Nov.2,1911-Diphtheria in Leechburg (no replies)
The Daily Times on Nov.2,1911 had a short story about the deaths of children in Leechburg PA caused by Diphtheria.GeorgeZedena age 9yrs and John McGuire 2yrs.No other names were given. The story...
View ArticleColwell,Jenning,Wolf (no replies)
The Daily Times ,Kittanning News Paper April 16,1898-Saturday The Misses Rebecca,Catharine,Mary and Margaret Jenning,accompanied by Mrs.W.G.Wolf,of the East End,Pittsburg,are visting their...
View ArticleMrs .Margaret Reichter-1909-party list (no replies)
The Kittanning Times(News Paper)June 10,1909 A Birthday Party Held At Paintertown A very pleasant birthday party was held at the home of Mrs.Margaret Reichter of Paintertown on Friday,in honor of her...
View ArticleAnna B. McKee -1909 (no replies)
Girl Graduates in Kansas Miss Anna B. McKee,an Armstrong county girl of near Kittanning will be graduated from Emporia College of Emporia,Kansas on June the 10. Miss McKee graduated from the...
View Article1909 List of unclaimed letters (no replies)
This list of unclaimed letters at the Kittanning Post Office was published in the June 1909, The Kittanning Times (NewsPaper) Mikula Bartolovic (2) William S. Beech Geo.W.Bowman Miss Virdia Bowers...
View ArticleSt. Marks Evangelical Eddyville [Synod] (no replies)
HISTORY OF THE PITTSBURGH SYNOD ST. MARKS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH EDDYVILLE PA The pioneer work on behalf of the German settlers of this community was largely in the hands of pastors of the...
View ArticleJohn Anthony, death mentioned in New Bethlehem newspaper, 1893 (no replies)
Excerpts from the New Bethlehem, Clairon County, newspaper, The Vindicator: Jan. 19, 1893: John Anthony, whose death we noticed last week, did not live in South Bethlehem, but a distance outside of...
View ArticleStull Reunion, 1949 (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Friday, 12 August 1949, p. 11: LEECHBURG MAN HEADS REUNION Verle Miller, of Kirkpatrick avenue, Leechburg, was elected president of the Stull reunion...
View ArticleKing Funeral Home Sold to Bodenhorn, Shaffer (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Friday, 30 June 1967, p. 21: KING FUNERAL HOME SOLD TO BODENHORN, SHAFFER Mrs. N. Lee Roy King today announced the transfer of ownership of the N. Lee Roy...
View ArticleGhost Town of Johnetta (1 reply)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Wednesday, 10 August 1949, p. 9: GHOST TOWN OF JOHNETTA IS REVISITED A number of Leechburg area families who were former residents of the Johnetta mining...
View ArticleMrs. Klugh Honored By Legion Auxiliary (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Thursday, 12 June 1958, p. 12: MRS. KLUGH HONORED BY LEGION AUXILIARY It's not very often that an organization has the honor of celebrating the 89th birthday...
View ArticleQuigley, John P. (no replies)
Notice to all persons indebted to the estate of the late John P. Quigley of Franklin Twp. are advised to contact his widow, Esther Quigley, Admx. and James P. Quigley Admr. dated 3 July 1833. (Source:...
View ArticleMcKee, Mrs. Alexander (no replies)
DIED Friday evening last at the house of Mr. R. Robinson in Kittanning, Mrs. Alexander McKee, formerly of Westmoreland County, of an advanced age. (Source: Newspaper Articles, "Armstrong Democrats and...
View ArticleQuigley, John P. (no replies)
NOTICE to all persons indebted to the estate of the late John P. Quigley of Franklin Twp., are advised to contact his widow, Esther Quigley, Administratrix and James P. Quigley Administer. dated 3...
View ArticleBish, Jacob - Bound & Gagged (no replies)
Kittanning - Jacob Bish of Ford City was found bound and gagged in his room at his boarding house at Ford City. Burglars entered the house during the night and attacked and robbed Bish of $50 and...
View ArticleValuable Sipes Library Burned (no replies)
From the FREEPORT JOURNAL, Freeport, PA, Friday, 7 November 1924, p. 1: VALUABLE LIBRARY BURNED A home on the farm of H.H. Sipes, of South Buffalo, caught fire last Friday from a spark falling on the...
View ArticleStepp, Mrs. Mary (no replies)
Mrs. Mary Stepp, of North Buffalo township, is in jail charged with trying to poison her husband, George Stepp, and their three children. Their married life of late has not been very harmonious, and,...
View ArticleLeechburg K. of P., Elected to State Office, Is Lauded (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Monday, 11 November 1946, p. 8: LEECHBURG K. OF P., ELECTED TO STATE OFFICE, IS LAUDED E.A. Stull, the first Grand Lodge officer from Leechburg Knights of...
View ArticleFamily Loses All as Gilpin House Burns (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Thursday, 8 January 1953, pp. 1 and 10: FAMILY LOSES ALL AS GILPIN HOUSE BURNS A Gilpin Township family of six lost everything they owned late yesterday...
View ArticleLeechburg Three-Dot Data, 1949 (no replies)
From the VALLEY DAILY NEWS, Tarentum, PA, Friday, 5 August 1949, p. 11: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buehl and son, Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Knepshield, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shearer and Mr. and Mrs. Mark...
View ArticleDarr, Valentine (no replies)
ACCIDENT No. 48. — Valentine Darr, on the 29th of June (1882), had his leg broken by a fall of coal, in the Red Bank mine, operated by the Fairmoimt Coal and Iron Company, in Armstrong county....
View ArticleRichard Roone Sleepwalks out Window (no replies)
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., July 2: While in a somnambulistic state, Richard Roone walked out of the second story of his residence and fell a distance of nearly thirty feet to the ground, striking on his...
View ArticlePres. Robt. A. Lamberton Died (no replies)
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 4. - President Robert A. Lamberton, of Lehigh university, died here. He was elected president in 1880, and his influence has had much to do with this institution's...
View ArticleKittanning Township (no replies)
KITTANNING TOWNSHIP. David Shoemaker was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1828; moved to Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, 1844; is of German descent. James Hielman, a son of Jacob Hielman, of...
View ArticleWayne Township (no replies)
WAYNE TOWNSHIP. William W. Caldwell enlisted August 23, 1862, in Co. K, 155th Pa. Vol. Inf.; discharged May, 1863. Ephraim Morrow enlisted May 15, 1861, in Co. K, Pa. Reserves, "Buck Tail Regt.," and...
View ArticleFourth Class Postmasters (no replies)
THE CHRISTIAN RECORDER, July 13, 1893, Philadelphia, Pa. Fourth Class Postmasters. WASHINGTON - July 12. - Fourth class postmasters were appointed in Pennsylvania as follows: ...Goaford, Armstrong...
View ArticleBrady's Bend Iron Works (no replies)
The Brady's Bend Iron Works, which suspended operations last December, have been purchased by the Allegheny Valley Railroad Company. Source : Clearfield Republican, Clearfield, Pa., Wed., April 15, 1874
View ArticleEgle's 1876 Penna. History - Armstrong County (no replies)
ARMSTRONG county was formed by the act of 12th of March, 1800, from parts of Lycoming, Westmoreland, and Allegheny. It received its name from General John Armstrong, who commanded the expedition...
View ArticleWilie, John (no replies)
1800 U.S. Census. John WIlie (sic - Wylie?). 2 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 26-45, 1 male 45 and upwards; 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 45 and upwards. This may...
View ArticleArmstrong County: Formation and Early Settlers (no replies)
ARMSTRONG COUNTY FORMATION AND EARLY SETTLERS Armstrong County was formed by an Act of March 12, 1800, from parts of Lycoming, Westmoreland and Allegheny Counties. Armstrong County was a part of the...
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