The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-04-01
RECENT DEATHS.


Chicago, Illinois, after brief illness.
He was taken i'll al his Office in that city
on Friday afternoon previous to his death.
His case was not thought to be serious at
first and friends and physicians thought
his condition hopeful. but the symptoms
seemed gradually to increase so that he
became unconscious seven hours before
his departure. Arthur w. Kelly was
born at Buck Mills, Forest county, on the
9th day OF February, 1867, and conse-
quently was in the And year of his use
ful life. In youth he attended the public
schools of Tionesta, subsequently Tre-
mont Seminary at Norristown, Pa, un-
til the year 1884, thus acquiring liberal
and good business education. Like
many other young men of an ambitious
turn of mind he went west and iu 1885 we
find him at Ida Grove ranch, Iowa, and
after that he went to the state ofNebraska
and remained some time on a ranch on
the Niobrara river in that beautiful val
10y near the town of Basset. About the
year 1887 he came to Chicago where his
father, A. B. Kelly, and uncles had en-
gagged in the brick business on an extern
sive scale. Possessing first-class busi-
assuming general supervision for the
company, at the same time acquiring a
thorough knowledge of the business. In
the year 1891 he was married to Anna
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him his wife and two sons, Archie and
Arthur, and an adopted son William, and
two daughters, Margaret and Anna May,
to mourn the loss ofa kind father. Be-
sides his immediate family heis survived
by the following relatives who revere his
memory: A. b. and f. A. Kelly, his
father and mother, and his brothers,
James H., Edward aud Howard, of Tio-
nesta, Benjamin W., of Chicago, and two
sisters, Mrs. May Bonner, OF Chicago, and
Mrs. Elsie Rogers, of Cincinnati, o. His
life 1t might truly be said was one ofsun-
shine. Cheerfulness shone in his face and
beautiful was his character, at the same
time he was gifted with unusual industry,
ability and aptitude for business. There
fore his death is a great loss not only to
his relatives who are numerous, but also
to his host of friends, all who knew him
were friends and he had no enemies.
Wholehearted, cheerful and kind the poor
never appealed to him in vain, discreet,
cheerful and genial he seemed to COM
bine all the elements ofa true American
gentleman. No trust reposed in him was
ever neglected or abused, for he was the
soul of honor, and his face was an open
book. The writer feels certain that he is
not adequate to the duty of summing up
in suitable words the record of his useful
and eventful life. He first saw the light
in Forest county on the beautiful banks
of the historic Tionesta; he spent his early
days within our borders. He delighted to
come back and see the people and greet
them with his cheerful words and smiles.
He never was wcaned from the fond rec
objections of Forests beautiful streams
bubbling down the beautiful hillsdes and
the pleasant valleys. All these beautiful
scenes, and the old familiar faces were
dear to his heart. Full of hope and con-
fdence he met the troubles of life with
manly courage. A comfort to his wife,
children and friends, for the sake of them
he would gladly have lived longer, but
he had to submit to the inevitable sum-
mons of the Angel. In the religion of his
/ Fot bo or ha ,tiaH
loved and respected by all who knew him,
but they hsye the consolation of knowing
that
Beyond the flight of time,
Beyond the vale of death
There surely is some blessed cline,
Where life is not breath.
And faith beholds the dying here,
Translated to that happier sphere.
The funeral took place at Chicago on
Tuesday afternoon, where he was buried
at Oak Grove cemetery,
COLEMAN.
Martha Coleman was born April 2S,
1888, in Lancaster county, Pa, and died
at the home of her son, Samuel w. Cole
man, in Mcdonald, Pa, March 30, 1908.
She was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David Strubble. Her mother having
died when she was quite young her father
married again, and about the year 1888
moved from his home in the eastern part
of the state and pun chased thousand
acre tract of land between Lickingville
and Fryburg, where he resided until his
death. In her early life Mrs. Coleman
was accustomed to the toll and hardship
which were inseparable from the life of
the pioneer. On Sept. 2, 1852, she was
united in marriage to Herman Coleman,
with whom she lived most happily until
they we're separated by his death a few
months before the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage. To them were born
seven children, six sons and one daugh-
ter, the latter dying in her infancy, one
son william died in West Virginia in
1901. There remains to mourn the death
of their mother, David F., of Bowling
Green, Ohio; Henry, of Belmont, Pa;
Jacob E., of Oskdale; Samuel w., of Nc
Donald, and Frank, who is now on his
way home from the oil fields of Roumania
in Europe. In early life Mrs. Coleman
united with the Lutheran church in Fry
burg and continued steadfast and de-
voted christian until the Heavenly
Father transferred her membership from
the church militant to the church trium-
phant, which is without fault before the