Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-01-12
NliddlctoWn.
McCallister Kuhn Is still n sufferer
from a severe attack of asthma.

McCallister Kuhn Is still n sufferer
from a severe attack of asthma.
The grim monster invaded the home
of Joseph Cumberland on the 5th OF
Jan, 1899. and bore away the life of
the mother Of the family circle, Mrs.
Martha Jane Cumberland, in the 18th
year of her age Her death was due to
erysipelas and her sufferings wera
great. She was life member Of the
Presbyterian Church at Concord. She
was true to her convictions. Of strong
faith and she died as she had lived, in
the hope of 4 blessed immortality. She
was buried i'll Concord cemetery on Sat
urdav. and is survived by her husband,
three sons and three daughters Their
loss Is her gain.
VIM. Starr died at his home near
Troutman. early on Thursday morning,
Jan >, 1899. IN the 10Th year of his age,
and his remains were consigned to
mother earth - the Mt. Zion Gem etery
OH Saturday. Mr. Starr had been suf-
ferer for several years with those all
ments incidental to old age and the i'm
mediate cause of his death was due to
a severe attack of grip. He was one OF
those persons of a rugged and robust
constitution that seems to defy disease.
BY close attention to business he amaS-
sed large amount of property and no
day that could be turned to good ac-
count ever found him idle. He is sur
vived by his wife, two sons and four
daughters: J. Herman Starr Of Butler,
J. Willard Starr of Glade Mills, Mrs.
J. w HendricksOn of Magic, Mrs. VIM.
Marks of Butler, Mrs. David Burns of
Petrolia and Mrs. Chris Milburger of
Great Belt.
By his death the community has lost
a good neighbor, his wife devoted hus-
band and his children kind and indul-
gent parent; and his loss will be fel5 by
them for years to come. He rests
from his labOrs and his works do follow
him.
When the death angel entered the
home of Perry Hilliard and claimed for
his own the spirit of Sarah McCracken
he robbed the home of her parents of
kind and dutiful daughter, her firmly
of a loving and aftectionate sister, her
church of a faithful member, her neigh
bors of kind friend and the entire cir
Gle of her acquaintance of a most beau
tiful life: and her early death spread the
gloom of sorrow over this whole com
munitv and wherever she was known.
Without fear she entered the dark val
lev and crossed the mystic river to fairer
regions beyond the skies. where. some
sweet day the fond father, long bereft
of earthly vision. may confidently ex-
pect to meet his child clad in the robe
of immortality, and with heavenly
sight behold his lost one seated around
the throne with all those who have
washed their robes and made them
white in the blood of the Lamb. The
agoniZing grief of the kind mother Will
give way to thrills of rapture and the
keen sorrow of brother and sisters Will
be replaced with JOY and gladness when
they meet their loved one III the city of
the Great King. if they are but faithful
to the trust raposed in them here.
Miss McCracken contracted a cold
during the last session of the Butler Co.
Teachers Institute which speedily re-
suited in that fell destroyer, quick con-
sumption. Everything that medical
skill could suggest was done for her, and
kind ard loving hands were constant in
their administrations, but to no avail
Her funeral sermon was preached by
her pastor, Rev Miller. from the text,
"And it shall come to pass in that day
Sillu IUe l4OIQ ludl w III OitoC bllC o''h
to 90 down at noon ard | will darken
the earth in the clear day"
The funeral took place from the home
of her father, Robert McCracken of
Fairview twp. on Thursday, the 9th inst
and her mortal body was laid to rest in
Brooklyn cemetery near Lane Station,
IN Westmoreland county, there to await
the resurrection of the Just.
v L ~.
Where true hearts wait for me.
Then let me learn the language of that
home,
While here on earth | be,
Lest my poor lips for want of words be
dumb
In that high company.