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HEADER Robert Elmer Bittinger ROBERT ELMER BITTINGER, farmer, residing in Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born in Cowanshannock township, near Rural Valley, this county, Jan. 31, 1868, son of John and Catherine (Bargestock) Bittinger. John Bittinger was born March 2, 1832, in Franklin county, Pa., and came from there to Armstrong county in early … Read more

HEADER ANDREW C. BAILEY ANDREW C. BAILEY, contractor, of Manor Township, Armstrong County, was born October 24, 1860, in that township, son of Jackson and Jane (Bailey) Bailey. Richard Bailey, his grandfather, married a Miss Johnson.  He was born in Center County, PA, and later came to Armstrong County, arriving here about one hundred years … Read more

HEADER John A Balsiger JOHN A. BALSIGER, sheet roller in the great works of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, at Leechburg, was born April 6, 1870, in Madison township, Armstrong County, Pa., son of George A. Balsiger and grandson of Samuel Balsiger. His great-grandfather was born in Germany, and after emigrating with his … Read more

HEADER Sloan Banks SLOAN BANKS, of Bethel township, Armstrong county, at present serving as member of the board of school directors, was born Feb. 14, 1864, in Kittanning township, this county, son of John and Nancy (McLaughlin) Banks. The father, who was born in Allegheny, Pa., was of Scotch-English descent, his father, John M. Bank, … Read more

HEADER Burton L Barnhart BURTON L. BARNHART, whose beautiful home at Kaylor, “Maple Hill,” is one of the finest in all that portion of Armstrong county, is extensively interested in oil and gas operations in that region, supplying gas to Kaylor and to the surrounding territory for a radius of five miles. He belongs to … Read more

HEADER William L Patterson WILLIAM L. PATTERSON, justice of the peace in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, Pa., and field manager for the Gilpin and Acme Gas Companies in that district, is a very well known citizen of his section and belongs to an old Pennsylvania family. He was born in South Buffalo township, Armstrong county, … Read more

HEADER William S McLaughlin WILLIAM S. McLAUGHLIN, farmer and teamster, of Rural Valley, was born in Cowanshannock township April 25, 1874, son of James and Margaret (Gibson) McLaughlin. Thomas McLaughlin, a native of County Down, Ireland, was one of the pioneers of Cowanshannock township, where he bought a small farm on which he did considerable … Read more

HEADER Thomas D McColgin THOMAS D. McCOLGIN, a retired farmer of Cowanshannock township and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18, 1827, son of Thomas and Maria (Totten) McColgin. Thomas McColgin was born in Ireland, and came to Pittsburgh in young manhood, where he followed his trade that of … Read more

HEADER James Fairley Foulis JAMES FAIRLEY FOULIS, justice of the peace of Kittanning, Armstrong county, and engaged in business at that point as a merchant tailor, has lived there all his life, having been born in Kittanning Feb. 19, 1872. James Foulis, his father, was a native of Kinross, Scotland, where he spent his early … Read more

HEADER Levi F. Crisman LEVI F. CRISMAN, who farms the old Peter Fair place in Washington township, is a member of the fourth generation of his family to live in Armstrong county, where he was born Feb. 21, 1857, in Madison township. Frederick Crisman, his great-grandfather, came to this region from east of the mountains … Read more