Nathan Zipfel

  J. B. MacHesney J. B. MACHESNEY, merchant and postmaster, Perry, was born in Franklin, Penn., September 9, 1853, and is a son of Samuel and Hannah W. (Shugert) Machesney, natives of Centre county, Penn. The father, who was a civil engineer by profession, located, about 1855, in Harmony township, where he followed his profession … Read more

  H. W. Ledebur H. W. LEDEBUR, miller, East Hickory, was born in Hanover, Germany, September 1,1838, and is a son of Conrad and Mary (Hawkes) Ledebur, former of whom came to America in 1841, and located in Pittsburgh, Penn., removing his family there in 1844. There the subject of these lines was reared from … Read more

  William Lawrence WILLIAM LAWRENCE, lumberman and proprietor of the Lawrence House, Tionesta, was born in Hessen-Cassel, Germany, June 6, 1840, and is the son of Hartman and Dorothy (Matho) Lawrence, former of whom died when our subject was six months old; the widowed mother afterward married Jacob Wenk, and in 1847 they immigrated to … Read more

  Charles E. Landers CHARLES E. LANDERS, farmer, P. O. Penn., was born on the farm where he now resides, in Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., August 4, 1849, and is a son of Peter, and Caroline (Fisher) Landers, the former a native of Eastern New York, and the latter the first white child born … Read more

  Daniel Stowe Knox DANIEL STOWE KNOX, postmaster, Tionesta, was born in Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., November 8, 1831, and is a son of William and Almira (Stowe) Knox; he was reared in his native town until fifteen years of age, when he moved to what is now Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., where … Read more

  E. L. Jones E. L. JONES, farmer, P. O. Trunkeyville, was born in what is now Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., April 22, 1825, a son of Isaac and Sarah (Hunter) Jones, and is of Welsh and Irish descent. The parents were among the first settlers of Harmony township, and cleared and improved a … Read more

  A. B. Kelly A. B. KELLY, banker, Tionesta, was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in January, 1837, and is a son of James D. and Sarah (Bennett) Kelly, natives of the North of Ireland, and of Scotch-Irish parentage. They were quite early settlers of Pittsburgh, where they lived and died. The father carried on business … Read more

  J. H. Bowman J. H. BOWMAN, farmer, P. O. Perry, was born near Franklin, Penn., September 30, 1838, and is a son of James and Nancy (Wilson) Bowman, both natives of Venango county, Penn. He was reared on a farm, has been a farmer most of his life, and since 1866, with the exception … Read more

  George W. Bovard GEORGE W BOVARD, merchant, Tionesta, was born in Butler county, Penn., May 12, 1841, a son of Johnson and Lydia (Adams) Board, also natives of Butler county. The father was a farmer by occupation, a prominent Democrat, holding the office of justice of the peace for sixteen years, and an elder … Read more

  P. M. Clark P. M. CLARK, district attorney, Tionesta, was born near Curwensville, Clearfield Co., Penn., September 23, 1851, and was the adopted son of Samuel H. and Jane E. Clark. He removed with his parents to Forest county in June, 1870, and has since resided here. Entering the office of Hon. J. B. … Read more