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History of Clarion County, AJ Davis

History of Clarion County

AJ Davis; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887

Table of Contents


Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the chapters – the book has been fully transcribed.

  • Preface
  • Chapter I – Pennsylvania Prom First Settlement to the Revolution
  • Chapter II – From the Revolution to the Present Time
  • Chapter III – Topography of Clarion County
  • Chapter IV – Geology and Mineralogy
  • Chapter V – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase Of 1784
  • Chapter VI – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County
  • Chapter VII – From the Settlement of the County to the War Of 1812
  • Chapter VIII – The War of 1812
  • Chapter IX – From the War of 1812 to the Erection of the County
  • Chapter X – From the Erection of the County to the Iron Era – 1839 – 1845
  • Chapter XI – The Furnaces
  • Chapter XII – From the Iron Era to the Civil War, 1845 – 1861
  • Chapter XIII – The Soldiers of Clarion County in the Rebellion
  • Chapter XIV – Company H, Thirty – Seventh Regiment – Eighth Reserve
  • Chapter XV – Company E, Thirty – Ninth Regiment – Tenth Reserve
  • Chapter XVI – Companies of the Fifty – Seventh Regiment – Militia of 1863
  • Chapter XVII – Company C, Sixty – Second Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XVIII – Company E, Sixty – Second Regiment
  • Chapter XIX – Company F, Sixty – Third Regiment
  • Chapter XX – Company F, Sixty – Seventh Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXI – Company C, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXII – Company E, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIII – Company A, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXV – Company F, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXVI – Company H, One Hundred And Third Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVII – Company C, One Hundred And Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVIII – Company L, One Hundred And Eighth Regiment, P.V. – Eleventh Cavalry
  • Chapter XXIX – Company K, One Hundred And Forty – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXX – Company H, One Hundred And Forty – Ninth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXI – Company G, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXII – Company H, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXIII – Company K, One Hundred And Fifty – Ninth Regiment P.V. – Fourteenth Cavalry
  • Chapter XXXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Sixty – Ninth Regiment
  • Chapter XXXV – Miscellaneous Enlistments
  • Chapter XXXVI – From the Civil War to the Oil Era – 1865 – 1877
  • Chapter XXXVII – The Development of Petroleum
  • Chapter XXXVIII – The Lumber and Coal Industries
  • Chapter XXXIX – From the Oil Era to the Present Time, 1877 – 1887
  • Chapter XL – The Bench And Bar
  • Chapter XLI – Schools
  • Chapter XLII – Churches
  • Chapter XLIII – History of Ashland Township
  • Chapter XLIV – History of Beaver Township
  • Chapter XLV – History of Brady Township
  • Chapter XLVI – History of East Brady Borough
  • Chapter XLVII – History of Callensburg Borough
  • Chapter XLVIII – History of Clarion Township
  • Chapter XLIX – History of Clarion Borough
  • Chapter L – History of Curllsville Borough
  • Chapter LI – History of Edenburg Borough
  • Chapter LII – History of Elk Township
  • Chapter LIII – History of Farmington Township
  • Chapter LIV – History of Highland Township
  • Chapter LV – Knox Township
  • Chapter LVI – Licking Township
  • Chapter LVII – Limestone Township
  • Chapter LVIII – Madison Township
  • Chapter LIX – Mill Creek Township
  • Chapter LX – Monroe Township
  • Chapter LXI – New Bethlehem Borough
  • Chapter LXII – Paint Township
  • Chapter LXIII – Perry Township
  • Chapter LXIV – Piney Township
  • Chapter LXV – Porter Township
  • Chapter LXVI – Redbank Township
  • Chapter LXVII – Richland Township
  • Chapter LXVIII – Rimersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXIX – St. Petersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXX – History of Salem Township
  • Chapter LXXI – History of Sligo Borough
  • Chapter LXXII – History of Strattanville Borough
  • Chapter LXXIII – History of Toby Township
  • Chapter LXXIV – History of Washington Township
  • Chapter LXXV – Biographical Sketches
  • Brief Personals
  • Home
  • Chapter 37 – The Development of Petroleum

Chapter 37 – The Development of Petroleum

CHAPTER XXXVII THE DEVELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM Deer Creek Oil Spring – The Pocohontas – Early Operations – Graham’s Landing – Foxburg – First Pipe Line – Grass Flats – St.…

Chapter 36 – From the Civil War to the Oil Era 1865-1877

CHAPTER XXXVI FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE OIL ERA – 1865-1877 Oil Mania – Apprentices – The Allegheny Valley Railroad – The Low Grade – Telegraphic – Attempt to…

Chapter 35 – Miscellaneous Enlistments

CHAPTER XXXV MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS Captain Tanner’s Independent Company: Muster – Service  – Roll. List of Soldiers Enrolled in Various Other Organizations Than Those Already Named. Captain Tanner’s company was not…

Chapter 34 – Company B 169th Regiment

CHAPTER XXXIV COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT Enlistment – Remarkable Number of Desertions – Roll Concerning this company we know little. It was recruited in Clarion county; was…

Chapter 33 – Company K 155th Regiment PV – 14th Cavalry

CHAPTER XXXIII COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT P. V. FOURTEENTH CAVALRY First Enlistment Recruits – Other Recruits – In the Field – Record of the Men THE following…

Chapter 32 – Company H 155th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXXII COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Enrollment – Services – Casualties – Roll No company in the whole number of Clarion county companies deserves a higher…

Chapter 31 – Company G 155th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXXI COMPANY G, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll In July, 1862, Dr. Klotz recruited a company known as the…

Chapter 30 – Company H 149th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXX COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT P.V. Enrollment – Route to the Field – Services – Roll SOME time in July, 1862, Dr. Charles B. Strattan, of…

Chapter 29 – Company K 148th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXIX COMPANY K, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll In August, 1862, Thompson Core recruited a company at Curllsville. August…

Chapter 28 – Company L 108th Regiment PV, 11th Cavalry

CHAPTER XXVIII COMPANY L, ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. – ELEVENTH CAVALRY Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Captain Loomis’s Death – Roll. COMPANY L was recruited…