| 1833 - |
Father Thomas Gaghagan died at Newry, buried in Ebensburg - the first priest to die within the bounds of the Diocese of Altoona. |
| 1835 - |
July 3, Felix Skelly, a Revolutionary veteran, died at his home near the present town of Wilmore - interment in St. Michael's cemetery. |
| 1840 - |
May 6, Death of Father Gallitzin, the only priest to die so far while pastor at Loretto. |
| 1843 - |
Diocese of Pittsburgh formed. Rt. Rev. M. O'Connor first bishop. |
| 1845 - |
July 3, Anastasia Ryan, a sister of Mr. Silas Ryan, now of Patton, having died, a cemetery was started at St. Augustine. Mr. James P. McCans dug her grave. |
| 1847 - |
St. Augustine congregation detached from St. Michael's, Loretto. Population, 500 souls. |
| 1849 - |
First church at St. Augustine, built in 1848 by John Zerbee and plastered by Francis Hoover - dedicated August 6. |
| 1859 - |
First church built at Chest Springs. |
| 1860 - |
March 20, said church dedicated - December 20, South Carolina seceded from the Union. |
| 1861 - |
Secretary Chase proposed to issue $100,000 in full legal-tender notes to help to provide an adequate currency Anna Ella Carroll, "the secret member of President Lincoln's Cabinet," sent on a tour of the Mississippi River to report on the feasibility of an attempt to open it for navigation. Reported that the proposition was not as yet feasible, but recommended that an expedition be sent up the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers and thus cut off river and railroad communication and transportation of supplies to the Confederates of the East from those of the West. This was probably the origin of the plan to cut the Confederacy in twain. |
| 1862 - |
February 20, passage of the act of Congress authorizing the issue of greenbacks - Gen. Grant carried out the plan of Anna Ella Carroll and captured Forts Henry and Donelson. |
| 1864 - |
A Georgia newspaper editor suggested a plan for the assassination of President Lincoln and his Cabinet in order to end the war. |
| 1867 - |
Addition to church at St. Augustine built. Dedicated August 28, 1868. |
