The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-03-14
RECORD OF DEATHS.
Short Sketches Of the Lives Of Per.
sons Who Eave Recently
Passed Away.

MTS. NtldIlOItc OOOh SulilllliB
ham, widow of Jehu G. Cunning.
ham, late of New Grenada, de-
ceased, passed peacefully away
/ at the home of her daughter-in-
4 law, Mrs. N. G. Cunningham at
INIT. Union, Pa, on Saturday,
March 2, 1918, at the advanced
age of SO years, a months and 16
days. The funeral was held on
/ the following Tuesday, when her
remains were taken back to her
old home at New Grenada, this
county, and laid to rest in the
family lot in the cemetery at
| Bethel church, by the side of her
deceased husband. who passed
from earth on the 2nd day of
January 1911.
Jehu G. Cunningham an indus
trious young blacksmith
New Grenada, was married to
Miss Charlotte (Lottie as she
was more familiarly and affec-
tionately known Cook, of New
burg. Huntingdon County, on the
9TH day of June, 1850, went to
housekeeping at once at New
Grenada, and lived happily for a
period of more than three. score
years-until the death of the
husband. From that time until
last fall, Mrs. Cunningham kept
the fires burning on the hearth
4 in the old home, where she was
always ready to extend a cordial
:reeting and generous hospitality
o her children and to all the rest
f her wide circle of loving
'riends.
Grandmother Cunningham was
ne of those old fashioned Christ
IN women whose heart was full
f love for God, and her greatest
lleasure was foud in ministering
% the comfort of others.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Cunningham
were born five sons and three
daughters, namely, Fannie, wife
Of George Alter, died in the
West; Fleegal, now in darlington,
Kans. Newton G.. late of New
Grenada, who died Jan. %, 1917;
Minnie E., wife of George W.
Coulter, Edgewood Park, Pa,
Who died Jan. 8, 1916; Lawson L..
low residing in Akron, O.; Duff
ield NJ, Enterprise, Oregon; Joe
Addison, Englevale, Kans. and
Mrs. Alice McClain, Williamsburg,
Pa.
None of the children was able
to be present at the funeral but
Lawson and Alice. who accom-
panied the remains to its final
resting place. Sh ort services
were held in Mt. Union, conduct
ed by Rev. Cornell, of the M. E.
Church, and more comprehensive
services in the Bethel church a t
New Grenada by her pa tor,
Rev. w. A. Spiese, of the Church
of God.
In this connection it may be ad-
ded that, in the village of New
Grknada, in less than two years,
three Cunningham homes have
been broken up by death-th
vacant houses-J. G.. Cunning
hams N. G. Cunningham's and
L. L. Cunningham's.
MRS. JOANNA DIXON.
Mrs. Joanna Montgomery Dix
on, widow of the late Charles T.
Dixon, passed away at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs, Emory Hessler at
Ssluvia, this county at 7:45
o'clock, Sunday evening, March
10, 1918, aged so years, l month
and 21 days. The funeral took
place on Tuesday afternoon, the
services being conducted by a
former pastor, Rev. w. M. Cline
Of the M. E. Church, Fort Little
Ton, Pa, assisted by Rev. E. j.
Croft, of the Harrisonville M.
9. Charge, and her remains were
aid to rest beside those of ha
husband in the cemetery at AS
bury M. E. church at Greenhill.
The Dixons came to this coun-
ty from Maryland more than
forty-fve years ago, the husband
being a miller, and for a time he
4 0neratod tho mill Of ErnnoaviIln