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HEADER Chapter 19 Parks Township BOUNDARIES — PIONEERS — STITT�S MILL — NORTH VANDERGRIFT — OLD SETTLERS — THE PARK FAMILY — SCHOOLS — RELIGIOUS — ELECTRIC RAILROAD — POPULATION — GEOLOGY As was the case with Bethel and Gilpin, this township was formed from the territory of the original Allegheny township, now obsolete. It … Read more
HEADER Chapter 20 Kiskiminetas Township AN INDIAN NAME — POST’S EXPEDITION — SETTLERS — INDUSTRIES — OLDEST FURNACE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — SALT WORKS — RIVER IMPROVEMENT — ANCIENT LANDMARKS — MAYSVILLE — SPRING CHURCH — SHADY PLAIN –HICKSVILLE-SCHOOLS — POPULATION — GEOLOGICAL This township was named from the river which forms its southern border. … Read more
HEADER Chapter 21 Burrell Township FORMATION-LANDOWNERS-ASSESSMENT LIST OF 1805-06-INDUSTRIES-GUNPOWDER FACTORIES- A “PAPER” TOWN-SALT WORKS-BRICK CHURCH-GEOLOGICAL Burrell township, which was formed in 1855 out of parts of Kittanning, Kiskaminetas and Plum Creek townships, was named after the late Judge Burrell, who was president judge of the Tenth Judicial district, composed of Armstrong, Indiana and Westmoreland counties. … Read more
HEADER Chapter 22 South Bend Township ORIGIN OF NAME-SETTLERS AND LANDOWNERS-FIRST INDUSTRIES-CHURCHES-SCHOOLS-POPULATION-GEOLOGY AND ALTITUDE The name of this township naturally occurred to the original signers of the petition for its formation in 1867, because of the sharp southward bend of the creek which is rightfully named “Crooked.” The separation of the township was made from … Read more
HEADER Charles H Huber CHARLES H .HUBER of Rural Valley has lived in that borough almost all his life and is its oldest inhabitant in point of years of residence . Hewas born Dec 19,1845 in Philadelphia, Pa and is a son of the late Bernard Huber, who settlled at what is now Rural Valley, … Read more
HEADER Ralph B Huber RALPH B. HUBER, who is engaged in the general merchandise business in the borough of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, is a hardworking and enterprising young man whose substantial qualities augur well for his success. He was born at Rural Valley Sept. 15, 1886, son of Joseph B. Huber, and is a … Read more
HEADER James M Hudson CAPT. JAMES M. HUDSON, of Kittanning, is a native of Westmoreland county, Pa. whither the family removed from Lancaster county. He is the son of Thomas Hudson and grandson of James Hudson. James Hudson was reared in Lancaster county, married there, and in the early part of the nineteenth century brought … Read more
HEADER Â CARL M. HUGHES, who carries on general farming in Rayburn township, Armstrong county, on the old Yockey homestead, is a native of Valley township, this county, born April 24, 1874, son of William and Jennie (Myers) Hughes. His grandfather, William Hughes, brought his family to Armstrong county, Pa., from east of the mountains. … Read more
HEADER ROBERT P. HUNTER, M.D. ROBERT P. HUNTER, M.D., the oldest physician now engaged in practice at Leechburg, Armstrong county, has in the forty and more years of his residence in that community so thoroughly identified himself with the general welfare that he is recognized as one of the most public-spirited and prominent men there. … Read more
HEADER John H Huston JOHN H. HUSTON, a farmer of Manor township, was born June 15, 1843, in Armstrong county, Pa., son of John P. And Elizabeth (Hindman) Huston. The paternal great-grandfather was a native of Ireland who settled in Cumberland county, Pa., at an early period in history of the State, and there followed … Read more