Yes, Gen. Philip Benner was the founder of Rock Iron Works. There was both a forge and a furnace there, although one was some distance downstream from the other, all along Spring Creek. The lands were bought up by the Rockview State Correctional Institution in 1911-12 and all traces of the village are long gone. The Benners had a beautiful mansion which is now just a wooded area - no trace of the house. Photographs survive, however. Justin At 10:00 PM 1/1/2007, [email protected] wrote: >Hi Justin, >Thank you so much! I'll put that on the list of todo's tomorrow. Was >"Rock" the settlement of one of the Forges in Pa? > >Mark in Kansas > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 4:53 PM >Subject: [PACENTRE] Early Centre Co. > > >Mark, > >Linn's History has been put online. You will find many interesting >details about the early history of our county and the settlement of >Philip Benner at Rock here: >http://www.accessible.com/amcnty/PA/CentreClinton/Contents.htm > >In 2003 we published a history of Benner Township which contains much >about the Benners and Rock. Copies may still be available. Check it >out by contacting the township: >http://benner.centreconnect.org/contact.htm > >Copies are on file in the library in Bellefonte, etc. > >Justin > >At 02:06 PM 1/1/2007, [email protected] wrote: > >Hi Nancy, > >Thanks for the information on Phillip Benner. He and Conrad Reamy, > >probably the master forgeman, both appear on my Casper Ross's Nat > >papers. I am hoping to find some records and maybe his wifes name. > >It's not real apparent on the Federal census records although it > >looks like Mary. > >I keep wondering, if Casper was from Germany or Holland how likely > >would a German settle in Centre county? Does that sound about right? > >I'll send you a page of his nat papers with Benners name. > > > >Mark in Kansas > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 2:57 AM > >Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] [PAMIFFLI] Ebbs, Brown, Orner > > > > > >For a starter on General Philip Benner, "The History of Rock," by Myrtle > >Magargel. 1940. It is reported that 92 persons came with Philip Benner to > >what is now Centre County in 1792 from Chester County, PA. Conrad Rimmey > >kept a boarding house for the group until dwellings could be built for the > >group. > >Nancy Lee Stover > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > >On Behalf Of [email protected] > >Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 9:19 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] [PAMIFFLI] Ebbs, Brown, Orner > > > >Good evening all, > >I am a new "lister" and thought I would try this out. Seems like a good way > >to gain some insight into early Centre County where my g-g-g grandfather > >settled in 1802 ish. He worked for a Phillip Benner and Conrad Reamy in the > >Forges. His name was Casper Ross. > >Does anybody know of any books or registers, rosters of the early Forges in > >Pa? Also, could I ask, what ethnicities would have settled the area??? > > > >Thanks, > >Mark in Kansas > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Sent: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 8:10 PM > >Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] [PAMIFFLI] Ebbs, Brown, Orner > > > > > >Sorry, that should be Jane Brown BRACKENRIDGE whose mother was Unknown > >BROWN. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: slbearer<mailto:[email protected]> > > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; > >[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] [PAMIFFLI] Ebbs, Brown, Orner > > > > > > Hi Sue > > > > Am just wondering if you have any theory's as to why Charles McClenahan's > > middle name is Brown? > > > > Susan > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 3:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [PAMIFFLI] Ebbs, Brown, Orner > > > > > > > Last but not least, there is a biography of George B. and > Mary (Wingate) > > > McClenahan in the same book. One of their children was Charles Brown > > > McClenahan who was born abt 1838 and died 26 Nov 1894 in Milroy, > >Mifflin, > > > Pa. He was discharged a Sergeant-Major after serving in the civil war. > > > He > > > first married Martha Jane Orner (she was born about 1839 and > died in the > > > 1870's in MIfflin county). They had 3 children, but I could only find > >2: > > > Irene B.(born about 1870) and George (born abt 1873). Both these > >children > > > are with their McClenahan grandparents in the 1880 Milroy census as son > > > Charles is with his new wife Catherine (Kate) Coldren with whom he > > > eventually also had 3 children.. > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > Sue > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with > >the > >word 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > >of > >the message > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >[email protected] > >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > >of > >the message > >________________________________________________________________________ > >Check out the new AOL. 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