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Armstrong County Cemeteries Have you transcribed a cemetery in the county? If so, would you be willing to share it with other researchers? Do you live in the county and would you be willing to transcribe a cemetery for us? Do you know directions to one of the cemeteries? Are there some that you are … Read more
Armstrong County Biographies In May of 1997, this project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were sought to set up their own state project. They were offered the system design and tools created for the KY project, but were free to set up their project … Read more
BIOGRAPHIES OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY The biographies were taken from �Biographical And Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana And Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania� Published By, John M. Gresham & Co., Managed by, Samuel T. Wiley, Historian And Editor, Nos. 1218 and 1220 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, 1891  The biographies were taken directly from the text as written Special thanks … Read more
HEADER Sloan A Zimmerman SLOAN A. ZIMMERMAN, general foreman and lineman for the Kittanning Telephone Company at Rural Valley, was born in Boggs township, Armstrong county, July 12, 1879, son of Daniel J. and Minerva (Hoover) Zimmerman. Abraham Zimmerman was a pioneer of Boggs township, where he secured wild land, which he developed into a … Read more
HEADER David A Zimmerman DAVID A. ZIMMERMAN belongs to the third Generation of his family in Boggs township Armstrong county, where he was born Aug. 9, 1849, on the old homestead. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Zimmerman, came hither from east of the mountains, and acquired a large tract upon which they settled, though … Read more
HEADER George J Zeis GEORGE J. ZEIS, the popular proprietor of the “Hotel Rebolt,” at Rimerton, Armstrong county, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 1, 1884, son of George and Elizabeth B. (Feth) Zeis. George Zeis, the father, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States in 1870. He located first … Read more
HEADER John Yockey JOHN YOCKEY, late of Valley township, Armstrong county, was at one time one of the largest landowners of that section, his holdings amounting to nine hundred acres. He belonged to one of the old-settled families of that township, was born there, and died June 18, 1901, at the age of sixty-three. His … Read more
HEADER Samuel Yingst SAMUEL YINGST, tax collector and farmer of Gilpin township was born there Aug. 29, 1849, a son of Samuel and Christina (Klingensmith) Yingst. His paternal grandfather came from Germany, settling at what is now Bagdad, Armstrong Co., Pa., where he died as did his wife, and they are buried in the cemetery … Read more
HEADER J.B. Finley Wyant  J.B. FINLEY WYANT, M.D., of Kittanning, has been located in practice for a number of years and is one of the most successful and progressive physicians of Armstrong county. With a strong realization of the worth and dignity of his chosen calling, he has endeavored to live up to its … Read more
HEADER Jeremiah Wyant JEREMIAH WYANT has been a lifelong resident of Washington township, Armstrong county, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He has lived at his present home for almost half a century, and its creditable condition is the best evidence of his energetic and progressive methods. He is a grandson of … Read more