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HEADER W. D. Cupps W. D. CUPPS, general farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born in Apollo, Armstrong county, May 11, 1840, son of Louis B. and Elizabeth (Risher) Cupps. Louis B. Cupps was a native of Ohio, and came when a boy to Apollo, where he died in 1886. The Methodist Church had in him … Read more

HEADER George Washington Clouse GEORGE WASHINGTON CLOUSE, of the firm of G. W. Clouse & Co., dealers in general merchandise at Rimerton, Armstrong county, was born in Madison township, this county, Nov. 17, 1869. George Clouse, his father, was a native of Germany. When he was but four years old his father, John Clouse, died, … Read more

HEADER Robert C Claypool ROBERT C. CLAYPOOL, retired farmer, West Franklin township, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Source: Page 945, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 Transcribed November 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers Project Published 1998 by the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project Return to the … Read more

HEADER George Balck GEORGE BLACK, farmer, residing in Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born June 2, 1867, son of David Black and grandson of Alexander Black. Alexander Black was a pioneer settler in Indiana county, Pa., and for some years lived near Saltsburg but later moved to another part of the county, where he … Read more

HEADER Isaac M Barclay ISAAC M. BARCLAY, whose widow resides at Elderton, Armstrong county, was born in Somerset county, Pa., son of George Barclay. The family is of English descent. Mrs. George Barclay died at the age of ninety-two years. She and her husband had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, … Read more

Erwin J Ashe ERWIN J. ASHE, a business man of Kittanning borough, was born Sept. 15, 1866, in Armstrong county, son of Henry and Lydia (Lichtey) Ashe. His grandfather, also names Henry Ashe, was one of the early settlers of Somerset county, Pa., where he developed a fine farming property. Henry Ashe, father of Erwin … Read more

John George Aye JOHN GEORGE AYE has been a resident of Bethel township, Armstrong county, for many years, and is one of the prosperous farmers of that section. He has held various township offices, and is a citizen of honorable standing whose worth is universally recognized. Mr. Aye was born April 14, 1845, in the … Read more

Thomas Lee Aye, M. D. THOMAS LEE AYE, M. D., who has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Kelly Station, Armstrong county, since 1905, has not only established himself well professionally during his residence there but has taken an active part in township affairs and proved himself a useful citizen. He is a … Read more

Major General John Armstrong MAJ. GEN. JOHN ARMSTRONG, the hero of Kittanning, was one of Washington’s bravest and most successful generals. He was born in 1725 in the North of Ireland, and some time between 1745 and 1748 became a settler in the Kittanning valley, west of the Susquehanna river, in a region which was … Read more

SAMUEL E. AMBROSE, M.D. SAMUEL E. AMBROSE, M.D., of Rural Valley, Armstrong county, has lived in that locality from youth and has a high personal and professional reputation in the community where he has found his life work. Aside from his duties as a physician he has interested himself in many things affecting the general … Read more