Newspapers: Adams County Deaths in 1899, Adams County, PA

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DEATHS IN THE COUNTY

The returns of the Assessors of the deaths in Adams County from May 1st to Nov. 1st, 
1899.

The deaths which occurred in Adams county from May 1st to Nov. 1st, 1899, according to 
the returns of the assessors, recently completed, are as follows:

Arendtsville Borough:
May 29 – Elizabeth B. Schlosser, aged 7 months.
July 25 – Elizabeth Minter, aged 86 years.
June 10 – Solomon Dome, aged 71 years.
June 21 – Lola Wolf, aged 4 weeks.
Sept. 18 – Susan Meals, aged 61 years.
May 14 – Solomon Hartman, aged 75 years.

Bendersville Borough:
Sept. 14 – Mrs. Jane C. Witson, aged 69 yrs. and 11 days.
Sept. 7 – Mrs. Elisabeth Rexroth, aged 68 yrs.
Aug. 19 – Freda May Peters, aged 3 mos. 17 days.

Berwick Borough:
June 28 – Mrs. Lydia A. Rutters, aged 81 yrs., 11 mos. and 9 days.
Sept. 19 – Mrs. Eliza Bittinger, aged 80 yrs. and 16 days.
May 23 – Fannie May Berkheimer, aged 11 yrs.

Berwick Township:
Oct. 9 – Solomon Bechtel, aged 74 yrs.
Aug. 24 – Caroline Sterner, aged 72 yrs.

Butler Township:
Oct. 4 – Henry McCans, aged 83 yrs., 2 mos. and 23 days.
Feb. 1 – Miss Sarah M. Spangler, aged 71 yrs.
June 24 – Franklin Osborne, aged 63 yrs.
July 19 – Miss Eliza Young, aged 68 yrs., 8 mos. and 15 days.
May 14 – Miss Mary G. Cook, aged 18 yrs., 11 mos. and 14 days.
Aug. 23 – A. A. Weirman, aged 72 yrs.
Aug. 29 – Charles Dewey Dellinger, aged 5 mos. and 4 days.

Conowago Township:
Oct. 23 – Leonard Heist, aged 1 yr., 18 d.
Nov. 10 – Stella M. Little, aged 5 m., 26 d.
Aug. 26 – Mary Small, aged 15 yrs.

East Berlin Borough:
Oct. 6 – Charles Gruver, aged 5 mos.
Nov. 13 – Mrs. Nancy Law, aged 70 yrs., 2 mos. and 9 days.

Franklin Township:
Nov. 1 – Ada May Thomas, aged 3 yrs., 9 mos. and 16 days.
June 26 – Miss Caroline Hummer, aged 73 yrs., 6 mos. and 17 days.
June 12 – Noah W. Hartman, aged 61 y.
Aug. 24 – Mrs. Susan Wisler, aged 61 yrs., 8 mos. and 28 days.
July 24 – Jacob Wolf, aged 73 yrs., 1 mo. and 4 days.
Sept. 20 – Catharine M. Deardorff, aged 4 mos. and 20 days.
Aug. 31 – Mrs. Ellen Crouse, aged 30 yrs., 2 mos.
Sept. 6 – Dewey G. Cullison, aged 1 yr., 2 mos. and 10 days.
Aug. 30 – Miss Ellen C. Cole, aged 23 yrs., 11 mos.
June 1 – Mrs. Sarah Rebecca Lauver, aged 37 years, 1 mo. and 6 days.
Aug. 17 – John A. Noel, aged 63 y., 5 m.
Sept. 6 – Harrison Bumbaugh, aged 64 yrs. and 1 mo.
Aug. 26 – Miss Barbara Beamer, aged 76 y.

Freedom Township:
June 11 – George W. Scott, aged 68 yrs.
Sept. 10 – Mrs. Mary Shank, aged 79 yrs., 8 mos. and 20 days.

Germany Township:
Nov. 24 – Arthur Kelly, aged 3 yrs.
Nov. 21 – Paul Kelly, aged 18 mos.
Nov. 17 – Mrs. John Krumrine, aged 78 y.
April – William Bortner, aged 4 mos.
June 20 – Susan Basehoar, aged 95 yrs.
July 7 – Mrs. Jas. Spalding, aged 63 yrs.
Nov. 7 – Matilda Stavely, aged 63 yrs.
Nov. 14 – Mrs. S. E. Shoemaker, aged 58 yrs., 1 month and 13 days.

Hamilton Township:
July 13 – George Brown, aged 82 yrs.
June 25 – Mrs. Catharine Brown, aged 80 yrs., 2 mos.
Aug. 5 – Franklin L. Martin, aged 1 mo. and 27 days.
Aug. 10 – Helen C. Martin, aged 3 mos. and 17 days.
June 16 – Emory Mummert, aged 28 yrs.
Aug. 4 – Mrs. Elizabeth Altland, aged 53 yrs., 2 mos. and 5 days.
March 15 – Beulah Viola Albright, aged 5 days.
June 13 – Paul Herbert Peterman, aged 4 mos. and 13 days.

Hamiltonban Township:
Sept. 6 – George B. Shuyler, aged 6 yrs., 6 mos. and 6 days.
Sept. 29 – Mary E. Shuyler, aged 16 yrs. and 5 days.
Sept. 25 – George A. Trace, aged 5 years.
June 26 – Mrs. L. E. Beisecker, aged 54 y.
Aug. 5 – Mrs. Annie Walter, aged 36 y.
Sept. 15 – Sarah Wagaman, aged 11 yrs.

Highland Township:
June 20 – Mary E. Wagaman, aged 1 yr., 3 mos. and 24 days.
Aug. 9 – George H. Currens, aged 14 yrs.
June 11 – Blasius G. Beard, aged 17 days.
No date given – Daniel Beard, aged 76 years.

Huntington Township:
Aug. 18 – William Hewitt, aged 79 yrs., 4 mos. and 12 days.
Aug. 26 – Martha J. Baker, aged 46 yrs., 8 mos. and 12 days.
Aug. 5 – Jacob P. Roudebush, aged 53 yrs., 4 mos. and 11 days.
July 22 – Amanda E. Miller, aged 64 yrs., 4 mos. and 14 days.
July 3 – Hannah A. Meals. aged 56 yrs., 9 mos. and 12 days.
May 29 – Amanda E. Miller, aged 36 yrs., 1 mo. and 2 days.
Mary 25 – Joseph Trimmer, aged 80 yrs., 3 mos. and 25 days.
May 15 – Samuel Leer, aged 58 yrs.
Aug. 28 – Herschel E. E. Leer, aged 5 mos. and 16 days.
Aug. 26 – Roy Jacob Lentz. aged 1 r., 9 mos. and 17 days.
May 15 – George Heiner, aged 65 yrs.

Latimore Township:
July 17 – Jacob Livingstone, aged 68 yrs., 7 mos. and 21 days.
Oct. 8 – Mrs. Leah Myers Leas, aged 65 yrs., 1 mo. and 26 days.

Liberty Township:
April 30 – George Cashman, aged 69 yrs.

Littlestown Borough:
Oct. 28 – Helen Jenevieve Dietz, aged 7 mos. and 2 days.
Oct. 31 – Clarence Edward Dehoff, aged 2 mos. and 8 days.
Sept. 17 – Mrs. Harriet Sell, aged 69 yrs., 10 mos.
Oct. 28 – Samuel Weikert, aged 84 yrs., 8 mos and 16 days.
June 23 – Willard Harold Wilt, aged 3 mos., and 16 days.
June 21 – Peter J. Lawrence, aged 60 yrs., 11 mos.
Sept. 8 – Martha Katharine Keitel, aged 6 mos. and 24 days.

McSherrystown Borough:
July 23 – Mrs. Mary Miller, aged 79 yrs.
Oct. 18 – Mary Bertha Adams, aged 9 m.

Menallen Township:
Aug. 25 – Mrs. Anna Laura McKinney, aged 30 yrs., 8 mo. and 25 days.
June 27 – Harvey G. W. Reigle, aged 1 yr., 4 mos., and 25 days.
June 7 – Mrs. Annie May Black, aged 22 yrs., 5 mos. and 22 days.
Sept. 14 – Mrs. Rachel Bender, aged 79 yrs., 9 mos.
Aug. 28 – Bessie Caroline Jones, aged 3 m.
July 27 – Miss Carrie Belle Warren, aged 22 yrs., 11 mos. and 10 days.
May 4 – Daniel Lauver, aged 70 years, 5 mos. and 3 days.

Mountjoy Township:
Aug. 30 – Mrs. Mary Pitzer, aged 81 yrs., 9 mos. and 21 days
July 30 – Mrs. Mollie E. Orndorff, aged 30 yrs.
May 19 – Wm. M. Orndorff, aged 30 yrs.
June 7 – Mrs. Adelade Miller, aged 43 y.

Mountpleasant Township:
Oct. 27 – Peter Weirick, aged 85 y., 11 m.
Nov. 26 – Juliana Eckert, aged 68 yrs.
May 2 – Willis Hemler, aged 8 mos.
July 21 – Edw. G. Hemler, aged 23 yrs.
June 8 – Mary Foller, aged 84 yrs.
July 24 – Susan L. Colgan, aged 59 yrs.
Dec. 5 – Albert Smith, aged 33 yrs.
Aug. 20 – Susan Sherman, aged 58 yrs.

New Oxford:
Mable Viola Treiber, aged 1 yr., 8 mos. and 24 days.
Aug. 5 – Mrs. Minnie Livingston, aged 28 yrs., 11 mos., and 20 days.
Sept. 2 – Isabelle Eva Diehl, aged 6 mos. and 4 days.
Sept. 9 – Mrs. Christiana Diehl, aged 89 y.
Sept. 14 – Jacob Deveney, aged 33 yrs., 6 mos. and 21 days.
Nov. 28 – Jacob Hartman, aged 77 yrs.

Oxford Township:
July 23 – Uriah Wagner, aged 74 y. 7 d.
Aug. 9 – Jos. L. Strasbaugh, aged 1 yr., 2 mos.
July 3 – A. Ginter, aged 88 yrs.

Reading Township:
Nov. 2 – Samuel Marsh, aged 69 years, 9 mos. and 26 days.
Nov. 20 – Mrs. Salome Laughman, aged 53 yrs. 6 mos.
Nov. 19 – Mrs. Margaret Kauffman, aged 90 yrs. 7 mos. and 29 days.
May 29 – Mrs. Margaret Geigh, aged 74 yrs., and 29 days.
July 22 – George M. Jacobs, aged 3 yrs., 10 mos. and 5 days.
Aug. 23 – Abraham Hykes, aged 56 yrs., 9 mos and 11 days.
Feb. 13 – Michael B. Blauser, aged 74 yrs., 7 mos. and 20 days.
June 4 – Andrew Brown, aged 79 yrs., 11 mos. and 24 days.
July 14 – Lottie Marie Bosserman, aged 5 mos. and 10 days.
Aug. 3 – Mrs. Emma Jane Calender, aged 32 yrs., 8 mos and 19 days.
Aug. 11 – Miss Emma First, aged 41 yrs.

Straban Township:
July 24 – Dora Lee, aged 24 yrs.
Dec. 14 – Jesse McCreary, aged 83 yrs.
Nov. 20 – Sarah McCreary, aged 88 yrs.
June 3 – Thomas D. McCreary, aged 51 y.
Sept. 4 – Dessie M. Trimmer, aged 1 yr.
Oct. 2 – Catharine Wolf, aged 62 yrs.
Feb. 12 – Nancy Bell Weaver, aged 74 y.
June 9 – Nathaniel Hoffeins, aged 82 y.
Nov. 4 – J. N. Hulick, aged 59 yrs.

Tyrone Township:
Oct. 11 – Amos L. Fohl, aged 63 yrs.
Aug. 5 – Lynch Michael, aged 75 yrs.

Union Township:
Oct. 22 – Harman J. Gross, aged 81 yrs., 6 mos. and 6 days.
Aug. 10 – Mark Leroy Briar, aged 6 days.
Sept. 1 – Harvey E. Sohl, aged 6 m., 13 d.
Aug. 29 – Florence G. Coulson, aged 3 mos. and 4 days.
Aug. 31 – Roy Huff, aged 27 days.  


The Compiler, Gettysburg, Pa – Tuesday, January  9, 1900