Historical Family Sites

    There are many historical sites associated with our family. I will list the sites as I find them and I will include as much information regarding the place as I can. If anyone knows of a place that should be included, please let me know. Photos would also be appreciated as copyright laws will restrict the pictures I can include. If you have visited the site I would love to include your observations. You can contact me at bonniekgorman@comcast.net. Thanks, Bonnie

Tytoona Cave Nature Preserve

  This would be a fun place to take kids and get them interested in the Isett family history. Check out the Tytoona Cave Nature Preserve website.

It is believed that this was originally the homestead of Jacob Isett and his wife Eleanor in 1805.  Some believe that Jacob Isett lived in the caves while his home was being built.

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John S. Isett House and the Edward Bell Isett House

These are two Bed and Breakfasts located next to each other. They are located along the "Purple Highway"

John S. Isett House

4904 Spruce Creek Rd.

SR 45 Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania 16683

ph 814 632-3777

Girard College (boys prep school).

2101 South College Ave.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19121

Ph. 215 787-2600

This is considered the original site of Jacob Isett's home and the Founder's Hall  Building is now an Historical National Landmark. There are museums and archives on site.

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The Jacob Isett House and Store and the Etna Furnace are listed on the National Registry of Historical Places.

Jacob Henry Isett was the last operator of the Ironworks. He was a civil engineer and had graduated in the first class of Pennsylvania State College in 1861

 Isett, Jacob, House and Store (added 1997 - Building - #97000290)
Also known as Arch Spring Farm
PA 1013, .3 mi. S of jct. with PA 1015, Tyrone Township, Arch Spring
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
Area of Significance: Architecture, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Department Store, Single Dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Hotel, Single Dwelling

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         I found the following article at www.rootsweb.com:

 From: " marybeth@nothinbut.net" < marybeth@nothinbut.net>
Subject: (William Erwin) Erwin-Stover House, Erwinna, PA
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 18:01:28 -0400

I visited to the Erwin - Stover house, and the Erwin cemetary in
Erwinna, Bucks County, PA this weekend. It's a really pretty area,
right on the Delaware River. I don't know how many of you have
researched Col. Arthur Erwin's family, but it was pretty interesting
to see all that history. The Erwin cemetary is very small, and
surrounded by a low brick wall. There are maybe 20 graves in
there, mostly William's (Arthur's son) family, it looked like. My
brother said Col. Arthur was supposed to be buried there, but I
didn't see any headstones that said his name. If anyone is
interested, I wrote down a few names, and took some pictures, of
the house and the graveyard. I try and post them at the end of the
week on my web site. If you are interested, send me and email
and I'll give you the address.

The house didn't have too many documents in it, a framed copy of
the contract for the land and a map of Erwinna and Tinincum Twp,
with all the land owners on it. It didn't have a date on the map,
however. It also has some period furniture.

Anyway, the original owner of the Erwin-Stover House was Willaim
Erwin (Col. Arthur's son). Here is some of what the brochure says
about the house:

ERWIN-STOVER HOUSE
In 1699 William Penn titled 7500 acres of this geographic area to
the London Company, otherwise known as the Pennsylvania Land
Company. By 1761 the Company had gone bankrupt and its lands
auctioned.

In 1782 William Erwin purchased some of that acreage, including
land on which the Erwin-Stover House was to be built. His father,
Arthur, had owned nearly 200 acres nearby and had the village of
Erwinna named for him. Both Arthur and William served in the
Revolutionary War as officers and in public office as Pennsylvania
legislators.

From tax lists and land surveys, evidence suggests that William
built the original south section sometime between 1798 and 1820,
although a log structure was already on the site. There is no
indication that William ever lived here, but it is known that tenant
farmers did.

On his death in 1835, William left the property in trust to a
daughter, Charlotte Robeson, of Easton. It remained an operating
tenant farm and on her death in 1846, the property was purchased
at public auction by Henry S. Stover.
marybeth@nothinbut.net
Searching for These Surnames:
ERWIN, ELWOOD, TOMLINSON, MORRISON, WALLS, DANEHOWER,
FICHTNER, NAYLOR, YERKES, DRACOTT, DRAYCORD, STACKHOUSE

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James McClure House

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

The James McClure House is the home of the Ft. McClure Chapter of the DAR(daughters of the American Revolution). There are photos and information about James McClure online.