OBIT: James Black STOUGHTON, 1972, Jennerstown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JAMES B. STOUGHTON
  
    James Black Stoughton, 61, Jennerstown, founder of Green Gables
  Restaurant and the Mountain Playhouse there, died June 30 at his home
  at Stoughton Lakes.
    Born in Addison, Sept. 12, 1910, he was a son of Robert A. and
  Edith (Maurer) Stoughton.
    Surviving are his mother; his wife, the former Teresa Mullane; two
  daughters, Teresa A. and Mary Louise, both at home; a sister, Mrs.
  Louis (Stoughton) Maust and a brother, Robert A. Stoughton, both of
  Jennerstown.
    He was preceded in death by his father in 1940.
    A member and past president of Somerset County Artists Association,
  he had been honored by that organization June 20 with a life
  membership.  He was a veteran of World War II and received two Bronze
  Star Medals for service with a field artillery unit in the South
  Pacific.
    Mr. Stoughton attended Paul Sawyer School of Art in New York City
  and was a member of the charter class of the University of Pittsburgh
  at Johnstown.  He was a member of Mount Laurel United Church of
  Christ, Jenner Township.
    Funeral service was held Monday afternoon in Green Gables Tuscany
  Room with Rev. Jeffrey Kistler officiating.  Interment in
  Jenners-Crossroads Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, July 6, 1972
  
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