The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-09-13
10 WELLS VALLEY IN 1924.
Interesting "reminiscences Written Sever.
al Years Ago by Mr.. S. Hays Brad.
ley, Now Deceased.
PLACES AND PEOPLE 'MOSTFORGOTTEN
Continued from last week)

WIG Ndlley was Glle Iafm OF Joseph
Edwards, Esq, John A. Ready
the next was an old place out of
repair, afterwards bought by
John Woodcock, upon which he
erected a small tannery. The
next place west was the widow
Ready s (Moseby) The next was
the 'Little Billy" Alexander place,
(Moseby). The next was the farm
OF John Alexander, Esq who also
had considerable improved land
upon the high ridge running down
from Rays Hill. The next place
west was the Baltzer Swartz
homestead (Moseby). There vas
a small ridge or rather plateau of
land between AIexander's and
Swartz's improvements, of open
tim Der, which the old gentleman
would not have cleared. The lext
farm west was the original home.
stead Of Alexander Alexander,
the father o. John and Joseph,
and Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Sarah Brad
ley, Mrs, Copenhaver, Mrs. Ready
and Mrs. John Gibson. John
Wishart, whose father was DR..
John Wlshart, who married Sis.
ter of Mrs. Reamer and removed
to Washington, in western Penn
sylvanla, obtained the old home.
stead, (now Harvey Wishart).
Mrs. Copenhaver's placelay above
Wishart's near to Rays Hill.
Johnny Gibson owned one hun.
dred acres adjoining Wishart's
lower down the run, (J. w. Glb.
son and Geo. A. Stewart). Ben
jamin Bradley's farm adjoined
that of Wishart's westerly, (W. H..
.5pangler), and adjoining that was
an old place which was afterwards
cought by John Foote and upon
which he lived when | left, and
upon which he died JAS. w. Bar.
nett). Above Foote'S place was
the old homestead of the elder
DR.. Wishart. Going down the
north branch Of the creek and
adjoining the Guest place there
was a tract of wild land bought
by John White, who improved it
and remained upon it until his
death. Adjoining John White S
was an old place occupied when
we removed there by old Johnny
Giles. Still further along Har.
bour Mountain Martin Giles had
a small place which he afterward
sold to Jonathan Horton. Be.
tween that end the south branch
of the creek, was a small farm
owned and occupied by William
Piniard, a blacksmith. In 1881
he sold it to John Wesley Duvall,
who built q sawmill on the south
of the creek John N. DuvalD. He
was a rather peculiar genius. He
cleared off some land above the
sawmill which was not 'ery pro-
ductive. He had some corn plant
ed on it. b. b. Allender and John
Dickson went up there to fish for
trout. The corn was very short,
and they spoke to him about it.
"Oh," said he, "that is new kind
of corn that pushes the ears out
just above the ground. "
When we wentto Valley there
was no public school house ia the
Valley. There had been one built
on the edgs of the Green farm,
(near the Giffin place., by sub
scription, but it had been burned
down. The Methodist's had a
small log church on the corner OF
Allen Willet's place, upon the
same ground upon which they
afterward built frame one. The
P-esby terrain church upon Sunk
ard S place was built about 1880
or 1881. In 1928 the people built
a log school house on the corner
of the farm afterwards owned by
Emer Markley, near the Metho
dist church. After the passage
of the first school law in 1888 anc
"a, there we're two public schoo
houses built, one below A. Ready I
(known as the Bivens SCHOOL, anC
the other up the valley upon th'
lower end of GIbson's place. Th'
Presbyterians would occasional
ly have service at Squire Alexan
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