OBIT: George FOUTS, 1899, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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DEATH OF A PIONEER.

  George Fouts died at his home in Ellisville, Illinois, at twenty 
minutes of 4 Sunday afternoon, September 24, 1899.  The funeral service 
was held in the Christian church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the 
Odd Fellows having charge of the ceremonies and Rev. E. W. Irons 
preaching the sermon.  Burial took place in Ellisville cemetery.
  The following brother and sisters survive: Fleda Fouts, of Bellwood, 
Blair county, Pa.; Mrs. A. T. Shore, Santa Ana, Orange county, Cal.; 
Mrs. E. Shaffer, of Shelly, Iowa; Mrs. Rachel Manley, of Lewistown, 
Fulton county, Ill., William H. Fouts, of Canton, Fulton county, Ill.
  George Fouts was born in Huntingdon county, Pa., February 18, 1826.  
He was married to Eliza M. Shafer, November 14, 1850, and together they 
moved to Illinois in the spring of 1852.  To them were born fourteen 
children, six of whom with the wife and mother survive to mourn his 
departure.  The surviving children are: Mrs. Emma Kuter, of Esmond; 
George Fouts and Mrs. Ella Staton of Lewistown; Mrs. Agnes Hearn, Mrs. 
Flora Jenkins, Mrs. Clara Jenkins, Sherman Fouts and Frank Fouts of the 
vicinity of Ellisville.  John Fouts of that place was a twin brother.
  Deceased was a member of the United German Reformed church, having 
united with it when about 16 years of age.  He was also an Odd Fellow, 
having joined that order in Ellisville in 1856, and therefore was the 
oldest Odd Fellow in point of membership of any one in that lodge.
  A good man has gone to his reward, and the community of which he was 
a resident unites in its expression of sympathy to the immediate family 
and near relatives in their great loss.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Wednesday, October 25, 1899