Yes, she is Sarah Jones. His third wife. She was the one I wanted. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandy Failor" <tafailor@gmail.com> To: "Kelly Kendig" <kellykendig@comcast.net> Cc: "Cambria County" <PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] obituaries and death notices on Johnstown Weekly Tribune, Friday, March 20, 1896 > Hello All, > > Thanks to Kelly for sharing this. > > One question - does anyone know the first & maiden name of Mrs. Henry > Funk mentioned in the first obit below? > > Thanks, > > Mandy Haid Failor > > > On Nov 9, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Kelly Kendig wrote: > >> Johnstown Weekly Tribune, Friday, March 20, 1896, p.5, col.6 >> CARDIFF -- In West Taylor Township, on Friday evening, March 13, 1896, >> at 7 o'clock, of brain fever, BLANCHE R., daughter of Ebenezer and Mary >> Cardiff, aged 10 years 9 months and 2 days. >> >> EGNER -- Near Hillsboro, Somerset County, on Saturday, March 15, 1896, >> CATHERINE, wife of John Egner, aged 75 years 3 months and 3 days. >> >> FISHER -- In Johnstown, Fourteenth Ward, at the home of Mrs. John >> Custer, on Hinckston avenue, on Friday, March 13, 1896, at 11:50 >> o'clock, Mrs. NANCY FISHER, in her 81st year. >> >> FITZ -- In Daisytown, on Tuesday morning, March 17, 1896, GEORGE, son of >> Mr. and Mrs. George Fitz, aged 2 weeks. >> >> GROSS -- In Johnstown, Fourth Ward, at No. 221 Baumer street, on >> Saturday morning, march 14, 1896, at 5:30 o'clock, BERTHA GROSS, >> daughter of Samuel and Fannie Gross, aged 6 years 2 months and 18 days. >> >> HUMMELL --- In Dale Borough, on David street, on Thursday morning, March >> 19, 1896, at 12:10 o'clock, WALTER, son of Ezariah and May J. Hummell, >> aged 4 years. >> >> KYLE -- In Johnstown, First Ward, at the home of Benjamin James, No. 232 >> Lincoln street, on Wednesday, March 18, 1896, at 7:15 o'clock, infant >> child of John and the late Mrs. Kyle, aged 21 days. >> >> MANGUS -- In Shade Township, Somerset County, at the home of her son, >> near Buckstown, on Wednesday, March 11, 1896, Mrs. MANGUS, aged 95 >> years. >> >> MILLER -- In Johnstown, Seventeenth Ward, at No. 411 Linden avenue, on >> Saturday afternoon, March 14, 1896, at 5 o'clock, LULU MAY, daughter of >> David and Rebecca A. Miller, aged 10 months and 12 days. >> >> MORSE -- In Jackson township, Thursday, March 19, 1896, HARRY, son of >> Harry and Elizabeth Morse, aged 5 years. >> >> MYERS -- In Johnstown, Fifth Ward, at No. 523 Franklin street, on Friday >> afternoon, March 13, 1896, at 3 o'clock, AGNES, relict of John Myers, in >> her 82d year. >> >> RANKIN -- In Conemaugh, on First street, on Thursday, March 12, 1896, at >> 8:30 o'clock A.M., of la grippe, CHARLES LEWIS, son of P. B. and Kate >> Rankin, aged 9 days. >> >> REED -- In Johnstown, Fifth Ward, at No. 429* Benton street, on Saturday >> evening, March 14, 1896, at 8:30 o'clock, MINNIE M., wife of John F. >> Reed, aged 33 years 10 months and 10* days. >> >> ROBERTS -- In Johnstown, Fourteenth Ward, at No. 157* High street, on >> Wednesday, March 18, 1896, infant child of R. W. and May E. Roberts. >> >> ROTH -- In Walnut Grove, on Wednesday morning, March 18, 1896, at 2:30 >> o'clock, ERMA ROTH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roth, aged 8 months >> and 24 days. >> >> SMITH -- At Lorain, O., on Wednesday evening, March 11, 1896, at 6:30 >> o'clock, CLARA, daughter of William and Margaret Smith, aged 3 years and >> 7* months. >> >> *hard to read >> >> Johnstown Weekly Tribune, Friday, March 20, 1896, p.5, col.4 >> Mrs. Henry Funk >> The subject of this notice died at her home in Ebensburg on Wednesday >> morning, March 18, 1896, at 7:10 o'clock. >> The deceased was seventy-five years of age, and one of Ebensburg's most >> highly-respected ladies. She had been married three times, her first >> husband being a Mr. Rager. Her second husband's name was Mr. Leidy, >> both having died many years ago. She is survived by her third >> husband--Mr. Henry Funk--and nine children, four by her first husband >> and five by her second. She was a true, devoted, and consistent member >> of the German Baptist Church all her life. >> The funeral took place on to-day at 9 o'clock A. M., leaving the house >> at that hour for the cemetery at Mundy's, in Jackson Township, where the >> remains were interred. >> >> Mrs. Nancy Fisher >> The subject of these lines, whose death occurred last Friday morning, >> was born in Somerset County on February 18, 1815, her maiden name being >> Campbell. When a child she was brought to this county and reared in >> Richland Township, where, in young womanhood, she united in marriage >> with the late George Fisher. To this union nine children were born, >> five of whom survive, viz: Noah Fisher, of Conemaugh; Lucy Ann, >> intermarried with John Custer and residing on Hinckston avenue, >> Fourteenth Ward, Johnstown; Mary, wife of Joseph Grusch, of Paint >> Township, Somerset County; George C. Fisher, of the Seventh Ward, >> Johnstown and John Fisher, of South Fork. The dead children were: >> William, a Union soldier in the late War who was starved to death in >> Libby Prison; Daniel, who departed this life in Croyle Township; Jerry, >> who died two and a-half years ago in the twelfth Ward, and Sarah, who >> was the wife of Daniel Gordon, of Scalp Level. >> In 1885 the deceased and her husband moved from Richland to Croyle >> Township. There they continued to reside until four years ago, when Mr. >> Fisher died and the bereaved wife went to live with her son at South >> Fork. Nearly two years ago she came to Johnstown to live with her >> daughter-Mrs. John Custer-of Hinckston avenue, Fourteenth Ward. Mrs. >> Fisher suffered greatly with rheumatism, and about a month ago gangrene >> made its appearance in one of her feet an finally caused her death. >> She was a member of the Evangelical Church nearly all her adult life, >> and was known by her neighbors as a kind and loving wife and mother. >> The funeral occurred on Sunday afternoon, interment being made in Mt. >> Hebron Cemetery. >> >> Ernest Replogle >> Ernest Replogle, a brother of Mrs. A. W. Lyda, of this city, died at >> the home of his mother, on Brown street, East End, Blairsville, on >> Tuesday, March 17, 1896, of typhoid fever. He was about eighteen years >> old, and enjoyed the esteem of all who knew him. Beside his mother and >> sister, mentioned above, he is survived by four brothers- Chalmers A., of >> Freeport; Harry C., Clyde B., and Augusta P., of Blairsville. >> The funeral took place at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the late >> residence of the deceased. >> - - - - - - - - - - >> >> Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: >> http://www.camgenpa.com/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >