CHAPTER XV COMPANY E, THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT – TENTH RESERVE Organization – Route to the Field – Service in the Field – Losses – Record of Hugh Wilson- Roll of Company. ON Friday of the May court in 1861, Brigadier-General R. Laughlin, commanding the First Brigade of the Twelfth Division of the Pennsylvania Militia, organized a … Read more

CHAPTER XIV COMPANY H, THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT – EIGHTH RESERVE Organization – Service in the Field – Roll of the Company. COMPANY H, of the Eighth Reserve, was the first company recruited in Clarion county with a view to entering the war. It was recruited at Strattanville April 30, 1861, by Captain William Lemon, at which … Read more

CHAPTER XIII THE SOLDIERS OF CLARION COUNTY IN THE REBELLION* INTRODUCTION IT has been said that human history never has been and never can be written. Let this sentiment here apply. The history of Clarion county’s soldiers never has been written, and it never can be written in such a manner as justly to pass … Read more

CHAPTER XII FROM THE IRON ERA TO THE CIVIL WAR – 1845-1861 Mexican War –  The Underground Railway –  The Tornado of ‘60 –  Floods –  War Sentiment –  Politics –  Statistics –  County Finances –  Old Fashioned Temperance –  A Fourth of July Celebration –  Fox Hunt –  A Mass Meeting in ‘60. THE … Read more

CHAPTER XI THE FURNACES The Pioneer Furnace – Structure of the Stacks – Methods of Manufacture – Review of the Industry – List of Furnaces CLARION county’s abundant mineral riches were early apparent. In 1828 Christian Myers of Lancaster, then half owner of the Bear-Carpenter-Miller purpart of the Lancaster Company’s purchase, including a slice of … Read more

CHAPTER X FROM THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY TO THE IRON ERA – 1839-1845 Legislation, etc., Previous to Organization — The Act — Change of Boundaries — Selection of Site of County Seat — Public Buildings — Militia — Politics — Statistics — County Finances. AS early as 1835 ,the inhabitants of upper Armstrong and … Read more

CHAPTER IX FROM THE WAR OF 1812 TO THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY Land Changes— Lancaster Land Company — The Bingham Estate — Fox — Postal Facilities Roads and Steamboats — “Clarion” River — Early Militia— Prices of Land, etc. — General Progress. 1812—1839 – LAND CHANGES HARM JAN HUIDEKOPER having purchased a large section … Read more

CHAPTER VIII THE WAR OF 1812 Alarms on the Frontier – Drafts -Captain Wallace’s Company – Incidents of the March to the Maumee – Fort Meigs – Neely’s Company – Proceedings at Erie – Volunteers. IN the spring of 1812, the wonted quiet and routine of the infant settlements were disturbed by rumors of war … Read more

CHAPTER VII FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY TO THE WAR OF 1812 Absalom Travis – Securing Warrants – John Laughlin – Settlers from Westmoreland-From Centre County – Character of Pioneers -Pioneer Life – Mills- Churches – Schools Pastimes – “First Things.” 1792-1812 OF the settlement of Absalom Travis, the pioneer of Clarion county, few … Read more