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CONSTABLES - County Committee - BEERS

    *Constable, Dogs Take Note Franklin, Pa., June 11 (AP)Franklin, Pa., June 11 (AP)Notice in the municipal building of an Allegheny River Valley town:"The law requires that all dogs be licensed. Police are hereby notified to shoot all dogs found running loose without licenses. This also applies to constables."

CONSTABLES around 1903-1905

  • Allegheny---George Collins---Pleasantville
  • Canal---A.E. Singleton---Utica
  • Cherrytree---C.H. Hancox---Titusville
  • Cranberry---M.L.Benninger---East Sandy
  • Cornplanter---A.B. Mudge---?ville
  • Clinton---W.B.Vogus---Emlenton
  • Clintonville---C.L. Irwin---Clintonville
  • Cooperstown---John Ducan---Cooperston
  • Emleton---E.D. Weller
  • Frenchcreek---Thos. Clulow---Utica
  • Franklin 1W---Hiram Brown---Franklin
  • Franklin 2W---J.E. Lapsley---Franklin

    John E. Lapsley
    picture @ Sheila Barr Helser
  • Franklin 3W---F.H.Brown---Franklin
  • Irwin---Frank Hoffman---Wesley
  • Jackson---J.N. Morrison
  • Mineral---C.W. Adams---Raymilton
  • Oakland---F.L. Thompson---Dempseytown
  • Oilcreek---H. Oles---Pleasantville
  • Oil City 1W---H.K. Mohr---Oil City
  • Oil City 2W---Geo.Foltz---Oil City
  • Oil City 3W---John McGarvey---Oil City
  • Oil City 4W---Sameul Blaney---Oil City
  • Oil City 5W---Jas. A Akins---Oil City
  • Oil City 7W---L.A. Albaugh---Oil City
  • Oil City 9W---G.M. Timlin---Oil City
  • Pinegrove---C.W. Blauser---Fertig
  • Polk---E.J. Hutchinson---Polk
  • Pleasantville---G.R. Watson---Pleasantville
  • Plum---W.R. Welch---Plum
  • Rockland---W.F. Smith---Rockland
  • Richland---B.W. Stover---Emlenton
  • Rouseville---D.J. Hammond---Rouseville
  • Sugarcreek---Benj. Moyer---Franklin
  • Siverly---Jas. Bannon---Siverly
  • Sandycreek---B.H. Shontz---Franklin
  • Scrubgrass---B.F. Jacobs---Big Bend
  • Victory---E. J. Scott---Balliet
  • West End---W.B. Seth---West End

County Committee 1905:

    • Chairman-Marshall Phipps
    • Secretary-J.R. Dodds
    • Secretary-E.K. Smiley
    • Secretary-Frank Barr
    • Allegheny-J.W. Botsford
    • Canal-G.K. Riddle
    • Cherrytree-H.C. Tarr
    • Clinton-J.K. Riddle
    • Clintonville-Dr. K.M. Hoffman
    • Cranberry 1st-C.W. Shaner
    • Cranberry 2nd-W.A. Stanley
    • Cranberry 3rd-Udo Simon
    • Cranberry 4th-H.R. Minnich
    • Cooperstown-Dr.G.W. Dile
    • Cornplanter 1st-Peter Berry
    • Cornplanter 2nd-C.F. Lawrence
    • Cornplanter 3rd-Jos. Hanna
    • Cornplanter 4th-H. Keochart
    • Emelton-G.R. Eichbaum
    • Franklin 1st, 1st-W.J. Currin
    • Franklin 1st, 2nd-F.H. Williams
    • Franklin 2nd, 1st-Dr. G.W. Boyd
    • Franklin 2nd, 2nd-C.E. Shoup
    • Franklin 3rd-A.J. Sibley
    • Frenchcreek 1st-W.R. Shannon
    • Franchcreek 2nd-J.L. McKinley
    • Irwin-G.S. Grumling
    • Jackson-J.H. Blakley
    • Mineral-G.F. Perrine
    • Oil City 1st-C.C. Shaffer
    • Oil City 2nd-John Kuhn
    • Oil City 3rd-William Dwyer
    • Oil City 4th-E.E. Colling
    • Oil City 5th-Otto Dale
    • Oil City 6th-C.J. First
    • Oil City 7th-L.L. Graham
    • Oil City 8th-Frank Boyd
    • Oil City 9th-Sameul Nunemaker
    • Oilcreek-J.B. Osborn
    • Oakland-W.T. Beers
    • Plum-S.B. Matthews
    • Polk-W.W. McClelland
    • Pinegrove-A.W. Schwab
    • Pleasantville-S.W. Rifenburg
    • President-G.L. Sager
    • Richland 1st-G.W. Weaver
    • Richland 2nd-A.E. Ritz
    • Rockland 1st-M.L. Whittekin
    • Rocklan 2nd-Jos. Shreffler
    • Rockland 3rd-H.G. Stroup
    • Rouseville-L.M. Manion
    • Sandycreek-C.L. Goodwill
    • Scrubgrass-George P. Clay
    • Siverly-W.H. Farren
    • Sugercreek 1st-Robert Moore
    • Sugarcreek 2nd-O.H. Bonnett
    • Sugarcreek 3rd-Thomas H. Ritchey
    • Utica-John McCurry
    • Victory-W.L. Shorts
    • West End-H.G. Johnson


This is a photo of Franklin taken by Penny Kulbacki's Dad,
Harry D. Haylett ca 1937 looking from Bully Hill
"up river" to First Ward
and the Eighth Street Bridge.
(Many of us old Franklinites
remember this view only "by night"
as it was a favorite place to "park").

Index of PORTRAITS with BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
History of Venango County, Her Pioneers and People
Vol. II , J. H. Beers, Chicago, 1919


Below is a list of names that are in the Beers book that include aportrait with an extensive biography - I only put a small amount of infoon here for identification purposes. Contact me if you wish thecomplete info on any of these.Penny

  • AIGNER, Rev. Martin, D.D. Rector of St. John's Church, Franklin, PA
  • ANDERTON, Thomas b. April 28, 1883, Oil City, PA; m. Elizabeth J. McCLUNE
  • BERRY, James B. b. November 5, 1841, Rebecca Furnace, Blair Co. PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Abby M. DUFUR
  • BOALS, Gordon S. b. June 2, 1834, on the farm in Sandy Creek Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Lavina J. MORTIMORE
  • BOWERS, John b. April 17, 1842, Leechburg, Allegheny Twp., Armstrong Co., PA; resided in Rouseville, PA; m. Fannie KLINGENSMITH
  • BOWERS, Joseph b. 1846, Leechburg, Armstrong Co., PA; resided in Rouseville, PA; m. Susanna KLINGENSMITH & Elizabeth HIGHFIELD
  • BROSANG, William E. b. May 4, 1833, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany - resided in Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Christina BRUNS
  • BROWN, Dickenson Queen b. April 2, 1873, Pleasantville, PA
  • BYLES, Daniel Edwin b. May 15, 1853, Allegheny Twp., Venango Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Minnie FREELAND
  • CARNAHAN, Buchanan H. b. May 2, 1839, New Lebanon, Mercer Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Melinda COULSON
  • CHAMBERS, Wesley b. September 13, 1829, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA ; resided in Oil City, PA - m. Cordelia J. BONNELL
  • CONFER, Hon. Abel L. b. December 10, 1844, Akron, NY; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Mary J. BOSLOUGH
  • CRAWFORD, Robert M.D. b. May 16, 1815 , Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland ; m. Sarah P. KELLY
  • CULBERTSON, Alexander b. 1823, Eagle Rock, President Twp., Venango Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Ellen SMITH; buried in Grove Hill cemetery
  • DALE, Amos P. b. March 3, 1839, Clarion Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Elizabeth HETZLER
  • FOGGAN, Robert b. September 10, 1848 near New Castle, England; resided in Shamburg, Venango Co., PA; m. Ella F. KIMBALL & Emma H. BARNEY
  • FOSTER, Hiram Clinton b. August 11, 1861, on the Foster farm at Bullion, Clinton Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Sadie Ellen GALLOWAY
  • FOSTER, James b. February 14, 1810 , Sugarcreek Twp., Venango Co, PA ; m. Catherine SMITH & Margaret ARMSTRONG
  • FOSTER, Joseph T. b. June 30, 1862, , Sandycreek Twp., Venango Co., PA ; m. Margaret J. HOUSER
  • GROSER, Frank E. b. November 1, 1856 on Bully Hill, Venango Co., PA; resided at Rynd Farm in Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co.,PA; m. May Irene TURNER; buried Rynd Farm
  • HUGHES, Roland b. June 7, 1814, Scrubgrass Twp., Venango Co., PA - resided in Cranberry Twp., Venango Co., PA ; m. Susanna RIDGEWAY; buried in Franklin Cemetery
  • IRWIN, Thomas Armstrong, A.M., M. D. b. October 13, 1862, Wolf Creek Twp., Mercer Co., PA - resided in Franklin, Venango Co., PA; m. Helen Isabell PATTERSON
  • JACKSON, Albert b. July 19, 1843, Rochester, Beaver Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Elizabeth GARTNER & Hattie A. SETH RENWICK
  • LEASGANG, John Ffeldmiller b. 1863 in Woodcock Twp., Crawford Co., PA; resided in Franklin, Venango Co., PA; m. Anna CAIN
  • LEWIS, George b. May 20, 1843, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Sarah BOWMAN & Mary J. LEWIS; buried in Lakeview cemetery, Cleveland, OH
  • MAITLAND, Maj. John Breckenridge b. July 23, 1838, Rockland Twp., Venango Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Henrietta C. PRYER
  • McALEVY, Samuel A. b. June 16, 1821, Huntingdon Co. PA; resided in Franklin, PA serving as sheriff of the county in 1859; m. Adesta A. WILLIAMS & Isabella DUFFIELD
  • MONJAR, John H. b. December 4, 1842, Irwin Twp. Venango Co., PA; m. Isabel HOFFMAN
  • MONJAR, Mary Ann Daughter of John H. and Isabel Mojar; m. J.T. Miller
  • MONJAR, Samuel B. b. Irwin Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Mary Ann HOVIS
  • PHINNY, Thomas Gray b. April 24, 1860, Dundaff, PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Clara H. BISHOP
  • PHIPPS, Hon. Marshall Lee b. March 4, 1866, Polk, PA ; m. Bell CAMPBELL
  • PHIPPS, Cyrus Dixon b. November 14, 1845, Franklin, Venango Co., PA; resided in Rocky Grove, PA; m. Mary Grace PARKER
  • PLUMER, Ralph Clapp b. February 7, 1849, Jefferson Furnace, Clarion Co., PA; resided in Franklin, PA; m. Margaret DIERINGER
  • RAND, Henry H. b. January 17, 1840, Salem, MA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Ella A. DAVIS; buried in Grove Hill cemetery
  • RAYMOND, Aaron Weeks b. January 21, 1801, Norwalk, CT; resided in Raymilton and in 1830 laid out the borough of Utica; m. Ann Eliza WHITAKER
  • REID, Joseph b. November 11, 1843, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland - resided in Oil City, PA ; m. Agnes Hannah ___ & Ruth STAPLES; buried in Philadelphia, PA
  • ROESS, Louis b. February 8, 1837, Hanover, Germany; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Rachel AGGERS
  • ROESS, Christian b. February 1, 1844, Hanover, Germany; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Sophia Julianne KRAUTHAUSE
  • RUMSEY, George A. b. Crawford Co., PA ; resided in Clintonville, PA
  • RYND, Cyrus Dickson b. April 2, 1849, Rynd Farm, Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Eliza H. BLAIR
  • SHERIDAN, James b. December 12, 1837, Ireland - reared in Reading, PA and came to Franklin, Venango Co., PA in 1868; m. Mary MELLOY; lived at No. 44 Thirteenth Street in Franklin.
  • SMITH, John D. b. June 2, 1874 in Venango Co., PA; resided in Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co., PA; m. Nellie M. CASSIDY
  • SMITH, Samuel b. February 4, 1868 in Mercer Co., PA; resided in Sandy Creek Twp, Venango Co., PA; m. Blanche WAID
  • SMITH, Sherman R. b. July 27, 1865, Wesley, Irwin Twp. Venango Co., PA; resided in Franklin, PA; m. Zonie Elemine STERRETT
  • SMITHMAN, John B. b. December 31, 1844, Clarion Co., PA ; m. Julia HATHAWAY
  • SPETTIGUE, George T. b. October 13, 1840, Berlin Twp., Wayne Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Neva I. EDGERLY
  • STONE, Stephen b. June 5, 1838, Bodines Corners, French Creek Twp., Venango Co., PA; resided in Franklin, PA; m. Mary E. CROCKER
  • STRAUB, Augustus Bernard b. November 13, 1839, Appalachicola, FL - resided in Rouseville, Venango Co., PA ; m. Mary Jane KUSTER
  • SUHR, Henry b. October 11, 1844, Hardegsen, Germany; resided in Oil City, PA ; m. Louise SCHORMAN
  • SURRENA, John b. July 11, 1833, Clinton Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Mary HOFFMAN
  • SURRENA, John Clinton b. February 20, 1867, Clinton Twp., Venango Co., PA; m . Catherine WALTER
  • SURRENA, Phillip From Westmoreland Co., PA to Venango Co. abt. 1798, d. 1869 in Clinton Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Elizabeth BAKER
  • TIBBENS, George R. b. 1849 , Franklin, Venango Co., PA; m. Maggie A. GORDON; lived at No. 717 Liberty Street in Franklin; buried in Franklin cemetery
  • TRAX, David L. b. February 24, 1836, Allegheny Co., PA; resided in Oil City, PA; m. Sarah Elizabeth HOGUE; buried in Grove Hill cemetery
  • WALLACE, John b. July 12, 1836, Ireland; resided in Cornplanter Twp., Venango Co., PA; m. Anna J. YOUNG

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