OBIT: Charles Henry MESSERSMITH, 1949, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES H. MESSERSMITH

  Charles Henry Messersmith, 66, husband of the former Miss May Younkin of 
Grantsville, died at his home in Lester, Pa., April 13, after a brief illness.  
A Westinghouse Company employee for a number of years, he would have retired 
this year.
  He was born May 4, 1883, at Tawanda, Pa., the oldest son of the late Joshua 
and Lucretia Messersmith, who came to Jennings, Md., with the C. H. Jennings 
Lumber Company.
  He is survived by his wife, a sister, Mrs. Joseph Livengood of Grantsville, 
and three brothers, James E. and Joshua L. Messersmith, Hagerstown, and David H. 
Messersmith, Marathon, N.Y.
  Funeral services were held at Lester, Saturday morning, and burial was made 
nearby.  Mrs. Livengood, son Joseph Paul, and John Hanft of Grantsville attended 
the funeral.

Meyersdale Republican, April 21, 1949