OBIT: Lydia (MEAGER) SHAW MARTIN, 1941, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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LYDIA SHAW-MARTIN

Sudden Passing of Mrs. Martin
Esteemed Meyersdale Resident Died While Visiting in Somerset

  Relatives and friends of Mrs. Lydia (Meager) Shaw-Martin, beloved and highly 
esteemed resident of Meyersdale, were profoundly shocked when they heard of her 
sudden and unexpected death at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hester Shaw 
Horner, in Somerset, Sunday night.
  Mrs. Martin left her home here a few weeks ago to visit her children living at 
some distance from Meyersdale.  She went first to Cleveland, O., for a brief 
visit with her son, Potter Shaw, and his wife and two young sons.  From there 
she went to Latrobe, Pa., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Harold A. Stuart, and 
family, and from there to Somerset to spend a day or two with her youngest 
daughter, Mrs. Horner, before returning to her home in Meyersdale.
  She was not feeling as well as usual when she arrived at Somerset, on Sunday.  
Her condition did not seem to be alarming, but death attributed to coronary 
occlusion, came during the night.
  Mrs. Martin was a little over 70 years of age, having been born at Barton, 
Md., August 20, 1871, of English parents, the late John and Charlotte (Truscot) 
Meager.  The family moved from Barton, Md. to Salisbury, Pa., when Lydia was but 
a young child.  Her father was a prominent mine foreman and coal mining operator 
in the Elk Lick coal region for many years.  Mr. Meager was a man of outstanding 
Christian character, a lay preacher of the Methodist Church, an expert coal 
miner and successful businessman as well.  Coming to this country when a young 
man to work in the mines of the Georges Creek big vein coal region of Alleghany 
County, Md., he made a number of trips back to his home land to bring over 
relatives and friends, a number of whom he succeeded in getting established here 
as prosperous and loyal naturalized American citizens like himself and his good 
wife.
  Miss Lydia Meager grew to womanhood in Salisbury and for several years before 
her marriage to the late H. Columbus Shaw of Garrett County, Md., she was a 
successful and popular school teacher in Salisbury.  Her first husband, H. C. 
Shaw, was a prosperous businessman of Grantsville, who located in Salisbury, 
Pa., after his marriage to Miss Meager, and until his accidental death in 1910 
he was a successful businessman and coal operator in the Salisbury community.  
He lost his life while assisting in making a new mine opening near West 
Salisbury.
  After several years widowhood she married Henry D. Martin, a cousin of her 
first husband.  Some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Martin bought the 
James H. Black residence on Beachly Street, Meyersdale, where she had resided 
ever since.  Mr. Martin died about ten years ago.
  During her 25 years' residence in Meyersdale, Mrs. Martin was one of the most 
active members and liberal supporters of the First Methodist Church.  She also 
was active in the W.C.T.U., Meyersdale Garden Club and the Federated Woman's 
Club.
  She is survived by four children, all fathered by her first husband - three 
daughters and one son - Mrs. Harold Stuart of Latrobe, Mrs. James B. Slicer of 
Meyersdale, Mrs. Hester Horner of Somerset and Potter Shaw of Cleveland, Ohio.  
She also leaves several grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Lottie Emerick of 
Akron, O.  She was a devoted mother and kind neighbor and friend.
  Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the late 
home, 100 Beachly Street, by Rev. John D. Warman, pastor of the Meyersdale 
Methodist Church.  Interment in the Salisbury I.O.O.F. Cemetery under the 
direction of W. C. Price & Son, Meyersdale morticians.

Meyersdale Republican, November 6, 1941