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Forest County Biographies In May of 1997, this project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were sought to set up their own state project. They were offered the system design and tools created for the KY project, but were free to set up their project … Read more
About Us The Forest County Genealogy Project is maintained by Nathan Zipfel. Please remember that we are just fellow researchers and cannot help you do your research for you. We might be able to point you in the right direction, but please don’t ask us to do your research for you. The best place to … Read more
Forest County Chapter IIIÂ TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS SURVEY OF THE LANDS OF THE HOLLAND COMPANY AND SOME OF THE PATENTEES – ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST COUNTY AND ITS BOUNDARIES – COMMISSIONERS – ACTS OF 1851 AND 1866 – FIRST COURT-HOUSE – TOWN OF MARIENVILLE – PETITION FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW COURT-HOUSE – READJUSTMENT … Read more
Forest County Chapter XVIÂ Biographical Sketches Jenks, Barnett, Howe, Kingsley and Green Townships JENKS TOWNSHIP C. W. AMSLER, merchant, Marienville, was born in Washington township, Clarion Co., Penn., July 3, 1849, a son of Henry K. and Magdaline (Kapp) Amsler, natives of Lancaster county, Penn., former of whom, who was one of the pioneers of … Read more
 Silas J. Wolcott SILAS J. WOLCOTT, oil operator, Tionesta, was born in what is now Hickory township, Forest Co., Penn., November 8, 1833, and is a son of William and Nancy (Gates) Wolcott. His father, who was a native of New England, and a farmer by occupation, was a pioneer of what is now … Read more
 Jacob E. Wenk JACOB E. WENK, publisher of the Forest Republican, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta December 13, 1853, and is a son of Jacob and Dorothea E. (Mathe) Wenk. His father was a native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, a shoemaker by occupation, and came to Tionesta in 1847, where he worked at his trade … Read more
 Howard Weber HOWARD WEBER, physician and surgeon, East Hickory, was born in Venango county, Penn., October 28, 1862. He is a son of George K. and Elizabeth Weber, both of German descent, who, about the year 1850, moved from Centre county, Penn., to Dempseytown, same State, where they reared a family of ten children … Read more
 George Weant GEORGE WEANT, farmer and lumberman, Tionesta, was born in Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., March 20, 1861, and is a son of Nicholas, and Dorcas (Mathie) Weant, natives of Germany and pioneers of what is now Tionesta township, this county, where they still reside. George Weant was reared and educated in Tionesta … Read more
 George F. Watson GEORGE F. WATSON, lumberman, Tionesta, was born in what is now Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., October 20, 1848, and is a son of Francis and Cordelia (Johnson) Watson. His paternal grandfather, Robert Watson, was a native of Ireland, and a pioneer of Titusville, Penn., where he lived and died, and … Read more