Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-11-23
opherdown Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday
CROSSING THE DARK RIVER

William Franklin Blackford. bur.
CESS of SharpSburg. Md, and \ ms.
ice OF the peace, died at his home !,
mat place last ThuSriay. following an
illness OF two weeks. Mr.. Blackford
VINO was rs years old. was a native
Of ShepherdStown, but had lived in
Sharpsourg nearly all of his long life
He was highly regarded and was bur
CESS of his home town for IS wears
and was also a veStryman in ST. Paul's
Episcopal Church. He was stanch
Democrat in politics. Mr.. Blackford
was cultured gentleman. we'll edu-
Gated and of polished manners, and
his death will be regretted bv many
friends, who admired him for his MANY
estimable qualities. He is survived bv
ms wife, Mrs. Emma Margaret Black
ford, nee Grove: five daughters. Mrs.
William Wade Waddy, Shepherdstown.
Mrs. J. Kisling Hopkins, Sharpsburg;
and Misses Helen, Eliza and Pauline
Mayer Blackford, at home; one brother
Henry Van S. Blackford, Washington;
and sister, Miss Jeanette Blackford,
Of Sharpsburg. The funeral was held
last Saturday and he was buried in
Mountain View Cemetery
Saturday night, two DAYS after Mr..
Blackford's death, his sister, Miss
jeanette Blackford, who lived in the
same home, passed away, after an ILL
ness of month or more She died
without having been Informed of her
brothers death, her condition being
such that it was thought best not to
tell her. Miss Blackford was a wo.
man of eminent Christian character,
and was respected and beloved in her
home town, where she had lived from
her early youth. For many years she
had been a consistent member of ST.
PauPs Episcopal Church She was "a
years old, or just thirteen months
younger than her brother The funer-
al service was conducted at her late
home Monday afternoon BY Rev. I,
L. Hady, of Shepherdstown, her pastor,
Rev. Mr. Mckinley, being away from
home. Interment was made in Noun
tain View Cemetery.
Edward L. Dechert, prominent in
surance man and former newspaper
publisher of Harrisonburg, Va, died
in the hospital in that place last Sat-
urday night as the result of an automo-
OiiS uSSidSit tIlSG "SShS OClUlC. NllllG
riding near Mt. Jackson his car was
overturned, and serious injuries re-
suited. After lingering for three
weeks he died. Mr.. Dechert, who
was "a cousin of Miss Lottie Hout, of
Shepherdstown, was born in Hagers-
town in 1856. He moved to Harrison
burg in 1877 with his father, the late
Daniel Dechert, where they establish
ed newspaper called The Spirit of
the Valley. The paper later went out
of existence, and Mr.. Dechert and his
brothers engaged in the insurance
business, building up the largest and
most prosperous agency in Virginia.
Six children survive Mr.. Dechert: Mrs.
Richard G. Daily, Of Roanoke; Daniel
Dechert, of Norfolk; Mrs. Thor Olson.
Of Athens, Ohio; Frederick Dechert,
of Detroit, and Mrs. Randolph Hene-
berger and Miss Edna Dechert, of Har-
risonburg.
Mrs. Annie Welsh, an estimable res
ident of Bakerton, this county, died at
her home in that place last Friday
night, at the advanced age of 81 years.
Mrs. Welsh was devout Catholic, and
had wide circle of friends who are
saddened by her death. She had liv
Cd long and useful life, and had been
resident of the Bakerton section for
many years. She is survived by four
sons and three daughters: John,
Thomas, William and Patrick Welsh,
Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Geo. w. Eich-
charger and Mrs. G. w. Ingram. The
funeral service was held in the Catho-
! lie Church of Harper's Ferry on Mon
| day, Rev. Father Curran officiating,
and the body was inferred in the ceme-
terry at that place.
George A. Harrison, of Berlin,
Worcester county, Md, died last Sat-
urday in hospital in Philadelphia,
aged So years. He was for many
years associated with his brother, Or
lando Harrison, in the management OF
the extensive and prosperous Harri-
son Nurseries. Through his frequent
visits to this section he was well-known
| in Jefferson and Berkeley counties, and
was highly regarded. The Harrisons
have considerable orchard interests in
Berkeley county.
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Tabler, wife Of
Ernest Raymond Tabler, died in the
City Hospital in Martnsburg last FRI
day night from peritonitis. She was
but 81 years of age. The deceased,
who was a native of Frederick coun-
ty, Md, is survived by her husband
and tiny son.
Edward M. Bushong, aged 83 years,
died at his home in Woodstock, Va,
last Tuesday after a long illness. He
is survived by two daughters and SIX
sons, one of whom is Attorney Frank
L. Bushong, Of Charles Town.