Thomas Furlong (1879 - 1953)

Born 6 Jan 1879 in Coal Bluff, Union Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Rogers) Furlong — married 30 Sep 1907 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 6 Feb 1953 at age 74 in New Eagle, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Thomas Furlong's birth was recorded in the Furlong Family Bible. See Furlong-438 for transcription.

Thomas was baptized at the Mingo Presbyterian Church in Finleyville on 3 October 1880. Thomas was working as a coal miner and living with his mother in the 1900 census, along with brothers Edward, John, George and Frederick. In 1901, Thomas was injured by a fall of slate in the Coal Buff Mine – the incident is documented here: http://patheoldminer.rootsweb.ancestry.com/wascoalbluff1.html Fortunately, Thomas survived the accident.

Thomas married Hannah Rogers on 30 September 1907 at 2628 Linwood Ave. in Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Allegheny City has since been annexed by the City of Pittsburgh). In 1910, Thomas was working as a coal miner, and the young couple was living in a rented home in Monongahela City with their eight month old son, Thomas Raymond Furlong.

Thomas’ WWI Draft Registration Card, completed in 1918, indicates that he and Hannah were living in Gastonville at the time, and he was a coal miner for the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Coal Bluff, Washington County. He was described as tall with a medium build, with blue eyes and dark brown hair. By 1920, he owned his own home in Union Township on Gastonville Road, and continued to live there for many years. The 1940 census shows him still working as a coal miner and living in the same house.

Hannah died in 1944 at the age of 61 of cancer, and Thomas filed for Social Security benefits about three weeks later. Thomas was hit by a truck at the age of 74 in Finleyville, and died in the Monongahela Memorial Hospital in 1953. Both are buried in James Chapel Cemetery.

Thomas left a will which names his five children.

Sources

• Delayed Birth Certificate, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Thomas Furlong, no. G-3199, issued 8 Jul 1943, born 6 Jan 1879; Washington County Courthouse, Washington.

• Baptism, Finleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Mingo Presbyterian Church, 3 Oct 1880; digital image, Ancestry.com "Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013", PA-Washington>Finleyville>Presbyterian>Mingo Presbyterian Church, no. 122, Thomas Furlong.

• Marriage of Thomas Furlong and Hannah Rogers, 30 Sep 1907, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, No. 3814; Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh.

• 1880 U.S Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Union Township, Enumeration District 265, page 10 (penned), line 24, dwelling 90, family 92, line 17; Tommie Furlong in James Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: accessed 6 Mar 2018); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1202.

• 1900 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Union Township, Enumeration District 147, p. 223A (stamped), line 19, dwelling 408, family 409, Thomas Furlong in Mary Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2009); citing FHL microfilm 1241494.

• 1910 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, City of Monongahela, Enumeration District 216, p. 5B, line 22, dwelling 117, family 120, Thomas Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1426.

• 1920 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Union Township, Enumeration District 180, p. 13B, line 73, dwelling 123, family 131, Thomas Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1661.

• 1930 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Union Township, Enumeration District 110, p. 7A, line 24, dwelling 57, family 58, Thomas Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2009); citing FHL microfilm 2341897.

• 1940 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Gastonville, Union Township, Enumeration District 63-130, p. 4B, line 66, Thomas Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 3625.

• 1950 U.S. Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Union Township, Enumeration District 63-222, sheet 34, line 3, Thomas Furlong household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2022); U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, roll 1267. At top of page is stated: "Information given by neighbor for line 3 and is incomplete on Housing. Members of the family are deaf on line 3."

• “U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918”, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Local Board No. 3, Canonsburg, Thomas Furlong, Serial No. 119, Order No. 4227; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Jun 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, no roll stated.

• Death certificate, Thomas Furlong, 6 Feb 1953, certificate #19815; digital image, Ancestry.com, "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates 1906-1968"; Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission, Harrisburg.

• Wills, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Book 79, page 513, Thomas Furlong dated 27 May 1948, probated 3 Mar 1953; Washington County Courthouse, Washington.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115213932/thomas-furlong: accessed 27 December 2022), memorial page for Thomas Furlong (6 Jan 1879–6 Feb 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115213932, citing James Chapel Cemetery, Gastonville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Chris (contributor 49121823).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 October 2017, 19:58), entry for Thomas Furlong(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MTH7-9DN); contributed by various users.