The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-03-25
The GRIM REAPER.
Short Sketches Of the Lives Of Per.
sons WHO Have Recently
Passed Away.
Mrs. JANE K. GRIssINGER.

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Sunday evening, March 21, 1915.
aged 76 years, l month, and 26
days. The funeral took place
Tuesday morning, the services
being conducted by her pastor,
Rev. Robert E. Peterman, of the
Lutheran church, and interment
was made in Union cemetery.
Mrs. Grissinger was a daugh-
ter of Wilson and Matilda Bow
man, and was born in Maryland.
On the 31st day of October, 1865,
she became the wife of John Bell,
of Todd township, and to this
union are living three children,
namely. Ida, wife of Amos Clous-
er, Minnie, wife of Christmas
Sinner, both of McConnellsburg,
and Andrew Jackson Bell, resid-
ing at Moscow, Kansas. There
are, also, living, 13 grandchild-
rem, and A great-grandchildren.
March 10, 1885, she was mar
ried to Andrew Grissinger, who
died several years ago. For many
years Mrs. Grissinger was con-
sistent member of the Lutheran
church.
MRS. DAWSON L. STRAIT.
Rebecca Sipes, wife of Dawson
L. Strait, died at their home in
Taylor township on Thursday,
March IS, 1915, after a lingering
illness, aged 35 years, 7 months,
and 25 days. The funeral took
place on the following Saturday.
conducted by Rev. Benson, of
Hustontown, and interment was
made in the cemetery at Asbury
church, Greenhill.
The deceased was daughter
of the late Andrew and Elizabeth
Sipes, and she was married to
Mr.. Strait about four years ago.
She is survived by the following
brothers and sisters, namely, Ma
linda, wife of James M. Chestnut,
near Hustontown; Rhoda, widow
of the late Casper Gress, near
Cito; A. ]. Sipes, and Isaiah
Sipes near Harrisonville, Allison
and Berkley, near Hustontown;
and Annie, wife of H. w. Mel
lott, near Knobsville, and Mertie,
wife of Howard Mellott, on the
> old home place.
HARRY H. HORTON
Harry Howard Horton, died on
Sunday afternoon in the Pitts
burgh hospital of lobar pneumo-
mia, after an illness of ten days.
Mr.. Horton was a son of Charles
X. and Martha Cook Horton, of
Broad Top City. He was aged AZ
years. Mr.. Horton was a car
penter by trade and for several
years worked in Huntingdon at
the ]. G. Blair establishment, and
helped to build the last addition
to the Leister House. He was
well known in the Broad Top re-
gion and was a highly respected
citizen. He had lived in Ken
lucky for the past three years
uutil he went to Pittsburgh last
fall. He was a bachelor.
He is survived by his father, c.
X. Horton, of Broad Top City, his
mother having died some twenty
eight years ago. He is also sur
vived by three sisters Mrs. Ross
z. Musgrave, of Pittsburgh; Mrs.
Otis Briggs, of Oakmont, and
Miss Verna Horton, of Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y, she being a teacher
at that place.
His remains were brought tC
his fathers home at Broad Tor
City on Tuesday. from which
place the funeral was held.
MRS. AHIMAAz MELLOTT.
Catherine Truax, wife of Rev,
Ahlmaaz Mellott, died at the
nome of her son-in-law and daugh'
.er' Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Decker,
IN Licking Creek township, last
sunday morning. March 21, 1915
aged about rs years,of inirmitie'
incident to advancing age. The
y funeral took place at 10 o'clock OF
tuesday, and her remains were
"a, .s'o to rest in the cemetery at tn,
s'.eling Hill Baptist church. Be
sides her husband. who has beer