Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-13
CROSSING THE DARK RIVER.

ii greatly from sinus trouble-an in
/ hammauon of a bone in the forehead
and he had been going regularly TO .
Baltimore for treatment. He went to
Baltimore last week and stopped as
usual at the Hotel Joyce. Friday |
night he was heard groaning in his /
room. and hotel employee found him |
unconscious on the floor. He was |
taken at once to the Maryland Uni !
verSity Hospital, but his condition was |
beyond human aid, and he passed away |
about o'clock Saturday morning. !
Mr.. and Mrs. +. O. Trump, of Kear- !
neysville, his brother-in-law and sister.
were notified as soon as his illness |
was found TO be serious, and they took |
the first train for Baltimore. but he |
died before they reached the city |
! The news of MIR. MarshalpS death |
caused widespread sorrow in both |
/ Jefferson and Berkeley counties, where
he was so we'll known and where he
was so highly regarded. MIR. Marshall
who was a son of the late Mr.. and Mrs
James M. Marshall, was 81 years, 3
months and l6 DAYS of age. He was
reared on the home farm near EnGle
his county, but early in life started TO
make his own way. He was for a time
Employed by the Baker brothers. the
limestone men, but later went into TIL
service of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road He was competent and faith
ful and was promoted from time to
time. Some years ago he was mad
assistant superin enjCnt of the rai'rca'
shops at Martnshurg. AMI IN 1919
upon the death Of 4. T. Brantner. was
made superintendent For severa
months past, however, his affection ha'
4 Almost incapacitatcd him from active
work The serious condition OF hi
health was known TO his intimate
ends. but TO most of his acouaint-
ances his death was real shock Mr.
Marshall by good management and
thrift habits had acquired a consider
able fortune. His nearest surviving
relative is his sister, Mrs. Frank y
Trump, OF Kcarnevsville. The tuncra'
service was held Monday AFTERNOON at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Trump, and
was attended by hundreds of 'atives
and friends from Jefferson and Berke-
lev counties and by railroad men from
Cumberland to Baltimore. A special
train was run from MartinSburg the
shops there being closed and the en-
ployees attending in a BODY. Amonp
the B. & o. officials who were at the
funeral, and were honorary pallbearers
were Earl Stnson, chief engineer.
maintenance Of way; G. w. Andrews
assistant chief engineer; 7. B., Myers
engineer OF roadway and track: I. o
Potts, maintenance inspector; M. c.
Carrigan, tunnel inspec.or: and
William Butler, claim agent. The SER
vice was impressively conducted BY
Rev. Dr. S. L Flckinger, of the Re-
formed Church, and Rev. DR.. Charles
Ghiselin, Of the PRESBYTERIAN Church
DR.. GhiSelin's address was an earnest
and appropriate one, and he paid fttno
tribute to Mr.. Marshall who had long
been member of Elk Branch Presby-
terian Church. The body was laid to
res. in Elmwood Cemetery, being fol-
lowed to the grave by one of the largest
funeral professions in this vicinity in
many years.
Mrs. Mary Newton Moore, widow of
Milton Moore, died on December 10Th,
al her home in StewartSvile, Mis-
souri,, after a brief illness, she having
been taken sick Christmas Eve. She
was II years of age. Mrs. Moore was
the second child and eldest daughter Of
the late William Garland Butter and
Lucinda Kearney Butler and was born
and reared near Kearneysvilie. She
married Mr.. Moore in 1887 and wen
10 live in Cover, Clinton county, Mis-
souri,, residing there until last year
when she sold her home in that place
and moved to Stewartsville. Her body
was taken back to Cover for burial.
Mr.. Moore died about sixteen years
ago. Mrs. Moore will be we'll remem-
bered by those of her old friends who
survive. The Butler home near Kear-
neysville, now owned and occupied BY
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Magruder. was one
Of the most hospitable homes in this
section, and Mr. and Mrs Butler and
their eleven sons and daughters con-
stituted lively family that at racted
friends from far and near Manv 2
gay party was held there and the doora
were always open and the hospitality
unbounded. On a winters night sixty
eight years ago the original dwelling
house on the place was burned 10 tho
ground, slave girl having accidentally
set fire to a bed-tick in the garret
Only a clock and desk were saved
from the burning structure, but il wa"
early in the night and no one wa I.
harmed. Mr.. Butler then built tn
big brick mansion that later became
the centre OF hosptable entertainment
and where the family lived happily foV
many years. Mrs. Moore is survived
Nv five sisters: Mrs Mamie TAYLOR, of
Shepherdstown; Mrs. Lucy Marshan
of Martinsburg; Miss Jane Butler
near Washington; Mrs. Lizzie Hood
Of Rock Oak, w. Va; and Mrs Sallic
Billmyer, of Atlantic City. N. J..
Dennis M. Kilmer. one of Martins
burg's most highly esteemed business
men, died in that place last FRIDAY af-
ternoon at the Kings Daughters Hos
pital, where he had been taken The
previous Monday. His death was
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