Memoir and personal recollection of . TWIN DAUGHTERS OF PETER KIDD. Wives of J. B. Corey and Thomas Neel. (See pages 26-48.) RACHEL COREY. SON L. C. COREY, GRANDSON, ALFRED WALTERS. WM. YOST. J. B. COREY. S. C. WEIMER. MRS. MARY YOST. MRS. THOS. NEEL. MRS. J. B. COREY. MRS. S. •JOHN YOST. MARY L. WEIMER. MARGARET YOST. ELIZABETH WEIMER. 190S PART SECONDChapter 1 fttfr of Mmtz V. Cmreg My Boyhood and Schooldays. I was born April 23rd, 1832, on the banks ofFrench Creek near Utica, Venango County, Pa., onmy Grandfathers farm. At one time this was thecenter of the region
Memoir and personal recollection of . TWIN DAUGHTERS OF PETER KIDD. Wives of J. B. Corey and Thomas Neel. (See pages 26-48.) RACHEL COREY. SON L. C. COREY, GRANDSON, ALFRED WALTERS. WM. YOST. J. B. COREY. S. C. WEIMER. MRS. MARY YOST. MRS. THOS. NEEL. MRS. J. B. COREY. MRS. S. •JOHN YOST. MARY L. WEIMER. MARGARET YOST. ELIZABETH WEIMER. 190S PART SECONDChapter 1 fttfr of Mmtz V. Cmreg My Boyhood and Schooldays. I was born April 23rd, 1832, on the banks ofFrench Creek near Utica, Venango County, Pa., onmy Grandfathers farm. At one time this was thecenter of the region from whence came the large pinerafts which gave us the material for building ourhome, as it also became the basin of that crude fluidwhich lit up our homes. In 1840, my father and brother having the con-tract to build No. 2 Lock and Dam across the Monon-gahela River, he moved to Pieriestown, afterwardcalled Port Perry, Pa. There were, all told, eightfamilies living in the village. Braddocksfield wasstill covered with the original forest. The buildingof the Lock and Dam required from 100 to 150 hours of work were from daylight to wages were as follows: Stone Masons $1.
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