OBIT: Catherine (EVERHART) BIDDLE, 1890, Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAMSBURG WAIFS.

  Again we are called on to chronicle the death of another of the old 
inhabitants and a devoted servant of the Lord, in whom she trusted with 
all Christian resignation and faith in Him who died for all.  Yesterday 
morning at 9? o'clock the soul of Mrs. John S. Biddle was borne away by 
God's holy messengers to her home prepared for her in heaven.  About 
ten days ago Mrs. Biddle suffered a slight stroke of paralysis, from 
which she gradually sank until death claimed her.  Mrs. Biddle survived 
her husband, J. S. Biddle, about five years, and was aged 70 years.  
She was born on what was known then as the Everhart farm, where Mr. 
Calvin Sorrick now resides, spending all her life within a boundary of 
two miles, dying within that distance of her birthplace.  She was one 
of the oldest members of the Clover Creek Lutheran church, and of all 
who constituted the original members of that church she and Mr. George 
Clapper are all, and in the death of Mrs. Biddle, Mr. Clapper is left 
the only surviving member.  Funeral to-morrow - Thursday - at 8.30 a.m.  
Interment in the Clover Creek Lutheran cemetery.  Mrs. Biddle's maiden 
name was Catherine Everhart.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, November 12, 1890