Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-07-10
THE DEATH RECORD.

pected. He had apparently been in hi
usual health, and his family had dis
persed to spend the fourth of Jul!
holiday, when he suddenly became il
and died in very short time. Hi!
| death was a shock to family anc
friends. Mr.. Baker, who was Is year:
old, was born and reared in Shep
herdstown, his father having beer
Elias Baker, one of the prominent
residents of this place. He left Shep-
herdstown when young man ano
lived for time in Altoona, Pa. Some
thirty-five years ago he moved &c
Roanoke, and had since been a resi-
dent of that city. AT the time of his
death he was connected with the Nor
folk & Western Railway in a clerical
capacity. He is survived by his wife
who was Miss Nininger, and four
children: Ralph Baker, VIM. F. Ba-
ker, Jr., Miss Kathleen Baker and Mrs
Nathalie Patterson; also a sister, Mrs
George Glass, of Berryville, and two
brothers, M. B. Baker, of Shepherds
town, and Henry S. Baker, of Wash
ington. He was an uncle of Hon.
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War.
The funeral service was held at Roa-
noke last Saturday, and his remains
were laid to rest in the cemetery at
that place Mr.. Bakers old friends
in this section will be sorry to learn
that he is no more, for they remember
him as good man and an estimable
Christian gentleman.
Mrs. Sarah A. Louden, wife Of
Samuel ]. Louden, superintendent of
Green Hill Cemetery, died last Sum
day in the City Hospital, Martinsburg,
where she had been taken the previous
day for treatment Mrs. Louden,
whose age was SIS years. 10 months
and Is days, was a daughter of the lata
Benjamin Hoffman, of the vicinity Of
ShepherdStown, and lived in this Sec
ton all of her life until nine or ten
years ago, when the family moved 10
Martnsburg. She.was a good woman
"a faithful wife. loving mother and
a kind friend end neighbor, and Ter
death causes sorrow to many relatives
and friends. Besides her husband,
she is survived by six children: Mrs.
James D. Hoffman, of Mole.'S; Mrs.
Raleigh Cation, near MaTtinsburg;
Ernest c. Louden. of Fulton, N. u;
Boyd, Neiman and Myrtle, al home;
also six brothers and five sisters:
James w. Hoffman, of Bakerton; I. ].
Hoffman, near Shepherdstown; Mrs.
Edward Louden, of Moler's; Mrs. John
Riley, of Brunswick, Md; Harry, AL
bert, William, Maggie, Florence and
Ida, of Cleveland, Ohio. The funeral
service was held yesterday in the
Southern Methodist Church of Shep-
herdstown. 1t was conducted by Rev.
A. M. Cluck, of MartnSburg, assisted
by Rev. ]. H. Haley, of this place. In
tement in Elmwood Cemetery.
Rev. George Thomas Tyler, for
many years a prominent minister of
the Baltimore Conference Of the M. t.
Church South, died last Sunday morn
ing at his home in Winchester, Va,
in the 10th year of his age. He re4
tired from active church work about
year ago, after having served as
minister for fifty years. He was
presiding elder of this the Winchester
district for a number of years, and was
well-known and highly esteemed in
this section. Four of his sons are
ministers of the gospel. Besides his
wife, Mr.. Tyler is survived by seven
sons and two daughters, as follows;
Rev. Frank A. Tyler, of Clifton Forge,
Va; Rev. S. Roger Tyler, of Hunting
ton, w. Va; Rev. J. Paul Tyler, of
Washington; Rev. Barrett P Tyler, of
Morristown, N. j.; DR.. George 7.
Tyler, Jr., Of Greenville, S. c.; Marvin
A. Tyler, Of Washington, and German
H. H. Tyler, of Winchester, and Mrs.
Georgia A. Buckner, Of Washington,
and Miss Julia G. Tyler, of Winchester.
John William Demory, a well-known
resident of Loudoun county Va, died
on Tuesday at his home about three
miles from Harper's Ferry, aged IS
years. He is survived by six sons and
three daughters, as follows: George,
Daniel and Walter, of Jefferson coun-
ty; Henry and Wilmer, of Loudoun
county; Luther, of Fairfax county;
Mrs. H. P. Colbert, of Loudoun coun-
ty; Mrs. A. V. Sheppard, of Cleveland,
Ohio; and Mrs. A. B. Funk, of Bruins
wick. The funeral takes place Friday
morning at Ebenezer Church, LoudouE
county. Mr.. Demory, who was a Con-
federate veteran, was highly esteem
ed resident Of that section.
Mrs. Lizzie Miller Stowe, widow Of
James w. Stowe, died last Sunday
morning at her home in Washington
CITY, after an illness of six months.
The BODY was taken to Sharpsburg on
Tuesday and was inferred in Mountain
View Cemetery. Mrs. Stowe, who was
a native of SharpSburg, was most
lovable woman, cultured and refined
and of rare social qualities, and she
leaves a wide circle Of rela
friends to deplore her death. She is
survived by her mother, Mrs. Susan
Piper Miller; two children, Marcellus
and Elizabeth Stowe; and a brother,
Henry P. Miller, of Atlantic City.
Robert C. Richardson, a well-known
resident of Hartford county, Md, died
at his home at Churchville on Tues
day, after long illness, aged 81 years.
Mr.. Richardson's wife was Miss May
Murphy, formerly of Shepherdstown,
who was sister of the second wife
of the late ]. F. Welshans. She sur
wives him, with one son.
Charles ]. V. Thomas, a former
resident of Charles Town and son of
the late Geo. w. Thomas, died last
Saturday in Akron, Ohio, aged 30
years. He is survived by his wife and
three small children.
Robert w. Dick, a well-known
Berkeley county farmer, died last
Thursday in Johns Hopkins Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, four sons
and two daughters.
Clarence Grimes, lifelong resident
of Martinsburg, died at his home in
that place Tuesday morning, aged 60
years. He is survived by his wife and
one daughter.
John A. Sigler, a former resident
of Shepherdstown, died recently at his
home in Uniontowh, Pa.