History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . , 1844. He was rais-ed at and around our village, working at homeand attending our common schools up to the fallof 18).5, when he taught school that winter and inthe spring of 1864 went to Springfield, Ills., en-listed in the Second Illinois Cavalry and went tothe front, where he served until Nov. 27, 1865,\\ here he was mustered out of service at SanAntonio, Texas. He came back to Springfield,Ills., was paid and got his discharge Jan. 6, 1866,arrived home Jan. 9th and started to clerk forHenry Houser: was married June 21,1868,
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . , 1844. He was rais-ed at and around our village, working at homeand attending our common schools up to the fallof 18).5, when he taught school that winter and inthe spring of 1864 went to Springfield, Ills., en-listed in the Second Illinois Cavalry and went tothe front, where he served until Nov. 27, 1865,\\ here he was mustered out of service at SanAntonio, Texas. He came back to Springfield,Ills., was paid and got his discharge Jan. 6, 1866,arrived home Jan. 9th and started to clerk forHenry Houser: was married June 21,1868, to MissElvina Bobb. daughter of Reuben Bobb and wife,of Beavertown, to which union was born twodaughters, Carrie E. and Nettie C. Carrie ismarried to Dr. A. M. Smith and Nettie to A. Mr. Specht continued to clerk for up to , when he went to Centrevillethat fall and entered the mercantile business; wasthere until the fall of 1878; then came back toAdamsburg and started in business here, inwhich he continued until 1897. In that year he. was appointed assistant postmaster by A. , postmaster, and served as such untilApril 3, 1906, when he received the appointmentof postmaster, Mr. Aurand resigning the positionon account of other pressing business, and henow holds that position. MarchJohn I). Romig, agedmonths and 18 days. widow of84 years, 4 Died. August 1, 190,3, Charles, son ofSpencer and Nettie Romig, aged 2years, 9 months and 29 days. CITIZENS OF IJILVVER SPRINGS WILSON DREE5E. until the fall of 1888, when he moved to Beaver Mr. Dreese was born April 4. IS47, his parents Springs for retirement. He joined the Reformed being Jacob and Catherine (nee Hoffman Dreese. ^i^^! at Middleburg, Pa., in and is still an He learned blacksmithing while a boy and has active member. He was an officer of said church, either deacon or elder, for a period of 35 served as superintendent and teacher in theSunday school for quite a number of years. I
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