Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Latta, John  February 15, 1913
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Latrobe Bulletin Sat Feb 15 1913 Page 1 
The Honorable John Latta, ex-Lieutenant Governor of the State of Pennsylvania,
and the oldest practicing member of the Westmoreland County Bar, died at his
home on Alexandria street, at Greensburg, at 1:30 o'clock. this morning,
following a day's illness with neuralgia of the heart. His death was quite
unexpected to his large circle of friends and to the county generally, as on
Thursday he had been at his office as usual, looking after his law practice and
other business details and being, seemingly, in his customary health.
Mr. Latta was born in Unity Township on the fifth of March, 1836, so that he was
within a few days of being 77 years of age when death claimed him. He was of
Scotch-Irish descent. He received his early education in the township schools,
and subsequently attended the Sewickley and Eldersridge Academies. In 1857 he
entered upon the study of law in Yale University, and was graduated from that
Institution in 1859. The same year he was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland
county and was engaged, almost continuously, in the practice of his profession
that time until his death. He was elected to the State Senate in 1863 and to the
legislature in 1872 and 1873. Two years later he was elected Lieutenant Governor
of Pennsylvania, and he served in that capacity for four years.
In September 1865 he was married to Emma A. Hope, of Uniontown. Three children
survive from his marriage: Miss Isabel Latta, of Pleasant Unity; Mrs. W. B.
Ryan, of Mexico: and Cuthbert Latta. of Bethlehem. Mrs. Latta died in 1876 and
in 1877, Mr. Latta was married to Miss Rose McClellan, of Ludwick. Four children
survive from this union; Mrs. Murray Turner, of Hammond, Indiana; Mrs. Richard
Jamison, of Greensburg:  Pollard, of Greensburg, and Margaret, of Greensburg.
The funeral services will be held in Christ Episcopal Church of Greensburg on
Monday morning, at 10:30 o’clock.


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