PRESENTING
CHAPTERS
FROM
HISTORY
OF THE
COUNTIES
OF
LEHIGH
AND CARBON,
IN THE
COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA
BY
ALFRED MATHEWS &
AUSTIN N. HUNGERFORD
ILLUSTRATED
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Publishing
PHILADELPHIA:
EVERTS & RICHARDS
1884
PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT
& CO., PHILADELPHIA
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Updated
June 5, 2006
Notes on the
following:
1. All
transcribed pages come complete with the page numbers from the original work,
allowing the notation of page numbers when citing sources.
2. Sections
not yet online but in the works are in ghostly gray color.
3. Spelling,
grammar and phrasing is as it appears in the original
Undertaking the
transcription of this important history book is a major project. Considering it was published in 1884, it is
a major source for the early history and genealogy of the county. The chapters on Carbon Co. are complete, but
Lehigh Co. sections are in need of transcription. Volunteers should
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Part
One
LEHIGH COUNTY
Chapter XXIV, Heidelberg Township By Samuel J. Kistler, Esq.
(Pages 268 to 285)
And
a Biographical Sketch of Samuel J. Kistler
(Pages 286
to 297)
(Pages 297
to 314)
Chapter
XXXIV, North Whitehall Township
Pages 509 to
536
With Biographical Sketches of:
Chapter
XXXVI, Washington Twp.
(Pages 549
to 555)
And
a Biographical Sketch of John Balliet
Chapter
XXXVII, Borough of Slatington
(Pages 556
to 569)
And
Biographical Sketches of:
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Part
Two
CARBON COUNTY
Online in its entirety
Chapter
I, The Settlement By Moravians in Carbon County
(Pages 573 to 593)
Including sections on:
The Indian
Uprising and the Massacre at Gnaddenhütten
Benjamin
Franklin Builds Fort Allen
The Captivity
of the Gilbert Family in 1780
Progress
of Settlement and Internal Improvements
(Pages 593 to 607)
Including sections on:
The Descending
and Ascending Navigation of the Lehigh River
The Slack-Water
or Ascending Navigation of the Lehigh
The Lehigh and
Susquehanna Railroad
(Includes a short biography of industrialist John Brown)
The Lehigh
Valley Railroad
(Includes
a short biography of industrialist Charles Hartshorne)
The Beaver
Meadow Railroad
The Mahanoy
Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Chapter
III, Civil History (Pages 607 to 612)
Including sections on:
Civil Divisions
prior to 1843
Erection and Organization
of Carbon County
The Public Buildings
Measures for the Care of the Poor
Chapter
IV, The Civil List (Pages 612 to 615)
Chapter
V, Bench and Bar of Carbon County (Pages
615 to 623) Including sections on:
Judges
Associate
Judges
(Short
Biographical Sketches of Some of the Above)
Causes Celebres
– The Mollie Maguire Trials
Chapter
VI, Medical History of Carbon County
(Pages 623 to 629)
Biographical
Sketches
Chapter
VII, Carbon County in the Mexican War
(Pages 629 & 630)
The Stockton
Artillerists
Including
a Roster of the men involved
Chapter
VIII, Carbon County in the War of the Rebellion
(Pages 630 to 649)
Complete Rosters of
Officers and Men
Including
a Biographical Sketch on Col. John Craig
Chapter
IX, the Carbon Co. Agricultural Society
(Pages 649 & 650)
Chapter
X
Sketch
of the Geology of Carbon County (Pages 650 to 656)
(Note: Due to the
fact that this chapter does not pertain to history or genealogy, and that the
science of Geology has advanced in the last 100 years, there are no plans to
transcribe and include this chapter)
Chapter
XI, the Borough of Mauch Chunk (Pages 656 to 711)
(Including the borough of East Mauch Chunk)
NOW COMPLETED! (This is a large file and may take time to download)
Including sections on:
Description of
the Locality
Discovery of
Coal (early operations of the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation Co.)
The First Railroad, the “Switchback” or Gravity Road
Improvements at
Mauch Chunk – Appearance of the settlement
The Town Opened
to Individual Enterprise
The Early
Settlers
Early Merchants
Manufacturing –
Early experiments in making Iron with Anthracite
The First
Anthracite Stoves Made in Mauch Chunk
Foundries
The Wire-mill
The Gristmills
Banking
The Newspaper
Press
Hotels
The Post Office
and Postmasters
The Water-works
The Mauch Chunk
Gas Company
Losses by Fire
and Flood
The Borough’s
Incorporation
Upper Mauch
Chunk
East Mauch Chunk
Its Incorporation
The East Mauch Chunk Post-Office
Educational
East
Mauch Chunk Schools
Churches of Mauch Chunk
& East Mauch Chunk
St.
Mark’s Church (Protestant Episcopal)
Methodist
Episcopal
Methodist
Episcopal Church of
East Mauch Chunk
Presbyterian
Church
Evangelical
Church
St. John’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. John’s
Church of East Mauch Chunk
Church of
the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Joseph’s
German Catholic Church of East Mauch Chunk
Temperance
The Cemetery
Fire Companies
Marion
Hose Co. No. 1
Lodges & Organizations
Masons
Packer
Commandery
International
Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F)
Knights of
Pythias
Order of
Druids
Grand Army
of the Republic
Concert Hall
And Biographical Sketches of:
Chapter
XII, Banks Twp. (Pages 711 to 717)
Including sections on:
History of Coal
Operations
Stafford Coal Co.
Spring
Mt. Coal Co.
Lehigh
& Wilkesbarre Coal Co.
Yorktown
Collieries
Schools in
Banks Twp.
Justices of the
Peace
Beaver Meadow
Village
Churches
Fraternal
Organizations
Yorktown &
Audenried
Jeansville
Tresckow
Leviston,
Colerain & Coolstown
Chapter
XIII, East Penn Township (Pages 717 to 723)
Including
sections on:
Early history
and tax lists
Benn Salem
Church
Benn Salem
Churchyard
Schools
Justices of the Peace
Penn Forge
& Furnace
Pennsville
And a biographical
sketch of
Chapter
XIV, Franklin Township (Pages 724 to 727)
Including sections on:
An Indian
Atrocity
Early Settlers
Schools
Maria Furnace
Justices of the
Pease
Chapter
XV, Kidder Township (pages 727 to 731)
Including sections on:
Early
Roads
Hickory Run
Saylorsville
Leonardsville
Bridgeport
Albrightsville
East Haven
Lehigh Tannery
Mud Run
Schools
Justices of the Peace
The Great Fire of 1875
Chapter
XVI, The Borough of Lehighton
(Pages
731 to 738)
Including sections on:
Hotels
Churches
The
Presbyterian Church
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Peter’s
and St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Zion
Reformed Congregation
Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ebenezer
Church of the Evangelical Association
The Carbon
Academy
The Post Office
First National
Bank of Lehighton
Newspapers
The Fire
Company
Societies
Its
Incorporation
The Packing
House of Joseph Obert
The Lehigh
Stove Works
The Central
Carriage Works
The Lehigh
Wagon Company
And Biographical Sketches of:
Chapter
XVII, Lausanne Township (pages 738 &
740)
Including sections on:
Early History
School
Directors
Justices of the
Peace
Chapter
XVIII, Lehigh Township (pages 740 &
741)
Including sections on:
Early Roads
Early
Settlements
Schools
Justices of the
Peace
Assessment for
1883
Penn Haven
Chapter
XIX, Mahoning Township (pages 742 to 749)
Including sections on:
Early
Settlement
Stores
& Mills
Churches
Post-Offices & Schools.
Packerton
Centre Square
New Mahoning
Chapter
XX, Packer Township (pages 749 to 753)
Including
sections on:
Early History
Mills
Powder Mills
and Magazines
St. Matthew’s
Lutheran and German Reformed Church
Schools
Post-Offices
Justices of the
Peace
And a Biographical
Sketch of:
Chapter
XXI, Penn Forest Township (pages
754 to 757)
Including sections on:
Settlement of
Penn Forest
Mills
Taverns
Churches
Schools
Justices of the
Peace
Chapter
XXII, The Borough of Parryville (pages
757 to 760)
Including sections on:
Early Roads
Settlement of
Penn Forest
Mills
Taverns
Churches
Schools
Justices of the
Peace
And a Biographical Sketch of:
Chapter
XXIII, Lower Towamensing Township (pages
760 to 768)
Including sections on:
Early
Settlements
Early Roads
Clarissa Forge
and Furnace (later Ashland)
Tax Rolls
St. John’s
Congregation
The Church of
the Evangelical Association
German Catholic
Church
Schools
Justices of the
Peace
Post-Offices
Millport
The Evangelical
Association
Lehigh Gap
Bowmansville
And a Biographical Sketch of:
Chapter
XXIV, Towamensing Township (pages 769 to 773)
Including sections on:
Tax Rolls
Justices of the Peace
Jerusalem Church
Stemlersville
Trochsville
Chapter
XXV, Weissport Borough (pages
773 to 780)
Including sections on:
The Flood of
1862
“Jacob’s
Church” – Lutheran and German Reformed
The Evangelical
Church
Schools
The Carbon
Academy and Normal School Association
Hotels
Rolling Mills
Lehigh Valley
Emery-Wheel Company
Weissport
Borough Incorporation
And a Biographical Sketch of:
Chapter
XXVI, the Borough of Weatherly (pages
780 to 787)
Including sections on:
Borough History
Church
Congregations
Hotels
Schools
Civil Lists
Justices of the
Peace
Physicians
Lodges
The Post Office
And biographical
sketches of:
Chapter
XXVII, Mauch Chunk Township (pages 787 to 796)
Including sections on:
Lausanne – The
Landing Tavern
Lehigh Coal
& Navigation Company’s property
Schools
Justices of the
Peace
Summit Hill
Religious History
Presbyterian
Church
St.
Philip’s Episcopal Church
St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church
The
Lutheran Church
St.
Paul’s Reformed Church
Schools
Newspapers
Banking
Societies
Lansford
Incorporation
Schools
Religious
The
Welsh Congregational Church
English
Congregational Church
The
Evangelical Association
Societies
Nesquehoning
Schools
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Appendix
A (page 797)
The Population of Lehigh and Carbon Counties
Appendix
B (pages 797 to 802)
Anthracite Iron
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