The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-03


MCDERAITT-D at the residence OF
l.. 4. HcDermitt ia LOretto. on Saturday.
July 2Stb, 1885, Bessie, eldest daughter ~
AIbsn and Mary McDermitt % Glen White,
Pa, aged years and months.
HOLTZ-D.ed It the home Of the parents
In Elder township on Tuesday, July 2fth,
1855 Anthony MOdestns. infant son OF Jo-
seph }. and Mary Ann Hoitz, aged months
and daJs-
sleep gently sleep, thy life is DER,
IEuz-.es Tor tles are sew 40 more.
Angel hands nov -,ear the o.
II ze-ys a. Goi's eternal Throne.
BRADLEY .-EHlrd In the Mantle Mines
at Illinois, on Ju.g ths 19tk. lsSs. Pstrick
>c- % Michael and Bridget Bradley, aged
II years.
Mast IL be that all hats lovely,
AL thas.s dear must pas away,
That oar pgrlst. sweetest treasures
Al shall sllentiy decay.
Ho- SAT shall be the spring tine,
Whea 80 flowers bloom sEain.
Thea Nc vil uiisE cur KrntIe Patrick.
Al ainost feel that ufe Is vain.
BAKKER-Died at her home in Ebens-
. alrZ, GA Tuesday, july 3lst 1855 Mrs
D.s.Ea a. Barker. sic uf Hon. \ a. Bark
~ il TIE C7th year of her age.
The deased was boru in North Bridgeton,
Maine, on the 20th Of October. 1921 ana
. came 20 this county with her husband and
/ family In 1S55. After residing about q year
b in Carroll township. tue family removed to
. EbensbuEg, where they have continued to
/ reside ever since. Mrs. Barker had long
/ bees an invalid. sufferer from shaking
l paralysis, the disease having first attacked
her about nine years ago in one hand, and
4 since that time, has been slowly but surely
doing its fatal work. and for the past two
years she was unable TO leave her room.
She was an earnest. hopeful, christian
I woman with many virtues and bore her
; !Ong sufIerings with a christian fOrtitude.
She leaves a husband to mourn the loss OF a
faithful wife, and four sons all grown 90
manhood and residents of EbeDsburg. name
ly, V. $, f. H., 4 v, and G. u. Barker,
to mourn the loss of fond aad loving
mother. Her fuoeraI took pace to-day
/ CThursday) at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, from the
Presbyterian church OF this place OF which
body size had long been faithful member
SKELLY-DIed in Waco, Texas on Mon
day, June 9th, 1883, Mr.. James SkeIIy,
aged Go years 8 months and II days.
The subject or the above notice was born
and raised in Summerhili township. Cam
bTia county. and was a son Of John Sicily,
deceased, and brother of Daniel, Alexander
and Philip SkeIly, who still live near the
! old homestead.
Nnen the call was made for troops for the
war with Mexico he enrolled in the "OId
Cambria Guards" Company A, % Peunsyl-
ysnia Vols. under Captain James Murray
and served with credit in ali the engage
meDts his command was engaged in. After
his return he taught school and for a time
ran an engine on the Old Portage railroad.
J He. about that time was united In marriage
70 Sarah Singer, daughter of John Singer, OF
jackson township, and soon after removed 10
jefferson county, Iowa, where he located his
land warrant, but firing OF the West he in 8
year or two turned his face eastward and
returned to Wilmore and rau an engine on
the p. Z. L. for time when be again re>
traced his steps toward the setting sun and
located on the Missouri River in Harrison
county. Iowa. When the Pixies Peak gold
excitement struck the country he was
caught in the whirI and after an unsuecess-
full search for tue shining metal ne return
ed to his home in Iowa. which be
soon after sold aud removed to Kansas
not finding that country cong e
nlal 20 ms tastes be next located il
Arkansas and from there found his way tC
Texas. When the late war broke out he
enlisted ana was commissioned lieutenant
he served about a year when his failinl
4 eye-sight compelled him to resign, and h
was for the last few years almost tOtai!!
blind. His wife proceeded him to thG
grave about seYen years ago. He was the
father or eight children, six OF whom sur
viYe him and live in Texas. Those VIII,
knew James Skelly best esteemed him most
a brave soldier, a competent and careful
engineer, a pai1staking and efficient teach
er, kind and i0dulgent husband and father
an obligng ard good neighbor and an hon
} est mau Is the enlogy that could be truth
fully cut on bis tombstone, and his man
friends in Cambria county will bear willin
testimony 90 its tIutnfulness. May hi
eternal rest be a peaceful one.
J.M.S.