Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-03-09
DEATHS.

Butler, decd, in her Slst year
Mrs Butler had been III feeble health
for years. She will be remembered by
many middle aged people of Butler as
their first school teacher. She taught
the primary grade and summer school
in the fifties-about 45 years ago.
She is survived by her daughters, Mrs.
Diffenbacher Mrs. Greer and Mrs. Nc
Lure.
ELLIOTT-At her home in Buffalo
twp. Feb. 2S, 1899, Mrs Susan Eli
OF, in her I'D year
MORROW-At Dixmont Hospital. Feb.
2S, 1899, Miss Mollie Morrow of
Branchton, aged about % years.
Miss Morrow was one of the nurses at
the hospital, and was taken i'll with pneu-
monia about ten DAYS before her death
CON VERY-At his home in Oakland
twp, March 6, 1899, Daniel Convery,
in his 10th year
WEAKLEY his home in Mercer
twp, Tuesday, March I, 1899, Robert
Weakley, aged about 20 years.
SNYDER 4, 1899, infant child
of Araham Snyder, of Mercer twp.
aged 13 months.
PARKS-At her home in Middlesex
twp, March 4, 1899, Mrs. Lucinda
Parks, widow of James Parks, aged
"A years.
She was the mother of Mrs. Willard
Starr of Glade Mills, also of Mrs. De-
trick, Mrs. Mehaffy and Mrs Hill.
She was buried, Monday, at Glade
Run Z. p. cemetery.
ATWELL-At her home near Clinton
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well, in her nth year.
McDOWELL-At her home in Etna.
March 1, 1899, Mrs. Margaret Nc
Dowell, in her S7th year.
She was the grandmother of James
a. Mcdowell, and great-aunt of w.
j. Mcdowell, both Cf Butler.
KESSELMAN-Su Suddenly, at her home
on Brown ave, Butler, Wednesday
evening, March s, 1899, Margaret.
wife of VIM. kesselman, aged about
60 years.
Her death was caused by heart fail
ure. Mrs. Kesselman was respected
and loved by all who knew her as a
kindhearted, Christian woman. She
was member of the Evangelical Luth-
eran church Mr.. and Mrs. Kesselman
were married in 1868. her maiden name
being Moser and her home New Castle.
Besides many friends, the husband and
five children mourn her loss
KRUG-At her home in Butler. March
s, 1899, Miss Kate Krug. in her 10th
year. Miss Krug had been an inva-
lid for several yea rs.
Obituary Notes.
DIR. Kahle, formerly of Butler Co,
was accidently killed in Cuba.
He was in the regular army.
JOHN A. BADGER.
At the Allegheny General Hospital.
Allegheny, Pa, on February, %, 1899.
ended the life of John A. Badger. He
was the second son of Uriah ]. and
Maggie J. Black Badger. formerly of
the north end of this county. The de-
ceased was 30 years of age, and for the
last II years had been in the employ of
the p. q w. r. r. Co., rising through
all the grades to that of conductor. and
was regarded as one of the most compe-
tent and faithful of the company's EN-
ployees. A bad accident at the Bakers
town tunnell to freight train, of
which he was in charge, gave him a
fall resulting in conclusion of the brain
from which he never regained CON
sciousness, and died the next day after
the accident. His funeral took place
from the home of his father in Allie
gheny, attended by II large concourse of
people and was in charge of the Broth
erhood of Train Men, and X. of Ps of
which he was n member. For his man
ly, good qualities he was highly esteem
ed and respected by all who knew him,
and his untimely death, in the midst of
his usefulness. is mourned by a large
circle of friends.
Mrs. MARGARET MILFORD
Margaret. wife of Samuel f. Milford,
died at her home in Marion twp, Feb.
"a, 1899, aged about 62 years. The
funeral services took place mt the home
of the deceased on Sunday morning, ut
$50 o'clock, Rev. Imbrie of Harrisville
officiating. The remains We're inferred
in the u. p. cemetery at w Sunbury
The deceased has quite history in
conneetien with zhsr- -liies-..siShHaiYsHs
name being Morton. When yet an in
FAINT her mother died. leaving her to the
care of an aunt, thus as child she did
not know the loving kindness OF n
mother. Her first marriage was to
Samuel Rea, chief engineer of certain
large iron and linen mills in the city of
Belfast In the spring of 1870. short
time after the death of her husband, she
came to America, bringing with her
two children, namely George ii. and
Lizzie, her other two children having
died while she was yet in Ireland.
Landing nc New York city, she came
from there to Pittsburg, arriving in
that city late in the evening, unac-
quainted and alone. save for her two
small children, she passed the entire
night in the depot. From Pittsburg to
Emlenton by rail and conveyed from
thence by wagon to the home of the
Lewis family they being relatives of
her. also former inhabitants of Ireland
Two years later, on the 18th of Sept.
1872, she was united in marriage to
Samuel f. Milford, the aged husband
who still survives hor. Mr. Milford ~
in his nth year and has been n man of
delicate health for several years past.
With great sorrow and sadness he feels
the loss Of this kind and faithful wife,
who has nursed and cared for him
through his many affections: with great
sorrow does the son mourn the loss OF
his kind and loving mother, who has
been his most faithful friend in many
dark hours, and times of need, As
friends and neighbors, alike, we feel
the absence of this Christian spirit from
our midst we share this sorrow with
you. Accept our sympathy as friends
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