OBIT: M. A. GHERST, 1916, Millersville, Lancaster County, PA

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MAJOR M. A. GHERST DEAD.

Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 18 - Major M. A. Gherst, formerly of Lebanon, died to-day 
at the home of his daughter at Millersville, Lancaster county, aged 69.  He 
served in the Civil War and was a Colonel in the National Guard of Pennsylvania 
on the staff of General Gobin.  He was also a past department commander of the 
State G. A. R., a member of the State Orphan School Commission and was recently 
appointed to a place in the Workmen's Bureau.  His widow and five children 
survive.


Star and Sentinel, Gettysburg, PA, February 19, 1916