Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....John HIPPLE, January 14, 1887 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Diana Quinones audianaq@msn.com November 6, 2008, 4:04 am Montgomery Ledger, Pottstown - Tuesday 1/18/1887 edition John Hipple, aged 83, of West Vincent township, Chester county, died on Friday last, from the effects of an injury received from a falling tree some time ago. He was widely known and well respected. Deceased was an uncle of W R Schuler, of Pottstown, and had other relatives and friends in this borough and vicinity. The funeral will take place on Thursday, January 12th, to meet at the house at 10:00 a.m., and proceed to St Matthew's burial ground for interment. Additional Comments: [error in the date of the 12th, as it was on a Wednesday. His tombstone at St Matthew's UCC shows Jan 15/1887 as date of death. Friday before the newspaper notice was Jan 14, 1887. The funeral date was probably Thursday Jan 20 See http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/tsimages/stmatthewsucc/hipple-j.jpg for tombstone photo. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/chester/obits/h/hipple-j1.txt