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None of the more than 50 structures of French Azilum remain. The house and garden plots were absorbed into larger tracts of farmland. The LaPorte House, built in 1836 by the son of one of the founders of the colony, includes delicately painted ceilings and interior decor which reflect the French influence, and functions as a house museum. An ...
In the township the population was spread out, with 25.6% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.6 males.
French Azilum: Bradford County: 1793 Freytown: Lackawanna County [50] Frick's Lock: Chester County: East Coventry Township: Frogtown: Westmoreland County: Salem Township: a coal mining ghost town [51] Gold Mine [52] Grays Run: An obscure logging town. [53] Greenwood Furnace: Huntingdon County: Jackson Township
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (4 C, 3 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Populated places established in 1793" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total.
In 1793, the French Catholic settlement of French Azilum was founded on the banks of the Susquehanna River near Standing Stone. It was meant as a refuge for French aristocrats fleeing persecution in the French Revolution and slave uprisings in the French colony of Saint-Domingue . [ 6 ]
Antoine Omer Talon (20 January 1760 in Paris–18 August 1811 in Gretz) was a French counter-revolutionary. He was born in Paris on 20 January 1760, he was the father of Jean-Baptiste, seigneur of Boullay Thierry. He married Jeanne-Agnès-Gabrielle, countess of Pestre, from a rich family of nobles that originated from Belgium.
Map of eastern Pennsylvania showing important locations for the history of Joseph Priestley and the area. Following the French and Indian War (1755–63) and the forced migration of Native American tribes westward, German, Scots-Irish, and other European immigrants settled in the central Susquehanna Valley, including in the area that would become Northumberland, Pennsylvania. [1]
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