The Sand Patch Tunnel
“The following year, my father and his brother Patrick began to take contracts all up through Pa., Va., and West Va., and began to build the railroads to open up the three states. It took years to finish them. It Read More …
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An Account Of John Charles Keating
There are two letters written by children of John C. Keating that helped me start my research. Though written many years after the events described, and I’ve since found that some of the details (such as dates) are not precise, Read More …
Father Edward Louis “Benedict” Pope (17 September 1929 – 9 December 2008)
Father Benedict Pope [Pittsburgh] PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Father Benedict Pope, OFM Cap., 79, died on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008 at Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh. Father Ben was born in Cumberland, Md. on Sept. 17, 1929 to Claude and Regina (Loraditch) Pope. Read More …
Wilson Caton (c.1863 – 11 January 1938)
Wilson Caton Meyersdale, Jan. 15 – Wilson Caton, 75 years old, of Greenville township, died Tuesday morning at his home of complications. He was a son of Simon and Rebecca Meese Caton, both deceased, and was born in Garrett county, Read More …
Regina Pope (c. 1903 – 12 September 1967)
Mrs. Claude Pope Salisbury, Pa.–Mrs. Regina Pope, 64, died Tuesday at Meyersdale Community Hospital. Born in Pocahontas, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Alice (McKenzie) Loraditch. She was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church, Avilton, and Read More …