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Terrible TragedyFive Persons MurderedIndiana Weekly MessengerMay 6, 1874 On Wednesday night last, a most terrible murder was committed near Homestead, on the Monongahela river, a few miles above Pittsburgh. On Thursday morning, about 4 o’clock, the house of Mr. Hamnett, a well-to-do farmer, was discovered to be in flames, and before aid could be rendered … Read more
YOUNG: – Residing in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1815, were: James Young, Justice of the Peace; James, printer; James, blacksmith; Edward, waggoner; and John, a cabinet maker* SOURCE: Vol, X, No 4, August 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
SARBER: – Residing in Lawrenceville, Alleghany Co., Penn., in 1815, were: John and James Sarber, inn-keepers, and Henry Sarber, shop keeper. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 2, June 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
HOLMES:- Residing in Pittburgh, Penn., in 1815, were : David, Francis, Joseph, Nathaniel, Robert, Thomas, Walter and William Holmes. The firm of Holmes and Bean conducted a commission warehouse. SOURCE: Vol, X, No 2, June 1921 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 14,225 B.C. – Primitive man occupies a rock shelter near Avella in present-day Washington Co. His remains are evidence of the oldest human habitation in the eastern United States. 1600 – The Monongahela People, a tribe of early Indians, dwell in the Pittsburgh region. … Read more
From a series of four brochures entitled “Pittsburgh Frontier To Future.” 1800, June 28 – Zadok Cramer buys stock in John Gilkeson’s book store and opens his own bookÂselling business in Pittsburgh. Later, Cramer offers for sale “any quantity of Dutch and English Almanacks, for the year 1801 … ” His circulating library opens June … Read more
July 28, 1860: Prof. S. Wilson makes an ascension in the balloon “Great Western.”After several mishaps, he successfully landed at Sharpsburg (Allegheny County). Oct. 1, 1860: Pittsburghers welcome the Prince of Wales (later England’s King Edward VII) to the city. Nov. 24, 1860: As the Civil War approaches, a number of Pittsburgh banks suspend specie … Read more
Allegheny County Tax Records — Snowden Twp., 1846 — Part Two McCormick, Samuel — carpenter, singleman.McCormick, George — farmer, singleman.Douglass, William — farmer, 20 acres land valued at $260; 2 cows, 1 horse.McMurray, Archibald — farmer, 104 acres of land valued at $1352.; 2 horses, 2 cows.Phillip, Evan — farmer, singleman.King, Jane; heirs of Countless? … Read more
Allegheny County Tax Records — Snowden Twp. — 1846          Morgan, Hugh — merchant, 1 horse, 1 cow Larimer, Alexander — Farmer singleman, 80 Acres w/improvements, 2 horses Thompson, Moses — Farmer singleman, 22 ½ Acres, 1 horse, money at interest, Sawmill, appraised aggregate amount of securities $1500. Simmons, Peter, Sr. — gentleman, 1 horse … Read more