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McKean County Democrat 1926
DEATHS IN MCKEAN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JANUARY THRU JUNE 1926
THE MCKEAN COUNTY DEMOCRAT NEWSPAPER, (SMETHPORT)
The following death notices appeared in the McKean County Democrat from
January thru June during the year of 1926. The date of publication is shown
prior to the item(s). There is no implication that this is all that may have
been published in these editions since some editions may be missing and many
of the pages or portions thereof are unreadable.
Transcribed by Ronald J. Reid, 2011
January 14, 1926.
Page 1.
The death of Mrs. Emma Berg of Farmers Valley occurred at 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon at the Bradford hospital following a surgical operation.
Deceased had been a patient at the hospital for the past 19 days. She was
39 years of age and was an esteemed resident of Smethport vicinity for many
years. Mrs. Berg is survived by her husband, Charles Berg, and seven
children, one sister, a resident of Jamestown, N.Y.
One of the children of the deceased a little boy, met death a few weeks ago
from the accidental discharge of a shotgun with which the child had been
playing.
Page 3.
Blinded by a snow storm, T.W. Snow of Warren drove his Dodge sedan into
Arbano Scaliae and Albert Wirtz of Welbank, two pedestrians, on the Warren-
Sheffield highway near the latter town Friday evening. Both men were killed.
Page 3.
Andy Smith, famous coach of the University of California football team, died
last Friday in Philadelphia of pneumonia. Smith was a native of Du Bois, Pa.
Page 3.
Mrs. J.J. Dollmetsch, aged 65 years, of Rew City, was found dead in bed
Saturday morning. She is survived by her husband, two daughters and two sons.
Page 3.
W.H. Bloom, aged 70, employed at the Graham greenhouses, Bradford, dropped
dead while at work Friday morning.
Page 3.
Mrs. David Howells, aged 81 years, a prominent Kane lady, died at her home
in that city last Saturday.
Page 5.
Mrs. Wm. Patten was summoned to Elmira, N.Y., last week by the death of her
mother, Mrs. Ida Carl.
Page 8.
Josephine M. Knight, age 70 years, who passed away in this borough Wednesday
evening of last week, mention of which was mad in last week's Democrat, was
born April 21, 1855 in Euclid, Ohio.
In 1880 she was united in marriage to Wesley H. Knight in Emporia, Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Knight lived in Emporia for four years when they came to
Smethport where they since resided except for a short time when they lived in
Tennessee. Mr. Knight died in 1912.
Mrs. Knight was the last of the older members of her family. Surviving her
are ten nieces and nephews. James Herriman of this place being among the
latter.
Funeral services for the departed were held Sunday from the Herriman
residence on Bank street, Rev. Chas. Whelan of the Methodist Episcopal church
officiating. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Among out of town relatives and friends present for the final obsequies were
Arthur Herriman and family of Galeton, Pa.
January 21, 1926.
Page 1.
The death of Michael McDade, one of this sections best known and most
successful farmers, occurred at his home near Crosby Monday morning following
an illness of over a year's duration resulting from an infection of the jaw.
Mr. McDade was about 70 years of age and originally came to this section in
early life from St. Johns N.B. For many years he made a pronounced financial
success of his large nearby farm and was one of McKean county's largest sheep
breeders.
Deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Berg of Crosby and one
son, Harry of home.
The funeral was held at St. Elizabeth's church Smethport, Wednesday morning
at 9:00 o'clock, the Rev. P.J. Donohue officiating. Interment was made in St.
Elizabeth's cemetery.
Page 1.
Smethport residents were shocked by news of the death of John Thomas
Cunningham of Rose Hill avenue, which occurred at the City hospital, Buffalo,
Tuesday evening at 10:10 o'clock.
Several weeks ago Mr. Cunningham went to Buffalo and accepted a position. A
few days ago he contracted a severe cold which developed into pneumonia and
Monday he was taken to the hospital for treatment. His condition was so
critical that members of his family were summoned from Smethport to Buffalo
Tuesday.
Mr. Cunningham was born near Blossburg, Pa., July 14, 1882, coming here with
his parents in early life. He was an industrious sterling citizen who was
held in the highest esteem by a wide circle of friends. The body is being
brought to Smethport today and funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the local Baptist church, Rev. E.A. Stevens
officiating. Interment will be made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Deceased is survived by his wife and three sons, Lyle, Horace and Robert;
his aged father, J.C. Cunningham, who is now in Tioga county; three sisters,
Mrs. Julia Thornton of East Smethport, Mrs. Mary Mitchell and Mrs. Bertha Cook
of Lawrenceville, Pa., and three brothers, Bert and Wm. C. Cunningham of Olean
and Alex Cunningham of East Smethport.
Page 3.
Sheffield, Pa. Found almost frozen to death from being exposed to the
extreme cold weather after suffering a stroke, Steve Zook of Brookston, an
employe of the Central Pennsylvania Lumber company died today from exposure.
Page 3.
Mrs. Cora Burdick, 63, of Duffytown, near Eldred, died suddenly on Wednesday
of last week. The woman had been in her usual health, had visited a neighbor
and returned to her home. She started a fire in her kitchen stove, complained
of not feeling well and I a few moments was dead.
Page 4.
Eldred Eagle. Walter W. Windsor, a former resident of Larabee, died last
Wednesday at his home in Olean.
Death was due to a paralytic shock which he suffered on December 30.
Deceased was born in Larabee 5? Years ago, and was married 27 years ago to
Miss Edna Greeley of Smethport. Twenty-six years ago they moved to
Clarksville about ten years ago the family moved to Olean. Besides his widow
he is survived by one daughter, Bessie of Coudersport, two brothers and one
sister.
The funeral was held last Saturday and interment was made in Clarksville
cemetery.
Page 8.
John Hopkins DeVore, 64 years old, died at his home in Bradford at ? o'clock
Wednesday night of last week from the effects of burns received on June 20,
1925 at the plant of the Bradford Gasoline Company at Coleville.
Mr. DeVore was born on the Robt. DeVore farm at St. Petersburg, Clarion
county and had been a resident of Bradford for the past 28 years. He is
survived by his wife and one daughter.
January 28, 1926.
Page 2.
Port Allegany Reporter-Argus. At her home on Main street, January 19, Mrs.
L.J. Gallup bade Good Bye to her loved ones and departed to the Great
Beyond. Rich in years and usefulness and of sterling character, she devoted
her life to family and friends, and the community joins with the immediate
kindred in mourning her loss. Mrs. Polly Burdick Gallup was born July 28,
1842 and has been a resident of this section for over four score years. A
daughter of Ransom and Lucinda (Palmer) Burdick who came very early to McKean
county from Chenango county, New York. Her grandfather, Rowland Burdick was
one of the earliest settlers at Norwich, Pa.
She was married to Leander J. Gallup also of Norwich township, July 4th,
1861 and came at once to their new home on the Portage where they resided for
over half a century. Later coming to Port Allegany where they have since
lived together until the death of her husband, December, 31st, 1921.
To them were born four children, Purdie A. (deceased), Clayton E., Ella
(deceased at the age of five years) and Glenn L. Gallup. Besides four
grandchildren, D. Jay Gallup, Marguerite, Lawrence and John Gallup and two
great-grandsons, Robert and Harold Gallup, also two brothers, Charles and
Elmer Burdick of Betula.
Three sisters have preceded her in death. Mrs. Alvina Galllup, Mrs. Ella
Colegrove and Miss Alice Burdick.
We owe much to these sturdy pioneers who by their example of industry,
thriftiness and integrity have bequeathed to this generation a safe rule for
their guidance.
Port Allegany is poorer for the loss of this good woman and the Reporter-
Argus joins with a host of friends in extending sympathy to the immediate
family in their bereavement.
The funeral services will be held Friday morning at ten o'clock at her
residence and at 2:20 o'clock at the Colegrove Church. Burial in the family
plot in the Colegrove cemetery.
(The obit continues with information on previous family history)
Page 2.
Arthur Pearsall, aged 51, a Coudersport painter was instantly killed on
Monday night of last week when struck by a freight train on the Coudersport
and Port Allegany railroad. His body was badly mangled. He is survived by
his wife.
Page 2.
Thos. F. Cantwell, prominent Bradford man, died Saturday very suddenly. He
was at one time engaged in the carting and trucking business.
Page 3.
Hallett E. Morton of Kinzua was killed and four other members of the crew
were terribly injured when a logging train of the Central Pennsylvania Lumber
company of Kinzua ran away on a steep hillside grade in Sugar Run, McKean
county, on Wednesday afternoon of last week. The injured men were James
Mountain, William Hancock and A.P. Keller, all of Kinzua.
Page 3.
Bradford, Jan. 26. Catching fire from a stove in her bedroom, a nightgown
worn by Miss Emma Durand, 70 years old, burst into flames yesterday morning
and burned the aged woman to death. The accident occurred in the home of Mrs.
T.? Buck of 311 South avenue, where the victim had made her home for several
years.
Although there was no witness to the tragedy, it is believed the victim who
was slightly demented, placed her nightgown on the hot stove, a habit she has
had recently. Dr. O.F. Hannon was summoned immediately following discovery of
the accident, but he could do nothing to aid the woman.
Miss Durand had been put back to bed shortly after 5 o'clock. An hour and a
half later, Miss Susan Grant, a boarder at the home, heard a noise and saw the
aged woman run from her room a mass of flames. Mrs. Buck immediately went to
the woman's assistance and the two women tore the nightgown from Miss Durand's
body. The flames had burned the woman too severely however to save her life.
Miss Durand was born in Titusville and came to Bradford about 40 years ago.
She was well known here for many years as a music teacher. Although she is
survived by several relatives, the only one whose identity is known is Miss
Mary Pelton of Fowler, Ind.
February 4, 1926.
Page 2.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, aged 77 years died at her home in Cyclone last
Thursday. She is survived by one son, George of Cyclone, and four sisters.
The funeral was held in Cyclone Monday and burial was made in Oak Hill
cemetery, Bradford.
Page 2.
John Ward, 78, of Kane, was found dead on the sidewalk near his home on
Poplar avenue, where he lived alone, Monday night. Heart failure was the
cause.
Page 3.
Peter Howard Campbell, aged 66 years passed away at his home in Clermont,
Tuesday, Jan. 26. Mr. Campbell had been in failing health for the past year
but death came suddenly as he was sitting in his home.
Deceased conducted a store and boarding house at Clermont. He was born in
Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Mr. Campbell is survived by his wife and several children.
Funeral services were held in Clermont last Friday morning, Rev. Fr.
(unreadable) officiating and the body was brought to Smethport where it was
interred in St. Elizabeth's cemetery.
Page 3.
Ogden B. Lay, aged 77, a prominent Port Allegany resident and actively
identified with the prohibition movement in this county, passed away at his
home on Wednesday night of last week. For a number of years Mr. Lay
successfully conducted a factory manufacturing wooden butter dishes of Port
Allegany. Two years ago he established the Canoe Place Inn at that town which
has been highly successful. Before moving to Port Allegany he was
Pennsylvania railroad agent in Kane and established that town's first
newspaper which was known as the Weeky Blade. Deceased is survived by his
wife and three children.
Page 4.
Mrs. Ella C. Holmes, aged 65, died at the home of her son, Leonard Holmes of
94 State street, Bradford, Tuesday morning at 7:10 o'clock after an illness of
more than five months.
She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Orrie Moody of Port Allegany and Mrs.
Lucy Tuttle of Coryville, and two sons, John of Oklahoma and Leonard of
Bradford.
Funeral services were held from the home of her son at 11:30 o'clock this
Thursday morning and from her home in Coryville at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. W.E. Van
Dyke of St. Luke's church, Smethport officiating. The burial will be made in
Rose Hill cemetery, this borough.
Page 4.
Chas. Lemmler, local business man, received word the forepart of the week of
the sudden death of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jacob Lemmler of Eldred, which
event occurred at her home in that town Sunday night with shocking
suddenness. Mrs. Lemmler had celebrated her 69th birthday anniversary Sunday
and was apparently enjoying her usual health up until the time she was
suddenly attacked.
Deceased is survived by three children. Mr. Lemmler died last December.
The funeral was held at the home in Eldred yesterday afternoon and interment
was made in Oak Hill cemetery that town.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lemmler and Miss Leonora Lemmler of Smethport attended
the funeral.
Mrs. Lemmler was one of Eldred's most highly revered ladies and her death is
generally mourned.
February 11. 1926.
Page 1.
Samuel H. MacBroom, employed at the plant of the American Window Glass
company, Kane, dropped dead of heart failure while at his work Saturday
morning.
Page 5.
The name of the employee of the Dennis Construction company who was killed
by a blast of rock on the Galeton-Coudersport road job recently, briefly
mentioned in these columns last week, was Fred Weaver of Lawrenceville, Pa.
He was 61 years of age.
Page 5.
Mrs. Mary E. James, aged 90 years, died at her home in Ormsby Saturday
following a six weeks illness. The esteemed lady is survived by seven
children, two of whom Mrs. Emma Boozell and Mrs. Katie Wofal reside in Ormsby,
one brother and two sisters, nineteen grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was held at the home of Mrs. Katie Wood in Ormsby Monday
evening, the Rev. Chas. Whelan of the Smethport Methodist Episcopal church
officiating. Interment was made in Oak Hill cemetery, Bradford.
Page 8.
Bradford, Feb. 9. Three months ago Albert Bennett succeeded Julius Skinner
as a teamster for the Illinois Torpedo Company. Skinner was killed on October
29 by a nitro-glycerine explosion in the company's magazine one mile beyond
Irvine's Mills. Yesterday Bennett met a fate like that of his predecessor
when more than 200 quarts of the dangerous liquid exploded about 300 yards
away from the scene of Skinner's death.
The explosion occurred about 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The blast was
felt for miles around, shaking buildings and breaking glass and crockery as
far away as Bradford and Salamanca.
A team of horses and a pet dog of Bennett were also killed in the
explosion. The dog, not mutilated by the blast in the least bit, had been
blown into a tree from which it was taken down by some of the many persons who
hurried to the scene. The horses were blown to bits, however, as was the
wagon to which they attached.
Bennett's body was also blown to atoms. Small pieces of flesh were found
yesterday afternoon by Undertaker John Still and brought to his mortuary here.
Guy Stovall of West Corydon street, a glycerine maker, who had just left the
magazine a short time before the death of Skinner last fall, was only a few
hundred yards away from the magazine at the time of the blast yesterday.
Although it was rumored around the city that he had been killed in the
explosion, Stovall was uninjured.
Bennett, who was 35 years old and married, was engaged in loading the
glycerine preparatory to making a trip to McKeown Hollow. As is usual in such
cased, the exact cause of the explosion is unknown.
The blast made a large hoe in the ground about 30 feet deep and almost 75
feet across the crater. The magazine was completely demolished. Dirt was
strewn about the snow covered ground for hundreds of feet about the hole.
The factory, storage room and boiler house of the company, located about
300 yards away from the scene of the explosion, were badly damaged by the
blast. At the barn, several hundred feet away doors were smashed to splinters
and windows shattered. Windows in Bennett's home, near the bar, were smashed
and the lace curtains were ripped from their fastenings.
Bennett is survived by his wife and one daughter. He came to Irvine Mills
last fall. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Page 8.
Jas. G. Meiser of Bradford was seized with sudden illness in Olean Tuesday
evening and went to the police station for aid, dropping dead upon his arrival.
February 18, 1926.
Page 1.
Willis Mosher, 77, of Norwich died at the Ridgway hospital, where he had
been a patient, Wednesday, Feb. 11.
The body was brought to the Sasse mortuary, Smethport, and the funeral was
held Saturday. Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery.
Deceased is survived by two daughters and two sons.
Page 3.
Chas. Ristine an old-time Port Allegany violinist, died recently at
Salamanca, where he had resided for several years past.
Page 3.
Father M.A. Miller, former pastor of St. Raphael's Catholic church, Eldred,
died at Sharpsville, Pa., where he had been pastor of St. Bartholomew's church
since 1901, on Tuesday of last week.
Page 3.
Herbert J. Bryan, former McKean newspaperman, who from 1905 to 1912
conducted the Bradford Era in partnership with D.A. Dennison, died at his home
in Tulsa, Okla., Sunday night. Since leaving Bradford, Mr. Bryan had been
treasurer of the Oil & Gas Journal Publishing Co. He was a competent
newspaper man and a splendid citizen.
Page 6.
Port Allegany Reporter-Argus, Feb. 11. Suddenly the Beckoning Angel came
for Mrs. Carrie (Stanton) Green on the beautiful Sabbath afternoon last, and
although her death was a shock to relatives and friends, the going was a very
peaceful close to a useful and beautiful life.
Mrs. Green had been in usual health and only a few hours before had gone on
an errand of live and mercy across the street to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hudson Lyman's who are both ill.
On her return she spoke of being weary and decided to lie down and rest for
a short time. Different members of the family were tenderly watching her in
sleep and yet no warning came to tell them of the exact moment when her soul
left the body. A physician was called but she was found beyond earthly help.
Mrs. Green was born at Smethport March 1, 1861, having nearly reached her
sixty-fifth year. She was the daughter of William and Saloma (Bush) Stanton
and had spent her entire lifetime in this section, residing at Smethport,
Bradford and for the past seven years has made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Alzine Holden.
She was married in 1877 to Frank Green of Smethport and to this union three
children were born, Thomas Green of Dundee, N.Y., Mrs. Alzine Holden and Mrs.
Grace Clarke, both of Port Allegany.
(A portion of the obit is omitted here.)
The maternal parents and grandparents were among the earliest pioneers of
McKean county. Elisha and Hannah (Page) bush coming from Oneida county, N.Y.
to the old Bush homestead which is located on the road leading from Port
Allegany to Smethport at the foot of Bush Hill away back in 1828. Many of
their descendants now reside in this section. Their family consisted of
Hiram, Charles, John W., Mary (wife of Homer Howe), Silas, Andrew, Salome
(wife of William Stanton), Melinda (wife of Walter Evans) and Wallace.
Mrs. Green's father, William Stanton also belonged to the Stanton family who
had a very prominent part in the upbuilding of the pioneer settlement of this
section of the county.
When Elisha bush settled on the old homestead all this section was an
unbroken wilderness. For six years he was in charge of the U.S. Mail route of
70 miles which led between Smethport to Wellsboro, Pa., and his record for
faithfulness to duty has been handed down for a period lacking only two years
of the century mark.
Funeral services were held at the family home of Elton M. Holden, Corner of
Maple and Pine streets on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, the Rev. Arthur
Llewelyn of the First Presbyterian Church officiating with burial in the
family lot in Bradford.
February 25, 1926.
Page 1.
Smethport resident's were shocked Saturday afternoon by news that Mrs.
Carrie G. Fischer, one of the town's best known and most esteemed ladies had
been found dead at her home on East Main street about 3:30 o'clock.
But a short time before Mrs. Fischer had called the McCarthy meat market by
telephone and given an order for provisions. When Robert McDermott, an
employe of that establishment, delivered the order he discovered Mrs. Fischer
lying on the floor. E.T. Daly who resides next door was summoned and Dr. Burg
Chadwick was called, but while the body of the stricken body was still warm,
life was extinct. A sudden heart attack had produced death.
Since the death of her husband ?D. Fischer nearly a year ago, the well known
lady had been suffering from serious illness. Lately her condition had shown
marked improvement and last Friday she dismissed her nurse, after having
nursing attention constantly during the long period of her illness, thinking
the improvement in condition would be permanent.
The body was taken to the home of Warley Gifford of King street, a brother-
in-law, and the funeral was held at St. Luke's Episcopal church, of which the
deceased lady was a member, Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, the Rev. W.E.
Van Dyke, officiating. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Mrs. Fischer was born in Smethport March 16, 1857, the daughter of Eben and
Phoebe Windsor Gallup, pioneer residents of this vicinity. In early life she
was a school teacher and was first married to Fred Smith of this place who was
killed when his team of horses ran away. Later the subject of this sketch
married C.D. Fischer a publishers' agent, whose death last summer was a
terrible affliction to the wife. The deceased lady possessed intellectual
attainments of a high order and was actively identified with literary and
social life of the community.
Deceased is survived by a nephew Roy Gifford of Chicago and a niece Mrs.
Ethel Marks of this borough.
Page 3.
Edick J. Wright aged 82, died at his home in Eldred last week. Deceased was
a grandson of Renasselar Wright, first sheriff of McKean county. The old
homestead on which Mr. Wright died was acquired as a government claim by his
father in 1810.
Page 3.
George W. Hemphill of 312 East Main street, Bradford, suffered fatal
injuries when he fell from a tank car on the Emery Manufacturing Co. siding
that city, Saturday. He died in the Bradford hospital at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Page 3.
J.R. Crawley of Ashtabula, Ohio, a former Eldred boy, was killed by being
thrown from a train in the Erie, Pa., yards one day last week. Crawley was
employed as a yard clerk by the Erie & Ashtabula railroad. (Former Eldred Man)
Page 3.
The victim of starvation and freezing in an indifferent city, Mrs. Minnie
McCann was found in a dying condition at her on-room home in Buffalo last
Thursday and died two hours later at the General hospital. Mrs. McCann was
formerly a resident of Bradford.
The unfortunate woman's toes and fingers were frozen stiff when she was
found. Welfare workers reported that the woman had not eaten since Monday and
that gas had been shut off for several days because she had been unable to pay
the bill.
Page 4.
M.S. Comes, one of this section's best known residents, died at his home on
the Smethport-Hazelhurst road last Thursday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock. Mr.
Comes had been in failing health for the past two years and was confined to
his bed two weeks prior to his death.
Marvin Smith Comes was born Feb. 3, 1859 on the farm a few miles from
Smethport which was then owned by his father and is now owned by Mr. Comes'
brother, Eseck. The subject of this sketch was the son of David D. and Polly
V. (Smith) Comes. His grandfather was one of the first settlers of the
county, coming here from New York state in 1810. One of his uncles, Calvin S.
Comes, was the first white make child born in McKean county. Mr. Comes
father, besides being engaged in farming as mentioned heretofore, conducted a
large sawmill at Red Mill Brook during the heighth of the lumber industry and
his sons were identified with him in this business enterprise.
Marvin Comes later purchased the farm where he resided at the time of his
death. He transformed his property into one of the finest agricultural
establishments in the county. In 1891 he was united in marriage to Flora
Bartlett. Four children of this union survive, Mrs. Edna Allen of
Higginsville, Mo., Marvin S. Comes Jr., at home, Delano comes of Ormsby and
David D. Comes of Coleville. Mr. Comes is survived by two brothers. Clinton
D. Comes and Eseck Comes, both of Smethport and two sisters, Mrs. D.M. Wright
of Port Allegany and Mrs. Hattie Slocum of Rochester, N.Y. He is also
survived by seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Comes passed away Aug. 26, 1918. Mr. Comes was united in marriage to
Mrs. Mary Fowler of Eldred Aug, 26, 1922, who lives to mourn his loss.
Mr. Comes during his long and useful life upheld the fine traditions of his
sturdy pioneer ancestors. He was a man of the utmost integrity whose loss is
sincerely mourned by a wide circle of friends.
Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with
Rev. C.H.M. Whelan of the First Methodist Church, this borough, officiating.
Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.
Page 4.
The death of Addie Rockwell Oviatt, wife of W.I. Oviatt, occurred Saturday,
Feb. 20, at the family home in East Smethport after a long illness during
which she was a patient sufferer.
The deceased lady was born at East Freetown, Cortland county, N.Y., May 21,
1864 and located with her parents in Smethport in 1871, marrying W.I. Oviatt,
well known local contractor in early life.
Mrs. Oviatt was a woman of lovely character and highly revered by all. She
was an active member of the United Brethern Church.
Deceased is survived by her husband and the following sons and daughters;
Mrs. Harry Shreiber of Beggs, Okla.; Mrs. Pearl Hooker of Beggs, Okla.; Mrs.
Glen Burton of Mounds, Okla.; Robert Oviatt of Okmulgee, Okla.; Mrs. Thomas
Bryan of Bradford, Geo Oviatt of Rew City, Alfred Oviatt of Bradford, Mrs.
Harris P. Knauff of Bradford, Clinton Oviatt at home. A son Wilbur Russell,
died a number of years ago.
Mrs. Oviatt is survived by the following brothers and sisters; Mrs. F.W.
Herron of Olean, Mrs. Fred Kautz of Smethport, Elbridge Rockwell of Kansas and
Samuel J. Rockwell of Washington.
The funeral was held at the Union Church, Friday at 2 P.M. Rev. Chase
assisted by Rev. Pang of Port Allegany conducted the services. Burial was
made in Rose Hill cemetery.
( A list of out of town attendees follows.)
Page 8.
Edward N. Unruh, aged 76, prominent Bradford man died at his home in that
city suddenly Sunday afternoon.
No issues on-line for March and April.
May 6, 1926.
Page 1.
Joseph Oliver, 27, a well known Smethport young man met with a shocking
death shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning on the Looker lease at
Summit, near Rew City.
It is thought that Oliver, employed as an engineer by the Petroleum
Reclamation company, owners of the Looker lease, was in the act of starting an
air compressor which is used in applying pressure to the oil sand in the
patent flooding process of the Reclamation company when the machine blew up.
The heavy cylinder of the compressor was blown through the brick wall of the
power house and Oliver was carried with it.
The accident was discovered by Dr. A. Stover of Rixford who passed that way
soon after it occurred. The victim was still alive and conscious but was
unable to give an account of what had happened. Oliver died while Dr. Stover
was rendering his first aid.
Mr. Oliver, a splendid young man, is survived by his wife and his father,
Robert Oliver, who resides on Pierce brook, near Smethport.
Mr. Oliver was a member of the local lodge of Odd fellows who will have
charge of the funeral services which will probably he held from the family
home on Pierce Brook, Sunday.
Page 3.
Mt. Jewett Echo. Word was received in Mt. Jewett this week of the death of
Fred Johnson of Daytona, Fla., which occurred Monday, April 26th. Mr. Johnson
was a former prominent citizen and business man of Mt. Jewett.
Page 3.
Conductor James Mulroy of Buffalo was fatally injured at Driftwood when
caught between cars of his passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad. He
died at the Renovo hospital the forepart of last week.
Page 5.
Mrs. Frank Gallup received a message Monday apprising her of the death of
her sister, Mrs. George Smith an aged and highly esteemed resident of
Driftwood which occurred at the family home in that town that day. Mrs.
Gallup and son, Earl Gallup left Tuesday for Driftwood to attend the funeral.
Page 7.
George Newcomb, 42, formerly of Austin, died from effects of having both
arms caught in a machine at a paper mill at Niagara Falls. Both arms were
amputated at a hospital and the patient succumbed to the shock.
Page 7.
Wellborne, Pa., May 2. Mrs. Otis F. Hoffman, 65, of Warren, Pa., met death
in an early morning fire at Tioga Village today.
She and her nephew, Otis Miller, were spending the week end with the Rev.
and Mrs. C.W. Blount. A fire which originated in Mrs. Hoffman's room was
discovered by Miller who fought his way in but he was unable to find her. He
jumped out of a second story window, broke the glass in the front door and
found her dead at the foot of the stairs. Miller was badly burned.
May 13, 1926.
Page 3.
Mrs. Barney Maury of West Washington street, Bradford, was killed on the
West Branch highway near that city last Thursday night when the automobile in
which she was riding with her husband crashed into a telephone pole.
Page 3.
Wm. Henley, 42, a pumper for the Kendall Refining Co., was found dead at his
home in Bradford Sunday morning from an attack of heart failure.
Page 3.
Howard Clark Nogar, aged 1 year, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nogar of
Hazelhurst, died April 29th. The funeral was held Sunday, May 2, at the home,
Rev. T.M. Sheesley officiating. Interment was made in the Mt. Jewett cemetery.
Page 5.
The funeral of the late Joseph Oliver, killed by the explosion of an air
compressor near Rew City last week was held at the residence of his father,
Robert Oliver of Pierce Brook last Sunday afternoon, under Odd Fellow lodge
auspices. Interment was in Smith cemetery, Farmers Valley.
May 20, 1926.
Page 3.
Kane Republican, Monday. Edwin L. Post, a resident of the Smethport road,
who was badly injured at the Kane Brick & Tile company plant, March 25th, and
had since been a patient at the Kane Summit hospital, passed away at that
institution as a result of his injuries at 7:14 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr.
Post suffered a double fracture of the skull when a bank in the clay pit at
East Kane caved in.
Mr. Post was aged 33 years. His survived by his wife, Ollie and several
children.
Page 3.
The death of D.S. Helmer, prominent Port Allegany attorney, occurred with
shocking suddenness at his home in Port Allegany Sunday morning. Mr. Helmer,
apparently enjoying the best of health, was seized with a sudden attack of
apoplexy. He is survived by his wife, Mr. Bertha Helmer, and two adopted
children, a son and a daughter.
Page 3.
Dan C. Daley, division operator of the Buffalo division of the P.R.R. with
headquarters in Buffalo dropped dead at his desk in that city on Wednesday of
last week. Mr. Daley was born and raised in Benezette, Elk county, and was
quite well known among railroad men. He was a brother of Father Daley, well
known Sartwell priest.
Page 3.
Despondent, Joseph Kolowski, 39, of Corning, N.Y., committed suicide while
visiting at the home of relatives in Olean on Wednesday of last week by
slashing his throat with a razor.
Page 3.
Frank Hamilton, aged 75, prominent Bradford manufacturer and oil capitalist,
died at his home in that city very suddenly last Friday night of a heart
attack. Deceased is survived by his wife and four children; Mrs. Ella Ward of
Bradford; Mrs. Frances Cullinan of Tulsa, Okla.; Brian Hamilton of Bradford
and Edwin Hamilton of Tulsa, Okla.
Page 4.
Oil City, Pa., May 19. Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, one of the wealthiest oil
men in the state and politician of note, died today after an illness which
confined him to his home on River Ridge farm, near here, for several years.
He was 76 years old.
Mr. Sibley served five terms as congressman from the 27th and 28th
districts. For many years he was identified with General Charles Miller in
the oil business and a quarter of a century ago he and General Miller
conducted the Prospect Hill stock farm. Sibley retired about eight years ago.
He was married twice, the second wife who before her marriage was Miss Ida
L. Rew, survives. Sibley was born in Friendship, N.Y., but spent most of his
life in this section.
He became actively identified with the oil business in 1873 and during the
nineties took a keen interest in politics, serving in congress for several
terms when McKean county was part of his district. His last few years were
devoted to study and experimental agriculture.
Page 4.
The death of Mrs. Martin Birmingham, aged 35, a highly esteemed Clermont
lady, occurred on Wednesday of last week in that town. The deceased had been
an invalid for eleven years. She is survived by her husband who is assistant
superintendent of the United Natural Gas Co. at Clermont. Her mother, Mrs.
Mary Shuller, died a few days prior to her daughter's death. Funeral services
were at St. Sabina's church, Clermont, last Friday morning, Father Liegel
officiating. Interment was in St. Elizabeth's cemetery, Smethport.
Page 5.
Verne E. Hopkins passed away at his home on Biddle street, Kane, Wednesday
evening, May 12th, 1926 at 11:40 o'clock, brief mention of which was made in
last week's Democrat. The immediate cause of death was a stroke of apoplexy
which occurred about six o'clock the same evening.
He was born at Smethport, June 10, 1856, the second oldest child of Clark B.
and Samaria (Tubbs) Hopkins. He spent the first thirteen years of his life in
this vicinity, going with his parents to Iowa in the year 1869. He grew up in
that state and spent the rest of his life there except three and one half
years which he passed in Colorado, until he came to Kane in September, 1913.
He was twice married, his first wife being Mettie Derby of Iowa. Three
children were born to this union, Edna, Roy and Lela. He was married to Mrs.
Anna Hopkins of Kane, November 27th, 1912, who survives.
Deceased was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Grundy Center, Iowa, the
I.O.O.F. of the same place, the Encampment, Cantons, and Clara Rebekah Lodge
of Kane. He was well thought of in the community where he lived and numbered
his friends by the score.
Mr. Hopkins is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Hopkins, three children,
Roy, of Vancouver, Canada, Edna Metzgar of Grundy Center, Iowa and Lela
Hopkins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Bessie Patterson of
Hazelhurst, and nine grandchildren. He is also survived by four brothers and
three sisters, William and Coral of W___ing, Iowa; Fred of Springfield, Mo.;
Frank of Spokane, Wash.; Ada Lee of Arriba, Colo.; Effie Hodgeman of
Concordia, Kansas and Lillian Miller of Jackson, Mich.
The funeral was held at the Baptist church in Kane. Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock and was under the direction of the I.O.O.F. lodge, Rev. Samuel
Southern officiated. Interment was in Forest Lawn cemetery, Kane.
May 27, 1926.
Page 1.
Smethport friends of Postmaster and Mrs. Gordon Studholme of Port Allegany
were shocked by news of the death of their daughter, Miss Mary Studholme,
which sad event occurred yesterday as a result, it is thought, of a recent
severe attack of measles.
Page 3.
Mt. Jewett Echo. Jerry H. Walker passed away at his home in Hazelhurst
this Thursday morning at 12:30 o'clock. He had been suffering with heart
trouble for the past two weeks, which developed into pneumonia.
Mr. Walker was born in Brussles, Canada, February 7th, 1864, and came to
Hazelhurst from Farnum, Neb., 28 years ago. He was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Mc___ to which union were born four children, namely Mrs. Joe Hefferon,
Mrs. Olin Guthrie and Vern B. Walker, all of Rochester, N.Y., and M.D. Walker
of Bradford, who, with his wife, survive. He is also survived by seven
grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. R.H. Holmes of Mt. Jewett and Mrs. Mary
Gervill of Flagier, Col.
Mr. Walker was a member of the M.E. Church and the I.O.O.F. Lodge of
Hazelhurst, Mountain Encampment I.O.O.F. of Mt. Jewett and the K. of P. of
Eldred. He had served as Justice of the Peace and Tax Collector of Hamlin
township for a number of years.
Mr. Walker was one of Hazelhurst's well known and prominent citizens and was
always interested in the welfare of his community. He will be missed by a
large circle of friends. Mr. Walker is also well known in Mt. Jewett and
vicinity and his many friends regret to learn of his demise.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, 2:00 o'clock at the home.
Rev. Howe of DuBois, Pa., will officiate. Burial will be made in Bridgeview
cemetery, Mt. Jewett.
Page 3.
Archibald M. Laidlaw, aged 55, of Ellicottville, N.Y., district attorney of
Cattaraugus county, died at the Millard Fillmore hospital, Buffalo, Monday
from the effects of a surgical operation he underwent a week previous.
Page 3.
Irving Marsh, oil field worker of Bolivar, succumbed Friday to injuries
received in a fall from an oil derrick on the Moore lease, Friday morning. He
was removed to the Higgins Memorial hospital, Olean, where he died.
He was engaged in tearing down rigging when it is said he lost his balance,
falling about 50 feet to the ground.
Page 3.
Clarence McBride, mentally deranged, residing near Titusville, shot Gertrude
Gifford, a ten year old girl to death while she was on her way to Sunday
school, Sunday, because, he mumbled. she was mean. McBride then turned the
gun on himself and committed suicide.
Page 3.
Dr. S.E. Lewis, 81, retired Olean dental surgeon and a veteran of the Civil
War, died last week at West Palm Beach, Florida, where he had been spending
the winter.
Page 3.
William Marvin, a young Potter county farmer living near Westfield, sent a
bullet through his head while in a fit of despondency one day last week. The
young man had recently been married.
Page 4.
Wm. Cayone, aged 60, porter at the Windsor hotel, Kane, was found dead in
his bed Sunday morning, having been overcome by poisonous gas fumes from a
stove in the room.
Page 5.
Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Hungiville received the sad tidings of the death of their
infant granddaughter, Mary Frances Hilliary, three day old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Hilliery of Cambridge, Mass., which occurred in Cambridge last
Friday.
June 3, 1926.
Page 3.
J. F. McDonald of Bradford was killed when a Buick touring car belonging to
Ben Stives of Bradford, in which the victim was being given a lift was wrecked
on the road near Limestone, Monday night. Stives received a broken back while
Lillian Miller, also of Bradford a third occupant of the car, escaped with
minor injuries. The accident occurred when the car, going at high rate of
speed, left the pavement and when Stives tried to get it back on, the vehicle
ran into a ditch, pinning the occupants underneath.
Page 3.
Paul U. Daniels, son of Mrs. And Mrs. N.P. Daniels of Kane, who was gaining
prominence as an inventor of airplane appliances was drowned in the Delaware
river at Philadelphia last week. Burial was made in Kane Wednesday of last
week.
Page 3.
V.R. Smith, prominent Johnsonburg druggist, died on Wednesday of last week
at a Buffalo hospital where he had been a patient. He is survived by his wife
and son.
Page 4.
The funeral of Mary Studholme of Port Allegany, whose death occurred on
Wednesday of last week, mention of which was made in last week's Democrat was
held at the family residence in Port Allegany, Saturday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock, the Rev. W.E. Van Dyke, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church,
Smethport, officiating. The body was brought to Smethport and interment made
in the family plot in Rose Hill cemetery.
The Port Allegany Reporter-Argus says: Mary Josephine, daughter of
Postmaster and Mrs. G.S Studholme, died Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock
of an attack of pneumonia. Several weeks ago she had an attack of ____ from
which she had not fully recovered, and on Saturday was taken ill with
pneumonia. Her condition was very serious from the start, terminating fatally
after only a few days illness.
Mary Studholme was born February 4, 1912(?) and has resided here all her
life. She was a pupil in the Junior High School and planned to enter the
Freshman Class of the High next fall.
She leaves besides her parents, one sister, Mrs. Robert Holbrook of
Cattaraugus.
The sympathy of the entire community goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Studholme in
their great loss. Mary Studholme was a bright student, and a favorite of her
schoolmates, by whom she will be greatly missed.
Page 4.
Mrs. Carrie H Morton of East Smethport received word last Thursday of the
death of her husband, Thos. F. Morton which occurred at Westfield, N.Y., that
morning. Mr. Morton was injured in an automobile accident about two weeks ago
but had apparently so far recovered that he was planning to take up his
business duties within a few days when his condition took a sudden turn for
the worse and death ensued.
Besides his wife, who was Mrs. Carrie Stickles. Deceased is survived by a
sister, Mrs. Lena Patterson of Toledo, Ohio and one brother, James Morton of
Westfield, Pa.
Mrs. Morton left for Westfield Friday where her husband's funeral services
were held Sunday. Burial was made at Sabinsville.
Page 5.
Mrs. Jane Ware has received news of the death of Mahlon B. Ware, who was a
brother of her husband, the late Rev. Thos. D. Ware and the last surviving
member of a family of five brothers which event occurred in St. Petersburg,
Fla. Mr. Ware was a prominent insurance man of Newport, Ky., and the funeral
was held in that city.
Page 7.
Fred W. Dana, 53, prominent Bradford oil producer, died at his home in that
city Tuesday following a three years illness. He is survived by his wife and
one daughter.
Page 7.
Fred Lochinger, 31, of St. Marys was instantly killed by a Pennsylvania
railroad train on Tuesday of last week.
June 10, 1926
Page 1.
The body of Miss Gladys Paugh Jackson, 17, identified as the beautiful young
woman who was drowned in Chautauqua Lake Monday night of last week, was
brought to Smethport last Friday and buried in the family plot in Rose Hill
cemetery.
The funerals of Mrs. Jackson and of her two-year-old son, Floyd Jackson Jr.,
who was fatally burned on the same night his mother was drowned, were held in
Jamestown last Thursday. The baby's body was buried in Jamestown.
Mrs. Jackson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Paugh, former residents of
Smethport, was estranged from her husband, a Jamestown milk dealer.
On Monday evening the young lady went canoeing on Chautauqua lake in company
with Henry B. Shirley, 24, of Warren, Pa.
Persons on shore saw the rented canoe in which the couple were riding
suddenly capsize. However the occupants were seen to grasp the capsized craft
and it was not thought they were in danger. Suddenly both were seen to throw
up their arms and sink from sight in the deep waters.
Rescuers immediately put out from shore but some time elapsed before the
victims could be brought to the surface, it being necessary to grapple for
Mrs. Jackson's body. Both bodies were beyond resuscitation.
The baby, whose death followed so closely that of his mother, had been
placed in care of Mrs. Anna Nelson of Cambridge Springs, an aunt, following
the parents separation. Monday evening, the child tipped over an oil stove
and was terribly burned. The little boy's death occurred the following night.
Mrs. Jackson was born in Smethport, her parents moving to Kane a number of
years ago. Recently the family moved to Barnes, near Sheffield, Pa., where
they now reside. Mrs. Jackson was 17 years of age.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Jackson is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Paugh of Barnes and the following brothers and sisters; Ruth Robert,
LeRoy, Jr.; Kathleen, Leo, Dorothy, Lilian, Jackie, Geraldine and Adeline.
Page 3.
Mt. Jewett. June 7. Charles A. Clancey, 28 assistant cashier of a St.
Marys bank, was almost instantly killed and Robert Mosebarger, 37, of
Johnsonburg was fatally injured when the high-powered Stutz roadster in which
they were riding turned turtle at Lantz Corners near Mt. Jewett yesterday
afternoon about 1 o'clock.
Clancey died within an half hour of the time of the accident. Mosebarger
was in a serious condition at the Kane Summit hospital last night and was not
expected to live.
The accident occurred on the Lantz Corners-Tallyho road. Clancey and
Mosebarger were going to Salamanca to attend a party it is understood.
Eye witnesses said their car was traveling at terrific speed. The road is
rough at the spot where the accident occurred and there are several thank-you-
ma'ms in the vicinity. In some unaccountable manner Clancey lost control of
the car after rounding the sharp curve.
It jumped from the road to the left ditch, shot back across the road into
the right ditch, into the highway again and turned turtle. The car rolled
about 40 feet after it had turned over witnesses said.
Dr. H.M. Cleveland of Mt. Jewett was called to the scene. He rendered first
aid to Clancey, but was unable to save his life. Mosebarger was rushed to the
Kane Summit hospital.
Coroner H. clay Heffner of Bradford investigated the accident last night.
He gave a accidental death: verdict in the case of Clancey.
Page 3.
Miss Frances Ryan, 29, died at her home in Mt. Alton, at 3:45 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Page 8.
Eugene C. Day, a highly esteemed resident of this vicinity, passed away at
his home near Farmers Valley, Friday evening at 10:00 P.M. Twenty years ago
in December Mr. Day was stricken with paralysis of the spinal cord from which
he gradually recovered until he could be about with the aid of a cane.
Disabled as he was in the prime of life no one could have been a more patient
sufferer. For the last three years he had remained in his room, only being
moved from the bed to a chair at times.
Eugene C. Day was born March 30, 1852 in Union, Broome county, N.Y., a son
of Darwin and Mary Day. He resided in Union until early manhood when he came
to Farmers Valley. He had resided there about 12 years, 10 year of which were
spent on the farm where he died.
Deceased is survived by his wife, Regina Smith Day and two daughters Lura
and Beatrice. He was the last of a family of fourteen children, the last
sister dying about three weeks ago.
Funeral services which were largely attended, were held at his late home,
Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, Rev. Chase of Farmers Valley officiating.
Interment was made in Smith cemetery.
June 17, 1926.
Page 3.
Kane Republican, Monday. through irony of fate the worst accident in point
of number killed to occur at the Pennsylvania railroad crossing at Wetmore-
practically abandoned by the general traveling public since the concrete road
was opened between Kane and Ludlow was that of Saturday night at 6:30
o'clock when a pusher engine struck a Chevrolet touring car, carrying seven
persons and killed six of them. The dead:
Lynn Haskins, 38, driver of the car, foreman of the Coudersport Furniture
company's factory.
Michael Hyko, 41, of Coudersport.
Mrs. Michael Hyko, 38, of Coudersport.
Paul Hyko, six years old, of Coudersport.
Mrs. Michael Jaros, 36 of Coudersport.
Martin Murdock, 40 of Wetmore
Michael Jaros, 40, is in the Kane Summit hospital, suffering from severe
lacerations of the scalp and several broken ribs. It is believed that he will
recover. It was feared Saturday night that Jaros' back was broken, but
examination at the hospital revealed the fact that his injuries are not of a
very serious nature.
(Description of wreck continues but nothing further given about the
individuals.)
Page 3.
Charles Sheen, 22, of Coudersport died at the hospital there last week as
the result of a minor injury received in an automobile accident two weeks
previously. The bones of one hand were broken and blood poisoning developed.
Page 3.
Ben Stives of Bradford who received a broken back when his automobile was
wrecked Memorial Day near Limestone died at the Bradford hospital last
Friday. John McDonald, who was riding with Stives at the time of the accident
was killed outright. Stives was 37 years of age and is survived by three
children. He was a laborer.
Page 8.
Port Allegany, June 12. Jackson Meredith, aged 44 years, prominent citizen
of this borough, passed away at his home, Thursday evening at 9o'clock, after
being confined to his home but two days, although his health had been poorly
for several months.
Mr. Meredith was a justice of the peace for this borough and was an active
worker for the advancement of the Republican party, having been a member of
the county committee for six or eight years. He was faithful in church work
and a member of the choir of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was engaged
in the music business and recently conducted a player-plane sales campaign in
Mt. Jewett and Kane.
Mr. Meredith is survived by his wife, who resides here and by five brothers
and two sisters, most of whom live in Jamestown, N.Y., and vicinity.
Funeral services were held in the Port Allegany Methodist Episcopal church,
Monday forenoon, at 10 o'clock. Additional funeral services were held at
Busti, N.Y., at 3 o'clock p.m. where the remains were taken for burial.
Page 8.
Kane, June 11. Thomas McKee, 45, of East Kane, committed suicide by
hanging himself in a shed in the rear of his home early yesterday. His body
was not found until late yesterday afternoon by his daughter, Esther.
Coroner H. clay Heffner, at an inquest, rendered a verdict of suicide,
caused by despondency and ill health.
McKee has been working around Kane doing odd jobs for the past several
weeks. His health has been poor and he has apparently been despondent for
some time.
When his wife, two sons and daughter arose this morning, they found he had
left the house, but thought nothing of it until this afternoon. Then a search
was instituted which resulted in the finding of the body.
The man had left the house shortly after daylight, it is believed and had
gone to the shed. Inside he latched the door, threw a clothesline over a
rafter and placed a noose around his neck. He had then climbed on a chair,
pulled the rope tight and jumped off.
The body was cut down by relatives and Coroner Heffner summoned.
June 24, 1926.
Page 1.
Mrs. Caroline Armstrong and Ed. Bennett received word last Saturday of the
death of their cousin, Fred Bennett, aged about 59, prominent real estate
dealer of Hornell, N.Y., which occurred in that city that day from the effects
of inhaling poison carbon monoxide gas fumes.
A few days previous Mr. Bennett had gone to the garage in the rear of his
residence to do some work and had started the motor of his automobile. A
short time thereafter he was found unconscious from the effects of the poison
gas fumes from the motor. Effects of attending physicians to revive him at
first appeared to be successful but the victim suffered a relapse and his
death followed soon.
Deceased is survived by his wife and one daughter.
The funeral was held in Hornell on Monday.
Page 2.
Kane Republican, Saturday. Robert Mosebarger, 37 years old, of
Johnsonburg, who was so terribly injured in the auto accident that cost the
life of Charles Clancy, of St. Marys, succumbed to his injuries at the Kane
Summit hospital yesterday.
Mr. Mosebarger is survived by his mother, Mrs. Cecelia Mosebarger, three
sisters and one brother, Katherine, Rose and Fred, all of Indianapolis, Ind.;
one sister, Mrs. Joseph (remainder is unreadable)
Page 2.
Bradford Era. Horace Greely James, widely known as a newspaper man, oil
statistician, trade writer and secretary of the American Oil Men's
association, with headquarters in Chicago, died unexpectedly in that city on
Saturday night. He was identified with the Bradford newspapers in former
years and had many friends in Bradford. The news of his death was received
Sunday by Mr. Elizabeth James, his mother, 37 Bushnell street, this city. No
details were given but his death is believed to have been due to anemia, from
which he had been a sufferer. Mrs. James received a letter from her son a few
weeks ago and at that time he was in an improved condition. He expected to
fully recover. The deceased came to Bradford as a young man, in the eighties,
from Franklin, Pa., to assist McMullen & Bradshaw in the publication of their
newspaper, the Daily Oil News, printed in St. James Place. This venture in
journalism failed to prosper and after the death of McMullen one of the
partners, it ceased to function. Thereafter Mr. James was engaged with the
Bradford Era, the Bradford Record and the Bradford Star. For a time he was
editor of the Los Angeles (Calif.) Herald and published the Independence,
Kansas, Daily Reporter, later operating a newspaper in Emporia, Kansas.
Page 3.
Franklinville, N.Y., June 21. Wm. H. Ferris and his wife, prominent
residents of Franklinville, are dead today following an automobile crash in
which their car was struck by an Erie Trolley near Avon, N.Y., yesterday
afternoon.
Mr. Ferris was instantly killed and her husband died a few hours later in a
Rochester hospital.
Page 4.
Joseph F. Robinson, former sheriff of McKean county and prominent in State and
county, died at his home in Bradford, shortly after 12:00 o'clock Tuesday
after a three years illness which resulted from a paralytic stroke.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, December 11, 1875, Mr. Robinson's parents moved to
Bradford when he was a small child. He was educated in the city schools there
and left High school to become city editor of the old Bradford Sunday Post.
He held this position until the Spanish-American war broke out when he
enlisted in Company C, 16th Penna. Inf., serving throughout the campaign in
Porto Rico under General Miles, and winning the rank of sergeant.
On the return home of the military unit, Mr. Robinson was made a lieutenant
and later served as captain of the national guard company.
He was appointed street commissioner of Bradford by Mayor (unreadable) and
served until 1901 when he became the editor of the Bradford Era, a position he
held for a number of years.
(Obituary continues at length but much of it is difficult to read.)
Page 5.
Following a several years' illness, Sheridan E. Coles, aged 72 years, for
many years one of the publishers of the Mansfield Advertiser and Troy Gazette,
died in the Blossburg Hospital last Saturday morning. Mr. Coles was born in
Elmira, June 14th, 1854 and married Miss Nora Stacy of ___ in 1881, removing
from Smethport to Mansfield in 1882, where he began his work in the Advertiser
office, forming a partnership in publishing that paper with the late F.F. Van
Kuren in July, 1885. In 1900 they bought the Troy Gazette and MR. Coles moved
there with his family, remaining for several years. With the purchase of the
Troy Register and combining it with the Gazette, the firm of Cols & Van Kuren
soon divided their interests, the former taking the Mansfield Advertiser,
which he sold in 1909 to his son, Edwin S. Coles.
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