Month: August 2025

  James T. Brennan JAMES T. BRENNAN, dealer in real estate, Tionesta, was born in County Clare, Ireland, October 11, 1844, and is a son of Joseph and Kate (Hanley) Brennan. He was reared in his native country, where he received a common-school education, and came to America in 1863, locating in Forest county, Penn., … Read more

  T. J. Bowman T. J. BOWMAN, merchant and lumberman, East Hickory, was born at Beaver Furnace, Clarion Co., Penn., March 27, 1840, and is a son of David and Ellen (Robertson) Bowman, natives of Scotland. His father in early life followed agricultural pursuits, and cleared a farm near Tylersburg, Penn., in which town he … Read more

  Joseph G. Dale JOSEPH G. DALE, lumber dealer, Tionesta, was born in Centre county, Penn., May 15, 1815, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Gates) Dale. His paternal grandfather, William Dale, was a Quaker of influence and prominence. On his mother’s side, his grandfather, Henry Gates, formerly or Centre county, Penn., settled … Read more

  John A. Dale JOHN A. DALE (deceased) was born in Centre county, Penn., November 14, 1808. The death, in 1815, of his father, Rev. Joseph Dale (who was a Methodist minister), made it necessary for the widowed mother to journey with her little ones to the then wilds of Western Pennsylvania, whither her own … Read more

  Parcus Copeland PARCUS COPELAND, farmer, P. O. East Hickory, was born in what is now Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., April 10, 1837, and is a son of Ira and Lydia (Thompson) Copeland, natives of Vermont and New York, respectively. The paternal grandparents of Parcus Copeland were among the pioneers of Harmony township, and … Read more

  Peter C. Blocher PETER C. BLOCHER, farmer and oil producer, Tionesta, was born in Clarence, Erie Co., N. Y., February 1, 1834, a son of Christian and Catherine (Behm) Blocher. His paternal grandfather was John Blocher whose parents came from Switzerland, and were pioneers of Lancaster county, Penn. Peter C. Blocher was reared in … Read more

  Nelson G. Ball NELSON G. BALL, farmer, P. O. Pit Hole City, Venango Co., Penn., was born in what is now Hickory township, Forest Co., Penn., April 28, 1832, and is a son of Isaac and Sally (Manross) Ball, natives of Vermont, and among the pioneers of what is now Forest county, locating first … Read more

  J. Wesley Ball J. WESLEY BALL, merchant, Tionesta, was born in Hickory township, Forest Co., Penn., July 20, 1852, and is a son of Nelson G. and Martha (Hunter) Ball. His paternal grandparents were Isaac and Sally (Munross) Ball, pioneers of what is now Harmony township, this county, and later of Balltown and East … Read more

  Calvin M. Arner CALVIN M. ARNER, prothonotary, register and recorder, Tionesta, was born in Armstrong county, Penn., October 3, 1847, and is a son of Lewis and Elizabeth (Wolf) Arner, who settled in Tionesta in 1856, where the father engaged in lumbering and, with the exception of nine years, has always resided. In 1884, … Read more

  William Albaugh WILLIAM ALBAUGH, farmer, P. O. East Hickory, was born in Jackson township, Venango Co., Penn., January 13, 1837, and is a son of John P. and Margaret S. (Schenck) Albaugh, who settled in Hickory township in 1853. William was reared in his native township until he was sixteen years of age, and … Read more