Ethel McMichael

     Ethel McMichael was born on 14 November 1872 at Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.² She was the daughter of Samuel Warren McMichael and Catharine Stairs.¹ Ethel McMichael went by the nick-name of Effie. Sheappeared on the US Census of 1880 in the household of Samuel Warren McMichael and Catharine Stairs at Texas Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.³

Ethel McMichael, age 17, married John George Brindle, age 22 , son of Phillip Kuhns Brindle and Sophia Blank, on 27 November 1889.^2,1,4,5,6 Ethel, age 27 years, and John, age 32 years, appeared on the US Census of 1900 on 204 Rose Street, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.² Ethel, age 37 years, and John, age 42 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 on Cleveland Ave, Manor, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.⁷ Ethel, age 47 years, and John, age 52 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 on 123 South Ninth Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.⁸ John and Ethel are listed in the 1921 Connellsville, Pennsylvania, City Directory as living on 23 S 9th West Street.⁹ Ethel McMichael died on 6 January 1930 at home on 123 South Ninth Street, Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, at age 57 from nephritis and hypertension.^10,4,11 She was buried on 8 January 1930 at Union Cemetery, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.¹²