Below are clippings from several scrapbooks we have at the Linesville Historical Society. Please enjoy them, and I hope you are able to make a connection! Mrs. James Welsh, one of north Shenango's most highly respected ladies, died at her home on Friday afternoon, the 6th inst., of typhoid fever, aged about 80 years. Mrs. Welsh was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the terrible accident which befell Mr. and Mrs. R.S. McKay on Christmas morning at the Cunningham crossing and to her home the wounded persons were carried. The shock was a severe one for her, and she never fully recovered, La grippe set in, resulting in typhoid fever, causing her death. Her sudden demise is a terrible blow to her husband and relatives, all of whom have the sympathy of the community. The funeral, which was held at her late home on Sunday afternoon, was one of the largest ever held in North Shenango, and was conducted (clipping is cut here and no more appears).... "Funeral of Mrs. Susan W. Bishop" Susan W., wife of Moses Bishop, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. Butler, Feb. 1st, 1892, after a lingering illness of nearly fourteen years, aged 77 years. The record of a generous life runs like a vine around the memory of our dead, and every sweet, unselfish act is now a perfumed flower. Her funeral services were held on Feb. 3d, at the house, conducted by Mr. Geo. P. White, who, after a few remarks, read these selections: 'As we come to this service of reverent remembrance and farewell, I think our first thought and, indeed, our prevailing thought is of thankfulness. All our love for our venerated friend makes us grateful that the end, if it must come, has come so gently and almost painlessly. The mystery of death loses its darkness when it comes so quietly and sweetly to the one whose years are full and whose work is done. We rejoice that she was spared the lingering decay she dreaded and the pain that would have been hard, also to sympathy and affection. As we sit together in the memory of this completed life, our thankfulness deepens as we go back from this gentle release to include the whole course of her years, and the whole quality and spirit of her character and work. Why weep ye then for her, who having won the bound of man's appointed years, at last life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to her final rest has passed; While the soft memory of her virtues yet linger, like twilight hues when the bright sun is set. Her youth was innocent; her riper age marked with some act of goodness every day And watched by eyes that loved her, clam and sage Faded her late declining years away Meekly she gave her being up and went to share the holy rest that waits a life well spent And I am glad that she has lived thus long, And glad that she has gone to her reward; Nor can I deem that nature did her wrong, softly to disengage the vital cord; For when her hand grew palsied, and her eye Dark with the mists of age, it was her time to die. MacKAY - In Linesville, April 6th, 1892, Wyley Lloyd MacKay, in the 63d year of his age. FENNER - At Linesville, April 11, 1892, of general debility, Delany, wife of M.L. Fenner, aged 75 years. Funeral Wednesday at 10 am at the house. SABIN - In Conneaut township, April 13 1892, Joel Sabin, in the 46th year of his age. Three months ago, Mr. Sabin underwent an operation for removal of six glandular tumors, on neck and face. His recovery soon after was looked for, but as time went on the chances for regaining health lessened and for a month previous to his death his friends realized that he could not last but a few weeks. He was a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance of this place, and for several years was their financial secretary. His widow gets $2,000 from that organization- the amount of insurance he carried on his life. More to follow! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net