Christopher Stenger

HEADER Christopher Stenger CHRISTOPHER STENGER, of Ford City, Armstrong county, proprietor of the “Fifth Avenue Hotel,” is a well-known young business man of that place and also has interests in his native city, Pittsburgh. He belongs to a family of German extraction, Adam Stenger, his grandfather, having come to America with his family from Frankfort, … Read more

Levi Stepp

HEADER Levi Stepp LEVI STEPP, proprietor of the “Stepp House,” at Worthington, Armstrong county, and a veteran of the Civil war, was born in Butler county, Pa., Jan. 9, 1842, son of Michael and Catherine (Heckert) Stepp. Michael Stepp and his wife were both born in Pennsylvania and before coming to Armstrong county, in 1859, … Read more

James E. Stewart

HEADER JAMES E. STEWART JAMES E. STEWART, whose name carries great weight in mining circles in Pennsylvania, is general manager of the United States Sewer Pipe Company (Pittsburg-Buffalo Company) at Johnetta, Armstrong county, Pa., with general offices at Pittsburgh, Pa. He was born in the State of Indiana, Dec. 25, 1874, and is a son … Read more

Stitt Family

HEADER Stitt Family The Stitt family is one of the oldest and most representative of sound Americanism in Pennsylvania. Members of this family fought during the Revolution, the war of 1812, and in other conflicts for the country of which they were so proud, and the name has always stood for sterling honesty and fidelity … Read more

S.S. Stitt

HEADER S.S. Stitt S. S. STITT, Leechburg, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Source: Page 944, 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 Contributed for use by the Armstrong County Genealogy Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/armstrong/) Armstrong County Genealogy Project Notice: These electronic … Read more

Charles T Stivanson

HEADER Charles T Stivanson CHARLES T. STIVANSON, manager for the Atlantic Refining Company at Kittanning, was born March 29, 1873, in Armstrong county, Pa., son of George Washington Stivanson. George W. Stivanson, grandfather of Charles T. Stivanson, traced his ancestry back to Peter Stuyvesant, as the name was then spelled, first governor of New York. … Read more

Joseph Hamilton Stivenson

HEADER Joseph Hamilton Stivenson JOSEPH HAMILTON STIVENSON, ex-mayor of Leechburg, a prominent merchant of that borough who has long been classed among its leading citizens, belongs to an Armstrong county family of Revolutionary descent. Old members of the family claim descent from Peter Stuyvesant, of New Amsterdam (now New York). Mr. Stivenson�s great-grandfather was a … Read more

John Lincoln Stockdill

HEADER John Lincoln Stockdill JOHN LINCOLN STOCKDILL, a prominent farmer and large landowner of Mahonmg township, Armstrong county, was born there April 15, 1861, on the farm where he still resides, in what is known as the Cove. This family has been settled in the county for almost a century, and its members have been … Read more

James B. Smail

HEADER James B. Smail JAMES B. SMAIL, chief burgess of the borough of Leechburg, to which office he was elected in 1909, is one of the leading business men of that place and a citizen whose influence for progress and good government are felt in all its activities. Mr. Smail was born in Burrell township, … Read more

Peter A Smeltzer

HEADER Peter A Smeltzer PETER A. SMELTZER, proprietor of the “Valley House” at Yatesboro, Armstrong county, and a large landowner in that section, was born in this part of the county, in Plum Creek township, Feb. 8, 1863, and is a son of Peter George Smeltzer, an old settler of that township. Peter George Smeltzer … Read more