Cambria County PA Archives Obituaries.....Priestly, Thomas March 29, 1855
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(Source: Democrat and sentinel: (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866: April 18, 1855)
At the residence of Mr. Fry, in Chest township, on the 29th ult., Thomas Priestly,
aged about 65 years. The deceased was one of the pioneers of the northern section of
this county, and by his liberality, energy and industry, contributed not a little
towards rendering it the most prosperous and flourishing portion of her territory.
We are informed by those who knew him well, that amid all the trials and
vicissitudes of his varied life, he was ever distinguished for his uniform goodness
of heart, his sterling, honest, and constant aim to promote the prosperity of the
community in which, he resided; so that it might with truth be said of him that he
was:
Of manners gentle, of affections mild, 
In worth a man, simplicity a child."
His last years were embittered by a lingering disease which gradually impaired all
his faculties, until harassed nature could hold out no longer, and the weary wheels
of life at length, stood still. His remains were followed to their last resting
place, by a large concourse of his friends and neighbors.

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