The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-05

mer and quarry man feSlulnS Ut loiooll9-
burg. died Jan. 2S, aged 80 years. Two
children survive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Tooan, of the
Mayfleld House, mourn the loss of their
son, Vincent, months old. The funeral
will be held this afternoon.
Raymond, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lewis of Carbondale, died on Wednesday
after a brief illness in the third year of
his age The funeral will be attended tins
afternoon at the home of the parents.
Mrs. II. j. Hockenbury, of Carbonate,
has received intelligence of her mothers
death at Martensburg, w. v Mrs. Hook
enbury has left for Martensburg, where
the funeral services will be held today.
Her son, Raymond, will join her at car
Isle.
Yesterday morning at o'clock John
Castner died at his home on Mill street
Pittston. He had been a sufferer for over
six weeks of typhoid pneumonia. He was
81 years of age and had resided all MS HE
in Pttston. The deceased is survived by
a wife and three children-Mary, aged
years. Charles, 3 years, and Frank, year
and months. The funeral will take place
Saturday afternoon at o'clock; interment
in Avoca cemetery.
Mrs. Jacob Bonning, sr died at the
home of her son, Jacob, in Dushore, Iues-
day. lnterment was made in the Ham
town cemetery, Pittston, yesterday. Mrs.
Bonning, previous to her removal to Dush-
ore few years ago, resided in Hughes
town, where she had a large number OF
friends. The deceased is survived by two
daughters and three sons-JacoD, of Du-
shore; William, of Brooklyn, and son
who resides at MiddleseX, n. j.
Mrs. Hannah Williams widow of the
late David Williams, of Wilkes Barre, died
Wednesday evening after an illness of
five weeks of Inflammation of the bowels,
aged IS years. She is survived by ten chill
dren. three of whom are married-Albert,
of 1OS Kdder street, Wilkes-Barre; Thom-
as, of Nanticoke, and john of Ithaca, n.
Y. Funeral this afternoon. Mrs. Will
Jams was a native of Merthyr Tydvil,
Wales, and had been a resident of Wilkes
Barre for twenty-seven years.
The following recent deaths are noted in
Bradford county: At Towanda, yester-
day, Emil f. Dittrich senior member Of
the grocery firm of +. f. Dittrich & Co.,
of spinal meningitis, aged 3S years. At
Granville Center. Jan. %, Mrs. Caroline
Lacom. At North Rome Feb. 2, =. w.
| Van Gorder. AT Athens, Jan. 20, Mrs. An
ma f. Rumsey, aged 80 years. At Terry
| town. Jan. "a Cornelius Donovan, aged 50
! years. At Athens, Jan. 2S of heart dis
ease, John p. Mcmahon, aged 50 years.
At Athens, Jan. %, John II. Stevens, aged
| II years.
| George Mcguire died yesterday morning
at G o'clock at the home of his son,
| Michael, on Lambert street, Pittston, after
| an extended illness. The deceased was
| born in Ireland about siXty-eight years
| ago and emigrated to this country twenty
| three years afterward locating in this vi
| cinity. His wife died over three years ago,
| since which he has made his home with
| his SON He is survived by two sons, John
| and Michael The funeral will be held
| Saturday morning at $50 o'clock. Inter
| ment will be made in the Market Street
| cemetery.
Ira Davenport, one of the best-knowr
men in the Wyoming Valley died at his
| pneumonia. The deceased was S5 years
| old and was born in Plymouth. His wife
died some fourteen years ago. Four chill
dren survive him. They are: Mrs. j. p
| Biehl, Dr. John Davenport, of Plymouth
| Mrs. G.. NJ Pace, of Kingston, and a son
Irving, who left home for the West some
| seventeen years ago. The deceased was
| Plymouth, and held many offices of trust
| during his lifetime.
Mrs Celia f. Wright died at her home ir
| Pleasant Mount last Saturday morning
aged i9 years. She was daughter o.
Henry and Ann Bass, and was born il
| Pleasant Mount. In 1868 she united Will
the Presbyterian church, under the pas
torate of Rev. Mr.. Kessler. She was unit
ed in marriage to +. A. Wright, in 1867
Their family consisted of three children
Mrs. n. j. Spencer, of Honesdale, and +
w. and Edith, who live at home. Sh'
leaves besides her own family, one sister
Mrs. Mary Wells of Scranton, and TIVE
brothers, John +. Bass, of Uniondale, am
Brooks Bass, of Scranton. The funera
was held at the home on Monday.
Michael j. McAndrew, a son of Miles Ne
Andrew, of Archibald, died at his home
on Pine street, Pittston, early yesterda.
morning. He had been ailing for a loni
time and had been confined to bed for tn
past two months. Mr.. MCAndreW wa
born at Archibald thirty-six years ago an,
lived there until ten years ago. He wa
well-known as an upright AID industrou
young man, quiet in his manner and wit
many qualities that made him a desirabl
gentleman to know. There is much sorroy
expressed over his untimely death. Tn
! deceased was q DIOtneE Oh Miles j. NC
Andrew one of Archbalds best-knoW
young men. The deceased is survived b.
his wife and two small children. His fu
neral will take place at 2,3O O'Clock on Sat
urday afternoon.
Thomas Devaney, aged % years died a
: the home of his parents in Plains town
ship Wednesday after an illness of nearl
four weeks of typhoid fever. The deCease
of ba no -lyD n
the Wyoming valley. He was a membe
of the Young Mems Institute of Miner
, Mills, the Catholic Mutual Benefit assC
citation of Parsons, the Ancient order {
Hibernans and lrish-American club {
, Plains and of a number of temperance OF
ganiZations. He was in the employ {
Captain George w. Zegler at the time {
I his death, and was formerly in Mr.. ZeiG
ler's employ when the old Luzerne Hous
of Wilkes-Barre was yet doing business
The funeral will take place from his lat
home in Plains at 8 o'clock this mornin.
Interment will take place in Sacred Hear
cemetery.
Mrs. Polly Ann Fuller. one of the olde:
= and most highly respected residents
| Providence, died yesterday at her hom
= | on Church avenue. She was 50 years
age having been born in the year 1876
Blakely township. When she was sei
eral years old she moved to this section
where she has resided ever since. ST
was a woman who was admired and love
4 by all with whom she came in con,ac
She was a devout Christian and was
member of the Providence Presbyterla
church. The deceased is survived by
[ | husband and three children, namely, A
=; bert, Anna and Ella, the tirst-named resi-,
n ing in New York city. Francis Fuller h'
husband, Is 81 years old and is one of Il
Y best-known men in the city. At one tin