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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 27 – Company C 105th Regiment PV

Chapter 27 – Company C 105th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXVII COMPANY C, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH REGIMENT P.V. Recruiting – To the Front – Services – Severe Losses – Distinguished Names – Roll CAPTAIN Calvin A. Craig recruited…

Chapter 26 – Company H 103rd Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXVI COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT P.V. Recruiting – To the Field – Services – Roll This company was recruited principally in the western part of Clarion…

Chapter 25 – Company F 103rd Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXV COMPANY F, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – To the Field – Services – Roll CAPTAIN McDOWELL, who recruited this company in the fall and early…

Chapter 24 – Company B 103rd Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXIV COMPANY B, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – Route to the Field – Services – Death of Captain Gillespie – Roll This company was recruited during…

Chapter 23 – Company A, 103rd Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXIII COMPANY A, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD REGIMENT, P.V. Enlistment – Route to the Field – Services – Roll IN August, 1861, Captain R. Laughlin, assisted by A.H. Alexander,…

Chapter 22 – Company E 78th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXII COMPANY E, SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Recruited – Mustered – Service – Familiar Names – Roll of Company THIS is another noble company, composed of Clarion county’s gallant sons,…

Chapter 21 – Comapny C, 78th Regiment PV

CHAPTER XXI COMPANY C, SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P.V. Recruiting – Service – Roll of Company The Seventy-eighth Regiment had the reputation of being one of the best regiments in the war,…

Chapter 20 – Company F, 67 Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers

CHAPTER XX COMPANY F, SIXTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS When Recruited – Familiar Names – Roll of Company This company was recruited in Jefferson, Clarion, and Indiana counties by Samuel C.…

Chapter 19 – Company F, Sixty-Third Regiment

CHAPTER XIX COMPANY F, SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT When and By Whom Recruited – Officers – Service on the Field – Roll of Company In July, 1861, immediately after the battle of…

Chapter 18 – Company E, Sixty-Second Regiment

CHAPTER XVIII COMPANY E, SIXTY-SECOND REGIMENT When Recruited – Captain Kerr’s Dismissal – Service in the Field – Roll Company E was recruited at Rimersburg, July 4, 1861, by Captain…