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Venango County Map 1903

PLUM TOWNSHIP

Present Plum Township was originally included in Sugar Creek Township in 1800. Cherry Tree Township was formed from the northern portion of Sugar Creek Township in 1806 and in 1817 Plum Township came into its own only later to be divided for the formation of Oakland Township in 1841 and Jackson Township in 1845. Plum Township derives its name from the groves of wild plum trees.

SUNVILLE BORO

This village was founded in 1837 by W.W. DAVISON when he sold 59 lots of the tract he had purchased. This area had been originally patented to James PETTIGREW in 1787. The first houses upon the town site were built by the Robert McCLELLAND, Mary McFADDEN and James HAYS, a cooper. The first burial was that of Mary Jennings BRADLEY who died 1 Sep 1837. The first postoffice was established in Oct. 1837 and known as "Waal's Station" with Isaac WAAL as postmaster. Sunville P.O. was established in Dec. 1837 with W.W. DAVISON as postmaster. Early log homes were those of John RITCHEY, Philip SHERBONDY, the LOONEY family abt. 1840 and the Rezin Grove log home that is now State Game lands.


Towns / Areas on 1903 map

  • Diamond -- took its name from an old tavern which was called "The Diamond House" and built by Luke Eddy in the mid 1850s
    Available: A 1935 map of Diamond, drawn by Howard Strawbridge in 1977 &contributed by Dr. Harry I. Sharp. Email Penny minnick862@verizon.net for a copy.
  • Chapmanville -- received its name from David Chapman
  • Wallaceville -- took its name from W. W. Wallace who arrived there in 1845 and started the village
  • Bradleytown -- received its name from the John G. Bradley family who settled in that area in 1816
  • Plum P.O.
  • Cowan Farm

    Misc. Items of Interest

  • * The LEBOEUF TRAIL - The old road which passes through Sunville and Chapmanville is designated as the LeBoeuf Trail over which George Washington and his party passed on their mission from Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia to Fort LeBoeuf, now Waterford, PA.

  • * The Plum Grange No. 243 was organized in Sunville on 5 May 1874 with 27 charter members. A. W. RICHEY was the first master and W.R. McINTOSH of Wallaceville was the secretary.

  • * An oil well was located in 1873 on the farm of Miles McALEVY, well over a mile below Sunville.

  • * At the HASLET & GROVE Reunion held at the late James HASLET homestead on Oakland Twp. on 3 July 1877, excellent music was furnished by the Dempeytown Cornet Band and the Sunville Drum Corps. Alderman John HASLET gave an historical account of the families.

  • * Robert DAVISON died 12 Dec 1886 and T.S. MINIUM of Cooperstown, undertaker, provided the coffin for $35.00. Levi McFADDEN dug the grave for $3.00 and Mead JOHNSON sold the slab tombstone for $25.00. Dr. C.N. VANSICKLE of Wallaceville attended and his bill was $44.60.

  • * George GROVE of upper Plum Twp. had a sawmill in the latter 1880s on the Jute Tract, located below the Crawford BILLIG farm between Diamond and Wallaceville.

  • * News in Sunville - September 1904: Mrs. Charles BOWER had a potato which weighed one pound and eleven ounces.

  • * Tradition has stated that when state officials were selecting the location for the state normal school they had a choice between Edinboro or Sunville. It has been said that Sunville did not receive the honor due to the lack of a railroad and the deep mud which prevented officials from reaching the village.

  • * In the late summer of 1942 the Plum Twp. supervisors appointed Harry I. SHARP of Diamond and C.H. McKINLEY of Chapmanville as an authorized committee for Civil Defense in the township. WW II was well in progress then.

  • * Plum Twp. men on committees for 4th of July celebration of 1876 were: Jacob G. PROPER, James RICHEY, Hezekiah THOMAS, Rezin R. GROVE, James DAVISON, A. J. COWAN, Mr. GOODWIN, W.K. GILLILAND, Cyrus R. DAVISON, Enoch BATTIN, Solomon THOMAS, Samuel AXTELL, J. J. BRADLEY and A. J. McINTOSH.

  • * Men from Chapmanville who were involved with the Spanish-American War in 1898: John W. ARTERS, H. E. BEERS, L. Earl BURNS, Harry J. BOLES, Sherman GROVE, Kyle D. NOEL, Judd M. SHARP and Charles STOCKWELL.

    Folks

  • Rev. Isaac C. ARMAGOST - b. 12 May 1823, in Centre Co., PA, s/o Jacob and Mary CROWTHER Armagost; Isaac moved to Clarion Co. where he married Elizabeth STAHLMAN; Isaac was licensed to preach in 1860 and ordained in 1874; in 1854 they moved on 5 acres southwest of Chapmanville, Plum Twp.; Rev. Armagost was a pastor of the Plum and Troy Baptist Church, a member of the Plum Twp. school board and served one year as Justice of the Peace; children of Isaac & Elizabeth: Margaret Ann, b. 1845, m. Joseph MORSE; Mary Jane, b. 1846, m. William Pittman MORSE; Caroline Martha, b. 1847; Judson M., b. 1848, m. Margaret GROVES; Ellen Catherine, b. 1849, m. Joseph MYERS; Esther Ann, b. 1851, m. William SHARP; Arminda Caroline, b. 1853, m. William Henry NOEL; Clarissa Ellen, b. 1855, m. Joseph A. MYERS; Alice Elizabeth, b. 1857, m. Frank WHITAKER; Jacob Reid, b. 1860, m. Hattie SMITH; Lucia Philena, b. 1863; Obediah, Lene, Minerva and George, b. 1871, m. Mary Nora BOALES ;after Mrs. Elizabeth Armagost died in 1887, Rev. Armagost married Esther Ann ___.
  • Benjamin AUGUST - b. 1771 in Russia; in 1798 was first settler in township just west of the town of Diamond; veteran of the War of 1812; tailor and farmer.
  • Abraham BORGER - settled on a farm north of Sunville which is an historic site as troops of the War of 1812 encamped there on their way to Erie.
  • W.W. DAVISON - 1812-1862 - purchased land in 1835 for $325.00 that included the present location of Sunville and founded the village by selling 59 lots; W.W. was the s/o Isaac Davison; held many township offices; married Bithia VANDYKE, d/o Richard VanDyke; children of W.W. and Bithia: Elizabeth J; Isabella, m. John G. JENNINGS; J.A., a merchant in Sunville, m. Rachel V. COOPER, d/o Philson Cooper of Cooperstown; Cyrus R., merchant in Sunville with his brother; Sarah, m. Stephen DAVIS; Mary, m. Willliam J. COOPER; I. H., was a merchant in Polk, PA.
  • James F. DAVISON - b. 16 June 1836 in Plum Twp.; s/o John and Eliza WEEKLEY Davison; enlisted in Company E, Sixteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry; m. in 1860 to Lucinda MATHERS d/o Samuel Mathers; children: Lottie L.; Elma E., m. Frederick BUMPAS; Fred H., and Annie Belle.
  • John DAVISON - native of Butler Co., PA and settled in 1829 in Plum Twp. where he purchased 200 acres of land and became a wealthy farmer; m. 1. Eliza WEEKLEY and had the following children: Isabella, m. LaFayette SMITH; Isaac W.; James F. m. Lucinda MATHERS; Elizabeth Jane, m. David MATHERS; Fannie, m. Samuel WILLIAMS; Sarah Amanda, m. Edward SCHULTZ; Martha A., m. Robert BATTIN; John m. 2. Mrs. Elizabeth FOSTER and had one daughter, Mrs. John ZIGLER.
  • DAVISON - No other family in Plum Twp. has as many boys in the Civil War as did the Davison family of the Sunville area. They were: James F., son of John; Isaac A., J. Stewart, and David W., sons of Robert; William W., Thomas M., and I. Pearson, sons of James; I. Houston and Cyrus R., sons of W.W.; Harrison and R. Wallace, sons of Isaac M. Two of them died in the war - William W. and Harrison Davison.
  • John Nelson FETTERMAN - b. 24 Dec 1808 in Plum Twp.; s/o John and Barbara FRANK Fetterman; married in 1836 to Levinah GROVE, d/o Jacob Grove; children: Julia, m. Henry WEBER; Mary Jane, m. David BUCHANAN; Angeline, m. R.W. DAVISON; Arvilla, m. William GATES; Electa; Joseph; Marian; Sarah, m. David BOAL; Loretta, m. John PRITCHARD; Morrow, m. Ellen RAY.
  • William K. GILLILAND - b. 11 March 1828 in Potter Twp., Centre Co., PA; s/o Joseph A. and Nancy KERR Gilliland; William settled in Sunville in 1854 and worked as a surveyor, conveyancer and drawer of deeds; m. in 1852 to Nancy FOSTER, d/o John and Isabella FOSTER of Canal Twp.; children: Levi S., school teacher; Foster W., school teacher; Effie G., m. Prof. J. D. GOODWIN; John A., farmer; Cyrus A., b. 6 Nov 1865, teacher, m. Ada GRAHAM ; Mary A., and William K.
  • William M. GOODWIN - farmer and teacher; b. 27 Feb 1826 in Plum Twp.- now part of Jackson Twp.; s/o Daniel and Sarah McINTOSH Goodman; married Sarah E. HOLDER; children: Edwin D. and John Nelson.
  • James R. GROVE - b. 13 Feb 1828, s/o Peter and Fannie BRUCE Grove; was school director and member of Dempseytown Lodge No. 632, I.O.O.F.; m. 1 April 1869 to Rebecca Ann FOSTER, d/o James Foster of Plum Twp.; children: William R.; Kate, m. Jasper McCLELLAND; and Ella.
  • Peter GROVE, s/o Captain Peter and Sarah WHITMORE Grove who was known for his expertise of hunting, trapping and for his involvment in the Rev. War; Peter, our subject, was a blacksmith and in 1822 m. Fannie BRUCE, d/o James Bruce of Centre Co, PA; in 1835 they removed to Plum Twp. and developed a productive farm; four of their seven children are: Robert, Amanda, Sarah, and James R.
  • W. J. HARRY - b. 18 Sep 1842; carpenter; was the last surviving Civil War veteran in Plum Twp.; sometime during the war he had seen President Lincoln in a troop review; m. Mary Elizabeth LAMBERTON; d. 26 July 1926.
  • Samuel HAYS, Sr. -b. 17 March 1776 in Donegal, Ireland, d. 22 Jan 1872; emigrated to Venango Co. in 1835; cooper, carpenter and musician. His son, Samuel Hays, Jr. was a carpenter in Plum Twp.
  • Jacob JENNINGS - b. 1775 in NJ; second settler to twp. and settled near Bradleytown in 1800; repaired guns for the Indians.
  • John LAMBERTON - arrived about 1807 and settled in an area northwest of Sunville; became Plum's first Justice of the Peace; owned a distillery; died abt. 1852.
  • T. J. McINTOSH - b. 6 Sep 1847 in Plum Twp.; s/o A. J. and Mary GILLISPIE McIntosh; became a member of the firm of Miller Brothers and Co. and established his store in 1889; m. in 1870 to Sue BOWMAN , d/o James BOWMAN of Jackson Twp.; children: Charles C., Ralph D., and Mildred.
  • Samuel PROPER - the third settler in the twp. locating near Diamond in 1800; British prisoner of war during the Revolutionary War; died in 1815.
  • Jacob G. PROPER - b. 3 Jan 1820, second s/o Daniel and Margaret ARCHER Proper and grandson of Samuel Proper; Jacob G. m. Esther KIGHTLINGER and settled on a farm near Diamond.
  • John RICHEY - b. 3 June 1805, Ireland; s/o William and Margaret Richey; located in Plum Twp. in 1832; was Road Commissioner and Pathmaster of this twp. for many years; m. Elizabeth JOB, d/o Robert Job or Mercer Co., PA; children: Julia Ann, m Daniel WELSH; Margaret, m. Charles THOMAS; Isabella, m. Thomas BROWN; Tabitha, m. William PEEBLES; John C.; Andrew W., farmer; Cyrus D.; Martha M. and Alice E.
  • R. P. SEELY - farmer, b. 18 Feb 1838, s/o Alva and Margaret ANDREWS Seely; owner of a fine English stock breeding horse; enlisted in Company I, Fourth PA Cavalry; m. Sally Ann STARLING, d/o Elisha Starling: children: Elisha D., Mary M., Cora A., and Zula P.
  • William SHARP - b. 31 March 1845 in Scott Twp., Lawrence Co., PA the s/o Nicholson and Sarah MUNNEL Sharp who settled near Chapmanville in 1854; William enlisted at the age of nineteen in Company A of the 179th Regiment of New York Infantry and was discharged in 1865; m. 18 May 1867 to Esther Ann ARMAGOST of Chapmanville, d/o Rev. Isaac C. and Elizabeth STALLMAN Armagost; children: Scott, b. 2 April 1868, d. 21 March 1871; Catherine Elizabeth, b. 29 Jan 1870, m. William W. ARMSTRONG; Maggie Elwilda, b. 18 July 1872 m. Otis G. PROPER; Clinton William, b. 17 May 1874, d. 3 April 1892 of black measles; Ethel Lenora, b. 7 Aug 1876,m. William C. BOYLE and twin, Elda Luella, M. J. William WOOD; Judson Milo, b. 14 Sept 1878, m. Mabel BALDENSPERKER; Alice Estella, b. 17 Oct 1880, m. J. Axtell JACOBSON; James Arthur, b. 17 Aug 1886, m. Mary Eliza "Mae" McFADDEN; Don Nickelson, b. 30 Jan 1890, m. Florence TEED; Harry I. , b.24 Mar 1892, m. Wilda RICE, and Hazel Marie, b. 19 May 1894, m. Charles A. WOODS.
  • Sgt. Samuel S. SHIELDS - of Bradleytown, b. 23 Feb. 1840, seventh child of Joseph and Catherine PIZER Shields; enlisted for Civil War service in Capt. T. S. Strohecker's Company of the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry on 16 Oct 1861 and was captured at Gettysburg on 1 July 1863; died of starvation and pleurisy in a Richmond military hospital on 28 Nov 1863.
  • William Fancher WHITMAN - b. 21 Jan 1855 in Mercer Co., PA, s/o Jacob and Jane FANCHER Whitman; in 1851, in partnership with George WINCHESTER, he took over a general store in Chapmanville that was previously owned by Nicholas SHARP, and by 1886 was sole owner and with his son, Harry; the firm became that of W. H. Whitman & Son; in 1879 he married Anna E. GILMORE, d/o Mrs. Jane Gilmore of Utica; children: Harry; Alice, m. Ray SMITH; Nellie, m. H. F. BROWN; Charles, grocery business in Youngstown, OH; and Florence, m. Meryl C. RICE, a teacher. William F.,1855 -1942 and Anna E.,1853 - 1954, are buried in Section D of Millcreek Cemetery, Utica, PA.
    From "Reflections of a Lad", H. W. Strawbridge: " Whitman's store had the bench outside the windows and chairs inside for the loafers. Farther back in the store was the stove. .. On the left side were shoes, thread, etc. I recall once seeing a new pair of button shoes over on that left side. In the addition of the main store was a storage place for larger items such as garden tools, etc. I once remember seeing a left-handed walking plow, brand spanking new. Upstairs there was the huge room which was used for the aid society dinners and other meetings. .. Whitman sold the store in 1948."

    Venango County Panorama - A Salute To Its People" , published by the Venango County Historical Society, 1983. This book contains several photographs from the Howard Strawbridge Collection. Pictured from Plum Twp. are: Bill SHADLE, John LOCKER, Herbert G. & Frank THOMAS at a sawmill west of Diamond abt. 1900; Pemberton G. PROPER at the Proper Sawmill on Red Run in 1895; a flouring mill that was erected in Wallaceville by John RODGERS in 1839; A. C MILES, Robert BATTIN, R.P. & Grant SEELY and James LOKER in Sunville during a threshing operation in the early 1880s; numerous members of the Sunville Aid Society taken in 1926; members of the National Guardsmen, 1892, Charles MESSURE & Dayton SEELY of Sunville area, Lt. KARNS, & John Henry COWAN of Wallaceville; Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. WHITMAN at their general store in Chapmanville, photo of Eleanor Foradora; Nat MORSE, Mrs. Esther JENNINGS, Dan JENNINGS, Zeck HENDERSON, and Mrs. Cynthia MORSE and three Morse children are pictured at the old Jennings log house, Chapmanville, 1883.

    Early Schools

  • An early school house in Plum Twp. was built in 1830 and among early teachers were: Mary CHAPMAN, W. W. DAVISON, Mary McINTOSH, William HASLET and John HASLET. Another early school was the Union school house in the southwestern part of the twp. A school was located on the old FOLWELL farm on the extreme southern edge of the township abt. 1827 (now Oakland Twp.). The Fairview school, Hoover school at the HOOVER farm , Diamond school and the Chapmanville school were educational centers in the 1830s and 1840s.
  • The Sunville Academy was founded in 1873 for the purpose of a seminary with the building being erected at a cost of $5,000. The building committee consisted of Samuel AXTELL, D.W. GOODWIN, A. J. COWAN and A. W. RICHEY. The chief carpenter was Samuel Hays, Jr. The academy opened with Professor S. H. PRATHER as the first principal. The seminary ended by 1905 and in 1907 the Plum Twp. High School was established with E.B. LESH as the first principal. The high school was permanently closed in 1946. The last principal was D.T. BEIGHTOL, and the last assistant principal was Leila G. RICHEY. From 1946 until 1959 it housed a grade school. The last three teachers there the year it closed were Mildred MATTHEWS ,grades 1 & 2, Mona IRONS ,grades 3 & 4, and Edith HANCOX ,grades 5 & 6. The building was razed in 1961.

    Early Churches

  • Sunville Presbyterian Church - organized 12 June 1839 at the home of Samuel Hays, Sr. Among early members were: John McJUNKIN, Samuel BEATTY, Samuel HAYS, William McCLELLAN, Susan BOYLES, Robert McCLELLAN, John DAVISON, James DAVISON, Nancy HAYS, Margaret Jane McJUNKIN, Joseph SHIELDS, Sr., W.W. DAVISON, Mary HAYS, Eliza DAVISON, Catharine SHIELDS, Bethiah DAVISON, Mary HAYS, Jr., Margaret DAVISON, Ann McCLELLAN, Leah BEATTY, Sarah Jane HAYS, James BRADLEY, Jane BRADLEY, Eliza NEELY and Martha NEELY. Last services were held in 1942.
  • Sunville Methodist Episcopal Church - organized in 1844 with 11 members: Miles McALEVY, Elizabeth McALEVY, George McALEVY, Martha McALEVY, James BURNS, Mary BURNS, Samuel FOSTER, Margaret FOSTER, Elizabeth FOSTER, Samuel BATTEN and Mary BATTEN. The first church was built in 1850 and the second in organization was closed in January 1965.
  • Wallaceville M.E. Church - organized in 1851 by Rev. John ABBOTT. Among first members were: Thomas GREEN, S.A. THOMAS, Elizabeth THOMAS, Elexina THOMAS, A. J. COWAN, Robert GROVE, William GREEN, Robert P. GREEN, William H. COWAN, Robert REDMAN, Margaret REDMAN, Obadiah PROPST and wife, Nathan BROWN, Lydia BROWN and Jonathan BENDER.
  • Plum and Troy Baptist Church - constituted 2 April 1853 with seven members: Elias HOLDER, Benajah SMITH, Samuel McCLELLAND, Martha HOLDER, Sally SMITH, Elizabeth McCLELLAND and Rebecca CHEERS. Reverend Isaac C. ARMAGOST was one of the first three trustees elected in 1863 and from Nov. 1871 until Nov. 1874 he was the pastor. This organization was dissolved when the Community church was formed in 1967.
  • Diamond United Brethren Church - organized in 1859 by Rev. Wesley Clark; among early members were: Daniel D. and William PROPER, William AUGUST and wife.
  • Chapmanville M.E. Church - organized in 1871 by Rev.R. BEATTY; first members were: Hampton JENNINGS, Rebecca JENNINGS, Mary FOX, Ann CAMPBELL, Miller CAMPBELL, Jonathan BENDER, Mary BENDER, Mary MORSE, Joseph M. McCLELLAND and Keturah McCLELLAND. The last services were held in the building in late 1967.
  • The Christian Advent Church of Plum - originated in 1883 through a series of meetings conducted by Mrs. L.M. STODDARD and was organized in 1884 by Elder M.R. MILES; John NOEL and S.S. GOULD were elected deacons and Mrs. Mollie GROVE was secretary. A frame church building was erected in 1884. The last services were held in the mid 1890s. The building was torn down in 1909 or 1910.

    Cemeteries

    The numbers on this list correspond with the map in the Heritage Room of the Oil City Library which is staffed by the Venango County Genealogy Club.
  • Y10 Armstrong, William (single grave) b. 22 Nov 1814 d. latter part of 19th century
  • Y11 Chapmanville - The earliest burials were probably around 1850. Some of the older tombstones are illegible. Members of the Smith family were some of the earliest burials.
    *Rev. I. C. Armagost, d. Oct. 10, 1899
    *Dr. W. J. Richey, d. 1933
    *William Sharp, b. 1845 in Princeton, Pa, d. 1921
    *Esther Ann Armagost, 1851 -1926
    *Elizabeth Stalhman, 1826 - 1887, 1st w/o of Rev. Armagost
    * Nicholson Sharp, July 29, 1818 - August 10, 1912
    *Effie J. Sharp, 1861-1923
    *Charles S. Sharp, 1897-1925
    *Samuel G. Sharp, 1859-1931
    *Meryl C. Rice, 1894-1968
    *Florence Whitman Rice, 1896-1982, w/o Meryl C. Rice
    *Catherine Sharp, d. 12 Jan 1886, 67y 6m 19da, w/o H. Sharp
    *Clint W. Sharp, d. 1892, 17y 10m 16da, s/o W. & E.A. Sharp
    *Scott Sharp, d. 21 Mar 1871, 2y 11m 19da, s/o W. & E.A. Sharp
    *William E. Sharp, 1886-1968
    *Jim Sharp, 1886-1964
    *Mary E. Sharp, 1887-1968
    *William Sharp, 1912-1918
  • Y12 Diamond
    *James Luse, d. 6 Sept 1835
    *John Guy Proper, d. 27 Nov 1835, s/o Samuel & Elizabeth Bradley Proper
    * Margaret Gilford Proper, d. 13 Nov 1931, age 100y 9m
    *Rev. John Wright, d. 1904
    *Harry Isaac Sharp, 24 March 1892- 7 October 1945
    *Mary Alwilda Rice Sharp, 3 July 1898 - 24 December 1955
    *Carl Wallace Sharp, 1929 - 1936
  • Foster, Mr. -single unmarked grave
  • Grove Child Grave - in the NW corner of Plum Twp. the two year old daughter of Peter and Jane Foster Grove was buried in 1850.
  • Y14 Morse - Private cemetery; most of the ones buried here are of the early Morse family; earliest marked burial is Elizabeth More, d. 1848 and last burial was Mary J. Morse , d. 1937.
  • Original Diamond Cem. - gone- This burial ground of eight to ten graves was referred to as the Welsh Cemetery because that family owned the property in the early years.
  • Y15 Proper Family aka: The Mound - Located south of Wallaceville there are five graves. They are of Joseph R. and Melissa Guild Proper, their son, Utto C. Proper, and two babies in the family connections.
  • Y15 Rev. Soldier -no marker
  • Seely Family -gone - About 3 old graves of Seely members are located on this site between Sunville and Chapmanville.
  • Y18 Sunville M. E. -abandoned- In 1977 a team of workers cleared the area of brush and uncovered the stones of some of the people listed below.
    Enoch Battin
    Hiram Battin, d. 13 Dec 1912, age 85y (last to be buried in this cem.)
    Mary E. Walker, d. 1859
    Mary E. Battin, d. 1859
    Wesley G. McAlevy, d. 1857
    Samuel Battin, d. 1860
    Miles McAlevy, d. 1874
    Margaret M. Bradley, d. 1861
    Elizabeth McAlevy, d. 1868
    Sara Whitmore Grove, d. 1844, w/o Captain Peter Grove, Lock Haven's famous Indian fighter and Captain in the Revolutionary War.
  • Y19 Sunville
    Mary Jennings Bradley, d. 1 Sept. 1837, age 31y
    Rev. Lawrence Streit, d. 1858
  • Y20 Wallaceville
    Samuel Hawthorn, d. 12 June 1851
    William Cowen, d. 1875

    Sources:

  • Diary of Sunville, 150 Years, 1837-1987 by Howard W. Strawbridge.
  • History and Biographies of Plum Township, United States Bicentennial, Venango Co., PA, 1976.
  • Rural Reflections of a Lad From Diamond, by Howard W. Strawbridge
  • History of Venango County Pennsylvania, Its Past and Present , Chicago, IL; Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers; 1890; pp. 597-604;1053-1059
  • Venango County Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol II, Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co.,1919

    Contributors

    Dr. Harry Isaac Sharp
    Researcher of the following lines: Sharp, Armagost, Stohlman, Rice, Shannon Jones, Bowman, Edwards, Neely, Munnell,Wallace, Elder, Rose, Born, Crowther, Grove, Haslett, Hood, Brownlee,McCormick.
    Karen Golden Rodgers - FAMILY TREE RESEARCHER

    Penny Haylett Minnick
    Disclaimer:there may be errors due to transcription ofinformation from both early and late (current contributors) work.

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