Month: August 2025

HEADER James B Kifer JAMES B. KIFER has been engaged in business at Leechburg continuously for a period of thirty-five years, and has served twenty-seven years as a justice of the peace, “Squire” Kifer being one of the best known men in this part of Armstrong county. He was born at Leechburg, Nov. 9, 1856, … Read more

HEADER Thompson C Kerr THOMPSON C. KERR, a veteran of the Civil war, now residing at Apollo, was born April 24, 1843, at the old home place where his father was also born, and where he died, a farmer in Armstrong county, Pa. The paternal grandfather came from the North of Ireland to America at … Read more

HEADER Robert Clifton Kerr ROBERT CLIFTON KERR, one of the substantial young farmers of Bethel township, Armstrong county, owns and operates a fine farm and is also engaged as engineer at Station No. 3 of the Philadelphia Gas Company. He is a native of Wayne Township, this county, born Feb. 11, 1881, son of Robert … Read more

HEADER Peter Kerr PETER KERR, superintendent of the Kittanning district for the T. W. Phllips Gas & Oil Company, is the first to hold that position in this field, which includes Indiana, Jefferson and Armstrong counties, Pennsylvania. He is a native of Armstrong county, born at Worthington, March 26, 1860, son of Peter and Rachel … Read more

HEADER James Kerr JAMES KERR, late of Bethel township, Armstrong County, was a resident of that township for over half a century, living on the farm where three of his children still reside. Mr. Kerr was a native of Scotland, born Jan. 9, 1822. His grandparents were John and Agnes (Dorman) Kerr, of Kirkcolm, Wigtownsire, … Read more

HEADER WILLIAM KEPPLE               WILLIAM KEPPLE, in his day one of the most respected citizens of Parks township, Armstrong county, was born there Dec. 23, 1848, and died Sept. 10, 1895, suddenly, when in his very prime.              The Kepple family has been settled in this country for several generations.  Nicholas Kepple, the first … Read more

HEADER Cyrus J Kepple CYRUS J. KEPPLE, of Apollo, a businessman of long and honorable standing, was born Nov. 17, 1831 in Westmoreland county, Pa., son of George and Isabella (Hoffman) Kepple. George Kepple was born in Westmoreland county in 1806, and came of German ancestry on the paternal side, and English on the maternal … Read more

HEADER Kelly Family THOMPSON G. KELLY, postmaster at Kelly Station, in Bethel township, is a life-long resident of that township, having been born there Aug. 25, 1855, and comes of a patriotic and honored family which has long been well and favorably known in this section of Pennsylvania. His father, Hamilton Kelly, was the first … Read more

HEADER James G Kelly JAMES G. KELLY, who has owned and occupied his present place in Bethel township, Armstrong county, since 1886, was born Oct. 14, 1841, on his father�s farm in North Buffalo township, son of William Kelly, who came from Westmoreland county, Pa. The paternal grandparents were from Ireland. James Kelly, the great-grandfather, … Read more

HEADER Samuel W Keller SAMUEL W. KELLER, now serving as justice of the peace at Ford City, Armstrong county, was born in this county Aug. 4, 1838 and belongs to a family of German extraction. John F. Keller, his grandfather, was a native of Germany, and when he brought his family to America first settled … Read more