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McKean County   CHAPTER III PIONEERS AND PIONEER DAYS PREHISTORIC REMAINS – INDIANS – INDIAN LAND PURCHASES – SALE OF LANDS – EARLY SURVEYS AND SETTLEMENTS – EARLY TAX PAYERS – UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – HUNTING – STORMS AND FLOODS – FIRST COURT – HOUSE – FIRST BALL – EARLY WEDDING – EARLY INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES … Read more

CHAPTER XXIX BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-  ROULETTE, HOMER, PORTAGE (AND BOROUGH OF AUSTIN) AND WHARTON TOWNSHIPS ROULETTE TOWNSHIP. MRS. PRUDENCE L. BOYINGTON, daughter of Burrel and Dorcas (Irons) Lyman, was born in Roulette, Potter Co., Penn., in 1830. After leaving school she taught several years, and was a very successful teacher in Potter county. But the early … Read more

CHAPTER XXVIII BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES – ULYSSES TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF LEWISVILLE, ALLEGHENY, HEBRON, CLARA AND PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIPS ULYSSES TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OP LEWISVILLE C.E. BAKER, farmer, P.O. Ulysses, is a representative of one of the early families in this part of Pennsylvania. He was born in Shippen township, Tioga Co., Penn., in 1846, a … Read more

CHAPTER XXVII BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES—HECTOR, PIKE, WEST BRANCH, ABBOT AND STEWARDSON TOWNSHIPS HECTOR TOWNSHIP. JAMES DOUGLAS, farmer, P.O. Hector, was born in Tompkins county, N.Y., May 12, 1820. He attended school at Newfield, N.Y., and when not in school worked on the farm with his father. In 1841 his parents moved to Tioga county, near the … Read more

CHAPTER XXVI BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES— BINGHAM AND HARRISON TOWNSHIPS BINGHAM. TOWNSHIP ZERA O. BACON, farmer, P.O. Genesee Fork, was born in Wellsville, N.Y., March 12, 1837, a son of Ira and Naomi (Bennett) Bacon, who settled in Bingham township in 1843, on the farm now occupied by Zera O., where they died. They had eleven children, … Read more

CHAPTER XXV BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES – SHARON, OSWAYO AND GENESEE TOWNSHIPS SHARON TOWNSHIP ANDREW J. BARNES, lumberman and farmer, P.O. Millport, was born in Wayne county, Penn., March 30, 1836, a son of Gabriel and Salena J. (Starr) Barnes, who settled in Sharon township, Potter county, in 1838, where the father engaged in lumbering, at which … Read more

CHAPTER XXIV BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES – EULALIA TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT J.W. ALLEN, land estate agent, Coudersport, is a son of Ezra and Lydia Allen, and was born in East Smithfield, Bradford Co., Penn., in 1838. Ezra Allen was a native of Halifax, Vt., and Lydia Allen, whose maiden name was Chamberlain, was born in … Read more

CHAPTER XXIII ULYSSES TOWNSHIP- BOROUGH OF LEWISVILLE ULYSSES TOWNSHIP- UNION OF ULYSSES AND JACKSON TOWNSHIPS- GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY- POPULATION- ASSESSMENTS- ORIGINAL SETTLERS- SOME FIRST THINGS- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890—VILLAGES.  BOROUGH OF LEWISVILLE – LOCATION AND POPULATION- MUNICIPAL MATTERS- CHURCHES- SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS- HOTELS— GENERAL BUSINESS- MISCELLANEOUS. ULYSSES TOWNSHIP (named by Charles Parrish, of Ulysses, N.Y.), with … Read more

CHAPTER XXII SHARON TOWNSHIP GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL-  THE BOULDERS-  VALUABLE STONE-  NATURE’S FREAKS-  RELICS-  PETROLEUM INTEREST-  POPULATION-  TAX- PAYERS OF 1832-  SOME FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR PRIVATIONS-  FIRST STORE AND SCHOOL-  STEVENS, THE WILD BOY-  VILLAGES-  MISCELLANEOUS. SHARON TOWNSHIP is the extreme northwestern thirty-six square miles of this county. Except a small group of Catskill … Read more

CHAPTER XXI ROULETTE TOWNSHIP TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL ADVANTAGES-  POPULATION IN 1880-  TAXABLES IN 1831-  EARLY NAMES-  THE GERMANS-  PRIMITIVE PRICES-  EARLY BAPTISTS-  INDUSTRIES-  SCHOOLS-  MISCELLANEOUS-  ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890-  VILLAGE OF ROULETTE-  ITS SCHOOL, BUSINESS, ETC.-  FLOODS-  SOCIETIES.   ROULETTE TOWNSHIP, located north of Keating and west of Eulalia, is made up of the rich … Read more