KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME ONE Read before the Society during the year ending March 1, 1899

THE OLD CHURCHYARD by B. L. Maurer………………………………….5 The New Churchyard The Indian Burying Ground NEW ENGLAND AND FEDERAL HILLS BY SO NAMED………………….8 New England Hill Federal Hill BRADDOCK’S ROUTE by Major Chauncey Ives……………………………12 PATH VALLEY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION by Hon. A. N. Pomeroy……22 GENERAL WASHINGTON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY by John G. Orr….. 36 The Three Mountain Road Proposals of John Skinner for a Road This Valley a Unit in Support of the Revolution The Whiskey Insurrection Sympathy With the Whiskey Insurrection in this Co Passage and Return of the Troops Gen. Washington’s Journey to Bedford Gen. Washington’s Return to Philadelphia BENJAMIN CHAMBERS by John M. Cooper…………………………………57 THE GERMAN INFLUENCE IN : WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY by M. A. Foltz………………..62 FACTS SUGGESTED BY PAPER READ BY M. A. FOLTZ AT SEPTEMBER MEETING by John M .Cooper…………………..…………84 WHAT I SAW IN CHARLESTOWN, VA., ON THE 15TH AND 16TH DAYS OF DECEMBER, 1859 by B. L. Maurer……………………………89 MANNERS AND MORALS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO by S. A. Martin…….95 A REVIEW OF THE OLD ACADEMY by James W. Cree……………………..101 ROMANCE OF COWAN’S GAP by B. L. Maurer…………………………....109 THE FOUNDERS OF CHAMBERSBURG by G. O. Seilhamer……………….112

VOLUME TWO Read before the Society from February 1899 to February 1901

THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH……………... 5 by Rev. J. Agnew Crawford, D. D. SCOTCH-IRISH OCCUPANCY AND EXODUS by Hon. John Stewart………..14 THE COLONIAL DEFENCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY by W. S. Hoerner ….29 LEWIS, THE ROBBER AND OUTLAW by J. W. Sharpe, Esq………………….49 THE DOCTOR WOMAN OF SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP by John G. Orr…..67 THE TRADITION CONERNING OUR LIMESTONE LANDS ………………….74 by John M. Cooper, Esq. THE INDIANS OF THE VALLEY by Maj. Chauncey Ives………………………93 CULBERTSON’S ROW by John G. Orr…………………………………………113 MOTHER CUMBERLAND by Geo. O. Seilhamer, Esq…………………………141 THE SCHOOLS OF OUR FATHERS by Prof. M. R. Alexander………………..169 by Hon. W. Rush Gillan………………………………….181 THE FALLING SPRING by B. L. Mauer……………………………………..…210 THE BUCKSHOT WAR by John M. Cooper, Esq………………………………217 FLORA AND FAUNA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY by Dr. C. F. Palmer…………243 THE TRANSITIONS OF A CENTURY by Hon. M. A. Foltz…………………..259 OLD CONOCOCHEAGUE FAMILIES by Geo. O. Seilhamer, Esq…………….281 MOUNTAIN STREAMS by B. L. Maurer……………………………………….304

1 VOLUME THREE Read before the Society from March 28, 1901-February, 27, 1901

FRANKLIN COUNTY, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, GEOLOGICALLY…… 7 AND MINERALOGICALLY CONSIDERED by Col. H. C. Demming THE TRADITIONS RELATING TO THE BARRENS OF THE LIMESTONE ……18 LANDS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY, WITH SPECIAL REFER- ENCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY BY John G. Orr CONTENTS OF A BARREL by George O. Seilhamer, Esq………..……………….35 SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY……………….…39 by T. J. Brereton THE MEN OF MIDDLE SPRING by G. O. Seilhamer, Esq………………………..52 EARLY GRIST MILLS OF LURGAN TOWNSHIP by John G. Orr……………….75 DR. HUGH MERCER AND COL. ROBERT MAGAW by John Montgomery…...129 ISABELLA OLIVER AN EARLY POETESS OF THE CUMBERLAND …………141 VALLEY by Joshua W. Sharpe AN ANCESTRY HUNT IN ULSTER by Geo. O. Seilhamer……………………….156 THE WAGONS AND WAGONERS OF 1840 by B. R. Goodyear………………….171 THE BANKS OF CHAMBERSBURG by J. S. McIlvaine…………………………..178 AN EARLY LITERARY BY-PATH ALONG THE CONOCOCHEAGUE…………197 by Linn Harbaugh, Esq. JOHN WILKINS by T. J. Brereton……..…………………………………………..209 THE RELATIONS WHICH THE PEOPLE OF CUMBERLAND AND ……………221 FRANKLIN COUNTIES BORE TO THE WHISKEY INSURRECTION OF 1794 by C. P. Humrich, Esq.

VOLUME FOUR Papers read before the Society from March, 1903 to February 1905

A BACKWARD GLANCE AT THE TRAITS, TRADITIONS AND PERSONAL-……9 ITY OF THE EARLY SCOTCH-IRISH by M. A. Foltz THE STORY OF AN ANCIET LAW SUIT. By William S. Hoerner………………..32 J. ORR AND BROTHERS by John G. Orr……………………………………….,.52 DR. JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN, THE THEOLOGIAN, by John C. Bowman……..85 JOHN BROWN by James P. Matthews, Esq…………………………………………109 FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVAINA, IN STATE AND NATION ……………148 BUILDING by Benjamin Matthias Nead MISSING BRANCHES OF OUR OLDEST FAMILY by Geo. O. Seilhamer………171 JOHN M. COOPER, HIS ANCESTRY AND CAREER by M. A. Foltz……………191 SOME OF OUR NATIVE POETS by Linn Harbaugh, ……………………………..204 FORT LOUDON by Rev. James M. Mullan………………………………………….230 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SAINT THOMAS,FORMERLY, ……………………...244 CAMPBELLSTOWN by Charles M. Deatrich THE INDIANS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA by Robert C. Bair……………286 A SKETCH OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR – Dr. Philip Schaff…………………..307 by Linn Harbaugh, Esq.

VOLUME FIVE Papers read before the Society from March 1905, to February 1908

EARLY HIGHWAYS, I. THE THREE MOUNTAIN ROAD………………………..9 by John G. Orr REMINISCENCES OF CAPTAIN COOK AND WILLIAM HAZELETT…………...38 by Hiram E. Wertz ARNOLD BROOKS, A TYPICAL NEGRO HOSTLER, STAGE DRIVER…………44 AND FRIEND by Linn Harbaugh THE MERCERSBURG ACADEMY by William Mann Irvine………………………53 EARLY SCHOOL GIRLS OF THE CONOCOCHEAGUE by Geo. O. Seilhamer…70 A FORGOTTEN BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR by Linn Harbaugh……………….87 JENKINS RAID by Mrs. Jemima K. Cree……………………………………………92 FROM THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY TO THE WESTERN RESERVE………….100 A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY by E. V. Collins SOME PERSONAL PICKINGS FROM POLITICAL FIELDS OF THE PAST -……119 FROM HARRISON TO LINCOLN by Warren I. Cook ELNATHAN ELISHA HIGBEE by George E. Mull………………………………..152 A NOTABLE PUBLICATION HOUSE IN CHAMBERSBURG -1835-1864………..183

2 by M. A. Foltz THE WILSON FAMILY by W. Rush Gillan………………………………………..200 EARLY HIGHWAYS, II, THE THREE MOUNTAIN ROAD by John …………….223 SOME MISSING AND MISPLACED ANCESTORS by Geo. O. Seilhamer……….252 THE GERMAN SETTLEMENT by Geo. O. Seilhamer……………………………..267 THE TERRITORY OF NORTH HAMILTON IN PIONEER DAYS by Charles……286 Deatrich THE GEOLOGY AND TOPRAHRAPHY OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY,……..….308 PENNSYLVANIA by Dr. M. C. Ihlseng TRUTHS AND TRADITIONS OF EARLY TIMES by Linn Harbaugh……………315 A DECADE OF THE KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY…………………331 WORK OF THE SOCIETY, by M. A. Foltz…………………………………………338

VOLUME SIX Read before the society from February, 1908 to February, 1910

BENEDICT ARNOLD, PATRIOT and TRAITOR. by Hon. Charles H. Smiley ….….9 New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania

THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS of SNOW HILL. By Chas. W. Cremer…………..10 Waynesboro, Pennsylvania SUMMER VACATION ASSEMBLY at “RAGGED EDGE” Guests of……………30 Mr. M. C. Kennedy JAMES McLENE, of the CUMBERLAND VALLEY in PENNSYLVANIA………….31 A Statesman of his Times. By Benjamin Matthias Nead THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By Rev. …………..46 E. V. Collins MOUNT DELIGHT by John M. McDowell, Esq……………………………………..73 TWO FAMOUS MILITARY ROADS OF PENNSYLVANIA by Hon………………93 George E. Mapes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania OLD FORT LOUDON and its ASSOCIATIONS No. 1 by Geo. O…………………105 Seilhamer, Esq OLD FORT LOUDON and its ASSOCIATIONS No. 2 by Geo. O…………………125 Seilhamer, Esq. THE CONODOGWINET CREEK No 3 (Early Highways) by John ………………140 G. Orr, Esq. UNVEILING of DR. AGNEW PORTRAIT, Guests of Dr. Irvine…..…………………185 Mercersburg Academy VACATION ASSEMBLY at SUMMER HOME of Mr. M. C. Kennedy……………….186 THE DEDICATION of the CAPT. JOHN E. COOK MARKER………………………..187 by Benjamin Matthias Nead, Esq., Harrisburg, PA REGULAR MEETING of SOCIETY at “ELDERSLIE” Biographical………………199 Sketch of Josiah Culbertson. Read by J. S. McIlvaine A DAY in the COURTS A. J. White Hutton, Esq…………………………………206 A LAWYER’S NOSEGAY. By Linn Harbaugh, Esq……………………………….216 A FRANKLIN COUNTY COUSIN of ROBERT BURNS. By C. W. Cremer……….225 Waynesboro, Pennsylvania

VOLUME SEVEN Read before the Society from February , 1910 to February 1912

TWELTH ANNUAL MEETING. Paper by Dr. M. C. Ihlseng. Subject…………….…9 Early Engineering Enterprises in Pennsylvania THE ANCIENT LAW of ENGLAND. By Hon. W. Rush Gillan………………….…..12 COLLEGES of the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By The Rev. S. A. Martin, D.D …...15 HISTORIANS at COUNTRY HOME. Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Kauffman…….….29 SUMMER VACATION. Entertained at “Ragged Edge”……………………………..29 UNVEILING of JUSTICE McFARLAND PORTRAIT, MERCERSBURG…………….30 ACADEMY. Address by The Rev. James Gray Rose, D. D. THE POES of ANTRIM. By Thomas C. Van Tries, M. D. Bellefonte, PA…………..43 THE JUDICIARY of FRANKLIN COUNTY. By Judge Gillan……………………….55 INTRODUCTORY to BIBLIOGRAPHY of Franklin County. Mr. Harbaugh………….90 THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. By H. E. Wertz, Quincy, PA……………….100 LUTHERAN CHURCH in the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By The Rev. C. W……...106 Heathcote, S. T. D., 534 West Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania JUDGE THOMAS COOPER. By Professor Charles F. Himes, Carlisle, PA….…...122

3 SUMMER VACATION. Entertained by M. C. Kennedy at Country Home…………151 EARLY HIGHWAYS. No. 4 by John G. Orr, Esq……………………………………152 THE EVOLUTION of a BACK COUNTRY FISHERMAN. By B. M.Nead………….186 Harrisburg, Pa. Reprinted by permission from “Mount and Stream”, Official Organ of the Hunters’ and Anglers Protective Association. APPENDIX: REPORT of the COMMITTEE on MARKERS……………………………..193 LETTER from J. H. Renfrew……………………………………………….197

VOLUME EIGHT Read before the Society February, 1912 to February 1915

JUDGE THOMAS COOPER. (Second Paper) by Prof. Charles Himes………….…….9 CAPTAIN JOHN R. KOOKEN. By Linn Harbaugh, Esq………………………….…13 FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS and the MEN WHO MADE THEM………….27 (Hon. M. A. Foltz). By A. Nevin Pomeroy FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS and the MEN WHO MADE THEM………….31 by . M. A. Foltz. PARTIAL REPORT of COMMITTEE on BIBLIOGRAPAHY………………………...57 RECEPTION at RAGGED EDGE…………………………………………………….…66 RECEPTION at ELDERSLIE……………………………………………………………66 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. Illustrated Lecture. By B. M. Nead (sidelights)…………….67 SIDELIGHTS……………………………………………………………………………..70 THE JUBILEE of EMANCIPATION. By A. J. W. Hutton…………………………...76 REVIEW of the LAST FIVE YEARS. By M. A. Foltz……………………………..…92 THE RISE, PROGRESS and DECLINE of the CHAMBERSBURG INSURANCE .…101 COMPANY. By A. J. W. Hutton MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS. By T. J. Brereton……………………………….123 THE CHURCH of the UNITED BRETHREN in CHRIST in FRANKLIN COUNTY..142 By James Schaff THE DOCTORS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. By R. W. Ramsey, M. D.………....170 AN UNSUNG BENEFACTOR. By C. W. Cremer…………………………………...201 SONS of FRANKLIN COUNTY PROMINENT ELSEWHERE. By John M. Runk...215 UNVEILING of PORTRAIT of JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN, D.D., LL.D……….238 THE GREAT ANNIVERSARY YEAR 1914………………………………………….253 MILITARY SITUATION and BURNING of CHAMBERSBURG. By M. Gherst…..277 WILLIAM FINDLAY. By Hon. W. Rush Gillan………………………………….…297

VOLUME NINE Read before the Society February, 1915 to April 1922

BROWNS HEIRS vs. BANK OF CHAMBERSBURG. BY A. J. White Hutton…..….11 PIONEER LIFE and PIONEERS of FRANKLIN COUNTY. By J. M. Runk………..26 THE NATIONAL TRANS-CONTINENTAL HIGHWAY. By George H. Stewart…..65 ANGELS of MERCY. BY Linn Harbaugh………………………………………….…74 LOCAL TRAGEDIES of the EARLY FIFTIES. By John G. Orr……………………...83 NORTH HAMILTON in PIONEER DAYS, FORT MCCORD and its PIONEER……..91 DEFENDERS and THEIR DESCENDANTS. By C. M. Deatrich THE BIRTH, GROWTH and PASSING of the COUNTRY SCHOOL. By John Orr . 106 CHANGES in BIBULOUS CUSTOMS. By John G. Orr…………………………….127 REMINISCENCES of a FRANKLIN COUNTY UNNATURALIST. B. M. Nead…...138 ROBERT McCLELLAN (First Paper). By Prof. John L. Finafrock………………….158 THE CAMPBELLS are COMING. By C. M. Deatrich………………………………..179 A FEW FACTS ABOUT the CUMBERLAND VALLEY R. R. by H. A. Riddle……..232 ROBERT McCLELLAN. (Second paper). By Prof. J. L. Finafrock…………………270 JOHN ARMSTRONG and HIS DESCENDANTS. By H. H. Emmons……………...299 THE MYSTERY of CULBERTSON’S ROW. By John G. Orr……………………..333 HISTORICAL INCIDENTS CONNECTED with WAYNESBORO AND …………...346 FRANKLIN COUNTY. By C. W. Cremer MAJOR JAMES McCALMONT. By M. K. Burgner…………………………………371 THE McDOWELL FORT and MARKER. By Dr. J. G. Rose………………………….397 THE HISTORY of MORMONISM with PARTICULAR REFERENCE to the FOUNDING of the NEW JERUSALEM in FRANKLIN COUNTY by B. M. Nead

4 THE WOMEN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY in the CIVIL WAR. ……………………...428 by Parker R. Skinner TRADITIONS and RECORDS of a PIONEER FAMILY. ……………………………444 By Prof. J. L. Finafrock

FORDS, FERRIES and BRIDGES. By John G. Orr………………………………….462 HISTORY of the EARLY PHYSCIANS of CHAMBERSBURG. ……….………..…..477 By Dr. J. P. Maclay MARY JEMISON. By Hon. W. Rush Gillan…………………………………………492 COL. PATRICK JACK. By O. C. Bowers, Esq……………………………………….509 REMINISCENCES of GREENCASTLE. By Watson R. Davison, Esq……………….534 VALUES, HISTORICAL and OTHER. By V. W. Dippell, Ph. D…………………….553 THE CHAMBERSBURG ACADEMY. By Prof. U. L. Gordy……………………….564 THE WELSH RUN CHURCH. By Rev. J. G. Rose, D. D………………………….…603 SKETCH of SALEM CHURCH. By John G. Orr………………………………………616

VOLUME TEN Read before the Society, May 1922 to March 1929

THE OLD IRON WORKS of the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By Edward … ………….7 B. Wiestling SCOTLAND VILLAGE. By Col. W. C. Bambrick……………………………..………..25 BACKWARD GLANCES at the ANCESTRY and CAREERS of SOME…………..…….37 EARLY PIONEERS. By C. M. Deatrich MASON and DIXON LINE. By J. H. Stoner…………………………………………….49 THE WATER POWERS ON THE CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK. ..…………………...77 by J. H. Stoner A HISTORICAL SURVEY. By Hattie Wylie Stewart……………………………………81 TWO INDIAN LEGENDS. By Watson R. Davison……………………………..………97 THE MERCERSBURG ACADEMY –THIRTY YEARS AS HEADMASTER………….107 BY Dr. W. M. Irvine CONDENSED HISTORICAL SKETCH of the GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT………...125 of MEANS of COMMUNICATION. By W. J. C. Jacobs THE SCOTCH IRISH STREAM of MIGRATION, ITS SOURCE, CHANNELS……….141 and RESERVOIRS. By Laurence R. Guthrie FOUR SUPERLATIVE ROADS. By J. H. Stoner……………………………………...163 – a SKETCH. By A. J. W. Hutton…………………………..…183 ON the WAY to MONTEREY. By J. H. Stoner………………………………………....209 THE DRUMMER BOY of the CONOCOCHEAGUE. By Charles M. Deatrich………...267 A NOTEWORTHY MEETING. By A. J. White Hutton………………………………….291 OUR FIRST DEFENDERS. By W. A. Culbertson……………………………………….309 THE TEACHERS’ SUMMER SCHOOLS of FRANKLIN COUNTY. ………………….335 by Raymond G. Mowery THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY FRONTIER in the REVOLUTION …………………...357 THE MERCERSBURG . By William Mann Irvine, Head Master…………..375 NOTES to PAPERS in OTHER VOLUMES………………………………………………387 THE EARLY TRAVELED HIGHWAYS ABOUT UPPER STRASBURG…………..….395 By M. K. Burgner SAMUEL W. McCALL, GOVERNOR of , A GREAT……………..427 PENNSYLVANIAN. By Ethelbert D. Warfield THE OLD MILLS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. By T. B. Wood………………………...443 VIEWS of OLD MILLS. From Photographs By T. B. Wood…………………………..461 INDEX OF PAPERS…………………………………………………………………….…477 BY-LAWS OF THE KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY……………………….489 OFFICERS and MEMBERS………………………………………………………………..493

VOLUME ELEVEN Read before the society February, 1928 to June 1939

GEORGE WASHINGTON By Hon. A. J. White Hutton…………..………………..……..7 JOHN STEWART, LLD. A STORY OF SIXTY YEARS IN PUBLIC LIFE. …………...21 By Hon. A. J. White Hutton THE MERCERSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – ITS EARLY HISTORY………...39

5 1738.1811 BY Dr. J. G. Rose

THE MYSTIC CHORDS OF MEMORY by Hon. A. J. White Hutton…………………….55 A DISTINGUISHED FRANKLIN COUNTY NAVAL HERO…………………………..…71 By William A. Culbertson THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE FALLING SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH…….85 AND THE FOUNDER OF CHAMBERSBURG by Harvey W. Spessard A FORGOTTEN FRANKLIN COUNTY FAMILY by Jacob H. Stoner…………………115 WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELDS AND MONUMENTS WITH RELATION TO ……….135 LOCAL UNITS. By Daniel Heefner GENERAL EARLY’S INVASION. By J. H. Stoner……………………………………..157 AN OLD TIME PARSON. By Dr. J. G. Rose…………………………………………….181 WASHINGTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. By J. H. Stoner………………………….191 CHAMBERSBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS by Prof. U. L. Gordy……………217 A HISTORY OF LOCAL BOARD NO. 1 OF FRANKIN COUNTY………………………245 By Charles H. Clippinger THE GENESIS OF LOCAL HOSPITALS………………………………………………….281 By Dr. A. W. Thrush OLD MILL STONES. By Jacob H. Stoner………………………………………………...295 THE OLD LOUDON ROAD, Part 1. By Dr. A. W. Thrush…………..………………..317 THE OLD BROWN’S MILL SCHOOL By Prof. U. L. Gordy.….……………………….333 THE GERMAN REFORMED CONGREGATION AT GREENCASTLE………………..365 By J. Edward Omwake DAVID WATSON ROWE -- LAWYER, SOLDIER, JURIST……………………………383 By Hon. A. J. White Hutton PRESIDENTIAL BLOOD IN CUMBERLAND VALLEY By J. H. Stoner………………403 THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO FRANKLIN COUNTY BOYS IN THE GOLD RUSH……429 OF 1849-1860 by J. Edward Omwake ALONG THE LOUDON ROAD, Part II by Dr. A. W. Thrush……………………………429 WILLIAM RUSH GILLAN --- TEACHER, MERCHANT, LAWYER, JURIST………….459 By Hon. A. J. White Hutton AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE FLEET. By Frank B. Lesher……………….…….479 CARRICK FURNACE. By Milton K. Burgner……………………………………………495 FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE MAKING OF OUR FEDERAL CONSTITUTION………509 By Prof. U. L. Gordy A TWICE TOLD TALE. By Hon. A. J. White Hutton……………………………………..527 RETREAT OF CONFEDERATE ARMY THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP……529 AND WAYNESBORO by Jacob H. Stoner CLOSED POST OFFICES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. By Prof. U. L. Gordy…………….555 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF EAST CONOCOCHEAGUE CHURCH……………………..589 By William R. Davison, Esq. THE SPIRIT OF ROCKY SPRING. By Edmund C. Wingerd, Esq………………………..611

VOLUME TWELVE Read before the society October, 1939 to March, 1949

WHEN METHODIST CIRCUIT RIDERS FIRST CAME TO FRANKLIN COUNTY………..7 By dr. J. McKendree Reiley REMINISCERE, by A. J. Hutton, Esq………………….………………………………………17 CIVIL WAR DAYS IN MERCERSBURG by The Rev. J. D. Edmiston Turner………..……29 HANG JEFF DAVIS ON A SOUR APPLE TREE, by A. J. White Hutton, Esq…………….…41 GEORGE FRICK, FATHER OF WAYNESBORO INDUSTRY by Jacob H. Stoner…….….51 A GREAT EDUCATOR, by Daniel Heefner…………………………………………….…….71 MERCERSBURG CLASSIS, by Rev. Paul T. Stonesifer…………………………………..…105 I RODE WITH STONEWALL, by A. J. White Hutton, Esq…………………………………165 BENJAMIN RUSH SENSENY, M.D., First in the to Produce in a Commercial Way Animal Vaccine Virus, by Dr. A. W. Thrush…………………177 THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA I—WILSON COLLEGE FROM 1869 – 1883……………..187 By Dr. Paul Swain Havens CHURCH HILL, by J. L. Finafrock………………………………………………………….205 UP AND DOWN THE FALLING SPRING by Jacob H. Stoner……………………………..217 THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA II – WILSON COLLEGE FROM 1883 – 1903………………231 By Dr. Paul Swain Havaens THE GENERAL WHO PREFERRED TO BE CALLED A COLONEL,…………………….247 By A. J. White Hutton PENNSYLVANIA AT WAR, by Dr. S. K. Stevens……No Manuscript available CORNPLANTER AND HIS INDIANS, by Merle H. Deardorff ……………………………..251 TRAMPS ALONG THE FALLING SPRING IN THE 1870’S, by Jacob H. Stoner……….…271

6 MAKING HISTORY A LIVING FORCE, BY The Rev. J. D. Edmiston Turner……………285 WILLIAM PENN, THE MAN, by Honorable Gregg L. Neel………………………………..291 MAD ANTHONY WAYNE, by Rev. Paul T. Stonesifer…………………………………….299 AN UNFORGETTABLE COLONIAL PASTOR, by A. J. White Hutton, Esq………………315 MONT ALTO FURNACE DAYS, by Jacob H. Stoner………………………………………332 SOME CIVIL WAR BIBLIOGRAPHY, by A. J. White Hutton, Esq…………………………341 THE MERCERSBURG REVIEW, Vol 1, by The Rev. Paul T. Stonesifer………………….353 ILLUSTRATED LECTURE ON THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, by Frederick Tilbert OBSERVATIONS ON THE CALVINIAN REFORMATION FOLLOWING MY VISIT.. TO GENEVA AND SCOTLAND by Honorable William S. Culbertson PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF UTILITIES IN CHAMBERSBURG, AN EXPERIMENT……..363 By Charles R. Nicklas LETTERKENNY TOWNSHIP AND ORDINANCE DEPOT, by Col. R. W. Daniels……....369 A PIONEER ON ANTITUM, by B. Franklin Royer, M.D., Sc D……………………………379

THE SETTING FOR THE GREAT GEM, THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THE ………….391 DELIVERY OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL WORDS AT GETTYSBURG, By Addison M. Bowman, Esq.

VOLUME THIRTEEN Read before the society October, 1950 to May, 1957

THE STORY OF PENNSYLVANIA WEEK By Floyd Chalfant…………………………….…7 PASSING OF THE OLD LOG HOUSE OF PIONEER JOHN MCCLELLAN………………….17 By John Graham Palmer, and B. Franklin Royer, M. D., Sc. D. GENEALOGICAL DATA CONCERNING MCCLELLAN, MAXWELL, IRWIN ……………35 And MCCOY, .DENNIS CREEK AND PALMER RUN, North Hamilton by Harry E. Foreman………………47 CLIFTON HALL, by John Graham Palmer, J. P…………………………………………………71 THE STORY OF A GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK, by A. J. White Hutton………………………91 EVENTS LEADING TO THE PLACING OF AN HISTORICAL MARKER INDICATING WHERE FORT MARSHALL WAS LOCATED by B. Franklin Royer………101 LIEUTENANT ISAAC C. STRAIN, EXPLORER AND SCIENTIST OF THE OLD NAVY…..117 By Louis H. Bolander FORTS ARMSTRONG AND MCCONNELL, by Harry E. Foreman……………………………129 THE EVOLUTION OF A CHALLENGE, by John Graham Palmer, J. P………………………..137 PATHFINDING IN PENNSYLVANIA, by Paul A. W. Wallace………………………………..269 THE CHARCOAL PRODUCTION SECTION OF THE MONT ALTO FURNACE ……………283 OPERATION, by Emory C. Oyler REBELS IN THE VALLEY --- 1776 , by C. W. Ewing…………………………………………291 LIFE OF GENERAL SAMUEL WALKER, by Mrs. James M. Johnston…………………………301 THE FORBES ROAD, PARNELS KNOB TO COWAN’S GAP, by Harry E. Foreman…………..309 KEENE, A NOTED MAGICIAN, by William H. Wagner………………………….……………..325 JEREMIAH S. BLACK, A NOTED JUDGE, by Robert R. Black…………………………………345 LET US HERE BUILD A MONUMENT TO ROBERT E. LEE, by Dr. Frank Bohn……………..367 PATH VALLEY’S WASHINGTON BLUES IN THE CIVIL WAR by Joseph E. Walker……….373 BIRTH OF THE IRON INDUSTRY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Harry E. Foreman………….389 FRANKIN HALL, CHAMBERSBURG’S FIRST THEATRE, by A. J. White Hutton……….…..403 THE EVENTFUL YEARS OF 1915 TO Nov. 11, 1918, by Rev. Raymond Law Markley…….…..421 THE SKINNER INNS FROM CONODOGUINET SECRETS by Harry E. Foreman………….…437 JOHN WHITE GEARY, by A. J. White Hutton…………………………………………………….451 SOME EARLY FRANKLIN COUNTY WILLS FROM A WOMAN’S STANDPOINT…………..463 BY Mrs. Marge Small Kieffer PASSING OF THE ONE ROOM SCHOOL, by Dr. Raymond G. Mowrey………………………..469 DESCENDANTS OF ELIZABETH BROWN, by B. Franklin Royer……………………………...489 CONOCOCHEAGUE HEADWATERS OF AMBERSON VALLEY, by Harry E. Foreman……..507 ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by Henry E. Luhrs………………………………………………………..519 SCOUTS BEFORE GETTYSBURG, by Joseph E. Walker…………………………………………523 SOME NAMES AND PLACES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by David E. Chapman………………533 FRANK THOMPSON, 1841-1899, PRESIDENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, …..543 BY-LAWS OF THE KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY………………………………….573

VOLUME FOURTEEN Read before the Society, October, 1957 to April, 1963

EPITAPHS AND OTHER MATTERS OF LOCAL INTEREST, by A. J. White Hutton…………….….7 SOUTH MAIN STREET, CHAMBERSBURG---1887, by A. J. White Hutton…………………………19 MERCERSBURG – HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, by David F. Chapman………………………….31

7 MERCERSBURG –HOUSES OF INTERST, by Robert R. Black……………………………………….35 MERCERSBURG—THE DICKEY FAMILY OF PETERS TOWNSHIP, by Thomas B. Steiger………41 MERCERSBURG—OLD MARSHALL COLLEGE, BY Charles S. Tippetts…………………………..47 THE BOYS OF ’61, BY A. J. White Hutton……………………………………………………………..53 JOHN BROWN AT CHAMBERSBURG, WRITTEN IN 1906 BY JAMES W. CREE…………………59 By John Gordon Cree SIXTY YEARS OF BEISTLES’, by Henry E. Luhrs…………………………………………………….75 AN OLD HOME IN PATH VALLEY, by Samuel R. Diehl…………………………………………….117 MEMOIRS OF ANNA BARBRA HARMONY ROGERS by Henry E. Luhrs…………………………137 FRANKLIN COUNTY REFERENCES IN SELECTED FACT AND FICTION……………………..…149 By Roger C. Mowrey ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF BUSINESS ON SOUTH MAIN STREET, by Charles R. Nicklas……..191 THE 77TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS AT SHILOH, by Samuel L. Daihl………………..……199 CHAMBERSBURG AND MEN OF WAR TIMES ---1861, by A. J. White Hutton………………….…211 MOSS SPRING GRAVEYARD ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED, by Benjamin S. Whitmore….….223 SOME RARE ITEMS REGARDING JAMES BUCHANAN AND THADDEUS STEVENS……………229 By Rose G. Holler (Mrs. Brenton B. Holler) WITH MASON AND DIXON AND THE SHELBYS AND HERRODS, by Harry E. Foreman………..237 A. WHITE HUTTON –LAWYER, TEACHER, HISTORIAN, by Charles R. B. CHAMBERSBURG BANK ROBBERY, by Edmund C. wingerd…………………………………255 WASHINGTON’S TRIP THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY, by R. G. Mowrey……………………….269 WARWICK TO CONOCOCHEAGUE, by William C. Bewer, M.D……………………………………..271 THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC WELFARE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by William S. Douglas……..285 A STORY OF COLONIAL TIME IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Lucy Chambers Benchoff………..…311 FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH CONFEDERATE EYES, by Stanley Omwake…………………....219 THE LANE FAMILY OF MERCERSBURG, by Henry Kittredge……………………………………....329 FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS AND THE MEN WHO MADE THEM—1912-1962…………...339 By Charles R. Nicklas THE YEAR 1863 OF THE CIVIL WAR AS IT PERTAINED TO FRANKLIN COUNTY……………….367 CIVIL WAR CAMPS IN AND ABOUT CHAMBERSBURG, by Lee B. Hoover……………………….373 INDIAN CAMP SITES IN THE MERCERSBURG QUADRANGLE, by Thomas B. Steiger……………381

VOLUME FIFTEEN Read before the Society 1963 / 1970

THE BALLAD OF RICHARD BARD, by Mrs. T. Krebbs Benchoff………………………………………1 FRANKIN COUNTY TROLLEY LINES, by Dr. Roger C. Mowery……………………………………….12 MARGARET COCHRAN CORBIN, by Sarah D. Rohr……………………………………………………28 SURVEYING WITH COLONEL HENRY BOUQUET, by Harry E. Foreman…………………………….32 TOKENS OF THE CHURCH, by Rev. Henry A. Riddle…………………………………………………….41 THE STORY OF THE FORT, by Harry E. Foreman…………………………………………………………49 THE BURNING OF CHAMBERSBURG, by William P. Conrad……………………………………………58 THE JOHN BELL POTTERY, by David F. Chapman………………………………………………………..68 EARLY INNS OF CHAMBERSBURG, by Lee B. Hoover…………………………………………………..72 SOME INTERESTING ELECTIONS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Mrs. Enos H. Horst…………………..79 CROWNSTONE NUMBER 120 – MASON AND DIXON LINE, by Harry E. Foreman……………………83 HE WAS THERE: THE STORY OF COLONEL THEODORE MCGOWAN, by Charles R. Nicklas……..89 KONOLOWA AND KIRCHEN BUCH der GEMERINE in der KLEINEN COVE, by Harry E. Foreman….96 WAR TRAILS TO THE CONOCOCHEAGUE, by Murray E. Kauffman…………………………………..105 PREHISTORIC AMERICAN INDIANS OF EASTERN UNITED STATES by James A. Dickson, M.D….115 1865--- OUR JOHNNIES COME MARCHING HOME, by Samuel L. D.iehl………………………………128 PIPE AND TOMAHAWK RIGHTS, JOHN THOM TRADING POST, by Harry E. Foreman…………….137 THE FIRST 150 YEARS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON LODGE, by Harry L. Oyler………………….....145 THE COLONEL AND HIS FAMILY (Colonel A. K. McClure), by Marion F. bersole………………….…177 THE COVENATER PEW FROM CORKER HILL, by Murray E. Kauffman……………………………….184 THE C. V.’S IN REVIEW: HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY HOSE CO., ……………………….197 BY Frederick E. Snider LIBONIA, by J. W. Parks…………………………………………………………………………………….218 DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Doris T. Hutton………………………..224 CHAMBERSBURG RURAL FREE DELIVERY, by Janet Zarger Gabler………………………………….234 THE PALATINE SETTLERS AND GRINDSTONE HILL, by Mrs. Enos H. Horst………………………..242 FRANKLIN COUNTY AREA AND COMMUNITY BANDS, by Charles E. Duffield……………………246 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HARRIET LANE, by Dr. Homer T. Rosenberger…………………….259 REFLECTIONS BESIDE THE OLD SPRING AT MIDDLESPRING by Rev. Rea Andrew Warner……….326 PLANTATION NAMES IN GENERAL, THREE IN PARTICULAR, by Harry E. Foreman………….…..344 CONVERSATION IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Henry E. Warner……………………………………….352 THE ORIGIN OF A CHURCH: THE LOWER PATH VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN, by Fred W. Shearer ..359

8 PERCIVAL S. HEINTZLEMAN: AN AMERICAN CONSUL GENERAL IN CHINA, ………………….398 By Dr. John Offner THE ROSEDALE SEMINARY, by Mrs. Enos H. Horst……………………………………………………411

VOLUME SIXTEEN Read before the Society 1971 - 1978

THE WILLIAM HEYSER DIARY, by William S.Bowers……………………………………………………1 THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC FROM WILLIAM HEYSER’S DIARY, by James A. Dickson, M.D…….…89 A SOLDIER’S DIARY OF THE CIVIL WAR , by Fred W. Shearer……………………………………….97 THE RECORD SPEAKS FOR ONE OF THE HONORED DEAD, by Samuel L. Daihl………………….123 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CONFEDERATE INVASIONS OF CHAMBERSBURG, …………………..133 By, Elaine M. Savukas THE COURAGEOUS WOMEN OF THE VALLEY, by Lucy C. F. Benchoff…………………………….137 SURGEONS OF EARLY FRANKLIN COUNTY, by James A. Dickson, M. D……………………………151 GLIMPSES OF GEORGE O. SEILHAMER, by Janet Z. Gabler……………………………………………167 A HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD, BY Frederick D. Brumbaugh…………..176 THE METCALFES AND MANUFACTURING IN QUINCY, by Roger C. Mowrey……………………..188 THE PETER GEISER STORY, by Charles J. Stoner…………………………………………………………200 BANKS OF WAYNESBORO AND BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, by C. E. Adams…………………………..213 RAILWAY PARKS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Roger C. Mowrey…………………………………….243 ORRSTOWN, MOGUL, LURGAN, MOWERSVILLE LITERARY SOCIETIES, by R. G. Mowery……..256 THE EXPLORER’S CLUB, by Dr. Raymond G. Mowrey…………………………………………………..263 LOCKED ANTLERS HUNTING CLUB, by Harry L. Oyler……………………………………………….269 LODGE NUMBER 74 FREE MASONS, CONCORD, PA, by Fred W. Shearer……………………………297 SOME EARLY HISTORY OF UPPER STRASBURG, by W. W. Britton………………………………….303 GREENVILLAGE AND BEYOND, by Stella M. Fries……………………………………………………..317 A TOWN GROWS IN ANTRIM, by William P. Conrad……………………………………………………329 THE EVOLUTION OF CHAMBERSBURG’S WATER SUPPLIES, by J. Gordon Cree………………….349 GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Frederick G. Waite………………………………..358 A HISTORY OF MCALLEN’S MILL, FANNETTSBURG, PA., by Dorothy P. Ott………………….……369 HISTORIC DUMBARTON OF GREEN TOWNSHIP, by Stella M. Fries………………………………….380 JACOB MACK, Charles A. Warner………………………………………………………………………..…388 THE INDIANS RETURN, by Harry E. Foreman…………………………………………………………….392 TWO ACTIVISTS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, by Charles J. Stoner…………………………….406 FORT LOUDON REVISITED, By William A. Hunter……………………………………………………..413 THE COLONIAL MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF LOWER PATH VALLEY, by Fred Shearer………421 HIKING, TAGGING AND PLOTTING THE BURD-FORBES ROAD, by Murray Kauffman……………431 LOWER PATH VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MINISTER, REV. MCGINLEY……………….451 By Fred W. Shearer HISTORY OF THE LIBRARIES OF MARSHALL COLLEGE, MERCERSBURG, by Aimee K. Kulp…460 STUDENT LIFE AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE FOREST ACADEMY, by Elizabeth Thomas………..…478 THE HISTORY OF COYLE FREE LIBRARY, by Harold E. Yeager……………………………………....489 RESOURCES FOR RESEARCH IN LOCAL HISTORY, by Dr. Scott Bruntjen…………………………..507

VOLUME SEVENTEEN Read before the Society 1978-1981

OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES………………………………………………………….…..7 IN MEMORIAM…………………………………………………………………………………………….…..8 BY-LAWS………………………………………………………………………………………………….……9 PAST OFFICERS……………………………………………………………………………………………..13 MEMBERS……………………………………………………………………………………………………..15 INTRODUCTION, by Dr. Homer T. Rosenberger……………………………………………………………19 PREFACE, by Todd Andrew Dorsett………………………………………………………………………….21 ANNUAL SUMMER TOURS, by Dr. Homer T. Rosenberger……………………………………………….23 WEST CHAMBERSBURG IN “THE LONG Ago”, by Jessie Null Gordy…………………………………..25 EXCERPTS FROM GEORGE W. SNIDER’S DAY BOOK, by William S. Bowers………………………..51 AN OUTLINE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY GEOLOGY, by Davison Grove…………………………………59 THE SUMMIT PLATEAU STORY, by Becky Dietrich……………………………………………………..71 THE COACHMANS HORN IS HEARD NO MORE, by W. P. Conrad………………………………………93 THE STORY OF THE QUINCY SCHOOLS, by Roger C. Mowrey……………………………………..…125 THE WAYNESBURG, GREEN-CASTLE AND MERCERSBURG TURNPIKE, by G. Fred Ziegler…….141 NOTES AND MEMOIRS OF MAJOR JOHN STONER, by William S. Bowers………………………….161 ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF EARLY BUILDINGS IN FRANKIN COUNTY, by Paula Reed….165 EARLY EXPERIENCES IN ORCHARD WORK, by John Z. Shearer / Garnet Gillan…………………..…166 AN ACCOUNT OF THE 17TH PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY COMPANY C., by Rachel Minick………..167

9 BOUNDING AROUND THE BOUNDARY, by Roberg G. Crist…………………………………………..168 BRUSH AND CANVAS—CHALK AND SLATE by Doris T. Hutton…………………………………….169 SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN, by Roger C. Mowrey…………………………………………………177 HISTORY OF THE WAYNESBORO FIRE DEPARTMENT, by Don M. Ringer…………………………197 A CIVIL WAR EXPERIENCE, by Cornelia Cree…………………………………………………………..209 WITHIN THE SHADOW OF THE DEVIL’S PUNCH BOWL, by Aileen Meyers…………………………221 ZION REFORMED CHURCH, by Chester S. McKenzie……………………………………………………229 FRANKLIN’S FIRST NINE MONTH SOLDIERS, by W. P. Conrad……………………………………….243 THE LATE SETH DICKEY OF MERCERSBURG, by Charles J. Stoner………………………………..…257 FORT LOUDON--- THE FORT ITSELF, by Margaret P. Kilpatrick…………………………………….…277 THE LURE AND LORE OF BURIAL GROUNDS, by Lillian Colletta………………………………….….287 ROSENBERGER-ROSENBERRY FAMILY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Myra J. Fields……………....303

VOLUME EIGHTEEN Read before the Society from September, 1981 to May, 1984

OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND MEMBERS…………………………………………………………….….…1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE………………………………………………………………………………….…..7 SPRINGS OF THE KITTOCHTINNY REGION, by James Allen Dixon, M.D. …………………………….11 TREE PUMPS, by Murray E. Kauffman……………………………………………………………………….27 THE SIGNAL CORPS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, by Charles T. Alexander…………………………………55 THE LIFE OF MARTIN DELANEY, by Edna C. Knapper…………………………………………………...57 MORMONS ON THE CONOCOCHEAGUE, by Kenneth D. Wright………………………………………..59 THE DIARY OF A FRANKLIN COUNTY TEACHER, by Jessie Regina Gordy…………………………..71 SOME EARLY RECORDS OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY ESTATES, by William S. Bowers…………...87 GREENCASTLE BICENTENNIAL, by Michael Conrad……………………………………………….…103 BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, by John Howard McClellan………………………………………………………105 KITTOCHTINNY COSTUMES, by Mrs. T. H. Krebs Benchoff………………………………………..…139 MEXICAN WAR LETTERS OF COLONEL FREDERICK BERKEL, by harry L. Oyler……………..…141 RAYMOND G. MOWREY, by Roger C. Mowrey…………………………………………………………155 WAYNESBORO AND VICINITY AT REST, by Todd Andrew Dorsett………………………………….175 MEMORABILIA OF AMERICAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, by Kenton H. Broyles…………………193 AS I REMEMBER FIRST LUTHERAN, by Jessie Null Gordy…………………………………………….195 SOME PIONEERS ALONG THE ANTIETAM, by Mary Louise Sauder…………………………………..205 LETTERS OF SAMUEL W. NORTH, 126th REGIMENT, by Ralph s. Geiman………………………....215 PETER PARLEY TO PENROD, by Michael Schnelby………………………………………………….…225 JOINT MEETING AT SHIPPENSBURG, …………………………………………………………………..227 HANS JOST HEYDT, by Franklin O. Wisman………………………………………………………………229 ORIGINS OF FRANKIN COUNTY AND ITS BASIC GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS, W. P. Conrad ....243 THE JOURNAL OF JAMES MCCULLOUGH, by Charles J. Stoner……………………………………….257 SOME ASPECTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY’S RURAL HERITAGE by Kenneth E. Koons…………..…267 NOTED SPORTS FIGURES, by Darryl L. Scott………………………………………………………..…297

TOUR OF HEADQUARTERS……………………………………………………………………………….299 ANNUAL TOURS by T. A. Dorsett……………………………………………………………………….301 COUNTY OFFICALS, 1784-1984………………………………………………………………………..…305 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (Franklin County)……………………………………...318

VOLUME NINETEEN Read before the Society September, 1984 to May, 1987

OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND MEMBERS………………………………………………………………….1 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE………………..……………………………………………………………………2 OUR JAILS, SHERIFFS, GALLOWS AND HANGINGS, by Murray E. Kauffman………………………...9 HEALTH CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED DURING THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)………….…24 By James Allen Dickson, M. D. NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, FRANKIN COUNTY by Betty and Melvin Stenger... 42 I REMEMBER, by Jessie Regina Null Gordy…………………………………………………………………43 THE SETTLEMENT OF ROXBURY, PENNSYLVANIA by David Timmons…………………………….52 ALONG THE MIDDLE SPRING FROM CHAMBERS’ MILL TO STRAIN’S MILL ……………………..67 By Dick and Jeane Eschenmann CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS, by The Reverend Ralph S. Geiman………………………………………………77 RENFREW MUSEUM AND ITS BEGINNINGS, by Edward A. Miller……………………………………..78 FRANKLIN COUNTY BICENTENNIAL FOOTNOTES: THE DIARY OF JOHN LEEVER………….…103 By Robert J. Smith THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, by James E. Potts……………………………………….…122 THE AMISH, by Dr. Raymond Stine……………………………………………………………………..…126

10 GRANDMA’S HOME REMEDIES & OTHER FOLKLORE, by Anna Rotz……………………………..127

A SAFE KEPT MEMORY: THE OLD HOME WEEK STORY, by William P. Conrad………………….132 A LOOK AT FRANKLIN COUNTY’S PAST FROM AN OLD LEDGER, by Charles J. Stoner………….145 WHO KILLED ANN COLEMAN? By Roger C. Mowrey…………………………………………………..154 RURAL HYMNODY IN THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY, by Dr. Joan S. Applegate……………………155 MAJOR GENERAL SAMUEL WYLIE CRAWFORD, U.S.A., by James Allen Dickson, M.D…………173 THE COACHING LIFE OF CHARLES A. “RIP” ENGLE, by Joseph Kugler, Robert Ringer…………..181 HISTORY OF TELEPHONE IN WAYNESBORO, by Wilbur J. Zook…………………………………….207 SAMUEL G. DIXON TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM, by James A. Dickson, M.D………………….215 THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC OF 1918-19 by Roger C. Mowrey………………………………………..223 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIREMAN’S ………………….242 ASSOCIATION.. by Don M. Ringer

VOLUME TWENTY Read before the Society, September, 1988 to February, 1998

THE KITTOCHTINNY STORY, PART I, by Roger C. Mowrey……………………………………………..1 THE KITTOCHTINNY STORY, PART II by Roger C. Mowrey………………………………………..…36 COLONIAL COUNTERFIETERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE, by John Howard Mclellon…………………....67 REV. HENRY HARBAUGH, D. D.: CHRISTIAN, HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, AND EDUCATOR……..…111 Rev. Merle U. Fox CARRICK FURNACE, A LEGACY, by Lucy Witherow……………………………………………….…135 HERE’S THE CIVIL WAR CORNERSTONE AND WHERE IT WAS MOUNTED ………………………151 By Murray E. Kauffman THE CHAMBERSBURG AND BEDFORD TURNPIKE COMPANY……………………….……………..206 THE DOCK SISTERS, by Jane Dice Stoner…………………………………………………………………226 FRANKLIN COUNTIANS IN THE WAR OF 1812, by Timothy L. McCarl……………………………….245 THE JOHNSTON MASSACRE, by Hayes R. Eschenmann…………………………………………………271 THE GERMANS COME TO THE VALLEY, by William P. Conrad…………………………....………….290 OUR SCOTS-IRISH PIONEERS, by William P. Conrad……………………………………………………306 THE WESTERN RAILWAY AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY.……..319 By Randy Watts THE AMERICAN LONGRIFLE GUNSMITHS OF THE CHAMBERSBURG AREA DURING THE……333 GOLDEN AGE PERIOD , by James A. Dickson, M. D. BI(N)GHAM’S FORT - TWICE CURSED, by Hayes S. Eschenmann…………………………………...347 THE STOVER FAMILY AT TAYAMENTASACHTA, by Glen L. Cump……………………………….358 MT. PARNELL AND FRANKLIN FURNACE ORCHARD INDUSTRY, by Wilma Shatzer……………366 KITTOCHTINNY’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY, by Rev. Jeffrey Diller…………………………………….374 LIST OF PAPERS NOT PUBLISHED……………………………………………………………………….389

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