Postmark On Classic Cover Help?

Anyway, as of ten minutes ago I now officially own this cover. So stick your doubtful & "puzzled" comments in your pipe and commence to smoke 'em! Respectfully -Jeff


EDIT:
Changed a few words and spell correction.

Congratulation, I_L_S, you now own a cover with a very interesting history behind it!

Thanks WT1. you Rock! I'm moving soon so I'll be offline for a bit.

Hey Jeff--
Since it has a 3c 1861 on it, I'm really, REALLY, jealous of this one.
Nice find my friend!

Ray

You jealous of something I have? I'm flattered!

I found these videos this morning of the cemetery & Mansion and it shows Samuel Hegarty's headstone. Apparently he died on Feb 13th but it appears that the stone has damage on the face and I can't make it all out. The shot of the stone starts at 2:08 and continues through 3:19 but I'm having trouble reading it in it's entirety.

Here is the link:
http://youtu.be/41fo9iccCa0

Here is the Mansion It shows a cover straight off so maybe a stamp collector shot this?:
http://youtu.be/c477x-olI5k

You're on the right track, I_L_S, but you have to understand that there were THREE generations of Samuel Hegarty's!

The first generation is documented here, and is the subject of the gravestone shown in the YouTube video you provided in the previous post:



However, there are two additional generations of Samuel Hegarty's as shown in this excerpt from the PA Supreme Court ruling on Samuel Hegarty's will (who died on March 21, 1864) and was the builder of the Hegarty mansion and the subject of the cover in your initial scan. You will also take note that Samuel Hegarty's son -- also a Samuel Hegarty -- was the Executor of his father's Estate:



You were on the right track with the YouTube video of the Hegarty Mansion, but there's a second one out there that gives a brief written summary of the Samuel Hegarty (who died March 21, 1864) that should be the correct subject of this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVbyLktYKNE

I hope I haven't confused you.

So the plot thickens... Good detective work. I actually, as an afterthought, wondered if that maybe was his father or son?

Well, I actually get to go there! My Mother-in-law said that she knows where it's at and that she would take me there! Yaay! Talk about documentation! lol

I see it now William...I'll "plagiarize" it...lol seriously though, This is the writeup for that video.-






The above writings can be found at the bottom of the video here: http://youtu.be/HVbyLktYKNE

EDIT: added description's credentials and informed video's owner/maker. He said it was OK to do so.

There is one error in that text quote:




The correct architectural feature should be described as a widow's walk as defined below. Although it is a common feature in old seaside mansions, there is nothing to hold anyone from having built one in an inland home, as would be the case in the Hegarty mansion. Interestingly, the Wiki definition also suggests that there may have been some dubious fire safety reason for it:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_walk

Where I grew up was along the West Branch Susquehanna River and was a BOOMING logging industry so these was/is a VERY common sight. Story goes that the wives would watch for their husbands to arrive in town to both see if they still alive and to have everything ready (supper, clean cloths, etc...) The older houses from the 1700's was to watch for Indian attacks. If you would look at some of my old post cards you will see a lot of those Widow's Watches.