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Ninch, 18 6 5; Jsco b Scidcl, J8 6 7; Isaac AmProlhonotaries merman, Emanuel Sidler, 1 8 7 1; William Madden, 18 7 3; Bernard Dougherty, 18 7 5; William S. Davis, 1850; Hiram A. Cliilds, Sam uel Blue, J8 7 8; George W. Peifer, i 8 8 t; 18 54; George D. Butler, 1857*66: William O. Jam es L. Brennan, 1884; George W. Peifcr, Butler. )8<36-76; Wilson M . Gearhart, 1876-88; (8 8 7; A. II. Billmeyer, 1890; Jam es C. Hed- E. O. Hoffman, 1889-98; Jacob C Miller, <lens, 18 9 3; George P. Cotiier, 1896; P. C 1899-190 21 Thomas G. Vincent. 19 0 3-14; Ncwbakcr, 1899; A. L Stcinnian. 19 0 2; S. K. Hoffman. 19 0 5 : A. / . Steinman, 1908; S. K. Frank G. Schoch, appointed Aug. 5, 1914. Hoffman, 1912. Cierks and Recorders S h eriffs William C Johnston was elected the first Daniel Frazier, 1850 -53: Thomas Pollock, time in 1850 and reelected repeatedly, filling 18 5 4; Edw ard Young, 18 5 7 : Frederick Blue, the position until his death. Wilson Sf. (»cari8 t o; Edw ard Young. 18 6 3: Jacob Shelhart, bart was appointed to fill the vacancy, and then 186 6; R . C . Russell, 1869: V. C . Young, apWilliam L. Sidler w as elected. Mr. Sidler has l>oin(cd in 1870; Daniel Billmeyer, 1 8 7 1 : E d­ held the position ever since. ward Young, 18 7 4; Jam es N. Miller, 18 7 7; Jac o b Shelhart, 1 8 ^ : Nathan Shugart. 18 8 3 : Surveyors Jam es O. Frazier, 1 8 ^ : M khael J. Breckbill, W. West was the first $urv*eyor of the bill, 1*895: George M aiers, 1898: Michael J. Brcckbill, 1 9 0 1; George Maiers, (<^04: D. C. county, and sert'cd continuously until ahout W illiam s. 19 0 7; William B. Startzcl, 1 9 1 1; 1905.;. Cameron Bobb is the present surJohn (1. Waite, K914. vcvor.
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CHAPTER IX D A N V IL L E T h e town o f Danville was laid out by Gen. Daniel Montgomery* in 1792. His plan com­ prised that portion o f (he (own lying cast of M ilF street to Church street and extending from the river to what w as afterwards the canal. His father, Gen. William Montgomery, some ten years later, laid out that portion of the town lying west o f Mill street. T h e name "D anville” was given the town out o f deference to Gen. Daniel Montgomery, and through the ]iartia1ity of his customers, who phiced the most implicit confidence in him and reverenced him as a true friend. The settlement o f Mahoning was the center o f a la ig c trade drawn by Gen. William Mont­ gom ery’s m ill; Gen. Daniel Montgomery’s store, which furnished supplies to all the sur­ rounding neighborhood; and the ferry estab* lishcd by Jacob Gearhart, o f Kush township, which on the Danville side lande<i about Ferry street. The people dealing with Gen. Daniel Montgomery found it quite natural to call the place "Dan's-town”; and from this the transi­ tion was easy to "C^n-ville.”

The town is beautifully located on the right bank of the North Branch of the Susquehanna river, about eleven miles above its union with the West Branch. It nestles quietly among tbe licautiful hills. Bald T op 011 the one side and Blue Hill on (he other, while down the river for miles stretches the Montour Ridge. .Ml about it are the everlasting hills, still packed with iron ores which the hand o f an all-w'isc Creator has stored; awaiting a new day when the dcm.ands o f an advanced a^c shall call (hem forth to be transformed into finished products, never dreamed o f by the boasted era in which we live. God never stored hills with riches to be left unuse<): and some day, let us hope not fa r distant, a busy brain and a skilled hand will discover the key that wilt unlock these mines of wealth and bring forth ihe riches that have so long lain idle and uncalled for. In November. 1773. William Montgomery ])urchast<l land from J. Cummings, the patent fo r which bears <latc December, 1773. On Nov. 26, 1774, William Montgomery pur­

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