Forest County

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 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 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

  Joseph Grove JOSEPH GROVE (deceased) was born in Lewisburg, September 22, 1815, a son of Samuel and Mary (Glass) Grove, and was reared in Lycoming county from ten years of age. In 1841 he located in Venango county, where he followed his trade of mason and stone-cutter, and dealt considerably in coal, for eight … Read more

  Samuel H. Haslet SAMUEL H. HASLET, merchant and undertaker, was born in what is now Oakland township, Venango Co., Penn., March 14, 1826, and is a son of James and Susana (Grove) Haslet who settled in Venango county, Penn., in 1823. His paternal grandfather; John Haslet was a pioneer of Centre county, Penn., and … Read more

  Robert M. Herman ROBERT M. HERMAN, of Herman & Siggins, druggists and grocers, Tionesta, was born in Centre county, Penn., November 10, 1853, and is a son of John and Nancy (Shirk) Herman, natives of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. The subject of our sketch, who was reared and educated in his native county, … Read more

  Charles A. Hill CHARLES A. HILL, farmer, P. O. Tionesta, was born in Chenango county, N. Y., August 27, 1831, and is a son of Frederick and Eliza (Shaw) Hill, who settled in Warren county, Penn., in 1848. Mr. Hill was reared and educated in his native State, and located in Hickory township, this … Read more

  Eli Holeman ELI HOLEMAN, farmer, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta township, Forest Co., Penn., July 9, 1830, and is a son of Alexander and Clarissa (Sexton) Holeman. His paternal grandfather was Eli Holeman, of English parentage, who settled in Tionesta township in 1800, clearing and improving a farm three miles below the borough of … Read more

  William Hood WILLIAM HOOD, farmer, P. O. Tionesta, was born in Canal township, Venango Co., Penn., January 10, 1828, and is a son of David and Elizabeth (Hasson) Hood. He was reared in his native county, receiving a limited education in the common schools, and in 1848 came to what is now Forest county, … Read more

  H. J. Hopkins & Co. H. J. HOPKINS & CO., general merchants, Tionesta. Among the leading business houses of Western Pennsylvania, none is more deserving of mention than the above-named firm. The present partnership consists of H. J. Hopkins, L. J. Hopkins, and F. R. Lanson, who succeeded to the business of Holeman & … Read more