Armstrong County

HEADER Sharron M Quigley SHARRON M. QUIGLEY, one of the oldest residents of Armstrong county, has lived at his present home in Boggs township for sixty-seven years, having settled there in 1847. Few citizens have been more thoroughly indentified with with the life of their times than has Mr. Quigley. As farmer, businessman, public official, … Read more

HEADER John F Rabbitt JOHN F. RABBITT, a general farmer of Sugar Creek township, was born at Kellersburg, Armstrong Co., Pa., April 20, 1851, a son of William Rabbitt. William Rabbitt was born in Ireland, where he was reared, educated and taught the trade of shoemaker. He married in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland, Margaret Daley, … Read more

HEADER DANIEL LEMMON NULTON DANIEL LEMMON NULTON, attorney at law, of Freeport, though not engaged in practice continuously since his admission to the bar, has been very successful in his profession during the time he has devoted himself to its pursuit. He comes of a family prominently connected with legal procedure in Armstrong county, being … Read more

HEADER John Funk Nulton JOHN FUNK NULTON, best known as Judge Nulton, was born Oct. 16, 1809, in Bedford county, Pa., and died May 11, 1878. The family has been settled at Kittanning, Armstrong county, for three quarters of a century. He was a son of Michael and Sarah Ann (Funk) Nulton, both of whom … Read more

HEADER Robert Orr ROBERT ORR was one of the most distinguished of those men of character and unalterable purpose by whose strength the foundations of this Commonwealth were laid. He had the courage backed by physical fitness, and the intellectual qualities supported by moral stamina, necessary to success in the face of the obstacles with … Read more

HEADER Benjamin Oswald BENJAMIN OSWALD, of Ford City, Armstrong county, clerk to the county commissioners, and present burgess of his town, was born in 1842 in Kittanning. Benjamin Oswald, son of Benjamin and Sarah A. (Brinham) Oswald, was educated in the public schools of Kittanning. At an early age he began work in his father’s … Read more

HEADER John Thomas Overheim JOHN THOMAS OVERHEIM, proprietor of the Parker Feed Mills, of Parker’s Landing, was born Sept. 15, 1888, at that place, now known as Parker City, son of John C. and Jennie (Ralston) Overheim, natives of Venango county, Pa., and Ireland, respectively. Daniel Overheim, his grandfather, was a native of Germany, a … Read more

HEADER MATTHEW H. PAFFRATH   MATTHEW H. PAFFRATH, proprietor of the �American Hotel� at Ford City, Armstrong county, has lived at that place since 1888 with the exception of a brief stay at Alexander, Pa., and he is now one of its successful business men.  He is a native of Germany, born Aug. 18, 1861, … Read more

HEADER WILLIAM E. PAINE WILLIAM E. PAINE, at present serving as Justice of the Peace of Madison Township, Armstrong County, has held a number of public positions, and has been a prominent worker in that locality for the last twenty years and more. He is a member of a family which has been settled in … Read more

HEADER Ephraim H Parker EPHRAIM H. PARKER, deceased, formerly of Parker City, Pa., was a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this section of Pennsylvania. He was born March 2, 1838, and was the eldest son of Fullerton and Amelia (Harris) Parker, grandson of Judge John Parker, and great-grandson of … Read more