…bringing our past into the future
ALLEN, ORREN C., was born on a farm near Russellburg, Pine Grove township, Warren county, on the 1st day of May, 1840. He traces his ancestry back to his great-grandfather, who came from the north of Ireland about ninety years ago, and settled in the county of Dauphin, near Harrisburg, Pa. He died about sixty-seven … Read more
WARREN STATE HOSPITAL CEMETERY, WARREN, PENNSYLVANIA 16365 ADAMS, GILBERTADAMS, JAMESADAMS, JANEADAMSON, FREDERICKADKINS, WILLIAMADKINS, MOSESAKINS, JAMESALCORN, THOMASALDEN, ANNAALLAN, JOSEPHALLEN, LAWRENCEALLEN, LOUISANDERSON, JOSEPHINEANDERSON, NELSANDERSON, JOHN, (NO. 3)ANDREWS, DANIELANDREWS, ISAACANTHONY, PHILLIPINEAPPOLT, CHRISTINEARCHER, NANCYARMSTRONG, GEORGIANAASHCROFT, EMILYASKEY, LLOYDASKINS, SHADROCKAUSTIN, SAMUELAVERY, JOHN BACKUS, MARGARETBADGER, HENRYBAILEY, TENABAIR, SARAHBAIRD, FREDERICKBAKER, MARYBAKER, ANNIEBAKER, ANNABANKS, HARVEYBARBER, JENNIEBARBER, ADELBERTBARBER, WILLIAMBARCZINSKI, IGNATZBARDO, FRANKBARLETT, JOHNBARLETT, CLARKBARLOW, JOSEPHBARNES, CATHERINEBARNHART, … Read more
Marriages Performed In Warren County, Pennsylvania.[Copied by Elizabeth F. Lane, witness, Clara Cramer.] Allen, Samuel P., to Mary Elizabeth Thompson, March 17, 1833Briggs, Ira, to Margaret Jones, Sept. 12, 1833Carr, Hiram, to Abigal Thompson, Feb. 12, 1828Chapman, Renselaer, to Harriet F. Turner, Feb. 17, 1839Green, James, to Polly Miles, Dec., 1811Grosenburg, Samuel, to Elizabeth Toss, … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS (Surnames H – J) Hale, Danford, Ackley Station p.o., Pine Grove, was born in Brattleboro, Windham county, Vt., in 1833. He married Lurina Ames, and had two children – Charles, who was killed by a falling limb, and Cynthia, who was born in Pine Grove, but now deceased. The family came to Pine … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames K – N) Kablin, Christian, Warren p.o., Glade. Lawrence Kablin came to this country nearly forty years ago, bringing his children – Lawrence, jr., Barbara, Magdalene, John, and Christian. His wife, Barbara, died before the family came, and Jacob, the second son, never came to the country at all. Barbara, the oldest … Read more
CHAPTER I – OUR SUBJECT SOMEWHAT EXPLAINED. The Beginning of Warren County’s History – Date of Organization – It s Boundaries – Its Area and Streams – Origin of its Name – The System to be Pursued in Succeeding Chapters CHAPTER II – NATURAL FEATURES, ETC. Topography – Character of Forests – The Soil – … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames O – Z) Offerle, Jacob, Warren p.o., Glade, was born in Alsace, France, on February 21, 1825. He was drafted in the French army under Louis Philippe, but did no service. He came to this country in September, 1846, and settled in Warren. He learned the trade of carriage- making, a trade … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS (Surnames G) Gage, Ora C., Russell p.o., Elk, although not among the old pioneer residents of Elk, yet the position which he has taken among his fellow townsmen, and the efforts he has made for the advancement and well- being of those whom he is surrounded by, places him among its prominent citizens. … Read more
BRIEF PERSONALS* (Surnames A – F) Abbott, Noah W., Sugar Grove, a practical contract sawyer and farmer, was born in Sugar Grove in 1841. He was a son of John G. and Agnes Nancy (Allen) Abbott. Noah W. Abbott was married in 1864 to Mary M. Norris, of Freehold, who was born in 1845. They … Read more
CHAPTER LV HISTORY OF WATSON TOWNSHIP IN the year 1880, on the 4th of March, Limestone township was divided into about equal parts, and the northern half was organized into a separate township called “Watson,” in honor of Hon. L.F. Watson, of Warren, who owned extensive tracts of timber lands in that section. No oil … Read more