OBIT: Josiah L. BERKEY, 1915, Lincoln Township, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Berkey, Josiah L. "Josiah L. Berkey" Aged 69 years, a prominent farmer and justice of the peace of Lincoln Township, died Sunday evening at his home. Five children survive: Chas. of Jenner Township; Parker, of Topeka, Kansas; Mrs. James Ogline, of Lincoln Township; Mrs. A. H. Airsman, Jenner Township; Mrs. Martin Diller, of Acosta. Mr. Berkey was a veteran of the Civil War, having served in Co. A, Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 11, 1915