Month: April 2011

CHAPTER LV HISTORY OF KNOX TOWNSHIP This division of the county, in topographical character, is an undulating upland, cut deeply from north to south in the center by Paint Creek. It was formed from parts of Paint, Highland, and Washington, by a decree of the Court, dated May 7, 1853, and was the result of … Read more

CHAPTER LIV HISTORY OF HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP THE settlement of this township was clouded by a calamity which, however obscure the victims and remote the scene, appeals to human sympathy as one of the most pathetic of backwoods incidents. Purcell was the first inhabitant within the present limits of Highland township, building a cabin on what … Read more

CHAPTER LIII HISTORY OF FARMINGTON TOWNSHIP Farmington is the largest township in the county, containing over forty square miles, about one-fourteenth of its whole area. It is preeminently the lumber region of Clarion county, but is fast being stripped of its wealth of pine and hemlock, thus compelling the inhabitants to bestow more attention to … Read more

CHAPTER LII HISTORY OF ELK TOWNSHIP Elk township, taking its name from Elk Creek (now Deer Creek), a stream-flowing through its midst, was originally organized, in March, 1806, by Samuel Dale, John Andrews, and Thomas Beard, commissioners, who about that time surveyed and organized – all the townships in Venango county. Elk then embraced a … Read more

CHAPTER LI HISTORY OF EDENBURG BOROUGH The history of Edenburg dates back to about 1840, at which time J.G. Mendenhall purchased from a man named Neff the premises now known as the Mendenhall farm. Later he purchased a part’ of the Attleberger farm, one mile west of the present site of Edenburg. He also owned … Read more

CHAPTER L HISTORY OF CURLLSVILLE BOROUGH Curllsville is a somewhat scattered village located in the southwest corner of Monroe township, and mainly on the right bank of the Big Licking Creek. As far as can be learned the first settler here was James Pinks, the pioneer merchant of the county, who early in the present … Read more

CHAPTER XLIX HISTORY OF CLARION BOROUGH Few of the county seats of the Commonwealth arose under circumstances similar to those of Clarion. It came into existence on a spot, which, a year previous, was destitute of a single occupied habitation; its origin was purely political, the very site having been determined by the commissioners. A … Read more

CHAPTER XLVIII HISTORY OF CLARION TOWNSHIP This township is located in the eastern part of Clarion county, and is bounded on the north by Paint, Highland, and Millcreek townships, on the east by Jefferson county, on the south by Limestone township, and on the west by Monroe township. It is in length about ten miles, … Read more

CHAPTER XLVII HISTORY OF CALLENSBURG BOROUGH Callensburg was laid out in 1826, by Hugh Callen, Sr. It was incorporated a borough in 1851, by act of Assembly. Organization of the Borough Government. – At the first election, March 21, 1851, the following officers were elected, viz: Chief burgess, J.B. Reynolds; assistant burgess, William Elliott, Sr.; … Read more

CHAPTER XLVI HISTORY OF EAST BRADY BOROUGH Early History of the Site of East Brady. – Brady’s Bend proper is that loop or bend in the Allegheny River, commencing just below Catfish, and reaching almost to the mouth of Redbank. It embraces a circuit of about eight miles by the river, and is less than … Read more