John George Brindle

     John George Brindle was born on 7 November 1867 at Beatty, Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.^2,3 He was the son of Phillip Kuhns Brindle and Sophia Blank.¹ John George Brindleappeared on the US Census of 1870 in the household of Phillip Kuhns Brindle and Sophia Blank at Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.⁴

John George Brindle, age 22, married Ethel McMichael, age 17 , daughter of Samuel Warren McMichael and Catharine Stairs, on 27 November 1889.^2,1,5,6,7 John, age 32 years, and Ethel, age 27 years, appeared on the US Census of 1900 on 204 Rose Street, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.² According to the Federal Census in 1900, John was a day laborer.² John, age 42 years, and Ethel, age 37 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 on Cleveland Ave, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.⁸ According to the Federal Census in 1910, John was a machinist in a coal mine.⁸ John served in Headquarters Company, 332 Infantry Regiment from 1 April 1918 to 5 May 1919. He was in teh Vittoria Venta Italy engagement.⁹ John, age 52 years, and Ethel, age 47 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on 123 South Ninth Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.¹⁰ According to the Federal Census in 1920, John was a machinist in a coal and coke works.¹⁰ John and Ethel are listed in the 1921 Connellsville, Pennsylvania, City Directory as living on 23 S 9th West Street.¹¹ John, age 62 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 on 123 South Smith Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.¹² According to the Federal Census in 1930, John was a machinist in a coal mine.¹² He was retired circa 1935; from the H.C. Frick Coke Company.⁵ John, age 72 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 at 123 South Ninth Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.¹³ John lived in 1943 at 123 South Ninth Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.³ In on 21 June 1943, "George Brindle, 75, 123 South Ninth street, Connellsville, sustained severe lacerations of the head when he fell down a flight of stairs in his home. He was admitted to the hospital where his condition is reported as fair." - The Morning Herald, Uniontown Pennsylvnia.¹⁴ He died on 21 June 1943 at Connellsville Hospital, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at age 75 after he fell down a flight of stairs in his home.^3,5,14,15 He was buried at Saint Johns Union Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.^16,3 John's obituary of November 1943, reads: