OBIT:  SIPE, Daniel A.; 1910; Summerhill, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 14 Jan 1910
Volume 44, Number 2


Daniel A. Sipe Passes Away
Was a Prominent Citizen of Summerhill and Old Time Miller

Daniel A. Sipe, a prominent resident of Summerhill, died at 5:30 o'clock Thursday evening of last 
week at the Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, where he had been a patient since Tuesday.  His death 
was due to chronic inflammation of the spinal vertebrae.  Mr. Sipe was 70 years of age the 28th of 
June, 1909.

The deceased was born in June, 1839, in Blair County, removing to Summerhill forty years ago when 
he began operating a gristmill.  Not long after he installed a new roller process, a water mill dam on 
the Sipe farm was damaged by the PRR by filling in the dam and weakening the water power.  Mr. 
Sipe later brought action against the railroad company and was awarded damages amounting to over 
$15,000.  An appeal was taken to a higher court by the defendant company but the decision of the 
lower court was sustained.

Mr. Sipe is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Lafferty Sipe, who is a sister of Mrs. Ellen Bloom of 
Ebensburg and by the following children:  Peter of Summerhill; G. R. of Graham, Va.; Mrs. Davis, wife 
of Attorney Wm. Davis of Ebensburg; Mrs. J. S. Karr and Mrs. J. T. Barlow of Graham, Va. and Mrs. 
John Munroe of Summerhill.

The remains were taken to the Sipe home in Summerhill Friday afternoon.  The funeral took place on 
Monday morning, interment being made in Lloyd Cemetery, Ebensburg.  The deceased was a 
member of the Lutheran Church of Summerhill.