This day in Mercer County History

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This day in Mercer County History . . .

Date:	Year:	Event:
Jan	1875-76	Winter was very warm (188,335)
Jan	1871	Winter had 80 days of continuous cold weather (1888,335)
Jan	1922	67 of 119 cases tried in Mercer County Courts for liquor violations (MCH, 2, 1, 12)
1-Jan	2000	Bicentennial Celebration Starts
1-Jan	1883	Firm named Emery Brothers- formerly Porter of Emery's Pottery Works Grove City (1888, 507)
1-Jan	1802	Reverend McAllen appointed Pastor of United Presbyterian Church of Greenville, paid 135 pounds of Pennsylvania currency (1888, 420)
1-Jan	1868	Soldiers Orphan School established (1888, 365)
1-Jan	1869	John L. Morrison bought the Sharon Herald (1888,244)
1-Jan	1881	Henry Hall becomes editor of the Mercer Dispatch (1888,176)
1-Jan	1864	Known as "Cold New Year's Day of '64"(188,335)
1-Jan	1837	Mrs. George Shilling buried (1888, 489)
1-Jan	1876	Temperature in sun stood at 68 degrees, men walk in shirt sleeves (1888,335)
1-Jan	1885	Zion Reform Church of Greenville lets out contract for new church building (1888,428)
2-Jan	1802	John D. Littleford elected First justice of Cool Springs (First District) (1888, 625)
2-Jan	1839	J.C. Dickey born (1888, 434)
2-Jan	1851	Report submitted for Pittsburgh and Erie Rail Road (1888,176)
2-Jan	1866	Transfer Post Office established (1888,190)
2-Jan	1864	First passenger train into Sharon (1888,184)
2-Jan	1804	Ebenezer Magoffin elected First Justice of Cool Springs (First District) (1888, 625)
2-Jan	1884	Excelsior Legion No. II, Selects Knights organizes (1888, 432)
2-Jan	1941	Stephan Banic dies at age 70, developed the parachute and lived in Greenville (BDJ, 1)
3-Jan	1940	Home Economic builing at the Freedonia-Delaware High School was completely destroyed by fire (M.D. 1/5/1904, pg.1)
4-Jan	1835	Georgetown Presbyterian Church dedicated (1888, 474)
4-Jan	1883	Grove City Incorporated (1888, 504)
4-Jan	1853	14 "inmates" are secured on the County Farm (1888,160)
5-Jan	1812	John Wood son of Benjamin Wood-- early settler Pine Township (1888, 572)
6-Jan
7-Jan	1868	Ordinace in Greenville prohibits wooden buildings on Main St. between the river and Penn St. (1909, 114)
7-Jan	1806	Jacob Loutzenhiser buys John Williamson's mill (1888, 436)
7-Jan	1871	The Advance Newspaper was started in Greenville (1888)
8-Jan	1864	Re-enlisting members of the 57th Pennsylvania get 1 month furlough (1888, 312)
9-Jan	1899	Children assembled for the first time in a Catholic school in Greenville (1909, 270)
9-Jan	1840	Centertown Post Office established (1888,184)
9-Jan	1928	A.P. Waugh appointed Post Master of Greenville (1888, 418)
9-Jan	1828	West Greenville Post Office established (1888,184) dropped "West" in 1866
9-Jan	1945	The U. S. War Department designates Camp Reynolds an "inactive installation" (MCH, 2, 1, 26)
10-Jan
11-Jan
12-Jan	1807	Title to Thomas Pearson from J. Lynch established first settler in East Lackawanna Township (1888, 523)
12-Jan	1878	Greenville First Baptist Church is split by a schism. Part form the Tabernacle Baptist Church (1888, 428)
13-Jan	1905	"Being unwilling to risk an attack of pneumonia, by sitting in the courtrrom", Judge Williams holds court in the law library of the 2nd Court House (HTBJ, 16)
14-Jan	1832	Western Press Reports small pox prevalent 15 miles south of Mercer (1888,282)
14-Jan	1878	Moorefield Presbyterian Church officially incorporated (1888, 485)
14-Jan	1879	Sharon Council No.25 Royal Templars of Temperance organized (1888,396)
15-Jan	1840	North Liberty Post Office established (1888,189)
15-Jan	1872	Pleasant Post Office established (1888,189)
15-Jan	1873	"Chicago Fire" of Greenville. 300x120 ft on South and North side of Main Street engulfed. Some question as to arson. 35 buildings burned of which 22 were stores, 6 dwellings, 1 hotel, 1 office and 1 barn. Total losses $83,000.00 (1888, 444)
15-Jan	1873	Number 1 Spearman furnace fired (1888,195)
15-Jan	1946	Camp Reynolds POW Camp discontinued (MCH, 2, 1, 26)
15-Jan	1920	Night before prohibition begins Greenville Ministers and Women's Christian Temperance Union held a symbolic funereal for "John Barleycorn" (MCH, 2,1, 12)
16-Jan	1871	Post Office established Clarks Mills (AKA Clark's Station Perry Township) (1888, 569)
16-Jan	1871	Clarks Mills Post Office established (1888,184)
17-Jan	1884	Wm. Union No. 409 Equitable Aid Union organized (1888, 487)
17-Jan	1908	Commissioners invite architect to submit plans for the third Court House (HTBJ, 24)
18-Jan	1945	Lt. Eugene Fessler, from Mercer & Farrell, graduates from Officers Candidate School, one of six African-Americans in a class of 176 (MD, 1/18/1945, 1, 2)
18-Jan	1833	Meeting of Col. Bean's hotel, support Andrew Jackson during the nullification crisis (1888,236)
19-Jan	1885	Jamestown Savings Bank closed (1888, 497)
19-Jan	1810	Coldest day in memory of the oldest inhabitant (1888, 183)
19-Jan	1879	St. Paul's Primitive Methodist Church organized in Stoneboro (1888, 470)
19-Jan	1873	John Walter Goodsell born, would later go with Robert Perry to the North Pole (OPT, vi)
20-Jan	1875	Post Master appointment in Bay Mercer County (1888, 183)
21-Jan	1876	First discontinuance of Delaware Grove Post Office (1888,184)
21-Jan	1871	Laird's Block in Greenville on Main and Race Streets burn, losses on the entire street $44,000.00 (1888, 444)
21-Jan	1887	D.L. Kamerer becomes secretary to the Pymatuning Mutual Fire Insurance Company (1888, 443)
22-Jan	1861	Lecture given at the Court House "Our National Troubles." (1888, 307)
22-Jan	1879	Sharpsville Council No. 27 Royal Templars of Temperance instituted (1888, 476)
23-Jan	1844	Mercer County Medical Society elects first officers. (1888, 282)
23-Jan	1888	S. C. Koonce Camp No. 152 Sons of Veterans, Clarksville (1888, 502)
24-Jan	1851	Mercer County Temperance South meets @ Court House call Churches to treat intemperance harshly(1888, 229)
25-Jan	1804	First Budget for Mercer Co. estimated $1475.00 (1888, 162)
26-Jan	1866	Sharpsville & Oakland Rail Road Company started (1888, 177)
27-Jan	1887	Fire destroyed the Dispatch plant (1909, 220)
27-Jan	1856	Dedication of Wooden Church the Mount Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Lebanon (1888, 481)
27-Jan	1861	Zion Reformed Church of Greenville organized (1888, 428)
28-Jan	1887	Miller & Gordon Opera House in Mercer burns destroying the Mercer Dispatch (1888, 238)
28-Jan	1850	Culbertsons changes its name to Exchangeville (Sheakleyville) (1888,196)
29-Jan	1812	Western Press Reports earthquake in Meadville, Pennsylvania that lasted for 4-5 minutes (WP, 1/29/1812,1,1)
30-Jan	1896	Telephone exchange is in operation in Greenville (1909, 118)
30-Jan	1833	Brownsville Post Office established later known as Sandy Lake (1888,189)
30-Jan	1883	Mercer County Society organized out of older one (1888, 212)
31-Jan	1909	United Presbyterian Church of Sharon dedicated (1909, 252)
31-Jan	1848	Alharnbra Lodge No. 293 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows of Greenville instituted (1888, 432)
31-Jan	1876	Scatterfield becomes Jackson Center (1888, 185)
31-Jan	1763	Adam Black, early settler Springfield Township (1888, 595)

	1806	Weekly Post Routes to Erie via Mercer (1888, 183)
	1818	Semi-Weekly post routes (1888, 183)
	1824	Tri-Weekly post routes (1888, 183)
	1827	Daily post routes (1888, 183)

Feb	1804	First & Second Courts held in home of Joseph Hunter on Mill Creek (1888, 158)
1-Feb	1908	18 architectural firm submit plans for the third Court House (HTBJ, 24)
2-Feb	1923	Sharon Public Library Opens at the Buhl Club (S.H., 2/2/1923, pg.1)
2-Feb	1826	Subscription started to erect Methodist Episcopal Church Clarksville (1888, 503)
2-Feb	1865	J.C. Dickey dies of starvation and exposure at Salsbury Prison (1888, 434)
3-Feb	1883	First election of borough officers Grove City (1888, 504)
3-Feb	1887	Organizational meeting held in the court house for Mercer Borough S. H. Miller Hose Company (1888, 234)
4-Feb	1817	Snow fell so hard and deep that kids form Wheatland almost couldn't get home from school. Fences were covered except for the stakes and riders. Deer were caught by the dogs in the snow. Smaller pupils were kept home for weeks (1888, 489)
4-Feb	1817	Three and half feet of snow falls in Mercer County (1888,335)
5-Feb	1814	Captain James McCoy discharged from the War of 1812 (1888, 302)
5-Feb	1839	Crockettville Post Office established (1888, 184)
5-Feb	1888	Sharon German Lutheran Church dedicated (1888, 339)
5-Feb	1886	Post Office at Delaware Grove closed (1888, 521)
6-Feb
7-Feb	1827	Baynes Stokely born (MCH, 13,11)
7-Feb	1842	Presbyterian Church organized, Grove City (1888, 508)
7-Feb	1840	Dr. James Magoffin Sr. dies (1888,274)
8-Feb	1887	Stoneboro Milling Company incorporated (1888, 471)
9-Feb	1885	Greenville Methodist Episcopal Church dedicated (1888, 424)
10-Feb	1884	First Universalist Church in Sharpsville dedicated (1888, 454)
10-Feb	1851	New Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Church organized (1888, 482)
10-Feb	1829	Mercer Temperance Society founded (1888,286)
11-Feb	1881	Wheatland Bessemer Steel Incorporated (1888,)
11-Feb	1888	Shenango & Allegheny Rail Road now changed to Pittsburgh, Shenango & Lake Erie Rail Road (1888, 179)
11-Feb	1887	Constitution adopted for S. H. Company, Mercer (1888, 354)
12-Feb	1872	Neshanock Post Office established (1888, 186)
12-Feb	1813	Captain John Junkin writes his brother from Miami Reporter in the fight against the Indians during War of 1812 (1888, 301)
13-Feb	1797	Benjamin Stokely notes other familes start arrving in Mercer County (MCH, 13,7)
14-Feb	1875	Second Presbyterian Church of Sharon @ Vine & Pitts dedicated (1888, 388)
14-Feb	1886	Greenville Zion reformed Church first occupied by Sunday School (1888, 428)
15-Feb	1904	First county wide individual mail routes, 67 routes were laid out (1909, 80)
15-Feb	1824	First day of sleighing for the season (1888, 335)
15-Feb	1853	Valley Post Office established (1888, 190)
15-Feb	1843	New frame Church dedicated for Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
16-Feb	1892	First paving ordinace in Greenville (1909, 116)
16-Feb	1849	Sharon Lodge Number 347, Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows chartered (1888, 393)
16-Feb	1852	Maysville Post Office established (1888, 186)
16-Feb	1804	John Hunter first lawyer admitted to bar @ first court house (1888, 252)
16-Feb	1870	Mr. Thiel dies (1888, 419)
16-Feb	1833	Perrine Post Office established (1888, 189)
17-Feb	1851	Liberty Township formed (1888, 555)
17-Feb	1851	Pine Township formed (1888, 570)
17-Feb	1858	Greenville First Baptist Church dedicated (1888, 428)
18-Feb
19-Feb
20-Feb	1834	Death of James Walker (1888, 599)
20-Feb	1804	Joseph Smith appointed Treasurer of Mercer County (1888, 162)
21-Feb	1872	Wheatland created by special act of our legislature. (1888, 488) Named after President Buchanan's residence in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
21-Feb	1811	First newspaper published in Mercer County Western Press (1888, 234)
21-Feb	1871	Sharpsville Furnace changes name to Sharpsville (1888, 189)
21-Feb	1879	Fairy Grotto put on at Laird Opera House in Greenville (MCH, 2, 1, 9)
22-Feb	1875	Death of Reverend David Patton pastor at Centre Presbyterian Church, Pine Township (1888, 573)
22-Feb	1818	Re-establishment of Centre Presbyterian Church, Pine Township (1888, 573)
22-Feb	1881	Professor G.W. Williams of Allegheny College helps dedicate New Lebanon School (1888, 481)
23-Feb	1879	Reverend J. Fishburn comes to Greenville Church of the Holy Trinity (1888, 428)
23-Feb	1832	Keel Ridge Post Office established (1888, 185 )
24-Feb	1826	Joseph Keck recorded his addition to Greenville (1888,409) Keck bought the first distillery (1888,410)
24-Feb	1869	Lake Lodge No. 434, Free and Accepted Masons (1888, 470)
24-Feb	1886	Delaware Grove Post Office discontinued (1888,184)
24-Feb	1882	Hoagland Post Office established (1888, 185)
25-Feb	1866	Fire destroyed first Mercer County Court House due to faulty Haely Stove pipe, citizens save records and documents as the building burns( Sharon Herald Dec. 20, 1907 pg.3)(1909, 22 & HTBJ, 7)
25-Feb	1818	John Stokely born (MCH 13,10)
26-Feb	1888	Rev J.R. Brittain retires from United Presbyterian Church (1888, 423)
26-Feb	1835	Meeting of Mercer Temperance Society in Neshannock Presbyterian Church (1888, 287)
27-Feb	1885	Dedication Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Grove City (1888, 504)
28-Feb	1864	Reverend Sheilds quits as Pastor of Georgetown Presbyterian (1888, 474)
28-Feb	1876	Delaware Grove Post Office re-established (1888,184)
28-Feb	1887	Mercer Keystone Circle number 10 Protected Home Circle organized (1888,370)
28-Feb	1888	Number of dogs on the tax roles for Mercer County was 4,843 (1888,163)
28-Feb	1882	Jackson Center surveyed by S.B. Stephenson (1888, 544)
29-Feb


Mar	1875	Spring, Typhoid Fever visits Mercer County (1888, 282)
Mar	1940	Post Easter Week was colder than Christmas. On Easter Sunday it was 10 above zero in Pittsburgh,coldest March in 50 years (M.D.. 3/29/1940)
1-Mar	1883	Lake Local newspaper transferred headquarters from Sandy Lake to Stoneboro (1888,247)
1-Mar	1862	Col. William Maxwell resigns from Pennsylvania 57th (1888, 311)
2-Mar	1876	Firebug burns Greenville Woolen Mills, the flouring mill of James Mathers & Sons N.C. Packard's Hotel and the William Keck Dwellings (188)
2-Mar	1816	Harthegig Post Office established (1888, 184-185)
2-Mar	1908	A. E. Hosack designated commissioner to fill the term of his late father, Ewing M. Hosick (HTBJ, 25)
3-Mar	1802	Reverend James Scatterfield installed as Pastor of Moorefield and Upper Neshannock Presbyterian Church (1888, 485)
3-Mar	1875	Mercer Lodge No. 87 Ancient Order of United Workers organized (1888,369)
3-Mar	1887	Mercer Dispatch buys the Mercer Republican (1888, 238)
4-Mar	1873	Sandy Lake Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen (1888, 464)
5-Mar	1847	Meeting to form "Society for the Assistance Rendered to the Irish People" during famine held at the Court House (1888, 292)
5-Mar	1804	Commissioners appoint first Tax Collectors (1888, 162)
5-Mar	1812	Donna Bainca Perimale Stokely born (MCH, 13,10)
6-Mar	1832	Salem Post Office established (1888,189)
6-Mar	1908	County Commissioners decide $200,000.00 a "reasonable" price for the third court house (HTBJ, 25)
7-Mar	1883	Hazzard Post Office established (1888, 185)
7-Mar	1811	Mrs. Jane Domars dies (1888, 430)
7-Mar	1817	First recorded ordinance passed in the Borough of Mercer (1888,347)
8-Mar	1827	Henderson, Hill and Indian Run Post Offices established (1888, 185)
8-Mar	1882	Petitioned court to incorporate Jackson Center and Jackson Township granted (1888, 544)
8-Mar	1856	Sharon Town Council decides to buy fire fighting equipment (1888, 400)
9-Mar	1940	Sawhil Manufacturing Company announced it will establich a plant in Wheatland. (S.H. 12/31/1940)
10-Mar	1859	Atlantic & Great Western Rail Road Company chartered (1888, 159)
11-Mar	1858	School in New Lebanon expanded (1888, 480)
11-Mar	1856	Petitioned court to erect a new township out of Salem and Greene (1888, 599)
11-Mar	1851	First two syllables of Exchangeville substituted with word Sheakley (1888, 472)
12-Mar	1783	Act passed by PA General Assembly to set aside lands west of Allegheny River for redemption of the "depreciation certificates" of American Revolutionary War Soldiers
12-Mar	1800	Act of General Assembly defines Mercer County (1888,159)
13-Mar
14-Mar	1865	Meeting to erect in Greenville the Church of Holy Trinity (1888, )
14-Mar	1834	Meeting @ Georgetown (now Sheakleyville) to form a counter temperance society in Mercer County (1888,190)
14-Mar	1879	Star Lodge No. 1467 Knights of Honor (1888, 464)
15-Mar	1901	First rural mail route in Mercer County from the Jamestown Post Office (1909, 80)
15-Mar	1867	First vote for borough officers in Stoneboro (1888, 467)
15-Mar	1879	Hamblin, Sons & Co. changes its name to Hamblin, Kreps & Co. (1888, 438)
15-Mar	1767	Birth of Andrew Jackson, who Jackson Township was named (1888, 541)
15-Mar	1982	Third Court Room added in an open ceremony (HTBJ, 47)
16-Mar	1864	Kennard Post Office established (1888,185)
16-Mar	1848	London Post Office established (1888,186)
17-Mar	1866	Senate and House of Rep. of Commonwealth enacted legislation to rebuild the courthouse (HTBJ, 9)
17-Mar	1849	Meeting called @ Court House to erect a new building for the Mercer Academy (1888, 364)
17-Mar	1874	Women's Christian Temperance Union formed in Sharon (1888, 399)
17-Mar	1860	Bees returned to their hives laden with honey (1888, 335)
17-Mar	1887	General Vincent Camp No. 179, S of V, USA organized in Greenville (1888, )
18-Mar	1805	John Richardson dies at age 53 (1888, 430)
18-Mar	1794	Warrant for Philemon Hunt for Shenango Township (1888, 591)
18-Mar	1817	Benjamin Stokely marries Elizabeth (Stephenson) Sidels. Bishop Roberts is the Pastor (MCH,13,10)
18-Mar	1860	Ground covered with snow weather very cold (1888,335)
18-Mar	1909	Billy Whitla kidnapped (HTBJ 23)
19-Mar	1842	First meeting of Sharon council (1888,378)
19-Mar	1887	Beulah Reformed Presbyterian Church incorporated (1888, 486)
20-Mar	1878	Apollo Lodge No. 966 Knights of Honor incorporated instituted in Greenville (1888, 432)
20-Mar	1865	Bear Creek Rail Road Company chartered (1888,178)
20-Mar	1838	Boat (craft) AKA "Orangeville Packet" left for Galena, Ill, Pymatuning Township (1888, 576)
21-Mar	1885	Valley Post Office discontinued (1888, 190)
22-Mar	1881	Sheakleyville Women's Christian Temperance Union organized (1888, 478)
23-Mar	1882	Big Sandy Lodge No. 514 K & L of H instituted (1888, 463)
23-Mar	1864	Sharpsville Furnace Post Office established (1888, 189)
24-Mar	1803	William McMillan, John Findley & William Motrimore were appointed trustees of Mercer County (1909, 19)
24-Mar	1851	Sandy Creek changes its name to New Vernon (1888,186)
25-Mar	1884	Methodist Episcopal Church ground broken for new site (1888, 424)
25-Mar	1876	Mercer Iron & Coal Company produced 629,158 tons of coal in 13 years (1888,203)
25-Mar	1884	Grace Episcopal Church consecrated by Bishop Cortland Whitehead in Mercer (MCH, n,1)
26-Mar	1846	Citizens of West Middlesex and area denounced the profanation and desecration of the Lord's holy day (1888, 292)
26-Mar	1884	Dedication of Methodist Episcopal Church, Hadley Perry Township (1888, 570)
27-Mar	1913	The Shenango Valley had 16.87 feet of water due to the flood of 1913. (OSSVF, 7)
28-Mar	1814	Mercer incorporated as a Borough by Act of Assembly (1888,347)
28-Mar	1884	Pymatuning Tribe No. 259 Improved Order of Red Man organized (1888,397)
29-Mar	1872	Millbrook Post Office established (1888, 186)
29-Mar	1808	Benjamin Stokely elected first Justice of first district of Cool Spring (1888, 625)
30-Mar	1811	Act of General Assembly creates the Mercer Academy (1888,363)
30-Mar	1837	French Creek Post Office established (1888, 184)
31-Mar	1885	Young Women's Christian Temperance Union organized in Sandy Lake (1888, 466)
31-Mar	1843	Baptist Church of Sharon incorporates as "The Regular Baptist Church of the Borough of Sharon" (1888, 383)
31-Mar	1945	Greenville and Buhl Club Uso closed. Greenville's USO entertained 812,530 servicemen and Buhl entertained 475,000 soldiers during their existence (MCH, 2,1, 25-6)


1-Apr	1865	16 Communicant members of the Greenville Zion Reformed Church (1888, 428)
1-Apr	1806	Peter Rambo elected first Justice of the first district, Cool Springs (1888, 625)
1-Apr	1865	Greenville Zion Reformed Church Sunday School numbers 5 pupils (1888, 428)
1-Apr	1850	Big Bend Furnace announces it has a foundry (1888, 192)
1-Apr	1876	Bethany Church (Cumberland Presbyterian Church) was organized in Lake Township(1888, 555)
1-Apr	1869	First passenger train from Cleveland arrives on the Atlantic & Great Western Rail Road at Sharon (1888, 176)
1-Apr	1809	William McMillian elected first Justice of the Second District of Wolf Creek (1888, 625)
1-Apr	1806	Thomas Canon & Arthur Hury elected first Justices of third District Neshannock (1888, 625)
1-Apr	1806	John Christy & William McLean elected first Justices of the fifth district, Salem (1888, 625)
1-Apr	1806	Allen Dunn elected first Justice of the 6th district, Sandy Creek (1888, 625)
1-Apr	1882	C.H. Buhl becomes sole owner of the Sharon Iron Company (1888,196)
2-Apr	1802	Hugh Hamilton elected 1st Justice of the 2nd District, Wolf Creek (1888, 625)
2-Apr	1802	John Monteith & John Carlisle Stewart elected 1st Justice of the 3rd District, Neshannock (1888, 625)
2-Apr	1802	Thomas Robbe elected 1st Justice of the 6th district, Sandy Creek (1888, 625)
2-Apr	1875	Greenville fire consuming Batteiger's brewery and the Exchange Hotel (1888, 444)
2-Apr	1854	Welsh Congregational Church organizes in Sharon (1888, 393)
2-Apr	1823	Dewitt Clinton Stokely born (MCH,13,10)
3-Apr	1792	Claim made by Jacob Reed for land in Mill Creek Township (1888, 559)
3-Apr	1874	Sharpsville Lodge No. 71 Ancient Order of United Workers organized (1888, 455)
3-Apr	1833	Jamestown Post Office established (1888, 185)
3-Apr	1806	Marriage of James Rose, early settler of Pine Township (1888, 572)
3-Apr	1838	Hull woolen mill burned in Pymatuning Township (1888, 576)
3-Apr	1792	Land not under warrant okay for settlement in Sandy Lake Township (1888, 580)
3-Apr	1861	Resignation Reverend Edward Small, Pastor Old Rocky Spring Church, Sandy Lake Township (1888, 589)
4-Apr	1850	Jefferson Township taken away from Delaware Township and was organized (1888, 519 & 545)
4-Apr	1868	Stoneboro Post Office established (1888, 190)
4-Apr	1868	Leech's Corners Post Office established (1888, 185)
4-Apr	1929	a "vivid and vicious bolt of lightning" struck the Court House Tower and almost toppled over the rooster weather vane. Several people felt the shock and County Treasurer McQuiston who was using the telephone received a "rude jolt"
4-Apr	1944	Camp reynolds POW Camp established
5-Apr	1824	Donna Bianca Perimale Stokely born (second child of the same name, first dying Aug. 27, 1812) (MCH 13,10)
5-Apr	1849	Governor William F. Johnson signs a bill creating Lawrence County out of part of Mercer and Beaver Counties (1888, 337)
5-Apr	1872	Riverside Cemetery Association in Sharpsville organized (1888, 459)
5-Apr	1803	Jesse Moore appointed as first judge in Mercer County (1888, 248)
6-Apr	1888	L.T. McCartney, principal, shows 454 students in the Sharpsville school district, average attendance 399. (1888, 453)
6-Apr	1877	Bristow Post Office discontinued (1888)
7-Apr	1886	General grant for the transaction of business in which electricity is used-- railway line from Sharon to Sharpsville (1909, 104)
7-Apr	1891	Ordinance for construction of a plant furnishing of electricity in Greenville (1909, 118)
7-Apr	1851	Petitions confirmed for formation of Perry Township (1888, 567)
7-Apr	1851	New Vernon Township established (1888, 561)
7-Apr	1851	Report made from Courts on petition for Deer Creek Township (1888, 518)
8-Apr	1805	Warrant for survey of James George in Liberty Township (1888, 557)
8-Apr	1856	Milledgeville Presbyterian Church formed, French Creek Township (1888, 533)
8-Apr	1885	Mercer Lodge No. 3157 Knights of Honor organized (1888, 370)
9-Apr	1884	Lutton Post Office established (1888, 186)
9-Apr	1949	William Scott dies (1888, 430)
9-Apr	1867	Bear Creek Rail Road name changed by legislative act to Shenango & Allegheny Rail Road (1888, 178)
9-Apr	1856	Sheakleyville school district formed (1888, 473)
10-Apr	1853	Dr. George W. Baskin assassinated in Mercer (1888, 275)
10-Apr	1838	Hermitage Post Office established (1888, 185)
10-Apr	1805	"Mercertown" petitions the Associate Reformed Presbytery for a synod (1888)
10-Apr	1807	Act of the Assembly authorized a road from Mercer to Butler (1888, 173)
11-Apr	1887	Wheatland Iron incorporated (1888, )
11-Apr	1882	Shenango Council No. 670 Royal Accanum (1888, )
11-Apr	1864	First issue of the Sharon Herald published--visit the Mercer County Historical Society to see it (1888)
11-Apr	1866	Oakwood Cemetery Association chartered in Sharon (1888)
11-Apr	1882	First issue of the Shenango Valley News published (1888)
11-Apr	1886	Pleasant Post Office discontinued (1888, 189)
12-Apr	1883	Kilgore Post Office established (1888, 185)
12-Apr	1836	Reverend James G. Wilson became Pastor of the Salem Presbyterian Church in Hempfield Township (1888, 537)
13-Apr	1802	Rev William Wylie first Pastor of the Georgetown or Upper Sandy Presbyterian Church (1888, )
14-Apr	1852	By Act of the General Assembly Mercer Citizens' Cemetery established (1888, 373)
15-Apr	1874	Disciples Church organized in Sandy Lake (1888, 462)
15-Apr	1865	English Lutherans of Greenville meet and form an organization (1888, 429)
15-Apr	1864	Salem Post Office discontinued (1888, 189)
15-Apr	1807	Commissioners call for proposals for construction of court house at the site of the present court house cost $7,116.00 (HTBJ 3)
16-Apr	1883	Marion Craig Post No. 325 Grand Army of the Republic organized, Grove City (1888, 509)
17-Apr	1880	Keystone Mutual Relief Association chartered in Stoneboro (1888, 470)
17-Apr	1875	Reverend W. J. McConkey became Pastor of the Centre Presbyterian Church in Pine Township (1888, 573)
18-Apr
19-Apr	1907	County Commissioners buy workings and clock faces for the cupula of the second court house (HTBJ, 17)
19-Apr	1802	Loutsenhiser mill in Pymatuning Township sold to Adam Haun (1888, 576)
19-Apr	1864	First National Bank of Mercer chartered (1909, 226)
19-Apr	1828	Document found in German stating names of members of Reformed Church in West Salem (1888, 611)
20-Apr	1883	Robert Porter Post No. 326, Grand Army of the Republic organized, Jamestown (1888, 497)
20-Apr	1833	Western Press dated April 20, 1833 at wake of William Gill. A tornado hit the house, 10 people were in the kitchen and crushed. Four women died, Gill's daughter and 3 granddaughters, his son Samuel and granddaughter were wounded. (1888, 556)
20-Apr	1873	Reverend J.T. Griffith retired from 1st Baptist Church in Sharpsville (1888, 453)
20-Apr	1825	Will give slave "wench" to be supported on his farm in Springfield Tonwship, Mercer County (MCH,4, 2, 32)
20-Apr	1807	Sam Thompson and John McCauley hired to fix xhimney at ols log jail (HTBJ, 3)
21-Apr	1858	Otter Creek Township formed (1888, 563)
22-Apr	1858	Jamestown Seminary incorporated (1888, 496)
22-Apr	1804	Ezekiel Sankey appointed Tax Collector (1888, 162)
21-Apr	1841	Advertisement appears in Freeman's Moniter for attorney R.C. Rankin's office located in the first court house (HTBJ, 17)
23-Apr	1884	Sergt. J.C. Dickey Post, No. 433 Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic organized in Greenville (1888, 434)
23-Apr	1826	Wollen Mill of Daniel Bruner and Son started (1888, 480)
23-Apr	1803	Euclid Stokely born (MCH 13,9)
24-Apr	1794	Warrant for survey of Yarion place issued located in Lackawanna Township (1888, 550)
24-Apr	1856	Pymatuning Post Office discontinued (1888, 189)
25-Apr	1865	Building committee appointed to secure funds for Greenville Church of the Holy Trinity (1888, 429)
25-Apr	1804	Total estimated tax revenue of Mercer County $1,474.94--a six cent deficit (see Jan 25th) (1888, 162)
25-Apr	1908	insurance pay back deadline for second court house fire expires Mercer County sues 20 insurnace companies
25-Apr	1821	Tecumseh stokely born (MCH, 13,10)
26-Apr	1886	Grand Assembly No. 6748 K. of L. organized (1888, 398)
26-Apr	1819	James Addison Stokley born (MCH, 13,10)
27-Apr	1798	Martha Walker born, believed to be first white child born in that part of the county (1888, 599)
27-Apr	1814	Capt. John Junkin dies, served in the War of 1812 (1909, 180)
28-Apr	1825	Mercer Borough passes an ordinance for a Fire Department (1888, 353)
29-Apr	1804	Baptist Church of Sharon formally organized (1888, 382)
30-Apr	1847	Dr. R.G. Stephenson offers Greenville his services (1888, 279)
30-Apr	1882	Local unit of West Middlesex Women's Christian Temperance Union formed (1888, )
30-Apr	1871	Rev J.T.Griffith becomes Pastor Sharpsville 1st Baptist Church (1888, 453)


1-May	1795	Benjamin Stokely, surveyor, came to Mercer County, near Cool Spring Township (1888, 515)
1-May	1797	John Pew arrived and settled near Mercertown (1888, 542)
1-May	1792	Benjamin Stokely goes in expeditiopn against the Indians (MCH, 13,6)
1-May	1808	Lewis Lindsey born (1888, 599)
1-May	1852	Town of Deer Creek changes its name to Milledgeville (1888)
1-May	1858	Postmaster appointed in Balm, Mercer County (1888, 183)
1-May	1886	Strawbridge Bank founder, later known as McDowell's Bank (1888, 401)
2-May	1869	Cornerstone laid for new Good Hope Church, West Salem, on donated land by Peter Klingensmith (1888, 611)
2-May	1814	First election of Borough officers held in Mercer at the Courthouse (1888, 347)
3-May	1887	Shenango Hook and Ladder Co. reorganizes as the Sharon Fire Department (1888, 401)
3-May	1875	First issue of the Sharon Eagle (1888, 245)
3-May	1866	Brackin and Carr Mill burned in Jamestown (1888, 492)
4-May	1821	Dr. James Magoffin and family sail from Ireland for Mercer (MFCd)
4-May	1887	Tempo Lodge No. 163 Knights of Pythias organized (1888, 459)
4-May	1853	David Waggoner retires as Pastor of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church (1888, 474)
4-May	1855	Willow Brook Post Office established (1888, 190)
4-May	1862	John Leech took possession of Thomas Jolly's estate (1888, 603)
5-May	1848	Clarksville incorporated (1888, 500)
5-May	1864	Mercer Lawyer, Major A.H. Snyder, is Killed in the Battle of the Wilderness (1888, 263)
5-May	1836	Western Reserve Post Office established (1888, 190)
5-May	1857	First election in Deer Creek Township. (1888, 519)
5-May	1864	John E. Beil killed in action in the Battle of the Wilderness (MCH,13,5)
6-May	1909	James Bogle's trial on kidnapping Billy Whitla held at the Temporary Mercer Court House, The Mercer Academy Bogle's trial lasted less than a day (HTBJ, 23)
7-May	1805	Mary Stokely born (MCH,13 ,10)
7-May	1883	Millburn Post Office established (1888, 186)
8-May	1834	First Theological debate at Springfield Township Nazarene Church (1888, 597)
8-May	1803	Reverend Thomas McClintock begins as pastor to Coolspring seceder church (1888)
8-May	1807	Richard McElwain hired ti "close the floor and roof" of the log court house and jail (HTBJ, 3)
8-May	1909	Anna McDermott trial on kidnapping of Billy Whitla reached closing arguments, McDermott convicted that day (HTBJ, 23)
9-May	1849	William Scott dies, first justice-of-the-peace in the Greenville area--came to that area in 1799 (1888, 408)
10-May	1831	John Bredin appointed president judge of Mercer County Court (1888, 248)
11-May	1882	Osborn Post Office established (1888, 189)
11-May	1875	Hadley Presbyterian Church organized (1888, 570)
12-May	1801	John McGranhan's marriage to Nancy, sister of Bishop R. R. Roberts (1888, 600)
12-May	1870	First Presbyterian Church of Sharpsville organized (1888, 452)
12-May	1873	Norman Chapter No. 244 Royal Arch Masons constituted in Sharon (1888, 395)
12-May	1789	Benjamin Stokely marries Esther Alexnader (MCH, 13,5)
13-May	1856	Act of the General Assembly creates the Mercer School District (1888)
13-May	1887	Mehard Post Office discontinued (1888, 186)
13-May	1868	Hadley Post Office established (1888, 184)
13-May	1856	Mercer independent school district formed (1909, 94)
14-May	1880	Mercer Post No. 169 Grand Army of the Republic Department of Pennsylvania chartered (1888, 370)
14-May	1831	John Hoge sells his interest in the Western Press to William S. Garvin (1888, 235)
15-May	1871	Jamestown Agricultural and Manufacturing Association incorporated (1888, 214)
15-May	1868	Mercer County Wool Growers Association meets in the Mercer County Court House (1888, 213)
15-May	1852	Act of the Assembly authorizing purchase of land for a "county farm" (1888, 160)
16-May	1883	New Lebanon School rededicated as the McElwian Institute (1888, 481)
16-May	1870	Hull's first addition to Sharon (1888, 377)
16-May	1849	Petition to courts to form Jefferson Township. completed (1888, 545)
17-May	1880	Keystone and Buckeye Fair Association chartered (1888)
17-May	1865	Ex. Ass. Sec. of War P.H. Watson opened Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR to #1 mine of the Mercer Iron & Coal Co. (1888, 203)
18-May	1833	Snow and freezing rain for three days, ice 1/2 inch thick (1888, 335)
18-May	1807	Commissioners McMillan, Mortimer, and Findley contract for the building of the first Court House (1888, 159)
19-May	1858	North's Mills Post Office established (1888, 189)
20-May	1864	First locomotive crosses State Street in Sharon, Atlantic and Great Western Rail Road (1888, 176)
20-May	1795	Yarion place surveyed by Isaac Jacob (1888, 550)
21-May	1888	Hall Institute in Sharon opens as a Christian, but not sectarian, school for the higher grades (1888, 381)
21-May	1863	Meeting held at J.K. Hamblin's house to "dispose of the property of the Congregation" Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
21-May	1874	Sharpsville incorporated as a borough (1888, 449 )
21-May	1832	Delegates from surrounding counties meet at the Mercer County Courthouse to petition for a canal from Erie to Pittsburgh (1888, 174)
21-May	1888	Death of Abraham Clark one of the founders of Clarksville Methodist Episocpal Church (1888, 502)
22-May	1872	Village of Bethel incorporated, prior to that this one had been known as Semple town or Semple's Mills. (1888, 491)
22-May	1865	First train leaves from Mercer Iron & Coal Co. mine--5 cars (1888, 160)
23-May	1798	James Bentley is the first white child born in the Sharon area of the Shenango Valley (1888, 374)
23-May	1885	The Independent of Greenville is first published (1888)
23-May	1849	William Budd dies, had laid out and platted Sharon in 1815 (1888, 374) See a painting of him at the Mercer County Historical Society
23-May	1840	Crockettville Post Office discontinued (1888, 184)
24-May	1856	Hempfield Township taken from Delaware Township (petition to form Hempfield Township completed) (1888, 519 & 535)
25-May	1854	Alex Dumars dies (1888, )
25-May	1873	Reverend Jacob Morris becomes Pastor of Sharpsville First Baptist Church (1888, 453)
25-May	1876	Mercer County Agricultural Society re-chartered (1888, 213)
25-May	1892	Cornerstone laid for the Sharpsville Public School (1909, 136)
25-May	1909	Italian laborer fals from top od third Mercer County Court House foundation striking a projector (HTBJ, 29)
26-May	1909	Large crane working at Mercer County third Court House breaks while carrying a large load of cement (HTBJ, 29)
27-May	1742	Birth date of General Nathaniel Greene for whom Greene Township. was named (1888, 533)
27-May	1882	Norval Muse Post No. 251 Grand Army of the Republic organized in New Lebanon (1888, 481)
28-May	1918	Sharon Rotary Club was organized. (S.H. 8/25/1941)
29-May	1837	Greenville incorporated as a borough (1888, 414)
29-May	1865	Company A, 142nd Pennsylvania, mustered out of Federal service (1888, 325)
29-May	1909	Cornerstone laid at third Mercer County Court House (HTBJ, 29)
30-May	1863	Reverand H.F. Hartman purchased Greenville Congregational Church building for the Greenville Reformed Church(1888, 425)
30-May	1884	Greenville Methodist Episcopal Church cornerstone laid( 1888, 424)
30-May	1864	39th Regiment 10th Reserve's term of service expires (1888, 310)
31-May	1887	Greenville Board of Trade established (1888, 442)
31-May	1985	Tornado destroys Albion, Atlantic and Wheatland, 99% of Wheatland industry is destroyed (K.T. 94)


Jun	1847	Dysentery, or the bloody flux, kills 200+ people in Mercer County--started in June and ran through September (1888, 281)
Jun	1854	Summer very dry, forests burn to the roots (1888, 335)
Jun	1855	Noted as a very wet year, farmers could not get into fields to work, much grain spoiled (1888, 335)
1-Jun	1877	Greenville Progress newspaper is first published (1888, 243)
1-Jun	1841	Reverend Samuel Tait of Mercer dies (1888, 357)
1-Jun	1880	North Liberty Presbyterian Church organized (1888, 558)
1-Jun	1953	Hours established for the public in the Magoffin House of the MCHS (MCH,2,2, 43-4)
2-Jun	1885	United Brethren Church of Sharpsville dedicated (1888, 452 )
2-Jun	1880	Economical Mutual Benefit Association of Sandy Lake chartered (1888, 465)
2-Jun	1845	Severe frost almost ruins wheat and corn crops (1888, 335)
3-Jun	1822	Mercer Lodge No. 182 Ancient York Masons warranted (1888, 366)
3-Jun	1886	Shenango Council No. 224 National Union established in Sharon (1888)
3-Jun	1837	Clarksville Presbyterian Church organized (1888, 503)
3-Jun	1886	Mehard Post Office established (1888, 186)
4-Jun	1801	Tornado hits Cool Spring Township. (1888, 517)
4-Jun	1845	New Lodge changes its name to Leesburgh (1888, 185)
4-Jun	1909	Claims made in Western Press that first Court Hosue did not hold offices inside the Court House, rather offices located in a small building on the Court groubds (HTBJ, 4)
4-Jun	1909	Western Press reports that second court house had no formal cornerstone laying (HTBJ, 10)
5-Jun	1859	Heavy frost destroys wheat, rye, and corn crop. (1888, 335) Visit the MCHS to see a bundle of wheat destroyed by this frost.
5-Jun	1865	145th Pennsylvania mustered out of Federal service (1888, 326)
5-Jun	1882	Jackson Center granted (1888, 544)
5-Jun	1917	All single men between 21-30 required to register for draft in Mercer County (MCH,3 1, 6)
6-Jun	1918	First Sharon boy killed in World War I at Chateau Thierry France, Corp. Merle C. Alexander. (S.H. 8/25/1941)
7-Jun	1875	Springvale Post Office established (1888, 183)
7-Jun	1918	Frank Buhl dies at home, he left $2,000,000.00 to war torn Northern France and Belguim in his will, (S.H. 8/25/19941)
8-Jun	1865	Calvin Loge No. 577 Independant Order of the Odd-Fellows organized in Sharon (1888, 394)
8-Jun	1893	Construction of a sewer along Water St. and Race St. connecting two lines in Greenville (1909, 117)
9-Jun	1821	James Magoffin and family reach the St. Lawrence River from Ireland. (MFCd)
9-Jun	1874	First election of officers in Sharpsville (1888, 449)
10-Jun	1875	Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Mercer County formed at Courthouse (1888, 290)
10-Jun	1834	Camp meeting held in a Pine Grove on Benjamin Stokely's land (MCH, 13,11)
11-Jun	1799	John Williamson settled in Hempfield Township. (1888, 536)
11-Jun	1871	First Baptist Church of Sharpsville organized (1888, 453)
11-Jun	1864	39th Regiment, 10th Reserves mustered out of Federal service (1888, 310)
12-Jun	1854	Benjamin Reno's land annexed by Sharon (1888, 377)
13-Jun	1887	Park Lawn Cemetery incorporated in Jamestown (1888, 500)
14-Jun	1855	Advertised call in the Mercer Whig for a county convention for State adoption of Temperance Laws (1888, 288)
14-Jun	1862	Woolen Mill of Daniel Bruner and Son in New Lebanon running order, prices 1863, $1.00/pound;1864, $0.60/lb; 1865 $0.50/lb; and 1888, $0.45/lb (1888, 480)
14-Jun	1848	Second Mercer County Medical Society organized at Mercer (1888, 283)
15-Jun	1835	Mercer Presbyterian Church orator Reverend Nathaniel West urges the end to slavery (1888, 291)
15-Jun	1853	John S. McCalmont appointed president judge (1888, 249)
15-Jun	1838	John Brown dies (1888, 430)
15-Jun	1844	First edition of the Mercer Whig published (1888, 237)
16-Jun	1796	Birth of James Cunningham in Grove City (1888, 505)
16-Jun	1873	Sharon Fire Department organized (1888, 400)
16-Jun	1873	Sharon Lodge No. 398 Knights of Pythias instituted (1888, 396)
16-Jun	1830	Culbertsons Post Office established, later known as Sheakleyville (1888, 190)
17-Jun	1867	Kedron Lodge No. 389, Ancient York Masons instituted in West Middlesex (1888, 487)
17-Jun	1875	Springvale name changed to Bristow (1888, 1830)
18-Jun	1837	First election held in Greenville at the House of Colonel Bean (1888, 414)
19-Jun	1940	19th Annual Garden Party to benefit the Mercer County's Children's Home, held on the Court House Lawn (M.D. 6/12/40, pg1.)
20-Jun	1834	Lost or abduction of Mary Ann Gamble (5 years old) in Cool Spring Township. (1888, 517)
20-Jun	1846	Organized at Mercer, the Mercer County Infantry for service in the Mexican War (1888, 303)
20-Jun	1866	St. John's Presbyterian Episcopal Church organized (1888, 393)
20-Jun	1877	Steward Iron Works formed out of Otis Iron Company in Sharon (1888, 197)
21-Jun	1852	Scatterfield Post Office established, later known as Jackson Centre (1888, 185)
22-Jun	1865	57th Pennsylvania mustered out of Federal service at Alexandria, VA, after witnessing the surrender of the South (1888, 315)
22-Jun	1862	In Letter to Lt. George Supplee from William Service "Last Thursday night it froze hard enough to make ice as thick as a frame of glass" In Civil War Letters at MCHS
22-Jun	1855	Mercer County Temperance Society's Convention opens, goal: creation of a State-wide Temperance Law (1888, 288)
23-Jun	1851	Perry Township & Sandy Creek Townships are confirmed (1888, 567 & 579)
23-Jun	1828	Thirty-three members of the Disciples or Christian Church form a new church in Sharon (1888)
23-Jun	1843	Call to form a Mercer County Agricultural Society (1888, 211)
23-Jun	1863	Reverend J. A. Bailey becomes Pastor of Sheakleyville United Presbyterian Church (1888, 474)
23-Jun	1942	U. S. engineers survey Pymatuning Township, plans to build an army base (MCH,2 1, 19)
24-Jun	1875	Wolf Creek Lodge No. 910 Independent Order of Odd Fellows organized (1888, 509)
24-Jun	1851	Deer Creek Township established (1888, 518)
24-Jun	1829	Cool Spring Presbyterian Church reorganized (1888, 525)
24-Jun	1824	Reconstruction of 2nd United Presbyterian Church in Mercer halted by lightening strike during a severe storm and resulting fire (1888, 356)
24-Jun	1857	First Baptist Church of Greenville organized (1888, 427)
24-Jun	1888	John Trunkey dies in London (1888, 250)
25-Jun	1874	Dedication ceremony of Greenville Hall of Thiel (1888, 419)
25-Jun	1885	Laying of cornerstone of Memorial Hall at Thiel (1888, 419)
25-Jun	1874	Rebecca Commandery No. 50 Knights Templar constituted in Sharon (1888, 395)
25-Jun	1893	St. Michael's Church in Greenville dedicated (1909, 269)
25-Jun	1911	Thunder storm hits Mercer, ligtning strikes the new dome of the third court house shattering the ball at the appex and damaging some of the Terra Cotta tiles (HTBJ, 33)
26-Jun	1862	Captain Thomas McConnell wounded at Mechanicsville (1888, 310)
26-Jun	1832	Unity Church of Greenfield petition for incorporation (1888, 551)
26-Jun	1873	Lincoln Lodge No.54 Ancient Order of United Workers instituted in New Lebanon (1888, 481)
27-Jun	1882	First election held in Jackson Centre (1888, 544)
28-Jun	1849	Mill Creek Township petition for organization (1888, 558)
28-Jun	1871	Post No. 222 Grand Army of the Republic organized in Clarksville (1888, 503)
28-Jun	1824	Mercer Borough residents petition Burgess & Town Council for a Fire Department (1888, 352)
28-Jun	1885	Reverend Henry Madters begins his service as Pastor of Sharpsville First Baptist Church (1888, 453)
28-Jun	1824	Fire caused by lightning destroyed Union Church (1909, 89)
28-Jun	1938	Flood Control Act authorized the Shenango River Reservoir (MCH,5, 1, 19)
29-Jun	1882	Jamestown Lodge No, 482 Knights of Pythias chartered (1888, 497)
29-Jun	1882	Sharon Post No. 254 Grand Army of the Republic organized (1888, 397)
30-Jun	1871	Jackson Centre Lodge No. 171 Independent Order of Odd Fellows organized (1888, 544)
30-Jun	1911	Third Court House clapper for clock with striking apparatice falls the Heavy Skylight and art glass ceiling falls to the rotunda (125 ft), bounces and strikes wall-- luckily this happened at night (HTBJ, 34)


1-Jul	1870	Rev. L. I. Crawford Pastor of Old Rocky Spring Churchin Sandy Lake (1888, 589)
1-Jul	1805	"Mercer's Post Office" established, later dropped the apostrophe (1888, 186)
1-Jul	1805	Cunningham S. Semple, Mercer lawyer, becomes first Postmaster of Mercer (1888, 253)
1-Jul	1810	Cunningham S. Semple steps down as Postmaster of Mercer (1888, 253)
1-Jul	1848	Greenville academy established (1888, 417)
1-Jul	1866	Reverend J.R. Brittain placed in charge of United Presbyterian Church of Greenville (1888, 422)
1-Jul	1843	Reverend J.J. Bliss retires as Pastor of Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
2-Jul	1888	Memorial to John Trunkey read into minutes of the Mercer County Bar Meeting and into the Court Session (1888, 250) Original memorial letter owned by the Mercer County Historical Society and on display at the Mercer County Bicentennial Office in Mercer.
3-Jul	1850	Last issue of the Mercer Luminary published (1888, 237)
3-Jul	1798	Polyxena Stokely born (MCH,13,6)
4-Jul	1822	Georgetown christened with considerable ceremony named after "George" Sheakley, later known as Sheakleyville (1888, 472)
4-Jul	1835	First anti-slavery society in Mercer County formed at the Courthouse (1888, 291)
4-Jul	1806	John Crieghton elected First Justice of 1st Disctrict, Cool Springs (1888, 625)
4-Jul	1806	David Semple elected First Justice of the 5th Distrcit, Salem (1888, 625)
4-Jul	1904	Isaiah Jones elected First Justive of the 4th District, Mercer (1888, 625)
4-Jul	1962	Little red Schoolhouse Museum was dedicated to represent forever all former one roomers in Mercer County, now known as the Caldwell One Room School, owned by the MCHS (MCHSN,3)
5-Jul	1848	Worth Post Office established (1888, 190)
6-Jul	1908	Goodsell sets sail on the Roosevelt toward the North Pole (OPT,7)
7-Jul	1940	Col. G.E. Hamilton, Mercer County's last Civil War veteran dies at age 89 (M.D. 7/12/1940, pg1)
8-Jul	1816	Pearson's Land deeded to James Thompson and Silas Cossitt in East Lackawanna Township. (1888, 523)
8-Jul	1843	Reverend L.B. Beach named Pastor of Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
9-Jul	1881	Tabernacle Baptist Church reforms en masse to Greenville First Baptist Church(1888, 425)
10-Jul	1893	Construction of sewer along S. Main St from State to the River in Sharon (1909, 102)
11-Jul	1837	Reverend David Waggoner becomes Pastor of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church (1888, 474)
11-Jul	1872	Sharon Lodge No. 13 Ancient Order of United Workers organized (1888, 395)
11-Jul	1844	Wolf Creek Post Office established (1888, 184)
12-Jul	1884	Grove City Lodge No. 35 Knights of Pythias organized (1888, 509)
12-Jul	1899	Ordinace passed to curb and pave streets in Sharon from Sharon Rail Way on the east to Irvine Ave. on the west (1909, 102)
13-Jul	1874	Carlton, Mercer County, Post Office established (1888, 189)
14-Jul	1833	Clark Post Office established (1888, 184)
15-Jul	1806	First white child born in Clarksville , Susannah Clark (1888, 501)
15-Jul	1807	Deed recorded for James George in Liberty Township. (1888, 557)
15-Jul	1864	Wheatland Furnace Post Office established (1888, 190)
15-Jul	1847	Meeting at Courthouse to study the idea of building a rail road from Big Bend--at the canal--to Mercer (1888, 178)
16-Jul	1872	Bowman Lodge No. 23 Ancient Order of United Workers chartered in West Middlesex (1888, 487)
16-Jul	1887	William Gibson, MD, dies in Jamestown (1888, 280)
17-Jul	1868	First issue of the Sharon Times published (1888, 244)
18-Jul	1834	News release concerning abduction of of Mary Ann Gamble (1888, 518)
19-Jul	1821	James Magoffin and family reach Mercer from Ireland (MFCd)
19-Jul	1845	Clay Furnace put into blast, named after Kentuckian Henry Clay (1888, 192)
20-Jul	1867	Prof. E.C. McClintock selected principal of the Greenville Union Schools (1888, 417)
20-Jul	1837	Sandy Creek Post Office established, later known as New Vernon (1888, 186)
20-Jul	1876	French Creek Post Office discontinued (1888, 186)
21-Jul	1811	Session book od minuted of Old Rocky Springs Church (1888, 588)
21-Jul	1861	Alonzo McCall mustered into 10th Pennsylvania Calvary (1888, 487)
21-Jul	1842	Centretown Post Office discontinued (1888, 184)
21-Jul	1840	John Williams dies came to Greenville area 1798 (1888, 408)
21-Jul	1877	Weekly Progress newspaper 1st published (1888, 243)
21-Jul	1861	39th regiment 10th reserves mustered into U.S. service (1888, 327)
21-Jul	1886	West Penn No. 546 Equitable Aid Union organized (1888, 397)
21-Jul	1874	Jamestown Banking Company organized (1888, 497)
22-Jul	1861	Marion Craig enlists in Co. A 62nd Regiment of PA Volunteers (1888, 509)
22-Jul	1864	Shenango Valley Cemetery Association in Greenville incorporated (1888, 431)
22-Jul	1882	Pine Grove Telephone newspaper 1st published (1888)
23-Jul
24-Jul	1825	Henry Shippen appointed Mercer County Judge (1888, 165)
24-Jul	1888	First passenger train from the new station on Main Street leaves Greenville (1888, 445)
24-Jul	1876	Five Points Post Office established (1888, 184)
24-Jul	1869	Reuben Williamson sells land to Sharon (1888, 377)
24-Jul	1848	Second meeting of reorganized Mercer County Medical Society Constitution and by-laws adopted (1888, 283)
25-Jul	1851	Irish Town Post Office established (1888, 189)
25-Jul	1813	Mercer County Lt. Col. Tomas Hosack orders Capt. James McCoy and all his men to Erie to defend the Shipworks (1888, 302)
25-Jul	1878	Hoelzle's Block burns down in Sharon on Vine St. Reported to be the "Chicago fire of this place" (1888, 401)
26-Jul	1871	Wheeler Post Office established (1888, 190)
27-Jul	1842	Forest Post Office discontinued (1888, 184)
27-Jul	1863	39th regiment 10th reserves mustered out of U.S. service (1888, 327)
28-Jul	1832	Mercer Academy tuition rate per quarter--reading $1.50, writing & arithmetic $2.00, algebra, surveying, navigation, rhetoric, mensuration and book-keeping $3.00, French & Latin $4.00 (1888, 363)
29-Jul	1873	Presbyterian Church services moved to school building in Jamestown (1888, 500)
29-Jul	1882	J.W. Cannon commissioned as Sharon Borough school superintendent (1888, 380)
30-Jul	1826	Oak Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church formed in Fairview Township. (1888, 526)
30-Jul	1885	Women's Christian Temperance Union organized in Jamestown (1888, 498)
30-Jul	1840	Delaware Grove Post Office (1888, 184)
31-Jul	1839	Birth of Marion Craig, who Post No. 325 Grand Army of the Republic is named (1888, 509)
31-Jul	1839	Pymatuning Post Office established (1888, 189)
31-Jul	1848	Mercer Lodge No. 323 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows instituted (1888, 369)
31-Jul	1936	"Human Fly" attempts to scale the 3rd Court Hosue (HTBJ, 43)


	1878	Mercer's Solid Comfort Fishing Club organized. MCHS has a souvenir mug (1888, 370-1)
Aug	1803	During August 1803 Mercer Borough was laid out (1888. 340)
1-Aug	1801	Marriage of Sally Hogue to Richard Van Fleet early settlers in Shenango Township. (1888, 591)
1-Aug	1887	Sandy Lake Circle No.16, Protected Home Circle instituted in Stoneboro (1888,471)
2-Aug	1919	Sharon's Welcome Home Day for 1,000 Soldiers held at Buhl Farm between 25,000-30,000 people were in the crowd (S.H. 8/25/1941)
3-Aug	1839	Deer Creek Post Office established later known as Milledgeville (1888, 186)
4-Aug	1874	Sandy Lake News newspaper was established (1888, 247)
4-Aug	1887	Clarksville Post No. 557 organized (1888, 502)
5-Aug	1924	S.F. Stambaugh's estate gives Sharon land, build East Side Fire Station (S.H. 8/25/1941)
6-Aug	1888	Keystone Mutual Storm Insurance Co. chartered (1888, 443)
7-Aug	1888	Reverend Kearn O'Branigan Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sharon, dies (1888, 391)
7-Aug	1886	Protected home circle in Sharon established (1888, 398)
8-Aug	1870	Fredonia post office established (1888, 184)
9-Aug	1801	John McLaughlin dies, first death in West Salem Township (1888, 609)
9-Aug	1855	Reverend James M. Shield becomes Pastor of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church (1888, 474)
9-Aug	1831	Meeting at Court House over the hydrophobia issue (1888, 282)
10-Aug	1838	Death by lightning of Dr. John Taylor in Salem Township. author of Taylor Alamanacs (1888, 579)
11-Aug	1872	Wheatland Welsh Congregational Church organized (1888, 490)
11-Aug	1819	Sharon Post Office established, Visit MCHS and see it! (1888, 189)
11-Aug	1851	West Salem Post Office established (1888, 190)
12-Aug	1879	Rev L. I, Crawford resings as Pastor of Old Rocky Springs Church (1888, 589)
12-Aug	1887	St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church in Sharpsville rededicated after rebuilding (1888,)
12-Aug	1884	Alonzo McCall Post No.456 Grand Army of the Republic instituted in West Middlesex (1888, 487)
13-Aug	1831	Four rabid dogs killed in Mercer (1888, 282)
13-Aug	1902	First Church in South Sharon-- United Presbyterian Chapel is dedicated (1909, 108)
14-Aug	1887	Greenville Circle No.18, Protected Home Circle organized (1888,)
15-Aug	1878	Stoneboro Lodge No. 458 Knights of Pythias chartered (1888, 470)
15-Aug	1872	Cornerstone of Greenville Hall laid at Thiel (1888, 419)
15-Aug	1868	Sharon acquires the Strawbridge farm (1888, 377)
15-Aug	1947	Deadine for becoming a charter memberof MCHS (MCH,2, 2, 38)
16-Aug	1886	St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church in Sharpsville burns (1888,)
16-Aug	1844	First Presbyterian Church of Sharon organized (1888, 389)
16-Aug	1869	Shenango Valley Agriculture and Manufacturing Society incorporated (1888, 212)
17-Aug	1849	East Lackawanna, Findley and Lackawanna Springfield Townships formed (1888, 522, 526, 549 & 593)
17-Aug	1886	Sharon Circle No.1 Protected Home Circle organized (1888, 399)
17-Aug	1906	Second Court House gets its first toll phone in the corridor (HTBJ, 16)
18-Aug	1808	Additional wotk contracted by commissioners for the first court house (HTBJ, 4)
19-Aug	1800	Severe frost killed all corn and most of the potato crop in Cool Spring Township. (1888, 597)
19-Aug	1853	Ground broken for Erie Rail Road (1888, 176) This Rail Road failed.
20-Aug	1859	Brownsville incorporated as a borough ??(with)?? Sandy Lake
20-Aug	1881	Equitable Aid Union No. 356, instituted in Greenville (1888, 433)
20-Aug	1886	Shenango Assembly No. 8439 K of L instituted in West Middlesex (1888, )
20-Aug	1872	Otter Creek Post Office established (1888, 189)
21-Aug	1873	Rebecca Commandery No. 50 Knights Templar was authorized (1888, 395)
22-Aug	1874	S.S. Sample dies (1888, 491)
22-Aug	1866	New Lebanon incorporated as a borough (1888,)
22-Aug	1864	J. C. Dickey captured at Weldon Rail Road (1888, 434)
22-Aug	1802	Hume Stokely born (MCH 13, 9)
23-Aug	1936	Alf Landon gives speach on Tam O'Shanter Golf Course at 3:00 PM
23-Aug	1871	First Advertiser printed and published in Sharpsville (1888, 245)
23-Aug	1866	St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church Congregation regularly incorporated (1888, 393)
23-Aug	1926	Porter B. Smith injured in a 38 foot fall from scaffloding erected under the South Porticao of the 3rd court house (HTBJ, 39)
23-Aug	1895	Grace Episcopal Church renamed the Church of St., Edmund the Martyr (MCHS N,1)
24-Aug	1827	Ground breaking for Beaver and Erie Canal (1888, 174)
24-Aug	1808	Centre Presbyterian Church building terminated (1888, 573)
25-Aug	1829	Death of Martha Simpkins (1888, 612)
25-Aug	1866	Stoneboro incorporated (1888, 467)
25-Aug	1914	Stephan Banic granted a patent for the first workable parachute, Banic, an immigrabt coal miner, lived in Greenville (BDJ, 1)
25-Aug	1989	Diamond Jubliee of Stephan Banic held in Greenville August 25-27 (BDJ, 28)
26-Aug	1887	Sharon Steel Casting Company, Frank Buhl president made their first steel (1888, 197)
26-Aug	1806	Rev Mungo Dick was called to unite Mercertown, Neshannock and Sandy Lake (1888, 356)
26-Aug	1867	Letter to Emperor of Russia signed by Dr. Gibson (1888, 495)
26-Aug	1887	London Women Christian Temperance Union formed in Springfield Township. (1888, 596)
27-Aug	1831	West Press reports "Bilious fever has been prevalent in this county…" (1888, 282)
27-Aug	1812	First daughter of Benjamin Stokely named Donna Bianca Perimale Stokely dies, 12 years later another daughter of Stokely would have this name (MCH, 13,10)
28-Aug	1841	West Reserve post office discontinued (1888, 190)
28-Aug	1871	Hamblin, Kreps & Co. reorganized (1888,)
28-Aug	1874	Henlein's Block in Greenville destroyed by fire (1888, 432)
28-Aug	1855	"People's Convention" held in Mercer creation of the Republican party in Mercer County (1888, 231)
29-Aug	1862	J. C. Dickey enlists Co. G 145th Pennsylvania (1888, 434)
29-Aug	1887	Laek Shore System construction train crossed north of State St. in Sharon (1888, 177)
30-Aug	1839	West Middlesex post office established (1888, 190)
31-Aug	1868	First National Bank of Sharon organized (1888, 402)
31-Aug	1807	Agreement struck for the first Court House (HTBJ, 3)


Sept	1806	Road from Mercer to Sharon was approved (1888, 173)
Sept	1854	Weevils destroy much of the wheat crop (1888, 335)
1-Sep	1802	Alexander Brown's son Alexander is said to be 1st white child born in Sandy Lake Township (1888, 460)
1-Sep	1871	Opening exercises at the academy building at Thiel. (1888, )
1-Sep	1888	Father Hartmann, Pastor, St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hickory Township. (1888, 540)
1-Sep	1862	139th PA moves out of Mercer toward Harrisburg (MCH, 1,2, 48)
1-Sep	1863	William H. Beil transferreed from 83rd Regional to the Signal Corps
1-Sep	1797	Don Quevedo Stokely born (MCH, 13,6)
2-Sep	1868	Death of John McGranahan (1888, 600)
2-Sep	1835	Meeting in New Wilmington to consider rail roads into NW Pennsylvania (1888, 175)
2-Sep	1850	Sharon Lodge No. 250, Free and Accepted Masons chartered (1888, 394)
3-Sep	1800	Reverend James Scatterfield licensed to preach (1888, 485)
4-Sep	1872	Sharpsville Lodge No. 517 Free and Accpeted Masons chartered (1888, 455)
4-Sep	1887	Zion Reformed Church of Greenville building consecrated (1888, 428)
5-Sep	1888	Letter from John R. Packard to R.C. Brown, esq. proposing changing West Greenville to Greenville (1888, 445)
5-Sep	1874	Court Rose of Sharon No. 5964 Ancient Order of Foresters instituted (1888, 396)
6-Sep	1882	Sandy Lake Ice Co., though in existence for many years, is formed into a partnership (1888, )
6-Sep	1875	Reverend R. Bruce chosen Pastor of Sheakleyville United Presbyterian (1888, 477)
7-Sep	1886	Mercer Water Company incorporated (1888, 372)
7-Sep	1934	Mercer Dispatch and Republican reports Garrett S. Sykes as saying fireengine that was burnt with 1st Court House fire was so bad in repair that firemen pushed it into the burning Court House (HTBJ, 8)
8-Sep	1879	Mountain Council No. 30 Royal Templars of Temperance in Sandy Lake (1888, 465)
8-Sep	1832	Mercer Temperance Society meets at Center Church Resolutions passed to the effect that the visitations of the country by malignant Cholera demanded total abstinence from ardent spirits (1888, 2870
9-Sep	1887	Alfredd Mossman Landon born in West Middlesex (MCH 4, 1, 4)
10-Sep	1848	Nazarene Methodist Episcopal Church held first quarterly meeting in new Building (1888, 597)
10-Sep	1842	Samuel Quinby buried with military honors, served in Revolutionary War (1888, 375) This was the anniversary of Perry's Victory.
10-Sep	1861	Thomas McKean sole owner of Western Press joined 10th Pennsylvania Volunteers and left editorial in hands of James A. Stranahan (1888, 235)
11-Sep	1862	145th Pennsylvania Company G left Erie for Chambersburg (1888, 325)
12-Sep	1854	In the afternoon, Eureka Lodge No. 290 Free and Accpeted Masons organized in Greenville (1888, 431)
12-Sep	1886	Sharon Young Women's Christian Temperance Union organized (1888, 399)
13-Sep	1832	Clarksville site located and recorded (1888, 500)
14-Sep	1811	Church meeting of Old Rocky Spring Church in Sandy Lake (1888, 588)
14-Sep	1813	Birth of M. H. Rose son of early settler Jacob Rose in Pine Township. (1888, 572)
14-Sep	1862	Major General Jesse Lee Reno killed at South Mountain grandson of Charles and Frances Reno, whose homestead is now the greater portion of East Sharon (1888, 375)
14-Sep	1869	Sharon Savings Bank chartered later failed (1888, 402)
14-Sep	1803	Terrible rainstrom during the night (HTBJ, 2)
14-Sep	1809	David Courtney hired to bring Court House bell form Pittsburgh (HTBJ, 4)
14-Sep	1890	Jonathan Cochran contracted to move court bench nad chairs from log structures to new building for $150.00 (HTBJ, 4)
15-Sep	1845	West Middlesex Furnace put into blast (1888, 192)
16-Sep	1826	West Salem Baptist Church organizes at the house of John Loutzenhiser (1888, 611)
16-Sep	1828	Church aurthorities receive deed of land form Peter Klingensmith and Jacob Keck (1888, 611)
17-Sep	1947	Ladies Auxiliary to Farrell Veteran's of Forenign Wars instituted (F.G.J.,35)
18-Sep	1846	Forest Post Office established (1888, 189)
18-Sep	1888	Hall Institute in Sharon opens its first term (1888, 382)
18-Sep	1909	William McIntyre and sons get bid for building power house for 3rd court house (HTBJ, 30)
19-Sep	1797	Ardiane Stokely born (MCh, 13,8)
19-Sep	1911	County offices start to move from Mercer Academy to 3rd court house (HTBJ, 34)
19-Sep	1911	First marriage licence issued at 3rd court house issued at about 3:00 to John W. Fier and Edna E. Cornelius (HTBJ, 34)
20-Sep	1875	No. 2 Spearman Furnace fired (1888, 195)
21-Sep	1850	Fairview and Jackson Townships formed from Cool Spring Township and Lake Township formed (1888, 523, 541& 552)
21-Sep	1880	Kremis Post Office established (1888, 185)
21-Sep	1853	New Hamburg Post Office established (1888, 186)
22-Sep	1919	Steel strike started 5 Valley Blast Furnances suspended and other plants in the Valley are idle or part time (S.H. 8/25/1941)
23-Sep	1865	Cornerstone laid for Greenville Church of the Holy Trinity (1888, 429)
23-Sep	1807	First court house staked out (HTBJ, 4)
23-Sep	1943	Shenago Personal Replacement Depot changes its naem to Camp Reynolds (MCH, 2,1,22)
24-Sep	1884	Custer Lodge No. 469 Knights of Pythias organized in Greenville (1888, 435)
24-Sep	1870	Methodist Episcopal Church of Wheatland incorporated (1888, 490)
24-Sep	1883	First Baptist Church of Stoneboro incorporated (1888, 469)
24-Sep	1873	Irishtown becomes Pardoe (1888, 189)
24-Sep	1810	General James Peirce born (MCH, 8,14)
25-Sep	1799	Benjamin Stokely born (MCH,13 9)
25-Sep	1866	First election of town officers in New Lebanon (1888, 481)
26-Sep	1924	Plans were announcded for opening a New House of Israel (s.H. 8/25/1941)
27-Sep
28-Sep	1881	Col. Dawson Post 224 Grand Army of the Republic chartered
28-Sep	1871	Hoarce Greely speaks at Shenango Valley Agriculture and Manufacturing Society (1888, 212)
29-Sep
30-Sep	1848	Reverend D. B. Barker begins his ministry at the Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)


Oct	1804	Commissioners removed their offices from Hunter's to house of Jacob Myers in Mercer (1888, 158)
1-Oct	1862	John E. Beil mustered into Co. A 139th PA (MCH, 1, 2, 47)
1-Oct	1885	Reverend Thomas J. Clark begins his duties at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Sharpsville (1888, 453)
2-Oct	1929	First meeting at Humes Hotel in Mercer to form Mercer County Historical Society (MCH, 2, 2, 37)
3-Oct	1835	Sandy Lake Presbyterian Church founded (1888, 461 )
3-Oct	1873	Corner of State and Dock Street in Sharon, first fire in Sharon for the Sharon fire department (1888, 401)
3-Oct	1908	Commissioners ward contract for super structure of the 3rd court house (HTBJ, 28)
4-Oct	1766	Benjamin Stokely born (MCH, 13,4)
5-Oct	1808	Esther Stokely born (MCH 13, 10)
5-Oct	1885	New Lebanon Presbyterian Church organized in the McElwain Institute Chapel (1888, 482)
5-Oct	1841	Meeting held to from Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
5-Oct	1876	First major fire in Sharon planing mill on Dock Street burned (1888, 401)
6-Oct	1841	Sharon incorporated as a Borough (1888, 378)
6-Oct	1875	Daily Sharon paper called Evening Eagle 1st edition (1888, 245)
6-Oct	1886	Mercer Gas Light and Fuel Company chartered (1888, 372)
7-Oct	1796	Benjamin Stokely left for Mercer County (1888, 515)
7-Oct	1863	Death of wife of Samuel Clark (1888, 575)
8-Oct	1843	Reverend L. B. Beach leaves Greenville Congregational Church (1888, 425)
8-Oct	1861	Wiliam H. Beil mustered into Co K 83rd PA (MCH, 1, 2, 47)
9-Oct	1870	First Baptist Church of Stoneboro organized (1888, 468)
9-Oct	1866	John Trunkey elected President Judge (1888, 250) Later became Democrat ticket for the Supreme court judge
9-Oct	1977	Theil Chamber Orchestra under Ivan Romanankeo plays at the Helen Black Miller memorial Chapel at 3:00 PM (MCH, 7 insert)
10-Oct	1884	Cornerstone for 1st Universalist Church in Sharpsville laid (1888, 454)
10-Oct	1881	Sharpsville Post No. 234 Grand Army of the Republic Department of Pennsylvania instituted (1888, 456)
11-Oct	1861	James L. Campbell elected Mercer County Judge (1888, 165)
11-Oct	1863	First freight train arrives in Sharon (1888, 176)
12-Oct	1818	Death of Col. Henry Hoagland (1888, 538)
12-Oct	1911	3rd court house dedicated (HTBJ, 35)
12-Oct	1929	By-laws written by Dr. Beeler approved for MCHS (MCH, 2, 2, 37)
12-Oct	1946	Meeting at Mercer County Court House headed by Morgan Barnes reorganizes MCHS (MCH, 2, 2, 38)
13-Oct	1828	Rev. James Alexander Pastor at Salem Presbyterian (1888, 537)
13-Oct	1867	Church of the Holy Trinity dedicated (1888, 429)
13-Oct	1837	Greenville Building & Loan incorporated (1888, 442)
13-Oct	1835	Keel Ridge Post Office discontinued (1888, 185)
13-Oct	1979	Frederick J. Raisch Log Cabin, at Buhl Farm, dedicated at 10:00 AM (MCH, 9, 21)
13-Oct	1973	Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel rededicated to the Glory of God and presented to the MCHS (MCHSN, 1)
14-Oct	1778	Birth of Catherine Wood early settler in Pine Township. (1888, 572)
14-Oct	1796	Benjamin Stokely settles in Cool Springs (1888, 515)
14-Oct	1856	Election of school directors in Sheakleyville (1888, 423)
15-Oct	1827	John Hoge became owner and editor of the Western Press (1888, 234)
15-Oct	1853	Report submitted for Rail Road line from Mercer to New Castle (1888, 177)
15-Oct	1882	Sharpsville Furnace opens a new and modern furnace (1888, 193)
16-Oct	1862	First draft of the civil war in Mercer (MCH, 1, 2, 47)
16-Oct	1911	First quarter session of the court in the new court house (HTBJ, 36)
16-Oct	1794	Anaxcarete Stokely born (MCH, 13, 6)
17-Oct	1799	Susan Bartz born, first girl born in West Salem Township. (1888, 605)
17-Oct	1880	West Middlesex Lodge (Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows) destroyed by fire (1888, 486)
18-Oct	1786	Patent for land by Commonwealth to John Lynch East Lackawannak Township (1888, 523)
18-Oct	1873	C.G. Carvers land brought into Sharon (1888, 378)
19-Oct	1841	Land purchased for West Middlesex United Presbyterian Church (1888, 486)
19-Oct	1974	At 2:00 PM MCHS dedicated the McClain Printshop
20-Oct	1886	Lake Lodge No. 1193, K & L of H instituted (1888, 471)
20-Oct	1863	Second Presbyterian Church of Mercer withdrew from First Presbyterian Church over the Civil War (1888, 358)
20-Oct	1873	Dr. Jim Irvine's land annexed by Sharon (1888, 378)
21-Oct	1769	Birth of Richard Van Fleet early settler in Shenango Township. (1888, 591)
21-Oct	1870	Walter Pierce publishes first edition of the Sharpsville Advertiser (1888, 245) Printing was done at the Advance of Greenville.
22-Oct	1793	Sam Pew born (MCH, 3, 1, 20)
22-Oct	1888	West Middlesex Lodge (Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows) re-chartered (1888, 486)
23-Oct	1908	Contract signed to build Third Mercer County Cuort House (1909, 23)
23-Oct	1850	Meeting at County House to further educational interests (1888, 222)
23-Oct	1853	Earliest known edition of the Independent Democrat (1888, 239)
24-Oct	1836	Reverend Ira Condit, Georgetown Presbyterian Church, dies (1888, 474)
24-Oct	1858	Elected Elders John Rice and William Cooper at Milledgeville Presbyterian Church (1888, 533)
25-Oct	1834	Rev. James Alexander retires as Pastor at Salem Presbyterian (1888, 537)
26-Oct	1922	Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing announced it was taking over Savage Arms Corp. (S.H. 8/25/1941)
27-Oct
28-Oct	1853	Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Jamestown (1888, 498)
28-Oct	1862	169th Pennsylvania organized in Pittsburgh for 9 month outing (1888, 327)
29-Oct	1800	Birth of Robert McDonald- whose father first settled on a line between Jefferson and Cool Springs (1888, 545)
29-Oct	1860	Death of Samuel Clark (1888, 575)
29-Oct	1884	W. G. Brown Lodge No. 592 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows moves from Sheakleyville to Hadley (1888, 478)
30-Oct
31-Oct	1864	Regular runs start through Mercer County on Erie and Pittsburgh Rail Road (1888, 176)


1-Nov	1874	Reverend Morris leaves the Sharpsville First Baptist Church (1888, 453)
1-Nov	1879	Lake Lodge No. 1363, IOGT chartered (1888, 470)
1-Nov	1849	A spirited rail road meeting held in Greenville to get Rail road (1888, 175)
1-Nov	1868	First National Bank of Sharon opens for business (1888, 402)
1-Nov	1882	Sharon German Lutheran Church organized (1888, 393)
2-Nov	1798	James Blackstone born (1888, 612)
2-Nov	1851	Dr. W.H. Axtell reports an epidemic of dysentery that was extensive and fatal in Sandy Creek and New Vernon Townships. Began in July and ended about today (1888, 281)
3-Nov	1802	Rev. William Wood, Pastor Centre Presbyterian Church (1888, 573)
3-Nov	1851	Enoch Perrine appointed to visit the poor house to create one for Mercer County (1888, 160)
4-Nov	1875	Bay Post Office discontinued (1888, 183) Also West Salem (1888, 190)
5-Nov	1873	Presbyterian Church in Jamestown organized (1888, 499)
5-Nov	1844	Beginning in July and ending in November an epidemic of malignant dysentery raged through French Creek and Sandy Creek Townships, more extensive and fatal than the 1938 dysentery (1888, 281)
6-Nov	1804	Samuel Wood's birth son of Benjamin Wood (1888, 572)
6-Nov	1832	George Needham settled in Otter Creek Township (1888, 564)
6-Nov	1857	Petition to form Otter Creek Township (1888, 563)
6-Nov	1874	Arcus McDermitt elected Judge (1888, 165)
6-Nov	1886	Greenville Natural Gas Co. incorporated (1888, 442)
6-Nov	1878	Branch No. 6 Catholic Mutual Benefit Association organized (1888, 396)
6-Nov	1806	John McCurdy, carpenter, hired to repair the first log court house (HTBJ, 3)
7-Nov	1865	Central School in Sharon is dedicated by J. A. Cooper of Edinboro Normal School delivering speech" Mistakes in Education" (1888, 380)
7-Nov	1933	Mercer County votes to repeal prohibition (MCH, 2, 1, 17)
8-Nov	1872	Wheatland Furnace changes its name to Wheatland (1888, 190)
9-Nov	1833	Dr. M. K. Johnston offers his services to Mercer (1888, 275)
10-Nov	1849	Worth Township detached from Sandy Lake (1888, 617)
10-Nov	1886	Memorial Hall at Thiel dedicated (1888, 419)
10-Nov	1870	Adoniram Lodge No. 739 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows instituted in Sharpsville (1888, )
10-Nov	1887	Constitution and by-laws adopted for Mercer Borough Citizens' Hospital Company (1888, 354)
10-Nov	1898	Rev. John P. Kearns appointed Pastor at St. Michael's in Greenville (1909, 270)
10-Nov	1997	Civil war monument rededicated by Western Pennsylvania Civil War Re-enactors Society
11-Nov	1897	Soldiers Monument dedicated "Mercer County's Tribute to her Soldiers" (1909, 190)
11-Nov	1883	Grace Church of the Evangelical Association of North America is dedicated (1888, 612)
11-Nov	1988	Civil War memorial rededicated after cleaning anf restoration (HTBJ, 53)
12-Nov	1778	John McGranahan born to John & Hellie (Smith) McGranahan (1888, 600)
13-Nov	1846	Western Press editorial note "A friend informed us last evening that the light of ten furnaces could be seen from the cupola court house" (1888, 191)
13-Nov	1886	Milborn Post Office discontinued (1888, 186)
14-Nov	1941	Courthouse bell used as fire bell for Mercer Borough, 1872 Charles Whistler attahced a wire to bell, on Second Court House, running to 2nd story window on North Diamond St. 3 "false alarms" the wire was discovered ny the Alert Hook and Ladder Co. (HTBJ)
15-Nov	1882	Pine Grove Telephone changes its name to Grove City Telephone (1888, 246)
15-Nov	1883	Mercer County Agriculture Society re-chartered (1888, 212)
16-Nov	1839	David McKnight early settler in Pymatuning Township (1888, 575)
16-Nov	1868	Brownsville changes its name to Sandy Lake (1888, 189)
17-Nov	1863	Sandy Lake Lodge No. 573 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows chartered (1888,)
17-Nov	1883	Greenville Water Co. incorporated (1888, 443)
17-Nov	1951	After a luncheon at the Humes Hotel, the official dedication of the Magoffin House to the MCHS occured (MCH, 2, 2, 42)
18-Nov	1857	Appointment of Commissioners, James Williamson and Thomas Leech, Jr. to lay out boundaries of Otter Creek Township (1888, 563)
18-Nov	1949	John Goodsell dies (OPT, 189)
19-Nov	1800	Rev. Samuel Tait first Pastor at Salem Presbyterian Church (1888, 537)
19-Nov	1849	French Creek and Mille Creek Township formed (1888, 528 & 558)
19-Nov	1874	Presbyterian Church of Stoneboro organized (1888, 469)
19-Nov	1883	Mercer Heat, Light & Power Company chartered (1888, 372)
20-Nov	1866	W.G. Brown Lodge No. 592, Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows chartered in Sheakleyville (1888,478)
20-Nov	1857	Reverend James Scatterfield dies after preaching for 57 years (1888, 485)
20-Nov	1866	West Middlesex Lodge No. 593, Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows chartered (1888, 487)
20-Nov	1865	Union School system opens in Sharon first day of class 353 pupils (1888, 380)
20-Nov	1883	Sharon Water Works incorporated (1888, 405)
21-Nov	1860	Mercer County Agriculture Society held meeting in Court House to elect officers (1888, 211)
21-Nov	1947	Secretery of State of PA formally approves name Mercer County Historical Society (MCH, 2, 2, 39)
22-Nov	1796	Winter started (MCH, 13, 7)
22-Nov	1854	Petition to form Hempfield Township (1888, 535)
22-Nov	1782	Birth of Benjimin Wood early settler in Pine Township (1888, 572)
22-Nov	1856	Officers elected for the new subdivision, Sugar Grove Township (1888, 599)
22-Nov	1865	West Greenville changes name to Greenville (1888,)
22-Nov	1888	Women's Christian Temperance Union of Sandy Lake organized (1888,)
22-Nov	1856	West Greenville Times newspaper first issue (1888, 240)
22-Nov	1886	Algonquin Lodge No. 1206 K & L of H instituted (1888, 399 )
23-Nov	1882	Wolf Creek becomes Grove City (1888, 184)
23-Nov	1870	Stephan Banic born (BDJ, 9)
24-Nov	1808	David McGranahan born to John and Hellie (Smith) McGranahan (1888, 600)
24-Nov	1902	South Sharon Board of Trade organized (1909, 108)
25-Nov	1881	Fredonia Women's Christian Temperance Union organized (1888, 514)
25-Nov	1873	Greenville Lodge No. 64 Ancient Order of United Workers instituted (1888, 432)
25-Nov	1845	Hugh Brown dies (1888, 430)
25-Nov	1872	Maysville Post Office discontinued (1888, 186)
25-Nov	1879	Dr. James Magoffin dies (1888, 274)
25-Nov	1907	Clock in cupula of Court House completed. electric and illuminated gas lights (HTBJ, 18)
26-Nov	1864	Col. Peter Sides resigns from the 57th (1888, 315)
27-Nov
28-Nov	1812	Jeremiah Ralston killed by a falling Oak Tree while moving to the front in the War of 1812 (1888, 301)
28-Nov	1866	Mound Chapter No. 212 Royal Arch Masons instituted in Greenville (1888, 432)
29-Nov	1922	New Comlumbia Theatre was formally opened (S.H. 8/25/1941)
30-Nov	1866	Western Press reports on the construction of the 2nd court house (HTBJ, 9)


Winter	1799	3-5 feet of snow fell from Friday evening to Monday morning (1888, 334)
Winter	1824	Almost no snow (1888, 335)
Winter	1856	90 Days of uninterrupted sleighing (1888, 335)
Dec	1878	Branch No. 7, Catholic Mutual Benefit Association in Greenville (1888, 433)
Dec	1855	Winter very cold with a lot of snow (1888, 335)
1-Dec	1849	First canal boat from Greenville loaded with coal gets to Erie (1888, 410)
1-Dec	1881	Stoneboro Union No. 376, Equitable Aid Union organized (1888, 471)
1-Dec	1884	S.H. Eisenberg took charge of Greenville Zion reformed Church (1888, 428)
1-Dec	1884	198 Communicant members of the Greenville Zion Reformed Church (1888, 428)
1-Dec	1852?	Advertisement appears in the Mercer Agriculturalist that Joseph Hill, daguerretypist opened his gallery in the 1st court house (HTBJ, 5)
2-Dec	1940	Sand Lake to host Farm Products Show (M.D. 10/2/1940, pg.1)
3-Dec	1836	New Lodge Post Office established (1888, 185) Later known as Leesburg
3-Dec	1872	Presbytery of Erie supplied Ministers to Jamestown Presbyterian Church (1888, 496)
3-Dec	1880	Hancy Hocisk born (MCH, 10, 5)
3-Dec	1980	Mrs. Hancy Hosick Goodsell celebrates her 100th birthday, MCHS has photo of this event (MCH, 10, 5)
4-Dec
5-Dec	1804	Reverend William Wylie retires from service of the Upper Sandy or Georgetown Presbyterian Church (1888,474)
5-Dec	1803	Lots in Mercer Borough were sold at James Braden's house (1888, 342)
5-Dec	1844	First canal boats from Mercer pass through Erie (1888, 175)
6-Dec	1803	John Chambers chosen clerk paid 10 shillings a day (1888, 162)
7-Dec
8-Dec	1829	Elizabeth Stokely born (MCH, 12, 16)
9-Dec	1855	John Findley dies (1909, 158)
9-Dec	1856	Willow Brook Post Office discontinued (1888, 190)
9-Dec	1887	Kile Post Office established (1888, 185)
10-Dec	1883	Samuel S. Mehard appointed Judge of Mercer County (1888, 165)
11-Dec	1944	Camp Reynolds troops and operators transferred to Fort Indian Town Gap (MCH, 2, 1, 26)
11-Dec	1983	Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in the Court House Square, main speaker, General William C. Westmoreland (HTBJ, 56)
12-Dec	1879	Pine Grove Women's ChristianTemperance Union formed (1888, 510)
13-Dec	1944	POW's from Camp Reynolds working at Meadville Iron Works and National Radiator Company (MCH, 2, 1, 26)
13-Dec	1862	57th Pennsylvania at Fredericksburg loses were 21 killed, 76 wounded and 78 missing (1888, 312)
13-Dec	1862	145th's Captain William W.W. Wood of Greenville killed at Chambersburg (1888, 325)
13-Dec	1887	Lake Shore Rail Road System first passenger train in Sharon (1888, 177)
14-Dec	1921	A. J. McKean turns 94 (MCH, 12, 16)
15-Dec	1843	Centretown Post Office re-established (1888, 184)
15-Dec	1849	Hays replaced by A.H. Snyder as editor of Mercer Whig (1888, 237)
15-Dec	1907	Fire destroyed second Mercer County Court House, it started in the Clock tower. (1909, 22)
15-Dec	1947	Ten Mercer County Residents apply to Court of Common Pleas for a charter for the MCHS (MCH, 2, 2, 36)
16-Dec	1940	Establishment of Federal Food Stamps Program in Mercer County (S.H. 12/16/1940)
17-Dec	1849	New Lebanon Post Office established (1888, 186)
17-Dec	1872	Sharon Building and Loan Association incorporated (1888, 402)
17-Dec	1907	Greenville Evening Record calls for the court house to be moved from Mercer, as had happened in 1865 (HTBJ, 20)
18-Dec	1850	Petition to divide old Sandy Creek and to form New Vernon, Perry and Sandy Creek Townships (1888, 518, 561, 567& 579)
18-Dec	1853	Dedication of Unity Church of Greenfield (1888, 552)
18-Dec	1882	Stoneboro Lodge No. 501 Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows(1888, 471)
18-Dec	1883	Women's Christian Temperance Union organized in Greenville (1888, 434)
18-Dec	1908	South Sharon High School Building dedicated (1909, 108)
18-Dec	1896	2nd court house has worked completed to ensure the safety of county records from fire (HTBJ, 15)
19-Dec	1796	Bejamin Stokely buys 600 pounds of flour, 300 pounds of Indian meal (MCH, 13, 8)
20-Dec	1907	Western Press reports "some Mercer people never take a drink except for the occassional burning of the court house" . Two court house burned within 40 years (HTBJ, 20)
21-Dec	1824	Judge Jesse Moore dies (1888, 248)
22-Dec	1804	Margaret Wood daughter of Benjamin Wood (1888, 572)
22-Dec	1853	Exchangeville changes its name to Sheakleyville (1888, 190)
23-Dec	1983	The Medical Society of Mercer met at the Temperance Hotel in Mercer (1888, 282)
23-Dec	1888	Sharon Independent Order of the Odd-Fellows new hall dedicated (1888, 395)
24-Dec	1801	Frederick Horn settled and built cabin in Otter Creek Township (1888, 564)
24-Dec	1804	"Terrific Blizzard" hits Mercer County (MCH, 3, 1, 11)
25-Dec	1859	Pittsburgh-Erie Rail Road line completed from Erie to Jamestown (1888, 496)
25-Dec	1903	Western Press reports court crier fell asleep during a court session and started to snore. The judge displayed great tact, caling out "Crier Boles; someone is snoring" Boles sprang to his feet Boles sprang to his feet "silence there must be no snoring I
26-Dec	1863	Early settler of Greene Township, Rev. John Betts died (1888, 535)
27-Dec	1878	Blair Council No. 21, Royal Templars of Temperance instituted in Greenville (1888, 433)
28-Dec	1830	Meeting at Court House asking local counties have a convention at Mercer to request legislation to extend canal from Pittsburgh to Erie (1888, 174)
28-Dec	1868	North Sandy Post Office established (1888, 189)
29-Dec	1947	Judge Leo H. McKay in Mercer gives formal approval and approval is recorded at the county Prothonatary for the incorporation od the MCHS (MCH, 2, 2, 39)
30-Dec	1872	Eulalia Lodge No. 818 Independent Order of the Odd Fellows organized in Freedonia (1888, 514)
31-Dec	1877	Sharon's Methodist Episcopal Church burns down (1888, 387)

NOTES:	1838	Harry of the West Furnace was built in 1838 by J.G. Butler and William McKinley (father of the President of the U.S.). Originally called Temperance Furnace after Butler's wife. It acquired its later name in tribute to Henry Clay.


		(Source, page/location)
		1888 = History Of Mercer County, Penn, Garvin & Bates, Brown, Runk, & Co., 1888

		(Source, date, page, column)
		MD = Mercer Dispatch

		(Source, date, page, column)
		WP = Western Press

		(Source, page/location)
		1909 = History of Mercer County, Penn, White, Lewis Publishing, 1909

		(Source)
		(MFCd) = Magoffin Family Collection--diary. From the archives of the Mercer County Historical Society

		(Source, date, page)
		S.H.= Sharon Herald

		(Source, page/location)
		OPT - On Polar Trails, Goodsell, Mercer County Historical Society, 1983.

		(Source, page/location)
		BDJ= Banic Diamond Jubilee

		(Source, page/location)
		HTBJ = Hail Temple built to Justice, Fuhrman, Mercer County Historical Society, 1994.

		(Source, volume, number, page)
		MCH= Mercer County History

		(Source, page)
		MCHSN= Mercer County Historical Society Newsletter (summer 1980)

		(Source, page)
		OSSVF= Official Souvenir of the Shenango Valley Flood 1913

		(Source, page)
		K.T.= Killer Tornados

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