OBIT: Robert Nelson FERRELL, 1942, native of Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Richard Boyer. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ ________________________________________________ ROBERT NELSON FERRELL Robert Nelson Ferrell died June 27, at Uniontown. The body was buried in the Park Place Cemetery in Uniontown, June 30. Mr. Ferrell, 78, at the time of death, was a native of Somerset County, having been born in Salisbury, April 12, 1865, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ferrell. He was reared in Centerville, in which place his parents both died. Robert Ferrell learned the carriage building trade at Grantsville, Md., and retired from active business only 10 years ago. In 1902 Mr. Ferrell removed to Uniontown, where he lived until the time of his death. Surviving is one sister, his twin, Mrs. Jennie Demnitt of Ursina and 13 children. His wife and these brothers and sisters preceded him in death: James, a blacksmith in New Centerville, John, George, Russell, Margrette, Myrtle and Bertha. Meyersdale Republican, July 9, 1942