Month: August 2025

HEADER Frank Moorhead FRANK MOORHEAD, late of Kittanning township, Armstrong county, where he followed farming for many years, was a well and favorably known resident of that district. He was born May 8, 1842, and was a native of Clarion county, Pa., where his father, John Moorhead, was also born. The family is of Scotch … Read more

HEADER William M Moore WILLIAM M. MOORE, of New Bethlehem, Pa., has been engaged as a painter throughout his active years, and since 1902 has also been in the mercantile business, dealing in groceries, paints and wall-paper. Mr. Moore was born Sept. 20, 1835, in Plum Creek township, Armstrong county, son of Nathan and Margaret … Read more

HEADER William Moore WILLIAM MOORE, farmer and stock raiser of Boggs township, Armstrong county, has lived in this county since the spring of 1857 and is one of the most respected citizens of his section. He was born in Ireland in 1836, son of Charles and Jane (Hays) Moore, and grandson of Matthew and Elizabeth … Read more

HEADER William Harrison Moore Jr. WILLIAM HARRISON MOORE, Jr., general merchant and postmaster at Mosgrove, Armstrong county, where he does a thriving business, belongs to a family of German origin which has long been settled in Pennsylvania. Archibald Moore, his grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, and died around the year 1850, when about forty-years of … Read more

HEADER MARTIN MOORE          MARTIN MOORE, a farmer of Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, was born near Connellsville, Fayette Co., Pa., April 19, 1840, son of John and Lydia (Varnes) Moore.               John Moore was born in Germany, and when he was ten years of age started with his parents for the United States, but … Read more

HEADER James H Moore JAMES H. MOORE has spent all his life on the farm in Boggs township, Armstrong county, which he now occupies, having been born there July 27, 1873, son of Matthew and Mary (Hay) Moore. His grandfather, Charles Moore, had the following children: Eliza, Mrs. Sparks; Gracie, Mrs. Moses Park; Ann Jane, … Read more

HEADER Edward Moore EDWARD MOORE, general manager and foreman of the Moore Mining Tool Company, of Oakland (post office New Bethlehem), Armstrong county, has been associated with that concern since it was established, and has followed the same business all his life. Situated in a mining region, where the demand for such tools is constant, … Read more

HEADER Charles Moore CHARLES MOORE, a retired farmer of Valley township, Armstrong county, has lived on his farm there for many years, and is one of the old and respected residents of his locality. He was born in August, 1839, in County Donegal, Ireland, son of Charles and Jane (Hayes) Moore, and was about nine … Read more

HEADER Frederick C Monks FREDERICK C. MONKS, M.D., one of the distinguished physicians of Armstrong county, and a public-spirited citizen of Kittanning, was born at Curllsville, Pa., May 30, 1861, son of Thomas B. and Emily F. (Rohrer) Monks and grandson of William Monks. Rev. William Monks, his grandfather, was a Methodist preacher who ministered … Read more

HEADER Fred C Mohney FRED C. MOHNEY, poultry raiser and farmer of Rayburn township, Armstrong county, was born in Red Bank township, this county, Aug. 2, 1858, son of Lewis S. and Rebecca (Shick) Mohney. His great- grand-father, Jonathan Mohney, who founded the family in America, was born in Germany, and on coming to this … Read more