BYERLY, CHEESEBROUGH, CERZO, KAUFMANN, STROUD, MCILVAINE Joseph W. BYERLY, 83 years old, died on Tuesday evening, October 8, at 7:15 o'clock at his home in Station street. Death came after an illness of over two weeks, the result of a general breakdown. For forty years Mr. BYERLY operated the flour mill at Venice. He prospered and eleven years ago retired, coming to McDonald to live. He always supported the Democratic party and its principles. He was long a member of the First Presbyterian Church of McDonald. Mr. BYERLY was born in Fayette county, August 8, 1930, and was the son of David and Harriet CLARK BYERLY. He attended the common schools of Fayette County, after which he engaged in farming on the home place until he reached his majority in that county when he took up the trade of a miller. On October 1, 1862, he married Miss Rachel Ellen POTTER at Smicksburg and soon afterward came to Washington county, having lived in this section for 51 years. The wife survives with two sons and one daughter: Clarence E. BYERLY, an oil worker in the State of California; Mary Agnes, the wife of J. W. WALLACE of Hickory, and Joseph W. BYERLY of Pittsburgh. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Hannah WALKER of Indiana, Pa., and Mrs. Florinda HOWARD of Plumville, Pa. The funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J. P. JORDAN. Interment in Millers Run cemetery. Mrs. CHEESEBROUGH, 68 years old, died Friday night, October 3, after an illness due to dropsy. She leaves her husband, Truman CHEESEBROUGH, and three sons and two daughters as follows: Mark of Imperial, Pa., Charles of Avella, William who is in the restaurant business in McDonald, Mrs. J. Z. DESCUTNER, also of McDonald, and Mrs. Henry HENSEN of Minneapolis, Minn. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. CHEESEBROUGH was a romance of the Civil War. He enlisted in Pittsburgh, and just before his departure met her. The corresponded and at the close of hostilities in 1865 he returned to Pittsburgh to make her his wife. Following their marriage they located near McDonald and had resided here since. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the CHEESEBROUGH home, two miles south of McDonald, and were conducted by the Rev. W. D. IRONS, D. D. The interment was in Robinson's Run cemetery. Stricken by heart trouble Hippolyte CERZO died suddenly at his home in East Lincoln avenue Wednesday morning, October 8, at 10 o'clock. Mr. CERZO was walking along the street when he suddenly felt ill. He hurried home and walking into the house told his wife he was in pain. He sat down in a chair and in less than 10 minutes was dead. Mr. CERZO was born in France in 1840 and came to McDonald about twenty years ago. He was a miner in his younger days and by thrifty habits and wise investments had amassed a competence. Besides his wife he leaves five daughters as follows: Mrs. Harry HANAIT, Mrs. Joseph LECONY and Mrs. Nicholas NOCHIN, all residing in the State of Kansas; Mrs. Rachel DAGAAN of Monongahela, and Mrs. John BUNKER of Brownsville. Funeral services in charge of the Rev. Alexander MAGE will be held at the CERZO home this Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Robinson's Run cemetery. Mrs. KAUFMANN, the wife of Rupert KAUFMAN (sic), for many years a shoemaker in McDonald, died on Monday, September 29, at her home on a farm near Hopedale, Ohio. She was aged about fifty. Her husband, two sons and four daughters survive. The funeral was held Wednesday. The KAUFMANNs left McDonald about sixteen years ago. Charles STROUD, who resided near Florence, Hanover, township, met sudden death Wednesday night of last week at the MURPHY watering trough, about a mile north of Burgettstown in a rather peculiar manner. He had been at the Burgettstown fair and while en route to his home, stopped to water his horses, which were hitched to a road wagon. In some manner, in attempting to back his wagon after the horses had been drinking at the rough, the wagon was forced over a high bank and was overturned with the driver under the vehicle. Mr. STROUD was found in this precarious condition and was taken to the house of Joseph CRONER where he died shortly afterward. He was badly crushed about the chest. The accident occurred about 9 o'clock. The deceased, who was 41 years old, is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary ANDREWS STROUD, two brothers and one sister. He was a relative of the ANDREWS family of Station street. John McMillan MCILVAINE, aged ninety-two years, died at his home near Hickory on Monday, October 6, at 4 o'clock p.m. Until one month ago he had enjoyed the best of health. Mr. MCILVANINE had held several offices in Mt. Pleasant township as a Republican. He was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser and had tilled the soil of his acreage until within the past few years, despite his great age. He was a member of the Mt. Prospect Presbyterian Church and missed but few services during his ling life. This remarkable old man was born in Somerset township on the farm now owned by Julius NICHOLLS, April 15, 1821. He was a son of Gawin and Jane FERGUSON MCILVAINE. His father was born in Somerset township in 1791. Mr. MCILVAINE's relationship to the Rev. John MCMILLAN, founder of Jefferson College, pioneer preacher of Western Pennsylvania, was through is grandmother, who was a sister of the Rev. John MCMILLAN. GAWIN MCILVAINE was a soldier in the War of 1812 and witnessed the surrender of the British fleet on Lake Erie. He also deserved the distinction of having been a member of the first temperance society ever formed in Washington County. In his days there were few teetotalers and John MCILVAINE was very proud that his father was among the first to take a stand on the whiskey question which is so much before the people of today. Mr. MCILVAINE was a grandson of Greer MCILVAINE, who settled in Washington county in the year 1785, having come from Hopewell township, Cumberland County. In 1837 Mr. MCILVAINE moved with his father to the Hickory neighborhood where he had since lived. He was united in marriage with Margaret Ann CARTER, a daughter of William and Ann CARTER who came from Scotland to Mt. Pleasant township. Three children were born to this union, two of whom are living. They are Mrs. William SMALL of Washington and Miss Nellie MCILVAINE, who resided her with her aged father. Mrs. MCILVAINE died in 1864. He also leaves six grandchildren. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Hickory United Presbyterian Church.