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HEADER Beers Historical Record Volume I Chapter 3 Agriculture , Fish and Game  The pioneer farmers of this county had little to aid them in the reclamation of the soil. The ground was covered with dense undergrowth and weeds, the removal of which required the most arduous labor by hand. Small quantities of grass … Read more
HEADER Chapter 2 Settling of the County CONRAD WEISER– THE SCOTCH-IRSIH– THE GERMANS– ESTABLISHING HOMES– DIFFERENT CUSTOMS– THE PURCHASE LINE– THE HOLLAND LANDS– THE DONATION LANDS– THE DEPRECIATION LANDS– THE FIRST SETTLERS– BUILDING OPERATIONS– COSTUMES– SPORTS AND GAMES– NEUGHBORLINESS A STRANGE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. Â Weary, travel-worn and haggard, a little party of whites and Indians … Read more
HEADER Chapter 1 Early Inhabitants and Indian Wars THE MOUND BUILDERS – INDIAN TRIBES AND CUSTOMS- PIONEER SETTLERS- INDIAN DEPREDATIONS- MASSEY HARRISON’S STORY CAPTAIN BRADY’S FIGHT- MINISTERIAL DEFENDERS The history of this county may be divided into three great periods: The aboriginal, or period of Mound Builders; the savage, or Indian period; and the civilized, … Read more
Beers Historical Record Index   Chapter 1 – Early Inhabitants and Indian Wars   Chapter 2 – Settling of the County   Chapter 3 – Agriculture , Fish and Game   Chapter 4 – The Fruit Industry in Armstrong County   Chapter 5 – Transportation   Chapter 6 – Geology and Natural Productions   Chapter … Read more
HEADER William Porter Hutchison WILLIAM PORTER HUTCHISON, of Rayburn township, Armstrong county, now living retired, is a well known resident of his section, having served his fellow citizens for twenty-seven years in the office of assessor and as overseer of the poor. He was born Feb. 16, 1839, in Butler county, Pa., son of David … Read more
HEADER Hutchison Family REV. WILLIAM J. HUTCHISON, D.D., pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Kittanning, has been in the active ministry since 1898 and at his present location since 1909. The Hutchison family is of Scotch-Irish origin and was early settled in Pennsylvania, and the branch to which Dr. Hutchison belongs was established in … Read more
HEADER John H Huston JOHN H. HUSTON, a farmer of Manor township, was born June 15, 1843, in Armstrong county, Pa., son of John P. And Elizabeth (Hindman) Huston. The paternal great-grandfather was a native of Ireland who settled in Cumberland county, Pa., at an early period in history of the State, and there followed … Read more
HEADER ROBERT P. HUNTER, M.D. ROBERT P. HUNTER, M.D., the oldest physician now engaged in practice at Leechburg, Armstrong county, has in the forty and more years of his residence in that community so thoroughly identified himself with the general welfare that he is recognized as one of the most public-spirited and prominent men there. … Read more
HEADER Â CARL M. HUGHES, who carries on general farming in Rayburn township, Armstrong county, on the old Yockey homestead, is a native of Valley township, this county, born April 24, 1874, son of William and Jennie (Myers) Hughes. His grandfather, William Hughes, brought his family to Armstrong county, Pa., from east of the mountains. … Read more
HEADER James M Hudson CAPT. JAMES M. HUDSON, of Kittanning, is a native of Westmoreland county, Pa. whither the family removed from Lancaster county. He is the son of Thomas Hudson and grandson of James Hudson. James Hudson was reared in Lancaster county, married there, and in the early part of the nineteenth century brought … Read more