Charles Carroll Sankey and Lavinna Montgomery

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Husband Charles Carroll Sankey ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 10 Aug 1835 - New Castle Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: Maj. Ezekiel Sankey, Jr. (1807-      ) 1 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Skinner Jones (1811-1861) 1 3 6

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Ellen McConahy (1840-1880) 2 7 8 - 2 Jan 1862 7 8

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Wife Lavinna Montgomery ⁸

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            AKA: Vienna Montgomery 2
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Children

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1 M Howard Montgomery Sankey ^{2 8}

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           Born: 27 Aug 1884 8
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2 F Sarah Sankey ^{2 8}

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           Born: 1 Jul 1886 8
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3 F Marion Sankey ^{2 8}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1888 8
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General Notes: Husband - Charles Carroll Sankey

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He was born in New Castle township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, attended its schools, and learned civil engineering, which profession he followed from 1850 until 1865, more or less. In 1861, he enlisted at the first call for troops, and served three months in Co. H. He was then appointed agent of the New Castle station for the Pennsylvania R. R., when but one engine did all the work on the road. He remained in the employ of the company thirty years or more, kept its records, carefully looked after its business, and watched its progress, which was so great that eventually four engines were required to do the switching in the yards.
He owned a fine residence on Wallace Avenue, which he made his home.

When fifteen years of age he obtained a position as chainman on an engineering corps engaged in surveying a line from old Brighton (now Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania), to New Castle Junction, Pennsylvania, which later became a part of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroad. Subsequently, in the years 1855-56, he was leveler on an engineering corps making a survey of the proposed Northwestern railroad, which line was to run from Blairsville, Pennsylvania, to the Great Lakes via Butler, New Castle and Youngstown, Ohio. He also served on a corps engaged in constructing the west end of the Dauphin & Susquehanna railroad, running from Harrisburg to Port Clinton, Pennsylvania. Mr. Sankey served as an assistant engineer on surveys of the New Castle & Beaver Valley railroad, the Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula railroad, and the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad.
In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was on duty guarding the Northern Central railroad between Harrisburg and Baltimore, and at the expiration of his term of service entered the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserves as assistant sutler under his father. In 1865 he was appointed to a position in the freight house of the Pennsylvania company at New Castle, and on December 1, 1866, was made freight & ticket agent for the same company. When the New Castle & Franklin railroad, later a part of the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad, was opened for business in 1873, Mr. Sankey was appointed freight and ticket agent for that road also. He served as joint agent until January 31, 1891, at which time he severed his connection with the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad, but remained freight and ticket agent of the Pennsylvania lines until March 14, 1895, when on account of the greatly increased business, the agency was divided at Mr. Sankey's request, and his son, Charles G. Sankey, was appointed city passenger agent. Mr. Sankey remained as freight agent until the year 1900, when he was appointed special agent, and served in that capacity until 1905. On account of having reached the age limit, he was then retired from active service on the Pennsylvania lines, after serving continuously for a period covering forty years. Mr. Sankey came from a musical family, and his services as a singer were in demand during the greater part of his life.

1 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 165.

2 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 87.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1625.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 86, 195.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1624.

6 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 87, 196.

7 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 166.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1626.