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1880
Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Tues., Mon., Nov. 8, 1880, page unknown:
"DEATHS - MILLER - On Wednesday, Nov. 3d, at Clarktown
[sic], Pa., Jas. Edward, son of Rev. Miller, of typhoid fever, aged 16
years.
"SMITH - In Amwell township, Monday, Nov. 1st, of scarlet fever,
Jas., son of Jas. Smith, aged 5 years.
"OGIER - In Washington, on the 6th inst., of typhoid fever, Miss
Drusilla Ogier, aged about 49 years.
Funeral from the residence of her father, Franklin street, this, Monday,
afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends of the family respectfully
invited." [NOTE: punctuation as in the original].
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1881
| Article from The Daily Evening Reporter,
Washington Co., Pa., Fri., Mar. 18, 1881, page unknown:
"SUDDEN DEATH - Mr. John W. Smith, a Prussian, a
blacksmith, living at Alexander Sullivan's, in Carrol [sic, one 'l']
township, working at the Victory smithy, died very suddenly on the 10th
inst. He was quite well in the morning, had been to work all day, but on
his way home, stopped near Terry Hanlon's, and leaning on the fence
began to moan; a little girl heard him, and called assistance; but he
soon died of heart disease with which he was affected. Smith was a
bachelor, 75 years of age, an industrious man, noted as a maker of
miner's tools, in which art he was very proficient. Mr. Sullivan, with
whom he has lived for four years, informs us that he was a kind, gentle
and worthy man, and was endeared to those who knew him - especially to
the children of the neighborhood, of whom he was quite fond. - Mon.
Republican ."
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Article from The Daily Evening Reporter,
Washington Co., Pa., Fri., Mar. 18, 1881, page unknown:
"Local Affairs -
"ROBBING A GRAVE - Miss Christena Huffman, aunt of Simeon H. Deems,
of West Pike Run, this county, died very suddenly while at church, near
her home in Carrol [sic, one 'l'] county, Ohio, on the 2nd of January
last, and on the 4th was buried. The following night the grave was
opened, the coffin broken and the body carried off. The grave clothes
were stripped from the body and left in the broken coffin. A detective
was placed on the track and on the next night taking a sleigh followed
two men who were in a sled, and gaining rapidly upon them they threw the
body into the road. When the detective's horse reached the body he took
fright and overturned the sleigh, thus delaying the detective. During
this detention the grave robbers escaped. The detective placed the body
in his sleigh and returned it to the friends of the deceased who had it
reinterred [sic]. The affair created great excitement in the
neighborhood."
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Transcript of Obituary from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., May 16, 1881, page unknown:
[See 1881 file page for articles.]
"Died, on the 4th inst., at 7 o'clock, the little son of George
Nickerson, of Scenery Hill, from the effects of concentrated lye, which,
by mistake he had drank." |
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Article from The Reporter newspaper, Washington Co., Pa.,
May 23, 1881, p. 1:
"FOUND DEAD. - Early on Sunday morning Mr. Berthel noticed
Mrs. Hornlsh, widow of the late Wm. Hornish, sitting, on a box on a box
on her porch in her night clothes. Mrs. Hornish lived on the opposite
side of the street from Mr. Berthel.
The latter called the attention of his wife to the matter and she went
over, and to her great surprise she found Mrs. Hornish dead.
Since the marriage of her other, daughters she had lived alone
with her youngest daughter, Nora. For a long time she had been suffering
with disease of the heart, and on Friday night she got up and went down
stairs accompanied by the daughter.
She told Nora that if she had occasion to get up another night it
was not necessary for her to get up also.
The mother had arisen from her bed, procured a lamp, which as
burning, went down stairs, placed the lamp on a table, and gone to the
pomp where she procured a pitcher of fresh water.
On reaching the porch on her return it is apparent that she was
over taken with a sick spell, and sat down on the box leaning against
the wall, with one arm resting upon the pitcher, which was on the box by
her side. She evidently died
without a struggle. This is
supposed to have been between one and two o'clock.
The daughter thinks that she beard her mother make some noise but
was afraid to go down fearing she would scare her ___ another.
It is supposed that the excitement incident to going downstairs
and the exertion of pumping brought on the attack from which she died.
Drs. Grayson and Thompson held a [italics] post mortem [italics]
examination, and ascertained that she died from natural causes.
Coroner C. V. Greer summoned the following jury of inquest: J. B.
Ruple, D. M. Donahoo, James B. Kennedy, S. C. Clark, L. M. Marsh, and
Wm. S. Parker, who rendered a verdict in accordance with the foregoing
facts. Mrs. Hornish was
fifty-six years of age, and had been in ill health for some years.
She was a sister of Mr. George Hiles, of Canonsburg, but had been
a resident with her husband of Washington for many years.
Of her four daughters, three are married, Mary to Mr. Converse,
of New York, Alice to Mr. Chapman, of Allegheny City and Margaret to Mr.
Lane.
Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Chapman arrived in Washington, on Monday
morning."
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Article from the The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Apr. 5, 1881, page unknown: "Beallsville"
- buried in Beallsville cemetery from Apr. 1, 1880 to Apr. 1, 1881
[not a complete article or list of names] -
April 18 John Hawkins, 77 years old, pneumonia;
Sept 28 - Orilla Hawkins, 20 years old
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1885
| Article from The Washington Weekly
Reporter, newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Wed., Oct. 7, 1885, page
unknown:
"DEATHS -
"HOLBERT - On Monday October [5th ?], 1885, of gangrene, Mrs.
Holbert, of Buffalo township, aged about [78 ? 79 ?] years.
"MARTIN - On Tuesday, October [4th ?], of nervous disability, Mrs.
Phillip Martin, of Hickory, aged about 60 years.
"METENER [?] - On Sunday, October 4th, of general debility, Michael
Metener, aged [61 ? 81 ?] years and [6 ?] months.
"McDONOUGH - On October 1st, of typhoid fever, John, son of Henry
McDonough, of Somerset township, in his __th year.
"VANKIRK - On Wednesday morning, September __th, 1885, in Franklin
township, of cancer of the stomach, Mrs. Dryden Vankirk, in the 79th
year of his age.
"ASHBAUGH - In Canonsburg, on Sept. 24th, of typhoid fever, Flora,
daughter of Wm. Ashbaugh, aged [10 ?] years.
"BLACK - On Sept. _th, at the home of her son in-law, Rev. J. B.
[Barr ?], D. D., near Canonsburg, Mrs. Eleanor Black, aged 81 years.
"PEAS - On October 2d, in North Strabane township, Mr. John Pees,
over 80 years of age."
"MOULDER - In Washington, On October 2d, of general debility, Mrs.
Sarah Moulder, aged [96 ?] years."
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Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Dec. 16, 1885, page unknown:
"Wyland - December 15, 1885 - A most distressing accident took
place yesterday morning at Finleyville. When passenger train No. 4
started, Johnny Lycott attempted to jump on the hind end of the train,
and in some manner was jerked off and fell under the wheels and was
cut in two. The remains were immediately gathered up and conveyed to
the residence of his parents who live but a short distance from the
depot. He was 10 years of age." |
| Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Dec. 16, 1885, page unknown:
"Miss Eliza Zediker who died on Saturday at A. B. Wolfs, West
Chestnut street had been an upright member of the Methodist Episcopal
church for over 40 years. She had been Superintendant of one of
the departments of the Fulton House for about 20 (?) years.
"Zediker - On Sunday, December 13, 1885, of dropsy Miss Eliza
Zediker, West Chestnut street, aged about 70 years.
[Both these were hand-written.]
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1887
| Article from The Daily Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Aug. 3, 1887, page unknown: [names
only, sorry]
Deaths -
Gertie Baker
Thomas Ross
H. R. Baker
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Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Aug. 3, 1887, page unknown:
"DEATHS - McGOWAN - On Monday, August 1st, at the
residence of her son, Jas. H. McGowan, Franklin, of general debility,
Mrs. Mary McGowan, in her 87th year. "Funeral on Wednesday at 10
a.m."
"BAKER - On the 1st instant, in South Side, Pittsburgh, Gertie,
daughter of John W. Baker, in her 21st year.
"Her remains
will arrive at Washington, on the 4 p. m. train, Chartiers Railway,
to-day, Tuesday. Interment at the cemetery.
"KEYS - On July 31st, at Hillsboro, of consumption, Miss Sarah
[might be Farah ?] Keys, aged about 36 [or 26 ?] years.
"DEVORE - On July 31st, at Curry, Pa., J. H. Devore, brother of
W. H. Devore, aged 49 years.
"MULDEAR - On July [26th ? or 28th ?], at Coal Bluff, infant
son of Frank and Fanny Muldear. PATCH - On July 26th, 1887, at Fort
Huschuca, Arizona Territory, [Kisle ?], daughter of Lieutenant and
Mrs. A. M. Patch, U. S. Army, aged nineteen months.
"ROSS - On the 30th of July, in East Finley, of paralysis, Mrs.
Thomas Ross, aged [56 ?] years.
"MONINGER - On July 31st, at Lone Pine, Mrs. James Moninger, aged
about [37 maybe 57 ?] years.
"FATE - On Saturday, July 30th, 1887, of cholera infantum, infant
daughter of John Fate, Olcan, N. Y., formerly of Washington.
"BENTLEY - On Saturday, July 30th, at the residence of Wm.
Chartiers, of paraylsis, Mrs. Harriet Bentley, aged about 78 years.
"MELVIN - On July 29th, at Waynesburg, of cancer, Samuel W.
Melvin, aged [60 ?] years."
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Article from The Washington Weekly Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Sat., Aug. 27, 1887, p. 1:
"Dead by the Fountain - Mrs. John Myers, of Bentleyville, was
buried on the 22nd. The
lady had been sick for sometime and toward the last she expressed a
desire to go to a certain spring near by, whose waters she fondly
loved. This her physician
forbid, as she could not be allowed to leave her bed or room.
She thirsted for that water, and to be by the side of that
bubbling fountain once more, she thought would bring healing to her
frail body, and the going there grew to be a mania, constant in her
thoughts and on her lips. On
Sunday, while her daughter, who was her nurse, was at dinner, the
invalid slipped quietly from the house and went to the spring - her
dream was fulfilled - she tasted of its waters, she sat by the banks
of the fountain - alas, it proved both Lethe and Nepenthe.
She was found dead by its side an hour later. - Monongahela
Republican."
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| Article from The Washington Weekly
Reporter newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Sat., Aug. 27, 1887, page
unknown:
"WILLIAM HORNER - A Native of Washington
county, Dies in Iowa - We are in receipt of a copy of the Burlington Hawkete,
of August 18th, sent by J. C. Clever.
It contains a notice of the death of Maj. Wm. Horner, who died
at his residence in Burlington Iowa, on the 11th inst.
Mr. Horner was born in this county in 1822.
He served his country gallantly during the late war.
He was married in 1847 to Miss Josephine Taylor, of Frederick,
Knox county, Ohio . His
wife and two daughters survive him.
His death was caused by a complication of diseases, aggravated
by wounds received during the war."
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1888
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Article from The Daily Reporter, Washington Co., Pa., Tues.,
Feb. 21, 1888, page unknown:
Estate of Maria P. [F. ?] [Fergus ?] - can't read notice as it is
blurred on Xerox
Deaths -
SARGENT - On February [16th ?], at the residence of J. B. Garee,
near Lowhill, East Bethlehem township, Miss Sarah Annie Sargent, at an
advanced age.
HARTLY - On the 17th of February, at his residence in East
Bethlehem, Mrs. Hartly, relict of Peter Hartly, aged about 80 years.
DINSMORE - In Washington, on Monday, February
[20th ?], 1888, suddenly, Mrs. Locinda C. Dinsmore. The funeral will
take place from her boarding house, opposite the Seminary, to-morrow,
(February [22nd ?]), at 2 p. m.
DAGUE - On February 13th, 1888, at his residence, near Odell, this
county, Deacon John Dague, aged 80 years.
He was baptized into the fellowship of the Pigeon Creek Baptist
church, by Rev. Levi Griffith, in April, [1838?].
Thus nearly fifty years he has lived to adorn the profession
which he made. In his death the church [2 words; 1
is 4-5 letters; 1 is 2 letters] a great loss and the community
parts with a good citizen. Father
Dague was married to [3 letters+ann] Ruffman, December 9th, [18_9 ?].
He is the father of eleven children, ten of whom are living.
There are fifty-seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren. Mr.
Dague was married a second time, Sarah [Chemean ??] being the maiden
name of his second wife. His
second wife died [last fall ?]. Many
sorrowing friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the
memory of the deceased. A
funeral sermon was preached to a large and attentive audience by Rev.
G. W. Gardner ?] ....[rest is cut off on the Xerox]."
NOTE: A website visitor suggested that "Ruffman" in the
above might actually be Huffman. The old newspapers are often
hard to read.
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1889
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Article from The Reporter, newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Mon.,
Mar. 18, 1889, page unknown:
"George B. Mitchell, who has been sick for several weeks, died
on Monday morning. The
funeral services will be held at his residence in Wheeling on Tuesday
afternoon and the funeral will take place from the Union depot,
Pittsburgh, on Wednesday morning at 9:45.
Mr. Mitchell is a brother of I. W. and J. K. Mitchell, of this
place.
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Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Mar. 28, 1898, page unknown:
"DEATHS - YATES - At his home, at West Alexander, at 7
o'clock Sunday morning, March 31, 1898, from the effects of paraylsis,
A. F. Yates, aged about [68?] years.
Funeral Tuesday at 2 p. m.; inhumantion [sic] to be in West Alexander
cemetery.
COSGROVE -- On Sunday afternoon, March 27 [?] 1898, at his home on
Hall avenue, of kidney trouble, Henry A. Cosgrove, aged 49 years
Funeral at 9 a. m. Tuesday at the Catholic church. Interment in the
Catholic cemetery."
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Article from The Reporter newspaper,
Washington Co., Pa., Mar. 28, 1898, page unknown:
"DEATH ROLL - HENRY A. COSGROVE - Henry A. Cosgrove died
Sunday afternoon at his home on Hall avenue, near North Franklin
street, after a protracted illness, aged 49 [?] years. He has been ill
of kidney trouble and other ailments so that he has been kept in doors
nearly all the time for two years. A part of that time was spent in
hospitals but for several weeks he has been at home, having borne his
intense suffering with patience and fertitude. The deceased came to
Washington about 14 years ago at the opening of the oil excitement and
was employed on the first ____ well near Clark's school house, that
was among the first wells to be drilled in this field, and which
turned out to be a strong [gusher ?]. He has also been employed at
McDonald in this time. The deceased was a member of the Roman Catholic
church. Some years since he was united in marriage with Mrs. Amon,
who, with three step-children, survive him. He also has a sister, Mrs.
Oliver Edgar, of Buffalo, N. Y., and a brother, Charles, of St.
Petersburg, Clarion county."
Article from The Reporter newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Mar. 28,
1898, page unknown:
"DEATH ROLL - A. B. CROUCH - A. B. Crouch, ticket agent at
Butler[?] for the P. & W. R. R., died at his home there Saturday
morning, March 26, 1898. He had been in poor health for over a year,
and the past week was in such a condition that his death was
momentarily expected. Mr. Crouch was born in Washington county, but
had been connected with the P. & W. R. R. since boyhood, being
stationed at Butler eight years. He was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and was popular. A wife and two children survive him."
Article from The Reporter newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Mar. 28,
1898, page unknown:
"DEATH ROLL - A. F. YATES - A. F. Yates, a well known and
respected citizen of West Alexander, died at his home Sunday, at 7 a.
m. Mr. Yates had been in an almost totally ______ condition for about
___ months... [can't read next line] ...paralysis. During the late war
he served with ________ in the Twelvth _____ [Virginia?]...[copy is
very black and I can't read the last 4 lines]. [Last 3 words look like
"son and daughter.]" |
| Article from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., July 18, 1889, page unknown:
"DEATHS -
"BOYER - July 7, in Monongahela City, of kidney troubles,
James B. Boyer, aged sixty-seven years.
"CONKLE - July [5 ?], in West Bethlehem township, Elizabeth
Gertrude, daughter of Thomas and Sarah F. Conkle, aged nearly two
years.
"CRUMRINE - July [_?] in _____, of general disability, George
Crumrine, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
"CRAWFORD - July [9 ?], in North Strabane township, of
paralysis, Mrs. Crawford, aged about eighty years.
"HORN - July 5, in West Bethlehem township, of general
disability, David Horn, in the eighty-third year of his age.
"[cannot read last name of deceased] - July [7 ?], in [about 4
letters ? possibly Cecil
?] township, of general disability, Mrs. Mary _. [cannot read last
name], in her seventy-[can't read number] year."
NOTE: This newspaper had been re-folded many times, as in rolling
and folding it about every 1/4 inch; so the microfilm has those fold
lines and they show up as dark lines on a Xerox copy].
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1890
| Article from The Reporter
newspaper, Washington Co., Pa., Apr. 18, 1890, page unknown:
"DEATHS -
"DEEMS- On April 18th, 1890, in West Pike Run township,
suddenly, Mrs. Eliza Deems, aged 65 years.
The deceased was the mother of Prothonotary E. R. Deems, this
place.
"MORRISON - On April [16th ?], at his home in Finleyville, of
dropsy, Matthew Morrison.
"RUE - On April 16th, at Sunny Side, Monongahela City, of
measles and pneumonia, Alice Rue, aged 7 years."
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