Month: August 2025

HEADER Ralph B Huber RALPH B. HUBER, who is engaged in the general merchandise business in the borough of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, is a hardworking and enterprising young man whose substantial qualities augur well for his success. He was born at Rural Valley Sept. 15, 1886, son of Joseph B. Huber, and is a … Read more

HEADER Charles H Huber CHARLES H .HUBER of Rural Valley has lived in that borough almost all his life and is its oldest inhabitant in point of years of residence . Hewas born Dec 19,1845 in Philadelphia, Pa and is a son of the late Bernard Huber, who settlled at what is now Rural Valley, … Read more

HEADER George Householder GEORGE HOUSEHOLDER (deceased) was for many years one of the thrifty and well-to-do farmers of Bethel township, Armstrong county, and the farm upon which he made his home for over half a century is still occupied by his widow and two of his sons. Mr. Householder was born May 24, 1828, in … Read more

HEADER Albert Matthew Hoover   ALBERT MATTHEW HOOVER, M. D., physician and druggist and president of the First National Bank, at Parker’s Landing, Pa., was born in Buffalo township, Butler Co., Pa., Oct. 31, 1844, son of David L. and Mary (Myers) Hoover. John Hoover, a native of Dauphin county, Pa., was a pioneer of … Read more

HEADER H.A. Hooks H. A. HOOKS, a veteran of the Civil war, now living retired at Adrian, Armstrong county, was born in this county, Sept. 4, 1843, son of Hugh and Catherine (Leisure) Hooks, The Hooks family originated in Scotland. Hugh Hooks was born in 1812, in Pennsylvania, and died in East Franklin township, Armstrong … Read more

HEADER Reuben R Hoffman REUBEN R. HOFFMAN, merchant and justice of the peace at Belknap, Wayne township, Armstrong county, Pa., was born in Mahoning township, this county, Sept. 28, 1848, son of John and Susan (Smith) Hoffman, and grandson of George Hoffman. George Hoffman came from Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), where his parents had … Read more

HEADER Andrew Hindman ANDREW HINDMAN, late of West Franklin township, Armstrong county, was one of the most prominent farmers of that section, the owner of several hundred acres of land, and a citizen of substance and worth whose long life was a credit to the community. Mr. Hindman’s parents, James and Mary (McClellan) Hindman, were … Read more

HEADER John Rutherford Himes JOHN RUTHERFORD HIMES, a prominent resident of South Bethlehem, Armstrong county, has been in the employ of the C. E. Andrews Lumber Company from boyhood, and is now yard foreman at their establishment in New Bethlehem. He is a member of the fourth generation of his family to live in this … Read more

HEADER Harry E Himes HARRY E. HIMES, managing editor of the Kittanning Tribune, at Kittanning, was born April 3, 1872, at New Bethlehem, Clarion county, Pa., son of Joseph C. and Margaret (Rutherford) Himes. Joseph C. Himes was a carpenter and builder, a good, practical business man. His death occurred when he was sixty-two years … Read more

HEADER Philip F Hillwig PHILIP F. HILLWIG, a farmer of Brady�s Bend township, Armstrong county, was born in that township Nov. 25, 1874, son of John C. Hillwig. The father was born in Germany, whence he came to Brady�s bend township in young manhood. Here he married a girl by the name of Merchant and … Read more