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James W. Minerd |
James
W. Minerd was born in
1908 in Fayette County, PA, the son of James
L. and Catherine (Whalen) Minerd.
He was only age nine when his mother died. Early in adult life, James resided in Republic, Fayette County.
When the federal census was taken in 1930, James made his home with his married sister and brother in law Hazel and John Johnson in Republic. His occupation was listed as coal miner. Their 71-year-old father also lived in the Johnson household that year.
By 1933, with his sister Margaret Minerd working in New York on the Brooklyn Times newspaper, he abandoned the coal mining life and moved there to seek a new opportunity.
On Nov. 25, 1933, James wed Clarine Elizabeth "Betty" Hartman at the St. Thomas Roman Catholic Church of Brooklyn. He was age 25 at the time of marriage.
First living in Republic, they moved to Grindstone, Fayette County in mid-June 1934, as reported by the Uniontown News-Standard.
They later returned to Uniontown and had two children.
James
was employed as a foreman.
They resided in the South Uniontown area.
Circa 1936, they made their home near Tower Hill No. 1 mine. In January of that year, James' sisters Marie Edwards of Brownsville, and Margaret and Kathryn Minerd of New York City, visited at their residence, with a short article published about the event in the Uniontown Morning Herald.
The Minerds later divorced, circa August 1950.
James resided for many years in New York City.
James passed away in New York at the age of 53 on May 2, 1961. His remains were returned to Uniontown, where he was laid to rest beside his parents at the Park Place Cemetery in Uniontown.
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