OBIT: Robert Wilson, 1913, Greenmount, Adams County, PA

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The lifeless body of Robert Wilson was found late Saturday afternoon about a half mile from 
Greenmount, Adams county, in a woods where it had evidently lain for twenty-four hours or more.  
Death is supposed to have been caused by heart disease.  Mr. Wilson was aged 80 years, 6 months 
and 22 days.

He had been a resident of Greenmount for about ten years and lived entirely alone.  He was a 
bachelor and had no nearer relatives than nephews and nieces.  On Friday he went to the woods 
to do some sawing and was never seen afterward until the body was found by a searching party.

His absence was not noted until Saturday morning and the first suspicion that any thing had 
befallen the gentleman was when James McCullough who had an appointment with him waited in vain 
for Mr. Wilson to appear.  The appointment had to do with hauling wood and Mr. McCullough went 
to the woods expecting to find Mr. Wilson.  He was not about and Mr. McCullough secured the 
services of some other men who helped to search and came upon the lifeless body.

Coroner Woomer decided that no inquest was necessary.

Mr. Wilson had lived at various place in the county and before going to Greenmount was well 
known as a resident of Two Taverns.

The funeral service was held Monday afternoon from the home of Robert Bollinger, a grand-
nephew, residing at Greenmount.  Interment at White Church.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, January 18, 1913