History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania with Ilustrations and Biographical Sketches
History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania with Ilustrations and Biographical Sketches

Author: Floyd G. Hoenstine

Publisher:

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 9781558563285

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A rare book reprint. Its general history section embraces 15 interesting chapters on colonial and other initial events; also there are military chapters pertaining to Bedford and Somerset Counties. 32 chapters pertaining to Bedford County as organized in 1884, each township is given a separate chapter. In turn, they are followed by 30 chapters devoted to Somerset County, treated in the same manner. In turn, there are 19 chapters relating to Fulton County, including the military. 96 exhaustive chapters! The writers of this book gathered local historic lore from at least a thousand pioneers of their descendants by the writers of this book. Includes at least 8,000 dates and ten times as many namesextremely accurate. Over 100 pages of biographical sketches. Index.

History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania
History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania

Author: Waterman Watkins and Company

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780893087340

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By: Waterman, Watkins and Company, Pub. 1884, reprinted 2020, 924 pages, New Index, ISBN #0-89308-734-3. Bedford County was created in 1771 from Cumberland County and is the parent county to: Huntington, Somerset, Blair, Cambria and Fulton. Somserset County as created in 1795 and Fulton was created in 1850. It sits in the southern portion of the state boarding Maryland. This area is where the French and Indian War occurred. It was a vital area for development of the country. Upon the defeat of the French and Treaties with the native Indians, westward expansion was aloud to progress. This book is not too different from other county history books of this era. With such topics as trade & transportation, labor, farming, towns rows, Boundary Lines, politics, Military Service, the Whiskey Insurrection, French Occupation, Land and religion - all important in the development of the county - are carefully discussed. This type of county history book can help one develop ideas or paths to those missing ancestors by showing the customs and traditions of the local residents. A particular useful feature of this book is the extensive biographical information included. This volume contains more than 276 biographical sketches, included in which are some 10,000 additional family members. The New Index for this edition has approximately 32,000 entries.

History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania
History of Bedford and Somerset Counties Pennsylvania

Author: The Lewis Publishing Company

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9781010323143

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Norman B. Ream
Norman B. Ream

Author: Paul Ryscavage

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1611475856

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Norman Bruce Ream was born in southwestern Pennsylvania in 1844, the son of a farmer. He exhibited a commercial sense, but the Civil War interrupted his ambitions. Wounded twice, he returned home a hero. After some unsuccessful business ventures out west, he went to Chicago in 1871 and became a commission merchant in the Union Stockyards. A few years later, he moved uptown and traded grains and provisions in the pits of the Board of Trade. Money poured in. Indeed, by 1886 he was a millionaire (also married and the father of several children). He started investing in real estate, urban transit companies, railroad stock--and began consolidating and financing enterprises. At century's end, he was traveling to New York City, impressing financiers like J. Pierpont Morgan. Indeed, he helped Morgan put together the U.S. Steel Corporation and the International Harvester Company, served on many boards, and even advised Morgan during the panic of 1907. But life grew turbulent. Public sentiment soured towards Wall Street and the wealthy. This, along with the presumed indiscretions of some of his children, kept his name in the press. He died in 1915, and gradually, his life was forgotten.