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UNIONTOWN , a See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and the See also:county-seat of Fayette county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 40 M. S. by E. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (1900) 7344 (449 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 13,344, Uniontown is served by the Pennsylvania and the See also:Baltimore & See also:Ohio See also:railways. See also:Coal, See also:iron and natural See also:gas are found in the neighbouring region. The manufactures include See also:glass products, iron, See also:steel, See also:enamel, radiators, See also:coke, See also:flour and bricks.
The See also:original See also:village was surveyed and laid out in 1776 on See also:land owned by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Beeson, and the borough was incorporated in 1796. From 1827 to 1832 Uniontown was the seat of See also:Madison See also:College, formed from See also:Union See also:Academy (founded ,8o8); in 1832 the college was merged with See also:Allegheny College, of See also:Meadville, Pa. In 1866 the buildings were turned over to the Soldiers' Orphans' School (now at Jumonville, a suburb), which occupied them until 1875. In the See also:south-eastern See also:part of the county is the See also:district known as See also:Great Meadows; here See also:George See also:Washington built Fort See also:Necessity in 1754, and See also:General See also:Edward See also:Braddock died and was buried here after his defeat by the See also:French and See also:Indians in 1755.
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