OBIT: John HAHN, Jr., 1914, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Hahn, John Jr.

HUSBAND KILLED BRIDE LIVED HERE

  Two months ago, Miss Emma Cox, formerly of this place was married to John Hahn 
Jr., and today she is a widow, her husband having been accidently killed last 
Thursday at Benwood, W. Va., where he was a foreman for the Wheeling Iron 
Company. Mr. Hahn, who was aged about thirty, was assisting in the moving of a 
car of scrap iron, the material extending beyond the ends of the car, making it 
impossible to couple the dinkey engine to the car. Mr. Hahn took a small plank 
to use as a shunting pole, placing one end against the engine, but the plank 
slipped and he was caught between the car and the engine, and was struck on the 
head by the plank, causing his instant death. The remains were brought to this 
place on the B. & O. on Saturday and taken to the home of George Zinn, a cousin 
of Mrs. Hahn, the body being in the care of Undertaker Coodey. On Sunday morning 
at nine o'clock services were conducted at the house by Rev. D. W. Michael, of 
the local Lutheran Church, after which interment was made in the Union Cemetery 
in the same plot where the father of Mrs. Hahn, the late Michael Cox, is buried.

Meyersdale Commercial, Aug. 27, 1914