"Pastor Croll was an accomplished historian and obviously made use of the best available sources for his text...he discovered, in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,...the first history of Oley, the lengthy manuscript entitled 'Fragment of the past history of Oley', by Dr. Peter G. Bertolet...This was based largely on interviews with Oley Valley residents, many of whom were born in the 18th century....After several competent historical chapters on the settlement and early religious patterns and conflicts in the Valley, Pastor Croll concentrates on some of the major families of Oley." [forward]
The chronicles of Middletown, containing a compilation of facts, biographical sketches, reminiscences, anecdotes, &c., connected with the history of one of the oldest towns in Pennsylvania
Primary responsibility ascribed to Elmer Fisher Kennel and Gideon B. Stoltzfus in foreword.
Includes index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Article Page -- Brief Ancestral History 15 -- An Early Move To Kansas 24 -- The Joel and Elizebeth (Stoltzfus) Fisher Family -- Chapter Entry Number -- I Daniel 2 -- II Nancy 40 -- III Lovina 153 -- IV Lydia 181 -- V Stephen 186 -- VI Emma 235 -- VII Joseph 236 -- VIII Joel 237 -- IX Salome 277 -- X John 319 -- XI Elizabeth 320.
