Frank Watson is also a historian and Lutheran minister. When the two brothers met, they frequently reflected on their late grandfather, Joseph F. Like many Malvern locals, the brothers dismissed these tales as folklore, yet they cherished his stories. According to William Watson, in , while in Paoli, Clement learned the story and began delve into what really happened, assembling a file with conclusive evidence along the way.
Clement was so adamant about commemorating these men that he constructed a stone wall before the file was even complete. The wall still stands today. He called his friend instantly. There was no time to waste. The Watson brothers assembled a team of historians and volunteers, and began their research frantically. This is a scanned page from the Sachse documents that were concealed for over a century and eventually handed down to the Watson brothers from their grandfather.
As the team researched, a scandal slowly emerged through discrepancies among the details of the story. Varying accounts of the virulence of the cholera epidemic increased skepticism among the team.
The team had all the research they needed. It was time to dig. To investigate further, the Watsons recruited specialists. Matt Patterson, a forensic dentist. After two years of research, the team began to dig on a hot morning in August In November , the team found evidence: the bowl of a clay pipe.
In March , after five tireless years of seemingly unproductive digging, the team finally found what they had been searching for. Amongst a grove of trees just behind a housing development near the R5, they discovered a tibia, skull fragments, and more than eighty other human bones.
After years the team expected to see decomposition, but they discovered more than that. William Watson from Immaculata University, Rev. The team took on the momentous task of archival and archaeological search into the life and death of the forgotten men of Duffy's Cut. Seeking to provide insight into early 19th Century attitudes about industry, immigration, and disease in Pennsylvania.
On March 20, , the first human bones were unearthed, consisting of two skulls, six teeth and eighty other bones. The marker was dedicated on June 18, , and was placed by us at the intersection of King Road and Sugartown Road in Malvern. Toggle navigation Top Menu. Home Events Donations Contact About. Francis Watson. Oct 01, The clear signs of murder, a hole made by an object, in the skull of one of the men buried at Duffy's Cut.
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June marked the beginning of work for 57 Irishmen who had been hired by Duffy, to lay tracks along a hilly stretch of railroad known as Duffy's Cut. Pennsylvania In Your Inbox spinner.
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