Obituaries: Cann, William Abraham  1951, Venango County, PA
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Oil City Derrick, 1951

William Abraham Cann   (1871-1951)

Death Date 30 Mar 1951, Oil City, Venango County, PA

William A. Cann, 79, of Cranberry, native of Meadville, 
died in the Oil City Hospital at 10 PM Friday.

    Born June 13, 1881, he came to Oil City in 1890 and 
entered the employ of the National Transit Pump and 
Machine Co. as a machinist when the Transit moved from
Bradford to Oil City.

    He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.  He was 
a graduate of Bradford Business College.  Surviving are 
his wife, Mrs. Mary R. Cann, a daughter, Mrs. Hazel D. Blum 
of Polk and a son, Byron I. Cann of Oil City.  Also surviving 
are 18 grandchildren and 16  great-grandchildren and a sister, 
Mrs. Ann E. Pruin of Oil City.  A brother, John I. Cann, 
for whom the local Spanish American War Camp was named, 
and a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Battin, preceded him in death.

       The body was taken to the Osenider Funeral Home where 
services will be conducted by Rev. A. E. Shafer, of Seneca 
at 2 PM Monday.  Interment will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.