OCTOBER 2, 2008 GEORGE HEATH

Here is an answer to your sister's question about what George Heath did. My great-grandfather George Clarence Heath went to work in a winery in Upstate New York after his father died. He did this to pull in some extra money to help support his younger siblings. This was sometime in the period of 1903-1913. I believe his younger brother William worked at the winery for a short time too before his drowning death at age 19.

George married my great-grandmother Emaline Amidon on July 12, 1913 in Angelica, Allegany Co., NY. They first lived in a house in Ulysses built by Austin White, Emaline's uncle. They then moved to Coudersport for a few years before George purchased a farm with 21 acres of land outside of Ulysses, Pennsylvania. George spent more than 30 years farming.

George & Emaline had 4 children together, however their first child Frances died as an infant. In later years, the couple would help raise my uncles when my grandmother became ill.

In later years, George Heath worked as an employee for the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation with my grandfather Barney Lane. George was also a caretaker of Ulysses cemetery and a member of the Ulysses Grange.

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