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! Another one of the old settlers has passed away. Mrs. Charity Hunter died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. E.C. Skinner, at the age of 86. She was born in Brookfield, Orange Co., Vt., in 1786, and was the eldest daughter of T. and E. Bigelow. In 1811 she married Soloman Hunter. Her parents came to Bloomfield, Ohio, in 1815, and were 6 weeks on the way. In 1833 she moved to Orwell, and became one of the first settlers of the place, which until a short time before had been called Lithingwell. She was the mother of 8 children, 6 of whom survive her. She had been confined to her bed by reason of sickness, for nearly seven years. Death of Rev. James Clyde - Rev. James Clyde died at his home on Wallace street, this city, Thursday evening, May 10th, aged about 62 years. Deceased had been in poor health for some time, the nature of his disease never having been thoroughly understood. He was formerly actively engaged in the ministry and served as pastor of several M.E. churches in this vicinity. Rev. Clyde was a member of the Masonic fraternity, A.O.U.W., I.O.O.F., and R.T. of T. He leaves a wife and nine children. A post mortem examination of the remains of the late Rev. James Clyde was held last Friday. The autopsy developed the fact that the heart was about three times its normal size, the great bulk of it lying on the right chest, but extending across into the left. The dilatation was such that the proper valves could not close in either the right or left heart. The right lung was crowded into a small space, the lower lobe was barely half its natural size, another was small and collapsed and the third had disappeared entirely, or was congenitally absent. Evidently the disease process had been going on for years and was probably due as he himself contended, to an injury received to the chest wall during the war, while he was with the Army of the Potomac, in the service of the Christian Commission. It is a matter of surprise that life should have been sustained so long under the existing conditions. Suicide of a Linesville Man - U.G. Gilliland Kills Himself with Laudanum in an Ohio Hotel. Alliance, O., June 7 - Last night a well-dressed stranger, apparently 45 years of age, lodged at the Arlington Hotel here. As he failed to leave his room to-day and repeated knocks brought no answer, the landlord this evening forced open the door of his room and found the man had committed suicide. The body lay on the bed, partly undressed, with an empty two-ounce bottle labeled laudanum, lying close. A note was found reading as follows: My name is U.G. Gilliland an my home is Linesville, Crawford county, Pa. Please telegraph to Anthony Garwood as I wish to have my remains sent there, and send a telegram to Prof. S.C. Thayer, of Canton. Gilliland has a wife living in Canton, and a son, who is a student at a university in Boston. Gillilands friends have been advised of his fate. BROWN - In North Shenango, June 19th, Irene, daughter of L.D. and Clara Brown, of Linesville, aged 11 months. FORD - At his home near Linesville, July 10th, Samuel Ford. Deceased was a well-known and highly respected citizen. JOHNSON - At Painesville, Ohio. July 11, 1893, Maud, daughter of J.E. Johnson, formerly of this place, in the 15th year of her age. RUSSELL - In Conneaut township, July 15, 1893, of cancer, John Russell, aged 75 years. BISHOP - In Pine township, July 26th, 1893, of heart failure, Silas C. Bishop, aged 74 years, 3 months and 24 days. SMITH - Conneaut township, July 30, 1893, Eunice Cordelia, wife of Alonzo Smith, aged 63 years. More to follow! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net