Charles Minerd
Charles was born about February 28th, 1819 in
Kingwood, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Birth date 27 Nov 1804
Birth place Kingwood, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
He died in 1890 in
Greene Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Death date 12 Nov 1879
Death place Normalville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
Eli Minerd
Eli was born in September 1831 in
Hexebarger (Hexaburger), Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Eli Minerd was born in September 1831 on the family farm at Hexebarger near Kingwood, Somerset County, PA, the youngest of 9 children of Jacob and Catherine (Younkin) Minerd Jr.
He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, pneumonia, at the age of 79 on April 11th, 1911 in
Frick Memorial Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. He was buried in 1911 in
Alverton Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.
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In the spring of 1911, Eli caught pneumonia and was hospitalized, presumably at the Frick Memorial Hospital in Mt. Pleasant. At about that time, he also was injured when falling down a flight of stairs. Family members smirked that he "tripped on his beard" which would have been out of fashion at that time. Sadly, he died at the hospital a few days later, on April 11, 1911. The Mount Pleasant Journal reported that he was "one of Bridgeport's oldest citizens."
He and Mary Ann are buried side by side at the Alverton Cemetery near Mt. Pleasant, next to daughter Maggie and son William.
Eli's grave marker crumbled over the years, and disappeared. In November 1991, great-great grandson Eugene Podraza arranged for a replacement stone to be erected in permanent honor of Eli's memory.