Record & Star Anniversary Edition Page 4

Find An Index To All Of This Newspaper Here:

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-watsontown-record-star-silver.html

"The Eureka Flouring Mills are located on the Warrior Run one mile east of Watstontown"

This is the article I bought this newspaper for.  You can read more about this mill here:

http://heathersgen.blogspot.com/2010/03/truckenmiller-mill.html

The Mill was on the line of the S., B. & B.R.R. 

Valentine Truckenmiller was the senior member of the firm

Valentine served in the civil war, before working as a cattle broker in the western markets, "as far west as Indian territory".

"On account of physical antipathy to the fierce winds of the western prairies, causing facial neuralgia, he retired from that exciting life and came back to his native place."

You can read more about Valentine here:

https://notheathersgen.blogspot.com/2013/01/valentine-truckenmiller-1843-1915.html

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Merritt S. Adams, Born in Milesburg Center County, Feb. 20 1874

Came to Watsontown March 28 1895

Worked for the late Enos Everitt in the furniture and undertaking business.

March 2 1899 Adams purchased the business from Everitt

In 1903 Adams erected the building "now occupied by him"

Three store rooms, 25x70 feet, portions of the first and second floors that are not occupied for business are used as a residence.

Third floor occupied entirely by the Watsontown Lodge No 401, being "especially arranged and equipped for lodge purposes"

Find more photos of this building through the years here:

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2020/04/main-street-watsontown-block-by-block.html

Mr Adams is married to a daughter of Rev. L.G. Heck from Lock Haven & they have a son.

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Watsontown's City Of The Dead

(The Watsontown Cemetery)

The Watsontown Cemetery Association was organized November 5 1806

The first officers were: George Burns, A.B. Latsha, Silas Rambach, Jos. Hollopeter, F.S. Whitman

Mangers were: A.B. Latshaw, Peter Schaeffer, Slias Rambach, D.S. Kramer

The original cemetery consisted of 8 acres in a perfect rhomboid, overlooking the town

The first person interred was Mrs Joseph Everitt, second was Mrs. Geo. Burns

The Watson family was transferred from the old burial grounds to these grounds.

In 1905, the association purchased the adjoining tract of land and began the new section of the cemetery

 A.H. Cooner

George W. Hess

 George H. Shannon

M.B. Yerg

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William C. Brimmer

Merchant Tailor

Born in Altotona, moved to Milton at age 13

Resided in Milton until 1887, when he came to Watsontown

Began business in teh Miller building, with Spencer Lawson

Moved to the Hollopeter building now owned by Walter about 1900

Built a home on Elm Street.

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Thomas Barr

Born in Turbotville November 23 1815, came to Watsontown in "1865 when there were but twelve houses in the place"  He served as Justice of the Peace for 16 years and county auditor for 3 years.  One term as "Mercantile Appraiser".  At the time of his death, he was Borough Assessor.

First wife Mary Corsin - 6 children: William Preston, Anna Mary Mrs Chas Bly, Mrs Kathryn DeArmond, Jas Barr, Mrs. E.W. Whitlock

Second Wife - Hanna Robbins

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David L. Bly

Son of James Bly, born August 12 1875

Employed by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co, agent and operator at White Deer

Later employed as agent for Susquehanna, Bloomsburg, and Berwick Railroad

Then in the office of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad in Connecticuit

In 1905, moved to Watsontown and purchased the Watsontown Ferry & Farm

The Ferry

The Ferry from Watsontown To White Deer was started in 1800 by Daniel Caldwell.

Mr Caldwell died in 1836, Ferry was purchased by Henry High, who stretched a manillas rope over the river to propel the flat.

This was not successful and was soon abandoned.

In 1854, a stock company of John Bly, John Watson, and others purchased the ferry and placed a wire cable over the river, which has been successful and "used ever since".

In 1873 the ferry became the sole property of Joh Bly, and "from the time the wire cable was adopted until the lumber business of Pardee was discontinued, more than eighty million feet of logs were brought over the river."

At the death of Capt. Bly, the ferry passed into the hands of his son William L. Bly, who operated it until 1905 when he sold it to his nephew, David L. Bly.

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Daniel L. Grier

Postmaster in 1907

Born in Watsontown in 1850

Worked at Wagner Planing Mills

Active in politics, County Auditor

Assisted as postmaster by Miss Alice Johnson and son Lloyd Grier

Three rural free delivery routes from the Watsontown Post Office:

1. going northwest, in charge of Samuel Bryson

2. northeast of 1, charge of W.D. McFarland

3. east of town, L.M. Wesner

Watsontowns Postmasters:

David Watson 

Edmund Piper

Joseph Hogue

Enos Everitt

Philip Shay

Joseph L. Wagner

James D. Caldwell

Philip Shay

Mary V. Shay

Catherine J. Platt

Samuel O Comly

Dan C Hogue

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To see more about the Businesses & Stores in Watsontown - 

Find a Block By Block look at Main Street Watsontown through the decades here:

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2020/04/main-street-watsontown-block-by-block.html

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Find More Stories & History Of Watsontown Here:

https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/2020/04/watsontown-pa.html

And more local history, from surrounding areas, here:
https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.com/p/history.html
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