OBIT: Joseph C. DeHAVEN, 1932, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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JOSEPH C. DeHAVEN

  Joseph Christopher DeHaven died at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, 
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Jack, 448 Marlin Drive, Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, on 
Friday, April 29, at 2 a.m., at the age of 80 years, 8 months and 25 days.  He 
was the son of William and Sarah DeHaven, having been born at Grantsville, Md., 
August 4, 1851.
  He was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Bradley, December 4, 1875.  To them 
were born ten children, four of whom, William, Lena and Dorothy preceded him to 
the grave in infancy, and Mary died in East Liverpool, Ohio, in the year 1912.  
Surviving are the sons James, Claud, Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh; John, East 
Liverpool, Ohio; Earl, Aliquippa; daughters, Ruba, wife of Charles A. Jack, Mt. 
Lebanon, and Belle, wife of W. N. Criss, Oakland, Md.; eighteen grandchildren 
and eight great-grandchildren, and one brother, William.
  He was highly esteemed by all who knew him - a man of good christian 
character.  During his early life he was a farmer in Addison Township and at one 
time also conducted a general store in Addison, associated with his brother-in-
law, Henry Clay Duckworth.  He moved from the farm to Jockey Valley, where he 
and his family lived for a number of years and then moved to East Liverpool, 
Ohio, where he owned and operated a bakery for about sixteen years.  In 1921 he 
leased the Umbel property at Thomasdale, and conducted a road house for a period 
of four years and half, after which he retired and made his home with his 
daughter, Mrs. Charles A. Jack, and family.
  Funeral director H. B. Rishebarger had full charge of the funeral 
arrangements.  He removed the body from Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, to the home of 
the brother, William, in Addison, on Friday evening.  A short funeral service 
was held at the home at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon, followed by services in the M. 
E. Church, he having affiliated with the church in early manhood.  Rev. Russell, 
pastor of the M.E. Church South, having been a personal friend of the deceased, 
conducted the services.  The pallbearers were C. N. Jeffreys, F. L. Jeffreys, N. 
A. Wright, F. C. Wright, O. D. Nicola and John W. Mitchell, who were his friends 
for many years.  Interment in Addison Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, May 5, 1932