Obituaries:   Faidley, Elijah J., Meyersdale, PA

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OBIT of Elijah J. Faidley

At the residence of Jonas Saylor at Meyersdale, PA, on July 28th, 1909, 1:30 am. 
Elijah Faidley, the oldest person in this community passed away, attaining the 
age of 91, years 3 months and 14 days.  He was the fifth of a family of eleven 
children that resulted from the reunion of John and Barbara (nee Kreider) 
Faidley, being born not far from a place known in earlier days as Livengood's 
Mill - now Boynton.

John Faidley, the father of the deceased, was born December 28, 1788, and died 
March 20 1833 and was the oldest son of eleven children of Adam and Mary 
Faidley: John Faidley served in the war of 1812 in the infantry under Capt Peter 
Lane and in what was known as a rifle company under Capt Casper Keller, and took 
part in the engagements at Buffalo and Black Rock.  Barbara Kreider Faidley 
Shultz mother of the deceased, was born March 5th 1793 and died in August 1869, 
being interred in Turkeyfoot, she later having married Peter Shultz, father of 
the late Daniel Shultz, of town.  Adam Faidley, the grandfather of the deceased, 
emigrated from England and was born March 5th 1765 and died February 15th 1828.  
The father, John and grandparents Adam and Mary are interred in the cemetery 
just east of Salisbury.

The deceased is survived by two brothers and one sister, Alexander of 
Turkeyfoot, who is nearly 84 years old, Delilah Younkin also of Turkeyfoot, who 
is 80 and John of Wakefield Kansas, who is 77 years of age.
Elijah Faidley was united in marriage to Elizabeth Gumbert, May 10, 1840 and to 
this marriage were born nine children: John E. of Centralia, WA, William E. of 
Keener KS, Samuel E. of Burr Oak, KS, Peter who met death by accident at the age 
of 7, Barbara Bittner, who died at the age of 26 at Colfax, IA, Daniel E. of 
Maxwell, IA, Hiram E. of Burr Oak KS, Catharine Eichorn, of Summit, IL and 
Harvey T. of St Louis MO.

The deceased was an adherent of the old Whig party and when that party passed 
out of existence, he became a Republican.

He was a good citizen - a true and honored man in every relation of life and 
deserved and had the respect of his fellow citizens.  All his life was spent 
near Meyersdale with the exception of nine years after his wife died that he 
spent in the west with his children.  On May 1st of the present year he returned 
to his old home to be among the people with whom he lived almost a century to 
spend his remaining days.

He was a member of the German Baptist Brethren church for over seventy years and 
a staunch believer in its principles and doctrines and found great pleasure in 
the services and public worship.  He served in the capacity of deacon for many 
years and had an ardent love for the Master's service removed what might be 
otherwise called difficulties in rural districts and at the time of his death 
was the oldest member in point of service in the county.

He was laid to rest in the Hostetler cemetery in Greenville, beside his wife who 
preceded him fifteen years.

from a newspaper article pasted in the W. H. Welflry scrap book in the Spring 
Museum in Spring, PA

(The reference to John being the oldest child of Adam and Mary is wrong.  He is 
the oldest child but he came from Adam's first marriage to Eve Yowler.)
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Filename is FAIDLEYE.  Information pertains to Elijah Faidley.