The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-08
JERI1YN NJ
AND
MAYFIELD

Below is given part of the obituary
of Samuel Netherton, ST., which was
read at his funeral on Friday after
noon by Rev. f. Gendall: Brother
Netherton was born near the town
OF Lastwithiel, in the county of Corn
wall, England, March 1S, 1882. Died
March j, 1897 at Jermyn, Pa. He
was married February 26th, 1858, to
Mrs Jane Ripper, with whom he lived
IN the bonds of happy Christian we'd
lock FOR the period of forty-four years
and five days. Fifteen years of their
married life were spent in the place
OF their birth and marriage, and dur
ing those years their seven children
were born, six sons and one daugh-
ter, one of the former dying in in
fancy, and buried in the old church.
yard OF their native village. At the
age OF twenty-four our brother became
a member of the Methodist church,
the predominant church in Cornwall
for more than a century, and ever
since has retained his Christian ex-
perience, and loyal allegiance to the
church. In 1868 he. with his family,
came to this country and settled in
Jermyn, where he and most of his
family have remained ever since. In
1858, the first year of their residence
in this country, the only daughter
died at eleven years of age. on com
ing to this country and settling in
Jermyn. our brother identified him
self at once with the church of his new
home. He found a small. struggling
Methodist Episcopal church, under the
pastorate of the Rev. j. f. Wilbur,
meeting and worshiping in the old
school house, remembered by many of
the older residents as the location
where Mr.. Arthur Missett now lives,
and threw in his lot with the small
number of members then constituting
the church OF those who then
formed part of the membership. only
two now remain, one of whom is the
mourning widow of the deceased. and
the other sister Catharine Maynard,
the Oldest member. although not the
Oldest person in the Methodist Epis-
copal church of this town. When
the old church was built. he toiled
hard to gather the material for the
foundation, helped to lay it with his
own hands, and in the erection of the
superstructure, with the carpenters
tools, he helped to raise it into
'Niil'iS iol N'Oi' Ilt was II HltlllDel
of the first board of trustees of the
old church, and for many years served
the church in that office; and also, for
some time as steward. OF his life
among US it can be said that he was
loyal and worthy citizen that he
was an honest Industrious and a
true man; that no shadow of dis
honesty ever tarnshed his fair fame:
that tbn M of ifa will
bring the blush of shame to the cheeks
of those who loved him. Five sons
and the mourning widow survive the
deceased, two of whom are living in
Forty Fort. Luzerne county, Rev
William p. Netherton. the oldest son.
and Joseph, while three sons are still
here, Samuel, Charles and Thomas"
Miss Mary Odell and sister, of
Scranton. spent Saturday calling on
friends here.
Mrs. William Osmond and Mrs. Louis
Bonner of Green Ridge, spent Sum
day in town.
Miss Helen Battenburg, of Arch
bald, was caller in town on Satur-
| day
Misses Lilly and Belle Baker, of
Cemetery street spent Saturday in
Carbondale.
Mr. and Mrs. John Solomon are vis-
tng friends in Dunmore.
Mr. and Mrs Conner Lewis have
started housekeeping in Mayfield.
Miss Ella Mulholland visited in
Scranton Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Davis, of Second
street, who has been visiting rela-
tives in Moosic returned home Satur-
day.
The Temperance Band will celebrate
the fourth anniversary Of this or
ganization next Friday by giving a
social to their lady friends.
child of Mrs. William Eastlake is
dangerously i'll from inflammation of
the lungs.
The Zickwick and Sayers company
open a three nights engagement at
the Jermyn opera house this evening.
Professor Sayers has extended an in
Vitation to all doubling his hypnotic
power to call on him a the st.
George hotel this afternoon. Anyone
can have a private interview. and if