Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Death Takes A Heavy Toll.

Miss Eliza Vlct0rla Moler cleo ldSl
Friday at her home near Moler's Cross
Roads, aged IS years, 2 months and Is
days. She had been i'll for about three
weeks, her sickness having been caused
by ptomaine poison. the result OF eating
oysters. She was very i'll from the be-
ginning, and though everything that was
possible was done for her she never ral-
lied, and passed away on Friday. Miss
Vic, as she was affectionately known to
her friends, was daughter of the late
Daniel Moler, and was the last survivor
of her generation. She was born and
spent all her long life in the same home
in which she died, and she will be great
ly missed in that neighborhood. She
was a genuinely good woman, generous
and kind and friendly, and in her quiet,
unostentatious way did great deal Of
good. She was a member of the South
ern Methodist Church from her girlhood.
For sixty years she was teacher in the
Sunday school of Bethesda Church, hav-
ing taught the infant department for fifty
years. Three generations OF the children
OF that neighborhood were under her re-
ligious training, and many persons scat
tered throughout the land will learn of her
death with regret. She loved her church
and was faithful to her duties and deeply
interested in its welfare to the very last.
Although she had passed her three score
years and ten, she was very active and
energetic until her last illness, having
full possession of all her faculties. Only
a few days before she was taken sick she
was in the Register office, bright and
cheerful and full OF life, and it is with
much sorrow that we note the passing Of
our old friend. Her funeral service was
conducted last Sunday afternoon in the
Lutheran Church at Uvilla by Rev. |. D.
NORMAN and Rev. Absaom Knox, and
her body was laid to rest in the grave
yard adjoining.
Mr.. William M. Morrison, one of JET
ferSon county's oldest residents, died last
Saturday at his home at DuffieldS, in the
SD year of his age. He had been in
feeble health for some time past, and an
attack OF grip having set in, he died after
about weeks illness. Mr.. Morrison
was member Of an old family in this
county, and was well-known nthis neigh
borhood, where he formerly resided.
He was man OF kind heart and amiable
disposition, and his old friends will be
sorry to know OF his passing. He died
in the Christian faith, having connected
himself with Elk Branch Presbyterian
Church. Mr.. Morrison, who was never
married, is survived by two brothers and
four sisters: George and Taylor Morri-
son, Misses Jane, Ellen and Page Nor
rson, and married sister livingin Balti-
more. He was buried in Elmwood Gene
terry, Shepherdstown, on Monday, the flu
neral service having been conducted in
Elk Branch Church at Duffields by Rev.
John c. Sller.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cockrell, an aged resi-
dent OF Harper's Ferry district, in this
county, died last Monday at her home
near Bakerton. She had been i'll for
long time from the infrmities incident to
her advanced years, and her death was
not unexpected. She had reached the
ripe old age OF IS years. The deceased,
whose maiden name was Merritt, was the
widow of Adam Cockrell. She was
good woman and lived long life of use
fulness. She was member OF Elk Branch
Presbyterian Church. Surviving her are
six daughters, Mrs. Charles c. Henkle,
Misses Emma, Jennie, Rose and Jessie
Cockrell, and a married daughter in North
Carolina. The funeral service was con-
Quoted yesterday at her late home by
Rev. John c. Siler, and her remains were
inferred in the Harper graveyard at Har-
per's Ferry.
Mrs. Jennie Ramsburg, wife of Nj. H.
Ramsburg, died at her home at KearneYs-
vile on Tuesday, from grip and pneu-
monia, aged AZ years. She is survived
by her husband and four children. Mrs.
Ramsburg, whose maiden name was Mil
burn, was most estimable woman, and
her sad death will be regretted by many
friends. She formerly lived on the Rock
land farm OF F. w. Muzzey, near Shep-
herdstown. The funeral takes place TO-
day, interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mrs. Sallie Bryarly Miller. wife of Chas.
A. Miller, of Berkeley county, died sud-
denly Monday night in the Union Pro-
testant Infirmary in Baltimore, where she
had gone for treatment last week. The
deceased, who was native OF Darkes-
vile, was one OF the most estimable wo-
men OF Berkeley county, and many friends
mourn at her death. She was Al years
of age. She is survived by her husband,
one son and three daughters.
DR.. ]. c. Beckham, formerly we'll
known resident OF Charles Town dis
trict, died last Sunday night at his home
in Gainesville, Md. His body was taken
to Charles Town for burial He is Sur-
vived by son, Coleman Beckham, and
a daughter, Mrs. W. W. Rouss.
Mrs. Harry Wallace, who was formerly
Miss limo Fiery, OF Martinsburg, died last
week at her home in Lexington, Mo.
Mrs. Wallace was born and reared in Mar
tinsburg, but went TO Missouri about ten
years ago.
George M Bachtell, popular travelling
salesman for wv. Myers & Co., Hagers-
town, died at his home in that place last
week from diphtheria, aged 80 years.
Miss Pearl Kitchen, aged II years, OF
RerkeIev county died Monday NIGHT in