Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-05-11
THE WORK or DEATH.


Died from severe shock.
Mrs. Mary A. Kercheval, widow Of
the late Kercheval, died Wednesday
ternoon at residence Of Der daugh-
TER, Mrs Charles e. Cole, Sandy
Hook, Md. from shock brought on
by falling down stairs on Monday
evening previous. The members OF
the family think she was suddenly
stricken with paralysis while going
up stairs, which caused her to fall
so heavily and being so long uncon-
scious. Funeral service will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Smith pastor Of M. &.
church. Sandy Hook. Interment will
be in the family lot in Harper's Fer
ry cemetery. The deceased was born
near Charles Town. then Virginia,
and came to Sandy Hook when it con-
tanned three houses and was wide
stretch of river shore along which the
wagon teams from Tennessee to Bal
timore wendell their weary way
through the deep sand. All of this
she distinctly remembered, as well as
the building Of both the canal and
Z. g. o. Railroad. She rode on the
cars from Baltimore to Winchester
when they were pulled by horses
crossed the first bridge ever built over
the Potomac at Harpers Ferry and at
still earlier date crossed the ferry
which gave to Harper's Ferry its
name, and at the time OF this Incl
dent, while staying with her aunt and
little sister at the old tavern in Hax-
pres Ferry. which town then corr
tanned but seven houses. some Indians
came and asked for rum, and upon
bieng refused they went over the
river and had a war dance near an
old stone stable where the store of
Mr.. A. Spencer now stands.
Johns. Grantham,
Mr. John S. Grantham. an aged and
respected citizen of Middleway, JEFF
ferson county, after being confined to
with slight attack of pneumonia,
passed peacefully away of heart fail
ure at his home in Middleway on Sat
urdav last at s p. M.
Mr.. Grantham had carried on the
undertaking business in his native
town for years in the same shop in
which he learned his trade in 1910.
He was noted for his generosity and
kindness and host of relatives and
friends mourn his loss.
The deceased was taken sick about
month ago with pneumonia and had
about recovered. While reclining in
his fayorite arm chair he suddenly
and unexpectedly expired. Mr..
Grantham served in the Civil War in
Company B, Twelfth Virginia Regi-
ment and had the reputation OF being
gallant Confederate soldier. He
was the oldest of family of five
children and, strange to say, outlived
all of his brothers and sisters. He
was member of the Presbyterian
church and was prominent Odd Fell
low.
A widow and six children survive
him: j. @. Grantham, of Chicago,
H., j. w. Grantham, of Scottdale,
Pa, S. S. Grantham of this city
Mrs. Lucy Benner, of Jordan Springs,
Va, Mrs Alice Farnsworth, of Sum
nit Point, w. Va, and Mrs. Rose
Kearns of Middleway.
Funeral Tuesday May at 10 oc lock
a. m. Interment in Masonic cemetery.
DIR. Deatrick's Career Ended.
Rev. DIR. w. M. Deatrick, for many
years the stated clerk of the Potomac
Synod, Reformed church, and one of
the leading ministers of that denomi-
nation, died Monday night at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. @, e.
Smith, Bedford. Pa, in his roth
year. He had been a sufferer from
heart trouble for several years al
though the immediate cause of his
death was gangreen. During all the
years he was clerk to the synod he
never missed attending the meetings
of that body, except the last session
held at Mercersburg.
His wife who was Miss Sohn, of
Virginia, died in-4SS4, DR.. Deatrick
was born in Adams county, Pa, and
lived in Mercersburg for many years.
He was brother of the late III. N.
Deatrick of this city. and uncle of
Mr.. p. E. Deatrick. He visited here
frequently and was we'll known here.
Three children survive; Mrs. Smith.
Bedford; w. w. Deatrick, of the
Kutztown, Pa, Normal school; Rev.
f. r. Deatrick of the Reformed
church Woodbury.. Md.
Funeral Thursday at ~ 80 O'Clock
services in the RefOr med church