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1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford
County PA
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“HISTORY OF SEVEN COUNTIES presented by the Elmira Weekly
Gazette". It is an “Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in
Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by
TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO’S AND CITIES.” Written expressly for the Gazette
Company, Elmira, N. Y. Copyright 1885.From AN OUTLINE
HISTORY of Tioga and
Bradford
Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben,
Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO'S AND
CITIES"
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TUSCARORA
TOWNSHIP
Tuscarora township was formed in 1830, taken from
Wyalusing. It is situated in the south eastern portion of Bradford county.
Its surface is hilly and uneven, but well adapted to grazing and the dairy.
It is bounded on the north by Pike, on the east by Susquehanna county, on the
south by Wyoming county, on the west by the Susquehanna river and the township
of Wyalusing. There are several small lakes in the township, in the
highlands, and the streams are Tuscarora, Little Tuscarora and Stephens’ creeks.
The Susquehanna river touches its western border.
The early settlers were Joseph Wharton, Elihue Hall,
Elihue Hall Jr., Jacob Gray, D. D. Gray, Thomas Morley, Stephen Beeman, Edward
Coggswell, Elisha Coggswell, James Black, Harry Ackley, Jacob Huff, Reuben
Shumway, Stephen Bowen, Williank Cling, Daniel Johnson, Jeremiah Lewis, Chester
Wells, Oliver Sisson, Julius Coggswell, Joseph C. Town, John Clink, Benjamin
Hurlburt, Amos Hurlburt, John Maxfield, Dr. Ebenezer Beeman, Alpheus Crawford,
Daniel L. Crawford, David Lacey, Emanuel Silvara, Burrows Dowdney, Abiel Keeney,
David Dare, Jacob Huff, Daniel Merritt, Martin Lyon, Moses Rowley, Stephen
Richards, Israel Stark.
--The first white child born in the township was
Marinda Coggswell, in 1811.
--The First death was Oliver Sission, in 1809.
--Rev. D. D. Gray settled in Tuscarora, in 1815.
--Tuscarora was originally known as “Spring Hill.”
--Ludd Gaylord built the first saw mill in the
township, in 1818.
--The first settler of Tuscarora was Joseph
Wharton, in 1775.
--Jacob Huff, an early settler, was a soldier in
the revolutionary war.
--Elisha Coggswell, an early settler, was a soldier
of the war of 1812.
--Rev. John Hazzard was the first resident minister
in Tuscarora, in 1818.
--The Lehigh Valley railroad touches the southwest
corner of Tuscarora township.
--John Morely and Orilla Coggswell were married in
1816, the first marriage in the township.
--Rev. Bela Coggswell was about fifty successive
years pastor of the Free Will Baptist church at Tuscarora.
--Bela Coggswell an old settler of Tuscarora
township, commenced preaching when he was only sixteen years of age.
--Silvaraville Lodge No. 887, I. O. O. F., was
instituted Nov. 11, 1874. First officer, J. J. Culver, N. G.;
William Christain, V. G.; E. L. Taylor, Sec.
--The township derives its name from the fact that
at the mouth of Tuscarora creek, an ancient village of the Tuscarora tribe of
Indians existed.
--Silvaraville in Tuscarora township is named in
honor of Emanuel Silvara, a native of Portugal. When Silvara was a lad he
attempted to smuggle his passage from Portugal to America, was Discovered and
sold into service by the captain of the vessel. After serving three years
he came To Tuscarora and commenced life, being scarcely able to speak a word of
English. He Prospered and became one of the prominent citizens of the
town.
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