Bios: EDWARD F. CONNELLY, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      EDWARD F. CONNELLY,
  
  [p. 580] who is engaged in a real estate and insurance business at New
  Castle, with office at No. 501 L. S. & T. Building, has been a resident
  of this city for the past ten years. He was born in August, 1867, at
  Steubenville, Ohio.
  
  When thirteen years of age he went to Dennison, Ohio, where he completed
  his education and then entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad
  as a telegraph messenger boy, and from that humble position he worked up
  to the office of train dispatcher. In 1893 he left the railroad service
  and was in charge of the Postal Telegraph and Bell Telephone offices at
  Ellwood City, Pa., until 1898, when he came to New Castle as district
  manager for the Industrial Savings & Loan Company, of New York, which
  led him to become interested in real estate with some capitalists of the
  East. He purchased ten acres on Pittsburg Street and thirty-seven acres
  in South New Castle, which is known as Hoover Heights, the former
  property being denominated Cascade Terrace. Under Mr. Connelly's
  direction these properties were platted and built upon and subsequently
  disposed of. Since then he has been interested in other tracts with
  other parties, becoming a member of the North Highland Land Company,
  which purchased 100 acres of what was, a few years ago, farm land, but
  now is a fine city subdivision, with over two miles of paved streets and
  with gas, water and sewerage improvements. In this beautiful section
  forty-three fine residences have been erected and sold and it is
  recognized as one of the most desirable residence sections of New
  Castle. Mr. Connelly also does a large fire insurance business,
  representing the Pittsburg Underwriters' Firemen's Fund, the Norwich
  Union Society and the United Firemen of Philadelphia. He is an active
  citizen.
  
  In 1896 Mr. Connelly was married to Miss Florence Mr. Burke, who was
  born in Dennison, Ohio, and they have four children: Edmund Burke,
  Richard Francis, and Thomas Alfred and Marian Elizabeth, twins. Mr.
  Connelly and wife are members of the St. Mary's Catholic Church. He
  belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
  
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