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Chapter XXXII
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1879. - North Ward, Frank S. Baker; Middle Ward, George McCall; South Ward, William Fennell.1
1880. - North Ward, Abraham Blakeley, Samuel Oglesby; Middle Ward, Isaiah H. Mirkil; South Ward, John A. Wallace.2
1881. - North Ward, Thomas Clough, Richard Miller; Middle Ward, Henry B. Black; South Ward, Henry Palmer, David M. Johnson, George G. Jones.3
1882. - North Ward, Frank S. Baker; Middle Ward, Perry M. Washabaugh, William J. Oglesby; South Ward, William B. Broomall, Joseph McAlden.4
1883. - North Ward, Samuel Black, John B. Hannum; Middle Ward, Robert Smith, Jr., J. Frank Black; South Ward, Thomas J. Houston.5
1884. - North Ward, Richard Miller, Samuel Oglesby; Middle Ward, J. Frank Black, Henry B. Black; South Ward, Dr. Robert P. Mercer.6
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1 John Young died February, 1880, and Samuel Greenwood elected by Council in his stead. 2 Robert Chadwick resigned Nov. 15, 1880, and William G. Price elected by Council in his place. March 7, 1881, Robert Anderson resigned, and Henry Palmer elected by Council in his stead. 3 John A. Wallace resigned Jan. 3, 1882, William B. Broomall elected by Council in his stead. 4 Oct. 16,1882, Perry M. Washabaugh resigned, and B. F. Baker elected by Council in his stead. 5 Henry Palmer resigned May 16, 1883, Dr. Robert P. Mercer was elected by Council in his stead. 6 William B. Broomall resigned, and James Fryer was elected by Council in his place. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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City Surveyors.
Joseph Taylor, Alfred Owens, William H. Flaville, Edward Roberts.
List Of Justices, Including The Township And Borough Of Chester.
John Crosby, Joel Willis, April 30, 1791; Davis Bevan, Aug. 19, 1794; Miles Macarty, April 13, 1796; Elisha Price, April 15, 1796; William Martin, Aug. 9, 1797; Isaac Eyre, Oct. 12, 1798; Nicholas Fairlamb, Dec. 6, 1798; Aaron Morton, May 3, 1799; Joseph Marshall, Thomas Hinkson, May 20,1800; John Pearson, June 21, 1802; James Wuthey, July 4, 1806; Jacob Edwards, Jan. 1, 1807; John Caldwell, Nov. 15, 1814; Joseph Walker, Feb. 3, 1820; Samuel Smith, March 12, 1822; David Marshall, Dec. 3, 1824; George W. Bartram, June 3, 1824; Benjamin F. Johnson, Oct. 25, 1825; Abraham Kerlin, June 7, 1830; Samuel T. Walker, Nov. 11, 1831; John Afflick, June 6, 1834; Samuel Shaw, Nov. 18, 1835; William Martin, June 10, 1836; William Eyre, Dec. 21, 1838; George W. Bartram, Sept. 23, 1839.
Justices Of The Borough And City Of Chester.
George W. Bartram, Abraham Kerlin, April 14,1840; Samuel Anderson, April 14,1846; John Larkin, Jr., Frederick Fairlamb, April 9, 1850; Henry J. Powell, April 13,1852; Frederick Fairlamb, April 10,1855.
South Ward. - Samuel Ulrich, June 4, 1856, June 25, 1861, May 8, 1866, and May 8, 1871; Joseph Entwisle, May 1, 1872; Benjamin F. Welser, March 15, 1876; Samuel L. Armour, March 15, 1880, April 9, 1881.
Middle Ward. - Robert Gartside, April 10, 1860; John H. Baker, April 15, 1861; Jeremiah W. Fleckner, April 28, 1865, and April 30, 1866; Henry M. Hinkson, April 25, 1867; I. Edward Clyde, May 1, 1872; John M. Allen, March 28, 1878, and May 7, 1883.
North Ward. - Joseph Holt, April 10, 1860, May 17, 1865, May 8, 1871, May 8, 1876; Daniel B. Thomson, Aug. 25, 1881, and May 8, 1882. Places of Worship - Friends' Meeting-House. - The first recorded meeting of the society of Friends in the province of Pennsylvania was that mentioned as being held at the house of Robert Wade, at Upland, in 1675, when William Edmundson, an eminent minister, then on a religious visit to the American colonies, was present. Previous to the coming of Penn, at a monthly meeting held 11th of Seventh month (September), 1681, it was agreed "Yt a meeting shall be held for ye service and worship of God every First Day at ye Court House at Upland." On the 6th of the First month, 1687, Jöran Kyn sold a lot of land, sixty feet in front and width, between parallel lines to the creek, adjoining his garden, on the west side of the present Edgmont Street, above Second, to John Simcock, Thomas Brasey, John Bristow, Caleb Pusey, Randal Vernon, Thomas Vernon, Joshua Hastings, Mordecai Maddock, Thomas Martin, Richard Few, Walter Fawset, and Edward Carter, "to the use and behoof of the said Chester - the people of God Called Quakars and their successors forever." Although the land was purchased it was several years before the building was erected, the evidence apparent establishing that six years elapsed before the meeting-house was finished. The first direct notice of such a movement was at the meeting at Walter Faucet's "ye 6th of ye 4th month, 1687," when it was "Agreed that Bartholomew Copock and James Kinerly Randall Vernon and Caleb Pusey do agree and Contract wth such workman or men as they shall se meet to build a meeting house att Chester 24 foot Sqwar and 10 ft. high in the Walls & that the above sd persons do Come themselves and the workman or men if they do agree & Give accompt thereof to the next Mo: meeting." The project languished, so far as the records show, until the "13th of ye 8th mo. 1690," when Chester meeting appointed a committee "to take the subscriptions of Middletown, Edgmont, Springfield, Upper & Nether providence and Marple of what these friends are free to Give towards the building a meeting house in Chester. Vizt for Upper providence Randall Malin, for Middletown John Worrall, David Ogden, for Edgmont, Thomas Worrelle, James Swaffer, for Springfield, George Morris, Junr, & Mordica Maddock, for Marple Thomas Person and Josiah Taylor." The committee appear to have worked diligently, for on the minutes of Chester meeting, but without date, appears the following:
"Subscriptions Building Of A Meeting House In The Towne Chester.
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