History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . ce, John Orr; schooldirectors: John Y. Ellis, William Cooner, H. K. Whitman, Joseph Ott, Kremer, Thomas Barr; overseers of the poor: Peter Schaeffer, KobertJohnson; inspectors of election: Philip Winterstein, I. N. Messinger; judge,David Teas. The following persons have successively served as burgesssince the borough was incorporated: 1867, Joseph Hollopeter; 1868, J. ; 1869, Nicholas Ganger; 1870, C. O. Bachman; 1871, Philip Shay;1872, S. M. Miller; 1873, William M. Wagner; 1871, J. P. Starr; 1875,Phineas Leiser; 1876-80, John R. Co
History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania . ce, John Orr; schooldirectors: John Y. Ellis, William Cooner, H. K. Whitman, Joseph Ott, Kremer, Thomas Barr; overseers of the poor: Peter Schaeffer, KobertJohnson; inspectors of election: Philip Winterstein, I. N. Messinger; judge,David Teas. The following persons have successively served as burgesssince the borough was incorporated: 1867, Joseph Hollopeter; 1868, J. ; 1869, Nicholas Ganger; 1870, C. O. Bachman; 1871, Philip Shay;1872, S. M. Miller; 1873, William M. Wagner; 1871, J. P. Starr; 1875,Phineas Leiser; 1876-80, John R. Cooner; 1881-82, W. Brady Piatt; 1883-84, J. H. Wagner; 1885-86, D. C. Hogue; 1887-88, Lorenzo Everitt; 1889-90, E. Sherman FoUmer; 1890, Alfred Hockley; 1891, J. F. McClure. Hope Hose Fire Company, No. 1, was organized on the 11th of June,1873; the frame building at the foot of Second street occupied by this com-pany was erected in 1875. SECRET AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES. The following is a list of societies at Watsontown with dates of organization. Wo^^ Jl/a/f^^cvcA>, WATSONTOWN. 687 or institution: \Vatsonto\ Lodge, Xo. 401, F. & A. M., January 16, 1S68;Warrior Kun Chapter. Xo. 246, R. A. M., January 23, 1ST4; WatsontownLodge, Xo. 619, I. O. O. F., January 25, 1S68; Bry-son Post, No. 225, G. , September 30, 1881; Washington Camp, Xo. 229, P. 0. S. of A., May19, 1884: Freeland Castle, Xo. 217, K. G. 3,1887. .\XD LITERARY EFFORT. The first school house in the vicinity of Watsonto^vn was erected in was a log structure, and was situated near the bank of the run which flowsa short distance south of where the PhiLidelphia and Erie depot now name of the tirst teacher in this pioneer school house is not ascertainable,but. whoever he may have been, the youth of the cormnunity received therudiments of an education in this old log school house imtil 1800, when thesecond building was erected. This was a somewhat larger structure and wassituat
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