Month: August 2025

HEADER John A Lindsay JOHN A. LINDSAY, a farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born Aug. 4, 1866, in Fayette county, Pa., son of William C. and Elizabeth (Beatty) Lindsay. William C. Lindsay was born in Virginia. Moving to Ohio, he lived there until his death, Sept. 8, 1905. He was a potter by trade. Nine … Read more

HEADER Thomas S Linaberger THOMAS S. LINABERGER, farmer, was born on his present place, a farm of 140 acres, situated in Brady�s Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa., Sept. 19, 1876, son of John and A. M. (Snow) Linaberger. His paternal grandparents were early settlers of this place. John Linaberger, father of Thomas S., was born … Read more

HEADER H.C. Lewis H. C. LEWIS, a farmer of Brady’s Bend township, Armstrong county, was born in Fairview township, Butler county, Pa., June 2, 1879, son of Richard Lewis and grandson of David R. Lewis. David R. Lewis, who is the first of this family of whom anything definite is known, was born in Wales, … Read more

HEADER William S. Levier WILLIAM S. LEVIER occupies part of the old Levier homestead in Perry township, Armstrong county, taken up about one hundred years ago by his grandfather, who came to this country from France, and was one of the pioneers in this section. He owned a tract of 150 acres. His children, James, … Read more

HEADER William Leslie WILLIAM LESLIE, of the firm of Leslie & Gibson, dealers in Men�s furnishings, clothing, and shoes, and mayor of the city of Parker, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born at Parker Dec. 4, 1879, son of Dr. Henry and Catherine (Griffin) Leslie. The Leslie family is Scotch and many of the name came … Read more

HEADER Thomas Lemmon THOMAS LEMMON, great-grandfather of Barclay Nulton, was a native of eastern Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. He as a soldier in the Revolution, and the following story has been handed down in the family. One day while on his way to join the Continental forces, tired and thirsty, he asked a handsome young … Read more

HEADER John Ralph Leister JOHN RALPH LEISTER, the leading photographer of Kittanning, was born Jan. 5, 1882, in Manor township, Armstrong county, and is a son of John E. and Hannah (O’Brien) Leister. His father is of German descent and his mother Irish, the father being American born and the mother coming from Ireland when … Read more

HEADER James Lees Jr. JAMES LEES, Jr., of Leechburg, Armstrong county, is vice president of the Hyde Park Foundry & Machine Company, whose plant is conveniently located a short idstance above the borough, on the Westmoreland side of the river. His association with that concern alone, in view of its great importance as an industrial … Read more

HEADER Jefferson Reynolds Leason JEFFERSON REYNOLDS LEASON (deceased) was one of the younger members of the Armstrong county bar and a progressive citizen of Kittanning, in which borough he was born Aug. 11, 1883, son of Mirven F. and Hannah (Reynolds) Leason. Robert Leason, his great-grandfather, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., of Scotch-Irish ancestry. … Read more

HEADER PROF. DAVID W. LAWSON PROF. DAVID W. LAWSON, deceased, was born in the Ligonier valley in Westmoreland county, Pa., May 21, 1836, son of Joseph Lawson. Joseph Lawson was born in 1787, and died Jan. 31, 1872, aged eighty-four years, five months; his wife, Rebecca McLaughlin, born in 1797, died Feb. 25, 1872, in … Read more