Forest County

  Samuel D. Irwin SAMUEL D. IRWIN, attorney, Tionesta, was born in Franklin, Penn., March 12, 1835, where his father, Richard Irwin, was a celebrated surveyor. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Irwin, was one of the pioneers of Venango county, and his maternal grandfather, Rev. Hezekiah May, one of the pioneers of Tionesta. Samuel D. Irwin … Read more

  Ephraim L. Davis EPHRAIM L. DAVIS, Tionesta, was born in Conewango township, Warren Co., Penn., November 18, 1836, and is the youngest of the twelve children of Greeley and Lucy (Dow) Davis. His mother was of English extraction, being the daughter of Hon. John Dow, of Reading Centre, Steuben Co. (now Schuyler), N.W. John … Read more

  Charles Hunter CHARLES HUNTER, toll-keeper, Tionesta Bridge Company, Tionesta, was born in Tionesta, Forest Co., Penn. , June 16, 1859, and is a son of George S. and Adaline (Scott) Hunter. His paternal grandparents were William and Sarah (Range) Hunter, former of whom was a son of Poland Hunter, a native of Ireland, who … Read more

  Daniel Stowe Knox DANIEL STOWE KNOX, postmaster, Tionesta, was born in Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y., November 8, 1831, and is a son of William and Almira (Stowe) Knox; he was reared in his native town until fifteen years of age, when he moved to what is now Kingsley township, Forest Co., Penn., where … Read more

  Charles E. Landers CHARLES E. LANDERS, farmer, P. O. Penn., was born on the farm where he now resides, in Harmony township, Forest Co., Penn., August 4, 1849, and is a son of Peter, and Caroline (Fisher) Landers, the former a native of Eastern New York, and the latter the first white child born … Read more

  William Lawrence WILLIAM LAWRENCE, lumberman and proprietor of the Lawrence House, Tionesta, was born in Hessen-Cassel, Germany, June 6, 1840, and is the son of Hartman and Dorothy (Matho) Lawrence, former of whom died when our subject was six months old; the widowed mother afterward married Jacob Wenk, and in 1847 they immigrated to … Read more

  H. W. Ledebur H. W. LEDEBUR, miller, East Hickory, was born in Hanover, Germany, September 1,1838, and is a son of Conrad and Mary (Hawkes) Ledebur, former of whom came to America in 1841, and located in Pittsburgh, Penn., removing his family there in 1844. There the subject of these lines was reared from … Read more

  J. B. MacHesney J. B. MACHESNEY, merchant and postmaster, Perry, was born in Franklin, Penn., September 9, 1853, and is a son of Samuel and Hannah W. (Shugert) Machesney, natives of Centre county, Penn. The father, who was a civil engineer by profession, located, about 1855, in Harmony township, where he followed his profession … Read more

  Caleb R. Middleton CALEB R. MIDDLETON, farmer, P. O. East Hickory, was born in Limestone, Warren Co., Penn., March 18, 1830, and is a son of James and Susannah (Richardson) Middleton. His father was a native of Westmoreland county, Penn., and a son of William Middleton, a pioneer of what is now Tionesta, Forest … Read more

  John W. Morrow JOHN W. MORROW, physician and dentist, Tionesta, who was born in Armstrong county, Penn., June 2, 1837, is a son of William and Martha (Hutchinson) Morrow, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. He was reared in his native county, and educated at McElroy’s school, Rural Village, and in Dayton Union Academy. In … Read more