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. The original publication has been split into four volumes, with one volume covering each of the four counties individually. These volumes contains hundreds of biographies of prominent citizens and families from this region of PA, many accompanied by portraits of the sketch subjects. Originally published by J. H. Beers in 1890.

Volume 1 - McKean County (Pages 1 – 570)

Volume 2 - Elk County (Pages 1-48, 571 – 812)

Volume 3 - Cameron County (Pages 1-48, 813 – 976)

Volume 4 - Potter County (Pages 1-48, 977 – 1262)

McKean County Biographies: [Volume 1]

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: [Volume 2]

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: [Volume 3]

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: [Volume 4]

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