OBIT: P. M. THOMPSON, 1915, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Thompson, P. M.

MILL FOREMAN THOMPSON DEAD, P. M. Thompson of Durbin, W. Va. who was a mill 
foreman for H. J. Wilmoth & Sons at Boyer, W. Va. for about eight years and who 
had charge of the erecting of the band mill near Glencoe was taken suddenly ill 
last Tuesday night. When on Wednesday morning Alfred Wilmoth went up to see why 
he did not come down to breakfast he found that he could not speak, He having 
had a stroke during the night. Dr. Rowe was summoned from Meyersdale who advised 
that he be taken to the hospital; accordingly he was taken to the W. M. 
Hospital. He never regained full consciousness dying on Tuesday. The remains 
were taken to Elkins for interment. He was a member of the I. O. O. M. and the 
lodge of Cumberland looked after his interests.

Meyersdale Commercial, Oct. 28, 1915