OBIT: William Howard GIBBS, 1915, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Gibbs, William Howard

YOUNG MAN ACCIDENTLY ELECTROCUTED, Wm. Howard Gibbs, telephone lineman of the 
Pittsburg Telephone Co. was electrocuted on an electric power wire in Braddock 
on Wednesday. The body of Mr. Gibbs was brought to the home of the bride's 
parents in Lincoln Township, this county on Friday last and the remains and the 
remains were buried at Edie at 10 o'clock the following day. Mr. Gibbs was 36 
years of age, an exemplary young man and his premature death is much regretted 
by a large circle of friends. His widow before her marriage was Miss Lillian 
Baker, daughter of Simon D. Baker of Lincoln Township. Five children also 
survive.

Meyersdale Commercial, Oct. 14, 1915