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At Mansfield, on Jan. 12, Mrs. Michael HERRON. Deceased was the wife of Mr. Michael HERRON, formerly of Barr street, and well-know to all McDonald people. Last spring a child of this family was burnt to death in a Laurel Hill coke oven. Mrs. HERRON on Monday morning started to attend a funeral, and while waling on the railroad track slipped and fell and received the injuries from which she afterwards died, giving premature birth to a child. |
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At Collier station on … Albert HOLMES, a son of Joseph HOLMES, who recently … Houstonville to the house … PLANCE on Center avenue, was killed by the cars. While pulling o… the chain broke and he was … the track and run over. He was taken to a Steubenville hospital where he died. Both legs and one arm were cut off. The remains were brought to his father’s house on Wednesday and the funeral was on Thursday. Services were held at the Presbyterian Church to which place the corpse was taken, and the interment was at the Arlington Cemetery. Albert HOLMES was about 21 years old. He had been on the road about two years. Recently he had been promoted to Conductor ad was assigned to a train of which he was to take charge in about two weeks. |
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Died on the 5th inst., at the A. M. E. Parsonage, Mrs. HOLMES aged about 32 years. Deceased leaves a family. Services were held at the Baptist Church on Barr street. |
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A son of Mr. Frank HULICK, of North Fayette township, died very suddenly in California last week. Mrs. HULICK was Miss Mary Ann THOMPSON, daughter of Allen THOMPSON, deceased, and was formerly well known in Mt. Pleasant township. |
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On Thursday, August 5th, ...riet HULL, aunt of Charles HULL, who lives with his son Henry on the ... Michales property and who is fireman at Jumbo, died at Townville, Crawford Co., aged 92 years, 7 months and 9 days. |
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At his residence at Burgettstown, on the 11th, inst., of pneumonia, R. G. HUNTER in the ____ of his age.
The funeral was on Wednesday.
Interment at Burgettstown. Deceased
was well known in Cecil. His
brothers John A. and J. G. are residents of McDonald, and James HUNTER,
another brother, lives on the Wm. KELSO ____ near Oakdale.
He leaves a wife, __ daughters and four sons, the children all
being adults. Mrs. HUNTER
is a daughter of Richard DONALDSON, ____ about forty years ago was
killed ___ Noblestown by a limb falling off ___ .
R. G. HUNTER was a good man ___ much respected.
He had moved ____ a fine residence he had built only
___ months before his death. * Portions of the page were missing |
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Freight Conductor JENKINS, who lived in Mansfield, was killed Thursday
night of last week at Collier’s, W. Va.
While coupling cars he was caught between the bumpers and crushed
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Barnett JOHNSTON, aged
about 70 years, died at his home at Candor on Wednesday morning.
He had gone out to work in a woods near his home, and was found
there unconscious, and died soon after.
He leaves a wife and two daughters. *Midway column From the September 29, 1894 McDonald PA Outlook The sudden death of Mr. Barnett JOHNSON last week at Candor was caused by cerebral embolism or a blood clot on the brain. *The last name was spelled differently in the two articles. |
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The death of Capt. William JOHNSTON, of general debility, occurred at the family residence in Mt. Pleasant township on Friday morning, May 6. Mr. JOHNSTON was one of the oldest citizens in the county, being ninety-two years of age at the time of his death. Mr. JOHNSTON was widely known for more than half a century in the northern part of the county as a man of unusual enterprise and public spirit. In early life he was a pioneer in the far west and was on the frontier at the time of the Black Hawk war where he met with Abraham LINCOLN who was a captain of Illinois volunteers. Captain JOHNSTON married Miss Mary MCCLAIN, who was one of the MCCLAINE (sic) family that lived near the County Home. Mrs. JOHNSTON still lives and among the earliest recollections of the writer are the motherly attentions of this good woman to those who had no mother. “JOHNSTON”, as his admiring neighbors were wont to call the deceased, was a manly man. In religion he was a Covenanter and attended Rev. Wm. SLATER’s Church until the outbreak of the war, when he went to the United Presbyterians that he might vote for every measure against slavery. In courage he was a match for “Old John Brown” any day. Thos who knew him know that he would without a doubt have undauntedly faced and fought Milton’s Personal Devil himself. He was full of fun and at “raisings” and fall “butcherings” he was always the leading man. His family consists of Martha, wife of John P. MCCONNELL; Darlington, married and with a family living at the homestead; Jane, wife of Samuel WILLISON; Robert, a resident of Beaver county, whose wife recently died and left him with a large family. |
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An infant child of Mr. JOHNSON, who lives on the MILLER place, East End, died on the 17th. |
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Mrs. Susan BELL, wife of James JOHNSTON, died at her home near Morganza this week. |
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JONES, Flora. Died on Friday morning, Flora, 11 year-old daughter of Lindsey JONES, a teamster of Jumbo. Funeral today at Midway, 2 p.m. |
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On the 9th inst., of Fannie street, Edmund Thomas, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward JUDD, aged 4 months, two weeks. |
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On the 7th inst., in McDonald, of brain fever, Alice daughter of L. H. KELLY, in the 15th year of her age. Alice had been ill for sometime with brain fever, but was thought to be on the road to recovery when a relapse occurred, resulting in her death. Alice was an uncommonly bright and interesting little girl, and the parents have the sympathy of the entire community in being thus deprived of their beloved daughter. The funeral took place on Friday, the interment at Waynesville, O., the funeral party leaving on the 10 am west bound express. |
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Michael KELLY, an employee of the Panhandle Railroad, was instantly killed at Dinsmore last Saturday. While getting out of the road of one train he stepped in the way of another and was thrown with great force upon his head crushing his skull. He was buried at Noblestown. |
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Funeral services of Miss Anna A. KIGHTLINGER, aged 25 years, who died ...day evening at Oakdale after a brief illness of scarlet fever were held Tuesday ....ing. The interment was in the Noblestown cemetery. Miss KIGHLINGER was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ____ KIGHLINGER of Oakdale. The father at the present time is in the employ of the Standard Oil Company on the island of Borneo where he went about a year ago after leaving Mexico on account of the disturbed conditions there. On the ___ Miss KIGHTLINGER was taken ill she planned to leave for Clarion where she had accepted a position as a n___. She also expected to meet her father in Paris when he returned from Borneo. The mother, Mrs. Martha KIGHTLINGER, a sister and two brothers survive and reside in Oakdale.
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At Reissing’s in Cecil, on Friday morning, John KINGSLAND was caught in the flywheel of No. 2 Shaft and instantly killed. The body was so badly mutilated that Dr. LA ROSS was sent for to give directions as to the manner of preparing it for burial. Deceased leaves a wife and child. He came here from Ohio. |
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On the 7th, inst., in McDonald, of diphtheria, daughter of Mr. H. J. LEUGEMORS, aged 9 years. The remains were taken to East Aurora, N. Y., for interment. |
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Thomas F. LEWIS, one of McDonald's best known citizens, died at his home on the South Side, at 2 a.m., Tuesday morning, the 16th. He was a native of Wales and was brought to Youngstown, O., when two years old by his parents. Almost seventeen years ago he came to Midway, where he lived for one year, and since that time he has lived in McDonald. Hauling was his business, he and his boys running three or four teams. His wife died about nine years ago. His children were Mrs. Martha O'NEILL, deceased; Sarah Ann, wife of Mr. George GRIMES, of North avenue; Mary Jane, Mrs. Alexander PLANCE; Henry; Margaret HARSHALL, married and living at Canton, O.; Lizzie, Mrs. Oscar WHITSON; Thomas, Benjamin and Ida. Mr. LEWIS has been quite an invalid for over a year, during which time he was not actively engaged in business but spent his time superintending and advising his boys as to their work. He was a good business man and accumulated some property, all of which was earned by hard work. Among the people he was familiarly known as "Dad" LEWIS, a name he seemed to have acquired by reason of his quaint humor and the interest he manifested in the welfare of his friends and neighbors, being ready with good advice and old maxims for any one he noticed straying to any extent from the course common sense dictated. He was 63 years old on the third of last April. Deceased had probably not an enemy in the world. The funeral was on Wednesday at 2 p.m. The funeral took place on Wednesday; interment at the Hill. Rev. Mr. IRONS delivered a very interesting discourse at the house. |
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On the 4th inst. at her home in West Middletown, of typhoid fever, after an illness of three weeks, Mrs. Maude E., wife of Mr. Frank LIGGETT, and daughter of Robert MARTIN, of Barr street McDonald, aged 20 years and one month. The untimely death of this only child of Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN has occasioned much surprise and great grief among many friends and relatives. The husband and parents have the sympathy of all who know them. Deceased was a member of the McDonald Presbyterian church. No children were left in this family. The funeral is on Friday. Interment at Middletown. *Midway column |
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M. S. LONGDON, the well known insurance agent, fell dead of heart disease in Washington last Saturday. |
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W. H. LYONS, of Burgettstown, a student at Washington College, received injuries in a foot-ball game Monday from which he died on Tuesday. |
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On the 13th inst., in McDonald of measles, child of Mr. ____ MARLIER, aged 11 months.
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Thomas C. MARTIN, the baker, who was last Friday struck by a train at Miller's Crossing, died the same afternoon. He lived in Allegheny and was at one time in good circumstances. He leaves a wife and four children. Miller's Crossing is the most disastrous place in the whole county. There is no watchman and the situation is such that fast trains can not be seen till just at hand. |
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On the 15th inst, infant daughter of Mr. John A. MCCAUSLAND, of Arabella street, aged one year and nine months. This death occurred just 8 days after the death of the child’s mother, whose death was recorded last week. Rev. Mr. JORDAN and Rev. Dr. D____ conducted funeral services Tuesday evening. Interment was at Bakerstown |
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Partial obit
... years old, who worked at REND's and boarded with Robert
MCCAULEY at Miller's Crossing on last Monday morning was found lying
dead on the hill above REND's Blocks.
There were no marks of foul play on the body.
Coroner T. R. H. JOHNSON came down from Washington and impaneled
a jury consisting of J. S. JOHNSTON, W. B. MOORHEAD, A. D. WILSON, W. J.
SMITH, D. R. MCNARY, and J. M. SMITH, who after viewing the body and
hearing testimony rendered a verdict that he came to his death by
suffocation caused by falling in such a position that he could not get
his breath, while intoxicated. MCCRYSTAL was a single man, without relatives in this
country. *Page was very damaged, first portion of obit missing |
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Thursday of last week a three-year-old daughter of Alexander MCDONALD, of Station street, was burned to death in her room above stairs. It is not known just how the dreadful occurrence came about. Such a tragedy will call about the unhappy parents a multitude of friends to encompass them with a world of sympathy. The funeral was on Sunday. |
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A very nice drawing of Mr. McDonald is included
with the article. Hon. John N. MCDONALD will always be remembered by the people of the town that was named after him. He died May 23d, 1889, at the homestead where he was born, where he had always lived, and where his father had been born and lived and died. It is not our purpose here to write of him, but simply to place before our readers the strong, but kindly face that all remember so well. His life and character have often been described in the public prints and they are indelibly written in the hearts of ten thousand people. The Outlook of May __, 1889, contained the following: Thursday morning going to their accustomed places of business, people were shocked by the sad news that Hon. John N. MCDONALD had died at 6 a.m. He had been seriously ill for about two months, enduring with remarkable patience and resignation all his suffering and weakness. The grief of the people of McDonald at the death of this universally respected and kind hearted man of means, influence and ability and readiness to do good whenever an opportunity offered, will be deep and lasting. Many a family will remember his cheering and helpful visits to them when in need and distress, and will most sincerely mourn his departure. His place in society, in the church and among those who help forward the cause of humanity can not be filled, and more time is needed than is at present at the disposal of any of us to properly describe and record his many good traits of head and heart. John N. MCDONALD was born at the homestead where he died, Feb. 10th, 1820. Of his early life we can not now speak. It will be recalled as a model one by many of his early friends in this vicinity who survive him. He was married Oct. 29, 1862, to Miss Elizabeth Mary LEE, daughter of Major William LEE, of Cross Creek, this county. He served in the legislatures of 1853 and 1858 as a representative of Washington County. He was also a delegate to the Union State Convention in 1856, a representative delegate in the convention of 1868, a senatorial delegate in 1876, and again a representative delegate in the conventions of 1880 and 1884. For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College; and of his efficiency as a school director in this district, of the work he has done for the Presbyterian Church of this place, and his interest in the cause of education and religion generally, all are aware. It would require a volume to record all that he has done in these directions. |
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A child of Mr. MCGECKIN, near the Hill Church, died on the 26th. |
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Tuesday evening, at Walker's Mills, two intoxicated men, John MCGUIRE, a coal miner, and Charles SHANNON, a quarryman, engaged in a sparring match and MCGUIRE was knocked over a barrel and died in a few minutes. Whether it was a fight or a friendly boxing match is uncertain. SHANNON was lodged in jail in Pittsburg to await the action of a coroner's jury and possibly that of a grand jury and a petit jury to try him for murder. |
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David MCKEESICK, a tool dresser who boarded at John HOPE's, near Millers Crossing, was killed this side of Rend's tipple by the west-bound Wheeling express Saturday night. Was coming to town to get some paper to write letters. $27 was found on the body. One of his sisters is the wife of S. P. HUNT, a Washington liveryman. The railroad company ought to put up sign boards down there reading, "A man killed here nearly every day. Keep off the tracks." |
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Mm. MCLAUGHLIN, aged 79 years, died at the old MCLAUGHLIN homestead in Cecil on the 18th. |
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On the 20th inst., of typhoid fever, Miss Martha Jane Russell MCNARY, daughter of Gen. John C. MCNARY, of Chartiers, aged 21 years. |
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Died, April 19, in Canonsburg, of neuralgia of the heart, James MCPEAKE, in his fifty-ninth year. *Dates inferred from other items on the page |
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A little child of Mr. MEREDITH, at Jumbo, died Thursday morning. |
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Frank MERRIMAN, telegraph operator at Crafton, recently died very suddenly. His wife was a Catholic and he was buried by some American Mechanics in the Catholic burying ground, a Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. HILL, conducting services at the house and the grave. On account of these proceeding there is much dissatisfaction all around, and the body was ordered to be removed by the cemetery authorities. Deceased was a son of Major MERRIMAN, of Canonsburg. |
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On Oct. 7, 1892, Walter MERRYMAN died at his home in McDonald.
On April 25, 1891, Mr. MERRYMAN was severely injured by the
falling of slate while at work in the Jumbo mine.
Since that time he has been an invalid, death resulting from the
hurt. During his sickness
he was happy and contented to wait the will of his Master.
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On the 23d inst., in McDonald, of puerperal fever, Mrs. Sadie TRIMMER MILLER. Mrs. MILLER was a daughter of Mr. Thomas TRIMMER, of North avenue, and had been married only a short time. Mr. MILLER, her husband, is a well-known employee of the Royal Gas Company. The lady’s sudden and untimely death is a great shock to her large circle of friends.
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Mr. Lars MINEICH, father
of Mrs. Samuel FERRIS, of this place, died at his home in Robinson
township, Allegheny county, on the 27th. |
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A child of Hugh MISKIMMONDS died on Wednesday of last week and was buried at Center. *Midway column |
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Mrs. Martha MITCHELL, an aged lady of Cross Creek, fell into a spring last Thursday and was drowned. |
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On the 16th, at Willow Grove, infant son of Mrs. MORLEY |
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Marion MORTON, a well-known resident of Mansfield, was struck and killed Tuesday by a Panhandle train west of Woodville. |
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On the 27th, at Venice, infant child of George MURDOCH. |
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Casper WEBBER, white, and a colored man named NEWMAN were killed at Carnegie last Sunday morning by an excursion train. |
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Near McKee’s Rocks on Monday evening, Miss Cora NICHOLS, a well-educated young lady, was found dead, with a bullet in her head, in her father’s barn. She had gone there for a chicken. She took the revolver but did not shoot it. It has been caught alive, its head was cut off, and it was lying beside her. The revolver with three empty barrels was near. The ball entering the head ha been fired from a distance, there being no powder marks. It is believed that some Hungarians working nearby had been fired at by her three times in return for some insult offered and that they returned the fire and killed her. |
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At Steubenville, on Wednesday morning, suddenly of heart disease, John OLIVER, aged 47 years. Deceased formerly lived at Midway, to which place the remains were brought for interment on Friday.
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Miss Jean R. ORAM died Monday morning at the residence of Mrs. ENLOW in Canonsburg, of nervous prostration, aged 54 years. The interment was at Miller's Run Cemetery. Deceased was a daughter of Samuel ORAM, who will be remembered by all middle aged and elderly people of Cecil.
Miss ORAM, at her death, still owned the hundred-acre ORAM
homestead in Cecil where she was born and raised and where Walker
MITCHELL now lives. The
coal under the place she had ... for $5,000.
Several houses and ... Canonsburg and several thousand dollars at
interest, which she inherit ... also belongs to the estate ... the
estate is said to be worth .... and Miss ORAM having no next of kin its
probable a large portion ... go to the Boards of the ... Church. |
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On the 7th inst., ... End, of diphtheria, child of ... PARIS. |
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October 20, 1892, of meningitis, at her residence in Burgettstown, Mary Ann relict of the late Benjamin PARKER, in the ---year of her age. Page crumbled away unevenly |
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KILLED BY THE CARS A Well-to-do and Well Known Italian is Run Down and Instantly Killed. Peter PLANO, an Italian miner about 35 years old, who came to this country about three years ago was killed by a train near the West End turn table Monday evening. He and a friend, Vincent SERENO had gone up there from where they “kept batch” in a small building east of the Bess corner, to see some friends, and coming home PLANO was caught by a train. One leg was cut off near the ankle and the other crushed near the same place, his head was crushed in, and there were wounds elsewhere about the neck and breast. He was brought to the Rodgers & Giffin undertaking rooms where the body was cared for till Coroner JOHNSTON could arrive. A jury—Jas. BROWN, Clyde ROBB, Chas. SOULERET, Jacob HIRSHINGER, J. C. RODGERS, J. B. ARGYLE found a verdict in accordance with the facts. Deceased had $1.85 on his person, and in his trunk was found $285.00. Coroner JOHNSTON took possession of this property and an administrator will probably be appointed to send what remains after expenses are paid to PLANO’s mother in Italy. |
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From Independence: Died of old age, Charles POOL, at his home east of this place July 7th. The deceased for many years was cook for the late Bishop CAMPBELL of Bethany. His age was near 100. |
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This is not really an obit, but the information was contained in a Resolution of Respect by the Black Diamond Council, No. 225, Jr. O. U. A. M., for the lost of the wife of their member W. M. POWELSON. ... Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in his wise Providence to afflict our beloved brother, W. M. POWELSON, by removing from him by death his dear wife, Mrs. Hannah POWELSON, (aged 19 years, 9 months and 1 day,) ... There was not exact date of her death listed. |
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PRICE Mrs. Marina PRICE, died Friday evening of last week at the home of her son-in-law, Henry HARRIS, on North avenue. She was 115 years old. Her death was sudden. Had eaten supper, and went upstairs and lay down and soon after was found dead. The funeral was on Sunday and the interment at the Hill cemetery. Mrs. PRICE was born and raised in Northampton county, Va., and was in bondage until released by the war. Since that time she has lived with Mr. HARRIS. Her oldest son lived in Mississippi and is 85 years old. Her oldest daughter lives at Norfolk, Va. and is 81 years old. |
