OBIT: Martin WAREHAM, 1912, Taylor Township, Blair County, PA

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Martin Wareham, Well Known Resident of Taylor Township.
MARTIN WAREHAM.

  Friday, January 26, Martin Wareham died at his home in Taylor 
township, near Roaring Spring, aged 72 years and 28 days.
  He was a highly respected citizen and strictly honest in all his 
dealings. He was born and raised in the community in which he lived and 
died, with the exception of four years, during which time he lived at 
Cessna, Bedford county.
  His wife, who was Miss Catharine Dick, survives, as does one 
daughter, Mrs. Andrew Albright, and two grandchildren, Alvin and 
Catharine Albright. One brother, Joseph Wareham, of Elgin, Illinois, is 
living. Deceased was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth Wareham, both dead.
  Mr. Wareham was a veteran in the Civil war, having served as a 
private in Company B., Third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers cavalry. 
He enlisted February 24, 1865, for one year, and was honorably 
discharged October 31, 1865, at Cumberland, Maryland. In politics he 
was a staunch republican.
  The funeral was held Sunday morning at 9.30. Services were conducted 
in the Albright Church of the Brethren of which he was a member for 
thirteen years, by Elders James D. Brumbaugh, F. C. Dively, and Rev. H. 
H. Rascher. Interment was made in the Albright cemetery, followed by a 
large concourse of sorrowing friends and neighbors.
  The following persons from a distance attended the funeral:  Jacob 
Wareham and family and Joseph Wareham and wife of Martinsburg; Mrs. 
Martin Lindsey of Duncansville; D. L. Dick of Juniata; James Hinton of 
Cessna; Martin Hinton and Mrs. George Carson of New Paris; Andrew 
Wareham of Snake Spring Valley; Miss Margaret Wareham of Everett, and 
Mrs. Elizabeth Ritchey of Clearville.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Morrisons Cove Herald Obituary 
Collection, vol. 12, p. 4
Morrisons Cove Herald, Friday, February 2, 1912