David A Zimmerman

HEADER David A Zimmerman DAVID A. ZIMMERMAN belongs to the third Generation of his family in Boggs township Armstrong county, where he was born Aug. 9, 1849, on the old homestead. His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Zimmerman, came hither from east of the mountains, and acquired a large tract upon which they settled, though … Read more

Sloan A Zimmerman

HEADER Sloan A Zimmerman SLOAN A. ZIMMERMAN, general foreman and lineman for the Kittanning Telephone Company at Rural Valley, was born in Boggs township, Armstrong county, July 12, 1879, son of Daniel J. and Minerva (Hoover) Zimmerman. Abraham Zimmerman was a pioneer of Boggs township, where he secured wild land, which he developed into a … Read more

George W Woodside

HEADER George W Woodside GEORGE W. WOODSIDE, who has a farm near Brick Church, in Burrell township, Armstrong county, where he has resided for almost half a century, is a native of Jefferson county, Pa., born Aug. 9, 1860. Nathan Woodside, his father, was born in Armstrong county, son of William Woodside, of Dauphin county, … Read more

Woodward Family

HEADER Woodward Family ABSALOM WOODWARD, Sr., father of the first wife of David Reynolds, was among the earliest emigrants to the southeastern part of Plum Creek township, Armstrong county, which was then in Armstrong township. He came hither from Cumberland county, Pa., in 1788, and settled near what is now Idaho. The first assessment list … Read more

Hiram H Wray

HEADER Hiram H Wray HIRAM H. WRAY, editor of the Leechburg Advance, was born in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong county, Jan. 24, 1848, at the little settlement of Shady Plain. He is a son of John Manners and Anna Margaret (Townsend) Wray, and a grandson of Robert Wray, son of Daniel, the Wray family being of … Read more

Richard D. Wray

HEADER RICHARD D. WRAY                 RICHARD D. WRAY, senior member of the firm of McClister, Wray & Co., who have been engaged in the grocery business in Kittanning since 1911, is one of the progressive young citizens of that place.  He was born May 7, 1884, in Rockville, Armstrong county, Pa., son of Robert … Read more

William A Wray

HEADER William A Wray WILLIAM A. WRAY, a farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born May 9, 1855, in Shady Plain, this county, son of Daniel and Sarah (Frantz) Wray, natives of Pennsylvania. Daniel Wray, his great-grandfather, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1754, and came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth … Read more

James R. Wright

HEADER James R. Wright JAMES R. WRIGHT (deceased) was a resident of Armstrong county for over half a century, and for many years he was one of the active men in public life, holding various offices in his home township and for seven years serving as county auditor. He was born May 17, 1836, in … Read more

William Johnson Wright

HEADER William Johnson Wright WILLIAM JOHNSON WRIGHT, late of Kittanning, Armstrong county, was an old and honored resident of that borough, where he had been engaged in the general mercantile business for some years. He was born Jan. 12, 1832, in Metal township, Franklin Co., Pa., on his father’s farm near the old Carrick Furnace. … Read more

Benjamin Wyland Wyant

HEADER Benjamin Wyland Wyant BENJAMIN WYLAND WYANT, one of the most prominent citizens of Washington township, Armstrong county, is a man of progressive disposition and public spirit and a creditable representative of a most respected family of that section. Born Sept. 4, 1855, in Washington township, he is a son of Adam and Sophia (Bowser) … Read more