Month: August 2025

  Joseph Grove JOSEPH GROVE (deceased) was born in Lewisburg, September 22, 1815, a son of Samuel and Mary (Glass) Grove, and was reared in Lycoming county from ten years of age. In 1841 he located in Venango county, where he followed his trade of mason and stone-cutter, and dealt considerably in coal, for eight … Read more

  Charles Hunter CHARLES HUNTER, toll-keeper, Tionesta Bridge Company, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta, Forest Co., Penn. , June 16, 1859, and is a son of George S. and Adaline (Scott) Hunter. His paternal grandparents were William and Sarah (Range) Hunter, former of whom was a son of Poland Hunter, a native of Ireland, who … Read more

  Ephraim L. Davis EPHRAIM L. DAVIS, Tionesta, was born in Conewango township, Warren Co., Penn., November 18, 1836, and is the youngest of the twelve children of Greeley and Lucy (Dow) Davis. His mother was of English extraction, being the daughter of Hon. John Dow, of Reading Centre, Steuben Co. (now Schuyler), N.W. John … Read more

  George W. Sawyer GEORGE W. SAWYER, carpenter and joiner, and sheriff of Forest county, Tionesta, who was born in Charlestown, Mass., January 24, 1838, is a son of Seth and Susan (Frost) Sawyer, and is of Puritan stock. He was reared and educated in his native city, and at the age of seventeen years … Read more

  George W. Robinson GEORGE W. ROBINSON, merchant, Tionesta, was born in Manor township, Armstrong Co., Penn., July 24, 1839, and is the son of John and Hannah (Williams) Robinson. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Robinson, a native of Ireland, whose parents were among the pioneers of Armstrong county, Penn., and his maternal grandfather was … Read more

  Jacob I. Range JACOB I. RANGE, farmer, P. O. Tionesta, was born in Gettysburg, Penn., September 18, 1822, and is a son of James and Mary (Shetrine) Range, who settled in what is now the borough of Tionesta, in 1826, owning all the land comprising the north half of the present borough, and cleared … Read more

  Charles A. Randall CHARLES A. RANDALL, proprietor of the Rural House, Tionesta, was born near Toronto, Canada, December 27, 1846, and is a son of Edward B. and Mary A. (King) Randall, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania and of Quaker parentage. Charles A. Randall, when quite young, removed to Iowa with his parents. … Read more

  John A. Proper JOHN A. PROPER, farmer and oil producer. Tionesta, a native of Plum township, Venango Co., Penn., born September 12, 1815, is a son of Daniel and Margaret (Archer) Proper, and is of Holland-Dutch and Highland-Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Proper, and maternal grandfather, John Archer, were pioneers of Plum and … Read more

  Josiah Neill JOSIAH NEILL, farmer, P. O. Perry, was born in what is now Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., March 6, 1842, and is a son of Isaac and Mary (McCaslin) Neill. His paternal grandfather was William Neill, and his maternal grandfather was James McCaslin, both pioneers of what is now Harmony township, Forest … Read more

  James B. Muse JAMES B. MUSE, son of John S. and Sarah (Walters) Muse, was born at Franklin, Venango Co., Penn., May 4, 1860. His father, a native of Mercer county, still resides at Franklin, and his mother, a native of Newmansville, Clarion county, died about, 1861. James B. Muse received his education in … Read more