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County Histories & Biographical Volumes

History of Tioga County Pennsylvania (W. W. Munsell & Co., 1883, 443 pages)

The full title of this publication is: "History of Tioga County Pennsylvania, with Illustrations Portraits and Sketches of Prominent Men and Individuals."  It relates a detailed history of the county from the colonial days of Pennsylvania up through the years to the time of publication in 1881.  It covers the early pioneers who settled the area, the formation of its villages, towns and townships, its commercial, agricultural and industrial development, war history, etc.  It also includes numerous biographical sketches of it influential citizens and many portraits and other illustrations.

Biographical Sketches:

Adams, Allen, Arnot, Babb, Babcock, Bache, Backer, Bacon, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Bannon, Barden, Barrows, Baxter, Beach, Beecher, Beiser, Bennett, Bentley, Berry, Billings, Blackwell, Bliss, Bloss, Bodine, Bosard, Bosworth, Bowman, Brewster, Bristol, Bryant, Burley, Burton, Bush, Butts, Caldwell, Campbell, Caulking, Channell, Chase, Clark, Clemmons, Cochran, Coles, Cook, Copp, Corey, Cox, Cummings, Daggett, Daily Dartt, Davis, Day, Deane, Dearman, Decoursey, De Pui, Dibble, Dickinson, Dillistin, Donaldson, Dorrance, Dorsett, Douglass, Dyer, Eastman, Eberenz, Elliott, Emery, Evans, Farrer, Fellows, Fletcher, Foulkrod, Foote, Forrest, Foster, Fralic, Francis, Frazer, Freeborn, Frost, Furman Gaffney, Gaige, Gamble, Garretson, Gaylord, Gear, Gerould, Gibson, Gillett, Gobin, Goodrich, Goodspeed, Gordon, Gray, Grinnell, Groover, Guernsey, Gulick, Hall, Hardt, harrer, Harrington, Hart, Hebe, Heggie, Heise, Hoard, Hodges, Holden Hollands, Holliday, Hollis, Horton, Hovey, Howell, Howland, Hoyt, Humphrey, Inscho, Ives, Jackson, James, Jennings, Jerald, Johnson, keeney, Keeney, Kelley, Kelsey, Kelts, Kiff, Kilbourne, King, Kiphart, Kirkendall, Knapp, Knox, Lamb, Lamkin Levegood, Lock, Lodge, Loop, Loper, Losey, Lounsberry, Lowrey, Lyon, Mann, Marvin, mather, Matteson Maynard, McAllister, McCormick, McCullough, McMahon, McVoy, Merrell, Merrick, Millard, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Moon, Morgan, Morris, Murray, Neal, Newell, Niles, Norris, Ogden, Ormerod, Packer, Paddock, Palmer, Parkhurst, Patchen, Pattison, Peck, Peirson, Phillips, Potter, Power, Prekay, Preston, Proctor, Prutsman, Putnam, Rathbone, Redfield, Reed, Reese, Reynolds, Rexford, Rich, Ripley, Ritter, Rixford, Roberts, Robinson, Rockwell, Rohrabacker, Roland Rose, Ross, Rundell, Rusling, Ryon, Sanders, Saysisch, Schiefflein, Sebring, Seelye, Seymour, Shaw, Sheffer, Sherman, Sherwood, Simpson, Skelley, Smith, Spencer, Sperry, Stevens Stickley, Stiles, Stone, Strang, Stratton, Strawbridge, Streeter, Sweet, Taylor, Tebo, Teeter, Temple, Thomas, Tubbs, Tuttle, Vail, Van Camp, Vermilyea, Verrill, Videan, Walker, Wells, Welsh, Werline, Westbrook, Wheeland, Shitcomb, White, Whitney, Whittaker, Wickham, Wilbur, Willard, Williams, Wilson, Wynkoop, Wynn, Yonkin, Young

An Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung,

Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York, By Townships,

Villages, Boro's and Cities The Gazette Company, 1885, 288 pages)

This is an early history of seven counties in Pennsylvania and New York.  It provides general information as to each county's topography, industries, pioneers, county officials, etc, then proceeds into more detailed information about each of the townships and major towns.  Most of the information is historical in nature, but there is also some biographical information as well.

History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co., 1897, 1315 pages)

The Full title of the publication is:  "History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Embracing its topological and geological features; indians and white explorers; beginning and organization; pioneers and early settlement; early courts and cases; internal improvements; industrial development; coal mines and mining; public buildings and officials; legal and medical professions; military history; literature; sketches of boroughs, townships and villages/ material, social, educational and religious progress; biographies and portraits of pioneers and representative citizens, etc., etc. etc."  This is the second major historical / biographical volume on Tioga County, PA.  It includes a great amount of historical information as well as biographies on hundreds of the county's prominent and influential men and families.  

Surnames Indexed:

Ackley, Adams, Alford, Allen, Anderson, Andrews, Angell, Archer, Argetsinger, Ashton, Austin, Avery, Babb, Babcock, Bache, Bacon, Bailey, Bair, Baker, Baldwin, Bannon, Barden, Barnes, Barney, Barnhart, Bartle, Bastian, Baxter, Beach, Bean, Beard, Beauge, Beck, Beebe, Beecher, Beers, Beiver, Bellews, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Bentley, Bergh, Bernauer, Berry, Beuter, Biddle, Billings, Birmingham, Birrolo, Bixby, Black, Blackwell, Blair, Blanchard, Bliss, Bloss, Bodine, Bonney, Boom, Booth, Borden, Bosard, Bosworth, Bottom, Bottum, Bowen, Bowman, Boyden, Boyer, Bradford, Bradley, Brant, Breck, Brewster, Briggs, Brill, Brimegin, Brooks, Broughton, Brown, Brownlee, Bryant, Buck, Buckley, Bulkley, Bundy, Burdic, Burgin, Burley, Burnham, Burnett, Burnside, Burrows, Bush, Butler, Button, Butts, Cady, Caldwell, Calkins, Cameron, Campbell, Cannon, Carl, Carpenter, Casbeer, Cass, Chamberlain, Champaign, Champlain, Champlin, Chandler, Channell, Chase, Church, Clark, Clarke, Clemens, Clemons, Cleveland, Cloos, Close, Clymer, Coates, Cobb, Cole, Colegrove, Coles, Colvin, Compton, Cone, Conevery, Conley, Conners, Converse, Conyngham, Cook, Coolidge, Cooper, Corey, Cornelius, Cowburn, Cox, Crandall, Crippen, Crowther, Cudworth, Cummings, Curran, Daggett, Damon, Daniels, Darby, Darling, Dartt, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Day, Deane, Deans, Dearman, Decker, Dengle, Derby, Derbyshire, DeWitt, Dickinson, Dimmick, Dinnison, Doan, Dodge, Donaldson, Dorrance, Dort, Doud, Drake, Driscoll, Duff, Dulso, Dunkle, Dunsmore, Dwyer, Eaton, Eberenz, Eberle, Edgcomb, Edwards, Eick, Elbridge, Elliott, Ellis, Emberger, Emery, English, Erway, Evans, Everitt, Fairman, Falkner, Farr, Faulkner, Fellows, Fenton, Ferris, Ferry, Fick, Field, Fish, Fisher, Fischler, Fitch, Fleming, Flower, Foote, Ford, Foster, Fowler, Fralic, Francis, Frazer, Freeborn, Freligh, French, Friends, Frost, Fulkerson, Fuller, Furman, Gaines, GardnerGarfield, Garner, Garrison, Garretson, Gaskill, Gear, Gee, Gentry, Gerould, Gerow, Gibson, Gilbert, Gisin, Glass, Gleason, Gleckler, Goodreau, Goodspeed, Goodwin, Gordon, Gorrie, Graves, Gray, Green, Greenfield, Greenleaf, Griffin, Griffiths, Gross, Guernsey, Guile, Hadley, Hakes, Haley, Hall, Hamilton, Hammond, Hancock, Hardt, Hardy, Harkness, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Harrower, Hart, Hartman, Hartsock, Harvey, Haskin, Hastings, Hazard, Hazen, Hazlett, Heath, Hebe, Heggie, Henry, Herrick, Herrington, Hetfield, Heyler, Hickey, Higgins, Hildreth, Hill, Hitchcock, Hoard, Hodder, Holden, Holiday, Horton, Hotchkiss, Houghton, House, Howe, Howland, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hughes, Hulslander, Humphrey, Hunt, Hurd, Hurlbut, Husted, Huston, Ingerick, Ingham, Ingram, Inscho, Irvin, Ives, Jackson, James, Jaquish, Jay, Jennings, Johns, Jonson, Jones, Keeney, Kehler, Kelly, Kelts, Kelsey, Kendall, Kennedy, Kentch, Kibbe, Kidd, Kilbourn, Kilburn, Kiley, Kimball, Kimble, King, Kingsbury, Kingsley, Kirkendall, Kirkland, Kizer, Kline, Klock, Knapp, Knipple, Knowlton, Knox, Krause, Kress, Kreisler, Kunkel, Labar, Ladd, Lagerbom, Landrus, Lane, Lathy, Lattimer, Lawton, Lay, Leach, Learn, Lee, Leete, Leisenring, Lent, Leonard, Lewis, Little, Lock, Locke, Lockwood, Logan, Longwell, Loop, Losey, Loudenslager, Loveless, Lowell, Lownsbery, Lowrey, Lucas, Lucy, Ludlam, Lugg, Lyell, Lyman, Lyon, Mabie, Macfarlane, Magee, Magill, Maine, Maneval, Manly, Mann, Manwaring, Markham, Marsh, Martin, Mason, Masten, Mastin, Mather, Mathers, Matson, Matthews, Mattison, Maynard, McAllister, McAvoy, McCallum, McCann, McCloskey, McClure, McEntee, McLean, McMahon, McNaughton, McNeil, McNinch, Mead, Mengee, Merrick, Metcalf, Middaugh, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Morrill, Morris, Mourey, Moyer, Murphey, Murray, Murry, Navil, Neal, Newman, Nichols, Niles, Nobles, Norris, Nye, O'Connor, O'Donnell, Olmstead, Ormerod, Orr, Orton, Osgood, Ouderkirk, Owlett, Packard, Packer, Pagan, Palmer, Parkhurst, Parsons, Patchin, Patterson, Pattison, Patton, Peake, Peck, Peckham, Pershing, Peters, Phelps, Phillips, Pierson, Pitts, Plank, Poggendorf, Pomeroy, Porter, Potter, Power, Pratt, Price, Pritchard, Prutsman, Purhen, Purple, Purvis, Putnam, Raish, Raker, Ramsdell, Rathbone, Rathbun, Reber, Redfield, Redner, Reep, Rees, Reese, Reinwald, Rexford, Reyman, Reynolds, Rice, Richards, Rieppel, Reitter, Ripley, Ritter, Rixford, Road, Roads, Robb, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Roblyer, Rockwell, Roe, Rohrbach, Roland, Rose, Ross, Rowley, Roy, Rude, Rugaber, Ruggles, Rumsey, Rushmore, Rusling, Russell, Ryan, Ryder, Ryon, Sabins, Sandbach, Sanders, Sandford, Sayles, Saynisch, Scanlin, Schieffelin, Schoonover, Schott, Schultz, Schusler, Scott, Scranton, Scudder, Seagers, Seaman, Seamans, Sears, Sebring, Secor, Seely, Seelye, Sexton, Seymour, Shaff, Shappee, Shattuck, Shaw, Shearer, Sheffer, Sheldon, Shepherd, Sherwood, Short, Shumway, Siemens, Signor, Simmons, Simpson, Sisson, Sixbee, Smead, Smith, Smythe, Soper, Soule, Spalding, Spaulding, Spear, Spencer, Sprague, Spratt, Starkey, Statts, Stauffer, Stebbins, Steele, Stephenson, Stevens, Stewart, Stilwell, Stinehofer, Stone, Slott, Stowell, Strait, Strang, Strange, Stratton, Strawbridge, Streeter, Stull, Sturmer, Sturrock, Sweeley, Symonds, Taylor, Travis, Treat, Tremain, Tremaine, Trexler, Trieman, Tripp, Trowbridge, Truman, Tubbs, Tucker, Tuller, Tuttle, Urell, Valsing, Vanderhoof, Van Dusen, Van Horn, Van Keuren, Van Wert, Vedder, Vermilyea, Viel, Vincent, Voorhees, Wagner, Wakely, Walbridge, Walker, Warren, Warriner, Wass, Waters, Watkins, Watrous, Watson, Wattles, Webb, Webster, Welch, Wells, Weseman, West, Westbrook, Wheeler, White, Whitehead, Whiting, Whitmarsh, Witney, Whitteker, Wilcox, Willard, Willcox, Williams, Wolliston, Wilson, Winsor, Woester, Wood, Woodruff, Works, Wright, Youdis, Youmans, Young

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.

1804-1904 Tioga County Centennial Celebration

(Centennial Commission, 1905, 204 pages)

This is a collection of addresses and articles commemorating the centennial celebration of Tioga County in 1904.  Each account covers a different segment of history of the county - the indians, schools, religion, the press, military, judicial, industries, etc.

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

Tales of Tioga Pennsylvania and Its People

(Robert Kennedy Young, 1916, 159 pages)

This is a collection of articles covering various aspects of Tioga County's history.

Contents:

1 - John Inscho Mitchell - An Appreciation

2 - A Sojourn with "Queen Anne"

3 - Lincoln - A Phase

4 - Thomas Hargadon, alias Thomas Harden

5 - The Last Aboriginal Inhabitant of Tioga County

6 - Wellsboro - Tioga County