James C. Wally and Cora Steel

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Husband James C. Wally ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Feb 1861 - Queenstown, Perry Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Father: Thomas Wally (1838-Aft 1914) 2 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Ann Crawford (1841-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 6 Oct 1886 6

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Wife Cora Steel ^{2 6}

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         Father: Jacob Steel (      -      ) 6
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1 M Earl Wally ⁶

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2 F Pearl Wally ⁶

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3 M Wesley Wally ⁶

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4 F Hannah Wally ⁶

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5 F Carrie Wally ⁶

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6 F Charlotte Wally ⁶

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7 F Eva Wally ⁶

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8 F Beulah Wally ⁶

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9 M William T. Wally ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - James C. Wally

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He attended schools at Queens­town, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and worked on the farm until nineteen years old, when he went into the oil fields and became a tool dresser, continuing thus for four years. He then became a driller, devel­oping into a contractor for drilling, and was unusually successful in this line of work, which he pursued for over a quarter of a cen­tury, as a contractor, and also as a producer of oil and gas. He was one of the leaders in his line in that part of Pennsylvania. During his carreer he drilled over one thousand oil and gas wells, the majority of which were productive. He was the inventor and patentee of a valuable appliance known as the Wally Splice, connect­ing a wire drilling cable and a Manila cable, the splice worked without a tuck, and was guaranteed not to slip. This invention was used ex­clusively in the deepest well drilled in the United States, that well being over 6,500 feet deep. The splice was in great demand in every section of the coun­try where deep drilling was required, and the first and only successful way to drill with a wire cable was due to this invention, in all fields where oil and gas wells are to be found. Mr. Wally was a stockholder and promoter of the Fort Pitt Powder Company, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, a stockholder in the Armstrong County Trust Company, the Kittanning Na­tional Bank, and a stockholder and director in the Kittanning brewery. He was a director of the Armstrong County General Hospital and a life member of the corporation. He also served as a member of the Kittanning council.
Mr. Wally was a member of the B. P. O. Elks, the Odd Fellows and the Mac­cabees. He and his wife belonged to the Meth­odist Church, and were earnest workers in that organization.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 431, 908.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 161.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 431.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 908.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 60.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 432.