The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-03-04
DEATHS HARVEST.
Well Known Residents And Others
Who Have Passed Away.


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Fowler.
Andrew Fowler, E native, and one Of
the Oldest reSi1eh s of Westminster
district, died Saturday night of ap-
poplexy, after an illness Of only a few
hours, at the home o. his son, William
r. Fowler, at the ooi. He was near
ly SO years Of age, and was born In
the neighborhood where he died He
was formerly farmer, out had re-
tired from active business. He was,
since his boyhood, a member Of st.
Johns Catholic Church. He was q
Democrat in politics. Four daughters
and three sons, all residents Of this
city and vicinity, survive him. They
are: Mrs. w. Riley Myers, Mrs. Ed
ward Await, Mrs. Theodore Taylor,
Miss Josephine Fowler, William r.,
]. T., Charles and Bernard P Fowler.)
Funeral took place on Tuesday
morning at 3 a. M, Rev. Father ]. II.
Cassidy officiating. The pallbearers
were Adam Rupert, John Arbaugh,
Charles Yingling, William Rosenberg
er, Clayton Reese and Charles Swim
T..
Beneficial Society, of which the de-
ceased was member. Interment in
the cemetery adjoining the church.
F.. G. Sharrer funeral director.
Conway.
John I'll. Conway, Berrett, died yes
terday morning Of pneumonia, in the
18th year Of his age Mr.. Conway
far
ular in his neighborhood. He was a.
devoted member of Ebenezer Nj. e.
Church.
He il survived by a wife and six
children-Reuben c., Columbus A.,
Charles s., and John w. Conway, or
Baltimore; Mrs. Silas Farver and Mrs.
Josephine Smith, Of Illinois. Also
one brother, Reuben Conway, and a
sister, Mrs. Louisa Crisswell, and a
number of grand children. Funeral
will take place on Saturday afternoon,
with services at the house at / o'clock,
by Rev. Benson. Interment in Ebe-
nezer cemetery. The pallbearers will
be the deceased's four sons and two
grand children. @. WI. Waltz funeral
director.
Mr.. Conway was member OF st.
Stephens Lodge No. 95, 7. 0. 0. r. and
was one Of the oldest members.
ShriYer.
Henry Writ Shriver died at mid
night, February 25th, ut his home in
Union Mills, Md, after years illness
with complication of diseases, though
he was only confined to bed since Oc-
tOber- He was aged ~ years,
months and 16 days.
Mr.. Shriver was the SON of the late
Andrew K. and Catharine Writ
Shriver and was born i'm the old
Shriver homestead at Union Mills, in
which his father was born, and died,
and where he lived continuously until
his death. While his father was a
native of Maryland, his mother was a
daughter OF the late Henry Writ, ST.,
of Hanover. The Shriver family de-
scended from Andrew Shriver, one of
the first settlers i'm this section, de-
ceased being one of his great grand
sons.
Mr.. Shriver was married October 2,
1866, to Mary Jane Winebrenner,
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Winebrenner, Of Hanover, who
survives, together with two daughters
and a son-Miss Bessie Shriver and
Henry Writ Shriver, Jr., both of Union
Mills, and Mrs. Winifred Klein, wife
of Rev. III MI. y. Klein, of Allentown.
He is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. ID. T.. Winebrenner and Miss "a.
Kate Shriver, Hanover, and an only
brother, Lewis z. Snriver, Of Union
Mills.
| Mr.. Shriver was tanner, following
this business as the successor of his
father for number of years, and later
directed the management of his farms
in the vicinity of his home. For sew
eral years past he has lived retired.
He was a member Of the Hanover
Company Of the 26th Emergency Regi-
ment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and
was held in high esteem by his COM
rades.
He was at one time president OF the
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank, OF Westminster, and had been
for sometime director of the First
National Bank Of Westminster. He
was an ardent Republican i'm politics
and a member of st. Mary'S Reformed
Church at Silver Run.
Mr.. Shriver was courtly Christian
gentleman, and the quaint old home
in which he lived, at Union Mills, was
famed for the hospitality accorded to
guests who frequented it, by all the
members OF delightful family.
The funeral was held from his late
home, Monday, where services were
conducted by Rev. 3. Charles Hoover,
Of the Reformed Church at Silver Run.
Interment was i'm the family lot i'm the
Reformed burying ground at Silver
Run.
Y Grimes.
William Herbert Grimes, son OF
William X and Sarah J. Grimes, died
at the home of his parents, near Gist,
Sunday, February 81, after an illness
OF two weeks of pneumonia, aged ia
years and 25 days.
Funeral was held at Harmony Grove
Church, Gist, Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock Rev. Ewing conducted the ser
vices.
The school where the deceased was
a scholar was closed during the ser
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