Upson, William (no replies)
William Upson, farmer and stock-grower, Orwell township, P.O. Orwell, was born in Burlington, Conn., February 2, 1848, a son of Charles H. and Amanda (Humphrey) Upson, the former of whom was born in...
View ArticleVandemark, John B. (no replies)
John B. Vandemark, merchant and butcher, Sugar Run, was born in Wilmot, this county, July 23, 1861, and is the eldest of the three children of Stephen D. and Polly (Brown) Vandemark, the former a...
View ArticleVanderpool, Daniel (no replies)
Daniel Vanderpool, farmer, of Terry township, P.O. Marsh View, was born March 10, 1840, and was reared and educated in the township. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Vanderpool) Vanderpool, the former...
View ArticleVanderpool, Nelson (no replies)
Nelson Vanderpool, farmer, Terry township, P.O. Marsh View, was born in Terry township, this county, February 12, 1827, a son of Henry and Esther (Vincent) Vanderpool, both of whom came from New York...
View ArticleVanDyke, George H. (no replies)
George H. VanDyke, ex-county commissioner, Ulster, and a leading farmer, was born in Bradford county, Pa., August 27, 1819, and has lived all his life in Ulster township. In 1845 he began farming, but...
View ArticleVandyke, James (no replies)
James Vandyke, farmer and stock-grower, Towanda, was born in Northumberland county, Pa., January 13, 1816, a son of William and Susan (Daugherty) Vandyke. His father’s family consisted of seven...
View ArticleVan Fleet, J. P. (no replies)
J. P. Van Fleet, deputy county sheriff, Towanda, is a native of New York City, and was born July 23, 1830. His parents were Samuel C. and Deborah (Denton) Van Fleet, natives of Orange county, N.Y. In...
View ArticleVan Gorder, Daniel (no replies)
Daniel Van Gorder, was born in New Jersey, January 10, 1812. About 1814 his parents located near Ithaca, N.Y., then removed to Pennsylvania, where they resided until their deaths. Our subject removed...
View ArticleVanHorn, Luther C. (no replies)
Luther C. VanHorn, farmer, P.O. Granville Summit, was born May 31, 1821, in Delaware county, N.Y., in the town of Walton, and is a son of Sidney and Amelia (Curtis) VanHorn, natives of Springfield,...
View ArticleVan Loan, F. E. (no replies)
F. E. Van Loan, commercial salesman, Rome, was born in the township of Lenox, Susquehanna Co., Pa., January 25, 1858, and is a son of Daniel and Mary Van Loan, who now reside in Athens, this county....
View ArticleVannoy, Jacob R. (no replies)
Jacob R. Vannoy, East Troy, was born in Sanderson township, Sussex Co., N.J., December 25, 1842, and is a son of Jacob and Maria (Ayres) Vannoy, who had a family of five children: John J., Sidney,...
View ArticleVannoy, John J. (no replies)
John J. Vannoy, farmer. P.O. West Burlington, was born in Sussex county,. N.J., September 14, 1834, a son of Jacob and Maria (Ayres) Vannoy, farmers and natives of that county, born of Dutch and...
View ArticleVanWert, John A. (no replies)
John A. VanWert, carpenter, of South Creek township, P.O. Fassett, was born in Veteran township, Chemung Co., N.Y., July 26, 1838, a son of William and Catherine (McCann) VanWert, natives of New...
View ArticleVan Woert, Samuel (no replies)
Samuel Van Woert, farmer, P.O. Athens, was born in Athens, Greene Co., N.Y., May 3, 1837, a son of Nicholas and Maria (VanGorder) Van Woert, the former of whom was born in Athens, Greene Co., N.Y.,...
View ArticleVon Wolflfradt, Henry (no replies)
Henry Von Wolffradt, farmer and stock-grower, Ulster township, P.O. Milan, born in Greifswald, Prussia, October 5, 1830, is the son of Herman and Julia (Below) Von Wolffradt, natives of same place; he...
View ArticleVarguson, C. H. (no replies)
C. H. Varguson, carpenter and contractor, Wyalusing, was born in Wysox township, this county, May 12, 1847, and is a son of Benjamin and Clarissa (Howard) Varguson, natives of New York. His father...
View ArticleVarney, Ira (no replies)
Ira Varney, than whom there is no more highly respected citizen of Franklin township, is a native of Luzerne township, Warren Co., N.Y., having been born August 13, 1810. He is a son of Joseph and...
View ArticleVaughan, Edward W. (no replies)
Edward W. Vaughan, farmer, P.O. Wyalusing, was born in Wyalusing township, this county, on the old homestead, January 21, 1818, a son of Elias and Sarah (Abbot) Vaughan. His father was born in what is...
View ArticleVaughn, James C. (no replies)
James C. Vaughn, farmer and stock-grower, Wyalusing township, P.O. Wyalusing, who is among the pioneers of Wyalusing township, was born on the old Vaughn homestead (now in possession of Lyman...
View ArticleVerbeck, Uri N. (no replies)
Uri N. Verbeck, carpenter, East Troy, was born in Litchfield, this county, July 29, 1836, a son of William and Lucretia (Norton) Verbeck. His paternal grandfather, Henry Verbeck, a native of the...
View ArticleWillis (no replies)
This is a Welsh patronymic cor- WILLIS responding to Wilson and Wil- lison in English and one of about twenty English names derived from Will and Wine. It is not a name of great an- tiquity in its...
View ArticleLent, James (no replies)
JAMES LENT. Rome's first groom who married Chloe, daughter of John and Sarah (Wallen) Parks, was the eldest son of nine children of Henry and Catharine Lent. His father was a soldier of the...
View ArticleAnderson, William (no replies)
WILLIAM ANDERSON was living in the Raccoon Creek settlement in July 1779. At this time he was surprised by Indians, and wounded, but managed to reach the house of his neighbor, Thomas Armour. Armour...
View ArticleFoulkes, George (no replies)
GEORGE FOULKES was aged 11 when the Indians captured him on the second Sabbath of March, 1780. His sister Elizabeth, 2 years younger, was also taken. George was in captivity for 11 years, and...
View ArticlePoe, Adam and Andrew (no replies)
ADAM and ANDREW POE, in hostilities with the Indians from 1777 until 1784, were famous as frontiersmen. They came to the Ohio River region from New England, and located on tracts of land they were...
View ArticleColvin, Jacob (no replies)
JACOB COLVIN was the husband and father of the last persons to be murdered by Indians within the limits of Beaver County. He, with his wife Mary and infant child left the home of Mrs. Colver's (sp?)...
View ArticleVan Swearingen, Samuel (1 reply)
SAMUEL VAN SWEARINGEN emigrated from Maryland, and settled in Hanover Township a short time before the Colvin murder. He remained in the county until his death and is buried on the old home farm....
View ArticleGore, Samuel (no replies)
"A Marrying Magistrate" SAMUEL GORE, Esq., who joined so many couples in marriage, was a magistrate for a quarter of a century. He had been a participant in the Yankee and Pennamite troubles and was...
View ArticleHeverly, John and Almira (no replies)
Overton's First Bride and Groom. John Heverly and Almira (Kellogg) Heverly JOHN HEVERLY with his father and brother formed the first settlement in Overton, moving into a great wilderness 14 miles from...
View ArticleFox, Elizabeth (no replies)
Elizabeth Fox Means, daughter of Rudolph and Elizabeth (Miller) Fox of To- wanda, was not only the first native born bride in Bradford county. but was the first white child born within the county and...
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