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History of Parish of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Pa. 61

 

Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. P. Smith, V.G. July, 1883-October, 1883
Rev. P.J. McManus July, 1890-October, 1890
Rev. Henry McEvoy October, 1890-May, 1892
Rev. John J. Ludden May, 1892-January, 1900
Rev. Thomas R. Rea January, 1900-August, 1901
Rev. P. J. Quinn August, 1901-September, 1905
Rev. Garret B. Welch October, 1905-July, 1912
Rev.Joseph H. Farran July, 1912

     Father Joseph H. Farran is the present rector.

     The following priests served as assistants

Rev. E. J. Burns October, 1862-April, 1866
Rev. James Ward August, 1868-January, 1869
Rev. Dr. James Keogh April, 1869-May, 1870
Rev. F. J. Dignam December, 1870-January, 1873
Rev. Francis McCarthy March, 1872-May, 1873
Rev. Msgr. C. A. McDermott Feb'y, 1879-Aug., 1879
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Kittell August, 1879-November, 1879
Rev. Henry McEvoy February, 1884-January, 1885

The Town of Gallitzin - Alias St. Augustine.

     It is a fact which seems to have been forgotten by almost all of the present generation, even of the village itself, that the plan of the town was recorded in Deed Book, Vol. 9, page 47, on April 27, 1849, William Kittell, Prothonotary, under the title "Plan of town of Gallitzin, Clearfield Township, Cambria County." This plan was discovered several years ago by the writer while examining the records of the county for historical data. Recently, while once more examining the records of the county for data for this work, he called the attention of P. J. Little, Esq., who was assisting in the search, to the plan, which the latter soon found.

     This is plan gives the width of town as 490 feet; its length as 1620 feet. There is one street 40 feet in width with a sidewalk 10 feet wide on each side; two lots are in a block together and between them and the next two is alley 15 feet wide; the lots are 60 feet by 200 feet, and around them on the sides and ends of the plan is an alley, also 15 feet in width. At the south-east corner is a drawing of a building with a cross upon it (the old church of St. Augustine). On the north-east is the name Francis Hoover; on the south, that of Joseph Brant; on the west is the name of Thomas Adams, Sen.; and on the north is


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