History of Clarion County, AJ Davis

History of Clarion County

AJ Davis; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887

Table of Contents

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Preface
Chapter I – Pennsylvania Prom First Settlement to the Revolution
Chapter II – From the Revolution to the Present Time
Chapter III – Topography of Clarion County
Chapter IV – Geology and Mineralogy
Chapter V – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase Of 1784
Chapter VI – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County
Chapter VII – From the Settlement of the County to the War Of 1812
Chapter VIII – The War of 1812
Chapter IX – From the War of 1812 to the Erection of the County
Chapter X – From the Erection of the County to the Iron Era – 1839 – 1845
Chapter XI – The Furnaces
Chapter XII – From the Iron Era to the Civil War, 1845 – 1861
Chapter XIII – The Soldiers of Clarion County in the Rebellion
Chapter XIV – Company H, Thirty – Seventh Regiment – Eighth Reserve
Chapter XV – Company E, Thirty – Ninth Regiment – Tenth Reserve
Chapter XVI – Companies of the Fifty – Seventh Regiment – Militia of 1863
Chapter XVII – Company C, Sixty – Second Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XVIII – Company E, Sixty – Second Regiment
Chapter XIX – Company F, Sixty – Third Regiment
Chapter XX – Company F, Sixty – Seventh Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXI – Company C, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXII – Company E, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXIII – Company A, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXV – Company F, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXVI – Company H, One Hundred And Third Regiment P.V.
Chapter XXVII – Company C, One Hundred And Fifth Regiment P.V.
Chapter XXVIII – Company L, One Hundred And Eighth Regiment, P.V. – Eleventh Cavalry
Chapter XXIX – Company K, One Hundred And Forty – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
Chapter XXX – Company H, One Hundred And Forty – Ninth Regiment P.V.
Chapter XXXI – Company G, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
Chapter XXXII – Company H, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
Chapter XXXIII – Company K, One Hundred And Fifty – Ninth Regiment P.V. – Fourteenth Cavalry
Chapter XXXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Sixty – Ninth Regiment
Chapter XXXV – Miscellaneous Enlistments
Chapter XXXVI – From the Civil War to the Oil Era – 1865 – 1877
Chapter XXXVII – The Development of Petroleum
Chapter XXXVIII – The Lumber and Coal Industries
Chapter XXXIX – From the Oil Era to the Present Time, 1877 – 1887
Chapter XL – The Bench And Bar
Chapter XLI – Schools
Chapter XLII – Churches
Chapter XLIII – History of Ashland Township
Chapter XLIV – History of Beaver Township
Chapter XLV – History of Brady Township
Chapter XLVI – History of East Brady Borough
Chapter XLVII – History of Callensburg Borough
Chapter XLVIII – History of Clarion Township
Chapter XLIX – History of Clarion Borough
Chapter L – History of Curllsville Borough
Chapter LI – History of Edenburg Borough
Chapter LII – History of Elk Township
Chapter LIII – History of Farmington Township
Chapter LIV – History of Highland Township
Chapter LV – Knox Township
Chapter LVI – Licking Township
Chapter LVII – Limestone Township
Chapter LVIII – Madison Township
Chapter LIX – Mill Creek Township
Chapter LX – Monroe Township
Chapter LXI – New Bethlehem Borough
Chapter LXII – Paint Township
Chapter LXIII – Perry Township
Chapter LXIV – Piney Township
Chapter LXV – Porter Township
Chapter LXVI – Redbank Township
Chapter LXVII – Richland Township
Chapter LXVIII – Rimersburg Borough
Chapter LXIX – St. Petersburg Borough
Chapter LXX – History of Salem Township
Chapter LXXI – History of Sligo Borough
Chapter LXXII – History of Strattanville Borough
Chapter LXXIII – History of Toby Township
Chapter LXXIV – History of Washington Township
Chapter LXXV – Biographical Sketches
Brief Personals

Chapter 57 – History of Limestone Township

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CHAPTER LVII HISTORY OF LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP This township is located in the eastern part of Clarion county, and is, in shape, almost a rhomboid. It is bounded on the north by Clarion township, on the east by Jefferson county, on the south by Porter and Redbank townships, and on the west by’ Monroe township. This … Read more

Chapter 56 – History of Licking Township

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CHAPTER LVI HISTORY OF LICKING TOWNSHIP Licking township lies next north of the southern tier of townships in Clarion county. It is bounded on the north by Beaver, east by Piney, south by Toby, and west by North Perry and East Richland. The surface of the township is considerably broken by numerous ridges, but almost … Read more

Chapter 55 – History of Knox Township

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CHAPTER LV HISTORY OF KNOX TOWNSHIP This division of the county, in topographical character, is an undulating upland, cut deeply from north to south in the center by Paint Creek. It was formed from parts of Paint, Highland, and Washington, by a decree of the Court, dated May 7, 1853, and was the result of … Read more

Chapter 54 – History of Highland Township

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CHAPTER LIV HISTORY OF HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP THE settlement of this township was clouded by a calamity which, however obscure the victims and remote the scene, appeals to human sympathy as one of the most pathetic of backwoods incidents. Purcell was the first inhabitant within the present limits of Highland township, building a cabin on what … Read more

Chapter 53 – History of Farmington Township

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CHAPTER LIII HISTORY OF FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP Farmington is the largest township in the county, containing over forty square miles, about one-fourteenth of its whole area. It is preeminently the lumber region of Clarion county, but is fast being stripped of its wealth of pine and hemlock, thus compelling the inhabitants to bestow more attention to … Read more

Chapter 52 – History of Elk Township

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CHAPTER LII HISTORY OF ELK TOWNSHIP Elk township, taking its name from Elk Creek (now Deer Creek), a stream-flowing through its midst, was originally organized, in March, 1806, by Samuel Dale, John Andrews, and Thomas Beard, commissioners, who about that time surveyed and organized – all the townships in Venango county. Elk then embraced a … Read more

Chapter 51 – History of Edenburg Borough

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CHAPTER LI HISTORY OF EDENBURG BOROUGH The history of Edenburg dates back to about 1840, at which time J.G. Mendenhall purchased from a man named Neff the premises now known as the Mendenhall farm. Later he purchased a part’ of the Attleberger farm, one mile west of the present site of Edenburg. He also owned … Read more

Chapter 50 – History of Curllsville Borough

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CHAPTER L HISTORY OF CURLLSVILLE BOROUGH Curllsville is a somewhat scattered village located in the southwest corner of Monroe township, and mainly on the right bank of the Big Licking Creek. As far as can be learned the first settler here was James Pinks, the pioneer merchant of the county, who early in the present … Read more

Chapter 49 – History of Clarion Borough

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CHAPTER XLIX HISTORY OF CLARION BOROUGH Few of the county seats of the Commonwealth arose under circumstances similar to those of Clarion. It came into existence on a spot, which, a year previous, was destitute of a single occupied habitation; its origin was purely political, the very site having been determined by the commissioners. A … Read more

Chapter 48 – History of Clarion Township

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CHAPTER XLVIII HISTORY OF CLARION TOWNSHIP This township is located in the eastern part of Clarion county, and is bounded on the north by Paint, Highland, and Millcreek townships, on the east by Jefferson county, on the south by Limestone township, and on the west by Monroe township. It is in length about ten miles, … Read more