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Martha
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The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Beaver County. At last check there are over 10,150 individual data records posted.
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1920 Rochester census – partial This is a partial list of the 1920 Rochester census. This list covers Ward 1 and 2. Some of the names are misspelled due to the difficulty in reading the original hand written document. Transcript by Don Fraser Agner Fanny 74yrs widow. Albert 51yrs Syria [Sarah 40 peddler Syria] Howard … Read more
McCollum-Renwick Bible Records Jonathan McCollum was born 17 July 1836, the son of Jacob and Fanny (Young) McCollum and the grandson of Moses and Elizabeth McCollum. His parents left the Beaver County area in the 1830s and settled in Findlay, Ohio. Jacob McCollum died in Ohio about 1840 and apparently his widow returned to Beaver … Read more
By: Don Fraser PEOPLES ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY The People’s Electric Street Railroad Company was organized in 1891, and on Augusta 13, 1891, a charter was applied for the following: Dan H Stone, J P Stone, J C Whital, H W Reeves, C H Simpson, and Hon. H P Brown. Henry M Camp later succeeded John … Read more
CHAPTER XV BEAVER COUNTY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR By WILLIAM B. CUTHBERTSON, ESQ. Volunteering – Company B, Tenth Regiment – Response to Call of President McKinley – Mustered in – Tenth Regiment Ordered to the Philippines at Camp Merritt – At Honolulu – In Camp Dewey -First Engagement at Malate-In Attack upon Manila-Corregidor Island and … Read more
CHAPTER XIV (Part 1) MILITARY HISTORY Connection of Beaver County with the Revolution -Revolutionary Veterans and Pensioners – War of 1812 – Patriotic ProceedingsĂ‚Â Roster of Troops – Mexican War – The Alamo – Causes and Commencement of Hostilities – Enlistments – War of the Rebellion – Introductory Remarks – Patriotic Mass Meetings Ă‚Â Citizens’ … Read more
CHAPTER XIII THE PRESS The First Newspaper – News-letters – First Newspaper in EnglishĂ‚Â First English Daily – Journalistic Development in the United States – First Colonial Newspapers – First Religious JournalsĂ‚Â Newspapers in Pennsylvania – Great Modern Newspaper Plants – Character of the American Press – History of the Newspaper Press of Beaver County. … Read more
CHAPTER XII RELIGIOUS HISTORY Religious Spirit of Pioneers-Roman Catholicism-Moravian Mission on the Big Beaver (Friedenstadt)-Presbyterianism-Methodism-United Brethren in Christ-Church of God-Baptists-Lutheranism-Disciples of Christ-Evangelical Association-Congregational Church-Protestant Episcopal Church. Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following. … Read more
CHAPTER XI EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Merits of Common-School System-Influence of Teachers-Pioneer Schools-State Aid-Lotteries Authorized-Efforts for Common School Law-Act of 1834-Directors Elected-Tax Laid-Inspectors -Repeal Discussed-System Inaugurated-School BuildingsĂ‚Â Teachers’ Associations-Early Teachers-County SuperintendentsĂ‚Â Teachers’ Institutes-Statistics-Higher Education. ‘T is education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined. POPE, Moral Essays, Ep. I, line 149. … Read more
CHAPTER X MEDICAL HISTORY Tributes to Profession-Scope of Chapter-Sketches of Prominent Physicians, Deceased-Healthfulness of Beaver County-Noted Epidemics-Beaver County Medical Society-Hospitals. By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death Will seize the doctor too.–Cymbeline, Act V., Sc. 2. If all men love a lover, they as surely love the physician who is in his calling for … Read more
CHAPTER VIII Part 1 COUNTY DEVELOPMENT-Continued Nature’s Part-Agricultural Progress-Pioneer Means and Methods of Farming-Modem Conditions-State Aids-Agricultural SocietiesĂ‚ÂFarmers’ Associations-Agricultural Statistics-Mineral Resources-Ă‚ÂManufacturing-Pioneer Industries-Early Mills and Factories-Era of Speculation-Hindrances and Helps to Growth of Industrial Life -Boat-Building in Beaver County-Iron and Steel Industries-Ă‚ÂFire-clay Products-Oil Refining-Manufacturing Statistics. Nature, a mother kind alike to all, Still grants her bliss at … Read more