Claybaugh, Lucian Troy

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Submitted by Robert Kingrey

Source: Joseph F. McFarland

Lucian Troy Claybaugh, who has been a resident and postmaster of Donora, Pa., since the organization of that borough in 1900, was born February 3, 1856, in Ironton, Ohio, and is the son of Moses B. and Rebecca (Troy) Claybaugh. Moses Claybaugh was born in western Pa., where his father, Michael Claybaugh, a native of Germany, settled at an early period. Michael was a blacksmith by trade, as were his five sons.

Moses learned the blacksmith trade when a young man, and with the exception of a few years spent in Ohio, always lived in westerner Pa. He was a soldier in the Civil War, and died in 1864, while on his way home from the war. He married Rebecca Troy, who died in 1900, and to them were born three children - Loretta, died aged 10 years, in Ohio; Lucian Troy, the subject of this sketch; and Eva, who is the wife of John F. Furlong.

Lucian T. Claybaugh was seven years of age when his parents removed form Ironton, Ohio to California, Pa. Where he was reared and learned the carpenter and builder's trade. He began working at his trade when he was fifteen years of age and so continued for a period of thirty years at California and vicinity. Mr. Claybaugh is a Republican in politics, and has been postmaster at Donora, since 1900, when the town was organized. He served as a member of the Council at California, Pa., and has served as a member of the Donora school board twice, having served on the first school board of that borough. He is fraternally a member of the Royal Arcanum.

Mr. Claybaugh was united in marriage in California, Pa., with Anna Coatsworth, a daughter of Joseph Coatsworth, and they have reared five children, namely; John W., a resident of Denver, Col., who married Mary Duffy; Eva, who married Fred C. Van Pelt, assistant postmaster of Donora, and has one child, Virginia; Ruth, who married John A. Byers, who is assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Donora; Lucian T. and Beryl.