George J. Lace and Grace Thom

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Husband George J. Lace ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Lace 2
           Born: 13 May 1863 - Isle of Man, England 3
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         Father: James Lace (      -      ) 3
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Wife Grace Thom ²

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            AKA: Grace O. Thorn 3
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         Father: James A. Craig Thom (1832-1862) 2
         Mother: Lucinda Gathers Graham (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M George J. Lace ⁴

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2 M John C. Lace ⁴

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3 F Ernestine Lace ³

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         Spouse: Samuel Anderson (      -      ) 3

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4 F Nellie Lace ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - George J. Lace

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At the age of six years he was brought by his parents to the United States and to Brady's Bend, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where his father was yardmaster for some iron works. Six years later the family removed to New Bethlehem, and soon after George J. began to work in the coal mines, doing so for ten years, his wages helping in the support of the family. At the end of that time he became a clerk in the coal company's store at Fairmount City, one mile from New Bethlehem, and in time was promoted to the position of manager, in which capacity he served about twelve years, being employed one of these years by the successors to the old company. Meanwhile his brother, W. T. Lace, served for some years as superintendent of the coal company, removing, about 1906, with L. W. Kicks, to Vandergrift, being placed in charge of the mines at Apollo and Tiscommer Park. His brother's removal to Vandergrift led Mr. Lace eventually to come there also and there, in 1913, he established a grocery business on a capital of about twenty-five hundred dollars. His store was situated on the corner of Longfellow and Hawthorne streets, and the venture succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectations.
Though never an office-seeker, Mr. Lace, while a resident of Fairmount City, was prominently associated with politics as an adherent of the Republican party. For seventeen years he held the office of postmaster of Fairmount City, and he was later township chairman of his party. He affiliated with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was steward, also serving on the official board.

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General Notes: Wife - Grace Thom

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from New Bethlehem, Clarion Co, PA

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 708.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 78.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 709.

4 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 224.