Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kerrigan, Peter  December 11, 1872
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The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938: December 20, 1872
We are indebted to the Loretto correspondent of the Herald for the following facts
in the life of Peter Kerrigan, who died at his residence in Allegheny township, on
Wednesday, the 11th instant, at the patriarchal age of 99 years and 7 months. Mr.
Kerrigan was perhaps the oldest inhabitant in the county. He was born in Virginia,
in May, 1773, and was the son of a revolutionary soldier. His father came to
Pennsylvania in 1784, and settled in Bedford county, on the Raystown branch of the
Juniata. From there he removed to Westmoreland county, where Peter was married in
1806. About 1808 the father and son settled near Loretto, where the elder Kerrigan
died in 1840. For several years Peter was employed by Rev. Demetrius A. Gallitzin,
pastor of the Catholic church at Loretto, in superintending his grist mill in the
vicinity of that place. For many years Mr. K. was very feeble and seldom left his
house, and as old age increased his infirmities, he became totally blind. He
retained his faculties up to the moment of his death, however, and passed away
calmly, leaving behind him a name for industry, integrity and true Christian piety
which will long be held in grateful remembrance by his neighbors and friends.

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