Obituary for Joseph MILLS, 1920; Allegany County, MD

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"The Herald" Piedmont, West Virginia 19 Mar 1920: 

"Joseph Mills, of Westernport, watchman for the B & O Railroad Company, at Red 
Rock, just east of Piedmont, was struck by a train and killed shortly after 
midnight Friday night of last week, just after finishing his work. His body was 
located by his brother, Gory Mills, his failure to return home having resulted 
in a search for him. Mr. Mills had been in the B & O employ many years. His 
death occurred on his 49th birthday. He is survived by his wife and following 
children: Mrs. Walter Blubaugh, Lonaconing; Mrs. Frank Cowatch, Westernport; 
Catherine, Winnie, Margaret, Annie, Celie, John, Patrick, Lawrence and Joseph 
Mills, at home, and Pvt. Francis D. Mills, sea going depot, Paris Island, S.C. 
Two brothers, William Mills, Cumberland, and Gory Mills, Lonaconing; and five 
sisters, Mrs. James Burke, Cumberland; Mrs. Joseph Boris, and Miss Katie Mills, 
Morgantown; Mrs. John Burns, Lonaconing, and Mrs. Robert Maly, Morgantown, also 
survive."


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