Chester County and its people .. . ebuilding which was completed in . Up to 1881 they had AND ITS PEOPLE. 859 had but two preachers, Edward Orvis aud a Mr. Soniers, eaeliremaining only a few years, aud otherwise services were con-ducted by the members of the church. At other times a preachercame up from Baltimore, preaching daily for a week or two. The Christian Church was established in Chester County iu1845, in which year Elder Frederick Plummer began preachingin a grove near Kimbleville. t^ome time afterward the member-ship having sufficiently increased, a brick church edifice waserected in
Chester County and its people .. . ebuilding which was completed in . Up to 1881 they had AND ITS PEOPLE. 859 had but two preachers, Edward Orvis aud a Mr. Soniers, eaeliremaining only a few years, aud otherwise services were con-ducted by the members of the church. At other times a preachercame up from Baltimore, preaching daily for a week or two. The Christian Church was established in Chester County iu1845, in which year Elder Frederick Plummer began preachingin a grove near Kimbleville. t^ome time afterward the member-ship having sufficiently increased, a brick church edifice waserected in Franklin Township, which was named Mount Olivet,Elder Plummer remaining until 1850. His nephew, Charles , succeeded him, and there was also a preacher there bythe name of William H. Pittmau, ftnd another named later Kev. David Somers, of the Church of the Disciples,preached for them, and conducted a Sunday-school. Aften\ardthe church was unoccupied, the membership being small, aud atthe present time it is .. CHAPTER XIX. TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS, CHAPTEE XIX. TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS—ORIGIN OF NAMES—FORMATION OF EACH TOWNSHIP ? SUBDIVISIONS NAMES OF FIRST SETTLERS—TRACTS OWNED BY THEM—THE COUNTV-SEAT CONTROVERSY COUNTY BUILDINGS MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND OFFICERS WATER WORKS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PLANS OF THE TOWNS SQUARES AND PARKS SOCIETIES— FIRE COMPANIES BOARDS OF TRADE LIBRARIES-—ELEEMOSYNARY INSTITUTIONS BUSI-NESS ENTERPRISES—HEALTH—CHARTER PRIVI-LEGES—OTHER INTERESTING EVENTS. FOLLOWING is a sketch of the formation of each townshipand a historical mention of each borough in Chester County. Thenumber of the townships is fifty-six and the number of boroughsis ten. The borough sketches will be found in connection withthe townships in which they are located. Birmiugham Township is in the southeastern part of thecounty, and is bordered bj- a township of the same name in Dela-ware County on the southeast, and by the Brandywine River onthe sou
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