The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-05
To Wells Valley in 1924.
Continued from FIRST pageJ

was large one and extended
down the creek, until it joined
the Swope farm. Along the creek
on the lower part of the tract
were immense bodies Of fine tim
Der. A large amount of this tim
Der was cut off and RATED down
TO a saw mill upon the "SwOpe
farm" This Swope farm now
owned by Geo. w. Foreman was
bought in 1895 or '26, by Mr..
James Stunkard, who married
Mary Alexander, a daughter Cf
John Alexander, Esq, one of the
Jlstloe of the Pace, of Hopewell
tJwnshlp, and father of John
Bradley Alexander, Esq, who OBJ
tanned the old Alexander home
stead upon the death Of his father
in the winter of 1910. The "SwOpe
farm" as 1t was called at that time
embraced also the elghty.one
acres, or thereabout, afterwards
bought by Carson and Speer from
John Edwards, who had bought
it from Mr.. Stunkard, and when
1 was in the Valley the las5 time
Gin 1853 il was owned and occu
pied by O.. w. b. Sipes (now Geo.
W. SIpes), or whose full name is
George Washington Bradshaw
Sipes. AT least ] have heard him
say that was what the G. w. B.
stood for.
We arrived at the calender, "
or, as it was famIliarly called, the
"Woodcock Mill, now Ander.
sou's), it having been sold by the
Sheriff from Robert Woodcock
only a short time before and
bought by Thomas Allender.
At the time we went to Wells
Valley there were not to exceed
SIX farm wagons in the Valley.
Mathew Stunkard, James Dick
sou, Samuel W1llet, Sr., Nathan
lei Greene, John Alexander, Esq,
aud | think Joseph Edwards, had
wagons. All the other farmers
did their hauling on sleds. Those
who had no wagons went to mill
on horse back, some times would
have two horses. Little "tads"
Of boys would be sent to mill and
the bags @ould be lashed to the
horse with ropes. Sometimes
the women would come to mill.
The next farm to the Swope
farm, going down the valley on
the west side Of the road was Ma
lhaniel Green's (the Elias farm,
sold by him in the winter of 1874
To the Whltehill brothers, step
sous Of General Piper. The farm
on the opposite side of the road
nclonged to Baltzer Swar q, aft
erwards owned by Elmer Mark
ley NOW by James b. Sipes).
mere was a road running from
the main road opposite the Swope
dwelling, down to and across the
creek to the Isaac Woodcock
place (now NJ. g. Greenland 's).
They had then small tannery,
ran by John Woodcock. lie aft.
erwards enlarged it and in the
lall of 1889 sold 1t to DAVID G.
Ross. who came there from Shr.
leysburg. Just below the Wood.
cock place Joseph Frazer had
small tannery. He became in.
yolved and finally lost 1t, aud in
1910 he removed to Iowa. r.. 3.
Allender, his son.in.law, having
removed there III 1889. Below the
Allender grlst mill a short dis.
tance Robert Woodcock had erect.
ed log house and lived there aft
er the mill property had been
sod from him. This Robert
y oodcock and wife had nineteen
seventeen boys and two
daughters. When we went there
but eight OF their children we're
living, to wit Ruth, married to
Jared Osbourn, and the other TO
Johnsey Houck, who lived IN
Trough Creek Valley. OF the sons
living there was Joseph, Thomas,
Jesse, Amos, Joshua and Eli. |
Jesse, Amos, Joshua and Eli were |
single and the others married.
Going back to the nam road
.eadipg down the valley, the next !