{"product_id":"chester-county-pa-county-history-biography-collection","title":"Chester County PA - County History \u0026 Biography Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of various historical and genealogical reference works on Pennsylvania.  These references cover 1000's of individuals, and are an excellent way to start or continue research focused on PA.\u003c\/p\u003e  \n\n\u003cp\u003eThis material was scanned from original publications and will be provided as text searchable PDFs (unless noted in description). These files can be read using many PDF reader programs (Windows \/ Mac \/ Linux), however Adobe Reader or Acrobat are recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistory of Chester County, Pennsylvania, With Genealogical and\u003cbr\u003e\nBiographical Sketches (J. Smith Futhey \u0026amp; Gilbert Cope, 1881, 1255 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nHundreds of the county's prominent and influential citizens and families are detailed, along with numerous portraits of the sketch subjects.  The original index is included with the publication, but in addition to it is a 227 page Every-Name Index compiled at a later date.  The surnames listed at the end of this description are from the original index, as there would be too many to list from the every-name index.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurnames Indexed:\u003cbr\u003e\nAcker, Adamson, Aldred, Alexander, Allen, Alison, Allison, Alsop, Altemus, Amlerson, Anderson, Andrews, Apple, Archer, Arnold, Ash, Ashbridge, Ashcom, Ashenfelter, Ashton, Askew, Aston, Athertop, Auge, Awl, Babb, Baily, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Bane, Barber, Barnard, Bartholomew, Bartram, Baugh, Bayly, Beale, Bnaton, Bell, Benner, Bennett, Bent, Bentley, Berkeley, Bevan, Beverly, Bingaman, Bishop, Bizallion, Blackwell, Blair, Blunston, Bond, Bonsall, Bonzano, Boyd, Boyer, Bradford, Bradley, Brannon, Branson, Brinton, Broomall, Brosius, Brower, Brown, Brombach, Buchanan, Buckwalter, Buffington, Bull, Burgess, Butler, Cadwalader, Caldwell, Callowhill, Calvert, Cameron, Cane, Cantwell, Carleton, Carille, Carpenter, Carmichael, Carr, Carruthers, Carter, Carteret, Carrington, Cathcart, Chads, Chalfant, Chamberlin, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chandlee, Chandler, Charlton, Cheyney, Chrisman, Churchman, Clayton, Cleaver, Clingan, Cloud, Coates, Cochran, Cock, Coebourne, Coebourn, Collett, Colve, Comly, Conard, Cook, Cookson, Cooper, Cope, Cornog, Cornett, Cowan, Cowpland, Cox, Craig, Crawford, Cresap, Creswell, Crosby, Crowell, Crumbacker, Culbertson, Cumming, Cuningham, Cunningham, Currie, Darlington, David, Davis, Dean, De Haven, Dell, Denney, Dewees, Dickey, Dicks, Dickson, Diehl, Dillingham, Dilworth, Dixson, Dobson, Dongan, Dorian, Downard, Downing, Drowelt, Du Bois, Dunlap, Dutton, Dysart, Eachus, Eavenson, Edge, Edminston, Edwards, Ehrenzeller, Eldridge, Ellis, Elwyn, Embree, Emlen, Empeon, Enland, Erwin, Evans, Everhard, Everhart, Ewing, Eryes, Faddis, Fairlamb, Farmer, Farrow, Fell, Ferguson, Ferree, Fetters, Few, Filson, Fincher, Finkbine, Finley, Finney, Fisher, Fitzsimmons, Fitzwater, Fleman, Fleming, Fletcher, Fling, Flower, Ford, Forrester, Forsythe, Foster, Foulke, Fox, Frame, Francis, Frazer, Fred, Fredd, Frick, Friend, Fullerton, Furly, Fussell, Futhey, Gandenett, Gardner, Garrett, Garrettson, Gatchel, Gause, Gawthrop, Gheen, Gibbons, Gilbert, Gilliland, Gilpin, Glass, Glassford, Goodson, Goodwin, Gordon, Grace, Graham, Greave, Green, Grey, Grier, Griffen, Griffith, Groff, Gronow, Grubb, Gummere, Gunkie, Guss, Haines, Hall, Hamill, Hamilton, Hannum, Harlan, Harper, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartman, Harishorna, Harvey, Haslep, Haslett, Hastiuga, Hawley, Hayes, Hazard, Heath, Heckel, Hemphill, Henderson, Hibberd, Hickman, Hicks, Higginbotham, Hill, Hoare, Hobson, Hockessin, Hockley, Hodgkins, Hodgson, Holland, Hollingsworth, Holme, Hoopes, Hope, House, Howell, Hudson, Hughes, Humphreys, Humphrey, Humpton, Hunt, Hunter, Hurford, Hutton, Ingram, Irwin, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jefferis, Jenkin, Job, John, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Kaler, Keach, Keeley, Keith, Kelton, Kennedy, Kennison, Kent, Kersey, key, Kilpatrick, Kimble, King, Kingeman, Kinnard, Kirk, Kirkbride, Kirke, Kloz, Knauer, Lamborn, Larkin, Lasse, Latta, Laubach, Lawrence, Lea, Leet, Leggitt,  Legitt, Leonard, Leslie, Levis, Lewis, Lightfoot, Lindley, Lippard, Little, Lloyd, Lockhart, Logan, Loomis, Love, Lowden, Lukens, McAden, MacVeagh, McCall, McCaughey, McClellan, McClenachan, McClun, McClure, McCullough, McDowell, McIntire, McIlvaine, McKean, McKnight, McLene, McMillan, McNeil, Mackey, Maclay, Mahan, Maitland, Malin, Manlove, Maris, Markham, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Massey, Mather, Matlack, Mattson, May, Mendenhall, Mey, Michener, Miles, Millard, Miller, Mills, Miner, Minshall, Mitchell, Mode, Monaghan, Montgomery, Moor, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Morton, Moses, Mosteller, Muhlenberg, Musgrave, Myers, Nailor, Neal, Nealson, Neely, Neild, Nelson, Nevin, Newlin, Newton, Nicolls, Niles, Nixon, North, Nutt, Oberholtzer, Oborn, Ogier, Ogle, Osborn, Otley, Owen, Painter, Palmer, Papegoya, Parish, Parke, Parker, Parry, Passmore, Patterson, Pearce, Pearson, Peart, Peirce, Penington, Penn, Pennell, Pennington, Pennock, Penypacker, Peters, Philips, Phillips, Physick, Pickering, Pierce, Pim, Pinkerton, Poor, Porter, Potts, Powell, Power, Pratt, Preston, Price, Prichard, Printz, Prizer, Pugh, Pusey, Pyle, Quinn, Ralston, Ramsey, Rankin, Read, Rees, Reed, Reeves, Reid, Revel, Reynolds, Rhoads, Richards, Richardson, Richlson, Rickabaugh, Riley, Ringwalt, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Ross, Rothrock, Rowland, Rue, Ruston, Rutter, Ryant, Rysingh, Sachse, Salkeld, Sandelands, Sauer, Savage, Scarlet, Scott, Seal, Seeds, Seigfried, Sellers, Shafer, Shaffer, Sharples, Sharpless, Sheeder, Sherer, Shippen, Showlater, Sidwell, Simcock, Simpson, Smedley, Smith, Speakman, Starr, Stauffer, Steel, Steele, Sterne, Strawbridge, Strickland, Strode, Stubbs, Supless, Swayne, Sweeney, Swing, Talbot, Taylor, Temple, Thomas, Thompson, Thropp, Todd, Towers, Townsend, Travilla, Trego, Trimble, Underwood, Urner, Valentine, Vanderslice, Van Leer, Vaughan, Vernon, Vickers, Wade, Wagoner, Wainwright, Walter, Walters, Walton, Wanger, Warren, Way, Wayne, Weathersby, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Wersler, West, Whelen, Wherry, White, Whitehead, Whiteside, Wickersham, Wilkinson, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wilson, Windle, Wistar, Wither, Wollaston, Wood, Woodmanson, Woodside, Woodward, Workizer, Worley, Worth, Worthington, Yarnall, Yearsley, Yeales, Yeoman, Young, Zook\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBiographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County,\u003cbr\u003e\nPennsylvania (Samuel T. Wiley, 1893, 857 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThe first 195 pages contain a brief history of Chester County, its townships and villages.  The remainder of the publication features biographies of some of the leading individuals and families of the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurnames Indexed:\u003cbr\u003e\nAbraham, Ackenbach, Acker, Aiken, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Armor, Armstrong, Ashbridge, Baldwin, Baltz, Barker, Barnard, Bartholomew, Bartram, Beale, Bean, Beaumont, Beaver, Beck, Beitler, Benjamin, Bell, Bennett, Bingham, Bizallion, Bliss, Bolmar, Bonzano, Boyer, Branson, Bremerman, Brinton, Brooks, Brower, Brown, Brownback, Buckwalter, Bull, Burling, Burns, Buzzerd, Cardwell, Carpenter, Catanach, Chandler, Christman, Cleaver, Clemson, Clower, Cochran, Cohen, Colgan, Colket, Cook, Cornog, Cornwell, Coryell, Cowan, Cox, Croskey, Cummiskey, Cutler, Darlington, Davies, Davis, Deery, DeHaven, Denithorne, Derr, Detwiler, Dewees, Dickey, Dobson, Dotterer, Downing, Dunn, Dutton, Dyer, Eaches, Eachus, Eastwood, Egolf, Eicholtz, Eldridge, Ellicott, Ellis, Emack, Emery, Entriken, Eppehimer, Evans, Everhart, Farley, Fetters, Finkbiner, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Flint, Floyd, Francis, Frederick, Frick, Friday, Fritz, Fronefield, Fulton, Funk, Futhey, Gallagher, Garrett, Gause, Geiger, Gheen, Gilbert, Gilfillan, Gilkyson, Gilligan, Good, Green, Griffen, Griffith, Grover, Gunkle, Guss, Gyger, Haddaway, Haines, Halderman, Hallman, Halteman, Hamill, Hannum, Harlan, Harley, Harris, Harry, Hart, Hartman, Hartshorne, Hastings, Hause, Hawley, Heckel, Heistand, Hemphill, Henderson, Henniss, Heron, Hibberd, Hickman, High, Highley, Hills, Himes, Hodgson, Hogue, Holman, Hoopes, Hooton, Horning, Hoskins, Howell, Hoy, Hurford, Ingram, Ivison, Jacobs, Janeway, Johnson, Jones, Kaler, Kauffman, Keech, Keeley, Keim, Kelton, Kephart, Kepner, Kerr, Knauer, Koller, Kulp, Kurtz, LaFayette, Lamborn, Lancaster, Landis, Latshaw, Latta, Leary, Leopold, Lewis, Lippert, Little, Lobb, Long, Ludwick, MacElree, MacFarland, MacFeat, MacDonald, Mackelduff, Manger, March, Marshall, Margerum, Massey, Masters, Matlack, Matson, Maxwell, May, McCauley, McCulough, McClure, McClurg, McDowell, McKean, Menkins, Mercer, Meredith, Mewhinney, Michener, Miller, Mintzer, Mock, Monaghan, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Moses, Mosteller, Mowrey, Mowry, Moyer, Mullen, Mullin, Myer, Needham, Newlin, Oberholtzer, Opperman, Owen, Painter, Parke, Parker, Patrick, Patterson, Paschal, Paxson, Pearson, Pechin, Peters, Pennock, Pennypacker, Philips, Phipps, Piersol, Potter, Price, Prizer, Pugh, Ralston, Ramsey, Randall, Rapp, Rayner, Read, Reavey, Reel, Rees, Reese, Reid, Reiff, Reinhart, Rennard, Rhoads, Richard, Rickabaugh, Rinehart, Ringwalt, Robb, Roberts, Rothrock, Rupert, Russell, Ruth, Savage, Saylor, Schofield, Sellers, Shaffer, Sharpless, Shoemaker, Sigman, Sleichter, Sloyer, Smale, Smedley, Smith, Snyder, Soule, Spackman, Spratt, Stauffer, Stem, Sterrett, Stiteler, Stockton, Stout, Stubbs, Stupplee, Sweney, Talbot, Taylor, Templeton, Tencate, Thomas, Thompson, Torbert, Townsend, Tripp, Tustin, Tutton, Urner, Waddel, Waddell, Wagoner, Waitneight, Walker, Walters, Walton, Warner, Warrington, Watson, Way, Waye, Webb, Webster, Weeks, Weidal, Weigel, Weldin, Wells, Wersler, West, Whann, Wheeler, White, Whitson, Wickersham, Williams, Wilson, Wilds, Windle, Wintzer, Woodward, Worthington, Worrall, Wynne, Yarnall, Yeager, Yerkes, Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe History, Geography and Government of Chester and Delaware Counties\u003cbr\u003e\n(Joseph S. Walton \u0026amp; G. W. Moore, 1893, 197 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThis publication was originally produced as a school textbook on Chester and Delaware County, PA history.  It covers both counties from the earliest times of settlement through the late 19th Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Titles:\u003cbr\u003e\n1 - Early Settlements on the Delaware\u003cbr\u003e\n2 - Lines and Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e\n3 - Formation of Delaware County Townships\u003cbr\u003e\n4 - Formation of Chester County Townships\u003cbr\u003e\n5 - The Indians and the Primitive Farmer\u003cbr\u003e\n6 - Condition of the Country Previous to the Revolutionary War\u003cbr\u003e\n7 - The Revolutionary War to Paoli Massacre\u003cbr\u003e\n8 - From Paoli Massacre to its Close\u003cbr\u003e\n9 - The New County Seat and the Division of the County\u003cbr\u003e\n10 - Internal Improvements\u003cbr\u003e\n11 - Slavery and the Underground Railroad\u003cbr\u003e\n12 - Public Houses and the Temperance Movement\u003cbr\u003e\n13 - Artistic and Poetical Talent\u003cbr\u003e\n14 - Local Botanists and Scientists\u003cbr\u003e\n15 - Homemade Statesmen and Lafayette's Visit\u003cbr\u003e\n16 - Our Schools\u003cbr\u003e\n17 - Slopes, Drainage and Climate\u003cbr\u003e\n18 - Railroads and Towns\u003cbr\u003e\n19 - County Government\u003cbr\u003e\n20 - Township Government\u003cbr\u003e\n21 - Municipal Government - Game and Ballot Laws\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChester County and Its People (W. W. Thomson, 1898, 961 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThis publication is the third major historical work for Chester County, PA.  It provides a history of the county covering a number of topics pertaining to its early history such as the County's Native inhabitants, early settlers, and war involvement.  It also covers the county's development in the areas of education, religion, politics, courts, infrastructure, manufacturing, the press, medicine and banking.  The final portion of the volume discusses each of the townships.  Along with the historical accounts, there are numerous portraits of prominent citizens of the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistoric Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal\u003cbr\u003e\nMemoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\n(Gilbert Cope \u0026amp; Henry Graham Ashmead, 1904, 1462 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is an extensive biographical set of volumes featuring hundreds of the prominent citizens or families of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania.  This is one of the best resources for conducting historical or genealogical research in these counties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSurnames Indexed:\u003cbr\u003e\nAbraham, Acker, Agnew, Albright, Alden, Aldred, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Amole, Anderson, Appleby, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Ash, Ashbridge, Ashmead, Ayers, Bagenstose, Bailey, Baker, Balderston, Baldt, Baldwin, Bane, Barnard, Bartholomew, Bartleson, Bartram, Battin, Beale, Bean, Beatty, Becker, Bell, Benkert, Bernard, Berry, Bicking, Biles, Binder, Bingham, Bishop, Bittle, Black, Blaine, Bolmar, Bonsall, Boon, Booth, Bowers, Boyd, Breckenridge, Briggs, Brinton, Broadbelt, Broomall, Broomell, Broome, Brosius, Brown, Brownback, Brubaker, Bruner, Buck, Buffington, Bull, Bullock, Bunting, Burnley, Bushong, Butler, Bye, Byers, Byrne, Caffrey, Caldwell, Caldwells, Caley, Calhoun, Callanan, Calvert, Campbell, Carey, Carpenter, Carr, Carver, Carter, Cassatt, Chadwick, Chalfant, Challenger, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chandler, Cheyney, Childs, Chrisman, Clark, Clayton, Clements, Clevenstine, Cloud, Clymer, Coates, Cochran, Conard, Cook, Cooper, Cope, Cornett, Cornog, Cornogg, Cornwell, Coulter, Cowan, Cox, Craig, Crager, Crawford, Crosby, Crossan, Crothers, Crowl, Crozer, Crozier, Culver, Cunningham, Dagget, Dale, Dampman, Daniels, Dantz, Darlington, Davis, Dawson, Deakyne, Deery, DeMoll, Deshong, Detwiler, Dewees, Dick, Dickeson, Dickey, Dickinson, Dolbey, Donnon, Dorlan, Downing, Drake, Drayton, Drennen, Duffee, Dunlap, Dunmore, Dunn, Dunwoody, Durnall, Dwier, Eachus, Earle, Ebright, Eckert, Eckfield, Edwards, Eisenbise, Elfreth, Elliott, Ellis, Embree, Emery, Entrikin, Epright, Erskine, Esrey, Essick, Essig, Esworthy, Evans, Everhart, Eves, Ewing, Fahey, Fairlamb, Faucett, Fell, Felton, Ferron, Fetters, Field, Fielis, Finkbinder, Fisher, Flagg, Fleming, Flower, Flowers, Forsythe, Fox, Frederick, Freeborn, Freeman, Friday, Fry, Fulmer, Fulton, Funderwhite, Funk, Fussell, Futhey, Gallagher, Garber, Gardiner, Garretson, Garrett, Gartside, Gawthrop, Geissinger, Gibbons, Gibney, Gibson, Gilbert, Gilfillan, Gilkyson, Gilpin, Gilroy, Given, Glenn, Golder, Good, Gough, Graff, Graham, Grant, Gray, Green, Greenfield, Grier, Griffith, Grim, Grubb, Guest, Guy, Habbersett, Hacket, Hadfield, Haines, Hall, Hallman, Hallowell, Hamill, Hamilton, Handwork, Hannum, Hargreaves, Harlan, Harley, Harper, Harris, Harry, Hart, Hartman, Harvey, Hastings, Hatfield, Hause, Haverford, Hawley, Hawthorne, Hayes, Heacock, Hedricks, Hemmig, Hemphill, Henderson, Henry, Hepburn, Hetzel, Heyburn, Hibberd, Hickman, Hicks, Hiestand, High, Highley, Hilbert, Hinkson, Hipple, Hires, Hockin, Hodgson, Hoffecker, Hoffman, Hoffner, Holland, Holman, Holmes, Honan, Hood, Hook, Hoopes, Houck, Houston, Howard, Howell, Hower, Hudson, Huey, Hughes, Hull, Hunt, Hunter, Hutchinson, Huston, Ingram, Irving, Irwin, Ivison, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jarvis, Jefferis, Jenkings, John, Johnson, Jones, Keech, Keeley, Keen, Keenan, Keiter, Kelly, Kelton, Kennady, Kennedy, Kent, Kenworthy, Kershaw, Kift, Kimble, King, Kirk, Kirkner, Knauer, Knight, Kromer, Kulp, Kurtz, Lafferty, Lahr, Lammey, Lamorelle, Lancaster, Langley, LaRoche, Latch, Latshaw, Lawrence, Leamey, Lee, Leedom, Lees, LeFevre, Levingood, Levis, Lewis, Leys, Lindecamp, Lindsay, Little, Lloyd, Lobb, Logan, Loller, Long, Lorenz, Lownes, Lukens, Lund, Lutz, Lynch, Lyons, Lysle, MacEl'Rey, Macfee, Mackereth, Mackey, MacPherson, MacVeagh, Maddock, Maddux, Magill, Maitland, Makiver, Malesta, Mancill, March, Maris, Marley, Marshall, Martin, Marvel, Massey, Matlack, Mattson, Mathues, Matthews, May, McCall, McCauley, McClees, McClelland, McClure, McCord, McCullough, McCurdy, McDonald, McDowell, McFadden, McFadgen, McFadien, McFarland, McNeil, Megraw, Mellor, Menagh, Mendenhall, Mengel, Menough, Mercur, Meredith, Merrylees, Merz, Messick, Michener, Miles, Miley, Millard, Miller, Milns, Miner, Mitchell, Monaghan, Monhollend, Montgomery, Mooney, Moore, Moorhead, Morris, Moses, Mosteller, Mozer, Mullin, Murray, Myers, Neal, Neeley, Nickle, Nields, Nivin, Noblit, Norman, Oat, Ogdan, Oglesby, Oliver, Osborne, Painter, Palmer, Pancoast, Parke, Parker, Parkinson, Parsons, Paschall, Passmore, Patchel, Pavitt, Paxson, Pearson, Pechin, Peck, Peirce, Peirson, Pendleton, Pennington, Pennock, Pennypacker, Peters, Pfitzenmeyer, Philips, Phillips, Phipps, Pierson, Pinkerton, Place, Platt, Pond, Potts, Powel, Powell, Pratt, Prendergast, Prizer, Pugh, Pusey, Pyle, Quaril, Quay, Quigley, Rakestraw, Ralston, Ramsay, Ramsey, Ranck, Rapp, Read, Reburn, Reece, Reese, Reeves, Refsnyder, Regester, Reid, Rementer, Rendall, Rennard, Reynolds, Rhodes, Rhoades, Rhoads, Rice, Richards, Richey, Rigby, Ring, Ristine, Ritter, Roach, Robarts, Robb, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Root, Rose, Ross, Rossiter, Rubincam, Rupert, Rush, Savage, Savery, Scatchard, Schaffer, Schlegel, Schleichter, Schober, Scholfield, Schrack, Scott, Seal, Selby, Sellers, Senior, Sensenig, Serrill, Shafer, Shallcross, Sharples, Sharpless, Shaw, Shearer, Sheneman, Sheperd, Sheppard, Shillingford, Shimer, Shingle, Shipley, Shirer, Shoch, Shoemaker, Shoffner, Shope, Shortlidge, Shupert, Sigman, Simmers, Simpson, Sinclair, Siter, Skelton, Slack, Smith, Snow, Snyder, Sommers, Souders, Spangler, Sparks, Spaulding, Spencer, Sproul, Stackhouse, Stafford, Stamp, Starr, Statzell, Stauffer, Steele, Steward, Stewart, Stine, Stiteler, Stoever, Stone, Stoneback, Storey, Stout, Strahorn, Strickland, Strieby, Strode, Stubbs, Styer, Suplee, Swan, Swaye, Swayne, Swinehart, Sypherd, Talbot, Tarter, Taylor, Temple, Templin, Thatcher, Thomas, Thomson, Thompson, Thornburg, Thornbury, Thorne, Timmins, Tingley, Titus, Todd, Toland, Tomlinson, Torrens, Torricellas, Townsend, Trainer, Trimble, Trego, Tully, Turner, Tyler, Tyson, Ullman, Ulrich, Unangst, Urian, Vahle, Valentine, Vandever, Vandervoort, Vansant, Verner, Vernon, Voorhees, Walker, Wallace, Walter, Walton, Ward, Warner, Warren, Warrington, Washabaugh, Watkin, Watson, Watt, Way, Wayne, Webb, Webster, Weinert, Welles, Wells, Wentz, Wersler, West, Weston, Wetherill, Wheatley, White, Whitford, Whitson, Whittington, Wiand, Wickersham, Wiegand, Wilds, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Willits, Wills, Wilson, Windle, Wintzer, Wismer, Wolf, Wolfenden,  Wollaston, Wood, Worrall, Worrell, Worth, Wynn, Yarnall, Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistory of Chester County Pennsylvania (Charles William Heathcote, 1926, 138 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThis book is a brief historical and biographical account of Chester County, published for schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBiographies:\u003cbr\u003e\nCaleb Pusey, John Bartram, William Bartram, John Morton, Benjamin West, Dr. William Darlington, Humphrey Marshall, Dr. Isaac I. Hayes, Thomas Buchanan Read, Sidney Lanier, Bayard Taylor, Samuel W. Pennypacker, George Morris Philips, Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA History of Chester County Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\n(C. W. Heathcote St., Lucile Shenk, 1932, 500 pages)\u003cbr\u003e\nThis book is a later historical and biographical volume published on Chester County, PA.  It first covers the history of the county's formation and growth, including elements of its early governments, industry, agriculture, military history, religious organizations, education, etc.  A second section of the volume covers dozens of prominent men and women of the county, providing biographical sketches of their lives.  This section also sketches several businesses of the county.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBiographical Sketches:\u003cbr\u003e\nAnderson, Andes, Ash, Atkinson, Atwell, Baldwin, Barr, Baugh, Baxter, Beale, Benner, Bewley, Bothwell, Branson, Breece, Brush, Buck, Butler, Cameron, Campbell, Chalfont, Chappell, Clark, Cloud, Cochran, Coffman, Colonna, Comfort, Craig, Darlington, Davis, Deninger, Denithorne, Donnelly, Doran Downing, Eachus, Elliot, Ellis, Evans, Famous, Farrell, Faith, Fisher, Ford, Foxall, Freel, Gallagher, Gensemer, Gifford, Good, Gordon, Gotwals, Greemwood, Hamilton, Harris, Harvey, Hatfield, Hause, Hazlett, Heagey, Hemphill, Herley, Hickman, Hicks, Hill, Hitchler, Hoffman, Holding, Holton, Hoopes, Hostetter, Houseworth, Hughes, Hulme, Huston, Janes, Johnson, Judy, Julian, Keech, Keim, Kennel, Klenk, Klevan, Knauer, Kurts, Lewis, MacElree, Maitland, Margolies, Martin, Masters, McAvoy, McCowan, McEvoy, McKean, McKeone, McMullen, McNeil, Mercer, Meridith, Miller, Moore, Morrison, Morton, Mosteller, Mullin, Musser, Neff, Nice, O'Donnell, Okie, Parke, Parsons, Passmore, Pennock, Philips, Phillips, Pollock, Potts, Pratt, Pugh, Pusey, Pyle, Rambo, Reese, Reid, Rettew, Riley, Rommel, Roop, Rupert, Sargent, Scarlett, Schmaltz, Schmuker, Schuyler, Scott, Scully, Sensenig, Smiley, Smith, Snyder, Spackman, Sproat, Stern, Szlapka, Taylor, Temple, Tenanglia, Thomson, Thorne, Townsend, Troutman, Tyson, Van Deventer, Voorhees, Wagner, Walter, Wells, West, Wilson, Windle, Woodland, Worrall, Young\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBusiness Sketches:\u003cbr\u003e\nBenevolent Protective Order of Elks of Coatesville, The Forks of Brandywine Presbyterian Church, Downingtown Iron Works, Downingtown National Bank, Farmers Bank of Parkesburg, The First National Bank of West Chester, Grange National Bank of Downingtown, National Bank of Chester County, The National Bank of Chester Valley, National Bank of Coatesville\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PA-Genealogy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42550370795748,"sku":"CH02","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/3371\/products\/websitelogo_a65ab1e1-f61a-43e3-9d9b-409ca3fbbc29.jpg?v=1645715499","url":"https:\/\/bookstore.masthof.com\/products\/chester-county-pa-county-history-biography-collection","provider":"Masthof Bookstore and Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}