Egypt I ndia . These missions are of O rganized in 83 . The ﬁrst pastor was E id e rable R P in s e v . S . S o f S C importance , and have attracted th e F . mith , ugar reek , (now ower , Hayﬁeld township , has been a

6 R v C . 1 8 . e . C attention of the hristian world Egy pt has C ochranton) . H e died 4 Dalzell part of the ochranton charge for many years .

U . I n 1 8 . I t been in great measure given over to the nit served the congregation one year 5 3, and still is was organized into a congre P C 1 a tio n 1 1 86 ed resbyterian church by the hristian world , June 5 th , the present pastor was ordained g April 7 th , 5 , with 43 members . n d an d H 1 R v a . 8 e . her labors have been greatly blessed H . Hervey . The membership in 5 3 Donnan still serves them . By last report

0 2 20 . 0 largely successful . was about 5 ; now it is the membership is 7 .

P r o ne O R S A G O . R R R Lake resbyte y is of the sixty com N TH HEN N KE I DG E .

. N S 1 8 1 2 R v e . A . posing the whole body Within her borders orth henango was organized in 49 by O rganized 85 . Murray was pas — C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N 7 3

“ ” ’ N ab in c o n i n an d in f R e v . M c pastor . . J served them years the church his house , the ﬁrst rest of the work was arranged our weeks

8 t 1 88 . in a nd a s 1 in . n e c tio n with Evansburg from 7 5 ill 5 Methodist church C rawford county . Mr circuits , one preacher charge one s is tan t i a C O C H R A NTO N . Benn became a very useful local preacher and generally g ving the people at each p in 1 8 1 . O rganized 5 , under the care of Monon was greatly beloved by those who knew him pointment one sermon two weeks , with

o r . gahela Presbytery , which then reached to The same year there was another church much extra service at protracted meetings R W T H C O . C a n z G O . R e v . i e d Lake Erie . Allen D ampbell preached g twelve miles northeast of Meadville, IN TH E UNTY

- ﬁ 1 8 60 R e v . in D h e ve tor from 5 7 ; John Jamieson , stated the house of Abram aniels , who also Fifty years ago there were but pastoral h 1 86 R e v . . . C f supply , 4 5 J L lark , pastor from came a preacher and did e fective work . charges in the w ole county , and less than

- 1 8 6 1 8 6 8 . t . 7 ; 7 3, vacancy For y members During the next year there was preaching in ﬁve hundred members , but the work was well WN R O M E T O . in several places , some conversions both pri organized , and the system , when understood ,

O 1 8 8 a n d rganized December , 7 ; supplied ; vate houses at camp meetings , and some proved to be , as in other places , well adapted

d . 0 . a n membership , 4 societi es formed , of whose ﬁrst members there to the wants wishes of the people There

B Z R . I n 1 8 1 2 t E ENE E is no present record . a church was are now in this coun y , where at ﬁrst there

O 2 th 1 86 . I ts t rganized May 7 , 5 ﬁrst and organized near the state road , four miles from seemed but li tle encouragement other than

- R e v . . i S only pastor was James Borrows He Meadville , cons sting of imeon Brown and the promise of divine aid , twenty eight con

r - 1 886. an d 1 d . 0 . C a n died May 3th , He with his charge wife , hase wife , E Douglas ference p eachers , thirty one local preachers ,

R t ' o f . . S was received from the A church sou h , wife , John Grimes and wife , William mith with a small army stewards, class leaders

1 88 1 . S S eptember , The congregation is lo and Anna Glenn . The leader, imeon Brown , and exhorters , all of whom might be , and

- ﬁ 80 . v e a e d in S S . c t outh henango ; membership , was very efﬁcient and faithful in the cause , some are , very useful There are sixty

: — 6 t Summary There are in the county pas a nd churches , mos of them adapted to the wants the society prospered greatly under his _ d 1 1 0 and . a n tors, congregations , members , 5 care management tastes of the communities where they are

. a re elders . Jamestown located Their g g i $ 2 congregat on , on the gate value is 5 4,

0 0 . line , draws members 7 T h e r e a r e

- from this county . twenty two parson 28 ages , valued at $ ,

20 0 . The last min M ET H OD I ST S . utes show mem

bers , and were given for minis te rial support the last

year . The collections

m iss io n s in c lu din for , g U nlike what now raised by th e

’ n s takes place in our w o m e societies ,

and n frontier settlements , h o m e foreig , Methodism did not aggregated enter this county along and the other be ne v w ith the adventurous $ FI R S T M . E . C H U R CH . olent collections, 3, 82 I n pioneers , who came 4 . those charges . s R S C R C M A to cut away the forest and make them FI T H U H I N E DVILLE . which have some members residing in other r n homes in the wilderness . The chu ch was For a lo g time Meadville seemed to have counties , these statistics are as nearly correct

e rh a s m ore no . h aggressive then as now , p p so ; room for the Methodists I n ot er parts of as it was possible to make them in the others in but to be first , or among the first , every the county the cause made some advance they are j ust as found in the official records . “ ha r a n n ew . field was simply impossible The ment , while only occasional sermon was The Methodists in the county have gener ' ” ' . t 1 82 vest was great and her laborers few The . B 4 , in C l preached at the coun y town ut in ally felt a deep interest Allegheny ol ege , l R e v R o r . . ru e adopted was to best w labor where it under the minist y of Hatton , there which came under the control and patronage

S o i . was most needed . other divisions of the was a gracious rev val A church was o r of the church soon after her ecclesiastical o r ’ an iz e d i a n iz atio n Lord s army were here long before the g consist ng of John Luper and wife , g in this region was accomplished .

an . i was ubiquitous circuit rider put in appearance Wesley Bowman and wife , Gr fﬁth Bennett The debt, that a serious e m ba rass m e n t at m e n “ Their valiant were not only on the and wife , Hannah Lowery , Blind Betty , the time the transfer was made , has been S a n d t . g round , but occupied s rong positions with arah Margaret Johnson I t seemed to paid , additional buildings put up , all needed

t o n . abili y to maintain their hold the people some a small beginning , but others were soon facilities for educational work greatly in

I n 1 80 0 - and h a nd , twenty two years after the ﬁrst added , the little held the fort in creased , and some endowment provided .

l R e v . P . l sett ement was begun , . B Davis , a hope of stil more glorious success . They More is needed , and the members of the i solitary tinerant , sent out by the Baltimore worshipped for some time in the upper story church in the county where the college is lo

S c a te d conference , entered the county , and labored a of a blacksmith shop on the corner of outh should do more than they yet have 1 8 0 short time with success in the Mumford Main and Arch streets . I n 3 Aurora done , in sending their students a nd increasing C A l u re d P neighborhood , but he had to leave them soon allender and limpton being preach the endowment funds .

o n on c O L D M Z A to ﬁll other appointments his large circuit , ers the ircuit, the members, though few THE TI E E L .

w . in r and no permanent results ere secured number, and mostly poor, esolved to build Those who accept the doctrines and love the

Three years later another Baltimore confer them a place of worship . The brick walls church can study her history in this county R e v N ence preacher, . oah Fidler , came and were put up , the building enclosed , and the with satisfaction . As a people highly favored f in fi an “ H ormed a small society the eastern part of ﬂoors laid , not without great dif culty , and , they may set up Ebenezer , saying , ith

‘ ” t thou h o c c u ie d I n i the coun y , near where the Titusville road g p , it remained some years erto the Lord hath helped us , g ving some

S C . an r S . crosses ugar reek The organization was unﬁnished state . Joseph Ba ris was the success , and unspeakable blessedness to the ’

M r. a n d ﬁrst at Henry Kinnear s , but afterward ﬁrst stationed preacher, Meadville for a humblest servants who have been workers to ’ a nd T h . e S removed to Jonathan Benn s , was for long time the only station in the county gether with him . ome adverse criticism s A I I R I - R P I 7 4 C ENTENNI L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C A N.

a n d in an re are possible , a few of the older members just such men as became early day where they were established , they were none n o w n e d m e n speak sadly of the changed characteristics of preachers , admired and extolled for the less good and true because o f their “ a n d . in our quarterly meetings , an apparent de their eloquence Their coming to charges zeal opposing what was considered heresy ” m e n I n cline of interest in them . The change is not served by able may excite less general or strange doctrine . ( like circumstances denied , an d some loss is confessed , but it has interest, but their godly presence , wise coun Methodists would have done the same) . The ~ an d been more than compensated . Those meet cils faithful ministrations are a benedic thought of a new denomination in less than a h ings were in the earlier days a quarterly rally tion to the pastors a nd churches . The ab alf century having anything like equality s P ing of the hosts of our I srael , both minister sence of great occasions and great excitement with them seemed preposterous . robably no

a n d it. and laymen . The more gifted , earnest is compensated by more frequent meetings , one entertained But the unexpected and . a n d a n consecrated members , class leaders , stewards , instructive discourses intimate fellow improbable has come to pass , and Methodism

o f in exhorters and local preachers , coming often ship those the same community who is at the front , surpassing others in the num

an d o f ﬁfteen or twenty miles , full of faith zeal , speak often one to another of their joys and ber her members , in churches, and other

. fo r to participate in the exercises , the occasions their sorrows , their comforts and their cares facilities aggressive evangelistic work .

in » could hardly be other than interesting . To There is satisfaction saying that the Metho The new denomination was for a time suspect in people thus prepared , eagerly expectant and dist Episcopal church this county is very ed , and spoken against , but when her vindica

a n in receptive , ordinary sermon , if evangelical far in advance of what she was the earlier tion was complete she was cordially received

t . . S he and delivered with earnes ness , was powerful periods of her history has a more thor into the sisterhood of churches , with nothing

a nd f ‘ They heard the word with gladness , sustain oughly trained competent ministry , and a to mar the ellowship enjoyed . There is no w i n , C g with their prayers , and encouraging with more intelligent, devoted membership ready among hristians, of whatever name , much She hearty responses those who published it . for every good work . has merited and harmony , and a growing feeling that we are “ ” and d isa a n re o n e They looked for much , were not p obtained recognition as ally in all the army of the living God . The same S and be fo rm ato r i r pointed . inners were converted , y and ph lanthropic ente prises of the banner waves over us, and the rights of all

r u in n lieve s built p their are fully recog ized . We most holy faith . The are competitors still , but S prayer meeting aturday only for prizes that , o b ta in ed night , after the sermon , are a common

ri a and exhortation , was ex he t ge , the rejoicing of e c te d p to be , and usually all .

, . was a time of refreshing The African M . E . P ower divine was present church , with the same to wound and heal , to kill doctrines and usages , has a nd A nd make alive . a separate organization , then such testimonies as and , of choice, worship

r in th e in were hea d love churches of their own . m e n a nd feasts , from They have among them “ women who really loved some able a n d eloquent ~ no t to tell the story , are ministers , who have been readily forgotten ; while abundant with useful la th e a nd old time singing, if bors , would be heard in less artistic , was the with satisfaction a n y

S er or m a n c e pirit , not a p f , where . They have two but worship , making mel churches , with something o d 1 0 0 y in the heart to the over members , and

Lord . Yes , the differ are doing a grand work ence between then and among the colored peo

U N I T A R I A N C H U R C H . in now the matter of ple of the county , who , and b quarterly meetings of some other things people , and , what is more , holds y common as a class , appreciate their civil and religious

. S . a n in a n d S is admitted ome change was inevitable consent honorable place the front ranks privileges , how themselves worthy of the I t C came naturally and necessarily , from the of the militant hristian hosts who are valiant citizenship they here enjoy .

o f and i changed condition socieyt . for the truth who together will yet tri The Free Methodists also hold services n PR O G R E SS O F PR S TH E E ENT . umph gloriously . several places , but do not seem to increase in

I t . P But , after all , there is real progress . is We are the youngest of the large ecclesias numbers or inﬂuence ossibly they are do . in itin e r well to remember the past with all the good tical bodies the county . When the ing more good than yet appears . there was in it ; but we would not if we could ants here commenced their work as evange ' ‘ r in a nd C H R I S T PR OT E T A N E PI L return to our p imitive circuit system , and to lists others were the ﬁeld , were found S I . S COPA t h e condition of society that made the old holding their vantage ground with commenda CH U R CH .

I t n o t time meetings possible . is best to listen ble persistency . They had churches , an “ S th e z to those who complain that the former days educated ministry , and a denominational A ke tc h of O rgan i ation of th e S o

' . I f . C were better than these . They were not literature that was creditable Their theology clety an d on stru ction o f th e

a nd C E d iﬁ c e the methods then employed were adapted to was generally accepted , to some extent F in e h urch . h th e the no w . I t condition of things at time , those taught in the sc ools is a pleasure to say “ " i n 2 182 use are not less suitable in our changed that many of the regular clergy or settled This parish was organized January 5 , 5 ,

. b R e v . D circumstances Men do not now crowd our pastors who were here in the ﬁrst ﬁfty years y the John Henry Hopkins , D . . , then able m e n P t churches as formerly , when the presiding of our civil history , were , and work rector of Trinity church , it sburg , and who I f elder was expected . But the ministers who men that needed not to be ashamed . they afterwards became bishop of Vermont and now superintend the work are generally better seemed too intolerant of other sects and claim presiding bishop of the H ouse of Bishops in

an d U S H n ' ﬁtted for the positions they occupy , do ed the exclusive right to hold the territory the nited tates . The o . John B . Wal the work better than would be possible fo r and mould the sentiments of the communities lace had before that time come from Philad e l I A I - R P I A C ENTENN L EDI TI ON TR B UNE E UBL C N . 7 5 — in P R e v . O n phia to the village of Meadville , and was then the city of hiladelphia) ; the Thomas of departed friends was nearly

. C 1 8 0 S 2 1 88 n e w a leading lawyer here He had been reared rumpton until 4 , who is now rector of a unday , March 3, 4 , the church was and educated a devoted Episcopalian and parish in the city of Pittsburg ; the R e v. John formally opened for divine services by the

R R R v l D s e rvrc e s P. 1 8 1 e v O e . C o rt a nd t . . feeling the need of church , persuaded Hosmer until 4 the . rrin Miller ight Whitehead , D , R i P 1 8 e v . Dr . Hopkins to pay a visit to this place to until 44 ; the Alexander Var an until bishop of the diocese of ittsburg , assisted by

. 1 8 6 R e v . C u n . inaugurate the good work Dr . Hopkins 4 ; the . Dr . Wm M . armichael the rector and visiting clergy

R l an d 1 8 0 e v . U remained here for a time , during which he til 5 ; the A exander Varian again pon the parish lot near the church is

- a n - R 1 a nd r in 1 8 d 1 8 8 R e v . . 8 8 baptized thirty two adults forty three until 5 ; the . W Lewis until 5 9 ; a neat comfortable ectory , built 7 , 86 S h R e v . 1 children . the Morison Byllesby until 9 ; the at a cost of The unday sc ool

8th 1 2 R h as 1 8 6 R e v . R v . R 1 8 0 e v n C . O the of January , , the e . George after until 7 the building been enlarged many times to S 1 R C . . 8 e v . harles mith was appointed to become rector W . G W Lewis until 7 5 ; the Daniel provide for the constantly increasing wants of d an d 1 8 8 R e v . . C a n of the newly organized congregation , at I . Edwards until 7 ; the G . A ars the people , in its turn will no doubt soon

I n o n e . t n n 1 882 R e v . . once entered upon his labors August of e se until ; the Wm . H Lewis have to be torn down to give place to R R I in the same year the erection of a church build until 1 885 the e v . ogers srael is the pre more ﬁtted for the uses of this large and

in a nd 1 1 th ﬂ u e n tial . g was determined upon , on the of sent rector . parish The present church ediﬁce 1 82 April , 7 , the corner stone was laid by the S ince the organization of the parish up to is unquestionably the most beautiful specimen rector of the parish , of ecclesiastical ar hi assisted by the R e v . c te c tu re in the city

. M e ad ville a nd Benjamin Hutchins of , both O n the 1 6th of in exterior an d inte

1 828 t h ﬁn August , e rior exhibits the re church , which stood ed taste and generous on the northwest cor expenditure which is ner of the public characteristic of this u ’ square , was co se branch of C hrist s crated to the worship Holy C atholic and of Almighty God by Apostolic church .

R R e v . . the ight H W .

O nd e rd o n k , bishop of T H E R E FO R M ED

P . ennsylvania This CH U R CH . was the ﬁrst Protest , ant Episcopal church A S ketch o f the O ri erected in the state g in o f th is D enom west of the Allegheny in a tio n - I t s R apid I t river . seated about Grow th in C raw 2 0 5 persons and cost ford C ou n ty . about I t was

BY R E V . B A in o f ( . F . H HN . ) said to be , point r hit R a c e c t u r e , t h e The e f o r m e d handsomest church church had its origin building in the dio in the reaction against

o f cese . the teaching the O f the lead i n g R oman C a t h o l i c members of the par church , known as the

n I t ish at that time m e R eformation . took tion may be made of its rise in S witzer S Henry hippen , pres land , under the lead ident judge of the e r s h i p o f U l rich several courts of the Zwingli , one of the dis trict of which this leading reform e r s county formed a part ; H R I T PR who began to preach C S OT E S T A N T EPI S COPA L CH U R C H A N D R E CTOR Y . William Magaw , the the reformation views

. C i 1 888 1 1 6 o n e father of Mr Leon . Magaw , of this city ; the present t me (April ) there have been as early as 5 , at least year before

S 8 8 6 1 0 c o n ﬁ rm a Jared hattuck , David Dick , the uncle of the a total of 7 baptisms and of Luther began the reformation in Germany .

R . members of the present ﬁrm of J . . Dick tions There is now a total number of com This religious movement soon spread through

C o . R m n i an ts o n 1 S P u c . ; and obert L . otter , all leading citizens the parish roll of 34 The witzerland , France , Holland , Hungary ,

. in S 2 a nd P N of the place The building was enlarged unday schools number 4 ofﬁcers teach Bohemia , the alatinate , the etherlands , 8 2 1 in 1 86 and 2 1 a nd S . 3 , and again 3, under the rectorship ers 3 scholars , the congregation and into England , cotland and Wales

R ev I t re S a nd R of the . Morison Byllesby . thus and unday school shows a constant Thus arose many eformed churches , all hold

1 88 be lie f mained until 3, when it was torn down vigorous growth both of adults and children , ing substantially the same concerning ’

and . S in and the present beautiful church was erected of families and individual members the Lord s upper , distinction from Luther

- o n c o . the original site . The present beautiful church ediﬁce was and his workers These churches were 1 88 The various rectors of the parish have been built in the year 3, during the rectorship distinguished from one another by the name ' l : n R e v . O e C S R . v . as fol ows the . harles mith until of the e . W . H Lewis The total cost of of the country to which each belonged 1 82 R ; e v. . . 1 8 2 u R 9 the J W James until 3 ; the the ch rch , including organ , altar , pulpit , lec was the eformed church of France , another R e v . . n 1 8 d esc ri R th e N a h Edward J Buchanan u til 34, (this turn and chancel furniture of every p the eformed church of etherlands , R o f S a n gentleman was a brother of president James tion , which latter were the gifts of individual other the eformed church cotland ,

15 o R . Buchanan , and still living at a ripe old age members of the church in having in memory ther the eformed church of Germany , etc - I A . 7 6 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBL C N

R I n 1 866 R dedicated to the worship of God . Besides an This latter, the eformed church of the the spring of the eformed church

, 2 0 , Palatinate , Germany , was formally organized sold their interest in the old church to the audience room capable of seating about 5 ’ 1 6 Lutherans , and erected a brick building on it contains a commodious ladies parlor, parti in 5 3, through the agency of its civil ruler , the r P an d tio n e d b the elector Frederick I I I . The Heidelberg southwest co ner of ark avenue from the former y glass doors , a vestry

P in . catechism was adopted as the doctrinal stand oplar streets , which was dedicated the and a kitchen in the basement

s 1 86 . S I n 1 88 ard . Subsequently , when terriﬁc per ecutions spring of 7 oon after the dedication a December , 5 , it was determined to P o n a c a u wasted their native land , these alatines of portion of the congregation seceded proceed with the erection of the main

of , d ie nc e . the R eformed faith , with other refugees from count their opposition to English services room A building committee , of

i . . S Alsace and France , migrated to America , in since which t me the services are prevailingly which Mr James J hryock was chairman ,

a nd . the beginning of the last century , laid the English was appointed and the contract for the build

R C O O F S SC O O C A P . foundation of the R eformed church in this E E TI N TH E U NDAY H L H EL ing was given to Mr . William Morrison , of this

R e v S R e v . R . . O C in new world , now known as the eformed Ebbinghaus was ucceeded by city perations were ommenced April , 86 f . . 1 1 886 d O 2 1 88 th e . O an church in the U nited S tates this body D D Leberman in July , 7 , who has , on ctober , 7 , ediﬁce was

n the R eformed churches in C rawford county served the congregation acceptably until the solemnly consecrated . O that occasion the — I n . 1 8 80 f 1 88 . R v S o e e . . are an integral part . pring 5 the winter of 79 a pastor was assist d by the G Frederick to S D S u fli c ie n t data are scarcely available frame unday school chapel was erected Wright , D. . , professor of new testament ff o f O trace the origin and history of the di erent close to the church at a total cost Greek in berlin Theological seminary , and R v 88 e . . . I n S 1 R e v . h P . t e congregations in the county . erhaps the eptember , 5 , F B Hahn , the by the Henry M Tenney, pastor of e C C O . oldest congregation is what is known as the pres nt incumbent, was installed pastor of First ongregational church , leveland , hio s Watson R u n R eformed church . A preaching this church . This congregation , like nearly The very impres ive services were attended R in 1 8 R e v . an e point was here esta blished prior to 35 . all the other eformed churches of this by audi nce which all our city churches and Philip Zeiser, of blessed memory , was the county , has been growing in strength were represented , and which filled to their it l ’ then frontier missionary over all the territory efficiency , so that owing to s increased utmost capacity church , chapel and adies b composing Mercer and C rawford counties . membership and earnest religious activity it is parlor, the glass partition doors etween these He served as high as fifteen parts O f the building being

. R e v . . congregations , or preaching thrown open The Dr i points , and gathered nuclei Wright preached the ded ca m which in later years have tory ser on in the forenoon , developed into strong and taking for his text R omans

- 1 1 6 R e v . . . efﬁ cient congregations . , , and the H M The Dutch Hill congre Tenney preached in the eve ’ I I C V I I atio n S t. , g , known as John s ning from hronicles

R eformed church in U nion last clause of the I st verse . township , was organized in The cost of the entire

6 , , 1 8 . January , 3 At about the building ground and all fur ni s hin same time , or soon there g included , amounted

$ 26 8 . after , the congregations at to ,3 3

’ ’ D a rd n e c k s ru and Zion s at The organ , which is the

’ M D am e l s in c were organized . largest our city , was built

R . e v . The missionary , Zeiser, by Messrs Labagh Kemp ,

in N e w preached also Saegertown , of York , the oldest

Mosiertown , and perhaps in ﬁrm of organ builders in this nearly all the places in the country . I t was the gift of ’ ~ PA U L S G E R M A N R EFOR M ED C H U R CH . ’ counyt where now congrega the Young Ladies society , a nd in tions are established . Trinity , across the recognized as a church of spiritual force and is every respect a ﬁrst class instrument . I t f S t o n o r . O marsh , and . Marks , the pike , were prominence in our city consists two manuals and pedals , with

a n iz - an e d later . twenty three musical stops d th e necessary g , ’ O R Z O o r sr P U S C R C . P rk A n u o n r ati on al Ch urc h . GANI A TI N . A L HU H a ve e C g e g copulas and shifting pedals, and has in all

’ in BY R E V M S C A R N A C H A N . . . P . G . S t. aul s congregation was organized ( JA E , LL D ) pipes 1 8 2 R “ e v . P l the year 4 . Benjamin Boyer was ark Avenue C ongregationa church was The whole number of persons admitted to 1 8 1 88 1 P the pastor . This congregation worshiped at organized May , , its nucleus being membership in ark avenue church has been

I I I 1 8 a nd 1 28 2 6 1 ﬁrst the court house , until 47 , when a lot composed of the pastor members of 3, of whom 9 have been removed by death

M F ad d e n o n P 2 1 c P O f . was purchased of J . A . , ine , the First resbyterian church Meadville and dismissed by letter to unite with

S . between outh Main and Liberty streets , by Library hall was rented by the congregation , churches in other cities , leaving a present

R a n d O f 2 2 . S the eformed Lutheran congregations , and there they worshiped until the growth membership of 3 The unday school has

and a frame building was erected thereon at this , the youngest of our churches, demon thriven to a remarkable degree under the able

a n m a d . a nd expense of which was utually str te the expediency of building a house of superintendency of Mr Lewis Walker,

R an d 2 2 o ﬂi c e rs borne by both the eformed Lutheran worship . With this view the very eligible lot numbers 35 members with 5 and

R . c . e v. C P ongregations Boyer served on the corner of hestnut street and ark teachers The infant class , of which Mrs .

1 8 1 8 0 an d . . o n from 47 to 5 , was succeeded by avenue was purchased , and plans for a church A L Davis is the efﬁcient teacher , has its 6 R R . e v . . . . r . e v . an d c h a e l . . 4 . D D B E nst After Ernst left, p were procured from Mr J W roll scholars The writer is disposed to be r N w I n S a n u m e . of independent preachers ministered Volk , architect , of York the sum regard this unday school as a model school , i w to . n 1 88 h a the wants of both congregations But mer of 3 building operations ere com with a model superintendent, who s suc

8 R e v . n d c e e d e d 1 . . m e c e the year 5 9 L D Leberman , a regu , which were conﬁned to the erection in inspiring those over whom he pre

R re — R e a n lar eformed minister, organized the of the chapel , the building occupying that sides with enthusiasm rarely paralleled . formed congregation a n d served until the part of the lot fronting on C hestnut street The best proof O f this lies in the fact that the

6 1 . F e bru O f 1 8 . close 5 He was succeeded April , being held on an unexpired lease I n scholars contributed the stained glass windows 1 8 . ar 8 1 866 R e v. . . 0 , by W J Ebbinghaus y , 4 , the chapel was completed and was in the chapel at a cost of $35 , which sum

I A I I R I - R 7 8 C ENTENN L ED T ON T B ZI NE E P UBLI C A N.

. . b . C Hill , T . Graham , M . Bettes , John Bain , E J but ordained y Bishop Young, of Erie Dur ville , where he found but two atholic fami

. : an P R N N . . d Kenney , . orton , G . B . Hawkins , G W ing his pastorate the present school building lies, viz John atrick iordan , and

. I n 1 8 R e v . . a nd C S . . Maltby , E . A . Johnson , T . tubbs , J E was erected March , 7 4 , James J George onrad Fisher, who attended ’

f S t . ] . . O w C hapin , W . F . Day , B . Excel , L D Williams , Dunn became pastor Bridget s , and services at Frenchtown , of hich Meadville t P . . . . J . eate , Alfred Wheeler , W W Wythe , W furnished and opened the school in the fol was hen a mission Within a few years a 8 S . I n 1 F . Day , T . L . Flood , J . G . Townsend , E . D . lowing eptember 7 7 Father Dunn number of others located in the borough , and ll th e t an a n d C . . . Mcc reary , A . C . Ellis , E Ha purchased lot on the nor heast corner of steps were taken to effect organization ;

and R e v N R G C A PR O S . . FI S T EVAN ELI L , TE TANT Arch and Liberty streets for which was accomplished by icholas

P O ld o n . S r The First Evangelical rotestant church moved the parsonage to it The time teinbacher, a Jesuit missionary , in Feb uary , ’ 1 8 ’ St. 1 St . . S t. was organized in 867 by seceders from had now come when Bridget s needed a 49 , under the name of Agatha s C hurch . ’ R S 1 1 1 8 8 Paul s eformed church , who wanted services new church , and on unday , August , 7 , Mass was celebrated at private houses until

in I ts s conducted German . pastors have been the corner tone of the present beautiful brick the completion of the frame building on the

R t R e v - R R . . . P S evs . obert Koehler , G . F . Kaufman , A ediﬁce was laid by the Tobias north west corner of ine and Liberty treets .

and P. Gillis , Jacob Blass Kraus , the present Mullen , of Erie , in the presence of a large The corner stone of that structure was laid by

' vvh o S S 2 th 1 8 pastor . concourse of people , had gathered from Father teinbacher , eptember 5 , 49, ’ im T B R G S C O C C R C . S . I D ET ATH LI HU H every portion of the county to witness the and the building was completed and dedicated

A ll in be . I t l o th 1 8 0 . of the C atholics this vicinity pressive ceremonies was carried to com to the worship of God , August , 5 ’ le tio n a nd N 2 1 88 1 th e St . i C t S t. longed to Agatha s church unt l the spring p dedicated ovember 4 , , This building , was radle of bo h ’ A ’ ’ b St . 1 862 r o r . R e v of , when S t. B idget s church was y Bishop Mullen , assisted by a large number g atha s and Bridget s churches . an iz e d S g . ome of the original Joseph Hartmann was the ﬁrst reg R ' members were John iordan , Thos . ular pastor of the little congrega ’ M c G u i an O C o nn o r W al 1 8 0 g , James , tion , serving from August , 5 ,

R an d 1 8 1 R e v. P ter Furlong, ichard Wheelan to February, 5 , when eter

‘ Thomas Breen , with their families . Lechner became pastor .

O n 1 1 862 in the 3th of May , , Thomas The latter was succeeded ’ M c G u i an O C o n no r 1 8 1 R e v. S f g and James , on April , 5 , by Father hi in S 1 8 1 behalf of the congregation , rented erer ; and eptember, 5 , “ b R e v R th e the uilding then known as Divin . Anton eck assumed pas ' ” th e s o u th to ra te a nd ity Hall , which stood on , ministered to the church

r an d east co ner of C enter street until the close of 1 85 4 . The pas ’ C o hauncey lane , where mass was tors f S t. Agatha s since that date R celebrated and the gospel preached have been as follows : evs . Jos in A n P the English tong ue . inﬂux eph Hartmann , eter Lechner,

- C S c h iffe re r R of English speaking atholics , in Father , Anton eck , 1 862 P R , swelled the numbers of the eter Kline , Anton eck , Michael “ little congregation , and Divinit . y J Decker , George Meyer, Melchoir ” a sum R Hall was purch sed for the Appel , Anton eck , Franz Winter,

$ 0 . I t of 7 5 was dedicated by the the present incumbent . R R t e v . . J . M . Young, Bishop of The congregation grew rapidly a nd Erie , and the congregation placed through the passing years , in

- R e v . . . 1 862 under the charge of M A De the English speaking portion , R I t La oque , of Frenchtown . was who did not understand the Ger

S t. principally attended by his assistant , man language , organized Brid ’ G ilibarti in I n Father , who ﬁnally , get s C hurch . a few years the 1 86 3, was appointed the ﬁrst resi old frame was too small to ac c o m

. I n 1 86 m o d a te o n dent pastor 5 Father De the increasing ﬂock , and

R St. 8th 1 86 La oque again took charge of the of Aug ust, 9, the cor ’ n e r- Bridget s , and was settled here as stone of the present imposing

. in 1 866 o n resident pastor Early ’ brick ediﬁce the northeast cor S T . B R I D G ET S C H U R C H . P s Father De La R oque purchased ner of South Main and ine street ,

f R R v O e . the old Methodist church and parsonage on priests of the diocese and Bishop Gilmour , was laid by t. Tobias Mullen , assisted d C O . a n Arch street , near the corner of Liberty , for of leveland , , who preached the dedica by the pastor, Father Decker, other

i t d . the sum of I t was ﬁtted up and tory sermon . The church cost , complete as it pr es s of the iocese The building was d dedicated the same year by Bishop Dom stands to ay , about and has a seat completed under the pastorate of Father

P . O ld o n 60 0 ence , of ittsburg The property ing capacity of about . Meyer, at a total expense of about C M B R W SO C O 1 enter street was then utilized for school pur EADVI LLE H E E I ETY , and dedicated by Bishop Mullen , ctober 9 , fi poses , but was subsequently sold for the orig Was organized in 1 866 and hold their ser 1 87 3. I t is one of the nest ediﬁces in Mead R P . e v. in S . inal purchase money James erry was vices the hryock Block , on Water street ville , is handsomely frescoed throughout the

1 86 R e v assistant in 5 , and . James Haley a The S ociety has had several ministers and interior , and has a seating capacity of over

o f 1 866 . R e v . C portion The latter was succeeded teachers , the Victor aro being the most R e v . R S B P S C R C H . by John L . Finucane , who became pas prominent . Though there are now only F I T A TI T HU in 1 8 2 68. O f I n S S tor He was a native reland , and about te members in the ociety , it used to This church was organized eptember 7 ,

1 8 1 1 s . was a well known lecturer and an eminent contain as high as thirty , the membership 3 , with 4 per ons The ﬁrst meeting of

. t pulpit orator He served as pastor of S . having been reduced by removals . the church after its organization was held at ’ 1 8 1 f S o n G A . O Bridget s until June , 7 , and died in Brook ST . A ATH the house amuel Kirkpatrick Arch l n N Y . . R S . . R . I n 1 8 e v . . y , , some four or ﬁve years afterward 45 M A De La oque , pastor treet A small frame building was erected ’ R e v . . t and John L Madigan was the next pastor of of S . Hippolytus church , at Frenchtown , on the corner of Arch and Liberty streets ,

C C P 8 1 88 . the church ; he , too , being a native of I reland , rawford ounty , ennsylvania , visited Mead opened for services June th , 3 This I A I I R I - C ENTENN L ED T ON T B ZI NE R E P UBLI C A N. 7 9

’ ’ 2 . n o w in S building was used for about 0 years I n church , used by Zion s congregation , was and who is known to have preached traw s “ ” 1 8 2 o n . 1 86 n April , 5 , the lot which the present dedicated About 5 certain members left bar , near the Broad Ford , a short distance S S a nd building stands o n C enter treet, was pur the old organization and formed a congrega above aegertown , to have administered ’ S P ’ P chased for the sum of and the erection tion now in connection with the General the Lord s upper in feifer s barn , feifer S L n R e v of a new brick ediﬁce commenced that year . ynod , one of the general bodies of the town ; the . F . C . Heyer , whose name is

The work was pushed forward through 1 854 . theran church . so prominently connected with the history of

T elu a R e v K u c t The O ld building having previously been sold , Mosiertown was another center of organ the g Mission , I ndia ; the . M .

- R o f iza tio n . e a n the congregation rented the lecture room At this place the Lutherans and ler, who is known to have installed elder n C 1 828 R e v . the First Presbyterian hurch , which was formed used one buildi g, owned by the two , and a trustee at Meadville in ; the u n used until their own was ﬁnished . Early in conjointly , which arrangement continued Mr . Keil , whose earnest preaching is still

- 1 8 0 n f 1 865 the main audience room was completed ; til about 7 , whe the Lutherans withdrew grate ully remembered by the oldest members 1 6th o w n sn c h S and ﬁrst occupied February , and dedicated and erected their church , whereby of the aegertown Mosiertown churches , im ossi R n 1 th 1 86 . I n ev . N u n e m ak e r on Sunday , February 9 , 5 the accommodation was secured as was p and the , for many years

. S summer of 1 87 5 an addition of thirty feet was ble , under the old arrangement the esteemed pastor at aegertown . in C C made to the building , heating furnaces put , Another important centre which has become The present pastors in rawford ounty S . R ev . . H u ltk ras i . T tu sville R e v . and other improvements carried out , at a total the most important , is aegertown Here are J G , ; . J R R e v . I . V expense of The building now has a also the ﬁrst building was used jointly by the H . itter and W . Young , enango ;

R f R e v 0 0 . . . C S an d seating capacity of about 4 . Lutherans and e ormed congregations The George W ritchlow , aegertown , in 1 86 R rr . e v . . . O M . The following ministers have occupied the separation took place 9 J H , eadville I n I pulpit O f the First Baptist C hurch conclusion , deem it my duty since its organization : R evs . Adri to state that I am indebted for most O f t an Foote , E . Hicks , Edward M . the informa ion above given to

—ﬂ l R e v . . . C . Miles , Wil iam Look , Franklin Kid f G W ritchlow

S S S R M . E . C R C . N . . der, John icholson , G L tevens, TATE T EET HU H C I n o f 1 86 . . C . . , the winter 9 , a band J M hapman , Wm A aldwell

. . . . , of zealous Methodists opened and J H Hayen, George W Fuller J

C ha m a n W m . . C . M . p , Look , B Wil conducted for several weeks a series

R . lou h b R . . . g y , B Kelsey , H Aus of revival meetings in what is known

. . , . B . , as Kightlinger hall , at the junction tin , J H Langille W Grow ~ S William M . Young, George Whit of Washington and tate streets . man and E . M . Haynes . There was a general awakening i E C R C . e n A FR I C AN M . . HU H and the inter st the neighbor

The African M . E . church was hood became so marked that one

in 1 8 0 . . S organized 5 , with ﬁve mem evening W D ackett proposed P R e v . bers , by Jacob almer, the that a church be built . The idea

ﬁrst pastor of the congregation . took , and in the course of a few

in w as They held services for a time a weeks the society organized . O f 20 0 small brick building in the rear The lot of ground , feet deep ,

1 8 6 - n n the Lutheran church , but in 5 3 with a 5 foot fro tage o S tate 0 0 S purchased from the Baptists for 35 treet, was boug ht of Henry Stew their present property on the north art and the church erected at a cost east corner of Liberty and Arch of The date of the charter

s . S 20 1 86 street The building was repaired is eptember , 9 , and the in 1 86 by O 7 , partially destroyed ﬁre riginal trustees were John M c C lin S 1 8 6 . . . . R . M c C lin in 7 , and rebuilt the same year tock , W ‘ D ackett, H

. . C M The church record only goes back tock , F L lark , H . C . oC lin

1 86 1 . to , since which time the fol tock The church building is a lowing preachers have had charge substantial frame , architecturally H ﬁ ’ R . a n e ld evs John Franklin , , ’ plain , two stories high , with a bell ST . A G A T H A S CH U R U H .

John Gibbons, W . H . Brown , Benj . tower ; the main auditorium has a 1 8 . . . . . 47 , 0 0 an d S Wheeler , J M Morris , Benj Wheeler, W J At Meadville a church was erected in seating capacity of over 4 , the unday ff a airi o n P R . C . . . flo o r a P . . hillips , W oss , E Herbert, J M by the joint e orts , g , of Lutherans and school room the first capacity of R I n 1 86 20 0 R . . ffi R . . P . . eformed the former bought out about Gri n , John ussel , J M almer and H 5 in u Jackson . the interest of the latter , thus gaining that The church was duly dedicated the aut mn

very necessary thing, a building under their R e v . . P. T H E LUTHER A N C HU R C H I N C R AW FO R D just after conference , and T Warner o w n b e in C O UNTY . control , to used as best accorded with was placed charge as the ﬁrst pastor . Then

. l in . o w n R . S B Y R E v O S P . O R R . ( . J E H H ) their principles and needs fol owed succession , evs ampson , Al

O E s The pioneer work of the Lutheran church ther Lutheran churches were erected at hertson , Wilson , Bear, Babcock , Dobbs , ’ ’ C C or began before the close of the last century , ambridge , Drake s Mills and Black s pey , Lindsay , Decker , Mead , Allen , and M .

a nd . though the names of the pastors the date ners Miller, the present incumbent, who is now b w ill n o w S an d d iﬂi c u ltie s su e c t . of their pastorates cannot be determined . pace the of the j closing his third year The membership now

' O f 0 0 I ndeed , the work was largely that the not allow any particular mention of the names numbers about 3 souls , and the society is “ 1 8 1 t itinerary preacher . Before 6 Lutherans of the many pastors who have labored in the entirely out of debt, proper y in good repair . S were accustomed to meet for divine worship churches mentioned above , the determination The unday school has an enrollment of over

O f 20 0 20 0 at Venango, where the ﬁrst church , a log their chronological order, and the notation and a library of nearly volumes .

1 820 . U N I T A R l A N C R C structure , was built in This building of their several abilities and character . THE HU H . a nd R was improved enlarged nine years later , Prominent among them was the e v . Mr . The only organized church of this name 111

1 88 1 M u e c k e nh a u t C C an d and continued in use until , when the new p , who also practiced medicine , rawford ounty , for a long period the 80 I A I I O R I - R P C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBLI C A N.

o n e P i in P only in western ennsylvania , is situated These serv ces were held the old resby erected by Edward Derby . Miss Margaret

t . . H u id e k o e r S u r in Meadville , and was founded more han terian church Mr p was a large hippen , who had been a member of Dr . F ’ . in P sixty years ago The story of its origin well proprietor this meeting house , and a clause ness church in hiladelphia , bu t who resided in b f illustrates that independence in religious con the constitution of the church permitted here at this time , y her wise orethought se v ic tion a nd e action , which more than any p such use by others at such times as it should cured the favorable location for the church ,

c u liaritie s in . . . doctrine or ritual , has character be unoccupied and the land was her gift jointly with H J

R e v . t H u id e k o e r d . . S iz e the body to which it belongs Washington Gilber was the preacher , p Miss hippen subsequently

H u id ek o e r r 1 82 When Mr . H . J . p , who had set and under his minist y , in 9, the church gave her house , adjoining the church , to the r n tle d in in . Meadville early this century , as the was more deﬁnitely o ga ized , with the name society for a parsonage

o f l C o f C C th e agent the Hol and Land ompany , found a the I ndependent ongregational hurch of Among leading subscribers to the erec

in v . A n family growing up his home , it became a Mead ille y one who believed in the ex tion of the church , besides those already

ist n c e a ' G o d an d m r c o n e 0 . S e tz e r se ious question with him what religious of the divine mission of named , are Hastings , John , A . L .

i ti C S S . v c o ns . he should seek to implant in his chil Jesus hrist was eligible as a member ; and mith , tephen Barlow , Wm D Tucker , A . ' ’ id r R an d H u e ko e S . L n dren s minds and hearts , under what there was not then , nor , save for a short p , oswell exton , H W . e fﬁ g

1 8 . S ﬂ . S . . f church in uences they should be reared period about 44 , has there since been , any well and W Bowen ubstantial gi ts to With that conscientious thoughtfulness which distinction between membe rs of the church wards the building came from the U nitarian C P he brought to the consideration and decision and members of the socieyt . The vote of the hurch in hiladelphia and other friends .

i r of every important question , he set himself to regular members of the congregat on has , The organ was presented by membe s of the

~ i in S n C ff . t the careful and systematic study of the crip however, usually been taken regard to the U nitarian hurch Bu alo S ubs antial re m o f N e w a . i an d in tures , especially the Test ment . The business matters co ing before the church pa rs changes were made the church in h c in N o t t e 1 8 0 1 8 . result was , as many similar cases , that he far from beginning of the year 3 74 The hapel , with its commodious came out of this investigation with the ﬁrm the services of the church were transferred to rooms for the S unday school and for various

o in 1 8 6 conviction that the Bible does not teach the the c urt house , where they continued to be parish uses , was erected 7 .

r n 1 8 R e v. doct ines of the Trinity , the total depravity of held until the erection of a house of worship . I 73 Henry Emmons became th e

all men , and the sub pastor of the church , stitu ted suf erings of an d continued in this Jesus C hrist for the relation til l the S pring m 1 8 deliverance of e n of 43. He is the from the penalties O f earliest among the

their transgressions, preachers t o t h i s which doctrines were church who sti ll sur~

fu nd a m e n i . R e reckoned v ve v. J a m e s in C tal the relig ious Freeman larke , of

teachings then domi Boston , next preached

nant in this neighbor for a few months, as

hood . he also did at a later

O n i . R e v . S the other hand per od E. .

H u i d e k e r Mr . o p Holland . afterward found himself in sub a leading minister of stan tia l agree m e n t the C hristian connec C i with those hristians t on , preached for the in Great Britain and year ending O ctober COU R T H OU S E . 1 1 8 America who were , 44 . I t was near

U th e b t R e v beginning to be called nitarians of whom The habit of engag ing the young men who eginning of this engagement hat . ’ i C m H u id e k o e r s il H u id e k o e r n Dr . Pr estly and Dr . har ing were among acted as tutors to Mr . p ch dren Frederic p was ordained as a U i

i - a t- the most eminent ministers . Through the as also preachers for the church necessitated tar an minister large in this neighborhood , “ P inﬂuence of Dr . riestly, who had been changes every year or two ; and a consider and began to exert himself to establish the

in b O f m e n S driven from his home England y a mob , able number since distinguished in the Theological chool , to which he has freely for his devotion to political a nd religious U nitarian ministry were in this way brought devoted the studies and acti ve years of his

i n . . f freedom , U nitar an churches had been found into co nection with this society After M r li e .

ln N I n O 1 8 R e v . R P. S ed his American home , orthumberland , Gilbert, followed in successive years Ephraim ctober, 44, ufus tebbins

N as Pa in P I n e w P N h . and also hiladelphia . Eng eabody , George ichols , A. Brig am , A D . C ame to Meadville to become at once the p

a C ha n n in th e land large number of churches had been Wheeler and W . H . g + two lat tor of the church and the president of the ~ S ’ ~ disfellowshipped by the C ongregational body ter each for only a portion of th e y e ar 1 834 . new Theological school . Dr . tebbins ener

U . I n R e v . . for their adherence to nitarian convictions the fall of this year John Q Day was g y , ability and organizin g powers were speed n d I selecting instructors for his chil ren , settled as the ﬁrst pastor of the ch urch and re ily felt throughout this community and coun

H id e k o e r I t Mr . u p naturally applied to young mained its minister for t was y , and accomplished much to commend Lib U C men who were graduates of Harvard niver during his ministry that the present church eral hristian sentiments , and social and r d a nd si y , which was then as now largely under the building was erecte , dedicated Aug ust humanitarian reforms to the people of this m e n h . U . 20 1 8 6 . control of nitarians T ese young , 3 The sermon on that occasion was neighborhood He is still widely remem

C R v o were frequently candidates for the hristian preached by e . Henry C olman , then or bered as a preacher and lecturer , as he is als

a n d i ministry , were at length engaged w th soon afterward pastor of the Boston S quare known and honored throughout the country i in S t . t C . I reference to heir willingness to hold relig ous hurch alem , Mass is interesting to as a religious educator R in . e v . N S D D . services this place note that the plans fo r the church were made . . Folsom , . . , succeeded Dr

U C C u l b now . The ﬁrst regular preaching of nitarianism y aptain ( General) George W Stebbins , when the duties of the latter as an R in 1 82 e v. . f here was the fall of 5 , by John M lum , and that his only surviving brother, instructor compelled his retirement rom the in H u id ek o e r 1 8 P . Merrick , of Massachusetts , who held services Horace , was joined with Edgar p pastorate in 49 , rof Folsom was turn

S . R 1 8 w ho e v . C . . S on alternate undays for about two years o n the building committee . The house was succeeded by A taples in 5 3, C I A I I O R I N - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B U E E UBL C N. 8 1

re m ain e d ti11 1 8 U C y fo r 5 7 , and was then succeeded nitarian hristianit was carried on T H E W . C . T . U . R R v R . S r e . . . . . in turn for a yea by hippen , three years by Mr F H Bemis , assisted by

R e v . C . S . . S who had been , like Mr taples , a theological George W utter, of Buffalo A ket ch o f th e O rga n i z a tion in C ra w C student under the two pastors preceding them , ford ou nt y . T H E R S ED C O NS T TUT O N . continuing thus a succession of religious faith E VI I I a nd f work e fective and successful , If not for The revised constitution of the church , A temperance convention was called on 1 8 a n . . S 4 , d in 1 1 88 1 P mally apostolic Mr hippen was also a son adopted 5 still force , declares its Monday , December 9 , , by Mrs . A . “ id e n ti O f in d S C of this church , belonging to a family bond union to be belief the existence Hamilton , vice presi ent of the tate W . . ﬁ d d ivm e e U . with its interests from its foundation , and of one God and in the mission of His T . , for the purpose of organizing a county — i t C , and h O e fo r C n was perhaps never more prosperous than son Jesus hrist of a common p the union rawford county . O Monday ”

R e v . . O during his stay with it . Dr liver hope of a blessed immortality . I ts purpose evening an address was delivered by Miss

“ ’ S . S a n d tearns , who had succeeded Dr tebbins as is improvement in religious knowledge Francis Willard , president of the Women s ” o f S re ; an d N U i vm president the Theological chool on the virtue it welcomes to its fellowship ational Temperance nion , g g a com 1 8 o n “ of d tirement of the latter in 5 5 , preached any person goo moral character who prehensive view of the work done by the W . S in . C . . U . the mornings of the year following Mr hip professes his belief God and in the divine T from the time of its inception . A ’ f P f. o C pen s withdrawal ro Folsom mission of His son Jesus hrist ; and who de large number of delegates , representing differ

ﬁ c iatin . a nd t in g in the evening clares it to be his intention wish to make ent par s of the county , met the audience

The later ministers of the church have the will of God , and the teachings of Jesus as . . room of the First M E church , Meadville ,

: R 1 860 6 o n ; . been ichard Metcalf, 5 Tuesday , at a m . Mrs .

P u 6 68 . . C t . C . Z ac ho s 1 86 . . te m o r J , ; H L D Douglas was chosen p

- i 1 8 0 R S . n t ng , 7 7 3; . Morrison , ary chairma , and Mrs . Dr . Bugbee

- 1 8 1 8 8 . . 8 7 4 7 ; J T Bixby , 79 3; secretary .

- 8 . . P. 1 88 William Tilden , 4 5 ; H H The address of welcome by Mrs .

- 1 88 88 . . h ne f Barber, 5 Dr Eagleson was a very e ort ,

The ministries of Mr . Metcalf and showed a thorough conception

and . Mr Morrison were broken and of the evils which as a W . C . T . U . , a nd terminated by illness ; the de they were called upon to combat , voted work and character of each and a deep conviction that some a are remembered with grateful p thing must be done . The response

R e v preciation by the society and the by Mrs . . Eckles was equally

ﬁ n d . e a n n community I n the intervals between , , coming from o e who

in these ministries, the church has been was a pioneer the work of the P C . . U . in acceptably served by resident Liv W . T , who , fact, was a i e rm o re P . C a nd H u d e k o , rofs ary member of that memorable tem

e ranc e a n per and others . p convention d prayer i C 1 8 The membership of th s church meeting at hautauqua in 74 ,

n o r . T has never been large , have its at which the thought of a W C . . U .

O f views religion been very widely was ﬁrst originated , her words were extended through this community forcible a n d made a deep impres a nd county . Yet its faith has helped sion . to form the characters and mould The reports from U nions being

o f r the lives a considerable number called for , Titusville eported a

an d m e n U 1 6 of worthy ‘useful and thriving nion of 5 members , a women who have lived here ; and temperance school a n d a Holly to be their solace in bereavement Tree I nn . Atlantic reported a live a n d n their hope for the life that now U nion . C ochranton o e recently

a n d . . U is for that . which is to come organized Meadville three nions ,

P EOPLE S S A VI N GS B A N K . I ts e n . C . . U . . . C . members , too , h a v e b e a W T , a Y W T . U . ,

i . . U . l C . n in . C among those who have led or helped revealed the gospels , the rule of his life also a Y W T at A legheny ollege ,

O f re most the charitable , philanthropic and and conduct . all in a ﬂourishing condition and giving indi fo rm atory work that has sought to stay the S imple as is this rule o f faith and fellow cations O f great usefulness . ’ o ne 1 2 ad oirrn e d evils or advance the best interests of the com ship , no is excluded because of any ver At o clock the convention j

‘

S . . a n munity and of mankind . ome missionary bal difﬁcul ty in regard to its terms , or its rites until p m After address by Mrs . ’ ff o f S work has been attempted at di erent times , baptism and the Lord s upper ; but all are Hamilton , as to the plan and object of the

S O r by preaching and establishing unday schools welcome to its fellowship who earnestly de convention , the constitution of a county

a n iz a tio n a nd in towns and neighborhoods about Meadville , sire to join in its worship and honor its spirit g was adopted , the following a n d O f and a nd : P some portion the present membership ual ideal , who endeavor in pure ofﬁcers elected for the coming year resi

P. C . r . C . is the result of such missiona y effort A very worthy lives to fulﬁll the hristian service of dent , Mrs Young , Meadville ; secretary ,

m a n S large amount of liberal C hristian literature God and . After sixty years the I nde Miss prague , Atlantic ; corresponding secre

o u t C . . . has been sent through the agency of the pendent ongregational church of Meadville tary , Mrs J D Wyman , Meadville ; treas ’ in u re r O f Brooke s Fund to ministers of all religious de rejoices the large advancement of religious , Miss Miner , Titusville , which ﬁcers

a n T h t . I n 1 8 1 a an d . nomina ions the year 3 periodical freedom , charity practical endeavor in all constitute executive committee e

' U n i ta r i a n E ss a zs t C in o n was started , called the y , hristian denominations , and is conﬁrmed committee principles reported a platform “ R v Pe a . under the editorial charge of the e . E . its faith and hope that the spirit of life that which was unanimously adopted The com ” w as C in m itte e body , and when he left town it was carried in hrist Jesus shal l yet be justiﬁed previously appointed for that purpose on for a second year by Mr . H . J . Huide the union of all men upon the basis of ration reported a plan of work which was also

- in 1 8 8 1 al . . N o t koper many years ago , 79 , a piety , loyal witness of righteousness , and adopted S similar publication for the dissemination of the reverent service O f humanity . ince our organization the number of 8 2 I A D I I O R I - R P C ENTENN L E T N T B UNE E UBLI C A N .

U in I S . P S nions the county has increased from six Greene , ndiana , Forest , Huntington , omer T Dick , Edward . prague , John W . Bab

in no - su e r T . . to thirty , and we have now county p set and Warren counties a license coun cock , L Flood , Thomas D . Logan , G . W .

- t e nd e n ts . t . R . of twenty two departments of work y The brave women of Venango , where we Delamater , William eynolds, A A Liver

- 1 Every year , semi annual as well as annual , have just held a most delightful convention , more , Francis . Davis , together with their in conventions have been held , giving greater the face of great opposition , by their faith associates and successors , are hereby consti impetus to temperance work in the diff erent ful a nd persistent e ﬁb rts in this direction have tu te d The C rawford C ounty Branch of the no w P localities where they have been held . The been victorious , and no licensed bar or ennsylvania S ociety fo r the Prevention of l n C ” sixth and ast an ual convention was held in dram shop exists to disturb the peace and har ruelty to Animals , with full power to enact

- the . S . b chapel of the First M E . church , eptem mony of the community All this work is but such y laws for the government of said 28 2 1 88 c ons titu S ber and 9, 7 , at which time the fol paving the way for the struggle for Branch ociety as may not conﬂict with the m : P . tio na l P s lowing ofﬁcers were elected resident , Mrs amend ent , which we most earnestly charter of the arent ociety , or with the

. . C S U B Bosch , Titusville president at large , Mrs hope may be indorsed by our legislators at onstitution of the tate , or of the nited

f . . O S J . D . Wyman , Meadville ; secretary , Mrs the next meeting the Legislature tates . R o f : U . C . . U . ose Bennett , Linesville ; corresponding sec sing the words of one our W T The said Branch Society shall organize by “ C P . fﬁ r re tar . e y , Mrs . Young , Meadville ; treas What a grand victory will that be when the election of proper o cers , and shall ’ P S e u u re r . . . o r P S o , Mrs F M . Guy , Guy s Mills The fol ennsylvania , the Keystone tate , shall port monthly quarterly to the arent

c ie t lowing superintendents of work were also ap graft upon her constitution the prohibitory y . I t shall also be responsible for its own

R D e M a r : . L C . a pointed ailroad work , Mrs y , amendment which will make her the key acts , and shall have full power to ppoint its

ins tru c r Meadville ; scientiﬁc temperance own agents and necessary o ﬂi c e s .

S » tion , Mrs . Esther hontz , Evansburg ; tem Done by unanimous resolution of the P M P e ran c e . C . . p literature , Mrs Young , Mead Board of anagers of the ennsylvania S P a nd . . . C ville ; prison jail work , Mrs M A ociety for the revention of ruel ty to

’ in P Wilson , Meadville young woman s work , Animals , the city of hiladelphia , this

- h C t . . 1 886. Miss ornie Andrews , Geneva ; soldiers 9 day of March , A D R R vna ss M rs P. . P O B R . a nd . sailors , A ainter , Titusville ; E T W ,

P . hygiene and heredity , Mrs . L . D . Douglas , Attest resident

. . . . A S S . Meadville ; Sabbath desecration , Mrs . L M V B D VI , ecretary N C ; , Van ess , ambridge unfermented wine O R GANI Z A TIO N . M c E ntire S P Mrs . L . A . , tony oint ; county 1 1 886 ’ March 7 th , , the parties named , C atle r fairs , Mrs . D . C . , Guy s Mills ; evan pursuant to the recited authority of the e lis tic R g , Miss Lorinda Wheeler, iceville ; P S ennsylvania society , met and enacted a tobacco habit , Miss Agnes mith , Titus e ’ R syst m of by laws , and organized by elect ville ; day of week of prayer, Mrs . ose : P ing the following ofﬁcers resident , Warner , Townville juvenile work , Miss A . C Joshua Douglass ; vice presidents , yrus S e S M . tarkweather , Titusvill u n d a y

I . Kitchen , Frances Davis ; secretary C , schools , Mrs . Dr . otton , Meadville ;

S . Mabelle Douglass ; treasurer , turges T ﬂower mission , Miss Hattie Findlay , Harts N Dick ; board of managers, Joshua Doug town ; legislative work , Miss annie Bur

C P C . P . lass , yrus Kitchen , earson hurch , E well , Linesville ; press work , . Dr . _ Mrs S . S . . prague , A . A Livermore , B Dick , S C . . . trayer , ambridge ; legal work , Mrs J D John W . Babcock . Wyman , Meadville ; social purity and ’ C The following are extracts from the mother s work , Mrs . Dr . Hassler, ochran

b - to n ; relations o f temperance to labor a n d y laws — — R M c F a te C I . . capital , Mrs . . W . , ochranton Article Members This society shall

in influencing other influential bodies , Mrs . A . consist of all persons the county of P R C . C . Bullock , ambridge rawford , ennsylvania , who pay the sum Each local U nion has its o w n su pe rin of five dollars into the Treasury ; a nd of te n nts d e , through whom the various lines honorary members who are noted for their f in of work are carried o n throughout the e ficiency the cause at home or abroad , a nd county , each reporting to her respective who may be elected to membership M E R C H A N TS N A T I ON A L B A N K . county superintendent , the county to the by the Board of Managers . — O ffi c e r — f N 2 . s o S tate and the S tate to the ational . I t would stone in the temperance arch that shall yet Article Election of The

ﬁ e rs be impossible to give the details or even a span our beloved country from sea to sea . c and managers shall be elected by ballot h summary of the work accomplished during at the annual meeting, and shall hold t eir

in t he six years of our existence , the limited respective positions until their successors are A WOR TH Y S OC I ETY . space allowed for this sketch . Therefore we chosen , and shall serve in their respective

C a n only say that in every community where positions without compensation . T h e C rawford C o u n ty B ran ch of the in . U . a W . C . T . has been formed it has come to The society is a prosperous condition P e n n sylv an i a S o ciety for th e P re v e n be recogniz ed as a great power for good in The ofﬁ cers ﬁrst elected continue to serve tion of C ru elt y to A n im a l s . educating public sentiment to the standard of and will until their successors are chosen .

in n O H O G , v I S U A D U LA SS . During the time of the existence of this total abstinence , in training the young try ( _ )

a n d C in C i n g to save the inebriate to secure the [ harter . ] branch organization rawford county , many

f i . O ﬁi ia l S . c omplete banishment of the liquor tra c ( c eal . ) cases have received attention and relief given

P P A 1 8 c o - O R O S R M O S R C S . 86 . VIG U E N T AN E HI LADEL HI , March 9 , The earnest operation of all citizens of

The remonstrance work has been vigorous T o a ll i ! m a y c o n c er n the county is solicited . Full information as U P C ly pressed by many of the nions , and will Be it known that earson hurch , Joshua to the objects , purposes and powers of the c a n C c an C . . a m continue to be until rawford county Douglass , H H Davis , yrus Kitchen , S society be obtained upon application to

P ...... S s stand side by side with otter , Washington , uel B Dick , J D Gill , A M Fuller , turge the president or secretary I A I I O R I - R P I A C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 8 3

U a nd - T H E A . O . U . W . nited Workmen an unknown untried To day , through the success and inﬂuence of

. W . O . . U . experiment the A , the poor man , from the

‘ This organization challenges the admira The date of the organization , twenty years scanty savings of his daily toil , is enabled to w N in tion of the orld . othing the history of ago , was most opportune for its growth and provide his loved ones security against future our beautiful city has so spread its fame as the success . The conﬁdence of the public in o ld want a nd distress .

t . u founding of his order here Meadville is a line life insurance had been m ch shaken by Twenty years ago , when death claimed as f w a nd name amiliar in every city and to n from extended frauds wholesale bankruptcies of a victim the bread winner of the poor family ,

' t he Pac iﬁc a shores of Maine to the coast , and the companies of the country ; and a plan of unorganized ch rity was powerless to protect

. N o r a nd from the lakes to the gulf does this mutual protection such as the order presented from want distress . To day organized o f c O . U . . compass the measure glory for which we ommended itself to the judgment of the peo charity , as demonstrated in the A . W

. f a and rejoice in this event More truly thankful are ple and secured their good will and a ﬁliation . and kindred organiz tions , steps in makes in we that here ﬁrst was provision for the future , aug u rate d a system of a nd few widows a nd o r organized charity , new in phans are left destitute . its inception , practical in Did space permit . it its operations and in its would be a pleasure to r e s u l t s , conducive of have recorded in this more substantial good to C entennial edition o f the humanity at large than T R I B UNE- R EPU B LI CAN a a ny other philanthropic detailed history of this or business interest of the order, from its institution

, O 2 age , perhaps the church in our city , ctober 7 ,

. 1 868 alone excepted , to the present date ; All great and good noting its trials and its i t s movements , that have achievements , and become noted in history , growth from obscurity to

- shed luster and renown world wide renown . But upon th e place of their the limit of space will birth . Bethany had its allow but a short sum s Jesus ; Mt. Vernon its mary of stati tics from Washington ; Springﬁeld which may be gathered its Lincoln ; Meadville the most prominent items . had its U pchurch ; and The Ancient O rder of from the small seed he U nited Workmen w a s planted here , has grown organized on the 27th t o f O 1 the migh y tree mutual day of ctober , 868, in

t M e a d ville a protec ion , under whose the city of , P . , shelter to-day millions by the originator and rest in security from founder , John J o r d a n U future want and depend pchurch , a mechanic at ence . that time in the employ The Ancient O rder of of the Atlantic and Great U R nited Workmen lays no Western ailroad . Mr . claim to distinction as U pchurch was a man pos the originator of the idea sessed of n o m a rk e d lit _ of life insurance , as that rary attainments , but was existed many years prior a keen observer of men

and o c c u re n c es os se sse d to the birth of the order ; ,p but its claim to originali good reasoning powers, t y (and such claim is and above all , had a kind recognized by the world and philanthropic heart . at large) rests in the fact His main object in insti

' of its a pply ing the prin tuting the order was not M R . J O H N J . U PC H U R C H . “ c iples of life insurance so much to inaugurate a o n o f t h e c e o f i W F u d er An i e nt O rd r U n t e d o rk m a n . in in s u ra n c e as a new , secure , and system of , it

in . O . U . . cheap way , as an organized charity, coupled The A W was the pioneer the great was to bring together conﬂicting interests of with that other equally essential element of work , the result of which has been to almost capital and labor , and by arbitration and f good , the care of the sick , the relieving of the entirely revolutionize the mammoth business mutual contact settle di ﬁculties that were

a nd inte lle c in . distressed , and the moral , social interest of life insurance this country then constantly arising between employer and

o f y . tual betterment its membership . The idea From its ranks have sprung most other emplo ee To him , however , is conceded

a n d of forming a society that should not only com organizations of like character , all mutual the honor of engrafting upon the order that pass the good features o f existing fraternal beneﬁt organizations and assessment associa feature of m u tu u l protection which soon as

h in S organizations , but in addition should e xtend its tions owe t eir success a great degree to umed prominence to the exclusion of the

O . U . . . in b ne ﬁc e n e . o e c to the widows and orphans of its the , reputation established by the A W other design Viewed the light of t day ;

in o f . deceased members , a stipulated amount suf popularizing this method insurance the order at its start was crude and unbusiness

ﬁ c ie n t e to secure th m from want and distress Twenty years ago , future protection for the like , and its success may truthfully be said to when their main support was removed , was , widows and orphans through the medium of have rested more upon the integrity of pur

- ‘ a n d until the organization of the Ancient O rder of life insurance was for the rich and well to d o . pose the honesty of action of its members - 84 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N.

i O 1 1 882 than upon correct business principles and T H E Y . M . C . A . Long continued to act unt l ctober 3 , , C laws essential to its future success . The ﬁrst when Wilmer row , of Harrisburg , entered

i S O z in C r f ﬁve years of the h sto rv of the order were ketch of the rgani ation rawfo d upon the duties of that o ﬁce , which he held

8 . n 1 88 2 C n . 1 8 I years of but little success and much opposi ou ty until August , 3 December, , tion ; a nd not until the session o f the Grand rooms were opened on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the ’ 1 8 C h P Lodge , held in Meadville , January , 7 3, at The history of the Young Men s hristian building on the nort east corner of ark

' 80 0 C C and C S which time the order numbered some Association of rawford ounty , involves Avenue hestnut treet , on the site now P : C . I n members , did it make promise of future that of four separate organizations , namely occupied by the ark Avenue hurch R S C . growth and greatness . From the organization Meadville , Allegheny ollege , ailroad , and eptember , Mr Long was again secured as

S 1 8 . of the upreme Lodge in February , 7 3, Titusville Associations secretary , and continued to act until June , 1 884 . may be dated the beginning of the record of M EA DVI LLE ASSO C I A TI O N .

’ . S the great prosperity of the organization ince At a Young Men s C hristian Association o r The seventeenth annual convention of. the ’ M e n s that date we have very correct statistics of the niz e d in S P C Young C hristian Association of Penn g a the econd resbyterian hurch , f O 1 6- 1 work accom plished . The ollowing is a sum 1 8 0 ffi sylvania was held in Meadville ctober 9 , May 3, 7 , the following o cers were o fli c e rs ~ 8 mary taken from the reports of the of 1 8 . S B o f : P ; » 4 oon after this , the oard Directors S elected resident , James Marvin Vice the upreme Lodge , showing the disburse S . M c M llin . u S t . a s R S engaged M , of Louis , 888 : President , B . Brawley ; ecording ecre B . I ment of its eneficiary Fund to Jan I , J C S general secretary ; and moved into rooms in C . . YEAR THE ENTI R E O R DER tary , M Wood ; orresponding ecretary , the Magaw Block , corner of Water and C hest e . C . . 1 868 | 8 8 . . to 7 . J L L berman ; Treasurer , L Magaw in 1 8 8 1 88 . I n 7 The S o ciety decided to hold Saturday even nut streets , December , 4 the new 1 8 9 ’ 7 in s bu t quarters the work was carried on with a ing m e e t g , no record is found of 1 880 greater degree' of satisfaction than ever before rooms having been secured for that purpose . I SS I 1 0 . t50 ,5 3,5 5 5 - 1 2 I n I 8 6 the reading room , game room and newly 88 . 7 there was an organization known ’ ” 1 88 2 0 I 0 . z o “ a re . 3 , 3 , 4 7 as the C hristian L a y m e n s Association ; in equipped gymnasium were thoroughly pp 88 2 I 4 , I c iate d by the young men of the city . 1 885 O ne advantage that the association has e n 1 886 2 2 . o o ,94 ,95 7 joyed , and that has been a source of great e n I SS 28 . o o 7 3,45 3, 7 c o u ra e m e n t its g to members , is the help it has

Total . received from the christian women of the city , I n addition to the above the order has dis who have given largely of their time and a nd tributed several millions of dollars to sick and energ y , several times have aided ﬁnan c ia l d an d istressed members , those out of employ l y , thereby averting disaster that without their ment . The cost for the past nine years to each member to secure the protection of aid had seemed inevitable . o n ff guaranteed by the order , has the The present privileges a orded to young _

1 . average been but 3 7 per year m e n : A are reading room , supplied with The membership of the order on August leading dailies , etc . , in which is a table with 1 888 I , , and the receipts and disbursements for the same month are contained in the fol writing materials; a parlor , a game room , lowing table supplied with checkers , chess , crokinole , etc . , I f ; a room supplied with ndian clubs and dumb o o 0 H bells ; and a toilette room . 3 to ’ LO D G E . 5 Young men s meetings are held every S un

2 ’ f n at a t 3 day a ter oon 4 o cl ock , and are well U tended . nder its auspices several classes

P v n G n d : ennsyl a ia ra have been carried on Literary , musical , and ' O h io G ra n d K c G d Lo d g educational ; a mechanical drawing class , entu ky ran e ’ R S . I nd i n G nd CA R E W S B A R R E L WO K a a ra composed of about forty young m e n employed I o wa G rand L o d e N e w Y o G d o d e rk ran g an d . 1 880 it changed its name to the Young in machine shops , taught by Mr Becket , I lli n o is G ra nd ’ ” M o G n d 440 a n d c o n stitu P o I , iss uri ra , Men s C hristian Association , its of the h enix ron Works has met once a M in n eso ta G ra nd ‘ ' week during the past season also a class for d L d O9U . W isco nsin G ran o g e , tion accordingly Both ladies and gentlemen T n G d e nessee ran of . . C . P. were admitted to membership , which regula systematic study the bible Mr M ichig a n G rand C fo G d se c rtar . ali rnia ran tion proved impracticable , and resulted in an Warner is the present y

G A la . M s N . C eorg ia , , is , A G C O G SSO C A O d LLE HENY LLE E A I TI N . a F la . G ; C . nd ran early failure the latest record extant bears K d L d ansas G ran o g e C o l 1 88 1 . date of May , During the winter term of Allegheny O ntari o G ra n d L o d e

d e . W . 1 . o R O o a n d L 1 8 e v . . C . . re g n ash g The present Y . M . A was organized lege , 7 5 , through the influence of T M G n d Lo d e 9 5 assachusetts ra g —S S 2 1 882 . M d N . a nd D e l Au ust , , in the Board of Trade D Logan tate ecretary Taggart came to arylan , Jersey g 7 Lo d G rand g e a nd rooms in the Delamater Block ; when the fol Meadville organized this branch . W . G . T x G d L d e as ran o g e ‘ d P o f A lle N d G fli e rs : P . eva a ran lowing o c were elected resident , A Williams , now resident Williams M x c o a n d C o o N . l , e i Arizona - P R h e n C . G ra n d Lo d g e L . Dunbar ; Vice resident , J . D . oberts ; g y ollege , was the first president N ebraska G rand Lo d g e R S . . R ecording ecretary , G Graham ; Treas The members have labored with great zeal ; I nd ivid u als und er t h e im m e d i 8 d o o f S . 1 I ffi s n . . ate juris icti n ure , G . W Delamater These o cers , with in addition to their work among the student ,

T o b n fi c c d o be n e fi fi S tal e e iary re eive , t tal the following persons , composed the rst they have started unday schools in Vallonia , m e m b c ia ry total ershi p , : . C . and . P Board of Directors H M . lay , John J a locality north of the city rayer and I n our city is located Jefferson Lodge N o . S . . C O hryock , David Kay , James Kepler , W M song services have been begun at the ity I , the first lodge of the order , instituted cto R n f C S . . a d S m Woodru , . . mith , H W eynolds , Hospital , , unday eetings have been 2 1 868 . U . ber 7 , , by Mr pchurch Herman J B o u h C . . s . N o . 8 . . . Lo dge 3 is also located here Both of Frank Braymer , L H Walker, M , conducted at the jail , with good results t h e in above lodges are prosperous condition , . . a nd . O n 2 1 88 1 E . H . Langford , F D Denny Wm May , , the association met at the S as is the order in the tate and at large . The P r . S . . a nd . . a ks For two months prior to this date residence of Dr Hyde , formed a Y M office of the S upreme R ecorder and S upreme

P. C . . in Long had been acting as general secretary , A Missionary I nstitute ; they organized R ece i ver is located our city .

’ ‘ - S K T I . . . A C E . M . W . under the direction of A L Dunbar ; Mr with twenty six members , ﬁve of whom are

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n o tic e w ith a nd C 1 0 quired to make oath not to select the best deserve , the situation distance , for cultivation . French reek is about 5

favo r an a nd u . . O il C lands , or to y of these classes to the particularly the land unﬁt for c ltivation yards wide From French to reek is m . O il C prejudice of the others . I n running the The agent was required to make oath to per about eight iles reek is not laid down w boundaries , the surveyors were to deﬁne well , form his duties impartially , and was to receive on any map , not ithstanding it is a large

n 1 1 0 5 . 80 1 0 0 by marki n g trees o the lines at short dis £ for every day employed , not to ex stream , not less than or perhaps yards

a nd c e e d . an tances , particularly the angles and cor four months wide , d at the mouth , of considerable

o f G e n e ral . I ners , and on the northwest corner of each lot The report Wm rvin , the agent depth , both of which characteristics it retains

- . P C re e k w h ic h the number of the lot should be marked appointed for the above mentioned purpose , to the ﬁrst fork ( ine ) , is at

29 . The thirteenth section of the act of March says , in exploring the donation land least miles up There are several hu n

l a 2 1 8 I o n ru n . M c C e n 4 , 7 5 , provided for the distribution of the began the line by Alex , dred acres of good land at the forks . “ o n ta in in . an O il C lots by lottery , the ticket p g the num Esq , between that d the tract appropriated From reek up the Allegheny to

" C u shk u s hin 1 ber of the lot to be drawn from a wheel , well for the redeeming depreciated certiﬁcates , g , an old I ndian town , is about 7

turned around before drawing . There were which was ascertained by a due north line , to miles ; the whole of this way is barren and ” - P a n 0 0 0 d . to be four wheels , one containing 5 acre be about 3 miles from Fort itt , by mountainous At this place there is a narrow

0 - m tickets , one containing 35 acre tickets, one the common computation along the path , botto two miles long , of good land , and a

0 0 - P 0 60 containing 3 acre tickets , and one contain leading from Fort itt to Venango , at the very ﬁne island of 5 or acres , where the

- — f C . ing 20 0 acre tickets . The major general was mouth of French reek which some a ﬁrm I ndians formerly planted corn “ i 0 0 - F I ent tled to draw four 5 acre lots ; a briga was actually measured by the French when rom this place to another old ndian town ,

0 0 - - I be dier general three 5 acre lots ; a colonel they possessed the country found it to also on the bank of the river, is about six

- t a ne n ak a i 0 0 o ne 0 . . C two 5 acre lots ; a lieutenant colonel 4 miles East of this path , along Mr Mc miles ; his place is called , or ’ - - 0 0 and 2 0 C . 5 acre lot one 5 acre lot ; a surgeon , lean s line for ﬁve or six miles , the land is Hickory Bottoms From thence to a place “ ” 0 0 - S I chaplain or major two 3 acre lots ; a cap pretty level , well watered with small prings , named by the ndians the Burying Ground tain one 5 0 0 acre lot -from the tradition a lieutenant two 20 0 they have that some acre lots ; a n ensign extraordinary person or regimental surgeon was buried t h e r e

On e 30 0 - acre lot ; a many hundred years

— i s 1 sergeant, sergeant ma a g o about 3

jor , or quartermaster miles ; most of the

o ne 2 0 - aC re sergeant 5 way is barren , with

a nd lot ; a drum ma very high mountains .

j or, ﬁfe major, corpo Y o u may have to i ivate o ne 20 0 m ral or p , travel the ost of the

acre lot . way in the bed of the

The donation lands river . To B ro ok a

lo o n s o r B ro k e ns tra were laid out in ten , w , C districts , running . east reek from the last N 1 o . be and west . named place , is about . 1 gan at the line of the 4 miles , and from

land s the B ro k e ns tra depreciation , w to C one others followed num wago (C onewango) is i a ll e r c y to the north about eight miles ; ern boundary of the there is a narrow bot

S tate . tom of good land all A N imi e . WOR K S OF P E N N S YLVA N I A D I S TI LLI N G COM P Y , L t d O n th the 5 of May , the way , and there is a 1 8 N e w C 7 5 , the surveyor general appointed the fol and of tolerable quality (about astle) remarkably ﬁne tract of land at the mouth of R t . : C lowing named depu y surveyors , viz Wil but from thence , east to the Allegheny iver , the onewango , of a thousand or more acres

N o . 1 2 o liam Alexander for district , John which is about 5 miles , there are no lands ﬁt from the whole f which you have a com f N o fo r N o . 2 . C . Henderson , Gri ﬁth for 3, for cultivation , as far as French reek All manding view , up and down the main branch N o Andrew Henderson for . 4 , Benjamin along the Venango ( I ndian ) path , to the Alle of the Allegheny and also of C o n e w ag o o a

N o . C N o 6 h e n C o ne w a Lodge for 5 , William hristy for , g y , there is very little land ﬁt for culti considerable distance . g o o is 1 5 0

P N o . M c D o w . b William ower for 7 , Alexander vation yards wide , and is naviga le for large boats

N o n ri th . 8, D a d G ﬂi O n C a d a u a C ha ta u u a ell for James ickinson the lower side of French reek , at its to the head of J q ( q ) Lake . N d fo r N o 1 0 . o . an . f Evans for 9, David Watts mouth , where the fort called Venango ormer The head of Jad aqu a Lake is said to be only 2 1 8 l 0 0 0 0 1 2 e The act of March 4 , 7 5 , had required y stood , there are 3 or 4 acres of what is miles from Lak Erie , where the French “ ” a nd - are the surveys to be made returned by Feb commonly called upland , or dry bottom , said to have had a good wagon road from

ru ar a nd d n . O . C one w a o y after their appointment very good lan the northeast side , about it to the lake g o forks about 30

they immediately set out for their respective one mile from the mouth , another good bot miles from the mouth of the east branch , a nd

. o f 0 0 0 0 in districts tom begins, 4 or 5 acres ; on the hills is lost a morass , where the I ndians fre O n 1 8 the same day , May 5 , 7 5 , commission on the same side , there are a few hundred quently carry their canoes into a large creek ,

ru n in C C a te ra u e C ers were appointed to and mark the west acres of land ﬁt for cultivation ; this is all alled the g ( attaraugus) , which S f O ern boundary of the tate , rom the hio this neighborhood nearer than eight miles at empties into Lake Erie . Distance from Fort R A n . S C . O n P 1 iver to Lake Erie agent duly qualiﬁed , the forks of the creek ( Big ugar reek ) itt, about 5 4 miles .

‘ C C O il I to be appointed by the ouncil , was required , the road leading from French reek to returned the most direct route to the C 2 1 to explore the country appropriated to dona reek , within three or four miles from Venan Burying Ground , being about miles . Here

, ﬁ ne o n o f C a tion lands noting the quality of the soil , the go , there is a bottom of land the bank three old I ndian paths branch , one to y

u 0 0 0 0 o n C u sh k u sk o n hills , mountains , waters , creeks , marshes , p of the Allegheny , containing 4 or 5 acres ahaga , Lake Erie , one to y , R o n O il C C land , bottom land , and such other matters as (now eno) ; there is little reek ﬁt the west branch of Beaver reek , and the C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE - R EP UBLI C A N 87

’ the . M c C lan e s third to a salt spring , higher up same tion From where line strikes the the end for which I was appointed agent, as

I I . branch of Beaver . From hence , crossed great or west branch of the Beaver , con well as lies in my power f W M I R . r . the chain o mountains that ru n along the tinned exploring the count y up the several VI N , Agent 8 . : 1 . river , and in traveling what I computed to be western branches of the river , viz the most Dated July , 7 5 m i 2 f O il d e no I n 1 8 . , about 5 miles , reached the ﬁrst ork of western branch , and two branches August , 7 5 , Gen William I rvin the S a a nd n ate d S h e n a n o e s . n m , C reek ( Pine C reek . ) O the ost easterly the g agent appointed by the t te to explore branch there are vast quantities of white pine The distance from the above named examine the Donation Lands , reported to the

a in ﬁt for masts , bo rds , etc . ; this fork there is line to the old Moravian town is about supreme executive council those parts of the

a nd S l a large body of good land , though high ; four miles ; from thence to the henango , ands he considered unﬁt as gratuities to the P along the west branch very rich and extensive two an d a half miles ; thence to the forks of soldiers of the ennsylvania line . Among

N m . bottoms , several miles in length along the the second branch ( eshannock ) , two iles these he found the land north of the Depre

is 0 S C u sk u s c iatio n creek , which a beautiful stream , from 3 to From the mouth of the henango to lands and eastward of the path from o n P 40 yards wide and pretty deep . From the west key the west branch (Mahoning) , is six Fort itt to Venango , at the mouth of French il C I C branch of O reek , proceeded on a west or seven miles , but it was formerly called reek , beginning about forty miles above Fort P erly course , about ten itt , pretty good for ; miles , along a ridge about ﬁve m i l e s which is difﬁ cult to thence to the Alle h e n R ascend , but when you g y iver, about

- fi ve get up , it is flat on the twenty miles due summit, four or five east , no land was fit

bro ad ve r . miles , y level for cultivation and with ﬁne springs I n consequence of

o n . from the declivity this report , the coun both sides . cil l eft out of the “ The land is h e a vi wheels the lots within ly wooded with hick the extreme eastern ory , large oak , maple , part of the second and very large chest Donation Dis t r i c t . nut . From the west This part has since e nd o f this ridge sev been known as the " e 1 S r a large springs t r u c k District,

nu arise , which form the and was generally R T N PA . E U R E K A M I N E R A L S PR I N GS , S E G E OW , d e rsto o d most easterly branch at the time ,

C S r C u s k us k e - of French reek , (which is called uga y by the natives along this branch , to be subject to actual settlement under the act

C . 1 2 . reek by Mr Hutchins) , all of which as high as the salt springs , which are twenty of April 3, 7 9 '

u lan d o r fiv e S . have fine bottoms , but the p , ridges miles from the mouth of henango These surveys , however , were generally 1 86 between , are stony , moist and broken , chiefly completed in 7 , though a few were made There is such a similarity in almost all the covered with beech , pine and chestnut . At later . o n lands the branches of the Beaver C reek , the fork or junction of S ugar C reek with the The seventh section of the act of March that a particular description of each would be 1 2 1 8 f and main or west branch of French C reek , which , 7 3, had directed , that all o ficers n I o b mere re pe titto . shall therefore briefly . is only eight miles up from Venango , there privates , entitled to land , should make their serve , that the bottoms generally are the most an d are some very fine plains , a large extent application , within two years after peace c a n excellent that be imagined , and are very an d of meadow ground . There are but few bot should be declared , should any die , their extensive . The upland is hilly and some toms and little or no upland , beside what is heirs , on executors should make application times bad , but most of the hills are fertile and n above mentioned , for twenty miles up this within o e year thereafter . This period was of very rich soil . From the falls of the Great branch , when there is a considerable quantity extended from time to time . Many of those Beaver up the west branch , and twenty miles n o t f of meadow ground ; besides , there is entitled to lands , having ailed to appear, or S c o n s id e rble up the henango branch , and to a . o n 6 1 2 much good land until you reach Le Boeuf to apply , the Legislature , April , 79 , distance on either side of those creeks , there an f From Venango I returned along the path passed act , authorizing the land o ficers , on I -be P is little land but may be cultivated , and 2 1 2 leading to Fort itt, to within seven miles of July , 79 , to draw lots for every person

lieve no country is better watered . R C . I w h o Flat ock reek Here took a westerly entitled to Donation Land , had not re

c e iv e d u course along a large dividing ridge , already I hereby transmit a sketch of that part of the same , according to the list f rnish I C in noticed , for about ten miles , when struck a the country (northwest of the Allegheny and ed by the omptroller General ; the same

C an a h u e n e se o nn e wan o if branch of g q , or Beaver , about C g creek ) , only which my duty as manner , as the persons entitled were pre t R P thir y yards wide , and which joins Flat ock agent obliged me to explore . This , I trust , sent . atents were to issue within two years

. O n before it empties into the main branch together with the remarks herein contained , to such claimants from the date of the act .

an d 1 88 in this creek are very ﬁne large bottoms , will give a better idea of the tract of country The supreme executive council in 7 ,

in . and some places some good upland , though than any map yet published Though I do consequence of the suggestion of Andrew much broken with high , barren hills and deep not pretend to say it is correct , as the dis Ellicott , recommended to the assembly the

N e sh am i o c k a n d i morasses . This creek (probably ) , tances are all supposed , there are prob subject of the reservat ons at the mouth of the

I . in C L e Boe u f. is not laid down on any map have seen ably several omissions this sketch , yet more onewango , Venango and The as

“ l s e m bl 1 8 a After having explored this creek and lands creeks , hil s , streams , etc . , are noticed than y , by a resolution of 7 9 , uthorized

I o n and n n ot adjacent , proceeded a southerly course have been before , and their courses ear the council to have surveys , exceeding ’ M c C lan e s 0 I a n . 0 0 till struck line , within eight miles connections by hills d ridges ascertained 3 acres , made for the use of the state at ' ” C I N a nd “ of the Great Beaver reek , which followed o creek or branch is laid down which is less these places , at the Erie Triangle , it

. . O n I to the creek All this distance is very hilly than twenty yards wid e . the whole , by this time having become the property of

in . There are some small bottoms , but the major have endeavored , as well the remarks as in the state

part of those eight miles is not ﬁt for cultiva the sketch , so far as I have gone , to answer These surveys were made by John Adlum , I I I - R P I A 88 C ENTENNI A L ED T ON TR B UNE E UBL C N.

an d : a n and reported to the council , submitted to posed of the balance of the unappropriated provided , always , nevertheless That if y a n in 1 8 . the assembly in S eptember 7 9 land , north and west of the Allegheny and actual settler, or y grantee any such orig 1 8 C C f r o f This was followed by the act of April , onewango reek , by o fering it for sale , to inal or succeeding warrant , shall , by fo ce

1 , U S , to provide for laying out , and establish any person who would cultivate improve and arms of the enemies of the nited tates , be 7 95 I o ts 0 0 m ak in ing towns and ou tl , within the several tracts settle on a tract of land containing 4 acres , prevented from g such actual settle

re se ry e d 1 0 1 0 0 , , f , of land , heretofore for public use , at the price of £7 shillings per acres ment and be driven there rom and shall per

o f an . fo r situate at Presque I le , ( Erie) , mouth with allowance of six per cent roads sist in his endeavors to make such actual set tle m e n t C . , , French C reek , (Franklin) , mouth of one and highways as aforesaid then in either case , he

C L e Bo e u f in wango reek , ( Warren) and at Fort , The ninth section of said act is these and his heirs shall be entitled to have and to “ in . re . : n o hold the said lands the same manner as if ( Waterford) The commissioners , were words , viz That warrant or survey to 0 0 the actual settlement had been made and con quired to survey 3 acres into town lots , and be issued or made , in pursuance of this act, ” 0 0 o u tlots a nd . 7 acres into , at each of those places for lands lying west of the O hio Alle tinued

t h e n C i with stree s , lanes and alleys and reservations g y , and the onewango creek , shall vest The above law was ev dently intended for s m e n for public uses a the commissioners shall any title in , or to , any lands therein the beneﬁt of men of moderate means , who

8 o n . 1 1 th 1 io n e d direct The act of April , 7 9 , for sell t , unless the grantee has , prior to the would settle and improve the land , and se ing the reserved tracts at Erie , Franklin , date of such warrant , made , or caused to be cure to themselves homes , after the trials , dis

and f c o u ra em e nts Warren Water ord , provided for actual made , or shall , within the space of two years g and conﬂicts of a seven years e I n all n o t . surveys of the parts of these r servations , next after the date of the same , make or cause war this extensive region of country

2 h . 1 U N VEI LI N G OF T H E PI ON E E R S T AT U E A T D I A M ON D PA R K , M ay 1 t , 888 .

o u t in o u tl o ts before laid town , and , not ex to be made , an actual settlement thereon , by above described , there was for the poor man , “ ” c e e d in 1 0 a nd S R g 5 acres each , designating in the clearing, fencing cultivating at least two and young beginners A ettlement ight ,

th e 1 0 0 o n e P drafts quality of each , as , ﬁrst , second , acres , for every acres contained in by the laws of ennsylvania , according to

0 0 m an and third quality . I t granted 5 acres , to be survey , erecting thereon a messuage for the which any young or poor could come

o f in S S laid each reservation , for the chools , or habitation of man , and residing , or causing a into the tate as a peaceable settler , and take

b - t 0 0 academies , as might be established y law , in family to reside hereon , for the space of ﬁve possession of any tract of 4 acres of vacant

a n d said towns . After these drafts were returned years next following his ﬁrst settlement of the land ; by having it surveyed , building a

in to the surveyor general , copies were to be same , if he or she shall so long live and if, small log house , clearing two acres for each

b an d 1 0 0 in a nd o n transmitted y the governor , to the commis default of such actual settlement residence , acres his survey , living it for

s io n e rs . f t , for the sale of the towns I t was it shall , and may be lawful , to , and for the ﬁve years , he could e fec ually claim it for

C t an d provided that proper notice should be given ommonwealth , to issue new warran s to himself, and secure a legal equitable title a n d - an 0 0 0 half the town and out lots in each place , other actual settlers for the said lands , or y to the 4 acres at the low price of 35 . H e

in P - should be sold hiladelphia ; one fourth at part thereof, reciting the original warrants , had , moreover , this great advantage , that he

C a n d P b . s in arlisle , the other fourth at itts urg and that actual settlement and residence had ten years which to pay the purchase

in P . roperty to be appraised before sale ; pur have not been made pursuance thereof money , at three per cent . interest .

1 6 A nd f 0 0 in chasers to build a house , feet square , with so , as o ten as default shall be made , for A tract of 4 acres thus settled upon 1 2 brick chimney , within two years after sale , the time and the manner aforesaid , which 7 9 , would cost him six pence per acre or

& a n c . s d 1 0 P &c . , new grant shall be under subject to , all £ ennsylvania currency for the whole 1 2 ' d in ad ditio n o f 6 . The act of assembly of April 3, 7 9 , dis and every regulation contained this act ; tract , with the per cent allowe I A I I O R I - R P I A C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 8

P . 2 . . C . E a h e n . 1 2 an d for roads , making 4 4 acres When the tract and Van g Many of the stock April 3, 79 , under like terms of settle

- o f &c was patented , it would cost , at one eighth of holders this company held honorable posi ment , ; about acres of land in

' l - 0 1 2 in S and P a dol ar per acre , precisely $5 , with shil tions the tate , both civil and military , ennsylvania , being acres of land i lings interest yearly . I am justiﬁed in assert had a favorable opportunity of seeing where more; than is conta ned within the boundary in . C d ing that there was not the world so great a their personal interests would be attained of rawford county , besi e a much larger

N e w blessing of that nature , held out to a body of They having secured large amounts of bills amount in the state of York . O n i an d 2 1 1 ndustrious men , as the terms of the act of of credit depreciated certiﬁcates , applied August , 7 93, the company , through its

1 2 . a nd 6 0 assembly of April 3, 79 at the land ofﬁce , had 4 warrants is agents , Herman Leroy and Wm . Bayard , “ 0 o f tri N e w C But that apparently innocent proviso in the sued ; 39 which were laid in the merchants of York ity , paid to the ” o f “ Pan in H n o . . P ninth section the above act , like angle what is now Erie county , and the Jas Willson , of hiladelphia , one of ’ " n o t 2 0 o n d ora s Box contained all its ills , leaving balance of this issue , 5 warrants the the j udges of the supreme court of the U nited ” ' “ tha t m e n and S . C . S o ne hope for the settler I t appears waters of Beaver henango reeks tates , and also of the stockholders of

in i 1 2 P C m who have modern histor es been eulogized These warrants were issued in 79 , and the the opulation o pany , the sum of 5 1 6 as able ﬁnanciers , and managers of the land , early part of 793, and surveyed the same in specie , being the purchase money of 4 4 ,

“ S d 0 0 0 a n d other public interests of the tate , had . S 8 0 , years ubsequently they secure 5 tracts acres of land lying _ north and west of t n in 1 1 0 riy e rs O secured large quan ities of conti ental bills of more , making all for this company , 4 the hio , Allegheny and C onewango

e 2 8 C . cr dit , and bills , emitted by the resolutions tracts of 4 4 acres each , amounting to 4 3, reek The contract was for the sale and

60 . and acts of assembly , at the lowest depre 3 acres They had two years from date of purchase of acres of land , between c iate d C l prices , and turned them into the land each warrant to make a settlement , consist French reek and the A legheny river . I t

. CON N E A U T L A KE F R O II T H E PA V I LI ON .

fﬁ in o ce , at their face value gold and silver , ing of building a cabin ﬁt for the habitation was stipulated that the lands consist partly , of

a nd 1 2 0 hurriedly secured their warrants , by employ of man by clearing two acres for each 9 tracts of 43 acres , with allowance o f i n 1 0 0 W and . 6 & c . g extra clerks sent out their surveyors acres, contained in the tract hen this per cent , for roads , , which Mr . John

lan d 2 6 1 to secure the land . company had thus secured the , they Adlum , by a contract dated April , 7 93, PO P A O C O M PA to 1 0 d THE UL TI N N Y . offered convey 5 acres gratis to each of had engaged to secure to the said Ju ge

in 1 2 an a 0 a nd an d 2 0 a 0 Early 7 9 , association of capit lists the ﬁrst 5 families , who would purchase Willson , 5 tr cts of 43 acres each , r organized , for the purpose of secu ing land , settle a tract in order to complete title , and to were to be taken from the lands entered for

t e 1 0 0 1 0 0 o n . . C c o n ( under h act of assembly , passed April 3, the next families , acres the same Judge Willson , by Mr Jas hapman ,

fo r . v e nie n t speculation . This association was terms to the ﬁrst named in point of location ,

P C O A C O M P . C ht known as the opulation ompany ; the sub THE H LL ND ANY the Holland ompany , having the rig , if

’ s c ri tio ns w as in 1 2 o f n o t p of stock opened May , 7 9 , About this time another company capital satisﬁed with the latter tracts , to substitute

is ts a n . about one month after the passage of the , m de its appearance , known as the Hol other lands east of Fre ch C reek

a nd C o f 2 1 1 8 1 above mentioned act, closed in Decem land Land ompany , consisting of eleven The act of assembly March , 7 ,

: W ilh e m W illink N ic h o lis f ber following . The original subscribers for stockholders , viz , already re erred to , makes paper bills of

S tam h o rs t S i &c I P C . the stock , were . General Wm . rvin , Daniel Van p , eter tadnitski , hrist an credit given to soldiers , , receivable at the

S V a n E e h a n V olle n ho v e n in Leet , George Mead , General Walter tuart, g , Hendrick and same rate as gold and silver, arrearages of

C o z e no ve ' T e n c h R a n S c h im m e l a nn ink for J ohn Hoge , Theophilus , utger J p of the city of purchase money , due land , or lots sold , or N a e . G u . S Francis , John icholson , G , A Ashton , Amsterdam , Holland ; perhaps the oth r ﬁve to be sold , or conveyed by the tate . The

b in l d d in 1 8 C . R c u e : Aaron Burr, aptain E Denny , obert mem ers may be the stockholders act of April I st , 7 4 , section eighth , provides _ K itla nd K itlan d R P C “ re Bowen , J . , T . , obert Morris , of the opulation ompany . This company That no certiﬁcate of depreciation be N Po u . . c e ive d no t J udge James Willson , A Gibson , Van purchased , through the agency of said p from any person , who was at the

V o le n ho ve n P. S C S . . taphorst , J H , tadnitski lation ompany , under the act of assembly of time of issuing said certiﬁcate a citizen of 0 A I - P 9 C ENTENNI L EDI TI ON TR B UNE R E UBLI C A N.

S ” li h t 81 0 s e d s . the ate , The members of the Holland p , he sent out the warrant by particular expired Each of the parties had taken a C i S Land ompany , not being citizens of the messengers to the respect ve Deputy urvey step in the right direction , the one by settle

in o f an d P n S . a d tate , order to secure land under the act ors , contracted with Wm ower ment and improvement , and with a credit of

1 2 R 1 0 h u n April 3, 7 9 , would be required to pay Thomas eese to execute them in the districts , ten years to pay £7 shilling per one in d and 1 0 1 0 0 . £7 shillings per acres gol , silver , went out himself in the fall d red acres ; the other had paid for the land , P 1 2 N or ennsylvania bank currency , about $ 3 , This rush of business was owing to the fact , but had not settled or improved it . either

2 if in per 4 4 acres . Fortunately for them , there that the land companies were hurrying out could they , there had not been an I ndian

P an d were citizens of ennsylvania . who composed their warrants in order to have priority of the country , they knew it . Their only

P C wh o n the majority of the opulation ompany , date , as the holder of a warrant had two years alternative was to fall back o the proviso in

th rd 1 2 well knew how to secure land warrants at a to make the ﬁrst settlement and improvement . the 9 section of the act of April 3 , 79 ,

‘ a n d 8 A C R E S ! in nominal price , had already secured 4 3, and cry , I ndian hostilities which those T e n o w in 1 d o ff in d o her are 7 95 , surveye 60 acres , for themselves being acres o n nd te re ste d . I 3 nati la s , say did most effectually The ndians R o o in eservati ns , acres each at Venang in N P n n l acres more of land , than there are Erie e s va W W fo d a n d E ri c of the six nations orthwestern y arren , ater r T h a s b d a nd county . here een surveye warrants nia had acted in good faith since the treaty issued fo r t he tw o c o m p anies o f 1 8 1 8 These gentlemen, furnished th e Holland of 7 4 and 7 5 , to the ﬁnal defeat of the ‘ M n a n g e o f d c n o ( o m a n 1 1 62 aki g a g r g ate lan that an t in 1 o n p y with warrants for tracts of western tribes by Gen . Wayne , 794 , be oc cup ied by a settler o n t h e term s o f a c t o f m b o f 0 6 c . 4 3 acres each , and allowance of per ent the Asse l y Ap ril 3, the Maumee . While Gen . Wayne was bring i . U for roads , etc The early settlers who had came out prior ing the I ndi ans under subject on , the nited - W . S Judge Jas illson , of tates government had raised

P ho an m e n to hiladel phia , w received army of the money paid hy the agents compel some S cotch - I rish C Pi of the Holland ompany , farmers below ttsburg to

‘ o f for their lands , was a stock pay an excise tax four holder in the Population cents per gallon o n the

' h i C n T he o e l s C . ompa y . p oze whisky they manufactured n ove was one of the manag Perhaps if the tax had been

P o m ers of the opulation C called by any other name , it

oh pany , and at the same time would not have been so

io n a bl 1 C o m e c t e . I n agent of the Holland j 793, the

R e v olu pany , and continued to act news of the French P in that capacity until 1 7 99 . tion created a panic in hil I t he w Gen . Wm . rvin , who direct adelphia , and yello ed the donation surveys , and fever ravages spread desola

o f d te rro r in well knew the location tion an ; and fact , the best lands in the north fe w sections of country in the _ S S western corner of the tate , tate presented a more peace was also a manager of the ful aspect than N orthwestern

P . Population C ompany . Tench ennsylvania I n the sur

th e ten Francis , agent for interests veys made of dis

’ P tric ts in of Wm . enn s heirs at Fort of Donation Lands

P a n d 1 8 itt , was cashier , John 7 5 , the western and north

N n e rn S icholso , who purchased lines of the tate , and large quantities of the de the companies ’ surveys dur

re c ia te d is u 1 2 - n o t p bills of credit , r g the years 79 3 4 5 ,

‘ b S a nd o ne o n e th e a r sued y the tate , a surveyor , or of p t of its most extensive land y , was killed or injured by

o w . . ners , was its president an I ndian I t is perhaps

John Adlum , an old sur true that a half dozen of v e o r in , testiﬁed in the case of white men were killed y COL . J . FOR D D OR R A N C E . v C ommonwealth s . Tench private altercations, and per

C in S C “ 1 2 a nd 0 0 I oxe , the upreme ourt mandamus case to 7 9 , taken possession of 4 acres of haps a greater number of ndians ; but these

in 1 80 1 . March , That he sold to the late Jas land , were secure from the covetous grasp of violations of the peace could not be attributed th e U S Willson , Esq . , part of the locations which the monopoly . to the public enemy of nited tates under

O t . Holland Land C ompany afterward purchased , hers who came subsequent to that time , the proviso

in C in I n situate Allegheny ounty , and , the latter including the patriots who had driven the The question then was , had the warrant S 1 m o f part o f August, or ﬁrst of eptember , 793. he dians fro the frontier , with the intention and holders secured a title to this vast body

C o z e no ve a n d was informed by Mr . that the war expectation of securing homes under the pro land , without settlement improvement , as

in 1 ? rants were paid for ; that December , 793, vision of the act of Assembly , found to their the law required They argued that they ’ ’ ~ S and f he went to the urveyor General s ofﬁce , g reat disappointment, that the companies sur had been prevented rom doing so by the

ve o rs a th e U S directed the warrants to be sent to the several y had preceded them , and little v luable enemies of nited tates , thereby shelter

S . . Deputy urveyors , according to their districts land could be found open for settlement ing their claims under the proviso of the ninth o f There was so much business in the ofﬁce , that The question then was , how the company section of the act assembly of April 3,

b 1 2. he could not get his done during the winter , could hold this large ody of land without 79 w I n 1 80 0 teSt and in the spring follo ing , he employed Mr . complying with the law requiring settlement a case was agreed upon to se

S a nd in 1 2 . o f S C Parker , with the permission of the urveyor improvement each tract of 4 acres cure the opinion the upreme ourt of

u m in fﬁ S P in C General , as he was a clerk the o ce , ome few settlers took possession of land that ennsylvania the case of the ommon S th e . C . P to do the writing part . had been surveyed but not settled , two wealth vs Tench oxe resent , hippen , 1 C S I n April , 7 94, this business being aecom years from the date of the warrant having hief Justice , Yeates and mith , Justice C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE - R EP UBLI C A N 9 1

This was directing the secretary of the land stated case , but the court says By persist f o ﬁce to show cause why a mandamus should ing , he (the plaintiff) has become an . actual

a not be awarded , commanding him to prepare settler , and the part of the proviso which p ” a nd C . deliver patents to the Holland ompany, plies to actual settlers protects him This ' T H E S OR O T H E LI E OF J OS E PH o ne T Y F F for various tracts of land , for which warrants opinion was just the opposite of the in the D I C S O‘N R OM T H E C R A D L E r i n . n had p eviously been issued their favor , case of Balfour vs Meade , and required o K , F

1 2 o n - e r under the act of April 3, 79 ( the settlement by the warrant holders , if they p T O T H E G R A VE . A t strength of prevention certiﬁcates) . The sisted in being scared by I ndians ; although

M c K e a n . a n ru n — torney General ( ) , M . Levi , W if actual settler was willing to all risk L ife in t h e I n fan t S e ttle m en t H ard ship s C no w fo r a nd P — Tilghman and ooper showed cause of danger from that quarter , settle on a of the E arly ion eer s I nd ia n A t an l h tract of land , he was called intruder . I f — — d . T i B A S ischarge of the rule , and Lewis E g ' t ack s o a tin g oldier in n o 1 I m he could do better than accept of 0 0 — man , ngersoll and Dallas argued for aking th e W a r of 1 8 1 2 H is S u r acres of land for completing the title of 4 24 at it absolute . After able arguments by the t L to t h e acres for the company , hey called it a gra re nder at a s t to rne s S t tu it in s e c u r G m y , Judge hippen , af er reciting the y to the settler , when he was fact ri D e stroyer . proviso in the ninth section of the act of April ing their right to a patent for the same , and “ increasing the value of the balance of the 1 2 : 3, 79 , says Here , besides that the gram N 1 0 Joseph Dickson died at his home on orth tract at least 0, per cent , as they proposed m a ti a l c Pa . d 1 888 construction of referring the word street , in Meadville , , April , , at to sell the remainder of. a tract settled on for 3 ‘ ’ . a d va nd e d 8 1 persist to the last antecedent , is best per acre the age of 9 years , month and s we re d a 2 1 n ; the sense of it is only p days . Havi g been a resident plicable to settlements begun , and of Meadville a n d vicinity ninety

. not to the condition of the grantees four years , nearly the entire cen s e n There are two members of the tury , and having been intimately tence , one relative to the grantee acquainted with all the ﬁrst settlers , who never began a settlement pro it makes his life a n d recollections

e r in p . The act says either case ; of great interest at the presen t that is , if the grantees are p revented time . from making their settlements , or He was the father of eight sons

a nd if the settlers are driven away , and ﬁve daughters , twelve of whom

a nd persist in their endeavors to com lived to manhood womanhood . lete p their settlements , in either case , The twelve children were alive at

” ’ . they shall be entitled to the land the mother s death , which occurred “ d : M arc h z ib 1 862 The Ju ge continues I f the set 7 , . At the time of tle m en ts were not made within that death he had six children , sixteen

. the re aso n a - time , owing to force of grandch ildren an d twenty three ble dread of the enemies of the great grandchildren his children U S ~ . B o m t nited tates , and it was evident Mrs E . . C s 0 c k and Joseph i H . W that the part es had used their best , . G . . R of Meadville , Mrs eady ,

f P n O . a d endeavors to e ect a settlement ; of ainesville , , Mary M . ,

x d . S . a n . in then , by the e press words of the Arch Jane A Dickson ,

o f in law , the residence of the improv mates the home which their

‘ e arS a fte rw a rd s ers for ﬁve y , was aged parent for so many years e n

an d o a n d o expressly dispensed with , their joyed the s ciety of young ld . a title to the l nds was complete , and Mr . Dickson united with the

. P 1 822 patents might issue accordingly resbyterian church in , a nd

S ru lin e ld e r ﬁft - Judges Yeates and mith disagreed was a g for y six years . with the above opinion an d decided When nearing his 90 th birthday it that improvement and residence for was decided at a church meeting ﬁve years was indispensable to that the event should be duly cele

. C bra te d acquiring a title By the ourt M A J OR CH A R LE S E . R I CH M ON D . at the church . A sketch of

e . R v Let the rule be discharg d his life , prepared and read by e . R . in C . . o n o The land disputes between the warrant John eynolds , Esq , says , rawford T D Logan that occasion , part f which a nd i C ounty History The [and disputes were holders the actual settlers were carr ed is here introduced , the information having r ; P very injurious to the prosperity of the count y ’ before the Board of roperty , thence before been obtained from the venerable man s ow n and retarded its settlement many years . Men the Legislature , but too late .to secure relief . who had made large improvements abandoned lips t “ “ The cour s were called upon for a legal all and went to what was known as the new Mr . Joseph Dickson came to Meadville at ” - ’ S . : O . n fav I n e t a l n tate , viz hio A public prejudice u opinion . the case of Balfour agai st a very early age . With the exception of c x rable to this region operated e tensively , pre a nd George Meade , ejectment for four tracts of about a year a half he had been a resi venting immigration , while the contiguous h an d P land whic plaintiff had surveyed , upon parts of O hio and N e w York were ﬁlled with dent of this city or its vicinity . rior to the ” in an ll R which he had partly completed cabins industrious and inte igent population . War of the evolution the entire region north N w d 1 an d o . O a n 7 93, which were taken possession of by , Mr Editor , thanking you for your of the hio river west of the Allegheny

M in 1 polite invitation to contribute something to a dis u te d eade 794 , Judge Washington charged was p territory , claimed by both _ 1 1 your mammoth centennial paper of May , ind is e n ; that settlement and residence were p 1 888 French and English and after the French , relating to earlier ti mes , I leave to s rble i n . i securing title Meade being in more able historians to Show the great ad had been driven out , the occupat on was still in N P possession , jury found verdict for defendant . vances made orthwestern ennsylvania disputed by the savages . As a consequence in a g riculture , manufactures , commerce and H u id e k o e r . in f w I n the case of p vs Douglass , of these conflicts , the settlements were e , education , as well as the means within reach the U nited States C ircuit C ourt for Pe n nsyl of the people for securing the necessary com previous to the last decade of the eighteenth 80 1 1 . 8 vania , February term , 5 , the defendant forts O f life since the times of which I have century About the year 7 7 the first set tle rs was in possession , as was Meade in the above written , during the first years of this century . found their way to the valley of French 2 C I A D I I O R I - R P I A 9 ENTENN L E T N T B UNE E UBL C N.

o r it in 1 . I t r i creek , Venango river , as ought to be ville alone early 7 93 is not known how and children were car ied to the shore . O w ng _ called , but did not make any settlement until he made his way hither . He remained all sum to the rapid current the men could not stand

' w O w a nd in the follo ing year . ing to the hostile atti mer and raised some corn potatoes , either the water , till at length one of them se

I n f I o . tude of the ndians , they were soon compelled on the sland or the Vallonia ﬂats These cured a oot hold and held the polls as a rail 1 0 to leave , but they returned in 79 , deter he stored for the use of his family the next ing for the others . Mr . Dickson remembers

s m d . in P . ined to remain at all hazar For their season , and returned the fall to ittsburg being carried ashore on the back of one of

- N 1 m e n protection they built a block house and stock ext spring , 7 94 , as soon as the river was the , who said to him as he clung about

’ ’ o n “ w ade near the bank of the creek , land now safe for navigation , which was some time in his neck , if you don t hold on I ll thro ” F a rlan d the n M c . o occupied by James E . , on Water April , family was placed in a small keel you into the river The family remained

in N . street, near the corner of orth street The boat, which they were to ascend the Alle the bank of the river nearly a week before

h e n a n d town was laid out at an early date , and set g y , as far as Franklin , thence by way another boat came along, on board of which tle rs a f I n began to arrive but it w s not till a ter of French C reek to Meadville . crossing they were taken . At Franklin they obtained P the defeat of the I ndians by General Wayne , ittsburg to take the boat they passed through supplies in place of those which had been

1 w as in 7 94 , that a peaceable settlement the woods where now is the most densely lost , and during the second week in May they

I t d u rin this . . found possible . was g period of populated portion of the city reached their destination They at once

f . . a nd . danger that the ather of Mr Dickson , with They brought with them furniture found shelter in the block house Mr Dick ’ t his family , came to Meadville . utensils adapted to frontier life . Among other son s recollection of his block house is that

“ lo James Dickson was born near Dumfries , it was a small g structure built square and

- S in 1 . i . I n 1 cotland , 7 5 4 He was married Decem but one story h gh 795 a new block

1 2 1 2 v a s 8 b R e . W ber th 7 to Barbra Brown y John house constructed of hewn logs , at a short r w in . re E art . Having taken a lively interest the distance f om the fort This building is

ru b st ggles of the Am erican colonies for inde membered by many of our older citizens , u t

e nd en c e p , he determined to make his home it must not be confounded with the ﬁrst block in n e w 1 8 . the world . I n the fall of 7 5 he house Around this there was a stockade , ’ P e n landed at hiladelphia with his wife and two considerably higher than a man s head ,

n a n a n . children . They had been eight weeks o the closing area of about half acre Within

R s ocean . emaining but a short time in Phila the inclosure General Mead had two log house P delphia , the family went west as far as itts under the same roof, with a covered passage

I t . burg . was the intention of Mr . Dickson between them The Dickson family remained

e in . to tak e up land at once , but the uns ttled the block house all that summer

CA PT . W . B . BEST .

- things there was a hand mill , which was used for several years by the entire popa la

tion of Meadville . Mr . Dick son distinctly remembers seeing this mill fastened to a post in front of his father’ s

house , on Water street . The balance wheel was made heavier by means o f four C annon balls placed on oppo

site sides , and connected

a c u ir by iron rods . After it q M I T A M . LE S W . T E , E sq. H ON . H . J . H U ES ed considerable momentum , 1 state of the frontier made it imprudent to do the weight o f these balls kept the mill in motion During the year 794 , William Dick , Wil

i R a this , and accordingly he remained in or about without much effort on the part of the grinder . liam G ll , Thomas y , William Jones ,

P R a ll e a ittsburg for several years . Three children About a bushel of corn could be ground in an Thomas y and others , some of them

i f o f it . were born wh le there , and three a ter their hour by a strong man . This mill , or a part , with their families , arrived at the settlement

M e an ville I n R V a n . R . removal to all there was a is now in possession of A . B . ichmond , Esq The Meads , andolphs , Hornes , Lords , O n family of eight children . Joseph Dickson The voyage up the river was long and tire and a few others had arrived previously .

‘ h n o . bO rn h ad to 1 0 t a c was the fourth child He was February some , as the boat be poled by men the the of August of this year event

1 2 1 0 M o no n a , 7 9 , on the south side of the g entire distance . When they reached a point curred which will cause the name of James

P . P hela river , opposite ittsburg The place near the present town of arker they met Dickson always to be associated with the early ‘

ri I n o f . which was afterwards called Birmingham , is with a se o u s accident . polling up through history our city For some time there had

in . t an I . I t now included the city limits The family swif ly ﬂowing water , called in river language been rumors of ndian attack had

riﬂi a nd C o rn lante r I afterwards removed farther down the river , a e , the man at the bow lost his hold , been stated that the p ndians had

' S a w R u n and lived near the mouth of Mill . the boat swung around against a rock , being threatened to drive the settlers from French C Mr . Dickson can remember watching his nearly capsized . The current washed away reek , if they were not at once removed by

and . O n he . older brother push cakes of ice into this run some of their clothing , provisions other the government t day named Mr d h uring a freshet w ich occurred during the property . Dickson was walking out north of the town ~ in 1 . fﬁ spring of 7 94 James Dickson came to Mead I t was with great di culty that the mother with his gun in hand , for those days no one

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C n 2 o n a nd C . the corner of Water entre streets , corner of Liberty and hestnut streets , o the feet long and 56 feet wide I t had been owned by Mrs . S treit (and lately torn down) , site now occupied by the residence of James dug out of a pine log . With this canoe it was d t . O l o n was built about the same time . Bartholomew Davis . A the same time Mr taught possible to carry merchandize the creek in in . White kept a public house there 1 796. school a frame building near at hand when the water was too low for keel boats .

’ lo t I n 1 80 S amuel Lord s tavern was on the next , Between the schools there was considerable 9 the Mercer street bridge was built by

Mr. a n . now owned by John S ergeant . The town rivalry ; and on occasion , feeling aggrieved Kennedy The siding was brought from o n C reached along Water street nearly as far as at certain reﬂections cast upon him and his a mill onewango , being ﬂoated down the R n . . . the crossing of the ru below Dock street companions , Mr Dickson sent a challenge to river as far as Franklin obert and Joseph

“ no t in Mr . Dickson did have any recollection the other school in the shape of a problem Dickson , being then young men , went to

1 n . . e n of any other open streets previous to 796 . me suration I t was never answered The Franklin with a canoe and brought up t

in in in I n A ll other parts of the town were covered with scholars from the country came on foot thousand feet of lumber two trips. Aug 1 8 1 2 forest . There was a sugar grove where the the morning and returned in the evening , ex ust , , a similar trip was undertaken by ’ w o n Park m C . no a n residence of J . Limber stands cept during a short time when the creek was Joseph Dickson and a young whom he

m n . . avenue . Two e were shot by I ndians near impassable , when they boarded in town The employed to assist him The government was

1 O n e M c G u fﬁ n to w n . the mouth o f C onneaut in 794 . of road to then lay along the anxious to send some lead to Waterford to

o n Ij a them named Mc c ormick , had been a boarder creek the line of the canal . ike most of supply the rmy , but the water was too low ’ b at Dickson s , and the ody was brought to the the roads at that day , it was simply cut for ordinary boats , and there were no good

a n d . house for burial . through the woods without being graded roads Hearing of this , Mr . Dickson started “ 1 6 th I n the year 7 9 James Dick early one morning with e, c a s o n took u p two tracts of land noe and reached Franklin i n 0 of 4 0 acres each , on the west time to obtain the lead and start side of the creek about four on a return voyage before eve miles north of Meadville . At ning . He had neglected to take

a n that early day the place was y recommendation , and the

’ M c G u f fm s f i in called Falls , because o cer command at ﬁrst re

u fﬁn a man named M c G had fused to give them the lead . taken some levels with the ih Mr . Dickson was acquainted

. th e tention of building a mill dam with Marcus Hulings, father e There was , how ver , no darn or of the liberal benefactor of Alle m ill h e p C there till after a number of g y ollege but Mr . Hulings ’ years . Mr . Joseph Dickson s could not be found . At length

o ﬂi e r boyhood was spent on this farm . the c was satisﬁed from He attended a school kept by their appearance that the young

rrie m e n and Martha O , the grandmother were honest , gave of James Kilday , near his pres them a cargo . They had on e n t residence on the road be board over pounds of pig

’ ' tween Meadville and C oon s lead and two boxes of candles . I t C orners . The school house required three days to make afterward be c am e a part of the the tri p to Waterford . I n many family residence an d is still places the water was so shallow

in standing , though a dilapidated that it was necessary to carry a ‘ condition . The dist nce from the pigs of lead over the riﬂ e s

M c G u ﬂi n to w n a nd to the school then pole the empty boat . house is about two miles . Being They were paid two dollars a

in one of the younger children , Mr . hundred pounds for the lead

Dickson was sent to make up Waterford , and they certainly the time lost by those who were earned their money . older, so that his early school Mr . Dickson was also a sol 1 1 2 ing amounted to but two months E . W . M c A R T H U R . dier in the war of 8 . He

i - n . I n P o o f M d 1 886 . each of two winters this stmaster ea ville , g o had been enrolled in the militia time he had learned to read , at an early age , but was not called

. o n a 2d 1 8 1 . and had read entire the new testament , which it was at times impassable , except horse into service until J nuary , 3 At that time

O o n . i was the principal text book . ther books back or foot it was found that the Br tish would cross the lake

’ 1 8 1 1 . R P and were very scarce , but every family had a I n Mr eynold s school was held in on the ice from Long oint burn the war d a n in . bible , as a consequence the minds of the the building now occupied as the Barr House , vessels the harbor at Erie A general call

- young were well stored with moral and on Water street . This was the year of the having been issued for all able bodied men , I t I t . . C religious truth is no doubt owing to this earthquake occurred just before the open Mr . Dickson went to Erie with aptain I saac ’ d ’ D l an . early training that Mr . ickson s recollection ing of the schoo , Alexander White Mr Mason s company , of which he was orderly

i n e in . C of scripture was so clear even his old age . Dickson being the only p rsons the room sergeant . They were quartered in the ourt

o f During his boyhood he attended several other There was a very perceptible motion of the House , and did not suffer from the severity

. . O n e schools in the neighborhood ﬂoor , like waving water The shock lasted the weather . night it was reported that R n . . Joseph Anders taught two winters o the but a few seconds When Mr eynolds the British were within ﬁfteen miles of Erie ,

a n d in Dickson farm , and Abram Jones taught one or came in he tied a string at the ceiling and the command was mustered the public

M o rd c a i a nd two winters . Thompson taught on the fastening a chip at the end , made a pendulum square ; but the alarm proved to be false ,

R a I n 8 1 0 4 I . 1 arte rs S y farm he attended a school by which they might detect the slightest they returned to their qu s . hortly after

in n o t . of a higher grade Meadville , taught by vibration ; but the shock was repeated this all danger of a British attack was over ,

R . u e . John ynolds During the ﬁrst winter , the Living so near the water , Mr Dickson took and the militia were allowed to ret rn to their

80 - o n . in school was held in a brick building the to it naturally He owned a canoe about homes . They were service thirty seven C E I A I I O R I - R P I A ENT NN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 9 5

I n 1 8 1 O n o th days . the year 5 James Dickson and the occasion of his g birthday recep Woods , of West Virginia , in congratulating his son began the construction of a mill . A ti on he was called upon and in a few words him o n reaching ninety - ﬁfth mile stone o n ’ - o f fo r race was dug about three quarters a mile thanked those present the high compli life s journey , says “ in . H e [ 0 a length , and the water was taken from the ment paid him spoke of the incidents Born in 7 9 . You h ve lived through creek a short distance below the mouth of the connected with their moving from this place the most eventful peri od of the world ’ s his W ’ . O M c G u ﬂi n s . O U oodcock wing to the great length of this to their farm at Fall , and said the tory lder than any of the nited S tates ,

f o ld thirte e n race and other di ficulties in the way , the mill home to which he went was not a palace , but except the colonies , you have seen _ w a s till 1 8 1 . m not put into operation 9 a log cabin , the ceiling was the roof, the floor their population increase , fro less than four A l ' though they were hard workers , the was the ground , the carpet was the huckle to more than fifty millions , (at the time of his

‘ young men in those days had their good berry bushes , and the windows were greased death a nd the borders of civiliza ’

N e w . a n d times . Their manner of making Year s paper As soon as the logs could be cut tion move from the western line of Pe nnsy l ’ 1 2 . in . P calls is worth remembering At o clock hewn , a floor was made the cabin The vania to the shores of the acific O cean . midnight a party of young men would start first visitor they had was a huge wolf which You have lived through every administration ’ a n d a n I a nd U out with their guns salute all the young they took to be ndian s dog, were of the government of the nited States , from N . o d women of the neighborhood matter afraid to kill it for fear th e I ndians woul do that of General Washington . You remember what might be the hour of the night which them some injury . He also spoke of their every Presidential election from that of th e i they arr ved , t h e y elder Adams ; an d were invited in and voted at every such feasted with ginger election from that of

. . h bread and cider Mr Madison , down to t at Dickson was married of President C leve to Mary Frazier , Aug land !

R e v I 1 8 1 8 . ust 3, , by You were 22 years S a m Timothy Alden . of age when C ongress uel Kirkpatrick was declared war against groomsman . T h e Great Britain in na m e of the brides You are older than maid was not remem the great French R e v

. bered The wedding o lu tio n . You have

ris e th e took place on Thurs seen the , glory a h day , the ouse of and the ruin of the ’ the bride s parents . ﬁrst and the second

O n e m ires u nd e r Friday there was French p ,

- a n in fair a t M r . the ﬁrst and third ’ ’ N Dickson s f a t h e r s apoleons . During

a nd house , the follow your lifetime nearly S ing abbath the new every kingdom , dyn l - n y married c o p l e asty , principality and made their appear power in Europe has o ance at meeting in been rev lutionized , S Meadville . ervice subverted and recon was then held in the structed ; the rights

' C H o u s e wli ic h n ourt , a d powers of kings occupied the site of a n d potentates t e

o ﬂi c e s tric te d the law of Has and limited ,

a nd c kins Mc lintock . a nd the rights and lib T h e ail i j , built of hewn e rt es of its subjects

a n d logs , was below enlarged,established

- the court room on the and secured . Y o u S second story . teps have witnessed the o n the outside led to rise , progress a n d de G EN E R A L J A M ES A . B EA VE R . the court- room with v e lo p m e n t o f t h e o G v e rn o r o f t h e C o mm o nw ealth o f P e nnsy lvania . in out passing through steam engine , its

. 0 the jail The room was about 3 feet square , troublesome neighbors , the bears ; and said application to manufactures , and modes of

. o n c o rn ﬁ e ld s and and the bar was fenced in by a high railing they were very destructive their , travel by the land by the water, over

. . an d r o f a nd Mr Dickson and his wife began house would car y the young pigs , unless the mountains , deserts , rivers , lakes keeping at once in a house near his mills , they had old hogs to protect them . I f a bear oceans , with a speed outstripping the winds ,

o n n o w th im a n d which were located the site occupied came in sight of the hogs , e old ones with such resistless force as laughs at ’

. . and s u n by Mr Fuller s paper mill The ﬁrst bridge mediately formed a circle , with heads out storms and winds waves . The ’ ' h M c G u ﬂi n s F alls u st an was uilt at j below the d the young inside , the circle , when they now paints the portraits of the friends we

in 1 8 1 . . no t . e mills by Mr Dickson 9 I t was after were thus protected , the bear would risk love The lightning carries our m ssages to

in a n a o f wards rebuilt a more substantial manner, ttack He gave an account of killing a the uttermost ends the earth with a speed

a M c F a d su n the timber being fr med by David huge black bear , one morning before break which outruns the in his daily journey ,

d e n . . I n fa st a n d I t was then adopted by the county , ~ named the many kinds of game , and by the telephone , while sitting in your 1 W C 0 . h connection with illiam Magaw , Joseph said t e early settlers did not prize deer meat chamber in Meadville , you converse as face

' C m - in P Dickson built a dam across the reek a short as highly as any do to day . to face with your friends ittsburg . When 2 1 distance above the mills , but shortly after he Living nearly a hundred years , he saw you became years of age , no railroad , sold out the water power and mills , and came changes more wonderful than any we read of steamboat , steam engine , locomotive or rail ”

i 8 8 . in in H o n . S . to Meadville in 3 any history before his day . amuel road car was existence The scientist , 6 C I A I I O R I - R P 9 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBLI C A N.

/ P philosopher or prophet , who had then dared family , and asked a blessing , until four days , . S R earse Mrs chuyler Van ensselaer , The o t . H n W m o . . R v dream of crossing the American continent before his death Windom , The e . Washington I n D or the Atlantic ocean in seven days , or of , . . . . I . L early manhood and middle age he was . Gladden , D , Bishop H W Warren , W m an i , D . conversing by telegraph th his friends in a of restless and untiring energy inured , Thomas Wentworth Higginson , Bishop P in a . . D . D London or aris , would have been regarded to all the hardships of life _ new country ; W W Mallalieu , D . , LL . . , Dr . Titus m e n a n w u C C . D . by the wise of that day as idle a man hose mind held him constantly above M nson oan , Bishop yrus D Foss , LL . , t S circumstances , and one whose s rength of . . P C dreamer or a lunatic ince that day we , E , . . Lewis Miller sq rof harles J Little , mind and body was constantly developed an d 0 5 Ph D have pierced the bowels the earth and . . , George Alfred Townsend , General augmented by his mental and physical labors . “ ” . . . S . Blair r . M s . the rocks have poured us out rivers of oil He was a true type of the founder of frontier A W Greeley , enator H W , ‘ ' H a n a nd a w a I c a n . e m . v . . . Far in the distant past , remem towns was a positive _ not , . did Mary A Livermore Dr J M Buckley , r hold opinions for the sake of w hat he could ber the day when the g ound was ﬁrst broken Frances E . Willard , Charles Barnard , Edward make o ut of them but on the stern simplicity in a D Me dville for the construction of the , , . . . of his nature was imprinted these twin ele Atkinson Lyman Abbott D , G Brown h ‘ t e . . . . R C C French creek feeder to Erie canal and ments indispensible in the formation of great Goode , Hon T B eed , larence ook ,

h I re a nd . a t en after long weary years of waiting , characters , heroism truth John Burroughs , W . T . Harris , Julia W rd

’ o t S member running with all my speed to the Howe , Maurice Thompson , enator A . H . ” C T H E CH A U T A U U A N . C C anal bridge over Arch street , to see your Q olquitt , Joseph ook , General C linton B .

. . C P canal boat , the ﬁrst boat that ever came Fisk , H W Mabie , Bishop H . . otter , The Gro w th a n d P re s en t C on dition of a P ! R i . . S . through from ittsburg to Meadville How Bishop E Hendr x , Bishop M . Merrill , G re at P u bli s hin g H o u s e ! S . . I H a l bright the world was then What a grand enator ngalls , Edward Everett e . in M e a d v ill J J sight that old dingy canal boat was to the While devote d to the interests of the C hau

I S 1 880 th e S c denizens of Meadville What golden visions ince Meadville has been head tanqua Literary and cientiﬁc ourse , a nd

o f - of commercial prosperity , delighted their quarters one of the leading magazines of publishing one half of all the reading of that

’ ‘ T H E C H A U I A U QU A N B U I LD I N G .

! T fi e Clza u ta u u a n f h opeful imaginations How sweet to my the country , q , the official course , it also contains ull and rich literary boyish ears was the music of the “ mellow organ of the C hautauqua Literary a nd S c ie n and editorial departments devoted to topics of ” ifi t c C . . h orn of that old boat . as it proudly plowed ircle This magazine , now ih the eighth the times ‘ o f u 7 71: ( Iza u ta u u a n its way , at the rate five miles an hour , vol me , has a circulation of about sixty thou q is owned and edited by

a n d . . . through the water , settled safely in its sand monthly copies I t goes into every state Dr T L Flood (of whom a sketch is given

D r C . . dock , where like some old tired horse , it was and territory of the union , to anada , to all on another page of this issue) Flood

! n S securely tied to a dilapidated fence post the cou tries of Europe , to outh Africa , brought this magazine to Meadville because

i e n C C Few of the beloved forms jt instinct I ndia , hina , Japan , the Hawaiian I slands , of the nearness of the town to hautauqua

' n o w C P N e w with l i fe and joy remain to greet you , as C eylon , hili , Turkey in Asia , ersia , Mexico , Lake , its central position between York

’ o u — S N e w S N e w C P f a nd y near the end of life s journey , for Bermuda , iam , Zealand , yria , and hicago , and ittsburg and Bu alo , T /ze C/za u F o u nd la n d . The mossy marbles rest , , Burmah and Bolivia the existence here in the colleges of unusual

O n - the lips that you have pressed t a u u a n l . q is a high class literary magazine , and y ﬁne library privileges A trial of six years m I n their bloo , numbers among its regular contributors such has convinced him that he made no mistake And the names you loved to hear ,

C . . D . in of Have been carved for many a year writers as hancellor J H Vincent , LL , his selection a location for his publish ” R in 1 886 E . . S . P R . S . C C . . . n . . O the tomb Dr Fred ollock , F , F ing interests , and the spring of , more

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E . c O During Mr . Dickson s long life , he was . , Dr Henry Mc ook , live Thorne Miller , extensive facilities for producing the magazine R id in ne w B o e se n . . e P . . . never conﬁned to bed an entire week by rof H H y , Wm H g , being imperative , he began the building

P so T ﬁ e C/za u ta u u a n . sickness or accident . He attended church George arsons Lathrop , Eugene Lawrence , well known as g block D P n m P P S . . I t o 1 886 . . . . regularly until May , Being feeble the rof W G umner , LL , James arton , is situated the co er of ark avenue P R . D . . . . a nd C . past two years , he seldom went from home , ichard T . Ely . LL , Dr F . A Barnard , enter street The architect of the A a nd e n P . D . . . . S but was able to walk about the house , George ark Fisher , LL , Bishop J F building was Mr Jacob nyder , of kron ,

D . D . R e v . G u O . I t u joy company . He came to the table with the Hurst , D . ,, LL , The Mark y hio is a brick str cture , one hundred

N A I R I - P 9 8 C ENTE NI L ED TI ON T B UNE R E UBLI C A N .

. N o t . past that we wish to ﬁnd fault with along our public streets and highways Ar most delightful beauties . The railroads abroad ” fo r u what has been done , we and our ancestors bor day will soon be at hand , and would and some in our own co ntry , take pride in

fo r have done what we could , and that is eulogy it not be well us to pay more attention having their g rounds adorned with splendid ’ in enough for anybody . than we have hitherto done to our Governor s beds of ﬂowers . Each college the city m announcement of that day . Let every school ight have its campus a miracle of beauty . in I . We know how much we are struck ll in o n e . a child set out at least shrub or tree Let We waste time enough idle reverie , or visiting some villages and cities in our coun

each householder contribute so much toward social gossip , or foolish amusements , to turn o f try by the general aspect neatness of streets , making our city more beautiful . our city into the paradise of the S tate and door yards , squares , and public parks , while country . in other cases there is a general air of neglect 5 . The public health demands more atten

8 . . and unneatness . The public walks may look tion than we give to it . I nstances of severe . We have hinted at some of the most ob

a nd f i shabby neglected , re use matter lying sickness are constantly occurring by want of vions improvements which we might cult vate ' slo v e lin e ss in a nd th e n e w on about, and a common air of attention to this duty , violations of sani in era which we are about to

d . n ila i ra i s e w e ra e ve t t o n . I C buil ings and grounds Meadville has some tary laws in g , and tempe enter nto the holier dut es of a pure hris

an d i model streets neat dwellings , but there ture of publ c buildings , shops, factories , and tian civilization we have not proposed now to i s t N o be n e fa c o n an oppor unity for great changes for the private homes . more important venture , but have chieﬂy dwelt the ex

’ in . I n better this respect I t is a citizen s duty to tor exists than the health ofﬁ c e r. He ought some of our towns great attention is paid

’ o w n a nd clean up his premises , and make them to be encouraged sustained in all wise . to these graceful ornamentations of nature s

rna l look as tasteful as possi te s of our town life . ble . A word to the wise T h e teachers of o u r is enough . children , the professors

2 institu . . We should do a o f o u r higher g ood thing as a people , tions , and the ministers if we could enter on the of religion will doubtless new century with our have something to say o n

Public Library made e n these higher themes . We

ir t e ly free . This is the could wish our public m ovement which is now journals might use more making all over the coun courtesy one to another , try , to establish libraries and be less devoted to open to the whole peo~ sensati onal events and ple . I t is the logical methods . We could wish completion of our free that the members of the school system . The max different churches felt the im : is true who reads , duty of charity to one rules . We have already another . The habits of a n excellent library , but profanity , slang , quarrel

so m e n e ss - in d u l even the small fee for , the self tickets may deter many gence of drinking an d from its use . Let it be smoking , the idle sports

all made free to , rich or which cultivate habits of lo a ﬁ n poor , by city appropria dissipation and g in t ion in conjunction with young men , need reform arrangement with t h e ation . But we see no

Library Association . way for a better future in

3. We have many good these respects except the S l aws , statutes of the tate awakening of a nobler a n d m a nh o o d w hic h city ordinances , but spirit of , unfortunately m a n y o f will drive out these lesser them are not carried into evil spirits . Let each f “ D D D . D . , effect . This is especially R ES I E N C E O F T H EOD OR E L . FLOO , one ask himsel What the case with the regula~ c an I do to make Mead

in te m e ra n c e am blin a nd e ﬂi c ie nt . tions to restrict p , g g , the measures Meadville requires a ville a better city , more worthy of its noble S a nd ? social evil , profaneness , unday violations , vigorous reform in some of its streets past , more worthy of its grander future

d e o f its a nd . e s a n rioting Many towns and cities have alleys , the s cond century , existence d lish e d ff a n . tab , with good e ect , law order is a good time to begin it T H E U N I ON D E A D . t leagues a nd societies . We believe the ime P 6 . laces where man and beast can quench ’ has come when something of this kind would L of O u r C ou n try s D efende rs their thirst should be multiplied on our streets . A i st in do great good our city . The friends of The town pump has a classic an d historical W ho s e D u s t L ies in G r e en da le

good morals must be a majority in a city of . fame C old water is the elixir of life . Foun m C e ete ry . courts , colleges , schools , and churches , and tains in our public squares are the most grace they only need to combine their forces to ful of all ornaments . I n the hot. summer day 6 th Pa . C o . i S . . . Bell , Mathias , H , 9 D M make Meadville a model town in this respect . the thirsty horse or dog should have ready a c C o . C 1 0 th Pa . . Bredin , John , capt . , 5 Vols But at present they do not act as a unit , or cess to places where they can drink and be H C o . 1 Pa . Brinker , W . . , K , 34th . Vols combine their forces in a solid phalanx to be satisﬁed . Temperance coffee houses , too , h . E . C o . 1 1 0 t O Brown , George , E , hio Vols a terror to evil - doers and a praise to them might supplant with advantage the saloons . h Pa C o . 1 0 t . Bo slo u h S . . g , Melville , corp H , 5 that do well . in 7 . Beds of ﬂowers are needed our squares Vols .

d v a n C a . A th Pa . S . C o . 4 . There is still a deﬁciency of shade trees and parks , around our railroad depots . C hambers , amuel , K , s C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 99

Pa R . . i . . H i h a C S . C o . o t P . . hurch , Dr William , surg I 4 st Vols obinson , George , , 7 Vols to _ vocation he followed chieﬂy until he came

M . C i s t . . R E C o I 1 1 th Pa C . . . rocker, James , Battery , Wis Vols obbins , Luman , , I Vols this county , where after constructing canal

th P. R . . C . S R K hin . . o B l o th I n ft . C u s C . . , Edward , drum corps, 9 V ample , , , Wis boats for a short period , he withdrew from

C o . 2d Pa . C av . S V 2 d U S . av . . . . C . Davis , William , I , elden , George D , lieut . active life He remembered seeing the British h . 6 t a . . P . . S e ll w W . o . 1 0 th Pa e C . Durant, Henry J , asst surg s Vols , William , H , 5 troops when they burned the American ship

E C o . 1 0 th Pa . V . a t Pe ttibau C . Dickson , William , H , 5 ols Vols . ping g (now Essex) , onnecticut

B . d Pa . . S R C . 1 C o . th P. . . 8 2 a nd Eastman , Gilbert , Battery M , 3 Art eymour, Wallace , F, 9 V He died in February , 5 , was buried

2d . C av C o . . S 1 . I nft U . S . Ellis , John , B , Mich wartout , Henry , major , 7 th beside his wife in Blooming Valley cemetary , th S . . 8 O . . Sw a rtou R C o . 2 1 1 th Pa . . h Eagleson , J , adjt 7 hio Vols obert , A , Vols as were also his parents and ot er members

R . C o . 1 th Pa S . . 1 1 1 th Pa . . Emerick , amuel , F, 99 Vols Thompson , Alex , Q . M . Vols . of the family h a B . C o . C 1 0 t P . . . C o i th Pa . I n 1 82 R B . C Fay , John , capt , 5 Vols Warnock , . , . G , 45 Vols . June , 5 , I ra . Waid married Eliza

C o E 1 l i th Pa . . P . i l i Pa . W P D . . C , , . . . Finney , Horace _ Vols illiams , rofessor L , chap th beth Morehead of Farmington , onnecticut

R e v . . 8 d Pa . . R Flower, Josiah , chap 3 Vols Vols . To them were born four children , viz; obert th P R D . C o . . . . C . R N d L . . n P. an . . C o . 22 . d (T. Frazier , Joseph , F, 9 V Williamson , George , capt A , Wis , George , Frankli Francis , th N T . C o . . . . Gail , James , H , 44 Y Vols Vols . boys seeming to predominate in the Waid

he r C C o . 1 0 th Pa l G o lla . C . S N C . g , harles , H , 5 Vo s Wilson , James , hip orth arolina , U . family His residence was for many years l h “ ’ ” H . o . o t N . C . av C . G S N . rimes , John , H Y . known as the Drover s Home , it being th e

. H . C o . th P la . R . P W o t a . c e fo r . C C . . . . Grimes , William H , F, 9 V Wilson , George , K , ‘ ooth Vols reg ular stopping p drovers , summer h P C o . 1 0 t a . Haas, Joseph , H , 5 and winter ; as many as three

Vols . drove of cattle have been seen

h P R . t . C o . Haas , Daniel , F , 9 there at one time , under charge

C . m e n . V . of fourteen A drove of 60 0 oth W . Haak , John . , asst . surg 4 from Texas was the largest that

N . . . . Y Vols ever passed that way .

- C o . - Hastings , William , sergt F, Mr . Waid was kind hearted

th Pa . . 9 Vols and generous , not only among W 8 C o . Hathaway , E . . , F, 5 th his kindred , but to everyone ,

Pa . . Militia and especially to the poor, to Pa C o . 1 0 th . in Hope , James , B , 5 whom he was a true friend

in Vols . sickness , and the darkest R C o . th P. . Hope , Samuel , F, 9 hours of life his willing heart

a n d V . C . hand have often helped to 2 h H u id e k o e r . . t . 5 0 0 p , H J , major , 9 supply their wants His ,

C . i S C . . n U . . T Francis Waid , speaking I C o “ R . . : . I Kennedy , T . , lieut F of him , has said When look

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R C . 9th P. . V . at my father s pasi history for

R e v . R . Koehler , obert , chap some good quality or rule of

c a n ﬁnd . 1 0 8th O hio Vols . action , I always it

B 2 1 1 th Pa . Lee , E . . , major Blessed is the memory of the

t. Vols . j us While they have gone to h O C o . t fi Lykins , David , F , s hio their reward , we are left to ll

av in life a n d C . our mission , we gather

V . C o . all . M c C , James , capt K , much from the lives of good

i 4th Wis . Vols . men who have gone before .

h Pa M c C a ll C o . 1 0 t . , Levi , K , 5 My father treated all his chil

. no Vols . dren alike There was par

M c C a ll S C o . 1 0 th tia lit t , amuel , K , 5 y shown , he being par ien P a . Vols . lar to do just as much for one

D . so n rm ic k . C 0 . I M c C o , George , K , as the other ndeed , I used I R A C . WA I D .

1 0 th Pa . . 5 Vols to think he was too particular , d S . . S . C o . 2 U . 8 . . . U . F a rland . M c , John , lieut com White , W , B , Eng but I do not now , for I see the justice of it d D . C o . 2 2d U S . I . a n n . o Metcalf, L . H Ellsworth Zouaves York , Theron , A , . uft revere his memory the more account ” Pa . N t th . . o H . C o . 1 1 1 , E, of it only the community in which he Mitchell , William Vols

M c K e an l oth P. R . . C . Bio r h f I r i . , Thomas , musician , V g ap y o a C . Wa d lived , but the world at large , is the better ra 1 1 8 1 in m e n in n S N . I C . 0 a d R e v . U . . M c L e o , . Alex . , chap Waid was born August 5 , , for such having lived it , setting

ﬁ n in C o 8th Pa . . L ith e ld C a d . M c M u ll . . , John , sergt F, s Militia county , onnecticut , died Janu example for those who come after N 2 1 8 1 W . . S U . S . Moe , H . . , hip I ronsides , ary 7 , 7 He came to Meadville with

m . S U S . S a n . C o . . B i o r h f r n i i Moore , Mrs Hannah , Jared hattuck when he was ﬁfteen years of g ap y o F a c s C . W a d . — in 2 Pa . d . Morris , Levi B Battery B , Art age , driving a four horse team the entire dis We have , the gentleman whose name

’ d Pa av . r D a n iel C o . I 2 . C O , Elijah , , tance , it taking them six weeks to make the heads this biog aphical sketch , an example of h R C ’ P i t P. . . . atterson , C harles , 3 V , I st journey ; his father s family followed him the what can be accomplished by steady industry , s f Bucktails . next spring . He worked nearly four year for persevering e ort and a resolute working for C an d h a v . . R t U . S . C . S P . . . orter , David , lieut 4 Mr hattuck , after coming to Meadville , and success Francis Waid , his twin P N . 1 8 1 . 0 S U . S . Price , B . , hip Hartford , in 7 , helped haul bricks to build Allegheny brother , Franklin , youngest sons of I ra in h P R . . C . R H . C o . t . . C Quail , ichard , F , 9 V ollege and Elizabeth Waid , were born Woodcock

C a 2 h Pa P P . C o . i r i t . . Quiggle , George , E, Vols His father , ember Waid , who was born at township , rawford county , , April 3, 8 2 1 h N e 1 . S t s t . C o . 1 0 t w C R C . eisinger, harles , sergt H , 5 Lyme , London county , onnecticut , on 33 Franklin died at the age of , leav ‘ 26 1 - n a . P . Vols January , 7 7 4 , was a ship carpenter , a ing a void in his brother s heart that nothi g I A I I R I - R P I 1 0 0 C ENTENN L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C A N.

’ c ould ever ﬁll . Francis early days were sessing such public spirit , large heart and reason for the success which has attended my

i n spent in assisting his father about the farm , ready sympathies , his whole soul seems ﬁlled labors in life ; if the above does not point

a n d ou n m a n and attending the common schools . I n with the desire of doing good , promoting that direction , I will ask you , y g , to ~ - C . I n 1 85 1 2 h e attended Allegheny ollege for two the welfare of his fellowmen this con consider the following remarks , for it is said n e c tio n in I terms , and the next year he attended a school we are reminded of the lines of Leigh there is good everything, and know by ’ C b . in Waterford , Erie ounty , which , with one Hunt s eautiful legend experience that it was good for me to obey my s a n d term at the Meadville Academy , comprised parent , far better for me to render obedi “ — his Abou Ben Adhem may tribe increase , o h ence to Him who taught as never man taught , his entire education , aside from what he Awoke one night from a deep dream of I I ta in e d c . and will answer the question by saying at the ommon schools peace ,

n - fi He was married o his twenty rst birth And saw , amid the darkness of his room have tried to do both , thus far in my life ; a nd l M as ik e r Making it bright , ike a lily in bloom fl a C . d y to Eliza , with whom and their though my parents are gone , their in uence

A n . angel , writing in a book of gold F re d h e l three sons , Franklin , Guinnip and , led lives , and this ca ls to mind the reply of my Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold , re a happy an d harmonious life until quite S o in mother , when I informed her of my intention , to the vision the room he said “ ” ? . I t o n z l st e ntl . c y , when Mr Waid was called upon to What writest thou The angel raised his to get married was my birthday ,

O n head , 2 1 8 m ourn the death of his wife . a beautiful April 3, 5 4 , and though my father knew “ ” And with a look , made of all sweet accord , I I n M . I emoriam card , which he sent his “ I of it , had not told my mother said to Answered , write the names of those who ' I ” fri ends at this time , it is stated that she died o v her , Mother, intend to get married . l e the Lord . ” 1 888 6 2 2 1 “ i July 4 , , aged 5 years , months and And is mine one sa d Adhem; Well , she replied , you will have to work ”

W . d I n 1 88 M r. a id ays August , 4 , for a living I t seems to me

f - erected in Blooming Valley cem now , a ter thirty four years of — I lo e e —u n e te ry a monument of plain gray labor and v i t y t e ve r in Quincy granite , nine feet were truer words , and I am still

height , to the memory of his grateful to her memory for hav

parents and other relatives . A ing uttered them . But I wish duplicate of this monument has to give another reason why I

a nd all been ordered , the two will think the Giver of good has hereafter be known as the twin ever remembered me in tem t - monumen s , dedicated to the poral as well as spiritual bles

memory of his wife a nd twin sings , for I believe in giving the

. brother . Lord credit ﬁrst When in youth , the S tarting , as we have seen , at a protracted meeting in C h n . . o S from the bottom round of the M E urch , the tate

, I ladder , he has worked his way road sought the Lord and H i m upward to competency . When found whom my soul lov o f w and asked once how he had succeed eth , and hom Moses the

' ed ia accumulating so much prophets did write . I want to “ I testify to the truth , as love this property , he replied , by earn ing one dollar at a time a n d put way as my years pass so smooth l ting that one to work to help y on . And now let me quote ” B me earn another , forcibly illus three verses from the ible ’ tra tin g our Lord s teaching in But seek ye ﬁrst the kingdom a nd te n of God His righteousness, the parable of the talents .

and all these things shall . be Mr . Waid is said to be the ” “ wealthiest farmer a nd largest added unto you . The bles o f taxpayer in Woodcock town sings the Lord maketh rich , and He addeth no sorrow with ship , he resides , ﬁve miles _where ” “ it. , east of Meadville . They that seek the Lord ” an S trikingly prominent among shall not want y good thing . I n closing this brief biography his characteristics is his ﬁlial FR A N CI S C . WA I D . a n ff . , c piety . The a ection a nd kind of Mr Waid we only add

‘ “ N a u thoughtfulness shown his parents during their y , not so , replied the angel . Adhem that his kind heart , his genero s impulses , his spake more low and many charities to the poor, his liberal dona lifetime , was quite touching , since then , — “ I But cheerily still pray thee then , a nd tions to the church all deserving projects, no pecuniary consideration has been allowed /z en Write me as o n e w o lo ver bis f ell ow m .

in together with his great warmth of hospitality , to stand the way , of showing their memory The angel wrote and vanished . in have endeared him to the hearts of all who all due respect , the manner he considered The next night he came again with a great

wakening light , in . : know him , and who unite wishing him a most ﬁtting , viz collecting and publishing And wrote the names of those whom love of and a in long life , a happy one . history of his family all its branches , God had blessed , ’ n d 10 ! B e n A dh e m s led a ll t/ze r es t copies of which he presented as souvenirs to A name .

T E LE G R A PH A N D T E LE PH ON E . a nd . n in his kindreds friends We are informed O e noteworthy feature his life is that ,

in o w n “ that the cost of publication of this book , to to express it his words , in all my A S ket ch of the I n trodu ctio n a n d Gro w th gether with the work ordered for the history business transactions , and in all the collection th e E S i in of lectric erv ce M eadv il l e . C in m ﬁ ft —ﬁv e of rawford county , was a rare of y dues , during the y years of my

o f d is inte re s te d B Y 12 . M . BO Y O . stance liberality ; that he is a life , I have never sued or forced a collection by ( NT N ) a n d fﬁ generous supporter of the arts industries , law , though I ad mit I have sometimes suffer The ﬁrst telegraph o ce was opened in

th e 1 8 8 is evidenced by his liberal patronage of the ed loss by not calling in the aid of law , Meadville in 4 by what was known as the “ ” i . P pr nter yet , taking into account all the points to be ugh Line , running from Erie to Pittsburg ,

I n - S these days of universal self seeking , one considered , the result to me has been satis William hippen being the ﬁrst operator or

I I . o s . a s seldom meets with a character like his , p factory have been asked if could give a manager As near my data inform me ,

- ro z C ENTENNI A L EDI TI O N TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N.

w 1 2 . per ord , while at present the rate is cents came a member of the ﬁrm and on January , There were thirty stockholders originally

R O f n w in 1 1 8 . . o . per word . , 7 5 , J Dick retiring, the ﬁrm contin these but nine are living Meadville

R S . . C o . P O S . . TELE H NE ued as J Dick , with amuel B Dick The stock is held at present by forty four dif

I n S 1 8 I . S . . C o l. S . fe re n t . eptember, 7 9, constructed for Dr and turgis T Dick as the partners persons I t has always commanded a d in a n . . B a s h l s . T . L e l a private line , extending from B Dick having begun as a clerk the bank premium always a ready sale

L as he lls in 1 8 the ofﬁce of Dr . , the Magaw block , as early as 5 3, it gives him 35 solid years The present bank building was erected in

a n 1 86 a n d in . . , d m 9 , to the drug store of J L Williamson thence of experience akes him one of the old is a substantial structure , a desir

L ash e lls N - Pe nn s l to the residence of Dr. , on orth est bankers living to day in Western y able location , and is owned by the stockhold ’ ’ h lin . th e N N . M c L a u S t . . . C Main street , the terminus being Joseph s vania Mr orman g became ers The Merchants is only ational

P . in 1 86 a n d . Hospital on ine street . Also , a line from J cashier 4 is still connected with Bank in Meadville The presidents have

R . . . M c F arlan d M c F a rlan d C o . s . Dick bank to the residence of the bank been , Jas E , John , ' a n S an d d . P . P turges T . Dick , High street , another This institution has been interested heavily Alex ower The cashiers , John orter, ’ : k s . . M c F arlan d . S . M c G u n ne le . line from Gill Sh ry o c store , on Water in a large proportion of the most notable com Jas E and W g

ss w a o m e rc ial a n d . M c F arland n o w P street , to the C u e g mills , all of which industrial enterprises of this part Mr , resident of the in , . , Bank , is the oldest banker Meadville , an d were equipped with Edison telephone which of the state During the war and before the _ N in instrument the Western U nion Telegraph establishment of the First ational Bank , he has few seniors the business in the state P S . th e C ompany were handling at that time , in oppo it did a mammoth U nited tates business , of ennsylvania The deposits of bank ,

. I n m o n th s h ave la r sitiou to the Bell telephone . handling as high as annually during the last three , , been

I o f in n . . . . January , 1 88 1 , Mr Truex , the Bell the constructing of the A G W (now the ger than any equal period of time since its

Y . N . P. Telephone C ompany , called upon me with a . , they handled all the currency incorporation ’ in P O P S SA G S B ro lls as th e E LE VI N ANK . view to organizing a telephone exchange for the pay _ construction gang

' R P S w a z C Pa . O this city , upon the condition that they would proceeded from orry , , to avenna , hio , The eople s avings Bank s organi ed

- i th 1 8 1 start an exchange with twenty ﬁve subscribers . this amounting to many hundred thousand April 3 , 7 , and with Gideon Mosier as

' - . . a nd . r o president , , . . Mr Truex and myself, upon a b ief canvass dollars , and t day the entire house is made J H Lenhart cashier A B

- with our citizens , became assured of securing Breckenridge book keeper , was opened for 1 I d , 8 1 . a k a l that number , but owing to circumstances business July 3 7 This b n has could not give the matter the attention it re ways been recognized as one of the strongest

e n . quired to put up the lines , etc . , when they ﬁnancial institutions of the county The cap

ital stock of .8 w gaged Mr . H . C . Beman , who opened the ex is o ned by responsible

o n 1 0 1 88 1 , change May , , with more than the persons throughout the county and the busi

‘ requisite number of subscribers . Mr . Beman ness induced by their inﬂuence is of large

in l in . , in continued charge , and quite argely volume Forty in number they are the 1 1 88 creased the system until January , 4 , at front rank of every enterprise that has for its object the building up of the business interests which time E . M . Boynton , the present super

. I in te nd e nt of the community ndividually liable , they , took charge , when there were in S present a solid front , which the public may twenty seven subscribers . ince this time the

. exchange list has gradually increased , and to repose entire conﬁdence Their neat two day we have between seventy - ﬁve and eighty story building , with stone front , one of the

ﬁnest in the city , was built expressly for bank subscribers , with connecting lines reaching o n i ff ing purposes; and , being located the lower O l C ity , Franklin , U tica , Erie , Bu alo , War C t in B side of Water street, just above hestnu , is ren , radford , Jamestown , and all intermedi

in C B A LT H A Z A R G E H R . the heart of the business part of the city . The ate points , including nearly all points raw

D e d 1 0 2 Y s o f A e i n S T . i at ear g ummit p ffi S . , ford and Erie counties . The rate for business present o cers are Walter Harper presi W m — — . . 60 ; , ; , ffi . a nd dent Thomas cashier M Dunbar places stores , o ces , etc is $ , and for up of our strongest most successful J F a rn i rn 2 K irk a t t assistant cashier , and John . c o , residences $4 per annum . George p financiers who are identified wi h most of J rick is th e day an d Frank Davenport the the leading local mining a nd manufacturing book keeper and messenger .

. M S G BA night operator enterprises . EADVILLE AVIN S NK . ’ M E R C H A N T s A O B O a n d N TI NAL ANK . rganized commenced business April

’ N T I N N i s t 1 86 OU R FI N A N CI A L I S T I T U O S . The Merchants ational Bank , of Mead . 7 , with a capital stock of

1 86 n a nd o C S P. ville , was chartered ih January 5 , and yrus Kitchen , president , amuel . B s B o ld a n d N e w l h f i I n 1 86 t O . a nd a nk a n d ankers , , of the g day of that month was organized by cer, cashier 9 , built moved

- M eadv ille . a meeting of the stockholders and the elec into their magniﬁcen t berea stone front build

M c F a rla n d . tion of Messrs . James E . , John ing , now occupied by them , at 944 Water st

. R . C C 0 B R S . M c F arland c S . N C f J DI K ANK E , John Mc lintock , ewton yrus Kitchen has been the president rom its

x P a n . R e c e C . d . . This banking ﬁrm , with the single p ettis , L . Magaw , David Dick John organization to the present time W

N n P P ofli c . So f M c C o e o f tion of Holmes , of ittsburgh , is the orter as directors . The first o ficers elected y succeeded to cashier on the

in O ffi in 1 8 P M c F a rla nd . 8 . oldest private bank Western ennsylvania , were James E . , president; John retirement of Mr cer August, 4

in 8 P a nd M c F a r la n d - fo r having been continuous existence for 3 orter, cashier; Thomas T . , The board of directors are well known

i n 1 8 0 . . years . The house was established 5 teller their business integrity The Meadville S ﬁ a nd R . n an C i al by John James Dick , under the The bank was opened for business on the avings Bank is one of the oldest

h in R . e n 1 86 . G . t firm name of J J . Dick . John last day of April , 5 , in the old Flury ouses the ci y , and is entitled to a liberal in 1 8 o n o n Dick retired from the firm 5 5 , and the building Water street the lot where the share of the business and the entire confidence

o f S no w . business was conducted under t he name Meadville avings Bank is located The of the public .

R I n 1 86 M R A; O B A R . . . S . C . S . J Dick 3 amuel B Dick entered capital stock was the same as at DELA ATE , NKE

R . & o be . C . . the ﬁrm , which then became J Dick present The bank made its ﬁrst dividend This banking house was organized and

1 86 . 1 866 in 1 8 6 m I n 7 Jesse M Dick became a member of nine months afterwards , January I , , of 9 gan business May , 7 . The embers of

D in o n . 1 8 e in . . . . the ﬁrm . Jesse M ick died 7 4 and per cent . I t has passed but dividend the ﬁrm were Geo B Delamater , G W Del

8 . S n f 1 S be 2 2 . am a te r . . o the irst of July , 74 , turgis T . Dick the years of its existence , T A Delamater . and Wm Mc C I A I I R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C N.

’ u n ne le G g , the latter gentleman acting as the labor and toil incident to the summer s but will add the following list of names of 1 s t 1 888 re cashier until January , , when he work was ended , and the reward of the hus gentlemen who have presided at its several

h i rsh i c as e . : . bandman safely stored The table for refresh meetings , S . tired to accept the p of the Mer J D Gamble , cott A Marshall , ’ S . . N . . . M c A rth u r P chants ational Bank Having large capital ments was abandoned , and the vast concourse , E , . . J Logan W J Marshall , “ o r aniz aatio n R C . . . S and credit they have since their g of people separated themselves into groups , G raven , John M Davis, J . . Martin ,

d . an . P. c r M A thu r. commanded the conﬁdence of the public composed of families , neighbors and friends , J A Jamison and J . Addresses

. a nd o n P S . R received a large share of its patronage The the spotless linen was spread the have been delivered by rof. . Thompson ,

’ d a . . t an C R e v C r present active managers, V M Delamater , ear h s green covering , each group now of Westminster ollege . J . G .

D . D . P cashier , and G . W . Delamater, assistant cash gathered around a repast worthy of a feast nachan , , now pastor of ark Avenue ” m e n C C Pa . ier, are both conservative and deservedly of kings , with all the rural simplicity of the ongregational hurch , Meadville , , whose

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. o n P popular . farmers home These characteristics sug brilliant address the henomenon of , ” - i O P R A S SO C A O . ts . R v FA R M ER S C O E ATIVE I TI N gested to a great degree name Growth will long be remembered ; e .

’ - C o . f P C The Farmers operative Bank , located During several of the ﬁrst years after this Dr Jef ers , resident of Westminster ollege , ” N o w at the corner of C hestnut and Market streets , beginning, no record was kept of its proceed on Farming Then and , a contrast

in an d t a nd R v in 1 8 e . was organized 74 , as a partnership with ings , but it grew popular favor seemed be ween Bible times the present ;

t . . D D . C Su b sixty partners , and was reorganized , chartered , to s rike a sympathetic cord in the popular A A Hyde , . , of Allegheny ollege , t “ ” 1 88 . e c S P R e v . and its name changed in 7 . At this time heart The people responded to its call by j , The ilent artner ; Thos . D . “ an d S e the number of stockholders was increased to thousands ; old young , rich and poor Logan , of Meadville , subject , The cotch I nd . two hundred of the leading a representative met and mingled together, and greeted each rish Emigration Addresses were also

D . D : . . . farmers o f C rawford county . The ofﬁcers are other , with hearty good will delivered by Dr Wheeler , , of Allegheny

’ ’ R 1 8 C P . C S N C . Jos . Brown , pres t ; eitze , vice pres t ; John I n August 7 5 , the ﬁrst written record of ollege ; rof ooper , of the tate ormal

R S Pa . . R I . . e v . . . B u nd a . . S . . S . Kean , E y , L A Marcy , T its proceedings were made ; H H chool , Edinboro , ; Hon Hiram L ich

R C o l . a C . e v . a n d . . . . . Aikin , A . F . Ellis , Halsey Terrill , Frank Hervey , James Burrows , J L mond , Fr nk Mantor , Hon H J Humes ,

S . M c C u rd . . S ...... y , A W mith , directors; W W Lightener , Esq , were appointed a committee Hon James heakley, Hon J J Henderson ,

- P o n b . C . Dean , cashier . Mr . Dean was the organizer constitution and y laws , who reported to Hon earson hurch , and many others

t - in O ld C of h e C ochranton c o operative bank the assembly ; and their report was adopted . The place of meeting The hurch

- — 1 8 1 U C c o . 8 , and the nion ity operative bank That part of their report relating to the object is itself an historic spot

: in 1 883. Arrangements are now making of the organization is as follows ’ The groves were God s ﬁrst temples . Ere ~ “ towards the establishing of other similar in 1 . This organization shall be known by man learned a n d ft s titu tio ns in f . the name style of the Harvest Home To hew the sha , and lay the architrave , di erent parts of the county — S t n And spread the _ above them ere he The association is chartered at an d Association of ou hwester C rawford . roof framed

2 . f i has doubled its business since it began . I ts o cers shall consist of a president , The lofty vault , to gather and roll back - r two vice presidents , a secreta y , a treasurer , in The sound of anthems ; the darkling wood ,

and an executive committee . Amid the cool and silence , he knelt down T H E H A R VES T H OM E . A nd offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks . o ﬂi c e rs 3 The shall be elected by the peo ” and supplication . BY 5 . . O G . ( J L AN ) ple assembled each year , and shall be nomi i ts The Harvest Home as an institution had nafed by the offi cers of each preceding year . The land upon which it was located was

i in S S C ffi C orig n outh henango , rawford county , 4 . The duties of o cers , and the committee donated by the Holland Land ompany , about

i n 1 8 . nineteen years ago ( on the occasion shall be , to designate the day to be observed the year 79 After worshiping for some

be n ' - of a social gathering , under the auspices of each year, appoint all sub committees , and time eath the wide spreading branches of " S O ld C an the abbath school at The hurch , in make y other arrangements for the peace the forest trees, a rude building was erected

n R e v . M L e an . a d c which the community generally took part ful and satisfactory enjoyment of the day . the Daniel became the

n . A table was spread of considerable length , 5 . The grand object of the associatio is , to pastor of the church organization upon which were placed the contents of the devote a day annually , immediately after A few years afterward , a lot containing

’ te n many baskets provided by the ladies , with harvest , to thankful acknowledgment of God s about acres of land was donated for the

. f the necessary viands for a social dinner goodness , as mani ested in the gathered fruits purpose of a public burying ground , adjoining

a n a When completed , the table presented p of the ﬁeld , and give expression to their the land occupied by the church . About — pe ara n c e o f luxurious plenty adorned by gratitude in innocent sports a n d social inter three acres of ground were cleared and used

in . i vases of ﬂowers , indicating the reﬁned tastes course , and whatever way most in keeping for that purpose The remainder was st ll

su n - of those whose fair , but slightly burnt , with intelligent , moral and christian civiliza primeval forest .

' hands had prepared the bounteous feast . tion an d usages ; among which shall be ad The embryotic Harvest Home , began the w “ ” I t was at the season just follo ing the dresses , music , and a basket picnic . work of subduing the tangled wildwood , r an i a n d gathe ing and storing of abundant harvest , This constitut on was adopted at the sixth and improving beautifying a place for its and a feeling of thankfulness pervaded the annual meeting , at which David Logan , then annual meeting . Year after year the work C n . S S . . , i communiyt eremonies appropriate to the of outh henango , was president , J L progressed the numbers i creas ng until the

d n . N o r a n r a nd H o . . C . P occasion were adopted , , at the close , it Lightner, secreta y , W lum land was occupied to its fullest extent O ld C ” was suggested that a similar meeting be held mer , then of Titusville , delivered the annual did the work cease here , The hurch i the next year , as a thanksgiving to the God address . Addresses were also made by grounds and the bury ng ground , hitherto

f v be a u tiﬁ e d o R R e . s n M. P. e v . . . the Harvest for his bounteou dealings H o . Davis , H H Hervey , neglected , were and adorned , and

d r a n O . with his people , in crowning the labors of Darius Woodworth , of hio , and others At as the Je usalem of the Jewish people

a n o n the husbandman with abundant reward . the close of the ceremonies the vast assem each year they put their garments and 1 0 0 h P Accordingly , a committee of arrangements blage rose and sang the t salm , to the clad in holiday raiment , made preparation for “ ” n e . was appointed for the ensuing year, and steps tune of O Hundred , and was dismissed the great feast Thus, in the shadow of the “ a n a nd S R e v . . i . . were taken to complete organization , look w th the benediction , by M M M old church , by the side of the ilent C ” ing to the celebration of the ingathering of Brown . ity of the Dead , grew up the Harvest the harvest . Thus it assumed its relation to I cannot extend this article to the length Home ; inspired by the religious sentiment

r a n d the ha vest as a day of general rejoicing necessary to give a detailed account of its inculcated by the one , and a feeling of sub

a nd . thanksgiving , m utual congratulation after proceedings from that date until the present , dued and profound reverence for the other 1 0 I A I I O R I E - R P I A 4 C ENTENN L ED T N T B UN E UBL C N.

Scores of thousands of people have threaded which stands hig h in public favor . C oncern long memorable in the early history of Mead

d in I f ville . and their way through the many win ing aisles of g its future may say that as the of spring of C rawford county .

a nd in c iy iliz atio n sculptured marble j ostled each other of an intelligent christian , it has While here , Lafayette , with his son and

to s t a . C O n the throng ; searching for ancestral tombs , or come y That so long as an industrious others, visited Allegheny ollege . the an d 1 82 antiquarian inscriptions , and to their lasting intelligent christian people till the soil , registry of the college for the year 5 appear n o ac t o f fo r fo llo w m credit be it said , vandalism , or deed they will look up with gratitude to God the g signatures , which have been fi of desecration , has ever yet been committed . his lavish bene cence . The cessation from specially reproduced for this issue of the T R I im ~B R P Although reared am i d such somber sur ordinary pursuits , the crowded groves , the UNE E U B LI C A N roundings , I know of no festal occasion that pressive ceremonies , will speak its eulogy ,

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. a nd awakens stronger or more heart felt emotions generations yet to come will observe ,

a nd . There is a tone of sacred and solemn feeling, honor , reverence the Harvest Home

a nd that blends with our conviviality , lifts the spirit to a state of hallowed and elevated e n [The antiquity of the Harvest Home is jo y m e nt ; I do not know of a grander ef ect shown by the following extract from an o n of music the moral feelings , than to hear “ R o 1 8 . A m o n th e encycl pedia of 7 9 g omans , the full band or the voices of the vast assem under the Empire— the people kept the feast blage , ﬁlling every fretted aisle of that grand in of the Goddess Vacuna the ﬁelds , having cathedral of nature with triumphant har then gathe red in their fruits and sown their O n e mony . beautiful feature in the Harvest corn ; whence seems to be derived our po pu I t Home is its being a grand reunion . has lar festival called Harvest Home . The name been made the season for gathering together was also g iven to the song sung on that o c a nd of family connections , drawing closer ”— E D . T R i BU N E casion . . ] those bands of kindred hearts , which the pleasures and sorrows of the world are so ’ LA A ET T E S I S I T . liable to cast loose ; of calling back the chil F Y V dren who have launched forth into life , and A B rief A ccou n t of th e V i sit of the F ren ch wandered widely asunder , once more to as P V l M semble on their native heath , that rallying atriot to t he il a ge of e adv ill e .

EU R EK A . place of the affections , these to grow young

O n 2n d o f 1 82 and loving again , amid the endearing mem the June 5 , Marquis de A S ket ch of t h e E u reka M in eral S prin g s i an d o r e s of childhood . There is something also Lafayette , the great patriot companion of a S t aegerto w n . n in the very season of the year that gives a Washington , visited Meadville while o his P charm to this festivity ; it is a time we derive way from ittsburg to Erie . Watches were N ever in the history of mineral springs

a n a great portion of our pleasures from the posted to give notice of his approach , and have y become so popular in so short a time beauties of nature ; our feelings sally forth when the carriage containing Lafayette , his as the Eureka Mineral S prings of Saegertown ,

a nd t Pa . dissipate themselves over the sunny land son and attendants came rolling into the vil C rawford coun y , Four years ago they

e “ th e o f e x e c scape , and we liv abroad and everything lage , booming cannon told the p were unknown , as possessing a medicinal vir

m u rm e r The song of the wild bird , the of tant citizens that the distinguished visitor had tue , but within the last three years the com

’ . le te f the stream , the breathing fragrance of the arrived I t was between one and two o clock , p cures e fected by the use of their waters

o n an d . l ﬂowers , the soft voluptuousness of summer as a warm pleasant afternoon have so far exceeded those accomp ished at

' in ffl it merges into the golden pomp of autumn ; A large number of people were from the any other resort for the a icted , that the

i and in earth with its mantle of refreshing green , ar d surrounding thinly settled country , all springs have , this short time , attained a

an d o f heaven with its deep , unfathomable blue , were eager to catch a glimpse the great national reputation .

in f i its cloudy magnificence , all fill us with mute patriot . The crowd was arranged long They are now patronized by the a fl cted

in U but exquisite delight, and our hearts overﬂow lines along which the benevolent and kindly from every state the nion , who , as a rule ,

in with thankfulness , to the God of the Harvest , looking old Frenchman passed , bowing and return to their homes restored health , liv ' and in who has made adorned this earth so shaking hands with all within reach . This g witnesses of the wonderful healing virtue

- f m a n . was . beauti ully , for the dwelling place of ceremony over , the aged hero conducted of these waters They are ever ready to tell

’ ' S T o rbe tt s th e le a d in w Thousands who have attended the numerous to amuel hotel , where g of the beneﬁts they received and hat they I t celebrations of this parent institution became ladies held a reception in his honor . Here he have witnessed done fo r other patients . is

h e deeply impressed by the spirit of harmony , met many old revolutionary soldiers , whom but three years since the ﬁrst water was ship

. . in and hospitality that prevailed greeted with great tenderness The citizens ped from these springs , but this short time

e u The spirit has gone forth from the historic tendered him a public banquet , but his the demand for the water and the ginger ale ” “ O ld C a nd a e m e n ts a nd shades of the hurch , the Har g g compelled him to decline push made from it has so rapidly increased that S vest Home is now celebrated in several other on , after a tay of a little more than two there is now said to be more shipped from ’ L u e r s localities in C rawford county . p hours these springs daily , than from all the other

in S P grove was the second to organize , with the As the coach bearing Lafayette was driven springs the tate of ennsylvania combined .

C . C o n venerable Judge rozier as president away , the air was ﬁlled with cheers and grate These waters are prescribed by scores of n e au t Lake came next , and will celebrate its ful blessings by the hundreds who had the leading physicians , with the best results , ninth anniversary on the third Thursday of gathered to greet the gallant champion of many of whom have voluntarily contributed

. I n August next . I t has extended to m any other American independence the evening a their written testimonials in their behalf, and

in P in o f e f counties ennsylvania , west and east of grand ball was given honor the occasion , hundreds of others have testiﬁed to their

n — it n ﬁ the Alleghenies ; a d O hio with s numer a d much disappointment was felt that the c ac y . Limited space prevents a description — ous organizations hails it as second only to stay of Lafayette could not have been longer . of the springs , analysis of the waters , etc . , all

. O ne the glorious Fourth of July accident marred the perfect enjoyment of of which , with much other interesting matter ,

—I P S o ne Thus I have endeavored fear at too the day . atrick hannon had hand blown is contained in pamphlets published by the

— a nd o f a n n o u n c S C o m great length to give the origin , history while assisting to ﬁre the salute proprietors , the Eureka Mineral prings i ’ C . S Pa . of one of rawford counties nstitutions , ing Lafayette s arrival The day was one pany (limited) , aegertown ,

1 0 6 I A I I O R I - C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE R EP UBLI C A N. t C C i ion districts shall meet at the ourt House in newspaper seas o f the larger it es , saw that o n Meadville the Tuesday following the pri Meadville could be made the seat of a live , ’ m 1 P. M . a n ary meetings, at o clock , having the modern d expensive morning daily ; but he r retu ns and a list of the voters , and count the was about the only man who could see the T H E T R I BU N E - R E PU BLI CA N A N D votes , and the person having the highest possibility . He made the venture ; being T H E P fi EOPLE W H O PR I N T I T . n e r number of votes for any of ce shall be de fearless almost to rashness , a bundle of

t R i ela ed the regular nominee of the epublican vous vital forces , tenacious as a bra ded steel A 1 th C N w s — A S m 9 en t ury e paper al l w in party . rope , he went in to the day and he has

' w C o f r n . w o n O u O . n 5 . Any two or more persons having an en t en n ial Toot H orn it The mor ing daily o f 5 0 0 or 60 0

fo r f , and equal number of votes the same o fice the O n ce in a H u ndred Y ears . issue is now a morning evening paper of sh all judges proceed to ballot for a choice , the l a rge circulation , with a weekly editi on of the person having the highest number to be the largest circulation of any newspaper in west 1 0 0 be Here we go for another years , but e rn P P nominee . ennsylvania outside of ittsburg . Both fore we go let u s see where and what we are R 6. The eturn Judges shall be competent morning and evening editions contain the full - 1 2 1 888 . to day , May , This pamphlet , which to reject by a majority the returns from any press telegraph dispatches from all over the follows our Mammoth Memorial C entennial and o election district where there is evidence of civilized world , cover in editorial com number of yesterday , we present as the f in o raud , either the returns or otherwise , and ment the wh le ground of science , art , litera flower of a newspaper enterprise whose o f N in shall rej ect them where there is evidence ture , politics , and religion . aturally , this growth and prosperity is n o less than phe t vo tin a t h e hree or more persons g _ t primary flood tide of prosperity the other smaller and n o m e n a l R , and we are confident in the belief meetings who are not epublicans . less venturesome competitors were soon ah

that there are none who do not share with us “ R e — an d the R B - R P B 7 . The eturn Judges shall have power to sorb d T I UNE E U LI CAN still ~our natural pride in this extraordinary suc C S C . appoint onferees , enatorial and ongres holds the fort wo n cess , which has actually been by hard P R SO sioual , as may be hereafter required , who shall THE E NNEL . work , push , pluck and a persistent purpose to be recommended to support the person who . n i a Mr Andrews , the a imat ng spirit and l meet the demands of the public . may receive the largest number of votes cast There is no doubt that the unprecedented most ubiquitous presence in the establish for that ofﬁce in this county . , a nd ment is ably aided by the following , the R withal unexpected triumphs achieved by 8. - That the aforesaid eturn Judges may at ‘ group of whose portraits accompany this the T R I B UNE - R E PU B L i C A N are the d irect t e

any time change the mode and manner of article . sult of the o n e overshadowing purpose of the selecting candidates as they may be instructed C aptain H . S . Phillips is city editor of the whole institution , to always give to the pat by the people at their primary meeting , due ro niz in g public more than the worth of its morning edition , and everybody knows The C C o m notice being given them by the ounty C ” T R I B U N E R E PU B L I C A N a lw a s aptain , who is a Meadville boy and the money . The y m itte e .

. C ~d oes what it promises an d then goes in with a city knows it The aptain is for the There is no substantial dif erence in the sys R B - R P B C an d I U NE E U LI N , . T A ﬁrst Meadville bonus The public appreciates this . The tem adopted by the R epublican party in 1 86 1 public has caught the spirit of the thing an d always . 1 2 and that of the Democratic party in 84 .

C . P now the onward and upward course of the Alex . ardee , the city editor of the The R epublican party still retains the system . “ R B - R PU B C G R P B C T I UNE E LI AN is a matter of public EVENI N E U LI AN , is the local hustler a n d have from time . to time amended a nd solicitude . The paper has become a part , a t b of the town and its a lightning item hat gets perfected it until it is eing adopted by ”

P . P S characteristic feature of the Meadville of to away from ardee . Mr ardee is a native many other counties of this tate , and , R B - R P B C day and prosperity to the T I UNE E U LI of old rawford . indeed , by other states of the country . I ts C A N means lively business and industrial a c great excellence consists in putting the nomi Miss Elizabeth Thompson is exchange e d i tivit - y for the city itself. To day we can say , . Sh e t nation o f candidates directly in the hands of tor is a Meadville lady and the s ate C e n and say it safely , that nothing like the a nd h th e an d items neig borhood paragraphs are the voters of the party , while somewhat te n n ial T R B - R PU B C in I UNE E LI AN its mammoth i ti nt results of her p e labors . troublesome to carry out in all its details , is

size , elegance of make up , variety of literary ’ believed to be the best system yet devised . Will A Baker presides at the counting matter, profusion and beauty of illustration , The system has received the sanction of the room , keeps the books and an eagle eye on a nd general typographical excellence , has an d no w law , is surrounded by all the safe subscribers and advertisers and several other ever been delivered to the subscribers of any o guards f a general election . The ofﬁcers of dozen duties that keep him from going to in P in daily ennsylvania , if indeed its equal the boards are sworn and penalties provided sleep . Baker is a C rawford county boy . some respects has ever been issued from any for the violation of the statutes to protect the Miss Lizzie E . Flanigan has charge of all in I t a nd press the S tate . is a ﬁt memorial - in . purity of the ballot box party nominations . subscription lists and ably assists Mr Baker

o . we are glad of it . S are you all Within the limits of this article only a brief in the multifarious requirements of the count~ To fully appreciate the power and scope of n reference c a be made to the statutes le g aliz ing room . the printing press of to - day compared with inte n C . C s u e r ing this method of making nominations . ~ harles M ott is the general p ’ the output three quarters of a century ago , 2 1 88 1 P o f The Act of June 9, , ( urdon s Digest , dent the mechanical department of the 66 1 just take a look at some old papers of that page 7 , sections 95 and legalized the — whole concern , a position for which long ex o f date that tells the story of the glory of the e rie n c e a n a in system and required the ofﬁcers the primary p as a practical workman , and f i printing press and the printing o ce of the t meetings to be sworn , and enacted penalties bitions s udy of his profession admirably ﬁts l th g century . P . . C . for fraudulent practices or false counting . him Mr ott is a ennsylvanian

’ - P B W H O M A ES T H E TR BUNE R E U L C N . 8 1 88 P K I I A . . The Act of June , 3, ( urdon s Digest , Fred A Miles is telegraph editor and

66— 6- 8 - 0 1 - 2 m a n pages 4 7 , sections 34 47 4 49 5 5 5 I t takes work to make a paper like this ; it foreman of the morning edition , a young ’ - - - 6 an d ffi n in a nd 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 , enacted further more e cient has taken faith a d work and brains to build who believes printers printer s ink and 1 88 safeguards about the system . up this institution . Founded in 4, it was type , and knows how to handle all three of

a t . The origin of the system , whatever may be the successor over the graves of several them

m S . . r of fi the opinion of its erits or demerits , is due to tempts to publish a daily pa per in Meadville , M Engle , the vete an the of ce , is

the Democratic party ; its perfection and per a nd the competitor of two existing ins titu foreman of the evening edition . Mr . Engle

i n R e tu at o . . R p is due to the epublican party The tions . The proj ector , W . Andrews , who has been a resident of Meadville over twenty ﬁve an ﬁ . d ne honors are about equally divided had for years been a bold operator in the years , is a type of the printer of A I I R I —R P I A 1 0 C ENTENNI L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C N. 7

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a n d o u thirty years ago , careful accurate almost Danny was postmaster, mailing clerk , There are t day made p here an average

- - to a fault . special delivery boy and letter carrier all in of forty ﬁ ve mail pouches a nd tie sacks daily n h C C . o e ffi o n A ll harles Thompson is the foreman of the , and he had his o ce the nort west the mail of over twenty of the surround

‘ C n R e v . a d j ob rooms and he makes it a point to keep the corner of the Diamond , where lark ing towns villages is handled through the i

R B o u t o f . C n ow 2 T I UNE output up the fog harlie is resides . He retained his position 7 Meadville ofﬁce , and nine tenths of the mat

. 1 8 1 C s . R n a native of Meadville years , retiring in 4 , ha . L owan being ter of as many more , includi g C onneautville ,

. . P o fli c e . R C C a m brid e b r f J W effers , operator at the wire , his successor owan had the office at the ochranton and g o o To handle w handles all the telegraph for both editions , old Magaw property about where the C entral this ith the local matter requires the whole “ ” ’ a n d . . 2 x bears up under a roast or a president s Hotel bar now is John J Douglass was the of the present apartments , which are 3 94 f i message with equanimity and accuracy . next incumbent and had the o ce at about feet, fitted up with handsome and convenient P M . T . Forker, another Meadville young the spot where the ark Avenue church now appurtenances in every department , for which

- S man , does the art work and general all round stands ; Archie tewart followed Douglas and an annual rental of is paid by the

in i n . H u id e k o e r. pencil work , and always comes handy served the public the frame building just Government to Mr Edgar p

lan M c F ar d w . f when we get out C entennial numbers . above the bottling orks James During the last decade the business o the

M c F a rla n d 1 - 1 1 f . 8 86 . t n o tw i h James H . Love is the pressman , and upon E was postmaster from 5 3 o fice has increased 33 per cen , t stan d ’ his skill the readers of this beautiful C e n He first located where G rifli th s bakery now is ing in that period there have been several

ia C in te n n l souvenir can bestow their thanks for on hestnut street , and later he built the material reductions postage , including the

f n w m c . 2 o C . the clear print and the clean fresh appear rame building occupied by Miles W . letter stamp fro 3 to The gross receipts

R B e . C . s 1 8 ance of every number of the T I U NE at Tate , lawy r Joseph Hays followed him during the ﬁ cal year, ended March , 88

fﬁc e in i . o sto u breakfast or tea and kept p the Boileau br ck , cor were The r nning expenses of the John Postan c e is foreman of the book ner of S econd (now Market) and C hestnut o fi ce for the same time amounted to

e 1 861 S 1 862. 1 bindery , a long time resident of Meadvill , streets , from May , , to eptember , thus netting to the government $ proﬁt .

' n in C C in f 1 862 a d a master mechanic his special line . linton ullum was o fice from to The amount of matter in bulk sent out from ff 1 86 o fli c e fi 1 Add to these sta operators , the composi 9, with the a part of the time where this of ce is 7 5 tons , annually , the amount ‘ - - in a n d n ow . . . tors both the press job rooms , regular Fowler s photo parlors are D V Der received being about one third that quantity .

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i k n o f e - 2 0 a nd . c so carriers collectors , etc , and the names was his successor and moved the The money ord r department handles $ 5 ,

h rd ina a fi c e C 0 0 0 . engrossed upon t e o ry monthly p y roll to the Joseph Derickson block , hestnut annually During the last fiscal year ’ R no w r o ne - 80 of the institution reaches the rather imposing street , where . E . ichmond s grocery there we e sold cent stamp , 4 , J ~ 0 0 tw o c e n t - fiv e V a 5 , four cent , n 1 8 P . . . f . I number of fifty . The o fice is open day and is 7 3 rof L Williams was p _ - 1 0 0 0 cent , six cent , 3 cent, and o f , . pointed , during his term removed the night the year round for business a nd worth of periodical stamps , R a nd W E fic e . U s C O . I , Business is business , , to the ichmond block n February postal cards . 1 8 8 are proud of our good looks , proud of the 7 , John F . Morris took the office , followed During the last year special delivery

R letters were handled . During the month of in 1 882 . . . biggest newspaper Meadville ever had , and March , , by J W H eisinger, who March last, the carriers handled f i ' proud of the solid paying printing O ffice moved the o ce to the present location , cor pieces of mail . The carrier system was w h P P an d C stre e t, e re 1 1 88 plant , the finest in northwestern ennsylvania , ner of ark avenue hestnut established July , 7 , and the first month

M c A rth u r . and . . the result of four years hard work , tact E W , the present incumbent , suc the delivery amounted to pieces There are 37 letter boxes for the reception o f c e e d ed in 1 88 . tenacity . him 5 mail at various points over the city and , taken PO S O C O F T O - This pa in phle t edition of the C entennial TH E T FFI E DAY . all in all the local postal service in Meadville ” T R I BU NE - R EPU B LI CAN is a product of our job I nstead of faithful Danny Andrews is calculated to be all that a reasonable 1 888

- a n d a nd f i c a n . rooms , attests the skill enterprise of alone , the o ce to day requires the constant being justly demand

C A P . SA C E . M R S : P . T E that department . attention of the following ostmaster, E I A Y

' C . . h I . M c A rt u r C . . W . ; assistant , apt E Myers ; The assistant postmaster, apt I saac E — in T h e M ead vi l l e P ost Offi c e Ch ro no l o y . I Myers , has been a factor the operations of g mailing clerk , saac Williams ; money order 1 e u the po s to fli c e for the past 6 years . He o sto ffi c e R Though a p was established at department , Miss Laura M . ussell ; delivery re d f P te the o fice as a clerk , under ostmaster M a n d R M c L a hlin ) . . u eadville as early as Frederick clerk , I g ; special delivery Derickson after a service of 8 years o n the

Haymaker , Edward Work , James Gibson messenger , Herbert Borrell ; letter carriers , railroad , and he has done a large proportion n of the business ever since , some of it bei g . n d R a u . . C . Henry Hurst , were successively post reg lar , J Kaler , First ward ; Mc “ of more than ordinary bulk and responsibility . m 1 8 1 A n S S H ilbro n e r asters up to 4 , yet , it is Danny Michael , econd ward ; anta , The length of service and the C haracter of - ’ drews who comes down to the memory of the Third ward ; and Jacob Moritz, Fourth ward , the work done speaks volumes for the C aptain s P ” p resent inhabitants as the First ostmaster . with two substitutes . accuracy , capability and faithfulness to duty .

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. the circumstance of ofﬁcial position ; but he the woods converted into excellent farms ; the what it all meant . He ﬁnally ventured to had a r n n n in w i f p o m i e c e i the neighborhood , owing township divided into convenient school dis ask some one the cro d this Adams to certain forcible and interesting traits of tric ts ; all the farms supplied with good roads they were cheering for was his old friend

me n R b and . character , is entitled to honorable and the community well provided with o ert Adams , of Washington township

' a nd tion , as one of the courageous pioneers who churches . He was active inﬂuential in The crowd showed its appreciation of the

a nd i a n d con fronted the dangers overcame the dif helping to make these improvements . He joke by a howl of deris ve cheering C ﬁc u ltie s a nd O f . . . privations pioneer life served often as a road viewer , and managed , laughing Mr olter felt the ridicule keenly ,

I n in t this time of centennial reminiscence a generally , to give satisfaction that responsi and resolved that here should be , thereafter ,

fo r statement of some recollections of him may ble but vexatious ofﬁce . He was also for less occasion such ridicule . This resolu

o n e be of interest , at any rate to the surviving many years of the school directors of the tion must have been well formed and faith

O u r older settlers of that locality who personally township . present common school sys fully followed , for he afterwards became ~ knew him . tem had its commencement in his lifetime , noted and prominent as a self educated man , f in R n o t in . His grandfather was a soldier the evo but did exist his own boyhood . The particularly in the line of political in ormation lu tio n ar C f no t th e I n a n y War , on the side of the olonists , act that he did himself have beneﬁt politics he was enthusiastic Demo

in c rat an d in ~ and was killed while that service . His of free schools only gave him a greater zeal , took a live interest all the cam ’ m 1 1 n d in ai ns father, also na ed Thomas , was then about a interest helping to establish them for p g from Andrew Jackson s ﬁrst election

. C S r. O f a nd P . years old Thomas olter , , spent his boy the children his time their successors . to that of Franklin ierce There is no an B P hood with uncle named rooks, near hila He was loyal and devoted to the Presbyterian doubt that the continuing tendency of Venan h delphia . W en of age he came as go township , to give Democratic far west as Williamsport , where he majorities , is owing in a great meas remained for a few years and was ure to his earnest advocacy of its

in married to Elizabeth Logue . I n principles , common with a fe w

1 a nd a n 797 , he his wife d three others , prominent with him in the children came over from Williams early township matters . His force port a nd settled in what is now of characte r was at once indicated

Venango township , in this county . by a striking personal appearance

N o o n e of his own relatives came and peculiarity of manner . He was

in over then , but two brothers and slightly over six feet height , of

ﬁve sisters o f his wife settled in the large frame , as straight as an I ndia n northern part of the county about and possessed of great physical

I n the same time . strength . manner he was in

O f R o b the brothers of his wife , tensely earnest , and he was , alto t ert Logue set led on an adjoining gether , capable of great emphasis farm , and Thomas Logue on a tract and convincing power in conversa of land a few miles below Mead tion and controversy .

. O n e S ville of her sisters , arah , The church , the school house ,

a nd was married to Darius Mead Mary , the newspaper have done much i R . n to John Long ; ebecca , to a Mr these days towards bringing m e n C rawford and o n e of the other two up to a common plane of in te lli sisters to a Mr . Hamilton ; the other gence , so that leadership has be

M lanahan to c C . There is a large come more a matter of tact in relationship from these several fam directing and using the various ilie s in still residing the county . forces of society , than a matter of

C S r. Thomas olter , , had three direct personal inﬂuence .

in sons . born after his settlement A man is now rated as the best t h : R e township , namely obert, politician who never makes a

i Thomas and W lson . The oldest speech , and never , or hardly ever,

o f R . them , obert , is said to have writes a letter But in those ear

A N D R EW G . A PP LE . been the ﬁrst white child born i . — l er times personal inﬂuence was M b o f S L 1 887 8 . in e em er tate eg islature C the township . The young st , more direct . andidates , or per

W o n . I n 1 8 2 . B s o ns ilson , lived for many years a farm church 5 he , with David M ole , wishing to inﬂuence popular decisions ,

and a a few miles east of Meadville, and was the Darius Mead , John Bole , William Bole , mingled with the people made direct p S R ’ C I n . C . father of J . J . olter , now of Geneva . Joseph W cott , obert olter and others , peals for support The militia drills , the I in a in V e na n o bo ro passing remark this , reference to the p built , g , the excellent church mass meeting and the local gatherings were

P I n rents o f the Thomas C olter of whom I am which is now used by the resbyterians at favorite places for such purposes . connec — n o t . . C writing they did come over from Wil Venango tion with such assemblages , Mr olter is

lia m s o rt in a I n in . u nlim p palace car . How these early this early time political opinion was most prominently remembered With

ﬂ u e n c e d ite d settlers did make their way to their western vastly more by public speaking than earnestness , enthusiasm and geniality ,

N n o n . o homes through the woods , bristling all at present ewspapers had not then much and a willingness all occasions to defend

P in sides with dangers , is a matter of interesting circulation , and even residential nominations his opinions , he attained at once such

C . . P onjecture This one , the family tradition and party platforms were proclaimed mainly matters a prominence ossessed of such says , made his way with his wife and three from the stump . qualities , as well as the sterling traits of

o n 1 8 2 a nd little girls over the I ndian paths horseback . I n the fall of 4, when he was in his honesty integrity , it is not surprising that

- ﬁ rs t . C he a nd Most of what is now Venango township twenty year , Mr olter had to go to Erie is yet kindly , even affectionately ,

1 80 in o n o f was a vast wilderness in 3, the year some errand , and the time of his visit hap remembered by the surviving associates

C r. W as . o n . which Thomas olter , J , born There pened a big convention day of the Adams those days

a nd . GO . were then no school houses , churches campaign He heard nearly every one hur VENAN n d a nd . a were few far between He lived to see rahing for Adams , could not make out C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. I I I

F a irﬁe ld— 1 1 1 O 8 . S T OWN S H I PS A N D B OR OU GH S . rganized urface rolling , ing . Lumbering and grazing are the principal

. . R n well watered , good railroad facilities Area , industries ailroad facilities good . C o

- C 1 880 2 . in rawford county is divided into thirty four acres ; population , , 9 9 neant Lake is this township . Evansburg and — 1 0 . O 8 . S e n a nd S townships , seventeen boroughs two cities Greenwood rganized 3 urface g hermansville , principal centers . Area ,

e rall . S w e ll w a 880 1 8 . The characteristics of the several townships y level oil quite productive , population , , 95 — te re d . S S O 1 and boroughs are herewith set forth , railroad facilities fair Geneva , prin outh henango rganized l 8 1 . S u r

O W S PS . e i al . a n d T N HI p centre Area , acres ; population , face level , soil good ; population 1 880 — , , O 1 8 1 . 1 880 1 Athens rganized 3 Soil well adap , 99 — 1 8 0 S — . R H a ﬁe ld O . S O 1 8 0 S ted for farming and is well watered ail y rganized 3 urface roll parta rganized 3 . urface rolling .

f . f . . S road facilities air Lumbering and arming ing Good soil , well watered Area , Lumbering carried on extensively . partans 1 880 . C chief industries Little ooley principal cen acres ; population , , burg , a busy trade center , is the pri ncipal — S 88 O 1 0 . . i 1 0 . , ; _ , Mead rganized 9 urface general 1 880 tre Area acres populat on 7 point Area , acres ; population , ,

S f . ly hilly . oil airly productive Meadville is — — O 1 8 1 1 . S . S O Beaver rganized urface level the point of purchase Area , acres ; pring rganized 1 8 1 1 . S pringboro is

w e ll . S 1 880 i and timbered oil good for farming population , , the pr ncipal business center . C ontains some — 1 1 . , Po u la N S O 8 1 . S u r a nd and grazing Area acres ; p orth henango rganized of the best soil in the county , is well tilled . 1 880 tion , Fine stock raising extensively carried on . Blo o m ﬁ e ld —O 1 8 0 . rganized as at present 3 Well watered , good railroad facilities . Area , P l . 1 8 0 rincipa industries , dairying and lumbering acres ; population , 8 ,

fa S —O 1 8 1 , 6 . S e Good soil well watered and good railroad teben rganized urfac rolling .

c ilitie s . R R . iceville principal centre Area , ailroad facilities fair . Good soil g enerally . 1 880 acres ; population , Well watered . Townville is the principal C — 1 O 8 2. S . 1 880 ambridge rganized 5 oil fertile center Area , acres ; population , ,

. R 82 and well watered ailroad facilities good . 7 .

H ON . A LEX . S . B EA T T Y .

- M emb er o f L e g islature 1 887 8 .

S . face level . oil good Well watered , and

good railroad facilities . Area , acres ;

1 880 2. population , , 94 — S . O il C reek O rganized 1 820 . urface hilly

S oil strong . Lumbering extensive . Water

an d . 1 8 power railroad facilities good Area , , 6 1880 79 acres ; population , , H ON . C . N . S M I T H . H N . R R E R N I L O FO S T . C H O S . — P O 1 8 . S . ine rganized 47 urface level - M e b e o f L e l e 1 88 8 . L 1 88 - 8 m r g is atur 7 M emb e r o f eg i slature 7 . S oil best adapted to stock raising . Lines

i ro — C am br d e bo . S O 1 8 0 . S t g principal business centre ville is the principal business centre . Area , ummerhill rganized 3 oil fer ile ,

880 . 1 80 8 . a n i 8 d . r Area , acres population , 745 acres ; population , , 3 5 well watered Dicksonbu g is the prin — S — 1 2 O 1 8 1 1 . R O 8 . S . c i al . o u la C onneaut rganized oil strong andolph rganized 4 urface hilly p center Area , acres ; p p

. S a nd 1 880 and productive . Well watered and timbered oil well watered best adapted to stock tion , , — S a l . . o n . S O 1 8 1 . Good r ilroad faci ities Area , acres ; raising Lumbering carried extensively ummit rganized 4 oil fertile and

’ 1 880 1 . . population , , Guy s Mills is the principal supply centre well watered , Harmonsburg , principal cen — C u ss e w a o O 1 8 1 1 . S 1 880 1 880 g rganized urface ele Area , acres ; population , , ter ; population , , — — v at S R O S . 1 8 0 . e d and broken . oil a strong productive ichmond rganized urface hilly Troy O rganized 3 Lumber has been R S . N e w . C loam . Dairy ing, stock raising , and cheese oil adapted for dairying ichmond , the principal product Troy enter is the

Pr . . manufacture extensive . incipal centres , principal centre Well watered ; population , principal point of supplies Area ,

1 880 1 880 C rossing ville and Mosi ertown ; population , , acres ; population , , — — 1 6 R 1 8 1 1 . S . 8 . S 1 880 , ockdale O rganized urface hilly U nion O rganized 7 oil marshy , but

ﬁ l — n a nd w ill F allo w e d O 1 80 . u r 11 in ve t . c a East rganized 4 S $ 0 the valleys y rich and productive easily be reclaimed , be valuable ;

t in 1 880 60 . face undula ing and well timbered . Atlantic Lumbering , dairying , and farming , chief population , , 3 ’ — O 1 8 1 1 . S d u strie s . . is the p rincipal business centre . Area Miller s station , principal centre Venango rganized urface roll

880 1 8 S . 1 8 0 . . acres ; population , , Area , acres ; population , , ing oil very fertile Farming extensive — — R V a ﬁ l . . e S . F ir e d O 1 86 S R O 1 8 0 . East rganized 9 . urface ome rganized 3 urface rolling Well watered ailroad facilities fair rolling and well timbered . Soil fertile and S oil well watered and very productive . Lum nango is the principal center . Area ,

880 60 2 R . 1 . r . . r a n C ve y productive Well watered ailroad be ing extensive industry enterville , a acres ; population , , — 1 8 0 . S C . A O facilities good . ochranton is the principal thrifty place , is the principal centre rea , Vernon rganized 3 urface hilly ;

1 880 : 1 880 1 880 centre . Area , acres ; population , , acres population , , population , , — — O 1 8 1 1 . S O 1 8 1 1 . S 7 48. adsbury rganized urface roll Wayne rganized Well timbered - A 1 1 2 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R E P UBLI C N.

o u la in 1 8 0 Trinit Episcopal church was and watered . Area , acres ; p p The iron interests of the county are among 7 y n d a . tiO n 1 880 its least developed industries , but three erected Among its industries may be special , , I n — 1 8 S u r l . West F allo w ﬁe ld O rganized 45 . concerns make a return to the Bureau of y mentioned the extensive tannery of J Bol

a a C o . S C S . ard ; the axon hemical Works , where face broken . Well timbered with hemlock ternal tatistics These show yearly p y n l c e n , , , a d a nd hard woods . Adamsvi le principal roll of acetate of lime alcohol tar charcoal are

' 8 1 1 880 Lumber statistics for 1 8 , as returned , produced from hard woods ; the foundery of tre . Area , acres ; population ,

2 Moulthrop Sons ; the furniture establish 48 . show the total amount paid in wages to be o — 1 R f . , a nd . tw West Shenango O rganized 863. ail white pine , eet ; hem ments of Wm Derby J Field ; grist

O . O . . S ; , mills, owned respectively by Tichnor road facilities good . Well watered oil lock , feet oak lumber

C o . C O . P 1 880 2 . , ; , , and Butts ; and the woolen mills good . opulation , 7 7 feet ; other lumber feet shingles

— 1 S a nd : . C . fi Woodcock S ettled in 1 79 . urface lath , and staves of J W rider The rst number of the C Co u r ie r in 1 8 . W onneautville was issued 4 by broken . C ontains many ﬁne farms ell heading , There are without doubt 7 in 1 R in . . S . . B ; 864 watered and timbered . ailroad facilities many concerns the trade which make no A T Mead and W rown it ' R S an d , , was purchased by . E . W . A . upert , pub good . aegertown , Blooming Valley return at all and from personal observations J

P lish e rs R e c ord , an d Woodcock principal centers . opulation we are assured that the value of the industry of the was consolidated ’ R e c or d S . with that paper under the name of 1 880 , is largely in excess of the tate s ﬁgures — a n d Co u r i er 1 8 0 r . PR O DU C TIO N O F TH E C O U NTY . Tanne ies The county returns six tan until 7 , when the old name

n e rie s - C ll Cou r i er ; a Appended will be found the agricultural , giving employment to thirty nine men ; onneautvi e was restored the p

1 880 in R l . production of the county for the year , distributing yearly wages , and per is epublican and has a wide circu ation

: C C v N the latest date to which reliable ﬁgures can producing , viz alf skins other The onneaut ille ational Bank was 1 1 86 W l o f , . organized January , 4 , ith a capita of be given . We also give the production leather sides

1 870 for comparison SC H O O L S TA TI S TI CS . There were in C rawford county at the end The C rawford C ounty Agricultural S ociety

1 88 1 6 1 O f of school year , June 6, , schools , 4 ; is the pioneer organization that kind in the

' fair in 1 1 82 8. 8 2. teachers , males ; females 49 Average county , it held its first 5 O f “ fi salary of males per month and The present borough of cers are J . A . C 1 females per month . Brown , burgess ; J . W . rider, . Field , coun in The total number O f scholars attendance cil . C C R was , males females ost of ENTE VI LLE 1 86 each scholar per month 66 cents . Total was incorporated a borough 5 ; the first an d o fli c e rs R amount of tax levied for school building elected were George W . ockwell , P . . C . purposes burgess ; A Waid , James lark , L B .

in 0 . . . N The total number of taxable inhabitants Main , F Himes , and T L . oble , council .

1 882 R I n 1 880 0 P‘ the county for , was eal estate it had a population of 3 7 . A res

P b te rian 1 8 1 assessed valuation ersonal y church was organized in 5 . A C in 1 8 1 property assessed valuation ih ongregational church 4 , a Methodist

in 1 8 1 1 862 The price per bushel of the leading cereals cluding occupation tax . Amount of money at church 3 and a Baptist church in .

to : . . . e , , B _ for the year was , viz ; Wh at , oats , interest subject tax onded The present burgess and council are T J

6 1 1 88 P C . . 40 cents ; corn (shelled) 5 6 cents ; rye, 5 debt January , 3, atten , burgess ; Henry aroll, D B Hotch

C O C S O . . . . cents . N LU I N kiss , A A Atherton , council ’

C A M B R I D G E BO R O . Below will be found the total number o f . The foregoing statement of the county s I 1 866 live stock ( o n farms) in the county at the production , characteristics of townships , taxes , ncorporated as a borough in ; it is &c o n t . C end of and also the number for 1 87 0 : school sta istics , , are compiled from exist located the banks of French reek ; and l in 1 880 a o u la tio n 6 R ing o ﬂi c ia sources and are as nearly correct had p p of 7 4 . A . B . oss

I n . . B u c h a rd as it is possible to state them . reference was the ﬁrst burgess , and D D , Able

S . . R . . P an d P to the commercial wealth of the county , and Drake , B Hadley , W errin , . K .

h . the c aracteristics of the various communities C arrol , council The ﬁrst newspaper venture

l I n d ex 1 6 in 8 . . throughout it, we submit , the fo lowing was the , started in 9, by A W ’ O f in 1 8 . . P pages , the resul ts ﬁve months assiduous Howe ; 7 7 J L erry issued the ﬁrst C N ew s The price of live stock in the county for labor to that end . That nothing has been number of the ambridge , which was 88 1 88 1 b . : 1 the year has een on the average , viz unduly lauded , we need not assure the resi purchased in 3 by Moses Wade , who 1 0 1 1 1 Horses , $ 5 ; mules , $ cows , $ 34 ; dents of the respective communities treated , were succeeded by Eckles Brothers , the

a n d . an ewes , lambs , $3 per head . while to those outside of them , we can only present publishers I t is eight page week l a nd , , independent in politics , possesses a The commissioners of the county return as say a personal investigation will fully bear y . ” 1 882 . taxable for , the following stock over four us out . highly creditable circulation The Baptist

: l C O i n 1 81 2 years old H orses and mu es , value NNEAU TVI LLE . church was organized ; the Methodist

0 C o n i n 1 8 2 C in 1 8 2 oxen , 5 7 , value cows , onneautville , located the old Beaver 3 , the ongregational 5 ; the P 1 8 2 U value and Erie canal , was incorporated as a borough resbyterian in 5 ; niversalist and

I n 1 . P the production of tobacco , C rawford in 843 John E . atton was the ﬁrst bur Lutheran congregations existed here at one I n 188 1 880 i n . C . C a d . S . C county is credited in w th six acres , gess . Wm rozier , Minor T arr , time 3 a onservatory of Music was P R le r C . R O . . P. at . . M e yielding pounds Geo . M y , and has ich , the ﬁrst pened by rof E ussell , which has

in 1 860 ta in e d . I t The area of bituminous coal in the county council . The population , was marked success has within the

an in 1 880 1 n is estimated by geological survey to be d , 94 ; the decrease was owni g last two years become quite a celebrity as a - “ S o n o n acres . The bed known as the haron Hori to the discontinuance of the canal which health resort account of its mineral springs , ” I n zon has an average thickness of three feet , most of its business interests centered . a large well appointed sanitarium has recent

1 82 l . and is estimated to contain tons , 9 a Methodist congregation was formed ; y been completed The present burgess and

in 18 P 8 U : . . H . but the thinness of the vein places it beyond 35 a resbyterian ; in 1 43 a niversalist ; council are E J inkley , burgess ; A ’

P . . in 1 8 0 St. C . . successful operation . 5 eter s atholic congregation , and Mattison , J V Gage , T . D Holt , council

1 1 C I A I I O R I - R P I 4 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C A N.

LLO N I A . . . VA Bousson Fauncetown 0 U R S P R I N G S .

o n Brown Hill . Frenchtown . Located French creek , directly opposite ’ h n G e rto . C alvin s C orners . R m a M l S Meadville , it was laid out by F . W . Huide Th e e ark ble in era prin g s o f

. 1 866 a n d Geneva C C . koper in , incorporated as a borough ra wford o u n ty

R . i n 86 C entre oad S tation Glyndon . 1 . C 8 T . J . olwood was the ﬁrst bur

C . . B Y . H . M O G O M R A . M I n 1 880 t 28 entreville Gresham ( NT E Y , . gess . it had a popula ion of 5 ; it J ) ’ h a i v owes its growth to the railroad shops of Mead p n ille . Guy s Mills I have frequently heard O ld residents relate

’ Co c /zr a n on . h a is c o t . Harmonsburg . I n 1 88 1 t c e l E why certain families settled in particular parts ville S . Andrew s p ( p

C on n e a u tvi lle . . Hartstown of the country, and the reason given was the pal ) , was erected and is maintained as a mis ’

C C . . oon s orners Hayﬁeld locality of a spring of pure water . I t is very sion by C hrist church , Meadville . The pres

. t m a n P C rossingville . Hickernell na ural that a searching in a wilderness ent burgess and council are atrick Flynn , ’ S C ustard s . Hydetown . of forest for a place to build a cabin would burgess ; James Armstrong , John lavin and

Deckard . Kerrtown . select a site as near to the best spring of water S . tephen Bradley , council

Dicksonburg . Lincolnville . as circumstances would permit , and if land

' ’ V E N A N G O BO R O . ’ l L z n ew z lle i l . Drake s M s . equal to any in the country were found near

. C . The ﬁrst settlement on the site of this bor East Titusville Little ooley the spring, he would choose to begin his fron ’ I S . . in 1 P S . . ough was made 7 97 , by hilip traw I t Espyville Long s tand tier ife near living water

b r . I ts fﬁ E va n s u . C in 1 8 2 . was incorporated 5 ﬁrst o cers g Lyona rawford county has as much , as pure , and

: I Pe iﬂ e r were saac , burgess ; as palatable water as any county

U . Jacob Kepler , John Kleckner , in the nion I ts springs are

Anthony W . Mumford a n d numbered by thousands . Many

C harle s P Pe n a e r . I n . y , council of them are large , and there 1 880 it contained a population are but few of them which are of 347 . The oldest religious not, or were not , comparatively S congregation is the Zion Evan pure . ome of these springs ﬂow

e lic a l G e ne ral C g Lutheran , oun enough water to turn machinery ,

in 1 8 1 6 cil , organized ; t h e while others , coming from hill

Methodist was organized i n . sides , though small and hum

1 8 2 a n d 4 , the Evangelical Luth ble , are as cool as winter . The

1 8 . eran , General Synod in 7 5 water supply of any country has

The present burgess and coun more to do with the prosperity , S an d cil are Frank kelton , burgess ; contentment happiness of R R . P . . S a J he rer and . B arks , the citizens than almost any

n . c ou c ﬂ . other feature

W Here and there throughout VO TE O F C R A FO R D C O UNTY . our borders are found springs The total vote cast in C raw which have been known as min ford county for President in 1 884 ‘ was as follows eral waters , and some of these have enjoyed good reputation Blaine ( R epublican ) as to curative qualities . But

C leveland ( Democrat) . the satisﬁed , healthy , contented

Butler (Greenback ) . ci tizens of C rawford did not real P S t . John ( rohibitionist) 644 ize that there were other locali The total vote cast in C raw ti es not so abundantly blessed by ford county for Governor in a nd nature ; , while they did not 1 886 was as follows need the curing virtue of these R Beaver ( epublican) springs , they forgot to call their Black ( Democrat) neighbors to be healed by the Wolfe A R T H U R medicine which they allowed to

2 2 ru n . Houston ( Labor) . 5 into the gulfs I t is only The total vote in C rawford county for within a few years that much attention has

S tate Treasurer in 1 887 was as fol been paid to these springs , but the work has lo ws : begun with so much vigor , and so much suc Hart ( R epublican ) cess has attended the e ﬂ o rts of those who are M c G ra w ( Democrat) trying to introduce C rawford county mineral

Kennedy ( Labor) water into our large cities , that we may expect o n e I rish ( Prohibition ) soon to class this as of our great industries . While water is n ot the only mineral which

R P I E S . c a n OU OSTOFF C our county boast of, it is the one which is

- most talked of and most worked to day . The ’ P o s to fﬁ c e s i n C w C in T he ra ford ou n ty , water of any spring this county will be

M a 1 1 1 888 . y , found by analysis to contain certain minerals which are almost sure to be present in c o n sid

e rable . [Those printed in italics are money order quantity These substances are lime , O f s ﬁce ] magnesia , silica , salt , etc . , and while only the A damsville . fraction of a grain of any o ne of them is found

A . tlantic in each gallon , together they often make sev

B C . S eaver entre eral grains . ome of these minerals , as lime , C I A I I O R I —R P I A 1 1 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 5

I are necessary to good health and proper been but a limited number of these ana K N G H TS O F L A B OR . n o l z e d and te ll nourishment , while others do harm , but y , it is not possible to or predict

also wa f I n n o . o particular good , and they render the value their waters drilling for A S ket c h of the O rganiz ation in C raw

ata ta ble . P O il ter p and pleasant to the taste ure and gas many wells of salt have been ford C oun ty . water is almost as difﬁcult to drink as any found which carry large quantities of mineral .

O n e - other tasteless insipid liquid . lately ﬁnished is twenty six hundred feet O f the early history of this order in our

N o w , though these minerals are present in below the surface , or over ﬁfteen hundred county very little at this time can be obtained

l . c a l natural waters in the county , they do not feet below sea level I t yields a salt water by your orrespondent , and as each local as

se mbl make every spring a mineral spring . The which contains large amounts of chlorides of y has complete control of its own a i

& c . u m mineral must be in much greater quantity or calcium , sodium , magnesian , , also iodine fairs , the same as a business ﬁrm , I am

. a ble of a different kind to enable us to classify a and bromin The chloride of lime makes it to give more than a passing notice . a nd N 2 2 o . 6 1 spring as a mineral spring . The deﬁnition of unﬁt for salt manufacture the large Local Assembly , was founded in

S 0 1 2 o n . 88 a mineral spring given by most writers this amount of mineral makes it useless as a the city of Meadville , eptember 3 , ,

r h . O O subject makes curative properties one of the medicinal water except for baths the and c artered by the general assembly , cto

bu t in the be th 1 882 . necessary requirements ; light of wells , which yield oil and salt water , are ber s The charter bears the names what is now known about the origin of dis ing utilized in the manufacture o f salt for of some of our “best and most competent

w o rk in m e n t. ease these springs may have quite the opposite farm use as for stock and fertilizer . g After a struggle for life amid

A n in effect . y spring carrying solution more The rare spring in this country is the adverse circumstances this assembly lapsed mineral m atte r than is ordi about a year from the date n a il r y found in fresh water , of organization .

C . . N o 68 1 or one ontaining salts of Meadville L A . 7 28 1 8 rare metals or some unusual was founded April , 86, combinations of ordi n a r y and commenced work about 1 6 elements may be termed a the th of June . From the mineral spring . The princi day of organization until this

ih o f th is pal mineral springs time , every effort for good county is iron , and rather the made by this local has been large majority of mineral successful . There has been

n o springs are those which con grand rush , as we learn tain soluti ons of iron com of in other parts of the coun pounds . As the iron is held try , but a regular continuous in an d solution by the presence growth , prosperous out

o f a ll of carbonic acid gas , these come ventures .

A . N . o . 8 1 waters usually discharge the Keystone L , 9 5 , iron as a precipitate shortly was organized i n the city of

, 1 1 88 after leaving the ground or Meadville , March 4 . 7 . as soon as the gas escapes . This local has grown in w There are , ho ever , a few numbers , perhaps not as fast which have salts of iron that as the senior assembly, bu t

in a nd are soluble water , with regularity . S ince its these retain the iron ind e ﬁ organization it has moved n itel . O n e N o 68 1 an y of these springs, jointly with . 7 , d situated about twelve miles has partaken o f the same east of Meadville , escapes in prosperity .

C A N o a large stream from the top French reek L . . , .

l an d 1 0 1 w as of a hil , is as clear 94 , organized in the re c i i bright as air, but it p p city of Meadville , S eptem 1 8 tates large quantities of iron ber 3oth 87 . At the time oxide within ﬁfty feet of its of organization this local had H ON . S . N EW T ON P ET I S . S o T source . much iron has a larger roll than any of its

m . C t o n been deposited by these waters that any alkaline spring rawford coun y has its predecessors , and has had e continued line tons of the oxide have been hauled away to share of this kind of water, and no doubt of prosperity . I t has been the means of smelting furnaces, and a large quantity still many springs of this character , of more adding greatly to the prosperity of the other

. remains or less importance , will be found in the assemblies .

u n . P N . A . O . 0 0 To enumerate the springs would be future Meadville receptory , L , 3 , dates m e n proﬁtable , yet certain localities may be Examinations of waters from several parts its existence from near the time of the build io n e d t . as being centers of chalybeate waters of our county have proven that sulphur ing of the Meadville Glass Works . This The entire valley of French creek through springs are to be used in the n ear future for organization works entirely under the d ire c C m e d ic al . . 0 0 a nd rawford county has iron springs of more or purposes tion of L A . 3 , the membership is

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. S no r less value as ferruginous water ome of We have neither space disposition to conﬁned to glassworkers . Although conﬁned

h a c these are to be condemned , owever, on enter into details on this subject , but enough to one trade , they work jointly with and take count O f the organic matter which they con has been said to call the attention of our a deep interest in the welfare of the w hole tain . citizens to the facts which have been so long order . ’

n A . N Another class of springs commo in this neglected . With such climatic advantages , Ladies Enterprise , L . , o . was

. h O in 2 1 888 county is salt These were known to the suc beautiful scenery , such pure water , such rganized this ciyt , April 4 , . I t is “ ” early inhabitants as deer licks . They are mineral water , and a little push and energy , composed of a large number of ladies , who scattered throughout the entire county a nd C rawford county may have thousands of are enthusiastic in the good work th ey have are usually but feebly saline . There has visitors every summer . undertaken . - A 1 1 6 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C N.

and in O W . These organizations , located the city of T NVILLE were also procured the first fire depart o n f s am e m e e tin C . A . N o . 1 0 , , , Meadville , all occupy the g place , entral , L , 7 34 Townville was ment of Meadville was set oot but not : S 1 0 1 88 . w ith reading rooms a nd other accommoda organized eptember , 7 We learn through regularly organized companies When a fire broke out everybody turned out a nd tions attached , and having and exercising from this assembly that they have had a l fo r an d a n d . S common right to the property use , the peaceful safe journey so far , a gradua lent a helping hand ome fell into line with n whole being managed by a joint executive increase in membership . the bucket brigade and some tur ed the an th e c , . board . Local assemblies of order and do cranks of the engines From the peculiar

R O in i in , S PR I NG BO . many instances , work for a t me secret mode of working these engines they were “ ” O , f O ﬂi c iall thus avoiding discussions and pposition nicknamed the co fee grinders . y N . 6 S pringboro , L . A . , o 4 , was organized 5 3 much of which at times will arise without they were known as the Diligent and the

2 1 886 . April , This local has been one 3 “ ” reason or foundation , and to a new organiza . at Vigilant of the most earnest , and has for a reward tion may prove detrimental ; therefore , your The first regular fire company was organ u ta in e d permanency , and still continues an p n o t d u 1 8 8 correspondent , having obtained special iz e in Aug st , 3 , after a petition signed ward course . permission to give further information , will by a large number of taxable inhabitants had TITU S VILLE . conclude this sketch with the hope that the been presented to the town c ouncil requesting N 6 2 1 A ril u . A . o . , p Tit sville , L , 9 organized good work may go on , and our county at the levy of a special tax for the aid of a fire 0 1 886 l in in . w 3 , , is the argest numbers this large be the gainer in the end company . The follo ing named persons c a nd o ne ounty , the only in the county regu were found to be the organizers of the first la rl ~ y incorporated under the laws of the FI R E L A D D I ES . fire company of Meadville

. , state This local owns its own buildings and . P. C David Dick , William Bemus, J och

. F m P . r C S . . S is prosecuting the work of the order earnestly A H i s tory of O u ire D epart en t , ran , Horace ullum , A Torbet , imon ’ 8 A N o . 812 C oopers U nion , L . . , , was O z n F m I t s S . . . . ro rgani at io to th e nyder , W M Logan , J B Hunter, John 6, organized in the city of Titusville , July m . P . R P C . re s e n t Ti e arr, W H Davis , ichard atch , Edward 1 886 a nd me m , was originally composed of S b C r. te bins , yrus Townsend , George Davis , J , ’ C U . , bers of the oopers nion They as a BY C . M . B O U SH . ( ) Joseph Finney , W . W . Hope , J . H . Lewis , an d a n union , disbanded became assembly of R r. By some of our oldest citizens living we George amsdale , Jose h Morrison, , . ' p J H

the order . This assembly deserves well , for in . R S S are told that the early days of Meadville L ichmond , amuel Andrews , A . F . tew

i n prosecuting the work of the order it has able e every bodi d male inhabitant of the town art, W . Davis , Jr James Douglass , William s no superior . Members are eldom out of . r S 0 . S f was a fireman The alarm being sounded , Gill , J . , amuel Quail , Daniel ta ord , a nd e mployment, when they are , the ma l all rushed for their buckets and ran to the Wi liam Davis , John Dick , Joseph Vickers , chinery is immediately put in motion to N P . S C . fire . Those who could afford it had leather eter Jones , K Davis , . . allender, O I t . obtain it never fails , and there is nothing . C P . . C . buckets made for the purpose At the fire a Hastings , A M Grimes , . . ochran “ “ that will give more impetus to an assembly self- constituted chief formed the people in two This company was named The Meadville ” than this work . a nd C . o lines , the buckets were passed from hand Fire ompany They adopted a c ns ti tu

S PA R A S B R G . T N U to hand from the w a ter supply to the foot of tion a n d by - laws which were presented to the 6 A N . 8 S partansburg , L . . , o 7 5 , was organ the ladder and up to the daring man who town council , approved by it , and are found

886 . N o 1 r 2 1 . i z e d S eptembe 4 , This assembly has faced the heat and threw the water upon the on the town records in book , page

sin Ce . 2 0 a dvanced steadily organization , and is devouring element Then he dropped the 5 . b I n 1 8 always o n time . empty uckets , which were caught by stout 39 a large hand engine with suction

N o 2 a nd a A . . . P Harvest , L . , 93 4 , was organized arms below , , from hand to hand , went att chment was purchased from W latt

D e m be i 2 1 886 . C o N . Y the 1 e c 5 , , at Lincolnville , and back to the water supply to be refilled The ,, Waterford , for sum of $ , afterwards permission was O btained to change work of throwing the water o n the fire with which was placed in charge of this be i f . a n location to R iceville . The assembly received buckets was soon found to exceedingly rst fire company The same year engine

z an d f . a backset before changing location , but since ha ardous di ficult A public meeting house (the first regular engine house in Mead I t o u that time has steadily advanced . seems was held and the people prepared a petition ville) was built the southeast corner o f the o n that this assembly had a harder fight to main to the town council requesting them to pro Academy lot C entre street . A special tax

fo r tain true temperance and sobrieyt than others , vide machinery that purpose ; in pur (called the engine fund) , was levied for sev

. su an c e . I n 1 8 2 but being right, they have attained victory whereof, the town council passed , on eral years to pay for this engine 4 a th 1 82 the 9 day of May , 9 , the following reso suitable reel for hose to the new engine was H YDETO W N . lu tio n obtained . There was also at that time anoth N o 6 1 6 A . . Hydetown , L . , 9 , organized ’ R es ol ved an d " , That it be expedient , it is er fire company called The Apprentices 1 0 1 88 February , 7 , has steadily advanced in ” hereby ordained , that one or more fire engines Vigilant Fire C ompany , which had the old a nd . m embership , is living a complacent life in f be procured at the expense of the borough , small crank engines charge . At some O A H YFI ELD . and that John Dick and David Derickson be the fires that occurred about that time the two

N . 1 0 1 . o O ld , . A , , , e f in Honesty L 3 7 Hayﬁeld a committee to carry this resolution into companies got into little skirmishes , couse 1 88 w a s 4 , 7 , and is the most u e n c e in 1 8 organized June feet ; and that said committee be authorized q whereof, February , 44 , the town e nterprising and enthusiastic assembly for its and instructed to contract with some mechan council appoi nted General John Dick as chief i N o membership and locat on in the county . i c of the borough to make such a number of engineer a n d C olonel S amuel Quail as assist n f in o . n e ort is spared carrying the work A ladders a d hooks , and of such quality and tant of both ﬁre companies during their action

in , a nd c o gradual increase membership ﬁnal dimension as they may deem prudent . at ﬁres . w in O ld d e s e rv h 1 . O n 1 1 t 8 operation , will for Honesty Two small hand engines were procured January , 47 , a public meeting of

ing prosperity . They were operated by four or ﬁve men work citizens of Meadville passed resolutions re

C O NNE UT . A ing at a crank on each side . They had no questing the town counc i l to purchase another

N o 0 1 A . . 1 C onneaut Lake , L. , 43 , was suction attachment and the water had to be large engine for additional protection against

2 8 1 88 . . . o rganized June , 7 This assembly poured into them The machinery simply ﬁre At the same meeting some of the less o u t a n d e h as been prosperous , and is growing fast . forced the water threw it upon the progressive element proposed to r establish

in b and T h e work of education was begun earnest , ﬁre . The bucket rigade had still to furnish the old bucket brigade , requested council

a n d nothing now c a n prevent success . the supply . A few ladders and some hooks to enact a law for each property owner to

1 1 8 I A I I O R I ON E - R E P U B L I A N C ENTENN L ED T N T B C .

— “ — . C 1 6 H R r. . . C N O 1 W 8 . . . 8 C . M c F add e n 7 L ichmond , J , chief ; L B M lark Hose ompany 3, Frank 7 9 . , foreman ; Samuel P t S Michel , ﬁrst assistant ; Joseph Mason , sec Beltz , foreman ; eter Linen , assis ant . chissler , assistant . 1 8 8— —“ . O Balth 1 880 S S ond assistant 7 Henry ster , foreman ; Kuhn , Louis Day , foreman amuel chissler , — R . H R r. . . 1 8 . . . 7 7 L ichmond , J , chief ; W assistant assistant — — C . s 1 8 O 1 88 1 D reu tle in Bennett , ﬁrst assistant ; John Ander on , 7 9 Henry ster, foreman ; John Bark , as Henry , foreman ; W . Worley, s is t ant . second assistant . assistant . — 1 880 — O 1 2— H R r. 88 1 8 8 . . S e e H e rri nk a 7 L ichmond , J , chief ; James Henry ster , foreman ; John Bark , as Henry , foreman ; John ,

if s is tan t. M L au hlin . Str c . g , ﬁrst assistant ; Frank A assistant

1 88 1 — O 1 88 — S e e ﬂer , second assistant . Henry ster , foreman ; John Bark , as 3 Henry , foreman ; Martin Bell , as — 1 8 f sis ta n t . sistan t 7 9 William A . Logan , chie ; James Mc .

‘ ifﬂ r 1 882— P - t . Str e O r. O 1 88 S e e S Laughlin , ﬁrs assistant ; Frank A , eter ster , J , foreman Frank ster , 4 Henry , foreman ; Joseph tewart ,

second assistant . assistant . assistant . — — — 1 88 P O r. 88 1 880 . O 1 S H William A Logan , chief ; James Mc 3 eter ster , J , foreman ; Frank ster , 5 John H . tine , foreman ; Frank an

S triffle r . Laughlin , first assistant ; Frank A . , assistant nen , assistant . 1 88 — — . 4 . . 1 886 . . S H o u snic k second assistant The company was named J F Dor J H tine , foreman ; John , — 1 ifll r N o . 1 88 . S tr e C . Frank A , chief ; Louis Day , rance Hose ompany 4 , George assistant

D re u tle in ﬁrst assistant ; John A . Barker , second as , foreman ; A . Martin , assistant . Dissolved . 8 — 1 8 D re u tle in . s istan t. G R G O M PA 5 George , foreman ; A Martin , EA LE FI E EN INE C NY N O . 3 — 1 2 . in h 88 . C 1 8 . . B o us John M lark , chief ; William Brown , assistant Was organized 5 3 C M . was

S 1 886— D re u tle in i O ﬁrst assistant ; George idler , second as George , foreman; Dell Ferr s , captain and Henry ster was I st lieutenant of

is an . s t t. assistant it from the organization of the company to 1 88 — R 1 88 —C f 1 86 1 3 John M . C lark , chief ; James oddick , 7 harles Devore , oreman Michael , when this company was placed in

h r S c u bb . C w a a . . u sse o ﬁrst assist nt ; G W Burnett , second as , assistant charge of g Fire Engine C ompany N N 2 s ista nt 1 88 . o . i . Dissolved ovember , 7 , and the apparatus perta ning thereto ,

1 —W n R R O G R A C O M PA w a o E 88 i S . . u sse n 4 ose , chief ; James Kiernan , U H AND E DY NY and adopted the name of C g Fire — k 1 8 . C C N o 1 ﬁrst assistant ; George H Lar ins , second 47 William Bartle , captain ; H ullum , g ine ompany . .

s . O R R R G C O M PA N O . I T ENT E EN N E N . assi tant st lieutenant FI I Y _ 3 — — 1 88 C C . 1 8 8 Bat tle S . . 1 8 1 o n 5 James W . urry , chief ; Frank 4 Wilmot , captain B Derick Was organized in 7 , and was located

o n S S . C . C . c s . Baker , ﬁrst assistant ; Mc oy , second , I st lieutenant tate street , econd ward

— ' 1 8 1 — R S 1 8 S . . o S . assistant . 49 B Dericks n , captain ; John M . O 7 George oland , foreman ; Geo idler , — P 88 . 1 6 . C . James W urry , chief ; E Welsh , burn , I st lieutenant . I st assistant . — 8 2— R N . . 1 . . c . 1 8 0 . ; , i S . . . S , ; , ﬁrst assistant J J Foley second ass stant 5 B Derickson , captain ; J J hry 7 George oland foreman J Mc oy — 8 . . . 1 8 . C 7 James W urry , chief ; J J Foley , ock , I st lieutenant . I st assistant —~ — D re u tle in 1 8 S . . S . . 1 8 1 S . . . S ; ﬁrst assistant ; G V , second as 5 B Derickson , captain ; J J hry 73 George idler , foreman T B tew

s is ta nt . . ock , I st lieutenant . art, I st assistant

1 — l in - - — — N 888 H . P D re u t e 1 8 S S . . . 1 8 2 hillips , chief ; G V , 5 34 Wilmot Bartle , captain Henry 74 Henry tewart, foreman ; orman

- M u llra in n . ﬁrst assistant ; Andrew y , seco d Hartman , I st lieutenant . Ellsworth , I st assistant

- — — R . 1 8 6 1 8 N . . assistant 5 7 Wilmot Bartle , captain James Haz 7 5 orman Ellsworth , foreman ; B

Harry M . Evans is secretary at present . lett , I st lieutenant . Kightlinger , I st assistant .

- — 8 C A P A S O R M A N D A SS S S . 1 8 8 62 1 . T I N , F E EN I TANT 5 James Hazlett , captain ; Henry Dissolved with the close of 7 5 ~ . M c F a r N S O O O R C O M P N O . I . o General John Dick and Mr John Hartman , I st lieutenant organization KEY T NE H K AND LADDE AN Y

- - - la n d th e 1 6 in 1 86 . were leaders in the Meadville Fire 863 4 5 . Was organized 5 Q

— - — 86 6 . S . N 1 1 1 8 . 1 C O . 8 1 86 P . M e M u l , ; Engine ompany from 39 to 47 7 Edward entz , foreman ; J 5 Thomas A tebbins foreman Thos

8 M c F a rland s . I n 1 . . 47 James D Gill was elected captain len , Ist assistant , I st a sistant — - — P 1 86 R . C 1 868 . S and Major D . V . Derickson ﬁrst lieutenant . 9 Edward entz, foreman ; Jas har 7 Thomas owell , foreman ; George

C . That year the company adopted the name of tle , I st assistant . arr, I st assistant — — N 1 u h in 1 868 R . C . P. C u sse wa o C o . . 1 8 0 C s g Fire Engine ompany 7 Edward , foreman George Thomas owell , foreman ; M

1 8 2 . H a r sh . n . About 5 Major D V . Derickson was p , I st assistant Davis , I st assista t — — P R . . 86 . C 1 u shin . 1 elected captain and Thomas S tebbins ﬁrst 1 87 Edward C foreman ; Jas Shar 9 Thomas owell , foreman ; M

. , . Davis , I st assistant . lieutenant A year or two after Thomas tle I st assistant — — e C S a nd in 1 86 1 1 8 2 M e 1 8 0 M . P. D ; . . tebbins was elected captain , the 7 James Larkins , foreman ; William 7 avis , foreman J W urry , a I n 1 86 1 . company dissolved . the Eagle Fire Fadden , I st assist nt I st assistant — — 8 1 . . C . . C o nt an N o . 1 8 . . . S 1 ; , Engine p y 3, which was organized 7 3 Geo Harpst , foreman ; J D weeney , 7 J W urry , foreman T J Doyle

1 8 8 C u sse w a o . . in 5 , became to be g Fire Engine I st assistant I st assistant — — C . 1 h 1 8 2 T . . C N o . a nd C . . Bo u s 1 8 . . S ; , ompany , M captain 7 4 J D weeney , foreman ; John Mat 7 J Doyle , foreman has Blystone

N o . . O . and H . ster, first lieutenant of 3became tocks, I st assistant I st assistant — C L . n . 8 . o flfic e rs N O . 1 86 C 1 the of I , and remained until 9 . Title changed to Empire Hose ompany 7 3 L Lord , foreman ; Joh A arr ,

I n 1 869 H enry O ster was elected foreman l\ o 4 I st assistant . — — 1 8 1 8 . C C and Martin Ku ppler assistant . 7 5 Joseph Masson , foreman ; John , Lar 74 John A arr , foreman Frank urry , — 1 8 . S . . 7 3 Martin Kuppler , foreman ; F chad kins , assistant I st assistant — " 8 — M c L au hlin C s 1 8 6 1 . ley , assistant . 7 William Eggleston , foreman ; William 7 5 James g , foreman ; harle — F S h a d l R . 1 8 . c e . . 74 y , foreman ; F idenour , Yates , assistant Blystone , I st assistant — — 8 6 M c L au hlin . . B a liz t I . 1 1 E . e . assistant . 87 7 . C , foreman ; G Meyers , 7 James g , foreman ; G W — 8 F S had le . 1 . c . 7 5 y , foreman ; Frank Beltz , assistant Burnett , I st assistant — R 1 8 M c L a u h lin . . assistant . Title changed to H . L . ichmond Hose 7 7 James g , foreman ; G W — N ( St . 1 8 6 N o . . 7 Frank Beltz , foreman ; ick Hessler, C ompany 4 Burnett , assistant — — Po r B aliz e t 1 8 8 G . . 1 8 8 E . C . S . C . assistant . 7 , foreman ; Derby , 7 W Burnett , foreman ; Frank — 1 8 . . . 7 7 This company adopted the name of J assistant ter , I st assistant C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 1 1 9

' 1 8 — A P R 1 8 2— M m — “ . . . . Bau slo u h fo re an . R . 1 882 C W 79 eisinger , foreman ; John Mar 7 L g , ; W Gill , harles Wahl , foreman ; Adam e t

in . i s t t . , I st assistant assistant ley , I st assistant .

— 1 8 - — W — 1 880 Sim ; . . , 4 . R . . . 1 88 N Green , foreman J A Barker I st 73 5 Gill , foreman W A Logan , 3 Adam Werley , foreman ; Daniel ash ,

. assistant I st assistant . I st assistant . 1 88 1 —Sim 1 6— W 1 8 . R . n 88 Green , foreman ; Joseph Martin , ; . S . B re k e P 7 Gill , foreman J 4 Adam Werley , foreman eter

. a I st assistant ridge , I st assistant . Kebort , I st assist nt . 1 882— 8 — 1 88 — . . 1 O lohn Miles , foreman ; G W Burnett , , ; , . . 77 tto Kohler foreman James Kline 5 Adam Werley , foreman A J Deutsch ,

I st assistant . I st assistant . I st assistant . 1 88 — F 1 8 — 1 8 — . . 8 C . 86 A . , ; . , I C , . . C . S 3 A Miles foreman D Ferris st 7 harles olt foreman ; J G Linde J Deutsch , foreman ; has chiel ,

. m an I s t assistant , assistant . I st assistant .

1 88 — C 1 8 —' W 1 88 . O 4 Edward Welsh , foreman ; Mat lark , 7 9 A . Logan , foreman ; tto Kohler , 7 Joseph Deutsch , foreman Frank

I st assistant . I st assistant . Guenther , I st assistant . — — — 1 88 E d . C . S 1 880 O C u m 1 888 S c h a dle M a r 5 Welsh , foreman ; hell , I st as tto Kohler , foreman ; James John y , foreman ; Jacob

i an s st t . mings , I st assistant . hoefer, I st assistant . — - — 1 886 C . S . 1 8 1 2 O U R C O C O M PA , ; , 8 O C . C EE N . hell foreman A J Zimmer I st tto Kohler , foreman ; has ham FF Y

. be rlain in assistant , I st assistant . This company was organized the fall of

— - M fﬁt K - 1 88 P. . o e arna n 1 88 W B a 1 8 . . a nd . . . C . 7 J and James , fore 3 4 H Gaskill , foreman ; F 7 4 with F M Braymer captain , Joseph

. S . men ; F . L eaman and Arthur Brown , ker , I st assistant . Allen , lieutenant The company received — . W 1 1 88 8 . . I . . . , st assistants 5 H Gaskill , foreman ; J Elmer their apparatus in the spring 7 5 Hon — F . S C . F ro bie 1 888 . P . . L eaman , foreman ; has , ratt, I st assistant . G B Delamater was the largest contributor — . 886 F E an d 1 C . . C . S I st assistant . Baker , foreman ; eavy , to work , procuring the apparatus the com “ O R O S C O M PA N O . i . . C f TAYL H E NY I st assistant . pany was named G B Delamater o fee 86 — ” 2 1 . C . 1 88 H . S . P P S . Was organized December 3, 5 7 hillips , foreman ; F . renatt , ompany I ts object is to furnish to the “

- 1 866 0 . . . . f e u H Hepburn , foreman H H Met I st assistant . ﬁremen hot co ee to drink while actively

s o ﬂﬁ e rs — . c 1 888 H . S P . calf, I st as istant These served . hillips , foreman ; F . C . Baker , gaged in the service The members were

- e 1 6 20 . re o r S . for several years The company was There are 44 men in active service . E . gen rally young men from to years of

a n iz e d g in Knapp is secretary at present . age and from this company the ranks of the — W R m 1 8 2 . . . 7 H ose , fore an ; W H . Her Hose companies were generally ﬁlled up , S . B C O S C O M PA N O . . DI K H E NY 5 N o 1 bert , Ist assistant . especially Taylor Hose . and Hope Hose 1 8 , , and was —W R M L a re n Was organized December 5 7 5 1 88 1 8 . . 0 . c r N o . 2. I n S 7 3 H ose , f reman ; A , eptember , 3, the members of o n S S located tate street , econd ward f o f I st assistant . the C o ee company took a hold the ap 1 8 6—W R — 7 . . Bennett , foreman ; N . 1 m . o a 1 8 F . . C C . O n d re 7 4 Bray er, foreman ; M Kauf paratus of Taylor Hose , Brawley , I st assistant . m an a . m n , I st assist nt organized that company and younger e 1 8 — R 7 7 . B . Kightlinger , foreman ; Daniel — - — C . and r 1 8 6 . e C f 75 J Anderson , foreman ; Anson stepped in organized the o ee com S te ﬂ o n , I st assistant . " O u r C f e Beatty , I st assistant . pany under the name of o ee C om — VV P 1 8 8 . S . . . Wright , foreman ; L W hil ” - — 7 S e e . ffi : 8 . . I ts O 1 87 7 Henry , foreman; W F Meadows , pany cers were lips , I st assistant . — h 1 88 E . . L as e lls I st assistant . 4 T , captain ; Harry Morris , - W f O 1 8 . . — 7 9 H Brown , oreman ; John nslow , . S . 1 87 9 William Welsh , foreman ; W B . teele , lieutenant I st assistant . 1 88 — I st assistant . 5 Daniel Fowler; captain ; William Mil —W R 1 880 . . B — A rown , foreman ; John eitze , 1 880 William Welsh , foreman ; Fred Boyer ler , lieutenant . I st assistant . — . 1 886 R smith , I st assistant Frank Weber , captain ; Julius eefer , — R I 88 1 H . . S n — A idler , foreman ; Joh eitze , 1 1 S e e lie u te nant . 88 Henry , foreman Fred Boyer

I st assistant . - 88 N . 1 C . smith , I st assistant . 7 Frank Weber , captain ; Mc — R 1 2 S . : . . 88 . — Win ose , foreman W E Jones , 2 . 1 88 We sley E . Michels , foreman ; Edward Laughlin , lieutenant I st assistant . — 1 888 . Welsh , I st assistant . Harry M Evans , captain ; Arthur H . —W S f 1 88 . . — 3 A Boyles , foreman Frank cha s , S i . 1 . 883 O scar Hartman , foreman ; H Boyer mith , l eutenant

I st assistant . smith , I st assistant . The company is now named Henr C . — y W . 1 88 . . . — ~ 4 M Hines , foreman ; W E Jones , f N C C o . 1 1 88 O . 4 scar Hartman , foreman ; Geo Lar Johnson o ee ompany , and occupies

. I st assistant in . on kins , I st assistant the engine house the ﬁrst ward C entre — W O . . O 1 88 . . — a 5 A Boyles , foreman ; A akes , B 1 88 O ; . . . 5 scar H rtman , foreman J Foley , street Harry E rown is secretary at pre I st assistant . I st assistant . — sent . O . . 1 886 O . . , ; E — C O A akes foreman H Dick P R PO C 1 886 George Larkins , foreman ; John THE I NDE ENDENT FI E LI E

. son , I st assistant in 1 ~ 86 . . burn , Ist assistant . was organized December , 5 Mr Wil

' — h e rsh e im e r H C . M e c t 1 88 . ; — 7 , foreman H 1 88 C and P Sh e han fo re G . 7 John oburn atrick , liam ill was the ﬁrst captain He acted in

E . Dickson , I st assistant . M lrain 1 s . . . . P men ; A u e , t assistant that capacity for several years F . B orter y — 1 888 H . . . . — E Dickson , foreman ; A W Mor E d . S . 1888 Eiler , foreman ; George chreiber , was his successor rison , I st assistant — S G W 1 C . . . . I st assistant . 87 4 T haw , captain ; Adams ,

R . i . emler is secretary at present F arn c o rn . John is secretary at present . J I st lieutenant 6 S C O M PA N O . — M . P . DA S O E N O P O S C OM P A N O 2 VI H Y 1 8 G . . C l H E H E NY . 7 5 W Adams , captain ; har es Bly

1 866 1 8 . 1 in . Was organized February 9 , . Was organized December , 7 5 stone , I st lieutenant — — - — . R C W 1 8 6 C . C . M c 66 . . . C . , 1 8 William Babington , foreman ; D G 1 87 6 7 James W urry , foreman ; 7 yrus Harper , captain ; D oder

. S r a . . h yock , I st assist nt Fadden , I st assistant I st lieutenant — — - — R 1 8 D . . . . C 6 . , 1 8 . . 1 8 C 7 William Babington , foreman ; G L 87 9 James W urry , foreman ; Frank 7 7 V Derickson , captain D oder

1 s t . . riﬂl e r . Mahoney , I st assistant S t , I st assistant lieutenant

— - — C I 8 S D . R . C . S . C f 1 880 . C , , 1 868 G . L . Mahoney , oreman ; James E . James W urry , foreman ; harles 7 oder captain ; M ooper

W . F a rland r. . . M c , j , I st assistant ahl , I st assistant I st lieutenant

- — — — 1 8 80 S . C . . - M F a rla nd 1 88 1 . C , ; E 1 8 0 1 . c 9 Myron ooper captain F 7 James E , foreman ; Mal James W urry , foreman ; Henry 7

. F arla n d . . , I colm M c , I st assistant Keim , I st assistant Wilson st lieutenant 1 E I A I I O R I ZI E - R E P I A 20 C ENT NN L ED T N T B N UBL C N.

1 88 1 - 2— r in C an D . d H . Boyd , captain ; James W ight, including the counties of hatham , Bryan , ent membership is one hundred eighty .

t M c I n tosh C . I t I st lieutenant . Liber y , , Glynn , and amden meets on the ﬁrst and third Monday even 1 8 — i 8 . . S in D . . . 3 4 H Boyd , captain ; T B tewart , The councils that have been inst tuted in ings of each month , Arcanum hall This

l o n th e I st ieu . the territory just mentioned are each limited hall, of which it is proprietor , is t- enant ‘ the P o 1 88 R idle a n d all second ﬂoor of the h enix block , is hand 5 D . H . Boyd , captain ; John , I st restricted in their membership , and s o m e l a nd y furnished , is in every way a lieutenant . other councils of the order are prohibited

88 — desirable place for lodge meetings . 1 C . . 6 D . C H . Boyd , captain ; Thompson , from receiving the application of any person l C N o 0 Linesvi le ouncil . 5 6 was instituted I st lieutenant . residing in the aforesaid territory .

th 1 88 1 e - 1 88 —D O February 4 , with tw nty three charter 7 . H . Boyd , captain ; Henry ster , The wisdom of these restrictions in certain and members, now has a membership of I st lieutenant . states will be seen when it is understood that - . I t m M P ’ forty nine eets on the second and fourth N . Y . P. a. O . O S E C O N , H A Y the widows and orphans beneﬁt fund is sus th 1 88 Tuesday evenings of each month . was organized July 7 , 5 , with a member ta in e d by assessments on the membership as “ in f c o n~ o f - ﬁv e These councils are all a lourishing ship twenty , for the protection prin often as needed ; there being but one assess c i a ll dition , and are composed of the best citizens p y of the property of the railroad com I n . ment jurisdiction . this way the member

of their respective localities . pany . I n ship in the more healthful localities are not — h While the R oyal Arcanum is beneﬁcial i t 1 88 . . S 5 Dick Griffeth , foreman ; F B mit , called upon to support the order in states 15 1 is also fraternal , for it is founded upon virtue , assistant . where the death rate averages much higher . an d — mercy charity . Time and space permit 886 W M K e n z i . 1 C . c e . , foreman ; J Hainen , The assessment plan is what is no w known me to speak only in a general way of the I st assistant . — as the graded level (original , however, with many instances wherein the burdens and sor 1 88 . . O 7 Joseph Hainen , foreman M J gden , the R oyal Arcanum) . The rate is based on ’ rows o f a member or member s family have I st assistant . the age of the applicant ; so that if each mem — been lifted and borne , so far as in their power, 1 888 e . Andrew , Maxwell , for man ; H Van hi s i ber lives out allotted t me , each would R by the brothers in the order . When the iper , I st assistant . contribute same amount to the widows and family ties haVe been severed and th e o n e on R . . G . Moore is secretary at present ’ orphans beneﬁt fund . whom dependence was placed for the main

O ld te n a n c e The order is now about eleven years , of home has answered the final sum T H E R OYA L A R CA N U M . and its membership numbers over mons and crossed the silent river , the way i t R E E . . i B Y C U S S . Durin these eleven years has rece ved and ( Y , D D s ) g is made clear to finish paying for the home The R oyal Arcanum was organized under disbursed among the beneficiaries of i ts or to educate the children or at least to make

' the laws of the commonwealth of M as sa c h u deceased members over and life s burdens lighter by the ﬁnancial assist

2 rd 1 8 yet no member has been burdened with as ; an d setts at Boston , June 3 7 7 , with nine ance that the order affords that which is se ss m e n ts o n e R members in the S upreme C ouncil . The objects , the highest number paid in any true of the oyal Arcanum is true of kindred an d — O . . year being fourteen the annual average of the order, are I st To unite fraternally rganizations

n te n . As soon as the Supreme C oun all white m e of sound bodily health , and less than

a c cil was organized , deputies were sent out to good moral character , who are socially OU R FA M OU S B A N D . in f c e table - ﬁ ft plant the order the di ferent states , terri p , and between twenty one and y n a nd no ﬁ a tories a d C anada . in state is there a S t h e N s B ve years of g e . ketch of orth we tern a nd a n d

2d m o ra l a nd in greater interest taken or more loyalty shown O M . To give all material aid rche s t ra , of eadv ille . i n P its power to its members and those dependent to the order than ennsylvania . Her mem be rshi o n e an d upon them . p consists of hundred seventy This celebrated band was organized in te n d seven subordinate councils , with thousand 1 868 S 3 . To educate its members socially , moral , with a tate charter , under the name of l members , exceeded only by Massachusetts and S C B y and intellectually ; also to assist the widows the ilver ornet and of Meadville . The

N e w . . Yor Five of these subordinate coun . r k 0 . and o phans of deceased members ﬁrst teacher was B Young , who taught f fo r th o cils with a membership of four hundred and . w as 4 . To establish a fund for the relief about six months The next teacher C . P P eighty , are located in rawford county To . . . sick and distressed members . rof F Boynton , who was director until ’ h a nd O Meadville belongs the honor of organizing 1 88 1 t . . . a 5 To establish a Widows rphans , except two years , when A D Ellis nd in a nd 8 o n t the fourth council the state , the 7 th O V a n O lk e r Beneﬁt Fund , from which , the sa isfactory tto respectively had charge . For : C N o . evidence of the death of a member of the in the order , to wit Meadville ouncil two years the band belonged to the S tate 1 6 1 8 8 8. I t , all was instituted April th 7 , with . 1 8 6 O rder , who has complied with its lawful 7 Militia About 7 the name was changed “ ” ten charter members . This council now N requirements , a sum not exceeding three thou to the orthwestern Band . Luc Houze

numbers one hundred and sixty members , and in 1 88 2 in sand dollars shall be paid to his family or took charge of the band , and the P o n n . meets in Arcanum hall , hoenix Block , the 1 8 o 8 . those dependent him , as he may direct spring of 4 was succeeded by Mr L . W . S R ' The general management is vested in the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each abin , formerly of eeves celebrated band

. P R . . I n 1 88 S upreme C ouncil , which meets annually at month of rovidence , I the fall of 7 Mr .

. S . . N N O . 1 0 be such places as shall by vote be determined Titusville C ouncil 9 was instituted abin retired , and Mr Fred B ichols

1 h 1 8 8 - This body makes the laws necessary for the June 8t 7 , with twenty one charter mem came director, which position he ﬁlls at the

- in I ts . w d government of the order, and fact is its bers . membership is now seventy two . present time The band o es its continue

. an e . . . . supreme authority Grand councils are organ I t meets the second d fourth Monday ven existence to Mr L A Leberman and Mr L .

i . C . iz e d in the states , territor es and anadas , ings of each month L Lord more than to any other individuals .

O f a nd N o 1 which have charge the growth welfare S uccess C ouncil . 94 is located at For over ﬁfteen years the former acted as

N . in . an d of the order their respective jurisdictions Spartansburg , was instituted ovember president of the organization The following S 1 th 1 8 8 N ubordinate councils are organized wherever s 7 , with a charter membership of is the membership of the orthwestern band ,

in I ts . N desired , except the states of Texas , Louis twenty . present membership is thirty the ﬁrst ten constituting the orthwestern

O . . N M o n . iana , Mississippi , Arkansas , Alabama , Florida , nine . I t m eets the second and fourth rchestra Fred B ichols , Director ; L L .

' N i l N a nd that o i . . M c e . South C arolina , portion of the states day evenings each month Lord , John A , John Browning , N C C o . 2 lo c a te d C F is h e r r. . . M c C o of Tennessee and Kentucky lying west of the French reek ouncil 3 5 , at Elmer Bush , onrad ,J , A W y ,

a ls o 2 rd 1 8 . . M c N e il R Tennessee river, that portion of south Meadville , was instituted April 3 79, W B , George Wilkins , John oss ,

- ﬁv e . S eastern Georgia bordering on the Atlantic , with twenty charter members . I ts pres L . A Leberman , Jacob nyder, Albert Burk

- P [ 22 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B U NE R E UBLI C A N.

C . . . . C , . missioner of ustoms) colonel ; James T , treasurer ; Dr L A Garver , J onrad A

W , , , agner , trustees . The lodge meets every Kirk lieutenant colonel and Harrison Allen

. Friday evening in th e S hryock block , and has major

at present eighty - eight good standing mem From this time o n the Allegheny C ollege ”

o I . O n in . bers . All transactions are German language Volunteers were known as c mpany , C RA W FOR D COU N T Y I N T H E WA R . the 1 8th of July the regiment started for

R M A O C SO C E S . G E N S IAL I ETI O F T H E R E B E LLI ON . C umberland , Maryland , but while at Boiling C S Germania Maenner hor , (singing society) prings, a few miles from Hopewell , orders 1 868 O . S d C m a n d o n M . was founded in ctober , The founders ol ier Life , in a p the arch were received to countermarch and report at

S S o n 2 1 5 t 1 8 1 were Henry artorius , Albert chmidt , Henry . , o f 6 , W il d R ide s a n d H eroi c C h ar ge s . Harrisburg Here the July , S S n chweizer, Jacob Heckmann , Anton tehr , ’ the day o which the disastrous battle of Bull C rawford s C ro w n of G l ory .

C . R u n Henry Fender and harles Faber The ﬁrst was fought , the Tenth was mustered into “ ﬁ : . S . of cers were H artorius , president ; Geo the U nited S tates service for three years or ” R - T H E A LLEG H EN Y COLLEG E VOL U N O n 2 2d upp , Vice president ; Julius Heffner , secre during the war . the night of the it

ﬁ n anz y . ; S , ; m a n d o n tary Albert chmidt secretar M T E E R S , l 0 th P . R . V . C . went by rail to Balti ore , the evening

. 2 Keener , treasurer The ﬁrst musical director , of the 3d marched through the city with C . a nd O n L Winter , teacher at the German atholic muskets loaded bayonets ﬁxed . the ~ A N arrati v e of th e B ra v e D eed s of t h e s c h o o lf O bj ect o f the s o c ie ty is the cultiva 24th the regiment went to Washington and B in W a r C oll ege oy s th e . tion of German singing , especially German encamped about a mile east of the capitol .

T e nall to w n fe w male chorus , preservation of the German The next move was to y , a I n a n d . BY C A P . E . . N R SO . language , manners costumes order ( T H HE DE N ) miles north of Georgetown , where the division

to accomplish this , the society arranges , for its W hen the breaking out of the rebellion commanded by General Mc c all was organized

a n d , N vo lu n R members their families , concerts drama awoke the martial spirit of the orth , into three brigades commanded by eynolds , a n d tic entertainments , lectures dancing diver 0 teers were ready on every hand to respond to Meade and rd , the Tenth being a part of the in ’ ’ . sions The members ﬁrst met a building the president s call for troops for ninety days Third Brigade . The division moved into “ O ld P 1 0 th near the canal known as the old iron service , and the quota of ennsylvania (four Virg inia on the of O ctober , and taking ”

. clad From there they moved into the third . o n o f teen regiments) was soon filled position the right flank the army , as ’ P o n and “ story of orter s block Water street , There were many companies organized sisted in keeping all quiet along the Poto 1 1 " i n 87 first occupied their present quarters in in o f throughout the state , that could not be ac mac . The only break the monotony

S . i c e te d o n 1 hryock block Th s society can truthfully p under this call , and the 5 th of camp life during the winter was the battle at

‘ bo as t of possessing the ﬁnest furnished and 1 86 1 a n o n 20 1h 1 86 1 May , , the legislature passed act pro Dranesville December , , where

equipped rooms of a n society in Meadville . vid in R C y g for the organization of a eserve orps , the C ollege Volunteers received their baptism

The main hall , which is beautifully frescoed , to consist of thirteen regiments of infantry , of ﬁre , and where the Third brigade , com c o n tains a stage , completely furnished with o ne . O f S N one of cavalry , and of artillery this posed of the ixth , inth , Tenth and Twelfth “ ” all sceneries and curtains . Besides this , the C V olu n a nd R body of troops , the Allegheny ollege R egiments the Buck Tails ( I st iﬂes) .

society has a library , containing the latest teers, a company organized at the college and defeated an equal number of rebels and drove .

in u and - publications literature , ill strated o f a n d th e composed students , school masters them in confusion from ﬁeld . This was ‘

. scientific works The society meets every a nd . I t P farmer boys , became a part was the the first victory for the Army of the otomac . ’ Tuesday evening for singing rehearsals . The m e n in 1 862 first company of three years sent out Early March , , when the grand for e n c lu d e s n ot membership , which only Ger . C o f from the county The officers were aptain , ward move ment the army was made , the fi ‘ r. rs t S S mans , but also a great many of our best . I ra Ayer , j ; lieutenant , ion B mith ; Tenth , with the balance of the division ,

’ American citizens , is at present one hundred O . r second lieutenant, scar Hennig They were marched to a place called Hunte s Mills , and

nd . a forty ordered to report at C amp Wilkins in Pitts after twenty - four hours of picket duty started

. in The Harmonie S inging Society was founded burg Meadville had no railroad connections for Alexandria . After a few days S pent and on R — n o w at that time , the evening of the fifth of camp , the eserves a division of the n a rd O f 1 880 . o the 3 April , The object of ’ o n C M c D o w e ll— this society is the very same as that of the June , after partaking of a banquet the col First orps under marched thro o n n d C f lege green , the Volunteers took passage a Fairfax a entrevil le (where the wooden Germania , the only dif erence between these two societies being that the Harmonie will canal boat which had been placed at their guns were still in position) to Manassas Junc ’ C S a nd ad mit nobody to membership who cannot disposal , and followed by the prayers and good tion , from there to atlett s tation , thence on C o l fi a nd wishes of the citizens , started the journey across the country to Fredericksburg . speak German . The first of cers founders m n t a nd which to many of them was the way to death . o n e l M c C al o resigned about this time S S trifll e r . S : . . were , president ; A E chmidt ,

C . - Though not a rapid mode of traveling , it Lieutenant olonel Kirk was elected colonel vice president ; Ed . Engel , secretary ; B . o n e a nd in o f P e rs hm id t proved to be a sure , due course The Division was sent by water to the enin B y e c , ﬁnance secretary ; Frank Shad 1 Was . a nd o n time the destination was reached This march sula , the 4th of June attached to . N D d nh . u e o e f ley , treasurer H . S artorius , ’ by canal boat was something of a triumphal Porter s C orps a nd held the right of the line fer , L . Michael , trustees . The society has its regular singing rehearsals and meeting rooms o ne . At every town along the route the peo near Mechanicsville . ’ in O n a6th u n i n D e rst s o n a n d ple turned out full force and greeted the the afternoon of the of June , block , Water street , has at embryo soldiers with cheers and patriotic der a scathing artillery ﬁre the Tenth marched present eighty members .

songs , and many tears were shed by matron out to the brow of the hill near Beaver Dam

S T O S O C . . J HN I ETY C an d in and maiden as they bade adieu to the fair reek , , taking position line with the

G be o f in This society was founded by the erman young fellows whom they had never seen balance the brigade , did its part repuls

in in 1 a nd C 86 . . atholics Meadville , February , 9 fore would never see again, ing the furious assaults of the rebels The C o n First president , Lorenz Hasler ; ﬁrst secretary , At amp Wilkins , which was the fair battle lasted till after dark , but the reserves

P a n d o n Mike Hasler . The society is independent of ground in the upper part of ittsburg , many held their ground , slept their arms d ’ an ba ttle s . any order, and its object is to support its mem other companies were assembled , in the This was the ﬁrst of the seven days R bers in case of sickness . Meetings every sec latter part of June the Tenth egiment of the The line o f Beaver Dam C reek was aban

P R C 2 h a n d i n . t o nd S unday the month Membership at ennsylvania eserve Volunteer orps was boned early on the morning of the 7 ,

- ﬁ ve . S . M c C alm o n t C o m present , eighty formed , with John (now that afternoon the Tenth was again in battle C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N.

’ C I n at Gaines Mill . ompany lost severely , as went into winter quarters , the Te th being pioneers of Meadville , and a very large pro C I did the balance of the regiment , and , indeed , stationed at Manassas Junction . ompany portion of the families permanently settled in

the . an to 1 80 0 re r all troops engaged When night put was detailed act as provost guard at brigade the county prior to A . D . , were p e '

- U . in end to the strife the nion forces retreated headquarters Major Ayer having been pro sented the Eighty third . I t was the same

C . th e across the hickahominy moted to lieutenant colonel , to ﬁll the vacancy blood , same enterprise , the same manly

O n o f —C ol 1 88 the 3oth of June was fought the battle caused by the resignation Lieutenant courage that planted our civilization in 7 , l C C C R . o n e of harles ity ross oads The Tenth Knox , commanded the regiment until he rounding out the latter part of the century

lo s t i n e a again heavily , but captured a stand of was wounded the battle of the wild rness . with m gniﬁcent results .

C i n an colors and many prisoners . The next day , at When the army assembled at ulpepper the The regiment as organization was mus

1 86 R te re d was . U S Malvern Hill , the regiment under ﬁre , spring of 4 the eserves were there into the service of the nited tates at ’ Pa . S 1 1 n t . 8 86 . but o actively engaged At Harrison s They marched to Germania Ford , crossed the Erie , , eptember th , , with John W

R on M c L a n e S lie u te n S . S Landing Major ion B mith , formerly of apidan , and the night of the fourth of as colonel ; trong Vincent ,

ld an t~c o lo n l a nd l . e N h . O . u o C ompany I , resigned , and was succeeded by May were at the Wilderness Tavern , Louis H g , major R O n th be C C . t C aptain Knox , of ompany E The eserves the 5 they were among the ﬁrst to rawford coun y furnished four companies

’ ” 1 1 th in . : C C left Harrison s Landing on the of August , come engaged the battle of the Wilderness complete ompany A , Titusville , aptain ” n d 2 d th e O n 8th th S o tts lvan ia C . . C a on the 3 they joined army of the and 9 , at p y , they B Morgan ; ompany B , Meadville , ’ ” a n d C “ P . C General ope , being the ﬁrst contingent to were hotly engaged , charged the enemy s aptain John F Morris ; ompany F , P m C M C . c C o C report for duty from the otomac . intrenchments three ti es ; but were repulsed Meadville , aptain D . y ; ompany , N “ ” C . C P . . C . Having again become a part of the First each time The Fifth corps crossed the orth H , onneautville , aptain B arpenter

R in e ric hO 2 d I n C orps the eserves fought the second Bull Anna at J ford on the 3 , and a spirited addition to these , other companies drew

in R 2 th . o n u n August 9 and 3oth At the battle of engagement followed , which the rebels largely this county in making up their lists , ” “ ” “ ” “ ” S 1 . I a n d a nd South Mountain , on eptember 4th , the di were defeated That night they recrossed the notably D , E , K , sub

in N a n d vision succeeded gaining the crest of the orth Anna , , marching to Hanovertown , sequently C rawford county recruits were as

’ P o n 28th . O n ridge , thereby turning the enemy s ﬂank and crossed the amunkey the the signed to all the companies in the command

' ” a t B e th e sd a ca pturing a large number of prisoners . The 3oth church , they were attacked except perhaps C .

R ' O n 1 6th S 1 86 1 eserves again led the advance and on the by a large force of rebels , whom they routed the of eptember , , the regi

an d in i 6th of S eptember opened the great battle of drove from the ﬁeld great confusion , ment left Erie and arrived at Washington , D .

C 0 1 . C . o n 20 th a n d o n Antietam . The Tenth , commanded by capturing many prisoners The enemy left , the , camped Meridian i * 0 0 o n f . o ne l Warner , was especially mentioned by over 3 dead the eld Hill . From thence it marched via Long

’ R e a nd General Meade who commanded the division This was the last engagement of the Bridge Arlington Heights to Hall s Hill ,

C C V olu n V a . ( olonel Kirk having been wounded , resigned serves and of the Allegheny ollege , opposite Georgetown , where it went into C previous to this time , and aptain Warner , of teers , and when it was ended , they furled their camp permanently , being assigned to the

’ f - P C ompany G , was promoted to ﬁll the vacancy) battle ﬂags and bade arewell to the army , Third brigade of General Fitz John orter s

r When the army under Bu nside moved to the whose fortunes and misfortunes they had division , subsequently known as the First Di

in 1 862 . th o n C . attack Fredericksburg , December , , shared for so long a time They were mus vision , 5 Army orps The Third brigade

te re d 1 1 th 1 86 . C ol i th N Y the Third Brigade , to which the Tenth out June , 4 Those of the consisted of the 7 . . , C olonel Lansing ;

re - 1 6 S t Y C th N . belonged , covered the pontoniers and forced lege Volunteers who had enlisted as veter th Mich olonel tock on ; 44 . , a ns P O f C S 8 d a . C M L an e the passage the river , three miles below , and the recruits whose time was not yet olonel tryker ; 3 , olonel c .

a nd o n 1 1 1 P. o n r the city , the 3th the division was out , became a part of company K , 9 V From that time operations we e conﬁned ’ an d e nd . a nd selected to make the charge on the enemy s served till the of the war to drill , picket camp duty , the de tails of

w C in C : an d n o t 1 0 position . The outer orks were carried and asualties ompany I Killed which are interesting , until March , 26 6 1 862 the line broken , but the ground could not be mortally wounded , ; wounded , 3 ; died , , when the army moved upon Manassas

8 a 2 . no o n . a nd held as there was support either ﬂank ; disch rged for disability , 5 the enemy evacuated the place .

all I n this battle the regiments lost severely , The advance to Yorktown was made April *A t “ ” the time when the battle of Bethesda a nd th a after the mud march the entire di 4 and the memorable siege began . The p I . . . church was fought , was A A G of the ’ ro ac h e s vision was relieved from duty at the front , the h ad a p were made by parallels and it was Third brigade , and , among my ofﬁcial p C C Tenth again being quartered on East apitol pers , the order from orps headquarters about May I st when it was determined to ex

an d - relieving us from further service ; but we were a an Hill . But the bronzed weather beaten tend parallel from the head of estuary , attacked before the troops that were to take d C veterans would har ly have been recognized known as Wormsley reek , to the York river our place arrived on the grounds . as the nov i ces who made their appearance o n well up to the principal fortiﬁcations of the

a nd the tragic stage less than two years before . enemy , the work devolved upon a portion - T H E E I GH TY T H I R D R E GI M E N T . R 26th 1 86 8 d . I n June , 3, found the eserves again of the 3 the afternoon army engineers

o m te d » with the Fifth C orps . They reached Gettys — p out to ofﬁcers charged with the enter T h e C ra w ford C ou n t y C on tin gen t They u 2d a nd o n a n d burg o July went into the battle prise , the course termini of the proposed W e r e the S on s of O u r S oil . the evening of that day . Driving the enemy entrenchment and night found us concealed

B Y C P M C G . before them , the Tenth took the low ground ( A T . A ILL ) under the brow of a hill , arm ed with shovels

- R R . in S e r between ound Top and Little ound Top , The brilliant record of the Eighty third and muskets When darkness closed

e n R P . C which position was held until the d of the egiment of ennsylvania Volunteers must geant John B ompton , of Meadville , with a

m e n engagement . ever be associated with the glory of the past , squad of pushed out well to the front for During the ﬂank movement from C ulpepper and its fame is inseparable from our local his the purpose O f intercepting parties who might

B s - the Tenth was engaged at ri to e S tation on tory . I t carried upon its muster rolls more be sneaking around with a view to making

1 C a n . C . O ctober 4th , and was under ﬁre but not rawford county men than y other military discoveries aptain John F Morris headed

R a ah an no c k S a nd o n actively engaged at pp tation . organization in the state , though it was the working column and moved out the f R n an d . O n the Mine u campaign the Third brigade organized at Erie , known as an Erie line indicated very slowly Another o ﬁcer

a n d C in supported the cavalry , after a sharp ﬁght county regiment, rawford furnished more followed the rear and at each four paces

drove the enemy from h i s position at N e w m e n tha n Erie county to ﬁll its ranks . dropped off two m e n with instructions to lay

O n Hope church . those rolls may be found the names of their arms within easy reach , take the shovels R et urning from this campaign the army many lineal descendants of the original and as rapidly as possible d i g a hole four feet 1 2 I A I I O R I - R P 4 C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBLI C A N.

m a nd square and four feet deep , throwing the dirt their staying qualities were again tested fro Hill , for more than half a n hour ﬁght

in in up front , then work opposite directions the rising to the going down of the sun . face to face with the enemy over their own

P S B R u n t th e until they intersected the excavations made by From the eninsula to the econd ull parape s until supports came up. From

a nd a nd 8 2 l s t in comrades to the right left ; then pro was a weary march , but August 3oth they th to the ﬁghting the vicinity of c e e d to in S o tts l ia van . 2 d N enlarge the trench and complete the charged , in the face of a withering ﬁre of p y is incessant May 3 , at orth

- . fa n tr C M c C o parapet as much as possible before daylight y and artillery , to the brink of the rail Anna , the Eig hty third , under olonel y , The column steadily passed o n until the York road cut that was the citadel of the enemy on and the S ixteenth Michigan charged to the

a nd r S was reached the last ﬁle were placed , all that day , and we read of no troops going any rescue of Gene al weitzer , whose command

O f w in . in whom ent to work vigorously as soon as farther that battle was enveloped by the enemy, smashed the in r S 1 their positions were indicated . We then Antietam , Ma yland , eptember 7 th , is ﬂank of a rebel brigade , captured their com

- placed other out posts , with full instructions as their next engagement . Here , on the centre , mander and restored the broken lines of the ’ d — C an d t e a n n o w . to ompton s position and purposes , they are led to the right to the left corps

o n o n rs t rst turning along the line found the work silently the double quick to support Hooker the May 3oth , 3 and June , the regiment P — n and vigorously progressing . We then poste d otomac now away to the left to assist Burn had frequent e counters in the T olo po to m y in fa vora in o n 2d a detachment the rear at the most side maintaining a position the hills of region , and june . fought at Bethesda

- re a nd . 1 . 1 6 ble point , to either enforce the workers Antietam December 3th we ﬁnd them in church June th they crossed the James

- 1 8th out posts , or for a rallying point should they the slaughter pen at Fredericksburg , in the and on the engaged the enemy in a ﬁerc e

he in the a nd P suddenly driven . To rear , under very center of the conﬂict , this engage conﬂict in front of etersburg , and from this

1 862 o n in cover of a strip of woods , were not less than ment closes the campaign of . Their time took part the operations of the n m n a d . six thousand e under arms . marches have been long wearisome . great siege At the ﬁrst streak of day C ompton came in They have w o n victories and encountered O n the 1 8th and l g th of August participa

r O u r and th 1 in and as inst ucted . tired boys who had worked defeats , from April 4 to December 4th ted the capture defense of the Weldon

o n all night shouldered their tools and ﬁled out they have scored twelve great battles to their railroad at the Yellow House , and the ﬁ s t

e a lrth wo rk o n . of the trench , leaving a formidable credit the records of the War Department repulsed a spirited attack of the enemy , cap 1 86 where the evening before there was nothing The campaign of 3 opened with the turing a large number of prisoners .

in S . C R but open plain Fresh troops moved and eptember 3oth , under olonel ogers , P ’ occupied the works , fully able to hold them they charged a rebel fort at eebles Farm ,

against assault . With daylight the rebel ar and won a brilliant victory .

’ f O 2 th R u n a n tillery opened furiously , but without e fect ctober 7 , fought at Hatcher s , d

’ a n d our trench proved to be the “ last ditch December 8th and 9th destroyed the Weldon P S at Yorktown . rominent O fﬁcers were hastily railroad south of tony C reek station ; this summoned from R ichmond to view the ag g re s adventure being known in history as the “ sive parallel , and Yorktown was pronounced Weldon R aid .

’ a nd o n d D u bu r s untenable , the night of May 3 was The battle of y Mill took place Feb

ru a r 6th 1 86 in - evacuated . y , 5 , which the Eighty third lost

O N T o R I C H M O N D V I A T H E YO R K AND PA several good men .

M U N K Y . The last campaign against Lee commenced 2 th 1 88 . P I o th At West oint , May , a night recon March 9 , 5 , so far as the infantry were th u . noisance p the York river railroad May concerned , and terminated April 9 , with the

- 1 3th marched to C umberland ; thence via surrender . The Eighty third were with the White House and C old Harbor to Gaines army taking part in the active operations of COL . J O H N W . M c L A N E . 2 c 1 8 a n d a t Farm . May 7 mar hed out miles the campaign , but were temporarily detached S O ld t acked Branch a t Hanover C ourt House and battle of C hancellorsville May 3d . oon from the Third Brigade in which they

' 26 won a brilliant little victory . June the after this we ﬁnd them campaigning with the had served throughout the year, and for this

’ R P n o t re Pennsylvania eserves resist Lee s advance at cavalry under leasanton , and driving the reason were in line when the brigade

. ’ e ive d Mechanicsville . We ﬁrst march out beyond enemy from Middleburg through Ashby s Gap c the arms of the rebel army . The

o f B - R rs C old Harbor to repel a caval ry advance and to the west side lue idge ; then far to honor , however , was thei as much as if they

R N in then move up to support the eserves . ext the north they stand on the summit of Little had stood their usual place at the head of

a n R G morning we fall back to Gaines Mill d here ound Top at ettysburg , where the graven the column , and it was so intended by the

the regiment ﬁghts its greatest battle a nd wins tablet marks the rock upon which Vincent great generals in command .

d a n a n . a n laurels that c never fade A description of fell , makes imperishable record of Their history is well rounded out , the meas

i . the desperate ﬁghting of the regiment n this their valor ure of their fame is full , and unborn genera

N no w battle is impracticable here . I n this connec ext they are again upon the familiar tions of Americans will point with pride to

tion we have often thought of the remark plains of Virginia , charging the forts of the the valor and renown of the old soldiers of

R ah a n n k S a n d 1 a o c 1 86 . made by a great French general when wit enemy at pp tation , the

- R n e ss in g the charge at Balaklava : I t is operations of the year close with threading The Eighty third egiment Pennsylvania ” no t - o f in . the mazes the Wilderness the desperate grand , but it is war The Eighty third Volunteers met with the second greatest loss were fighting over the dead bodies of their advance upon the works of the enemy at in killed and wounded of all the regi R n U S . commanders a nd they knew n o alternative Mine u . ments composing the nited tates army 1 86 2 82 68 but to fight . They had no orders to do other The great campaign of 4 begins May They lost killed , and 9 wounded , total th a 1 wise an d their instincts suggested nothing else . s with charge at the Wilderness , led by 97 , out of on their muster rolls . That they came out of five distinct a nd furi the Eighty - third Pennsylvania and the Eight

a n d e e n th C T he M ead vi ll e olu n teer s . ous encounters without a repulse , brought Massachusetts , in which olonel Wood V n in c re d i a nd C . C . M c C o i C o f their organization intact , is almost ward falls olonel D y succeeds The ﬁrst company organized rawford th th t in R . 6 . coun y for service the war of the ebellion ble , but it is true to the command May and 7 the bat ” o n 8 We ﬁn d them next in line at Peach O rchard ; tle rages all day . Again the th the Eighty was The Meadville Volunteers , which was

- - S P t f N e w 2 2 1 86 1 . O f then at S avage Station , White oak wamp third ennsylvania and the For y ourth formed at Meadville on April ,

S B . , a n d Glendale . At Malvern H ill , July I st , York charge the rebel breastworks at Laurel this company amuel Dick was captain

1 26 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE - R EP UBLI C A N

ro As a regiment the second attained a high p between the contending states . The com charges by their infantry and cavalry . August

“ ﬁ c ie n c in a nd a n i e s 26 y drill , in battle it enjoyed a p were all organized and mustered into , at midnight , we hear d the artillery ﬁre at

O n N . n h 2 reputation second to none . the skirmish the service late in ovember The regimen Manassas , in our rear . O t e 7 th we moved

l ' . o n C a t e t S w h e re w e line it was noted for its steady plucky advance tal org anization was completed January I , to tation , remained . August

n 1 862 h la d k e r 1 O . S c u e c parade it was distinguished for the regu Matthew , of Erie , was 3 , the rear guard , consisting of the troops

i in la rit ts . C y of dress , its ﬁne appearance , its elected colonel ; George A obham , of War engaged the battle of C edar Mountain , nar

’ - wl . re n Pa . . ro cleanliness and esprit I t furnished several , , lieutenant colonel ; Thomas M y escaped capture , at Ellicott s Mills ,

“ fﬁ 1 1 1 th . 1 0 staff o cers for the General commanding Walker , of Erie , major ; John A . Boyle , of where the assisted in destroying 5 f 0 But few of the original o ﬁcers remained at Elk county , adjutant ; Alexander Thompson , loaded cars , 5 locomotives and 7 wagons , to

- m P . . . the muster out , their number being greatly of Meadville , quarter aster ; rof L B prevent them from falling into the hands of

reduced by rough duty and loss by battle . Williams , of Meadville , chaplain ; W . B . the enemy , who then held Manassas Junction

- S . . a nd The regiment was ﬁlled up three times during tewart , I ndiana county, surgeon ; W A Mc of the railroad between us Washington .

C u rtrie C Pa P its period of enlistment . At the return no , onneautville , . , hospital steward , assing within the defences of W ashington

an d in formal welcome was extended , none ex The companies were from several counties of after participating the battle of C hantilly, V e c te d P : C a . S o n S p , other than the general reception each western ennsylvania , as follows ompany , on eptember I , eptember 4 we

o w n . C B P soldier met with at his social circle This A , Erie , Warren and Elk ; ompany , War crossed the otomac , moving northward in E ric C C C a nd w reunion was dearer than any civic demonstra ren and ; ompany , Erie ; ompany Maryland , ere drawn up in line of bat

. M c K e a n a nd E C . S 6 R tion The long separation was over , and D , Warren , rie ; ompany E tle eptember near ockville , Md . After I ’ raw lo rd C o m an C a n friends clasped hands , made rough by saber C ; F , Erie ; ompany G , w p y hour s skirmish we are moving north ard ,

C C , C C S , E ; , E . grasp and bridle rein with all the enthusiasm rawford and rie ompany H rie raw passing through Frederick ity , Md , eptem

. r a nd C C f 1 an d 1 of youth All but the dead , whose bones , ford , War en Elk ; ompany I , raw ord ber 3, on the 4th inst . we (General ’ P Bla c k w a C in bleaching from the otomac to the and Erie ; ompany K , Mercer , Elk and Banks corps) act support at the battle of in S ter, mark the track of the army its battle Forest . outh Mountain , a pass in the Blue R idge that

w on o n Pa . 2 march , and testify to the glory the The regiment left Erie , , February 5 , was the key to the great battlefield o t Antic ” . 1 862 and . S 1 1 862 field of honor , with a total of men , rank tam , Md , eptember 7 , . The t l l th H altin a w re . fe 0 The surviving members of the regiment file g days at Harrisburg , entered with 3 0 muskets before it was clear i a n c e iv n . d hold reunions annually in this county at the g our colors , arms , uniforms , etc , we day fought with valor for nearly nine

o f M d . a rriv in fO r residence some comrade and enjoy them were forwarded to Baltimore , , g hours , which the regiment was presented

rs t selves as only old veterans can . Their wives there March . with a stand of colors by the division com a fid o n and children meet with them enjoy the Entering the field of active operations at mander the field after the battle closed . ~ ‘ ’ l V a . 2 th I 862 O u r 2 occasion by istening to the comrades rehears Harper s Ferry , , May 5 , , at the loss in the day s struggle was 3 killed , ’ 8 8 ing their numerous daring and amusing ex time of General Banks retreat out of the 7 wounded and missing , or more than one

l i s o ts . S , . p and by singing patriotic song The henandoah Valley , our ﬁrst introduction to third our number Leaving the battleﬁeld , ladies o n each of the reunions furnish rations the enemy was by the regiment with two where lay more than dead and ” “ a nd P for the old boys , and serve them in full pieces of artillery a company cavalry wounded of the two armies , the otomac is

’ C V a . better shape than we were served during our making a reconnoissance to harleston , , recrossed by us at Harper s Ferry into Vir “ ” U Sa m . f service with ncle The comrades where we exchanged our ﬁrst ﬁre with the ginia again , a ter four months of almost con

o n S . s 1 2 20 are now widely separated , but each of enemy under tonewall Jackson The result tant marches of to miles per day . Two ’ and these annual gatherings every living comrade was a hasty retreat return to Harper s months of quiet, with the entire army o f the a nd m an and P 1 862 is notiﬁed of the time and place , when Ferry , with the loss of one killed a otomac , and December 9 , , we leave not S able to attend , usually sends letters of few wounded . oon after this all the union our camp , marching through several inches of ’ , in regret but frequently comrades have traveled troops and belonging to General Banks snow in the mountains of Virginia . We move d thousands of miles to be present and clasp command moved up the valley under General toward Fre ericksburg , fail to reach the place m n hands once more with the e with whom S iegel . in time to participate in the battle under Gen

- B side by side they have faced death , shared the Many were the marches and counter marches eral urnside at that place , but share in the ” “ ” in — - - last hard tack , and drank from the same made during June and July , resulting the great stick ih the mud , as that move was V C . a n C a . C anteen My subject is worthy of abler battle of edar Mountain , , near ulpepper known ever afterwards to the army . After o ne . C th 1 86 2 i o pen , but no could write with more feeling ourt House , August 9 , , with the forces marching more than s miles we halt at Fair

As I e arn my bread by the sweat of my in C D 2 2 that were then moving with the intent of fax ourt House about ecember 0 , 1 86 . ” I . , i , 20 1 86 . n o brow and not by wr ting history will close vading northward The battle was a severe January , 3 All the corps w under a nd o n e i n th a t this imperfect outline of as noble worthy , and the losses of the were killed command of General S locum move to Acquia e v e r' m arc h e d 60 1 V a . a body of men as in defence of and wounded , with Major Boyle and 5 creek landing, , the water base of supply

. d . P and their country others taken prisoner on the ﬁel The for the army of otomac , go into winter h 1 0 th a nd 1 1 ! th 1 1 1 th Brigade t en consisted of the 9 quarters . Here the are detailed to as

T P R l o ad R N e w n H E 1 1 1 th PE N N S YLVA N I A . ennsylvania egiments , egiment , sist i doing the wharf duty in handling the rd R a nd 8 W York , 3 Maryland egiment, the th army supplies . hile at this place in Feb

th e r u R m P e n n s l an d 1 2th R U S R u a r 1 1 th H i s tory of th egi e n t y egiment of nited tates egulars , r y the I were awarded the honor (by ’ a P v ania V ol u n teer I n fan try . Kn pp s ennsylvania Battery of six guns . General Hooker , then commanding the army) O wing to the overpowering force of the ene of the Pennsylvania troops as the only Penn B Y A SS M O O R C O M PA R ( LI EUTEN NT JE E E , NY E . ) my all other regiments suffered equally with sylvania egiment attaining the required R 1 1 1 b C Pa . . in amp eed , at Erie , , was opened early the th The attle closed after dark with standard drill discipline , camp and other

S 1 86 1 o f in in eptember , , for the rendezvous the the field the ground between the two lines . equipage , order to meet the ideal mark of 1 l i th R P l 1 8th egiment ennsylvania Vo unteers . August commenced the movement perfection . There were but ten regiments in ’ P fo ll w This was at a time when the U nion cause was known as ope s retreat . Then o e d a the entire army of the Potomac awarded th e su fl e rin ~ g from apparent defeats in the first long series of night marches , with daily skir compliment referred to . in ~ a nd clash of arms the field , and the would be mishing fighting , prominent of which was The C hancellorsville campaign opened by C R a a han no c k S 2 I n h onfederacy was holding almost unbroken the pp tation , August 3, where the a series of long detour marches, the t in 2 1 86 lines they sought to establish as the boundaries enemy was severely repulsed several moving April 7 , 3, participating in the I A I I R I - R P I A 1 2 C ENTENN L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C N. 7

’ 1 2 a nd three days ﬁghting o f May , 3. which Let them ﬁre . they will have to give those noisance , believing the city to be evacuated . . ” a n d ~ n . resulted i a d rawn battle , the reasons being guns up to us soon Half rations dou They entered the city without the loss of a

ba ttles ble m a n a n d in obvious . The losses in this series of duty followed for some four weeks , then again unfurled their colors the

a nd 2 C m 1 1 1 h 6 . N . o to th e i were 3 killed wounded opened , on ovember 3, the engagement rebel stronghold aptain Wells , of C

1 1 1 h an d a ta in W C t C . . P o f o m R eturning to our old camp and resting quietly around hattanooga , in which the reg pany F , p L atterson , C ' 1 2th 1 86 im e nt in o fli c e rs until June , 3, we again began the aided fighting the battle above the pany E, were the only line present , h N 2 severe marches and another movement nort clouds on ovember 4 , waving theirs as the the latter the only officer of the regiment who ’ P 0 U o n i n - ward , crossing the otomac , 3 miles above first colors of the nion army Lookout s had participated every engagement of the W O u r . . C ashington , into Maryland . corps peak , overlooking the besieged city A shout entire campaign olonel Walker, com

n Pa . in a reached Littlestown , Adams cou ty , , June went up from the lines for miles around manding the regiment , had done ne rly the th 0 e o n . 3 , having made more than twenty miles per valley below , seeing the ﬂag waving same thing by being constantly present ’ r O f m e n C day . Another ten miles and we eached over the key to the whole situation . the brave of rawford county s

S C o n Gettysburg , on the extreme right of the union oon after this series of battles Governor ompany E who had started the campaign ’ m 1 C . . te n line , at 3 o clock p , on July , and there urtin sent a committee in the name of the to Atlanta , at date of entry into the city

in in Pe n ns l participated the ﬁghting all its despera commonwealth to compliment the y were dead , as many more were cripples for

h e in tion July 2 and 3. History records t fell vania soldiers for their grand achievements life , while several others were in hospital with b e . 1 1 1 th i ng o f trees by the ﬁre of the musketry the battles of C hattanooga . About Decem ugly wounds The was detailed to do

I n re - fa lle n twe e n the contending lines . this work the ber I st steps were taken for the enlisting of the provost duty of the city while o c , ’ c u ie d S h . I 1 1 t contributed their full share , having ﬁred the old soldiers for a term of three years p by herman s forces , known afterwards

’

d . as h r n . 1 S e m an s 1 0 rounds per m an o the day of the 3 1 1 th R P B . C P 4 The egiment was the second enn Q ummers aptain atterson

The great artillery duel of that day and many sylvania regiment to report itself as re - enlisted was given charge of the railroad depot a nd

a n d re other thrilling incidents were ours to share for a second term of service , rank ﬁle local transportation , and while so on duty had

. O rd i and witness The effectiveness of the work joining almost to a man . n May 3 the the distinct on forced upon him of superintend 1 l i th in i l i th R 0 2 1 of the , the ratio of our loss in our egiment , with 54 muskets and ing the largest family general moving ever ’ a n f e S own ranks , exceeded y engagement we o ﬁcers , was on the move in the Atl anta cam known in this country , herman s order com

d a i n participate in during the long struggle , being p g , by a forward movement of the entire pelling all citizens to quit Atlanta within

8 . but ﬁve killed , seventeen wounded , none miss army of General Sherman . May the bat ﬁfteen days

a nd ' 1 1 1 th t ing . With Lee defeated in hasty retreat , tle of R ocky Face an d S nake C reek Gap The , as sta ed , were ﬁrst to enter

i n f a nd o n N 1 6 1 86 after a series of long marches making more ushered the opening o the one hundred the city , ovember , 4, le ft the

0 o n . than 35 miles , the halt was made the line days and nights of almost hourly roar of ruins of Atlanta as rear guard General

R a ah an n o c k in S e S of th e pp river Virginia , p artillery or hissing of the minnie ball in the herman had replied to a delegation of citi 1 1 th 1 2 th tember 1 6 . The and army corps wake of the contending armies over the 1 37 zens of the place who inquired where he was C “ ” were ordered west to the relief of General miles of space between hattanooga , Tenn going next , Just where we please to go .

R G a . N an d . 2 osecrans, then shut up in the defences of Atlanta , Ga The engagements that gave We reached Milledgeville , , ovember 3,

’ rm . in R C hattanooga , Te The route traveled was them name history were Buzzard s oost , where the ofﬁcers of regiment of General ’

C . o f . R via Washington , D , over the Baltimore Dalton , esaca three days , Kenesaw , Dallas Geary s division found the tables the legis

’ O . V a . C N e w C hio railroad via Wheeling , W , olum seven days , Hope hurch , Grier s Farm lative hall of state loaded with fresh unﬁnished

’ K . O I I n d . . P C u l s bus , hio , ndianapolis, , Louisville , y , three days , Altoona ass , p Farm , Big business They convened a mock legislature

N . S C o os a w a tc h ie C railroad to ashville , Tenn Halting at hanty , reek , Tunnel Hill , in full working order and completed the

in r - S . e C A d da irs ville tone river , Tenn , we aided the build Dug Gap , assville , Ackworth , , partially done work , published the full pro ’ ’ d in s in . a n d S c e e b ing of the railroad to Bridgeport , Ala , Marietta , Kolb s Farm , Burnt Hickory , tone g the next day s city paper then e

O 2 1 86 C h atta ho o c h ie R P ru n a nd crossed the Tennessee river ctober 7 , 3, Mountain , iver , each Tree ing by the much despised hated Yan

C 28 20 . to raise the siege of hattanooga , miles C reek , July , (where the writer lost an arm kee

- S G a . . u n distant by a g shot wound) . The losses of the avannah , , next point of interest was 1 1 1 th 1 1 1 86 a nd Moving up the valley with rebel signal sta in this latter engagement were 7 3 reached December , 4 , after several in f o f a nd an d . O 1 o f tions full view on Lookout mountain , less killed , wounded missing the 4 days severe shelling an exclusive rice

’ ﬁ r 1 1 1 b than three miles distant , halting outside of the c e s going into this battle but three were left diet for the invaders , the th s pickets , e besieged place some six miles , with only Gen to rally the remnant of the regiment . Among ing nearest the city , reported on night of the ’ C 20 th eral Geary s division with a large train of sup the killed was the gallant olonel George A . that they believed the city was being

in o f . plies , we were attacked the night , and the C obham , The ﬁeld was won and the siege evacuated Before daybreak the whole bri

1 r 1 th n 2 2 1 1 1 th sustained a very prominent part and Atlanta begun o that day . July the more gade , headed by the , were on their way position in an engagement , the most severe complete investment of the place was made into the city . The city authorities met the

' - - o f h r su rre n d e d in C 0 1 and almost hand to hand conflict, some by the troops of the brave M c P e so n in the advance , and due form to l o ne . four hours , that was our lot to enact during battle of Jonesboro . Then for nearly forty Walker , commanding the advance guard the war . The position was held until rein days the 1 1 1 th took part in the work of Again the 1 1 1 th was o n e of the first regiments forced . The line of supplies opened by this erecting counter lines as close to the works of to unfu rl the U nited S tates flag over a rebel

" in battle is known history as Wauhatchie , the enemy as darkness would permit them to stronghold . They were also given the order

m. 1 1 1 th m and Ter The loss to the , then number work . The work was far fro being mono protection of the city , as a compliment

' l 0 0 m n d e 1 l fo r a n . ing ess than 3 in line , was 3 ki led tonous , owing to shelling by the enemy , who their efﬁciency discovery Here a

6 t h e a n d re and 3 wounded , among whom was the fath were trying to prevent work in hand . number of the absent, sick wounded

P n erly Major Boyle , Lieutenant ettit, com Skirmish during the day a d dig all night joined their commands , reaching them via

. x N e w . pany B , and a brother of the writer General was the way the boys e pressed it . August York steamers

o n 2 and C R R Grant visited the division , the ﬁeld of our 5 the Eleventh Twelfth Army orps , eturning to aleigh , the line of March

. . C C . night ﬁg ht , the next day While so doing a now the Twentieth orps , fell back some six was resumed , Washington , D , being the o n ’ C R . battery of rebel guns Lookout mountain s miles to the west to the banks of the hat objective point , via ichmond , Va We

l c a n ta h o o c h ie and in summit , in ful view , opened up a furious river as a strategic movement , reached and participated the ﬁnal grand n o nad e . o n S 2 1 1 1 th P R 2 th 1 86 Grant was silent a few moments, eptember , the ennsylvania egi review of the army , May 4 , 5 ; three ’ 1 1 1 : n d 1 0 2 N then remarked to the th s commander ment a d e w York made a recon years after leaving the city of Baltimore , in 1 2 8 I A I I O R I - R P I C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C A N.

1 862 i th i l 1 th C P S c h e a fno c k e r , for the front . June 3 , was Atticus Lewis , hief of olice , pleasant on the advanced line . But at times d H o w litt sent into the city and put on uty as guards of this city , the Blanchards , Likes , Wildey , the House battery (which was just in ’ L bre sta R ad le s of guests of the government stopping at the y , H . Hunter , John , the , our front) would undertake to shell Butler s ” C C l . D u c hano is B G a C an d apitol and arro prisons The most noted , Fred ogardus , Timothy Brittain , men in the Dutch p anal , then we

' N irz f R H w C &c . o o litt of these was the arch ﬁend , aptain , who Allen , , andolph township , the would pitch into the House battery W Pe iffe rs m . tried to make his escape in open day , but who , Woodring . , Beige Monroe , of with the heavy guns in our camp . This would

' o n was pinioned to the ground by the bayonet of Woodcock and Venango township ; the lead to war the picket lines , and Hunt

' ’ ” w 1 1 1 th . 1 th K e a ns S m e n a member of the ell tried July 9 , , of adsbury , and this class of your holes , Yank s , and Hunt your holes, ” 1 86 P Pa 5 , the regiment started for ittsburg , . , all over the county , who are now worthy Johnnies , was the order of the day . At such o n d a n d . and were mustered out and disbanded citizens neighbors times picket uty decidedly unpleasant. - _ was 2 th 1 86 July 9 , 5 . There was plenty of young blood in the The details and reliefs had to sneak into their

S : 1 1 1 th a n d ummary The received as recruits , company , Bagley fourteen others being riﬂe pits under cover of night , and the day

1 86 1 86 2 1 in August 3oth , 3, 3, from the draft of under years of age when they enlisted . through it was fight , fight , fig ht , a general 2 6 that year , 7 7 men , 9 of whom deserted There were others of more mature age , such random kind of a way . 60 S S . within days thereafter , while en route from as quire John Kean , the Likes , John And still , my comrades , it is pleasant to “ 1 8 . P f R f . Virginia to Tennessee Also 4 recruits ei fer , Tuthill ad le , Elias Thayer , who le t look back upon Do you not remember our

. R a nd o n ? O f while home on veteran furlough eceived families behind them , such men were ﬁrst night picket course you do . 1 0 th R W “ ” from the 9 egiment , by consolidation , certainly prompted to go to the war to try and How we marched along ith arms aport ,

1 0 ffi 1 . i t . o cers and 3 7 enlisted men help end , from a strong sense of duty We trying our best to look like veterans ; how There were of enlisted men killed in bat all went under the call of our beloved presi surprised we were to see the picket line and C 2 C 1 tle , of ompany A , 5 ; ompany B , 3 ; dent , Abraham Lincoln , who once more the pickets of the enemy within easy range ,

’ C C 2 C C n ompany , 9 ; ompany D , 34 ; ompany called for m e for one year s service and how we wondered at it all and asked few C 1 C 1 8 E , 33; ompany F , 3 ; ompany G , ; or the war . questions ; and how glad we were at last to C 2 C 2 2 C S t f ompany H , 3 ; ompany I , ; ompany A big U nited tates ﬂag hanging from a get to our designated position in he ri le pits , 2 2 ’ d w 68 . d ila itate d a n e K , ; total , 2 men Died of disease , p building where O hlman s clothing how mused as to whether our guns

. O ﬂi c e rs in n o w a nd about same number killed action , store stands in the Delamater block , pro were really loaded all right , what a vile

’ . . 2 . and 7 Died of disease , 4 Wounded , 7 claimed that recruits were wanted , there taste that powder left in one s mouth as you

2 re - i r There were 5 3 who enlisted as veterans E . B . Lee and myself as recruit ng o ﬂi c e s bit the cartridges open , and as the darkness

. a nd for a second term of service had our headquarters . Dewitt C . Blanchard , came you carefully threw out your vidette

ffi 8 d R re o The o cial roster of the regiment shows a wounded veteran of the 3 egiment, until he could almost reach the vidette p ' o f c ru ite d in R re h o w the number wounded the regiment to be andolph township , and others posed to him , strictly you informed him

2 in . ru ite d in a n a n d 3 5 , three years of ﬁeld duty Those c in a smaller way throughout the coun what to do case of attack , how sad

in and S in 1 8 missing action , forever unknown , num ty . A wet , stormy eptember day 64 he looked as we left him on his solitary post ; ’ 1 O f C C ber 3 men . rawford county s ompany found the company clustered W ith their fami and then we sat in the riﬂe pits with strained

o f 1 0 o n an d th e E , there was a total 9 names the mus lies and friends at the old arsenal , located eyes bated breath trying to pierce

. O f W no w and h w ter rolls this number there ere but 4 3 where the north ward school house stands , darkness ; then you will remember o

C in that answered at , the roll all at muster out , prepared to start for the war . the dark midnight came that strange , loud

- 2 1 86 . in C m R P ! ! July 9 , 5 Thirty three were killed A few days at a p eynolds in itts shout of Halt , boy Halt , boy and how we

t a nd ac ion , 34 wounded , many of whom died of burg where uniforms were issued , a few days clutched our guns how , breathless with

C . w h e re ran their wounds, many crippled for life , others at Washington , D . , arms were issued , haste , we to our vidette , and there we

D u c ha no is m a r d e died of disease , a few deserted , some were and then we embarked on a steamer, landed found faithful Fred g , and fo r i 0 C P discharged disabilit es , and 3 of the at ity oint , marched to Bermuda Hundreds , at the end of his musket , white with fear , a

- C re l . S a nd ompany en isted as veterans eventeen then found ourselves the front of the rebel deserter ; and how glad we were , and C P w of the original members of the ompany at rovisional Division of the Army of the how proud we felt ith our prisoner , all ours ; C R in 1 86 1 ” amp eed , Erie , , were left , and James , occupy ing the gap between General and then when the daylight came and a ﬂag

’ were mustered out with their C ompany in Butler s troops o n the right of the James of truce was sent through us to the com

u 1 86 . P n J ly , 5 A personal record would make a river and the Army of the otomac o our manding general , it did just seem as if the

C re y th e o n volume for ompany E , alone , were we to left . responsibilit of war was right our

N . re cite their many heroic acts ; how they marched ineteen days from the time of enlistm ent own shoulders And , comrades , you will

i n o ne o f i th N the Virginia , Maryland , Tennessee , Ala of the regiment was killed and others member that night the 7 of ovember , G a nd C C e 1 86 baina , eorgia the arolinas ; how they wounded , by a shell from a onfederat 4 , when the picket line was assaulted and -bat

te r C . marched to the sea under the unassuming y , while we were making a demonstration orporal James Turner , Eli M Berlin , George

S in in o n R a nd R u dle r a ll herman ; saw the white ﬂag ﬂuttering the to help General Terry , his attack ich Groff, Joseph Hague Joseph , b C reezes , offering the surrender of the last mond from the right bank of the Jam es river , of ompany A , were lost , died while bravely ’ a nd S remnant of armed rebellion tate s rights an attack that we could plainly see from our repelling the attack , or captured as prisoners ,

no t r to a magnanimous conquering army composed advanced position . we know which , but some of them neve

A n d 1 86 . of our intelligent mass , not equalled by any Here , for a part of the winter of 4 , we to return you will remember that other

n o n nation o earth . acted the part of soldier when the picket night , when the ﬁght was hardest on the

a n d h C line learned the school of t e soldier with picket line , how orporal Elias Thayer stood 21 1 th PE N N S L A N I A OL U N T E E R S I t Y V V great persistency when in camp . was a out in the open behind the riﬂe pits , where

hard winter . C ompany A did credit to itself the bullets were thickest , because , as he said , A Thrillin g N a rrativ e o f t h e B rave D eeds n o the advanced posts , but the malarial fever he wanted more elbow room when he was of C o m pan y A . from the James river played sad havoc with shooting ; a good , brave corporal was he .

1 86 a nd h it C . H U I D E K O PE R . . ( B Y A . ) our ranks in the rear The ranks were empty , Then came the fall of 4 , wit 2 1 1 ih R P 0 5 C C ompany A , egiment ennsylvania the h pital full , and depleted ranks made winter quarters ; and just as ompany A was

C . Volunteers , was recruited from rawford picket duty doubly severe The picket lines ﬁxed for the winter as snug as a bug in a

m e n 0 0 a nd county . I t was made up of such as E . were only about 5 yards apart , gener rug , except for the occasional shells that

R S . a n no t n u d to B . Lee , obert wartwout , Henry A Bagley , ally accepted neutrality made it playe havoc in our camp , orders came

- C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N .

’ ’ S o C 2 th 1 86 Birney s ( First Division ) , ickles (Third ment were as f llows olonel , George out with company , June 9 , 5 , and

8 - C . Pa . orps) Zinn , of the 4th ; lieutenant colonel , George honorably discharged at Harrisburg , , h 1 6 . P S 6t 86 . . 1 8 C I n the fall of 3, the Third orps was W erkins , of the 5 7 th major , amuel July , 5

h W . C . . 8 . t o commanded by General W B French , who Bry an , of the 4th The s7 served ith Thomas J rossley enlisted and app inted P P i n Pa S 2 1 1 . 6 retained command until the army of the oto the Army of the otomac all its campaigns sergeant at Titusville , , eptember , 8 . 8 C in 1 86 . . li mac was reorganized March , 4 The from Yorktown to Appomatox The 4th had ommissioned and mustered as ﬁrst e u te n

V 2 d 1 1 2 a . 86 . old Third C orps was then disbanded , and the its ﬁrst ﬁght at Winchester , , March 3 , ant December , Taken prisoner at R P R e S and 1 862. Pa 2 old divisions of Hooker Kearney , then Then at Front oyal , ort public the herfy House at Gettysburg , . , July , 6 1 8 . P a n d S R u n . b R commanded by Birney Mott , were as and econd Bull I ts su sequent service 3 Arrived at Libby rison , ichmond

’ V 8 1 86 S C P a . 1 . i sig ned to General Hancock s econd orps , was with the Army of the otomac until the , July , 3 He was in pr son at Dan V and . a . S au lis bu r N . C C N . C . were designated as the Third and Fourth close of the war ville , , y , : harlotte , ,

G a . C . R O S R O F C O M PA K T H P S A A C divisions of that orps I n the month of TE N Y , S7 ENN YLV NI Augusta and Macon , , and at harleston , ” “ ld M M S “ 1 86 all O R A O R S C O SS O O F . C . C S May , 4 , that was left of the V ETE N V LUNTEE I I NED Escaped from amp orghum , N wa C S . C . 2 C s F I C E R S . th 1 86 . Third orps consolidated into one di olumbia; , ovember 4 , 4 R e

— E d e ti ld C S C e S . C . vision and was known as the Third Division ornelius . hase Enrolled at Titusville , captured at g , , December I st ,

1 R a d a nd S 1 1 86 . e sc e S C Pa C 86 . C S . C . of the econd orps was commanded by . ommissioned captain eptember 4 , 4 p from olumbia , , Dec 6ih 1 86 B . O 1 1 86 2 . General irney The latte r remained in com Wounded at Fair aks , May 3 , Died ember , 4, and entered the U nion lines

G a f a nd S t . . 1 86 . mand of the division until he was assigned to of e fects of wound typhoid fever at near Waynesboro , , December , 4

C . Pa . S e the Tenth orps as above stated Died at Titusville , , p M 0tt 1 1 8 General Gershom then as tember 5 , 75 . P sumed command . After General John W . arks , assigned to “ Hancock left the Army of the C ompany K from O ld C o m P ” otomac he was succeeded by pany E, upon consolidation of

. . 6 1 1 86 . General A A Humphreys , who the regiment January , 5 commanded the S econd C orps H e did not serve with C ompany until the close of the war . K , but acted as ﬁrst lieutenant P During the last campaign of and quartermaster . romoted P a o l the Army of the otom c , the quartermaster regiment May ,

2n 1 86 s7th formed part of the d 5 . Wounded at P e a c h O . R . P V a Brigade (General B ierce) rchard , near Yorktown , . ,

rd 1 1 1 86 2 3 Division ( General Mott) , April , , and at C hancel 2nd C lo rs v ille d 1 86 orps (General H umph , 3 , 3.

ia . S reys) . The heaviest losses John A illiman enlisted as

Pa S e curred by the regiment occurred private at Titusville , p

i o f 2 1 86 1 . R e while t was composed the tember , enlisted at

s S V a men who enlisted for three year Brandy tation , . , December

’ 1 86 1 2 i s t 1 86 . P in , and of the three years , 3 romoted sergeant 1 86 volunteers who joined the regi January I st , 4 . First ser “ i s t 1 86 ment while it was on veteran g e a n t December , 4 . f ” C urlough , in January and Feb ommissioned to rank as sec i ru ar 1 86 . l e u te n tan t 1 y , 4 The casualties ond from March ,

su bs e . 1 sustained by the regiment 865 . First lieutenant to rank

S 1 86 i 1 1 8 86 . quent to eptember I st , 4 , from Apr l , 5 Wounded were triﬂing compared to those at C hancellorsville and at Wild

e rn e ss that had occurred previous to , Virginia .

i . C . that t me hester F Morse , enrolled at

r the Pa During its term of se vice Titusville , . , commissioned as

‘ ' F l ft s e ve n th P y ennsylvania par second lieutenant , to rank from tic i a te d in S 1 86 1 . p 35 engagements , its eptember 4 , Wounded H ON . 11 . L . R I C H M ON D J r . , R V C C C a . total losses being as follows at harles ity ross oads , ,

1 1 . P Pa 1 0 1 862 R o n O fﬁcers killed , wounded , 33; captured , 5 Joseph Hospital , hiladelphia , . , June 7 , June 3 , . esigned account of phy 2 1 i l 862 . s c a C P Enlisted men killed , 93; wounded , 4 7 ; cap disability at amp itcher , Va O ctober

h V o lu n l — d 1 88 o 1 8 t P N . t red , 94 The 4 ennsylvania A anson H . elson Enrolle at Titusville , 4 , 3

ld th Pa C S . R O . teers and the s7 were consolidated ommissioned ﬁrst lieutenant eptem John M obinson , enlisted as private at ‘ Pa 1 86 1 T o ra nk . into one regiment by special order of January ber 4 , . as captain from June Titusville , , for three years , December ,

i h o m 1 1 2 1 86 1 6 1 86 , . C 86 . ; 1 862 , 5 therefore known as the 5 7 7 , . Honorably discharged by reason promoted sergeant June 7 , ; and the a N 1 c o m m iss m ne d pany K of the 5 7 th , after consolid tion , of expiration of term of service ovember , second lieutenant , to rank from

1 86 . 1 86 2 was known as C ompany E . Total loss of the 4 D ecember I st , ; honorably discharged

80 S ro ss 8. C . t u 2 1 86 . regiment , Ellis enlisted as private at Titus by virtue of physical disability June 7 , 4 1 P 2 1 1 h Pa . S d 86 . P . The consolidated 5 y ennsylvania Veteran ville , , eptember , romoted Joseph H Freeman , enlisted for three years 1 86 S . Pa . 2d 1 1 Volunteers was mustered out of service at sergeant , May I oth , 3 First sergeant , at Titusville , , eptember , 86 . R e ’ V R 8th 1 86 . e C R a . S 2 S V a Bailey s ross oads , near Alexandria , , eptember , 3 enlisted at Brandy enlisted at Brandy tation , . , December m I 1 h 2 1 86 a nd a i i 86 . C o 2 5 t 86 P . C Ju e 9, 5 , was ﬁnally discharged at December st , 3 , 3 romoted orporal January I st ,

Pa . 6i h 1 86 . O f 8 0 1 86 . S 1 86 Harrisburg , , July , 5 the 5 missioned to rank as second lieutenant , June 4 ergeant , December I st, 4 . First

“ m e n y th 28th 1 86 . N o v S 1 th 1 86 C that originall composed the 5 7 , but , 4 To captain , to rank from ergeant , April 9 , 5 . ommissioned

o ﬂi c e r m e n i th 1 86 . b 1 8th one and 97 remained when it was ember 5 , 4 Wounded at attle of to rank as second lieutenant from April ,

. C C C R 1 86 2 1 86 mustered out of service harles ity ross oads , June 3oth , , 5 . Wounded at Fredericksburg and at 6th 1 86 The ﬁeld ofﬁcers of the consolidated regi and at Wilderness , May , 4 . Mustered Wilderness , Va . C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 1 31

N R C a nd 5 8T H P EN N S YLVA N I A VOLU T E E S. company was known as ompany F and its back , our state pronounced for a time se

: C i roll shows the following names aptain , cure from nvasion . About the time Lee

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A S C m F 8th . H u id e k o e r C P r ketch of o pan y of the s Frederick W p ; ﬁrst lieutenant , rossed the otomac , John Mo gan , a rebel K m M P S ol . R . . S . egi en t , Thre e ont h s , e n n L ightlinger ; second lieutenant , H L cavalry leader , left parta , Tenn , with R . d r. C . 0 0 0 syl v an ia V ol u n teers ichmon , J ; ﬁrst sergeant , harles K Ellis ; picked men , for a raid through western

R R A d ra in O P in sergeants , obert Andrews , obert , hio and ennsylvania , hopes of meeting i O R M O m es l B Y H N . H . . C R . r. a . L ND , . . O ( I H , J ) J , J J Davis John M Mu len ; cor Lee at Lake Erie He crossed the hio river e O o n th m e The union army defeated at Fredericksburg porals , Harvey H nderson , range Lindley , at Bandenburg the 7 of July , with a so

1 86 2 S . M c F a rla nd in C . December , and at hancellorsville in Thomas , Henry A Bagley , what depleted command , having lost heavily S B H M a 1 86 C . u id e k o e r in y , 3, Lee moving up the henandoah Edward uchanan , Arthur p , encounters prior to that date . Learning of h O n t S . . ri a . C C S . P w s Valley alarmed the north the 9 of Walter Harper , onnor elden the defeat of Lee , he turned back , but b n 1 86 : S . Ju e , 3, the War department esta lished vates imon Adler , C harles H Bagley , prevented recrossing the Ohio river by guard

. S c a nd two new military departments ; Monongahela , John A Barber , David Buchanan , Thomas ing gunboats , General ha kelford ﬁve P h . S P 8i embracing Western ennsylvania , West Vir M Bortner , ylvester Breckenridge , George ennsylvania regiments , the 5 being one , O d P P 2 6 h o f S . C C C n t ginia and hio , hea quarters at ittsburg , ullum , erry orson , Francis ole , Har and o Sunday the July Morgan was

. in . C . C P. C O u r Major General William T H Brooks com vey onger , David ompton , Henry captured . regiment guarded fords along

S d a i C C 2 n L e ra n e . . C la ffe mand ; usquehanna ep rtment , compr sing lump , Henry W hase , William , the river , turning him back at g g and

P . O n l ath a . h C . . O n t Eastern ennsyl vania the of June; David Dunn , Henry L Davis , William H . S teubenville the night of the 5 we Governor C urtin issued a were moved by rail to Hai ti

n m on d s ville o n . P. proclamation calli g atten , the C

tion to these departments , railway ? Arriving t h e r e

a n d e 2 in urged the volunte ring about the morning , we of a su ffi c ie ii t force to defend lay down for a rest in a n old

O n S . (I the state . unday morn ashery yard About a y 28th 26th ing , the of June , word break of the we were ’ reached M eadville that L e t s aroused by the tread of army had entered the sta te horsemen and the clatter of

s a n d was pressing towards saber . Down the hill o n

Harrisburg and Pittsburg . the left of Hammondsville O n the receipt o f the intel C ame General S hackelford

i - d l g e n c e the court house bell and his worn out comman . f was rung , and our citizens A ter a short consultation , a

' soon ﬁlled the old court room movement was planned . We

as c e rtan d a nd to overﬂowing , to boar ed our coal cars

S o n the cause of the alarm . Before hackel ford went off a

the meeting adjourned , over road to the right . We were one hundred m e n signed the ordered to drop a company

n roll for th e front . The action at each road crossi g the of this meeting was sent for railroad leading to the O hio

a n o n i st . ward , d the of July river Two companies had transportation was secured been stationed when t h e a n d the company bid good train brought us to the cam p

’ by to their relatives an d of 24 5 of M organ s com

e f P . o n fri nds , le t for ittsburg by mand They were the

R O o n o f way of avenna , hio , left the track , had just R ’ 81 . . ra the A . G W y , the ﬁnished their morning

nearest railway route at that tions , and were about to

date . The company , under m o v e . They surrendered COL . J O H N B . COM PTON . c o m m a n d of George H . and were taken in charge by C M C d u P o c e o hief arshal entennial In strial r ssi n . Bemus , captain , arriving at two of our companies . They

' r a . . w Pittsburg, we found eve y thing putting on Dunn , Gilbert B Eastman , James D Gibson , were tired of hardships and willingly thre

“ - l R P M c G i l . . in o f a n war like appearance , fortiﬁcations being con Dav~id , Ansel M Gorton , ichard down their arms hopes early exchange . H a tin s H u id k r J . n . e o e structed o surrounding hills , and a general g , Herman J p , Joseph Their camp that night was at the outer limits a l i ’ . . i e S e e n v lle . preparation to defend very avenue of p Hickman , Alvin M Hill , Edward M Hath of the small town At 3 o clock in th e O u r . S o proach to the city . company took quar away , George K Houser, John Hosmer , afternoon hackelford had headed ff 8th ’ i K i n ff aru s . . n d ters at C amp Howe , at which place the 5 Edward B Jones , Jeremiah , J H Morgan with the balance of his comman ,

C . R egiment was organized , of which our com Kirkpatrick , Arrison Keen , harles B Lewis , who surrendered without resistance . Five C Z R r. u ha rt pany was a part , and the only one from raw alph Lutton , J , William p , George hundred and sixty ﬁve men were captured ,

N e il a nd his ff C . M c . ford , other companies from rawford entering Mahoney , William B , John Mc with Morgan sta Morgan , some

R u N N O N in a n a other regiments . The egiment was recr ited amara , Alfred ortham , mar elson , what disabled , rode old rockaw y bug

ﬁn - N P R id le . e r S . and mustered into se vice for three months , quier A ewbold , eter , William F g y , drawn by two cream colored horses . C R h : R . S . t e C under the following command olonel , andolph , Albert H teele , obert M His men had but little of onfederate

- S . S S x George H . Bemus ; lieutenant colonel , Wil tubbs , Edwin H awyer, Davis waney , uniform , as they had e changed at clothing

V a n P. M c N a r . ; A . T a lo r N . , C liam y ; major , Henry J Kirk John y , James Voorhees ornelius stores , many wearing silk hats , broadcloth V arI i d adjutant , Henry Dubbs ; quartermaster , Joseph Horne , Byron Wr ght . coats and patent leather boots , well provi ed

C . C T . C hase ; quartermaster sergeant , harles B The regiment left amp Howe , and moved with money taken from citizens along their

f . o w n . Lee , with other ﬁeld and staf ofﬁcers The to a camp of their near Homewood sta route Their horses were fresh from farm

O u r . r . regiment consisted of ten companies . tion Lee was defeated at Gettysburg , d iven barns and ﬁelds Title to property to meet I R I - N C ENTENNI A L EDI T ON T B ZI NE R E P UBL I C A .

' S a nd H u id e k o e r o f 1 86 W C t their wants was never questioned by them . ger, igler p , who were com spring 3 this brigade was , ith us er s

missioned as captains . The m e n were taken to C olumbus by C o m Michigan brigade , organized as the third di a nd ’ As soon as the troops were uniformed ‘ an s A and F , Morgan and his staff by vision cavalry corps , under General Kil p y armed I was designated by the adjutant g e n

S a n d . o patrick . hackel ford , delivered to the authorities eral as lieutenant colonel , and thr ugh his This was the last of a rebel armed force upon courtesy was allowed to select the number for I n the Gettysburg campaign the division

M m e n the regiment , and from some half dozen or northern soil . any incidents could be moved northward through Fredericks , Mid more not already appropriated I selected the d le to w n Pa e t io n e d , Littletown to Hanover, wh re a , pleasing and sorrowful to those com number The ﬁeld and staff were ’ 8th C — S posing the 5 and ompany F , but it is our on S 4th hot engagement occurred with tewart s caval commissioned eptember the Lang . C r i 8th m e n iii purpose to simply present the record o f C o m horne Wister as colonel , Thomas hamberlin y , in which the lost several

R . . as major, . L Ashhurst as adjutant , Dr th os e o f . p any F . To , that company , a glance killed and wounded This ﬁght was impor ’ a n d O H ara as surgeon , Voorhis as ’ th e t the roll will recall that long day in the his f tant as the means of preventing enemy s o C o . quartermaster . As captain K , in my ’ ’

. O u r cavalry from joining Lee s army , the absence n . . tory of our cou try s rebellion regi place , Lieutenant D V Derickson was com h e o f th a t ﬂi c e r o n e ment returned to Pittsburg when all danger missioned . T term enlistment was for of which is given by p as of the o f Was a nd three years , and upon the conclusion of the a returning foe over, were mus chief reasons for the failure of his campaign in 1 86 war April , 5 , having served with gal te re d out with the rest that answered to the of invasion . I n the charge by the enemy o n lantry and credit , the regiment was mustered ’ i 8th in o f C . the regiment the streets Hanover , a o u t o f s e rv ic e N . . war governor s all at Elmira , Y re be l soldier gave C aptain B ritton of C o m

N - 1 5 0 T H PE N S YLVA N I A VOLU N E E R S I ST H P E N N S L A N I A CA V A L R Y . T Y V pany F a cut over the head with his sabre , while the captain was harmlessly snapping his A B rief S ke tch of t h e O rga niz atio n a n d A R ecital of th e D a s hin g D eed s of the u in r sty pistol the face of the ofﬁcer . When S R m . h P 1 8t . C V ervic e of the e gi e n t en n a av alry olu nt eers . C aptain Britton found it would n o t go off he

CO O H . . H D E K R B Y U I O P E . ( L NEL s B Y C A PTA N t. w . S M T . threw it away and putting spurs to his horse ) ( I _ I H ) I n 1 862 ' July , , written authority was given C rawford county furnished two companies got out of reach without once thinking of his

o w n to me by Major sabre . He

R o S to ne re c ru it y , felt deeply morti ing ofﬁcer at Har ﬁ e d at his d isc o m

ris bu r ﬁ tu re g , to recruit , for he said four companies in 11 e could easily C rawford county , have cut his ah

’ an ta o nis t s f to form part of g head o , organization to be if he had 0 n l y k n o w n a s t Ii e thought o f h i s Bucktail B rig ad weapon ; and no

o f which Major doubt he could , S tone was to be fo r he was a large

the head , ﬁrst as and p o w e r f u l

colonel ofthe First man . He is now R egiment and a f o n the police force te rw a rd s a s t h e in N e w York I n duly commission this engagemen t

. S ed commander of A W . tone was

it . The Major had shot through the

then served a year fa c e , destroy ing in the ﬁeld as ma the sight of o ne jor of the old First eye , a n d nearly

Bucktails and was that of the other . h ome on recruit He is a butcher ing service by rea by trade and at

' s on of a wound last accounts was R ESI D E N C E or H ON . G . W . D E LA M A T E R , Ch e stn u t S tr e et . received in battle . living in E d i n R U I d P . pon the papers sent me elegated the for the Eighteenth egiment ennsylvania boro Here also George D . Taggart was

” ' C C C but right to raise companies (one company each) avalry Volunteers ; ompany B , aptain taken prisoner, in the hurry his captor S R . . . . P be f . . o re h to J . W H eisinger and John B Fay , of J W hillips , recruited at Meadville , eptem neglected to disarm him , and : e got to ” S 1 862 a nd C C C - Meadville , and to J . W . igler , of Titusville , ber , , ompany D , aptain Joseph the rear our forces ounter charged , and the e in an d leaving one company to be raised by myself. Gilmor , recruited at Titusville about the rebel got a hurry rode ahead of his

h e . . By t end of August the four companies same time prisoner, when Mr Taggart gave him a charge

a nd O n 8 1 86 2 th e were ready for transfer to Harrisburg , December th , , the regiment from his carbine that made him bite dust ,

B rad e nsb r a nd z u . upon reaching that rende vous were attached moved to g , Md , where it was then Taggart was at liberty to rejoin his

to a regiment of which L a ng li o rn e Wister ha d partially armed and equipped and began the comrades .

be e n . O n 1 86 O n . th o f designated as the colonel He had mounted drill January , 3, it crossed the morning of the 4 July the 3d brought with him from Philadelphia four com th e long bridge and encamped o n the Virginia division of cavalry took up its march south

an ie s P . d a nd p , A , B , E and F . Two companies , D side of the otomac , within the fortiﬁcations war , through Emmitsburg over South

U a nd M c K e an S and G , from nion counties , About two weeks later the regiment was Mountain at Monterey prings , where we ’ the C . . were assigned to same body , which , with moved out beyond Fairfax H and brigaded struck Ewell s wagon train about mid night .

C a n d N e w a nd our four companies , H , I K , completed with the 5 th York I st Vermont A charge scattered the train guard , and two

O u r d . C P a nd the organization companies were mus cavalry regiments , un er olonel ercy pieces of artillery , prisoners and

te re d U S its 20 0 n into the service of the nited tates Wyndham , and here began ﬁrst real mili wagons and ambula ces fell into our

2 th 1 862 F a R a n y d . I n . about August 5 , , under , eisin tary service , picketing scouting the hands The captured train was sacked and

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’ m ithﬁe ld P “ S S t. burned the next day near , it being front of etersburg . At Mary s church gave up the last full measure of devotion

O n ﬁi e rs a n d . o c . in impracticable to take it out the night of the eighteenth lost two about to their country Many died hospitals ,

n the sth Kilpatrick delivered his prisoners to thirty men . O the 7 th of August the ﬁrst some in rebel prisons ; a nd those are none the

. O n 6th k C t P a nd General French at Boonsboro the and third divisions embar ed at i y oint for less heroes , are entitled to equal honor

in a nd th e o n he engaged the enemy Hagerstown , where Washington , joined the army of with those who fell the ﬁeld of battle “ ’ t 8th d C a S . o n the ma e a gallant charge , losing p henandoah At Washington the ﬁrst brigade , Together now they tent fame s eternal ” P - C a 88th . tain Lindsay of ompany A , and m ny valna including the ennsylvania , was armed camping ground I t becomes those who

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C D a hl re e n S . a n ble lives besides . Here olonel g with pencer s repeating carbines The survive to keep their memory green d hand

t in th e w fa m e S S . lost a leg . ergean Joseph Brown was shot campaign henandoah Valley in the fall do n their to generations yet unborn

’ 1 86 d by a lady from the window of a house . He of 4 was a picnic for Sheri an s cavalry . was taken into a private house and nursed till The enemy ﬂed before our repeating carbines , FR OM CR A WFO R D . he died some days afterwards . He was a and the country was full of bread and butter

C a le bu tte r noble hristian gentleman and a brave sol and pp and apple jack , besides S om e C o m panie s th at W en t to t h e F ron t

. . N . C a n d ﬂa nk F m dier Here E Tubbs , of Little ooley , chickens and ﬂour and hams ; the ro C raw ford C ou n ty .

n in a n d received a g u shot wound the face . ers skirmishers who could leave the R C . 2 PA C A R Edward arr , of ichmond township , was column generally helped themselves There I TH . VA L Y .

. 1 1 th 1 2th P C wounded here also was hard ﬁghting and sometimes it was our The 3 , ennsylvania avalry , was

I n t Pa in P . the afternoon we were pressed back sev turn to run ; but , wi hal , there was so much organized at hiladelphia , , the fall of

1 862 . eral miles , every inch of which Term of service , three

. 20 th was contested in order to delay years Mustered out July , sh o ld 1 86 C o . the enemy while Buell n 5 , at Winchester , Va . destroy his pontoons at Williams B , of this regiment , was from

. C port This was done , and here rawford county , and was re

c ru ite d at was the grand opportunity for Titusville .

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r 6r H PA . O . R S Meade to crush Lee s army The 3 V LUNTEE . Potomac was up and there was The 1 36th Pennsylvania Vol

o u n te e rs no bridge . Lincoln saw the p was organized at Harris

“ Pa in o r n . 1 tu it 86 2. p y and every private in burg , , August , Term ’ m Meade s army saw it . T h e of service , nine onths . Mus

a m u n itio n te re d 2 th enemy was short of , out of service May 9 , a 1 86 in Pa . C O . and no army will ﬁght cor _ 3, at Harrisburg , I ,

' ner as they were . Every private of this regiment , was from this

’ - in Lee s army expected t h e county . I t was commanded by

n o t C C worst . Meade had t h e aptain Asa hapman , who died P nerve . The otomac subsided of wounds received at Freder

i s c k bu r . and Lee passed over to his g , Va _ old ’

1 T H PA . O R S . stamping grounds . Kilpatrick s 39 V LUNTEE division captured about ﬁve The l 3g th Pennsylvania Vol hundred prisoners of the rear unte e rs was organized at Har

W risbu r P guard at Falling aters , and g , enna . , in the fall of

1 862 . two pieces of artillery that had Term of service , nine been abandoned . Among the months . Mustered out June I st

2nd 1 6 8 . o . E prisoners was an acquaintance and , 3 C was from

P a nd C a n d o f C aptain hillips the rawford county , was com

th in d C D L writer , a member of the 7 a n d e by aptain e o s

Tennessee , and a member of Walke r .

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C a I T H PA . O R C aptain Morris company . p 4S V LUNTEE S . t th P tain A . D . Morris graduated with The 4s ennsylvania Vol CO LON E L OLI VE R K E E S E . high honor from Allegheny C o l u n te e rs was organized at Erie , T 8 - C o s e 1 88 . unty rea ur r , 90 in Pa . 1 862 i 1 60 . . lege n 8 , fall of Term of

in S the o n At C ulpepper C ourt House eptember , freedom and so much dash in campaign service , three years Mustered out M ay S l s t in . . . M c K e that we enjoyed it pace forbids detail , but 3 , , Lieutenant , David T y , leading a at Alexandria Va This _ regiment was ’ C charge fell into the enemy s hands and was the cavalry arm of the service never did so commanded by olonel H iram Brown , who

a nd in S ' 8 held a prisoner at C olumbia C harleston good work during the war as the henan was previously a captain in the 3d Pa . Vol

1 86 . C e u n te e rs o 1 86 . . C . 1 th C till March , 5 , when he was executed He doah Valley in the fall of 4 ust r , with H of the 4 5 was from raw fﬁ m t C was a dashing o cer , brave to recklessness, two regi ents , captured four een stands of ford county , and was commanded by aptain

“ - a nd . . and much esteemed by his regimental com colors forty six pieces of artillery at the A J Mason , who died of wounds received at

C C . V a S 1 1 I n 1 86 . 862 . mander . the spring of 4 , the Eigh end of the ﬁght at edar reek Fredericksburg , , eptember 3th , te e n th went with Kilpatrick o n his raid to T h e Eighteenth went into winter quarters 1 6 T H D R A E rE D M A ’ 0 I LITI . R M ichmond , and again under General Wilson on the aryland side near Harper s Ferry ,

v l 6 th P in the wilderness campaign , striking aliant thus securing the ﬁrst rest from picket duty it The g ennsylvania Drafted Militia P in U S o tts lva nia C P Pa . blows for the nion at p y ourt had known since it crossed the otomac was organized at ittsburg , Term of ser

S 1 86 . . C C a nd K House , where Marion outhwick fell in a January 3 vice , nine months ompanies , H , I

P C an d charge . The Eighteenth ennsylvania cavalry has a were from rawford county , were com ’ I t in n o t m an d e d C S r . R ejoining Mead s army at the outh Anna p oud record faced the enemy less by aptains Adam Davis , Jesse Bald h a nd . n wa s d ﬁve S o nso n a d . . river , the cavalry engaged ay and night than thirty engagements , great small win , amuel J I I E Myers , respect v in 1 I t a and i e l . 86 almost without rest or sleep until Grant saw ex cting hard service , and many y Mustered out July , 3, at Harris

a nd in C its Pa . crossed the James took up his position noble sons of rawford county in ranks burg , 1 I A I I O R I E - R P I 34 C ENTENN L ED T N T B UN E UBL C A N.

PA O R S . t . V LU NTEE There are a present nineteen subordinate and sons were rushing to the defense of her

1 th P - The 99 ennsylvania Volunteers was granges in the county , about one half of national life and the protection of our homes ,

i a in o w n in ﬂo u r a t Philad e I h a P . organized _ p , , the fall of which a hall , and the order is a the ladies of Meadville , with true patriotism ,

i hin 1 86 s . e 4 . Term of service , one year . Mustered g condition The society originat d in began to work for their comfort , furnishing

‘ — — a8th d iﬁ e re n out of service except recruits June , the depressed condition of agriculture follow supplies of t kinds ; but it was not ar a n O th 1 1 1 86 . C 0 C W d 86 5 . F was from rawford county , and ing the of the rebellion , was especial until ctober 4 , , that The Meadville l R I . . was commanded by C aptain E Myers , who y designed to redress the grievances of farm elief Association for the S ick and Wounded ” l 6 th Pa in was formerly of the g . Militia . The ers the west on account of the injustice of in the Army was organized . Mrs . Hannah

in d 1 th . C h colonel of the 99 was J . Briscoe , who railroad companies their charges for carry Moore was made presi ent , wit secretary , C s was well known in the old Third orps of ing agricultural products , and on account of treasurer and various committees to as ist .

o f P t Sh e f e the Army the otomac , having served on the exorbitan prices paid middlemen for filled the o fice most faithfully and ffi ‘ f c ie ntl an d the sta f of Generals Kearney and Birney . handling such freight , and for supplying agri y , devoting her time strength to the R R G M R P S C E I E E I ENT I NFANT Y ENN YLVANIA ultural implements and stores: The plan of work , and much of its success was due to her O d d i O R & s . O th V LUNTEE the organization is similar to the Fellows earnest and w e management ctober 7 , 86 Pa . 1 This regiment was organized at Erie , , 3, she was forced to resign on account of

a h 1 86 1 o f April 7t , . Term service , three ill health , and Mrs . Wm . Thorp was chosen

C fﬁ o f w hi h Sh months . Discharged at amp Wright , near to the o ce , the duties c e discharged

P Pa 2 h 1 8 1 in 0 t 6 . e ittsburg , . , July , This regi a most devoted and satisfactory mann r to e nd ment was commanded by C olonel John W . the of the work .

I n 1 86 2 M c L ane . He was afterward colonel of the January , , the society became a ’ 8 d Pa Of C 3 . Volunteers the three years service . entral depot for forwarding supplies for

in in While command of the 83d he was killed county societies . Auxiliaries were formed ’ in th e o f i n action at battle Gaines Mill , June almost every village and neighborhood

2 th 1 862 C 0 . a nd 7 , . D of the Erie regiment was the county , generous donations were

W A LT E R A . LI N D S A Y .

C o o i s o 1 888- C 0 . unty mm si ner , 9

i and is de signed to brin th e farmers of the _ g country into active c o operation for mutual protection s Each grange elects its o w n o f

ﬁ c e rs , women being admitted to membership no o ne equally with men , but is eligible of either sex unless they are engaged in ag ric u l

tural pursuits .

' I n 1 87 4 the N ational Grange issued its

H EN R P . M A R LE . Y Y declaration of purposes , declaring the objects E D WI N J . B A I LE Y .

- d C o C o o 1 888 o . of the order to be to evelop a higher and unt y mmissi ner , g C o C o o 1 8 - 0 unt y mmissi ner , 8 8 9 . better manhood and womanhood among our C Pa a nd from the vicinity of onneautville , . , the selves ; to enhance the comforts and attrae received and forwarded to front . After

C . . C o . was commanded by aptain L Dunn . a brief experience , ﬁnding independent J tions of our homes ; to buy less and produce Pa an d was F . was from Titusville , com in - shipments hazardous and expensive , it was more , order to make our farms self sustain ’ a n d e d C . m by C aptain has Morgan . decided to send through the Soldiers Aid ing ; to discountenance the credit system , the S N O I n “ H isto ri a nd ociety of orthern hio . the mortgage system , every other system PA T R ON S O F H U S B A N D R Y . S C S S U . . tending to prodigality and bankruptcy ; to se cal ketch of leveland Branch , ani C a nd ” ure harmony , good will vital brother C tary ommission , is the following report B H M C S hood among ourselves and make our order Y . . UT HALL . S Pa P ( . ) ” ociety of Meadville , residents , Mrs . ' perpetual .

i , . A national associat on of agriculturists of . This order has been instrumental in s e c u r Hannah Moore , Mrs Wm Thorp ; secretary , ‘ O . . . , B , which Mr H Kelley a native of oston . C . C an . ing some necessary d needed legislation in Miss E allender ; treasurer, Miss E G . “ ” . . . Mass , is the reputed founder Grange is many states and also in congress The period H u id e k o e r. ~ p This society , though properly fa m ila r of depression which overtook this organiza the name of the organizations , whether reporting its business to the C redit of the S tate tion has passed by , and the order in not only subordinate , county , state or national . P t in in of ennsylvania , was , for convenience of rail this coun ry , but all the states , has taken The organization dates back to the year a ’ more members during the past year than in road transportation , tributary to the S oldiers I n 1 8 nu m a a nd i 1 86 . n 4 the number of granges the last ﬁve ye rs taken together, is a S N O 7 7 Aid ociety of orthern hio . From its bered with a membership of healthy condition . —O 1 86 1 — organization ctober, to the close of n P 0 0 0 . I the state of ennsylvania there are the war, the Meadville Aid Society was an

80 0 A I D F O R T H E B R A VE . over subordinate granges , with a mem important auxiliary to the C leveland S anitary be rsh i I n C p of nearly rawford coun C . The W ork of the M eadv ille R e l ie f A s so ommission Besides shipments of two hun

d o n - ty there are] nineteen subordinate a n e dred and S ixty one packages of choice hospi c ia tio n for the S ick a n d W o u n d ed Pomona Grange with a membership of u p a nd m tal stores , liberal supplies furnished to sick in the Ar y . wards o f soldiers and their families in and near the T h e C ﬁrst grange in rawford county was When the cloud of civil war broke upon city , its books show a cash disbursement of 8 0 1 . f organized in 7 at Woodcock township our land and hundreds o our brave fathers The citizens o f Meadville contri

1 6 I A I I O R I - R E P 3 C ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE UBLI C A N.

o P C . . C e n r. . . R . Br oks , earson hurch , A G hurch , John p , j , H L ichmond , B Wallace , of additional law judges , David Derickson

. C . . C . in 1 8 6 in 1 866 B ompton , George F Davenport , Frederick William D Tucker, harles L Wescott , was elected 5 for ten years , and ’ - . . . P. . , , B , , . . . H Davis , Joshua Douglass J F Dorrance James White George Williamson W W John Vincent was elected for a like term W C B R . . . . C . E B . Flower , . Frey , Arthur L Bates , Dick , ear Alexander Addison was an able and enlight

P . R . . a N C . orton L . Gleason , obert G Graham , F The president judges of the court of r w ened judge His disposition , however, was

. , r Hallock , John J Henderson , Harvey Hen ford county were Alexander Addison from its overbea ing and arbitrary , which led to his

. O 1 80 d e rso n . , . , , , 1 80 . S , William Henderson , H J Humes L rganization to April 3 Jesse Moore from impeachment in 3 Henry hippen was N M c A rth u r . . 1 80 1 82 . an an d d H . Lauderbaugh , Emmet , J April , 3, until his death in 9 Then able , honest impartial judge . Ju ge in k a l to c . S in 1 8 8. N lo sk e O . M c C I M c C y , John , John D Henry hippen until his death 3 Eldred , do not think , was as sound a law

P . P. 1 1 8 C . . 8 P . . Mcc oy , B . B . ickett , M ower , F thaniel B Eldred from 39 to 43, when yer as some of the others He had , how

R a R oe R . . R r. . . C a y , eisinger, H L ichmond , j , A he resigned Gaylord hurch was appointed ever , large amount of good common sense ,

R . 1 8 ft C and R . M . . G . ichmond , H ichmond , James D in April , 43: John Galbraith , a er hurch , a thorough knowledge of human nature

R . R S . in 1 860 R R . . . O f in oberts , Thomas oddy , W cott , J W until his decease asselas Brown the attorneys that practiced the courts o f C raw fo rd c ou nt m an S C . . mith , W Tyler, John y , y

r. C W . Farrelly , j , orne were eminent in their

V an H o rne lius , Lewis profession and ﬁlled pub

. . to Walker, Jas D Minniss , lic trusts with honor

Jas . Doughty , A . J . Har themselves and useful f W m R . . . O per , . eynolds , J W ness to the country

S C . . pear , has M Wood , such as are not living a

R . S . H . E . ussell , David T hort notice will be made R K a . M c y , George W Has James oss , a member

kins , G . B . Delamater , G . of the bar but a resident P W . Delamater , J u l i u s of ittsburg , represented

P y C . U Byles , G . A . hase , W enns lvania in the nit S S S M . Dame , amuel Grum ed tates enate from 1 1 80 bine , F . B . Guthrie , M . J . 794 to 3, and for S H e w a n . e y g , F . L eley , about two years was pres

a m R S uel Minor , oger ident pro tem of that

S . . . herman , L W Wilcox , body He was prominent W W illis ith e ro . . J . p , W H among the many able , m e n Addle C harles A . Der and enlightened who

i k so n C E w c , lark i n g stood at the head of the ld C . o . C harles Faber , harles B Federal party w Guthrie , John W . Ho e , William Wilkins was a Thomas R ustin Kenne senator from Pe n ns y lv a

. ia fro m 1 8 1 1 8 d S . n . y , William Morris , 3 to 34

R 8 . . C . . Marsh , F Mc During the administra S Allister , Henry hippen , tion of General Jackson R r. . j , William D Tucker , he was minister to ussia

. H e C harles L . Wescott , Jas for about one year .

G . B . White , eorge W r e p resented Allegheny

H e c k e r W illiam C . S s e n , Bear , county in the tate

R . . . 1 8 6 1 8 . James Andrews , E M ate from 5 to 5 9

Guthrie J . D . Bowman , Henry Baldwin was

- Geo . Williamson , Luther the ﬁrst district attorney

K inn iff C . Beatty , J . , James of rawford county The

. . . . fﬁ Addle , W B Best , G A o ce was then called

N I . odine , saac Monde deputy attorney general P R . C . S . reau , Miller , has H e removed to ittsburg

B o u s h O 1 80 , Frank Lowe , tto in 4 , and rose to emi

R n e ro fe s C . ne c Kohler , harles E ich in the legal p 1 8 1 6 1 8 28 mond , Harry Flood , M . sion . From to S U N S ET ON B E A U I L LA E A N A D H A B lo m ﬁ l . T FU K C O T , ( o e d T wp ) W . Tate , John E . Adams , he represented Allegheny

Martin A . Gilson , John H . Apple , John Apple , appointed to ﬁll vacancy in consequence of county in congress with distinguished ability .

R . d P 1 8 0 P. . S . S . . N . Ernst , Miller All who were a mit the death of Galbraith amuel Johnson , I n 3 was appointed a judge of the supreme

1 8 0 . 1 60 o f S o f 8 . . U ted as attorneys previous to 3 are dead elected in Walter H Lowrie , elected court the nited tates , and held the

in 1 8 0 ﬁ . h : . S . N P to va c e in 1 8 1 0 . S ince 83 those who ave died are as follows 7 ettis , appointed ﬁll until his death 44 For some years P P C . . J . orter Brawley , Gaylord hurch , W caney at the death of Judge Lowrie ear previous to his death his home was at Mead

H n . n C C in 1 8 . . e O . . . B , , , H Addle , J H aker Arthur ullum son hurch elected 7 7 John J ville his ﬁrst visit to Meadville after his

C . d e rso n 1 88 . . T ho m David Derickson , harles A Derickson , , elected in 7 Hon James p appointment as judge he was given a public

C P so n in 1 8 re C lark Ewing , harles Faber , atrick Farrelly , was appointed judge 39 pursuant to dinner by his many warm friends , without

r in John W . Farrelly , John W . Farrelly , j . , Dar a law then force authorizing the appoint gard to party , at the Gibson hotel . H e b n C . . to a w i A . Finney , harles B Guthrie , John W ment of district judge for ﬁve years to ring seemed ppreciate this token of regard

. R . a n R C . d d Howe , Thomas ustin Kennedy , Marsh , forward unﬁnished business which had large from his own frien s , addressed them , l M c A lliste r S . . B . F . , William Morris , Joseph y accumulated His term was extended to and in his remarks expressed his appreciation

R . . R . . Morrison , John eynolds , H M ichmond , six years of their kindness and esteem . He was one S S P R t m e n . J . S tuart iddle , George elden , Henry hip ursuant to a law providing for the elec ion of the really great of the country C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. I S7

. S in 1 8 1 d itio na l 1 8 6 Alexander W Foster practiced law in George elden , 9 , came to Meadville law j udge in 5 , for ten years , and C P rawford county for several years , removed from hiladelphia , and engaged in the practice discharged the duties of the ofﬁce ably and in

P a fte w ards . ﬁ ne an d to ittsburg and to Greensburg , of law H e had a mind rare legal a manner satisfactory to the public .

Westmoreland county , and attained a high abilities . The prospect before him was a bril James Thompson had considerable legal

i n . . in c o u its degree of distinction his profession liant success in his profession But this hoped practice the of C rawford county .

S . a n amuel B Foster , brother of the preced for success was destroyed by engaging in other He was eminent attorney and was em

i n o n e s in in g , of the early members of the bar of kinds of busine s , which he was not suc ployed many important cases . He had a

c e ss fu l . n this county , possessed high legal attainments , stro g mind , was a good reasoner and ready great reasoning power a nd a ﬁne classical c d John S tuart R iddle was a well read and emi i n applying legal principles to the facts as

u c atio n I n . H e a nd in I n . addressing either court or jury nent lawyer was industrious , careful given evidence . his argument to the

a nd a n d a n d h his argument was clear lucid , when correct , was always well prepared w en court or jury he spoke well and eloquently .

proper he spoke with impressive eloquence . he went into court to try a cause . He had a He at ﬁrst resided in Franklin , Venango coun d P U S a n . t in atrick Farrelly came to the nited tates large practice was very successful He y , and afterwards Erie , but attended the

la w L a n a in 1 8 c s . from I reland , in 79 , studied at was pleasant and gentlemanly his manners , courts here He represented the Erie district

Pa . . in 1 8 1 8 1 ter , , came to Meadville and was admitted and his private life was without reproach He congress from 47 to 5 . He was in 1 80 2 no o fli c e . r to the bar He represented this dis held public , but a judicial position judge of the supreme cou t for fifteen years , triet in the S tate legislature either before or would have been his save for his untimely the term commencing o n the first Monday in

1 8 1 2 . 1 8 about the beginning of the war of . He death December , 5 7 . in 1 820 P was elected to congress , and twice John Banks was distinguished for direct John . Vincent succeeded him as addition

. in a l a n d successively immediately afterwards Died ness and force of argument, addition to his law judge , for the same period , dis _ P in 1 826 a n an d . o ﬂi c e at ittsburg, on his way to congress , character as excellent able lawyer . charged the duties of the faithfully and l He was wel liked by his fellow members of He was appointed judge of the court of Berks well .

R 5 nd C the house of representatives , as the following county by Governor itner , discharged Gaylord hurch was a prominent attorney , '

circumstance , which was communicated to tried his cases well and was always well pre

. S . a n the writer by the late Hon John ergeant , of pared for trial He spoke easily d ﬂuently

P f a n hiladelphia , will show Farrelly o fered and made himself well understood by the i amendment to the general appropr ation bill , jury . He was elected to the Legislature in

1 8 0 and 1 8 1 I n 1 then under consideration , appropriating sev 4 4 . 843 he was appointed eral thousand dollars for the improvement of by Governor Porter judge of C rawford an d

the lake harbor at Erie . At that day mem Erie counties . He was an able an d honest

bers of congress , generally, knew nothing of judge . He was appointed by the governor

Erie or its harbor . After an explanation by judge of the supreme court , to ﬁll the vacancy

Mr . Farrelly there was a quiet exclamation in consequence of the resignation of Judge “ P from members , let Farrelly have his appro orter . He served as such for about a year , ” r priation . The am endment was carried and until his successo was elected .

S . wa s became a law . ome members , particularly John W Farrelly an able lawyer . H e W e from the south , declined to vote . They ere was admitted to the bar wh n he was less than

2 1 . S not in favor of the amendment, but were years old Judge hippen refused to ad

su ﬂi c ie n t friendly to its author and did not care to vote mit him as he was not of age . The against it . This appropriation of or late John B . Wallace proposed to Judge

( the exact sum is not now remem Shippen that Mr . Farrelly should go to Pitts S bered ) as Mr . ergeant at the time remarked , burg , apply for examination for admission to H OT E L B R U N SW I CK .

. P was the commencement of appropriations the bar there Mr . Farrelly went to itts T i e P a . tusvill , a n of money by congress for the improvement of burg , passed excellent examination and

u m in harbors and rivers , and other works of his duties with ﬁdelity and great ability . He was sworn as a member of the bar . H e

n . in 1 8 questioned national character and importa ce was state treasurer 47 . returned , presented his certiﬁcate as a mem

S l P o n e an d imi ar appropriations followed at almost John J . earson was of the distinguished ber of the bar of Allegheny county was o f I n C every session congress the present members of the bar . He was appointed by admitted as a member of the bar of raw i congress the bill reported by the proper com the governor president judge of the courts of ford . He rose rapidly to distinction n the m i t t e e a . appropriates sums exceeding in the g Dauphin county . This is one of the most legal profession He had a thorough know

re at o f . g g e nineteen million dollars . Mr . Far important districts by reason of the legislature ledge legal principles He was remarkable

a nd in o f relly was a thorough classical scholar , investing the court with the trial important for the quickness with which he perceived all

in 1 80 0 in o n in the list of attorneys this county from cases which the commonwealth is c the points the case , no matter how numer

h s o f until this time it is doubtful if he had an equal cerned . He discharged the duties of i ous the questions presented by a complicated — ﬁ n . in that respect . c e for thirty years te by appointment o f array of facts He was equally remarkable

John B . Wallace came to Meadville , from the governor and two terms by election of the for the skill with which he elucidated his case

P in e n . hiladelphia , and had a large g people and the clearness with which he presented it t . a n n a . S . n o . eral law business He was excelle t l w Thomas H ill , of Erie , practiced at the to the jury He was a good speaker He

ﬁ - rs t r . yer , well read and informed in all its branches , Meadville bar . He was a class lawyer nevertheless had g eat inﬂuence with the jury

in a n d a n m an . w a nd was well informed the civil law , founded and excellent H e was distinguished They generally kne him had conﬁdence

R in under oman jurisprudence . He spoke ably for great power of argument and for chaste his integrity . He never misstated the evi

‘ a nd in I n 1 8 6 f . . and well with great earnestness . His and e fective eloquence dence his argument 3 he was

o n an I n 1 8 1 arguments legal questions showed a pro David Derickson was able lawyer a nd elected to the Legislature . 4 he was

d n 1 a n S S . I 8 6 found extensive knowledge of legal thoroughly versed in legal learning . There elected to the tate enate 4 he was

1 8 'P principles . By his reﬁned culture and intel was but little oratory in his efforts before a elected to C ongress . I n 49 resident Tay

li e n c e . . h S g he was an ornament to society His jury He , owever , spoke with force and lor appointed him ixth Auditor of the Treas

a nd in a n . private character may be described as that of earnestness , was every respect able ury Department

. a d . a n accomplished C hristian gentleman and successful attorney . He was elected Darwin A Finney was a distinguished C I A I I O R I - R P L I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UB C N.

i A N XP O R G member of the bar o f this county . Like the from Holland to this country over a hundred E L I N

s last mentioned attorney he was quick to per years before his birth . H is father died a short Having voluntarily given up a large e tate

h R in N e w c e iv e t e . a nd true points of a case He was a time before the evolutionary war , intestate , Jersey , being driven from his

in V a n sound and able lawyer and a ready speaker . although after his death the draft of a will rightful heritage the Wyomin g Valley ,

x 8 ~ a nd . 1 8 He argued a case forcibly well He was was discovered , une ecuted , which indicated Horne , in the spring of 7 , decided to ex

. in in lore C it a good reasoner Besides argument his the manner whi ch he wished to dispose of p the valley of French reek . or , as was I speeches to a jury , there were occasional his property among his six children ; but then called by the French and the ndians ,

re f rive r re fe rre d e n o l G . . touches of wit and humor , and not seldom under the laws of England then in orce in Venango , to by ( then C ) . in G v n d . a C o . n marks full of keen cutting sarcasm He the colonies , ornelius became sole heir to Washington his report to Di widdie ,

’ in . died the prime of life , with bright and his father s estate . But the subject of this of Virginia He joined a company with

. I n 1 8 6 no t ad van t cheering prospects before him 5 he sketch , being willing to take the David , John and Joseph Mead , John Watson ,

86 . S S . 1 6 a nd was elected to the tate enate I n he age o f his brothers sisters which the law Thomas Martin , Thomas Grant , James F C R C S Su n was elected to ongress and died before his gave him , took immediate and effective steps andolph and hristopher nyder at

. a nd l ath o f 1 88 term had fully expired to have his brothers sisters put into the bury , and on the day May , 7 , after R e n . . f H L ichmond , at the time of his death , possession and ownership of the di erent parts a tedious journey through the wilderness ,

o n e . was of the oldest attorneys of the county of the estate to which the unexecuted will , if camped under a large wild cherry tree near

an a n d a n , He was able attorney eloquent it had been _ properly executed would have where the east end of the Mercer street iron

d . . in a d C speaker He argued his cases either entitled them . The part allotted to ornelius bri ge stands

r A R R A N D S M dressing the court o jury IVAL ETTLE ENT .

‘ i clearly , forcibly and fairly . The only rel able date of

. He was elected to C ongress the arrival of the earliest set

in 1 8 0 V an 7 , and served one tiers is that given by m term . Ho e , in his narrative , writ 1 8 William H . Davis was an ten about 35 , twelve or

earnest and zealous lawyer , thirteen years before h i s

a nd in a good scholar , well death , and now the pos

in o f S o versed law , history , Eng session the Historical

c ie t o i Pe nns lv a n ia at P lish classics and general lit y y , hil

e ratu re . He was elected to adelphia . After some time

in 1 8 2 a nd the Legislature 5 s p e n t i n exploring, they

served two terms . He served erected a temporary abode ably a nd faithfully as district o n the spot where M eadville

attorney . He discharged the now stands . C A P R B duties of the ofﬁce with sin TU ED Y l N D I A N S .

an d O n the th d a M a y gular ﬁdelity earnest s y of , 1 1 ness . 7 9 , while engag e d i n Walter H f L o w rie w a s marking out corn ground in judge of the courts from 1 87 0 company with two in e n N 1 8 6 R a until ovember , 7 , the named Gregg and y , near

time of his death . He was where the passenger station N Y ' . P. . R R . O . . distinguished for his learning of the ,

a n V a n H o rne and talents . He was able now stands , was

and upright judge . attacked by the I ndians and

I n the list of attorneys taken prisoner . His com

who served in the courts of panions were , at the time of C I rawford county , have said the capture , gone to dinner , nothing as to character and a nd were to bring his to the o m an qualiﬁcations of those who ﬁeld . When these c p

COLON E L J O H N J . CA R T E R . are living . Those of whom ions returned to the ﬁeld they

brief mention has been made were attacked by the same .

in , n have closed their earthly career . They are was a tract of land the Wyoming valley I dians , and Gregg was killed and scalped , o f an liv m d R a . examples for the g and their successors , near or upon which the city Wilkesbarre y taken prisoner The subject of this

and if their lives are studied with a sincere now stands . He moved onto this tract of article was conducted to the outlet of C o n in re vo lu n e au t desire to reach their high character as law land , but during his service the Lake , and there tied to a small tree ,

e rs a n tio n a r , a n d y and men , the living d their successors y army a man named John Dorrance a the old chief who had him in charge

a n n C a n C o l. of this bar will be honor a d blessing to onnecticut claimant , and ancestor of crawled into the bushes and went to sleep , i C C . . , , fo r R a the county of rawford and the ommon J F Dorrance of this c ty took possession of while waiting his comrades , with y in

. wealth . the land There was much trouble and liti charge , to come up .

“ atio n g about the title , which was ﬁnally de While the chief was asleep , his prisoner k t h f r n i in V an H o rn e S e c o Co e l u s Van H o rn e . cided favor of , and is reported managed to loosen the thongs that bound him f nv c A R . 2d 0 . S ( . V N HO N E ) in Dallas , 3 4 The tate , however, ear to the tree and ran , with his arms tied behind

C V an H o rne C h im h o n ornelius , one of the original ing a rebellion of the onnecticut settlers , t rough the wilderness to the point C f S pioneers of raw ord county , who lived the against the tate authorities , in case the decree the west side of French creek opposite th e

a nd th e greater part of his long and useful life here , of the court against Dorrance other spot which he and his companions had camped

in N . Y l ) e o n 1 2 was born Hunterdon county , settlers should be enforced , had the lands May ,

c e m be r 1 6 1 0 . in , 7 5 He was the eldest child of involved the dispute appraised , and many At this point , what has always seemed to

V a n H o rne a nd a 1 Thomas and Jane , was of years afterward paid the actual owners smal me to be a n almost unaccountable incident

h a d Dutch descent , his ancestors having come stipend for their title . took place . The escaped prisoner , some

1 0 C I A I I O R I - R P 4 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBLI C A N.

a n d k a ffe c fi n e . rheumatic conditions , certain s in quality of ginger ale A great drawback ” th e tions , diseases of the kidneys , etc . He says to manufacture of ginger ale heretofore in conclusion that where alkaline waters of a has been the d ifli c u lty of procuring pure w a “ a n mild character are needed the water in ter , which would remain for indefinite

a n d question will fulﬁll every condition , that period without change . By the use of the S KE T C H ES OF P R OM l N E N T CR A W “ S P S ' the moderate amount of alts contained in pure water of the once de Leon prings , FO R D CO U N T Y M E N . its this water , freedom from organic impurity , Mr. Johnson is manufacturing probably the _

and its permanence , rende r it especially suita best ginger ale made in the world . C V P s 0 a n itiz en s o f ariou s rofe s ion s an d c ble for general use , even when its therapeutic A large d extending market is being ” ff no t w c u a t io n s I P a n d e ects are required . found for the aters of these remarkable p den tiﬁ e d with a s t “ ” n . A . . M . . I n P s I O u r analysis by J H Mont mery , A , springs large cities temperance bars re en t n tere s t s o f in professor of natural sciences Allegheny are being opened in opposition to the saloons , C oun t y an d C ity . C ollege , Meadville , is as follows and at such places the preparations made from P There are , in every million parts by weight , once de Leon water have a large sale . G ENER AL J O HN DI C K . G e r a l . rains p g , Many young men who formerly visited the Po i P g xc . S o d m C o d e rtra t a e iu hl ri . parts , S o d m C bo iu ar nate , p arts , bar where intoxicating liquors are sold , now General John Dick , deceased , who was of C c m C bo al iu ar nate . j P - treat their companions to a glass of once de S , in P M m C bo r cotch I rish descent was born ittsburg , ag nesiu ar nate ,

S c , i i i P . 1 1 l a Leon ginger ale , and thus the sale of these enn , June 7 , 794 , son of William and

T o ta l S o d t - M c G u n n e le li s , prepara ions is doing a noble work in the Anna ( g ) Dick , and the eldest of

. I n From these chemical and analyses it may cause of temperance the large cities , four brothers who attained mature age , John ,

P in W W R . . be seen that the water of the once de Leon here , especially the summer season , the David , James and Wilson , all now de

S no t prings is of unusual curative value , and that water from the pipes is ﬁt for drinking ceased . H e was brought to Meadville by in our city we have a his parents in the year of

‘ fountain of health that is his birth , when the place equal to the famous Euro was but a hamlet of log S pean prings of Vichy houses . He was married

. N 1 6 1 8 0 and Vals The water has ovember , 3 , to

A . been submitted to the Jane , eldest daughter S medical fraternity of our of amuel Torbett , Esq . ,

city , and testimonials to one of the pioneers of

C n d its extraordinary purity rawford county , a and medicinal qualities many years largely inter

e ste d have been given by Drs . in real estate busi

C . . D . M . alvin , L . A Gar ness To this union were

L a h lls s e . C . . ver , T . B . , E born six children George M P . . . . S arsons , W D Hamak , J Henry , amuel

R . . e r S . C . , usan F ose , E H Bernard , Anna , Mary

E . C . C . Dewey , John otton , , and John

N . P . . J . . and E . H ond Gen John Dick died 2 1 8 2 in 8th I t has been used by citi May 9, 7 , the 7 a zens of our city for years ye r of his age , leaving before it was placed upon behind him the in e stim a

the market , and all who ble heritage of a good

have used it bear testi name . He was for many mony to its purity a n d years a successful i ner

medicinal value . chant of Meadville a n d R ES I D EN C E O E J . C . M C K I N N E Y , T itu s ville . I n placing this water was one of the founders of

m a rk e t M r. o f P w a f R 81 o o . . C . upon the , Johnson has shown com purposes , the sale the once de Leon the private banking house J Dick 8 0 . . 1 R . mendable business enterprise He has se ter is proving a boon to the people When which in 5 was known as J . J . Dick r d in I n 1 8 0 cured the best machine y to be found for purchase cases , and kept in the cellar or 4 he was a member of the electoral . P bottling the water , so that it shall reach other cool place , a delightful and healthful college which cast the vote of ennsylvania

3. 1: . I n 1 8 0 the consumer in as pure state as when it d . i k is supplied during the heated summer for Gen Harrison . 5 Gov . Johnson

in C ﬂows from the oriﬁce the rock . He has months , when so much sickness is usually appointed him associate judg e of rawford

wa s also improved the water for family use by a caused by the use of impure water . To fully county , and the following year he

O f P process carbonizing , whereby each bottle is appreciate the value of once de Leon water, elected and commissioned to the same

charged with pure carbonic acid gas , giving one must spend a few days in some of our place . I t was while ﬁlling this position

in n and and . I the water tone sparkle , adding to its large cities July or August Boston , for that he was ﬁrst elected to C ongress from

c a rbo n iz medicinal value . The gas used in instance , the water pipes often become clogged the district composed of the counties of

C 1 8 2 r ing the water is of the highest purity , pre with a mass of dead eels , which have found Erie and rawford , in 5 , continuing to e i a n e w . t pared by and improved process The their way into the pipes from the lake which present for three consecutive terms . The

in in in o n water is put up a very tasteful manner , supplies the water ; and that city a pitcher military titles conferred Gen . Dick com

m e n c e d quarts , pints and half pints , beautifully labeled in which water has been standing for a few early in life , and ran through a rapid

i . and sold n cases of 5 0 bottles The pur days will smell so strongly of ﬁsh that it will and uninterrupted promotion . At the age o f 2 chaser may obtain the water either carbonized have to be cleansed in order to endure the use 7 he was elected Major of the First Battalion ,

of the water . When these facts are under n . or i its natural state , as preferred and was so commissioned by Gov . Heister in stood it is not surprising that the Ponce de h 1 2 1 I n 1 82 I n addition to the sale of t e water for 8 . C s 5 he was made olonel of the Leon water has uch a wide sale , and that

- . ﬁ rs t R 1 8 1 medicinal purposes , Mr Johnson has perfected such a vast business has been built up in our Thirty egiment ; in 3 he was com

a n ro riet r W - e S . arrangements for its use in making extra city by the fortunate p p of the prings missioned , by Gov . olf, Brigadier General C I A I I O R I - R P I A ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 1 4 1

S S of the econd Brigade , ixteenth Division , Edgar) , before these lands were placed in the twelve years he carried o n successfully various

. composed of the counties of Beaver Butler , hands of contented settlers . A sketch of Mr . b usiness enterprises , including merchandise , ’ H u id e k o Mercer , C rawford , Erie , Venango and War e r s p life would be the history of the manufacturing, and oil operations . I n 1 864 O C P . ren , extending from the banks of the hio to Holland Land ompany in ennsylvania he returned to Meadville , which has since

. I n the shores of Lake Erie all matters O S P R S . O n e J E H DE I C K O N . been his home of his leading charac o f im ro ve m e n t te ris tic s his p for the general good he was an Po rtrait Pag e 1 7 . has been great love of literature

- a nd c o . earnest worker a generous contributor Joseph Deric kson was born at Liverpool , and books , which has led him to accumulate Pa th The eastern plank road was constructed (then Dauphin county ) . , on the s of one of the largest a n d best selected private

1 80 1 . mainly through his instrumentality , and to July , At the age of three years he in S libraries the tate , including law , scientiﬁc w ell N him is Meadville , as as surrounding moved with his father to Milton , orthumber miscellaneous a n d though until recently he 2 country , indebted in a large measure for the land county , where he resided until he was 3 has been actively engaged in many enter

& R . o n e h is o f Atlantic Great Western ailroad He was years old , excepting year which he spent prises , habit study has been so constant C in P one of the trustees of Allegheny ollege , hiladelphia . He came to Meadville in that he has been and is among the best in

P C C om S 1 8 2 m o f m e n resident of rawford Mutual I nsurance eptember , 4 , where he has resided ever for ed upon all subjects .

; P in o pany for several years ﬁrst resident Green since , excepting three years residence He has pr moted and been connected with C C Pa . in dale emetery ; at one time aptain of the Waterford , , where he was engaged most of the enterprises which have c o n tribu ' C ’ C u ss e w a o , . 1 8 2 g Fire ompany the ﬁrst organ manufacturing hats I n 3 he returned to ted to Meadville s growth . Among these are iz e d in a nd this city , over forty years ago , and Meadville entered into the general mer C Allegheny ollege , the Agricultural Works , c a n tile be at the time of his death he was the oldest business , which successfully carried the gas and water companies , the N ational vestryman of C hrist Pro banks , the Glass Works , testant Episcopal church , the Meadville Sc Lines

Meadville , having been ville R ailway, the Fuel C elected to that position Gas ompany , the Dela

1 82 , February 7 , 9 and for mater Block , and Dela a more than forty years de C o . mater , b nkers . voted his best energies He has contributed lib

e rall to the welfare of the par y to church , educa ish . tio na l and other ins titu D ~ General ick was em tions . I n politics he has phatically the foremost ever taken a lively inter man in the community in est . From the ﬁ rs t a fre e which he lived , and one and - soil anti slavery man , ’ nd of Meadville s best a he has ever since the o r truest fri ends was lost to g an iz atio n of the R epub it forever when be re lican party been its active s o nd e d and p to the dread strong supporter . summons of the Great O nly once has he ever

. n Destroyer aspired to ofﬁce . I

‘ R 1 8 0 - HAR M JAN H U I D E K O I E . 7 he was elected by

Portrait Pag e 1 2 . the district comprising

d 1 6 a n Born April 3 , 7 7 , at Erie d C rawford coun H o e re en S S g , Holland , and ties to the tate enate ,

Pa . came to Meadville , , when he served three i 1 n 80 6. Died at Mead years . Declining to pe r

ille a 2 d 1 8 . v P . , , May 3 , 5 4 mit the use of his name

- . . H u id e k o e r re H J p for for election , he has himself as landed propri since been content to be R E SI D E N C E OF H ON . J OH N FE R T I G, T itu sville . etor, as agent of The rather a counsellor than

C a n d 1 8 0 - a n in f Holland Land ompany , as agent of the on until the year 5 , when he retired from actor political af airs . At the age of 67 P C P . ennsylvania opulation ompany , sold large the active business of life He was for many he still retains his strength of body and mind .

i n C V e ﬁttin l tracts of land rawford , Erie , Warren , years a trustee and treasurer of Allegheny This brief sketch may be g y closed by the

f - “ C in . I n nango , Forest and Beaver counties , in this ollege , which he took great interest He words of a li e long friend , youth he was

S n o w 8 th tate , and ever retained the conﬁdence of the is in his 7 year, enjoying good health , studious , industrious and circumspect in m an

a n d a nd a n d proprietors he represented and the settlers to has the respect conﬁdence of all who hood modest , cautious successful ; his whom he sold his land . know him . more mature life is honorable , cheerful an d ” O nly a person who has a full knowledge of inﬂuential . H O N . G . B . DEL A M A TE R . C the history of The Holland Land ompany Po P 1 8 . M S S R O C rtrait ag e JA E J . H Y K n an o n f i S c v . . s o Po this tate ha e a correct idea of the Geo B Delamater , Thomas Delama rtrait Pag e 1 9 . W N Y a n 1 th in C d istu rbe d tate n . . . C s . of the la d titles when Mr ter, was born at hitehall , , J 4 , Was born onneautville , rawford county ,

H u id ek o e r in 1 80 6 1 8 2 1 1 822 Pa . l ath 1 82 1 . p came here . With a . I n he removed with his parents , March , Became a resident of

ﬁ Pa in 1 2 2 rm R C . 8 . I n 1 8 , considerate hand he brought system out to ichmond township , rawford county , Meadville 39 engaged with

a nd in of chaos . The legal title to The Holland He received a very practical liberal his father as a partner the sale of general ’ C l in . a nd in Land ompany s and this part of the coun education , and having studied law was admit merchandise , continued . this business

8 . 1 8 0 1 8 n t in d in 1 . I 1 8 S . S o n y was determined the U . upreme ted to the Mea ville Bar 47 I n 5 until 5 7 5 5 was appointed e of

in H u id e r in C k o e . P ourt the case of p vs Douglass , he removed to Youngsville , Warren county , the county directors the Erie ittsburg

in 2 Pa . reported 4 Dallas , page 39 . But it took , where for a time he edited and published railroad company , by the commissioners of

- 1 8 2 C f I n 1 8 8 o n e years of hard work and good management (a a newspaper . Thence ih 5 he moved to raw ord county . 5 was of the

a nd C a n d o n e work that descended to his sons Alfred Townville , rawford county , where for incorporators elected of the directors 1 2 C I A D I I O R I - R P I A 4 ENTENN L E T N T B UNE E UBL C N .

P a a nd of the ennsylvania division of the Atl ntic Democrat , although never distinguished and S tate committees of his party . He was

I n 1 8 a n fo r Great Western railroad company . 5 9 as inspirant public office , was called to appointed C ommissioner of C ustoms by Presi o f and o n e in C 8 1 8 was one the incorporators elected serve the ouncil of this city during the dent Grant April th , 7 4 , was unanimously N w 1 86 1 86 a n 1 e d 86 . a d of the directors of the York division of years 3, 4 5 At the last confirmed n filled the place with great I n 1 86 . M r. P 1 8 the same company 5 was elected primaries of his party orter was nomi ability until the spring of 8 . ' 5

P . I n n a te d fo r e president of the ennsylvania division the mayoralty of our city , his el c That Mr . Johnson was universally honored

1 866 N e w Y o rk , after the consolidation of the , tion following by a very complimentary ma and esteemed may be seen from the following

' ' ' P o ri S P n e h O t . o t e /z ennsylvania and hio divisions , he was j y ocially , Mayor orter is of extracts from newspapers : T e Cr zl z c ( Wash and m e n in to n 6 1 88 elected vice president general manager most genial our city ever knew , his g ) of April , 5 , says Among the I n 1 86 a d . n fﬁ of the consolidated companies 7 he broad acquaintance happy , good word recent resignations from o cial positions , not was appointed assistant to the receiver of the for everybody , making him very popular . He one should cause greater regret than that of

I n 1 868 2d C above company . he was elected took his seat as Mayor , April , and is elec Judge Johnson , the retiring ommissioner of

ted for a term of four years , His administra o president of the S henango Allegheny rail C ustoms . Having served a l nger term than o ff tion starts with every promise of success , I n 1 8 f in road . 74 was elected president of the any o ﬁcer the treasury department , he is a a n d our citizens generally look for a good I n 1 880 i n Meadville Water company . was familiar personage Washington , where he P r . government with Mr . o ter as the executive e n elected president of the Meadville railroad R is held in the highest esteem . A typical C . O SO . g HEN Y J HN N _ I n 1 886 tle m a n company . was appointed one of the Po rtrait Pag e 2 2 of the old school , he united to a strict P S C . ff purchasing committee by the henango Hon . Henry Johnson is a native of enn performance of his ofﬁcial duties an a ability

Allegheny bond holders . and courtesy that made Was also a director in intercourse with him at several other railroad all times a pleasure . A f companies during this faithful o ﬁcial , a sincere time , and served for sev friend , and a true man , eral years as o ne of the Washington c a n ill afford ~ ” trustees of Allegheny col to lose such a one .

T lze Ca i ta l lege , and one of the p ( Wash

in to n 1 88 board of managers of g ) of April 5 , 5 ,

: . C . Greendale cemetery . says Hon Henry

H O N O PO R R , C . J H N TE . Johnson ommissioner o f C Portrait Pag e 2 0 . ustoms , is called

. P Hon John orter , Dean of the Treasury Mayor of the C ity of from th e fact that his

Meadville , is a son of the commission ante d a t e s P a n late William orter , of that of y other com

F a irﬁeld township , where missioned ofﬁcer now in he was born on the family the Treasury serv i c e .

6 1 8 2 . farm , February , 3 The title of Dean passes

His parents , who were to the rank of seniority . natives of Eastern Penn He is one of the three C sylvania , were among the ontrollers of the Treas

a nd o f very early settlers of ury , this class of C rawford county , settling cers receive the honorary in F a irﬁe ld township in title of Judge . Mr . John

1 80 8 P t re P . Mr . or er son was born at ittsburg , ld mained at home until he ino Fort Fayette , which

1 a t was 9 years of age , his father commanded for

m n tending the com o many years . From the schools of his district in date of the organization the winter and assisting R I D F “ of the R epublican party ES E N CE O E . O . EM E R SON , T itu sville . his father o n the farm Judge Johnson has taken

t a n d o n e during the summer . He received a portion of sylvania and a lawyer by profession . He has an active interest in poli ics , is of the

a n d P his education at the Meadville Academy , ﬁlled many important public positions , among best known of many eminent ennsylvanians . during the winter of 1 849 taught school which are those of Attorney General of N e w H e was appointed C ommissioner of C ustoms

P P 1 8 c o n in Mercer county . Mr . orter branched Mexico , District and rosecuting Attorney for April 7 , 74 , and has held the place by

a n a n d in C C tinu o u s . o n e out for himself at early age the rawford ounty , member of the Legislature commission ever since He is of the

1 8 0 S o n e spring of 5 came to this city and began of this tate several terms , and at time most industrious , punctual and hard working

I n 1 8 2 S th e . C o f m e n in . S the re aliz life as a clerk in a dry goods store . 5 peaker of House He was hairman the service omething of C o n e f he accepted a clerkship in the hardware store the Judiciary ommittee , and of the joint ing sense of the great labors of his o ﬁce may

o f of Derickson Fuller, where he remained committee to examine the work the com be gleaned from the fact that the accounts f 22 . I n 1 8 P o three years 5 5 Mr . orter engaged in mission for the codiﬁcation of the laws ; was for of collection and 8 , in o n e n business for himself, becoming a partner of the committee of seve for conduct for disbursements were settled by him ’ a M c D o w e ll . in Pe nns l 1 88 the hardw re firm of , Foster ing Mr Lincoln s second contest y in 4 , and the records of the department S P in . orter , which business he has since contin vania , and one of the electors for the tate show that from the time of his appointment

- s t e . ued with marked uccess . He is at present a when General Grant was elected He up to the close of the last ﬁscal year the losses

W P P a n S . a n d f in member of the ﬁrm of J . . . orter , presided at the tate convention which nomi de alcations the customs service have establishment that is known throughout all hated General Hartranft for Auditor General , been less than in any other corresponding

N a nd S . orthwestern Pennsylvania . was often a delegate to tate and county time since the foundation of the government

l n M r P on f politi cs . orter has ever been a conventions , frequently serving county The condition of his o ice for despatch of

Q T I A L I I O R I N b - R 1 44 C EN ENN ED T N T B U E P UBLI C A N .

th 1 tw o in R 4 , 799 . When he was years old his with several others from Meadville and vicin sketch , was a soldier the evolutionary

C u s se w a o C it C a nd R parents moved to g township , raw y , went overland to alifornia , returned early war, his father , Lawton ichmond , was a

te n in 1 8 2 in P . ford county , enna , where they remained 5 , and soon afterwards commenced practicing physician and surgeon the war R R . . . of 1 8 1 2 H n R n o . . . o e years , then moved to ockdale township , reading law with A B ichmond , Esq , then , . A B ichmond had

a nd o ne b H o n R S r where he lived with his parents until he was still , of the leading attorneys of rother , the late . H . L. ichmond , . ,

C u s P . . fi . . fteen years old Then he returned to Western ennsylvania Mr Douglass was and three sisters , all four of whom are dead se w a o in in 1 8 g township and engaged stock raising admitted to the bar at Meadville in April , He came to this county 4 3, with his par

- o n e ( 8 and agriculture , where he lived for thirty 5 4 , and has continued the practice of his ents , where he attended Allegheny college a nd e m h nd in t e . a years was considered one of the most profession here until present time afterward took a medical course ,

in m e n w . te rpris g business of the to n During I n 1 85 6 he entered into partnership with which he graduated . During his three years ’ R e i M r. this time he was elected to several l ading Hon . D . A . F nney . under the style of Finney of medical practice , in this city , ich

in . 84 a nd o in 1 8 8 ofﬁces the township , serving several years Douglass , continued in this relation m nd found time to study law , and 4

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in e . He has acted as deacon the Baptist church eleven years . He then practiced alone until was admitted to practice befor the courts of l 1 66 C o . for over ﬁfty years . At the death of his wife in 9 , when he formed a partnership with C rawford county .

Pa . e n o n 1 8 ! . C . M c C o 5 he moved to Meadville , , and D y , under style of Douglass Mc From the date of entering his legal prae R ’ in C o . C o l . C . . gaged the mercantile business for four y Afterwards W Tyler became a tice Mr . ichmond s success in life seemed

in m a n d u n years . Afterwards purchased a farm Ver me ber of the ﬁrm , practice continued assured , and his keen aptitude in solving d n on a n M c C o . b township again followed agriculture der style of Douglass , y Tyler This knotty law pro lems soon brought him into

. O d 1 8 6 and stock business Was married ctober ﬁrm was issolved in February 7 , since notice . His knowledge of medicine proved i rd 1 822 I n . . n 3 , , to Miss Elizabeth Freeman . which time Mr D has been alone the of great value , as did also his familiarity with

a in in 1 8 m . S 5 4 , married ag in to Miss Jane Van Ho e . practice He was admitted the upreme mechanics , which he has since become a

After he was eighty years old he made two C ourt o f Pennsylvania in 1 85 8 ; in the U nited recognized expert . For a good many years a nd n in 1 862 C . I s S C a d C . R trips to alifornia back alone now in tates ircuit District ourts , ; past Mr ichmond has been noted as one of his ninetieth year with all his natural fac and in the Supreme C ourt of the U nited the leading criminal lawyers of the country i in lt e s . in 1 86 1 8 an e u S . O d , and excellent health tates 9 I n ctober 5 3, he mar his eloquenc in court in pleading for a B A S A R THU R L . TE , defendant has more

Po rtrait Pag e 1 1 4 . than once brought

e ad vill w as n of M e , bor tears to the eyes of a I n June at Mead sympathetic jury . C 1 8 ville , C rawford oun 5 3 he was appoint

t Pa . s y , , where h i s ed A sistant Director f ‘ P . S o father , rof amuel Machinery at the

re C P P. Bates has long rystal alace and sided ; graduated at was State C ommis ’ Allegheny C ollege i n s io n e r at the World s R class of { 880 and stu Fair . Mr . ichmond died law; was admit has delivered many ted to the bar S eptem lectures o n natural

2 1 882 h s io lo ber 5 , , and has philosophy , p y r since practiced ; spent g y a n d chemist y , part of the year 1 884 making his o w n appa

’ abroad; is secretary of ratus for illustrations . R I CE , R OB I N SON W I T H E R OP S OI L W OR KS , T it usville . the C rawford C ounty H e has given much

r L avan tia S a o n Historical S ociety ; is member of the Literary ied , daughter of Joel and ophi attention to the subject of temperance ,

in d u Pa . d e liv re m a n U nion ; has taken active interest political Densmore , of Blooming Valley , The which subject he has e d y lec

ﬁ a ties havmg been president of the rst Young children of this marriage are Marion , married tures to crowded audiences . As an u

C . Pa . . R R epublican C lub of Meadville during the Gar to has W . Lane , of Meadville , ; Ellen , thor , Mr ichmond h as taken a prominent

f 1 880 C V a n H o rne a n d in ﬁeld campaign o . Was elected February married to ornelius , of Mead place his books have been read with

a n Pa R o n in 1 862 te re s t 2 1 88 a6th C . s . 8, 8 , by the ong ressional District ville , ; obert , a died ; Mabelle by thousands Among his works are “ l C R . alternate de egate to the hicago epublican and Gertrude the great temperance books , Leaves From " 1 888 a nd . O ld L aw e r c o ntain in C onvention held in June , , was Mr Douglass is in the enjoyment of most the Diary of an y , g , “ ” “ n -at - and a nd C C appointed o e of the four delegates large perfect health , with his daughter Mabelle I ntemperance rime , and ourt and ” ’ P n in P “ in a n N d a d . from the R epublican S tate League of enn as his stu ent assistant his ofﬁce , he rison; also , A Hawk Eagle s est “ . R i S e sylvania to represent that S tate at the meet practices his profession , in the several courts His latest work is his ev ew of the y

' ’ ” N in C o in and C R in ing of the ational League hicag of this adjoining states , with satisfaction bert ommissioners eport, which he

I n . C a nd . June of the same year . to his clients himself politics , Mr critically dissects the report of the ommis

R . io n e rs U P A O SS E S Douglas is a stalwart epublican s appointed by the niversity of enn J O S HU D UG L A , Q, in P 2 . sylvania , accordance with the bequest of P 8 H O N A . B R C M O . ortrait ag e . . I H N D

R R N e w S , was born at iga , near ochester, York , Portrait Pag e 44 . the late Henry eybert to investigate the R S R 1 826 ...... August I , His parents removed to Hon A B ichmond , attorney at law , of phenomena of piritualism Mr ichmond

Pa l 8 2 a nd a tra c t in S w as S th 1 8 8 Meadville , . , in 3 , purchased this city , was born witzerland county , I n married eptember 7 , 4 , to Mary 2 6th 1 82 of wild land two miles east of the town . diana , April , 5 , and is a son of Law daughter of Levi Morris , of this county , to to n S R ic hm o n d atives L . Joshua assisted his father to clear the land and and arah (Townsend ) m which union were born three sons , Lewis , E u N e w . M . d make a farm , attended district school part of of England His parents were of jeweler , of this city; Hiram , de cease ,

a nd a nd C harle s B l w 1 8 6 . the time until 3 , when he attended the glish descent his father was a direct Major , now practicing a R P Meadville Academy from time to time as he descendent of John ichmond , the uritan , with his father .

" ” ’ a nd in . R could be spared from the farm work grad who came over the Mayﬂower William Mr . ichmond s aim in life seems to have

n 1 8 8 I n 1 8 0 R u a te d there i 4 . 5 he , in company ichmond , grandfather of the subject of our been excellence in all he has undertaken , and I A - I A C ENTENN L EDI TI O N TR I B UNE R EP UBL C N.

a nd o f P in years of tireless study research have given the counties of C rawford , Mercer , Venango pointed by resident Lincoln assessor of

- h P re . 20 t him a wealth o f information . As a criminal and C larion . He declined a election ternal revenue for the District of enn

in lawyer he ranks as the peer of any the While in C ongress he was a member of two sylvania , which he declined for the purpose of

’ - C re - country , while as an orator he is equalled by important committees the ommittee on of entering the service . Was commis

e n f a n d P . s io ne d C C K 1 0 th P. V . few and perhaps excelled by none . His I ndian A fairs on ublic Expenditures as aptain of ompany 5 ,

h 1 n M a th u s ias tic o n t s e 862 . I love for poetry , aided by a retentive He took a warm interest in the condition of the s day of ptember , y ,

‘ ” m e m o r h as “ 1 86 y , stored his mind with a wealth of the poor I ndian , and a leading journal of 3, was appointed provost marshal of the m 20 th P verses fro the most noted authors , any of the day gave him the credit of delivering one District of ennsylvania , which position

’ i o n which are at his tongue s end to please his of the ablest speeches o f the sess on our he held until the close of the war . Was ” 1 86 N I P . fancy or awake se n tim erft in a jury . Mr . ndian olicy He also delivered an able elected in 4 as a delegate to the ational R ichmond was o n e of the prime movers in the speech towards the close of the term upon R epublican C onvention and was four times

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C . I n S C . work of arranging for the celebration of our T h e C ondition of the ountry religion , sent as delegate to tate onventions

’ city s ﬁrst hundredth birthday , and has been he is a Methodist , of which church he has Was appointed postmaster of Meadville by P in 1 86 o ne of the most active members of the cen been a member for over forty ﬁve years . He resident Grant July , 9, was chairman R u C C tenmial committee . The committee were was a member and temporary chairman of the of the ep blican ounty ommittee Was

n R S C Pe nns l in 1 88 1 - 2 unanimous i their selection of Mr . ichmond Methodist tate onvention of y a member of the Legislature , parti ” e t ath ih P O c i a te d in to d liver the centennial oration , May , vania , which met hiladelphia , in cto p the celebration of the one hundredth

in 1 8 0 . and the fact that h e accepted the trust insured ber, 7 By assignment he prepared and anniversary of the battle of Yorktown “ 1 8 1 a n O c 8 . an able and eloquent address . read to the convention essay on The tober , I s at this time a member of N Y P. . R R c iti7 e n S . . O . . duty of the C hristian to the tate , as a board of directors of the , H O N R A M R M R u . HI L . I C H O ND , S . , — C i Po C o . , rtrait Pag e 2 3. political organization the depository of politi also a director of the ity Hosp tal and ~ t o 1 8 1 0 C n C Was born May , , in hautauqua coun cal power , and the conservator of political of Gree dale emetery ; vice president of the ” t N e w . R y , York His father , Lawton ich rights . society for the relief of the poor of the city ; D C mond , M . . , was for president of the ity

in th e a c many years Board of Health , and tive practice of medi is chairman of the ﬁ n cine in what is now ance committee of the

VV e s ttie ld in C c e n te n n ial c e lebra tio n , hau a a t u qu county . The of the settlement of C C subject of this sketch , rawford ounty and

a f t e r _ receiving a the founding of the

a c ad e m ic C o f good edu ity Meadville .

W A M R BO cation , studied medi ILLI . LE cine for two years Po rtrait Pag e 4 5 . with his father . His Was born in Venan C preferences , however , go township , raw O were for the legal ford county , ctober 1 1 8 R e m o v . profession . 5 , 37 He is a

so n i n g t o C raw f o r d of David M . and e county with his fath r Mary Bole , w h o s e i n t h e autumn of maiden name w a s I N T E R N A T I O N A L OI L WOR S itu s ville . _ K , T C 1 8 . 4 he entered Alle l a r k David M . 3 H o n P T o P o o . . J . . h mas , r p riet r g h e ny C ollege as a Bole was one of the

M A . A . R C S O . in student , remaining in the institution for two J D VID V DE I K N strongest men mentally the county , and

Po P 2 . . I n I S 6 i g 4 in 1 886 years 3 he commenced the study of rtra t a e died , honored by all his acquaintances .

H n . in o . . an law with the David Derickson , and was David V Derickson was born Mead Mrs Bole still lives elegant a nd highly

I n Pa h in 1 8 8. . o n t 1 8 1 8 . 6 . R admitted to the bar February , 3 ville , , the 9 day of April , respected lady of 9 years W . . Bole

o f ' th at a n ffi in and o n April year he opened o ce Learned the chair furniture trade , and worked the farm with his father a nd a t

a nd in in Meadville , proper time acquired an ex subsequently established himself in that tended the country schools his neighbor

in S o n in o f tensive practice the tate and Federal business , which he successfully carried hood until he was nineteen years age ,

I n 1 8 8 1 8 0 e l a n d C ourts . December , 3 , he married this city until the year 5 , when he suc when he came to M advil e spent a year

d e d in M P c e e . d b aria . , the second daughter of General Joseph Derickson the general mer at the old academy Afterwar s the su ject

c an tile Daniel Shryock , one of the oldest and most business . This he carried on for of our sketch became a pupil of the Edin

I n 1 8 8 in 1 8 f . N in worthy citizens o the county 4 he three years , and 5 5 moved to Venango boro ormal school , which institution he purchased of Judge Derickson the property Boro, where he continued the same business was a tutor of mathematics . He then entered ” in P C . ﬁ B o n . R an d where he now resides , Diamond ark , company with John H ulbertson , Esq , the law of ce or Hon . A . . ichmond

. to in 1 8 2 . . and has since then occupied his present ofﬁce , for several years was admitted practice 6 Mr Bole

I n I n 1 8 2 r the same in which he studied law . politics 4 he was appointed milita y store has twice secured the democratic nomination

e S he was originally a Whig , was very activ on keeper of the tate Arsenal at Meadville . was for congress in the county , but never in the

a nd in 1 8 a nd h the stump platform , contributing largely elected Brigade I nspector 44 , in district . T ere is no question had he secured

1 8 r S in to the chang e of the political character of the 49 was elected Brigadie General of tate the nomination the district either time , he

. n 1 0 w as . in county H e has smee its organization been volunteers . I 86 appointed deputy would have been elected He was also

R a nd 8th o rse d S m an active member of the epublican party . marshal superintendent of the census d for tate Treasurer by the de ocracy

1 8 2 in 1 886 . I n 7 he was elected a member of the for C rawford county . He was among the of his native county He has been

- C a nd Forty third ongress, receiving the largest ﬁrst to volunteer at the breaking out of the very successful in his law practice , is a

— a n d m an f majority ever given by the district his com rebellion , served three months as a private of more orce , when aroused , than any

S iFﬁ h . . G r t in C C petitor being the Hon amuel , the the Erie regiment commanded by olonel other member of the rawford bar He has

I n 1 86 2 a and . M c L e a n . u sitting member The district then consisted John W . Aug st , , was p been studious , being one who most of his 1 I A - 46 C ENTENN L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N.

M A C R S . R C M O . 1 866 life has been very strong physically as well as J . HA LE E I H ND in . He then took up the study of law -

r P o P 1 . I O I . S mentally has outstripped those who sta ted in rtrait ag e 9 in the fﬁce of Hon . Bucher woope , of

. R d a a C . N o C le arﬁ el P practice with him a quarter of a century ago Major harles E ichmond was born , . , who was subsequently p v e m be r 2 rd 1 8 in U S He is acknowledged by all leaders in the 3 , 5 9, the city of Meadville , pointed nited tates District Attorney for Pa 1 882 P different political parties of the county to be a . I n he graduated at Allegheny col the western district of ennsylvania . Mr . strong manager in his o w n party in this sec lege as orator of his class , and as ranking cap Tate was admitted to practice law at the bar C C C C fi 1 868 sh oitl tain of the Allegheny ollege adet orps , of lear eld county in , after tion a nd a n able m an in its affairs in the S tate . y h e to T i n e t . . o sta Pa three years later taking degree of A M at which he removed _ , . , where he This year Mr . Bole has been chosen a dele I n 1 882 1 88 gate to the democratic national convention to the same institution . the fall of he practiced until July ,, 7 , when he removed to

a n f o f . t L Ou is received appointment on the sta f Maj . this city Mr . Tate was married December be held at S . . H artran f as - - 2 1 866 M c G e e Gen . t aide de camp with the rank 5 , , to Miss Kate , daughter of o n While he is a strong partisan , he is the in N Pe n ns l P M c e e P t most intimate terms with all men of opposing of major the ational Guard of y hilip G and niece of Hon . John a f to n o f C C le arfie ld vania , being the youngest o ficer of that rank , urwensville , county . To in a n d parties the county , socially is one of i n I n 1 886 h as — the state . May , , he was admitted this union been born six children Z an n ie the most genial m e n to meet in this part of C P P W P to practice law at the rawford county bar , . , John atton , Bessie , James . , hilip , th e State . a n n d has ever since been a member of the firm and Honora . He moved to this city o

R A : H O N . O N C . STU TE NT. R J H V R 8 S o n . of A . B . ichmond Major ichmond account of the superior educational advantages

Po P 8 . an R f rtrait ag e 4 has always been enthusiastic epublican , to be a forded his children , the two eldest of

S F e bru R C . Hon . John turtevant was born having been president of the Young epubli whom are at present attending Allegheny R in S w C C o f C C . I n . ary 20 , pring to nship , rawford can lub rawford county ever since its ollege politics Mr Tate is a epubli

c a n in Pa . o n county , , the , and reli farm on which his gion a Methodist . grandfather s e t He 15 a member S f tle d in 1 8 1 8 . Mr . of the tate sta S turtevant spent of R epub l i c a n S a n d the early part of peakers , is his life o n t h e recognized as a n farm with his fath able lawyer , a per f e er , and teaching c t gentleman a nd school . His ﬁrst a good citizen .

in W S vote was cast E LEY B EST .

C Po P 2 . 1 85 6 for John . rtrait ag e 9

I n 1 86 1 . l ath Fremont . Born Jan , 1 he went to Harris 862 . S on of the

- burg a nd served well known D r . as an ofﬁcer of David Best . Grad the Legislature for u a te d at Alleghe

I n n C i n four sessions . y ol l e g e

1 86 1 88 . 4 , at the age 3 Was ciyt E V E 2 . of 9 years , Mr editor of the S turtevant w a s N I N G R EPUB L I elected t o t h e C A N during t h e 1 Legisla t u r e o f year of 884 . Was C o B P an d . . ennsylvania captain of ,

- 8 6 - d 1 86 1 8 . re e le c te in 5 . in 7 He was the young R ead law and was est member , with admitted to the the exception of C rawford county R ESI D E N CE OF H ON . W I LLI A M R E YN OLD S , M eadvi lle . bar in 1 886 . May , . J Boyd Espy , that in w as . th e ba r ever elected to the Legislature from formation He ﬁrst took the stump the A young man of good standing at ,

1 86 a n d . C rawford county . I n 7 he removed to Garﬁeld campaign , since has made many and excellent prospects

rin H O N O M R . M S C onneautville and engaged in the hardware able speeches in this and n e ig t g states . . H E J HU E .

’ Po P 2 I n I n i g 9 . business . 7 4 he was elected cashier of all local matters for the advancement of rtra t a e

. b B a nd a nd R Homer Humes was orn in Woodcock the First N ational ank of C onneautville , his native city county Major ichmond J

t . C Pa ’ C . S 2 p , rawford ounty , , eptember 9 , 8 3. an a n d in 7 elected president , position which he has been earnest and untiring worker , ’ 1 8 44 . His father , James Humes was killed still holds . H e is also president of the by his genial manners and liberal spirit has

’ ’ l in o w n by ightning his house , while stand Farmers and Merchants Bank of Millbrook , gathered around him a host of friends . fe w S of ing but a feet from his wife Eliza and Kansas . Mr . turtevant has ﬁlled many M S W E S I LE . TATE , Q. 26 1 8 8 S fi their children , July , 4 . hortly after ces of the borough governmen t , and always Po rtrait Pag e 9 ’ - a t- his father s death his mother took her little t o the entire satisfaction of all . He is at Miles Wilbur Tate , Esq . , attorney law , is a P C o n o f family , two boys and two girls , to their gr nd present the residential Elector from this a son of William Tate , a prosperous farmer

re s s io na l C rd and C f bo rn father , James M . Humes , where they lived g district , composed of rawfo lear ield county , and was in that ’ r 6 till they could dispense with a mother s ca e , 20 1 8 . Erie counties . He has been actively engaged county June , 4 He spent his youth at

when Homer went to live with his uncle . in various business industries , among which home , attending the common schools of in C George Doctor , ambridge township , are milling , tanning , and the manufacturing his district , and afterward studied two and 1 where he remained till the spring of 1 86 . o n e o n e - S of chemicals from wood , and has been of half years in Dickinson eminary , Wil He worked as a farm hand d uring the s u m th e in C lia m s o rt Pa . . P foremost making onneautville the p , Later Mr Tate entered rince mers and attended district school in winters .

d 1 - . to n C N . . 86 6 industrial center that it is to ay ollege , J , from which he graduated The winter of 34 and 4 5 he taught a

1 8 C I A I I O R I - R P I A 4 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N.

. in 1 . country school He entered the Edinboro time , with every opportunity of becoming Elliott , 795 His early life was spent “ ” N S in 1 86 re o ff ormal chool the spring of 5 , not only well , but very wealthy , he did upon the farm . He was educated in the

c . I n S maining there four conse utive terms not seem to care for that which the world is common schools , Jamestown eminary and l 1 866 C o . S N the fall of he en tered Allegheny striving after more than all else He was tate ormal school at Edinboro . Taught

in 1 86 . P b lege , from which he graduated 9 raised in the resbyterian church , which was school a num er of years, read law in the

m 1 866 a n d 1 86 C bu t h During the su mers of 9 he the church of onnecticut , in his youth; t e . . ofﬁce of late J B Brawley , was admitted his libe ra l . U th e C faw fo rd 2 th worked as an oil driller He taught school ideas took him into the nitarian to bar of county , February s ,

- 1 86 0 1 8 0 . 1 88 S C the winter of 9 7 , and the fall of 7 church at a very early date 4 , and of the upreme ourt , February

- V n r 1 8 0 1 e n a o bo o . h . t 1 886. r and the winter of 7 7 in g He was a born opponent of slavery , and 4 , Was fo three years S ecretary I n the spring of 1 87 1 began the study o t la w deserted the Whig party in and voted and Treasurer of the Farmers ’ Mutual Fire

f . R . a n d S o n I C a nd in o ﬁce of W Bole , was admitted the Free oil Ticket account of the position nsurance ompany , commissioned Post

N . 1 1 1 h 1 8 2 . 1 1 th 8 . O t 6th 1 886. ovember , 7 ctober 4 , 7 , of the Whig party on the slavery question I t master April ,

f a n d o f he opened an o ice in Meadville , soon was natural for him to join the ranks the _ D R . O O R O O THE D E L . FL D . th e a o n e R in 1 8 6 n o e acquired reput tion of being of the epublican party , and one r joiced 5 Portrait Pag e 97 .

a nd c o nt - best advocates trial lawyers in the ri y . more than he when slavery was abolished . This issue of the T R I B UNE R EPU B LI C A N c o n He was C hairman tains the portrait

th e O r T of Democratic of . . L . Flood C ounty C ommit the editor of the

' in 1 8 — an d tee 7 3 4 , w i d e l y known a member of S tate magazine publish

C C i n 7 71 5 entral ommit ed our city , te e in 1 8 6. I n C l: (1 u t a u m m 7 9 . 1 882 . in he was elect Dr Flood , now ed to the S tate 6th his 4 year , was S 0 1 a l enate by 4 , born at Williams

Pa . though his district burg , He re had given Garﬁeld c e ive d his early majority in education at the

1 VV il l i a 880 . He was a m s b u r g re candidate for Academy , a n d in 1 886 e election , aft r leaving there

I n but defeated . for two years was 1 88 ad ac k e d 3 he the pupil of Dr . S U the tate Treas lysses Hewitt .

” ' ury R ing by in He was converted trod u c i n a n d g when sixteen , and succeeding in paS in his eighteenth sing a bill compel year was licensed ling the invest to exhort ; t w 0 ment of the sur years later he be plus S tate funds in e a m e a l o c a l

S tate or U nited preacher . S tates bonds , as At the breaking required by the out of the war Dr .

U n constitution . Flood entered the der this bill more army . He was in than active service for

n ine has been invested , months as and the State is ﬁrst sergeant a n d no w receiving its lieutenant and was interest instead of in the battles of R E S I D N C F H N . G . B . D A M A T R r ln u n r h M a i n M vill e . E E O O EL E . c o . W a t a d N o t , e ad I n favored banks . Antic t a m a n d d R C 1 88 1 u a n . . . Mr . H mes Frey formed a law He was as good a theological scholar as C hancellorsville Leaving the army Dr .

a n in c ou nt a nd C o n partnership as Humes Frey , and they enjoy y layman the y , had as valuable Flood entered the theological school at H 1 86 . . c N . . one of the best practices in the county Mr a ollection of theological works . Many of cord , , from which in 4 he joined Humes is now devoting his time exclusively the older residents will remember some o f his the N e w H ampshire C onference of the Meth

o f . C in to the practice his profession caustic writings of forty years ago . He left odist Episcopal hurch , where he remained

fo r , the work of the pastorate ten years . O n e i sA A C B EA C H . this life poor in purse and property but

, Po rtrait Pag e 93. as fearless of the future as a child is who year of this time in addition to his pastoral i N w ' S n C e in . I saac Beach was born heshire , drops to sleep its mother s arms H e died work , he served as uperintendent of the P S S N C . 1 2. in in N 1 8 2 . . I n 1 8 Haven county , onn , June 5 , 7 9 He was this city ovember , 7 , without one ublic chools of alem , H 74 he in in th e C comfortable circumstances when he came enemy world . was made presiding elder of the oncord

1 1 ’ ‘ ’ N e w with his father to this county in 8 6 . He District of the Ham shire C onference w M A R T H U R . p , R M M E T I .

m a n . was a quiet , unassuming Though won Po rtrait Pag e 94 . and in the same year was elected president of d e rfu ll in a nd M c A rth u r o f N e w S y interested theological political Emmett W . , son Jeremiah the Hampshire tate Sunday S chool

h 1 - to P. a nd l ot 8 o u C . questions , he never aspired any position in Hannah , was born July , 5 3, onvention Failing health made a change

. C y S S r and church or state oming into the count the farm in outh henango township , this of climate necessay , however , the fol m e n with more means than most had at that county , settled by his grandfather , Thomas lowing year he was transferred to the Erie I A I R I - R P I A C ENTENN L ED TI ON T B UNE E UBL C N.

C N . . S onference and stationed at Jamestown , Y He travels much , keeping himself alive to old , selected a piece of land in adsbury , now S I t was while at this appointment that Dr . the interests and questions of the day . Last ummit township , and commenced the C l in Flood became connected with the hau an year he spent some time Europe , traveling arduous task of cutting out a home for him

in in I and S . qua movement , then in its infancy , and in England , France , taly , witzerland self the wilderness . He was a large , active

m n 18 7 6 undertook the editorship of the Clea n He is a zealous Methodist of pronounced a o f g re at physical strength a nd courage ;

' ta u u a A ssem él l l er a la . a nd . a n q y This paper , now progressive views He has always taken expert woodsman , and a successful hunter , in its thirteenth volume is a daily issued in a leading place in the conference to which he well qualiﬁed to meet the dangers a n d endure I t C . . Augu st of each year , at hautauqua has belongs , having been three times elected to the hardships of a pioneer life C a circulation of six thousand , and publishes General onference , twice at the head of his He lived to the remarkable age of 1 0 2

. 2 1 an d in each volume some seventy lectures from delegation He is a member of the General years , nine months , and days , died at

C in N e w Y o rk S . . 2 1 8 the best speakers in the country While at onference which met this his home in ummit township Dec 4 , 84 .

h . Jamestown , Dr . Flood published a book of month . As a preac er Dr . Flood is most fa H N O . G . . A M A R w DEL TE . " “ a n b d v o ra l . , Po P lectures called Topics of the Times y known His earnestness his forceful rtrait ag e 1 0 5 . “ n d W a d a n . . anonymously A Hundred Ministers putting of things , his admirable delivery , G Delamater was born at Meadville , ' ” S o f . 1 8 6 re . C P rs How they witched I n 7 he strong personality combined make him a pul rawford county , ennsylvania , March 3 t

1 8 . c e ive d the degree of Master of Arts from the p it orator of rare power . 49 At the age of twenty years he gradu

O U . . C hio Wesleyan niversity Dr Flood is a man of strong individuality , ated from Allegheny ollege ; after study at

I D K E E . it us vi . R ES I D EN C ES OF H ON . J . P . TH OM A S , W . T . SC H E I D E A N D D A V M c L V Y , sq , T ll e

1 8 x a nd e S fi . I n 7 7 Dr . Flood became the pastor of the quick grasp of mind , great organizing Harvard Law chool , and in the of ce of H S W . R 8: S Pa . . e c u tive . . tone M E church , of this city hile liv ability , intense devotion to friends , L ichmond ons , Meadville , , he was

in in ing here he became convinced that there was frank expression of opinions , of rare gen admitted to practice law the courts of

C ia lt a n a nd C d . a demand in his hautauqua constituency for y , at once just generous rawford county ; after about three years of

A ssem él H e r a ld a monthly issue of the y and active practice in his profession , he engaged BA LTH A Z A R G EH R .

a n u n in . accordingly he published such edition Po rtra it Pag e 1 0 2 . various business enterprises To these he 1 880 o n e o f til ,when he bought out his associate , Mr . Balthazar Gehr was the early settlers has since mainly devoted his time and energy ,

a n C . . Bailey , of Jamestown , moved the establish d pioneers of rawford county He was and has been reasonably successful He is a ment to Meadville and began as editor and descended from a family of Huguenots who member of the banking house of Delamater

’ l e C/mu ta u u a n n o w C C o N proprietor of q , which ame to this country from Alsace before the director of Merchants ational Bank ,

I n . in L a nc as has a circulation of each month . revolutionary war He was born president and owner of the controlling inter

1 8 8 U 1 8 2 C u m in M R 7 Mount nion college made him a Doctor ter county April 3, 7 , removed to est the eadville Linesville ailway

. C a nd S . of Divinity I ncreasing editorial cares com berland from there to omerset county ompany , president of the Meadville Fuel bin e d I n 1 80 0 C with pastoral duties were wearing on he , with one of his brothers , came on Gas ompany , and connected with many other in 1 88 2 O il his health and , while stationed at horseback to C rawford county . They came local enterprises . Mr . Delamater has ever

C e f in a n ity , he resigned his pastorate and remov d to Meadville , where they remained about two been e ﬁcient promoting church d educa

. 20 tio nal . R to this city years , when Balthazar , being about years institutions He has always been a e I N E - R P I A 1 5 0 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR B O E UBL C N.

’ a nd i n e au tville Pa 1 86 1 1 86 . 1 8 C publican act ve in promoting his party s , four years , to 5 ; post mayor in the year 7 4 . hairman of the in 1 8 6 f Pa 1 866 interest . H e was mayor of Meadville 7 , o ﬁce , Meadville , . , two years , and executive committee of centennial celebration h S in 1 86 R 1 8 6 t e . C 1 senatorial delegate to tate convention 7 ; member House of epresentatives 7 hairman of county committee 87 6 .

1 8 8 R C C o m 1 88 1 88 . C th 7 , chairman of epublican ounty 5 and 7 hief engineer of e ﬁre department for

m it e 1 8 8 1 8 H O N . XA R 1 0 te S . B A . 88 S during campaigns of 7 and 79 ; ALE NDE E TTY . three years , enatorial delegate to the

in 1 880 P P 1 1 1 . S a nd he was chosen a Garﬁeld presidential ortrait ag e tate convention , alternate delegate to th P in 1 886 Alexander S . Beatty was born April N elector for ennsylvania , and was s the ational convention at C hicago of that 1 8 1 C I n 3 , in Vernon township , rawford county ; a n elected to the S tate senate . the spring of year . Took active part in the organiza i 1 888 he championed the cause of the younger educated n the public schools ; was mail tion of C rawford county central agricultural R P agent o n the Franklin Branch of the N e w epublicans throughout ennsylvania and was . fair , which society owned the ground where P O York , ennsylvania hio railroad , between in . . instrumental electing W H Andrews chair the depot now stands . Was one of the ﬁrst in O il C 1 86 1 868 o f R S C e C o m Meadville and ity , from 4 to ; man the epublican tate ntral instituting the present city l ibrary . Took a n S ’ i te in postmaster at haw s Landing from 1 87 0 to in m t e . and This , connection with his well active part the Board of Trade is now 1 88 in ; at present engaged farm ing . Was N C . 5 an known intimacy with ational hairman M active member of the Board of I ndustry . elected to the Legislature in 1 886 by the R e S . Quay , as eviden c ed by his presence at Was attorney of the city and county . Was C ’ th e l publican of rawford county and served one R o headquarters during recent presidentia active in the organization of M . L . y C . ,

term . its r campaign together with his admitted popular and secreta y . For years secretary Of the

H O N . C M . SM . LE ENT N ITH ‘ ity and ability , has caused him to be most Meadville water company . H e built his resi

P P 1 1 1 . ortrait ag e n favorably named as a probable candidate for dence , south of the old homestead o west

C N . S lement mith was born in Jamestown , in 1 8 0 P I s Governor 9 . H e is a citizen of whom side of Diamond ark . now occupying N m 8 C hautauqua county , . Y Dece ber th u Meadville has just cause to be pro d . the o ﬂi c e of his father who died the l g th of 1 82 1 ; was educated at Jamestown academy , 1 88 . O f February , his professional ability , S UPT . C . A . BR U NN . 5 and brought up in the mercantile business in in Po rtrait Pag e ro g . his high standing the Meadville bar renders Y N . . S . C . A . Brunn was born in Buffalo , , it unnecessary to peak

2 1 8 8. January 7 , Entered railway service as O P C O M O . 5 C LO NEL JO H N B . T N

1 8 . telegraph operator in 7 3 Appointed assis Portrait Pag e 1 31 . R in S . r N . C tant superintendent B W ailway C olonel John B . ompton was bo n ovem

1 8 in 1 8 8. 1 1 8 in C f 77 , and superintendent of same 7 ber 7 th , 35 , Mead township , raw ord 1 886 a Pa o f C . ontinued until July , , when he was p county , , on the farm his grandfather,

o f C pointed superintendent the Eastern Division David ompton , one of the early settlers of

N Y P N Y . . . 0 . . . C C of the . . , . system of the , L E the county olonel ompton is the eldest

R 1 888 s o n C C W . ailway . U p to April I st , , Mr . of olonel David and Eliza Brooks omp n e C Brunn was practically superintendent of four to . H e graduated at All gheny ollege in

1 86 1 in in divisions of the Erie system . Mr . Brunn is a , served the war of the rebellion the ’ rising young man of great promise . His three months service , and afterwards in the

- 8 d R P a I n fa n promotion has been rapid , but well deserved , 3 egiment ennsylvani Volunteer ' ' a by industry , integrity , and strict attention to try , being wounded at the battle of G ines e his duties . He njoys the conﬁdence of the Mills and Malvern Hill , Va . Appointed by

C o n e company whose interests he faithfully serves , Governor urtin of the com missioners to

' and the respect and esteem of all who are take the vote of Pennsylvania soldiers in the

in . e a nd . C . under him rank H is genial court ﬁeld , being assigned to Washington , D , at

n 1 86 an d e o u s i his intercourse with all , and as a the O ctober election , 4, to the army of t consequence has hosts of friends . the Potomac at the presiden ial election of the

H R W PP same year, at which time he was secretary of O N . ND E G . LE . A A TI T U S VI LLE OI L EXCH A N GE .

. i Po rtrait Pag e 1 1 0 . the board of commissioners The elect on Pa Andrew G . Apple was born at Easton , . , n o w n ; material forwarded from Harrisburg having which he is e gaged was appointed _

O 26th 1 8 C R 1 86 in o f_ ctober 37 ; and removed to raw postmaster at iceville , 3, continuing failed to reach the army at the appointed time , in O f 1 8 0 f C C ford county the spring 4 ; educated ice eight years . Was elected to the Legis olonel ompton , by advice of General Grant,

a nd C la . C . in the common schools attended larion tu re in 1 886 by the R epublican of C rawford went to Washington , D , obtained the

C I and and ollegiate nstitute ; learned the milling trade, county served one term . necessary election material returned to a nd was joint owner of a ﬂo u rin mill at H N M the army in time to organize the proper elec O . . R C O R . g . H L I H ND , J

C o , ochranton for ﬁfteen years ; while there was P rtrait Pag e 1 30 . tion boards and receive the returns which

c t 1 1 8 so n . . O . . elected justice of the peace twice , and served Born 4th 39, of H on H L were transmitted to Harrisburg and counted

- R r in S . S . C as school director for a number of years ; in ichmond , Entered Allegheny ollege with the vote of the tate at that election C 1 8 6 . 1 860 1 87 8 was elected sheriff of C rawford county ; 5 Graduated in June , . Began the S erved as prothonotary of rawford county

and 1 866 . A d moved to the ciyt of Meadville , January , study of law with his father, was admit for the term ending December , i 1 68 n 8 . 8 a n in N 1 862 . a d to 1 d . w 79, is a resident of that place now ted ovember , H as since been itted the practice of the law Was elected to the Legislature in 1 886 by the m itte d to practice in several judical districts C hairman of the R epublican C ounty C o m

R an d W P S C m itte e 1 8 2. S epublicans of C rawford county served of estern ennsylvania , upreme ourt of in 7 enatorial delegate to the

S U R S 1 8 . one term . the tate and District court of nited epublican tate convention 7 3 District

S 1 88 . tates . Entered the service of the rebellion attorney for the term ending January , 5 H O N . O R R S R C O S . F E T . NI H L 8 - - o n 2d . and was elected lieut of C ompany F , I s senior aide de camp division staff of the Po rtrait Pag e 1 1 1 . 5 ’ N 28th P R . P Forrest R . ichols was born March enn a egiment He was at the capture national guard of ennsylvania , having been

1 8 in C C d and a n d in 4 5 , ambridge borough , rawfor coun of Morgan , with his company com continuous commission for a period of R C C t Pa . . y , , received a good common school educa pany A of the egiment delivered the ﬁfteen years olonel ompton was selected e n tion ; was in the mercantile business from captured command of G . John Morgan to as chief marshal of the centennial parade , 1 1 888 1 86 1 8 N o f C O . 1 7 to 7 3; is cashier of ational Bank the authorities at olumbus , hio Was a May , , and is _ the present chairman of

R C C . C Pa . o stofii c e C on o f fo r onneautville , ; clerk in p , member city council eight years , and the epublican ounty ommittee

- 1 5 2 C ENTENNI A L E D I TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBL I C A N. — C . ing a meeting at onneautville to consider the seat to which proposition Mr Mantor object At Antietam , during that memorable battle ,

— h e - e f . th e ld S C b organization of a new party . At this meeting d was defeated by forty ive votes and as O ixth orps , headed y Bal ‘

. U d S a committee was appointed , of which Mr nder the administration of Governor Hoyt y mith s division , was moving into action , ” ff in S “ Mantor was the chairman , who presented a he was o ered a position the tate Depart in front of the old John Brown church ,

. C C series of resolutions , and it was then , and on ment at Harrisburg , which he accepted , and Lieut arter having command of ompany B

. o n in that occasion , that the first demonstration was served until a change of administration While the left flank of his regiment , had to fall R S made to organize the epublican party in in the tate Department , he was called to rear to permit a battery to move into action . P P . ennsylvania Washington ,_ when resident Garfield person Delayed by this movement , the regiment went

o f S C S o ‘ ally tendered him the appointment ecre on with the charge without ompany B . About this time Mr . Man or , seized with a

N e w P . C tary to Mexico . The resident was soon as the battery passed . Lieut arter moved r spirit of ente prise , determined upon building - assassinated before the appointment was his company , by a right half wheel , forward for himself a home in the far West . I n com accepted . into line ; but about the time this movement pany with his two brothers , he went to the I n every campaign Mr . Mantor has been commenced , a column of rebel infantry , mask Territory of Minnesota , and there selected a a n e fli c ie n t R e d m o n its and able advocate of the epubli fro the view of his regiment , arose site for a town , which he laid out , calling it c a n a n d i a n d a fte r party ; it is safe to say that there is r ght flank , delivering a volley , were n Mantorville . This tow afterward became n o i n S i n man the tate who takes a deeper inter about to charge his regiment rear, when , the county seat of Dodge county . I t was here in o f his in he built the first grist and saw mills that were est the success party . He was appointed by his fortunate position and his coolness 1 8 by Governor Beaver in 7 7 to a position in action , the young soldier delivered a well erected in Southern Minne sota . His broad the I nsurance Department of this S tate , which directed volley into the exposed flank of the m e n acquaintance with , and his knowledge of n w o . e he holds H has also filled the highest advancing enemy , at the same time ordering the country in which he had located , led many ' m n f in z e . positions many organi ations , and has held his to give them the bayonet The e fect to emigrate a n d settle i n that section . Mr . f w as t minor o fices in the town where he lives . admirable , for the enemy , thinking hat M antor took a lively interest in everything that fo rc e in a large was on their flank , retreated C O L O . C A R R . w in . J HN TE as passing, and aided as far as possible J in Po P 1 8 . confusion , leaving the field possession of I n 1 8 wa s rtrait ag e 3 every enterprise . 5 7 he elected one - a our troops possession not disturbed again . of the delegates to frame a constitution for the That a successful military career fits one for

in a n d f . . . S leadership civil political a fairs is fully Gen W M mith , commander of the division , incoming State of Minnesota ; in this c o n ve n proven in the history of the past twenty - three was on the ground a nd saw the whole trans . on tion he took a very active part , serving ‘ I n C . . years of John J . arter action his report of the battle , he said some of the most important committees . At — — “ I n 1 86 I then in his eighteenth year h e I beg leave to mention the S t. the first R epublican convention , held at — ffi d enlisted as a private soldier his being the following named o cer , belonging to this (3 ) P S 1 8 aul . in eptember , 5 7 , he was tendered the in — in N C first the county the unda ompany , brigade , whose conduct was particularly gal ffi o f - o ce Lieutenant Governor , which he de — C d R o wn . afterward ompany F of the 33 egiment , lant under my observation Lieut John c line d ; he , however , received the nomination ”

N d N . . . . l R . . C . S . . C o . . Y V I nfantry , F Taylor , of J arter, 33 Y Vols for S tate Treasurer , which he accepted , and R o n N . Y . . , , At the second battle of Fredericksburg, R — ochester commanding with H o n . Alex . amsey who was nominated 1 86 1 d 1 86 o n I n July , , he was appointed commissary May 3 , 3, in the attack the heights , in for Governor— stumped the S tate for the

. C sergeant of his regiment for correct military rear of the city , Lieut arter was the first R epublican ticket , which , by the way , was n m a n e n te r th e a d , at the head of his command , to ‘ deportment accuracy in his method of beaten by the most glaring and outrageous — accounts . works of the enemy works in which were frauds ; Mr . Mantor being counted out by the 1 862 a n d I n , during the seven days fighting captured three pieces of artillery the bat 1 1 i n small u u m ber of 3 votes . He remained n P was to 1 8 R . o the eninsula , he promoted second tle flag of the th Mississippi egiment For re Minnesota for some time , but afterward lieutenant of his regiment and assigned to this conspicuous piece of pluck , he was recog turned to C rawford county . He was then fre n iz e d C ompany B for duty . His name is found the leader of every forlorn hope ; for , C o . N e w employed by the firm of Kent , of in his wherever his sword flashed in battle , death York his acquaintance being so extensive quently the reports of commanding ; ‘ — — fli c e rs re . O n d o always mentioned with honor and carnage was not wanting the follow and his ability to handle men so marked , ma e 1 1 th C ing morning , after the defeat of the orps his services so valuable that the firm with ports now forming a part of the great history C . at hancellorsville , the troops under Lon which he had engaged paid him as of our country g ’ a th 1 862 o f S C At Golden s Farm , on June 5 , , street attempted to cut the ixth orps salary for the four years he served them . — while in charge of the camp the whole regi from the pontoon bridges below Fredericks a nd — ' i o n . . C His general nformation knowledge of ment being picket the Georgia Brigade , burg Lieut arter was the first to discover the , l 8 a nd C o . e law and the needs of people and his commanded by Lamar , of the th G orgia , that the enemy was in the rear , being the activity in the political arena led to his elec r in attacked the fortified camp of his eg iment ; first line , ready for action , he was ordered tion by the R epublican party of C rawford fo e and , although he had but a handful of men , to move out against the Deploying his

to m n county as one of the three delegates revise the charge was repulsed with fearful S laugh e as skirmishers , he soon became engaged the constitution of Pennsylvania ; his services o ne o n - a n d ter , ninety of the enemy being left the with the advance guard of the enemy ; S t in that body were highly appreciated by men fi eld dead and wounded . eeing the com the sound of his guns was the ﬁrst no ice to an d S of all parties , the feeling of the delegates ple te route of the enemy , ergeant C arter many of our troops that the rebels were in our

. ~ C to that convention were best shown toward Mr made a counter charge over the works , and rear. To the watchfulness of Lieut . arter o n e Mantor when they elected him of the ten after the demoralized foe , capturing ﬁfty of was the army indebted for the timely warning ’ men to carry the constitution before the peo the Georgia m e n before they realized that only of the approach of Longstreet s troops in our

. o l . . ple a handful of men were opposed to them . C rear

I n 1 87 6 he refused a call from a very large Lamar was among the wounded and prison Later on , a brigade of rebels attempted to

h . l t . n . C o . number of citizens from his county to ru for ers also Lieut Tower , of the 7 Georgia capture a redoubt near the plank road The

e n B th N e w and S C ongress ; the same year he ra n for the S The repulse of the Georgia rigade , at Gol 49 York a part of the eventh ’ n in in a den s Farm , was considered at the time the Maine repulsed the charge handsome style , ate , defeating the nomination by over ’

T itu s v c ha ﬂ whelming majority Geo . K . Anderson , of most complete victory , considering the men driving the enemy from the ﬁeld like

o n P f . . C on S . engaged each side , of the eninsular cam be ore the wind Lieut arter being the ville , who was then enator Through the ai n in in efforts of Eastern C rawford , which desired to p g . For the part taken this engage skirmish line , moved his men forward rear S C n ow divide the county and make Titusville a county ment , ergeant arter was made a lieutenant . of the retreating enemy , causing hundreds I A - P C ENTENN L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R E UBLI C A N. [ 5 3

in an a n d C . of them to take refuge old barn the Lieut . olonel to the C olonel of his regi began life He never forfeited the respect or

- O ﬁd e n in . C n c e some out houses their path , from which ment The regiment being so reduced , how of those who once knew him . A they soon came out prisoners of war . The ever , he was not mustered into the service . visit to Livingstone C ounty to day will set a

ﬂag of the s8th Virginia was surrendered at O n 2d 1 86 hundred questions on the wing about the pro _ August , 5 , he and his regiment C . . C . the same time For this , Lieut arter was were mustered out of the service of the U nited gress and youth of Johnnie arter recommended for promotion to a captaincy , ' S . tates His campaigns extended over a period The purpose a nd aim of young C arter was but because of the expiration of the term of of four years and three months . The military to make the law his profession , but war dis service of his regiment, which was mustered C in record of aptain C arter was brilliant epi tu rbe d c alc u ta tio n s his , as it did thousands of out soon after, the promotion was not then so d e s of personal bravery and e ﬂi c ie n t soldier N ’ others . evertheless , it is said of him , that n 1 t 1 86 . O of May , , his regi l made the 3 3 . h y service All the advancement he made there are fe wlawyers better posted on the ” . C ment was discharged arter accompanied . was earned His title of C olonel , came principles of jurisprudence than himself. His his men to their homes . his c o n ne c tio n — from with local military , and is studies and he is a g reat reader- alway s

f . R . C o l . F Taylor , with many of his o ficers , never assumed by himself in have tended the direction of law history , C a v at once recruited the I st N . Y . Veteran in He located Titusville immediately after economy , biography and p hysics . His library N e w a lr . The governor of the state of York y the war , engaging in mercantile business . is said to be one of the finest private libraries authorized Mr . C arter to raise a company for S l in a nd When the Bradford oil field was opened , he in the tate , not on y number form , but

n e w , in the cavalry regiment which he did was one of the first to appreciate its import in scope also . f side o thirty days from the date of his author ance and secured an ample reward for his u n m an As a business , Mr . C arter is active , m u ste re d in C iz a tio n , when he was as aptain a nd tiring energy business sagacity . a prompt , and progressive as a public spe ker , of C ompany D of the ( St Veteran C avalry . n As president of the Bradford , Bordell a d he is earnest, forcible and convincing : as a Many of his old men re - entered the service R Kinzua ailroad he has displayed business - citizen and neighbor , he is broad minded , with him . ability, which his early training , as a soldier - courteous , liberal handed , and worthy of the The regiment took the field at once for o and c mmander of men , had well fitted him highest consideration . three years or during the war , being assigned '

C O L . . O R O R R C t S J F D D AN E. to the departmen of the henandoah , under Po P 0 l r . i g . that intrepid cavalry leader , Genera Ave ill rtra t a e 9

C in C o l . Taylor soon took command of a brigade ; olonel Dorrance was born Kingston ,

Pa . r 1 8 2 a n d - C . S other fi eld ofﬁcers becoming detached , apt , Ap il 9, 5 , is of cotch English — — . C C arter being the ranking captain com descent H is father , harles Dorrance , is a m and e d the regiment In many important e u banker , and now president of the Wyoming N Pa . s . g a g e m e n t ational Bank , Wilkesbarre , , but in early

N e w 1 life he was a farmer . The subject of our At the battle of Market, May 5 th , C sketch is the third of a family of five child 1 864 , C apt . arter was ordered to charge and ’ ren , received his education at Lehigh the enemy s infantry in line of battle . To U c in niversity , from which institution he graduated reach them . it was ne essary to form in 1 86 9 , column of fours in order to pass over a shortly after which , he came to Mead o f ville and began the study law with Hon . bridge between him and the enemy . The

David Derickson . He was admitted to the formation was made , the order executed , the ’ in 1 8 C bar 7 5 , since which time he has been and C . rebel line pierced , apt arter s horse was shot dead in front of the second line practicing his profession in the courts of this

. I n 1 8 county with success 7 , he was of battl e . Looking about for his men , after 5 W he married to Elizabeth . , daughter of the late recovering from the S hock of his fall , R James . Dick for many years a prominent found a faithful few ready to do or die . H ON . FR A N K M A N T OR .

. I n 1 8 8 a Many had fallen never to rise again . Mounting banker of this city 7 he was p o u f pointed the sta of Governor Hoyt, o f a second horse , brought to him by a brave non for; but , which few gave him credit o f po sse Ss P C in f ennsylvania , with the rank of olonel , commissioned o ficer , he gave the order to his - - ing . He is recognized to day as a fi rs t class which position he served three years . C olone l bugler to sound the rally , for the purpose of f railroad man , ully conversant with the great R Dorrance is an earnest epublican , a genial cutting his way out , for the rebels had formed problems that govern the economic manage - N o companion and a very popular gentleman . across his path . support had been sent ment of transportation . His training has fit after him . His command was left to the fate W A M M C A R R E S I LLI THU , Q. ted him for any position , where the knowledge O f battle . Grasping his sword tighter , he Po P 1 m e n a nd m ate ria l g 7 . of are necessary to success . rtrait a e 3 ordered his men to cut their way out to liberty M . . in c A rth u r, ‘ Long before his service the army , and , William Esq , real estate agent , or death . Many more of his brave boys fell Pa . in as a proper ground work to his active career , Meadville , , was born this city , O ctober during this dash for liberty . He had the re 1 I 8 1 W a fine classical education , received at that 9 , 4 , and was the son of illiam and se c ond horse shot under him and was carried no w ne d N R c M c A rthu r seat of learning, The unda Literary ebecca (Mc lean ) . H e was the off the field severely w ounded . The charge in o f I nstitute , prepared him for the active work fifth order of a family six children , viz — so f was a success far as its execution and ef ect S R 0 R . arah . , Margaret , ebecca S . Moses — which followed He was fitted for college , on the enemy was concerned but , in follow M . M c A rth u r R , William , and John . ebecca under the admirable teaching of two of the _ ing up the advantage gained , some one blunder N e w S . . foremost educators of Western York , , Moses M and William are the only sur c d a . and the s crifice made was lost to the army ' d v ivo rs N 2 1 P . . an 888 thirty years ago , rofs A Judson Barrett at this date , ovember 5 , . His

o f a C . C a r I n the course his milit ry life , apt a Asher B . Evans , successive principals of the father was born ne r Londonderry , I reland . ter was especially mentioned sever: times for f N unda Academy . To their wise and faithful A ter having secured a good English educa gallant and m e rito ro u s conduct . C U . S teaching , Mr arter attributes no small share tion , he came to the nited tates shortly

’ P in 1 6 in . : I n I n 8 4, he was severely wounded in the of his success life oor this world s after arriving at his majority , viz the

I n 1 86 in th e 1 8 Shenandoah Valley . February , 5 , he goods, but rich strength of body and summer of 7 3, landing at the port of

m S in - was elected by the ofﬁcers of his regiment to ind that go so far toward making the Baltimore , Md . ettled a S cotch I rish

m e n C o n “ C a r the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of pioneers and leaders of , young arter neighborhood what was known as A D I I R I - R P I A 1 54 C ENTENNI L E T ON T B UNE E UBL C N .

’ ” W C . e e fu rth a nd N e w : E . 2 roll s tract near the eastern slope of the children , viz Mary , wife of g York . At the age of 4 , he had

no w . E . south mountain , then York , Adams of Baltimore , Md , Emma , wife of Theo accumulated a fortune of some which

C . . a C . . Pa . I I county , He taught school there in the dore H Wegef rth of hicago , I ll Wil in those early days was considered large . e

i 8 — S 1 8 a nd the winter of 7 3 4 , and subsequently practiced liam , who died eptember 3, 7 7 , afterwards engaged in mercantile and ' R R t-o w n M c C le an . S . surveyin g with the Brothers who ebecca , wife of Lord of Mead lumbering business , in company with his

h r in - M c A rth u r 1 8 . bro t e . . . . . S were residents of said county He went back ship Mrs died in July , 5 5 law , Hon Thomas H ill , of Erie , d in 1 0 O 1 1 8 2 . to his native country 7 9 , and returned to ctober 3 , 7 , he married Mrs Mary un er the ﬁrm name of Joseph L . C hase R M c C le an e v . C C c . the land of his adoption the following year , ( ) Hersh , widow of harles , which ﬁrm owned a number of mills

A h . . a nd a n d bringing with him his younger brother , H Hersh of Baltimore , Md , and daughter of stores in this and adjoining counties ,

w R a nd M c C le an , , , , i , ; u dre who with his brothers obert John Judge William late of Harr sburg was known far . and wide he contin ed in

M A rth u r 1 8 2 n 1 2 s . . c . I 8 subsequently settled in the we tern part of deceased Mrs has three children , this business until 4 4 he married w C . no S . C . : . rawford county , and raised large families viz Mary M and harles H Hersh , usan J Titus , the eldest daughter (who was ’ '

R . O u r O N e b . subject s father came to Mead s settle living in maha , , and ose E married the ﬁrst white child born in Titusville) of

- w . f s . in 1 ro . ment 7 94 in order to practice his p e to A De itt Adams of this city William Jonathan Titus , the founder of the city and sion of surveying a n d to secure homesteads M c A rth u r has heretofore taken an ac tive part whose farm comprised a large portion of the

I s a n . for the settlers under the act of assembly of in the political issues of the day . old present city

1 2 f rs . C April 3, 7 9 . When the northwestern coun school Jef e on democrat . He and his esti Mr hase was the ﬁrst postmaster, the ﬁrst

o ff P m a n d ties were taken the territory of Allegheny mable wife are members of the ark Avenue erchant the ﬁrst burgess of Titusville ,

1 880 ho n a nd county in , he was held the position of post

d - ore with many responsible master for twenty one years .

the and trusts by people , sub He retired from the mercan

ia 1 8 2 re sequently by the governors tile business 4 , but

o f C S n 1 8 the ommonwealth , y engaged in it in 5 9 and H e . 1 8 der and Findley died continued in it until 65 . in the midst of his usefulness From that period he was

S 1 1 8 2 2 in im eptember 9 , , aged occupied building ,

' 6 2 years . proving and taking charge

’ The subject s mother was of his property, which em t h e daughter of C olonel braced some of the most val

c a n u a hle Moses Mc lean , old sur tracts in the city .

’ ve y o r o n Mason a nd Dixon s He was in no sense a poli

‘ 1 tic ia n i . 6 n line I n 7 7 became a , but took a d e e p te r captain in C olonel Thomas est in public afl airs a nd filled Hartley 's 1 1 th R egiment of the offic e of burgess for sev

- - P . the ennsylvania line From eral terms . His father in law 1 7 80 to 1 7 83 he was a mem and himself erected the ﬁrst ber of the Pennsylvania leg house of worship in Titus

isla tu re . I n 1 7 7 3 the legis ville and presented it as a latu re appointed C olonel gift to the Presbyterian so

M le a n c C c ie t . , Joseph and Wil y He was a communi

' m o f tha t liam Montgo ery , commis cant church for nearly i t s o n e rs to settle he di fﬁculty . sixty years and contributed

M c A rth u r Mrs . was married largely to its support . The 1 8 S in 39 to Moses cott , oil region was often spoken

Esq . , who died between the of as being the resort of C onnecticut and Pe n nsy lva carpet baggers a nd advent

u re rs nia settlers at Wyoming on , and it is probably

S S u s u e ‘ the usquehanna , q true that many o f the new

1 . , 6, 8 4 l in hanna river May 3 H O N . W . B . R OB ER TS , Titu s vil e . comers the early days of

’ She 6 1 8 2 th e died January , 4 , oil excitement brought C C in 6 th . the 7 year of her age ongregational hurch , under the charge of little with them , but the same remark w ill

’ . M c A rth u r u h R e v . . C arna c h a n I ) . . C R Mr received his education James G , D not apply to Mr. hase s father, the e v .

M r h r d e r . c A t u C C n the old school system and the Meadville Mr was one of the entennial Amos hase , who , when he came from C o

a d C . ne i . n c t c u t P academy He learned the carpenter mill Executive ommittee to the wilds of Western ennsylvania ,

. ' wright business I O S E l I l I C H A S E to settle , brought with him in gold , I n 1 8 0 G 4 he was appointed by overnor Po rtra it Pag e i 5 7 . money enough in those days to have pro L itc hﬁe ld in l R . P C . . e David orter justice of the peace for Was born at , onn , 7 7 9 The cured very foot of land from Tuna Valley to

n 2 C N e w C . M . I 1 8 o f C fo r eadville 4 _ was elected to the hase family in onnecticut held positions of astle The choice lands were sold 0 fices of prothonotary and clerk of the several high honor , the uncle of the deceased being scarcely 5 cents an acre , and the Holland

I n | 8 U S C C a n courts , serving three years . 49 engaged a nited tates senator and also hief Justice Land ompany , which had estate of about

i in . R in C n farming and stock raising ; the year of that state His father , everend Amos acres rawford a nd Venango

1 860 o f S C O il C 1 8 1 2 engaged in the production eneca hase , removed to reek in the year 5 counties paid but 5 cents an acre for it . in 1 8 2 in I n th e oil ; 7 was the lumber business and was first minister of Titusville , with a Active , energetic and reliant , it was the lot

fi in . C 1 87 8 opened a real estate of ce which circuit of one hundred miles square of Mr . hase to witness great changes and to '

. C business he is n o w engaged . Mr hase s early life was spent in trading take an active part in the development o f

M c A rth u r in 1 8 8 P Mr . was married 4 to Miss with the I ndians , exchanging merchandise for northwestern ennsylvania . As almost the

- . C . a nd Ellen B Hinds , niece of olonel James furs , deer , deer skins , etc , which he trans ﬁrst settler , save one , the oldest citizen of

in P — at — C ochran , of this city , by whom he had four ported wagons overland to hiladelphia Titusville the time of his death h e had

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d u 1 8 2 four winters he was thus engaged , while 7 , he was the candidate for the Mayoralty tion . He is highly respected by his neigh he ring the summer months pursued a course of Titusville and , after a stoutly contested bors and the business community and his hosts

’ m rth e m a i al t c . an o I n of studies at the Glen s Falls canvass , was elected He was earnest p of friends throughout the state and nation .

a nd C n ra i Academy , began the study of medicine poser of the South I mprovement ompany , fact it can be stated without fear of c o t d c

’ S N e w m n m u c h . to e also , under Dr . heldon , of Glen s Falls , and did hasten the destruction of tion that he is one of the strongest in ’

. P an d York Afterward he devoted his attention to that huge monopoly which threatened the Western ennsylvania , wields as great if

P an d . o ne the science of dentistry , in oughkeepsie , prosperity of the oil producing interest Jan not a greater inﬂuence than any other

in N e w I n 1 8 0 i s 1 2 0 . . t 8 C 1. . C also York city February , 5 , uary , 7 , in connection with E A man throughout this portion of the ommon f R P . while su fering from hemorrhage of the lungs , L . oberts , John orter , of Meadville , and L . wealth

an d e S a H O N . G A O R C R C . he sailed for the West I ndies , r mained B . illim n , of Titusville , he organized , at the YL D HU H

I C Po P g 1 62 . for a few months on the sland of uba , last named place , a banking ﬁrm under the rtrait a e

ff t t H o n in o e c re s o rattan R . C which had the of a complete name of oberts C o . , afterwards changed The Gaylord hurch was born

I n 1 8 N ic arau N Y 1 1 1 n . R n . . . 8 8 . I u a . S o O to health 5 3 he visited g , to W . B oberts . At present this is tsego county , August ,

' C r a nd in 1 8 1 6 are n ts re m o ve d ent al America , became engaged the one of the most esteemed and reliable monied his p to Mercer county ,

an d a P f P . purchase and shipment of deer skins cat institutions of ennsylvania , and its a airs , where , upon a farm , he spent the early

. in . tle hides After a short stay he returned to evince their management the exercise of. years of his life Determining to become a

N e w in York and organized a commercial trading great caution , shrewd enterprise and high lawyer , he went to Mercer , where he became f in o C ri . te t . company , under the ﬁrm name hurchill , g y a student at law the ofﬁce of the Hon John

R C o . . P P oberts, Mills , being J earson , late resident “ himself one of the principal Judge , of Harrisburg . I n R e 1 8 t partners and manager . 34 he was admit ed to the liable agents were then sent practice of the law , and to Grenada to purchase the soon thereafter came to this

and needed commodities a n d county , , in a very short

- : 1 8 ship them to the states , and , time , (to wit in 39) was in a very short time the busi appointed District Attorney . ’ ness of the house became I n 1 840 and 4 1 his fellow

- wide spread and ﬂourishing . citizens elected him as a While practicing his pro fe s member of the General As . w s e m bl S sion in N e York city he y of this tate , which was proprietor and editor of of i ce he fi lled with honor the N e w Yor k D e n ta l 7 0 14 7 to him se lf a nd satisfaction to

n a l . , and was one of the fore his constituency

in I n 1 8 most movers the estab April , 43, though i h m n t N e w l s e of the York then a young man , but pos

Dental C ollege . He after sessing all the needful quali

N ic arau u a ﬁ c atio ns G ward revisited g , overnor Porter in order to close the com appointed him Presi d e n t m e rc ia l relations sustained Judge o f the S ixth Judicial

o ﬂi c e by his company with that District , which he held d country , and , after many se with honor and ignity . Strict s in vere hard hips; was success the discharge of his duty ,

ac c o m lis h m e n t o f ful in the p just to all , he was yet lenient the object of his mission . to the early criminal .

1 86 I n 3 he was appointed More honors awaited him .

R v by the e . Dr . Bellows to He was known throughout ’ visit General Hunter s Divis this broad commonwealth . io n at S , then Beaufort , outh His virtues and legal abili

H ON . E D WA R D H . C H A S E . C arolina , to examine into its ties were acknowledged , and ~ 1 8 8 P sanitary condition ; this mis in 5 Governor acker, N S r C h i s sion , sent out by the ational anita y ommis During residence he has erected a unsolicited , appointed him one of the Judges a nd a nd S ‘ e C S . sion , h ended in the most efﬁcient credit large number of spacious elegant houses of the upreme ourt of the tate Short as

l a nd ' C o . f i able manner . He then , in connection with stores , which add greatly to the appear was the period of o ce , no lawyer or gentle

R i n . I n 1 8 c a n E . A . L . oberts , became interested the ance and prosperity of Titusville 74 he man or will impugn any act of his while manufacture of torpedoes for blasting oil was elected a member of the Legislature for a there .

in in 1 8 6 in wells to increase their prod uctiveness , and term of two years , and 7 was elected to Exalted as he was his profession , honored

1 86 R P S S m a n d the spring of 5 the oberts etroleum Tor the tate enate for the ter of four years . respected in his judicial career , he was pedo C ompany was organized ; in 1 866 he I n 1 880 a n d 1 88 2 he was nominated for C o n still the friend o f the community in which he

86 . 1 S . . became its secretary , and in 7 its presi gress by his county , but H Miller , of Mer moved Witness his many noble acts . To

H e in 1 86 C o m D C o n an dent . was 7 elected to the cer county , was chosen by the istrict him greatly are due , d the public indebted

C N e w a nd ve n tio n . I n 1 886 mon ouncil of the city of York , he was again nominated for, our public improvements . His genius

th e C o n ably served his constituents throughout by his county and the district , for gave us our plank roads ; also the ﬁrst tele

I n 1 86 ‘ in term . the summer of 7 he made the gress , but owing to factional ﬁghts the graph that was introduced into the village .

in 1 868 re in a n tour of Europe , and returned , and party was defeated by a small majority at Without , y manner , lessening the claims

- N . I n 1 888 moving his family to Titusville , abandoned the ovember election he was cho of others of our public spirited citizens , it is his practice in N e w York in order to devote s e n a delegate to the C hicago convention a nd an undoubted fact that the people of this city

a n d inc re as o H o n his time attention entirely to his a str ng supporter of Harrison and Morton , of Meadville owe more to the late . Gay

. I n f ing interests in the latter place March , and did much toward ef ecting their nomina lord C hurch than to any one else for the loca C I A I I O R I - R P I A 1 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N. 57 tion a nd construction through this city of the the same industry which had distinguished a matter of courtesy than because he felt the

R a nd an u Atlantic 8: Great Western ailroad , the him at the Bar . He was able , honest , p the necessity of consultation , for he was emi

N o m an n e n tl - subsequent increased prosperity of the city and right Judge . could approach him y self reliant . o f C P C ounty . privately touching the merits any case or Judge hurch was a member of the rot a nd e sta nt C a nd in He was one of the leading corporators question pending before him . His opinions Episcopal hurch , public and

K le c k n e rville i m a n directors of the Meadville , and delivered during the short time he was on the in pr vate life was a of spotless purity of

R S . in Edinboro Plank oad C ompany , which built , upreme Bench will compare favorably with character His untiring industry all busi

' a n maintained d operated the ﬁrst plank road those of the able men who occupied that high ness affairs was proverbial , and it was through

fi a a nd leading out of the city . position with him . The last ten or fteen h rd mental physical work that the seeds C N o t only this , but for Greendale emetery , years of his life were given almost exclusively of disease were laid which caused his death

- im in that beautiful resting place of the dead , we and with great self devotion to the public the prime of life . H e had just completed

was ro ve m e n ts in are largely indebted to him , for he from p which have done and are doing building a beautiful home this city for a the ﬁrst an active worker in the foundation so much to develop the vast resources of place of repose in his declining years , but he N P . and successful establishment of that corpora orthwestern ennsylvania With the great was destined not to long enjoy it . After a

- m tion . artery of inter com unication , the Atlantic few months of declining strength his hereto ' R C ommencing life poor , as , indeed , have Great Western ailway , his name was inti fore magniﬁcent health gave way and he died

in in o n 2 h most of the men of mark our history , with mately identiﬁed . Such , feebly expressed , is at his home this city the 9t day of

n f S . . 1 86 o nothing but his o w unaided e orts to rely our estimate of the professional and public eptember , A D 9, bel ved and regretted

a nd fe llo w i ud C . c tiz e ns ; upon for success , by honest toil in , the career of J ge Gaylord hurch With by the whole community of his , d C f — a most intense application to , the arduous duties all his in ustry and application to the Judge hurch le t a large family widow ,

m . C o f a profession which , ore than any , demands duties of an exacting profession , and of Mrs Anna Beran hurch , who was of the all the energies of the man who would succeed the high position to which he was called , he Quaker parentage , and the following children :

. P C in its pursuits , he achieved its most Hon earson hurch , whose bio

ii ri m hs a d . valuable t u p , leaves wealth graphy appears elsewhere ; Dr i —an C and the pos tion it confers hon William hurch , who was surgeon l 1 5 t P ored name and memory . To the of the 4 enna . Volunteers , and f young lawyer, with little to help or who ollowed that regiment through

in to hope , save what he ﬁnds his the various battles of the Army of ' P own manhood , his professional life the otomac and afterward died f t a nd exa mple should prove a lesson , from the e ec s of the great expos

a nd . a study an encouragement ure , incident to those memorable u What were the elements of charac campaigns ; Henry C h rch , who ~ ter— what were the instru m e ntali is now engaged in the iron m a n u fac

— a c c o m ties through which he p turing industries of this city ; Mary , W il m u h an d G . c o x lish e d so c , at a period , com the wife of George , a lead

ara tive l in m C p y , so early life He had ing lu ber merchant at hicago , P R ' I . lls ; Ellen earson , the wife of : I . a strong , masculine analytical mind , C ummin , one of the prominent citi prone to demand and seek for the 0 — zens and merchants of Dayton , ; reason of things supported by a ro m is m Alfred Gaylord , a p g lawyer d a u h good and , till his latter life , health of this city ; Anna Louise , a g

ter , still living with her mother in ful physical organization . His great their magniﬁcent home in this city , characteristics were indomitable e n the picture of which is presented o n e r , untiring industry , and sleepless 1 6 g y page 3 of this issue . N o perseverance . task , physical or M E JA S D . G I LL J OS E PH L . C H A S E . u n mental , was too great for him to Po rtrait Pag e 1 47 .

r a k e in ~ d e t , if it only gave reasonable Was born Hayﬁeld township , S e p

an e n te m 1 th 1 8 2 2 R promise of success to y enterprise up on which had his moments of relaxation ; and none be r 7 , the second son of obert and he had entered . He has mounted his horse joyed these rests from business and reliefs Harriet Dunn Gill . His paternal grandparents ,

. and , amid sleet and storm , rode miles into the from its cares more heartily than he did C o n t i n u e d o n N e x t P a g e . country to examine the lines of some disputed Then it ' was that he could enter into the

in a nd survey , involved some pending suit , or to see amusements of even the young , , for the C e n ten n ial E xe c u ti ve C o m m itte e . t o f some wi ness supposed to have a knowledge time , throwing the dignity of the judge , i ’ s ' of facts important to his client cause . the staid manners of the overworked and The portraits of the members of the C e n

no . He had no idle hours . He wasted thoughtful lawyer , be young with them I n te nn ial Executive C ommittee will be found on

. I , , , time n the summer season at early dawn his intercourse with men and especially with th e pages designated below

, , W m R o d P d n and in winter long before the dawn as a B , H o n . the members of the ar he was always cour illia eyn l s , resi e t , - M . F P d fﬁ a n A . uller , Vice resi ent , rule , he would always be found in his o ce te o u s d gentlemanly . With no member of - P d . D c S B . i k , Vice resi ent ,

a nd in an S m P . B S , amongst his books papers , absorbed this or y other Bar was it more pleasant to a uel ates , ecretary K T ‘ C yrus itchen , reasurer , l in e e . B . m unraveling the intricacies and solving the H o n . G e o . D be associated with the trial of a cas I f ela ater , l o s h u a D o o i in in ug lass , gal propositions some case he had hand , called to assist him he never manifested P C H o n . earson hurch , ‘ — o H o n . o H d a nd a nd , he would never tire in his investigations displeasure always received you kindly , J hn J en ers n

. V n M o D . D w aj r erickso , fa R m o d until he was entirely familiar ith all its fea H o n . . B . c made it his ﬁrst duty to make you entirely A i h n , R m o n d H o n . H . L . and a n a ich , tures phases . With such industry d p miliar with all the features of the case a nd his . D . G J ill , W m M c A rth u r . in . plication , he became the able and eminent opinion thereon , soliciting yours return , ,

C o l . D d C o m o avi p t n , , ha a n W lawyer and as such commanded a positio n . M c L e a n t t you might go into the trial on equal A hite . H F M n o o n . rank a t r , in S . w second to few the tate He was called to footing with himself, and thereafter ould W . H o n . G . D m ela ater ,

P t R e v . J m J . D n the Bench as residen Judge of our district never take an important step in the case with a es un ,

H o n . G . A . A p te , 2 . a nd at the age of He carried to the Bench , R e v . E . n 3 out ﬁrst consulting you probably more as Very i ter , 1 8 C I A I I O R I - R P I A 5 ENTENN L ED T N T B UNE E UBL C N.

C a th a m C 1 8 2 William and ampbell Gill , emi turned to active service where he remained 7 . He began his law studies with H o n S P in 1 86 . R . 1 8 6 grated from cotland to ittsburg 7 , until mustered out at the close of the war Joshua Giddings in 4 , and in [ 848 and in 1 794 removed to what is now Hayﬁeld I n [ 865 he came to Titusville and engaged came to Meadville and pursued them with

N o . 8 o n in 1 R township , settling on tract 7 the west the business of producing oil , which he has Hon . H iram ichmond until his admission

. . 1 8 . P a bank of French creek The subject of this followed more or less since that time He to the bar in 49 As Mr . ettis entered c

o n l s t sketch remained the farm until January was also connected , fo r ﬁfteen years , with the tive life , political parties were taking a new

1 8 o n - R C 39 , when , account of ill health , he came oberts Torpedo ompany . Having amassed departure . The adjustment of the questions

’ to Meadville and entered the dry goods store a fortune , upon the income of which he could growing out of the acquisition of Mexican i I n S of Gill Der ckson as clerk . eptember , live handsomely , Mr . Thomas retired from territory , followed by those of the restriction 1 8 44 , . . an d he associated himself with James J business His active energetic spirit , of slavery extension , the fugitive slave bill , S in C hryock the dry goods business under the however , could not long brook the tedium of the admission of alifornia , and other com

. . & C o . in 1 88 e n 1 8 0 s ﬁrm of J D Gill , afterward changed to inactive life . and the fall of 5 he promise measures of 5 , the Kansa S r U N Gill h yock . nder this name the busi gaged in the business of reﬁning oil , construct ebraska bill and repeal of the Missouri com

I n ness of dry goods , hardware and milling has ing an entirely new , large and extensive plant promise were being considered . the dis “ been carried o n in some of its department n u known as The I nternational O il Works of c u ssio n o f these he came before the people " in i til the present time . Titusville , wh ch enterprise he has met absorbed in his subject ; armed with facts

1 8 2 n a nd I n 5 he was appointed one of the cor with great and well deserved success , and i ﬁgures , with intense earnestness and for

o ra to rs c a nd a b u n e tfu ln e ss p of Greendale emetery , has been which he has now invested o t o e hundred g of self, he carried conviction to his d N an . o f one of its active managers most of the time ﬁfty thousand dollars , and which he is audiences one was more e ﬁcient in

I n 1 86 a an d since its organization . 5 he was p constantly enlarging adding thereto new transforming a Democratic majority of 70 0 in P C R pointed by the city council chief engineer of and valuable improvements . ossessing a rawford county into a epublican majority

0 0 the ﬁre department and organized the present keen and discerning mind and great energ y of 2 0 . Much had to be overcome in the

fire department . of character , Mr . Thomas is also endowed county , where its Democracy , caressed at 1 8 r I n 7 3, he was elected mayor . Dur Washington and ent enched at Harris in g his term of offi ce he got up the plans burg u nd e r its skillful leader (a state o fii c and specifications for a system of water ial of wide political renown) had so long works and recommended the city to build maintained an unbroken front . A native

r i i n o them , which p e pos t o was voted down of the western reserve , the pupil f Gid

1 8 in o r by citizens . I n 74 he assisted dings , his instincts were sympathetic with g a n iz ing the prescrit water company ; free soil . was elected director a nd in 1 876 was I n 1 85 7 he was made counsel for the f C elected president , which o ﬁce he. still commissioners of rawford county , and

a holds . as such , (being twice re ppointed ) he He was elected president of C rawford brought to a successful termination the C ounty Mutual I nsurance C ompany in noted suits o n the bonds of the Erie

P R R I n 1 860 n . . C . 1 874 and still holds the positio Mr . ittsburg ompany he . Gill is also a trustee of Allegheny C o l was inﬂuential and untiring in n o m ina t ‘ C C lege and is On e of its active m embers . ing olonel urtin for governor . His

f in H A M S P. O M A S . O N . J E TH unremitting e orts the same year the

1 ~ Po rtrait Pag e 6 1 . nomination of Abraham Lincoln as a del

H n P e a te in C o . James . Thomas was born in the g the hicago convention , and

S G e n n e s e e N . Y . P town of tafford , county , , giving him the vote of the ennsylvania

in lv 2 th 1 8 . . vo June , 9 His early life was passed delegation , are well known I t 7 3 ' ‘ J ON A H A N I l T U S . w ith w in te r T upon a farm , schooling , until ed patient labor, tact and skill , and was o d o f h T F un er t e C it y o f itusvill e . n fe in he was ﬁfteen years old , when he entered probably the best work of his , for

Y . an N . d a dry goods store at Batavia , , where with a warm generous heart which is none were results more clearly traceable to

1 860 in f in he remained as clerk until the Fall of , quick responding to the deserving needs of initiatory e forts . Few events American

' in fi - m e n and when he began the study of law the of ce his less fortunate fellow , his frank history have been further reaching in their

' H o n in . and of the . George Brown , Batavia p leasing address has won for him great ultimate tendency than the nomination i I n 1 86 1 n l s I n in 1 860 . August , , he enlisted as a private popu arity with all classe , carrying out and election of Abraham Lincoln

th N e w e a n d in 1 86 1 P C o . 1 0 E , 5 regiment York Volunteers , his many acts of benevol nce charity he He was , March , , by resident n L e R o N . V . o e at y , This regiment was decimated ﬁnds a willing and able coadjutor in his esti Lincoln appointed of the justices of the U S S C o f C by casualties in battle to such an extent that in mable wife . nited tates upreme ourt olorado , the S pring of 1 863 it was consolidated at He was elected Mayor of Titusville o n the and took front rank in the organization of that

th N e w Y o rk R ( 1 88 . o f Belle Plain with the 94 regiment epublican ticket , February 9 , 4 , for a territory He . in the fall the same year ,

- th e . a nd re e le c te cl Volunteers, taking number of the latter term of two years , , without resigned his seat upon the bench , and at the

in 1 886 . b Mr . Thomas was promoted for meritorious opposition , for another term , February , further call to arms , he ecame active

N fo r services to second Lieutenant in ovember, He has realized in his career the truth of raising volunteers and ﬁlling quotas the

1 86 a nd in 1 86 . ft . I t 3, ﬁrst Lieutenant August , 4 the adage that The most liberal are o en army was in such connection that he , in ” 1 86 P He took part in the many engagements in the most successful . the summer of 4 , obtained from resident

- c H W P Lincoln the celebrated order which resulted O N . O S . which that battle s arred regiment participa s . NE T N ETTI in ted and was wounded both at Antietam and Po rtrait Pag e ” 5 . the mustering into the federal service two f U S at G ettysburg . He was taken prisoner Aug A brief extract rom a somewhat extended regiments of nited tates volunteers , [and

1 1 86 R - S ust 9 , 4 , at the Weldon ailroad , near biographical sketch from the pen of ex ena for which , from him was solicited a statement

V a S C Petersburg , . , and experienced the horrors tor James ill , of Erie , may be reproduced in for our entennial issue , and which he fur — n P S N . C . n is h e d E d o f life i Libby rison , at alisbury , , this connection ] His tribute to the memory

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H o n . N P P F e bru S . and at Danville , Va . He was paroled ewton ettis was born in of resident Lincoln at a meeting of the ’ 2 2 1 86 re O O 1 0 C C B ar d e lin e atin ary , 5 , and after being exchanged , Lenox , Ashtabula county , hio , ctober , rawford ounty , g the martyr s

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’ D n H O N W M R O S uring Judge C hurch s career o the bench . ILLIA EYN LD a charter was procured from the legislature

i P P 1 . it fell to his lot to render several very m ortrait ag e 47 incorporating the Meadville R ailroad C o m in . 1 8 20 . . portant legal decisions He was the ﬁrst Was born Meadville in the year He pany This railroad , through many v ic issi i s o n R n P . judge ennsylvania , and perhaps anywhere , was the second of John eynolds , Esq , tudes , afterwards became the Atlantic Great to decide that colored children were entitled who was o n e of the pioneers o f this vicinity Western R ailroad and subsequently the road

N e w P to the same rights as white children in the and for many years one of the leading citizens we now have , the York , ennsylvania

P . an O R public schools of ennsylvania This decision of this county, who died at advanced age hio ailroad .

in R was acquiesced and is now the law of this some years ago , universally esteemed by all Mr. eynolds was one of the moving spirits

is . R commonwealth , and noteworthy as coming who knew him Mr. eynolds spent his in this great enterprise , and at the first organ

an iza tio n from a judge who was claimed as old fash early years in this vicinity and graduated at of the company became its president .

’ iOn C in 1 8 e d b . . P , Bour on Democrat Allegheny ollege 37 When the ennsylvania portion became con Judge C hurch had al so to determine a n e w He S tudied law a n d was admitted to the n e c te d with the com p anies of N e w York

him the 1 8 1 . a nd O f question raised before , construction of a bar in 4 The business of his father, who hio , he was made the president o the

1 a n . St R N w 8 d . . e statute passed in 79 another one passed was an extensive land proprietor, soon began A G W ailroad in York , and of 1 880 a in , requiring the courts of district to to take all his attention , to which he devoted the board of control of the consolid ted com ‘this in in 1 86 be held at stated times the city of Titus himself, and he soon ceased to be an active panics 4 , when these railroads were

. I n ville . These were new questions , and Judge member of that profession He married Miss ﬁnally completed . these operations he u n c o ns titu tio n N e w l C hurch decided both acts to be Julia Thorp , of York , and he su bse was assisted by the labors of Judge Gay ord

in in al and C . S , refused to administer them holding quently purchased the property the northern hurch , Hon John Dick , James J . hryock d in . . a n courts Titusville I n both instances , Judge part of the city where he now resides This others , to whom Meadville owes an ever

’ f i a n d o f a nd C hurch s decisions were a rmed by the was owned laid out by the Hon . Henry lasting debt gratitude for their early

S o f . upreme C ourt , and nothing further was ever Baldwin , one of the justices the Supreme late efforts in behalf of the city C U S 1 86 heard about holding courts in Titusville . ourt of the nited tates . I n 5 he was elected burgess of the then

I n 1 88 C b o f railro ad s e re 1 8 1 o f in 1 866 3 Judge hurch had efore him two Long before the days ,h in 5 borough Meadville and he became f celebrated equity suits , growing out of e orts the ﬁrst mayor of the city of Meadville , which il of the Standard O C ompany to break up the had then lately received its formal charter . Tidewater Pipe Line C ompany and kindred He was the ﬁrst president of the Bear C reek R R now S . organizations and thus obtain a monopoly in ailroad C ompany ( A . ailroad) ,

the producing, carrying and reﬁning of oil . and for some years was president of the Mer

The litigation was conducted by some of the cer Mining a nd Manufacturing C ompany .

a nd leading lawyers of Pennsylvania , representing H e is a corporator , for many years was

an d c a u s e re lebre a d ire c to r C . the opposing parties, was a in Greendale emetery He is a

in the legal annals, not only of the state , but stockholder and president of the Meadville

. C all over the country Gas ompany , and a director in the Mead

I n a n d a C . a very elaborate , exhaustive le rned ville Water ompany ’ C c o n opinion , Judge hurch decided all the H e has been a director in the Merchants

tested points in favor of the Tidewater Pipe N a tiOnal Bank since its organization . He Line C ompany a nd against the S tandard O il was largely instrumental in the incorporating

and C ompany . establishing upon its present sound basis

in This was the ﬁrst time history that this the Meadville Library , Art and Historical As

and and 1 880 latter arrogant powerful corporation sociation , was president from to 1 had ever received a blow at the hands of the 885 .

Judiciary , but it was such a blow that they His eldest daughter, Mrs . Frances Huide G EOR GE S . S H A T T U CK .

- never fully recovered from , and the ef ects koper, is the wife of our fellow townsman ,

id k o e r. C . H u e of the decision were felt not only by the there was projected the enterprise of building Arthur p His second daughter, public who were interested in it , but by the a plank road northeast from this place through Julia , is the wife of Mr . Hiram Fuller , a mer R e . N e w S . R o f . . . court which rendered its decision Judge to the York tate line , and Mr eynolds chant this city His eldest son , H W y C hurch was often called upon to decide grave took an active part therein , becoming a dirce holds , is the active manager and partner in I t as questions of the highest public and private tor and the secretary o f this organization . the large lumber establishment known the

a nd in 8r . so n imp ortance every instance his friends was called the Meadville , Allegheny Athens Mills His John is just graduated C have had the satisfaction to know that his B ro k e n stra w Plank R oad C ompany . Mr . from Harvard ollege , and is now a student in decisions have been a fﬁrmed by the Supreme R eynolds was also a director and projector at law with Judge C hurch this city . C C . in ourt connection with Gaylord hurch , Edward C O LO NEL DAV I D C O M PTO N . in P R Judge C hurch is still the prime of life Saeger and others in the N orthern lank oad Portrait Pag e 1 5 9 . a nd in C C the enjoyment of the best of health , leading to Erie by way of Venango and Edin olonel David ompton , now a resident of a n d 1 1 8 1 0 . in is assiduously practicing that profession boro . Mead township , was born March 4th , in 1 i n which he has made a reputation for skill I n 85 3 he joined with other leading citi Meadville , the building , now known as the a nd in C o n honor and integrity second to none the zens of the place , Gaylord hurch and John Barr House Water street , one of the oldest

a nd in n o w in o c commonwealth . Dick others , endeavoring to secure a houses standing the city , formerly

c u ied C S r. His family consists of his wife a nd two railroad through this borough and county . p by David ompton , , father of the

r C a n d . daughte s , Miss Alice Gaylord hurch These were days before any general railroad subject of this sketch The house referred to

. P . C . in Miss Ethel earson hurch They live a law , and a community desiring a railroad had was then known as the Washington House C C f e w beautiful residence on Grove street in this city . to get something more than money . A char olonel ompton is one of the very per

1 820 in . h a n d . Judge C urch was a leading and active ter was necessary for many years Mr sons living prior to , born Meadville . member of the C entennial Executive C o m R eynolds and the gentlemen above named His father came to this county from U pper m itte e an d in N e w , , which begun carried into success were indefatigable their efforts to procure Freehold , Monmouth county , Jersey

1 . ful operation the great celebration of May the necessary legislation . After many futile about the year 794 f C C f t . las , in this city e forts to bring about all these desired results , olonel ompton has held the o ﬁce of A I R I N E - E C EN TENNI L £ 0 1 T ON T B O R P UBLI C A N . 1 6 1

U 1 82 1 R elder in the Presbyterian church since the and neighbors to emigrate to the nited , superseding Dr . T . . Kennedy in the

1 8 S . I n 1 1 r f and year 37 , being at present the senior elder in tates the summer of 79 he returned fo mer o ﬁce , William Moore in the ’

f . the S econd Presbyterian church of this city ; to the land of his adoption , bringing with him clerks o ﬁce

u bs O n 2 th 1 8 1 2 M rth u r s e . c A always efﬁcient and active in the duties of his younger brother Andrew , who was January 5 , , Mr was S and his sacred ofﬁce . Was commissioner to the quently the father of the late Joseph Mc appointed by Governor nyder register

ral . . 1 8 2 1 . g e n e assembly of the new school church Arthur , Esq , of this county recorder , and served until January , He rd 1 2 C at S t. Louis , Mo . , where the terms of the The act of assembly of April g , 79 , was one of the trustees of Allegheny ollege , union of old a nd n e w school were agreed throwing open a large body of unappropriated and treasurer of the building funds of that upon , for the reuniting of these branches of land , north and west of the Allegheny river institution .

C o n n e w a n o O n 2 th 1 80 M c A rth u r the Presbyterian church . and g creek , for actual settlers , the 5 of April , 5 , Mr .

a M c A rth u r R l a n d au h C olonel C ompton was ppointed Aid de induced William , in the summer of was married to Miss ebecca M c C e , g ’ . 1 w C C amp on th e staff of Governor William F 794, to direct his course west ard to Mead s ter of olonel Moses Mcc lean , of Adams fﬁ Pa . o ne v Johnson . Was prominent and e cient in settlement, in order to pursue his profession of county , , of the old sur eyors of the ’ an military affairs , for which he had always surveyor, and assist his friends in securing Mason and Dixon s line , and subsequently

a n a nd 2 ac ffi special ﬁtness . He has lived active homesteads of 4 4 res of land , under the o cer in the revolutionary war . He was a

rd 1 2 . S 1 8 industrious life , has held many positions of above stated act of April 3 , 79 member of the tate legislature in 7 3, and

a nd a nd I n 1 80 0 conﬁdence trust in church and state , , when the several northwestern one of the commissioners appointed to settle in o ff still retains the energy of youth advancing counties were cut from Allegheny , Mr the disturbance between the Pennsylvania and C age , taking a lively interest in onnecticut settlers at Wyoming f o f life C all the a fairs , to a remark the same year . olonel Mc C . C . able degree lean moved to hillicothe , O , 1 80 8 C olonel C ompton was mar about the year , with part

d au h N . ried to Eliza Brooks , g of his family , and died about

1 8 1 0 ter of the late Judge John .

o n e . and . Brooks , of the early pioneers Mr Mrs M c A rthu r had

. . C : S R of Meadville Mrs ompton is six children , viz arah ule ,

C h a rle s w o rth R still active and cheerful in every Margaret , e be c c a

. O f S M c C le an good word and work their cott , Moses , William

a nd M c A rth u r children , all but one , Mary Mar John . Mr . Mc C C S 1 garet ompton , are living olo Arthur died eptember 9 ,

P. l . C n e 1 8 22 . M c A rth u r John B ompton , David Mrs . , about

C . 1 82 S ompton , Miss A B l a n c h e 9, married Moses cott , Esq .

N . O C . . S 6 1 8 ompton , Mrs ancy D lds , Mr cott died May , 34.

. . Hastings . . S 6 1 8 2 and Mrs Marion J Mrs cott died January , 4 ,

U G O . ENDER S O N 2 J D E J HN J H aged 6 years .

Po P e 2 . rtrait ag 3 I f the busy world of to - day Was born in Allegheny county , think we have performed a Pa S 2 d 1 8 , eptember 3 , 4 3 thriftless task , let them remem Moved to Meadville with his ber that from such labors , the parents in 1 85 6. Was educated world learns its best lesson—the at Meadville Academy and A ll e lesson so to live , that when we g h e ny C ollege . After leaving lie down , those who come after 1 0 th R ’ college enlisted in 5 eg t c an o n us read our resting place , Pa s 1 862 . Vol , in August , , and ” only the legend Honor . 6th 1 86 l i . served til June , 5 Was H O N w H R . . . AND EWS . in admitted to the bar August , Po rtrait Pag e 47 . 1 86 a tto r 7 . Was elected district Hon . W . H . Andrews was 8 2 1 88 n 1 . r e y in 7 , and judge in 7 1 8 0 in born in January , 4 , Youngs W A M M C R U R S R H O N . I LLI A TH , . H N . J A M . , , P . O ES P T H OM A S , Titu svi lle . ville Warren counyt enna M c A rth u r Hon . Wm . , sr was When a lad of ﬁfteen years , h e in ﬂu e n tia l o f M c A rth u r one of the most active , useful and was appointed deputy surveyor of in N . Y entered a dry goods store Jamestown , . ,

N P , C the early settlers of orthwestern ennsylvania rawford county , and served as such until where , by close application , coupled with supe

1 . having settled at Meadville in 1 794 . He was 80 C 5 He was the ﬁrst rawford county rior business tact and judgment, he was soon I 1 80 0 1 80 2 born near Londonderry , reland , and having , . I n treasurer serving from until advanced to a lucrative position . A few years 1 i E , 80 1 S rece ved a good nglish education including he was elected a member of the tate later, we ﬁnd him at the head o f a large con a n d m Pa . navigation surveying , he e igrated to the senate , which met at Lancaster, , his com in C cern in Louisville and later on incinnati , U S in . O nited tates of America the summer of petitor being General David Mead The hio . He came to Meadville in 1 87 8 and 1 8 a 7 3, landing at the port of Baltimore , Mary senatori l district comprised the territory of opened a large dry goods establishment which in C land thence he took up his residence an old , , 1 88 1 Erie rawford Mercer , Venango and War was continued until . He was elected “ ’ C re n settlement of his countrymen on arroll s counties . I n the fall of 1 80 5 he was re C hairman of the R epublican C ounty C ommit ” P Tract , York county , ennsylvania , now S be in 1 880 8 1 - 8 2 1 886 elected to the tate senate , his competitor tee and again in . He be

. . Adams county ing Alex Brown , Esq . , of Mercer county . came a candidate for still higher political M c A rth u r in Mr . engaged teaching school , . M c A rth u r at Mr was appointed , the close of honors the present year , when he made a suc

c b S S n c e s s fu l and practical surveying with the Mc lean his senatorial term , y Governor imon y canvass for C hairman of the R epublican

. th e f Bros , who had formerly been engaged on the der , to o ﬁce of prothonotary a n d clerk of S tate C entral C ommittee a nd was elected to ’ ' Mason and Dixon s line . I n the spring of of C ra w fo rd 1 1 88 the several courts county , serv serve from January , 9 . He also made a ’ 1 90 he returned to his native country and S ru n 7 ing in that capacity under Governors nyder successful for legislative honors , a nd was made arrangements with some his brothers a n d 1 80 of Findley from April 4 , 9 to February , elected to the lower House by the largest 1 I A I I R I - R P A 62 C ENT ENN L ED T ON T B UNE E UBLI C N.

vote ever accorded to a R epublican ni enlisted in the a rmy of the defenders of his ly by the military attainments and persistent ’ ”

C a . rawford C ounty since the organiz tion of country s honor At the close of the war he zeal of C olonel Keese .

. P C in N 1 86 the party During the residential canvass of attended the Jamestown seminary , and taught olonel Keese resigned ovember, 4 ,

w as fo r o n the present year, he assigned to important day school and singing school several account of partial paralysis , caused by a

I n 1 8 0 duties by N ational C hairman Quay and proved years . 7 he came to Meadville and wound and exposure in the Petersburg cam

a n a n d a nd ai n . f d . C . himself energetic , capable highly travele for J Hull , selling pianos p g He was o ered the commission of ' ffi i s e cient political strategist . Mr . Andrews organs for a period of about seven years . Dur brigadier general , but his health precluded .

. an d M c D o w e ll in the prime of life He is a bold resolute ing the past nine years Mr . has his acceptance , as he was entirely unﬁt for

a nd . m leader , if he lives , will reach greater been most of the time connected with the ﬁeld duty He oved to Titusville i n the

’ 1 86 h e - heights than he has hitherto attained . sheri ff s ofﬁ ce as deputy . He is in every winter of 5 , where has since made his

fi fi sense a n able and e cient o cer , and reflects home , engaging in the production of oil and S . F . L . EELEY n R Po o , . C rtrait Pag e 46 . credit , not only the epublican party manufacture of oil well machinery olonel w . . S s a nd C . F L eeley , attorney and coun ellor at law which elected him , but on rawford county Keese has al ays had the respect esteem a nd P o f a nd solicitor in patent cases , Meadville , enna . R R E ES E all who know him , fills the offi ce of C O UNTY TR EAS U R ER O LIVE .

C , in A M C W Po P 1 . ounty Treasurer to which he was elected . LEAN HITE rtrait ag e 33

C O N , 1 88 , Po rtrait Pag e 1 4 7 . olonel liver Keese , of Titusville , present ovember 7 with credit to himself and

S S in C . Was born in outh henango township, Treasurer of C rawford county , was born his ounty He has ever been an unswerving

8 1 828 and ’ R C C o . S . N Y . 1 8 0 . E s x c o u nt . rawford , ept , , was brought Keeseville , s e y , , July 9 , 3 epublican , a courteous gentleman and a

n c h a ra up a d lived at Hartstown until genial companion , c te ris

- 1 859 . He attended common tics by which he is still pre emi in u school his native village until ently distinguished .

, A he was fourteen years of age B R B . SO NE ED N ,

Po P 1 and afterward studied privately rtrait ag e 35 . P R e v . M c L e an C with . Dr , at Green rothonotary of rawford coun

a 1 8 6 . e u t in ville , P . , until 4 He y , was born Bloomﬁeld town

te re d C in c o u nt u n 1 th 1 8 Allegheny ollege the ship , this y ,J e 7 , 35 ; 1 8 o n “ s p r i n g of 47 , previous to was reared the farm where

which , and subsequently , he he was born , and received his taught i n the schools of the education at the public schools

southwestern part of th e county . of his neighborhood and at W a

f te rfo rd A I n 1 849 he entered Je ferson cademy . At the out in o f C ollege , graduating there break the war of the rebel

M r. 1 85 1 . The following year he lion Edson was among the t a u g h t in the Academy at ﬁrst to respond to the call for

Greenville , and afterward stu troops , and enlisted at Erie . He

died medicine with his father, was afterward transferred to

C I - P Dr . James White ; attended a ompany , Eighty third enn C course of lectures at the leve sylvania Volunteers , and during

e n land Medical C ollege , and his four years of service was pro gaged in the practice of his pro moted from a private to the rank

fe ssio n in Hartstown . There of second and later to ﬁrst lieu

h e established a mercantile tenant . He was wounded in the P ’ house in company with his right side , near eople s Farm , V a . S . 1 86 brother, James G White , and , eptember 3oth , 4, and

1 8 in continued it until 5 9, when was honorably discharged

N e w re 1 86 . he went to York , and March , 5 Afterward he

1 8 0 a nd mained until 7 , estab gave his attention to farming , lish e d a trade amounting to manufacturing and mercantile

in n e a r l y annually . business , principally the latter, H O N . G A Y LO R D C H U R CH .

Leaving N e w York he settled Townville . He was twice elected

and an P in Erie , there established the business of He received academic education and was Justice of the eace in Townville , and was serv 1 88 shipping Michigan pine lumber down the brought up to mercantile and manufacturin g ing his second term , in 4, when elected to I I fﬁ P . . e in U in lakes , and distributing it throug hout the East pursuits enlisted the nion Army the more important o ce of rothonotary , a

h i s 1 8 in 1 862 in I i Sth N e w V o lu n in satisfa c S elling out interest in 74 , he located July , , the York position which he has given general

in a nd Meadville the following year, became teers , known in the records in the war depart tion , as is evinced by the very complimentary ' “ ” in R i h re - interested the Agricultural Works in that ment as the Adirondack egiment , on major ty by w ich he was elected for a sec

C S S f S . . u n city in company with harles tratton , for one whose banners are inscribed u olk , outh ond term Mr Edson has ever been an

a nd C P O R . year , when he retired , since has not been Anna , old Harbor , etersburg , Fair aks , swerving epublican ’ “ ” l) ru r s n . B C . O M in active business luff and rater the organi R . H . M . C SO y DI K N , z atio n o f R M O W of the regiment the subject our Po P 1 . C . C S YLV E S TE D ELL , rtrait ag e 35 S a nd R R Po rtrait Pag e 1 35 . ketch was made quartermaster , later egister and ecorder of this county , was S h e riﬁ C in in O 1 2th 1 8 of rawford county , was born West promoted to lieutenant colonel , ﬁnally attain born Meadville , ctober , 5 4 , and is in 1 8 in o n n s . Shenango township , 47 , and spent the g to the command of the regiment . I the only of the late William F Dickson , ’ s early years of his life in Sadsbury township . Watson s hi tory of Essex county the follow also of this city . He received his education

in o f this He received his education at the common ing reference is made to this regiment the public schools city , supplemented 1 6 “ C . schools , and at the age of was apprenticed I ts singular proﬁciency and high disci by a course at the Meadville Business ollege

. the I n 1 8 to learn the trade of blacksmithing, with W pline were chieﬂy imputed to skill and the year 7 5 , during the term of his o ﬁi c e rs ’ . I n 1 86 e R R e A . Vaughn , of Greenville June , 3, he assiduity of the , sustained pr eminent father s incumbency of the egister and

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— i S to O il C I t on te r sin promoters . He was the ﬁrst to from andy ity , % mites ; from rights controlled the water that a certain p g

’ f - t a n d h is il . R , realize its vast ossibili ies, to put Miller s farm to O C ity , 7 miles The och day , they would open their lood gates thus p — : - l i re 8 O le a olis C o . producing an artiﬁcia freshet called a pond theor es to a practical test by building ester p laid , a six inch pipe — i s —E D . ; from Ole ap olis to O il C ity . Grandin Bros freshet that cleared the creek of all its craft ref nerie ] in o n N operated quite extensive lines from not only the oil boats with their thousands of Very soon after my arrival Titusville , _ eyhart 1 860 a nd in barrels of oil , but boats loaded with ma February 9, , I purchased an interest in Tidioute , Fagundus other places the P i . n P P and the James arker farm , located the village . vicinity . ayne Martin , of etroleum chinery , merchandise of all kinds This O n C c o n enterprise employed over 40 0 men . Frequent this property a well was ﬁnished about the entre , laid several short lines for the 2 C o n . 0 th , ve n ien c e of local production . The herry jams occurred these occasions During of the month that being the next one ’ R 1 86 O il C c Tree Pipe Line ran from Kane C ity to ynd the freshet of May 4 , there was one a t after olonel Drake s , whi h was completed

S 1 8 . P , C eptember , 9 All the wells put down 1 . , farm , 5 miles The Emlenton ipe Line ity which resulted in the loss of from 5

- R u n 0 oil . O n o f s in o from E mlenton to U pper Turkey , 5 to barrels of another that year were by means p g h les , a

U , P C o . , very slow and simple method , and the wells miles . The Antwerp ipe , from pper occasion the oil escaping from the barrels C ’ 0 . Turkey R u n to adjacent points , 5 miles caught ﬁre and spread over the creek and were very shallow ; olonel Drake s being h f 6 f Ba rns d l t e . e l The Mutual Pipe Line C o . consists of nine Allegheny river , burning oil , loating down only 9 eet deep The well was 1 2 U a n d , 0 di f erent branches, running from pper the river, set ﬁre to and destroyed the bridge I feet deep and produced 5 barrels a day

n i S t. P . , re asona Lower Turkey R u , C lar on district, eters at Franklin , 7 miles away About this time for quite a number of days and was

m a nd . C burg Antwerp C ity , and other points as far the railroads ca e to the rescue , turned bly productive for many months The ross , — in 1 0 0 l o ne as Beaver creek , all , y well the third on the P — miles . Grant ipe Line , running creek began pumping March 1 1 860 and 60 from the Grant farm o n the west 4 , , produced bar

rels a day . side of the Allegheny river , to

’ P 20 . At that time , we had quite a arker s Landing , miles The

, a nd m ar U nited Pipe Line , from Bear production needed a P ket fo r it ; I went to N e w York creek district , Argyle , etrolia , , where I made an arrangement Karns C ity , Millerstown and ’ ' W S c h fﬁin e . k a ll 1 2 . ith Bros , to handle M od o c C ity , in , 5 miles m . y . S . . I The C leveland Line , ( D products There met Geo

m C . , Ka s , owner) from Karns ity M Mowbray the great chemist , t C 0 . to Greece ity , 4 miles Van who soon af er came to Titus ’ d e rg rift 81 Forman s Fairview ville and took an active part in

re fi n in - Line ra n from Shak e ly to Petro the work of g oil . That winter ( 1 860 - 6 1 lia , Greece C ity , Millerstown and ) I built the first i n a nd M o d o c k 1 2 . R f . , 5 miles The elie refinery the town made S ru n 22 Pipe Line from tory farm to the first of oil January , ’ 1 86 1 R u n 1 2 . C Armstrong s , miles . But rude oil was then sell

G . S ler Line from reece C ity , Mo ing at a barrel oon d o c k , Millerstown to Butler after this the war broke out , b r 6 . branch rail oad , miles when business ecame greatly

in z p With the lines now opera demorali ed , rices fell rapidly ,

in tion , those construction , and and oil could be bought for 1 0 some others to be constructed in $ . 5 a barrel . This was before the several districts , the oil re there was a railroad , couse gion of Pennsylvania will soon quently all the machinery and have upwards of miles of appliances used in the produc pipe lines for the transportation tion of oil , had to be carried in of oil . There are few gravity wagons , and the same means lines among them , the oil being were employed in taking the oil

s . generally forced b y p u m p H ON . P E A R S ON C H U R C H . to market The nearest ship through the pipes . The capaci ping point was U nion Mills; ty of each line is about barrels in twen their attention to the most practical ways a nd cartage was from 75 cents to a bar

- ty four hours ; the cost of it at this time aver means of transporting the oil . A railroad was rel . We bought large quantities of ma 0 C O il in P ages 3 cents a foot , thus making it about constructed from orry , south , along chinery and ﬁxtures ittsburg, which ’

f . a mile . C reek to Sha fer s farm The barrels which were brought to Franklin an d Oil C ity by

f r The charge for transporting the oil to the had been formerly used , were superceded by river . How di ferent ou reﬁneries were then

20 0 ! river or railroad , varied from to 3 cents a large wooden tanks built upon ﬂat cars , these from what they are now Then , we erected barrel , according to distance ; the pipe com were followed by cylindrical iron tanks , a large building , in which we placed the stil ls

in . panics usually received 4 3gallons at the wells , which turn gave way to the pipe line and bleachers , with all the ﬁxtures and tanks, a n d 2 f delivered 4 gallons , allowing the di er a proceeding which is now considered very

a nd r . O u r ence for shrinkage waste . T h e R e ﬁ n i n g o l Pe tro le m n . haza dous yield was not over 5 0 per

' B Y W . H . A B BO . . a nd There was another mode of transporting ( TT ) cent All the tar naphtha , which are now

in m e n o f oil those days that may be worthy of [ I t is well known that the discovery oil , worth as much as reﬁned oil , were then ru n tion , and that was , by boats , which were and its introduction into the industries of the into the creek or burned up ; great as the loss

O il C — o n . in towed up reek by horses not a tow country , worked a complete revolution the was, it was the only way we had o f disposing — w path but through the stream ; when a suf commercial world . The follo ing sketch on of them . We also suf ered considerable loss ﬁ c ie n t A b number had reached different points the subject is fro m the pen of Mr . W . H . from the oil being exposed in open cars ; after

in along the upper creek , arrangements were bott , of Titusville , a pioneer the oil busi much time and trouble I secured some coal

‘ — e n made with the mill owners who by their ness , and one of its most intelligent and cars , which I had enclosed in rough boards . - I A 1 6 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBL C N. 5

a d . I t n S oon after this , however , the railroad com to barrels was then thought company , having spent all the money — fro m 60 6 . f pany realized the fact that the o il was likely that to 5 per cent was a good yield , furnished , at two di erent times twelve — 0 to give them a large business , and decided to while now a producer is scarcely satisﬁed with hundred dollars each time without acc m

8 0 . lishin furnish a number of cars for transporting it . less than 5 or 9 per cent p g anything it was known the company n R I t was very di fﬁ cult to procure suitable bar Without attempting to give a complete list were unwilling to fur ish more . Then . D .

in rels fe r the oil . I manufactured some of the products of petroleum , I will simply Fletcher came to the rescue with some six

a nd in : C c o n O hio , brought them across the country mention some of its principal uses , viz That hundred dollars for olonel Drake to a nd , , . , wagons . The acids used in the process of of lubricator , illuminant , fuel , dyer pigment tinne the work Very soon oil appeared

f . reﬁning had to be brought from C incinnati , and numerous kinds of medicine , among his e forts were crowned with success That a nd S 1 il in 8 . O which made them very expensive by the time which are liniments , ointments , nervines , was in eptember , 5 9 was struck

- fl u c tu a a . so we received them . There were great an an esthetic the Drake well , called , at fifty nine feet in t ions in the price of oil at this time ; in the and some inches , what is known as the first

in . S summer there was little demand for it , but T H E CI T Y OF T I T U S V I LLE . sand oon after that , Titusville was in a

the winter the demand greatly exceeded the whirlpool of excitement , property appreciating — in n 1 2 S s F , , supply . I sold refi ed oil at from % cents S o m e of it s E arly ettler The in d value while buildings arose as if by magic l— m th e to a barrel . We also experienced many in g of O i D ev e lop ent of until the hamlet became a large village , and . re changes in the price of crude oil . When O il I ndu s try . finally grew into a city of fifteen thousand fined oil was little wanted the crude would be inhabitants ; probably all the more rapidly ’

B Y O A W SO . very cheap . I have purchased thousands of ( J NATH N AT N ) owing to the fact that Maxwell Titus portion ’ b s r in arrel of it at the wells for cents a ba rel , Titusville , when I came here , the fall of of his father s estate was sold in lots of sixty

N e w I 1 8 by one hundred and eighty feet , at two and after sending them to York had 45 , was but a hamlet of some few families ,

. C to pay for charges and freight , more : . C , E , hundred dollars each , and people became _ viz Joseph L hase dward H hase

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. C than the oil sold for Doctor Bates , harles Kellogg and his owners of homes that soon doubled and ’ P in C . The ﬁrst person to experiment with petro mother s family , George ettit, Henry trebled in value until all reason was lost

a nd , . V a nd e w o rk e r wild speculation , the result being an accumula leum , make a success at reﬁning it was Buxton , John J , Aunt Katy — P . S . amuel M Kier , of ittsburg He procured Kerr and her family two members , then tion of debt that has proved a heavy burden

h i s . a e . ; r supply from the old salt wells at Tarentum boys , Michael Kerr and James K Kerr, (who to taxpayers but the people brave and ’ a nd When reﬁned he called it carbon oil . I pur afterwards became distinguished lawyers , and enterprising maintain the city s reputation

R e o n e chased from him , paying a gallon by one of them a speaker of the House of p as of the best home towns in Western ’ P . a C o n t e ss . the barrel This was far superior to the oil re s e n t tive s in g , a man by the name ennsylvania

in C an ﬁ e ld O n “ f made at that time , hio , from the of S weet ; a d last but not least the old There are nine churches of di ferent denom

- in atio ns a nd ﬁne cannel coal ; or to whale oil which cost R oman himself, Jonathan Titus , who , with , two synagogues acting in har ' “

. I t in l . from $ 7 5 to a gallon was a for Samuel Kerr , ﬁrst settled here what was mony for the good of all , and unrivalled pub tu n ate to n circumstance tha the decline of the then a wilderness , taking up some eight lic schools , furnishing educational advantages

- ﬁs h e rie s a n d in whale , particularly , after the hundred acres of land each , making homes equal to any place , preparing students for

d . estruction of our whaling ﬂeet by the rebels . for themselves and converting the wilderness college and the active pursuits of life The

during the last year of the war , there should into productive farms . The woods were streets are good and lined with beautiful shade

I . be at hand so cheap and abundant a substitute ﬁlled with deer and wild turkeys . have trees There are many notably ﬁne resi

d e n c e s thereby preventing the public generally from seen ﬂocks of the latter and several deer at a and innumerable pretty , comfortable

f P . su fering any inconvenience from the loss of tim e upon the hillside of the arker farm , homes General business is all that could be

C . whale oil . now the home of J . H . aldwell , but then expected at the present price of oil There m I n 1 860 I . . I April , met a Mr Willia s , who known as the old Kerr farm When ﬁrst are eleven reﬁneries in active operation , and

- i . had been exper menting in the reﬁning of oil came here there were but three stores , Joseph such is Titusville to day

f a n d ~ C M c D o w e ll C C o . rom the old Drake well , had become dis L . hase , hase , and The oil development began with the Drake

M C linto c k v ill i d I 20 0 . c e n c o u ra e . . O g with his failures sold him John R obinson , postmaster nly two news well At , a shaft sunk

and s barrels of oil , told him he must give it papers were taken here out ide of the county only fourteen feet , some two or three hundred '

an d G . milder treatment ; he had been using coal oil towns , Franklin , Meadville Erie . eorge barrels of oil were produced Wm . Barns

a n R R P d . . which required harsh treatment , and often W . Hampson , the resbyterian minister dall , Boone Mead H oose were

r l a repeated , which was not the case with petro t u y noble worker for the Master in the among the earliest operators , opening up the e — t e P . W . l um , nature having in a large measure spiritual vineyard was pastor of the one arker farm illiams , Tanner and L F .

it o n ﬁned . He adopted my suggestion and church here . Watson , the John Watson farm , east of the I P . made a success of it, and afterwards sold O utside o f farming , the lumber business arker farm , opened a ﬂowing well The

m n o n . e . him many thousand barrels of our oil was the principal industry , employing ﬁrst large ﬂowing well was the George W

n a nd c f P C I t is very generally known that the petro a d teams , by consuming the products of Mc lintock arm at etroleum entre , pro

P I n d u c in a n d leum of ennsylvania is the best ever pro the farms constituting a home market . g about two hundred ﬁfty barrels of

d u c e d in any country , yielding a greater those early days Titusville was the peaceful oil per day . But soon well after well was

o m e n - variety of products, is easily treated , and is far abode of h nest , no person deeming it opened , until over production was the result ,

superior in quality , while no part of it is necessary to lock his home door at night . and the price of oil declined to only twenty

ﬁ v e p e r . wasted , all being utilized to the fullest extent . But there came a change . After two years cents barrel Then there were none I n f the early days of the oil excitement , of unsuccess ul endeavor to procure oil in of the facilities for handling oil , such as rail

. S C a nd rbad s in Mr amuel Downer came to orry , built quantity in the rather primitive way of gather and pipe lines ; it was all handled

l . w n arge reﬁning works there He was then ing it with oolen blankets , a compa y was barrels by teams , or conveyed by boats when P t n N w C . . much in favor of small stills , holding twen y formed i e Haven , onn , with A ier there was water, either from a natural ﬂood or

- barrels . He had twenty of this size ; but as pont. as president , through the instrumentality pond fresh .

' o f E v le o in r G . e tt e thers began the business of re ining and ex of George H . Bissel and Jonathan , T day it seems almost incredible ,

e rim e ntin P p g as to the most desirable manner to whom ennsylvania is indebted for the viewing the past , to ﬁnd what was actually

of building the stills , the preference seemed early developement of petroleum . C olonel done , and the manner of doing it, in the early to be for the larger size , those holding from E . L . Drake was simply an agent for this days of oil producing , storing and handling . - 1 66 C ENTENNI A L EDI TI ON TR I B UNE R EP UBLI C A N.

N il in N e w P l a n d o S tandard O C ompany was then exist York , hi adelphia Baltimore , and T H E I N D E PEN D E N T OR D ER OF OD D

a nd e x ence to lend a helping hand as is now the manufacture all grades of domestic FELLOWS .

i-ls P o . case , and without which oil producing could port rominent among their American “ ” . A S P hardly be followed successfully as a business oils are the famous Black Diamond and ketch of th e O rig in , a s t H i s to ry a n d ” n O il w as S . P s C n th e I . . . F from the Drake well actually con unlight bra ds The constantly growing re en t o ditio n of 0 0 . ’ a in P - ﬁve ﬁ rm s in C r w tr cted for ittsburg at sixty cents per reputation of these oils has increased the a ford C ou n ty .

in gallon , sent to market , taken and paid for at trade them to such an extent that they can BY w P t . . . that price . The early reﬁners of it sburg, not keep up with theirorders , although run ( J HANNEN ) f N e w and . e m C u s s e w a o N o . 1 0 8 York Boston purchased largely , at ning to their fullest capacity The ﬁrm g Lodge was instituted in

te n o n 20 th all the way up from ﬁve to dollars , and ploys , in their reﬁnery and their agencies at the city of Meadville the day of June ,

f E ric w e ll . 1 8 h e p e r . even to twelve and fourteen dollars barrel , Buf alo , Boston and , as as indirectly , A D 45 , and was then t only organized

a nd o f at the wells , back again to ﬁfty cents per in the manufacture of their barrels , a great secret society lodge any kind in C rawford

fli c e rs e . . o : barr l After these fluctuations , there was a many hands , the aggregate averaging from county I ts first were James Mackey ,

. N G . . G . C lull , and oil producing was regarded as of eighty to one hundred men . ; Wilmot Bartle , V ; harles Hosmer ,

’ ’ ’ in r t o r little account , but time it revived , the This ﬁrm is entitled to the full c edi sec y ; Monroe Atchinson , ass t sec y ; Asa

formation of stock companies became the building up the independent reﬁning industry Forsyth , treas . Among its membership in the

an d o n rage , speculation ran riot land and the of the oil regions , they being , as before stated , past have been many of the most prominent

all an d production of oil . But like speculations, the ﬁrst ones who dared to risk their capital inﬂuential citizens both of this city and the

o - in S O il C . . . . it resulted ruin to many and great gain and energies against the tandard om county Hon J D Gill , ex Mayor of Mead

to some few individuals . pany , after the latter company had obtained ville , was initiated at the same time the lodge

However , as it is a w a s instituted , a n d n a t ural product in has remained in c o n constant demand to tinu ou s membership

supply two of the ever since , being the

o n e necessities of life , as only who enjoys

a nd i light fuel , it will t h a t distingu shed P continue to be drilled honor . revious to for and brought to the the war of the rebel

surface , and the pres lion the O rder had e nt indications are grown and spread u n

that the natural reser . til lodges had been voits of this extreme established at differ ly useful ﬂuid are in ent points in the coun — . t at S exhaustible y Titusville , par

ta ns bu r R g , iceville ,

R ic e R obi nson L in e s ville H ar s w n , , t to ,

With e ro T i u s o n n ea u tv ille S rin p, t C , p g — Vi lle . boro but the patriot I n 1 88 1 the petro ism of the member leum reﬁning ﬁrm of s h i p s o decimated R R i c e , obinson their number that all W ith e ro p , of Titus were compelled to

ville , succeeded the surrender their char f R R ﬁrm o ice obin ters except C u ss e w a

, 1 8 son which had been N o . 0 go , which

R ES I D EN CE OF COL . S . B . D I C M eadvill doing business since K, e . again became t h e 1 8 S 74 , selling the tan only lodge of O dd i ’ 1 88 1 R t b dard O l C ompany s oil . I n ice control and monopoly of the en ire usiness l in C Fel ows rawford county . O il R obinson withdrew from the Standard of refining and selling of petroleum . The After the close of the war the work again R R C a nd . . W . ompany associated with them Mr products from the works of ice , obinson . C N 0 o . J revived horazin Lodge 5 7 , Titusville , W W ith e ro ithe ro , p have a reputation which extends all p organizing the present firm and was reinstituted . C rawford Lodge N o . 7 34 of U S an d building the large refinery now operated by over the nited tates Europe . Meadville was organized in 1 87 0 by t w enty

. ﬁ ve them active , energetic young workers , who with I n r P 1 88 1 S O il C te n ationa l Oil W ork s T itu s ville . ss a 1 0 8 rior to the tandard ompany , drew from C u e w g o N o . for the purpose O il had succeeded in monopolizing the reﬁning The I nternational Works , which com of spreading the work . Lodges were after

, m e n c e d in 1 88 business hence to the ﬁrm of which we write operation 5 , are owned by ex ward founded at Linesville , C ochranton , Ca m f P. . C in V e na n o bo ro alls the honor of being the ﬁrst independent Mayor James Thomas ash capital bridge , g , Townville , Evansburg ,

C in 31 S C n ompany to succeed the business of reﬁning vested This includes reﬁning and pringboro , onneautville , all of which c o

. tinu e oil That their ﬁrm has been successful is gasoline plant , oil wells located at Grand Val in a ﬂourishing a nd prosperous condi

o C - widely known , and theirs is t day the largest ley , Warren ounty which are connected by tion . The two lodges in Meadville and those ei independent reﬁnery in the oil regions . Th r a private pipe line with the works at Titus of C ambridge and C ochranton have made for

0 - works have a capacity of from to 3 , ville twenty iron tank cars for transporting themselves an enviable reputation for their 0 0 0 barrels of crude oil per month . They crude oil in bulk . These works employ di rendition of the dramatized work of the de U re c tl 0 ship their products to all parts of the nited y and regularly 35 men , and indirectly 4 grees , a reputation which is more than local . 0 S to 5 more . The capacity of these works for tates and Europe , and have branch agencies The present membership in the county is about o il f N V i reﬁning is barrels per month , and . E r c at Buf alo , . , Boston , Mass . , and , h u n the capacity of the gasoline plant—which has one thousand one hundred , of which four ’ . . R o f - i o f l a Mr obinson , the ﬁrm , manages their recently been added to the works—is dred and forty three are n the two lodges

. o il Boston house They export via Boston , barrels crude naptha per month . Meadville , but not all residents of the city .

I I R I - R P I A 1 68 C ENTENNI A L ED T ON T B UNE E UBL C N.

C 0 tt M a ste r R re - 1 860 C o ntribu tors to th e C e nten n ial C ele M . , Frank Frost . Miss Georgie elected in , but resigned to become '

P C . . . C . . S S P. Frost , James H Davis , H otter , E S Deputy tate uperintendent of chools , bration F u nd .

O . . R Woodring , H Hollister , William oddick , which position he held for six years . During The following are the names of the con M ic h a e l I . S r. M c . . S John , E Myers , F mith , , this time he gave educational lectures and tribu to rs to the C entennial celebration fund as ’ L istik o w . C . . . H . , F D Denny , John T Mc formed Teachers I nstitutes throughout various they were signed on the subscription books S R a . S . . . o f Lean , Joseph hippen , H y , M W counties the state . These lectu res are S P. R ate s . . D . V . Derickson , amuel , A M S . . C . M c M ic h ae l n ackett , A Walp , aptain A , published and comprise his first book . I R 8: S J Fuller , A . B . ichmond ons , Joshua Dou . . C S orr 1 86 Frank A Wahl , . F White , laus p , 4 , the title of LL . D . was con ferred in R C J glass , William eynolds , yrus Kitchen , John R P r. . . . . re c o n iz itio n B . B , , . E , . R ickett J H A llis A G ich g of his valuable literary labors M c L . . . . Henderson , A . White , H L ich . P. C . . G . . 1 866 J mond , E ullum , W W elvin , H V He was commissioned in , by Governor S . mond , G . B . Delamater , amuel B Dick , . A C i S P Hotchkiss , John Davenport , Andrew G p urt n , tate Historian of ennsylvania , . . S . turges T . Dick , G . W Delamater , T L . . h . . ple , A J Whipple , Ambro W ipple under a special act of the Legislature As a H u id ek o e r . P C . C . Flood , earson hurch , A p , F in f result of his labors this o fice , he compiled i r r H u d ek o e . W . p , F . C Waid , Frede ic Huide ’ F u lle r s Cash Car rie r . a complete military record of the volunteer koper, L . C . Magaw , . D . Gill , E . A . Hemp J For many years after the settlement of our soldiers of the state in the war of the rebellion . R S . 3. . S . . M . obinson , stead , A Dickson , J in S county almost the only medium of exchange This work was published five volumes of . . . , Thurston , L L Martin , John hryock 1 0 0 an d J over 4 pages each entitled , History P was the raw products of the farm . The mer M c F arla nd . ” James E . , M Henkel , John orter , P chants o f that day devoted a larger portion of of ennsylvania Volunteers . Following this C . . . . S . H u id e k o e r . , Mrs F p , E Thompson E e n “ their store building to the accommodation of work there was published from his p , The L ash e lls . . M c A rth u r . B . , W , T Alfred G Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania , , . ; H u id e k o e r the grain pork butter , eggs , etc , received in C hurch , Edgar p , Farrelly “ “ return for their merchand ise than to the mer Martial Deeds of Pennsylvania ; History R . ” Humes , L . M . Worden , C raighead , William n is B ; c h a d e itself. of the attle of Getty sburg History of S . . . Thomas , John B . C ompton , W Kepler , H the Battle of C hancellorsville ; History of S trif With the development of the country , and w in . I . T ra ” A . rvin , George D , Frank A C C “ o fi e re d rawford ounty , and History of Greene P C the easy means of communication by ” M c F a rlan d . . fler, M . , W W ower , harles C . h as ounty Besides the above , he p repared railroads , all this is changed , and to day S . Erb , Jacob . Eiler , W . Trowbridge , J many valuable articles of an educational and ' o f H u id e k o e r money takes the place the rude and bulky C o . . . Athen s Mills , Miss E G p , historical character , among them being c on mediums of the earlier times . ’ ' I . . . C . . George H utler, E L rvin , A L Dunbar , tribu tio ns E n c c l o ed i a B r ztl a m c a to the y p , the ' S . . . . C . B lark , G . A West , V M Delamater , Can /u r IV/a a z zn e y g and various school journals .

N r P. W . G rie . C o . . ational Granite , J , Hassler , P in 1 J rof. Bates was married 85 6 to S arah

. . S S E W hippen , Frank hippen , James Gra Josephine Bates and has a family of seven

N P. . . ham , D . T . ash , Henry Marley , A B : T . : children Edward , in the music business

R . . Edson , George F . Davenport , W . Bole , L L Arthur . , a practicing attorney , both of D . Dunn , . G . Lindeman , H . E . W ilson , . L . J Meadville ; Alfred J , Walter L , Gertrude , S S to n e roa d . P. Yates Brothers , Miss allie , M Josephine and Florence . R . C . . . . . e Jenks, A Gilbert, W A Boyles , J V y n o ld s S . S . , H . T . Delamater , Grandin , l . T h e M eadvi l e , Pa , D istil l ery . S . . . C harles tolz, Henry Weber , A D Gill , M

P Pa . R . C . . , , . The Meadville Distilling H eefer , W E . Wygant, M Zinck , eter

S R . , . . C . . was organized some three years ago having Miller , J H ulbertson , D G hryock , as Pe iﬁ e r D is . . . . . purchased what was known the G Graham , Miles W Tate , E J Bailey , Mrs R a , . o f F. P. S . M . . tillery in Vallonia From a capacit . . , y D Bearce , J W mith , y Wil th e S . , , P . twent ﬁve bushels of grain at the start liam H . C arman , Harry eirson , E Brown , y O i P a o f . c pacity the works has been increased to Totman Jacobson , A rr s , hillips W ic o m 20 0 . F a rn bushels per day and is now producing an S . . . c C tarr , L L . Lord , A Mc oy , U . . . average of barrels of pure rye whisky C o . . , F H Bemis , F E nderwood , Win

. . . C N C M L au hlin . per year The rapid growth of the works is 8 . R . . c , B , ose , g J ochran

P. . an evidence that its production is second to R . Thomas oddy , . L Williamson , M Davis , J f D o ra n c e . . none , a state of a airs which the proprietors O . tto Kohler , J Ford , F W Trum S . claim their intention of maintaining“ To the per , J . B . Daniels , James J hryock , Lewis S c ha u w e k e r . purity of the spring water used in the distilling C . S Walker, J . mith , F , Lewis

C . . is largely attributed the ﬁne qualities of the S . C Morgan , A . otton , Veith Limber , M fo r o u sh S P . liquor, which enjoy a broad reputation B , C harles Fahr , wickard feifer, A

r c C medicinal purposes . A . Live more , John Mc lintock , David omp th e l S . A visit to works , which have recent y to n . C . . , Joseph Derickson , J Hays , W Mc been materially enlarged , shows everything i l . G u n n e . . g , J H Lenhart, Jules Delaunay , M apparently perfect for the manufactu re of pure O n . S S o . hlman , W A Logan , Henry hafer , ~ o ne o f b R We present a cut of of the little ma whisky , which over arrels are at S C . C . . George idman , John otton , W Lind in - N M chines used by the modern merchant to carry present stored the bonded ware houses . A . . c . sey , B . F . Andrews , A . Gaston , J cash from distant parts - o f the store to the branch of the industry is the fattening for C . loskey , Frank Hanaway , William H Quay , ’ ) cashier s desk . market of large quantities of beef cattle , i . Z e la r I . F . B . g , . H , Hall , F F Lippitt , James N I t is possible for this tiny car to transport a which seem to thrive wonderfully on the dis S . . . J . Dunn , W . . Harper , E ortham , F F R C larger purchasing value than the ponderous tillery slops . The business provides em . z . Fish , E . Wert , Atticus Lewis . harles W

f n . ) our horse wagons of our a cestors , laden as ployment for a large number of hands C B S I . Fish , harles lystone , Hopkins tem , ' R P they were with the crude products of the soil . R . . W . Lyon , John eitze , A Fowler , owell S S S This cash carrier is the invention of H iram A d am s E x ress C om an . Hood , George . hattuck , Jacob hoemaker , p p y a nd H . Fuller , a native , present resident of G M c K a r . N . C H . A . able , David T . y , J . , H The Adams Express ompany , the oldest in our city , who is an amateur mechanic of S . Miller , Henry C hurch , James G . Foster , L . express company now in existence , having ve ntiv e a nd R tastes , who has at various times 1 8 f a n tra n e r . P. A t . Gardner, A . g , James E ich been established about 5 4 by a Mr Alvin R produced mechanical devices of merit . A ﬂi e in P C . . a o c C . mond , A . J . Howe , E . arsons , L y Adams , opened its this city about C o f . ompany , which Mr Fuller is secretary 1 88 1 mond , C . A . Brunn , Frank Hoffman , James O ctober I st , simultaneously with the and manager , has been organized to manu G . . . o n Kiernan , H . A . able (store ) , F G J commencement of business the Meadville facture these carriers , and we are assured that P S P R w . renatt , F . Winter , J . W . turdevant , eter Linesville ail ay I ts introduction here a large number of them will soon be in use . R . . e x S . Burkhart , D . ichmond , J V Maynard , gave the city the advantage of competing

R G . S . B o n e th e C . . M rs . . . E Gable , W ill , A eatty , press lines as of many good results

8 P ro . S . P . Bate s LL . D A u t o r a n d f C . . . o . St . . . , C o . f h Welton , W B Best , H Flood , D arising from the building of this line road

H s tor an . G \V . . P i i a n Minium , eorge Elliott , W Dean , hilip The Adams controls the business over \V in hitn e O . C . C B St S o n . ender , A . Blum , B A y , A work devoted to rawford ounty would extensive mileage of railroad all states, east l m o n R . P s o e a R . . Terry , Louis Tordella , Henry M upp , J not be complete without a sketch of one who of the acific p , g which is the entire P P y M . Dunbar , C harles Veith , Alexander ower , has been so closely identified with its growth ennsylvania s stem and negotiations are now S R M c C o . . P . u . F d n . . . George M c ad e , W y , A W and history as amuel Bates H e was born pending for extending its lines into E rope C fli ie nt N . . 2 1 8 2 in . . e c S . . mith , H H . Fuller , E orris , T J Town January 9 , 7 . Mendon , Mass , and Mr Will lancy , the present and

‘ in 1 1 . N . . U 8 P . C . ley , Phillip . Wenz , H Davis , B Hof graduated at Brown niversity 5 obliging agent of the company in Meadville, M D o w e ll O M d in 1 8 o mc e 1 s t S . C . c . ford , H . M . Dickson , , He removed to ea ville 5 3 and was was placed in charge of the June , I n 1 8 1 6 f ru n . . 88 . Keese , W . H . Gaskill , George W Adams , principal of the Meadville Academy 5 7 The receipts of the o ﬁce here

80 0 . e e C . C S S C . C S $ P. P . W . orter , H Beeman , yrus , was elected ounty uperintendent of chools; from to per month