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    1. Re: [PANORTHA] (Corrected Given Name) Obit of Allison G. WASHBURN (North East PA)
    2. Kenneth Maxwell
    3. Surnames within this posting: WASHBURN, REICHBAUM, [HORNING] [Allison G. WASHBURN is a 2nd Great Grandson of Silence & Jesse WASHBURN] [Below listed Sarah WASHBURN is nee HORNING] The Front Page article or Obit in previous post incorrectly listed the given name as Albert when in fact it is Allison. The funeral notice and all the U.S. Federal Census's since his birth show him as Allison. Funeral Notice of: Allison G. WASHBURN Microfilm - Easton Public Library, Easton, PA Notice from "The Easton Express", Easton, Northampton Co., PA Friday 11 January 1935 Page # 2 [Heading] MR. WASHBURN'S FUNERAL Funeral services for Allison G. Washburn were conducted this afternoon at his home, 118 North Bank street, by the Rev. B.W. Gillbert, pastor of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Phillipsburg. Interment was made in the Phillipsburg cemetery. Friends of the deceased serving as the pallbearers. [Allison G. WASHBURN is a 2nd Great Grandson of Silence & Jesse WASHBURN] [Below listed Sarah WASHBURN is nee HORNING] Obit of: Albert (Allison) G. WASHBURN Microfilm - Easton Public Library, Easton, PA Obit from "The Easton Express", Easton, Northampton Co., PA Newpaper Date - Monday 08 January 1935 Page # 1 [Front Page] [Headline] FALLS DEAD WHILE AT WORK [Subline] Painter Stricken With Heart Attack in South College Albert G. Washburn, 64, of 118 North Bank street, this city, employed as a painter at Lafayette Coillege for the past 26 years was found dead in a room in the basement of South College, used by the Reserve Officers Training Corps yesterday afternoon. He had just finished painting a window sash there when stricken with a heart attack an fell dead on the floor. His body was found by one of the men employed on the college grounds. Dr. Theodore Reichbaum, deputy coronor pronounced death due to heart trouble. Mr. Washburn who resided with his brother, William H. Washburn, had been ill for two weeks but yesterday decided to go to work against the advice of his brother and other family members of the family. The deceased was a native of Bath, this county, a son of the late Jesse and Sarah Washburn. At the age of 13 he started work as a clerk in the Lehigh University Book Store, South Bethlehem, and remained there for a number of years. He later came to Easton to reside and had lived here for about 45 years. He is survived by one daughter,Helen Washburn. Mr. Washburn attended the Wesley M. E. Church, Phillipsburg. [End]

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