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Henry Daniel Minerd was born on April 19, 1899 in Coalbrook, Fayette County, PA, the son of James Calvin 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.

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 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 also resided in the coal mining town of Uledi near Uniontown, and circa 1928 in Somerfield, Somerset County, PA.

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, Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia, subtitled "Also the Thorpe Family of Fayette County, PA and the Cunningham Family of Somerset County, PA," by Edward Thorp King (Marshalltown, IA, 1933) and reprinted in 1977 by the Genealogical Publishing Co. of Baltimore. Among the other cousins mentioned in this rare volume are Clyde B. Minerd, Marshall Falkenstine, Ida (Gribble) Groves King and Reuben H. Leonard. 

~ Son Harold Edward "Mose" Minerd ~

Son Harold Edward "Mose" Minerd (1922-1977) was born in Revere, Fayette County. He married Anna Mae McCartney and resided at 20 Carlisle Street, Uniontown. They had two sons -- Gary "Mose" Minerd and Scott "Moe" Minerd. 

A truck driver, Harold "was a lifelong resident of this area, and was employed with the City of Uniontown where he was associated with the Street Department for 34 years," said the Uniontown Morning Herald. 

Harold died at the age of 55, after a "prolonged illness," on Jan. 22, 1977, in the Uniontown Hospital. He was laid to rest in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.

Circa 1977, son Gary "Mose" Minerd made his home in Glassport, near Pittsburgh.

~ Daughter Thelma Jean (Minerd) Leichliter ~

Daughter Thelma Jean Minerd (1925-1975) was born on March 29, 1925 (or 1927) in Uniontown. She married Harold W. Leichliter ( ? - ? ). They made their home in Footedale, near New Salem, Fayette County. Their two known children Edward "Oscar" Leichliter and Barbara Leichliter. 

Sadly, daughter Barbara passed away young, in 1958. 

Adding to the family's enduring heartache, Thelma was killed at the age of 50, on Aug. 31, 1975, in a one-car crash on a rain-slicked Route 40, about one mile west of the Hopwood Post Office. She is buried near Uniontown. 

Son Edward "Oscar" Leichliter resided circa 1981 in Cleveland.

~ Son Milton W. Minerd ~

Son Milton W. Minerd (1933-1989) was born on Dec. 10, 1933, in Uniontown. He married Rose Marie Dlugopolski and they had three children -- David Wayne Minerd, Bernice Marie Bilinovic and Linda Jean Rusnak. 

The Minerds moved to Conway, Beaver County in about 1971. They were members of Our Lady of Peace Roman Catholic Church in Conway, and Milton belonged to the American Legion Post in nearby Baden.

He served with the US Army during the Korean War. Later, for two decades, he was employed as an assembler for Westinghouse Electric's plant in Vanport, Beaver County. The Westinghouse Vanport plant is seen at right. 

Suffering from cancer, Milton passed away at the age of 55 on Nov. 21, 1989, at Sewickley Valley Hospital. He was laid to rest at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park in Daughery Township, near New Brighton, Beaver County. His obituary was printed in the Beaver County Times and an original copy is preserved today in our family archives.

Daughter Bernice Marie Minerd married Robert Bilinovic in 1981. She was employed by the Westinghouse plant in Vanport, and her husband by General Alloy Casting Company in Rochester, Beaver County. By 1989, they lived in Richfield, OH. 

Daughter Linda Jean Minerd married John Rusnak and lived in Baden.

~ Daughter Genevieve (Minerd) Boord ~

Daughter Genevieve Minerd ( ? - ? ) married Edgar C. Boord (1927-2006), the son of Robert C. and Leona Boord. They were wed in in about 1950. 

The Boords had six children: Janet Kolar, Thomas Boord, James Boord, Nancy James, Ronald Boord and Lawrence Boord.

They resided in Freedom, Beaver County, where he "was a machinist for 20 years at Conrail 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." Tragically, Edgar's brother Harry was killed in military service in the Korean War.

Edgar died of Parkinson's Disease on April 23, 2006, at the age of 78.