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The only teacher I knew was Mabel Baker who taught there in the early 1900’s. The school was torn down probably twenty years ago and I remember it well. Children who attended the Pontius school in September of 1893 were Jasper Spigelmeyer; Theodore Strickler; Amos Weiser; Frank and Mollie Ulrich; Foster and Clayton Hackenberg; William, Katie, Emma, Carrie and Lettie Erdley; Daniel, Leah, and Blanche Ruhl; J. Charlton and J. Clair Hackenberg; Clarence and Bertha Shively; Clarence Noll; J. Edwin and Lizzie Wittes; Miles Gotshall; William T. Lepley; Elmer Styers; Alverna and Lilly Biddle; and Gertrude Weiser. If I remember correctly, my mother said there was a toll house just this side of Hickernell Spring, on the north side of the road. It was by a small stream which comes down off the mountain. I could still find the spot today. The place has been gone for probably eighty years. There was a house there marked on the 1868 Atlas as belonging to G. Sheisley. I cannot find him in the 1860 Census but I did find him buried in the Pike Cemetery and listed as George, a Civil War Soldier in Company G, 41st. He died in August 1905. The Kleckner House was an old, log house, about a mile west of Mifflinburg, and torn down about 1999 by a descendant who took it to his home and plans to rebuild it. It was just before the place the railroad closed Rt. 45 and just before the road that turns off to go back to Swengel. This old house was here when the turnpike was built, but when it was built west of Mifflinburg I do not know. Anthony Kleckner is the ancestor, born in 1723 in Germany, died in Northampton Co. in 1804. He came to America on the ship, “Edinburgh” Oct. 2, 1753. He married Elizabeth Margaret in Germany in 1750 who died. He married 2d. Catharine. By first wife who died in 1774/1775 in Northampton Co. he had: John, b. Aug. 12, 1750 in Germany; Margaret, born in Germany, 1752; John Nicholas, born in America about 1754; Elizabeth, born in 1755 in America; Daniel Heinrich, born in America about 1757; Christina, born in America about 1758; Anna Catherine, born July 20, 1759 in Northampton Co.; John Philip, born Sept. 15, 1760 in America; Solomon, b. Mar. 30, 1765 in Northampton Co., died Aug. 18, 1837, in Union Co., wife was a Hoover; Susanna, born about 1777. John, the son of Anthony, b. Germany, Aug. 12, 1750, died in Mifflinburg, 1839. He married Anna Barbara Koch, who was born in Northampton Co., the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Koch. Her Will is in the courthouse at Lewisburg. She names: son David, who had: Anna Barbara, Elisabeth, and Sarah. Anna Barbara died July 19, 1849. She and her husband are buried in old Mifflinburg cemetery. In 1792 John Kleckner came to Union County and purchased land in partnership with his brother, Solomon and wife— the land of Captain Irvin of 622 acres just west of Mifflinburg. John purchased half of this land. He built a house (an inn or tavern) which stood until taken apart by the descendant about 1999. John Kleckner also farmed and built a grist mill in 1807 in Center County. This he sold to his son in 1817. John Kleckner’s brother, Solomon Kleckner was a clock maker. John’s sister, Margaret, who was born in Germany was blind and John took care of her all her life. She died Aug. 9, 1829 and is buried in Mifflinburg. Her father, Anthony Kleckner made provisions in his Will for her. John and Anna Barbara are buried in Mifflinburg cemetery. They had children: Daniel, born Feb. 2, 1780 in Northampton Co.; John, b. Dec. 2, 1781 in Northampton Co.; Joseph, born Nov. 15, 1783 in Northampton Co.; Maria Christina born Oct. 19, 1785 in Northampton Co., married Mathias Snook; Elias; Elizabeth, born Mar. 3, 1787 in Northampton Co., married John Heckman; Anthony, born May 19, 1789; David; Anna Barbara, b. Aug. 2, 1791, married Peter Pontius. Anthony, who was in the War of 1821, and moved to Clinton Co., died July 6, 1865, married Sarah Munich. He built an inn. He also built a grist mill that burned in 1824 but was rebuilt in Center Co. The home and barn still stood in 1985 in Anthony Kleckner also built a church at Logansville in 1850 in Center Co. (or Clinton Co.?) He also built a mill along Fishing Creek and the area around it was called Logan Mills. A covered bridge right by the mill was still there in 1985. The last child was Margaret, born 1795 in Union Co., married James Hartman. The sons of Anthony and John were excellent with wood work. The toll house at the west end of Lewisburg is still there, remodeled and says Eberhart on the front. The toll house at the far end of Mifflinburg is still there by the last traffic light on the north side of the road. © Copyright 2012 by Mifflinburg Telegraph Weekly Newspaper Top of Page |
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