Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-06-28
The Death Record.

LII. Joseph M. learney, nalive Oh
Harper's Ferry and son of the late, Ed
ward Tearney, OF that place, died last
Monday night at his home in Baltimore,
aged e. years. He had been i'll for a
year past with complication of diseases
DR.. Tearney was formerly chief medical
examiner for the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road, and during his connection with the
company, which covered a period oil
more than thirty years, he instituted many
Improvements for protecting the lives
and health OF employees and in instructing
the men in shops and yards on first-aid
treatment to the injured. DR.. Tearney
was born in Harper's Ferry January IL,
1855 graduated from Mt. st. Mary's COL
lege, Emmitsburg, in 1875, and from the
medical school OF the University OF Mary
land in 1879. He became medical ex-
aminer OF the Baltimore & Ohio in 1884,
and was advanced 10 assistant chief med
ical examiner in 1909. He was made
chief examiner in 1912. He is survived
by his widow, a daughter, Miss Eugenia
Tearney three sons, Joseph M, Jr.. John
and Edward; two sisters, Mrs. J. q.
Hurst and Miss Jennie Tearney, OF Har-
per's Ferry and a brother. Father Ed
ward M. Tearney, pastor of Holy Cross
Church, Lynchburg, Va. The body was
taken TO Harper's Ferry Tuesday on
special train, and the funeral service is to
be held there today.
Miss Louise Brooks Hunter, a clerk in
the Treasury Department in Washington
and sister OF the late Hammond Hunter,
of Martinsburg, died in the Emergency
Hospital in Washington last Saturday as
the result OF a fall from window. Miss
Hunter had rooms on the fourth floor oil
the Marlborough apartments, and in ad-
justing an awning she lost her. balance
and fell from the window, receiving in
juries from which she died the following
day. She was SO years OF age. Her
body was taken to Martinsburg for burial.
Alexander F. Demory died at his home
in Hagerstown last Sunday, after a long
illness from heart disease and dropSy,
aged So years. He was native OF West
Virginia, but had lived in HagerStown
the past eight years. He is survived by
his wife and three children, Virginia
Sarah and George; sister, Mrs. Hez-
ekiah Scarlet, OF Harper's Ferry and
two brothers, Adam r. and Daniel, of
Detroit; The body was taken to Harper's
Ferry for burial.
GA McClain, former resident OF
Williamsport, and brother OF H. c. Nc
Claim, of Shepherdstown, was found dead
in bed last Sunday at the home OF his
son. Andrew s. McClain. in Washington.
He had apparently been in good health,
and his death, which was caused by GER
ebral hemorrhage, was very unexpected.
He was u years OF age. His body was
taken TO Wiliamsport for burial.
Mrs. Isabelle Ann Hebb died last Sun
day at the home OF her daughter in Ha-
gerstown, after an illness OF five years
from complication OF diseases. She
was 6S years of age. Surviving her are
three children, three brothers and three
sisters. Mrs. Hebb formerly lived in
Sharpsburg, and her body was taken
there for burial.
There was but brief span of life for
Richard HANNA, the infant son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Walter L. Mckee, OF the Kear-
neysville neighborhood-iuSt glimpse
OF earth and then an awakening in heaven.
The child was born on Monday last, and
before darkness came at the end OF the
day it was in the eternal light.
Mrs. Mary Bester, an estimable Hag-
erstown woman, widow Of William Bes-
ter, died on Tuesday, after long illness.
She is survived by a son and three daugh-
tiers.
Miss Anna Bell Custer died at her
home in Martinsburg last Thursday night.
aged 81 years.