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  The McKean Democrat 1913
  DEATHS IN MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JULY-DECEMBER 1913
  FROM THE
  THE MCKEAN DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER, (SMETHPORT)
  
  The following death notices appeared in the McKean Democrat from July through 
  December  during the year of 1913.  The date of publication is shown prior to 
  the item(s).  There is no implication that this is all that may have been 
  published in these editions since some editions may be missing and many of the 
  pages or portions thereof are unreadable.  
  Transcribed by Ronald J. Reid, 2010
  
  July 3, 1913
  
  Page 1.
  Lewis Smedley, of Bradford Loses His Life Last Thursday
    The Bradford Star-Record of last Thursday give the following details of a 
  most distressing drowning causualty which occurred at that place that morning:
    Lewis M. Smedley, aged 35 years, an oil producer, living at 194 South 
  avenue, was drowned in tuna creek an eighth of a mile above the B.R.&P. shops 
  at about 7:30 this morning.
    In company with his father, Thomas D. Smedley, the young man had gone to 
  their lease at South Bradford to make some necessary repairs.  The father and 
  son were putting asbestos on a burner when Lewis excused himself by 
  saying, “Wait a minute,” and going out of the boiler house door.  His father 
  waited about twenty minutes for him to reappear, and then called loudly to 
  him.  Upon receiving no answer, Mr. Smedley started out in search of the young 
  man.  The sight of his hat lying on the creek bank directed Mr. Smedley’s 
  steps in that direction.  There in a pool of water used as a boys’ swimming 
  hole and about four feet in depth, he found the body of his son.  The frantic 
  parent lifted the limp body of the young man, who was probably already dead, 
  to the bank of the stream and worked vigorously to revive him.  Mr. Smedley 
  sent a passing small boy to the B.R.&P. shops for assistance and in answer 
  T.D. Henretty, Michael Behan, Patrick Gavin, Leon Henretty, Leo Quinn and 
  Edward Flynn hurried to the scene and aided the father in trying to bring the 
  younger Smedley back to consciousness.
    Their efforts were in vain and Acting Coroner Robbins was notified.  The 
  body was removed to Koch’s undertaking establishment and examined by Dr. James 
  Johnson, who gave the cause of death as drowning.
    Mr. Smedley had been in poor health for some time, being a sufferer from 
  malaria, and it is presumed that he was overtaken by a dizzy spell and 
  staggered down the bank into the creek.  An examination of the body by Dr. 
  Johnston disclosed that there were no broken bones, no bruises and plenty of 
  air in the chest.  The limpness of the body, absence of rigidity after death 
  and the condition of the eyes indicated that there had been no struggling, no 
  labored breathing, no muscular exhaustion and no nervous excitement.  All of 
  which leads to the idea that Mr. Smedley was unconscious, either from shock of 
  a fall or some other cause, when he fell into the water.
    Lewis Smedley was born in Butler county, June 25, 1878, and had just 
  celebrated his 35th birthday yesterday.  His family removed to Bradford soon 
  after his birth and he has spent practically his whole life in this city.  He 
  was a graduate of the Bradford high school and a young man of a high order of 
  mentality, being an omnivorous reader, who retained, in a large measure, what 
  he had once read.  Always of a retiring nature, he spent most of his time when 
  not engaged in looking after his oil interests at home with his family.  His 
  untimely end comes as a great shock and his bereaved parents and sisters have 
  the sympathy of the entire community.  Besides his parents, the deceased is 
  survived by two sisters, Miss Annette Smedley, of Portland, Ore., and Miss 
  Lydia Smedley, who is touring in the Canadian Rockies and was last heard from 
  at Lake Louise.  Funeral arrangements will not be made until Miss Smedley is 
  located.
  
  Page 1.
    David W. Jordon, aged 69 years, of Kane, was overcome by the heat last 
  Tuesday, and soon after expired.  He is survived by a wife and three daughters.
  
  Page 1.
    John W. Butler, aged 43 years, was stricken down with the heat in Bradford 
  last evening, and soon afterwards expired.  He is survived by a wife and one 
  daughter.
  
  Page 1.
    Allegany County Veteran Dies at Reunion.
    Gettysburg, July 1. – The death early this morning of Otto L. Stawm, of 
  Almond, N.Y., a member of the 28th Massachusetts Infantry, was the fourth 
  casualty among the veterans encamped here thus far.  His lifeless body was 
  found in his tent by one of his comrades.  Death was due to an apoplectic 
  stroke.
  
  Page 1.
  Death of John Grigsby
    John Grigsby, one of Smethport’s old and well known citizens, died at his 
  home on East Willow street, at about 11:00 o’clock last Friday morning, of a 
  complication of ailments, aged about 70 years.  Mr. Grigsby had been in 
  failing health for some time previous to his death, and during the past two or 
  three weeks his death had been expected at almost any time, therefore, when 
  the end came it was not unexpected.
    John Grigsby was a native of Wayne county, N.Y., where he was born in 1843.  
  At the age of 12 years his parents came to Port Allegany, this county.  Soon 
  after the faily settled in that place the father died, and shortly thereafter 
  Mr. Grigsby came to Smethport, where he continued to reside up until his 
  death.  On Nov. 18, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Florence Adele, 
  daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Job Gifford, of this borough.  This union 
  was blessed with sic children, viz: Mrs. G. Humphreys, of Smethport; Mr. Leon 
  Grigsby, of Buffalo; Mrs. Emmeline Hendrickson, of North Clymer; Roy Grigsby, 
  of Eldred; Sam Grigsby, of Smethport, and Mrs. Mildred Nagel, of Bradford, who 
  with the widow survive.  Besides his own immediate family Mr. Grigsby is 
  survived by two sisters, Mrs. W.O. Gallup, of Kane, and Mrs. Phoebe Albright, 
  of Rochester N.Y., and one brother, Charles Grigsby, of Idaho, and a half 
  brother, A.S. Burdick, of Smethport.
    John Grigsby was, up to the time his health began to fail, an industrious, 
  hard working man, honest and straightforward in his dealings with his fellow 
  man.  He was a good citizen, and numbered his friends by the legion, all of 
  whom will sincerely mourn his departure.
    The funeral, which was largely attended, was held at the house, at 2:00 
  Sunday afternoon, Rev. E.S. Beacom, of the M.E. church, officiating.  The 
  remains were laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
  Page 1.
  A.P. Sprague Suddenly Passes Away
    A Salamanca, N.Y., special to the Bradford Era of Wednesday says:  A.P. 
  Sprague succumbed to the heat this morning at 11:00 o’clock, dying in Dr. 
  Martin’s office, where he was taken for relief.
    Mr. Sprague has been complaining of the heat for several days, and when 
  going to work Tuesday morning told his employees that he was feeling poorly.  
  He had been constantly afraid that his chronic ailment, asthma and chest 
  trouble would bring death.
    Saying that the was going to a doctor he left his place of business on the 
  south side and started across the bridge to the office of Doctor Martin.  He 
  fell unconscious on the way, and died shortly after in the physician’s office, 
  the intense heat being assigned as the direct cause.
    The deceased has been in the harness business in this city for thirty years, 
  and was a most respected and esteemed citizen.  His wife is the only other 
  member of the family.
    Mr. Sprague was a brother of Mrs. A.T. Palmer, of this borough, and was well 
  and favorably known in Smethport, where he had quite frequently visited, his 
  last visit to this place being on last Memorial day.
  
  July 10, 1913
  
  Page 1.
  Sudden Death of A.E. Hackett This Morning
    The citizens of this borough were shocked this Thursday morning on the 
  announcement of the death of Albert Hackett at his home on East street, at 
  about 4:00 o’clock this morning.
    Mr. Hackett had been complaining for several days of a severe pain in his 
  head, but had kept about and attended to his business, that of a concrete 
  contractor, and was busy at work yesterday on a sidewalk he was putting down 
  for H.C. Wells, on the Brooklyn side.  The particulars of his death as near as 
  we are able to get them this morning, was that Mr. Hackett awoke about 3:00 
  o’clock complaining of much distress in his head.  Subsequently Mrs. Hackett 
  went down stairs to the phone for the purpose of summoning a doctor.  During 
  her short absence Mr. Hackett passed away.  It appears to be the consensus of 
  opinion of these whom we interviewed that the cause of death was a blood clot 
  forming on the brain.
    Albert Hackett was 63 years of age and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Moses 
  Hackett, pioneer residents of Keating township and afterwards residents of 
  Smethport for many years.  He was born at the old homestead and had been a 
  life-long resident of this section.  Up to a few years ago the subject of this 
  sketch was one of Keating township’s successful farmers, when he moved to 
  Smethport and engaged extensively in the concrete business, which he followed 
  up to the time of his death.  He was an industrious hard working man and had 
  worked very hard at his business during the past season which in all 
  probability hastened his end.  Prior to his moving to Smethport MR. Hackett 
  had erected three substantial dwelling houses on East street, one of which he 
  was occupying at the time of his death.
    He is survived by his widow and one son, Claude, of Warsaw, N.Y.  Besides 
  his immediate family he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. A.E. Robbins and 
  Mrs. L.L. Simmons, of Genesee, Pa.; Mrs. I.H. Liggett, of Emporium, Pa., and 
  Miss Lelia Hackett, of Smethport.  
    At the time the Democrat goes to press it had not been decided on what time 
  the funeral would be held, but probably it will take place Saturday.
  
  Page 1.
    At Eldred last evening an eighteen-year-old Jewish girl, named Silverman, 
  committed suicide by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid, death resulting 
  soon afterwards.  The girl’s parents are Eldred residents, the father being a 
  junk dealer.
  
  Page 5.
    William C. Carr, of Bradford, who was employed on the Port Allegany paving 
  job, was overcome last week by the heat, and on Saturday last expired at the 
  McGranor hospital, in that pin that place, from the effects of the stroke.  
  The deceased was 35 years of age.  He is survived by one brother, James Carr, 
  of Bradford, and three sisters, Miss Hattie Hickey, of Olean; Mrs. M. Sullivan 
  and Miss Kate Carr, of Bradford.  The remains were taken to Bradford, where 
  the funeral was held at St. Bernard’s church Monday morning.  Interment was 
  made in St. Bernard’s cemetery.
  
  July 17, 1913
  
  Page 1.
  Aged Woman Committed Suicide
    Mrs. Margaret Reese, of Coryville, committed suicide by taking paris green 
  last Friday.  Mrs Reese, who was 62 years of age, had made her home with her 
  son, John Reese, of Coryville, for some time past.  Of late she had shown 
  signs of being mentally unbalanced.
    It appears that on Friday morning the aged woman found a quantity of paris 
  green and succeeded in swallowing several teaspoonfuls of the poison.  She was 
  soon seized with severe illness and Dr. Chadwick of this borough was 
  summoned.  The physician worked over the woman with a stomach pump and applied 
  various emetics, but the poison had so thoroughly permeated her system that 
  death resulted about 3:00 o’clock Saturday morning.
    Mrs. Reese had been a resident of Coryville for many years.  The only cause 
  that can be attributed to her rash act is that it was a result of her 
  enfeebled mental condition.  About a year ago Mrs. Reese attempted to end her 
  life by taking carbolic acid.
    The body was taken on Saturday to Tiogo county where the funeral and 
  interment occurred.
  
  Page 1.
    John Heath died at the County Home last Saturday night.  The man was brought 
  to Smethport from Port Allegany about four weeks ago, having been a resident 
  of that place for about 17 years.  Heath was a stone mason by trade but of 
  late had worked as a porter about hotels.  He was addicted to the opium habit 
  and his death resulted from a breaking down of the system caused by the use of 
  that drug.  The deceased had no relatives living.  Interment was made at the 
  County Home Monday.
  
  Page 1.
    Word has been received in this section that P.C. McAnnallen, a driller, who 
  was a former resident of Ormsby up to several years ago, when he went to the 
  oil fields of Oklahoma, was killed while at his work in that state the 
  forepart of last week.  NO further particulars were given than that death 
  resulted from an accident and that the funeral and interment occurred at 
  Kieffer, Okla., on Wednesday of last week.  Mr. McAnnallen visited his old 
  home last fall and was in Smethport last fair week.  He was a man of many fine 
  qualities and news of his death comes as a distinct shock to his many friends 
  in this vicinity.  Deceased is survived by two daughters, both married, who 
  reside in Oklahoma.  
  
  Page 1.
    Mrs. Knowlton suddenly passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dave 
  Parsons, of Northumberland avenue, this borough, last Saturday evening, 
  apoplexy being assigned as the cause of her death.
    On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Knowlton came to Smethport form her home in 
  Belfast, N.Y., for a visit with her daughter.  She had apparently been in her 
  usual health during her stay in town, and up to Saturday night she had not 
  complained of illness.  Between 7:00 and 8:00 o’clock she was seized with the 
  stroke.  Dr. Chadwick was summoned but little could be done for the stricken 
  woman and her death occurred about 11 o’clock.  The deceased was 73 years of 
  age, and as far as we have been able to ascertain is survived by a daughter, 
  Mrs. Parsons, of this borough and two sons, one of whom lives in Olean, and 
  the other is engaged in the undertaking business in Hornell.  The latter son 
  came to Smethport Monday and took charge of the remains.
    Prayer services were held at the Parson home Monday afternoon at 1:00 
  o’clock, and the remains were taken on the afternoon Shawmut train to Belmont, 
  N.Y., for interment.
  
  Page 1.
    Thomas McPherson, the Norwich man who fell down stairs at the Moose 
  headquarters, in Olean on Saturday night, July 6th, an account of which 
  appeared in the Democrat of last week, died in the Higgins Memorial hospital, 
  in that city last Saturday morning as a result of the injuries he had 
  sustained the week before.  The result of the examination showed that the 
  unfortunate man had died from a fracture at the base of the skull.
    The funeral of Mr. McPherson was held at an Olean undertaking establishment 
  last Tuesday morning and was under the auspices of the Olean Moose, who looked 
  after Mr. McPherson after he had received his injuries, which subsequently 
  proved fatal.  The interment was made in Mount View cemetery, Olean.
    The Democrat has been unable to learn as to whether the deceased had any 
  relative or from when he came to Norwich, form which place he had gone to 
  Olean for the purpose of spending the Fourth of July.  But one thing appears 
  to be well established, that he received the very best care from his brother 
  Moose, of Olean, after he had sustained his injuries, while on a visit to 
  their headquarters on the night in question.
    McPherson was quite well known in Smethport and his death will come as a 
  shock to his friends.
  
  Page 5.
    The death of Philip Hooker, aged 87 years, occurred on his farm near 
  Bradford, last Saturday night.  The deceased settled on the farm where he died 
  upwards of fifty years ago.  He is survived by four sons.
  
  Page 5.
    The funeral of the late Albert Hackett was held at the house last Saturday 
  afternoon, and was largely attended by relatives and friends.  Rev. E.S. 
  Beacom, pastor of the M.E. church officiated at the services.  The interment 
  was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
  Page 5.
    A three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pitcher, of Ormsby, died the 
  latter part of last week.  The funeral, which was largely attended, was held 
  at Ormsby Sunday afternoon, Rev. E.S. Beacom, pastor of the M.E. church, of 
  this borough, officiating.  The interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery, this 
  borough.
  
  July 24, 1913
  
  Page 1.
  Death of Andrew Anderson
    Andrew Anderson, one of Clermont’s old and highly esteemed citizens, died at 
  his home in that place at about 4:00 o’clock last Sunday afternoon, after an 
  illness of about two weeks, aged nearly 84 years.
    Mr. Anderson was born in Sweden, and came to America in 1881, and settled at 
  Clermont soon after he reached this country, where he had continued to reside 
  up until his death.  He was an industrious and honest man, and was held in 
  high esteem by his friends and neighbors, among whom he had made his home for 
  upwards of thirty years.  Notwithstanding his advance age Mr. Anderson had 
  been in comparatively good health up to about two weeks previous to his death, 
  when he was seized by the illness which terminated in his death.
    The deceased is survived by a widow and nine children, all of whom, with the 
  exception of one daughter, who is in Wisconsin, reside in close proximity to 
  the old homestead.  Mrs. M.E. Carlson, of Bank street, this borough is a 
  daughter.
    The funeral was held at the Union church, Clermont, Wednesday afternoon, and 
  the interment was made in the Bayer cemetery at that place.
    The democrat unites in tendering it sympathy to the bereaved family.
  
  Page 1.
    Fredonia, N.Y., July 21. – When James Damon, of Lamberton, N.Y., and Mrs. 
  Caroline Eastwood, of Port Allegany, Pa., stepped from a Buffalo & Lake Erie 
  traction car yesterday afternoon and started to cross the street they walked 
  into the path of an automobile driven by Herbert C. Madden, of Dunkirk.  Mrs. 
  Eastwood was almost instantly killed and Damon suffered numerous cuts and 
  bruises.  The couple were on their way to the village clerk’s office to take 
  out a marriage license and were to have been married last night.  Mrs. 
  Eastwood was 60 years old and Damon about the same age.
  
  Page 1.
  Death of Hon. Merlin E. Olmsted
    Hon. Merlin Edgar Olmsted, of Harrisburg, one of the best known public men 
  in Pennsylvania, died very unexpectedly at the Eye and Ear hospital for New 
  York, where he had undergone an operation one week ago last Tuesday for a 
  bronchial affection, on Saturday last.  The announcement of the death of Mr. 
  Olmsted came as a shock to a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances 
  throughout the State, as it was not generally known that the was ailing.  
  After serving sixteen years in Congress from the Harrisburg district Mr. 
  Olmsted retired last spring voluntarily, and shortly after his retirement from 
  his Congressional duties he started on an European trip, and while on 
  shipboard on his return home he was afflicted with a slight hoarseness.  
  Instead of his condition improving on his return home the reverse was the 
  case, and an operation was recommended, and Mr. Olmsted was taken to New York 
  for the operation, which terminated fatally.
    Marlin Edgar Olmsted was born in Ulysses township, Potter county, Pa., May 
  21, 1847; educated in the common schools and Coudersport academy.  At an early 
  age he was appointed assistant corporation clerk by Auditor General 
  (afterwards governor) Hartranft; one year later he was made corporation clerk 
  in charge of the collection of taxes from corporations and was continued in 
  the position by Auditor General Harrison Allen.  He read law and was admitted 
  to the bar of Dauphin county in 1878; to the bar of the supreme court of 
  Pennsylvania in 1881, and to the bar of the supreme court of the United States 
  in 1884.  He was elected to represent Dauphin county in the proposed 
  constitutional convention  in 1891.  On October 26, 1899, he was united in 
  marriage with Gertrude, daughter of the late Major Conway r. Howard, of 
  Richmond Va.  The honorary degree of doctor of laws was conferred upon him by 
  Lebanon valley college in 1903 and by Dickinson college in 1905.
    In addition to his wife and family Mr. Olmsted is survived by five brothers; 
  H.C. of Bradford; A.S., G.C., and D.I. Olmsted, of Condersport; two sisters, 
  Mrs. F.L. Andrews of Condersport and Mrs. A.C. Sparrow of Warren N.Y.
    The deceased was a nephew of ex Judge A.G. Olmsted, of Coudersport.
  
  July 31, 1913
  
  Page 1.
    Died at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mr. H.W. Rubin, of King 
  street, at an early hour last Friday morning, Ida, the nine months old 
  daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sol Marks, of Renovo, Pa.  The little one was brought 
  to Smethport on the previous Monday by Mrs. Marks for her first visit with her 
  grandparents.  At that time little Ida was apparently in her usual health, but 
  on the following Thursday was stricken by illness, and notwithstanding medical 
  assistance was summoned at once, and everything that medical skill could 
  suggest was done to relieve the suffering of the little one, the end soon 
  came.  The remains were taken to Bradford Friday afternoon, where the 
  interment was made in the Jewish cemetery at that place.  The Democrat unites 
  with a wide circle of friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved parents 
  and grandparents in their hour of affliction.
  
  Page 1.
    Donald McCarthy, aged 7 years and 8 months, died at the home of his parents, 
  Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, of East street, Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock, 
  after a week’s illness from a spinal trouble.
    About two weeks ago Donald, in company with some other children, was playing 
  in the loft of a barn owned by Mr. Johnson, of Northumberland avenue, and one 
  of his companions accidentally shoved him through the door of the loft, with 
  the result that he fell about 10 feet, striking in such a manner as to injure 
  his hip.
     The injury did not cause the lad any pain after the time being and was 
  thought to be of a trivial nature up to Tuesday of last week.  On that day 
  Donald accompanied his uncle, John Voorhies, in a buggy to Norwich and return, 
  and following this ride he was taken with pains in his spine.  A physician was 
  summoned, but in spite of the best of medical attendance the case did not 
  yield to treatment and death resulted seven days later.  The cause of death 
  was laindrys paralysis.
    Donald was an unusually bright child who was a general favorite.  During his 
  illness he suffered the most excruciating pain, but through it all this little 
  boy bore his suffering with a sparton-like stoicism that was nothing short of 
  marvelous. 
    Francis Donald McCarthy was born in Smethport and would have been eight 
  years old on Nov. 25th next.
    The funeral was held at St. Elizabeth’s church this, Thursday morning, Rev. 
  J.F. Dugan officiating.  Interment was made in St. Elizabeth’s cemetery.
  
  Page 1.
  Clifford Holmes Meets Death in Cuba Lake – The lad Could Not Swim
    Cuba, July 29. – Another tragic drowning accident occurred between 11 and 12 
  o’clock today at Lake Cuba, the victim being Clifford Holmes, a 16-year-old 
  Bradford boy, who with his mother had come to the lake Sunday for his 
  vacation.  The lad, who was unable to swim, was playing in front of the George 
  Sackett cottage and dived off the dock, trusting to a pair of water wings to 
  support him.  His mother, Mrs. William B. Holmes, and Mrs. Bert Osborne, of 
  Bradford, were inside the cottage and the first that they were aware of the 
  accident was when they saw the water wings floating on the surface and noticed 
  that the boy had disappeared.  Evidently the wings had slipped from under his 
  arms and he had not even cried out as he struggled to save himself.
    The frightened women ran for assistance and it was probably fully 25 minutes 
  or more after the drowning before they found some men who returned with them 
  to the scene of the accident and it may have been 30 or 40 minutes before the 
  body was recovered by William Morris, proprietor of the Kinney House, and 
  Claude Snyder, who pushed it out to the bank with the aid of a fishing pole 
  and a small hook attached to it.  Meantime Dr. Copeland, of Wellsville, who is 
  camping on the lake had been summoned and he worked long and faithfully to 
  resuscitate the drowned lad.  His efforts proved to be without result, 
  however, and even with the aid of an oxygen tank and the assistance of Dr. 
  H.F. Gillette and Dr. H.L. Whipple, who hurried from Cuba with the apparatus 
  in an automobile, he was unable to restore any sign of life.
    The water where the drowning occurred was only about 10 feet in depth and 
  there were four boats within a few feet of where the boy sank.  The body was 
  not more than 15 feet from the shore.  Had there been anyone nearby, who could 
  have recovered the body more quickly, there is a possibility that the accident 
  might not have proved fatal.  The panic-stricken women ran nearly a mile 
  before they found anyone to assist them.
    The boy’s father, who is a wall paper merchant in Bradford, was not with the 
  camping party.  He was notified early this afternoon of the accident and 
  hurried to Cuba.  The body was taken to Bradford this evening.
  
  August 7, 1913
  
  Page 1.
  Death of W.I. Lewis
    This community was startled last Saturday on the news reaching this place 
  that W.I. Lewis had died at his home in Coudersport that morning.  While it 
  was known in this borough that Mr. Lewis had been ailing it was not generally 
  understood that his condition was in any way considered critical.  Only a few 
  days previous to his death he had visited relatives in this borough.
    Mr. Lewis was a well known lawyer in this section, and a few years ago he 
  was appointed general solicitor for the tide Water Pipe Line Co., with 
  headquarters in New York city.  That he was a lawyer of ability is attested by 
  his being called into the service of that company and placed in such a 
  commanding position in their legal department.  Mr. Lewis was a member of both 
  the Potter and McKean county bars, and was high up in Masonry.
    The deceased was well and favorably known in Smethport where he had a host 
  of warm personal friends, who were shocked to hear of his unexpected death.  
  He was a gentleman of charming personality, who readily made friends on all 
  sides, and he had no trouble in maintaining them.
    The deceased was a brother-in-law of A.W. and C.M. Colegrove, of Smethport.  
  He is survived by a widow and one son.
    The funeral was held in Coudersport last Monday afternoon, and was largely 
  attended by sympathizing friends.   The interment was made in that place.
    A good man has gone to his reward.
  
  August 14, 1913
  John Gallagher Brutally Murdered
    One of the oldest blooded and most heartless murders that has ever occurred 
  in this county took place at Clermont between one and two o’clock last Friday 
  morning, Aug. 8th.  The victim of the brutal murder was John Gallagher, aged 
  32 years, and Christie Pete, a Macedonian, is now in the McKean county Jail, 
  here, charged with the crime, awaiting the action of the next grand jury.
  (Article is extremely long so only portions are included here)
    John Gallagher was born in Emporium and is survived by a mother, two sisters 
  and a brother.  He was a young man well spoken of by all who knew him.
    His mother and a sister, Margaret Gallagher, who reside in Emporium; Mrs. 
  P.A. Coffey, a sister, and son, of Limestone, N.Y., and a brother, P.H. 
  Gallagher, of Franklin, Pa., arrived in Smethport Saturday.
    After the members of the family reached town it was decided to hold the 
  funeral in Smethport, and at 3:00 o’clock Sunday afternoon the services were 
  conducted at St. Elizabeth’s church, Rev. J.F. Dugan, pastor of that church, 
  being in charge.  The interment took place in St. Elizabeth’s cemetery.
  
  
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  Death of Oliver Irons
    Died at his home on the Marvin creek road, in Keating township, at an early 
  hour, Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, 1913, Oliver Irons, in the 91st year of his 
  age.
    As Mr. Irons had been in failing health for many months past the 
  announcement of his death did not come as a surprise to him many friends, who 
  had been expecting the passing away of this pioneer citizen almost daily 
  during the past year.  Oliver Irons was one of the oldest citizens in this 
  section, and had spent his entire life in McKean county, and was one of those 
  rugged, healthy men that pioneer life produced.  He was a son of Gideon and 
  Miami Irons, who were among the earlier settlers of the county, and was born 
  in Keating township in 1823, and from that day until his death he always 
  resided in this vicinity, where he was extensively engaged in farming up until 
  his last illness.  For years in connection with his farming duties he 
  manufactured cheese, which had a reputation far and wide as being the best to 
  be had in this section of the State.  He was a remarkably active man even in 
  his old age, and up to the time he was confined to his home by his last 
  illness he held his age to a remarkable degree, giving one little idea that he 
  was crowding the ninety year mark.
    In 1851 he was united in marriage to Miss Ann Housler.  This union was 
  blessed with six children; five of whom survive, Wilbur, of Keating township, 
  George G., of Arizona; Willis W., of West Virginia; Mrs. Charles Bates, who 
  has been with her father during his last illness, and Mrs. Charles Bigelow, of 
  Bradford.  The wife and mother passed away several years ago.
    What wonderful changes this aged man saw wrought in this count during his 
  long lifetime.  When he first saw the light of day this county was practically 
  an unbroken wilderness, and when he lay down the burden he had seen it turned 
  into one of the richest counties of the State – all in a single life time.  He 
  was a hard working man up to almost the last, and left an honorable record as 
  a heritage to his family.  In the passing of Oliver Irons Keating township 
  loses one of its oldest and best known citizens.
    The funeral will be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, 
  Rev. W.E. VanDyke, rector of St. Luke’s church of this borough officiating.  
  The interment will take place in Rose Hill Cemetery.
  
  August 21, 1913
  
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    A Port Allegany dispatch of Monday says:  Fred Huggler, of Port Allegany, a 
  fireman employed on the pusher which runs between Port Allegany and Keating 
  Summit, was instantly killed last night by the north bound flyer on the 
  Pennsylvania railroad at Relay, six miles above this place.
    In attempting to jump onto his engine, Huggler missed his footing and fell 
  on the next rack, directly in front of the onrushing flyer.  The lower part of 
  the fireman’s body was completely crushed.
    The dead man was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huggler and was born in 
  Limestone.  Besides his parents he is survived by five sisters and one 
  brother.  His brother is at Scranton on a vacation.  One of his sisters it was 
  learned today, is at Galeton, Pa.
    Coroner Sherman, of Bradford was called to the scene of the accident Monday, 
  and after an investigation decided that an inquest was not necessary,
  
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    Bradford Era Monday:  With his wife lying injured in the same institution, 
  Harry S. Southard, 15 Tibbits avenue, died yesterday morning at 8 o’clock in 
  the Hamot hospital, at Erie, as the result of an automobile accident near 
  there last Thursday evening.
    Up until shortly before the end it was thought by his physicians that the 
  injured man would recover, although he sustained a broken collar bone and six 
  fractured ribs.
    Mr. and Mrs. Southard had left Erie Thursday evening after a visit with an 
  uncle there, and were returning to Bradford, by way of North east, after an 
  automobile trip, during deceased’s vacation.
    The accident occurred on the Lake road, near McDannel’s grove, when the 
  Southard machine was struck by a Four Mile Creek car.  The road is in bad 
  condition there, and it is thought that Southard, seeing the entrance to the 
  grove, either mistook it for a cross road, or intended to turn around and go 
  back to Erie.
    A long row of low hanging maples fringe the road at this point, preventing 
  either party from seeing the other.  The machine was squarely on the track, 
  when the traction car struck it from the rear, the back wheels being torn off 
  and the force of the collision breaking every spoke in them.  The forepart of 
  the machine, a Hupmobile, was uninjured.
    The injured people were rushed to the Hamot hospital in an ambulance, but 
  Mr. Southard did not regain consciousness until late Friday morning.  However, 
  as far as known, there were no internal injuries besides the broken bones and 
  his condition was hardly regarded as critical.
    Deceased was 46 years of age, and the son of Mr. H.S. and Mrs. Sarah 
  Southard.  He was born in Erie, and moved to Bradford about thirty years ago, 
  being associated with is father in the lumber business for a number of years.  
  Mr. Southard had been with the Commercial National Bank for twenty years, 
  going there from the First National.
    The late Mr. Southard was of a cheerful temperament, and always had a smile 
  for everyone.  He was an accomplished musician, and always willing to sing at 
  entertainments.  IN his long service in the two Bradford financial 
  institutions with which he has been connected, he made many friends; and they 
  were deeply grieved when he failed to rally.
    Deceased leaves his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Martin Southard; an uncle, F.A. 
  Mizner of Erie, whom deceased was visiting just before the accident; an uncle 
  and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Spooner, of North East; and another aunt, Miss 
  Hattie Southard, also of North East.
    The funeral will be held at North East Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock with 
  interment in that place.
  
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    Michael Loney, burgess of Lewis run, and a well known business man of that 
  place, died at the Bradford hospital last Sunday afternoon, aged 36 years.  
  The deceased is survived by a widow and two children.
  
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    S.R. June, one of Annin township’s oldest and best known citizens, died at 
  the home of his son, in Port Allegany, last Thursday evening.  The cause of 
  his death was a general breaking down incident to old age.  The deceased was 
  81 years of age.  He is survived by one son.
  
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    A.D. Sloan, one of Bradford’s best known and most honored citizens, passed 
  away at the Bradford hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment during 
  the past month, at about 7:00 o’clock last Thursday evening, at the age of 68 
  years.  The deceased had been a resident of Bradford during the past 32 years, 
  and during that time had held many offices of trust in that city, all of which 
  he filled in an honorable and able manner.  The deceased is survived by his 
  widow and five children.  The funeral, which took place at the house Sunday 
  afternoon.  The interment was made in oak Hill cemetery.
  
  August 28, 1913
  
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  Body of Chris Digel Found In Creek
    About five o’clock last Sunday afternoon as F.H. Biever, the Shawmut agent 
  in this borough, was canoeing on the pond, and when nearly opposite the 
  Kushequa depot, at a point a short distance below where the foot bridge that 
  used to connect the main land with Herzog’s island stood, he saw an object in 
  the shallow water on the island side of the creek which he took to be a 
  corpse.  Mr. Beiver hastened to a nearby house and telephoned to County 
  Detective Jones of his discovery, and that officer and Sheriff Bain hastened 
  to the point indicated.  The officers went to the object in the water in a 
  boat, and Mr. Jones, on turning the body over (it lay face down in about two 
  feet of water) was startled on discovering it to be that of Chris Digel, who 
  had been for a long time in the employ of Mr. Jones in his livery barn in this 
  borough.
  (Article is very long and only portions included here)
    Nothing in the condition of the body in any way pointed to foul play.  His 
  hat and watch were both missing, but in his pockets were found nearly $180 in 
  cash and a check drawn in favor of Jones & Sasse fo $45, which precludes the 
  theory of foul play.  It does not seem possible that the body had been in the 
  water many hours when discovered, as it was in excellent state of preservation.
    Chris Digel was born in Germany, about 47 years ago, and when about 15 years 
  of age he got the notion into his head that he was coming America.  His 
  parents opposed the move, but he was so set on coming to this country that his 
  parents rather than to have him run away finally gave him the money to pay his 
  passage to America.  On arriving in New York he made his way at once to 
  Smethport, where he became a member of the family of his uncle, the Late John 
  Digel, where he remained until he was 21 years of age.  At that time he 
  located in Emporium, where he found employment in a livery stable.  After a 
  time spent in Emporium he returned to his county, where he was connected with 
  livery stables in Port Allegany and Smethport for many years.  He was an 
  expert horseman and an invaluable man about a livery barn.  He was both 
  efficient and honest in all his dealings, and thoroughly trustworthy.  During 
  his residence in Port Allegany he married, but the union proved an unhappy 
  one, and the couple had not lived together for several years.  The last that 
  was heard of Mrs. Digel she was then in Buffalo.  Up to four or five years ago 
  his parents and several brothers and sisters were living in Germany, but 
  whether any of the family are living today we have been unable to learn from 
  any of his cousins, his nearest relatives in this country, who reside in this 
  vicinity.
    The funeral services, which were well attended, were held at the Baptist 
  church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. O. Grey Hutchison officiating.  
  Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
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    Last Sunday morning Mrs. O.B. Lay, of Port Allegany, swallowed a quantity of 
  Paris green and notwithstanding every effort was made to save her life the 
  unfortunate woman passed away Monday morning.  Up to a short time ago Mrs. Lay 
  was a patient at a sanitarium in Norfolk, Va., and there appears to be no 
  doubt that she was not in her right mind when she swallowed the fatal dose.  
  The deceased was born in Coudersport, Sept. 14, 1856, and in 1868 she went to 
  Kane, where on January 5, 1875, she was united in marriage to O.B. Lay.  
  Several years ago the family removed to Port Allegany, where they have 
  continued to reside.  She is survived by her husband, two sons and a 
  daughter.  The remains were taken to Kane today for interment.
  
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  Death of Mrs. Brockham
    Mrs. Clarissa Brockham died at her home, Farmers Valley, last Saturday, age 
  d74 years.  The deceased was a pioneer resident of this section and was held 
  in high esteem by those who knew her.
    As far as we have been able to ascertain she is survived by two sons, Fred, 
  who resides at home, and Frank, who is in California.
    The funeral was held at Farmers Valley Monday afternoon.  The interment took 
  place in Smith’s cemetery.
  
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  Thos. Byron Killed
    Thomas P. Byron, of Bradford, was instantly killed near St. Marys last 
  evening, as a result of internal injuries sustained in an automobile 
  accident.  One of the front wheels of his automobile came off, which caused 
  the machine to turn turtle.  A young lady who was with Mr. Byron was thrown 
  clear of the automobile and escaped injury.
    Thomas P. Byron was 34 years of age, and was a most popular young man.  Mr. 
  Byron had been a great traveler, and was possessed of a literary merit of high 
  order, and he had been a prolific writer for magazines for a number of years.  
  He is survived by one sister, Miss Alma Byron, of Bradford.
    Deceased was a son of the late C.P. Byron of Bradford.
  
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  Family Dies While Husband is in Army
    The Kane Republican of last Thursday says:
    The death of Mrs. Zuesa Vlaho, a Grecian woman, of Ludlow, which occurred at 
  the Kane Summit hospital yesterday, was a sad one, inasmuch as an infant child 
  of the woman, died on Saturday, while a second child a three-year-old girl 
  passed away just before the mother died.
    The other was only 25 years of age, and both herself and the children died 
  from the same complaint, an affection of the bowels.
    The woman’s husband left here when the Greco-Turko war was declared, to 
  fight for his country, and he does not know of the death of his wife and 
  children.  They were brought to the hospital the latter part of last week and 
  their condition was considered grave from the first.
    The funeral services were held in the undertaking rooms of the Kane 
  Furniture company, this morning at 11 o’clock, a Grecian priest of Buffalo, 
  officiating.  The mother and child were laid to rest St. Callistus cemetery.
    The bride is a charming young lady, who has many friends in this borough.  
  The groom, who is a blower at the Berney-Bond bottle factory and a well known 
  musician, is a fine young man.
    Mr. and Mrs. Sharro departed after the ceremony for a short wedding trip, 
  after which they will reside in Smethport.  The Democrat unites with many 
  friends in extending congratulations to the young couple on this happy 
  occasion.
  
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    The death occurred last Thursday morning of Winifred, the 17-month-old 
  daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy, of West Main street.  Cholera 
  infantum was the cause of the little one’s death.  The funeral was held at the 
  house Saturday afternoon.
  
  September 4, 1913
  
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  Kane Man Murdered at Ridgway
    Al Andrews, of Kane, was shot by Pennsylvania railroad detective Dargavell 
  at Ridgway at an early our yesterday morning, and the young man’ death 
  resulted soon afterwards.  The detective attempted to arrest Andrews for 
  riding on a freight train and when the latter started to run the officious 
  brute drew his revolver and fired.  Andrews was well thought of, and County 
  Detective Jones, of this borough, went to Ridgway yesterday to investigate the 
  case.
  
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  Death of Mrs. Jane N. Forsythe
    Died at her home, on East Main street, at about four o’clock, Wednesday 
  morning, Sept. 3, 1913, Mrs. Jane N. Forsythe, relict of the late Daniel L. 
  Forsythe, in the 70th year of her age.
    Mrs. Forsythe had been afflicted for years with a tumor, but it had never 
  given her serious trouble until the recent past.  On Monday of last week, 
  while engaged about her household duties she fainted away three times, and 
  finally was compelled to take to her bed, since which time she was in a most 
  serious condition with no hopes of being better, and it was realized by 
  herself and her friends that it was only a question of a few days at most that 
  she could live, and she calmly made all arrangements for the final end.  
  During the last few hours of her life she lay in an unconscious condition and 
  her end came quietly.
    Jane Nealy was born in Howell, Mich,, Sept. 9, 1843, and had she lived until 
  next Tuesday she would have been 70 years of age.  During her girlhood days 
  she took up teaching in her native town, and followed that vocation up to the 
  time she was united in marriage to the late Daniel L. Forsythe, of this 
  borough, at Howell, on Jan. 11, 1888.  By reason of her long career as teacher 
  Mrs. Forsythe took a deep interest in educational matters, and served one term 
  as school director of this borough in a most acceptable manner.
    Directly after her marriage Mrs. Forsythe came to Smethport, and shortly 
  thereafter erected her home on East Main street, where she made her home up 
  until her death.  About two years ago her husband passed away, which was a 
  severe blow to the devoted wife, as this union was a most happy one in every 
  respect.
    Mrs. Forsythe was a woman of many admirable traits of character, and during 
  her twenty-five years’ residence in Smethport had formed many lasting 
  friendships, and gathered about her many loyal friends.  She was active in 
  literary and church work.  Since she came to this place she had affiliated 
  with the Methodist church, although she had been reared in the Presbyterian 
  faith, but as there is no church of that denomination in Smethport she united 
  by letter to the Methodist church.
    While it had been known for several days that Mrs. Forsythe could not live, 
  the announcement of her death, nevertheless, came as a profound shock to her 
  wide circle of acquaintances in this borough.  She was a good woman, and a 
  most active one in the various lines of endeavor, and that she will be greatly 
  missed goes without saying.
    The only surviving relative of Mrs. Forsythe in Smethport is Mrs. E.E. 
  Heath, a step-daughter, who was devoted in her attention to the one who has 
  gone to her reward.
    Funeral services will be held at the house at 2:00 o’clock this Thursday 
  afternoon, Rev. E.S. Beacom, pastor of the M.E. church, officiating.  The 
  remains, which will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Heath, will leave on 
  the 4:00 o’clock Pennsylvania train for Howell, Mich., where funeral services 
  will be held Friday at the Presbyterian church.  The interment will be made 
  beside the remains of the father and mother, in the cemetery at that place.  
  This was in compliance with the deceased’s request that her remains should 
  repose in her native town.
  (A tribute was also published on September 11, page 1.)
  (A tribute also published on October 18, page 4.)
  
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  Mrs. Jerome Keesler Killed at Degolia
    The Bradford Era of Monday, says:  Stepping from the northbound track to 
  avoid a freight train, Mrs. Rose Keesler was a moment later struck and 
  instantly killed by the southbound B.R.&P. flyer at 1:05 o’clock yesterday 
  afternoon between DeGolia and Custer City.
    The engineman of the flyer whistled frantically when he saw the doomed woman 
  and her husband step in front of his train, but the pedestrians evidently 
  thought it was the whistle of the freight engine, which had just roared past 
  them, and paid no heed.
    The engineer of the flyer jammed on the air and gave his grinding wheels the 
  sand.  But was a hopeless effort, for his train was an hour and a quarter 
  late, and rushing on at forty miles an hour.
    Under the very shadow of the pilot Jerome W. Keesler, the victim’s husband, 
  glancing toward his wife, with terror saw the throbbing engine upon them and 
  with an agonized cry of warning leaped aside, barely in time to escape the 
  woman’s fate.
    It is almost doubtful if Mrs. Keesler ever heard the warning, for she was 
  almost instantly struck, carried on the pilot and hurled to the roadway 150 
  feet from the spot where she was hit.
    The flyer ground to a stop, and the crew hurried back.  The woman’s head was 
  horribly smashed, and the face was driven into the cinders by the track.  The 
  left arm was cut off above the elbow and the right one broken in three 
  places.  Both lower limbs were broken and the body terribly mangled.  The 
  husband was half crazed.
    A member of the crew at once notified Still’s undertaking establishment and 
  Frank McAllister, accompanied by Coroner E.R. Sherman, drove to the scene of 
  the accident, where a large crowd of morbidly curious persons soon gathered.  
  At his investigation the coroner decided that the accident was due to 
  carelessness and that the passenger crew were in no manner to blame for the 
  fatality.
    Mr. Keesler, who works for the Emery Oil company, lives beside the station 
  at DeGolia.  He and his wife were walking up the tracks to visit his daughter, 
  Mrs. Goodrich Haven, of Custer City, and her guest, Mrs. Rosetta Barker of 
  Wyoming.
    Deceased had been a resident of DeGolia for four years, being the third wife 
  of Mr. Keesler.
    Mrs. Keesler wasn aunt of H.E. Haley, of this borough.  The funeral was held 
  at Still’s mortuary chapel, Bradford, at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, Rev. 
  L.A. Davis, of Custer City, officiating.  The remains were brought to 
  Smethport via the B.R.&P. railroad, arriving here on the 1:15 train on the 
  Kushequa railroad, and interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
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  Death of Mrs. William B. Clarke
    Mrs. Edna Crocker Clarke, the beloved wife of William B. Clarke, died at her 
  home in Fulsom, W.Va., shortly after midnight, Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 
  1913, after a long and painful illness of cancer of the breast, aged about 64 
  years.
    The affliction which terminated in Mrs. Clarke’s death developed about three 
  years ago, and as soon as the family became aware of her condition Mr. Clarke 
  took the patient to Pittsburgh, where she was operated on three years ago last 
  May.  It was thought at the time that the operation was an entire success, but 
  during the past year there was a recurrence of the old malady, and Mrs. Clarke 
  was at once taken back to Pittsburgh, and after an examination the surgeon 
  pronounced the case hopeless, and said that the patient would not live four 
  months, but she survived seven months afterwards, but was a great sufferer 
  during her last days.
    Edna Crocker was born in Bath, New Hampshire, in 1849.  She was a daughter 
  of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Crocker.  Her mother died when the subject 
  of this sketch was a little girl.  Subsequently the father remarried.  In 1875 
  the family came to Bradford, where on Nov. 30, 1876, Miss Crocker was united 
  in marriage to William B. Clarke, who had settled in Bradford at about the 
  same time that his bride had taken up her residence in that city, and for 
  nearly 37 years they journeyed through life together.  The fruits of this 
  union was one son, Alex, and expert electrical and mechanical engineer, of 
  Fulsom, W.Va.
    In 1885 Mr. and Mrs. Clarke came to Smethport, the former being the deputy 
  sheriff under Sheriff A.F. Bannon, whom he succeeded in Jan. 1888 as sheriff.  
  At the expiration of his own term Mr. Clarke served as deputy sheriff during 
  the administration of Walter Grubb, and at the expiration of his term of 
  office the family subsequently moved back to Bradford.  After a few years Mr. 
  Clarke was again elected sheriff and the family came back to Smethport, where 
  he subsequently served as deputy sheriff and the family continued to reside 
  here until the summer of 1907, when they removed to Fulsom, W.Va.  During the 
  twenty years the family resided in Smethport Mrs. Clarke greatly endeared 
  herself to the people of this borough, which was reciprocated by her, as was 
  attested by her request that she might be laid to rest in beautiful Rose Hill 
  cemetery when her life’s journey was ended, which request was fully carried 
  out.
    Mrs. Clarke was a woman of beautiful character, and during her long 
  residence in this town she had formed many lasting friendships, and when the 
  news reached this borough that she had passed away there were many expressions 
  of sorrow among those who had known this splendid woman so long, and the 
  bereaved ones came in for their full share of sympathy in their hour of great 
  sorrow.  A better wife and mother never existed than the one who has just been 
  taken, and that she will be missed beyond measure in her home goes without 
  saying.  She performed her part in life well, and her gong form among us under 
  such distressing circumstances will be mourned by a wide circle of warm 
  personal friends who had learned to love her.
    Besides her husband and son, Alex, Mrs. Clarke is survived by one sister, 
  Mrs. Josephine C. Smith, of Pittsburgh, and a half-brother, E.E. Crocker, of 
  the same city.
    The remains arrived in Smethport from Fulsom Monday morning.  They were 
  accompanied by Mr. Clarke and son, Alex, of Fulsom; E.E. Crocker and Miss 
  Grace Byrom, a niece of Mr. Clarke of Pittsburgh.  The funeral was held at St. 
  Luke’s church at 2:00 p.m. the same afternoon, Rev. W.E. Van Dyke, rector of 
  that church, officiated.  The remains were laid to rest in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
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  Death of Nathaniel Foote
    Nathaniel Foote died at his home in Armour, N.Y., last Sunday morning after 
  a long illness, aged 71 years.  The deceased was the father Of Mrs. F.W. 
  Brownell, of this borough, and was an old resident of Armour.  He is survived 
  by his widow, five daughters and two sons.  The funeral was held in Armour 
  Tuesday.  Mr. and Mrs. Brownell were with their father during his last hours, 
  and at the funeral.  
  
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  The funeral of the late Thomas P. Byron, who was killed in an automobile 
  accident near St. Marys, on Wednesday evening of lat week, was held at St. 
  Bernard’s church, Bradford, Sunday morning at 8 o’clock.  The remains were 
  taken the same morning to Little Falls, N,.Y., and laid to rest in the Byron 
  plot in that place.
  
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    John J. Brady, aged about 21 years, was instantly killed and his body 
  mutilated almost beyond recognition by a freight train on which he was a 
  brakeman, at an early hour on Wednesday morning of last week, near North Fork, 
  Pa., on the Shawmut railroad.  It is supposed that the young brakeman fell 
  from a car and was instantly ground to pieces by the wheels.  The body was not 
  discovered until after daylight.  The remains were picked up and taken to St 
  Marys and later on were taken to his home in Olean.  He had been in employ of 
  the Shawmut about one year.  He is survived by his parents and a sister who 
  reside in Olean, and two half-brothers and a half-sister.
  
  September 11, 1913
  
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  William P. Eckels Dead
    The Kane Republican, of Tuesday, contains the following account of the death 
  of a former Smethport resident, William P. Eckels,  ex-Superintendent of 
  County Schools, and for several terms principal of the Smethport schools, and 
  a most popular resident of the county.  It was not generally known in 
  Smethport that Mr. Eckels had been seriously ailing until Monday of this week, 
  and the news of his death came as a distinct shock to his host of friends in 
  this borough, where he had made his home for many years previous to his 
  returning to Kane, thirteen years ago.  The Republican says:
    This morning at 6:30 o’clock the death of W.P. Eckels, one of Kane’s best 
  known business men and most foremost citizens occurred at his residence on 
  Dawson street, where he had hovered between life and death since Saturday 
  night.  All during Sunday and yesterday his life was despaired of and was 
  prolonged some hours by the use of oxygen.
    Mr. Eckels has been in ill health all during the summer and recently went to 
  Ocean Grove for a brief vacation and to recuperate.  He was taken ill there on 
  Wednesday last and on Friday he returned to Kane, where his condition became 
  most alarming.
    The death of Mr. Eckels comes as a great shock to his host of friends here 
  and throughout McKean county, where the deceased was very well known.
    The funeral will be held from the family residence on Dawson street on 
  Friday afternoon, at 2 o’clock.  The Kane lodge of Masons will have charge of 
  the services and the interment will be made in Forest Lawn cemetery.
    William Plimpton Eckels, son of the Late Rev. John Eckels, was born at 
  Greenville, this state, on May 22, 1853.  His father being an itinerant 
  clergyman, his early education was received in the public schools of Mercer 
  and Venango counties.  He later attended Allegheny college and graduated from 
  that institution in 1876, receiving his A.B. and M.A. degrees.  He taught 
  school at several places until 1881, when he came to Kane and for six years 
  was principal of the schools here.  He was then elected county superintendent 
  of schools, in which office he served nine years.  At the close of that time 
  he served as principal of the Smethport schools for four years.  He returned 
  to Kane in 1900 and served as treasurer of the Kane Window Glass company until 
  1909, when he entered the mercantile firm of the Leonardson company, with 
  which he was actively connected until his death.
    On December 30, 1885, he married Miss Mary Jones, who survives him with the 
  two children born to them, Claude Allan and Martha Virginia.  For over a 
  quarter of a century his home life has been almost ideal, his family being to 
  him a center of the universe, and the first break in it now comes in his 
  sudden and untimely death.  Besides his immediate family, a sister, Mrs. A.R. 
  Bullock, of Cambridge Springs, and three brothers, Clark D., of Cambridge 
  Springs; Charles e., of Erie, and Arthur B., of Wellsville, O., survive.
  (Obituary continues)
  
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  Death of J.F. Cory
    John f. Cory, a well known farmer, died at his home in Coryville last 
  Saturday afternoon, aged 52 years, after a few days illness of paralysis.
    Two weeks ago yesterday Mr. Cory arose in apparently his usual health and 
  went to his barn to do the chores.  When he did not return a search was 
  instituted and Mr. Cory was found lying in the loft of the barn, where he had 
  been suddenly stricken with paralysis.  His condition was such that little 
  could be done to relieve him.
    Mr. Cory was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A.O. Cory, of Coryville, and had 
  been a lifelong and prosperous resident of that vicinity.  He was a man of 
  strict integrity and highly thought of in his community.  He is survived by a 
  widow and four sons, also his aged parents.
    The funeral was held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Paret, of Farmer 
  Valley officiating.  Interment was made in Moody hollow cemetery.
  
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    The death is announced of Dr. J.S. Bardwell, one of Ridgway’s pioneer 
  residents and practicing physicians.  His death occurred on Monday of last 
  week.
  
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    James W. Hayes died at the Bradford hospital, after a few hours illness, 
  Sunday evening.  Mr. Hayes underwent an operation at that institution for 
  septic peritonitis, but only survived the operation a few hours.  The deceased 
  had been a resident of Bradford forty years and was at the time of his death 
  in the 74th year of his age.  For many years he was one of the leading 
  contractors of Bradford and was prominent in business circles of that city.  
  He is survived by his widow, five daughters and two sons.  The funeral was 
  held at the house Tuesday morning.  The interment was made in Oak Hill 
  cemetery, Bradford.
  
  September 18, 1913
  
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  Jack Scanlon Takes His Own Life
  (this is a very long obituary and so only portions are included here)
    Jack Scanlon, of Colegrove, was found dead at his home in that place, about 
  1 p.m. Tuesday, with a gaping wound in the head inflicted by a shot gun, which 
  was probably discharged by the unfortunate man during a fit of temporary 
  insanity.  The weapon used was an old fashioned single barrel shot gun, which 
  lay on top of the prostrate body.  The gruesome discovery was made by Michael 
  Scanlon, a brother of the dead man.
    Scanlon had been drinking heavily for some time past and of late had been 
  subject to irrational spells.  Several days previous to his death he had 
  abruptly stopped the use of alcohol, and as a consequence was in a highly 
  unstrung mental and physical state, and at times was subject to queer 
  hallucinations.  His actions at such times were not of a nature to cause his 
  wife any alarm, and she confidently expected that her husband would be all 
  right in a few days.
    The body lay in front of a dresser just inside of the door of the room.  The 
  man had evidently stood in an upright posture, holding the shotgun in front of 
  him in such a manner that the muzzle was aimed at a point under his jaw, when 
  the weapon was discharged.
    The weapon used had not been loaded for some time.  There were several 
  shells about the house, and these Mrs. Scanlon had hidden some time ago.  
  After she had fled from the house the raving man had found the shells and had 
  loaded the shot gun.  When the body was discovered life had been extinct but 
  short time.  None of the residents of the neighborhood heard the report of the 
  gun.
    Jack Scanlon was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Scanlon, of Colegrove, at 
  which place he was born 42 years ago the 10th of last February.  He was man of 
  many talents and for a number of years he traveled as a singer and dancer 
  ranking as one of the very best performers in the theatrical profession.  
  About twelve years ago, in buffalo, Mr. Scanlon was united in marriage to Mrs. 
  Jessie Bowersock, a clever actress, who was appearing in the same theatrical 
  production that he was with at the time.  Afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon, and 
  a daughter of the latter, appeared in vaudeville for several years, being 
  known as the “Paragon Trio.”  The act appeared in all the leading vaudeville 
  theatres of the United States, and was recognized as being one of the best on 
  the road.  A few years ago the couple retired from the profession, and 
  although Mr. Scanlon had made occasional tours in vaudeville, since, the 
  couple have spent most of their time at their home at Colegrove.
    The fruits of this union are two little girls, Muriel, age 6 and Maude, age 
  3, who with the mother survive.  The older daughter was at school at the time 
  the distressing affair occurred.  The domestic life of this couple was a 
  perfectly happy one.  It is a well known fact that an angry word was never 
  known to pass between them.  
    Besides his wife and children, the deceased is survived by his parents and 
  the following brothers and sisters: Jas., of Lyton, B.C., and Lawrence, 
  Michael and William, of Colegrove; Mrs. Anna Suner, of Westfield, N.Y.; Mrs. 
  Kate Simpson and Mrs. F.R. Buban, of Tulsa Okla., and Mrs. Bess Ryan, of 
  Cincinnatti, Ohio.
    The funeral , which is private is being held at Colegrove this afternoon, 
  Rev. J.F. Dugan, of this borough officiating.  Interment will be made in the 
  Colegrove cemetery.
  
  September 26, 1913
  
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  Death of Charles Anderson
    Charles Anderson, a well known woodsman in these parts, died at the Bradford 
  hospital, where he had been a patient for about ten days, last Thursday 
  morning, aged 47 years.
    The deceased had been employed in and about Colegrove and Crosby for many 
  years by N.W. Heinemann in his extensive lumbering operations, and was well 
  known in Smethport, where he frequently visited.  Ordinarily he was a steady 
  hardworking man, but was his own worst enemy and was oftimes the victim of 
  Smethport’s loafing element during his periodical visits to this town, and as 
  a consequence his hard earned money never did him very much good.  When it was 
  gone, which was never very long after he reached town, he would, uncomplainly, 
  return to the woods and take up his hard again.  Poor “Charley” Anderson 
  thought he was having a good time, but he always paid dearly for his 
  recreation.
    He is survived by an aged mother, who resides at Ormsby.  The remains were 
  brought from Bradford to Specht & Sasse’s undertaking rooms in this borough 
  last Friday.  The funeral was held Sunday afternoon.  The interment too place 
  in Rose Hill cemetery.
  
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  Death of Joseph C. Greenewald
    Joseph C. Greenewald, aged 65, exmayor of Bradford, and one of the best 
  known citizens of the oil metropolis, died suddenly at his home, 17 Chautauqua 
  Place, that city, Tuesday morning.  Heart disease was the cause of his death.  
  Mr. Greenewald was born in Philadelphia, June 24, 1848, and came to Bradford 
  in 1878.  In 1881 he was elected a member of the city council and served until 
  1886.  For two years of this time he served as president of the common 
  council.  In business as well as politics Mr. Greenewald was successful.  He 
  began as a merchant in Scranton in 1871.  He founded the form of Greenewald 
  and Company, of Bradford and was an oil producer for years.  He served as 
  mayor in 1899, 1900 and 1901.  He was a member of a number of civic 
  organizations and was chairman of the executive board of the Bradford City 
  Hospital.  He leaves a widow, one daughter, two sons and one brother.
    The funeral, which will be held under Masonic auspices, will take place at 
  the house this afternoon.  The interment will be made in oak Hill cemetery, 
  Bradford.
  
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    Warren, Pa., Sept. 20. – Coroner G. A.W. DeForest of this county, and jury 
  are investigating the death of Miss Sylvia Davis, who died in the emergency 
  hospital at Warren early Friday morning.  She was taken to the hospital on 
  Tuesday of last week suffering from typhoid fever.  ON Thursday she asked for 
  a drink of water and it is contended her attending nurse, Miss Helen Koep, of 
  Glade Run, gave her a draught of an antiseptic solution of formaldehyde in 
  mistake for distilled water.  The nurse is suffering (unreadable) the next 
  session of the inquest.
    The deceased, who was a daughter of Mrs. George S. Davis, was 22 years of 
  age.  She enjoyed much popularity and esteem in her social circles and was a 
  valued member of the Episcopal church.  She leaves her mother, a twin brother, 
  as well as another brother and a sister.
    Later:  The coroner’s jury completed their investigation Monday morning.  
  The jury exonerated the nurse, Miss Koep, but censured the board of directors 
  of the hospital for not keeping disinfectants and poisons in bottles readily 
  distinguishable from ordinary medicine bottles.
  
  October 9, 1913
  
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    Eldred, Pa., Oct. 3. – John Delano, a railroad brakeman living at 725 Front 
  street Olean, was instantly killed at 7:34 o’clock this morning between two 
  cars of a freight train in the Pennsylvania yards.
    Delano was engaged in coupling cars at the time of the accident.  When the 
  coupling mechanism failed to work properly it is said that the brakeman 
  steeped between the cars to adjust it.  While in this position the cars came 
  together, crushing Delano’s life out instantly.
    The train was in charge of Fred Knight, a freight conductor living in Olean, 
  the other members of the crew all coming from that city.
    Mrs. Delano was notified of the untimely end which he husband met and came 
  to Eldred.  The body was shipped to Olean for interment.
    The parents of the unfortunate man reside in Port Allegany.
  
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  Death of Mrs. Minnie Schwartz
    Mrs. Minnie Schwartz died at her home in Maryland on Friday last, after an 
  illness of about two weeks, aged about 60 years.
    Mrs. Schwartz was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Heinemann, 
  of Norwich township, where she was born and grew to womanhood.  Some time ago 
  she went to Maryland so as to be near her children, and where death overtook 
  her.  Mrs. Schwartz was a most estimable woman, and the announcement of her 
  death came as a shock to her many friends in this section.  She is survived by 
  two daughters and a son.  Besides her immediate family she leaves two 
  brothers, N.W. Heinemann, the well known lumber man and gas producer, of 
  Colegrove, and John Heinemann, of Virginia and one sister Mrs. Louisa Putman, 
  of Crosby.
    The remains were brought to her old home Saturday, and the funeral was held 
  at the Union church, Colegrove, Monday afternoon.  The interment took place in 
  the Colegrove cemetery.
  
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    Mrs. O.F. Schonblom, one of Bradford’s best known and most highly respected 
  residents, died at the family home n that city last Sunday, after a long 
  illness, aged 67 years.  The deceased is survived by her husband, two daughter 
  and a son, all of whom reside in Bradford.  The funeral was held at the house 
  Wednesday afternoon.
  
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    Dennis Case, one of the earlier settlers of tuna, this county, and a veteran 
  of the Civil War, died at his home in that place last Thursday night of 
  ailments incident to old age.  The deceased was 76 years of age, and had 
  resided at Tuna ever since he was a child.  He is survived by his widow, five 
  sons and three daughters.  The funeral was held at the house Sunday 
  afternoon,.  The remains were laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery, Bradford.
  
  October 23, 1913
  
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  Death of R. Bruce McCarty
    R. Bruce McCarty died in his room at the Y.M.C.A. building October 15, 1913, 
  age 53 years, 2 months and 9 days.  Mr. McCarty came to this place seven years 
  ago and was employed as a clerk for his brother, E.S. McCarty, the 
  confectioner.  He was born at Muncy, Pa., on August 5th 1860.  He has always 
  been a very quiet and industrious man, and never spoke ill of or harmed 
  anyone, but made and retained friends wherever he went.  Mr. McCarty is the 
  eldest son of Otis L. and Mary McCarty, and is survived by his aged mother 
  (now in her 87th year), and one sister, Mrs. W.G. Holder, of Smethport, Pa., 
  and two brothers, Edward S. and D.B. McCarty, of this city.  The remains will 
  be shipped to Muncy tomorrow morning (Thursday) over the N.Y.C. for burial at 
  his old home. – Clearfield Journal.
  
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    The body of Oscar Green, a Swede, was found laying face down in a small pool 
  of water alongside the tracks of the Potato Creek railroad, about 2:00 o’clock 
  Tuesday afternoon, at a point near Lyman run, about 2 ½ miles from Norwich.
    Green, who is a blacksmith, has followed his trade about Norwich since the 
  opening up of the Potato creek lumbering operations, three years ago,  For 
  some time past he has been employed at a camp on Lyman run, and the point 
  where the body was found was but a short distance from the camp.  Green was a 
  man who indulged in occasional sprees and the supposition is that while 
  proceeding along the railroad right-of-way towards the camp, in an intoxicated 
  condition, he stumbled and fell into the ditch, and owing to his utter 
  helplessness was drowned.  There was but a small quantity of water in the 
  pool.  The man left camp Saturday and probably met his untimely end while 
  returning Monday night or Tuesday morning.  Life had been extinct several 
  hours when the body was found. 
    The grewsome discovery was made by an employe of the railroad company.  
  Coroner Sherman of Bradford was notified and that official instructed 
  undertaker Sasse, of this borough, to take charge of the remains.  Mr. Sasse 
  went to the scene and brought the body to his undertaking establishment in 
  Smethport yesterday afternoon.
    The deceased was about 45 years of age and a native of Sweden.  He had no 
  relative living in this country.  He is said to have been an honest hard 
  working man, who was well liked by his fellow workmen.
    Coroner Sherman came to Smethport yesterday and after making inquiries and 
  viewing the remains decided that an inquest was unnecessary and instructed 
  that the body be prepared for burial.  
    It was the intention to ship the body to Philadelphia as a county charge, 
  but the fellow employes of the dead man very handsomely donated a sum 
  sufficient to provide a Christian burial.
    The remains will be intered in Rose Hill cemetery this Thursday, afternoon, 
  prayer service will be held at grave.
  
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    Dr. Lynn Alten Burrows suddenly expired about 6 o’clock Saturday evening 
  from an attack of heart failure at the hotel at Betula.  Dr. Burrows entered 
  the office of the hotel, at which he was residing, a few minutes before his 
  death and seated himself in a chair, apparently in his usual health.  It was 
  not long before other occupants of the room noticed something peculiar in the 
  physician’s attitude and when an effort was made to rouse him it was 
  discovered that life was extinct.
    Dr. Burrows was about 50 years of age and came to Betula about two years 
  ago, from Waterford, pa., and opened an office.  He was a capable physician 
  and a man of many fine traits who was well respected and liked.
    A sister, Miss Addie burrows, of Waterford, who is, so far as can be learned 
  the only surviving relative, was notified and came to Betula.
    Undertaker Sasse, of Smethport, took charge of the body, and on Tuesday 
  morning it was taken to Waterford for interment.
  
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  Two Killed At Portville
    The Olean Times of Monday says; Two men were instantly killed and three 
  others were seriously injured shortly after one o’clock this morning when a 
  light engine on the Pennsylvania railroad sideswiped another engine attached 
  to a short freight train on the siding at Gordon’s Mills, just this side of 
  Portville.
    According to officials of the company the freight train, which was headed 
  north, had taken the siding to allow the light engine to pass and the engineer 
  of the former had left his cab to get his orders.  It is believed that the 
  engineer thought his train was n the clear and that the main line was open to 
  traffic.
    It is evident, however, that a portion of the train engine abutted on the 
  main line.  This is based on the fact that when the light engine passed the 
  siding the forward end struck the cab of the first engine, completely 
  demolishing the latter.  The force of the impact was so great that the light 
  engine was lifted off the rails and rolled over on its side down the 
  embankment.  Portions of the cylinder head and the forward trucks of the light 
  engine were thrown many feet away from the tracks.
    The dead men are Harvey Kerr and Charles H. Kieffer, both of Pottstown, Pa.  
  From papers found in their pockets it was found that they were both new men 
  and had been given passes entitling them to ride over the different divisions 
  of the road to learn them before being assigned to regular duty.  The two men 
  were riding in the engine on the siding and when the crash came they were 
  killed by the demolished cab.  A peculiar feature of their deaths is the fact 
  that both men received the same injuries, each having sustained a fractured 
  skull, a broken right shoulder and crushed left hand.  In addition to the 
  above, Kieffer was severely scalded on his arms and left leg.
    Both dead men had recently been candidates for positions as patrolmen on the 
  Philadelphia police force.  This was shown by civil service blanks found on 
  their persons after their death.  On the application blanks their place of 
  residence for the past three years was given as Pottstown, Pa.
    Heath’s ambulance was called to the wreck and the dead men were brought to 
  Olean and taken to Heath’s undertaking establishment.  An effort will be made 
  today by the railroad officials to get n touch with the relatives of the dead 
  men.
  
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    The Eldred Eagle says:  Tuesday night Charles McDivitt was kicked in the 
  head by a colt which he was trying to catch to put into the barn, and his head 
  was crushed so badly that death resulted Wednesday morning at about four 
  o’clock, the young man not regaining consciousness.
    Early Tuesday evening Charles and his brother James had hitched the colt to 
  a buggy and driven to town.  Upon reaching home the two young men unhitched 
  the horse preparatory to putting the animal in the barn.  Upon lifting the 
  harness the horse instead of going into the barn, ran out into the barnyard, 
  whereupon Charles endeavored to catch it.  As the young man neared the colt, 
  it turned and kicked, his heels striking the unfortunate young man on the 
  head, crushing the skull.
    Dr. Snyder, of Duke Center, was summoned but medical aid was unavailing, and 
  he died early the next morning.  Charles McDivitt was 30 years of age and for 
  the psat few months had been engaged in the oil fields of Oklahoma.  He was 
  spending a few days visiting his mother here at the time of the accident.  
  Besides the mother, Mrs. Katherine McDivitt, who is so suddenly called to 
  mourn the loss of a son, six sisters, Sadie, Mabel and Corletta McDivitt, Mrs. 
  Mary Mundy, of Harrisburg Run, Pa.; Mrs. Hughes, Of Ohio; and Mrs. W.W. 
  Parmeter, of Eldred; and five brothers, Michael, of Oklahoma; Patrick, of 
  Allentown, Pa.; James and Leo of Eldred, and Hugh, of Oklahoma.  Funeral 
  services were held in St. Raphael’s church at 8 o’clock Saturday morning.  The 
  remains were taken to Allegany on the 9:54 train for interment in the Catholic 
  cemetery.
  
  October 30, 1913
  
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  Death of Mrs. George W. Campbell.
    Mrs. Jennie Campbell, wife of George W. Campbell, of Olean, died at the 
  Olean hospital at midnight last Thursday night, where she had been taken three 
  days previous, suffering from a heart affection.  Mrs. Campbell had been a 
  sufferer for a long time form this affection, and it was decided to remove the 
  patient to the hospital for treatment, but which proved to be of no avail.
    With her husband and family Mrs. Campbell was a resident of Smethport for a 
  long time.  During the time he family were in Smethport Mrs. Campbell’s health 
  was not of the best, but she managed to keep about and perform her household 
  duties the most of the time.  Several months ago the family removed to Olean, 
  where they have since resided.  The deceased was an aunt of Mrs. C.B. 
  Dickinson, of this borough, and was a woman of many admirable traits of 
  character, and the tidings of her death came as a distinct shock to her many 
  friends in this borough.
    Mrs. Campbell is survived by her husband, one son and four daughters who 
  will have the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of friends in their great 
  affliction.
    The funeral was held at the late home of the deceased in Olean last Sunday 
  afternoon, Rev. Harry B. Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, of 
  Olean, officiating.  The remains were laid to rest in Mt. View cemetery, that 
  city.
    A good woman has gone to her reward.
  
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  Charles Batterson, a well known Bradford man, died very suddenly at the 
  Capitol Hotel, that city last Friday morning.  The deceased was about 64 years 
  of age, and had recently accepted the position as porter at the Capitol.  The 
  deceased had no relatives in Bradford.
  
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    Isaac C. Ralph, a well known oil operator, of Bradford, died at his 
  apartments in that city last Friday evening, aged 69 years.  Mr. Ralph’s death 
  came very sudden, as he was out the day before apparently in his usual 
  health.  The Ralph Brothers were prominent oil operators in this county since 
  1880.  The deceased is survived by two brothers and two sisters.
  
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    The Bradford Star Record of Saturday says: William H. Walters, father of 
  Mrs. H.W. Williams, No. 80 South avenue, was struck and almost instantly 
  killed by B.R.&P. passenger train No., 1 near the Mill street crossing about 
  11:30 this morning.  The train was ten minutes late and was traveling at high 
  rate of speed.  When near the refinery the fireman noticed the aged man step 
  on the track ahead of the train and called out to the engineer to stop, the 
  latter applied the air brake, but it was too late as the pilot struck Mr. 
  Walters and carried him until the train came to a stop, which it did within a 
  short distance.
    The train crew picked up the injured man and placed him in the baggage car 
  and brought him to the depot.  When picked up there were faint signs of life 
  noticeable, but by the time the train arrived at the station he had breathed 
  his last.
    Coroner Sherman was notified at once and in company with Dr. C.D. O’Hern, 
  mad an examination.  An inquest was not deemed necessary and the remains were 
  removed to Still’s undertaking rooms in the motor ambulance.  An examination 
  of the body revealed a fracture of the skull and deep cuts on the face.  In 
  addition the chest was crushed in.
    Besides Mrs. Williams, the dead man is survived by three other daughters, 
  Mrs. Barbara LeBarren, of Forestville, N.Y.; Mrs. Sarah Little, of Cansadaga, 
  N.Y.; Mrs. Susan Cort, of Salamanca, N.Y.  He also leaves a brother and a 
  sister living in Dunkirk, N.Y.  Mr. Walters was 83 years of age and made him 
  home with his daughter, in this city for the last ten years,
  
  November 6, 1913
  
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  Death of Harold McCarthy
    This community was greatly shocked by the announcement of the sudden death 
  of Harold McCarthy, aged 24 years, one of Smethport’s best known young men, 
  which occurred at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCarthy, of 
  East street, Monday afternoon at 3:15 o’clock, heart failure being the cause 
  of his demise.
    About four weeks ago the young man was stricken with an attack of pleural 
  pneumonia, from which he apparently made speedy recovery to such an extent as 
  to be able to get about the house.  A week ago last Saturday he suffered a 
  severe relapse which again confined him to bed, but his condition seemed to 
  improve steadily, and last Sunday it was confidently expected that his 
  complete convalescence would be the matter of but a few days.  But the young 
  man suffered another relapse about 9 o’clock Monday morning and Drs. Chadwick 
  and Clark, who were hastily summoned, at once realized the gravity of the 
  case.  Miss Maude Irons, a professional nurse was engaged and everything 
  possible was done for the patient but without avail, and at the time above 
  mentioned the young man, who had maintained a cheerful frame of mind and had 
  just been conversing with his mother, father and brother, who were at his 
  bedside, was seized with a sinking spell and immediately expired.  Death was 
  due to heart failure, brought on by his weakened condition.
    Harold Francis McCarthy was born in Smethport May 22, 1889, and had spent 
  most of his life in this place with the exception of nine years of his 
  boyhood, during which time the family resided at Johnsonburg, and later in 
  Bradford, moving back to this borough about twelve years ago.  For some time 
  he was associated with his father, Chief of Police Frank McCarthy, in the 
  contracting business.  For several years he assisted his father, during the 
  time the latter was warden at the county jail and for nearly three years past 
  had served on the local police force and on numerous occasions demonstrated 
  that he was an efficient and fearless officer.  (unreadable section )  which 
  he recovered only by reason of his wonderful vitality, and which impaired his 
  constitution to such an extent that he was unable to withstand the ravages of 
  the attack of pneumonia, which resulted in his death.
    Harold McCarthy was a young man of a cheerful and generous temperament.  He 
  was the possessor of a charming personality and numbered his friends by the 
  legion, all of whom were deeply affected by the news of his sudden demise.  He 
  was a member of the Smethport Fire Department of the local lodge of Red Men 
  and of the Bradford lodge of Moose.  His sudden passing away in the prime of 
  young manhood is indeed sad to contemplate.
    The deceased is survived by his parents, and one brother, Ervin McCarthy, of 
  this borough.  The members of the family were nearly prostrated by the shock.  
  They have the sympathy of the entire community in this their hour of deep 
  affliction.
    The funeral was held at St. Elizabeth’s church this morning at 9:30 o’clock, 
  Rev. J.F. Dugan officiating.  The attendance was very large, the Smethport 
  Fire Department and the local lodge of Redmen being present in a body, also a 
  delegation from the Bradford lodge of Moose.  A large number of relatives and 
  friends form out of town were in attendance.  The floral offerings were 
  profuse and of a beautiful nature.  Interment was made in St. Elizabeth’s 
  cemetery.
  
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    Katherine, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Butler, of Coryville, 
  died at 9:00 o’clock Sunday evening of pneumonia.  The little one was aged 2 
  years and 5 months.  The funeral was held at the late home Tuesday afternoon 
  at 2 o’clock.  The interment was made in the Moody Hollow cemetery.
  
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    Andrew A. Johnson of Wetmore township, one of the best known and most highly 
  respected Swedish-American citizens of that section of the county, died very 
  suddenly at the Kane hospital last Saturday morning.  Mr. Johnson had been an 
  inmate of the hospital about three weeks, where he had undergone an operation 
  for gall stones, and had been doing well since the operation was performed.  
  He had gotten out of bed that morning and had his clothing nearly all on when 
  he was suddenly seized with an attack of heart trouble, which soon resulted in 
  his death.  The deceased is survived by his widow and five daughters.
  
  November 13, 1913
  
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  Death of Mrs. Patrick Layden
    Mrs. Patrick Layden of Sartwell, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. E.D. 
  Kepner, of Eldred, last Saturday morning, after an illness of about five 
  weeks, aged 68 years.
    About five weeks ago Mrs. Layden, while on a a visit to her son, Thomas, in 
  Olean, was suddenly taken ill.  At first it was thought that her illness was 
  not going to result in anything of a serious nature.  She was brought form 
  Olean by Mr. and Mrs. Kepner, and taken to their home in Eldred, where she was 
  ministered to by loving ones, and up to about a week previous to her death it 
  was thought that she would recover, but from that time until her death Mrs. 
  Layden’s condition gradually grew worse until death intervened,
    Mrs. Layden was born in Ireland.  At the age of ten years she came to 
  America with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hagen.  When 20 years of age she 
  was united in marriage to Patrick Layden, and settled at Sartwell, where this 
  highly respected couple made their home until the wife and mother was called 
  to her reward.  This happy union was blessed by eight children, three sons, 
  John, Thomas and P.W. Layden, and five daughters, Mrs. John Keelan, late of 
  Bradford; Mrs. Fred Eaton, of Sartwell; Mrs. F.L. McCrary, of Smethport; Mrs. 
  E.D. Kenner, of Eldred, and Miss Lucy Layden, all living, with the exception 
  of Miss Lucy and Mrs. Keelan, both of whom preceded their mother to the grave 
  several years ago.
    Besides her immediate family Mrs. Layden is survived by two brothers, Thomas 
  and Daniel Bagen, of Eldred, and three sisters, Mrs. Charles Case, of Troy, 
  Pa.; Mrs. Harry Wilbur, of Pittsburgh, and Mrs. Mary Mack, of Portville, N.Y.
    Mrs. Layden was a woman of many admirable parts.   A kind and sympathetic 
  neighbor, in both sickness and health, and her cheery disposition brought 
  happiness to many a sick room.  She was a woman who will be greatly missed by 
  those who knew her best.  She was a member of the L.O.T.M., of Eldred.
    The funeral, which was largely attended by neighbors and friends, was held 
  at St. Mary’s church, Sartwell, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock, Rev F.S. Doyle 
  officiating.  The remains were laid to rest in St. Mary’s cemetery, Sartwell.
    The relatives from out of town who attended the funeral were, Mrs. Thos. 
  Sager and Lawrence Bissell, of Kane; T.F. Driscoll, of Lewis run, and Clayton 
  Bissell, of Olean.
  
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  Miss Nora Kennedy, a Former Bradford Girl, One of the Victims
    Erle, pa., Nov. 8. – Gerald Richardson, aged 27 son of John H. Richardson, 
  of the clothing firm of Trask, Prescott & Richardson, of this city, and Nora 
  Kennedy, aged 18, formerly of Bradford, met instant death here last night at 
  about 6:30 o’clock, when an automobile driven by young Richardson crashed into 
  a Pittsburg and Erie freight train backing into the West Erle yards.
    Irvin McMullen, owner of two moving picture theatres here, and formerly in 
  the brokerage business in New York city, is dying from injuries sustained in 
  the same collision and Beatrice Treavold, the fourth occupant of the car, is 
  badly bruised and shocked.  She will recover.
    The part left here early in the evening for the Kubkwa club, a few miles out 
  of Erie, for a dinner party.  The return was made in a drizzling rain which it 
  is thought may have blurred the windshield, making it impossible for 
  Richardson to see the train which was backing in, heavily loaded and down 
  grade.  The engine crew, witnesses to the collision, say that the automobile 
  was running, probably, 45 miles per hour.
    So great was the impact, the machine was driven under a gondola car next to 
  the engine and dragged for several hundred feet.  Its occupants were thrown to 
  both sides of the tracks – two on each side.  It was stated at the hospital 
  that both Richardson and Miss Kennedy sustained broken necks in addition to 
  skull fractures.
    The Bradford Star-Record, of Saturday says; Miss Nora Kennedy, the 
  unfortunate girl mentioned in the above, was a sister of Miss Elizabeth 
  Kennedy and Frank Kennedy of this city, and has visited here on many 
  occasions.  Her parents died when she was quite young and she made her home 
  with her aunt, Mrs. S.W McMurray, formerly of Bradford, now of Marshall, Ill.  
  Besides her relatives in this city, the dead girl is survived by two brothers, 
  Will and (unreadable)
  Frank Kennedy and Miss Elizabeth Kennedy left this morning at 6 o’clock to 
  take charge of the remains.
  
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    A Cuba, N.Y., dispatch of last Thursday says:  The accidental discharge of a 
  shot gun caused the drowning of John Coates, 70 years old, of Wellsville, and 
  Lloyd Gardner, 29 years old, of Hornell, in Cuba lake today.  The men were 
  fishing and hunting from a boat when a charge of heavy shot tore a hole in the 
  bottom of the craft and it sank.  Neither man could swim.  Today’s deaths make 
  the fifth from drowning in the lake within a few months.
  
  November 20, 1913
  
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  Eldred Man Perished
    George Cary, the Eldred man, who was second mate of the Smith, went down 
  with the ill-fated boat.  Mr. Cary was about 32 years of age, and is highly 
  spoken of by those who knew him.  He is survived by one brother who resides in 
  Olean.  Up to the present time neither the body of Cary or those of any of the 
  crew of the wrecked steamer have been recovered.
  Was a Big Boat.
    The Henry B. Smith was a 600-foot steel freighter.  With seas washing over 
  the breakwater the sturdy craft, laden with 11,000 tons of iron ore, left the 
  Marquette, Mich., harbor Sunday evening, Nov. 9th, and rode straight into the 
  teeth of the gale.  
  (complete article is not reproduced here.)
  
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    Mrs. E.L. Kennan left for Philadelphia last Friday, being called to that 
  city on receipt of a telegram announcing the sudden and unexpected death that 
  day of her brother, Louis P. Feitig, whose funeral was held Monday, Nov. 17, 
  1913, from his lat residence, No. 1235 North 6th street.  Interment in Mt. 
  Vernon cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  
  November 27, 1913
  
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    Percy J. Judge, 23 years old, who lived with his parents at 304 Elm street, 
  was crushed to death beneath a Pennsylvania yard engine near the A.D. tower 
  shortly before 11 o’clock last night.  The accident occurred at a point near 
  where the Erie and Pennsylvania railroads cross in North Olean.  It is 
  believed that Judge, who is a yard brakeman, was standing on the rear running 
  board of the engine and that in attempting to get off his foot slipped and he 
  fell directly beneath the wheels of the heavy locomotive.
    Quigley and Heenan’s Ambulance was called to the scene and a fast run was 
  made.  When the ambulance arrived, however, the man was dead.  His left arm 
  was severed at the shoulder, the left leg was off at the hip, his side was 
  crushed and the right foot was cut off just above the ankle.  The remains were 
  taken to the Quigley and Heenan undertaking rooms on North Union street, where 
  Coroner Cassar Smith viewed them and issued a certificate of accidental death.
    The exact time of the accident is not established by witnesses but the dead 
  man’s watch, which had been broken, had stopped at 10:37 o’clock and it is 
  believed that this was the time of the fatality.
    Judge was a graduate of Olean High School and was very popular among his 
  fellow employes on the Pennsylvania railroad, where he had worked for several 
  years, as call boy, clerk, car checker and brakeman.  He is survived by his 
  parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Judge, three brothers, John L. Herbert F. and 
  Martin J., and one sister, Elizabeth, all of Olean.  Arrangements for the 
  funeral will be announced later.
    John L. Judge, of this place the well known bottle blower, is a brother of 
  the deceased.
  
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    Robert, the 4-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver, of Keating 
  township, died Monday.  The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon.
  
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    W.S. Hazen was found in an unconscious condition at his home in Port 
  Allegany last Thursday evening, where it is thought that he had laid during 
  the previous twenty-four hours from a shock.  Mr. Hazen was alone in the house 
  at the time.  The stricken man passed away early Friday morning.  The deceased 
  was a veteran of the civil war and had resided in Port Allegany many years.  
  He is survived by his widow and one son.
  
  December 4, 1913
  
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    Mrs. Adelyn Devlin died suddenly at the Bradford hospital Sunday afternoon, 
  where she had been a patient during the past four weeks, at the age of 27 
  years.  Mrs. Devlin is survived by her husband, who resides at Dallas City, 
  and an infant daughter, besides her mother, of Randolph, N.Y., and four 
  sisters.  The deceased was a sister-in-law of attorney John P. Devlin, of this 
  borough.  The Democrat unites with a wide circle of acquaintances of the 
  family in extending its sympathy to the bereaved family.
  
  December 11, 1913.
  
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  Death of Mrs. William Degarmo
    News has reached Smethport of the death of Mrs. William Degarmo, which sad 
  event occurred at her home in Keefer, Okla., on Nov. 27, 1913.  Mrs. Degarmo 
  was a daughter of the late John Mullin, of this borough, where she spent her 
  girlhood days, and was well and favorably known to the older residents of 
  Smethport as Kate Mullin.  She is survived by her husband, two brothers, 
  attorney John E. Mullin, of Omaha, Neb., and one sister, Miss Mary Mullin, of 
  Washington, Pa.  The remains were brought to Washington for interment.
  
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  Death Of John Tretton
    Died at his home, on East Main street at an early hour Wednesday morning, 
  John Tretton in the 80th year of his age.
    Mr. Tretton has been in failing health during the past year, but during the 
  summer and fall his health had apparently improved to that extent that he was 
  able to be up and about, but about a week ago he had a set back, and since 
  that time he had been in a critical condition up until death relieved his 
  sufferings, at the time above mentioned.
    The subject of this sketch was born in Tralee, county Cary, Ireland, April 
  5, 1834.  In 1860 he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Kellaher.  In 
  1863 the family came to America, and settled in Massachusetts, where they 
  continued to reside until1865, when they came to McKean county, and have 
  resided in this vicinity ever since.
    Mr. Tretton was an honorable and upright citizen in every sense of the word, 
  and during his many years residence in Smethport has made many friends who 
  will sincerely mourn his passing away, notwithstanding the fact that his death 
  was not unexpected by his friends, who were well aware of his feeble condition.
     He is survived by his widow, two sons, Dr. John Tretton, of Rochester, 
  N.Y.; Edward Tretton, of Wellsville, N.Y., and four daughters, Miss Julia and 
  Miss Emma, one of the teachers of the Smethport schools, both of whom reside 
  at home; Mrs. N.T. Jennings, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Catherine Hammond, of 
  New Castle, Pa.
    The funeral will be held at St. Elizabeth’s church at 9:00 o’clock Saturday 
  morning, Rev .J.F. Dugan officiating.  The interment will be made in St. 
  Elizabeth’s cemetery.
  
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  Death of Mrs. Fidelia McQuistion
    The Bradford Star-Record of Saturday says:  Mr. Fidelia McQuistion, aged 67 
  years, died at 5 o’clock this morning at No. 40 Forman street, after a week’s 
  illness of pneumonia.  Mrs. McQuistion was a highly respected resident of 
  Rixford for 30 years and with her daughter, Miss Jennie McQuistion, had leased 
  the house at No. 40 Forman street in which to spend the winter.  Her residence 
  in Bradford was of hardly a months’ duration.  Mrs. McQuistion was a member of 
  the Methodist church of Rixford and was prominent in the work of the 
  congregation.  The dead lady was the possessor of a sweet disposition and many 
  lovable qualities. And her death will be sincerely mourned by her many friends 
  in Rixford and this vicinity.  Deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. 
  G.A. Zillafro of Rixford and Miss Jennie McQuistion of this city; one son, Ira 
  D. McQuistion of Erie, and two brothers, Hon. T.A. Morrison of Smethport and 
  Neal Morrison, of Titusville.
    The funeral was held at 2 p.m. on Monday.  The services were conducted at 
  the late residence on Forman street by the Rev. Mr. Crocker of Niagara Falls, 
  assisted by the Rev. F.S. Tincher, D.D.  Burial at Oak Hill.
  
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    Edgar Griffiths, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Griffiths, of Kane, died at the 
  Kane hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment, Sunday afternoon in the 
  40th year of his age.  The deceased had been in failing health for a year 
  past, and in hopes that his condition might be relieved he was taken to the 
  hospital a few weeks ago.  Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers 
  and two sisters.  The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon.  The remains were 
  intered in Forest Lawn cemetery, Kane.  The Democrat extends its sympathy to 
  the stricken family.
  
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    Mrs. Jane Schoonover died at the Bradford hospital Saturday night after a 
  long illness of a complication of ailments incident to old age.  Mrs. 
  Schoonover was in the 94th year of her age, 87 of which she had spent in 
  Bradford and vicinity, she having come to that place with her parents when 
  seven years of age, and was at the time of her death perhaps the oldest 
  resident of the oil metropolis.
  
  December 18, 1913
  
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  Death of Harmon S. Plummer
    Harmon S. Plummer died at his home in Coryville, last Friday evening, after 
  a long illness, of cardiac dropsy, aged 55 years.
    The deceased was born at Coryville, and had spent nearly his entire life in 
  that vicinity, and was well known throughout this section.  During the past 
  year he had been in failing health (unreadable)
    
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    Edna, the 15-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Anderson, of East 
  Willow street, died last Friday morning, after a short illness of diphtheria, 
  mention of which was made in the Democrat last week.  Interment was made in 
  Rose Hill cemetery Friday afternoon.  The little one had been suffering from a 
  sore throat and last Thursday her condition became such that Dr. Clark was 
  summoned.  It was found that the child was suffering from diphtheria.  Anti-
  toxin was administered but the little patient’s condition was such that her 
  death resulted at the time above stated.  The Democrat extends its sympathy to 
  the stricken family in their bereavement.
    On Friday an older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson showed symptoms of 
  coming down with the malady.  Dr. Clark administered anti-toxin and the 
  patient’s condition soon became normal again.  A strict quarantine was placed 
  on the home, and all danger of an epidemic prevented.
  
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    J. Scudder Shoemaker, secretary of the Dotterweich Brewing Co., of Olean, 
  and well known in this borough, died at his home in that city last Tuesday.  
  Mr. Shoemaker, was a brother-in-law of W.Z. Georgia, a former resident 
  (unreadable).
  
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    Henry Sonbergh, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Sonbergh, died at his home in 
  Bradford, at an early hour last Monday morning, after a lingering illness, 
  aged 25 years.  The deceased was born in Clermont, but had spent much of his 
  life in Bradford.  In 1907 he graduated from the Bradford high school, and was 
  a young man of much business ability who gave much promise in life, and was 
  very popular among a wide circle of friends.  The deceased is survived by his 
  parents, two brothers and three sisters, who will have the sympathy of a wide 
  circle of friends in their bereavement.
   
  
  
  
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