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Indiana Weekly Messenger, Indiana PA, October 7, 1891



MARRIAGES



Montford COCHRAN to Alberta B. JAMISON, of Indiana, on October 2, 1891,

by George Row.



J. L. JACOBY to Carrie SWEENEY, both of Indiana, on October 5, 1891, by

Rev. Hay.



C. S. STUCHELL to Nettie EVERWINE, both of Marion Center, Pa., on October

2, 1891, by Rev. Hall.



Robert O. QUIGLEY, of Holyoke, Colorado, to Cora B. ALBERT, of Butler

county,

on October 3, 1891, by George Row, Esq.



Charlie MORRISON, of Detroit, Michigan, to Terresie GIBSON, of Philadelphia,

on September 30, at Indiana, by James Fenton, Esq.



J. H. BRADY, of DuBois, to Essie L. STUCHELL, of Marion Center, at the

Indiana

House, on September 30, by Rev. Bell.



Elmer D. LYDICK, of Cherryhill tp., to Joanna LONG, of Rayne tp., this

county,

on October 1, 1891, at the home of Mr. John BEYERS, in Rayne tp., by Rev.

Ellenberger.



On October 1, 1881, a number of relatives and friends assembled at the

house of Mr. John BEYERS, Sr., in Rayne tp., to witness the marriage of

Mr. Elinor D. LYDICK to Miss Joanna LONG.  Among the invited guests were

Dr. J. C. SHORT and wife, of Onberg, and Miss Kate MOORHEAD, of Indiana.

Miss MOORHEAD was to have been placed at the organ but arrived too late

for the march.  After the marriage ceremony was performed by Rev.

Ellenberger,

of Marchand, some fine music was rendered by Miss Kate MOORHEAD.  The

guests,

numbering about twenty, then partook of a bountiful dinner.  The bride and

groom and a number of guests, after bidding good-bye to the aged

grandparents

left for the Indiana fair, leaving behind a number of valuable presents.



DEATHS



Aged Thomas FEENY dropped dead at a bar in Schuylkill Haven while

reaching for a glass of liquor.  Another warning.



Within the past two weeks Latrobe physicians wrestled with a strange

malady which baffled their skill and finally resulted in the death,

Thursday evening last, of Logan, a 12-year-old son of John WEPLER, of

hemorrage of the gums.  It appears that young WEPLER about two weeks

ago had a tooth extracted.  Bleeding continued, though every remedy

known to the medical fraternity there was tried, but proved to no avail.

>From what can be learned it seems that the trouble is hereditary, as Mrs.

WEPLER had five brothers, all of whom died from the same peculiar cause.

Two of her children also died from it previous to the death of Logan.

She has two boys yet living, one of whom is said to have inherited this

fatal peculiarity.  The disease is known by medical men as "hemorrage

diathesis".



James CLARK, Esquire, was born in Plumcreek township, Armstrong county,

on the 25th of September, 1806, and died on the 1st of October, 1891; he

was, therefore, at the time of his decease, in his 86th year.  He was of

that sturdy Scotch-Irish stock which about the year 1770, following the

path of General Armstrong's army, came out to the frontier from the

Cumberland valley, Captain James CLARK, his grandfather, was an officer

in the war of the revolution; after his term of office expired he settled

in Westmoreland county, near Hannastown, then the county seat of that

county, and was in command of the men who undertook the defence of the

town when it was burned by the Indians in 1782.  He subsequently removed

to the neighborhood of South Bend, Armstrong county, where he and his

descendants, until very recent years, have continuously resided.  His

maternal grandfather was Absalom WOODWARD, Sr., a man of uncommon thrift

and success in life.  It was said of him that he could travel from South

Bend to Kittanning, down the creek and up the river, without leaving his

own land.  James CLARK, the deceased, was the oldest of a large family of

children, yet he outlived them all.  He was born in the same year in which

the county of Indiana was formed, and the town of Indiana was laid out and

established as the county seat.  He removed to this place from Elderton in

the year 1835, and resided here from that time to the time of his death.  He

was an active, energetic and enterprising citizen, and was always,

throughout

the entire period of a long life, identified with those who were foremost in

advancing the interests of the town and county.  During the active period of

his life he was almost continuously connected with the management of the

public schools, or of the municipal affairs of the town.  He served several

terms as burgess and for ten years was a justice of the peace.  He was a

faithful and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and was president

of the board of trustees when the present church edifice was erected.  He

was a Democrat in politics and steadfastly adhered to the principles and

followed the fortunes of his party.  On the 13th of September, 1831, he was

married to Anne MOORHEAD, granddaughter of Fergus MOORHEAD, who was also one

of the pioneer settlers of Indiana county.  Sometime after the French and

Indian war, and before peace was fully established, he was captured by the

Indians on his way from his home to Kittanning and was detained at Quebec

for

eleven months as a prisoner of war.  Mrs. CLARK died on the 28th of

February,

1879, aged seventy-two years.  Squire CLARK has out lived all those who were

his intimate friends and companions in early life.  The generation of men

with

which he had to do has passed away, and he was laid in his last resting

place

by those who, although white-haired and advanced in years, were but boys

when

he was a man.  Another of the old landmarks which trace the boundary between

this and former generations has been removed.  Deceased was the father of

six

children, three of whom, William, James, and Woodward, are dead.  The

survivors

are Mrs. Elizabeth STEWART, Judge Silas M. CLARK, and Fergus Scott CLARK.

The

funeral took place on Saturday afternoon.  The services were conducted by

Rev.

Dr. Hall, and were very impressive and listened to by a large number of

friends

and relatives.  The remains were laid to rest in Oakland Cemetery.



MISCELLANEOUS



Mr. Lewis STRAYER, formerly of this place, has located in Johnstown.



Will KECK, of McKeesport, was an Indiana visitor last week.  He is a son of

Solomon KECK, of this place.



"Wally" BELL, of Pittsburg, is here on a visit to his father "Billy" BELL,

the

well-known janitor of the Court House.



Mr. Rush JONES and wife, of Washington, Pa., son of Rev. JONES, formerly of

this

place, visited friends in town last week.



Mr. and Mrs. Robert SCANLAN and sister Mary, of Ebensburg, were in Indiana

over

Sabbath, visiting Mrs. SCANLON's parents.



Mr. Harry FARREN and sister Mable, formerly of this place, but now of

Pittsburg,

are visiting numerous friends in town.



Frank KIRCHNER, a Latrobe coal miner, son of Charles KIRCHNER, formerly of

Indiana, came over last week to see what kind of a fair we could scare up.

He

reports himself well pleased with it.