Earl H. Lippert wrote: > Hello Charles, > > I saw your email requesting information for Lower Swatara Township and > including Highspire and I thought I'd send you this little bit of info > that I'm trying to find out if this is my wife's Great Great Grandfather > whom I think is a JEREMIAH J. KIRK, but anyway, this article says that a > JEREMIAN KIRK was the 1st Postmaster of Highspire. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Here is another piece of information that I've found and I don't know if > it is for this person or not, but I will put it here until it is proven > or dis-proven. It is from FTM, CD-19, EGLE'S NOTES and QUERIES of > PENNSYLVANIA, 1700's - 1800's, Third Series Volume II, Page 496. (The > above is my note that I've included in my genealogy program. EHL) > > > HIGHSPIRE AND ITS POSTMASTERS > > "The United States post-office guide contains many offices of > the same name----often as many as there are States in the Union----but > there is one office (our own Highspire), which stands alone, and none > have ever forgotten it who perchance have ever seen or heard of it. In > our efforts to find why this peculiar name was given we have discovered > that the office was established in December, 1829, with JEREMIAH KIRK as > the first postmaster, being appointed at that time. Who he was we know > not, and desire information of him." > > I just wanted you to have this little bit of information. Talk with you > more later. > > Best Regards, > > Earl, Bob, Frank, etc: > Just completed a lengthy conversation with Jennie KERN about their Historical Society working on HIGHSPIRE's history, which is intertwined with Lower Swatara. Bob, she tells me to say hello to you, remembering you from school - she was the school nurse. The ladies (Cassie Wright, President - 939-6806) have been working on this history project for a while, and have the support of Jennie's son, a history teacher from the Steel-High school. He's done much, I understand, in documenting the area's history. I spent the past two days searching for a listing of all of Highspire's Postmasters, and finally found it just after talking with Jennie. Jeremiah KIRK is recorded as taking charge Dec. 2, 1829. He was followed by a long list of Lower Swatara residents: Alleman, Garman, Stoners (Henry, Milton, and U.S.), Ruth and Parthemore, just to name a few. The Highspire Historical Society is being assisted by the state somehow, and I would imagine there is a lot of Lower Swatara Township history in their files. I plan on attending their next meeting. Just missed last night's, and this morning's meeting was called off due to threatening weather. -- Regards, CHARLES EARL FIES -- Fies Family Fotos <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/> FIES/FEES Family History Research Site <http://www.fies-fees.org> BABB - HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Babbs.html> DAUPHIN CO. CEMETERIES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/DauphinCo.html> ERNST-GRUBER <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Ernsts.html> Forgotten Cemeteries <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Forgotten.html> FRASCELLA -- <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Frascella.html> HARTMAN <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Hartman.html> SCHLEGEL-PETERS <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/EarlPete.html> SNYDER-JONES <http://home.att.net/~chasfies/ermafies.html> STONER -- <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Stoner.html> SWARTZ / SCHWARTZ <http://home.att.net/~charliefies/Swartz.html> WIELAND-YOUNG-STONER<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Wealands.html> ZIMMERMAN - Berks Co PA<http://home.att.net/~chasfies/Zimmerman.html>