This day in Mercer County History . . .

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Year:

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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)