History of Schuylkill Co Pennsylvania by W.W. Munsell |
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Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers Click on page number for context. BARLOW, Alfred page 121 BARLOW, Alfred page 125 BARLOW, Daniel page 75 BARLOW, F. page 371 BARLOW, General page 173 BARLOW, Nathan page 161 BARLOW, Nathan page 349 BARLOW, Squire page 161 History of Schuylkill County, PA: Chapter VI - X page 75 ORGANIZATION AND GROWTH OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY Other county officers and representatives have been elected as follows:
Area History: History of Schuylkill County, Pa: W. W. Munsell, 1881 A REGIMENT OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY MEN THE FORTY-EIGHTH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS In response to the call of the President in 1861 for one hundred thousand men Governor Curtin authorized Colonel James Nagle, of Pottsville, to raise a regiment. Colonel N. determined that it should be composed wholly of Schuylkill county men, and in the work of recruiting he associated with him Joseph A. Gilmour, James Wren, Henry Pleasants, Joseph H. Hoskins, Daniel Nagle, Daniel B. Kauffman, John R. Porter, H.A.M. Filbert, William Winlack and Philip Nagle. About the middle of August recruiting commenced, and the regiment was ready to go forward by the 20th of September. A few of the men had seen service in the three months campaign. Company A was recruited in Port Clinton and Tamaqua; Companies B,C,D,G, and H in Pottsville; Company E in Silver Creek and New Philadelphia; Company F in Minersville; Company I in Middleport and Schuylkill Valley, and Company K in Schuylkill Haven and Cressona. James Nagle was commissioned colonel, David A. Smith lieutenant-colonel, Joshua K. Sigfried major, and John D. Bertolette adjutant. .....etc....etc.... COMPANIES IN THE FORTY-EIGHTH COMPANY D
Re-enlisted veterans and recruits, 1864 CASUALTIES IN THE FORTY-EIGHTH
Alfred Barlow is listed among the missing in Area History: History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania NEW PHILADELPHIA BOROUGH Shadrach Lord was the first settler here. New Philadelphia was incorporated in 1868. Charles Tanner was burgess in 1868 and 1869. James O'Hare in 1870; P.J. Kelly in 1871; John Haggarty in 1872 and 1873; Michael Whalen in 1874 and 1875; W. H. McQuail in 1876 and 1877; L. Ennis in 1878, 1879 and 1880. In 1841 there were only two houses inside the present borough limits. One of these was built by Andrew Bubb, the other by Nathan Barlow. Barlow was an early justice of the peace in Blythe, serving twenty years. His successor, John Haggarty, the present incumbent, has served eighteen years. The principal business men of New Philadelphia have been Edmund Ellis, Michael Rooney, Wesley Dodson and Nathan Barlow. Prominent resident coal operators were Samuel Potts and Conner and Rhoads. The Alliance Coal Company has been doing a large business more recently. The local business is now done by Michael Rooney and John E. Egan, merchants; John P. Feeley, tea and spice merchant; Charles Tanner, liveryman; William McQuail, superintendent for the Alliance Coal Company; and Mrs. James Ennis, dealer in boots and shoes. The postmaster is Michael Egan. The population in 1870 was 558; in 1880, 360. Cumbola, near the west border, is a small village of the township, which grew up during the days of coal mining in that locality. CHURCHES The first church at New Philadelphia was the Lutheran church, built in 1852. Rev. Mr. Glenn, who resided at Tamaqua, was the first pastor. The congregation was weak, as were other denominations in the place, and for a time this building served all who chose to worship in it. Early Methodist preaching was irregular. The first salaried Methodist preacher here was Rev. John Jones. Rev. James Neil, the first operator at Neil's hill, and Thomas and Niles, two other operators, assumed the chief burden of the preacher's salary for a time. Later the local class was attached to the Port Carbon charge. The number of Methodists having greatly increased, in 1855 those in the valley east and west from New Philadelphia were constituted a separate church. Services at Middleport, Big Vein, and Tucker's Hill. The membership was from fifty to sixty, and the services were attended by two hundred and fifty to three hundred. The first primitive Methodist preacher who held meetings in New Philadelphia was William Donaldson, who used to preach in Squire Barlow's stone tavern. Later preachers, supplied from the Tamaqua conference, were Revs. Buttenrik and Spurr. At Tucker Hill, under the encouragement of John J. Dovey, a primitive Methodist church was organized by the Greene and Beach families and others. In November, 1867, the Catholics in the Schuylkill valley growing so numerous, it was deemed advisable by the authorities of the Diocese of Philadelphia to erect a new parish at New Philadelphia. A temporary building was procured, and a pastor, Rev. John A. Loughran, was appointed. He was succeeded in time by Revs. M.L. Reynolds, D.I. McDermott, S. O'Brien, J.J. O'Reilly and P.V. O'Brien, the present pastor. Owing to the dullness of the times, and many of the works in the valley being abandoned, the congregation were unable to erect a church. They improved and renovated the old structure to such an extent that it served them as a place of worship. December 10th, 1880, the old building took fire and was destroyed. On the same site it is intended to speedily erect an elegant and commodious church. Area History: History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH HISTORIES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-MINERSVILLE CHARLES N. BRUMM Etc...etc...etc... He was soon after elected lieutenant of his
company, in which position he served until the expiration of his term
of service, when he immediately re-enlisted for three years in Company
K, 76th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers. He was shortly afterward detailed
assistant quartermaster and served in that capacity on the staffs
of Generals Barlow and Pennypacker, tenth army corps, until the end of
his term. LEWISTOWN Lewistown is a post village, containing ten dwellings, one store, an Evangelical church, built in 1866, and a union Lutheran and Reformed church, an old-fashioned stone edifice, built about 1834. Revs. J.N.S. Erb and H. Liesse are the pastors. POPULATION-SCHOOLS In 1828 Schuylkill township, which then included Walker and other territory, had 93 taxable inhabitants; in 1833, 188; in 1835, 175; in 1849, 368; in 1880, about 109. The property valuation in 1833 was $72,489; the amount of taxes levied was $587.25. In 1880 the taxation of Schuylkill aggregated $1,467.56; that of Walker $1,361.46. The public schools in both townships are ably managed. Schuylkill continued under the old regime until 1837, when a board of directors favorable to general education was secured. They at once opened six schools. Previously, three "pay schools," two in log houses built for the purpose and one in a rented room, were the only accommodations. Fifty cents a month was demanded from each pupil by the schoolmaster for his services. Nathan Barlow kept one of these latter schools in Lewistown for twenty years in the center of a rich farming district. WEST MAHANOY TOWNSHIP SECRET SOCIETIES Lost Creek Division, No. 9, Sons of Temperance was organized July 22nd, 1878, with thirty-six charter members. The first officers were: W.P., D.P. Brown; W.A.,
I.W. Moister;
R.S., T.W. Taylor; A.R.S., A.H. Bromley; treasurer,
S.H. Brady; F.S., B.R. Severn; chaplain, J.D. Ledden; D., Fred Hopkins;
A.S., William Owens; I.S., W.H. Kaercher; O.S., Robert Peel;
P.W.P., John Hallman. The present officers are: W.P., F.G. Clemens; W.A., S.H. Brady; R.S., T.W. Taylor; A.R.S., James A. Pott; treasurer, John Hallman; F.S., W.H. Zweizig; chaplain, Samuel Smaill; C., B.R. Severn; A.C., F. Barlow; I.W., Ed. McGovern; O.S., George Dunston; P.W.P., A.D. Brown. |
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