Person:Thomas Hurst (4)

Name	Thomas Francis Hurst
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	30 Jul 1898	Scranton, PA
Baptism^[1]	7 Aug 1898	St. Patrick's, Scranton, PASt. Patricks Church
Marriage	27 Nov 1930	Carbondale, PASt. Rose of Lima Church to Mildred Mary Louise McAndrew
Death`^?`	3 Oct 1956	Forty-Fort, PA
Burial`^?`		Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Oral Traditions

Told by Louise Hurst to Don Bastin 10/18/97. Tom went to work as a coal fireman on the railroad at age 13. He lied about his age, saying he was 14. He worked on the Elmira line of the DL&W railroad. He was layed off from the railroad and went to work for King Midas Flour, where he was a salesman for the Wilkes-Barre PA territory. See http://lackawanna.railfan.net/scrantn1.htm.

Told by Anne Anderson to Don Bastin 10/19/97. When Tom made his last trip to NJ, he told Anne about the Fitzgibbons plot. Mary Fitzgibbons owned a horse hair couch, which young ladies in skirts found most uncomfortable to sit on.

Former boxer.

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Burial

Interred at Cathedral Cemetery, 1708 Oram Street, Scranton, PA 18504 (570) 347-9251 (Cheryl) Section D6 18-F-6 in the Fitzgibbons plot. First upper grave is reserved for Louise Hurst, his wife.

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