OBIT: Solomon HOUSEL, 1914, Pocahontas, Somerset County, PA File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Meyersdale Library. Transcribed and proofread by: Keith Petenbrink. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _________________________________________ Housel, Solomon Solomon Housel whose death had been erroneously reported some time ago, passed away at his home in Pocahontas on Tuesday morning at 2:00 o'clock. At the time of his death he was aged 77 years, 10 months and 25 days. Mr. Housel had been a member of the Church of the Brethren. The funeral services will be held in the Hostetler Church this morning at 11:00 o'clock, when Rev. E. K. Hostetler will officiate. He was married in 1855, and is survived by his widow, Sarah Beal Housel, and the following children: A. Q. Housel, Larimer Township; Mrs. Susannah Steinley; Greenville Township; Mrs. Clara Boyer, Ohio; Mrs. Bertha Yaist, Meyersdale; Mrs. Emma Brice Irvin, Virginia; Mrs. Maggie Cook, Mrs. Barbara Ellen Garlitz, and Harvey Housel of Meyersdale. He had been a veteran of the Civil War. Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 19, 1914