Forest County History

War of 1812 Veterans  James Alexander Luther Barnes Charles Clark ( Mt. Collins Cemetery) Isaac Connely ( Stewart Run Cemetery) James Dawson John Dawson Thomas Dawson Ezekial Fleming Ezekial Green ( Whig Hill ) James Green Samuel Henderson Alexander Holeman (fought under Perry at Lake Erie ) Andrew Hunter David Hunter (Old Methodist Church Cemetery, … Read more

  Jasper H. Dingman JASPER H. DINGMAN, lumber dealer, Tionesta, was born in Prince Edward county, province of Ontario, Canada, April 17, 1842, is a son of Jasper and Hannah (Smith) Dingman, and is of German and English descent. He was reared in his native county, and educated in the public and grammar schools. In … Read more

  J. A. Dawson J. A. DAWSON, farmer, P. O. Tionesta, was born in Allegheny township, Venango Co., (now Harmony, Forest county), Penn., July 13, 1835, and is a son of James and Elizabeth (Allender) Dawson. His father and paternal grandfather were natives of Ireland, and the latter a pioneer of Pit Hole, Venango Co., … Read more

  Solomon Fitzgerald SOLOMON FITZGERALD, lumberman and ex-county treasurer, Tionesta, was born in Farmington township, Clarion Co., Penn., March 22, 1835, and is a son of John and Susan (Dunkle) Fitzgerald, both natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent, and the early settlers of Clarion county. Solomon was reared and educated in his native county, and … Read more

  N. S. Foreman N. S. FOREMAN, lumberman, Tionesta, was born in the western part of Armstrong county, Penn., November 17, 1841, and is a son of James and A. M. (Carner) Foreman. He was reared in his native county, and received a common-school education. In 1865 he moved to Hickory township, Forest county, where … Read more

  James Henderson JAMES HENDERSON, merchant, farmer and lumberman, East Hickory, was born in Venango county, Penn., in April, 1835, and is a son of Joseph and Martha (Dumas) Henderson, natives of Pennsylvania, and pioneers of Venango county. James Henderson was reared in his native county, where he received a limited common-school education, and in … Read more

Forest County History  Formation of Forest County Forest County is the only county in the state of Pennsylvania created by a joint resolution of the Legislature. Approved on 11 April 1848, this resolution detached Forest County from Jefferson and Elk Counties. In April 1850 the Legislature fixed the southern boundary of the county at the … Read more

Forest County Chapter IX  TIONESTA TOWNSHIP – BOROUGH OF TIONESTA   TIONESTA TOWNSHIP – GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY – AN UNFATHOMIABLE PIT – POPULATION – THE TOWNSHIP’S HISTORIC BEGINNINGS – OFFICERS ELECTED IN 1889. BOROUGH OF TIONESTA – GENERAL DESCRIPTION  -ICE FLOODS, ETC. – DEED TO SHOLASS RANGE – FIRST SETTLERS – BUSINESS, ETC. – IMPROVEMENTS – … Read more

Forest County Chapter VIII  RAILROADS   MEETING IN 1867 – LAMENTATION RAILROAD – PENNSYLYANIA PETROLEUM RAILROAD COMPANY – FOXBURG & ST. PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY – FOXBURG, KANE &; BRADFORD RAILROAD COMPANY – TIONESTA VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY – PITTSBURGH, BRADFORD & BUFFALO NARROW GAUGE – MISCELLANEOUS. THE railroad meeting of April 9, 1867, was presided over … Read more

Forest County Chapter VII  JOURNALISM – PHYSICIANS   JOURNALISM – THE FOREST PRESS – THE FOREST COUNTY BEE – THE FOREST REPUBLICAN – THE FAGUNDAS CITY PRESS – THE COMMONWEALTH – THE DEMOCRATIC VINDICATOR – THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT PHYSICIANS – PIONEER DOCTORS – LIST OF PHYSICIANS WHO HAVE REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OF 1881 JOURNALISM. … Read more