OBIT: Matthew McCONNELL, 1846, Martha Furnace, Centre County, PA

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DIED,

  At Martha Furnace, Centre county, on the 18th March, 1846, in the 
60th year of his age, Major Matthew McConnell.
  The deceased, was the son of the late Major Matthew McConnell of the 
City of Philadelphia, who in his life time was an officer in the 
Revolutionary Army, he was for many years a member of the "First City 
Troop" in the Volunteer Cavalry of the city of Philadelphia; a Company 
that under the command of its gallant officer Capt. Ross, tendered a 
services to the President of the United States at a time when that city 
was anticipating an attack from the British Army during the last war 
with England. The services of the "Troop" were accepted and they were 
stationed as a corps of Videttes, from "Mount Bull" (if my memory 
serves me, a prominent point, on the line toward Baltimore) to their 
city; and rendered much valuable, and arduous service to their country, 
in all of which the deceased, performed a faithful, and active part.
  After the war he resided a few years in Indiana county, afterward in 
Cambria, where he was elected a Major of Militia. Subsequently he 
removed to this county; and wherever known, he was always esteemed for 
his sterling, and unbending integrity. In the winter of 1841-2 he 
became a member of the Washington Temperance Society; and through all 
the remainder of his life, the same integrity and consistency which had 
marked his precious life, shone untarnished in the cause of Temperance; 
he had entered that army for life, and he went down to the tomb his 
armor still upon him. For the last year he has been a member of 
Standing Stone Division of Sons of Temperance; and at the time of his 
death was acting P. W. P. of the Order. - In every position he 
faithfully and devotedly performed every duty incumbent upon him.
  During the last season he went to Virginia, on the Banks of the 
Potomac,--there he contracted a fever, which has apparently lingered in 
his system, until silenced by the chillness of Death.
B.

Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, March 25, 1846