Sullivan-Schuylkill County PA Archives Biographies.....CONNOR, James J. 1852 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       JAMES J. CONNOR, the well-known and popular proprietor of Connor's hotel,
  Mildred, Pennsylvania, and outside foreman for the company operating the old
  Jackson mine, Bernice, was born in county Cork, Ireland, June 2, 1852, a son of
  Daniel and Johanna (White) Connor. The birth of the father occurred in the
  parish of Ross, county Cork, and learning the stone-mason's trade in early life
  he followed it in his native land until 1854, when he and his family emigrated
  to the New World, locating in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. He secured
  employment in the mines and worked there until the spring of 1868, when he
  removed to Barclay, this state, where he was similarly employed. The fall of
  that year, however, found him a resident of Bernice, Sullivan county, and he
  secured work at his trade on the State Line & Sullivan Railroad, then building,
  and remained with the company until 1872. That year he again entered the mines
  and while there employed was killed by a fall of top coal in September, 1872.
  His worthy wife passed away in May, 1880. In their family were six children,
  namely: John, who was born in Ireland, for nearly a quarter of a century a miner
  at Bernice, later in trade at Dushore, until he died May 6, 1894; James, our
  subject; Patrick, manager of a general store at Bernice for W. H. Blight;
  Johanna, wife of Dennis O'Brien, of Bernice; Michael, an engineer at the
  coal-breaker at Bernice for ten years, and now in charge of his brother's store
  at Dushore; and Ellen, wife of Edward Mannix, of Bernice.
  
      The subject of this review was about three years old when brought by his
  parents to America, and made his home with them in Schuylkill county, where he
  attended the public schools until nine years of age. He then secured employment
  as a slate-picker in the mines. In 1868 the family removed to Bernice, where he
  engaged in mining until 1879, when he took a trip west, prospecting in Colorado
  for several months. On his return to Bernice he resumed mining, which he
  continued to follow until 1885. In that year he erected his present hotel at
  Mildred, where he has since catered to the public, and in this undertaking he
  has met with a well-deserved success. In the spring of 1898 he was employed by
  W. B. Gunton to superintend the opening of the old Jackson mine, and in July of
  that year was appointed outside foreman, which responsible position he is now
  acceptably filling. On the 23d of May, 1882, Mr. Connor was united in marriage
  with Miss Ellen Scanlan, daughter of John Scanlan, of Bradford county,
  Pennsylvania, and to them have been born nine children; Daniel P., who is
  serving as clerk in the hotel; John E., Johanna, Honora, James, Michael, Ellen,
  Catherine and Julia. The family are members of the Catholic church and are quite
  prominent socially. Mr. Connor is identified with the Democratic party, and
  affiliates with Katonka Tribe, No. 336, Improved Order of Red Men, and the
  Ancient Order of Hibernians.
  
      He is one of the foremost business men of Sullivan county and his success is
  due entirely to his own energy and business ability. His hotel is modern and
  conveniently arranged and under his judicious management has become one of the
  most popular public houses in this section.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
          Extracted from: 
            
          History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
          by Thomas J. Ingham
            
          Compendium of Biography
            
          The Lewis Publishing Company
          Chicago: 1899
    
    
  
  
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