OBIT: Daniel FETTERHOOF, 1903, near Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, PA

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  Daniel Fetterhoof died at his home near Spruce Creek Wednesday 
morning of heart disease.  Mr. Fetterhoof had been in his usual health 
and walked out to the barn.  He complained of a strange feeling in his 
throat and returning to the house expired in a few moments.  Deceased 
was born September 9th, 1836, and passed almost all his life at the old 
homestead.  He was a member of the Lutheran church at Waterstreet.  As 
a member of Company M of the Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry he served in 
the Civil war from October 24, 1861, to December 24, 1864, in the 
western army, and was an excellent soldier.  Captain James Bell, of 
Tyrone, commended the company from December 31, 1861, to May 25, 1863, 
when he was discharged on surgeon's certificate, then Captain Thomas S. 
McCahan, of Birmingham, succeeded to the command of the company, and 
was discharged on account of severe wounds on the 8th of August, 1864.
  In March, 1867, Mr. Fetterhoof was united in marriage with Miss Sue 
Chamberlain, of Warriorsmark, and she with the following children are 
still living: Mrs. Edward Neff, Warriorsmark; Mrs. C. Henry, 
Waterstreet; Clare, James, Alice, Edgar Chester and Alma, at home.  The 
following sisters and brothers survive: Mrs. Mary Shaffer, 
Shaffersville; Mrs. T. K. Henderson, Warriorsmark; George, Spruce 
Creek; John, Tyrone; Jesse, Warriorsmark; and William of Huntingdon.  
The funeral was held at Alexandria, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.  

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, December 24, 1903