The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1905-12-02
DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Residents And others Who
Have Passed Away. .t
SHAEFFER.

William H. Shaeffer died at his residence
on Pennsylvania avenue, Westminster. Oh thu
afternoon of November 81, in his 69h year
He had been i'll for some days with doubl,
| pneumonia, when his heart became involved
| and death soon followed
Mr.. Shaeffer was a son of the late JOSEPH
| Shaeffer, one of the best known citizens o
Westminster district, and at the time of hi:
death was president of the Farmers and Me
chanics' National Bank of Westminster. Mr.
Shaeffer was we'll known carpenter and con
tractor until few years ago when he was ap
pointed TO position in the Baltimore Custom
House. He was one of the organizers and
| first active members of the Westminster Fire
Department, and belonged to the veteran
| corps of thai organization. His wife died many
years ago. One daughter. Miss Blanche Shaef
fer, of Baltimore, and four sons, Messrs. Harry
r., Frank r., Leonard and Joseph Shaeffer,
OF this city, survive him.
His funeral was held on Wednesday after
noon at kreider's Lutheran Church, near this
city, Revs. r. w. poty, and DR.. p. H. Miller
officiating. Thirty-three members of the Fire
Departmental uniform. attended the services.
The pallbearers were Messrs. John Gerke and
Frank X. Herr, ex-active members and
Messrs. John M. Roberts, Charles V. Wantz,
John E. Eckenrode, Denton S. Gehr The
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that of the Fire Company was chair.
DOCK.
John E., son of Zachariah and the late Bar
bara Dock, formerly of Westminster, died in
Baltimore on November %.
MRS. DERR.
Mary E., wife of Cornelius E. Derr, died at
her home, near Creagerstown, Frederick
county on Sunday morning, November 26, af-
ter an illness of two days. Her husband and
the following children survive: William S. T.,
OF Vancouver, Washington; Morris NJ, of
New Midway, No.; Fred. W. Hull, of West.
minister; Luther c., of Boonsboro; Roy, Ada,
Louie, Mamie, Beulah and Paul, at home.
DIR. WAKEFIELD.
DR.. Milton w. Warfeld died November 26,
at his home, near Lisbon, Howard county,
aged IS years. He had not been in robust
health for long time, but nevertheless car
ried his accumulated years very well. The
following sketch of him is given in the Balti-
more Sun of November 27:
DR.. Milton Welsh Warfeld second son of Phile-
mon Dorsey and Lucretia Griffith (Welsh) Warfed
was born at Locust Grove, near Lisbon, Howard
county, Maryland, July 20, 1927 On his paternal
side he was a descendant of Richard Warfield, the
grated from Berkshire, England III 1862 and settled
on the Severn river, near Annapolis, Aune Arundel
county Maryland. The family had been one of
man conquest, Pagan de Wartield, Norman gentle
man, having been of the retinue of William the
Conqueror at the battle of Hastings A. D., 1066, and
having won knights fee and the estate of War
fields Walk in consideration of his services to the
King on that eventful occasion.
From Richard Warfeld, the Iioneer of the family
in the New World, DR.. Warteld traced his descent
through Richards son John and Ruth (Gaither)
Warfeld thence to Capt. Benz Worthington and
Catherine Elizabeth Dorsey Warfield Doth of
whom were the grea tgrandchi!dren of the pioneer,
rd1 n hiS M rnD re m md
Lucretia Griffith (Welsh) Warfeld. Capt. Benjamin
Worthngton Warfeld, in 177S, commissioned
captain of the Elkridge Battalion Company, which
took part i'll the battle of Valley Forge June g. ITS
Dr. Warheld's father was soldier i'll the War of
1872 On his fathers side DR.. Warield was related
to the Dorseys, Rdgelys, Gathers, Brownies Green
berryS, DuvallS, Worthington ands Towards, and on
his maternal side to the WelShes, Hammonds, Grit
fths, McCubbins Howards, Dorseys Badwins and
Larkins-among the principal families in the State
for many years.
DR.. Warfield received far better education than
most young gentleman of his section of the county
received in that age. He read medicine in the Office
of DR.. Augustus Riggs. at Cooksville Howard coun-
ty, Maryland and afterward attended lectures for
two years at and graduated from the Jefferson Med
ical School, Philadelphia in 1850. He had prac-
ticed his profession successfully since that time in
the neighborhood of his birthplace.
On July 90 1861, DR.. Wartied married, at Drum
abeth Dawiey, eldest daughter of John and Alkaline
Marian (Cummings) DAwley, of New York State.
Six children were born of the nnion two of whom,
daughter and son, died in infancy. OF the four
living children, the eldest, Benjamin Dorsey War
field, is lawyer and lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
where he is district attorney for Kentucky of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. The second
son. DR.. Ridgely Brown Warfeld is well known
physician and surgeon of Baltimore, and lives at
Si5 Park avenue. The youngest son, Milton Welsh
Warfied Jr., lives in Florida. The only living
daughter, Anna Elizabeth. is the wife of Dr. Archi
DR.. Warield's wife died April H. 1888. Besides
his four children. DR.. Warfeld leaves three grand
b.
Brookesville Nd, and three sisters-Mrs Amanda
Riggs, OF Montgomery county, and Mrs. Catherine
Davis and Mrs Avoina Hood, of Carroll county,
Maryland. Two brothers. Lemuel Wartield, and
Augustus Warfied and two sisters-Elizabeth Ann
Crapster and Lucreta Griffith Martn-are dead.
DR. Warfeld lived for the greater part of his life
and died on a farm which he inherited and which
was part of his fathers estate. Or. Warteld was
first cousin of Gov Edwin Warfeld, of Maryland.
KooNTz.
On November 80 funeral services were held
at the residence of jerome Koontz, Silver
Run, over the remains of his brother, VIM. H.
koontz, who was killed at South Bend, Indi-
ana, on November 81, after which the body
was inferred in the Reformed cemetery, of
which church he was a member, Rev. j.
Stewart Hartman officiating. Mr.. Koontz
was struck and killed by railroad train at
South Bend on the Monday previous. He was
a son of the late Absalom Koontz, of Silver
Run. He served in the United States Navy
during the war with Spain, and in the spring
OF l9Uo removed with his mother ana brOtner,
j. Thomas Koontz, to South Bend. Another
brother, R. Nelson Koontz, resides at Silver
Run. Mr.. Koontz was SO years old.
MRS. YINGLING.
Mrs. Mary NJ, wife of Martin Yingling, of
Union Mills died November IS, in her 18th
year. Mrs. Yingling was the mother OF 9 chill
dren, two of whom died in childhood. Those
living are Emma j., wife of John Burgoon, of
Union Mills; Laura A, wife of j. H. Fuss,
and Austin A.. of Westminster Misses Jennie
and Cora Yingling, at home; Mrs. Lizzie Fra
zier, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Mary c.
Bankert, Union Mills. Mrs. Yingling was a
devoted mother and always ready 10 assist
neighbors and friends. She had been married
SO years and died on the day of her SD wed
ding anniversary. Funeral services were held
in the Reformed Church at Silver Run, of
which Church she had been a member from
her childhood, on Thursday afternoon, Rev.
j. S. Hartman officiating. Interment was in
the cemetery connected with the church. For
the last seven years Mrs. Yingling had been
mostly confined to her room on account of
successive paraletic strokes.
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