Month: August 2025

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church St. Michael’s Protestant Episcopal Church was organized in 1836 by Rev. B.B. Killikelly, who was its rector for several years. Services were first held in a private house and the congregation numbered ninety-one persons. The congregation rapidly increasing, the pastor visited the East for the … Read more

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania School Records   Calhoun School – a one room school house that still stands on the Dormire farm just inside Wayne Twp. not far from Cowheenville on the road to Belknap.   Dayton Joint High School – located on the site of Dayton Normal Institute in Dayton. (founded in 1911)   … Read more

Milliron Cemetery Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania Jacob Milliron Mar. 15, 1818 Feb. 21, 1898 Margaret Milliron Mar. 16, 1827 Feb. 25, 1898 Lavina 1864 – 1865 Martin 1867 – 1869 Rev. Jacob Milliron died July 6, 1892 aged 38yrs. 7mos. 11days Mary Milliron Neal 1854 – 1920 J.G. Breauenbach Oct. 23, 1868 aged 82yrs. … Read more

McCrea Furnace Union Cemetery Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania row one starts at the top of the cemetery closest to the woods row one Reesman Charles N. born July 5, 1882 died Nov. 23, 1968 Iola C. Rupp his wife born July 18, 1884 died Oct. 13, 1944 married march 10, 1905 Infant sons of … Read more

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church The Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized in 1832 by Rev. Gabriel A. Reichert. Peter Kammerdiener was the first elder and Christopher Rupp and Abraham Zimmerman the first trustees. After Mr. Reichert left, the pulpit was filled intermittently until 1876 when Rev. Michael Sweigert became the … Read more

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania History Wayne Township was formed from Plumcreek Township in 1821, and was named after the Revolutionary War hero “Mad” Anthony Wayne. The inhabitants of Wayne Township were entirely engaged in agriculture up to 1820 when the first sawmill was erected by Peter Thomas. Others were built at later dates by … Read more

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania Glade Run Academy Previous to 1850 the standard of learning in the schools was very low. A very superficial knowledge of the “Western Calculator” and “Kirkham’s Grammar” were the only requirements of the average teacher, who often was only two or three lessons ahead of the scholars. The country was … Read more

Wayne Township Armstrong County Pennsylvania Glade Run Presbyterian Church The first clergyman to hold religious services in Wayne Township was Rev. Robert McGarraugh, who was also the first Presbyterian minister who preached the gospel east of the Allegheny river in what are now Armstrong and Clarion counties. He held the first service in the barn … Read more