Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....McCarthy, John J. December 1, 1836 

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JOHN J. McCARTHY, a resident of Unity township and an able and experienced
cokeyard foreman, is a son of Henry and Mary (Moreland) McCarthy and was born at
Greensburg, Westmoreland county, Pa., December 1, 1836.

    This county has been for over half a century one of the favorite sections of
Pennsylvania to which emigrants front Ireland repair. In 1842 among those who
left the “Emerald Isle” to better their condition in the United States was Henry
McCarthy (father), a native of county Derry. He had landed at New York and
pushed as far westward as Westmoreland county, where he located at Greensburg.
He immediately sought for employment and became a section foreman on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Alter serving in this capacity for many years he
was offered and accepted the position of yard foreman at the Morgan Mines of H.
C. Frick k Co. These mines are in Fayette county, Pa., and he served until his
death which occurred December 12, 1884, when he was in the forty-fifth year of
his age. He was a democrat in bis political views and a devout member of the
Catholic church. He was married in the old Catholic church at Greensburg to Mary
Moreland, who was a native of county Tipperary, Ireland, and came to this county
in 1834. She died March 13, 1886, aged forty-six years. To Henry and Mary
McCarthy were born several children.

   John J. McCarthy was reared in Westmoreland county, received his education in
the common schools and at an early age was employed as a section hand of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and continued as such for three years. He then
became a yard foreman at coke works and has served in that capacity at different
coke works ever since. He thoroughly understands his business, has always
rendered satisfaction to his employers and been popular with the yard bands. He
is a democrat who always gives a full and hearty support to his party. He is a
strict member of the Catholic church and resides in Unity township.

   He was married in Connellsville, Fayette county, Pa., on January 27, 1877, to
Mary Quinn, daughter of James and Margaret (Boyd) Quinn, who are natives of
county Roscommon, Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy are the parents of six
children, two sons and four daughters: Charles B., Henry and Maggie, twins,
Nellie, Theresa and Clarissa, twins. Mrs. McCarthy is a member of the Catholic
church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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