John O'Donnell and Lydia Noel

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Husband John O'Donnell ¹

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           Born: 17 Mar 1836 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hugh O'Donnell (1796-1879) 1 2
         Mother: Esther Fagan (1809-      ) 3

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Wife Lydia Noel ⁴

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           Born: 6 Jan 1837 - Adams Co, PA 4
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Children

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1 F Martha O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 25 Dec 1857 4
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2 F Margaret O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 17 Jul 1859 4
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         Spouse: Thomas Barnard (      -      ) 4

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3 M Elmer O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 18 Oct 1861 4
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4 F Josephine O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 28 May 1866 4
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5 M John O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 1 Apr 1870 4
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         Spouse: Minnie Woods (      -      ) 4

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6 M Charles O'Donnell ⁴

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           Born: 1 May 1872 4
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7 F Irene O'Donnell ⁴

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8 F Estella O'Donnell ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John O'Donnell

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He was educated in the common schools of Butler County, Pennsylvania, and while still a boy assisted his father in the labors of the farm. He remained at home until the age of sixteen, when he became a driver on the canal, but after serving for a short time obtained employment as driver on the old portage road between plains 4 and 5. In 1851 he became car-hitcher on the incline, being afterward made fireman at the head of incline No. 7, serving in that capacity until 1853. He then entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a carbuckler at the foot of plain No. 5, working under Levi McGuire, the despatcher. In 1854 he was made brakeman, a position which he retained until 1859, when he was promoted to that of fireman on freight. In 1861 he enlisted for three months in the Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, but was soon discharged on account of illness. From 1862 to 1864 he held the position of engineer, being employed on trains carrying soldiers and supplies for the army. In 1864 he re-enlisted in Company E, Two Hundred and First Regiment, and served until the close of the war, being mustered out at Harrisburg June 21, 1865.
On returning home he again entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and until 1881 was engineer on the passenger service for this company and also for the Baltimore & Ohio and Pan Handle Railroad Companies. In 1881 he became superintendent of the coal works at Connellsville, holding the position sixteen years, at the end of that time moving to Homestead, where for four years he had charge of the pressure pumps. He was then placed on the Carnegie pension list. He belonged to Post No. 236, G. A. R., and was a Republican, having cast his first vote for Lincoln. He was a member of St. Canice's Roman Catholic church of Knoxville.

1 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 205.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 297.

3 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 206.

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 207.