What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and its people.
2 Books on 1 CD!
Over 1700 pages of historical and genealogical Information
1) History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania – 1887
2) Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens – 1911
These are scanned copies on CD of the original Books published in 1887 & 1911.
History
of
Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania
With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Edited By
Lewis Cass Aldrich
Syracuse, N.Y.
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
1887
730 pages
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. - GENERAL GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW.
CHAPTER II. - INDIAN OCCUPATION.
CHAPTER III. - THE INDIANS IN THE FRENCH WAR.
CHAPTER IV. - WARS WITH THE INDIANS.
CHAPTER V. - THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD.
CHAPTER VI. - EARLY LAND OPERATIONS.
CHAPTER VII. - EARLY SETTLEMENTS.
CHAPTER VIII. - ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER IX. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND COURTS.
CHAPTER X. - FROM 1810 TO 1843.
CHAPTER XI. - LUMBER AND ROADS.
CHAPTER XII. - CLEAEFIELD'S MILITARY HISTORY
CHAPTER XIII. - GEOLOGY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY
CHAPTER XIV. - A REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COAL INTERESTS OF THE CELEBRATED HOUTZDALE-OSCEOLA-PHILIPSBURG REGION
CHAPTER XV. - BENCH AND BAR.
CHAPTER XVI. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
CHAPTER XVII. - THE PRESS OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY
CHAPTER XVIII. - REVIEW OF THE ORIGIN, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS AND INSTITUTIONS OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY
CHAPTER XIX. - POLITICAL HISTORY OF CLEARFIELD COUNTY
CHAPTER XX. - CIVIL LIST AND COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER XXI. - HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF CLEARFIELD, THE SEAT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXII. - HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF DU BOIS
CHAPTER XXIII. - HISTORY OF BECCARIA TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIV. - HISTORY OF BELL TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXV. - HISTORY OF BIGLER TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVI. - HISTORY OF BLOOM TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVII. - HISTORY OF BOGGS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXVIII. - HISTORY OF BRADFORD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXIX. - HISTORY OF BRADY TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXX. - HISTORY OF BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI. - HISTORY OF CHEST TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXII. - HISTORY OF COVINGTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIII. - HISTORY OF COOPER TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIV. - HISTORY OF DECATUR TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXV. - HISTORY OF FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVI. - HISTORY OF GEULICH TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVII. - HISTORY OF GIRARD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVIII. - HISTORY OF GRAHAM TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIX. - HISTORY OF GOSHEN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XL. - HISTORY OF GREENWOOD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLI. - HISTORY OF HUSTON TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLII. - HISTORY OF JORDAN TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLIII. - HISTORY OF KARTHAUS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLIV. - HISTORY OF KNOX TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLV. - HISTORY OF LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLVI. - HISTORY OF MORRIS TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XLVII. - HISTORY OP PENN TOWNSHIP AND THE BOROUG-HS OF LUMBER CITY AND PENNVILLE
CHAPTER XLVIII. - HISTORY OF PIKE TOWNSHIP AND THE BOROUGH OF CURWENSVILLE
CHAPTER XLIX. - HISTORY OF SANDY TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER L. - HISTORY OF UNION TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER LI. - HISTORY OF WOODWARD TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER LII. - BIOGRAPHICAL
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Barrett, George Rodden
Betts, Rev. Frederick G.
Betts, William W.
Bigler, William
Boynton, Jonathan
Chase, John Mitchell
Coudriet, Leon M.
Dill, William H.
Du Bois, John
Forcey, Thomas H.
Goodlander, George Breon
Hoyt, Hon. John P.
Irvin, Hon. Alexander
Irvin, Col. E. A.
Irvin, Col. John
Irvin, William
Irwin, Ellis
McClosky, Isaac Crosby
McEnally, Hon. Joseph Benson
MahafFey, James
Maxwell, James Andrew, M. D.
Murray, Alexander
Murray, Thomas H.
Patchin, Aaron W.
Patton, Hon. John
Porter, William
Potter, Dr. Johnson W.
Shaw, Richard
Shaw, Richard Henry
Shaw, William M .
Stewart, Robert Shaw.
Wilson, R. V.
SURNAMES LISTED IN INDEX
Adams, Ames, Anderson, Arnold, Askey, Barrett, Bell, Betts, Bigler, Bilger, Blandy, Bloom, Boyer, Boynton, Brant, Burnside, Caldwell, Carothers, Chase, Christie, Clapham, Clover, Cole, Coleman, Colman, Coudriet, Cresap, Crouch, Cuttle, Dill, Du Bois, Easton, Erhard, Ewing, Fenton, Ferguson, Fetzer, Fielding, Forcey, Frazier, Fulford, Fulton, Gallagher, Gamble, Goodlander, Gordon, Graham, Green, Hagerty, Hale, Hamer, Harris, Hartshorn, Herron, Hess, Hoover, Houtz, Hoyt, Huston, Irvin, Irwin, Johnson, Jordon, Kelley, Kline, Knox, Kramer, Krans, Krebs, Kyler, Larrimer, Leonard, Linn, Litz, Lorain, Mahaffey, Mapes, Marr, Martin, Maxwell, Mayer, McClosky, McClure, McCullough, McCurdy, McEnally, McKenrick, McLeod, McQuown, Mitchell, Moore, Murray, Orvis, Owens, Parker, Passmore, Patchin, Patterson, Patton, Penn, Pentz, porter, Post, Potter, Read, Richards, Schryver, Shaw, Smith, Snyder, Stewart, Swoope, Test, Thompson, Trump, Turner, Wallace, Weaver, Weiser, Welch, White, Wilson, Wise, Woods, Woodside, Woodward, Zeigler,
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Twentieth Century History
of
Clearfield County,
Pennsylvainia
and
Representative Citizens
By
Roland D. Swoope, Jr.
Published by
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill
1911
980 pages
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Chapter I. Geography, topography and geology
Chapter II. Indian occupation
Chapter III. Land titles
Chapter IV. The early settlers
Chapter V. Organization of the county
Chapter VI. County and other officials
Chapter VII. Military history and the county militia --The Civil War
Chapter VIII. Military history--The Civil War
Chapter IX. The Spanish-American War
Chapter XI. The bench of Clearfield County
Chapter XII. The bar of Clearfield County--Former members
Chapter XIII. Clearfield County bar--Present numbers
Chapter XIV. The medical profession
Chapter XV. Public institutions
Chapter XVI. Education
Chapter XVII. Transportation facilities
Chapter XVIII. Manufactures
Chapter XIX. Financial institutions
Chapter XX. Agriculture
Chapter XXI. Coal production and development
Chapter XXII. Religious development
Chapter XXIII. The townships
Chapter XXIV. The boroughs
hapter XXV. Statistics
Representative citizens
SURNAMES
Adamson, Addleman, Adstolen, Ake, Alexander, Ardary, Arnold, Aughenbaugh, Bailey, Ball, Barnett, Baummer, Beatty, Beauseigneur, Beish, Bell, Bellis, Bensinger, Betts, Beyer, Bickford, Bigler, Billotte, Bird, Blakeslee, Blandy, Bloom, Boag, Boal, Bonsall, Boone, Borst, Bouch, Boulton, Bowman, Boyce, Boyle, Bressler, Breth, Briel, Brothers, Brown, Bryan, Buterbaugh, Byers, Caldwell, Calkins, Campbell, Campman, Carr, Casey, Cathcart, Chapman, Chase, Chick, Clary, Cole, Coleman, Collins, Conley, Conner, Cooker, Copelin, Cornely, Corp, Coudriet, Cowder, Cowen, Cox, Craig, Croyl, Curry, Dale, Darr, Davidson, Davis, Davison, DeHaas, Denling, Densham, Derminer, Derrick, Dewalt, Diehl, Diem, Dietz, Doherty, Doll, Dotts, Draucher, DuBois, Dunlap, Dyer, Echard, Edlund, Edwards, Eisenman, Elliott, Erhard, Estricher, Evans, Fargo, Fawcett, Fennell, Ferguson, Fielding, Finsthwait, Flegal, Forsyth, Foulke, Fowler, Frendberg, Fry, Fulford, Fulton, Gaffey, Gallagher, Gallaher, Gatehouse, Gearhart, George, Gill, Gilliland, Gilmartin, Gingery, Ginter, Gleason, Glenn, Goff, Gordon, Gorman, Goss, Gould, Graham, Grattan, Green, Griffith, Groff, Grove, Guinzburg, Haag, Hagerty, Hahne, Halfpenney, Harber, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Hartshorn, Hartswick, Hay, Heberling, Hegarty, Helper, Heisel, Henderson, Henry, Hensal, Hepburn, Herron, Hertlein, Hess, Hibner, Hickman, Higgins, Hile, Hileman, Hiller, Hilliar, Hilling, Holden, Holt, Hoover, Horning, Horton, Hosler, Houst, Howe, Hoyt, Hughes, Hullihen, Humphreys, Hunter, Hurd, Hutchinson, Hutton, Ifert, Imhof, Impson, Ireland, Irwin, Jackson, Jacobson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jury, Kantz, Kasten, Keen, Kelley, Kelly, Kephart, Kester, King, Kinney, Kinports, Kirk, Klare, Kleinginna, Kline, Knarr, Knepp, Kohler, Kopp, Krach, Kramer, Kratzer, Kresge, Kunjawa, Kuntz, Kyler, Laing, Lamont, Langsford, Lansberry, Larock, Leafgren, Leavy, Lee, Leib, Leipold, Leonard, Lewis, Liddle, Lightner, Littler, Liveright, Lixfield, Long, Lott, Loughhead, Lowell, Lukehart, Lumadee, Luther, Luzier, Lyons, Lytle, MacMinn, Magee, Mahaffey, Maines, Mapes, Mattern, Matthews, Maurer, Maxwell, McCamley, McCardell, McClelland, McClure, McCracken, McCreery, McCrossin, McCully, McCurdy, McDermott, McDonald, McDowell, McEnally, McFarlane, McGarvey, McGee, McGonigal, McGrath, McIntosh, McKeage, McKeehen, McLarren, McMullen, McMurray, mcQuillen, McQuown, Means, Meas, Meckley, Menzie, Merris, Merritt, Miller, Mills, Milson, MInns, Mitchell, Moore, Montgomery, Moore, Morrow, Mossop, Mott, Moulthrop, Mountz, Moyer, Muirhead, Murray, Neeper, Neff, Nelson, Nelots, Newcomb, Newcomer, Norris, Notter, Nowry, Oaks, O'Conner, O'Laughlin, Olson, Owens, Park, Passmore, Patchin, Paterson, Patterson, Patrick, Patton, Penepacker, Pentz, Peters, Peterson, Phillips, Pifer, Pilkington, Piper, Planten, Pollum, Porter, Potter, Powell, Pritchard, Purnell, Radebaugh, Rafferty, Ranch, Rea, Read, Reams, Redding, Reed, Reese, Reidy, Reiley, Reiter, Renaud, Ribling, Richards, Richner, Robacker, Robbins, Robison, Roessner, Ross, Rousey, Rowles, Rudolph, Rumberger, Rusnak, Sancroft, Sankey, Sceurman, Schmitt, Schnars, Schryver, Schultz, Schwer, Scofield, Scollins, Seyler, Shadeck, Shafer, Shaw, Shepherd, Shimel, Shoff, Shugart, Slaughenhoupt, Sloppy, Smail, Smathers, Smeal, Smith, Smyers, Sneddon, Snyder, Sommerville, Soulsby, Spackman, Spencer, Stagner, Stanley, Stauffer, Steinkerchner, Stephens, Stevens, Stevenson, Stewart, Stone, Stott, Straw, Strickland, Sullivan, Sunderland, Sweeney, Swoope, Tate, Telford, Thompson, Thomson, Thorp, Tobias, Todd, Tonkin, Torrence, Towns, Tozer, Turner, Turley, Tyler, Urey, Van Tassel, Vesser, Viebahn, Wachob, Wagner, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Walls, Ward, Waring, Waterworth, Watson, Way, Weaver, Weber, Webster, Welch, Welty, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Wingert, Wink, Wise, Womer, Wood, Woods, Woodside, Woodward, Woolridge, Work, Wyre, Wynn, Yeaney, Yingling, Young, Zeigler
