Warren County Archives - Pennsylvania Genealogy

The Cumings Family of Tidioute, Pennsylvania

This article presents a detailed biographical and genealogical sketch of Captain Henry Harrison Cumings, a Civil War veteran who settled in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, after the war and became active in local business, politics, education, and veterans’ organizations. It traces his service with the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry through major campaigns of the Civil War, then follows his career as an oil producer, banker, state senator, and civic leader. The article also records the long ancestral lines of both the Cumings and Sink families, along with extensive family histories and the accomplishments of his wife and children.

The White Family of Youngsville, Pennsylvania

A detailed genealogy traces the White family from seventeenth-century Somerset, England, through generations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania to John Barber White of Youngsville. The account follows the family’s English origins, Colonial settlement, Revolutionary War service, and public roles in town, church, and state affairs, while also documenting the related Barber, Bowen, Siggins, Kinnear, Walker, and Allein lines. It culminates in the life of John Barber White, a prominent lumberman, civic leader, conservation advocate, and genealogist, and his wife Emma Siggins White, whose own family history and community work are also noted.

The Walker Family of Warren, Pennsylvania

This genealogical sketch traces the Walker family of Warren County, Pennsylvania, from early English and Scottish immigrant lines to the locally prominent descendants who settled in New York and then Warren. It follows John Walker and his son Aaron Styles Walker through farming, railroad contracting, stone masonry, and the oil and lumber trades, then highlights Silas Ellsworth Walker’s varied career as printer, public official, and newspaper publisher of The Times. The article also recounts the Dalrymple ancestry of Cinderella Jane Walker, linking the family to notable Scottish figures and to Revolutionary-era service, civic involvement, and the development of Warren’s public life.