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Carmel 664 Anthracite Water Company 627 Argument Court, first provision for 211 Armstrong, G. W. 1155 Arter, J. M. 1161 Assembly, members of 190 Associate judges 232 ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCHES. -Milton, 581 the "Pines," Delaware township. 763 Attorneys 240 Aucker, J. S. 911 Aucker, R. S. 905 Augusta Bank 495 Augusta regiment 50 AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.- Original and subsequent boundaries, 698 disintegration of its territory, 153, 699 pioneers 84, 699 Augustaville 791 Augustaville Farmers' and Mechanics' Association 345 Auten, William 1113 Auten, Voris 1033 Awl, Jacob 804 Awl, R. H. 265, 805 reminiscences of 458 Awl, William M. 804 Ayers, Alfred 1066 Bailey, C. H. 263 Baily, William H. M. 1206 Ball, Thomond 450 Bank of Northumberland 494 BAPTIST CHURCHES.- Augusta, Lower Augusta township, 707 Milton, 581 Montandon, 725 Mt. Carmel, 674 Northumberland, 544 Rush, 742 Shamokin, Shamokin township, 731 Shamokin, 644 Summit, Shamokin township, 732 Sunbury, 510 Trevorton, 782 Turbutville, 768 Watsontown 688 Barnhart, George 1161 Barrell, Aaron 957 Bartho, B. F. 1037 Bartholomew, Henry 1170 Batman, John J. 852 Bealor, John W. 934 Beard, John P. 1157 Bear Gap Water Company 627 Becker, John P. J. 263 Beckley, Daniel 836 Beidelspach, Isaac 239 Beierschmitt, Joseph 1056 Bellas, Hugh 247, 807 Bench and Bar 201 Bergstresser, Peter S. 1227 Bergstresser, Samuel A. 1024 Bickel & Bailey's foundry and machine shop, Milton 561 Bieber, Elias 1133 Bingeman, John 1237 Blogeman, W. O. 1237 Binns, John 275 Bird Family 874 Bird, Joseph 875 Bird, Josiah F. 875 Bird, Pemberton 874 Bird, Sylvanus 874 Bird, Ziba 601 Bittenbender, Stephen 603, 869 Black, John and James 472 Blade (Watsontown) 296 Blain, Samuel M. 1120 Bloom, Hiram 1167 Bloom, Jacob 1167 Bloom, Samuel 1167 Bloom, Urias 850 Bly, Joseph 1091 Bly, William 1047 Boat building at Sunbury 489 at Northumberland 534 Bogar, John 475 Bogle, Thaddeus G., Company of 437 Bolich, Daniel D. 1020 Bolig, Grant 1233 Booth, William 915 Boughner, John 1192 Boughner, Peter 604, 1192 Boughner, Sebastian 1193 Boundaries of the county 143 Bower, Thompson 1087 Bowlby, M. C., foundry and machine shop, Sunbury 491 Boyd, John 519 Boyd, John C. 600 Boyer, Charles B. 1230 Boyer, John 1230 Boyer, Solomon B. 827 Bradford, E. G. 248 Brady, John 717 Brantigan, Daniel M. 526 Brecker, Peter 1062 Breinig, A. J. L. 1174 Brice, Andrew N. 843 Bright, William S. 266 Broadhead, Daniel 123 Brouse, Cyrus 1102 Brown, Cyrus 978 Brown, J. Woods 978 Brown, Samuel T. 977 Brule, Etienne, explorations of 20 Bruner, Charles J. 252, 824 Company of, 404, 437 Bryson, James, company of 423 Bryson, Samuel C., 1157 Company of 423 Bubb, B. M. 1238 Bucher, John, Dietrich, and Henry 454 Bucher, J. F. 1133 Bucher, J. Weiser 839 Buck, Peter E. 943 Buck, Robert 1077 Bull, John 520 Buoy, John Y. 998 Burd, James, assumes command of Fort Augusta, 59 extracts from his journal 60 Burg, H. W. 1106 Burkert, William T. 1042 Burns, George 1076 Buyers, John 473 Buyers, John, company of 426 Buyers, William F., 277 Company of 393 Cadwallader, Albert 977 Cadwallader, George B. 846 Cadwallader, Seth 977 Cake, John A. 853 Caketown 445 Caldwell, Alexander, 900 Company of 411 Caldwell, Samuel 1074 Cameron, James 443 Cameron, Simon 274 CAMERON TOWNSHIP- Extent and organization, 769 drainage, 770 villages of the past and present, 770 schools, 770 churches 771 biographical sketches 1217 Camp, David 1024 Camp, William 1053 Campbell, Daniel 1204 Campbell, Delmar F. 1175 Campbell, Isaac 1160 Campbell, John 1204 Campbell, John 1162 Campbell, Lawrence 520 Campbell, Obadiah 1179 Campbell, Obadiah, Jr. 1179 Campbell, Obadiah S. 1179 Canals 310 Carl, John 1051 Carothers, John 520 Carothers, M. J. 1004 Catawissa railroad 324 Cathcart, James H. 1155 CATHOLIC CHURCHES.- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mt. Carmel, 673 St. Edwards, Shamokin, 630 St. Joseph's, Locust gap, 785 St. Joseph's, Milton, 568 St. Joseph's, Mt. Carmel 673 St. Michael's, Sunbury, 510 St. Patrick's Trevorton, 781 St. Stanislaus Kostka, Shamokin 634 Centre Turnpike Company 305 Chamberlin, Moses 980 Chamberlin, William 980 Chambers, Stephen 242 Chapman, Edward 499 Chapman, Seth 223 Cherry Family 598 Chester Holden 907 Chillisquaque 724 Chillisquaque creek 19 Chillisquaque Mills 718 CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP.- Area and topography 716 erection and subdivision, 716 pioneers, 717 industries, 718 Pottsgrove 719 Montandon 720 Sodom 724 Chillisquaque 724 Schools 724 churches 724 Biographical sketches 1106 Chulasky Furnace 716 Church of Christ, Sunbury 511 Church of God, Mt. Carmel 674 Citizens Building and Loan Association Mt. Carmel 664 Civil War 396 Clapham, William, regiment of, 50 Military administration of 53 Clark, F. A. 933 Clark, Franklin A. 875 Cleaver, Kimber 600, 862 Clees, T. O. 1137 Clements, Charles M. 831 Clements, Ira T. 844 industries at Sunbury 491 Clements, John K. 825 Clerks to county commissioners 189 Clifford (Klofeta), John 960 Clinger, D. 988 planing mill, Milton 562 Clinger, L. O. 1008 Clyde, Thomas 527 Clyde, William 527 Coal Poor district 750 COAL TOWNSHIP.- Suggestiveness of the name, 749 organization, 749 streams and roads, 749 industries, 749 villages, 750 Coal poor district, 750 churches 751 Cohill, H. G. 589 Cold Spring Brewery 490 Cold Spring Creamery 719 Colonial Period 17 Colt, Henry A., company of 431 Columbia Gazette 276 Colvin, E. F., 987 foundry and machine shop, Milton 562 Comly, Joshua W. 250 Committee of Safety, abstract of proceedings, 111 constituent members 112,113, 115 Committee of Safety (State), members of 191 Condition of the farming interests in 1845 340 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.- Mt. Carmel, 672 Shamokin 645 Constitutional Conventions, representation in 189 Cooke, William, 237 regiment of 106 Cooper, James 1223 Cooper, Thomas 219 Coroners 183 Correy, Robert W. 1006 Council of Censors, representation in 190 Council of Safety, members of 191 County auditors 186 County boundaries 143 County commissioners 183 County officers 179 County poor house 171 County prisons 161 County superintendents of public schools 179 County surveyors 188 County treasurers 186 Coup, Charles E. 987 Court houses 155 Court of common pleas 209 Court of quarter sessions 202 Cowden, John 526 Cox, William B. 1141 Cressinger, Jacob B. 842 Crone, George F. 959 Crone, Gothilf C. 1221 Crone, Herman T. 1221 Curnow, Richard 1015 Curnow, William 1015 Daily American (Sunbury) 283 Daily Dispatch (Shamokin) 294 Daily Herald (Shamokin) 293 Daily Times (Shamokin) 294 Dalmatia 711 Dalmatia Iron and Nail Company 712 Danville and Pottsville railroad 312 Danville Turnpike Road Company 309 Davidson, Joseph H 963 Davis, H. E. 855 Davis, Isaiah B., company of 429 Davis, John 1065 Davis, Morgan 1054 Davis, U. Q. 267 Dean, William A. 994 De Armond, Samuel 1078 De Armond, Thomas 1156 Deeter, W. A. 1124 De Gruchy, John P. 533 Deitrich, Samuel 1050 Delaney, John J. 966 Delaware Indians 22, 42, 46, 47 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad 327 DELAWARE TOWNSHIP.- Organization and boundaries, 752 pioneers 752 early industries, 753 borough of McEwensville, 753 Dewart, 755 churches, 759 schools, 764 cemeteries, 764 biographical sketches 1141 Dentler, John F. 239 Dentler, John P. 1149 Deppen, B. F. 1223 Deppen, George 1235 Deppen, Joseph 1032 Deppen, William 1223 Derby, James M. 1067 Derr, Fuller S. 1085 Deutsche Amerikaner 283 Deutsche Demokrat 283 Development of the farming Industry 337 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHAMOKIN COAL FIELD.- Discovery of anthracite in this region, 358 first application to general uses 359 first Shamokin coal taken to market, 360 opening of the first mines at Shamokin, Coal run, and Trevorton, 360 the Danville and Pottsville railroad, 364 pioneer coal operations, 365 the disastrous year of 1842, 367 revival of 1850, 368 Judge Helfenstein's developments, 368 original coal breakers, 370 Marshall's letter, 371 new collieries and outlets, 372 coal shipments to Elmira in 1855, 374 other collieries started and breakers er 374 tonnage of this region for the years 1857 and 1889 389 total production for the past fifty-one 390 Dewart 755 Dewart Academy 764 Dewart, Lewis 837 Dewart William 472, 815 Dewart William L. 255 Dewitt, C. W. 1235 Diamondtown 785 Dickerman Charles H. 983 Dieffenbacher James 1101 Diehl J. Ward 1086 Dietzler Jacob 1012 DISTILLERIES- Chillisquaque township, 718 Delaware township, 753 Lower Mahanoy township 712 Milton, 558 Northumberland 533, 534 Point township, 716 Rush township 741 Shamokin township, 729 Sunbury 484 District attorneys 180 Ditzler, George M. 1104 Donnel, Charles G. 227 Donohoe, Patrick 1013 Dougal, Charles H., 969 company of 439 Dougal, James 266, 967 Dougal, James S. 267, 968 Dougal, William P. 968 Dougherty, Charles H. 1062 Douty, Charles H. 891 Douty, John B. 605, 882 Douty, Richard B. 890 Doutyville 770 Drainage of the county 19 Dreibelbies, Joseph, company of 395 Dugan, Charles 1061 Duncan, Thomas 243 Dunkel, Hiram 1072 Dunkel, John 1124 Dunkel, Kilyan 1072 Dunkelberger, William 1232 Durham, W. A. 1092 Duttinger, John 1201 Eagle Run Brewery 619 Early county fiscal affairs 172 Early township officers 193 EAST SUNBURY.- Early history, 513 local industries, 514 incorporation 514 Eckert, Henry T. 849 Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Shamokin 627 Sunbury 496 Mt. Carmel 665 Eichholtz, Jacob E. 333 Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers 405 Eightieth Pennsylvania Volunteers 422 Elder, William B. 1174 Eleventh Pennsylvania Volunteers 402 Elliott, Samuel M. 854 Elliott, William 1096 Elysburg 797 Elysburg Academy 798 Emrick, E. M. 936 Engle, Norman S. 855 Enterprise 750 Enterprise railroad 322 Epler, Jacob 1200 Epler, Samuel M. 1200 Epler, Valentine 1216 Erdman, William K. 964 Eshbach, Anthony 1109 Eshbach, David 1109 Eshbach, Isaiah A. 1109 Eshbach, John 1109 EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION. - Bingeman, Lower Mahanoy, 713 Chillisquaque township, 726 Dewart, 763 Emanuel, Jackson township, 748 Milton 582 Mt. Zion, Herndon, 748 Salem, Jackson township, 748 St. John's, Little Mahanoy township, 736 St. John's, Shamokin, 639 St. Luke's, Upper Augusta township, 705 St. Paul's, Mt. Carmel, 675 Seven Points, 795 Sunbury, 511 Trautman's, Jordan township, 774 Trevorton 782 Evans, Edwin A., company of 431 Evans, Evan R. 245 Evening News (Sunbury) 285 Everitt, Samuel 1121 Excelsior 750 Excelsior Wagon Works, McEwensville 754 Fagely, Reuben 602, 860 Fagely, William 602, 860 Fagley, Jacob 1169 Fairchild, Abram 1132 Fairchild, Solomon 1131 Farley, Michael 993 Farmers' National Bank of Watsontown 683 Farnsworth, William C. 831 Faulkner, James 266 Fausnaught, J. J. 997 Fausold, Jonathan 1168 Fausold, Simon P. 851 Fausold, Valentine 1168 Faust, William B. 1033 Fetter, Jacob, 588 planing mill, Milton 565 Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers 425 Fifty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers 414 Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers 420 Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers 418 Finney, Spencer L. 995 First courts and cases 202 First National Bank of Milton 557 First National Bank of Mt. Carmel 664 First National Bank of Shamokin 624 First National Bank of Sunbury 494 Fisher, Albert S. 1198 Fisher Family 1197 Fisher, George S. 958 Fisher, John 1197 Fisher, John T. 999 Fisher's Ferry 705 Fiske, A. R. company of 440 Fithian, Philip V., Journal of 88 Fitzpatrick, Dennis 1222 Floyd, H. 913 Follmer C. F. 997 Follmer, Daniel 976 Follmer, Daniel H. 1107 Follmer, Family 976 Follmer, Henry P. 1107 Follmer, J. M. 976 Follmer, J. S. 1003 Follmer, Levi H. 1150 Follmer, Michael 1106 Follmer William 1107 Foresman, William S. 1131 Forsyth, J. C. 1101 Forsyth, William 1095 FORT AUGUSTA First suggested, 49 expedition for erection of organized, 53 plan and location, 54 progress of construction, 55, 56 difficulty of obtaining provisions, ammunition, and pay, 57 resignation of the officers, 58 Colonel Clapham's grievances, 58 extracts and incidents from Major Burn's journal, 60 successive commanding officers, 66 the magazine. 66 Indian trading house, 68 military operations in 1763, 71 numerical strength of the garrison, 73 the armament, 76 the old cannon, 77 the flag, 77 doctors and chaplains, 78 plan of the fort, 80 colonel's quarters 81 Fort Boone 129 Fort Brady 126 Fort Bunner 134 Fort Freeland 125, 129 Fort Jenkins 124,125, 133, 135, 136 Fort Meminger 129, 133 Fort Montgomery 134 Fort Muncy 124, 126, 137 Fort Rice 134, 135 Fort Swartz 135, 136 Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers 412 Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers 410 Fosnot, Lew C 1086 Foulds, Thomas 1219 Foulds, Thomas, Sr. 1218 Foulds, William, Sr. 1220 Fowler, Owen M. 292 Fox, James 1204 Freiheitsvogel (Sunbury) 276 French and Indian war 47 French pretensions 47 French traders 31 Frey, Samuel G. 1084 Frick, Henry 285 Frontier defense 49 Fulton, Alexander 894 Funk, George W. 1116 Furman, Isaac, carriage works, Sunbury 486 Fry, Absalom 1205 Fry, Joseph 1205 Gable, William 916 Gallagher, Daniel F. 1047 Garinger, G. F. 1166 Gaston, S. P. 1150 Gazetteer (Sunbury) 278 Gearhart & Brother's foundry, McEwensville. 754 Gearhart, Bonham R. 264 Gearhart, Jacob 238 GEARHART TOWNSHIP.- Erection and organization, 800 borough of Riverside. 801 South Danville, 802 schools, 802 churches, 802 cemetery, 803 biographical sketches. 1175 Geiger. H. H. 1038 Geiger, Hinkel & Company's planing mill, Mt. Carmel 663 General Staats Zeitung 281 Geology of the county 329, 349 Georgetown 711 German regiment 133 Gettig, Christian 453 Gettig, Christopher 453 Gibson, Charles D. 837 Giffen, James O. 1134 Gilger, Jonas L. 602, 872 Gilland, James W. 922 Gillespie, J. W. 931 Gillinger, Eugene K. 1216 Gillinger, Samuel 1216 Glaze, Stephen 1115 Gobin, J. P. S., company of 413 Godcharles (C. A.) Company 563 Godcharles, Johnson B. 986 Goldschmidt, Isaac 1026 Gonser, Andrew 1169 Goodwill, Robert 898 Gotshall, Adam J. 913 Gould, Joe 1022 Gowen City 770 Graeber, Conrad 896 Graeber, George C. 898 Grant, Alexander 447 Gray, William 454 Greek Catholic (Ecce Homo) church, Shamokin 645 Greek cemetery, Shamokin 655 Greenough, Ebenezer 248, 808 Greenough, William I. 252, 809 Green Ridge 785 Gresh, I. D. 1007 Guffy, Andrew J. 257 Gutelius, C. W. 1101 Guyer, George 859 Haag, B. K. 981 Haag, John 981 Haas, Daniel K. 948 Haas, Hiram M. 838 Haas, J. K. 947 Haas, John 473 Haas, John 815 Haas, John S. 837 Haas, Joseph 1233 Hackenberg, W. H. 1001 Hacker, Thomas J. 923 Hagenbuch, H. W. 1083 Hall, Charles 245 Hand, Edward, military administration of 125 Hannah, John 527 Harmony Cemetery Association 591 Harpel, George W. 1037 Harpel, M. H. 932 Harpel, William F. 923 Harper, Henry C., company of 440 Harris, James 1044 Harrisburg and Sunbury railroad 318 Hartley, Thomas, ordered to Northumberland county with his regiment, 123 disposition of his forces, 124 official correspondence, 124 expedition against the Indian towns on the North Branch. 124 Hartline. Daniel F. 1048 Hartman, Jacoby 1115 Hartranft, Uriah C., company of 423 Hartzell, Charles 1158 Harvey, Bernard 1014 Hauck, H. L., carriage works, Sunbury 489 Haupt, Benjamin 961 Haupt, Henry 1229 Haupt, John 1230 Haupt, Samuel 1169 Hebe 773 Heckert, Benjamin 858 Hefley, George 1202 Hefley, George W. 1203 Hegins, Charles W. 252 Heilman, Daniel D. 1163 Heim. A. A. 904 Heim, Daniel 820 Heinen, T. C. 979 Heinen, William 979 Heinen, William A. 979 Heiser, Conrad 1055 Helfenstein 770 Helfenstein, Charles P. 879 Helfenstein, William I. 604, 877 Hemingray, William 915 Hendricks, Benjamin 858 Henninger, Joseph 963 Henninger, Nathan 1229 Henninger, Thomas 1228 Hepburn, James 249 Hepburn, James Sr. 526 Hepburn, Samuel 246 Herb, Edward C. 1017 Herb, Rudolph 1039 Herndon 744 Hess, J. Wilson 1137 Hewitt, Thomas 215 Higbee & Wagner's saw mill, Watsontown 680 Hilbush, Jacob R. 1236 Hile, Ira 859 Hill, George 256, 820 Hill, John N. 827 Hill, Seth C. 1122 Hinkel, William H. 1038 Hobson, Charles H. 1040 Hockley, Alfred 1092 Hoffa, Jacob 1111 Hoffa, John 1111 Hoffman, William 516 Hogue, D. C. 1089 Hollenback, D. S. 932 Hollenback, Reuben 936 Holshue, Galen F., flour mill, Shamokin 619 Horan, Michael 1018 Horan, Thomas J. 1026 Horner, E. H. 1147 Horton, Jesse C. 1098 Hottenstein, A. R. 1234 Hottenstein, Allen S. 1001 Hottenstein, Charles 1110 Hottenstein, Daniel 1111 Hottenstein, Henry 1110 Hottenstein, Jacob 1110 House, J. W. 1125 Housel, Edgar L. 1086 Housel, J. R. 1085 Hoy, Daniel K. 1150 Hoy, David N. 1112 Hoy, John 1112 Huber, Ivanhoe S. 939 Hubley, Bernard 520 Hudson, George 1210 Hughes, C. E. 960 Hulings, Marcus, Jr. 545 Hull, Thomas R. 972 Hull, William 971 Hill, William 972 Hummel, Franklin 1209 Hummel, Jacob, company of 394 Hummel, Solomon 1209 Hunter, Samuel, appointed county lieutenant, 118 official correspondence, 118 official accounts, 138 biography 447 Imbody, G. W. 998 Indian traders 31, 36 Indians, 21 Andastes, 21 Susquehannocks, 21 Delawares, 22 Shawanese, 24 Iroquois. 25 Internal Improvements 297 Ireland, David 1112 Irich's graveyard, Shamokin 653 IRON FURNACES.- Chulasky, Point township, 716 Northumberland, 535 Paxinos, Shamokin township, 729 Shamokin 615 Iroquois Indians 25, 43 Irwin, Jarid C. 850 Jackson, Angelo, company of 426 Jackson, Samuel 266 JACKSON TOWNSHIP.- Original boundaries, 743 pioneers, 743 industries, 744 Herndon 744 Mahanoy, 745 schools, 745 churches, 745 biographical sketches 1217 Jails 161 James, W. C. 1049 John, Abia 1184 John, Asa T. 1185 John, Elida 1185 John, Family 1183 John, Griffith 1186 John, Griffith, Jr. 1184 John, Henry T. 1020 John, J. J. 885 John, Jesse J. 1185 John, Perry 1186 John, Samuel 603, 871 John, U. F. 929 John, William 1187 Johnkowski, Louis 1025 Johnson, P. C. 986 Johnson, Peter V. 1217 Johnston, David 954 Jones, Thomas R., company of 428 Jordan, Alexander 229 JORDAN TOWNSHIP.- Erection and organization, 772 drainage, 772 roads, 772 post villages, 773 industries, 773 schools, 773 churches, 773 biographical sketches 1217 Judges 213 Jury commissioners 188 Justices of the peace 193 Justices from 1772 to 1790 213 Kamp, George P. 1145 Kase, Harrison C. 1104 Kase, Isaac G. 966 Kase, Spencer M. 609 Kaseman, Daniel 1201 Kaseman, David 1201 Kaseman, William F. 1200 Kauffman, Daniel 1162 Kauffman, John R. 1162 Kennedy, John 263 Keefer, George W. 854 Keefer, Samuel L. 1173 Keene, Laurence 453 Keihl, William B. 1239 Kellagher, Michael 1060 Kelly, Frederick M. 988 Kelly, Peter F. 1040 Kelsey, J. W. 1114 Kennedy, John 263 Kennedy, R. A. 934 Kennedy, William C. 888 Kerchner, B. I. 1238 Kerr, Joseph 1156 Kessler, Joseph W. 912 Keystone Machine Works, Sunbury 490 Kiefer, William, Jr. 1029 King, Robert 520 King, William F. 1051 Kirk, John M. 1078 Kirk, Thomas 1078 Kistner, T. H. 1090 Klapp & Lucas's carriage works, Milton 565 Klapp, Reuben H. 1119 Klees, William W. 1029 Klick, William 1126 Kline, Herman 1160 Kline, John 1063 Kline, John F. 1160 Kline, Joseph 1224 Klonowski, Florian 922 Klonowski, Jerome 1030 Knauss, Benjamin 1221 Koch, J. Joseph 918 Koerber, Henry 996 Kram, Charles A. 1007 Kramer, Jacob G. 857 Kremer, Jacob 1075 Kreitzer, John H. 1000 Krick, George 1196 Krick, John 1197 Krick, Solomon R. 1196 Krigbaum, Daniel 1195 Krock, John C. 1125 Kuhns, William 1209 Kulick, John 1043 Kulp, Darlington R. 908 Kurtz, J. U. 1123 Kutzner, William R. 931 Lamb, William H. 1235 Lamerson, Lawrence 655 Lantz, Simon 1079 Lathey, William K. 265 Lawson, William C. 255, 982 Lawyers 240 Leader, C. C. 944 Leader, Edward M. 945 Legislative representation 190 Lehigh Valley railroad 328 Lehman, William N. 1031 Leinbach, J. B. 1152 Leinbach, Jeremiah 1151 Leisenring, Frank 1199 Leisenring, Jacob 1199 Leisenring, Peter 1199 Leisenring, Peter, Sr. 1198 Lemon, Thomas 715 Lerch, Felix 657 Lessig, C. J. 914 Le Tort, James 31 Levy, Daniel 245 Lewis, David J. 1016 Lewis, Ellis 226 Lewis, John H., company of 435 LEWIS TOWNSHIP.- Topographical features, 765 political organization, 765 Freeland's mill, 765 borough of Turbutville, 765 churches, 767 schools, 768 Turbutville cemetery, 769 biographical sketches 1141 Lewis, William H. 953 Lewis, William H. 1037 Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad 320 Limestone 331 Limestone ridge 332 Limestone valley 332 Linebaugh, Daniel S. 1116 Lippiatt, Thomas H. 962 LITTLE MAHANOY TOWNSHIP.- Boundaries, 734 organization, 734 pioneers, 735 mills, 735 schools, 735 churches, 735 biographical sketches 1217 Llewellyn, David 891 Lobb, Richard 1220 Locust Gap 784 Locust Gap Local 296 Logan (Sayughtowa) 30 Logan, Joe. A. 1005 Long, Hiram 841 Long, Samuel C. 1231 Lorenz, Frederick W. V. 939 Lowdon, John, company of 100 LOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP.- Territorial development, 705 topography, 705 Fisher's Ferry, 705 mills, 706 schools, 706 churches, 706 biographical sketches 1160 LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP.- Organization, 711 drainage, 711 early history and present business and industrial interests of Georgetown, 711 Malta, 712 industries, 712 schools, 712 churches, 713 biographical sketches 1217 Lowry, Andrew M. 1079 Lubeski, Enoch 1043 LUTHERAN CHURCHES. - Christ, Milton, 581 David's, Jordan township, 773 Eden, Rockefeller township, 792 Emanuel, Rockefeller township, 795 Follmer's, Turbut township, 695 Georgetown, 713 Grace, Mt. Carmel, 670 Grace, Shamokin, 641 Himmel, Washington township, 788 Hollowing Rim, Lower Augusta township, 707 Immanuel's, Little Mahanoy township, 735 Messiah, McEwensville, 763 Paradise, Turbut township, 697 Pottsgrove, 726 St. Jacob's, Ralpho township, 799 St. Jacob's, Upper Mahanoy township, 710 St James, Turbutville, 767 St. John's (Delaware Run), Delaware town 761 St. John's, Jackson township, 747 St. John's, Locust Gap, 786 St. John's, Northumberland, 540 St. John's, Shamokin township, 732 St John's, Upper Mahanoy township, 710 St. Matthew's, Mt. Carmel, 671 St. Paul's, Cameron township, 771 St. Paul's, Jordan township, 774 St. Peter's, Cameron township, 771 St. Peter's, Jackson township, 745 St. Peter's, Lower Augusta township, 707 St. Peter's, Ralpho township, 798 Stone Valley, Lower Mahanoy township, 713 Trinity, Milton, 579 Trinity, Shamokin, 640 Vera Cruz, Lower Mahanoy township, 713 Watsontown, 690 Zion, Jackson township, 747 Zion, Mt. Carmel, 671 Zion, Rockefeller township, 792 Zion, Sunbury, 502 Zion, Trevorton, 783 Zion, Turbutville 767 Lyon, Edward 700 Lyon, John 454 Maclay, Samuel 234 Maclay, William, correspondence, 121 residence at Sunbury fortified, 129 biography 448 Macpherson, John 223 Mahanoy 745 Mahanoy Creek 20 MAHANOY TOWNSHIP.- Proceedings for its erection, 708 division into Upper and lower Mahanoy, 708 further disintegration of its territory, 153 pioneers 709 Mahanoy and Shamokin Improvement Company 323 Mahanoy and Shamokin railroad 322 Mahon, Peter A. 928 Malady, Charles 1011 Malta 712 Mandata 773 Markle, Martin 909 Markley, Solomon 262 Marr, Addison G. 929 Marr, Joseph 971 Marsh, James D., company of 419 Marsh, Minner G. 1116 Marshall, George 910 Marshall, William H. 880 Martin, Charles M. 840 Martin, Hugh 1130 Martin, Robert 516 Martz, E. H. 960 Martz, George O. 941 Martz, Peter 238 Martz, Solomon 604, 1193 Massacre of Penn's creek 47 Masser, Franklin B. 842 Masser, Henry 474 Masser, Henry B. 252, 806 Masser, Jacob B. 265, 842 Mast, Thomas 1155 Matthias, Jacob 1102 Maurer, Charles K. 1029 Maurer, J. M. 935 Maus, John A., company of 408 Mauser, Alem 1158 Mauser & Brother's carriage works, McEwensville 754 Mauser, Cain 1159 Mausteller, John 1115 May, Isaac, Sr. 899 May, James 900 Mead, David 453 Meckly, John 267 Medical profession 261 Medical societies 269 Medlar, J. G. 916 Menges, Peter R. 1148 Mercantile appraisers 189 Messinger, Isaac N. 1080 Messner, E. D. 1239 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.- Boyle's Run, Lower Augusta township, 706 Doutyville, 772 Ebenezer, Rockefeller township, 795 Elysburg, 799 Excelsior, 751 Georgetown, 714 Irish Valley, 733 Klinesgrove, 702 Milton, 571 Montandon, 725 Mt. Carmel, 671 Mt. Pleasant, Upper Augusta township, 702 McEwensville, 763 Northumberland, 539 Oak Grove, Ralpho township, 800 Rushtown, 742 St. John's, Sunbury, 507 Shamokin, First, 634 Second, 637 Snydertown, 733 South Danville (Riverside), 802 Upper Augusta, 702 Trevorton, 780 Watsontown 689 Mettler, Lorenzo 1215 Mettler, William 1215 Mettler, William H. 1215 Metzinger, Nicholas 1067 Miles, J. Hunter 1003 MILITIA.- organization of at the outbreak of the Revolution, 116 called into active service. 118 mobilized in the war of 1812, 391 militia musters, 459 militia of 1862, 436 militia of 1863 438 Miller, Amandus 1183 Miller, Daniel S. 888 Miller Family 1182 Miller, Francis A. 964 Miller, George 1182 Miller, George W. 1183 Miller, Lewis, company of 430 Miller, Nicholas 450 Miller, S. M. 1132 Miller, Samuel M. 1075 Miller, William G. 1013 Mills, Chillisquaque township, 718,719 Delaware township, 753 Jackson township, 744 Jordan township, 773 Lewis township, 765 Little Mahanoy township, 735 Lower Augusta township, 706 Lower Mahanoy township, 712 Milton, 558,561 Northumberland, 536 Point township, 715 Ralpho township, 798 Rockefeller township, 791 Rush township, 741 Shamokin township, 728 Shamokin, 619 Sunbury, 484 Turbut township, 684 Turbutville, 766 Upper Augusta township, 701 Upper Mahanoy township, 710 Washington township, 787 Watsontown 681 MILTON.- Pioneer history, 545 the town pint, 548 inhabitants from 1804 to 1808, 549 taxables in 1818, 552 borough government, 553 the postoffice, 554 facilities of travel and transportation, 554 general business interests, 555 industries of the past and present, 558 floods and fires, 565 secret and other societies, 568 churches, 568 Sunday schools, 583 miscellaneous moral and humanitarian organizations, 585 educational interests, 587 local papers, A1104 285, 590 cemeteries, 591 biographical sketches 967 Milton Academy 588, 589 Milton Association for the Better Observance of the Christian Sabbath 586 Milton Bible Society 585 Milton Car Works 562 Milton Cemetery Association 591 Milton Classical Institute 589 Milton Democrat 288 Milton Driving Park and Fair Association 346 Milton Gas Company 557 Milton Iron Company 563 Milton Knitting Company 565 Milton Ledger 288 Milton Manufacturing Company 564 Milton National Bank 556 Milton Record 288 Milton Steam Boiler Works 565 Milton Steam Tannery 558 Milton Sunday School Union 586 Milton Temperance Society 586 Milton Trust and Safe Deposit Company 557 Milton Water Company 557 Miltonian 285 Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven railroad 321 Miners' Trust and Safe Deposit Company 623 Montandon 720 Montelius, Alfred M. 1014 Montelius, Ralph W. 1036 Montelius, Walton H. 1033 Montgomery, D. M. 1129 Montgomery, David 1143 Montgomery, David B. 1144 Montgomery, David J. 1145 Montgomery Family 1141 Montgomery, H. R. 1129 Montgomery, James 1129 Montgomery, John 238, 1142 Montgomery, John 1143 Montgomery, John G. 1144 Montgomery, John S. 1129 Montgomery, Robert 1142 Montgomery, Robert C. 1144 Montgomery, Robert L. 1144 Montgomery, William 216 Montgomery, William 1143 Montgomery, William S. 1144 Moore, Alexander 1212 Moore, Jesse 245 Moore, U. S. G. 936 Moravian Missionaries 40 Morgan, Edmund 913 Morgan, Harry W. 903 Morgan, Samuel B. 1073 Morris, William T. 263 Morrison, John W. 1066 Morse, George 1039 Morton, Thomas 1053 Mowry, Jacob 602 Mt. CARMEL.- Old hotels, 655 the town plat, 658 first improvements and subsequent growth, 659 the first merchants, physicians, and lawyers, 661 the postoffice, 662 railroads, 662 municipal organization and government, 662 the Mt. Carmel coal trade, 663 general industrial interests, 663 financial institutions, 664 water and electric light companies, 665 secret and other societies, 666 the press, 294, 666 schools, 666 churches, 670 cemeteries, 676 biographical sketches 1013 Mt. Carmel American 295 Mt. Camel Cemetery Company 676 Mt. Carmel Iron Company 663 Mt. Camel Manufacturing Company 663 Mt. Carmel News 294 Mt. Carmel Progress 294 Mt. Carmel Savings Bank 664 Mt. CARMEL TOWNSHIP.- organization, 784 drainage and roads, 784 collieries, 784 mining villages, 784 churches, 785 biographical sketches 1013 Mt. Camel Water Company 665 Mt. Vernon Cemetery 803 Muench, Charles E. 1187 Muench Family 1187 Muench, Jacob E. 1188 Muench, William H. 1188 Muffly, James W. 1088 Muffly, O. L. 1148 Mullen, John 906 Murdock, Thomas A. 1008 Murray, James 1196 Murray, James, regiment of 119 Murray, John 1126 Murray, John 1127 Murray, Samuel W. 983 Murray, William 1127 Murrays of Chillisquaque 1126 Muth, R. H. 1235 McBride, Robert 450 McCarthy, Francis 1059 McCarthy, James A. 1060 McCarthy, Michael A. 1060 McCarty, William 817 McCauley, Daniel 1051 McCay, Robert 1097 McCleery, J. P. 970 McCleery, John, company of 409 McCleery, William 267, 969 McClow, Benjamin 602 McClure, H. M. 835 McClure, J. F. 1084 McConnell, William C. 941 McCormick, Charles C. 975 McCormick Family 972 McCormick, Robert M. 975 McDevitt, James H. 826 McDonnell, John 1061 McEliece, George 942 McEliece, John 942 McEWENSVILLE,- early history, 753 growth, 754 local industries, 754 borough organization, 755 biographical sketches 1141 McEwensville Academy 764 McFee, William 1021 McGowan, Arthur, carding mill and sickle factory, Milton 558 McGuigan, Robert, company of 391 McGuire, William, company of 392 McHarg, Joseph 108 McKee'S fort 67 McKinney, David 450 McKnight Family 1108 McKnight, James 1108 McMahan Family 1128 McMahan, James 1128 McManigal, David A., company of 428 McNamara, Thomas L. 967 McWilliams, Curtis Q. 940 McWilliams, Kimber C. 935 McWilliams, Robert C. 1105 National Greenback (Shamokin) 294 Neagley, Joseph 1132 Neff, Christian 835 Neff, George H. 836 Nesbit, D. M., planing mill, Chillisquaque township 719 Nesbitt, William H. H. 1138 Newbaker, J. B. 1217 Newcomer, John T., company of 423 Newhard, Charles 990 NEWSPAPERS.- Northumberland. 273 Sunbury, 276 Milton, 285 Shamokin, 291 Mt. Carmel, 294 Watsontown, 295 McEwensville and Locust Gap 296 Nicely, Joseph 239 Northern Central railway 318 NORTHUMBERLAND.- The town plat, 515 early history, 516 prominent early residents, 519 early merchants and hotels, 525 the postoffice, 527 bridges, canals, and railways, 528 borough organization and government, 533 industrial activity, 533 schools, 536 local journalism, 273, 537 secret and other societies, 538 churches, 538 cemeteries, 544 biographical sketches 1093 Northumberland Academy 536 Northumberland Agricultural Works 535 Northumberland Bridge Company 528 Northumberland Car Works 535 Northumberland Cemetery Company 545 Northumberland County Agricultural Society 341, 345 Northumberland County Democrat 283 Northumberland County Herald 288 Northumberland County Legal News 285 Northumberland County Medical Society 269 Northumberland County National Bank 623 Northumberland County Soldiers' Monument Association 442 Northumberland Iron and Nail Works 535 Northumberland Missionary Society 585 Northumberland Repubilkaner 279 Northumberland Union 276 Northumberland, Union, and Columbia Bank 556 Northumbrian 287 Nurseries, first 340 Oakes, J. B. 1159 Oats, Dominick 1039 Officers' surveys 82 Omlor, Peter F. 1049 One Hundred and Fifty-second Pennsylvania Volunteers 431 One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania Volunteers 427 One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers 424 O'Neill, Mark A. 1030 Oram, W. H. M. 925 Organization and Administration 142 Orphans' court 207 Osborn, James A. 1003 Overpeck, H. M. 1091 Owen, Samuel 1057 Oyster, Daniel, company of 413 Packer, John B. 255, 810 Packer, Samuel J. 249, 809 Packer, Samuel J. 810 Packer, William C. 810 Pardee Car and Machine Works 682 Pardee's saw mill, Watsontown 681 Pardoe, Joseph 1134 Parr, James, company of 102 Patton, John, foundry, Milton 561 Paul, Charles 1210 Paul, T. H. 911 Paxinos 730 Paxinos Furnace 729 Paxinos Powder Mills 729 Paxton, Harry B., company of 409 Peal, John W. 822 Pennsylvania railroad 312 Pennsylvania Railroad Company's repair shops, Sunbury 492 Pensyl, David R. 1180 Pensyl, George 1181 Pensyl, Henry 1181 Pensyl, Jacob 1180 Pensyl, John 1214 Pensyl, Leonard 1180 Pensyl, Samuel 1214 Pensyl, Solomon 1214 Pensyl, William 1182 Persing, Emanuel S. 1203 Philadelphia and Erie railroad 318 Philadelphia and Reading railroad 321 Philadelphia and Sunbury railroad 312 Phillips, Hugh M. 1041 Phillips, Robert 268 Phillips, W. H. 1041 Piper, Tobias 267 Pleasants, Charles 251 Pleasants, James 251 Plummer, John P. 1222 Plummer, Joseph 1222 Plummer, William 1222 Plunket, William 215, 261 POINT TOWNSHIP.- Proceedings for its erection, 714 first township officers, 714 pioneers, 714 industries, 715 biographical sketches 1093 Pollock Guards 409 Pollock, James 228 Pomfret manor 82 Pomfret Manor Cemetery Company 513 Population, statistics of 154 Pottsgrove 719 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES.- Chillisquaque, Chillisquaque township, 724 Elysburg, 800 Hollowing Run, Lower Augusta township, 706 Milton, 574 Mt Carmel, 675 McEwensville, 763 Northumberland, 538 Rush, 741 Shamokin, Shamokin township, 731 Shamokin, 638 Sunbury, 504 Warrior Run, Delaware township, 759 Watsontown 691 President judges 214 Price, John B. 264 Priestley, Joseph 266 Priestley, Joseph 520 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCHES,- Mt. Carmel, 672 Shamokin 637 Progress Hat and Cap Manufacturing Company 664 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.- Grace, Riverside, 803 Milton, 570 St. Mark's, Northumberland, 543 St. Matthew's, Sunbury, 509 Trinity, Shamokin 643 Prothonotaries 179 Public buildings 155 Publick Inquirer (Sunbury) 277 Public Press (Northumberland) 276 Public roads 297 Public school system, inauguration of 176 Purchase of the Susquehanna, 42 of 1736, 44 of 1749, 45 of 1754, 45 of 1768 82 Purdy, Truman H. 818 Railroads 311 Raker, Conrad 1231 Raker, Conrad H. 1231 Raker, F. D. 934 Raker, Frederick 1231 Raker, H. M. 1173 Raker, Jacob 1173 Raker, John 1173 RALPHO TOWNSHIP.- Successive steps in the proceedings by which the township was erected, 796 line of division from Shamokin, 796 drainage and roads, 796 pioneers, 797 early history, growth, and secret societies of Elysburg, 797 industries, 798 schools, 798 churches, 798 biographical sketches 1175 Rambach, Silas 1068 Ramsey, Joseph S. 1043 Raup, H. P. 1151 Reading road 299, 305 Reager, M. G. 951 Rebuck 787 Reed, Amos 1170 Reed, Casper J. 1213 Reed, Emanuel B. 1131 Reed Family 1176 Reed, Farnsworth 1103 Reed, F. T. 910 Reed, Jacob 1177 Reed, James 1213 Reed, Jerome B. 856 Reed, Jesse 1177 Reed, John 1176 Reed, John B. 1016 Reed, John W. 1177 Reed, Simon P. 1213 Reed, William 1130 Reed, William A. 1177 REFORMED CHURCHES.- David's, Jordan township, 773 Emanuel, Rockefeller township, 795 Georgetown, 713 Grace, Mt. Carmel, 675 Himmel, Washington township, 788 Hollowing Run, Lower Augusta township, 707 Immanuel's, Little Mahanoy township, 735 Paradise, Turbut township, 696 St. Jacob's, Ralpho township. 799 St. Jacob's, Upper Mahanoy township, 710 St. John's (Delaware Run), Delaware township, 761 St. John's, Milton, 575 St. John's, McEwensville, 762 St. John's, Shamokin township, 732 St. John's, Shamokin, 642 St. John's, Upper Mahanoy township, 710 St. Paul's, Cameron township, 771 St. Paul's, Jordan township, 774 St. Peter's, Cameron township, 771 St. Peter's, Jackson township, 745 St. Peter's, Ralpho township, 798 Stone Valley, Lower Mahanoy township, 713 Sunbury, 504 Trinity, Turbutville, 768 Trinity, Watsontown, 689 Vera Cruz, Lower Mahanoy township, 713 Zion, Jackson township, 747 Zion, Rockefeller township, 792 Registers and recorders 179 Reilly, John H. 1055 Reimensnyder, George B. 834 Reimensnyder, John J. 833 Reitz. I. S. 961 Reitz, Moses 1164 Religious Museum (Northumberland) 276 Renn, I. J. 1164 Renn, Ira T. 1165 Renn, Philip H. 841 Renney, James 1218 Representatives (State) 191 Republican Argus (Northumberland) 275 Ressler, Isaac H. 1237 Revolutionary Period 99 Richardson, W. A. 917 Riddell, William 993 Righter, Thomas M. 1019 Rine, John A. 1139 Rinehart, Charles P. 1161 Rippel, Conrad 859 Rishel, Jacob S. 1129 Ritter, Isaac F. 990 River navigation 309 RIVERSIDE.- Location and plat, 801 growth and suburban character, 801 municipal government, 801 biographical sketches, 1175 ROADS.- Tulpehocken road, 298, 303 old Reading road, 299 Fort Augusta to Lycoming, 209 Fort Augusta to Mahoning (Danville), 300 Sunbury to Mahantango, 300, 304 Sunbury to Mahoning (Danville), 300 Sunbury to Catawissa, 301 Sunbury and Shamokin creek, 301 Sunbury to Lycoming, 301 Harrison's road, 302 Strawbridge's road, 302 Valley or Mahantango creek, 303 Northumberland to Lycoming, 304 Muncy to Mahoning (Danville), 304 Mahoning (Danville) to the old Reading road, 304 valleys of Little Shamokin and Greenbrier creeks 305 Roaring Creek Water Company 626 Roth, Robert 112 Roberts, Samuel 246 Robertson, Andrew 892 Robertson & Osler's flour mill, Shamokin 619 Robins, Edwin S. 931 Robins, Galen S. 268 Robins, John K. 268 Robins, Joseph C. 268 Robins, William 264 Robinson, Thomas, company of, 136 correspondence 136 Rockefeller, David 813 ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP. - Organization and boundaries, 790 drainage and roads, 790 villages, 790 mills, 791 schools, 791 churches, 792 biographical sketches 1160 Rockefeller, William M. 231, 814 Rock Street Planing Mill, Shamokin 619 Rockwell, Ludlem B. 852 Rodrigue, M. Aristide 266 Rohrbach, Elias P., company of 435 Rohrbach, George, foundry, Sunbury 490 Rohrbach, Lloyd T. 826 Rombach, George W. 1069 Rombach, John W. 1007 Roney, Thomas 1050 Roster of the medical profession 269 Rothermel, Abraham 1224 Rothermel, Daniel H. 1227 Rothermel, William 1224 Roush, John 1113 Ruckman, Robert C. 1149 Rules of court 211, 212 Rush, Jacob 216 Rushtown 741 RUSH TOWNSHIP.- Successive movements for the division of Shamokin township, 737 formation, origin of name, and first township officers of Rush, 737 pioneers, 737 industries, 741 Rushtown, 741 schools, 741 churches, 741 biographical sketches 1175 Russell, Andrew 1151 Russell, E. H. 1159 Russell, John 1151 Russell. Samuel 1152 Russell, T. W. 1152 Russell, W. T. 1083 Ryan, George W., company of 430 Ryon, George W. 926 Ryon, William W. 930 Samuel, Edmund W. 1036 Sanitary Aid Society of Sunbury 402 Sanitary Commission 402 Savidge, Benjamin 1148 Savidge, C. R. 834 Savidge, John B. 923 Schabo, John 957 Schleif, Francis 965 Schleig, Adam 1227 Schleig, Daniel 1128 Schleig, Peter W. 1228 Scholl, Casper 239 SCHOOLS, Cameron township, 770 Chillisquaque township, 724 Delaware township, 764 Gearhart township, 802 Jackson township, 745 Jordan township, 773 Lewis township, 768 Little Mahanoy township, 735 Lower Augusta township, 706 Lower Mahanoy township, 712 Milton, 589 Mt. Carmel, 666 Northumberland, 536 Ralpho township, 798 Rockefeller township, 791 Rush township, 741 Shamokin, 645 Shamokin township, 730 Sunbury, 497 Turbut township, 697 Upper Augusta township, 701 Upper Mahanoy township, 710 Washington township, 787 Watsontown, 687 Zerbe township, 780 public school system inaugurated 176 Schreyer, Philip H., company of 419 Schreyer, W. A. 996 Schwartz, Joseph 1058 Schwenk, John E. K. 1140 Scott, Oscar J. 1030 Scott, Thomas 1023 Scott, William L. 610 Scudder, Daniel 249 Scupham, Mark P., carriage works, Sunbury 486 Seasholtz, J. S., carriage works, Sunbury 486 Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery 424 Seller, E. G. 948 Senators (State) 192 Seven Points 790 Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry 422 Seventy-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers 435 Shaffer, Henry 238 SHAMOKIN (Indian town).- First visited, 32 traders, 35 location of, 41 burned and abandoned 49 SHAMOKIN.- General summary, 591 brief of title, 592 the town plat, 597 pioneers, 598 Shamokin in 1839, 605 subsequent growth summarized, 607 the first stores and hotels, 607 early physicians and lawyers, 609 municipal organization and government, 610 the riot of 1877, 611 facilities of travel and transportation, 612 the Shamokin coal trade, 612 general industrial interests, 615 the postoffice, 621 banks, 621 water, gas, and electric light, 625 board of trade, 628 secret and other societies, 628 the press, 291, 629 churches, 630 educational interests, 645 cemeteries, 653 biographical sketches 850 Shamokin Agricultural and Driving Park Association 346 Shamokin and Trevorton railroad 322 Shamokin Arc Light Company 628 Shamokin Bank 621 Shamokin Banking Company 624 Shamokin Board of Trade 628 Shamokin Business College 653 Shamokin Canalboot 279 Shamokin Cemetery Company 653 Shamokin Coal and Iron Company 615 SHAMOKIN COAL FIELD.- Importance of coal, 347 its location, 348 nomenclature of veins, 349 position and character of the veins at Shamokin, 350 description of the coal veins, 353 a section of the measures, 354 brief description of the local districts 356 probable duration of the coal supply, 357 development of the Shamokin coal field 358 Shamokin Collegiate Institute 647 Shamokin creek 19 Shamokin Gas Light Company 627 Shamokin Guards 405 Shamokin Herald 292 Shamokin Industrial Company 620 Shamokin Iron Works 617 Shamokin Island 700 Shamokin Journal 291 Shamokin Manufacturing Company 620 Shamokin Planing Mill 619 Shamokin Powder Company 620 Shamokin Powder Mills 620 Shamokin Register 291 Shamokin Rolling Mill 618 Shamokin Sentinel 294 Shamokin Steam Bakery 620 Shamokin Street Railway Company 612 Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg railroad 324 Shamokin Times 293 SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP.- Formation of Ralpho township and description of its original boundaries 726 change of name to Shamokin, 727 physical features, 728 pioneers, 728 industries, 728 borough of Snydertown, 729 villages, 730 schools, 730 churches, 731 biographical sketches 1175 Shamokin Valley and Pottsville railroad 312 Shamokin Water Company 625 Shannon, Ephraim P. 526 Shawane Indians 24 Shay, Philip 1069 Shay, William F. 1071 Sheep, John 1122 Sheriffs 180 Shikellimy 26 Shimer, Samuel J. 985 Shimer, S. J. & Sons, industries 564 Shindel, Daniel W. 823 Shipe, Isaac F. 1211 Shipman, Abraham 239 Shipp, James A. 965 Shipp, John 889 Shissler, Alfred G. 935 Shissler, H. A. 888 Shoop, Levi 962 Shuman, James M. 945 Shuster, David E. 946 Sillyman, Oscar H. 1022 Silvius, Thomas J. 845 Simpson Brothers' planing mill, Sunbury 491 Simpson, Jeremiah 453 Simpson, John 453 Slater, James D. company of 408 Slayman, C. J., 911 Smink, William H. R., 950 Smith, Charles 243 Smith, Daniel 246 Smith, Enoch 246 Smith, Henry B. 838 Smith, J. R. 937 Smith, Matthew, 548 Correspondence 122 Smith, Peter 1065 Smith, Simpson 1077 Smith, William H. Snufftown 730 Snyder, Jeremiah 1034 Snyder, John B. 873 Snyder, John N. 1169 Snyder, John, Sr. 1168 Snyder, Joseph 601, 873 Snyder, Martin I. 832 Snyder, Peter H. 838 SNYDERTOWN.- location, 729 pioneers, 729 the town plat, 729 municipal government, 730 biographical sketches, 1175 Sober, Alexander 1195 Sober, Clinton D. 1195 Sober, Isaac 1194 Sober, Martin I. 1195 Sober, Samuel 1194 Sober, Samuel 1195 Sober, William A. 822 Society of Friends, Ralpho township 800 Sodom 724 Soldiers' monuments 441 Sollenberger, David I. 924 South Danville 802 Speece, Anthony S. 1232 Speece, W. P. 1165 Springfield 750 Stahl, George 1145 Stahl, George C. 1000 Stamm, Edward J. 1122 Stamm, Jacob 1123 Standard (Milton) 291 Starr, Durham & Company's planing mill, Watsontown 682 Starr, J. P. 1090 States Advocate (Milton) 287 Statistics of population 154 Stecker, Charles E. 1040 Stacker, George A. 1032 Stacker, William H. 1048 St. Edwards's cemetery, Shamokin 654 St. Edward's parochial school, Shamokin 652 Stetler, Daniel M. 1234 Stewart, Josiah 1080 Sticker, H. C. 1004 Stine, John 1052 St. Joseph's cemetery Turbot township 697 Stone, Henry K. 853 Stoner, William B. 1102 Stonington 730 Stout, J. H. 999 Straub, Abraham 970 Straub, Andrew 547 Straub, Clement C. 971 Strawbridge, Thomas 233 Strine, George W. 994 Stroh, George W. 857 Stroh, J. S. & Brother, carriage works, Sunbury 489 Strouse, Cyrus, company of 405, 411 St. Stanislaus Kostka cemetery, Shamokin 654 St. Stanislaus Kostka parochial school, Shamokin 653 Stuartville 785 SUNBURY.- The town plat, 444 early residents, 445 Sunbury in 1808, 445 reminiscences of Dr. B. H. Awl, 458 prominent merchants, 1771 to 1850, 471 early hotels, 475 municipal organization and government, 476 facilities of travel and transportation, 480 industrial activity, 484 banking institutions, 494 gas, electric light, and water companies 496 local papers, 276, 496 the postoffice, 497 secret and other societies, 497 educational interests, 497 churches, 502 cemeteries, 512 borough of East Sunbury, 513 biographical sketches, 804 Sunbury Academy 500 Sunbury American 282 Sunbury and Lewistown railway 320 Sunbury and Northumberland Gazette 273 Sunbury and Northumberland Street Railway Company 484 Sunbury Canal Company 493 Sunbury Carpet Cleaning and Novelty Works 493 Sunbury Daily 284 Sunbury Electric Light and Power Company. 496 Sunbury Enterprise 285 Sunbury Gas Light Company 496 Sunbury Gazette 280 Sunbury Guards 403 Sunbury, Hazelton and Wilkesbarre railroad 320 Sunbury Independent 284 Sunbury Lumber Company 491 Sunbury Medical Association 269 Sunbury Nail, Bar, and Guide Iron Manufacturing Company 492 Sunbury Steam Ferry and Tow Boat Company 483 Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit Company 496 Sunbury Water Company 496 Sunbury Weekly News 285 Supreme court 259 Supreme Executive Council, members of 191 Susquehanna and Union Bridge Company 323 Susquehanna Bible Society 585 Susquehanna Emporium 281 Susquehanna railroad 319 Susquehanna river, purchase of 42 Susquehanna Tract Society 586 Susquehannock Indians 21, 43 Swartz, Samuel T. 1002 Sypher, Henry J. 1125 Tachnechdorus 30 Taggart, David 255, 1094 Taggart, David 1093 Taggart, Frank A. 1095 Taggart Guards 407 Taggart, James, 1094 company of 407 Taggart, John 1094 Taggart, John, K. 1095 Taggart, Matthew H. 1094 Taggart, Thomas 1093 Taggarts & Howell's Nail Works, Northumberland 535 Talk of the Day Shamokin, 294 TANNERIES. Chillisquaque township, 718 Jackson township, 744 Jordan township, 773 Milton, 558, 561 Northumberland, 534 Ralpho township, 798 Shamokin township, 728 Sunbury, 484 Turbutville, 766 Upper Augusta township, 701 Watsontown 681 Tate, McCurdy, company of 419 TAXABLES. - Augusta township, 1774, 84 1788, 699 Chillisquaque township, 1788, 709 Little Mahanoy township, 1814, 735 Mahanoy township, 1778, 709 Point township, 1787, 714 Rush township, 1820, 737 Shamokin township, 1788, 728 Turbut township, 177-, 86 Turbut township, 1787 693 Teachers' institutes 178 Teas, James 266 Teitsworth Family 1178 Teitsworth, Isaac 1178 Teitsworth, Lemuel 1178 Teitsworth, Matthias 1179 Tenbrook, Andrew 1146 Tharp, Charles W. 255 The Great Runaway 121 The Press 273 Third Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery 431 Third Regiment, militia of 1862 437 Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Fifth Reserve 406 Thirty-seventh Regiment, militia of 1863 441 Thirty-sixth Regiment, militia of 1863 439 Tier, E. C. 1025 Times (Sunbury) 277 Topography of the county 17 Township officers, 1772-92 193 Townships and boroughs, formation of 149 Treon, George 1147 TREVORTON.- origin, 778 early history and growth, 779 secret societies, 780 schools, 780 churches, 780 cemeteries, 783 biographical sketches 1217 Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna railroad 322 Trites, David T. 264 Tri-Weekly American (Mt. Carmel) 295 Troxell, Benjamin F. 1139 Tulpehocken road 298, 303 TURBUT TOWNSHIP.- Erection and original boundaries, 692 subdivision and present area, 693 pioneers, 88, 693 mills, 694 churches, 695 schools, 697 cemeteries, 697 biographical sketches 1106 TURBUTVILLE.- Settlement, 765 growth, 766 local Industries, 766 secret societies, 766 municipal government, 766 biographical sketches 1141 Turbutville cemetery 769 Turner, William 239 Turnpikes 305 Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line 106 Twenty-eighth Regiment, militia of 1863 439 Unger, George C. 953 Unger, Warren 954 Unger. William H. 953 Union Park and Agricultural Association 346 Unitarian church, Northumberland 539 UNITED BRETHREN CHURCHES.- Ashgrove, Shamokin township, 734 Clark's Grove, Shamokin township, 733 Miles Run, Lower Augusta township, 706 Mt. Carmel, 674 Pleasant Hill, Shamokin township, 733 Shamokin, 639 Uniontown 751 UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP - Erection of Augusta township and development of its subsequent boundaries, 698 formation of Upper and Lower Augusta. 699 pioneers, 699 roads and streams, 701 industries, 701 schools, 701 churches, 702 biographical sketches 1160 UPPER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP - Proceedings for the erection of Mahanoy township, 708 disintegration of its territory, 708 organization of Upper Mahanoy, 709 pioneers, 709 hotels, 709 mills, 710 secret society, 710 schools, 710 churches, 710 biographical sketches 1217 Urban 773 Vastine, Amos 1191 Vastine, Amos 1212 Vastine Family 1191 Vastine, John 1192 Vastine, Jonathan 1211 Vastine Peter 1211 Vastine Thomas 1192 Vastine, William 1191 Voris, Clarence G. 1002 Wagenseller, Simon C. 924 Wagner A. S. 1146 Wagner D. Frank 1089 Wagner, J. H. 1088 Waldron David 267 Waldron, William 1114 Walker, Jonathan H. 244 Walter, George M. 1140 Walter, Mrs. Eliza V. 1187 War, French and Indian 47 War of 1812 391 War of the Rebellion 396 War of the Revolution 99 Ward. Matthew P. 1057 Warrior Run Rifle Company 392 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.- Original boundaries 786 first township officers, 786 pioneers 786 industries, 787 Rebuck, 787 Schools 787 churches, 788 biographical sketches 1217 Watkins, Joseph 1066 Watkins, M. K. 1018 Watson W. W. 1158 Watsontown Pioneer history, 677 first surveys, 677 early industries, stores, and hotels, 678 the town plat, 679 railroads, 680 the postoffice, 680 manufacturing past and present, 680 banks, 682 electric light and water companies, 683 borough organization and government, 684 secret and fraternal societies, 684 educational and literary effort, 295, 687 churches, 688 Watsontown cemetery, 691 Biographical sketches 1068 Watsontown Boot and Shoe Company 682 Watsontown cemetery 691 Watsontown Electric Light, Gas, Power, and lighting Company 683 Watsontown Furniture and Table Works 682 Watsontown Nail Works 682 Watsontown National Bank 682 Watsontown Planing Mill Company 681 Watsontown Record 295 Watsontown Steam Flour Mill 681 Watsontown Steam Tannery 681 Watsontown Water Company 684 Watts, David 243 Watts, Henry 1105 Weaver, Charles W. 932 Weaver Family 876 Weaver, John A. 877 Weaver, Martin 876 Weaver, William M. 876 Weekly Independent (Sunbury) 285 Weekly Item (Mt. Carmel) 295 Weidenhamer, J. A. 1083 Weidenhamer, William 1119 Weiser, Conrad 36 Weiser, George 238 Weiser, George 239 Weiser, George B. 265 Weitzel, Casper, 242 company of 104 Weitzel, John 471 Weitzel, John 1166 Weitzel, Joseph 1166 Welker, George C. 239 Wells, Charles, company or 408 Weltner, Ludwig, military administration of, 133 Wenck, S. M. C. 1101 Wendle, William P. 995 Wertman W. K., carriage works, Milton 562 West Branch Bridge Northumberland 532 West Branch Farmer and True Democrat 287 West Branch Intelligencer McEwensville 296 West Branch Star (Watsontown) 295 West End Planing Mill, Shamokin 619 Weyna, Stanislaus 959 Whalen, Joseph P. 1065 Whalen, Mark 1062 White, Elijah 1031 White, Elijah E. 1031 Whitmer, William 837 Wightman, Charles 1058 Wilhelm, Charles, H. 1011 Wilhelm, Frederick 1012 Wilhelm, Henry 1011 Wilhelm, James B. 1012 Wilhelm, W. B. 1012 Wilbour, George 1204 Wilhour, Peter B. 1205 Wilkesbarre and Western railroad 328 Williams, Benjamin H. 1056 Williams, William T. 1035 Williamson, F. P. 954 Wilson, Robert 990 Wilson, R. F. & Company, fly net factory, Milton 562 Wilson, William, 234 company of 102 Wingert, John H. 1139 Wirt, Ben 1044 Withington, Hudson 846 Withington, Martin J. D. 1103 Witmer, Charles B. 828 Witmer, Isaac L. 828 Wolf, Joseph 949 Wolfe, H. W. 1124 Wolfe, William H., company of 436, 441 Wolfinger, John F. 251 Wolverton, N. C. 951 Wolverton, Simon P. 818 company of 439 Woodside, Thomas J. 1056 Workingmen's Advocate (Sunbury) 280 Wright, Calvin D. 1054 Wright, R. L. 933 Yagel, Zacharias 1121 Yankee and Pennamite war 96 Yarnall, John 1015 Yarnall, Richard 656 Yarnall, Richard K. 1016 Yordy, Henry M. 1210 Yost, Daniel 889 Yost, John A. 912 Young, Benjamin F. 265 Young, John 474 Young, J. B. 1047 Youngman, John G. 279, 280 Young Men's Christian Association of Milton 586 Yoxtheimer, Henry 475 Zartman, D. M. 1233 Zartman, Samuel S. 1236 Zeigler, George W. 821 ZERBE Township. - Organization and boundarier 777 Pioneers, 778 Trevorton, 778 schools, 780 churches, 780 cemeteries 781 biographical sketches 1217 Zimmerman, Clark B. 1042 Zimmerman, Henry S. 949 Zimmerman, J. B., carriage works, Shamokin 618 Zimmerman, J. H. 887 Zimmerman, Samuel H. 1173 Zimmerman, W. E. 930