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From the county histories, on Union township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1913, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

Walter Hudson built a log mill on Trough creek some time between and 1800. the first in the township. Paradise furnace and Eagle foundry were both located in this township, but they ceased operations long since. Union township was taken from Hopewell in June, 1791. Before the erection of Cass and Tod townships it included nearly all of the Trough creek valley, extending from the Juniata river on the north to the Broad Top mountain on the south, and from Jack's mountain on the east to Terrace mountain on the west. Settlements were made some years before the township was organized. The borough of Mapleton is located in this township and there are a few small villages within its limits.John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 204,559 of the scanned text

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From the county histories, on Union township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1897, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

He was a weaver; he came to Juniata county while yet a young man, atid for some time 628 BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA was engaged there in weaving and farming. lie removed to Virginia, but returned after four years and settled near McConnellstown. He farmed and did weaving there for four years, and then in came to Union township, ilifHin county. He removed to Allensville and worked in the woolen factory. John "Webb was married in Juniata county to Mary "Wilson, a lady of Scotch-Irish descent. Their children are: Jane (Mi's. Henry Romig), deceased; Catherine (Mrs. Jacob Zerby), of Mifflin coimty; Thomas A. "W. ; Elizabeth (Mrs. H. H. Gibboney), of Reedsville; Margaretta (Mrs. John ilusser), of Huntingdon county; James, deceased; -IciIiti \Y., deceased; Rachel (Mrs. John W^ebb died in Union township, April 24, 1864. John Webb was a Democrat, but later a Repiiblican. He served the township in various offices. Mr. "Webb was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was an earnest Christian, and has left to his children the memory of a noble, upright life. He was a teacher in the Sunday-school and a class leader. His death occurred October 30, 1867. Thomas A. W. "Webb acquired his education in the public schools of Union township, and began his business life at weaving in the woolen factory of Gibboney Brothers inUnion township, where he spent about ten years. He then came to Allensville, and with Mr. Zerby, his brother-in-law, as partner, began the manufacture of woolen goods.Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg: J. M. Runk, 1897) · character 2,641,799 of the scanned text

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From the county histories, on Union township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1876, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

A year or two before her birth, her father, Richard Chilcott, moved to and settled upon the farm now owned by James C. Wright, in Union township, then and for some years afterwards farther north than any other improvement in the valley. Among the earliest settlers were the Lilleys, Lucketts, Fitzsimmons, Corbins, Drennans, Brownings, Caldwells, Deans, Bomgartners, Curfmans, McClains, Chilcotts, Greenlands, Stevers and Robinsons. When these pioneers were endeavoring to make the country habitable, they sometimes exchanged farms or improvements, and in such cases it was customary for the parties to the transanction to exchange also all movable property, each leaving his household goods, cattle and agricultural implements upon the place from which he removed, and retaining none of his former possessions but his wife and children. This was done to avoid the expense and trouble of conveying them to the new home, through a region without roads, and without the vehicles which would have been necessary for their transportation.Milton Scott Lytle, History of Huntingdon County (Lancaster: William H. Roy, 1876) · character 609,463 of the scanned text

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