…bringing our past into the future
George S. Putney The father of subject of this sketch, David Putney, the beginner of the improvement which developed into Putneyville, where his descendants reside, was born in Connecticut, October 18, 1794, and came to Pittsburgh, then considered a town of the Far West, before he was of age. There he married, upon September 29, … Read more
Wesley Pontious The grandparents of Wesley Pontious*, on both sides, were from Germany. His father and mother, Jacob and Elizabeth Pontious, who were born, respectively November 3, 1783, and September 15, 1789, came from east of the mountains to Wayne Township, Armstrong County, in 1816, Mr. Pontious having been out the year previous and purchased … Read more
PLUM CREEK TOWNSHIP Â Rice Henderson, son of Brice and Anna Henderson, was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, in 1829; came to this county in 1846 and settled at Elderton, where he now resides. He followed blacksmithing twenty-five years; has since followed farming; was for six years county commissioner; was married in 1848 to Nancy … Read more
General Robert Orr Robert Orr was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania (probably in Hannahstown), upon March 5, 1786. His father, (a sketch of Robert Orr, Sr., appears in the chapter devoted to Sugar Creek township) whose name descended to the subject of our sketch, had been one of the defenders of the Pennsylvania frontier; had … Read more
Smith Neal The grandfather of the subject of this biography, Smith Neal, after whom he was named, was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1764. As a lad he enlisted in the colonial army and served one day in the Revolutionary war. In 1796 he settled in Butler county, being one of its earliest pioneers. … Read more
Chapter 12, Section 1 Madison Madison township was, of course, named after James Madison, the fourth president of the United States, whose public career is familiar to the people of this township and county. The petition of inhabitants of Toby and Red Bank townships was presented to the court of quarter sessions of this county … Read more
Chapter 12 Madison Named after the Fourth President Ă¯Â¿Â½ Territory of the Township Carved from Toby and Red Bank Ă¯Â¿Â½ One of Captain BradyĂ¯Â¿Â½s Notable Indian Fights Ă¯Â¿Â½ An Official Account by Col. Brodhead Ă¯Â¿Â½ The Services of a Young Delaware Chief Ă¯Â¿Â½ Col. BrodheadĂ¯Â¿Â½s Expedition Against the Seneca and Muncy Towns on the Upper … Read more
Chapter 11 Pine (Including Boggs) Footnotes 1 Ă¢Â€Â“ It was further shorn of the greater part of its remaining territory by the organization of Boggs township, June 10, 1878, by a line extending from a point on the Allegheny river, about 125 rods in an airline below the mouth of Whisky runĂ¢Â€Â”south of the telegraph … Read more
Chapter 11 Pine (Including Boggs) Part 2 The Pine township postoffice, Wm. Gallagher, postmaster, was established July 16, 1855, and removed to or merged in the Pine Creek Furnace one, May 21, 1872. George Stewardson conveyed to William and Robert McCutcheon, proprietors of Ore Hill Furnace, 4,219 acres of those Wallis lands, September 7, 1849, … Read more
Chapter 11 Pine (Including Boggs) Part 1 Pine township derived its name from Pine creek, which flows westwardly through the territory which it formerly embraced. Pine creek in the Delaware language is Cuwen-hanne, i. e., pine-streamĂ¯Â¿Â½a stream flowing through pine-lands. A petition of divers inhabitants of Kittanning township was presented to the court of quarter … Read more