The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-18
OBITUARY.

OBITUARY.
Mrs. Anne Dever, relct of the late
Thomas DeVer, died at the home of her
son-in-law, Hon. r. V. Powdery, G22
North Main avenue, early yesterday
morning. Death was due TO failure to
rally from u severe attack of la grippe,
which was aggravated by the lady being
over 81 years of age. Although sick but
six days, she retained her senses to the
last. Mrs. Dever had the distinction OF
being the first child born in the now city
of Carbondale, having first seen the light
of day Sept. l. 1929 Her father, Thomas
Mullen, was employed by the old Lehgh
and Susquehanna Gravity Road company
| as carpenter, and probably built the first
gravity cars sent over to Honesdale. Mrs.
Dever was married in Carbondale in 1S45,
| afterward residing in Wilkes Barre for
short time, and then going back to Car
bondale. She took up her residence in
Scranton in November 1866, living here
continuously ever since. Her daughter,
Hannah, married Mr. Powderly in 1872,
and Mrs. Dever made her home with
them She is survived by brother, john
Mullen; two sisters Mrs. White and Mrs.
Collins; her daughters Mrs. r. V. Pow
derby and Margaret, unmarried and
three sons, James and Albert DeVer, of
this city, and Frank Dever, of Carbon
| dale. The funeral win be held Friday
morning. y requiem mass VIII be Cele-
brated al $50 in St. Patrick's church. Rev.
j. Il. Whelan officiating. Interment will
be made in Hyde Park Catholic cemetery.
Mrs Abigail Gibler. the oldest person
in LuZerne county, died at noon Tuesday
at Kingston, ut the advanced age of 81
years. she had been in remarkably good
health for one so old during the entire
] Wi nt,4I is wi he 81
week that her health began to fail. About
a week ago she took a cold which deyel-
oped into pneumonia and carried her
/ away. During the day it was thought she
had not long to live, and when the end
came she was surrounded by the mem
bers of her family. Mrs. Gibler was born
in Plymouth township, then Shawnee,
May II, 1900. Her maiden name was Abb
gall Barber, and her father was one of
the early settlers of Plymouth. In the
year 1878, she was married to Morris Glib
Ter, formerly of Philadelphia but then of
Kingston. In Kingston she began her
married life and since then it has been
her home. Her children, Of which there
were nine, We're born there, married there,
and nearly all of the living ones now re-
side there. In 1872 her husband, Morris
Gbler died and since then She has lived
with her children. Mrs. Gibler was an at
tendant Of the Methodist church.
Mrs Horace Buckland died at her home.
at Waymart, March II, aged 81 years
| Her maiden name was Betsy Tennant.
! She was born in New London, Conn. and
| was a sister of the late John A. Tennant,
| of Clinton, ana the daughter of Charles
| Tenant, one of the pioneer settlers Of
| Wayne county. In the early days of the
gravity she and her husband kept the
| boarding house at Keen's station, the
| place now being the residence of Lewis
| Keen. Deceased is survived by one daugh-
| ter, Mrs. Angle Hudson, of Waymart and
| three sons, Dwight and Ward, of Way
! mart, and Henry, of Texas. Two of her
! brothers, Lyman and John \. Tenant,
| died within the past year, the only sur
| vlvor of the family being a sister, Mrs
Jane Carpenter, who lives in Illinois.
The funeral of George w. Mortimer. the
oldest member of the Improved Order of
Red Men in the coal region, took place at
Pottsvlle Tuesday afternoon, and was
| largely attended. Mortimer was a char
ter member of Seneca Tribe No. A. the
Oldest in that part of the state. He was
"a years Of age, and had been a Red Man
for forty-one years. He came to Potts
vile in 1926, when deer and other wild
game abounded in what is now the heart
of the town.
Mrs. Richard Evans. of 43 Back street.
bellevue, died yesterday morning al her
home. The deceased was we'll known and
had many estimable qualities which en-
deared her to all her friends. Death was
due to a complication of diseases. Her
husband and three children, Mary Ellen,
Sarah Jane and David John survive her.
The funeral will occur on Saturday from
the house and interment will be made in
Washburn Street cemetery.
A dispatch from Bloomsbury says:
Death has claimed four well-known resi-
dents of Columbia county, each one haV-
ing reached the three score and ten mark.
Henry Edwards, of East First street,
aged IS years; Robert Pursel, of North
Main street, aged II years; NJ. A. Williams,
of Orangeville, aged 20 years. and Ezra s.
Lyons, of Pine Summit, aged 70 years.
Mrs Ann Bouton, an octogenarian, died
at the home of John f. Blake, in Manches-
ter, a few days ago. She was a widow of
the late Rev. w. s. Bouton, a Methodist
minister who died in 1879 while pastor OF
Grace church, at Newburgh, n. Y. sis
ter of DR.. Isaiah Scudder and aunt of Mrs.
G. +. Rockwell, of this place. Her funer-
al was held on Tuesday.
Mary, the ll-months-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Lawler, of Jessup, died on
Tuesday morning. Her funeral takes
! place this afternoon at O'Clock. Inter-
ment will be in the Olyphant Catholic
cemetery.
Mrs. John j. McDiyitt died at the home
Of her father, Mr.. Turner, in Lebanon, on
| Friday morning last. The funeral was
! held on Sunday. She was about 20 years
of age and had been married about two
| years.
John w, Bellamy died of consumption
| at his home, i'm Dyberry on Friday morn
| ing last, aged A years, s months The
| funeral was held on Sunday.
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