Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-09
DEATHS.

DEATHS.
HOGUE- AT the home cf his daughter.
Mrs a c. Stoughton, in Lawrence
county. Aug. /. 1906. James Hogue,
formerly OF near PortersYille, aged 16
years.
MCKEE-At the home of her son, j. W.
Mckee in Butler, Aug. 3. 1906, Mrs.
Esther Mckee aged 1G years.
lBARNHART-At the County Home,
Aug 3, 1906 Miss Lizzie Barnhart.
CIPHER At his home in Great Belt.
Aug ,, 1906, Sylvester Cypher, aged
IS years
HAMILTON At his home in Emlen
ton Aug. ). 1906, DR. B F. Hamilton,
aged 81 years.
EMRICK-At her home in Butler twp,
Aug. s. 1906, Mrs. Maria A, wife of
John Emrick, in her I'D year.
Mrs. Emrick's death was sudden one
and was caused by heart failure. She
was in her usual health Sunday. She
was daughter of Elijah Burkhart,
decd, of Penn twp, and leaves her hus
band five sons and three daughters
GRENUE-At his home in Mt Chest
nut. Aug. ), 1906, Joseph Grenue,
aged 81 years.
Mr.. Grenue was a native of France.
came to this country with his parents
while YET a boy. served through the
Civil War i'll the 134th, located in Mt.
Chestnut, and lad been in feeble health
for some years.
He is survived by his wife, nee Eakin,
now in her S0th year; two sons and two
daughters
THOMPSON AT her home in Butler
twp Aug. ), 1906, Mrs. Mary. wife
of Il. J. Thompson, aged As years
She is survived by her husband and
thirteen children.
LUTZ AT the County Home, Aug. 6,
1906. Joseph Lutz, formerly of Ian
caster twp, aged 50 years.
MCBRIDE-At her home in Veuango
twp, Aug. ), 1906, Mrs. Grace Nc
Bride, aged 81 years
She is survived by one son and two
daughters.
COULTER-At the County Home,
Aug. 1906. Mrs. Rachael Coulter,
formerly of Grove City. aged 50
years.
WARD-At her home in Parker twp,
Aug. 4 1906 Anna Margaret Ward,
in her nth year
BASHLINE-At his home in Butler,
Aug 4, 1906, Grandville, son of G. l.,
Bashline, aged 10 years,
REILEY-At his home in Ciearfeld
township, August 6, 1906, Charles
Kelley former Jury Commissioner
aged about 20 years
He is survived by two sons. John and
Joseph.
ALDRICH-In Valencia, July 81, 1906,
VIM Aldrich, aged - years.
Mr.. Aldrich died suddenly in the
street from heart disease. He leaves
wife and three children
WINKLER-At his home in Butler,
Aug. s, 1907, John Winkler, aged
about 80 years.
Obituary.
Word was received in Butler of the
death of NJ. A Gregg, son of Robert
Gregg of Butler, at Beaumont, Texas.
Daniel Baird Wesson. who accumu
lated fifty millions dollars making the
Smith & Wesson guns and revolvers.
died at his home in Springfield, Mass,
last Saturday.
Mrs Watson, wife of the famous
Thos. w. Watson, fnancier and author,
died of heart trouble at her home near
Boston, last Sunday.
Robert McCaslin of Slipperyrock twp,
Lawrence county, is dead, aged 70
years.
p. II. Laufman, aged SO years, a
pioneer in the tin plate business of the
United States, and an early resident of
Pittsburg, died Monday, at his home in
Southern Pines, N. c., after an illness
of 10 days. Mr.. Laufman had lived in
Southern Pines for the past five years,
He was one of the oldest American iron
mongers and few were better known.
For years it was claimed that sheets
and finer finished products could not be
made iii this country, but through per
severance Mr.. Laufman succeed ed in
manufacturing them.
Fred Hallstein of ALE gheny, who
committed suicide, wae buried at Har
mony
DR.. Zimmerman
After lying helpless from paralysis
since Dec 4th, last, DIR. G. NJ thinner
man breathed his last on NJ onday morn
ing of this week, August 9th, 1906, in
his 64th year During his long illness
his every want was kindly ministered
to but he gradually wasted away and
but few of his old friends would have
recognized him during his last days
George Michael Zimmerman was a
son Of Michael Zimmerman, now long
deceased, and was born in the old
Zimmerman Hotel, now Willard, NoY.
IS, 1912.
He attended the public schools and
also Witherspoon Institute in Butler,
aud Washington and Jefferson college
in Canonsburg. He read medicine with
Dr. Weaver in the latter place and also
with DR. Bredin of Butler; attended
lectures in New York; and graduated
from the Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia in 1870. He first practiced
in Hubbard, O, then in Winona, Mimi,
and settled down in Butler in 1878
While yet young man he had a good
practice here and was also the pro-
prietor Of drug store and the owner of
considerable property.
In August of 1876 he married Mrs.
Jennie Ralston. nee Ritter, who sur
wives him as does also two sons, Fred
and Donald, and one daughter, Mrs
Nichol. He was brother of Jacob
Zimmerman, decd, Mrs. Chas. Nc
Candless Mrs. Walter Graham, and
Mrs. Samuel Walker
Nature produces few finer men than
DR., Zimmerman. He was a man of un-
usual intelligence and information. was
well read in his profession and was
kind-hearted and considerate of the
feelings of others. He bore his last
lingering illness with the greatest forti
tude, and now His troubles are over