Robert Louis Ralston

HEADER Robert Louis Ralston ROBERT LOUIS RALSTON, of Kittanning, is one of the leading lawyers at the bar of Armstrong County. He devotes all his time to legal work and holds the confidence of both clients and fellow practitioners. His family is of Scotch-Irish extraction. The Ralstons of whom he is a descendant came from … Read more

Robert Graham Ralston

HEADER Robert Graham Ralston ROBERT GRAHAM RALSTON, M.D., a physician and surgeon of Cowansville, Pa., was born Jan. 22, 1830 in South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, son of James and Jane (Graham) Ralston. James Ralston and his wife were both natives of Ireland, and coming to the United States at an early day settled in … Read more

Perry McCuen Ramsey

HEADER Perry McCuen Ramsey PERRY McCUEN RAMSEY, jeweler and agent for custom-made clothing at Parkers Landing, was born Nov. 30, 1847 in Donegal township, Butler Co., son of George S. and Eliza (Bain) Ramsey, natives of Carlisle and Gettysburg, Pa., respectively. James Ramsey, paternal grandfather of Perry M. Ramsey, came to Sugar Creek township, Armstrong … Read more

William Bain Ramsey

HEADER William Bain Ramsey WILLIAM BAIN RAMSEY, justice of the peace, Second ward, Parker city, Pa., was born in Sugar Creek township, Armstrong county, April 21, 1837, son of George S. and Eliza (Bain) Ramsey, and a grandson of James Ramsey. He is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. James Ramsey came from Virginia to Armstrong county, Pa., … Read more

James Rayburn

HEADER JAMES RAYBURN JAMES RAYBURN has a large farm in North Buffalo Township, where he engages in general farming and stock raising. He is at present serving as justice of the peace, and is one of the well-known citizens of his part of Armstrong County. Mr. Rayburn was born September 29, 1879 on his present … Read more

John Ray

HEADER John Ray JOHN RAY, came to his present home in Burrell township, Armstrong county, in 1868, forty six years ago, and with the exception of five years spent at Leechburg has resided there ever since. He is a native of Germany, born Jan. 8, 1835, in Hessen- Darmstadt, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Steiger) … Read more

Daniel Raymond

HEADER Daniel Raymond DANIEL RAYMOND was born in Italy in 1887 and was brought to America by his parents. He obtained his education in the public schools of Leechburg and afterward assisted his father. When he first left home he was employed for three years in the Pittsburgh Shovel Works, and then worked for 1 … Read more

Michael Raymond

HEADER Michael Raymond MICHAEL RAYMOND, retired business man, residing at Leechburg, Armstrong County, was born Jan 18, 1859, about three hundred miles distant from the city of Rome, in Italy. The place in which he was born was a fishing village, and he became a fisherman and continued as such until he came to America. … Read more

John Nicholas Rebolt

HEADER John Nicholas Rebolt JOHN NICHOLAS REBOLT, proprietor of the “Thompson Hotel” at Templeton, Armstrong county, has not been at that location long, but he has been a lifelong resident of the county and has been a respected member of the various communities in which he has lived. He was born in this county in … Read more

Samuel I Redick

HEADER Samuel I Redick SAMUEL l. REDICK, a farmer of South Buffalo township, was born Dec.6, 1857, in the old log house of his father, six miles northeast of Freeport, Pa. He is the son of James H. and Elizabeth (Patterson) Redick. Rev. John Redick, his grandfather, was born west of the Allegheny mountains, and … Read more