The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-08-19
THE GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches Of The Lives Of Per.
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.

stdrLleu lueSudy lHOTHluS Wucii
il was learned that the body Of
Mrs. Nettie L. Alexander, widow
Of the late State Senator W. Scott
Alexander, had been found in the
Dufield spring.
While Mrs. Alexander had not
been in robust health for some
time, none of her friends thought
Of her as sick woman by any
means. She was able to attend
to her household affairs, and min
gle with her friends in social
way. Since the marriage of her
daughter several months ago, she
frequently spent the night at the
home of her sisters the Misses
Annie and Minnie at the old Dick
son home just opposite the Full
ton House. Monday evening she
complained of not feeling well,
and about / o'cloc Tuesday morn
Ing, she sent for her nephew DIR.
George M. Robinson. When he
came, she told him she felt rest
less and could not get to sleep,
and asked him to give her some
thing to make her rest. He gave
4 her mild sedative, and after re-
naming with her nearly an hour
and noticing that she seemed to
be resting comfortably, he quiet
" left the house. Shortly after
six o'clock Tuesday morning, she
was found in the Duffield spring
drowned. The spring which is
about AKA feet with a depth of Is
inches, is reached by descending
six stone steps, and was less than
20 feet from the door of the room
in which Mrs. Alexander was
sleeping. AS no one knows just
how it happened, it is fair to pre-
sumo thatshe walked to the spring
to get water to cool her face and
nead, and fell into the water and
lrOwned.
The funeral will take place at
10 o'clock this Thursday morn
ing, and her remains will be pla-
ced in the family lot in the Pres
Dyterian graveyard.
Mrs. Alexander was the young
est daughter of the late Hon.
Mark and Maria Scott Dickson,
and was born at the Dickson
farm just north of town on the
18th day of March 1860. 1t 1887
she was married to Hon. w. Scott
Alexander, who died December
5, 1912. She is survived by
one daughter Maria Dicks o n,
wife of Clinton B. Alexander, of
Washington, D. G.
Mrs. SARAH BERGSTRESSER.
Mrs. Sarah Wright Bergstres-
ser, widow of the late Wilson
Bergstresser, died at her home at
Waterfall, Pa, Thursday, Au-
gust II, 1915, and her remains
we're laid to rest in the cemetery
at New Grenada on the follow
ing Sunday.
Mrs. Bergstresser was of Eng
llSh descent, her father Isaac
Wright being a native of Kent
county, England, who, with his
iather and three brothers, came
70 the United States when mere
boy. Her great-grandfather,
was with Wellington at Water.
loo.
Mrs. Bergstresser was born ir
Fath Valley, Franklin county
ra', March 8, 1880, and hence
llVed to the ripe age of S5 years
months, and A days. In 1885,
Sne was married to Wilson Berg
s'resser, and they began house
keeping in Chambersburg. Fiv,
years later they removed to Wa
lerfall, this county, where the.
10th spent the remainder of thei
NveS. She had four brothers =
all younger than herself f. all o
' wnom preceded her to the grave
william and James, both veter
ans Of the Civil War, died recent
y at their respective homes a
Mttanning, Pa. The other tw
urothers, Joseph and John, wer
slSo in the Union army, William
using his life in a cavalry charg
u one of the battles in Virginia
aau John was killed at the battl