The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-09-13
RECENT DEATHS.
DOWNING,

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Jan. /, 1889, in Cranberry township, Ve-
mango county, and died Sept. Z, 1911, at
his home in Kellettville, Pa, aged 70
years, months and days. In the year
1864 he enlisted in Co. L, 4th Pennsylva-
mia Volunteer Cavalry, Captain John P.
Barr, for one year, and received an hon.
orable discharge July l, 1865, having
served his time. The first captain of this
company was Allender s. Duncan, and
the second was VIM. B. Mays. Our fell
low citizen, Hon. r. B. Crawford, and S.
w. Pryor, of Tionesta township, were
also members of this company. Our SUBJ
ject was good soldier and his military
career was an honorable one. He took
part in several of the most decisive bat
ties of the Civil war, among which were
Hatchies Run, Petersburg and Malvern
Hill. He was married Feb. II, 1877, to
Rebecca Watson, of Red Brush Mills,
where he was employed at the time, to
which union two sons were born, both
deceased, one being taken when only a
small boy, the other after he had reached
young manhood. In their early married
life they moved to Kellettville and lived
on farm above town for a number of
years. On selling the farm they bought
a house and lot in town, where they
resided at the time of his death. His
parents died when he was only small
boy and he was left to depend largely
upon his own resources through his en-
tire life. Since leaving the farm he has
been employed on the mill, where he
worked until failing health compelled
him to give up work about one year ago.
His was quiet unassuming nature. He
had the respect and good will of all his
fellow workmen and counted friend
with every acquaintance. He was good
neighbor and an indulgent husband and
father. During the last year of his life
he sought and found God to the salvation
of his soul, departing this life with firm
faith in the realities of christian life.
He was a member of the United Work
men and of Capt. Geo. Stow Post G. A.
r., at the time of his death. Funeral
services we're held in the NJ. E. church at
Kellettville, Sunday, Sept. 8, Rev. W. o.
Calhoun officiating. Interment in the
Zuendel cemetery, on German Hill. The
floral offerings were beautiful, among
them being large standard wreath pre-
sented by his fellow workmen on the
mill. He leaves his wife to mourn his
loss.
WHITMAN.
Seldom W. Whitman was born at
Lockport, N. Y, December Is, 1918, and
died from the infirmities of old age on
Friday morning, Sept. s, 1911, at the home
of his son, Charles Whitman, of Ackley,
Warren county, Pa. He was son of
Daniel and Rebecca Jane (Butterfeld)
Whitman early settlers near Sugar Lake,
Crawford county, Pa, where the subject
of this sketch grew to manhood, and
where in the year 1913 he was married
Lavina Sterling, whose death occurred
some eight years ago, since which time he
has made his home with his two sons in
Warren county. Some sixty years ago
he secured patent on a vacant strip Of
three hu ndred acres of finely timbered
land located in Tionesta township, this
county, where he erected cabin and
cleared the land, and which today is one
of the finest and best kept farms in the
county. The apple orchard on this farm
is famous both far and near for the ex.
cellent quality of its fruit, and has ire-
quently been referred to at the Farmers
Institutes held in this place. During the
early oil excitement he manu- factured his
timber into rig stuff, which he floated by
waited to the lower markets and sold at
sold and delivered by water to the Allie.
gheny Valley Railroad company, then
building between Oil City and Pittsburg,
four thousand white oak railroad ties and
other timber for trestles and bridges.
When the court house and Jail were being
built here he donated free of charge all of
the timber that went into the Jail building.
He was an honest, industrious, energetic
citizen, in whom there was no guile, kind
and gentle to the weaker ones, but stern
and very determined in everything
which he undertook. He was always
hopeful, cheerful, buoyant, and his happy
disposition, no doubt heightened his days
and made him the happy old man that he
was. He was the father offourteen child
rem, nine of whom survive as follows:
William II. and George W, of Kiefer,
OK Rlahoma; John X, of Salina, Kansas,
Mrs John Wolf, of Newmansvlle; Mrs.
John Weant, Mrs. Elmer Mealy and
Simon p. Whitman, of Tionesta; Perry j.
and Charles, of Ackley, Warren county,
Pa. He is also survived by one sister,
Mrs. Mary Evans. and one brother, Dan
iel Whitman, both residing in the State of
Michigan. The body arrived here on
Saturday and was conveyed to the home
of his daughter, Mrs. John Wolf. At ten
o'clock Sunday morning impressive
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
G. A. Garrett, before large assemblage
of people in the Free Methodist church at
Newmansville, followed by the interment
in the Lutheran cemetery near that place