Month: August 2025

HEADER Charles T Stivanson CHARLES T. STIVANSON, manager for the Atlantic Refining Company at Kittanning, was born March 29, 1873, in Armstrong county, Pa., son of George Washington Stivanson. George W. Stivanson, grandfather of Charles T. Stivanson, traced his ancestry back to Peter Stuyvesant, as the name was then spelled, first governor of New York. … Read more

HEADER S.S. Stitt S. S. STITT, Leechburg, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Source: Page 944, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 Transcribed November 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers Project Contributed for use by the Armstrong County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/) Armstrong County Genealogy Project Notice: These electronic … Read more

HEADER Stitt Family The Stitt family is one of the oldest and most representative of sound Americanism in Pennsylvania. Members of this family fought during the Revolution, the war of 1812, and in other conflicts for the country of which they were so proud, and the name has always stood for sterling honesty and fidelity … Read more

HEADER JAMES E. STEWART JAMES E. STEWART, whose name carries great weight in mining circles in Pennsylvania, is general manager of the United States Sewer Pipe Company (Pittsburg-Buffalo Company) at Johnetta, Armstrong county, Pa., with general offices at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born in the State of Indiana, Dec. 25, 1874, and is a son … Read more

HEADER Levi Stepp LEVI STEPP, proprietor of the “Stepp House,” at Worthington, Armstrong county, and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Butler county, Pa., Jan. 9, 1842, son of Michael and Catherine (Heckert) Stepp. Michael Stepp and his wife were both born in Pennsylvania and before coming to Armstrong county, in 1859, … Read more

HEADER Christopher Stenger CHRISTOPHER STENGER, of Ford City, Armstrong county, proprietor of the “Fifth Avenue Hotel,” is a well-known young business man of that place and also has interests in his native city, Pittsburgh. He belongs to a family of German extraction, Adam Stenger, his grandfather, having come to America with his family from Frankfort, … Read more

HEADER Julius Steiner JULIUS STEINER, of Ford City, is one of the younger business men of that borough, and though he has lived there only a little over three years he has become one of its most respected residents and has substantial standing among his fellow citizens. He was born June 11, 1882, in Klenocz, … Read more

HEADER Joseph M. Steim, M. D. JOSEPH M. STEIM, M. D., of Kittanning, is the son of Richard A. and Ella M. Steim, born July 15, 1877. Richard A. Steim, the father, a resident of Kittanning since childhood, is widely known as a progressive hotel owner and a successful coal operator. lie married Ella M. … Read more

HEADER Joseph Somerville JOSEPH SOMERVILLE, a retired farmer living on a tract of forty -five acres situated two miles southeast of Kaylor, Pa., in Brady’s Bend township, Armstrong county, was born on that farm June 30, 1847, son of James Somerville and a grandson of James Somerville. James Somerville, the grandfather, was born in County … Read more

HEADER WILLIAM F. SNYDER  WILLIAM F. SNYDER, son of Conrad Snyder, and half-brother of John G. Snyder, a merchant of Snyderville, was born Nov. 15, 1858, at Snyderville.  He is the only living child of his father’s second marriage.  Mr. Snyder attended the local schools, and remained at home, engaged in farming with his father, … Read more