. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. m beingin Cromwell, while his house is inShirley township. He was . born .fuly10, 1832, in Mifflin county, He movedinto .Juniata county in He wasmarried to .Jane Campbell Oct. 14,1858. He is the father of 8 children:Mary E., Elmora R., .John C, B., all deceased. Those livingare: Mrs. Sarah Snyder of Chardon,Ohio; Mrs. Carrie Pheasant, of Juni-ata Park, Pa.; Mrs. Kate Widney, ofChambersburg, Pa.; and Mrs. BelleFogle of Shirley township. Mr. Yet-ter also raised a nephew, who is ;iprominent teacher in Blair county, as-s
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. m beingin Cromwell, while his house is inShirley township. He was . born .fuly10, 1832, in Mifflin county, He movedinto .Juniata county in He wasmarried to .Jane Campbell Oct. 14,1858. He is the father of 8 children:Mary E., Elmora R., .John C, B., all deceased. Those livingare: Mrs. Sarah Snyder of Chardon,Ohio; Mrs. Carrie Pheasant, of Juni-ata Park, Pa.; Mrs. Kate Widney, ofChambersburg, Pa.; and Mrs. BelleFogle of Shirley township. Mr. Yet-ter also raised a nephew, who is ;iprominent teacher in Blair county, as-sistant principal of the Duncansvilleschools. Mr. Yetter moved to Hunt-ingdon county in 1860 and settled inDublin township, April 1, 1907, hecame to Shirley township. His firstwife died .July 29. 1877. He was mar-ried Oct. 14, 1880, to Miss Mary Millsof Burnt Cabins. He served in thelate war, a member of Co. G. 143Regiment, Penna. Volunteers. He lostan arm in the Battle of the Wilder-ness. For 40 years, Mr. Yetter hasbeen a member of the L. S. YETTER 53SHIRLEYSBURG Following- out in reality the wellknown words, made famous in poetryand song, Over the Hills to thePoorhouse, we come upon the littletown of Shirleysburg, situated sevenmiles from Mount Union, and locat-ed upon the East Broad Top Rail-road. Before the railroad was, infact long before Mount Union hadtaken form, there was a little vil-lage there, and the nucleus of a townwas in evidence. This quaint oldtoAvn has an interesting history aswe see it today, lying between ridgesand mountains, where a broad ex-])anse of beautiful level land imfolds,and where a stream of water goesrippling by to fertilize and makemore arable the surrounding farmlands. We do not wonder then, thatGeorge Croghau selected this placefor his abode while in this region ofthe Aughwick. We do not wonderthat it became a suitable location forone of the old string of forts lined upthrough the Province, for the pur-pose of defense from
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