Daniel Stoy was one of the first settlers west of the mountains . From the records of Harmon Husband , we find that Stoy lived along the Forbes Road about 1762 near the Casper Stotler place in Shade Township , that he made his living by hunting , and that he was driven from his cabin home several times by the Indians , taking refuge at Fort Bedford . The records of Husband state that on one occasion Stoy shot an Indian intruder from his cabin door . With the construction of the Pennsylvania Road , Stoy decided to move to a place about ten miles farther west along the road where he received a warrant for more than three hundred acres of land . Here on this tract of land along the Pennsylvania Road , he founded the town of Stoystown in 1774 . Stoy served as a volunteer in the Revolutionary War with the rank of corporal . It is thought that he also served in the French and Indian War , although the records are rather vague . Henry was born in 1747 . Married Sally Stoy , daughter of Daniel M. Stoy , who sold lots and laid out the town of Stoystown about 1800 , one of the oldest towns in Somerset Co. , PA. . . Daniel M. Stoy served as captain in Gen. George Washington 's army for 12 months . He was discharged at Long Island , NY. , July 1778 . Later he moved to what is now Somerset Co. , PA . He was a Justice of the Peace . He served in the General Assembly in 1809-10 and 13 . He died 1834 . D.A.R. marker on grave . Daniel Stoy , born in England , May 3 , 1738 , died Jan 11 , 1835 , in Stoystown , Somerset Co. , PA . He was married about 1759 to Sarah Higgins of Scotland , born April 4 , 1737 died Oct 31 , 1818 . Soon after their marriage they came to America and located at Conchohockin , PA. , where their six children were born , viz. , ( 1 ) Sarah ( Sally ) , the oldest daughter , married Henry Beaver ; ( 2 ) Daniel married a Miss Shedrick ; ( 3 ) Ned never married ; ( 4 ) John married Elizabeth Pisel ; ( 5 ) William ; ( 6 ) Margaret , the youngest child , born at Conchohockin , Oct 15 , 1780 , died Dec. 6 , 1868 . She was 7 years old when her parents moved to what was then Bedford Co. , now Somerset Co. , PA . She married Abraham Spangler and they had 14 children . Henry Beaver moved his family from Stoystown , PA to Greensburg , Westmoreland Co. , PA . They had one son that we know of , John F. Beaver , who read law at Greensburg , PA . The Stoystown Historic District and Hite House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . On September 11 , 2001 , Flight 93 crashed near the town
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Stoystown, Pennsylvania