Peter Turney Ammond
PETER TURNEY AMMOND, propietor of the tannery at Rural Valley, burgess and
veteran of the Civil war, was born Oct. 14, 1847, in Kiskiminetas township,
Armstrong Co., Pa., son of Henry M. And Susanna (Turney) Ammond.Henry M. Ammond, father of Peter T. Ammond, was born in Westmoreland
county, pa., and came to Armstrong county about 1840, establishing himself in
business here as a shoemaker, following the trade more or less up to 1860.
During the Civil war he enlisted in Company C, 103d Regiment, Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, with which he served eighteen months, being taken a
prisoner at the battle of Fair Oaks, Va., and sent to Libby and Andersonville
prisons, where he was confined for some time. He was eventually exchanged at
City Point, and was finally discharged on account of disability at Fairmont,
Va., hospital. On the completion of his military service Mr. Ammond spent some
time in Cowanshannock township, and in about 1883 or 1884 went to Michigan
where he passed away at the age of seventy-seven years. He married Susannah
Turney, daughter of Peter Turney, of German descent, who was a pioneer of
Cowanshannock township, clearing up a farm in the vicinity of Yatesboro. His
wife was Barbara Baird. The children born to Henry M. And Susannah (Turney)
Ammond were six in number, as follows: Peter T.; John F.; Alexander; Jeremiah;
Henry, and Rebecca, who married a Mr. Campbell.Peter Turney Ammond, son of Herny M. Ammond, was reared in Armstrong
county, and secured his education in the public schools of Rural Valley, which
he attended until he was twelve years old. At that time he commenced serving
an apprenticeship to the tanner’s trade, but when only a lad of seventeen
years, in the fall of 1864, enlisted in Company K, 104th Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, with which he served eight months, taking
part in the siege of Petersburg and numerous other engagements. On his return
to the pursuits of peace Mr. Ammond resumed his trade, which he followed at
different places until 1877, when he became a permanent resident of Rural
Valley. At this time he is the propietor of the tannery in which he served his
apprenticeship, and is considered one of his locality’s substantial and
enterprising citizens. In political matters a Republican, he is serving his
second term as burgess, and under the newly constituted law will have served
eight years when his term expires. He has proved as able an official as he has
been a business man, and the conscientious manner in which he discharges the
duties of his office has won him the confidence of his fellow citizens. Mr.
Ammond is a popular comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic, and is a past
commander of Anderson Fleming Post, No. 449. With his family he attends the
Methodist Episcopal Church.Mr. Ammond has been twice married, his first wife being Morrilla Armstrong,
daughter of James Armstrong, of Armstrong township, Indiana county. By her he
had two children: Laura, the wife of C. T. Schreckengost; and Mary, residing
at home. Mr. Ammond’s second marriage was to Letitia, third daughter of John
and Margaret McLaughlin. Mrs. Ammond was first married to Thomas Templeton,
who lived only about six months afterward, dying very suddenly.Source: Pages 724-725 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Joyce Sherry for the Armstrong County Beers
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