Obituary: Joseph K. Eicher  
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JOSEPH  K. EICHER

His obituary;
Esquire Joseph K. Eicher died of paralysis at 12:30 a.m. Nov. 22,1900, 
aged nearly 68 years. Mr. Eicher was one of Scottdale's best citizens. 
he was born Dec. 5, 1832, in Springfield township, Fayette county, 
being a son of Joseph and Rose Ann (Kern) Eicher. 
He taught school, then learned the carpenter trade in Somerset county 
with his father-in-law , John Hamilton. In 1862 he moved 
to his father's farm and in 1862 he entered the Army in the 6th PA 
Artillery. In 1872 they moved to  Scottdale where they have since 
resided. He was commissioned justice of the peace be Gov. Hoyt in 1879, 
and re commissioned by Govs. Pattison, Beaver,and Hastings, and had he 
lived a few more months longer he would have served for 23 years. 
Mr. Eicher was elected burgess of Scottdale on the Republican ticket 
in 1882 and was re-elected four successive times. He was a member of 
Scottdale Lodge No. 885, I.O.O.F,; Fountain 
Lodge 443, K.of P.,; Greensburg Council No. 44, Royal Arcanum; 
Sheridan Council No. 362, O.U.A.M., and Col. Ellsworth Post 
No. 209, G.A.R. Squire Eicher was also a devoted member and deacon 
of the Baptist Church. To his honesty, uprightness, and wise 
dispensation of justice all men bear tributes.
  Joseph K. was married in 1851 to Mary Ellen Hamilton of Somerset 
county, who with their eight children survives him. The sons are 
Leroy N., Alex H., William W., and Frank E. The daughters are 
Mrs. Ann E. Sturgis, Mrs. Ellen D. Scott, Mrs. Lillian L. Greiner 
and Mrs. Maggie B. Hoy.   His surviving brothers are Samuel, William, 
John, Henry, Abram and Issac.
  Funeral on Saturday at 11 a.m., internment in Scottdale Cemetery.