Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-01-19
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DEATHS.

| HOLLMAN-At his home in Allegheny
Jan. 13. 1899. son of Jacob HOLMAN,
and grandson of Levi Logan, aged Il
months
KEEFER- Middle LancateI Jan. II
1899 Carl Bennett son of James Keef-
er, aged one year.
MILLlGAN At her home in Oakland
twp Jan. 13, 1899, Mrs. Julia Milli
gan in her 10Th year.
STEIN-At her home in Grove City
Jan. Is, 1899, Mrs. Lucinda Stein
wife of DR.. Carl Stein, formerly of
Butler.
HANNON-At Bradford Pa Jan. u,
1899. Charles E. Harmon of Butler
aged 30 years
Mr. Harmon had been ailing for some
time with stomach trouble which caused
his death while on visit to his parents
at his former home He conducted
machine shop in Butler for several
years. His wife and two children sur
vive him His remains We're brought
to Butler and Inferred in Cdlvery GENE
tery Wednesday
MCBRIDE-At her home in Clearfel d,
Sunday, January -, 1899. Mrs Mary
Mcbride. widow Of Andrew Nc
Bride, aged G3 years.
GLASGOW At her home in Middlesex
twp. Jan. Is, 1899, Mrs. John \. Glas
glow, aged about 81 years.
WATERS AT her home at Waters
station on the p d w Jan, l3, 1899.
Mrs. Jane Walters aged 81 years.
Her remains were inferred Sunday.
GILGHRIST-At his home in Marion
p plart Gil
CHRIST, aged about 30 years.
ANDERSON-At his home in Penn
twp. this county, Jan. 18th, 1899,
James d. Anderson, Esq. aged - years
and 10 months
Mr.. Anderson was born in the County
Down. Ireland. on March II, 1916, and
came to this county with his parents in
1888 After teaching school for some
years he established store at what is
now Mount Chestnut. this cou unty.
His was not only the first store but the
very first building in that pleasant little
village This was in the summer of
1913 or lSl9 The little town is located
at the cross roads there and the follow
ing account of its origin we take from
the late History Of Butler County, Pa.
page 5S9:
This village is one of the enterprises
of John Negley, one of the pioneers of
Butler borough 1t was surveyed laid
ont by him in 1850 around the home Of
James ID. Anderson, who made the first
clearing there some years before and in
1913 or 1919 erected what is now the
Stevenson Hotel, opened store therein
and in 1850 was commissioned postmas-
ter
Mr. Anderson had bought lot there
from Mr. Negley. The building he
erected il now owned by Mr. James j.
Stevesnon and on the lot he has black
smith shop and also entertains strangers
and travellers Mr. Anderson when
leaving Mount Chestnut went TO Pros
pect and was in partnership there for
awhile with the late Mr.. Lewis Roth, in
the mercantile business. From there
he went to his farm where he died.
Few men in the county were more fav-
orably known or more respected than
was JAS d. Anderson. The people Of the
county recognized his integrity and
merits as n citizen when in 1879. they
elected him Register and Recorder of
the county. He was an upright man,
and correct in NIL his habits and Of pro
nounccd opinions in his intercourse
with his fellows He leaves behind u
widow, aged r. and four sons and three
daughters to-wit: Ro bert, Penn twp.
John Frank, Bu5ler, Ellie II. Of
Pittsburg, William G. OF Penn twp.
and Mrs Wm.V Seaman, Mrs VIM. r.
Martin and Mrs. Charles Graham all of
Penn twp His remains were laid away
in the Middlcsex Presbyterian church
burial grouud on Saturday, last, follow
Ell there by many friends and rela-
tiyes.