Charles Marion Minerd

Charles-Marion-Minerd

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• Birth Notes
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    Birth date  16 Dec 1860 
    Birth place  Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
    
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    1920 United States Federal Census
    
    Birth date  abt 1862 
    Birth place  Pennsylvania
    
    

• Death Notes
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    Tragically, Charles outlived his wife and three of their adult children.
    
    Charles suffered badly from asthma in his later years, and was often confined to his bedroom where he was forced to inhale awful-smelling smoke to help clear his lungs. His grandchildren living with him at the home of his son Will on Race Street in Somerset remembered the smell of the fumes.
    
    At age 86, Charles died of the lingering illness at Will's home in November 1947. His obituary was published in his old hometown newspaper, the Mount Pleasant Journal. He was buried beside his wife at Greenlick Cemetery.
    
    
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    Mount Pleasant Journal
    
    "Charles M. Minerd
    Charles Marion Minerd, Aged 86(hard to read?) years, died Friday night at the home of his son, the Rev. William Minerd, of Race street, Somerset, after a lingering illness.
    
    He is survived by two sons and a daughter: Rev. Minerd: Ralph, of Mount Pleasant, and Mrs. Richard Reese, of Standard."
    
    
    
    
    
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    Death date  14 Nov 1947 
    Death place  Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
    
    
    

• General Notes
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    Charles Marion Minerd(1862-1947)
    
    Charles Marion Minerd was born on Sept. 16, 1862 at Bridgeport near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA, the son of Eli and Mary Ann (Baer) Minerd.
    
    Charles married Sabina Matilda Pierce (1858-1920), and they lived in a large brick duplex along the railroad tracks at Bridgeport.
    
    They had seven children -- Maud Minerd, Alice Jane Holdsworth, Eva Hillwig, Rev. William Mullen Minerd, Bertha O. Reese, Harry Oliver Minerd Sr. and Ralph Charles Minerd.
    
    Little is known of Charles' life. In 1903, he gave his permission for 18-year-old son Will to marry 20-year-old Pearl Johnson. Charles' rare signature appears on a consent form, which today is on microfilm at the Westmoreland County Courthouse in Greensburg.
    
    In 1913, when the Minerd family held its first annual reunion at Ohiopyle, Fayette County, PA, Charles' brother Rev. Isaac H. Minerd was elected president. Charles is believed to have attended that day, among many of their cousins and friends, totaling 125 people.
    
    Tragically, Charles outlived his wife and three of their adult children.
    
    Sabina passed away at Bridgeport at age 59 on Feb. 15, 1920. She was laid to rest at Greenlick Cemetery near Bridgeport. Her upright grave marker is still legible today.
    
    Daughter Eva died near Greensburg, PA, in 1905.  Daughter Alice died in Punxsutawney, PA in 1932 at age 52.  Son Harry of Bridgeport died in 1938.
    
    Charles worked as a coal miner near Bridgeport and as a laborer at the coke ovens at Standard, near Mt. Pleasant.
    
    In his later years, Charles lived with his son, Will, in Rockwood and Somerset, PA.
    
    While in Rockwood, Charles enjoyed visiting with his first cousin, railroader Daniel Martin Younkin.
    
    Charles suffered badly from asthma in his later years, and was often confined to his bedroom where he was forced to inhale awful-smelling smoke to help clear his lungs. His grandchildren living with him at the home of his son Will on Race Street in Somerset remembered the smell of the fumes.
    
    At age 86, Charles died of the lingering illness at Will's home in November 1947. His obituary was published in his old hometown newspaper, the Mount Pleasant Journal. He was buried beside his wife at Greenlick Cemetery.
    
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Wife's Pictures

Sabina-Pierce-Minerd---Grave

This picture was taken at the GreenLick Cemetery, Bullskin township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA and sourced from http://www.minerd.com/.

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Family Pictures

Charles-- and ---his-father-Eli-Minerd-----Home-bridgeport

This picture was taken in Bridgeport, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA and sourced from http://www.minerd.com/.

• Family Picture Notes
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    Bridgeport house in a brick duplex building adjacent to railroad tracks