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Butler County Created
BUTLER COUNTY Created March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County and named for General Richard Butler, a military officer who was born in Ireland and came to America before 1760.. He served during the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Pennsylvania ranks and of Morgan’s Rifle Corps in 1777. In l787, … Read more
Chester High School, Class of 1943
Chester High School Class of February 1943 – PDF of page is available Dorothy Mae Aschenbach Carol Elaine Ayers Rose A Babicki Noreen Ballod Bernice Webster Barrowclough Joseph Lee Bradley Theodore Bernard Brodzinski Pearl Elizabeth Brooks Gloria Estelle Brown Susan … Read more
Who was he? Reflections on Memorial Day
Who was he? Reflections on Memorial Day Monday May 30’th is Memorial Day. Growing up we still called it Decoration Day. For many people it’s just a long weekend, an extra day off from work with pay. We often went to visit a cemetery on that day. Memorial Day began after the Civil War with … Read more
Clinton County Mailing Lists
PACLINTO-L Topic: Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn’t understand them, try these manual instructions: to join PACLINTO-L, send mail to PACLINTO-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join PACLINTO-D, do the same thing with PACLINTO-D-request@rootsweb.com. Subscribe … Read more
Historical and Biographical Work – Sketch of Jerry Church – Clinton County
SKETCH OF JERRY CHURCH THE name of Jerry Church is inseparable from the history of Clinton county and Lock Haven. It was through his efforts the county was formed and named, and to him we owe the existence of Lock Haven as the county seat. No book of this kind would be complete without a … Read more
Historical and Biographical Work – J. MILTON FUREY – Clinton County
J. MILTON FUREY. J. Milton Furey, the author and compiler of this work, was born near the village of Pleasant Gap, Centre county, Pa., September 16th, 1857. His father was a farmer, and reared his son to the same calling. His early education was received at what was called the “Horn Town” school, named after … Read more
Historical and Biographical Work – Preface – Clinton County
PREFACE. One year ago, at the solicitation of friends, we began to gather material for a brief history of Clinton county. The difficulty in preparing a work of this kind cannot be understood by anyone who has not been engaged in a work of a similar nature. We present this volume to the public, … Read more
Clinton County History
CHAPTER XIV. CLINTON COUNTY. Clinton county erected—Geological features and streams—Public improvements…Towns; Lock Haven, Farrandsville, Dunnstown, Lock. Port, Mill Hall, New Liberty, Young Womanstown, Salona—Education—Religious denominations—Indians visited by Count Zinzendorff, 1742; by David Brainerd, 1746; by Conrad Weiser, 1755–Weiser’s letters to Gov. Morris and Richard Peters, touching the Indians here, and his visit to them–Moses Van … Read more
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Porter Township, Clinton County
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Cemetery, Porter Township Clinton County Pennsylvania Transcribed by John J. Johnstonbaugh Allison, Alvin Henry d 8-27-1874 7m 4d s/o S. M. & S. C. Allison Edith E. d 9- 4-1875 2m 29d d/o S.M. & S. C. Allison Bartholomew, Peter d 6-11-1893 66y 2m 28d Father Sarah d 4-13-1877 45y 1m … Read more