FYI - Believe I put this same biography on the List quite sometime ago, but then we have new subscribers since then, so doesn't hurt to repeat. Mary Ann >From: "Mark O'Neill" <moneill76@hotmail.com> >Subject: PML Search Result matching KAYLOR >X-Loop: pmlbounce@rootsweb.com > >============================================================ >A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this >search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >============================================================ >Source: GC-Cambria County, Pa Biographies >URL: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CambriaBios?read=146 >Subject: R.J. Kaylor > > >Surname: Kaylor, Burke, McConnell, Huston, Adams >------------------------- > >Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County (p.267-268) > >Raymond J. Kaylor, proprietor and editor of the Hastings Tribune, is a >son of James and Cecelia (Burke) Kaylor, and was born in the Cambria County >alms-house, April 16, 1867, during his father's stewardship. His >great-grandfather >was a native of Germany, whence he immigrated to America about the time >of the Revolutionary war. He enlisted as a soldier in that famous struggle >for American independence. After the war he located on a farm in Adams >County, Pennsylvania, where he died. Two of his sons, Peter and Jacob Kaylor >(the latter was the grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this >sketch) cam to this (Cambria) county about the time Father Gallitzin arrived, >and located with the colony at Loretto. There Jacob Kaylor met and married >Katie McConnell, who was a member of the Loretto colony. This marriage >resulted in the birth several children, one of whom, James J. Kaylor, became >the father of our subject. He was one of the younger children in the family, >and was born on the old homestead, near Loretto, Pennsylvania, and died >June 14, 1894, at the age of sixty-nine years. He received a liberal >education, >for those early days, and for a number of years followed the profession >of teaching. For ten years-from 1858 to 1868-he was steward of the County >Home, and it was during this term of office that Raymond J. Kaylor was >born. On retiring from the above position, Mr. Kaylor returned to the >homestead >near Loretto, where he followed the pursuits of a farmer, remaining on >the farm the rest of his life. He was a faithful adherent of the principles >of Democracy, and served the public of his community in all of its local >offices. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. > >His marriage with Cecelia Burke, a daughter of John Burke, of Croyle township, >Cambria County, resulted in the birth of nine children, four daughters >and five sons: Mark Burke, deceased; Cyrillis, deceased; Mary, deceased; >Rose, a professional nurse in the Pennsylvania Hospital at Philadelphia, >Pennsylvania; Ida, a member of the order of the Sisters of Mercy, in >Pittsburg, >Pennsylvania; Raymond J. and Harold G., twin brothers; Harold is a merchant >of Johnstown, and controls all the news routes in and between Johnstown >and Altoona; Irene, at home, and Lewis E., a farmer, owning the old homestead. > >Raymond J. Kaylor was reared a farmer boy, and received his education at >the St. Francis college, Loretto, and St, Vincent college, Latrobe, >Pennsylvania, >graduating from the latter well-known institution in 1887. Previous to >entering St. Vincent's college he had commenced to learn the trade of a >printer in the office of the Altoona Mirror, and after graduating, went >to Philadelphia, where he finished his trade. Until 1890 he worked as a >journeyman; in the latter year he moved to Hastings, and succeeded R.M. >Huston as proprietor and editor of the Hastings Herald, now called the >Hastings Tribune, an eight-page, five column paper, published weekly in >the interests of the Democratic Party, and making a specialty of local >and county news, which is given in an acceptable form to the general public >of all parties. The Tribune has a large circulation, and is one of the >best papers in the northern part of the county, being one of the three >county papers officially filed in the county archives. > >Mr. Kaylor was appointed postmaster of Hastings by President Cleveland >in 1893, which office he still holds. In religious belief he is a member >of the Roman Catholic Church. > >October 24, 1892, Mr. Kaylor celebrated his marriage with Miss. Nellie >F. Adams, a daughter of Thomas Adams, of St. Augustine, this county. They >have two children: M. Gordon and Madeline Frances. - ------------------------------------------------- Mary Ann Kaylor My Family Genealogy http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~makaylor/index.htm KAYLOR & TEDROW lineages included In IL - Morgan Area Genealogical Ass. & Waverly GS http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/index.html KAYLOR MAIL LIST To subscribe: KAYLOR-L-request@rootsweb.com KAYLOR GenConnect Cluster Boards http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/queries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/bible_records http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/biographies http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/deeds http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/obituaries http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/pensions http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/k/a/KAYLOR/wills KALER MAIL LIST To subscribe: KALER-L-request@rootsweb.com TEDROW MAIL LIST To subscribe: TEDROW-L-request@rootsweb.com