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Chapter 7 Red Bank Township Part 2 The rest of the territory of this township, except a portion in the southeastern part, was covered by warrants to Harmon LeRoy & Co., and to Wilhelm Willink & Co., that is, to the Holland Land Company. That company, by H. J. Huidekoper, attorney-in-fact, agreed, sometime in September, … Read more
Chapter 7 Red Bank Township Part 1 Originally Organized in 1806 – Name derived from Red Bank Creek – Indian Appellations for that and Other Streams – The Creek Declared by Law a Public Highway – Flatboats – Red Bank Navigation Company – Site of the Indian “Old Town” – Yost Smith Church – Railroad … Read more
Chapter 7 Red Bank Township Originally Organized in 1806 – Name derived from Red Bank Creek – Indian Appellations for that and Other Streams – The Creek Declared by Law a Public Highway – Flatboats – Red Bank Navigation Company – Site of the Indian “Old Town” – Yost Smith Church – Railroad Project Agitated … Read more
Chapter 7 Kittanning Blanket Hill � Relics of the Battle Fought There � Original Tracts of Land In the Township � Residents In 1805 � Beers� Mills � John Guld � a Circle Hunt � The Paper Town of “Benton” � Churches � Population � Temperature � Postal � Humboldt Gardens � Geology. KITTANNING township, … Read more
Chapter 5 Allegheny (now Bethel, Parks and Gilpen) Division of the Township in 1878-Origin of the name Allegheny-English and French Traders-Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post-The Earliest Land Tracts Surveyed and Seated-Valuation at Different Periods-Names of Pioneers-Churches-Schools-Mills-A Notable Fox Hunt-Old-Time Fourth of July Celebration-Railroad Stations-Towns-Leechburg-Lively Enterprises-Canal Packet Lines-Taxable Inhabitants in 1832-Steamboat Arrival in 1838-The Town … Read more
St Michael’s Lutheran Church Cemetery A.K.A Brick Church Surnames P – R Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Date of Birth Date of Death Remarks PARRWAY? INF DAU 9/20/1946 D/O REV/MRS LEWIS PARRWAY? CH RECORD PATTERSON JAMES BOYD 12/04/1914 3/03/1989 H/O MARY M PATTERSON MARY M 1911 W/O JAMES B PEPLER MARY … Read more
St Michael’s Lutheran Church Cemetery A.K.A Brick Church Surnames L – N Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Date of Birth Date of Death Remarks LANDELL PHOEBE R (AUSTIN) 9/06/1896 9/19/1978 LANGE GEORGE 1909 1983 H/O GLADYS SWANK LANGE GLADYS (SWANK) 1912 1989 W/O GEORGE D/O WM/JULIA LANNING CLARE CAMPBELL 2/28/1906 … Read more
St Michael’s Lutheran Church Cemetery A.K.A Brick Church Surnames K Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Date of Birth Date of Death Remarks KAUFFMAN ELEANOR MAY 10/12/1932 7/08/1981 D/O JACOB A KAUFFMAN KAUFFMAN JACOB A 12/28/1903 10/09/1985 F/O ELEANOR KAUFFMAN MAUGHAN KEISLING EDNA L (RUPERT) 7/17/1894 4/08/1939 W/O SAMUEL KEISLING D/O EPHRAIM/EMMA J (HANKEY) KELLY … Read more
St Michael’s Lutheran Church Cemetery A.K.A Brick Church Surnames H-J Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Date of Birth Date of Death Remarks HANEY CHARLES D 1890 1943 YES CO F; 305TH ENG H/O MARGARET L HANEY CONRAD S 1923 1924 HANEY ELIZABETH S (PONCH) 1914 W/O IRVIN W HANEY ERWOOD A 1927 … Read more
St Michael’s Lutheran Church Cemetery A.K.A Brick Church Surnames E – G Last Name First Name Middle/Maiden Name Date of Birth Date of Death Remarks EARHART DAVID 6/18/1848 F/O REV DAVID ECKMAN DELORMA 1874 1940 ECKMAN J WILLIAMS 10/09/1847 4/02/1924 H/O SAMANTHA ECKMAN JEHARPER 01/03/1877 9/30/1883 ECKMAN MARGARY … Read more