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Morrisons Cove Herald, January 1899
DEATH ROLL OF 1898
Friends and Loved Ones Who Have Joined the Great Majority
Following is a list of the deaths published in the Herald from week to week during the year 1898:
JANUARY
4 Frank Corriger, Williamsburg, aged 55 years
12 Mrs. Mary Benson, Martinsburg, aged 72 years
14 Jacob Swanger, McKee, aged 74 years
14 Mrs. Mary Camerer, West Martinsburg, aged 74 years
19 Mrs. Anna C. Garvin, Williamsburg, aged 76 years
19 Miss Martha Oellig, Martinsburg, aged 86 years
22 Mrs. Eleanor Skyles, Martinsburg, aged 90 years and 8 months
22 Mrs. Caroline Dickey, McKee, aged 47 years, 6 months and 22 days
28 Isaac Smith, Huston township
FEBRUARY
4 Samuel H. Yingling, Roaring Spring, aged 73 years
13 Mrs. Elizabeth Stayer, Roaring Spring, aged 65 years, 7 months
and 6 days
19 Mrs. Anna Hess Lantzer, Williamsburg
20 Mrs. Orlando Malone, McKee, aged 58 years
22 Henry Wolfkill, Martinsburg, aged 65 years, 7 months and 6 days
28 Grandmother Morgan, Henrietta, aged 78 years.
MARCH
2 Mrs. H. P. McAllister, Royer, aged 76 years
3 Hugh Lindsay, Huntingdon, aged 54 years
5 Mrs. Mary Imler, Osterburg
18 Mrs. Verona Smith, Altoona, aged 24 years
18 Mrs. Katherine Reesey, near Martinsburg, aged 73 years and 5
months
25 Charles Deetrick, Catfish, aged 15 years and 5 months
31 John N. Dilling, Clover Creek, aged 32 years, 11 months and 27
days
APRIL
6 Mrs. John Benton, McKee, aged 34 years
8 Charles Dilling, Philadelphia, aged 22 years
16 Miss Sarah Kurtz, Hays City, Kan., aged 58 years
18 Mrs. Matilda Shoemaker, Martinsburg, aged 66 years
19 George Detwiler, near Williamsburg, aged 62 years
22 Chambers Imler, McKee, aged 40 years
24 Alex. Mench, Williamsburg, aged [60?] years
MAY
12 Inez, twin daughter of W. Mentzer
20 Mrs. Mary Klepser, Martinsburg, aged 50 years
21 William B. Wilson, Altoona, aged 16 years
23 George Taylor Riley, Williamsburg, aged 49 years
JUNE
8 Miss Alicia C. Roberts, Oshkosh, Wis.
22 Mrs. Catharine Wyon, Lafayettsville
23 Harrison Gorsuch, Martinsburg, aged 72 years, 10 months and 9
days
JULY
8 Dr. David S. Hays, Hollidaysburg, aged 60 years
9 Mrs. Nancy Miller, Roaring Spring, aged 74 years, 8 months and 27
days
15 Chas. Blamey, Altoona, aged 9 years
16 Henry Seedenberg, McKee
24 Josiah O. Nicodemus, Northville, Mich., aged 61 years
26 Mary Barley, Poletown, aged 81 years, 3 months and 9 days
28 H. D. Dilling, Huston township, aged 74 years and 7 days
30 Infant child of Ira Hartman, Clover Creek
30 James William Feathers, Roaring Spring, aged 1 year and 9 months
AUGUST
13 Mrs. Ann Rice, Frankstown township, aged 52 years
16 August Shafer, Taylor township, aged 75 years, 11 months and 11
days
19 Corporal John W. Mauk, Centreville, Pa., aged 63 years
20 Jacob Z. Over, Everett, aged 63 years
25 Mrs. John Z. Treesh, Henrietta, aged 80 years, 8 months and 29
days
27 Jacob A. Young, Bedford
28 Kline Conrad, Pittsburg, aged 20 years
31 Col. Joseph W. Tate, Bedford, aged 80 years
SEPTEMBER
10 Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers, West Martinsburg
17 Mrs. Martha McCormick, East Freedom, aged 61 years
18 Solomon Boose, Newry, aged 67 years
23 David M. Mills, Rodman, aged 71 years
24 Henry A. Dilling, Johannesburg, South Africa
30 Clara Burnie Rhodes, East Sharpsburg, aged 7 weeks
30 William Stittson, Duncansville, aged 11 years, 8 months and 27
days
30 Robert Kurtz, Huston township, aged 50 years
OCTOBER
4 Daniel Davis, Altoona
8 Harry Buck, Altoona, aged 33 years
8 Harry Kinch, Tyrone, aged 33 years
9 Mrs. S. S. Nicodemus, Martinsburg, aged 44 years
12 Miss Susan Merrits, Altoona
19 R. P. Snyder, Leavensworth, Kan.
19 E. D. Kagereis, Roaring Spring
21 Mary Miller, Salemville
22 Jacob Zeigler, Waterside, aged 80 years, 1 month and 17 days
23 Mrs. Louisa Zook, Martinsburg, aged 67 years
23 Lester Patterson, Williamsburg
31 Allen Vandeavander, Williamsburg, aged 30 years
31 Charlotte Patterson, aged 2 years and 1 month
NOVEMBER
2 Miss Kate Benner, West Martinsburg, aged 74 years
2 Roger Trelfall, Henrietta, aged 84 years
8 Mrs. Abram Acker, Barbara
9 Mrs. John Huffley, Williamsburg
11 A. E. Rice, New Enterprise, aged 64 years
18 Mrs. Maria Ann Frederick, near Salemville
23 John Stevens, Williamsburg, aged 21 years
27 Jacob Stoner, Hays City, Kansas, aged 79 years
DECEMBER
3 Little child of Wilson Mentzer, Altoona
9 John L. Replogle, near New Enterprise, aged 69 years, 10 months
and 26 days
14 Mrs. E. S. Feight, Roaring Spring, aged 65 years
25 Mrs. Daniel R. Ebersole, Lafayettsville
26 Mrs. Mary Irwin, Williamsburg, aged 69 years
27 Mrs. Fannie Keagy, Woodbury, aged 95 years, 4 months and 13 days
29 Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa Rhodes, Martinsburg, aged 90 years and 14
days
31 Harry S. Latshaw, Pittsburg, aged 32 years
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