Month: August 2025

HEADER James D Clark JAMES D. CLARK, fruit grower and farmer in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, was born in Kiskiminetas township, this county, April 20, 1868, a son of Jacob W. Clark and a grandson of Henry Clark. Henry Clark was for many years a farmer in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong county, and died there when … Read more

HEADER George W Clark GEORGE W. CLARK, a highly respected citizen of Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong Co., Pa., who lives on his farm there now somewhat retired from active life, was born in that township Dec. 16, 1844, son of Henry B. and Lena Clark. John Clark, his grandfather, was born in County Derry, Ireland, and … Read more

HEADER Austin Clark AUSTIN CLARK, for a number of years an able lawyer of Kittanning and one of the most creditable members of the Armstrong county bar, belongs to a family which has had many prominent representatives in this section of Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph Clark, was at one time sheriff of Armstrong county and … Read more

HEADER Clark Family CLARK. Several members of this old and highly respected family of Armstrong county are now living at Elderton, Alexander Clark and his sisters, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Irwin, being well-known residents of that borough. Their father was Alexander Armstrong Clark. Joseph and Margaret Clark, the founder of this family in America, came … Read more

HEADER WASHINGTON ROSS CHRISTY WASHINGTON ROSS CHRISTY, was born in Manor township, Armstrong county, Pa., May 12, 1841, and died in his native county, Oct. 15, 1910. He was a son of John and Sarah (Ross) Christy. Daniel Christy, the grandfather, was of Irish extraction, while his wife, Rebecca, was of Scotch-Irish descent. He located … Read more

HEADER Jefferson Reynolds Christy JEFFERSON REYNOLDS CHRISTY, of Manor township, Armstrong Co., PA., was born Dec. 2, 1843. His father was John Christy, born in Beaver county, Pa., in the year 1800. He was married twice and was the father of thirteen children. He came to Armstrong county in the spring of 1833, and purchased … Read more

HEADER Samuel Brady Cathcart SAMUEL BRADY CATHCART, who is ranked among the prominent and progressive farmers of Mahoning township, is a son of Samuel and Margaret J. (McClain) Cathcart, and grandson of Robert Cathcart. Robert Cathcart was a native of Ireland, and probably the first settler in the limits of what is now Mahoning township, … Read more

HEADER L.A. Carroll REV. FATHER L.A. CARROLL, priest in charge of St. Mary�s Catholic Church at Kittanning, was born July 9, 1873, at Allegheny City, Pa., son of Michael and Catherine (Campbell) Carroll. The parents were born in County Down, Ireland, and came to the United States in the sixties, during the Civil war. Mr. … Read more

HEADER Saverio Capano SAVERIO CAPANO, general merchant and notary public at Rural Valley, Pa., was born in San Donato, Ninea, Italy, Oct. 16, 1871, son of Dominic and Anna Maria (Martino) Capano. Until he was thirteen years old Saverio Capano lived in his native place, and attended the schools of his neighborhood. At that time … Read more

HEADER James G Ambrose SAMUEL CAMPBELL, a farmer of Rayburn township, living one and a half miles from Cowanshannock, was born Nov. 8, 1823, in Franklin township, this county, son of John and Catherine (Coldon) Campbell. The Campbell family is of Scotch descent, while the Coldons came from Ireland. John Campbell was born Dec. 2, … Read more