The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 22, June 1, 2003, Article 9

MORE MICKLEY LORE

  Bill Swoger writes: "Regarding Joseph Mickley, I'd like
  to add another story:  In September of 1777, when the
  British under Lord Howe were moving on Philadelphia,
  John Jacob Mickley, grandfather of our Joseph, organized
  a wagon train and gathered therein the large bells that were
  to be found in Philadelphia.

  These were conveyed first to Allentown, and then to
  Bethlehem, where they arrived on September 23rd, thus
  saving for posterity the "Liberty Bell" that would be depicted
  on a half dollar less than a century and a half later.  John
  Jacob Mickley, Jr., Joseph's father, then a lad of 11 years,
  rode in the wagon with the "Liberty Bell" from Philadelphia
  to Allentown.  He died on April 1st, 1857, just 12 days shy
  of his 91st birthday."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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