. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. vania. His early employment waswith a butcher, and later he became a coalminer in Huntington county. In 1868 hecame to Fayette county, locating in Con-nellsville. working in the mines and at cokeburning for several years. In 1873 he openeda meat market in Connellsville, continuingsuccessfullv until 1883. when he disposed ofhis business. From 1884 until 1891 he wasengaged in the hotel business in Connells-ville. In 1893 he purchased the CentralHotel in Uniontown. Pennsylvania. In 1894became proprietor of the McClelland Housein
. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. vania. His early employment waswith a butcher, and later he became a coalminer in Huntington county. In 1868 hecame to Fayette county, locating in Con-nellsville. working in the mines and at cokeburning for several years. In 1873 he openeda meat market in Connellsville, continuingsuccessfullv until 1883. when he disposed ofhis business. From 1884 until 1891 he wasengaged in the hotel business in Connells-ville. In 1893 he purchased the CentralHotel in Uniontown. Pennsylvania. In 1894became proprietor of the McClelland Housein Uniontown. continuing until 1808. In1900 he organized the Fayette BrewingCompany, of which he is vice-president andmanager. He is also interested in the de-velopment of coal lands and other businessinvestments. He is a Democrat in politics,and in Connellsville served on the schoolboard. He. is a member of the Roman Cath-olic church and of the Benevolent and Pro-tective Order of Elks. He married. Seotember 18, 1876. Mar-garet, daughter of Francis McGrath, of Erie,. ^!^,^?^^~/<^^. FAYETTE COUNTY 311 Pennsylvania. Children: i. Francis D.,now a resident of Uniontown. 2. Anna, mar-ried Dr. P. A. Larkin, of Uniontown. J., of whom further. 4. Margaret, re-siding at home. 5. William A., Jr., now aphysician in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, agraduate of the University of Edward L., a student at St. Vincents Col-lege, near Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Ill) Albert James, son of William Arm-istead and Margaret (McGrath) McHugh,was born at Connellsville, Fayette county,Pennsylvania, December 24, 1881. Whenhe was ten years old he removd with hisfather to Erie, Pennsylvania, but they after-ward returned to Fayette county and livedat Uniontown. At Erie and at Uniontownhe attended the public schools. After leav-ing school and until 1901 he was a clerk inhis fathers hotel at Uniontown. His fa-ther having sold the hotel and organized theFayette Brewing Company, he joined his
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