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Identifier: historyoffayette00elli (find matches)
Title: History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
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Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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this time (April, 1881) the property of W.Merritt. In the same neighborhood is a tannery,which was established more than a score of years agoby H. L. Sparks, and which, after having manyowners, is now operated by John Gance. The pro-duct is limited, and consists of unfinished leather.Formerly a currier was employed, and splendidleather produced. On Spruce Run the Fhick family had mills veryearly, soon after 1800, and afterwards a carding-machine and fulling-mill was operated by the power.The property passed into the hands of Jacob Sweit-zer, but its use for manufacturing purposes had longsince been discontinued, although the building yetremains. Near the head-waters of Mounts Creek, D. H.Pershing has in successful operation a good saw-mill,which has cut up a large quantity of the mountaintimber in that locality. Down the same stream,Joseph Kithcart built saw- and grist-mills about 1790,the latter being a log structure. The present millswere built by Joseph Andrews about 1853. It is a
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BULLSKIN TOWNSHIP. 495 frame of good proportions, and the mills have bothwater and steam as motors. Andrews was succeededby Emanuel Mason; thence by Isaiah Coughenour;tlience by C. A. Ebersole, and since October, 1880,the mills have been owned and operated by JamesAlexander Long. There are two runs of stones, andthe saw-mill has a feir capacity. At these millsSolomon E. Swink opened a general store in Jan-uary, 1881. John Stonecker had a pottery here about1820, which was carried on about a dozen years. More than a mile farther down the stream AdamHatfield made a claim in 1780, receiving a patent forthe land in 1795. That year he sold it to JohnShank, who built mills there, which were operatedby him until 1816, when Adam Stonecker becamethe owner; thence, in 1824, Samuel Trevor; thence,in 1826, Henry Detweiler; and since 1847 SamuelDetweiler has operated the mills. The second millon the site was put up by Henry Detweiler in 1834,and stood until it was consumed by fire, Sept. 26,1864. T

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