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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
The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette September 15, 1854 Cholera. – This disease broke out with great virulence in the city on Monday night, and continued to rage with a violence unusual for this locality, during the greater part of Thursday. Up to ten o’clock last evening, there were fifty-three authenticated cases of Asiatic Cholera reported, thirty-eight … Read more
Daily Morning PostPittsburgh, Pa September 15, 1854 Friday CHOLERA This singular disease, after having almost entirely disappeared from our neighborhood, has again broken out, and a number of deaths reported. Innumerable rumors were current yesterday, of the violent manner in which the epidemic was raging in different parts of the city, but after the most … Read more