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HEADER George A Marvin GEORGE A. MARVIN, farmer, resident in Gilpin township, Armstrong county, is one of the well-known men of his section. He was born on the family homestead, June 22, 1872, and is a son of Mark Marvin, grandson of Anthony Marvin, and great-grandson of Archibald Marvin. The Marvin family of Armstrong county … Read more
HEADER Frank Mast FRANK MAST, dealer in general merchandise and postmaster at Rimer, Pa., was born in Clarion county, PA., March 2, 1855, son of Isaac and Sarah (Reese) Mast. He is of German and Welsh descent. John F. Mast, great-grandfather of Frank Mast, was a native of Germany, and was among the pioneers of … Read more
HEADER Ambrose M Mateer AMBROSE M. MATEER, a merchant of Ford City, was born in 1863, in Pine township, this county, son of Samuel and Eliza (Ambrose) Mateer. The maternal grandfather, John Ambrose, was born in Pennsylvania, coming of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Samuel Mateer was extensively engaged in the cattle business in conjunction with farming. To … Read more
HEADER Mateer Family BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATEER, of Boggs township, is a representative of a family numerously represented and highly respected in that section of Armstrong county. The name was formerly McAteer, and the family, which is of Scotch-Irish origin, has been in Pennsylvania for several generations. James Mateer, the founder of this branch in America, … Read more
HEADER Benjamin Franklin Mateer BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATEER, of Boggs township, is a representative of a family numerously represented and highly respected in that section of Armstrong county. The name was formerly McAteer, and the family, which is of Scotch-Irish origin, has been in Pennsylvania for several generations. James Mateer, the founder of this branch in … Read more
HEADER John Harvey Mateer JOHN HARVEY MATEER has lived at his present home. in Boggs township for over forty years, having settled there in the spring of 1872. He is a well-to-do farmer and stock raiser, has held the office of tax collector of his township, and is a citizen who commands the highest respect … Read more
HEADER Samuel S Mateer SAMUEL S. MATEER, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Boggs township, Armstrong county, lives on the farm formerly owned and occupied by his father, and is a member of the third generation of his family in this county, where his grandparents John and Margaret (Montgomery) Mateer, settled at an early … Read more
HEADER James McAuley JAMES MCAULEY, late of Boggs township, had lived on his farm there for almost fifty years at the time of his death. He was a native of Ireland, born July 28, 1828, in County Antrim, Province of Ulster, son of Henry and Martha (McIntire) McAuley, Scotch Irish people who lived and died … Read more
HEADER W.J. McAwley W. J. McAWLEY, general merchant at Edmon, Armstrong county, Pa., was born in Maysville, this county, July 17, 1878, son of John S. and Nancy (McAdoo) McAwley. James McAwley was born in 1812, in Huntingdon county, and removed with his father , Samuel , to Westmoreland county. About 1830 he went to … Read more
HEADER Rev. Terence McCabe REV. TERENCE McCABE, priest in charge of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Coraopolis, Allegheny Co., Pa., was born Dec. 1, 1867, in County Cavan, Ireland, son of John and Bridget (Smith) McCabe. Father McCabe secured his classical and ecclesiastical education in Ireland, and came to the United States in November, 1898. … Read more