. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. lived up to them, no matter what the personalcost. During his seventy years of businesslife in Blairsville. he saw many changes. Inthese improvements he was especially inter-ested. He entered, a boy. the warehouse onthe bank of the Conemaugh when the largerpart of produce carried in and out of the townwas by the canal. He saw the entrance ofthe Pennsylvaniarailroad; the organizationof the cemetery corporation, of whicli he wasfirst president; the installment of the electriclight plant (his residenc
. Indiana County, Pennsylvania; her people, past and present, embracing a history of the county. lived up to them, no matter what the personalcost. During his seventy years of businesslife in Blairsville. he saw many changes. Inthese improvements he was especially inter-ested. He entered, a boy. the warehouse onthe bank of the Conemaugh when the largerpart of produce carried in and out of the townwas by the canal. He saw the entrance ofthe Pennsylvaniarailroad; the organizationof the cemetery corporation, of whicli he wasfirst president; the installment of the electriclight plant (his residence was the first com-pletely wired house in the town) ; the watersystem, and the graded pulilic schools. Hestarted as cashier \\-ith the First NationalBank upon its opening, and served as presi-dent one year. During tliese busy years Sam-)iel Ray found time to help many others inthe struggle of life: found time to read, waswell versed in politics and the general his-tory of public events, a lover of good poetryand literature, known to be one of the bei5tBible students in the communitv. He has. 0Mi(y^^
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