Month: August 2025

Beers History and Biographical Record Project This Project is committed to transcribing the two volumes of History of Armstrong County Pa, Her People, Past and Present. Volume 1 contains the historical record of the county and volume 2 contains hundreds of biographical articles of Armstrong County people. This project is the brain child of Alice … Read more

HEADER Edwin D. Ivory EDWIN D. IVORY, who established a flourishing real estate and insurance business at Ford City which he conducted within the last few years, was born in 1874 in East Brady township, Clarion Co., Pa., son of Alfred L. and Harriet E. (Morrison) Ivory. His father is a well-known lawyer of the … Read more

HEADER Capt. Andrew Ivory, Sr. CAPT. ANDREW IVORY, Sr., was born at Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., May 31, 1825. His parents were Francis Joseph Ivory and Mary (Parsons) Ivory. He was named for his grandfather, who was a silk weaver in the city of Dublin. His father came to this country in 1812 and followed … Read more

HEADER Andrew E Ivory ANDREW E. IVORY, of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a member of a family which settled in Armstrong county over half a century ago and has been creditably represented there since. He was born Feb. 13, 1855, at White Oak Level, near Oakmont, Allegheny county, Pa., son of Andrew and Catherine (Schroeder) Ivory. … Read more

HEADER J Tomer Iseman J. TOMER ISEMAN, a farmer of Manor township, was born Jan. 20, 1871, at Kittanning, Pa., son of Jacob and Sarah (Gallaher) Iseman, and grandson of Jacob Iseman. Jacob Iseman married Barbara Hallabaugh, and became the owner of the farm now owned by his grandson, J. Tomer Iseman. His children were: … Read more

HEADER Hugh F Iseman HUGH F. ISEMAN, dairyman and farmer of Manor township, was born Dec. 27, 1866, at Kittanning, Pa., son of Jacob and Sarah (Gallaher) Iseman. After a course in the Manor district school, Hugh F. Iseman attended school at Kittanning, and until he was twenty-two years old worked on his father’s farm. … Read more

HEADER Albert Lee Iseman ALBERT LEE ISEMAN, business man of Freeport, was born Sept. 11, 1868, in Armstrong county, a son of Andrew and Mary Ann (Grinder) Iseman, The founders of the Iseman and Grinder families came from Germany to the United States at an early day, settling in the Eastern States. Andrew Iseman was … Read more

HEADER William W Irwin PROF. WILLIAM W. IRWIN, superintendent of the public schools of Ford City, Armstrong County, Pa., was born May 27, 1875, in Butler county, Pa., son of John T. and Louisa (Thompson) Irwin. John T. Irwin was born in Butler county, as was his wife. In 1862 he enlisted in Company F, … Read more

HEADER Margaret (Truby) Irwin MRS. MARGARET (TRUBY) IRWIN, of Freeport, Armstrong county, is the widow of John R. Irwin, a notably successful construction engineer, and a descendant of the Truby and Murphy families, whose connection with the early history of this section may well be a matter of pride to their posterity. John Truby, Mrs. … Read more

HEADER Chapter 44 South Buffalo Township REDUCED IN SIZE – INDIAN RAIDS – NOTED PIONEERS – MILLS AND MANUFACTURES – CLINTON – MCVILL – SLATE LICK – OLDEST CHURCH IN THE COUNTY – SLATE LICK CLASSICAL INSTITUTE – CHURCHES – ONLY CUMBERLAND CHURCH IN THE COUNTY – FIRST MASONIC LODGE – SCHOOLHOUSES – POPULATION – … Read more