Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-10
OTHER DEATHS.

Washington. He was buried in the
cemetery in Sharpsburg yesterday.
OTHER DEATHS.
Seymour Cloud, son of Mrs. Ella
Cloud, of Sandy Hook, Nd, died from
the influenza at Camp Grant, Illinois:
on September 2eth, aged % years. He
had been living in Illinois for some
years, and had been in camp only Tor
month. The body was brought here
for burial, and was inferred in Elm
wood Cemetery last Saturday. Mr.
Cloud was a nephew of Mrs. A. L:
Knode and Mrs. w. L. Reinhart, OF
this place. Sergeant Wagner, who &C
companied the body here, said that on
the day he left, twenty-five corpses
were taken from the camp. The influ-
enza had swept through the ranks with
disastrous results.
Elijah ]. Lewis, a Confederate veter-
an and for nearly all his life a resident
of Middleway, this county, died last
Wednesday in the hospital in Charlie
Town, having been taken there critic
ally i'll a few days previously. He wa
II years of age, and during the last i've
or six years of his life was afflicted with
blindness. During the Civil War ne
served with gallantry as member OF
Company B, Twelfth Virginia Cavalry
under Captain Baylor. He was a
bachelor, and is survived by three
brothers, Charles, William and Philip
Lewis.
Mrs. Bessie Irene Johnston, wife OF
Mr.. w. E. Johnston, died at her home
in Cumberland Monday, aged Is years,
II months and % days. Mrs. Johns
ton was a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. S. Houser, of Bakerton, and her
death is deplored by many friends in
that vicinity. The funeral service was
held at that place yesterday in the M.
E. Church South, and the body was in
TERED in Elmwood Cemetery, Shep-
herdstoWn.
Mrs. Sarah E. Irwin died at her home
in Edinburg, Va, September 20, aged
II years, 9 months and II days. She
leaves four SONS and two daughters
John w. Irwin, of Charles Town; Ira H
Irwin, of Shenandoah Junction; Mrs. E
A. Downey, Of High Point, N. c.; Geo
E., Arthur and Miss Ella Irwin, of Edin,
burg, Va. Fifteen grandchildren
seven great grandchildren, two broth
ers and one sister also survive.
Word was received here yesterday of
the death of Elizabeth, the sweet little
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. Howard
Meyers, of Keyser, w. Va. The body
will be brought here for burial. The
little girl was here couple of weeks
ago with her father when he was at
Middleway, and was then in the best of
health. She was six years old. The
wife of Rev. MIR. Meyers is seriously i'll
with the influenza.
Thomas Ewers, young soldier of
Hampshire county, brother of Miss
Lucille Ewers, died at Camp Colt, Get
tysburg, last Friday from the influen-
"a. He was in the same company with
Henry L. Clapham, and they died within
a few hours of each other. Young Ew-
ers, who was Is years old, was mar
ried to Miss Frances Powell few days
before he entered the service in July.
Mrs. Mary Dunbar Crigg, wife of
Lieutenant H. A. Grigg, died from in
fluenza at Annapolis, Md, last Mon
day, aged 26 years. She was daugh-
ter of c. A. Miller, of Martinsburg,
This is the third bereavement that has
come to Mr.. Miller in less than a year,
his wife and his daughter, Mrs. o.
burn, having passed away within that
time.
Mrs. Cecilia Huber Martin, wife of
Albert r. Martin, died last Thursday
night at her home in Martinsburg, fol-
lowing an illness of two months from a
complication of diseases. She is sur
vived by her husband, three daughters
and son, the son being with the Amer
lean forces in France. She was 55
years of age.
Harvey A. Bush, a well-known news
paper man of Martinsburg, who has re-
Gently been connected with the Evening
Journal died last Friday night, after an
illness of several days, aged A years.
He is survived by his wife and three
sons. Mr.. Bush was a native Of Will
Transport, Md, and he was buried there
on Monday.
Lillian Myers, aged II years, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers, died
in Washington last Friday, She was a
niece of Mrs. J. H. Robinson, of this
place, and her father formerly lived in
Shepherdstown. The family moved
from Martinsburg to Washington sew
eral years ago.
Mrs. Howard Elwood died last Sat
urday night from the influenza and
other complications at the farm of R. L.
VanMetre, in Berkeley county, aged 80
years. She is survived by her hus-
band and four children, all of whom
have been i'll with the influenza.
Captain William Hunter Winckley, a
native of Harper's Ferry, died in Har-
risonburg, Va, last Friday, aged IS
years. He was in the service of the B
& o. Railroad for IS years, and was at
the time o! his death passenger con-
ductor.
Miss Marie Young, popular young
telephone operator of Charles Town, a
daughter of S. c. Young, Jr., died at her
home in that place on Tuesday from
pneumonia, following an attack of the
prevailing influenza. She was 20 years
old.
Just as we 60 to press news comes
of the death of Philip Campbell, son oil
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Campbell, of the
Kearneysville neighborhood, aged Il
years. He had been i'll for several days
from the influenza.
Ernest E. Hill, of Maysville, Ca, ar
apple buyer who operated in Berkeley
county, died at the Hotel Berkeley in
Martinsburg Tuesday morning from in
Huenza. He was 81 years old, and
was unmarried.
Among the victims of the influenza
in Kearneysville was Miss Ruth Cox
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. George Cox
,aI oc.