Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/VenangoObits/512 Surname: CANN ------------------------- DEATH DATE - APRIL 15, 1893 - OIL CITY, VENANGO, PA WILLIAM H. CANN, AGED 48 YEARS, FOREMAN OF THE BLACKSMITH DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL TRANSIT SHOPS HERE FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, DIED AT HIS HOME ON MAIN STREET, OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE AT 11:30 AM SATURDAY. THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN TOPSHAM, DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND, MARCH 12, 1845, AND CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1869, LOCATING IN NEW YORK CITY FOR ONE YEAR. FROM THERE HE MOVED TO MEADVILLE, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE PHOENIX IRON WORKS FOR TEN YEARS. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND ON A VISIT OF THREE YEARS DURATION, AND ON HIS RETURN LOCATED AT JAMESTOWN, OHIO. FROM THERE HE WENT TO KENDALL CREEK AND WORKED FOR THE NATIONAL TRANSIT IN THEIR SHOPS THERE. HE WAS AFTERWARD TRANSFERRED HERE. DURING HIS STAY HERE HE MADE MANY FRIENDS, WAS VALUED BY HIS EMPLOYERS AND RESPECTED AND LOVED BY HIS SHOPMATES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF TRINITY M E CHURCH, AND A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF KENDALL CREEK LODGE, A.O.U.W. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: ANNIE E. CANN, WM. A. CANN, JOHN I. CANN, GEORGE CANN, CHARLES CANN. HIS BROTHER, SAMUEL CANN, LIVES IN MEADVILLE. THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE HOUSE ON MAIN STREET AT 2:30 PM TODAY AND WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE A.O.U.W. LODGES OF THIS CITY, WHO WILL ATTEND THE SERVICES IN A BODY. JAMES FISHER, OF KENDALL CREEK LODGE, ARRIVED HERE LAST EVENING AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT LODGE, TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL SERVICES.