Nathan Zipfel

HEADER John D. Galbraith JOHN D. GALBRAITH, treasurer of the Kittanning Iron and Steel Company, was born in January, 1842, at Kittanning, a son of James and Margaret (Davison) Galbraith. James Galbraith was born in Ireland, but was brought to the United States when only one year old, and reared and educated in Allegheny county, … Read more

HEADER Galbraith Family GALBRAITH. (I) The family of Galbraith is of the remotest antiquity–the name being derived from the Celtic. It was in the parish of Baldunoch, County Stirling, that the Galbraiths of Baldunoch, chiefs of the name, had their residence. In Frazer’s statistical accounts of the inhabitants of the Isle of Gigha, the following … Read more

HEADER Charles Henry Furnee CHARLES HENRY FURNEE, M.D., of Kittaning, Armstrong County, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, is a native of that borough, born July 10, 1878, son of Scott Willard and Margaret B. (Williams) Furnee. Dr. Furnee obtained his preparatory education in the public schools, attending grammar and high school, and … Read more

HEADER Francis Furlong FRANCIS FURLONG, is a highly respected citizen of Mahoning township, Armstrong county, where he has resided for forty years, and he has lived on his present farm since 1890. He is a native of this county, born May 22, 1845, in Red Bank township, son of John and Susanna (Abel) Furlong, and … Read more

HEADER Samuel Fullerton SAMUEL FULLERTON, in his day one of the most progressive business men of Freeport, Armstrong county, was a native of Ireland, born in 1813, at Ballyclare, County Antrim, son of John Fullerton, of the same place. John Fullerton married Mary Biggs, also of Ballyclare, and they came to America in 1818, locating … Read more

HEADER Francis M Fries FRANCIS M. FRIES, proprietor of the Kittanning daily and weekly Times, and a man of remarkable attainments, whose life work is being accomplished under the unusual disability of blindness, was born Oct. 8, 1867, at Mahoning Furnace, Armstrong Co., Pa., son of Matthias and Anna M. (Marshall) Fries. Matthias Fries was … Read more

HEADER Rev. T.J. Frederick REV. T. J. FREDERICK, a minister active in the work of the Lutheran church for many years, residing on his valuable farm of 100 acres, situated in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong county, Pa., is ranked with the largest fruit growers in his part of the State. He was born May 2, 1847, … Read more

HEADER William C Frantz WILLIAM C. FRANTZ, overseer of the poor in south Buffalo township, Armstrong county, was born May 23, 1853, in the township which is his home, son of Jacob and Agnes (Forrester) Frantz. Isaac Frantz, his grandfather, was an old Indian fighter who lost his life in an Indian outbreak in the … Read more

HEADER PHILIP FOX             PETER FOX, a much respected citizen of Mahoning township, Armstrong county, has lived on his present farm there for thirty years and has been a resident of the county for forty years.  He is a native of Germany, born June 29, 1834, in Hessen-Darmstadt, son of John and Elizabeth (Kline) Fox, … Read more

HEADER George Merchan Fox GEORGE MERCHAN FOX (deceased) had the oldest undertaking business in Kittanning and was engaged in that line for over thirty years. He was a native of Leechburg, Armstrong County , born Oct 2, 1836 son of George and Alice (Hilderbrand)Fox. His grandfather John Fox , came from Germany and made his … Read more