History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . ^- or ;is it is now ciillcd l)c;iv( r Spiiii^s, IVdiii tlic tlict oft lie iiiiiiicioiis cxccllcnl spiiii^s in iiiid suii-ouiKlin;^-llic i)l;icc. Tlic oneDWiicil l>y L. IJ. I hiiiKS iliscivcs csiH cinl iiiciitidii Ix cause of it Kcin^- line sprino- witli piii-c j-ctrcsliiiij^- \val«i- and is well worthIxholdinj^. In the year iSOi; a town was laid out l>y Adam lUagcr, a native of(ierniany, near wliat then was callecl Pxaver Dam, so named tnmi thefact that the ennninj> little animals of that name had hulll
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . ^- or ;is it is now ciillcd l)c;iv( r Spiiii^s, IVdiii tlic tlict oft lie iiiiiiicioiis cxccllcnl spiiii^s in iiiid suii-ouiKlin;^-llic i)l;icc. Tlic oneDWiicil l>y L. IJ. I hiiiKS iliscivcs csiH cinl iiiciitidii Ix cause of it Kcin^- line sprino- witli piii-c j-ctrcsliiiij^- \val«i- and is well worthIxholdinj^. In the year iSOi; a town was laid out l>y Adam lUagcr, a native of(ierniany, near wliat then was callecl Pxaver Dam, so named tnmi thefact that the ennninj> little animals of that name had hulll a large ih\]]>tln-ee-fourlhs or a mile ahove the mouth of leaver lam, now called Hea-ver creek, in Ienns township, Xorthumherland county. Mr. Iengersiltled on the farm now owned hy Samuel Shirey, and the new town inhonor of Mr. Ueager was calleil or named Ileagerstown, and was knownh,\- that name for many years; then was changed to the name of Adanis-hurg. .\dam I{( ager was horn Oct. 11, 174t),died :\Iarch 17, (;,age(l. THE OLD STONE MANSION liiiill in 1815 on the Site now Occupied by Christ ReformeJ Church. (Photo b\ O. M. Klose.) ()7 years, 8 months and 6 days. Charlotte Reager, his wife, was 2-), 175;), died Sept. 17, ISHO, aged 7o years, 7 months and 22 hodies rtiiose side hy side in the old cemetery at this place. Oftheir descendents theie is notliing known as Uwy have long since movedfrom this section. Some of the eafly settlers of the placeand vicinity welind to liaAc heen the Kcagers, Micks, Algiers, Oherdorfs, Swang(>rs,|)iceses, Ivushos aiid others. Among the first dwellings in an<l near thevillage were located as follows: One on the farm owned hy lieuhen Dreese, now farmed hy Jacoh Fel-ker, and was situated west of the present dwelling; it was a log house HISTORY OF BEAVER SPR1N(;S. and built across a spring. Another also on a farm of Rculxn Dreeso,now farmed liy Charles H. A\agner, and was situated at or near wherethe Reformed pa
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