Justices of the Peace – Townships (Part 3)
MILFORD TOWNSHIP Jacob Knable, Michael Frease, 1840 Jacob Knable, John N. Baker, 1845 Hamilton B. Barnes, 1847 Wm. Scott, 1851 Eli K. Haines, 1852 Jonathan Miller, 1854 Eli K. Haines,…
Justices of the Peace – Townships (Part 2)
GREENVILLE TOWNSHIP Hiram Findley, John S. Weimer, 1840 Geo. W. Haller, Samuel Griffith, 1845 Solomon Engle, Geo. Klingaman, 1850 Samuel Griffith, 1851 Benj. I. Yoder, 1855 Daniel P. Miller, 1856…
Justices of the Peace – Townships (Part 1)
ADDISON TOWNSHIP Andrew Mitchell, John IIartzell, 1840 Thomas Liston, John Campbell, John Bowlin, Andrew Craig, 1845 Horace Luddington, 1848 John Campbell, William Roddy, David Robinson, 1850 Horace Luddington, 1853 John…
Congressional Civil List
CONGRESSIONAL:SECRETARY OF STATE – Jeremiah S. Black, 1860 to 1561. ATTORNEY GENERAL – Jeremiah S. Black, 1857 to 1860. REPRESESTATIVES: Gen. Robert Philson – 16th Congress, 1819 to 1821…
Somerset Encampment No. 113, I.O.O.F.
This encampment was chartered April 11, 1852. The officers first elected were:Robert P. Cummins, C.P.William Roddy, H.P.Alexander Stutzman, S.W.John D. Roddy, J.W.H. P. Snyder, ScribeC. F. Beam, Treas.William B. Coffroth,…
Somerset Lodge No. 84, A. Y. M.
About the year 1819, a masonic organization, known as Somerset Lodge, No. 84, A. Y. M., was organized in the town of Somerset, of which, at one time, the…
County Agricultural Society
The Somerset County Agricultural Society was first organized in 1853, and the first fair was held on September 25 and 26 of that year. The following year three and…
Somerset Lodge No. 438, I.O.O.F.
This lodge was first chartered June 10, 1851, and at the first election, which occurred on the 1st of July the following were elected:John D. Roddy – N.G.Robert P. Cummins…
Conemaugh Township Churches
<center>CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN</center>Conemaugh Church of the Brethren, of German Baptists, was organized in 1810. It now has three meeting houses and one hundred and fifty members. Two of the…
Larimer Township
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Larimer township was formed in 1854 out of adjoining parts of Greenville and Northampton townships. It was named for Gen. William Larimer who was president of the…