Does anyone have an Obit or information for a Mary Skillen SNOW of the Elizabeth area? She was born in PA and had about 5 siblings as far as I can determine. She would have died sometime between 1894 and the 1900 US Federal Census. Her family is all shown on the above noted census. Possibility that she may be buried in the Round Hill Cemetery but I am not sure about that. Any help greatly appreciated. Don in Nova Scotia

HOPPER, LEPS, MCFARLAND Mr. John HOPPER, died at his home in South Fayette township, three miles south of Oakdale, on Monday night. His age was about 65 years. Samuel HOPPER of this place, is a brother. Deceased leaves no children. At Imperial last Saturday afternoon, Jacob LEPS, a young Italian, was shot and killed by another Italian named Adolph d'ALBERTO. The labor troubles were mixed up in the row, but it is probable that the killing came about in a personal quarrel between the two men. D'ALBERTO was with some Moon Run miners who had gone over to induce some Montour miners to quit work. After this was done, d'ALBERTO while standing with a group of Italians and Frenchmen called LEPS passing by some names, and the fight followed, resulting in the death of LEPS. Mrs. Sarah BARNETT MCFARLAND died in Burgettstown on the 25th ult., in her 58th year. She was a daughter of George BARNETT, who formerly lived near Venice; she was married to John H. MCFARLAND, and lived in Smith township until the death of her husband in 1872, when she removed to Burgettstown. One son is left, Kerr, living in Burgettstown. Mrs. MCFARLAND was a cousin of Mrs. John HUNTER of this place, and also a cousin of Wm. LINDSAY, deceased, father of Miss Maggie LINDSEY and Robert LINDSEY, of this place. Mrs. HUNTER and Miss LINDSEY attended the funeral of Mrs. M. on Monday.

WILLIAMS Mrs. Rachel WILLIAMS, wife of Samuel WILLIAMS, died at the family residence in Oakdale, September 12. She was __ years of age. Early in life she professed Christianity by uniting with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her remains were interred at Hill cemetery.

WILLARD, HASTINGS, VALENTOUR, AINSCOUGH, MCNARY, ROBERTS Pressly WILLARD, who had been making his home with his son-in-law, George SKILES of Chartiers township, died Friday morning of last week from the effects of a stroke of paralysis received several days before. The deceased was 84 years of age and leaves a family of grown up children. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. ANDERSON of Venice, assisted by Rev. E. E. DOUGLASS, of Houstonville. Interment at the Venice U. P. church burying ground. Rev. John M. HASTINGS died at his home in Westchester, Pa., on Friday of last week. He was a Presbyterian minister, and also a teacher, he having for many years, in company with his brother, Fulton HASTINGS, conducted an academy at Wilkinsburg. His mother was a sister of the late Dr. John MCCLUSKEY, of Henry MCCLUSKEY and of Mrs. James HERRIOTT. His wife was a sister of the late John N. MCDONALD, of this place. At the residence of the family on East Noblestown street, McDonald, on Monday, Sept. 19th, Mrs. Mary Louise, wife of August VALENTOUR and daughter of Mr. Louis CHAMBON, aged 29 years. The funeral was on Tuesday evening. Rev. Dr. CATHCART conducted services at the house. The interment was at Midway cemetery. Two small children are left without a mother. Mr. VALENTOUR in this untimely _____ of this ____ wife has the sympathy of a large circle of friends. In Cecil, of diphtheria, on the 19th inst., a 4 (or 8) year old child of Thomas AINSCOUGH. On the 20th inst., of typhoid fever, Miss Martha Jane Russell MCNARY, daughter of Gen. John C. MCNARY, of Chartiers, aged 21 years. Mrs. Sarah ROBERTS, wife of John T. ROBERTS, formerly of Canonsburg, died at her home in Joliet, Ill., on Wednesday night last in the __ year of her age. The deceased was a daughter of John KELSO, formerly of Cecil. The remains were brought to Venice last Friday and interred at the U. P. burying ground.

RODGERS, MERRYMAN, JUDD, VANDUSKY Mr. J. C. RODGERS and wife came up from Sistersville on Monday to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Margaret A. RODGERS which occurred at Washington, Pa., on Tuesday. Deceased was 66 years old. Her husband, E. K RODGERS formerly a well-known liveryman, died about five years ago. Her maiden name was ALLISON and she was a sister of Messrs. Archibald and Ebenezer ALLISON, who live six miles west of Washington, and of James ALLISON, who lives In Nebraska. On Oct. 7, 1892, Walter MERRYMAN at his home in McDonald. 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 and an invalid, death resulting from the hurt. During his sickness he was happy and contented to wait the will of his Master. He leaves a wife and three little children to mourn him. On the 9th inst., of Fannie street, Edmund Thomas, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward JUDD, aged 4 months, two weeks. On Wednesday, at her home on East Noblestown street, McDonald, Mrs. Joseph VANDUSKY, aged about 70 years

CRAIGHEAD, CONNER, MULDRIDGE, GARDNER, CURRY, HORSEMAN, BEST Miss Eliza CRAIGHEAD, a native of Cecil township, died at Elderidge, Indiana County, last week. Miss CRAIGHEAD was a teacher more than forty years ago, and from her the editor of this paper first learned how to read and spell. John CONNER, Sr., an old and highly esteemed citizen of Cecil, died Friday evening of last week aged 85 years. He leaves two sons and a daughter, John, Samuel and Sarah. On Wednesday morning Wm. MULDRIDGE, while at work in Laurel Hill 1 mine, was instantly killed by a fall of slate. He was a single man and lived with his sister in Rend's Blocks. Had been in this country only a short time, having arrived from England on June 27, and was expecting to send for his mother and sister, who are in the old country when he met his death. At midnight, July 21st, 1892, little Henry, son of John and Harriett LOVE GARDNER, aged 22 months. The parents have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. (A poem written by his aunt, M. F. L. was printed, but not included here) At Brier Hill, on the 5th, inst., infant child of B. CURRY. At. Jumbo, on the 15th, child of Charles HORSEMAN. On the 31st, ult., on Barr street, wife of Mr. Samuel BEST. The remains were taken to Clarion.

This is from a scrap of newspaper with no date. From other articles on the page I am dating it sometime in late June or early July. MILLER, FIFE 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. John FIFE, an old citizen of Canonsburg, who some years ago came to that place to reside from Upper St. Clair, died on Tuesday, aged 78 years.

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On Saturday last, Wm. ARMSTRONG, a driller at the MOORHEAD No. 2, while filling some torches with oil, was severely burned about the breast and face by the oil taking fire and exploding. He was removed to the Caldwell House, McDonald, where he died Sunday evening. ARMSTRONG was about 22 years old and lived with his parents near Venice.

YATES, COOK, FALCON, JOHNSTON, HAYS, KELLY On the 2d inst., in McDonald, infant son of Joseph YATES. This is the second child Mr. YATES has buried inside of one week. On the 3d, in McDonald, Miss Blanche COOK, aged about 12 years. Interment at Oil City. On the 3d, at Jumbo, child of Scott FALCON. At Rend's Shaft on the 3d, infant son of Cary JOHNSTON. Near Montour, Allegheny county, June 30th, Mrs. Flora HAYS, wife of Lewis HAYS, aged about 20 years. Mrs. HAYS was the oldest daughter of Edward HINDMAN, deceased, formerly of Bavington. 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.

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 to death.

EWING, MARLIER On the 13th inst., in Pittsburgh, of general debility, John EWING, Sr. Funeral on Thursday, interment at Hill cemetery. Mr. EWING was one of McDonald's oldest citizens, and was well known through out this part of the country as a stonemason. He lived in his house on Third street until a few weeks ago, when was taken seriously ill and he was removed to a Pittsburgh hospital. He leaves a wife, a son, John EWING, Jr., living in Pittsburg, and a daughter, Mrs. STEVENSON of Noblestown street. *Compiler's note: In the following week's paper there is a correction to this obit. It states: "Last week there was a error in the obituary of John EWING, Sr. His children are: One son in Pittsburg and two daughters in Glasgow, Scotland. On the 13th inst., in McDonald of measles, child of Mr. ____ MARLIER, aged 11 months.

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WILLETS Isaac WILLETS, an old and well-known oil operator, died at his house in Belmont, New York, on Friday night of general debility at an advanced age. He is said to have been worth seven millions of dollars, all made in the Washington oil field.

Sorry to bother you nice people again but I was informed that I left the subject line blank and the receivers might just delete it. So I am re-sending it. Below is the original message. Hello my fellow researchers, I have added a new web site containing my family history. While it contains the names of living people no information or pictures are shown. I have only been doing this for a few years. I hope that you will enjoy looking at the information. I am sending this to all the sites I subscribe to, hoping for feed back and new and undated information. If you have pictures of some of these people I would love to have a copy to post. There are over 6800 pages of data. Here are some of the names and locations, Talbot, Talbott, Talbert, Horn, Horne, Sapp, Holder, Myers, Mason, Gooden, Ansell, Shazer, Shozer, Huey, Collins, Hickle, Ticsnel, Deavers, Shifflett, Roach, De Vers, Taverner, Neale, Devere, McDaniel, Wood, Dean, Kimble, Batton, Daur and Potts. Here are some of the areas of the family. Fairfax Co., Va., Rockingham Co., Va, and other parts of Va. Fayette Co., Pa., Uniontown Pa. Georgia, South Carolina. The web site is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~talbotfamilyhistory/Index.htm David L. Talbot, Sr., PM, PHP, PP [email protected] Phone (248) 280-1270 Royal Oak Michigan My main genealogy research is in the (Dean, Deavers, Denty, DeVere, Gooden, Neitzey, Shepherd, Shifflett, Talbot (t), Troth), (Coody, Horn (e), Holder, Jump, Sapp) and (Collins, Hickel, Ticsnel, Myers, Shazer "Shozer", Ticsnel, Huey) if you can help me contact me. My Web Site is located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~talbotfamilyhistory/Index.htm

Hello my fellow researchers, I have added a new web site containing my family history. While it contains the names of living people no information or pictures are shown. I have only been doing this for a few years. I hope that you will enjoy looking at the information. I am sending this to all the sites I subscribe to, hoping for feed back and new and undated information. If you have pictures of some of these people, I would love to have a copy to post. There are over 6800 pages of data. Here are some of the names and locations, Talbot, Talbott, Talbert, Horn, Horne, Sapp, Holder, Myers, Mason, Gooden, Ansell, Shazer, Shozer, Huey, Collins, Hickle, Ticsnel, Deavers, Shifflett, Roach, De Vers, Taverner, Neale, Devere, McDaniel, Wood, Dean, Kimble, Batton, Daur and Potts. Here are some of the areas of the family. Fairfax Co., Va., Rockingham Co., Va, and other parts of Va. Fayette Co., Pa., Uniontown Pa. Georgia, South Carolina. The web site is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~talbotfamilyhistory/Index.htm David L. Talbot, Sr., PM, PHP, PP [email protected] Phone (248) 280-1270 Royal Oak Michigan My main genealogy research is in the (Dean, Deavers, Denty, DeVere, Gooden, Neitzey, Shepherd, Shifflett, Talbot (t), Troth), (Coody, Horn (e), Holder, Jump, Sapp) and (Collins, Hickel, Ticsnel, Myers, Shazer "Shozer", Ticsnel, Huey) if you can help me contact me. My Web Site is located at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~talbotfamilyhistory/Index.htm

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.

Mark ROBB Mark ROBB died early Sunday morning in his 85th year on his farm in North Fayette township, where he was born and lived all his life. His grandfather and father bought and settled upon the farm where Mr. ROBB lived and died. The deceased was the father of ex-district Attorney John S. ROBB and James McB. ROBB, of the Allegheny County Treasurer's office. Respecting his demise Pittsburg papers of Monday have the following: Mark ROBB, father of ex-District Attorney John S. ROBB and James McB. ROBB of the city treasurer's office, is dead. He and General ROWLEY, who died Saturday, were life-long friends. A few months ago Mr. ROBB was in the city, and in front of the courthouse he met General ROWLEY, whom he had known since childhood. The general was a short, fat man, not much over five feet high, and Mr. ROBB was over six feet and weighed over 270 pounds. He was finely built, and despite his years looked like a giant alongside the little general. After the usual greetings were exchanged General ROWLEY said: "Mark, you're a big man, but I'll be hinged if I don't feel young and spry enough yet to lick you," and then he laughed in his good-natured way and added: "We won't last long, but I think I'll be here when you go, even if I am smaller than you." After the two men parted that day they never met again. On Friday last General ROWLEY heard of Mr. ROBB's illness and meeting John S. ROBB, Jr., made anxious inquiry about his friend's chances for recovery. He then remarked: "I guess I am going to beat the old fellow out after all," meaning that he would live longer than him. The next morning at 5 o'clock he was found dead, and Sunday morning at 5 o'clock, or just twenty-four hours later, Mr. ROBB breathed his last. Mr. ROBB was born within four or five rods of the house in which he died. The farm on which he was living was purchased by his grandfather in 1774. The latter was the pioneer in that section. He came from east of the Alleghenies and locating in the wilderness lived there the balance of his life. The farm he bought has been in possession of the family ever since. For fifty years Mr. Mark ROBB had been an elder in the United Presbyterian church and he was very proud of it. He was first a member of the old Robinson Run Church and a ruling elder in it, and twelve years ago he joined the McDonald church and was a made a ruling elder of it. He was an upright Christian man, and his honesty and integrity were proverbial. Ever since he joined the church he never missed a communion until recently, when his health prevented him from attending. In politics he was a stalwart Republican and has voted at every election held since he attained his majority except the one last February, when he was too ill to go to the polls. About four years ago he and his wife celebrated their golden wedding. Mrs. ROBB is still living. They had four sons, only two of whom survive.

BURGETT Alexander BERGETT, Sr., father of the well-known McDonald blacksmith, died at his home in Midway on Monday. The funeral services were on Tuesday and the interment at the Hill Cemetery. Deceased was a member of the McDonald U. P. Church and all his life had been a good citizen and a model neighbor to all who lived near him. Last fall he and his wife and son moved from their McDonald street homestead to Midway to get away from the danger of fire and the noise and turmoil of the oil field. For more than a year Mr. BURGETT had not seemed to be well, a kind of paralysis gradually creeping over him.

JONES Died on Friday morning, Flora, 11 year-old daughter of Lindsey JONES, a teamster of Jumbo. Funeral today at Midway, 2 p.m.