OBIT: Lydia (Durst) BARKLEY, 1930, Listonburg, Somerset County, PA

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LYDIA BARKLEY

  Listonburg, May 12. - Mrs. Lydia Barkley, widow of Moses Barkley, died May 
9th.  She was born near Grantsville, Md., March 4, 1846, and was aged 84 years, 
2 months and 5 days.  She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Durst, and was 
united in marriage with John Rush Lenhart, on March 21, 1867.  To them were born 
the following named children:  Mrs. Mary C. Rodehaver, Mrs. Florence R. Wilhelm 
and Mrs. Laura B. Lichty, Ross F., Jesse W., George W., William N., Samuel K., 
and Edward L. Lenhart.  She is also survived by 18 grandchildren, 21 great-
grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.  Mrs. Barkley was a good and 
faithful mother and a friend to both great and small.  She will be greatly 
missed by her many relatives and friends. Rev. Duff of Addison officiated at her 
funeral.  Undertaker H. B. Rishebarger of Addison had charge of the body which 
was laid to rest on Mother's Day in the cemetery at Addison.  Her six sons acted 
as pall-bearers.

Meyersdale Republican, May 15, 1930