Alva N. Lillibridge    

ALVA N. LILLIBRIDGE, Port Allegany, son of Lodowick and Anna. C. (Stanton) Lillibridge, was born August 19, 1823, in what is now Port Allegany, McKean Co., Penn., on the place he now owns. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Stanton, was born at Mount Pleasant, Wayne Co., Penn., and was afterward judge of that county, and one of its able and prominent men, extensively engaged in various enterprises. There he married Martha Morse, and they came to McKean county, at a very early day, where they purchased 1,700 acres of land on Marvin creek, in what is now Hamlin township, and a tract of 300 or 400 acres now owned by W. J. Davis, in Liberty township. At the latter place he erected a store and log houses, having plans made for many buildings. He returned to bring his family to Port Allegany, but, on arrival at Jersey Shore, found seven of his children prostrated with typhoid fever. He had previously been to Philadelphia, and made plans to bring a colony of 200 families to Port Allegany, the purpose being to make that the county seat of McKean county; but before his plans were fully executed he discovered that the county was losing large sums of money appropriated for road purposes. He proceeded to Bellefonte to have justice done, accomplished his design, was taken with croup and died there. The colonists, having lost their chief, proceeded to Ashtabula county, Ohio, and located there. The widow of Samuel Stanton went to McKean county, where she remained until her decease. Their children were Samuel, Polly, Anna C., Lucy, Rebecca, Lydia, Daniel, Abel and Hannah, of whom Samuel, Abel, Anna C. and Hannah became permanent residents of McKean county, all of whom are deceased but Hannah. Anna C. Stanton married Lodowick Lillibridge, and located in what is now Port Allegany, where they were among the first settlers, engaging in most anything to make a living. They reared a family of eight children: Elias, Samuel, Alva N., Phebe A. (Mrs. Rennselaer Vanderhule), Hannah (Mrs. Terrance Green), Amy (Mrs. Hiram Baker), Lucy (Mrs. G. M. Hall, of Oliphant, Lackawanna Co., Penn.) and Lowell L. Lillibridge. Alva N., the third son, made his home with his parents until his marriage, June 24, 1847, to Leoria S., daughter of Isaac Viner, of Port Allegany. They located on the place he now owns, where, with the exception of three years, they have since resided. He is engaged as farmer and lumberman, and has been prosperous in his pursuits. In 1863 he was elected sheriff, which necessitated his removal to Smethport for the term of three years. To Mr. and Mrs. Lillibridge have been born two children, Mason A. and Ora, now Mrs. O. L. Snyder, of Buffalo. Mr. and Mrs. Lillibridge are members of the Baptist Church; in politics he is a Republican.

History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania with biographical selections, including their early settlement and development, a description of the historic and interesting localities, sketches of their cities, towns and villages, portraits of prominent men, biographies of representative citizens, outline history of Pennsylvania, statistics.. Chicago. J.H. Beers & Co.. 1890, pages 525-526. Read this book on line - Free Trial Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.