Harmony Township & vicinity
Exploring the history of Harmony Township, PA and vicinity.
Stories, photographs and records from our local past.
Tucked inside of the Old Home Day Guest book, are three handwritten pages of notes taken during an anniversary service held at the Stevens Point Methodist Episcopal Church on November 10, 1944. The writer refers to this service as the “58th anniversary of the founding of building the…
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Because Ianthus Walker doesn’t mention anything about his parents or siblings in all of his Civil War Pension Papers, I was intrigued when an Abram Walker gave a deposition on Ianthus’s behalf in an affidavit dated 1891. In the Commemorative Biographical Record by J. H. Beers, an extensive…
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With just a small paragraph written on the back of an early 1900’s postcard of Brandt, I wonder if the printer, C. D. Burton, had any idea of how prophetic his brief description of this little village really was. With his use of the word “vicissitudes” – the…
Read full post: The Town of Brandt, PA →“Brandt in a Nutshell” A Happy New Year! Charles Kessler, of State College, Pa., has returned to his home in the place for a couple of weeks. S. C. Brandt, of Clinton, N. Y., paid a flying visit to his many friends here Friday. Ed. Terrell of Oneonta,…
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Both the American Chair Company and the Brandt Clay Product Company, both of Brandt, have shut down indefinitely. Montrose Independent Republican 9-25-1896 The several industries at Brandt are in operation on full time. Prosperity has struck the Jefferson Branch. Montrose Independent Republican 13 Aug. 1897 The Brandt Clay…
Read full post: The Town of Brandt, PA – Brandt Faces an Uncertain Future →Fire at Brandt Sept. 27 – Fire which did damage in the village of Brandt, started as fires in the forests surrounding the village, and those in turn were threatening this evening to destroy the town. The fire started in the Brandt Chemical company’s plant. It was started…
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A small passenger train slowly wends its way down the Jefferson Branch of the Erie Railroad, the engineer making a leisurely descent as he prepares to stop at Brandt Station. A few men are waiting with a load of quarry stone that has to be loaded; several milk…
Read full post: The Town of Brandt, PA – Brandt’s Station on the Jefferson Division →As with a lot of small country churches in the past, many people played a huge role in its upkeep-the men had to make sure that there was plenty of wood or coal to heat the building, the ladies did their part with keeping the church clean and…
Read full post: Stevens Point Ladies Aide Society →George Kuhn, aged 55 years, died suddenly at his home on the outskirts of Susquehanna on Tuesday 7-20-1920. He is survived by one son, who resides in Stevens’ Point. Montrose Independent Republican 8-6-1920 Roland Kuhn, of Stevens Point, aged 18 years, son of George Kuhn of Oakland, lost…
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The Storer family is one of the earlier families to have settled in Harmony Township. Coming from Derbyshire, England, five children of George and Julia Storer’s eleven offspring came to America while their parents remained in England. Of the five that settled in and around Susquehanna and Bradford…
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Although there aren't any stones or markers that bear these names, old records show that these souls do rest in the Stevens Point Cemetery in Stevens Point, Pennsylvania.
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Researching family history is a bit like unraveling a big ball of tangled yarn….if you have patience and perseverance, you might end up with enough yarn to make a nice sweater but if you give up too easily and cut away half the knots, you might only have…
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The Stevens Point Cemetery lies within the boundaries of the little village of Stevens Point, PA. It is an old cemetery with some of the earliest stones dating in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s, some of the stones are still crisp and legible while others have been…
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For several years throughout the 1930’s and the 1940’s, the men and women of the Stevens Point Methodist Episcopal Church held a social gathering called “Old Home Day” in the adjacent community hall. This huge undertaking involved days of cooking, baking and organization in the hall to accommodate…
Read full post: Old Home Days At the Stevens Point Methodist Episcopal Church and Community Hall →These documents were typical of quarry transactions of the period. Walter Glover Quarry Receipts Pennsylvania Blue Stone Company Putnam and Whipple Stone Company
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This picture is of the Hobbs Quarry in Stevens Point. This quarry was located past our grandfather’s farm (Ray Rockwell) on what is now called, “Rockwell Road” . The original picture is a black and white 4” X 8” print pasted on heavy gray cardstock. No names are…
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