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erected what is now the eastern end of*th c the canal was opened he owned and ran a fram e house adjoining the public library on boat (hereon in the coal trade. A t an age the west, in which he lived the remainder o f when ordinary men retire largely from active his h ie. business life, he built a tannery on the river T he work in a blacksmith shop in those near Church street. U n Jan* 5* 1852* his wife days w as very different from to-d«*iy. There died. A fte r a long and useful life* widely w as very little niacliinery; everything had to esteemed* and beloved by a great circle of be luanmiered out on the anvil, and cliarcoal fam ily and friends, he breathed his last July was the only fuel used. Mr. Dcen's account 16* 18O4* leaving behind seven children. One books arc still in the ]K)sscssion of the family child died young. H is oldest son* Joh n, mar­ aud here are re c o rd ^ business transactions rictl Jan e Hutton, ajid died in 1874; Julia dated a l so remote a jicriod as now to |K)S- Ann liecame the w ife u f Jo h n Bowyer sess much historical interest. F o r instance* Jantes niarricil M argaret Sanders. Ja n e marbetween 1X20 and 1X30 here arc some prices ried Thoma.s Brandon. Hannah m arried Rev. for his w ork: “ Sellin g pair horseshoes, 12*^ Am os B. Still. Terry* the youngest son. marcents; (lair steel-toed shoes* 58 cents; toeing ricd M ary Jan e Rilchic, and a fte r her death old shoes* u y j cen ts; Kxir o f slices (not he married Jan e Fullm ar. Susan* the youngtoed), 4(^/2 cents; mcnt u f the family* married Isaac 'ly le r ami cents; 12 screws. 59 cents; laying a hammer died in 1865. with steel iboih ends)* 4 6 ^ cents; ironing a two-horse wagon. $ 1 5; laying an ax with cast Huntingdon county* Ta., and receivcti his cdstecl* 70 cents.” lia r iron at that time was ucation at the various places where the family worth $ to o to $ 1 2 0 (>cr ton. Soon after mak- lived as his father's duties necessitated. When ing his residence here M r. Deen obtained an he was sixteen years old his health failed and interest in a fishery located aliove the mouth he took u]i gardening to recuperate, doing that o f Mahoning crccic, ami also one at Culp's kind u f work in New' Je rse y for five years. Kddy* alK>ve. 11ic fish caught here at that In iXXo he came lo D w ville, where he foltime were many and of the l>cst tjuality* shad lowed gardening eight years* after which he w'cighing as high as seven (MHiiids, salmon w as in the employ of (he W elliver Hardware weighing fifteen pounds, and rock-lish thirty Company fo r five years. In 1901 he entered ])ounds. The lie^t fish sold at six or seven the rural mail service, in which he continued cents a {Hiund. The women made the twine until 1904, when he engaged in the insurance o f which the nets tvere made* and they then business. .After three years in that line he also ma<ic the clothes worn by men and wom­ retired front active business pursuits, and has en. The spinning-wheel a no the loom were since liccn enjoying his leisure. Mr. Still and then to be heard in almost every house. The his fam ily have alw ays been interested and first woolen factory was erected in Danville effective workers in the Baptist Church. He alKiut a century ago. It w*as on Mahoning has not lieeii especially active in town affairs, crcck, at the .Northumlicrland street crossing. though he takes the interest o f a public spir­ These writings are suggesteora Kncibler. gomery the lami running eastward along the who was iiorn in Danville Oct. 29. 1X66. south side o f Market street* [xtying S to o per daughter o f Henry Kncibler. o f New Jersey* acre for it. T his was Mony ground, not fit and his w ife R eb e^ a (R e e d ), the latter bom fo r cultivation. It w as once a great place .pril 9. 1K45, M r. Kncibler w as an iron to pick blacklicrrics. U has long Ikc d covered worker* and his father was cmployctl in the with fine improvcmeius. In 1X26* in addition mines conncctctl with the W aterman 9c Beaver lo his business o f farming and his large black­ iron works. M rs. Rebecca (R e e d ) Kncibler smith sho]i. he purchased of the patentee the w as a daugliter o f Alice i B arret) Reed, bom right to manufacture threshing machines and Dec. 13* 1 8 1 6 : granddaugiiter o f Nathan Bar­ ocnc<I a factory. These were evidently good ret. liorn March 2 1 , and great-grandmachines and well ma<lc, and A. J. Still, daughter o f Jon atlu n Barret, horn Dec. 8. grandson o f Mr, Deen. saw one of them in 1722. 186S, which was still fit for service. Mr. Deen M r. and M rs. Still have had one child. had contracts on the canal, then licing con­ Ralph .A., bom Ju n e o, 18 9 1, who graduated st tnctrd, as well as on the river bridge. When in 10 13 from Buckncll University, at Lewi*-
 * . Judson Still was born Dec. 25, 1855. in