History of Clarion County, AJ Davis

History of Clarion County

AJ Davis; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887

Table of Contents


Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the chapters – the book has been fully transcribed.

  • 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 the Earliest Period to the Purchase Of 1784
  • Chapter VI – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County
  • Chapter VII – From the Settlement of the County to the War Of 1812
  • Chapter VIII – The War of 1812
  • Chapter IX – From the War of 1812 to the Erection of the County
  • Chapter X – From the Erection of the County to the Iron Era – 1839 – 1845
  • Chapter XI – The Furnaces
  • Chapter XII – From the Iron Era to the Civil War, 1845 – 1861
  • Chapter XIII – The Soldiers of Clarion County in the Rebellion
  • Chapter XIV – Company H, Thirty – Seventh Regiment – Eighth Reserve
  • Chapter XV – Company E, Thirty – Ninth Regiment – Tenth Reserve
  • Chapter XVI – Companies of the Fifty – Seventh Regiment – Militia of 1863
  • Chapter XVII – Company C, Sixty – Second Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XVIII – Company E, Sixty – Second Regiment
  • Chapter XIX – Company F, Sixty – Third Regiment
  • Chapter XX – Company F, Sixty – Seventh Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXI – Company C, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXII – Company E, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIII – Company A, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXV – Company F, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXVI – Company H, One Hundred And Third Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVII – Company C, One Hundred And Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVIII – Company L, One Hundred And Eighth Regiment, P.V. – Eleventh Cavalry
  • Chapter XXIX – Company K, One Hundred And Forty – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXX – Company H, One Hundred And Forty – Ninth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXI – Company G, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXII – Company H, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXIII – Company K, One Hundred And Fifty – Ninth Regiment P.V. – Fourteenth Cavalry
  • Chapter XXXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Sixty – Ninth Regiment
  • Chapter XXXV – Miscellaneous Enlistments
  • Chapter XXXVI – From the Civil War to the Oil Era – 1865 – 1877
  • Chapter XXXVII – The Development of Petroleum
  • Chapter XXXVIII – The Lumber and Coal Industries
  • Chapter XXXIX – From the Oil Era to the Present Time, 1877 – 1887
  • Chapter XL – The Bench And Bar
  • Chapter XLI – Schools
  • Chapter XLII – Churches
  • Chapter XLIII – History of Ashland Township
  • Chapter XLIV – History of Beaver Township
  • Chapter XLV – History of Brady Township
  • Chapter XLVI – History of East Brady Borough
  • Chapter XLVII – History of Callensburg Borough
  • Chapter XLVIII – History of Clarion Township
  • Chapter XLIX – History of Clarion Borough
  • Chapter L – History of Curllsville Borough
  • Chapter LI – History of Edenburg Borough
  • Chapter LII – History of Elk Township
  • Chapter LIII – History of Farmington Township
  • Chapter LIV – History of Highland Township
  • Chapter LV – Knox Township
  • Chapter LVI – Licking Township
  • Chapter LVII – Limestone Township
  • Chapter LVIII – Madison Township
  • Chapter LIX – Mill Creek Township
  • Chapter LX – Monroe Township
  • Chapter LXI – New Bethlehem Borough
  • Chapter LXII – Paint Township
  • Chapter LXIII – Perry Township
  • Chapter LXIV – Piney Township
  • Chapter LXV – Porter Township
  • Chapter LXVI – Redbank Township
  • Chapter LXVII – Richland Township
  • Chapter LXVIII – Rimersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXIX – St. Petersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXX – History of Salem Township
  • Chapter LXXI – History of Sligo Borough
  • Chapter LXXII – History of Strattanville Borough
  • Chapter LXXIII – History of Toby Township
  • Chapter LXXIV – History of Washington Township
  • Chapter LXXV – Biographical Sketches
  • Brief Personals

Chapter 16 – Companies of the Fifty-Seventh Regiment – Militia of 1863

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CHAPTER XVI COMPANIES OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT – MILITIA OF 1863 Company D: Recruiting – Service in the Field – Roll. Company H: Enlistment – Service – Roll. Company I: Recruiting – Familiar Names – Roll of Company. Company K: Where Recruited – Service – Roll of Company. COMPANY D, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT IN obedience to … Read more

Chapter 15 – Company E, Thirty-Ninth Regiment – Tenth Reserve

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CHAPTER XV COMPANY E, THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT – TENTH RESERVE Organization – Route to the Field – Service in the Field – Losses – Record of Hugh Wilson- Roll of Company. ON Friday of the May court in 1861, Brigadier-General R. Laughlin, commanding the First Brigade of the Twelfth Division of the Pennsylvania Militia, organized a … Read more

Chapter 14 – Company H, Thirty-Seventh Regiment – Eighth Reserve

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CHAPTER XIV COMPANY H, THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT – EIGHTH RESERVE Organization – Service in the Field – Roll of the Company. COMPANY H, of the Eighth Reserve, was the first company recruited in Clarion county with a view to entering the war. It was recruited at Strattanville April 30, 1861, by Captain William Lemon, at which … Read more

Chapter 11 – The Furnaces

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CHAPTER XI THE FURNACES The Pioneer Furnace – Structure of the Stacks – Methods of Manufacture – Review of the Industry – List of Furnaces CLARION county’s abundant mineral riches were early apparent. In 1828 Christian Myers of Lancaster, then half owner of the Bear-Carpenter-Miller purpart of the Lancaster Company’s purchase, including a slice of … Read more

Chapter 10 – From the Erection of the County ot the Iron Era – 1839-1845

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CHAPTER X FROM THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY TO THE IRON ERA – 1839-1845 Legislation, etc., Previous to Organization — The Act — Change of Boundaries — Selection of Site of County Seat — Public Buildings — Militia — Politics — Statistics — County Finances. AS early as 1835 ,the inhabitants of upper Armstrong and … Read more

Chapter 9 – From the War of 1812 to the Erection of the County

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CHAPTER IX FROM THE WAR OF 1812 TO THE ERECTION OF THE COUNTY Land Changes— Lancaster Land Company — The Bingham Estate — Fox — Postal Facilities Roads and Steamboats — “Clarion” River — Early Militia— Prices of Land, etc. — General Progress. 1812—1839 – LAND CHANGES HARM JAN HUIDEKOPER having purchased a large section … Read more