Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-01-13
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Wednesday in AsheviIle, North Carolina,
after long illness from consumption,
aged SO years. Mr.. Billmyer was son
of Robert L. Billmyer, and was born and
raised in the Billmyer's Mill vicinity,
west of town. He was bright and en-
ergetic young man, and having learned
teIegraphy, adopted this business as his
life work. He was for number of years
agent and operator for the B. & o. Rail-
road at Thornton, w. Va, ashort distance
east of Grafton, where he was highly re-
garded by the company and his friends
and neighbors. He was attacked by the
insidious disease, consumption, and
though he made brave fight against IT,
going to New Mexico for time and
spending several of his winters in the
South, the inevitable end slowly but
surely approached. A few months ago he
went to Asheville for the winter, and re-
Gently his decline became more pro-
nounced. He wrote to his friends here a
couple of weeks ago stating that his time
was short and saying that he was resigned
to the will OF God. He passed away
peacefully last Wednesday, dying with
the confident faith OF the Christian. His
| wife and his brother were with him,
and last Saturday brought his body
TO his old home near here. The funeral
service was held Sunday morning IN the
PRESBYTERIAN Church, of which he had
been member for eighteen years, Rev.
DR.. Charles Gbiselin conducting the SER
vice land the body was laid to rest in Elm
wood Cemetery. The pall-bearers were
Walter L. Herr, E. Rush Turner, J. Ma
son Rush, Chas. H. Whiting, E. H. Rein
hart and Robert L. Price. Mr.. Billmyer
is survived by his father, his widow, who
was Miss Katie Sewers, an infant son,
two sisters and brother.
Iohn w. Stonebraker, Esq, one OF
Hagerstown's most prominent citizens,
died at his home in that place last Satur-
day night, after an illness OF several
months from bladder trouble, in the SIND
year OF his age. Mr.. Stonebraker's an
cestors came from Denmark and settled
in Western Maryland in 1870. His great
grandfather. John Stonebraker, took up
| land at what is now FunkStown, in Wash
ington county, and John w. Stonebraker
owned at the time OF his death farm at
that place that had remained continuous
ly the property of lineal descendants in
the family since 1870. Mr.. Stonebraker
was engaged in many business enter
| prises, in which he was uniformly Sue
cessful, and at the time OF his death was
one OF the wealthieSt men in Washington
county. He owned the Antietam paper
mill on Antietam creek, the Antietam Pa
per Company, and was interested in ma
ny OF HagerStown's industrial enterprises.
He was at one time a director in seven
teen different enterprises. For twenty or
twenty five years he was active in the
management OF the Hagerstown fair, and
was its president for a long time. Mr..
Stonebraker was fine specimen OF man
hood, and was bluff though genial gen.
tleman whose integrity and straightfor-
wardness impressed all who knew him.
He was for many years an official men,
Der OF the Presbyterian Church. He is
survived one son, J. Ellsworth Stonebra-
ker, and two daughters, Mrs. Ida V. Kel-
Ter, of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Charles
Howell, OF New York He was buried in
Hagerstown on Tuesday.
From the Wheeling Register Of Monday
last we take the following notice OF the
death of the mother of Prof. J. D. Null
doom, principal OF the Keyser Preparatory
School, formerly OF Shepherdstown: Mrs.
Mary Agnes Frazier passed away at her
home at Elm Grove on Sunday morning
at O'Clock, after an illness ofabout three
weeks from paralysis. Mrs. Frazier was
born near Clinton, Ohio county, June 4,
1851, and early in life she moved with
her parents to Triadelpha. She was a
music teacher OF considerable ability. Her
maiden name was Miss Ferret, daughter
of the late John Ferrel. Mrs. Frazier
was a member of the Elm Grove NJ. E.
Church, and also of the MaccabeeS and
Golden Eagles. She was twice married
and the following sons and daughters sur
vive: John D., Frank and George Null
doom, Mrs. William White, Mrs c. F.
Walt and Mrs. F. L. Committee; also
three sisters, Mrs. M. J. King and Misses
AleSte and Annie Fenel. The funeral
took place from the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. White, at Triadelphia, on Tues
day, Rev. Mr.. MARBLE, pastor OF the Tri-
adelphia NJ. E. Church, officiating. The
pail bearers were the sons and sons-in-
law OF the deceased, and the interment
was in Stone Church Cemetery.
| Mr.. Wilson Cary Selden, son of the
late John Selden, OF this county, died in
Washington on Tuesday last, aged O.
years. The deceased entered the Con-
federate service when but a lad of thir-
teen years, served CALAMITY in the Baylor
Light Horse, Company B, 18th Virginia
Cavalry, and was badly wounded in the
face in an engagement in the county. He
leaves two sisters and brother.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Seibert, wife o.
Joseph L. Seibert, died last Thursday al
her home in Martinsburg, after long ILL
ness from consumption, aged IS years
The deceased, whose maiden name was
Riley, was a most estimable lady, anc
had many friends both in Jefferson and
Berkeley counties who will deplore hel
death.
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