Obituary: Hughes, John  1894, Oil City, Venango County, PA

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Newspaper clipping, 12/  /1894 - from unidentified newspaper, December, 1894:

 
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES.

Funeral Obsequies Over the Remains of the late John Hughes.
 

            The remains of John Hughs, the victim of last Thursday’s accident in 
the W.N.Y. & P. yards, were interred in St. Joseph’s Cemetery Sunday afternoon.  
The obsequies, conducted at the church by Father Carroll, were of a very large 
impressive nature.  At the conclusion, the remains were taken in charge by 
Branch 5, C.M.B.A., and escorted to the cemetery.  The pall bearers were: 
Morris Drohen, Thomas Nolan, James White, James H. Carey, 
Wm. Dwyer and Joseph Spellacy.

            The funeral was one of the most largely attended ever held in the city, 
with hundreds of relatives, friends and fellow workmen in attendance attesting by 
their presence the estimation in which the deceased was held in this community.  
The reputation which he leaves behind is a rich legacy for those who bear his name.  
None speak of him except in the most eulogistic terms.  It is said he never used 
profanity, never indulged in intoxicants, was even tempered, regular in his habits 
and so careful and cautious that, prior to the accident, which cost him his life, 
he never received an injury of any kind, though engaged in railroading for a long 
term of years.

            He was a loving husband, an indulgent father, an honest, industrious 
citizen, a sincere friend, an agreeable companion and above all a true and 
consistent Christian.  
Peace to his ashes.