They had doctors, dentists, churches, bakeries, movie house, town hall for dances and minstrel shows, grocery stores, dry goods stores, newspaper, ambulance, hotel, schools as well as bus and train services.Īmong the well known people who attended schools in Aston were, David Glascoe Farragut, who became Admiral and Naval hero in the Civil War, John Drew, the American stage actor, as well as Doctor James Gassoway, who became a United States Marine surgeon and ex Governor Powell Clayton of Arkansas. The hotel was the only voting place in Aston for several years, and also played a prominent part in one of the famous murders in the nation, which eventually involved many well known people in Delaware County.įor many years the Rockdale area was the center of interest as they had just about everything a person would need. On September 2, 1831, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was chartered at the Seven Stars Hotel. Stars Hotel became a stage coach stop and a stop for watering horses, as well as changing horses. The location is believed to be the Seven Stars Hotel. However, in 1762, James Johnson was licensed to keep a public house at Village Green.
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In 1740, Thomas Vernon presented a petition to the court for a license for a house of entertainment, alleging that there was no tavern for twelve to fourteen miles from where his house was located. The first licensed house in Aston was the Seven Stars Hotel, located at Pennell and Concord roads. Among those killed by the flood waters was John Rhodes, an aged man, along with his daughters, Hannah and Jane, and his granddaughter, MaryAnn Collingsworth, who were swept away along with their house. The flood of the century, which occurred on August 5, 1843, did considerable damage to the mills, destroying some along Chester Creek as well as the dams and races which they depended on for power.
Low water and winter freezes caused operations to cease. These mills operated as long as they had water supply for power. Over the years these mills produced cotton, wool, paper, with grist mills grinding wheat and corn grown in the area. Farther down the Chester Creek to Bridgewater was the Pennellton Mill, which later was American Rendering Plant, now Giant Concrete. Among them were: Peters Grist and Saw Mill on the west branch of Chester Creek near the Concord Township line, Tyson’s Mill, also known as Llewelyn Mills or Rhodes Mill at Aston Mills, the Old Forge at Rockdale, which today is the Kings Mill Caterer, Thatcher’s Tilt Mill, near WaWa station, the Lenni Mills on Lenni Road, later became Aldon Rug Mill, Crozerville Mills at the foot of Hollow Hill, this mill later was known as Yorkshire Worsted Mill, and today is Container Research, West Branch Mills, which was later operated by Victoria Plush Mill and then Aldon Rug Mill, Today it is the Rockdale Industrial Center. On July 30, 1842, an act of legislature was passed annexing to Thornbury Township, all that part of Aston lying north of a line beginning immediately south of Stoney Bank Churchyard and extending east and west from Chester Creek to Concord Township.Īlong Chester Creek there were many mills in the early part of the 19th century.
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