The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-02
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OBITUARY..

EDMUND l.. INCH, who was con-
| spicuous in Grand Army of the Repub-
| lie circles and among the fraternal Sc
| cret orders and a greatly esteemed citi-
zen of Carbondale, passed away at 2.30
o'clock at his residence, OH South
| Washington street. after an illness
dating from last November. When he
was obliged to relinquish his duties. In
| February last, he submitted to q sur
gical operation, which gave such re-
| lief that he was able to resume work.
| Monday last he was taken with an
other attack, and he passed away
somewhat suddenly, though not unex-
| pectedly.
Mr.. Inch was born in Wayne county.
March 7. 1S47 His intensely patriotic
spirit stirred him to action during the
I Civil war, and when his years per-
mitted, at the age of seventeen, he en-
listed at Honesdale, under Captain
| Dunklebcrry, in Company c. of the
Second Pennsylvania heavy artillery.
His career, while brief, was stirring
and honorable, having participated in
numerous OF the important engage
ments of the last year of the war.
Among these were: Wilderness. May
5 to s, 1864: Spottsylvania court house,
Va, May 12 to 20, 1864; North Anna
River, May %. 1864; Cold Harbor, June
5. 1864: Petersburg, June II and 23 and
July 80, 1864: Weldon railroad. August
10, 1864; Chapins farm. September 90
and 30. 1854; skirmish at Bermuda
front and capture of Petersburg, April
.. 1865. In one of these engagements
over half of the company We're killed
and Mr.. Inch was himself wounded
during the Battle of the Wilderness.
With the other surviving members Of
his battery he was honorably dis
charged at City Point, Va, on January
90. 1866.
The deceased was employed, after
being mustered out, on the Gravity
railroad of the Delaware and Hudson
company until 1871, when he was sent
to Carbondale and transferred for a
time to the steam road. The change
was brief one. for his efficiency was
recognized by his appointment to
foremanship on the gravity. His rec
ord in this position was enviable and
there was no employe in greater es-
TEEN among the cOmpany's officials
| than he.
Mr.. Inch was a fine type of citizen.
His influence was always eXerted In
| p'lldlL VI tIt SilS anu iSi PScPAS1 oAAN
his integrity and high purpose gave
force and strength to his efforts. He
was active among his comrades in
William H. Davies post. of which he
was once commander, and in Cambrian
lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he was
a past grand.
The survivors of Mr.. Inch are his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Inch, of
| IS-o vp,ort tbe former piOet W -fOlIl. and
the latter eighty-four years of age; his
wife and the following sons and daugh-
ters: Alexander, Janet, Nellie, John.
Edward, Wallace and Margaret. and
| the following sisters and brothers:
Herman. Mark and Henry Inch: Mrs.
| Edgar Grannis, Mrs. Emory Rolls and
Mrs. Clark HetZel.
| The funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at o'clock. Rev. Charles
Lee, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, will conduct the services, after
| which burial will be in Maplewood
| cemetery.
The members of Cambrian lodge, Odd
Fellows. and William II. Davies post.
Grand Army of the Republic. will at
tend the funeral.
MARIA A. WILSON, former resi-
dent of Carbondale widow of DR..
Charles II. Wilson, of Nebra Ska City,
Neb, died on Sunday at the residence
of her sister, Miss Mercy c. Egerton.
in Elmira, N. Y, after years illness
from an affection of the stomach.
The news of Mrs. Wilson'S demise
will cause sincere sorrow among a wide
| circle of friends in Carbondale, who
held her in affectionate regard. She
was the second daughter of the late
Lebbens Egerton. of this city, and al
though Troy. N. Y, was her birthplace,
she lived in Carbondale during her girl
hood and the friendships she won then
she renewed during frequent visits to
this city. The deceased was welded in
1865 to DR.. Charles II. Wilson, who
served as army surgeon during the
Civil war. After short residence here,
they moved to Plymouth. and left there
in 1888 for Nebraska City, Neb. Mrs.
Wilson had been in Elmira for about
a year. receiving medical treatment.
Interment will take place in Nebraska
City.