Forest County History

Forest County Chapter III  TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS SURVEY OF THE LANDS OF THE HOLLAND COMPANY AND SOME OF THE PATENTEES – ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST COUNTY AND ITS BOUNDARIES – COMMISSIONERS – ACTS OF 1851 AND 1866 – FIRST COURT-HOUSE – TOWN OF MARIENVILLE – PETITION FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW COURT-HOUSE – READJUSTMENT … Read more

  William Smearbaugh WILLIAM SMEARBAUGH, lumberman and merchant, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta township, Forest Co., Penn., October 7, 1854, and is a son of Ferdinand and Dorcas (Mathie) Smearbaugh, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1848, and settled in what is now Tionesta, engaging in farming. The father was a carpenter, which … Read more

  John Thomson JOHN THOMSON, farmer, P. O. Stewart’s Run, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, April 29, 1827, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Morton) Thomson. He was reared and educated in his native town, and served a five· years apprenticeship at the carpenter’s trade in the town of Ayr, on the coast … Read more

  George F. Watson GEORGE F. WATSON, lumberman, Tionesta, was born in what is now Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., October 20, 1848, and is a son of Francis and Cordelia (Johnson) Watson. His paternal grandfather, Robert Watson, was a native of Ireland, and a pioneer of Titusville, Penn., where he lived and died, and … Read more

  George Weant GEORGE WEANT, farmer and lumberman, Tionesta, was born in Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., March 20, 1861, and is a son of Nicholas, and Dorcas (Mathie) Weant, natives of Germany and pioneers of what is now Tionesta township, this county, where they still reside. George Weant was reared and educated in Tionesta … Read more

  Howard Weber HOWARD WEBER, physician and surgeon, East Hickory, was born in Venango county, Penn., October 28, 1862. He is a son of George K. and Elizabeth Weber, both of German descent, who, about the year 1850, moved from Centre county, Penn., to Dempseytown, same State, where they reared a family of ten children … Read more

  Jacob E. Wenk JACOB E. WENK, publisher of the Forest Republican, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta December 13, 1853, and is a son of Jacob and Dorothea E. (Mathe) Wenk. His father was a native of Hesse-Cassel, Germany, a shoemaker by occupation, and came to Tionesta in 1847, where he worked at his trade … Read more

  Silas J. Wolcott SILAS J. WOLCOTT, oil operator, Tionesta, was born in what is now Hickory township, Forest Co., Penn., November 8, 1833, and is a son of William and Nancy (Gates) Wolcott. His father, who was a native of New England, and a farmer by occupation, was a pioneer of what is now … Read more

Forest County Chapter XVI  Biographical Sketches Jenks, Barnett, Howe, Kingsley and Green Townships JENKS TOWNSHIP C. W. AMSLER, merchant, Marienville, was born in Washington township, Clarion Co., Penn., July 3, 1849, a son of Henry K. and Magdaline (Kapp) Amsler, natives of Lancaster county, Penn., former of whom, who was one of the pioneers of … Read more

  William P. Siggins WILLIAM P. SIGGINS, merchant, West Hickory, was born in what is now Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., May 15, 1840, and is a son of William and Jane (Hunter) Siggins, his paternal grandparents being George and Jane (Young) Siggins, natives of Ireland. George Siggins emigrated from Ireland with his parents in … Read more