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