20 October, 1899 Versailles Leader
first part omitted)  at three o' clock the interment took place at the
city cemetery.
   In May last Mr. Child accepted a position as traveling salesman for
the Reed Implement Manufacturing Company of Kalamazoo,Michigan, and was
assigned the territory    of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  He labored
faithfully for the company until overtaken two weeks ago with fever,
which complicated by
other physical troubles baffled the best medical skill and tender
nursing.
   Peleg Corbine Child was born in Chandlersville, Illinois, July 10,
-----0mitted)--- in 1896, aged 9 years;  and a son Roy--who died last April, aged about
nineteen months.  The deceased was
a member in good standing of the Maccabee lodge of Olean.  He was an
honorable, upright citizen, andcommanded the highest respect and esteem
of all who shared his acquaintance.
    His mother, Mrs. M. C. Child , and sister Lois, reside in San
Francisco. His brothers, D. S. Child of Holden, and John Child of St.
Louis, the latter accompanied by his wife, were in attendance upon the
funeral.
   Mrs. Child, who in her deep sorrow has the sincere sympathy of this
entire community, desired the Leader to return the heartfelt thanks of
herself, brothers  and  sisters, for the many kindnesses shown by
neighbors and friends in the  hours of their affliction.  She refers
feelingly to the kind and unremitting attentions given her husband by
the citizens of Washington, New Jersey, during his illness there, and to
the profound sympathy shown her, and many kindnesses extended  in the
hour of her sad bereavement among strangers though Christian friends.