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Robert Clark Beggs |
Robert Clark Beggs was born in July 1890 in Dunbar, Fayette County, PA, the son of William J. and Mary Belle (Minerd) Beggs Sr. He was a longtime automobile mechanic who at one time owned his own shop on Hill Street in Uniontown, and later was engaged in the trucking business.
When the federal census was taken in 1910, the 20-year-old Robert resided under his parents' roof in Uniontown. He worked as an automobile driver.
Robert married Anna May Mele (1901- ? ) in 1925. Anna had emigrated to the United States in 1901, the year she was born. She apparently was Roman Catholic in her faith, and despite Robert's family background in the Methodist Church, he converted and they belonged to St. Therese's Roman Catholic Church.
They had at least five children -- Althea Belle Snyder, Richard J. Beggs, Hattie Katherine Jeffries, William J. Beggs and Harry S. Beggs. It's possible that the three eldest children were either Robert's or Anna's from an earlier marriage, though this needs to be confirmed.
In the late summer of 1925, Robert and his mother, step-father and brother William drove to Washington DC to visit with Robert's sister, Caroline Belle Schurecht.
When the federal census was taken in 1930, the Beggses made their home on Loch Lomond Street in South Uniontown. That year, Robert labored as a machinist in a garage shop.
Robert passed away on Jan. 21, 1945, at the age of 55. After viewing at the Minerd Funeral Home, and following a funeral at St. Theresa's Church, he was laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniotown.
Son Richard J. Beggs was a master sergeant in the South Pacific theatre during World War II.
Son William J. Beggs was a private first class in Hawaii during World War II.
Son Harry S. Beggs served during World War II in the Merchant Marine.
Daughter Althea Belle Beggs married Charles Snyder and resided in Cleveland in the 1940s.
Daughter Hattie Katharine Beggs married Charles Jeffries and made their home in the mid 1940s in Cleveland.
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