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Thomas Bernard Fahey

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Birth	:	Nov 1846 County Galway, Ireland
Death	:	8 Feb 1908 Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Saint Patricks Cemetery, Cumberland, Allegany County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.6618996, -78.7680969
Description	:	Evening Times; Cumberland, Maryland Monday, December 14, 1908 - pg 1, col 6 Bernard Fahey Asleep in Death The Well Known Sexton of St Patrick's is Dead Faithful To His Duty As Sexton, he was so Prompt in the Ringing of the Church Bell that People Regulated their Watches by it. He was 63 years old. Mr. Bernard T. Fahey, the well known sexton of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, died at his home, 213 North Centre St., yesterday morning, aged 63 years. Mr. Fahey was stricken with paralysis several weeks ago and had had several light strokes since. Yesterday, a week ago, the... Read More	Evening Times; Cumberland, Maryland Monday, December 14, 1908 - pg 1, col 6 Bernard Fahey Asleep in Death The Well Known Sexton of St Patrick's is Dead Faithful To His Duty As Sexton, he was so Prompt in the Ringing of the Church Bell that People Regulated their Watches by it. He was 63 years old. Mr. Bernard T. Fahey, the well known sexton of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, died at his home, 213 North Centre St., yesterday morning, aged 63 years. Mr. Fahey was stricken with paralysis several weeks ago and had had several light strokes since. Yesterday, a week ago, the stroke which preceded his death came, rendering him speechless in which condition he remained until the time of his dissolution. When the end came, he passed peacefully away surrounded by his the members of the family. A most gratifying instance to Mr. Fahey and his family was that a few days before his death, his half-brother, Mr. Bartley Kelley, of Dunellen, N.J. whom he had not seen in forty-six years came here to visit his sick relatives and was present during his last moments. Mr. Fahey was perhaps one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of Cumberland, having been sexton of St. Patrick's for nearly thirty years attending to his duties with a fidelity as marked in his attendance upon the services of the church. So prompt was he in the ringing of the angelus at morning, noon and evening hour that clocks and watches were regulated by it. It is said that during the thirty years as sexton, he never missed the ringing of the angelus at the appointed times excepting when he was sick and this was rare up to the time of his recent illness. He called the living to the services. He bade a welcome to the New Year and signaled the Old had fled. Mr. Fahey was born in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland coming to this country when a small boy, taking up his residence in Patterson, N.J. with relatives. He came to this city about 1869, about the time of the starting of the Baltimore & Ohio rolling ??? in which he became an employee. Mr. Fahey was married in this city, his wife being Miss Mary J. O'Shea, daughter of the late Michael J. O'Shea, who survives him with the following children: Messrs. Michael F. and Edward B., John J. and Misses Agnes and Bernadette Fahey, all of whom live at family home. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. James McHugh, the well known coal dealer. Mr. Fahey was a member of the Allegany Lodge No. 31 Shield of Honor and the Holy Name Society. The funeral will take place at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Patrick's Church with high requiem mass, the cortege leaving the residence at 8:40 o'clock. Interment will be in the cemetery of the church." (Courtesy of Pat Dailey)

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Thomas Bernard Fahey death on 8 Feb 1908 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
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Mary J. O'Shea Fahey

(1855 - 1926)

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(1876 - 1943)

(1878 - 1926)

(1881 - 1957)

(1884 - 1963)

(1887 - 1927)

(1889 - 1927)

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