Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-04-05
DEATHS.

BROWN-At her home in Mercer twp.
March So 1900 Mrs. Jane Brown,
aged about so years.
Mrs Brown and her daughter We're
the victims of gang Of burglars called
the Coxson Gang now in the pen) about
a year and half ago and sne has not
been IN good health since. Her daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Jane, alone survives her
TURNER his home in Concord
twp March 2S, 1900 Floyd, son of
Harvey Turner, aged 5 years and 3
months.
BORTMAS-At the residence of her
daughter, Mrs Anna A. Miller, of
Connoquenessing twp. March y, 1900.
Mrs. Jane E. Bortmas, widow of the
late Rudolph Bortmas of Clay twp,
deceased, aged IS years months and
6 days.
Mrs Bortmas was a daughter Of the
late James McNair. Esq. of this place
and a sister to the present Thomas ;
McNair. Burgess.
RANDALL Sunday March %, 1900.
Flora, daughter of Nathan Randall of
Branchton, aged 16 years.
Death was caused by diphtheria Her
brother Andrews death was noted in
last weeks Issue.
RIEBOLD-At his home i'll Allegheny
twp. March 20, 1900. John Riebold
aged 62 years.
COVERT-At her home at Mars March
%, 1900. Ethal daughter of Charles
Covert. aged three years.
Little Ethas death was caused by
scarlet fever and hers was the third death
caused by this dread disease in the fam
lily within ten days, her little twin
brother and sister having died but the
week before. The only remaining
child, boy of five years. is also sick
and on Saturday was not expected tc
live
ELLIOTT-Monday April ,, 1900
Amos Elliott aged u years.
Amos Elliott was a son of j. A. Ell
lott of Centre twp. His death, caused
by typhoid fever, occurred at the But
Ter Co Gen Hospital where he had
been an inmate for twenty-three days.
His remains were inferred in the North
cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
MCCALL-Tuesday March 81, 1900
at his home in Worth twp. of cancer
OF the stomach, Samuel Mccall, eyed
about 30 years.
His remains were inferred in Wolf
Creek cemetery last Thursday.
NICKLASS-At her home in Como
quenessing, April l, 1900. Mrs. Philip
Nicklass
PALMITER her home on w. Penn
St. Butler, April l, 1900. Mrs. u. a.
Painter, aged IS years.
MCCREA- At his home in Butler April
1, 1900 Hugh McCrea, in his Goth
year
Mr.. McCrea was one of the best known
residents of Butler county. He was the
father of William s., J0hn s., George
and Frank McCrea. all well known citi-
zens, Mrs Abe Flick and Mrs. L. S.
Leech He was one of the old Pennsyl-
yania canal boatmen and attended their
annual reunions until old age and feeble
health prevented. He was a staunch
Democrat and member of st Paul 5
Catholic church, from which his re-
mains were buried Wednesday morn
ing
MCCANDLESS- At his home in Butler
April l. 1900 George W. McCandless,
in his Goth year.
Mr.. McCandless was born in May
1910, near Unionville, and was one of
five brothers, sons of James and Mar
garet McCandless whose ashes lay in
the old cemetery on Mexican and North
SITS, all of whom are now deceased.
He is survived by two sons Matthew and
McClellaud and one daughter, Mrs. Nc
Cracker of Armstrong Co.
STCLAIR AT his home in Centre twp
March 80, 1900 Robert Stellar, aged
6S years.
Mr. Stellar was a lifelong member of
the Butler Z. P. church. His funeral
was held Tuesday.
KROUSE-At the home of her daugL-
ter Mrs. Jas Christy in Washington
Pa, March %, 1900 Mrs. Anna n.
Krouse, aged 81 years.
GELBACH- AT her home in Mars,
Monday, April 2, 1900, Estella daugh
ter of Christian GelbacL and wife,
aged IA years.
Her death was caused by pneumonia,
Tl'A fnrAral- -rras- held "Wednesday.
KANE Sunday, April 1, 1900, at Cal
lery, Mrs. Kane, aged 81 years
She was the mother of Thomas
Kane, now of Allegheny, and Mrs.
Pamela Hartzel, at whose home she
died. The interment was at Dutill NJ.
E. church
OBITUA RY.
William Johnston died, Monday, at
the home of his son, DR.. W. E. Johnston
of Etna. He was born in Butler county
in 1919