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Caroline
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Caroline
Belle (Beggs) Perry Schurecht was born August 1883 in Dunbar, Fayette County, PA, the
daughter of William J. and Mary Belle
(Minerd) Beggs Sr.
On July 3, 1899, at age 16, "Carrie" married 22-year-old Skiles R. Perry (1877- ? ). He was the son of William B. and Eliza Perry. The minister performing the ceremony was Carrie's uncle, the famed "Blacksmith Preacher," Rev. David E. Minerd.
Skiles was employed in Uniontown as a "toby puller" or "roller," an unfamiliar term today that may have been related to an industrial occupation in local coal mines. When the federal census was taken in 1900, the couple lived in Uniontown on Iowa Street. The Perrys had three children -- Helen L. Perry, Paul E. Perry and Viola Perry. Daughter Viola was born in Illinois circa 1907.
Sadly, Skiles died sometime during the decade between 1900 and 1910. Details are lost to history. By 1910, the widowed Carrie, age 26, lived on East Main Street in Uniontown with her daughter and son.
By 1920, Carrie married Harry G. Schurecht (1893- ? ). They made their home in 1920 in Columbus, Franklin County, OH, where Harry was a chemist with a ceramic company. The Schurechts moved again during the 1920s, and by 1930 were in Washington, DC, making their home on 41st Street NW. That year, Harry was a chemist with the U.S. Bureau of Statistics.
Carrie
and Harry moved to Alfred, Allegany County, NY by 1939. Later still, they were in Detroit, MI, where she was a
member of the Episcopal Church of Detroit, the Eastern Star and the White
Shrine. The city of Detroit is seen at left in a
photograph taken during that era.
Carrie passed away in the Detroit Hospital at age 74 on April 19, 1958. Her remains were brought back to Uniontown for the funeral at the Minerd Funeral Home, founded by Carrie's first cousin, Edward E. Minerd. She was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Husband Harry outlived Carrie. He
is thought to have died in October 1968 in St. Petersburg, FL.
Daughter, Helen L. Perry (1901- ? ) married (?) Harris. Nothing about her is known.
The fate of son Paul E. Perry (1903- ? ) is not known.
Likewise, the fate of daughter Viola Perry (1907- ? ) is lost for now.
Copyright © 2001, 2008 Mark A. Miner