Month: August 2025

HEADER T. A. CUNNINGHAM T. A. CUNNINGHAM, who has been closely associated with the development of the Apollo Woolen Mills, at Apollo, was born April 2, 1868, in Armstrong county, Pa., son of Samuel and Rachel (Grim) Cunningham. The founder of the Cunningham family in America was born in Ireland, of Scotch ancestry. Samuel Cunningham … Read more

HEADER Wallace H Crouch WALLACE H. CROUCH, merchant, residing at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., PA., was born May 17, 1854, at Dayton, this county, son of Dr. Joseph R. Crouch. Dr. Joseph R. Crouch was born in Washington county, Pa., where his father lived; the latter died in Armstrong county. After completing his medical education … Read more

HEADER John W Crosby JOHN W. CROSBY, of Leechburg, gas contractor and producer, is prominently connected with an industry which has had considerable influence in the prosperity of the borough. He has made his home there since 1886, and has been engaged in the gas business continuously. Mr. Crosby is a native of Canada, born … Read more

HEADER Crosby Family CROSBY. The Crosby family has been creditably represented in Armstrong county, the late Judge Samuel M. Crosby, of the borough of Leechburg, William Crosby, a farmer of Parks township, and Ebenezer B. Crosby, a resident of Manor township, being brothers, sons of Samuel Crosby. James Crosby, the grandfather, was born in Scotland … Read more

HEADER OBADIAH CRATTY OBADIAH CRATTY (deceased), formerly of Parker�s Landing, Armstrong County, was born in September 1835, in Westmoreland County, PA, son of William and Elizabeth (Henchew) Cratty, who were natives of Westmoreland and Butler counties, respectively. Obadiah Cratty received a thorough education in the public schools of Westmoreland County and at Witherspoon Institute, Butler, … Read more

HEADER C. C. CRAIG C. C. CRAIG has a general store in Madison township, at Hawkville, on the Lawsonham and Widnoon road, where he has been doing business since 1908. Mr. Craig�s parents, George W. (Jr.) and Margaret J. (Paine) Craig, also made their home in Madison township, on the road just mentioned; the father … Read more

HEADER Craig Family CRAIG. The Craig family, with which Mrs. Ross is connected in the maternal line, is of Scotch extraction, but for a time sojourned in Ireland, from which country her ancestors emigrated to the then British colony of New Jersey in the year 1680. A descendent of this family, Lieut. Samuel Craig, Mrs. … Read more

HEADER Bernard Coyle BERNARD COYLE, late of south Buffalo township, Armstrong county, was a native of that township, born Nov. 16, 1826, son of William and Sallie (McBride) Coyle. The parents were born in Ireland, and on coming to America first settled on Buffalo creek, where Mr. Coyle had a gristmill and farm. Later they … Read more

HEADER J.R. Coulter J. R. COULTER, farmer and justice of the peace, in South Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa., is a native of that township, born March 15, 1855, son of Joseph T. and Eliza (Lambing) Coulter. Samuel Coulter, his grandfather, came to America from Ireland and at an early day settled near Avonmore, in … Read more

HEADER D.B. Coulter D. B. COULTER, a Civil war veteran, of Apollo, was born Sept. 22, 1833, at Elderton, in Armstrong county, Pa., and is now the oldest living native of that town. He is a son of William and Sarah (Sutton) Coulter. William Coulter was born in Pennsylvania, as was his wife. His death … Read more