Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-01-25
Died

Rev. George w. Cooper, pastor of the
NJ. f. Church, this place from March,
1866, to March, 1868, died at his home,
i'll Baltimore, Wednesday. i'll the 18th
year of his age.
At the residence of her grand daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. f. Gladstone Hitchins
Mrs. f. H. Bishop, aged 81 years. She
was the wife OF the late Rev. H. Bishop,
who was at one time pastor of the Luth-
cram church here, and mother of Mrs.
William r. Percy, with whom she has
made her home since her husbands
death. She was lady of refined char
acter; indeed, to know her was to love
and honor her. A christian in every
sense of the word, she lived to ripe old
age, her life proving to be blessed eX-
ample, especially to those of kindred tie
with whom she was associated. The
following beautiful lines accompany the
dato from which the foregoing sketch
was made:
The house built firmly on Il rock
Fears not the raging tempeSt's shock
So they whose faith and hope and love
Are fixed on Christ and things above
Remain unmoved-and blcSt is he
Whose help is found, o God, in Thee.
At noon Friday, Jan, "a, 1902, at the
family residence, this place, Mr. William
Armstrong, aged 90 years. Deceased was
the eldest son of the late judge James
d. Armstrong, whose surviving family
consists of three daughters Mrs. J. f.
| Ockerman and Mrs. A. u. Hartman, of
| Baltimore; Miss Mollie E., of this place,
and two sons-Thomas NJ, of Bedford,
Pa, and Davisson Armstrong, president
of the Citizens National Bank of Frost
| burg. He was unmarried. In early
| College and became Il surveyor by pro-
fession. He enlisted in the Confederate
army and saw severe service in camp, on
the march and in battle. He was one of
the famous skirmish line thrown out i'll
front of Pickett's Division at Five Forks,
near Petersburg, Va, April /, 1865, and
participated i'll the long, desperate and
bloody encounter of that intrepid body
with Sheridan's great corps. Mr.. Arm
strong was a mathematician of high at
tainment and scholarly i'll thought
speech and manner. About ten years
ago he was stricken with paralysis and
had since been an invalid-an affliction
accentuated by partial blindness. The
funeral will take place from st. John s
Episcopal church tomorrow Sunday
afternoon at 81, O'Clock.
At o'clock this Saturday morning,
Jan. %, 1902, at his home, this place,
Mr.. George Robb, in the list year of his
age. He had been confined to the house
about six years by the intirmities of adj
vancing age, but an attack of pneumonia
during this week was the immediate
cause of death. He was an Odd Fellow
Knight of Pythias, and 2S years a mem.
Der of the M. f. Church, South. All
his life good citizen, he leaves his
friends ii goodly heritage of precious
memory. Three daughters survive
Mrs. Robert Biddington and Misses Rose
and Nellie, of this place. Funeral from
the house Monday afternoon, next, at :
O'Clock
The Cumberland News of this morning
says:
William Washington Williams, native
of Frostburg, died recently at Kingwood, W
Va. He was Il bricklayer and stonemason
He built the tpple for the Merchant Goa
Company at Tunnelton, fine piece of work
He leaves widow and six SONS, Walter on,
of the latter being in the Klondikc