Month: August 2025

HEADER Charles Colwell CHARLES COLWELL has not been active in business life for some years, but he still retains various interests. He makes his home in Valley township, Armstrong county, where he has served as justice of the peace and school director and is a highly respected citizen. Born Dec. 11, 1857, in Kittanning township, … Read more

HEADER William Cochran WILLIAM COCHRAN (deceased), who for a number of years was engaged in agricultural pursuits in Armstrong county, was a veteran of the Civil war, in which he received injuries that caused him to be partially disabled throughout his life. He was born in Indiana county, Pa., Feb. 16, 1840, son of Alexander … Read more

HEADER LEVI G. COCHRAN LEVI G. COCHRAN, late of Boggs Township, Armstrong County, was born there, in what was the Pine Township, on the farm of Dick Cochran, Sept. 1, 1827. A son of James L. and Ester (Gibson) Cochran he was a descendant of one of the most notable families of the early days … Read more

HEADER JOHN DICK COCHRAN   JOHN DICK COCHRAN has been a successful farmer of Boggs Township, Armstrong County, throughout his active years, but he has also had other interests, having been engaged for many years in the sale of agricultural implements, and he has filled various local offices.  As farmer, businessman and public servant, he … Read more

HEADER ERWIN E. COCHRAN ERWIN E. COCHRAN, EX-SHERIFF of Armstrong county, now a resident of Apollo, was born Sept. 19, 1861, in this county, son of John G. and Margaret (Hart) Cochran. John G. Cochran was born in Armstrong county, of Scotch-Irish stock, and was a nephew of ex-Judge Cochran of Armstrong county, a prominent … Read more

HEADER Camden C. Cochran CAMDEN C. COCHRAN, justice of the peace and a prosperous farmer, residing in Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born on the farm on which he lives July 4, 1853, son of John Cochran, grandson of William Cochran and a great-grandson of William Cochran. William Cochran, the great-grandfather, came to America … Read more

HEADER George H Clever GEORGE H. CLEVER, a farmer residing in Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., and a veteran of the great Civil war, was born Oct. 17, 1840, on the farm on which he lives, which is situated near the town of Belknap. He is a son of Joseph and a grandson of Henry … Read more

HEADER James S. Claypool JAMES S. CLAYPOOL, closely associated with much of the building in Kittanning and all over Armstrong county, and a man of wide business connections, was born Jan. 6, 1858, near Worthington, Pa., in West Franklin township, this county, son of Abraham and Mary Ann (Miller) Claypool. George Claypool, the grandfather, was … Read more

HEADER James E Claypoole JAMES E. CLAYPOOLE, manager and superintendent of the Buffalo Woolen Mills, at Worthington, Pa., was born in 1850, in West Franklin Township, Armstrong Co., Pa., a son of James and Mary Claypoole, grandson of George Claypoole, and great-grandson of James Claypoole. James Claypoole was born near Philadelphia, Pa., and at a … Read more

HEADER Omar C Clark OMAR C. CLARK, M. D. of Worthington, Armstrong county, was born at that place in 1869, a son of William and Mary (Noble) Clark. Both the parents were natives of Armstrong county, the mother of Irish ancestry. William Noble, the Doctor’s maternal grandfather, was for many years justice of the peace … Read more