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Prof. Hugh McCandless The subject of this sketch, well known in his later years and at the time of his death as the principal of the Dayton Soldiers’ Orphans’ School, was born in Apollo, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1835. He was the son of Jared and Elizabeth (Ford) McCandless, the former from Washington county … Read more
Henry Kipp McKallip Archibald McKallip, father of the old citizen of Leechburg whose name stands at the head of this brief biographical sketch, was the son of a pair of Scotch immigrants, and was born on shipboard while they were en route to America, in the year 1774. He married Catharine Kipp, who was of … Read more
WILLIAM McKINSTRY The subject of this sketch is a namesake of his grandfather, who was a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania; emigrated at an early age to Westmoreland county, where he lived for a short time and then removed to Armstrong county, and settled two miles east of Apollo. After a three years� stay he … Read more
THE MILLER FAMILY Jacob Miler, the progenitor of this family, was one of the earliest settlers of Kiskiminetas township, where his descendants now reside. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1774, and his wife, Mary Uncafer, was born the same year. They emigrated to this county in the spring of 1803, the year … Read more
JOSEPH SHOEMAKER The parents of the subject of this sketch, Solomon and Elizabeth (Uncafer) Shoemaker, came to this county from Loudon county, Virginia, at the beginning of the present century, and settled in Kiskiminetas township, where Spring church now is. Mr. Shoemaker, having entered 335 acres of land, built upon it a comfortable stone house, … Read more
The Shoemaker Family – Solomon Shoemaker Solomon Shoemaker, father of George Shoemaker, the well-known old resident of this county, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1770, and emigrated from there to Armstrong in the fall of 1799. Prior to his becoming a pioneer here he had married Miss Elizabeth Uncafer, who was also … Read more
Col. William Sirwell William Sirwell, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Graham) Sirwell, both natives of England, was born in the United States army, at the Allegheny arsenal, on August 10, 1820, his father, who had been principal musician, at that time being armorer at the arsenal. Of a military turn of mind he entered the … Read more
George B. Sloan His grandfather lived and died in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. His family consisted of four sons — Samuel, James, William and David. Two of the children of Samuel — John, afterward Col. John Sloan, and his sister, afterward Mrs. Gibson — were carried away by the Indians and held for some time in … Read more
Dr. Samuel S. Neale Dr. Samuel S. Neale was born in Burlington, New Jersey, on January 15, 1792, where he received the usual education afforded by the excellent academy of that city. Afterward he commenced the study of medicine in the city of Philadelphia, under such eminent physicians as Dr. Rush and Dr. Physic, and … Read more
SOUTH BEND TOWNSHIP William H., son of William and Margaret Wilson, was born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, in 1835; resides on a farm of 160 acres, purchased by his father in 1844; was married in 1857, to Lenna A., daughter of William and Mary Armstrong, of Indiana county, Pennsylvania. He is a farmer and … Read more