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! IN MEMORY - MOSES BISHOP - Much as has been said about the panoramic scenes that present themselves in the life of man, we are again summoned to record the sad fact that one of Nature's noblemen, a genuine (part of word missing)end of man, is numbered as a link in the chain of eternal order. Dec. 10, 1899, Moses Bishop was unexpectedly summoned to the other shore. An immortal poet has truly and wonderfully said that "life is a short and narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities." So (word missing), like autumn leaves touched by southern gales, falls only to enrich our mother earth. His death, at the age of 86, of dyspepsia, seems to have won the bound of man's appointed years, life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done. He was born in Beaver township, Pa., in early life presented no varied or stirring events. In 1832 he married Susan Ladner, to them were born seven children, of which five are still living. He worked in carpenter's and gunsmith's trades, and also served as justice of the peace for 16 years. In politics he was always a reformer. In earlier days he was a strong abolitionist. He was one of the pioneers of the Underground Railroad, his house being one of the stations; and many a former slave owned his freedom to his efforts. After the war he cast his lot with the Republican party until the Populist party was organized with which he was in sympathy. For over half a century he has been a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge of this place, of which he was a charter member. The most praiseworthy trait in the character of this splendid man was his benevolence. He was an apostle of Nature, and always with a willing hand gave alms, with a firm hand. He held to the sublime principle that equity is the support of the human race and that bounty attaches every heart. He was a faithful husband, a tender father, an equitable master, a zealous citizen, and above all, he labored to serve his country by his industries, virtues, courage and examples. He was always a strong advocate of temperance, both in his examples and his advice to others, being a total abstainer from alcohol and tobacco. He had the grandeur and moral courage to speak his honest thoughts, and although not a member of any church, the world is better for his having lived. Well and truthfully it can be said of him that he loved the "yellow autumn fields, the orchard's bending boughs, the happy homes of men," the love of wife and child, and the welfare of the human race. His example is now a part of Nature's wealth. (my note - Moses is buried in Linesville Cemetery and I do have a photo of his tombstone if anyone would like a copy) BRIGHT - In Pine township, Dec. 23d, 1899, of inflammation of the stomach, Dillon P. Bright, in the 54th year of his age. THAYER - At Chautauqua, N.Y., Dec. 21, 1899, Garrison Thayer, brother of Mrs. Geo. P. White, of this place, aged 52 years, 7 months, one day. C. W. DAVID, formerly of this place, died March 14 (in pencil - 1931). Funeral services were held at Saegertown Monday. He married Mary Bolles, of Linesville. His wife died several years ago. He is survived by a son, Bruce David, of Cleveland. Deceased was charter member of Linesville I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 895. OBITUARY - Flora Hawley, only daughter of Luman and Jane Hawley, was born in Garrettsville, March 20th, 1860, and died in Chicago Dec. 16, 1899, aged 39 years and nine months. The news of her death here was a great shock to her relatives and many friends, as nothing was known of her serious illness which was very brief. A particularly sad feature in her death was the fact of her mother being on the Pacific coast, at the time and wholly unable to reach her daughter's bedside before death claimed her. The body was brought here from interment by her brother and funeral services were conducted by Rev. I.J. Harris at the home of the grandmother, Mrs. Cutts, on the afternoon of the 19th, being largely attended by sympathetic neighbors and friends. On a Sunday evening early in the fall of 1883, after the close of the regular service held in the Methodist church, Miss Hawley said to her unday school teacher, "Tonight I have decided to give my heart to God, pray for me." On the following Sunday she united with the church and was a consistent member up to the time of her leaving for Chicago to join her mother and brother, who had preceded her bout one year. The first Sunday spent in the great city found her in her place in one of the Methodist churches with which she united, remaining an earnest active member of the same church to the time of her death is safe to say a better Bible scholar or more practical, thorough, everyday Christian is rarely found. Miss Hawley cared nothing for society in a general way, but she did love her home & friends to a degree seldom known her delight being in ministering to the comforts and happiness of her mother and only brother, her father and younger brother having passed over to the other shore many years ago, the brother dying Aug. 9, 1871, and her father Dec. 13, 1871. The sorrow stricken mother reached this place on the 21st that she might at least look on the dead form of her daughter before the body was consigned to mother earth. The mother and brother have the sympathy of their many friends in this, their deepest sorrow. John T. Van Winkle - John Van Winkle was born February 27, 1849, in Crawford County, and died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 1931, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blair, in Linesville, where he spent the last eight years of his life. He was 81 years, 11 months and seven days old. Mr. Van Winkle is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Thayer of Conneaut township, and Mrs. J.K. Perley, of Enosburg Falls, Vermont. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Universalist church. George C. Robertson was born at Center Road, April 9, 1840, on the farm on which he lived until thirteen years ago. He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Martin, in this place, January 25, 1931. Next April he would have reached the age of 91 years. He was the son of Phillip and Sarah Robertson. With the exception of three years spent on the Pacific coast and the past thirteen years in which he has been a resident of Linesville. Mr. Robertson made his home on the old homestead at Center Road. He was one of the prominent farmers of Conneaut township and had a great many friends. On September 9, 1867, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah McKean, who survives him. To this union were born five children: Roy, deceased, Mott and Ross Robertson, of Sharon; Mrs. Florence Martin, Linesville; Mrs. Frank Shatuck, Youngstown. Eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild also survive him. Mr. Robertson was a charter member of Center Road Grange and the last surviving charter member of Pine Lodge, F&AM, and both orders were well represented at the funeral at two o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Masonic Lodge acted as pall bearers and conducted services at the grave. The services at the home were conducted by Rev. Mathew J. Munn, of Browns Avenue, UP Church, of Erie, and the large attendance spoke of the high esteem in which the deceased was held by the many whom had become his friends over a long span of years. Rev. Munn is a nephew of Mrs. Robertson. That's all for page 20! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net