History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania

Robert Morris The subject of this sketch, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Freeport, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, September 27, 1804, and came to this country with his parents, James and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Morris, in 1819. The family first located in Indiana county, from which they soon removed, however, to Greensburg; … Read more

JAMES DOUTT A native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born November 10, 1832, now a resident of Armstrong. James Doutt, thrown upon his own resources at the early age of fourteen years with no capital save industry finds himself in the prime of his manhood enjoying a well earned independency. His first work was performed for … Read more

John E. Brown, Esq. A history of Armstrong county would be radically incomplete without a sketch of James R. Brown, Esq., who, more than any other individual person, was identified and connected with its growth and development; nearly its entire history was compassed by his life and included within the period of his active business … Read more

James Fowler John Fowler, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1776. He lived for several years in Westmoreland county, and married there, in 1802, Miss Margaret Carson. His wife died the following year, leaving one child, and Mr. Fowler soon afterward removed to Butler county, where … Read more

JAMES FULMER James Fulmer was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1810. When he was a year old his parents, Nicholas and Tenna Fulmer, came to this county and located near where he now lives, in South Bend township. He grew to manhood here, enjoying the limited educational and other advantages afforded at that … Read more

John Keely John Keely was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania February 19, 1810, and was the son of Daniel and Mary Keely. The family moved to Indiana county, and his father died February 7, 1851, at the age of seventy-four, and mother March 25,1846, at the age of sixty-three. In 1833 John Keely came to … Read more

Jacob Lias The man whose name heads this sketch was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1811, where he spent his youth. In the spring of 1831, his mother having died, he came with his father to Wayne township, Armstrong county. In the fall of the following year, October 4, 1832, he married Miss … Read more

William Fream Johnston William Freame Johnston, the third Governor of Pennsylvania under the constitution of 1838, was born at Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1808. His paternal ancestors were originally from Annandale, Scotland, where they at one time held valuable estates. The head of the house, Alexander Johnston, however, being killed at the battle … Read more

JOHN WANAMAKER The parents of John Wanamaker, the old and well known resident of Leechburg, were Henry and Susannah (Silves) Wanamaker. The former was born in this state in 1792, and died August 7, 1860, and the latter born in 1794, and died January 14, 1880. They had ten children: John, Elizabeth, Annie, Cyrus, James, … Read more

David Keppel The paternal grandfather of our subject, Nicholas Keppel was born in Germany, and came to this country early in the eighteenth century. His son Daniel, who was David Keppel’s father, was born in this state in 1767, and died in 1824. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Yearyan, of Westmoreland county; born in 1770, … Read more