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Hi and welcome to the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project — a proud member of the PA-Roots family of websites.
Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.
I’ll be adding to and updating this website as new material is made available, so please be sure to stop by often. If you’ve got data that you’d be willing to contribute, please contact me. I’m always in the need of help in getting data online. If you’d be interested in helping, please contact me.
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Nathan
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HEADER FRED C. BEECHER FRED C. BEECHER, of Ford City, Armstrong Co., Pa., examiner of statements of the State Insurance Department, was born Dec. 1, 1871, in Chautauqua county, N. Y., son of Ira T. and Amelia P. (Cook) Beecher. David Beecher, his grandfather, was a farmer, owning a farm at Lake George, N. Y. … Read more
HEADER BENJAMIN F. BELL Â BENJAMIN F. BELL has passed practically all of his long and useful life in Pine township, Armstrong county, where he was born May 8, 1837, son of George W. Bell. His grandfather was Scotch-Irish, and his grandmother was an Italian. George W. Bell, father of Benjamin F. Bell, was born … Read more
HEADER J.K. Benninger J. K. BENNINGER, farmer, fruit grower and oil producer, owning ten acres of land on the Allegheny river in Brady�s Bend township, was born at Millers Eddy, in Perry township, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 14, 1848, son of Peter Benninger and a grandson of Peter Benninger. Peter Benninger, the grandfather, came from … Read more
HEADER William Bertram WILLIAM BERTRAM was born Feb. 2, 1674, in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. He received his education in the university of his native place, studied for the ministry, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Bangor, Ireland, whom he gave �ample testimonials of his ordination, ministerial qualifications and regular Christian conversation�. He … Read more
HEADER Louis E. Biehl LOUIS E. BIEHL, leading clothier of Kittanning, and a business man of high standing and unblemished character, was born in that borough Jan. 29, 1861, son of Louis and Emma (Helmbold) Biehl. Louis Biehl was born in Germany, and came to the United States in 1850, when still a young man. … Read more
HEADER D.W. Bish D. W. BISH is one of the progressive agriculturists of Red Bank township, where he has an up-to-date farm of 147 acres located a half mile southeast of Oak Ridge. George Bish, his father, was reared in Madison township, this county, near Kellersburg, at which place he received his education. He married … Read more
HEADER B.C. Bishop B. C. BISHOP, of Brady�s Bend township, surveyor, and present auditor of that township, was born in Fairview township, Butler Co., Pa., Sept. 24, 1886, son of John and Mary J. (Jameson) Bishop. Jacob Bishop, grandfather of B. C. Bishop, came with his wife Mary from Ohio to Armstrong county, and settled … Read more
HEADER R P Bish R. P. BISH, who owns and operates a farm near Kellersburg, in Madison township, Armstrong county, was born in that township Oct. 9, 1868, son of Joseph and Susanna (Porter) Bish. Joseph Bish was born in Clarion county, Pa., Aug. 26, 1843, and there grew to manhood. During the Civil war … Read more
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
About Us The Armstrong County Genealogy Project are maintained by Nathan Zipfel. I wish to express my gratitude to Alice Gayley for the many years (nearly 10) she has worked along side me in the development of the Armstrong County Genealogy Project. She has had to step aside and she’ll be greatly missed as an … Read more