Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-10-27
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town passed away yesterday morning
when Mrs. Annie Virginia Hill, widow OF
George w. Hill, answered the last sum-
mons. Mrs. Hill had been i'll for cou-
pie of months. She was first taken with
typhoid fever, and other complications
appearing, it was realized that she could
not get well, and for the past week her
death had been daily expected. She was
good Christian woman, having been an
exemplary member OF the Reformed
Church since her girlhood, and she died
in the full faith of the religion she pro-
fesSed. All who knew her loved her, for
she was Of sweet and gentle disposition,
with kind and motherly manner that en-
deared her TO every one. She will be
greatly missed in the church of which she
was so useful a member and in the COM
munity where she was so highly respect
ed and admired. Mrs. Hill was native
of this county, being daughter OF the
late George Reynolds and his wife, Mary
HenSell. Surviving her are two sons and
two daughters: Rev. Walter r. Hill, OF
Romney, Harry Hill and Miss Julia Hill,
of ShepherdStown, and Mrs. John L.
Weaver, of Martinsburg; also the follow
ing brothers and sisters Henry c. Rey-
nolds, of Shepherdstown; John T. Rey-
nolds, Mrs. Reuben Small, Mrs. L. w.
Robinson, Mrs. Mary H. Small and Mrs.
Thomas Clapham, of Berkeley county.
The funeral will be held in the Reformed
Church in this place Friday morning at
II O'Clock, interment in Elmwood Gene
terry. Mrs. Hill was 60 years Of age.
Francis H. Thomas, an estimable young
man of Ripon, this county, died last Sat-
urday evening at the home OF his STEP
father, DR.. Howard Osbourn, aged 20
years. His death was caused by ty-
phoid fever, and it is believed that he
contracted the disease by drinking water
from polluted we'll in ShepherdStown
during the fair dance. Mr.. Thomas was
a fine young man, and his death brings
sorrow to many friends. He had been
a student at Hampden-Sidney College for
the past three years. He was son OF
the late Frank w. Thomas, of Baltimore,
and grandson of the late General Single
ton, of Illinois, at one time member OF
Congress. His mother and three sisters
survive.
Mr.. Henry M. Miller, one OF Sharps-
burg's most respected residents, died yes
terday afternoon at his home on Gene
terry Hill, in that place, aged &c years.
He had been i'll for long time with heart
disease and a complication of other all
mentS that sapped his strength, until he
quietly passed away yesterday about four
o'clock. Mr.. Miller was an upright man
and was held in high esteem by all who
knew him. Surviving him are three sons
and a daughter MeSSrS. Frederick, Will
mer and Leo Miller and Miss Goldie Mil
Ter. Mr.. Wilmer Miller is resident OF
ShepherdStown, member of the drug
firm OF Owens & Miller. The funeral will
take place Friday afternoon at the late
residence OF the deceased.
Mrs. Mary Bowers, wife OF John p.
Bowers, formerly Of Shepherdstown, died
last week at their home in Columbus,
Ohio, aged 50 years Mrs. Bowers was
native of this place, and was daughter
of the late George Sencindiver. She
moved to Ohio with her family number
OF years ago. Surviving are her husband
and four children: Raymond, of Dayton,
o.; Earl Bowers and Mrs. B. V. Small
wood, of Columbus, O., and Mrs. Will
liam John, of New Albany, Ind. The
body was brought to Harper'S Ferry for
burial.
Mrs. Alice Lee Clarke, wife OF E. K.
Clarke, died al her home in Charles Town
on Monday, after lingering illness, aged
34yearS. She is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Myers, her huS
band and three children, and one brother
and two sisters, John Myers and Miss
Lena Myers, near Charles Town, and
Mrs. William Walker, north of Shepherds
town. The funeral was held yesterday
in the Southern Methodist Church at
Charles Town, the body being inferred
in Edge Hill Cemetery.
Eugene Thatcher Cline, for number
of years well-knoWn conductor on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, died at his
home in Martinsburg on Monday, aged
so years, of paralysis. Seven children
survive. Mr.. Cline entered the service
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near
ly 30 years ago. He was one of the most
popular men on the second division, and
was known TO practically every railroad
man between Grafton and Baltimore.
Miss Ann Chrisman, an aged resident
OF Hedgesville, Berkeley county, died
last Saturday from the effects of fall
down a stairway. Miss Chrisman, who
lived alone, was found lying at the foot
OF the stairway painfully injured and
shocked, and died a few days afterward.
She was II years old. The deceased
was a sister of the late Sheriff George p.
Chrisman, and was the last OF her gener-
alton.
Miss Maggie Link died last Saturday at
the home of her brother, ThoS. J. Link,
near Duffields, aged as years. Miss
Link, who was ife-long resident of that
neighborhood, had been an invalid for
many years. The funeral was held on
Monday in the Uvila Lutheran Church,
the service being conducted by Rev. DR..
H. c. Haithcox. The body was inferred
in the graveyard adjoining the church.