History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania

The Jackson Family � William J. Jackson James Jackson and his wife, Sarah (Thompson) Jackson, came to this county about 1798, and settled two and a half miles east of Apollo. He was born in Ireland, and his wife in America. James, their son, was born September 4, 1806, and his wife, Jane McCartney, in … Read more

John Thompson Jackson The subject of this brief sketch was born February 23, 1837. February 25, 1864, he was joined in wedlock with Mary Jane, daughter of ‘Squire William G. and Elizabeth Watson. Four children, all of whom are now living, were the offspring of this union. The oldest son, William Murray, was born August … Read more

James Y. Jackson James Y. Jackson was born July 21, 1831, on the old home farm owned by his father, and on which he now lives. He was united in marriage with Miss Wilhelmina R. Townsend, in 1856. Her parents were Henry and Catharine (Ulam) Townsend. She was born April 20, 1839, and died April … Read more

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

HON. A. D. GLENN John Glenn, the progenitor of the Glenn family in Armstrong county and the great- grandfather of A. D. Glenn, came from Ireland when eighteen years of age, and settled in Center county, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Borland by whom he had two daughters, Ann and Mary, and four sons, Robert, John, … Read more

William J. Bargerstock William J. Bargerstock, a prosperous and enterprising farmer of Wayne township, Armstrong Co., Pa., was born on the land where he now resides, June 16, 1855, son of Henry and Mary (Neal) Bargerstock. John Bargerstock, his grandfather, was born in Germany and brought his family to America, settling on the farm now … Read more

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

Major Joseph G. Beale The family of which the subject of this sketch and of the accompanying portrait is a representative is one of the oldest in the State of Pennsylvania. One of the progenitors of the family came over the ocean with William Penn, and, being a civil engineer by profession, was employed by … Read more

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