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HISTORY or

PERRY COUNTY,

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PENNSYLVANIA, FBOM THE
EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO THE PRESENT
TIME.

BY SILAS WRiaHT.

1,ANCA8TEB, PA.!
Wjlie & Grlest, Printers, Book-binders and Steteot7i>ers.
1873.

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872,
By SILAS WRIGHT,
In tho office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS.
Perry County Poor-house, - - - Title-page.
Map of part of Cumberland County, which is now
Perry, in 1792,  10
Newport,  36
Perry County Court-house, ... - - 54
Map of Perry Couijty in 1873  153
Millerstown Depot, - - - - . - - 184

CONTENTS.

SECTION I.— Introduction.
PAGE.
Chapter I. — Indians and Early Settlements, .... 9
Chapter II. — ^Villages, Towns, and Formation of Perry
County, . . -  36

SECTION II. -The "Wak Ebcoed.
Chapter I.— The Revolution— 1775-1783, .... 54
Chapter II.— "War of 1812-1815, and Mexican "War,
1846-'48,  ... 58
Chapter III-— The Rebellion, 1861-1865  65

SECTION III.— Education.
Chapter I. — School History up to 1854,  131
Chapter II — The Superintendency, 1854^1872, - . 143
Statistical Table, . - .150

SECTION IV.— Physical.
Chapter I.— The Geology,  152
Chapter II.— The Flora,  160
Chapter III.— The Natural History,  - 173

SECTION Y.— Statistics.
Chapter I.— Official Yote from 1820 to 1871, . - 184
Chapter II.— Census of Districts from 1820 to 1870, . 257

APPENDIX.

PEEFACE

In the summer of 1865, the first data for these pages
was gathered. Since that time the work has been pursued
with whatever of vigor time and circumstances would
permit. Here a fact, and there an incident were jotted,
until all the available sources of information were
sought out, the old men and women wherever possible
were visited, and their narratives heard and noted, all
the old and most of the recent files of county
newspapers were ransacked. Letters were written to
many persons, not all -of which were answered, and
the facts of much of the descriptive part of the history
first obtained or former versions of them verified from
their replies.
"Valuable aid is hereby acknowledged from the works
of Sherman Day, I. D. Rupp, Rev. D. H. Focht, J.
R. Sypher, Hon. Thomas H. Burrowes, Hoo. Samuel
P. Bates and several series of articles which appeared
in the county papers, one under the nom de plume of
Philanthus. Since September, 1871, holidays and leisure time
from the routine of daily duty in the school-room have
been given to the preparation of this volume until at
the end of eleven months of persistent work, the MS
is ready to be placed in the hands of the publishers,
and from them the book to be sent forth to be criti
cised and compared with others of a similar kind.
Whether it will receive the dictum of good, bad or in-
V

VI PREFACE.
different is a question of moment after having finished
the most ordinary undertaking ; but it becomes one
of much greater consequence when years have been
given to its accomplishment, hence it is with no
little degree of solicitude that the author sends forth
this first born of his intellect. Go then, history
of my native Perry, and may others have all the
pleasure and none of the trials in reading and study
ing your pages that I have had in composing and writ
ing them.
No one who has never attempted to collect materials
for even a short article of by-gone events, can reckon
the degree of difficulty that attends a labor of this
kind. Often after the most careful research, from title
page to finis, of a large volume of old records, you are
not able to add a half-dozen lines to your manu
script. Writing local history is an elegant work for
leisure, and cannot be hurried beyond that spended
pace. The following special features will doubtless aid the
reader in making up his estimate of the merits of the
work :
I St. The general divisions into sections, each of
which again subdivided into chapters, is thought to
be the best and most logical arrangement that could
have been adopted, because it admits of the treatment
of the greatest variety of subjects within the compass
of the book.
2d. Especial attention is called' to the Educational
Statistical Statement, from the fact that some of it has
been compiled from data which could not be obtained
at Harrisburg.
3d. The Official "Vote was compiled at great labor
owing to the difficulty of obtaining the different years.

preface. Vll
It is believed to be a very valuable addition to the
work. In the preparation of both the political and
war records, Mr. Henry Hopple's scrap-book was found
to be a valuable auxiliary.
4th. The Natural History, Flora and Geology should
attract attention and induce somebody to push further
investigations into their inviting domains.
5th. " The War Record" will preserve the names
of those who so signally "made and preserved us a
nation," as well as give an account of their doings.
6th. The Alphabetical Appendix embodies many
short biographical sketches and incidents which could
not have been given in any other part of the work.
Without the hope of large pecuniary reward, but
rather trusting that it may be the means of doing good,
this little volume is humbly entrusted to the public by
the author.
S. W.
Millerstown, July 31, 1872.

SECTION I.— INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

INDIANS AND FIRST SETTLERS.
Cumberland county, east of the Kittatinny Moun
tains, was organized in January, 1750. It was then
believed that a people of a common nationality
should locate in the same settlement, and with
such instruction from the Proprietary their agents
sent the Irish, Scotch and English settlers to Cum
berland, and the Germans to York county. "When
organized Cumberland had 807 taxable inhabitants.
The country north of the Blue Hills was valued
by the Indians as their best hunting grounds, and
when in 1 740 and '41 their rights began to be in
vaded by German and other squatters who had
built cabins in Sherman's "Valley, and on the Jflni-
ata, their complaints caused the Provincial govern
ment to order their immediate removal, and to
forbid others following their example. After this
nothing of a decided character was done to prevent
settlements until a seat of justice was established
in the North^ or Cumberland Valley. Previously
there was no county seat nearer than Lancaster,
Lancaster county.
Soon after the organization of Cumberland coun
ty, in 1750, it was decided that all persons living
on lands north of the Kittatinny Mountains should 9

10 HISTOEY OF PERRY COUNTY.
be removed. For this purpose Secretary Richard
Peters was sent by the Lieutenant-Governor, James
Hamilton, to remove all persons from the country
north of the Blue Mountain. These people had
been warned and advised to leave in 1748, and
now, the 23d of May, 1750, Richard Peters, Mat
thew Dill, George Groghan, Benjamin Chambers,
Conrad Weiser, Thomas Wilson, John Finley and
James Galbraith, Esqrs., accompanied by the
under-sheriiir of Cumberland county, went to
the place where Andrew Lycon, George Cahoon,
William Galloway and David Hiddleston Jiad set
tled, where they found five cabins. Taking all the
settlers into custody who suffered themselves to
be taken, they set fire to the log cabins and pro
ceeded from thence to Sherman's creek, where
they found James and Thomas Parker, Owen Mc-
Keeb, John McClare, Richard Kirkpatrick, James
Murray, John Scott, Henry Gass, Simon Girty,
and John Kilbaugh, whose cabins were also burn
ed. These men were bound in recognizance of
one hundred pounds each to appear and answer for
their trespass at the next county court to be held
at Shippensburg.
In order to prevent settlements in the future, or
the return to their former residences of the persons
thus driven out, Andrew Monture was licensed to
settle and reside in any place he might judge con
venient. He settled on the north side of Sherman's
creek, on the Elliott farm, about five miles from
George Croghan's, who lived on the present Cum
berland side of the Kittatinny, near Sterret's Gap,

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— Monture's run bears .evidence of the location.
Frederick Starr, a German, with two or three of
his countrymen, made settlements on Big Juniata,
about twenty-five miles from the mouth thereof,
and about ten miles north from the Blue Hills, at
a place much esteemed by the Indians as their
best hunting grounds Starr's settlement was
probably on the flat ground not far from the Penn
sylvania Railroad bridge across Big Buffalo creek,
in Oliver township, and was in all probability too
close to an Indian encampment of the Six Nations.
Lycon, Cahoon, Galloway, Hiddleston and White
probably built their cabins in Pfoutz's Valley, not
far from Millerstown, which was then the site of
the other of the only two encampments of Indians
within the present limits of Perry cojinty. These
Indians either willingly quitted their homes, or
were forcibly compelled to leave them after the
Albany treaty in 1754. They afterward settled in
the country of the Ohio. By the treaty of 1754 all
the land extending from the Kittatinny Mountains to
the Alleghany Mountains was added to Cumber
land county. There are traces of either a long
residence at Millerstown, or probably a fierce battle
•which was fought between the resident Delawares
and the immigrating Shawnese.
The location of this conflict was no doubt near
the canal bridge, for they were interred in a wide
and deep mound west of the house now the resi
dence of Mrs. Oliver, and found by the workmen
who dug the canal.
These were the only Indian villages on the

12 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Juniata in Pen y county, owing to the fact that the
river was too much hemiiied in by mountains
between its mouth and Newport, and the distance
to Millerstown was not great enough for two sets
of people to live nearer, who depended upon hunt
ing and fishing for a living. The Newport Indians
had the celebrated fishery now owned by Robert
Mitchell, Esq., while those at Millerstown doubt
less fished from North's Island, below the rope
ferry, westward. The hunting grounds of the
former extended along the Buffalo creek, on the
west, and into Buck's Valley on the east of the
Juniata. This is said to have been abundant in
deer and smaller game.
The Millerstown Indians had the range of Wild
cat, Pfoutz's and Raccoon valleys, which furnished
rich returns of deer, bear, raccoon, turkey, squir
rels, etc. Then the rarest of Juniata shad sported in
their greatest abundance in its waters, while every
tributary abounded in the speckled trout and salmon.
Fishing was followed as a business by the early
settlers until 1 840, during spring and fall, and
yielded large returns. The public works threw
dams across the river, and saw-mills were erected
on the tributary streams, thus preventing the
return of the fish in the spring of the year to
spawn, and destroying them by the sawdust. The
making of the Juniata canal marks the era of the
downfall of the fisheries. Since then fish-baskets
have been erected below the Millerstown dam, but
the Legislature has declared it an illicit business,
and as such only is it now pursued.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 3
Safe from all harm, except the net, spear and
hook, it' is hoped the fish will again multiply and
fill our waters, as in days of yore.
After the burning of the cabins and binding the
settlers in recognizance of .^lOO each, settlements
were made in various parts within the present
limits of Perry county. The arm of the Provis
ional government could remove the settlers and
burn their cabins, but it could not prevent their
returning. The Indians threatened summary ven
geance if the government did not prevent this.
Hence, to satisfy all parties and" obviate further
difficulties, the purchase of a large tract of land
from the Indians was strongly recommended by
Governor Hamilton. This brought about the
Albany treaty, to which allusion has been made
previously, in which it was stipulated that for the
consideration of ;£'400, John and Richard Penn
should have all that tract of land extending from
the Kittatinny Mountains east of the Alleghany
Mountains. The Indian chiefs and sachems who
were not present at the treaty declared the whole
transaction a fraud, and even those who were
present afterward contended that they did not un
derstand the points of the compass, and if the line
were run to include the west branch of the Susque
hanna they would never agree. This treaty, ac
cording to Smith's Laws, vol. xxi., p. 120, included
the land where the Shawnee and Ohio Indians
lived, and the hunting grounds of the Delawares,
the Nanticokes and the Tuletos.
On the 3d of February, 17SS, the Land Office
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14 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
was opened for the sale of lands in Sherman's
Valley and on the Juniata river. While the sale
of these lands was progressing. General Braddock
was moving toward "Braddock's Field," where
British pride and contempt for the advice of expe
rienced American officers in Indian warfare paid
for the dissatisfaction of the savages a year ago at
Albany. This was the longest retreat on record,
and well evinced the leadership of Washington,
who so masterly conducted the haughty red-coats
from the scene of their leader's death.
Owing to the fact that Braddock's defeat left the
whole frontier exposed to the ravages of the cruel
and merciless savages, very little land was entered
at the Land Office from the fall of 1755 to 1761.
All the settlements north of the Kittatinny Moun
tains were wasted by the savages and the improve
ments destroyed or deserted, and their inhabitants
fled to Cumberland Valley for protection. The
settlers of Sherman's Valley, and on the Juniata, suf
fered in common with all others similarly exposed.
In Pfoutz's Valley, we have vague accounts of the
torturing of white human beings while the relent
less savages held their demoniacal revels around
the fagots which slowly, consumed their victims.
Such a scene is said to have occurred around a hick
ory tree at St. Michael's church, more than a cen
tury ago. It is probable that the same hickory tree
which now stands at the corner of the grave-yard
was the one.
In Sherman's Valley Indian atrocity reached the
highest degree of cruelty. Here the well-known

HtSTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 5
savage vengeance was wreaked upon man, woman
and child.
From Robert Robinson's narrative we obtain
the following: In the year 1756, a man named
Woolcomber, living on the south side of Sherman's
creek, not far from Center, declined to leave his
home or remove his family, on the ground that it
was the Irish who were killing one another ; " the
peaceable Indians," said he, " will harm no one."
While at dinner one day, a number of Indians
came into Woolcomber's house. He invited them
to eat, when an Indian answered that they did not
come to eat, but for scalps. When Woolcomber's
son, who was then about fifteen years of age,
heard the Indian's reply, he left the table and walk
ed out of the house through a back door. Looking
back when he was out of the house, he saw an In
dian strike his tomahawk into his father's head.
He then ran across Sherman's creek, which was
near to the house, and as he ran his fears were
confirmed by the screams of his mother, sisters and
brothers. He came to our (Robinson's) fort and
gave the alarm, whereupon about forty volunteers
went to the scene of the murder and buried the
dead. The Indians were never punished. Wool-
comber was a Quaker of the non-resistant kind ;
one who relied upon the promise of the Indian
orator who assured William Penn, seventy-four
years before, that " the Indians and English will
live in love as long as the sun and moon shall en
dure," and thus sacrificed himself and family to his
faith in a savage's promise.

1 6 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
In July, 1756, which we are induced to believe
was subsequent to the murder of the Woolcomb-
ers, the settlers of Sherman's Valley gathered the
women and children into Robinson's Fort, and went
out in companies to reap the harvest.
A party of Indians stealthily approached the
fort and killed a Miss Miller, daughter of Robert
Miller, John Simmeson, Mrs. Wilson, wife of James
Wilson, and the widow Gibson, and carried with
them as prisoners Hugh Gibson and Betsy Henry
The reapers, hearing the firing of guns at the fort,
returned home as hastily as possible, but they
came too late to meet the savages, who' had made
good their escape.
The following is Hugh Gibson's account of his
captivity : " At the time my mother was killed, I
was taken prisoner, and suffered much from hun
ger and abuse. Many times they beat me severely,
and once sent me to gather wood to burn myself.
I was adopted into an Indian family, and lived as
they did, though the living was poor. I was four
teen years of age when I was captured. My In
dian father's name was Busqueetam. He was lame
in consequence of a wound received from his knife,
while skinning a deer ; and being unable to walk,
he ordered me to drive sticks into the ground, and
cover them with bark, to make a lodge for him to
live in ; but the forks not being securely fastened,
they gave away and the bark fell down upon him
and hurt him severely, which put him in a great
rage, and calling for his scalping-knife, he would
have killed me, but my Indian mother took care to

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 7
convey the knife away and ordered me to conceal
myself, which I did until his passion wore off, and
we did very well in the future. Some time after
this, all the prisoners in the neighborhood were
collected to be spectators of the death by torture
of a poor, unhappy woman, a fellow-prisoner, who
had escaped and been recaptured. They stripped
her naked, tied her to a post, and pierced her with
red-hot irons, the flesh sticking to the irons at
every touch. She screamed in the most pitiful
manner, and cried for mercy, but the ruthless bar
barians were deaf to her agonizing shrieks and
prayers, and continued their horrid cruelty until
death came to her relief.
"At last a favorable opportunity offered to gain
my liberty. Busqueetam lost a horse and sent me
to hunt him. After hunting some time, I came
home and told him I had discovered his tracks at
some considerable distance, and that I thought I
would find him ; that I would take my gun and
provisions, and would hunt for three or four days,
and if I could kill a deer or a bear, I would pack
home the meat on the horse." Thus lulled, the
suspicions of Gibson's real design were not aroused
until he had ample time to effect his escape.
During the year following the murders by the
Indians which have just been related, so many
urgent petitions were sent to Governor Morris that
he sent a message to the Assembly, stating that the
people to the west of the Susquehanna, distressed
by the frequent incursions of the enemy, and weak
ened by their great losses, are moving into the in-

1 8 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
terior parts of the province, and I am fearful that
the whole country will be evacuated, if timely and
vigorous measures are not taken to prevent it.
The Assembly were at first disposed to regard
this statement as the mere fancy of an excited
mind, but the news of the horrible savage slaughter
coming from so many quarters, they were induced
to pass a bill for raising forty thousand pounds,
but carefully incorporated into it a clause taxing
the proprietary estates. For the reason that the
bill contained the odious clause relating to the pro
prietary, it was vetoed by the Governor.
The proprietary presented the Governor five thou
sand pounds about this time, which were immedi
ately applied to the frontier defense of the colony.
Governor Morris and the Assembly disagreed as
fo the urgency of protecting the defenseless fron
tier settlements from the ravages of the French and
Indians combined. The matter, with the petitions
of citizens of Cumberland county, was referred to
the King of Great Britain. The petitioners were
heard in London, before a committee of the Privy
Council, Mr. Paris acting as their agent, with
Messrs. Yorke and Forrester as his counsel, and
Messrs. Sharp, Henly and Pratt representing the
Assembly. The committee denounced the conduct of the
Assembly in relation to the public defense since
the year 1742, and characterized their militia bill
as a flimsy pretext to exempt persons from military
service, rather than to promote and encourage
them to take up arms in defense of their homes.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 9
After considering the report of the special com
mittee, the Privy Council were of opinion that the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, as of every other
country, was bound to support such goverment and
its subjects; that the measures heretofore adopted
by the Assembly for that purpose were improper,
inadequate and ineffectual ; and that there was
no cause to hope for other measures, whilst the
majority of the Assembly consisted of persons
whose avowed principles were against military ser
vice; who, though not a sixth part of the inhabi
tants of the province, were admitted to hold offices
of trust and profit, and to sit in the Assembly
without their allegiance being secured by the sanc
tion of an oath.
In February, of 1756, a party of Indians from
Shamokin came to the Juniata to Hugh Mitchel-
tree's, who lived near the river. He had gone to Car
lisle on business, and got Edward Nicholas to stay
at his house until he should return. The Indians
killed Mrs. Mitcheltree and young Nicholas before
they left.
From Micheltree's this same party of Indians
proceeded up the river to where the Lukens
now live. Mrs. William Wilcox and her son had
crossed the river shortly before, and while she was
staying for a visit at old Edward Nicholas' house,
they made their appearance, killed old Mr. Nicho-
as and his wife, and took Joseph, Thomas and
-Catharine Nicholas, John Wilcox, (the son who ac
companied his mother over the river), James Arm
strong's wife and two children, prisoners. While

20 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
committing these depredations in Juniata county,
an Indian named Cotties wished to be cap
tain of this party, but they did not choose him ;
whereupon he and a boy went to Sherman's creek,
and killed William Sheridan and his family, thir
teen in number. They then went down the creek
to where three old persons lived, two men and a
woman, named French, whom they killed. Cotties
often boasted afterward that he and the boy took
more scalps than all the others of the party.
These murders were caused by the French, who
offered large rewards for the scsdps of the English
which should be brought in by the Indians.
In the autumn of 1756, James Bell and his brother
agreed to go into Sherman's Valley to hunt for
deer, and were to meet at Sterret's Gap, on the
Kittatinny Mountains. By some means or other,
they did not meet, and Samuel slept that night in
a cabin belonging to Mr. Patton, on Sherman's
creek. The next morning he had not traveled far
before he spied three Indians, who saw him at the
same time. They all fired at each other ; he wound
ed one of the Indians, but received no damage, ex
cept that his clothes were pierced with balls. Sev
eral shots were fired from both sides, each shelter
ed by the covert of trees. He now stuck his
tomahawk into the tree behind which he stood, so
that should they approach he might be prepared.
The tree was grazed with the Indian's balls, and
he had thought seriously of making his escape by
flight, but hesitated, fearing his ability to outrun
them. After some time the Indians took the

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 21
wounded one and put him over the fence, one tak
ing one course and the other another, intending to
make a circuit so that Bell could no longer secure
himself by the tree. But in trying to reach these
advantageous positions they had to expose them
selves, vnhen he had the good fortune to shoot one
of them dead. The other ran and took the dead In
dian on his back, one leg over each shoulder. By
this time. Bell's gun was re-loaded ; he then ran
after the Indian until he came within forty yards
of him, when he shot through the" dead Indian and
lodged a ball in the living one, who dropped the
dead man and ran off. On his return home from
the deer hunt. Bell coming pjist the fence where
the wounded Indian lay, he dispatched him, but
did not know that he had killed the third Indian
until his bones were found years afterward.
In July 1756, a small party of Indians attacked
the plantations of Robert Baskins, who lived near
the present railroad station of the Pennsylvania
Central, at the mouth of Juniata river. They mur
dered Baskins, burnt his house, and carried his wife
and children away with them as prisoners. An
other party belonging to the same band made
Hugh Carrol and his family prisoners.
At another time, the Indians murdered a family
of seven persons on Sherman's creek, and then
passed over the Kittatinny at Sterret's Gap, wound
ed a man, killed a horse, and captured Mrs. Boyle,
ber two sons and a daughter living on Conadogui-
net creek.
The following is from Robert Robinson's nar-

22 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
rative: "From 1761 to 1763 there was compara
tive quiet and security from the incursions of the
Indians." The number of settlers increased rapidly, and
much land was secured by location right.
In June, 1763, the plan was matured for a con
cert of action among all the Indians upon every
British post, but it was the Sth of July, and Sabbath
day, when they came to the house of William
White on the Juniata. It was harvest time, and
the reapers were resting on the floor, when the
Indians crept up close to the door and shot them
while in that position. They killed William White
and all his family that were there, excepting one
boy, who, when he heard the guns leaped out of
the window and made his escape. The reapers all
escaped through the back door excepting William
Riddle. Some swam the river ; others escaped
in different directions. Riddle, hardly conscious
of what he was doing, walked toward the front door,
where a savage met him and fired his gun, but the
ball grazing him he was fortunately enabled after
ward to escape by flight. This marauding party
consisted of ten or twelve of the Shawnee tribe.
The same band of Indians stealthily approached
the house of Robert Campbell and fired at the per
sons in the house. James Campbell was wounded
in the wrist and taken prisoner, but there is no au
thentic account of any person being killed. Im
mediately after the Indiana had discharged their
rifles, one of them sprang into the house, and witli
uplifted tomahawk rushed upon a bed on which

HISTORY or PERRY COUNTY. Z3
George Dodds was resting, but fortunately his rifle
was within reach, which he grasped and fired at
random, wounding him in the groin. The Indians
retreated and Dodds went up-stairs and escaped
hastily through an opening in the roof. He went
immediately to Sherman's Valley and spread the
alarm. He came to William Dickson's, who sent a
young man to inform the Elliots, Tvho were then at
Edward Elliot's farm harvesting.
This same marauding party of Indians proceeded
up Tuscarora Valley until they came to the house
of William Anderson. The old man was seated at
the table with the open Bible on his lap, conduct
ing the evening worship, while his son and an
adopted daughter were around him. They shot
the old man, and tomahawked and scalped his son
and adopted daughter. Two brothers named
Christy, and a man named Graham, who lived near
Mr. Anderson, hearing the firing of guns at his
place, fled and reached Sherman's Valley about
midnight. Their report spread new terror and
alarm among the settlers. In order to save Collins'
and James Scott's families, who lived farther up the
valley and had returned to reap their harvests,
twelve men volunteered to go over into the upper
end of Tuscarora Valley.
They went by Bingham's Gap, the outlet of
Liberty Valley, and reached the valley early on
Monday morning. When they came to Collins' they
saw by a broken wheel and their bark spoons where
they had breakfasted on water gruel, that the In
dians had been there, and that there, were thirteen of

24 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
them. They tracked the savages down to Jas. Scott's,
where they had killed some fowls. Continuing on,
they came to Graham's ; there the house was on
fire and burned down to the joists. Here the men
were divided into two parties, of which William
Robinson was the captain of one, and Robert Rob
inson, the narrator, led the other. These parties
made a circuit, but found that the Indians had just
left. They were joined here by the party of eleven
or twelve Indians, who came up the valley. Be
fore leaving Graham's the Indians killed four hogs,
dined heartily and at leisure, being satisfied that
there were none of the settlers west of the Tusca
rora Mountains who would pursue them. From
this place the Indians crossed over the Tuscarora
into Perry county. The pursuers took the path
by way of Run Gap, north of Ickesburg. The
two paths met at Nickolson's farm where the In
dians arrived first, and being apprised of their pur
suers approaching, they lay in ambush for them.
They had the first fire, and being tvirenty-five in
number and only twelve white men in pursuit, they
killed f;ve and wounded Robert Robinson. The
particulars of this engagement are given by Robert
Robinson, whom we have just mentioned as one of
the participators, as follows :
"William Robinson was shot in the abdomen
with buckshot. John Elliot, a boy of seventeen,
fired his gun and then ran, loading as best he could
by pouring powder into it at random and push
ing a ball into it with his finger, while he was pur
sued by an Indian with uplifted tomahawk, and

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 25
when he was within a short distance of him Elliot
suddenly turned around and shot the Indian in the
breast, who gave a cry of pain, and turning fled.
Elliot had gone but a short distance when he came
to William Robinson,whp was weltering in his own
blood upon the ground, and evidently in the ago
nies of death. He begged Elliot to carry him off
so that the Indians would not find and scalp him ;
but Elliot being a mere boy found it utterly im
possible to do so, much less lift him from the
ground. Finding the willing efforts of his young
friend fruitless to save him from the savages, Rob
inson said, ' Take my gun, and if ever in war or
peace you have an opportunity to shoot an Indian
with it, do so for my sake' "
Thomas Robinson stood behind a tree firing and
loading as rapidly as possible, until the last white
man had fled. He had jusf fired his third shot
when his position was revealed to the Indians. In
his hurried attempt to load again, he exposed
his right arm, which received the balls from the
guns of three Indians who fired at the same time.
He then fled up a hill with his gun grasped in his
left hand, until he came to a large log which he at
tempted to leap over by placing his left hand on it ;
but j ust as he was stooping to make the leap a bullet
passed through his side. He fell across the log. The
Indians coming up beat him on the head with the
butts of their guns until he was mutilated in the most
horrible manner possible. John Graham and
David Miller were found dead near each other, not
far from the place of attack. Graham's head was
2

26 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
resting upon his hands, while the blood streamed
through his fingers. Charles Elliot and Edward
McConnel succeeded in escaping from the Indians
and reached Buffalo creek, but they were so close
ly pursued that when they had crossed the creek
and were scrambling up the bank they were shot
and fell back into the water where their dead bo
dies were found.
This little band of twelve, whose Spartan bravery
is scarcely equaled in all the history of Indian and
border warfare, consisted of three brothers Robin
son, William, Robert and Thomas ; two brothers
Elliot, John and Charles; two brothers Christy,
William and James ; John Graham, David Miller,
Edward McConnel, William McAllister and John
Nickolson. After this engagement, the Indians proceeded
very leisurely to Alexander Logan's, feeling their
security, no doubt, on account of the inhabitants
having fled to the lower part of Sherman's Valley.
A.party of forty men, well armed and disciplined,
started for Tuscarora Valley to bury the dead ; but
when they came to Buffalo creek, and saw them,
having previously heard the reports of the settlers,
which doubtless increased the number of the In
dians, the captain thought it prudent to return. In
the meantime the six men who escaped in the en
gagement at Nickolson's went to Carlisle, and re
ported what they saw and experienced, whereupon
a party of fifty volunteered to go in quest of the
savages. They were commanded by High Sheriff
Dunning and William Lyon. From the best in-

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 2 J
formation that could be had of the Indians, it was
judged that they would visit Logan's to plunder
and kill the cattle. The men were ambushed and
in readiness when the Indians appeared, but owing
to the eagerness in commencing the attack by
some of the party, but four or five Indians were
either killed or mortally wounded, until they made
their escape into the thick woods, whither pursuit
was deemed too perilous. Previous to this engage
ment, Alexander Logan and his son John, Charles
Coyle, William Hamilton and Bartholomew Davis,
hearing of the advance of Sheriff Dunning's party,
followed the Indians to George McCord's, where
they found and attacked them in the barn, but the
attack was such a precipitate affair that none of
the savages were either killed or wounded, while
the entire attacking party, excepting Bartholomew
Davis, paid the penalty with their lives. Davis
escaped and joined Sheriff Dunning's party, and
was engaged with them at Logan's. In the en
gagement at Logan's there was but one white man
wounded. The soldiers brought with them what
cattle they could .collect, but great numbers were
killed, and many of the horses were taken away by
the Indians.
The Indians set fire to the houses and barns, de
stroyed the growing corn, and burnt the grain in
the shock, and the hay in the stacks, so that the
whole valley seemed to be one general blaze of
conflagration as far as they went. The distress of
the settlers of Sherman's and Tuscarora valleys can
better be imagined than described.. They were

28 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
reduced from a plentiful and independent people
to real objects of charity and commiseration within
the short space of one week. Carlisle was the
only barrier between the frontier .settlers and the
merciless savages, and it so crowded that every
stable and shelter in the town was filled to its ut
most capacity, and on either side of the Susque
hanna the woods were the only shelter of many
other refugee families, who had fled thither with
their cattle, and whatever of their effects could be
hastily collected and carried with them.
On the 25th of July, there were in Shippensburg
1,384 refugees from the settlements north of the
Kittatinny, who were obliged to sleep in barns, sheds
and temporary shelters."
To relieve these sufferers, the Episcopal, Christ's
and St. Peter's churches, of Philadelphia, collected
an amount of money equal to $2,942.89 in the cur
rency of the present time, which was expended in
supplying flour, rice and medicine for the immedi
ate relief of the sufferers. To enable those who
chose to return to their homes, two chests of arms,
half a barrel of powder, four hundred pounds of
swan shot, and one thousand flints, were purchased.
These were to be sold at greatly reduced prices to
such persons as would use them for their own
defense. . Induced by an offer which placed protection in
their own hands, the settlers returned to their for
mer homes, where they lived in constant dread of
the wily foe until Bouquet occupied Fort Duquesne,
on the 24th o£ November, 1764. At this time the

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. Zp
French and their savage allies were compelled to
sue for the peace, which placed the frontier settlers
of Perry and Juniata counties in conscious security
from Indians ever afterward.
Rev. David Brainerd, in speaking of the Shaw
nese who lived on Duncan's Island, stigmatizes
them as " drunken, vicious and profane." They
journeyed from the south, say their traditions, and
had no doubt inherited the vices of the various
tribes with whom they contended in their wander
ings northward, and hence, were ever ready to
carry out the murderous designs of the French.
We have just learned what a scourge these In
dians were to the frontier settlers of our own and
neighboring counties, but we have scarce given in
these pages a tithe of the suffering they caused, for
they prowled about, night and day, seeking the
unsuspecting moment to strike a fatal blow.
The record made by the sons of Perry during
the Revolutionary struggle will be found in chrono
logical order, under " The War Record." It is wor
thy of a people who had so recently passed the trials
of which these pages bear a record.
Settlers occupied the lands from time to time in"
Pfoutz's Valley, along the Juniata, and in Sherman's
Valley. The first land located by order from the Land
Office, in Pfoutz's Valley, was by John Pfoutz, in
1755. He was the first considerable land owner,
by any right, hence had the honor of giving his
name to the valley. This valley was principally a
German settlement. The Germans^ either entered

30 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
the lands themselves, at the Land Office, or bought
them second-hand from the pioneer Scotch-Irish
who moved farther west.
Pfoutz's Valley is still characteristically a Ger
man settlement, though there are many persons
unable to converse in any but the English language.
For our fertile soil the German is slowly exchang
ing his language ; his children receive an English
education, in the free schools, without dissent. In
fact, many of our best scholars were the children
of German parents.
Pfoutz's Valley has a Lutheran, a Reformed and
a Methodist church, with public worship frequently
held in the school-houses.
Although the soil of Perry county was first set
tled by English-speaking people, the farming pop
ulation is now largely composed of German origin.
The first settlement of Wildcat Valley, known as
the settlements of the Juniata, were on the place
now owned by James Patterson, by Joshua North,
Esq., who owned a tannery where the stone
farm-house now stands. Martin Derr settled the
property on which Capt. Joseph Ulsh now resides.
The Jacob Leas property was located and improved
by William North. John Shuman first improved,
though David Miller was the patentee of the land,
the Shuman property. He built the mill which
is still known as " Shuman's mill." Conrad Steiger
first settled and improved the property now owned
by Henry Martin. Davy Crockett settled the farm
recently owned by John Marshall. Daniel Baker
made the improvement rights on the farms owned

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 3 1
by Henry Nipple and Benjamin Long. John
Sweezy settled the David Sarver farm. John Betz
settled the property owned by Reuben Grubb.
Old Mr. Ellmaker of the third generation, back
from Enos and Reuben, who emigrated to Iowa
when young men, and have since removed to the
Willamette Valley, Oregon, was the pioneer settler
of the properties now owned by David Buchanan,
John Grubb and Wesley M. Cauffman. Charles
Wright, Sen., cleared the farm out of the woods
which is now owned by George Wright. The
places mentioned were the oldest settled portions
of the valley, and do not date back further than
the close of the Revolutionary War, when many
emigrants from the eastern portion of the State re
moved west of the Blue Mountains. There are
three churches in the valley, Christ's Lutheran, in
Liverpool township, built in 1 844 ; Liberty Hall
church, and Wright's church, in Greenwood twp.
Lewis's Forge was east of Millerstown, on Cocal-
amus creek, in Pfoutz's Valley, and from all we
can learn was operated as early as 1 800. The old
forge hammer, broken through the eye, still remains
in the dried-up race, while the stone abutment
breastwork of the dam, on the east side of the
creek, may still be seen. During our boyhood
days the cabins were occupied by negroes.
The " old forge" with the legend variously told
(the following is the substance of the various ver
sions) of the Devil's Hole, about a mile distant, gave
our daily cow-hunts an interest, and ofttimes a
dread that will not soon be forgotten.

32 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
The legend of Forge Hill has sufficient local in
terest to claim the following recital : Before Lewis's
forge was in operation, it is related that the devil
contracted with three men to prepare him an under
ground dwelling, and secure him a black
sheep, without a white spot on it, until he should
come to examine them. A specified time was
agreed upon for the completion of this subterranean
abode, for which, and the sheep, the builders were
to receive a half-bushel of silver dollars. The work
was completed, the sheep secured, and the laborers
awaited the coming of his satanic majesty. Pre
cisely at the appointed time the devil appeared in
the air, showing his cloven foot, to the no little dis
comfit of the builders, as he alighted at the open
door of his intended abode. He proceeded to an
examination of the building which was constructed
underground of logs, and covered with earth, so
that it might appear at the surface nothing more
than an elevation of the summit of a hill, requiring
a sesame to open it. The abode was pronounced
satisfactory ; when the sheep was produced with the
greatest confidence that it was black enough to sat
isfy the requirements. Imagine their utter astonish
ment when the devil no sooner saw the sheep than
he demanded one of them, declaring that it was not
without a white spot, as agreed upon, and in order
to convince the contractors that such was the case
he lifted it from its feet and turned it upon its back,
when, lo, the white spot vyas there. This so alarm
ed one of the men, who was a Dutchman, that he
began to cry out : " Heilig Yasu 1 Heihg Yasu !"

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 33
whereupon his insulted devilship departed, taking
with him the half bushel of money, leaving the
chagrined builders in a bewildered condition, one
of whom it is said remained insane during the rest
of his life.
This is briefly the legend which has been handed
down from parents to children, and firmly believed.
It probably had no better foundation in fact than
that this so-called Devil's Hole was a robbers' cave.
As a sequel to the Indian history of this chapter,
we present the following sketch :
Simon Girty (spelled Girtee in the old records)
was born and raised in the Cumberland Valley,
Pennsylvania. His parents were Swiss Germans,
and were much addicted to the use of strong drink
and gambling, both of which became characteristics
of Simon. It was, doubtless, owing to the fact that
Simon Girty's parents taught him by example these
bad habits, and left him no legacy but one of dis
honor, that he forsook the settlements to serve with
young Simon Kenton on the frontiers. He joined
the Virginia militia, and seemed anxious to distin
guish himself as a soldier. He was disappointed
in being promoted, and instead, through the influ
ence of his colonel, publicly disgraced. He fled
from the settlements and took up his abode along
with a number of others on Sherman's creek, but
here he was again followed by the whites, who
burnt his cabin in 1750, and turned him loose to
roam the wilds as an outcast under the bans of the
law. He took up his abode with the Wyandotte
Indians, with whom he lived a foe to the whites.

34 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
more cruel and relentless than his adopted people.
He made frequent incursions from the Wyan
dotte settlement to the Susquehanna. He is said
to have slept during his stay at Halffall Hills in a
cave next the river in the end of the mountain.
He came here for the purpose of watching the
whites at Fort Halifax from the top of this moun
tain. The narrow channel in the river at the end
of Halffall Hills was named Girty's Notch. The
traveler is reminded of his approach to the notch
as he descends the river by the sign " Girty's
Notch Hotel."
The subsequent career of this notorious man is
rather uncertain. It is probable that he was killed
by Col. Clayton, in Kentucky. It is related that
Girty stole Clayton's wife from his home while the
latter was with Forbes and Bouquet in the expedi
tion against Fort Duquesne in 1757 and '58.
Clayton returned- home after the war to find that
his wife had been stolen by an Indian, which he di
vined to be Girty, whereupon he pursued the rene
gade with a savage thirst for revenge, and finally
met the despoiler of his household on " the dark
and bloody soil of Kentucky," where, in a desperate
contest, Girty was slain.
Raccoon Valley, Rye township, Cumberland
county, was settled by the Blacks, Nobles and
Robinsons, in the order named, from the Juniata.
In this selection certain distinctions gave prece
dence of location.
Their pastor, Rev. Wm. B. Linn, having the
preference, chose his portion near Robinson's

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 35
Fort; the father of the Irvin families, in Saville
township, chose their old mansion property ; he
was joined by Elliot's on the west, and he in turn
by a younger man, until we reach the Robinson,
Noble and Black farms in Raccoon Valley, extend
ing to the Juniata river. This chain of settlements
extended more than twenty miles, and included
some of the best and most highly respected
citizens of the county. It is historic for its ar
rangement of families in chronological order, as
well as the noble record made during every war in
which its own or the general welfare was en
dangered.

36 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

CHAPTER II.

FORMATION aF PERRY COUNTY.
Cumberland county was formed out of Lancas
ter county in 1750, four years previous to the
Albany purchase, by whidh was added to the com
monwealth all the lands west of the Kittatinny and
east of the Alleghany Mountains.
The earliest division of the territory now in
cluded in Perry county into townships was into
Greenwood, which included the land between the
Juniata and Susquehanna rivers. This township
doubtless included at one time a vast area in Mif
flin, Snyder and Union counties, being the mother
of Liverpool, Buffalo, Howe and Watts, as now de
fined in Perry county.
Rye township extended from the Kittatinny Moun
tains to the Tuscarora Hills, including its present
territory, Penn, Wheatfield, Miller, Carroll, Center,
Juniata, Oliver and Tuscarora townships. The line
dividing Rye and Tyrone townships extended di
rect from the Blue Mountains, passing about two
miles west of Bloomfield to the Tuscarora Hills.
Next to Rye, west of the Juniata, was Tyrone,
known as " the everlasting State of Tyrone." It
included parts of Carroll and Center, all of Spring,
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Toboyne by a straight line from the Blue Moun
tains through Center, in Madison township, to the
Conecocheaque Hills.
Toboyne township was farthest west in the
county, and included within itself Jackson and
Madison townships. This township dates its for
mation prior to the Revolution.
This was the earliest division of the territory
of Perry county into townships. When it was
formed into a new county there were seven town
ships. Of the new townships, Juniata included
that part of Rye north and west of the Mahonoy
Hills, Saville, that part of Tyrone west of the Lime
stone Ridge, and Buffalo, that part of Greenwood
south of the Buffalo Hills.
Villages were formed at Duncannon, Landisburg,
Millerstown, Liverpool and New Buffalo, before or
about 1800. These were the earliest towns of the
county. Millerstown was laid out by David Miller as
early as 1780, and for a long time seemed destined
to become the largest town in the county. It was
written for a long time Milled s Town. . Fewer un
employed men have lived in Millerstown, in propor
tion to the population, than any town in the county.
Millerstown contains seven stores, a foundry, a large
tannery, two churches — Presbyterian and Metho
dist — and a Normal school. In healthfulness of
location, convenience of access, and the natural
beauty of surroundings, it is unsurpassed anywhere
along the Juniata.
Liverpool was laid out by John Huggins in 1808,
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38 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
and soon became the most important trading point
in the eastern portion of the county. Liverpool
merchants dealt largely in liquors, grain, plaster,
dry goods and groceries. The society was made
up of almost every hue, from the smooth and cau
tious to a sprinkling of roughs, who would extort
the laugh of commendation and social entertain
ment from the most grave and sedate.
Landisburg was originally laid out by John Lan-
dis, previous to 1800, who disposed of some por
tions of the town by lottery, reserving the annual
ground rent. It is said "the quit-rents of Landis
burg have had as many owners as Joseph's coat
had colors."
The courts were held here until the location of
the county-seat at Bloomfield, and the completion of
the public buildings there in 1827.
The first Court of Common Pleas in Perry
county was held in Landisburg on the 4th of De
cember, 1820. Hon. John Reed, formerly of West
moreland county, was President Judge, and Wil
liam Anderson and Jeremiah Madden, Esqrs., As
sociate Judges. Daniel Stambaugh was the High
Sheriff: The following persons were the first grand
jurors: William English, Henry Beslin, William
Brown, Jacob Weibley and Joshua Jones, Juniata
township ; Andrew Lynn, Peter Moses, Philip Fus-
selman, Christian Simons, Henry Hippie, Thomas
Kennedy and John Eaton, Tyrone township; Con
rad Rice, John Milligan, Thomas Milligan, Moses
Oatley, Jacob Burd and Jacob Kiser, Saville town-

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 39
ship; William Albigost, Greenwood township;
William Porter, Buffalo township; Samuel Willis,
Rye township; Nickolas Burd, John Kogan and
Daniel Matzer, Toboyne township.
The list of constables, at this time, were George
Fetterman, Buffalo township ; John O'Brian, Green
wood; Thomas Martin, Juniata; Daniel McAllister,
Rye ; Mathias Moyer, Saville ; John Cree, Tyrone ;
Abraham Kistler, Tyrone ; James McKim, Toboyne.
Robert Mitchell, Thomas Adams and Jacob
Huggins were the first County Commissioners.
William B. Mitchell was the first Prothonotary.
The old court-house in Landisburg stood until
1 841. It was a log building, erecting for a church,
when it was taken and finished for a court-house,
and in it Robert Gibson, Esq., still dispenses justice
with more ability than is usually exhibited in that
office. Landisburg is the starting point of Rice's stage
lines, which carry news to and from Newport from
all points on the route.
Duncannon, Petersburg, until 1865, was first
settled by a Mr. Miller, who took up ten acres, in
which it was included. His house was situated on
the point between the Susquehanna river and Little
Juniata creek.
The oldest store in the town was kept by a Mr.
Vanfossen, then there were only four houses
in the place.
The settlers that took up land and came to
Petersburg after Mr. Miller were Myers, Young,
Fessler, Baty and the widow Armstrong. Philip

40 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Sweishler, a German, kept the first hotel. At this
time the post-office was kept by Jacob Keiser at
Clark's Ferr>' in the stone store-house.
A Mr. Keaseberry was the first postmaster after
the office was moved to Petersburg.
The tories mustered their troops during the Revo
lutionary War on Young's Hill.
The oldest church in Petersburg was the Metho
dist church, which was dedicated in 1838. The
first preaching in the town by this denomination
was in a Mr.: Brooks' dwelling house in 181 2.
The Presbyterian congregation of the Juniata
church, on the hill west of the junction, included
the members in Petersburg, with many who lived
on the opposite side of the river in Watts town
ship. Rev. Joseph Brady, whose remains rest in
the grave-yard belonging to the church, was the
pastor at this time (1838).
The grave-yard on the property owned by Mr
Charles Godshall is the oldest Methodist burial
ground in the county. The oldest house in the
neighborhood of Duncannon was near the position
of Jones' mill The brick house there now was
built in 1800.
Along Sherman's_creek, near the river, are the
Duncannon Iron Works, owned by a company
which has been in the business for many years in
that place. These works consist of a rolling mill
and nail factory ; the latter is capable of turning
out from 800 to 1,000 kegs, loofts each, per week.
There is an extensive anthracite furnace in opera
tion closer to the river.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 4I
The extensive flour and lumber mills, recently
owned by Major Griffith Jones, have passed into
other hands.
A company has purchased an extensive tract
of land, and, by means of a building association,
is fast creatin g a new western addition to the old
town. Duncannon public schools have always been
among the best in the county.
Newport was laid out as a village of Juniata
township in 1 8 14, by Daniel Reider. It was called
Reiderville until the formation of Perry county in
1820, when sanguine hopes were entertained that it
would be the county seat; hence its name was
changed to New Port, which has since been con
veniently modified to Newport.
Its growth was very tardy until the canal was
made, since which it steadily improved, until about
six years ago, since which it has made good its
claims to be the largest town in the county.
It has a deposit bank, a printing office, from
which issue the weekly editions of the Newport
News, two steam tanneries, one of which is the
most extensive in the county, a steam planing
mill, marble-yard, three commission warehouses, a
boat-yard, and an anthracite furnace just ready to-
be put in operation. Three churches supply the
various congregations. Two of these are large
brick edifices on the modern plan, owned by the
Methodist and Reformed congregations, while the
third is a frame building likely soon to be super
seded by several others, since it is used by the Lu-

42 HISTORY or PERRY COUNTY.
therans and Presbyterians, and others, on the union
principle. A tract of land was purchased and laid out in
lots by Mr. J. B. Habecker. This part of the town
attracts considerable business now. These lots
will doubtless soon be improved through the ef
forts of a building association recently organized.
Newport has tasteful and commodious hotels,
kept by gentlemanly and intelligent proprietors.
But it cannot truthfully be avoided that her educa
tional interest is below par. This is not owing to
the want of a large and commodious school build
ing, for that was erected in 1866. on a olan which
compelled the admiration of all her sister boroughs,
but a lack of fostering interest by her entire com
munity has caused the failure, in part, of every edu
cational project which contemplated permanency.
In 1 840 Newport was next to Liverpool in the
number of its population. It then had 423, and
Liverpool had 454 inhabitants.
New Buffalo was laid out as a village of Buffalo
township. Perry county, in 1 800, by Jacob Baugh-
man. It is situated on the west bank of the Sus
quehanna river, nineteen miles above Harrisburg.
It has been a town of steady growth, and con
tained in 1840 between thirty and forty dwelling
houses and 200 inhabitants. The location is
pleasant, surrounded on either side by charming
natural scenery.
The present county seat was fixed upon by the
fourth set of "disinterested persons" provided for
in the act of .separation, and named Bloomfield, on

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 43
account of that being the title given to the tract of
land in the patent. The set of commissioners who
concluded this important work, were Messrs. Lay-
cock, Sheets, Pearce and Jenks. Bloomfield was
auspiciously appropriate for the new town from
the fact that its original plot was marked out in a
clover field when in full bloom in the month of
June, 1822. It is healthfully located in the narrow,
fertile and beautiful Mahonoy Valley, twenty-six
miles from Harrisburg, and five from the Central
railroad. Large brick church edifices have been erected
by the Reformed, Lutheran, Methodist and Pres
byterian congregations.
A brick school-house, sufficiently large to ac
commodate all the pupils, has been erected recently.
Bloomfield Academy, more fully noticed under Ed
ucational History, continues its good work at this
place. It is now owned by William Grier, Esq.
The manufactories of the place are a steam tan
nery and a foundry.
The Perry Forrester, for August, 1826, contains
the following description of the place: "New
Bloomfield has eighteen buildings besides from
twelve to fifteen shops and stabtes." The offices
and public documents of the county were removed
to Bloomfield on the 12th and 13th of March, 1827.
The Forrester, in 1829, gives the population of
Bloomfield at 220, the number of dwellings, twenty-
nine, and the shops and offices, twenty-one.
The court-house, erected in 1824-5, was remod
eled in 1867-8. It is now well adapted for the

44 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
purpose. A large clock has been placed in its cu
pola by the citizens of Bloomfield, aided by the
county commissioners.
There are four printing offices belonging to as
many weekly newspapers.
The President Judge of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict resides here.
The people are social and intelligent.
Marysville was laid out by Theophilus Fenn, the
proprietor of the land on which it is built, as a vil
lage of Rye township, and up to April 12, 1866,
was never incorporated, when it was incorporated as
Haley, which was the name given to the post-office
for a year or more. Since its incorporation, Marys
ville has ¦ improved so rapidly that it now ranks
third in the county in number of population.
The round-house of the Northern Central railroad
is located here, and added to this there is an exten
sive " shifting-yard."
Two railroad bridges cross the Susquehanna at
the eastern and western termini of the town. The
eastern bridge is on the line of the Pennsylvania
Central, and the western on that of the Northern
Central. There are two railroad stopping-places,
one a regular depot, and the other merely a stopping-
place. The depot is called Marysville, and is at the
extreme west of the town, where the railroads cross
each other.
A block-house was built at the end of the Central
railroad bridge to guard it from the attacks of rebel
invaders during the late war.
Marysville has a fine location, which, added to its

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 45
proximity to Harrisburg, and the other probabilities
of its rapid improvement, will cause it to be, in the
extent and variety of its business, and the number
of its inhabitants, the largest town in the county, in
1 880. Marysville public schools are kept in opera
tion from six to seven months of the year.
Loysville, formerly called Andersonville, was
laid out in 1840, by Michael Loy. The commo
dious Academy building, north of the town, which
was erected by Mr. John Tressler, continued to be
liberally patronized as a higher institution of learn
ing, until the Sth of May, 1865, when it was select
ed for a Soldiers' Orphan School. After it had been
in operation four or five years as an orphan school
for the children of deceased soldiers, the Tressler
heirs sold the building to the Lutheran Church,
since which it has been continued as Loysville
Orphan Home, receiving as many soldiers' orphans
as could be accommodated without crowding out
the church orphans. There were 83 in this Home
on the 31st of May, 1871.
Loysville has a large brick church, owned by the
Reformed and Lutheran denominations. About
one-half mite south-east of Loysville, is the farm and
houses appropriated for the use of the poor of the
county. The old buildings, two or three in number,
have been superseded by the most expensive edifice
in the county, estimated to cost, when entirely fin
ished, upward of $30,000.
Andersonburg is a post-village of Madison town
ship, and was so named on account of the land
formerly belonging to Judge Anderson.

46 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
About three-fourths of a mile to the north-east
are the grounds and buildings of the justly-cele
brated Andersonburg Soldiers' Orphan School.
The extent of ground was reported on the 31st of
May, 1 87 1, to be twenty-four acres, and the num
ber of pupils enrolled, 133.
Hon. Martin Motzer has been the principal since
the organization of the school, and so satisfactory
has been the treatment of the wards entrusted to
his care, that complaint against the school has
never been heard abroad.
Blain. — William Douglass built the mill from
which the name of the post-office (Douglass' Mill)
was obtained. He soon after built the stone house
occupied at the present (1872) by Mr. Jeremiah
Hench. This stone house and an old log house
which was torn down about six years ago, constitu
ted what was known as Multicaulisville.
The original part of Blain was laid out on land
granted by warrant in 1765, to James Blain. That
part of the village west of Main street, was laid out
on land originally granted by warrant, in 1762, to
Abraham Mitchell, and the north part was warrant
ed to James Morrison, in 1766.
In the spring of 1846 Francis W. Woods sold
three acres of land to Dr. William Hays, which he
divided into twelve lots and sold them out to dif
ferent parties. John Seager and Williani Shively
erected the first house in the fall of 1846.
The first post-office was kept by William Doug
lass. Capt. David Moreland and Anthony Black
succeeded. In 1 840 Anthony Black got the name

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 47
of the post-office changed to Multicaulisville, to
commemorate his great speculation in the moms
m-ulticaulis or Italian mulberry trees, which he was
engaged in selling at ten cents each. .
Soon after Blain was laid out in 1 846, James and
Francis W. Woods got the name of the post-office
changed from. Multicaulisville to Blain, and from
the post-office the village was named.
The site of Blain is naturally the prettiest in the
county. This fact seems to be recognized, for we
find improvements here not found in any other
town in the county. It is the only town into which
and along whose streets water is conveyed in
pipes. The buildings are mostly new, elegantly
and substantially built and neatly painted.
It has a select school in charge of Prof. Gard. C.
Palm, and one of the finest churches in the county.
This church belongs to the Lutherans and Presby
terians, and was built to take the place of a venera
ble old building erected in 18 16. The old folks of
these congregations were very loath to exchange
the old church even for such an elegant new one,
from the fact that it seemed to link them to the
past. The shingles that covered it were carried
across the Conecocheaque Mountain on the backs
of pack-horses. Their fathers and mothers reared
this temple, and they did not like to see it de-
strx)yed. New Germantown, a post-town of Toboyne
township, was laid out by Solomon Sheibley, and
named to commemorate Germantown, near Phila
delphia. It is twenty-three and a quarter miles

48 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
from Bloomfield, and is the western terminus of
Rice's stage route in the county. It contains
several stores and churches, a tannery and a
school-house, in which a graded school is kept
open during the free school term.
Ickesburg and Eschol are the. post-villages of
Saville township. The former is the older, and is
the starting-point of Mr. Samuel Rice's stage,
which makes a round trip on alternate days from
Millerstown and Newport carrying the mail to and
from Donnally's, Eschol, Milford and Markelville.
Eschoi was formerly known as " Shuman's." It
was early settled by Mr. Andrew Shuman, who
gave the land on which St. Andrew's Lutheran
Church is situated.
Donnally's mills is a post-village of a half-dozen
houses in Tuscarora township. Geo. W. Lobaugh,
Esq., keeps a store and a post-office at this place,
and nietes out justice to deserving offenders.
Milford and Markelville are post villages of Ju
niata township. Each contains a store in which the
post-office is kept.
The former was called Jonestown after its earliest
settler and first postmaster, Joseph Jones, Esq.
Markelville was formerly known as Bosserman's
Mills until Mr. George Markel so changed the
place by his enterprise and thrift that it was named
after him.
The following is the essential part of each sec
tion of an Act erecting part of Cumberland county
into a separate county to be called Perry :
Section ist enacted that from and after the first day

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 49
of September, 1820, all that part of Cumberland
county lying north of the Blue Mountain, begin
ning on the summit of the Blue Mountain, where
the Franklin county line crosses the same and run
ning thence along the summit theVeof an eastward-
ly course'to the river Susquehanna, thence up the
west side of the same to the line of Mifflin (now
Juniata) county, thence along the Mifflin county
line to the Juniata river, thence along the summit
of the Tuscarora Mountains to the Franklin county
line, thence along the Franklin county line to the
place of beginning, be and the same is hereby
declared to be erected into a separate county to be
called Perry.
Section 2d declared that after September ist,i820,
the inhabitants of all that part of Cumberland
county thus separated, should have all the rights
and privileges to which the inhabitants of other coun
ties are entitled under the laws of the Common
wealth. Section 3d enacted that the several courts in and
for the said county of Perry, shall be held at such
house in the town of Landisburg, as may be desig
nated by the commissioners of said county, to
be elected at the next general election, until a court
house shall be erected in and for said county as is
hereinafter directed, and shall then be held at said
court-house, at which place the returns oi the gen
eral election shall be made.
Section 4th transferred all suits pending' in the
courts of Cumberland county, on the first day of
September, 1820 between residents of Perry
3

50 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
county to the Courts of Common Pleas of Perry
county, to be continued in said courts as if origi
nally begun there, except that the fees on the same
due to the officers of Cumberland county, shall be
paid to them when recovered by the sheriff or pro
thonotary of Perry county ; and the prothonotary
of Cumberland county shall on or before the first
day of September next, purchase a docket and copy
therein all the docket entries respecting the said
suits to be transferred as aforesaid, and shall on or
before the first day of November next, have the
said docket, together with the records, declarations
and other papers respecting said suits, ready to be
delivered to the prothonotary of Perry county; the
expenses of said docket and copying to be paid by
the prothonotary of Perry county, and be reim
bursed by the said county of Perry, on warrants to
be drawn by the commissioners of Perry county on
the the treasurer thereof. All certioraries to or
appeals from justices, where the parties have resid
ed in Perry, which have been returned to the Court
of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, at any
time after the 22d of March, 1820, to be transferred
to Perry.
Section 5th provided for the equitable distribution
of the taxes collected in Perry county by the of
ficers in Cumberland county, until the proper of
ficers were appointed or elected to take charge of
the financial affairs of Perry.
Section 6th required the sheriff, treasurer, pro
thonotary, and all such officers, whether appointed
or elected, to give such surety for the faithful per-

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 51
formance of their duties, as they are obliged by
law to give in Cumberland county.
Section 7th made it the duty of the sheriff, coro
ner, and other officers of the county of Cumber
land, to exercise the duties of their offices within the
county of Perry until similar officers shall be created
therein. Section Sth. The inhabitants of the county of
Perry shall elect one representative, and the county
of Cumberland two, until otherwise altered, and in
conjunction with Cumberland county one senator
to serve in the Legislature of this Commonwealth,
in the same mode, under the same requisitions,
and make return thereof in the same manner as is
directed by the fifteenth section of this act.
Section 9th. That the Governor be and he is
hereby authorized and required, on or before the
first day of September next ensuing, to appoint
three discreet and disinterested persons, not resi
dents in the counties of Cumberland and Perry,
whose duty it shall be, to fix on a proper and con
venient site for a court-house, prison and county
offices within the aforesaid county of Perry, as near
the center thereof as circumstances will admit, hav
ing regard to the convenience of roads, territory,
population, and the accommodation of the people
of the said county generally; and said persons, or
a majority of them, having viewed the relative ad
vantages of the several situations contemplated by
the people, shall on or before the first day of Sep
tember next, by a written report under their hands,
or under the hands of a majority of them, certify.

52 history of PERRY COUNTY.
describe and limit the site or lot of land which
they shall have chosen for the purpose aforesaid,
and shall transmit the said report to the Governor
of this Commonwealth ; and the persons appointed
as aforesaid, shall receive three dollars per diem
for their services out of the moneys to be raised in
pursuance of this act : Provided always. That be
fore the commissioners shall proceed to' perform
the duties enjoined on them by this act, they shall
take an oath or affirmation before some judge or jus
tice of the peace, well and truly, and with fidelity to
perform said duties without favor to any person,
according to the true intent and meaning of this
act. (The Governor to appoint the commissioners
to review the site fixed by former commissioners.)
Section loth provides for the collection of taxes
and the preparation by the commissioners elect for
the erection of the necessary public buildings at the
place designated by the aforesaid commissioners.
Section nth. Perry county with Cumberland,
Franklin and Adams to elect one member of Con
gress. Section 12th. Perry annexed to the Southern
District of the Supreme Court.
Section 14th. The County of Perry to be an
nexed to and form part of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict of this Commonwealth.
Sections i6th, 17th, and 18th. Prisoners to be
committed to the Cumberland county jail until a
building for the purpose is erected in Perry county,
or for three years.
Section 19th. The poor of Perry county to be

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 53
kept at the place provided for them in Cumberland
county. The foregoing is an abstract of the Act of Sepa
ration of Perry from Cumberland county, passed
March 22d, 1820.
Hon. John T. Reed, a Senator from Westmore
land county at the time of his appointment, was
the first President Judge who held courts in Perry
county. The expenses of Perry county from the 4th day
of November, 1 820, to the 30th day of January,
1821, both days inclusive, was 1^4,555.34.
The receipts and expenditures from February
1st, 1821, to February ist, 1822, was $10,580.02;
from the Sth of January, 1822, to the 7th of Jan
uary, 1823, $12,056.19; from January, 1824, to
January, 1825, $13,992.62; from January, 1825, to
February, 1S26, $13,644.52; from February, 1826,
to January, 1827, $12,832.51 ; from January, 1S27,
to January, 1828, $12,555.36; from January, 1828,
to January, 1829, $12,059.08; from January, 1829,
to January 4th, 1S30, $11,200.87; from January
4th, 1830, to December 31st, 1831, $16,071.28;
from January 6th, 1832, to December 31st, 1S32,
$16,353.71-; from January ist, 1833, to December
31st, 1834, $16,167.34; from January, 1866, to
January, 1867, $23,131.54; from January, 1867, to
January, 1868, $27,826.57.

54 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

SECTION II.— THE WAR RECORD.

CHAPTER I.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1 775-83.
Englehart Wormley, of Tyrone township, died
on the 28th of August, 1827. He participated in
the disastrous battle on Long Island, and the sub
sequent engagements which followed. He was
never injured during his term of service.
Andrew Burd, of Greenwood township, entered
the army as a fifer-boy when but fourteen years old and
served the faithful seven, being discharged when
he had just attained his majority.
Benjamin Bonsall, Sen., of Greenwood town
ship, died in 1845, aged 89 years. He served in
the militia during the "freezing and starving"
winter at Valley Forge,
Thomas Brown, of Tyrone township, was a
Revolutionary soldier, and so thoroughly imbued
with love of his country that he made provision in
his will for the reading of the Declaration of In
dependence over his open grave, after which a
minister was to pray for him and his beloved
country.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 55
Edward Donnelly, of Buckwheat Valley, Tus
carora township, served in the militia.
Alexander Gaily, of Penn township, died in
Cove Valley on the 13th of November, 1842, aged
102 years. He served in the Revolutionary army.
Frederick Watt, a Revolutionist, was at the
massacre of Wyoming, where he served under
Colonel Zebulon Butler, who "boldly met and
bravely fought the combined British, Tory and
Indian force of thrice his nnmber." In this
engagement he was wounded in the mouth.
He settled in Watt's Valley, Miller township, to
which he gave his name, and there resided until
his death.
Andrew Lynch, of Tuscarora township, served
in the Revolutionary army, but of what date or
length of term, whether volunteer or militia, we
could not learn.
Benjamin Essick, of Liverpool township, died
at the advanced age of 93. He served in the
militia. David Focht, was a Revolutionary soldier, and
one of the first settlers of western Perry county.
He lived in Jackson township.
William Heim, the father of Rev. John William
Heim, reixioved from Mahanoy township, North
umberland county, to Jackson township. Perry
county, in 18 15, where he died on the 2d of March,
1856. He was the last surviving hero of the
Revolution living in the county. He died aged
95, and his funeral was attended by one hundred
and fifty riders on horseback. Mr. Heim is said

56 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
to have been able to relate many incidents of the
contests in which he was engaged, but they were
never wriften, and have now passed into, that
history which no living recollection can recall.
He asked the National Government to reward his
services, but being unable to furnish other evidence
than the existence of his name on the roll of his
company, he never received the pension to which
he was justly entitled. The State recognized his
services by a small yearly annuity.
There were from Watts township, then Green
wood, in the Revolutionary army, John Buchanan,
whose descendants are now living in the townships
of Greenwood and Liverpool ; Robert Moody, Mr,
Mountz, Mr. Philips, William Rodgers and William
Philips. These men were .all distinguished for
their patriotism, but of their achievements in the
sanguinary struggle which gave us a nation, no
detailed account can be gathered.
William Patterson served in the patriot army
one year. He lived in that part of Duncannon
known as Petersburg. It was then scarcely a vil
lage of Rye township. Mr. Patterson remembered
the tories mustering on Young's Hill.
Peter Kipp served seven years as a soldier in
the American army. He returned home after
Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, and lived
for many years afterward in Buffalo township.
George Albright, one of the first settlers of
Buck's Valley, shouldered his musket at the break
ing out of the war, and went forth to serve his
country as a soldier, while his wife, with a servant

history of perry county. 57
girl and several small boys, did the farming. Mrs.
Albright and her servant girl took her grain to the
banks of the Susquehanna on horseback, where
they hitched their horses, and placing it in a canoe,
pushed down the river to the nearest mill, at Dau
phin. Here they waited until the grain was ground
into flour, which was then placed in the canoe, and
pushed back, up the stream, by the two women,
landed and placed on the backs of their horses,
and thus taken home.
Mr. Albright returned home at the close of the
war, and lived the remainder of his life as a citizen
of the valley he had helped to defend. He was a
member of the Lutheran Church, which he lived to
see prosper in the home of his adoption. He died
at an advanced age, and his remains lie buried in
the soil of the valley, in a spot sacred to the mem
ory of every lover of his country. We would not
less nobly consecrate the spot in which the no less
self-sacrificing wife of his bosom was buried.
The following will show that Perry county was .
not free from tories- during the Revolution:
Cumberland County, ss. :
Before me, George, Robinson, one of His Majesty's Justices,
for said county, peri- onally appeared Clefton Bowen, who, being
duly examined and sworn, doth depose and say : that sometime
in the month of January last, he, this deponent, was in the house
of John Montgomery, in Tyrone township, in company with a
certain Edward Erwin, of Rye township, and this deponent says
he then and there heard said Erwin drinlc damnation and con
fusion to the Continental Congress, and damn their proceedings,
saying they were all a parcel of damned rebels, and against spring
would be cut off like a parcel of snowbirds, and more such stuff.
Sworn and subscribed before George Robinson, igth February,
1776. Clefton Bo-wen.

58 HISTORY OF PEERY COUNTT.

CHAPTER IL

WAR OF 1812-I5.
During the early part of the year 1S14 Governor
Simon Snyder ordered that a thousand militia be
raised in Pennsylvania to assist in repelling the
British invasion on the Canada frontier. About
one-half of this number was composed of volun
teers from Cumberland county; the residue were
raised principally by draft from the counties of
Franklin, York and Adams. These soldiers con
stituted the Eleventh regiment or division, and
were commanded by General Porter, and led by
Colonel James Fenton, Lieut. Col. Robert Bull,
Majors Galloway and Marlin. The Cumberland
county troops were rendezvoused at Carlisle, from
which place' they were marched to Pittsburg,
thence to Black Rock Fort, now the site of the
thriving city of Buffalo, which place they reached
about the ist of April. They remained here in
encampment, engaged in drill and guard duty, until
the 2d of July, when Generaf Brown, contrary to
the expectation of his officers who had made pre
paration for the celebration of the Fourth in camp,
and invited the commander to participate, issued
orders to embark the troops next morning at day
light. The army consisted of two brigades. The first

COURT-HOUSK AT BLOOM FIKLD.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 59
commanded by General Scott, with the artillery corps
in charge of Major Hurdman, landed nearly a mile
below, while General Ripley, in command of the
second brigade, disembarked about the same dis
tance above Fort Erie. A battery of long eigh-
teens was soon planted in position to command the
fort, while a flag was dispatched with the demand
to surrender in two hours or the bombardment
would be commenced. At the end of the truce,
137 men including officers, marched out and sur
rendered themselves prisoners of war. Thus was
carried out Generals Brown and Scott's determina
tion to eat their Fourth of July dinners in Fort Erie.
The day was one of busy preparation for an ag
gressive movement against the enemy's army,
which was composed of the British's supposed in-
vincibles, then encamped at the mouth of the Chip
pewa. Before daylight, however, on the morning
of the fifth, it was ascertained that the three days'
rations, ordered to be supplied to the troops, could
not be furnished until a boat could be dispatched
to Buffalo and return with them. This caused a
delay until two o'clock in the afternoon, before the
army of about 3,500 were ready to march and it
was four o'clock before the militia came in sight of
the regular troops who had preceded themT
Scarcely had they halted when there was a requisi
tion made for volunteers to drive off the Indians,
who had being annoying the pickets by firing upon
them from their places of concealment. This was
answered by about three hundred volunteers, com
posed of officers, -w^ho exchanged their swords for

6o HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
muskets, and private soldiers from the Eleventh
regiment, strengthened by several hundred friend
ly Indians, commanded by General Porter, Colonel
Bull and Major Galloway. An order commanding
every white man who went with General Porter to
leave his hat and go with his head uncovered, was
issued before starting. The Indians tied up their
heads with muslin and blackened their faces by
rubbing their hands over burnt stumps before
starting. Thus equipped the skirmishers .started,
and in less than half an hour were engaged in the
battle known in history as Chippewa, during the
progress of which Colonel Bull, Major Galloway,
Captain White, and a number of private soldiers
were surrrounded by Indians, who, concealed in
the high grass, had permitted the main body of the
troops to pass, that they might the more safely and
effectually secure the officers. Having disarmed
their prisoners they next commenced stripping
them of their clothing, one taking a coat,
another a vest while a third claimed the neckcloth.
If a shirt showed a ruffle anywhere a fourth claim
ed it. Major Galloway and private Wendt were
stripped of their boots and compelled to march
through thorn and other stubble barefoot, until, in
the language of the latter, "their feet were run
through and through."
The party had advanced their prisoners but a
short distance until they were halted, and there
was evidently an Indian dissatisfied about some
thing. They started again, and had scarce gone
more than half a mile when the dissatisfied Indian,

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 6 1
then in the rear, whooped loudly, raised his rifle
and shot Colonel Bull through the body. The
ball entered the left shoulder and came out
through the right breast. After he was pierced
with the bullet. Colonel Bull raised himself on his
elbow, reached out his hand to Major Galloway
and said, " Help me, Wendt, I am shot ! " The help
implored by the dying man was prevented by the
Indian who had shot him coming up, sinking his
tomahawk into his head and scalping him.
This act, so contrary to all laws of human war
fare, was no doubt in compliance with the order of
General Riall, which was in substance not to spare
any who wore the uniform of militia officers, while
those who wore the regular officer's uniform were
to be brought into camp in safety. To this fact we as
cribe the cruel fate of a brave soldier and good officer.
His surviving comrades bear testimony to the
sober and exemplary habits of Colonel Bull. At
Erie, it is said, he spent his Sabbaths in the hos
pital among the sick, ministering to their physical
wants, or reading and conversing with them about
the truths of religion.
My informant, Michael Donnelly, Esq., volun
teered to go aboard of Perry's fleet, then operating
on Lake Erie, expecting to be gone two or three
days at most, but did not get back to his company
until twenty-eight days afterward.
The following persons from Perry county were
members of Captain David Moreland's company
mustered in 1814 and rendezvoused at Carlisle:
3*

62

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

NAME. RANK. RESIDENCE.

REMARKS.

David Moreland 

Captain. Jackson tp.
ist Serg't Landisburg.
Private. I Jackson tp.

Mustered out with Comp.
" Lost in Mex. war.

Mustered out with Comp.

it un

Toboyne tp.
Madison tp.
Saville tp.
Toboyne tp.
Tyrone tp.
Toboyne tp.
tt
Tyrone tp.
Madison tp.
Liverpool.
Tyrone tp.
Landisburg.
Millerstown.
Tyrone tp.
Center tp.
Tyrone tp.

(( II It

It ft tt

It K It
It It tt
George Robinson 
William Barkley 
'• DiedinBl'klogVal. '70
" " in 1859.
Mustered out with Comp.
" Died in Ohio.
It " It
" Died in Saville tp.
David Kessler 
Must, out with Co.j dead.
•* " "
II It II
ti It It
George Shreffler 
ti It (f
Adam Wolf. 
It <• 11
.1 It 11
Philip Stambaugh 
\i It II
It It It
It II It
1. II II
Peter Otto 
Jos. HocJcenberry 
Mustered out with Comp
It It It
It II It
Stroup 
(( 11 It
II It It
Sponenberger 
tt II ti
It II II
Dr Samuel Mealy 
It It II
George Wolf. 
tt II 11
II II It
It It It
The following were members
Piper's company, mustered in
voused at Carlisle :
of Captain James
1814, and rendez-
NAME.
RANK
Michael Donnelly. 
Jacob Hanimaker 
Daniel Fry 
Private.
Philip Deckard 
m "
RESIDENCE.
REMARKS.
I  1  .. .
Tuscarora tp. I Must, out Co. Died 1872.
Watts tp. I " '* Dead.
Greenwood tp.j " " "
'( I It I. «
" iKil'd Chippewajul 5,1814.
Liverpool tp. ] Ta'n by Indians exch^dead.
Jacob Potter 
Jacob Liddick...,
Peter Werner...,
Andrew Hench..
Greenwood tp.
Liverpool.
Buffalo tp.
Mustered out with Comp.
HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

63

The following were members of Captain John
Creigh's company, mustered in 1814 :

NAME.

RANK.

RESIDENCE. 1

REMARKS.

Captain.
ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.
Private.
ist Lieut.
Ensign.
Drummer.

Tyrone tp.
l,andisburg.
Tyrone tp.
I,andt5burg.
Spring tp.
L<andisburg.
Tyrone tp.
Landisburg. II
Tyrone tp.
ti 11
Saville tp.
Tyrone tp.
Millerstown.
Jackson tp,
Tyrone tp.

Mustered out with Como.

Isaiah Carl 

George Simons^ Sr 
"William Wilson 
Daniel Stambaugh 
David Carl 
Benjamin M'Cracken...
Benj. Dunkelberger 
Barnctt Sheibley 
It rt ti
It It 11
It It II
Amos Cadwallader 
II II u
Solomon Sheibley 
Zeigler 
George Swarner 
Unassigned Men :
Robert Woodburn..
Richard Rodgers....
Samuel Myers 
Adolphus Hall 
Amos Pratt 
E. B Leonard 
Wm. li. Sponsler 
RESIDENCE,
Tyrone tp.
Landisburg. Bloomfield.
REMARKS.
Mustered out with Comp'
«4

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

THE WAR RECORD— 1846 to 1848.

MEXICAN WAR.

Muster roll of Perry county volunteers who
served in the army during the Mexican 'war,
[These troops were nearly all from the ** Landisburg Guards " and "Bloom
field Light Infantry," organized companies, but they were not accepted and
credited to the county as companies. These troops participated in the en
gagements of Buena Vista, Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, the bloody battles of Con*
treras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chepultepec.J

44 Scholi, Geo. K 
45 Sipe, Samuel B* 
46 Shock, John. 
47 Sullenberger, Joseph.,
48 Shuman, J. Stroop....
49 Simons,John 
50 Titzell, Wm. H* 
51 Tagg, Willson 
52 Tweed, Jesse 
53 Trotter, William 
54 Yarns,

Lieutenant.
Mitchel, Steever 
Privates.
I Applegate, Hezekiah.
2 Allison, Joseph  ,
3 Bristline, George* 
4 Blain, William  ,
5 Baker, Frederick  ,
6 Brown, Alexander 
7 Bolmer, Jacob 
8 Baskins, Daniel 
9 Boden, Hugh* 
ID Black, David M 
II Coheck, Daniel 
12 Charles, Henry 
13 Cornyn, Barnard 
14 Dayton, Hezekiah....
15 Evinger, Peter* 
16 Etter, Bayard H 
17 Elliott, James 
18 Ernest,

19 Frank, Hiram 
20 Geysinger, Samuel..

Hippie, William.  ,
Hatter, George 
Huggins, Samuel Jr..
Horting,   ,
Holland, John* 
Johns,

Miller, Marshall.. .
Miller. G. A. Dr....
McGowan, James..
Peary, George 
Peck, Samuel* 
Rosley, Charles 
Roler, Samuel  ,
Rodgers, Robert....
Stump, David  ,
Sweger, Henry 
Sweger, Samuel 
Sweger, Levi 
Simmons, Samuel..
Simmons, George..
Shatto, Isaac H 
Snyder, John 
Shull, William 

55 Wiseman, Andrew..,.
156 White, David 
J57 Williams, John 
'58 Woodmansel, W 
'59 Wolf, Samuel 
60 Whitzel, Daniel 
!6i Willis, William 
62 O'Bryan, Thomas*...
63 Boyer, John 
64 Barnhart, Martin 

-I

Died or were lost.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

65

CHAPTER III.

THE WAR RECORD— 1 86 1 to 1865.
THREE MONTHS' SERVICE.

RHSIDENCB.

REMARKS.

Rider, Oliver P 
Roddy, Lewis 
Swartz, John M 
Sanno, George 
Swartz, Daniel, Jr....
Shively, Davicl P 
Sullenberger, Jacob .
Shukz, Van Buren., ..
Smith, Joseph F 
Watts, Andrew 
Wallace, William IVI.
Weilly, William C...
Wright, Thomas 
Wright, Charles J 

Newport.

Millerstown.

This company engaged in no battle of the Var,
its duties being chiefly to guard, yet their deter
mination was as good and their patriotism as pure
as any band of men who ever left home for the
army. They were mustered into service on the
2 1st of April and mustered out on the 26th of July,
1 861. 
THREE MONTHS' SERVICE, SECOND REGIMENT, CO. D.

NAME.

RANK.

RESIDENCE.

REMARKS.

H D.Woodruff 
J'H. Crist 

Captain,
ist Lieut.
2d "
ist Serg.
2d "
3i ;;
4th "
1st Corp.
2d "
31. ;;
4th "
Musician, Private.

Bloomfield.
Newport,Bloomfield.Center twp.
Newport.Bloomfield.
Oliver twp.
Newport.Bloomfield.Newport. Madison twp.

Mustered out withCo J'y 26' 61

C. K. Brenneman. ...

Geo. W. Topley 
Wm. H. Troup 
DeWitt C 9'Bryan.
Daniel Hojrard 
Charles Weber 
Albright, H. A 
Arnold, John H 
66

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

CONTINUED FROM THREE MONTHS* SERVICE SECOND REGIMENT, CO. D.

NAME.

RANK.

RESIDENCE.

REMARKS.

Allwood,Wm. H 

Private.

Mustered out withCoJ'y26'6i

Bergstresser, Jacob ..

Carroll twp.

• 1 M tt M *i «l

Best, J. Edwin 

Barnes, Wm. H 
Bent, Charles C 
Becker, Philip 
Baldwin, Isaac 
Mil'erstown.Center twp.
Clouser, Wm 
Clouser, Isaiah W.„.
Clay, Samuel 
It ft
Campbell, Jno. W....
Bloomfield.
Charles, Eli B 
Buffalo twp.
Dial, George 
DeBray, G. Smith-
Millerstown.
Duncan, William C.
Eby, James B 
Til nr»Tn fi *»! fl
Egolf, John F 
AJl\J<JAAXl.%^^\im
Etter, Isaac 
Newport.
Saville twp.
Millerstown.
Elliot, John B 
Ernest, Wesley H...
Ferguson, John F 
Fertig, William R...
Millerstown.
Fertig, John H 
Gardner, Reuben S..
Newport.
Hostetter, Wm. S...
Holt, Frank 
Heany, Thomas J... .
Hartzell, Adam J 
Howell, John W 
Heany, James M 
Greenwood tp.
Juniata twp.
Holman, Daniel 
Idal, Comly, 
Jumper, Conrad 
Lynch, Michael C...
Bloomfield.
Lutman, Daniel W...
Center twp.
Leiby, Beniamin F...
Newport.
Maxwell, David 
Mastha, Lewis 
Mysel, George 
*
Moore, George 
M'Donald, Thomas..
Carroll twp.
M'Clintock, John 
Orwan, George W...
Center twp.
Orwan, Samuel B 
It II
Orwan, Martin V. B.
II II
Power, Wash. A 
It It
Rumbaugh, H. S 
Robeson, Amos 
Bloomfield.
Rider, Thaddeus C.
Newport.
THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY B, 36TH REGIMENT AND 7TH RESERVE
REGIMENT, P. V.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

John Jameson 

Captain.Captain.

May 4, j86i.

JohnQ. Snyder 

H. Clay Snyder 

Captain.

.. „

George K. SchoU 
John Deitrick 

ist Lieut.

"

W. H. Deifenbach....

2d Lieut.

.. „

Amos W. Hetrick 
Henry H. Winters...

jsl Sergt.,

"., "tt

John J. Hamilton 

((

t. ,.

Benjamin Huif. 

Sergt. tt

II tt

Wm. H. Poitsline 

tt It

Justus W. EShelman
Samuel Haas 

tttt

1* tt

Harrison McCracken

"

II

^!

3 1 Liverpool,
3

Liverpool.

Howe twp.

History.

Wounded at Antietam, Sept. 14, 1862 ; resigned, Nov. 11, 1862.
Promoted to ist Lieut., Nov 11, 1861 ; to Capt. Nov. 11, 1862 ;
wounded with loss of leg at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 ; dis
charged on Surgeon's certificate, April 9, 1863.
Promoted to ist Lieut., March 28, 1863; to Capt., July 21, 1863,*
discharged, Aug. 5, 1863.
Resigned, Nov. 11, i86i.
Promoted to Serg., May 11, 1861 ; to 2d Lieut,, March ist, 1863 ;
to ist Lieut., July 20, 1863; discharged. May 3, 1864.
Promoted to Serg., July, 1862 ; to 2d Lieut., July 31, 1863 ; brevet
1st Lieut., March 13, 1865.; captured. May 30, 1864; dis
charged, March 12, 1865.
Killed at Gaines* Mill, June 27, 1862.
Promoted to ist Serg , June 26, 1862 ; discharged, Oct. 25, '62,
for wounds received at Bull Run.
Promoted to Corp.
Promoted to Corp., March, 1863 ; to Serg., Jan. i, 1864; captur
ed. May 5, 1864 ; discharged, June 13, 1865. Vet.
Wounded at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862 ; promoted to Serg.,
March 28, 1863 ; transferred to 190th Reg., P. V., May 15, 1864.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate.
Promoted to Serg., May i, 1862 ; discharged on Surgeon's cer
tificate, Jan. 21, 1863.
Promoted to Serg., Sept. i, 1863; mustered out with company,
June f6, 1864.
Promoted to Serg., Jan,i, 1864 : mustered out with company,
June 16, 1864.

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CONTINUED.

00

Names.

William Newkirk....
James Hebel 
Philip Klinger 
T. Kirkpatrick...
Matthew Adams..
Michael W. Boweis..
I.ewis Bitting. 
John B. Boyer 
Elias Beaumont...
William Billman 
Joseph C. Elakely...
Edward Bowers 
George W, Brown....
¦John Chamberlain...
John Cluck 
Wm. H. Dewalt 
John DeSmer. 
John Derr 
James C. Duffy...;....
Leonard Deitrick...'..
William Free 
George Foley 
George Grissinger...
JohnW. Glaze 
Andrew H. GriiBan...

Rank.

Corp.Mus. Private.

Date of Muster
into Service,

May 4, 1861.

July 18, 1861.
May 4, 1861.

Feb. 25, 1864,
May 4, 1861.
July 18, 1861.
May 4, 1861.

M

an. 28, X862.
^ay 4, 1861.
an. 28. 1862,
day 4, z86i.

Jan. 28, 1862.
July 18, 1862.

Residence.

3 Buffalo twp.

Penn twp.
Howe twp."
Greenwood twp.
Newport
Liverpool.

Liverpool,Liverpool.Liverpool.Liverpool. Liverpool.
Liverpool twp.

Retnarks .

Killed at Gaines' Mill. June 27, 1862. . „ ¦
Promoted to Corp., March 28, 1863; transferred to 190th Regi
ment, P. v., May 31, 1864. Vet.
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V^May 31, 1864. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificSte, Jan. 29, 1862.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate Oct. 11, 1862; re-enhsted,
Jan. 21, 1864; died at Alexandria, Va., March 5, 1864.
Mustered out with company, June 16, 1864.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 3, 1863.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct 23, 1862. .
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V., May 24, 1864. Vet.
.. CI .. ** "
tt tt ft tt tt tt
Missed in action at Bethesda Church, Va., May 30, 1864.
Killed at Gaines' Mill, June 27, 1862.
Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; absent
when company was mustered out.
Wounded with loss of leg, at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 ;
discharged Dec. 10, 1863.
Mustered out with company, June 16, 1864.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 1861
.. tt t( May 20, 1862.
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V., May 31, 1864. Vet.
Captured May 3, 1864; discharged.
Mustered out with company, June 16, 1864.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 7, 1862.
't " ** Dec. 20, 1862.
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V , May 31, 1864. Vet.
Missed in action at the Wildernessi May 30, 1864. Vet.

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY B, 36TH REGIMENT AND 7TH RESERVE REGIMENT, P. V.
CONTINUED.

, Names.

Rank.

Vote 0/ Muster
into Service.

3

Residence,

Remarks.

Private. tti( tt(1« It
« ((It fl« (1t( 11
tt 11
t*¦(tt II

May 4, 1861.
(¦ II
July 18, i86x.
May 4, 1861.
Sept. 20, i86r.
Dec. 31, 1863.
Jan. 28, 1862.
May 4,1861.
it t(
t( tt
July 18, 1861.
Sept. 18, 1861.
May 4, 1861.
Feb. 23, 1864.
May 4, 1861.
Jan. 28, 1862.
May 4, 1861.
Jan. 26, 1872.
May 4. 1861.
April 18, 1861.
Sept. 18, 1861.

Hnwe twn

Mustered out with company, June 16, 1864.

chn C. Hebel 

I Rnfiilo twn

ohn F. Hassinger...
acob Huggins 
oiiathan Hilbert 
ohn W. Holmes 
3avid Hebel 

33 3
3 3
3 33 3333
3 3
33 3
333333
3

0 «
Howe twp.
Buffalo twp.
¦ K tt
Liverpool.
Millerstown.Howe twp.
Liverpool twp.
II 1.
Buffalo twp.
It 11
Howe twp.
Liverpool.Liverpool twp.
Liverpool.
Liverpool twp.

tt tt tt tt
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Feb. 15, 1864.
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P V., May 31, 1864. Vet.

Alfred Hebel 

Missed in action .it Bethesda Church, May 30, 1864.
Prisoner from May 30, to Nov. 26, 1864; discharged Feb. 27,1865.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 8, 1862.
Disch.irged Sept. 26, 1862, for wounds received at Charles City
Cross Roads.
Mustered out with company, June 16, 1864.

Lieonard Keiser 
William Keagy 
Tames Larzelier 
Daniel Liddick 

Solomon Leitzel 

Discharged on Surgeon's certificate.
Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V., May 31, 1864. Vet.
Missed in action at Wilderness, May s, 1864. Vet.
(1 11 (1 If II
Mustered out with company June 16, 1864.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate Nov. 2, 1862.

Isaac R. Lenhart 
William Lindsay 

Jeremiah Liddick 
Benj. E Liddick 
William Miller 
Thomas M'Connell..
C. M'Glaughhn 

Discharged Oct. 10, 1B62, for wounds received at Charles City
Cross Roads.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 3 1862 ; re-enlisted
Jan. 28, 1864; Missed in action at the Wilderness, May 5,1864.
John A. M'Knight...
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noc
THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY B, 36TH REGIMENT AND 7TH RESERVE REGIMENT, P. V.
CONTINUED. 

George Matchell 
tames M'Glaughlin..
Joseph Potter.. ..i....
Christian C. Reem...

Fred. Rinehart..,
Frederick Reen...

Israel Ritter 
Jacob Shoemaker..
D. P. Sheibley 
Henry H. Shuler...,
Jas. P. Sheibley...

Joseph Stephens 
James Snyder 
Jeremiah J. Starly...
David Shatto 
Wesley Vandling,.,,.
G. W. Williamson...
Joseph Winters 
Cyrus Williamson.. .
John Wagner 

Isaiah D. Winters..
P. E. Williamson....

Rank.

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service.

May 4, 1861.

Jan- 28,, 1862.
May 4, i86z.

July 18, 1861.
May 4, i86z.
Jan. 28. 1862.
May 25. 1861.
May 4, 1861.
May 25 1861.
May 4, 1861.
May 25, 1861.
May 4, 1861.

Jan. 28, 1863.
May 4, 1861.

Missed in action May 5, 1864. Vet.
Died at Annapolis, Md., Oct. 27, 1862.
Absent sick, at muster out. , , c- » „„!¦!«
Wounded at second Bull Run; discharged on Sui^eon s certifi-
Wounde'd'w'tflosstf'arm ; discharged on Suijeon's certificate.
Wounded at second Bull Run; discharged on Surgeon s certih-
T;ansfefrfd'to'°x9oth\egiment,P. V , May 31, 1864. Vet.
Mastered out with company, June 16, 1864.
Wounded ; mustered out with company June l«;'|^f •„,..„.
Wounded at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, 1862 . mustered
out with company June 16 1864.
Dischaiged on Surgeon's certificate.
Transferred to igotli Regiment P V ., May 31, 1864. Vet.
Captured May 5 1864; mustered out May 11, 1865.
Died at Washington. D. C, Oct. 4. 1863.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 10, 1862.
Discharged Sept. 5, 1862, for wounds received at Gaines Mill.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 3, 1863. ....
Discharged on Sufgeon's certificate. March 3, 1863; re-enlisted
Jan 28, 1864 ; missed in action, May 5, 1864. „i„,„j
Missed in action at Wilderness, Mlay 5, 1864; discharged.
Vet
Died Sept. 20, 1862, of wounds received at South Mountain.
"This company, as part of the 7th Reserve Regiment, was in the following engagements : A skirmish at Great Falls, on the Po'o™»^ :
Gnines' Mill, Charles City Cross Roads, Seven Days' Fight on the Peninsula, Groveton, South Mountain, Antietam, JfredecicksDurg,
Wilderness, in which Co. B., with pai-i of the regiment, were taken prisoners, and only released at the close of the war.

Liverpool.Buffalo twp.
Liverpool twp.
Greenwood twp.
Liverpool twp.
Liverpool. Spring twp.
Liverpool.
Landisburg.Buffalo twp.
Liverpool twp.
Liverpool.Liverpool twp.
Liverpool.

Liverpool twp.
Liverpool.

Remarks.

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THREE YEARS SERVICE,
COMPANY B, 42 D REGIMENT  BUCKTAILS.

Names,

Langhorn Wistar.....
Thomas 'B. Lewis 
John A. Gulp 
William Allison 
Philip E. Keiser 
Joel R.Spahr 
J. W. Mutzebaugh...
Lemuel K. Morton...
John O'Brien. 
J. H. Mutzebaugh.,.
John W. Parsons 
Henry J. Jones 
George L. Arnold 
Robert H, Branyan..
James A. Branyan....
Isaac G. Black 
George L. Cook 
Joseph Duncan 
Jacob Etter 
Ephraim B. Fleck....
Thomas G. Green....
Isaiah Hartzell 
William A. Holland..

Rank,

Captain.

ist Lieut.

2d Lieut.
Sergt,

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service,

June 4, 186 1.

Dec. 26, 1861.
June 4, i86t.
August 3. 1861.
June 4, 1861,
June 3 1 861.
June 4, 1861.

Residence.

Duncannon.

Duncannon.

Bloomfield.Duncannon.Carroll twp.
Penn twp.
Duncannon.Watts twp.
Duncannon.Penn twp. IV
Duncannon.Penn twp. t(
Newport. Duncannon.Penn twp.

Remarks,

Promoted to Colonel isoth Regiment, P. V., Sept.4, 1362.
Promoted from First Sergeant to Second Lieutenant, Dec 12, '61;
to Captain, Sept. 16, '62; mustered out with company June
II, 1864-
Resigned Nov, i, '61.
Killed at Antietem, Sept. x6, '62.
Promoted to First Sergeant. Dec- 12, '61 ; to First Lieutenant^
March i, '63 ; mustered out with company, June 11. '64.
Promoted to Sergeant, Dec. 12. '61 ; to Second Lieutenant,
March i. '63; mustered out with company, June 11, '64.
Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant July 1, '63; mustered out
with company. June 11, '64.
Wounded; discharged May 27, '64,
Died June 4, '64, of wounds received at Spottsylvania Court
House, May g, '64.
Discharged by General Order War Department, '6a.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 8, '62.
" " " Aug. 1, '63.
Deserted, Aug. 5. '63.
Mustered out with company, June xz, .'64.
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Discharged on Surgeon's certificate Aug. 22, '62.
" " *• Oct. 28, 1862.
Transferred to 190th Regiment P. V. May 31, '64.
Deserted Aug. 11, '61.
Discharged by General Order, Nov. 14. '62.
Mustered out with company, June 11. '64.

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY B, 42D REGIMENT — BUCKTAILS.
CONTINUED.

Names,

RaTtk,

Date of Muster
into Service,

Nicholas Y. Jones 
Joshua Leneg 

Private. n1.1,
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June 4, '61.
(( tt
tt tt
tt tt
It It
tt It
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August 6, 1861.
March 6, 1862.
June 4,1861.
it It
August 6,1861.
March 6, 1862.
August 8, 1861.
June 4, 1861.
tt ti
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Jan. 16, 1862.

Miles A.Mayall 
George M'Callum 
Jacob Myers 

Samuel M. Mitchell..

John C. Meek 

Andrew J .Mentz 
Ambrose B. Magee....
TohnPennell 

Theo. A. Parsons 
David Richard.. 
John Reynolds 
George Raup 

Absalom Sweger......
Thos, J, Shively 
Geo. W. Shively 
John C. Smith... 

John F. Steakle 
Oliver Sheafer 

Wm. M. Stevenson..

Truman K. Snyder....

Residence.

Penn twp.
Penn twp.
Greenwood twp.
Carroll twp.

Wheatfield. Watts twp.
Penn twp.

Duncannon
Spring twp.
Howe twp.
Duncannon.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company June 11, '64.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate May 12, '62.
" " ** , May 10, '62.
Died Sept. 20, '62, of wounds receivedat Antietam, Sept. ly/fi*.
Transferred to r^oth P. V. May 31, '64. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate July 4, '61.
" " " Aug. 8, '61.
» " " Sept. i7» '61.
" ** " March 4, '62.
" " " Peb. 19, '63.
Discharged by General Order May 9, '63.
Died March i, '63, of wounds received at Fredericksburg Dec.
I3i '62.
Discharged April 28, '62, for wounds received in action.
Killed at Charles City Cross Roads^ June 30, '6z,
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, May 10, '62.
Transferred to company F
Killed at Dranesville, Dec. 20. '61.
Mustered out with company. June 11, '64.
Wounded at Spottsylvania Court House, May 9, '64; absent in
hospital at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June 11, '64.
Wounded at Bethesda Church May 30, '64; absent in hospital
at muster out.
Missed in action at Wilderness. May 8, '64.
Discharged op Surgeon's certificate, July 24, *6i.
»* '* '* Aug. 7 '6r.
Transferred toigoth Regiment, P.V., May 31, '64. Vet.
Discharged by General Order, Dec. 11 '62.

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THREE YEARS' SERVICE, COMPANY B, 42D REGIMENT — BUCKTAILS.

CONTINUED.

Names,

George W. Shatto..
Alexander Shatto..

John Sayers..
Samuel Spear 
George H. Sparr 
Reuben Seiler 
John Seiler 
John E. Shatto 
Samuel A. Fopley 
Robert B. VEdentine
James N. Vansant....-
James Walker™ 
George C. Watson...

Rank.

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service

August 6, 1861.
August 10 1861.
June 4, 1861.
Oct. 10, 1861.
June 4, 1861.
August 7, 1861.
August 10, 1861.
June 4, 1861.

Residence.

Duncannon.

Liverpool twp.
Buffalo twp.
Bloomfield.

Remarks,

Transferred to 190th Regiment, P. V., May 31, '64.
Killed at Charles City Cross Roads, June 30, '62.
Killed at Gettysburg July 2, '63.
Died at Chesapeake Hospital, Feb. 7, '63.
Deserted, May 8 '63.
Deserted, Dec. 22, '62.
Deserted, May i, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 28, '62.
Mustered out with company June 11. '64.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 12, *6^.
Mustered out with company, June 11, '64.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 4, '64.

risonhu^"Rn.fi?!^*'cwSL''"K^'^ by Capt. Wistar were in the following engagements : Skirmish at Mart'insburg, Dranesville, Har-
St?;.h^;i^ wflH^rSc^ K^ '}°'^t^,b^"ll.^f 'b« Ghickahominy, Gaines' Mill. Charles City Cross Roads, Antie&n, Fredericlibuig,
Gettysburg, Wilderness, Meehanicsviile. They were a host in themselves. ^^w^is^uuiB,

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY D, 47TH REGIMENT.

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Name.

Henry D. Woodruff.,
George Stroop 
George Kosier 
George W. Clay 
Jesse Meadeth 
James Crownover...

John G. Miller 
John V.Brady 
Isaac Baldwin 
Theodore R.Troup..
William R. Fertig 
Alex. D, Wilson 
Frank M. Holt 
Edw.ird Harper  ;
Jacob P. Baltozer 

Captain.

2d. Lieut.
1st Sergt.
Sergt.

Corp.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Aug. 31, '61.

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Residence.

Bloomfield. tl
Center twp.
(t
Landisburg. Center twp.
Duncannon. Pnn twp.
Millerstown.Oliver twp.
Mdlerstown.Bloomfield, Newport.Madison twp.

Remarks.

Promoted to Captain Aug. 31, '61 ; mustered out Sept 18, '64,
Promoted to Second Li-utenant Aug. 31, '61 ; to Captain, Nov
14, '64; commissioned Major March 30, '65; not mustered;
discharged June 2, '65.
Promoted from First Sergeant to First Lieutenant, Sept 22, 64 ;
to Capt. June i, '65 ; mustered out with co., Dec. 25, '6s Vet.
Promoted from Corporal to Second Lieutenant, Jan. 30, '65; to
First Lieutenant, June 2, '65 ; mustered out with company
Dec. 25, '65. Vet. .
Promoted to First Sergeant Jan. 30, '64; to Second Lieutenant,
July 5, '65 ; mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Promoted to ist Sergt . July 5, '63 ; wounded and captured at
Pleasant Hill, La , April 9. '64; exchanged Nov. 25, '64; com
missioned 2nd Lieut. Aug. 31, .'64; mustered out with com
pany Dec. 25, 65. Vet. '
Captured at Pleasant Hill, La., April g, '64; exchanged july 22,
'64 ; promoted to Sergeant Sept. ig, '64 ; mustered out with
company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Sergeant Sept. ig, '64 must, out with co., Dec. 25,
Wounded at PleasantHill, La., April 9, 64, and at Cedar Creek,
Va., Oct. 19, '64 ; promoted to Sergeant Jan. 20, '65 ; muster
ed out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Ser^t., July 5, '65 ; must, out with co, Dec. 2.5, 65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 6, '62.
Mustered out Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
Died at Washington, D. C., Oct. 28, *6i.
Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. ig, '64 ; miistered out with
company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Prom' Corp, Sept. 19, '64 ; must'd out with Co, Dec. 25, 65. Vet.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

33 3
333
3 3
\333 3333 33333
3
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3

John E. D. Roth 
Noble Hcnkle 

Corp. 11
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Mus. u(t
Private. ItIt
tt It11ttt(tltt tl

Aug.^31, '61.
(I 11
It 11
11 11
u 11
It tt
tl It
tt It
tl tt
Sept. 11, '61.
Sept. 0, '61.
August 31, '61.
11 (1
Oct. 6, '62.
August 30, '61.
Jan. 25, '64.
Feb 2, '64.
August 31, '61.
11 It
(1 It
Sept. 11, 'fii.
August 15, '62.
Aug. 31, '61.
March I, '65.
August 30, '61.

William Powell 
Benj. F. Shaffer 
Wm. D. Hays 

lames T. Williamson
Cornelius Stewart 
Samuel A. M. Reed
George Rahm 
MiUiam P. Weaver..

Tames E. Albert 
John M. Anthony...
Benj. F. Anthony—

Wm.F. Brady. 
B F Baltozer 

Atkinson M. Brady..
Leonard W. Brady...
James C. Baskins 

Joseph Birceline! 
Geo. W. Baltozer 
Wm. H. Clouser 
John D. Clouser 
John B. Clay 

Bloomfield.
I Juniata twp.
] Tuscarora twp.
1 Spring twp.

1 Penn twp,
. Bloomfield.

Juniata twp.
Greenwood twp.
Madison twp.

Penn twp.
Juniata twp.
Madison twp.
Bloomfield. It
Center twp.

Retnarks.

Promt'd Corp, Sept. ig, '64 ; must'd out co., Dec. 25, '65. Vet.

It 11 It tl II (I
Prisoner from April 9, to July 22, '64; promoted to Corporal
July 5, '65; mustered jUt with pompany, Dec. 5, '65. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate^ Aug. 5, '62.
Mustered out Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
It tt tl tt tl.
Mustered out with company, Dec 25, '65. .
Discharged by order of War Department, April i, '63.
Deserted Sept. 16, '64.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 6g,

Vet.

Transferred to Signal Corps, '63.
Killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oc t. 19, '64.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 5, '65.

Vet.

Mustered out Sept 18, '64; expiration of term.
Mustered out by General Order, June i, '65.
" with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

5 33 333
33333 33333
3 3
333333
333

Residence.

Remarks.

Ephraim Clouser 
Eli B Charles. . .

Private. 11 11
11
IIIttt(IIt11It
(111utl
ttIIttttIt It
11

August 31, '61.
It II
Sept. II, '61.
tt tl
Jan. 2, '64.
Jan. 30, '62.
August 31, '64.
March i, '65.
March 2, '65.
March 7, '65.
June 12, '63.
March i, '64.
August 31, '61.
Sept. II, '61.
August IS, '62.
Jan. 25, '64.
August 31, '61.
August 31, '61.
March 6, '65.
August 31, '61.
Sept. II, '61.
August 31^/fii"
tl tt

Center twp.
Buffalo twp.
Buffalo twp.
Tyrone twp.
Howe twp.
Carroll twp.
It
Liverpool.
Juniata twp.
Spring twp.
Newport. Sandy Hill.
Newport.Liverpool. Penn twp.
Carroll twp.
11
((
Liverpool twp.
Bloomfield.
Duncannon. II

Wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiat
0, 1864 ; exchanged, Nov. 23, 1864 ; mustered out
known.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 21, '64.
Mustered out: expiration of term, Sept. 18, '64.
II • It tt It tl
tt It tt It tt
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64.
Mustered out 'with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
tl tt tl It It
It It It tl tt
It It It tt It
Died at Philadelphia, April 23, '64.
Deserted, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 28, '63.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, "64; expiration of term.
" oy General Order, June i, '65.
" " " Sept. 25, ^63.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 3, '62.
Died at Liverpool, Pa., Feb. 3, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 7, '62.
July, -62.
Died at Washington, D. C, Feb. 22, '62 ; buried in
Asylum Cemetery.

a, April
date un-

William Collins 
Wm. H. Coulter 
/ohn F. Donahoe 

' Javid R. Frank 
William Foltz 

Michael Foltz 
Henry W. Foltz 
Geo. H. Gibson 
Alexander Humes...
Wm. G. Harper 
JohnW. Haas 
Wm. Kirkpatnck 
Albert G. Smith 
WiUiam D. Smith...
Emanuel Snyder 
George W. Topley...
Washington Work...
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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank.

Date^ of Muster
into Service.

33
33

Residence.

Remarks.

William Wetzel 
Samuel Wagner 
Daniel S. Zook 

Private. It
tt

Jan. 17, '62.
August 3f, '61.
It tl

Spring twp.

Mustered out, Jan. 19, '65; expiration of term.
Wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; lost
at sea by foundering of United States Steamer Pocahontas,
May, '64.
Discharged by General Order, May 17, '63.

THREE years' SERVICE COMPANY H, 47TH REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

Captain. It

Sept. ig, '61.
It tl

Reuben S. Gardner..

ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.

11 It
Sept. 24, '61.

C K, Breneman 

David H. Smith 

ist Sergt.

Sept. 19, '61.

George Reynolds 

tt

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John A. Gardner 

Sergt.

tl It

Residence.

EUiottsburg.Newport, Greenwood twp.
Newport,

Newport.

Promoted to Captain, Sept. ig, '6i; mustered out, Sept. '64;
expiration of term.
Promoted to Lieutenant, Oct. 27, '64; to Captain, Feb. 16, '65;
wounded at Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, '62 ; mustered out with
company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Promoted to 2nd Lieut,, Sept. 24, '64; to 1st Lieut,, Feb. 16, '65;
mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, Sept. 24, '61 ; mustered out Sept,
24, '64 ; expiration of term.
Promoted from Corp. to Sergt., Sept. 18, '64; to ist Sergt.,
April 21, '65; mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Died at Hilton Head, S. C, Nov. 8, '62, of wounds received at
Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, '62.
Promoted from Corp. to Sergt., Sept. 18, '64; mustered out
with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.

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CONTINUED

Names,

John S Snyder 
Michael C. Lynch...
Robert H. Neilson...
James F.Naylor. 
John P. Rupley 
Daniel Urick. 
Daniel K. Smith 
Daniel W. Fogley...
Elkana Sweger 
Amos T, Brown 
Henry C. Weise 
John Clemens 
William S. Kosier...
Geotge Kochenderfer
John Keim 
A. F.Keim 
Jtsse Ko5i6r 
Samuel Kern 
Timothy M'Carty....
James M'Croskey 
William A McKee...
Wm. H. McClure....
John M'Cully 
John C. Myers 

Sergt.

Corp,

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service,

Sept. ig, '61.

Sept. 23, '61,
Sept. 19, '6x
tl 1 1
.^.ugust 31. '61.
March i, 65.
Nov, 27, '63.
Jan. 31, '6s. ¦
August 37, '6x.
Feb. 23, '64.
August 31, 61.
Feb, 9, '64.
Nov. 26, '62.
Nov. 27, '63.
August 31, 61.

Residence,

Bloomfield.
Center twp.

Newport.

Center twp.
Carroll twp,
Millerstown.Greenwood twp.
Ben ter twp.
Saville twp.
Newport. 11
Center twp.
Jackson twp.
Carroll twp.
It
Bloomfield.
Tyrone twp,
Juniata twp.

Remarks.

Promoted from Corporal to Sergt., Sept. 18, '64; mustered out
with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 30, 63.
Promoted to Corp., Aug. 20, '62; to Sergt., Nov. 4, 62; mus
tered out Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
Mustered out Sept. 18, '64; expiration of term.
Wounded; promoted from Corp. to Sergt., Oct. 29, 64; mus
tered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet. _
Promoted to Corp., Sept. 18, '64 ; mustered out with company,
Dec. 25, '65. Vet. , . .
Promoted to Corporal, Sept. 18, '64 ; mustered out witlv com
pany, Dec. 25, '65. Vet. >^ \r ^
Promoted to Corp., Oct. 23, '64 ; must'd out co., Dec 25, 65. Vet.
June 2, 65;
» June 2 '65; » ;
» Aug. 2, '65: " ,^ _\
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 05. vet.
It 11 11 " "
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Sept. 14, '64.
Mustered out, May 23, '65. * .¦ . —
Died Oct. 37, '64; buried at National Cemetery, Antietem.
Died while prisoner at Camp Tyler, Texas, June 12, 64. Vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65«

Mustered out Nov, 4, '65. .
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 65. Vet.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Joseph Myers 
Amos Myeis  ,
Alexander Musser...
Ajidrew Powell  ,
"Wash. A. Power 
Solomon Powell  ,
John Powell, Jr 
Daniel Powell, Sr...
S. Raffensberger 
Wm. H. Rhoads 
John W. Reynold...
Wm. H. Robinson..
Jesse D. Reynolds
Cyrus J. Sailor 
Jesse M. Shaffer...
George Sowers 
William Shaffer...
William D. Stites..,
Joseph B. Shaver..,
William Souder...
William M. Wallace
George W. Harper.
Daniel K. Reeder..
James J. Kacy 

Private.

Corp.

Date of Muster ^
into Service.

Ai.gust 31, '61.
August 22, '64.
August 31, '6i.
August 26, '62.
August 31, '61.

March 1, '65.
August 31, '61.
11 II
August 15, '62.
Nov. 27, '63.
Sept. 2, '62.
It 11
Sept. 19, '61.

Residence,

Juniata twp.
Newport.Tuscarora twp.
Center twp.
Tuscarora twp.

Juniata twp.
Greenwood twp.

Greenwood twp.
Spring twp.
Center twp..
Spring twp.
Millerstown.Madison twp.
Spring twp.
'1 oboyne twp.
Newport. Spring twp.
EUiottsburg.

Remarks,

Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb- 15, '64, Vet.
Transferred from Co. 1, 12th Pa. Cav,, Jan. 21, '65; mustered
out by General Order, June i, '65. ,
Killed at Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, '62.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. '62.
Mustered out by General Order, June 1, '63, *
Captured at Pleasant Hill, La., April g, '64; died while a priso
ner, June 7, '64. Vet.
Died at Key West, Fla., Aug. 29, '62.
Killed at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64. Vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '63. Vet.

Died at Key West, Fla., April 4, '62.
Died at Fort Jefferson, Fla., May 11, '63.
Wounded at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 19, '64; mustered out with
company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
tt tl It II (*
Mustered out, Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
It tl It *i **
Wounded at Pleasant Hill, La., April g, 64; mustered out June
I, ^^^^ by General Order.
Deserted, June i, '65.
Discharged by General Order, June 1, '65.
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Wounded with loss of arm at Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22,62';
discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 24, '62.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 29, '02.

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CONTINUED.

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George W. Albert,
Ed. Marchley  .;
John H. K. Boyer..
George Kipp 
GeorgeM'Cabe 
John Anderson 
James Albert 
Valentine Andrews..
Luther Bernheisel 
George W. Bear 
Augustus Bupp 
Abraham Burd 
William Brooks 
ierome Bryner 
>aniel Bistline 
John Cooper 
John D. Clay 
Robert Cunningham
Edward F. Deily 
James Duncan 
Milton H. Dunlap...
James R. Dessemer..
John A. Durham 
Peter Deitrick 
Wm. F. Dumm 
Harrison Eckard 
John Evans 
David R. Frank 

Date of Musttr
into Service

Corp.
Mus. ItIt
Pnvate.

Sept. 19, '61.

Dec. 17, '63.
Sept. 19, '63.
Feb. 2, ^64.
Sept. 19, '67,
Dec. 17, '63.
Sept. 19. '61.
June 6, 62,
Sept. ig, '61.

August 30, '61.
M»i)ch 4, '65.
Feb. 6, '64.
Dec. 16, '63.
Dec. II '63.
Feb. 6, '65.
Sept. 19, '61.

Aug. 2, '62.

Residence.

Juniata twp.
Newport. II11II
Juniata twp.
Tyrone twp.
Newport.Penn twp.
Tyrone twp.
Center twp.
Penn twp.

Liverpool. EUiottsburg.
Greenwood twp,

3 Newport.

Remarks,

Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 18, 64.
Died at Charleston, S. C, Aug. 19, 65. vet.
Mustered out with compan^^^ Dec. 25, 65. vet.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
Mustered out by General Order, Sept. 26, 65.
Transferred to company D, Sept. 20, 61. , . , . -vt^.'^^oI
Killed at Cedar Creek, Va.,6ct. 19, '64; buned in National
Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
Mustered out with companjr^ December 25,^65. vet.
" " Sept. 18, '64; expiration of term.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March 4, '62.
Mustered out, Sept. 18, '64: expiration of term.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, July 11, 04.
Died at Camp Griffin, Va., Nov. 5, 61;
Mustered oiit with company, Dec. 25, 05. vet.
Transferred to Company D, Sept. 20, '61.
Mustered out with company. Dec. 25, 63. Vet.

Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.
Killed at Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, '62.
Killed at PleasantHill, La., Aprd 9, 64. vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 65. Vet,
Died at New Orleans, La., June 20, '64.
Transferred to company D, Sept. ao, 61.

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Names,

Samuel Foose  ,
David W.Fisner.....
Wm. H. Gusler 
Jacob R. Gardner..,
Isaiah Hammaker...
Thomas Hammaker
Isaac Henderson..
Michael Horting..
Thos, J. Haney..
Ananias H orting..
Martin Harper....
John W. Holmes.
Samuel Huggins..
Cyrus Johnson 
Daniel Kochenderfer
John M. Keim 
Jacob Liddick 
Jacob Liddick  «
John H. Liddick...,
James Lowe 
John D. Long  ,
Michael Lupfer  ,
Sterret Lightner...,
David M'Coy  ,
Peter M'Laughlin,
Henry Mowery 
Walter 0. Miller...
John H. Meyers.,..

Private.

CONTINUED.

Date of Muster ^-
into Service.

Sept.^ 79, '67.
Jan. 8, '64.
Sept. 19, '61.
Dec. 10, '63.
Dec. 16, '63.
Sept. 19, '61.
It It
August 10, '63.
August 31, "61.
Oct. 30, '61.
Sept. 29, '61.
Sept 19, '61.

Dec. 18, '63.
Dec 10, 63.
August 30, '64.
Sept. 19, '61.

Dec. 16, '63.
Sept. 9, '61.

Residence,

Duncannon.
Center twp.
Watts twp.

Newport.
Juniata twp.
Newport.

Greenwood twp,
Saville twp.
Wheatfield twp.
Buffalo twp.

Newport. 11 11
Jackson twp.
Madison twp.
Penn twp. ,
Toboyne twp.
Juniata twp.

Remarks.

Died at Camp Griffin, Va., Oct. 20, '61,
Died at Harrisburg, Jan. i, *64. Vet.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25,. '65. Vet.
Died at Camp Griffin, Va., Jan. 8, '62.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65.
Mustered out, Sept, 18, '64, expiration of term.
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Mustered out by General Order, June i, '65.
Transferred to co. D, Sept. 20, 61.
Transferred to co. B, 36th Regiment P. V., Jan. 8, '64.
Died at Hilton Head, S. C, Dec. 16, '62, of wounds
at Pocotaligo, S. C, Oct. 22, '62.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 16, '62.
Absent, in arrest, at muster out.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. 19, '62.
Discharged with company- Dec. 25, '65. Vet.
(t It It tl K
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Mustered out by General Order, June i, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's rertificate, Sept. 2, '65. Vet
Tran.sferred to Vet. Res. Corps, March 14, '64.
Died at Philadelphia, Dec. 3, '64.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 63. Vet,

Transferred to company D, Sept, 20, '61,

received

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Itank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

;;3 3 I
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33
33 33
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Residence,

Retnarks.

Benj. Messemer 
John Nagle  «

Private. ItIt
tl11
tltltltltl IIIt It
tl 11IItt (tIt

Nov. 2, '64.
Feb. 9, '65.
Feb. 9, '65.
Sept. 30, '61,
Jan. 9, '65.
Sept. 30, '61.
August 31, '61.
A ugust 19, '62.
Sept. 26, '61.
Sept. 29, '61.
August 30, '62.
Sept. 19, '61.
Sept. 30, '61,
Sept, 19, '61.
Sept. 20, '61.
Feb. 22, '64.
Feb. 26, '64.
Sept. 19, '61.

Bloomfield. Liverpool.
Newport. 11II
Bloomfield. »(tl
Newport.Center twp.
Millerstown.Greenwood twp.
Howe twp.
Tuscarora twp.
It It

Died at New Orleans, La., Aug. 7, '64.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, 65.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, ;65.
" Dec. 6, '64; expiration of term.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '65.
Mustered out, Oct. 31, '64; expiration of term.
Transferred to company D, Sept. 20, '6r.
Killed at Pocotaligo, Oct. 22, '62.
Mustered out with company, Dec. 25, '6g.
" Sept. 29, '64; expiration of term.
Discharged June i. '6s, by General Order.
Died at Beaufort, S. C, Aug. 9, 62.
Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, March 14, '64.
Killed at Pocotaligo, Oct. 2?, '62.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate^ Sept. 7, '63.
Mustered out, Feb. 17, '65; expiration of term.
Mustered out Dec. 14, '65.
D.scharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 5, '65,
Mustered out, Sept. 18, '64 ; expiration of term.

Wm. H. O'Brien....

John W. Rider 
Samuel A. M. Reed
Wm. H. Robinson...
Jason T. Robinson...
Michael Smeigh 
William Shull 

George Sweger. 
JeremiaTi Smith 
Alexander Saylor 
Henry Stambaugh...
Isaac Schochter 
, oseph A. Wright...

Daniel Yohn 

George W, Zinn 

Newport.

Companie.s D and H of the 47th Regiment were mustered in Perry county, and on the 27th of January, 1862, sailed with the Third
Brigade, Brigadier General Brannan commanding. In the steam.ship Oriental, for Key West, Florida, where they remained until the
jSth of the following June, when they embarked for Hilton Head, S. '.., where they arrived on the 22d. Engaged in no battles, but
for their attention to duty, discipline and soldierly bearing, their regiment received the highest commendation from Generals Hunter
and Brannan, Gen. O. M. Mitchell assumed command of the Department of the South on the i6th of September, and an expedition
to penetrate Florida and remove obstructions in the St. John River consisted in part of the 47th Regiment. Landing at Maysport
Mills on the ist of October, the campaign was opened by operations directed against St. John's Bluff, a strongly fortified point, five
miles from the mouth of St. John's River. Moving on the -ii of October, through swamps and pine woods, by a circuit of twenty-five
miles, the 47th in advance, constantly skirmishing with, and driving the enjemy as they went, the command bivouacked at night, in

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Tiear of the fort, insight of the rebel works. In the morning it was found that the rebels had evacuated the fort under cover of the night,
leaving eleven pieces of artillery, in excellent order, and an immense quantity of ammunition.
Ihe artillery ammunition and materials captured at St. John's Blu«f, were placed upon steamers, and the command taken to Hilton
Head, h. I, where they arrived on the 7th, the object of the expedition having been accomplished, with a loss to the 47th of only two
wounded. 1 he regiment was next engaged at Pocotaligo. The 47th was detailed as an escort at the burial of, and fired the first salute
over the grave of Gen. O. M. M itchell, who died on the 30th of September. It returned to Key West on the i8th of November, where
It remained unul the 25th of February, when it was ordered to Louisiana. It was next assigned to an expedition under command of
Gen. Banks. Ihe Perry county companies were first engaged during this expedition at Pleasant Hill, the engagement at Cane Hill
followed, after which, on the 20th of June, the regiment moved by steamer to New Orleans. On the 5th of July, the regiment embarked
onthesteamerMcClellan, and arrived at Washington on the i2th. The corps to which the 47th belonged was the loth. This was ^
assigned to General Hunter s command, which it joined near Snicker's Gap, and was engaged in the defense of the National Capitol, S
and in expelling the rebels from Maryland! The 47lh was placed in command of Gen. Sheridan soon after the battle of Antietam, ani 5)
was thenceforward known as the Army of the Shenandoah. ' H
fTi''t\^"'\°^°P?'l"^''' '" ^•'i'^'i'he 47th participated, was fought on the 10th of September; Fisher's Hill, on the 21st. On the 17th 9
of October the regiment proceeded on a reconnoisance to Strasburg, and on the jgth paiticipated in the battle of Cedar Creek. In this S
battle, Chaplain W. D. C. Rodrock IS spoken of as "rendering effective service, and receiving a bullet through his hat. In every 2^
battle m which the regiment was engaged, save that at Pocotaligo Bridge, where he was detailed to take charge of the wounded, the 9
chaplain was at the post of duty. ' ^
On.the morning of the 3d of January, 1866, the regiment embarked for New York, where, after a stormy passage, it arrived safely, 2
and proceeded by rail to Philadelphia. It had seen service in seven of the Southern States, participating in the most exhausting S
campaigns, marched more than .twelve hundred miles, and made twelve voyages at sea. It was the only Pennsylvania regiment that «
belonged to the Red River expedition, or that served in that Department, until after the surrender of Lee. On the qth of January, after <
5^">,|.'''f'i" J S'"y'°"^ °°*^' ''*'^^ '""^'"='' •'"''''•'='""? '-'»<i'»'alader. » J Ji
Of the Field and Staff Ofiicers belonging to the 47th, there were from Perry county : Elisha W. Bally, Surgeon, Sept. 24, 1861 • O
mustered out Sept. 23, 1864-expiratlon of term. Rev. W. D. C. Rodrock Chaplain, Aug. 14, 1861 • commissioned Oct. 31 ,861 G
rcmustered, Sept. 18, 1864; mustered out with regiment, Dec. 25, 1865. r . o t, at " . ^
H

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY A, 49TH REGIMENT, P. V.

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Names.

Bank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

i 33 3
3 3

Residence.

Remarks,

Ernest S. David 
William Attig 
Samuel McClenehan
John P. Patterson...
Jacob R. Runyan 

Corp.
Private. (((4It

Sept. 16, '61.
11 tt
August IS, '61.
Sept. 16, '61.

Millerstown. (I

Transferred to co. I, Jan. ii, '63; promoted to Corp., June 6,
'64; mustered out Oct. 24, '64; expiration of term.
Died from wounds received in action, Nov. 7, '63.
Iransferredfrom CO. H, Jan. II, '63; discharged on Surgeon's
certificate, Jan. 30, '63.
Transferred from co. J, Jan. 11, '63 ; wounded in action Nov. 7,
'63 ; dischaiged on Surgeon's certificate, July 18, '64.
Transferred from co. I, Jan. 11, '63 ; wounded at Spottsylvania,
May 10, '64 ; absent at muster out. Vet.

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REGIMENTAL BAND OF THE 77TH REGIMENT.

Names.

Bank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

George W. Monroe.

Leader. Mus.

Oct. 20, '61.
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Henry Haas 

A. Worley Monroe..
Daniel Nagle 

Lewis W. Orwan 
Jacob D. Shure 
Wm. A. Shuman 
Samuel M. Shuler...
Geo. C. Wel;cr 
Wm. A. Zinn 

Liverpnol.

Center twp.
Liverpool.

Newport.

Dischnrged by General Order, Jan., '62.

The members of this Band first enlisted in company C, and remained a part of that organi2sition from October 2gth to the ist of
November.

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY D, 78TH REGIMENT.

Names.

Bank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

33

Residence.

Remarks.

*Cloyd C. Bender 
Daniel Eshelman 

Private.

Feb. 22, '65.
Feb. 8. '65.

Greenwood twp.

Deserted, Aug. 23, '65.
Discharged by General Order, May 12, '65.

REGIMENTAL BAND OF THE 7gTH REGIMENT.

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George W. Monroe..lEd.Master.|August 20, '61. j 3|Liverpool.

I Discharged by General Order, Sept. 20, '61.

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY K, 83RD REGIMENT.

Names.

iohn Deitrick 
)aVid O. Ritter....
J. J. Sponenberger,
C. R. Buffington...,
Henry Derr 
Peter Derr 
John Dittj- 

T?  7, Date of Muster J^ -d -j
¦^''*- into Service. ^ Besidence.

ist Lieut.
ist Sergt.
Sergt. ¦

Corp,

March g, '65.
March 7, '65.
March 3, '65.
March 7, '65.
March 8, '65.
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JIaf ch 7, '63,

Liverpool.

Liverpool twp.
Liverpool. (I
Buffalo twp.

Remarks,

•Mustered out with company, June 28, '65.
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, June 23, '65; mustered out with
company, June 28, '65.
Mustered out with company, June 20, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 3, '65.
Promoted to Lieutenant, June 2, '65 ; mustered out with com
pany, June 28, '65.
Mustered out with company, June 28, '65,

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YEARS SERVICE, COMPANY

A, 49TH REGIMENT, P V.

Names,

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

;;i

Residence.

Remarks.

. . W. Eshelman 
] ohn R. Beigh 
John H. Bowers 
Bradford Brink 
Vk illiam Brink 

Corp.
Private. ti

March 3, '65.
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March 7, '65.
March 8, '65.
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March 3, '65.
(i tl
March 7, '65.
March 3, '65.
March 7, '65.
March 3, '65.
It tl
March 8, '65,
March 7, '65.
March 3, '65,
ti It
It ((
March 7, '65.
March 3, '65,
tt »,"

Liverpool. (t
Liverpool twp.
Liverpool. , It
Buffalo twp.
Liverpool. ItIt
itIt It
IJverpool twp.
Liverpool, f
Liverpool twp.
tt 11
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tt li
Liverpool. i tiit

Mustered out with company, June 28, '65.
tl ' It It tt
ii 11 II It
Ncft on the muster-out roll.
Mustered out with company, June 28, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 15,
Mustered out with company, June 28, '65.
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It It it It
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ohn C. Dudley 
\ Sicob R, Deitrick...
'65.
' .evi W. Hamilton..,
Benj, H, Inhoff. 
Jacob Keiser 
Jonas Kline 
' oseph Lebkickler...
Geo. W. Lebkickler..
WiUiam Long. 
(\ McGIaughlin 
Jeremiah O'Neil 
Lewis C. Reifsnyder
Wm. R. Ritter 
Hen?y Shull 
Charles C. Snyder...
Foster Sponenberger
Fred. Sponenberger..
Michael Shuman 
George Sheesly 
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ONE years', SERVICE, COMPANY A, 92D. REGIMENT — 9TH CAVALRY.

I Bank. DateofM„ster\f

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C?yrus Williamson,..,
Ramsey Williamson
ijenry H Weirick,,..
John W. Zaring 
Alfred C, Zeigler, 

Private,

Residence. |

Remarks,

March 7, '65.
tl it
March 3, '65.
it *^ It
March 7, '65,

Liverpool.

Liverpool twp.

Mustered out with company, June 28, '65,

THREE YEARS SERVICE, 92D REGIMENT — 9TH CAVALRY.

Rank.

Roswell M. Russel..
Griffith Jones 
Thomas Foose 

Lieut. Col,
Major. C. S.

Date of Muster ^
into Service. ^

Nov. 2, '61.
Oct. 3, '61.

Residence,

Remarks,

Bloomfield. Promoted from Major, March ig, '63; resigned, Nov. i, '63.
Duncannon. Promoted from Captain, co. A, Jan. 13, '63 ; resigned Dec. 2, '63.
'Promoted from Sergeant, co. A, May 22, '63; mustered out
( with company, July 18, '65.

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THREE YEARS^ SERVICE, COMPANY A, 92D REGIMENT, P. V.

Name:

Griffith Jones 
Wm. M. Potter..
Eleazer Michener,

¦D^^j, Date of Muster '^ -a j
^"^^ into Service. S Besidence.

Captain,

1st Leitit.

Oct .3, *6i.

Duncannon.
Wheatfield twp.
Peun twp.

Remarks,

Promoted from Major, Jan. 13, '63.
Promoted from Sergeant to ist Lieutenant, May 21, '63; to
Captain, June 18, '65; wbunded at Readyville, Tenn., Sept.
6,1 '64 ; mustered out with company, July 13, '65.
Promoted from Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant, May 20, '65; to zst
Lieutenant, June x8, '65 ; mustered out with company, July
18, *6S. Vet.

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THREE YEARS SERVICE, COMPANY A, 92D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

0000

Names,

Bank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

James M. Haney 

Sergt.

Oct. 3, '61.

Wm. H. Coleman...

"

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Henry K. Myeis 
Thomas J. Foose 

Corp.

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R. H. Branyan 
M. B. P. Stewart 
Wm. G. Sheets 

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James W. Kennedy..

..

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Geoige W. Pennell..

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John A. Haney 
Stephen B. Boyer 

Bugler.

May 27, '64.
Nov. 22, '61.

John A. Gilmore 

Saddler.

Oct. 3, '61.

Blacksm'h Private. (i

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May 25, '64,
Oct. 3, 61.
August 31, '64,
August 15, '64.

Louis M. Albright...

David K. Buchanan
D. W. Barrack 

John W. Burd 

(I

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Residence.

Juniata twp.
Greenwood twp.
3 Newport.
3 [Duncannon.
3 Bloomfield.
3 Penn twp.
3 Duncannon.
3 "
3
33

Greenwood «wp.
Tyrone twp.
Wheatfield twp.
3 Juniata twp.
3
3 Millerstown,
3 Duncannon.
3 Buffalo twp.
33 Greenwood twp.
Tuscarora twp.
3 Juniata twp.

Remarks,

Promoted from private, Jan. i, '64 ; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, 64. Vet.
Promoted Irom private, Dec. i, '64; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, 64. Vet.
Promoted to ist Lieutenant, company L, May 27, '63.
Promoted to Commissary, May 22, 63, ^
Promoted to Q. M. Sergeant, Feb, 24, '64, Vet.
Discharged, July 15, '65. Vet.
Killed at Griswoldville, Ga., Nov. 22, '64. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, July i, '64 ; mustered out with company,
July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, Nov, I, '64: wounded at Griswoldville,
Ga., Nov. 22, '64 ; mustered out with co., July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, July i, '64; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, March i, '65; discharged by General
Older, May 29, '65. Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65.
Wounded at Triune, Tenn,, June 11, '63; transferred to the
Vet. Res. Corps.
Wounded at Averysboro, N. C, March 16, '65 ; absent in hos
pital at muster out. Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Died at Mount Olive, N. C, March, 30, '65.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Wounded at Averysboro, N. C March 16, '65 ; absent in hos
pital at muster out.
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '63.
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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY A, 9 2D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

XI333 I
3
•3 33 3
3 3 I3 1
3 3I33 333 I

Residence.

Remarks.

John W, Billow.  ,

Private. tt tt

Aug. 31, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
Aug. 17, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
Oct. 31, '61.
"„3''^
Aug. 31, '64.
Oct. 3, '61
Aug. 31, '64.
Oct 3, '61.
May 18, '64.
Sep. 25, '64.
Oct 3, '61.
!¦ ¦¦
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May 27, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
Aug. 4, '64.

Greenwood twp.
Newport. Tuscarora twp.
Duncannon.
Liverpool tw|Jt
Center twp.
Duncannon.
Howe twp
Greenwood twp .
Greenwood twp.
Buffalo twp.
Howe twp.
Penn twp.
Greenwood twp.
Toboyne twp.
Juniata twp.
Buffalo twp.
Tuscarora twp.

Discharged by General Order, May 2g, '65.
Mustered out Oct. 26, '64 ; expiration of term.
Deserted June 2, '62 ; returned May 20, '64; mustered out
company, July 18, '65.
Substitute; prisoner from Nov 28, '64, to April ig, '65
charged June 20, to date June 5, '65.
Discharged by General Order, May 2g. '65.
Promoted to Hospital Steward, June i. '65. Vet.
Mustered out with company. July 18, '65 Vet.
Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps ; date unknown.
Killed at Stone River, Tenn., March 19, '63.
Deserted Sept 5, !6i.
Mustered out with company, July. '65. Vet.
Mustered out Oct. 26, '64; expiration of term.
Discharged by General Order, June 12, '65.
Mustered out with company. July 18, '65 Vet.
Discharged by General Order. May m, '65.
Wounded at Thompson's Station. Tenn., March g, '63;
ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65.
Discharged by General Order, June 15, '65.
Deserted Dec. 5 '61.
Wounded at Carter's Station, Tenn., Dec. 30, '62; discha
date unknown.
Died at Bowling Green, Ky., March 29, '62.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65.
" " *' ** Vet.
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.

Edwin S. Cassidy 
Hugh Donohugh 

with dis-

Augustus Ebert 
Cyrus A. Frank 

Cornelius Foose 
Lewis F. Gintzer. 
D. V. Gunderman...
Wm. M. D. Haines..
Samuel Hamilton 
rans-
Henry C. Jones 
Wm. H. Kauffman...
rged;
"Peter S Lesh 
William Liddick 
Samuel Linn 
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THREE YEARS SERVICE, COMPANY A, 92D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

o

Names,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

1 I
3 I
3 I
3
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3 I
33
333333

Residence.

Remarks .

Abraham W. Long...

Private. ,1It

Aug 31, 64.
May 13, '64.
Sep. 25, '64.
Oct. 3, 61.
Aug! 3, '64-
Oct. 3, '61.
(1 II
K It
Sep. 2S, '64.
Aug. 31, 64.
Oct. 3, ^61.
Sep. 4, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
It 11
May 12, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
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Greenwood twp,
Newport.Penn twp.
Greenwood twp.
Penn twp.
Carroll twp.
Penn twp.
Duncannon*Carroll twp.
Liverpool.Millerstown. Wheatfield.
Liverpool twp.
Wheatfield twp
Watts twp.
Wheatfield twp.
Spring twp.
Duncannon,

Discharged by General Order, June 27, '65.
Wounded at Averysboro, N. C, March 16, '65; discharge
General Order, July 15, '65.
Deserted Feb. 3, '63 ; returned Jan i, '64; mustered out
company July 18, '65,
Discharged by General Order^ May 29, '65.
Discharged — date unknown — for wounds received at Ti
Tenn., June 11, '63.
Discharged by General Order, July 18, '65. Vet.
Prisoner from Oct. 8, '64, to April2i, '65 ; dischaiged by
eral Order June 7, to date May 16, '65.
Captured; died at Goldsboro, N. C. Vet.
Discharged' by Special Order, June 6, '65. Vet.
Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade ; date unknown
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 16, '62.
Wounded at Averysboro, N. C, Maroh 16, '65 ; absent in
pital at muster out.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 23, '61.
Mustered out Oct. 26, '64 ; expiration of term.
Transferred to Mississippi Marine Brigade.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 25,'63.
April g, '62.
" '* " June 4, '64.

John S. Musser 
Wm. Mutzebaugh 
Charles Mitchell 
David H. Miller 
J'ohn S. M'Clintock..
Robert M'Donald 

dby with
iune, Gen-

Alexander M'Coy....
Robert S.M'Cann....
Wm. M'ClintorV ,
Lewis E. Murray 

Davis A. Owens 

Reuben M. Pines 
Robert Pennell 
George B. Parsons...
William Rose 

George River 
Thos. C. Reynolds...
Ephraim Rice 
Reubeu Shearer 
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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY A, 92D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

David R, Sheibley...
Israel E. Sheafer; 
Jos. A. Thompson...
John M. Tolland..
George W. Wert,.

Josiah Wright 
Levi Young 
Edward G. Yeager...j

Rank.

Dateof Muster ^
into Service.

Sep. 25, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.
Oct. 31, '61.
Oct. 14, '61.
Oct. 3, '61
Aug. 31, '64.
Oct. 3, '61.
Sep. 30 .'64.

Residence.

I

Spring twp.
Greenwood twp,
Penn twp.
Greenwood twp.

Duncannon.

Retnarks.

Discharged by General Order, May zg, '65.
Mustered out with company,July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate^ Nov. 7, '61.
Wounded at Griswoldville, Georgia, Nov. 22, '64 ; mustered out
with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged by General Order, June 15, '65*
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.

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THREE YEARS SERVICE, COMPANY B, 92D REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,

Ellas Heiney....
William Reed..

Rank.

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Feb. 26, '64.
Aug. 10, '62.

Residence.

fi

uniata twp.
riverpool twp.

Remarks^

Mustered out with company „July i8, '65.
Transferred to company L.

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THREE YEARS* SERVICE, COMPANY C, 92D REGIMENT, P. V.

vo »

Names,

George A. Shuinan...
Jacob Coller 
Samuel E. Spnhn 
Jerem'h W. Weibley
Samuel P. Gutshall.
Jacob B. Sheafer 
Samuel W. Fickes...
Wm. R, Firtig 
James P. Cree 
Henry Baker. 
Cornelius Baker. 
Jas. A. Anderson 
Henry H. Attig. 
Samuel Baker 
Wm S. Linn 
Jerome B. Lahr 
W. D. Messimer 
Samuel Noll 
Tere. Raffensberger..
Daniel Ricedorff. 

Raftk,

2d Lieut.
ist Lieut.
ist Sergt.
Q.M.Sgt.Com. Sergt
Sergt.Corp.

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Oct. 11, 6i,

Oct 17,
Oct. II,
Oct 23,
Oct. II,
tttl
Aug. 5, '
Oct. II,

Aug. 30,
Sep. 12,
Aug. 30,
Aug. 31,
Sep. 24,

'61. '61. '61.

'64.
'64. '64.
'64.
'64.

Oct. 11/61.

Residence.

Carrol twp,
Saville twp.
Greenpark.Ickesburg.
Jackson twp.
Spring twp.
Juniata twp.
Millerstown.
Landisburg. Saville twp.

Andersonburg. Millerstown.
Saville twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Greenwood twp.
Bloomfi'eld.Spring twp.
Juniata twp.

Remarks,

Promoted froih private to Sergeant, Oct. 12, '61 ; to ist. Ser
geant, to 2nd Lieutenant, Feb. 6, '63 ; to ist Lieutenant, com
pany H, May 22, '63.
Promoted from Reg. Com. Sergt., May 19, '65; mustered out
with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corp., Oct. 12, '61 ; to Sergt., July 18, '63 ; muster
ed out with company, July 18, '65 Vet.
Promoted from Corporal, Jan. i, '64; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, '65. Vet
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 16, '65. Vet.
Promoted from Corporal, Dec. 25, '64 ; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted from Corporal , June 16, '65; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, May 20, '65 ; mustered out with compa
ny* July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, Nov. i, '64 ; mustered out with compa
ny* July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, Dec, 25, '64; mustered out with compa
ny, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal Jan. 17, '65 ; mustered out with compa
ny, July 18, '65. Vet.
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged by General Order, IVfay 20, '65.
Died, April 13, of wounds rec'd at Raleigh, N. C, April 12, '65.
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.

Discharged Dec. 24, '64; expiration of term.
Died at Lebanon, Ky., Nov. 9, '62,

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY C, 92D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

! 33 33 3
3 33
3 3

Residence.

Remarks,

Walter A. Scott 
Walter H Smeigh...
David L. Sheafer 
Chas. H Sheafer 
Allen Saylor 

Private. •(
tt tt

Oct. II, '61.
Sep. I, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.
Aug. 30, '64.
Sep. 27, '64.
Aug 30, 64.
Oct. II, '61.
July II, '64.

Bloomfield. Center twp.
Tyrone twp.
NewportTyrone twp.
Spring twp.
Juniata twp.
Oliver twp.

Mustered out with company, July i8, '65. Vet.
Discharged by General Order, Aug 3, '65. Vet,
Mustered out with company, July 18, '65. Vet.
Discharged Ijy General Order, May 29, '65.

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Wm. Stumbaugh 
JohnP Spohn 

It It i( **
It *t It ft

Henry L. Tressler...
Reuben Zeigler. 

Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 26, '65.

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY G, 92D REGIMENT, P. V.

Names.

Rank.

Da te of Muster
into Service.

1 33 333 3 3

Residence.

Remarks.

John H. Arnold 
Abram B. Grosh 
Aaron H Ginrich 
Charles Hinebach 
D. M. Hohenshildt..

Pri

vate.
(I

Nov. 26, '64.
Sep. 24, '64.
Aug. 26, '64.
Sep. 24, '64.
Sep. 25, '64.

Bloomfield. Blain.
Saville twp.
Greenwood twp.
Madison twp.
Juniata twp.
Carroll twp.
\ Bloomfield.

Mustered out with company, July 18, '65.
Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.
Captured April 21 . '65 ; disc'ged by General Order, May a), 'fis.
Discharged by General Order, May 20, '65.
Killed.at Solemn Grove, N. C, March 10, '65.
Discharged by General Order, July 25, '65.
" " " July 22, '65.

George S. Lackey....
James P. Laird 

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY H, 9 2D REGIMENT, P. V.

Navte,

George A. Shuman...
Henry Fritz 
Jas. P. Cromleigh,

Rank.

Captain.
Corp,

Date of Muster j «?
into Service. |5

Residence.

Oct. II, '61.
Oct. 29, '61.

Carroll twp.
Center twp.
Duncannon.

Retnarks,

4^

Promoted from 2d Sergt., company C, to ist Sergt., May 22, '63 ;
to Capt., Aug. 30, '64.
Promoted to Corporal, Jan. i, '65; mustered out with compa
ny, July 18, '65. Vet.
Promoted from Bugler, May 15, '65 ; mustered out with com
pany, July 18, '65. ffl

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY L, 9 2D REGIMENT, P. V,

Henry K. Myers..

Rank. \D'!:i^ of MusterV^
into Service. ^

istLieut. 'Oct. 3, *6i.

Residence.

Remarks,

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY M, 92D REGIMENT, P. V.

HO<
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Newport. [Promoted from Sergt., co. A, May 26, '63; captured at Solemn ^
I Grove, N. C, March 10 '65 : mustered out with company, S
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Names,

M. Shottsberger 
Jesse Shottsberger...
Edmund Webster,,...

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

Private, j Aug. 30, '64.
" Uug, 31, '64.

Residence,

3 Greenwood twp.
3
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Retnarks^

Discharged by General Order, May 29, '65.
Died on his way home from Wilmington, N, C., '65*

Tile Ninety-Second first met the enemy at Lebanon, Tenn., where they signally defeated the notorious rebel leader, John Morgan,

The
encounter

retiiment was next engaged in covering the retreat of General Nelson, after the disastrous battle of Richmond, Ky. It had a sharp
unter with Jenkins' Cavalry, at Shelbyville, At Perryville it was highly praised by General Buell. It next made a raid across the

Pine, Cumberland and Clinch Mountains, and burned the bridge spanning the Watauga. They crossed the Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad, and moving down the railroad ten or twelve miles, destroyed a trestle work of .near a mile, when they turned the direction
of their march toward Kentucky, reaching Nickolasville. the point from which they started, on the night of the 13th of January. It was
engaged at Franklin two days after its return, and for the heroic part that it bore in this action it was honorably mentioned in special
orders by Gen. Rosencrans. It took part in the battle of Chickamauga, Tenn. It fought in the initial movements of the battles of Rover,
Middletown, Shelbyville and Elk River. At Cowan it captured two hundred of Bra^s rear guard. In the winter of '63 and spring of
'64, it fought in the battles of Dandridge, New Market, Mossy Creek and Fair Garden After the furlough of thirty day? it returned to
Louisville, where Colonel Jordan defeated the well-laid plans ot John Morgan, to cut ofiF from his base of supplies General Sherman,
who was then far on his march to Atlanta. The regiment marched next to Nashville, and thence to Chattanooga,, arriving on the 2d of jl
September. By order qf Gen. J. B. Steadman, the regiment started at once in pursuit of the rebel General WheeJer, who was crossing '—
the mountains with all his cavalry into Middle Tennessee, and on the morning of the 6th, on the Wo9dbury and M'Minnville Road to 2
Readyville, it attacked and defeated General Dibberel's Brigade of Wheeler's command. In acknowledgment of Colonel Jordan's d
good conduct and that of the troops under his command, of which the Ninth Pennsylvania constituted two-thirds, complimentary orders ^
were issued to Generals Van Cleve at Murfreesboro, Milroy at TuUahoma, and Steadman at Chattanooga. •<
The regiment joined General . Sherman at Marietta, Ga., and on the 14th of November started on its march to the sea. On the o
i6th it encountered^ General Wheeler, who occupied the old works of the enemy at Lovejoy*s Station', on the Macon Railroad. The "^
position was occupied by the brigade, and the guns manned by the regiment, and retained oy it until the end of the war Frequently ^
engaged in skirmishes^n December, it fought in the battle of Bear Creek. At Buck Head Creek, it was attacked by Wheeler's Cavalry t=3
with the hope of cutting it off from the main army, already across the stream, but by a bold charge the enemy was repulsed, and the ^
regiment joined the main command. General DibberePs Division of Wheeler's Cavalry was fcund in line of battle at Buckhead church, ^
and defeated by the Ninth. Again the enemy made a stand at Waynesboro, where they were defeated, and retreated across Briar
Creek, on the road leading to Augusta. After a month's delay, the regiment entered South Carolina and at Blackwell defeated a O
Sortionof Wheeler's command. A short time after this it encountered Wheeler and Hampton, who were signally repulsed, and the 9
Tinth, with the brigade to which it was attached, moved as far as Black5take's Station, North Carolina, on the Columbia and Charlotte S
Railroad, where it met and defeated a force of the enemy. On the i6th of March it was engaged at Averysboro, in an action which ^
lasted from six in the morning until two in the afternoon. On the igth it participated in the hotly-contested iield near Bentonville. On ^
the morning of the nth of April, the cavalry struck the head of the enemy^s retreating columns, and compelled them to retreat toward .~'
Hillsboro, and on the morning of the 13th, the First Brigade, to which the Ninth belonged, entered the city of Raleigh, and after passing
through the city, the enemy under Wheeler and Hampton was found in position on the Hillsboro' Road. The Ninm bore the brunt of
the engagement which followed.
At Morrisville, to which the enemy fled, pursued by the cavalry, they were again defeated, and the flag of truce which came to
deliver the letter sent by Joseph E. Johnson, directed to General Sherman, asking the terms of surrender, was received by the Ninth.
The last guns fired in Sherman's command were from the battery of the Ninth Pennsylvania Cavalry. It was mustered out of service
at Lexington, Ky., on the i8th day of July, '65.

THREE YEARS* SERVICE, COMPANY F, I04TH REGIMENT, P, V,

Names,

Rank.

Date qf Muster
into Service.

r

Residence.

Remarks.

Joel F. Fredericks...
David C. Orris 
"Wm. Flickinger 
Wm. E. Baker 
Richard P. Hench...
¦^ m. A Boden 
Vim. C, Marshall 
A. J. Kochenderfer...
Solomon E, Bower...

Captain. ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.
ist Sergt.
Sergt.
Corp. 11
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" 22, '62.
" 16, '65.
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" 22, '65.
" 10, '65.
" 12, '65.
" 9, '65.
" 22, '65.
" 10, '65.
" 24, '65.
Feb. 16, '65.
March 9, '65.

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Bloomfield.Saville twp.
Madison twp.
Saville twp.
Howe twp.
Saville twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Greenwood twp.
Saville twp.
Juniata twp.
Tyrone twp.
Saville twp.
Juniata twp.
Saville twp..
Millerstown. Saville twp.
Center twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Juniata twp.
Bloomfield.Saville twp.
Tuscarora twp.

Mustered out with company, Aug. 25, '65.
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Martin L. tiggett....
John E. Miller 

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John H, Briner. 
John T. Baker 
Benj. F Bender 
Geo. W. Blain 

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Geo, W. Flickinger..
J. W. Flickinger 
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H. W, Flickinger
ItUbert Gallatin 

" July 20 '65.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 25, '65.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

James Kepner 
Robt. M. Kepner 
Ephraim Kerr 
Jacob Kline 
T. M. Kochenderfer.
Geo L. Kline 
Augustus Mickey 
Davidson Miller 
David Reeder 
Jacob Reisinger. 
Philip O. Reisinger..
Wm. H. Reisinger....
Absalom Rice 
Benjaman Rice 
Conrad S. Rice 
Jacob B. Shuman 
Hamilton Simonton.,
Frederick N. Swartz
Solomon Trostle 
Wm. W. Witmer....
O. P. Zimmerman..

Rank. D^i'' of Muster ^
into Service,

Private.

March 9, '65.
" 16, '65.
;; 9.^;65-
;; 10, '65.
" 9. ;65.
10, '65.
;; ^'\^^'
" 9/65.

10, '65.

i6,_'6s.

Residence.

Tuscarora twp.

Saville twp.
Duncannon.
Carroll twp.
Spring twp.
Saville twp.

Saville twp.
Jumata twp.

Remarks.

Mustered out with company, Aug. 25, *&$,

Died at Fortress Monroe, Va., May 2, '65.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 25, '65.

=,nH ™i!l^ o"i^^^^ '^^F^'^A^^Wf the One Hundred and Fourth Regiment reported for duty with eleven hundred and thirty-five, officers
U losTone k?iir?^„H f^"^"* '° Washington. This regiment was first engaged at Bottom's Bridge, foUowed by Savage Staion, in which
oVaccorto;":4agem^^^ ^^^^' ^"^"^ ^-"^' Peninsula, Malvern Hill, and Harrison's Landing, are memorable
SQuth"f?mf^.^*'^f^^'i^'°^.l''^h**'"^Pl^^^^ fro°i Fortress Monroe for Beaufort,
SrkSSeatfarkblfhpS ^^P"*^'^^^"f^^^^^ ^°'* ^ movement against Charleston, but before it had
ilebarked the attack by the fleet was at an end, and the land forces returned to their previous encampments.
Ihe other engagements in which this regiment participated were, Morris Island and the attempt to capture Charleston. Toward

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the close of July it was ordered to Florida, and was posted for guard along the line of the railroad from Jacksoimlle to Baldwin, where
it remained about a month, when it was sent north. It landed at Alexandria, Va., and was assigned to duty in the fortifications on the
southsideof the Potomac, where it remained until its term of enlistment expired. ..... , ¦ r ,
The veterans of the One Hundred and Fourth were joined to the Army of the Potomac and participated in the assault in front
of Petersburg on the 3d and 4th of April, and followed in pursuit of the rebel army as far as Chesterfield Station. After these engage
ments the regiment did guard and provost duty until the asth of August, when it was mustered out of service. 

THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY C, Io6tH REGIMENT, P. V.

Rani.

John Monroe  IPrivate.
James Mitchell  I "

Date of Muster
into Service,

Sep. 17, '63.
Aug. 28, '61.

Resilience.

I.

Remarks,

3 [Liverpool.

[Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan. Sj '63*
1 Transferred to company F.

THREE years' SERVICE,

I07TH REGIMENT.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.
March. 7, '62.
Jan. 25, '62.
Feb. 27, '62.
Jan. 9, '62.
Jan. 23, '62.

33 333

Residence.

Remarks.

Surgeon. ist Serg't
Sergt.Corp.

Spring twp.
Saville twp.
Bloomfield.Spring twp.

Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Aug. 3, '62.

Company B.
David W. Wagner...

Promoted to Corporal, July 2s, '62 ; to Sergeant, to ist Sergeant,
May I, '63; captured at Weldon railroad, Va., Aug. 19, '64 ;
died at Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 14, '64. Vet.
Promoted to Corporal, July 24, '62 ; to Sergeant, May i, '63 ;

Jas. R. M'Elhany...
Benjamin Keck 

prisoner from Aug. 30, to Dec. 21, '62; wounded at Gettys
burg, Pa., July I, '«3 ; died at Washington, D. C, Aug. 5, of
wounds received at Petersburg, Va.
Promoted to Sergeant, July 24, '62 ; killed at Weldon railroad,
Va., Aug. 19, '64.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 18, '62.

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THREE years' SERVICE,

140TH REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,

ff/,«* -O"'* of Muster S JJ...-J 
^""^^ into Service. § Residence.

Semaris.

J. Lynn Milligan 

Chaplain. \Nov. 6, '63. s^Saville twp.

Mustered out with regiment, May 31, '65.

THREE years' SERVICE, ISOTH REGIMENT, P. V.

Langhorne Wister..,

Rank.

Colonel.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Sep. 5, '62.

3I Duncannon.

Remarks.

Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa., July i, '63 ; resigned Feb. 22, '64.

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THREE years' SERVICE, I58TH REGIMENT.

Name.

Daniel Hartman..

Rank.

Chaplain.

Date qf Muster
into Service.

Nov. 4, '62.

Residence!

Juncannon.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company, Aug. 12, '63.

THREE years' service, i66tH REGIMENT.

Names,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service,

^

Residence.

Een. arks.

Joseph Swartz 

Ast. Surg.

Oct. 31, '62.

3

Duncannon.

Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, June 12, '63,

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THREE years' SERVICE, I72D REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,
J. M. Miller 
Names. .
. B. Speakman 
Edward C. Bendere.
Robt M. Messimer.
Company G.
F. B. Speakman 
Wm. H. Sheibley...
Joel F. Fredericks..
James B. Eby 
David. C. Orris 
Wm. L. Sponogle....
George B. Roddy....
Wm. A. Boden 

Rank.

Ast. Surg.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Oct. 30. '62.

Residence,

3 1 Newport.

Remarks,

Mustered out with regiment, Aug i, '63.

NINE MONTHS' SERVICE, I33D REGIMENT, P. V.

Rank,

Colonel
Adj't.Serg. Maj.
Captain. it
ist Lieut.
2d Lieut
1st Sergt.
ist Serg.
Sergt.

Date of Muster
into Service,

Aug. 16, '62.
Aug. II, *^2.
¦A-Ug- 13, '62.

Aug. 16,

Aug. XI

62.

'62.

Residence,

Bloomfield.

Bloomfield. Landisburg. Bloomfield, ((
Saville twp.

Landisburg.
Saville twp.

R.emarks,

Promoted from Captain, company G, Aug. 21, '62; mustered
out with regiment. May 26, '63.
Promoted from private, company G, Feb. 24, '63 ; killed at
Chancellorsville, May 3, '63.
Promoted from Corp , company H, Aug. 21, '62 ; com. Adj't.,
May 10, '63 ; mustered out with regiment May 23, '63.
Promoted to Colonel, Aug. 21, *62; mustered out with compa
ny. May 26, '63.
Promoted from ist Lieut , Aug. 21, '62 ; wounded at I'reder-
icksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Promoted trom 2d Lieut., Aug, 21, '62 ; mustered out with com
pany, May 26, '63.
Promoted from ist Sergt., Aug. 21, '62; mustered out with com
pany, May 26 '63.
Promoted from Corp. to Sergt., Aug. 21, '62; to ist Sergt.,Feb.
3, 63; mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
Promoted from Sergt., Aug 21, '62; wounded at Fredericks
burg, Va., Dec. 13. '62 ; deserted Feb. 3, '63.
Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank.

Date qf Muster
into Service,

i

Residence,

Sergt.

Juniata twp.
Bloomfield.

Jeremiah J. Billow...

John N. Belford 
Corp.
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John S. Wetzell 
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Saville twp.
Center twp.
Jona F. Bistline 
James L. Moore 
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Isaac B. Trosde 
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F. M. Withrow 
Chas. C, Hackett 
Thomas Anderson,..
Isaac Baughman 
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Jackson twp.
Tuscarora twp.
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Center twp.
Solomon Beayer 
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Remarks,
Promoted to < orp., Jan. 4, '63 ; to Sergt., Feb. 3, '63 ; muster
ed out with company. May 26, '63.
Promoted from private, March 10, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany, May 26, '63.
Promoted to Corporal, Feb. 5, '63 ; mustered out with company.
May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
Promoted to Corporal, Feb. 3, '63; mustered out with company,
May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
Promoted to Corp., April 14, '63 ; mustered out with company,
May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62; mustered out
withcompany. May 26, '63.
Promoted to Corporal, Aug. 21, '62; mustered out with com
pany, May 26, '63.
Discharged April 14, '63, for wounds received at Fredericksburg,
Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Died at Falmouth, Va., Jan. 4, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
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NINE months' service, COMPANY G, I33D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service,

^

Residence,

Remarks,

Wm. Bumbaugh 

Private.

August

II, '62.

Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.

Peter Beichler 

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Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 24, '63.
Promoted to Adjutant, Feb. 24, '63.
Edward C. Bendere..
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Solomon Baxter 
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Died at Sharpsburg, Md., Oct. g, '62.
Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.
Michael Collins 
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Wm. Clouser 
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Lewis Durnbaugh...
Jacob R. Flickinger
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Absent in hospital at muster out.
George Flickinger 
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Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 6, '62.
Died at Falmouth, Va., Dec. 20, '62.
David Fry 
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Charles Finley 
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Wm. H. Gussler 
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Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.
Albert J. Heckman..
D. B. Hohenshildt...
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Madison twp.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ,
mustered out
with company. May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26,'63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62
Abraham Holman....
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Richard Hench 
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Saville twp.
; mustered out
with company. May 26, '63.
Henjry C. Hayner....
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Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.
Jacob C. Hostetter...
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George Hime 
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Joseph Hartman 
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Surgeon's certificate, March 24, '63.
discharged on
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William Jacobs 
William Kough 
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Mustered out with company, May 26, *63.
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Tyrone twp,
Sandy HilL
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Ptiilip Kell 
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David S. Kisder 
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CONTINUED.

Names,

George Lupfer 
Jacob L. Liddick 
Wm. Miller 
Robert Morrow 
Geo. W. Messimer..
"W m. K. Miller. 
Davidson Miller 
Jacob Markel 
Wm. Mehaffie 
James S. Morrow....
James Mathers 
Jacob Miller 
James S. M'Kee 
Moses F. Noll 
James G. Neilson....
Eli Orris 
Hanford Powell 
Geo. W. Reiber 
David E. Robinson,
Jacob Rhinesmith...
Jacob Rhule 
William Smith 
Nicholas Sweger. 
John Smeigh 

tf^^i. Date of Muster v t> -j
¦"*«*• into Service, 3 Residence,

Private.

August i:

Center twp.
BuflFalo twp.
Howe twp.
i yrone twp.
Bloomfield.

Juniata twp.
Saville twp.
Tyrone twp.
Saville twp.
Juniata twp.
Bloomfield.Center twp.

Saville twp.
Tuscarora twp.
It <i
Toboyne twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Center twp.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company, May 26, 63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '6a ; mustered out
with company^ May 26, '63,
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63,

Discharged Feb. 23, '63, for wounds received at Fredericksburg,
Va,, Dec. 13^ '62.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, '63.
Mustered out with company. May a6, '63.
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Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec, 13, '62; mustered out
with company, May 26, '63.
Wounded m the head at Fredericksburg, Va. ; mustered out
with company, May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 26, ^63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec 13, '62; mustered out
with company, May 26, '62.
Mustered out with company, May 26, '63.

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CONTINUED.

Names.

Wm. Shatts 
Henry C. Shearer 
Henry Shreffler 
Wm. M. Sutch 
Abram Spanogle 
Lemuel Topley 
Henry A. Toomey..
James E. Woods 
John M. Withrow...
Reuben Zeigler. 

Rank,

Pnvate.

Date of Muster
into Service.

August II, 62.

Residence.

Tyrone twp.
Bloomfield.

Juniata twp.
Jackson twp.
Center twp.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company. May 26, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62; mustered out
with company. May 26, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out
with company,May 26, '63. ^
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 2, 63.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. i3j '62.
Mustered out with company. May 26, 63.

Deserted Nov. 25, '62; returned March 28, '63 ; mustered out
witii company. May 26, '63.

NINE kONTHS* SERVICE COMPANY H, I33D REGIMENT, P. V.

Names.

David L. Tressler...
Henry Keck 
Hiram A. Sleighter..
Augustus M'Kenzie..
John Rynard 
George Tressler. 

Rank.

Captain,
ist Lieut,
2d Lieut.
1st Sergt.
Sergt.

Date qf Muster
into Service,

Aug, 16, '62,

Aug. 13,

Loysville.
Spring twp.
It
Tyrone twp.

Remarks,

Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13,
with company. May 26, '63.
Mustered out with company. May 251 '63«

'62; mustered out

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service,

Robert A. Murray...

Sergt. Corp. IIIttt
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Samuel H. Rice 
Wm. Power 

Lewis Sweger 
J. A. Raudenbaugh..
Jacob Rowe 
John A. Boyer 
Gardiner C. Palm....
Josiah E. Tressler...
Levi T.Steinberger.
Robt. M. Messimer..
Lemuel T. Sutch 
ohn S. Kistier 
John Jilbright 

acob Berks tresser...
J. W. Berkstresser...
] ienjamin Baltozer...
ohn H. Bryner 
ijeo. W, Bryner 

A J Baker 

Wm. F. Calhoun 
Joseph Craig. 

Residence.

Landisburg.
Tyrone twp.

Center twp.
Madison twp.
Newport.Tyrone twp.

Bloomfield.Sandy Hill.
Newport. Spring twp.
Carroll twp.
Jackson twp.
Tyrone twp.
Carroll twp.
Jackson twp.
Saville twp.
Center twp.

Remark*,

Mustered out with company. May 25, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '1
with company, May 25, '63.
Mustered out with gompany. May 25, '63.

62 : mustered out <-t
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Promoted to Corporal, Sept. 27, '^2 ; mustered out with com-
pany. May 25, '63.
Promoted to Corporal, Sept. 29, '62 ; mustered out^ with com
pany. May 25, '63. ¦ "^
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct, 9, '62.
Promoted to Sergeant Major, Aug. 21. '62.
Mustered out with company. May 25, 63.
Not on muster out roll.
Wounded ; absent in hospital at muster out.
Mustered out with company. May 25, '63.

Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out
with company. May 25, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 25, *63.

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Joseph W. Clouser..,
John W. Campbell...
Anderson Chestnut...
Allen Clellan 
Simon W. Clouser...
Wm. R. Dumm 
Michael Dromgold...
David P. Elder 
James C. Harris......
Wm. Hutchison 
George Jumper 
Solomon Keck 
Erasmus D. Kepner.
David P, Lightner..,
Amos Mehaffle 
John S. Mehaflie 
David ¦Wehaffie 
Wm. H. Minich 
W. D. Messimer 
Jesse March 
Emanuel Morrison..,
Henry Minnich?,  ,
Wm. A. M'Kee 
James M'llhenney...
Fred. MTasky 
David Niely 

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Aug.

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Center twp.
"uniata twp.
Spring twp.
Center twp.
Spring twp.
Saville twp.
Newport.Saville twp-
Tuscarora twp.
Center twp.
Saville twp,
Saville twp.
Tyrone twp.
Bloomfield.New Germant'n,
Tyrone twp.
Bloomfield.
Saville twp.
Remarks,
Mustered out with company,11ay 25, '63.
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with company. May 25, '63.
Musterea Out with company, May 25^, 63.
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Wound'ed at Chancellorsville, Va., May 3i'63: mustered out
with company, May 25, '63.
Mustered out with company. May 25, 03.
Absent in hospital at muster out.
Mustered out with company. May 23, 63.
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Mustered out with company. May 25, 03. . ip,-H#.rirWfi-
Discharged, March 12, ^63„ for wounds received at FrcdenckS-
burg Va. Dec. i3j '62- , , T^ ««
Missed in action at Fredericksburg, Dec, 13, &2.
Mustered out with company. May 25, 63.
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CONTINUED.

Names, «

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service,

Isaiah P. Owen 

Private.

Aug. 13, '62,

Samuel Rice, jr 

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Sa nuel Rhodes 

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John A. Reed. 
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, ilmanuel Sowers 
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i'rancis W. Swartz...
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Wheatfield twp.
Carroll twp.
New Germant'n.
Jackson twp.
Juniata twp.
Tyrone twp,
Newport,
Juniata twp.
Miller twp.
Tyrone twp.
Saville twp.
Spring twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Sandy Hill.
Remarks,
Died, Nov. 2, '62.
Mustered out with company. May 25, 63.
Died, March 5, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 25, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out
with company. May 23, '63,
Mustered out with company. May 23, '63.
Died, Dec. 25th, of wounds received at Fredericksburg, Va,,
Dec. 13, *62,
Wounded at Fredericksbui-g, Va, ; mustered out with company,
May 23, 63.
Musterea out with company, May 25, 63.
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Albert B. Demaree.,.
Hiram Firtig  ,.,..
Samuel R. Deach 
William A. Zinn 
George S. DeBray..'.
Levi Attig 
Joseph R. Fate  ,
Jacob B. Wilson  ,
Frank Thomas  ,
J Fetter Kerr 
S.P. Vl'Clenegan....
Joseph S. Bucher,,..
Wm. Howanstine....
David Snyder 
William S. Linn  ,
Jefferson Franklin...
John Beasom 
Benjamin M, Eby,..,
William Stahl.: 
Mahlon T. Bretz  ,

Rank.

Captain.
ist Lieut. tl
2d Lieut.
ist Sergt.
Sergt.

Corp.

Date of Muster
into Service,

Aug. 16,
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Aug. 13,

'62.

'62.

Residence.

Newport.Millerstown. tl
Newport. Millerstown.

Newport.Greenwood twp,
Center twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Millerstown.
Tuscarora twp.
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Tuscarora twp.
Newport.Greenwood twp.
Toboyne twp,
Millerstown.Newport.

Remarks,

Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out
with company. May 21, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec 22, 62.
Promoted from 2nd Sergeant, Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out with
company. May 21, *63.
Promoted to ist Sergeant, Dec. 23, '62; mustered out with com-
pany. May 21, '63. ^ ,, ,-
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13. '62 ; promoted from
Sergt. Dec 23, '62 ; mustered out withcompany, May 21 63.
Promoted from Corporal, Dec. 23, '62 ; mustered out with com
pany. May 21, '63. «• .ft
Captured ; mustered out with company^. May 21, 63.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63. ^
Promoted from private, Dec. 23, '62 ; mustered out with com
pany, Vay 21, '63.
Died, at Potomac (-'reek, Va,, Dec. Si ^02.
Mustered out with company. May 21, 63.

Promoted to Corporal, April 30, '63; mustered out with com
pany, May 21, '63. , . i.
Promoted to Corporal, April 30, 63 ; mustered out with com
pany. May 31, '63. .
Promoted to Corporal, April 30, '63 ; mustered out with com
pany. May 31, '63- T, u ' ȣ
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 14, 03. _ , . ,
Discharged, Feb, 24, '63, for wounds received at Fredericks
burg, Va.,..Dec, 13, '63.

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CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

David H. Scott 
Geo. S. Goodman 
Henry H. Attig 
Peter Attig 
Cloyd C. Bender 

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Aug. 13, '62.
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Samuel K. Boyer 
John C. Butz 

Jacob K. Boyer. 
Robert T. Beaty 
Alex, M. Brown 

John C. Bretz 

Wm. H. Clouser 
Wm, H, Cox 

; ere M. Carwell 

S. P. Campbell 
Amos Deifenderfer.,.,
Joseph Duncan 
Ell Etter 

Jesse Freeburn 

Residence.

Greenwood twp.
Liverpool. Watts twp.
Newport Millerstown.
Newport.
Tuscarora twp.
Toboyne twp.
Howe twp.
Juniata twp.
Howe twp.
Greenwood twp.
Bloomfield.
Tuscarora twp.
M illerstown.
Newport.

Remarks,

Promoted to Musician, Aug. 20, '62; mustered out with com
pany. May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63.
Wounded at FredericHsburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62; mustered out
with company. May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63.

Discharged May ao, '63.
Died, at Frederick, Md., Nov. 5, '62.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62; mustered out
with company, May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63.

Discharged on Surgeon's certificflte, April 27, '63.
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62 ; mustered out
with company, May 21, "63.
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63.

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CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service.

James Freeland 

Private.

Aug. 13, '62,

Joseph Foreman 

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Augustus Gingrich...

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Theophilus Howell...

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George W. Huggins.

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Stephen A. Hughes..
iViichael Holtzapple..
William Hopple 
And. J. Howanstine,
Frederick Hainc 

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Peter Kipp 

Isaac Keely 

Samuel R. Leas 
John J. Linn 

Residence,

Howe twp,
Newport. Howe twp.
Millerstown.
Tuscarora twp.
Howe twp.
Newporr,Greenwood twp,
Buffalo twp,
Howe twp.
Newport. Millerstown.
Newport.Tuscarora twp.
Howe twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Newport. tt
Juiiiata twp,
Tuscarora twp.

Remarks,

Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec, 13, '62; mustered out
with company. May 21, '.63.
Mustered out withcompany. May 21, '63,
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company. May 21, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 10, '62.
Deserted, Octl 31, '62; returned April i, '63; mustered out
with company. May 21, 63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 63 ; mustered out
with company, to ay 21, '63.
Wounded at Chancellorsville, Va , May 3, '63; mustered out
withcompany^ May 21, '63
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63.

Discharged on Burgeon's certificate, March 22, '6^.
Died at Washington, D. C , Dec. 23, of wounds received at
Fredericksburg Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Mustered out with company, ftiay 21, '63.
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pital at muster out.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63.

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CONTINUED.

Nantes,

Jerome B. Lahr  ,
Daniel Liddick. 
Scott W. Lightner...,
Wm. H. Loughman.
Joseph B, Mitchell..
George K, Myers..,,,
Martin Noll  ,
Joseph Omer 
Josiah Rider 
James Reiber  ,
William Risher  ,
Mich'l Shottsberger.
Isaac Shottsberger..,
John Shell 
Wm. H. Shade 
W. M. D. Sheaffer.,,
Josephus W. Smith.
A. Tschopp (Chubb),
Cyrus Tschopp  ,
JohnM.Toland 
W. H. W. Umholtz.
C. L. Vannewkirk...

Date qf Muster v
into Service,

Private.

Aug. 13, '62.

Residence,

Greenwood twp.
Howe twp.
Madison twp.
Greenwood twp,
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Millerstown,

Oliver twp.
Spring twp.
Greenwood twp.

Millerstown. Greenwood twp.
Greenwood twp.
tf
Penn twp.

Penn twp.

Remarks,

Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec, 13/63; mustered out
with company. May 21, '62.
Wounded a* Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 6a ; mustered out
with company. May 21, '63. ^
Mustered out with company, May 21, 63.
Died at Wind M ill Point, Va.
Mustered out with company, May 21, 63.
Died at Washington, D. C., Dec. 18, of wounds ueceived at
Fredericksburg, Va,, Dec. 13, '62.
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63.
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62 ; mustered out
with company, May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company, May 21, 63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Oct. 27, '63.
Mustered out with company, May zii/^S- , ,
Wounded at Frederirksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 62; mustered out
with company. May 21, '63, .„ ,, .
Wounded at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62 ; mustered out
with company, May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company. May 21. 63.
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Killed at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, '62.
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63,
Wounded al Chancellorsville, Va., May 3, '63 ; mustered out
with company. May 21, '63.
Mustered out with company, May ai, '63,
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SERVICE, COMPANY I,
CONTINUED.

I33D REGIMENT.

Names,

Rank.

Date qf Muster
into Service.

t;^

Residence,

Remarks,

James A. Wright 
Joseph Wagner 
Samuel T. Watts 
William VTertz 
Stephen Williams 
And. Whitekettle 

Private. t(
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Aug. 13, '62.
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Greenwood twp.
Liverpool twp,
J LI 111. ta twp.
Newport.
Juniata twp.
Tuscarora twp.

Mustered out with company, May 21, '63.
Absent at muster-out.
Mustered out with company, May 21, '63,
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Henry L, Yohn 
0. I', Zimmerman...

Died in service.
Mustered out with company. May 21, '63,

The One Hundred and Thirty -Third Regiment, comma ijded by Colonel Frank B. Speakman, did picket duty in Virginia until they
were ordered to take up their line of march to meet, in Maryland, a defiant enemy threatening the border counties of Pennsylvania. It
arrived on the battle-field of Antietam on the morning of September i8th, but the enemy had retired, and the regiment moved to an
encampment one mile from Sharpsburg, on the Shepherdstown road, where it remained engaged in company and battalion drill until
near the close of October, when ihe army moved into Virginia, to begin the campaign of Fredericksburg, under Burnside.
On the 13th of December the regiment was ordered across the river, to engage in the battle of Fredericksburg, where it remained
engaged in active duty until the morning of the 15th, when it recrossed the river. The losS in the regiment in this engagement was three
commissioned officers killed, and, eight wounded; seventeen enlisted men killed, one hundred and twenty-nine wounded, and twenty-
beven missing.
The regiment engaged in the battle of Chancellorsville on the 3d of May, with a loss of one killed— Adjutant Edward C. Bendere,
and nine wounded. Its term of service expired soon after this battle, atid returning to Harrisburg on the xgth, nine months from its
dep.arture, it was mustered out the succeeding week.

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THREE years' SERVICE, COMPANY I, 162D REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,

John B. M'Allister..
And. D. Vandling....
Isaac N. Grubb 

John B. Winchester.
Lewis W. Orwan....,
Geo. W. Orwan 
Wm. H. Reed 
John M. Fry 
William C. Long. 
David R, Gussler 
Ephraim C, Long 
David H. Lackey 
John J. Amdt 
Abraham Arndt 
Daniel Brandt  .,
Henry Bitting  ,
Simon Cluck 
George S. Drexler...,
Jacob L. Drexler. 

Captain.

ist Leitit.
ist Sergt.
Com. Sgt.
Sergt.

Corp.
Private.

Date of Muster \ v
into Service. ' 3

Oct. 7, '62.
Sept. 26, '62
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Feb. II, '64.
Sept. 26, '62.

Oct. 7, '62.
Sept. 26, '62.

Residence.

Bloomfield.Liverpool.Liverpool twp.

Liverpool.
Center twp,
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Bloomfield.
Tuscarora twp.
Greenwood twp.
Center twp.
Bloomfield.Carroll twp.
Liverpool. Greenwood twp,
Liverpool twp.
Liverpool.Landisburg.

Remarks.

Promoted to Lieut. Colonel, Nov. 6, '62,
Promoted from 2nd Lieutenant, Nov. 6, '62, to ist Lieutenant;
Com. Capt., March 26, '63 ; resigned June 5, '63.
Promoted from Sergeant Major, July 22, '64; to istLieut; Com.
Capt., Sept. 8, '64; discharged Jan. 13, '65, for wounds re
ceived in action.
Promoted from ist Sergeant, March 10, '65 ; discharged by
General Order, June 20, '65.
Promoted from ist Sergt., Nov. 6, '62, to 2nd Lieut. ; to ist
Lieut., March 26, '63 ; resigned June 8, '63.
Promoted from Corp. to Sergt., March i, '63; to 1st Sergt.,
March 11, '65 ; mustered out with company, June 16, '65.
Promoted from Sergt., Nov. 1. '63; Com. 2nd Lieut., Sept, 26,
'64; mustered out with company, June 16, '65.
Promoted to Corp., July i, '64; to Sergt., March 11, '65; mus
tered out with company, June 16, '65.
Promoted to Corp., Nov. i, '63; to Sergt., March 11, '65;
mustered out with company, June 16, '65.
Pomoted to Corp.. Nov. i, '63; to Sergt., March 11, '65; mus
tered out with company, June 16, '65.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, March, '63.
Promoted to Corp., Nov. i, '63 ; mustered out with company,
June 16, '65.
Mustered out with company, June 16, '65.
Mustered out with co. I, 2nd regiment. Pro. Cav., Aug, 7, '65.
Discharged, Dec. 30, for wounds received at Opequan, Va.,
Sept. 19, '64.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 16, '63.
Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Nov. 5i/64*
Discharged by General Order, May 18, 'frj.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Jan.^'63.

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THREE YEARS* SERVICE, COMPANY I, 1 6 2D REGIMENT.
CONTINUED,

Names,

John Fry. 
William Fry 
David Fry 
James Foley 
Henry Haas 
John Lamca 
Jonas Long 
Levi R Long. 
Wm. W. Lesh  ,
John Ritter  ,
George Vananam.,,
Thomas Vananam,
Lucius C. Wox  ,
Sidneys. Wox 

Rank,

Private,

Date of Muster
into Service,

Sept. 26, '62.
Sept. 6, '64.
Sept. 26, '62.

Aug.^31, '64.
Sept. 26, '62,
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Feb. 17, '64,
Jan. 2, '64.
Aug. 23, '64.

Residence,

Saville twp.
Saville twp,
Liverpool.

Greenwood twp.

Juniata twp.
Liverpool.
Greenwood twp.
Center twp.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company, June 16, '65.
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Com. 2nd Lieut., March 26, '63 ; mustered out with company,
June 16, '65.
Mustered out with company, June 16, '65,
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Md., July 14 '63.
Transferred to Vet. Res. Corps, Oct. 25, 63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, April 23, '63.
Mustered out with company I, 2nd regt.. Pro. Cav., Aug. 7, '65,
Deserted, date unknown.
Musterea out with company I, 2d reg., Pro. Cav. Aug, 7, '65.

The Seventeenth Cavalry was engaged first at Occoquan, on the 22d of December, and afterward during the Chancellorsville cam-
phign, at Kelly's Ford, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, New Castle Ferry, Bethesda Church, Old Church Tavern, Cold Harbor, Trevilian
Station. The S,eventeenth was engaged near White House Landing, on the 21st of June; at Jones' Bridge, on the 23d; at Charles City
Court House on the *4th.
In August, the Seventeenth, under General Sheridan, commenced operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and was engaged at the
following places : Front Royal; on the 25th of August at Kearneysville. At Smithfield on the 29th; at White Post on the ist of Sep
tember ; at Berryville and Buncetown on the Opequan on the 7th, and at BunkerHill on the 13th,
¦ The Seventeenth was with General Sheridan at Winchester. The Seventeenth was again engaged at White's Ford, in tlie Valley
of Virginia, On the 24th of February, *^s% General Sheridap led the cavalry in a grand raid upon the^ James River Canal, in the rear of Rich-

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mond, rt was engaged m the successive battles and skirmishes, unW the rebels laid down their arms to the Union forces at Appomattox
Court House, and was mustered out of service on the i6th of June. Company I formed part of the Second Provisional Cavalry, and was
mustered out of service on the 7th of August, at Louisville, Ky,
This regiment," said General Devin, "in five successive campaigns, and in over three score engagements, nobly sustained
their part.

NINE months' SERVICE, COMPANY E, I73D REGIMENT — MILITIA.

Names,

Henry Charles........
Isaac D. Dunlde  ,
Samuel Reen 
S. Kirk Jacobs  ,
Joseph Hammaker..,
David P. Egolf. 
Samuel R, P. Brady
Henry M. Hoffman,.
Simon S. Charies 
Wm. Kipp 
Theodore O'Neil 
Robert Crane 
EliasClay 
Jacob Potter 
Josiah Clay 
Alex. M'Connel 
Charles Bressler 
Christian Brown 
Henry Beasom 
Wm. B. Bailer 
Samuel Bair 
George Bucher 
Abram Baker 
Peter Clemens 

Captain.
ist Lieut,
2d Lieut.
ist Sergt,
Sergt.

Corp.

Private,

Date of Muster
into Service.

Nov, 13, '62,
Nov. 15. '^2.
Nov. 2, 62,
Nov. 4, '62.
Nov. 2, '62.
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Nov, 2, '62.
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Nov, 21, '62.
Nov, 2, '62,

Residence,

Remarks,

Buffalo twp.

Mustered out

with company, Aug

• ^^. '63.

Bloomfield.

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Buffalo twp.
Promoted to Corp., Jan
10, '63 ;
mustered out with company,
Aug. 17, '63
Promoted to L
Center twp.
orp., March25, '63
mustered out with company.
Buffalo twp.
IVscharged on
Mustered out i
Surgeon's
certificate, March 24, '63.
Oliver twp.
vith company, Aug.
I J, '63.
Greenwood twp.
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CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

y

Residence.

Remarks,

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Nov. 5, '62.
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Greenwood twp.
Liverpool.
Greenwood twp.
Oliver twp.
Buffalo twp.
Carroll twp.
Liverpool twp.
Greenwood twp.
Oliver twp.
Greenwood twp.
Oliver twp.
Buffalo twp."
Greenwood twp.
Bufl^lo twp.
Center twp.
Watts twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Greenwood twp.
Liverpool twp,
Carroll twp,
Duncannon.Center twp.
Juniata twp.
Duncannon,
Jumata twp.
Liverpool twp.
Juniata twp.

Died at <'amp Viele, Va., April 3, '63.
Mustered out with company, Aug 17, '63.
Died at Camp Viele, Va., Jan. 10, '63.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 17, '63.
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Feb. 17,
Mustered out with company, Aug. 17, '63.
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Mustered out with company, Aug. 17, '63.
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Abram Fleurie 
Robert Hunter 
'63.
Lewis F. Heckard...
Wm. Kinzer 
Samuel Liddick 
Wm. Liddick 
Samuel Lightner 
Wm. A. Myers 
Wm. Pai-sons 
Lewis H.Powell 
David Roush 
'63.
Lewis Resiinger 
Henderson Smiley...
Daniel Smith 
, ohn D. Shearer 
ohn Scott 
': )aniel F. Sheafer.....
Jonas Smith 
'63..
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CONTINUED,

Names.

7f^.„L Date of Muster^ I^ r, -j
-^"'^- /«.'« W7»>^. 13 Residence.

Wm. Smith  ,
Solomon Trostle,
Joseph Ulsh  ,
Samuel Warner..,

into Service.
Nov. 2, '62.
Nov. 5, '62.
Nov. 2, '62.

Juniata twp.
Greenwood twp.
Center twp.

ReTnarks,

Deserted, Nov. 2, '62.
Mustered out with company, Aug. 1 7, '63.
Deserted, Nov. 6, '62.

The One Hundredand Seventy-third Regiment was organized at Camp Curtin, during October and November, 1862. On the 30th
of November It moved to Washington, whence it was ordered to Suffolk, Va., but before reaching Fortress -' onroe. its destination was
changed to Norfolk. While at Norfolk, the Regiment did guard duty. It was marched toward Gettysburg, but before reaching the
battle field, it was again placed on guard duty to watch the Alexandria and Orange Railroad. Its term of service expiring on the igth
of August, the regiment was ordered to Harrisburg, where on the i8th, it was mustered out of service.

THREE YEARS* SERVICE, 149TH REGIMENT P. V

Names,

Francis B. Jones
John T. Miller...
John J, Boyer...
John Graham....

Rank.

' Date of Muster 1^

Captain.
ist Lieut.
Sergt.

into Service.

Aug. 30, '62.

Aug. 26, '62.

Residence,

Duncannon.

3 Newport.
3 Liverpool twp.

Remarks.

Promoted from ist Sergeant, v arch 25, '63 ; wounded at Gettys-
tb"i"g, July I, '63, and at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, '64; to
Lieut. Colonel 2i5ih regiment, P. V., April 6, '65,
Wounded at Gettysburg, July i, '63 ; promoted from ist Sergt,
to 2nd Lieut., March 25, '63 ; to jst Lieut., May 25, '65 ; mus
tered out with company, June 24, '65.
Promoted to Corporal; to Sergt, June 151*65; mustered out
with company, June 24, '65.
Promoted to Corporal, April 17, '64; captured at Wilderness,
Va,, May 5, '64; discharged by General Ordej June 12, '65.

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THREE years' SERVICE, 149TH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

John Morris... A 

Sergt.

Aug. 22, '62.

Jacob A. Young 

Corp.

i( (1

Thomas B. Jones 

"

Aug. 30, '62.

Thomas J. Evans 
David W. Coulter,..
Simon B. Charles 
W. E. Clemson 
W. H. Ehrhart 

Mus.
Private. tt

Aug. 18, "63.
" 26, '62.
March 7, "65.
Aug. 25, '62.
" 14, '63.
Oct. 7, 'S3.
Aug. 18, '63.
March 10, '65.
Aug. 17, '63.
" IS, "
" 17, "
Oct. 16, .63.

D. P. Lefever 

Daniel Mutzebaugh...
Alfred P. Miller 
0. G. Myers 

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Silas Potter 

Thomas Styles 

John Smee 

Henry Sharp 

Residence,

Penn twp.

Duncannon.Greenwood twp
Liverpool twp.
Juniata twp.
Tuscarora twp,
Juniata twp,
Penn twp.
Juniata twp.
Wheatfield twp,
Rye twp.

Remarks,

Promoted to Corp, ; to Sergt.j March 27, '64; captured at Wil
derness, Va., May 5, '64; discharged by General Order, June
12, '65.
Promoted to Corp., June 13,65; mustered out, with company,
June 24,'65.
Promoted to Corporal ; died at Philadelphia, July 25^ of wounds
received at Gettysburg, July i, '63.
Mustered out with company, June 24, '65,
Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Dec. 9, '62,
Mustered out with company, June 24, '65.
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Discharged on Surgeon's certificate, Nov. 28, '62,
Wounded at Laurel Hill, Va,, May 8, '64; discharged on Sur
geon's certificate, Nov. 30, '64,
Mustered out with company, June 24, '65.
Missed in action at Wilderness, Va., May 5, '64,
Mustered out-with company, June =^4, '65.
Missed in acBon at Wilderness, Va.. May 5, '64,
Mustered out with company, June 24, '65.

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ONE year's service, COMPANY E, 2o8tH REGIMENT, P. V.

Names,

Bank.

F. M. M'Keehan 

Captain.

JolTn T. Mehaffie 

ist Lieut

Ephraim B. Wise....
Joseph W. Gantt 

ist Sergt.
Sergt.

J'oshua E. Vancamp,
D.ivid R. P. Bealor..
William R. Dunim...
Daniel W. Lutman...

tt
Corp. It

J. Raffensberger 

j^

Jacob S. Wagner 
Sam'l I. Shortless 

tt

Wm S. Mehaffie 
George Romper 
Peter S. Albert 
Harris A. Roreback.
Henry A, Albright...

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George Albright 

It

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George Bistline 
John S. Baker 

tt

Frederick Barrick,...
Joseph Bupp 

tt

Date of Muster
into Service.

Sep. 2, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.
Sep. 2, '64,

Sep. 6, '64,
Aug. 30, '64.

Aug. 31, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Aug. 30, '64.
Sep. 2, '64,
Aug.^30, '64,
Sep. 6, *64.
Sep. 8, '64.
Sep. 2, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.

Aug, 30, '64.

Residence,

Center twp.
Saville twp.
Juniata twp.
Center twp.
Miller twp.
Juniata twp.
Spring twp.
Center twp.
Juniata twp.
Spring twp.

Saville twp.
tt
Juniata twp.

Carroll twp.
Jackson twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Newport.

Remarks

Promoted from private, Sept. 9, '64 ; mustered out with com
pany, June I, '65.
Promoted from private, Sept. 9, '64; wounded at Petersburg,
Va,, April 2, '05 ; absent in hospital at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65; mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,

Wounded at Petersburg, Va , April 2, '65 ; absent in hospital at
muster out.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
Killed at Petersburg, Va,, April 2, '65,
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,

Wounded at Petersburg, Va. , April 2, '65 ; mustered out with
company, Junq i, '65.
Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ; mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

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Discharged by General Order, June 6, '65,

ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY E, 2o8tH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service. '

^

-
Residence,

Private. ft tlItIt
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Aug. 30, '64.
Aug. 31, 64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 7, '64
Aug.^3°,^64.Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 13, '64.
Aug. 3o.'64.
Sep. 2, 64.
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" 8 "
" 2, "
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Aug. 31, '64.
Sep._^7,'6j.
Sept. 10, '64.
Aug, 30, '64.
Sep. 2, '64.
Aug. 31, 64,
Sep, 2, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.

Juniata twp.
Center twp.
Tyrone twp.
Tuscarora twp.

Jacob Burkpile 
George M. Bryner...
A.J. Barrick 

Simon W Clouser...
Adam Clemens 
Wm H. Dehaven....

Center twp.
Greenwood twp.
Liverpool twp.

Spring twp.
Isaiah C. Foose 
Henry D. Foose 
Isaiah M. Gantt 
JohnS, Garlin 
It
Center twp.
Madison twp.
George Kocher 
John W. Kell 
Tyrone twp.
Wm, T. Kepner 
D. C. Klinepeter 
Wm, H. Kacy 
Saville twp.
Center twp.
Wm. M. Kennedy,.,
E. B. P. Kinsloe 
Tyrone twp.
Center twp.
Jackson twp.
. onathan Miller. 
ames L, Moore 
Levi Markle 
Center twp.
(1 a
Remarks,
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
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Sub.
Died at City Point, Va., Jan. 11, '65.
Killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
Discharged by General Order, May 25, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
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Died at Citj- Point, April 15, of wounds received at Petersburg,
Va,, April 2, '65.
Died at Washington, D. C, April 24, of wounds received at
Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i. '63.
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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY E, 2o8tH REGIMENT.

CONTINUED.

Names.

Robert Markle 
James Mickey 
Richard Magee 
Wm. Power 
Geo. W. Reamer.....
Christian Snyder... .
T. M. Sullenberger
Franklin Swartz 

Rank.

Private.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Aug. 31, "64.
Aug. 30, '64.
Sep. 2, '64.
Aug. 30, '64.
Aug. 31, "64.

Residence.

Center twp.
Carroll twp.
Center twp.
Juniata twp.
Jackson twp.

Rentarks.

¦ed out with company, June i, '65.

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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY F, 2o8tH REGIMENT, P. V.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service,

1

Residence,

Remarks.

Gard C. Palm 

Captain. ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.
1st Sergt.
Sergt. Corp. tt

Sep, 9, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 6, "64.
Sep. 5, ¦64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
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Loysville.Toboyne twp.
it
Tyrone twp.
Jackson twp.
Toboyne twp.
Jackson twp,
Madison twp.
Spring twp.

Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
Promoted from private, Sept. 9, '64; mustered out with com
pany, June I, '65.
Promoted from private, Sept. 9, '64; mustered out with com
pany, June I, '6s.
Mustered out with company, June i, ^65.
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Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65; mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June x, 65,

Henry Sheaffer 
F. A. Campbell 
Thomas J. Sowers...
Martin H. Furman.,.
Robt. H. Campbell.,
Wm. Berrier 

Geo. W. Reiber 

ONE year's service, COMPANY F, 2o8tH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names,

Rank,

Date of Muster
into Service,

X

Residence.

Remarks,

James Meminger 
John K. Stump 
John A. Newcomer,.
Daniel T. Ritter 
Samuel S. M'Kee 
Frederick Shull 
.George H. Hahn 
Thos. A. Adams 
W, H. Armstrong...
R. A. Blackburn 
Solomon Bistline 
Thomas Berrier 
Jacob R. Bender 
S. W. Bernheisel 

Corp. It
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Mus.
Private. u tl
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ttIt

Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
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Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 6, 64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep.^p.'64.Sep. ^5, '64.
It It
Sep. 8, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. fi, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 12, '64.
it tt
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep, 10, '64,
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep, 12, '64,

Saville twp.
Tyrone twp.
It it
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Madison twp.
Saville twp.
Jackson twp.
Toboyne twp.
Newport.Toboyne twp.
Madison twp,
Jackson twp.
Greenwood twp.
Madison twp,
Jackson twp.
Madison twp.
Tyrone twp,
Saville twp,
Juniata twp.
Madison twp.
Saville twp.

Promoted to Corp., March, 26, '65; niuster
pany, June 1, '65-'
Wounded at Petersburg, Va,, April 2, '65 ;
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25,
pital, at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June i, ^65.
Killed at Fort Steadman, Va., March 23, '65,
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25
with company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,
it (t (t if
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Wounded at Petersburg, Va,, April 2, '65 ;
company, June i, '65,
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,

ed out with com-
mustered out with
'65 ; absent at hos-
'65 ; mustered out

Joseph Bistline 
John H. Briner 
George S. Briner 
Reuben Dillman 

iDaniel Ernest 

mustered out with

James English 

1-)
o %o wfaooG x!
Names,

James Foose...,.  ,
Jacob Fritz 
James A Finlev  ,
Wm. H. Garber 
Wm. Garland 
Michael Hoffman 
David Hoffman 
D. A. Hollenbaugh..
W. C. Hollenbaugh.
A. T Hohenshildt..
John B. Hench  ,
Daniel S, Henry  ,
Samuel A Johnson,
Lloyd K. Kistler 
Simon Kern  ,
Chas. W. Kline 
Jacob S. Lowe 
Samuel R Morrow..
Thomas Messimer..,
And, J. Mumper  ,
Wm. A. Morrison..,,
Sam'l Rhinesmith...,
James D, Rhea  ,
Sam'l F Shafer 
George Shoff. 
Wn,, Sheibley 
George Sheibley 

ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY' F, 208tH REGIMENT,
CONTINUED.

Rank,

Private,

Date of Muster ^
.into Service.

Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 10, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.

Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 8, '64.
Sep, 6, '64.
Sep. 8, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep, 12, '64,
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.

Sep. 5, '64,
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Sep 12, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.

Residence.

Spring twp.
Center twp.
Madison twp.
Center twp.
Madison twp.

Toboyne twp.
Sandy HiU.
Jackson twp.
Penn twp.
Newport.
Tyrone twp.
Jackson twp.

Toboyne twp.
Jackson twp.
Toboyne twp.
Spring twp.
Center twp.
Spring twp.

Retnarks.

Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ; mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

Discharged by General Order, June 6, *6s.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ; .mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

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ONE year's service, COMPANY F, 2o8tH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service.

Andrew Shearer 
Wm, H. Seager. 
B. F. Shoemaker 

Private.

Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 12, 64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 12, '64.
Sep. 6, '64.
Sep. 5. "64.
Sep. 6, "64.
Sep. s, 64.

A. B. Shreffler 

John G- Snyder 
^^ m, H. R. Segar 
John H Tit7tl 

Henry Waggoner,.,..

Jackson twp.
Madison twp.
Saville twp.
[ Toboyne twp.
I Jackson twp.
I Spring twp.
iJMadison twp.

Remarks,

Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

Wounded at Petersburg, Va , April 2, '65; mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, 65.

ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY G, 208tH REGIMENT, P. V.

Names.

Tf ^1 Date of Muster *? j7,„,v-««
^''«'^- into Service. ^ Residence.

Benjamin F. Miller,.,
Wm. A. Zinn 
Wm. Fosselman 
Lewis Besom 
Wm. A. Blain 
Wm. S Hostetter...
Thos. J. Latchford...
Jeremiah J. Billows,.
Nick. Hogentogler,..
D. B. Hohenshield...

Captain.
ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.
ist Sergt,
Sergt.

Corp.

Sep. 10, '64.
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Sep. 5, '64.
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Sep, 7, '64.

Newport. Juniata twp.
Greenwood twp,
Tuscarora twp.
Center twp,
Juniata twp.
I Carrol twp.
I Greenwood twp,
I Madison twp.

Remarks .

Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

Discharged by General Order, June 5, '6s-
Mustered out with company, June i, 65,

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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY G, 2o8TH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED. ^

Names.

Isaiah W Clouser..,
Joseph S, Bucher..,.
John B. Swartz 
L. H. C. Flickinger,
Findley Rodgers 
Daniel W. Gantt 
A Worley Monroe.
John Howell.„ 
John Acaley 
Valentine Arndt 
Sylvester Byrem 
Peter S.Baker 
Adam Bucher 
George W Burrell...
Benj. F, Barnhart...,
Wm. H. Clouser  ,
Cyrus S. Clouser. . . ,
Calvin H. Clouser...,
Henry C. Charles....,
George L Comp 
Jacob S- Comp 
Wesley Deitrick 
A. M. Fleck 
Jesse M. Ferguson...
Wm. H. Flickinger.,
John Fosselman 
E. F. Gardner 
John Gutshall 
Watson L. Gantt 

Corp.

Mus.
Private.

Date of Muster ^
into Service. 3 '

Sep. 5, '64.
Sep 9, '64.
Sep. 5, '64,
Sep 7, '64.

Sep. 5- '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep, 10, '64,
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 5, '64,

Sep, 7, '64.
Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 9, '64.
Sep.^^7, '64.
Sep. g, '64,
Sep. 5, '64,

Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 5/64.

Residence.

Remarks,

Center twp.
Tuscarora twp.
Saville twp.
Juniata twp.

Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
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Newport.Liverpool.
Greenwood twp .

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Liverpool twp.
Millerstown,Tuscarora twp.

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Saville twp.
Watts twp.

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Juniata twp.
Liverpool.

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Newport.Center twp.
Juniata twp.

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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY G, 2o8tH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

OS

Names,

Rank,

Date qf Muster
into Service.

i

Residence.

Remarks,

Wm Heinbach 
John I. Kleffman 

Private. It
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Sep. 5, '64.
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Sep, 5, ^4.
Sep.^7/64. If ft
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Sep. 5, '64.
Sep. 10, '64,
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Sep.7,;64.
Sep. 9, '64.
Sep. s,;64.
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Greenwood twp.
Juniata twp.'
Millerstown.Tuscarora twp,
Millerstown. tt
Greenwood twp.
11t(
Tuscarbra twp.
Millerstown.
Greenwood twp.
Newport.Carroll twp.
Buffalo twp.
Greenwood twp.
Oliver twp.
Greenwood twp.
Center twp.
Spring twp.
Newport.
Tuscarora twp.

Mustered out with company, June i, 65.
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Jacob M. Long 
Jas. P. Latchford 

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Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ; discharged by Gen

George F. Nipple 
James C. Nipple 
Martin V. Ormer 
Lewis W. Powell 

eral Order, June 20, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, *65.
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Wm. J, Reigle 

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Jacob R. Rider 
George Sweger. 
Christian Shoop 

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Wm. H. Troup 
John B. Wright 
Sam'l S, Withrow...
John W. Wagner.....
Geo. W. Weise 
David Yohn 

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Killed at Fort Steadman, Va., March 35, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,

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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY I, 208tH REGIMENT, P. V.

Name.

Jas. H. Marshall 
Isaac D. Dunkle 
John D. Neilson 
George K. SchoU 
John J. Monroe 
Edwin D. Owen 
Ahrahaui Kitner 
Frank W. Gibson....
Benjamin Shaffer.....
Rufus Potter.: 
Jacob Seiler 
Henry F. Sweger.....
Sam'l'Albright 
Owen Bruner 
Wm. H. Bruner 
Geo. W. Bruner 
Samuel W. Bair 
Tames Clegg 
John A. Clouser 
Cornelius Clouser 
Daniel Cless 
Andrew J. Clouser...
Simon S. Clouser 
Abraham Carl 
Wm. Duke 

Captain. ist Lieut.
2d Lieut.
ist Sergt.
Sergt. tt
Corp. ,

Date of Muster
into Service.

Sep. 10, '64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 10, *64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 7, '64;

Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.

Sep. 3, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 13, -64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 13, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.

Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.
Aug. 31, '64.

Residence.

Bloomfield.

Liverpool.

Carrol^ twp.
Spring twp.

Buffalo twp.

Center twp.
Buffalo twp.
Wheatfield twp
Center twp.
Penn twp.
Buffalo twp.
Center twp.
Bloomfield.

Center twp.
Saville twp.
Jtmiata twp.

Remarks,

Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, "65; mustered out
with company, June I, '65. . „_„,„„ Ti,i,»
Promoted Sept. 10, '64; mustered out with company, June
,1' 6S. , ,.
Mustered out with company, June i, 65.
11 11 " "
II 11 tt i<
(t i( '* "
Discharged by General Order, May 30, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i , '65. j:.„v,™,j I,™
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, '65 ; discharged by
General Order, May 30, '65.
Mustered out with company, June T, 65. ,. . • v. ,
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, '65 : absent in hos-
pital at muster out. , ,, , ^ . . „_
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, '65 : absent in hos
pital at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June i, 63.
Discharged by General Order, June 7. °S.
Mustered out with company, June i, 65.
Sub. "

Wounded at Petersbuig, Va., April 2, '65 : mustered out with
company, June i, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.

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ONE year's SERVICE, COMPANY I, 2o8th REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Name,

Rank.

Date of Muster
into Service,

r

Residence.

Remarks,

Wm. J. Dehiser 
John T. Derr  .¦

Private .
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IItt
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Sep. 3, '64.
Sep.^^7, '64.
tt It
Sep, 3. '64.
Sep. 5, '6^
Aug. 31, '64.
Sep. 3, '64.
tt It
tf tt
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 3. '64.
Sep. 9, 64.
Sep. 7, 64.
Sep. 3, '64.
tt s tt
Sep. 7, '64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 9, '64.
Sep. 7. 64.
Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.

Juniata twp.
Liverpool.Landisburg,
Bloomfield.Saville twp.
Liverpool twp.
Madison twp.
Liverpool. Buffalo twp.
Buffalo twp,
tt tt
tt tl
tt tl
Liverpool.New Buffalo.
Liverpool.
Buffalo twp.
Carroll twp.
Howe twp,
Liverpool twp.
Center twp.
Buffalo twp.
Bloomfield.

Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
" "f * ft ff
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If 11 11 II
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va ,. March 25,
General Order, July 21 '65. '
Died at Petersburg, Va., Jan. 0 '65.
Mustered out with company, June i. '65.
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25
pital at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June 2, '65,
If tf ^ fl -^ It '
tl tl II ft
It It It It
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Wounded at Petersburg, Va., April 2, '65 ;
eral Order, May 11, '65,
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
If It 11 If
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25
General Order, June 16, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
ft II ft (1
tl II ff ft

George Dressier 
Edward Dressier- 
Elias L. Fetrow 
Abraham Gariing...,.

'65 ; discharged by

John W. Hench 

'65 ; absent in hos-

Daniel Hilbert 

John A. Hiilbish 
Abram E Howe 
Robert ffunter,. 
Wm. Inch 
discharged by Gen-
'65 ; dischai-ged by
George S. Lenhart..,
Samuel Liddick 
'Vm. A. Lackey 
Henry Marshall 
Jacob B. Meek 
Wm. M'Kinzie 
John Rice 
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ONE year's service, COMPANY I, 2o8tH REGIMENT.
CONTINUED.

Names.

Geo. W, Swartz 
Alexander Shortless.
John W. Silks 
John Silks 
Samuel Shotsberger,,
John Shotsberger....
Henry Shotsberger...
Noah Shoop 
Lsaiah Skevington....
Geo. W, Souder 
Emanuel Troutman..

Rank.

Private.

Date of Muster
i7ito Service,

Aug. 31, '64.
tt tt
Sep. 3, '64,
Sep. 7, '64.

Sep. 3, '64.
Sep. 7, '64.

Residence.

Watts t^frp.
Juniata twp.
Buffalo twp.
Greenwood twp.

Watts twp.
Bloomfield.
Spring, twp.
Greenwood twp.

Remarks.

Mustered out With company, June i, '65.
Discharged by General Order May 30. '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65.
t> tl (i (t
Wounded at Fort Steadman, Va., March 25, '65 ; discharged by
General Order, June 14, '65.
Mustered out with company, June i, '65,

Absent — sick at muster out.
Mustered out with company, June i,

'6s.

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The Two Hundred and Eighth Regiment was officered on the I2th of September, iiith Alfred B. M'Calmont Colonel ; M. F
Heintzelman, Lieutenant Colonel, and Alexander Bobb, Major. On the 13th it started for the front, and, immediately upon its arrival,
was assigned to duty.
It was in command of General Hartranft at Hatcher's Run, in February, 1865, and at Fort Steadman, on the 25th of March. The
result at Fort Steadman, chiefly the work of the 208th gained General Hartranft's promotion to Major General. It next attacked the
rebel works in front of Fort Sedgwick, on the 2nd of April.
The Two Hundred and Eighth had moved with its division upon the line of the South Side Railroad, to Nottoway Court House
on the qth of April, when the news of the surrender of Lee was received. *
All the regiinent but the new recruits were mustered out of service on the ist of Jime, 1865.

130 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
ONE HUNDRED DAYs' MEN, COMPANY G, 2D BATTALION.

Names.

Rank.

Residence,

Remarks,

Joel F. Fredericks...

Capt.

Bloomfield.

John Jones 

ist. Sergt.

Juniata. Carroll.

Samuel Briggs 

2d- Sergt.

George S. Lackey-

3ii. Sergt.

Isaac B. Trostle 
4th. Sergt.
James P. Laird 
Israel Bair 
5th.-Sergt.
Bloomfield.
ist. Corp
2d. Corp.
Buffalo.
Jackson.
James E. Woods'.....
Wilson D. Messimer
4th. Corp
Bloomfield.
Carson S. Gotwalt...
5th. Corp.
tt
Chas. B. Heinbach...
Sth. Corp.
Greenwood.
John C. Adams 
David R. Demaree..
Private.
Tyrone.
tf
Newport.
David T. Dumm 
"
Spring.
Henry B. Eby 
tt
Toboyne.
Newport.
Jackson, Spring.
John Frank 
tt
A Blain Grosh 
tt
Anthony Gibbons 
It
D. H. Hollenbaugh..
tt
Madison.
Alexander M. Hench
tt
It
D, M. Hohenshildt...
ft
It
Aaron Hoffman 
tt
It
Geo. Kochenderfer...
tt
Saville.
*John Miller 
11
Silas H. Mickey 
tt
CarroU.
*Andrew Lightner..,
tt
Isaiah D. Musser 
tt
Newport.
Charles A. Murray,.
tt
Bloomfield.
John S. Musser 
'•
Newport.
Samuel Noll 
Spring.
John M. Noll 
It
Benjamin Rice 
If
tt
Wm. W. Sheibley...
"
Aladison,
Wm. F. Sheibley 
tt
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David E. Smith 
*'
Spring.
Philip Shuler 
11
Jackson. Spring.
Alfred Waggoner 
II
HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 131

SECTION III.— EDUCATIONAL.

CHAPTER I.

The earliest educational history of Perry county,
for want of records, can only be obtained from the
narratives that have descended from generation to
generation until the year 1834, when an era dawn
ed 'upon Pennsylvania, such as has never been esti
mated in importance.
The first schools were subscription, kept open
about three months, or " a quarter" of the year.
These schools were few and far between, and
governed absolvtely by the teacher.
Then good scholarship consisted in ciphering to
the double rule of three, a term happily omitted in
modern arithmetic, in being able to write legibly
large and small hand, and ability to read readily in
the Bible and Testament.
These schools were often kept in houses very
poorly suited for the purpose ; slab seats and slab
writing-boards pinned to the logs of the wall, served
as furniture.
The earliest school legislation was an act passed
on the 28th of March, 18 14, vesting the title of a
certain piece of jand in Toboyne township, in the
county of Cumberland, in certain trustees and their
successors, for the use of a school. The Act is

132 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
short, and we give it in full as an instance of the
liberality of the Commonwealth at that time toward
educational enterprises :
Section i . The Land officers to make a title clear.
of purchase money and fees to trustees for schools to
be established in the township of Toboyne for a piece
of land.
Sec 2. A majority of subscribers to supply va
cancies of trustees.
After the Act of 1822, requiring county com-.
missioners to receive from their parents or guar
dians the names of all children between the ages of
five and twelve years, whose parents were unable
to school them — this Act imposed a fine of five dol
lars upon these officers for a neglect of duty —
houses began to be erected in the various settle
ments of the county. Fifty years ago, the only
school-house in Fishing Creek Valley, Rye town
ship, was near the present residence of Mr. Kocher.
This house was covered with clap-boards, the com
mon roofing material of the houses or cabins of the
valley at that time, and had no floor. It was lighted
through single panes of glass fastened side by side
between parts of two logs. So limited a knowledge
was deemed necessary for the school-teacher of
these times, that it is related " a school-master "
wanted to keep school in this house who was una
ble to either write with a pen or give instruction in
arithmetic. It is further related, to the credit of
the patrons, that he was refused the privilege he
asked. The books used in this school were Dillworth's

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 33
spelling-book, the Testament, DaBoU's arithmetics,
and copy-books made of unruled paper.
The oldest school-house in Penn township was a
log building, covered with boards split out of logs.
This house was located near Young's Mill. The first
school kept in it was by Joseph Mclntire, and was
attended by pupils who lived within the present
boundaries of Rye township. Some of these pupils
walked four miles, morning and evening, to avail
themselves of the educational advantages of being
able to read, write and cipher.
The furniture of this house was slab benches,
writing boards of the same material fixed to the
walls, and an old smoky stove. Mr. Mclntire is
represented to have been " severe with the hicko
ry." He heard four lessons from each pupil in
reading per day, " made and mended " their pens,
and "showed " them in ciphering whenever they
came to him for assistance. The custom then was
for the pupil to hear the class read while the teacher
" worked his sum."
The oldest school-house in Duncannon, formerly
Petersburg, was built of logs, and stood on the
ground in front of the one now in use in that
borough. It was burnt in 1814.
The ruins of the only school-house in Buck's
Valley, during its early settlement, may still be seen
near the base of Halffall Hills. It stands on a
truly romantic spot, and was probably one of the
oldest school-houses within the limits of the
county. Who administered school discipline and taught

134 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
the youthful ideas to shoot, at its first session, has
not been certainly preserved.
An old school-house in Pfoutz's Valley not very
far from Hart's mill, served to give educational ad
vantages to pupils of both Pfoutz's and Wildcat
valleys, until Wright's and Grubb's school-houses
were built in 1 836. Millerstown at this time was
a village of Greenwood township.
The oldest school-house at Liverpool was situat
ed on the site of the present Lutheran church, and
was either removed or in ruins in 1828, when the
church was built, for, it is said, that the corner
stone of the church was laid on the spot where the
old school-house had stood. Rev. Heim's journal
contains the following: "On the 17th of Decem
ber, 1814, in the evening, I preached at StoUen-
berger's school-house, from Eph. v. 14."
In this same old school-house, in 18 ID, Rev.
Heim organized the Lutheran congregation, whose
descendants worship in the church which stands so
high above it now. In it, too, the early settlers'
children of Liverpool town and township received
the elements of their education.
Millerstown has a venerable old school building,
which antedates the free-school system. This
house, enlarged to meet the growing educational
wants of the place, still stands on its old site. It
was used for religious meetings until the churches
were built. •
The first school-house in Tuscarora township
was situated in the narrows leading from Donnally's
mills to Buckwheat Valley. It was built of logs

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 35
and known, at that time, as the " Narrow's School."
To this house the Bulls, Blacks, Robinsons and
Henches, of the second generation, came to receive
an education. The next school-house was built on
the property now owned by Joseph Leonard. These
houses served the purpose until they were supple
mented by the seven which are now in use.
Saville township has a sacred school history,
frorrf the fact that she has been the birth-place and
early home of more Christian ministers than any
township in the county.
The old school-houses were situated originally,
one below Ickesburg, near Judge Elliott's farm,
another on the Irvin estate, and a third just below
Sandy Hill, in Madison township. These were all,
in their day, in Tyrone township. These old
houses in Saville have been improved by the third
edition. The last is credited ^ra^ in the county.
Tyrone has built and rebuilt school-houses until
there are but two- of the first houses erected for the
purpose remaining, and these in the last formed
settlements of Shafer's and Kennedy's valleys.
Tyrone is a progressive district, awake to the fact
that the best school economy is well-built and well-
furnished school-houses, and the best qualified
teachers in them, employed at liberal salaries.
In Landisburg, the earliest to move for free
schools by legislative enactment, we would natural
ly, expect to find the best school buildings. Instead,
however, an old stone veteran of many years' ser
vice still serves the free-schools of the place.
Spring township had an old school-house, located

136 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
near St. Peter's church, which was used for religious
worship by the Lutheran congregation, previous to
the erection of the old log church in 18 16.
Carl's (Charles') school-house about one mile
and a-half east of EUiottsburg, was used by a
Lutheran congregation from 1837 to 1840. This
house was situated on a lot of seventeen acres of
land, donated in his will for school purposes, by
Henry Ludolph Spark. Mr. Spark had a school-
house erected on this tract, in which he taught
school for many years. He died, and lies buried
in an old grave-yard near by. After Mr. Spark's
death, a Mr. Carl succeeded him, and administered
school affairs for twenty years, with such success as
to have his name given to the school-house, which
should have been called Spark's.
This donation of seventeen acres of land was ex
pressly stated by Mr. Spark in his will, to be for a
school-house and a school-teacher, but his idea of a
school, with a teacher's home and gardens attached,
has never been carried out in Little Germany (as
this place came to be called).
The school-houses of Madison township were
the ones mentioned in describing those of Saville
and Sandy Hill, and the other at Center. These
are believed to have been the oldest houses built
for the purpose within the present limits of Madi
son township.
The brick building erected at Clark's for a
graded and primary school, is a creditable structure
for the purpose.
The oldest school-house in Toboyne township,

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. I37
as described by one who saw and went to school
in it, was situated about twenty rods from Esquire
Joshua Rowe's dwelling house. It was covered
with clap-boards, had slat benches and writing-
boards, and a wooden chimney. It had two win
dows, which emitted light through greased paper.
The ceiling was made by laying poles across, close
together, and then plastering on the top of them.
The floor was made of split logs, fitted together
by hewing the edges.
This, at that time, was the nearest approach from
the East of a school-house to the Round Top
Mountain. Toboyne township is now pretty well supplied
with school-houses, and manifests considerable in
terest in educational affairs.
New Germantown has a graded school, the only
one in the township.
In Juniata township there is an old school-house
at Markelville, which doubtless served the early
settlers of that neighborhood. Markelville main
tained quite a creditable school, without missing a
session for nearly twelve years after Rev. A. R.
Height's opened its first summer session.
The school was continued during Superintendent
Height's term of office, in a building improvised
for the purpose. Markelville Academy building
was erected by Mr. George Markel. The school
continued in this building after Mr. Markel's de
cease, but it soon became apparent that with his
death the educational project lost its mainspring.
After Rev. Height's term of office expired, he left

138 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
the county, and was succeeded by Rev. Geo. Rea,
Profs. Geo. W. Leisher, C. W. Super, and Mr.
Alexander Stephens.
Juniata township has a proud array of young
men of the present generation, who started as
teachers in her public schools. Of these I cannot
speak in other than general terms here, except of
one, in whom many bright hopes centered, and of
whom much was reasonably expected.
John Jones, jr., was born in Juniata township, near
Milford, of highly respected parentage. He received
a common-school preparation for the business of
teaching, which he began in his seventeenth year,
and continued during the annual four-months' term,
until the winter of 1861 and '62.
In the spring of i860, the writer of this sketch
first became acquainted with young Jones; at
Bloomfield Academy. Entering as farmer boys and
strangers at the same time, we were soon fas't friends.
John was soon the acknowledged champion of the
school ; possessed of great muscular agility and
power, he was always on the winner's side in the
athletic games. His mind was as vigorous as his
body, and proportionably powerful. He had a
retentive memory, but his crowning intellectual
development was his reasoning faculty. He con
tinued his studies at Bloomfield Academy during
the summer sessions of i860 and 1861. He en
tered Iron City Commercial College in the fall of
1861 ; graduated and returned home, where he
remained during the remainder of the winter. In the
spring of 1862, he entered the. law office of Hon.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 39
B. F. Junkin, where he pursued the study of law
until August, when he entered the Army of' the Po
tomac, and served nine months in company G, 133d
Pennsylvania regiment. In 1864, he served six
months in Captain Frederick's company as sergeant,
and, upon a recruiting officer of the Ninth Pennsyl
vania Regiment appearing in their midst and ask
ing such as were willing to re-enlist to step out of
the ranks, sixteen men said, " If our sergeant goes
we will go ! " whereupon Jones, under that religious
conviction of duty which he never disobeyed,
stepped out, and became a soldier of his country for
three years longer. For a young man he possess
ed large and varied attainments, and his poems,
" The Old Chestnut Tree," and " Our Country,"
show sufficiently his original merit. They were
written in less than six months from the time he
rhymed his first stanza.
A single stanza, the first from " Our Country,"
will give the reader an opportunity to judge of his
versification :
" When maddened frenzy leads the van
And reason holds no sway.
It makes a demon out of man.
And darkness out of day."
John Jones was killed at Solemn Grove, North
Carolina, March 10, 1865. He has left a record for
patriotism characteristic of the man. He, the
young, the talented, the noble, the brave, died that
his country might live. Cherished be his memory !
One of Juniata township's old school-houses is in
ruins on a place owned by Mr. Myers ; another was
near Milford, and a third is probably still standing,

I40 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
and, from the shape of its walls, is known as eight
square. Oliver township had three school-houses, some
years ago, that were probably the first within her
borders. Earlier educational advantages were af
forded at the Myers and Milford schools in Juniata,
to which this township originally belonged.
Some of the present school-houses in Center
township were the original ones in the neighbor
hoods where fhey are found.
We have no authentic account of the first
school-houses, other than that they were very few
and far between.
Sutch's school-house, in Carroll township, was
located on the south-east bank of Sherman's
creek. The spot on which this house stood was
consecrated anew by the erection of Mount Pisgah
Evangelical Lutheran church on it. This school-
house was erected some time between 1775 and
1780. It was the first school-house in Pisgah Val
ley, and, like Reiber's, built twenty or twenty-five
years later, intended to serve the double purpose
of church and school-house.
Of the other school-houses we have no other
data than the fact that several of those now in use
bear the impress of antiquity.
Wheatfield township has built new school-
houses, which are all removed from the sites of the
old ones. The old foundation of one might have
been seen but a few years ago near Esquire Pot
ter's ; Center was another, and Fio used as a
preaching place by the Lutheran congregation, who

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. I4I
have since built " St. David's church," until 1845.
Religious meetings are held in the school-houses
of nearly all the townships in the county.
In many localities, for want of churches, this
cannot be avoided ; but wherever it can they should
not be used for this purpose during the time that
the schools are in session.
A remarkable instance of wise legislation in re
sponse to the petitions of the people, is seen in the
act passed in 183 1, which provided for the appoint
ment of trustees of the public school^house in the
town of Landisburg, Perry county, and gave them
power to examine teachers for said school, to visit
the same once a month, and to dismiss the teacher
for misconduct, want of capacity, and negligence.
- — Sypher's Pennsylvania History.
From the county auditors' report for 1 831, we
learn that ^171.17)^ cents were expended by the
county in instructing poor children. This amount,
compared with ,^35,397-69, the amount levied and
collected by taxation to support her schools in 1 870,
sufficiently indicates the progress that has been
made in the thirty-nine intervening years, and with
all this we seem to have progressed but slowly.
Under the pauper system, as it was appropri
ately called, there was a distinction, making an en
vious comparison between the rich and poor ; so
marked was this difference that it was the basis for
two classes. The poor could hardly ever hope to
rise from the stigma that was placed upon them
by the aid intended to be a blessing.
After the Act of 1834, arrangements were made

142 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
for building school-houses in every settled portion
of the county ; school-directors were elected who
supervised the building of these houses, and select
ed teachers after an examination by the most com
petent of their own number, or some other person
chosen by a majority of them.
Educational meetings previous to the adoption
of the county superintendency in 1854, consisted in
old-fashioned spelling and singing-schools. These
had a healthy social influence on society, beside,
in the former, much pride in spelling was created.
As an instance of one of these school meetings,
we have a notice in the Forester, signed by Wm.
B. Mitchell, Jesse Miller and Jacob Fritz, school
men. This meeting was advertised to be held May
7, 1825, and was no doubt intended to carry out
the provisions of the Act of 1825, which had been
previously printed in the columns of the same
paper.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTT. 1 43

CHAPTER II.

THE SUPERINTENDENCY.
Rev. Adam R. Height, of Mechanicsburg, Cum
berland county, accepted the call of the Lutheran
charge of New Bloomfield and vicinity, and com
menced his pastoral duties on the ist of March,
1 854. He continued to exercise the privilege of his
calling until the meeting of synod at Shrewsbury,
York county. Pa- In the following September, he
was superseded by Rev. David H. Focht.
' Rev. Height came to Perry in season to receive
the lead of educational affairs in the county under
the Act creating the county superintendency. The
first triennial school convention met in the court
house. New Bloomfield, on the 5th of June, 1854.
The officers elected were Joseph Baily, President,
and James L. Diven, Secretary.
A motion was made to fix the salary at ;^6oo,
which was voted down, and the salary finally fixed
at ^^300 per annum.
NOMINATIONS.
Rev. A. R. Height, Bloomfield,
William Brown, Penn township,
Rudolphus Heim, Landisburg,
Albert A. Owen, "
Henry Titzel, Juniata township,
H. G. Milans, Bloomfield,
Solomon Bingham,
Daniel Brink, Liverpool,

BALLOTS.

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2d. 3d,

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47 51

33

43 49

6

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16

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4

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w.

w.

w.

144 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Rev. Height, elected by a majority of two votes,
was commissioned soon after in the same month,
and entered upon the actual duties of the office,
the examination of teachers, in September.
Rev. Height's administration of school affairs
shows him to have been zealous of their improve
ment, prompt and efficient in the discharge of his
official duty. He used the press more extensively
than any of his successors in office, and through it
by making reports of visits and by giving sugges
tions, accomplished more than he received credit
for doing, for in the succeeding convention he was
defeated. At the second triennial convention, which met
in May, 1857, Rev. Theodore P. Bucher, a graduate
of Pennsylvania College, was elected to succeed
Superintendent Height. Rev. Bucher was a native
of Cumberland county ; he came to Perry county
while a boy to serve as a clerk in Thatcher's store,
at Newport. His studious and exemplary habits
attracted the attention of the church of which he
was a member, whose aid was thus invoked toward
his collegiate education. Rev. Bucher had but re
cently completed his theological studies, when he
was elected to fill the position of county superin
tendent. During Superintendent Bucher's administration
of school affairs, he was engaged in teaching dur
ing the summer in Mt. Dempsy Academy, Landis
burg. The plan of visiting and examining teachers
pursued by his predecessor was followed in the
main.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 45
A teachers' institute, at which were present
Profs. Fordyce A. Allen and B. F. Taylor, of
Chester county, was held during the holiday week
of 1858, in the court-house, Bloomfield. This
meeting was attended by many teachers from the
various sections of the county, and was the first
educational meeting attended by the writer, then
a mere boy attending public school.
Superintendent Bucher resigned during the sum
mer of 1859, and was succeeded by the appoint
ment of Prof Lewis Barnett Kerr, a native of
Tuscarora township, whose commission dated
from September i-, 1859. Mr. Kerr filled the
unexpired term with such acceptance as to be
elected at the third triennial convention, which met
in May of 1 860.
The educational work had progressed with such
success up to this time, that there was a corps of
teachers, in 1 860, equal to the best that had ever
been engaged in the schools of the county.
During the winter of i860, three teachers' insti
tutes were held, one at Landisburg, one at Peters
burg, and another at Liverpool. These were all well
attended. At the institute held at Landisburg,
Prof J. P. Wickersham,of the State Normal School,
at Lancaster, was present, and gave instruction by
drills and lectures.
In 'the superintendent's annual report for i860,
ten district institutes are mentioned as having been
in operation, of which special prominence is given
to the ones held in Liverpool, Madison and Penn.
The school interest of the second and last
r

146 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
years of Superintendent Kerr's administration
became subsidiary to the all absorbing subject of
war, which called from the school-room, workshop,
and farm, the bravest and best. To supply the
schools with teachers', inexperienced boys and
young women were called into the ranks during
the continuance of the war.
The fourth triennial convention met in Bloom
field, May 4th, 1863. An organization was effect
ed by electing Major Kirk Haines, President, and
Chas. A. Barnett and Wm. J. Stewart, Esqs.,
Secretaries. There were present 82 of the 156 directors, rep
resenting the school districts of the county. Rye,
Buffalo, Jackson and Toboyne townships were
not represented. The convention proceeded to fill
the office of county superintendent.
NOMINATIONS.
Jacob Gantt, MiHerstown,
Wm. R. Cisna, Madison,
L. B. Kerr, Tuscarora,
L. O. Foose, Juniata,
S. H. Galbraith, Bloomfield,
Motions to fix the salary; Henry Hopple
moved the salary be ^300; John Gray ^300; C. S.
Smith, ;^200, and John Wright ;^SOo. The vote
was taken on each, until it was finally fixed at
$S00. This was ,^100 lower than had been paid to
the previous superintendent.
During Superintendent Gantt's term, the special
Act appropriating money from the county treasury
to defray the expenses of one annual county teach
ers' institut*" was extended to Perry.

BALLOTS.

I St 2d 3d

4th

Sth

25 27 29

38

48

28 32 34

37

34

16 19 19

7

10 2 W.

3 2 W.
HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. I47
The salary was raised from ;^300 to ISOO, by a
convention assembled for that purpose. Superin
tendent Gantt held county institutes at Bloomfield,
Millerstown and Newport. District institutes were
held in most of the townships in the county.
The fifth school convention met May, 1866,
and elected, over Jacob Gantt and George W.
Leisher, on the third ballot, Silas Wright, a native
of Greenwood township. Mr. Wright was the first
and then the only graduate of a State normal
school, and not yet twenty-five years of age. His
administration of school affairs was fearlessly ag
gressive, and brought out the croakers more than
once through the columns of the county press.
The county teachers' institute held at Bloom
field during the holiday weeks of December, 1866,
and 1 867, and the one at Newport, during the same
time for 1868, signalized a new era in the educa
tional history of these associations. The best in
structors were commanded from abroad, while, at
the same time, home talent was allowed to evince
itself Juniata Valley Normal School was first opened,
for a summer session, at Newport, in April, 1 867
it was opened in Millerstown in 1 868, where it has
been continued ever since. This school was be
gun and is still continued under the principalship
of Silas Wright.
The sixth annual convention, May, 1869, was
attended by seventy-six of the one hundred and
sixty-eight school directors of the county. Four
candidates were presented at this convention :

148 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Lewis B. Kerr being elected over Silas Wright on
the eleventh ballot, by eight votes. Educational pro
gress during this administration of the school su
perintendency, is shown in better school-houses
and in higher salaries to teachers ; but it is feared
the average efficiency of the teachers hardly ex
hibits a proportional increase.
The seventh triennial convention, which met in
Bloomfield on the 7th of May, 1872, was repre
sented by 98 school directors, being from 25 dis
tricts. Howe, Watts and New 'Buffalo were un
represented. The salary was voted ^700 per an
num. Gardner C. Palm, of Loysville, George C.
Welker, of Liverpool, and Silas Wright, of Millers
town, were put in nomination. George; C. Welker
was elected over G. C. Palm, on the third ballot, by
a majority of 8.
Jesse Miller was born in Millerstown, Perry
county, Pa., in 1800. He became successively
High Sheriff, State legislator, member of Congress,
member of State Board of Canal Commissioners^
Auditor of the Treasury Department, at Washing
ton, and finally Secretary of the Commonwealth
and Superintendent of Common Schools during the
administration of Governor Shunk.
Mr. Miller is believed to have first directly sug
gested to the Legislature of Penn'a, the plan of each
county having its own superintendent of the public
schools. This was enacted into a law and approved
by the Governor, March 6th, 1854. Hon. Jesse
Miller died Aug. 20th, 1850, in the 5 1st year of his
age. He was a self-made man, in the educational

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 49
acceptation of the term, having had none other than
common-school advantages for an education. He
was a man of indomitable will, and supplied the
lack of all else by superior energy and industry.
The greatest hindrances to the cause of free edu
cation in Perry county, are short annual terms, an
average of 4.3 months in 1871 ; low salaries, ^50
per month being the highest for the same .year, and,
as a result, inexperienced teachers. Many districts
exhibit a commendable interest in the work that
have not yet made any considerable advance. The
graded school is slowly but surely working its way
into the favor of the people, and we look confident
ly forward to the time when every district will have
its own high school, presided over by a principal
who shall be the superintendent of that district by
virtue of his office.
The general intelligence of Perry county is equal
to that of any of the adjoining counties ; yet we
recognize the fact that much remains to be done.
We have built school-house?, in many instances,
on grounds unsuitable, more to literally fulfill the
requirements of the law, than to well subserve the
purposes intended ; but better sentiments begin to
pervade the public mind as the necessity for an
education becomes greater. Outline maps and
magnetic globes are found in the majority of the
schools, and there is not one district, in the whole
county, in which the school-houses are not sup
plied with blackboards of some kind.

IS© HISTORY OF PERRY LOUXl Y.
EDUCATIONAL  TABULAR STATEMENT.

Year.
Monthly Salary of
2i
pk 0
pCD
1
Highest
Paid
per
inanyDis
p 0?id
t 0 e
Teachers.
0
1-
f
Mates Fern.
Cts.
1835
Si6.oo
$
I
3
0
$16 00
XII
14H
1836
17835^
13 75
2
65
12
34 00
3262
42
1837
19 44
13 75
2-33
73
5
3471
39
1B38
1839
1840
17 15
9 =5
3.7
55
4
22 00
2563
1841
18 S3
9 00
3.6
96
7
25 00
4448
41
1842
17 31
7 06
3.6
lit
9
5602
435^
1843
17 56
980
4.66
53
4
4439
455^
1844
17 40
716
2
67
6
3451
3+ ,
1845
16 60
67s
4
100
6
5018
33K
J 846
15 93
8 90
4.03
98
7
5213
31
1847
16 27
8 00
3-14
120
10
5672
38
1848
16 60
9 00
3-15
122
8
6161
40
1849
15 51
9 87
3-18
120
12
5526
*?
1850
18 20
9 4°
4.15
"5
14
20 00
6701
36
1851
17 16
II 00
4.10
127
15
6573
40
1851
17 41
10 87
4
134
18
6400
36
1853
18 50
II 40
4
"3
8
S984
47
1854
18 50
11 40
4
108
8
5984
*' ,
J855
22 75
18 72
4-5
133
II
30 00
6666
435i
1856
22 01
15 55
4
140
21
30 00
6414
47
1857
23 16
16 00
4.8
142
10
s8 50
6738
48
1858
24 33
16 84
4.56
,48-
28
33 75
6967
SO
1859
23 04
16 17
4.68
151
17
31 33
6828
55
i860
22 92
19 38
4.61
'55 „
7
31 33
7027
55
1861
22 13
16 79
4.61
161K
8
30 00
7132
55
1862
21 55
16 II
4.1
162
13
27 75
7097
53
1863
21 63
16 78
4.15
166
33
33 00
7338
56
1864
22 80
18 03
4.19
164
20
35 00
7544
t
1865
30 45
23 55
4
164
39
37 50
7305
69
1866
30 33
24 53
4.07
165
25
38 16
8453
74
1867
32 18
z6 47
4.36
169
31
46 25
7853
78
1868
33 31
28 27
423
166
30
55 10
7222
88
1869
34 °7
29 84
4.16
165
3°
45 00
7274
94
J870
33 93
29 89
4-17
166
32
50 00
7207
94
1871
33 67
30 00
4.29
169
32
50 00
7=54
96
187Z
4-4
171
34
60 00
In 1834 there were twelve districts reported in the county, six accepting and
three non-accepting.
In 1836 Perry county was third in order of favor toward the free school
system. -,
In 1837 Greenwood and Millerstown bad an average school term of five
months.
HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

ISI

THE STATE APPROPRIATION DUE TO THE DIFFER
ENT DISTRICTS OF PERRY COUNTY.

Districts.

Bloomlield 
Buffalo 
Center 
Carroll 
Greenwood 
Juniata 
Landisburg. 
Liverpool twp  ,
Liverpool bor 
New Germantown,
Oliver 1,
Newport/ 
Rye 
Saville 
Wheatfield 
Zimmerman's 1
Madison / '"'

1835! 1836 1837 1838 I 1839 Total,

P
PP P
P
PP
P P
Non. ac.

PP

P
P P
PPPPPP
*73-30 P
P P

PP P
P PP
P
JI275.99 P
$561.04 P P
P

( 55.03
108.76
123.65 127.54
117.18164.44282.92 78.9852.24
160.56 "3-94 83-51
147.61152.14

I $1904.45 $2814.78

$ 55-03
108.76 123.55 127.54117.13164.44282.92 354-97 52.24
794.90 113.94 83-51
147.61
IS2.14

* F means forfeited, -f P means paid.

152 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

SECTION IV.— PHYSICAL.

CHAPTER I.

THE GEOLOGY.
Perry county lies wholly within the central for
mation of the State, and hence from the fact that
no coal, except an outcrop of less than six inches
in thickness in the end of Berry's Mountain, has
yet been discovered, it is fair to infer, that it is of
a lower and older formation,, most probably the
next or Silurian, than the Carboniferous.
Perry county is bounded on the south by the
Kittatinny Mountain — the Tuscarora forms the
north-western boundary, joining the Kittatinny by
spurs. The Susquehanna river completes the boun
dary on the east. Thus it will be seen, that these
three prominent and well-defined boundaries en
close the county, in a shape which requires but
little imagination to convert into a triangle.
The geological character of this county must be
studied in connection with the rock formations east
of the Susquehanna river.
Beginning at the base of the Kittatinny Moun
tain at Marysville, we have an inferior series com
posed chiefly of olive colored slate, streaked with
strata of gray sandstone. This formation ranges
westward ; widening east of Landisburg, it sweeps
around on the north of the red shale and sandstone
of Sherman's creek ; it returns through south-west-

A Map of Perry County in 1873.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 153
ern Saville, thence along Buffalo creek, across the
Juniata, extending through Howe and Buffalo
townships, reaches the Susquehanna above Halifax.
Here it unites with the corresponding formation of
the northern basin which extends nearly due west
ward on the north of Bloomfield, to a point on the
head of Sherman's creek, near the village of Blain,
whence its northern division passes north-eastward
through northern Madison, Sandy Hill, Saville,
thence south-east through Buckwheat and Sugar
Run valleys, crosses the Juniata below Millerstown,
reaches the Susquehanna through Greenwood and
Liverpool townships, above Liverpool. The outer
limits of this series are marked by ranges of hills
or ridges containing the coarse fossiliferous sand
stone, below which, in geologic position is the ac
companying limestone.
The red shale which underlies the conglomerate
floor of the coal fields extends across the Susque
hanna above Dauphin, forming a cove in Penn
township, formerly known as Allen's Cove. The
red shale of Lykens Valley extends across the
river, and is enclosed by Buffalo and Berry's moun
tains in a triangular-shaped valley, known as Hun
ter's Valley.
The same formation continued on both sides of
Buffalo Mountain crosses the river, and is extended
between the slate and limestone in the western part
of the county. The sandstone which is next in
order below the red shale, encloses it in Cove
Mountain, which is the union of Peter's and Second
Mountain, The same sandstone formation is found

154 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
on the north side of Buffalo, which is an extension
of Mohontongo Mountain joining with Berry's
Mountain. These formations, the fossiliferous sandstone with
the underlying limestone, extend on the north of
the Kittatinny as far as Wagner's Gap, where they
pass northward near Landisburg, and then north
eastward by Bloomfield, across the Juniata, on the
east of the river ; they then extend south-eastward
for a short distance, until they crop to the surface
in Howe township, just below John Patterson's,
along the river, where lime-kilns have been in op
eration for a number of years. The northern divi
sion of the limestone formation passes westward
nearly to Germantown, and then folds back to the
north-east, along the base of the Conecocheage and
Tuscarora mountains, crosses the Juniata near
Millerstown, and extends through Pfoutz's Valley
to the Susquehanna.
There are red and variegated shales lying between
the limestone and the sandstone, of both the Kitta
tinny and Tuscarora ranges of these series in
Perry county.
The following is Mr. Trego's estimate of the
quantity of the different kinds of soil :
Limestone,  18,460 Acres.
Slate,  104,780 "
Gravel,  74,7io "
Sand,  ^  5,040 "
Mountain and Stony,  68,240 "
Iron Ore,   40 "
Total,  271,270 "

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 155
This calculation is probably based upon an area
less than that found by G. M. Hopkins, the civil
engineer, who made the surveys and measurements
for the excellent and accurate county map of Perry,
Juniata and Mifflin, published in 1863, by Smith,
Gallup and Hewitt.
Perry county is 47 miles long and 14^/^ miles of
an average width. Its area is 550 square miles,
leaving 80,730 acres not assigned to any kind of
soil in Mr. Tergo's calculation.
Hematite and Fossil iron ores are now exten
sively mined in Michael's ridge. Greenwood town
ship, Tuscarora Mountains, Tuscarora township.
Limestone ridge in Oliver and Miller townships,
and Halffall Hills in Buffalo and Watts townships.
These are all newly opened mines, and give prom
ise of contributing largely for many years to the
chief mineral wealth of the county. The hematite
or specular ore found in these mines has a red,
earthy appearance. It is as hard as feldspar — yield
ing usually about 70 per cent, of iron. It is not at
tracted by the magnet, and hence has no influence
upon the magnetic needle, unless heated by artifi
cial means.
Hematite iron ore is generally accompanied by
rocks of the metamorphic formation. -Limonite,
or fossil iron ore, as it is locally known among our
miners, is a hydrous sesquioxyd, containing 85.6 of
the ore to 14.4 parts of water. It occurs along with
alumina, magnesia, or lime, in many varieties. It
varies in color from a black or brown to yellowish-
brown, and earthy. The color of the powder dis-

IS 6 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
tinguishes this species, as well as the ' magnetic,
from hematite.
The only mineral or mineral products of the coun
ty are iron ore, already described, and limestone,
though at various times flattering prospects have
been entertained of both coal and petroleum.
The Perry Forester for May, 1827, contains the
following: "A very extensive bed of stone coal
has been discovered near the mouth of Sherman's
creek, in this county, on land belonging to Stephen
Duncan, Esq., of Philadelphia. This discovery is
another proof that what our county lacks in quan
tity of fertile land, nature has supplied in the inex
haustible wealth contained within the bowels of
our mountains."
In October, 1865, two oil companies were or
ganized in Perry county. The one known as Col
ler Oil Company held a lease-hold in Saville town
ship, on the head-waters of Buffalo creek, consisting
of one hundred and thirty acres, the lease running
for ninety years upon a foyalty of one-tenth, to be
rendered in vessels furnished by the lessor. It is
hardly necessary to tell any of the present genera
tion that this enterprise failed, notwithstanding it
was encouraged by public-spirited men, who
believed that there were unmistakable surface indica
tions of a rich basin of petroleum.
This company was organized with a capital stock
of ;^ 1 00,000, divided into 20,000 shares. The par
value of each share was ;^5, and the subscription
price one dollar. The working capital was ,^10,000.
About two weeks earlier was started the pioneer

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 157
oil company, known as Snyder Spring Oil Compa
ny. It was organized with a capital of ,^5o,OJO,
making $i both the par value and the subscription
price per share.
This company held two leases, each for twenty-
one years, one from William Snyder for seventy
acres, and the other from Godfrey Burket.'both liv
ing in Saville township, about eight miles from
Bloomfield. This company seems to have been
organ ''.ed to settle the question then so violently
agitating the popular mind " oil or no oil," and
found as their answer 7to oil.
During the summer of 1871, a number of persons
living in Spring and Tyrone townships, contributed
to a corporation similarly organized to the oil com
panies for the purpose of testing the indications of
coal within their limits. The operations were car
ried on by boring and it was reported through the
columns of the county papers that Mr. George
Sheibley, who superintended the work on the farm
of Mr. Freeman, north of Loysville, passed through
a 13-inch vein of coal.
The indications in Spring township, near Oak
Grove, have attracted public attention for a number
of years, and seem to us the strongest west of
the Juniata.
The limestone found in Perry county is mostly
of the Massive variety, and contains about 56 parts
of quick lime to 44 of carbonic apid, when burnt.
Dana says : " Most limestone has been formed
from shells and corals ground up by the action of
the sea and afl;erward consolidated."

158 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
The first lime burnt in Toboyne township, was
near 'Mountain run by Henry Mumper, for a stone
wall, and the last of it was hauled out about four
teen years ago for fertilizing farm-land.
As early as 1830, lime was used as a fertilizer in
Raccoon and Pfoutz's valleys. Then the stone
was hauled and burnt, in kilns with wood on the
land-owner's farm. This was done doubtless to use
the wood which was then superabundant and al
most without a market. Now the scarcity of wood
and the use of anthracite coal has inaugurated a
new system, which is to burn the lime in stacks or
kilns near the quarry, and then haul it. A few of
these old lime-kilns in ruins in valleys where there
is no limestone may still be seen.
As places of wild and scientific grandeur to the
tourist, student and scientist, we recommend Lime
stone Ridge, between Newport and Bloomfield ;
Forge Hill, on the Pfoutz's Valley side; Coneco-
cheague Mountains, along the main road to Horse
Valley, north of New Germantown, and the "Path"
from Horse Valley to Fairview tannery ; the paths
from Little Illinois to Sheaffer's Valley, and that
from Sheaffer's to Kennedy's Valley ; the gaps
through which roads pass from Cumberland to
Perry county, and the arrangement of the hills at
and surrounding Duncannon. At the last men
tioned place, three distinct landscapes with far-
reaching perspectives, may be viewed and enjoyed.
Here there seems to be the strongest indications
of a glacial epoch in its formation. When the
mighty glacier cut out among the mountains a

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 59
course for the broad Susquehanna, piling its late
ral moraines into our Tuscarora, Conecocheague
and Kittatinny mountains, thep we imagine the
supposed lake that covered the chaotic location of
Duncannon to have had its existence. There are
many indications pointing to the glacial epoch of
the Susquehanna, but exactly in calendar years
when it existed, how fast the glacier advanced in
opening this greatest river channel to the ocean,
we. leave to be determined in the great future by
the careful, and persistent study of scientific men,
whose time can be given exclusively to this work,
'assured that their interpretation of geological facts,
if true, will be the truth.

l6o HISTORY OF PERKY COUNTY.

CHAPTER II.

THE FLORA.
Our earliest spring flower is the Liver Leaf
{Hepatica triloba), a plant found along the border
of hilly woods. It is readily distinguished by its
blue flower being surrounded by three small leaves,
which are three-lobed and quite woolly on ths
under side when young, and purplish when old.
Much more abundant on the hill-sides and near
it will be found the Rue Anemone [Thalictrum
anemonides,) distinguished by its tuberous roots,
its delicate foliage, and pure white or purplish star
like flowers. It is distinguished from the Wood
Anemone {Anemene nemorosa,) which is found
growing in damp places, by having a single flower
on the stem.
Two species of Buttercups will next attract
attention in the meadows. This genus may read
ily be distinguished by the minute scale or leaf at
its base. The Creeping Crowfoot {Rununculus
perens) may be distinguished from the Early Crow
foot {Runuculus fascicularis) in the narrower divi
sions of its leaves and its longer prostrate stems.
The Rose family {Rosacce) derives its importance
from the many valuable trees, shrubs and plants
embraced in its genus. The apple, pear, quince.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. l6l
peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, prune, gage and
cherry are the exotics adopted into the flora of
Perry county.
The flowering shrubs of this family are the Rose,
queen of flowers, which, with its many varieties,
may be found in our gardens or hibernating in the
sunlight of our south side windows.
The Sweet Brier [Rosa rublginosd), with its nu
merous prickles and sweet smell, seen along unfre
quented byways, or roadsides, is a straggler from
Europe. Another very pretty plant of the rose family is
the Indian Physic (Gillenia trifoliatd), is commonly
found growing in thickets and borders of woods.
It grows about eighteen inches high, has a reclin
ing stem, with leaflets in threes. The narrow pink
ish-white petals, or flower leaves, are about one inch
long. The Agrimona of the Eupatoria tribe, has small
yellow flowers, in a long spike, and leaves composed
of five or seven leaflets, with smaller ones between.
The Avens genalum, which has three-lobed stem
leaves and small white flowers, may be better dis
tinguished by the round green head of fruit which
has attached to its seed vessels the bristle jointed
styles, the upper joints of which fall off, leaving the
under piece, which is hooked, ready to cling to the
fleeces of animals, and thus scatter the seed.
¦ The former two of the three last mentioned species
are esteemed for their medicinal properties. All are
frequently found growing in shaded meadows
where the grass is thin.

1 62 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
The common Cinque-foil {Potentilla canadensis)
or five-finger, is found in neglected fields and on
hill-sides in abundance. A kindred species, but a
coarser plant, with but three leaflets, is often found
in gardens and in fields. These two species are
the only ones of the genus yet discovered.
The Wild Strawberry {Fragaria virginiand) is
the only member of the family rosaceae, which is a
native of both Europe and America. It is found
growing in neglected fields, and produces a small
and sweeter variety of fruit than the cultivated kinds.
Strawberry culture is claiming more general atten
tion than formerly, induced, no doubt, by the
greater demand for this kind of fruit.
Along fence rows, in the greatest profusion, may
be seen the High Blackberry [Rubus vilosus) with
its stout, nearly erect stem, and the Dewberry [R.
canadensis) an extensively trailing plant, with ear
lier, larger and better fruit.
There are two species of Raspberry, the high
{Rubus occidentalis), which is a companion of the
high blackberry, and the purple flowering, which
is found on our hills and upland slopes. This last
variety is readily distinguished by its purple flowers
and undivided leaves.
To the division of the Rose family, distinguished
for the apple and pear, belong two species of thorn-
bush. Each has numerous leaflets and pointed
branches or spines. The Scarlet Fruited Thorn
{Cratcegus coccince), a low tree with smooth leaves
and a smooth stem, and scarlet fruit. The black or
Pear Thorn {Crcetagiis toinenfosa), a higher tree.

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whose young leaves and branches are downy, and
whose fruit is dull and yellowish, with whitish spots,
is found in thickets and copses. The height of the
Thorn-bush is rarely more than fifteen feet.
The June Berry [Amelanchier canadensis) is a
small tree, the trunk of which resembles the maple,
easily recognized in early spring by its numerous
showy white flowers, and by the middle of June by
its small red ripe berries. The fruit of the June
Berry is delicate to the taste when raw, but when
ever cooked it becomes bitter and unfit for use.
The Wild Cherry [Prunus scrotina) grows to be
a fine large tree, valuable both for its wood and
bark ; also, for its small black cherries, which are
crowded along a racemed stem. This tree is valued
for its medicinal properties.
The Wild Plum (Prunus americdnus) is a native,
and found along creek banks.
Of the Lilacese family, there are Garden Aspara
gus {Asparagus officinalis). Field Garlic, {Allium
veneale), the Wild Yellow Lily [Lilium canadensis)
which may be seen in our meadows. Of the Sedge
family, the Bullrush {Scirpul lacustus) is common
along our smaller streams, while along the creeks
and rivers, down at the water's .edge may be found
the River Club Rush {S. fluviatilis).
The Heath family is represented in ourwoods by
the Huckleberry {Grylussacid) of several varieties.
The Box-leaved Huckleberry {G. brachysera) is
found on the Mahonoy hills, near New Bloomfield.
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164 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
ners of cleared fields, and in the. edges of woods,
where the ground is not too dry.
The Ground Laurel {Epiged), Creeping Winter-
green [Gaultheria procumbens), with the several va
rieties of Laurel, the Mountain Laurel {Kalmialati-
folia), and the Sheep Laurel {K. angustrifolia), are
the most common perennials belonging to our woods.
The Black-snake Root [Cimcifugd) belongs to the
" butter-cup" family. It grows in moist ground,
and is valued for medicinal purposes.
Of Columbines, the crimson and yellow [Aguile-
gia canadensis) growing among rocks in craggy
places, is one of the prettiest of our early spring
flowers. The Barberry family is represented in the May
Apple [Podophyllum petatum), or Mandrake, in the
Yellow Pond Lily or Spatter-dock [Nupharadvend)
and in the Twin-leaf [yeffersonia diphyllct), which is
sometimes called the Rheumatism Root. Of the
Composite family, we have the dandelion, thistle,
aster, golden rod, or sun-flower; being so com
mon, we omit their scientific names.
The Arum family is represented in the Indian
Turnip [Ariscena triphyllum). It is intensely acrid,
as who has not tested ? The swamp, or Chicago
Cabbage [Symplocarpus fcBtidus), belongs to the same
family, and is found along creeks, or in marshy
meadows. It has a medical reputation for some
diseases. The St. John's Wort family is represented in the
common variety [Hypericujn perforatmn), which, is
commonly found in pasture fields, and the Daisy

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[Bellis perennis),. which is indulged by too many
farmers. The Virginia Snake-root [Aristolochia serpenta-
ria), is found growing in our woods. It is found
on Forge Hill, and is one of the two representa
tives of the Birthwort family. The other is the
Wild Ginger [Asarum canadensis).
The common Poke or Shoke [Shytolacca decon-
dra) grows in moist grounds. In early spring it
is sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus.
There are also represented of Mints all the com
mon varieties, the Tansies and of the Lobelia family,
the Indian Tobacco [Lobelia inflata).
" A very common shrub along fence rows, is the
Elder [Sambucus canadensis), distinguished by its
large flat-topped bunches of small white flowers."
The red-berried Elder [Sambucus pubens), with long
bunches of flowers and red berries, is rarely found
except on the hill slopes.
Growing on banks often near a stream are found
the Arrow-wood [Vilburnum dentatuni) and the
Dock Mackie ( V. acerifolium); the former has a sin
gle-toothed leaf to a leaf stem, while the leaf of the
latter is three-lobed similar to that of the maple.
The Button-bush [Cephalanthus occidentalis), a
shrub common in low meadows, may be readily re
cognized by its white flowers being collected in a
perfect ball of about an inch in diameter.
We have of the Mallows family, the Crisp M.
[Malva crispa), and the Wood Mallows [M. sylves-
tris). Of Sorrels, there are Wood Sorrel [Oxalis
ace), and Violet Wood Sorrel [Oxalis violacce).

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The Smooth Sumac, so common, on our hill-sides
as to form quite an article of commerce a few years
ago, is technically known as Rhus glabra. Its
leaves and branches are smooth, which sufficiently
distinguish it from the far less common Dwarf Su
mac [Rhus copollind), which has downy branches
and winged leaf stalks. Here, too, we place the
Poison Joy [Rhus toxicodendron), a shrub or vine
with but three irregular leaflets on a leafstalk too
common along our fences, for it is so poisonous that
even the effluvium is deleterious to some individu
als. The Fragfant Sumac [Rhus aromaticd), flowers
in April, and is so different from the others as not
to be readily recognized.
The Red-root or New Jersey Tea [Ceanothus
americanus) is a small bushy shrub about two feet
high, whose leaves were used for tea by our^ances-
tors of Revolutionary memory. Its flowers are
white, with white stems in thick oblong clusters at
the end of the branches.
Of the Laurel family already spoken of, there re
main yet the Red 'Q^.y [Qersea carolinensis) which
is hoary when young, with a fine down. It bears a
few dark-blue berries on a a red stalk. The Sassa
fras [Laurus sassafras) grows in rich wood soil. It
is common, and much prized for its bark and wood.
The roots are much sought in the spring of the
year for tea. The Spice-bush [Benzoin odoriferum)
is found in damp woods. Its scientific name was
given it from the supposed resemblance of its aroma
to benzine.
The Vine family is represented in the Grape ( Vi-

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 67
tis) of which the IJorthern Fox Grape ( Vitis labrus-
ca) is the largest. It is said that this grape improv
ed by cultivation gave rise to the Isabella grape.
The Summer Grape [V. csstivalis) is a small
grape rarer than the fox-grape in most localities.
It ripens in October.
The Frost or Winter Grape, locally known as
the Chicken Grape [V. cordifolia) is very plenty
on most of hill slopes. They are very acerb until
frosted, after which they ripen and are reckoned
pleasant. Of the forest trees that clothe our hills and form
the groves in our valleys are the Pine family, of
which there are a number of varieties, such as
Yellow [Pinus mitis), Pitch, [P. rigida). Loblolly
[P. laeda), found in old fields, White, [P. strobus).
The Fir of the last named family is represented in
the Hemlock Spruce [Abies canadensis), also in the
Norway Spruce [A. excelsa), which is planted for
ornament, and found to thrive much better than
our indigenous species. The Arbor Vitae (Thrya oc
cidentalis) is much valued for its perennial green
for cemeteries, where it is most frequently found.
The Oak family is represented in the White Oak
[Quercus alba), in the Chestnut Oak [Q. montana),
in the Black Oak [Q. tinctorum), in the Pin Oak [Q.
palustris), also in the Chectnut [Castanea vescd),
which stands frequently the sole surviving, the lone
Indian of the forest trees on the cleared land, in the
Beech [Fagus ferrfiginea), in the Hazel-nut (Cb^to
americana), in the Water Beech, orIronwood(Car-
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1 68 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
beam, [Ostrya virginiaua). This last representative
of the Oak family grows in slender trees with very
hard wood, brownish, finely furrowed bark and is
locally known as the hop tree.
The Walnut family has but two representatives
of the same name, the Butternut [Juglans cinerea),
and the Black Walnut, [jF. nigra). The former
may be found on the hill-sides, delighting to grow
among rocks and stones where few other trees of
equal size can subsist, while the latter, of more
use for its wood, is found on the fertile soil of the
valleys. This family is further represented in the Shag-
bark Hickory [Gary a alba), in the Small Fruited
Hickory [G. microcarpd), and the Pig-nut or Brown
Hickory [G. amard). The Shag-bark Hickory is
much prized for its fruit and wood, while the last
variety was, more formerly thari now, sought after
by the makers of splint brooms.
The Dogwood family, though not of the most
numerous kind of our forests and groves, is still an
important member of our flora.
The Bunchberry Dogwood [Gomus canadensis)
the Flowering Dogwood [G. florida) and the Red
Osier [G. stoloniferd); may be distinguished from
all the forest trees, the first by its red berries, said,
if plentiful, to foretell " a hard winter," the second
variety by their large showy white flowers which
tell people " it's time to plant corn," and the last by
its beautiful branches. This variety propagates its
species by prostrate or underground suckers. It is
found on wet banks of streams and in thickets.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 69
The Dogwood family is further represented in
the black or sour gum [Nyssa mtdtiflord), a middle-
sized tree with branchlets very much like the
beech ; the wood is close-grained, and very un-
wedgeable. -The leaves turn a bright crimson color
in autumn which distinguishes the tree from other
forest trees.
The Plane Tree family has a single American rep
resentative, the Buttonwood or American Sycamore
[Platanus occidentalis). The Common Locust
[Robinia pseudacacia) is found growing naturally
in the woods. It is also planted for a shade tree
along streets and public highways. Its wood is
invaluable for many purposes. Its white fragrant
flowers help crown the coming Junes.
The Maple family is represented by several varie
ties, the Striped Maple [Acer pennsylvanicum) is a
small and slender tree, with light green bark strip
ed with dark lines, bearing greenish flowers and
fruit. It is sometimes called striped dogwood.
The Mountain M.di'p\Q[Acer spicatum), the Red or
Swamp Maple and Sugar Maple [A. nigrum and
saccharinum) grow naturally everywhere. They
are also cultivated for ornamental and shade trees.
The White or Silver Maple [Acer dasycarpum)
is a fine ornamental tree.
The False Sycamore and Norway Maple are
European species.
The custom of making maple sugar never became
popular in Perry county. Occasionally small quan
tities have been manufactured.
We next come to the Willow family, most grace-
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170 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
ful in the symmetry and waving- branches of all
the tree kind.
The first variety that claims notice is the Weep
ing Willow [Salix babylonia), which is held in great
esteem for ornamental purposes ; growing on the
grave of the departed, its drooping branches have
doubtless given it the name.
The Shining Willow [S. lucidd) may be found
along streams. It grows to be a bushy tree of 12
or 1 5 feet in height, and is the resort of innumera
ble bees during its season of inflorescence. The
Black Willow [S. nigra) may be found growing
along creeks and larger streams where the water
is stagnated or flows very slowly. This species
attains a height of 15 to 25 feet.
The Willow family is also represented in the
several varieties of the Aspen or Poplar. The
latter name is retained from the fact that these
trees were anciently used, to adorn the public walks.
The Quaking Asp or American Aspen [Populus
tremuloides) is occasionally found in the woods.
The tree sometimes attains the height of fifty feet,
but is more frequently found not to exceed thirty
feet. The leaf-stalk is long and compressed at the
sides, which accounts for its constant agitation.
The Large-toothed Aspen [P. grandidentata)
attains a greater height, and may be distinguished
by its smoothish gray bark.
The White Poplar [P. alba) was originally from
the Old World, but its capacity to spread by the
roots has propagated its species with such rapidity
that it has been claimed as indigenous to America.

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The Lombardy Poplar [P. dilatatd) has fallen
into disfavor with our people as an ornamental tree,
and the worms have completed its destruction.
Not one is known to be now growing in the whole
county. The tall central shaft of its pyramidal
form is occasionally relieved by a dead gnarled
branch, which is seen without bark or leaf, bearing
testimony of its extinct species. It is a European
species. The Elm family is represented in the Slippery or
Red Elm [Ulnacea fuloa) which is a small or me
dium sized tree, frequently found on hill summits.
It has a rough reddish wood, and a very mucilagi
nous inner bark which is valuable as a medicine.
The American or White Elm [U. Americana) is a
large well-known ornamental tree with spreading
branches, and drooping branchlets. This species
is found growing in moist grounds along streams
of water.
The Mulberry is classed with the Nettle family
which will not serve to increase it in our estimation.
The Red Mulberry [Morus I'ubra), a tree of low
stature, attains to considerable thickness of trunk.
Its sweetish black berry-like fruit ripens in July.
The Italian Mulberry [Morus Multicaulus) was in
troduced from Europe for feeding silk worms. It
was sadly remembered by many as the source of
their great loss. The Paper Mulberry [Broussou-
netia papyrifera) is a native of Japan, and is found
growing in our county as a shade tree.
The Olive family is represented in the several
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172 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
[Fraxinus americana) grows to a large forest tree,
with gray furrowed bark. Its wood is used in the
manufacture of many kinds of implements. The
Black or Water Ash [F. sambucifolid) and the
Green Ash [F. viridis) are met with occasionally.
Of the Ebony family there is but a single repre
sentative, the Common Persimmon [Dyospyros vir
giniand), which is a small tree with thickish leaves.
It produces plumb-like fruit, yellow when ripe.
This fruit is so exceedingly astringent or contract
ing in its effect when green that, " to draw your
mouth up like a green persimmon " is a common
expression ; but it is sweet and edible after exposure
to the frost.
Conscious that we have not enumerated the en
tire flora of Perry county, we have intentionally
omitted the ferns, mosses and lichens, not that we
deem them too unimportant, but simply from the
fact that we had riot the time to make a sufficiently
careful investigation and analysis of them, this
chapter is submitted to the general reader in the
hope that thereby his attention may be enlisted to
further investigate the subject. Remember that
every plant here spoken of can be found within the
limits of your own county. You will have read
of the example of many others in the preceding
pages of this book ; go forth like them, assured that
that there is a work that you can do. Here is a
whole county of nearly five hundred and fifty square
miles, the plants of which very little is known. Who
will possess the largest "herbarium "of our students
of botany.

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CHAPTER III.

NATURAL HISTORY.
At present there is not a scientific association in
the county, therefore the following sketch of a subject,
containing subjects each of which would be suffi
cient for years of individual investigation, must
prove a mere outline ; but as such it is given, in the
hope that it will induce others to push investiga
tions further and supply what is necessarily omitted.
Class Mammalia. — Although the deer, bear and
wolf have been found in Perry county within a
period of less than five years, yet it is evident
that all but the former, which is found in his native
wildness among the thick woods of the Coneco
cheague Hills, have been driven here by fire or the
pursuit of hunters. In 1 871, an old bear and cub
Grossed through Pfoutz's Valley, over the Forge
Hill into • Wildcat Valley, where some hunters
frightened them to return, which they did, and
were killed in Juniata county. They had been
driven from Shade Mountain by the fires which
were burning over them at that season of the year.
A pack of wolves were said to infest the woody
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174 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
whence they came forth, in the night time to plun
der sheepfolds, and make the night hideous with
their howls.
The Wildcat or Canada Lynx is occasionally
killed in the county. One was so crippled near
Millerstown a few years ago, by a passing train,
that it was afterward killed. Mr Joshua North is
said to have been attacked by one in daylight in
Wildcat Valley, many years ago, which he killed
with stones, hence the origin of the name of the
valley. Mr. Magee settled at an early day among the
hills of Toboyne township. Hearing a screaming
one dark night near his cabin, he stepped out of
the door with an ax, and killed a panther that was
was just ready to pounce upon him.
Of the Order Carnivora and Family Ghieroptera
there are the Hoary Bat ( Vespertilio pruinosd) and
the Brown Bat [V. carolinensis). Of the Family
Insectivora, the Mole [Scalops canadensis) is the
only representative. Of the Family Carnivora,
the Raccoon [Procyon lotor), which has given its
name to a beautiful valley of Tuscarora township,
the Mink [Mustela lutreola), the Weasel [M. vul
garis), the Skunk [Mephitis americana), the Otter
[Lutra brasiliensis) is occasionally caught in the
Juniata, the Red Fox [Ganis fulvus), the Gray Fox
[G. cinero-argentatus), and the Wildcat [Felis cana
densis) are the representatives.
The Opossum [Didelphis virginiand) is the sole
representative of the Marsupialia Family.
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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 1 75
Musk Rat [Fiber zebethicus). Meadow Mouse [Mus
musculus). Field Mouse [M. agrarius), Common
Mouse [M. musculus). Ground Hog or Woodchuck
[Arctomys monax). Fox Squirrel [Sciurus rubrican-
datus). Gray Squirrel [S. carolinensis). Red Squirrel,
locally known as Pine Squirrel [Pteromys volucella)
Family Inclaviculata': — The common Hare, which
is known everywhere as the Rabbit, authority to
the contrary notwithstanding [Lepus americanus),
is very abundant.
We next come to an enumeration of the birds
that are found in the county, of which, for want of
proper data, we cannot give a complete list.
The name of this science is Ornithology.
Order I. Raptores — Family VulturidcE — the
VULTURES.
These birds feed on offall and carrion. The
Turkey Vulture or Turkey V>nzzz.xA.[Gathartes aura)
is the only one of the four species known in North
America that frequents the county.
Family FalconidcB — the falcons.
This family are predatory in their habits. They
capture their prey, which is small quadrupeds,
birds, fish and reptiles. There are forty-one species
in North America, of which Perry county has the
Sparrow Hawk [Falco hypotriorchii), which feeds
on small birds, mice and reptiles, the Sharp-shin
ned Hawk {Accipiter fuscus), the Goshawk [Astur
atricapillus). The American Golden, Washington or Gray
Eagle [Aquila canadensis), the imperial bird of

I 76 HISTOEY OP PERKY COUNTY.
America, is occasionally met with in the county,
though he is becoming rare everywhere. He never
feeds upon the fruits of other birds' toil, but " relies
upon his own power and energy to strike down for
himself the quarry, and devours it while the flesh
still palpitates." The White-Headed, or Bald Ea
gle [Helicetus leucocephalui) is found near fish bas
kets, where, less dainty than his gray namesake, he
lives on whatever will satiate his voracious appe
tite. The Fish Hawk or Osprey [Pandion caroli
nensis), feeds upon fish, and is found along our
creeks and rivers.
Family Strigidoe — the owls.
This family like the former one is predatory in
its habits and feeds upon quadrupeds, birds and
reptiles. There are seventeen known species in
North America, of which Perry county has the
common or Barn Owl [Strix flammed), the Great
Horned Owl [Bubo virginianus) which feeds on
poultry and game of all kinds. It is very destruc
tive. The Screech Owl [Scops asio) is common;
feeds upon mice, small birds and insects.
Order II. — ^Scansores (climbers). Family FicidadcB
— the woodpeckers.
This family is here represented in the Hairy
Woodpecker [Picus vilosus), which is common sum
mer and winter, the Yellow-bellied Woodpecker
[Phirapicus varius), the Red-headed Woodpecker
[Melanerpes erythrocephalus), which breeds in the
county and was formerly believed to pull up corn,
and the Flicker [Golaptes auratus).

history of perry county. 177
Order III. — Incessores. Family Trochilidad<z —
the humming-birds.
These birds feed upon nectar and minute insects.
There are seven known species in North America
of which the common Humming-bird [Trochilus
colubris) is the only one of which we have positive
knowledge. Family Gypscelid(S^—THK swifts.
This family feeds upon insects captured on the
wing. There are four known species in North
America, of which the Chimney Swa.\\ows [Ghceturus
pelasgid) are very abundant and owing to their
protection seem to be increasing every year.
Family Gaprlm^dgidcz — the goatsuckers.
There are two species of this family in the county,
and but four in North America. They feed on
winged insects. The Whippoorwill [Antrostomus
vociferus) is a nocturnal bird named from its repea
ted night-song, and the Night Hawk [Ghordeiles
pbpetue) by many supposed to be identic3.1, are the
only representatives. Family Alcenidce — the kingfishers.
This family has four members in North America
and one in the county, the Belted Kingfisher [Geryle
alcyori) is found along the Juniata and tributaries,
where it breeds.
Family Golopteridce — fly catchers.
There are twenty-eight species known in North,
America of which the King 'Eird [Tyrannus carolin
ensis), is very common ; the Pewee Fly Catcher [Say-

178 history of perry county.
omis fuscus) is one of our first birds of spring, and
remains until late in the autumn.
Family TurdidcB — the thrushes.
Number of species in North America, seventeen,
of which the Wood Thrush [Turdus mustelinus),
Common Robin, [Planesticus migratorius), seem
ingly on the increase in numbers within a few years,
Blue-bird [Sialia sialis), the first migratory bird to
appear in the Spring ; Ruby Crown Wren [Regulus
calendula), and Golden Crested Wren [R. satrapd),
are all known in the county.
Family Sihncoliduz — the warblers.
This family feed upon insects, and number sixty
species, of which ^e.^\M&'^'drh\e.r[Dendroicavirens)
migratory; Yellow Warbler or Summer Yellow
Bird [D. cestivd), is common ; Chestnut-sided War
bler [D. pennsylvanicd). Black and Yellow Warbler
[D. maculosa), migratory and frequent spring and
autumn. Red Start [Sitophaga ruticUld), Summer
Red Bird ( Tanagra cbsUvcb), Water Thrush [Seiurus
novebofacensis), is frequent during the bird-summer
the Blue Yellow-backed Warbler [Parula americana)
and the Tit Lark [Anthus ludoviciand), which is seen
in the autumn and winter. - These birds are nearly
all common, and breed in the co unty
Family Hirundinidce — the swallows.
The birds of this family feed exclusively upon
insects, which are captured on the wing. The num
ber of species known in North America is eight, of
which the county has the Barn Swallow [Hirundo
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history of perry county. t 79
White-bellied Swallow [H. bicolor), and the Purple
Martin [Progne purpurce) are quite domestic where-
ever accommodations are provided for them. They
breed in boxes provided for them at Newport R. R.
station, and seem as well contented as if they were
in the wildest mountain cliff.
Family Bombycillidce — the cedar birds.
This family has but two known species in North
America of which the Cedar Bird [Ampelis ce-
drorum) is commonly met with in the -county.
Family Liotrichidce
has twenty-two known species of which the Mock
ing Bird [Mimiis polyglottus). Red-winged Black
bird [Agelaius ph(£7iiceus). Meadow Lark [Sturnella
Magna), Orcha.rd Oriole [Icterus spurius), Ba-himore
Oriole, or Hanging Bird(/. baltimore). Rusty Black
bird [Scolecophagus), and the Crow Blackbird [Quis-
colis versicolor), which flock together in hundreds
near the season of migration, belong to Perry
county. Family Gorvidce — the crows.
The number of known species is twenty-two in
North America, of which there are four in the
county. The American Raven [Corvus camivorus) is said
to exist as a single household among the Pisgah
Hills of Carroll township. The Crows [Corvus ameri
canus) are plenty, but are never seen in companies
as in Lancaster county, except near the season of
migration of other birds, when they are said to
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I So HISTORY OF PEURY COUNTY.
of which they are very fond. The Fish Crow
[D. ossifragus) is common along the rivers. The Jay
Bird [Gyaunrus cristatus) is a resident of the
county. Order IV. — Rasores — Family Golumbidce —
the pigeons.
This family has eleven known representatives in
North America, of which but two are certainly
known to ever have been found in the county.
The Wild Pigeon [Ectopistes migrat^ra) is a visitant
spring and autumn. The Turtle Dove [Zenaidura
carolinensis) is frequent, and breeds in the county.
Family Thasianidce — the turkeys.
The Wild Turkey [Meleagris americana) is still
found in large flocks on the Forge, Tuscarora and
Conecocheague hills. They breed in the county.
Family Petraonidce — the grouse.
The Grouse family has twelve species in North
America, and one in the county. The Ruffed
Grouse [Bonasa umbellus) is known in many locali
ties as the Pheasant. It is a very shy bird, and in
consequence the number is not much diminished
by the shooting of amateur sportsmen.
Family Perdiciace — the partridges.
There are seven known species in North America,
of which Perry county has a single representative,
the Partridge or " Bob White" [Ortyx virgianus).
Order V. — Grallatores — Family Ardeida.
There are thirteen species known in North
America of this family, of \viiich the Great Blue

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. iSl
Heron [Ardea herodias) is found along the Susque
hanna, and occasionally seen near Millerstown
dam, in the Juniata, and the Fly-up-the-creek [Bu-
torides virescens), are the only ones that we could
learn certainly ever visited the county.
Family Gharodridce — the plovers.
This family has eight species in North America,
and one in the county, the Kill-deer Plover [.Mgia-
litis vociferus), which is frequently heard repeating
its noted "kill-deer" as it soars on moonlight
nights. Family Scolopacidce — the snipes.
There are thirty-nine species in North America,
and in the county the American Woodcock [Philo-
hela minor), Wilson's Snipe [Gallinago wilsonii),
which is seen in March and October, and Yellow
Shanks [Gambetta melonoleucd).
Order VI. — Natatores — Family Anatidce.
There are fifty-four known species in North Ameri
ca. Those that belong to the county are the Black
'Q\xcV.[Anasobscurd),'dc\.Q. Summer Duck [Aixsponsa),
the Black Head [Fulix marilci), Ring-necked Duck
[Fulix callaris), the Canvas-back Duck [Athya val-
lisneria), Spirit Duck or Butterall ( Bucephala albe-
ola) Long-tailed Duck [Harelda glacialis), abundant
in autumn, and Fisher Duck [Mergus americanus).
Family Golymbidce.
There are twelve known species in North
America, of which the Loon [Golymbus torquatus)
is common, .spring aftd autumn.

l82 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Reptilia — reptiles.
All the reptiles of the county may be included
under two families.
Order I. —Ghelonia —turtles.
The Land Tortoise or Box Turtle ( Testudo clau-
sd) is frequently found; the Large River Terrapin
[Ptychemys) is esteemed next in excellence to the
Snapping Turtle [Ghelydra serpentina) which is
found in all our streams.
Order Sauria — lizards.
Fence Lizards [Tvpidolepus undulatus) and the
Five-striped Lizard {Scicus fasciatus) are the
only known species within our borders.
Order Ophidea — serpents — Family Rotalidce.
The ^dAAe-smkQ [Grotalus horridus); venomous
and unfrequently met with on mountain ridges.
The Copperhead [Triconocephalus contortrix) is
venemous, and seems to have been more than
usually plenty this summer, 1872,
Family GolumberidcB.
Black-snake — the Racer [Bascanon constrictor) not
venomous. The Commqn Black-snake [Scotophis
allighaniensis) is neither so slender nor so fleet as
llie Racer. It frequently gets to be of great size.
Two species of Water-snakes [Nerodia sipedori)
amd [N. fasciata) are harmless.
The Common an,d Swift Garter-snake [Entainia
Stalls) and [E. sauretia) are found near marshes
wliere tadpoles live, upon which they feed.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 183
The Common House-snake [Ophibolus eximeus)
is commonly known as the " Adder."
The Blowing Viper [Heterodon platyrhines), though
it makes a gteat show of fight, unlike the true vi
per, which is a foreign species, is said to be entirely
harmless. The Ground or Worm-snake [Celuta amcend) is
rarely met with.
Order Batrachia — frogs and salamanders.
Family Ranidce.
The Common Frog [Ranapipens) is distinguished
from the others of his species by the common name
" Bull-frog" and by dermal folds along the dorsal
line. The Tree-frog [Hyla versicolor) is well known
in the country as the herald of a storm. The Com
mon Toad [Bufo americanus) useful as a destroyer of
insects in gardens.
The Ichthyology is represented by the Sturgeon,
Trout, Shad, Catfish [Ghcetodon), Eels [Apoda),
Salmon, Pike, Percl; and Suckers.

i84

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

SECTION v.— OFFICIAL VOTE.

CHAPTER I.

OFFICIAL

VOTE,

OCTOBER

14,

1820.

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1

Governor.
William Findley 
Joseph Heister.^ 
Congress.
Isaiah Graham 
James Wilson 
M.S. C.Clark 
B- K. Lowry 
James Duncan 
James M'Sherry 
Robert G. M'CulIock 
Assembly,
John Fry 
Dr. Samuel Mealy 
John Black 
Sheriff.
Daniel Stambaugh 
James Beaty 
Samuel Ickes 
John Rice  '.,........
John Shuman 
John Ickes 
Coroner,
Col. John Maxwell 
John Miller 
Robert Mitchell 
Commissioners.
Jacob Huggins 
Thomas Adams 
Robert Mitchell  i
Robert Elliott 
James Adams 
Abraham Fulwiler 
Director of the Poor.
Samuel Linn 
Samuel Shoemaker 
David Shellabargcr 
Auditors.
William Smiley  ,
John P urcell  ,
Henry Walters  ,
William Cook 
Abraham Fulwiler  ,
Frederick Smiley 
John James...,.'. 
Robert Elliot 
George Monroe 

55

94

87

60

121

102

204

210

82

141

bi

31

114

72

66

'37

6q

100

93

59

126

100

222

213

60

99

94

59

126

100

222

214

40

91

57

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98

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2.1

54

43

19

53

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82

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54

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75

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132

55

81

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75

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79

86

48

78

82

74

33

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77

197

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8.1

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118

74

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64

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68

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124

24

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252

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171

243

247

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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

185

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I3, 182I.

Congress,
John Findley 
Thomas G. M'CuUough 
Senator,
Alexander Mahon 
Andrew Carothers 
Assentbly,
Frederick M. Wadsworth. ...
Henry Walters 
Commissioners.
Henry Lyman 
Robert ElHot 
Auditor.
John Purcell 
Robert Kelly 
Director of the Poor,
Philip Fusselman 
A.braham Bower......... ....

2954

53 89

4556

42
21

%

145 19

145 99

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90

4357

3727

t

109 55

84
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1370

6283

3267

3328

98 22

163 0

241 S

64 19

107 42

n

48 14

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III

i6
147

66
181

28 55

62
8S

46 54

3921

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120 44

107
139

24 60

6S 83

4655

4222

2992

8l 80

134
109

581
449 478556 683334498 530S03 519
48s 539

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER II, 1 822.

Candidates,

° I
I !

Congress.
John Findley 
James Wilson 
Wm. H. Irvine 
James M'Sherry 
Assembly.
Fred*k M. Wadsworth...
John Fry 
Commissioners.
Samud Linn 
James Beaty 
Auditor,
John Urie 
John Purcel 
Director of the Poor.
Henry Titzel 
George Monroe 

86

90

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Mill

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9692
13413*
5454
30 30
39204022
124124 3234
100 95 47 48
239232 11
258252 11
0
227
2
8a
0
60
10
144
124 20
263 0
328
0
227
0
84
59
7
ISO
122 23
0
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0
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I
32
0
59
8
149
117 21
' 263 0
182 157
104120
5925
11
130 29
134 7
0
333 0
957 8g3455419 7»7
623 721637 571784
1120 238
l86 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 1 8, 1 823.

Candidates.

W I O

i

Tyrone

Toboyne

Saville

Total.

Governor,
John Andrew Shultz 
Andrew Gregg 
Assembly.
Jacob Huggins 
Frederick Shull 
Sheriff.
Jesse Miller 
David Heckendorn 
William Waugh 
Robert Hackett 
ohn Harper 
oseph Power 
ohn M'Clure 
laniel Gallatine 
William Cook 
Commissioner,
John Maxwell. 
Philip Bosserman 
Coroners.
George Keely 
David Ensminger 
Robert Thompson 
Thomas Adams 
Auditor.
John Albert 
George Mitchell 
John Chisholm 
John Ramsey 
Director of the Poor.
William Wilson 

94

174

144

66

89

71

137

211

120

22

46

97

107

140

123

3

45

102

55

38

47

17

7

67

22

168

0

25

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3

2

20

0

44 0

3
0

77

52

116

83

193

99

III

181

142

100

189

142

48

66

70

36

64

71

116

180

144

116

18,

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43

77

68

43

67

68

148

257

201

269 53
248 74
257 123 26
90 S275
6
257 63
269257 50
64
274274 4747

314 92
305 92
240
270 56 17 3
4
32 15
31
327 75
306312 86 85
313312 8383
387

1323 604
1399 505
1176 586
474225223 143

996903
13501332 526Sl5
13881416 517
478
1S41

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I4, 1 824.

Confess.
Iohn Findlay 
James Wilson 
Assentbly.
Jacob Huggins 
Joseph Eaton 
Commissioner.
Robert Mitchell 
Robert Hackett 
Director of the Poor.
Henry Trostle 
Auditor.
Henry Fetter 
Thomas Craighead 

5757

7170

no 100

99
99

9999

8787

104105

132 132

58 0

71 0

117 0

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99 0

83 0

2
100

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100

93

105

109

3523

3931

6452

99 3

5148

7121

6242

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759749
650 100
575 199747

There were nearly twelve hundred votes less polled at this election than the
one held List year, thus giving les.s than one-half of the qualiiied voters in the
county the privilege of choosing for those who remained at home.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

187

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 14, 1825.

Candidates.

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Total.
Jacob Huggins 
Chas. D. Davis 
Assembly
Jacob Huggins 
Robert H M'Clelland..
Commissioners.
Abraham Bower (3 yrs). :
Abraham Adams (i yrs)
Joseph Diven (3 yejirs),..
Auditor,
John Junkin 
Director of the Poor.
Abraham Sheibley 
Convention.
For Convention 
Against Convention 
85 5
83 7
162 8
1x7 2
132 19
76
21
x3l
260 205
82 9
8x 13
13s 39
116 4
123 28
7441
64
139
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180 88 IX
8483 3
47
170125
2
43
151 loS
57
IXO 57
204199 4
227265 45
91
95
172
120
150
X04
205
246
91
94
174
1x9
151
io6
204
253
5933
S3 42
122 34
55
44
3666
38 73
;•!
119133
725
453 82X392859
1x84 355
xx331 197
609551
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I9, 1826.
Candidates.
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Governor,
J. Andrew Shultz 
Congress,
James Wilson 
William Ramsey 
James Dunlap 
Samuel Alexander 
Assembly.
Jesse Miller 
Commissioner,
John Owen 
Sheriff,
John Hippie 
John Rice 
John Albert 
Robert Clark 
James M. Duncan 
Coroner,
Peter Qw-en 
Finlow M'Gowen 
Auditor,
David Stewart 
Director of the Poor.
^cob Stambaugh (3 yrs). :
David Grove (2 yrs)..
80
X07
193
74
138
77
240
304
143
72
24
XOI 94 xox6
173 X90 2947
5?78
124113 4036
7675 34
217207 2328
27X
130X31 2125
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X13
2x0
104
156
80
241
308
153
104
113
20X
X04
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80
242
321
153
84 IX XX17 X
55 6
64
23 X
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58
88 5719 I
47 15
26 X2 s
206 203824 3
222 48 23 8
81'I78
23
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X08xxo
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202
9?98
148X48
8080
240240
324324
XSI151
X04
XI3
204
93
149
79
242
322
ISO
103103
113113
2062d6
xox xox
X48146
7979
241 237
325323
159 159
1356X220X22I 24s
14671466 9X2 407404237 71
I45I1454
1456147s X467
i88

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 1 8, NOV. 6, 1 82 7.

Candidates.

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Jesse Miller 
Scattering 
Coin niissioner,
George Mitchell 
Scattering 
Coroner,
William Clark 
Charles Bovard 
Scattering 
Auditor.
William Wilson 
Scattering 
Director of the Poor.
Jacob Stroop 
Philip Fosselman 
Scattering 
46
96
40
35
55
91
124 I
s8
96
49
34
46 7
91
123
47 X
83
44 49
23 43
12
33
481
7559 6
105X18 14
4720
95
48
37
S3 X
91
1x3 9
46 2
96
42
IS 4
42 9
91
13
46 I
533 4
50 14
469432 75
46X 6023
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 18, 1828.
Candidates.
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President,
Andrew Jackson 
J. Quincy Adams...
Congress,
WiUiam Ramsey....
Thos. H. Crawford..
ydmes Wilson f A...
Geo. Chambers, A..
Assembly.
James Black 
William Power, V..
Commissioner,
Solomon Bower  ¦.
Nicholas Ickes. 
Auditor,
Wiliam Roberts 
Director of Poor.
John Albert, Sr 
6425
9625
103 8
122 20
130 55
133 19
62 X
lOI 21
197 23
4140 2
00
7373 I
00
54
99 X
43
XIX2
xlf 4930
XIO
108 00
00
4747
oc00
93
1x2 12 5
11
38 4
64 XX
29 70
6877
1S5 29
109 I
44 3
55
65
di
35 7
24 50
98 z
116 26
151 59
109 00
44 3
-54 64
230 55
42
75
99
146
207
XIO
47'
116
276
42
72
99
144
204
X07
47
X16
270
S3
1060 241
1060
1075 X36XXX7IS
400919 287
79 11198
79 1180
HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

189

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 16, 1829.

Candidates.

c

\

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^i

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Land

%

N3

0

§

«

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»
V
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I
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Total.
Go^/ernor,
George Wolf. 
Joseph Ritner, 
Senator.
Jesse Miller 
Assembly.
James BlacTc 
Commissioner,
John Junkin 
Sheriff.
Josiah Roddy 
John Albert 
William Clark 
Robert Welch 
Edward Miller 
Michal Shuman...:...,
Mathias Clay 
John Stewart 
Lewis Wade 
Auditors.
Alex. Magee, (3 yrs J
Abra. Adams,(3yrs)
Director of the Poor
Nicholas Ickes.
58
98
80
162
81
286
87
XIX
78
149
78
15
40
91
76
49
10
67
86
28
136
113
100
247
154
339
96
163
X64
177
136
113
117
247
153
340
96
174
165
177
136
113
114
240
152
340
95
166
165
177
6x
33
5&
148
los
172
29
47
44
100
60
25
.59
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51
157
30
58
20
^7
45
26
26
68
32
43
64
18
131
68
29
2
3
10
9
187
I
14
3
23
23
13
23
16
6
18
0
116
II
16
20
0
0
59
5
14
X
9
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
II
30
0
3^
0
3
52
0
0
0
5
0
4
0
2
0'
0
0
10
0
0
0
36
0
I
133
113
1x3
239
150
329
91
169
162
'7?
133
113
X18
241
154
329
91
ibB
ib2
178
136
113
X18
242
155
333
91
151
165
173
XX90 540
1689X7x8
1698 853
6x3 521
25922X 154 776648
1687
1677
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 1 4, 183O.
Candidates.
m
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S
SF
H
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Congress.
William Ramsey 
Thomas Crawford...
Jacob Alter 
Robert Smith 
Assembly.
James Black 
CoTn missioner.
Jacob Cumler 
Coroners.
Alexander Branyan..
Joseph Miller 
Director ofiJu Poor
Jo)in Zimmerman 
Auditor
William Cook 
68
25
48
41
62
37
44
X16
84
69
68
x6
49
34
56
32
44
III
85
67
.32
25
0
27
37
0
0
16
I
0,
32
x8
2
20
31
X
0
II
0
0
80
40
S6
58
90
29
43
118
85
69
79
41
56
60
93
36
43
128
8S
70
75
42
56
47
90
36
43
112
85
67
78
15
52
6
¦55
13
34
108
85
70
79
42
56
49
91
36
43
124
82
70
79
.41
56
S3
90
37
43
123
8S
IS
62 X
588 179
146
725756
705554729
684
Jacob Alter and Robert Smith were the anti-mason candidates for Congress.
¦OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER II, 183I.

vo o

Candidates,.

^

Assetnbly,
J. Johnson 
R. Elhott 
R. Rodgers  „....
Commissioner.
Alex. Branyan  ^ 
D. Fnsminger 
W. English  Coroners.
W.Clark 
H Titzel 
J. M»Cord 
J. M Clintock  „ 
Auditor.
Jonas Ickes 
P. Ritner 
.. Director qf the Poor,
W. M'Clure  ; 
A. Merkel 

9

77

38

64

S3

'O

43

30

77

27

21

41

10

9

3

I

0

0

2

30-

0

12 ,

54

16

22

42

72

31

30

64

II

IS

27

13

21

I

30

38

37

28

0-

, IX

69

34

63

54

73

*J

XI

72

34

67

57

73

46

32

72

29

17

42

17

9

32

74

27

17

39

17

9

I'l

74

32

60

49

66

46

1 32

72

32

K)

44

24

9

70

3S

69

5?

69

40

77

30

15

38

19

13

37373229 42
So 3831

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4

3

s*

p
0
s
S
9'
Total.
118
41
65
17
IX
21
0
0
0
1x0
42
57
7
xo
20
12
0
8
104
42
83
109
42
19
14
10
5
13
xo
3
95
40
74
20
xo
12
X20
43
57
XX
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234 195
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER

Candidates.

George Wolf....
Joseph Ritner:.

Governor.

c^se Miller..
"loraas Whiteside..

Congress,

i. Johnssn 
ohn McGinnis....,
*homas Gallaher.

Lackey 
Jihn Wilson 
Abraham Kisder..,
John Ritter 
Fred Burd 
David Bogar. 

Assembly.

Sheriff,

David DeardofF...
Charles Bovard...
James Marshall...
Leonardo 

Christian Young..
Matthew Adams..
Samuel Beaver..,

Coroners

Auditors.

Frederick Orwan..
Adam Markle. 

Commissioner,

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46
106 46
X06 52
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125 99
116 99
126 90

105 6927 2344
115 121 95 91 8x
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125 86
93 5016
25
103 43
1x9X20 79 7963
134 134 135 72
113 62
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5
26 3
62 78
108 X08 6464
107 62
238,
144
X2I
99
112
84
74
39
17
3
44
104
227
73
80
92
I02
87
84
72
42
3
S3
100
255
i6s
133
98
X09
92
45
19
3
I
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93
2
0
3
0
0
0
179
36
3
76
31
114
91
41
15
41
30
120
120
97
28
16
65
22
83
53
50
12
107
10
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0
0
0
3
4
3
9
0
0
12
6
175
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129
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87
247
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124
92
103
98
28
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0
45
72
24
22
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0
45
72
39
26
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0
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SO
261
155
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106
112
260
X5S
129
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106
113
259
156
129
99
106
107
40
26
6
2
47
78
1284 697
XI3G 760
1329 592 30
642 569
488431 347
290
1x881281 512561 500
13901392 1364 S66
For Director of the Poor, Henry Shoemaker received 1,300 votes, and William Linn 612. Votes for Sheriff not given in the table. Georee
Wendt, 153: Thomas B. Jacobs, laj ; James Adams, Jr., 242 ; John Lindsey,46; J. Dill, 85,. and John Stevens, 9.
192

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 8, 1 833.

Candidates,

1

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Senator.
Chas. B. Penrose 
Robert McCoy 
Assembly.
John Johnston 
Peter Ritner 
Cotnmissioners.
George Beaver. 
Isaac McCord 
Auditor.
Jacob Bloom 
George Monroe 
Coroner.
Joseph Beatty 
Director of {he Poor,
Henry Stambaugh....
Adam Merkel 
1
136 16
79 7
82
23
123 2
70
21
38
49
166 64
96 4
Z08 17
X2
69
60
4344
77
30
5374
6225
8500
223 13
'6
124 z
6l
124 so
49
40
77
31
86
40
82 9
8S
00
228 8
100 00
"5 CO
14
68
125 48
46
34
73
35
76
48
84 6
85
00
230 6
99QO
124 00
16
142
46
73
114
84
40
175
100
IIO
l3
64
n8 55
23 39
76
27
. 76
47
84 S
8400
230 2
99 00
15=5 00
X0I4 274
966 345
1073 249
1043 260
1035 »4I
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 14, 1834.
Candidates,
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Congress.
Jesse Miller 
Thomas Whiteside...
Assembly.
Fred'k Rinehart 
John Loy 
Commissioner,
Andrew Shuman 
John Rice 
Coroners.
Thomas MilUgen 
Josiah Roddy 
Hannaniah Gantt 
Jesse Drexler 
Auditors,
iv*^^*^''"; (3 yrs)...
M. Ddnnelly, (i yr)..
G. McGinnis , (3 yrs)
S. Milligan, (t yr)„...
Director of the Poor.
Daniel Wentz 
Jienry Lightner. 
61
123
63
124
121
56
X05
97
259
46
102
59
96
48
3
41
5
68
63
116
76
12 X
127
60
no
q3
261
47
104
45
99
43
4
38
4
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60
85
65
108
X2I
54
XX5
83
231
SO
140
S5
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49
XI
32
17
92
53
119
67
121
121
61
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51
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67
119
121
61
108
86
212
45
100
54
t'
50
3
31
4
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57
105
54
85
50
3
40
15
70
64
124
66
129
121
61
109
98
217
64
123
6b
129
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61
109
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217
46
99
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86
51
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4
58
46
100
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86
51
4
39
4
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62
115
66
121
120
62
107
95
238
48
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91
50
5
41
4
82
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X227 527
1086 685
II931x27 S37
582
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1182 579
Candidates,

Governor.
Henry A. Muhlenberg. 
George Wolf.  ,
Joseph Ritner 
Assembly,
Frederick Rinehart 
WiUiam Clark,  ,
John Black 
Commissioners.
Cadwallader Jones 
Jacob Sidle 
Albright Fried 
Auditors.
Robert Adams, (3 yrs) 
Alex. F. Topley, (2 yrs) 
James Wilson, (3 yrn) 
John Lindsey, (2 yrs) 
Samuel Darhngton, (3 yrs).
David Grubb, (2 yrs) 
Cororters,
Thomas Clark 
Alex. M'Allister 
PeterOrwan 
Thoii as M'Kee 
John Rice 
¦David Darllngioi;.  ,

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64 38 3356
48 25 533535232863
63 383827
27
6262

16

48

39

67

1

102

60

34

44

20

41

96

59

76

45

9

64

56

66

14

119

62

24

36

22

32

82

52

84

43

II

62

47

73

6

106

53

32

43

30

37

38

53

66

41

5

52

45

56

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5

52

45

56

5

1x5

55

36

52

24

1x5

55

32

52

25

32

91

52

68

48

32

91

52

68

48

4

50

42

50

5

4

48

42

49

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125

59

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71

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59

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70

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95

54

62

48

26

92

54

62

48

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59
59

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63
63 7 7
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53
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225 8558
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302 701760
89a726
65289S656
675812
8ia693696 706707797792
742740692
690

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I3, I83S.
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Director of the Poor.
George S. Hackett 
Matthew Adams 
Thomas lUartin 
Sheriff.
Martin Stambaugn 
Joseph Aliller 
John Keiser 
Frederick Burd 
Joseph Marshall  , 
Thomas Miliken 
Willian^Iesslnger 
Convention.
For Convention 
Against Convention 

38

12

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40

61

6

59

8

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96

201

63

130

16

31

119

53

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9

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62

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26

90

51

70

49

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9

48

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74

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52

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14

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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

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Candidates.

Total.

Representative Delegates.
Alexander Magee 
Samuel Linn 
Senatorial Delegates.
James Merrill  ,
Wm. P. M'Clay 
Wm. Curren 
George Kremer 
Congress.
Robert Elliot  ..'....
James Black 
Electors.
Far Harrison 
For Van Buren 

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25 44 2743

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Candidates,

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Total.

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Governor,
David R. Porter  43
Joseph Ritner  31
Congress.
William S. Ramsey  37
Frederick Watt  35
Senators,
, H. C. Eyer, (4 yrs)  39
Jas. Frow, (2 yrs)  39
R- P. Mackley, (4 yrs) 31
Jas. M, Bell, (2 yrs).... 31
Assembly.
William B. Anderson... 40
Jacob Shearer  32
Com?nissioner,
William White  37
David Smiley  34
Director of the Poor,
Philip Kell  40
Michael Ickes  31
Auditor,
John Charters  40
Jacob Kline.  31

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107 80
108 79
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72 74

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290 72
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293 74
296 69
304 63
302 63

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219 19

128 94

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137 79 77

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207 17

126 97

93 12

124 64

125 90

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218 18

126 97

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134 82

52
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127 95

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140 71

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164 31
160 35
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169 26
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165 28
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1870 890
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19x2 853
192a 841

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I3, 1840.

Candidates,

Assembly.
Wm. B. Anderson  ,
Abram W, Monroe  ,
Commissioners,
William Bosserman 
¦- Charles,. 
Director qf the Poor,
A. K. McClure 
 Hench 
Auditor,
George Snyder  ,
Beaver  ,
Coroner,
Conrad Roth 
David Lupfer  ,

105 66
67
108 66
100 65
110 64
log

49
105

143 72

49
41

80
26

131 22

87
128

3557

2186

27
127

75
140

41
51

8324

24
130

72
143

5932

82
22

28
129

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52
41

2183

20
131

93
Xt2

92
114

91
116

99
113

Total.

118 57

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293 57 ¦

2649

58
117

18
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57
293

52
24

54
121

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185

57
292

2658

55
119

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58
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4927

55
117

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57
293

48
26

1658 831
833
1666 822
1678 82s
I67X 813
1676

OFFICIAL VOTE
J
OCTOBER
12,
1841
,
Candidates,
oita.
1
9 1
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Total.
Governor,
David B, Porter 
John Banks 
4943464743 SI
5142
SI 42
48 4450
' 41
48
8266
82668x68
8366 826782 66ll
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93 74
80
85
96 73
tl 6994 6869
107 50
107 52
9754
X07 49
104 48
107 49
106 49
X08
9792 83
98 82
ll96
92 §9 89
9890
97
156 82
148 86
155 80
150 77
''A154 75
155 77
63 46305855496339604263 40
63 41
6341
ll 87
22 8621
87»4 8624 85
2585
24
8524
143 23
143 20
103 59
146 17
141 18
142 .18
146 iS
14s 16
117 78
114 7172
107"i'^no 70
112 70
65 7
72
00 72
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00 71
00 72
00 72
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199 13
196 14
61
146 196 9
201 10
198 9
191 xa
202
303 6s 63
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306 S8
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306 57
306 56
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66 364533
4732
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117 97
X16 94
III 99
120 82
112 92
120 95
120 94
117
1827
Assembly.
870
Joseph Shuler. 
1767
Sheriff.
Alexander Magee 
862
1415
Commissioners,
1206
1832
Coroner,
Mitchell Steever. 
John T. Robinson 
Director of the Poor.
Jacob Bixler. 
80a
1803 799
1807
Auditor.
Thomas McKee 
Jacob Ickes  ^.
Treasurer,
WiUiam Lackey 
817
18x7 80s
1827
68 9 I
96 807
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER
EI
1
1842
.
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Director of the Poor.
67 96
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Jacob Weibley 
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER lO, 1843,

Candidates,

Total.

Canal Commissioner
James Clark 
Jesse Miller 
Wm. B. Fetter- Jr....
William Tweed 
Benjamin Weaver....
Simeon Guilford 
Congress,
James Black 
, Thomas C.Miller.....
Assembly.
Thomas O'Bryan 
John M'Keehan 
Commissioner,
Thos. P. Cochran 
I. Kirkpatrick (2 yrs)
Abraham Grubb 
Rowland H. Brown..
Treasurer.
Henry Rice 
John D. Cully 
Auditor, '
John B. Zimmerman
Director of Poor.
John Ritter 

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 8, 1 844.

Candidates,

tB I O

Total.

Governor,
Francis R. Shunk..
Joseph Markle 
Canal Commissioner.
Joshua Hartshorn...
Simon Guiiiord 
Congress.
James Black 
Robert EUi-ott 
Senator,
Wm. B. Anderson...
Robert Irvine 
Assembly.
Thomas O'Bryan....
Jesse Kirkpatrick,.. Sheriff.
Henry Cooper 
Joseph Miller 

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247 32

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373 94
378 93
374 96
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2246 1316
2247 1312
2243 1315
2238 1314
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 8> 1 844.

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CONTINUED.

Candidates,

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O w¦<
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Commissioner.
William Messinger.
Benj. Waggoner 
Auttttor.
Ja nes B. Hiicltett..
'George Orris 
Director of the Poor.
Jacob Wiebley 
Henry Lightner 
Sale of Main Line,
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126 75
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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY,

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I3, 1846.

Candidates,

5?1

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Canal Commissioner
W. B. Foster 
James M. Power..
Congress.
S. Hepburn 
J. E. Brady 
Assembly.
John Souder 
Samuel Black 
Cofnmissioner,
John Patterson....
Wm. J, Jones 
Director of the Poor
Chas Wright Sr 
B, Waggoner.  ,
Auditors t
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— — — Shuler ( i yr).,
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Jacob Steel 
31
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3337
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28
23
44
•38
30 32SO
49
36 3434
37
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32
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2324
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92 51
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 12, 1 84 7.

Candidates,

Governor,
James Irwin 
Francis R. Shunk 
Canal Commissioner
Joseph W Patton...
Morris Longstreth...
Senator.
James Kennedy 
Robert Cr Strett 
Assembly,
John Charters 
John Souder 
Sheriff
James Stephens 
Hugh Campbell 

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CONTINUED.

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Candidates,

9

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David Supfer. 
George Spahr 
Commissioner.
George Turbett 
Jacob Shively 
Coroner.
John M'Kinzie 
Director of Poor,
Peter Hench 
Henry Snyder 
Auditors,
iohn Withrow 
lartin Motzer 

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CONTINUED.

Register,
Geo. W, Crane 
John Campbell  ,
Commissioner.
Thomas Adams  ,
Jacob Leas  ,
Coroner.
James R. Gilmore...
John D. Kennedy. .,
Director qf Poor,
Robert Hackett 
James Clark 
Auditor.
Francis Mickey 
Francis Gibson. 

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Commissioner,
Finlow McCown 
\yilliam Bosserman, tu....
District Attorney,
Benjamin F. Junkin. 
Wm. A. Sponsler, iv 
Director of the Poor,
Moses Utley 
Peter Sheafer, w. 
Auditor.
William S. Mitchell 
John M. Smiley, w. 
County Surveyor,
J-ames Woods 
Const, Convention.
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1689 981
1624 1087
170610161737 967
17481452 917

OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 14, 1851.

. Candidates.

Governor.
William Bigler 
WiUiam F. Johnson 
i Canal Commissioner,
Seth Clover 
John Strohm 
yudges Supreme Court,
John B.Gibson 
Walter H. Lowrie 
Elli»H Lewis 
James Campbell 
Jeremiah S. Black  ,
George Chambers  ,
William Jessup  ,
Joshua W, Comly  ,
District yudge.
Richard Coulter  ,
Wm M. Meredith  ,
James H Graham  ,
Frederick Watts  ,
Associate ^idge.
George Stroop  ,
Jesse Beaver  ,
Wm. T. Shively (Ind.)..

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144 148
17 56

63 23
63 23
46 56
63 19

Total.

2237 1390
2221X408
"331223Z 2230
23X0 2232 1372 I33I
1377
1393I314
2165 1432 i86s
2307 342

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CONTINUED.

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jCandidates,

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Total.

Assembly,
John Rice 
David Stewart 
Prothonotary,
James M'Clure 
James L. Diven, 
Register.
John A. Baker 
Robert Kelly 
Commissioner.
John C. Boden  ,
Charles C. Brandt  ,
Treasurer.
Abraham Zeigler 
George Spahr 
Director of the Poor.
C'mrad Roth, Sr 
George W. Titzell 
Auditor.
William Power,  ,
David Kochendefer 
Coroner

7859

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HISTORY OF PERKY COUNTY.

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER II, 1853.

I »

Candidates,

C0| to

yudge St^reme Court,
Iohn C.Knox 
Thomas A. Budd 
Canal Commissioner.
James H. Forsyth 
Moses N. Pownall 
Auditor General.
Ephraim Banks 
Alex. K. McClure 
Surveyor General.
J. Porter Brawley 
Christian Myers 
Senator.
Samuel Wherry 
Assembly.
Thomas Adams 
Joseph Miller 
Sheriff.
Benjamin F. Miller 
Hobert S. King 

46 ,
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62 36

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62

105

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69 71

58
40

99 54

8828

5045

8552

58
39

99 52

103 18

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Total.

no 25

19
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117 26

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16

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1199 671
1207 670
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xiSoZ060 897
128s 8x7

Official vote, October ii, 1853.
continued.

Candidates.

0| o

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Coroner,
J»nes R. Gilmore 
John Hager 
District Attorney..
C. J. T. Mclntire 
J.Don Carlisle 
Commissioner.
John Myers 
Samuel Milligan 
Treasurer.
Thomas Clark 
John Gotwald 
County Surveyor,
James Woods 
Wm, j. Jones 
Director of the Poor.
Samuel Arnold..^.  :.
James McClure..... 
Auditor.
Robert Dunbar 

54
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24

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34

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24 10

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54

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115 26

107 43

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120 22

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107

19 22

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Total.

491 31
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49 31
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1114 SSa
1118 .
664
1058 662
1141 637
1067 638
Z142 625
1063

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 10, 1 85 4.

Candidates,

3.

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Total.
Governor
^^illiam Bigler 
James Pollock 
Canal Coynmissioner.
 Mott 
¦ Daisie 
yudge Supreme Court.
 Black 
 Smyser 
 Baird., 
Congress.
Lemuel Todd  ,
 Bonham  .-
Assembly,
— Adams 
Kirk Haines 
Associate yudge,
George Spahr. 
Martin Motzer 
Prothonotary.
James L. Diven 
^6
19
29
3483
83
95
99 10
4 5
105 IS
137 8
42 E
59
20 49
3S 16
66
87
38 71
19 15
35 83
88
95
3871
1915
3683
89
94
'41 66
19
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90
93
107
39
119
183
83 38
91 137
109
125
45
59
115
102
167
2371 I +2
I
3
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125
43
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2
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104
98
102
123
44
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116 102
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239
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31 79
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108 1371
134 4
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5 24
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40 71
30 78
29
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14
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99
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107 91
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67
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47 18
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15
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6032
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108 90
107 44
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108
178
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93
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197
157
197
67
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1893
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22 14
1338
2206 1285
2230
OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER lO, 1854.

CONTINUED,

Candidates,

Register,
Robert Kelley 
Hugh Campbell 
Comm issioner.
F. M. McKeehan 
—  Power 
Director of the Poor,
¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ Stambaugh 
 Milligan 
Auditor.
William Wilson 
William Bosserman 
Coroner.
— Messinger 
 Bretz. 
Prohibitory LiguorLavt
For.  ,
Against  ,

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26
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39 70
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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

223

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 14, AND NOVEMBER, 1856-

Candidates.

President. \ I
Millard Fillmore.....  | 26]
126 25

Jamtes Buphanan,
John C. Fremont 
Ca-nal Commissione'*;
' Cochran 
 Scott  A 
Auditor General.
 Phelps 
 Fry 
Surveyor General.
A. Laporte 
Wi '-^ Rowe 
Congress.
Lemuel Todd 
 AM 
Senator.
Kirk Haines 
 Fetter 
Assembly,
'— Boden 
Charles C. Brandt  ,
Sheriff.
Thomas Sutch 
/ames Woods,......., 

88] 60 III
118 104' 70
18 25 12

137 61
138 60
142 56
126 72
,- 138
94 1 fe

IS 69
137 69
137 69
137 68
138 66
140 69
137 136

3g
148 139X48 139 148 139143 X46 140 147 139 147

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Total.

54I 79 22 46
83 108 1 1071 25
5|ii7 15

87,134
loo 104

86 133
lol 104

61 86
81 lOI

54 6x 86 X32 72
32 1 8x xdx Tosj 20

64 i 72
59 1 51
41 I

17 76
29 59

53! 65
47 77
47 59

127 67

99 126

i 1
171 70
104 1 162
16 1 46
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93 .-62
16-123
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79" 124
176 100
80 125
176 100

1271 5^
99 122

125 48
100 124
124 46
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67

1407
2135 521
1970
2057 19692060 1964
2062 1984
2040 1920
2085 1955
2069 X962
2050

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 1 4, 1 85 6.
CONTINUED.

Candidates,

cess

S' 2!

Associate yudge,
— :  Monroe  ,...,
 Reifsnyder. 
District Attorney,
 Richey 
John B. McAllister 
Commissioner,
— ¦  Bowman 
 Grossi  ,
County Surveyor,
 =- Knight 
J. B. Hackett 
Director of the Poor.
 Ernest..... 
 Kerr... 
Auditor.
 Kistler 

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70
48

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30

7550

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19
29

7550

6848

18
30

75
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75
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137 61

69
137

139147

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69 73

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69
137

139 147

5432

6181

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54
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5432

63 77

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62
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61

69 1 78 1 134
109 1 104

86 134
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86 131
: 100 107

86
' 100 86
100 86

17
29

74
60

7249

96 43

125 68

17
29

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74
49

98 41

125 69

17
29

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114 8q

17
29

74
61

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125 69

17
29

74
61

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99

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93! 162

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16 123 1 79 1 12;
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[62

80,124] 50
176 100 123
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80 126 47

Total.

10' 1963
68 2057

1974
2051 1927
2096 1831
1991 1968
2049

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226

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

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.official vote, OCTOBER 1 3, 1 85 7.
continued.

Candidates

Director of Poor.
 Moore 
 : Rinesmith 
Auditor.
James Everhart 
James English 
fudges Sup. Court.
 Vecch 
 Lewis 
 Strong. 
.  Thompson 
 Broom 
 Brady 
Amenits to Const.
. /For. 
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84

13 78
13 77
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67 158
54 78
67 160
52 76
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68 i«s
68 1 155
2 Co
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14 184 156
71 ooi 00
13 I83II56
72 00' 00
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28 106

47' 44
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106 106

16 183
69

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Senator,
 Irwin 
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Assembly.
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 McCurdy 
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Sheriff.
 Church 
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 Miller 
yudge,
—  Shaver 
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District Attorney,
r. Rush Roddy 
John,li. McAllister..,
89I 84 x3!io3
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105 103
123 57
80
133
77
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81
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93 33
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87 82
51 62
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CONTINUED.

Candidates.

Treasure^,
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Commissioner,
H. P. Grubb 
A. E. Howe 
Director of Poor,
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Coroner
James Galbraith  ,
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Auditor,
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Surveyor,
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84 60

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CONTINUED.

Candidates,

Cotnmissioner.
Perry Kreamer....
Henry Foulk 
Director of Poor.
 Weldon 
 Kell 
Coroner.
'— HofTman....
Joseph Eby 
Auditor,
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 8, 1 86 1.

President fudge,
J. H. Graham 
Frederick Watts...
Associate yudge.
Phillip Ebert 
Hugh Campbell 
Treasurer, _
Henry Rice 
John H. Sheibley .
Assembly,
J. E. Singer 
J. P. Rhoads 
Jesse Kennedy..
Commissioner,
David Snyder....
James Marshall..
William Kough..
Director qf Poor.
J. Rice 
John Stephens..
Coroner.
P. Huston 
P. McMorris 
Auditor.
G W. Titzell....
Samuel Beaver..

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55
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Harris' Company..
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Jones* Company..
Kacy's Company..
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Candidates,

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1

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Auditor General,
Thos. E. Cochran..
A J.Slenker 
Congress,
Joseph Baily 
A. J. Glossbrenner. Senator.
Kirk Haines 
' Bucher 
Assembly.
Jesse Kennedy 
Jno. A. Magee 
Assistant yudge.
Samuel Supfer 
Isaac Lefever 
Sheriff.
— ' ^ Hench 
John Shively 

46

15
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68 80

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811 47
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59 1 98

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62 75

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206 I

105 00

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217 24

92 45

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138 70

4463

109
142

70
172

62 75

99 52

138 70

46 108
61 142

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161

62 75

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138 70

4462

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68
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62 75

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120
132

67 '62
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97
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96 121

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Newport.,

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Jackson .

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER I3, 1863.

Candidates,

sI

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73ri3

0 1

Governor,
A. G Curtin 
G. W. Woodward..
yudge.
- Lowrie 
Daniel Agnew 
Assembly.
C A. Barnett 
John A. Magee 
Protkonota ry.
F. M. McKeehan..
John Lindsey 
Register.
Irwin Chisholm 
William Grier 
District Attorney.
Wm. M. Sutch 
E, C Long. 

8248

2031

82 48

2131

8248

21 31

7750

21 31

79
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21 31

79
51

2131

54

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83

31

70

123

54-

59

80

31

71

120

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83, 79
70 12
96 76
59 13
3a 31
8363
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48
169 83
8679
130
187
83
199
66 74
92 61
129130
3231
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50 87
86 79
1291 86
84
107
64 77
62
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46 47
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Carroll.

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Bloomfield .

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER II , 1 864.

CONTINUED,

Candidates,

yudge
A. B. Anderson 
Jacob Sheibley 
Prothonotary.
Robert Braijyan...
 Mickey 
Commissioner.
H. P. Lightner 
Perry Kreamer,....
Director of Poor.
John Soule 
 Arnold 
Coroner.
William Hays 
D. M. Crawford...
Auditor,
• Kipp 
 : White 

70
54

19
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Candidates,

•^ f

Total.

Auditor General.
Jno. F. Hartranft..
Wm, H. H. Davis (
Surveyor General.
¦¦ Campbell..
John P. Linton....
Assembly.
Geo. A. Shuman,., 1
 Stumbaugh t
B. L. Tressler  1
Wm. M'Clellan..,. 1
Sheriff,
John T. Miller..,
George Jacobs....
Treasurer.
Samuel Smith 
D. K. Reeder....

«3

18
22

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94 63

18
22

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9697 6061

18 18
2222

71la56

62

15
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7155

94 59

18
22

a

28'| 87
28 136
I
27I 87
29 136 8686
137 136

87
136
26 87
30 136

67 99 95
66 8s 6a

29

88 25
7 33

94 56
94 56

94 54 157
62 48 70

60 131
82 174
60 X30
60 X30

60 134
8x x68

80 115
49 X2X

XXO 40
126 ia6

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER JO, 1865.
CONTINUED.

Qindidates,

Commissioner.
John Wright 
Wm. Messinger....
yuty Com.
Hugh Campbell....
John Hartzell 
Director qf Poor.
¦ Sheaffer.

Samuel Shoemaker
Surveyor,
M. B- Holman 
James Bell 
Auditor.
Geo. W. Bretz 
Geo. W. Orwan....
Coroner.
SamuehStites 
T. G. Morris 

64

126 125

29

61

128-123
98} 29' 62

g0 3

3

Total.

99 100
85 1 56
97 99
65! 55

1

29 31

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88 7

2931

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87 8

29 31

V.

46

88 7

28 31

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5646

87 7

2831

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87 7

29 31

93 1 56
62 46

S673

132174

79
167

6757

7951

IIO
125

41
125

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49

72
55

6082

131173

80
167

66 57

79
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109127

40
125

9
49

72

6082

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80
166

67 57

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115120

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9
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7255

5979

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82
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79
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174

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125

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 9, 1 866.

Candidates.

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Ajtditor General.
Jno. F. Hartranft..
W .H. H. Davis...
Governor,
John W. Geary 
Hiester Clymer 
Cotigress,
Robert Henderson
A. J. Glossbrenner
Assetnbiy.
Geo. A. Shuman...
 Stumbaugh.
- ¦ ¦ ¦• Adams,, 
 McAllen....,
Register.
F. M. McKeehan..
Wm. Grier. 
94
18
63
22
85
21
63
36
83
22
64
36
83
22
84
22
62
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63
36
69
22
78
36
181 12x^156 121; 154
67 104
22 gi 17X 1T4 152
36 67 112 If6
32 138
34 76
85 89
163,124
48 70
48 69
33 81
35 82
47 7a 99 87
37 79 "9 71
39 84
31, 62
40 X19
39, 86
39 X20
39 91
Total.
97
218
87
14a141198 218
199 2x8
39 119 59 aio 98 133 »» 77 gi 133 4o|xi 73 2521
17 39 91 491 87,131 207 2x5 77 59 iji 146171 67' 2557
32 XI
37 II
155,71146,71
227120212581a493258X2506
74 2570
74 2573
67 2511
67 2501
official vote, october 9, 1 866.
continued.

Candidates.

3) 9!

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Total.

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District Attorney.
Lewis Potter 
E. C. Long. 
Commissioner.
William Hayes 
 McAllister..
Director of Poor.
 Dumm 
John Patterson 
Auditor.
S. H. Fry 
-^-^— Charles 
Coroner.
Joseph Eby 
T. G. Morris 

2236

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88
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81 75

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174 121
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153 37

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87
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60 145 14s 71 67 2053

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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

345

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Liverpool bor..

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Juniata..

Jackson 
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Howe..

Duncannon.,

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Carroll..

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OFFICIAL -(^OTE, OCTOBER 8, 1 86/.
CONTINUED.

Candidates,

Treasurer.
James Mcllhenny.. \
--- Fenstemacher ;
Commissioner,
William Bruner...
 Charles 
Director qf Poor.
George Hoobaugh
— ¦ — Arnold 
Coroner,
 Clemson,..,
JohnS. Mitchell.,
yury Commis.
Hugh Campbell... .
JnovAt^Liraweaver ;
Auditor.
™ Garber. .
— — ¦— Owen...

73 54

1
21I82 28|6o

158 93

123 xox

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49

21] 76
28I66

154 95

124 99

8i49

2128

82
6c

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X24 99

80.2151I28

82
60

154 96

124 99

80 51

21 28

8160

IS4 96

124 99

8051

21 28

8260

154 96

124 99

136 47
I4S 38
143 40
144 40 I
143 40
143 41

273a

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85
140

76
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27 3a

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83
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76
113

573a

28
31

113 75

83
142

76
113

57
3a

28 31

113 75

146

75
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573a

28 31

113 75

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76
113

57 3a

273a

108 80

83
142

76
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' 156 696263
62 636263 62 63

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35
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96 59

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85 15

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71
84

81 135
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100 S4

74 35
28 40

"7155 81 51

222155 77|Si

"9 55

78 SI 91
186 9

36 126
63 174
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68! 174

68

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68 212
82 1 81
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147 10
124 53
141 1 16
136 S3

45 79 1 141 16
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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 12, AND NOVEMBER, 1868.

Candidates.

President.
U. S. Grant 
Horatio Seymour..
Surveyor General.
John F. Hartranft.
 Boyle 
Auditor General.
 Campbell...
Wellington Ent ....
Congress.
 Small 
R. J. Haldeman...
Assembly,
Wm. H. Sheibley..
 Walker. 
John Shively 
^ Winger 

81

18

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31

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2028

78
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19
31

79
50

18
31

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54

20 18
31
29

85 141
66 96
76 144
68 107
77I143
-68 107
78,144
68 107

130' 161 41

132 , 121
131 1 146
100 80
09! 49

35 87
38 i66
35 87
38 166

89 55
113 3a

5668 56 72
3a 94
31 96

8S 107
69 64

76 IOI
63 66

126

36 130
36 126
43 1 86
43 1 88

44 78

141194

8565

19 83

141xgS

82 71

19 83

198

8271

4884

142197

84 70

474785S3

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84 8471 71

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; 200 78
; 210 78
: 2ZO

138

Total.

137
140134146
134146134146
120 16
132 16
150 70
147 70

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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

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Watts..

Tyrone..

Tuscarora..

Toboyne..

Spring...

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Rye..

Penn..

Oliver..

Newport ,

Miller..

Madison..

Marysville..

Liverpool twp..

Liverpool bor..

Juniata..

Jackson.,

Millerstown .

Landisburg..

Howe 
Greenwood ..

Duncannon..

Center..

Carroll.,

Buffalo twp..

Buffalo bor,.,

Bloomfield .

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Candidates,

cd co"
1

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Total.

Oo w1«
no S!

Governor.
JohnW. Geary 
Wm. F. Packer...
Supreme Judge.
 Williams....
 Pershing....
Associate fudge..
George Stroup 
Geo. Blattenberger
Assembly.
Jesse L Gantt 
 McKnight...
 Milliken  I63
 Skinner  I61

77 139
75 1 100
I
77ii3975 97

17 66 134 IOI

29

83

18

77

17

76

29

71

30

75

149 124
49 63

146 122
51 67

129 145
1271138 95 1 66
971 53

33

.38 78 77
35 80 79
25,147 112
30 1 145 1 IIS

76 52 1 71
117 28106
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79 51 7a
115 29 106

40 78
361 7a
54 1 104
29 j 104

60

97

93

56

61

97

91

56

68 84'

82 6s

63 93

62 96

9058

91

56

85

33

125

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39

85

85

31

124

23 1 39

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76

33

121

27

39

90

81

36

130

84

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31

37

91

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198

49 193
52I 84

194 38
33 81

83 1 81

83

118

70

39

102

136

15

80

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182

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66

76

89

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15

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75

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66

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95

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81

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179

187

112

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137

70

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92

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126

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78

89

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67

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OFFICIAL VOTE, OCTOBER 12, 1 869.
CONTINUED.

Ox O

Candidates.

Total.

Register.
Geo. C. Welker....
T. J. Sheibley 
District Attorney.
S. H. Galbraith 
B. P. Mclntire 
Treasurer.
Wm. Tressler 
.  Rice. 
Commissioner.
Z. Rice 
Shuman.

Director of Poor.
 Newcomer..
 Stumbaugh.
Auditor.
 Michener...
 White 

84117
61I30

96

76 139
75! 97

125I 80
IOI 1 120
122 '136
104 j 65

34 81
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74 36
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76 136
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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

251

Wheatfield...

Tyrone...

Tuscarora.,

1 o

Watts..

Toboyne...

Spring..,

Saville..

Sandy Kill..

Rye..

Oliver...

Newport..

Miller..

Marysville.,,Madison 

Liverpool twp..

Liverpool bor...

Lmdisburg..

Juniata..,

Jackson .,

Howe,

Greenwood..

Duncannon..

Center..

Carroll ..

Buffalo twp..

Bufialo bor...

Bloomfield,.

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Commissioner.
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Director of Poor,
John Soule 
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Wesley Ganth...
Williani Wright....
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Cyrus Clemson..,
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D. P. Williams...
Junes English....

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Assembly.
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Wm. H. Jones 
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Peter Lightner 
David Rinesmith..
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Henry Foulk 
W. B. Stambaugh.
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Wm. H. Roddy....
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CENSUS.

Districts,

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I 182a. I 1830. I 1840.

I Seventh.
I 1850

Eighth. i860, i

Ninth. 1870.

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Buffalo 
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Tyrone 
Watts 
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1534 761
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1577 863
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In 1820 there were in Perry county engaged in
agriculture 1,489, in manufacturing 546. There
were of foreign birth, not naturalized, thirty-four,
free colored sixty-seven, and one slave.
In 1 82 1 the number of taxable inhabitants of
the county were, viz.: Toboyne 398, Tyrone, 421,
Saville 238, Juniata 358, Rye 399, Greenwood 385,
Buffalo 221 ; total 2421. 
IfPetereburg. *Not included in the total.
fNot included in the total of census report.
JIncludes the sixty-eight colored persons in the county.

258 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
In 1830 there were 109 free colored persons, and
four slaves in Perry county. In 1840 the free col
ored people numbered 154, and there were no
slaves. In i85o-'6o-'70 there were respectively
13s, 119 and 140 of the colored race.
In 1 840 there were eight furnaces and two forges
which produced 2,957 tons of cast and 1,300 tons of
bar iron; they consumed 16,152 tons of fuel, and
employed in all their operations 339 men. The
following number of bushels of the several kinds,
of grain were raised: whdat, 200,638; barley, 41 1 ;
oats, 192,258; rye, 143,519; buckwheat, 37,052,
and 150,095 bushels of Indian corn. There were
twenty-three tanneries, thirty-one leather manufac
tories ; thirteen distilleries, four potteries ; fifty-seven
stores with an average capital invested of ^^3,000 ;
five lumber yards ; twenty-two barrels of tar manu
factured ; seven fulling mills ; five woolen manufac
tories ; two printing offices, which issued each a
weekly paper; twenty-six grist mills, and 120 saw-
m-ills. In 1850 there were 1,470 farms.
The census of 1870 shows 20,153 of the popu
lation to have been born in the State, 467 in Geor
gia, 688 in S. Carolina, 1,202 in N, Carolina, 1,866
in Virginia and W. Virginia, 1 79 in Tennessee, one
in British America, 'one in P^ngland, thirty-two in
Ireland, two in Scotland, thirty-one in Germany,
six in France, eight in Sweden and Norway, and
four in Africa. .In 1870 there were 140 colored
persons • in the county.

APPENDIX,

Apple-trees in bloom, December, 1822.
Advocate and Press, the name of an eight-col
umn, 19x25, single sheet, weekly Republican news
paper, started in Bloomfield in June, 1853, by a
joint stock association, with John H. Sheibley, Esq.,
as editor. It is devoted to literature, politics, local
news, argriculture and advertising. Mr. Sheibley
has become proprietor and greatly increased his
facilities for job printing, The subscription price
of the Advocate is $2 per annum in advance.
Advertisement. — ¦" For sale a healthy stout mu
latto man, aged about 22 years. To be sold as the
property of Rev. John Linn, deceased.," — Perry
Forester, 1826.
A Remarkable Room. — There is a room in the
house now occupied by Francis Gibson, Esq.,
Spring township, Perry county, Penna., in which
occurred the births of John Banister Gibson, Chief
Justice Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, George
Gibson, Commissary of the United States, John
Bernheisel, the Mormon, Hon. John Bigler, Gover
nor of California from 1852 to 1855, who died at
Sacramento, California, on the 27th of August,
1872, and Hon. William Bigler, Governor of Penn
sylvania from 1852 to 1855, still living in Clearfield,
Clearfield county, Penna. (259)

26o HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Banks of Deposit. — "Perry County, Sponsler,
Junkin %l Co.," was organized on the 19th of Sep
tember, 1866, by electing William A. Sponsler,
President, and William Willis, Cashier. " New
port" was organized on the 12th of December,
1 866, with Perry Kremer, President, Isaac Wright,
Cashier, and Charles A. Wright, Teller, and re-or
ganized, March 23, 1867, with John Wright as
President, and Isaac Wright, Cashier. A new
article of confederation caused a re-organization,
Jan. 2, 1872, when Thomas H. Milligan was elected
President, Isaac. Wright, Cashier, and Joseph M.
Wright, Teller. " Liverpool Bank" was organized
in July, 1 871, with M. B. Holman, President, and
J. C. Weirick, Cashier.
Burkholder, Hon. A. iT., was born in Juniata town
ship, Perry county, Pennsylvania, and was educated
at Markelville Academy. He read law in the office
of B. M'Intire, Esq., Bloomfield. After being ad
mitted to the Bar he removed to Ohio, from which
place he went into the army as a captain of volun
teers. After his term of enlistment expired he re
turned home, and soon afterward removed to Mis
souri, where he is now (Aug. i, 1872) serving as a
president judge.
Buckwheat in 1826. — Solomon Bower, of To
boyne township, raised a stalk which had 3,012
sound grains on it.
Brady, Rev. jFoseph, for many years a zealous
minister of the gospel for several Presbyterian
churches in the eastern part of the county, died on
Tuesday evening, April 24th, 1821.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 261
Bloomsfield Times, published every Tuesday
morning by Frank Mortimer & Co., is a five-col
umn, 12x19, eight-paged weekly. It was first is
sued in January, 1868. Subscription price is ;$I.25
per year in advance. The Times is the only paper
in the county published on a steam-power press.
Berkstresser, Henry, member of the House from
Lawrence Co.,0., was born at Liverpool, Perry Co.,
Penn.sylvania, January 19, 1 831, and grew to man
hood near New Bloomfield. He removed to Ohio
in the spring of 1853, settling in Richland county,
but at the expiration of two yearg he removed to
Newark, Licking county. He subsequently joined
the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and was appointed to Patriot circuit, Octo
ber I, i860.
On the breaking out of the rebellion he entered
the Union army, and was commissioned a fst lieu
tenant in the i8th Ohio volunteers, October, 1 861.
He returned to the work of the ministry in the fall
of 1862.
He was elected to the General Assembly of
Ohio in the fall of 1871, and served as chairman
of the Committee on Temperance.
Beaver, Gen. James A., at present a practitioner
at the Center county. bar, Bellefonte, Pa., was born
in Millerstown, Perry county. He served his
country as colonel of 148th regiment, infantry,
from September Sth, 1862, till December 22, 1864,
when he was honorably discharged on account of
a wound which resulted in the loss of a leg. He
was appointed brevet brigadier general.

262 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Clark's Ferry was called by the Indians Queen-
-askawakee. This ferry was once a great fording
place. A little above it, at the White Rock, on the
river side, John Harris had, in 1733, a house which
was complained of by the Indians. — Watson's An
nals. Cochran, Rev. Wm. P., D, D., was born in Green
wood township. Perry county, in 1 803. He
graduated at Princeton College in his twenty-
second year. In 1825 he went to Missouri as a
Home Missionary. He finally became settled as
the owner of a plantation and pastor of a Presbyte
rian church in Marion county, Missouri, where he
remained until the breaking out of the rebellion,
when he received a call from the Presbyterian
churches of Millerstown, Newport and Ickesburg
(Buffalo church), which he accepted, and removed
his family to Millerstown. He continued to dis
charge the duties of pastor over these congrega
tions until the spring of 1868, when he resigned
and returned to his old home in Missouri.
Duncan! s Island — The Swedish family of Huling
came originally from Marcus Hook, and settled the
fine island now called Duncan's. In the year 1755,
Mrs. Huling, with her two children, all on one
horse, forded the river when it was unusually high,
and made their escape from the Indians to Fort
Hunter, afterward known as McAllister's Place.
A Mrs. Berryhill got safe to the same place, but
her husband was killed and scalped. At the angle
of the canal, near the large bridge, says James F.
Watson, I saw the mound covered with trees from

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 263
which hundreds of cart-loads of Indian bones were
taken and used, with the intermixed earth, as filling
material for one of the bastions of the dam. There
were also among them many beads and trinkets,
which were piled up as so much clay or stones to
form an embankment.
Duncannon Iron Works, now one of the most
extensive iron manufactories in central Pennsylva
nia, were started at Petersburg, Perry county,
about 1830.
The first of these works was a small charcoal
forge, erected by Duncan and Mprgan, who failed
after a few years, when the property was bought
by Wm. L. Wister and C. W. Morgan, wlio built
and put in operation the rolling mills, and soon after
the nail factory — all of which were run by Water-
power until 1853, when steam-power was added to
the finishing mills and continued to be used in them
alone until 1 860, when a flood washed out the dam.
At this time steam-power was added to the other
mills, and since then has been used throughout the
works. In 1853, the anthracite furnace was erected,
with an average capacity of 7,000 tons of pig-iron
per annum.
The old Montibello charcoal furnace was ope
rated by the same firm until 1848, when it was
blown out because it would no longer pay.
Fisher, Morgan & Co. sold their interest to the
Duncannon Iron Company in 1859.
This company has been the successful operators
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264 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
grown by improvement and addition until there
are 16 puddling and 6 heating furnaces and 54
nail machines ; they use eight engines with a total
power of 700 horses, employ 350 hands, and have
upward of 80 tenant houses, besides a large store,
offices and warerooms.
Flickinger, H. C, a graduate of Eastman College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and a very justly celebrated
penman, is a native of Saville township, Perry
county. First Locomotive. — The first locomotive that ever
crossed the Upper Mississippi is in this, city, in the
possession of Mr. D. X. Junkin. It was buiit in
the year 1 844, by the Hon. B. F. Junkin, of Perry
county, Pennsylvania, while attending Lafayette
College, at Easton, Pa., after seeing the first loco
motive that ever run on the middle division of the
Pennsylvania Central railroad. It was brought by
his father. Judge Junkin, to this county, in the year
1854, and has all the requisites for drawing cars.
It can be seen at the residence of Mr. D. X. Junkin
in this city. — Muscatine {Iowa) Courier.
Gantt, Hon. Daniel, a native of Perry county
was for many years a citizen of Bloomfield and a
practitioner at that bar. While in Perry county,
Mr. Gantt was identified with the most advanced
educational movements of the times, ever ready to
put his shoulder to the wheel and give his push.
Mr. Gantt left Perry coun^ty previous to the year
i860, and has been a resident of several States
since, and finally, we learn from an Omaha paper

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of Nov. 22, 1872, has been elected to the bench of
the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska.
Greek Cross. — When the canal was making near
Newport the laborers dug up a stone shaped like a
Greek cross, which, when thoroughly cleansed, the
transverse was seen to contain hieroglyphics plainly
marked with a sharp-pointed instrument. This
cross was sent to Philadelphia for the opinion of
the members of the Historical Society, but never
reaphing its destination, is supposed to have been
lost on the way.
Gibson's Rock. — About twenty rods from the old
mansion house of the Gibsons was the precipitous
wall of stratified conglomerate sandstone, known as
Gibson's Rock. Its abrupt termination looked
north toward a ravine. It towered about one hun
dred and ten feet above the waters of Sherman's
creek, and seems to have once been a part of
Pisgah Hills on the opposite side of the creek, but
whether the spur from Dick's Hills which joined
these parallel chains we could hardly safely
determine. If it joined in this manner, then
there were two coves of peculiar formations,
such the echoes of which no human ear ever
heard. Gibson, Hon. John Banister, Chief Justice Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania, was appointed to the Su
preme Court, May 9th, 1853, thirty-five years ago.
On the deathof Chief Justice Tilghman,he became
his successor, and presided over its deliberations
more than twenty years, with honor to himself and
to the country. So distinguished were his ability,
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266 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
learning and impartiality, that, after the adoption
of the amended Constitution, in 1838, in times of
the highest and bitterest party excitement. Gover
nor Ritner, forgetting his personal and party feel
ings, and looking only to the qualifications neces
sary for that high office, reappointed him Chief
Justice of this Commonwealth; an act honorable
to both.
Judge Gibson lived to an advanced age ; his
knowledge increasing with increasing years, while
his great intellect remained unimpaired. (An ex
tract from the remarks of Tha'ddeus Stevens.)
We cannot forbear giving in full the eulogium
of Chief Justice Black upon the occasion that
called forth the foregoing from Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens. We commend it as a gem worthy to be
read and re-read by every student and admirer of
literature :
" It is unnecessary to say that every surviving
member of the Court is deeply grieved by the death
of Chief Justice Gibson. In the course of nature
it was not to be expected that he could live much
longer, for he had attained the ripe age of seventy-
six. But the blow, though not a sudden, was,
nevertheless, a severe one.
" The intimate relations, personal and official,
which we all bore to him, would have been suffici
ent to account for some emotion, even if he had
been an ordinary man. But he was the Nestor of
the bench, whose wisdom inspired the public mind
with confidence in our decisions. By this bereave-

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ment the Court has lost what no time can repair ;
for we shall never look upon his like again.
"We regarded him more as a father than a
brother. None of us ever saw a Supreme Court
until he was in it ; and to some of us his character
as a great judge was familiar even in childhood.
The earliest knowledge of the law we had was de
rived in part from his luminous expositions of it.
He was a Judge of the Common Pleas before the
youngest of us was born, and was a member of this
Court long before the oldest was admitted to the bar.
He sat here with twenty-six different associates,
of whom eighteen preceded him to the grave. For
nearly a quarter of a century he was Chief Justice,
and when he was nominally superseded by another,
as the head of the court, his great learning, venera
ble character, and overshadowing reputation, still
made him the only Chief whom the hearts of the
people would know. During the long period of
his judicial labors he discussed and decided innu
merable questions. His opinions are found in no
less than seventy volumes of the regular reports
from 2 Sergeant and Rawle to 7 Harris.
"At the time of his death he had been longer in
ofifice than any contemporary judge in the world;
and in some points of character he had not his
equal on the earth. Such vigor, clearness and pre
cision of thought were never before united with
the same felicity of diction. Brougham has
sketched Lord Stowell justly enough as the great
est judicial writer that England could boast of, for
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268 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
and calls on the reader to admire the remarkable
elegance of its structure. I believe that Judge Gib
son never wrote an opinion in his life from which a
passage might not be taken, stronger, as well as
more graceful in its turn of expression, than this
which is selected with so much care, by a most
zealous friend, from all of Lord Stowell's. His
written language was a transcript of his mind. It
gave the world the very form and pressure of his
thoughts. It was accurate, because he knew the
exact boundaries of the principles he discussed.
His mental vision took in the whole outline and
all the details of the case, and with a bold and
steady hand he painted what he saw. He made
others understand him, because he understood
himself. ' Cui lecla potenter erit res,
Nee feeundii deseret hune, neclucidus ordo,'
" His style was rich, but he never turned out of
his way for figures of speech. He never sacrificed
sense to sound, or preferred ornament to substance.
If he reasoned much by comparison, it was not to
make his composition brilliant, but clear. He
spoke in metaphors often ; not because they were
sought, but because they came to his mind unbid
den. The same vein of happy illustration ran
through his conversation and his private letters.
I was most of all struck with it in a careless
memorandum intended, when it was written, for no
eye but his own. He never thought of display,
and seemed totally unconscious that he had the
power to make any. His words were always

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precisely adapted to the subject. He said neither
more nor less than just the thing he ought. He
had one thought of a great poet — that of ex
pressing a thought in language which could never
afterward be paraphrased. When a legal principle
passed through his hands he sent it forth clothed
in a dress which fitted it so exactly that nobody '
ever presumed to give it any other. Almost uni
versally the syllabus of his opinion is a sentence
from itself; and the most heedless student, in look
ing over Wharton's Digest, can select the cases in
which Gibson delivered the judgment, as readily
as he would pick out gold coins from among cop
pers. For this reason it is that he was the least
voluminous writer of the court ; the citations from
him at the bar are more numerous than from all
the rest put together. Yet the men who shared
with him the labors and responsibilities of this tri
bunal (of course I am not referring to any who are
now here) stood among the foremost in the country
for learning and ability. To be their equal was an
honor which few could attain ; to excel them was
a most pre-eminent distinction.
" The dignity, richness and purity of his written
opinions was by no means his highest title to admi
ration. The movements of his mind were as strong
as they were graceful. His periods not only pleased
the ear, but sunk into the mind. He never wearied
the reader, but he always exhausted the subject.
Aa opinion of his was an unbroken chain of logic
from beginning to end. His argumentation was
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270 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
times it rose into irresistible energy, dashing oppo
sition to pieces with force like that of a battering-
ram. " He never missed the point even of a cause which
had been badly argued. He separated the chaff
from the wheat almost as soon as he got posses
sion of it. The most complicated entanglement of
fact and law would be reduced to harmony under
his hands. His arrangement was so lucid, that the
dullest mind could follow him with the intense pleas
ure which we all feel in being able to comprehend
the workings of an intellect so manifestly superior.
Yet he committed errors. It is wonderful in the
course of his long service he did not commit more.
A few were caused by inattention ; a few by want
of time ; a few by preconceived notions which led
him astray. When he did throw himself into the
wrong side of a cause, he usually made an argu
ment which it was much easier to overrule than
answer. With reference to his erroneous opinions,
he might have used the words of Virgil, which he
quoted so happily in Eakin v. Raub (12 Ser. and
R.) for another purpose: ' Si Pergama dextra
Defendi possent, etiam ha.c defensa fuissent.'
" But he was of all men the most devoted and
earnest lover of truth for its own sake. When sub
sequent reflection convinced him that he had been
wrong, he took the first opportunity to acknowl
edge it. He was often the earliest to discover his
own mistakes, as well as the foremost to correct
them.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 27I
" He -was inflexibly honest. The judicial ermine
was as unspotted when, he laid it aside for the
habiliments of the grave, as it was when he first
assumed it. I do not mean to award him merely
that commonplace integrity which it is no honor to
have, but simply a disgrace to want. He was not
only incorruptible, but scrupulously, delicately,
conscientiously free from all willful wrong, either
in thought, word or deed.
"Next, after his wonderful intellectual endow
ments, the benevolence of his heart was the most
marked feature of his character. His was a most
genial spirit; affectionate and kind to his friends,
and magnanimous to his enemies. Benefits received
by him were engraved on his memory as on a tab
let of brass ; injuries were written in sand. He
never let the sun go down on his wrath. A little
dash of bitterness in his nature would, perhaps,
have given a more consistent tone to his character,
and greater activity to his mind. He lacked the
quality which Dr. Johnson admired. He was nop
a good hater.
" His accomplishments were very extraordinary.
He was born a musician, and the natural talent was
highly cultivated. He was a connoisseur in paint
ing and sculpture. The whole round of English
literature was familiar to him. He was at home
among the , ancient classics. He had a perfectly
clear conception of all the great truths of natural
science. He had studied medicine carefully in his
youth and understood it well. His mind absorbed
all kinds of knowledge with scarcely an effort.

273 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
" Judge Gibson was well appreciated by his fellow-
citizens ; not so highly as he deserved, for that
was scarcely possible. But admiration of his tal
ents and respect for his honesty were universal
sentiments. This was strikingly manifested when
he was elected in 185 1, notwithstanding his ad
vanced age, without partisan connections, with no
emphatic political standing, and without manners,
habits or associations calculated to make him
popular beyond the circles that knew him intimate
ly. With all these disadvantages, it is said, he
narrowly escaped what might have been a danger
ous distinction — a nomination on both of the op
posing tickets. Abroad he has, for very many
years, been thought the great glory of his native
State. Doubtless the whole Commonwealth will
mourn his death ; we all have good reasons to do
so. The profession of the law has lost the ablest
of its teachers, this Court the brightest of its orna
ments, and the people a steadfast defender of their
rights, so far as they were capable of being pro
tected by judicial authority. For myself I know
no form of words to express my deep sense of the
loss we have suffered. I can most truly say of
him what was said long ago concerning one of the
few mortals who were yet greater than he : I did
love the man, and do honor |iis memory, on this
side idolatry, as much as any."
As a token of respect for the deceased. Court
adjourned its session.
John Banister Gibson's birth-place has been given
in another place, and it yet remains for the public

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 273
to be informed of his death, which occurred at the
United States Hotel, at 2 o'clock. May 3, 1853, in
the 73d year of his age. He was the son of Col.
George Gibson of the Revolutionary war, who fell
at St. Clair's defeat in 1 791. He graduated at
Dickinson College in 1800. He then studied law
under Thomas Duncan, Esq. He was twice, sent
to the Legislature — in 18 10 and 18 11 — giving his
support to Gov. Snyder and President Madison.
In 1818 he was elected to the Supreme bench.
Judge Gibson's remains were taken to Carlisle
for "interment, on the 4th of May, 1853.
Oil portraits of Judge Gibson and Col. George
Gibson are still retained in the old " Gibson house"
in Spring township, Perry county, Pennsylvania.
Juniata, spelled C and Ch-oniata and Juneauta,
is an Iroquois word, the meaning of which is un
known. The Indians esteemed this river their
best hunting ground for deer, elk and beaver.
Liverpool Mercury and People's Advertiser, the
title of a weekly newspaper owned and edited at
Liverpool, Perry county, by John Huggins. The
Mercury was a five-column, 12x16, four-paged
paper, devoted to politics, literature, local news and
advertising. It was started July i, 1831, and
finally became merged into the Perry County Dem
ocrat in June, 1826; The subscription price was
^2.00 per annum.
Landisburg Sunday-school, in 1821, collected the
following fines for absences : From the superinten
dent, 6 cents ; from directors, 6 cents each, and
from each teacher 3 cents.

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HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.

Linn, Rev. John, D. D., for more than forty years
pastor of Center meeting-house, died August 29,
1830, aged 70 years.
Lewis, David, a bold robber who frequented the
mountains and mountain gaps of. Perry county,
died from wounds which he received in the suc
cessful attempt to capture him, in Bellefonte jail,
1820. He made no confession.
Mitchell, George, Esq., for many years a justice of
the peace for Liverpool, died in that place, in his
39th year, on the 23d of April, 1833. A lengthy
obituary recited his many virtues. We find the
following lines in the middle of four other stanzas
printed in the Liverpool Mercury of September 13,
1833: With boundless thought thy manly spirit knew
To cool the fires that seared another's breast ;
The balm that soothed from reason's fountain drew
To ease the anguish of the mind distressed.
Miller township was formed out of parts of Oliver
and Center townships by act of Legislature in 1852.
Mills. — There were thirteen flour mills in Perry
county in 1792.
Miller, Hon. Stephen, an ex-Governor of Minne
sota, was born and raised to manhood in Carroll
township. Mt. Vernon Forge, noticed in chapter i of the in
troduction as Lewis' Forge, was erected by Gen.
James Lewis in 1807 or 1 808. It was operated "in
connection with Hope Furnace, west of Lewistown,
MifSin county, of which Lewis was one of the pro
prietors.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 273
Mr. James Blain, marrying one of Lewis' daugh
ters, continued the forge after Lewis quit.
He soldout to a Mr. M'Gara, who failed, and
the property came into the possession of Purcell &
Woods, of whom, in 1815, William P. Elliott (my
informant) and William Power bought the forge
and property pertaining. At this time the forge
was nearly in ruins, having been so long idle.
Messrs. Elliott and Power spent a large sum of
money in repairing it. They operated it from the
time it was got in order until 18 17, when they
failed, and the property reverting to its former own
ers, Purcell & Woods, the fires went out never to
be rekindled.
This forge had two fires and two large hammers
which were supplied with charcoal from the Forge
Hill, and with pig metal from Hope furnace, in
Mifflin county, and from Juniata furnace, in Center
township, Perry county.
The Forge Hill tract of land contained several
hundred acres west of the Juniata river, in Tusca
rora township.
Millerstown Gazette, a five-column, 12x18, four-
paged weekly, was started at Millerstown by Levi
Klauser, Jan. i, 1857, and continued until April 22,
1858, when the press was removed to Newport, and
the paper took the name of Newport Gazette. At
the latter place it was continued by Klauser &
Bowman, from April 29, 1858, until September 20,
1859. Subscription price was ;^i.50 per annum.
Mitchell, Robert, Esq., is still living on the farm
where he was raised from a child of three years

276 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
old. He was one of the first board of county com
missioners. He is now in his 90th year, and is
able to walk about. He related, when visited in
July, 1872, the driving of 37 deer into the Juniata,
below the Rope Ferry, in one season, from Septem
ber to January.
M'Clure, Hon. A. K., was born and raised to man
hood near Center, in Madison township.
Newport School Board passed a resolution to pay
their teachers regular wages while attending the
Teachers' Institute, held at that place in December,
1855. Newport Standard was started at Newport, Sep
tember I, 1 84 1, by Samuel Schrack. It was a five-
column, 12x18, weekly. The press was removed
to Bloomfield, and continued from August 22, 1844,
as Perry County Standard, by J. D. Crilly.
Newport News, a weekly newspaper, started by
Hervey Smith and E. T.Williams, January I, 1869.
It is independent in politics and specially devoted
to general literature, local news, agriculture and
advertising. It has been greatly improved by its
present editor and proprietor, George Shrom, and
is a seven-column, 15x21, single sheet, mailed to
subscribers at ;^i.5o per annum in advance.
Nails.- — In 1821 a pound of' nails was sold at 10
cents cash, or 11 cents for produce.
Oak Grove Furnace, now in ruins, in Spring
township, was erected by Dr. William Hayes &
Brother. Perry Forester, the title of the oldest newspaper
published in the county.

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 277
It was started in Landisburg, July I2, 1820, by
H. W. Peterson and Alexander Magee. It was a
five-column, 12x17, single sheet weekly, devoted
to politics, foreign and home news, literature and
advertising. H. W. Peterson was an associate editor of the
Forester from July 12, 1820, until January 13, 1821.
He wielded a ready pen and for erudition stood A
No. I in his profession. After he left Perry, Peter
son edited a paper in Lebanon county, which he
quitted to remove to Gault, Upper Canada, where
he became probate judge under His Majesty
George IV. He died at the latter place.
In the first issue of the Forester we are informed
that but one mail reached Landisburg weekly.
The Perry Forester was continued by Alexander
Magee at Landisburg until April 9, 1829, when
the first issue was sent from the ofifice on Main
.street, Bloomfield. The subscription price of the
Forester was ;^i.75 a year in advance.
Perry County Democrat is the title of the Demo
cratic paper continued in the ofifice of the Perry
Forester at Bloomfield by Major John A. Magee.
It is devoted to literature, politics, general and
local news, and agriculture. It is the oldest of the
weekly papers now published, dating its Vol. No.
I June, 1826. It is an eight-column, 19x26, four-
paged weekly, mailed to subscribers at ;^2.oo per
annum in advance.
Per>y County Freeman is the name of a Republi
can seven^column weekly, of which Hon. John A.
Baker is editor and proprietor. It was started
12*

278 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
June 20, 1839. Subscription price, j^i.SO per an
num in advance.
Perry County Railroads. — Charters have been ob
tained for three routes : one starting at Marysville
and extending westward through Shermansdaleto
Bixler's ; another beginning at Duncannon and ex
tending westward to Bixler's, through Bloomfield,
and the third to start at Bailey's and extend through
Bloomfield to Bixler's.
The distance of the former two we find set forth
as follows :

SHERMANSDALE ROUTE.

Miles.

New York to Harrisburg by Allentown
and Reading (made)  183
Harrisburg to Marysville (made)  7
Marysville to Bixler's (to make)  30

219

BLOOMFIELD ROUTE.

New York to Dauphin by Allentown,
Tipton and Auburn (made except 17
miles)  180
Northern Central, Dauphin to Peter's
Mountain (made) 
Bridge to Duncannon (to make)  ^
Duncannon to Bixler's (to make)  22
207
From No. VII. of the same series of articles we
learn that ^24,(K)0 were subscribed in two days at

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 279
Bloomfield and Duncannon, and ^2,000 at Loys
ville and Blain toward the Bloomfield route, in
1866. Patent Medicine. — D. W. Judkin's Patent Speci
fic Ointment for the various diseases was the first
advertisement of the kind that appeared in a Perry
county paper — January 15, 1829.
Poor-house.^— Y&xxy County Poor-house is situ
ated a half-mile south-east of Loysville, on a farm
owned by the county. The original buildings were
of brick, two stories an.d a half high, and on ac
count of the arrangement of the rooms not well
adapted for the purpose. The new buildings, just
aboi^t completed, are the best and most expensive
public buildings in the county, costing upward of
^30,000. Porter, John B., Esq., spent several years of his
life at Liverpool in the capacity of a scrivener ; he
afterward taught school for a number of terms at
Millerstown, and finally removed to Juniata county,
where he was elected county superintendent of
schools in i860. Mr. Porter served in this capacity
until 1863, when* socyi after his term of ofifice ex
pired, he removed with his family to Louise county,
Iowa, where he had been but a short time until he
was again placed in the educational lead as county
superintendent. Robert Clark & Co.'s Mail Stage between Har-.
risburg and Bellefonte will leave Bufifington's Inn
every Friday at noon, and arrive at Bellefonte every
Sunday afternoon ; returning, leave Bellefonte every

28o HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Wednesday morning and arrive at Harrisburg every
Friday morning.
Fare from Harrisburg to Clark's Ferry, ;^i.oo;
Clark's Ferry to Millerstown, ;^i. 60; Millerstown
to Lewistown, ;^2.oo; Lewistown to Bellefonte,
^2.00, or from Harrisburg to Bellefonte, ;^6.oo.^
Advertisement, August, 1820.
Religious. — The following are the religious so
cieties and congregations of Perry county : Pres
byterian — Old and New School united — and the
Seceder, Lutheran, Reformed Church, Methodist,
Evangelical Association, Winebrenner Church, es
tablished by Rev. John Winebrenner, of Harris
burg, now called the Church of God, Dunker
Society, United Brethren, and a few followers of
Andrew J. Smolnicker, who established "Peace
Union" on Tuscarora Mountain; also a few Free
Lovers. Sherman's Valley, at an early day, included all
of Perry county except Pfoutz's Valley. It received
its name from the creek, which was called Sher
man's after an Indian trader who was drowned at
Gibson's while attempting to cross it with his horse
and furs. In this valley,' says the author of Wat
son's Annals, I saw a real " leather stocking" in
the person of a Mr. Stew'art ; twenty-five years ago
he had killed as many as sixty deer in one season ;
he goes out in snow-time in preference, and lays
out all night. It was in this valley that I heard of
William Penh's iron spur, left on his visit to the.
Susquehanna, near Columbia, and now in posses
sion of Lewis Pennock, in London Grove, Chestei

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 281
county. Many aged persons, still alive in Carlisle^
remember very well when all the carriage of goods
and stores westward from Carlisle was done wholly
on pack-horses, coming and going in whole com
panies ; only as late as twelve years ago there were
not more than three wagons in all Sherman's Val
ley — all the hauling was done on sleds, in summer
as well as winter. A Mrs. Murphy, who died in
that valley in 1830, aged nearly one hundred years
— having lived a long life there among the Indians
— remembered seeing the first wagon arrive at
Carlisle, and the indignation it excited among the
packers, as likely to ruin their trade ! Even the wid
ening of the roads, when first ordered, offended
them ! The pack-horses used to carry bars of iron
on their back, crooked over and around their
bodies ; barrels were hung on them, one on each
side. She remembered that the first Indian track
(or path) to go westward, was to cross at Simpson's,
four miles below John Harris'; then across Cono-
doguinet, at Middlesex; thence up the mountain
across Crogan's Gap (now Sterret's); thence down
the mountain and across Sherman's creek at Gib
son's ; then by Dick's Gap (the gap between Dick's
and Quaker hills, through ^hich the Landisburg
road passes) ; then through Sherman's Valley by
Concord to the Burnt Cabins ; then to the waters of
the Alleghany and down the river.
Shumaker, J. H, Ph. D., was born near Sandy
Hill, Madison township. He received his prepara
tory education at Academia Academy, Juniata Co.,
Pa., of which he was the efficient principal after he

282 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
graduated at Princeton College, until 1 868, when
he assumed charge of Chambersburg Academy,
his present position.
Smiley, Rev. Geo. W., D. D., a son of Mrs. Hu-
ling's by her marriage to Mr. Smiley, was
born in Carroll township. He was a clerk in Hoff-
enstein's store, Carlisle, when but a boy ; from this
he went to Indiana, where he became clerk and
book-keeper in a store, and from the latter place he
went to Kentucky, where he was converted to re
ligion in Rev. Dr. Bascom's church, under whose
tutorship he studied theology. He is widely
known as an effective public speaker, and is now
engaged by the First Presbyterian Church of
Pottsville, Pa.
Store Advertisement, July 19, 1820. — " Dry
Goods, including Straw Bonnets, Hardware, Glass
and Queensware, Brandy, Spirits and Wine."
Sypher. — The family of whom J. R. Sypher,
author of histories of Pennsylvania Reserves, and
of the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
"American Popular Speakers" and "Art of Teach
ing," and Hon. J. H. Sypher, M. C. from Louisiana,
lived in Pfoutz's Valley, Greenwood township,
where they were born.
Hon. Jay Hale Sypher was born July 22, 1837.
He received a collegiate education, studied law
and was admitted to the bar ; he entered the Union
army as a private and rose through all the grades
to that of brigadier-general, which he held when
mustered out of service at the close of the war,
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January, 1866, he was a delegate to the National
Republican Convention in Chicago which nomi
nated Grant and Colfax. He was elected to the
Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, and was re
elected to the Forty-second Congress as a Republi
can by a majority of 5,500 over Walker, Democrat.
Superstitions. — Among the methods of relieving
the ills to which suffering humanity is heir, none is
more universally practiced or more firmly believed
than the pow-wow. It cures the various forms of
erysipelas, the bite of a snake, burns, rheumatism,
chills and fevers, and stops the flow of blood by
the power of words and the scarlet silk thread or a
panful of coals of fire, applied three times, provided
the patient is possessed of the scriptural full measure
of faith in these means.
A few persons will not plant seeds when the
moon "points up," believing if they do so the
plants will grow to tops or go to seed. Shingles
must not be driven on a roof at this time or their
edges will turn upward. These persons believe
Friday to be an " unlucky day," and that the howl
ing of a dog or the crowing of a hen portends evil,
a death, or a reverse of fortune.
The belief in such notions, strengthened by the
early training of parents who were believers, is so
tenacious that nothing but a more liberal education
can ever change it.
Teachers' Gun. — Harrisburg, March 20, 1862. —
Received from Lewis B. Kerr, County Superin
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284 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
teachers of Perry county toward the purchase of
the " Teachers' Gun." Thomas H. Burrowes.
Some months previous to this a movement was
started in the State, by the teachers, to procure a
gun by contribution, to be presented to the govern
ment. This gun was to be christened the " Teach
ers' Gun."
Tailoring in 1825. — Making fashionable coat,
;$3.50; next quality, ^3.00; home-made cloth, ;^i. 50;
fashionable pants, ^i.oo
Traveling Show. — The first traveling show that
ever visited Perry county, exhibited in Landisburg,
September 7th, 1826.
Turkeys. — David Snyder, an early resident of
Jackson township, related that, when a boy, while
a blacksmith was doing some work for him, he
went to the fence of a neighboring field with a shot
gun, when he made a noise which caused the wild
turkeys feeding in it to raise their heads and run
together, when he fired and killed five at one shot.
He is said to have frequently killed two at one
shot with a rifle.
The Farmers' Bank of Millerstown was organized
December 21st, 1872, by electing Perry Kreamer
President, William Rickabaugh, Cashier, Jacob
Yohn, Jonathan Weiser, Lewis Gilfilen, Philip Kep
ner, James Patterson and J. E. Singer, Directors.
The capital stock was fixed at ;^5o,ooo.
White, Thomas J., was born in Perry county,
Pennsylvania, May 17, 1827. At the age of five
years he removed with his parents to Ohio, set-

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tling in Crawford county, where he 'has resided since
1832. On December i, 1869, he was elected superiur
tendent of the Crawford County Infirmary, which
position he held up to the time of his election to a
seat in the House of Representatives of the Six
teenth General Assembly of Ohio.
He is an earnest worker and careful representa
tive of his county, well deserving the place he
holds. Warm Springs. — The tract of land which con
tains the celebrated Perry County Warm Springs
was patented by one Dently, who was its original
owner. It came into possession of James and John Ken
nedy next after Dently. They lived in ,a stone
house about forty rods west of the springs, on the
road leading to Landisburg.
John Hippie, Esq., leased the property of the
Kennedys for a term of years and erected the first
building, which was 40x45 feet, with kitchen at
tached, opened for the entertainment of the public.
Previous to this the farm-houses for miles around
were crowded with persons who came from a dis
tance to drink of and bathe in the waters of the
springs. After the expiration of Mr. Hippie's
lease, William Updegraffe, who had come by mar
riage to be one of the heirs to the property, kept
open the buildings during the summer for the en
tertainment of strangers, and employed his leisure
time in farming and working in the pottery which
he had erected.

286 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
After Updegraffe, the property was sold -1:0 Mr.
H. H. Etter, who erected the houses over the
springs, remodeled the bath-house built by Mr.
Hippie, so that all the tubs could be supplied with
water at the same time, and built a new bath-house.
He improved the grounds, erected the summer-
house on the island of about one acre in Sherman's
creek. He made gravel and tan walks about the
premises, and built to the main building an east
wing seventy-five feet long, in which he had a ball
room in the basement. He built the house on the
hill with a bowling-alley and the billiard-rooms in
it. Mr. Etter is said to have had two hundred
boarders at the springs at one time, beside transient
visitors, of whom there were not a few.
With an eye single to the ornamental, no doubt,
Mr. Etter had a hydraulic ram placed below the
first spring, which forced the water to a reservoir
above the road, whence it was conveyed to the
park below the road in pipes, and jetted upward
from the center of a large basin. No other use
was made of the Water of the reservoir, although
its position and capacity might have been made to
supply the buildings with Water with a small, if
any, additional expenditure.
After Etter, the property passed into the hands
of R. M. Henderson and John Hays, Esqrs., who
leased it to John Early, who kept it but a
single season. Mr. Wm. T. Dewalt next leased
and kept open the buildings for two years. He
was succeeded by William Vansdalen, who con
tinued two years.

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He removed in the forenoon of April 4th, 1865,
and in the evening about 1 1 o'clock the buildings
were discovered to be on fire. Mr. John Louch
was to occupy the property in a few days after
Vansdalen left it, but did not come on account of
the buildings being destroyed. After the fire the
springs ceased to be a resort, and the property was
allowed to become impaired by neglect. In 1 867,
Mr. Christian Thudium bought the property, and
soon afterward sold it to Mr. Abraham Bower, its
present proprietor. Mr. Bower has begun in earn
est to repair, build and fit the property for what it
seems so well, naturally, designed — ^a resort for the
invalid or pleasure-seeker, during the hot weather
of summer. Indeed -vye doubt whether a better
place could be found for those who are in feeble
health at any season of the year.
Mr. Bower has erected, under roof afld partly
finished (1872*, a main building, 60x30, with large
kitchen attached, three stories high, which he de
signs opening for the accommodation of visitors
next summer. His building will have more spa
cious and in every way pleasanter appointments
than the old one, and we are assured other things
will be in keeping. We like the plan of having
small cottages for private families, as is .".ontem-
plated here.
The Springs. — The water of these spr.'ngs con
tains " carbonate of iron held in suspension by an
excess of carbonic acid gas ; it is strongly impreg
nated, and a highly salubrious chalybeate water."
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288 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
among those who know them for their medicinal
properties and healing virtues. The temperature,
as their name indicates, is warm, but not so much
so as to produce nausea ; on the contrary,invigora-
tion and health.
No. I, the warmest and largest spring, dis
charges ninety-three gallons per minute. The
water rises from a sandstone rocky bottom of thirty-
six square feet, and is confined within these limits
by a stone wall. The appearance of the water is
clear, with an occasional bubble, or if disturbed,
bubbles, rising to the surface.
No. 2 probably discharges thirty-six gallons per
minute, and is situated two hundred feet from No.
I, at the root of a large poplar tree.
No. 3 discharges about forty-five gallons of water
per minute, and has a surface of seventy-two
square feet. The water of this spring bubbles
from the bottom as in No. I, and has the appear
ance of being more highly impregnated with iron.
No. 4 is an uncovered spring which rises at the
root of an ash, and has a capacity of fifty gallons
per minute. There are two other springs, of an
average capacity of fifty gallons per minute. These
springs all issue from the earth in a due south-west
and north-east line, along the foot of Quaker Hill,
which here runs parallel with Sherman's creek,
into which their waters are discharged.
The location of the springs could not be more
propitious for rest and recuperation from the cares
of business. With Mount Pisgah in front, Quaker
Hill, from which they issue, in the rear, and

HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY. 289
Sherman's creek rolling between, which a mile and
a half below breaks over the rocks into gentle
rapids, and the near proximity of the celebrated
Falling (or Dropping) Springs, what more romantic-
spot could be chosen ?
Vancamp. — The Vancamps came originally
from Holland, fro.-n whence they immigrated to
Esopus, (now Kingston), New York, which they
left hastily in terror of an Indian massacre, bringing
away all their household efifects on the backs of two
horses. ¦»
They journeyed, driving before them their cows
and hogs, until they came to Bald Eagle Valley,
Clinton county, Pennsylvania, where they so
journed, probably with or near their friends or
country folks, until after the French and Indian
war, when they left the Bald Eagle and came to
Perry county and settled on and above the site of
the present railroad station, at Bailey's, in 1763,
where their descendants of the third and fourth
generation still reside.
Water. — There is not a farm of 100 acres in
Perry county but has a stream of running water
on it. The streams are Sherman's creek, which
rises in Round Top Mountain, in Franklin county,
and empties into the Susquehanna below Duncan
non; Little Juniata creek, which rises between
Mahonoy and Dick's hills, in Carroll township,
and empties into the Susquehanna at Duncannon;
Little Buffalo creek, which rises in Saville town
ship, and empties into the Juniata at Newport;
Big Buffalo creek, which rises in Liberty Valley,
13

290 HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY.
Madison township, and discharges its waters into
the Juniata above Newport, in Oliver township ; and
Raccoon creek, which rises in Tuscarora township
and empties into the Juniata on the opposite side of
the river below Millerstown. All these streams
have an eastward course. Of the streams that flow
westward, Cocalamus creek rises in the Shade
Mountains, Juniata county, and discharges its
waters into the Juniata one mile below Millers
town, and Wildcat creek rises in Forge Hills
and Buffalo Mountains, in Greenwood township,
and empties into the Juniata about two miles from
the mouth of the Cocalamus.

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