Month: August 2025

HEADER Ellermeyer Family ELLERMEYER. The Ellermeyer family has been identified with business life in the borough of Kittanning for a half century or more, two brothers, William and Charles Ellermeyer, conducting what is now the oldest meat market there, and another brother, Harry I. Ellermeyer, having a large hardware establishment and department store. Albert Ellermeyer, … Read more

HEADER John C. Ellenberger JOHN C. ELLENBERGER, prosperous merchant of Dayton, Pa., one of the leading business men of Armstrong county, was born at Belknap, Wayne township, June 26, 1877, son of Samuel Ellenberger. John Ellenberger, great-grandfather of John C. Ellenberger, lived along the Allegheny river, and there developed a fine farm. His children were: … Read more

HEADER Harry L Ellenberger HARRY L. ELLENBERGER, junior member of Martin & Ellenberger, merchants of Dayton, Pa., was born at Belknap, Wayne township, Armstrong county, Aug.. 17, 1856, being a son of Gabriel S. Ellenberger. George Ellenberger, grandfather of Harry L., was born in Butler county, Pa., and moved to Wayne township, Armstrong county, locating … Read more

HEADER William Smith Elgin WILLIAM SMITH ELGIN, a well-known carpenter and contractor of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, was born in Cowanshannock township, this county, June 26, 1859, a son of Samuel and Isabella (Truby) Elgin. His paternal grandfather, James Elgin, born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1760, came to America in 1782. He was married … Read more

HEADER Robert F. Tarr, M.D. ROBERT F. TARR, M. D., of Kittanning, who has been engaged in medical practice there since 1902, was born Dec. 28, 1860, at Freeport, Armstrong county, and belongs to the fourth generation of his family resident in this county. Frederick Tarr, his great-grandfather, a native of Germany, on coming to … Read more

HEADER Leonard Egly LEONARD EGLY carries on general farming in Kittanning township, Armstrong county, and also has a coal bank on his farm. He has held local offices, and is very well known in his section, where he has resided for years. Mr. Egly was born Oct. 7, 1839, in Allegheny county, Pa., son of … Read more

HEADER ECKMAN ECKMAN. The Eckmans are justly numbered among those substantial residents of Armstrong county thoroughly representative of the best class. This family was founded in Pennsylvania early in the history of the colony, and its various members assisted in the development of the mighty Commonwealth. The earlier way of spelling the name was �Eakman�, … Read more

HEADER John James Dunmire JOHN JAMES DUNMIRE, who is engaged in general farming in Rayburn township and also owns and operates a coal mine upon his farm, is one of the leading citizens of that township, where he has been honored with various public positions. Mr. Dunmire was born May 2, 1863, in Valley township, … Read more

HEADER Edwin F Dunlap EDWIN F. DUNLAP, hardware merchant, and plumbing, tinning and roofing contractor, at Parker’s Landing, Pa., was born at Lowellville, Mahoning Co., Ohio, Aug. 22, 1852, son of Jesse L. and Mary (Johnston) Dunlap. Jesse L. Dunlap and his wife were born in Lawrence county, Pa. He is a mining engineer and … Read more

HEADER Ivan Dalton Doverspike IVAN DALTON DOVERSPIKE, youngest son of the late Isaac D. Doverspike, has inherited and acquired interests in western Pennsylvania which place him, though still a young man, among the important business factors in his section. He is regarded as one of the future leaders in his special field of operation, for … Read more