Drums is an unincorporated improve in Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
It was established by the Drum family in the late 18th century originally and was originally known as Drum's.
The village was originally titled "Drum's" after the Drum family, whose members advanced the village's first school, postal service, hotels, churches, roads, and businesses.
Family members held positions as pioneers, territory developers, justices of the peace, postmasters, school presidents, educators, tailors, shoe manufacturers, Luzerne County sheriff, hotel proprietors, lawyers, and Pennsylvania state legislators. The framers of Drums were the Drum family.
According to the 1790 United States Federal Census, George Drum lived in "Allen Township" (now West Bethlehem) amid the 1790s before moving his family to the Nescopeck Valley (now Sugarloaf Valley) to initiate a hotel company eventually establishing Drums town and establishing the Drums postal service operation with his son's help serving Luzerne County.
George Drum and his family lived in West Bethlehem before establishing Drums town. According to the Drum family legend, tragedy hit the family in 1774 when their farmhouse was attacked by Indians.
George railwayand went on to precarious the town of Drums when he reached maturity. George was thriving to the beautiful Sugarloaf Valley region in Luzerne County as were other pioneers, such as John Balliet, who is also part of the Drum family tree.
George became one of the pioneering pioneer there in the late 18th century initiating the evolution of Drums village and Conyngham.
George Drum was the first settler inside the village of Conyngham, which is where his estate still stands in impeccable condition after 2 centuries of Drum family ownership ....
Honorable justice of the peace; Susan (Drum) Walter (GG daughter of George Sr.) being the last known Drum family owner of the (George) Drum family estate up until the mid 1970s. Susan lived till the age of 97, becoming the town's earliest resident at that time.
In the late 1700s, George Drum bought territory in the Nescopeck Valley (renamed Sugarloaf Valley in 1809) in areas that would turn into Drums and Conyngham.
"Among the early pioneer were George Drum, Philip Woodring, Andrew Mowery, and Henry Davis". George Drum was an entrepreneur and government documents indicate he was a carpenter, contractor, builder, farmer, and justice of the peace for Sugarloaf Township.
George assembled the first hotel-tavern in Drums.:3 The initial Drums Hotel building still stands in Drums, but is now a privately owned residence in superb condition.
The initial Drums Post Office building still remains also, but is now a market seat still positioned directly athwart the road from the Drums Hotel.
Other family members are buried at Drums Community Cemetery and Conyngham Union Cemetery.
In 1808, Philip Drum (son of George Sr.) bought territory in Luzerne County from Benjamin Rush, who was a close advisor to George Washington amid the American Revolutionary War and signed the United States Declaration of Independence. In 1810, Philip established Drums' first carding foundry on the Little Nescopeck River.
George Sr., George Jr., Philip, & other Drum family members owned vast acreage of territory in Drums, Conyngham, and encircling counties.
George Drum's two century old estate still stands in immaculate condition in Conyngham and is a fine example of colonial architecture.
On February 27, 1858, Philip died in Drums, Butler Township, aged 71, he was buried at St.
Further improve and territory evolution by family members made Drums and St.
Drums is the principal village in Butler Township.
Was propel justice of the peace for Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County, in 1811; George Drum Jr.
Drum, born March 12, 1832, was propel justice of the peace in 1860 for Luzerne County based in the town of Conyngham adjoining to Drums.
Drum was propel to the Pennsylvania General Assembly (Pennsylvania legislature) and served from 1879 to 1882. George W.
Drum III was also a member and trustee of the German Lutheran Church and trustee of the Conyngham Church and school territory lot. Jacob Drum, a son of Philip Drum and namesake of his great-grandfather, Jacob, served as justice of the peace in 1847 and 1852.
William Drum, son of George Sr., established the first postal service in Drums in 1826 as postmaster.
Postmasters" register, George Drum (son of Abraham) was appointed on April 28, 1854 as postmaster for the Drums postal service amid the 1850s.
During the 1880s, Abraham Alex Drum (son of Josiah Drum & Maria Balliet) became postmaster. Carrie Drum (grand daughter of Philip the 2nd) was postmistress from the 1890s into the early 1900s. All told, the Drum family personally directed the Drums postal service for at least a century.
Abraham's son, George Drum (b.
2, 1827), then became proprietor of the Drums Hotel by the mid 19th century and married Emma Fritzinger. The hotel was passed on to succeeding generations in the family.
The Drums Hotel (which directed for over a century) and other family businesses, sat inside a triangle of roads that was the commercial heart of Drums.
1871) was the grandson of Philip Drum and son of Nathan from Drums.
The automobile offered new company opportunities. Drums and Saint Johns served as the commercial centers of the township for most of its history, but with the advent of automobiles and housing developments, the core of commercial activeness shifted to Route 309 by 1936. In 1958 Susan (Drum) Walters, great grand daughter of George Sr., was propel justice of the peace for the Sugarloaf Valley, serving the improve until her death in 1973. She was the earliest resident at age 97.
Drums is served by the Butler Township Police Department, which employs Chief David Pavelko, a sergeant, and five other officers. Fire, rescue and emergency medical services are provided by volunteers from Valley Regional Fire and Rescue, which was formed when Butler Township Fire Company and Conyngham Fire Company consolidated in 2005. Drums' first school was established by Drum family members and titled the Drums school.
"In 1870, the Drums school was moved to a new locale across the road from the present Drums school". "In 1941, the initial wooden Drums school was closed and a larger brick structure was built".
Drums Elementary/Middle School is served today by the Hazleton Area School District. In addition to the Drums Elementary Middle School, the Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences (HAAS) will be positioned inside Drums for the 2013 2014 school year.
The president, Isaac Drum, was born in 1820, the son of Jacob Drum.
Spencer; superintendent Cyrus Straw; secretary Abraham Alexander Drum (son of Josiah Drum and Maria Balliet); librarian Mary Jacobs; treasurer Josiah Drum; and supervisors Cyrus Straw, Henry Gilmore, John Spencer, Mrs.
George Drum (the first) was a beginning member of the church.
The subscribers to this document were George Drum, John Balliet Sr, Philip Woodring, Jacob Speth, George Wenner, S.
Maurer, George Beishline, and Michael Bitterle.:5 One of the founders, Jacob Drumheller (in the Drum family tree), assembled the first building in what became Hazleton, Pennsylvania in 1809.
John's Cemetery, including the initial George Drum and wife Anna Margaret Woodring; Philip Drum and second wife Magadalena, Jacob Drum and wife Susan Mochamaer, Abraham Drum and wife Magdalene, John Drum and wife Anna Marie, and Isaac Drum.
Balliet, Beisal, Beishline, Butz, Chapin, Curwood, Drasher, Dreisbach, Drumheller, Eroh, Fink, Fisher, Fritzinger, Gilmore, Greece, Hart, Heller, Helman, Hess, Hughes, Klinger, Lauderbach, Miller, Mochamer, Morgan, Santee, Schleppy, Shearer, Strauss, Straw, Turnbach, Roth, Wagner, Whitenight, Whitebread, Wilkins, Winter, Wolfe, Woodring, Wotring, Yoch, Young, and Zimmerman are some names in the extended Drum family who lived in the Drums region and contributed to the community. "The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family.
The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family.
"History Of Butler Township, Luzerne County, 1786-1880" Butler Township printing, 1880 "The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family" Press of Berkemeyer, Allentown, Pa.
"The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family" Press of Berkemeyer, Allentown, Pa.
"The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family" Press of Berkemeyer, Allentown, Pa.
The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family, Press of Berkemeyer, Keck & Co., Allentown, PA, 1927, p.
"The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family" Berkemeyer, Allentown, Pa.
"Two Hundred years Of Progress:Butler Township, 1784-1984" presented by The Drums Lions Club, Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
Drums Lions Club, Butler Township, Luzerne Cty., Pa.
"Two Hundred Years Of Progress:Butler Township, 1784-1984" presented by The Drums Lions Club, Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
Drums Lions Club.
"Two Hundred Years Of Progress:Butler Township, 1784-1984" presented by The Drums Lions Club, Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
By Drums Lions Club, Drums, Butler Township, Luzerne County, Pa.
"Two Hundred Years of Progress: Butler Township, 1784-1984" presented by Drums Lions Club ( printed announcement verification at "butler-township.com"), Butler Township, Pa.
"THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY of the DRUM FAMILY" Press of Berkemeyer, Keck & Co.
"History Of Butler Township, Luzerne County, 1786-1880" Butler Township printing, 1880, p.4 Helman, Laura, "The History and Genealogy of the Drum Family" Berkemeyer Press, Allentown, Pa.
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