Clyde
Miner
(1898-1976)
Clyde
Miner was born on April 6 or 8, 1898 in either Wilmerding, Allegheny County,
PA or near Mill Run, Fayette County, PA, the son of William
Henry ‘Squire’ and Sara Jane (Basinger) Minerd.
Clyde’s first wife was Jane Hiles (1898-1937). They had three children – Edna McCutcheon, Wilma Mary Ellen Miner and Clyde Henry D. Minor.
Clyde was a coal miner, and worked at the Bridgeport Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke Co., part of the United States Steel Corporation empire.
Sadly, Jane passed away on May 17, 1937 at Connellsville State Hospital, "of complications where she was admitted earlier in the day," said the Connellsville (PA) Daily Courier. She was just age 39. She is buried at the Normalville Cemetery.
Later, Clyde married Lydia (Haney) Marshall ( ? -1974). She had four children from a previous marriage – Juanita Freeman, Virginia McMasters, John B. Marshall and Cloyd G. Marshall.
Circa 1953, Clyde lived and worked in the coal mine patch town of Hiller, Fayette County.
Lydia passed away on Oct. 7, 1974.
Clyde outlived his second wife by two years. He died at Mayview State Hospital in Scenery Hill, PA on Dec. 2, 1976, and is buried at Lafayette Memorial Park at Brier Hill near Uniontown.
In 1999, Clyde was honored among hundreds of cousins at our national family reunion for their longtime work in the coal, coke and steel industries.
Son Clyde (1932-1988) “retired from the U.S. Air Force following 21 years service,” said the Daily Courier. “He was employed as a supply clerk at Davison Air Force Base in Virginia.” His wife Betty (McCutcheon) Minor (1932-2000) “worked as a caregiver for many years and also as a receptionist at the Washington House in Alexandria, VA,” said the Daily Courier.
Daughter
Edna (1925-2006) married William McCutcheon (1924-2006). They both passed away
in 2006, he on Aug. 11, and she on Dec. 1. William served in World War II as a
corporal with Squadron A of the 4152nd Army Air Force. Later, said the Daily
Courier, he "worked for the New Haven Foundry, Pennsylvania State
Highway Department, Anchor Hocking and the Connellsville Sewage Authority."
(The Anchor Hocking plant in Connellsville is seen at right.) Edna was a
member of the First Baptist Church of Connellsville. They had two children.
Copyright © 2004 Mark A. Miner