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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ___________________________________________________________ HISTORY of BEDFORD, SOMERSET and FULTON COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of some of its PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884 [627] CHAPTER LXXXV. THE BOROUGH OF McCONNELLSBURG. The Town Founded, 1786 - Its Location upon an Old Traders' Path - Causes which led to a Rapid Growth - The Town Incorporated in 1814 - The McConnells - Interesting Reminiscences by a Grandson of Daniel McConnell - Houses and Inhabitants prior to 1813 - The Old Blockhouse - Taxables in 1826 - Table Showing the Amount of Travel on the Turnpike, 1830-4 - Business of the Town in 1846 - Personal Mention - Col. James Agnew - Col. John Fletcher - William Duffield - Thomas Greathead - Business Directory, 1883. McCONNELLSBURG is a pleasant, old-fashioned town, old in years, but not especially rich in historic lore. It was laid out by Daniel McConnell on the 20th of April, 1786. Four McConnells - William, Alexander, James and Adam - are mentioned by Secretary Peters as residents of the Big Cove in May, 1750. It is probable that they were progenitors or members of the family which founded the town. At the time the town was laid out, its site was on one of the main thoroughfares between the east and west. A packhorse trail or "packers' path," leading from Philadelphia and the eastern settlements via the Conococheague settlement and Mercersburg, passed through McConnellsburg and onward to the forks of the Ohio, now the site of Pittsburgh. This route was frequently traversed by the early traders, who dealt with the western Indians. From Fort Loudon ran another path, intersecting the first-named, near McConnellsburg. These roads, after peace had been established with the Indians, naturally became the routes of travel of the pioneer settlers, and over them their goods and supplies were carried on packhorses. When the settlements became able to undertake the work, the packhorse trails were converted into wagon roads. We have been unable to ascertain when this was consummated, but it is certain that wagons and stages ran through McConnellsburg long before the building of the Chambersburg and Bedford turnpike, about 1817. Indeed the village, as will be shown hereafter, had grown to be a thrifty and industrious settlement, as early as 1813; and on the 28th of March, 1814, it was incorporated as a borough. Daniel and William McConnell first settled where the town now stands. The land was granted to them by a warrant dated 1762. They were the sons of Adam McConnell, a Scotchman, who, according to tradition, owned some of the best lands in the cove. William McConnell was a justice of the peace at the time Bedford county was formed. He sold out to his brother, Daniel, and moved west some time in the last century. Daniel McConnell, Sr., according to the testimony of his grandson,* kept tavern, and had a large custom of wagoners and packers long before the town was laid out. He died in McConnellsburg about 1802. His first wife was a Miss Griffith, a Welsh lady. For his second wife he married the widow Beckwith, to whom he left one hundred acres of his estate, which in turn was inherited by her children, the Beckwiths. Daniel McConnell, Jr., who was born and reared on the homestead, inherited the farm out of which the town plot was made. He built a brick house in the western part of the town about 1790. This house (now owned by Alfred Greathead) was situated north of the turnpike, between it and the old tavern stand of the McConnells. While it was building, the family lived in the old blockhouse. Mr. McConnell thinks that the building was begun in 1788. Daniel McConnell, Jr., gave lots to the town for church and school buildings and a graveyard. He removed to Indiana county with his family in the spring of 1813, and died in 1820. He also married a Miss Griffith, his cousin. In the original plot of the town Main street was designed to run east and west through the court-house square. But the business of the place centered upon the old road (now the turnpike), which early became and still remains the principal street. Mr. Adam McConnell, in the communications before mentioned, thus describe the houses and residents as they were in his boyhood, prior to his removal in 1813: The McConnell house, at what was then the lower end of the town, on the north side of the road; next, the dwelling and store of John Hunter, Esq., John Darrah's house and store next, extending to the cross street; then Andrew Works' store; the stage tavern, kept by John Davis, with David Agnew's store in the basement; Thomas Douglas' tannery; James Agnew's store; on the next corner (northeast), Jacob Ford's tavern; shop of Anthony Shoe- _______ * This information is gathered from a letter written by Adam McConnell, then of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, to James Pott in 1876. The author of the letter was born in McConnellsburg, November 15, 1798, in the brick house built by his father and mentioned further on. He died in Armstrong county in 1882. He was the son of Daniel McConnell, Jr., whose father, Daniel, Sr., laid out the town. [628] maker, hatter; tavern of Joseph Flickner; George Darrah's tannery; these all on the north side of the main street. South side, lower end: Thomas Allender's wagonshop; John Carr's blacksmith shop; Huselton, and after him, Mark Dickson, kept tavern on the southwest corner, his back yard bridged with plank; James Nesbit had his saddler's shop on the next corner: then the old fort or blockhouse on the alley; on the other side of the alley, Judge Dickey's store; Michael Downs' carpentershop on the alley (Mr. McConnell does not otherwise describe its location); Nicholas Metzler kept groceries and medicine - there was no regular doctor within ten miles; William Scott's tavern on the next corner; Daniel Bloom's blacksmith-shop stood opposite; above it, Philip Butler's wagonshop, Rudebaugh's tinshop, Mullwertz's store and Capt. Adam Leonard's blacksmith-shop. These, says Mr. McConnell, were the oldest and most important residents of the village. Mr. McConnell says he can count from memory the houses of about fifty families. He further adds that there was no regular preaching in the place. He attended a school taught by a Mr. Martin, in a log schoolhouse, which stood on the same lot where, during his schooldays, a brick church was erected by the Presbyterians. Besides the several taverns in the village, "Nancy Brannon sold liquor in a house situated at the base of the North mountain." The blockhouse mentioned in the interesting reminiscences above given long since disappeared, and even its memory has been forgotten by the citizens of the town. There is no means of learning when or by whom it was erected. There is no doubt, however, that it was a relic of that gloomy period in the history of this valley when the lives of the scattered settlers were in constant peril from wily and savage foes. Mr. McConnell thus describes it: "On the alley, twenty or thirty feet off the street, the spring in front of the fort - the alley between it and Judge Dickey's store; built of heavy oak logs, squared and dovetailed together closely; no cracks, only portholes." This description fixes its location nearly in the rear of the printing office of the Fulton Republican, as at present located. We are enabled to take another glance at the inhabitants and business of the town a few years later, through the medium of the first tax-list of the borough now discoverable. According to the assessment list on file in the commissioners' office of Bedford county, the taxpayers of McConnellsburg borough in 1826 were as follows:* David Agnew Samuel Agnew Thomas Allender (wagonmaker) Bloom heirs John Bender (driver) Widow Bachett John Bohn (constable) Jacob Cook (blacksmith) Causes heirs John Coots (shoemaker) John Cook Rev. Thomas Clarkson Michael Downs (carpenter) William Duffield (merchant) Dr. Geo. Denig Elijah Dickson John Dickey, Esq. Elizabeth Davidson Dennison heirs Samuel Embly (shoemaker) Rufus Eachey Daniel Fortney (butcher) Jacob Foursnaught John Fletche (blacksmith) Fletcher & Sordon Robert Forbis (shoemaker) John Frymoir Fous heirs George Glaze (shoemaker) Philip Greenawalt (stagedriver) George Humbert George Hook (tanner) Solomon Humbert Jacob Hook Henry Hook (tinner) John Keyser Leonard Knavel (blacksmith) Andrew Lindsay Thomas Loasson Gavin Loasson Michael Mulwortz John Mulwortz Daniel Metzler Mary McConnell Mary McClaine William McIntoze (saddler) Lewis Michael Samuel McCormick Samuel Morrow (tailor) Samuel and Thomas McClellan - Maides Samuel Nisbet Jacob Needen (chair-maker) William Patterson Joseph Parks Jameson Reed (laborer) George Rumel (blacksmith) William Scott John St. Mire (bricklayer) Mary Scott heirs William Scott David Smith (tailor) E. Smith (shoemaker) Anthony Shoemaker, Jr. (hatter) Anthony Shoemaker, Esq. Rev. William Shoultz Samuel Shimer (shoemaker) William Scholey (stagedriver) Jacob Stoner John Shaffer (innkeeper) Gen. John Shaffer Abraham Stephens, Esq. Samuel Shillito (gunsmith) Charles Tipple John Tutwiler, Esq. David Walt Andrew Work Ephraim Wallace heirs Single Freemen. - Samuel Forbes (shoemaker) - McClellan (merchant) Thomas McClellan (merchant) John McCormick (laborer) David Walt Johnston Elliott (tanner and currier) John Shaffer Isaac Shaffer George Shaffer Eli Shirkey (shoemaker) Robert Shannon Alexander Taylor (gunsmith) John Kerney (tailor) Adam Koots (hatter) Robert Forbes (shoemaker) Assessors. - Thomas Allender Anthony Shoemaker Thomas McClellan The following table may prove interesting, as showing the amount of travel on the Chambersburg and Bedford turnpike before the days of _______ * [Transcriber's note: These are given as a list rather than as a paragraph so they will be easier to read.] [629] rapid transit. The record is an abstract of an account kept by Henry R. F. Mullwitz, keeper of the North mountain tollgate, on the turnpike between Loudon and McConnellsburg: 1830 1834 Broad-wheeled wagons 6,641 6,359 Narrow-wheeled wagons 495 374 Single-horse wagons 761 1,243 Carriages 138 107 Two-horse wagons 318 779 Gigs 18 - Riding horses 3,116 2,817 Draft horses 30,824 42,330 Heads of cattle 5,834 6,457 Sheep 2,180 2,854 Hogs 1,180 40 Carts 18 - McConnellsburg, as we learn from Rupp's History, contained, in 1846, four churches, four taverns, six stores, two schools, two tanneries, two wagonshops, seven shoemakers, two weavers and four cabinetmakers. In 1840 its population was four hundred and eight-six; in 1846, five hundred and seventy-five, including twenty-four colored persons. PERSONAL Col. James Agnew was one of the earliest settlers of McConnellsburg, and the most successful business man that ever lived in the town. He was a man of strong mind and energetic char[ac]ter, firm of will and of sound judgment. He was born July 25, 1769, and died September 9, 1855. The date of his settlement in McConnellsburg is not definitely known. The dwelling now occupied by Jonathan Hess was built by Col. Agnew in 1792. The Agnew store - now J. W. Greathead's - was erected earlier. Col. Agnew was the second merchant in the town (Hunter having started the first store), and for many years his customers included the greater portion of the inhabitants between Ray's Hill and the Tuscarora mountain. There were no country stores in those days, and the trade all came to McConnellsburg. There was also as great amount of business brought to the town by the turnpike. Col. Agnew was a good manager, shrewd in financial matters. He left an estate worth about one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars - a large fortune to be amassed in a small town. He was a zealous member of the Presbyterian church and for many years held the office of elder and Sabbath-school superintendent. After his death, his family moved away. None of the name now reside in the county. Col. John Fletcher was among the early residents and prominent citizens of McConnellsburg. He pursued the blacksmith's trade. He was a man of reading and extensive information, and was especially well versed in the Bible and upon theological questions. Col. Fletcher was originally from Adams county. He died in McConnellsburg at the age of eighty-three. He had but one son, Charles Augustus, who moved to Maryland and died while a member of the legislature of that state. His daughters were Ann, who married William Duffield; Charlotte and Rebecca, both of whom died single. William Duffield was a native of Franklin county and a son of Dr. Samuel Duffield, of Welsh Run, Franklin county. He came to McConnellsburg about 1810 and engaged in the mercantile business. In the war of 1812, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Beckwith's company, and was appointed quartermaster under Gen. Harrison. Returning from the war, he resumed business as a merchant and continued until about twelve years before his death. He died in 1848, in the sixty-second year of his age. Mr. Duffield was married in 1819, to Ann Fletcher, daughter of John Fletcher, of McConnellsburg. They reared three daughters and two sons. The eldest son is Dr. S. E. Duffield, of McConnellsburg, and the second Prof. John T. Duffield, D.D., of Princeton College. Prof. Duffield graduated from Princeton, and soon after was appointed tutor in Latin and Greek. For the past twenty-five years he has held the professorship of mathematics in the college. The daughters of William Duffield, all of whom are deceased, were Mary E., wife of John Robinson; Ann E., wife of Hon. Francis Jordan; and Emma R., wife of Samuel Lyons, Esq. Prominent among the residents of McConnellsburg in the first quarter of the present century were the following heads of families, in addition to those already mentioned: George Hoke, Henry Hoke, George Darrah, Andrew Work, Anthony Shoemaker, Thomas Allender, Samuel Morrow, Elias Davidson, and Thomas and James McClellan, who were bachelors and merchants. The Greatheads are noticed elsewhere. The following is a directory of McConnellsburg business men in 1883: General merchants: Thomas Patterson, D. B. Nace & Brother, Johnston & McDonald, Samuel Hoover, J. W. Greathead. Druggists: Dr. N. B. Shade, Dr. W. F. Trout, W. S. Dickson. [630] Grocers and confectioners: Nicholas Ott, John A. Irwin, Frank Peightel. Dealers in stoves and tinware: A. Stoner, J. J. Dunlap. Undertakers and furniture dealers: William Stoner, J. & S. Bender. Tailors: David Goldsmith, J. A. Boerner, A. U. Nace. Jeweler: L. C. Bailey. Boot and shoe makers: John L. Smith, J. A. Sixeas. Tanners: G. W. Greathead, Paul Wagner. Foundry: William N. Doyle. Saddlery and harnessmakers: Samuel Shimer, R. N. Shimer, James Shimer. Weaver: Samuel Irwin. Milliners: Miss A. J. Irwin, Miss M. V. Hohman. Hotels: Washington House, S. B. Woollet; Fulton House, Jacob McDonald; Eagle Hotel, August Rexroth; Buckhorn Hotel, Aaron Clevenger. Carriagemaker: Albert Heikes. Wagonmakers: Samuel Peightel, Samuel Kelly. Blacksmiths: John H. Wilt, Henry Shiets, Michael Cook, Andrew Hays. Butchers: James Sipes, Samuel A. Nesbit. Livery stables: William A. Fisher, John Sheets. Insurance agent: B. N. Sterrett. Dentists: Dr. W. F. Trout, W. F. Teeter. Postmaster: R. N. Shimer. Attorneys, physicians and editors are elsewhere given. Jonathan Hess, an old resident, was born in Culpeper county, Va., in 1812, and came to this county with his father, John Hess, when less [than] two years old. John Hess, the grandfather of Jonathan, came to Ayr township from Virginia in 1812. He died in 1828. John, Jr., died in 1814. Jonathan, the only child now in Fulton county, has followed farming principally, though for about eleven years he was employed as forgeman in iron manufacturing. He married Mary A. Lucas, of Centre county, in 1838, and has reared five daughters and a son. His only son is Maj. Frank W. Hess, late of Pennsylvania volunteers, now a captain in the regular army. James Sipes, ex-county treasurer, was born in Licking Creek township, in 1823. He was brought up a farmer, and followed that occupation until twenty-three years of age, when he engaged in the business of buying and selling stock, in which he was actively engaged, summer and winter, for twenty years. From 1862 to 1864 he resided in Ligonier, Westmoreland county. In 1864 he moved to McConnellsburg, where he has since resided, engaged in farming and butchering. He was appointed county treasurer to fill a vacancy; and in 1880 he was elected to the same office, in which he served one term. Mr. Sipes was married in 1849 to Martha Layton. They have two sons and one daughter. Jacob McDonald, proprietor of the Fulton House, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 1835, at the age of fifteen, he came to McConnellsburg, where he has since resided, with the exception of about four years. He learned the trades of tanner and saddler and followed them for about thirty years. In 1850 he erected the building now known as the Washington House, which was the first improvement made in the town after McConnellsburg was chosen as the seat of justice of the county. For the last thirty years, Mr. McDonald has been engaged in hotelkeeping, principally in McConnellsburg. In 1857-8 he was treasurer of Fulton county. Two of his sons, Reed W. and Robert A., served in the late war. Robert A. McDonald was four times elected prothonotary of the county. He is now one of the merchants of McConnellsburg, a member of the firm of Johnston & McDonald. Nicholas Ott was born and reared in Ayr township. His father, George Ott, came to this county from Maryland. He was a farmer, and is now deceased. Nicholas was reared on the farm. In the fall of 1862 he was mustered into the service in Co. H, 158th regt. Penn. Vols., with which he served for eleven months. After his discharge he re-enlisted in Co. H, 208th Penn. Regt., and served until the close of the war. He lost his left arm in front of Petersburg. After the war he engaged in the grocery and confectionery business in McConnellsburg, which pursuit he still follows. S. B. Woollet, proprietor of the Washington House, McConnellsburg, was born in Dublin township, now Fulton county, in 1817. He was brought up on a farm, and in early life followed clerking for a few years. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the 110th regt. Penn. Vols.; discharged in April, 1862. He then turned his attention to railroading for two years. Returning home in 1865, he married Miss Elizabeth J. [631] Fisher, of this county, the following year, and for five years was engaged in farming. He next clerked for sixteen months at Matilda furnace in Mifflin county, then returned to railroading for two years. Mr. Woollet kept hotel in Mount Union, Huntingdon county, from 1876 to 1880. He then bought the hotel property known as the Washington House, in McConnellsburg, where he has since continued business. August Rexroth, proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, was born in Germany, and emigrated to America in 1853. After residing three years in York county and eleven years in Franklin county, in 1867 he removed to McConnellsburg, where he has since lived. Mr. Rexroth learned the tanner's trade in Germany and has followed it for about four years in this country. Since 1860 he has been engaged in hotelkeeping. David Goldsmith was born near Chambersburg, Franklin county, in 1827, and when an infant moved with his parents to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland county. At the age of fifteen he commenced learning tailoring in Fayette county, and has followed the trade ever since. Mr. Goldsmith moved to McConnellsburg in 1850 and has since resided in this town. In the fall of 1864 he enlisted in the 23d Ill. Regt, with which he served until the close of the war. He married Miss Hannah E. Wilson in 1849, and is the father of nine children, seven living. CHURCHES St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. - The first church erected in the village of McConnellsburg was a small log structure on the site of the present Lutheran church, in 1801. It was then ample in size for the accommodation of all the people in the place. It was afterward weatherboarded and painted red. The church had no pastor during the first three years, but there was frequent preaching by traveling missionaries. Rev. Jonathan Ruthrauff, 1804-14, was the first pastor, and under him the congregation prospered greatly. Succeeding pastors: Revs. Ferdinand Cramer, 1814-26; M. Schultz, 1826; Reuben Weiser, - Diefenbaugh; Samuel Rothreck, 1835-7; Peter Zahn, 1837-43; David Smith, 1843-5; W. A. Kopp, 1845-50; Martin M. Bechtel, 1850-4; Solomon McHenry, 1854-9; G. Roths, 1859-64; A. M. Whetstone, 1864-9; Ph. Doerr, 1869-71; J. B. Anthony, 1871-3; Joseph R. Focht, 1874-6; H. B. Winton, 1876-80; B. F. Kautz, 1880, present pastor. Under the Rev. Mr. Diefenbaugh, the Reformed congregation was united to the Lutheran, but the union lasted only for a short time. Rev. David Smith, since known as the Lutheran revivalist, conducted the first revival in the church. Another took place under Rev. Solomon McHenry. The present house of worship was erected in 1848. The membership of the congregation in November, 1883, was one hundred and eighty-four. Presbyterian. - It is believed that there was frequent preaching by supplies in the Great cove* as far back as 1769. The precise date of the formation of a congregation is not known, but it was prior to 1791. The organization was known as the Great Cove congregation. The first elders were William Alexander, William Gaff and Charles Taggart. Subsequently Alexander Alexander and James White were elected to the same office. Judge John Dickey was a leading member, and for some time services were held at his house. Chiefly through his influence, a log church was erected two miles south of McConnellsburg, and in it the congregation worshiped until 1811. Then a church edifice was built upon the site of the present, in McConnellsburg. Mr. Barclay gave five hundred dollars toward the building. The first regular pastor, Rev. Isaac Kellar, was settled here in 1818, and remained about five years. After his removal a Mr. Jewett came and organized an independent church, greatly to the injury of the Presbyterian congregation. Rev. Robert Kennedy, of Welsh run church, was the stated supply of McConnellsburg for several years prior to 1833. Succeeding pastors: Rev. N. G. White, 1834-64; Rev. Joseph H. Mathers, 1865-8; Rev. S. W. Pomeroy, 1868-71; Rev. J. Horner Kerr, 1873-5; Rev. R. F. McLean, 1877-80; Rev. George Elliott, 1880, present pastor. During the long pastorate of Mr. White, four hundred and thirty-six persons were admitted to membership, chiefly on profession. When he took charge, in 1834, the church had one hundred and thirty-five members. During his pastorate the church in McConnellsburg was twice repaired. In 1867 the old church was torn down to make room for the present costly and beautiful edifice, which was dedicated on the ________ * See chapter on Ayr township. [632] 5th of November, 1868. The bell was presented by Mr. Samuel Agnew, of Philadelphia. The churches of McConnellsburg, Green Hill and Wells Valley have always formed one pastorate. McConnellsburg congregation had ninety-two members in November, 1883. Rev. David Elliott Campbell, who was well known to the people of McConnellsburg, was born in Mercersburg in 1825. He was taken into the family of his uncle, Elias Davidson, of McConnellsburg, when a boy; graduated from Marshall College and the Western Theological Seminary, and went with his wife to India, in 1850, as a missionary of the Presbyterian church. Both fell martyrs to the cause of Christianity in the Sepoy revolt of 1857, being cruelly murdered along with their two small children. Several other missionaries were slain at the same time. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had many dear friends in this town. Reformed. - The early history of the Reformed congregation in McConnellsburg cannot be obtained, owing to the want of records. The Reformed people worshipped with the Lutherans for many years. About 1834 the church building, now occupied by the Reformed congregation, was erected as a union house by the Reformed, the Presbyterians and other denominations. The following names of Reformed pastors and supplies are found on the church record: Revs. W. W. Good, 1840; J. B. Shade, 1843; A. Wanner, 1843; J. Heller, 1848; H. Wagner, 1851; M. A. Steward, 1853; D. G. Kline, 1856; J. G. Wolf, 1858; D. Sheel, 1859; C. F. Hoffmeier, 1862-4; D. W. Gerhard, 1865; E. V. Gerhart, J. S. Shade, 1871; J. A. Reber, 1878-82. There has been a vacancy since Mr. Reber resigned. At the first communion held by Mr. Hoffmeier in 1862, June 1, fifty-four members were present. The present membership is about seventy. Services have generally been held in English and German alternately. Jacob Divens, John Mulwitz, Jacob Hoke, Peter Tice, John Barman, Peter Long, and many others now deceased, were among the early members of this church. Henry Sheets has been a member since 1843. Methodist. - The Methodist Episcopal church in McConnellsburg is a prosperous society. We are unable to learn the date of its organization. A house of worship was built by this denomination in McConnellsburg about 1843, which served as a place of worship until the new and costly brick church now in use took its place. The latter was built in 1870. NOTE. - The first organization of Methodists in Fulton county, of which there is any record, was in existence in 1791. Concerning it Rev. D. Hartman states, "It was at a place called Lavering's, at the base of Sideling Hill, midway between the turnpike and Warfordsburg. The circuit was called Bath, in Baltimore district; the preachers were Michael Leard and John Simmons in 1791. In 1794, the Rev. Thomas Boyd, preacher in charge, died and was buried at the above-named appointment." ODD-FELLOWS. McConnellsburg Lodge, No. 744, I.O.O.F., was chartered as Cassawappa Lodge, November 15, 1870, and instituted on the 9th of December, 1870, with officers and charter members as follows: J. J. Cromer, P.G.; R. V. Campbell, N.G.; S. M. Robinson, V.G.; B. N. Sterrett, S.; Peter M. Lamp, A.S.; Wm. H. Rodcay, Treas.; J. G. Jones, M. F. Fahnenstock, G. W. Naugle, James Wishart, J. D. Richardson, David Hoke, S. F. Dively, J. A. Rummel, Philip Doerr, J. L. Smith, William H. Tritle, S. W. Shoemaker, George Tritle and Jacob Clouser. Membership, October 1, 1883, twenty-six; value of lodge property, six hundred and eight dollars and one cent. ~~~*~~~