OBIT: William S. FINDLEY, 1889, Columbia, Lancaster County, PA

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DEATH OF WM. S. FINDLEY

His Demise Caused by Consumption

COLUMBIA, Nov. 26.-William S. Findley, a well-known resident of town, died this 
morning at 4:40 o’clock, after a lingering illness from pulmonary consumption.  
He had been sick for 27 months, but was only confined to his bed for one week.  
He was a native of Columbia, and was in his 40th year.  He was a carpenter by 
trade and was employed with the P. R. R. for eleven years prior to his last 
sickness.  A wife and eight children survive.  He was a member of the 
Pennsylvania railroad relief department.  At one time he was president of the 
Columbia fire company, and the engine house has been draped in his memory.  The 
funeral will be held on Thursday, at 2 o’clock; services in the Methodist 
church.


Lancaster Intelligencer, Tuesday, November 26, 1889