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Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) **
I expect the reason director Dorothy Arzner’s Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) made it into the 1001 Book is it is considered by many film critics as an early example of feminist cinema. That said, I must say that it was a bit lackluster for my taste. Yes, it was mildly entertaining to see a 20-year old M aureen O’Hara be upstaged by the Queen “B” actress of Hollywood, Lucile Ball, but that’s pretty much the most entertaining thing about it.
Judy O’Brien (O’Hara) is supposed to be a classically trained ballerina—by a former Bolshoi ballerina (Maria Ouspenskaya) nonetheless. Of course, this premise is ridiculous as O’Hara was far from a ballerina, although she had taken dance lessons at school and had danced in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939). Reflecting on the film, O’Hara admitted that she struggled mightily to get the ballet sequences down. Admittedly, the best dancer in the picture was Ball, who’d been both a Ziegfeld and Goldwyn girl. Yet, O’Hara was cast as the classy but innocent Judy and Ball got the part of the floozy Burlesque queen, Bubbles (aka Tiger Lily White). The characters suited both women—even if the ballet didn’t suit O’Hara.
The crux of the film hinges on one thing: sex. Bubbles has sex appeal and knows how to use it to get ahead, while Judy’s pristine innocence blocks her path to success and love at every turn. Bubbles is the sort of woman that millionaires like Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward) use to get over their wives (Virginia Field). She’s also the type that men will pay money to come see dance (be it the hula or a comedic striptease). Poor Judy, all she’s good for is to get boos from the pervs who want to see Bubbles shake her ass instead of Judy’s would-be ballet routine and to make men realize they still love their wives. It’s a comedy (sort of), so I know it’s supposed to be amusing that Bubbles always seems to thwart Judy’s dreams, but there’s an added element of amusement knowing that O’Hara would go on to be a highly regarded film actress and Ball would find herself the queen of television.
Once you get over the fact that a respected ballet producer (Ralph Bellamy) would track Judy down at a burlesque hall to give her a shot at stardom without having ever seen her dance, you can enjoy Ball’s comedic abilities and every now and again ca tch a glimpse of O’Hara’s noted fieriness. Ball wears the character of Bubbles as if she were born to play the part. Sassy, spunky, and funny are the adjectives that best describe Bubbles. She knows how to use what the good lord gave her to make her way in a man’s world. Her rendition of “Mother, What Do I Do Now?” is worth the price of admission—especially if you’ve seen Marilyn Monroe’s famous blowing dress scene in The Seven Year Itch (1955)—who knew Lucy could teach Marilyn a trick or two about sex appeal? Probably the best line of the film is when a stage hand tells Bubbles to give the audience all that she’s got and she quips, “They couldn’t handle it.”
Of course, O’Hara’s impassioned dressing down of the burlesque audience and her somewhat impudent behavior in night court after walloping Ball show glimmers of what made O’Hara such a likable actress. Anyone familiar with that little spark that burns in her eyes when she is about to go off (just about the entirety of The Quiet Man) will recognize it when it finally shows itself right before the Irish comes out:
“Go on, laugh, get your money's worth. No-one's going to hurt you. I know you want me to tear my clothes off so you can look your fifty cents' worth. Fifty cents for the privilege of staring at a girl the way your wives won't let you. What do you suppose we think of you up here with your silly smirks your mothers would be ashamed of? We know it'd the thing of the moment for the dress suits to come and laugh at us too. We'd laugh right back at the lot of you, only we're paid to let you sit there and roll your eyes and make your screamingly clever remarks. What's it for? So you can go home when the show's over, strut before your wives and sweethearts and play at being the stronger sex for a minute? I'm sure they see through you. I'm sure they see through you just like we do!”
Yep, that’s the Maureen O’Hara I know…not a fake ballerina who would allow herself to be upstaged by Lucille Ball.
Overall, Dance, Girl, Dance is a rather forgettable picture. However, this was probably the best film performance of Ball’s career. I’m sure there’s loads of fodder for feminist theorists to discuss about Dance, Girl, Dance, but, for me, at least, it’s a minor element which I‘m not that interested in.
Labels: **, 1940, Arzner (Dorothy)
TSorensen May 24, 2014 at 1:27 PM
This movie starts and ends with Lucille Ball. I had frankly forgotten the plot of the movie, but not Lucille Ball. She is fun and sassy and kicks ass (literally). I have some problems seeing what is particularly feminist about the movie. If anything it emphasize womens role as eye-candy for men, perticularly with Ball making such an impact in the movie. Ah, well...
KimWilson May 24, 2014 at 8:59 PM
It is lackluster--probably the reason it was removed from the most recent edition.
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Phony Muslim refugees find northern Europe COLD and streets not paved with gold!
by 1389 on January 2, 2016
in 1389 (blog admin), European Union, Iraq, phony refugees, Sweden
The same holds true of most of the US and all of Canada.
Big mistake letting any of them in to begin with.
Stars and Stripes: Unhappy in Europe, some Iraqis return home
BAGHDAD — At 25, Faisal Uday Faisal had high expectations when he packed his bags for Europe in September.
After quitting his job making tea and cleaning for the Ministry of Education in Baghdad, he set off to Turkey to join more than a million refugees and migrants who have made their way to the continent in the past year.
“My dream since I was a child was to go to Europe,” he said. “I was imagining a beautiful life, a secure life, with an apartment and a salary.”
But despite a grueling month-long journey to Sweden, he came back home – one of a surging number of returnees, Iraqi and international authorities say. The International Organization for Migration says it helped 779 Iraqis come back from Europe voluntarily in November, more than double the previous month, and those figures don’t include people such as Faisal, who returned on his own.
Some have chosen to leave because they were confused about the asylum process, disillusioned with the lack of opportunities or homesick, while others were forced to go when their asylum claims were rejected.
“It was a boring life there, their food even a cat wouldn’t eat it,” Faisal said of his two months in an asylum center near the Swedish city of Malmo. “I went to Europe and discovered Europe is just an idea. Really, it’s just like Bab al-Sharji,” he said, referring to a Baghdad market neighborhood.
While some who come back of their own volition may not have been fleeing danger in the first place, aid agencies warn that legitimate asylum seekers are also being discouraged as Europe becomes less welcoming to newcomers and tries to tighten its borders. Finland and Belgium are among the countries that have warned arrivals from Baghdad that they won’t automatically receive asylum.
Faisal concedes that he left for economic reasons, the kind of asylum applicant European authorities are trying to sift out from those fleeing violence. He said he decided to “arrange a story” about being threatened by Iraqi militias. “If I was in danger, I wouldn’t have come back,” he said.
Faisal begged his father, who had already spent $8,000 on sending his sons to Europe, to send money so he could come home. “He missed the services here. At home everything is done for him,” said Faisal’s father, Uday Faisal Mohee.
“The problem is, the words Europe or America has such magic for the young people. This one is still affected even though he knows the reality,” he said, pointing to his younger son, who returned to Iraq after being detained in Turkey en route but still wishes to try again.
“There are thousands of Iraqis who have come back, and thousands more that want to,” said Sattar Nowruz, a spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Migration and Displacement. Iraqi embassies in Europe are scrambling to provide emergency travel documents for those travelling back.
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Torrey Meadows Neighborhood Park Opens
By ZCode Magazines • 1 year ago • Local
Mayor Kevin Faulconer, District Five Councilmember Mark Kersey, and other city officials recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Torrey Meadows Neighborhood Park in Torrey Highlands, officially opening the park to the public. “A once overgrown and underutilized plot of land has been transformed into the spacious, family-friendly park this community deserves,” said Councilman Kersey. “The Torrey Meadows Neighborhood Park is a welcomed addition to the neighborhood, with open space and features that people of all ages can enjoy.”
The 5.3-acre park includes two children’s play areas, shade structures, picnic tables, a half-basketball court, restrooms, drought-tolerant landscaping, and a parking lot. The project broke ground in October 2016, and is the 13th park to open since Mayor Faulconer pledged to break ground or improve 50 parks over five years. It is located at 13499 Torrey Meadows Dr. and serves residents in Torrey Highlands, Black Mountain Ranch, and Rancho Peñasquitos.
CCA Student Honored
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Events > Events Calendar
31/10/2019 – 02/11/2019 The 29th edition of the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair will return to Chelsea Old Town Hall from 31st October to 2nd November 2019.
01/12/2019 – 01/12/2019 The Ephemera Society 2019 Winter Fair will be held Sunday 1 December at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT.
Entry £3 All welcome
More info: 01923 829079 info@ephemera-society.org.uk
Speakers: Dr. Elma Brenner (subject specialist, medieval and early modern medicine, Wellcome Library), Deborah Coltham (Deborah Coltham Rare Books Limited), Edwin Rose (PhD student, University of Cambridge, and prize-winning book collector).
The drive to collect is as old as time, and the motivating factors are myriad, each collector inspired by a combination of reasons. This is no less true for those of us compelled to seek out rare, important, and unusual books, manuscripts, and ephemera in the history of science and medicine. The talks this evening will explore some of the motivations and criteria for buying, from three different perspectives, that of dealer, private collector, and institutional buyer, in so doing highlighting areas of commonality and difference.
(Attached are sample pictures that will be used at the seminar. They are from Wellcome MS. 8932, an early 15th-century folding almanac, and Wellcome EPB/61997/A (Questa operetta tracta del arte del ben morire (Venice: Johannes Baptista Sessa, after 22 March 1503)).
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Although a number of Revolutionary War Veterans lived here prior to 1800, the year Armstrong County was formed, it’s unlikely many lived here in 1776. Most Armstrong County veterans settled here after the war ended.
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The Revolutionary War began on 19 April 1775, when a group of colonists fought the British soldiers at Lexington, Mass. Hours later in nearby Concord, colonists fired “the shot heard round the world” when they battled the British troops near a bridge. The War lasted eight years, and ended on 3 September 1783 in Paris, when the United States and Great Britain signed the final peace treaty.
The complete title of the source cited here, “Early Deaths & Marriages”, is Early Deaths and Marriages in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania From Kittanning Area Newspapers, compiled by Constance Leinweber Mateer, 1996. Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania
AUSTIN, Samuel, of Toby Township. (Source: “Early History of PA by Iscrupe). Austin did not serve 6 months. Also: #R328, PA Line, application on 19 May 1834 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, age 78, born 26 January 1756 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, moved to Centre County, Pennsylvania in 1783, and in 1805 moved to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. (Source: Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files. pg. 2231)
Austin, Samuel. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Pensioner. Gratuity:40.00. Annuity: 40. Granted by an Act of 1 April 1836. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838
BEYER see Boyers
BLAIN, William
BLAIN, William, 1753 – 1827, of Sugar Creek. (Source: “Early Deaths & Marriages”, compiled by C. L. Mateer, 1996.) pg. 20.
BLAIR, Thomas
Thomas BLAIR died in Westmoreland County but his family came to Armstrong County. Register to see BLAIR under Surnames and Bible Records in the Forum.
BOWERS, Sebastian
Revolutionary War Pension File #S40748
BOWERS, Sebastian. Private, Maryland Line, in a Company commanded by Captain STULL and Colonel GUNBY. Residence in 1823 and 1824 was Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Certificate of Pension issued 23 July 1824 and sent to J. E. BROWN, Esq., Kittanning, Pennsylvania.
Auditor’s Office: BOWERS, Boston. Enlisted 1 June 1778 in the 7th Maryland Regiment. Discharged 1 April 1779. “It is the opinion of the Auditor that the name of the Applicant is spelled wrong on the Muster Rolls; it appears he served in Captain STULL’s Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel GUNBY.”
18 June 1823, Sebastian BOWERS, aged 63, appeared before the Court in Kittanning, Armstrong County. His residence was Kittanning Township. Being sworn, Bowers declared that he enlisted for nine months in 1778 at Hagerstown, Maryland, in a Company commanded by Captain Daniel STULL, the Regiment commanded by Colonel GUNBY, in the Maryland Line. He said he served 13 months and was discharged at Bonbrook, New Jersey and was in the battle of Monmouth. He is a laborer by trade but unable to maintain himself or family. He has an aged wife. He had a large family to maintain but all have now married and left him except the youngest son, Henry, who resides with soldier and his wife on a tract of land Warranted in the name of Thos. HENDERSON, claimed by the Reverend William FINNEY?, for which an ejectment is brought against this applicant and which he has agreed to give up to the real owner, and this deponent also says that he stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support. Bowers signed his name in German.
23 August 1823. Venango County, Pennsylvania. William JONES of Venango County testified that he knew Sebastian BOWERS and knew of his service and that he, JONES, was enlisted at the same time and place and served in the same Company with BOWERS. Sworn 23 August 1823, Venango County.
Note: I have no proof that Sebastion Bowers is buried in Armstrong County, but he died in 1828 a resident of Kittanning Township so it is nearly certain that he is. The Pettigrew graveyard is a likely spot, since he named Archibald McIntosh an executor of his will.
Pension Roll of 1835, The Mid-Atlantic States. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
BOWERS, Sebastian, Private.
Annual Allowance: $96.00
Sums Received: $452.49
Description of Service: Maryland Continental Line
Placed on Pension Roll: 23 July 1824
Commencement of Pension: 18 June 1823. Age: 74
Comments: Sebastian Bowers died 3 April 1828
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Courthouse Records
Will Abstracts. Abstracted by Kathy Lambing Marcinek
BOWERS, Sebastion of Kittanning Township, Armstrong County. Mentions: Loving wife Barbara; land in Kittanning Township bought from David LAWSON; two sons, Henery and Morris; land my son Henery lives on. Appoints friends Archibald McINTOSH and Samuel MECHLING as Executors. Written 13 June 1826. Witnesses: E. S. KELLEY and David REYNOLDS. Registered 26 April 1828, Will Book 1, page 85
BOWSER, Noah
Noah Bowser, born 1748-1750, York County, Pennsylvania. Died 1830, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Married Eunice Ditto who died in Mt. Healthy, Ohio. Service: Private in Captain Peter Zellinger’s Company belonging to the 7th Battalion, York County Militia 1777-1778. This Battalion was organized under the state constitution of 1776. Children: Joseph, born 1775, married Rebecca Dull; Noah, born 1783, married Catharine Bowser; Elizabeth; George, born 1785, married Mary —; John, born 26 February 1784, married Elizabeth Baker. DAR descendant Dorothy Warner, #271573. Source: A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution. Published 1976, Indiana. Note: Zellinger is also spelled Zollinger. Thank you to Mike Wennin for bringing Noah’s service to our attention. Noah Bowser is also listed on the roster for the 7th Battalion of York County in the History of York County, Volume 1, by George R. Prowell. Noah Bowser died on 27 April 1831 in Buffalo Township, Armstrong County. Source: Mike Wennin. Noah Bowser was his 6th Great Uncle.
BOYD, Daniel
BOYD, Daniel. Died, 9 April 1831 in Plumcreek Township. formerly of Redbank Township. (Early Deaths & Marriages”), pg. 91
BOYERS, Asamus
Boyers, Asamus aka Oysel Boyers aka Byers. Revolutionary Pension File #R1099.
Asamus (or Oysel) Boyers, aged 79, of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, appeared before the court in Kittanning on 17 September 1834. He made oath that he enlisted in August 1776 in the 8th Regiment of Pennsylvania commanded by Colonel McCoy and Captain Wendel Oury. That he enlisted on the farm of Abraham Leisure about seven miles from Hannastown, Westmoreland County. They soon marched to a place about two miles below the Kittanning, remaining there four months, guarding the frontier. They then marched to Philadelphia, thence to Wilmington, then to the Brandywine, where they were engaged in battle 11 September 1777 and were defeated. During the battle, the Regiment was attached to General Wayne’s Brigade. They then went with General Wayne to Paoli. “The British attacked us about nine o’clock at night, being sick I was not in the engagement that we lost a number of brave fellows”.
Asamus (or Oysel) Boyers testified that he was born in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1755. He lived in Westmoreland County when called into service, lived in Berks (now Schuylkill) County, and moved back to Westmoreland and then to Allegheny Township, Armstrong County.
23 April 1836. Elizabeth Boyers appeared before a Justice of the Peace stating that she is the widow of Asamus (or Oysel) Boyers, late of Alleghney Township, Armstrong County. They married in Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1794. Asamus (or Oysel) Boyers died 26 February 1836.
2 July 1851. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Personally appeared in open court for the said county, Abraham Byres, aged 54, resident of Tarentum Township, Allegheny County. He states he is the lawful child of Asmith Byres, deceased, who was a resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County at the time of his death. He states his father died 26 February 1836. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Byres, died at Tarentum Township, Allegheny County, on 28 May 1851, and that her maiden name was Mary Elizabeth Weaver. Asmith Byres and Mary Elizabeth Weaver were married on 17 June 1792 at Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, by J. P. Daniel Ludwig. Declarant was the third child, born 15 July 1797. The 1st child was named Mary. Asmith and Mary Elizabeth Byres died leaving five children surviving: Jane Clinglesmith, Abraham Byres, Fanny —-?, Susan Neil, Simon Byres.
Signed: Abraham Buyers.
Note: The spellings of Asmith and Byres were done by a court clerk.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Courthouse, Kittanning. Will Abstract.
BEYER, Asamus (also Asmus Byers). Allegheny Township, Armstrong County. He mentions the following sons: John, Henry, David, Abraham and Simon Byers; daughters Catharina Byers, Susana Neal, Fanny Steeps, and Jean Klingensmith. Beloved wife Elizabeth; $100.00 she received from her father. He gives and devises the legacy of Elizabeth Neal to her children Margaret Biraly (also Byrly, probably Byerly), and Abraham and William Neal, all the residue of their mother’s legacy forever. He appoints sons John and Abraham as Executors. Written 29 April 1831. Witnesses: Henry T. Klingensmith and Mary Klingensmith. Asamus Beyer signed in German. Registered 24 March 1836. Will book 1, page 175. Abstracted by Kathy Marcinek.
BOYLE, Daniel
Revolutionary Pension File # S40016. Boyle, Daniel.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 18 December 1820, Daniel Boyle, aged 72 years, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He testified that he enlisted for a term of two years in the spring of 1776, at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was in a Company commanded by Colonel Miles and afterward by Colonel Walter Stewart. He was discharged at Valley Forge about 1 January 1778. He states he was in the battles of Brandywine & Germantown. A schedule of his real & personal estate shows the following, his necessary clothing & bedding excluded: A 100 acre tract of land for which he has no title or claim other than an improvement right. Debts due him from Joseph Mercer, Michael Buzzard, David Ramsay, Peter Lobaugh, and Algeo Sawyers. Daniel Boyle owes debts to the following: Night Scott’s heirs, Thomas Jones, Hugh McDonald, John Henry’s estate, Montieth & Pinks, and David Reynolds. He says the only part of his family who resides with him are his three daughters, Elizabeth, aged about 27; Margaret, aged about 25; and Martha, aged 19 years.
I found Daniel Boyle in 1820 living in Redbank Township, Armstrong County. It is very likely that he lived in the portion that was taken to form Clarion County in 1839. He is drawing a pension of eight dollars per month in 1828, and is still a resident of Armstrong County. A bit of research would show if he died while still living in that same place and if that place later became part of Clarion County.
BROWN, James, Sr.
BROWN, James, Sr. 1742 – 1830. From Rayburn Township, buried in Kittanning Cemetery. (Source: Cemetery Record, Veterans Record (newspaper), and “Early Deaths & Marriages”. And from the “Boston Evening Transcript” of 22 November 1830. Under “Deaths”: In Kittanning, PA. Mr. James Brown, 88, much respected by all who knew him. He served three years and six months in the Revolutionary War. A soldier who had taken his place in the battle of Brandywine for a few minutes, till he could put his flint in order so as to strike fire, was in the meantime killed; also one fell on his right hand in the same battle. Revolutionary Pension file # S 40.750: James Brown, Sr. “In 1825, aged 78 years, a resident of Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and wife Mary. Died November 6, 1830.” The pension file mentions that he was a carpenter. In September 1820, before the court in Kittanning, he states that wife Mary is about 68 years of age, his children are grown and married, but youngest son Robert was lately married and yet resides with them, to take care of his father and his aged and infirm mother. Pension file states he enlisted in Lancaster County on December 1776, for three years & six months, in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment, a part of the Continental Army. Regiment was reduced and he was drafted into the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment.
BROWN, John. #S22145, PA Line, soldier was born in 1760 at Hopewell Township in New Jersey and enlisted in Bedford County, PA. Application on 18 September 1833. In Armstrong County, PA at the age of 73, after the war the soldier lived in Mifflin County, PA for 10 years then to Armstrong County, PA. (Source: Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, pg. 2231). Also residing in Armstrong County, in 1819. (Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series, Vol XIII, pg. 24)
Revolutionary pension file: Resided at Big Cove, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, at enlistment. Was a resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania in 1833.
Brown, John. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Pensioner. Gratuity:40.00. Annuity:40.00. Granted 15 April 1835. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838
BROWNLEE, Joseph
Joseph Brownlee Claim # W. 3245. Elizabeth Guthrie who first married Capt. Brownlee and then married Capt. Guthrie who served in the Revolutionary War. The data which follows was obtained from papers on file in the pension claim of Joseph Brownlee. While serving in Hannastown, Westmoreland Co., PA, Joseph Brownlee married in 1775, 76, or 77, Elizabeth, whose maiden name was not given. He enlisted in the spring of 1776 as a Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Irwin’s company of Riflemen in Col. Miles’ Pennsylvania regiment. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, was exchanged and attached to Col. Stewart’s and Brodhead’s Pennsylvania regiments and was stationed at Fort Pitt and Laurens. Because of an injury in the foot he left the service in 1779 and resided at Hannastown until July, 1782, when the town was destroyed by the Indians and he and his little son, whom he was carrying in his arms, were killed by the Indians at or near Miller’s Fort. His wife, Elizabeth, and child, Jane, were captured and taken to Buffalo and Niagara, where the wife was sold to a British officer for twenty dollars and the child for ten dollars and two gallons of rum. Elizabeth was then sent as a captive to Montreal, was exchanged and returned with the child to Hannastown in July, 1783. (I doubt that Joseph Brownlee ever lived in Armstrong Co. but Elizabeth went on to marry William Guthrie, and they lived in Armstrong Co. See William Guthrie for more.)
BUYERS, George
BUYERS, George, residing in Armstrong County in 1813. On 1 Feb. 1777, Buyer was wounded at Princeton. (Penna. Archives, 2nd Series Vol. XIII, pg. 29.) #S40768, PA. Line. Application on 13 April 1818 in Armstrong Co., PA. In 1820 soldier was age 63 and a resident of Sugar Creek Township, PA and wife Susannah who died about 1817. Buyers was living with son George Buyers and also part time living with a married daughter Jane and also mentioned another married child (not named). (Source: Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files, pg. 2231)
BYER see Boyers
CALLEN, Hugh
From the Journal of the Pennsylvania Assembly, House of Representatives
Volume 48, part 1. Monday, 26 February 1838: Mr Johnston presented the petition and documents of Hugh Callen, of Armstrong County, stating his services in the Revolutionary War, and praying for relief. Note: See James Rayburn, whose daughter Eleanor was nee Callen. At this time, I don’t know if the soldier Hugh Callen mentioned here remained in Armstrong County.
CARUTHERS, James
CARUTHERS, James. 1754 – 1846. Buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Cowanshannock Township. (Source, Cemetery Records)
CLARK, James. Clark is buried in Wasson Hill Cemetery in Plumcreek Township. (Source: Cemetery Records, Veterans)
Revolutionary War Pension File #S41484. Major John CLARK, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. March 1776, John CLARK was appointed 1st Lieutenant of Captain John MARSHALL’s Company, Colonel MILE’s Rifle Regiment, where he served one year. He was afterwards appointed Captain in Colonel Walter STEWART’s 13th Pennsylvania Regiment. CLARK was Captain of Colonel Daniel BRODHEAD’s 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and was commissioned as Brevet Major at Princetown, New Jersey, 10 October 1783. He served as a Major under General Arthur ST. CLAIR and was wounded 4 November 1791. He entered the service as a Major under General Anthony WAYNE and served three years in the Indian Wars. He was allowed pension on his application dated 25 April 1818, a resident of Armstrong County, aged 69, infirm and in reduced circumstances, with his application sworn and declared before William JACK. Signed: William JACK, Judge of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. John CLARK
9 November 1818. John CLARK certifies that he never received any answer to his request to be put on the pension list. He stated: “I prefer my claim for a Pension, it was in consequence of the wound I received at St. CLAIR’s defeat–4th November 1791.” Signed: John CLARK. Sworn and subscribed before Henry A. WEAVER, Armstrong County.
Joseph CLARK, heir at law of Major John CLARK, deceased, appoints S. M. HOSEY of Freeport, Armstrong County, to act as agent to try and obtain any amount of Revolutionary War Pension for the heirs of Major John CLARK.
22 February 1854, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
CLARK, John, 5th. Major.
Annual Allowance: $240.00
Description of Service: Pennsylvania Continental Line
Placed on Pension Roll: 8 July 1819
Commencement of Pension: 25 April 1818
Age: 85 (sic)
Note: We have yet to discover if this John Clark is buried in Armstrong County.
CRAIG, John
CRAIG, John. 1753 – 1850. Buried in the Ancient Freeport Cemetery in South Buffalo Township. (Source: Cemetery Record, Veterans) John Craig’s pension number is S8253, PA. Line. John Craig was born in 1753 in New Jersey and lived in Derry Township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania at his enlistment. His application was dated 18 June 1834 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania where he moved in 1796; a daughter is mentioned, but not named.
CRAIG, Samuel
CRAIG, Samuel. He was a Lieutenant in July 1776, in Col. John Proctor’s Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia. He was killed by the Indians in 1777. Samuel and 3 sons served: John, Alexander, and Samuel Jr. Not sure if Samuel ever lived in Armstrong County, more research needed here.
Additional information found in an old letter dated 7 December 1898. It stated that Samuel Craig was comissioned as lieutenant in July 1776 in Col. John Proctor’s Battalion of Westmoreland County. He was killed by the Indians in 1777. This paper is signed by Dr. Engle, State Librarian and Editor of Penna. Archives. Below the information of Craig’s service was written, “Exhibit A” and on the back of the paper, “Verified.”
An old diary was found among other old papers at Ligonier and in the entry for November 4th, 1777, was the record that a scouting party had found Samuel Craig’s bay mare lying dead on the Chestnut Ridge and as he could not be found it was supposed that he had been taken prisoner by the Indians as he was on his way to Fort Ligonier for salt the Saturday before. This diary or journal, as it was called, was kept by a Thomas Galbreath, one of the authorities at Fort Ligonier. We were greatly interested in this record as it corresponded so well with the family tradition concerning him, but we did not before know the exact date of his capture. Samuel Craig and three of his sons, John, Alexander and Samuel served in the Revolution. In Volume 10 of the Second Series, page 687 (or 66) I find the name of John Craig as a private in the 9th Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line. Following his name is the record, “He died in Armstrong County in 1832, aged 81”. The company is not given, just a list of the men of the regiment.`
Michael Theran, a descendant of John Craig, contacted us to say the above record of Craig’s death in 1832, taken from the Pennsylvania Archives, is incorrect. I looked for John Craig in the 1850 census and found this: John Craig died March 1850 in South Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, aged 96 years. He was born in New Jersey, he was a farmer, and he was a widower. Source: 1850 Census Mortality Schedule.
CRISWELL, Matthew
CRISWELL, Matthew. Buried in Cowansville Cemetery, East Franklin Township. (Source: Cemetery Record, Veterans)
DAUGHERTY, Andrew
Revolutionary War Pension File #W2078. 18 June 1833: Andrew DOUGHERTY, aged 68 and a resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for pension. Being duly sworn, DOUGHERTY declares that he enlisted in the militia under Captain CRAIG in late April 1780, at Ligonier Valley, Pennsylvania. Captain CRAIG told him he was raising a Company to guard the frontiers and would call upon him when ready. That May, “I think on the 10th following, my father and brothers were taking the horses to pasture when I heard them shouting and looking round I saw a number of Indians. I took my sister (who was about 2 years old) in my arms and ran to the woods. The Indians followed me and shot me through the right arm when running. The Indians then caught me and brought me back to the house where they had my father and brothers Charles and Robert prisoners. There were in all 24 Indians.” The five of them were taken, the mother being away from home, towards the Conemaugh River. “They killed my younger brother Robert and my sister.” They took Andrew, Charles and their father over Blacklick and to French Creek on the River Allegheny and eventually were given to the British. They were released at Montreal on 14 August 1782 and started for Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, making it there on 14 October 1782. Andrew DAUGHERTY immediately enlisted again in a militia under Captain George AG–? and was stationed at Fort Ligonier. Soldier was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, lived in Westmoreland County, and moved to Armstrong County, where he still resides.
Armstrong County Courthouse, 5 January 1850. Sarah DOUGHERTY, aged 71 years, resident of Wayne Township, Armstrong County, was sworn and declared that she is the widow of Andrew DOUGHERTY, deceased, late of Wayne Township, who was a soldier in the Revolution and who drew a pension and who died 20 March 1845. Her maiden name was Sarah WOLF. She was married to Andrew DOUGHERTY August 1795 by Justice of the Peace James McDONALD in Ligonier Valley. A family record is attached showing the birthdate of the first child. The widow has not remarried. Sworn before Robert WOODWARD.
DAVIS, Ebenezer
DAVIS, Ebenezer. 1753 – 1818. Buried in Cowansville Cemetery in East Franklin Township. (Source: Cemetery Record, Veterans)
DAVIS, John
Davis, John. Revolutionary War Pension S22718.
Residence after the war: Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Born: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1763
Family mentioned in the pension files:
Spouse: Mary M. Davis
Father: Nicholas Davis
Brother: Henry Davis
Brother: David Davis
Son: Samuel Davis
17 September 1832, John Davis appeared before the Court in Kittanning to testify to his military service.
John Davis of Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, aged 69. Volunteered for service and joined Captain Nehemiah Stokely in April of 1778 at Marchand’s Fort, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, on Sewickly Creek. Spring of 1780, was at Waldhauer’s Fort on the waters of Brush Creek and “we were attacked by Indians out of that fort in which two Indians were killed and two of our men, Peter Williams Senior and Peter Williams Junior (both belonging to the same company I did) were killed and a girl of the name of Catherine Williams was taken prisoner and has never returned to my knowledge.” The soldier returned to his father’s house for winter. “18th or 19th of March 1781 my father’s house was attacked by Indians and he (Nicholas Davis) and brother David Davis was killed, I and my brother Henry Davis were taken prisoners.” They were taken to the mouth of French Creek and the Allegheny River, then to an Indian town on Buffalo Creek and finally to Fort Niagara where the Indians gave them to the British. In the late fall of 1781, they were sent to Prisoners Island on Lake Ontario. They were sent to Montreal in the spring of 1782. In the late summer of that year, they were sent to Lake Champlain to a place called Saratoga, which was in ruins. John Davis was discharged at Saratoga along with Lewis Williams, Henry Davis, and two brothers named Franklin who took their course to the Wyoming (Pennsylvania) country. “Lewis Williams, Henry Davis and myself” went to Westmoreland County. Williams then went to what is now Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Signed John Davis (his mark)
John Davis is listed in the 1840 census as a Revolutionary and military pensioner in Kittanning Township, Armstrong County. He is living with Jacob Davis. There is a Henry Davis listed as an 1840 pensioner living in Plumcreek Township, but as of this writing I don’t know if it’s John’s brother Henry.
Update on Henry Davis: He is listed as a pensioner from Armstrong County, with both a Gratuity and an Annuity for 40 dollars, granted to him on 3 April 1837 for service in the Indian War. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. From the same source, Daniel Davis of Armstrong County was granted a pension on 27 March 1837, for his service in the Indian War.
Dick, Gary See Richard Gary
DICKASON, Samuel
Revolutionary War Pension File #W285. Samuel and Elizabeth DICKASON.
Samuel DICKASON enlisted about 25 December 1777, at Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, Delaware. He served until April 1780, in Captain COLE’s Company, Colonel McLANE’s Regiment. He was a teamster. In 1780, he served in Captain ROSS’s Pennsylvania Company, enlisting at George’s Creek, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was a resident of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, in 1832, where he received a pension. He was then aged 80 years. He moved to Georgetown, Ohio, where he lived from 1836 to 1838. Some of his children were living there at that time. He returned to Armstrong County where he died 16 April 1846, in Buffalo Township.
He married Elizabeth CLUGSTAN on 1 November 1814, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth applied for a pension in Armstrong County, where she resided, on 14 June 1853. She was then aged 89 years and the pension was granted.
EASLY, Casper
EASLY, Casper. 1760 – 1829 from Freeport. (Source: John F. Easley, family tradition)
Check for records of the Guardian Angel Church in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
ECKMAN, Eden
ECKMAN, Eden. Buried in Riverview Cemetery in Kiskiminetas Township (Source: Veterans Affairs)
ELGIN, James
ELGIN, James. 1750 – 1857. Buried in St. Thomas / Gastown Cemetery in Plumcreek Township. (Source: Cemetery Records, Veterans, and Church Cemetery.)
FINDLAY, David
FINDLAY, David. Residing in Armstrong County in 1810. (Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series Vol. XIII, pg. 69)
FISCUS, Abraham
Revolutionary War Pension File #W2778. Abraham and Catharine FISCUS. Abraham FISCUS appeared before the Court in Kittanning on 17 September 1832, aged 72 and a resident of Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. He states: He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1760. He lived about seven miles from Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, when he entered the service, but since the war has resided in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He volunteered under Captain Jeremiah LOUGHRY at Colonel Archibald LOUGHRY’s Blockhouse, Westmoreland County, in April 1777 or 1778. The 1st Lieutenant was John GUTHRIE and 2nd Lieutenant was James IRWIN. He stated that persons known to him in the present neighborhood in Armstrong County are: George BECK, James and John RICHARD, Absalom WOODWARD of Crooked Creek; and Richard GRAHAM. Children mentioned are William FISCUS and Margaret HUNTER. Abraham FISCUS died 30 April 1834 in Armstrong County. His widow Catharine FISCUS appeared before the Court in Kittanning on 21 March 1842. She was then 75 years of age. She declared she was married to Abraham FISCUS in September 1784, by Reverend William WEAVER, pastor of the German Reformed Congregation of Westmoreland County. John McCULLOUGH, now of Butler County, Pennsylvania, was present at the wedding. She states that her oldest son William was then (1842) 56 years old.
1853. Samuel FISCUS of Armstrong County, aged 36, goes before the Court in Kittanning to say he was well acquainted with Abraham and Catharine FISCUS, who resided with his parents. He states that Catharine died at her son William’s residence in Armstrong County in September or October 1845, leaving seven children surviving:
Abraham FISCUS, aged about 62 years. Twin to Catharine.
Catharine BROWN, widow, aged about 62 years. Twin to Abraham.
William FISCUS, aged about 68 years.
Philip FISCUS, aged about 50 years.
Christena GOULD, aged about 5? years.
Margaret HUNTER, aged about 54 years.
Polly AYRES, aged about 65 years.
Note: Rev. William Weaver is most likely Rev. Wilhelm Weber.
Among the papers of Abraham Fiscus is a sworn statement from Gabriel A. Richart, a resident of Armstrong County and a Clergyman who certifies “that he is well acquainted with Fiscus and believes his declaration that he was a soldier of the Revolutionary War”. Sworn in open Court (Armstrong County) on the 21st day of March A.D. 1833.
Fiscus, Abraham. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Pensioner. Granted a Gratuity and an Annuity, both for 40 dollars, 8 April 1833. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. Pensioners of Armstrong County.
FULTON, Jesse
Jesse Fulton was granted a Gratuity of 80 dollars and an Annuity of 40 dollars, as a Pensioner living in Armstrong County, 5 February 1836. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. Pensioners of Armstrong County.
GARY, Richard
Revolutionary War Pension File #R3933. Richard GARY aka Gary DICK.
15 March 1824, Richard GARY, aged 69 and a resident of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He appeared before the Court again on 18 September 1832, then aged 81 (sic) and still a resident of Buffalo Township. He had enlisted March 1776 in Baltimore, Maryland. He states that while in the Army he was called Gary DICK.
I do not have proof that he is buried in Armstrong County. At the Union Baptist Church Cemetery in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, there is a tombstone for Mary GEARY, wife of Richard GEARY, died 3 February 1856. Her age was illegible. There is also a tombstone for John GEARY, died 11 April 1871, aged 69 years 10 months ? days. John Geary’s wife has a tombstone and there is a James GEARY that died in 1863, aged 26 years.
GEARY, see GARY
Revolutionary soldier Richard Gary is possibly Richard Geary. He served under the name Gary Dick.
GIBSON, Gideon
GIBSON, Gideon. Buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Parker, Armstrong County. Also served in the Indian Wars. (Source: Cemetery Records, Veterans. And “Early History of PA.” by Iscrupe.) Gibson was born on 3 March 1764 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; he died on 10 February 1843. Wife was Abigail and they were married on 5 July 1804 in Venango, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
While a resident of Snake Spring Valley, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Gideon enlisted three times and served with Capt. John Moore’s Pennsylvania Company at Moore’s Fort, guarding the frontier against the Indians. After the war, he moved to Westmoreland County and then to Washington County, and in 1799 to Armstrong County. He applied for pension on 17 December 1834, while a resident of Perry Township, Armstrong County. His claim was not allowed as frontier service against Indians was not pensionable under the Act of 7 June 1832, under which he applied. In the Armstrong County Court, a number of documents were sworn to prove that Gideon Gibson was in the revolutionary War in addition to the Indian Wars. George Gideon (not a relative) swore in Armstrong County that Gideon was in the same Company as he was and at the same time. Pension claim, R. 3993 was finally awarded to his widow. (Source: Gideon’s Rev. War Pension Records)
GIBSON, Samuel M.
GIBSON, Samuel M. Buried at Brick Church Cemetery in Burrell Twp. (Source: Veterans Affairs.)
GREEN, John. 1766 – 1850. Buried in the Green Cemetery in North Buffalo Township. (Source: Cemetery Records, Veterans records.)
GREEN, William
GREEN, William. 1740 – 1830. Buried in Green Cemetery in North Buffalo Township. (Source: Cemetery Records, Veterans Records)
From the Death Register at the Armstrong County Courthouse that was kept in the early 1850s, the entry for James Green, son of William, states that James was born in New Jersey on 13 May 1775, son of William & Mary Green. James died 14 April 1853, buried in Green’s Burial Ground, North Buffalo Township. This is further evidence that William Green was from New Jersey.
GUTHREY, William
GUTHREY, William. Died 1828. (Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series Vol. XIII, pg. 89) Elizabeth Brownlee married in July, 1784, William Guthrie of Hannastown, Westmoreland County. He enlisted in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in May 1776, in Capt. James McConnel’s Pennsylvania company of the flying camp, was in the battles of Trenton and Princeton and was discharged in January, 1777. He enlisted in 1780 and served as lieutenant in Capt. Mathew Jack’s company of Pennsylvania rangers, and he served another year as Captain of a company of rangers. After the close of the Revolutionary War, William and Elizabeth Guthrie moved to that part of Westmoreland County which was later called Armstrong County and he was killed by a fall from a wagon on 10 March, 1828, at which time he was 73 years of age.
Elizabeth, the widow of William Guthrie, died on 11 Feb. 1842, in or near Redbank Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania at the home of her son, Joseph Brownlee Guthrie, and she was then 87 years of age. She was survived by the following children: James Guthrie, Joanna or Johanna Guthrie who lived in Jefferson Co., PA, and Joseph Brownlee Guthrie and William Guthrie who lived in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. In 1849 it was stated that Jane (the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Brownlee) had married Jesse Hukel and had moved to Muskingum County, Ohio, and that the family did not know whether she was then living or dead, as they had not heard from her for 8 years. Said Jane was 4 years old in 1786. On 25 June, 1847, the above-noted Joseph Brownlee Guthrie applied for pension that was due the surviving children of Elizabeth Guthrie, on account of the Revolutionary War service of Joseph Brownlee and the claim was allowed.
In 1847, Sarah Beatty, aged 84 years and a resident of North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, PA., stated that she was the sister of Elizabeth Guthrie and that her father (name not given) moved to the vicinity of Hannastown, Pennsylvania, before the Revolutionary War. She did not give the date and place of birth of her father nor his place of residence before moving to Hannastown. Said Sarah married William Beatty, 8 July 1783. In 1847 ___ Beatty of Armstrong County, who married John Beatty 31 December 1789, stated that she was the sister of Elizabeth Guthrie and she stated that when the Indians killed Joseph Brownlee they killed her bother (name not given) at the same place. No further family data. (Pension Claim of Joseph Brownlee # W. 3245.
HANCOCK, Cutlope
Revolutionary Pension File #S22281. Cutlope HANCOCK was a resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, living in the section that became Kiskiminetas Township. He moved there prior to 1800, as he stated it was Westmoreland County at the time of his move. At one time, he operated a ferry across the Kiskiminetas River in the area of Edmon. He and his wife Magdalena lived in the general vicinity of Maysville, Kiskiminetas Township. They could have been buried on their property, but most likely they are interred in the old Maysville Graveyard on the hill. It is my personal belief that this cemetery was started as a family graveyard for Soloman Dunmire and his wife Margaret Hancock, who was most likely a daughter of Cutlope.
10 December 1832. Cutlope HANCOCK appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He was at that time a resident of Kiskiminetas Township, previously Allegheny Township, Armstrong County. He stated that he was then aged 93 years; he was born in Germany in 1739 or 1740; he was living in Cranberry, Middlesex County, New Jersey when called into service; that he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania about 40 years ago, where he lived near Greensburg for 3 or 4 months and then moved to the Loyalhanna Creek. He testified that he moved to Armstrong County after a year or two, but it was then part of Westmoreland County (Armstrong was formed in 1800). He named Rev. Gabriel Adam REICHERT and Jacob WOLF as persons in his neighborhood who could testify to his character and veracity.
Article by Wayne C. Ehrensberger
HARMON, Andrew
HARMON, Andrew. Died 1855, buried at Sagamore Lutheran Cemetery in Cowanshannock Township.
HARTMAN, Michael
Revolutionary War Pension File #W3680. 20 June 1825, Michael HARTMAN, aged 65, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for pension. Being sworn, he declared that he enlisted as a private soldier at Frederickstown, Maryland for a period of three years, about 1777 or 1778, in Captain Michael BOYER’s Company, Colonel WELTNER’s German Battalion, Maryland Line of the Continental Army. Was at Valley Forge when the troops lay in winter quarters there; was at White Plains; served in the expedition against the Indians at Wyoming (Pennsylvania) commanded by General SULLIVAN; served at Yorktown and the capture of CORNWALLIS; marched to Charlestown, South Carolina, where he and the company shipped to Annapolis, Maryland and were discharged. On the way to attack the Indians as before mentioned, while the troops lay at Easton, Pennsylvania, he reenlisted for the duration of the war, which he served. He is a farmer on rented land. His sons have left and work for themselves and are in low circumstances. Two daughters live with him and work to support themselves. His wife is nearly 60 and neither of them can work on account of their age.
17 June 1845, Elizabeth, widow of Michael HARTMAN, aged 88 of Kittanning Township, Armstrong County, appeared before the Court in Kittanning. She declared she was the widow of Michael HARTMAN and they were married 10 February 1784 in Frederickstown, Maryland, by Reverend George COOK. The only person she knows living who was present at the marriage is Mary EVANS, a relative now living in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Michael HARTMAN died 5 April 1845 (in Kittanning Township). John HARTMAN declares he is the oldest son of Michael & Elizabeth and he is aged 60 years.
13 December 1853–William HARTMAN, son and heir of Michael & Elizabeth, deceased, applies for pension.
Mentions youngest son Michael HARTMAN married in 1824.
Pensioners from the 1840 Federal Census, Revolutionary or Military Service, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
HARTMAN, Michael ~ Age 81 ~ Kittanning Township, Armstrong County
HARTMAN, Michael, Private
Description of Service: WELTNER’s G[erman] Regiment
Placed on Pension Roll: 8 November 1825
Commencement of Pension: 23 October 1825
Michael HARTMAN is listed as a Revolutionary pensioner in Armstrong County, Her People Past and Present by J. H. Beers & Company, page 66.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Courthouse Records, Will Abstracts.
HARTMAN, John of Hempfield Township. He mentions his mother and father and his sisters. He mentions one sister by name, Polly EAVENS, wife of Walter EAVENS. He names Jacob PAINTER Esq. and Jacob MECHLING, Sr. as Executors. Written 15 October 1802 and proved 30 October 1802. Will Book 1, page 172.
Note: Because Molly and Polly are often nicknames for Mary, I thought this Polly EAVENS might be the Mary EVANS of Westmoreland County who is mentioned in the Revolutionary pension of Michael HARTMAN.
Marriage record. Michael Hartmann, son of Henrich Hartmann, and Elisabeth Hartmann, daughter of Wilhelm Hartmann, married 27 February 1785. Present at the marriage: Barbara Hartmann, Maria Hartmann, Catharina Mercker, Johannes Ellenberg.
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick County, Maryland. Digitized copy of the original records:
HEGIN, Edward
Revolutionary War Pension File #S39669. HEGIN, Edward, of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. 11 May 1818: Edward HEGIN appeared before Judge Robert ORR, Kittanning, Pennsylvania, aged 63. Being duly sworn HEGIN makes the following declarations: He entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War in the first part of February 1776 to serve one year. The Company was commanded by Captain Thomas CHURCH of the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Pennsylvania Line. He served until May 1777 and was in the battles of the Three Rivers. He served several tours of militia duty, and was in the battles of Germantown and Brandywine, and is in reduced circumstances and needs the assistance of his country.
Armstrong County. 19 June 1820, personally appeared in Open Court, Edward HEGIN of Toby Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, who being sworn declares: He enlisted for one year in February or March 1775 in York County, Pennsylvania, in Captain Thomas CHURCH’s Company, Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Anthony WAYNE. After WAYNE was made Brigadier General, their Colonel was MOORE. HEGIN was discharged in March or April 1776, by Colonal MOORE in Chester County. He was in the battles of the Three Rivers, Germantown and White Horse. He has a wife named Betsy, aged 50 years. Four children live with him: John, aged 14; Samuel, aged 11; Betsy, aged 8; and Ibby, aged 3. His occupation is Blacksmith.
Edward HEGIN died 28 April 1825, his widow Elizabeth surviving. In 1854, soldier’s daughter Sarah SHAUP was alive; her address was Matildaville, Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Notes: Toby Township became a part of Clarion County. Clarion was formed in 1839, so if he died in Toby Township, Armstrong County in 1825, his burial place would now be in Clarion County.
1860 Census, Perry Township, Clarion County, PA
Series M653, Roll 1095, page 416
SHAUP, Johnathan, aged 50, farmer
Sarah, aged 40
Matilda, aged 16
He has his dates a bit mixed up, as the Battle of Three Rivers was fought 8 June 1776, at Three Rivers, Canada, and the Battle of Germantown wasn’t until 4 October 1777. Was there another Battle of Three Rivers?
HEILMAN, Peter
HEILMAN, Peter. 1749 – 1833. Buried in the Heilman Cemetery in Kittanning Township. (Source: Cemetery Records)
“According to historical publications, Peter HEILMAN came to America in 1750 from Alsace-Lorraine at the age of two. His mother had died aboard ship during the passage. He and his father, Christian HEILMAN, landed in Philadelphia and settled in Northampton County. Both Christian and Peter served in the Revolutionary War, and it is assumed that Chriatian was buried in Northampton County. In 1800, either in a lottery or in lieu of pay for military services, 200 acres of land was granted to Peter HEILMAN, near Blanket Hill, Kittanning Township. HEILMAN and his wife had eight children. Two of the boys walked from Northampton, in eastern part of the state, to Armstrong County, to see what kind of land they owned. In 1961, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Kittanning Chapter, dedicated the grave of the soldier and placed a marker there. There were 200 persons at the ceremony.”
Newspaper article “Revolutionary Veterans Buried in Armstrong County”. Leader-Times, Kittanning. Thursday, 25 May 197_. (The last number is worn.)
This newspaper article doesn’t cite sources and you should always check these facts for yourself. See replies at the end of this page,
HELFRICH, George
HELFRICH, George. 1762 – 1833. Buried at the Old Schaeffer Cemetery in Burrell Township.
George Helfrich was a Private in the 1st Battalion under Lt. Colonel Beahm and Captain Daniel Good. Served “on the frontears” as a substitute for John Nees. Source: Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, ARIAS, Pennsylvania’s Digital State Archives
HENDERSON, Benjamin
HENDERSON, Benjamin. 1766 – 1857. Buried in St. Thomas / Gastown Cemetery in Plumcreek Township.
KELLY, Alexander
KELLY, Alexander. 1769 – 1844. Alexander is buried in the Crooked Creek Cemetery in Bethel Township.
KERR, William
Revolutionary War Pension File #W3560
William Kerr was born 5 January 1758. He enlisted at Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on 9 August 1776. He served as a private in the companies of Captains Samuel Miller, Swearingen, and Moore, in Colonel Aenas Mackays Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. He was in the battles of Ash Swamp, Boundbrook, the capture of Burgoyne, and several skirmishes. He was discharged at Pittsburgh 10 October 1779. He appeared before the court of Armstrong County on 17 June 1818 to apply for a pension, which was approved. He was a resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He died 20 January 1832. His wife was named Margaret, born 15 April 1785. She died 17 May 1843 at the home of William Gallaher in Westmoreland County. William Gallaher gave a sworn statement as to the wife and children of William Kerr. He was also one of the executors of William Kerr’s will, abstracted below. William Kerr died 20 January 1832. Son Alexander Kerr also appeared before the court. For the children of William & Margaret Kerr, please see Bible Records on this site.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Courthouse Records, Will Abstracts
KERR, William of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County. Mentions: beloved wife Margaret; sons Robert, William Jr., John & Alexander; daughters Elizabeth, wife of Joseph LOWERY; Hannah, married; Martha, wife of William GALLIHER; and Anne, single. Appoints Joseph LOWERY of Plumcreek Township and William GALLIHER of Allegheny Township as executors. Written 28 January 1831. Witnesses: Joseph H. KERR and William WATSON, Esq.
Registered 3 February 1832, Will Book 1, page 128.
The pension file says William Kerr died in Westmoreland County but the will shows he was still a resident of Armstrong County at his death. His widow Margaret did go to Westmoreland County, where she died.
KING, George Adam
KING, George Adam. 1765 – 1843. King is buried in the Bush Cemetery in Burrell Township. (Source: Christine Crawford Oppenheimer)
KING, John
KING, John. Private, 2nd Regiment, PA Continental Army. King was in Maj. John Murray’s Company under Col. Walter Stewart. He was age 29, 5 feet and 5 inches tall; his occupation was a butcher; born in Annapolis (town), Maryland. On the roll dated 9 September 1778. Certificate dated 29 Oct. 1784, pay for 1 Aug. 1780 to 1 Jan. 1781 was $33.00. From the PA Archives, 5th Serics; Vol. IV, pp. 501 – 502. Revolutionary War Declarations, Armstrong Co., PA. 6 March 1813 – Robert Beaty, Guy Hiccox, David Crawford, Samuel Matthews, John Gillespie, Robert Brown, Hacey Jack all testify that John King was in Capt. Spear’s Company under command of Col. Steward of 2nd PA. Regiment, and is now a resident of Kittanning Township in Armstrong Co. (Source: “Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly”, May 1981. Volume 7, number 4.)
KING, Jonathan. 1757 – 1837. Resided in Sugar Creek Township. (Early Deaths & Marriages, pg. 50)
Revolutionary Pension File # S13645. King, Jonathan.
19 September 1832. Jonathan King, a resident of Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to make sworn declarations in order to obtain a Revolutionary War Pension. He said he was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1757. He has the record of his age in his father’s handwriting, taken from his father’s bible. He had lived in Northampton County until 1794, when he moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He stayed there five years and then came to Armstrong County.
The Pension File states that he fought in no battles during the War. He enlisted for 6 months as a Private under Captain John Santee of the Flying Camp, March 1776. In April 1880, he served as a Lieutenant for 3 1/2 months under Captain George Nulff. Jonathan King died 14 June 1837.
Jacob Wolff was one of the men who appeared before the Court in Kittanning to testify as to Jonathan King’s character. Jacob Wolff said that he “lived within three quarters of a mile of the applicant Jonathan King from childhood”. They entered the service together in March 1776, in the Flying Camp under Captain John Santee at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Source: Revolutionary War Pension File #S13645, King, Jonathan.
Note: Jacob Wolff was married to Christina King, sister of Jonathan. Kathy Marcinek
KING, Jonathan, Private & Lieutenant
Description of Service: Pennsylvania Militia
Commencement of Pension: 4 March 1831
Another source is the published Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume IV, page 501. Continental Line, Pension Applications, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Brady’s Bend Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
“Adjoining the Spangler-McCall tract on the south is a similar one, 400 acres, the warrant for which was granted to James C. CAMPBELL, a portion of whose land history is given in the sketch of Sugar Creek Township, a considerable portion of its southern part being still in that township. The warrantee’s interest became vested in Charles CAMPBELL. It’s original settler was Jonathan KING, who was assesed with 200 acres, 1 horse and 3 cattle in 1804, at $148, and with the same and an additional horse the next year, at $158. He was residing on this tract when he was elected the second sheriff of this county in 1808.” “He was in his early life a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and was at the time of his death, which occured here June 16, 1837, aged 79 years, 8 months and 14 days.”
Source: History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by Robert Walter Smith, Esq. Chicago, Waterman, Watkins & Company, 1883. Page 565
KING, Mathias
KING, Mathias. 1730 – 1810.
Mathias King is not buried in Armstrong County. In 1922, some descendants put up a monument to him and his family at Brick Church, Burrell Township, making it appear that he is buried there, but descendants today say he most likely is not. He died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where his will was filed, and he is probably buried there. I have found sources that say he is definately buried in Westmoreland County. Mathias was the father of Jonathan King, above.
KIRKPATRICK, James
KIRKPATRICK, James. Served 4 months. (Source: “Early History of PA” by Iscrupe. Resided in Wayne Township.
Source: Revolutionary War Pension File #R5992:
James Kirkpatrick was born 25 September 1754, in the place that later became Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He applied for a pension 16 June 1835, while a resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He alleged the following: That while living in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted 7 July 1776, and served as 1st Sergeant in Captain Robert Culbertson’s Pennsylvania Regiment; that sometime in the fall of 1776 he moved to Westmoreland County and resided there until Armstrong County was formed from parts of Westmoreland & Lycoming Counties, and has since resided in Armstrong County, except for a period of seven years during which he resided in Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and that he now (1835) lives in Wayne Township, Armstrong County. He states he was called into service on 20 August 1778, and served as an ensign in Captain Marchant’s Company, Colonel Gibson’s Regiment, and was discharged 20 October 1778, and returned home. He then enlisted in February 1780, at Pittsburgh, and served as ensign in Captain Samuel Love’s Pennsylvania Company against the Cherokee Indians at Cuyahoga. He states he was discharged 24 April 1780. After the Revolutionary War he lived in Armstrong County, except for a period of seven years during which he resided in Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Soldier was dead in 1853 and survived by a son Moses. No other family is mentioned in the pension claim. His claim was not allowed as he failed to provide proof of service.
(He gives a very detailed account of his service, but the claim was still denied.)
James Kirkpatrick, upwards of 80 years of age, appeared before the Court in Kittanning in 1835. Here are some of the sworn statements he made upon his oath of his service after moving to Westmoreland County: In 1778, he was in a Company of Militia commanded by Dr. Marchand, Captain. They were stationed on the south of the Monongahela River to protect men sawing timber under Colonel Gibson’s direction. Kirkpatrick went out as often as two or three times a week on scouting parties, looking for Indians. Captain Miller was scouting to Fort Hand with eleven of his men. Near Fort Hand and Hannastown, near where he resided, he and ten men were killed by Indians, one escaping. Kirkpatrick and others were discharged 20 October 1778 and returned home. February 1780, men of different companies were to go on an expedition against the Indians. Kirkpatrick was in a Company commanded by Samuel Love. Peter Thomas of Sewickley was Lieutenant and Kirkpatrick was Ensign. There was one company of Continentals, one company of Virginia Militia, and several companies of Pennsylvania Militia, with General Hand having chief command. The troops set out for Cuyahoga, going down the Ohio and up Big Beaver, Simon Girty acting as pilot. Came to an Indian Town and killed an Indian who first wounded a Captain of the Continentals “and killed them a few boys & the Virginians killed them a few squaws”. Deponent Kirkpatrick and John Denniston and Samuel Mahaffey took one squaw prisoner and saved her life.
LAUGHERY, William & Margaret see Loughery
LEECH, Archibald
I have no proof that Archibald Leech is buried in Armstrong County but it is likely, since he was living here as an old man and his wife died here. Archibald Leech enlisted at Hannastown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1776, and served as a private in Captain Joseph’s Irwin’s Company in a Pennsylvania Regiment commanded at various times by Colonels Miles, Brodhead, and Walter Stewart. He was honorably discharged by Colonel Walter Stewart at Valley Forge in January 1778. He first marched from Hannastown to Marcus Hook, and fought in the battles of Long Island, White Plain, Brandywine and Germantown, and in several skirmishes. On 18 December 1820, Archibald Leech was a resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County. He appeared in court there to request a pension for his Revolutionary service. At that time, he stated that his wife had been dead “upwards of one year”. On oath, he says he is a farmer, that he rents a small farm of about five acres of cleared land with a small cabin house. He states: “My family consists of a niece of about 21 or 22 years of age called Susanna Hindman, whom I raised from the time she was two weeks old her mother dying at this time”. He says he has no other family whatsoever. His assets were listed as one house, valued at $30.00, and three sheep, valued at three dollars each.
Source: Archibald Leech, Revolutionary Pension file # S 40.935
LEONARD, Patrick
LEONARD, Patrick. 1747 – 1811. Buried at Cowansville Union in East Franklin Township.
LEMON, John
Revolutionary War Pension File #S40080. Maryland, Pennsylvania, Maryland Sea Service.
28 October 1822, John LEMON personally appeared before Judge Robert ORR, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, to make application for a pension for Revolutionary Service.
John LEMON enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland, September 1775, and served until July 1776 as a Private and Sergeant in Captain Nathaniel SMITH’s Maryland Company. He enlisted at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, September 1776, and served three months in Captain Andrew HOME’s Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted December 1777 and served until summer 1779, as superintendent of the Continental Brick Yard at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, under Captain Samuel SERJEANT. He entered service at Baltimore, Maryland in the fall of 1779 until June 1780 as a seaman on the ship “Fanny”, Captain John LOXLEY. They captured British ships “Three Brothers” and “Crown”. He enlisted at Baltimore, Maryland in the fall of 1780 and served under Captain HUNTER until the surrender of CORNWALLIS, and he manned a battery of Artillery at Fells Point. He was allowed pension on his application made 28 October 1822 while a resident of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, then aged 77 years.
Note: I have no information at this time as to where he died or is buried but given his age it is very possible he is buried in Armstrong.
LENNINGTON, Timothy
Revolutionary Pension File #S9749. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, 4 July 1820. Timothy LENNINGTON,, a disabled pensioner, appeared before a Justice of the Peace for Armstrong County, and on oath declared he was the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain TAGART of the Second Battalion in a Regiment commanded by Colonel James MURREY of the Northumberland, Pennsylvania Militia. In 1777 he received 16 principal wounds and his name was placed on the pension list in 1778 by order of a committee appointed for that purpose in Northumberland County. He moved from Northumberland to Cumberland County about 1782, then to Allegheny County about 1787, and from there to Armstrong County in 1796, where he now resides. Signed: Timothy Lennonton.
Census notes:
1790, Pitt Township, Allegheny Township, Timothy LINETON
1800, Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Timothy LENINTON
1810, Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Timothy LENNINGTON
The portion of Buffalo Township where Lennington lived became East Franklin Township. I have no proof of where he is buried. He died 10 June 1823, a resident of Armstrong County, per his will.
LEWIS, Ezekiel
LEWIS, Ezekiel. Buried at Cowansville Union in East Franklin Township.
Ezekiel Lewis was part of an expedition called Lochry’s Disaster. Robert Orr, later a judge in Kittanning, was a Captain from Hannastown who raised and equipped a small company of riflemen that was also involved in this disaster. There has been a lot written about the destruction of this detachment of Lochry’s. I suggest Old Westmoreland: A History of Western Pennsylvania During The Revolution by Edgar W. Hassler. You can probably also find a lot by Googling “Lochry’s Disaster” or a variation of that.
Source: Revoltionary Pension File #S4533. Before the Court in Kittanning, Armstrong County, Ezekiel Lewis testified to the folowing:
That he was born in Schannadore (Shannadoah?) County, Virginia, in the year 1755.
That this record was kept in his grandfather’s bible in said county. The bible went to his grandfather’s son Morici Lewis, who is since dead.
He states he lived in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, when he volunteered for the Revolution, that he lived there nine years and since that time he has lived in Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County.
He served under Colonel Archibald Lochry and William Campbell, Captain of Lighthorse, joining 1 August 1781. On 24 August 1781, he was “taken by the Indians on their way from Sugarcreek in Westmoreland County in this state to the mouth of the Big Myami.” He was kept prisoner until July 1782, at Prison Island on the River St. Lawrence. He states that “I was not joined with any Continental Company as before stated unless Captain Thomas Stokely’s Company, but I know that Col Lochry was under General Clark when we were to meet at Wheeling, Virginia, who had left Wheeling when we arrived there, who left directions for us to follow him down the Ohio River, which we were doing accordingly when taken by the Indians.” He also mentions that his Captain was killed by the Indians.
LONG, John
LONG, John. Buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Plumcreek Township.
LOUGHREY, William.
I do not know at this time where he is buried. In the 1840 Federal Census for Revolutionary or Military Pensioners, there is listed MARGARET LOUGHREY, aged 69, resident of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Below is the information from her pension application.
LOUGHREY, William & Margaret, Revolutionary Pension File #R6185.
16 September 1839, before the Court in Kittanning, Margaret LOUGHREY of Buffalo Township, widow of William, applies for a pension. Margaret declares that her late husband, William LOUGHREY, entered the service at a place called Paxton, then in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as an Ensign with a commission from General Washington. He was in the Battle of Brandywine. His commission and discharge, signed by General George Washington, were in her possession for many years after his death and were destroyed by her little grandchildren. Her maiden name was Margaret GALBREATH and she married William LOUGHREY on 8 August 1790 or 1791 at her the house of her brother Robert GALBREATH, then in Westmoreland County but in the part that became Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Robert GALBREATH was dead by 1839, when this testimony was given. William LOUGHREY died October 1806 and she did not remarry. James LOUGHREY, son of William and Margaret, born 1792, testified he had seen his late father’s commission as an Ensign signed by General George Washington, and his discharge, also signed by Washington, and that these papers were put in the care of his brother William LOUGHREY and are now destroyed. William LOUGHREY testified he had seen his father William’s commission and discharge, signed by General George Washington, Commander in Chief, and that his mother had given them to him and, supposing them to be of no value, gave them to his children as a plaything and they were destroyed.
Margaret Galbreath LOUGHREY died sometime in 1850 and in September 1851 her son James applied before Justice of the Peace Arthur Kiskadden, in Armstrong County, for the pension due her. It says she lived in the part of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County that became part of Clarion County and that her pension was denied by the US but that she was granted one from the state of Pennsylvania.
LOWRY, Alexander
Alexander Lowry, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War pension, 40 dollars.
Source: Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1837. Session Laws. Google Books.
MAXWELL, Adam
MAXWELL, Adam. S5064, PA Line. Maxwell was born in 1752 in Cumberland County, PA. and he lived in Westmoreland County, PA. when he enlisted. He lived there after the Revolutionary War then moved to Armstrong County, PA. where he applied for pension on 19 Sept. 1832. Maxwell’s widow Elizabeth Maxwell received final payment on 8 May 1838 and was paid to 17 May 1837, the day Adam Maxwell died. (Source: “Revolutionary War Pension Files”)
McCONELL, William
William McConell from Plumcreek Township, died on 28 Sept 1834 at the age of 81. The deceased was a Revolutionary War Soldier.
Source: Newspaper obituary, 1 October 1834.
William McCONNELL. Revolutionary Pension file. William McCONNELL, aged 63, of Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, made oath on 30 September 1818 to Judge Robert ORR. He stated he enlisted 14 November 1775 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, serving one year under Anthony WAYNE. They marched to Saratoga, New York, where McCONNELL was left due to ill health. There he enlisted again in the First Regiment of New York, serving 6 years and 6 months. He appeared before the Court in Kittanning again on 18 September 1820. He was allowed pension on the 1818 claim. His wife was named Martha.
19 December 1827. Re William McCONNELL. Washington Bounty Land Office to Honorable Robert ORR. They find Land Warrant #7506 issued to Sam BROWNE, assignee for William McCONNELL, 11 November 1791. Signed: Robert TAYLOR
McCONNELL, William. Private.
Sums Received: $1433.29
Description of Service: New York Continental Line
Placed on Pension Rolls: 8 May 1819
Commencement of Pensio: 30 September 1818
McCOY, Daniel
McCOY, Mr. (possibly Daniel). His wife’s name was Deborah and she died on 22 Oct. 1829. (Source: “Early Deaths & Marriages” compiled by C. Mateer.)
Revolutionary War Pension File #S40985. Daniel McCOY.
Daniel McCOY was a private in Colonel Miles Pennsylvania Regiment and was inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of eight (8) dollars per month, to commence 8 June 1818, after he appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension on that same date. On 27 June 1820, Daniel McCOY, aged 67, appeared before the Court in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, to apply for a pension under an Act of Congress of 18 March 1818, and an Act of Congress of 1 May 1820. He was said to then be a resident of that county. He states his wife Deborah is aged 65.
Daniel McCOY was allowed pension on his 1818 application, made while a resident of Armstrong County, and he was sent the arrears. He was a weaver by trade but unable to work. Daniel and Deborah McCOY were living in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1820, and Daniel died 30 January 1821. It says he died ‘place unknown’ on one page but there is a letter written on 10 April 1851, from Alexander Taylor of Pittsburgh, on behalf of the heirs who claim he died in Armstrong County about 1828. A Certificate of Pension issued 10 July 1820 for Daniel McCOY was sent to James M. Kelly, Agent, Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
As the heirs made inquiry to the pension 30 years after Daniel’s death, it is possible they are mistaken about where he died, although he could have returned to Armstrong County and died while there. More research is needed. Indiana County Historical Society could be checked to see if he is on their list of Soldier Burials. It appears to me that he did die in 1821, not 1828. Connie Mateer’s excellent source has Deborah dying in Armstrong County in 1829, so it is a real possibility they didn’t stay in Indiana County and returned here. Does anyone know for certain?
McDONALD, Joseph
McDONALD, Joseph. 1760 – 1844. Resided in Franklin Township. Served at the end of the Revolution. (Source: “Early Deaths & Marriages. pg. 84.)
McKEE, Andrew
McKEE, Andrew. Buried at Cowansville Union First in East Franklin Township. There is an Armstrong County applicant for an annuity from the state as a veteran of the Revolutionary War named Mary McKee. Mary M’Kee of Armstrong County was granted an Annuity and a Gratuity, both for 40 dollars, on 17 March 1835. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. Pensioners of Armstrong County.
McMASTER, James
Revolutionary Pension File #S7189. On 6 January 1834, James McMASTER, 83 years old of Clarion Township, Armstrong County, appeared before the court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He declared that he volunteered in 1776 as a private under Captain Nicholas BEDDINGER and Colonel Henry SLAGLE, while at the home of Henry DARRAGH near Abbotstown, York County, Pennsylvania. Some of the other privates were John MULLEN, Alexander ADAMS, Thomas ABBOT and George KUHN. McMASTER later made Ensign and in 1781 was made Lieutenant. He was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1750 and lived near Abbotstown, York County when called into service. He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1793, and to Armstrong County in 1804 or 1806, where he was living in 1834.
Note: James McMaster’s place of burial is unknown at this time. Clarion Township, Armstrong County became part of Clarion County in 1839.
M’MASTER, James, Private
Annual Allowance: 20.00
Sums Received: ….
Description of Service: Pennsylvania State Troops
Commencement of Pension: 4 March 1831 Age: 83
Comments: No report of payment made.
Note: He was placed on the pension rolls but never received payment so it’s possible he died shortly after making application. Does anyone have more information?
William MOORE was a scout in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary and Indian Wars, and was an early settler in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County. The article mentions that his grandson, John MOORE, had his discharge and other papers. “I do certify that William MOORE did belong to My Company and has proved to me that he is forty-five and is now honorably discharged. Given under my hand this 19th day of May 1798. James IRWINE, Captain”
William MOORE settled a mile and a quarter southwest of Whitesburg [Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County], about 1816, and died 7 December 1827.
Source: History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by Robert Walter Smith, 1883, ages 205-206
MURPHY, Samuel
MURPHY, Samuel. 1757 – 1851. Buried at Murphy’s Bottom in Buffalo Township. Pension claim # 22413. Samuel Murphy was born 12 May 1758 in Frederick Coounty, Virginia. The names of his parents were not given. While residing on Jacobs Creek in what was then Bedford County, he enlisted in Westmoreland County in the year 1775 in Capt. John Stevenson’s company, marched to Winchester, Virginia, to Williamsburg and then to Suffolk where he joined Col. Peter Muhlenberg’s 8th Virginia Regiment and went to Charleston, South Carolina and was there the day that “Independence” was declared, length of service one year. He enlisted in 1777 and marched in Capt. Robert Bell’s company to Fort Pitt, and there joined Col. John Gibson’s 13th Virginia regiment and was in the battle of Portsmouth, length of service three years. He enlisted in 1781 and served in Capt. Benjamin Field’s company in Gen. Clark’s (?) expedition to the Falls of the Ohio. On 13 Sept. 1781 he was wounded in the left hip and captured by the Indians, carried to Detroit and in November, 1781, was sold to the British and carried to Prisoners Island, from where he escaped on 11 Jul. 1782. He served in 1792 under Capt. Guthery six months in the “State Service”: in 1793, 6 months as lieutenant in Captain Patterson’s company against the Indians; in 1794, 6 months under Capt. Denny; and in 1795 6 months as lieutenant under Capt Buckaner (?)
Samuel Murphy was allowed pension on account of his service , on his application executed 18 Sept. 1832, then living in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
NEIL, Robert
NEIL, Robert. Residing in Armstrong County in 1814. (Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. XIII, pg. 69)
NELSON, Robert
NELSON, Robert. Died in 1826. Resided in Sugarcreek Township.
NOLDER, John
John Nolder died in 1823 in Plumcreek Township. Was a member of the Lighthorse, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
ORR, Robert
Robert Orr, buried in Kittanning Cemetery, Rayburn Township.
Robert ORR. Revolutionary Pension File #S4631. On 21 September 1832, Robert ORR, aged 87, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He stated that he entered the service under Colonel Archibald LOCHREY with Captains Thomas STOKELY, William CAMPBELL and himself. About the 1st of June 1781, Robert ORR raised and commanded a company at his own expense. They marched down the Ohio and were attacked by Indians on 24 August 1781, with half the men killed, including Colonel LOCHREY, and the other half taken prisoner. Robert ORR was taken to a hospital in Detroit with a broken arm, where he stayed until the next spring. He was then sent to jail in Montreal, then to Quebec, and eventually exchanged at New York. He returned home to Hannah’s Town, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in May 1783, only to find it had been burned by the Indians during his absence. He said he was born in the Parish of McCaskey, County Derry, Ireland. He lived at Hannah’s Town but moved to Armstrong County in 1792. He was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Armstrong County. He died 4 September 1833.
PARKER, Charles
On a list of pensioners of the Eighth Pennsylvania, Continental Line is the name Charles PARKER, Private, 1776 – 1779. Living in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania in 1818.
Published Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Volume IV, page 502:
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. CHARLES PARKER testifies he was in Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, served three years, was in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown, was afterwards discharged. His discharge was burned with other property at Col. HUGHE’S iron works near Hagerstown where he (Charles Parker) was making coal. He is seventy-nine years of age.
Did he die in Armstrong County? Does anybody have more information
PONTIUS, John
John PONTIUS, buried Glade Run Presbyterian, Wayne Township.
Source: Newspaper article “Revolutionary Veterans Buried in Armstrong County”. Leader-Times, Kittanning. Thursday, 25 May 197_. (The last number is worn.)
RAYBURN, James
Rayburn, James. The 1840 census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military Service lists Eleanor Rayburn, aged 72, living in Buffalo Towship. Head of household is James Rayburn, no doubt her son.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Courthouse Records, Will Abstracts:
RAYBURN, James of Buffalo Township, Armstrong County. Mentions his eldest son James and his heirs and assigns; his youngest son Matthew and his heirs and assigns; his daughter Mary BRANDON?; his son Callen; his beloved wife Elenor; his grandson Samuel RAYBURN, under age 21. Signed 1 June 1837. Witnesses: John REDICK and Samuel REDICK.
Registered 20 February 1838, Will Book 1, page 193.
Writing about James RAYBURN, son of Boyd: Mr. RAYBURN’S first ancestor in this country was his great-great grandfather, who came from Scotland a few years after the French & Indian War. He settled in the Ligonier Valley in Western Pennsylvania. We have record of two of his sons, Matthew and James, the former of whom served in the Colonial Army during the Revolutionary War. James, the youngest, was the great grandfather of Squire James RAYBURN. He married Nellie CALLEN, daughter of Patrick CALLEN, who came to Armstrong County at the same time as James RAYBURN.
This was taken from a larger write-up on page 374 in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past & Present, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1914.
James & Eleanor (Nellie) Rayburn lived in Buffalo Township, where she received a pension. They are buried in the Slate Like United Presbyterian Cemetery. The same Beer’s History mentioned above has a listing of Revolutionary Pensioners in Armstrong County. It says they applied for an annuity from the State between 1812 and 1844, as veterans of the wars or widows of veterans. Eleanor Rayburn is listed here, on page 65.
Volume 48, part 1. Monday, 26 February 1838: Mr Johnston presented the petition and documents of Eleanor Reyburn, of Armstrong County, stating the services of her late husband, James Reyburn, in the Revolutionary War, and praying for relief.
The same day, Mr Johnston also presented the petition and documents of Hugh Callen, of Armstrong County, stating his services in the Revolutionary War, and praying for relief.
RUPERT, Charles
Charles RUPERT, buried in the Rupert Cemetery, South Buffalo Township.
Note: There is a Rupert Cemetery in South Bend Township. I really think South Buffalo was a mistake.
RUPERT, Johann Peter
Johann Peter Rupert was baptized 30 March 1755 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania (DAR records). Died 1 November 1824. Buried in the Rupert Cemetery in South Bend Township, Armstrong County. Served as a Corporal in Northampton County. Sources: DAR records and Find A Grave. Photo from Find A Grave:
Informatiom from Doris Klingensmith Ohler: John Peter Rupert Jr. (“German” Pete) was born 7 Jan 1750 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He died 1 Nov 1824 and is buried in the Rupert Cemetery in South Bend Township, Armstrong County (no marker) (He has a marker now. DKM). He was an Corporal with the Associators & Militia during war and served as follows: 4th Company, 3rd Battalion, under Capt. John Horner, 1778. 5th Company, 3 Battalion, under Capt. Conrad Reader, & 6th Company, Colonel Henry Geiger’s Battalion, Capt. Adam Diehl 1780 – 82. PA Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. 8 pages 449,459,510 & 235 ** He was with Anthony Schaeffer, who also came to Armstrong County, when serving under Capt. Conrad Reader & Col. Henry Geiger
SCHAEFFER, Anthony
Anthony SCHAEFFER, buried in the old Schaeffer Cemetery, Burrell Township.
SCHAEFFER, Peter
Peter Schaeffer, buried in a private cemetery in Gilpin Township.
“Along Schenley Road in Gilpin Township you come to Schaeffer’s Cemetery in which there is a flagpole, erected through the efforts of Robert S. THOMPSON. On a weather-beaten headstone you read the name of Peter SCHAEFFER. He was a private in Captain Peter MUHLENBERG’s Company of Lehigh County Militia in the Revolutionary War.”
Source: A Century of Historical Progress of Leechburg, Pennsylvania from 1850 to 1950.
Many years ago, some of us located an old burial ground on this road. There were sunken graves and a rose bush growing, but we never found a tombstone. K. Marcinek
SCHALL, Michael Sr.
In 1934, Michael Schall’s descendants put up a plaque on his former farm in Cochran’s Mills, Burrell Township.
It said that in 1780 he was a Sergeant in Captain Santee’s Company, 2nd Battallion
In 1783, he was a Lieutenant of the 6th Battalion, Northampton County Militia.
Born 1739. Died 1830.
SERFAS, John
John Serfas, buried in the old Schaeffer Cemetery, Burrell Township.
Update: John Serfas, buried in the old Schaeffer Cemetery, Burrell Township.
Descendants say this is John Henry Serfoos/Zerfoos/Serfas (and a lot of other spellings) and census and other records back it up. The Henry Serfas that appears in various records is actually John Henry Serfas, a veteran of the Revolutionary War buried in the old Schaeffer Cemetery in Burrell Township. On the ACGC Facebook group, a member said her ancestor was named John Henry Zerfoss and he died about 1831. Estate papers confirm a death date of 1831 or early 1832. The DAR has a death date of 1855 for the soldier John Serfas but that is not correct. He lived in the Brick Church area of Burrell Township and it now appears that there was only one soldier, John Henry Zerfas. John Serfas has a Revolutionary tombstone which reads : Byles Company 3 Pennsylvania Regiment. John Zerfosz was listed on a Kittanning Township tax in 1835. This is the son of John Henry Serfas.
I found a John Serfas and a Henry Serfas in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Both served in the Revolutionary War, along with others of that surname. John Serfas served in the Northampton County Militia. There is a Henry Serfas listed as being in the 4th Company, Captain And’w Dapper. Lieutenant Henry Serfas also served a tour of duty in Northampton County and is listed on the payrolls of the Northampton County Militia. The early federal census shows both John and Henry as residents of Northampton County, along with George Helfferich. George Helfferich later became a neighbor of Henry’s in Burrell Township, Armstrong County. George is buried in the Old Schaeffer Cemetery also. Sources: Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, ARIAS, Pennsylvania’s Digital State Archives and Federal Census records.
SHIELDS, David
Revolutionary War Pension File #S22989. 10 October 1833, David SHIELDS, aged 68 years, resident of Red Bank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He was born 19 July 1764 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and he cites the source as the family bible. He entered the War of the Revolution as a militia man under his father, Captain John SHIELDS, at Fort Shields, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, March 1780. He lived in Westmoreland County when called into service, and now in Red Bank Township, Armstrong County. He served under General Charles CAMPBELL, Major John GUTHRIE, and Captains SHIELDS, MOORE, and HUNTER. He was commissioned a Lieutenant on 1 May 1789, in the 8th Pennsylvania Company of Foot, Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia.
I have no record of when he died or where he is buried. KLM
John Shields was granted a Gratuity of 40 dollars and an Annuity of 40 dollars on 1 April 1836. He was at that time a residence of Armstrong County. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. Pensioners of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
SLOAN, James
James Sloan died 1821 in Armstrong County. Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. XIII, pg. 210. Elizabeth Sloan, widow of James, is listed as an Armstrong County applicant for annuitities from the state a Revolutionary War veteran.
SLOAN, Robert
Martha Sloan, widow of Robert Sloan, is listed in the 1840 census, Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, under Pensioners for Revolutionary or military service. Although the census doesn’t prove service, direct descendants believe him to have served in the Revolution, given his approximate birth date. Robert Sloan is listed in a 1798 tax list for Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, an area which in 1800 became the southern portion of Armstrong County. More research is needed here.
Will Abstract, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
SLOAN, Martha of Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Mentions daughters Mary McCUNE, Nancy NOLDER, Martha MOOR, Rachel ELGIN, and Jane GRAHAM. Sons Samuel SLOAN and James SLOAN “in case son James SLOAN is yet living or having died and left children” and “in case he is dead and left no heirs or may never return”. Grandson Robert NOLDER. Son Robert SLOAN is deceased. Appoints Daniel ELGIN and James MOOR executors. Written 6 January 1836. Witnesses: William COULTER and William LYTLE.
30 November 1840: All real estate to son Samuel “if he survives me”. Revocation of the executors appointed. Appointed in their stead: William McINTOSH and Samuel COULTER.
Registered 8 March 1840 (sic). Will Book 1, page 244
SMITH, John
Private John Smith, Captain Robb’s Company. 1776. 1 January 1778. Resided in Armstrong County in 1826, aged 77 years. Source: “Pennsylvania in the war of the revolution, battalions and line. 1775-1783”
Author: Linn, John Blair, 1831-1899; Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901; McClellan, Joseph, 1747-1834
Publisher: Harrisburg : L.S. Hart, State Printer
https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniainwa01linniala
Revolutionary and Military pensioners. 1840 Census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
PLUMCREEK TOWNSHIP:
DAVIS, Henry, aged 73
SMITH, Sarah, aged 67
McCAINE, James, aged 64
SLONE, Martha, aged 77
The Sarah Smith getting a pension in 1840 is possibly the widow of John but as of now I have no proof of that. She is much younger but that isn’t unusual.
Listed as an Armstrong County Applicant for an annuity from the state as a Revolutionary War veteran is Church SMITH. Church Smith was granted an Annuity and a Gratuity of 40 dollars on 27 March 1837, for his service in the Indian War. Source: Pennsylvania General Assembly, House of Representatives, Volume 48, part 2, page 226. Date:1838. Pensioners of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. Also on this list as serving in the Indian War is Henry Davis, Daniel Davis, and John Hawk. Church Smith applied for a pension as a Revolutionary soldier but so far all I can find is his acceptance as a soldier of the Indian War.
STEELE, Isaac
Isaac STEELE, Sr., born about 1754, died 24 October 1842 at Sugarcreek Township. Buried in Sugarcreek Township.
Obituary, The Armstrong Democrat & Farmers & Mechanics Advertiser, Thursday, 10 November 1842. Published at Kittanning, Pennsylvania. See Obituaries
1840 Federal Census, veteran’s list.
STITT, William
William Stitt, 1755 – 1834, buried at Truby Farm in Gilpin Township. Source: ACGC Quarterly
STUYVESANDTT, Tobias
Tobias Stuyvesandtt, 1759 – 1841. Buried at Christ-Rupp Church in Kittanning Township. Source: Family Tradition, Peg Krecota.
TOWNSEND, Isaac
Isaac TOWNSEND born 27 Dec 1760, supposedly in Virginia. He came to area after given land for services rendered from serving during the American Revolution. Isaac married Rachel Regina KING, daughter of Mathias KING. In 1790 they lived in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County. The 1800, 1810, 1820 & 1830 Census, Isaac and his family were living in Allegheny Township, Armstrong County.
Isaac died 02 NOV 1837 and was buried in what is known as the Hine Cemetery, Bell Township, Westmoreland County. This cemetery rests on the hill overlooking the Borough of Avonmore. It appears this land was given for the use of a cemetery and Lutheran church. The church never came into existence, but many burials were made in the cemetery. Several prominent families of early Armstrong and Westmoreland Counties are buried here. Daniel ULAM, who also served during the Revolution is buried here.
The D. A. R. placed a plaque on the headstone of Isaac TOWNSEND.
Cutlope (Gottlieb) Hancock, Revolutionary soldier from New Jersey, had a ferry across the Kiskiminetas River in the general vicinity of Edmon, Armstrong County. I have a map showing it. He sold land to Isaac Townsend. I’m almost certain Cutlope is buried in the Maysville Cemetery, the one on the hill. A number of Mathias King’s daughters and their husbands served as baptismal sponsors for Cutlope’s children, including Isaac Townsend and his wife.
TRUBY, Michael
Michael Truby, 1762 – 1842. Buried in Old Kittanning Cemetery in Rayburn Township, Armstrong County.
VASEY, John
John Vasey is residing in Armstrong County in 1821. Source: Penna. Archives, 2nd Series Vol. XIII, pg. 232.
VINICKEY, Joseph
Joseph VINICKEY, buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, South Buffalo Township.
Source: Newspaper article “Revolutionary Veterans Buried in Armstrong County”. Leader-Times, Kittanning. Thursday, 25 May 197_. (The last number is worn. I think South Buffalo is an error. Another source has Vinikey, Joseph buried at Mt. Zion Cemetery in South Bend Township.)
Vinikey, see Vinickey
WAGLE, see WEIGLEY, Isaac
WALTENBAUGH, John Adam
Pay Roll of Captain James Leech’s Company of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia in 1778 & 1779. Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Volume II, page 325. Reinhart, Peter, Adam and Teter Waltingbuf.
Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 23, page 328. James Leech’s Company. Reinhart, Adam & Teter Waltingbuf.
Muster Rolls of the Navy & Line, Militia & Rangers 1775-1783. With lists of pensioners 1818-1832. Edited by William Henry Egle, M D. Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania 1898. Rangers on the Frontiers: Reinhart, Adam & Teter Waltinbuf.
John Adam Waltenbaugh is buried in the Christ Rupp Lutheran Churchyard with his wife Rosina.
Adam & Teeter/Deiter/Teter/Dietrich Waltenbaugh can be found in the early census of Armstrong County. In 1820, John (Adam) & Deter Waltinbough are in Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. They are said to be brothers, sons of Reinhart Waltenbaugh.
WALTENBAUGH, Dietrich aka Teter aka Teeter aka Deter.
Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Volume 23, page 320. Christopher Truby’s Rangers on the Frontier. Reinhart & Tedor Waltenbaugh.
Adam & Teeter/Deiter/Teter/Dietrich Waltenbaugh can be found in the early census of Armstrong County. In 1820, John (Adam) & Deter Waltinbough are in Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.They are said to be brothers, sons of Reinhart Waltenbaugh. Dietrich’s wife was named Margaretha. Source: Baptismal record for their daughter Elisabetha, 1784. Baptized by Reverend Johan Wilhelm Weber.
WEIGLEY, Isaac
Revolutionary War Pension File #R11.285. WEIGLEY / WAGLE, Isaac.
18 November 1833, Isaac WEIGLEY appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He was a resident of Plumcreek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was born April 1758 at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He moved with his father to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1774, settling a few miles from the present town of Greensburg. He enlisted at Hannastown in 1775; he served four different tours. He married Mary C. on 9 May 1780, and they moved to Armstrong County in 1806. Isaac WEIGLEY died 8 October 1835 in Armstrong County. Mary C. WEIGLEY died 27 January 1824. A son, Isaac WEIGLEY, Jr., was 58 years old in November 1852 and a resident of Armstrong County.
WICK, Elisha
Elisha WICK, buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, East Franklin Township.
WILSON, James
James Wilson is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in East Franklin Township.
WOLF, Jacob
Jacob Wolf, 1752 – 1838 is buried in Sugarcreek Township. Source: “Early Deaths & Marriages”, pg. 56, compiled by Connie Mateer. Penna. Archives, 2nd Series. Vol. XIII, pg. 245
Jacob WOLF. Revolutionary Pension File #S24023. 19 March 1833, Jacob Wolf of Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County, appeared before the Court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He stated: He entered service at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania in March 1776, under Captain John SANTEE in the Flying Camp. He was born in Northampton County on 4 April 1753, as was recorded in his father’s bible which is in his possession. He lived in Northampton County until 1789 when he moved to Westmoreland County, and from there to present-day Armstrong County in 1794. Jonathan KING served with him.
YUNDT, Daniel
Daniel Yundt, 28 July 1748 – 2 June 1836. Buried at Christ Rupp Lutheran Cemetery in Kittanning Township. Yundt is one of the earlier spellings for the name we now know as Yount. Jundt is another variation.
Daniel Yundt
YUNGST, Peter
Revolutionary War Pension File #S8000.
16 December 1834. Peter YUNGST, aged 75 years on 6 May next, resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He appeared before the court in Kittanning to apply for a pension. He was living at Lebanon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, when he went into the service as a substitute for his father, Henry YUNGST. He was born in Germany near the River Rhine on 6 May 1760, and lived at Lebanon, Lancaster County when called into service. Sometime after the war he moved to Cumberland County where he lived 16 years and then moved to Allegheny County near Pittsburgh for about 9 years. He then moved to Armstrong County where he still resided in 1834. (He was still there in the 1840 census.)
1840 Federal Census, Pensioners for Revolution or Military Service
YUNGST, PETER, age 80, resident of Allegheny Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
ZEARPHUS, Henry
Henry Zearphus was residing in Armstrong County in 1814. In service during 1776 – 1777. He was wounded and taken at Crooked Billet in 1778.
Orphans Court, Docket O. Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Courthouse.
19 June 1832. John Philip Shaeffer, Administrator of the estate of Henry Searfoos, deceased, presented his petition setting forth that Henry Searfoos died leaving six children: Christian, Mary, John, Balser, Peggy and George, all over 21 years of age. Land in Kittanning Township, 100 acres Warranted to William Stewart.
Update: Please see Serfas, John.
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John D Atkinson says:
Daniel Yundt is my 4X great grandfather on My Olinger side. Melvine(Umbaugh) Olinger my grandmother, William G. Olinger my Great Grandfather, Isaac Adam Olinger my 2x great grandfather, Adam Addison Olinger my 3x Great Grandfather married Anna Maria Yount the daughter of Daniel Yount(Yundt)
Dacia Reynolds Johnson says:
I am decended from George Reynolds who is buried in the old Reynolds cemetery outside of Kittanning. No marker. he came to fight with Braddock, he was Scottish. He was wounded during the massacure and given bounty land. I know he fought with Millitia against the French, English, and Indians but find no record of a pension. he died at Huntington PA in 1796. Does anyone remember hearing anything on him? I want to know where in Scotland and if there were family left there. Is there an historian someone knows of? His family were prominent in Kittanning after he died. David Reynolds was very well known.
Carole Curran says:
I am a descendant of Timothy Lennington, and have proven to the Daughters of the American Revolution, through his daughter Jane, who married John Titus. I believe that John Titus father, also John Titus, served the cause as well. After the Revolution, they settled on Glade Run, but I have been unable to prove the connection of John Titus Jr. to his father. Any help would be most appreciated.
Lynn Maynard says:
I am also descended from Timothy from his son Abraham.
I saw one genealogy chart that said Thomas was Timothy’s father, but so far I don’t have any documentation.
Heather Green says:
I am a descendent of Timothy Lennington. I am looking for confirmation that his son was named Isaac and his father was Thomas. Do you by chance has a record of his will which may state heirs, etc. Thank you.
Will of Timothy Lemington aka Lennington
Source: Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994, Armstrong County, Will 1805-1873 Vol. 1 page 44-45 accessed 2/24/2015 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-28780-13666-12?cc=1999196&wc=9PM6-RMQ:268497101,268535901
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Wendy Totos says:
Daniel Yundt is a direct relative of mine on my paternal mother’s side. A several times grandfather. I have traced him and further back many generations
Kathy Kelly (not in Westmoreland) says:
Barring a few strays, did you know that every Kelly that was evicted or left voluntarily from Ireland to come to colonial America went to Westmoreland County, PA? And that half of them were named James? Well, anyway, that’s how it feels.
For instance, the 1790 census has a James Jr and James Sr in Armstrong Township, Salem Township and Rostraver Township. Rostraver James are not there in 1800. Maybe its a border thing and they are the two James in South Huntingdon? Oh, look, one James is back in Rostraver in 1810. My self-appointed task is to sort these Kellys out. I have made some good progress. Alexander in Bethel, Armstrong is brother to James Sr. in Salem Township who died 1804 (not 1803 like the one in Armstrong Township). Rodger and John in Derry seem like interesting fellows that no one ever talks about. And Samuel. Everyone talks about Samuel in Armstrong. What I need are some good maps that show the border changes of the counties and townships in this area during their formations. Can anyone help with this?
There was a Church Smith of Armstrong County who received a pension for service in the Indian Wars. This was the period immediately following the Revolutionary War.
Daniel e smith says:
I am a descendent of church smith. His name is only mentioned once here and it’s only for his Sarah who received a war pension for his service. I’m disappointed there is no further info on this man. If anyone knows anything at all I am more than happy to talk. We believe he is from Ireland but it’s not conclusive. Would love to continue my personal line :/.
Information on Church Smith has been hard to find but I’m not done searching.
J Eich says:
The grave marker of John Wiles, who died in 1832, states
1st Brigade 2nd Division
Oak Grove Cemetery
Frogtown, Armstrong, PA
http://www.findagrave.com
Rob Watt says:
Christopher Oury was with the 8th PA Regiment at Fort Pitt under Captain Nehemia Stokely. He is listed there as Ourry along with Francis Raupp (Franz Rupp) both early settlers of Kittanning Twp. Christopher Oury’s farm is where Rupp Church Stands today. He kept a tavern along the Kittanning Path today rt 422.
Tom Altman says:
Christopher Oury, 8th PA Regiment is my first cousin five times removed.
Carroll says:
Henry Zearphus was residing in Armstrong Co. in 1814. In service during 1776 – 1777. He was wounded and taken at Croaked Billet in 1778. (This is more likely ‘Crooked Billet’.)r
Are these two men the same? Is one the father of Catherine Zerfass born 1775 married to John Philip Schaeffer (Rev War)? Where is Henry Zearphus (Rev War) buried in Armstrong County ? I am unable to locate.
Thank you, Carroll
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Fred Brient says:
The grave marker in the old Schaeffer cemetery is for John Henry Serfas/Zerfoss who was reportedly born in 1758 and died in 1831. I can prove his death date as to the year at least. He is the Rev. War veteran. He is almost always referred to as Henry as in his estate papers. His son John, never referred to as Henry as far as I can determine has no reported grave marker although I have seen his death date recorded as 1855 with no source. I believe he is also buried in the same cemetery. Many researchers are confusing father and son with some using a birth date of 1758 and a date of death of 1855? Not likely! I would love to know where some are getting the 1855 death date, I do not dispute it’s accuracy but would like to have some proof. Henry is the father of Catherine and John Zerfoss is Catherine’s brother. Catherine Elizabeth Zerfoss married John Phillip Schaeffer. John Phillip Schaeffer was not a Rev War veteran but his father Anthony was I believe. Check Armstrong County Genealogy Club Spring Quarterly 2003 for proof of Henry and son John as well as the estate file in Armstrong County. File No. 280, Henry Zerfoss, Docket 1, Page 80. I hope this helps. If no longer conveniently available I have an entire copy I will share. If you have access to Ancestry.com check my tree titled brientorion.
Carroll Wilson says:
Would you be able to give me a copy/scan of the Quarterly 2003? I cannot access Ancestry or find a copy of the quarterly. I do appreciate the info you posted. Thank you.
I wondered myself if John and Henry were one and the same.
On the ACGC Facebook group, a member said her ancestor was named John Henry Zerfoss and he died about 1831. He lived in the Brick Church area so it is possible that there was only one soldier, John Henry Zerfoss. John Serfas has a Revolutionary tombstone which reads : Byles Company 3 Pennsylvania Regiment. John Zerfosz was listed on a Kittanning Township tax list as a farmer in the year 1835. On Easter Day, 31 March 1839, Elisabeth Zerfoss, aged 20, and Mary Zerfoss, aged 19, were confirmed at St. Michael’s Lutheran, Brick Church, Burrell Township, Armstrong County, PA.
Charles Calhoun says:
Correction to my previous comment — James Calhoun wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Crooked Billet in May 1778, not 1788.
Paul Treacy says:
James Calhoun, b. 1775, Crrigans, County Donegal, Ireland, d. ca. 1822, Pine Twp., now Boggs Twp., Armstrong County PA, was a Lieutenant under Captain John Caldwell and L. Col. James Taylor of the 6th Bat. Lancaster Co., PA, Militia, 1781, 1782. He was wounded during his time of service. His farm is still in family hands. OPver eith generations of this family have resided on these lands. Over 200 years of recorded history.
This James Calhoun was born 1745 or 1747, possibly in Carrigans, immigrated from Letterkenny, County Donegal, to Lancaster County (near present day Mercersburg, Franklin County PA). His military service was as a private in Cumberland County militia (with unit from same present day Franklin county location) under Robert McCoy, wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Crooked Billet (near Hatboro PA) in May 1788. This information is documented in research for the DAR by Fendrick and by published acts of PA legislature granting James Calhoun and Isaac Wiley old-age annuities for their service. Web search on James Calhoun will produce these documents.
Mr Treacy’s remarks on James Calhoun of Armstrong County are frequently cited, but appear to combine information with other James Calhoun personages from Lancaster County and should be carefully reviewed for accuracy.
Mr Treacy – I was trying to email you to request (or purchase) a copy of your book “The Colquhouns of Scottland, Colhouns of Ireland and the Calhouns and Colhouns of Americas” that is cited on the Find-A-Grave memorial for James Calhoun. My email is charles.a.calhoun@gmail.com. Your book is cited as including letters from Mary Abraham Walker Calhoun that would confirm James’ place of birth as Carrigans, Ireland, and information on his parentage. Thanks very much.
Mark K. Aulenbacher says:
Alexander Dunlap.
and Elizebth Jack.
looking for info on this family.
Kathy Marcinek says:
So many of us with old Armstrong County roots have been told we have Native American blood. DNA shows it is usually not true. I suggest you have a DNA test to prove or disprove it. Good luck!
Marie Reedy says:
I cannot add any more about the service of James McMaster but I would like to comment on John Mullen named in McMaster’s application for a pension. I’m descended from Mullen’s son Joshua who settled in Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky by about 1820. Joshua ran a tavern there for many years. I have a letter written by Joshua inquiring about the land that was possibly due his father for his service during the Revolutionary War. John Mullen is listed as a private in military rosters. John Mullen was a shoe maker in Abbotstown and was married to Allice Abbott, descendant of John Abbott the founder of Abbotstown. There are 2 other children named in John’s will, eldest daughter Deborah and a son Ebenezer less than 14. Possibly someone can tell me what became of the children and where John Mullen and Allice were buried. Allice Abbott Mullen remarried a man named Donaldson after John Mullen died . Mullen’s death was between 15 November 1780 and 26 March 1781. Donaldson died before 1790. The Mullens are Scots and belonged to the Church of Scotland according to Mullen’s will. Others named in the will are brothers – in -law of John Mullen: James Taggert, Junior and Edward Abbett.
Jan Catalogna says:
Peter Yingst (Yeansgt) as spelled in his Rev. pension application on file at the Armstrong County Courthouse. His interrogation covers six pages detailing his movement across PA. Peter was from Germany, coming to America in 1766 aboard the ship Chance. His father Johann Heinrich Juengst (Yingst) settled in Lancaster/Lebanon County. Peter guarded Hessian prisoners of the Battle of Trenton and served serveral tours of duty as a substitute. He did not participate in any engagements. Peter settled in Armstrong County around 1830. Peter’s ancestors have been documented back to year 1400 through research done in Germany.
Diane Bingham says:
About JOHN HARTMAN, son of Revolutionary War Soldier MICHAEL HARTMAN …
His great granddaughter, my aunt Rebecca Nitsche whose mother Anna LaRue Moore was daughter of Rebecca Olinger, daughter of Anna Maria Hartman, a daughter of John Hartman, told me John had married a Leni Lenapi Indian girl named “Sarina.” Everything else Aunt Becka told me about family history seems to be true, but I don’t know how to validate this connection. Any ideas?
A DNA test would prove or disprove it.
Thank you. ‘Am planning on doing that this year 2016.
Crystal Perez says:
Did you ever do your DNA? Who was Rebecca Olinger’s father? I am related (direct line) to the Olinger’s.
Georgia Hileman Halloran says:
I descend from PETER HEILMAN/HILEMAN. Peter was born in 1751 Sept. 28( according to German chrusrch record on LDS film # 193854) and he came to America in 1753. I also doubt that this Christain, bn 1710, is his father -I believe it was his brother .
Will Christman says:
I just wanted to let Georgia Hileman Halloran know that I have an orphan’s court abstract from Westmoreland County, Docket A, 23 June 1806. Petition of Nicholas Snider, administrator of Christian Hyleman dec’d, stating that the deceased left a widow and six children (Polly, Betsy, Isaac, Peggy, Sally, and Christiana), all of whom are minors under the age of 14 years; and requesting the Court that Jacob Christman and Frederick (Sheveler ?) be appointed guardians over their persons and estates until they arrive at the age of 14 years. Approved. I also have a Peter Helman (Heilman?) in the Westmoreland County, Mount Pleasant Township, 1790 Federal Census a few entries underneath my family.
I have been looking for the family of my 4x great grand father, Jacob Chrtistman (1760-1832) who married Elizabeth Lauffer and resided in Westmoreland County, Mount Pleasant Township, attended Greensburg Lutheran Church. I’ve been at a brick wall for quite a few years now. Because of these Heilman records, an entry for Elias and Ruth Christman of Bedford County at Greensburg Lutheran (I think Ruth Christman’s grandmother was Anna Catherine Heilman) I’m wondering if my Jacob could be connected to them even though I’ve already looked there and their Y-DNA is supossedly R1b and mine is R1A1. Any suggestion would be appreciated. jchristman8@att.net
This is interesting. I live in the area of Kittanning Township where these Heilmans settled. I think the name you couldn’t quite make out was Frederick Schaeffer, probably spelled wrong. I’m not sure of that, though.
Looks like a lot more research is needed here.
Faith Jack says:
I am also a descendant of Christian/Peter/Solomon Heilman. Johann Christian Hileman/Heilman b 1709, baptised 1710 d 1790 was Peter Hileman’s father.
j.guthrie says:
is there a book called captive tale written by joseph brownlee guthrie
D. Kathy Marcinek says:
I have never heard of it but it is possible. I’ll do some snooping.
There is a book titled “American Guthrie and Allied Families”, 1934, by Guthrie, Laurence R.
D. Crowley says:
Yes, there was a book written about Elizabeth Guthrie by her last son, Joseph Brownlee Guthrie. It is not in print but wouldn’t it be wonderful if it were found in someone’s attic in Pennsylvania. Elizabeth Guthrie was my great , great, great, great, great grandmother.
Michelle McGaffic says:
I am also related to Elizabeth Brownlee Guthrie through my grandfather who was a Keener. His mother was a Beatty. There is a book called Capitve’s Tale. I think I have it as I have most of his things now. I remember going with him to Hannas Town and he bought it there in the gift shop.
Ken Kelly says:
My ancestor, Edward Kelley, served with the Cumberland County Militia of PA during the Revolutionary War. He was living in Redbank Twp, Armstrong County PA at the time of his death in 1814. Has anyone previously looked into the location of his grave? Do you have volunteers that research the location of their farm, church, etc. as possible locations of his remains? Or what do you recommend, in order to try to locate him, please? Thank you very much for any possible assistance.
Ken Kelly
Elisabeth Cumin says:
Note: Did Morici Lewis, Uncle of Ezekiel, have any son &/or grandson named John Onezime Lewis, born 1799 in Eastern Twp, PQ, near Vermont Border ??
Is there a complete list of the sons and grandsons of Captain James Lewis that would include Ezekiel and Silas.
Final: Is there a list of the sons of Ezekiel and Silas – born 1795-1805 approx ??
elisabeth.cumin@hotmail.com
1776-1812-2012 More than 200 Years of Peace Celebrations across North America- July 1-4 – especially – along the St Lawrence River!
Dr Louis Hebert/Forestell Tree/Trunk/Branches/Twigs PQ is completed except for the ancestors of John Onesime Lewis, b 1799, husband of Jessie Easton, b 1805; and, settled near Thomasburg-Stoco-Tweed, Hungerford Twp/Hastings County, Ontario.
Note: Marguerite Matilda Lewis, born 1830, daughter of Jessie/John Lewis, was the wife of James Tobias Forestell, grandmother of Grand-father James Lewis Forestell.
Do you know if Ezekiel – Silas O- Thomas Lewis, Eastern-Shefford-Sutton twp PQ; &/or William Lewis of Vermont are ancestors to John Onesime Lewis, near Thomasburg-Stoco, Ontario ?? Sincerely E Cumin
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The Sultanate of Oman has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Oman has never made a public statement detailing its position on cluster munitions. In September 2013, a government official informed the CMC that the country has participated as an observer in meetings of the ban convention in order to learn more and observe the convention’s development.[1]
Oman participated in several meetings of the Oslo Process, including the formal negotiations in Dublin in May 2008 as an observer, but it did not sign the convention in December 2008.[2]
Oman has continued to show interest in the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It attended the convention’s Second Meeting of States Parties in Beirut, Lebanon in September 2011 and the Fourth Meeting of States Parties in Lusaka, Zambia in September 2013 as an observer, but did not make any statements at either meeting. Oman has not participated in intersessional meetings of the convention held in Geneva since 2011.
Oman has voted in favor of UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolutions condemning the Syrian government’s use of cluster munitions, including Resolution 68/182 on 18 December 2013, which expressed “outrage” at Syria’s “continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights…including those involving the use of…cluster munitions.”[3]
Oman is not party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.
Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling
Oman is not known to have used, produced, or exported cluster munitions.
Oman is thought to possess a stockpile of cluster munitions. In 2002, the United States (US) announced the sale of 50 CBU-97/105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons to Oman.[4] Jane’s Information Group reports that Oman owns BL-755 and Rockeye cluster bombs as well as 122mm Grad-type and Hyrda-70 rocket launchers, but it is not known if the latter two include ammunition stockpiles that include cluster munitions.[5]
[1] Interview with Khaled Hardan, Director of Disarmament, Oman Ministry Foreign Affairs, in Lusaka, Zambia, 11 September 2013.
[2] For more details on Oman’s cluster munition policy and practice up to early 2009, see Human Rights Watch and Landmine Action, Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Practice and Policy (Ottawa: Mines Action Canada, May 2009), pp. 224–225.
[3] “Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic,” UNGA Resolution A/RES/68/182, 18 December 2013. Oman voted in favor of a similar resolution on 15 May 2013.
[4] US Defense Security Cooperation Agency, “News Release: Oman-F-16 Aircraft Munitions,” Transmittal No. 02-16, 10 April 2002.
[5] Robert Hewson, ed., Jane’s Air-Launched Weapons, Issue 44 (Surrey, UK: Jane’s Information Group Limited, 2004), p. 843; and Colin King, ed., Jane’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal, CD-edition, 10 January 2008 (Surrey, UK: Jane’s Information Group Limited, 2008).
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Biography – ANTROBUS, JOHN – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
ANTROBUS, JOHN, merchant and office holder; b. c. 1756, probably in England; d. 8 May 1820 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada.
In 1779 John Antrobus was in business at Quebec, where he owned a general store in Lower Town. As a merchant he was in agreement with the political demands of the English-speaking bourgeois community: consequently in 1784 and 1788 he signed petitions in favour of a house of assembly and in 1785 was amongst those who supported Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* in his efforts to meet the merchants’ needs. Antrobus also participated in advancing certain claims in economic and social matters: in 1789 he signed a memorial asking for the settlement of problems affecting trade in flour and biscuit [see George Allsopp], and in 1791 another about the collection of lods et ventes; in 1790 he was among the signatories to a petition requesting the creation of a university in Lower Canada [see Jean-François Hubert*]. Also in that year he was a member of the Quebec Fire Society.
On 29 March 1787, at Trois-Rivières, Antrobus had married Catherine Betsey Isabella Cuthbert, daughter of James Cuthbert* and Catherine Cairns. The following year the couple, who were then living on Rue de la Montagne in Quebec, received from Cuthbert one piece of land in the seigneury of Berthier, and two others in that of Sorel. Some months later, in exchange for one of his Sorel properties, the government granted Antrobus the ruins of the king’s ironworks in Lower Town Quebec on seigneurial tenure. In September 1788 he acquired a lot with a house and stable at Près-de-Ville, at the foot of Cap Diamant, for a yearly payment of 100 livres on the 2,000 livres borrowed for its purchase.
In 1792 Antrobus and his wife went to live on their property at Berthier. The following year he was appointed overseer of highways for the district of Trois-Rivières. In this capacity he attended particularly to coordinating the development of a system of roads throughout the district. As Trois-Rivières already had an adequate set of major roads, Antrobus proceeded at the inhabitants’ instance to create a network of secondary roads to link the inland areas with the Chemin du Roy, adapting the layout to needs and circumstances. Work on a sizeable scale was undertaken in the region of Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville). It is difficult to estimate Antrobus’s income as overseer of highways because the emoluments from this office came not only from public funds but also from fees paid by the inhabitants for the drafting of surveyor’s reports.
In 1797 Antrobus took his family to live at Trois-Rivières, on a property purchased for £1,200. That year he was appointed a justice of the peace and a member of the grand jury for the Court of King’s Bench. His land holdings grew steadily. He had already obtained a grant in the seigneury of Sorel from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] in 1795. Three years later Joseph Boucher de Niverville granted him 46 acres bordering on the common lands of Trois-Rivières. In 1803 Antrobus rented out a farm at Berthier on the métayage system. According to the agreement the métayer, Jean-Baptiste Amiot, was to give him half of the grain harvested in the first year; for the next six years Antrobus was to receive £46 annually for the house, milk house, and bakehouse. In 1804 Antrobus bought two properties in the seigneury of Sainte-Marie adjoining that of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. To increase his holdings Antrobus sought to obtain about 30,000 acres in Brandon Township, but lacking financial resources he was unsuccessful in getting letters patent and going ahead with the survey.
After his wife’s death in January 1806, Antrobus, who owed £1,000, began to divest himself of his holdings. That year for £100 he sold to the Reverend James Sutherland Rudd, rector of Christ Church at William Henry (Sorel), properties he owned there. In 1809 he received £400 from the sale of three pieces of land at the foot of Cap Diamant. Three years later he sold a property at Trois-Rivières to the merchant Étienne Leblanc* for £150. For £1,020 in 1816 he sold by auction to George Pyke* a waterfront lot on Rue Champlain, Quebec, which his children had received by letters patent from the government on 9 Aug. 1806. During the period 1810–19 his creditors, Lewis Tucker, John Doty, Ezekiel Hart*, John Blackwood, and Christopher Carter, demanded that the properties he still owned be put up for sheriff’s sale.
In January 1820 John Antrobus resigned from his post as overseer of highways and was replaced by his son, Edmund William Romer*. He died some months later; only two of his six children survived him and his daughter died just a few weeks later. His sole heir, Edmund William Romer, had an inventory made of his father’s assets. Antrobus had left only a modest estate: some pieces of land at Trois-Rivières and some properties at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade and Sainte-Marie; moreover, the sale at auction of his personal estate brought in only £51 12s.
Normand Paquette
ANQ-MBF, CE1-50, 10 June 1820; CN1-4, 1er déc. 1795, 15 févr. 1797, 2 mai 1798; CN1-6, 11 sept. 1803, 7 mai 1806, 23 sept. 1809, 30 oct. 1815, 17 oct. 1818, 21 juin 1820; CN1-32, 20 mars 1812; CN1-91, 15 sept. 1804. ANQ-Q, CN1-16, 1er avril, 20 sept., 14 nov. 1809; CN1-83, 9 avril 1784; 4 juill., 24 sept. 1788; CN1-145, 28 Dec. 1804. Quebec Gazette, 11 Nov. 1779; 16 June, 3 Nov. 1785; 11 Dec. 1788; 17 Dec. 1789; 28 Jan., 4 Nov. 1790; 28 April 1791; 30 March, 27 April 1797; 30 Jan. 1806; 9 Aug. 1810; 21 Feb., 27 June 1811; 4 March 1813; 21 May, 2 July 1818; 8 July 1819. Lucie Beauvillier et Carmen Grondin, Répertoire des baptêmes-mariages-sépultures, Trois-Rivières protestant, 1767–1875 (s.l., 1979). P.-G. Roy, Inventaires des procès-verbaux des grands voyers conservés aux Archives de la province de Québec (6v., Beauceville, Qué., 1923–32), 3: 158–92. Sulte, Mélanges hist. (Malchelosse), 21: 47–51. Édouard Fabre Surveyer, “James Cuthbert, père, et ses biographes,” RHAF, 4 (1950–51): 81. P.-G. Roy, “John Antrobus,” BRH, 10 (1904): 283–84.
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Normand Paquette, “ANTROBUS, JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 16, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/antrobus_john_5E.html.
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Biography – BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES – Volume VIII (1851-1860) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES (baptized René-Thomas, he added Verchères to his name later in life), fur trader, merchant, militia officer, justice of the peace, seigneur, and author; b. 21 Dec. 1784 in Boucherville (Que.), son of René-Amable Boucher* de Boucherville and Madeleine Raimbault de Saint-Blaint; d. there 13 Dec. 1857.
Thomas-René-Verchères, the tenth of 11 children, was a descendant of Pierre Boucher* and was born into one of the province’s leading families. His father was seigneur of Boucherville and his mother was an heiress to the seigneury of Verchères. In 1792 he entered the Sulpician Collège Saint-Raphaël in Montreal and six years later began his cours classique. Although a prize-winning student, he left the college in 1799 before completing his studies. The next few years were spent in Boucherville where, as he later admitted himself, he was involved in various “foolish pranks.” In 1803 his father obtained a post for him as clerk in the New North West Company (sometimes called the XY Company) under Sir Alexander Mackenzie*. In the spring of 1803, on a seven-year contract as a clerk, he left Lachine in a canoe bound via Lake Nipissing (Ont.) for Grand Portage (near Grand Portage, Minn.). From there he continued to Fort Dauphin, on Lake Dauphin (Man.), where he wintered in 1803–4 under Thomas McMurray. A youth on his first long journey away from his family, he was at first desperately homesick, but the lively journal he later wrote shows that he soon began to enjoy his new life. The rigours of winter travel involved in the collection of furs from the neighbouring Indians, however, brought on high fever and inflammation of his legs. In May, suffering from continued aching of the legs, which he possibly exaggerated because of a desire to return home and his dislike of his occupation, he left the service of the New North West Company and returned to Lower Canada.
In October 1804 he was employed by the French royalist emigré Laurent Quetton* de Saint-Georges, a close business connection of Boucher de Boucherville’s brother-in-law Louis-René Chaussegros* de Léry, and went with him to York (Toronto) to serve as clerk. The business dealt in general merchandise at York and Niagara (Niagara-on-the-Lake), and also conducted a trade in furs with local Indians. Boucher de Boucherville often made the short visits to the Mississauga villages that this trade necessitated. Quickly gaining Quetton de Saint-Georges’s confidence, he was sent to Amherstburg in 1806 with £2,500 worth of merchandise to open a branch. The new store prospered and two years later Quetton de Saint-Georges sold it to him. A warm friendship had developed between the two men and when in 1811 American customs officials impounded $58,000 of goods belonging to Quetton de Saint-Georges at Lewiston, N.Y., under the terms of the Non-Intercourse Act, Boucher de Boucherville undertook to return his former employer’s kindness. According to his own account, he hurried to Niagara and with the connivance of the garrison at Fort George he successfully led an armed nocturnal raid on the Lewiston custom-house and absconded with the shipment, saving his friend from bankruptcy.
When the War of 1812 erupted, Boucher de Boucherville served as a volunteer on the Detroit frontier and saw action under Major-General Isaac Brock*. For his service at the capture of Detroit he was awarded a medal and clasp. Meanwhile, his business had been badly disrupted by his absence and the hostilities. After a visit to Boucherville in early 1813, he rashly made his way back to Amherstburg carrying £1,348 worth of general merchandise in four canoes. The only merchant to have brought in new stock, he succeeded in selling most of what he had in a very short time and at high prices; during the first three days alone he recorded sales of £4,800. However, the defeat of Commander Robert Heriot Barclay* by an American naval force on Lake Erie in September 1813 forced the abandonment of Amherstburg. Boucher de Boucherville later claimed for losses of £1,271 on his stock, of which £500 was recognized. Fleeing with his money, he was near the site of the battle of Moraviantown when the British under Major-General Henry Procter* were defeated and he hastened on to Montreal. There, as he notes in his journal, he gave a report on the battle to the commander-in-chief of the British forces, Sir George Prevost*. After a short rest at the family home in Boucherville, he joined his regular militia unit, the Boucherville battalion of militia, then at Châteauguay, serving as adjutant with the rank of captain. He was not, however, involved in the battle of Châteauguay and returned to Boucherville for the winter of 1814–15.
After the war, Boucher de Boucherville tried briefly to re-establish his business in Amherstburg, but soon arranged to liquidate his stock. He then unsuccessfully imported merchandise on joint account with Quetton de Saint-Georges and attempted to set up a business in Boucherville and once again tried Amherstburg. He returned to Boucherville in September 1816 and retired from business.
Boucher de Boucherville’s later career presents a complete contrast to his restless youth. He settled at Boucherville, becoming a justice of the peace and a major in the militia. On 17 May 1819 he married Josephine Proulx, daughter of Louis-Basile Proulx, a Montreal bourgeois, and they had five children. By 1829, through inheritance from both sides of the family, he was co-seigneur of Boucherville and Verchères. It was in 1847 that he wrote his journal, a lively account of his fur-trade adventures and wartime experiences intended for his children, which was eventually published in 1901.
Frederick H. Armstrong
Thomas-René-Verchères Boucher de Boucherville is the author of “Journal de M. Thomas Verchères de Boucherville . . . ,” Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal (Montreal), 3rd ser., 3 (1901): 1–167. The journal was translated by W. S. Wallace* and published under the title A merchant’s clerk in Upper Canada; the journal of Thomas Verchères de Boucherville, 1804–1811 (Toronto, 1935); a second English translation, “Journal of Thomas Verchères de Boucherville,” was printed in War on the Detroit; the chronicles of Thomas Verchères de Boucherville and the capitulation, by an Ohio volunteer, ed. M. M. Quaife (Chicago, 1940), 3–178.
ANQ-M, CE1-22, 22 déc. 1784, 16 déc. 1857. ASTR, 0032, Louis Dugas, “Généalogie Boucher,” 70–77. PAC, RG 19, 3754, 4356–57. F.-M. Bibaud, Le panthéon canadien (A. et V. Bibaud; 1891). Officers of British forces in Canada (Irving), 189–91. P.-G. Roy, Inv. concessions, 2: 283, 300; 3: 33–34. Maurault, Le collège de Montréal (Dansereau; 1967). “Les disparus,” BRH, 34 (1928): 622. J.-J. Lefebvre, “Jean-Moïse Raymond (1787–1843), premier député de Laprairie (1824–1838), natif du comté,” BRH, 60 (1954): 111–12.
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Frederick H. Armstrong, “BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 16, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/boucher_de_boucherville_thomas_rene_vercheres_8E.html.
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MUSIC FOR EASTER, PASSOVER AND SPRING - AND CONVERSATION WITH REV. AL GREEN
Spring is in the air! We explore the vernal season and its garden of delights with meditative jazz, soul serenades and sunny reggae rhythms. Reverend Al Green tells about growing up in rural Arkansas, how music saves souls and his journey from the stage to the pulpit. Plus bunny hops, bops and boogies; Easter parades; songs of rebirth and romance; and jazz & Jamaican celebrations of Passover.
MUSIC OF HEALING & ELIXIRS: LITTLE FREDDIE KING, ANDERS OSBORNE, DR. MICHAEL WHITE & MUSIC MAKER RELIEF FOUNDATION
From healing songs and expressions of pain to hoodoo cure-alls and feel-good elixirs, we explore the musical world of sickness and health. We talk with Mississippi-born guitarist Little Freddie King about how the blues saved many of his nine lives. New Orleans songwriter and rocker Anders Osborne tells of a journey that led to self-medicating with pain relievers that do more harm than good, and his eventual recovery. Tim Duffy of the Music Maker Relief Foundation in North Carolina explains the curative properties of music on society and his work with Taj Mahal to help deep-roots musicians in need. And clarinetist Dr. Michael White talks of jazz and its role in his and New Orleans’ recovery after Katrina. Plus, medicine show troubadours hawk their tonics, Dr. John prescribes Mama Roux’s healing potions, and Huey “Piano” Smith gives us a serious case of “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu.”
SAN ANTONIO SOUNDS
The great Texas river city is a mix of Mexican, German, Anglo and African American cultures, among others. Home to the Texas Conjunto Festival and the International Accordion Festival, San Antonio is best known for Tex-Mex or Téjano music played by squeeze box masters like Flaco Jiménez, Narciso Martinez and Mingo Saldivar among many. We’ll speak with Flaco, who in collaborations with Doug Sahm, Ry Cooder, and Los Super Seven, has carried the music worldwide. “Chicano brown-eyed soul” performers like Sunny and the Sunliners and other groups describe music that connected New Orleans and Louisiana Swamp Pop with San Antonio and East Los Angeles. We’ll also talk with Vox organ legend Augie Meyers who worked in the high hippie era with Doug Sahm as part of the Sir Douglas Quintet and later in the Texas Tornadoes. The conversation comes full circle with Max Baca, the leader and bajo sexto player of Los Texmaniacs who was influenced by both Flaco and Doug Sahm. The Grammy-winning family band sticks with tradition, but finds ways to include country, blues and rock. Plus music from Sam the Sham, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Freddy Fender and Willie Nelson. ¡Vamos!
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Steven Pressfield & Tim Grahl: Slaying Creative Dragons
There is an enemy. You are the enemy. Resistance will kill you. If you’re a Steven Pressfield or "The War of Art" fan (who isn’t?!), you already know that. You also know that you are not alone, and resistance can be beaten. But, good God, doesn’t it feel a little harder these days with the world seemingly going off the rails? I wasn’t sure Steven could ever write something as masterful as The War of Art. Despite selling millions of copies of books in both fiction and non-fiction—that book was tops in my eyes. But he’s done it again, with "The Artist’s Journey: The Wake of the Hero’s Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning." If you’re wrestling with trying not to fall into the time suck of 24-hour news, you’re going to love this chat. Joining us is book marketing superstar Tim Grahl, who you may know from his past books, "Your First 1,000 Copies," and "Book Launch Blueprint." But today he’s here with Steve for "Running Down a Dream: Your Roadmap to Winning Creative Battles." Steve’s publishing company, Black Irish Books, published the two books in tandem and I can see why. They’re both page turners and pack an even more powerful punch when digested together. On today’s show we talk about how we lie to ourselves about how busy we are (and how little time we actually need to get our art completed). We discuss the odd phenomenon that the writer often rejects first book ideas, and Steve gets playfully ribbed and respectfully praised for his obsessive research habits. Tim shares top book picks, and Steven explains why he turns away from his gorgeous Malibu ocean view to face the wall when he writes. We also cover the fundamentals of the Hero’s Journey and the subsequent Artist’s Journey, and how once you get on this train, there’s no getting off. In what Steve calls a bit of an “OCD convention,” we dive into the nitty-gritty about setting up one's office and life to avoid distractions. Tim shares how he practices being vulnerable with small pieces before he puts out something truly scary for him (like this new book), and the three of us laugh about professional jealousies and the crazy-making reality of competing with (or being held back by) your friends and family. Listen up, too, for fave tech hacks, book launch tips, schedule simplifying strategies, and this most important message: YOU have important work to do on this planet. So, let’s go! I’m so glad you’re here. Welcome. xo PS: Subscribe here so you'll be the first to know when a new episode airs. (And, for more info, go to www.BeautifulWritersPodcast.com) PPS: If you love the show and want to help spread the word, please take a sec to give us your thoughts and/or a 5-star rating on iTunes. apple.co/2sbpC1J
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Dr. David S. Bassiouni
Dr. David S. Bassiouni is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Bassiouni Group, where he leads the company’s mission to empower global institutions and communities in the developing world through Sustainable Development, Strategic Public/Private Partnerships and Socially Responsible Investment.
A former government official/minister, diplomat and International Development veteran, Dr. Bassiouni’s track record encompasses a wide range of experiences. He served in the United Nations (UN) system for over twenty years, primarily working with UNICEF, DHA, OCHA and UNDGO and held several senior positions including Deputy Director for UNICEF’s Office for Emergency Programmes, Chief of the Interagency and Response branches in DHA/OCHA and Coordinator for IASC/ECHA. Dr. Bassiouni also marked an important milestone in UN history by becoming the first-ever Humanitarian Coordinator and the only Coordinator directly appointed by the Secretary-General and the Security Council.
Dr. Bassiouni also served as the UNICEF Representative in Somalia, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Israel/Palestine, and Egypt. Prior to his career in the UN, Dr. Bassiouni served in senior government positions, including Regional Minister of Agriculture, in the Sudan. His experience includes Humanitarian Aid/Assistance, Complex Emergencies, Conflict/Crisis Resolution, Post- Conflict Reconstruction, Change Management, Sustainable Development, Agricultural & Natural Resources Management, and Veterinary Science/Medicine. Dr. Bassiouni is a graduate of the Veterinary Medicine School at Khartoum University, Sudan, and he holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government as well as a Parvin Fellowship from Princeton University. He sits on the boards of the Sérgio Vieira de Mello Foundation, International Institute for Rural Reconstruction and Global Humanitarian Forum.
At UNICEF, Dr. Bassiouni led and oversaw the successful implementation of UNICEF’s global campaign of the Universal Programme of Immunization (UCI) that protected over 20 million children against the five deadly preventable diseases of children, contributing significantly to UNICEF achieving its global goal. As the UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia, he established the first UNICEF offices in Nairobi and Djibouti and oversaw UNICEF’s programme of assistance to victims of the civil war in Somalia. He also coordinated a number of UN Agencies, including UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, UNDP, WHO and FAO and major international agencies and NGOs including ICRC, IFRC, Save the Children Fund, CARE, MSF and World Vision to deliver humanitarian assistance under a challenging war situations.
As the Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Emergency Programmes (EMOPS), Dr. Bassiouni initiated the development of several major UNICEF humanitarian policies including IDPs, sanctions, land mines and Unaccompanied Children. He also led the development of the joint UNICEF/UNHCR/ICRC statement on Unaccompanied Children based on the Rwanda crisis and jointly developed programme for tracing, reuniting, rehabilitating and reintegrating unaccompanied children.
During his role as the Chief of the Interagency Support Branch, Dr. Bassiouni headed Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) to give administrative and programmatic support and policy guidance to Humanitarian Coordinators in 18 offices in complex emergency countries. This enabled to UN to strengthen agency coordination and ensure the effective and rapid delivery of assistance to victims of humanitarian crises. During his leadership of the DHA, Dr. Bassiouni also managed and oversaw the preparation of U.N. Consolidated Appeals Process (CAPs) totaling over $1.6b in support of humanitarian assistance in emergency countries globally.
As the Chief of the Interagency Support Committee, Dr. Bassiouni coordinated and organized effective working relationship and consultation among the sixteen IASC members resulting in significant inter-agency collaboration and achievements in synchronize response to global humanitarian crises in several countries including Somalia, DRC, Sierra Leone, DPRK, Burundi, Sudan, FRY and Kosovo, etc. He also coordinated and organized the work and meetings of ECHA in facilitating effective consultation amongst its 11 members (OCHA, DPKO, DPA, WFP, UNICEF, UNOHCHR, UNHCR, WHO, FAO, UNRWA, SRSF-CAC) resulting in reaching major policy decisions within the United Nations context. This included the continuing development and humanitarian assistance in DPRK, negotiating rules of engagement and access in DRC, achieving humanitarian cease-fires in the Sudan, negotiating concessions with the Taliban in Afghanistan and developing policies on staff safety and security.
As the Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes, Dr. Bassiouni promoted closer collaboration between donors and UNICEF Representatives from emergency countries through periodic briefings and dissemination of donor updates and ensuring stronger response to the UNICEF component of the Consolidated Appeal. He also oversaw the effective management of the Stand-by Arrangements with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) and the Netherlands whereby staff are annually provided gratis within 72 hours to deploy in the field to support UNICEF programmes in emergency countries.
As Rapporteur to the Humanitarian Response Review (HRR) commissioned by the Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Dr. Bassiouni assessed the global humanitarian response capacity of the UN, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and other key humanitarian actors including the International Organization for Migration. After determining the gaps in these capacities, he created defined benchmarks to be used by the different groups – organizations (UN, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and other key humanitarian actors including IOM), donors and beneficiaries – to measure the expected performance of the international response system in terms of scale, speed, intensity and impact, giving due weight to the quantity and quality of humanitarian assistance. He also undertook an inventory of current capacities (at HQ and Field
Levels) in the key response sectors (such as shelter, food, water and sanitation, health, protection, education) of the UN, NGOs, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement and other key humanitarian actors including IOM to respond to complex and major emergencies and assess performance of the system against benchmarks.
As UNICEF’s Special Representative in Ethiopia, Dr. Bassiouni launched the “Out-of-Addis Drive” succeeded to mobilize staff to spend for the first time, at least 40% time in the field implementing and monitoring programmes for children and women especially in the drought affected areas, winning staff appreciate and respect from donors. He also established five sub- offices strategically located in the regions to facilitate the effective delivery of programmes on the ground for all populations in need. The “Out of Addis Drive” coupled with the functional, zonal offices gave UNICEF the ability to establish a strong field presence resulting in a viable outreach programme reaching a larger number of children and women especially in the drought affected area with critical services reducing mortality. Dr. Bassiouni also launched an effective programme of humanitarian assistance (health, nutrition, water and sanitation and education) that addressed the pressing needs of children and women in the drought affected regions of Ethiopia.
As UNICEF’s Special Representative in the Palestinian Territories, Dr. Bassiouni strengthened the management of the Country Office by quadrupling the annual budget from about USD$4m to $18m;by increasing the staff strength from 32 to 72 and by introducing many processes and procedures to guarantee an efficient and effective office to support programmes for Palestinian children and women. He created a strong infrastructure for effective programme delivery by establishing six zonal offices (Gaza, Rafah, Tulkarem, Nablus, Jenin and Hebron) throughout the Palestinian Territories. He also established a strong working relationship between the President, the Palestinian Authority and its government, the Palestinian Legislative Council and Civil Society to ensure greater commitment and support for UNICEF-assisted programmes.
As the UNICEF Representative in Egypt, Dr. Bassiouni secured greater commitment from Government of Egypt (GOE) to make Egypt Polio-free by 2005, including the agreement to re- establish and reactivate the moribund Supreme Council for Polio Eradication. He re-established and strengthened working relationship with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), UNICEF’s key partner in the GOE through which major UNICEF-assisted programme via the National Plan of Action for Children (NPA); Street Children, Child Labour and Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C) are implemented.
Prior to his career in the UN, Dr. Bassiouni served in senior government positions, including Regional Minister of Agriculture, in the Sudan. His experience includes Humanitarian Aid/Assistance, Complex Emergencies, Conflict/Crisis Resolution, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Change Management, Sustainable Development, Agricultural & Natural Resources Management, and Veterinary Science/Medicine. Dr. Bassiouni is a graduate of Veterinary Medicine School at Khartoum University, Sudan, and he holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government as well as a Parvin Fellowship from Princeton University.
David Solomon Bassiouni
David Solomon Bassiouni specializes in global business development, sustainable development, global/political affairs and crisis management. As the Managing Director at The Bassiouni Group, he helps dynamic companies/institutions to navigate the global economy and build sustainable, community-focused solutions for long-term growth and socioeconomic impact.
Mr. Bassiouni has managed international teams and developed solutions to help organizations tackle challenges, resolve complex institutional issues and maximize performance. He has worked on a variety of projects ranging from advisory services for governments and comprehensive evaluations for UN agencies to Sustainable Trade and Investment initiatives in the Agribusiness, Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Development sectors. As a C-suite counselor, Mr. Bassiouni has directly advised CEOs, industry leaders and dignitaries on complex, and often sensitive, global events ranging from management/labor issues and corporate transition to financial restructuring and shareholder disputes.
As the Group Manager at Weber Shandwick’s Corporate Issues Group (New York), Mr. Bassiouni counseled numerous Fortune 500 clients on corporate strategies relating to reputation management, corporate positioning, CEO communications, high-profile litigation, financial restructuring, crisis management, labor relations, corporate reorganizations, M&A transactions, hostile takeovers, financial restructuring, regulatory enforcement, product liability and management transitions. His client list ranged from major financial institutions and pharmaceutical firms to hotel chains/tourist destinations, multi-sector manufacturers and energy companies.Prior to joining Weber Shandwick, Mr. Bassiouni was an Associate Director at Gavin Anderson & Company, a leading financial & corporate communications firm. There, he was part of the team that provided strategic counsel to the United Nations, supporting the Office of the Secretary General during the launch of the Independent Inquiry Committee and the subsequent introduction of Secretary Annan’s landmark reform program. He also spearheaded and assisted on corporate communications programs for Caremark Rx, Inc., PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sovereign Asset Management, United Kingdom Trade & Investment and other leading organizations.Mr. Bassiouni has also worked at Shandwick International (Weber Shandwick Worldwide), Kratz & Jensen (Euro RSCG), The Halo Group and Winstar Communications (IDT Corp.). As the Media Relations Manager at Winstar, he oversaw the company’s media relations and marketing initiatives throughout the United States, Western Europe, Asia and South America. In addition to the Technology, Energy, Financial, Telecommunications and Consumer sectors, Mr. Bassiouniis also experienced in Government, International Affairs, Healthcare and Higher Education.Educated in Britain (Scottish boarding schools) and raised in eight different countries across Europe and Africa, Mr. Bassiouni takes a uniquely multicultural approach to his work. He graduated with honors from McGill University, Canada, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature & Cultural Studies. Mr. Bassiouni is conversant in basic French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Arabic.Mr. Bassiouni has spoken on a variety of international development/business issues at numerous venues including The Harvard Club, Columbia University, and City University New York.He is the Associate Director of The Mary N. Bassiouni Foundation, which is dedicated to empowerment and advancement of South Sudanese girls and women. Mr. Bassiouni is also a Special Advisor to Project Education South Sudan, which increases access to primary and secondary education with a special focus on girls.
Samantha Nolan
Samantha Nolan is a Project Manager at The Bassiouni Group where she supports the company’s mission by playing an active role in project coordination, proposal development and procurement, as well as, new business development including trade and investment opportunities. Ms. Nolan started with TBG in 2011 and prior to working as a Project Manager she served as an Associate with the TBG Internship Program as well as an Account Executive.
During her time at TBG Ms. Nolan has had the opportunity to assist a variety of teams on multiple projects. She has worked on multiple UN Evaluations including the Evaluation of UNESCWA Statistical Subprogram and the UNDP Moldova Country Project. After finishing her degree she continued to work for TBG as a contract consultant on the Evaluation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission Social Development Division and Information Communication and Technology Division, and the UNFPA End of Program Evaluation of the Africa Regional Program.
Ms. Nolan is a dedicated to the study of international relations and development. She received her B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Central Florida and her M.A. in International Studies with a major in Foreign Policy and Security Studies from Florida International University. Ms. Nolan’s focal area during her graduate program was the analysis of linkages between security and development in the Middle East. Her areas of specialization have been Middle Eastern affairs with a focus on religion in politics, conflict resolution, strategic studies and globalization with a focus on developing countries. She is very passionate about Middle Eastern studies and continues to study Arabic to further her understanding of the region.
Outside of her education and experience with TBG, Ms. Nolan has also worked in the field of emergency management. She worked on the Emergency Management in Higher Education grant from the U.S. Department of Education where she and a team of researchers created an effective emergency management plan for the University of Central Florida.
Laura Wicks
Laura Wicks is a Project Manager at The Bassiouni Group where she supports the company’s mission by supporting consultancies, proposal development, and procurement, while also finding new and innovative trade and investment opportunities. Ms. Wicks started with TBG in 2012 as an Associate with the internship program, which followed with her working with the company as an Account Executive. During her time with the company she has assisted with a variety of projects including assisting in a number of evaluation and consultancy projects with UNICEF, UNFPA, FAO, and UNDP.
Ms. Wicks is a passionate international development scholar. She received her B.A. in Social Anthropology from the University of Michigan and her M.A. in International Studies with a major in Foreign Policy from Florida International University. Her focal areas have been education development, microfinance, and economic development with a focus on developing countries. Her Master’s thesis, titled, “Rwanda’s Miracle: From Genocide and Poverty to Peace and Prosperity” analyzes the economic reform and liberalization processes Rwanda has undertaken since 1995.
Outside of her education, Ms. Wicks has worked with a variety of NGOs helping with development both within the United States and abroad. In the United States, Ms. Wicks has worked with multiple NGOs in the Detroit area, working in youth shelters, on crisis lines, and with afterschool literacy programs. She also worked with Global Visionaries in Seattle as the Assistant Program and Communications Manager. At Global Visionaries, Ms. Wicks developed a Microfinance program for 15 high school students that resulted in them raising $2,000 to provide as loans to a sustainable coffee growing and roasting cooperative in Antigua, Guatemala. Also with Global Visionaries, Ms. Wicks developed and implemented a mentorship program to assist the at-risk youth involved in the program in completing their program and funding requirements. The mentorship program lowered the dropout rate by 10% in the first year.
Abroad, Ms. Wicks spent over 3 months in Pisco, Peru helping with the immediate disaster response after an 8.0 earthquake struck off the coast in 2007. There she led a team of 12 volunteers in building temporary housing for the victims of the earthquake. She also helped with the initial rubble removal, raised over $3,000 for what was to be a sanitation station but ended up supporting families over Christmas time, and taught English to local high school students. Ms. Wicks also spent 3 and a half weeks in Nepal where she helped start the building of a school in a remote village on the Indian border with the NGO, BuildOn. Ms. Wicks has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Latin America, having spent over a month in more than 10 countries.
TBG’s executive leadership team is comprised of Senior Partners and Senior Consulting Partners who (individually) possess more than 30 years of experience in the international development, governmental and corporate sectors. All are called upon to advise the firm on strategic, managerial and operational activities.
TBG’s Advisory Council is composed of influential and knowledgeable experts drawn from a broad and balanced variety of fields and sectors. Members are selected for their expertise, knowledge and specific interest in issues linked to Global Sustainable Development. The purpose of the Advisory Council is to provide independent, external advice and expertise to help shape the company’s strategic direction, current activities and future plans. Following are brief profiles of some of our the Advisory Council members:
Mr. Salvano Briceno
Mr. Sálvano Briceño is an experienced Disaster Reduction expert who served as the first Director of the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) 2001-2011. His career spans over several decades and has focused on the management of environmental and sustainable development programmes at the United Nations, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Government of Venezuela. Mr. Briceño has a Doctorate in Administrative Law from the University of Paris II (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1984. A Venezuelan and French national, his languages are Spanish, French and English.
Mr. Fouad Kronfol
A seasoned former UNICEF official, Mr. Kronfol maintains extensive senior level experience in management both in the field and at headquarters. During over 35 years of service with UNICEF, Mr. Kronfol held numerous positions including UNICEF Director of Division of Human Resources, Regional Director and Representative. Notably, Mr. Kronfol served as the UNICEF Representative directing the post-war programme of reconstruction and rehabilitation in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and revamping it towards long-term development.
Dr. Peter Tingwa
Dr. Tingwa, a South Sudanese, is a renowned expert with over 30 years of experience in the fields of Agriculture (education, research, planning and implementation), Peace Operations (economic recovery, reconciliation, and the restoration of governance and state authorities) and Higher Education (teaching, research planning and the management of universities).He served as the Dean College of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, and Associate Professor at Khartoum University. He is also an expert on peace operations and the restoration of governance and state authority in post-conflict settings. He has a proven track record working with UN agencies, including UNDP, UN missions (UNMISS, UNMIL, UNAMSIL, UNOMIL, UNOSOM), government agencies, public sector institutions and NGOs.
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EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Batighor accepts that in society certain groups or individuals are denied equality on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, gender, marital status, caring responsibilities, disability, gender, age, social class, sexual orientation, HIV status, political activity, trade union activity , criminal convictions, immigration status, religion/belief or any other factor irrelevant to the purpose in view.
Batighor welcomesthe statutory requirements laid down in
the Equal Pay Act 1970;
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974;
the Sex Discrimination Act 1975;
the Race Relations Act 1976and the Race Relations Amendment Act Feb 2000;
the NHS Community Care Act 1990;
the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996;
the Human Rights Act Nov 1998;
the Employment (Religion or Belief) and (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003.
Batighor recognisesthat it has moral and social responsibilities that go beyond the provisions of the above-mentioned Acts and Regulations, and that it should support and contribute to the wider process of change through all aspects of its work and practices in order to eliminate discrimination and promote equality and diversity.
Batighor is committed to taking positive steps to ensure that
all people are treated with dignity and respect, valuing the diversity of all.
equality of opportunity and diversity is promoted.
services are accessible, appropriate and delivered fairly to all;
the mix of its employees, volunteers and management committees reflects, as far as possible, the broad mix of the population of the community;
traditionally disadvantaged sections of the community are encouraged to participate in policy decisions about, and the management of the services provided.
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY POLICY AND PROCEDURES
This policy applies to all staff, volunteers, management committee members, users and the general public
Equality and diversity are central to the work of the Batighor.
Batighor will treat all people with dignity and respect, valuing the diversity of all. It will promote equality of opportunity and diversity. It will eliminate all forms of discrimination on grounds of race, gender, marital status, caring responsibilities, disability, gender re-assignment, age, social class, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, irrelevant offending background or any other factor irrelevant to the purpose in view.
It will tackle social exclusion, inequality, discrimination and disadvantage
For this policy to be successful, it is essential that everyone is committed to and involved in its delivery. Batighor’s goal is to work towards a just society free from discrimination, harassment and prejudice. Batighor aims to embed this in all its policies, procedures, day-to-day practices and external relationships.
Batighor aims to:
Provide services that are accessible according to need
Promote equality of opportunity and diversity in volunteering, employment and development
Create effective partnerships with all parts of our community.
Batighor’s objective is to realise its standards by:
Sustaining, regularly evaluating and continually improving its services to ensure equality and diversity principles and best practice are embedded in our performance to meet the needs of individuals and groups.
Working together with the community to provide accessible and relevant service provision that responds to service users’ needs.
Ensuring staff, volunteers and trustees are representative of the community served and the employment policies are fair and robust.
Responding to volunteer’s & employees’ needs and encouraging their development to increase their contribution to effective service delivery.
Recognising and valuing the differences and individual contribution that all people make to the organisation.
Challenging discrimination.
Providing fair resource allocation.
Being accountable.
WHY HAVE THIS POLICY?
Batighor recognises, respects and values diversity in its employees, volunteers and service users.
The Organisation has this policy because it is a people-led organisation that must always ensure it meets the needs of the community through fair and appropriate employment and development of the people who work and volunteer for Batighor.
Responsibility for Implementation
This policy covers the behaviour of all people employed or volunteering in the Batighor or using the services and sets out the way they can expect to be treated in turn by the organisation. The overall responsibility for ensuring adherence to and implementation of this policy lies with the staff and the management committee.
Method of Implementation
Batighor intends to implement this policy by:
Ensuring that it is a condition of paid employment in the organisation.
Ensuring that Management committee, volunteers and users are made aware, understand, agree with, and are willing to implement, this policy. All staff and volunteers will be given a copy of this policy as part of their induction.
Actively encouraging staff, management committee and volunteers to participate in anti-discriminatory training, and making time and resources available for such training.
Monitoring the services, publicity and events provided by the organisation, to ensure that they are accessible to all sections of the population and do not discriminate, and taking active steps to ensure that participation is representative.
Monitoring and Reviewing
Batighor has declared its commitment to establishing, developing, implementing and reviewing a policy of equality of opportunity. Effective record keeping and monitoring, and acting on information gathered, are essential in order to measure effectiveness and plan progress. The management committee will review the policy annually.
Batighor will consult with and involve community organisations representing historically disadvantaged/discriminated groups, especially with ethnic minority organisations.
Batighor will also, on a regular basis, survey users of the Batighor’s services to ascertain their views and feedback.
Challenging Discriminatory Behaviour
Batighor will not tolerate discriminatory behaviour or attitudes that conflict with this policy, whether or not this is expressed by staff, volunteers, members of the Batighor, clients or others. Such behaviour or attitudes should be challenged at the time an incident occurs, and everyone associated with the Batighor is encouraged to report such matters either through The Batighor’s Complaints Procedure (which is relevant to clients, members and volunteers) or the Grievance & Disciplinary Procedure (which applies to staff).
If discrimination is proven against a staff member then disciplinary action will be taken. If discrimination is proven against any member of the Batighor then action will be taken under the Batighor’s Constitution to either suspend or remove their membership of the Batighor. If it is proven against any client or other person visiting or independent of the Batighor other action will be taken, depending on the circumstances of the situation. In respect of clients this may result in the withdrawal of the Batighor support under the Policy onAssisting Clients.
A copy of the Complaints Procedure, Policy on a Assisting Clients and Policy on Racial and Sexual Harassment are available on request.
As far as is lawful Batighor will take positive steps to restore any imbalance in favour of minorities or other disadvantaged or discriminated groups.
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California Academy of Science
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A voice for biodiversity research and exploration, and environmental education, the California Academy of Science’s site offers a wide range of learning experiences via mobile applications, interactives and animal webcams. The Video Library showcases short films on the latest discoveries and research findings made by Academy scientists around the world. Prolific series include: Science Today, Ocean, Space, Human Impacts and Sustainability, Behind the Scenes and Weather and Climate. A significant number of past Lectures can be listened to as podcasts via iTunes and these are organised into four categories: Space, Life, Earth and Tech.
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World Resource Institute (WRI)
https://www.wri.org
Agriculture, Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Food, Geography, Nature
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WRI is a global research organisation with over 700 experts and staff whose work focuses on six critical issues at the intersection of environment and development: climate, energy, food, forests, water, cities and transport, and ocean. The WRI produces short videos to communicate their research and impact. They serve as visual, non-technical entry-point into the work they do. The site also offers access to three other vast resources: Presentations, where experts talk about their research; Data Library with maps, charts, data sets, infographics and other visual resources which can be searched by type, topic or geography; and Data Platforms, which provides open access to reliable data for those interested in monitoring forests with satellites, tracking the drivers of climate change, understanding indigenous communities’ land rights, planning for water scarcity, and examining the cross-section of global environmental issues.
Why Poverty?
https://thewhy.dk/whypoverty/
Development Studies, Economics, Education, Food, Geography, Social Studies
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A collection of eight documentaries and 34 short films, all accessible for free via the Why Poverty website. The films address eight difficult questions: How do you change the world; How much inequality is too much; What does an education get you; Is it worse to be born poor than to die poor; How do you feed the world; Are women better at getting out of poverty than men; Do we know what poverty is; How much profit is fair. Why Poverty is an initiative of The Why Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation that produces and distributes factual public media projects to promote independent information on key global issues. Other documentary series produced so far include: Why Democracy and Why Women.
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https://www.climatewatchdata.org/
Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Nature, Technology
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A free online platform designed to provide advanced researchers with the open climate data, visualizations and resources they need to gather insights on national and global progress on climate change. The platform, managed by the World Resource Institute, brings together dozens of datasets for the first time and allows users to analyse and compare the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, access historical emissions data, discover how countries can leverage their climate goals to achieve their sustainable development objectives, and use models to map new pathways to a lower carbon. The site can be searched by Countries, Economic sector, Nationally Determined Contribution, Global Historical Gas Emissions and Future Scenarios, where users can model projections of emissions.
Bertha Foundation Film Funds
http://berthafoundation.org/storytellers/
Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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Bertha Foundation is devoted to promoting social justice by supporting collaborations between activists, storytellers and lawyers. It offers four film funds: the Bertha Film Fund, which gives grants for the creation of social impact documentary content; the IDFA Bertha Fund, which supports documentary filmmakers and festivals in developing countries; the Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund, which is dedicated to supporting long feature documentaries of a journalistic nature, and The Guardian Berth Documentary Partnership which is currently commissioning a series of 12 short documentary films from independent filmmakers. The site also offers trailers of all the Bertha completed films via their Film Directory section.
Earth Rights International Videos
https://earthrights.org/stories/videos/
Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Law, Nature, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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EarthRights International (ERI) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organisation founded to promote and protect human rights and the environment in communities across Southeast Asia, Latin America and the US. ERI specialises in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns. The website includes a Video section with short educational films and case studies.
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Mawah: When Ebola Came to Our VIllage
http://www.mawahtale.com/
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Biology, Development Studies, Social Studies
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A beautifully designed interactive website which tells the story of a small village in Central Liberia, using graphics, animations, video and sound to show the effects of the Ebola outbreak on the village and its inhabitants. The site is the creation of Carl Gierstorfer, a journalist and filmmaker with a background in biology.
www.amnh.org/
Astronomy, Biology, Development Studies, Environmental Studies, Geology, Nature, Physics
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The website offers over 200 podcasts on topics ranging from astrophysics and paleoanthropology to genetics and solar systems. There are podcasts of regular lectures including the annual Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate and Frontiers. In addition there are over 450 videos on a similar wide range of subjects including scientific classification, the greenhouse effect and asteroids.
IAEA Talk Podcasts
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IAEA Talk is a podcast that features scientists and experts discussing issues related to nuclear science and its peaceful applications. Based in Vienna, the IAEA works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Its key roles contribute to international peace and security, and to the World’s Millennium Goals for social, economic and environmental development. Topics include forensics and security, minoring radiation with drones, nuclear science in cancer treatment and detecting avian flu. The IAEA also streams a large number of videos.
Films For Action
http://www.filmsforaction.org/
American Studies, Current Affairs, Development Studies, Economics, Environmental Studies, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Social Welfare
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The mission of Films for Action is to fight against the homogenisation and conformity of the mainstream US media. This American site features thousands of films, videos, news items, and articles relating to social, environmental, and media issues not covered by the mainstream news. The core of the site is the video list: content can be filtered by a subject search and the films are free to view. Among the subjects covered are Elections and Democracy, Net Neutrality, Peak Oil and Terrorism.
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Palestinian president thanks Egypt, Ethiopia at AU Summit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked Egypt and Ethiopia for backing the Palestinian cause in the UN Security Council during his speech in the opening session of the 30th African Union (AU) Summit.
Abbas accused Israel of attempting to alter the spiritual and historic identity of Jerusalem in addition to demolishing Muslim and Christian sacred sites. He also criticized Israel for promulgating laws supporting its occupation of Eastern Jerusalem.
The Palestinian cause was discussed in bilateral meetings among other topics by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry and his counterparts from Gabon, Angola, Malawi and Côte d’Ivoire.
Egypt legalizes 127 Christian churches; over 1,000 approved by government
The Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on the U.S. decision, called for by Turkey and Yemen, took place on December 21 whereas 128 countries voted for the draft resolution and nine countries voted against, while 35 abstained from voting on the draft resolution.
That was three days after the United States vetoed the Egyptian-drafted resolution at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) objecting to the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Palestinian officials vowed to take all possible measures internationally after the veto on December 18 as the decision breaches all former United Nations (UN) resolutions on Israel and Palestinian territories.
The UN draft resolution, approved by the remaining 14 UNSC Member States stated, “any decisions and actions, which purport to have altered the character, status or demographic composition of the Holy City of Jerusalem, have no legal effect, are null and void and must be rescinded in compliance with relevant resolutions of the Security Council.” The resolution, however, does not mention the U.S.
Ten Emergency Special Sessions of the General Assembly were held from 1997 to 2009, and all of the sessions dealt with Israeli violations against Palestinians and their territory except for one that necessitated a ceasefire by both Israelis and Palestinians in 2002. The issue with UNGA resolutions, whether passed in emergency or regular annual sessions, is that they are not binding but they can have a significant political impact.
Article 25 of the Charter of the United Nations states, “Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter.” Non-abiding states may be subject to sanctions by the UN.
As the United States is one of the five permanent UNSC Member States possessing the veto right, it is likely to block any future resolutions against its decision. That is evident from the words of the U.S. Permanent Envoy to the UN, Nikki Haley, “What we witnessed here in the Security Council is an insult. It won’t be forgotten.”
On December 20, Haley tweeted “On Thursday there will be a vote criticizing our choice. The U.S. will be taking names” referring to the 193-nation assembly. The U.S. president also threatened of cutting aid to countries voting in favor of the resolution.
On December 6, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the American embassy in Israel would be moved to Jerusalem, therefore recognizing the city as the Israeli capital. Consequently, international objection and protests in the Palestinian territories erupted. Clashes between protestors and Israeli security forces resulted in 10 deaths and over 2,000 injuries up until now.
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Tez Carter, 25, sits on top of his 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass in the driveway of the house he rents at 204 Bellefontaine St. Photo by Taylor Ellis.
Marquis Foster, 25, sits on the porch of the house he rents at 204 Bellefontaine St. He was born in Bristol Place but moved with his family to Tennessee when he was 2 years old, returning when he was in “seventh or eighth grade.” Foster is an aspiring rapper who says he wants his music is to “represent for this community, here.” Photo by Eric Placek.
Loretta Williams embraces her 2-year-old grandson, Ty’Vontis, at their home on East Roper Street. Ty’Vontis has suffered from respiratory problems and seizures since birth, Loretta said.. “He’s just getting over a bout of bronchitis.” She has spent much of her adult life in Bristol Place, moving in and out three times. “I can always come back here and have somewhere to live.” Photo by Evan Lyman.
Linda Hines, a member of the Apostolic Faith Church, 110 East Roper St., praises God during a Sunday church service on Oct. 7, 2012. Photo by Latifah Al-Hazza.
Juanita Moody, 92, has lived in this house at 106 Bellefontaine St. since 2003. Photo by Delphine Dargegen.
Jamonte Williams, 11, practices basketball in front of his home at 105 E. Roper St. He is ranked 11th in Illinois’ Amateur Athletic Union basketball age bracket, and, according to his mother Sheena Williams, is also an “A” student. Photo by Steven McRae.
Gail and Mike Shivers sit on the swing in the backyard of their home at 206 E. Roper St. During 26 years together, they raised five children in the home. Photo by Michelle Fleishman.
Erma Ballard in the shoe repair shop she and her late husband established in their home at 108 E. Garwood St. 50 years ago. She continues to work in the shop daily. Photo by Briana Daniels.
Chad Sullivan bought this house at 119 E. Roper St. in April 2011. He originally began renovating the house as an investment, but now says he plans to live in Bristol Place as long as possible. Photo by Bob Merlo.
Candice Jackson, 20, with her son Gary, 8 months, and daughter Lily, 2, in the living room of their home at 1307 N. Clock St. Jackson said being a single mother is “hard sometimes, but when you see them smile, you know it’s worth it.” Photo by Sonia Kurniawan.
Bishop Morris P. Lockett, pastor of New House of Prayer, 205 E. Garwood St., stands in front of a window of the chapel. In late 2011, a bullet passed through the window, across the altar where he often preaches, and through a window on the opposite side of the building. “If it would have been a Sunday, I would have been shot.” Photo by Alyssa Ullrich.
Andrew “Memphis” Washington, 62, on the porch of 113 Bellefontaine St., a house he shares with his grandson. Photo by Kevin Dollear.
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The Pilgrims Coming to See the Obama Portraits, All Year Long
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The museum tried to answer this question, accompanying its public opening with a book titled The American: This New Man. In it, the historian Oscar Handlin, quoting the French-American writer St. John de Crèvecoeur, defined an American as someone who had heroically left behind the “ancient prejudices and manners” of the Old World—this, despite the fact that the ideas of European racial superiority had transferred themselves to the New World and been used to justify Native American genocide and slavery. Portraiture as an elitist art form had also crossed the Atlantic, but just like the European credo of noblesse oblige, American portraiture favored white men who owned land.
The result was that the museum’s collection itself was largely pale and male, with the stories of first contact, immigration, and bondage hard to come by or altogether absent. While Mellon had donated a rare portrait of Pocahontas, and the Harmon Foundation a posthumous painting of Harriet Tubman, it would take another few years to add Frederick Douglass and a decade to add Sojourner Truth. Restricted in no small measure by policies that prohibited photography or portraits of anyone who had not been dead for at least a decade, the museum’s presentation of E pluribus unum (“Out of many, one”), was more like E pluribus lecti (“Out of many, some”).
Today’s National Portrait Gallery includes Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe along with Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. Free admission allows visitors to decide for themselves whom they want to admire, and creates a community that might share a cultural discourse tilted more toward Hollywood than toward holy scripture. Where once religious pilgrims carried guidebooks along with devotional texts to direct their journey, visitors today carry museum guides along with mobile phones. Leaving the familiarities of their daily lives, they travel into these templelike spaces to experience something emotional, bigger than themselves. Echoing the prescribed routes of religious pilgrimage, visitors to the National Portrait Gallery might find a connection with communitas.
The date of the Obama portraits’ unveiling, deliberately chosen by Barack Obama, was February 12, Lincoln’s birthday. The 44th president had made no secret that he admired the 16th, having launched his presidential campaign in Lincoln’s hometown of Springfield, Illinois; held the Lincoln Bible at his swearing-in; and often remarked that Lincoln’s abolition of slavery had made his presidency possible. Like Lincoln, the first president to savvily use photography of himself to connect with the American people, Obama’s presidency had been marked by an understanding of the power of portraiture.
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, the artists the Obamas had chosen, were the first African Americans to paint the portraits of a president or first lady for the National Portrait Gallery, and from the moment of the unveiling, it was clear that both had borrowed from, and broken with, the canon of traditional portraiture. Wiley chose to seat the president in a chair, wearing a suit but no tie, looking directly out of the canvas. The pose is similar to that of George Peter Alexander Healy’s Abraham Lincoln, Elaine de Kooning’s John F. Kennedy, and Robert Anderson’s George W. Bush, all portraits that Wiley had seen on walks through the galleries. But it was the background of rampant foliage and flowers symbolizing periods of the president’s life—chrysanthemums for Chicago, jasmine for Hawaii and Indonesia, African lilies for Kenya, and rosebuds for love—that was so extraordinary, making Obama appear at once timeless and contemporary.
Paul Morigi / National Portrait Gallery
The portrait of Michelle Obama elicited more commentary. Attired in a geometric-patterned dress by the designer Michelle Smith, which reminded the artist of modernist art and Gee’s Bend quilts created by the descendants of slaves, the former first lady was presented as both modern and historical. The rendering of her skin as gray, as the New York Times art critic Roberta Smith wrote, “introduces the notion of double consciousness, the phrase coined by W. E. B. DuBois to describe the condition of anyone living with social and economic inequality.” Or, as the critic Antwaun Sargent noted more succinctly in W magazine, what viewers were witnessing were “visions of black power [shaking] up a gallery of white history.”
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