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Sahm, John - 1881

Akron News.--
Mrs. John Sahm left on Thursday of this week on a trip to Ohio, where her parents reside, whom she intends to visit, besides other relatives.  She expects to be gone three or four weeks.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Mowery, Henry A. (Dr.) - 1881

Akron News.--
Dr. H. A. Mowery, who last Spring moved from Strasburg, this county to Akron, has left for Marietta.  Akron is well supplied with medical practitioners in the two already there, viz: Drs. Brubaker and Ibach, and the chance for a third one to get into an extensive practice is barely possible.  Dr. M. has found in Marietta a more congenial clime for his art than hitherto, and we wish him success in his work.  There are more people there and fewer doctors, which is to his advantage.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Dr. Henry A. Mowery.

Long, Henry - 1881

Colebrook Happenings.--
We have had a slight fall of rain here this morning, and consequently our farmers are happy with the prospect of now being able to do their seeding.  We have not had any rain here before since June last, and the contractors on the new railroad have experienced a great deal of difficulty in digging through the hard, dry soil and ironstone rocks.

But in spite of the dry weather they have pushed their work ahead rapidly, and in a few days more will have two of the heaviest miles ready for the rails.  The company settled for the right of way last week on two miles more, and in a short time they will be ready for the rails.  Mr. Henry Long, the contractor for the cross-ties, is making good headway in delivering them.  He has already distributed enough along the line to lay four miles of track and is delivering them at the rate of about two hundred and fifty per day.

At this rate of working we may in a few months be on the lookout for the iron horse to come snorting and puffing up through our quiet little valley and up among the mountains beyond us and on to Cornwall.
More Anon.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Warfel, J. D. - 1881

A Big Blaze.--
Intercourse was visited last Saturday by a destructive conflagration.  The fire originated on the second floor of a large brick dwelling and store, with frame warehouse attached, belonging to Moses Eaby.  The store was occupied by Jas. K. Eaby, and the dwelling by Harry Eaby.  The origin of the fire is not known.

Very little of the contents was saved, and the building is in ruins.  The loss foots up to thousands of dollars; insurance, $1800, in the Lancaster County Mutual.  When the fire was discovered, auctioneer J. D. Warfel remembered that there were two kegs of powder in the attic, rushed up, threw one keg out of the window, and was then knocked down stairs by the explosion of the second keg.  Singular to relate, he was not much hurt.

In the cellar of the burned building were fifteen barrels of coal oil and eleven tons of coal, and coal <sic> and coal oil, of course, burned furiously, and were still burning on Monday.  The erection of new buildings will begin at once.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Eaby, Harry - 1881

A Big Blaze.--
Intercourse was visited last Saturday by a destructive conflagration.  The fire originated on the second floor of a large brick dwelling and store, with frame warehouse attached, belonging to Moses Eaby.  The store was occupied by Jas. K. Eaby, and the dwelling by Harry Eaby.  The origin of the fire is not known.

Very little of the contents was saved, and the building is in ruins.  The loss foots up to thousands of dollars; insurance, $1800, in the Lancaster County Mutual.  When the fire was discovered, auctioneer J. D. Warfel remembered that there were two kegs of powder in the attic, rushed up, threw one keg out of the window, and was then knocked down stairs by the explosion of the second keg.  Singular to relate, he was not much hurt.

In the cellar of the burned building were fifteen barrels of coal oil and eleven tons of coal, and coal <sic> and coal oil, of course, burned furiously, and were still burning on Monday.  The erection of new buildings will begin at once.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Eaby, James K. - 1881

A Big Blaze.--
Intercourse was visited last Saturday by a destructive conflagration.  The fire originated on the second floor of a large brick dwelling and store, with frame warehouse attached, belonging to Moses Eaby.  The store was occupied by Jas. K. Eaby, and the dwelling by Harry Eaby.  The origin of the fire is not known.

Very little of the contents was saved, and the building is in ruins.  The loss foots up to thousands of dollars; insurance, $1800, in the Lancaster County Mutual.  When the fire was discovered, auctioneer J. D. Warfel remembered that there were two kegs of powder in the attic, rushed up, threw one keg out of the window, and was then knocked down stairs by the explosion of the second keg.  Singular to relate, he was not much hurt.

In the cellar of the burned building were fifteen barrels of coal oil and eleven tons of coal, and coal <sic> and coal oil, of course, burned furiously, and were still burning on Monday.  The erection of new buildings will begin at once.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Eaby, Moses - 1881

A Big Blaze.--
Intercourse was visited last Saturday by a destructive conflagration.  The fire originated on the second floor of a large brick dwelling and store, with frame warehouse attached, belonging to Moses Eaby.  The store was occupied by Jas. K. Eaby, and the dwelling by Harry Eaby.  The origin of the fire is not known.

Very little of the contents was saved, and the building is in ruins.  The loss foots up to thousands of dollars; insurance, $1800, in the Lancaster County Mutual.  When the fire was discovered, auctioneer J. D. Warfel remembered that there were two kegs of powder in the attic, rushed up, threw one keg out of the window, and was then knocked down stairs by the explosion of the second keg.  Singular to relate, he was not much hurt.

In the cellar of the burned building were fifteen barrels of coal oil and eleven tons of coal, and coal <sic> and coal oil, of course, burned furiously, and were still burning on Monday.  The erection of new buildings will begin at once.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Wike, Henry - 1881

Emma Wike, aged 13 years, daughter of Henry Wike, died of typhoid fever, and was buried at Brickerville yesterday (Thursday).  The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of many friends in this hour of trial.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Wike, Emma Elizabeth - 1881

Emma Wike, aged 13 years, daughter of Henry Wike, died of typhoid fever, and was buried at Brickerville yesterday (Thursday).  The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of many friends in this hour of trial.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

You can visit the memorial page for Emma Elizabeth Wike.

Furlow, Elva Daisy - 1881

Died.
The last sad rites were performed over the remains of the infant daughter of Lemon B. and Aggie H. (Kurtz) Furlow, on Tuesday last.  Elva Daisy was not permitted to remain long with her parents in this troublesome and wicked world, but was soon taken to that better world and that higher life of which all good people have a foretaste here below

 Her funeral was largely attended and many tears flowed for her who has gone to that borne from whence no traveler returns.  Her sufferings, brought on by cholera infantum, were of short duration, she being only sick three days.  She died on October 1, aged 4 months and 27 days.

The funeral took place from the home of the parents on the mother’s side, about one mile north of Lincoln.  Interment at Lincoln.  Rev. D. C. Tobias spoke words of condolence to the sorrowing relatives and friends.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 3

Miller, Margaret [Weachter] - 1881

County Clippings.--
The family of Mr. Samuel Miller, of near Lincoln, has been sadly afflicted.  On Saturday last, Mr. Miller died.  The funeral was appointed for Monday, but on that day Mrs. Miller also passed away.  The interment was at Brickerville.  Now a grandson of the deceased, son of Mr. “Hi” Fry, is lying at the point of death, if not already beyond the vail.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2


Her Wish Was Granted.
Together In Life, United In Death - Not Separated Beyond The Vail.
We often express a desire of which we think little beyond the mere wish thus expressed, and were our wishes granted as readily as we are apt to make them, we would be often taken by surprise.  Out legitimate desires may be classified in this way: first, the desires that we entertain but do not feel much anxiety for their realization; and secondly, the desires in which we feel a deep interest and hope to realize.  It is not only what we may express in public manner, or what we may entertain in a private, quite way by ourselves, for in neither of them rests any peace, owing to the fact that the Power that rules our destinies is not with man, hence our limited knowledge respecting the fulfillment of our best wishes.  The following is pertinent to the foregoing:
On Oct. 4, the last sad rites were performed over the mortal remains of Samuel Miller, residing about one mile from Lincoln.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were well-known and highly-respected people.  At the time of his death Mrs. Miller was also at the point of death and she could not be apprised of her husband’s departure, and soon followed him to that long home from which no traveler returns.  Her funeral took place two days after that of her husband.

About six weeks before the death of both, they spent a day with friends in the neighborhood, and while thus together engaged in conversation, Mrs. Miller remarked, “that for people growing old together as they had done (for he was 78 and she was 80 years old) it would be very desirable if they could go together to that better world and that this was her wish”.  This expression came forth from the fullness of her anxious soul to realize her fond desire, and how different sounds the utterance of such an aged person over against the expressed wish of youth.

No matter how much she felt, it was unconsciously expressed, and little did she know what the out-come might be, yet it was all the while in accord with the mind of Him who “doeth all things well” and her wish was granted.  She desired that the departure of both might be near together, and so it happened.  When he was borne away to his last resting-place she was a corpse, and at his funeral her day of burial was announced..

They must have lived together as man and wife some fifty years, and during all that time, there was a mutual sharing of each others pleasures as well as sorrows, for both had to taste the cup of life with sweet and bitter mingled in its contents.  Having thus stood side by side for so long a period, the desire manifested itself, if it were possible, to pass together, as it were accompanying each other while “passing through the dark valley of the shadow of death”, and also to be together in the spirit land.  Thus the aged mother wished it might be, and her heart’s desire was granted her.
~ The Lititz Record, 14-Oct-1881, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for Margaret [Weachter] Miller.

Miller, Samuel - 1881

County Clippings.--
The family of Mr. Samuel Miller, of near Lincoln, has been sadly afflicted.  On Saturday last, Mr. Miller died.  The funeral was appointed for Monday, but on that day Mrs. Miller also passed away.  The interment was at Brickerville.  Now a grandson of the deceased, son of Mr. “Hi” Fry, is lying at the point of death, if not already beyond the vail.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2


Her Wish Was Granted.
Together In Life, United In Death - Not Separated Beyond The Vail.
We often express a desire of which we think little beyond the mere wish thus expressed, and were our wishes granted as readily as we are apt to make them, we would be often taken by surprise.  Out legitimate desires may be classified in this way: first, the desires that we entertain but do not feel much anxiety for their realization; and secondly, the desires in which we feel a deep interest and hope to realize.  It is not only what we may express in public manner, or what we may entertain in a private, quite way by ourselves, for in neither of them rests any peace, owing to the fact that the Power that rules our destinies is not with man, hence our limited knowledge respecting the fulfillment of our best wishes.  The following is pertinent to the foregoing:
On Oct. 4, the last sad rites were performed over the mortal remains of Samuel Miller, residing about one mile from Lincoln.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were well-known and highly-respected people.  At the time of his death Mrs. Miller was also at the point of death and she could not be apprised of her husband’s departure, and soon followed him to that long home from which no traveler returns.  Her funeral took place two days after that of her husband.

About six weeks before the death of both, they spent a day with friends in the neighborhood, and while thus together engaged in conversation, Mrs. Miller remarked, “that for people growing old together as they had done (for he was 78 and she was 80 years old) it would be very desirable if they could go together to that better world and that this was her wish”.  This expression came forth from the fullness of her anxious soul to realize her fond desire, and how different sounds the utterance of such an aged person over against the expressed wish of youth.

No matter how much she felt, it was unconsciously expressed, and little did she know what the out-come might be, yet it was all the while in accord with the mind of Him who “doeth all things well” and her wish was granted.  She desired that the departure of both might be near together, and so it happened.  When he was borne away to his last resting-place she was a corpse, and at his funeral her day of burial was announced..

They must have lived together as man and wife some fifty years, and during all that time, there was a mutual sharing of each others pleasures as well as sorrows, for both had to taste the cup of life with sweet and bitter mingled in its contents.  Having thus stood side by side for so long a period, the desire manifested itself, if it were possible, to pass together, as it were accompanying each other while “passing through the dark valley of the shadow of death”, and also to be together in the spirit land.  Thus the aged mother wished it might be, and her heart’s desire was granted her.
~ The Lititz Record, 14-Oct-1881, Page 3, Column 4

You can visit the memorial page for Samuel Miller.

Winters, Henry - 1881

County Clippings.--
Mr. Henry Winters is building a fine two-story residence in Ephrata.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Connelly, Henry - 1881

County Clippings.--
A few days ago a twelve-year-old son of Henry Connelly, at White Oak Mills, while out riding a fractious horse was thrown off, and in his fall sustained a dislocation of the wrist and fracture of the bones of his fore arm.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Buch, Susanna - 1881

County Clippings.--
Mrs. Susannah Buch, of Manheim, died last week at the advanced age of 90 years, 6 months and 17 days.  She was buried on Monday of this week.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

You can visit the memorial page for Susanna Buch.

Longenecker, Abraham L. - 1881

County Clippings.--
On Thursday morning Abraham L. Longenecker, butcher of Manheim borough, met with a serious accident.  It appears that while in the act of throwing with a fork (used for that purpose) a loop over the head of a steer he intended to slaughter, the animal being a vicious one, kicked, striking the fork, the handle of which struck Mr. L. on the lower rib of his right side with such force as to cause very serious internal injury.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Column 2

Hoffman, H. S. (Rev.) - 1881

Rev. H. S. Hoffman’s Defection.
We are apprised that the Rev. H. S. Hoffman, of Philadelphia, has decided to sever his connections with the Moravian Church, and that his congregation not only approve of the ecclesiastical change, but signify their purpose to go with their pastor.  The pastor and people will become communicants in the Reformed Episcopal church, and the edifice will be transferred to the Reformed Episcopal diocese under Bishop Nicholson.

The reasons assigned for the change of creed are the objections on the part of the pastor and flock to the powers vested in the Provincial Elders’ Conference, which are held to be arbitrary; and also to the system of choosing a pastor, in which the congregation has no voice.

This action will no doubt occasion deep regret in the community in which Dr. Hoffman has lived for so many years, and in whose ministry he has labored so acceptably.  If accounts were not too highly colored, and we have no reason to so suppose, he has done a noble work for the Moravian Church, and the denomination cannot but deplore the severance of relations that have so long and profitably obtained.  The defection must have been the result of due deliberation, and the seceders <sic> doubtless considered their action justified in the premises; but it remains an open question, Whether any society can afford to lose such efficient workers in the vineyard? And whether the exceptionally successful shepherds are wise in abandoning their divinely appointed charge to take up service in a fair country and among strangers.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 2, Columns 1-2

Bright, John - 1881

Mr. John Bright’s daughter has just been married at Torquay.
~ The Lititz Record, 07-Oct-1881, Page 1, Column 5

Hallum, Nancy - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: Nancy Hallum
Age: 69
Sex: Female
Month of Death: October
State of Birth: Virginia
Cause of Death: Fever

~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule

Haley, William T. - 1860

1860 mortality schedule recorded between 01-Jun-1859 and 31-May-1860.  Items marked with an * are defined at the end.

Name: William T. Haley
Age: 24
Sex: Male
Month of Death: October
State of Birth: Tennessee
Cause of Death: Consumption*

Consumption - Tuberculosis
~ Carroll County Tennessee 1860 Mortality Schedule