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HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA,
ILLUSTRATED, 1884
EDITED BY THEODORE W. BEAN.
PHILADELPHIA:
EVERTS & PECK, 1884
Special thanks to Susan Walters who transcribed this work. If you have technical problems, please notify me. Joe
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Chapter XXXIX -
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Chapter XXXIX - Part I
Abington Township.
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Chapter XXXIX -
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CHAPTER XXXIX - Part II
Abington Township.
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Page 690 - Hallowell, Benjamin T.
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Page 691 - Hallowell, John J.
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Page 692 - Hallowell, Joseph W.
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Page 693 - Morison, William T.
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Page 694 - Newport, David
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Page 696 - Tyson, Jacob P.
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Page 697 - Hamel, George
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Page 698 - Kulp, Samuel N.
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Page 699 - Blake, William
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Page 700 - Kirk, Joseph
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Page 701 - Smith, John
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Page 702 - Buckman, Thomas, Sr.
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Page 703 - Rice, Andrew J.
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Page 704 - Bradfield, Abner
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Chapters XL-XLIII
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Chapters XL-XLIII.
Boroughs of Bridgeport, Conshocken,
East Greenville and Green Lane.
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Page 711 - Swedes' Ford, 1828 and Swedes' Church
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Page 712 - Hughes, Benjamin B.
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Page 718 - Harry, Benjamin
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Page 719 - Jones, John
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Chapters XLIV-XLV
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Chapters XLIV-XLV.
Boroughs of Hatboro' and Jenkintown
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Page 728 - Loller Academy
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Page 729 - Goentner, William K.
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Page 731 - Jones, John B.
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Page 732 - Van Pelt, John
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Page 738 - Hunter, Joseph W.
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Page 739 - Davis, John J.
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Page 741 - Shoemaker, Joseph A.
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Chapters XLVI - XLVII
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Chapters XLVI - XLVII.
Boroughs of Lansdale and Norristown - Part I
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Page 743 - Geller, Jacob S.
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Page 745 - Scholl, Seth L.
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Page 746 - Richardson, William
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Page 750 - Six Norristown Churches (large)
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Page 753 - Norristown High School
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Chapter XLVII
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Chapter XLVII.
Borough of Norristown - Part II
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Page 768 - Soldiers' Monument
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Page 770 - May, Selden T.
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Page 771 - May, Benjamin
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Page 772 - Mowday, David Y.
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Page 773 - Longaker, Daniel
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Page 774 - Stahler, William
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Page 775 - Yeakle, Samuel
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Page 776 - Auge, Moses
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Chapters XLVIII - XLIX
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Chapters XLVIII - XLIX.
Boroughs of North Wales & Pottstown
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Page 780 - Shearer, A. K.
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Page 781 - Lukens, Abel
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Page 783 - Harley, Jonas M.
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Page 793 - New Hanover Lutheran Church
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Page 793 - Kepner, D. K.
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Page 795 - Longaker, R. B.
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Page 796 - Smith, Jonas
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Page 796 - Missimer, George
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Chapters XL - XLII - Part I
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Chapters XL - XLII - Part I.
Boroughs of Royer's Ford, and West Conshohocken
and Cheltenham Township - Part I
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Page 799 - Keely, Ephraim P.
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Page 800 - Woodlawn, residence of George Bullock
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Page 801 - Davis, William
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Page 803 - Ashbourne Presbyterian Church
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Page 808 - Miles, Samuel
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Chapters LII- Part II,
LIII, LIV
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Chapters LII- Part II, LIII, LIV.
Cheltenham - Part II,
Douglas and Franconia Townships.
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Page 811 - Williams, John J.
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Page 812 - Williams, Thomas
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Page 813 - Heist, David
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Page 813 - Branin, George
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Page 814 - Fenton, John M.
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Page 815 - Engle, A. J.
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Page 816 - Betts, Sarah T.
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Page 817 - Lenhart, John F.
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Page 818 - Yeakle, Thomas C.
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Page 819 - Wilson, S. M.
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Page 820 - Heller, G. K.
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Page 822 - Wright, Charles B.
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Page 825 - Williams, Anthony
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Page 830 - Tremper, Jacob
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Chapter LV
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Chapter LV.
Frederick Township.
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Page 852 - Residence of Col. Frederick Antes
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Chapters LVI- LVII
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Chapters LVI- LVII
Gwynedd & Hatfield Townships.
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Page 864 - Rhoads, Jacob B.
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Page 865 - Bisson, James W.
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Page 866 - Berkhimer, Allen
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Page 867 - Thomas, Allen
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Page 871 - Morris, Oliver G.
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Page 873 - Rosenberger, Isaac R.
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Chapter LVIII- Part I
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Chapter LVIII - Part I
Horsham Township - Part I.
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Page 903 - Rorer, Charles S.
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Page 904 - Lukens, Joshua P.
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Page 905 - Penrose, Jarrett
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Page 906 - Penrose, Abel
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Page 908 - Jarrett, William L.
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Page 909 - Hallowell, William J.
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Page 911 - Ely, Gilbert W.
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Page 913 - Kirk, Jacob
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Page 914 - Geatrell, Thomas
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Chapter LVIII- Part II
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Chapter LVIII - Part II
Horsham Township - Graeme Park.
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Page 884 - Keith, Sir William
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Page 890 - Elizabeth Ferguson
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Page 891 - Book-Plate of Elizabeth Graeme
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Page 892 - Graeme Cost of Arms
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Page 900 - Seal of Sir William Keith
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Page 900 - Vane at Graeme Park
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Page 901 - Graeme Park, c. 1755
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Chapters LIX - LX
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Chapters LIX - LX
Limerick & Lower Merion Townships.
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Page 920 - Evans, Thomas D.
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Page 921 - Evans, David
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Page 922 - Hood, John M.
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Page 922 - Walt, Henry S.
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Page 923 - Kendall, Daniel
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Page 926 - Residence of W. P. Hensey
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Page 928 - Friends' Meeting-House, Lower Merion
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Page 930 - Residence of Colonel Owen Jones
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Page 936 - Wheeler, Charles
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Page 937 - Crawford, John Y.
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Page 940 - Ashbridge, Joshua
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Page 941 - Lodge, Thomas G.
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Page 942 - Miles, William
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Page 943 - Sibley, William
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Page 944 - Robeson, Samuel L.
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Chapters LXI - LXII
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Chapters LXI - LXII
Lower Salford & Marlborough Townships.
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Page 955 - Binder, Samuel B.
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Page 959 - Apple, John D.
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Chapter LXIII
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Chapter LXIII
Montgomery Township.
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Page 964 - Jenkins, Charles Todd
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Page 965 - Baldwin, Norman B.
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Page 967 - Roberts, Richard K.
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Page 968 - Selser, John
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Page 969 - Shaw, James
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Page 970 - Mitchell, Joseph, Jr
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Page 972 - Wilson, Thomas
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Chapter LXIV
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Chapter LXIV
Moreland Township.
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Page 978 - Seal of Nicholas More
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Page 984 - Walton, John
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Page 985 - Woodward, Evan M.
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Page 987 - Larzelere, J. B.
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Page 988 - Hallowell, Jonas W.
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Page 989 - Hallowell, Israel
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Page 990 - Lefferts, Simon V.
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Page 992 - Lloyd, John
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Chapters LXV - LXVI
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Chapters LXV - LXVI
New Hanover and Norriton Townships.
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Page 196 - Hartranft, General Jno. F.
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Page 998 - Yost, Isaac F.
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Page 1003 - Norriton Presbyterian Church
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Page 1007 - Hoover, Hiram C.
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Page 1008 - Shearer, A. W.
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Page 1009 - Rittenhouse, Samuel
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Page 1010 - Rittenhouse, William
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Page 1011 - Reed, Michael H.
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Page 1012 - Roberts, Jesse
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Page 1013 - Reese, John L.
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Page 1014 - Reese, William
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Page 1014 - Harding, John S.
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Page 1015 - Knight, William, Sr.
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Page 1016 - Kennedy, William R.
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Page 1017 - Nace, Francis
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Page 1018 - Jarrett, Samuel F.
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Page 1019 - Hoffman, John
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Chapters LXVII - LXVIII
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Chapters LXVII - LXVIII
Perkiomen and Plymouth Townships.
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Page 1028 - Hunsicker, Philip M.
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Page 1034 - Corson, Alan W.
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Page 1038 - Livezey, Thomas
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Page 1039 - Jones, Jonathan
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Page 1040 - Shepard, Jesse
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Chapters LXIX - LXXI
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Chapters LXIX - LXXI
Pottsgrove, Providence and
Lower Providence Townships.
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Page 1043 - Brooke, William
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Page 1045 - Perkiomen Bridge
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Page 1051 - St. James' Episcopal Church, Perkiomen
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Page 1052 - White, Bishop William
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Page 1055 - Custer, Jacob G.
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Chapter LXXII
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Chapter LXXII
Upper Providence Township.
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Page 1059 - Trappe Church
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Page 1059 - Trappe Church (interior)
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Page 1060 - Smith, Oliver
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Page 1061 - Providence Friends' Meeting
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Page 1063 - Muhlenberg, Henry M.
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Page 1064 - Muhlenberg, Peter, Tomb of
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Page 1065 - Shunk Monument
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Page 1066 - Hobson, Frank M.
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Page 1068 - Hunsicker, Abraham
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Page 1069 - Hunsicker, Henry G.
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Page 1070 - Kratz, Henry W.
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Page 1071 - Custer, Anthony V.
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Chapters LXXIII - LXXIV
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Chapters LXXIII - LXXIV
Springfield & Towamencin Townships.
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Page 1073 - Residence of Christopher Yeakle
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Page 1077 - Williams, Henry J.
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Page 1078 - Yeakel, Daniel
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Page 1079 - Yeakle, Jacob
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Page 1080 - Yeakle, Joseph
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Page 1081 - Yeakle, Charles
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Page 1082 - Yeakle, William
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Page 1083 - Shoemaker, Enoch
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Page 1091 - Boorse, John C.
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Chapters LXXV - LXXVI
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Chapters LXXV - LXXVI
Upper Dublin & Upper Hanover Townships.
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Page 1099 - Paxson, Charles
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Page 1100 - Potts William C.
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Page 1102 - Ambler, David J.
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Page 1103 - Jones, John L.
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Page 1104 - Kenderdine, Benjamin
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Page 1112 - Weiser, Clement Z.
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Page 1115 - Super, Philip
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Chapters LXXVII - LXXVIII
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Chapters LXXVII - LXXVIII
Upper Merion & Upper Salford Townships.
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Page 1128 - Clay, J. C.
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Page 1130 - Kennedy, John
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Page 1131 - Kinzie, Daniel
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Page 1135 - Old Goshenhoppen Church
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Chapter LXXIX
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Chapter LXXIX
Whitemarsh Township.
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Page 1139 - Seal of Edward Farmar
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Page 1148 - Paper-Mills W. C. Hamilton & Sons
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Page 1150 - St. Peter's Church, Barren Hill
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Page 1153 - Corson, E. H.
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Page 1153 - Freas, Jesse W.
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Page 1154 - Freas, Joseph
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Page 1156 - Cleaver, Silas
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Page 1156 - Cleaver, John
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Page 1157 - Yeakel, David W.
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Page 1158 - Coulston, James
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Page 1160 - Williams, Charles
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Chapter LXXX
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Chapter LXXX
Whitpain Township.
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Page 1164 - Washington Headquarters, "James Morris"
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Page 1166 - Schlatter, Michael
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Page 1175 - Singerly, William
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Page 1176 - Home Farm of William M. Singerly
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Page 1177 - Shoemaker, Mathias
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Page 1179 - Shoemaker, C. K.
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Page 1180 - Wentz, Abram
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Page 1182 - Conard, James P.
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Page 1183 - Krieble, Charles
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Page 1184 - Roberts, Enos
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Chapter LXXXI
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Chapter LXXXI
Worcester Township.
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Page 1186 - Wentz Reformed Church
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Page 1191 - Custer, David
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Page 1193 - Morgan, Andrew
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Page 404 - Rev. Samuel Aaron
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Page 1195 - Saylor, Andrew J.
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Page 1197 - Truckness, David
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Appendix - 1
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Appendix - 1
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. Program and Opening Proceedings.
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Page vi - Rittenhouse Meridian Stone
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Appendix - 2
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Appendix - 2
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
The Parade.
List of Exhibits. Classes I - IX.
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Page xvi - The Parade
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Page xxii - Horse Made up of Military Arms
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Appendix - 3
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Appendix - 3
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
List of Exhibits. Classes X - XIII.
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Appendix - 4
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Appendix - 4
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
List of Exhibits. Classes XIV - XVII.
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Appendix - 5
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Appendix - 5
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
List of Exhibits. Class XVIII - Part I.
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Appendix - 6
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Appendix - 6
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
List of Exhibits. Class XVIII - Part II.
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Appendix - 7
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Appendix - 7
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
List of Exhibits. Classes XIX - XXIX, Reports & Committees
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Page lxiv - Rittenhouse Clock
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