History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . eager,founder of Beaver Springs). Mr. Markley wasmarried to Lucy Saltzman Aug. 23. 1860, and sev-en children have been born to this union: Reuben,married to Minnie Rothermel: Sallie. married toJohn A. Rearick; Charles (deceased!, married toEllen Smith; Daniel, married to Ellen N. Wag-ner; one son,died in infancy; James, married toNettie Sellers; Katie, died at the age of thirteenyears. Mr. Markley has lived his entire life inthe house where he now resides, a period of 70years, and has followed farming all this time; hasbeen a me
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . eager,founder of Beaver Springs). Mr. Markley wasmarried to Lucy Saltzman Aug. 23. 1860, and sev-en children have been born to this union: Reuben,married to Minnie Rothermel: Sallie. married toJohn A. Rearick; Charles (deceased!, married toEllen Smith; Daniel, married to Ellen N. Wag-ner; one son,died in infancy; James, married toNettie Sellers; Katie, died at the age of thirteenyears. Mr. Markley has lived his entire life inthe house where he now resides, a period of 70years, and has followed farming all this time; hasbeen a member of the 1. O. O. F. and F. & A. a member of the General Council Lutheranchurch. He remembers well many of the stir-ring events in the first half century of the townshistory. Hon. Ner Middleswarths LargeFamily. Mr. Middleswarth reared a largefamily, viz: John, Moses, Abraham,Aaron, Abner, Jacob, Polly, Mereb,Martha, HIiza, Sarah and is the widow of Peter Riegel,and is the only survivor of the fam-ily. She resides in Spring organized the Eidon Handle Co. This companyis now engaged in making a new style of steelhandles and whips on which there is a large andgrowing trade. When I was in my nineteenth yearI decided to cut a dash. I boughtsome broad cloth and hired a tailorto make me a coat; being the onlyyoung man that had an article ofstore clothes to wear 1 felt the dig-nity of my position. In the countryit was customary for men and wom-en to go barefooted, even in the stub-bles in haying and harvest. About1842 the first cook stoves—the oldHathaway—began to be worked their way into favorvery slowly, cooking being done inthe old chimney corners.—ThomasShipton. CITIZENS OF BEAVER SPRINGS TOBIAS E. RIETZ. Mr. Reitz was born in Lipper Mahanoy town-ship, Feb. 29. 1836. he was married to MollieQarman, to which union eleven children were
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