Joseph C. Falls, Jr. and Laura Jane Kelty

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Husband Joseph C. Falls, Jr. ¹

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           Born: 29 Jul 1840 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph C. Falls (1810-1871) 1 3
         Mother: Hannah Drake (      -1852) 1

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       Marriage: 15 Nov 1867 2

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Wife Laura Jane Kelty ²

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         Father: John Kelty (      -      ) 2
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1 F Mary B. Falls ²

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2 M George A. Falls ²

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3 M Charles A. Falls ²

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4 M Benjamin F. Falls ²

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph C. Falls, Jr.

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A large portion of his early manhood was passed as a workman in the rolling-mill branch of the iron business. Subsequent to this, he was engaged in the mining districts of Idaho, Nevada and California.
He served seven months in the Civil War, and was a member of Company C, of General Freemont's body guard, in Missouri. He participated in that daring and desperate charge of Major Zagonyi, who, with only a hundred and fifty men, charged on the rebel forces of two thousand two hundred men, at Springfield, Missouri, and captured the place, losing only seventeen killed and thirty-five wounded, while the rebels lost one hundred and eighty-five killed and a large number wounded.
For some time, he was extensively engaged in the dairy business. He resided on the "old homestead" of his grandfather, Henry Falls, and a few steps from the residence of the grandson is the spot where stood the cabin of this venerable pioneer.

1 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 186.

2 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 187.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 90.