This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: PGP1910 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.indiana/6272.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: INDIANA EVENING GAZETTE, Indiana, PA Pg. 35 Wednesday, November 13, 1974 JOSEPH CAMPBELL HARKINS, 90, Black Lick, died Monday, Nov. 11, 1974 in the Indiana Hospital. A son of John E. and Bertha Campbell Harkins, he was born Oct. 15, 1884 in Black Lick. Mr. Harkins was a lifelong resident of Black Lick, the oldest member of the Black Lick Vol. Fire Dept.; and was a member of the LOOM No. 187, Blairsville. He was retired from the Penn Central Railroad in 1949. Surviving are the following children: John, Charles, Mrs. Mary Baker and Mrs. Ruth Bishop, all of Youngstown, Ohio: George, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. John (Jean) Mader, Pittsburgh: Mrs. Willard (Pearl) Shearer and Mrs. Melvin (Charlotte) Clawson, both of Black Lick: 20 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Olive Fairbanks Harkins in 1925; two children: James and Grace Mardis; two brothers: Charles and Gillis Harkins; and a half-sister, Kathryn Harkins. The family received friends from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday night at the Richard L. Shoemaker Funeral Home, Blairsville where services will be held today at 2 p.m. with a grandson, Pastor Vaughn Taylor, officiating. Interment will follow in the Luther Chapel Cemetery, Coral. The family has requested no flowers. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.