PERRY COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: ELDER, Nathaniel (d. 1861)
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(From the files of the Catholic Telegraph)

100 Years ago
July 27, 1861

Died at the residence of his son, Thomas Elder, Near Somerset, 
Perry County, O., on the 8th inst., NATHANIEL ELDER, at the 
good old age of 88 years, two months, and eight days.  He had the 
consolation of receiving the last sacraments of our Holy Church 
from the hands of one of the good Dominicans of St. Joseph's.  
The deceased was a native of Frederick County, Md., near the town 
of Emmitsburg, where he spent the best part of his life; he has 
left a large family of children and relatives to lament and 
deplore their loss.  He has been truly a father to the poor widow 
and the orphan; his house was always opened to those who claimed 
his hospitality, situated as he was within a short distance of 
Old Mt. St. Mary's College, it was his greatest pleasure and that 
of his amiable wife and family, to receive the frequent visits of 
the good fathers of the Old Mountain, and amongst them I might 
name those good old pioneers of the faith, Fathers Dubois, Brute, 
Hickey, Collins, and our own Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell, who 
always spoke and enquired after him in the most tender and 
affectionate manner.  Many a good holy Bishop and priest, when 
they hear of his death, will offer up a silent prayer for the 
repose of his soul.

Note: Nathaniel ELDER, son of William ELDER & Sabina WICKHAM,  
married, Johanna LIVERS, daughter of Arnold LIVERS & Mary Ann 
OWINGS.