History of Forest County, Chapter 13

Forest County
Chapter XIII 

JENKS TOWNSHIP

 

STREAMS – MINERALS – POPULATION – OFFICERS ELECTED IN FEBRUARY, 1890 –
FIRST ASSESSMENT ROLL – THE TOWNSHIP IN 1882 – DANIEL HARRINGTON’S DESCRIPTION
– MISCELLANEOUS.

MARIENYILLE — FIRST SETTLEMENTADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS – THE VILLAGE IN
1884-85-86 – SCHOOLS, CHURCHES. SOCIETIES, ETC.

JENKS TOWNSHIP occupies a central position in the eastern half of the
county. The west branch of Spring creek, rising in Howe township, flows
through the extreme eastern warrants; Millstone creek rises on the ridge
northeast of Marienville, and drains the central warrants, while Salmon creek
and its feeders are found in the northwest quarter.

At a point 8,000 feet east of Marienville old Pine Ridge coal mine was
opened at an elevation of 1,742 feet. At Marienville summit a three-foot bed
of U. A. coal was found under 65 feet of sandstone, and M. U. coal at 170
feet, resting on conglomerate. At Walton’s, between the Eldridge and Hunt
farms, the Upper Alton coal was struck at fourteen feet, and also on the
Beaver Dam tract, three and one-quarter miles east by north of Marienville, at
an elevation of 1,745 feet. From 1869 to 1872 coal was taken out here for
blacksmithing purposes. Prior to 1883, when Col. Hunt’s new house was built,
coal mines were opened near his old home at an elevation of 1,660 feet. On the
Parker farm, near the old school building, 1,690 feet above tide, is the
bog-iron-ore tract; near the Salmon creek bridge, in the vicinity of Hunt’sold
saw-mill coal also exists at an altitude of 1,492 feet, while near by, at an
elevation of 1,617 feet, coal outcrops. Near Marienville, at 1,610 feet, coal
was mined in 1873 by Dr. Towler. In the dry hollow, below the village,
bog-iron-ore is found. On warrant 3173 coal was mined some years ago. In 1858
Col Hunt’s mines in the bed of Millstone creek were opened; near Kinnear’s
hunting shanty coal was mined in the “seventies.” In 1863 Kinnear
opened a coal bed on Gilfoyle run at an elevation of 1,780 feet, while near
Byrom station David S. Eldridge opened mines in 1859; near Nugent’s summit an
outcrop was worked in 1875, and near Rose’s summit, above the marl swamp,
another outcrop was worked that year. The township is full of fine building
stone, but there is no record of limestone being found.

In 1880 the population of the whole township was 219. In 1888 there were
137 Republican, 93 Democratic and 15 Prohibitionist votes recorded, or a total
of 245, showing the population to be about 1,225.

The officers elected for 1890 are as follows: Justice of the peace, E.
Whitling; constable and collector, A. H. Smith; treasurer, C. S. Leech;
auditor, A. B. Watson: clerk, J. A. Scott; road commissioner, A. K. Shipe;
school directors. L. Burkhart, A. B. Niller; judge, W. Seigworth; inspectors,
J. S. Williams, J. E. McClellan. The first assessment roll of Jenks township
in possession of Clerk Brennan is that of 1852, by Cyrus Blood, assessor.
Among the names of residents given thereon are James Anderson, an alien, and
his son, the former owning 544 acres, and the latter a yoke of oxen; Thomas
Anderson, Isaac Allen and William Armstrong, lot owners in Marienville; Cyrus
Blood, owning 1,973 acres, 1 cow, 2 horses and a gold watch; K. L. Blood, 300
acres; Aaron Brockway, 160 acres, 1 yoke of oxen and 5 cows; U. H. Brockway, 2
cows and 137 acres; Russell Buffum, 210 acres, 2 horses and 4 cows; Ben Buffum,
1 cow; Stephen Buffum, 100 acres, oxen and cow; D. H. Burton, 50 acres; Oran
Bennett, oxen and 80 acres; D. Buchanan, 150 acres; D. W. Burke, 100 acres and
lot in Marienville; A. D. Beck, a lot in Marienville; also Peter Clover, W. W.
Corbet, William Coon, Rufus Dodge, Bennett Dobbs, Dr. J. Dowling and Sam. C.
Espy, lot owners in Marienville; James Eldridge, 869 acres, 2 horses, oxen and
3 cows; David Eldridge, 100 acres; Dan. Earl, 1 horse; John Gilfoyle, 100
acres; John D. Hunt, 874 acres, 3 yoke of oxen and 3 cows; C. D. Hart, 186
acres, oxen and cow; J. H. Hershman and Ralph Hill, single men; Isaac Heath,
60 acres; Michael Imhoos, a cow; N. H. Jones, 220 acres and 2 horses; John P.
Jones, 480 acres, oxen, horse, cow and silver watch; G. McLaughlin and J. S.
:McPherson, lots in Marienville; John Nees (or Nuss), yoke of oxen; Thomas
Porter, oxen and cow; Benj. Sweet, tutor, 100 acres; Dan. Stowe, Abram Winsor
and John Wynkoop, lots in Marien; William Walton. James Pickman and Thomas
Nugent. Urial H. Brockway was appointed collector. The assessed value of
seated lands was $9,531, and of unseated lands, $30,128.

In June, 1882 the township .counted 50 votes and 200 inhabitants; in June,
1883, there were 130 voters recorded and 600 inhabitants. Then it had no
store, later it had four; then it had three schools, later it had five; then
it had three school-houses, later it had four and one building; then it had
one train per day, while in June. 1883 it had four trains each way, making
connections with the Philadelphia & Erie at Sheffield, Allegheny Valley
Railroad at Foxburg, and other great trunk lines running east. In June, 1882,
it had only one little hamlet, Marienville; in June, 1883, it had three
respectable villages – Marienville, Byrom’s and Curll, Campbell & Co.’s
Mills. Marienville increased from no stores or hotel, to two stores, one hotel
and a restaurant, and from six dwellings to thirty. Byrom’s had grown from
nothing to a well-regulated village of twenty dwellings. Curll, Campbell &
Co.’s Mills, from a forest to a village of fifteen families, and a school
pupilage of twenty-three.

Daniel Harrington, speaking of Marienville and the country south of it as
it appeared in 1882, says: “The country between Marien and Clarington, a
distance of twelve miles, is ‘Forest,’ sure enough, and always will be. It is
scarcely susceptible of cultivation, except small spots, here and there. It is
the country for tanneries, for the timber is mostly hemlock, with a sprinkling
of ash and cherry, I saw one cherry tree three feet in diameter at the butt,
and at least sixty feet without a limb. I don’t believe a whippoorwill or a
blue-jay ever passed over this twelve-mile stretch of woods, between Marien
and the Clarion river, without carrying a knapsack of provisions. But Marien
is improving. She now has a pipe line and a line of telegraph.”

To Mr. Harrington, also, the writer is indebted for the following sketch of
the pioneer of Jenks township: “Cyrus Blood, the founder of Forest
county, was born at New Lebanon, N. H., March 3, 1795. In his seventeenth year
he went to Boston, Mass., where he remained until he finished his school
education, When twenty-two years old he made a visit to his brother, then
principal of an academy at Chambersburg, Penn. Soon after that date Cyrus was
appointed principal of an academy at Hagerstown, Md. He remained in charge of
that institution for several years. His scholastic acquirements were such as
to attract attention, and in time he was offered a professorship in Dickinson
college, at Carlisle, Penn., and accepted the position. His health, however,
was failing, and by the advice of his physician he resigned his professorship,
and took a trip through the Middle and Southern States. In his journeying he
came to Jefferson county, Penn. Finding that the northern portion of that
county was an almost unbroken wilderness, he conceived the idea of
establishing a settlement in those wilds, and ultimately forming a new county.
For several years he made annual visits to that section, and finally succeeded
in purchasing a large tract of land from one of the land companies. It was
understood at the time of making the purchase that the company was to open a
road to the projected settlement, but in 1833 when Mr. Blood arrived at what
is now Corsica, Jefferson county, he found, to his surprise and annoyance,
that no road had been made. Leaving his family behind him, he hired men and
teams, and, starting from Armstrong’s mills, on the Clarion river, he and his
men cut their way, step by step, twelve miles, to his wilderness purchase. At
night the little party camped out the best they could, and in the morning
again pressed onward. On their arrival at the new possessions, a small
clearing was made, a house erected, and in October, 1833, the family,
consisting of Mr. Blood, his wife and five children, settled down in their new
forest home. It is almost impossible to trace, step by step, the trials and
difficulties of the new settlers. They had been accustomed to all the comforts
of town life. But energy and enterprise were characteristics of our pioneer,
and he and his family struggled bravely to overcome present obstacles, in hope
of success. In the same year Mr. Blood was joined in his undertaking by Col.
John D. Hunt, from that time to the present the history of old Forest, as well
as the successes and failures of our pioneer are cotemporaneous with the
history, successes and failures of Col. Hunt. The joys and the sorrows, the
hard trials and reverses of Cyrus Blood, were the joys and sorrows, the trials
and reverses of John D. Hunt. The histories of the two men are the same and
inseparable.

“The new settlement was known far and near as Blood’s Settlement. For
many years Mr. Blood was the only mail carrier. With every pocket loaded with
letters and papers he would start from Brookville for home through the dark
woods. Wolves, bears and panthers were plentiful in those days, and often was
he followed on his solitary way by those wild denizens of the forest. On one
occasion, in the night, he poked with his cane what he supposed was a cow
lying in his path, but which proved to be a big bear. Mr. Blood took one side
of the path, and the bear the other. Much to the gratification of the former,
the bear was not traveling in his direction. At another time some of the
children ran into the house, saying that some dogs were playing in the garden.
Mr. Blood quickly took his gun down from the hooks, and went out just in time
to see several panthers jumping over the fence. With all his narrow escapes
and surprises he never shot a wild beast. His thoughts and aims led him away
from any approach to a hunter’s life. The new settlement struggled on, year
after year. Going to mill in those days was a trip to the lower part of
Clarion county, and sometimes to Kittanning. In due time the new county scheme
was perfected, and the seat of justice fixed at Blood’s Settlement, thereafter
to be known as Marien, in honor of Mr. Blood’s eldest daughter, now Mrs. John
D. Hunt. A frame court-house, of rather large dimensions, was erected. Hon.
John S. McCalmont, of Venango county, held the first court, with Mr. Blood as
one of the associate judges. Judge Blood died before his term of office
expired, on January 12, 1860, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.

Shortly after the beginnings of Blood’s Settlement were made, the pioneers,
named in the pioneer chapter, flocked in, but with all their efforts the whole
township had but 219 inhabitants in 1880.

In November, 1889, Messrs. Galbraith, Mason and Hooton, United States
revenue officials visited Jenks township on a hunting expedition. On the
headwaters of Bear creek they discovered a moonshine distillery, which they
confiscated, and having made one or two arrests, returned home.

Dr. S. S. Towler drilled a well on the Hunt farm in 1881 to a depth of
about 2,000 feet. At a depth of 900 feet a gas vein was struck, and
since        that time Marienville has had
a full supply of gas.  The Kahle Bros.’ well was drilled in 1887 to a
depth of about 850 feet.  The rate to consumers is $2 in winter and $1 in
summer per store per month, and 15 cents for lights.

Oak City, on the road from the mouth of Bear creek to Marienville, came
into existence after the discovery of oil. In January, 1883, the village had
its water-works and gas system. This gas was obtained from Cornwell’s well of
the year before.  Shoup’s mill, on the head of· Salmon creek, was built
in November, 1879   The Phillis & Neill saw-mills, below
Gilfoyle were built in 1888. The capacity is about 15,000 feet per day, giving
employment to ten men. The firm own 300 acres of hemlock around the mills, on
which there are ten or twelve men employed generally.

MARIENVILLE.

Marienville (or Marionville, according to the postal guide) dates back to
October, 1833, when Cyrus Blood and family made their settlement there.
Determined efforts were made to build up the place, but these failing the
owner and residents resolved to establish a new county with this place as the
county seat. To this end Mr. Blood interested James L. Gillis and others, and
as stated in the chapter devoted to the transactions of the county
commissioners, Forest county was established by a joint resolution of the
house and senate. The business appears to have been done in a peculiar way,
for in the printed records of the assembly of 1848-49 and 1850 there is no
mention made of the resolution, nor does there appear to be much done toward
organization until 1851, when supplementary acts were passed countenancing
this strange resolution, and in 1856 the new county was thoroughly detached
from Jefferson.

The addition to the town of Marienville by Bennett and Nancy Dobbs was made
in February, 1857. This comprised 160 acres on the southeast corner of tract
3169, warranted to Herman Leroy and Jan Linklain, later the property of G. W.
Lathy. The lots were 55×165 feet, and the streets sixty feet wide.

From this period until 1866 the village showed some signs of life, but the
addition of five townships made that year brought forth a new peril for the
little county seat, and ultimately robbed it of the county offices. From this
period up to the fall of 1882 there was little here. The oil excitement of
that year, and the energy of the people tended to improve the place, and by
June, 1883, the hamlet had grown into a thriving village.

In 1884 A. J. Sigworth was postmaster, and Kahle & Sigworth, general
merchants. Henry, Bayard & Co., Williams & Mahoney, Shipe, Mensch
& Co., F. M. Rech & Co. and Rider & Co. were operating saw-mills;
Whitney Brothers carried on the Hub Factory; J. B. Watson & Son, the
hotel; John D. Hunt, now C. F. Hunt, was merchant; T. J. Reiner was grocer; S.
S. Towler was physician; M. C. Caringer kept the restaurant; Hines & Son
carried on the meat market. In October, 1885, J. B. Watson was appointed
postmaster.

The editor of the Brockwayville Record visited the town in February,
1886, and thus describes it: “This town was formerly the county seat of
Forest county, but the seat has been removed to Tionesta. The ground on which
this town was built was land first bought and improved by Cyrus Blood, more
than fifty years ago. The Pittsburgh & Western Railroad runs through the
town, and has been the means of building it up considerably in the last two or
three years. The town is rather pleasantly situated. The main business here
appears to be the shipping of lumber of various kinds. There are several men
here from Buffalo whose business alone is to measure and sort hardwood. There
appears to be a large supply of a superior quality. When I came here I didn’t
expect to see any person I knew. I was very agreeably disappointed; Hon. J. B.
Watson, the proprietor of the Watson House, is a man I have known for a number
of years. He is an ex-prothonotary of Clarion county. He keeps a good house;
is a friend of temperance and everything good. James Morrison, an old
neighbor, has a contract of sawing and delivering a lot of lumber to the
railroad; Henry Bullers and wife are keeping a millinery store and hotel; Mr.
Flick, formerly of Brockwayville, started a barber shop here a few days ago. A
great many of the residents here are burning natural gas from a well near the
town, and yet gas is not always to be depended upon. Yesterday about noon as
we were sitting around the stoves, and cooks were in the middle of dinner
cooking, suddenly the fires ceased to burn, and dinner was delayed about one
hour. Certainly it was not pleasant with the mercury below zero. While I was
sitting, looking out of the window, a poor man was dragging out one of his
horses, frozen stiff enough, apparently, to send to Europe as a refrigerator.
Truly it is a county of forest. From Clarington to this point is almost a
dense forest. A great deal of the pine timber was cut off along the road years
ago. S. S. Towler, formerly of Reynoldsville, is physician, and Rev. J.
Weldon, of Troy, is the minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There are
two church buildings in the town – a small Methodist Episcopal Church building
and the Presbyterians have a right nice little church building nearly
completed. Rev. J. Hickling is the only Presbyterian minister in the county.
He lives in Tionesta, and preaches there, at Tylersburg and at Scotch
Hill.”

The first death in the settlement was that of an old German lady in 1843 or
1844, followed by that of Josiah Leary. The former was buried just east of the
Blood homestead, and the latter in the same field.

The first school was held in Mr. Blood’s house, Miss Marien Blood being
teacher. The next school was at Kiefer’s, near the head of the springs, Col.
Hunt being among the first teachers.

Mr. McMichael was the first Presbyterian preacher here, but prior to this a
physician and preacher, Dr. Otis Smith, of the United Brethren Society,
preached in Mr. Blood’s house in 1843. He is said to be the hero of eleven
marriages. He gave out the first hymn sung in the old county: “Go preach
my gospel, said the Lord.”

The Lutheran society was formed at Marienville, in 1850, by Mr. Fair. It
continued in existence until after the war.  Methodism was introduced by
Mr. Hull shortly after that of Presbyterianism.

Saumel Barr, the old stage driver, who died about four years ago at
Brookville, was the first Baptist preacher, some time in the
“fifties.” The Methodist Episcopal circuit of Marienville, was
detached from Clarington in 1888, and Rev. J. M. Edwards was appointed pastor.
Among the old members are Jacob Mercilliott and wife, John Dodge and wife, and
N. K. Burton and wife. In the winter of 1883-84 a great revival meeting won
many converts, and the modern church entered upon an era of progress. In 1884
the present church was erected at a cost of about $900. Mr. Hames was
class-leader from 1883 to 1888, when Peter English was chosen. There are about
fifty members, many of whom were received by Mr. Farout, the present
pastor.  The old Lutheran society of Marienville disbanded years ago.

The first Presbyterian Church of Marienville was organized on May 29, 1883,
composed of the following persons: S. S. Towler, M. D., Mrs. M. C. Watson,
Miss H. K. Watson, Mrs. C. L. Rohrer, Hon. John D. Hunt, Mrs. M. F. Hunt, Mrs.
B. L. Hunt, Miss E. L. Rose, Mrs. Margaret Walton and Mrs. Clara B. Towler.
Soon after a number more were added. and J. H. Mensch, Esq., and Dr. Towler
were elected elders. On May 17, 1886, the church was incorporated, the
following persons qualifying as trustees:

Charles S. Leech, C. W. Amsler, S. F. Rohrer, John D. Hunt, H. H. McClellan
and Dr. S. S. Towler. In June, 1886, the church building was completed at a
cost of $2,050, and opened for public service on July 4, 1886, and dedicated
July 17, 1886, Rev. B. F. Williams officiating. The building is a very neat
frame 35×55 feet, with annex 8×20, and vestibule 10xl0. It is finished largely
in natural wood, with arched ceiling. The house is heated by natural gas. In
January, 1888, the pulpit was filled by supplies, but since that time Rev. H.
F. Easseman has been pastor. The present membership is forty-three, including
elders, J. H. Mensch and S. S. Towler. The trustees are S. S. Towler,
president; Charles S. Leech, secretary; C. W. Amsler, treasurer; H. H.
McClellan, C. F. Hunt and John H. Mensch. The only changes in the corporate
body are C. F. Hunt vice John H. Hunt, deceased, and John H. Mensch vice
S. F. Rohrer, deceased.

Jenks Lodge, No. 250, I. O. O. F., Marienville, was instituted under
charter May 13, 1885, with the following named members: J. F. Gaul, P. G.; H.
H. McClellan, P. G. ; A. K. Shipe, P. G. ; J. W. Cole, W. H. Sigworth, T. J.
Reyner, E. A. Yetter, C. W. Amsler, H. Bullers, F. P. Walker, F. M. Rech and
C. S. Leech. H. R McClellan was the :first noble grand of the lodge, followed
by W. H. Sigworth, J. W. Cole, T. J. Reyner, E. A. Yetter, O. C. Christy, H.
H. McClellan, O. C. Christy and P. H. Dean, who is the present presiding
officer. John F. Gaul was first secretary, followed by T. J. Reyner in 1888.
In 1889 E. A. Yetter, the present secretary, was elected. There are now
(March, 1890) forty-two members. The hall was destroyed by fire January 1, 1890.
Quarters were found in the new Leech building. A second building was erected
by Mr. Leech to be used by all the lodges.

Equitable Aid Union, No. 411, was organized in June, 1884, by G. W.

Brown and J. B. Watson, with forty-eight charter members, including the
following named officers: Chancellor, J. B. Watson; advocate, A. J. McCray;
president. Dr. S. S. Towler; vice-president, Miss Lizzie Watson; auxiliary,
Mrs. A. H. Palmer; secretary, Miss G. M. McClellan; treasurer, D. E. White;
accountant, T. J. Reyner; chaplain, A. K. Sipe; warden, Henry Kime; sentinel,
Mrs. D. E. White; watchman, A. Wisner; conductor, O. C. Christy; assistant
commander, Katie Harner; examining physician, Dr. S. S. Towler; trustee, M.
Mandeville; representative to Grand Union, Dr. S. S. Towler.

The W. C. T. U., of Marienville, was organized May 10, 1886, with the
following named members: Malvina Lowman, Kittie Leech, Edith Gaul, Emeline
Salida, Marien Hunt, Clarine F. Rohrer, Margaret Watson, Bella L. Hunt, Eliza
Mercilliott, Louisa Dodge, Ella Leech, Mary Rohrer, May Bullers, Rose Scott,
Kittie Watson, Margaret Walton, Jennie Yetter, Nina Salida, Mrs. Edwards and
Clara B. Towler. The presidents, Mrs. E. Gaul and Kizzie Watson, on whose
death in May, 1889, Miss Nina Salida was elected.

Marienville Council, No. 14, O. U. A. M., was instituted under charter, May
14, 1889. The applicants for the charter are the following named members: J.
A. Frampton, J. R. Barr, S. M. Neely, S. P. Leech, J. Mercilliot, P. C. Neely,
W. F. Adams, G. W. Smith, M. Lubold, E. E. Carbaugh, J. B. Story, Isaac
Watterson, H. A. Pierce, H. K. Shipe, A. J. Kunselman, H. A. Shipe, C. M.
Jones, S. C. Rankin, E. M. Clarke, W. H. Eisenhuth, Clinn. McConn, W. C.
Brown, D. L. Frampton, T. W. English, A. G. Leech, H. Stakley, S. M. Henry,
John McAfee and E. E. Burton. J. R. Barr was first councillor; and T. W.
English, secretary. There are forty-seven members.

Washington Camp, No. 140, P. O. S. of A., was organized by W. F. Adams, P.
P., June 24,1887, with twenty-six members, among whom were: W. Francis Adams,
Jacob Mercilliott, Jr., J. R. Flick, J. B. Flick, J. E. McClellan, J: A.
Frampton, A. C. Frampton, Peter M. Walton, John T. Watson, Frank L. Yetter, T.
J. Reyner, P. H. Dean, George G. Cressy, R. S. Y. Cressy, S. M. Neely, Carl
Bullers, W. J. Austin, Frank Dodge, J. M. Dodge and W. H. Taylor. J. A.
Frampton, J. E. McClellan, W. H. Taylor, H. A. Shipe served as presidents; J.
E. Leech is now president and J. E. McClellan is secretary.

Marienville cornet band was organized in May, 1889, with W. F. Adams,
president; A. C. Frampton, secretary; T. R. Reyner, treasurer; W. P. Smullen,
leader; with Messrs. Nevison, J. A. Frampton, J. Mercilliott, J. T. Watson, D.
L. Frampton, T. D. :Mohney, Roland Rech, J. E. McClellan, L. Bevier and David
Greybill.

In January, 1889, Rev. Mr. Elder’s mother was burned during the destruction
of his house at Marienville. This was the first serious natural gas fire in
this county.

The fire of January 1, 1890, originated in Harp’s barber shop, and before
the general alarm could be sounded the building was almost entirely enveloped
in flames, spreading rapidly until the shoe-shop of Justice E. Whitling, and
the drug store of Dr. Stonecipher, adjoining, were past saving. The next
building to catch fire was the fine large hotel of J. B. Watson, which was
totally destroyed. Next came the large new mercantile building of T. J. Reyner,
full of goods; also a large warehouse belonging to him, which were both
consumed. The fire stopped here, having no more fuel to feed upon, but the
destruction and loss was surely great enough for one town like Marienville.
The losses, as nearly as could be ascertained, are as follows: T. J. Reyner,
loss on buildings and goods, $5,000; insured for $2,700. J. B. Watson, loss of
hotel and furniture, $3,000; no insurance. Dr. Stonecipher saved most of his
goods; loss not estimated. E. Whitling’s loss was total; not estimated. H. H.
Harp’s loss was also total. The Odd Fellows had their lodge room over Reyner’s
store, and lost most of their furniture, etc amounting to about $400; covered
by insurance. Four other secret orders occupied the same room, and lost all
they had. They were the Equitable Aid Union, Patriotic Order Sons of America,
American Mechanics, and the Sons of Temperance.

The hub factory, part of which was destroyed by fire some years ago, gave
employment to fourteen men in 1883, and produced 4,000 hubs per week. The
drying-houses still stand near the depot.  The C. S. Leech mill was
erected in 1887. The capacity of the saw-mill is about 14,000 feet per day,
and of the planing-mill about the same. The industry gives employment to eight
men.  Within a radius of five miles of Marienville are the saw-mills of
J. H. Morrison; Baker, Hammond & Co.; Hammond & Messenger; S. L.
Clough & Co.; Buckeye Lumber Company; Curll, Campbell & Co.; N.
Guilford, Curll & Campbell, Phillis & Neill, W. H. Frost; J. M.
Edwards, Maple Creek Lumber Company, and C. S. Leech. The shingle-mills are
owned by David Drury, Blanchard & Rogers, M. E. Graybill and F. L. White.

Source: Page(s) 911-918, History of Counties of McKean, Elk and Forest,
Pennsylvania. 
Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1890.
Transcribed November 2005 by Nathan Zipfel for the Forest County Genealogy
Project
Published 2005 by the Forest County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project”

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