OBITUARIES:  PLOTTS, Margaret; 1919; Moxham, Cambria Cnty., PA

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THE JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE (Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania) "City Edition"
Saturday evening, 1 March 1919
page 4, column 3


MRS. MARGARET PLOTTS DIES.

Mrs. Margaret Plotts, aged 85 years, widow of the Rev. F. W. Plotts, who died about 11 
years ago, died this morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Cawthern, of 
522 Highland avenue, Moxham. Funeral services will be held from the house at 2 o'clock 
Monday afternoon. Interment will be made in Grandview Cemetery.



THE JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE (Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania) "City Edition"
Monday evening, 3 March 1919
page 10, column 2


Mrs. Peter W. Plotts.

Mrs. Margaret Plotts, aged 85 years, widow of the Rev. Peter W. Plotts, who died about 
11 years ago, passed away on Saturday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph 
Cawthern, of 522 Highland avenue, Seventeenth Ward. Her death was due to general 
debility. Funeral services will be held from the late residence this afternoon and will be in 
charge of the Rev. W. M. Peffer, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical Church. Interment will 
be made in Grandview Cemetery.

The deceased was married twice, her first husband being John Sliger. Mrs. Jessie 
Williams, of Oil City, Pa., is the only surviving child of this union. She was later united 
in marriage to the Rev. Plotts.  The following children of this union survive: Mrs. J. D. 
Ripple, of the Seventh Ward; Mrs. Joseph Cawthern, mentioned above; Mrs. John 
Mitchell, of Cleveland, O.; Herbert Plotts, of Cypress avenue, Seventeenth Ward, and 
Mrs. Ernest Stewart, of Linden avenue, Seventeenth Ward. Mrs. Plotts is also survived by 
the following step-children: Mrs. George Wilcox, of Kanesholme, Pa.; William Plotts, of 
Los Angeles, Cal.; Frank Plotts, of Chicago; Mrs. R. S. Porter, sr., of Coleman avenue, 
Seventeenth Ward; Mrs. James R. Kennedy, Detroit, and Miss Ida R. Plotts, of Park 
avenue, Moxham. Five of Mrs. Plots'  [sic] grandsons served their country during the war 
and three of them are now in France.