This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LAgostino Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.centre/3193.3.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I got the book scanned tonight - here is the only Merritt mentioned..........looks like these merritt's owned a saw mill. The saw mills of O. L. Schoonover and B. F. Merritt & Co., are the only ones now in operation along the banks of the Moshan-non, and in recent years neither board rafts nor "log drives" have ruffled the waters of the "dark stream," which its name is said to signify in the vernacular of the aborigines who once inhabited this part of the country. The change that has taken place in lumbering has been very great, or it may be more properly said that the business has ceased almost entirely in this locality, and the time is coming when the experiences of raftsmen and log-floaters, like the deeds of Indian braves, will be remembered only in song or story. The poet had possibly a scene like this in mind when he expressed the idea that "Change is written on the tide, On the forest's leafy pride; On the streamlet glancing bright; On the jewel'd crown of night- All where'er the eye can rest. Show it legibly imprest!" Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.