PENNSYLVANIA (Northwest) SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY including counties of Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Venango, Warren ############################################################################# PENNSYLVANIA – ARMSTRONG COUNTY (974.888) CEMETERY RECORDS *Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, vols. 1-3 (DAR) NS *At Rest in These Hills: A Record of Burials in Small Cemeteries of Brady's Bend Twp. & Perry Twp. (Brady's Bend Hist. Soc.) NS *Cemetery Inscriptions of Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Rayburn Twp. (Lankerd Thomas Gen. Library) NS *Cemetery Listings of Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania (Rupert) NS *History of the Old Kittanning Cemetery, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 1811-1960 (Mechling) NS *No-Name Cemetery located Between Millers Eddy & Hillville, Perry Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania (Hughes) NS CENSUS RECORDS *1790-1940 censuses (Ancestry) yes (1880, 1900, 1910, 1920) *1880 soundex - yes *1900 census - yes *1910 census - yes *1920 soundex - yes CHURCH RECORDS *Armstrong Co. Church Records, vol. 1: -- Clinton Presbyterian Church, South Buffalo Twp., Communicants, Baptisms, Deaths, 1852- 1996 - NS -- St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church, at Brick Church, Burrell Twp., Baptisms, 1807- 1899, and Miscellaneous Other Records (DAR) NS *The Church Records 175 Years of First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 358 Main St., Leechburg, Pennsylvania (Krecota) NS *Complete Records of Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, 1875-1920 (Cramer) yes *Complete Records of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, McVille, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, 1844-1932 (Cramer) NS *Directory of the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Pennsylvania (The Church-- 1984) NS *First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Pennsylvania: A Desideratum for the People of God in Leechburg: 1796-1814-1884-1984 (The Church--1884) [unindexed, didn't do] *First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Leechburg, Pennsylvania: History of Our Church, Commemorating 175 Years of Lutheranism in the Leechburg Community (The Church--1989) [unindexed, didn't do] *A History of One Hundred Years of the First Presbyterian Church of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, 1822-1922 (Robinson--1922) [unindexed, didn't do] *Records of Clinton Lutheran Church, Clinton, South Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, 1852-1860 (Cramer) NS *St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church of Kittanning Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Known as Schott's Church, 1843-1971 (Swigart & Ralston) NS *St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Also Called Donegal & Buffalo Creek, Sugar Creek, Sugar Creek Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Baptisms 1803, 1805, 1812, 1837-1899 (O'Keefe) NS COURT RECORDS *Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Will Book Index, 1805-1900 (Bowman) NS *Index of Register Docket #1, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania (Shirey) NS HISTORY *Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: A Collection of Topical & Family Sketches (Armstrong Co. Hist. & Museum Soc.--1980) NS *Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Her People, Past & Present (Beers--1914) [partial index] NS *1815-1916 History of Apollo, Pennsylvania: The Year of a Hundred Years (Henry--1916) [unindexed, didn't do] *History of Armstrong Co.; History of Clarion Co., Pennsylvania (Ruff--1847) [unindexed, didn't do] *A History of Kellersburg, 1842-1976 (Mohney & Shindledecker--1976) NS *A History of Union First Presbyterian Church, Cowansville, Pennsylvania, 1799-1974 - NS *Victory at Kittanning (Hunter--1956) [unindexed, didn't do] LAND RECORDS *Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Land Atlas & Plat Book (Rockford--1985) NS MILITARY RECORDS *The John Crawford Memorial History: From Civil War to Civil War: A Syntopic Introduction to the American Civil War, 1861-1865, and the John Crawford Memorial History Series, 1991- 1992 (Frederick) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 1 - The Human Stories about the Soldiers & Historical Sketches about Armstrong Co. (Frederic & McMaster) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 2 - The Civil War Soldier's Own Stories: Letters, Poems, & Diaries (Frederic) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 3 - The Civil War Newspaper: A Syntopic Summary of Newspaper History in Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, 1810-1992, with Especial Emphasis on the Civil War Newspaper, 1851- 1865 (Frederic) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 4 - The Westsylvania Pioneers, 1774-1776 (Frederic & Frederick) [unindexed, didn't do] [checked lists of names--NS] -- vol. 5 - The John T. Crawford Story: The Syntopic Biography of the Civil War Surgeon from Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, with a Genea-history of the Crawfords of Western Pennsylvania Pioneers (Frederic, McMaster, & Krecota) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 6 - The Antebellum Newspaper, 1786-1868: A Historical Summary of Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, Newspapers, 1810-1856, and a Reconstructive History of Three Historic Newspapers at Pittsburgh, Greensburg, & Kittanning, 1786-1810 (Frederic) [unindexed, didn't do] -- vol. 7 - Civil War Treasury of Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Index vol. of Who's Who Lists of Soldiers, First Draftees, Casualties, Orphans... (Frederic) NS NEWSPAPER RECORDS *Abstracts from the Kittanning Gazette, August 1825 to Jul 1828, Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania (Livengood) NS *The Armstrong Democrat & Sentinel Published in Kittanning, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Genealogical Abstracts (Hidinger) -- vol. 1 - Jul 1889-1891 - NS -- vol. 2 - NS *Freeport Journal, Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania;... History of a Decade, 1876-1886 (Barth) yes VITAL RECORDS *Early Deaths & Marriages in Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania (Mateer) NS *Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963 (Ancestry) yes ********************************************************************************************************** RECORDS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1880 soundex, Brady’s Bend Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: John W. Snodgrass, 27-M-PA/PA/PA, works on oil well <John Wesley> Bell Snodgrass, 23-F-PA/PA/PA wife, keeping house Thomas [Florence?] B. Snodgrass, 6m-M-PA/PA/PA [listed as male, & "daughter" crossed out] , born April <d. bef. 1900 census> <1870 Washington Co., PA; 1900 Butler Co., PA> <Desc. of William Snodgrass & Margaret Todd> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Feb 1883 -- Samuel Snodgrass married Emma Gardner. 13 Sep 1883 -- Emma (Gardner) Snodgrass dismissed by letter to M. E. Church, Butler, Pennsylvania. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 census, South Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Andrew V. Gardner, 36-M-PA/PA/PA Apr 1864, married 5 years, farmer, rents farm Annie C. Gardner, 33-F-PA/PA/PA Jul 1866, wife, 1 child, 1 living Ralph A. Gardner, 3-M-PA/PA/PA Aug 1896, son Edward H. Snodgrass, 16-M-IA/PA/PA Feb 1884, nephew <1910 Armstrong Co., PA> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 census, Apollo Boro., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Edward Snodgrass, 26-M-MO/MO/MO married once, married 0 years, catcher, rolling mill, rents house Olive Snodgrass, 22-F-PA/PA/PA wife, married once, 0 children <1900 & 1920 Armstrong Co., PA> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Jul 1919 – Pennsylvania Death Certificate: Jennie Elizabeth Kessler, died 2 Jul 1919, Freeport, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania; age 80 years 2 months 7 days; born 25 Apr 1938, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania; female; white; at home; widowed; father, Thomas Elliott (born Pennsylvania); mother, Elizabeth Snodgrass (born Pennsylvania); informant, Mrs. Anna M. Ross, Freeport, Pennsylvania; burial, Oak Ridge Cemetery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1920 soundex, Apollo Borough, Kiskiminetas Twp., Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania: Edward H. Snodgrass, 35-M-MO/PA/PA roller, steel mill Olive W. Snodgrass, 32-F-PA/PA/PA wife Marie Jean Snodgrass, 1y2m-F-PA/PA/PA[sic] daughter <1910 Armstrong Co., PA> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ############################################################################# PENNSYLVANIA – BEAVER COUNTY (974.892) CEMETERY RECORDS *Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, vols. 1-4 (Closson Press) NS *Camp Run U. P. Church Cemetery, Franklin Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, & Camp Run Covenanter Cemetery, Perry Twp., Lawrence Co., Pennsylvania (Copper) NS *Green Twp. Cemetery Inscriptions, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania (Archives & Chronicles) NS *Index of the Camp Run Cemetery, Camp Run Presbyterian Church, Franklin Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania (Clark & Smith) NS *Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Darlington Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania (Welchley & Welchley-- 1991) NS *Old Mill Creek Church Cemetery Record (Faulk--1962) NS *Rocky Spring Cemetery, New Galilee, Pennsylvania (Copper) NS *Service Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Raccoon Twp., Beaver Co., Pennsylvania (Beaver Co. Gen. Soc.--1987) NS CENSUS RECORDS *1790-1940 censuses (Ancestry) *1860 census - yes *1870 census - yes *1910 census - yes *1920 soundex - yes CHURCH RECORDS *Concord