OBIT: John Wesley TEDROW, 1974, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN W. TEDROW
  
  John Wesley Tedrow, 97, of Rockwood, died March 17, 1974, in Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Feb. 9, 1877, in Trent, he was a son of the late
  Hiram and Amanda (Moore) Tedrow.  He was also preceded in death by his wife,
  the former Emma Younkin, in 1964, and by a sister, Jennie Lyons.  He owned
  and operated a farm for 60 years in Milford Township.  He spent several
  years as a teacher, and was considered an authority on both ancient and
  modem history.  He was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church and was a
  charter member of Milford Grange.  Surviving are four suns, Robert of
  Reidsville, N.C.; Paul of Storrs, Conn.; John of Edison, N. J.; and Frank
  of Rockwood; two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Bowman of Rockwood; and Mrs.
  Eleanor Romesberg, Rockwood RD 2; 17 grandchildren and 55
  great-grandchildren.  Funeral service was conducted Tuesday afternoon in
  William J. Wood Funeral Home, Rockwood, with Rev. Gene Abel officiating.
  Interment in Rockwood IOOF Cemetery.
  
  Meyersdale Republican, March 21, 1974
  
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