OBIT: Pearson LOHR, 1915, Kantner, Somerset County, PA

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Lohr, Pearson

  One of the best known farmers in Stoyestown and Kantner, died Sunday evening 
at Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, where he had been admitted for an operation. An 
abscess had formed on the lungs following pneumonia and pleurisy. Pearson Lohr 
was 73 years old and a veteran of the Civil War. He lived at Kantner. His widow, 
who is a daughter of the late David Specht, and the following children survive: 
Andrew Martin, of Kantner; Mrs. Wilson Custer, of Shade Township; Mrs. Elmer 
Boyts, of Shade Township; David, of Kantner; J. E. Lohr, New Central City; 
James, Kantner. Also these brothers and sisters: Austin and Cornelius, near 
Stoyestown; Obadiah, Curtin and Mrs. Jno Yoder, Hooversville; Grant and Mrs. 
James Buchanan, of Wilbur; Newton, Wilbur.

Meyersdale Commercial, May 13, 1915