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the name of John Carl. The church property also bounds it to the east side. There are 46 lots on the plan - 24 on the north and 22 on the south - lots 34 and 35 (or the place where they otherwise would have been), having been reserved for a "market square," but they have probably never been utilized for that purpose.
As the railroad town of Gallitzin was started at about the same time, it is probable that this fact caused the name St. Augustine to be substituted for that of Gallitzin, the Clearfield Township town.
A former resident furnishes the information that it was laid out by Joseph Brant, but he did not know its real name, consequently he had a lawyer search the records, for about 100 years back, for the plan of St. Augustine.
Biographical Sketches of the Various Priests Who
Served the Parish of St. Augustine.
As intimately interwoven with the history of the parish is the record of the various priests, who as pastors and assistant pastors, attended to spiritual needs of the people in St. Augustine and vicinity, biographical sketches as far as obtainable are presented; and although Father Lemke did not serve the congregation as pastor after its formation, yet before that important event, he for year occasionally visited the locality, a condensed biographical sketch of his life precedes the other sketches..
Father Peter Henry Lemke.
From the writer's condensation of a biographical sketch of Father Lemke by the talented Dr. Flick, a man of literary attainments of a high order as well as a physician in the front rank of eminent scientists of our country, published in Philadelphia about the year 1899, which condensed sketch was published in the Johnstown Tribune some time about June of that year and afterwards incorporated in "Souvenir of Loretto Centenary," with some other information published therewith, the following information concerning Father Lemke is gleaned:
Peter Henry Lemke was born in the town of Mecklenberg-Rhena, Germany, July 27, 1796. His parents, Lutherans in religion, were persons of more than average intelligence even for the middle class of Germans to which they belonged. His father was a magistrate, and his mother
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