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Book The Relations of Isaac F Stiely

Download or read book The Relations of Isaac F Stiely written by Lawrence Knorr and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reverend Isaac Faust Stiely (or Stiehly) (1800-1869) lived most of his life in the Mahantongo Valley at the convergence of Schuylkill, Northumberland and Dauphin Counties. He was born in Berks County, near Reading, and was a congregant at Hain's church near Wernersville. He became the pastor for a number of young families that emigrated from Berks to settle in the Mahantongo Valley. They helped to establish the Reformed Church at Rough and Ready, also known as Herb's or Salem Church. The family most closely tied to the Stiely's were the Knorr's. Isaac married Anna Knorr and settled on the lands of his father-in-law, Peter Knorr. Author/researcher Lawrence Knorr provides background on the Knorr lands and the Stiely's assimilation. The Stiely mills are detailed along with many vintage maps and photographs. Nearly a thousand relations of Isaac and Anna are also detailed. This book is 386 pages, indexed.

Book Pennsylvania Germans

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  • Author : Simon J. Bronner
  • Publisher : JHU Press
  • Release : 2017-02-15
  • ISBN : 1421421380
  • Pages : 590 pages

Download or read book Pennsylvania Germans written by Simon J. Bronner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: Pennsylvania German Studies -- PART 1 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY -- 1. The Old World Background -- 2. To the New World: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 3. Communities and Identities: Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries -- PART 2 CULTURE AND SOCIETY -- 4. The Pennsylvania German Language -- 5. Language Use among Anabaptist Groups -- 6. Religion -- 7. The Amish -- 8. Literature -- 9. Agriculture and Industries -- 10. Architecture and Cultural Landscapes -- 11. Furniture and Decorative Arts -- 12. Fraktur and Visual Culture -- 13. Textiles -- 14. Food and Cooking -- 15. Medicine -- 16. Folklore and Folklife -- 17. Education -- 18. Heritage and Tourism -- 19. Popular Culture and Media -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Color plates follow page

Book A Pennsylvania Mennonite and the California Gold Rush

Download or read book A Pennsylvania Mennonite and the California Gold Rush written by Lawrence Knorr and published by Sunbury Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Baer Hackman (1827-1896) a Mennonite from Millport, Lancaster County, PA, traveled west to California in 1850, seeking his fortune during the great Gold Rush. David wrote many letters home concerning his crossing of the plains by wagon and his many detailed experiences in and around the gold fields of California. A vivid writer for such a young man, David captures images of the mining communities, the boom towns of Sacramento, Hangtown, Mokelumne Hill, Columbia and Sonora and the lawlessness found there. He writes of early San Francisco, the local Indians, trouble with bears, and the great trees of Calaveras County. His journal then captures his return trip in 1854 by steam ship to Panama, across the Isthmus and then to New York City. Lawrence Knorr presents the journal and letters in sequence along with their historical context, providing corroborating accounts where available. In all, an excellent primary source and piece of social history from one of the most exciting times in American history.

Book Creativity and Tradition in Folklore

Download or read book Creativity and Tradition in Folklore written by Simon J. Bronner and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken together, these stimulating case studies and philosophical essays are a moving statement for understanding human expressiveness in a new way.

Book Sarahland

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  • Author : Sam Cohen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022-03-08
  • ISBN : 9781538735077
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Sarahland written by Sam Cohen and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists--almost all of whom are named Sarah. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE * LAMBDA LITERARY * ELECTRIC LITERATURE * REFINERY29 * COSMO * THE ADVOCATE * ALMA * PAPERBACK PARIS * WRITE OR DIE TRIBE * READS RAINBOW In Sarahland, Sam Cohen brilliantly and often hilariously explores the ways in which traditional stories have failed us, both demanding and thrillingly providing for its cast of Sarahs new origin stories, new ways to love the planet and those inhabiting it, and new possibilities for life itself. In one story, a Jewish college Sarah passively consents to a form-life in pursuit of an MRS degree and is swept into a culture of normalized sexual violence. Another reveals a version of Sarah finding pleasure--and a new set of problems--by playing dead for a wealthy necrophiliac. A Buffy-loving Sarah uses fan fiction to work through romantic obsession. As the collection progresses, Cohen explodes this search for self, insisting that we have more to resist and repair than our own personal narratives. Readers witness as the ever-evolving "Sarah" gets recast: as a bible-era trans woman, an aging lesbian literally growing roots, a being who transcends the earth as we know it. While Cohen presents a world that will clearly someday end, "Sarah" will continue. In each Sarah's refusal to adhere to a single narrative, she potentially builds a better home for us all, a place to live that demands no fixity of self, no plague of consumerism, no bodily compromise, a place called Sarahland.

Book A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu

Download or read book A Muslim Theologian in the Sectarian Milieu written by Gabriel Reynolds and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 385 AH/AD 995 the Qāḍī ‘Abd al-Jabbār, well known for his Mu‘tazilī theological writings, wrote the Confirmation of the Proofs of Prophecy, a work that includes a creative polemic against Christianity. ‘Abd al-Jabbār reinterprets the Bible, Church history (especially the lives of Paul and Constantine) and Christian practice to argue that Christians changed the Islamic religion of Jesus. The present work begins with an examination of the controversial theory that this polemic was borrowed from an unkown Judaeo-Christian group. The author argues that ‘Abd al-Jabbār's polemic is better understood as a response to his particular milieu and the on-going inter-religious debates of the medieval Islamic world. By examining the life and thought of ‘Abd al-Jabbār, along with the Islamic, Christian and Jewish antecedants to his polemic, the author uncovers the intimate relationship between sectarian controversy and the development of an Islamic doctrine on Christianity.

Book The Beast of Revelation

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  • Author : Kenneth L Gentry
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-11-17
  • ISBN : 9780996452519
  • Pages : 266 pages

Download or read book The Beast of Revelation written by Kenneth L Gentry and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A careful historical and exegetical study of the Beast of Revelation as found in the Book of Revelation. It identifies the Beast as the Roman emperor Nero Caesar, the first persecutor of the Christian church in AD 64. The book also delves into the question of the date of the writing of Revelation, arguing that it was written by John the Apostle around AD 65 or 66.

Book Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County  Pennsylvania  Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record

Download or read book Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County Pennsylvania Embracing a Concise History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record written by Morton L. (Morton Luther) Montgomery and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Prose and Verse

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  • Author : Thomas Hood
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1845
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book Prose and Verse written by Thomas Hood and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dauphin County Reports

Download or read book Dauphin County Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with 1917, the Opinions, rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission and the Workmens Compensation Board, previously included in the Dauphin County reports, are issued separately.

Book The Hazen Family in America

Download or read book The Hazen Family in America written by Tracy Elliot Hazen and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 1175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence

Download or read book Friendships in Childhood and Adolescence written by Catherine L. Bagwell and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly readable and comprehensive, this volume explores the significance of friendship for social, emotional, and cognitive development from early childhood through adolescence. The authors trace how friendships change as children age and what specific functions these relationships play in promoting adjustment and well-being. Compelling topics include the effects of individual differences on friendship quality, how friendship quality can be assessed, and ways in which certain friendships may promote negative outcomes. Examining what clinicians, educators, and parents can do to help children who struggle with making friends, the book reviews available interventions and identifies important directions for future work in the field.

Book After the Pandemic

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  • Author : Lawrence Knorr
  • Publisher : Sunbury Press, Inc.
  • Release : 2020-05-01
  • ISBN : 1620067005
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book After the Pandemic written by Lawrence Knorr and published by Sunbury Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. Included in this volume: Tory Gates: Change and Embracing It Mark Carlson: The Role of Plagues in Human Enlightenment Wylie McLallen: The Pandemic of 1918 Thomas Malafarina: How Are Future Pandemics Likely to Be Different? Barbara Matthews: COVID-19: Through the Eyes of a Grandmother Bridget Smith: Dreams Deferred Iris Dorbian: The Great Equalizer H.A. Callum: Fighting Solo: Covid-19 and the Single Parent Catherine Jordan: Left Behind Joseph Mazerac: An Essential Optimist Scott Zuckerman: Public Health, Civil Liberties, and Life After the Pandemic Scott Zuckerman: Medicine in the Post-Coronapocalypse Era Will Delavan: The Looming Health Insurance Problem Pat LaMarche: Politics Makes No Bedfellows Virginia Brackett: COVID-19 Effects on Higher Education Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks: The Corona Virus and Homeschooling Wynne Kinder: The New ACEs: At-home COVID-19 Effects on Youth Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks: How Museums and Galleries Will Adapt to the Coronavirus Marianne Bickett: Coronavirus, Instrument of Change: How the Arts Will Usher in a New Era Merrill Shaffer: The Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Sports Maia Williamson: Tourism in the Post-Pandemic World Jack Adler: The Brave New World of Travel Brook Lenker: Conservation in the Midst Simon Landry: On the Economic Front Lawrence Knorr: The Various Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Penny Fletcher: Materialism vs. Spirituality Chris Fenwick: Creativity—Necessity is a Mother

Book The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey

Download or read book The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey written by Lawrence Knorr and published by Sunbury Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2003 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Hershey, PA. This book details over five thousand relations of Milton Hershey - most of them from the Central Pennsylvania region. This volume is 563 pages - INDEXED. Add $4.50 for S & H via media mail. Title: The Relations of Milton Snavely Hershey. Format - softcover - perfect binding with black and white photos. 8 1/2 by 11 Author: Lawrence Berger-Knorr, MBA, CCP Publisher: Sunbury Press Contents: Ancestry of Milton Hershey - (1857 - 1945) including numerous Swiss ancestors from the 1500''s and 1600''s. Photos of Milton Hershey and relations. The Strange Death of David Ober in the B & O Train Wreck at Republic, Ohio, Jan. 4 1887. Photos of Hackman family members, including Andrew Baer Hackman. Descendents of Hans Stouffer (circa 1500) which includes family pages of the Stauffer, Hershey, Ober, Shank, Hackman, Hostetter & allied families. (1734 listings) Descendents of Georg Weber (circa 1578) which includes family pages of the Weber, Herr, Baumann, Kendig, Barr, Meyer, Mumma, Brubaker, Snavely & allied families. (577 listings) Kinship Report of Milton Hershey, including over 5000 relations. Family Names mentioned at least 5 times: Adams, Agnew, Aguirre, Allen, Alter, Amidon, Annett, Arnold, Arthur, Augsburger, Baer, Baker, Ball, Balsbaugh, Bar, Barkey, Barner, Barnett, Barr, Barth, Bassler, Bateman, Bauman, Baumgartner, Beachy, Bear, Begg, Bender, Betzner, Bitner, Bolender, Bollinger, Bomberger, Borton, Bowers, Bowman, Brackbill, Brechbill, Breneman, Brenneman, Briggs, Bright, Brooks, Brown, Brubacher, Brubaker, Brunk, Bucher, Buckwalter, Burkholder, Burns, Byers, Campbell, Cartier, Choflet, Collard, Collingsworth, Cook, Cooley, Cooper, Coughen, Crouthamel, Cruce, Dafoe, Daman, Damiant, Davis, Deihl, Delgado, Denlinger, DePalmo. Devlin, Diehl, Duncan, Dunham, Dupuy, Eberly, Ebersole, Eby, Eicher, Eagle, Erb, Erisman, Ernst, Eshelman, Evans, Everett, Eyer, Farner, Fink, Forsythe, Fox, Frantz, Freshley, Frost, Gardner, Gates, Gearhart, Gehman, George, Gingrich, Glancey, Glick, Good, Goodhart, Gordley, Goring, Grace, Graeff, Groff, Grove, Gruen, Guthrie, Hackman, Hahn, Hall, Hamilton, Hardgrove, Hardy, Harmon, Harnish, Harrington, Harter, Hartigan, Hawk, Haynes, Heestand, Heimbach, Hendrix, Herr, Hershey, Hertzler, Hess, Hewes, High, Higley, Hinton, Hippensteel, Hofer, Hoffman, Hoffstetter, Hollinger, Hoover, Horning, Horst, Hostetter, Huber, Hubert, Hursh, Hurst, Imler, Isaacs, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Kauffman, Kendig, Kettering, Kibler, Kilmer, Kinzer, Kitchen, Knupp, Krause, Kreider, Kundig, Kurtz, Landis, Lane, Langsdale, Lapp, Lefever, LeFevre, LeGron, Lehman, Lesher, Level, Lichty, Light, Line, Livengod, Long, Longenecker, Loose, Martig, Martin, Mayer, McCarrin, McDowell, McLeod, Mercer, Metzler, Meyer, Miller, Mitten, Mohler, Mohr, Moore, Mornhengwieg, Morris, Mosemann, Mountz, Moyer, Mumma, Mummah, Murison, Murphy, Murray, Musser, Myers, Neff, Newcomer, Newswanger, Mickey, Nigh, Nissley, Nolt, Ober, Oberholtzer, Oliver, Orsbirn, Osborn, Pancake, Patterson, Peachey, Pearsol, Penner, Pennock, Peters, Pfaltzgraff, Pifer, Pike, Planchock, Porter, Powell, Ranck, Randall, Ray, Raymer, Reese, Reiff, Reist, Reiter, Rhoads, Richardson, Risser, Ritter, Robertson, Rockwell, Rodgers, Rohrer, Royer, Rudy, Schell, Schenk, Schnebele, Schuyler, Scott, Seibert, Sensenig, Sharick, Sharpe, Sheaffer, Shelly, Shenk, Sherk, Shirk, Shore, Shultz, Skiles, Smith, Snavely, Sneltzer, Snyder, Stambaugh, Stauffer, Stevens, Stoffer, Stouffer, Strickler, Stroup, Stuart, Stutt, Summers, Summy, Swartzendruber, Sweigart, Thomas, Tritt, Trump, Tyner, Wall, Walsh, Wanner, Ward, Weaver, Webb, Weber, Wenger, Westover, White, Wiancko, Wideman, Williams, Wissler, Witmer, Witwer, Wolf, Woods, Wyss, Yoder, Zeiset & Zimmerman. All told - over 5,000 relations are mentioned - including a substantial Kinship Report and complete Index. Many of the prominent Mennonite families of Lancaster, Lebanon & Dauphin Counties are represented. This is a wonderful Pennsylvania Dutch genealogy.

Book The BANG Story

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  • Author : Lawrence Knorr
  • Publisher : Sunbury Press, Inc.
  • Release : 2018-02-12
  • ISBN : 1620065827
  • Pages : 193 pages

Download or read book The BANG Story written by Lawrence Knorr and published by Sunbury Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1971, BANG, a trio from the Philadelphia area, decided to take a road trip to Florida to try their fortune. While buying some rolling papers in the Sunshine State, they learned about a Small Faces and Deep Purple concert nearby in Orlando. They showed up at the venue and brazenly declared they were ready to go on stage. The concert organizer asked them to set up and play for him. After a couple songs, he told them they were opening for Rod Stewart and Faces. Before they knew it, BANG was playing with Bachman Turner Overdrive, Deep Purple, Three Dog Night, Fleetwood Mac, Ike and Tina Turner, The Doobie Brothers, and even Black Sabbath. Capitol Records signed them, and three LPs were released. Join Frank Ferrara, Tony Diorio, and Frankie Gilcken, as they recall their rapid rise to fame, playing with numerous Rock and Roll Hall of Famers.

Book Keystone Tombstones

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  • Author : Joe Farrell
  • Publisher : Sunbury Press, Incorporated
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9781620065457
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Keystone Tombstones written by Joe Farrell and published by Sunbury Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographies of famous people buried in the Philadelphia Region are the focus of this first localized edition of the Keystone Tombstones. Farrell and Farley have combed the Philadelphia area to bring you the most entertaining tales about interesting people buried in Pennsylvania. Included in this volume: Bucks CountyPearl BuckSaint Katherine DrexelTom Gola Chester CountySmedley ButlerJim CroceDelaware CountyMarian AndersonPaul ArizinJohn McDermottHerman Webster Mudgett aka Dr. Henry H. HolmesDanny MurtaughPhiladelphia SinnersBessie SmithAnthony Wayne Montgomery CountyAlan AmecheRichie AshburnLafayette C. BakerDe Bonneville "Bert" BellJay CookeDave GarrowayWinfield Scott HancockJohn HartranftHerman HauptTeddy PendergrassArlen SpecterGrover Washington Jr.Harry WrightSamuel K. ZookPhiladelphia CountyWilliam (Willie) Law AndersonJohn BarrymoreUlric DahlgrenFour FoundersSamuel W. CrawfordBenjamin FranklinJoe FrazierGeneral ControversyFranklin GowenHarry Norbert KalasOliver B. KnowlesConnie MackGeorge MeadeRobert Morris & James WilsonSt. Clair Augustine MulhollandSaint John NewmanDennis O'KaneJohn C. PembertonGalusha PennypackerFrank RizzoBill TildenJohn Wanamaker

Book There is Something about Rough and Ready

Download or read book There is Something about Rough and Ready written by Steve Earl Troutman and published by Sunbury Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little village of Rough and Ready in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, PA is set in the center of the Mahantongo Valley, famous for its Pennsylvania Dutch culture -- especially the painted furniture. This book focuses on the social history of the village, anchored by information from the 1850 census and Salem Reformed Church cemetery records. This was the famous Isaac F Stiehly's church and most of the families mentioned were in his congregation. The book contains hundreds of photos, most over 100 years old, of life in the Valley. Table of Contents: The Origins of Rough and Ready The 1850 Census in Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania The Old Man Knorr and Stiely Connections The Monroe and Harvey Stiely Mill Maurers of the Mahantongo Valley Manasses Maurer Family Caroline Gonser, Indian Maiden of Creek Town, Rough and Ready, Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Steve Rebuck Visits the Mahantongo Valley 24th August, 2010 Daniel A. Maurer Homestead and Stine's Hotel at Rough & Ready, PA The Maurer Blacksmiths of Hepler The Daniel Klinger Ramberger Family Ancestors of the Rambergers Jacob Ramberger (1802-1854) md. Catherine Klinger (1802-1871) A Visit to the Jacob and Clara Ramberger Farm, June 18, 2011 Jacob and Clara Ramberger Farm Painting by Leroy Drumheller Ramberger Anecdotes Rough and Ready Band - 1906 Zerfings School, 1907 Ramberger Photo Gallery Ramberger Conclusion Henry Ramberger of Rough and Ready The Gold Mine in the Leck Bush near Rough and Ready, PA The Herb Family of Rough and Ready Something About Rough and Ready and the Emergency Militia Henry B. Clark - Farmer and Defender of Freedom Indians in Rough and Ready along Beisel's Run Beisel Homestead near Rough and Ready Erdman Family History Indian Incursions in the Mahantongo Valley On the Baums, Herbs and Schlegels Frederick Stein Schwalm: Civil War Veteran, Justice of the Peace, Molly Maguire Jury Member Something about the Heplers Something about the Bensingers Something about the Wolfgangs George and Elizabeth Wolfgang The Story of My Life by Bessie May Schadel Bowman Klingers in the 1850 Census Snyders in the 1850 Census Ray Davis Recalls Rough and Ready of the Past Simmy Court House Records Simmy and Associated Colored Family Vital Records Salem Church Photo Knorr Family Heritage John H. Knorr Land A Winter Market Day Interview with Willard and Joyce Kahler of Old State Road, Rough and Ready, Pa. Klinger Farms, Rough and Ready, Pa. Picture Gallery PA German Fraktur, including a hand drawn, Riderless Horse and a handwritten German Script Prayer Appendix 1: Researching Economic Life in the Mahantango Valley: A 19th Century Pennsylvania German Community Appendix 2: SALEM CHURCH CEMETERY UPPER MAHANTANGO TWP., SCHUYLKILL CO. L.R.53047. JULY 25, 1980 Appendix 3: 1850 Census UPPER MAHANTANGO TWP., SCHUYLKILL CO. Heads of Households Appendix 4: 1850 Census UPPER MAHANTANGO TWP., SCHUYLKILL CO. Most Common Surnames