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James M. Enos
(1877-1957)

James M. Enos was born on Dec. 7, 1877 near Normalville, Fayette County, PA, the son of Perry and Joanna (Minerd) Enos.

James married Elizabeth Eberhart (1893-1973) of East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, PA. She was married once before, and brought a daughter, Irene Sargent, to the marriage.

James and Elizabeth had one son of their own, Frank J. Enos.

The family resided at Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County.

As a young man, James did a lot of work for his parents on their farm. When his father died in 1909, James received funds from the estate for making and weighing hay.

As with many Western Pennsylvanians of German descent, James often talked of seeing "ghosts and tokens"” mysterious lights in the night sky. He told of driving to Indian Head, Fayette County, in 1932 to visit his ailing mother. There was a bright flash of light behind his vehicle, nearly blinding him with its reflection off the rear-view mirror. Then the light went away. He looked at his wristwatch, and it was 8 p.m. When he arrived, he found that his mother had died while he was en route. When he asked when exactly she had died, he was told "8 o’clock."

James worked as a pumper in the coal mines, and later was a maintenance worker of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways (now PennDOT).

Elizabeth was a member of the Catholic Daughters of American of Perpetual Health and the Mount Pleasant Volunteer Firemens Ladies Auxiliary. Seen here, Elizabeth enjoys holding one of her great-granddaughters, Janice Campbell.

James died suddenly on Feb. 17, 1957 at the home of his brother in law, Frank Eberhart. He was buried at the St. Pius Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant.

Elizabeth outlived James by 16 years.

She died on Oct. 30, 1973 in Mount Pleasant. She was buried beside her husband.

Son Frank (1923-2004) married Mary Louise Brier. He served in the US Marines in the South Pacific during World War II, and witnessed horrific fighting. Said the Mt. Pleasant Journal, "Prior to retirement, he was employed for 30 years by Fisher Body and General Motors... He also served 30 years in the PA National Guard." Added the Greensburg Tribune-Review, "He was known by all who traveled Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, for his Easter display and also for his beautiful spring and summer flowers which grew in front of his home." He received the Mt. Pleasant Rotary Club's Community Above Self Award, and was featured and pictured in the Aug. 9, 2001 edition of the Mt. Pleasant Journal, headlined, "Enos, Example of Service Above Self."

Frank and Mary on their colorful porch

Daughter Irene Sargent ( ? - ? ) (seen here) married John J. Campbell Jr.

Grandson John James "Jack" Campbell has served as Pennsylvania Commissioner for the Clan Campbell Society, North America and currently is Deputy Commissioner of the Clan's Region 2, covering Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. In 2005, he collaborated with James William "Jim" Campbell, a distant cousin, on the publication of a booklet, A Brief History of Early Westmoreland County. The booklet, seen at left, comes with personal ancestral files on a CD disk, and it contains 10,000 names of descendants of some of the early settlers to the south of Fort Ligonier. Jack's wife is a member of the Riley branch of our family.