Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Michael P. FAHEY, 1919
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"The Herald" Piedmont, West Virginia, Fri 11 Apr 1919: "
Michael P. Fahey, formerly a prominent business man of this community, but of late 
years a resident of Cumberland, died at his home in that city Wednesday evening 
after a long illness. Mr. Fahey was born here July 13, 1854, and was a son of 
Michael and Nora Fahey. During the greater part of his life he was interested in 
the coal business, and when a youth he started working in the mines at Elk Garden, 
W. Va.  Later he returned to Westernport where he resided until 1911, when he 
moved to Cumberland, At the time of his death he was president of the R. D. 
Johnson Milling Company, Cumberland, and the Piedmont Coal Corporation of Piedmont. 
He was also a director of the Citizens National Bank, Westernport. He was president 
of the Piedmont and George's Creek Coal Company of Frostburg, from 1900 to 1909, 
and was one of the organizers of the company. During his career he was also 
interested in other companies. Mr. Fahey was twice married, his first wife being 
Miss Mary Grady, of Piedmont. To this union the following children, now living, 
were born: John Fahey, Patrick Fahey, Misses Mamie, Frances, Beatrice and Edna 
Fahey, all of Westernport, and Sister Mary Marcelline in the convent at Uniontown, 
Pa. His second wife, who survives him, was before their marriage in 1908, Miss 
Elizabeth McGann, of Vale Summit. Three boys, Joseph, Paul and James Fahey, all 
at home, were born to this union. The deceased was a member of The Cumberland 
Lodge, B.P.O.E., and of Cumberland Council, Knights of Columbus. The funeral will 
be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from SS Peter and Paul's church, Cumberland, 
and interment will be made in the church cemetery."


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