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William H. JOHNSONBAUGH
Rachael J. SCANLON
Husband:  William H. JOHNSTONBAUGH / JOHNSONBAUGH
Birth:  1865-68, PA
Occupation:  cook
Parents:  born in PA
Marriage:  1912/3
Wife:  Rachael / Rachel J. SCANLON
Birth:  May 1870/71/72, Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Father:  Patrick SCANLON, b. Mar 1824, Ireland
Mother:  Bridget A. __?__, b. Jun 1837, Ireland
Children:
none
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Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Rachel SCARLOR (æ 1, b. PA) is living in Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA (p. 732A), with her parents, Paterick SCARLOR (æ 40, b. Ireland) & Bridget (æ 33, b. Ireland), plus six siblings.

3.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Rachael J. SCANLON (æ 10, b. PA) is living in Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA (p. 200C), with her parents, Patrick SCANLON (æ 50, b. Ireland) & Bridget A. (æ 43, b. Ireland), plus seven siblings.

4.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

5.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Rachel J. SCANLON (æ 28, b. May 1872, PA) is living in Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA (p. 173A), with her parents, Patrick SCANLON (æ 76, b. Mar 1824, Ireland; immigrated 1846) & Bridet A. (æ 62, b. Jun 1837, Ireland), plus sister and niece.

6.  1910 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Rachel J. SCANLON (æ 38, b. PA) is living in Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA (p. 209A), with her widowed mother, Bridged SCANLON (æ 72, b. Ireland), plus sister and niece.

7.  1920 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  14 of 22):  Axemann State Road, Spring Twp. (South Pct.), Centre Co., PA, Roll T625_1549, p. 197B, SN 8B, SD 15, ED 39, enumerated 13 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1920:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 17 18 19 21 23 25 26 27 28
* 182 185 Johnstonbaugh W H Head R M W 54 M Y Y PA PA PA Y Laborer Metal Works W
    _____________ Rachael Wife   F W 49 M Y Y PA PA PA Y None    
*Axemann State Road

8.  1930 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 33):  Spring Twp., Centre Co., PA, Roll 2016, p. 247A, SN 9A, ED 14-38, SD 3, enumerated 18 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1930:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 30
135 140 Johnsonbaugh William Head O 1500 N N M W 62 M 45 N Y PA PA PA Y Cook Restaurant W Y N
    ____________ Rachael Wife         F W 64 M 47 N Y PA Ire Ire Y None        

.  Myrtle Magargel.  1938.  "History of Axemann, Centre Co., PA [in 24 installments]." Centre Daily Times, PA (online in the Archives of USGenWeb; contributred by Rich Hughes).
3rd Installment,
25 Feb 1938
...Steele himself worked at the axe factory and is credited with having built the three houses in a row that are now occupied by Womers, Johnsonbaughs and Rotes...
16th Installment
22 Mar 1938
Prominent in those industrial days, the Scanlon family is still represented in the village by Mrs. William Johnsonbaugh.  She had six sisters and three brothers.  Their father was Patrick Scanlon, who emigrated from Ireland when he was 18.  His wife came over when she was three years old.  She had been left motherless almost from birth and was cared for by an aunt who, on coming to America, brought little Bridget along.

After the couple [the SCANLONs] had met and married, they began housekeeping at Pennsylvania Furnace.  Several of the children were born there, notably a little girl whom the mother decided to call Cecelia.  Since she was unable to make the journey with him to Bellefonte, it fell to the father's lot to bring the infant to the church to be christened.

Evidently the exigencies of being nursemaid were too much for him, for when the priest asked what name should be given to the child, Pat had completely forgotten.  But, "Just call her Bridget after her mother." he admonished.  So Bridget she became and Bridget she remained until confirmation allowed them to amend her to Cecelia.

After Mr. Scanlon found work at Boiling Spring, the family moved into one of the six company houses that were built across the creek on the hillside.  All these are now torn down and Mrs. Johnsonbaugh remembers nothing about living in one of them save that she fell down the steps and broke her arm.

To own his own home was the ambition of most of the employees of the shop, so when the house owned by Fearon Mann, built by Steele Heverly, was offered for sale the Scanlons bought it and moved into it.  This is still Rachel Scanlon Johnsonbaugh's home.  She was the sixth child and is one of the four yet living.  The others are Mrs. Frank Barron of Altoona, Mrs. George Vetter of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Agnes Culver of Harrisburg.

All these daughters were married in Bellefonte, either in the church or at the rectory, depending on whether their husbands were of their own faith or not, and although they are widely scattered, they all come back for visits in the summer, and for a little time are girls again in the old homestead.

The Johnsonbaughs have been married 20 years.  Mr. Johnsonbaugh tells to all and sundry that his girl kept him going to the Scanlon house 25 years before she would marry him and it is true that she preferred to remain with her aging parents and fulfill her duty to them before taking on other obligations.

In the winter she worked in Altoona in a tailor shop; in the summer she returned to her home in Axemann.  Growing up in the place, everybody called her by her first name, Rachel, often shortening it to Rach.  Little children addressed her in the same way and after she and the persistent young man were married, the youngsters, called him Mr. Rachel until they were taught better by their parents.

They went to Niagara Falls for a time to live but soon returned to the old home, leaving brother Henry Scanlon in the city where he since died.  Both of the seemingly-youthful couple are delightful company.  No small part of this history was related to them, and both enjoy reminiscences and jokes of their earlier days even when the joke is on them.

During their term of courtship, Mr. Johnsonbaugh rode a horse from his home to Axemann, varied adventures befalling him in consequence.  One of these was when a party of girls stole his horse and buggy and drove it into Bellefonte.  The horse was a balky beast.  It stopped in the middle of the road in the Borough and would not budge.  So the girls had the worst of it that time.

One other evening he rode a horse that kicked and tied it to the barn as  usual.  When ready to start home he had the girl friend accompany him to the barn with a lantern so he could avoid the animal's heels and mount it safely.  But their approach sent the horse's hoofs thundering against the sides of the stall and Miss Rachel screamed, clutched the lantern more closely to herself and fled outside, leaving her gallant in pitch-black darkness with the vicious brute.  Only by lying flat on the ground was he able to escape being killed.

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