That night [first night in Pittsburgh] they stayed at Mr. Hedrick’s home and the next day Father found a three-roomed house and a job. Mrs. Hedirck, Mrs. Carroll and Mother went out to purchase household goods. Mr. Hedrick secured the job for Father hauling coal for Mr. Port, who had a coal mine. He hauled […]
I was very much interested in Mother’s story of that canal trip of two weeks – the hot weather; the moonlight nights, when they sat on the deck because it was too hot to go down in the cabin to sleep; hearing the horses tramp on the tow path, the frogs croaking, and the captain’s […]
My father and mother emigrated from their home in Germany about the year 1840. After eight or nine weeks of a stormy voyage, they landed at New York with their little boy, Henry, who was about four years old. They found a great many emigrants in New York and some of the directed my Father […]
1)Photos from a scrapbook about Major Moody in the archives at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, Michael Kraus curator William H. Moody was the recruiting officer for a company from Allegheny County. References[+] References ↑1 Photos from a scrapbook about Major Moody in the archives at the Soldiers and Sailors […]