Henry
Daniel Minerd
(1899-1959)
Henry Daniel Minerd was born on April 19, 1899 in Coalbrook, Fayette County, PA, the son of James C. and Suvina (Yauger) Minerd Sr.
On
May 22, 1920, Henry married Nellie Walls (1898- ? ), the daughter of Samuel B.
and Rosa (McArdle) Walls. They had four children -- Harold Edward "Mose" Minerd,
Genevieve Boord, Milton W. Minerd and
Thelma Jean Leichliter.
Henry registered for the World War I military draft in 1918, and stated his occupation as as machine helper with the Taylor Coal and Coke Company of Uniontown. He also held various jobs over the years. In 1921, he was a coal miner for the H.C. Frick Coke Co. in Revere, near Uniontown. He also was a sheet metal worker and furnace installer. They resided in the coal mining towns of Uledi and Revere near Uniontown.
Nellie's mother had died when Nellie was only 11. Later, Nellie's widowed father married Mary Belle (Minerd) Beggs, the daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Devan) Minerd.
Henry died of cancer in Uniontown on March 4, 1959. He is buried at LaFayette Memorial Park at Brief Hill near Uniontown. Nellie's fate is unknown.
Henry and Nellie are mentioned in the 1977 book, Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia, published by the Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore.
Son Harold was a truck driver and was employed by the Uniontown Street Department for 34 years.
Son Milton served with the US Army during the Korean War, and worked for Westinghouse Electric's plant in Vanport, Beaver County, for 20 years.
Daughter Genevieve married Edgar C. Boord (1927-2006), the son of Robert C. and Leona Boord. They resided in Freedom, Beaver County, where he "was a machinist for 20 years at Contail when he retired in 1987," said the Beaver County Times. He was a "decorated Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Campaign with Star Victory and the American Campaign." They had six children. Edgar passed away on April 23, 2006.
Copyright © 2001, 2006 Mark A. Miner