Mercer County's Tribute
To Her Soldiers.
1861 1865
[Bas reliefs]
Regiments in which
Mercer County men served
during the Civil War 1861 - 1865
Twenty-five hundred men and boys
from Mercer County . . . — — Map (db m265603) WM
This fountain, which sat in the Court House Park
from 1891 to 1907, has been donated to the historical
society by Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Trapasso and
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Harrison, in memory of
John Hassel (1863-1933) and Clara Young Hassel . . . — — Map (db m265582) HM
In memory of General Hugh Mercer. Born in Scotland, Colonel on General Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne 1758, Commander at Fort Pitt 1759, Colonel 3rd Virginia Regiment 1776, Brigadier General Continental Army 1776, killed in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m41593) HM
On October 13, 1973, this Church of St. Edmund the Martyr
was re-dedicated as the Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel.
Through the generosity of William Work Miller, this chapel
was established as a memorial to his wife who devoted her . . . — — Map (db m265576) HM
This area was made possible
by a gift from
Mr. & Mrs. George M. Henderson
of Pittsburgh
to the
Mercer County Historical Society — — Map (db m265583) HM
As a memorial to her husband, the late
James Willis Ayer
a fund for adapting and appropriately
equipping this home and museum
· of ·
the Mercer County Historical Society
has been provided
· by ·
Mrs. Minette . . . — — Map (db m265624) HM
This house
was the boyhood home of
John A. Bingham
Born in Mercer in 1815
⛛
Judge Advocate at the trial of the Conspirators
in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Representative in Congress from Ohio . . . — — Map (db m265574) HM
Around 1 am on June 2, 1825, Gen. Lafayette was welcomed in Mercer. He rested until dawn & at 7 am resumed his journey north toward Erie. — — Map (db m314295) HM
In Memory of
her grandfather
Dr. James Magoffin, Jr. (1797-1879)
Born in Newry, Ireland, educated at the University of Glasgow, one of
Mercer's pioneer practitioners and foremost citizens; also in memory of
her . . . — — Map (db m265626) HM
Formed March 12, 1800 from Allegheny County. The United States census reported 3228 residents in 1800. Named for General Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary hero killed at Battle of Princeton, 1777. Early iron and coal center. Mercer, the county seat, was . . . — — Map (db m41598) HM
We have shared the incommunicable experience of war.
We have felt, we still feel, the passion of life to its top.
In our youth our hearts were touched with fire.
O. Wendell Holmes
[Mercer County outline with "Ruptured Duck" superimposed] . . . — — Map (db m265827) WM
In memory of
The Mercer Soldiers Orphans School
Mercer, Pennsylvania
Opened in 1868 Closed in 1889
Maintained by the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of providing a home and education for the children of her soldiers and sailors who . . . — — Map (db m41604) HM
Arriving in November 1854, 63 African Americans settled an agricultural community north of Indian Run. Freed through manumission by Va. plantation owner Dr. Charles Everett, many of these formerly enslaved men and women worked to purchase the . . . — — Map (db m229425) HM
To those who died
honor and eternal rest
To those still in bondage
remembrance and hope
To those who returned
gratitude and peace
In memory of
Mercer County Residents
who died in the
Vietnam Conflict . . . — — Map (db m265623) WM
