Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
Death Comes to Many Homes.

most highly respected residents of this
county. died very suddenly last Monday
morning at his home at Walper's Cross
Roads, near Kearneysville. Mr.. HAM
mond had been feeling badly for several
weeks, suffering from what was supposed
to be acute indigestion, but which was in
reality angina pectoris. Monday morn
ing he went to the barn to assist in feed
ing the stock, and while there was over
come and fell to the floor, where he was
found a short time afterward, suffering
greatly. He was taken to the house and
DR.. Banks was summoned from Shop
herdstown. The doctor administered
remedies as soon as he arrived, and Mr..
Hammond seemed to be relieved. While
DR.. Banks was sitting by his bedside he
had another attack, and suddenly with a
gasp for breath he expired. His death
was great shock 10 his family and his
friends, for it was not known that he was
ill until the news of his death was given
out. Mr.. Hammond's death is a great
loss to our neighborhood, for there were
few men who stood higher in the esteem
of the people than he. Honest, upright,
exemplary in all his ways, a consistent
Christian man, his influence in the COM
munity was always for good and he was
looked up to by everyone. A good
neighbor, a sincere friend, a devoted
father and man of highest integrity, his
death in the midst of his usefulness brings
sorrow to many friends and relatives.
He was for years an official member OF
the Presbyterian Church, and was also
superintendent of the Sunday School.
Surviving him are five sons and daugh-
Ter: Roland A., Hugh, T. Frederick, VIM.
Bates and Charles Edgar and Mrs. Arthur
TrusSel; also sister, Mrs. James Hamill,
of Thurmont, Md. The funeral was held
at his late home yesterday, and the body
was laid to rest in EImwood Cemetery.
The service was conducted by his pas
tor, Rev. DR.. Charles GhiSelin, and Rev.
!. E. Triplett. The funeral was one OF
the largest ever seenin this neighborhood.
Mr.. John Francis Keller, form er resi-
dent of ShepherdStown, died last Friday
at his home near North Mountain, Berke-
ley county, aged IS years, s months and
day. His death was caused by con-
sumption, from which he had been i'll for
a long time. He made a brave fight for
his life, but the insidious disease could
not be checked, and when couple OF
weeks ago he became bedfaSt il was seen
that the end was swiftly approaching.
Mr.. Keller was an honest and upright
man, and he had many friends in this
section who mourn his death. Surviving
him are his wife and seven young children.
The body was brought to Shepherdstown
for burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Sum
day afternoon special service was held
at the home of his father, where the body
Law, by the Improved Order OF Red Men,
OF which the deceased was member.
About hundred members of the lodges
from ShepherdStown and SharpSburg
participated in the service. Then the
burial service was held in the Episcopal
Church, conducted by Rev. c. E. A. Mar
shall, and afterward the final service was
held by the Red Men in the cemetery
where the body was laid to rest. Many
persons attended the funeral to show their
last tribute of respect. The family have
the sympathy of the community.
Word has been received here of the
death at Weston, w. Va, of Mr.. John O..
Fleming, formerly well-known resident
of Shepherdstown, which occurred at that
place yesterday. Mr.. Fleming, who had
lived in Charles Town for number OF
years past, suffered stroke of paralysis
couple of years ago, and last June, a
blood clot having formed on his brain and
affected his mind, he was taken to the
State Hospital at Weston. His death,
therefore, is a relief from a great afflictlon
that burdened him and was source OF
sorrow to his family and friends. The
deceased, who was in his 5Sth year, is
survived by his wife, son and daughter;
his aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Fleming, of Shepherdstown, also survive,
as we'll as four sisters, Mrs. J. VIM. Cot
fnbarger, Mrs. E. H. GerStell, Mrs. J. B.
Fleming and Miss Lille Fleming. The
body will be buried in Charles Town, the
funeral taking place on Friday.
Mrs. Mary Morrison, widow of DR..
Samuel Brown Morrison, and mother OF
Mrs. Charles Ghiselin, of ShepherdStown,
died last Sunday at her home at Rock
bridge Baths, Va, in the 18th year of her
age. She had been all invalid for the past
couple of years, having suffered stroke
of paralysis that left her partially helpless,
but she endured her aftliction with pa
tence and maintained cheerful, happy
disposition to the end. Mrs. Morrison,
whose maiden name was Gold, came OF
distinguished ancestry, and was a woman
OF eminent Christian plety, with many
lovely personal traits that endeared her to
all. She is survived by two sons and six
daughters DR.. H. l. Morrison, DR.. VIM.
g. Morrison, Mrs. Ghiselia, Mrs. M. M.
Hutchinson, Mrs. VIM. M. McPheeterS,
Mrs. Robert Glasgow, Mrs. c. E. Waite
and Miss Elizabeth w. Morrison.
Mrs. Florence Fitzgerald, widow OF
Thomas Fitzgerald, formerly of Shep-
herdstown, died in Roanoke, Va, last
Thursday, after brief illness, aged 81
years. Mrs. Fitzgerald was stricken with
paralysis five days previous, and passed
away in short time. The deceased was
daughter of the late John D, Staley, and
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