W. C. FORSYTH, a respected citizen of Burgettstown, died last Saturday morning of neuralgia of the heart, aged 72 years. He leaves a wife, who is in a critical condition with paralysis, and seven children. The funeral took place Sunday, interment at Clinton, Allegheny county. The deceased was a brother of Thomas FORSYTH of Canonsburg, and the father of Mr. Thomas FORSYTH, merchant tailor of McDonald.

Pierre DELIANT, a Belgian miner, was killed by a fall of slate at Brier Hill on Thursday morning. He leaves a wife and four children, the youngest of which is nine years old. They own a house and lot on Belgian Hill. Friday afternoon the remains were buried at Arlington. Deceased was well known as an honest, hard working man, struggling to make a home for his family in the country of his adoption. He was a regular attendant at the U. P. Church. An aged Frenchman named TUESCHE died at the Champion Coal Works on Tuesday and was buried at Arlington. *Dates inferred from other items on the page

W. S. CAMPBELL, flagman on the local freight between Washington and Pittsburg, was killed Friday afternoon at Bower Hill by the cars. *Date guesstimated from other items on the page, the top with the date was missing.

I will try to find out. Happy Spring!

Pam do you know when Mary Emma Phillips Krampe died? Terry

Mrs. Susan BELL, wife of James JOHNSTON, died at her home near Morganza this week.

Cecil Twp. Four new school rooms will be put up in this township this fall--one at Jumbo, one at Rend's Shaft, and two at Ridgeway, where 125 dwelling houses will be built this summer. Ridgeway is about a mile up the Run from Sleighline's where the railroad leaves the valley and turns west toward Rend 2 Shaft. A branch road is being built from Sleighline's to Ridgeway, where they are making a slope up which to draw the coal.

The Panhandle Railroad is building its third track through Midway, occupying the boulevard in front of the Hotel Federal and the residences of Messrs. ROBBINS, GRAHAM, and MAGINNIS.

Mr. James DICKSON died at this home near Bulger on Sabbath evening, Jan. 24, of pneumonia coming from grip. He was in his 72d year, and leaves a wife, four sons and two daughters to more their loss. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. G. M. KERR. The remains were taken to the Washington cemetery for interment.

Hello I visited Carnegie last week to see relatives up on Colcrest St. They took me to St Joseph's cemetery on Magazine st. I walked through it to find my grandfather Henry W Krampe. I couldn't find it but I know he's there. His second wife was Mary Emma. My relatives think she was a Phillips. Does anyone have any information? I desperately need to find this grave because I have an aunt, Elizabeth Krampe in Polk state, Henry's daughter, who is now 76 years old. I am the only living relative and they are asking me where I would like her placed. I live in NY and it's hard to find information. Pam Happy Spring!

Martin REED, of Candor, was this week on trial at Washington for the murder of Alexander CHAPPLE by poisoning, at the Burgettstown fair last fall. Those hearing the trial say the crime is brought very close to REED. The testimony indicates that there has been a good deal of "toughness" and very many irregularities that few people care to read about in the neighborhood of the two families. The lesson from the whole thing is this: Don't walk on the edge of precipices. We see people about us doing it every day and laughing at every one that gives any warning. When you get into jail you'll not laugh. A large part of REED's time in the jail has been spent crying. Doctors MOORE and DONALDSON, of Midway, have been prominent witnesses at the Martin REED murder trial. *Another column, same newspaper

SMITH, HAWLEY, STONE, MERRIMAN, MCKEESICK Feb. 6, 1892 McDonald PA Outlook Mostly ripped away: Apparently the mother of Mrs. HAWLEY also died, her last name was SMITH, and it looks as though the first name might have been Sarah. She was buried at Burgettstown. She is listed as mother-in-law of Mr. John B. HAWLEY, who is listed as deceased in the next obit. Could he have also died at this time? (From another issue, Mr. HAWLEY's death apparently occurred sometime in January 1892.) On February 2d, after a very brief illness-- pneumonia and nervous prostration --Mrs. Mary HAWLEY, widow of the deceased John B. HAWLEY and daughter of Mrs. SMITH, died. The interment was at Burgettstown. This family in the fall moved from one of Miss Maggie LINDSEY's home on Barr street to Burgettstown. Mr. HAWLEY was a section boss on the railroad at Burgettstown. J. A. SMITH, section boss this place is a son of the deceased Mrs. SMITH. Another son is W. W. SMITH, married and living in Mansfield, and a railroad man. O. W. SMITH, married and living at Dinsmore and a section boss is a son of Mrs. SMITH. Mrs. SMITH was a native of Carroll county, O. Her husband, John M. SMITH, died her in McDonald about four years ago. He was formerly well known as a stage driver between Pittsburg and Steubenville. The family has lived hereabouts for at least 20 years and all of its members are much respected. A host of friends sympathize with those of them who are left to morn such extraordinary loss. Ms. GOULD, of Steubenville, an elderly lady, as sister of Mrs. SMITH, while attending the funeral of Mrs. HAWLEY, fell on the ice and had an arm broken. Mr. Edward POOLER recently attended the funeral of his only sister, Mrs. Maria STONE, at Detroit. Mr. P. has one brother living, Wm. POOLER, who resides in Clearfield county. 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. 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 her nearly every day. Keep off the tracks."

Is perhaps as well know throughout Washington County as any other person we can this week find for this column. Was born at what for more than a century has been known as the "Rural" on Rocky Hill farm in Cecil on April 9th, 1845. In early life with a body composed mostly of long, bony arms and legs and a backbone with innumerable joints, and with about as much heart for work as a romantic girl of sixteen, he for a living mauled out white oak rails, the regularly recurring strokes resounding through the primeval forest, and he at intervals resting his uncouth frame upon a log reading Pollock's Course of Time or wondering what in the world he was made for. He was not content for this lot, for he did not (missing line) him for it or that fortune had without malice assigned him to ... it happened that in that pent-up Utica, Melancholy marked him for her own and in whatever camp he found himself he became a sort of Achan, and when not moping like Hamlet he was murderously mad! and more inclined to a fight than to the finest of feasts. Well he became a teacher and was a success for many years--first in country schools, then in the graded schools at Brownsville, Uniontown, Connellsville, Johnstown, and in the Fourth Ward, Pittsburg, and in Dr. PERSHING's Pittsburg Female College. Then, thinking that the proper study of mankind is man, he took a three-year-course in a Philadelphia Medical College, and after practicing awhile, he took sundry post-graduate an special courses; after which he located at 326 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, in company with Dr. KING, a gentleman already at the head of his profession. It is perhaps not well to say too much good about any man until after something has killed him, for in all ages men are known to have soared like eagles above the highest mountain tops and then descent with a rush to roost forever upon some hen coop or pig sty. But past action may be recited with impunity and the future left to develop itself without any predictions ventured in regard to it. And so we may say that in the past few years, the subject of this sketch has been able, amidst the multitudinous complications and rivalries and jealousies found in the heart of every great city, to build up a practice that would be creditable to any member of the profession, having in his charge the health of a very great many of the best families between and beyond both rivers. Every member of the profession and all intelligent men outside of it know that it is just as easy to go to Congress as to do what we have mentioned. The Doctor's mother was sister of Rev. Robert FULTON, whose portrait appeared in this column last week and an niece of Henry MCCLUSKEY, deceased, who lived on the farm now owned by Mr. STILLEY, near Mc... Strange it has always seemed to the writer, whose taste runs in the ve ... posite direction, that H. S. P. should devote all the energies of his ... the hardships and cares and responsibilities of a physician, while al ... of the family, to the 42d cousin, have always been led into ... metaphysical, theological, or spiritual pursuits, and some of t ... as successful in their calling as he.

A. D. WORK & Bro. hauled their wheat out last week at 98 cents a bushel. It is a hard problem to solve, how a farmer can sell his wheat for less than a dollar, sell his milk for sixteen cents a gallon, pay $22 a ton for bran, pay, as much are doing, from two and a half to three dollars an acre rent and taxes, pay all necessary expenses, keep his farm in good repair and lay by anything for a rainy day. *Bulger column

Mr. John WHITE, brother of David WHITE of Cecil, was visiting friends in this section last week. Mr. WHITE was formerly a resident of Cecil and is well known here by many of the older citizens. 34 years ago last October he was married to Miss CAMPBELL, an Ohio lady, and after spending a few weeks among friends in Cecil and adjoining townships took up his residence in Ohio, where he has resided ever since. He relates that while on his wedding tour in the section in the month of November, 1857, there was some extremely cold weather; that the ground was covered with snow and the sleighing good, and that while driving in the Miller's Run Valley one very cold day they saw chickens that were frozen to the limbs of trees in ... three different places. (Line missing) He has for several years lived near Wooster, and has given his children the benefit of the superior educational advantages of that college town. He has six children, five of whom are graduates of the University of Wooster. His oldest son, Rev. W. W. WHITE, now a professor in the Xenia U. P. Theological seminary, is the author of a work on "memory training," which has helped to bring him to the prominent and enviable position he now occupies in the church and country. His second son is now laboring in the interest of the Y. M. C. A., at a salary of $150 a month and expenses, but it is and has been his intention to enter the ministry. Two of his daughters are wives of ministers, the third is yet unmarried, while the third son is shipping clerk for a Montana mining company. Mr. WHITE's family has so far a very honorable record, and has good reason to be proud of it. *Cecil column

Recently 'Squire Joseph REED, of Cecil, handed the editor the following ... ontract between the school directors of Cecil township and Robert J. FULTON, then about sixteen years of age, who will be recalled by more than one-half of our readers as one of the most talented and humorous gentlemen that ever appeared before the public in this section. Robert J. FULTON was born in the northern part of Washington County. Hs father was John FULTON, a descendant of Robert FULTON, the steam boat inventor. His mother was Jane MCCLUSKEY, a sister of the late Catherine MCCLUSKEY HERRIOTT, who was the mother of William and John HERRIOTT, both well known farmers who live in Mt. Pleasant township at the present time, of Miss Nancy Jane HERRIOTT, of Canonsburg, and also of Miss Kate HERRIOTTE EWING, wife of Rev. Wm. EWING, of the same place. Her son, James H. died some years ago at Lawrence, Kansas. "Bob" FULTON was one of the brightest men tat ever enlivened a dinner party or social. He was considerably over six feet tall, of very slender but compact build. His manner was keen and surprisingly alert. Had he been a heavier boned man he might easily have been mistaken for a twin brother of Abraham LINCOLN. He was dark complected, had small, black, sparkling eyes, and a dense shock of very black hair. He was a man of exceedingly fine taste and very few of the men in the Presbyterian Church today equal his scholastic attainments and oratorial powers. After teaching school in country districts for some years while a boy he attended the celebrated Academy at West Alexander presided over for many years by his mother's brother, the far-famed Dr. John MCCLUSKEY. Then after teaching in this school and reading a complete course in the classics, mathematics and theology under the tuition of Dr. MCCLUSKEY, he was, after a most rigid examination, licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, whose members declared that he had stood a better examination than any candidate that had ever come before them. Mr. FULTON had no brother, but two sisters, one of whom, long since dead, was the wife of Samuel PHILLIPS, of Chartiers township. She had three children: Fult., Hib., and Miss Sophie C. J., the first being the editor and proprietor of this paper, the second a very popular and successful medical practitioner at 326 Fifth avenue, Pittsburg, and the third a well know resident of Canonsburg. The second sister of Robert FULTON, was Mary, wife of Rev. T. B. VAN EMAN, of Canonsburg, and she too died many years ago, leaving one son, John William, who is a Presbyterian minister and missionary in the far west. After having been licensed Mr. FULTON was called to the Presbyterian Church at Cumberland, Ohio. Shortly thereafter in that congregation was inaugurated a wonderful revival of religion, and protracted meetings were held in the church every night of each week. Attending and exhorting at all of these meetings Robert FULTON took pneumonia and fever that carried him off in a few days. Thus passed away in early life one of the brightest spirits Washington County ever produced. Robert FULTON was a half brother of Dr. James M. MAXWELL, at present pastor of the Monongahela City Presbyterian Church. Another half brother, Henry MAXWELL, is a postmaster and a large stock dealer and landowner at Maxwell, Dakota. Henry was a member of the first W. Va. infantry in the late war and passes with much courage and credit through twenty-six pitched battles without serious injury to himself. We have given here a portrait of Robert FULTON and a brief account of his family connections, which we know will be read with interest by many. Following is the antique contract that poor "Bob" made in 1846 with three well known departed citizens of Cecil. Little did any of them at that time suppose that their transactions would be spread abroad before the world in this manner in the year 1892. Robert FULTON married Miss Ruth An LUCAS< who to this day resides in West Alexander and hourly mourns his loss. They had one daughter, Kate, who married a Mr. SPROUL, a well-known attorney, who has for some years been engaged in one of the government departments at Washington, D. C., and where they now reside. Article of Agreement Article of agreement made and entered into this 4th day Aprile (sic), 1846, by the trustees of school district No. 6, of Cecil tp, Wash. Co., Pa., on the one part and Robert J. FULTON on the other--Witnesseth: That the said FULTON agree to teach reading, writing, English grammar, geography & arithmetick for three months at the rate of eleven dollars per month and board with the employers, to commence on Monday, the 6th day of Aprile, 1846, school hours first month from 8 till have after four, second & third months from 8 till 5, either party having the privilege to withdraw at the end of any month by giving ten days notice. Witness our hands this 4th day of Aprile, 1846 I can't read all the signatures, one is Thomas MCCONNELL, another Aaron PHILLIPS and the 3rd is Joseph ___, it may be REED, as that is the name of the person who gave the contract to the newspaper. There is a picture of Robert Fulton available if anyone wishes to see it.

A. F. DOWNING, brother of J. D. DOWNING, the well known oil operator of McDonald was instantly killed by an explosion of nitroglycerine while shooting a well at Archer's Fork, O. The glycerine was in a barrel and was exploded by the concussion of a stone thrown against it. Mr. DOWNING's head was cut clean in two at the line of the eyes.

BROWN, HERRON It was with deep sorrow we learned of the early death of D. W. BROWN, Esq., of Canonsburg, which took place on Saturday night, the 9th inst., at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburg. The disease which took his life was pneumonia, from which he suffered for about three weeks. David was born about 45 years ago in Allegheny county. When quite young, his mother, who was a sister of the late Cornelius BORLAND, died. Soon after this his father, the late David BROWN, move to the farm (in) Mt. Pleasant township on which M. B. BROWN now resides. Her David was brought up, working on the farm in summer and attending the district school in winter. During the winter of '59 and '60 he was a pupil in the school taught by the writer. He was bright, manly, generous, and very fond of fun, which, we believe, were characteristic of during life. Not being enamored of farm life, he set about preparing himself for a professional life. He attended Monmouth College at Monmouth, Ill., and graduated from that institution in the class of 1837. He afterward took a course in the law school of Harvard, where he studied and was admitted to the practice of law at Washington. For a time he was with the late W. O. CRAWFORD, Esq., of Pittsburg bar; then for a while he was associated with L. MCCARRELL, Esq., of the Washington bar, but for several years past he was located at Canonsburg, where he enjoyed quite an extensive practice. He took great interest in the politics of his day, and was prominent in the Democratic party in this county. He was that party's candidate four or five years ago for district attorney, but was defeated. He was popular and successful as a stump speaker, and his voice was often heard during the recent campaigns in behalf of Democracy and its candidates. During the late non-partisan amendment campaign in this State, although he was a Democrat, he made numerous speeches in behalf of the Prohibition amendment. He believed Prohibition would promote public welfare and thereby temptation to intemperance would be in a great measure be removed from the young and rising generation. His voice will no more be heard hear, for the shaft of Death has struck him, and ... He leaves two brothers and ... *Remainder torn off **The date of his college graduation has to be off considering his age at death and the time mentioned as having been the writer's pupil. 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.

Mr. John WHITE, brother of David WHITE of Cecil, was visiting friends in this section last week. Mr. WHITE was formerly a resident of Cecil and is well known her by many of the older citizens. 34 years ago last October he was married to Miss CAMPBELL, an Ohio lady, and after spending a few weeks among friends in Cecil and adjoining townships took up his residence in Ohio, where he has resided ever since. He relates that while on his wedding tour in the section in the month of November, 1857, there was some extremely cold weather; that the ground was covered with snow and the sleighing good, and that while driving in the Miller's Run Valley one very cold day they saw chickens that were frozen to the limbs of trees in ... three different places. (Line missing) He has for several years lived near Wooster, and has given his children the benefit of the superior educational advantages of that college town. He has six children, five of whom are graduates of the University of Wooster. His oldest son, Rev. W. W. WHITE, now a professor in the Xenia U. P. Theological seminary, is the author of a work on "memory training," which has helped to bring him to the prominent and enviable position he now occupies in the church and country. His second son is now laboring in the interest of the Y. M. C. A., at a salary of $150 a month and expenses, but it is and has been his intention to enter the ministry. Two of his daughters are wives of ministers, the third is yet unmarried, while the third son is shipping clerk for a Montana mining company. Mr. WHITE's family has so far a very honorable record, and has good reason to be proud of it. *Cecil column

http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahsc/index.html If anyone has any questions just ask, and remember I have the census for the Carnegie areas from 1880 t0 1930. Terry