DAVIDSON, COFFRIER, RIDGEWAY, KENNEDY, THOMAS William W. DAVIDSON, the oldest resident of Hickory, died at his home on Wednesday, May 19, aged 78. Mr. DAVIDSON was born on the Davidson farm near Buffalo Village. By trade he was a carpenter and building contractor, which business he engaged in the greater part of his life, retiring from active work only a few years ago. Mrs. DAVIDSON was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Hickory the greater part of his life and for many years served as a trustee of the organization. Besides his wife, formerly Miss Jane JOHNSTON, a son, Frank B. DAVIDSON a carpenter of Washington, survives. The funeral services will be held this (Friday) afternoon at two o'clock in the United Presbyterian Church at Hickory, and will be in charge of the Rev. Dr. MCCONNELL. Interment will be in the Hickory cemetery. Alfred COFFRIER, 74 years old, a native of Belgium, died n Friday, May 14, at the home of his nephew, Fred MOTTE, on Belgian Hill. He was a miner by occupation and had never been married. The aged Mrs. MOTTE of Belgian Hill is a sister. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon by Rev. H. GARROU. Interment was made in Hilldale cemetery. Jacob RIDGEWAY, Who Opened Mines in Cecil Township Years Ago, Is Dead Jacob E. RIDGEWAY, a man who did much of the development of the coalfields of Washington county, died last week at his home in Philadelphia, at the age of 84 years. He was among the prominent bankers of the Quaker city and amassed fortune estimated at considerably over a million dollars. Years ago Jacob RIDGEWAY opened big coalmines in the Millers Run section in Cecil township and gave the industry and impetus in this county. It was through his efforts that a branch of the Pennsylvania railroad was run into the mines. The mines were managed by Mr. RIDGEWAY's son-in-law, John I. BISHOP. After several years' development Mr. RIDGEWAY sold his holdings to the Pittsburg Coal Company. Mr. RIDGEWAY is survived by two children, Caleb S. RIDGEWAY and Mrs. John I. BISHOP. M. M. TODD spent Friday and Saturday in Pittsburg on account of the death of his cousin, Thomas O. KENNEDY, who was drowned by the swamping of the motorboat on Tuesday night, May 11. Died, May 14, of neurasthenia, Mrs. Mary A. THOMAS, aged about 63 years. Mrs. THOMAS was born in England, August 30, 1846. She was the mother of ten children seven of whom survive her. The funeral services were held in the U. P. Church on Sunday at 11:30 a.m., Rev. J. D. GIBSON officiating. Interment at Imperial *(From the Midway column in the newspaper)
Printed in the McDonald Record, McDonald, PA SCOTT-BARTNER Josephine BARTNER, Oakdale To Fred M. SCOTT "Noon yesterday" Home of bride's grandparents, Saxonburg Rev. Dr. McJunkin, Oakdale Presby. church Attended by Alphoretta Bartner, sister of bride and Sol Sheakely Will reside in Oakdale until new home on Station street is completed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MADGWECK-DELOCHE Denise C. DELOCHE To William A. MADGWECK "Tuesday afternoon" Home of bride's father, Victor Deloche, Centre avenue Rev. J. P. Jordan Attended by Louise Deloche, sister of bride, and Carl Logue Will reside on Coal street ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCHREIBER-FORD Myrtle M. FORD, Aspinwall To Max. B. SCHREIBER, McDonald "Wednesday afternoon" Will reside on Fannie street ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McEWEN-LEISTER Emily May LEISTER To John Robb McEWEN Parents; Mrs. Sarah Leister, Oakdale The wedding will take place at home on Wednesday evening June 25, at 7 o'clock. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WILLISON, POTTER, WINTERS On Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, at her home on the Hickory-Canonsburg road, occurred the death of Mrs. Eliza MCELRAVEY WILLISON, widow of Joseph WILLISON who died several years ago. Mrs. WILLISON suffered a stroke just one week ago and had steadily gown worse since that time. She was aged about 75 years and has lived in this vicinity all her life. She was a member of the Hickory United Presbyterian Church. She is survived by one sister, Jane MCELRAVEY, who made her home with the deceased, and one son and five daughters, Samuel H. of Oklahoma, Mrs. Hugh FRAZIER of Cecil township, Mrs. James PEACOCK of Washington, Mrs. Dan ACHESON of Westland, Mrs. John MCNARY of Mannington, W. Va., Mrs. PATTERSON of Washington. Funeral services were held on Tuesday from the late home. Interment was made in the Hickory cemetery. Mrs. Rachel DICKSON POTTER died Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James STEVENSON, at Noblestown, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Death was due to a paralytic stroke, which Mrs. POTTER suffered some weeks ago. Mrs. STEVENSON is the only surviving daughter. Mrs. POTTER was the oldest and the last survivor of four children born to William DICKSON (1791-1872), and in young womanhood was married to Robert POTTER, whose death occurred July 16, 1887. Dr. James G. DICKSON, her brother, was a well-known physician of Canonsburg, who died in 1904. Mrs. POTTER was a member of the Noblestown United Presbyterian Church and a woman very highly esteemed. The funeral will take place this (Friday) afternoon at two o'clock from the STEVENSON home at Noblestown. Interment will be made in Robinson Run cemetery. William Gamble WINTERS, 76 years old, died Sunday afternoon, May 9, at the Mercy hospital, Pittsburg. Mr. WINTERS was born on the DICKSON farm, near McDonald, August 18, 1833. He was married twice. His first wife was Mary Jane BARTHOLOMEW. Of this union five children survive: Mrs. P. S. BROMAN of McKees Rocks, W. J. WINTERS of Bulger, Mrs. J. W. CRAWFORD, Mrs. C. O. C. CRAWFORD and D. M. WINTERS of Midway. His second wife was Laura M. ALLEN. She and nine children also survive him. They are Mrs. W. E. JAMISON of Carnegie, A. J. WINTERS, Frank WINTERS, Mrs. J. J. MILLER and Mrs. Charles BARNES of New Brighton, Pa., and Elmer, Edward, B. M. and Howard WINTERS at home. The deceased followed the occupation of blacksmith for over fifty-three years, until declining health obliged him to give it up about a year ago. The immediate cause of his death was Bright's disease. The remains were taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. W. CRAWFORD, Midway, on Tuesday evening, and the funeral services were held In Center U. P. Church on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. D. GIBSON officiating, assisted b Rev. Dr. IRONS of McDonald and Rev. T. B. MARLIN of the Midway Baptist Church
Commencement at Candor The second annual commencement exercises of the Robinson township High School were held in the Presbyterian Church at Candor, Friday evening, and were attended by many people form the neighboring country. The church was beautifully decorated in black and gold, the school's colors. The class motto, "Nihil sine labore," also stood out conspicuously. The evening's music was furnished by the Oakdale orchestra. Of the graduates much could be said but we chose to put it in the brief words of Prof. ZAHNISER: "Nothing but words of commendation." The graduates are Martha McIlvain KERR, Zula Maude MATCHETT, James Oliver NEAL, John Russell SMITH, and George Hays BELL.
GLASS, ALLISON, FOUCART, MITCHELL Mrs. Mary Janetta GLASS aged 37 years, the wife of Russell R. GLASS, was found dead in the cellar of the home, one and a half miles north of Hickory, Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock, by her husband. Mr. GLASS had left the house to feed the stock on his farm but a short time before, and returned to the house for his supper. He did not see her upon his return but thinking she was going about her household duties on the second floor, he sad down to read. Wishing to speak with he, he called by received no answer. Mr. GLASS went to the second floor in search of his wife, but not finding her he returned again to the first floor. He noticed the cellar door open and went to the cellar. There he found his wife, lying upon the floor. She was dead when found. A physician was called and stated the death was due to heart failure. Mrs. GLASS was the daughter of J. A. MCCALMONT of Bulger, and is survived by her husband and two children. Her father and mother survive her, besides two brothers and one sister as follows: J. K. MCCALMONT of near Bulger, J. C. MCCALMONT of the State of California and Mrs. Sarah GEORGE of Burgettstown. Jesse D. ALLISON, 37 years old, died Thursday night, April 29, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. ALLISON of Sturgeon. Tuberculosis was the cause of death. His wife died of tuberculosis in Denver a couple of years since, and deceased had returned to Sturgeon a short time ago and gone into the barber business. The funeral services were held at the residence of Squire ALLISON on Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. Ernest FRYCKLUND. Interment was made in Robinson Run cemetery. Emanuel FOUCART, the fourteen-year-old son of Ami FOUCART of Valley street, died in the West Penn Hospital on Tuesday after and operation of the head. The remains were brought here Wednesday and funeral services held at his home Thursday at 5 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Ernest FRYCKLUND. He is survived by is father, stepmother and a sister, Celia. Mrs. Ida BURNS of Clinton on Saturday attended the funeral of her brother, Joseph MITCHELL, who died suddenly of heart failure, Thursday morning, April 29th , at his home in the North Side, Pittsburg. Interment was at Canal Dover, Ohio.
October 4, 1902 Weddings--The Observer McANALLEN-LaPOINT Marie LaPOINT, Florence To C. L. McANALLEN "Wednesday at 10 a.m." Rev. Father Brennan, at his home, Station street Attended by bride's sister, (no name given), and C. L. Lowell as best man ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LITTLE-McLAUGHLIN Emma McLAUGHLIN, Noblestown To John LITTLE, Oakdale September 24, 1902 St. Patricks' R. C. church, Noblestown Will reside on Marion avenue ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Double Wedding** MILLER-ZABE Eugenia ZABE To W. J. MILLER And Marie ZABE To J. D. MILLER "Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock" St. Patricks' Roman Catholic church, Noblestown Attended by Elizabeth and Anna Miller, and Andrew Miller and Joseph Klaus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ October 18, 1902 Weddings from the McDonald Outlook EVANS-CHARLIER Mary CHARLIER, McDonald To Morris W. EVANS, Oakdale October 14, 1902 Rev. W. D. Irons, D.D. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRY-STEVENSON Margaret T. STEVENSON, Bulger To Brainard K. PRY, Burgettstown October 15, 1902 At the parsonage Rev. W. D. Irons, D.D. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SLOAN, SAWYER, TUTEN, ROBINSON, WHITESIDE, FLINN, PRY Mrs. Ellen SLOAN, 28 years old, wife of William SLOAN, died of pleurisy Monday morning, April 5, at 7 o'clock. Mrs. SLOAN is survived by her husband, two children, Velma and Anna, her mother, Mrs. Jane HULME, one sister, Mrs. Fred LEMON, and two brothers, Thomas HULME of Nelsonville, Ohio, and George HULME at home. The funeral services were held at the family home in North avenue Wednesday afternoon by Rev. W. D. IRONS, D. D. Interment was made in Robinson's Run cemetery. Mrs. George SAWYER, aged about 65, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jesee PETIT, at Burgettstown on Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. She is survived by her husband, an inmate of the Soldier's Home at Dayton, Ohio. He had become entirely blind since he left McDonald, about five years ago. Besides Mrs. PETTIT there remains a married daughter in Pittsburg and a son, George of Cairo, Ohio, who spent three years in far off India. The funeral services over Mrs. SAWYER's remains will be held at the Christian Alliance Chapel on Valley street today (Friday) at one o'clock. Interment in Robinson's Run cemetery. The remains of Mrs. George TUTEN of Chester, W. Va., were interred in the burying grounds adjoining the Hickory United Presbyterian Church on Thursday of last week. Mrs. TUTEN formerly lived in Hickory and was a daughter of the late James CAMPBELL. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth ROBINSON of Coraopolis, born on Thursday April 1, died on Saturday April 3. Interment Monday morning in Valley Church cemetery. Hugh WHITESIDE, aged 77 years, died Friday morning, April 2, 1909, at his home at Clinton, after a short illness. Mr. WHITESIDE was born in Beaver County, but spent the greater part of his life at Clinton, where for years he has been proprietor of the hotel there. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Matilda WHITESIDE, two sons, William of Salem, Ohio, and, E. E. WHITESIDE of Imperial, and six daughters, Mrs. Jennie HENDRICKS, Miss Annie WHITESIDE, Mrs. Samuel BUSHFIELD, of Wheeling, Mrs. Flora HOLMES of Illinois, Mrs. James MCCORMICK, wife of the sergeant at the Oakdale Police Station, and Mrs. Elizabeth PURDY. Funeral services were held in the Clinton United Presbyterian Church, Sabbath afternoon. Interment in Clinton cemetery. Died April 2, after a lingering illness, Miss Sadie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. FLINN of this place. She is survived by her parents, three brothers and two sisters. The funeral services were held in St. Alphonsus' Church, McDonald, on Monday. Interment at Noblestown. *Compiler's note: From the Midway column Rev. J. F. PRY was called to Hickory Tuesday on account of the death of his brother, Perry C. PRY who died at the home of his brother, R. A. PRY, near Hickory on Saturday.
McDonald Outlook of October 11, 1902 PLANCE-WATSON Mary E. PLANCE To James WATSON October 7, 1902 Home of bride's father Rev. J. P. Jordan Will reside in Glenwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MOORE-MOORE Iva MOORE To Rev. J. Hunter MOORE Parents of bride, Mr. and Mrs. James Moore, near Venice "Wednesday at high noon" Rev. H. H. Marlin, Fourth U. P. church, Pittsburg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, NOVEMBER 17, 1922. BELL-KRESS Anna Emma KRESS To Harry L. BELL, Canonsburg Parents; Mr. and Mrs. John Kress, Canonsburg November 14, 1922 Home of Rev. J. H. Tarnedde, McKees Rocks Unattended Will reside near Canonsburg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, NOVEMBER, 24, 1922. BEST-HANCOCK Sylvia BEST, McDonald To Clyde HANCOCK, Sturgeon Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Best, Valley street November 22, 1922 Pittsburgh Rev. J. H. Debolt, McDonald M. E. church Will reside in Sturgeon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McGINNIS-SOUFFRANT Edith McGINNIS To Alexander SOUFFRANT, Sturgeon Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McGinnis, Sturgeon November 21, 1922 Pittsburgh Rev. J. H. Debolt, McDonald Methodist Episcopal church Will reside on Champion hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEALY-McCAFFREY Nora HEALY To Leo Patrick McCAFFREY, McDonald Parents; John Healy of the Southside November 22, 1922 Rev. Father Joseph A. Burgoon St. Alphonsus' Catholic church Attended by Nora McCaffrey, Steubenville, OH, cousin of groom, and Lawrence McCaffrey, brother of groom Will reside in Carnegie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DAVIDSON, STERLING, RICHARDS, RUSSELL, FORSYTH, JAGGERS, MARGERUM, QUINN Mrs. Mary DAVIDSON died Tuesday night at 8:35 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John COTTLE of North McDonald street, from infirmities of old age. The deceased was in her 86th year. She was born in the northern part of England and in company with her husband, Robert DAVIDSON, came to McDonald in 1881, where she has resided ever since. Mr. DAVIDSON died in 1892. Mrs. DAVIDSON is survived by six children, two sons and four daughters. They are Andrew of McDonald, John T. of Fayette City, Mrs. Isabella PERCY of England, Miss Elizabeth DAVIDSON, Mrs. Mary A. COTTLE of McDonald and Mrs. Margaret GREGORY of Edgecliffe, Pa. She is also survived by twenty-nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. P. JORDAN, assisted by Rev. W. D. IRONS, D. D. Interment will be made at Robinson's Run cemetery. Hugh STERLING, 81 years old, died at noon Monday, April 26, at his home in Carnegie. Mr. STERLING was born on the old STERLING farm near Noblestown. There he made his home until about forty years ago when he moved to near Venice where he later owned two farms. Afterwards he moved to the Bulger neighborhood where he also held land. Another farm, which belonged to Mr. STERLING, was located at Arden. In 1864 Mr. STERLING was united with Miss Sarah Jane SPROWLS, whose death occurred about ten years ago. To them two children were born, David John STERLING, who died about six months ago, and Mrs. W. J. BURGAN of Carnegie. Mr. STERLING was a member of the United Presbyterian denomination. Funeral services were held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. J. BURGAN, Highland avenue, Carnegie, Thursday morning at 10 o'clock Robert RICHARDS (Blind Bob Ritchie) died at the County Home, Marshalsea, on Tuesday evening, April 27, of dropsy. The deceased was born at Cambridge, Ohio, fifty-two years ago, and had been a resident of McDonald for more than thirty years. He was a coal miner by occupation and a very hard worker until about seven years ago, when he suddenly became blind, from overexertion it was thought. He was never married. From the time he lost his eyesight he became a familiar figure on our streets. He ha a cheerful disposition and when he had to be removed to the County Home several months ago, he was missed. The funeral took place from the home of his sister, Mrs. Noah MILLER, Barr street, Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. P. JORDAN conducted the services. Interment was made in Robinson's Run cemetery. Miss Cynthia RUSSELL died Sunday evening at ten o'clock at her home in Burgettstown, aged 73 years. The deceased was born and raised in this county, and up until about 25 years ago resided on the old RUSSELL homestead farm near Bulger. At the time of her death she resided with her sister, Miss Ellen RUSSELL at Burgettstown. She was the daughter of the late John S. RUSSELL. Two sisters and two brothers survive her as follows: Miss Ellen RUSSELL of Burgettstown, Mrs. Hugh WILSON of Hanlin, and W. S. and J. C. RUSSELL of Bulger. The funeral services were held Tuesday morning. Interment in the cemetery at the Raccoon Church at Candor. E. Detmor FORSYTH, 34 years old, died suddenly Friday morning, April 23, at the Mercy Hospital of heart disease. Mr. FORSYTH was well known in this locality, having frequently visited his uncle. H. H. FORSYTH. He formerly resided at Midway and later at Moundsville, W. Va., where his wife died about four years ago. He leaves two orphaned children, a boy aged six and a girl aged four, besides his mother, a sister, Miss La Verne, and a brother, William A., with whom he made his home at 746 Browne street, East End, Pittsburg. The funeral services were held Saturday. Interment was made at Steubenville, Ohio. Mrs. Sarah JAGGERS, aged 80 years, died Tuesday morning, April 27, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. James AYERS, Liberty street. Mrs. JAGGERS was born in Indiana County and has lived in McDonald sixteen years. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Acey AYRES, Mrs. Mary SPIKER of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Christina EDMISTON of Slippery Rock, and one son, Joseph JAGGERS of Fombell, Pa. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. P. JORDAN. Interment was made in Robinson's Run cemetery. Robert MARGERUM, aged 84, died Wednesday morning, April 28, at the home of her nephew, John MARGERUM, at Washington. The remains were brought to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary SOULERET, Wednesday evening. Three daughters and two sons survive: Mrs. Mary SOULERET, Mrs. Eliza AYRES of Gladden, Mrs. Hattie WILSON of Virginia, Shannon MARGERUM of McDonald and David of Carnegie. Funeral services will be held this morning (Friday) at ten o'clock. Interment in Robinson's Run cemetery. Miss Mamie QUINN, 23 years old, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. Annie QUINN, at Cherry Valley, on Thursday, April 22 of tuberculosis. The deceased was a daughter of the late Neil QUINN. Patrick MULLIGAN of McDonald is an uncle. The funeral took place Saturday morning with high mass of requiem in St. Alphonsus' Church. Interment was made at Noblestown.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, OCTOBER 20, 1922. TURNER-FRANKLIN Alice Blanche TURNER, Midway To Leon Joseph FRANKLIN, McDonald Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Franklin, Valley street, McDonald October 17, 1922 Residence of groom's parents Rev. Dr. Alexandre Mage, French U. P. church Attended by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leonard Will reside in Midway ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, OCTOBER 27, 1922. RETZER-FARRAR Florence E. RETZER, Hickory To David Glenn FARRAR, Midway Parents; Mrs. Mary E. Retzer Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Farrar October 19, 1922 Rev. Charles Stunkard, U. P. parsonage, Hickory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
V. MCDOWELL and family attended the funeral of Mrs. MCDOWELL's brother, Thomas EATHORNE, at Carnegie on Tuesday. The deceases was born and raised in Midway. A number of years ago he lost both limbs while braking on the railroad. Since then he had been employed by the company as operator until ____ ___ last year, when he was obliged to quit on account of his health. The cause of his death was heart failure.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 1, 1922. CARLIER-FURNEAUX Belva CARLIER To Emile FURNEAUX, formerly Sturgeon Parents; Mrs. Elizabeth Carlier, Laurel hill August 24, 1922 Detroit, MI Will reside in Detroit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EPEL-KNAAK Myrtle Idelle EBEL To Carl Louis KNAAKE, Avalon Parents; Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Ebel, McDonald Mr. and Mrs. Louis Knaak, McDonald August 17, 1922 Manse of First Presby. church, Bellevue Rev. G. B. Tejan Attended by Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, she is sister of groom Will reside in Avalon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CRAIG-JENKINS Betty Jane CRAIG To Dr. T. C. JENKINS, Homewood Parents; Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Craig, Noblestown "Last Friday evening" Home of bride's parents Rev. H. R. Lindke Will reside in Homewood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922. WILKINSON-THOMPSON Margaret WILKINSON, Hickory To George A. THOMPSON, near Venice Groom is nephew of W. S. Barnett September 2, 1922 Manse of First Presby. church, McDonald Rev. B. B. Harrison Will reside on farm of groom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. RUSSELL-HUART Marcella RUSSELL To Archie HUART Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Russell, Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Huart, Venice, formerly Cecil September 14, 1922 Pittsburgh Will reside in Burgettstown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MARLIER-LEONARD Bertha MARLIER To Herman LEONARD Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Victor F. Marlier, Summit street Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leonard, Valley street September 20, 1922 Home of bride Rev. Alexandre Mage, D.D., French U. P. church Will reside in McDonald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922. LESTER-PENDLETON Martha Isabelle LESTER To Lee Lyman PENDLETON, Pittsburgh Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lester September 23, 1922 Home of bride's parents Rev. Dr. G. M. Kerr, Raccoon Presby. church, Candor Attended by Amy Kerr and Charles F. Merrit, Pittsburgh Will reside at Candor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ADAMS Mrs. Sarah Mae ADAMS, 72 years old, wife of Thomas ADAMS of Bulger, died Tuesday morning, March 23, at ten o'clock. She is survived by her husband, four sons and one daughter. They are John ADAMS of Hamilton, Ohio, R. L. ADAMS of Richmond, Ind., T. F. ADAMS of Buffalo, N. Y., P. J. ADAMS of Omaha, Neb. and Mrs. James ROONEY of Bulger. Funeral services will be held in St. Alphonsus' Church, McDonald, on Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Interment will be made in St. Patrick's cemetery at Noblestown. The deceased was well known in this locality and highly respected.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, AUGUST 11, 1922. BEATTY-HULL Sarah Jane BEATTY To Raymond HULL, Venice Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Beatty, Midway August 3, 1922 Wellsburg, WV Will reside in the Will hotel building ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, AUGUST 28, 1922. SELF-SMITH Sara Wallace SELF To Rev. Alvin SMITH Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wallace, Beaver Falls Granddaughter of Thomas P. George, Third street August 22, 1922 Home of bride's parents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COOPER, BAILEY, GUNDLACH, GREGG Died March 1, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. WRIGHT at Coraopolis, Mrs. COOPER, aged 86 years. The deceased formerly resided here. *Compiler's note-This was listed in the Fayetteville column William S. BAILEY died at his house near Candor on Saturday night, February 27, 1909, in the seventy-second year of his age. A complication of diseased, coupled with his _____ years, caused his death. W. S. BAILEY was a son of Matthew and Ann (maiden name given, but I can't read it) BAILEY, and was born on a farm adjoining that on which he died. He was a farmer, and had always lived in Robinson township except a residence of four years on the farm now owned by John N. SMILEY in Smith township. He was a staunch Republican and took an active interest in politics. In 1891 he was elected to the board of county commissioners and held that office for six years. Mr. BAILEY was one of a family of six boys and two girls. Until three years ago there had not been a death among these eight children, but in the last nine months three of them have passed away. Rev. John BAILEY of near Pittsburg died in Sept. 1906; Rev. Samuel BAILEY of Xenia, Ohio, died June 1908, James Bailey of Allegheny died October 1908. Two brothers and two sisters still live: Alexander and Carlisle BAILEY, both of Xenia, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah ANDREWS of McDonald and Miss Margaret BAILEY of Burgettstown. His wife, who was Esther GALBREITH, daughter of James GALBRAITH of Robinson township, survives with the following children: Rev. Austin S. BAILEY of Iowa; Rev. Edgar BAILEY of near Xenia, Ohio; John, at home; Mack of California State; Samuel, a lawyer of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Alice ADAMS, who lives in Iowa. Mr. BAILEY had been a member of the Raccoon Presbyterian Church of Candor for the past thirty years, and for several yeas had been an elder of that church. Funeral services were held from his late residence Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment in the Candor cemetery. Henry GUNDLACH, 34 years old, died of pneumonia on Sunday at his home three miles south of Hickory, after an illness of one week. He was employed as an engineer at the Witch Hazel mine. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles GUNDLACH, who survive. He is also survived by his wife and four small children. Mrs. Herman BRINKMAN of near Hickory is a sister. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the German Lutheran Church by the Rev. J. W. BORN. Mrs. Louisa J. A. GREGG, who was in her 65th year, died at her home at Imperial Tuesday morning, March 2, 1909, after a long illness from dropsy and other ailments. Mrs. GREGG is survived by her husband, Mark K. GREGG, and four sons, Charles, at home, Harry at Hamilton, Mo., and Alexander and Edward in Washington State. The funeral services were held in the Valley Church Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment in Valley Church cemetery.
PARTRIDGE, CHARLIER, TINNEY, VOYE, JONES, BAILEY Miss Rachel PARTRIDGE died at her home near Santiago on Tuesday, April 13, at 3:30 p.m. of pneumonia and heart trouble in the seventieth year of her age. Calvin, the five-weeks-old son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. CHARLIER of Valley street, died Sunday, April 11. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon. Interment was made in Hilldale cemetery. Mrs. Armetta TINEY, 40 years old, died at her home near Noblestown on Sunday, April 11. She is survived by her husband, Patrick TINNEY, and three children. The funeral took place on Tuesday. Interment was made at Oakdale. Mary, the oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse VOYE, died Monday, April 12, of a complication of diseases after an illness of several weeks. The funreal took place on Wednesday afternoon, services being held in St. Alphonsus' Church at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was made at Noblestown. Mrs. Martha Ellen JONES, 35 years old, died at the West Penn Hospital, Sunday, April 11. The deceased is survived by her husband, Lindsay JONES. Henry HARRIS of the South Side is her father. The funeral took place from the First Baptist Church on Tuesday afternoon. Interment was made at Hilldale. Miss Ann BAILEY died at the home of her niece, Margaret BAILEY, Burgettstown, on Saturday, aged about 80 years. She was among the oldest members of the Raccoon Church and was an aunt of W. S. BAILEY, deceased. Funeral services were held on Monday at her late residence and interment was
BELL, TAYLOR, CRANE, MCCREADY, GLASS, WOLCOTT, STIFFEY, LUPEN Mrs. Anna P. BELL, wife of William BELL, died at her home near Saltsburg on Tuesday night, March 2, at 12:30 o'clock, aged 27 years, 9 months and 4 days. Her husband and three children survive her, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. JOHNS and four brothers, Charles, Roy, Harvey of this place and Edward of Saltsburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Henry KLINGENSMITH and Miss Bertha JOHNS of Leechburg. Mrs. BELL was only sick about five hours with spinal meningitis. Mr. and Mrs. BELL formerly lived here. Funeral services were held by the Ref. Mr. INSKEEP of the M. E. Church of Saltsburg on Saturday. Interment in Edgewood cemetery. Joseph TAYLOR, a former Washington County man, is dead at his home in San Jose, California, at the age of 74 years. Mr. TAYLOR was a son of the late D. S. TAYLOR and was born in South Strabane township. In 1850 the TAYLOR family moved to Smith township. In 1859, Joseph TAYLOR, in company with others, started to Pike's Peak, Colorado, but landed in California, and since that time had resided there. D. W. P. TAYLOR of Noblestown is a brother and Dr. J. P. TAYLOR of our town is a nephew of the deceased. James L. CRANE of Carnegie was killed by a train Saturday morning, March 6. Mr. CRANE was going to Rosslyn to board a train for the city. The accident occurred at 6:10 and he lived until 10:30 a.m., suffering intensely. Mr. CRANE was about 40 years of age, and is survived by his wife, who was Miss Mary GLADDEN of McDonald. For ten or twelve years Mr. CRANE was a resident of McDonald and helped to install the plant of the Citizens Electric Light Co. The remains were taken to Canonsburg Tuesday for interment in Oak Spring cemetery. Robert MCCREADY, 76 year old, died Monday at his home in Oakdale. He was born in Pittsburg, but when young went to Washington County were he lived on a farm until 10 years ago. Removing then to Oakdale he had since conducted a grocery store. Surviving are his wife, three sons, Robert MCCREADY of Crafton, George of Canonsburg, and James of Oakdale, and a daughter, Mrs. Jennie MCCONNELL of Paris. Miss Nannie GLASS, daughter of David GLASS, a former resident of this neighborhood, died at her home in Fairview, W. Va., Sunday morning, March 7, 1909. She is survived by her parents, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Mr. GLASS lived on the John L. RANKIN farm in Smith township at one time. Mrs. Anne E. WOLCOTT, mother of William S. WOLCOTT, formerly of McDonald, died at the home of her son in Shady Side, Pittsburg, Sunday, March 7. Mrs. WOLCOT was born in Dover, De. For twenty-five years she resided at Petrolia, but of late years made her home with her son in Pittsburg. Mrs. Jessie STIFFEY, widow of the late Joseph STIFFEY who died about eight years ago in McDonald, died on Tuesday at Webster, Pa. Leocadia LUPEN was killed on the railroad on Friday evening. An inquest held by Coroner HEFFRAN resulted in the verdict, suicide. The girl, who was in her eighteenth year had been despondent for some time. B. D. TILLINGHAST, who had dozed off on the ten train coming out from Pittsburg and missed getting off at McDonald, found the body on walking back from Primrose. Leona, as the deceased was known by her mates, had been employed recently at Hotel Harvey. She is survived by her father, Charles LUPEN of Belgian Hill, a brother Louis, and a stepmother. Funeral services were held from the family home on Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. GARROU, assisted by Rev. W. D. IRONS. Interment was made at Hilldale.
ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, JULY 14, 1922. DeBRUCHE-STONER The recent marriage of Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr., of New York, to M. Charles Philippi de Bruche, a man 15 years her senior, recalls the marvelous achievements of this "wonder child" who is only 20 years old now. She speaks 12 languages, has written 20 books, and is a prolific writer of verse. At 12 years of age she passed the entrance examinations of the University of Wisconsin with such brilliancy as to astonish the faculty. At the same time she was an expert chess player. She has been on the lecture platform for eight years. Her mother recently spoke in McDonald as one of the Chautauqua attractions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WILEY-OSMOND Nellie S. WILEY To Morrow G. OSMOND, Oakdale Parents; Mr. and Mrs. Mart Wiley, Oakdale July 6, 1922 Home of bride's parents Rev. William R. McMunn, First U. P. church, Oakdale Attended by Anna Wiley, bride's sister, and Walter Osmond, groom's brother Will reside in Oakdale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ABSTRACTED FROM THE McDONALD RECORD NEWSPAPER, McDONALD, PA, JULY 28, 1922. COLLARD-BENARD Jennie COLLARD, Sturgeon To Alexander BENARD, McDonald "Tuesday" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MCPEAK David MCPEAK died shortly after midnight Thursday of last week at his home in Burgettstown, following an illness of about two weeks. Mr. MCPEAK was aged almost sixty-three years, having been born April 26, 1846 at the MCPEAK homestead in Cecil township, the son of James and Jane (COCHRAN) MCPEAK. During his youth and early manhood he followed farming and on November 4, 1869 was united in marriage to Mary J. BELL, daughter of Robert BELL of Clarion County, Pa. The couple later moved to near Burgettstown were Mr. MCPEAK purchased a farm, on which he resided until 1901, when he retired from active work and moved to Burgettstown. Besides his wife Mr. MCPEAK is survived by five children, who are: Lulu Bell, wife of John E. SCOTT of near Venice: Samuel T., of Mt. Washington, Pittsburg; Mary L., wife of John ATKINSON, Mt. Washington; D. Lucian, and James Irwin, both residing on the MCPEAK far near Burgettstown. Three sisters and a brother also survive. They are: Mrs. James DINSMORE, Hickory; Mrs. David L. MCCONNELL, near Cecil; Mrs. John MAWHINNEY, Cecil township, and William MCPEAK, who lives on the MCPEAK home farm in Cecil, where David MCPEAK was born. James MCPEAK, grandfather of the deceased, came to Cecil township about 1803 from Gettysburg. Funeral services were held at the Venice United Presbyterian Church on Saturday morning at eleven o'clock. Interment was made in the Venice cemetery.