Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-03-02
The Work OF Death.


DIR. Geo. Hannim.
All Martinsburg was shocked
Thursday by the ounceme of ths
sudden death Of DR.. George Ashman
Hamtill, which occurred at his home,
2li w. Burke street, this morning at
. 30 O'Clock. He was in his forty-frst
year.
The deceased retired at i2 o'clock
last night apparently in good health
and did not complain of any illness
whatever. At 1 o'clock this morning
he awoke with acnte indigestion and
complained Of terrible pains in his
chest and left arm. Drs. Sites and
Andrew We're hastily summoned aud
they did all that was possible to al
%leviate the pains and save his life.
For ma hour and q half he fingered
and during that time he suffered in
tenselv. Shortly before 5 80 O'Clock
he began to sink and it became evil
dent that the end was near. AT 8 80
O'Clock he passed quietly away. He
retained consciousness up until the
time. that death put an end TO his
sutferings.
The PHYSICIANS pronounced that
death was due to neuralgia of the
heart. caused by indigestion.
DR.. George Ashman Hamill was
born in Greencastle, Pa, April 6,
1860. When ten years of g he ac-
eompanied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward B. Hamill, to this city,
where he mas lived ever since. He
was educated at the old Baltimore
Dental College and upon his gradua.
ton from that institution, in the yeai
1882 he began the practice of dentistry
in this city. He wa recognized al
one of the leading men of the profesr
sion, not only in Martinsburg, but al,
SO throughout the State.
DR.. Hamill by reason of his jovia'
disposition had a large number o.
friends, to whom the news Of hi.
tNntAi Nds a S1tht SIoths
DR.. Hamill's death was similar K
that of his father, who died of TIL,
same complaint-acute digestion.
The deceased is survived by {
widow, who was formerly Miss Lille
Benton, of Hagerstown. Nd, and
three daughters, Hattie, Mary anC
Ethel. The former two are now a,
school in Baltimore. One sister, Mrs,
Belle Taylor. of Willoughby, Ohio,
survives him.
The body was taken to Greencastlt
Friday afternoon.
John Valentine Pcterman.
Mr.. John Valentin Peterman died
Friday afternoon at one O'Clock at his
home on the corner of Queen and
stephen streets, aged eighty years,
Death was caused by bronchial pneu
monia, the effects Of La Grippe. Hi
was taken sick on Monday February
20.
Mr.. John Valentine Peterman wa
the son Of John Peterman, a miller
who lived on the old Grove farm, OF
Dry Run, this county. He was borr
in 1921 at his fathers home and has
been living in the county ever since.
On February %, 1855, the deceased
married Miss Mary Elizabeth Tbrog.
morton, who, with his adopted
daughter, Miss Sarah Rebecca Dorsey
constitute his surviving family. One
brother, Marion Peterman of Salem
county, Mo-, and one sister, Mrs.
George Watson, of Leetown, w. Va,
are all that are left of the family of
which he wal a member.
Mr.. Peterman was a faithful mem
Der of the M. e. church, south from
his youth. He w as a member of Eq-
uality Lodge No. A A. II. a. A. M.
Tuscarora Lodge No. "a of Odd Eel
lows and was also a member of the
Legion Of Honor. He wa a thorough
Southern man in his dealings and
pcipal. No man stood higher foi
personal honor ana integrity OF
character in this community than
John Valentine. Peterman.
The funeral took place from
the House Monday afternoon att
O'Clock Rev. S. G.. Ferguson officia-
ting. The lodges of which the deceas-
ed was a member attended in a
body Interment in Norbourn GENE
trey.
william Roulette.
Sharpsburg, Md, Feb. 23.- Will
liam Roulette died last evening in
Sharpsburg, Washington county, of
paralysis aged rs years. He was an
active Republican and served one