William L Patterson

HEADER William L Patterson WILLIAM L. PATTERSON, justice of the peace in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, Pa., and field manager for the Gilpin and Acme Gas Companies in that district, is a very well known citizen of his section and belongs to an old Pennsylvania family. He was born in South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, … Read more

William S McLaughlin

HEADER William S McLaughlin WILLIAM S. McLAUGHLIN, farmer and teamster, of Rural Valley, was born in Cowanshannock township April 25, 1874, son of James and Margaret (Gibson) McLaughlin. Thomas McLaughlin, a native of County Down, Ireland, was one of the pioneers of Cowanshannock township, where he bought a small farm on which he did considerable … Read more

Thomas D McColgin

HEADER Thomas D McColgin THOMAS D. McCOLGIN, a retired farmer of Cowanshannock township and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18, 1827, son of Thomas and Maria (Totten) McColgin. Thomas McColgin was born in Ireland, and came to Pittsburgh in young manhood, where he followed his trade that of … Read more

James Fairley Foulis

HEADER James Fairley Foulis JAMES FAIRLEY FOULIS, justice of the peace of Kittanning, Armstrong county, and engaged in business at that point as a merchant tailor, has lived there all his life, having been born in Kittanning Feb. 19, 1872. James Foulis, his father, was a native of Kinross, Scotland, where he spent his early … Read more

W. D. Cupps

HEADER W. D. Cupps W. D. CUPPS, general farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born in Apollo, Armstrong county, May 11, 1840, son of Louis B. and Elizabeth (Risher) Cupps. Louis B. Cupps was a native of Ohio, and came when a boy to Apollo, where he died in 1886. The Methodist Church had in him … Read more

Levi F. Crisman

HEADER Levi F. Crisman LEVI F. CRISMAN, who farms the old Peter Fair place in Washington township, is a member of the fourth generation of his family to live in Armstrong county, where he was born Feb. 21, 1857, in Madison township. Frederick Crisman, his great-grandfather, came to this region from east of the mountains … Read more

George Washington Clouse

HEADER George Washington Clouse GEORGE WASHINGTON CLOUSE, of the firm of G. W. Clouse & Co., dealers in general merchandise at Rimerton, Armstrong county, was born in Madison township, this county, Nov. 17, 1869. George Clouse, his father, was a native of Germany. When he was but four years old his father, John Clouse, died, … Read more

Robert C Claypool

HEADER Robert C Claypool ROBERT C. CLAYPOOL, retired farmer, West Franklin township, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Source: Page 945, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 Transcribed November 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers Project Published 1998 by the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project Return to the … Read more

George Black

HEADER George Balck GEORGE BLACK, farmer, residing in Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born June 2, 1867, son of David Black and grandson of Alexander Black. Alexander Black was a pioneer settler in Indiana county, Pa., and for some years lived near Saltsburg but later moved to another part of the county, where he … Read more

Isaac M Barclay

HEADER Isaac M Barclay ISAAC M. BARCLAY, whose widow resides at Elderton, Armstrong county, was born in Somerset county, Pa., son of George Barclay. The family is of English descent. Mrs. George Barclay died at the age of ninety-two years. She and her husband had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, … Read more