OBIT: Samuel GARLAND, 1888, Bald Eagle, Blair County, PA

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PHOENIX PARK PELLETS.

  Mr. Samuel Garland, while out in the field yesterday, Nov. 10, had a 
paralytic stroke.  He was carried to his home where he lays in a 
critical condition, his life being despaired of.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., November 17, 1888

  Samuel Garland, whose illness has heretofore been noted in these 
columns, died at his home at Bald Eagle at ten o'clock last night.  The 
funeral will take place to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.  He was 73 
years of age.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., November 19, 1888

  The body of Mr. Samuel Garland whose death has already been 
announced, was placed in an elegant casket and buried at Olivia, 
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock.  Mr. Garland had been unwell for the 
last six months and a few months ago had a slight paralytic stroke, the 
effect of which had been telling on him; yet never complaining always 
found in deep meditation no matter when you met him.  He was a man easy 
to approach, always ready to give any information regarding the old 
furnace or its properties, on which he was well posted.  He hadn't an 
enemy in the world and spoke kindly of everybody.
  It is but a few years ago while enroute to Philipsburg to see a dying 
daughter, his wife sitting by her side closed her eyes in death without 
uttering a word.  In the dark and lonely mountains he was left alone 
and returning to his home with his wife in his arms in death and now 
without a moments warning he is carried to his home in an unconscious 
state and thus died without uttering a word to his children.  This is 
certainly a sad affliction to his bereaved family and friends.
  His body was followed to the M. E. church by a large concourse of 
friends where the late Rev. H. M. Oberholtzer of Tyrone Lutheran church 
preached a very impressive sermon to the people.  His age was 73 years.
  The following children survive him: David Garland, Hollidaysburg; 
Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, Tyrone; Mrs. Ellen Copenhaver, Olivia; and 
Joseph Garland, Barree.
  Mrs. Ourn of Snow Shoe; Mrs. Rorabatch of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. 
Margaret Koon, and Mrs. Mary Ann Woomer, David Garland and Henry 
Garland, Olivia, are the brothers and sisters left to mourn his sudden 
calling off.
  
Tyrone Herald, Tyrone, Pa., November 22, 1888