Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries.....Bryan WELSH, 1904
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"Piedmont Herald" Piedmont , West Virginia, Fri 12 Aug 1904: "
Sad Death-Mr. Bryan Welsh, and old and respected citizen of Piedmont, was killed 
here last Sunday morning, August 7, 1904. Mr. Welsh, who was 65 years of age, had 
been for a number of years watchman for the B & O railroad, and was stationed a 
short distance west of Piedmont, along the river just opposite the pulp mills. It 
seems that a freight car was being taken down the side-track, next the river that 
morning and at the time the pulp mill was blowing off the steam from its boilers, 
which obscured his sight, and he thought the noise he heard was from a train on 
the south track. The train struck him and a car passed across his body, but did 
not sever it. He was born in Ireland, but had spent nearly all his life at 
Piedmont. He is survived by five children, Misses Mary Ellen and Bridget and 
Messrs. Thomas, James and Joseph, all of whom are single and reside at home. Mr. 
Welsh spent his life in the service of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and 
assisted to build the Philadelphia branch. The funeral, which was largely 
attended, took place Tuesday from St. Peter's Catholic church, Rev. Thos. E. 
Gallagher officiating. The pallbearers were John Kirk, Thomas Boyles, Michael 
Walsh, Patrick Codire, Patrick Malone and John Faherty. Among those who attended 
the funeral from out of town were his brother, Mr. Richard Welsh, and wife, Mr. 
Thomas J. Welsh and Miss Della Thornton, of Baltimore; Mr. John Welsh and two 
sons, Thomas and Richard, of Pittsburgh; Mr. Thomas Lee and wife and Mr. John 
Lee and wife, of Cumberland. Mr. Thomas Welsh, son of the deceased, is quite ill 
with typhoid fever."


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