Matthew H. Fails and Elizabeth McCurdy

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Husband Matthew H. Fails ¹

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           Born: 1840 - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Fails (Abt 1808-1862) 3
         Mother: Margaret Altman (      -1840) 3

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       Marriage: 1864 2

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Wife Elizabeth McCurdy ¹

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         Father: James McCurdy (Abt 1807-1857) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Clawson (1809-Aft 1880) 4

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1 F Effie N. Fails ²

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2 F Bertha P. Fails ²

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3 F Carrie Hughes Fails ²

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4 M Shallus E. Fails ²

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5 M Augustus B. Fails ²

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6 M Arthur Spencer Fails

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew H. Fails

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He learned the trade of carpenter with his father. He was connected with the railroad beginning in 1863, and became foreman of the W. P. railroad car-shops in 1874.

Civil War: he served in Co. B., 56th Pa. vols., from September, 1861, to April, 1863, and was wounded August 29, 1862, taken prisoner, and discharged in September; he also served in Co. B., 206th, about one year.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 371, 376.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 376.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 376, 509.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 371.