Timothy Sheehan, an old and respected citizen of Allegheny township, died at his home in that township on Wednesday, January 31st, 1900, in his 79th year of his age.
The deceased was born in Ireland in 1821, and came to this country in 846. For a time after his arrival he worked on the Old Portage railroad and when work got slack and times dull he drifted to wherever he could find employment and in so doing found his way to Ebensburg in the early fifties and worked at the building of the old Presbyterian church in Ebensburg, which stood on the lot now occupied by the residence of Mr. David Pryce. Soon after, in visiting some friends in Clearfield township, he met Rebecca Burgoon, whom he married in 1853, and after purchasing a piece of land in White township, the couple settled down to carve out a farm and home in the then, wilderness. There they remained for twenty years, prospering by their thrift and industry and in 1873, Mr. Sheehan purchased the farm in Allegheny township where he remained until his death. He was an honest, upright man, respected and esteemed by all who knew him and in his death the community looses a good citizen. he is survived by his aged wife and six children, namely: Mary A., at home; John, of Clearfield township; Lizzie, of Pittsburg; Ella, wife of John Nagle, of Clerfield townshp (sic); Edward, at home, and Michael W., of Pittsburg. After a High Mass of Requiem for the repose of the soul, his remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery at St. Augustine on Friday morning. |
