The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-05-23
szoasz 5. HARRISON Dad.
Po7siAr Yoaag Rsak Clerk Passed Away
il Passesirhia Hospital

Surrounded bg his father and mother,
the skilled physician who had operated
n2ez him for appendicitis, and thss
soinber clad nurses who bad tenderIy
watched beside him during she last weeks
q his sickness. George ). HArrison- as
sistaut cashier Of the Somerset County
National Bank. breaIbed his last Friday
afternoon. az aquarter before one O'Clock,
IN s. Joseph's Hospital. Philadelphia
! He was CONSCIOUS up to Thin 3 few
minutes before his death. and then ap-
p4-entsy fell into ?. 4estiul sleep from
which he did not wAks- He knew hours
before thss death sas swiftly approaching
| zIs,. -as resiSaed % his fate. bat the
knowledge thzt his parents were on their
way and would be with him when the
angel OF death appeared bacyed up his
strength and kept the iickeung candle
burning Until be had reesiEed their last
loving ezressss-
Or. Hare, OF the Jsdsrson Medical Col
Iege, who had charge Of Mr.. Harrison
sncs his admission 10 the hospital. was.
| prior 70 wednesday night greatiy en-
Outraged with the condition Of his pa
1 tisnt and had assured his parents and
| friends that be would recover from the
| effccts Of the operation Captain aud
/ Ms. Harrison had spent the presiding
Sunday with their son q. the hospital,
and when they left him we're encouraged
70 believe that he woaid be with them a.
hone in the course OF 3 few days
wednesday morning t5s experienced
/ eye Of the physician detected an nntore-
seem complication. and it developed dur
ing the course OF tbs day that an abeess
had formed in tse patients lefi side.
The wound WAS rsopened, when it was
/ found that the wound was healing prop
| eriy. but the diagnosis Of the physician.
that pus from an unforeseen source had
communicates with tbs seat Of the
trouble, was found to De correct The
situation az once assumed very grave
phase and Al q iafe hour ths. night dis
patch was sent TO Captain Harrison in
firming him Of the changed conditions.
| This message WAS not received until sfiei
business hours Thursday morning Later
in the day other messages, stating that
George wss sinking and could not re-
| cover, were receiyed-
| The alarming news excited great inter-
est throughout town. and dozens Of people
waited at the telegraph aud telephone
Offices. anxious TO learn any word that
might be received relating to the con-
dition Of the popular young bank clerk
Captain and Mrs Harrison leff for
Philadelphia on the evening train Thurs
day and reached the hospital al an early
hour Friday. George was very weak
when they got there but Immediately
rallied and contincsd strong for some
time, OF until after the excitement caused
by the arrival Of his parents had passed
away.
The body reached here Saturday morn
ing. Several hundred people. who had
collected az the railroad station, followed
the hearse 70 the Harrison residence and
stood with uncovered heads in dreueh
ing rain while the casket was being re-
moved into the house.
Miss Mirah Ross, the bstrOthed bride
of Mr.. Harrison, arrived he Friday
noon and went Immediately 10 the Hsr-
rison home, where she remained
until after the funeral She is
daughter OF Mr.. Robert E. Ross. of
Addison, and her engagement % Mr..
Harrison was 70 have been eonsummatei
this fall.
A stream OF ps0ple passed in and out
OF the parlor in which the casket was
placed ali day Saturday and up until the
hour OF the funeral 80 o'clock Sunday
afternoon and none OF those who looked !
for the last time on tns familiar feGtures
went away unmoved.
The floral tributes sent BY the friends
and admirers Of the dead bank clerk
were the handsomsst and most prOfuse
ever seen in Somerset. completely filing
the parlor aud requiring separate car
rage to convey them from the residence
10 the grave
George $ Harrison was the eldest son
Of Captain and Mrs.. Charles J. Harrison.
tie was born March p, lS73, and was
therefore in his twenty-eigbth year. he
was educated IN the local public schools |
and shortly aflsr leaving school was Civ
en- q clerical position in his fzther's bank
ing house. When the benk was oan-
vertsd into National Bank he was made
assistant cashier, a position which he
held continuously up until. the time Of
his death The pOsssssor Of excellent |
business qualifications, a genial dispo- |
sition and natural eiaptability 10 the
banking business, he vas uniformly pop
ular with all the patrons Of that institu-
ton
He was a member of ths Christian |
Church. several secret aud beneficial |
orders and the East End Fire Company.
In social circles be was one Of the best |
known and most popular young men Of !
the village, and no function held by the |
set in which he moved was complete |
without his presence. UnifoEmly polite |
snd co1rteo1s, and always eonsiderz:e |
for the comfort and pleasure OF Others. he |
endeared himself to those who came in |
social contact with him
But, efler all tia: has been said, per
hsps the highest tribute that can be paid |
TO any man i the one eheerfully attIib- |
uted 20 Georgs ;. Harrison By those who !
best knew him = be was dutiful son.
The funeral Sunday afternoon Vas the |
largest seen IN Somerset in recent years.
If ever before. Personal friends Of Nr. /
Harrisoa from ail points IN The county .
young men and men who are fast zp- !
preaching the sunset OF life. drove ten, I.
twenty. thirty miles in order TO pay q
tribute Of respect 20 his memory. Others I
came from Piusburg, Cumberland, !
Wheeling and Jchns.own- The services
we're conducted by Rev. Wise. Of the
Christian Church. who delivered brief
address, in which be referred ic feelizjg
terms 10 the great grief esHsej in the
clmmunity by the death Of one wbcm
q had hoped would be spared TO live a
long life Of promised usefulness and dis
une;ion.
The psll5earers were Louis T. Krehs,
George ". Benford. Robert C. Beerit=,
Curtis o. Kooser, Rnfas E Meyers. E o.
Kooser. c. F. Uni, Jr. and Frank Love.
Death of Ma Eliza xassslrasn.