BEING A HISTORY OF EARLY SETTLERS AND EMINENT MEN OF THE COUNTY

AS ALSO MUCH OTHER

UNPUBLISHED HISTORICAL INFORMATION,

CHIEFLY OF A LOCAL CHARACTER

By ALEX. HARRIS.

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This is a 648 page book (11 page index) written in 1872. When consulting the index please note that Mr. Harris regularly includes mention of U. S. Presidents and Civil War Generals. There is not a Table of Contents

Index

Acheson, Acker, Adams, Agnew, Albrecht, Albright, Alcock, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Alricks, Ames, AMWEG, ANDERSON, Andre, ANDREWS, Archer, ARMSTRONG, Arndt, Arnold, Asbury, Asgill, ASH, Ashmead, Aston, ATLEE, Bachenstose, Bachman, Backstresser, Baer, Bahnson, BAILEY, Baily, Bair, BAKER, Bakers, BALDWIN, Ball, BALMER, Banks, BARBER, Barbour, Bard, BARE, Barlow, Barnard, Barnes, Barr, Bartholomew, BARTON, BAUMAN, BAUSMAN, BAXTER, Bear, BEATES, Beatty, BECK, Beckman, Bedford, Beecher, BEISSEL, Bell, Belshoffer, Benedict, Benezet, Benton, BENTZ, Berry, BETHEL, Bethune, Betz, Biddle, BILLINGFELT, Bingham, Binkley, Binns, Bitzers, BLACK, Blair, Blandford, Blunston, BOEHM, Boggs, Bole, Bolton, BOMBERGER, Bond, Boone, BOUDE, Bowers, BOWMAN, BOYD, BOYER, Brackbill, Brackbills, Braddock, Bradford, BRADY, BRANDT, Branson, BRECKBILL, Breckinridge, BRENEMAN, Brenemans, Brenneman, Brenner, Brent, Bressler, Bricker, Brintle, BRINTON, Brintons, BRISBIN, Briscoe, BROOKS, Brown, Brua, Brubaker, Brubakers, BRUSH, Bryan, Bryant, Bryson, Buchanan, Bucher, BUCKLEY, Buckleys, Buckman, Buckwalters, Buel, Buelow, Buford, Buhrman, Bulla, Burd, Burgoyne, Burkholder, Burleigh, Burnside, Burr, BURROWES, Bushong, Butler, BUYERS, Byllinge, Cadwallader, CALDWELL, Calhoun, CAMERON, Campbell, Carey, Carmichael, Carothers, CARPENTER, CARTER, Cartlidge, Carver, Casey, Casper, CASSEL, CASSIDY, CHAMBERS, CHAMPNEYS, Chandler, Chase, Chauncey, Churchman, Clapp, CLARK, Clarkson, Clay, Clemson, CLINTON, Cloud, Coates, Coble, COCHRAN, Cochrane, Colden, Coleman, COLLINS, Conwell, CONYNGHAM, Cookburn, COOKE, COOPER, Coopers, Cope, Coppock, Couch, Cowan, COWDEN, Cox, CRAIG, Craighead, Crawford, CRUMBAUGH, Cunningham, Curtin, Cuyler, Dale, Damish, DARLINGTON, Davidson, DAVIES, Davis, Dean, Decatur, DEERING, Dehart, Denny, DENUES, Detwiler, Dickey, Dickinson, Diffenbach, Diffenbaugh, Diffendeffer, DIFFENDERFFER, DILLER, Dillers, Dixon, Doane, DONER, Douglas, DOUGLASS, Dow, Downer, DOWNING, Dreisbach, Drinker, Drum, DUCHMAN, Duff, DUFFIELD, Duffy, Duncan, DUNLAP, Dunmore, Duryea, DYSART, EAGLES, Earle, Early, Easton, EBERLE, Eberly, EBERMAN, Eby, Eckert, ECKMAN, Eckstein, Eddie, Eddy, EDIE, Edwards, EHLER, EHRENFRIED, Eichholtz, Elder, Elimelich, Ellicott, Ellmaker, Ellmakers, Ellsworth, ENGLE, Ensminger, Erb, Erwin, ESHLEMAN, Eshlemans, Evan, Evans, Eversole, Ewing, Ezekiel, FAHNESTOCK, Fahnestocks, Felsenhard, Fenwick, Feran, FERREE, Fetroe, Fillmore, Findlay, Findley, Finney, Fishbourne, Fisher, Flory, Floyd, Fogle, FOLTZ, FONDERSMITH, Forbes, Ford, Fordney, FOREMAN, Forney, Forrer, FORREY, Forward, FOSTER, Franke, Franklin, Frantz, Fraser, Frazer, Freeman, Fremont, FREY, Freyberger, Fritz, FRY, Fuller, Fulton, Funk, Gaines, GALBRAITH, Gales, Galt, Gamber, GARA, GARBER, Gardner, Garrison, Garver, GATCHELL, Gay, Geary, GEIST, George, Gerber, Gerhart, Gervis, Gest, GETZ, Gibbon, GIBBONS, GIBSON, Giddings, Gilbert, GILCHRIST, Gilpin, Gingrich, Girling, Gisch, GISH, Glatz, GLEIM, Goffs, Goldsmith, Good, Gordon, Gorsuch, GOTSCHALK, Graeff, GRAFF, Graham, Granger, Grant, Grattan, Gray, Graydon, Greene, Gregg, Greider, Greiner, Grey, Grier, GRIEST, Griffith, Grimler, Groff, GROH, GROSH, Grove, Grubb, Grube, Grundy, Gundaker, Gutedel, Gyger, Hager, Haggerty, Haines, HALDEMAN, Hale, Halsey, HAMAKER, Hambright, Hamersly, Hamilton, Hammond, Hancock, Hand, Hanks, Hanway, Harbaugh, Harnish, Harnley, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartly, Hartman, Hatfield, HAUGHMAN, HAVERSTICK, HAWTHORNE, HAYES, Haynes, Heard, Heath, Heckert, Heckewelder, Heinitsh, HEINITZSCH, Heise, Heisey, HEITLER, Helfenstein, HENDERSON, Hendersons, HENDRICKSON, Henry, Hensel, Herr, Herron, Herrs, Hershey, Hersheys, HERTZ, Hertzler, Hess, HIBSHMAN, Hiestand, Hiester, Higgins, HIGH, Hilty, HIPPLE, Hirst, Hitchcock, Hobbes, Hobbs, Hochstetter, Hodge, Hoff, Hoffman, Hoffmeier, Hoge, Holbrook, Holl, Holland, HOLLINGER, Holt, Hood, Hook, Hooke, Hooker, Hopkins, Hopkinson, Horst, Hostetter, Hostetters, Hough, HOUSEKEEPER, Houser, HOUSTON, Houstons, HOWELL, HOWER, Howrys, Huber, Hubley, Hudson, Huffert, Huffman, Hull, Humes, HUNSECKER, Hunt, Hunter, HURFORD, Huss, Huston, Hutchins, Hutter, Ingersoll, Ingraham, Inman, Irwin, Iungerich, JACKS, Jackson, JACOBS, James, Jefferson, JENKINS, Johns, Johnson, Jones, Kane, Kauffman, KAUFMAN, Keagy, Keefer, KEENAN, KEENE, Keener, Keffer, Keim, Keller, KELLOGG, KEMPER, Kendig, Kendigs, KENEAGY, Kennedy, Kennerly, Kerfoot, Kessler, KEYS, Khmers, KIEFFER, KIMMEL, King, Kinports, Kinzer, Kirk, KITTERA, Kline, Knott, Knox, KONIGMACHER, Kramer, KRAMPH, KREADY, Kreider, KREITER, Kreutzer, Kreybill, Krotel, Krug, KUCHER, Kuhn, Kurtz, KYLE, La Fayette, Lafayette, Landis, Lane, Lantzs, Latta, Lauman, Lawlor, Lawrence, Lay, Leamans, Leber, Lebkicher, Lechler, Lee, LEECH, Lefever, Lefevre, Lefevres, LEHMAN, Leidig, Leman, Lemoyne, Leonard, Leonards, Levi, Lewis, Libhart, Lieser, Light, LIGHTNER, Lincoln, Lindemuth, LINDLEY, Linn, LINVILLE, Linvilles, Litiz, Livingston, Locher, Lochman, Logan, Long, Longenecker, Lord Stanhope, LOVETT, LOWERY, Ludlow, Lukens, Luther, Luthers, Lutz, MACKEY, Macon, Madison, Magraw, Mansfield, Markle, Marsh, Marshal, MARSTELLER, Martin, MATHIOT, Maxwell, May, Mayer, Maynard, Mayor, Mayrs, MCALISTER, McCall, McCalla, MCCAMANT, McCarter, McCaskey, McCauleys, McCauslands, McClean, MCCLEERY, MCCLURE, McConaughy, McCorkle, McCulloch, McDonough, McDowell, McDuffie, MCEVOY, McGowan, McGowans, MCGRANN, McGrath, Mchaffey, McIlvain, McJimsey, McKane, McKean, McKendree, McLane, McLaughlin, MCLENEGAN, MCMILLAN, McNeils, McNight, McPherson, MCSPARREN, McWhorter, Meade, MEHAFFEY, Mentzers, Mercer, Meredith, Metz, Metzler, Michael, Micheler, Michener, Middleton, Mifflin, MILES, Miller, Millers, Milligan, Mitchell, M'Kean, MOHLER, Molton, Monroe, Montelius, Montgomery, Moore, Moores, Morgan, Morrell, Morris, Morrison, Morton, MOSHER, Mowrer, Moyer, Muhlenberg, Mumma, Murray, Musgrove, Musgroves, Musselman, Musser, Mussulman, Myer, Myers, Mylin, Nagle, Nash, NAUMAN, NEALE, Neff, Neffs, Nelson, Nesbit, Nettleton, Nevill, Nevin, Newcomer, Newlin, Nibs, Nissley, Niven, NOBLE, Norris, NORTH, Nott, Nutty, OBER, Oberholtzer, Old, ORTH, Ott, Otterbein, OVERHOLTZER, Overton, OWEN, Page, Paine, Pancoast, Park, Parke, Parker, PARR, PASSMORE, Patterson, Pattersons, PAXSON, Paxton, Peacock, Pearce, PEARSOL, Peart, Peck, Pedan, PEELOR, Pemberton Penn, PENNEL, Pennington, Penrose, Periam, Perkins, Peters, Pfautz, Pfoutz, Pheasants, Picot, Pierce, PINKERTON, Pleasants, Plunket, Poinsett, Polk, Pollock, Pope, Porter, Potter, Poulson, Powell, Pownall, Pownalls, Pownells, Pray, PRICE, Priestly, Protzman, Pugh, Putnam, PYFER, PYLE, Ramsey, Randolph, Ranks, Rapp, Rathvon, Rauch, RAWLINS, Rays, Read, Reah, Ream, Reas, REDDIG, Reed, Reeves, Reger, Reichenbach, Reigart, Reigarts, REINHOLD, REINOEHL, Reist, REITZEL, Reynolds, RHINE, Richards, Richardson, Ridgely, Ridgway, RIGHTER, RINGWALD, Ringwalt, Risser, Rissor, Ritner, Rittenhouse, ROATH, Roberts, Robinson, Rodgers, Rogers, Rohrer, ROLAND, Rolands, Romer, Rommel, Ronk, Rosecrans, Ross, Rouser, ROWE, Royer, Rupp, Rush, Russel, Ruth, Rutt, RUTTER, Ryan, Sample, Samples, Sanderson, Sandiford, Sandwith, Sappington, SAUNDERS, Scarlet, SCHAEFFER, Schaff, SCHAUM, Schlatter, Schleiermacher, Schulemyer, Schwartz, Scott, Seaton, Sebastian, Sechrist, Seegers, Seger, SELDOMRIDGE, Sener, Sensenig, Sergeant, Seward, SEYBERT, Shaeffer, SHAFFNER, Shaler, Shallenberger, Shannon, Shaub, Shaw, Sheaffer, Shearer, SHELLEY, Shelly, SHENCK, Shenk, Sherch, SHERER, Sheridan, Sherman, Shertz, Shiffer, Shippen, Shirk, SHOCH, Shorts, SHREINER, Shroder, Shultz, Shulze, SHUMAN, Shunk, Simmons, Simon, Simons, Skiles, SLAYMAKER, SLOKOM, Slough, SMILIE, Smith, Smiths, Smithson, Snavely, Snyder, Souder, Souders, Southard, Spangler, Spencer, Spickler, Spoor, Sprague, Sprechers, SPRENGER, Spring, Sprouls, Stake, Starr, Stauffer, Stauffers, STEACY, STEELE, Steger, Stehman, Steigel, Steiner, Steinman, Steinmetz, Steman, Sterrett, Stevens, Stevenson, Steward, Stewart, Stoddard, STOEK, Stoever, STOEY, Stoneman, Stoner, Storrs, STRICKLER, Strohm, Stuart, Stubbs, Sturdivant, Sturm, STYER, Sulley, Sullivan, Sully, SUMMY, Sutherland, SWARR, Swarrs, Swartz, Swentzel, SWIFT, Tannehill, Tauner, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thornbury, Tidmarsh, Tout, Trimble, Trissler, Trouts, Truman, Twiggs, Tyler, Tyng, URBAN, Van Buren, Varman, VARMANN, VARNES, Vinton, VONDERSMITH, WADE, Wadsworth, Wagner, Walker, Walkers, Wallace, Walter, Walters, WALTON, Wanner, Warfel, Warwick, Washington, Waters, Watson, Watsons, Watt, Watts, Wayne, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weidlers, WEIDMAN, Weiser, Weiss, WELSH, Wenger, Wentz, Wertz, West, Wharton, Whatcoat, White, Whitehill, Whitehills, WHITELOCK, Whiteside, Whitson, Wickersham, Wickliffe, Wilcox, WILEY, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wilson, Wimer, Winder, Windsor, Wirt, Wise, WISLER, Wissler, Witherow, Withers, Witherspoon, Witmer, Witwer, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Wolgamuth, WOOD, Woodward, Woolman, WORK, WORLEY, WORRALL, Worsts, Worth, Wright, Wrights, Wylie, Yearrel, Yeates, Yost, Young, Yundt, Zahm, Zantzinger, ZECHER, Zeigler, ZELLER, Zellerbach, Zercher, Ziegler, Zimmerman,