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Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research. Â A Â huge thanks to Nan who originally develped the resources for Somerset County.
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GREENVILLE TOWNSHIP Hiram Findley, John S. Weimer, 1840 Geo. W. Haller, Samuel Griffith, 1845 Solomon Engle, Geo. Klingaman, 1850 Samuel Griffith, 1851 Benj. I. Yoder, 1855 Daniel P. Miller, 1856 Daniel Keefer, 1857 Benj. Lowry, 1860 John C. Kennel, 1862 Benj. Lowry, 1865 Andrew J. Stoner, 1867 Benj. Lowry, 1870 A. J. Stoner, 1872 John … Read more
ADDISON TOWNSHIP Andrew Mitchell, John IIartzell, 1840 Thomas Liston, John Campbell, John Bowlin, Andrew Craig, 1845 Horace Luddington, 1848 John Campbell, William Roddy, David Robinson, 1850 Horace Luddington, 1853 John Bradfield, John Hanna, Josiah Ringer, 1855 Joseph Bowlin, John Endsley, 1856 Jonas Augustine, 1857 James Endsley, Horace Luddington, 1858 John Campbell, 1859 Josiah Ringer, 1860 … Read more
CONGRESSIONAL:SECRETARY OF STATE – Jeremiah S. Black, 1860 to 1561. ATTORNEY GENERAL – Jeremiah S. Black, 1857 to 1860. REPRESESTATIVES: Gen. Robert Philson – 16th Congress, 1819 to 1821 (Robert Philson, of Berlin, was commissioned brigadier-general of the militia of Bedford, Somerset and Fayette Counties, May 9, 1800) Gen. Alexander Ogle – 16th Congress, … Read more
This encampment was chartered April 11, 1852. The officers first elected were:Robert P. Cummins, C.P.William Roddy, H.P.Alexander Stutzman, S.W.John D. Roddy, J.W.H. P. Snyder, ScribeC. F. Beam, Treas.William B. Coffroth, GuideThis encampment went down, but no data have been furnished of the time. On the 30th of April, 1872, the encampment was reinstated on the … Read more
About the year 1819, a masonic organization, known as Somerset Lodge, No. 84, A. Y. M., was organized in the town of Somerset, of which, at one time, the following named gentlemen served as officers:Chauncey Forward – W. M.Ankeny – S. W.John Patton – J.W.Harmon Updegraff – S.D.Jacob Graft – Tiler This lodge flourished … Read more
The Somerset County Agricultural Society was first organized in 1853, and the first fair was held on September 25 and 26 of that year. The following year three and one-half acres of land were purchased and five hundred dollars expended in buildings, and fairs were held until 1861. From that time until 1873 the … Read more
This lodge was first chartered June 10, 1851, and at the first election, which occurred on the 1st of July the following were elected:John D. Roddy – N.G.Robert P. Cummins – V.G.John H. Cunningham – Sec\’yA. J. Long – Treas. In 1861 many of the members joined the Union army as volunteers, and as a … Read more
<center>CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN</center>Conemaugh Church of the Brethren, of German Baptists, was organized in 1810. It now has three meeting houses and one hundred and fifty members. Two of the meeting houses are situated in Conemaugh township. S. Benshoof is the present bishop. This church is partly in Cambria county. <center>CENTENNIAL CHURCH OF THE EVANGELICAL … Read more
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Larimer township was formed in 1854 out of adjoining parts of Greenville and Northampton townships. It was named for Gen. William Larimer who was president of the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad Company at that time. Its natural features are generally rugged and uneven with much that is mountainous and a small amount … Read more
<center>Descendants of Somerset Pioneer for OrganizationFamily Reunion July 30 Near Casselman</center>MEYERSDALE, April 13– At a recent meeting of the great-great grandchildren of Peter Leibundgut, one of the earliest settlers, of Elklick township, Somerset county, held in Salisbury, the Livengood Family Reunion association was formed with a view to commemorating the life and achievements of their … Read more