(Photo 2012 by Virginia Lawrence-Hope

Parking Lot (201 Spring Garden Street, former Fulmer-Bush Mansion)

The front part of this land at the corner was part of original town Lot No.57 that was purchased from the Penn Family in 1802 by Philip Odenwelder, Trustee for the German Reformed Congregation of Easton, and trustees for the other congregations in the German Union Church at that time.1 The rear (northern) strip was primarily Lot No.55.2

A. The corner property had been the site of large stone house used initially as the German Reformed Parsonage, and (after 1816) as the home of Presbyterian Minister David Bishop.3 Later, it was for many years the residence of Rev. Thomas Pomp,4 long-

1 Deed, John Penn and Richard Penn to Philip Odenwelder, Trustee for German Reformed Congregation of Easton, et al., G2 512 (31 May 1802)(sale price £ 11 18s. 6d. for original town Lot No.57).

2 Compare A.D. Chidsey, Jr., The Penn Patents in the Forks of the Delaware Plan of Easton, Map 2 (Vol. II of Publications of the Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society 1937) (Lot Nos.57 and 55 had 60’ of frontage on Fermor [now North 2nd] Street) with Northampton County Tax Records map, www.ncpub.org (property has 121’ of frontage on North 2nd Street).

3 A.D. Chidsey, Jr., The Old County Courthouse and other Northampton County History 21 (Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, 1964); see Virginia Williams Bentley, Sesquicentennial Story of the First Presbyterian Church of Easton, Pennsylvania 1811-1961 35 (1961).

4 See Item, EASTON ARGUS, Thurs., 28 May 1857, p.2, col.2 (Henry Fulmer tearing down Rev. Thomas Pomp’s house).

time pastor of the German Reformed Church on North 3rd Street. Rev. Pomp (1773 – 1852), affectionately known as “Father Pomp”, was the pastor of several congregations, including the German Reformed Church in Easton for 56 years from 1796 until his death at age 80, conducting 7,870 baptisms, 2,059 marriages, and 1,670 funerals during his 59-year career.5 In his last years, he had gradually reduced the number of the congregations he served, and even in Easton had taken on Rev. J.H.A. Bomberger in 1845 as the English pastor (while Father Pomp remained the German pastor). In 1850, Father Pomp retired from all active duties, although he retained the title (and salary) of pastor.6

Rev. Pomp’s stone house was torn down in 1857 by Henry Fulmer,7 and replaced with the Fulmer Mansion, then listed as 41 Spring Garden St. under the numbering scheme then in effect.8 When the modern street numbering scheme was inaugurated in 1874, the Fulmer Mansion was assigned an address at both 203 Spring Garden Street9 and 108 North 2nd Street.10 Fulmer’s father, Christian Fulmer of Richmond, PA, was a tanner, and the tanning business was the original foundation of Henry Fulmer’s business fortunes. Henry Fulmer owned the tannery located at the foot of 4th Street, and others in Monroe County.11 He then entered the iron and slate businesses.12 Among other things, he became a partner (with Peter Uhler and John Wagner) in the Lucy Furnace,13 an important iron works of the early Industrial Revolution located in Glendon (a town on the South bank of the Lehigh River just below Easton). The Lucy Furnace operated successfully in the 1870s, ‘80s and ‘90s, at times leased to to the Thomas Iron Company and the Bethlehem Iron Company (later Bethlehem Steel).14 Fulmer became “the wealthiest resident of Easton”.15 Fulmer was still in residence on Spring Garden Street in 1880, by then listed as retired at the age of 49, accompanied by his wife (Matilda) and 22-year-old son (Chester).16 He appears to have moved to a smaller town house at 101 Spring Garden Street by 1890.17 In 1897, he became President of the First

5 Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 186-90 (George W. West 1885 / 1889); William J. Heller, II History of Northampton County and The Grand Valley of the Lehigh Biographical Section 134-35 (The American Historical Society 1920).

6 Rev. Henry Martyn Kieffer, Some of the First Settlers of “The Forks of the Delaware” and Their Descendants (Marx Room Church Records designation Ks) 395 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1973).

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National Bank of Easton – he had been a member of its Board of Directors since 1865. He died in 1900.18

After Fulmer’s death, the Fulmer Mansion at 203 Spring Garden Street was taken over by Solomon Royce Bush,19 a co-founder of Easton’s enormous Bush & Bull department store. Bush (1845-1932) was also Vice President of the First National Bank and Trust Co.20 Bush had the mansion renovated by Easton architect William Marsh Michler,21 and occupied it by 1903.22 His son, F. Royce Bush (1880-1962), took over control of the firm in 1930, but closed the flagship Easton store in 1938 and sold the remaining Bethlehem store to Orr’s Department Store in 1955. Royce Bush was a world traveler, and (among other things) was a passenger on Pan American airlines’ first trans-Atlantic flight (late 1930s). After Royce Bush’s death, the mansion was sold. It was demolished in approximately 1978,23 and replaced by the present parking lot.24

7 See William Jacob Heller, II History of Northampton County (Pennsylvania and the grand valley of the Lehigh 134-35 (American Historical Society 1920)(incorrectly lists the death year as 1836, and is corrected in pencil in the Marx Room’s copy); see also Henry F. Marx (compiler), III Marriages and Deaths Northampton County 1852 – 1870 Newspaper Extracts 685 (Easton Area Public Library 1934).

8 Compare Jeremiah H. Lant, The Northampton County Directory for 1873 73 (1873)(alphabetical listing) with D.G. Beers, Atlas of Northampton County Pennsylvania, Plan of Easton (A. Pomeroy & Co. 1874)(H. Fulmer).

9 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Fri., 5 Dec. 1873, p.3. 10 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 28 Nov. 1873, p.3, col.4. 11 Obituary, “The Death of Henry Fulmer”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 25 Apr. 1900,

p.3, col.4. 12 J.H. Lant & Son, Easton [Etc.] Directory 1881-2 (1881)(alphabetical listing ); Jeremiah

H. Lant, The Northampton County Directory for 1873 73 (1873)(“iron &c.”). 13 Obituary, “The Death of Henry Fulmer”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 25 Apr. 1900,

p.3, col.4. 14 See Lance E. Metz and Donald Sayenga, Capt’ Sherman’s Guide to Hugh Moore Park 38

(Easton, PA: Canal History and Technology Press rev. ed. 1998); Craig L. Bartholomew and Lance E. Metz, with Ann Bartholomew (ed.), The Anthracite Iron Industry of the Lehigh Valley 141 (Easton: Center for Canal History and Technology 1986).

15 Obituary, “The Death of Henry Fulmer”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 25 Apr. 1900, p.3, col.4.

16 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1161, p.379B. 17 Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H.

Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), E-H transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastonetoh.html.

18 Obituary, “The Death of Henry Fulmer”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 25 Apr. 1900, p.3, col.4; see Obituary, “John F. Gwinner Passes Away – Was President of the First National Bank and Financier of High Repute”, EASTON EXPRESS, Wed., 6 Sept. 1916, p.5, col.2 (John F. Gwinner succeeded Henry Fulmer as President of the Bank, after Fulmer’s death); see also Obituary, “Henry Fulmer”, EASTON EXPRESS, Wed., 25 Apr. 1900, p.4, col.4; Jane S. Moyer (compiler), V Marriages and Deaths Northampton County 1885-1902 Newspaper Extracts 178 (Easton Area Public Library 1976).

19 Ken Klabunde, “Bush & Bull (and Banking), ‘Easton’s Great Department Store’”, in Easton Is Home, Heritage Edition Summer 2006 18, at 22 (Summer 2006); see also Easton Is Home, Heritage Edition 2001 34 (Summer 2001). A picture of the house as of 1906 appears in

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B. The northern strip of this property (primarily Lot No.55) had, in the 1790s, still been “vacant”, although it had been fenced in by Jacob “Krotz”.25 It was formally purchased from the Penn Family on 29 March 1800 by Jacob Gratz Jr. (often spelled “Grotz”).26 Gratz died in 1808, of consumption, at age 33.27 Two years later (in 1810), two of his sons petitioned Northampton County Orphan’s Court to value and “partition” (subdivide) his real estate among his widow Maria and the seven surviving children.28 These proceedings record that Lot No.55 included a “small frame Tenement” at this time,29 which the court’s “Inquisition” valued at $1,200.30 After the heirs refused to

Leonard S. Buscemi, Sr., 1887-1987 Easton Centennial Calendar unnumbered p.5 (Pinters’ Printers Inc. 1986)(incorrectly identified as the “No. East corner of 2nd and Spring Garden Streets” – it should be the NW corner); Leonard S. Buscemi, Sr., The 2000 Easton-Phillipsburg Calendar 70 (Buscemi Enterprises 1999).

20 Klabunde, “Bush & Bull (and Banking),” supra at 22. A history of the store, and of Mr. Bush, is given in the separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Bush & Bull Store Building at 301 Northampton Street.

21 Hannah D. Zabitz, “William March [sic] Michler: A Retrospective”, in Historic Easton, Inc. Annual House Tour: William Marsh Michler A Retrospective 3, Table at back (17 May 1986)(built c.1900).

22 George W. West (compiler), West’s Directory of Easton City for the Year 1903 36 (George W. West 1903)(Solomon R. Bush at 2nd and Spring Garden Streets); see George W. West (compiler), Directory of Easton City 35 (George W. West 1904)(same).

Bush had previously lived at 123 South 6th Street. See George W. West (compiler), West’s Directory of Easton [Etc.] 34 (West & Johnson Printing Co. 1901); A.E. Sholes (manager and compiler), Northampton County Directory 1901 128 (Easton Express 1 Nov. 1901); George W. West, West’s Guide to Easton [Etc.] 19 (George W. West 1887); George W. West, West’s Guide to Easton [Etc.] 59 (George W. West 1889)(108 South Third Street); J.H. Lant & Son, Easton [Etc.] Directory 1884-5 32 (1884); J.H. Lant & Son, Easton [Etc.] Directory 1883-4 25 (1883).

23 Hannah D. Zabitz, “William March [sic] Michler: A Retrospective”, in Historic Easton, Inc. Annual House Tour: William Marsh Michler A Retrospective 3, Table at back (17 May 1986).

24 Klabunde, “Bush & Bull (and Banking),” supra at 21-23. 25 Charles de Krafft, Map of Easton Original Town Lots (from the collection of Luigi “Lou”

Ferone (“Mr. Easton”) auctioned 27 Feb. 2010, said to have been used by the Penn clerks for notations to keep track of the town lots c.1779-1801)(Lot No.55 “Vacant – in Possession of Jacob Krotz, fenced in.”).

26 Deed, Penn Family to Jacob Grotz, E3 430 (28 Mar. 1800); see Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 274 (24 Aug. 1810)(Lot No.55 purchased by Jacob Grotz from the former Proprietaries on 29 March 1800).

27 Works Progress Administration Personnel (comp. & ed.), III Parish Records of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation of Easton, PA (Easton Area Public Library designation CCC) 317 (Easton Public Library 1937)(Jacob Grotz died of consumption at age 33, on 5 June 1808).

Jacob Gratz (Grotz) Sr. had died of “old age” at age 87, on 17 May 1803. Id. at 311. He had owned Lot No.62 (the second Lot to the North along the street). See www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Bank Building at 61 North 3rd Street, and sources cited therein).

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accept it at the valuations assigned by the Court’s inquest,31 the properties were further subdivided into five parcels and auctioned off to the public.32 That public sale split Lot No.55 into two, equal strips, each with frontage of 30 feet on Fermor (now North 2nd) Street. The “dwelling house” was located on the northern strip. That northern strip sold to John Heckman for $800, while the southern strip (apparently with no structure on it) was purchased by Philip H. Mattes for $360.33

Part of Lot No.55 had formerly become the residence of Samuel Phillippe, gunsmith. Prior to 1874, it had been listed as 60 North 2nd Street, under the street numbering scheme then in effect.34 Phillippe’s residence was assigned to 112 North 2nd Street in 1874.35

Samuel Phillippe (1801 – 1877)36 apprenticed as a gunsmith in the Young gun shop sometime between 1817 and 1823.37 In the 1850 Census, and again in the 1870 Census, he listed his profession as a gunsmith.38 After becoming an experienced craftsman in wood and metal, Phillippe experimented making other things. In his later years, he sometimes listed his occupation primarily as a locksmith.39 In the 1860 Census, he listed his occupation as a “Bell Hanger”.40 In addition, he made violins, one of which received a “First Premium” award from the Franklin Institute’s Exhibition in Philadelphia

28 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 274 (24 Aug. 1810)(petition for partition).

29 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 274 (24 Aug. 1810).30 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 322 (23 Nov. 1810). 31 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 322 (23 Nov. 1810)(return of partition

Inquisition from Sheriff); 8 Orphan’s Court Record 328 (27 Nov. 1810)(heirs all refuse land at valuation assigned, petition to sell land to the public).

32 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 337 (25 Jan. 1811)(report of estate administrators on land sales); accord, Deed, John Grotz and Isaac Grotz, Administrators of the Estate of Jacob Grotz, to John Bowes, G3 13 (1 Apr. 1811)(recitals).

There is an indexing problem with the Northampton County Orphan’s Court Record. Unfortunately, there were Orphan’s Court proceedings in 1810 for the estates of both Jacob “Grotz” Jr. and Sr. – and the clerk mixed up the two. A more complete discussion, including evidence of the clerk’s error based upon the names of the widows of the two men included in the actual court records, is contained in the www.WalkingEaston.com entry for 41 North 3rd Street.

33 Estate of Jacob Grotz, 8 Orphan’s Court Record 337 (25 Jan. 1811). 34 Compare Jeremiah H. Lant, The Northampton County Directory for 1873 104 (1873)

(alphabetical listing) with D.G. Beers, Atlas of Northampton County Pennsylvania, Plan of Easton (A. Pomeroy & Co. 1874)(Phillippe). This Atlas shows “Phillippe” relating to a building in the middle of the block, behind T.R. Sitgreaves at Spring Garden Street, with similar label on any buildings adjoining a street. However, the directory addresses on North 2nd Street suggest that the unlabeled buildings on that street were probably also occupied by the Phillippe family.

35 Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Sat., 28 Nov. 1873, p.3, col.4; accord, Webb’s Easton and Phillipsburg Directory 1875-6 97 (Webb Bros. & Co. 1875); J.H. Lant, Easton [Etc.] Directory for 1877 116 (M.J. Riegel 1877)(S. Phillipe & Co. lock and gunsmith at 16 South 3rd Street; Samuel Phillipe, gunsmith’s home is listed at 112 North 2nd Street, while S.C. Phillipe’s residence is listed at 26 North 2nd Street).

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in 1846.41 A fisherman, Phillippe is also said to have made the first “Kinsey” fishing hooks according to patterns by Phineus Kinsey of Easton.42 He is best known today for being identified as the inventor of the four- and six-section split-bamboo fishing rod, first made about 1845 or 1846,43 although recent research questions the validity of this attribution.44 According to some sources, he had previously experimented with two- the three-section rods, which had been tried earlier in England, but they would not “cast true”. He first made the first four-section rods for himself, and then for some of his friends, one of the first being for Colonel T. R. Sitgreaves”,45 his neighbor.46 These early rods used bamboo, but also had an ash butt. According to one source, Sitgreaves began marketing even lighter all-bamboo rods in 1848,47 and introduced a six strip rod in that or the following year. They were sold through Andrew Clerk & Co. of New York, which was also Phillippe’s source of bamboo. That New York firm was later a patron of famous fishing rod makers.48 A recent investigator has questioned this story, and suggested that Samuel Phillippe’s fame may actually rest on an American’s expert’s posthumous (and erroneous) attribution printed in the 1880s, and a resulting controversy with his English brethren thereafter.49

The historical marker commemorating Samuel Phillippe’s rod arose from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s request to the local historical society to recommend “five historically prominent people” in the County, one of whom would be honored. The five candidates chosen locally were all rejected by the Commission, which suggested Phillippe’s name instead. The Society’s commission members had never heard of him, but (upon encouragement) became educated, and discovered a Society member who claimed to possess some of Samuel Phillippe’s rods – a claim now rejected by modern research. Accordingly, the Commission got its marker.50

Samuel Phillippe died in 1877,51 and his buried in Easton Cemetery.52 His widow (Mrs. Mary Phillippe) and S.C. Phillippe (viz. Samuel’s son, Solon Phillippe53) continued to live in the residence. S.C. Phillippe took over the shop on South 3rd Street,54 operated as a “sportsman’s emporium” by the 1880s.55

In 1853, Solon Phillippe was one of the 17 boys admitted to the first freshman class of the new Easton High School.56

At the beginning of the Civil War, Solon Phillippe enlisted in Company D of the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment,57 which was recruited starting at a mass meeting in Centre Square the Saturday after Fort Sumter was bombarded, held two days before President Lincoln had yet called for volunteers.58 The 1st Pennsylvania was enlisted for only three months duty; it mustered out of service on 23 July 1861, without fighting in any battles.59

Solon Phillipe re-enlisted as a corporal with Company D of the 129th Pennsylvania Regiment when it was formed on 11 August 1862. He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862, and promoted to sergeant on 6 March 1863, before being mustered out with his company on 18 May of that year.60 The 129th Regiment fought most notably at the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.61 The Regimental Lt. Colonel was William H. Armstrong (of the Armstrong Homestead at 40 North 3rd Street,

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just a block away).62 Charles Francis Chidsey – later the first Mayor of Easton – and Joseph S. Osterstock – later a frequent Marshall of veterans’ parades in Easton – both served as privates in Company D of this Regiment.63

Like his father, Solon was also a locksmith. An Easton tradition describes an incident when a local bank was forced to call upon Solon to open their vault. After getting the door open, Solon indicated his fee would be $25, but the bank manager refused to pay so much. Accordingly, Solon pushed the door shut again, and demanded $200 in advance to re-open it.64

64 Letter, Bill Daub (Brown-Daub, Inc.) to Mrs. Mary K. Shepard (18 July 1972), reprinted and described in Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 89, 97 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013). The Daub Family had connections to the Phillipe Family; Mary Shepard was a researcher interested in the history of Samuel Phillippe fishing rods.

37 William B. Hillanbrand, “The Young Family of Gunsmiths”, The Kentucky Rifle Association Bulletin, Vol. 24, No.2 (Winter 1997), at 8.

36 Born 9 August 1801, died 25 May 1877. see also Dr. Andrew N. Herd, “Samuel Phillippe”, in A FlyFishing History, www.flyfishinghistory.com/phillipe.htm (accessed 28 Oct. 2009)(gives birth year as 1809).

38 1850 Census, Series 432, Roll 802, p.147B, Image 301 (from Ancestry.com), reprinted in part in Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 9 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013); 1870 Census, Series M593, Roll 1382, p.10A.

39 The earliest directory listing for Samuel Phillippe lists him only as a locksmith. C[harles] Kitchen, A General Directory of the Borough of Easton PA (Cole & Eichman’s Office, 1855). His last listing includes locksmithing. J.H. Lant, Easton [Etc.] Directory for 1877 116 (M.J. Riegel 1877)(S. Phillipe & Co. lock and gunsmith at 16 South 3rd Street). Accord, Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 9 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013).

40 1860 Census, Series M653, Roll 1147, p.236; accord, Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 9 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013).

41 Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 5 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013); George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing, fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009)(silver medal).

42 George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing, fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009).

43 Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 5 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013); George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing, fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009); Dr. Andrew N. Herd, “Samuel Phillippe”, in A FlyFishing History, www.flyfishinghistory.com/phillipe.htm (accessed 28 Oct. 2009). A historical plaque placed on South 3rd Street commemorates this event. It was pictured in on the cover of Easton Is Home, Heritage Edition – Summer ’05 (Easton Is Home Publications 2005); see also Smedberg, Marie, “Not Just Another Fish Story”, THE IRREGULAR, July-Aug. 1997, p.19A. Mr. Phillippe’s store location on South Third Street, just North of Pine Street, is documented only at the end of his career in 1877. J.H. Lant, Easton [Etc.] Directory for 1877 116 (M.J. Riegel 1877).

In 1873, Samuel Phillippe’s shop was located on Northampton Street, at the location numbered 407 today. See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Rosenbaum Building at 407-09

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Mary Phillippe (Samuel’s widow) died in 1885, at age 80,65 after which Solon appears to have moved (along with his store) to 31 South Sitgreaves Street, while his sister became a boarder at the Arlington House.66 Solon Phillippe died in 1925, and is buried in Easton Cemetery.67

Northampton Street. 44 Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods passim (Groton (MA): Reel Lines

Press 2013). 45 George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing,

fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009)(quoting Charles F. Murphy, an early rod maker from Newark, NJ, who visited Phillippe to learn about rod-making). This article includes a detailed quotation of other letters by men who either obtained Phillippe rods, or saw them in Phillippe’s possession, at early dates.

46 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Theodore Sitgreaves Mansion at 219 Spring Garden Street.

47 George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing, fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009).

48 Dr. Andrew N. Herd, “Samuel Phillippe”, in A FlyFishing History, www.flyfishinghistory.com/phillipe.htm (accessed 28 Oct. 2009). The article includes a picture of Phillippe as an older man, “with magnificent mutton-chops whiskers, a long face and steel framed spectacles balancing high no his balding crown.”

49 See Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods passim (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013).

50 Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 2 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press 2013). Although not free from doubt, one or more of the “Phillippe” rods may have been manufactured by Samuel’s son, Solon.

The five names originally recommended by the local Society were: Pa Governor George Wolf; George Peyton March (General Pershing’s WWI Chief of Staff); Dr. Traill Green (physician, scientist, educator etc.); attorney and U.S. Congressman Samuel Sitgreaves (industrialist); and Easton founder William Parsons.

51 On 25 May 1877. Obituary, “PHILLIPPE”, EASTON ARGUS, Fri., 1 June 1877, p.2, col.8, summarized in Henry F. Marx (compiler), V Marriages and Deaths Northampton County 1871 – 1884 Newspaper Extracts 1357 (Easton Area Public Library 1935). This obituary lists Phillippe’s age as 75 at the time of his death, which is consistent with his birth date given above.

52 Find A Grave Memorial # 9167838 “Samuel Phillippe”, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=PHI&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSsr=1121&GRid=9167838& (includes portrait and picture of gravestone).

53 George Leonard Herter, “A Brief Early History of Split Bamboo Rods”, in Fly Fishing, fishing-tricks.com/a_brief_early_history_of_split_bamboo_fishing_rods.html (accessed 28 Oct. 2009)(quoting Charles F. Murphy, an early rod maker from Newark, NJ, who visited Phillippe to

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learn about rod-making).54 J.H. Lant, Easton [Etc.] Directory for 1879 127 (M.J. Riegel 1879)(Mrs. Mary Phillippe,

and S.C. Phillippe both residents at 112 North 2nd Street; S.C. Phillippe’s gunsmith shop at 16 South 3rd Street); see 1880 Census, Series T9, Roll 1161, p.382C (Mary Phillippe (age 74) at 112 North 2nd Street with son Solon C. Phillipe (gunsmith) and daughter Mary A. Phillippe).

55 Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 182 (George W. West 1885). 56 Thomas C. Kerr, In Search of Samuel Phillippe Rods 10 (Groton (MA): Reel Lines Press

2013). 57 Samuel P. Bates, I History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5 21 (P. Singerly, State

Printer 1869)(Solomon Phillippe); accord, National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm, “Solon C. Phillippe” (accessed 24 Apr. 2011)(private, 1st Pennsylvania Infantry; alternate name Solomon/Phillippy).

58 Edward P. Kennedy, Government, Vol. III Two Hundred Years of Life in Northampton County, PA. 59 (Northampton County Bicentennial Commission 1976). The actual date of the speech was 18 April 1861. Kennedy, Government, supra at 40-41. See generally Samuel P. Bates, I History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5 13 (P. Singerly, State Printer 1869).

59 Samuel P. Bates, I History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5 15 (P. Singerly, State Printer 1869); see James Wright, The Civil War: Northampton County Perspective 32 (The Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society 2004); Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 234-36 (George W. West 1885 / 1889).

60 Samuel P. Bates, IV History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5 192 (P. Singerly, State Printer 1870).

61 Samuel P. Bates, IV History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5 185-86 (P. Singerly, State Printer 1870).

62 See separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for Armstrong House at 60 North 3rd Street, and sources cited therein.

63 Samuel P. Bates, IV History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers: 1861 – 1865 192-93 (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, State Printer 1870, reprinted by Broadfoot Publishing Company 1994); see separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for Chidsey / Osterstock Parking Lot at 212-230 Northampton Street.

65 Jane S. Moyer (compiler), XIV Marriages and Deaths Northampton County 1885 – 1902 Newspaper Extracts 143 (Easton Area Public Library 1976)(died 17 June 1885).

66 Census Directory of Northampton County, Eleventh U.S. Census, 1890 (Joseph H. Werner, assisted by Geo. W. West 1891), J-POHL transcribed online at www.bethlehempaonline.com/beth1890/eastonjtop.html.

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67 Frederich Otto, “Solon C. Phillippe”, in Easton Cemetery Find A Grave Memorial X 19014620, www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Phillippe&GSfn=Solon&GSiman=1&GScid=44735&GRid=19014620& (accessed 20 May 2011).

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