Month: August 2025

HEADER Josiah W. Klingensmith JOSIAH W. KLINGENSMITH, one of the best known citizens of Parks township, Armstrong County, was born there June 20, 1841; on the farm where he now lives. The Klingensmith family is of German origin, and was founded in this country by Peter Klingensmith, great-grandfather of Josiah W. Klingensmith, who on coming … Read more

HEADER George K Kline GEORGE K. KLINE, of Kittanning, undertaker and funeral director, now devotes himself entirely to his business interests, though for a number of years he was a practicing dentist. His father, the late Dr. Martin L. Kline, was one of the most successful dentists of the borough until an accident to his … Read more

HEADER Robert W Kirkpatrick ROBERT W. KIRKPATRICK was born Sept. 5, 1862, on the farm where he now resides in Cowanshannock township, and the family had been in Armstrong county since 1798, when his great-grandfather, James Kirkpatrick, settled here. The Kirkpatricks are of Scotch-Irish origin. James Kirkpatrick was born in Cumberland county, Pa., and thence … Read more

HEADER A Walker Kinter A. WALKER KINTER, member of the firm of Kinter & Beck, merchants of Dayton, was born in that borough March 30, 1874, son of Robert C. and Margaret (Walker) Kinter. The paternal great-grandfather of A. Walker Kinter resided at Georgeville, Pa., where his death occurred. He was a farmer, owning considerable … Read more

HEADER James Wesley King Hon. James Wesley King, President Judge of Armstrong county, has attained a degree of distinction in his profession which is adding prestige to a name honored in Armstrong county for generations. He was born here Sept. 29, 1859, on the old King farm in Burrell township belonging to his father, and … Read more

HEADER Harvey M King HARVEY M. KING, sheet roller with the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company, at Leechburg, Pa., was born at the King homestead in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, son of J. George King, a grandson of Conrad King and great-grandson of Peter King. Peter King lived in Bremen, Germany, and was a … Read more

HEADER D.H. King D. H. KING owns a valuable tract of 182 acres in Madison township, located a half mile north of Kellersburg, Pa. Mr. King was born Aug. 5, 1860 in Valley township, this county, son of John and Sarah (Hollabaugh) King, of Pine township, who had a family of six children. John King … Read more

HEADER Aaron H King AARON H. KING, farmer, residing in South Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born June 19, 1853, in Kiskiminetas township, this county, son of Silas and Rebecca (George) King, and grandson of Thomas King. Silas King and his wife were born in Pennsylvania, and both died on the family homestead in … Read more

HEADER Franklin J Kimpel FRANKLIN J. KIMPEL, farmer and stock raiser of Kittanning township, Armstrong county, at present serving as supervisor, has passed all of his life on the old Kimpel homestead where he now resides. He was born there in 1862, son of John and Anna Catherine (Darbaker) Kimpel. John Kimpel, the father, was … Read more

HEADER LOUIS W. KIME LOUIS W. KIME, junior member of the general merchandise firm of Gallagher & Kime, of Rural Valley, was born there March 14, 1862, son of Anthony and Sarah (Brown) Kime. Anthony Kime was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to the United States in early manhood, settling in Rural Valley, Armstrong … Read more