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Thomas Francis Deagan was born on 12 Mar 1855 in Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY to Michael and Mary (Maher) Deagan. When he was 16 years old, he was listed on the 1870 census as a teamster living in Youngstown, Mahoning Co., OH. Thomas left Youngstown in the 1870's, worked for a period drilling salt wells near Syracuse, NY. He married Matilda Abigail Stoddard in 1879 in (probably) Chautauqua Co., NY. They had one son, Francis Hubert "Frank" Deagan.

Thomas F. Deagan next appeared at the "Pithole" boom town oil field about 12 miles northeast of Oil City, PA. The Pithole is now a historical site. He then went to the Bradford, PA oil fields in 1881 and was a highly respected active crude oil producer there for 26 years in addition to other business ventures. Thomas died in Bradford, PA on 14 Jul 1917 and is buried in the Degolier cemetery near Bradford.

Francis Hubert "Frank" Deagan was born in Carroll Twp., Chautauqua Co., NY on 22 December 1879 to Thomas F. and Matilda A. (Stoddard) Deagan. He married Viola Mae Eymer on 2 September 1899 at Belmont, Allegany Co., NY. They had two sons, Hubert Francis "Mike" Deagan and Robert Waldo Deagan.

In 1909 Frank was in business in Bradford, PA with his father, Thomas F., who owned a business called The Standard Saw Company. Frank later was the owner of the Bradford Rubber Works. By 1923, he was the owner of F.H. Deagan & Son, Delco Light and Radio Dealers with his son Hubert F. Frank and Viola were divorced on 6 February 1928. At the time of the divorce he was living in Buffalo, NY. In his later years Frank was married to Clara. They lived in Olean and Portville, NY. Frank died on 8 June 1952 at Portville, Cattaraugus Co., NY and is buried in Degolier Cemetery near Bradford, PA.

Hubert Francis "Mike" Deagan was born on 25 May 1900 at Lewis Run, McKean Co., PA to Francis Hubert and Viola Mae (Eymer) Deagan. Mike married Katherine Marie Armstrong on 27 November 1919 at Limestone, Cattaraugus Co., NY. They lived in Bradford, PA until 1944 when they moved to Akron, OH. Later, they moved to Miami, FL. Mike and Katherine had six children, Marie, Beth, Thomas David, Sally Jo, John and Jude.

Mike had an avocation as a talented musician. He played the trumpet professionally from high school until he was in his 70's. His primary occupation from the late 1940's until about 1980 was in the insurance field as a salesman and as an appraiser. Mike was very intelligent and had a high degree of mechanical aptitude. He was a "fixer" of things electrical or mechanical. He died on 8 June 1981 at Pensacola, FL of cancer of the pancreas and old age. His body was cremated and his ashes are with Tim Deagan in Austin, TX.

Thomas David "Tom" Deagan, LCDR USN Ret. was born in Bradford, PA. He attended St. Bernard's School in Bradford for eleven years and graduated from North High in Akron, OH. Tom was married to Virginia Grace Miller at Bradford, PA. They have four children, Kathleen, Thomas Michael, Patricia Lynn and Timothy James.

Tom enlisted in the Navy in July 1945 and served for 25 years in the Naval Weather Service. After retirement, he sold real estate, then was sales manager for a large real estate company and taught the State Real Estate License course in Pensacola, Florida. In 1982 he started his "third" career and designed and created sterling silver jewelery which he sold at Art Festivals and in Galleries until 1999.

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