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#1. Daniel Spencer, farmer, age 66, male, born in Vermont, residence value $1000, with family: Almira, aged 37, female, born in New York; Daniel F, aged 13, male, born in New York; Ascenath A., aged 9, female, born in New York; George W., aged 6, male, born in New York; Almira A., aged 4, female, … Read more
CHAPTER XIX. BENCH AND BAR. FIRST COURTS HELD AT JAYSBURG – WILLIAM HEPBURN FIRST JUDGE – JUDGE COOPER – OTHER EARLY JUDGES – LATER JUDGES – ASSOCIATE JUDGES – FIRST LAWYERS – LATER DAY LAWYERS – PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE BAR. The first courts in Lycoming County were held at Jaysburg. Subsequently they were removed … Read more
CHAPTER XVIII. TOWNSHIPS, CONCLUDED NIPPENOSE TOWNBHIP – SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP – BASTRESS TOWNSHIP – WOODWARD TOWNSHIP – ANTHONY TOWNSHIP-COGAN HOUSE TOWNSHIP – PORTER TOWNSHIP – MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP – PIATT TOWNSHIP – JACKSON TOWNSHIP – WATSON TOWNSHIP – BROWN TOWNSHIP – CUMMINGS TOWN-SHIP – PINE TOWNSHIP – McHENRY TOWNSHIP. Nippenose Township, which lies on the opposite side … Read more
CHAPTER XVII. TOWNSHIPS, CONTINUED. GAMBLE TOWNSHIP – McNETT TOWNSHIP – ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP – LOYAL-SOCK TOWNSHIP – HEPBURN TOWNSHIP – ELDRBD TOWNSHIP – OLD LYCOMING TOWNSHIP – LYCOMXNG TOWNSHIP – LEWIS TOWNSHIP – LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP. Gamble Township. -There are few counties in Pennsylvania that are dotted with more beautiful valleys than that of Lycoming. Nippenose, White … Read more
CHAPTER XVI. TOWNSHIPS, CONTINUED. MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP – JORDAN TOWNSHIP – WOLF TOWNSHIP – MILL FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP – UPPER FAIRFIELD TOWNSUP – SHREWSBURY CREEK TOWNSHIP – PENN TOWNSHIP – PLUNKETT’S CREEK TOWNSHIP – McINTYRE TOWNSHIP – CASCADE TOWNSHIP. Muncy Creek Township is one of the oldest and, from a historical viewpoint, one of the most … Read more
CHAPTER XV. TOWNSHIPS. MUNCY TOWNSHIP – WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – BRADY TOWNSHIP – CLINTON TOWNSHIP – FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – MORELAND TOWNSHIP. Aside from the city of Williamsport and its nine boroughs, Lycoming County is composed of forty-two townships, of which Pine is the largest, containing 48,640 acres, and Porter the smallest, with 2,880 acres. Muncy Township … Read more
THE WARREN PIONEERS. PAPER BY H. B. IVESON. MAJESTIC old forests unbounded, untrod, Waving green bows ‘mid the silence of God; High over fern-covered valleys they stand, In their majesty, towering as sentinels grand. Maples and Hemlocks and sky-towering Pine, Nature’s grand picture in solitude shine; Mosses and ferns in each dark valley grow, And … Read more
PIKE IN EARLY TIMES. PAPER BY COL. JOHN A. CODDING PIKE derives its name from Gen. Zebulon Pike, who was killed in our war with Great Britain, 1812-15. It is located on the extreme East line of Bradford county, adjoining Susquehanna. It is about ten miles long from north to south and five miles wide … Read more
FRIEDENSHUTTEN, PAPER BY J.W. INGHAM INTRODUCTION NOT far from the present village of Wyalusing, on the north hank of the creek near its junction with the Susquehanna, at the point of the ridge which was cut through by the railroad, stood Go-hon-to-to, one of the fortified villages of the Te-hot-ach-see tribe of Indians, which was … Read more
CHAPTER IV. TIOGA COUNTY ORGANIZED. The Landed Interests – Their Influence on Legislation – Tioga County Created – Form and Area – Derivation op Name – The Term Tioga – Boundary Line Dispute- Origin of the Trouble – Various Efforts to Establish Lines – A Tangle op Perplexing Questions- The Latest Commission. OWING to landed … Read more