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Conemaugh Township<strong><center>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</center></strong>Conemaugh township was organized in February, 1801 out of part of Quemahoning township. The name is of Indian origin and means “long fishing place”. Conemaugh was a large township when first created as it included nearly all of the present townships of Paint and Ogle and a wide strip of Cambria … Read more
Geo. Arnold……………………….John Elrick………………………………Jas. McAuley, innkeeperHenry Albright……………………John Fichtner, innkeeper…………..Mary MillerThos. Abbernatty, merchant…Conrad Felker…………………………James MurphyWm. Adams……………………….Jos. Farver……………………………..Widow MartinHenry Abey, tinner………………Dan. Fitzpatrick………………………Owen McGuireWidow Bittner…………………….Jac. Fligle……………………………….Owen MecagWm. F. Bittner…………………….Sam. P. Geiger, innkeeper………..Pat McCannSam. Bowman…………………….John Geiger, Sr……………………….Geo. McBrideJesse Bowman……………………Jac. Crissinger………………………..Chas QuinnGeo. Beck…………………………..Josiah Geiger…………………………Wm. Null, blacksmithDan. Bauman………………………Rich. Geiger…………………………..Geo. NavisFred. Bittner……………………….Geo. Geiger……………………………Andrew O\’NealJohn Baker…………………………Sam. Gardner…………………………Brian O\’NealDan. Baughman………………….George Gibler…………………………Adam PoorbaughJona. & Elias Bittner…………….John … Read more
By a perusal of the minutes of the board of county commissioners, it is ascertained that on October 29, 1795, the first commissioners of Somerset county–John Fletcher, John Read and John Leech–entered into a contract with Josiah Espy and John Campbell, of the town of Somerset, for the construction of “a temporary gaol in the … Read more
The history of Somerset, in point of area, takes rank as the sixth county in the vast commonwealth of which it forms a part. It contains one thousand one hundred and two square miles, or seven hundred and five thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land. Its boundaries are the State of Maryland on … Read more
TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS. In the order named the following were organized as townships in Bedford county prior to the formation of the county of Somerset: Brother\’s Valley, Turkey-Foot, Quemahoning, Milford, Elk Lick and Stony Creek. BROTHER\’S VALLEY the first township erected west of the Allegheny mountain in Pennsylvania, was formed in 1771, during the first … Read more
SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP Daniel Lepley, William Critchfield, 1840 Geo. Cook, Daniel Lepley, 1845 Geo. G. Walker, Wm. Critchfield, 1850 Solomon Korns, 1852 Geo. G. Walker, 1855 Henry Martz, 1856 Jacob L. Kennell, 1857 Dennis Cook, 1861 Henry Martz, 1862 Dennis Cook, 1866 Chas. Sturtz, 1867 Israel Emerick, l869 Israel Emerick, 1874 Jacob L. Kennell, 1875 Israel … Read more
MILFORD TOWNSHIP Jacob Knable, Michael Frease, 1840 Jacob Knable, John N. Baker, 1845 Hamilton B. Barnes, 1847 Wm. Scott, 1851 Eli K. Haines, 1852 Jonathan Miller, 1854 Eli K. Haines, 1857 John Sterner, 1859 John Weller, 1861 Jacob Weimer, 1864 John Weller, Solomon Snyder, 1866 John Weller, 1871 John C. Weller, Alfred Evans, 1876 John … Read more
GREENVILLE TOWNSHIP Hiram Findley, John S. Weimer, 1840 Geo. W. Haller, Samuel Griffith, 1845 Solomon Engle, Geo. Klingaman, 1850 Samuel Griffith, 1851 Benj. I. Yoder, 1855 Daniel P. Miller, 1856 Daniel Keefer, 1857 Benj. Lowry, 1860 John C. Kennel, 1862 Benj. Lowry, 1865 Andrew J. Stoner, 1867 Benj. Lowry, 1870 A. J. Stoner, 1872 John … Read more
ADDISON TOWNSHIP Andrew Mitchell, John IIartzell, 1840 Thomas Liston, John Campbell, John Bowlin, Andrew Craig, 1845 Horace Luddington, 1848 John Campbell, William Roddy, David Robinson, 1850 Horace Luddington, 1853 John Bradfield, John Hanna, Josiah Ringer, 1855 Joseph Bowlin, John Endsley, 1856 Jonas Augustine, 1857 James Endsley, Horace Luddington, 1858 John Campbell, 1859 Josiah Ringer, 1860 … Read more
CONGRESSIONAL:SECRETARY OF STATE – Jeremiah S. Black, 1860 to 1561. ATTORNEY GENERAL – Jeremiah S. Black, 1857 to 1860. REPRESESTATIVES: Gen. Robert Philson – 16th Congress, 1819 to 1821 (Robert Philson, of Berlin, was commissioned brigadier-general of the militia of Bedford, Somerset and Fayette Counties, May 9, 1800) Gen. Alexander Ogle – 16th Congress, … Read more