Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice 1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford County PA

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Alba borough was formed 1863, taken from Canton township.  It is situated on the line of the Northern Central Railroad, and contains a population of about three hundred inhabitants.  It is surrounded by a fine agricultural district.  The early settlers were Noah Wilson, Elihue Smead, Caleb Williams, Reuben Case, Reuben Rowley, Elisha Luther, Kilburn Morely, Jeremiah Smith, Samus Rockwell, David Pratt, Levi Morse, Irad Wilson, Robert McKean, David Soper.
--Patty Luther was the first who died in Alba in 1804.
--Martha Wilson taught the first school in Alba in 1806.
--Col. Irad Wilson was the first post master at Alba.
--The first child born was July 17, 1804, a daughter of Noah Wilson.
--The school was closed in 1806, on account of the eclipse of the sun.
--The first religious meeting was held in 1808, by Rev. Simeon Powers, a Baptist minister.
--Noah Wilson was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Snyder and held the office until 1838.
--Col. Irad Wilson was county commissioner in 1839, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1843.
--The Baptist organized the first church in 1818.  Samuel Rockwell and R. R. Rogers deacons. Church erected in 1818.
--The meaning of the word Alba is white.
--Robert McKean and Martha Wilson, David Soper and Polly Luther were married at the same time, in 1807.  The first marriages in Alba.

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