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LEHIGH REGISTER, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa Jan 25, 1849 Died on Tuesday the 15th inst., in Upper Macungy township, of fever, Harriet, wife of Mr. Benjamin Rupp, aged 25 years.Died on the 13th of January, in South Whitehall, of croup, Cassiann, daughter of Charles and Abalonica Resh, aged 6 years.Died, on the same day, in … Read more
LEHIGH REGISTER, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa JAN. 18, 1849 Notice that the Partnership of the late firm of Selfridge & Wilson, has been dissolved. Died. On the 16th instant, at Easton, of old age, Col. Christian Jacob Hutter, for many years a resident of that place, and formerly editor and proprietor of the Easton Sentinel, … Read more
LEHIGH REGISTER, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa Jan 11, 1849 Married. At Mercerburg, Pa., December 14, by the Rev. Mr. Phillips, Rev. Thomas T. Yeager, of the Lutheran Church, Reading, to Miss Mary Ann Palsgrove, of Mercersburg.Married. On the 17 of December by the Rev. Mr. Kemmerer, Mr. Joseph Dietz, to Miss Sarah Ann Rudolph, both … Read more
LEHIGH REGISTER, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa Jan 4, 1849Notice of Letters of Administration of the estate of Michael Sieger, dec’d, late of borough of Allentown, Lehigh Co. to James Lackey and Aaron Eisenhard. BLACK LEAD IN BUCKS COUNTY. – We learn that an enterprising company from Philadelphia have commenced digging for Black Lead or Plumbago, … Read more
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CHAPTER XXIX BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES- ROULETTE, HOMER, PORTAGE (AND BOROUGH OF AUSTIN) AND WHARTON TOWNSHIPS ROULETTE TOWNSHIP. MRS. PRUDENCE L. BOYINGTON, daughter of Burrel and Dorcas (Irons) Lyman, was born in Roulette, Potter Co., Penn., in 1830. After leaving school she taught several years, and was a very successful teacher in Potter county. But the early … Read more
CHAPTER XXVIII BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES – ULYSSES TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF LEWISVILLE, ALLEGHENY, HEBRON, CLARA AND PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIPS ULYSSES TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OP LEWISVILLE C.E. BAKER, farmer, P.O. Ulysses, is a representative of one of the early families in this part of Pennsylvania. He was born in Shippen township, Tioga Co., Penn., in 1846, a … Read more
CHAPTER XXVII BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—HECTOR, PIKE, WEST BRANCH, ABBOT AND STEWARDSON TOWNSHIPS HECTOR TOWNSHIP. JAMES DOUGLAS, farmer, P.O. Hector, was born in Tompkins county, N.Y., May 12, 1820. He attended school at Newfield, N.Y., and when not in school worked on the farm with his father. In 1841 his parents moved to Tioga county, near the … Read more
CHAPTER XXVI BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES— BINGHAM AND HARRISON TOWNSHIPS BINGHAM. TOWNSHIP ZERA O. BACON, farmer, P.O. Genesee Fork, was born in Wellsville, N.Y., March 12, 1837, a son of Ira and Naomi (Bennett) Bacon, who settled in Bingham township in 1843, on the farm now occupied by Zera O., where they died. They had eleven children, … Read more
CHAPTER XXV BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES – SHARON, OSWAYO AND GENESEE TOWNSHIPS SHARON TOWNSHIP ANDREW J. BARNES, lumberman and farmer, P.O. Millport, was born in Wayne county, Penn., March 30, 1836, a son of Gabriel and Salena J. (Starr) Barnes, who settled in Sharon township, Potter county, in 1838, where the father engaged in lumbering, at which … Read more