Month: August 2025

HEADER John R Taylor JOHN R. TAYLOR, a member of the firm of Findley & Taylor, general insurance, Freeport, Pa., was born July 1, 1862, in Armstrong county, son of David H. and Jane (Ritchie) Taylor. David H. Taylor was born in Scotland and came to America in 1854, locating at Pittsburgh, Pa., where he … Read more

HEADER Robert F. Tarr, M.D. ROBERT F. TARR, M. D., of Kittanning, who has been engaged in medical practice there since 1902, was born Dec. 28, 1860, at Freeport, Armstrong county, and belongs to the fourth generation of his family resident in this county. Frederick Tarr, his great-grandfather, a native of Germany, on coming to … Read more

Beers Surname Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P – Q R S T-V W – Z Return to the Beers Project Return to the Armstrong County Genealogy Project (c) Armstrong County Genealogy Project

HEADER Jacob Truby Sybert JACOB TRUBY SYBERT, who is the oldest native-born citizen residing in Perry township, Armstrong county, Pa., was born Jan. 16, 1833, a son of Sebastian and Mary Ann (Truby) Sybert. Sebastian Sybert was born in eastern Pennsylvania, a son of Henry Sybert, and came to Perry township among the earliest settlers, … Read more

HEADER John Ellsworth Stute   JOHN ELLSWORTH STUTE, M. D., physician and surgeon, Parkers Landing, Pa., was born in Warren county, N. J., July 19, 1861, a son of George and Mary E. (Hendershott) Stute. George Stute and wife were both born in New Jersey. George Stute enlisted for service in the Civil war, May … Read more

HEADER Frank Stull FRANK STULL, merchant, who is engaged in business at Bagdad, in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, Pa., was born at that place Feb. 25, 1855, son of Andrew Jackson Stull and a grandson of John Stull. The paternal great-grandfather was of German parentage. He came from Lancaster county, Pa., to Armstrong county and … Read more

HEADER William Campbell Storey WILLIAM CAMPBELL STOREY (deceased), who spent his latter years in retirement at Wickboro, Kittanning, was for a number of years a successful business man of Brady’s Bend, Armstrong county, and was also prominent in public life, having served a term as county commissioner. Though a native of Brady’s Bend Mr. Storey … Read more

HEADER James M Stone JAMES M. STONE, junior member of the real estate and insurance firm of Fox & Stone, of Kittanning, was born in 1867, at Pine Furnace, this county, son of James and Caroline (Bossinger) Stone. James Stone was an expert bookkeeper, and for many years was associated in that position with various … Read more

HEADER John Lincoln Stockdill JOHN LINCOLN STOCKDILL, a prominent farmer and large landowner of Mahonmg township, Armstrong county, was born there April 15, 1861, on the farm where he still resides, in what is known as the Cove. This family has been settled in the county for almost a century, and its members have been … Read more

HEADER Joseph Hamilton Stivenson JOSEPH HAMILTON STIVENSON, ex-mayor of Leechburg, a prominent merchant of that borough who has long been classed among its leading citizens, belongs to an Armstrong county family of Revolutionary descent. Old members of the family claim descent from Peter Stuyvesant, of New Amsterdam (now New York). Mr. Stivenson�s great-grandfather was a … Read more