. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. sly prosecuted the work. In cutting timberfor the mill he in some way got his footcrushed so badly that it became necessary tohave the leg amputated above the knee. Themill was completed, and the business of manu-facturing lumber, etc., was carried on for afew years by Knapp & Ball. He had twochildren born here, Isaac M. and Eliza. Hewas elected constable while here in 1821, theyear he was hurt. He died near Dowlingvillein 1853, and is buried with his wife in thegraveyard of the Jefferson United Presby-terian Church in Pine
. Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915. sly prosecuted the work. In cutting timberfor the mill he in some way got his footcrushed so badly that it became necessary tohave the leg amputated above the knee. Themill was completed, and the business of manu-facturing lumber, etc., was carried on for afew years by Knapp & Ball. He had twochildren born here, Isaac M. and Eliza. Hewas elected constable while here in 1821, theyear he was hurt. He died near Dowlingvillein 1853, and is buried with his wife in thegraveyard of the Jefferson United Presby-terian Church in Pinecreek township. was a Seceder in belief, and was aleading member of the Jefferson Church.(See also Chapter XXI, Borough of Brook-ville, and Chapter XXII, Pinecreek Town-ship.) JOSEPH WASHINGTON HENDER-SON was born Aug. 27, 1814, on the home-stead of 220 acres located in Mahoning town-ship. Indiana Co., Pa., on the Big Mahoning,about four miles west of Punxsutawney, Pa.,on which his father John Henderson locatedin 1805. There were few settlers in the lo-. /?&ul c£ e^c^^n THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LlBl ASTOf!, LFNOXT!LC ■ OWS JEFFERSON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA cality at this time, their nearest neighbor liv-ing three miles away. The early settlers hadmany hardships and privations to endure. Onone occasion Mrs. Henderson was left alonewith three small children overnight, Mr. Hen-derson having gone to Black Lick expectingto return the following day. Late in the even-ing Mrs. Henderson discovered that the firehad gone out, and as it was bitterly cold, andshe did not have any flint or dry punk withwhich to start a fire, she was afraid that sheand the children would perish with the coldduring the night. Putting the two older chil-dren into bed, she took the baby in her armsand started to walk to the nearest neighbor, adistance of three miles through the timber, tosecure fire. In wrapping up the fire there wassome discussion between Mrs. Henderson andher neighbor about how it should b
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