Bedford
County Agricultural
Society Organized In 1875 Purchase of Grounds A Successful Management Chief
Officers to Date Statistics Votes for Gubernatorial Candidates Population
Tabular Statement for the Year 1883.
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
THE Bedford county agricultura1
society of the present day was incorporated by a decree of court on the 26th day
of April, 1875. On January 3, 1876, its members purchased fifteen acres and one
hundred and fifty-three perches of land, situated just west of the borough of
Bedford, from Mrs. Sophia E. Sproat and John S. Sproat,
for the sum of five thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars and
seventy-seven cents. Fairs have been held each year since an organization was
effected. Evidently they have been successfully managed, for the association
started with a debt of about seven thousand five hundred dollars, which has been
reduced to less than fifteen hundred dollars.
The chief officers of the society have been as follows: 1875, J.B. Williams,
president ; John S. Mower, secretary, 1876, J.B. Williams, president; John S.
Mower, secretary; T. M. Lynch, treasurer. 1877, J.B. Williams, president;
Humphrey D. Tate, secretary; T.M. Lynch, treasurer. 1878, William Keyser,
president; H.O. Kline, secretary ; T.M. Lynch, treasurer. 1879, Dr. E.J. Miller,
president; H.O. Kline, secretary; Job M. Shoemaker, treasurer. 1880, Dr. E.J.
Miller, president; H.O. Kline, secretary; William C. Smith, treasurer. 1881,
Daniel Cessna, president; Josiah Amos, secretary; Robert C. McNamara, treasurer.
1882, William Hartley, president; Josiah Amos, secretary; Robert C. McNamara,
treasurer. 1883, William Hartley, president; Josiah Amos secretary, and Robert
C. McNamara, treasurer.
STATISTICS.
Gubernatorial Votes.
Since and including the year 1841, the votes polled in the county of Bedford,
for candidates for the office of governor of the commonwealth, have been as
follows:
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1841. David R. Porter
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2,550
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John Banks
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2,261
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1844. Joseph Markle
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3,045
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Francis R. Shunk
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2,884
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1847. Francis R. Shunk
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2,458
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James Irvine
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2,205
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1848. Morris Longstreth
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2,739
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William F. Johnston
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2,613
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1851. William F. Johnston
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2,239
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William Bigler
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2,202
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1854. James Pollock
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2,157
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William Bigler
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2,019
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1857. William F. Packer
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2,338
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David Wilmot
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1,568
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Isaac Hazlehurst
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398
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1860. Henry D. Foster
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2,561
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Andrew G. Curtin
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2,464
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1863. George W. Woodward
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2,704
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Andrew G. Curtin
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2,430
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1866. Heister Clymer
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2,835
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John W. Geary
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2,591
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1869. Asa Packer
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2,832
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John W. Geary
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2,485
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1872. Charles R. Buckalew
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2,977
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John F. Hartranft
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2,973
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1875. Cyrus L. Pershing
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3,099
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John F. Hartranft
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2,906
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Robert A. Brown
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27
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1878. Henry M. Hoyt
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3,014
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A.H. Dill
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3,347
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R.S. Mason
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202
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H.S. Lance
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7
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1882. Robert E. Pattison
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3,406
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James A. Beaver
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3,021
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John Stewart
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192
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Thomas A. Armstrong
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72
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A.C. Pettit
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3
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POPULATION.
By the erection of Fulton county, in 1850, Bedford was reduced to its
present proportions, and its inhabitants to 23,052 in number. During the three
succeeding decades the population of the county has been enumerated by townships
and boroughs, as follows: (Bloomfield
formed part of Woodberry township until 1876. East and West St. Clair townships
formed St. Clair until 1875, and together contained 2,173 inhabitants in 1860,
and 2,219 in 1870. King township was part of Union
until 1876. Mann township was erected from Southampton
in 1876. Middle Woodberry, now known as Woodberry township) and South Woodberry townships and Woodberry borough were
enumerated together in 1860, and contained 1,900 inhabitants.
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TOWNSHIPS AND
BOROUGHS.
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1860.
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1870.
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1880.
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Bedford borough
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1,828
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1,247
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2,011
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Bedford township
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2,105
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2,333
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2,685
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Broad Top township
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621
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1,626
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1,446
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Bloomfield township
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863
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Cumberland Valley township
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1,336
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1,357
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1,270
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Colerain towns Colerain township
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1,235
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1,204
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1,022
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Coaldale borough
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262
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258
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Everett borough
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557
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1,247
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East Providence township
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1,213
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1,274
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1,503
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East St. Clair township
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|
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1,114
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Harrison township
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718
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738
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978
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Hopewell township
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1,011
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1,078
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1,404
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Hyndman borough
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|
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323
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Juniata township
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1,390
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1,437
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1,437
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King township
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1,168
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Londonderry township
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963
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1,255
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1,233
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Liberty township
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791
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806
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914
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Monroe township
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1,396
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1,719
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1,911
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Mann township
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|
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834
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Napier township
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1,680
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1,825
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2,011
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Pleasantville borough
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|
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227
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Rainsburg borough
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250
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280
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Schellsburg borough
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394
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342
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359
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Snake Spring township
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696
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631
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716
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Southampton township
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1,591
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1,647
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1,206
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St. Clairsvllle borough
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144
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144
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Saxton borough
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318
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369
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South Woodberry township
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1,439
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1,630
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Union township
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1,704
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1,791
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956
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West Providence township
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1,106
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970
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1,179
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West St. Clair township
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951
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Woodberry borough
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294
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281
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Woodberry township
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1,900
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1,483
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999
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