1905, where he is well situated and surrounded by an interesting family. His new home is situated on Skelly street, in Eighth ward, Johnstown.
He was married, in Bennington county, Vermont, July 15, 1868, to Elmina, daughter of Gabriel and Lillian (Green) Blair, by whom were born the following children: Mary Louisa; Eugene, wife of John R. Flinn, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Delia; William Frederick; Mary; Elizabeth; Leo George and Anna. The last three were born at Johnstown, and the others in Vermont. The sons and daughters are being well educated; the youngest is now in normal school.
THE REV. PHILIP BOHAN, pastor of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Johnstown, was born September 22, 1868, near Carrigallen, county Leitrim, Ireland. His parents were John and Anne (Conlon) Bohan, and Philip was the youngest of twelve children.
Philip Bohan received his elementary education in Corduff National school. At the age of eighteen he entered Carlow College, Ireland. In this great institution of learning he studied for seven years, and was distinguished as an able mathematician and a profound philosopher and theologian. In 1896 he was elevated to the priesthood, and ordained by the Most Rev. Dr. Foley, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin for the Diocese of Pittsburg.
The same year he came to the United States and was appointed by the Right Rev. Bishop Phelan, assistant pastor of St. John's church, Johnstown. Here he labored faithfully in the discharge of his priestly duties, ministering to the sick and the dying in their homes and in the city hospitals, and comforting the sorrow-stricken in their distress.
While a great portion of his time was spent in attending the sick, yet he never considered the preaching of the word of God a secondary duty. Always his sermons were replete with sound doctrine and useful admonitions, and much spiritual benefit was derived by the large congregation that listened to the eloquent sermons of Father Bohan.
Neither was he unmindful of the temporal affairs of the parish. In five months he was instrumental in raising eleven thousand dollars to liquidate a portion of the debt which the congregation had assumed. After his labors of five years he was promoted to the pastorate of St. Matthew's church, Tyrone, and left St. John's with the best wishes of a grateful people.
With the same zeal and success which characterized his labors in Johnstown he worked in Tyrone. After three years he was requested by Right Rev. Bishop Garvey to come back to the "Flood City," and take charge of the new congregation, now known as St. Patrick's. Here he purchased the site on which St. Patrick's church now stands. The cornerstone of the edifice was laid in October, 1904, and the structure was completed in November, 1905. In his superintendence of the erection of this church, and also in the discharge of his pastoral duties, Father Bohan has been eminently successful, demonstrating his administrative ability, and winning the sincere affection and respect of his parishioners.
CHARLES WENDELL, of Johnstown, has been employed by the Cambria Iron Company in one capacity and another between forty and fifty year; and while his service has not been continuous from the time he first entered the works, he is one of the oldest employes of that concern. He began his career in life at the age of twelve years, and has been occupied with some useful employment from that to the present time. About three years of this remarkable period were spent in the govern-
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