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Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania Submitted by Jeremy Hersey* LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED NOTES ON HEADSTONES/COMMENTS Kastan Anthony J. 1912 1974 Kastan Virginia M. 1914 1973 Ploucha Frank J. 1892 1976 Ploucha Mary S. 1896 1793 Kulic Susan M. 1911 Kulic Paul A. 1907 1976 Pawhutsky Frank J. … Read more
Greek Catholic Church Cemetery Arcadia, Pennsylvania Submitted by Jeremy Hersey* LAST NAME FIRST NAME BORN DIED NOTES ON HEADSTONES/ COMMENTS Bakajasa Mike 187 1949 Bakajasa Mary 1878 1944 Mother Bakajasa John Son Beeley John 1868 1934 Beeley Barbara 1878 1936 Beeley Michael 1922 1924 Bichan Joseph 1876 1931 … Read more
CHAPTER XV COMPANY E, THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT – TENTH RESERVE Organization – Route to the Field – Service in the Field – Losses – Record of Hugh Wilson- Roll of Company. ON Friday of the May court in 1861, Brigadier-General R. Laughlin, commanding the First Brigade of the Twelfth Division of the Pennsylvania Militia, organized a … Read more
CHAPTER XIV COMPANY H, THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT – EIGHTH RESERVE Organization – Service in the Field – Roll of the Company. COMPANY H, of the Eighth Reserve, was the first company recruited in Clarion county with a view to entering the war. It was recruited at Strattanville April 30, 1861, by Captain William Lemon, at which … Read more
CHAPTER XIII THE SOLDIERS OF CLARION COUNTY IN THE REBELLION* INTRODUCTION IT has been said that human history never has been and never can be written. Let this sentiment here apply. The history of Clarion county’s soldiers never has been written, and it never can be written in such a manner as justly to pass … Read more
CHAPTER XII FROM THE IRON ERA TO THE CIVIL WAR – 1845-1861 Mexican War – The Underground Railway – The Tornado of ‘60 – Floods – War Sentiment – Politics – Statistics – County Finances – Old Fashioned Temperance – A Fourth of July Celebration – Fox Hunt – A Mass Meeting in ‘60. THE … Read more
1850 Census of Clarion County, PAPage 203a LN = Line Number Family appeared on HN = Dwelling houses numbered in the order of visitation FN = Families numbered in the order of visitation LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of every Person whose usual place of abode on the 1st day of … Read more
CHAPTER XI THE FURNACES The Pioneer Furnace – Structure of the Stacks – Methods of Manufacture – Review of the Industry – List of Furnaces CLARION county’s abundant mineral riches were early apparent. In 1828 Christian Myers of Lancaster, then half owner of the Bear-Carpenter-Miller purpart of the Lancaster Company’s purchase, including a slice of … Read more
CHAPTER X FROM THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY TO THE IRON ERA – 1839-1845 Legislation, etc., Previous to Organization — The Act — Change of Boundaries — Selection of Site of County Seat — Public Buildings — Militia — Politics — Statistics — County Finances. AS early as 1835 ,the inhabitants of upper Armstrong and … Read more
CHAPTER IX FROM THE WAR OF 1812 TO THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY Land Changes— Lancaster Land Company — The Bingham Estate — Fox — Postal Facilities Roads and Steamboats — “Clarion” River — Early Militia— Prices of Land, etc. — General Progress. 1812—1839 – LAND CHANGES HARM JAN HUIDEKOPER having purchased a large section … Read more