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Glo, and they have five children, Marguerite, Angeline, James, Ambrose and Paul; (3) Margaret, married Thomas Simmens [sic - should be Simmers], lives at Nanty Glo, and they have two sons, Charles and Thomas; (4) Esther, a student at Baden College, and is now a sister of the Order of St. Joseph; Joseph, James, Della, and Margaret, all deceased.
In politics Mr. Dunn is identified with the Republican party. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1909 and re-elected in 1911. He presented the Injured Workmen's Compensation bill during the session of 1911, the first bill of its kind and the most important ever presented to the State Legislature of Pennsylvania. He became a law in 1915. Mr. Dunn has served as justice of the peace of Jackson Township seven years and at Nanty Glo for three years, and was a member of the council of Lilly for Three years. During the World war Mr. Dunn took an active part in local activities, serving as chairman of the Four-Minute Men. He fought the first legal battle under Judge Barker in establishing the rights of the miners at the mines in the Gallitzen region and won this decision. Mr. Dunn is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Knights of St. George, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He was president of the A. O. H. for seven years and is at present district deputy of the Knights of St. George. He is a director of the Miners' and Merchants' Bank of Nanty Glo and elected as its first president, but declined to accept that office. He stands well in the esteem of his many friends and acquaintances.
Rev. J. F. Connelly, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nanty Glo, is a representative citizen of Cambria County. He was born in Johnstown, Jan. 13, 1889, and is a son of Patrick and Mary (Ryan) Connelly.
Patrick Connelly, deceased, was for many years a leading and well known merchant of Johnstown. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, March 13, 1848, the son of Patrick and Ellen (O'Neil) Connelly. He was about two years of age when he came to the United States with his father, who settled in New England before locating in Pennsylvania. For a few years the family resided at Brady's Bend, Pa., before coming to Johnstown. At an early age Patrick Connelly went into the Cambria mines as a driver of mules, receiving 75 cents a day for this hard labor. He later secured employment in the coke yards but left here in May, 1869, for Pittston, Pa., and there worked in the mines until 1878, when he removed to Johnstown
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