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James Andrew McMahon

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James Andrew McMahon

Birth
Death
27 Feb 1911 (aged 26–27)
Midland, Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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McMAHON, James Andrew
"Evening Times"Cumberland, Maryland, 27 Feb 1911
DEATH OF MR. MCMAHON.
Mr .James McMahon Died Early This Morning at His Home in Midland.
Feb. 27-James McMahon, aged 26, son of Mr. Philip McMahon, of Ocean, died at 4 o'clock this morning, at his home in Midland, of heart disease. Mr. McMahon was a coal miner and lived with his wife and child in Midland. He was taken seriously ill with the disease that caused his death about three months ago, and was forced to discontinue work. He rallied and the prospects were bright for his recovery. Last week he was able to be about the streets of Midland, but last night he was suddenly taken ill hours later succumbed. Dead man is survived by his wife, before marriage Miss Rose Byrnes: a young daughter, Esther; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMahon of Ocean: four brothers. Hugh, John, Joseph and Philip, and four sisters, Rose and Annie, of Ocean: Mrs. Harry Cain, of Washington and Mrs. James Winters. Mr. McMahon was a member of Midland Council, Knights of Columbus, who will have charge of the burial services, which will be held in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Frostburg."

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MR. MCMAHON BURIED

Funeral Was the Largest Ever Occured in Midland. The funeral of James McMahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMahon, who died Monday morning of heart disease, took place this morning with a high mass in requiem in St. Joseph's Catholic church at 10:30 o'clock. The mass was celebrated by Rev. Father John J. Dillon, of Washington, an uncle of the dead man, Rev. Father Mackel, pastor of St. Joseph's spoke the sermon. The funeral was without doubt the largest that ever occurred in Midland, being a brilliant testimony to esteem in which the young man was held. The pallbearers ware: John Kenny, John Salb, John McGrady, Robert Hill, Wm. O'Rourke, Wm. Broderick, Win. Thomas and Patrick Doolan. The flower bearer were: Dave Shutz, Timothy Killuss, John Kenny, Bernard Killuss, Michael Monahan, Patrick McGuire, Carl Byrne, Charles McGann, Thos. Conlon and Peter Monahan. After the church services the body was taken to Frostburg on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania train, the train stopping at the Wright's Crossing to allow the cortege to move to St. Michael's cemetery, where interment was made.

Evening Times

"Cumberland, Maryland, 1 Mar 1911
McMAHON, James Andrew
"Evening Times"Cumberland, Maryland, 27 Feb 1911
DEATH OF MR. MCMAHON.
Mr .James McMahon Died Early This Morning at His Home in Midland.
Feb. 27-James McMahon, aged 26, son of Mr. Philip McMahon, of Ocean, died at 4 o'clock this morning, at his home in Midland, of heart disease. Mr. McMahon was a coal miner and lived with his wife and child in Midland. He was taken seriously ill with the disease that caused his death about three months ago, and was forced to discontinue work. He rallied and the prospects were bright for his recovery. Last week he was able to be about the streets of Midland, but last night he was suddenly taken ill hours later succumbed. Dead man is survived by his wife, before marriage Miss Rose Byrnes: a young daughter, Esther; his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMahon of Ocean: four brothers. Hugh, John, Joseph and Philip, and four sisters, Rose and Annie, of Ocean: Mrs. Harry Cain, of Washington and Mrs. James Winters. Mr. McMahon was a member of Midland Council, Knights of Columbus, who will have charge of the burial services, which will be held in St. Michael's Catholic Church, Frostburg."

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MR. MCMAHON BURIED

Funeral Was the Largest Ever Occured in Midland. The funeral of James McMahon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip McMahon, who died Monday morning of heart disease, took place this morning with a high mass in requiem in St. Joseph's Catholic church at 10:30 o'clock. The mass was celebrated by Rev. Father John J. Dillon, of Washington, an uncle of the dead man, Rev. Father Mackel, pastor of St. Joseph's spoke the sermon. The funeral was without doubt the largest that ever occurred in Midland, being a brilliant testimony to esteem in which the young man was held. The pallbearers ware: John Kenny, John Salb, John McGrady, Robert Hill, Wm. O'Rourke, Wm. Broderick, Win. Thomas and Patrick Doolan. The flower bearer were: Dave Shutz, Timothy Killuss, John Kenny, Bernard Killuss, Michael Monahan, Patrick McGuire, Carl Byrne, Charles McGann, Thos. Conlon and Peter Monahan. After the church services the body was taken to Frostburg on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania train, the train stopping at the Wright's Crossing to allow the cortege to move to St. Michael's cemetery, where interment was made.

Evening Times

"Cumberland, Maryland, 1 Mar 1911

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