On june th 1799, barnabus smith laid out the town of smithfield, formerly known as beautiful meadows. Near fairchance, in fayette county, theres a precipice called white rock. Fairchance borough high school 19051958 by robert bailey sr the original high school of fairchance, pa existed between the years 1905 1958. Fairchance through the years by the fairchance centennial history. Leland baldwin pennsylvania center for the book penn state. Fairchance, pennsylvania phone book listings, including common fairchance, pennsylvania phone scams plus local white pages and yellow pages. Its a lovers leap where new salems 18 year old polly williams met her doom in 1810, according to centuriesold local lore. Find current home address, cell phone numbers, email addresses and known relatives. Charles albert knox, age 82, of fairchance passed away friday, april 17, 2020, in peronis personal care home, uniontown, with his loving wife by his side. Send flowers opens send flowers url in a new window. Institute of museum and library services and through library access funds administered by the office of. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. Welling was a resident of fairchance, pennsylvania at the time of passing.
Oliphant, who operated iron furnaces in the area, went to a bank in uniontown to. Our phone book of names, phone numbers and addresses will help you locate anyone, anywhere. Fayette county, pennsylvania genealogy familysearch. Clarence sonny eugene matlick, 86, of fairchance, passed away tuesday, may 12, 2020. Bedford county was created from cumberland county, covering much of the southwest portion of the state including future fayette county. I got a box of these that wer my grandmothers, i am including a list of the names i have, if anyone is interested, email me and let me know which ones you need and i will scan them and send them, they are mostly from fairchance, pa but a few of them are from outside the area. Products sort by product product v price price v default default v sales sales v per page 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 view all. Western pennsylvania genealogical society used book store.
If you find this feature enjoyable, please give a donation to encourage further electronic publishing of long ago works. Dennis is a retired history teacher and a very active member of the fayette county historical society. Pennsylvania white pages pa phone directory lookup. Reading this book during our current struggles with the. Fairchance is a borough in fayette county, pennsylvania, united states. The story of a frontier uprising 1939, and the story of the americas 1943. Fairchance, pennsylvania, a community of approximately 2000 souls, is located in the south western part of pennsylvania, at the foot of the allegheny mountains and about 8 miles from the west virginiapennsylvania borderline. The fairchance, pa white pages phone book search our online phone book to find phone numbers, addresses, and more. Pennsylvania white pages pa find people in pennsylvania if you are looking for someone in the state of pennsylvania, then you have found the right spot. The pennsylvania room maintains photos of the september 9, 1905 disaster that were taken by e. Data for more information on the spread of the novel coronavirus. Baldwin wrote many books during his lifetime, including the stream of american history 1952, whiskey rebels.
You may want to concentrate your search for warmans in pa to the fairchance uniontown, pa are in fayette county. Sending sympathy flowers and gifts during such a difficult time is a nice gesture of your thoughts and feelings. The rand powder mill disaster, 1905 uniontown public library. The story goes that a neighborhood rich dude, phillip rodgers, had promised to take her as his wife, but kept putting her off.
Oliphant, who operated iron furnaces in the area, went to a bank in uniontown to borrow money with the assurance that he had a fair chance of paying it back. He was born may 28, 1933, in farmington, a son of john matlick and gertrude smithberger matlick. This project is made possible in part by library services and technology act lsta funds from the u. Flower delivery to kishfabry funeral home new salem. Cemetery records from sw pa and few from eastern wv and cemetery records pp6086 are complete from farmingtonohiopyle area donated by sonia cesarino.
Take your time and view the many items we offer or call for more personalized assistance. Generalcontent county map showing rural buildings and householders names. According to many townspeople, in the early days of transportation if you made it from morgantown, west virginia to the borough by 4. Closson press, 1990 a volume of death records dated 18911947 from uniontown newspapers dealing with families from the following areas.
Fayette county, pennsylvania family history and genealogy books. Historian leland baldwin was born in fairchance, pennsylvania, in 1897. He is considered a historian who helped change the way that history is studied. Fayette county genealogy project fairchance cemetery georges twp. Formed from westmoreland county 26 september 1783 county seat. Welling was born on wednesday, may 09, 1934 and passed away on sunday, march 29, 2020. He spent his entire life in fayette county and was a retired employee of the h. Hand colored to emphasize township boundaries and territories. Includes name of deceased, birth year, death date, name of parents, cemetery. This is a front and end view of the nixon tavern in fairchance, fayette county. He was a member of the dunlap creek presbyterian church of merrittstown, pa. Upon arriving at the mill, this was the scene that awaited mr.
Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of. Records from the past kathryn mercedes cooley miller. Friends of the uniontown public library 2020 restaurant coupon books have arrived. John ritenour in his 1926 book, tom fossit, a true narrative concerning a thrilling epic of early colonial days, writes that tom fossit. Fairchance area historical tornado activity is below pennsylvania state average. Gerald kelley address, phone number, email address. The population was 1,975 at the 2010 census, down from 2,174 at the 2000 census. Many of fayette countys local history books have been digitized, but finding them. Fairchance white pages phone books in pennsylvania pa. A history of uniontown the county seat of fayette county, pennsylvania. Find local fairchance pa aarp programs and information. Neal christopher was born on 06301956 and is 63 years old. It is served by the albert gallatin area school district.
Another explanation cited in the book fairchance through the years, compiled by the fairchance centennial history committee, is that fidelio h. Dayton, east liverpool, salem, smithfield, warren, wilberforce. Edited by saint josephs university history professor randall m. Franklin was a resident of fairchance, pennsylvania. Pennsylvania fhs fayette county historical society. Photo, print, drawing nixon tavern, fairchance road, fairchance, fayette county, pa enlarge view 7 images in sequence.
Cumberland county was created from lancaster county, including the area of future fayette county. Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage. Sharp home started in 1912 and then merged with wagner in the forties and j. In the past, neal has also been known as neal d christopher, christopher d neal and christopher neal. Jacquelyn core has 329 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the girl who lived twice by david lagercrantz, the harvard medical school guide to ta. Get to know the real possibility of aarp in fairchance. It appears there are numerous ones that settled there. From the intersection of church street and rt 857 in fairchance go west 0. Moodys memory by upgrading franklins public record with words and pictures, signing franklins memory book, recording an audio memory or lighting a candle. Miller and william pencak, a historian at pennsylvania state university, this lucid and comprehensive history includes contributions from archivists, historians and other academics on such subjects as the states role in the underground railroad and the folklore of the pennsylvania dutch.