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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.
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Nathan
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HEADER George W Woodside GEORGE W. WOODSIDE, who has a farm near Brick Church, in Burrell township, Armstrong county, where he has resided for almost half a century, is a native of Jefferson county, Pa., born Aug. 9, 1860. Nathan Woodside, his father, was born in Armstrong county, son of William Woodside, of Dauphin county, … Read more
HEADER Woodward Family ABSALOM WOODWARD, Sr., father of the first wife of David Reynolds, was among the earliest emigrants to the southeastern part of Plum Creek township, Armstrong county, which was then in Armstrong township. He came hither from Cumberland county, Pa., in 1788, and settled near what is now Idaho. The first assessment list … Read more
HEADER Hiram H Wray HIRAM H. WRAY, editor of the Leechburg Advance, was born in Kiskiminetas township, Armstrong county, Jan. 24, 1848, at the little settlement of Shady Plain. He is a son of John Manners and Anna Margaret (Townsend) Wray, and a grandson of Robert Wray, son of Daniel, the Wray family being of … Read more
HEADER RICHARD D. WRAY               RICHARD D. WRAY, senior member of the firm of McClister, Wray & Co., who have been engaged in the grocery business in Kittanning since 1911, is one of the progressive young citizens of that place. He was born May 7, 1884, in Rockville, Armstrong county, Pa., son of Robert … Read more
HEADER William A Wray WILLIAM A. WRAY, a farmer of Kiskiminetas township, was born May 9, 1855, in Shady Plain, this county, son of Daniel and Sarah (Frantz) Wray, natives of Pennsylvania. Daniel Wray, his great-grandfather, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1754, and came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth … Read more
HEADER James R. Wright JAMES R. WRIGHT (deceased) was a resident of Armstrong county for over half a century, and for many years he was one of the active men in public life, holding various offices in his home township and for seven years serving as county auditor. He was born May 17, 1836, in … Read more
HEADER William Johnson Wright WILLIAM JOHNSON WRIGHT, late of Kittanning, Armstrong county, was an old and honored resident of that borough, where he had been engaged in the general mercantile business for some years. He was born Jan. 12, 1832, in Metal township, Franklin Co., Pa., on his father’s farm near the old Carrick Furnace. … Read more
HEADER Benjamin Wyland Wyant BENJAMIN WYLAND WYANT, one of the most prominent citizens of Washington township, Armstrong county, is a man of progressive disposition and public spirit and a creditable representative of a most respected family of that section. Born Sept. 4, 1855, in Washington township, he is a son of Adam and Sophia (Bowser) … Read more
HEADER Christian Y Wyant CHRISTIAN YERTY WYANT, late of Washington township, was one of the successful farmer citizens of that section of Armstrong county in his day. He was born in that township Oct. 19, 1834, son of Adam and Sarah (Yerty) Wyant. Martin Wyant, his grandfather, was from Bedford county, Pa. He and his … Read more
HEADER Jeremiah Wyant JEREMIAH WYANT has been a lifelong resident of Washington township, Armstrong county, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He has lived at his present home for almost half a century, and its creditable condition is the best evidence of his energetic and progressive methods. He is a grandson of … Read more