<5> "CO- ^> O ' '-fV. rS o'-'^^^UA « ■»>, <-*• IP \ N '*.o' ./:mK:. Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2010 witii funding from The Library of Congress http://www.archive.org/details/directoryofborou01wliit CRITTENDEN'S ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1844. INCORPORATED AS A COLIiEGE JUNE 4th, 185«. An Institution Designed to Prepare ¥onng Men FOR ACTIVE BUSINESS. o LOCATED AT THE North-east Corner of Chestnut & Seventh Streets. This Institution, which is now in the sixteenth year of its existence, hM always enjoyed, to a very large degree, the confidence of the community. And the fact that among the most able and influential of the business men of the day, may he found hundreds of its graduates, proves its value. OPEIV DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY AIVD THE SABBATH. TERMS, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE: For THE COMPLETE COUNTING HOUSE COURSE, consisting of Book-Keeping, Writing and Commercial Forms and Calculations $35 00 Tor Book-Keeping, full course, including Calculations..,.,...,,,,,.. 30 00 for Book-Keeping, except for Commission Business, and Joint Stock Company Business 25 00 For Commercial Calculations, or Mercantile Arithmetic.... .....,••, 5 00 For Three months' lessons in Plain Penmanship 10 00 For Instruction in Ornamental Penmanship & Flourishing, According to Agreement. Stationery, charged extra for the course of Book-Keeping •• 3 00 FOR O-A-TwA-LOCa^TJES, Containing full particulars of the manner of instruction, nantsa of Students for the last year, Board of Trusttes and Faculty, ^c, ^c, please call at the College Building, or address S. H. CEITTENDEN, Principal, DIRECTORY OF THE BOROUGHS OF NOmSTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA. FOR THE YEARS 1860-61; CONTAINING A FROM THEIR FTRST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT TIME ; THE NAMES OF ALL THE INHABITANTS, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, THEIR OCCUPATIONS, PLACES OF BUSINESS, AND DWELLING HOUSES ; A LIST OF THE STREETS OF THE BOROUGH; STATISTICS OP PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS ; THE LOCATION AND TIME OF HOLDING SERVICE IN THE CHURCHES ; THE TIME OF ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE DIFFERENT LINES OF TRAVEL; THE TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING OF THE VARIOUS SOCIE- " ' '■'. TIES AND ASSO- CIATIONS. ALSO, THE CARDS OF THE PRINCIPAL MERCHANTS, ARTIZANS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN OF THE BOROUGHS. WIILLIAM WHITEHEAD, Piablislier, WEST CHESTER: E, F. James, Steam Power Book and Job Printer. I860- bQni% Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by EDWARD F. JAMES, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. I^IIEB^^OE. In prosecuting the labors incident to the publication of the History and Directory of Norristown and Bridgeport, the attention of the publisher has been more especially drawn to the consideration of the em- inent advantages of these localities for the various purposes of business and social life. To portray these has been a primary object, as they were esteemed of more value to the community than the mere enumera- tion of matters of small moment. The Statistical por- tion of the work, however, is believed to be as full as time and circumstances admitted, and there has been an honest endeavor to have it, as also the Directory, correct. It is believed that the Sketch preceding the Di- rectory, is a feature of the work that enables the Pub- lisher to give a clearer view of the interests connected with the present and prospective advantages of the Boroughs ; that it can hardly fail to enlist the atten- tion of those who desire either a healthy and delight- ful residence, or investments in an increasing mart of trade. To those who have so kindly seconded our efforts in the several departments of the work, we tender our unfeigned thanks ; and we are anxious that it may not only^be an equivalent to the patronage ex. tended to us, but that an interest in local history may be so far awakened, as to induce others to fill up, and make perfect, that which we have only begun. \Y. W. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Montgomery County— Statistics — Manof -of Norriton — ^Own- ed by William Penn — Transferred to his Son — purchased by ISTorris and Trent — Statistics. 5 CHAPTER TI. Norristown— -Location— Boundary — Taken from Norriton — Area in 1771 — Bought by Col. John Bull — Sold to Univer- sity — Original plan of Town Lots — Part of Site of Borough purchased by John Markley — Statistics — Erection of Bo- rough — Area in 1853 — Face of Countrj^ — Compact part of Town in 1860 — Upper and Lower part of Town, contrast- View from the Hill. « CHAPTER IIL Original Settlers — Intercourse — Eflfect of English Rule — Ex- tinction of Language — Depression of Trade— Revival there- of—Position of JS'orristown for Trade — Coal Fields— Mills —Water— Gas. 13 CHAPTER IV. Schuylkill River— Names— Area of Valley— Sources of Riv- er—Course — Tributaries— Length— Townships Bordering on Kiver— Bridges — Boroughs — Distance of Navigation— Dis- covery Trade — Fish — Dams and Weirs — Canoe and Shore- men — Collisions. i7 CHAPTER V. Indian Tribes—Settlers — English — Welsh — Settlements in Marion and Gwynedd-^Episcopaiians and Friends — Ger- mans — Swedes — Settlement of vicinity of Bridgeport. 23 CHAPTER VI. Bridgeport — Boundary-— Holstein Tract— Transfer— Upper and Lower part of Borough — Real Estate — Population — Revolution — Passages of the Schuylkill — Howe's Encamp- ment — March to Valley Forge. 34 CONTENTS. CHAPTER VII. Union Canal — Canal from Philadelphia to Norristown — First Excavation for Canal in the States — Effect of Coal Mining on Trade of River — Schuylkill Navigation Company — Rail- roads — Norristown Railroad — Reading Railroad — Chester Valley Railroad — Norristown and Allentown Railroad. 41 CHAPTER VIII. Churches — Swedes — Friends — Episcopalians — Methodists — Baptists — Presbyterians — Catholics — German Reformed. 50 CHAPTER IX. j/jchools — Public— Female Institute — Press — Noi-ristown Ga- zette — Norristown Herald — Norristown Register — Mont- gomery Democrat — Montgomery Watchman — Olive Branch — JSTorristown Republican — National Defender — Court Houses — Jails. 67 CHAPTER X. Public Square— Geological Features — Health — Bank — Creeks — Roads — Streets — Market Houses — Cemetery — Fords — Ferries — Trees — Canoes- — Barbados Island — First Book Store — Curious Relic —Libraries. 77 CHAPTER XI. Isaac Norris— William Trent — Holsteins— Rambos— Col. John Bull — Swedesburg — Christ Church and Graveyard — Con- trast of Primitive and Modern Times. 90 CHAPTER XII. Uniformity of Streets — Contrast with other Places — Enlarge- ment of Area — Broad Avenues — Grades — Wants — Consoli- dation of the Boroughs — Cleanliness— Workingmen— Means of Mental Improvement — Morals — Means b}^ which Public Prosperity is Preserved — Churches — Sunday Schools — Public Libraries — Benevolent Associations — Mills — Facto- ries — Military Companies — Oil and Paper Mill — Nail and Iron Works — Foundries and Machine Shops — Fire Com- panies — Banks — Savings Fund — Stage Lines — Railroads — Telegraph. 99 CHAPTER XIII. State of Society — Hospitalitj' — Execution — Public Houses and Dwellings in 1793 — Stores — Times of 1795 — Houses, Population, &c., in 1803— Extent of Norristown in 1812— Impulse in 1832— Wards in 1847— Wards in 1852— Taxa- bles and Population — Cabinet of Natural Science — First House — DuPortail — Bridge at DeKalb Street — Swedes' Ford — William Moore Smith. 112 CONTENTS. Ill PAGE. Cemeteries 207 County and Borough Officers, 199 Churches 200 Directory of Norristown 123 Directory of Bridgeport 182 Fire Department 204 Factories 203 List of Streets, Norristown, 193 List of Streets, Bridgeport, 196 List of Streets 191 Military Department 205 Mills 207 Miscellaneous 217 Post Office Department , 206 Statistics of Norristown, 197 Statistics of Bridgeport, 227 INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. American Life Insurance and Trust Company, Opposite second page cover. PAGE. Amey George, Wine and Liquors 13 Andre G. & Co., Foreign and American Music 35 Auge M. & Co., Clothing, Hats and Caps 27 Bainbridge Henry, Boot, Shoe and Trunk Manufacturer 6 Bertolet A. W. , Liquor Dealer 8 Beerer Alfred, Watch Maker and Jeweler 33 Boyer Willoughby B., Dry Goods, Grocery & Provision Store, 44 Bradley Caleb, Conveyancer and Real Estate Agent 44 Briggs William, Guns 44 Cherry Hill Nurseries 47 Christman John W., Coal, Wood and Guano Dealer • • • • 3 Corson R. R., Real Estate Broker and Conveyancer 9 Crittenden S. H., Commercial Academy Opposite title. Damon, Speakman & Co., Churns 50 Davis Evan, Clothier 5 Dotterer C. & Co., Leather Store 26 Evans Harrison, Furniture Store .12 Evans Amos, Restaurant 16 Fraliy Henry, Oyster Stand 11 Gilbert Frederick, Agriculturallmplements 56 Gould J. E., Pianos and Melodeons Third page cover. Harris' Improved Boudoir Sewing Machine 52 Hansen Miss Anna M., Milliner 48 Hansen George Y., Wall Paper 48 Hartranft J. F., Conveyancer 9 lY CONTENTS. Hotel Montgomery 28 Hotel Veranda 17 Hotel Farmers' and Mechanics' 41 Hotel Pennsylvania Farmers' 25 Hotel Washington 49 Hughes N. K., Lumber and Coal 29 Hughes L. & S., Dry Goods and Trimmings 50 Iron Foundry 20 Jjnkins Benjamin, Livery Stable 33 Hurst & Freedley, Wines and Liquors 55 King William, Restaurant 15 Kohler B., Job & Fancy Book Binder 11 Koplin W. S., Jeweler and w atch Maker 26 Kramer Jacob, Ornamental Iron Works 46 Lawrence N. S., Paper and Cards 55 Ladomus & Co., Watches and Jewelry 54 Lackner Augustus, Tailor 12 Lindsay Malcom, Blacksmith 12 Major & Corson, Grocers and Tea Dealers. ... 7 M cCoy John, Gas and Steam Fitter 4 McCarter A. & Brothers, Iron Foundry. 18 McLeer Daniel, Woolen Goods 23 Meeh Christian, Confectionery and Bakery 21 Meyerson Lyman B., Clothier 8 Morris Nursery. 31 National Defender 43 Nace Elias, Restaurant. 15 Norris Iron Works 34 Norristown Republican 27 Norristown Herald & Free Press 14 Norristown Register fe Montgomerj' Watchman 40 Perry George, Wine and Liquor Store 37 Potts John, Lumber and Coal 16 Quillman Daniel & Son, Stove, Tin and Hardware Store 36 Rambo House 19 Reiff Jonas A., Groceries and Provisions 13 Ritter H. B., Imported and Domestic Segars 22 Ruddack William A., Cabinet Maker and Undertaker 7 Savings Fund and United States Trust Company 45 Scheetz Samuel, Coach Maker 5 SlemmerDr. H. S., W holesale and Retail Druggist 38 Slemmer Dr 39 Slingluff Joseph, Dry Goods and Grocery Store 42 Snell & Rutty, Stoves and Heaters 51 Solly B. F.,Boot and Shoe Manufactory 5 Sower F. D., Bookseller and Stationer 32 Stabler W illiam, Druggisrt .24 Stein D. H., W atch Maker and Jeweler 9 Stephens & Reed, Dealers in Coal and Wood 10 Stile R. B., Wholesale Confectionery 23 CONTENTS. V PAGE. Swan William, Iron Foundry 20 Swayne Dr f^ Taylor John, Restaurant . . •■ j^ Taylor John, Coach Maker 46 Terrv's Express '^l Taylor Robert E., Hat, Cap and Fur Emporium 7 Trainer L. S., Merchant Tailor. • 42 AVills M. R., Books and Stationery Second page cover. Wells William, Wig and Toupee Maker 4^ Wetzel Albert, Merchant Tailor -f o Wyers William F., West Chester Academy '"Jr. — "^ oO ' ■■■ 30 Yerkes W. H., Lawyer. Zinnel George, Restaurant. HISTORICAL SKETCH. CHAPTER I. Montgomery County — Statistics — Manor of Norriton — Owned by Wm» Penn — Transferred to his Son — Purchased by Norris and Trent — Statistics. Montgomery County, originally part of the county of Philadelphia, was separated therefrom and erected into a county in 1784. Its length is 30 miles, bread th 17, area 496 square miles, or 317,440 acres. Popula- tion in 1784, estimated 20,000; in 1790,22,929; in 1800, 24,150; in 1810, 29,683; in 1820, 35,793; in 18:^0, 39,406 ; in 1840, 47,241 ; in 1850, 58,291 ; in 1860, estimated, 70,000. It was settled principally by Germans, Swedes, English and Welsh, and contained, in 1785, 28 townships, divided into three election dis- tricts, one of which was at Norristown. This ancient manor may have been the possession of a German proprietor, as we find it also called the Manor of Williamstadt ; the affix stadt^ being the name for city, or town, in the German language. The probability is strengthened by the circumstance of both Germans and Swedes having effected settle- ments long prior to the proprietary grant to William Penn, in 1681. Their pioneer m.en explored the wa- ters of the Schuylkill, stimulated thereto by the bea- ver trade, and thus became cognizant of those situa- tions which invited the attention of the settler. It is not probable that Penn would have conferred any other than an English name, and as he transferred it by what appears to have been its German title, there is ground for believing that it was previously settled. 6 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. When, or by whom, its name was changed to Norriton does not transpire ; probably by a subsequent owner. The Manor of Norriton, originally in Philadelphia county, and now, in part, Norriton township, in the county of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, was owned by Wm. Penn. The boundaries of the township, previous to 1812, were identical with those of the manor. Wm. Penn, Jr., obtained it of his father, by patent, October 2, 1704. This liberal donation, for such it was, of 7482 acres, forming at once a competent and mag- nificent homestead, did not satisfy the nature of the son's ambition, and his unthrifty, if not debauched habits, induced him to part with it in a few days after it came into his possession. Upon the 7th of October, he sold it to Isaac Norris and William Trent, mer- chants of some eminence in Philadelphia, for £850, or $3,777,40, if paid as was probable, in sterling money. Of this tract, Norris and Trent effected sales of sev- eral hundred acres, when the former, in 1712, pur- chased what remained of Trent's share for X500. In his conveyance to Norris, the bounds of the manor, which were those given by Penn's conveyance, were thus set forth: — "Beginning at a hickory by the said Skoolkill, being the corner of Plymouth township, thence northeast by the same township, 950 perches to another hickory; thence northwest in the line of a tract of land called Whitpain's township, 1169 perch- es, to a corner oak in the line of the said Proprie- torie's Manor, of Gilberts; thence southwest along the said manor line, 1848 perches, to a dog tree by the said river Skoolkill, thence down the same river on the several courses thereof to the place of beginning." Before the separation, by tlie erection of Norris- town, of that borough, the township was bounded by Whitpain and Worcester townships on the north- east, by the river Schuylkill upon tlie southwest, by Plymouth township on the southeast, and by Provi- dence and Worcester townships on the northwest. Its HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 7 original area of 7482 acres was decreased to 6962 acres by taking off the borough of Norristown, in 1812, and to 5482 acres by the additions to that bo- rough in 1853. In 1734, the township contained 20 land holders and tenants; in 1741, 25 taxables; in 1828, 245 taxables; in 1849, 380 taxables; in 1858, 340 taxables. In 1810 it contained 1336 inhabi- tants ; in 1820, 1098; in 1830, 1139; in 1840,1411; in 1850, 1591 inhabitants, 286 houses, 148 farms; in 1858, 4 inns, 4 stores, 6 grist mills, 1 plaster mill, and 5 public schools, with 277 pupils. In 1730 its manorial condition was changed to that of a township. CHAPTER n. Nori^istown — Location — Boundary — Taken from Nofriton-^ Area in l771 — Bought by Col. John Bull — Sold to University — Original plan of Town Lots — Part of Site of Borough pur- chased by John Markley — Statii^ticg — Erection of Borough, ' — Area in 1853 — Face of Country — Compact part of Town in I860— tipper and Lower part of Town, contrast — 'Vie-W ft'om the Hill. NouRiSTOWN was taken from the river front of Norriton, and derived its name from Isaac Norris, one of the purchaser^ of the manor. It is situated upon the left bank of the river Schuylkill, in the south- western part of Montgomery county, of which it is the seat of justice, IT miles northwest of Philadelphia, 91 east of Harrisburg, and 21 from the mouth of the river. Its latitude is 40^ 7^nortli, and longitude about 1® 39' east from Washington. It is bounded upon the north, northeast and nortliwest by Norriton town^ ship, and southwest by the Schuylkill river. It has an extent upon the river of two miles, and up the slope of the liill and on the elevated plain, nortlnvest^ wardly the same distance. The site of the town having been part of the pos' session of Isaac Norris, Was devised to his son, CharleS Norris; upon the death of the latter, his widow Mary Norris, sold it. It contained, at that time, 543 acres, and was sold, with the Island of Barbadoes, in the Scliuylkill, containing 88 acres, to John Bull, a native of Providence township, for £4600. This pur- chase was made upon the 1 7th of September, 1771. Mr. Bull) who was a stanch Whig, and subsequently held a Colonel's commission in the American army, despite liis unfortunate cognomen, suffering, in common with many others, from the depredations of the Englisli, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS, y farmed the tract during tlie early years of the revo- lution. From Col. Bull part of the site was purchased for the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Dr. Wm. Smith, then Provost of the Insti- tution, on the second of November, 1776, for X6000. From the University, with certain reservations, it came into the possession ot Dr. Smith's son, William Moore Smith, who proceeded, in 1784, to layout a town, and in compliment to Isaac Norris, called it NORRISTOWN. The original plan of the town lay between what is now Cherry and Green streets, and Airy and Lafay- ette streets. Cherry, Green and Lafayette were then but alleys, 24 feet in width ; Egypt and Airy were the only streets. From Lafayette street to the river the land was farmed. The lots upon this plan .were of different depths, but a uniform width of fifty feet each. Some, most advantageously situated for future appreciation, brought four dollars per foot, others but one dollar and forty cents. The same lots which sold in 1786 at one dollar and fifty cents per foot on Egypt street, would now bring, for the same extent, one hundred dollars, or more. At that time there were sixty four lots laid out. The erection of Montgomery county, in 1784, and the certainty that Norristown would become the seat of justice, stimulated the sale of lots, and it is stated that those originally laid out were soon sold, but af- ter the first impulse the sales proceeded but slowly, and the town did not grow apace. Smith did not evince much vigor or liberality of purpose in pushing forward his infant town, as he sold his lots "rather grudgingly.'' His purchase afterwards coming into the hands of John Markley, under his management, a more rapid increase took place. In 1790 the only building between Lafayette street and the river, was Col. John Bull's mill, Avhich stood 10 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPOET. a little above M'Credj's, now Ewing's, cotton factory. Mr. Bull then owned the river front, and farmed it. From 1790 to 1810, it is stated that only fourteen buildings were erected, which, with those previous to 1790, made thirty-two, and one hundred and sixty in- habitants. From 1810 to 1820, the population increased to 827; in 1830 to 1,089; in 1840 to 2,937; in 1849, es- timated, 5,568; in 1850 to 6,024. The estimated population is now over 11,000. In 1828 it had 231 taxables; in 1849, 989; in 1858, 1,954. In 1790 it contained 18 houses; in 1832, 151; in 1849, 928 ; in 1850, 1,006. Colored population in 1850, 216. Norristown emerged from the condition of a vil- lage in 1812, and became a Borough, by an Act of In- corporation, of March 31st of that year. An Act in 1853_ provided for a more enlarged area, when 158 acres were taken from Plymouth, and nearly 1300 from Norriton township, by which means the corpo- rate limits embrace about 2,000 acres. The face of the country upon which the town, now beginning to exhibit the characteristics of a city, is spreading, has an easy ascent from the river, and like- wise slopes off northward and southward towards Stony Creek and Saw Mill Run, which flow through the borough, into the Schuylkill, about half a mile apart. From DeKalb street, above Fenn, the surface is somewhat broken, and in some parts abrupt, as it extends towards the latter stream, requiring some la- bor to render the grades of the streets easy ; whilst the approach to Stony Creek, by an uninterrupted extension of avenues, is, in some places, rendered im- possible by abrupt precipices of almost sheer descent; though once beyond the creek, the surface is eligible for building purposes. These disabilities northward and southward, have caused an extension of the town more directly from the river, over the more level surface, upon which the HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 11 neat, and in many instances tasteful, brick mansions, present inviting homes. From this more comman- ding position, very pleasant views ot the surrounding country are afforded ; its easy undulations, covered with the quiet green of summer, and thickly studded with farm houses and out buildings, embraced within a largely extended panorama, render this quarter peculiarly desirable for the private residence. The principal part of the town lies between the two creeks, and the more compact, including the squares between Egypt and the river, and Cherry and Walnut streets, appears to be bounded by Egypt, Cherry, Oak and DeKalb streets, though many fine residences are found beyond these bounds. The town beyond Airy street presents to a stranger a perceptible contrast with the river front. The for- mer has an air of almost sylvan quietude ; through its avenues we find no hum of business, no rushing of vehicles, no throng of dealers, nothing of that busy, stirring life which denotes the presence of manufac- ture and trade. Below this, manufactures and rail- roads give tone to a different picture, in which are exhibited the iron sinews of a power guided by human skill, yet incomparably beyond man's inferior strength. At almost all hours the great, unconscious steam slave hisses from the factory wall, or belches his shrill and startling wail of warning, or sheds through the dark and solemn midnight his glaring light upon the iron path, that a daring and indomitable will determines he shall traverse. From the hill the escape steam can be seen mount- ing the air from numerous manufactories, and but few .intervals of time can be counted, in which the rum- bling of trains, and the engineer's bell, are not heard upon either bank of the river, as the lengthened pas- senger and coal trains wind their way to the great city, that has to be fed, clothed and warmed, by the rapid appliances of steam. In Summer, this busy picture 12 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. has an additional, but more quiet, business feature, in the boatman's steadily gliding craft upon the smooth bosom of the canal, which less obtrusively and noisily pours its tributary trade into the luxurious lap of PhiL adelphia. From the summit of the hill, say the portico of Mr. Ealston's seminary, an extensive view of the valley of the Schuylkill affords the lover of the picturesque a most attractive expanse of country, teeming with many varieties of industrial life. Within the held of view, extending far up and down the river, and rounded off in the hazy distance by the blue hills of Merion, he views a scene in which nature and art are limned in one great picture of reposing and moving life. The beautiful river, with its winding flow, its bridges, its falls, its island of sylvan green — the railroads and their swiftly speeding trains, with the cloudy breath of the magic horse slowly floating away in the dis- tance — the canal and its calmly gliding boats in quiet contrast with the clattering swiftness of the car, as if bent on the sober errand of peace — the hum of ma- chinery along the banks of the river, indicative of the thrift and industry that builds cities and clothes na- tions — and beyond all, the peaceful homesteads of the farmers quietly nestled among the hills, make the point of view one upon which the beholder loves to linger. CHAPTER III. Original Settlers — Intercourse — Effect of English Rule — Ex- tinction of Language — Depression of Trade — Revival there- of— Position [pf Norristown for Trade — Coal Fields — Mills — Water — Gas. The original settlers of the site and vicinity of Nor- ristown, were of various nations ; the Hollander, Welshman, Swede, Englishman and German, compe- ted for the beaver traffic, or sought the ricli primeval forests for settlements, and the more substantial com- forts of life. Some of these people purchased exten- sive tracts and settled together, long retaining the language, manners and customs of their fatherland ; others settled by the single family, pioneering- the way of civilization, and living inclose proximity to savage life. As settlements extended and population increas- ed, and the heart of the ancient forest became expos- ed to the glaring sunlight in broad and fertile fields of waving grain, men's relations and interests chang- ed. Traffic and social intercourse invaded exclusive custom and religious adherence, and intermarriage eventually broke down the strong barriers of nation- ality. Though among the least for many years, the Eng- lish, upon getting governmental rule in Pennsylvania, soon made their impress upon the primitive community. Their energy triumphed over nearly every thing that characterized the representatives of other nations; .their laws, language and power, cemented the distinc- tive character of the settlers and rendered them suf- ficiently homogeneous to harmonize as one people. We have, consequently, among tlie descendants of those who brought the full flush of aifection for their native land to the banks of the Schuylkill, but few, if 14 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. any, marks by which we can distinguish the Hollan- der, the Swede, or the Welshman. Nearly two cen- turies and a half have been effective in cementing the social compact, and though some of the original names of the early settlers remain, many have become mod- ified, leaving history, or tradition only, to trace back the line of ancestry. The foregoing view may be subject to some excep- tion. Next to tlie Swede in the tenacity of religious faith, the Hollander and his successors in many places have not effectually yielded to time. Spread over an extensive area in Berks, Lancaster, and parts of Montgomery and Chester counties, they have present- ed more formidable resistance to the invincible lan- guage of Britian. They yet hold, especially in the rural districts, a tenacious affection for the mother tongue. But the barrier is penetrable ; their lan- guage is degenerating to a patois ; the populous cities and towns are making rapid inroads upon their last defence, and the coming time is inevitable, when the English tongue will prevail in all their communities. Though somewhat depressed by the financial crisis which gave a check to trade within the last few years, Norristown is slowly, but effectually recovering from its depression ; her recuperative energies, in a brief period, will be so thoroughly aroused, as to insure a rapid and continuous development of all her business departments, and a corresponding enlargement of area. It is impossible for such a community, possess- ing skill, wealth and intelligence, with a host of ap- pliances which tend to prosperity, to suffer long from monetary embarrassment. Situated in one of the most productive vallies of the world, and directly in the channel of its already great and increasing trade ; with the rare advantages derivable from three rail roads, a canal, and a river that furnishes unfiiiling power for the propulsion of machinery ; it would be a most unwarrantable conclu- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 15 sion to assert that she can remain in a stationary con- dition. Eveiy clam upon her great water course has arrested the tide of population, gathered upon its bor- ders the nucleus of a city, and stimulated every branch of human industr3^ The immense fields of coal upon the head waters of the Schuylkill, where thousands of toiling sinews search their leads, and constantly heave their dark masses to the surface, whence are fed continuous streams of trade ; the hills which mark its course and from which large deposits of iron, lead, marble, limestone, slate and sandstone are daily drawn; with the products of the farm, the forge, the rolling mill, the machine works, the foundry, the loom, and numerous other pursuits, give a never ceasing impulse to skill, and make the entire valley a scene of unri- valled animation and energy. All these ramifications of business have told with wonderful effect upon the valley, in lining the shores with an ever busy popula- tion, contributing to every want and comfort of life. The connection of Philadelphia and Norristown by one continuous street, is by no means a wild vagary of the brain. As the town is now rapidly verging to the condi tion of a city, requiring all the corresponding appli- ances and conveniences, it labors under the defect of not having numbers upon its dwellings. Egypt street to some extent, is numbered, but a general and appro- ved system is necessary. To a stranger, the row of unnumbered houses is embarrassing ; in designating a locality the want of definiteness is a positive disad- vantage. Among the great, yet cheapened, necessities of life in a dense community, water and gas are prominent; scarcely a town of three thousand inhabitants is with- out them, and of course Norristown enjoys them. — Water, the first necessity, preceded the other, hav- ing been introduced in December, 1847. It is thrown from the Schuylkill by means of an engine, to the ba- 1:6 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. sin on the top of the slope, on DeKalb street, about half a mile from the dam whence it is taken. Gas was introduced in 1853, and extends over and supplies a large extent of the town ; except on Egypt street we believe the pipes have not been extended beyond the creeks. CHAPTER lY. Schuylkill River — Names — Area of Valley — Sources of Riv er — Course — Tributaries — Length — Townships Bordering on River — Bridges — Boroughs — Distance of Navigation — Dis- covery — Trade — Fish — Dams and Weirs— Canoe and Shore- men — Collisions. The Schuylkill is a marked feature of the valley and the industrial interests ol Norristown and Bridge- port. Like its bolder sweeping recipient, tlie Dela- ware, the Schuylkill has received from the Indians and others a multiplicity of names, gi owing out of those similitudes or circumstances which their languages ex- pressed. Among those most commonly knoAvn as used by the aborigines, was "Maniaunk'' or "Meneiunk," signifying 'Mmr place of drinking," or "to assemble to drink.'-' They likewise called it "Nittabaconck." — Another name is "Ganshowehanne," or ''the noisy stream," in allusion to its falls and ripples. The firsc of these names was used by them in their deed to Wm. Penninl683or 1685. The Swedes called it the "Linde Kilen," or "Linden River," on account of the vigorous growth of Linden trees upon its banks. Its present cognomen was bestowed by the Dutch, from the circumstance of its mouth having been concealed by several wooded islands, which prevented a ready recognition of the place where it flowed into the Del- aware. Hence, from the terms "Schuil" or "Schuilen," signifying concealed or hidden, and "Kill," a channel, stream or river, came Schuil Kil or Schuilen Kit, hidden or concealed river. Schuylkill may therefore be considered a corruption of orthography. Gov. Stuyvesant in 1644 spoke of it as the "Varsche Ri- vierte, the little fresh water river." Little Schuylkill, 18 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. one of its tributaries, was called "Tamaqiion,the Bea- Yer Stream," from which is derived our present Ta- maqua. The area of the Schuylkill basin contains 1884 sq. miles, and the head waters of the river are two streams in Rush township, Schuylkill county, the prolific re- gion of carboniferous wealth. It flows in a south- easterly direction through the Blue Ridge, and in its course drains portions of Schuylkill, Berks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, receiving in its course the Little Schuylkill, Bear and Tumbling creeks, in Schuylkill county — the Maiden and Tulpe- hocken, in Berks— the Manatawny and Perkiomen, in Montgomery— the Pigeon, French, Pickering and^Yal- ley, in Chester — and the Wissahickon, in Philadelphia, besides numerous smaller streams. It empties into the Delaware five miles below Philadelphia, flowing a distance of 120 miles. In Montgomery county eight townships, Pottsgrovc, Limerick, U. Providence, L. Providence, Norriton, Plymouth, Whitemarsh and Springfield, with the borough of Norristown, border upon its left bank, and upon its right, Upper and Low- er Merion, and the borough of Bridgeport ; its wa- ters washing the county to the extent of 40 miles. Within this distance it is spanned by eleven bridges, whilst its banks teem with a busy population, and contain the boroughs of Phoenixville, in Chester coun- ty, Norristown, Bridgeport and Conshohocken, in Montgomery. Its sloop navigation extends to Phila- delphia only, but artificial means have rendered it nav- igable for boats as far as Port Carbon, 96 miles higher. The Scliuylkill was discovered in the summer of 1616, by Capt. Hendrickson, a Dutchman, who enter- ed its mouth in the yacht Restless, which had been built at Manhattan for the purpose of exploration. The Dutch established themselves upon its waters, originally, as traders, as early as 1633, and dealt HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 19 largely with the Indians for furs and tobacco. By the year 1643 this trade was vigorously prosecuted, as in that year no less than 2127 packages of skins, and 70,421 pounds of tobacco were shipped to Eu- rope at one time. Trade soon sharpened the sagacity of the Indians, and as the Beaver became thinned by constant and persistent trapping, higher prices were demanded; so that in 1648, two skins sold for "one fathom of cloth, and one skin for two fathoms of white and one fathom of black seawant." In addition to peltries, the Dutch did not fail to ob- tain liberal acquisitions of land upon "the rippling river," for which cargoes of merchandise were ex- changed. To the early settlers the finny tenants of the Scuyl- kill afforded an important supply of food and much attention was paid to the means of obtaining them ; as they were e:sceedingly abundant, but little difficul- ty existed in seducing them from their retreats. It is related that an individnal known by the sobriquet of Old Shrunk,in 1683 caught 3000 shades, or shad, in one night, with a scoop net} and a Capt. Smith, 600 catfish at one draught of his net. Among the means resorted to by the settlers for securing fish, were dams thrown across the channels of the streams, upon which were erected weirs, vari- ously constructed, though often of the twigs of the willow, through which the water readily flowed, but which, by its position, retained the fish. These be- ing a great convenience to the people, were in time multiplied to so great an extent, as to be a source of contention as the country became more thickly settled. Those who settled upon the higher waters of the riv- er, in Berks county, having no readier means of ac- cess to market for grain, and other products of the soil, than the river, upon which their canoes were nav- igated, found the fishing dams most grievous obstruc- - tions to their passage. The clashing interests thus made up, led to strong 20 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. complaints on the one hand, and immovable obstinacy on the other, and collisions followed the mutual ha- tred that was engendered. Many years of contest lollowed between the owners of the dams and those who demanded a free navigation, and from 1731 to U40, the river war was waged with great bitterness. The canoemen, often in danger of losing their car- goes by their unstable craft lodging upon the dams, resorted to the expedient of breaking through the ob- structions and forcing their passage. To protect their dams the shoremen frequently concentrated their for- ces, so that it became customary, upon the approach of a fleet of canoes, to enter into a contest, in which clubs, stones and fists were the effective weapons. In these fights the shoremen, from superiority of numbers, were generally victorious, and maintained their dams in defiance of all opposition. In order to protect their cargoes from the more forniidable shoremen, and secure an unobstructed pas- sage to market, the river, or canoemen, would often concentrate in turn, and float down the stream in fleets, armed with axes, and breathing vengeance a- gainst all fish dams, racks and weirs. The approach of a canoe fleet towards one of these obstructions, was the signal for a melee, and many an ''honorable scar" attested the bravery of the belligerents. The perils of river navigation, in time, became the theme of song, familiar to every household ; the leading champions of the numerous conflicts were extolled by the excited parties, and their exploits grew into fam- ily tradition. But, like much of such unstable and perishable history, they have found a fate in the qui- et pool of oblivion. Some idea may be formed of the character of these encounters, when it is stated that upon one occasion two hundred shoremen assembled at the mouth of Pickering creek, to resist a public of ficer who had been authorised to remove the obstruc- tions of the river. HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 21 But the canoemen eventually found an ally too for- midable to be resisted by their enemies; having made energetic and persistent remonstrances to the govern- ment, in which their grievances were fully set forth, that power came to their aid. Though an act, against the erection of dams, racks and weirs, had been pass- ed by the council in 1683, it remained almost wholly inoperative, as no great inconvenience was felt at so early a date. But imperative necessity induced the passage of subsequent acts especially applicable to the Schuylkill, and one with suitable penalties was passed in 1730, and amended and strengthened in 1734. But notwithstanding the stringency of these measures, the war continued with more or less asper- ity, the shoremen in numerous instances continuing to resist both the law and the canoemen. So strong did the contest eventually become, that in 1769 John Penn, then Lieut. Governor, issued a proclamation for the more energetic enforcement of the laws against obstructions to the navigation of the river. The shoremen were eventually conquered, aftei' a contest of nearly half a century. But the days of Penn passed away and with them many of the necessities for unobstructed navigation. Inexorable trade eventually defied all his laws and proclamations. The energetic spirit of the capitalists would not let a few fish debar improvement upon a river presenting so many fine seats of propelling pow- er, and dams and mills in time diverted its sylvan flood to the driving of machinery. The banks of the stream became lined with a busy population ; the hum of the throstle and the loom echoed among the hills, where once the fisherman's song died away in the merry days, when, from the well filled net, he threw his struggling prizes, glittering in the morning sun, upon the pebbled shore. Canals and railroads rendering channel navigation altogether unimportant, the scenes of strife became 22 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPRRT. effectually closed against too belligerent neighbors ; the whistle, wild and shrill, and tho boatman's mel- low horn, succeeded "the signal sounds of strife," and the ponderous train and smoothly gliding boat have become the familiar characteristics of a more enlight- ened age. CHAPTER Y. Indian Tribes — Settlers — English — -Welsh — -Settlements in Merion and Gwynedd — Episcopalians and Friends — Ger- mans — Swedes — Settlement of Vicinity of Bridgeport. The tribes found upon the shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill, when civilization first trended its rapid way towards their head waters, belonged to the great Algonquin race. They spoke a common language, though somewhat modified by dialects springing from yariations of locality, intercourse with neighboring tribes, and the adoption of phrases from the fragments of stranger tribes that sought their protection or al- liance. In their own emphatic and figurative lan- guage, the Grand Council House extended from the eastern bank of the Hudson on the northeast, to the Potomac on the southwest. Within this extensive sweep of forest and river, various tribes dwelt ; exer- cising the right of possession by the robust title that nature assured ; and from them, by treaty and pur- chase, were derived all titles which the representatives of the various nations of Europe possessed, in first peopling the country. The principal tribes upon the waters of eastern Pennsylvania belonged to the Lenni Lenape, a subdi- vision of the Algonquins, their name denoting "origi- nal people," expressive of an unmixed race. The Lenapes were composed of three principal nations ; the Unamis or Turtle tribes, the Unalachtgosor Tur- keys, and the Monseys or the Wolf tribes. These were also divided into subordinate tribes, receiving various names, many of which yet live in our streams and localities. The Unamis and Unalachtgos swept from the Kittatinny, or Blue Mountains, to the Poto- mac, and from the seaboard to tlie Alleghanies, and 24 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. were undoubtedly the same who looked with wonder and awe upon those who came to trade for their furs or people their forests. The tribes were, to some extent, nomadic, occasion- ally removing from one locality to another, as more plentiful supplies of game invited them. Though the Lenape, or Delawares, as they were called by the set- tlers, were those who trod the forest upon the shores of the Schuylkill, the names of tlie tribes which might have been more especially the denizens of Merion and Norriton, if such a term was applicable to them, are not now known ; though it is probable that the Minquas and Shackamaxons had their hunting grounds there. But the history of what was then deemed of so trifling importance, of course has no record ,and even tradition fails to speak. Where probably the cautious moccasin of Tedeuscung, or the great Tamenend, brushed from his winding paths the morning dew, now looms the thronged avenue, the home of refinement and wealth; and the solitary spots where he cast his line in the quiet pools of his beloved river, have but few forest shades now to invite to solitude as in his day. Oivivilized man cares but little about the romance or adventures of aboriginal life, in the busy tumult that destiny allots him, and through which he pursues his way to fortune. The English and Welsh settlers, whose country was destined to impart vigor to almost every enter prise in the Western World, and whose domineering prowess ruled its destinies, came over in straggling numbers, previous to the arrival of Penn in 1682. English families settled at Salem, New Jersey, in 1675, and some explorers at the same time, entered the Schuylkill, but were expelled by the Dutch and Swedes, who were jealous of any other competitors for the trade of that river. Fenn's adventurous step, impelled, in part, by an abiding religious principle, to- gether with the expectation of pleasant and fertile HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 2o possessions, stimulated emigration after his arrival. Their homesteads, derived under the authority of the English crown, gave them the assurance of a secure title, and they doubted not that the peaceful principles of their proprietor, to which they adhered, would soften the harsher features of savage charac- ter, and kindly intercourse enable them to dwell at peace with the native. In this they were not disap- pointed ; no people were more successful in concilia- ting the good will of those who claimed their title from the Great Spirit. Of the original settlers, the Welsh claim priority of time over the Swedes. They came into Merioneth, or Merion, about the year 1683, having effected a purchase of William Penn of 40,000 acres before leaving England ; and in 1698, 10,000 acres were purchased in Gwynedd township, and settled upon the following year. The larger part of the first mentioned tract was in Merion, though it extended into Chester county, and the owners gave the name there to Tredyffrin. The former of these names, both having been bestowed by the Welsh, is a con- traction of Merionethshire, in North Wales, the home of many of the settlers. Merioneth was the name first used to distinguish the settlement, and was used by Gabriel Thomas in a map executed in 1696. By the year 1728, and previous to the division of the township, the further contraction, Merion, was ap- plied and became a permanent name. The Welsh tract was purchased in 1682, and by 1708 had become populated by an industrious and thriving people, Rowland Ellis in 1696 and 1697 having'brought in two hundred emigrants. Having settled down to the less romantic pursuit of hus- bandrv, the forest yielded to their sturdy arms ; well cultivated fields and comfortable homesteads in a few years rewarded their toil. It is said of them by Old- 2* 26 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. mixon, ''Wherever tliey come it is not their fault if they do not live, and live well; for thej^ seldom spare for labor, which seldom fails of success.'' Of the names of the settlers we find the following still perpetuated: — Roberts, Evans, Jones, Thomas, Havard, Hughs, Llewellen, Hum|)hrey, Williams, Grif- fith, Pugh, Phillips, Tucker, John, Lloyd, Price, David, Be van, Harry, Rapy, Rees, Jordan, Dodmead, Edwards. Wherever the Welsh settled improvement followed and plenty smiled. They have materially aided in developing the agricultural resources of the Morions. In this noble work they were found by the Swedes, in the vicinity of the site of Bridgeport, in 1712, and they have since increased and spread, forming at the present time in their descendants, a large proportion of the population. Though the early emigrants were from North Wales, principally, other parts of England sent out their emigrants, who settled with their brethren in Montgomery. They were bound not merely by the tie of a common country, but by that of religion, and were mostly of the denomination of Friends. Hence, we find the more euphonious names of other districts of England mixed with those of the consonant loving Welsh. There seems to have been a singular contrast of religious opinion among the Welsh ; for, whilst the greater part were Friends, many were Episcopalians, and there were persistent efforts on both sides to fix their faith permanently. Nor does it appear that con- versions were, to either of these markedly distinct de- nominations, difficult to accomplish. It is related of Cadwallader Evans, a man of eminent merit, and ah Episcopalian, wlio was accustomed to go to the house of Robert Evans, his brother, where he read the bible, that upon one occasion he was passing the road that led to the place where the Friends were accustomed to HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 2i worship, and, in his own language, "ho was impressed to go down and see how the Quakers did." At the close of his own meeting at the liouse of his brotlier, he communicated his impressions to his brethren, and thej agreed to go to the Friend's meeting upon the next occasion ; they did so, were received with the kindness so characteristic of these people, that ever after they worshipped with them. Upon the other hand, the Rev. Evan Evans, an Episcopalian clergy- man, makes mention, in 1707, of having won over Eriends to the communion of the Church of England. Though often distinguished by High and Low Dutch, the former being under the jurisdiction of the Ger- manic Confederation, and the latter under that of Holland, the German and Dutch essentially belong to the great Germanic family, with some modification of language. They consequently mixed together in this country with but little affectation of superiority on the part of the former. The Hollanders being a more commercial people, and first in the field of ex- ploration, reached America before their more inland kinsmen. They claim to have visited the Delaware, or South Eiver, in 1598. Settlements were made upon it in 1623, by Cornelius May; from the Dela- ware settlements they found their way up the valley of the Schuylkill as early as 1633. Of the Germans, about twenty families settled at Germantown in 1683, and continued increasing until they extended their settlements, in the early part of the eighteenth century, beyond the Welsh lines in Gwynedd, establishing themselves in the upper part of Montgomery, principally in the townships of Hanover and Frederick. They took up lands in the valley of the Perkiomen in 1700, extending in 174.0 into Berks and other counties. They have not yet been precipitated into the great English crucible, which melts national characteristics into a common mass. These people were Protestants and are still 28 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. divided into organizations known as Lutheran, Ger- man Reformed, and Mennonists, or German Baptists. The discovery of the Hudson, or North River, in 1609, by Hendrick Hudson — the founding of a settle- ment at New Amsterdam, the site of New York city, in 1612 — the extensive powers of the West India Company of the United Netherlands in 1621 — the taking possession of territory with no deiinite limit, in 1623 — the establishment of trading posts on the Delaware, or South River, by Captain Cornelius May — the settlement of Swanendael, oi' Valley of Swans, near Lewistown, in 1631, by Captain De Vries, with a few other inconsiderable settlements, which proved to be failures, wore considered by the Dutch amply sufficient to constitute a proper claim to the country from their possessions upon the North River to Cape Cornelius, or May, upon the embouchure of the Delaware. They claimed, in the days referred to, "as large a charter as the Avind," and manifested a spirit of hostile jealousy towards adventurers of other nations. Yet, during these periods, the Dutch could hardly be siid to have settled, so far as the Delaware river was concerned ; their posts having been for the most part, of a trading character, having reference rather to the acquisition of fortunes through the peltries of the natives, than the establishment of settled domain and the prosecution of agricultural pursuits. In this condition of things, the Swedes entered the Delaware in 1637 or 1638,undei- the lead of Peter Minuit, who had previously been in the service of the Holland company. Tlie policy of these people was the conciliation of the friendship of the natives, in which they were eminently successful, from whom they purchased the land upon the west side of the Delaware, from Cape Hcnlopen to the falls at Tren- ton, and westward of the river 40 miles This ter- ritory they called New Sweden. Under these auspi- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 29 ces Christina, afterwards Wilmington, was founded, and in 1643, Gov. Printz, a choleric Swede, who was said to have weighed nearly four hundred pounds, made a settlement at Tinicum, a few miles above Chester, where he erected a fort and a commodious mansion, and drew a number of his countrymen around him. Emigrants continuing to arrive, Mocopanaca, the site of Chester — Coaquennack, the site of Phila- delphia, also Kinsessing, became settlements. In the interim the Dutch were not idle, but planted them- selves at New Castle, and other points ; and individ- ually and by families, settled in all the Swedish colo- nies upon the river, without fear or molestation. Had the ambition of the Dutch and Swedish rulers remained quiescent, their people could have readily fraternized, lived in harmony and flourished under laws common and applicable to their condition. There was no national hatred among the masses, and but few jealousies, the prominent having been connected with their competition for the Indian trade. But the rest- less spirit of Stuyvesant, Governor of New Amster- dam, determined him to obtain complete jurisdiction over the settlements upon the Delaware. With a suf- ficient force in 1655, he sailed up the river, overcame all opposition, and established the jurisdiction of the Dutch wherever he appeared. The triumph, howev- er, was of no great magnitude ; the Swedes, though defeated, were not conquered. They made their sub- mission, but their franchises were not interfered with, and being superior in numbers, in most of the colonies,' they gave tone to their communities. Recognizing the legal authority of their conquerors, their influence nevertheless prevailed ; and their customs, language, religion and social order, were respected and obeyed. Though leaders contended, the mass of the people extended settk^ments and plied the arts of peace, and the representatives of the two nations occupied the shores of the Delaware in common, until 1644, when '3t) NORRISTOWX AND BRIDGEPORT. the Englisli put an end to national strife, by wresting:: New Amsterdam and its dependencies from Holland. From the Delaware colonies offshoots upon the tide of adventure soughtthe shores of the Schuylkill for lands and homes, as well as the prosecution of the beaver trade, for which its waters were long in high repute. A constant friendship with the Indians secured com- plete success in this trade, notwithstanding the vig- orous competition of the Dutch: it is stated by Haz- ard, that "in the first year of their traffic, the Swedes exported 30,000 beaver skins.'' The precise dates of the settlements upon the Schuylkill can only be ap- proximated, as pioneer individuals and families pre- ceded formal explorations, and traditionary times and circumstances are mainly lost in the vista of time. In the absence of precise date it is known that families gradually worked their way up stream, as nccassity stimulated or inducement led, regardless, at so early an' age, of any importance attached to their move- ments. We find, however, that in 1653, Queen Chris- tina of Sweden, granted to Lieut. Swen Shute an am- ple tract of land, running from the Delaware to the Schuylkill, comprising the delta now known as Moy- amensing and Passyunk, as well as the entire site of Philadelphia, and which is believed to be the first title to the site under governmental authority. From the records of the Court of Upland in 1677, the following lands upon the Schuylkill had their titles confirmed under the governorship of Sir Edmund An- dross; Jan Schoeven 100 acres, west side; Kichard Duchet 100 acres, east side; John Mattson, Swen Lom and Lace Dalboo, 100 each at Weissakitonk, Wissahiccon ; Peter Rambo 250 acres ; Benj. Good- man 100 acres ; Lace Colman, Pelle Laerson and Peter Erickson, 100 acres each, near Falls of Schuyl- kill. In 1678, Thos. Nassitur and Wm. Warner, each 200 acres ; Oele Uoecker and Henry Tedway, each HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 31 300 acres, and Matthias Claassen Holstein, Edmund Draufton, Wm. Orian, Epliraim Herman and Matthew Allin, each 100 acres. The above list could be greatly extended, but enouo'h is given to draw the conclusion that some of these families were identical with those who came in- to Upper Merion and Norriton in 1712, and, having acquired means by industry and thrift in their original settlements, were enabled to purchase larger tracts in the vicinity of Bridgeport and Norristown. It is sta- ted that some settled in Upper Merion in 1705. The families principally mentioned, among the many who sought lands there in that year, are Mats Holstein, Peter Rambo, Gunnar Rambo, Peter Yocum and John Mattson. These families lound a few Welsh settled upon the shore, though the Indians claimed a general ownership and largely prevailed in numbers. Holstein and his friends procured by treaty and purchase from 800 to 1000 acres each, along the wes- tern bank of the river, their tracts extending as far down as the upper boundary of Lower Merion, and some distance into the forest. Holstein's tract lay far- thest up the river, containing the site of Bridgeport, with several adjacent farms. In 1714 he built a stone house upon his land about one mile from the river, in which he lived during his life time, the walls of which are still standing, having been built upon and added to several times. It is now occupied by A. J. Ander- son, Esq. In 1696, M. Holstein had a family of sev- en persons. Contiguous to and below Holstein's, lay Gunnar Rambo's tract, upon which Christ Church was afterwards built by the Swedes, and which yet remains a memento of more primitive days. A por- tion of the estate went to his son Ezekiel Rambo. A part is now owned by William B. Rambo, upon which same valuable lime quarries are successfully worked. Gunnar Rambo represented Philadelphia county in the Provincial Assemblyin 1685--in 1696 he had six 32 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. in family. Peter Rambo's came next to Gunnar's tract, containing 800 acres. A large part of it is in possession of one of his lineal descendants, the wife of Chas. Henderson, Esq. Yaluable beds of iron ore and limestone have been discovered upon it. Peter Yocum adjoined Peter Rambo, a part of his posses- sions being yet in the hands of his descendants. Six voters, of the name of Rambo, yet remain in Upper Merion. A part is owned by Robert T. Potts, Esq., and another part by the Swede Iron Company, which they occupy with their works and improvements. In 1696, Peter Yocum had nine in family. Lastly, and extending to the lower line of Merion, came John Mattson's tract, who gave name to the ford which be- came a prominent crossing point over the Schuylkill. The village of Oonshohocken, upon the left bank, is at one end of the old ford, where the river is span- ned by a bridge, now known as Mattson's Ford Bridge. It is stated by Mr. Buck, that the Mattson tract ''was divided among four sons," but that none of it is now possessed by any of his descendants, and in the list of voters for Upper Merion, in 1858, not one of the old family name can be found. In 1696, John Mattson had eleven in family. We find it stated that Mattson'S Ford had a dis- tinguished prominence given it by the passage of Wash- ington's army, upon the night of the 12th of Decem- ber, 1777, to take up Winter quarters at Yalley Forge. This is evidently a mistake, and has been confounded with the fact that the army crossed there upon several other occasions. Well authenticated history, as well as reliable tradition, establish the Swedes' Ford as the memorable point. Though living within a narrow range, in regard to luxury, the Swedes, in their river settlements, had much to make their condition comfortable. Ad- ditional to the products of their farms, the river and the forest abounded with food, the acqui- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 33 sitioii of which, in consequence, became a favorite pursuit ; the excitement of the hunt, which in primi- tive days drew largely upon the energies and skill of the hunter, gave a zest to that which Avas the reward of the forest march and the dangerous encounter. Hence, hunting and fishing were favorite employ- ments, as well as amusements, and furnished abun- dance of wholesome food to the humblest household. These pursuits, too, have their traditions, rife with perilous risks upon the trail of the more formid- able tenants of the wood, and marvelous encounters and escapes have been handed down. The manners and customs of the Swedes were long preserved in their settlements ; but as Welch, Ger- mans and others, were neighbors, with whom family relations were entered into, modifications gradually took place. The most formidable inroad was made by the English, who eventually, to a large extent, triumphed over all that was dissimilar in social and political life. The Swedish language, which was used in the pulpit, yielded likewise to the fiat of time, and the descendants of the Holsteins and the Eambos, eventually forgot the tongue of their fore- fathers. By the year 1760 their dialect was characterized by a marked change, and the English language finally became the one used in their churches and families. CHAPTER VI. Bridgeport — Boundary — Holstein Tract — Transfer — Upper and Lower Part of Borough — Real Estate — Population — Revolution — Passages of the Schuylkill — Howe's Encamp- ment — March to Valley Forge. Bridgeport is situated upon the right bank of the Schuylkill, in the county of Montgomery, directly opposite Norristown, with which it is connected with two bridges, ono over the river at De Kalb street and one at the Swedes' Ford. The borough was organ- ized by an act of Assembly, passed February, 1851. Perry M. Hunter, L. E. Corson and Alexander Sup- plee, Commissioners appointed for the purpose, at once proceeded to lay it out. Its first officers were elected in the ensuino: March, and consisted of Wash- ington Eichards, Burgess ; A. Weaver, Town Clerk ; Jacob M. Hurst, Treasurer ; Cadwallader Evans, Owen Raysor, Jacob M. Hurst, Francis Lylc, and David H. Major, Town Council. Bridgeport has but a brief history, having sprung into existence within the last eight years ; its growth having been stimulated by purchasers of land, who offered, by low prices, inducements for many of their neighbors upon the opposite of the river to secure residences.' Placed likewise in the stream of trade between Philadelphia and the coal region, and being virtually the terminus of a railroad into Chester county, manufacture and trade are extending their strong and active power towards a rapid extension of the place. The boundaries of the borough are thus described by act of Assembly : — "Beginning at low water mark of the river Schuylkill, in said township of Merion; thence on a line dividing lands of C. Evans HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 35 and the Schuylkill Navigation Company, south 20 degrees, 20 minutes, west 34.2 perches, to a point in a public road to the Great Valley; thence along the middle of said road, south 65 degrees, 40 minutes, west 165.5 perches, to a point in the middle of a road leading to Swedes' Ford road ; thence along the same, south, 26 degrees, 35 minutes, west 156 perches to a point in lands of Henry Norwick ; thence north 66 degrees, east 73 perches, to a point in a line between lands of John and Lindsay Coates, thence by lands of Samuel Coates, south 83 degrees, east 145.4 perches to a point ; thence by lands of said Samuel Coates, north 63 degrees, 30 minutes, east 253 perches to low water mark of the river Schuylkill aforesaid, and along and up said river t!ie several courses thereof to the place of beginning, which shall be called Bridge- port." These limits embrace part of what was originally the Holstein tract, and the part upon which the borough is thus far built is upon that portion known as the Swedes' Ford tract, the ancient ford having been established about midway of the river front of Hol- stein's original purchase. This Holstein tract origi- nally embraced 800 or 1000 acres and was pur- chased of the Welsh and Indians by Matts Holstein in 1712. Of this, Bridgeport embraces about 400 acres, the larger proportion lying beyond the borough is now owned as farm property by Stainline, Supplee and others. These 400 acres were left by Matts Holstein to his son Andrew Holstein, and the portion outside the borough went to another son, Matthias Holstein. Andrew Holstein left his part to his son Peter Holstein, and from Peter it descended to his daughter, Mary Holstein. Mary intermarried witli Levi Bartle- son, and from this point the tract began to be divided and fall into other hands. Daring Barfcleson's life 36 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. 189J acres were sold to William Lane, and from him they went by purchase to James Philip Delacour, who sold from it 166 acres to General Da Portail, a French officer in the American service, in 1795. Du Portail left America for France, and never returned, the history of his fate having been unknown. The purchase remained unclaimed for some years; taxes having accumulated upon it, it fell into the hands of the Sheriff, and was purchased by Elisha Evans; from him it came into the possession of his son, the- pre- sent Cadwallader Evans, who laid out the upper part of Bridgeport in 1825, and contributed largely to its improvements. His residence at the corner of De Kalb and Second streets, is upon the upper part of the tract, the boundary of which is the same as that of the upper boundary of the borough. The remaining part of the tract around Swedes' Ford, that Bartleson got possesion of by intermarriage with Mary Holstein, was purchased by Jesse Roberts in 1795 which he held until 1800, when he sold it to Samuel Holstein. From Samuel Holstein it went to his son, the late Major Matthias Holstein, who occu- pied the hotel at the ford, and had charge of the ferry for several years. The water at this place was oftentimes too deep to justify the act of fording, when the ferry proved the only available means of passage. In 1806, Samuel Henderson became the pur- chaser of it, held it a short time, and sold it to Jacob Ramsey, who lived upon it until his death in 1827, after which it passed back again into the Henderson family. It was purchased by Col. Jas. Bush and John Freedley in 1846, who sold much of it for improve- ments, and it thus became divided among numerous hands. The old tavern property is still retained by Col. Bush, who resides thereon. Freedley and Bush laid out the lower part of the borough. The streets running parallel to the river, are Front, HISTORY OF THE BOROUCxHS. 37 Second, Third, and np to Tenth, which is the south- western boundary of the borough. DeKalb and Front as yet are the principal streets, and contain some line buildings. In 1856 the real estate was valued at $197,817 ; horses and cattle $2,492. In 1859 the real estate was valued at $250,000 ; tax levied for borough purposes $11,000; bonded debt of the borough $3,568,00. From 1830 to 1840, the houses increased to 53, and about 300 inhabitants ; in 1850 they numbered about 100, and 572 inhabitants. It is now estimated to have 280 houses, 250 taxables and 1400 inhabi- tants. Memories of the stern period of the revolution clus- ter around the valley of the Schuylkill, and its fords have been frequently crossed by retreating and pur- suing foes; whilst varied personal adventures have made them familiar to tradition. After the defeat of the American army at Brandy wine, upon tlie 11th of September, 1777, upon the 21st of the same month the British army, under Sir Wm. Howe, maneuvered upon the fords of the Schuylkill, in Montgomery and Chester counties, to reach Philadelphia. It is a won- der he did not go by way of Harrisburg and Eead- ing, so strong was his love of detour. At the latter date, his line of encampment extended from Fatland ford to Fr.ench creek, the right resting upon and cov- ering the ford. The American army had retreated to Chester, thence by way of Philadelphia and the Falls of the Schuylkill, having crossed the river to and from the eastern bank, and awaited Howe in the vicinity of the Warren tavern, in Chester county. The march of the American army to the Falls of Schuylkill, was made so as to operate for the defence of the fords, the supposition being that the English would cross at the Falls, Matson's or Swedes' ford. Howe's delay induced the march of the American 38 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Commander into Chester county, to offer battle once more for the protection of Philadelphia. After the failure, in consequence of a storm, to en- gage the enemy successfully, Washington moved towards the Schuylkill, on the 17th, marching north- ward, by way of Yellow Springs, and crossing at Parker's ford on the 19lh, encamped upon both sides of Perkiomen creek. Upon the approach of the English he drew his forces farther up the river. Upon the night of the 22d, Howe passed his right wing over Fatland, and his left over Cordon's ford, and marching down the left bank of the Schuylkill, encamped with his left resting upon the river, above Swedes' ford, and his right upon the Manatawny road, now known as the Cermantown and Perkiomen turnpike, with Stony run in front. In this position it is evident that Howe's encampment was upon the site of Norristown, probably about where Swede or De- Kalb street now runs. As his left rested upon the Schuylkill and his front upon Stony creek, he was ev- idently prepared to receive the American army, should it advance upon him. The proximity of Wash- ington, but seven or eight miles above him, on the Perkiomen, rendered this probable. But the Ameri- can commander did not deem the position of his en- emy favorable for attack by his weakened and badly equipped forces. Wayne and Smallwood's brigades had not reached him after the massacre of Paoli, and reinforcements on their way from New York and New Jersey had failed, as yet, to join him. His troops, too, were badly armed, without tents or pi'oper clothing, and often destitute of food. These, with fatiguing marches, rendered an attack but a fool hardy opera- tion, resulting in certain and disastrous defeat. A council of war, however, was called, "which concurred in the opinion of the General, "not to march against the enemy, but to allow his harassed troops a few HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 39 days for repose, and remain upon liis present ground until the expected reinforcements should arrive." Had Wasliington been in a condition to attack Howe at Stony creek, the site of Norristown would have been the theatre, in part, of a thrilling and san- guinary contest ; for the American chief was as re- markable, when once determined upon, for the energy and vigor of his onsets, as for his prudence in avoid- ing a battle when defeat was probable, or being drawn into a perilous position by the skillful strategy of an enemy. Though defeated at Germantown, the dispo- sitions of Washington's plan of battle were highly symmetrical and masterly, and at once calculated to secure success. The incidents productive of his de- feat, were beyond the control of the most consummate skill, and too long for notice here. Upon the fords where it was supposed Howe's for- ces would attempt a crossing, troops had been posted, but of such inconsiderable number as to make a very ineffectual resistance. At Swedes' ford, Gen. Arm- strong had been ordered to throw up breast works upon the left, or eastern bank, to cover the fording. The details of this labor were entrusted to Gen. Du- Portail, a very skilful Frenchman, in the service of Congress, who, by the time Howe's columns reached the river, was prepared to dispute the passage of the ford, having prepared redoubts half a mile in length, to command its approaches. But Howe's march upon Fatland and Gordon's, rendered DuPortail's labors useless, as his position was completely turned. The vicinity of Norristown, after the conflict at Germantown, was the scene of a painful and melan- choly movement. Upon the issue of that day Wash- ington retreated into Whitemarsh township, and re- mained encamped there until the inclemency of tlie sea- son made it imperative that the army should go into winter quarters. Yalley Forge was decided upon as the most eligible locality, and upon the 11th of De- 40 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. cember, the army took up the line of march. Wash- ington's design was to cross to the right bank of the river at Matson's ford, over which he had caused a bridge to be thrown for the purpose, but having thrown his advance across, he found Cornwallis in possession of the defile upon the west bank. Supposing that commander to be in full force, though indeed the Eng- lish troops were only foraging, and unaware of the American movements, Washington recalled the troops which had crossed and moved up to Swedes' ford where he effected his passage. Weary, footsore and suffering, the blood of naked and frozen feet tracking the way, upon the night of the 12th of December, the armxy crossed the ford, to find the spot ^vhere disease and famine were to be the stern familiars of the soldiery for the bleak months to come. Yalley Forge was reached on the 18th. In remarking upon Washington's crossing at Swedes' Ford, Mr. Buck, in his history of Montgomery county, says : "The passage was effected by making a bridge of wagons backed upon one another ; the late Major Holstein, then a lad, witnessed the crossing." CHAPTER Vll. Union Canal — Canal from Philadelphia to Norristown — First Excavation for Canal in the States — Effect of Coal Mining on Trade of River— Schuylkill Navigation Company — Rail Road* — Norristown Rail Road — Reading Railroad — Chester Valley Railroad — Norristown and Allentown Railroad. Railroad and -water communication being of com- manding importance to the valley of the Schuylkill, the subject occupied the attention of the leading minds of the province, at quite an early period. Wm. Penn in 1690, spoke of the practicability of connecting the Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, by a canal to one of the branches of the latter. To the British mind the subject was a novel one, and public necessity in America did not then suggest any practical movements of such a nature. By the year 1761, the views of David Rittenhouse and Dr. Wm. Smith, of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and subsequently those of Robt. Morris, Robt. Fulton and others, more fully awakened public attention to the utility of inland nav- igation. The first attempt to make river communication more effectual, was by an act of Assembly, dated March 14, 1761, in which it is recited, that "Where- as, the river Schuylkill is navigable for rafts, boats, and other small crafts, in times of high freshets only, occasioned by the obstruction of rocks and bars of sand and gravel, in divers parts of the same; and whereas, the improving the navigation of the said river, so as to make it passable at all times, will be very advantageous to the poor, greatly conducive to the promotion of industry, and beneficial to the in- ' habitants residing on or near said river, by enabling 42 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. them to bring the produce of the country to the mar- ket of the city of Philadelphia, and thereby increase the trade and commerce of the province. And where- as, divers of the inhabitants of this province, desirous to promote the welfare of the public, have subscribed large sums of money for the purpose aforesaid, and, by petition to the Assembly, have requested that com- missioners may be appointed by law to take, receive and collect the said subscriptions, and such others as shall hereafter be given or subscribed, and to apply and appropriate the same, for and towards the clear- ing, scouring and rendering the said river navigable, as aforesaid &c." Fifteen commissioners were appointed by the As- sembly to carry the act into effect, but as nothing of consequence was effected, a new board was constitu- ted by the same authority in 1773. In 1762, David Rittenhouse and Dr. Wm. Smith, surveyed and leveled a canal route, to connect the Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, by means of the Swatara and Tulpehocken creeks ; the former a trib- utary of the Susquehanna, the latter of the Schuyl- kill. This was the first survey for a canal in the col- onies, and the route, in part, was subsequently used in connecting the two rivers by means of the Union canal, running from a point four miles below the city of Reading, to Middletown. The project, bold at that period, of uniting the two rivers, was commenced by the passage of the Act of September 29tli, 1791, which provided for the organ- ization of a company under the lead of Robert Mor- ris, David Rittenhouse, William Smith and others ; "about a century after William Penn's first prophetic intimation.'' Upon the 10th of April, 1792, another company was authorized to effect a junction of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, by a canal to extend from Philadelphia to Norristown, seventeen miles in. length. In addition to this object, it was designed to HISTOEY OF THE BOROUGHS. 43 make the improvement a means of supplying water to the former city. As an important link, the Schuylkill river was to be improved temporarily, leaving to time and more matured experience more enduring labors. Thus, it will be seen, that under the auspices of these two companies, an inland water communication, from Philadelphia to Middletown, was contemplated ; and their expansive views, in the enthusiasm of the time, reached even to the extension of the navigation as far as lake Erie and the Ohio river. Experience, that deals with theories with such ter- rible severity, soon convinced the leaders of the two companies, that to render navigable the Swatara and Tulpehocken and temporarily improve the Schuylkill, were undertakings to which their means were by no means adequate. Upon a survey of tliese difficulties, the company of 1791 abandoned its route, and be- came associated with that of 1792, which, under the advice of its engineer, had determined to push ita improvement to the Susquehanna, estimated at 70 miles, but what route was adopted does not appear. The two companies commenced active operations at Phil- adelphia in the direction of Norristown, and nearly completed 15 miles of the route through rock exca- vation, deep and extensive cuttings, with locks con- structed of brick, and heavy embankments, at an ex- penditure of $440,000— about $29,333 per mile, when the embarrassments of the companies, in 1794, com- pelled a suspension of the work. From 1795, fre- quent attempts were made to resume it, but, though the State subscribed $300,000 to aid its completion, it was eventually abandoned. Matters were thus held in abeyance until 1811, when the two disappointed companies were united under the title of the Union Canal Company ,with authority to extend a canal from Philadelphia to lake Erie ; also to make such further extension as might be deemed expedient. In the years 1819 and 1821, 44 NOBRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. the State aided the company by a guarantee of the payment of interest upon its debt, and a monopoly of lottery privilege, which, with additional subscriptions of stock, enabled it to resume operations in 1821. The line was completed in 1827, having been re-lo- cated and the dimensions of the canal enlarged. Thus, in 137 years from the period of Penn's suggestion, 65 from the time of Rittenhouse and Smith's survey, and 36 from its actual commencement, the work ol con- necting the Susquehanna and Schuylkill was success- ful. The entire route, about 82 miles, cost nearly $2,- 000,000. The eastern section undertaken by the compa- nies of 1791 and 1792, and extending from Philadel- phia to the Swedes' Ford, 15 miles, was never com- pleted. In reference to this work, Mr. Day remarks : "It was on the river bank at Norristown, that the spade was set to excavate the first public canal in the United States. The canal was to be taken to Phila- delphia on the same level, without a lock. The ancient excavation still remains below Norristown." The completion of the Union canal, but partially effecting the leading object of those who originally projected the great chain of inland routes, the navi- gation of the Schuylkill next became an object of at= tention ; in consequence, the Schuylkill Navigation Company was incorporated by the Act of March 8th, 1815. To secure a more marked local interest and the better to guard against the failure of completion, the company was required to work simultaneously at both ends of the line. The wisdom of such a require- ment was somewhat problematical, as no part of the work could be advantageously used and turned to profit, previous to its being finished. The Legisla- ture probably had in view the $440,000 previously thrown away between Norristown and Philadelphia. Perhaps no events have given so great a stimulus to speculation in Pennsylvania, as the discovery of HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 45 the igniting propei'ty of coal, and the means of a ready transportation to market. The rugged hills of the upper region of the Schuylkill, unfitted for culti- vation, over which few human footsteps but the hun- ter's roamed, became the scenes where capital nerved the arm of sturdy adventure and rapidly penetrated to seams from which fortunes were to flow. Cities, towns and villages, sprung up like bubbles upon the wave; a teeming population gave life to the solitudes of the wilderness, and all the appliances of civilization and refinement, soon abounded amid regions whose wild features had hitherto been but the familiars of the storms and lightnings of time's speeding centuries. The valuable improvements of the Schuylkill Navi- gation Company extends from Philadelphia, by way of Bridgeport and Norristown, Pottstown, Reading and Potts ville, to Port Carbon, in Schuylkill county, where the coal basins of that region, in part, pour into the channels of trade their exhaustless tribute of carboniferous wealth. The whole route, 108 miles in length, was finished in 1826, at a cost of $2,966,- 480 — over $27,000 per mile. It has a series of 63 miles of canal, some stretches of the river being nav- igable, and 45 miles of slack water pools, made by the construction of 34 dams. One of these dams was con- structed upon the Schuylkill, at Norristown, between Barbadoes Island and the bridge at DeKalb street, which also furnishes propelling power to several mills. The work also contained, originally, 109 locks, each 80 feet long and 17 broad, with an entire ascent of 620 feet. In consequence of the increase of the coal trade, the size of the canal was enlarged in 1846. Its width was increased from 36 to 60 feet, and its depth from 3 J to 5 J feet, which gave it capacity to carry boats of 186 tons, instead of 60, to pass its entire length. The locks also were reduced in number to 71, enlarged in width to 18 feet, and in length to 110. To su})ply a sufficiency of water, dams were 46 NOREISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. constructed upon some tributary streams in Schuyl- kill county; that upon Silver creek covering sixty acres. Partially completed in 1818. a few boats descen- ded, the tolls amounting that year to but |233; until ^ 1824 no particular record of tolls was kept, but during that year only $635 were realized. The successful commencement of the line may be dated in 1825, when the tolls amounted to $15,775, of which $9,700 were for coal; the tons transported were 6,500. From that time, with a few exceptions, there was a steady increase of coal transportation, amounting in 1826 to 16,776 tons; in 1827 to 31,360; in 1828 to 47,- 284; in 1829 to 79,973; in 1830 to 89,984; iu 1831 to 81,853; in 1832 to 209,271 ; in 1833 to 252,- 971; in 1834 to 226,692; in 1835 to 339,508; in 1836 to 432,045 ; in 1837 to 523,152 ; in 1838 to 433,875 ; in 1839 to 442,608; in 1840 to 452,291; in 1841 to 584,692; in 1842 to 540,892; in 1857 to 1,275,988. The valley of the Schuylkill, for furnaces, forges and manufactories is estimated to consume 450,000 tons of coal annually. We close this article by a prophecy from the pen of Mr. Buck, which we trust ma}- be re- alized : — "We really believe the day is not far dis- tant, when this line will be further enlarged, and that vessels of 250 tons will ascend, by steam or other- wise, as far as Port Kennedy, where they will load and return to the ocean, to discharge their freight at the cities of our sea-board. Young reader, you may live to see it !" The most important chain of communication east- ward from the borough of Norristown, and of greater intrinsic value than any other to its travelling facili- ties, is the Philadelphia and Norristown Railroad. This enterprise, so essential to the prosperity of the place, was commenced in 1831, and opened for travel as far as Germantown the ensuing year, witli a novel display of horse cars. In the fall of 1834, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 47 it was opened in a similar manner to Manayunk. Upon the 15th of August, 1835, it was formally opened to Norristown, 21 miles in length, at a cost of $1,811,000, the trains having beendrawn by the more effective power of steam. The day of its opening, one proper for festivity and rejoicing, was thus honored by the citizens ; an era in metropolitan life that was to stimulate anew their local prosperity. The hi- larity, in view of a pleasant and rapid means of com- munication with the City of Brotherly Love, can readily be imagined, as of a character at once hearty and spontaneous. Gracefully winding, for most of the route, along the sinuosities of the Schuylkill, through the villages of Conshohocken and Mana- yunk, it commands the tonnage of much of the manufacturing and agricultural industry along the river. The profits of the road exhibit an encouraging in- crease. The receipts of the road in 1854 were $244,566; in 1855, $259,089; in 1856, $287,261; in 1857, $312,958; in 1858,' $279,589 ; in 1859, $288,657. Expenses in 1854, $230,098; in 1855, $195,614; in 1856, $207,615; in 1857; $424,439; in 1858, $194,259 ; in 1859, $178,582. The divi- dends on stock in 1854 were $70,971 ; in 1855, $71,- 041; in 1856, $90,663; in 1857, $120,997; 1858, $128,053; in 1859, $121,427. The number of passen- gers carried to and from Norristown in 1854, was 160,607; in 1855, 151,440; in 1856, 184,624; in 1857, 203,079 ; in 1858, 180,196; in 1859, 178,174. The number of passengers carried upon the road in 1854, was 861,764 ; in 1 855, 902,040 ; in 1856, 1,131,- 385; in 1857, 1,269,725: in 1858, 1,237,342; in 1859, 1,584,165. The road is equipped with 17 en- gines, varving in weight from 22,100 lbs. to 44,800 lbs. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, ramify- ino- into the coal reo-ions of Schuvlkill and other 48 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. counties, and skirting the right bank of the river opposite Norristown, through the borough of Bridge- port, presents another rapid and effective means of communication from the two boroughs up and down the valley of the Schujdkill. The company was chartered upon the 4th of April, 1833, and the road placed under contract from Philadelphia to Potts- town, the ensuing year. The road was opened to Reading, 59 miles, upon the 9th of December, 1839, and to Pottsville, 98 miles, in 1842 ; the total cost having been $19,262,720, nearly $19,656 per mile. Says Mr. Buck, the event of the opening "was cele- brated with military display, and an immense pro- cession of 75 passenger cars. 1255 feet in length, containing 2150 passengers, three bands of music, with 180 tons of coal, part of which was mined the same morning, 412 feet below the water level." At Bridgeport the company have a commodious depot, and a water tank, elevated upon stone pillars, to supply the engines. The gradients of the road in the direction of Philadelphia are so light that im- mense quantities of coal are rapidly transported to that city by a single locomotive not unfrequently drawing 95 loaded cars, and it is asserted that 155 loaded cars have been thus drawn. So great are the means of the company for the business of transpor- tation, that if all its engines and cars were joined to- gether in one train, they would extend over a dis- tance of 15 miles. The Chester Valley Railroad, extending from Downingtown to Norristown, now has its eastern terminus at Bridgeport, and is worked by the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad Company. Its western terminus connects with the Pennsylvania railroad at Downingtown. The road is 21 miles in length, and affords a ready access to market to the farmers of Chester county upon its route. It was opened upon the 12th of September, 1853. HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 49 A few years since a company was chartered to con- struct a railroad from Norristown to Allentown, on the Lehigh river, by way of the valley of the Perki- omen ; as yet no part of the work is under contract. This improvement would open a fertile region, abound- ing also in mineral wealth. It would give the citi- zens of the county a more direct communication north- ward, to the upper waters of the Delaware and the city of New York. We believe the company keeps up an organization, watching and waiting for more propitious times, in which to complete their labors. May such speedily arrive. 3* CHAPTER VIII. Churches — Swedes — Friends— Episcopalians — Methodists — Baptists— Presbyterians— Catholics— German Reformed. The Swedes were eminently a religious people, car- rying with them into their settlements an operative kindness and good will to all, and a magnanimous sense of justice in their dealings. The ministers of their religion, who adhered to the doctrine of Martin Luther, generally accompanied their brethren, admin- istering to their spiritual wants, and living among them as their prominent counselors and teachers. Wherever these' men have labored they have won the confidence and regard of all, by the unswerving fidelity of their office, and the christian example of their lives. In their settlement upon the Schuylkill, at Bridge- port, in 1712, the want of spiritual teaching was somewhat severely felt, no church being nearer than that at Wicaco, Philadelphia. Having no regular ministrations they met for some years at one anoth- er's houses, where the more prominent laymen con- ducted service, though occasionally families would go in canoes to Wicaco, to hear the Rev. Andrew San- del and Jonas Lidman. The settlement was visited by the Rev. Samuel Hesselius, previous to 1735, and by his advice a school house was erected in that year upon Gunnar Rambo's tract, now the site of the vil- lage of Swedesburgh, adjoining the eastern line of Bridgeport; no regular preaching was supposed to have been had tncre prior to 1750, though services were held twice a year, in which lay members officiated. JVlarriages, baptismal and other rights, for tlie com- munity, were performed at the mother church at Wic- aco, now Philadelphia; the congregat'ons of Merion HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 51 and Kingsessing having been united to that church, formed one mission. The Swedish mission comprehended the churches of Christina, in Delaware; Wicaco, Kingsessing and Up- per Merion, in Pennsylvania, and Raccoon and Penn's Neck, in New Jersey. The clergy consisted of three rectors, and in later times a minister extraordinary or common assistant. These received their appointments from the Swedish government, which always mani- fested a proper regard for the spiritual welfare of its subjects in America. One of the ordinary pastors was also provost, or commissary, having a degree of superintending authority over the whole mission. The crown gave the minister extraordinary £33 J ster- ling, per annum; the commissary £50, and every mis- sionary £50, for expenses of voyage. On the 7th of May, 1758, the congregation pur- chased the lot upon which the school house stood, of Ezekiel Rambo, Gunnar's son, to whom that part of the estate had descended, for the sura of £11. The trustees. Andrew Holstein, Peter Rambo and George Rambo, were parties to the deed for the church, which was entitled the "Swedish Lutheran Congregation;" it granted to them in fee a certain lot, or acre of land therein described, in trust, as follows: -'In trust, nev- ertheless, for the use of the said Lutheran congrega- tion, their heirs and successors forever, and that for the use of the burying ground, a church, a school house and other buildings hereafter to be erected thereon, as the said congregation and their successors forever shall or will think meet or proper; and for no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever.'' The church was dedicated, under the title of Christ Church, upon the 24th of June, 1760; the Rev. Chas. Magnus ^Yrangel preached upon the occasion. He is described as having been a popular preacher, posses- sed of ''a winning and captivating eloquence," and often compelled to preach in the open air from the 52 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. number that flocked to hear him. Until 1768, the year in which he returned to Sweden, and was there made a Bishop, he preached in the new church accep- tably, at which times many of the congregation wend - ed their way to church in canoes. Be preached at Christ church once a month, the churches at Wicaco and Kingsessing having been included as part of his charge. Mr. Wrangel was succeeded by the Rev. Andrew Goeranson, who came from Sweden in 1766, and preached until the close of 1779, frequently aided by the Rev. Chas. Lute, of the Episcopal church, who was appointed assistant in 1774. The Rev. Matthias Uult- gren succeeded in January, 1780, and continued his ministrations until 30th of May, 1786. In July of that year the Rev. Nicholas Collin, who was sent to America in 1770, took charge of the mission and con- tinued until the period of his death at Wicaco, in 1831. Throughout his ministry he was held in high estimation and respect both by his congregation and the public. Mr. Collin was frequently aid ed by the Rev. Messrs. Joseph Clarkson, Slater Clay, Joseph Turner, J. C. Clay, James Wiltbank and M. B. Roche. Dr. Collin was succeeded by the Rev. JehuC. Clay, whose successor was Rev. Edwin N. Lightner, who in turn was succeeded by the Rev. Wm. H. Rees. Upon the lOtli of September, 1787, the congrega- tion obtained an amendment to their charter, ena- bling them to elect their Rector, who had until that time been appointed over them. The amendment provided that ''such Rector or other Minister, shall be in the Ministry of the Lutheran or Episcopal churches.'' The union which had existed between the Gloria Dei Church, (Wicaco) the Church at King- sessing and Christ Church, which had been but nomi- nal prior to 1765, was rendered more complete during that year by a Propiietary Act, and continued until 1843 J it was then dissolved by an Act of Assembly, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 53 through the united petition of the congregations, and each one became an independent Church. The church- e? of Wicaco and Kingsessing afterwards united, but Christ Church has continued its independent and prim- itive character, except some modifications of time and circumstance. The peaceable principles of the Friends were prob- ably taught upon the continentin 1675, as a settlement was made by them at Salem, in New Jersey, in that year. Many came into the country cotemporary with the Episcopalians, as the North Britons, or Welsh, who settled Merion and Gwynedd, were divided be- tween the two sects. It is probable that the Welsh, previous to emigration, were attached to the Church of England, but won over by the enthusiastic efforts of Fox. For this they suffered persecution, though many had a lingering attachment to the ritual and Church which they left. These circumstances may account for the readiness of the change, among the settlers, from the one denomination to the other. Robert Townsend, an eminent Friend, settled in Germantown in 1688, and it is probable that about the same time others found their way into Plymouth, Merion and Gwynedd. Plymouth meeting was set- tled in 1688 ; the meeting house in Lower Merion was built in 1695 ; Gwynedd Monthly Meeting was first held on 22d of 12th month, 1714, or 1715. It is under the authority of this Monthly meeting that the meeting in Norristown assembles. The members, previous to the building of a house in the borough, worshipped at Plymouth, and as those in the borough did not increase to any extent, no place of worship was erected until 1852. In that year, through the exertions, principally of Lindley Rossitor, of Norris- town, who purchased the lot upon his own responsi- bility, a comfortable meeting house was built for the convenience of the local membei-sliip. The meeting comprises about 114 members. 54 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. The following is the minute of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, held at Gwynedd, 29th of 4th month, 1852 : "The subject of the establishment of a meeting, pro- posed to be held in Friends' new meeting house in the borough of Norristown, being introduced by the fol- lowing address, signed by members residing in said borough, and vicinity; upon consideration the meeting united in judgment that the application be granted, and that an Indulged Meeting be there established^ under the care and direction of this Meeting, to com- mence on First day, the 16th of next month, 5th month, 1852, at ten o'clock in the morning, and the following named Friends appointed a committee to attend said meeting, in conjunction with a similar com- mittee of women Friends, from its opening, until I'e- leased by this meeting, and make report as way may open : — Jonathan Lukens, Salathiel Cleaver, William Foulk, Jonathan Jones, Silas Walton, Samuel Lukens, David Jones, Thomas F. Baynes, John Conrad, Wm. Zornes, Charles Shepherd, Cadwalader Foulk, Jesse Hammer, Joseph Foulk, Isaac Jones, Joel Lane, Amos Phipps, John Wilson and Wm. Halowell. The committee appointed by the women's meeting, con- sisted of Martha Cleaver, Elizabeth Foulk, Mercy Yerkes, Hannah Foulk, Mary J. Ambler, Mary Jeans, Mary C. Lare, Ann L. Hamor, Elizabeth Lu- kens ; to which were added, 6th month 3d, Rachel Maulsby, Mary Cleaver, Susanna Phipps, Sarah Mc- Kiggin." The address, on the part of Friends at Norristown, is as follows : — "To Gwynedd Monthly Meeting : — Dear Friends : The members of the Society of Friends, whose names are hereunto annexed, residing in the borough of Norristown and vicinity, having duly con- sidered the question, whether the time has not arrived when a meeting of Friends should be regularly open- ed and established, on First days, in the new meeting house of Friends, at this place, are united in judgment HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 55 that it would be riglit to request the Monthly Meeting to take such action in the case as may be consistent with the pointings of Truth. Norristown, 4th montli 24th, 1852. Signed, Lindley Rossitor, Samuel Foulk, Robert Iredell, Wm. L. Paxson, Mary A. Davis, Mary Roberts, Sarah Ann Shoemaker, Sarah L. Jones," and forty-six otliers. A meeting for worship, upon the Fifth day of the week, excepting the weeks in wliich the Preparative and Quarterly Meetings are held, was also granted, and the first one commenced Ninth month 7th, 1854. From the minutes of the Committee, dated Eleventh month 1st, 1854, it is stated, '-We believe these meetings have been owned in the Truth, and have proved satisfactory to Friends and others who have attended them" According to the foregoing grant of the Monthly Meeting, the meeting at Norristown is an hidulged Meeting, which is properly a part of the mcmbeiship of Plymouth. Norristown meeting, therefore, does not exist as a distinct organization, but all matters of discipline are referred to the proper jurisdiction of Gwynedd. To use the woi'ds of a Friend, ''An In- dulged Meeting is a meeting for worship, which is the most important of any, and established for the benefit of members who live remote from the Preparative Meeting, where they belong. According to the con- nection and subordination of such a meeting, as set forth by the Discipline, it may be set up or laid down as other meetings." We learn that application has been made to the Monthly Meeting, on the part of Friends, at Norris- town, for their meeting to be changed to a Prepara- tory Meeting, to be set off from that of IMymouth, and arrangements are being made for the purpose, when the Trust under which the meeting is now held, will pass from Gwynedd Monthly Meeting, to Norris- town Preparatory Meeting. 56 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. The Episcopalians, nearly coeval in tlieir settlement with the Friends, embraced within their church nearly all the Welsh settlers in Gwynedd, and a respectable proportion of tliose that settled Merion, Radnor and Tredyffrin. Their tenets were consequently taught in Montgomery, in 1698. Among the prominent adher- ents of the early church in Gwynedd, may be enu- merated Wm. Jones, Thomas Evans, Robert Evans, Owen Evans, Cadwalader Evans, Hugh Griffith, Robert Foulk and Robert Jones. Some of their an- cient churches are yet standing, the one at Radnor having stood 143 years; the edifice which this super- seded was built of logs. Norristown had no house of worship in 1811 ; the Academy upon Airy street previously subserving re- ligious purposes, and the Episcopalians were probably among the religious pioneers of the borough, as their church was organized on the 17th of December, 1812, and they erected an edifice in 1814. Their church is on Airy street above DeKalb, built in the Gothic style, dQ by 109 feet and capable of holding five hun- dred persons. The first rector was the Rev. Jehu C. Clay, who came in 18 '4; the second, the Rev. Thomas P. May, who came in 1817, and died September 20th, 1819; the third, the Rev. Bird Wilson, who, at one period, was President Judge of the judicial district composed of the counties of Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Bucks, came in 1819 ; the fourth, the Rev, Dr. Jehu C. Clay, returned in 1822 ; the fifth, the Rev. John Reynolds, came in 1831 ; the sixth, the Rev. Nathan Stem, came in 1839. Mr. Stem continued until his death, which took place November 1st, 1859. 'J'he first vestry of the church named in the charter, consisted of Francis Swayne, Bird Wilson, Levi Paw- ling, Henry Friedley, Matthias Holstein, John Zeiber, George W. Holstein; the trustees constituted by the same irstrument, were Francis Swavne. Bird Wilson, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 57 Lewis Pawling. The first meeting of the conoTe,i2,a- tion to elect wardens, was August 12, 1813, when Francis Swayne and Bird Wilson were chosen. The charter of the church is dated 1812, given in the time of Gov. Simon Snyder. A commodious parsonage, in a pleasant position, stands beside the church edifice. Occasional sermons by Methodist ministers fi-om ad- joining circuits, had been preached in Norristown, some- time previous to the organization of a society. The Rev. John Finley, then in charge of Germantown cir- cuit, organized the first society in 1832, which consist- ed of the following persons, viz : Jolm Supplee, Eliza- beth Supplee, David Vaughn, Rebecca Haldeman, Mary Jones, Sarah Jones, Mary Yarnall, Elizabeth Hodgkins. In the latter part of the year 1834, the society obtained a lot on Main street, near Arch, and commenced the erection of a stone church. The base- ment of the church was dedicated on New Year's day, 1835 ; Rev. Joseph Lybrand preached the dedication sermon. Immediately after the dedication. Rev. Wil- liam K. Goentner was appointed to supply the pulpit, under whose labors during that winter about one hun- dred were added to the church. The following are the names of the ministers who have been stationed here, from the commencement up to the present date, viz : 1835, William K. Goentner. 1836, Henry G. King. 1837, Henry G. King and John L. Taft. 1838, John Lednum. 1839, George Barton. 1840, John A. Roach. 1841, James Neill. 1842 David Shields. 1843, Robert McNamee. 1844, William Bishop. 1845, John D. Curtis. 1846, Daniel L. Patterson. 58 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. 1847, Joseph J. Elsegood. 1848 and 1849, Thomas C. Murphy. 1850 and 1851, Peter J. Cox. 1852 and 1853, Henry S. Atmore. 1854, Joshua Huraphriss. During this year a portion of the membership with- drew anrl organized a new society, afterwards known as the "0 ik street M. E. Church." Where the names of two ministers appear in connection with the charge the same year, Noristown was connected with other appointments, and called a circuit. The pulpit of the old church, after the division, was supplied as follows : 1855 and 1856, Mahlon H. Sisty. 1857 and 1858, Joseph S. Cook. During the pastorate of Rev. Joseph. S. Cook, the new church on DeKalb street was built. It was dedi- cated by Bishop Scott, on the 21st day of November, 1858. It is a neat brick edifice 75 feet deep by 50 feet front, in which the society now worship, the old church having been sold, and now being occupied as a feed store The present pastor. Rev. J. W. Me- caskey, was appointed in the Spring of 1859. The Oak Street M. E. Church, as has already been remarked, was formed by a portion of the member- ship withdrawing from the old society in 1854. This society was organized by Rev. John D. Curtis, (then presiding elder on the Reading district) on the23d of June, 1854. Soon after the organization, they obtained a lot on Oak street, between DeKalb and Swede,on which they erected a neat and commodious brick edifice, 53 feet front by 73 feet deep. The following are the names of the ministers appointed to the Oak street charge, from its commeneement to the present date : 1854 and 1855, John F. Meredith. 1856, James Y. Ashton. 1857 and 1858. James H. Lightbourn. 1859, John Thompson. HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 59 The first colored Methodist Protestant Ehenezer church, is situated on Arch street, in the northeast suburb of Norristown. It is a stone building, erected in the autumn of 1853, at a cost of $875.00.' Rev. A. S. Driver, President of the Pennsylvania district, of- ficiated at the laying- of the corner stone and the dedi- cation. Rev. Thomas Gibbs was in charge, at that time ; in 1854, Rev. A. S. Driver was pastor, and con- tinued one year, since which the Rev. Samuel H. Amos has been the pastor. The Baptist church of Norristown had its origin in a series of meetings in the fall of 1832, conducted by Elder J. S. Fletcher, Elder Nichols, Wm. S. flail, and Dr. Brantley, which were he id in the Court House and Academy. Interest was thereby excited, mani- fested by some overt acts of opposition, whilst several on the other hand professed conversion. On the 12th of December of the same year, the church was organ- ized, partly from Baptists resident in the town, aug- mented by a number who transferred their member- ship from the Great Valley and Roxborough churches. For some months the congregation worshipped in va- rious public buildings. In 1833 a lot upon the corner of Swede and Airy streets was purchased, and an edi- fice erected at a cost of $7000. The edifice was plain, quadrilateral, built of the sandstone #und in the vicin- ity, rough cast, and surmounted by' a belfry. A few years later a gallery was erected."^ In 1846, part of the ground on which the church edifice stands, and which was used as a burial ground, was sold, and a Cemetery lot of two acres purchased at a cost of $600. The spot is an elevated one on the Sandy Hill road, and affords a fine view of the sur- rounding scenery. Upon the meetino- house lot a neat parsonage was erected, at a cost of $2200. In 1850, a legacy having been left for the purpose, the edifice was enlarged and improved ; its length increased and a new cupola erected over the front, having an alti- 60 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. tu le of 100 feet. The enlargement gave the house a length of 78 feet, width 48 feet, and contained a vestibule, baptistery, new pulpit, a lecture room capa- ble of holding 200 persons, and a room for the con- gregation, to accommodate 500. The exterior was stuccoed in imitation of granite, and the building en- closed by a substantial iron railing. The improve- ments of 1850, cost between $3000 and $4000. Elder Wm. Jordan preached regularly after the or- ganization, though not constituted pastor. H. 0. Wyer, preached from July to October, 1834; and Charles Wilson appears to have been the first duly elected pastor, serving from September, 1835, to De- cember, 1837 ; David Bernard from March, 1838 to April, 1841 ; Samuel Aaron from April, 1841 to 1844 ; Isaac A. Hobart, from January, 1845 to July, 1846; Hiram Hutchins, from Nov., 1846 to Dec, 1849 ; John* Duer preached several months, but was not chosen pastor : Edward Cornwall was pastor from Nov., 1850 to June, 1852 ; Roswell Cheney from May, 1854, to May, 1859 ; the present supply is Rev. T. J. Thomas. The number of members at the period of organiza- tion was 38, at the present time 275. This church has long been known for its uncompromising senti- ments on the sutbject of oppression and intemperance, and for its open l^vowal, from the pulpit, of opposition thereto. The Baptists are the only denomination as yet or- ganized in Bridgeport, the congregation having been formally constituted in 1849, in which year the church edifice Was built. The building is of stone, plastered, forty by fifty-two feet in dimensions. The churcn was organized in 1850, with but fifteen members, un- der the pastorship of the Rev. Wm. Smith. His suc- cessor was the Rev. David Carnahan, who in turn was succeeded by the Rev. Charles J. Thompson, the present pastor. The communicants now number 136. Deacons~B. F. Hancock, Ii:ii G. M'Cai'ter. HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. Gl Trustees— B. F. Hancock, Eli G. M'Carter, Win. Swan, Sylvester Makens, H. E. Newberry. The church has two Sabl)ath schools under the su- perintendence of Wm. Swan and B. F. Hancock, con- taining 200 pupils. The schools meet every Sabbath afternoon at 2 o'clock. The time of service in the church is every Sabbath morning, at 10| o'clock; prayer meetings are held Sabbath mornings before church service, at 9| o'clock, and every Wednesday evenino- ; likewise every Satur- day evening for conference and prayer. Communion service is held upon the hrst Sabbath of every month. The elements of which the First Presbyterian cliurch was formed, were collected into a congregation about the year 1814, by Rev. Jolin Jones, who at that time was principal of the Norristown Academy. They usually met in the Academy for worship. In 1815 a church edifice was erected on the site of the present building. The congregation had not a settled pastor for some time after the church was built, but enjoyed the ministrations of Mr. Jones, Rev. Jos. Barr and others ; Mr. Barr was at that time pastor of the churches of Providence and Norriton. On the 4th of Sei)tember, 1819, Rev. James P. Wilson, D. D., acting under the direction of the Pres- bytery of Philadelphia, organized a church out of these congregations, which took the corporate name of "The First Presbyterian Church at Norristown." On the same day Robert Hammill, Ulrich Shlater, and Hugh Dixon, were elected elders and ordained to the ofiice. As this church was formed mainly from the congre- gations of Providence and Norriton, Mr. Barr assum- ed the pastorate, aad continued in charge until 1823, when he resigned. Rev. Charles W. Nassau was call- ed to the charge of this chuich, in connection with those of Norriton and Providence soon after. He continued pastor until 1828, when in consequence of 62 NOBRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. ill health he resigned. The congregatiori remained without regular ministrations until November, 1834, when Rev. Robert Adair was installed. His connec- tion with it continued until 1837, when he was called to a church in Philadclpliia. The congregation now sought the serA^ces of Rev. Samuel M. Gould, a native of Maine, and being satis- hed with his style of pulj3it ])erformances, tendered him a call. The second Presbytery of Philadelphia, under whose care the church now was, after examining Mr. Gould, as to his theological views, refused to adnnt him, and place him over the church ; whereupon tlie congregation, at a meeting held in March, 1838, resolv- ed to withdraw from the second Presbytery of Phila- delphia, (old school) and place themselves under the care of the third Presbytery of Philadelphia, (new scliool) which had then just been formed. The church was accordingly transferred, and Mr. Gould installed as their pastor, by a committee of the third Presbytery, September 25, 1838. From this period until the time of its return to the second Pres- bytery, its peace was often disturbed by controversies growing out of the change in its ecclesiastical rela- tions. Under Mr. Gould's ministry, however, large additions were made, from time to time, to the mem- bership of the church. In 1839, the church edifice was enlarged and other- wise greatly improved. Towards the close of 1851, Mr. Gould resigned the charge, and the church was again for a few months without a pastor. Rev. Randolph A. Smith, having received a unani- mous call to take charge of the congregation, was in- stalled June 3, 1852, by the third Presbytery of Phil- adelphia. Under the pastorate of Mr. Smith, in 1852 the church erected a plain, but well arranged parson- age, in cottage style. The next year they resolved to rebuild their place of woi'ship. Accordingly on the last Sabbath in March, 1854, farewell services were HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 63 held in the old church. The next day the work of pulling down the old building was commenced. The congregationworshippedinthe old courthouse, until the 31st of December, 1854, when the}- entered their new lecture room ; where thej continued to hold theirmeetings until the 16th of September, 1855, when the church was dedicated, and formally opened for public worship. Previous to the completion of the new church, in consequence of his own declining health and the indisposition of his family, Mr. Smith request- ed the congregation to unite w^ith him, in asking the Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relation. Accord- ingly a congregational meeting was called, and the matter laid before them ; when they unanimously re- fused to unite in the request. Mr. Smith being sent for, came into the meeting, and the result of the con- gregational vote was announced to him. The chair- man on behalf of the people, urged him to revoke his declared purpose of resigning his charge. Mr. Smith then stated, that even in the event of his restoration to health, he could not continue his present relations to the third Presbytery, owing to unkind treatment, received from some of its members. A resolution was then moved and carried, that the congregation dissolve their relation to the third Presbytery and return to their previous connection with the second Presbytery, and a committee w^s appointed as the organ of com- munication to effect the object. As the transfer of the church to the second Pres- bytery brought it again under what was denominated the old school jurisdiction, that portion of the congre- gation which entertained new school views, was dis- satisfied with the change, and protested against it ; al- leging that at the meeting, which was held to consid- er Mr. Smith's resignation, the resolution to change the relations of the church from the new to the old school Presbytery, was sprung upon the meeting sud- 64 NORrasTowN and Bridgeport. denl} , witlioiit due notice, and was irrelevant to the call and object thereof. The committee appointed to carry forward the de- cision of the meetin,i2^, api)eared before the third Pres- bytery and announced their mission. The Presbyte- ry refused to recognize the proceedings relative to a transfer to the second Pre^tery, and cited Mr. Smith to appear before it. This citation he did not obey ; the Presbytery declared the pulpit vacant, and proceeded to appoint supplies. Rev. George Foote was the first supply, who was also commissioned to de- clare to the congregation the vacancy of the pulpit The appearance of Mr. Foote to fulfil bis mission, brought affairs to a crisis. Appearing at the doors of the church, with the new school part of the congre- gation, they found the house closed against them, and were imformed by the trustees, that it could not be opened for the object proposed by the visit of Mr. Foote. Mr. F. and his friends retired to the opposite cor- ner of the street, where, under cover of the Market House, he performed, in the name of his Presbytery, the duty assigned him. The New School i)arty then adjourned to Airy Street Hall, where services were held, and where they continued to worship until a church was organized and an edifice built. The new organizati(m took tlie title of the Central Presbyte- rian Church. The separation took place in July, 1855. The new organization erected an edifice on De- Kalb street above Swede, in 1856-7, worshipping there for the first time upon the 4th of January, 1857. Having no regular pastor, they were supplied by min- isters from the third and fourth Presbyteries until 1856, when tlieir iiist and present pastor, the Rev. Daniel G. Mai lory was regularly called. Of the original eldership, Daniel Getty and Jacob Taney came with the congregation at the period of separa- tion, and Wm. M'Dermott, Joseph Smith and Charles HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 65 A. Elallman were afterwards chosen and installed in their office by the Rev. Robert Adair. The church now numbers 195 communicants. In the meantime the First church was received into the second Presbytery to which they originalh^ be- loniJ:ed. They divided their Sabbath School Library with their New School brethren, and gave them church property valued at $4000. The first church likewise proceeded to finish their elegant church edi- fice at the corner of DeKalb and Airy streets. In consequence of continued ill health, Mr. Smith was obliged to resign his charge, which he did at a meeting of Presbytery held at Newtown, Pa., March 27, 1856. A few weeks after this Rev. Job F. Hal- sey received a unanimous call to become the pastor of the church, and Avas installed in May of the same year. When he entered upon the pastorate, the church property was encumbered with a debt of about $18,- OOO, which has been entirely removed. The mem- bership of the church has been nearly doubled, audits condition at this time is more prosperous than at any previous period of its history. The congregation of the Second Presbyterian church worships in a small stone building on Airy street be- lo^ t!ie parsonage of the first church. The edifice was built by some VVesleyan Methodists in 1840, who sold it to the Presbyterians, composed for the most pxrt of Scotch-Irish and adhered to the principles of tlie Covenanters. Their first pastor was the Rev. Samuel Paul. The Rev. Mr. Nesbit now fills the pulpit. The Catholic congregation was organized in 1836. The corner stone of their church edifice on Washing- ton street above Cherry, was laid in the same year, and dedicated in 1839, by Archbishop Kendrick. The church commenced with one hundred members, under the title of St. Patrick's, which has increased to two thousand. To accommodate the increasino^ wants of 66 NORPJSTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. the coTv^regation, tlie corner stone of a new building was laid August 14, 1859, by the Right Rev. Bishop Neuman, with a sermon by the Very Rev. Dr. Mor- iarty. The church edifice, now in progress of erec- tion, fronts upon Lafayette street, its dimensions be- ing 145 feet long and 66 broad. The first pastor of the church was the Rev. Charles Carter, wlio has boon succeedod by the Rev. Dr. 0^- Conner, Rev. Patrick O'Donohue, Rev. Patrick Nu- gent and the present pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah O^- Donohue. The German Reformed church was organized in 1846 ; built a house in 1847, and enlarged it in 1849. The present edifice on Airy street is 42 by 72 feet, very neat and pleasantly arranged. It has an air of comfort and social life in striking contrast vnth the cold and ill arranged buildings of former times. With the tower projection the building is 45 by 82 feet, the tower being 130 feet higli. The style is gothic, hand- somely finished inside in fresco, and will seat 500 persons. The cost of the building was $9000. Though organized in 1846, the church was not incorporated until 1848. The officers consist of nine trustees, four elders and six deacons, who a re elected annually. Rev. Mr. Davis is the pastor. CHAPTER IX. Schools — Public — Female Institute — Press — Norristown Ga- zette — Norristown Herald — Norristown Register — Mont- gomery Democrat — Montgomery Watchman — Olive Branch- Norristown Republican — National Defender — Court Houses- Jails. Institutions of learning in our moral and social sys- tem, evidently have their due influence upon the so- ciety of Norristown, in screening it from the blasting influence of ignorance and its concomitant vices. One of these watch towers of the mind's freedom, the Old Academy, has yielded to the flat of time and the train of improvement that follows his lead. This struc- ture, remembered by many as the Alma Mater of their youthful days, stood upon Airy street, opposite DeKalb, previous to its extension. To assist in rais- ing funds for its erection, a lot, upon which a school house stood, and which was in possession of trustees, was sold. With the means thus accruing, the building was commenced and finished in 1805, and entitled the Norristown Academy. It was built of brick, two stories in height, 30 by 50 leet. It had a fine play ground of about one acre, and contained a Cabinet of Natural Science. Among its principals we find the names of Rev. Joseph Barr, Rov. Mr. M'Clenaghau and Rev. Samuel Aaron. The State, in accordance with its liberal policy, appropriated $2000 towards its comple- tion. It stood and subserved the purposes of the times, until 1829, when the extension of DeKatb street required its removal. Its site was nearly where the southwestern end of the Market house now stands. As the property was held in trust for the pub- lic good, under an Act of the Legislature, it was sold. 68 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. and tlie proceeds were placed in the public school treasury of the towa. The Public Schools of Norristown, if properly cherished, are destined, in their legitimate develop- ment, to be the great conservators of virtue and in- telligence. The security of society depends upon the enlightened condition of the masses, and a wild beast let loose upon it, would be harmless compared to a base and ignorant man. The schools are organized upon a graded system, running from the primary to the high school department, through which a pupil can be so far established in elementary knowledge as to build his educational superstructure by his own en- ergy, or fitted for entering a collegiate course. The schools are contained in three buildings of brick, plain and commodious structures. The largest containing the higher departments of grammar and high school instruction, is on Oak street, three stories in height, 50 by 150 feet, containing 11 rooms for lec- tures, recitations and classes. It occupies a fine play ground, enclosing nearly two-thirds of a square in area. It was built in 18-19-50, and the property is valued at $33,000. Those buildings upon the corner of Cherry and Airy and Sandy and Walnut, are two stories, containing 4 rooms each ; they are supplied by eight teachers. The former was built in 1852, the latter in 185- Among the most eminent of its grade in the State, the Oakland Female Institute, under the Rev. J. Grier Ralston, merits notice. It stands upon an emi- nence rising from Egypt street, which commands a view that renders the site one of more than ordinary amenity. Looking from this point the beholder may well exclaim with Dyer : '"'Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view !" This school was commenced by Mr. Ralston, Oct. 29, 1845, in a room only 17 by 25 feet, with but four HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 69 pupils. It soon enlarged so as to require additional buildings, which, by continued requirement, eventu- ally grew until the present stately pile crowned tlie eminence. The building is 4 stories high, 41 feet wide and 225 feet long, containing 140 apartments. The rooms are well ventilated, convenient and neatly furnished. Heated air is introduced into all the halls and apartments ; the entire establishment is lighted with gas, and each story is provided with water for warm and cold ba|hs. A telegraphic machine in the PrincipaFs study enables him to communicate with any part of the Union. The institution is amply pro- vided with Philosophical and Astronomical apparatus; Anatomical Preparations ; Specimens of Natural His- tory; a Cabinet of Minerals; Maps; Globes; a Li- brary of 4000 volumes, and a Reading Room furnish- ed with many of the best religious and literary peri- odicals. The grounds embrace eight acres, affording pleasant promenades and views, and a large part laid out, densely shaded, and beautified with shrubbery. A building for physical exercise, including Gym- nastics and Calisthenics, 41 by 32 feet is in course of erection. The buildings have already cost $100,000, and no expense has been spared to render the institu- tion eminently fitted for the moral, intellectual and physical development of the student. About fifteen hundred young ladies have been educated here — twen- ty-nine of the United States and territories, Canada, South America, France, Germany and Greece, have had their representatives at the Institute. In the spring of the year 1799, David Sower, the Nestor of the Montgomery Press, of the German- town Sower family, who emigrated to this country m 1724, and who was noted as one of the first and largest publishers in Pennsylvania, established the first printing ofiice in Montgomery county. In June of the former year, he commenced the publication of the Gazette, on a half demy sheet, 8 by 10 inches. TO NORrJSTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Its contents were of a miscellaneous character, brief and interesting. Upon the 20th of December, 1799, it contained the announcement of the death of Wash- ington, which took place on the 14th, and the paper was kept in mourning until January 17, 1800. The Gazette was continued but one year, at the end of which time Mr. Sower established the Norristown Herald, which he continued until 1809, when he transferred the establishment to his eldest son, Charles Sower, who disposed of it in 1812. In 1806 David Sower published a German paper, which, for want of sufficient patronage, was continued but six months. In 1816, David Sower, Jr., the son of David Sower, the original publisher of the Gazette, purchased the establishment, and continued the pub- lication of the Herald until the end of June, 1834, eighteen years, during which he enlarged the paper four different times, and brought it up to the highest standard of a country newspaper. In 1834 the paper was sold to John Hodgson, of Chester county, who continued its publication until 1837, when he dis- posed of the establishment to Robert Iredell, the present editor. In 1837 Mr. Iredell united the Herald witli the Free Press. The latter had been the organ of the Anti-Masonic party, and was established in 1829 by Henry S. Bell. Since the union the paper has been continued under the title of the Norristown Herald and Free Press. It has been several times enlarged and improved ; it is at present a supporter of the principles of the Republican party. Its veteran editor, Mr. Iredell, greets his friends with the kindly feelings that always characterized him. Mr. Sower has thrown off the editorial harness, and whoever calls upon him in his retirement will not fail to find a genial and pleasant greeting. The Norristown Register, the leading organ of the Dcmoci'atic party, has passed through various hands, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 71 and fought many a hard battle for the principles it advocates. It was established by Mr. Wilson in 1800; in 1801 it was purchased by Mr. James VVin- nard, who sold it to Powell & Patterson, who had served their time in the office. Mr. Samuel D. Pat- terson afterwards bought out his partner, becoming- sole proprietor. In March, 1834, Patterson sold to Mr. Adam Slemmer, and bought the establishment again in 1846; William Slemmer published the paper for Mr. Patterson. In 1849 the Register was pur- chased by John B. Sterigere, Mr. Slemmer continu- ing to be the publisher. Mr. Sterigere, who had been a gentleman of political prominence, having re- presented his district in Congress, died in 1852, when the paper was sold by his administrator, to Dr. E. L. Acker, who has continued his proprietorship to the present time. When the Register was first published, like Mr. Sower's, it was very unpretentious in size, being an eight by ten; successive proprietors en- larged and improved it, until it eventually grew to rival its cotemporaries. Like all others, the Democratic party has been sub- ject to dissensions in its ranks, at which periods presses have been for short periods established. During the contest between Wolf and Muhlenburg, a paper was started by Mr. Shainline called the Mont- gomery Democrat, which existed about nine months, and was bought out by Adam Slemmer. In 1 849 Mr. Daniel Fry commenced the publication of the Mont- gomery Watchman, and in 1851 Mr. E. B. Moore purchased one half of Mr. Fry's interest. In April, 1853, Mr. Moore became sole proprietor and con- tinued its publication with ability until 1858, when it was bought by Dr. Acker and united with the Register. Mr. Moore is now Clerk of the Courts ; Dr. Acker is Superintendent of Common Schools for the county of Montgomery. About the middle of June, 1842, during tlie rise of 72 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. the WasbiDgtonian movement, Franklin P. Sellers, now editor of the Belvidere, N. J., Intelligencer, started the Olive Branch in Doylestown, which was issued from the office of the Doylestown Intelligencer. In 1850, Mr. Sellers removed his paper to Norristown where he enlarged and improved it, receiving sup- port from the friends of temperance in eastern Penn- sylvania, of whose principles he was a warm advocate, and continued its publication until 185.'i,when a com- pany was formed that bought out Mr. Sellers, and the editorial management of the paper was given to Dr. Joseph Moyer, of Hilltown, Bucks county, who con- ducted it until the spring of 1855; when the company was enlarged, and Dr. Moyer sold out his share of interest to Lewis H. Gause,who continued its publi- cation upon a Temperance and Republican platform. In the spring of 1857, Mr. Gause and all the other proprietors, except four, sold out their interest to Moses Auge, who changed the name of the paper to the Norristown Republican, and Chester, Bucks and Philadelpliia Advertiser, who gave the paper a dress of new type and furnislied the office with new jobbing material. The paper supports, under Mr. Auge's management, the principles of the Republican party, whilst it is a firm and steady advocate of Temperance, and independent in its tone and character. Mr. Auge examines all questions with a free, out-spoken expres- sion, often giving and receiving hard knocks with chivalric courtesy. The National Defender was established, August 12th, 1856, by Henry Leibert, Esq.; from him it passed to Messrs. Seymour and Royer in 1858; upon January 19th, 1859 to Joseph W. Royer; and upon the 21st of the ensuing February, Mr. Edwin Schall became tlie proprietor. The Defender is the organ of the American party. Previous to the erection of a court house, the pur- poses of public justice were subierved by the con- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 73 vening of courts at hotels. The first court of Mont- gomery county was held at the public house of John Shannon, upon the 28th of December, 1784. This was a Justices' Court, held by Frederick A. Muhlen- berg, James Morris, Henry Sheetz, and William Bean, Esquires. Frederick A. Muhlenberg was the presiding officer. The first court house stood upon the upper endgof what is now the public borough lot. Its site was upon an alley, now Penn street, about ■ twelve feet from Swede, with its front towards Egypt or Main street. It was a plain structure of stone ; its dimen- sions were 70 by 40 feet, two stories in height, sur- mounted by a cupola and bell. It was erected in 1787. As was commtm in those times, the up])er story was reached by an outside staircase. The building for the county offices, constructed of stone, two stories in height, stood a few feet southeast of the court house, was erected in 1791, and subsequently enlarged for the better accommodation of the accu- mulated public business. The cost of the old court house and jail was £4774 19 shillings. As the citi- zens of Montgomery had belonged to Philadelphia county, when the public buildings of the latter were sold, the former received a proportionate share, which amounted to XI 828 19 shillings. The desire for a more commodious building terminated the history of the old court house, and it was sold and removed in 1855. The spot in a few years will not be remem- bered, the waving grass and inviting groves will fur- nish no memorial of the spot where forensic eloquence and wit played their part, and law, in its more <:lig- nified forms, was administered from the bench. The new court house, though not upon the identi- cal site of the old, may be considered the crowning glory of the spot. This structure, built of native mar'- ble from Whitemarsh and Merion townships, stands upon the eminence bounded on three sides by Swede, 74 NOERISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Airy and Penn streets. Its front faces Swede street 196 feet, comprising a main building of 64 feet, with wings QQ by 47 feet; the latter being arranged for the accommodation of the various county officers, and public records. The main building, in which is situ- ated the court room, 90 by 64 feet, projects from the wings, and presents its marble portico of the Ionic order, supported by six columns, in imposing relief to the eye of the beholder. The steeple, of a stately height, containing a clock, presents, at first view, a somewhat distasteful contrast, in form and color, whicli tends to mar the effect of this otherwise finely proportioned building. It is constructed of the mar- ble found in Montgomery county, and cost $160,000. The first court held within its walls was in May, 1855, though the house was not thoroughly finished until 1856. The grounds upon which the Court House stands, were presented to the county authorities by the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, for the occupancy of the pub- lic buildings. They extend along Swede street, from Airy beyond where Penn street now runs, including the site of the old county buildings, and consequently the upper part of the present borough square. This lot came into possession of the county more specifically asfollows : — Henry Pawling, Ji*., Jonathan Roberts, George Smith, Kobert Shannon and Henry Cunnard, were appointed Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of 1784, "To purchase for the use of the inhabitants of the county some convenient place, contiguous to the river Schuylkill, in Norriton town- ship, in the neigliborhood of Stony Creek, and there- on erect a Court House and Prison.'' The Commis- sioners purchased, in accordance with these instruc- tions, the grounds afterwards occupied by the county, from the University, for Jive shillings, a trifling price, the gi'ound being a virtual donation. This purcliase was made in 1785, and the boundaries of the lot were HISTORY OP THE BOROUGHS. 75 thus defined : — ^'Beginning at northwest corner of Airy and Swede streets ; thence along west side of Svv^ede, south 28 degrees west 344 feet to a corner; thence along the open square, south 62 degrees east 140 feet to a corner of lot marked No. 1; thence by a 40 feet court and lot No. 30, north 28 degrees east 344: feet, to Airy street; thence along said street north 62 degrees west to the place of beginning." The Court spoken of was at the end of Penn alley, running fifty feet from Swede street. The old Prison, erected in 1787, stood upon the site of the present Court House, and was superseded by the present one on Airy street, above DeKalb, which was built in 1851. The front is built of sand- stone, a very unsuitable material for such a structure, becoming disintegrated by the ' severe frosts of our climate, as is evidenced by the effects upon the wall that encloses the front yard of the site. It is, how- ever, stated by some who profess to be competent judges of this material, that the quality which com- poses the front is not only capable of resisting the decomposing effects of the frost, but becomes more firm and compact by exposure to the atmosphere. Time will determine. The front is Norman, castellated, with the massive appearance peculiar to that style, with towers, embra- sures and battlements, and by an easy transition the mind need but add the moat and drawbridge, to be carried back to the old chivalric ages of merry England. The length of the building is 130 feet, breadth, 60, of two stories, and corridor from ground floor to roof, from which access is had to the cells. These are nine feet by thirteen, and number forty in all, in which the prisoners work at various employ- ments, though the principal are weaving and shoema- kino\ The building is one of LeBrun's, and cost $86;'O00. The prisoners were moved from the old jail in the 76 :norristown and Bridgeport. latter part of 1851, and commenced labor in the new house in January, 1852. Fifty-six prisoners are now confined there. CHAPTER X. Public Square — Geological Features— Health— Bank — Creeks — Roads— Streets— Market Houses— Cemetery— Fords — Fer- ries — Trees — Canoes — Barbadoes Island — First Book Store- Curious Relic — Libraries. The Pablic Square, bounded upon three sides by Egypt, Swede and Penn streets, with the excep- tion of the part occupied by the Public Buildings, was granted to the borough authorities by the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, for a Public Square forever. Though from its small size it is not capable of any great embellishment, and too steep for a favorite promenade, the authorities have planted it with trees and shrubbery, which, when more fully grown, will present an inviting shade. They have also enclosed the grounds with neat iron railing, and in their centre placed a handsome cast iron fountain, to furnish a more agreeable atmosphere to the sultry promenades of summer. An additional extent of ground upon Egypt street would greatly improve the shape of the lot, and make it a more valuable acquisition to the future city. Norristown and Bridgeport may not boast merely of their enviable position in the channel of extensive and continually extending trade, but of other and not less material advantages. The geological features of their vicinity are of a marked and important charac- ter, embracing formations of considerable variety, ex- tent and value. The principal strata which subserve "the useful purposes of life, are lead, copper, iron, marble, limestone, clay, slate, sand-stone, shale, ser- pentine, steatite, and gneissic formations. The dis- covery of these has given extensive employment to 78 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. capital and labor. Additional to these may be enu- merated the less important trap rock, dolomite, talc, occasional viens of coarse granite and hornblende, and combinations of quartz and feldspar. Among the most important of these, maybe classed the limestone and marble, supplying as they do, so many of the wants, and even elegancies of life. The limestone extends through the western part of Mont- gomery county, outcropping in various places, ma- king it easy of access to the qnarrymen. The south- ern margin of the belt commences about one mile and a half southwest of Willow Grove, in Moreland town- ship, crosses the northern corner of Cheltenham and the Bethlehem turnpike, a mile below Flourtown. Passing thence to Spring Mill, it crosses the Schuyl- kill, following the Gulf creek through Upper Merion, into Chester county and along the Great Valley into Lancaster county. The northern margin approaches the Schuylkill from the west, the belt varying from two and a half to three miles in width, over the Val- ley creek half a mile from its mouth, and passes into the upper part, of Merion from Tredjffrin, above Eeeseville and King of Prussia; thence it continues to within half a mile of Bridgeport, where it turns down towards the Swedes' church and crosses the Schuylkill about one mile below the Swedes' Ford bridge. Doubling south a short distance eastward of the river, it passes through Plymouth township, cross- ing the Ridge turnpike at the fourteenth milestone from Philadelphia ; thence into Whitemarsh, crossing the Wissahickon at Mather's mill, a short distance below Sandy run, following the run until it reaches the eastern extremity of the belt in Abington town- ship, near Willow Grove. The length of this valu- able belt, from Abington, in Montgomery county, to the Big Beaver creek, in Lancaster county, is about fifty-eight miles. Its dip varies, but is frequently found to be 45 degrees southward, or south 20 degrees east. HISTORY OP THE BOROUGHS. 79 As the limestone and marble are contiguous, tlie one also being but the more advanced stage of crys- tallization, and the more perfect as it reaches far be- low the superincumbent limestone, the above descrip- tion of the extent of the belt suffices for both depos- ites. Into this vast storeliouse of the Vespertine and Umbral series, the busy hand of man has worked Jn numerous places for many years, bringing from its ex- haustless depths that which has enriched both his household and his lands. The yield of the raw and calcined limestone per annum, from the quarries up- on either side of the river below Norristown, is very great, and sent by railroad or wagon to all parts of the country. The marble, also, at lower depths, is extensively used, its quality commending it to the builders of Philadelphia and many other places. The principal quarries are Hitner's, at Marble Hall, which have been worked since 1783, and reached a depth of 265 feet ; Lent's, Robt. T. Potts', Peter Fritz's, in Whitemarsh ; and west of the river, Sandeman's, or Henderson's, Brooks', and Derr and Adams', in Up- per Merion. The blocks presented by the State of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia for the Washington Monument, also much of the marble for the Girard College, were furnished from Hitner's quarries. Upon the marble belt just noticed, iron ore is found in Montgomery and Chester counties, particularly in the valley basins. In the vicinity of the Schuylkill, the ore belt has a mean breadth of about one mile; it is not equally plentiful within its range, but runs in long, narrow strips, covering the undulating out- crop of limestone. Pits have been sunk into the de- posite at various places, yielding various qualities of ore, from thirty-three to seventy-five per cent, of metal. In the valley of the Perkiomen galena, or lead, has been mined for manv years, and much interest has 80 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. been excited of late years by tracing the vein in the north-eastern section of Chester county, where much labor has been expended in sinking shafts. The immediate site of the boroughs of Norristown and Bridgeport is of the Mesozic red sandstone and Mesozic conglomerates. These may be seen in posi- tion upon the bank of the river below Norristown, along the cut of the railroad, also on the high banks of Stony creek. This sandstone near the surface is liable to disintegration in the walls of buildings, be- ing unable to resist the severity of the frosts of our climate. The wall upon Airy street, in front of the prison, will be found exceedingly friable from this cause. As we go up the river from Stony creek, the formation deepens and becomes overlain by the shale, that prevails upon either bank. This would appear to run out in the vicinity of Swedes' Ford, as the red shale may there be found in a thinnish stratum upon the sandstone. This extensive field of sandstone and shale, through which the Schuylkill has ploughed its way for ages, and by the attrition of its currents carried off vast quantities of both formations, will be found extending over the upper parts of Montgomery and Chester as the prevailing series. The clay upon the lower levels,'an alluvion deposite made by the matter held in solution by the waters of the river, has various breadths. At Norristown it lies upon both sides of the river, and along the bottom of Stony creek, furnishing when calcined a handsome material for building purposes. On the Bridgeport side it extends along the river one-fourth of a mile, with a breadth of about two hundred yards, of fair quality, with a depth of from four to six feet. Be- neath this stratum is one of fine sand and next below a considerable depth of gravel. These friable series render the sinking of wells very precarious, from the caving in of the uncompacted mass; in consequence HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 81 of this, in some instances the inhabitants have to crib the sides, in order to render them available for use. The gravel has been penetrated to the depth of twenty feet. For a few years the stagnation of water by the erection of dams, caused some alarm among the resi^ dents of the valley of the river; fever and ague re- sulting to some extent. The redemption of marsh to cultivated lands, with various improvements upon the river banks, restored those places where disease spread, to a condition of health equal to localities more remote from w^ater courses; and it may be stated with truthfulness, that Norristown and Bridgeport enjoy an enviable immunity from disease. In relation to this subject a physician of intelligence and probity in the vicinity, remarks: "Endemic diseasesare not known among us; occasionally an epidemic makes its appearance, but is not marked by any peculiar vir- ulence, passing away in due course of time w^ithout its pathway being tracked by any extraordinary de- vastation : the most common of these are Scarlatina, Bilious, and Typhoid Fever, Ague, &c.; this latter ail- ment is most apt to attack foreigners, when they first settle among us; and yet I have known some of this class to come here emaciated, and reduced almost to skeletons from repeated attacks of this disease through a period of twelve or eighteen months previous, and in a little while, without the use of medicine, to ex- perience a benefical change, which, while inspiring hope, has often proven the precursor of a perfect and complete restoration to health. Whilst it is not a law of disease, yet it is a truth which experience has amply proven, that change isan important agent in its cure ; in many cases surpassing even the most sanguine anticipa,tions of the practition- er, accomolishing^hatwiiichhad baffled the most re- liable reniedies of the ^'Materia Medica.'' For such a purpose Norristown, as a locality, seems to be hap- 82 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. pily designed, combining all that is beautiful and at- tractive in nature, all that is conducive to health, with all that is desirable as a place of residence." The Montgomery County Bank was chartered August 29th, 1815, with a capital of $400,000. The present banking house on Egypt street, above Swede, was erected in 1854, and is a two storied brick build- ing with a handsome portico of marble. It was the only bank in the county until the bank at Pottstown was chartered in 1857. The presidents of the institution, from the date of its organization, have been Francis Swayne, Joseph Thomas, Zadoc Thomas, Joseph Thomas and John Boyer. Its cashiers have been Matthias Holstein, David Wolmer and William H. Slingluff. Stoney creek and Sawmill run, rising in Whit- paine township, flow through the borough, for two miles, into the Schuylkill. The former is seven miles in^ length, and, with its branches, propels six grist mills, two saw mills, and several manufactories ; the latter is four miles in length and propels a clover mill, a grist and saw mill, and several manufactories. The Philadelphia and Reading turnpike, finished in 1816, at a cost of $7000 per mile, at one time was the great highway of travel to its termini for the citi- zens of Norristown. It runs through the borough nearly parallel to the Schuylkill, forming the fine avenue of Egypt or Main street. Intersecting this highway and forming DeKalb street, likewise a main artery of travel, is the State Road, running from New Hope on the Delaware river, through Bucks, Mont- gomery and Chester counties, and Cecil county, Maryland, to Port Deposit, on the Susquehanna. This road was laid out in 1830, passing through Montgomery county 16 miles. The turnpike from Bridgeport to the King of Prussia is three miles in length, and was built to HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 83 remedy the defects occasioned by the frequent travel of lime and marble teams. It was laid out in 1855. Sandy Hill road is an extension of Sandy street from Penn, and was laid out and graded as an ave- nue to the limits of the borough in 1845. Egypt street constitutes part of a road that origi- nally led to the valley of the Perkiomen, which in early times was well known for its fertility and pro- ductiveness, and was in consequence called Egypt. The saying of "going down to Egypt,'' for the pro- curing of meal and other household necessities, was quite common, and from this it is supposed the road was called the ''Egypt road," which was subsequently applied to the street. DeKalb street, named in honor of the memory of the brave German baron who laid down his life in the disastrous battle of Cambden, for the cause of freedom, is part of the State road from New Hope to Maryland. It was originally laid out from the river to Airy street, and extended over the site of the old academy from Airy street in the progress of improve- ment. The oldest market house now existing in Norris- town stands upon DeKalb street, and extends from Airy to Marshall street. It stands near the middle of the street, and is of the old-fashioned style of roof sustained by pillars of brick. The avenue upon either side is of good width and the house presents less ob- struction to travel than in many other towns. It was built in 1850-51, is a very commodious structure, af- fording more than ordinary room for sellers and buy- ers. The market days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of every week. In December, 1859, Mr. Wm. P. Reiflf finished the first im})ro7ed market house in the borough, upon a plan that seems to be growing into favor in large ci- ties. Located within the limits of ordinary houses, instead of the centre of the street, no obstruction is 84 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. presented to public travel, or a fine avenue marred by an unsightly series of sheds, whilst better oppor- tunity is offered for furnishing a town with public halls, and bringing out proper architectural designs. Mr. Reiff's is a private enterprise, intended to conform to more improved modes of preserving meats and produce from the deteriorating effects of dust and heat, as well as to afford more comfortable shelter for dealers. His house stands upon the north-east corner of DeKalb and Marshall streets, fronting 40 feet upon the former and extending 150 feet along the latter, with ready access to the interior from three streets for the delivery of produce. The building is of brick, capable of being entirely enclosed, warmed and light- ed, whilst beneath are apartments for storage, and in the front basement is a handsomely fitted saloon for refreshments. Four rows of stalls, of varnished pine, extend the entire length of the building, with spaces of sufficient width to give easy access to the purchaser. The market days are Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day morning and evening. Montgomery Cemetery lies in Norriton township, contiguous to the western line of the borough of Nor- ristown, and runs to the river. It contains thirty acres of land, diversified upon its surface and sloping towards the Schuylkill. The company was organized in September, 1847, and proceeded to lay out the grounds the same year. Its corporate powers were given in April, 1848. The first interment was Mrs. Christian Nace, March 16th, 1849. The capital stock is $8,000. Under the charter the Trustees were made perpetual, but this arrangement not proving sat- isfactory, upon application to the Legislature this feature was changed and their election was made an- nual by the stockholders. The incorporators were William Hamill, John R. Cooken, Adam Slemmer, Henry Frcedley, James Wells, Abraham Markley, John Freedley, Joseph Fornance ; the first five of HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 85 whom the charter constituted Trustees. The Trus- tees elected the following officers : President — William Hamill. Secretary — Adam Slemmer. Treasurer — Henrj Freedley. Stockholders' meeting to procure Act of Incorpo- ration was held January 18, 1854. Trustees by amended charter, are elected annually, upon first Monday in June. The first Board thus elected were William Hammill, Adam Slemnier, Henry Freedley, William H. Slingluff, Franklin Derr, Abraham Markley, Daniel Longaker. The officers, elected by these Trustees were, President — William Hamill. Secretary and Treasurer — Adam Slemmer. Number of interments up to April 1, 1859, 652. The size of lots is eight by sixteen feet ; price per lot, ranging from $20 to $40. Before the era of bridges the river Schujdkill was crossed by fording, which was often rendered dan- gerous by high water after a period of rainy weather, and frequently all communication between the oppo- site sides would be effectually cut off. The fording ground in the vicinity of Norristown was the old Swedes' Ford, which must have been used by the early settlers. A tavern stood at its western end in 1760,and it is probable that, in order to facilitate the crossing, a rope-ferry was early established, as the original tavern sign had upon it the I'cpresentation of such a ferry, and upon the reverse side that of an ox in the act of being slaughtered. The rope of the ferry was thrown across the stream in a sloping direction, and securely fastened at either end ; a stout iron ring, to which the boat was fastened, slipped along the rope, the current being the propelling power. Though severe penal- ties were attached to the injuring of these ropes, they were frequently cut and carried off, greatly to tlie 86 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. annoyance of the neighborhood. The era of bridges has superseded ancient custom, and those at the old ford and DeKalb street aiford to the citizens nearly all the conveniences for intercommunication as a street. The time, however, must come, when the present bridges at the points mentioned will be taken down, and substantial stone structures erected, which neither flood nor time can shake, and which will be as free and open as the common highway. In early days the trees upon the rich alluvion of the river attained a very ample growth, and of these stalwart monarchs of the forest, the settlers made canoes of sufficientsizetocarry large quantities of pro- duce to market. In 1683, Wm. Perm wrote to a friend in England, speaking of canoes of incredible size; one of which, formed from a poplar tree, was capable of carrying four tons of bricks ; and another of sufficient capacity to convey one hundred and forty bushels of wheat to Philadelphia. The island so quietly and pleasantly reposing in the Schuylkill above the dam at Norristown, known as Barbadoes Island, was part of Norriton Manor, and is said to have contained in the times of tlie early possessors eightj^-eight acres, having been four hun- dred perches in length and sixty perches wide at its widest part. Previous to the erection of the dam it extended as far down as the bridge at DeKalb street. The dam and the attrition of the water have decreas- ed its dimensions, though its air of stillness and re- pose makes it add greatly to the beauty of the scene- ry of the river. It is supposed to have received its name from Isaac Norris to whom it once belonged, who traded to the island of liarbadoes, one of the West India group. Mr. Buck states that it contained a race course in the early part of the present century, and was kept for this purpose many years. It was purchased by the Schuylkill Navigation Company when the dam was erected, to avoid litigation, is HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 87 under cultiyation, and contains the necessary farm buil- dings. Previously to the erection of the dam, another is- land lay between Barbadoes and the left bank of the river. Though of no great extent, it was wooded and presented an inviting retreat to the citizens of the village, who used it for some years as an appropriate spot for celebrating the birth day of our national in- dependence. Improvement blotted out its existence, regardless of its beauty, and the eloquence of its na- tal orators is lost forever to the world. In 1836 David Sower opened the first Book and Stationery store in Norristown, and in 1838^ the first Dry Goods Store, disconnected from other articles, both of which he continued for several years, prudent- ly and successfully. Mr. S. expended his money in im- proving the town, by the erection of some twenty or more store-houses and dwellings, and in 1850 retired from business, to enjoy the fruits of his labors. Among the curious and valuable relics of the bo- rough of Norristown, may be noticed an old German Bible in the possession of Mr. David Sower. It was printed in 1564, and is yet in a very good state of pres- ervation. It is embellished with two hundred illumi- nated engravings indicating great labor and no mean skill. The letter press is admirably executed, being very clear and distinct, without monk or friar. The cover is of wood, overlain with parchment. This is supposed to be one of the oldest copies of the Old and New Testaments extant and is valued from its great antiquity and superior workmanship, at five hundred dollars. Those who desire to inspect this highly in- teresting remains of a time when bibles were not multiplied with the rapidity of steam, will not fail to find in it a style of mechanical execution quite un- ique and skillful. Among the institutions of commanding utility, the Public Library is by no means the least, affording as 88 NORRISTOWN AND BEIDGEPORT. it does a necessary mental aliment at a very low rate. With them the boroughs are happily supplied. The Norristown Library Company was incorporated up- on the 30th of April, 1796 ; Henry Pawling, An- drew Porter, John Pugh, Seth Chapman, Dr. Isaac Huddleson, Dr. Wm. Smith, Joseph Potts, Ezekiel Rhoades, Robert Brooke, John E. Allen, James Ad- ams, John Davis and Samuel Maulsley, having been its earliest friends and incorporators. For many years the Library building stood upon the site belonging to the Bank of Montgomery county, on Egypt street, and was removed to DeKalb street in August, 1853, where it now stands. In October, 1859, through the private subscriptions of a number of liberal citizens, a new Library building was commenced upon the low- er side of DeKalb street above Airy, of thirty by for- ty feet, with a plain front of brick, containing Gothic windows. This building at once commodious and pleasant, will be ready for occupancy upon the 1st of April, 1860, where the library will be kept, and en- larged to accommodate the growing wants of the community. The price of shares in the company is five dollars each, with an annual payment of one dol- lar. In 1832 eleven hundred volumes had been ac- cumulated, in 1850 about twenty-five hundred, and at present the company possessabout twenty-eight hun- dred. Though as yet of small extent, tlie citizens of Bridgeport have commenced the work of establish- ing a library. Their company was organized in 1858, under the auspices of B. B. Hughes, as Presi- dent ; George Pechin, Secretary ; Dr. George W. Holstein, Treasurer. The office of Dr. Holstein, on DeKalb street, contains the library, comprising three hundred and sixty volumes. This nucleus gradually and judiciously enlarged, will prove of inestimable value to all classes of the growing community. These sources of mtellectual wealth, of a public HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 89 character, additional to private libraries of greater or less extent in every household, give a marked tone to the community ; but when we add to these im- mense appliances for the mind's elevation, the Sun- day school library found in every congregation, sup- plied with liberal hands and judiciously distributed weekly to the youth of the boroughs, we can by no means estimate the intrinsic value and power of those silent, yet speaking monitors, that so constantly shield communities from vice. Laws both restrain and punish, but they appeal to the lower sense merely ; the Library, the School and the Church, are powers in this age that elevate the intellectual and moral standard ; and, fitting a people for the enjoyment of civil and religious freedom, render them invulner- able alike to the assaults of time, or the desperate ambition and sensuality of men who laugh at human virtue and climb upon the ignorance and debasement of their fellows to positions of profit and power. CHAPTER XI. Isaac Norris — William Trent — Holsteins — Rambos— Col. John Bull — Swede sburg — Christ Church and Graveyard — Contrast of Primitive and Modern Times. To those who were precursors in the settlement of the site of the boroughs, some notice is due. The pioneer, like the lion, has but a meager chance for justice and but few biographers. Happily in the case before us, the memory of those who lived in primitive days is not all lost; the hand of friendship has left us some remains of lives spent in clearing the forest and laying the foundations of the future greatness of society. Isaac Norris, the purchaser of the Manor of Norri- ton, was born in England in 1671. He belonged to the society of Friends, of whose tenets and rules he was a strict observer, and amongst whom for many years he was a leading member. He came to Phila- delphia from Jamaica, where he had prosecuted bus- iness as a merchant. His arrival in Philadelphia, where he laid the foundation of his fortune in the same pursuit, was in the earlier stages of its settle- ment, as the city was laid out in 1683, and his pur- chase of the manor, in connection with Trent, was in 1704, when the city could not have been as large as Norristown. His accumulations as a merchant were greatly increased by judicious purchases of real es- tate, which by appreciation became highly valuable. Mr. Norris was not only distinguished as a success- ful merchant, but he was prominent as a public man, having been elected a member of Assembly under the proprietary government in 1713, which position he continued to fill until 1731, a period of 18 years. As further evidence of the confidence reposed in him, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 9l he was a member of the governor's council, and at the period of his death Chief Justice of the Province. He died of apoplexy in 1735, at 64 years of age. Previous to his death, Mr. Norris sold off portions of Norriton, amounting to seventeen hundred and twen- ty acres; and the family, afterwards, though retain- ing possession of the estate, continued to sell tracts as the increase of population required additional farms. Wm. Trent, one of the purchasers of Norriton Manor, in conjunction with Isaac Norris, was likewise a Friend and a merchant of Philadelphia city. Cotemporary with his friend Norris, he was also a public man, hav- ing been a member of the Provincial Assembly and Speaker of that body. From 1705 until 1716 he was one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the Prov- ince. He subsequently removed to New Jersey, set- tling upon the banks of the Delaware river, and be- came Chief Justice of that province, which office he held at the period of his death. Having improved the location of his settlement in 1719, by the erection of some mills, the nucleus of a community was thus formed, and from it grew the flourishing city of Tren- ton, thus named in honor of its enterprising founder. He died there upon the 24th of December, 1724. We find it noted by Watson in his Annals of Phila- delphia, that in 1738 "three negro men were hung for poisoning sundry persons in Jersey. They said they had poisoned Judge Wm. Trent, the founder of Tren- ton, among that number, but when he died none were suspected." Matts Holsten, afterwards Holstein, one of the earliest Swedish settlers, and who is mentioned as having a family of seven persons in 1694, was be- lieved to have been the progenitor of the Holsteins that emigrated to the site of Bridgeport in 1712. He is supposed to have come into the country with Cap- tain Peter Minuit in 1638. From him descended 92 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Matts, or Matthias Holstein, the purchaser of the 1000 acres upon the river. In the house that he built upon his tract in 1714, his children, grand -children, great-grand-children and great-great-grand-children Vv^ere born. From him descended Matthias Holstein, who was born in 1717, and married a daughter of Marcus Hulings, of Morlattan, on the Schuylkill, four miles above Pottstown. J3e died December 10, 1768, at 51 years of age. He took an active part in the erection of Christ Church at Swedeland, in the yard of which his remains lie. From him descended Samuel Holstein, who flourished in 1776, and owned at that time 600 acres of the original tract. From him descended Major Matthias Holstein, who was born October 10, 1772. He kept the old Swedes' Ford tavern, yet standing. Mr. Buck speaks of him "as a well-known and hig'hly respected citizen of Norristown — a man endowed with more than ordinary powers of observation ; enjoyed a retentive memory, and before his death few could be found in any neighborhood better stored with reminiscences of the past. It- is to be regretted that with his abilities he did not endeavor to preserve his recollections in writing.'*' He died upon the 10th of August, 1849, at the age of 77, and his remains likewise repose with his ancestors at Christ Church. Of the Kambo family, Peter appears to have been the first known in the country, being one of the emi- grants who came with Minuit in 1638. He was a conspicuous man in the settlement, having been a mag- istrate and commissary, in 1661. In 1668 he was one of the counsellors of Robert Carr, then deputy gov- ernor, and one of the justices of the provincial court in 1676, for the jurisdiction of the Delaware river and dependencies. He is supposed to have been a native of Gottenburg. Peter left four sons, Peter, Gunnar, Andrew and John. Peter was one of the settlers of Upper Merion in 1712, and had previously HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 93 been a person of public notice in tlie Delaware set- tlements. He witnessed the landing of Penn at Up- land, and was among those of his countrymen who formally tendered the proprietor a cordial welcome and faithful support. He was one of the witnesses to the deed from the Indians to William Penn in 1683. Gunnar Rambo, the brother of Peter, was likewise a man of energy, determination and influence, and a pivot man in the primitive community. He represent- ed Philadelphia county, in the Assembly of 1685. He moved with his brother Peter to Merion in 1712, and their lands were contiguous. The Swedes' church stands upon the old tract. Andrew Rambo, another brother, took up land lower down the river, from the Falls of Schuylkill to Tacony creek. Peter Yocum, previously written Yoccum, is men- tioned in the Upland court records, in 1681, as hav- ing been on a jury that year. His settlement upon the Schuylkill in 1712, is already noticed, and but little is left concerning him. The family appears to be scat- tered, having sought other localities for homesteads. Mons Rambo was the son of Gunnar Rambo, one of the settlers of Upper Merion, with Holstein in 1712 ; whose tract was the next below his cotemporary. Mons is represented as having been a man of ad- venture ; fond of the excitement and perils of the chase, he became a fearless and successful hunter, and shot deer in the vicinity of the river, as late as the year 1770. The panther, and other beasts of the ad- jacent country, as well as deer, fell before his uner- ring aim, and he was the Nimrod of the forest, when the hunt called him out. His prowess and exploits have become traditionary themes in the valley of the Schuylkill. Upon one occasion, it is related that Mons having wounded a deer, he stepped astride it to cut its throat, when the animal rose with him, and made off at full speed. Nothing daunted by this turn 94 NOERISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. of events, the hunter clung to its back, and whilst in that position killed it. Mons died on the 22d of Oc- tober, 1782, just one century from the landing of Penn, at the ripe age of 89 years ; his remains lie in the old Swedes' grave yard of Christ church, once part of the old Rambo tract. "Col. John Bull was a native of Providence town- ship, Montgomery county, where the family had resid- ed for several generations. In the beginning of 1771 he lived in Limerick, where he resided until he pur- chased the mill and plantation of Charles Norris, from his widow. He was at that time a justice of the county court, which office he held for several years. In Janu- ary, 1775, he was one of the twelve members of Phil- adelphia county, that met in a provincial convention, whose object was to get the Assembly to pass a law to prohibit the future importation of slaves into the colony. The same year, in consequence of the revolu- tionary troubles, the Assembly authorized the enlist- ment of a battallion of eight companies, for the con- tinental service, to be under the command of Col. Bull, until January, 1778. With three others he rep- resented Philadelphia county, in the convention that framed the Constitution of the State, which was adopt- ed the 28th of September, 1776. In November of that year, he disposed of part of his property in Nor- riton, to Dr. William Smith, for £6000. He was confirmed a justice of the Courts by the Assem- bly on the 31st of August, 1778. After this, a short time, he removed to Berkely county, Vir- ginia, where he erected a mill. He was living there, in 1795, which was the last heard of him. Wm. Bull, a brother, resided in Norriton township in 1770." The village of Swedesburgh adjoins the eastern line of Bridgeport, and in time will probably become part of the borough. It is pleasantly situated upon the hill slope with a view, of the river scenery. It con- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 95 tains about five lumdred inhabitants, and has sprung up within the last fifteen years. It is a quiet, rural place, as yet undisturbed by the sounds of machinery. Contiguous to the village is the old burial ground, in the middle of which stands the Swedes' Church, sur- rounded by tombs and rife with the memories of the past. It stands where it was once the solitary tenant of the waste, directing the "rude forefathers" to a higher destiny and a more glorious hope. As the footsteps of the visitor reverently press the consecra- ted ground beneath the mournful cedars, and he marks the marble indices of the numerous remains beneath, he feels how inexorably and speedily the scythe of time gathers its harvest to the dead's cold city, and fills up the tombs of a generation. And this ancient church, how eloquently it speaks from out the century of primeval life, of those who persistently cherished the faith of their father-land ! It yet stands, somewhat less rude in proportion and appearance, but echoing the sounds of no purer faith, or more sincere devotion, than came from the lips of Hesselius and Colin. Upon the marble tablets strewn in profusion around, some gray and dim with age, others fresh and bright from the workman's recent chisel, the last resting- place of those who fought the battle of life in the river settlements is at once recognized. Here in lengthen- ed lines lie the families of Holstein, Rambo, Yocura, Mattson, Eroades, Shainline, and others. Among the oldest tombs, we notice Matthias Holstein's, who died Dec. 12, 1768, at 51 years of age, and his virtues are noted in the couplet, — " Tho pomp nor grandeur swell'd his humble name, The honest man will reap immortal fame." Mons Rambo died Oct. 23, 1782, at the age of 89 years. So they were gathered, these pioneers of a wondrous era of republican freedom and refinement, at a good old age, to the resting-place, long, we trust, 96 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. to be kept sacred from the ruthless hand of improve- ment. The present pastor of the church, the Rev. Henry Eees, resides in the village. In 1790, the attendants upon the service of the church came on horseback or in canoes, the latter in those days having been a very common mode of con- veyance. Those who came on horseback were ac- companied by the females, who rode upon a pillion be- hind their more robust protectors. In this primitive mode of conveyance, strong skirts were used to pro- tect the garments from being soiled or torn by the profuse undergrowth of the forest paths, and these were removed and hung in array upon the fences or bushes, until the time arrived to resume them for the homeward journey; they went by the name of "safe- guard petticoats." In running back upon what we may properly con- ceive to have been the condition of the times of 1712, upon the Schuylkill shore a contrast of no mean interest is presented. Then, by the mind's telescope, we view the canoe, the solitary horseman upon a devious path, leading from house to house through long ranges of forest, over marsh and amid thick underwood, threaded his solitary way. As time opened the forest-path, and converted it to a highway, and years of thrift and industry enlarged the means of the inha- bitants the wagon commenced its era ; by successive improvement the yet saperior turnpike and leveled road, invited the light and airy carriage with its spir- ited and highly bred steed, or dashing span, to reduce distance within narrower boundaries. Eventually from the womb of time came one mightier and s>vifter than all before, despising distance and labor as he rushed forth the Avonderful servitor of his age. The steam horse and iron way of 1860, the canoe and the solita'y horse ard tangled Ir'dle path of 1712, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 97 liavo their history, and tlio events of these periods in juxtaposition sliow ns how rapidly the world moves. In the early days, too, the log-honse was the pio- neer of its present stately congener, consisting of one room with a low door, so low as to require the visitor to stoop for entrance. Instead of glass and sash, loopdioles, over which a slide ran, admitted light, or in advance of this, covered with isinglass picked from a neighboring hillside. The cracks between the logs were filled with clay, the cliimnies, npon the outside, with ample ovens, were built of whatever stone was at liand, and contained a fire-place within which the entire household could sit and listen to startling ad- ventures, or be tanght the sober truths of morality and religion. The roof was probably composed of sod, or bark, or straw. To such shelter succeeded the dwelling of stone, perhaps two stories, with roof of oak shingle, split in the forest ; or mayhap the not less comfortable one of frame, with the porch and pent- eave as an embellishment. Succeeding these the brick mansion, more commodious and better propor- tioned, the material as yet rough in finish, and often glazed, came from the plastic hand of improving man. And now, having searched the quarry's cavernous depths, his pride and refinement of taste, tolerate no longer the rude strnctures in which his sturdy an- cestors told their legends, or raised the Iiymn of praise. He must have now the ample portico fronting his palaces of marble, and adorning his stately avenues. The Temple of Minerva and the glorious Parthenon are his models ; the classic orders of Greece challenge his study and his admiration. The cabin of the set- tler and the Ionic portico and massive proportions of the hall of justice upon Swede street, show that the world moves. In the days referred to, the wants of the settler were as primitive as they were easily supplied. Men were content with vests and breeches of skin, and caps, 98 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. instead of hats, were made of the same material- Tanners were abundant, for every man was his own, making his leather and shoes; the latter fashioned after the Indian moccasin. Even the tenderer sex dis- dained not to rough it in dress of the same material as that worn by the lord of the household. Flax was raised for sheets, undergarments, ropes, fishing tackle, and other purposes. The luxuries of his larder were iish and deer, flanked by coarse bread, at once whole- some and nourishing. Butter was non est, for tea the root of the sassafras was sufficiently aromatic and stimulating, and the persimmon tree furnished him small beer and brandy. The root of the bayberry made him soap, and its branches candles ; the sassa- fras and walnut, a dye. His materia medica grew around him in herbs and flowers, nature was his great store house, and the simplicity of the healing art was preserved, by hisinfrequent need of medicinal agents in the active and robust nature of his pursuits. The disciple of Esculapius drove no curricle to his door, or doifed a silken glove to hold the gold repeater by his bedside, whilst counting the fluttering pulsations of his patient and inditing the latin prescription for the inspection of the nearest apothecary. Bis doc- tors were almost as ignorant as himself and trusted more to the vis medicatrix natures, than their medi- cines. And these were the ancestral relations of those Avho have now in Norristown and Bridgeport, almost every refinement and luxury of the incomparable nine- teenth century. With steam instead of man for their slave, the lightning for their messenger, and the genius of invention constantly upon the rack for the supplying of every means to make life uniform and happy, the people should be abundantly thankful for what they enjoy, and see in the rapid transitions of the past, the certainty of a yet more refined an'S. more elevated future. CHAPTER Xir. Uniformity of Streets— Contrast with other Places— Enlarge- ment of Area — Broad Avenues — Grades — Wants — Con- solidation of the Boroughs— Cleanliness— Wo rkingmen — Means of Mental Improvement — Morals — Means by which Public Prosperity is Preserved — Churches— Sunday Schools — Public Libraries — Benevolent Associations— Mills — Facto- ries—Military Companies— Oil and Paper Mill — Nail and Iron Works — Foundries and Machine Shops — Fire Compa- nies — Banks —Savings Fund — Stage Lines — Railroads — Tel- egraph. Norristovvn lias been happily exempt from the effects of that ill management and want of correct foresight, that is felt by the citizens of numerous towns in the United States, when increase of population requires an increase of area and the extension of streets. Many towns had their commencement at cross-roads, or where several roads centred,andthe tavern, store and blacksmith shop, formed the nucleus of the future city; dwellings extended along the roads and became streets, running at such angles as to destroy all conve- nience and symmetry. So far as the village is con- cerned the disadvantages are scarcely heeded, and as no one expects to see a town or city in his generation, but little heed is taken to provide for the future or anticipate an}^ of the wants of a growing community. Thus things continue until the growth of the place gives it a prominence not anticipated ; manufacture and trade having increased its population and wealth the public desire to improve its physical features. But during this transition state, no one has cared aboutany thing but his own local convenience and profit, streets having been extended at most unsightly and embarrass. LofO. 100 XORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. ing' angles, and houses built upon tlicm without regard to beauty and comfort. But when the time lias arrived in which it is an absolute necessity to have crooked avenues straightened and widened, and their crossings converted to right angles, property has so far appreciated, that corpo- rate authorities start back in alarm at the herculean task, and the enoi-mous expenses that meet an attempt at improvement. Thus generations are saddled with serious disabilities by the stupidity or selfishness of those who preceded them in the organization of com- munities, when a very little liberality and common sense would have provided an early and easy remedy. Another source of evil has beset some of our inland towns, and cramped their prosperity. Frequently, persons owning property contiguous to or within the corporate limits, perversely refuse to sell a foot of land, to give the town room. Thus pent up. business stagnates and the growth of the community is retard- ed until Ancient Fogy goes to the land of shades, and his' more liberal and enlightened inheritors give ample scope and verge to municipal wants, whilst they there- by increase their wealth tifty-fold. So far as we have viewed the borough in this as" pect, we believe her squares are verv nearly at ]-ight angles, and as a consequence there is a harmony of proportion that pleases the eye of every stranger. The streets also are of good width, the pavements broad and well laid. Egypt street, upon which the greater amount of trade centers, is a fine, broad av- enue, capable of accommodating a thi'oug of popula- tion to any extent. Nor is there any danger that she will be hampered in her future growth for want of area, as her city fathers have not been unmindful, in due time, to make provision for such a contingency. A very ample area is now ready for occupanc>' ibr all who may desire to build and throw in their lot PIISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 101 with an intelligent and moral community, in posses sion of eveiTthing that makes life enjoyable. We are not pre}3ared to say, however, that mistakes have not been made in relation to some of the main streets of the borough. The grade of DeKalb and Swede streets, from Egypt beyond Airy, is greater than it should be, and it should have been reduced, even if expensive, at the proper period. This defect cannot now, and probably never will be, remedied ; future generations will have cause to regret the short- sightedness that failed to grapple with a difficulty so comparatively trifling ; and wlien bound in ice, hap- less wights will yet mourn over broken limbs as they hope the ancient city fathers are enjoying a very warm region. Bridgeport, we believe, is well laid out, and has likewise sufficient room for extension for some years to come. Except the Yalley and Heading railroads, there is but little to prevent the corporate authorities preserving the uniformity of the borough and render- ing it an inviting and desirable locality. A little money, judiciously expended, will preserve the town from future evils, and elicit the gratitude and respect of the generations yet to live within its borders. We do not live for the present merely, either morally or otherwise; one generation should study the happiness of future generations, nor should it entail upon them evils which a plain and honest sense of duty required it to remove, when removal was both timely and ex- jiedient. Among the wants of Bridgeport, gas has not yet found its way; as a consequence its roads and streets furnish but poor facilities at night to the pedestrian ; its citizens will not be long, we presume, without this necessary agent. Thus far, too, the well supplies the water. The contiguity of Norristown and Bridgeport, sep- arated by the river only, yet connected by two bridges, 102' NOREISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. that subserve the purposes of streets, would seem to dictate the policy of uniting them under one corpo- rate authority, and there can be little doubt tiiat time will eventually knit them toofcther. This will be done when corporate indebtedness and local interests are equalized. Then, also, substantial stone bridges, in place of the present gloomy and comparatively un- substantial ones, will be an absolute want ; having no toll house or toll gatlierer, to arrest the free tide of travel and virtually prevent the hundreds of families in humble circumstances having access to every part of the vicinity. We presume upon no advice, we but point to necessary contingencies. Among the advantages of Norristown, in relation to physical comfort, which her inhabitants enjoy ah most as largely as a city, is the general air of comfort and cleanliness. We do not say there is no poverty or filth, in those quarters where pinched necessity and individual nnthriftiness and laziness hang out their well marked signs ; but few places have a more happy exemption from that ill starred destitution, which so generally festers upon the outskirts and by-places of almost every dense community. This is the more re- markable in consideration of tlie existence of a large class of the population who have to labor daily to sus- tain the interests and supply the wants of the family. But, though the earnings of those who daily, with sober regularity, wend their way to the factory, the mill or the machine shop, are not sources of wealth, and incomes are comparatively humble, their cer- tainty and regularity at the end of the week or month, relieve the man of toil from those harassing in- quietudes which make life a burthen. With proper thrift and industry, he can have the certainty of a living, and very few cases of absolute destitution can occur, without his being the most active agent in pro- ducing it. The wants of life with the laborer are really few and not expensive in their supply. Though HISTORY OP THE BOROUGHS. 103 the fare be coarse, comparatively, it can be pure and sweet, and tend toliealtli and a robustness that surfeited wealth must envj. With a good conscience and so- briety, he can reap a large share of those innumer- able advantages which flow in so profuse a stream through society. A few dollars can purchase him a mine of knowledge, and liis fragments of time, so often wasted and despised, enable him to search its depths and possess himself of its treasures. No man, if he has not honestly tried the experiment, can esti- mate, or believe, what an immense fund of knowledge may be acquired in those murdered moments, which men esteem as nothing. Elihu Burritt, a journeyman blacksmith, the wonder of his age as a linguist, and Hugh Miller, a stone cutter, eminent in geological re- search, acquired their knowledge, for the most part, during the fragments of which we have spoken. They were the sons of severe toil, but that toil was cheered by the light of intelligence, unfolding day by day its increasing brightness. If the man of toil cannot purchase his books, the public library, at an exceedingly low rate, affords him an extensive field, in which he cannot fail to reap a large harvest of improvement. Indeed this resource is especially adapted to his wants and circumstances, by being entirely within his reach. Let him, if he has never done so, try the experiment, when his even- ing meal has been talvcn; repair to the well stocked libraries on DeKalb street, and having procured a well written history, or work on science, inexorably fix for himself a rule that two hours of the twenty- four shall be carefully employed in its perusal, and he w^ill soon be astonished at his mental enlargement. What though his supper has been garnished with no dainty viands, when it is over he can roam with Ali- son the vast theatre of Europe, and see the build- ing up and overthrow of nations; or with Dick tra- verse the planetary heavens and study the glories of 104 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Orion and the Pleiades; or with Milton learn how Paradise was lost and regained! Thus bursting the bounds of his narrow empire, his mind will delight in regions in whicli it will be elevated and ennobled. But the truth that the position of the laborer in- duces him too frequently to esteem his animal propen- sities of more consideration than the growth of his mind, is too obvious to dispute. With the means completely within his grasp, he neglects the latter. Hence the catering to appetite and its consequent de- pravity, the idling at the public house, or restaurant, or beer saloon, which keep him in an eternal bondage, a self constituted slave. These, so far we believe as Norristown is con- cerned, are exceptions; the laboring class are gener- ally comfortable, moral and industrious, and we notice but very little in the appearance of their homesteads that denotes a life of idleness and depravity. In many we find cheering evidences of a high moral standard, and the conversation of the members of the household, and the books carefully arranged upon the table, evidence mental cultivation. As we look into the walk of life where men tread with greater social ease and comfort, the dwel- ling and the general intelligence have a corresponding development. As a consequence we find the most pleasing air of comfort, and in many instances of el- egance. Though many old fashioned houses yet main- tain their positions against the invasion of improvement upon Egypt street, above that quarter the comforta- ble ranges of brick, with the quiet features of home looking out upon the street, or the neat cottage, mod- estly retiring within the line of its more stately neigh- bors, meet the eye of the observer. The compara- tive cheapness of marble, which the extensive belt running through Montgomery county furnishes, has brought that material into very common use, and its pure facings are found in every quarter of the town. HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 105 The step, the lintel, the hall, the pilaster, the portico, or the entire building, furnishes anextersive demand for it; and tiie grave yards and cemeteries have their gloom enlivened by it. Should wealth, and its atten- dant, luxury, induce the erection of more stately piles, after the classic models of Greece, there is a conve- nient and ample store house of material in tlie valley of the Schuylkill, from which the hill can be adorned in every form of architecture. These home looking avenues, thronged by well or- dered, peaceful and intelligent citizens, in various walks of life, give to Norristown an attractiveness, in addi- tion to her scenery, that must win the regard of all who wish to live where physical and social blessings abound, and where every thing within and around the growing community, indicates increase and prosperity. An intimate acquaintance with the place will show a moral and intellectual progress, which, though equal- led by many other towns of similar dimensions, affords the most cheering evidence that our institutions are admirably adapted to the development of communi- ties : that the members thereof learn their true value, and the best means by which they may be per- petuated. A very superficial glance, indeed, will let the mind of the observer perceive how such a community as that of Norristown, can hardly retrograde or remain stationary in mind and morals. The vast array of moral and mental machinery, once reviewed, will show the inherent strength and stamina she possesses. — She has, as the foundation of her moral structure, fourteen churches; which, though governed by diver- sity of religious sentiment, tend inevitably by their constant teachings to elevate the standard of public virtue. They differ as to means, but the great end to be attained is the same ; the,y are but travellers upon roads which evenrually converge upon one terminus. Their labors are intended to give stability to both in- 106 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. dividual and general purposes, and whilst the Bible is presented as the great text book of knowledge, and its precepts a safe guidance, the people feel a sense of security in making it their standard. We must there- fore, after making a fair discount for bigotry or en- thusiasm, honestly award to the fourteen churches, with their four thousand two hundred members, a very large share of the means by which the people are shielded from the assaults of vice. Auxiliary to this, and having an intimate relation, the Sunday schools, containing two hundred and sixty- seven teachers, two thousand one hundred and ninety pupils, and seven thousand six hundred and fifty-seven volumes in their libraries, give to the youth of the bo- roughs a training eminently calculated to make them good citizens, who may teach in their turn, the admi- rable precepts which benevolent men and women now so sedulously, without money or price, endeavor to com- mend to the inquiring mind. In the same train of en- deavor, we have the Bible classes, Christian and other associations. These constitute some of the important I'evers by which society is elevated. But though of the highest importance, they are very far from being all the appliances necessary to the public welfare. Eight private and four public schools, with thirty-five or forty teachers, and twelve hundred pupils, daily prepare the youth of the bo- roughs to assume the stations in life which their bent and circumstances indicate. These are the great el- ementary drill fields, where the mind is to be strength- ened, and procure its armor for the great battle of life. They are the manufactories of legislators, ju- rists and statesmen ; and from them the rough and un- gainly mind can come, better fashioned for the trials of citizenship, than were trained by those of Lacsede- monian fame, of which Greece once so proudly boast- ed. Our public schools, yet in the infancy of their power and usefulness, in the legitimate and perfect de- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 107 velopment of centuries, will become the great, pop- ular means of intellectual refinement, by which the youth of the Commonwealth will be enabled to step from the lowest to the highest round of elementary knowledge, in every branch of science. Among the organizations of a more purely intellec- tual character in which the student of older growth can make useful researches, two public libraries, con- taining about thirty-five hundred volumes, and con- stantly increasing, present their claims to his atten- tion, and invite vfith silent, yet resistless eloquence, the consecration of his hours too often devoted to list- less ease, or debasing inanity. By their means, a pow- er greater than was possessed by the magians of old, he can silently roam the world's boundaries and en- rich himself with its knowledge. It will impart with- out stint ; give forever without exhaustion. The social, and as we believe, moral appliances, are strengthened by the existence of various benevolent associations. Of these, comprising Masons, Odd Fel- lows, and others, there are thirteen, containing over eight hundred members, whose weekly meetings and interchange of thought extend personal acquaintance, and confirm numerous friendshijts. A proper person- al pride is developed by such associations, and every one generally desires to understand and practice upon the rules of good breeding and courtesy, whilst he is being disciplined in those rules of order which have a governing influence wherever he goes. The attri- tion of mind, too, in these assemblages, rubs off the tangents and salient points, and harmony'and a correct understanding of human character, under various phases, are obtained. There is a stratum of benevo- lence also running through these organizations that develops the better feelings of our nature, and dispo- ses us to commiserate the conditions of penury and necessity. Now we take it that all this is a mass of moral ma- IDS NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. cliinery, that means something — that does something. Singly vieu^ed, eacli organization does not seem of much effect, insufficient, scarcel}^ to attract a momen- tary consideration ; but view them in the aggregate, walk carefully and circumspectly around the great social fabric, and mark well these levers slowly but constantly raising it above selfishness, want, debauch- ery and crime. Contrast the condition of aboriginal life in the forest, upon the hill now crowned by the marble temple of justice, where the child of passion and ferocity bound his victim to the stake, and gloat- ed over his ingeniously protracted tortures, with socie- ty now, with all its wonderful means of self presei^- vation, and we may readily see what all these levers arc doing for the community. Cherishing these insti- tutions in a proper and legitimate spirit, the people will grow wiser and better, and consequently happier in all their relations, as our country extends her in- stitutions, and the policy of her government over the continent. But to these vast moral resources, we must add those of a physical nature, yet having intimate rela- tions to the former. It is said by some political econ- omist, that a nation is bound to feed, clothe, and pro- tect herself. If this is so, Norristown and Bridgeport are amply fulfilling the conditions of such a duty. Within their bounds are five flouring mills, with nineteen pairs of burrs, driven by steam and water, and capable of grinding a thousand bushels of wheat per day, or manufacturing two hundred barrels of flour, besides other bread stuffs. So that whilst the farmer has the certainty of a crop, the inhalntants of the town fully co-operate in furnishing a supply of food. The next great want is also, to a large extent, supplied within their corporate limits. From day to day, the spindle and the loom are hurried through their never tiring tasks. Five cotton factories and one woolen factory run forty-three thousand, six huii- HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 103 dred and sixtj^-eiglit spindles, fifteen hundred and sixty-one looms, and employ nearly twelve hundred hands. The aggregate yards of fabric manufactur- ed, and the amount of capital employed have not been ascertained. In this chain of connection we may enumerate four military companies, with two field pieces, two hun- dred rifles and muskets, and two hundred and fifty men and officers. Though this last power in the community has, in certain contingencies, a fearful duty to perform, it often constitutes, amid the turbu- lent passions of men, a part of the collective means of public safety. In these appliances and resources, of mills and means of war, the idea of food, clothing and defense, the boroughs have come fully up to the standard required by the economist. Their manufacturing interests, however, include more than cottons and woolens, with all their busy spindles and looms. The boroughs have an Oil Mill, Paper Mill, three Nail and Iron Works, three Foundries and Machine Shops, one Furnace and four Planing Mills, driven by seventeen engines, of an aggregate of six hundred and fifty-six horse power, and employing over five hundred hands. These iron sinews, in conjunction with the vigorous arms of the sons of toil, daily throw into the marts of trade, the productions of skill and industry. The variety of labor constitues divisions that render the investment of capital profitable, and give a more ample field for inventive power and improved means of production. Against an element that sweeps away in an hour the labor and wealth of years, the citizens have not forgotten to provide a formidable antagonist. To conquer one element by another, they have four Fire Companies, with five liundred and thirty-six mem- bers, and the requisite machinery to operate against so subtle and inexorable an enemy as fire; and, as the population increases, with a consequent increase 110 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. of risk, the Steam Fire Engine, must ere long be- come an institution in Norristown. In the Bank, Savings Fund and Building Associa- tions, the accumulations of labor find secure places of deposit, and in many of them a profitable investment. These too, with an aggregate capital of about seven hundred thousand dollars, supply strength to the sinews of trade. Their operations build houses, mills, foundries and engines, buy and improve farms, and give impetus and force to a thousand ramifications of business. The inducements they present to the humblest citizen to save his earnings not required by the daily wants of his family, are greater than appear to him at first sight. It is the accumulation of the first hundred dollars that leads to fortune, by stimu- lating hope, industry and thrift, and the Savings Fund is the place to enable the depositor to get the fortunate and talismanic sum together. The cutting off of a few luxuries, or of the indulgence of some dele- terious habit, soon enables him to accomplish this, and the after growth can be made surprisingly rapid. These are a part of the strictly local appliances of the citizens of a place whose privileges are of so en- viable a character. But the inhabitant, whilst enjoy- ing all these, and many more not enumerated, has a reach beyond them that connects him with distance almost as far as his wishes may go. He has eight stage lines that take him to various places across the country not within reach of more speedy communi- cations ; upon more public routes, at a marvellously small rate, the steam horse rapidly conquers dis- tance for him and carries him to the marts of com- merce in a space of time that cheapens and gives un- paralleled facilities to all his business pursuits. If the rapidity of ihis power does not suit the eagerness of his wants, the electric telegrapii makes them known with almost the celerity of thought. The current prices of whatever he wishes to sell, or purchase, can HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. Ill be ascertained in Boston, New York, Pliiladelphia or New Orleans, before it is possible for any one to over- reach him in a bargain, by a sudden change in the market. Of these wonderful means of distant com- munication he constantly avails himself. These great physical resources, combined with the mental, moral and religious, before enumerated, can- not fail to show how it is that Norristown and Bridgeport have a commendable and healthy growth, and that it is almost impossible that deterioration can ever befall them. They are upon the road of pro- gress; not the progress that seeks, to annihilate every thing in its way with a blind impetuosity, without planting something better in its stead, but that which supplants corroded and useless things, by those that have life, health, and vigor. With so many levers to prosperity no one need be astonished if the population should be nearly doubled in the census of 1870, and that their populous .streets be greatly ex- tended and adorced. CHAPTER XIIL State of Sooiety — Hospitality — Execution — Public Houses aud Dwellings in 1793 — Stores— Times of 1795— Houses, Popu- lation, &c., in 1803 — Extent of Norristown in 1812 — Im- pulse in 1832— Wards in 1847— Wards in 1842— Taxabks and Population — Cabinet of Natural Science — First House — HuPor tail— Bridge at DeKalb Street— Swedes' Ford— Wil- liam jNIoore Smith. The structure of socieh' in the boroughs is affected, as everywhere else, b\' yarioiis pursuits and circuui- stances, and by the different stages of mental and moral development. The last, whatever may be the worldly fortune of the person, are always pass- ports to good society, and will receive an honest re- cognition from those who have been equally fortunate in their acquirements, and more so in the acquisitions of' fortune. Approached with a courteous and in- telligent address, their citizens are always accessible, in every walk of life, ready to impart information or extend tlie hospitality of the fireside. Tliis may be quite emphatically said, without disparagement to others, of the descendants of the Swedish and Ger- man settlers, with Avhom the rites of hospitality in the early times were almost sacred. It was said by Burns, so high was his admiration of the hospitable feelings of the Scottish Highlanders, that when he ar- rived at the gates of Paradise, he should ask nothing better than a Highland welcome. The elements, however, of which society now consists, do not war- rant so large a confidence in the stranger, as was practiced among the Highlands, or the early settlers of Merion and Norriton. Knavery has become shai-p- ened in modern days to the keenest intensity ; and deception has so many veils to hide its deformity, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. Il3 under which it can successfully practice upon cre- dulity and confidence, that no one can throw off entirely the armor of suspicion or caution that is to protect him from bein<> overreached. Hence a stranger in Norristown, if he look not beneath the cold surface of things, might readily come to the mistaken conclusion tliat her people were unsocial and distant. A proper acquaintance will show as ready a hospitality and social intercourse as is compatible with a just discretion and judgment. The terms upon which every one is, or should be, ad- mitted to good society, the possession of fair intelli- gence and sound moral character, are both reasonable and just; of which none can reasonably complain, be- cause they are within the reach of all. He that grumbles upon the threshold of such a barrier, so necessary to guard the interests of every family and elevate the standard of public morality, would pay himself a more marked and deserved compliment, by qualifying himself to pass it. It is more then proba- ble that a few families wrap themselves up in a proud and selfish seclusion : but they are more severely punished than tliose who cannot secure their social respect ; the bestowment of that magnanimous regard and friendly solicitude, which the kind and social man elicits, are unknown and unenjoyed by the selfish and exclusive. Speaking under general rules, which only can be applied to communities, we do not hesitate to avow that Norristown and Bridgeport have as much operative kindness, christian feeling, social inter- course and hospitality, as any other communities in the State. It is stated that there has been but one execution in Montgomery county since its organization ; this was a person by the name of John Brown, who was con- victed of burglary, and suffered death therefor in the year 1788, at which time such a crime was in the list of capital offences. He was hung in Airy street, in 114 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. rear of the old jail, and the choice of the public highway for the execution gave rise to much comment and censure. The Sheriff appeared to hive had no alternative, as the owners of lots and fie'ds would not consent to the desecration of their premises to such a purpose. The public houses now in the boroughs number eleven : in 1793 they numbered four in Norristown, which then contained but the court house and jail, eight dwelling houses, a mill, school house and barn, or seventeen buildings altogether. Among the tav- erns flourished the Rising Sun, Gen. Washington and Eagle : the latter being a national bird probably had his wings expanded a proper length, but there can be no comparison with tiie manner in which the fiery- eyed bird of Jove spreads his feathers now-a-days, when he takes a swoop around the continent. The Eagle was kept by a person named Rudolph; the Rising Sun, by Jesse Roberts, and the Gen. Washing- ton by Alexander Moore ; the latter house is said to be the one now occupied by David Heebner. Two stores added their attractions to the infant town, and drew the admiring matrons to their counters. These latter important appendages presented an appearance more accordant with the more primitive maimers and wants of those days. Goods of all de- scriptions were mixed up somewhat promiscuously; every article for the household could be had there, almost as much as could be enumerated, from "Land's End to Johnny Groats.'' The clerk, too, was a staid young gentleman, in good favor with all the kindly matrons and comely lasses ; not the dapper individual who in modern days, in our large cities, sports a mus- tache and drives tandem on Broadway, and will most courteously sell you all creation at nine months. Our modern stores, too, on the Egypt thoroughfare, are in marked contrast. Since 1793 time's busy finger has unravelled many a business web and given the iufinito HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 115 varieties of trade different relations. Of old, the storekeeper Avas cloth merchant, i^rocer, apothecary, post master, ironmonger, wool-factor, bookseller and stationer, squire, banker and leading politician; and his store was the people's hall of Congress, where all national troubles were healed much cheaper than they are now. But look at Egypt street, with its sub- divisions of 1860, each one also in its own indepen- dent domain, wonderfully expanded and enriched! The ample and handsomely arrayed front, flashing with gorgeous gas light and jewels, and fabrics fur- nished by every clime, there make their audacious de- mands upon the purse, and take the shopper by storm. If you want drugs, or dry goods, or books, or any- thing else that belongs to the world's infinite wants, you must go to their special mart, where each variety is arrayed and disposed of upon its own merits. In 1795, Norristown is spoken of os having groAvn to twenty houses, exclusive of the public buildings, a most prodigious stride in two years; one that did not betoken the town of sixty-five years afterwards, when the German Ajax defied the Hector of the shore. Then were the palmy days of the river wars, and of fish — the days of shad and herring, that furnished to the morning repast the freshest and most tempting tribute of the rippling stream. In 1803 the town was supposed to have contained about fifty houses, and about two hundred inhabitants, the dwellings, generally one-story in height, and built of logs or boards ; it boasted also three taverns, one store, one small school house, three lawyej^s and one doctor. It was the county seat, hence the gentlemen who kept the road of equity open and took their le- gitimate toll, were an early institution. Since then they have greatly multiplied in number and learnino-, forming a very important embodiment of intelligence and refinement, and adorning the circles of social life. The physician, too, of 1803, the solitary pio- 116 N0RRI3T0WN AND BRIDGEPORT. ncer of his most invaluable and indispensable pro- fession, would startle were he now in the flesh, to see the mutiplication of his successors and scan the vast accumulations now familiar to medical science, sedulously gathered by patient industry and research, and embodied for the benefit of the race. The fathers of 1803 did not dream of turnpikes or pavements, but were content to haul tan for the bet- ter convenience of the residents in passing along the fronts of their dwellings. Swede street was said to be the only one that ran to the Schuylkill at that time, and the banks of the river were shaded with rows of buttonwood and beach trees, beneath which, from Stony Creek to Swedes' Ford, a most delight- ful walk was laid out for the public convenience. Then no dam interrupted the flowing current, and the lovely islands, upon which Calypso and her nymphs would have delighted to sportin the silver moonlight, gave a charm to the scenery which modern days will never rival. Upon this river promenade many a youthful friendship has been formed, and many a tale of love whispered — the stars witnessed the vows and time indited the record, whether they were broken or kept. In 1812, when the town became incorporated, it is supposed to have contained about one hundred houses, and five hundred inhabitants. The borough extend- ed from Stony Creek to the line of Plymouth town- ship ; Sawmill run flowing nearly through its middle. This was a slow growth, since the time Mr. Smith laid out its narrow borders, twenty-eight years before, and offers no comparison with the magic celerity that now founds cities and populates States. The first im- petus of importance was not given until 1832, when capitalists turned their attention to the commanding- water power of the Schuylkill, and made it subservi- ent to manufacturing interests. As these interests accumulated, labor was more and more in demand, HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. ' 117 d skilled industry flowed in from abroad. The era of steam succeeded that of Mater force, proving- a more certain and more ])Owerful auxiliary. In 1847 the boroudi was divided into two Wards, TJpperand Lower; the Upper Ward, in 1849, contained five hundred and seventy-nine taxables, or three thous- and four hundred and seventy-four inhabitants ; the Lower, four hundred and ten taxables, or two thousand four hundred and sixty inhabitants. In 1852, by Act of Assembly, the borough was divided into three Wards, Upper, Middle and Lower. In 1858 the upper Ward contained nine hundred and fifty-seven taxables, or five thousand seven hun- dred and forty-two inhabitants ; the Middle, three hundred and ninety-three taxables, or two thousand three hundred and fifty-eight inhabitants ; the Lower, six hundred and four taxables, or three thousand six hundred and twenty-four inhabitants ; making an ag- gregate of nineteen hundred and fifty-four taxables, and eleven thousand seven hundred and twenty-four inhabitants. The enumeration of the inhabitants in 1858, is be- lieved to be a pretty fair approximation, the taxables being rated at one-sixth. If the census of that year is correct, by this standard, the population of the borough must now be over twelve thousand. The Wards, by the triennial assessment of the same year, had one million, eight hundred and twenty-one thou- sand, seven hundred and eighty-one dollar's worth of real estate, and of horses and cattle, seventeen thou- sand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars. The Upper Ward real estate was estimated at seven hun- dred and twelve thousand four hundred and twenty- seven dollars, and horses and cattle, ten thousand and forty dollars ; the real estate of Middle Ward, five hundred and fifty-eight thousand, six hundred and seventy-five dollars, horses and cattle, three thousand four hundred and twenty-five ; Lower Ward, real es- 118 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. fate, five hundred and fifty thousand, six hundred and seventy-nine dollars, the horses and cattle four thous- and, three hundred and thirty. Among the useful institutions of Norristown, a Cab- inet of Natural Science may be enumerated. This was started in 1830, Peter A. Brown, Esq., giving it his able counsel and support. Its importance was not fully valued, as it languished, and the specimens col- lected ])ecame scattered ; recently some efforts have been made to collect and arrange the lost collection. In a county so rich in mineral wealth no effort should be spared to secure the finest specimens of her quar- ries and mines. In addition to this, her floras would be a source of value, not forgetting the specimens of the various orders and genera of wood that adorn her forests and water courses. There is now, we be- lieve, a complete organization of intelligent citizens, who desire to make up for previous neglect. The first house in Norristown is said to have stood upon the southeast side of where the Ridge road crosses Stony Creek ; it was used as an Inn, and called the Norrington House. It was marked upon SculFs map in 1770. It is stated that General DuPortail was the son-in- law of the celebrated Count Pulaski, one of the de- termined spirits of Poland, who sympathised with, and fought for, the patriots of 1776. DuPortail was a man of wealth, and having been charmed with the scenery of the Schuylkill, was induced to purchase part of the Holstein tract for a future residence, but died on a voyage to his native country, France. Mr. Buck states that the General resided upon his land until 1800, when he sailed for France. Mr. B., in this connection, says : — "A portrait of DuPortail may be seen in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, having formerl}- been in the Pealc collection. Shortly after his death, the property, with about two hundred acres of land, was sold to Elisha Evans, who, in 1810, sold HISTORY OF THE BOROUGHS. 119 off forty acres to Robert Jones. With tliis exception, Mr. Evans retained the balance as farm land until his death, in 1830, when it came into possession of his son, the present Cadwalader Evans.'' "In that year Bridgeport contained three dwelling houses, a tavern, and a large three-storied stone mill, which latter still stands near the canal on DeKalb street, and was built in 1826. It was through the liberality of Elisha Evans that the canal was made through tlie whole length of his property. The erec- tion of the Norristown bridge in 1829, and the open- ing of the State road in 1830, began to give the first impulse to improvement, which has not since been materially checked. "The bridge over the Schuylkill, on DeKalb street, is eight hundred feet long, and with the abutments, one thousand and fifty feet. It rests upon three stone piers, and cost thirty-one thousand two hundred dollars. Of this amount, the county subscribed ten thousand dollars, and the State six thousand dollars. It was erected by a joint slock company, chartered upon the sixth of April, 1830; it was finished the same year. Previous to the erection, efforts were made at differ- ent times to build such a structure, but failed for want of capital. For this purpose the legislature chartered a company iu 1815. "The name of Swedes' Ford must have been ap- plied to the fording ground before 1723, as in No- vember of that year application was made to the Governor and Council to have a road laid out from Whiteland, in Chester county, to this ford, which, in the spring of the following year, was confirmed, and ordered to be with all convenient speed, opened, cleared, and made good. A portion of the old Swedes' Ford tavern, now owned by Colonel Bush, was supposed by the late Matthias Holstein, to have been built before 1730. He at one time kept it as a public house, and built an addition to it. Near by 120 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. stood the twin pines, so called from the fact of their growing from one butt and separating about four feet from tlie ground, and thence growing in close prox- imity to a very great height, and serving as a land jnark to the country around. These trees were a remnant of the ancient forest, and on this account were preserved from violence and regarded with in- terest. One of tliem was blown down during the prevalence of a violent storm on Easter Sunday, 1822 ; the other flourished until about 1842, when it began to show symptoms of decay, and, by 1847, had so far pined away in stately grandeur, that as a mat- ter of prudence it was cut down, measuring over two feet in diameter. Sherman Day, the distinguished author of the Historical Collections of Pennsylvania, and who was here in 1841, thus speaks of it : — 'A tall and solitary pine, a remnant of the ancient forest, still stands beside the old Swedes' Ford tavern, like some faithful sentinel; some years since it had a companion, and the two formed a beautiful head.'" Of William Moore Smith, who laid out the town of JYorris, Mr. Buck remarks : — ''His father was con- sidered one of the most accomplished scholars of Philadelphia, and it was through his exertions that the University of that city owes its origin, and of which he was elected the first Provost. He was early admitted to the ministry of the Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, of which he was pastor for many years. William Moore was his eldest son, and was born in the city, June 1st, 1759. It appears as if he liad inherited a taste for letters, for he was early dis- tinguished for the extent and variety of his acquire- ments. In his general character he was a gentleman of the old school, of highly polished education and manners, and in his day, a poet of considerable repu- tation. He lived in Norristown for some time, and we know as late as 1789, if not later." DIRECTORY. NORRISTOWN ABBREVIATIONS. B, R railroad ; r River ; r rear; N North'; S South; E East; W West ; ab above; al alley; bel below ; n side north side; s side south tide; e side east side; w side -wc^^ side; tp township ; rd road; coVd colored ; c corner ; opp oppostYe; h /loitsc. Aaron Samuel, shingler, h Lafayette bel Cherry Abbott Susan, widow Howard, h n side Egypt bel Green Abel Jacob, (col'd) laborer, h s side basin bet Willow and Powell Abraham Ann, widow Joseph, h w side DeKalb ab Marshall Acker Ephraim L., County Superintendent Schools, and pro- prietor "Register & Watchman," h e side Swede ab Airy Acker William, grocer, w side Cherry c Airy, h s side Airy ab Cherry Acker Esther widow Peter, h w side Cherry ab Airy Ackley Benjamin, shoe maker, h n side Penn bet Cherry and Barbadoes Addy George, laborer, h n side Airy bel Walnut Adel Theodore, blacksmith, h 104 Egypt Adle Sarah M. , milliner, h 88 Egypt Adle Jacob, furniture, Swede c Lafayette, h 88 Egypt Adrion Frederick, baker, Egypt ab Arch, h Egypt ab Arch Albertson Morton J., banker, Swede opp Court House, hw side DeKalb ab Wood Albertson L. J., banker, Swede opp Court House, h at Ply- mouth township Alker Jacob, barber, w side DeKalb ab Washington, h La- fayette bel Swede Allabaugh William, tailor, Egypt c DeKalb, h n side Egypt ab Walnut Allabaugh Joseph L., lawyer, 5 Airy, h Farmers' & Mechanics' hotel Allen Thomas, carpenter, h Egypt bel Chain 124 N0RRI3T0WN AND BRIDGEPORT. Altemus Daniel, bridge tender, Norristown Bridge Company, h foot DeKalb Altemus George F., h foot DeKalb Altemus Thomas, painter, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Amber Hiram, shoemaker, n side Egypt ab Mill, h n side Egypt ab Mill Ambers Harrison, machinist, h s side Penn ab Walnut Ambers Ann, h w side Arch ab Airy Ambers Ellen, operator, h w side Arch ab Airy Amey George, liquor and coal, s side Egypt c Barbadoes, h w side Cherry bel Chestnut Amos Samuel H., Rev., (col'd) shoemaker, s side Pennab Arch, h s side Penn ab Arch Anderson Rachel, widow Thomas, s side Airy ab Walnut Anderson Abraham G., engineer, h w side Cherry ab Airy Anderson Isaac, physician, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Anderson John, carter, h Farmers' & Mechanics' Hotel Andrews Joel W., brickmaker at Bridgeport, h Montgomery Hotel Anslee William, carpenter, h Lafayette bet Cherry & Barbadoes Armbruster Joseph, cooper, h Egypt c Green Armbruster Jacob, baker, h 74 Egypt Apple Anna, servant. Farmers' & Mechanics' Hotel Arnold Henry G., painter, s side Egypt c Mill Arnold George W., proprietor Norris City Hotel, n side Egypt opp Mill Arnold Thomas G., nailer, h s side Chestnut c Willow Arnold John A., painter, n side Egypt bel Mill, h do Ascr Markus, provisions, s side Egypt ab Ford, h s side Egypt ab Ford Ashburn James C, bartender, 192 Egypt Ashenfelter Adam, carpenter, h Barbadoes bel Egj^pt Ashenfclter Henry, shoemaker, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede Ashton Thomas, carter, h w side Willow bel Spruce Ashton Thomas, laborer, h Willow ab Elm Atkinson Thomas, beamer, h w side Arch ab Marshall Auchy Andrew N., shoemaker, h s side Lafayette ab Straw- berry alley Auchy Lewis, shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Mar- shall Auge Moses, hats, clothing and Editor, 178 Egypt and second story e side DeKalb c Egypt, h 178 Egypt Ayers Uriah, prcsser, h 2 White Row B Backstcr Alexander, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Mill DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWX. 125 Badman Thomas, carpenter, h n side Airy bel Walnut Badman Philip, carpenter, s side Moore bel Walnut, h n side Airy bel Walnut Badman John, carpenter, h s side Moore bel Walnut Bain Walter, dry goods at Philada, h e side De Kalb bet Mar- shall and Chestnut Baily Alban, laborer, h Barbadocs bet Washington and La- fayette Bainbridge Benjamin H., shoes, 148 Egypt Bainbridge Henry, shoes, trunks, &c., 190 Egypt, h Swede bel Marshall Baird Eliza, widow John, h s side Washington ab Green Baird Thomas, moulder, h s side Washington bel Green Baird Maria, widow Robert H, n side Washington bel DeKalb Baird Sidney, painter, h w side Willow ab Marshall Baker Corneliu^S., M. D., drugs, n side Egypt c DeKalb, h n side Airy c Church al Baker Charles, shoemaker, h Oak ab Swede Baker Charles, shoemaker, h s side Oak bel Cherry Baker , h u side Airy c Church Baker Francis, nailer, h s side Marshall bel Norris Baker Henry, hammerman, h n side Penn ab Cherry Baker Henry S., shoemaker, w side Swede ab Basin, h w sile Swede ab Basin Baker Reuben, machinist, h 4 Union buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb Baldwin Cloud, shoemaker, h e side Church, bet Airy and Marshall Bale William B., laborer, h n side Oak ab Church Bales Elizabeth, widow, h s side Oak c Marple al Bancus Henry, laborer, h s side Jacoby ab Cherry Banks Enoch A, lawyer, — Egypt, h Montgomery Hotel Bard Sarah Ann, widow Wm. P., h w side Cherry ab Chestnut Bards Charles, carpenter, h w side Mill bel Lafayette Barry William, labor, h Egypt bel Ford Barry William, brickmaker, h s side Washington ab Ford Barrett Patrick, h s side Washington ab Mill Bart Thomas, victualer, h 6 Norris bel Marshall Barton Charlotte, vestmaker, h w side Green ab Airy Bar tram Ellen, widow Richard, h n side Egypt ab Mill Barstow Joseph, operator, h s side Washington bet Mill and Green Barry Margaret, h Washington ab Swede Barry Sarah, widow James, h n side Airy bet Swede & Cherry Baten Susannah, carder, h Swede c Harper Baten Mary, widow John, h Swede c Harper Baten James M., laborer, h w side Green bel Penn 126 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Bates William, blacksmith, h w side ab Chtstnut Bath David D., coachmaker, n side Egypt c Arch, h n side Penn ab Walnut Batchclder Ann, widow Isaac, e h side Washington ab Swede Batchelder Alexander, brickmaker, h e side Washington ab Swede Batchelder Jesse S., confectionery Swede bel Lafayette Bawden Stephen, h w side DeKa'lb bel Chestnut Baxter Felix, laborer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Bayly Thomas P., h w side DeKalb c Chestnut Betchel Jacob, carpenter, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Beckman William H. , trader, h w side Powell bel Spruce Beam Charles, plasterer, h Marshall ab Astor Beam Thomas, bricklayer, h s side Moore bel Walnut Bean Joseph, 212 Egypt Bean Edwin A., carpenter, h Penn ab DeKal^) Bean Jesse, lumber, Egypt c Markley, h w side Swede bel Marshall Bean Angeline, widow John, h Swede bel Marshall Bean John J., a&sistant keeper prison, h s side Chestnut bet Willow and Church Bean Edwin, sawyer, h s side Penn ab DeKall) Bean Aaron, laborer, h e side Barbadoes bel Ann Beale William, brushmaker, s side Moore ab High Beaver Bernard, carpenter, h Egypt bel Haws av Beaver George, carpenter, h Lafayette bel Swede Beaver Henry, watchman, h w side Swede ab Airy Beaver Samuel Jr., miller, lumber and coal at Bridgeport, h n side Marshall c Violet Beerer Alfred, jeweler, 172 Egypt, h Penna Farmer's Hotel Beerer Lewis, bartender Penna Farmer's Hotel Beerer Joseph, proprietor Penna Farmer's Hotel, n side Egypt ab Barbadoes Bell EUeanor, widow Andrew, h s side Egypt^ab Ford Bell Washington, laborer, h Markley bel Lafayette Bell Thomas, operator, h s side Washington ab Green Bellman Gotkib, shoemaker, h n side Penn, bet Cherry and Barbadoe s Bender Susan, seamstress, h R R Hotel Bender Jacob, currier, h s side Penn bet Arch and Green Benner Samuel, h w side Cherry c Airy Bennett Edwin, coachpainter, h s side Penn bet Arch & Green Bennett Isaac, laborer, h Marsliall ab Swede Bennett Isaac, carter, h s side Marshall bel Cherry Bennett Jacob, laborer, h Penn ab DeKalb Bennett Jacob, laborer, h n side Penn bel Swede Bennett William, bricklayer, h Stanbridge ab Marshall DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 127 Berrett Jesse, cabinet maker, n side Egypt bel Franklin Eertolet Amos W., liquor, 160 Egypt, h e side DcKalb ab Oak Best Lydia, widow David, h n side Marshall, ab Willow Be s wick Benjamin, dyer, s side Washington, bet Ford and Franklin Bickel Jacob, shoemaker, h Markley bel Lafayette Bickel Harrison, h Markley bel Lafayette Bickel Samuel, tinsmith, h Penn ab Cherry Bicking Lewis C, farmer, N side Wood c Powell Bigg Susannah, widow Daniel, h w side Swede ab Oak Bigg Susannah, widow Daniel, h Egypt ab Arch Bisson Annie, dressmaker, h n side Oak c Cherry Bisson Jacob, laborer, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Bisson Susannah, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Black John, Watchmaker, h E, R Hotel Black William, laborer, h s side Airy ab DeKalb Blackwell David (col'd) trader, h e side Willow ab Wood Blounts Christopher, manufacturer, h Swedesborough w side ab Marshall Board Barney, laborer, h s side Lafayette bel Franklin Bodey Joseph H., carpenter, e side Violet ab Barbades, h n s Basin ab violet Bodey George, laborer, h n side Penn ab Walnut Bodine Henry, tailor, h n side Moore ab Walnut Body Jacob, h n side Egypt ab Arch Body Maria, widow Samuel, n side Egypt below Arch Boilean John, h s side Elm c Church Bolton, Christman & Co., (Mahlon Bolton, Charles Christman and Francis G. Stinson) lumber yard, planing and sawing mill, Egypt ab Stony creek Bolton Elizabeth, servant, h Egypt bel Walnut Bclton James, miller, h n side Penn ab Cherry Bolton John, carpenter, h n side Ann below Barbadoes Bolton John Jr., paper hanger, h n side Penn ab Cherry Bolton Joseph K., nailer, h n side Penn ab Cherry Bolton Levi, bricklayer, h n side Ann bel Barbadoes Bolton Isaac, engineer, h 8 Norris bel Marshall Bolton Josiah, engineer, h 5 Norris bel Marshall Bclton James, boatman, h s side Lafayette bel DeKalb Bolton Mahlon, (Bolton, Christman & Co.,) lumber yard, plan- ing and sawing mill, Egypt ab Stoney creek, h w side Swede c Marshall Bolton Washington, cooper, h Markley bel Lafayette Bolton William L., machinist, h n side Penn ab Cherry Bolton William, catcher, h n side Ann bel Barbadoes Bond John, victualer, h Washington ab DeKalk Bonsall Clement, wood turner, Egypt bel Arch, h Egypt bel Walnut 128 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Bonsall Henry W., lawyer, w side Swede ab Airy, h do Boorse Daniel, boot maker, h n side Lafayette ab Cherry Boorse Jonas, baker, h n side Penn bet Cherry and Barbadoc s Booth Robert, weaver, h s side Washington bet Franklin and Ford Booth William, warper, h s side Washington bet Franklin and Ford Booz Abraham, plasterer, h s side Marshall bel Violet Booz Conrad, plasterer, h s side Lafayette ab Green Booz John H., carpenter, Moore ab Tremont avenue, h s side Marshall ab Tremont avenue Bordon Benjamin, h s side Elm ab Willow Bossert Henry, grocer, e side Willow bel Spruce, h e side Wil- low bel Spruce Bosler Jacob C., carpenter, h e side Swede bel Wood Bowden Thomas, hatter, h s side Marshall bet Arch and Wal- nut Bowen Charles, (col'd) laborer, Washington ab Pearl Bower Henry, miller, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Bowman, Taggart & Co., (Lewis Bowman, Joseph Taggart and Michael C. Boyer) iron founders and machinists, Markley bet Lafayette and Washington Bowman Lewis, (Bowman, Taggart & Co,,) iron founder and machinist, Markley bet Lafayette and Walnut, h Egypt bel Green Boyd James, lawyer, 193 Egypt, h 191 Egypt Boyd Samuel, laborer, h Schuylkill ab Swede. Boyer Markley B., lawyer, e side Swede ab Airy, h e side Swede ab Airy Boyer Elizabeth, widow Andrew, Egypt ab Barbadoes Boyer George, carpenter, h n side Penn ab DeKalb Boyer John, President Bank Montgomery county, h e side De- Kalb bel Airy Boyer John, prison warden, h at prison Boyer Jonas, segars, s side Egypt bel Green, h s side Egypt bel Green Boyer Michael C, (Bowman, Taggart & Co.,) founder and ma- chinist, h Markley bet Lafayette and Washington Boyer Nathan, bricklayer, h s side Chestnut bel Church Boyer Silas, laborer, h e side bel Marshall Boyle John, spinner, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Bradbury Ellis, shoemaker, h Lafayette c Barbadoes Bradley Charley, puddler, h Markley bel Lafayette Bradley Francis, warper, h w side Washington ab Swede Bradley Patrick, puddler, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede Brady Patrick, laborer, h n side Washington bel Swede Brannan John C, boatman, h e side Cherry ab Airy DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 129 Brant Elizabeth, widow Benjamin K., h e side Swede btl Oak Bridge Elizabeth C, widow Christopher, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Brigg Clarissa, widow Monroe T., h Swede bcl Lafayette Brigg Charles, coal, Lafayette bet Franklin and Fcrd, h s side Washington bel Franklin Brigg William, gunmaker, n side Egypt btl Mill, h do Bright Josiah P., mason, h s side Pcnn ab DeKalb Briggs Alfred D., expressman, h w side Cherry ab Marshall Brmker Jacob, carter, h s side Penn bel Arch Brock Sarah A., trimmings, 154 Egypt, h Egypt ab Cherry Brock Lriah, merchant, h Egypt ab Cherry Brogan Chalkley, machinist, h w side Green ab Washington Brooke Jacob P., watchmaker, h Swede ab Airy Brooks John, laborer, h s side Airy ab Arch Brooks Mary, widow Jonathan, h w side Green ab Washington Brower Daniel R., proprietor Montgomery Hotel, s side Egypt bet DeKalb and Swede Brower Htnry, restaurant, e side DeKalb ab Washington Brcwn Ann, h Lafayette ab Cherry Brown George, (col'd) basket maker, h n side Penn ab Arch Brown Benjamin, miller, e side Arch bet Brown and Roberts, h e side Arch bet Brown and Roberts Brown Louisa, (ccl'd) h s side Penn ab Arch Brown Samuel sr., h s side Chestnut ab Willow Brown Samuel jr., jeweler, 5 Union buildings e side Egypt bel DeKalb, h s side Egypt bel DeKalb Brown Rankins, (coPd) laborer, h w side Willcw ab Wood Brown James, (ccl'd) laborer, h s side Elm ab Cherry Brown William T., cabinet maker, n side Washington bel Green, h n side Washington bel Green Brownback Elizabeth, dressmaker, h 221 Egypt Brownback John, carpenter, h n side Penn bet Cherry andBar- badoes Bruce Howard, clerk, h Swede bel Marshall Bruce Matilda, widow William, tailoress, h n side Marshall c Green Bruff Thomas, (col'd) laborer, h w side Swede bel Wood Bruner Frederick M., carpenter, h n side Marshall bel Cherry Bruner Frederick, carpenter, h Marshall ab Swede Bruner Samuel, carpenter, h w side Swede ab Chestnut Buckhalier Frederick, shoemaker, e side Walnut ab Swede Buck Isaiah, machinist, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Buck James, auctioneer, h Lafayette bel Baibadoes Buck Jeremiah, clerk, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Buck John, laborer, h n side Barbadoes ab Schuylkill Bunker William J., blacksmith, h Penna. Farmer's Hotel 130 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Burgants Joseph, wheelwright, h n side Penn ab Wahiut Burgess George W., manufacturer fishing tackle, e side Green ab Elm, h e side Green ab Elm Burgess Warren E., machinist, h e side Green ab Elm Burkert Emanuel, cabinet maker, h 4 Lafayette avenue Burnes Barney, laborer, h n side Barbadoes ab Schuylkill Burnes Michael, laborer, h s side Fornace ab New Hope Burnes Miles, laborer, h n side Lafayette bet Franklin and Ford Bush Misses, (Arabella, Hattie and Hannah) Adelphian Insti- tute, DeKalb c Basin Bush Arabella, (Misses Bush) teacher, h DeKalb c Basin Bush Enos, confectionery, Egypt bel Walnut, h Egypt bel Wal- nut Bush Hattie, (Misses Bush) teacher, h DeKalb c Basin Bush Hannah, (Misses Bush) teacher, h DeKalb c Basin Bush Robert, (col'd) h bel Buttonwood Burnett Philip, laborer, h s side Washington ab Swede Butler James P., mason, h e side cherry bet Airy and Marshall Buttesswa Martha, widow John, h s side Willow bel Spruce Buttesswa Charles, engineer, h Penn bel Barbadoes Buttesswa John, laborer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Butz & Leaver, (Samuel Butz and Justus P. Leaver) carpenters, e side Green bel Marshall Butz Samuel, (Butz & Leaver) e side Green bel Marshall, h w side DeKalb c Wood Cahall John, laborer, h n side Lafayette abFord Cahall Owen, laborer, h n side Lafayette ab Ford Cain James, laborer, h s side Oak bet Willow and Church Cain Michael, helper, h Barbadoes bel Egypt Caldwell Charles, baker, h Swede bel Marshall Callaghan Edward, laborer, h s side Washington bel Franklin Callender Susannah J., milliner, 79 Egypt, h 79 Egypt Cameron Joseph, h n side Egypt opp Mill Campbell Hugh, farmer, h s side Basin ab Tremont avenue Cantz John, baker, s side Egypt ab Green, h s side Egypt ab Green Cantz John, Lafayette avenue Carey John, laborer, h n side Washington ab Mill Carl Abraham, saw3rer, h Chain bel Egypt Carl John, superintendent, h Swede bel Washington Carlisle Alexander, (col'd) laborer, h s side Airy c Cherry Carlisle Jennie B. & Lizzie H. Shannon, milliners, 230 Egypt Carlisle Jennie B. milliner, 230 Egypt, h Egypt bel Mill Carlisle John, cotton lapps, h s side Egypt bel Mill Carpenter Theodore, laborer, hn side Penn bel Barbadoes DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 131 Carr William, express, h n side Penn ab Green Carr William, laborer, h 196 Egypt Carr William, laborer, hLafa3^ette bel Swede Carringtor William, ostler, h n side Washington bel Green Carroll Joseph, umbrellas, s side Washington bel DeKalb, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Carson Elizabeth, widow James, h e side Church bel Oak Carson John, wheelwright, h s side Egypt bel Walnut Carson Hannah, tailoress, h e side Church bel Oak Carson Mary T., trimmings, Egypt bel Walnut, h Egypt bel Walnut Carson William, carpenter, h e side Chureh bel Oak Carter Mordecai Y., shoemaker, h w side Green c Penn Caruthers John, laborer, h Green ab Marshall Caruthers John W. , laborer, h w side Green bet Marshall and Church Cascade Annie, operator, h s side Washington bel Green Case Margaret G., widow William, w side Green ab Airy Case Morris, laborer, h n side Ann belBarbadoes Casselberry Albert, carter, h n side Penn bel Arch Cauffman Charles G., clerk, 176 Egypt, h Marshall c Stan bridge Cevni Susan, h Washington ab DeKalb Chain Benjamin E., lawyer, e side Swede ab Airy, h e side Swede ab Airy Chain James, h Egypt c Chain Chain Markus, h Egypt c Chain Chandler Samuel D., dry goods, 4 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h s side Egypt bel DeKalb Chantry James, spinner, h s side Elm ab Cherry Chantry John, Elm bet Cherry and Markley Chantry William, puddler, h Airy bet Cherry and Barbadoes Charles Abraham C, laborer, h s side Oak bel Violet Charles Daniel, laborer, hn side Airy bel Arch Chase George, (col'd) laborer, h w side Walnut ab Penn Chasee William, h s side DeKalb ab Arch Childs Jacob, coal, e side DeKalb c Lafayette, hw side DeKalb c Chestnut Childs James, mason, h n side Airy bel Walnut Childs John, mason, h s side Washington ab Green Christman John W., agricultural implements, 156 Egypt, h w side DeKalb bel Jacoby Christman Augustus, tobacconist, h Egypt bel Markley Christman Charles, (Bolton Christman & Co.) lumber yard, planing and sawmg mill, Egypt ab Stony Creek, h w side Swede bel Marshall Christman Josiah, carpenter, h n side Chestnut bel Cherry Clare Eliza, widow Isaac, h Marshall bel Kohn 132 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Clark David, h Lafayette ab Cherry Clark Hugh, laborer, h Lafayette ab Pearl Clark Susan, widow Dennis, h s side Airy ab Walaut Clayton Andrew, laborer^ h e side Church between Marshall and Chestnut Clayton James L, printer, h w side Cherry ab Airy Clayton Jane P., widow Morris, h e side Church bet Marshall and Chesnut Clayton John, under keeper prison, h Egypt ab Cherry Clayton John, weaver, h 103 Egypt Cleaver John, cooper, h e side Cherry ab Elm Clemmer Samuel, segar maker, h n side Airy ab Cherry Clemmer William, tobacconist, 158 Egypt, h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Cloward Lydia, widow William, h n side Ann bel Barbadoes Cloward Samuel, cabinet maker, h 142 Egypt Clune James, laborer, h w side Green ab Washington Clune James, laborer, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Coates Sarah H. , h s side Elm ab Willow Cole James, superintendent, h w side DeKalb bel Washington Cole William, janitor, h s side Airy ab Cherry Coler John, watchman, h w side Markley ab Egypt Coleman Peter, laborer, h Egypt bel Ford Collins Michael, laborer, h n side Penn bel Arch Collom Cyrus, h s side Oak bel Cherry Comfort John, Sr., mason, h Washington bet Cherry and Bar- badoes Comfort John, Jr., mason, h Washington bet Cherry and Bar- badoes Conaway Jesse, puddler, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Conley Thomas, laborer, h s side Airy ab Walnut Connar Patrick, laborer, h s side Washington bel Franklin Conner John, laborer, h w side Green ab Elm Conoway M., widow Patrick, s side Washington c Franklin Conard Catharine, millinery, 106 Egypt, h 106 Egypt Conrad Cornelius, h Elm ab Willow Conrad Elizabeth, widow Frederick, h 106 Egypt Conway Patrick, laborer, h Schuylkill ab Swede Congle Peter, spinner, h n side Penn ab Cherry Cook Mary, widow David, h s side Sandy ab Marshall Cook Sarah, widow Benjamin, h s side Washington ab Green Cook Walter H., former, h s side Sandy ab Marshall Cooper David, engineer, n side Egypt ab Walnut Cope Adam, carpenter, w side Green bet Oak and Jacoby, h w side Green bet Oak and Jacoby Cope John L., shoemaker, h e side Stanbridge ab Roberts Cornog Joseph, boatman, h s side Penn ab Walnut DIRECTORY OF XORRISTOWX. 133 Cornog Philip, macliinist, h Washington House Corothers John, h n side Green ab Marshall Corrigan James, laborer, h n side Airy ab Walnut Corson Ann E. H., widow Joseph D., boarders, 17G Egypt Corson George N., lawyer, s side Egypt c Cherry, h s side Egypt c Cherry Corson Hannah, h 176 Egypt Corson Isabella, milliner, s side Egypt bel Swede Corson Lawrence E., surveyor and conveyancer, s side Egypt ab Green, h n side Egypt bel Green Corson Humphrey H., clerk, h 176 Egj^pt Corson Richard R., real estate broker, s side Egypt c Cherry, h Montgomery Hotel Corson Thomas F., (Major & Dorson) grocers, 217 Egypt, h 176 Egypt Corson Clemantine, restaurant, Washington ab Swede, h do Corson William, physician, h s side Egypt ab Green Corson Robert, weaver, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Coulson Anna, widow William, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Coulston John, laborer, e side Cherry ab Airy Cowden Abigail, widow William, h 152 Egypt Cowden Charles H., clerk, liDeKalb bel Airy Cowden Jacob M., real estate, 152 Egypt Cowden John, commissioner, h w side DeKalb bel Airy Cowden Mary J., h w side DeKalb bel Airy Cowden Hester, h w side DeKalb ab Washington Cox Abraham R., brewer, h 33 Egypt Craber Annie, h n side Chestnut bel Church Crabtree John, laborer, h n side Washington ab Swede Craig Jane, widow James, teacher, h n side Airy c Maple Crater Jacob, ostler, Montgomery Hotel, h Strawberry al bel Egypt Crawford & Hill, (Matthew H. Crawford & Henry C. Hill) hard- ware, 208 Egypt Crawford Eliza A., h w side Swede bel Marshall Crawford Matthew H., (Crawford & Hill) hardware, 208 Egypt, h w side Swede bel Marshall Crawford Samuel, h w side Swede bel Marshall Crawford William, h e side Swede c Chestnut Creighton Catharine, widow Thomas, h w side Egypt bel Ford Creighton Noble, laborer, h n side Egypt bel Ford* Creighton James, laborer, h n side Egypt bel Ford Cressman Henry C, stone cutter, h e side Norris ab Airy Cregger Charles, paper carrier, h e side Church bet Airy and Marshall Croll Daniel, h s side Elm ab Willow Croll J. B., dry goods and grocery, e side DeKalb c Marshall 134 NORRISTOVvN AND BRIDGEPORT. Croll Mary, widow Philip, h n side Marshall c Norris Croll Sylvester, victular, h 81 Egypt Cromer David (col'd) musician, h n side Pemi ab TTalnut Grouse William, victular, h s side Airy bel Walnut Crow Patrick, laborer, h s side Airy ab Walnut Crozier James, carpenter, h Lafayette ab Swede Crozier James, blacksmith, h Airy ab Cherry Crozier William, carpt weaver, h Lafayette ab Swede Cullen John, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Culien Catharine, 4 White Row Culp Catharine, servant, Rambo House Culp George, lime burner, h Chain bel Marshall Culp Henry, lime burner li Chain bel Marshall Culp James, lime burner, li Chain bel Marshall Culp Sarah, widow George, h w side Green bet Elm & Spruce Cummings James, spinner, h s side Marshall ab Green Cunningham Margaret, widow John, h n side Washington bel DeKalb Cupp Frederick, rag dealer, h Swede ab Lafayette Carle Anna M. , h w side Smith ab Oak Custard Elizabeth, widow Jcsiah, h Egypt ab Ford Custer Abraham H., laborer, e side Cherry bel Oak Custer Abraham, carpet weaver, w side Green bel Chestnut Custer George, carpenter, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Custer George, dealer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Custer Jacob D., machinist, n side Lafayette bel Mill, h s side Egypt bel Mill Custer Matthias, Constable and coach maker, e side Church bel Marshall, h s side xMarshall bel Church Custer Peter, s side Moore ab Walnut Custer, WiUiam, laborer, h Egypt Cuthbertson Alexander, loomsman, e side Green bel Lafayette Cuthbertson William P., grocer, 128 Egypt Cutser Cornelius, coach maker, e side Church bel Marshall, h s side Marshall bel Church 3 Dager Mary W., widow Daniel, h w side DeKalb bet Marshall and Chestnut Dallman Martin, Superintendent Schuylkill Navigation, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Darrah Rebecca, h Swede ab Airy Daub Samuel G., carpenter, w side Cherry bel Oak Davis Anthony W., teacher, h Rambo House Davis Augustus F., clerk, h Lafayette ab Cherry Davis Benjamin, dresser, h s side Marshall c Norris Davis Benjamin, teacher, w side DeKalb bel Airy DIRECTORY OF XORRISTOWX. 135 Davis Elizabeth, widow Robert, h Egypt ab IMarkley Davis Ellen, milliner, h s sidePenn ab DeKaib Davis Evan, clothing, 226 Egypt, grocery e side DeKaib bet Airy and Marshall, h n side Marshall bel Green Davis George W., painter, s side Egypt ab Swede, h n side Chestnut ab Willow Davis Hannah, h s side Penn ab DeKaib Davis Jesse B., feeder, h n side Chestnut c Church Davis John, teacher, h Chain ab Egypt Davis Lewis H., bricklayer, h sside Marshall c Norris Davis Samuel, machinist, h Lafayette bel Cherry Davis Scimucl W., clerk, h Marshall bel Green Davis Rebecca, widow George, h w side Swede ab Oak Davis William, tailor, h n side Penn ab Barbadoes Davis William, printer, h s side Marshall c Norris Day Daniel, dyer, h w side Button wood bel Jackson Day Augustus, Bank clerk, h n side Lafayette ab Cherry Deam Elizabeth, h 4 Lafayette av Dcaner Amanda, servant, h 131 Egypt Deaner Thomas, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Deeds John, gunsmith, h e side DeKaib ab Washington Deem Catharine, widow Samuel, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Deem John, labarer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Deem Samuel, laborer, Lafayette bel Barbadoes Dehaven Reuben, roller at Conshocken, h Egypt ab DeKaib Dehaven Samuel, manufacturer, on r bel Jackson Dehaven Sarah, weaver, h w side Buttonwood bel Jackson Delany Ann, widow John, n side Washington ab Mill Delany Margaret, h e side DeKaib bel Washington Delany Mary, servant, h Swede ab Airy Delany W^illiam, Superintendent, h n side Marshall ab Wiliow DeManssrt L., restaurant, n side Egypt bel Mill Dennis Elizabeth, widow, h Lafayette ab DeKaib Dennis Susan, h Lafayette ab DeKaib Deroff Samuel, heater, h Lafayette bel Markley Derr Franklin & Co., (Daniel G. Sherman) marble yard, n side Egypt opp Bank Derr Franklin, (Franklin Derr & Co.) marbleyard,n side Egypt opp Bank, h 101 Egypt Derr Reuben, stage driver, h w side Cherry bet Chestnut and Oak Derricks Jacob, sawyer, h Chain ab Egypt Derricks Jacob, n side Airj^ c Norris Derricks Nathen, laborer, h Marshall ab Chain Detlinger William, saddler, h n side Oak ab Church Detwiler Jacob, carpenter, h n side Airy c Cherry Detwiler John, bar tender, Montgomery Hotel 136 NORRISTOWN AXD BRIDGEPORT. Devlin Francis, grave digger, h s side Elm ab Cherry Dewees Percival P., nail mill, on r at Stony Creek, h w side DeKalb ab Marshall Dewees William, tailor, h Marshall c Green Dewiar Ann, h Ann ab Cherry Diamond David, laborer, h 5 Lafayette av Diamond Edward, weaver, h 1 White Row Diamond Patrick, laborer, h 1 White Row Dickenson Harrison, coach maker, w side Penn bet Arch and Green Dickenson William, roller, h Barbadocs bel Egypt DiefFenbaugh Peter, artist, h n side Sandy ab Walnut Diehl Amelia H. , h n side Brown bet Hugh & Tremont av Diehl Ellen A. , h n side Brown bet Hugh and Tremont av Diehl Mary IM., h n side Brown bet Hugh and Tremont av Dignan Elizabeth, widow Charles, n side Egypt bel Arch Dignan Joseph, victular, hn side Egypt bel Arch Dill Rebecca, widow Matthew, h s side Washington ab Green Dill Thomas, (col'd) laborer, h s side Spruce bel Green Diver Annie S., widow Robert, h s side Church bel Marshall Divers Barney, laborer, h s sicle Washington bel Franklin Divers Daniel, superintendent, h s side Washington bel Franklin Divers Patrick, laborer, s side Washington bel Franklin Dixon Ulitier A., milliner, s side Egypt ab Walnut Donat Joseph F., laborer, h n side Sterigere bel Stanbridge Dorah James, coachman, h w side Oak bel High Doran Michael, laborer, h w side Arch bel Oak Doran Lawrence, laborer, h w side Arch bel Oak Doran Patrick, laborer, h s side Jacoby c Thomas Doran Richard, carter, h s side Elm c Thomas Dotts Joseph, laborer, h Lafayette bel Sweele Dotterer & Co., (Charles Dottreer & Samuel Y. Rcssitcr) skin dressers, 227 Egypt Dotterer Charles (Dotterer & Co.) skin dressers, 227 Egypt, h e side Cherry bet Marshall and Chestnut Dotterer Henry, printer, h w side Cherry bet Air}^ & Marshall Dotterer Philip, bar tender, h w siele Cherry bet Airy and Mar- shall Douglass Isabella, servant, h 180 Egypt Douglass Henry, laborer, h w side Arch ab Airy Dougherty Catharine, widow John, h Schuylkill ab Swede Dougherty Robert, machinist, h 221 Egypt Dowd Mary, wielow Thomas, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Dowdle Henry, laborer, h s side Penn bel Barbadocs Doyle John, laborer, h s side Washington bel Franklin Drake Henry, clerk, h Rambo House Dreshcr Daniel, shoemaker, 238 Egypt DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 137 Dresher Reuben, carpenter, h Farmers' & Mechanics' Hotel Drew Francis, nailer, h Lafayette bel Swede Duchen James, laborer, h n side Washington bet Ford and Franklin Duddy Edward, h e side DeKalb ab Washington Dudy Samuel, grocer, Eg^^pt c Swede, h e side DeKalb bel Airy Duffy Mary, widow Edward, h Schuylkill ab Swede Dugan Mary, servant, Swede bel Marshall Dungan John, laborer, s side Lafayette bel Franklin Dunlap Joseph B., physician, h w side Swede bel Marshall Dunn Dennis, mason, h Hickey bel Washington Dunn Dennis, mason, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Dunn Margaret, milliner, h s side Lafayette bel Franklin Dunn Thomas, laborer, h s side Lafayette bel Franklin Dunning Mary A., widow William, h s side Ann ab Cherry Durkin Owen, laborer, h w side Green bel Lafayette Doer Mary, dress maker and tailoress, h w side Green ab Airy Dykes Sophia, widow, John, h w side Green ab Oak E Earl Alexander, printer, h Lafayette ab Cherry Earl Sarah, widow William, h Lafayette ab Cherry Earl William, painter, h Lafayette ab Cherry Earls John, confectioner, h w side Swede bel Marshall Earls John, venitian blinds, h e side Willow bel Spruce Earls Mary, widow Thomas, h e side Washington ab Swede Earnest Charles, lime, h e side DeKalb c Oak Earp Asher, puddler, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Eastburn Margaret, h n side Penn ab Cherry Ebert Joseph, millwright, h n side Chestnut bet Church and Willow Eberuein Christian, shoemaker, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Eckert John, laborer, h Lafayette c Cherry Edey Henry J. , h west side Swede ab Oak Eider Julia L., widow Constantine, h w side Swede ab Elm Egbert Jesse R., (Kirk & Egbert) dry goods and groceries, w side DeKalb c Lafayette Egbert Lizzie R. , millinery, w side DeKalb bel Egypt Egbert Margaret, widow Thomas, h w side DeKalb bel Egypt Egbert Sarah A., dressmaker, h w side DeKalb bel Egypt Eggman Mary, widow Charles, w side bel Marshall Egolf Josiah, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Eisenberg Henry, trader, h n side Penn bel Barbadoes Elder Elizabeth, widow William, s side Marshall ab Walnut Elett Robert, machinist, h Lafayette bel Cherry Elliott Jane, h E^ypt c Stanbridge 138 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Elliott William A., blacksmith, h s side Elm ab Willow- Ely David, machinist, h s side Washington ab Green Ely Jonathan T., clerk, h n side Airy bel Cherry Emery Daniel, police, h s side Penn bet Green and Arch Emery George, tobacconist, Penn n Arch Emery William, carpenter, h Marshall ab Astor Emerson Thomas, (col'd) laborer n side Basin bel Arch Ennis Patrick, laborer, s side Lafayette bel Franklin Ensley William C, shoemaker, h w side Chestnut ab Willow Entz John, farmer, h n side Fornance bel Pine Epright Rudolph, shoemaker, h e side Green ab Elm Erb Aaron, roller, h e side Norris ab Airy Erb Mahlon B., carpenter, h e side Norris ab Airy Eshback Abraham, powdermaker at Plymouth tp, h 73 Egypt Evans Ann, widow James B.,h w side Swede bet Airy and Marshall Evans Anna, widow Josiah W., h Egypt bet Green and Mil Evans Amos L., carpenter, h s side Egypt ab Ford Evans Amos, restaurant, under Odd Fellows' Hall, h n side La- fayette bel Mill Evans Charles P., switch tender, h n side Marshall ab Norris Evans Ferdinand A., laborer, h e side Green bet Elm & Wood Evans Harrison, furniture, 89 and 91 Egypt, h 1 Norris bel Marshall Evans Isaac, spreader, h w side Washington ab Swede Evans Jared, deputy prothonotary, h Rambo House Evans Yates Y., proprietor Exchange Hotel, Mill c Washington Eve Clarissa, widow George, h w side Penn ab Cherry Fagan Isabella, widow Thomas, Lafayette above Cherry Fagan Michael, laborer, h n side Chestnut bel Green Fagan Thomas F., liquor, n side Marshall bel Willow Fagely Gharles, nurser}^, Siindy HJl, Pa, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Fagely Charles Jr., victualer, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Fagely Mary, widow Christopher, h w side Barbadoes bel Marshall Famous Sarah, spooler, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Farlow Annie, h w side Green bet Washington and Lafayette Farlow Mary, h w side Green bet Washington and Lafayette Farlow Sarah, h w side Green bet Washington and Lafayette Parry Catharine, h s side Washington bel Franklin Fay John, laborer, h n side jNLai'shall ab Green Fay Michael, laborer, h n side Marshall bel Green Feather Augustus G., clerk, recoiderof deeds' office, h n side Penn ab Green DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 139 Feather Solomon, proprietor E R Hotel, Washington c DeKalb Fegley Washington, machinist, h s side Oakc Maple al Fiedkr Christian, baker, h 174 Egypt Fillmore Emma, servant, h Swede ab Airy Filman Allen H., machinist, h w side Cherry ab Airy Filman Jacob, h w side Cherry ab Airy Filman Oliver A., laborer, h w side Cherry ab Airy Findle3^rJohn S., engineer, h Lafayette bel Barbadocs Findley Thomas, restaurant, Egypt c Markley Finn Michael, laborer, h n side Sandy bel Marshall Finnall Patrick, laborer, h s side Spruce bel Green Finney James, laborer, h n side Airy bel Arch Finney Thomas, laborer, h s side Airy ab DeKalb Fisher Albanus, (col'd) laborer, h w side Walnut bel Airy Fisher Edward, (col'd) laborer, h s side Spruce ab Stony creek Fisher George, tobacconist, 198 Egypt, h w side Cherry ab Airy Fisher Hiram C, laborer, h n side Roberts c Willow Fisher Mary, widow Solomon, h n side Roberts c Willow Fisher|Perry, (col'd) laborer, h s side Lafayette bet Mill and Walnut Fitzwalter Jacob, h e side Swede ab Chestnut Fizone Jacob, engineer, h n side Penn ab Cherry Fizone Joseph, h Egypt ab Barbadoes Flanigen Edward, laborer, h n side Washington ab Ford Fleck Isaac W., machinist, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Fleck Sarah, widow Samuel, washing and ironing, h 2d story 196 Egypt Flowers Robert, (col'd) laborer, h e side Arch bet Penn & Airy Fluck & Guest, (Elias Fluck and George Guest) sash.^ blinds and window frame manufactory, s side Egypt ab Walnut Fluck Elias, (Fluck & Guest) sash, blinds, &c., s side Egypt ab Walnut, h DeKalb ab Oak Flum Lew^is, laborer, h Egypt bel Markley Flym Patrick, contractor, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Force Maria, 2d story 196 Egypt Force Minerva, widow Jacob, h e side Cherry bel Airy Foreman Charles, shoemaker, h Lafayette c Strawberry al Foreman Henry, shoemaker, n side Lafayette bel Mill Foreman William, ladies hairdresser, n side Lafayette bel Mill Foreman William, shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Forey Timothy, laborer, h w side Green ab Oak Fornance Anna B., widow Jcseph, h w side Penn and Swede Fornance John, h w side Cherry ab Airy Foster Robert, helper, 2 Lafayette av Fox Gilbert R. , lawyer, w side Swede bel Penn, h w side Swede bel Pine 140 XORKISTOWN AND BRIDGP^POIIT. Fox John H., baker, h e side Cheny bel Marshall Fox Thomas, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Fox William, confectionery w side Swede bel Marshall Fox William, laborer, h w side Green bet Marshall and Airy FraleylTenry oyster stand in cellar w side DeKalb bel Egyj;t, h Church Francis David, heater, h Lafayette bel Swede Francis John, laborer, h Lafayette c Barbadocs Frantz Jt sse, carpenter, h s side Marshall bel Violet Frantz William, bootmaker, n side Egypt op Mill, h n side Elm bel Swede Freas Mary, widow Samuel, h e side Willow bel Spruce Freas Reuben L., shoes, n side Airy c Swede, h n side Jaccby ab DeKalb Freas Samuel H., shoes 24 Egypt, h 24 Egypt Freed John S., victualer, h w side Barbadocs ab Penn Freedley Jacob, lumber, h n side Egypt bet Markley and Bar- badocs Freedley John J., (Hurst & Freedley, liquor dealers, n side Penn c Markley) h Airy bet Swede and DeKalb Freedley J. Issett, h Airy bet Swede and DeKalb Freedley Henry, lawyer, n side Egypt c Cherry, h 135 Egypt Frey Peter, restaurant, n side Penn bel Arch Freed Edwin, carpenter, h s side Moore ab Walnut Friedeburn Andrew, restaurant, n side Egypt bel Mill Friend George, barber, Rarabo House, h Cherry ab Marshall Fries Benjamin F., shoemaker, h s side Egypt bel Walnut Fries George, mason, h e side Powell bel Spruce Fries James H. , shoemaker, s side Egypt bel Walnut Fritz Annie, h s side Egypt ab Stanbridgc Fritz Garrett, Engineer, h w side Buttonwood ab Jackson I'ritz Henry, helper, h s side Egypt ab Stanbridge Fry John, laborer, h w side Green ab Oak Fry Joseph, tailor, h s side Chestnut b 1 Swede Fulmer Catharine, widow Jesse, h Markley bel Lafayette Fulmer Isaac, nailer, h Markley bel Lafayette Fulmer Jacob, puddler, h Pearl bel Egypt Fulmer William, puddler. h Markley bel Lafayette Fullerton Lydia, widow William, n s side Lafayette bel DeKal b Fulton Emma, spooler, Lafayette bel Swede Fulton James, laborer, h n side Airy c Norris Funk Catharine, h n side Willow c Appletree al Funk David, victualer, h n side Airy bel Norris Furlong Henry, laborer, h n side Washington bet DeKalb and Green Furlong William, laborer, h Washington ab DeKalb Fury John, laborer, h Schuylkill ab Barbadocs MBEUIOlir OF XOEEISTOWN. 141 Gallagher James, laborer, Ilickey ab Schuylkill Galliiigcr John, plasterer, h s side Marshall bel Norris Gamble 11. II., h n side Oak bel High Ganser Christian, tailor, h Washington House Ganser John J., shoemaker, s side Lafayette bel Ddb Garber Charles II., Burgess, office w side Swede ab Airy, h w side Swede ab Airy Garber John, locksmith, s side Egypt bel Franklin, h s side Egypt bel Franklm Gardner Thomas, shoenuiker, h Egypt c Crecn Garcs Joseph, h w side Willow ab Marshall Garner Charles M., plasterer, h s side Poplar bel Arch Garner Eli, mason, n side Moore bet Walnut and Arch Garner Lewis N., mason, h n side Moore bet Walnut and Arch Garner Silas II. carpenter, h n side Moore bet Walnut and Arch Garrigan Mary, servant, 191 Egypt Garthcy William 11. , clerk Norristown Iron Works, h n side Egypt bel DeKalb Gash Thomas, weaver, h Washington ab DeKalb Gayhart Abraham, engineer, h north side Marshall ab Norris Gearhard Abraham, engineer, h Marshall ab Cherry George Pyrons, livery, h e side Willow bel Spruce Gerringer Jacob, ostler, Penna. Farmer's Hotel, h do Gcttman Enos, tailor, h w side Cherry bel Chestnut Gettsfrect Matthias, laborer, h n side Penn ab Barbadocs Geyer Charles, carpenter, h n side Moore bet Walnut and Arch Geyer Henry K., h s side Arch bel Airy Geyer John, laborer, h Lafayette below Markley Gibbs Thomas Ilev., (col'd) h n side Penn ab Walnut Gibbons James, laborer, h n side Chestnut bel Green Gibbons William, spinner, h Swede bel Washington Gibson James (col'd) laborer, h s side Penn ab Arch Gicse Henry, tailor, h n side Chestnut bel Church Giffin James, laborer, h side Moore ab Walnut Gilbert Eli, shoemaker, n side Airy ab Chain Gilbert Frederick, manufacturer Agricultural Tmpliments, s side Egypt bel Arch, h s side Egypt ab Walnut Gilbert Joshua, machinist, h w side Arch bel Marshall Gilligan James, laborer, h Lafayette bel Markley Gillinger Philip, plasterer, h w side Swede c Chestnut Gillespie Harriett, widow John M., h w side Marshall belllans avenue Gilpin Thomas, h w side DeKalb Glavisinger Eli, confectioner, h w side Swede bel Marshall Glathary Charles S., bricklayer, h e side Chciry alj Airy 142 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Glase Jacob, tin smith, h Peiiu ab Cherry Glase Levi, tin smith, h Penn ab Charry Glenn William, blacksmith, h n side Penn ab Cherry Godshalk William, laborer, h Lafayette bcl Cherry Goodman Daniel S., shoemaker, h s side Basin bcl Violet Goodwin Jonathan, shoemaker, e side Church c Marshall, h n side Marshall ab Willow Goodwin Charles, shoemaker, h n side Marshall ab Willow Gordon Alexander, superintendent, h n side Egypt^ab Ford Gordon Joseph R., mason, h n side Oak c Ciierry Gorman William, nailer, h n side Penn bet Cherry and Barba- does Goshaw Cyrus, carpenter, e side Willow bel Chestnut Gotshall William, laborer, h Lafayette ab Swede Gottshalk Jacob W., plasterer, h n side Moore ab Walnut Gould Bridget, widow William, h 9 White Row Gould Patrick, h 9 White Row Grady Peter, laborer, h s side Egypt bel Ford Graham Thomas, puddler, h n side Marshall bet Arch and Walnut Graham William, laborer, h s side Moore c High Grant Jane, milliner, h s side Washington ab Mill Grant Lewis H., shoemaker, h Washington house Gratz Theodore P., machinist, h 4 s side Norris bel Marshall Graves John M. , h s side Elm ab Cherry Gray Mary W., widow Hiram, h Egypt bel Franklin Green Leonard, engineer, h n side Penn bet Walnut and Arch Greenwalt Sarah, operator, h s side Marshall bel Norris GriflSth Edwin, machinist, h s side Washington ab Ford Griffith Henry, moulder, h s side Washington ab Ford Griffith Jacob P., farmer, h n side Brown bcl Swede Griffith Peter, pump-maker, Egypt c Stanbridge Griffith Samuel, plumber, Odd Fellows' Hall, h s side Egypt ab Chain Griffith William, plumber, h Egypt ab Chain Griffith William, laborer, h s side Washington ab Ford Grime Robert, bartender, h Marshall ab Swede Grime William, gardener, h n side Cedar ab New Hope Grimes Michael, warper, h Washington ab DeKalb Groat Edward, potter, h Chain bcl Egypt Groff Davis, carpenter, h Marshall ab Astor Groft" Elizabeth, widow Henry, h Marshall c Stanbridge Groff Samuel D., carpenter, h e side DeKalb ab Marshall Grosscup Eliza, seamstress, h n side Washington c Green Grosscup Esrom, veterinary surgeon, h s side Penn ab DeKalb Grosscup Mary, seamstress, h n side Washington c Green Grow Ann, widow John, h w side Chcrrv bet Airv and Mar- shall DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 143 Grue Catharine, widow David, h Astor ab Egypt Grue William, blacksmith, h Astor ab Egypt Guest George, (Fluck & Guest) sash, blinds, &c., s side Egypt ab Arch, h DeKalb ab Oak Guest Sarah, widow Holland, h e side Willow bcl Spuce Ginder John, gas works, h n side Washington bel Green, Haas Euphenla, tailoress, h Egypt ab Barbadocs Haas Isaiah D., cooper, h Egypt ab Barbadocs Haas Levi, cooper, h Egypt ab Barbadocs Hay berry Adam, cooper, h 98 Egypt Hayberry George, carpet weaver, h 98 Egypt Hagen Patrick, laborer, h s side Lafayette bet DeKalb &, Green Hahn James W., auctioneer, 71 Egypt, h Barbadocs bel Egypt Hahn Philip, lic[uor, 71 Egypt c Barbadocs, h Egypt c Stan- bridge Hahn Wallace, Deputy Sheriff, h Montgomery Hotel Haight Samuel B., h s side Elm ab Willow Haldeman Louis, victualer, h n side Penn ab Barbadocs Hale John, printer, h w side Cherry ab Airy Hall Samuel, grocer, e side Swede c Chestnut, h n side Chest- nut ab Swede Hallmau George W., blacksmith, w side Swede ab Airy, h e side Swede ab Marshall Hallman Henry, carpenter, h s side Marshall bel Kobn Hallman John, tobacconist, h e side Church bel Marshall Hallman Reuben, clerk, h e side Cherry ab Airy Halloway Hannah S., saleswoman, 176 Egypt, h Airy ab Swede Hallowell William, brick layer, h w side Cherry bel Chestnut Halsey Job F. Rev. , h n side Airy bel DeKalb Hamill Wiilimina, widow William, n side Jacoby bet Willow and Church Hancock Benjamin F., lawyer, e side Swede bel Egypt, h e side Swede c Middle al Handsell James, (col'd) laborer, n side Sterigere c Stanbridge Hanej Peter, laborer, h s side Washington bel Franklin Hansell Anna M., millinery, 7 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h at Bridgeport Hansell Ivens R., (Shearer & Hansell) painter, 202^ Egypt, h Lafayette n Cherry HanseU George Y. , wall paper and paper hanger, 7 Union Buil- dings s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h at Bridgeport Hanson Henry, grocer, w side Cherry bel Oak Hanson Joseph M., helper, h Barabadoes bet Washington and Lafayette Hanson Thomas, loom superintendent, h n side Washington bet Mill and Green 144 NOERISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Hanson William (col'd) laborer, h Stony Creek ab Elm Hanshell James, machinist, h n side Penn ab Barbadoes Hanway Maria H., w side Washington ab Swede Harding Zilla, h Jacoby ab DeKalb Harding John S., h n side Sterigere ab Buttonwood Hare George, artist, h s side Lafayette bel Green Hare George, Sr., tailor, h s side Lafayette bel Green Harley Philip, lumber, h Marshall ab Astor Harner Levi, mason, h w side Cherry ab Chestnut Harner Nathaniel, mason, h s side Oak bel Arch Harney Jacob P., clerk Terry's express, Odd Fellows' Hall, h s side Penn ab Walnut Harper Joseph, baker, h w side Swede bel Marshall Harper Mary, widow Joseph, h e side Willow bel Spruce Harrington Walter, carpenter, 1 Lafayette av Harris John, stone cutter, h n side Penn ab Cherry Harris Robert, stone cutter, hn side Penn bet Cherry and Bar- badoes Harris Thomas, laborer, h e side Willow ab Wood Harris Joseph K., heater, w side Cherry ab Chestnut Harrison John (col'd) wood sawyer, h e side Green bel Airy Harry Charles P., dentist, 241 Egypt Harry John, h w side DeKalb ab Washington Hart Catharine A., widow Jacob, h e side Swede ab Chestnut Hart Frank, Deputy Pest Master Hart Henry G., Post Master, h Egypt bel Forrest Hart Lane S., bricklaj^er, h e side Swede ab Chestnut Hart Zeiber, bricklayer, h e side Swede ab Chestnut Hartman Ann, widow Samuel, nurse, h w side Cherry ab Chestnut Hartrauft Abraham , blacksmith , h Airy al) Cherry Hartrauft Edward, blacksmith, n side Egypt bel Arch, h s side Oak bel Arch Hartrauft J. F., conveyancer, under Rambo House, h Egypt bd Stanbridge Hartrauft Samuel E., stage proprietor, h Egypt bel Stanbridge Hartsel John, plasterer, h n side Chestnut bet Swede & Cherry Hartzell Davis, laborer, h Marshall ab Chain Haskins Thomas, restaurant, n side Lafayette bel Mill Hasting Charles, nailer, h s side Penn ab Cherry Hasting Jacob, nailer, h W side Ann ab Cherr}^ Hasting James, mason, h s side Penn ab Cherry Hathaway John C, carpenter, h s side Jacoby ab Willow Haws Sarah, widow Samuel, h n side Sterigere ab Buttonwood Hayhurst Richard, laborer and store, n side Marshall c Maple al Hays Michael, laborer, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Hays Patrick, laborer, h w side Green bel Lafayette DIRECTORY OF X0RRIST0W2^. 145 Hearken James, laborer, h Lafayette btl Mark ley Heart Reuben, laborer, h s side Wood bel Arch Heddlcson James, liquor, s side Washington c DeKalb, h e side DeKalb bcl Washington Heddleson John, h eside DeKalb bcl Washington Heebner Charles, jeweller, h Washington House Heebner David, h Washington House Heebner Christopher, miller, foot Mill and Bridgeport, h s side Washington c Mill Heebner John, proprietor Washington House, n side Egypt bel Swede Heebner Henry, ostler, Farmers' & Mechanics' Hotel Heebner Philip D., carpenter, h Oak bcl Swede Heebner George Miller, h s side Washington c Mill Heenan John, puddler, h Barbardocs bel Egypt Heilman Horace (Seltzer & Co.) distillery, w side DeKalb btl Washington, h at Philadelphia Heingsbach Oharks, baker, h w side Swede ab Basin Heins John, farmer, h s side Sterigere ab Buttonwood Heist Emma J., servant, h 33 Egj^pt HelfFestein Albert, h w side Cherry bet Marshall and Airy Helffe stein Benjamin W., piano dealer, h w side Swede bet Airy and Marshall Helffestein Emeline, widow Jonathan, h e side Cherry ab Airy Hendricks Joseph, h e side Stanbridge opp Wood Henniss Elizabeth, widow William, h Washington ab DeKalb Heninger George, h w side Willow c Appletree al Henry Solomon, laborer, h Lafayette bel Mark ley Henshall John, spinner, h e side Willow bel Spruce Herman Reuben, h Stanbridge ab Marshall Hester Ellen, servant, h Egypt ab DeKalb Hevener Philip, clerk, h s side Oak bet Willow and Church Hevener Christian, cooper, e side Mill c Lafayette, h s side Washington c Mill High Samuel, dry goods, 144 Egypt High Sophia, millinery, 146 Eg3^pt Highly Cynthia, tailoress Strawberrj?- al bel Egypt Hill Benjamin, h s side Airy bel Swede Hill Jacob H., liquor, h Rambo House Hill John, confectionery, w side DeKalb bel Egypt, h do Hill John B., puddler, Lafayette ab Cherrj'- Hill Henry C, (Crawford & Hill) hardware, 208 Egypt, h w side Swede ab Marshall Hill William H., recorder of deeds, h w side Cherry bel Mar- shall Hilles David, h 148 Egypt Hillbright Augustus, grocer and lager b?cr, e side Powell ab Elm, h do 146 XOEPJSTOWN AND BPJLGEPORT. Hines Elizabeth, widow Jesse, h Lafayette bcl Barbadocs Hints John, farmer, Hamilton c Sterigere Hinkel Wilham H., machinist, h e side Willow c Chestnut Hoffman Amanda, washing, h Lafayette bel Swede Hoffman James M., stoves, e side DeKalb bel Egypt, h n side Oak c Cherry Hoffman Peter, collector, h s side Airy ab Walnut Hoffman Philip W., h 87 Egypt Hoffman Samuel, farmer, h e side Stanbridge ab Roberts Hoff"man Thomas, farmer, h e side Stanbridge ab Roberts Hoffman Jacob, conveyancer, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Hoffman AViUiam, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Hoffman Franklin, carter, hn side Penn ab Cherry Hogan Henry (col'd) laborer, h n side Lafayette bcl DeKalb Holbean Frederick, tailor, h n side Penn ab Walnut Holcroft Thomas, spinner, h w side Buttonwood bel Jackson Hollinger.John, puddler. Lafayette bel Barbadoes HoUinger William, spinner, h Washington ab DeKalb Hollinger George, laborer, h 8 White Row HoUiday Nathan, mason, h s side Marshall bel Arch Hollowell Abel, cupper and bleeder, Swede ab Lafayette, h do Hollowell George, ostler, h Lafayette, bel Swede Holmes John ]NL, restaurant, w side Willow ab Marshall, h do Holstein Jules, professor of music, h w side Cherry bel Mar- shall Holstein Sarah, widow Matthias, h s side Egypt bel Walnut Holt Joseph, trader, h e side Swede ab Oak Hood Jesse, pork butcher, h s side Chestnut bel Church Hood Simeon, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Hood Michael, victualer. h n side Airy bel Norris Hooven Henry, h s side Egypt bel Green Hooven James, Korristown Iron Works, foot Barbadoes. h s side Egypt bel Green Hooven Luke G., warper, h e side Green abElm Hope & Co., cotton factor}^ s side Washington c Mill Hope John, (Hope & Co.) cotton factoiy, s side Washnigton c Mill, h n siele Oak c High Hopkins Isaac, (coFd) gardener, h w side Willow ab Roberts Horn Joseph T., shoemaker, h s siele Moore bel Arch Horn Jane M., weaver, h w side Buttonwood bel Jackson Horn Naomi T,, weaver, h w side Buttonwood bel Jackson Home Thomas laborer, h n side Washington ab Green Hough Elizabeth, widow Rev. Silas, h w side Swede c Oak Hough James, sawyer, h Lafayette c Cherrv Hough Mary, widow Robert, h n side Oak bel Cherry Hough Mary, h n side Oak bel Cherry Hawley James D., laborer, h n siele Lafayette bel Mill DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWX. 147 Hub?r Cliristian, harness, 94 E^ypt, h do Huddleson William, stone cutter,' h Lafayette c Barbadocs Huffinan Jesse, tailor, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Hughes James M., scrivener, 4 Union Buildings s side Egypt bcl DeKalb Hughes L. & S., fancy dry goods, 4 Union Buildings s side Egypt btlow DeKalb HughcV Lydia, (L. & S. Hughes,) fancy dry goods,, 4 Union Building, s side Egypt bed DeKalb Hughes S., (L. & S. Hughes.) fancy dry goods, 4 Union Build- " ings s side Egypt bcl DeKalb Hummell Jonathan, restaurant, s side Egjqit bel Mill, h do Humphrey Rebecca R., h w side Swede c Oak Hunsicker Charles, lawyer, w side Swede ab Airy, h Swede bcl Marshall Hunsicker Jacob, law student, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Hunsicker Jolm M., coal, h Swede bel Marshall Hunsicker Sarah, widow Isaac, h e side Barbadoes btl Ann Hunsicker Michael, h s side Marshall bel Cherry Hurst Alfred, clerk, assistant quarter master's office, United States Xavy, at Philadelphia, h s side Egypt bet DeKalb and Green Hurst & Freedley, (Charles Hurst & John J. Freedley) wines and liquors, n side Penn c Markley Hurst Charles, (Hurst & Freedley) liquor, n side Penn c Mark- ley, h w side Swede ab Oak Hurst Thomas, stocking manufacturer, e side Stanbridge ab Elm, h do Hussher Martin, laborer, h n side Washington bel DeKalb Huston Charles, carpenter. Strawberry al bel Egypt Huston Samuel, carpenter, h w side DeKalb bel Lafayette Hutchinson Alexander, moulder, s side Penn ab Walnut Hyser Charles, bricklayer, h s side Chestnut ab Willow Innes Samuel, coach painter, h n side Airy on Sandy Hill Inon Thomas, machinist, h Lafayette ab Markley Iredell Robert, editor "Herald & Free Press," n side Egypt ab DeKalb, h n side Egypt bel Green Iredell Charles J., printer, h n side Eaypt bel Green Iredell James W., clerk, h Egypt belDeKalb Iron Jacob, (col'd ) laborer, h s side Basin c Trem.ont ay Isett Charles C, printer, h s side Marshall bel Walnut Isett Jacob, carpenter, h w side Egypt c Green Is3tt Josiah E., painter, h n side Egypt c Green J Jack Michael, laborer, h w side Barbadocs bel Marshall 148 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Jackson Thomas H., patent rights, h w side Cherry bel Chest- nut Jackson Isaac, (col'd) brickmaker, h w side Willow ab Roberts Jackson Solomon, (col'd) carter, h w side Willow ab Roberts Jackson Emma, widow Alfred, h n side Penn ab Arch Jackson William, (col'd) laborer h w side Penn ab Arch Jacob Nathaniel, associate judge, h Swede ab Airy Jacobs Daniel F., shoemaker, h n side Marshall ab Willow Jacobs John, conductor, h w side De Kalb ab Wood Jacobs Charles, Jr., law student, h w side DeKalb ab Wood Jacobs Henry, h s side Penn bet Arch and Green Jacobs Philip, restaurant, Swede ab Lafayette Jacobus Daniel P., shoemaker, h n side Marshall c Willow Jacoby & Rudy, (Nathaniel Jacoby & Samuel R. Rudy) groce- ries, s side Egypt c Swede Jacoby Nathaniel, (Jacoby & Rudy) groceries, s side Egypt c Swede Jacoby Elizabeth M., widow Enos, h w side Swede ab Marshall Jaggers James, mason, h s side Washington bet Eord and Franklin James Mary, widow Levi, h n side Egypt bel Arch Jamison William M., cotton factory, foot DeKalb, h e side De- Kalb c Airy Jamison Samuel, h 197 Egypt Jamison John, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Jamison Robert, operator, h s side Washington bet Mill and Green Jamison Samuel, sizer, h s side Oak bel Arch Jamison John, engineer, h e side Green bet Washington and Lafayette Jamison David, car maker, h w side Mill c Washington Jeiferies David W., farmer, h w side Swede bel Wood Jenkin Benjamin, livery stable, e side DeKalb ab Lafayette, h n side Washington ab Mill JenkinsHarriett, weaver, h Lafayette belBarbadocs Jenkins Major L., trader, h e side Green ab Egypt Johns Evan, h e side Egypt ab Walnut Johnston Margarett, widow Patrick, hn side Lafayette bel Mill Johnston John, laborer, h s side Penn bel Arch Johnson Jacob A. L., tailor, h s side Washington bel Franklin Johnson John F,, laborer, h s side Marshall bel DeKalb Johnson Samuel, (col'd) laborer, h s side Spruce bel Green Johnson Edward, tobacconist, Odd Fellows' Hall, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Johnson Benjamin, physician, h Egypt c Cherry Johnson Asbury M., laborer, h Lafayette abBarbadocs Johnson Samuel, carder, Lafayette ab DeKalb DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 149 Johnson John, warper, Lafayette ab DeKalb Johnson jNIary, widow John, s side Penn ab DeKalb Jones & Walker, (Jonathan Jones & Lewis Walker) soap and candles, s side Egypt c Ford Jones Jonathan, (Jones & Walker) soap and candles, s side Egypt c Ford, h at Plymouth tp Jones Rowan, engineer, h Egypt abFord Jones William H., h w side DeKalb bel Spruce Jones John M., h w side DeKalb c Elm Jones Ralph, h s side Airy bel Arch Jones Jesse B. , sawyer, h Egypt ab Chain Jones William L., lawyer, 199 Egypt, h s side Egypt c Cherry Jones Barbara A. , h Barbadoes bet Washington and Lafayette Jones James, puddler, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Jones Thomas, puddler, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Jones John, puddler, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Jones Lloyd, publisher "Herald & Free Press," n side Egypt ab DeKalb, h n side Egypt bel Green Jones E. T., physician, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Jones Job, laborer, h w side Green bel Pine Jones Henry K., oysterman, h e side Green bel Spruce Jones Henry, (col') waiter, h e side Arch bel Oak Jones William, laborer, h e side Violet bel Jacoby Jones John, (col'd) laborer, h west side Willow ab Wood Jones Mary H., teacher, h n side Jacoby c Chain Jones Israel, farmer, h e side Cherry bet Penn and Airy Jones Samuel H. , nailer, h e side Cherry bet Penn and Airy Jones William, laborer, h s side Ellis ab Pine K Kahler John carpenter, h Astor bel Marshall Kahoe Mary, weaver, 14 White Row Kahoe Anna, weaver, 14 White Row Kampel Jacob, tailor, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Kane Andrew, coach smith, h w side Green bel Wood Kane Daniel, laborer, h n side Airy bel Arch Kane Patrick, laborer, h Washington ab Strawberry al Kane Rogers, laborer, h n side Cedar ab New Hope Kast Jacob, brewer, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Kearns James, laborer, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede Keel Joseph, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Egypt Keel J. Thompson, tailor, h n side Elm c Cherry Keeler John, cooper, h Egypt ab Cherry Keeler Susan, braid sewer, h Egypt ab Cherry Keeler Barbara, widow John, Sr., h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Keeler Benjamin, laborer, h n side Chestnut ab Willow Keeley Reuben, wheelwright, h w side Cherry bet Airy and ^larshall 150 NORRISTOWN AND BEIDGEPORT. Keely Frederick, bar tender, Rambo House, h do Keely Reuben, coach maker, h Cherry ab Airy Keen George, tailor, n side Egypt bel DeKalb, h do Keen Charles, tailor, h n side Egypt bel DeKalb Keen Samuel, tailor, hn side Egypt bel DeKalb Keesey John, h 82 Egypt Keisen Elias, provisions, 87 Egypt, h do Keiten Anthony W., shoes, s side Chestnut ab Willow, h do Keller Lydia, widow Samuel, shoes, 150 Egypt, h do Kelly Margaret, h w side Washington ab Swede Kelly Mary, widow James, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Kelly Mary, widow Patrick, h n side Washington bel Franklin Kelly Bridget widow Edmund, h s side Lafayette ab Green Kelly Michael, laborer, h w side Green ab Elm Kelly Ellen, widow, h Swede btl Washington Kelty Rebecca, widow Thomas, h Swede bel Washington Kempman Mary, servant, h Lafayette bel Markley Kempman Frederick A., laborer, h Lafayette bel Markley Kennedy Mary, widow William, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Kennedy Samuel victualer, h w side Willow ab Marshall Kepmer Lousia, widow John, h s side Penn ab Barbadoes Kern Louis, restaurant, Swede bel Lafayette Kern Bridget, widow Dennis, h s side Washington bel Franklin Kepper Wilham, carpenter, h w side DeKalb ab Elm Kerr John, Jr., h s side Marshall bel Norris KeseyMary, widow James, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Keven Susan, widow Michael, h n side Egypt bel Ford Kevin Michael, cap maker, h n side Lafayette bel Franklin Keyser Benjamin, plasterer, h 13 Norris bet Airy and Marshall Keyser Lewis T., ladies' shoes, n side Lafayette bel Mill, hdo Kilian Edmund, tinsmith, h w side Green bet Marshall and Chesnut Kinckner Jesse, trader, h w side Powell bel Spruce Kinckner John, carpenter, h n side Penn ab Barbadoes King William, restaurant, under New Market w side DeKalb c Marshall, h w side Cherry ab Airy King John, laborer, h Schuylkill bel Barbadoes King Henry, gardener, h n side Penn ab Barbadoes Kinkinger John, carpenter, hPenn bel Barbadoes Kirk & Egbert, (Edwin S. Kirk & Jesse R. Egbert) dry goods and groceries, w side DeKalb c Lafayette Kirk Edwin, (Kirk & Egbert) dry goods and groceries, DeKalb c Lafayette, h do Kirk Jane L., h w side Powell bet Elm and Spruce Kirk George B., h w side Powell bel Spruce Kirkbride Watson, bar tender, Railroad Hotel, hdo Kirkbride Sarah A., widow John, h w side Cherry ab Marshall DIRECTORY OF XORRISTOWX. 151 Kirkbride Ferdinand P., moulder, hwside Cherry ab Marshall Kirkbride John H., patternmaker, hw side Cherry ab Marshall Kite Edmund A., agent, P. & N. R. R., h at R. R. Depot Kivel William, pedlar^ h Lafayette bel Barbadots Klair Samuel, shoemaker, w side Swede ab Marshall h do Klare Henry, wheelwright, h Swede ab Marshall Klein Caroline, widow John, teacher needle work, h w side Cherry ab Chestnut Kline Jonas K., carpenter, h eside Swede ab Oak Kneas Christopher, h s side Moore ab Walnut Kneas John, grocer, s side Moore ab Walnut, h do Knause John, shoemaker, h n side Basin bel Green, h do Kneedler Adam, h e side Swede ab Marshall Knight Jonas, conductor, h n side Egypt ab Walnut Knipe Silas, teacher, h e side Willow bel Spruce Knockton Anthony, trader, h s side Chestnut ab Walnut Knopp George S., shoemaker, h s side Oak bel Arch Knouse Margaret, widow Jacob, h s side Washington bel Green Knowles Elizabeth, dress maker, h s side Marshall ab Arch Knox Thomas P. Hon., h Egypt bel Forest Kohler Belthasar, bookseller and binder 36 Egypt s side ab Green, h Montgomery House Kohn Gabriel, h w side ab Airy Kolplin Washington T., jeweller, 194 Egypt, h s side Swede ab Airy Koplin Philip, carpenter, h 131 Egypt Koplin Hannah, widow Mordecai, millinery, 88 Egypt, h 131 Egypt Kramer Jacob, iron railing maker, e side DeKalb bel Washing- ton, h s side Elm bel Swede Krause David, lawyer, n side Airy bel Swede, h Egypt bel Forest Kr eider Mary, Avidow Anthony, h e side Willow bel Spruce Kreissman Josephine, artificial flowers, w side Swede ab Airy Kreissman Albert, h w side Swede ab Airy Kremer Frederick C. , chain maker h Swede ab Oak Krivel Levi, carpenter, h e side Willow bel Spruce Kugler George, shoemaker, w side Marshall ab Cherry, h s side Chorry ab Norris Kuglen Samuel, watchman, h Lafayette ab Cherry Kulp Jacob, h s side Chestnut bel Arch Kurtz Solomon, carpenter, h w side Cherry c Chestnut Kutz George, ostler, Pennsylvania Farmers' Hotel, h do L Lackner, Augustus, clothing, 212 Egypt, h do Lamberts Andrews, laborer, h Swede bel Jacobj Landes Jacob G., s side Egypt c Barbadoes, h e side Cherry be! Chestnut 152 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Lanius Joseph, dyer, h n side Penn ab Cherry Lare Albanus, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Lare John , cooper, h e side Green ab Elm Lare George, victualer, w side Swede bel "Wood, h do Lare Willis, victualer, h w side Swede bel Wood Lare Harrison, laborer, h w side Swede bel Wood Latta John, fish dealer, h e side Powell c Spruce Layer Elias, laborer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Lawler John, laborer, h s side Moore ab Walnut Lawler Michael, laborer, h w side Arch ab Chestnut Lawless Thomas, laborer, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede Lawlis Catharine, widow Dennis, h n side Washington ab Green Lawson Henry, h e side DeKalb bel Jacoby Leaver Justus P., (Butz & Leaver) carpenter, e side green bel Marshall, h s side Marshall c Kohn LeBold Jacob, tailor, h s side Marshall ab Norris , Leer Mary, tailoress, h Barbadoes bel Egypt Lehman & Fizone, (Henry Lehman & Joseph Fizone) millers, n side Egypt c Stony Creek Lehman Henry (Lehman &Fizone) miller, n side Egypt c Stony Creek, h w side DeKalb bet Chestnut and Oak Leibert Henry, jeweler, 240 Egypt, h e side DeKalb ab Oak Leidy Hannah B., servant, h 180 Egypt Leisberber Auguste, tailor, h Washington House Leister Jacob, tinker, h w side Cherry ab Airy Lennen Andrew, warper, 7 White Row Lentz Freeman, machinist, h 4 Union Building s side Egypt bel DeKalb Lenzi George A., daguerreotypist, 172^ Egypt, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Leopold Ferdinand W. , distiller, h n side Penn ab DeKalb Lesher William R., clothing, s side Egypt c DeKalb, hn side Airy ab Swede Lewis Charles (Slingluff'& Lewis) flour and feed, s side Egypt ab Walnut, h s side Elm ab Willow Lewis Elijah, farmer, h e side DeKalb ab Wood Lewis Elijah, Jr., victualer, h w side Powell bel Spruce Lewis Samuel B., plasterer, n side Penn ab Walnut Lewis Robert G. , plasterer, n side Penn ab Walnut Lewis Givinny, widow Job, h Astor ab Egypt Lewis Shadrach, blacksmith, h Lafayette bel Markley Lewis Evan, finisher, h wside Buttonwood bel Jackson Lewis Isaac R., victualer, h w side Swede ab Elm Lewis Sylvester, carter, h 11 Norris bel JMarshall Lewis William, (col'd) laborer, h s side Spruce ab Cherry Liebetraw Frederick, restaurant, Egypt c Green, h do DIRECTORY OF NORISTOWN. 153 Lightcap Samuel, blacksmith, h s side Penn bet Barbadocs and Markley Lightcap Michael, shoemaker, e side Green bel Spruce, h do Lightcap Henry, laborer, h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Lindsay Alexander, h n side Penn ab Green Lindsay Malcom, blacksmith, Egypt ab Barbadocs h Airy ab Cherry Lindsay Robert, blacksmith, h Penn bel DeKalb Linger George, carpenter, h Chestnut bel Church Link Edward H., plumber, n side Egypt bel DeKalb, h De- Kalb c Basin Linker Henry, potter, h Lafayette c Pearl Linker Daniel, potter, h Chain bel Egypt Linker John, potter, h Lafayette c Pearl Linker George, carpenter, n side Chestnut bel Church Linsinbigler Charlotte, widow Samuel, h n sida Jacoby bet Willow and Church Livergood David, h e side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Livezey John, shoemaker, h e side Green ab Elm Lloyd George W., h e side Swede ab Chestnut Loch John W., "DeKalb Institute," DeKalb ab Basin h w side DeKalb Lock Hannah, widow George, w side Green bel Penn Logan Emily, widow Thomas B., h 6 White Row Loghery David, stone cutter, h s side Penn ab Walnut Long & Vaughn (James Long & William Vaughn) painters, up stairs, n side Egypt ab Arch Lone; James, painter, n side Egypt ab Arch, h w side Willow "bel Oak Long David, carder, h e side DeKalb bel Washington Long Jacob, ostler, Farmers' & Mechanics' Hotel, h Lafayette ab Swede Long Patrick, tallow chandler, Lafayette c Markley, h Mark- ley ab Lafayette Long Samuel, canclle maker, h Lafayette bel Swede Long Ann, widow William, h Washington ab DeKalb Long Jane, h n side Lafayette bel Mdl Long Edwin M. Rev. , h e side Swede ab Oak Longaker D. & Co., (Daniel Longaker& Richard Markley) gro- cers, s side Egypt c DeKalb Longaker Daniel, (D. Longaker & Co.) grocer, s side Egypt c DeKalb, h w side DeKalb c Penn Longaker A. Brower, lawyer, Swede c Penn, h DeKalb ab Marshall Longaker John, carpenter, n side Marshall bel Green Longaker Davis, nailer, h s side Moore bel Arch Lookncss David, carter, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Lougherty Joseph, engineer, 3 Lafayette av 154 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Loughery Robert, laborer, h n side Washington bet Mill and Green Longs'.reth Benjamin, farmer, h e side Oak bel Airy Low William (col'd) coachman, h n side Airy bel Arch Lowe Catharine, widow John, h w side Green bel Lafayette Luckens William, carpenter, h n side Oak c Maple al Lukens Frank, laborer, h 227 Egypt, up stairs Lukens George W. , hatter, h 234 Egypt Lusby William F., shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Lutz Elizabeth, widow Jacob, h w side Cherry bel Chestnut Lysinger Mary, widow John, h e side Swede ab Oak M McAffee Lewis, painter, h Swede c Lafayette McAllister John, farmer, h e side Powell bel Wood McBride John, roller, h Lafayette bel Swede McCalley Benjamin, cooper, h n side Lafayette bel Mill McCalley Isabella, tailoress, h Lafayette bel Strawberry alley McCann William, h Egypt bel Walnut McCarson Mark, soap boiler, h n side Egypt bel Franklin McCarter & Brothers, (Arthur, Samuel and John) Montgomery iron foundry and machine shop, Washington c Strawberry alley McCarter Arthur, (McCarter & Brothers) foundry, Washington c Strawberry alley, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McCairter Samuel, (McCarter & Brothers) foundry, Washington c Strawberry alley, h n side Marshall c Willow McCarter John, (McCarter & Brothers) foundry Washington c Strawberry alley, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McCarter xMary, widow Samuel, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McCartar Marshall, machinist, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McCarter Joseph, laborer, h w side Swede bet Chestnut and Oak McCarty Eliza, widow, h Lafayette c Strawberry alley McCauly Elizabeth, widow Nathan, h n side Lafayette bel Mill McCauly Eliza, h w side Green c Lafayette McClennan Charles, clerk, h Marshall bel Cherry McClennan Amanda, milliner, h Marshall bel Cherry McClennan James, laborer, h Middle alley bel Swede McClinchy James, laborer, h s side Washington ab Ford McColly John, cooper, h w side Arch c Marshall McCoombs Samuel, blacksmith, h n side Sandy bel Walnut McConnalogue James, laborer, h s side Washington bet Frank- lin and Ford McCorkcl Alexander, h s side Oak ab Church McCorkel Alexander, painter, s side Egypt ab Swede, h n side Chestnut ab Willow DIRECTORY OF :N'0RRIST0WN. 155 McCoy Hugh, confectioner, h 174 Egypt McCoy William, gas maker, h n side Lafayette ab Walnut McCoy James, laborer, e side Walnut bet Moore and Marshall McCoy William, plasterer, n side Lafayette bel Mill McCoy Uriah, plasterer, h e side Walnut bet Moore and Mar- shall McCoy Rebecca, widow John, h w side Cherry ab Marshall McCoy John, blacksmith, h w side Cherry ab Marshall McCoy James, plasterer, h n side Airy ab Walnut McCoy John, steam and gas litter, 93 Egypt, hn side Chest- nut c Cherry McCurdy William, broom maker, r h n side Washington bel Franklin McDade Patrick, spinner, h w side Washington ab Swede McDade John, laborer, h w side Washington ab Swede McDade William, laborer, h w side Washington ab Swede McDade Daniel, puddler, h w side Washington ab Swede McDaniel Charles, shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall McDermond David R., hosiery and variety, 228 Egypt, h 148 Egypt McDermott John, superintendent Ewemg's cotton factory, h e side Swede btl Lafayette McDermott John, dry goods and groceries, n side Swede c Washington, h do McDermott Michael, warper, h Swede c Washington McDermott Michael, h s side Lafayette ab Cherry McDermott Michael, shoemaker, h s side Lafayette ab Cherry McDermott Henry, liquor, Swede c Lafayette, h Swede c W^ash- ington McDermott William, teller Bank Montgomery County, h La- fayette ab Cherry McDermott Henry, clerk, h Swede c Washington McDonald Thomas, weaver, h 5 White Row McDonnald John, laborer, h s side Lafayette bel Franklin McDonough Edward, spinner, h w side Green bel Penn McFarland Hannah, widow John, h Marshall ab Astor McGee Thomas, laborer, h Washington ab DeKalb McGenty Edward, warper, h Egypt bel Franklin McGiligan William, warper, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McGiligan George, machinist, h Lafayette ab DeKalb McGinley John H., mason, h s side Penn ab Walnut McGinley Mary, widow Patrick, h n side Washington bel Swede McGlade Susan, widow Arthur, h Schuylkill c Hickey McGlathery Mehelm, h w side Swede ab Airy McGlathery Charles S., bricklayer, h e side Cherry ab Airy 156 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. ^ McGonegal Jane, widow William, h 10 White Row McGonegal William, twister, h 10 White Row McGookin , mason, h n side Washington bel Franklin McGrath Patrick, watchman, h e side Cherry ab Elm McGuchen Henry, laborer, h s side Washington bet Franklin McGuire John, dealer, h n side Washington bet Franklin and Ford McGuire Thomas, laborer, h n side Washington ab Green McGulrack Patrick, laborer, h n side Marshall ab Willow McKay & Stinson, (John McKay & Stephen P. Stinson) dry goods and groceries, n side Egypt c Swede McKay John, (McKay & Stinson) dry goods and groceries, n side Egypt c Swede, h Egypt ab Swede McKeeman Robert, machinist, h Lafayette bel Barbadocs McKem David, spinner, h Washington ab DeKalb McKeever Alfred, tailor, h w side DeKalk bel Egypt McKeever Reuben, tailor, h w side DeKalb btl Egypt McKeever, John, tailor, w side DeKalb bel Egypt, h do McKewon Thomas, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede McKibben Dennis, weaver, h Markley bel Lafayette McKibben Mary, widow John, h Markley bel Lafayette McKibben John, laborer, h Swede bel Washington McKimley, laborer, h n side Moore bet High and Violet McKnight George S., h s side Egypt c Walnut McLaughlin Roseanna, h 11 White Row McLeer Daniel, roller coverer and woolen goods, w side DeKalb bel Egypt, h do McLennan Charles, ckrk, h s side Marshall btl Norris McLennan Matthew R., printer, h s side Marshall bel Norris McMannus Ann, widow Bennett, h Washington ab DeKalb McMeekin Thomas, spinner, h n side Penn ab DeKalb McMeekin Agnes, widow James, h n side Penn ab DeKalb McMeekin James, carpenter, h Lafayette c Strawberry alle}'' McMiller Henry, lawyer. Airy c Church, h e side DeKalb c Elm McMuUin Edward, spinner, h w side Washington ab Swede McNamee Elizabeth, milliner, h 4 Union buildings sside Egypt bel DeKalb McNichal Barney, laborer, h Schuylkill bet Barbadoes and Swede McNulty Michael, laborer, h s side Elm ab Cherry McNulty Sarah, shoebinder, h Egypt ab Barbadoes McPhalamy James, laborer, h Hickey ab Schuylkill McVaugh David J., dry goods, 176 Egypt, h n side Airy ab Swede McVaugh Morgan II., painter, e side DeKalb bet Marshall and Airy, h n side Jacoby c Church Machamawa Patrick, lalx)rer, h Buttonwood bel Marshall DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 157 Madden John, laborer, h Washington ab Strawberry alley Magee William, weaver, h Washington ab Swede Magee William, moulder, h Washington ab Swede Magee Matthew, machinist, h w side Green bet Egypt and Pcnn Magee Harriet, h n side Chestnut ab Willow Maitland Thomas M., h 101 Egypt Major John E,., (Rambo & Major) dry goods, s side Egypt be DeKalb, h w side Swede bet Airy and Marshall ^ Major & Corson, (John Major Jr. and Thomas F. Corson,) gro- cers, 217 Egypt Major John Jr., (Major & Corson) grocer, 217 Egypt, h s side Penn ab DeKalb Major Daniel H., proprietor Rambo House, opp Court House Major Samuel, carter, h w side Cherry ab Egypt Major Catharine, wndow Thomas, h w side Cherry ab Egypt Major Catharine, dressmaker, h w side Cherry ab Egypt Major Rebecca, dressmaker, h w side Cherry ab Egypt Major Jane, dressmaker, h w^ side Cherry ab Egypt Major J. Benton, printer, h w side Swede c Airy Mallery Daniel G. Rev., w side Cherry c Marshall Malone Catharine, widow Walter, h Walnut c Egypt Malony John, beamer, h Egypt ab Swede Malony Joshua, h Egypt ab Swede Maloy Francis, helper, h Lafayette ab Cherry March Franklin B., law student, h w side DeKalb ab Pcnn Markley Abraham, superintendent gas works, h e side Swede ab Airy Markley John, barber, under Rambo House, h do Markley Samuel, carpenter, h s side Marshall ab Arch Markley Thompson, merchant at Philadelphia, h 131 Egypt Markley Isaac, clerk markets, h 3 Norris bel Marshall Markley Sophia W., tailoress, h 3 Norris bel Marshall Markley Mary, widow Samuel, h w side Swede bel Wood Markley Richard (D. Longaker & Co.,) grocer, s side Egypt c DeKalb, h Penn bel DeKalb Markley Ellen, w^idow Samuel, dry goods, n side Egypt btl DeKalb, h do Markley Samuel, carpenter, h Marshall btl Arch Martin William, laborer, h Marshall bel Kohn Martin James, laborer, h w side Green bel Pine Martin Robert, spinner, h w side Arch ab Airy Martin Sarah, w4dow John, h s side Penn ab Arch Marshall George, (col'd) h w side Swede bel Wood Mason John, beamer, h Egypt btl Washington Mason William, beamer, h Schuylkill ab Swede Mason , h s side Washington bel DeKalb Mason Daniel, laborer, h e side Arch ab Oak 158 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Mason Patrick, h e side Arch ab Oak Mason Thomas, (col'd) h w side Willow bel Spruce Matthews Annie, operator, h s side Washington bel Green Matthews Frederick K,, draughtsman,h w side Cherry ab Airy Mathys Frederick, draughtsman, h w side Cherry ab Airy Matson William, farmer, h w side Koon ab Oak Matthias John, millwright, h Egypt bel Mill Matthias George, farmer Matthias Jacob, merchant, h Farmers' & Mechanic' Hotel Mattis John, laborer, h n side Roberts ab Willow Mecaskey J. W. Rev., h n side Chestnut bel Church Meeh Christian, confectioner}^ 174 Egypt, h do Meeh Theodore, confectioner, h 174 Egypt Meenan Daniel, laborer, h Hicke}^ ab Schuylkill Megowen Thomas C, grocer, w side DeKalb c Jacoby Meredith Hannah, seamstress, h Cherry ab Airy Meredith Timothy, (col'd) laborer, h n side Basin bd Arch Meshter Antrim, mason, h e side Arch c Marshall Metz Abraham M., clerk, h Barbadoes ab Penn Meyerson Lyman B., clothing, 222 Egypt, h Cherry bel Mar- shall Michael Hugh, weaver, Washington ab DeKalb Michner Susan, dressmaker and tailoress, h s side Egypt bel Green Midgley William, mason, h n side Airy ab Cherry Miearseak Lewis, miller, h n side Egypt bet Airy and Walnut Milts Preston D., puddler, h Lafayette bel Markley Mills Ephriam C, rollerman, h s side Chestnut c Church Mills Joseph C, miller, h s side Airy ab Cherry Miller Thomas, blacksmith, s side Penn bet Arch and Green, h n side Egypt bel Mdl Miller Isaac H , blacksmith and coach shops, n side Lafayette c Green, h e side DeKalb ab Elm Miller Jacob, tailor, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Miller William, baker, h 212 Egypt Miller Charles T., lawyer, 201 Egypt, h e side DeKalb abElm Miller Henry, millwright, h Lafayette bel Markley Miller Isaac A., farmer, h n side Brown bet High and Tremont av Miller John P., carpenter, h n side Moore bet Walnut and Arch Milne James, papermakcr, h w side Haws ab Sterigere Minturn Robert, (col'd) barber, under Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel, h do Mintzer George B., physician, e side Cherrj^ bet Marshall an I Chestnut Mitchell Edward, laborer, h n sielc Basin bel Green DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWX. 159 Montgomery William, farmer, h on Stony Creek ab Stanbridge Monroe Tharrington, (col'd) h s side Penn ab Arch Mooray Michael, laborer, h Swede bel Washington Moore James W., grocer, s side Egypt bel Franklin, h do Moore William, trader, n side EgyjDt ab Arch, h w side Smith bel Arch Moore J. F., grocer, h e side DeKalb ab Penn Moore & Ramey agents (Jacob T. Moore and Charles Ramey,) grocers, 216 Egypt Moore Jacob T., (Moore & Ramey) grocer, 216 Egypt, h De- Kalb ab Penn Moore Joseph, grocer, Lafayette btl Cherry, h do Moore George, h Lafayette ab Strawberry al Moore Sarah, h Lafayette ab Strawberry al Moore Amos, laborer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Moore Jesse, blacksmith, h n side Ann ab Cherry Moore Nathan, nailer, h w side Barbadoes c Ann Moore John C, stone cutter, h n side Oak ab Maple al Moore Jesse W., laborer, h e side Swede ab Roberts Moore Charles S., plasterer, h Sandy bel Walnut Moore John, sewing machine operator, w side Smith ab Oak, hdo Moore Edward W., bricklayer, h w side Smith ab Oak Moore Edward B., clerk courts, h e side Swede bet Chestnut and Oak Moore John M., teacher, h e side Willow bel Spruce Morris Henry, machinist, h n side Lafayette belMiU Morris Margaret, widow INIichael, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Morrow John, h n side Washington bel Franklin Morton Eliza, widow George, h s side Penn ab DeKalb Morton Jacob, spinner, h n side Penn ab DeKalb Mowday David, cabinetmaker, s side Egypt ab Mill, h do Mowery George, carpenter, h e side Swede bet Oak and Jacoby Moyer James, marble yard, e side DeKalb bet Airy and Mar- shall, h s side Airy bet Swede and Cherry Moyer Joseph B., tobacconist, h w side Penn c Green Moyer Joseph, machinist, h Egypt c Cherry Moyer William, conductor P., G. and N. R. R., h Egypt c Cherry Moyer Joseph, Jr., machinist, h Egypt c Cherry Moyer Owen, laborer, h 100 Egypt Moyer Samuel D., shoes, s side Airy ab DeKalb, h do Moyer Jacob, farmer, h e side Selma ab Roberts Moyer Jacob, milkman, h s side Oak bel Cherry Moyer William R., blacksmith, n side Lafayette bel Mill, h s side Egypt ab Arch Moyer Samuel S., carpenter, h e side Cherry b:l Marshall 160 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Moyer Matilda, widow Henry, boarding h Lafayette bel Mark- ley Muglewe James, gasfitter Muir Lewis, shoemaker, 96 Egypt, h do Mullen Margaret, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Mullen Julia, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Mullen Patrick, laborer, h n side Chestnut ab Walnut Mulvany Daniel H., lawyer, n side Egypt ab DeKalb, h Egypt west end Munner Francis, carder, h s side Washington bet Mill and Green Munshower Enos L., confectionery and carpet weaver, n side DeKalb ab Egypt, h do Munshower Henry S., tailor, h n Airy bel Arch Murphy James, laborer, h n side Egypt bel Ford Murphy James, laborer, h n side Airy bel Arch Murphy Sarah, widow William, h e side Arch bel Oak Murphy Timothy, laborer, h s side Fornance ab New Hope Murphy Bridget, speeder, h n side Washington ab Swede Murphy Joseph, laborer, h n side Washington ab Swede Murphy Dennis, laborer, h n side Washington ab Ford Murray Elizabeth, widow Jacob, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Murray Mary, Widow William, h Washington ab DeKalb Murray John, twister, h 6 White Kow Murray James, shoemaker, h n side AVashington bel Swede Murray John B., laborer, h w side Green bel Marshall Myers John, carpenter, h n side Airy ab Walnut Myers Joseph S. , h n side Jacoby ab Willow Myers Jonas, h Lafayette bel Markley Myers Harvey, h n side Airy ab Walnut Myers Lewis, engineer, h Lafayette bel Markley Myers Oliver, heater, h Lafayette bel Markley N Nace Mary A. S., h e side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Nace Samuel S, h e side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Nase Elias, restaurant, 88 Egypt, h do Natty James, soapboiler, h n side Egj^pt bel Franklin Neavel Elias, carpet weaver, h n side Chestnut bel Church Nebel John, laborer, h s side Lafayette r Briggs' office Neiman Charles, farmer, h Chain ab Egypt Neiman John, farmer, h w side Hamilton c Brown Neiman William, clerk, h Lafayette bel Barbadocs Neiman William, clerk, h n side Lafayette ab Cherry Newbiggin Edwin, trader, h s side Marshall bet Arch and Wal- nut Newcomer John, laborer, h e side Cherry btl Chestnut DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 161 Nice Elizabeth, widow George, h E^ypt bcl Markley Nice Jacob, h 57 Egypt Nolan Julia, h Washington ab DeKalb Norney Andrew, lime burner, h Washington House Norton William, roller, h Schuykill ab Barbadoes Novioch Edwin, coal, Egypt c Barbadoes, h Barbadoes bcl Egypt Novioch Henry, h Swede bel Lafayette Novioch Ralph W. , carpenter, h s side Elm bel Church Nungesser Peter, laborer, h Egypt bel Ford Nungesser William, shoemaker, h Egypt bel Ford Nungesser John, laborer, h rear Egypt bel Markley Nungesser William Jr., roller, h Lafayett ■ bel Barbadors Nungesser John Sr., superinten.dent, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Nungesser Joseph, roller, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Nungesser William Sr., laborer, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Nungesser John Jr., roller, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Nuss John, mason, h Knox bel Egypt Nuss Henry Sr., carpenter, h Knox bel Egypt Nuss Henry Jr., cooper, h Knox bel Egypt Oaks Dennis, spinner, h Lafayette ab Swede Oaks Joseph, machinist, n side Penn ab Cherry O 'Brian Mary, servant, h Swede bel Marshall O'Brien Elizabeth, seamstress, h Lafayette ab Swede O'Brien Joseph, laborer, h n side Sandy ab Walnut O 'Conner Bridget, servant, h Egypt c Franklin av O 'Daniels John, roller, h s side Ann ab Cherry O'Donnell Barney, laborer, h w side Green ab Egypt O'Donnell John, beamer, h s side Lafayette bel DeKalb O'Donoghue Jeremiah Rev., h s side Washington ab Cherry O'Kane James, boatman, h n side Elm c Thomas Oldfield William, carpenter, h n side Egypt ab Walnut Olive Elitha, widow James K., h n side Jacoby bel Church O'Neil Samuel, manufacturer, h n side Egypt bel Arch O'Neil Samuel P., manager, h s side Washington bet Mill and Green O'Neil James, machinist, h s side Airy bet Arch and Walnut O'Neil Thomas, profesor of music, "Oakland Female Semi- nary," h n side Jacoby bel Swede O'Neil Thomas, laborer, h n side Washington bel Swede O'Neil Markley, laborer, h s side Airy ab Walnut O'Neil Michael, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes O'Neil Felix, puddler, h Washington bel Barbadoes O'Neil Daniel, laborer, h 9 White Row O'Neil Dennis, wrapper, h n side Lafayette ab Green 162 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. O'Neil John, razor and scissors grinder, h s side Penn bel Arch Oran Robert, paper mill, w side Haws ab Sterigere, h do Ortlip Jefferson, heater, h Egypt bel Marklej Orner Lewis, mason, h w side Barbadoesbel Marshall Ottinger "William, coach maker, h Norris City Hotel Overholtzer Julia, operator sewing machine, h Airy bel Cherry Overholtzer Samuel, clerk, 190 E^ypt, h Airy bel Cherry Parker Robert, (col'd) laborer, h n side Airy ab Walnut Parker Charles N,, patternmaker, c Marshall and Haws av Parkinson Thomas, beamer,h s side Washington bet Ford and Franklin Patton Robert, carder, h e side Church bet Airy and Marshall Paxson Jacob L., brickmaker, h w side Powell bel Fornauce Payne Mary J., (col'd) widow Willam, h n side Penn ab Walnut Pearce Charlotte, widow George, confectionery, s side Penn ab Arch Peirce Thomas, teacher, h n side Jacobyc Church Pennypacker John, grocer, e side Arch c Airy, h do Pennypacker Matthias, feed, hs side Airy bet Arch and Walnut Pennypacker Milton H., flour and feed, n side Egypt bel Walnut Perry W. & Co., (William & John Perry) livery stable, e side DeKalb bel Washington Perry William, (W. Perry & Co.) livery stable e side DeKalb bel Washington, h n side Washington bel Green Perry John, (W. Perry & Co.) livery stable, e side DeKalb bel Washington, h n side Washington bel Green Perry George, liquor, n side Washington c Green, h do Perry Dougherty, h Washington c Green Perry EHzabeth, widow George, h Washington ab DeKalb Perry Isabella, widow Samuel, h e side Willow bel Spruce Perry Margaret S., seamstress, h e side Willow bel Spruce Petard Francis, dyer, h n side Penn ab Cherry Peters Samuel, shoemaker, h w side Markley ab Egypt Pettee Calvin, grocer, n side Egypt c Walnut, h do Philips James, carder, h s side Egypt ab Stanbjidge Philips James, (col'd) trader, h n Stony Creek n Elm Phillips Jacob, (col'd) trader, h e side Powell e Wood Phipps Abraham, mason, h eside Green bel Wood Piffer John, laborer, h e side Norris ab Airy place John, laborer, h Egypt bel Markley Plumley Emily, h w side Washingtou ab Swede Poley Francis B., physician, e side De Kalb ab Wood h do Poley Jeremiah, dry goods, w side Cherry c Marshall, h n side Chestnut bel Church Poley George, h s side Marshall ab Aston DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN' 163 Pollick William, carpenter, h n side Basin ab Violet Pomcroy Hannah, widow John, h Swede bel Oak Porter Alfred S., machinist, h s side Marshall bel Violet Porter John, laborer, h n side Egypt bel Franklin Potts John, lumber and coal, Lafayette at Stony Creek, h 195 Egypt Potts Thomas W., magistrate, Swede ab Lafayette, h do Potts Anna G., teacher, h s side Ann bel Cherry Potts David, lumber, h n side Jacoby bet Church and Willow Potts Thomas P., lawyer, at Philadelphia, h Swede ab Airy Powell Benjamin, lawyer, 219 Egypt, h n side Egypt c Green Powell Ann, widow William, h 221 Egypt Powell Alvina A., h 221 Egypt Powell John W. , laborer, h 221 Egypt Powell Jane, h 221 Egypt Powell Sarah, h 221 Egypt Powell George H., printer, h Egypt bel Green Powers Philip, laborer, h e side Washington ab Swede Price George, (col'd) laborer, h s side Elm ab Cherry Priest Edward, box maker, n side Egypt c Arch (up stairs) h Varanda House Priest William H., blacksmith, h w side Swede ab Washington Prince Henry, nail packer, h n side Marshall ab Norris Printz John, farmer, h e side Arch bet Brown and Roberts Pugh Charles, moulder, h e side Swede bel Basin Pugh Eli, laborer, h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Pugh Rees, pattern book clasp maker, h w side Powell bet Elm and Spruce Q Quillman Jacob, proprietor, Veranda Hotel, n side Airy c De- Kalb Quillman Henry, h Veranda Hotel Quillman & Son, (Daniel & Jacob F.) hardware, tinware and stoves, 162 Egypt c Swede Quillman Daniel (Quillman & Son) hardware, 162 Egypt, h w side Swede ab Airy Quin Robert, cutter, h Lafayette ab Cherry Quinlin Joseph, laborer, h n side Airy ab Walnut Quinn Mary, servant, h Swede c Washington Quirk Catharine, widow Philip, hn side Washington ab Green E Radcliff Charles, blacksmith, h4 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb Ralstone Benjamin, weaver, h Egj^pt bel Mill Ralston J. Grier Rev., ''Oakland Female Seminary," n side Egypt opp Franklin, h do 164 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Ralston John K. superintendent ''Oakland Female Seminary,' n side Egypt opp Franklin, h do Rambo & Major, (Robert Rambo & John R. Major) dry goods, 3 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb Ramibo Robert, (Rambo & Major) dry goods, s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h at Bridgeport Ramsay Francis, dentist, h w side DeKalb bel Egypt Ramsay Charles, grocer, 216 Egypt, h w side Swede bel Mar- shall Ramsay Reuben, clerk, h s side "Washington ab Mill Ramsay Charles, shoemaker, h n side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Raj ine Willrm S., laborer, h w side Washington ab Swede Razor William, blacksmith, h e side Swede ab Oak Read Jcseph C, (Stephens & Read) coal and wood, w side De- Kalb c Washington, h Railroad House Read Lewis W., physician, h side Egypt ab Green Read Kate B., weaver, h w side Butlonwcod bel Jackson Reazcr John, laborer, h s side Airy ab Sweele Reazor Andrew J., barber, 129 Egypt, h e side Cherry ab Airy Reazor Enos M., boiler maker, h w side Swede bel Wood Redifer Amanda, widow John, h 4 Norris bel Marshall Redman James, laborer, h n side Washington bet DeKalb and Green Redmond Ann, wddow Patrick, h w side Washington ab Swede Reed. John W., tailor, h s side Penn ab Arch Reed Andrew, hatter, h Washington Hotel Rees John G., cutter, h Chain ab Egypt Rees John, segars, s side Washington ab Ford, h do Rees David, h Chain bet Egypt and Marshall. Reese Elizabeth, widow Vincent, h n side Airy bel Walnut Reese Ezekiel, blacksmith, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Reese Leclf, showman, h Lafayette bel Barbadoes Reeves Robert, piecer, h Washington ab DeKalb Reeves William, spinner, h Washington ab DeKalb Rehal James, cstler, R. R. Hotel, h do Reiff* Jonas A., groceries, w^ side Swede c Airy, he side Cher- ry ab Airy Reiff Morris A., clerk, h Egypt bel Franklin Reiff William P., h Marshall bel Haws avenue Reiff* George B., h n side Egypt bel Walnut Reiff" George A., h n side Egypt bel Walnut Reiff" Thomas J., shoemaker, h n side Penn c Cherry Rennie Henr}^, superintendent, h w side Button wood bel Jackson Reilly Patrick 0., carpenter, h 14 White Row Repport Jacob, sexton, h s side Chestnut bet Willow and Church DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. " 165 Reynolds Ellen, h e side Sweede bel Oak Rhoad Ezekiel, blacksmith, h chain bcl Egypt Rhoads William, laborer, h Chain bel Egypt Rhoads William, dragger, h e side Barbadoes ab Schuylkill Rich S. N., district attorney, n side Airy bel Swede h Egypt c Franklin avenue Rich Elizabeth, widow George K., confectionery, s sideDeKalb ab Lafayette h do Richards David, shoemaker, e side DeKalb ab Washington hdo Richards Martha E., widow John, h w side DeKalb bet Oak and Jacoby Richards Jacob, ostler, h Egypt bel Markley Richards Jeremiah, restaurant 126 Egypt h do Richards John, Machinist, h e side Church bel Marshall Richards Aaron, feed, n side Marshall ab Cherry, h w side Cherry c Marshall Richardson Margaret, physician, h e side Cherry bet Marshall and Chestnut Richardson Thomas C, shoes, n side Marshall ab Swede, h n side Airy bel Norris Richardson Thomas, Shoemaker, h n side Airy ab Cherry Richner Rudolph, machinist, h s side Fornance abNew Hope Rigg Peter, laborer, h Lafayette bel Strawberry alley Rigg Peter, puddler, h n side Penn ab DeKalb Riley Daniel, heater, 1 Lafayette avenue Riley Hugh, laborer, h swede ab Washington Riley Bernard, laborer, h e side Washington ab Swede Rimby John, roller, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Rimby Julia A., widow Jacob, h Barbadoes bet Washington and Lafayette Risdon George W., coach trimmer, h Norris City Hotel Rittenhouse Christopher, wheelwright, s side Egypt bel Arch, h n side Egypt bel Arch Rittenhouse Charles, machinist, h n side Egypt bel Arch Rittenhouse Samuel, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Rittenhouse Thomas P. , carpenter, h s side Penn ab Cherry Rittenhouse Jacob, boatman, h n side Airy ab Cherry Rittenhouse Maria, h s side Ann bel Cherry Rittenhouse John, puddler, h Lafayette bel Markley Ritter Henry B., tobacconist. Odd Fellows Hall, e side DeKalb bel Egypt, h Montgomery Hotel Ritter John, tinsmith, h Penn ab Cherry Ritter Franklin, mason, h s side Moore bel Arch Robbins Mary A., widow Samuel, h Swede c Harper Roberts William, laborer, h Astor ab Egypt Roberts Samuel C., conveyancer, s side Egypt c cherry, h do 166 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Roberts Jacob R., druggist, h s side Marshall bel DeKalb Roberts Davis W., carpenter, h s side Marshall bel DeKalb Roberts widow Jonathan, h e side Arch bel Jacoby Roberts Mary W., teacher, h n side Jacoby n Swede Roberts John, clerk, h n side Jacoby n Swede Roberts Curtis, carpenter, h n side Oak btl Cherry Roberts Mary, h e side Stanbridge n James Roberts & Rose, (Levi Roberts and Thomas Rose) brick yard s side Eight bel Ford Roberts Levi (Roberts & Rose) brick yard s side Egypt bel Ford, h s side Egypt c Franklin Roberts H. L., saddler and Harness, 95 Egypt, h do Robins Jacob, roller, h s side Barbadoes ab Schuylkill Robinson William, h Lafayette bel Markley Robinson Daniel, machinist, h Washington Hotel Roche George W., clerk, Jamison's Cotton Factory, h w side DeKalb bel Elm Rodebaugh Nathan, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Rogers George W., lawyer, n side Airy bel Swede, h w side Swede bel Marshall Rogers James, laborer, h n side Oak ab Violet Rogers David, h w side DeKalb bet Elm and Spruce Rogers Edward, laborer, h n side Airy bel Arch Rose Thomas J., (Roberts & Rose) brick yard s side Egypt bel Ford, h Egypt bel Walnut Ross Daniel (col'd) laborer, h w side Green ab Elm Rossiter Joseph, teacher, h 221 Egypt Rossiter Samuel Y., (Dotterer & Co.) skin dresser, 227 Egypt, h e side Cherry ab Marshall Rossiter Lindley, h 229 Egypt Rossiter William, magistrate and conveyancer, n side Penn bel Swede, h Airy bel Swede Rothe Andrew, helper, h Lafayette c Cherry Roudenbush Maria, servant, h Ram bo House Roudenbush Sarah, servant, h 73 Egypt Rowand Joseph, h Yarandah Hotel Rowe Edward H. , shoemaker, h s side Oak bel Church Rowland Joseph G., h w side Swede opp Court House Royer William LL, laborer, h n side Roberts ab Willow Rover George W., foreman National Defender, h n side Airy ab Cherry Ruck stool Henry, laborer, h s side Lafayette bet DeKalb and Green Ruddach William A., furniture & Undertaker, 81 Egypt, hdo Rudy Samuel D., (Jacoby & Rudy) groceries and china ware h DeKalb bel Airy Ruddy Frederick, blacksmith, h c side Willow bel Spruce DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 167 Rush John, Shoemaker, h 110 Egypt Rush Levi, Shoemaker, w side Willow ab Marshall Rushon James, Laborer, h n side Marshall, bel Green Rutty Theodore, (SncU & Rutty) stoves and heaters, 83 Egypt, h Penn bel Barbadoes Rynick Anna, widow John, h w side Green ab Washington Rynick Jacob. Vinegar, h Layfayette bel Strawberry alley Rynick John H. , laborer, h w side Green ab Washington s St. Clair Julia, widow James, h w side Swede bel Jacoby Saltzbury John, stone cutter, h n side Penn ab Green Sampson John, grocer, n side Egypt ab Arch Sames Alexander, shoemaker, w side DeKalb ab Lafayette h do Sanders George puddler, h 101 Egypt Sans Othiniel, victualer, h w side Barbadoes c Penn Saurman Thomas, foundry, s side Washington bel Mill, s side Washington ab M 11 Saylor William, grocer, s side Oak c Willow, h w side Willow bel Oak Saylor Ann, h n side Egypt bel DeKalb Scanlan John, shoemaker, n side Egypt bel Mill, h do Scanlan Matthew, laborer, h e side JJeKalb ab Washington Scanlan Julia, widow John, h w side Green bet Washington and Lafayette Scanlan Samuel, restaurant, e side DeKalb c Lafayette, h do Scattergood Giles, carpet weaver and variety store, 249 Egypt, hdo Scattergood Joseph, shoemaker, h n side Egypt ab Ford Schall William, nail and iron works and furnace, Washington foot Markley, h s side Egypt ab Mill Schall Reebin T., clerk, h side Egypt ab Mill Schall Edward, teacher, h s side Egypt ab Mill Schall Edwin, publisher National Defender, h s side E^ypt ab Mil Schall David, coal, n side Lafayette cM 11, h s side Egypt bel Mill Schall Calvin J , clerk, h s side Egypt ab Mill Schall John, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Scheetz Samuel, s side Egypt ab Barbadoes, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Scheetz Jacob C, flour mill, stony creek c Noble and Logan, hdo Schiemeyer T., baker, h w side Swede ab Marshall Schlegel Jacob, harness, n side Sandy ab Walnut, h do Schneider Mary, widow Simon, dressmaker, Egypt ab Cherry Schnider Jacob Rev., h e side Cherry bel Marshall 168 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Schock Andrew, carpenter, h w side Green ab Elm Schock Theodore, laborer, h n side Marshall c Green Schrack & Yeakle, (James W. Schrack and Abraham A. Yeakle) dry goods, n side Egypt c DeKalb Schrack James W., (Schrack & Yeakle) dry goods, n side Egypt c DeKalb, h s side Airy bet Swede and DeKalb Schrack Catharine, widow John, h Lafayette ab Cherry Schrack Joseph, h Lafayette ab Cherry Schrack David, nailer, h s side Penn bel Barbadocs Schrack William F. , miller, h Swede bel Basin Schrack Adam, victualer, h s side Chestnut bet "Willow and Church Schrater Lewis, ostler, h Chestnut bel Church Schultz Nathan, dry goods, w side DeKalb c Marshall, h do Schwartz Henry H. , carpenter, h w side Cherry bel Oak S3hwenk Abram, coach maker, n side Lafayette bel DeKalb, h e side Willow bel Spruce Scott Thomas, janitor, h n side Lafayette bet Ford and Frank- lin Scott John (col'd) laborer, h s side Elm ab Cherry Scott George, farmer, h w side Astor ab Wood Scott William M. , physician, h w side Astor ab Wood Seasholtz Josiah, laborer, h s side Penn c Barbadoes Seckel Jacob L., tailor, h n side Airy bel Swede Seckler Mary S., tailoress, h s side Chestnut bel Church Seel George, ostler, Rambo House, h do Selser Philip, laborer, h e side Cherry ab Penn Selah Charles H., laborer, h e side Green ab Elm Seller Godlip, gardener, h w side Arch c Basin Sellers John B., h 174 Egypt Seltzer & Co., (Christian A. and AgustusM. Seltzer and Horace Heilman) distillery, w side DeKalb bel Washington Siltzer Christian A., (Seltzer & Co.) distillery, w side DeKalb bel Washington, h at Philadelphia Seltzer AgusLus M., (Seltzer & Co.,) distillery, w side DeKalb bel Washington, h at Philadelphia Sennet Thomas B., weaver, h 13 White Row Sensindeffer Solomon, sawyer h Chain ab Pearl S3rver John, farmer, h 12 bel Marshall Shade John, shoemaker, n side Washington ab Mill, h n side Oak c Chei^ry Shade Israel, tobaconist, h n side Oak c Cherry Shafter George, bricklayer, h w side Powell bel Spruce Shaffer John, bricklayer, h n Marshall ab Chain Shaid Stephen, baker, n side Marshall bel Arch, h do Shamborugh Hannah, widow Philip, he side Cherry b:l Chest nut DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 169 Shambough & Brother, (Albanus W. and Martin L.) grocers, w side DeKalb bel Airy Shambough Albmus W., (Shainbiugh & Brother) grooer, w side DeKalb bed Airy h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Shanely Elizabeth, servant, h Egypt bjl Markley Shaner Sarah, servant, h 110 Egypt Shannon James, laborer, h e side Washington ab Swede Shannon John, laborer, h n side Washington bel DeKalb Shannon George, Oil Mill, s side Lafayette c Ford h w side DeKalb bel Jacoby Shannon Michael, laborer, h w side Green bel Lafayette Shannon Sophia, widow John, h n side Egypt bel Arch Shannon Lizzie H., (Carlisle & Shannon,) milliners, 230 Egypt h w side Egypt bel Arch Shannon A. & R., (Ann & Rosa,) dry goods & trimmings 92 Egypt Shannon Ann (A. & R. Shannon) dry goods, 92 Egypt h do Shannon Rosa (A. & R. Shannon) dry goods, 92 Egj^pt h do Shannon Elizabeth, widow Samuel, h 92 Egypt Shannon John, h Swede bel Marshall Shannon James, flour and feed, w side DeKalb c Lafayette, hdo Shantry William, puddler, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Sharp Philip, shoeiindings, Egypt ab DeKalb, h do Sharp Thomas, laborer, h s side Washington bet Franklin and Ford Shaw Lizzie, teacher, h n side Jacoby c Church Shaw Thomas, h w side Violet c Fornance Shaw Harvey, coal at Philadelphia, h w side DeKalb bel Jacoby Shearer & Hansell (L. D. Shearer and J. R. Hansell) painters, up stairs, 2024 Egypt Shearer Lorenzo D., (Shearer & Hansell) painters, 202^ Egypt, h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Sheck Jacob, laborer, n side Oak bel Cherry Sheedy James, laborer, h s side Lafayette bel Green Sheldrake John, h e side DeKalb ab Elm Shell Jeremiah, saddler, h n side Penn ab Cherry Shelly Jacob, Carpenter, h w side DeKalb bel Lafayette Shelton Alfred E, h Montgomery Hotel Shephard John, h w side Swede c Oak Sheppard Charles, farmer, h s side Sandy ab Walnut Sherdin Mary, widow Michael, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Sherer Conrad H., clerk, h DeKalb ab Penn Sherid Benjamin, h n side Marshall bel Arch Sherid Stephen, bakery, n side Marshall bel Arch h do Sherman Daniel G., (Franklin, Derr & Co.) marble yard, Egypt opp Bank h c side Cherry c Penn 170 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Sherry Felix, laborer, 12 White Row Shield George, shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Mar- shall Shields Royer, laborer, h s side Lafayette bel Franklin Shieve Jacob, h e side Swede c Oak Shillich Margaret, weaver, h Lafaj^ette bel Swede Shinn Richard, engraver, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Shively T. & C, (Teonah & Catharine) dressmakers, n side Egypt bel Mill Shively Teonah (T. & C. Shively) dressmaker, n side Egypt bel Mill, h do Shively Catharine, (T. & C. Shively) dressmaker, n side Egypt bel Mill, h do Shneider S. M., professor of languages, h n side Chestnut ab Willow Shoemaker Harrison E., h w side Powell c Fornance Shoemaker Isaac J., clerk, h e side Elm ab Willow Shoemaker John, h s side Egypt bel Walnut Shoffher Amos, h s side Airy bel Arch Shofner Abraham, carpenter, h s side Moore bel Arch Shofner George W. , carpenter, h s side Moore bel Arch Shofner^ James, carpenter, h s side Moore bel Arch Shofner John, carpenter, h s side Moore bel Arch Short Margaret A., widow James, h Lafayette bel Markley Short Margaret A., carder, h Lafayette bel Markley Shoutt Samuel M., shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall Shovelin Owen, laborer, h s side Wood bel Arch Showalter Henry, engineer, h s side Penn c Walnut Shrack Charles W., milkman, h e side Cherry ab Airy Shuler Daniel, carpenter, h Marshall ab Astor Shultz John A., shoemaker, h 14Norris Shultz Hannah R., h e side Swede ab Chestnut Shultz Annie K. , widow Henry W. , h w side DeKalb bet Mar- shall and Chestnut Shuster Charles, cooper, h s side Lafayette bel Green Shuttleworth John W., core maker, h w side Barbadoes bel Marshall Shuttleworth John, spinner, h n side Ann c Barbadoes Shwank Abraham, coach maker, e side Willow bel Spruce Sill Martha, widow William, h w side Green bet Airy and Marshall Sill Wilmer, bakery, s side Egypt ab Green h w side Green bet Airy and Marshall Simmons Amy, (col'd) widow Evan h n side Basin bel Arch Simmons William, (col'd) laborer h s side James ab Stony Creek DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOW'X. 171 Simpson Thomas C, clerk, h Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel S in. 3:er Jacob, laborer, h Markel}^ bel Lafayette Siter Wendel, dealer, n side Penn ab Walnut, h do Skeen Abraham, laborer, hMarkely bel Lafaj^ette Skeen Joseph, clerk, h s side Oak b?l Green Slider Luther, heater, h Chain ab Egypt Slider Peter, heater, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Slemmer Adam, h w side Swede bel Oak Slemmer Henry D., physician, druggist and chemist, 180 Egypt, - h do Slingluft* & Lewis, (Charles SlinglufF & Charles Lewis) flour and feed, s side Egypt ab Walnut Slingluif Charles, (Slingluflf & Lewis) flour and feed, s side Egypt ab Walnut, h n side Jacoby c Willow Slingluff Mary, tailoress, h 232 Egj'pt Slingluff William H., cashier Bank Montgomery county, h De- Kalb c Oak Slinglufl" Josiah, dry goods and groceries, s side Egypt c Bar- badoes, h do S'ingluff John H., h w side Swede c Chestnut Sloop Samuel, shoemaker, n side Marshall ab Willow, h do S.nedley William, machinist, 4 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb Smedley J. Kinzie, machinist, 4 Union Buildings s side Egy^)! bel DeKalb Smedley Benjamin F., laborer, h n side Roberts ab Willow Smedley Mifflin, laborer, h s side Spruce bel Stony Creek Smedley Isaiah F., farmer, h s side Spruce bel S:;ony Creek Smick Isaac, blacksmith, h s side Marshall bel Norris Smith Samuel S., harness, 245 Egypt, h 287 Egypt Smith Charles Y., cabinet maker, h n side Penn bet Cherry and Barbadoes Smith John Y., laborer, s side Ann bel Barbadoes Smith Mary, h s side Washington bel DeKalb Smith William, finisher, h s side Washington bet Ford and Franklin Smith James, freight agent, h n side Marshall bet Arch and Walnut Smith Matilda, (col'd) widow Henry, h e side Arch ab Oak Smith Charles, miller, h s side Elm ab Willow Smith Binjamin, salesman, h e side Clierry bet Airy and Mar- shall Smith Henry L, machinist, h e side Cherry bal Chestnut Smith Johnson, h w side Cherry bel Marshall Smith Jacob II , carpenter, s side Oak bal Cherry Smith James IL, (col'd) provisions, s side elm ab Cherrj^ h do Smith Robert, (col'd) carter, h s side Elm ab Cherry 172 NORRISTOWN AND BEIDGEPORT. Smith James, (col'd) carter, h Spruce bel Stony Creek Smith George H. , painter, h w side Cherry bet Marshall and Airy Smith D. D., dentist, h w side DeKalb ab Lafayette Smj^ser Daniel M., president judge 7th judicial district, h Swede bet Airy and Marshall Snell & Rutty, (William T. Snell & Theodore Rutty) stoves and heaters, 83 Egypt Snell William T., (Snell & Rutty) stoves, 83 Egypt, h s side Penn bel Barbadoes Snider Elizabeth, weaver, h Lafayette ab Strawberry al Snider Rebecca, weaver, h Lafayette ab Strawberry al Snyder John C, grocer, coroner and bjigade inspector, s side Egypt bel Walnut, h s side Egypt ab Walnut Snyder Jane, h s side Oak bel Cherry Snyder Henry, operator, h s side Washington bet Mill and Green Snyder Benevill, coach maker, h n side Penn bel Arch Solly Benjamin F., shoes, 200 Egypt, h Lafayette ab Straw- berry al Solomon Hester, weaver, h Chain bel Airy Sower David, h Swede ab Marshall Sower Franklin D., bookseller and stationer, 220 Egypt, h w side Swede bel Marshall Sower John, shoemaker, h n siele Penn bet Cherry and Barba- does Sower Mary, widow Edwin , h n side Airy bel Arch Spade Christian, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Spang 0. S., artist, Swede c Airy, h Egypt ab Green Spang Hannah, milliner, Egypt ab Green, h do Spence James, Jr., gas fitter, h n side Chestnut c Cherry Spence John, puddler, h Lafayette bet Cherry and Barbadoes Spencer Jane, printer, h n side Cherry ab Airy Sperry George S., carpenter, h s side Oak bel Green Springer Rebecca, widow Daniel, h n side Penn ab Cheny Springfield John, woolen goods, s side Egypt ab Arch, h do Stagers Enos, victualer, stall 33 Market house, h n side Penn bet Walnut and Arch Stagner Jacob, gas works, h n side Lafayette bet Mill and Green Stahl David, laborer, h Swede ab Airy Stabler William, drugdst, 202 E^ypt, h 73 Egypt Stahley Jacob, Sr., h 144 Egypt " Stahley Jacob, Jr.^ cabinet maker and undertaker, 142 Egypt, hdo Stalker Frank, laborer, h Lafayette bel Markley Stapler John M., dry goods, 228 Egypt, h Swede ab Marshall DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN' ITS Stapler Joseph, dry goods, 6 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h DeKalb ab Pemi Standenmayer George, victualer, h s side Moore bel High Stauffar John, sherifl' Montgomery county, h Swede bel Egypt Stebbins Charles L., provisions, Lafayette bel Swede, h do"^ Stein Daniel, jeweler, 204 Egypt, h Swede ab Marshall Steinmetz George, h e side Swede c Marshall Steinmetz Jacob, farmer, h e side Swede bel Plymouth rd Stem Sarah, widow Rev. Nathan, h n side Airy bel Swede Stephens Esther A., h e side Cherry ab Penn Stephens Jacob J , law student, h Cherry ab Airy Stephens James, victualer, h n side Ann bel Barbadoes Stephens J. R., clerk, h n side Penn ab Cherry Stephens & Read, (Abijah Stephens and Joseph C. Read) coal and wood, w side DeKalb c Washington. Stephens Abijah, (Stephens & Read) coal and wood, w side DeKalb c Washington, h DeKalb bel Marshall Stephens Horatio S., clerk, h e side Dekalb c Basin Stereigere Martha L , h e side Cherry c Chestnut Steward Catharine, h n side Jacoby ab Willow Stewart R. F., lawyer, Swede c Penn, h Airy ab Swede Stewart John, heater, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Stewart Samuel, watchman, h Washington ab DeKalb Stewart Leslie, warper, h e side Washington ab Swede Stewart John, laborer, h e side Washington ab Swede Stewart (col'd) widow Hugh, h s side Spruce bel Green Stewart John, watchman, h s side Washington c Green Stewart William M., mason, h n side Lafayette bet Franklin and Ford Stiles Richard B., confectionery and bakery, 212 Egypt, h do Stiles Edward, confectioner, h 210 Egypt. Stillwagon Jesse H. , carpenter, h w side Barbadoes bel Ann Stinson Stephen P., (McKay & Stinson) dry goods and groce- ries, w side Egypt c DeKalb, h Swede ab Penn Stinson Charles H., lawyer, w side Swede c Penn, h Swede ab Airy Stinson John, h Swede bel Airy Stinson Mary H. , h Swede bel Airy Stinson Robert B, h Swede bel Airy Stinson Francis G., (Bolton, Christman & Co.) saw and plan- ing mill, Egypt ab Stoney Creek, h Swede bel Airy Stitler Isaac S., proprietor Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel, 65 Egypt Stout John, letter carrier, h n side Egypt opp Mill Stout Charles, laborer, h w side Oak bel Cherry Stout Frederick, machinist, h Lafayette ab Barbadoes Streaper Daniel P., machinist, h s side Marshall c Tremont avenue 174 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Streper Jacob, h n side Chestnut c Willow Stritsinger Frederick, baker, h Washington ab DeKalb Stritsinger Louisa, h Washington ab DeKalb Stritsinger Philip, baker, h Washington ab DeKalb Stokes Isaac B., bricklayer, h w side DeKalb bel Jacoby Stroud William, photographer, 201 Egypt, h 199 Egypt Stroud Sarah, widow Thomas, h n side Airy bel Arch Styer William, blacksmith, h s side Elm ab Willow Sullivan Patrick, h n side Egypt bel Ford Sullivan Florence, hats and clothing, 170 Egypt, prothonotary, court house, h w side Cherry ab Airy Sullivan William, carpenter, h n side Washington ab Green Summerlot Margaret, widow George, h Lafayette c Cherry Suplee Hannah, widow Peter, h e side Cherry ab Airy Supplee John, h 108 Egypt Supplee Jane, weaver, h Lafayette ab DeKalb. Sutch Martha, widow Benjamin, h e side Willow c Spruce Sutch Thomas B., trader, h e side Willow c Spruce Sutch John H., laborer, h e side Willow c Spruce Such Charles H., plasterer, h e side Willow c Spruce Sutch William, plasterer, h n side Basin bet Willow and Powell Sutton J, L., physician, e side Swede bel Chestnut Swallow Jonathan, spinner, h w side Green bet Egypt and Penn SwaU' James, weaver, h n side Washington bel Swede Swany Michael, laborer, h s side Layfayette bel Franklin Swardly Henry, laborer, Swartley Henry, laborer, h e side Airy bel Arch Swartley Hannah, widow John, dressmaker, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Swartley William, shoemaker, h e side Jacoby ab Cherry Swatzengrover Henry, lime burner, h s side Airy ab DeKalb Sweany Catharine, widow John, h e side Lafayette ab Ford Sweeny George, laborer, h s side Airy bel Barbadoes Sweeny John, laborer, h n side Ann bel Barbadoes Sweney Mary, h Lafayette c Cherry Swift Samuel, h n side Marshall c Violet Swindells James, shoemaker, h n side Lafaj^ette bel Mill Sykes George, brewer, h w side Markley ab Egypt. T Taggart Joseph, (Bowman, Taggart & Co.,) iron founder and machinist, Markley bet Lafayette and Washington, h Egypt bel Green Taggart William, h Egypt ab Haws avenue Talan James, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Walnut DIRECTORY OP NORRISTOWN. 175 Tainany Arthur, laborer, Swede bel Washington Tamney Peter, fireman, h Lafayette bel Mill Taney John S., laborer, h Markley bel Lafayette Taney Henry D., victualer, h e s Elm ab Willow Tarrance Charles, brakesman, h n side Penn ab Cherry Tasner Mary, h n side Egypt bel Arch Tatem Charles H., h Montgomery Hotel Taylor John, restaurant, w side DeKalb bel Egypt, h do Taylor Mary, milliner, w side DeKalb bel Egypt, h do Taylor William, (col'd) carter, h n side Penn ab Walnut Taylor WilHam, Jr., (col'd) brickmaker, h n side Penn ab Walnut Taylor Taylor, (col'd) coachman, h n side Penn ab Walnut Taylor Ptobert E., hatter, 234 Egypt, h do Taylor Catharine, widow John T., h Buttonwood bel Marshall Teany William S., clerk, h Swede c Washington Teany William, mason, h e side Willow bel Spruce Teany John, farmer, h w side Swede ab Ellis Teany Joseph, laborer, h e side Willow bel Spruce Teany Sabine, widow, Jacob, h s side Marshall bel DeKalb Templin Isaac M. , farmer, h n side Egypt bel Ford Templin John M., milkman, h n side Egypt bel Ford Templin Richard D., farmer, h n side Egypt bel Ford Terry Franklin L., Philadelphia and Norristown Express, Odd Fellows' Hall, h w side Mill ab Washington Thiem John, tailor, 102 Egypt, h Penna. Farmers' Hotel Thomas Jonathan, constable, h s side Egypt opp Arch Thomas Elijah, publisher at Philadelphia, h s side Egypt bel Walnut Thomas Olive, blacksmith, h n side Egypt bel Mill Thomas Edward, dry goods, 85 Egypt^ h do Thomas John, dealer, h Egypt ab Cherry Thomas Samuel, surveyor and conveyancer, 205 Egypt, h e side Swede bet Marshall and Chestnut Thomas Margaret, widow Joseph, h Swede bel Marshall Thomas Jesse P., teacher, h Buttonwood bel Marshall Thomas Sarah, widow William, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Thomas T. J. Rev., h n side Airy bet Swede and Cherry Thomas Jeanette, h s side Washington ab Mill Thomas Lydia, widow William, h e side Violet c Basin Thomas Oliver, laborer, h e side Violet c Basin Thomas Rees D., carpenter, h e side Violet c Basin Thomas Ehzabeth, seamstress, h e side Violet c Basin Thomas Zadoc, h n side Chestnut bet Church and Willow Thomas William, agent, h s side Egypt c Cherry Thompson Spencer, dry goods, 2 Union Buildings, s side Egypt bel DeKalb, h Egypt ab DeKalb 176 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Thompson Amos P., bartender, h Egypt c Markley Thompson Elizabeth, widow Benjamin, h Lafayette ab Cherry- Thompson Charles J. Rev., h e side Swede c Middle alley bel Egypt Thompson Charles A., painter, h n side Penn bel Swede Thompson Francis H., moulder, n side Marshall c Mill Thompson John Rev. , h Marshall n DeKalb Thompson Archibald D., court crier, h w side Willow ab Mar- shall Thompson Anna M., widow William, h w side Willow ab Mar- shall Thompson James P. , nailor h w side Willow ab Marshall Thompson Benjamin, laborer, h w side Willow ab Marshall Thompson James B., carpenter, h e side Cherry bel Chestnut Thomson Mark, printer, h s side Egypt bel Swede Thorne Joseph, physician, s side Egypt bel Green, h at Norri- tonville Tice Adam, baker, 68 Egypt, h do Tippan William, laborer, h e side Walnut ab Egypt Tippin Ann, widow Archibald, h Egypt ab Ford Tippin Alexander, limeburner, h Washington ab DeKalb Titlon Sarah S., widow Reuben C, cabinet ware rooms, n side Egypt ab Green, h do Todd William, (col'd) ostler, h n side Airy bc4 Arch Tolbot Margaret, widow William, 3 White Row Thomlinson Wells, drover, h w side Cherry bel Chestnut Tomony Margaret, widow John, 4 White Row Torry James, laborer, h Washington ab DeKalb Toy Elizabeth G., dressmaker and tailoress, h n side Egypt ab Walnut Tramer Lewis S., clothing, 232 Egypt, h do Travis James, spinner, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Travis John, carder, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Travis Thomas, spinner, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Travis William, piecer, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Troy Lawrence, laborer, h Egypt bel Ford Tustin John L., clerk, h e side Cherry bel Airy Tusting Robert, jeweler, h n side Jacoby ab Willow Tyson Maris, miller, 59 Egypt Tyson Elizabeth, weaver, h n side Ann bel Barbadocs Tyson Joseph, carpenter, h n side Marshall bet Arch and Wal- nut Tyson Samuel, farmer, h e side Arch bel Jacoby Tyson Amos, carter, h e side church bel Marshall Tyson Samuel, shoemaker, h w side Cherry ab Airy Tyson Joseph, shoemaker, h 9 Norris bel Marshall DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 177 u Utbcle Catharine, widow Michael, h n side Pcnn ab Cherry Undercoffer John, laborer, h Markley bel Lafayette Umstead Elizabeth, widow Jesse, h Markley bel Egypt Um stead Jesse, shoemaker, h Markley bel Egypt Updigrove Abraham, laborer, h Lafayette ab Barbadocs Vancourt B. Franklin, surveyor and conveyancer, s side Egypt ab Green, h Veranda Hotel Van Fossen Hiram, brickmaker, h w side Swede bel Wood Van Fossen Jesse, h w side Willow ab Marshall Vanhorne Thomas, laborer, h s side Marshall ab Walnut. Vanleer George, (col'd) laborer, h s side Green ab Penn Vanwinkle John, laborer, h w side Cherry bet Marshall and Airy Vanwinkle Isaac, shoemaker, h Egypt bel Haws av Vaughan David, laborer, h n side Jacoby bel High Vaughn William, painter, n side Egypt ab Arch, h New Hope ab Basin Vassman Motsel, puddler 6 Lafayette av Vogel George, laborer, h s side Penn ab Walnut Vonderaw Francis, tailor, n side Airy ab Swede, h Norris bel Marshall w Wack Charles Rev., h DeKalb ab Wood Wack Garrett C, h e side Swede bet Oak and Jacoby Wager Jacob, h Veranda Hotel Wagner Peter, laborer, h Barbadoes bel Egypt Wam Wright Eleanor F., widow Peter, teacher, h n side Penn ab Cherry Wamwright Hannah M., teacher, h n side Penn ab Cherry Walder Casper, heater, h Swede bel Washington Walker Lewis (Jones & Walker) soap, s side Egypt c Ford, h s side Egypt ab Ford Walker Frances, widow Francis, h s side Penn bet Arch and Green Walker Samuel, shoemaker, h Chain bet Egypt and Marshall Walker Frances, Swede bel Lafayette Walker Charles, laborer. Pearl bel Egypt Walker Samuel, shoemaker, h n side Penn bel Barbadoes Walker Mary, widow Charles, h n side Penn bel Barbadoes Walker Henry, shoemaker, h n side Airy bel Maple, h s side Airy ab Cherry Walker Charles, shoemaker, h n side Ann bet Cherry and Bar- badoes 178 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Walker Benjamin, shoemaker, n side Ann bet Cherry and Barbadoes Walker Henry, bricklayer, h s side Airy bel Barbadoes Walker Eleanor, widow William, h n side Ann ab Cherry Walker Charles, laborer, h e side Barbadoes bel Ann Walker Rebecca, weaver, h w side Buttonwood bel Jackson Walker Samuel C, printer, h s side Penn bet Arch and Green Walnut Jerome, cabinet maker, Egypt opp Mill h s side Egypt bel Franklin Walsh James, carter, h e side Smith ab Oak Walsh John, laborer, e side Smith ab Oak Walters Daniel, laborer, h s side Washington bel Franklin Walton Seth, h s side Elm c Willow al Ward Robert K., restaurant, 192 Egypt h do Warner Frederick, nailer, h w side Cherry ab Egypt Washington George, (col'd) laborer, h w side Willow ab Rob- erts Watson Jane, widow William, h n side Chestnut ab Willow Weand Henry K., law student, h w side DeKalb ab Penn Weand Jonas, stage driver, h e side Cherry bel Marshall Weber Devault, miller, h Swede c Marshall Weber Franklin, teacher,h e side Swede bet Brown and Roberts Weber Andrew J., farmer, h w side Swede ab Freedley Webster William, soap, h Egypt ab Ford Wedlar William, grocer, Egypt ab Arch, h Egypt bel Mill Weeber John, laborer, h Egypt ab Barbadoes Weebsr Philip, shoemaker, h Egypt ab Barbadoes Weeber Jacob F., carpenter, h e side Swede c Oak Weeber Kate M., tailoress, h eside Swede c Oak Weeber Margaretta M. , dressmaker h e side Swede c Oak Wells William, hair dresser and perfumer, 206 Egypt, h do Wells Lewis S., lawyer, n side Airy bel Swede, h w side Swede ab Marshall Wells Mary, (col'd) h e side Cherry bel Airy Welsh John, machinist, h n side Penn bel Arch Welsh Michael, helper, h Hickey ab Schuylkill Welsh Zebulon, h e side Willow bel Spruce Wentz Thomas H., saw and sash mill, Egypt bel Stony Creek, h w side Swede c Oak Wertsner George, h w side DeKalb bel Jacoby West George, boatman, s side Egp3rt bel Franklin West John, shoemaker, h s side Penn ab Arch West John, stone cutter, h Washington Hotel West John, engineer, h w side Swede ab Chestnut West James, laborer, h s side Chestnut bel Church Wetzel Albert, clothing, 236 Egypt, h n side Egypt ab Wash- ington DIRECTORY OF NORRISTOWN. 179 Wetzen Mary Jane, tailorcss, h 232 Egypt Whelan John C, chain maker, n side Egypt c Arch, h Egypt bel Walnut White Charles, contractor, h n side Chestnut bel Green White William, superintendent, h Egypt ab Walnut White Eliza, teacher, h 4 Union Buildings s side Egypt bel De- Kalb White Duncan, book binder at Philadelphia, h e side Oak c Chestnut White John, shoemaker, h s side Penn ab Arch White William, plasterer, he side Church ab Airy White Charles, coal, n side Marshall c Church ; feed, s side Marshall bel Church, h w side Swede bel Oak White James, h e side Willow c Elm White Mary, widow Thomas, hn side Lafayette bel Franklin Whitehead Thomas, weaver, h w side Buttonwood ab Jackson Whitehead Abraham, spinner, h w side Buttonwood ab Jack- son Whitehead John, carder, h w side Buttonwood ab Jackson Whitman Charles, laborer, h Lafayette ab Markley Whitman Daniel h Astor bel Marshall Whitney Ann, widow Thomas J., millinery, 150 Egypt, h do Whitney Margaret, milliner, h 150 Egypt Widger Mark, laborer, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Widmager Charles, baker, h 68 Egypt Widemoj^er Jacob, mason, h w side Cherry bel Oak Widroder Frederick, laborer, h e side Cherry bet Chestnut and Oak Wigner Joseph, victualer, h s side Marshall ab Tremont avenue Wilds Charles, spinner, h n side Buttonwood bel Egypt Wiley James, warper, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Wilkins Benjamin, carpenter, h s side Penn ab TV alnut Wilkinson John (col'd) laborer h e side Green bet Elm and Spruce Williams William, farmer, s side Egypt opp Mill Williams William, (col'd) laborer h s side Elm ab Cherry Williams John H., printer, h Egypt opp Arch Williams Catharine, widow David, h Egypt ab Ford Williams Mills, nailer, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Williams John G., speculator, s side Sandy bel Walnut Williamson John K., feeder, h Schuylkill ab Barbadoes Willmott William, locksmith, h n side Washington ab Green Wills Morgan R., bookseller and stationer, 196 Egypt, h Rambo House Wills William C, shoemaker, h n side Lafayette bel Mill Wills John A., shoemaker, h w side Cherry bet Airy and Marshall 180 NORRISTOWX AND BRIDGEPORT. Wilson William W., miller, h n side Egypt bel Arch Wilson Lloyd, (col'd) laborer, h n side Penn ab Walnut Wilson Winfield S., secretary and treasurer P. N. G. R. Ft. Co., h e side DeKalb bel Airy Wilson Pdchard, h s side Marshall bel DeKalb Wilson Eliza, widow Robert, h n side Oak c Church Wilson James, (cord) laborer, h e side Cherry ab Oak Wilson Jabcz, farmer, h w side Swede ab Freedley Winchester Virginia A. F., widow Rev. Thomas W., h n side Jacoby bel Church. Winnemore Joanna, dressmaker, h Lafayette bel Strawberry alley. Winter Samuel, (col'd) trader, h w side Powell c Spruce. Winter Matthias, coachtrimmer, h w side Cherry bel Oak Wisler John H., carpenter, h s side Chestnut ab Willow Wisner Charles L., nailer, h s side Marshall, bel Xorris Wolf George D. Rev., teacher, h Airy bil Swede Wolf Joseph, carpenter, h Egypt bel Haws avenue Wolf John, helper, h w side Washington ab Swede Wolf Joseph C, carpenter, h s side Egypt Wolford Jonas, carpenter, h s side Oak bet Willow and Chcs!:- nut Wood widow James, h w side DeKalb bel spruce AVood James, laborer, h s side Penn bel Walnut Wood Zilphia, widow John, seamstress, h s side Marshall ab Arch Woodman Mary, h Chestnut ab DeKalb Woodman William T., h Chestnut ab DeKalb Woodman Ruth, h Chestnut ab DeKalb Woodman William T., teacher languages, h n side Chestnut bet Willow and Church Wonstlcr Jonas, carpenter, h Lafayette ab Strawberry alley Workiser George, carpenter, h Swede bel Egypt Worsley Thomas, beamer, h Swede bel Washington Wright & Brother, (Morgan and Comly Wright) dry good and carpetings, 218 Egypt, h e side DeKalb c Penn Wright Comly, (Wright & Brother) dry goods and carpetings, 218 Egypt, h w side Cherry ab Airy Wright George, shoes, 110 Egypt, h do Wright Thomas S., cutter, h Lafayette ab Cherry Wright William G., blacksmith, h n side Oak ab Church Wright Charlotte, widow Morgan, h w side Cherry ab Airy Wyckofl' Christopher, superintendent distillery, w side DeKalb c Washington, h Cherry ab Airy Y Yates William, dvcr, h s side Airy ab AYalnut DIRECTORY OP N0RRIST0W2?. 181 Yeager Andrew B., carter, h s side Chestnut bcl Church Yeager Jesse, h 221 Egypt Yeakle Abraham A., (Schrack & Yeakle) dry goods, n side Egypt c DeKalb, h Montgomery Hotel Yeakle Samuel, h e side DeKalb c Oak Yeager Thomas, bricklayer, h s side Marshall c Norris Yerkes William H., lawyer, 199 Egypt, h Montgomery Hotel Yerkes Mary, weaver, h Lafayette ab Strawberry alley Yocom William S-, leather findings, n side Egypt ab Walnut, hdo Yost Peter, police, h Lafayette ab DeKalb Yost Peter, carter, h w side Swede bet Chestnut and Oak Yost Sarah, washing, 227 Egypt Yost Charles, painter, h Washington Hotel Yost Daniel M., clerk, h R. R. Hotel Young Jacob, shoemaker, h Lafayette ab Strawberry alley Young Elizabeth, widow Charles, h s side Penn ab Cherry Young Catharine, servant, h Farmers' and Mechanics' Hotel Young John, carpenter, h Airy ab Cherry Young Benjamin, billiards, n side Lafayette ab DeKalb Young John, carpenter, h s side Airy ab Cherry Young Joseph, trader, h w side Powell bel Spruce Yungman Benjamin, carpenter Yungman Benedict, carpenter, h s side Oak bel Cherry Yungman Benedict, grocer, 104 Egypt, h do z Zeigler Jeremiah, laborer, h Lafayette c Franklin avenue Zilling Michael, h e side Swede bel Chestnut Zimmerman Jacob, carter, h 10 Norris bel Marshall Zimmerman John, farmer, h e side Arch ab Jacoby Zimmerman Elizabeth, h w side DeKalb ab Wood Zimmerman Ann, h w side DeKalb ab Wood Zimmerman Mary A. , widow David, millinery, 108 Egypt, h do Zimmerman Hannah, widow Abraham, h n side Egypt bet Arch and Walnut Zimmerman William, agent Howard's express, h Egypt ab Walnut Zinnell Adam, bar tender, h Egypt bel Barbadoes Zinnel George, restaurant, 168 Egypt, h s side Egypt ab Bar- badoes Zoller Charles, wheelwright, h Egypt ab Chain BRIDGEPORT. ABBREVIATIONS. R R. railroad ; R R R Reading railroad ; C V R R Chester Valley railroad ; bel below ; ab above ; bet between ; c corner ; col'd colored ; av avenue ; n near ; opp opposite ; n side north side ; s side south side ; e side east side ; w side west side. Altemus William, R R station, h e side Front bel DeKalb Amies Mary H., widow William, h s side DeKalb ab Third Anconia Edward P., telegraph operator, h R. R. House Anderson Richard, laborer, h e side Seventh ab Mill Anderson Rachael D., widow William, h w side Second bel Green Anderson Wellamina M., teacher, h s side Second bel Green Andrews Joel W., brick yard, s side R R R bet Mill and Green, h Montgomery Hotel at Norristown Answorth Elizabeth, widow Jonathan, h e side Green ab Fraley Armbruster Mary M., servant, h e side R R R ab Depot Austerberry Joseph, roll coverer, h e side Front ab Depot B Beatty Christopher, R. R. station, h w side Second ab Mill Beaver Samuel, Jr., mill and lumber, n side Second ab DeKalb, h at Norristown Bell Elizabeth G., servant, h n side DeKalb bet Second and Canal Benkleman John, carpenter, h w side Fifth bet Merrion and Canal Benncr William, harness maker, h s side DeKalb bel Second Benson William, saddler, h e side Eighth bet Green and Mill Benson Jane, widow, h e side Eighth bet Green and Mill Bethune Joseph, weaver, h e side Grove ab Fralcy Bickcl Ephriam B., pest master, h n side DeKalb bel Second Bliikcly Mary, widow Henry, h e side Rambo bel ^Mill DIRECTORY OF BRIDGEPORT 183 Blakely James, superintendent, h e side Rarabo bcl Mill Bocot Xavicr, bonnet maker, h Rambo bel Mill Bowman Jane, servant, h s side DeKalb c Second Bowman Philip, cabinet maker, h Fifth ab Merrion Bradley James, spinner, h e side Grove ab Frale^^ Brierly Joseph, spinner, h w side Depot c R R R Brierly John, laborer, h s side R R R bet Vine and Lock Bright Eliza 0., widow Charles, dressmaker, h n side DeKalb ab Front Brook Hannah, h n side DeKalb ab Tenth Broughton John, h n side Front ab Depot Brower Adeline, dressmaker, h w side Fourth c Green Brown Andrew (col'd,^ barber, s side Second ab DeKalb, h e side Swede ab Third Burley Robert, machinist, h e side Front ab Depot Burns Ann, widow James, h n side DeKalb near Canal Burns William, boatman, h n side DeKalb near Canal Bush James, restaurant. Ford av c Front, h do Bush John P., clerk, h e side Ford av c Front Buzby Jane, widow John, h e side Eighth bet Green and Mill Buzby John B., conveyancer, h e side Front ab DeKalb Cainen Anna, servant, h n side DeKalb ab Eighth Cairns Sarah, widow, h s side Ford av bel Rambo Cliff George, shearer, h e side Grove ab Fraley Clinton Peter, laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Eighth Coates Martha, widow John, h w side Fourth c Green Coates John, limeburner, h w side Fourth c Green Cochran William, weaver, h e side Prospect bel Holstein Colgan Robert, boatman, h n side Ford av bel Rambo Corman Charles L., R. R. agent at Conshohocken, h s side R R R ab Vine Cotton Rebecca, h w side Third ab Mill Coyle Mary, weaver, h w side R R R ab Lock Coyle Thomas, laborer, h e side Depot ab Fourth Cutler James, engineer, h w side Front ab Depot Cutler Mary, widow William, h w side Front ab Depot D Dalby Matthias, laborer, h e side Second bel Green Danehower Henry, bakery, s side DeKalb c Front, h do Dehaven Mordecai, grocer, n side DeKalb bel R R R, h do Demstead Elizabeth, weaver, h w side R R R bet Vine and Lock Dewees Louisa, widow George, h West Borough line ab DeKalb Dickenson Isaac, brickmaker, h w side Fifth ab Merrion 1 84 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Donalson James, laborer, h e side Front c Depot Dotsoii Emily, h s side DeKalb ab Seventh Doyle Patrick, restaurant, n side DeKalb n canal bridge, h do Dugan Mary, weaver, h s side Egypt ab Front Dugan Nancy, weaver, h s side Depot ab Fourth E Edmonds John, telegraph operator, h n side DeKalb ab Seventh Enderly Joseph, ostler, h Evans House Entz Conrad, mason, h s side DeKalb ab Tenth Evans Cadwalader, h s side DeKalb c Second Eve Catharine, h s side DeKalb ab Sixth F Farrell John, laborer, h e side Third bel Green Fortune Mary, widow Thomas, h s side Mill ab Second Freyfogle John, lime burner, h e side Second bel Green Freyfogle Jacob, lime dealer, h e side second bel Green Furlong Irwin, watchman, h e side Front ab Depot G Gabe Phillip M., carpenter, h n side DeKalb ab Tenth Gabe William, shoemaker, h n side DeKalb ab Tenth Gamble Mary R., h s side DeKalb ab Front Gaunt Joshua, spinner, h w side Fourth bel Depot Gebhart John, restaurant, s side DeKalb ab Front h do Geigcr Henry, shoemaker, h w side Front bel Green Glenn James, laborer, h e side Second bel Green Glenn Lewis, shoemaker, h w side Third bel Green Glysson Marshall S., laborer, h w side Seventh c Mill Greaves Joseph, beamer, h n side Depot c R R R Greenwood Webster, spinner, h s side R R R c Lock Griffith Jonathan, carter, h n side DeKalb bel Seventh H Hague John, laborer, h w side R R R bel Mill Hallman Hiram C, plasterer, h e side Fifth ab Ford avenue Hallman Jacob L., smithery, n side DeKalb bel Third, h w side Third bel Green Hampton Samuel, carpenter, h w side Second bel Mill Hansell Charles, laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Tenth Hansell William, blacksmith, h n side DeKalb bel Seventh Hansell George Y., paper hanger and wall paper at Norristown, h n side DeKalb bel Seventh Hansell Anna M., milliner at Norristown, h n side DeKalb bel Seventh Hardman Joseph, clerk, h w side Fourth ab Ford avenue Harris Thomas, laborer, h Mill DIRECTORY OF BRIDGEPORT. 185 Harriscn John, beamer, h e side R R R ab Depot Harrison Joseph, dyer, h e side Fourth ab Ford avenue Harrison Joseph, damper, h w side R R R bel Mill Hart Samuel H., clerk, h e side Third c Mill Heap Joshua B. , carder, h e side Second ab Depot Heebner Christopher, mill, s side DeKalb bet Canal aud Schuyl kill, h at Norristown Hendron Rebecca, widow James, h w side R R c Mill Hendron John, blacksmith, h w side Third ab Mill Hess Charles, yictualar, h w side Front bel Green Hess Maria, h e side Third ab Mill Hess George, R. R. station, e side Third c Green Hilton John, weaver, h e side Fourth ab Ford Hilton Margaret, widow John, h e side Second ab Depot Hollingsworth William, spinner, h e side Grove abFralc}'- Holstein George W., physician, h s side DeKalb b^l R R R Holt Robert, engineer, h w side Depot c R R R Hughes Benjamin B., h n side DeKalb ab Seventh Hughes Nathan R., h n side DeKalb ab Seventh Hunter Perry M. , manufacturer, h n side DeKalb c Seventh Hunter David, laborer, h w side Grove bel Rambo Hurst Jacob M., collector, h w side Front ab Mill Hurst Henry, h w side Front ab Mill Hurst Catharine, h w side Front ab Mill Hustler James, weaver, h e side Fourth ab Ford avenue J Jackson John, weaver, h e side Grove ab Fraley Jacobs Charles, victualer, h w side Front bel Green Johnson Joseph, carpenter, h e side Front bel DeKaib Jones Hannah, h w side Third ab Mill K Kay Roger, weaver, h w side R R R bet Vine and Lock Keiger & Brother, (George W. and William) dry goods and groceries, s side DeKalb c Second Keiger George W., (Keiger & Brother) dry goods, s side De- Kalb c Second, h s side DeKalb bel Second Keiger William (Keiger & Brother) dry goods, s side DeKalb c Second, h n side DeKalb c Fifth Keiger Colbert, clerk, h s side DeKalb bel Second Keiger John A., wheelwright, h w side Fifth c Merrion Keiger Eliza, widow Andrew, h R R Hotel Kelly Edward, laborer, h w side Seventh bel Mill Kelly Ellen, widow Lawrence, h w side Seventh bel Mill Kennedy Luther, shoemaker, h w side Second bel Green Kensula Andrew, laborer, h e side Prospect bel Holstein Kensula Patrick, laborer, h e side Prospect bel Holstein Kersay Phebe, widow Joshua, h n side DeKalb ab Fourth 186 NOERISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Lamsback John W., lock tender, h at Guard Lock Lane Rebecca R., h n side DeKalb bel Sixth Lane Magdtlen, widow Edward, h n side DeKalb bel Sixth Larkins Bartholomew, dyer, h w side R R R ablLock Laver Nathaniel, miller, h s side DeKalb ab Ford Lawless James, h e side Front ab Mill Lee David, weaver, h e side Grove ab Fraley Lee James, laborer, h s side DeKalb c Ninth Lee Michael, laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Seventh Lip Lewis, baker, h s side DeKalb c Front Loughrey Mary, cook, h Evans House Kyle Francis, proprietor Evans House, n side DeKalb c Second Lyle Walter W., collector, h Evans House Lyle Charles, gate Keeper, h n side DeKalb at toll gate M McCarter Eli G., magistrate, s side Front bel DeKalb, h n side Front bet Green and Mill McCoy Robert, boatman, h n side Ford av above Rambo McDonald William, laborer, h w side Grove bel Rambo McGill Arthur, laborer, h s side Ninth bel Ford av McGill Hugh, laborer, h n side Grove c Fourth McGowen George, dyer, h w side R R R ab Lock McMullen James, boatman, h n side Ford av bel Rambo McNulty Edward, merchant, h n side Eighth bet Green and Mill McQuade John, blacksmith, h n side R R R bel Mill McQuade James, laborer, h n side Front ab Mill Magee Edward, h s side Second bel Mill Mairs William, boatman, hn side Front bet DeKalb and Mill Makins Sylvester, brickmaker, h s side Third bel Green Makins John, painter, h n side R R R bel Mill Makins Charles, laborer, h s side Third bel Green Metzgar Philip, carpenter, h s side Second bel Mill Miles Wilson, lock tender at the outlet locks, h do Miller Andrew, laborer, h n side Third bel Green Miller Rebecca F., widow Isaac, h s side DeKalb c Ninth Mitchell James S., miller Mitten James, laborer, h n side DeKalb north Canal bridge Moon John, warper, h s side Fifth above Merrion Mulvany Francis, burgess, h n side R R R ab Depot Murray Charles, R R station, h s side Front bet Mill and Depot Myers Wilhelmina, widow Hance, h junction C V and R R R N Newberry & Brother (Henry E, and Israel D.,) flour and feed w side Fourth c Depot DIRECTORY OF BRIDGEPORT. 187 Ncwberiy Henry E., (Newberry & Brother,) flour and feed, s side Fourth c Depot, h s side Fifth ab Ford av Newberr}^ Israel D., (Newberry & Brother,) flour and feed, s side Fourth c Depot, h s side Fifth ab Ford av Nicholson Charles, boatman, h s side R K, R bel Mill O'Brien Peter, spinner, h n side Third bcl Green Ogden John, cotton Factory, n side Front bel Depot, h s side Front bel Green O'Neil John, laborer, n side Front ab Mill 'Toole Catharine, h Evans House P Parker Hiram, wheelwright, h R. R. House Patterson George S., coal, h s side Second ab Mill Pawling Nathan, machinist, s side Third ab Mill Pechin George, lime dealer, h n side DeKalb c Fourth Pechin Margaretta, h n side DeKalb c Fourth Pechin Mary E., h n side DeKalb c Fourth Percival Thomas, dyer, s side R R R ab Depot Pickup Charles, warper, h e side Rambo bel Mill Pickup George, weaver, h e side Rambo bel Mill Picstone George, s side R R R bet Vine and Lock Piatt James, spinner, h e side Grove ab Fraky Potts Ezekiel, machinist, h n side DeKalb bcl R R R Price John, laborer, h Swede west borough line R Rambo R. Roberts, (Rambo & Major) dry goods at Norristown, h n side DeKalb opp Front Rambo Susan, widow Ivans, h w side DeKalb ab Fourth Rambo Mark, h s side Front bel Mill Rambo Rachel, widow Jonathan, h s side Front bel Mill Rambo Catharine, h s side Front bel Mill Rambo Andrew, mason, h s side R R R bel Vine Rambo William, mason, h s side R R R bel Vine Ramsay Isaac, carpenter, s side Third btl Green Ramsay Jesse W., lime dealer, h s side Second ab Mill Ramsey Charles, clerk, h s side Second ab Mill Rapp John, bar tender, h Railroad Hotel Raysor Owen, carpenter, h s side DeKalb c Third Reddington William, engineer, h s side R R ab Depot Redford George, spinner, h s side Depot bel Fourth Richards John, carpenter, h s side Fourth c Merrion Richardson Elizabeth, h s side Second ab Mill Righter Jacob, laborer, h w side Seventh ab Mill Ritter John, laborer, h n side DeKalb bel Sixth 188 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Roach Michael, watchman, h Swede north borough line Roach William, laborer, h Swede north borough line Roach John, laborer, h Swede north borough line Roach Margaret, widow Luce, h Swede north borough line Roberts Sarah, h n side DeKalb bel Sixth Rowan John, restaurant, s side Second ab Mill, h w side Third Rumley George, blacksmith, h n side Third ab Mill Russell Joseph, laborer, h n side Fifth bcl Mill Rutter John P., clerk, h Evans House Ry lands Thomas, watchman, h e side Grove bel Fraley s Shainline Jacob, carter, h s side Fourth c Green Shainlin George W., farmer, h Swede n borough line Sharp Robert, boatman, h n side Front ab Depot Sharplcss Thompson, machinist, hn side Seventh bel Mill Shaw Joseph, manager, n side Fourth ab Lock Simmons Louisa, h n side DeKalb ab Ninth Skein Joseph R., blacksmith, h s side DeKalb ab Front Skelly Thomas, laborer, h e side Hurst bel Holstein Smith Henry, laborer, h s side Ford av ab Eighth Smith John, laborer, h s side R R R ab Depot Smith George, foreman, h s side DeKalb ab Third Smith Jesse miller, h s side Front bel Green Smithhurst Violet, weaver, h e side Grove ab Fraley Stamp Patrick, laborer, h n side DeKalb n Canal Bridge Stillwagon George W., carpenter, h n side Third bel Green Stritz ell Benjamin, laborer, hn side DeKalb n Canal Bridge Stump Christopher, carpenter, h s side Second bel Green Supplee Jonathan R., bricklayer, hn side Fifth ab Ford av Supplee Abiier, blacksmith, h n side DeKalb ab Ninth Swan WiUiam, moulder,w side Depot cRambo, h s side Rambo bel Mill Sweney James, laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Tenth T Taylor Martha, widow Joseph, h e side Grove ab Fraley Taylor Alfred, carder, h e side Grove ab Fraley Taylor John, coachmaker, s side Fourth bel Green h s side R R R c Mill Thurlo Paul & Son, woolen mill, n side Fourth ab Lock, h at Philadelphia Tippin Samuel, lime burner, h s side Front bcl Mill Trainer John, laborer, h s side Front bel Green Turner Thomas, weaver, he side R R R ab Lock u Updigrove Jesse, wheelwright, n side Rambo bcl Mill DIRECTORY OF BRIDGEPORT. 189 w Walkenshaw William, conductor C V R R, h Evans House Walter Christian laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Sixth Ward Joshua, blacksmith, h s side Green c Seventh Watson Andrew, laborer, h n side Front ab Mill Webb Thomas, laborer, h r s side DeKalb ab Front Wheeler James, laborer, h n side DeKalb ab Eighth Wheeler Lawrence, laborer, h w side Grove bel Union av Widdicombe Thomas, proprietor Railroad House, s side R R R c depot Wills Margaret, widow Hugh, h r s side DeKalb ab Front Wilson Thomas H., ticket agent R R R, h Evans House Wilson Frederick A., railroader, h Evans House Winget Caroline, h s side DeKalb c Front Wise William, shoemaker, h n side DeKalb bel Sixth Y Young David D., coal dealer, h e side depot n R R R LIST OF STREETS. NORRISTOWN. NOTE. — In locating the Streets of the borough, it was thought best, as far as possible, only to notice the streets opened for travel ; in some instances, however, the residences and places of business of persons living in the extreme rural portion of the borough are fixed upon streets not open, but are to be found on the borough map. ABBREVIATIONS. N North ; S South ; E East ; W West ; R River ; bet le- tween ; Al alley ; Av Avenue ; bel below. Airy, W from^E of Walnut to Arch, and from Green to Bar- badoes. Ann, W from Cherry to Stony Creek. Appletree Al, W from Willow to Church, bet Chestnut and Oak. Arch, N from Eiypt to Wood. Astor, N from Egypt to Marshall. Barbadoes, N from R to Marshall. Basin, E from Swede to New Hope. Beech, E from Stony Creek to Swede. Blackberry Al, W from Willow to Church, bet Marshall and Chestnut. Brown, E and W from either borough line. Battonwood, N from Jackson to borough line, bet Hamilton and Noble. Cedar, E from Tremont Av to New Hope, bet Oak and Ja- coby. Chain, N from Egypt to Marshall Cherry, N from R to Oak. Chestnut, E from Cherry to Arch. Church, N from Airy to Oak, bet Ssvede and DeKalb DeKalb, N from Sohuylkill Bridge to borough line, ending in New State Road. Egypt, (or Main) E and W from either borough line. 194 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Ell's, E and W from either borough line. Elm, E from Stony Creek to Green, ab Stony Creek. Ford, N from Swedes' Ford Bridge to Egypt. Franklin N from R to Egypt ab Ford. Franklin Av, N from R to Egypt, ab Stony Creek. Freedley, E and W from either borough line, bet Fornance and Brown. George, N from Egypt to Marshall. Green, N from R to Wood ab DeKalb Hamilton, N from R to borough line. Harpers Al, W from Swede to Hickey, bet Washington and Schuylkill. Haws, N from Egypt to Oak. Haws (or Cottage) Av, N from Egypt to Elm. Hickey, N from Schuylkill to Washington, bet Cherry and Barbadoes. Jackson, E and W from Norristown Cemetery to Stanbridge, bet W^ashington and R. Jacoby, W from DeKalb to Swede. Knox, N from R to Egypt. Kohn, N from Marshall to Elm. Lafayette, W from Ford to Stony Creek. Lafayette Av, S from Lafayette bet Swede and Cherry. Maple Al, N from Airy to Elm. ■ Markley, N from R to Penn. Marshall, W from New Hope to borough line. Middle Al, E from Swede to Strawberry Al. Mill, N from R to Egypt, bet Green and Arch. New Hope, N from Marshall to Plymouth Road. Norris, N from Airy to Marshall, bet Barbadoes and Cherry. Oak, E from Cherry to Sand}^. Pearl, N from Lafayette to Egypt, bet Chain and Stony Creek. Penn, W from Walnut to Markley. Pine, N from Wood to borough line. Powell, N E from Swede to Roberts. Roberts, E from Powell to DeKalb. Sandy, E from Walnut to borough line, into Sandy Hill Road, Schuylkill, W from Swede to Markley, bel Washington. Schuylkill Al, E from Green to Gas Works. Smith, E from Oak to Elm, bet Arch and Walnut. Spruce, E from Powell to Arch. Stanbridge, N from Egypt to Stcrigere. Sterigere, W from Markley to borough line. Strawberry Al, N from Washington to Egypt, bet Swede ani Egypt. STREETS OF NORRISTOWN. 195 Swede, N from R to borough line, into State Road. Thomas, N from Oak to Basin. Tremont Av, N from Sandy. Violet, N from Marshall to Basin. Walnut, N from Lafayette to xMarshall. Washington, E from Stony Creek to borough line. Willow ,"n from Marshall to Oak, and from Elm to borough line. . Willow Al, N from Jacoby to Basm. Wood, E from Powell to Green. White Row, bel Swede, bet Washington and R. BRIDGEPORT ABBREVIATIONS. SW southwest; N W northwest; N north; S south; E east; Av avenue ; btl below; bet between; R river ; R R R Reading Rail Road ; C V R R Chester Valley Rail Road. DeKalb, S W from Bridsxe to State Road. Depot, S W from R to Ford Av, at Fifth E to Mill Fifth, E from C VR R to junction Depot and Ford Av Ford Av, S W from Swedes' Ford Bridge to State Road Fourth, E from N W borough line to E do, and Schuylkill Road. Front, E from DeKalb to Ford Av Green, S W from Front to R R R, bel DeKalb. Grove, S from Fourth bcl Ford Av, to Rambo. Mill, S from R to Fourth, bel DeKalb. Rambo, E from Mill to Ford Av, bet C V R R to Fifth. Second, E from N W borough line to Depot. Seventh, E from DeKalb to Ford Av. Sixth, E from DeKalb to Green. Third, E from N W borough hne to Mill. Union Av, E from Ford Av to borough line. Tine, N from Fourth to R R R bel Ford Av. STATISTICS. NORKISTOWN COUNTY AND BOROUGH OFFICEES. County OpTicees.— Sheriff , John M. Stauffer, elected Octo- ber 1858. Prothonotary, Florance Sullivan, elected October 1847. Kecorder of Deeds, William Hill, dected October 1857, Clerk of Courts, E. B. Moore, elected October, 1857. Register of Wills, P. S. Gerhard. County Treasurer, Aaron Brake, elected October, 1869 ; office term commenced January, 1860. County Commissioners, (each serve 3 years) Jacob Brant, elected 1857. J. B. Adams, elected, 1858. Daniel Carr, elect- ed, 1859. Auditors, William J. Buck, George Bilger, Jones Detwiller. Directors of Poor, Christian Markley, William Machnet and Adam Kneedler. County Solicitor, Benjamin E. Chain, Esq., for Commissioners, A. B. Longaker, 'Esq., for Directors of Poor. Mercantile Appraiser, Abraham S. Schwenk. Deputy Sheriff", Wallace Hahn. Deputy Prothono- tary, Jerad Evans. Deputy Recorder ofDeeds, A. G. Feather. Deputy Clerk of Courts, Jacob F. Quillman. Coroner, J. C. Snyder. District Attorney, S. N. Rich. Sealer of Weights and Measures, John Righter, Noriiton township. County Sur- veyor, Abel Rambo. Congressman, John Wood, Conshohocken. State Senator, John Thompson, Pottstown. Assemblymen, Dr. C. H. Hill, Hatboro, David Stoneback, Frederick, and John Dismant, Upper Providence. Prisox — Warden, John Boyer. Deputies, John Bean, John Clayton. Inspectors, B. F. Hancock, President, John M. Jones, Secretary, Perry M. Hunter, Joseph B. Dunlap, M. D., Henry C. Hill, A. Brovrer Longaker. Court Officers — President Judge, Daniel M. Smyser, Nor- ristown. Associate Judges, Nathaniel Jacoby, Norristown, Henry Longaker, Upper Providence. Crier, Archibald Thomp- son. Tip Staves, Daniel Jacoby, Adam Schrack. Janitor of Court House, David Stahl. Borough Officers — Burgess, Charles H. Garber. Clerk of Councils, Samuel Thomas. Treasurer, Abraham Markley. Councils, Henry Freedley, President, Daniel R. Brower, Jam*es Chain, Charles Earnest, Henry C. Hill, John F. Hartrauft, James Hooven,W. T.Koplin, Henry Lehman, Samuel B. Lewis, 200 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Jacob T. Moore, George Shannon, Isaac B. Stokes, Thomas H* Wentz, Samuel Yeakle. Borough Surveyor, Samuel Thomas* Street and Road Commissioner, John Cowdar. Borough di- vided into three Wards, viz : Upper, Middle and Lower. Jus- tice of the Peace, Upper Ward, Thomas W. Potts; Middle Ward, William Rossiter ; Lower Wards, L. E. Corson. Constables, Upper Ward, Thomas Lonnsdale ; Middle Ward, Matthias Custer ; Lower Ward, Jonathan Thomas. Police and Watch- man, (known by stars) Upper Ward, Henry Beaver ; Middle Ward, Peter C. Yost ; Lower Ward, Daniel Emerlck. Asses- sors, Upper Ward, Charles Hurst ; Middle Ward, John Cow- den ; Lower Ward, Robert Iredell. Tax Collectors, (State and County) Upper Ward, Thomas Lonsdale ; Middle Ward, David Rogers ; Lower Ward, Isaiah B. Houpt. (Payable to the Bo- ough treasurer at his office, until January 1st, the accounts are then handed to the collector. Tax Collector, Borough, Thomas Lousdale. Tax Collector, School, Isaac Markley. Markets— Clerk, Isaac Markley. Regulators, Henry C. Hill, Samuel Yeakle. Post Office— Post Master, H. G. Hart. Deputy, Frank Hart. Carrier, John Stout. Gas Department— Superintendent, Abraham Markley. Water Department— Superintendent, Samuel Griffith. Su- pervisor, Abraham Markley. CHURCHES. St. John's Episcopal — North side Airy street, between Swede and DeKalb. No Pastor at present. Services by various clergymen. Names of Wardens— John McKay and Henry Edey. Names of Vestrymen— William Wills, James W. Schrack, Adam Slemmer, Daniel M. Smyser, Perry M. Hun- ter. Number Communicants, about 120. Number Congrga- tion, about 120 families. Times of Sabbath services : Winter, morning lOi o'clock, evening 7 o'clock ; Summer, morning 104 o'clock, evening 8 o'clock. Organized December 17th, 1812; edifice was commenced 1813, and completed 1814. Sunday School— times of sessions: Winter 2 P. M., Summer 9 A. M. Number scholars : male 45, female 55 ; teachers, male 3, female 20. Number of volumes, about 1300. Superintendent— John McCay. Librarians— Miss Ann Saylor and Miss Anna G. Potts. Sexton— Jonas Wontsetler. Rev. Nathan Stem, D. D., late Pastor, commenced February I7th, 1859 ; died November 1st, 1859. Ladies' Benevolent Society : about 60 members; the STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. 201 ofBcers are two Directresses, one Treasurer and one Secretary. During the year 1856, the church edifice was greatly enlarged and beautified ; indeed, so thorough has been the renovation that it is now virtually anew building. Its present dimensions are 56 by 109 feet, in the extreme. A new organ, built by Mr. A G. Hunter, of Philadelphia, was placed in the church in March, 1858. Organist— W. T. Koplin. Baptist Cnuncn Corner Swede and Airy streets. Name of Supply — Rev. Thomas Jordan Thomas. Deacons — Thomas Shaw, George Lloyd, Samuel D. Philips, William "White, John C. McCrea, George Wright, John G. Reese. Trustees — Thos. Shaw, John C. McCrea, George Wright, John Reese, M. H. McVaugh, Isaac Styer. Reuben Frcase. Sexton — Levi Rush. Organized December 12th, 1832 ; edifice built 1833. Sabbath School — time of sessions : 2 o'clock, P. M. Number scholars, 90; male 40, female 50; number teachers, 21; male 7, fe- male 14. Number of volumes, 932. Superintendents — Geo. Wright, Ass'stant Superintendent — Dr. Wm. Scott. Super- intendent Infant School — Lousia Knouse ; 60 scholars. Two Bible Classes, Instructors — J. L. Tustin, Catharine Major, Number of students, 16 ; male 5, female 11. Libraians — D. J. McYaugh and M. H. McYaugh. Public worship Sabbath morning and evening ; Wednesday evening a Lecture in the Lecture Room at 7i o'clock ; Saturday evening a prayer meet- ing at 7^ o'clock. First Presbttertan". — Corner DeKalb and Airy streets. Hours of service: Winter lOi o'clock, A. M. and 7 P.M.; Sum- mer 10 o'clock, A. M. and 8 P. M. iN"umber of communiants, 143; congregation, 500. Pastor — Job F. Halsey. Elders — Henry McMiller, G. Rodman Fox, Cyreneus S. Baker, Samuel Beaver, Jr., Levi Streeper and Benj. Davis. Trustees — J. G. Ralston, C. S. Baker, Henry Miller, Thomas P. Knox. Andrew J. Knox, S. Porter Stinson, Samuel O'Neill, Sr., William Jam- ison and Levi Streeper. The Church was organized September 4th, f819, by Rev. J. P. Wilson, D. D., of Philadelphia. The Church was built in the year 1853, at an expense of $30,000, including an Organ, $2,050 and Parsonage $2,700; exclusive of a lot on which the building stands, and all paid for. Pastor of Church when edifice was built — Randolph A. Smith. Sun- day School — time of session, 2 o'clock, P. M. Number of schol- ars, 160; male 58. female 102; teachers, 17 ; male 5, female 12. Number of volumes, 820. Superintendent — Benjamin Davis ; Assistant Wm. K. Carr. Librarians— Misses Ida Powell and Elizabeth M. McMiller. In flint School under the supervis- ion of Mrs. Fannie Ilunsicker. Organist — Thos. 0. Neill. Leader 202 NOERISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. of Choir — James 0. Neill. Sexton — William Black. Biblical Lecture on Wednesday evenings, at 7 o'clock, P. M., in Wm- ter, and 8 P. M. in Summer. Prayer meeting on Saturday evenings ; hours same as above. CE^rTRAL Presbyterian-. — Corner Airy and Green streets. The Central Presbyterian Church of Norristown is in connec- tion with the Fouth Presbytery of Philadelphia, with the Sy- nod of Pennsylvania, and through them with the *< General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America." Pastor — Rev. Daniel G. Mallery.. Elders — David Getty, Jacob Tearry,* Joseph S. Smith, f Charles A. Hallman,t Wm. McDermott. Deacons — (none have been elected.) Trus- tees— Benjamin E. Chain, (Prest.)M. M'Glathey, (Sec.) Samuel Griffith, Jacob Croll, John Cowden, F. Derr, Charles Christ- man, David Gelty, Jacob Irett. 195 communicants. Hours of service: Sundays, 10 o'clock, Prayer Meeting; 10^ Morn- ing Service; 2 Sunday School ; Evening Services, 7 o'clock in Winter, 7i Spring and Fall, and 8 in Summer. Thursday evening, L3cture ; Saturday evening. Prayer Meeting. Church organized November 28th, 1855 ; Corner Stone laid August 9th, 1856 ; Church Dedicated February, 1858. Communion on the first Sundays of January, March, May, July, September and November, in the morning. Sunday School — Scholars on roll, 260; average attendance, 165. Number of volumes, 1,000. Superintendent — William McDermott ; Assistant — Jacob S. Rynick. Bible Class Teacher — Jacob C. Rynick. Librarian — Oliver E. Croll. Sexton — Augustus Solomon. Societies in the Church — Parish Mission. Officers same as the Church. Ob- ject : to sustain Prayer Meetings and Mission Schools in the neighborhood, and to distribute tracts throughout the town. Dorcas Society, of Female Sunday School Scholars — Object : to make clothing for poor children. ^Deceased fRemoved. Trinity Lutheran". — DeKalb street above Penn. Pastor — Rev. Charles A. Baer. Elders — Adam Kneedler, John Barftcs, Amos Shoffner, Francis Nace. Deacons— William Stabler, Daniel Schuler, Andrew Schock, Jacob Kramer, John Wolf, Henry Lehman. Organized, 1849. No. of communicants, 190. Sexton — Isaac Markley. Divine service every Sunday at 104 o'clock A. M., and 7 P. M., also on the principal Church festi- vals. Lecture on Wedncs la}'- evening ; Prayer meeting on Friday evening. Sunday School, at 2 o'clock P. M. Super- intendent — Henry Lehman. Librarian — Josiah Christman. No. of scholars, 135. No. of volumes in Library, 925. Bible Class by Pastor. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. *J German Reform Ciiuecii of the Ascexsiox— South side Airy, between Swede andDeKaib streets. Hours of service i Winter, lOi A. M. and 7 o'clock, P. M. ; Summer, 10 A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Lecture Wednesday evening ; 7 o'clock, P. M. in Win- t r and 8 P. M, in Summer. Number of Communicants, 149; Congregation, 300. Pastor — Rev. P. S. Davis. Trustees — Wm. Earnest, Wm. Schall, B. xMarkley Boyer,Benj. Hill, P. P. Dewecs C. Ramey, Charles Earnest, Abraham Schwenk and J. Reppert. Elders— G. C. Wack, Wm. Earnest, Wm. Schall and John M. Jones. Deacons — D. Weber, C. Earnest, John Garver, M. Custer, B. W. Be^er and H. L. Acker. Church organized in 1846 ; Edifice built in 1847, and enlarged in 1859. Sabbath School — time of sessions : 2 o'clock, P. M. 130 con- nected with Sabbath School, Bible Class and Catechetical Class. Volumes in Libiary, 550; in Teachers' Library, 100. Super- intendent — M. Thomson. Librarians — David Krause, John For- nance. Bible Class Instructor — Rev. P. S. Davis ; 8 male and 14 female students. Sexton — Jacob Reppert. First Methodist Episcopal. — East side DeKalb street, be- tween Airy and Marshall. Sabbath services : Winter, 10^ A. M. and 7 o'clock, P. M.; Summer, 10 A. M. and 8 o'clock, P. M. Class Meetings, for the relation of christian experience, and Prayer Meeting, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, at 8 o'clock in Summer and 7i in Winter. Commu- nicants, 150 ; congregation 500. Church organized 1834; ed- ifice built and dedicated November, 1858. Pastor— J. W. Me- caskey. Trustees— Z. Welsh, W. Keiger, J. Stout,J. Moyer,A. Briggs, C. Evans, P. Long. Stewards — Z. Welsh, W. Keyser, J. Printz, S. Benner, J. Stout, N. Pawlmg. Sabbath School- time of sessions : 2 o'clock, P. M. 145 male and 195 female scholars ; 12 male and 16 female teachers ; 660 volumes in Li- brary. Superintendent — J. R. Harner ; Ass'siant, Z.Welsh. Librarian — C. Evans. Bible Class — Rev. J. W. Mecaskey, in- structor ; 5 male and 15 female students. Sexton — Joseph Mc- Carter. Oak Street Methodist Episcopal. — Corner Oak and Church. Sabbath Services: Winter, 10^ A. M. and 7 P. M.; Summer, 10 A. M. and7f P. M. Communicants. 196. Church organ- ized July 11, 1854 ; edifice built 1854. Pastor— Rev. John Thompson. Stewards — William A. Ruddach, Henry Bain- bridge, Isaac Boulton, Charles Stout, Samuel McCarter. Trus- tees-William A. Rueldach, Henry Bainbridge, James H. Fries, Jjhn Supplee, Isaac Boulton, William Oldfield, Samuel McCar- ter, Ciiarles Baker, Francis H. Thompson. Leaders— Rev. John Thompson, James H. Fries, W. A. Ruddach, Isaac B. Irwin, F. H. Thompson, Samuel McCarter, Edward Thomas. 204 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Sabbath School— time of sessions : li oclock, P. M. 700 vol- umes in Library. SuDerintendent— William A. Ruddack ; Assistant, Samuel McCarter. Libraian— H. Bainbridge. B.ble Class Instructor— Emma B.st. Sexton— James Kame. First M. P. Ebb^^ezer, (colored.)— West side Arch above Elm. Times of Sabbath Services; Winter, class 11 A. M., ref'ular service 8 and li P. M.; Summer, class 10^ A. M., reg- ular service 3 and H P. M.; weekly meeting on Wednesday evenin"-, at 7h o'clock. The Church was organized June, 1849;°house built 1853. Pastor— Rev. Samuel H. Amos. Trustees— Samuel Winters, Holland Nixon, James Smith, Daniel Ross, Isaac Jackson. Communicants 68; congrega- tion, 100. Sunday School— time of sessions : li o'clock, P. M. 50 S3holars and 6 teachers ; 170 volumes in Library. Su- perintendent— Charles Kaufman. Librarian— William Rhodes. Sexton— Isaac J. Amos. Sr. Patrick's Catholic— On Washington above Cherry street. Pastor— Rev. Jeremiah 0. Donoghue. Congregation, 2000. Regular Sabbath service at 8 and 104 A. M- Vesper, 3i P. M. Numberof children in Sunday Sihool, 450. Teach- ers, 5). Huirs of attendan-.e from 2 to 3^^ P. M. Super- intendent—Rev. J. O.Donoghue. Swedes'.— Swedesburg, adjoining the borough of Bridge- port. . Senior Warden— B. B. Hughes. Junior Warden— W. H Holstein. Vestry— Lindsay Coates, Walter P. Rambo, R. t' Stewart George W. Holstein, William B. Rambo, Charles L.*Cornman,S. S.Smith. Pastor-Rev. H.nryRees Tmus of s-rvice— Winter, 10 o'cbck A.M., Summer, 10 i o clock A M Communion, lirst Sabbath of each month. Sunday School is superintended by Horace Priest. Number of pupils, 60, held every Sabbath at 2 o'clock. rRiE>^DS Society.— Corner of Swede and Jacoby streets. Or-anized 1852. Meeting First and Fifth days, at 10 o clock, A^M Summer and Winter. About 114 members ; congre- gation about 75. Sexton-Eli Pugh. An Inelulged Meeting under the care of Gwyneeld Monthly Meeting, with a prospect of having a Preparative Meeting established soon. FIRE DEPARTMENT. HiiMAXB E.wiNH, No. 1.— Airy s'reet, between Swede and DeKalb. Oi-anized Julv 21st, 1852. "5 Active, 28 Contnb- uting and 14 Honorary members. President, Reuben i. Schali; Vice President, Adam Fungman ; Secretary, A. A\ . Bertoiet ; AsTstant Secretary, Theoelore Adle ; Trea.surer, Alb.r A^ et- STATISTICS OF XORRISTOWN. 205 zcl ; House Committee, Josiah Bolton, Benedict Fungman, Jacob Smith; Directors, A. W. Bertolct, Ralph W. Novioch, Josiah Bolton, Joseph K. Bolton, Peter Yost, Samuer W. Clow- ard, John Entks, William McDadc, John S. Bolton, William Bolton, Thomas Morton, Lewis H. Davis. Fairmouxt Exgine. — DeKalb below Egypt street. Organ- ized December 12th, 1852. G7 Active, 38 Contributing and 28 Honorary members. President, A.Stephen; Treasurer, Jos. Becrtr; Secretary, AY. Lyle; Assistant Secretary, L. K.Beerer, NoRRiSTOwx Hose, No. 1. — DeKalb street, between Airy and Marshall streets. Organize^d November 12th, 1847. 78 Active, 35 Contributing and 54 Honorary members. President, Comly Wright ; Yi^e President, C. Ramley ; Secretary, Frank Hart; Treasurer, J. S. Moore; Directors, Samuel Davis, E. R. W. Seckel, Jeremiah Buck, Joseph White, Wm. Lambert, J. R. Stephens, Howard Bruce, Francis Bradley, D. N. Rob- erts, Harrison Bickle, John H. Kirkbride, Thomas Yeager. Montgomery Hose, No. 2. — Penn street, between Swede and DeKalb streets. Instituted 1847 ; incorporated 1848. 109 Active and 18 Honorary members. Preside^nt, John F. Ilart- rauft ; Secretary, J. A. Reilf; Treasurer, John McDermot; Auditors, Francis Baker, Charles Hunsicker, Joseph C. liead ; Trustees, D. F. Hartrauft, Francis Baker, John McDermot ; Directors, J. F. Quillman, Jacob P. Brook, Wm. H. Y^erkcs, A. H. Fillman, David Bath, Lane S. Hart, F. P. Kirkbride, John Slingluft. MILITARY DEPARTMENT. Keystoxe Rifles. — Organized February 8th, 1859. Meet in Amey's Hall, on Friday evenings, at 8 o'clock. 63 Equipted members ; 33 arms. Captain, George Amey ; 1st Lieutenant, Jesse Kelton ; 2d Lieutenant, A. C. Beyer ; 3d Lieutenant, William B. Nungcsser ; Treasurer, Charles Froats ; Secretary, Thomas Gouldy. National Artilerists. — Organized November 8th, 1858. Drill in Rodey's Hall, corner of Arch and Main streets, every Monday and Friday evenings. 52 Eejuipt members ; 56 arms. Captain, Reuben T. Schall ; 1st Lieutenant, Edwin Schall ; Junior 1st Lieutenant, Wm. AUabough ; 2d Lieutenant, Chas. Hansell; 1st Sergeant, Edward Schall ; 2d Sergeant, H. Lysin- ger ; 3d Sergeadt, David Schall; 4th Sergeant, Samuel Painter; Quarter Master Sergeant, Davis Longacre ; 1st Corporal, Mat- thew Painter; 2d Corporal, George Edleman ; 3d Corporal, Samuel Fair; 4th Corporal, Harry McYrugh ; Secretary Ed- ward Schall ; Treasurer, Edwin Schall. 206 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Watnb Aktillertsts. — Armory on Green street, between Egypt and Lafayette streets. Organized July, 1854. 60 mus- kets and one six pound gun. Captain, Wm. Lesher ; 1st Lieu- tenant, John 0. Snyder; 2d Lieutenant, Joseph Oliver; 3d Lieutenant, Wm. J. Botten. NoRRis OiTT Rifles. — Organized December 16, 1856. Meet in Bodey's Hall, Arch street, between Main and Penn streets, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, at 7 o'clock. 70 Equipt members ; 50 rifles. Days of public drill 22d February, 1st Monelay in June, 4th July, 1st Monday in October, Thanksgiv- ing Day and 16th December. Captain, J. E. Hartrauft; 1st Lieutenant, Augustus Y. Rushon ; 2d Lieut., Charles White ; 2d 2d Lieut., Wm. H. Yerkes. POST OFFICE DEPA^RTMENT. Norristown Post Office, north siele of DeKalb, below Penn. Mails from New York, Boston, Portland, Brooklyn, and New York State, arrive at 7.30 A. M. and 4.45 P. M.; close 10^ A. M., 5 P. M. Philad'a (through mail) arrives daily at 7.20 A. M. and 4.30 P. M.; closes at 11 A. M. and 5 30P.M, Philad'a (way mail) arrives daily at 7 A. M. by coach and 9 A. M. by railroad ; closes at 10 A. M. by railroad, and 1 P. M. by coach. Reading, Pottstown, Pottsville, and Harrisburg, via Reading and Pottsville Railroad, closes daily at 7.30 A. M.; arrives at 12.15 P. M. Shannonville and Pho?nixville (by coach) arrives at 9 A. M. daily ; closes at 3.40 P. M. Norristown and Potts- town (by coach) tri-weekly, arrives on Monday, Wedneselay and Friday, at 11 A. M.; closes on Tueselay, Thursday and Saturday, at 9.40 A. M. Norristown and Foglesville (by coach) tri-weekly, arrives on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 11 A. M.; closes on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 9.40^A. M. Norristown and Sumneytown (by coach) try-weeklj^ ar- rives on Monday, Wednesday and Frida}^ at 11 A. M.: closes on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturda}', at 9.40 A. M. Norris- town and Trappe (by coach) arrives daily, at 9 A. M.; closes at 3.45 P. M. Norristown and Manayunk [hj coach) arrives on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, at 10 A. M.; closes on alternate days, at 1 P. M. Norristown and King of Prussia semi-weekl}^, arrives on AVednesday and Saturday, at 11 A. M ; closes same days, at 5 P. M. Norristown anel Norrionville weekl}^, arrives and departs every Wednesday at noon. Nor- ristown and Bo5^erstown tri-weeklv, by (coach) arrives on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at II A. M.; clcsis on Tues- day Thursday and Saturday, at 4. P. M. IL G. Hart, P. M. STATISTICS OF XORRISTOWN. 207 CEMETEKIES. MoTGOMERY Cemetery Compaxy. — Norriton township, north- west of borough line, bounding the same. Company organ- ized September, A. D. 1847 ; incorporated April 4th, A. D. 1848. First interment, Mrs. Christian Nace, March 16th, A. D. 1849. Capital, f 8000. Number acres, 30- Number Interments up to April 1st, A. D. 1859, were G52. Size of lots, eight bj sixteen feet, which range in price from $20 to $40. President, Abraham Markley ; Secretary, Charles H. Garbcr ; Treasurer, William H. Sligluff ; Trustees, Abraham Markley, Adam Slemmer, Daniel Longaker, Franklin Dcrr, William H. Slingluff, Henry Freedley, William Schall ; Resident Keeper, John C. Richards. NoRRis City Cemetry One mile northeast of No rristown. Incorporated in November, 1857. Capital, $8000. The first iEterment was made in the Spring of 1858. It has over 2000 lots laid out at present, eight by sixteen feet. The price of lots is $10. About 200 lots are sold, and ten or twelve inter- ments made. It contains 28 acres, and was formerly knov\m as Rossiter farm. President, Col. Henry L. Acker ; Treasurer and Secretary, John Stout ; Managers, Andrew Cochran, Henry L. Acker, Jacob Monk, John Stout. St. Patrick's Burial Ground. — South side Egypt, west of Stony Creek. Under the control strictly of the Pastor of the Church. Potter's Field. — Corner Sanely and Violet streets. A pub- lic burying ground, purchased from Levi and Elzabeth Pawling, May 14, A. D. 1819. It contains 33 perches. Under the ju- risdiction of the Town Council. MILLS. Paper Mill.— On Stony Creek ; Oram & Miln, proprietors. Known for a long time as "Stanbridg's Cotton Factory." No information when it Avas built. Destroyed by tire in 1854, and immediately rebuilt by Isaac Roberts, Esq., and leased for a paper mill, to Messrs. Oram & Miln. Engine 20 horse power. Make about 75 tons per annum. Egypt Flour Mill.— Foot Mill street, below Washington. Christian Heebner, proprietor. A portion of this mill was built in 1809; addition built in 1842; another addition in 1857. Three story building ; length 110 feet, width 50 feet. Run six burrs, (3 wheat, 1 cwn meal, 1 chopping and 1 for plaster.) Weekly capacity, 70 barrels. Two wheels ; one 18 feet deep, 7 feet wide ; the other IG feet deep, 11 feet wide. 208 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. ScHEETz's Flour and Grist Mill. — On Stony Creek, corner Noble and Lof^an streets. Jacob C, Sceheetz, proprietor Built in 1804, by Ezekicl Rhoads. Water power, 25 horse; wheel 16 feet diameter, 4 feet head; run 3 stones. Capacity 50 bushtls daily. Stony Creek Merchant & Flour Mill. — E.2;ypt s': reet, cor- ner Markley. Lehman & Fizone, proprietors. Built A D. 1831; rebuilt A. I). 1858, by Jacob Freedley. Run 5 burrs, by water and steam ; engine (built by A. Gear) 40 horse power. When run by steam, capacity 100 barrels daily ; run by water, 50 barrels daily. Flaxseed Oil Mill. — Lafayette street, corner Ford. Built in 1855, by George Shannon ; put in operation in 1856. Work- ed by steam; engine eapacity, 26 horse power, built 1855 by Corson & West. Employ 5 hands. Work up 92 bushels flax- seed in 10 hours. Steam Planing Mill and Sash and Door Factory. — Main street, above Stony Creek. Built in 1854, by Samuel GrofF, and put in operation by him. Thomas H. Wentz, proprietor ; Samuel Groff, foreman. Two engines (one built by McCarter & Brothers, the other by Jacob D. Custer, Norristown) 6 horse power each. Employ 10 hands. Steam Planing Mill and Shutter and Sash Factory. Egypt street, above Stony Creek. Bolton, Christman & Co., proprietors. Built by B. C. & Co., in 1854 ; put in operation in 1855. Engine built by Jacob D. Custer, in 1854, 50 horse power. Employ 30 hands. Steam Sash Factory & Planing Mill. — Egypt street, be- low Arch. Fluck & Guest, proprietors. Built in 1855, by F. & G. Engine built in 1855, by Supplee & Brother, 25 horse power. Employ 25 hands. i^ACTORIES. McCready's Cotton Factory.— Foot Swede sircet. Built in 1826, by Barnard McCready, and put in operation in 1828. Addition to the original building built in 1840. Robert Ewing, proprietor. Superintendent, John McDermot, who has held that position for 27 years, 10 water wheels ; 240 horse power; 16,000 spindles, 509 looms ; 380 employees— the sexes equally represented. This mill supports 70 families, and there is bo- longing to the property 70 dwellings. Cotton Factory.— Corner of Mill and Washington s'reets. J. Hope & Co. Manufacture Cottonades,Ginghan s and Checks. Driven by steam ; 60 horse power ; 5 feet slroke. 5000 spindles, 175 looms. Employ 60 male and 70 female operatives. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWX. 209 Jamison's Cotton Factory, — Foot DeKalb street, William M. Jamison, proprietor. Built in 1837 ; put in operation in 1838. Driven by steam ; 125 horse power (double engine) built by French & Miller in 1838. 650 looms, 18,000 spindles. Employ 400 hands, (100 male and 300 female.) Fonteboa WooLEisr Factory. — On River below Jackson. Samuel DeHaven, proprietor. Built in 1849, by William Ham- mil. Engine 25 horse power, built in 1849, by Samuel Sheaff', Centre Square, Montgomery county. 600 spindles ; 32 looms. Employ 30 hands, male and female. ASSOCIATIONS. Young Mens' Christian Union. — Organized May, 1858 Meetings are held in Airy Street Hall, on Tuesday evening of each week, at 74 o'clock. Membership 60 ; Life do. 1. Yearly contribution $1. President, F. B. Foley, M. D. : Vice Presi- dent, Jacob S. Rynick ; Secretary, A. F. Day ; Treasurer, D. J. McVaugh; Directors, Samuel Beaver, Jr., William McDer- mott, F. H. Thompson, John Johnson, S. Kinkinger, John Wisler, Charles H. Bossert. Montgomery County Bible Society. — Organized 1819. An- nual meetings held in March, of each year, in the several Churches in Norristown. Depository at the residence of Adam Slemmer, Secretary. President, Rev. Robert Steele ; Vice Pres- idents, Rev. J. G. Ralston and Rev. Job F. Halsey. (Two re- cently removed by death, Rev. Nathan Stem and William Ham- mill, and their places have not yet been filled.) Managers, Rev. D. G. Mallery, G. Rodney Fox, Esq., P. B. Foley, M. D., Mr. William A. Ruddach and Hon. Judge Krause. Montgomery County Medical Society. — Organized April 17, 1848. Time of meeting on the Saturday preceeding the full moon in January, April, July and October. President, S. D. Harvey, M. D.; Vice Presidents, Drs. F. B. Foley and C. Shoemaker ; Recording Secretary, L. W. Read, M. D.; Corres- ponding Secretary, Dr. Robinson ; Treasurer, Milton New- berry, M. D.; Censors, Drs. C. Shoemaker, H. Corson and F. B. Foley ; Examiners, Drs. H. Corson, Robinson and Vanarts- dale. Norristown Library. — Located on DeKalb street, between Airy and Marshall. Charted May, A. D. 1796. 3,100 volumes; 100 members ; stock $5 a share ; yearly installments, $2 ; per- petual members, ^35 ; life members, $20. Annual meeting first Tuesday in January. Quarterly meetings last Tues- days in January, April, July, and October. Secretary, 210 NORMSTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. William McDermott ; Treasurer, A. F. Day ; Librarian, Charles H. Greger; Trustees, Adam Slemmer, William H. SlinglufF, B. F. Hancock, John McKaj^ Daniel Longaker, R. T. Stewart, A. B. Lonaker, Benjamin E. Chain, William McDermott, Thcmas H. Wentz, DanielJacoby, Charles H. Simpson. The Norris Institute. — This association was organized on Monday evening, October 1, 1855. Its object is the mutual improvement of its members through discussions, compo- sitions, &c. It has a large number of members, and its meet- ings are well attended by the citizens of the borough and vicinity. At every meeting of the Institute there is a debate, and an original essay and a selected piece read by persons ap- pointed by the President. It meets every Friday evening in Meeh's Saloon, on Egypt street. President, C. J. Thompson; Vice President, J. D. Custer ; Secretary, S. C. Roberts ; Treas- urer, J. R. Hunsicker ; Censor, H. Gamble. Cabinet of Natural Sciences. — The Cabinet of Natural Sciences of Montgomery county was instituted September 4th, 1830, and continued its operations until July, 1842, when it ceased to meet until September, 25, 1858 when an effort by some of its old members, in connection with some enterpris- ing young men, was made for its resuscitation, which effort promises to be successful. President, Alan W. Corson ; Vice Presidents, B. Markley Boyer, Esq., F. B. Poley, M. D.; Cor- responding Secretary, Wm. Corson, M. D.; Recording Secre- tary, Samuel Thomas; Treasurer, Walter W. Cooke; Libra- rian, Wm. N. Scott, M. D.; Curators, Carrol S. Tyson, L. W. Read, M. D.,Elwood Corson ; Auditors, Carrol S. Tyson, Wal- ter W. Cooke, C. S. Baker, M. D.; Historical Department Com- mittee, Charles J. Elliott, Jones Detweiler, Hiram Corson, M. D. SECRET SOCIETIES. Curtis Lodge, No. 239, L 0. op 0. F.— Instituted April 29th, A. D. 1847 ; meet Thursday evening of each week, in Odd Fellows' Hall, at 8 o'clock. Has invested in stocks |1950, arid about 120 contributing members. Officers — Noble Grand, John Wolf; Vice Grand, John Richards ; Secretary, W. T. Koplin ; Assistant Secretary, John Snider ; Treasurer, P. Gil- inger ; Representative to Grand Lodge, William A. Ruddach ; Trustees, P. G. William A. Ruddach, P. G. Mark Thompson, and P. G. William R. Lesher. Norris Lodge I. 0. of 0. F. — Organized March 13, 1851. Meetings held in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Friday evening of each week, winter 7^ o'clock, summer 8 o'clock. Number of mem- STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. 211 bers 97. Officers — Noble Grand, Thomas C. Simpson ; Vice Grand, Jacob F. Quillman ; Secretary, John Roberts ; x\ssis- tant Secretary, John A. Keiger ; Treasurer, Samuel Thomas. NoRRiSTOWN ExcAMPMENT, No. 37 I. 0. OF 0. F. — Institu- ted July 9th, A. D. 1846 ; meetings in Odd Fellows' Hall, 2d and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Officers — 0. P., William Ensley ; H. P., Isaac Bolton ; S. ^Y., Samuel Thomas; J. W., Mark Thompson ; Scribe, William A. Ruddach ; Treasurer, E. Kite. G. U. 0. OF 0. F. No. 1025— Instituted May 29, A. D. 1859. Meetings held corner Egypt and Swede streets, Tuesday even- ing of each week, at li o'clock in winter, 8 o'clock in summer; members 36. N. G., Solomon Jackson; V. G., Daniel Ross, P. S., Samuel H. Amos; T., Thomas Brofi". Mount Pisgah Lodge, No. 32 — Instituted December, 1856 ; meetings held corner Egypt and Swede streets, on first Thurs- da}^ of each month, at 7i P. M. ; members 17. Officers — W. M., Holland Nixon; S. W., Albanus Fisher; J. W., John A. Smith ; Secretary, Samuel H, Amos ; Treasurer, Thomas Broff". Charity Lodge, No. 190 A. Y, M. — Meetings held, Wednes- day on or after full moon, at Odd Fellows' Hall; membership 114. Officers— Worshipful Master, F. Sullivan ; Senior War- den, F. B. Solly ; Junior Warden, M. Maloney. NoRRTSTOWN H. R. A. Chapter, No. 190 — Instituted January 14, 1859, A. L. 5859; meetings held Wednesday before full moon, in Odd Fellows' Hall ; membership 25. Officers — M. E. H. Priest, C. L. Cornman ; M, E. King, Samuel Brown, Jr.; M. E. Scribe, Charles Henderson. Montgomery Lodge, No. 80, A. D. 0. H. — Organized Au- gust 22d, 1857 ; meetings held in Humane Engine House, on Thursday evening of each week, at 8 o'clock ; membership 44. Officers— 0. L., Martin Worms; Secretary, Joseph Sax; U. B., Philip Jacobs. Norris Chapter, No. — Phili Beta Pi — Organized Jan- uary 12th, 1858 ; meetings held over Norristown Hose House, DeKalb street. Officers— A. P., J. R. Hunsicker ; A. V. P., C. H. Sherer ; A, R, S,, Frank Hart ; A, S„ J. R, Stephens A, F,, John Davis. Star Grotto No. 6, S and D of A A — Organized May 31, 1859 ; meetings held in Odd Fellows' Hall, on Monday evening of each week, winter 7h o'clock, summer 8 o'clock ; member- ship 50, (40 male and 10 female). Officers— Junior Ex P, Mar- garetta Boltin ; 1st P, William N» Clemmer ; 2d P, Kate 212 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGBPORT. f hompson ; R S, Jacob R. Stephens ; A S, Kate Longacre ; T, Isaac Bolton ; C, William A, Boltin ; C, Martha Cornog ; S, John Anderson ; J S, Benjamin Bainbridge, Taylor Couxcil, No. 29, op U A M — Was organized by the officers of the Slate Council of Pennsylvania, December 18, 1846, with 17 charter members, and numbers now about 130 members ; meets on every Wednesday evening in the third story of the Humane Engine House, Airy street above DeKalb. The present officers are, C, John Guyder ; V C, Daniel G. Sherman ; R Sec, Samuel B. Lewis ; A R Sec, Lewis T. Keyser ; Treasurer, Joseph Johnson ; F Sec, William A. Ruddach ; Ind, J R Stephens ; Ex, Benjamin Davis ; J P, Theodore Carpenter; P, Matthias Custer, Sr,; Trustees, D. G. Sherman, James Hastings, Samuel Scheetz. Order of the Junior Sons of America — Washington Camp No. 6, organized April 8, 1850, meets every Tuesday evening at their hall, on Egypt street, near the corner of Swede street, over the office of the National Defender, Norristown, Pa. Of- ficers — Past President, Samuel Stephens ; President, William Earls ; Master of F and Cer, J. Calvin Schall: Conductor, A. B. Helffenstine ; R Sec. J. S. Batchelder ; Sec, G. Y. Hanscll ; Treas, Walter Thcfmpson. American Protestant Association — Friendship Lodge No- 39, organized November 24, 1853 ; meetings held at Odd Fel" lows' Hall, Thursday evening of each week ; membership 92- Officers— W M, James McClelland ; W D M, Calvin Schall ; R Sec, Thomas Graham ; P Sec, James Donaldson ; A Sec» Evan Jones ; Treasurer, William Graham ; Conductor, Joseph Cameron ; A S Conductor, Thomas McMeekin; Chaplin, Robert Arsken ; Inside Guard, James Shannon ; Outside Guard, Samuel Innes, IRON WORKS. NoRRis Iron Works — Marklej between Lafayette and Wash- ington, Bowman, Taggart & Co., proprietors. Built A. D. 1849, by Thomas & Gait, and put in operation same year. Engine 35 horse power, built by Harlan & HoUings worth, Wilmington, Delaware. Employ 75 hands. John West chief engineer. Norristown Iron Works, Washington foot Barbadoes, James Hooven, proprietor, make plate and bar iron and nails. Built by Moore & Hooven, 1845, 1846, and put in operation A. D., 1840. Two engines, one hundred horse power each, built A. D., 1846, by HoUingsworth, Harvey 2i\\vo2L(i Station, cor- ner Railroad and Depot streets, Bridgeport. — Trains for Phil- adelphia, leave at 8.20, A. M. , 12.08, noon, 6.47, P. M.— Trains for Reading and Pottsville, 8.20, A, M,, 4.19, P. M. , 5.27, P. M,, Sundays — Leave for Philadelphia, at 12, noon — for Reading and Pottsville, 4.18, P, M, Chester Valley Railroad, for Downingtown, 8,30 A.M., 5.30 P. M. Leave Downingtown 6,55 P. M, and 1 o'clock P. M, HOTELS. Montgomery Hotel, south side Egypt between DeKalb and Swede Varandah Hotel, north side Airy corner DeKalb Rambo House, west side Swede between Penn and Airy Farmers and Mechanics Hotel, 165 Egypt near Barbadocs Pennsylvania Farmers' Hotel, north side Egypt near Markky Norris City Hotel, North side Egypt opposite Mill Rail Road Hotel, corner DeKalb and Washington Washington Hotel, North side Egypt adjoining Public Square Exchange Hotel, corner of Washington and Mill HALLS. Odd Fellows' Hall, east side DeKalb below Egypt Hill's (or Airy street) Hall, north side Airy below Swede Meeh's Hall, south side Egypt below Swede Body's Hall, west side Arch above Egypt Millers' Hall, west side Green below Egypt. MARKET HOUSE. Norristown Market House, DeKalb above Airy to Marshall Eschbach Market House, corner Barbadoes and Penn Reiff's Market House, corner Marshall and DeKalb Market days, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturelay, eaily in the mornings. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. ' 217 MISCELLANEOUS. P. N. AND G. R. R — Depot brick, large and commodious, front portion over ticket offices and sitting rooms, two stories high, the upper part used as a dwelling, located Mill street cor- ner Washington. Main building includiiig car house, 400 feet long by G2 feet wide, length of car house 300 feet by 02 feet wide, platforms full length, two passenger and one freight, width of passenger platforms, five and eight feet, width of freight platforms twelve feet. Engine house on same lot, length 100 feet width 52 feet, total cost of buildings and lot, $38,287.- 60. Edmund A. Kite, Agent, James Smith, Jr., Assistant. Officers— President, Edward C. Dale, Philadelphia. Secretary and Treasurer, W. S. Wilson, Norristown. General Superin- tendent, H. K. Smith, Managers, Wm, H, Slingluff, Norris- town, George H, Johnson, Germantown, George W, Carpenter, Germantown, Joseph Perot, Philadelphia, William Masser, Philadelphia, Joseph Swift, Philadelphia, William Harmer, Philadelphia, Charles Ellis, Philadelphia, A, E, Dougherty, Philadelphia, C, Colket, Philadelphia, Samuel Jeancs, Phila- delphia, J. J, Woodward, West Philadelpia. Schuylkill Bridge. — Over the Schuylkill river, at foot of DeKalb street, connecting Norristown and Bridgeport boroughs. 800 feet long, including abutments 1050 feet long. Capital stock, $29,000.80. Letters patent, 1827. Commenced to take toll January 9th, 1830. William LeBarrow, Builder and Contractor. Original President, Matthias Roberts ; Treasur- er, Joseph Thomas : Secretarj^, Thomas M, Jolly. Officers, A. D. 1859 : President, Abraham Marklej^ ; Secretary, Henry Freedley ; Treasurer, William H. Slingluff; Managers, Henry Freedley, John B. Adams, B. F. Hancock, John Boycr, Jamts Boyd, Perry M. Hunter; Tollman, Daniel Altemus. Four Trustees elected by stockholders and two appointed by County Commissioners. Montgoinery County Prison. — North side Airj^ street, above DeKalb. Building finished in '51. Builelers, Raysor & Tem- pleton ; Painter, Thomas Widdecombe ; County Commission- oner at time of building, Mcss'S. Cotts, Quilman and Major; Architect, N. LeBrun. Out side enclcsure 223i by 100 feet ; front on Airy s-reet 100 by 44 feet deep; cells extend back from front building 106 by 48 feet wide, two stories high; 40 cells. Cost about*" $75,000. Montgomery County Court House. — East side Swede, be- low Penn and Airy str.e's. Architect^ N. LeBrun ; Budders, Raysor & Templeton ; Painter, Thomas Widdecombe ; Plas- ter, P. GiUinger. Buildina; 192 feet front, including wings 44 218 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. by 66 feet ; court room 60 by 75 feet ; building contains coun- ty offices ; steeple 200 feet high from the ground, which con- tains clock and bell, the weight of which is 3,232 pounds ; cast at Troy, New York. Built of marble, quarried in Upper Mer- rion and White Marsh, Montgomery county. Cost $150,000. The Norristoum Gas Company. — Organized and chartered in 1852 ; capital |41,700 ; cost of works $40,000 ; gas intro- duced February, 1853. Commenced laying main pipe July 20th, 1852, and to January, 1860, there were laid 1770 feet 8 inch, 971 feet 6 inch, 8019 feet 4 inch, 9570 feet 3 inch, ma- king a total of 20,330 feet. 375 Meters in use January 1, 1860. President, Benjamin E. Chain. Secretary, Charles H. Garber. Treasurer, George Shannon. Superintendent, Abraham Mark- ley. Managers, B. E. Chain, William Schall, William H. Sling- lufF, B. F. Hancock, Henry Freedley, James Boyd, C. Heebner, D. Longaker, R. T. Stewart, Jacob Childs, Charles H. Stin- son, Abraham Markley, Samuel Husten. Norristown Insurance and Water Company. — Organized April 23, 1847, and chartered the same year. Capital stock paid in $80,000, which may be increased lo $150,000. Works cost $61,698.32. Water introduced December, 1847. Length and sizes of pipes laid in main — 1,240 feet ten inch, 8,229 feet eight inch, 4,985 feet six inch, 29,096 feet four inch, 1,591 feet three inch, and 633 feet two inch, making a total of 45,774 feet. President, B. F. Hancock. Secretary, William McDer- mot. Treasurer, William H. Slingluff. Supervisor, Abraham Marklej'-. Superintendent, Samuel Griffith. Directors, B. F. Hancock, William H. Slingluif, Abraham Markley, D. Longa- ker, Christian Heebner, H. Freedk-y, S. Husten, J. Childs, R. F. Stewart, County Courts. — August Term, 3d Monday of August ; Feb- ruary Term, 4th Monday of February ; May Term, 3d Monday of May; November Term, 2d Monday of November. Each continue two weeks. Argument Court : 2d Wednesday in April, 3d Wednesday in June, last Wednesday in September, 2d Monday in January. Telegraph Offices. — Samuel Brown's Jewelry Store, No. 5 Union Buildings, Norristown ; and Reading Railroad Depot, Bridgeport. Norristown Base Ball Club. — Organized November, 1859. Play on Wednesday and Saturday on DeKalb street. Meet for business in F. Vancourt's office, on Egpyt street, the first Monday in each month. 27 members. Prescient, John Rob- erts ; Vice President, William S. Potts ; Secretary, B. F. Yan- court : Treasurer, Jacob Brooks. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. * 219 Borough Wharf. — Situated on Stony Creek, bel Eg:ypt street. Purchased from John Markley, 14:th May, A. D. 1814, "in trust, for the use of the inhabitants of the borough of Nor- ristown, for a public landing, under and subject to such rules and regulations as the Town Council, or their successors in ofiBce, may from time to time ordain and enact." Contains one acre and ninety-six perches. Moot Court — Held in argument court room, in the Court House. Organized January, 1857. Time of meeting, during the Winter only, (commence in November, close in April) on Monday evening of each week. 28 members. President Judge, Hon. D. M. Smyser; Prothonotary, C. F. Miller, Esq. Swedes'' Ford Bridge Company. — Incorporated in 1848; built in 1848-49-50. Cost over $30,000. The Chester Valley Railroad passes over this bridge, by means of which they have connection with the Norristown Railroad. President, D. Sower: Secretary, L. E. Corson ; Treasurer, Henry Freedley ; Mana- gers, Benj. B. Hughes, L. E. Corson, Henry Freedley, A. W. Supplee, William McCann, Levi Roberts, James Bush, Samuel Houpt, William B. Rambo, Gabriel Kohn. Number of Buildings in Norristown, as it ivas in the year 1800. — Court House, offices and jail, 17 private dwellings, 3 taverns, 2 lawyers' offices, store house, grist mill and dwelling, blacksmith shop, school house and printing office. Several of the above dwellings were log or frame, only one-story high, and none over two stories. One remains unaltered, two improved and enlarged, and all the others removed. Norristown Cornet Band. — Organized in 1840 ; incorpora- ted June 2d, 1855 ; 15 members ; 15 instruments. Meet in the third story of Montgomery Hose House, on Monday and Friday evenings of each week, for rehersal ; business meet- ings same place, first Monday evening of each month. Leader, George W. Arnold ; President, Wm. S. Rapine : Secretary, H. G. Arnold ; Treasurer, William Crawford ; Engagement Com_ mittee, George W. Arnold, J. Stahley, Jr., William Workiser. Dam at Norristown built 1828, by the Schuylkill Naviga- tion Company, assisted by private enterprise. Breast 8 feet high ; 880 feet wide, from shore to shore. ^^Odd Fellows' Hall Association, of the borough of Norris- town, county of Montgomery." Incorporated March 12th, 1849. Hall built in 1850 ; cost $20,000. Located east side DeKalb street, below Egypt. President, Daniel Longaker; Secretary, Henry C. Hill; Treasurer, Wm. H. Slingluff; Trus- tees, Daniel Longaker, Christian Heebner, Franklin Derr, Ga- breil Kohn, Thomas H. Wentz. 220 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. List of the Officers of Montgomery County, from its Organization to the Present Time. By an Act of Assembly passed September, 1784, Montgomery county was erected out of Philadelphia county, and her ofBces were tilled according to a plan of the Government, adopted by a convention held at Philadelphia in 1776. By this plan the Judges of the Courts were appointed for seven years, by the President of the Supreme Executive Council, or in his absence, by the Vice President. The Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Recorder and Register, were appointed in the same manner. In September, 1790, the constitution of the State was formed, vesting in the Governor, the appointment of these officers ; the judges to hold their office during good behavior. The office of sherifl' was made elective as at present. In 1838, under the amended constitution all the county officers, except Judges, were made elective, the term being three years. The Judges were appointed for ten years. By an act of April 15, 1851, the judiciary was made elective, the term being the same. The following have filled the several offices of the county, from its erection to the present time; President Judges. — Frederick A. Muhlenburg, presided from 1784 to 1785. James Morris, from 1785 to 1789. James Biddle, from 1791 to 1797. John D. Coxe, from 1797 to 1805. William Tilghman, from 1805 to 1806. Bird Wilson, from 1806 to 1818. John Ross, from 1818 to 1830, John Fox, from 1830 to 1841. Thomas Burnside, from 1841 to 1845. David Krause, from 1845 to 1851. Daniel M. Smyser, from 1851, elected under the amendment to the constitution of 1838. Associate Judges. — John Richards, appointed November 1st, 1784, by J. Dickinson. James Morris, appointed September, 29, 1784, by James Ewing. Thomas Craig, appointed September 10, 1784, by J. Dick- inson. Henry Scheets, appointed December 10. 1784, by James Ewing. Peter Evans, appointed December 17, 1784, by James Ervine. James Morris, appointed July 26, 1785, by J. Dickinson. Christian Weber, appointed November 7, 1786, by Charles Biddle. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. 221 Charles Baird, appointed February 15, 1787, by Charles Biddle. Jonathan Shoemaker, appointed September 25, 1787, by Charles Biddle. John Jones, appointed November 15, 1787, by Benjamin Franklin. Henry Pauling*, appointed January 20, 1789, by George Ross. Anthony Crothers, appointed February 7, 1789, by Thomas Mifflin. Robert LoUer, appointed September 25, 1789, by Thomas Mifflin. The above were appointed by the President of the Executive Council. In 1790, by alteration of the constitution, the ap- pointing power having been vested in the Governor, the follow- ing were thus appointed. Samuel Potts, appointed August 17, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. Benjamin Rittenhouse, appointed August 17, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. Benjamin Markley, appointed August 17, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. Robert LoUer, appointed August 17, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. John Jones, appointed July 16, 1793, by Thomas Mifflin. Richard B, Jones, appointed August 30, 1822, by Joseph Heister. Thomas Lowry, appointed January 8, 1824, by J. A. Shultz. Joseph Royer, appointed May 10, 1837, by Joseph Ritner. Morris Longstreth, appointed March 15, 1841, by David R. Porter. Josiah W. Evans, appointed April 14, 1843, by David R. Porter. Ephraim Fenton, appointed Feb. 15, 1848, by Francis R. Shunk. Josiah W. Evans, appointed April 14, 1848, by Francis R. Shunk. Joseph Hunsicker, appointed April 6, 1849, by William F. Johnston. Henry Longaker and Josiah "W. Evans, were elected by the people under the amendment of the constitution, in October, ^ 1851, receiving their commissions on the 16th November of' that year. Sheriff. — Elected by the people, and commissioned by Ex- ecutive Council. Zebulon Potts, elected October 14, 1784, re-elected October 15, 1785 ; commissioned by John Dickinson. Elected a third time, Otcober 17, 1786 ; commissioned by Charles Biddle. 222 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Francis Swain, elected, Oct. 1787 ; commissioned by Benj. Franklin October 12. Re-elected October 1788 ; commission- ed by David Reidick, October 16. Elected a third time October 1789 ; commissioned by George Ross, October 17. Henry Kooken, elected October 1790 ; commissioned by Thomas Mifflin, October 15. Under the amended Constitution of 1790, the Sheriff's term of office having been extended to three years, the following have been elected. Nathan Pawling, 1793, commissioned by Thomas Mifflin Octo- ber 19. Mr. Pawling dying whilst in office, Isaiah Wells was appointed by Governor Mifflin April 8, 1795, to fill the resi- due of the term. John Pugh, elected 1795, commissioned by Thomas Mifflin, October 20. JohnMarkley, elected 1798, commissioned by Thomas Mifflin, October 15. Isaiah "Wells, elected 1801, commissioned by Thomas Mc- Kean, October 27. William Henderson, elected 1804, commissioned by Thomas McKean, October 24. David Dewees, elected 1807, commissioned by Thomas Mc- Kean, Oct 27. Isaiah Wells elected 1810, commissioned by Simon Snyder, October 25. Thomas Lowry, elected 1813, commissioned by Simon Snyder, October 29. Justice Sheetz, elected 1816, commissioned by Simon Snyder November 4. Philip Sellers, elected 1819, commissioned by WiUiam Find- lay, November 11. Philip Boyer, elected 1822, commissioned by Joseph Heister, November 28. Christian Snyder, elected 1825, commissioned by J. Andrew Shultz, November 11. Jones Davis, elected 1828, commissioned by J. Andrew Shultz, November 11. Henry Longaker, elected 1831, commissioned by Geo. Wolf, November 10. John Todd, elected 1834, commissioned by George Wolf, October 27 Ardemus Stewart, elected 1837, commissioned by Joseph Ritner, October 23 Jacob Spong, elected 1840, commissioned by David R. Porter, November 14 James Wells, elected 1843, commisioned by David R. Porter, Noyember 2 STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. 223 John Boyer, elected 1846, commissioned by Francis R. Shunk, October 26 Philip Hahn, elected 1849, commissioned by William F. Johnston, October 25 M. 0. Boyer, elected 1852, commissoned by William Bigler, November 10 Samuel D. Rudy, elected 1855, commissioned by Governor Pollock, in November John M, StaufFer, elected 1850, commissioned by Governor Packer, in November Prothonotart. — Thomas Craig, appointed under Executive Council September 10, 1784, by J. Dickinson, re-appointed July 11, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin William R, Atlee, appointed March 5, 1799, by Thomas Mifflin, governor under constitution of 1790 Francis Swain, appointed January 6, 1800, by Thomas Mc- Kean Philip Hahn, appointed Jan. 21, 1809, by Simon Snyder. Wm, Povrell, appointed March 25, I8I8, by Wm. Findlay. Frederick Conrad, appointed Feb, 7, I82I, by Joseph Heis^ ter — re-appointed Jan. 8, 1824, by J. A. Shultz, Thomas Lowiy, appointed Dec. 21, 1826, by J. A, Shultz. Jacob Fry, appointed Feb. 12, 1830, by George Wolf. Adam Slemmer, appointed April I, 1833, by George Wolf. John Bean, appointed Jan. 28, 1836, by Joseph Ritner. JosiahW. Evans, appointed Feb. 7, 1839, by David R. Por- ter. Josiah W. Evans, elected in 1839, under the amended con- stitution of 1838; commissioned by David R. Porter, Nov. 14. Jones Davis elected in 1842, commissioned by D. R. Porter . Oct 12. Mehelm M'Glathery, elected in 1845, commissioned by F. R. Shunk, Nov. 17 J. B. Evans elected in 1848, commissioned by "Wm. F.John- ston, Nov. 25. N. Jacoby, elected in 1851, commissioned by "Wm. F. John- ston, Nov. 22. Bowyer Brooke, elected in 1854, commissioned by "Wm. Bigler, Nov. 13. Florence Sullivan, elected 1857, commissioned by Gov. Pol- lock, Nov. 14th. Clerk op Courts. — Thomas Craig appointed under Executive Council, Sep. 11, 1784, by James Ewing, re-appointed July 11, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin; anda third time March 14, 1792, by the same. Wm. R. Atlee, appointed March 5, 1799, by Thos. Mifflin, gov- erner under constitution of 1790. 224 NORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. Francis Swain, appointed Jan. 6, 1800,by Tlios. McKean. Philip Hahn, appointed Jan. 21, 1809, by Simon Snyder. Wm. Powell, appointed March 25, 1818, by Wm. Findlay. Frederick Conrad, appointed Feb. 7, 1821, by Joseph Heister, Thos. Lowry, appointed Jan. 8, 1824, by J. A. Shultz; re-ap- pointed Dec. 21, by the same. Jacob Fry appointed Feb. 12, 1830, by George Wolf. John H. Scheetz, Feb. 23, 1830, by Geo. Wolf- Benj. Johnson, appointed Jan. 28, 1836, by Joseph Ritner. Geo. H. Pawling, appointed Feb. 17, 1839, by D. E. Porter. Geo. H. Pawling, was elected in 1839, and commissioned by D. K. Porter, November 14th of the same year. Wm. Rossiter was elected in 1842, and commissioned by D. R. Porter, Nov. 12th of the same year. John McNair was elected in 1845, and commissioned by F. R. Shunk, on the 17th of November, of the same year. Andrew H. Tippin was elected in 1848, and commissioned by Wm. F. Johnston, on the 25th of November, of the same year- Washington Richards was elected in 1851, and commissioned by Wm. F. Johnston on the 22d of November, of the same year. Jesse B. Davis was elected in 1854, and commissioned by Wm. Bigler on Nov. 12th, of same year. E. B.Moore was elected in 1857, and commissioned by James R. Pollock, on Nov. 13th of same year. Recorder. — Appointed by Executive Council. Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was appointed on the 21st of September, 1784, by James Ewing. Robert Loller was appointed on the 10th of September, 1789, by Thomas Mifflin. Appointed by the Governor. Robert Loller was appointed on the 14th of September, 1790. by Thomas Mifflin. James Morris was appointed on the 24th of June, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. Thomas Graig was appointed on the 8th of August, 1795, by Thomas Mifflin. William R. Atlee was appointed on the 5th of March, 1799, by Thomas Mifflin. Thomas Potts was appointed on the 6th of January, 1800, by Thomas McKean. Archibald Darrah was appointed on the 21st of January, 1809, by Simon Snyder. George Wack was appointed on the 25th of January, 1818, by Wilham Findlay. Jesse Roberts was appointed on the 7th of January, 1821, by Joseph Heister. Jacob Hubley was appointed on the 21st of November, 1822, by Joseph Heister. John Markley was appointed on the 8th of January, 1824, by J. A. Shultz. STATISTICS OF NORRISTOWN. 225 John Markley was appointed on the 21st of December, 1826, by J. A. ShuUz. Wilham Powell was appointed on the 12th of February, lb30, by George Wolf. S. D. Patterson was appointed on the 23d of February, 1833, by George Wolf. -.oo^ v James Wells was appointed on the 11th of June, 1834, by George Wolf, Robert Iredell was appointed on the 28th of January, 1836, by Joseph Ritner. Tobias Sellers was appointed on the 17th of February, 1839, by D. R. Porter. Elected by the People and commissioned by the Governor. Tobias Sellers was elected in 1839, and commissioned by D. R. Porter, on the 14th of November of the same year. Daniel Fry was elected in 1842, and commissiohed by D. K. Porter on the 12th of JSTovember of the same year. Henry Drake was elected in 1845, and commissioned by F. R. Shunk, on the 17th of ^ ovember of the same year. H. G. Hart was elected in 1848, and commissioned by William F. Johnston, on the 25th of November of the same year. R. B. Longaker was elected in 1851, and commissioned by W. F. Johnston on the 22d of November of the same year. George Lower was elected in 1854, and commissioned by Wm. Bigler on the 12th of November of the same year. TTilliam H. Hill was elected in 1854, and commissioned by Jas. Pollock on the 13th of November of the same year. Register. — Appointed by Executive Council. Thomas Ewing appointed Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, 21st day of September, 1784. Robert LoUer appointed 10th day of September, 1789, by Thomas Mifflin ; was re-appointed 4th day of September, 1790 by same. .Appointed by the Governor. James Morris, appointed 4th June, 1791, by Thomas Mifflin. Wm. Richardson Atlee oppointed5th of March, 1799, by Thomas Mifflin. Thomas Potts appointed 6th of January, 1800, by Thomas McKean. Archibald Darrah appointed 21st day of January, 1809, by Smon Snyder. George Wack appointed 25th of March, 1818, by William Find- lay. Jesse Roberts appointed 7th of February, 1821, by Thomas Heister. Jacob Hubley appointed 1st day of November, 1822, by John Heister. John Marklej- appointed 8th of January, 1824, by J. H. Shultz ; was re-appointed 24th of September, 1826, by same. 226 KORRISTOWN AND BRIDGEPORT. William Powell appointed 12th of Februraj', 1830, by George Wolf; was re-appointed 23d of February, 1833, by same. Nathan B. Boileau appointed 28th of January, 1836, by Joseph Kitner. Elected by the People and Commissioned by the Governor. John Shearer elected in 1839, and commissioned 7th of Feb- ruary, same year, by D. R. Porter. William Earnest elected in 1842, and commissioned byD. E. Porter 12th of November, same year. B. F. Yost elected in 1845, and commissioned by F. R. Shunk, the 17th November, same year. William Fronefield elected in 1848, and commissioned by F. R. Shunk, the 25th of November, same year. John M. Jones elected in 1851, and commissioned by William F. Johnson 22d of November, same year. Isaac Schneider elected in 1854, and commissioned by Gov. Bigler November 12th, same year. Philip S. Gerhard elected in 1857, and commissioned by Gov. Pollock Nov. 13th, same year. BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport Baptist Church. — Constituted A. D. 1849; church organized A. D. 1850. Communicants, 136. Sabbath Services: Prayer Meeting, 9i- o'clock, A. M.; Regular Service, lOi o'clock, A. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Communion Service the first Sabbath of every month. Pastor, Rev. Charles J. Thompson. Deacons, B. F. Hancock, Eli G. McCarter. Trustees, B. F. Hancock, William Swan, Eli G. McCarter, Sylvester Makens, H. E. JSTewberry. Two Sabbath Schools ; hold their sessions on Sunday afternoons, at 2 o'clock ; 200 pupils. Superintendents, William Swan and B. F. Hancock. Public School. — The public school house of Bridgeport is situ- ated on the south east corner of DeKalband Sixth streets. Built in 1857 of brick, two stories in height, fifty feet square, with a cupola; there are two rooms upon each floor, and a commodious basement. The schools are divided into three departments, gram- mer, secondary and primary. The grammar department is taught by Joseph P. Rossiter; the secondary department by Rebecca L. Bolton ; the primary, by Eliza R. White. No. of pupils in gram- mar department 24 males, and 25 females. Number of pupils in secondary department, 4 males and 66 females. Primary depart- ment, 52 males. Salaries, male teachers $35 per month, female teachers $20 pe" month ; school term 10 months. Tax levied iu 1859, $2460, value of school property, $12000. School Directors — Eli G. McCarter, President; Dr. George W. Holstein, Secretary; William Keiger, Jesse W. Ramsey, John Richards, Charles Murray. Borough Officers, ^c. — The regular meetings of the Borough Council are held on the last Saturday of each month, at the Evans House, at 7i o'clock, P. M. Bonded debt of the borough, $3,- 668.00. Amount real estate, &c., taxable, $250,000. Amount of tax for borough purposes, $11,000. Number of taxables, 250. Number of voters, 180. Burgess, Francis Mulvany. Council, Charles L. Corman, Jacob L. Hallman, John Ogden, George S. Patterson, Owen Raysor. Clerk, John B. Buzby. Treasurer, Charles L. Corman. Street and Road Commissioner, John Ogden. Committee on Ways and Means, John Ogden and G. S. Patterson. Committee on Accounts, Corman, Raysor and Patterson. Com- mittee on Finance, Hallman and Patterson. Minerva. Mill. — Fourth street, between Lock and Vine. Paul Thurlow & Son, proprietors. Built by Body & Jacobs in 1854/ 2,300 spindles ; 100 looms. Engine 45 horse power, built in 1854, by Corson & West, Norristown, Pa. Superintendent, Christo- pher Blount, 228 NORRISTOWN AND RRIDGEPORT. Bridgeport Post Office. — DeKalb street, near Bridge* Postmaster, E. B. Bickdl. Arrival of Mails : From Phila- delphia, 8i A. M.; from Norristown, 114 A. M.; from Reading 12 M. Departures : To Reading, 8 A. M.: to Norristown, 9 A. M.; to Philadelphia, Hi A. M. Bridgeport Lyceum. — President, P. M. Hunter; Secretary, G. W. Bush. Organized in 1851, meet every Friday evening in base- ment of the public school building. Steam Planing Mill and Sash Factory — Front street, helow Depot. Isaac Ramsay, proprietor. Built by Raysor & Temple- ton, 1852. Engine 20 horse power, built by Hugh McCallum. Beaver's Flour Mill — Samuel Beaver, Jr., proprietor. Built by Mr. Beaver in 1856. Run two stone. Capacity 20 horse power. Heebner's Flour Mill. — Christian Heebner, proprietor. Built in 1826. Mill 55 by 65 feet. Run three stones. Wheel 12 feet high and 16 feet wide. Capacity, 100 barrels daily. Bridgeport Cotton Factory. — Front street, below Depot. John Ogden, proprietor. Built and put in operation in 1858. Run 94 looms; 2308 spindles. Employ 85 operatives (30 males and 55 females.) Steam engine 60 horse power, built by James T. Sut- ton& Co., A.D. 1853. Philadelphia, Pottsville and Reading Railroad Depot Built in 1838, by John VVilhams ; 80 feet long by 30 leet wide. Thomas H. Wilson, agent. ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN W. CHRISTMAN, DEALER IX COAL, WOOD, GUANO, And Super-Phosphate of Lime» All the Latest IiTiproved. MOWI]\G AMD REAPII^G MACIII]¥ES, Horse and Dog Power Threshing Machines, Lime and Guano Spreaders, Plot's, Cultivators, Grain Fans, Corn Shellers, Cider Mills and Presses, Farm Mills, "Washing Machines, Churns, Pumps, Clover Hullers, Ilay, Straw, and Fodder Cutters, Lard Presses, Meat Cutters and Stuffers, Terra Cotta Heating Pipes and Water Drains, Calcined Plaster, Cement, Hair ^ Sand, Sieves and Screens, Wire-work, Bows and Shafts, Horse and Hand Rakes, Forks, Shovels, Root Cutters, Apparatus for Steaming Feed, &c,; And all Hardware used by Farmers. Willoughhy's Grain Drills, 'Pennock's Iron Harvesters, Allen's Improved Mower and Reaper, B Mower and Reaper, Pratt's Steel-tooth Horse Rake, Lessig Lever Rake, Male's Convertible Cider Mill and Hickok's Cider Mill, Corn Sheller, Bamborough Grain Fans, Darling's and other Horse Powers, Blaker's Bucks County Plowsy Hoosier State Plows, Side Hill Plows, &c., &e. "Wholesale and Retail Agent fer WILLSOX'S TELEGRAPH HAY AID FODDER CUTTER, THE BEST IN THE MARKET. CUMMINGS' HAY AND STKAW CUTTEES. BAUGH-S PHOSPHATE OF LIME. No. 1 PERUVIAN GUANO, and other good Manures and Fertilizers, POUDEETTE AND BONEDUST. Also, Manufacturer of Hoffer's U. S. Roller Washing Machine. Garden Seeds put up under my own directions. All to be had of the subscriber, at the "Montgomery County Agricultural Store." UT^Anj- of the above Machines will ba given on trial, and not proving Batisiactory, will be redeemed. Very Respectfully, JOHN W. CHRISTMAS, No. 156 Egypt (or I>Sain) Street, JOHN McCOY, NO. 93 MAIN STREET, :sroRiiisTo^v\^is^, p^. ^as mi ^tmn §\\m d all ^m^, Valves, Cocks and Fittings of all descriptions, at MANUFACTUEERS^ PRICES. Gas Fixtures, Chandeliers, Pendants, BEACKETS, &c., &c. iiLi'i STE^ili Mi^TEB. for WARIfliryG DWELLINGS AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS. f illlilE ill Willi FOR PEiVATE HOUSES, SCHOOLS, MANU- FACTORIES AND HOTELS. Ml luork done with despatch.. FASIIDIBLS CLDTHIi HOSE. No. 226 Egypt or Main St.^ above DeKalb St., A choice assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres and Yes- tings, which will be made to order, at short no- tice, on favorable terms, and with great care. SAMUEL SCHEETZ, i§AfB ■ASia^ EGYPT, ABOVE BARBADOES STREET, NORRISTOWN, PA, B^°" Repairing punctually attended to. .^^^ B. F. SOLLY, BOOT il SHeS MMFMT08Y. JsO. 200 EGYPT (OR MAIN) STJiEBT, o Would respectfully call the attention of the citizens of the Borough and the public generally, to his Stock of tlMTERS, MADE BY EXPERIENCED WORKMEN, With great care, superintended wholly by himself, consisting of Quilted, Stitched, Sewed & Pegged Boots. Gaiters and Shoes of all kinds, 5 Call, exaiMliietlie C^oods and leaBii tlie Prices. HEIEY BAINBEIBGE'S BOOT, SHOE, mm, MB Till MANUFxVGTORY, Next door to the Montgomery House, The subscriber having added to his extensive store, a factory for the man- ufacture of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters he is fulljr prepared to offer them to a discriminating i^ublic at very Low Prices for Cash, As I am more than ever determinei tc make it an object to the cash buyer so that he will not have to pay for hi neighbor that buys on credit For the ladies I have an endless variety of Gaiter Boots, Kid, Mo rocco and Leather Boots, Slippers, &c., with or -without heels. For the gents I have Patent Leather and Calf Gaiter Boots, Shoes, and Pumps and for the children an endless variety of Boots, Shoes, Gaiter Ankle Ties, &c., too numerous to mention. ALL THE MEW STYLES OF SHOES AND GAITERS As soon as they are out. This is also the depot for GOODYEAR' S GUM SHOES, a full assortment of all kinds. Gent's Gaiter Boots, from $2.00 to $5.00 " Shoes " 1.00 " 4.00 " Boots, " 1.75 " 8 00 Ladies' Gaiter Boots, " 1.00 " 2.00 «' " " with heels 150 " 3 00 << Kid and Morocco Boots 1.00 " 1.37 << " " " with heels 1.25 " 1.75 '< «< " Slippers 50 " 1.00 " <« " " with heels.. 1.00 " 1.75 Boys' Shoes and Gaiters 75 '< 2 50 Children's and Misses' Shoes, from 40 cts. to any price. [nr TRUNKS from $1.00 to $10.00. TO THE TRADE.— I have a full assortment of Ladies', Gen- tlemen's and Children's Gaiter Boots. Morocco Boots and Slipper Uppers ready for the last. Also, Boots, Shoes, and Goiters by the case, or single dozen, at a small advance above cost. IXIr" Measured Work promptly attended to by comoetent workmen. REPAIRING done neatly and promptly. Don't forget the place, No. 190 Main Street, next door to the Montgomery House, Norristown, Pa. HENRY EAINBRIDGE. Cliildrea's Boots.. Slioes, and Gaiters. 6 MAJOR ^ CORSON, littiii 4 tii iitiiEi AND DEALEHS IN MEATS, CHEESE, &c. Ko. 217 Egypt St., Norristown, Pa. Fresh supi ly of goods always on hand at city pricc.9. N. B.— Goods delivered to any part of this Borough or Bridgeport, gratis. EOBFET E, TAYLOR, MT. CAP Ai FOB BMPOBIUM. No. 234 Egypt (or Main) St., Nonistown, Pa. Will furnish all articles in his line at as REASONABLE PRICES AS ANY STORE IN TOWN. M^" Bufialo and Fancy Robes on hand, .^^^^gf Cabinet Slalier & Siikrlaher, NO. 81 EGYPT (OB MAIN) ST., ^J^:^- Bureaus, Whatnots, Hat Racks, ^^"^^ mmim ulmses, ^^^^- BEGEPf iOi CHiiiS, UNDERTAKING and UPHOLSTERING attended to at short notice — teems eeasokable I DC?" Give him a call ! ^yj} 7 ^ J^. ysT, 3BERTOLET, "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in AN53 OliD „^^ Monoiigaliela Whiskey. ALWAYS ON HAND, A LARGE STOCK OF Fimsmi EICMEII WiM. Wiiich will be sold very reasonable, at IDO'O- 1@0 E1^"^:E*^I? (or Main) ^^XP., ■ LYMAN B. MEYERSOFS At the old Stand of Abraham Freiday, next door to F. D. Sower's Book Store, KTOa ^^^ iMSCSh'^^^T (or Main) ^^„, -=s-=^^^^^s==- Alwavs on hand, a lars-e assort- P^^^-^^ - Inent of E^ady-made GENTLEMEN'S AND BOYS' W^^y I V' 1 ^ [^ CLOTHING MADE TO OEDER ■=61^ U ^-^ AT SHORT XOTICE. L. B. MEYEEBON, L. B. MEYEESOI^^ President. Cashier. 8 REALESTITE BROKER &CONVMM()ER. On good Mortgages and Collaterals at short dates. OFFICE — EGYPT (OE MAIN) STREET, J. F. HARTRANFT, ftBffiimafia, NOERISTOWN, PA. BRIEF OF TITLES AND SEARCHES MADE. Drafts and other claims Collected. Eeal Estate & Stocks bought and sold. HF' Money loaned on good first Mortgages. ^^^£;j] N. B. — All business sent by mail will meet with prompt attention. D. H. STEIN, WATCH MAOK M JEWELEE, NO, 204 EGYPT OR MAIN STREET, otooicst warcHEet , JEWELRY, &c, ^ All of wliicli will be sold at the __ LOWEST CASH PRICES. N. B. — A choice assortment of American Gold and Silver Lever WATCHES ALWAYS ON HAND. 9 mA%, mA% STEPHENS lLITIES OE "^ Egg, Stove & Chestnut Coal At the lowest CASH prices, always on hand. SCANTLING, PLANK, Poof & Plastcrino' Latli, Pickets, Shaved & Sawed PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES. The above are all purchased lor Cash, and sold at very small ad' vance only, for Cash. 16 VAMii HOTEL, N. W. Corner Airy&DeKalb St., (OPPOSITE MARKET HOUSE,) Norristown, Montgoinery County, Pa. TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE AMOUNT OF ^^ iffi^i i^h2 ';mm h© 'Ml r^y ^^r^ FOR SHIELDING VEHICLES FROM STORMS, OAREFUT. AND EXPERIENCED OSTLERS. AND WELL VENTILATED. The Table Supplied with the best the Market will afford — and the Bar with the JACOB QUILLIAN, Proprietor. 17 A. M'CARTER & BRO'S llfi IRON FOOIDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, Cor. Washington & Strawberry Sts., NORMSTOWN, PA. 0team ^ngiiua # ioileva, 'i^MmaSsis MACHINERY. ALL iCliiS ©r i^STlUgS S3r> MADE TO ORDER. ..g^ 18 CROLL & BERGEY, (Successors to D. H. Major,) Cor. Swede & Penn Sts., (OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE,) mmm \^mM^ ^}ib®mm®m®m WILL ¥i'l«f ILATiij «ttl itAl£IB« AND flBLE WELL SUPPLIED, "mm, ^%vm^ m Liquors and Hegars. 19 WM. SWAN'S is#» w§wmwM% Comer Rambo & Depot Streets, (Above Reading Railroad Station) Where he is prepared to make all kinds of To order, on the most reasonable terms. Particular attention paid to the manufacture of Threshing & Mowing Machine Castings, ^tan #t'at(^, §hU^ and ^jjtindfvisi, SASH WEIGHTS, ETC. JOBBING OF ALL KINDS Attended to, and warranted to give full satisfaction- I^^GIYE HIM A CALL. Castings Furnished at from U to 5 cts. per lb. 20 JOHN TAYLOR, ^ a ra cm ^^r to gE mi W ? West side DeKalhy opposite Odd Fellows' Hall, Is now ready to furnish to his customers and the pub- lic generally, anything in his line, of tlie very best, cooked and prepared in "tip top" style and warranted to suit the palate of all. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO BALLS, PARTIES, WEDDINGS, FAMILIES, &c. CALL AND SEE HIM. CHRISTIAN MEEH'S GOSPECTIOSERV flNO BflKESY, (Opposite Public Square) NORRISTOWN, PENN'A, Where will be found a fresh supply of : CANDIES & CAKES ^s<' t Wholesale and Eetail, of his ^5^^^^^" own manufacture. STOREKEEPERS AND OTHERS WILL FIND THAT HE AIRWAYS SEL.I.S AT CITY PRICES. D::y='Balls and Parties supplied at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. ICE CREAM, WATER ICES, A^D JELLIES Made to order, and constantly kept on hand in their season. ClimSTIA]^ MEEH. 21 M. B. KITTEM, Odd Fellows' Hall, Norristown, Pa. Manufacturer of and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in IMPORTED & DOMESTIC UQ ALSO, 7<" Jones & Sons' lb. lump Tobacco, Z^_ Wm. Grainer's «' " ' ^^ Lottiers' " " " ' ^""^^ A Chewers' Favorite half lb " C/i^^^DPriuirose, 5's and lO's '"V'^^C-* Anderson's Dewberry, 5's and lO's. ^^^b) Lottiers' 6's, Pju^ Roll. ^'^^^ Thomas' Diadem Twist. '< Eldorado. Rough and Ready lb. lump Tobacco. Anderson & Go's Solace Tobacco, j ^. ^ , E. Goodwin & Bro's Sarsaparilla " \ ^'""^ ^''^' FINE AND COARSE Rappee and Scotch Snuffs. Pipes, &c., &c. k hmM ASSOHTIEIT OF SEGAiS, Including the Celebrated 22 ^ ^^ i^us^ ^^ ^^ \^ ^^ '^^ <|i^ ^^ I WEST SIDE DeKALB, below Egypt, STREET, Sacks, Capes, Shawls, Jackets, Opera Hood?, Nu- bias, Mariposa Under Shirts, Drawers, Sheneal Caps, Ball Caps, Scarfs, Soiitags,^ and HOSIERY OF ALL KINDS Always on hand, and will be sold at prices to suit all. 1^°" Would respectfully call the attention of the public. ^^^ Wholesale Coefectionery, Cake Bakery and Ice Cream Saloon, No, 210 Egypt (or Main) Street, ||0ni^tmv«, fit co:rffectio^ery of ai^i. kinds, Plain and Fancy Calies, Fruit, Nuts, &c.; In short, every thing usually sold in a well ordered establishment. I@^ Particular attention paid to furnishing Wed- dings, Parties and Balls, with Cakes, Confectionery, Ice Cream, &c., on reasonable terms. 23 WILLIAM STAHLEK No. 202 Main St., Norristown, Pa., Wholesale and Kctail Dealer in Drugs, Medicines Chemicals, Dye-StiilTs, Paints and Painters' Articles, Oils, Varnishes, Window Glass & Putty, Spices, Caniphene, Burning Fluid, Kerosene Oil, ttc, &c. Trusses and Shoulder Braces; Pure Wines and Li- quors for Medicinal J Purposes ; All the Genuine Patent Medicines of the day, And a large and carefully selected stock of all arti- cles usually met with in a well stocked Drug Store, all of which may be relied upon as of undoubt- ed purity and freshness. 24 JOSEPH BEEilEil, PENNSYLVANIA FAKMKRS' AXO North Side of E^pt (or Main) St., NORPwISTOWN. PA. HOISE COMFORTABLE A.\D CO.HMODIOIS; Table supplied with the best the Market can Afiford. The Slabliijg Good, with Careful Ostlers. The Bar stocked witli the best Wines, Liq[uor8, and Segars. Stages start from this House for the fol- lowing Places, viz: Perklomen, Trappe, Pottstown, Boyertown, Zeiglerville, Shultzville, Green Lane, Penns- ]jurg, Freichlersville, Skippackville, Leder- achvillej Samneytown, AUentown, Plymouth, Ptoxborough, Manayunk, Phoenixville and Shannonville. 2^ 25 O. DOTTERI^R & CO., DEALERS ' IN No. 227 Egypt {or Main) street, Norristown, Pa. Sole, Upper, Calf, Kips, Linings, Bindings, and all kinds of Patent Leather and Fancy Moroccos, Skirting, Harness, Bri- dle, Belting, &c. N. B. — Cash paid for Hides and Skins. ALBEET WETZEL, And Dealer in Ready-Madc Clotlilng^, No. 236 Main street, Norristown, Fa. Constantly on hand a large assortment of fashionable, cheap Clothing, and Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods ; Trunks and Carpet Bags, with a great variety of Cloths, Cassimeres and Vc'Stings. W. T. ^OPLIiy, Jeweler & fflatch JWakcr, i9if ^gjjirt 3ixui, ^nxbUmx, fit. Always on hand a fine stock of all goods in his line, which will be disposed of on satis- factory terms. WatGHES HEPAmEt) !Iili®liI![?ir[L¥ Mm WaiFH (BiJ\SS» 26 CLOTHING, The oldest Hat, Cap, and Clothing Establishment in Norristown, is at No. 178 Main Street, TWO DOORS ABOVE THE MOXTGOMEB.Y HOTEL. All descriptions of Hats, Caps and Clothing kept on hand, or made up to order. Neatness, Cheapness and Politeness are the mottoes of this establishment. M. AUGE & CO. S. W. Cor. Main and BeKalb Sts. The Republican is an independent, reform paper- Price : — $1 50 in advance, or $2 at the end of the year. THE JOBBING DEPARTMENT Is provided with a choice assortment of mW STYLE T¥FES, iOEQEBS, BULIS, &0, Jobs of all kinds are gotten up with despatch, and in th3 highest style of the art. M. AtJGEE, Editor. Foreman an dSuperintendent of the Typographical Department, JOHN H. WILLIAMS. 27 MONTGOMERY HOTEL, South side Egypt or Iain street, {Between DeKalb and Swede streets,) DAMIEI. R. BKOWEM, This Hotel is the most Of any in the Borough ; is well kept ; HOUSE LAKGE mB klRY, AND THE T^BtB le wEtt zmtm With the best of every thing in the Market* The Bar is always stocked with the best brands of stabling Large and Careful Ostlers. 28 LUMBER & COAL, Cor. Foiirtli and Mill Sts., BRIDGEPORT, PENNA. ALWAYS ON HAND Of all the different sizes, prepared for family and steam purposes, which he will sell as low as the same article can be purchased elsewhere. Also, on hand, a general assortment of OF ALL KINDS, FOR BUILDING, To which he invites the attention of Car- penters and Builders in want of a first rate article, before purchasing elsewhere. CEDAR AND CHSSTHUT ^AILS kMD POSTS, . ALWAYS ON HAND. Which will bs sold to suit purchasers- 29 GEORGE ZINNEL, 168 Egypt (or Main) St., -» CDBEEOINTiVBBYBESTmiE. Jllways Fresh and Large. 30 The proprietors wish to draw the public attention to their large and line collection of Embracing Standard and Dwarf Fruit Trees of all kinds. Of all the standard, old, hardy varieties, and quite a number of recent introduction. Comprising the finest Currants, Gooseberries, Kaspberrics, Blackberries, Strawberries, etc., etc. MMUBAllB, €JIA]^T ASPARAGUS, &c. Deciduous Ornamental Trees of all kinds, including the most elegant weeping trees for Lawns and Cemeteries. Evergreen Trees, of all the most desirable species, and of all|ages and sizes, many of them quite rare. EVERGREEN AMD DECIDUOUS FLOWERING SHRUBS, Including almost everything that is really desirable and suit- able for our climate. Climbing Shrubs? such as Honeysuckles, Bignonias Clema- tis, Ivy, Wistarias, etc., etc. And other hardj^ border perennial plants. PETSJMHAS, ^IBAMSUlSs YSBBiHASg And other bedding out plants. For particulars we refer to our Descriptive Priced Catalogue? a copy of which will be sent gratis to all applicants. PacSiing- done in tlie best manner. Freights paid to Philadelphia on all orders amounting to $5, or over. J. L. DARLIKGTON & €0., Proprietors. 31 F. D. SOWER, nmmu m mTioiii, Jr&. ^30 Main Street, Bibles, Blank Deeds, Prayer Books, Bonds and Mortages, Hymn Books, Cap, Note, Post and Miscellaneous Books, Wrapping Paper, School Books, Envelopes, Blank Books, Gold and Steel Pens, Magistrate's Blanks, Accordeons, Violins, Perfumery, Combs, Brushes, Cutlery, Porte Monaies, Garden Seeds. 32 NEW LIVERY STABLE. Corner DeKalb and Lafayette Streets, BENJAfflll JENKIIS Would respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he is now prepared to furnish them with Siil HKHS & imMMiM. WATCH MAKi M JIWE No. 172 Egypt, or Iain Street, (Opposite the Public Square,) iiiiJSTQWi, PA. Always on hand and for sale, MUf WaTCHE0t AXD p All kinds of Jewelry manufactured to order. Uy^ Clocks and Watches repaired on the most rcaasonable terms. 33 BOWMaN. MEMT k CO.. NORRISTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of High and Low Pressure Engines, Cornish Engines, for Mines and Water Works of any capacity ; Mining Machinery and Tunnel Work of every description, such as Plunger and Drawing Lift Pumps, Jigging Machines, Ore Crushers, Circular Buddies and Stamps, Steam and Horse Whims, Buckets and Miners' Tools, Shears and Horse Whim Pulleys, Block and Crab Winches. Flue, Tubular and Cylinder Boilers, of the best Pennsylvania charcoal Iron. OF Ii:VEIlY DESCRIPTION; Rolls made and turned for rolling all kinds of Iron ; Saw Mills, MILL GEARING, SHAFTING, And all Kinds of Work belonging to the FOUNDRY AND MACHINE BUSINESS. HAVING A For said Machinery on hand, and being praciical Mechanics o^ many years experience, they flatter themstlvts with being able to do work with despatch, and will guarantee all entrusted to them. Particular attention will be given to JOBBING AND REPAIRING. JOHN AVEST, Chief Engineer. 34 DEPOT OF 1104 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia^ AGENTS OF J. ANDRE, OFFENBACH, O. M. OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF Comprising Composition for every instrument, as well as AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF Gives us facilities for supplying AMATEUf^S, SCHOOLS, SEMINARIES, &C., VrOICfl J«0 OTHER MOUSE CAN OFFER. t^znmm mmn tmrnt^ MUSICAL MERCHANDISE IN GENERAL, :isrE\^r m:tjsio Received regularly from Europe, and from all the leading Music Publishers in the United Stales. COMPLETE CATALOGUES ORATIS. 35 STOVES, STOVES. DANIEL QUILLMAN & SON, Respectfully inform their friends, and the public generally, that they have purchased of John M. Staufper, the good will and entire stock of the AND CONSISTING OF Both Plain and Gas Burning, for CooMng^, Parlors, CflSces, BAR-ROOMS, AND ;c3es:tji^o2s:his. Of the Latest design & improvement^ THEY ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED LEHIGH AND CHARM STOVES, WithSpear's Gas Burning Patent, and would call particular atten- tion to this fact. The LEHIGH is unsurpassed in its operation hy any Stove of the kind now in use. It consumes less coal, and creates more heat than any other in the market. They hereby in- vite all persons in want of Stoves to call and examine for them- selves. Persons wishing to examine will have every attention shown them, whether intending to purchase immediately or not. They have also on hand a large stock of Tinware, Building and Shelf Hardware, Cutlery and Tools, Oil Cloths, Rattinets, and a general assortment of Coachware and Trimmmgs, consisting of Aples, Springs, Hubs, Spokes, Rims, &c. TIN ROOFING and SPOUTING promptly attended to. Stoves delivered, and put up within three miles of Norristown, free of charge. Old Stoves taken in exchange for new ones. 1>A]VIEL. QUII.L.MA]¥ & SON, Cor. Main aaid Swede Streets, IVorristown, Pa. 30 BETWEEN Philadelphia and Norristown, Pa. OFFICE IN PHILADELPHIA, No. 9 South Third Street, below Market, AND ODD FELLOWS' HALL, NORRISTOWN, PA. Goods and Freight taken at reasanable rates, and forwarded to any part of the Union. DCr" Bills, Notes, Drafts and Checks, collected and returns promptly made. He very respectfully asks the patronage of the public. Leaves Norristown 9 o'clock, A. M.; returning leaves PhiLi- delphia 3.05 o'clock, P. M. W. IL. ^1 GEORGE PERRY'S Corner Green and Washington Streets, Norristown' BRANDIES— Dark, Pale, Pinet, Rachelle, Ilennesy, Teabcrry and \Yhite, Wild Cherry, Raspberry, Ginger, Peach. WHINES — Superior Old Sherry, superior Okl Maderia, superior Old Port, superior Old Cherry, superior Old Currant, Champagne, Claret, Catawba and Hock. WHISKE YS— Superior Old Monon- gahela, superior Old Mountain R.ye, superior Old Borbon, Family Nectar, Irish and Scotch, Rectified Rye ^Yhis- k ey. GINS— Holland Gin, Swand Brands. RUMS-Superior Old Jamaicia Spir- its, superior Old New England Rum. FANCY LIQUORS— Wine Bitters, Blackberry Bitters, Lavender Bitters, Old Apple Bitters. ALCOHOL, COMET and SCHNEIDAM. Liquor in bottles always on hand. All orders promptly attended to, and packages delivered without charge. 37 DRUG S AND MEDIC INES DR. H. T. SLEMIISE, No. 180 Egypt Street, Has on baud the largest and best variety of iiUiS, liEililiiS, Of any house in Montgomery county, which will be sold At Keasonable Prices for Cash. Every family should be provided with the following Medicines, which are safe in their operation upon the system. They have produced some of the most wonderful cures upon record : Dr. Slemmer's COMPOUND SYRUP of SARSAPARILLA, the greatest Blood Purifyer in existence, cures all diseases arising from im- pure blood. Dr. Slemmer's COUGH MIXTURE, cures Coughs, Colds, Whooping Cough, and Incipient Consumption. Dr. Slemmer's INFANT DROPS relieves, as if by magic, Infantile Cholic, Restlessness, &c. Every mother should be provided with this remedy. Dr. Slemmer's TONIC VERMIFUGE, the greatest Worm Destroyer known. Dr. Slemmer's DIARRHCEA MIXTURE, cures Bowel Com- plaint quicker than any other remedy. Dr. Slemmer's AGUE MIXTURE, cures Ague, Chills and ^Dr. Slemmer's FEMALE REGULATING ELIXIR, is a sure and safe llemedy. Dr. Slemmer's FEMALE OR MONTHLY PILLS, are a sure Restorer. Dr. Slemmer's ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, relieve all obstruc- tions of the Liver, and are a complete Purgative Pill. Dr. Slemmer's SARSAPARILLA BLOOD PILLS, are a Mild Alterative Pill, and are very useful in Constipation of the Bowels, and when a light Pergative Medicine is required. Dr. Slemmer's STOMACH BITTERS, promote Digestion and give increased vigor to the whole system. Dr. Slemmer's IIUFELAND BITTERS, cure Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite, Liver Complaint, Low Spirits, ic. 38 PUBLIC NOTICE. illBllSlI HASFITTED UP A CASE OF MEDICINES Expressly for Compounding Prescriptions. All Prescriptions are compounded by the Doctor personallj, which will be a guarantee against mistakes being made. OBSERVE.— Db. SLEMMERhas no agreement with physicians to pay them a per centage for their influence in sending- Prescriptions to his store, but re- lies upon the good judgment of the citizens. All Prescriptions compounded of the purest Medicines and at reasonable prices . Db H. T. Slemmeb, graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, 1843, ha^ the honor to inform the citizens of Norristown and vicinity that His Office for the Reception of Patients IS NOW READY. Tha Doctor may be consulted in private at all times upon all diseases which the human .system is heir to, without restraint. AL-t. MATTERS SACREDL.Y COIVFIOEIVTIAL.. Da. SLEMiiEH having paid much attention to Is confident he can give relief and cure disease in a majority of cases when others have failed . Ladies Suffering from Irregularities and Nervous Derangement, Debility, Inward Weakness, Prolapsus Uteri, Enlargements, fcc, •will find under the Doctor's treatment, speedy relief and permanent cure. All should avail themselves of the opportunity now offered. GC^The Doctor ha.s a.s neat and complete a Medical Office as can be found in the State. Trusses and Abdominal Supporters Accurately fitted by Dr. H. T. Slem.mer, J^T lVrOIDEI^A.TE I^PIIOES. J^X^JL. SIZES For Gentlemen, Ladies and Children, alv:ays on hand. TEE LlRfJ ESTJMDSOMESTM D BEST Clje Ji0rrist0toH |legister, Having the largest circulation of the English papers in the county, and printed on new copper-faced type, is Published Weekly in the Borough of KTorristown, Pa., And contains a large amount of original and selected reading, together with a full resume of general and local news, &c. TERMS — $2 per annum, payable one half invariably in advance. THE I?.EGI-ISTEPt Ss ■v^j^r£G:E3:isKj^isr j®B PiiiTii© ©mil Is'one of the best furnished and most complete in the country, possessing the most ample facilities for promptly executing in the best style and at the most moderate rates, every variety of Plain and Fancy Printing, such as POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PAMPHLETS, PROGRAMMES, CARDS, CIRCULARS, BLANKS, BALL TICKETS, BILL HEADS, LABELS, ETC., ETC. Cards $1 50, and upwards, per thousand. Office — Corner of Main and Swede Streets, NORRISTOWN PA. 40 FARMERS' ^ MECHANICS' HOT* "FT iHTHSlEmTJRHAINST.. SEPTIMUS KRIBEL, Proprietor. (SUCCESSOR TO ISAAC STETLER.) |i0,use is ITarge, €01111110^0115, Stables well Arranged, ^nd will accommodate a large number oj Horses, with Careful and Experienced Ostlers; ITSr THE DMC^A^PIKIET. The Bar is Supplied with the Choicest 41 WilUAM WELLS, WK & TOUPEE MAKER, MANUFACTUUER OF HAIR JEWELRY, AND No. 206 Egypt (or Main) Street, NORRISTOWN, PENNA. J®iEPH iilHiLiFF, IBY Um m GEOCSBY STOi. S. W. Cor. Egypt and Barbadoes Sts,, NORRISTOWN, PENNA., Is now ready to furnish all articles in his line, at as fair prices as any store in town. N. B. — Goods delivered to any part of this and Bridgeport Boroughs free of charge. Tiailii No. 232 Egypt {or Main) Street, NORRISTOWN, PENNA., Is now prepared to furnish all articles of Clothing in his line, at as fair prices as any store in the borough. A CHOICE LOT OF AND ON HAND, which wil^be made to order with great care, and neat ness of fit. Ready Made Clotlaing al^vays on hand £it city prices- 42 NATIONAL DEFENDER, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY Subscription Price $2.00 per annum The Defender will contain well selected stories and general literature, all the local news, news from neighboring counties, and States, Foreign news, and all that transpires in the Polit- ical World. No effurt will be spared to make the Defender one of the best papers in the State. The increased circulation, and flour- ishing condition of the Defender, is fast rendering it the most valuable advertising medium in the county. AND f #• tftiBtiai, Of every description, neatly and promptly executed at the DEFEISTDER OFFICE We have added to our large and extensive assortment of JOB TYPE, many new styles, which will now enable us to do Job Work of all descriptions, on reasonable terms, and at short notice, viz : Hand Bills, Posting Bills, Circulars, Way Bills, Blank Booh, Blanks, Notices, Fancy Cards, Business Cards, Catalogues, Bam'phlets, Constitutions, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Concert Tickets, Elec- tion Tickets, Funeral Notices, Apotheca- ry Labels, dfc, Sfc, dfc. Printing in Colored Inks and Bronzes^ NEATLY EXECUTED. DC?^We hope, by strict attention to business, to give gene- ral satisfaction to all who may favor us with their orders. 43 GROCERY km PROVISION STORE, JVorth Side Egypt (or Main) St., ah. Barbadoes, NORRISTOWN, PENNA. A large supply of goods on hand and for sale, at prices to suit all. N. B, — Goods delivered free of charge. Conyeyancer and Real Estate Agent, no. 3© EAST CJAY STREET, WEST CHESTER, PENNA. Money carefully loaned, and all business in Ills line promptly attended to. SPORTSMEN LOOK HERE ! BRIGG'S PATENT GUNS! The subscriber having obtained letters patent for his new and useful improvement in Guns and Fire Arms, desires to call the attention of Sportsmen, and the community in general, to it. The stock is hollow, and is made of malleable iron; the lock and trigger consist of only two pieces, in- cluding the guard. In using this gun there is no recoil, owing to the peculiar construction of the stock, and it can he discharged as much quicker than 'any other gun, as the ordinary percus- sion gun can be over the old flint lock kind. It is not subject to get out of order, having one-half less pieces in its manufacture than any other gun ever patented ; is durable in every particular, and will last any one a life time. From its great simplicity, cheapness of con- struction, increased durability and safety from explosion, it is especially -H-orthy the attention of those who use fire-arms. Thorough trial has demonstrated its precision and effectiveness in service. All orders in gun making and repair- ing promptly attended to. li^Shop onEUYPT street, between Mill and Arch streets, Norristown, Pa. WII.I.IAM BRIGGS. u UNITED STATES TROST COMPMY. Interest 5 per cent. Money Returned on Demand. S. E. COR. OF THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL, 1850. Money is received on deposit daily. The amount deposited is entered in a Deposit Book, or, if preferred, a Certificate will be given to the Depositor. Ct^ Sums large and small received and paid back on demand without notice. INTEREST 5 PER CENT. Interest at the rate of Five Per Cent, is allowed from the day of deposit, to the day the money is returned. On the first day of November, in each year, the interest upon each deposit is paid to the depositor, or added to the principal, as may be preferred. By special agreement, this Company also receives deposits from Merchants and others. Cashing their Checks thereon at sight, as usual with Banks, and on the average bealances, allow the most liberal rate of interest which the nature of each account may war- rant. Office Hours. — From 9 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon; also Monday Evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. President, STEPHEN R. CRAWFORD. Secretary and Treasurer, J. R. HUNTER. TeUer, JOSEPH H. HEDGES. DIRECTORS. STEPHEN R. CRAWFORD, BENJAMIN W. TINGLEY, PAUL B. GODDARD, M. D., PATRICK BRADY, JAMES DEVEREUX, THOMAS T. LEA, DANIEL BEIDELMAN, GEORGE JUNKIN, WILLIAM M. GODWIN, ALEX'R C. HART, M. D., B. FRANKLIN JACKSON, PLINY FISK. 45 JOHM TAYLOR, gowxtk f twt, mt^i f ttU Mow mm, ^// u'or^ warranted to give entire satisfaction, and prices to suit. Repairing carefully and pronvgtly done. OBNAMENTAL IHON WORKS, jacoFIrIier, MANUFACTURER OF Respectfully informs the public that he carries on the business on DeKALB Street, (near Jamison's Factory,) Norristown, Penn'a^ Where he will be happy to furnish all orders in his line with promptness, and on the most reasonable terms. For Cemetery Lots, or public or private liiildirgs, of various desigus, in the best style, VERANDAS AND BALCONIES Will be put up at short noitice, and in the most durable manner. 46 Ctjerrg fill llurseries, WEST CHESTER, PENNA. THE Proprietors request the attention of Planters, the coming Spring, to their large stock of Which are unusually well grown and thrifty. DCT'ParticuIar care taken to dig and pack, in such a manner as to carry any ' distance with safety. Our list of Fruit Trees will be found to contain all the old and well established varieties, as well as many of the newer kinds that promise well. APPLES— Standard and Dwarf. PEARS, do. do. CHERRIES, do. do. PLUMS, PEACHES, APRICOTS, NECTARINES, GRAPES^ GOOSEiEMJES, KHOBMB, QUINCES, BLACKBERRIES, CURRANTS, CHEST- NUTS, STRAWBERRIES, FILBERTS, WALNUTS, MED- LARS, ASPARAGUS, &c. DOWNING'S EVERBEARING MULBERRY. Fine Strong Plants of this new, delicious variety, which con" tmues in fruit for a long time, should be in every collection- Seventy varieties of HARDY GRAPES; many of which are now first offered for sale. We invite attention to a few STRONG LAYERS OF DELAWARE. Our Ornamental Department contains all the most desirable and new species of Evergreens; also DOUBLE FLOWER- ING, WEEPING AND VARIEGATED TREES AND SHRUBS. S^ ^[^ ^S j^Sl ^@ <» A large assortment of the most beautiful of all the different classes. For Street Planting we can furnish Maples, Lindens, Ashs and Larch s, by the quantity, at low rates. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DESCRIPTLVE CATA- LOGUES FURNISHED TO ALL APPLICANTS. ^]Z7^Freight paid on all goods to Philadelphia. ^ HOOPES a BROTHERS, Proprietors. West CnESTER, Pa. 47 ^ GEORGE Y. HAMSELL'S WALL PAPER JVo 7 Union Buildings, Main St., below BeKalb, JU.iss ^mia JM. Mansell, MILLINER, JVo. 7 Union Muildings, Main St., below DeKalb, BOMMISTOWl, FA. 48 AND Main Street, Adjoioing the Public Square, Wi « Wi W '^lii '%« ''^W. l?ti!ij '^' ^ 9 Lodging and General Hotel Accommodations &pk'r§ §eirbec) [\p l^ ^bei^lj §il)ic. This Hotel and Restaurant, which has recently been fitted up with great taste, and at considerable expense, is now open for the accommodation of THOSE WHO DESIRE AT ALL TIMES, AND IN EVERY VARIETY. The subscriber feels confident that having had considerable experience in catering for the public's palate and the pul)lic's convenience, with new facili- ties and a better location, he will receive a liberal share of patronage. The proprietor is determined to make the Wash- ington a first class Hotel, and invites the support of the travelling and resident public. iMilSl WlllS^ IliWilS (§ SMAIS^ AND READING ALE. J. HEEBNER, Proprietor. JV. B. — Families and Parties will be supplied at short notice. 3^ 49 CHURNS! CHURNS!! EMBKEE'S IMPROVEMENT, With an iron power for a single horse, to drive them. Also, Other AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS at DAMON, SPEAKMAN 8d CO.'S, WEST CHESTER, PA. WILLIAil H. YERKES, No. 199 Egypt Street, (NEARLY OPPOSITE MONTGOMERY HOUSE,) L. ^ S. HUCHESp (iff AND ftiiitmiiig ^hUr NO. 4 UNION BUILDINGS, 50 STOVES & HEATERS!! SNELL Se RUTTY, {JYearly Opposite the Bank of Montgomery County ) NORRISTOWN, PA., Wliere can always be found a largo display of STOYES, amon.o; which can be found the Gas Burner, Parlor, Egg, Cylinder, Heating, Church, Hall, and Dinning Room Stoves, of the pbest and most approved pat- terns. They are sole agents for Portable and for brick, for burning hard and soft coal, for vv^arming vrith pure air and ventilating private and public rooms, halls, churches, factories, stores, &c., with or without register. The most powerful heaters, and the greatest fuel savers, in the world ; burning the gases and smoke without clinker. Unimpeachable testimonials from gentlemen whose character cannot be disputed can and will be shown. Any one desiring to witness the performance of one of these heaters can do so at any time by calling upon Snell & Rutty. Also, a large assortment of TIN WARE wholesale and retail. METALIC ROOFING, and all kinds of house work promptly attended to at short notice and on reasonable terms. Also a large stock of Milk Cans on hand, made from the best material, and by the most experienced v*^ork- men, and will be furnished upon terms to suit our cus- tomers. WILLIAM T. SNELL. THEODORE RUTTY. 51 HARRIS' IMPROVED lOIDOIR SEWINi; MACIINE m o © o Is. ^1 MANUFACTUEED IN WILMINGTON, DEL., Which ought to recommend it to the attention of all wishing a iEU^iiE iEWIi^ li^il^lliE This Machine is celebrated for its simplicity and durability. Prices varying from $40 to $48? with box, and up to $75 in handsome cabinet cases. Remember, it is Manufactured in Wilmington, Delaivare. Agents Wanted in differejat states. Principal Sales Rooms. S. D. Baker, No. 720 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Ferris & Garrett, 504 Mai-ket St., Wilmington, Del. Mr. Bellinger, Lancaster, Pa. Tacoby & Schall, York, Pa. Manufactured by C. W. HOWLAWD, WILMINGTON, DEL. Premiums Awarded. First Premium was awarded this Ma- chine at the Pennsylvania State Fair, at Powelton, Sept 30, 1859. A Silver Medal, the only premium awarded by the Lancaster Co. Fair, was awarded to this Machine. A Silver Medal at the Marj-land State Fair, held in Baltimore^ Oct., 1859. A Diploma at the New Castle County Fair, held at Wilmington, Del., Oct., 1859. -^ddvcss JAMES MEGEATTEN, GenH Agt, Wilming^ton, Delaware. '52 ALL mEmmmm SHOULD BE PkEPARED BY A PHYSICIAN ! I>R S WAYNE'S ADVICE is, to take no medicines except those pre- pared by a competent and responsible ph3^sician, who is experienced in th-* treatment of the complaints for which the medicines are designed, and who has fully tested and proved their efiacacy, by personal observation, on their patients. HEALTH ! HEA1.TH ! ! HEALTH ! ! ! OR. SWAYNE'S COMPOUND SYRUP OP WILD CHERRY. My Cough was Killing Me by Inches, HUNDREDS SAY, until I used "DR. SWAYNE'S Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry." The most reliable remedy for a bad Cough, Consumption, Weak Breast, Heart Disease, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Blood Spitting, Liver Complaint, Nervous Debility, Restless Nights, &c. No remedy, boasted as it may be, can pretend to approach it, ASTHMA, BLOODY EXPECTORATION, &c. ANOTHER GREAT CURE.— I not only take pleasure, but deem it a duty I owe to suffering humanity, to state what "Dr. Swatnb's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry" has done for me I was taken with a violent cough, bloody expectorations, great difficulty of breathing, so that I had to get out of my bed and setup all night. I procured the above valuable medicine of Harmau Titus, Bensalem, who can also testify that it has made a perfect cure. Bensalem, Bucks Co., Pa., May 15th, 1859. JOHN W. PAGE. SWAYM'S SARSAPARILLA AND TAR PILLS, (Sugar coated) Cure Costiveness, Heartburn, Headache arising from disorder- ed stomach. Nausea, Indigestion, Pain in and Morbid Inaction of the Bowels? Flatuency, Loss of Appetite, Jaundice, &c. No pills seem to give such univer- sal satisfaction. Jf You are Suffering from Dyspepsia and all its Evils, use "SWAYNE'S BITTER CATHOLIOON." J. G. HENDERSON, West Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., says— Your Bitters sell very well, and give general satisfaction. For Dyspepsia, or In- digestion in all its forms, they are invaluable. They have been of incalcula- ble benefit tome. GREAT PfmiFYEK, OF THE BI^OO©. Swayne's Compound Fluid Extract of Sarsaparilla, a great remedy for Scro- fula, Old Ulcers, evil effects of Mercury, all Skin Eruptions, Blood Puryfying, &c., &c. 11« WWATMWU liWll SlllIAl^ A pleasant and sure remedy for Asiatic Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoeaj Dysentery, Cholera Infantum, Summer Complaints, Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, Vomiting, Sickness of the Stomach, &c. mr" Every family should have a bottle in the house, in case of a sudden attack in the night. It relieves all pain. These standard remedies, prepared only by Dr. Swayne & Son, Seventh Street, above Market, Philadelphia, are sold by LONGAKER & CO., and WM. ST AH- • LER, NoRRiSTOWN, and by all principal storekeepers and dealers in medicine everyAvhere. 53 ^ WATCHES ^JEWELRY. tEWie tacoMos st go., [First door ahove Eigth Street,) PHILADELPHIA., Would most respectfully ask the attention of citizens and strangers to their large, cheap and well selected stock of AND CONSISTING IN PART OF GoldHuntingLever Watches, full jewelled, 18 carat case, - - $40 00 Gold Lever Watches, open face, full jeweled, 18 carat case, - - 30 00 Gold Lepine Watches, open face, full jewelled, 18 carat case, - 22 00 Silver Lever Watches, Hunting case, full jewelled, - - - 18 00 Silver Lever Watches, open face, full jewelled, - - - - 14 00 Silver Lepine Watches, Hunting Case, - 14 00 Silver Lepine Watches, open face, 9 03 Gold Guard Chains, 12 00 Gold Vest and Fob Chains, .--.---- 10 00 Gold Pen Holder with Pen and Pencil, 4 00 Gold Pencils, 1 50 Gold Pens with Silver Holders, 100 Silver Table Spoons per set, 14 00 Silver Tea Spoons, 6 00 With a large assortment of Silver Table and Tea Forks ; Desert, Mustard and Salt Spoons ; Pie, Cake and Ice Cream Knives; Sugar Spoons, Preserve Spoons, Pickle Knives and Forks, &.c. Also, constantly on hand a magnificent assortment of JEWELRY, consisting in part of Bracelets, Breastpins, Ear Rings, Finger Rings, Miniature Cases for 1, 2, 4 and 6 likenesses ; Gold Crosses, CHILDREN'S ARMLETS, and every- thing in the Jeweh-yline of the latest and most approved patterns. Gold and Silver Thimbles, WEDDING RINGS, at all prices. Ladies' Chatlains, Gold Watch Keys and Seals, Gold, Silver and Steel Specks, Opera Glasses, &c. Silver Plated Tea Sets, Silver Plated Knives and Forks— beautiful goods and look equal to real silver. CALIFORNIA GOLB BOUGHT OR MADE UP TO ORDER. 1X7= All Kinds of Hair Jewelrj', sach as Breastpins, Ear Rings, Bracelets! Chains, Charms, &c., made to order in the most beautiful st^^le . Old Watches and Jewelry taken in exchange. We can send by Mail, with perfect safety. Watches or Jewelry to any part of the United States. All orders must be accompanied with the cash. No Goods Bent unless the money is first received [p='Oall on, or address, post paid, L,EAVIS LADOMUS & CO., No. 802 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. 54 M. S. LAWRENCE, Paper, Card, and Envelope Warehouse, 405 Commerce Street, Fhilada. Keeps constantly on hand a large Stock of HURST & FEEEBLEY, DEALERS IN Foreign and Domestic Corner Penn and Markley Sts., BRANDIES.— Dark, Pale, Pinet Rachelle, Hennesy, Teaberry aud "White, CORDIALS, — Rose, Anniseed, and Noyeau. WHISKEYS.— Superior Old Monongahela, Superior Old Mountain Rye, Superior Old Borbon, Family Nector, Irish and Scotch, Rectified Rye whiskey, Alcohol. WINES.— Superior Old Sherry, Superior Old Madeira, Superior Old Port, Superior Old Cherry, Superior Old Currant, Champagne, Claret, Hock and Catawba. HOLLAND GIN.— Swan Brand, Comet aud Schneidam. RUM. — Superior Old Jamaica Spirits, Superior Old N. E. Rum. FANCY LIQUORS.— Wine Bitters, "Wild Cherry Brandy, Blackberry Brandy, Raspberry Brandy, Lavender Brandy, Ginger Brandv, Old Apple Bran- dy, Old Peach Brandy. Uj^ Bottled Liquors of all kinds constantly on hand. All Orders promptly attended to, and Packages deliv- ered any reasonable distance, free of charge. 55 FREDERICK GILBERT, MANUP^ACTURER OF AGBICIIITUEIIL IMFLMNTS. Egypt Street, South side, below Arch, m m m <^ mn sHEiiEaStOtovEE mtitnt. A-C, t^'C, c^'C. 56 THE WEST CHESTER ACADEMY, Established in the year 181B, Has been under the charge of the present Principal since the first of May, 1854, and has gradually risen to a high rank in public confidence and patronage. The course of instruction is very extensive — its aim, accurate and thorough scholarship — its design, to prepare boys and young men for College, or fit them for usefulness in the various requirements of active life. The Department of the Classics and Classical Literature, embracing Ancient History and Geography, Archaeology and Mytholog)^, is under the charge of the Principal, who also teaches History, Mental and Moral Philosophy, and Constitu- tion of the United States. The English and Mathematical Departments are taught hy gentlemen, whose ability and experience amply qualify them for their respective duties. Instructions in the French, Spanish, and German Languages, is given by resident native teachers. Eight Assistants are employed in the various operations of the School-room — hence the classes are numerous, and each pu- pil is enrolled in such classes, as are best suited to his age and actual acquirements, securing to all frequent and searching re- citations. The scholastic year is divided into two sessions of five months each, beginning respectively on the 1st of May and November. Students are, however, received at any time, and charges are made from the day of the pupil's entering. TERMS' Boarding, including Bed, Bedding, Washing, Mending, with Tuition in the English and Mathematical Branches, SlOO for the Summer Session, and $105 for the Winter Session. Day Scholars, $15, $20 and $25 per Session, according to the age of the pupil and range of studies. Extras — Latin or Greek, $10 each, Modern Languages, (Ger- man, French and Spanish) $20 per Session: Instrumental Music— Piano, $20, Guitar, $20, Violin and Flute, $15 each, per Session. I person or hy letter, to Jit West Chester, Chester County, Pa. 57 « 5 . ?8 '"^ Deacidified using the Bookkeeper process. ^ o « » • V ^^ ueaciamea using tne Bookkeeper proc ,. "*>. ^Cs* o N o - <$>^ Neutralizing Agent: Magnesium Oxide ^^ ^ ■O I'V^ •^JrS:•^^