Ross Twp., 1818
monroe co.-ross twp.-1818, included, john andrew, nicholas burger, john barlib, daniel burger, sofia burger, henry burger, henry burger jr., jacob burger, john burger, henry christman, john christman,...
View ArticlePolk Twp., 1847
Submitted by Geri Brennan. monroe co.-polk twp-1847- included, david barger, ephraim chrstman, george christman, philip dotter, machdahin dotter, george dotter, jacob dotter, john dotter, henry...
View ArticleJudge Albright-1898
Judge Albright, of Monroe county, decided in court last week that a woman testifying in court need not divulge her age to gratify the whim of the opposing counsel. Source : The Everett Republican,...
View ArticleWilliam Raff, Arsonist
Monroe: STROUDSBURG, Pa., Oct. 2. - William Raff, a lad 16 years old, who recently set fire to his bed in his cell, was sent to the penitentiary for eleven years. He had been convicted of arson,...
View ArticleScarlet Fever Closes Schools
STROUDSBURG, Pa., Oct. 4. In order to prevent the further spread of scarlet fever all public schools of this place have been closed. (Source: The Christian Recorder, Phila., Pa., Oct. 4, 1894.)
View ArticleFather And Son Drown In Creek, Peter Meixell and Peter Jr.
"Easton Express", Monday, 24 May 1965, pgs. 1 & 2: Father And Son Drown In Creek At Stroudsburg Fishing Along Bank Near Fifth Street; Neither Could Swim Peter Clair Meixsell, 39, of 509 N. Fifth...
View ArticleDeathbed Present-1895
On her deathbed Miss Mercy Morgan, of Stroudsburg, Monroe county, this State, handed her niece, Emma Pricer, a box, saying; "Here, Emma, i give it all to you," The box when opened after Miss Morgan's...
View ArticleLightening Strikes Christman Home
On Tuesday the 27th ult., the family of Mr. George Christman, of Chesnuthill township, Monroe Co., Penn., during the thunderstorm were severely injured by a stoke of lightning under very peculiar and...
View ArticleEgle's 1876 Penna. History - Monroe County
On the first day of April, 1835, the county of Monroe was formed. It was enacted "that the townships of Ross, Chestnut Hill, Tobyhanna, Pokono, Hamilton, Stroud, and Smithfield, north of the Blue...
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