BELL'S HISTORY OF
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA

INCLUDING

ITS ABORIGINAL HISTORY; THE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY
PERIODS; EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH; POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION; AGRICULTURAL, MINING, AND MANUFACTURING
INTERESTS; INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS; RELIGIOUS, EDUC-
ATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND MILITARY HISTORY; SKETCHES
OF ITS BOROUGHS, VILLAGES, AND TOWNSHIPS;
PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF PIONEERS
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS ETC, ETC.

EDITED BY

HERBERT C. BELL.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO, ILL.:

BROWN, RUNK & Co., PUBLISHERS.

1891

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Contents	CONTENTS in text format
Chapter I	I - THE COLONIAL PERIOD
Chapter II - Part I	II - THE COLONIAL PERIOD (Concluded). Part I
Chapter II - Part II	II - THE COLONIAL PERIOD (Concluded). Part II
Chapter II - Part III	II - THE COLONIAL PERIOD (Concluded) - Part III
Chapter III - Part I	III - THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD - Part I
Chapter III - Part II	III - THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD - Part II
Chapter IV - Part I	IV - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
	Erection of Northumberland County
	Disintegration of its Territory
	Present Boundaries
	Internal Subdivision
	Original Townships
	Formation of Present Subdivisions
	Statistics of Population
	Public Buildings
	Early Fiscal Affairs
CHAPTER IV - Part II CHAPTER V - PART I	IV - ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION - (Cont.)
	Inauguration of the Public School System
	Roster of County Officers
	Representation in Constitutional Conventions, Etc.
	Legislative Representation
	Early Township Officers.
	V - THE BENCH AND BAR
	First Courts and Cases the Quarter Session
	Early Administration of Penal Justice
	The Orphans' Court
	The Common Pleas
	Rules of Court
Chapter V -Part II	V - THE BENCH AND BAR
	The Bench
	Roster of Justices
	Biographical Sketches of Present Judges
	Associate Judges the Bar of the Past and Present
	The Supreme Court.
Chapters VI & VII	VI - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
	List of Sunbury Physicians, By Dr. R. H. Awl
	Autobiographical Sketches of Physicians throughout the County
	Medical Societies
	Roster of the Medical Profession
	VII - THE PRESS
	Journalism at Northumberland
	Sunbury Papers
	The Press of Milton
	Shamokin Newspapers
	Journals of Mt. Carmel, McEwensville and Locust Gap Papers
Chapter VIII	VIII - INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
	Relation of Highways of Travel to Civilization
	Public Roads
	The Tulpehocken Road
	The Old Reading Road
	Early County Roads
	Turnpikes
	River Navigation
	Canals
	Railroads
	Pennsylvania
	Danville and Pottsville
	Philadelphia and Erie
	Northern Central
	Sunbury, Hazelton and Wilkesbarre
	Sunbury and Lewistown
	Lewisburg and Tyrone
	Philadelphia and Reading
	Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven
	Mahanoy and Shamokin
	Enterprise
	Shamokin and Trevorton
	Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna
	Catawissa
	Shamokin, Sunbury and Lewisburg
	Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
	Lehigh Valley
	Wilkesbarre and Western
Chapters IX & X	IX - AGRICULTURE
	Preparation of Soils the Result on Remote Rather Than Immediate Agency
	Geological Structure
	Anticlinals and Synclinals
	Subdivisions of the Paleozoic System
	Location and Characteristics on Each Stratum
	Development of the Farming Industry
	Condition of the Farming Interests in 1845
	Agricultural Societies
	X - THE SHAMOKIN COAL FIELD
	Importance of Coal
	Its Location
	Names of the Veins
	Their Position and Character
	A Walk from the Weigh Scales to the Cameron Colliery
	Ascent of the Great Culm Bank
	A Tale with the Inside Foreman about the Coal Formation
	Further Description of the Sixteen Veins Found in This Region
	A Section of the Measures
	Depth of the Shamokin Coal Basin
	A Short Description of the Districts and Basins
	Production of the Three Districts
	The Question, "How Long Will Our Coal Supply Last?" Answered
Chapter XI	XI - DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHAMOKIN COAL FIELD
	Discovery of Anthracite in This Region
	First Application to General Uses
	First Shamokin Coal Taken to Market
	Opening of the First Mines at Shamokin, Coal Run, and Trevorton
	First Coal Shipments Down the Susquehanna
	Speculation in Coal Lands
	The Danville and Pottsville Railroad
	Pioneer Coal Operation
	The Disastrous Year of 1842
	Revival of 1850
	Judge Helfenstein's Developments
	Original Coal Breakers
	Marshall's Letter
	New Collieries and Outlets
	Coal Shipments to Elmira in 1855
	Other Collieries Started and Breakers Erected
	Tonnage of This Region for the Years 1857 and 1889
	Total Production for the Past Fifty-One Years
Chapters XII & XIII - Part I	XII - WAR OF 1812
	XIII - THE CIVIL WAR - Part I
	State of Public Sentiment at the Outbreak of the War
	Mass Meetings and Resolutions
	The Sanitary Commission
	REGIMENTAL SKETCHES
	Eleventh - Eighth - Thirty-Fourth - Forty-Sixth - Forty-Seventh - Fifty-First - Fifty-Third - Fifty-Sixth
Chapter XIII - Part II	XIII - Part II - REGIMENTAL SKETCHES
	Eightieth - One Hundred and Twelfth - Fifty-Eighth - One Hundred and Thirty-First - One Hundred and Fifty-Second - Seventy-Fourth
	Militia of 1862
	Militia of 1863
	Soldiers' Monuments
Chapter XIV - Part I	XIV - SUNBURY - Part I
	The Town Plat
	Early Residents
	Sunbury in 1805
	Reminiscences of Dr. R. H. Awl
	Prominent Merchants, 1772-1850
	Early Hotels
	Municipal Organization and Government
Chapter XIV - Part II	XIV - SUNBURY - Part II
	Facilities of Travel and Transportation
	Industrial Activity
	Banking Institutions
	Gas, Electric Light, and Water Companies
	Local Papers
	The Post Office
	Secret and Other Societies
	Educational Interests
	Churches
	Cemeteries
	Borough of East Sunbury
Chapter XV	XV - NORTHUMBERLAND
	The Town Plat
	Early History
	Prominent Early Residents
	Early Merchants and Hotels
	The Post Office
	Bridges, Canals, and Railways
	Borough Organization and Government
	Industrial Activity
	Schools
	Local Journalism
	Secret and Other Societies
	Churches
	Cemeteries
Chapter XVI - Part I	XVI - BOROUGH OF MILTON - Part I
	Pioneer History
	The Town Plat
	Inhabitants From 1804 to 1808
	Taxables in 1818
	Borough Government
	The Post Office
	Facilities of Travel and Transportation
	General Business Interest and Industries of the Past and Present
	Floods and Fires
Chapter XVI - Part II	XVI - BOROUGH OF MILTON - Part II
	Secret and Other Societies
	Churches Sunday Schools
	Miscellaneous Moral and Humanitarian Organizations
	Educational Interests
	Local Papers
	Cemeteries
Chapter XVII - Part I	XVII - SHAMOKIN - Part I
	Brief of Title
	The Town Plat
	Pioneer Shamokin in 1839
	Subsequent Growth Summarized
	The First Stores and Hotel
	Early Physicians and Lawyers
	Municipal Organization and Government
	The Riot of 1877
	Facilities of Travel and Transportation
	The Shamokin Coal Trade
	General Industrial Interest
Chapter XVII - Part II	XVII - SHAMOKIN - Part II
	The Post Office
	Banks
	Water, Gas, and Electric Light
	Board of Trade
	Secret and Other Societies
	The Press
	Churches
	Educational Interests
	Cemeteries
Chapters XVIII & XIX	XVIII - MT. CARMEL
	Old Hotels
	The Town Plat
	First Improvements and Subsequent Growth
	The First Merchants, Physicians, and Lawyers
	The Post Office
	Railroads
	Municipal Organization and Government
	The Mt. Carmel Coal Trade
	General Industrial Interest
	Financial Institutions
	Water and Electric Light Companies
	Secret and Other Societies
	The Press
	Schools
	Churches
	Cemeteries
	XIX - WATSONTOWN
	Pioneer History
	The First Surveys
	Early Industries, Stores, and Hotels
	The Town Plat
	Railroads
	The Post Office
	Manufacturing, Past and Present
	Banks
	Electric Light and Water Companies
	Borough Organization and Government
	Secret and Fraternal Societies
	Educational and Literary Effort
	Churches
	Watsontown Cemetery
Chapters XX - XVI	TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
	XX - TURBUT TOWNSHIP
	XXI - UPPER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP
	XXII - LOWER AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP
	XXIII - UPPER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP
	XXIV - LOWER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP
	XXV - POINT TOWNSHIP
	XXVI - CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIP
Chapters XXVII - XXXII	TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
	XXVII - SHAMOKIN TOWNSHIP
	XXVIII - LITTLE MAHANOY TOWNSHIP
	XXIX - RUSH TOWNSHIP
	XXX - JACKSON TOWNSHIP
	XXXI - COAL TOWNSHIP
	XXXII - DELAWARE TOWNSHIP
Chapters XXXIII - XLI	TOWNSHIP HISTORIES
	XXXIII - LEWIS TOWNSHIP
	XXXIV - CAMERON TOWNSHIP
	XXXV - JORDAN TOWNSHIP
	XXXVI - ZERBE TOWNSHIP
	XXXVII - ZERBE TOWNSHIP
	XXXVIII - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
	XXXIX - ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIP
	XL - RALPHO TOWNSHIP
	XLI - GEARHART TOWNSHIP
Chapter XLII - Part I	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SUNBURY - Part I
Chapter XLII - Part II	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SUNBURY - Part II
Chapter XLIII - Part I	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN - Part I
Chapter XLIII - Part II	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN - Part II
Chapter XLIII - Part III	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN - Part III
Chapter XLIII - Part IV	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN - Part IV
Chapter XLIV - Part I	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MILTON - Part I
Chapter XLIV - Part II	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MILTON - Part II
Chapter XLV - Part I	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MT. CARMEL - Part I
Chapter XLV - Part II	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. MT. CARMEL - Part II
Chapter XLVI	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. WATSONTOWN
Chapter XLVII	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. NORTHUMBERLAND BOROUGH AND POINT TOWNSHIP
Chapter XLVIII	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. TURBUT AND CHILLISQUAQUE TOWNSHIPS
Chapter XLIX	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. LEWIS AND DELAWARE TOWNSHIPS, AND BOROUGH OF TURBUTVILLE AND MCEWENSVILLE
Chapter L	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. UPPER AUGUSTA, LOWER AUGUSTA, AND ROCKEFELLER TOWNSHIPS
Chapter LI - Part 1	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN, RALPHO, RUSH, AND GEARHART TOWNSHIPS, AND BOROUGHS OF SNYDERTOWN AND RIVERSIDE
Chapter LI - Part 2	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. SHAMOKIN, RALPHO, RUSH, AND GEARHART TOWNSHIPS, AND BOROUGHS OF SNYDERTOWN AND RIVERSIDE
Chapter LII	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. ZERBE (TREVORTON), CAMERON, LITTLE MAHANOY, JACKSON, LOWER MAHANOY, WASHINGTON, JORDAN, AND UPPER MAHANOY TOWNSHIP
INDEX	INDEX

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