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County History & Biography Collection

History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter Pennsylvania

With Biographical Sketches (J. H. Beers & Co., 1890, 1264 pages)

This publication is a historical and biographical record of four northern Pennsylvania counties: McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter.  According to the title page it includes information on: "their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages; portraits of prominent men; biographies of representative citizens" and other material.

McKean County Biographies:

Bradford City & Township: Adams, Adsit, Alling, Anderson, Andrews, Auerhaim, Baker, Bannon, Barbour, Barlow, Barr, Barrett, Bartlett, Bell, Bennett, Benninghoff, Berry, Bird, Bishop, Blair, Blomer, Blossom, Booth, Bovaird, Boyle, Boyne, Bradburn, Broder, Brooks, Brown, Burton, Byles, Byrom, Byron, Campbell, Canfield, Casterline, Chambers, Chapman, Chattle, Chesney, Coburn, Cochran, Cody, Coffin, Croak, Cross, Cutting, Davis, Davitt, DeGolier, DeHart, Dempsey, Dennis, Dennison, Dieter, Drake, Dresser, Durfey, Edgett & McAllister, Edmunds, Emery, Farrel, Fischer, Flanagan, Foster, Francis, Fraser, French, Gardella, Gardner, Griffith, Haffey, Hamsher, Hart, Haskell, Haven, Hazelton, Heard, Heckel, Heffner, Helenbrecht, Hickok, Higgins, Holley, Hubbard, Hughes, Ingalsby, Jackson, James, Jewett, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordon, Judd, Kirk, Laney, Lockard, Lundergan, McAlpine, McCalmont, McClure, McCray, McCrea, McDowell, McKenna, McMahon, McMullen, McSweeney, Madison, Mallory, Marck, Mayer, Melvin, Merriam, Merrick, Meyers, Milligan, Mills, Moore, Morris, Mullin, Mulqueen, Mundy, Murdoch, Murty, Neely, Newell, Oakes, O'Brien, Osborne, Parsons, Pate, Pike, Powers, Quigley, Reed, Reis, Roberts, Robertson, Rolfe, Rook, Saalfield, Samuels, Sanford, Scheanck, Schonblom, Seyfang, Shannon, Sheakley, Shoemaker, Siegfried, Slocum, Smith, Snell, Sondheim, Southard, Spangler, Spence, Sterns, Stone, Straight, Sturgeon, Sullivan, Swain, Taggart, Theetge, Todd, Tucker, Valentine, Wagner, Waldo, Walker, Ward, Watson, Weaver, Webster, Wells, Whitehead, Whiteley, Whitney & Wheeler, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Williamson, Wilson, Youngs, Zane, Zook  Keating Township & Smethport: Abbey, Allen, Anglun, Armstrong, Backer, Backus, Baker, Barrett, Bell, Bloodsworth, Bond, Bouton, Brownell, Burkholder, Bush, Callar, Chadwick, Choate, Clarke, Colegrove, Comes, Cory, Curtis, Dodge, Dunn, Forrest, Freeman, Fuller, Galligan, Gallup, Gifford, Gleason, Godfrey, Gorton, Hamlin, Haven, Holmes, Hopkins, Irons, Keating, Keenan, Kent, King, Mason, McCoy, McClure, McElroy, McKean, Moore, Nash, Olds, Ormsby, Pierce, Purle, Ramer, Reilly, Richmond, Rogers, Rooney, Rose, Rosenfield, Rubin, Sartwell, Sasse, Shoemaker, Smith, Specht, Sprague, Stickles, Stull, Taylor, Tracy, Tull, Tuttle, Williams, Wilson, Wright, Young  Foster Township & Kendall: Ackley, Argue, Artley, Baker, Bidaux, Bisett, Boyd, Buchanan, Calhoun, Corwin, Denman, Eaton, Egbert, Foster, Fox, Gillespie, Haggerty, Hanna, Hannahs, Hooker, Howard, Howe, Knight, Leopold, LeRoy, McCullough, McKay, McMurray, Mitchell, Monroe, Mosher, Neath, Neill, Northrup, Norton, Nugent, Otis, Potts, Ross, Sage, Seamans, Seaward, Sharpe, Sherman, Sinclair, Spencer, Stoever, Whipple, Williams, Williamson, Winger  Eldred Township & Eldred: Alford, Arnot, Balfour, Barden, Barkas, Bell, Bennett, Burnham, Butler, Campbell, Carpenter, Chrisman, Coleman, Collins, Cook, Corell, Cory, Cotter, Cotton, Cummings, Dennis, Doyle, Dunbar, Fowler, Geuder, Gould, Keyes, Lamphier, Larrabee, Loop, Moody, Moses, Rice, Robbins, Rockwell, Rogers & Franklin, Sartwell, Simon & Doerr, Slack, Stull, Wainman, Welch, White, Wilmarth, Windsor, Wolcott, Wright, Young  Otto Township: Amalong, Baldwin, Breese, Brown, Carter, Dana, Dennis, Duke, Fischer, Gilfillan, Golden, Gridley, Henshaw, Irvine, Keim, Lilly, Lovejoy, Looker, Mills, Morgan, Newton, Noble, Prentiss, Ross, Shafer, Sprague, Williams  Liberty Township & Port Allegany: Arnold, Bard, Barrett, Benton, Burr, Colcord, Coleman, Davis, Dolley, Field, Fitch, Gallup, Garthwait, Grover, Hagar, Hooker, Hughes, Kershner, Larrabee, Lillibridge, Sartwell, Shaner, Templeton, Vanderhule, Weir  Annin Township: Bishop, Cooper, Hadley, Hodges, Nichols, Patterson, Taylor  Ceres Township: Benson, Biggins, Coon, Grow, Hackett, Lanphere, Lynch, Riley, Robarts, Van Wormer  Norwich Townships: Anderson, Brewer, Burdick, Colegrove, Comes, Dickinson, Doyle, Erhart, Gallup, Heinemann, Oviatt, Parker, Rifle, Snow, Wright  Hamlin Township: Brewer, Burlingame, Davis, Eastburgh, Eken, Gallup, Garlick, Groat, Hafner, Jackson, Johnson, Lantz, Lunden, Martin, McClellan, McCoy, Mellander, Mosser, Nelson, Phillips, Randall, Smith, Warfle, Wiborg  Lafayette Township: Beacon, Beaumont, Hagadorn, Hardie, Phillips, Simpson, Talbut, Ward, Wiscom  Sergeant Township: Butts, Martin, Perry  Wetmore Township & Kane: Armstrong, Brayton, Brooder, Campbell, Coleman, Corson, Davis, DeYoung, Donovan, Fleming, Gillis, Griffith, Hoskins, Howells, Kane, Kelly, Keelor, Kelts, Kemp, Lay, Leonard, Magowan, Malone, McConnell, McDade, Meese, Moffitt, Preston, Smith, Swanson, Vollmer, Welker, West, Weston, Winkler  Corydon Township: Johnson, Seaman  Hamilson Township: Anderson, Curtis, Foulkrod, Hallock, Martindale

Elk County Biographies:

Ridgway & Ridgway Township: Arnold, Barbour, Bardwell, Bell, Bogert, Brendell, Brockway, Buckland, Butterfuss, Campbell, Carman, Cartwright, Cummings, Day, Devine, Dickinson, Dixon, Ely, Foley, Fullerton, Gainor, Gardner, Gillis, Grant, Guth, Hagerty, Hamblen, Hamilton, Healy, Horton, Houk, Kellogg, Kime, Kline, Larons, Lesser, LIttle, Lowry, McCauley, McEwen, McGeehin, McGinnis, Meagher, Mercer, Messenger, Morgester, Motter, Osterhout, Oyster, Powell, Powers, Rathbun, Ross, Rounseville, Schirk, Schram, Stackpole, Thayer, Thompson, Vaughan, Waid, Williams, Wingfield, Zierden  Jones Township: Aldrich, Asp, Brennen, Brown, Clark, Clay, Clearwater, Corbin, Ernhout, Freeman, Horner, Malone, Manett, Rhone, Schultz, Sowers, Spettigue, Sproat, Toomey, Wank, Watson, Weidert, Weigel, Wells  Fox Township: Beadle, Bundy, Callahan, Collings, Green, Hau, Hays, Hershey, Hewitt, Keeley, Koch, Kyler, Largay, Link, Miller, Moyer, Quinn, Robertson, Shaver, Spleen, Spuller, Straessley, Thomas, Thompson, Urmann  Horton Township: Brockway, Brown, Chamberlin, Clinton, Cuneo, Horton, Parson, Torpin  Benezette Township: Barr, Blesh, Booth, Daley, Dent, Derr, Eberhart, Free, Greiner, Hewett, Johnson, Jones, Lewis, Lucore, Mahany, Miller, Morey, Murray, Overturf, Shaffer, Wilson, Winslow  Jay Township: Blake, Brookins, Burk, Dill, Dodge, Gardner, Gresh, Hoover, Miller, Ovell, Shaffer, Tozier, Uhl, Weed, Young  St. Mary's & Benzinger Township: Bayer, Boyer, Brunner, Dippold, Erich, Fisher, Frank, Garner, Geeck, Gerg, Hall, Hanhauser, Hartman, Hartranft, Heindle, Jacob, Kaul, Koch, Krellner, Lion, Luhr, McCoy, McVean, Miller, Mullhaupt, Parsons, Price, Rothrock, Russ, Schaefer, Schaut, Shoup, Straub, Sturenberg, Teirney, Timm, Weidenboerner, Weis, Wescott, Wilmarth, Wilson, Wimmer, Windfelder, Wittmann, Yager

Cameron County Biographies:

Emporium & Shippen Township: Arthur, Auchu, Balcom, Bardwell, Blumle, Bonham, Burns, Butler, Card, Cochran, Coyle, Craven, Davison, Day, DeLong, Denison, Douglas, Edgcomb, Fay, Felt, Fisher, Fortney, Gallagher, Goodwin, Gould, Gregory, Hacket, Harrington, Hausler, Heilman, Hertig, Hinkle, Hirsch, Hobson, Hockley, Hogan, Howard, Johnson, Kaupp, Kriner, Larrabee, Leet, Leggett, Lloyd, Logan, Long, Lyon, McDonald, McQuay, Metzger, More, Morrison, Mullin, Mundy, Olmstead, Parsons, Pearsall, Read, Rockwell, Russell, Seger, Smith, Spangler, Taggart, Thompson, Truman, Tulis, Walker, Warner, Weber, Weiss, White, Wiley, Zarps  Driftwood & Gibson Township: Bailey, Barber, Barr, Blackwell, Brennan, Brookbank, Brooks, Dent, Dougherty, Earl, Foultz, Fulton, Hicks, Jordan, Kirk, Kreider, Lane, Logue, Marsh, Mason, McDonald, Miller, Mix, Pealer, Riley, Rothrock, Smith, Whiting, Wylie  Grove Township: Bailey, Baird, Barclay, Batchelder, Beldin, Hanscom, Miller, Shafer, Shaffer, Wykoff  Lumber Township: Alderfer, Chapman, Cummings, Dice, Furlong, Herrick, Kissel, Lacey, Lord, McCormick, Minick, Mulcahy, Smith, Whiting  Portage Township: Burlingame, Ensign, Jones, Lucore, Shumway, Sizer

Potter County Biographies:

Coudersport & Eulalia Township: Allen, Armstrong, Ashcraft, Baker, Benson, Butler, Butterworth, Cartee, Chase, Clark, Cobb, Colcord, Crosby, Deiches, Dornan, Forster, French, Gillon, Glase, Goodsell, Gordnier, Grabe, Gridley, Griesel, Groves, Hackett, Haskell, Hodskin, Jones, Kendig, Kent, Kies, Knox, Larrabee, Leonard, Lewis, Lyman, McClure, Metzger, Moore, Neefe, Nelson, Nichols, Olmsted, Peck, Quimby, Rees. Reissman, Rennells, Ross, Schafer, Spafford, Stearns, Stebbins, Thompson, Veley, White, Wilber  Sharon Township: Barnes, Brightman, Brown, Burdic, Chase, Cole, Deremer, Dickinson, Dodge, Drake, Hallett, Hawley, Kinner, Kinney, McDonald, Newton, Nichols, Parmenter, Pearsall, Perkins, Prince, Raymond, Sherwood, Stevens, Sutherland, Voorhees, White, Wolcott  Oswayo Township: Beebe, Dalrymple, Dexter, Lockwood, Lyman, Rowlee, Smith, Tubbs, Turner, Wells  Genesee Township: Carpenter, Chapman, Daniels, Easton, Hickox, McGinnis, Perry, Sherman, Waterman  Bingham Townshp: Bacon, Bishop, Briggs, Burt, Carpenter, Colvin, Crum, Daniels, Harvey, Hauber, Henry, Howe, Lewis, Munroe, Raymond, Robbins, Thompson, Worden  Harrison Township: Badgero, Coffin, Cummings, Dodge, Doud, Erway, Fox, Gilbert, Gill, Harrison, Haynes, Holcomb, Hubbard, Hurlbut, Jones, Kibbe, Lewis, Metcalf, Olney, Predmore, Pritchard, Robinson, Rooks, Wcoville, Smith, Statham, Stetson, Stevens, Stone, Swetland, Thompson, Wallis, Warner  Hector Township: Douglas, Eaton, Fillmore, Havens, Kilbourne, Loucks, Miller, Reynolds, Surdam, Wilkinson, Worden  Pike Township: Corsaw, Edgcomb, Hammond, Hyer, Ives, Kilbourne, Lehman, Sutton, Tice  West Branch Township: Conable  Abbot Township: Meine, Meissner, Schmid, Schwarzenbach, Theis, Voss  Stewardson Township: Olson  Lewisville & Ulysses Township: Baker, Bartlett, Borst, Brigham, Burt, Burtis, Carpenter, Chappel, Chase, Cobb, Corey, Crowell, Crum, Dent, Eaton, Evans, Fuller, Grover, Hervey, Lane, Lewis, Loucks, Merrill, Nelson, Parker, Perkins, Raymond, Reynolds, Wagner  Allegheny Township: Andrews, Carr, Currier, Matteson, Nelson, Peet, Raymond, Veley  Hebron Township: Estes, Gale, Head, Lambertson, Lent, Press, Schollard, Stillman, Stilson, Whittum  Clara Township: Fosmer, Weimer  Pleasant Valley Township: Burt, WEimer  Boulette Township: Boyington, Burt, Eimer, Grimes, Hazen, Larrabee, Lyman, Manning, Marsh, Reynolds, Tucker, Webb, Weimer, White, Weiderich, Yentzer  Homer Township: Quimby, White  Austin & Portage Township: Austin, Blaisdell, Brownlee, Caskey, Deiches, Gaffney, Sullivan  Wharton Township: Briggs, Card, Seibert

Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania

(W. J. McKnight, 1905, 719 pages)

The Full title is: "A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Embracing the Counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Warren, Crawford, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, Butler, Lawrence, and Mercer, Also A Pioneer Sketch of the Cities of Allegheny, Beaver, Du Bois, and Towanda".   This publication is a historical account of the early beginnings of several counties in Northwestern PA.  The information is more focused on historical details than biographical, but it still contains a great deal of information useful for historical or genealogical research.

Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania

(John W. Jordan, 1913, 1556 pages)

This is an extensive 3 volume historical and biographical reference which covers the northern Pennsylvania counties of Bradford, Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter and Tioga.   This provides a wealth of information on the history and growth of these counties but more importantly, a great deal of information on the people of these counties.  Hundreds of individual and family histories are sketched, making this an excellent reference for historical or biographical research.  Along with many of the sketches, there are also portraits of the sketch subjects.

Surnames Indexed:

Abbott, Acker, Akley, Adams, Adamy, Adsit, Aggers, Allen, Allis, Anderson, Andrews, Armstrong, Arnold, Arters, Arthur, Artley, Ashcraft, Auerhaim, Austin, Bache, Backus, Bacon, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Ballard, Ballentine, Bantie, Barber, Bard, Barker, Barnaby, Barnes, Barr, Barry, Bartlett, Barton, Bauer, Baxter, Bayer, Bayless, Bayley, Bean, Beatty, Becker, Beckwith, Beeman, Bell, Bellows, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Benninghoff, Benson, Berfield, Berry, Billings, Blair, Blake, Blanchard, Bliss, Blose, Bloss, Boardman, Bodine, Boller, Borland, Bottom, Bouton, Bowen, Boylston, Bradley, Brandon, Bressler, Brock, Brooks, Broughton, Brown, Brownell, Bryner, Bulkley, Bullock, Burden, Burkholder, Burns, Bush, Butler, Butterfuss, Butts, Cady, Caldwell, Calhoun, Calkins, Cameron, Camp, Campbell, Cannon, Carman, Carnahan, Carpenter, Carrier, Carson, Carter, Cass, Cassiday, Caswell, Catlin, Chamberlain, Chance, Chandler, Channel, Chapman, Chase, Chatley, Chesney, Childs, Chrisman, Christ, Chubbuck, Church, Clark, Clarke, Claus, Clemons, Cleveland, Cliffe, Close, Coates, Cobb, Codding, Coffin, Cogswell, Colcord, Cole, Colegrove, Coles, Collins, Conable, Cone, Conneely, Cook, Cornelison, Cornelius, Corson, Corwin, Cott, Couch, Courtice, Cowan, Cox, Coyne, Crabb, Crawford, Crippen, Crissey, Crittenden, Cromwell, Cronk, Crowell, Culver, Cupp, Curran, Curry, Curtis, Cuthbert, Dana, Dardis, Darling, Dartt, Davenport, Davies, Davis, Davison, Dean, Deane, Deans, De Lano, Dempsey, Dennison, Densmore, Depuy, Devine, De Vine, De Witt, Dibble, Dickinson, Dix, Dixon, Doane, Dobie, Dodds, Dolley, Donahue, Dowry, Drake, Dugan, Dulso, dunham, durley, durrin, Duryea, Dyer, Earl, Easton, Eastman, Easton, Eaton, Eberenz, Eby, Eckels, Eckert, Edgcomb, Edson, Edwards, Egbert, Egleston, Ellinger, Elsbree, Emery, Emmert, Engler, English, Ent, Erway, Estabrook Estell, Estes, Evans, Everitt, Eyster, Fahnestock, Fannin, Fanning, Fay, Fenton, Ferris, Ferry, Field, Finch, Fischler, Fish, Fisher, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Fleming, Flower, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Foster, Fox, Frank, Frazer, Frederick, Freeman, French, Frisbie, Fulford, Fuller, Fullerton, Gainor, Gallup, Gantt, Gardner, Garlick, Garman, Garritt, Gayton, Geary, Gee, Geer, Gentry, George, Gerow, Gibson, Gifford, Gillespie, Gillett, Gillette, Gillis, Gleason, Glecker, Glenn, Glennon, Golden, Goodman, Goodsell, Goodspeed, Gordnier, Gore, Gorrie, Gorton, Gould, Gray, Greatsinger, Green, Greene, Gridley, Griffin, Griffis, Griffith, Grow, Guile, Gulnac, Gunn, Habgood, Hackett, Haffey, Hagar, Haggerty, Hale, Hallock, Hamblin, Hamilton, Hamlin, Hammond, hamcok, Hanley, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hastings, Hatfield, Haven, Hawkins, Hayden, Hayes, Hazen, Hazlett, Heasley, Heess, Helmes, Lemsman, Hennage, Henning, Heysham, Heywood, Higgins, Hill, Hilton, Hinds, Hoag, Hoard, Hofer, Hogan, Hogarth, Holbrook, Holcomb, Holly, Holmes, Hosterman, Hotchkiss, Houghton, Houseknecht, Hovey, Howd, Howe, Howells, Hubbard, Hulme, Humez, Hunt, Huntington, Hurd, Hurler, Hurley, Hussey, Husted, Hyde, Inman, Innes, Inscho, Irvine, Irwin, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jaynes, Jefferis, Jennings, Jewett, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Joseph, June, Kahsnitz, Kaminsky, Kane, Karr, kay, Keck, Keeler, Keeny, Kehrer, Kellogg, Kemp, Kenyon, Kervin, Kibbe, Kiess, Kilbourne, Kimball, Kime, Kincaid, Kimmel, King, Kingley, Kirby, Klapp, Klock, Knapp, Kneeland, Knight, Kock, Korns, Kreiner, Krusen, La Bar, Lain, Landruss, Landon, Lane, Landworthy, Larrabee, Lawrence, Laye, Laymon, Learn, Learned, Leasure, Leavitt, Lechler, Lecky, Lehman, Lent, Leonard, Lesser, Lewis, Leyman, Lillibridge, Lilly, Lindhome, Lindsey, Lindsley, Little, Llewelyn, Logaugh, Lockhart, Loeb, Logan, Logue, Loney, Long, Longwell, Loomis, Lugg, Lunden, Luther, Lynch, Lyon, Mackie, Malin, Mallory, Maltby, Mangold, Markham, Marks, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Mascho, Mathers, Maxwell, Mayo, MacEwen, McAleer, McAllister, McCandless, McCarthy, McClure, McCoy, McCraney, McCrea, McCulloch, McDowell, McFall, McFarlin, McGloin, McIlvaine, McIntosh, McIntyre, McKee, McKinney, McLaren, McLaughlin, McQuiston, McVay, Meade, Meagher, Meek, Melvin, Merritt, Messenger, Metcalf, Meyer, Miles, Millard, Miller, Mills, Minor, Mitchell, Mohney, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Morian, Morley, Morris, Morrison, Moscrip, Mosher, Mourey, Mulhaupt, Mullin, Murphy, Naegley, Neal, Nelson, Newcomer, Newell, Newton, Nichols, Noble, Nobles, Northrop, Oakes, O'Brien, Olds, Olmstead, Orr, Osler, Osterhout, Ostrander, Oviatt, Owen, Owens, Owlett, Packard, Packer, Page, Painter, Palmer, Parker, Parkhurst, Parks, Parsons, Paterson, Patterson, Pattison, Paul, Peake, Pealer, Peeling, Perkings, Persing, Phillips, Phippen, Pitts, Place, Plank, Poley, Pool, Potter, Powell, Pratt, Presho, Preston, Pringle, Pritchard, Probyn, Prosser, Prouty, Prutsman, Putnam, Quimby, Radcliffe, Raesly, Rahm, Randall, Rasey, Rathbun, Rausher, Raymer, Raymond, Reck, Record, Redfield, Reed, Rees, Rendall, Rettenbury, Rice, Richmond, Rieppel, Rietter, Ripley, Ritter, Robarts, Roberts, Robinson, Robison, Roff, Rogers, rohe, Rose, Ross, Roy, Rumsey, Rusling, Russell, Rust, Ryan, Ryon, Salberg, Salisbury, Sanborn, Sanders, Sartwell, Schermerborn, Schirk, Schram, Scott, Scranton, Seamans, Seaward, Secor, Seely, Seldon, Sellard, Seltz, Semmler, Shanley, Sharp, Shattuck, Shaut, Shaw, Shell, Shepard, Sheppard, Sherman, Shoemaker, Shriever, Shumway, Siemens, Signor, Skelton, Sloan, Smiley, Smith, Sommers, Soules, Southworth, Specht, Spencer, Squires, Staats, Stanley, Stanton, Staples, Starr, Steele, Sterling, Stevens, Stewart, Stickman, Stiles, Stoddard, Stokes, Stone, Stover, Streby, Stull, Sullivan, Sutton, Swan, Swanson, Sweazy, Sweeney, Swimley, Swisher, Taylor, Teall, Terwilliger, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Tice, Tipple, Tobin, Tomlinson, Tracy, Truman, Tubbs, Tucker, Turner, Tuttle, Upton, Van Aken, Vandergrift, Van Dusen, Van Dyke, Van Gasbeck, Van Horn, Van Loon, Van Slyke, Vantine, Vedder, Vera, Viner, Waggoner, Wagner, Waid, Waite, Wakefield, Wakley, Waldron, Walker, Walter, Walters, Ward, Warner, Washburn, Watkins, Watrous, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weeks, Wells, Westbrook, Wetherbee, Wharton, Wheelock, White, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Williams, Willis, Wilson, Windsor, Winlack, Witherspoon, Wolford, Wood, Woodley, Woods, Woodward, Wright, Wynn, Yonkin, Young, Zillafro

Historical Sketches of Potter County, Pennsylvania

Hunting and Fishing Stories, Legends

(W. W. Thompson, 1925, 48 pages)

This is a collection of historical sketches from Potter County, PA.  Tiltes include: How "The Wild Boy" Got It's Name Years Ago, Legend of White Lily (Rose) Lake, The Underground Railroad - Coudersport A Station, A Roulette Bear Hunt, Hunting Notes, Bear Trees and Bee Trees, Pigeon Hunting in Potter County With a Preacher, Fish Is Not All of Fishing for the Fisherman, Thompson Tells Another Fish Story in Which He Gets Wet and Big One, W. W. Thompson Writes of Ole Bull's Citizenship Papers, Ole Snyder's Pigeon Hunt, Author Watches Big Coon Catch His Prize Trout From Hole, Slave Once Owned In Potter County, Thompson's Article on Liquor.

Who's Who in Potter County

(Marie Schadenberger & Sylvia Wilson, 1947, 102 pages)

According to the title page, this volume is a collection of brief biographies of prominent residents of Potter County, PA.  It also includes a brief history of the county.

Surnames of Biographical Sketches:

Abson, Akeley, Allen, Baker, Baldwin, Barr, Bartoo, Berger, Blish, Buck, Burrous, Burt, Cane, Carroll, Cary, Chapman, Chappell, Colcord, Covey, Cronin, Crosetto, Crowl, Curran, Currier, Curtis, Daily, Deiterich, Devling, Doane, DuBois, Edgcomb, Elliott, English, Fenner, Fisher, Gallup, Graber, Green, Grover, Hall, Hamilton, Hart, Harvey, Haynes, Kelly, Henderson, Herrick, Hug,  Johnson, Kapp, Kazmierski, Kelly, Kendig, Kenyon, Kilbourne, Knechtel, Knight, Langworthy, Leete, Lewis, Lilly, Lush, Lyman, Mahaley, Martin, Mason, Mastin, McGoey, McLatchie, McLaughlin, Meine, Michelfelder, Miles, Miller, Moody, Morley, Morton, Mosch, Mulkin, Nanney, Nelson, Nichols, O'Connell, Patterson, Pearsall, Perry, Pfeiffer, Potter, Raub, Reese, Rennells, Reynolds, Richards, Root, Rosenbloom, Rumsey, Sawyer, Schadenberger, Schutt, Seltz, Shear, Simendinger, Sinon, Smith, Spencer, Statham, Stevens, Stocum, Stone, Straley, Straw, Sullivan, Thomas, Todd, VanDeBoe, VanWegen, Voorhees, Wagner, Wallgren, Weimer, Wells, Wentworth, Wenzel, White, Wood, Woodard, Zeaman

Historical Sketches of Potter County 1776-1976

(Various Authors, Potter County Journal, 1976, 268 pages)

This is a collection of sketches from Potter County, PA's history.  It includes numerous historical accounts from the time of its settlement onward.  A few sketches cover towns and villages of the county.  There are also a few brief biographical sketches of some of the county's important figures.  Included in the historical information are numerous photographs and illustrations showing the county and its residents.

Biographical Sketches:

Edgecomb, Ellis, Kibbe, Lyman, Phillips, Raymond, Rickey, Rooks, Throcmorton

Town & Township Histories

History of Germania 1855-1925 (Mrs. H. Schwarzenbach & Mrs. H. Theis, 1929, 32 pages)

This is a historical account of the town of Germania and surrounding area.  It covers its settlement and development up to the early 20th century.  In the course of the account, historical and biographical details are provided to many residents of the area.  There are also a few illustrations of the town included.

Austin, Pennsylvania - "The Hemlock City" 1890-1910

(Barta J. Wold & William J. Higgins, 1971, 48 pages)

This is a history of the town of Austin, Potter County, PA generally during the period of 1890-1910.  It covers the establishment of the area and how it grew.  It also presents a number of articles covering a variety of topics related to the area.  Along with the information there are a number of historical photographs and portaits of the area and its residents.

Miscellaneous Histories

Ole Bull in Pennsylvania (Thomas W. Lloyd, 1921, 56 pages)

This is an account of the life of Ole Bull, a noted violinist, and his connection to Potter County, Pennsylvania.  It relates a pilgrimage to the area of Potter County where he settled, providing sketches of  the area long the way.  It also includes an article titled: "An Early History of Germania", providing a brief history of the area, and "Oleona, Ole Bull's Colony" which discusses the purpose and establishment of Oleona.

Maps & Atlases (***Not Text-searchable***)

1856 Draft of Potter County Pennsylvania (T. Sinclair, Color)

1893 Map of Potter Co. Penn’a (J. W. Vose & Co., Color)