Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, February 26, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 9 DEATHS John Teeter Sr. John Teeter, Sr., one of the oldest and best known residents of West Taylor Township, died at 11:30 o’clock last Friday night of a complication of diseases incident to advanced age. He had been in failing health for several years and bedfast the past four weeks. Deceased was aged eighty years old and eighteen days, says the Johnstown TRIBUNE. Mr. Teeter was born in Bedford county and came to Cambria county in his youth, passing the balance of his long life in Jackson and West Taylor townships as a farmer. On January 26, 1847, he was united in marriage with Rachel Benshoff, a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth Benshoff, deceased of West Taylor Township and this union was blessed with ten children, nine of whom survive as follows: Elizabeth, wife of John Stoner of the Twenty-first Ward; David, Benjamin and John Teeter, all of West Taylor Township; Susan, wife of W. W. Slicks of Pittsburg; Eli Teeter of No. 716 Kennedy avenue; Mary, wife of Louis Krone of 17th street; Rachel wife of Ephriam Shafer of Rosedale and Daniel Teeter, single and at home. Sarah, who was the wife of William Stutzman of Defiance O, was the twin sister of Susan and died at her home in the Fourteenth Ward of Johnstown some years ago. Mrs. Teeter, wife of the subject of this sketch, died in March, 1883. Mr. Teeter was a member of the German Baptist Church all his adult life. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon, the cortege leaving the house for the Benshoff German Baptist Church at 8:30 o’clock, the Rev. Abram Fyock conducting the services. Interment was in the Benshoff cemetery in West Taylor Township. “Wes” Skelly Sylvester Skelly, better known as “Wes,” whose illness has been several times noted in these columns, died at his home in Wilmore on Saturday morning last after a long illness of pulmonary trouble. He was a son of the late John Skelly, was born in Summerhill Township about fifty years ago and had resided in the vicinity of Wilmore most of his lifetime. He is survived by his sisters, Annie Skelly of Wilmore and Millie Skelly of Altoona; four brothers, Terrance, Mark, John S. and Patrick, having preceded him to the grave. The funeral took place Monday morning after a high mass of requiem in St. Bartholomew Church, Wilmore, interment being made in the cemetery near by. Mrs. Thomas Wilt Mrs. Thomas Wilt of Ashville died at her residence at 2 o’clock last Saturday afternoon of paralysis, aged about eighty-one years. She leaves three daughters: Mrs. Allie McGough of St. Augustine; Miss Ella of Greensburg and Mrs. Silas McGough of Altoona, and one son, James Wharton of St. Augustine. Deceased was a member of St. Augustine Catholic church. The funeral services were held at St. Augustine church on Tuesday morning. _________________________________________________________________ You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/