Col. Samuel McCartney Jackson

Col. Samuel McCartney Jackson Samuel McCartney Jackson, who has attained considerable prominence, both civil and military, was born upon a farm near Apollo, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1833, and was the son of John and Elizabeth (McCartney) Jackson, both of whom were of Scotch-Irish descent. As boy and youth he shared the toils of … Read more

Smith Biographical Index

Smith Biographical Index   Bargerstock, William J.   Barnhart, O.   Beale, Maj. Joseph G   Brodhead, General Daniel   Brown, James E., Esq.   Buffington, Hon. Joseph   Burrell Township   Butler, ThomasM   Calhoun, Hon. John   Campbell, Joseph and Joseph I   Chambers, John B   Christy, John   Cochran, Robert   Cowanshannock Township   Craig Family   Devers, William   Doutt, James   Duff, Rev. D.K.   Elder, Rev. T.M. … Read more

Obediah Barnhart

Obediah Barnhart The Barnhart family have been prominently identified with the early settlement of Western Pennsylvania, especially the county of Butler. The Barnharts, as their name would indicate, are of German extraction. John William Barnhart, the progenitor of the American branch of the family, came from Germany in 1764 and settled in Westmoreland county. He … Read more

General Daniel Brodhead

General Daniel Brodhead General Daniel Brodhead, of revolutionary fame, whose portrait appears elsewhere in this volume, was born in Marbletown, Ulster county, New York, in 1736, and died and was buried in Milford, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1809. He was the great-grandson of Capt. Daniel Brodhead, of the English army, who came to this country in … Read more