Month: August 2025

HEADER H.D. Smith H.D. SMITH, justice of the peace and general merchant of East Franklin township, was born in Armstrong county, Oct. 17, 1869, son of L.H. and Anna (Weaver) Smith. L.H. Smith was born in Pennsylvania, as was his wife. They are still living, residing in North Buffalo township, this county. H.D. Smith grew … Read more

HEADER DANIEL SMITH DANIEL SMITH, who was a prosperous farmer of Plum Creek township, Armstrong county, was a native of that township, born Feb. 26, 1852. He was a son of Absalom and Susanna (Mulberger) Smith, the former a native of Plum Creek township, Armstrong county, the latter born in Center county, Pa. Absalom Smith … Read more

HEADER Peter A Smeltzer PETER A. SMELTZER, proprietor of the “Valley House” at Yatesboro, Armstrong county, and a large landowner in that section, was born in this part of the county, in Plum Creek township, Feb. 8, 1863, and is a son of Peter George Smeltzer, an old settler of that township. Peter George Smeltzer … Read more

HEADER James B. Smail JAMES B. SMAIL, chief burgess of the borough of Leechburg, to which office he was elected in 1909, is one of the leading business men of that place and a citizen whose influence for progress and good government are felt in all its activities. Mr. Smail was born in Burrell township, … Read more

HEADER Newton H Slonaker NEWTON H. SLONAKER, one of the proprietors of the Hyde Park Foundry & Machine Company, at Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Pa., belongs to an old Pennsylvania family of this section, and was himself born in Westmoreland county Nov. 6, 1870, son of John Slonaker. The family is of German origin. Michael Slonaker, … Read more

HEADER Daniel Slagle DANIEL SLAGLE, of Templeton, Armstrong county, has been one of the most diligent officials of that village and Pine township for a number of years, having served faithfully in several trusts and shown his ability and public spirit in handling the various responsibilities which have devolved upon him. He is a native … Read more

HEADER Col. William Sirwell COL. WILLIAM SIRWELL was born at the Allegheny arsenal, in Pennsylvania, Aug. 10, 1829, his father, Richard Sirwell, a native of England, being in the United States army. He had been principal musician, and at that time was armorer at the arsenal. He married Elizabeth Graham, also a native of England. … Read more

HEADER Hiram Hill Sipes HIRAM HILL SIPES (or Sipe), assessor of south Buffalo township, Armstrong county, was born in that township Dec. 29, 1848, son of George Sipes, and resides on the old homestead which was purchased by his grandfather, Charles Sipes (or Sipe), from James Mathias and William Sloan, the original patentees, in 1811. … Read more

HEADER George W Simpson GEORGE W. SIMPSON, a lifelong resident and well-known farmer of Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, was born on the farm where he now resides, Aug. 21, 1857, son of David and Jane (Simpson) Simpson. John Simpson, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Indiana county, Pa., and early became a pioneer in … Read more

HEADER William A Shuster WILLIAM A. SHUSTER, superintendent of the works of the Pittsburgh Shovel Company, at Leechburg, Pa., was born at New Brighton, Beaver Co., Pa., Sept. 25, 1865, son of James H. Shuster. Malachi Shuster, the grandfather of William Shuster, and the first of the family to settle at New Brighton, Pa., was … Read more