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HEADER ECKMAN ECKMAN. The Eckmans are justly numbered among those substantial residents of Armstrong county thoroughly representative of the best class. This family was founded in Pennsylvania early in the history of the colony, and its various members assisted in the development of the mighty Commonwealth. The earlier way of spelling the name was �Eakman�, … Read more

HEADER Leonard Egly LEONARD EGLY carries on general farming in Kittanning township, Armstrong county, and also has a coal bank on his farm. He has held local offices, and is very well known in his section, where he has resided for years. Mr. Egly was born Oct. 7, 1839, in Allegheny county, Pa., son of … Read more

HEADER Robert F. Tarr, M.D. ROBERT F. TARR, M. D., of Kittanning, who has been engaged in medical practice there since 1902, was born Dec. 28, 1860, at Freeport, Armstrong county, and belongs to the fourth generation of his family resident in this county. Frederick Tarr, his great-grandfather, a native of Germany, on coming to … Read more

HEADER William Smith Elgin WILLIAM SMITH ELGIN, a well-known carpenter and contractor of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, was born in Cowanshannock township, this county, June 26, 1859, a son of Samuel and Isabella (Truby) Elgin. His paternal grandfather, James Elgin, born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1760, came to America in 1782. He was married … Read more

HEADER Harry L Ellenberger HARRY L. ELLENBERGER, junior member of Martin & Ellenberger, merchants of Dayton, Pa., was born at Belknap, Wayne township, Armstrong county, Aug.. 17, 1856, being a son of Gabriel S. Ellenberger. George Ellenberger, grandfather of Harry L., was born in Butler county, Pa., and moved to Wayne township, Armstrong county, locating … Read more

HEADER William Calvin Dickey WILLIAM CALVIN DICKEY, a Washington township farmer, was born July 5, 1845, on the farm where he now lives, in the log cabin built by his father, William Dickey. Archibald Dickey, his grandfather, came to this country from Ireland, settling at Gettysburg, Pa., and later came to Manorville, Armstrong county. He … Read more

HEADER John A Dickson JOHN A. DICKSON, sheet roller in the plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, at Leechburg, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born May 17, 1870, in Indiana county, PA.,, son of Benjamin Dickson, and a grandson of Thomas Dickson. Thomas Dickson spent his life in Indiana county, Pa., where he … Read more

HEADER Jacob Diehl JACOB DIEHL, retired business man and veteran of the Civil war, Parker�s Landing, Pa., was born January 8, 1842, at Philadelphia, Pa., a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Feldtinan) Diehl. The parents of Jacob Diehl, of Parker�s Landing, were born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and came to the United States in 1840, … Read more

HEADER D.B. Coulter D. B. COULTER, a Civil war veteran, of Apollo, was born Sept. 22, 1833, at Elderton, in Armstrong county, Pa., and is now the oldest living native of that town. He is a son of William and Sarah (Sutton) Coulter. William Coulter was born in Pennsylvania, as was his wife. His death … Read more

HEADER J.R. Coulter J. R. COULTER, farmer and justice of the peace, in South Bend township, Armstrong Co., Pa., is a native of that township, born March 15, 1855, son of Joseph T. and Eliza (Lambing) Coulter. Samuel Coulter, his grandfather, came to America from Ireland and at an early day settled near Avonmore, in … Read more