Frank M. FRITCHMAN, who but recently moved from Mt. Lebanon to the REEDER house in Station street, has resigned his position as manager of mines for the Pittsburgh Coal Company and on October 1 will become the general manager of the Pittsburgh and Rochester Coal and Iron Company with a salary of $8000 per year. Mr. FRITCHMAN has been connected with the Pittsburgh Coal Company for many years. He came to McDonald about six years ago and was superintendent here for three years. He then was appointed assistant manager of mines and on March 1, 1913, was promoted to manager of mines, which position he has since held. The Pittsburgh and Rochester Coal & Iron Company is located in Indiana County and Mr. FRITCHMAN will make his home there.

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MCCALMONT, ANDREWS Having been critically ill since stricken by paralysis two months ago while returning from the Gettysburg battlefield celebration, John Henderson MCCALMONT, a Civil War veteran and one of the best known citizens of Mt. Pleasant township, died at his home near Hickory on Tuesday morning, September 15, at 12:15 o'clock. He would have been 69 years old in December. Mr. MCCALMONT served in the Civil War as a member of Company D, 110th Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry. He was not taken ill until he arrived at McDonald on his homeward journey. He left McDonald on a Friday evening to walk home and suffered a stroke between that place and his home. He wandered about for a whole day, not reaching his own home until Saturday evening. His condition was critical and never improved. Mr. MCCALMONT was a member of a pioneer family of this part of Washington County. He died on the farm where his birth occurred. His father, John MCCALMONT, was also born and lived his entire life near here. His mother was Mary MOORE MCCALMONT. He was married to Miss Elizabeth MCCONNELL of Cecil township, who survives with one son, Wilbur and one daughter, Rachel May. Mr. MCCALMONT was a farmer all his life. He was a Republican in politics and held several township offices. He had long been a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Hickory. Besides the wife and son and daughter, three brothers and a sister survive: the Rev. J. A. MCCALMONT of Tarkio, Mo.; W. A. MCCALMONT of Hickory; the Rev. D. T. MCCALMONT of New Galilee, Pa., and Mrs. Robert JEFFREY of Woodrow. The funeral services were held in the United Presbyterian Church, Hickory, Thursday afternoon at two o'clock, in charge of the Rev. Charles STUNKARD. Interment in the Hickory cemetery. Mrs. Robert CLELAND, sons and daughters attended the funeral of the former's brother-in-law, John ANDREWS, near Florence. *Midway column

The first of the new cars to be put in service on the Oakdale & McDonald Street Railway Line is expected to arrive the latter part of next week. The company's representative told the Record reporter today that the first of the new cars had been shipped and that the company expected to have this car in service within two weeks and that the service on the Oakdale & McDonald Line would be much improved in the very near future. He said that a better and more frequent service was to be given the patrons of the road. The Record representative learned that plans have already been prepared for a new car barn to be built in McDonald near the site of the company's sub-power station, and that it is the intention of the West Penn Traction Company to extend the Oakdale & McDonald Line in the near future through Midway, and Bulger to Burgettstown and eventually to Steubenville, as the coal and manufacturing developments throughout this section are increasing to such an extent that a traction service is necessary. We believe that every encouragement should be given the West Penn Traction Company in their efforts to extend and improve their Oakdale and McDonald property as the improving of this property will materially benefit the people of Oakdale and McDonald and patrons of the road.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: snowyborn Surnames: HUEY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3481/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Does anyone have experience with the probate accounts in Washington county that can help me with this? Robert Huey left a will in 1807 specifying bequests to be paid out in the next 7 years. His son Edward Huey left a will in 1819. Edward's son James Huey left a will in 1876. James's niece Jane Huey, his beneficiary, left a will in 1903. I have rented two microfilms from the LDS Family History Center (see following) but it seems that only Jane from 1903 had an "account." Why would that be? Index to accounts, 1781-1850 FHL US/CAN Film 1697895 Item 5 File indexes 1781-1924 FHL US/CAN Film 1683181 Wouldn't there be paperwork for everyone who had property to dispose of at death? Where do I look next? Thanks, Laurie 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.

If you want to read a second hand account heard from first hand participants in the life of Western PA in the late 1770-1780s, check this document out. It contains the story of the disputed Washington lands from a very personal perspective. I transcribed this document and have done first hand research both in the National Archives and the Library of Congress on the entries in George Washington's diaries we related the first hand accounts of the dispute between Pennsylvania Land Patents and Virginia Deeds for the same property and how the dispute was finally handled in the First District Court in Philadelphia. A couple of years ago my wife (whose lineage this is -- Bigger/Donaldson/McBride) visited Mount Vernon were the docent began relating to the tour group that we were in that at one point in his life George Washington needed cash to run his plantation on the Potomac and so he sold lands in Western PA. I asked if she would like to hear the whole story. She nodded yes but when I began to tell how 12 families were put of the land that they had purchased legally from Gen Grogan who fought in the French-Indian War. They spend a little over seven years clearing and developing the land and building homes and barns ect. Then George shows up--and well you can read in this account what happened. Les Peine http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/articles/bigger.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela J. Nixon" <pnixon15378@yahoo.com> To: <harjodon@yahoo.com>; "Mailing List Washington Cty, PA" <pawashin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN] Research question > Donny, > About a month ago, I asked a similar question on another list > concerning Virginia land certificates of Pennsylvania lands during the > time both Pennsylvania and Virginia were claiming this area of > southwestern Pennsylvania. I received the following very through reply > from a Mr. Neil McDonald. I thought you might find this information > useful. > > Pam & all, > > A warm hello to any remaining friends here, I haven't been around my > favorite all-time list for a long time but the subject posting at another > list piqued my interest that resulted in my return: > > Many sw-PA frontiersmen migrated from Maryland and Virginia, including an > exit from the Great South Branch of the Potomac River 'Manor' (within > Hampshire County, VA-WV formed 1754) after the F&I War, mostly after 1769 > when the Penns opened their land office (in Philadelphia) for their land > offer in sw-PA. Included in this migration were my direct ancestor,Joseph > McDonald, and his son, Valentine b. 11 Jan 1760 in the above 'manor' (per > his RW records), who according to PA Archives, served in Rev War from > Westmoreland Co. PA 1777-1778 (from its area that became Fayette County in > 1783.) > > Yes, Virginia was also claiming part of the same sw-PA area as theirs and > sold acreage via 'Virginia Certificates' for much less than the Penns were > charging. A major rift between at least some Virginians and those faithful > to the Penns neared open conflict in the 1770's. But, it seems not nearly > all Virginians purchased land via VC's, they were most common in areas on > the 'west' side of the Monongahela River. > > Many petitions to form a new state of Westsylvania in the disputed area > were circulated during the 1770's in an attempt to avoid such conflict. > The 'final' boundary line agreed to in 1779 did not end the dispute which > redeveloped in earnest after the Rev War and it was not until 1784 that a > permanent surveyed line was affirmed. One of these original > petitions(undated) for forming the new state still exists in the Library > of Congress. Petitioners include Jonathan NIXON (in case you don't have > this, Pam) along with other names I recognize as common to Georges Twp, > Fayette Co. PA. > > These petitions became so many that the State of Pennsylvania > passed a bill in 1782 claiming such action was treason and laying out > punishment to anyone who furthered their circulation. The list of names in > the petition is from _The Ten Mile Country and its Pioneer Families by > Howard L. Leckey, first published by Waynesburg Republican May 25, 1950. > > Pam, note when Jonathan sold his land, there were lots of things going on > in sw-PA at the time including end of RW and much growth and societal > sophistication; see Harper's book below that addresses this among many > other items of interest. As Harper relates, many folks left the area via > flatboats, that included my ancestors and neighbors, during the high-water > days of autumn in 1790, flatboating down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers > to Maysville, KY and then across the river into Northwest Territory > c1796, the area that later became Brown Co. OH. Many other > Southwest-Pennsylvanians did the same or stayed in KY. > > '-If-' Jonathan Nixon does not appear on the 1772 tax lists (I didn't > check), and since Westmoreland was formed in 1773, this should narrow your > search as to when Jonathan Nixon arrived in the area, and when he likely > purchased land soon thereafter, or at least began improvements. Similarly, > all I can deduce for my ancestors is that they arrived between 1773 (when > Westmoreland County was formed) and 1777 (when Valentine first served in > Rev War from Westmoreland County under Capt. Zadoch Springer, of the later > Georges Twp area, serving at Prickett's Fort in VA/WV at age 17.) > > No stigma was apparently attached to land purchased via Virginia > Certificates as such land claims seemed to have been readily accepted by > neigboring landowners for the most part and the State of PA for their land > patenting process after 1784. The purchase price, and from whom the land > was purchased, was apparently not important so long as everyone paid their > fair share of PA taxes. (See the URL below for more info on this.) > > As to the question about researching Virginia Certificate record sources, > I can only offer the following: > http://books.google.com/books?id=wy0Zzal8AzUC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=location+of+%22virginia+certificate%22+records&source=web&ots=Pnd1CDJVLo&sig=iBTcIl9FiNVKAYEZxDBZYogwz-Y#PPA135,M1 > Pages 133-135. (You may need to cut & paste this link into your browser as > I posted this in 'plain text.') > > Those who find land records for their ancestors should feel fortunate. > Many frontier settlers did not own land, such as more than 50% in many > townships of Fayette County and others of Southwestern PA during > 1770-1800, breaking the myth that most frontiersmen by far were > land-owning farmers. > See: _The Transformation of Western Pennsylvania 1770-1800_ by Dr. R. > Eugene Harper, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, a very interesting > read including much info about the area of Westmoreland County and its > successor, Fayette. IMHO, the high number of 'landless' frontiersmen is > most likely true as well for earlier frontier areas on the east side of > the mountains in colonial times, but subject to confirmation by > historians. > > Dr. Harper's book certainly helps to better understand the categories of > taxed people and their personal lives for those interested in researching > PA tax records for ancestors during the 1770-1800 era. > > Hope this helps a little, or is maybe of some interest to other > researchers as well. History knowledge seems a must in order to better > understand the lives of our ancestors and where their documented data is > likely recorded. Simply seeking names & dates on the internet is a > problematic exercise fraught with errors and lacking documentation. > > Neil McDonald > > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > **** > Please visit http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html for list > information, particularly the bottom of the page. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I happened on these.. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/westmoreland/cemeteries/sardis01.txt Sproul, Margaret 1818 1905 87 wife of William Sproul Sproul, William 1818 1862 44 Sproull, Albert J. Aug. 29, 1909 Nov. 18, 1959 50 Sproull, Charles B. Apr. 14, 1881 Sep. 18, 1960 89 Sproull, Maude E. Jul. 14, 1883 Sep. 17, 1959 76 wife of Charles B. Sproull

For deaths in the Los Angeles area, your best bet would be the local (community) papers, of which there are many. Judy is correct, the metropolitan papers (L.A. Times, Daily News) writes obits only for well-known residents and celebrities, and death notices in those papers are expensive. I was born and raised in L.A., and I've never heard of Rinado Beach. Could you mean Redondo Beach? The local newspaper for Redondo Beach would be the Daily Breeze, published in nearby Torrance (http://www.dailybreeze.com/). There's also a weekly paper - The Beach Reporter (http://www.tbrnews.com/redondo_beach_news/). A web search will direct you to local newspapers for other communities in the L.A. area. Since you have the date of death, you could try asking the newspapers to search for an obit. Or you could ask the local library (http://www.redondo.org/depts/library/default.asp) if they have these papers on microfilm and will do a search for you. Good luck! Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> To: "Cindy" <schererluck@earthlink.net> Cc: <PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN] Morton Obituaries > It's almost impossible to get an LA County obit-- most often, none was > placed. If it was, it's only a line or two. Too many people in the > area...and very expensive. > > J > > > On 1/5/08, Cindy <schererluck@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> Looking for an obituary from >> Helen Ackerman Morton D.O.D Feb 21.1981 (Los Angeles, Ca) >> and I also would like to find an obituary on >> >> Russell Harold Morton Nov 23,1967 (He was also from Los Angeles Ca) >> I heared he was buried near Rinado Beach >> >> Thank-you in advance >> Cindy > **** > Please visit http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html for list > information, particularly the bottom of the page. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

RUMBAUGH, ANDERSON Lois Isabelle, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy RUMBAUGH, died very suddenly Friday, September 5, of heat prostration. Besides the parents, two brothers, Leroy and Chester, survive. Mr. and Mrs. RUMBAUGH have the sympathy of a large circle of friends. Interment was made in Noblestown cemetery. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mrs. George TRAUBERT of Wellsburg, W. Va., Fred DENSMORE of Claysville, Mrs. F. E. KIGHTLINGER and son Fred of Swissvale. Trying to protect himself from a fall from an electric light pole in Midway on Tuesday morning, William Everett ANDERSON seized a live wire and was electrocuted. In his fall to the ground ANDERSON's body struck William BABLE, who was on the pole. BABLE was knocked to the ground and received a severe injury to his leg. Two physicians were summoned but the 6600 volts which had passed through ANDERSON's body were sufficient to cause his death ten minutes after the accident. ANDERSON had been employed by the West Penn Lighting Company for some time as a lineman. He came from Washington to McDonald about two years ago. Last spring he went back to Washington. Two months ago he returned to McDonald. Tuesday in company with other workmen he was employed at Midway in erecting street lights. In some manner ANDERSON lost his balance and started to fall. In his efforts to prevent falling to the ground he seized the wire and 6600 volts shot through his body, causing him to tumble to the ground twenty feet below. The body was brought to the ANDERSON home in Valley street Tuesday evening. ANDERSON, who was twenty-seven year of age, was born at Claysville, being a son of Mr. and Mrs. George ANDERSON. He was married to Miss BUTLER of Virginia, who survives, with one daughter, two and a half years old. Besides the parents Mr. ANDERSON is also survived by two brothers and two sisters: Albert ANDERSON, a tailor of Washington; Harry ANDERSON of Lewisburg; Mrs. R. W. JONES of Claysville, and Mrs. Olive TAYLOR of Duvall. A brief service, conducted by the Rev. W. D. IRONS, D. D., was held at the home in Valley street on Wednesday afternoon, after which the body was shipped to Claysville for interment Friday afternoon.

Good Supervisors Make Good Roads Joseph A. MATCHETT, one of Robinson township's road supervisors, was in town on Monday. He reports that the resurfacing of the State road from the Shaw Mine to Midway is about completed. The township's share of the cost of this work is about $2,000. If the resurfacing had been done with warrenite instead of mcadam the cost would have been more than three times a much. This road was built about ten years ago and, considering the heavy traffic, has worn well. The township works 58 1/2 miles of road. Of these Mr. MATCHETT, with the help of two roadmasters, takes care of 30 miles. Supervisor Robert BAMFORD works nineteen miles and Supervisor George KIMBERLY works the balance. The township has some of the very best clay roads to be found anywhere and the reason for this may be found in the fact that the supervisors attend to their business at the proper season of the year. The roads are properly drained and rounded and holes are filled up as soon as found.

It's almost impossible to get an LA County obit-- most often, none was placed. If it was, it's only a line or two. Too many people in the area...and very expensive. J On 1/5/08, Cindy <schererluck@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Looking for an obituary from > Helen Ackerman Morton D.O.D Feb 21.1981 (Los Angeles, Ca) > and I also would like to find an obituary on > > Russell Harold Morton Nov 23,1967 (He was also from Los Angeles Ca) > I heared he was buried near Rinado Beach > > Thank-you in advance > Cindy

Donny, About a month ago, I asked a similar question on another list concerning Virginia land certificates of Pennsylvania lands during the time both Pennsylvania and Virginia were claiming this area of southwestern Pennsylvania. I received the following very through reply from a Mr. Neil McDonald. I thought you might find this information useful. Pam & all, A warm hello to any remaining friends here, I haven't been around my favorite all-time list for a long time but the subject posting at another list piqued my interest that resulted in my return: Many sw-PA frontiersmen migrated from Maryland and Virginia, including an exit from the Great South Branch of the Potomac River 'Manor' (within Hampshire County, VA-WV formed 1754) after the F&I War, mostly after 1769 when the Penns opened their land office (in Philadelphia) for their land offer in sw-PA. Included in this migration were my direct ancestor,Joseph McDonald, and his son, Valentine b. 11 Jan 1760 in the above 'manor' (per his RW records), who according to PA Archives, served in Rev War from Westmoreland Co. PA 1777-1778 (from its area that became Fayette County in 1783.) Yes, Virginia was also claiming part of the same sw-PA area as theirs and sold acreage via 'Virginia Certificates' for much less than the Penns were charging. A major rift between at least some Virginians and those faithful to the Penns neared open conflict in the 1770's. But, it seems not nearly all Virginians purchased land via VC's, they were most common in areas on the 'west' side of the Monongahela River. Many petitions to form a new state of Westsylvania in the disputed area were circulated during the 1770's in an attempt to avoid such conflict. The 'final' boundary line agreed to in 1779 did not end the dispute which redeveloped in earnest after the Rev War and it was not until 1784 that a permanent surveyed line was affirmed. One of these original petitions(undated) for forming the new state still exists in the Library of Congress. Petitioners include Jonathan NIXON (in case you don't have this, Pam) along with other names I recognize as common to Georges Twp, Fayette Co. PA. These petitions became so many that the State of Pennsylvania passed a bill in 1782 claiming such action was treason and laying out punishment to anyone who furthered their circulation. The list of names in the petition is from _The Ten Mile Country and its Pioneer Families by Howard L. Leckey, first published by Waynesburg Republican May 25, 1950. Pam, note when Jonathan sold his land, there were lots of things going on in sw-PA at the time including end of RW and much growth and societal sophistication; see Harper's book below that addresses this among many other items of interest. As Harper relates, many folks left the area via flatboats, that included my ancestors and neighbors, during the high-water days of autumn in 1790, flatboating down the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers to Maysville, KY and then across the river into Northwest Territory c1796, the area that later became Brown Co. OH. Many other Southwest-Pennsylvanians did the same or stayed in KY. '-If-' Jonathan Nixon does not appear on the 1772 tax lists (I didn't check), and since Westmoreland was formed in 1773, this should narrow your search as to when Jonathan Nixon arrived in the area, and when he likely purchased land soon thereafter, or at least began improvements. Similarly, all I can deduce for my ancestors is that they arrived between 1773 (when Westmoreland County was formed) and 1777 (when Valentine first served in Rev War from Westmoreland County under Capt. Zadoch Springer, of the later Georges Twp area, serving at Prickett's Fort in VA/WV at age 17.) No stigma was apparently attached to land purchased via Virginia Certificates as such land claims seemed to have been readily accepted by neigboring landowners for the most part and the State of PA for their land patenting process after 1784. The purchase price, and from whom the land was purchased, was apparently not important so long as everyone paid their fair share of PA taxes. (See the URL below for more info on this.) As to the question about researching Virginia Certificate record sources, I can only offer the following: http://books.google.com/books?id=wy0Zzal8AzUC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=location+of+%22virginia+certificate%22+records&source=web&ots=Pnd1CDJVLo&sig=iBTcIl9FiNVKAYEZxDBZYogwz-Y#PPA135,M1 Pages 133-135. (You may need to cut & paste this link into your browser as I posted this in 'plain text.') Those who find land records for their ancestors should feel fortunate. Many frontier settlers did not own land, such as more than 50% in many townships of Fayette County and others of Southwestern PA during 1770-1800, breaking the myth that most frontiersmen by far were land-owning farmers. See: _The Transformation of Western Pennsylvania 1770-1800_ by Dr. R. Eugene Harper, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, a very interesting read including much info about the area of Westmoreland County and its successor, Fayette. IMHO, the high number of 'landless' frontiersmen is most likely true as well for earlier frontier areas on the east side of the mountains in colonial times, but subject to confirmation by historians. Dr. Harper's book certainly helps to better understand the categories of taxed people and their personal lives for those interested in researching PA tax records for ancestors during the 1770-1800 era. Hope this helps a little, or is maybe of some interest to other researchers as well. History knowledge seems a must in order to better understand the lives of our ancestors and where their documented data is likely recorded. Simply seeking names & dates on the internet is a problematic exercise fraught with errors and lacking documentation. Neil McDonald --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: eagle7462 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3480.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hello! To start it is Van Voorhis,Washington co.,Pa. It is out side of Monongahela,Pa.Here are a couple of listings form our Phone book: Albert Valdiserri (724)379-5023 or Louis Valdiserri (724)483-7703....Let me know if you need more Help!! Paul eaglepdk@verizon.net 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.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: matt4240 Surnames: Valdiserri Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3480/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Can anyone help me find information in the town of Van Voorish I can't find much on the town or it's people My wife's Valdiserri family members were miners there in 1900's thru 1920's. If anyone has info please responed thanks Matt 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.

http://www.midatlanticarchives.com/maps_md_statewide/palitinate_of_maryland.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_West_Augusta http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1715m6.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania Everything south of the river related to Allegheny County in PA - was once part of Washington County, before that Westmoreland, before that Bedford, before that Cumberland, etc. Click on the map at this site and look closely at the townships, bearing in mind that they may have been larger and increased after the initial ones that made up part of Wash. Co. and thereafter. By going to each separately you may find more pertinent history of the evolution of each twp. that you might be looking for. If not, then google it by putting in: < "Allegheny County" + PA + history > and search for more information on the specific ones that you are looking for. nacs --- Donny Jones <harjodon@yahoo.com> wrote: > Did this area of Washington and Westmoreland > Counties at one time belong to VA? > If so, will someone please guide me as to where > those VA records may be found and searched online? I > have tried google a few times but realize I don't > have knowledge sufficient to conduct such queries. > > TIA > > Donny J. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > **** > Please visit > http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html for > list information, particularly the bottom of the > page. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to PAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message >

Eight divorce suits were filed in the county court at Washington on Monday. Of these, one, Jessie S. LYONS, is from McDonald. She charges her husband, William M. LYONS, with continual abuse during their married life and finally with desertion of her and her children. They were married March 23, 1907, at Muncy, where they lived until July of that year. They then moved to Providence, R. I., where they lived until 1909, when they moved to Philadelphia. In December of 1909 he deserted her, she states, and she was compelled to come to the home of her half brother at McDonald. She says that her husband boasted to her of his infidelity and of his friendship for a colored woman at Washington, D. C. She says he often cursed her and at one time shook the baby so hard it became black in the face. She says he gave her only 50 cents a week to support her and bought her just one dress during the time they lived together. *The Record of 9-26-1913 lists the divorce as granted. Full names given as Jessie Sophronia LYONS and William Mollard LYONS.

SLATER, LEE, COLLINS, RUSSELL, KELLY Miss Estelle SLATER, 35 years old, died at Beaver Falls Saturday night, August 30, after brief illness form pneumonia. Miss SLATER was a daughter of George SLATER, who was burned to death in his home on the GEORGE farm, near Venice in September 1888. She had lived with her mother at Beaver Falls for a number of years. The Rev. J. C. SLATER, a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian church, also lives at Beaver Falls, and a sister, Mrs. MCILHANY, resided in Kansas. The SLATER family was long prominent in the Venice neighborhood, the late Rev. Thomas SLATER having for many years been pastor of the Reformed Presbyterian Church near Venice. Drowned in 18 inches of water in a watering trough in front of his home was the fate of Walter Craig LEE, 18-months old son of Walter LEE of Cross Creek, last Saturday evening. The boy had been playing in the yard for some time. When his parents went to get him he could not be found. A search was instituted and the body was found in the watering trough. It was supposed the child was trying to look into the trough, became overbalanced and fell in. Hugh, little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. COLLINS, aged two and one-half years, died Wednesday afternoon, September 3, of bronchial pneumonia. Funeral services will be conducted from the church at Castle Shannon, Friday. *Midway column William RUSSELL, 83 years old, of near Burgettstown died very suddenly on Monday morning at the home of his son, D. M. RUSSELL, north of Midway. Mr. RUSSELL had come in his buggy from Burgettstown and had been at the home of his son only about fifteen minutes when death came. James RUSSELL, a grandson, had put his horse away and while waiting the aged man seated himself on the tongue of a wagon from where he fell to the ground. When friends ran to him he was dead. *Midway column Mrs. Thomas KELLY died at the Mercy hospital, Friday, August 29, 1913. The remains were brought to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles RUSSELL, where funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, by the Rev. E. V. SHOTWELL. Interment at Center. She is survived by her husband, father and mother, three brothers and five sisters. *Midway column

Looking for an obituary from Helen Ackerman Morton D.O.D Feb 21.1981 (Los Angeles, Ca) and I also would like to find an obituary on Russell Harold Morton Nov 23,1967 (He was also from Los Angeles Ca) I heared he was buried near Rinado Beach Thank-you in advance Cindy

I am looking for a volunteer to check marriages at the Washington County Court House between 1910-1920: Mary Agnes Kowal to Laurice (or Lawrence) Scoball Julia Scoball to Russell Parkins I appreciate any assistance. Carolyn Tomlin