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We’re really glad you stopped by and we hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research.
The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Clarion County. At last check there are over 4,760 individual data records posted.
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Cemetery Records
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Marriage Records
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We also have a Photo Gallery setup for Clarion County that contains pictures of People and Places around Clarion County. Click Here to visit the Photo Gallery, there are currently over 250 photos.
We have completed the transcription of the book “History of Clarion County” by AJ Davis
You’ll also want to check out all the data articles that are posted for Clarion County below.
Cemetery Name Township Ashland Ashland Ashland E. U. B. Ashland Berlin (Phipps) Ashland German Reformed (Old Dutch; Friedrichs; Old German Lutheran; Lieberum) — Kossuth Ashland Grace Evangelical (Starr) — Ninevah, Valley Ashland Holy Trinity Lutheran Ashland Perry Chapel — Kossuth (actually Pine City, Elk Twp.?) Ashland St. Mark’s Lutheran — Kossuth Ashland Trinity Evangelical (Fern) … Read more
ANDREW CARNEY, DIED AUG. 10, 1855, AGE 70 YRS.BARBARA E. CARNEY, DIED JAN. 20, 184*, AGE 75 YEARSTHREE SMALL GRAVES MARKED WITH FIELD STONES.
History of Clarion County AJ Davis; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887 Table of Contents Preface Chapter I – Pennsylvania Prom First Settlement to the Revolution Chapter II – From the Revolution to the Present Time Chapter III – Topography of Clarion County Chapter IV – Geology and Mineralogy Chapter V – From … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS ALEXANDER, GEORGE, Licking p.o., Washington, was born in York county, and was one of the children of William and Nancy Ann Alexander. The family came to the township in 1840, when Mr. Alexander bought 100 acres of land, paying two dollars per acre for it. He married Caroline M., a daughter off Horace … Read more
CHAPTER LXXV. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES CAMPBELL, HON. JAMES.* In the year 1774 Robert Campbell, a Scotch-Irishman, together with his wife and family, emigrated from the State of Delaware and settled in what at that time was the “Backwoods,” Kishacoquillas Valley, Cumberland (now Mifflin) county, Pa. The valley at that time was covered with a dense growth … Read more
CHAPTER LXXIV HISTORY OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP This township is situated in the northwest corner of Clarion county. It was formed in the year 1843 from ten warrants of Pine Grove, two of Elk and ten of Farmington townships; afterwards, in 1854, three warrants were taken off when Knox township was formed. The first settlers were … Read more
CHAPTER LXXIII HISTORY OF TOBY TOWNSHIP TOBY township was one of the first townships in what is now Clarion county. It is extended from the present line of Porter and Monroe townships westward to the Allegheny River, and from Mahoning Creek northward to the Clarion River, or, as it was then called, Toby’s Creek, from … Read more
CHAPTER LXXII HISTORY OF STRATTANVILLE BOROUGH This borough, a handsomely located village, is situated wholly within the limits of Clarion township, on the “Turnpike,” about three miles east of Clarion borough, and seven miles west of Corsica, Jefferson county, Pa. It is built upon a ridge, or watershed, about two miles south of the Clarion … Read more
CHAPTER LXXI HISTORY OF SLIGO BOROUGH The territory embraced within the present limits of Sligo borough was settled at an early date, but by whom is not definitely known to the writer. The Craigs settled here early, and Richard Reynolds opened a store where A.B. Miller’s house now stands. The furnace being built in 1845, … Read more
CHAPTER LXX HISTORY OF SALEM TOWNSHIP Salem township was erected in 1856, from parts of Richland and Beaver townships. It is bounded on the north by Venango county and Ashland township; on the east by Beaver township; on the south by Beaver and Richland townships, and on the west by Venango county. The length from … Read more