Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-05-19
Died

place, Monday, May II, 1900, Mr..
William Thomas Michael. aged 24yearS.
Deceased, born and reared in Frostburg,
is well remembered here as IN exemplary,
promising young man, esteemed by all
who knew him. He was Il son, I'M
married, of Charles O. and Elizabeth
Michael. ii brother of l.. G. Michael and
brothcr-in-law of Lewis W. Boettner,
of this place. Inflammation of the heart
and kidneys was the cause of death.
Remains We're Inferred at the Johnson
church. y correspondent adds to the
above the statement, comforting to his
surviving friends that che died christ
ian," and the following verses:
The midnight moon is shining
Upon his silent grave;
He sleeps and we cannot wake him
The one we could not save.
0 chde me not for weeping,
For sorrow shades my brow
He has gone from us to Heaven
We have no Tommy" now.
Concerning him Rev. G. H. Cannon
writes:
Thomas was an excellent young man,
abundantly worthy of the tribute of respect
paid by the large concourse of relatives and
friends who followed his remains to burial.
During his two weeks illness he made pro-
fession of faith in Christ and thereafter with.
out murmur closed his short life in peace.
May the blessing of God comfort the bereaved
in their hour Of grief.
At his home Tuesday afternoon, May
-, 1900, Charles \. Wilson, aged 2S
years, youngest son of Andrew j. Will
hson, of this place. Until short time
ago he had been an assistant of his
father in the lumber business. At that
time he went to West Virginia, entered
employment and while so engaged con-
tractcd typhoid fever, complicated later
by pneumonia. He came home and
after over Il month S illness died, as above
stated. "Charlie" was of quiet dis
position, pleasant manners and indus
trious habits. He had Il host of friends
who dcplore his untimely death. He
was unmarried Besides his parents
five sisters and three brothers survive.
The funeral took place at home Thurs
day afternoon, interment III Allegany
cemetery. The pallbearers We're chosen
from among contemporaries esSrS.
George Gunnett, William Hawkins, N.
7. Hooking, DIN Gunnett, William H.
Jct1'lics and DIN Gerlach.
At the family home on west Union
street, this place, Tuesday evening, May
10, 1900, Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan McMullen,
i'll the 10Th year of her age Her i'm
mediate family-all Of whom We're with
her when she died, are her husband
Hugh McMullen, 81, Mrs james Bar
rett, Miss Catharine and Daniel F., of
frostburg, and Hugh A. and John p,
of Cumberland. Mrs. McMullen was
born near Frederick city, this State, in
September, 1890. Her father, Il civil en-
ginccr, educated i'll Ireland, came to this
country during the early days of Chesa-
pealc and Ohio canal construction.
thence following his profession until he
died, about the year 1884. His daughter
enjoyed very few educational advan-
tages, but those blessed with the privi-
lcgeS of her acquaintance and confidence
testify to the brilliancy Of mind en-
richcd by constant study. To her Hfr,
swaycd by Il strong religious bias meant
d"ty. She was a devout Roman Cath
olic-one whose heart pulsated with
kindness for all her fellow creatures.
To her sorrowing husband, daughters
and SONS the memory of her numberless
miniStrationS as atfectionate wife and
mother will he ever fragrant. The
funeral took place at st. Michael's
church yesterday morning.