{"title":"Pennsylvania: Cambria County","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"101-s0890","title":"Cambria County Pioneers: A Collection of Brief Biographical and Other Sketches Relating to the Early History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiographical sketches of prominent men make up the larger part of the book while \"the remainder of the volume is devoted to subjects of historical interest relating to pioneer days in Cambria County.\" Biographical information covers such things as birth, marriage and death; parents; spouse; occupation or profession; military service; and community activities. Historical sketches cover such items as Johnstown as an important shipping port; the iron industry, including the building of the Cambria Iron Works; the founding of the Johnstown Tribune; and a reflection on the infamous Johnstown flood of 1889.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames M. Swank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1910), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 146 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788408908\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-S0890\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":441729679376,"sku":"101-S0890","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-s0890-1500px.png?v=1777304044"},{"product_id":"109-220","title":"Mother Bedford and the American Revolutionary War","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Order Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeing a History of the Blair County Chapter and the Somerset-Cambria Chapter of The Sons of the American Revolution and A View of Bedford County in The American Revolutionary War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis publication demonstrates the involvement of Bedford County in the American Revolutionary War. Bedford County was the mother of present-day Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, and Somerset Counties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has a three-fold purpose. The first is to provide a history of the Blair County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, The Blair County Chapter encompasses the region that includes Bedford, Blair, Fulton and Huntingdon Counties, Pennsylvania. In addition to the general history of the chapter, all members of the Blair County Chapter, past and present, are listed with genealogical information tracing their lineage back to all their proven Patriot ancestors. The second purpose is to provide a history of the Somerset-Cambria Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. As its name implies, the Somerset-Cambria Chapter includes those two counties. As in the case of the Blair County Chapter section, this section includes a general history of the chapter along with information on its members, past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of value to anyone with ancestors from this region who might be interested in joining the Sons of the American Revolution or Daughters of the American Revolution. Mother Bedford contains the most extensive listing ever published of the war service of the Patriots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included are references to the Hessians buried within the region. Larry D. Smith serves as the Historian for the Blair County Chapter and who has spent a number of years researching the subject of the American Revolutionary War, the third purpose of the volume is to provide the most complete and accurate history, to date, of Bedford County's participation and role in the American Revolutionary War. The following items are included in the section title, A View of Bedford County, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete rosters of the various companies of Militia raised within Bedford County, including those which were raised in 1775-76 and later became part of the Continental Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA brief history of the establishment of the Militia and the Continental Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn explanation of the Battalion\/Company numbering scheme used in the Bedford County Militia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most complete listing ever published of the Patriots who were buried in this six-county region, along with fully footnoted references to their war service. Also included are references to the Hessians buried within the region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation on the forts and fortified structures in this six-county region\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 658 page book is augmented by 49 photographs of sites of Revolutionary War activity in the region. A subject index includes 238 entries and an every name index includes over 9,000 entries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLarry D. 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