The Family of Rosa Anna Abbott and John Joseph LaValle

History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Parts of the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, are transcribed here, including the title page, the table of contents, the list of illustrations, and the histories for certain townships.

Title Page

HISTORY
OF
ALLEGHENY COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
INCLUDING

its early settlement and progress to the present time; a description of its historic and interesting localities; its cities, towns and villages; religious, educational, social, and military history; mining, manufacturing and commercial interests; improvements, resources, statistics, etc.

ALSO,

PORTRAITS OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF MANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.

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VOLUME II.
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CHICAGO, ILL.:
A. WARNER & CO., PUBLISHERS,
1889.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS - Moon (Coraopolis) - Findlay - Crescent.5 - 16
CHAPTER II. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) -North Fayette - South Fayette - Collier16 - 28
CHAPTER III. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Robinson (Chartiers) - Snow - Neville28 - 42
CHAPTER IV. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Upper St. Clair - Snowden - Bethel42 - 49
CHAPTER V. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Lower St. Clair (Beltzhoover - West Liberty - Knoxville) - Baldwin49 - 55
CHAPTER VI. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Chartiers - Union - (Green Tree) - Scott - Mansfield55-71
CHAPTER VII. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Mifflin (Homestead) - Jefferson (West Elizabeth)71 - 84
Chapter VIII. - Townships and Boroughs (Continued) - Elizabeth (Elizabeth) - Forward - Lincoln (Reynoldton)84 - 110
CHAPTER I.X - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Versailles - North Versailles - South Versailles110 - 115
CHAPTER X. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) -Wilkins - Sterrett (Wilkinsburg) - Braddock (Braddock)115 - 127
CHAPTER XI. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Plum - Patton - Penn (Verona)128-137
CHAPTER XII. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - West Deer - Richland - Hampton137 - 144
CHAPTER XIII. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - East Deer (Tarentum) - Fawn - Harrison144 - 153
CHAPTER XIV. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Indiana - O'Hara - (Sharpsburg)154 - 163
CHAPTER XV. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Harmar - Springdale163 - 168
CHAPTER XVI. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Pine - McCandless169 - 173
CHAPTER XVII. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Ross (Bellevue) - Reserve (Spring Garden) - Shaler (Etna - Millvale)173 - 185
CHAPTER XVIII. - Townships and Boroughs (Continued) -Ohio - Kilbuck - Aleppo (Glenfield-Osborn)185 - 192
CHAPTER XIX. - Townships and Boroughs (Continued) - Franklin - Marshall192 - 195
CHAPTER XX. - TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS (CONTINUED) - Sewickley - Leet (Sewickley)196 - 208
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY209 - 776
INDEX777 - 786

Illustrations

ANDERSON, W.B.
BROWN, COL. JOSEPH
BURNS, ANDREW
CALHOON, D.K.
CALHOON, JOHN K.
COCHRAN, R.B.
COURTHOUSE, PITTSBURGH (View of), opposite
GRAHAM, R.T.
HEINZ, H. J.
HEZLEP, JOSEPH B.
HICKEY, VERY REV. JOHN
JAMISON, JOHN C.
KENNEDY, JOHN, JR.
KENNY, THOMAS J.
MCCLURE, ABDIEL
MCKOWN, JOHN
MCROBERTS, JOHN
MEEK, JEREMIAH
O'NEIL, J.N.
ORR, WILLIAM
POLLOCK, D.H.
PORTER, A.A.,
PRAGER, PETER
REYNOLDS, THOMAS
RISHER, J.C.
RISHER, REV. LEVI
ROBERTS, GEORGE W.
SAMPLE, WILLIAM, SR.
SHARP, T.W.
SPAHR, JESSE
TOMLINSON, W.A.
WEST, LOWRY H.

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