…bringing our past into the future
 John Thomson JOHN THOMSON, farmer, P. O. Stewart’s Run, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, April 29, 1827, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Morton) Thomson. He was reared and educated in his native town, and served a five· years apprenticeship at the carpenter’s trade in the town of Ayr, on the coast … Read more
 William Smearbaugh WILLIAM SMEARBAUGH, lumberman and merchant, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta township, Forest Co., Penn., October 7, 1854, and is a son of Ferdinand and Dorcas (Mathie) Smearbaugh, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1848, and settled in what is now Tionesta, engaging in farming. The father was a carpenter, which … Read more
 William P. Siggins WILLIAM P. SIGGINS, merchant, West Hickory, was born in what is now Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., May 15, 1840, and is a son of William and Jane (Hunter) Siggins, his paternal grandparents being George and Jane (Young) Siggins, natives of Ireland. George Siggins emigrated from Ireland with his parents in … Read more
Poland Hunter & Jane Simpson Cemetery Markers for David and Andrew Hunter, Old Methodist Cemetery, Tionesta, Forest, PA The Hunter families of Northwestern Pennsylvania are of Scotch-Irish ancestry, a hardy race in which the Scotch stability, shrewdness, mental vigor and physical energy are blended with the geniality, warmheartedness, ambitions and versatile genius of the Irish. … Read more
War of 1812 Veterans James Alexander Luther Barnes Charles Clark ( Mt. Collins Cemetery) Isaac Connely ( Stewart Run Cemetery) James Dawson John Dawson Thomas Dawson Ezekial Fleming Ezekial Green ( Whig Hill ) James Green Samuel Henderson Alexander Holeman (fought under Perry at Lake Erie ) Andrew Hunter David Hunter (Old Methodist Church Cemetery, … Read more
Revolutionary War Veterans John Range ~ 5 April 1778 commissioned lieutenant 5th Company, 4th Battalion, York County, Pennsylvania. Received land grant for service of 258 acres from Tubbs Run to Tionesta Creek. (Present day Tionesta) It is not believed he served in the French and Indian Wars as stated in the History of Forest County, … Read more
 Forest County History Project The Forest County History Project is committed to the transcription of the history of Forest County from the book History of the Counties of McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania published by J.H. Beers & Co in 1890.    Chapter I – Topography and Natural History    Chapter II – Indians and … Read more
History of Cook Forest Cook Forest is the most important tract of virgin timberland to be found in Pennsylvania, and is without rival for size east of the Rockies. The towering pines and hemlocks measure three and four feet in diameter, an occasional giant being five feet through the bole. They rise high in the … Read more
Forest County Chapter VIÂ MILITARY HISTORY Â SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION, WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR – FOREST COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR – FIRST COMPANY ORGANIZED – EIGHTYTHIRD REGIMENT, P.V.I. – THIRTY-NINTH, P.V.I. – FORTIETH, P.V.I. – ONE HUXDRED AND FIFTIETH, P.V.I. – ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD, P.V.I. – ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH, … Read more
Forest County Chapter VÂ POLITICAL HISTORY ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LITTLE ORIGINAL COUNTY OF FOREST – THE JOINT RESOLUTION – JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT UP TO 1856 – BIRTH OF THE GREATER FOREST COUNTY, 1866 – LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM 1800 TO 1866 – 0FFICERS OF VENANGO COUNTY PRIOR TO 1866 – ELECTIONS FROM 1856 TO … Read more