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County Histories

History of Washington County From its Settlement
to the Present Time (Alfred Creigh, 1871, 508 pages)
The full title is: "History of Washington County from its First Settlement to the Present Time, first under Virginia as Yohogania, Ohio, or Augusta County until 1781, and subsequently under Pennsylvania; with sketches of all the townships, boroughs, and villages, etc; and to which is added a full account of the celebrated Mason and Dixon's line, the Whiskey Insurrection, Indian warfares, traditional and local historical events."

Surnames Indexed:
Addison, Aiken, Bailey, Brady, Brice, Brown, Bruce, Chambers, Clark, Cooper, Corbly, Crawford, Darby, Elliott, Fogler, Fulton, Hanna, Hastings, Henderson, Hoge, Hupp, Leet, Lemoyne, McFarland, Meetkirke, Morgan, Park, Patterson, Poe, Richardson, Sharp, Smith, Thompson, Turner, Wolf, Wylie

The Centennial Celebration of the Organization of
Washington County, Pennsylvania 1781-1881
(Washington County Historical Society, 1881, 116 pages)
This publication was produced as a centennial history of Washington County, PA. It consists of several addresses given at the Centennial Celebration each focusing on a different aspect of Washington County's history. These addresses cover the county's General History, Civil and Legal History, Agricultural History, Religious History and Medical History. There is also an address on Alexander Addison, an important figure in the history of the county.

Surnames Indexed:
Acheson, Addison, Agnew, Allison, Anderson, Badger, Baird, Barnett, Barr, Biddle, Blachly, Black, Blaine, Brackenridge, Bradford, Brown, Brownlee, Brownson, Bumgardner, Caldwell, Campbell, Cannon, Chairman, Clark, Cloud, Coburn, Coffman, Colvin, Connolly, Court, Cowenhoven, Cox, Craig, Crawford, Cresap, Croghan, Crouch, Crumrine, Dallas, Darlington, Devore, Dinsmore, Dodd, Donahey, Donnovan, Douglass, Eady, Edgar, Elliott, Emery, Ewing, Finley, Forbes, Frazer, Froman, Frye, Gallatin, Garrett, Gibson, Gillespie, Girty, Gist, Goe, Goheim, Graham, Graybill (Grable), Hall, Hamilton, Hanna, Harper, Hart, Hawkins, Hays, Hazzard, Heath, Hedge, Henderson, Henry, Hill, Hoge, Holmes, Hopkins, Hopper, Howell, Hughes, Hull, Hunter, Hupp, Irwin, Jennings, Joliffe, Johnson, Johnston, King, Kuykendall, Leet, Lemoyne, Letherman, Lewis, Lucas, Marietta, Marsh, Marshall, Marshel, Marquis, Mason, McCahen, McClay, McConnell, McCormick, McCulloch, McCullough, McCurdy, McDonald, McDowell, McFarland, McIlvaine, McKee, McMillan, McPherin, Mercur, Merriweather, Miles, Miller, Minor, Moore, Morrison, Neville, Newell, Parkinson, Patterson, Penn, Pentecost, Peter, Peters, Phillips, Plummer, Pollock, Porter, Ralston, Ramsey, Reed, Riddle, Ritchie, Ross, Sample, Scott, Shepherd, Sloan, Smallman, Smith, Snowden, Stephenson, Stevens, Swearingen, Taylor, Teagarden, Terry, Thompson, Tuttle, Urie, Vallandigham, Vineman, Virgin, Walton, Ward, White, Wick, Wilkeson, Williamson, Wilson, Wishart, Wright, Wylie, Yeates

Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County,
Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, 1492 pages)
This publication is an extensive biographical volume for Washington County, Pennsylvania. It contains hundreds of biographies of prominent citizens and families from this western PA county. Also, many of the biographies are accompanied by a portrait or engraving of the primary sketch subject. This is an excellent source for historical or genealogical research in Central Pennsylvania, as much of the information is related only in this volume.

Surnames Indexed:
Abercrombie, Acheson, Ackelson, Ackleson, Adams, Agnew, Aiken, Ailes, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Allman, Ames, Anderson, Andrew, Andrews, Applegate, Archer, Armitage, Armor, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Ashbrook, Aughendobler, Auld, Axtell, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Bamford, Bane, Banfield, Barbour, Barclay, Barkley, Barnard, Barr, Barry, Bavington, Beach, Beall, Beazell, Bebout, Beck, Bedall, Beerbower, Bell, Bemis, Bentley, Berry, Berryhill, Berryman, Best, Bigger, Bingham, Birch, Blachly, Black, Blaine, Blayney, Blythe, Bollen, Boon, Boone, Borland, Boyd, boyer, Boyle, Braden, Brady, Breese, Briggs, Brimner, Brockman, Brosehart, Brown, Blaine, Brownlee, Brownson, Bruce, Bryson, Buchanan, Buckingham, Buffington, Burgan, Burig, Burns, Butler, Byers,Caesber, Cain, Caldwell, Cameron, Campbell, Campsey, Carlile, Carmack, Carroll, Carrons, Carson, Carter, Cary, Cassidy, Castner, Chambers, Chaney, Chapman, Charlton, Cherry, Chester, Christman, Chubbie, Clark, Clarke, Claybaugh, Cleaver, Cleland, Clemens, Clokey, Closser, Clutter, Coatsworth, Coffey, Coffield, Coleman, colvin, Colwell, Condit, Conklin, Conn, Conner, Connett, Conrad, Cook, Cooke, Cool, Cooley, Cooper, Coulson, Coulter, Courson, Coventry, Cowden, Cowen, Cox, Crraft, Craig, Crall, Cramer, Craven, Cravin, Crawford, Creswell, Criss, Criswell, Crothers, Crouch, Crouse, Crown, Crumrine, Cubbage, Culbertson, Culley, Cummins, Cundall, Cunningham, Curry, Dager, Dague, Danley, Darragh, Darrah, Daugherty, Davis, Dawson, Day, Deeds, Deems, DeGarmo, Denney, Dennison, Denniston, Denny, Devore, dickerson, Dickie, Dickson, Dille, Dinsmore, Dodd, Dodds, Donahey, Donaldson, Donley, Dorsey, Doughery, Driehorst, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunlap, Dunlevy, Dunn, Duvall, Ealy, Earnest, Eberman, Elliott, Ellwood, Ely, Emery, England, Engle, Enlow, Espey, Ewing, Exline, Farabee, Farley, Farrar, Fee, Fargus, Ferguson, Finley, Fitzwilliam, Flack, Flick, Ford, Forgie, Forrest, Forsyth, Frazee, Frazier, French, Freshwater, Fry Frye, Fulton, furlong, Furnier, Gabby Galbraith, Galley, Gamble, Gardner, Garrett, Gaston, Gault, Gayman, Gee, Gearge, Ghrist, Gibson, Giffin, Gilfillan, Gillespie, Gilliland, gilmore, Gladden, Glass, Glen, Gordon, Gourley, Gow, Gowern, Grable, Graham, Grant, Grayson, Greenlee, Greer, Gregg, Grier, Griffith, Grimes, Gundlach, Gunn, Hackaress, Hagerty, Higbee, Hildebrand, Hill, Hilton, Hindman, Hixon, Hodgens, Hoffman, Hoge, Holmes, Hood, Hootman, Hopkins, Hopper, Horn, Horner, Houston, Howarth, Howden, Howe, Huggins, Hughes, Hunter, Huston, Hutchison, Iams, Imhoff, Irvin, Irwin, Jackman, Jackson, Jeffrey, jeffires, Jennings, Johnson, Johnson-Lee, Johnston, Jones, Kahl, Kammerer, Keenan, Keeny, Keller, Kelly, Kelso, Kennedy, Kenney, Kerr, Keys, Kidd, Kimmons, Kinder, King, Kirk, Knox, Krepps, Kuntz, Lacock, La Fever, Laird, Lamb, Landefeld, Lawrence, Lawther, Lawton, Leadbeter, Lee, Leech, Leet, Leggett, Legler, Le Moyne, Leonard, Lester, Letherman, Lewis, Leyda, Libbey, Liggett, Lilley, Lindley, Linn, Linton, Linville, Litle, Little, Lockhart, Lofink, Logan, Long, Luellen, Lusk, Lyle, Lyon, Lytle, McAdam, McAdoo, McBride, McBurney, McCabe, McCalmont, McCarrell, McCarty, McCasland, McClain, McClay, McCleary, McCleery, McClelland, McClure, McClurg, McCluskey, McCollum, McConaughy,McConnel, McConnell, McCorkle, McCormick, McCoy, McCracken, McCready, McCreight, McCrerey, McCrory, McCullough, McCutchen, McDonald,McDonnell, McDonough, McDowell, McElhaney, McElwee, McFarland, McGahey, McGiffin, McGough, McGowan, McIlvain, McIlvaine, McKean, McKee, McKennan, McKewon, McKinley, McKnight, McLain, McLean, McMannis, McMillan, McMurray, McNary, McNeal, McPeak, McPherson, McRoberts, McVay, McWilliams, Maldoon, Manes, Manifold, Manown, Margerum, Marks, Marquis, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martindell, Mathews, Matthews, Maurer, Maxwell, Mealy, Mehaggey, Meloney, Meloy, Melvin, Mercer, Mesta, Metcalf, Miles, Miller, Milne, Minton, Mitchell, Moffitt, Mollenauer, Moninger, Montgomery, Moody, Moore, Moorhead, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Mounts, Mowty, Munce, Munnell, Murdoch, Murray, Musser, Myers, Neel, Neely, Neill, Nelson, Nesbit, Nichol, Nicholl, Nicholls, Nicholson, Noble, O'Connor, Osburn, Owen, Owings, Painter, parcel, Park, Parkison, Patch, Pattern, Patterson, Pattison, Paul, Paxton, Pees, Peese, Pepper, Pershing, Pettit, Philips, Phillips, Phillis, Piper, Pittman, Plants, Plymire, Pogue, Pollock, Poole, Porter, Post, Potts, Powell, Prall, Preble, Preston, Price, Prigg, Proudfit, Provines, Pry, Rabe, Rainey, Ralston, Ramsey, Rankin, Ray, Rea, Redd, Reed, Reese, Renshaw, Reynolds, Rial, Richards, Richardson, Richey, Riddile, Rider, Riggle, Riggs, Ringland, Ritchey, Ritchie, Ritner, Robb, Roberts, Robinson, Robison, Rodgers, Rogers, Rollstin, Roney, Ross, Rothwell, Runion, Ruple, Rush, Russell, Ryan, Ryburn, Sample, Sampson, Sanders, Sargeant, Savage, Sawhill, Sayer, Saxton, Schmidt, Schoenthal, Schrontz, Scott, Seaman, Shannon, Shanton, Sharp, Shaw, Sheller, Sheplar, Sherrard, Shields, Shipley, Sights, Simanton, Skiles, Slater, Sloan, Smiley, Smith, Snowden, Snyder, Sowers, Speer, Sphar, Spriggs, Springer, Sprowls, Stacey, Staib, Stanton, Stephens Stephenson, Stevens, Stevenson, Stewart, Stillwagen, Stockdale, Stocking, Stockton, Stollar, Stoody, Straus, Streator, Stringer, Stroud, Strouss, Studa, Stull, Sumny, Supler, Sutherland, Swabe, Swagler, Swan, Swart, Swickard, Taggart, Tannehill, Taylor, Teeple, Templeton, Tenan, Thomas, Thome, Thompson, Throckmorton, Tilton, Todd, Tombaugh, Totten, Townsend, Trinity Hall,, Truesdell, Truman, Trussell, Tucker, Tuttle, Tweed, Underwood, Van Dyke, Van Eman, Van Kirk, Van Scyoc, Van Voorhis, Valentine, Vance, Walker, Wallace, Waltz, Ward, Warne, Warrell, Warrick, Wasson, Watson, Waugh, Weaver, Weir, Weirich, Welch, Wells, Welsh, Wenzel, West, Weygandt, Wheeler,Wherry, White, Whiteman, Whiting,Whittlesey, wickerham, Wiley, Wilgus, Willims, Willison, Willson, Wilson, Winfield, Winget, Winnett, Winter, Wise, Witherspoon, Wolf, Wolfe, Wonsettler, Wood, Woodburn, Woodfill, Woods, Work, Worrell, Wotring, Wright, Wylie, Yant, Yorty, Young, Zediker, Zelt

20th Century History of the City of Washington and Washington County Pennsylvania
and Representative Citizens (Joseph F. McFarland, 1910, 1264 pages)
This is a historical and biographical account of Washington County, PA. The first section contains the historical information, covering the settlement and formation of the county, and its political, military, professional, and industrial history. This sections also contains a part devoted to the city of Washington, giving a similar description of its history and development. Following the historical information are biographies of hundreds of Washington County's citizens. These men and women were important in various ways to the growth of the county and their respective areas.

Surnames Indexed:
Abbott, Acheson, Adams, Aikin, Ailes, Akins, Aitken, Alexander, Algeo, Allen, Allison, Alten, Altrutz, Ames, Amspoker, Andrew, Angemeer, Anton, Armor, Armstrong, Arnold, Arthur, Aren, Baer, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Bamford, Barnett, Barnes, Barr, Barre, Bartlett, Baum, Beaumariage, Beazell, Bebout, Bedsworth, Beedle, Bell, Bemis, Benney, Bentley, Berry, Berryhill, Billick, Biddle, Bingham, Birch, Black, Blayney, Bloomingstock, Boak, Boggs, Bonar, Booth, Bourns, Bowers, Bowes, Boyd, Boyer, Boyle, Braden, Brady, Brennan, Brenton, Briceland, Bristor, Brown, Brownlee, Brownson, Bruce, Bubbett, Buchanan, Budke, Burgoon, Burkett, Burley, Burns, Burnside, Burroughs, Bushfield, Butler, Buxton, Byerly, Byers, Cain, Caldwell, Calvert, Cameron, Campbell, Campsey, Cannon, Carl, Carlisle, Carmichael, Carothers, Carr, Carroll, Carrons, Carson, Carter, Cashman, Castner, Chalfant, Chamar, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chaney, Charlier, Charlton, Christman, Clark, Clarke, Claybaugh, Clokey, Clutter, Coakley, Coates, Coatsworth, Cobb, Cochran, Coffey, Collier, Collins, Colvin, Conner, Cook, Cooke, Cooper, Corrin, Corwin, Coulson, Courson, Coventry, Cowan, Cowden, Cracraft, Craig, Cramer, Crane, Craven, Crawford, Crispin, Criswell, Crosbie, Crumrine, Culbertson, Culley, Cummins, Cundall, Cunningham, Curran, Curry, Dague, Dally, Daly, Danley, Darroch, Darsie, Davidson, Davin, Davis, Day, Deems, Dennis, Dennison, Denniston, Denny, Descutner, Dickerson, Dickson, Dievart, Dimit, Dinsmore, Dixon, Dodd, Donaldson, Donehoo, Donley, Donnan, Donohue, Dorsey, Douds, Dougherty, Douglass, Downer, Dulaney, Duncan, Dunlap, Dunn, Dussere, Duvall, Dye, Eagleson, Eakin, Ealy, Eatherton, Eaton, Eckbreth, Edmonds, Edwards, Egan, Ehrenfeld, Elliott, Elwood, Ely, Endeman, Enos, Erdelyi, Evans, Ewing, Farmer, Farrar, Farrer, Fassbach, Fawcett, Fee, Fehl, Fenner, Fereday, Fergus, Ferguson, Figley, Finley, Fischer, Flack, Flanegin, Fleissner, Fleming, foley, Follet, Forrest, Forsythe, Foster, Fox, Frankle, Frantz, Frasher, Freeby, French, Fries, Fritchman, Frost, Frye, Fulton, Galbraith, Gamble, Garee, Gaston, Gault, Gaut, Geary, Geddes, Gedeon, Gerlein, Ghrist, Gibson, Gillespie, Gilmore, Gladden, Glasser, Gottheld, Gowern, Graves, Gray, Grayson, Greer, Grier, Griffiths, Grimes, Grubbs, Gunn, Hackney, Haines, Hall, Hallam, Hambry, Hamilton, Hancher, Hanna, Happer, Harbison, Harding, Hardy, Harper, Harris, Harsha, Harshman, Hart, Hastings, Haube, Hawkins, Hayden, Hays, Hayward, Hazen, Hazlett, Heany, Heffran, Henderson, Henry, Hepler, Herron, Hess, Hetherington, Higbe, Hill, Hindman, Hockley, Hodge, Hodgens, Holland, Holleran, Holliday, Holmes, Hoon, Hopper, Hormell, Horn, Hornbake, Horner, Hott, Hough, Houston, Howarth, Hoxworth, Hoyt, Hughes, Humphries, Hunter, Hupp, Huston, Hutchison, Imhoff, Insley, Irons, Irvin, Irwin, Jackson, Jackman, Jeffrey, Jenkins, Jewell, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Junk, Kammerer, Kamp, Kane, Kapp, Keeny, Kellogg, Kelso, Kelly, Kennedy, Kent, Kerr, Klein, Knox, Kochendarfer, Kocher, Kuntz, Kurtz, Kyle, Lacock, Laing, Lambie, Lane, Lank, Larkin, LaRoss, Lawton, Le Comte, Lee, Leech, Leet, Lehley, Lenhart, Leslie, Letherman, Lewis, Leyda, Liggett, Lilley, Lindley, Lindly, Linn, Linville, Lockhart, Long, Longwell, Louttit, Lutton, Luyten, Lyle, Lyon, Lysle, Lytle, McBride, McBurney, McCaffrey, McCall, McCalmont, McCardle, McCarrell, McCartney, McCarty, McChain, McClain, McClay, McCleery, McClelland, McClenathan, McClosky, McClure, McClurg, McCollum, McConnell, McCormick, McCoy, McCracken, McCreight, McCullough, McCurdy, McCutchen, McDermid, McDonald, McDonnell, McDowell, McElree, McEnrue, McFarland, McGough, McGregor, McIlvain, McIlvaine, McKay, McKeag, McKean, McKee, McKennan, McKeown, McKinley, McLain, McLaughlin, McLeod, McMahon, McManus, McMillan, McMurray, McNary, McNelly, McNutt, McPeake, McPeak, McPherson, McWilliams, McWreath, Mackey, Madgwick, Manifold, Manon, Manson, Markey, Marple, Marquis, Marriner, Marsh, Marshman, Martin, Mason, Matchett, Mathers, Mathias, Maxwell, Mehaffey, Meloy, Messner, Mesta, Metzger, Meyer, Miller, Mills, Milne, Minton, Mitchell, Moffitt, Montgomery, Moody, Moore, Moorhead, Morgan, Morris, Morron, Morrow, Mounts, Mountser, Muehlbauer, Munce, Munnell, Munnel, Murdoch, Murphy, Murray, Myers, Myford, Naser, Needham, Neill, Nelson, Newcomb, Nichols, Noble, Nolder, Northrup, Noss, Oliver, Orr, Osburn, Painter, Parkinson, Parry, Pate, Patsch, Patterson, Pfleghardt, Phennicie, Philips, Phillips, Pickett, Piersol, Pinar, Piper, Polan, Pollock, Porter, Post, Potter, Potts, Proudfit, Provines, Pry, Pyles, Quivey, Raab, Rabe, Rankin, Rasel, Ray, Rea, Reed, Reese, Repman, Reynolds, Richards, Richardson, Riethmiller, Rietsch, Riggle, Riggs, Risbeck, Riva, Robb, Robinson, Rodgers, Roney, Ross, Rossell, Roth, Rowe, Runion, Ruple, Rush, Russell, Ryan, Sackville, Sampson, Sawhill, Schade, Schafer, Schwartz, Scott, Scouvart, Seaman, Seng, Sessi, Shane, Shannon, Shaw, Shearer, Shepler, Sheplen, Sherrard, Shidler, Shillito, Shipe, Shonts, Shrontz, Sibert, Sidle, Simington, Simmons, Simpson, Sipe, Slater, Sleeth, Sloan, Smallwood, Smith, Snyder, Speer, Speers, Sphar, Sprowls, Starr, Sten, Stephens, Stephenson, Sterrett, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockdale, Stocking, Stork, Strain, Stroud, Studa, Sumny, Supler, Sutherland, Swart, Swingle, Taggart, Tague, Talbot, Taylor, Temple, Templeton, Tener, Theakston, Theurer, Thistle, Thomas, Thomassy, Thompson, Throckmorton, Titus, Tomer, Tope, Troutman, Tucker, Tuttle, Ulery, Underwood, Valentour, Vance, Van Eman, Van Keuren, Van Kirk, Van Ness, Van Orden, Van Voorhis, Veatch, Veeser, Vester, Voye, Wagner, Walker, Wallace, Warne, Warrick, Washabaugh, Watkins, Watson, Weaver, Webb, Weir, Weirich, Weise, Wells, Westlake, White, Whitehill, Whitham, Whitledge, Widdowson, Wies, Wiles, Wiley, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Will, Willets, Williams, Wilson, Winer, Wingett, Winters, Wise, Wishart, Woods, Workman, Wright, Wulf, Wylie, Yarnell, Yates, Yobe, Young, Zahniser, Zellers, Zelt

History of Washington County Pennsylvania Vol. 1-3
(Earle R. Forrest, 1926, 2516 pages)
This is an extensive historical and biographical publication on Washington County, PA., originally published in three volumes. Volume One is the historical volume and includes the frontier times of the county, and history on its settlers and development. It also contains a sketch on each of the County's townships and major towns, a discussion of the its institutions and industries, and its war involvement. The remaining two volumes are devoted to biographies of the important individuals and families of the region, and cover hundreds of such ones. This is an excellent resource for historical or genealogical research in Washington County.

Surnames Indexed (Volume 2)
Aiken, Aikin, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Asa, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Bane, Barnickel, Barnum, Barr, Barre, Bebout, Becker, Benn, Berthel, Bigler, Birch, Bliss, Blond, Bloom, Booth, Boyd, Boyer, Braden, Brownson, Burkett, Burns, Cameron, Campbell, Carl, Chalfant, Chaney, Christman, Clark, Condit, Cook, Cooper, Corrin, Coursin, Craft, Croft, Crosbie, Crumrine, Cullinan, Daly, Davis, Day, De Normandie, Dever, Devore, Dodd, Donaldson, Donehoo, Dougherty, Downer, Eckels, Eckstein, Edwards, Eibs, Emery, English, Farabee, Farquhar, Fleming, Florian, Forrest, Frazier, Frye, Fugate, Fulton, Gardei, Gardner, Gibson, Giffin, Goodridge, Gormly, Grace, Grant-Smith, Greenlee, Hall, Hamilton, Hannen, Hart, Hatfield, Hawthorn, Hayes, Hays, Hazlett, Hazzard, Heath, Hemphill, Herrington, Herron, Hoch, Holder, Houston, Hoyt, Hull, Humbert, Isherwood, Jewell, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Judson, Kelley, Kimberland, Knarr, Knox, Kuder, Kunkelmann, Kuntz, Lane, Lang, Lantz, Larimer, Leonard, Leslie, Lewis, Litton, Lutton, Lyle, Lytle, Martin, Maxwell, McBride, McBurney, McClane, McConnell, McCrystle, McDonald, McDonough, McDowell, McEnrue, McGrew, McIlvaine, McKean, McKee, McKennan, McLain, McNutt, McVitty, Mersky, Miller, Mitchell, Mollenauer, Montgomery, Moore, Morganthall, Morrow, Morse, Morton, Munnell, Murphy, Murray, Northrup, Olloman, Parcell, Parker, Paul, Paxton, Peacock, Plummer, Potts, Ramsey, Rankin, Reed, Reynolds, Richardson, Roberts, Ross, Rutherford, Sargent, Schade, Scheu, Schneider, Schultz, Schwimmer, Scott, Seaton, Sheldon, Shearn, Shrontz, Skirble, Slater, Slemmons, Smith, Sphar, Spriggs, Sproat, Stephanko, Stephens, Stewart, Taylor, Temple, Tener, Thompson, Tibbens, Tombaugh, Valentine, VanCleve, Vogt, Ward, Warne, Warrick, Washabaugh, Webster, Weirich, Westlake, Whigham, White, Williams, Wilson, Wise, Witherspoon, Wolf, Workman, Wylie, Yeager, Young, Zahniser, Zelt, Zeman, Zimmerman

Surnames Indexed (Volume 3)
Abbott, Acheson, Adamson, Anderson, Anton, Armbruster, Ayers, Baker, Bamford, Barnes, Barnett, Barnhart, Baumberger, Bebout, Beck, Bedillion, Bell, Bemis, Berryman, Bizet, Bigger, Biles, Billick, Blythe, Boak, Booth, Borland, Bower, Bowser, Boyd, Boyer, Boyle, Bradstock, Brady, Brennan, Brenneman, Brenton, Briceland, Brown, Bryant, Burckhalter, Burnside, Calistri, Campbell, Campsey, Cannon, Carmichael, Carothers, Carr, Carson, Cary, Caseber, Cassidy, Castner, Chadwick, Chattaway, Cheney, Cheesebrough, Church, Clutter, Colgan, Collins, Colvin, Conger, Cook, Cooper, Copenhaver, Coulson, Cowen, Cox, Crall, Crane, Craven, Crowthers, Culley, Cummins, Cusick, Dague, Darby, Darragh, Darras, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Day, Delaney, Devore, DeVore, Dickson, Dinsmore, Dorr, Douglass, Dowler, Duncan, Edwards, Enos, Entz, Eyman, Farabee, Farner, Fee, Fereday, Fergus, Ferman, Finsinger, Fish, Foley, Ford, Foreman, Forrest, Fox, Frazier, Fredericks, Frost, Frye, Furlong, Gallatin, George, Gilland, Glasser, Golden, Gray, Gregg, Greshner, Grier, Hackett, Haines, Harbison, Hare, Harrington, Harshman, Hastings, Hays, Heatter, Herron, Hertzog, Hirsch, Hixon, Holland, Hook, Hormell, Hornbake, Hornickel, Hott, Howell, Hughes, Hugus, Hunter, Irwin, Iseman, Jones, Keffel, Kennedy, Kline, Knox, Koedel, Koehler, LaRoss, Lee, Lewis, Ley, Liggett, Linn, Lockhart, Lowstuter, Lynch, Mann, Markey, Marshall, Martin, McBeth, McBurney, McCarthy, McCullough, McKean, McKee, McKinley, McNary, McPeake, Might, Milliken, Moffat, Moffitt, Mollenauer, Moorhead, Morgan, Morrow, Murdoch, Murray, Myers, Nahar, Neill, Nelan, Nelson, Noble, O'Connor, Oldfield, Parkins, Parsons, Paxton, Payne, Perrin, Peterson, Pfleghardt, Phillips, Pipes, Pollock, Post, Price, Proudfit, Purcell, Radwanski, Rankin, Reed, Retter, Rhoades, Richardson, Robinson, Rockwell, Rodgers, Ross, Rupert, Schaaf, Schell, Scott, Shannon, Sharpless, Sharpnack, Shimp, Shillito, Showers, Shumaker, Sickman, Sloan, Smith, South, Spencer, Sphar, Spriggs, Sprowls, Stapleton, Stehman, Strean, Stunkard, Swartz, Taylor, Teeple, Teitelbaum, Thomas, Thomassy, Todd, Tope, Tussing, Tweed, Vance, Van Orden, Vieslet, Wagner, Wall, Warne, Weddell, Weller, Whalen, Wickerham, Wiegman, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Woodward, Yohe, Young, Zacharski, Zellers, Zwick

Town & Township Histories

Washington, Pa. Centennial and Old Home Week October 2-8, 1910
(The Washington County Historical Society, 1910, 156 pages)
This is a souvenir of the Centennial Celebration of Washington, Washington County, PA and of the Old Home Week which corresponded with the celebration. It includes a program of the events of the celebration, lists of those involved in the events, historical addresses given during the program, as well as photographs of important figures, scenes from the celebration, and places around the town.

Canonsburg 1773-1936 (William A. Baker, 1936, 68 pages)
This is a history of Canonsburg, Washington County, PA, the oldest borough in the County. It relates a number of historical accounts from Canonsburg and its surrounding areas. Later sections relate anecdotes and sketches highlighting a number of residents of the area.

Surnames Sketched:
Addis, Bell, Black, Brownson, Burg, Campbell, Cook, Cummins, Dickinson, Donaldson, Dougherty, Fee, Foley, George, Haines, Hardy, Harsha, Hazlett, Hoch, Houston, Hume, Johnston, Kelso, Laughin, Lewis, McNary, McNutt, McPeake, Morgan, Olloman, Patsch, Pease, Penn, Potts, Reed, Reese, Runion, Ruppelt, Schade, Snyder, Springer, Stevens, Taylor, Valinote, Wilson

One Hundred Years of Progress of California
Pennsylvania 1849-1949 (Mrs. Nan Hornbake, 1949, 144 pages)
This publication was written to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of California, Washington County, PA, and provides an historical narrative of the founding and growth of the town and vicinity. It covers all aspects of California's history - Industrial, Judicial, Civic, Religious, Educational, Military, and Economic, providing sketches of many of these organizations.

History of Union Township and Surrounding Area
(Noah Thompson, 1967, 48 pages)
This booklet outlines the history of the area of Union Township and vicinity, Washington County, PA. It covers the history and growth of its towns, schools, churchs, and industries. It also provides information on the area as a frontier.

Miscellaneous Histories

Quarter-Century Celebration - First Presbyterian Church,
Washington, PA. (Various, 1873-1874, 72 pages)
This is a collection of addresses and proceedings associated with the 25th anniversary of the Pastorate of James I. Brownson of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, PA. The first is a historical sermon given by Brownson outlining the past events of the congregation. Subsequent addresses by others touch on the history of the church as well as the efforts of Brownson to build it up.

Centennial Celebration of the Planting of the Presbyterian
Church of Mounpleasant, Penna. (William F. Ewing, 1875, 47 pages)
This is a series of addresses on the history of this church and presbyterianism in general in this area of Pennsylvania.

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Northern] Pennsylvania
(Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 125 pages)
This publication is a history and description of the business operations from a dozens of towns throughout north, central and western Pennsylvania. Each business is detailed in sketch form, giving, in many cases, a brief history of its existence, management, and a description of its operations. This information was only published in this publication making this a rare and useful resource for historical or genealogical research in these counties of PA.

From Washington County
-- From Midway: -- James Bell, T. D. McCarty, Midway Hotel, W. M. Jones, W. S. Campbell, -- From McDonald: -- J. C. May, Sameul Shane, S. H. Cook, C. R. Buchheit, John Keenan, W. M. George

Industrial and Commercial Resources of [Western] Pennsylvania
(Historical Publishing Company, 1887, 144 pages)
This publication is a history and description of the business operations from dozens of towns throughout Western Pennsylvania. Each business is detailed in sketch form, giving, in many cases, a brief history of its existence, management, and a description of its operations. This information was only published in this publication making this a rare and useful resource for historical or genealogical research in these counties of PA.

From Washington County
-- From Monongahela City: -- McGrew, Parkingson & Co., R. M. Gee & Sons, M. S. Warne, W. C. McCallister, W. C. Hodill & Co., James Forsyth & Son, John S. Wilgus, S. P. Keller & Co., R. Williams, T. S. McCurdy, Yohe Bros., Thomas J. Wallace, S. C. Markell, A. D. Scott, R. B. Patterson, W. T. Markell, Robinson & Bro., J. M. Sutman & Co., L. C. Isler, H. C. Sutman -- From Washington: -- Fred. Herrmann, Oil Exchange Hotel, A. B. Fergus, Washington Female Seminary, Citizens' National Bank, W. K. Long & Co., Pittsburgh Dry Goods Store, John B. Miller, M. G. Kuntz, A. B. Caldwell, McCoy & Waldron, Singer Sewing Machine, Washington Foundry, W. B. Libbey, Washington Roller Mill, James K. Mitchell, S. M. Templeton, Washington Woollen Mill, Thomas Morgan, S. Fulton & Son, "The Washington Reporter", Washington Meat Market, J. C. Morrow, M. Howarth & Bro., Alexander H. Litle, Washington Brewery, J. Shan. Margerum, Hayes & Wilson, Alex. M. Brown, Dr., Wm. L. McCleary, H. U. Seaman, Fulton House, J. V. Blond, T. M. Wiley & Son, WIlson & Warrick, Frank B. McKinley, George W. Black, C. W. Adams, Town Bros., W. H. Flender, James Conner, Pearl Steam Laundry, J. F. Christle, William Horn, Henry Scheonthal, Kelly & Roberts, S. J. Katzenstein, G. B. Oliver, W. Boles V.S., Acheson & McIlvaine, T. A. Burkellow, George W. Driver, M. Sharp, J. B. Charlton, A. J. Culbertson, Jonathan Allison, T. Armitage, Alex. Rankin, H. F. Ward, J. H. Murray, J. K. McMillan, G. W. Braden, A. G. Happer, A. A. Poole, Samuel Hazlett, J. N. Wingett, James Curran, L. B. Sharp, McKay & Co., John Slater, R. C. Vandergrift & Co., S. G. Rogers, F. Berthel, Hughes & Wright, H. B. Stanton, L. M. Dagg & Bro.

1788-1888 Centennial Celebration of the Presbyterian
Church of Greensburg, Penn'a (Anonymous, 1888, 163 pages)
This is a series of addresses on the history of this church published for its centennial in 1888. It also contains a membership roll of the church at the time of the centennial.

Citizens National Bank, Washington, Pa. (Anonymous, 1909, 4 pages)
This is an information a booklet highlighting the assets of this bank and providing a list of its officers and directors.