Bios: JOHN. L. HETTENBAUGH 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOHN. L. HETTENBAUGH,
  
  [p. 391] farmer and stock raiser of Scott Township, was born on the farm
  he owns and occupies, December 1, 1846. His parents were George H. and
  Hannah (Daniels) Hettenbaugh.
  
  The late George H. Hettenbaugh, father of John L., was born in Lawrence
  County, Pennsylvania, on Big Meadows Creek, February 14, 1812. His
  father, George H. Hettenbaugh, was born in Germany and came to America
  with his parents when a child. They settled in Berks County,
  Pennsylvania, where the boy was reared to the age of seventeen years,
  when he accompanied a brother on a kind of pioneering expedition
  westward and landed in Washington Township in 1796. The boys camped in
  the strange woods the first night and in the morning met Indians who,
  fortunately, proved friendly to them. They prospected for a time, but
  finally decided to locate in Scott Township, as it is now, and secured
  land, entering 200 acres in the heart of the woods. For several years
  following they lived in Big Meadows, but in 1813, George H. Hettenbaugh,
  Sr., moved to the present farm. He went to work clearing and improving,
  and remained on the place until he sold it to his son, George H., after
  which he moved to Mercer County, where he bought farming land on which
  he continued to live until the close of his life, when aged eighty-seven
  years. He served in the War of 1812, and through all his political life
  voted with the Democratic party. He was a consistent member of the
  Presbyterian Church. He married Sarah Michaels, whose people came to
  Pennsylvania from Germany. There were eleven children born to this
  marriage, five sons and six daughters.
  
  George H. Hettenbaugh, Jr., father of John L., was the second child and
  second son of his parents. He attended school in a log building six
  miles from his home, walking the distance to and fro whenever sessions
  were held. He married Hannah Daniels, who was born in Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, near New Castle, her father owning at that time 200 acres
  there, a part of which is included in the present thriving city. She was
  a daughter of James Daniels, who was a pioneer in Lawrence County,
  settling here when dense forests covered all the land in this section
  and wild conditions everywhere prevailed. Twelve children were born to
  this marriage four sons and eight daughters, John L. being the only son
  to reach maturity. The father lived to the advanced age of ninety-four
  years. He was one of the best known men of all this section and was most
  highly esteemed. In his political views he was a Democrat.
  
  John L. Hettenbaugh was educated in the district schools of Scott
  Township and grew to manhood skilled in all kinds of farmwork. On
  December 2l, 1873, he was married to Elizabeth Bruce, who was born at
  New Lebanon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1854, and was a
  daughter of Riley Bruce, formerly a farmer of Plain Grove Township,
  Mercer County. His father was an early pioneer of Lawrence County, where
  he cleared up a farm of 200 acres, on which he reared his family and
  lived until his death. Riley Bruce later moved to Mercer County, where
  he subsequently married and resided until the close of his life.
  
  John L. Hettenbaugh and wife became the parents of two sons and five
  daughters, namely: Mary H., George E., Minnie E., Sarah and Norman L.,
  living, and Clarence C. and a babe, deceased.
  
  Mr. Hettenbaugh has an excellent farm, twenty-five acres of which he
  cleared himself, and he has made it a valuable, well improved property.
  Formerly he raised much fine stock and has sold and shipped stock to
  various sections, even as far as Germany. In politics he has always been
  identified with the Democratic party, but has never been a seeker for
  political honors. He is a representative citizen of Scott Township.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908

  Updated: 15 Oct 2001