Month: August 2025

HEADER William P. Lauster WILLIAM P. LAUSTER, proprietor of the Yatesboro Roller Mills, at Yatesboro, Pa., was born March 2l, 1874, in Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, son of Henry and Christena (Koch) Lauster, and a grandson of Eniest Martin Lauster. Ernest Marti Lauster was born in 1800, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, where he followed milling until … Read more

HEADER Wilbert Earl Lauster WILBERT EARL LAUSTER, has followed milling ever since he commenced work, having learned the business with his father, Henry F. Lauster, who was well-known in that connection in his section of Armstrong county. In fact, he is a member of the third generation of the family to follow it in Cowanshannock … Read more

HEADER E.B. Latshaw HON. E. B. LATSHAW, of Kittanning, present representative of his district in the State Legislature of Pennsylvania, has passed all his life in this region, having been born in Clarion county, where the family has been settled for many years. Peter Latshaw, his grandfather, was of German parentage. He came to this … Read more

HEADER John H Lasher JOHN H. LASHER, of Kittanning, painter and decorator, has been successfully engaged in that business in the borough for several years. He is a native of Washington township, this county, where the family has been established for several generations. Benjamin Lasher, great-grandfather of John H. Lasher, came from east of the … Read more

HEADER George W Larkins GEORGE W. LARKINS, Ford City, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born in Flemington, Clinton Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1861, son of John Larkins and Eliza (McGill) Larkins. He was educated in public and private schools, and worked at the drug business, and on dams and bridges on the Susquehanna and Baldeagle rivers, … Read more

HEADER S.A. Lambing S. A. LAMBING, a resident of Kiskiminetas township, was born April 2, 1870, in Maysville, Armstrong Co., Pa., son of Adam and Mary (Ashbaugh) Lambing. Adam Lambing was born in Pennsylvania, and died in this state Dec. 28, 1894. His widow, also a native of Pennsylvania, now eighty-six years old, makes her … Read more

HEADER Andrew Arnold Lambing ANDREW ARNOLD LAMBING, A.M., LL. D., pastor of St. James ‘ Roman Catholic Church, Wilkinsburg, near Pittsburgh, Pa., was born in Manorville, Armstrong Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1842. He is the son of Michael Anthony and Anne (Shields) Lambing, the family being of German extraction on the father’s side , and … Read more

HEADER William K Kuhns WILLIAM K. KUHNS, a veteran of the Civil war, long a farmer of Gilpin township, Armstrong county, was born in Allegheny (now Gilpin) township, Sept. 19, 1839, son of David and Hettie Esther (Steck) Kuhns. Bernard Kuhns, great-grandfather of William K., was one of the early settlers of Northampton county, Pa. … Read more

HEADER F Kroh F. KROH, farmer, residing in Cowanshannock township, Armstrong county, was born in Jefferson county, Pa., March 2, 1856, a son of Jacob Kroh and a grandson of Jacob Kroh. Jacob Kroh, the grandfather, was a blacksmith in Northumberland county, Pa., and moved from there to Jefferson county, where he became interested in … Read more

HEADER J. M. Knox J. M. KNOX, a large landowner in Perry township, Armstrong county, residing across the line in Parker township, Butler county, is engaged in farming, and has several production oil and gas wells on his property. He was born on the John Guthrie farm, in Perry township, this county, Dec. 20, 1856, … Read more