Month: August 2025

HEADER Samuel S Burns SAMUEL S. BURNS, retired farmer of Dayton, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born on his grandfather’s farm in Cowanshannock township, June 4, 1858, son of William J. and Mary (Thomas) Burns. John Burns, grandfather of Samuel S. Burns, was born in the north of Ireland in 1784. coming to America with his … Read more

HEADER George Henry Burns GEORGE HENRY BURNS, real estate and insurance dealer of Kittanning, was born July 12, 1873, in Clarion county, Pa., son of James B. and Sarah E. (Riley) Burns. James B. Burns, who was a farmer, died in 1884, when only thirty-two years old. His widow survived until May 22, 1911. They … Read more

HEADER Orr Buffington ORR BUFFINGTON, attorney at law, of Kittanning, Armstrong county, senior member of the firm of Buffington and Gilpin, belongs to an old family which dates its coming to Pennsylvania back to provincial days, and three generations have been represented among the most creditable members of the Armstrong county bar. Mr. Buffington was … Read more

HEADER William L Buchanan WILLIAM L. BUCHANAN, postmaster at Sagamore, Armstrong county, was born in South Mahoning township, Indiana Co., Pa., June 3, 1881, son of Andrew S. and Leah A. (Rishel) Buchanan, both also natives of Indiana county. William P. Buchanan, his grandfather, was a native of Huntingdon county, Pa., coming of Scotch-Irish descent. … Read more

HEADER John C Buchanan JOHN C. BUCHANAN, a successful farmer of Wayne township, Armstrong county, was born in Pine (now Boggs) township, this county, March 1, 1859, son of John Buchanan. John Buchanan was born in Ireland, and came to America in 1848, settling first in Maryland, where he spent about eight years. Then coming … Read more

HEADER Carlo Bruno CARLO BRUNO, general merchant and butcher of Rural Valley, was born in Longobard (Lombardy), Italy, Jan 15, 1860 and a son of Vincenzo and Rosa(Provinzana) Bruno. In 1888 Mr. Bruno came to the United States, and for the next eight years worked as a laborer on railroads and in the mines, during … Read more

HEADER William R Brumbaugh WILLIAM R. BRUMBAUGH, of Cowanshannock township, Armstrong Co., Pa., carpenter and justice of the peace, was born in Jefferson county, Pa., Jan. 2, 1856, son of James C. and Penina (Snowden) Brumbaugh, and is of German and Scotch descent. John Brumbaugh, his paternal grandfather, came from eastern Pennsylvania, probably from Berks … Read more

HEADER Woodward Patterson Brown   WOODWARD PATTERSON BROWN, of Kittanning, though one of the younger business men of that borough associated with important interest, has had responsible connection with the Brown Drug, Book and Music Store for many years, the untimely death of his father having forced its management upon him when he was little … Read more

HEADER Thomas Brown THOMAS BROWN, a farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born July 1, 1830, in County Cavan, Ireland, son of Irwin and Margaret (Johnson) Brown. Irwin Brown brought his wife and family of seven children to America in 1851, locating in Armstrong county, Pa. For four years he worked in the rolling mills at … Read more

HEADER General Daniel Brodhead GEN. DANIEL BRODHEAD, of Revolutionary fame, was born in Marbletown, Ulster Co., N.Y., in 1736, and died and was buried in Milford, Pa., Nov. 15, 1809. He was the great-grandson of Capt. Daniel Brodhead, of the English army, who came to this country in 1664, as a member of the expedition … Read more