Buena Vista Furnace Stands as Lone Monument of Pioneer Iron
Buffington township in Weisruma County recalls the pioneer iron era as Buena Vista furnace remains the sole relic. Old ore banks line Blacklick Creek while nearby towns Dilltown Wehrum and Rexis faded. no. 8 coal mines and a Rexis post office persist. Ritter’s furnace in Vintondale remains preserved.
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Buena Vista
Blacklick Creek
Buffington Township
Wehruma County
Armagh
Brushvalley Township
Blacklick
Wheatfield
Postofice
Baker’s
Cramer
Ritter
Vintondale
Cambria County
County Auditors From 1840 To Present Date
A compiled list of county auditors from 1840 to 1916 references numerous individuals with years of service, including Abraham Davis Thos Laughlin Alexander White Thompson McCrea Fullerton Woods John Clark John McNiel Robert Elder James H Young Edmund Paige Sr John Pollack Isaac Kinter Cornelius Lowe James C Dill Elijah Criss Abraham Wolfe J. W. Allison William Riddle Samuel W Cripps Robert Hughes Josiah Shields John L Work Hugh Cunningham Samuel Wilson John Brink John Wachob Thomas R Lukehart Samuel H Thompson John Brink Samuel McCartney William S Davidson Joseph Griffith R. H. Armstrong A J Hamilton Samuel M Hazlett H P Lewis James Anstey Joseph Griffith W G Stewart J H Dix John C Robertson J Gamble Fleming Jacob Stuchell McElhoes Francis Harbison Jr D R Jenking M D Shields J M Hart B Work J Clark Weamer Joseph Halsopple W D Tomb J W Wiggins C Hart J Thompson J T Davis James G Walker John Barber W F George George J Fell John I Barclay W F Walker J I Peterman Harry W Fee A W King Charles A Nichol H Buchanan R S Roberts A Gibson R Hood Adam P Lowry S Gibson James Speedy R J Hood James Speedy Frank EH Groft R J Hood J D Adamson Miles Young. Present officers as of January 1916 are R J Hood J D Adamson and Miles Young.
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Bufington Township
Pine Township
Joseph Buffington
Joseph McCartney
Tarry Stephens
Michael Campbell
Catherine Cameron
John McPharson
John Stewart
William Aulser
Thomas Bracken
William Clark
Dilltown
Matthew
Graham
Duntan
Mardis
Cameron
Altimus
McFeaters
Stephens
Schult
Iennett
Grow
Strong
Dearmin
Jsommon
Seaver
Bliles
Melman
Conrad
Young
Campbells
McPhersons
Stewarts
Lord Cornwallis
Scotland
Burlington
Franklin
William Stephens
Jacob Gamble
Gamble
Blacklick
David Stewart
Cambria County
William Wilson
Thompson Clark
Morris Buterbbaugh
Dilfington
Mr. Buterbaugh
Blacklick Creak
Wheintfield
Sehreckengost Mills
John Ewing
Stumpf
Ele
Jean
Tis
Brammnuel Migemer
David Bonner
Diltown
Vies
Whensburg
Ninevah
Wehlerton
Wehrin
Wintondale Lumber Company
Rexis
Croft
Blaides
Wehrum
Wintondale
Strongstown
Nole
Abraham Davis
Thos. Laughlin
Alexander White
Thompson McCrea
Fullerton Woods
John Clark
John McNiel
Robert Elder
James H. Young
Edmund Paige, Sr
John Pollack
Isaac Kinter
Cornelius Lowe
James C. Dill
Elijah Criss[well
Abraham Wolfe
J. W W. Allison
William Riddle
Samuel W. Cripps
Robert Hughes
Josiah Shields
John L. Work
Hugh Cunningham
Samuel Wilson
John Brink
John Wachob
Thomas R. Lukehart
Samuel H. Thompson
Samuel McCartney
William S. Davidson
Joseph Griffith
R. H. Armstrong
A. J. Hamilton
Samuel M. Hazlett
H. P. Lewis
James Anstey
W. G. Stewart
J. H. Dix
John C. Robertson
J. Gamble Fleming
Jacob
Stuchell
McElhoes
Francis Harbison, Jr
D. R. Jenking
M. D. Shields
J. M. Hart
B. Work
J. Clark Weamer
Joseph Halsopple
Tomb
J. W. Wiggins
C. Hart
Ad. ‘Thompson
J. T. Davis
James G. Walker
John ‘Barber
W. F. George
George J. Fell
John I. Barclay
W. F. Walker
J. I. Peterman
Harry W. Fee
A. W. King
Charles A. Nichol
Names of Indiana County sheriffs and service years
A compiled list of Indiana County sheriffs with service years, beginning Thomas McCartney 1806 and ending with the present incumbent Harry A. Boggs who assumed office January 1, 1916. The sequence includes numerous spelling inconsistencies and overlapping terms across the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Indiana County
District Attorneys List Through 1916
A historical roll details district attorney tenures from 1850s to 1916. Edmund Paige served 1850 to 1853, Henry B. Woods 1856 to 1859, John Lowy 1862, Daniel S. Porter 1856 to 1868, William Allison 1871, Samuel Cunningham 1874, M. G. Watson 1877, Summers M. Jack 1883, John M. Leech 1889, John L. Getty 1895, W. M. Mahan 1898, George J. Fell 1901, W. Tf. Bikin 1916. The present incumbent is William N. Liggett, who took office January 1, 1916.
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Edmund Paige
Henry B. Woods
John Lowy
Daniel S. Porter
William Allison
Samuel Cunningham
M. G. Watson
Summers M. Jack
John M. Leech
John L. Getty
W. M. Mahan
George J. Fell
W. Tf. Bikin
William N. Liggett
Samuel Wolfe Named County School Superintendent
Prof Samuel Wolfe of Rayne township has been appointed superintendent of the county schools. The county jail is empty again and Sheriff H C Howard promises good treatment to anyone who will become a reliable boarder for company.
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Samuel Wolfe
Rayne Township
H. C. Howard
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Mechannicsburg
Bilt
Dicksen Tort
William Bracken
Washington Tomb
Matthew Dill
Mechanicsburg Road
John Harris
Bucknell University
Wehrign
Welrham
Hool Hange
William Brack
Duncan
Red Mill
Duncan School House
John Tawny
Hattie Davin
Augusta Seaton
J. A. Dill
Mechanicsburg
Greenville
Trweves, Dairyman
Fat Oale
Indiana, Pa
Cuas
A. Nichol
Mt. Hood Warm
James Colangelo
Colangelo
Phila
Indiana
Gheorghe H. Futmer
Mav Bell Vtelephone Co. Partners’ Bank Bidg
Wayne Rigg & CO. Jewelry
Philadelphia St
Thomas McCartney
Thomas Sutton
Robert Robinson
James Elliott
Henry Kinter
Clemence MecGarn
James Gordon
James Taylor
Joseph Loughry
Jas. Kier
William Evans
David Ralston
Simeon Truby
Gawin Sutton
John Mullen
John Montgomery
Joseph R. Smith
A. P
D. E. Thompson
Josiah Neal
Jacob Wettling
H. Wallace Thomas
George H. Jeffries
Harry A. Boggs
Krom Progress Files
Pennsylvania
Heyman Bros
Elmira, N.Y
Williamsport
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