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History of and Other Families (o_f) from
The City and County of Washington Pennsylvania
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Washington County Pennsylvania History and Families
Deaths and Obituaries of People with ties to Washington County PA
 
Pre-1900s Undertaker's Horse-drawn Wagon, and early 1900s
automobile hearses.
All McDonald Newspaper Items from Victoria Hospodar Valentine,
researcher and transcriber.
Unless noted, all other Newspaper Items from Judith
Florian, researcher, transcriber, webmaster.
Obituaries from Feb. 21, 1888
1888
Transcript of Obituaries from The Daily Reporter, Washington
Co., Pa., Tues., Feb. 21, 1888, page unknown:
Estate of Maria P. [F. ?] [Fergus ?] - can't read notice as
it is blurred on Xerox
Deaths -
SARGENT - On February [16th ?], at the residence of J. B.
Garee, near Lowhill, East Bethlehem township, Miss Sarah Annie Sargent,
at an advanced age.
HARTLY - On the 17th of February, at his residence in East
Bethlehem, Mrs. Hartly, relict of Peter Hartly, aged about 80 years.
DINSMORE - In Washington, on Monday, February [20th ?],
1888, suddenly, Mrs. Locinda C. Dinsmore. The funeral will take place
from her boarding house, opposite the Seminary, to-morrow, (February
[22nd ?]), at 2 p. m.
DAGUE - On February 13th, 1888, at his residence, near
Odell, this county, Deacon John Dague, aged 80 years.
He was baptized into the fellowship of the Pigeon Creek Baptist
church, by Rev. Levi Griffith, in April, [1838?].
Thus nearly fifty years he has lived to adorn the profession
which he made. In his death the church [2 words; 1
is 4-5 letters; 1 is 2 letters] a great loss and the community
parts with a good citizen. Father
Dague was married to [3 letters+ann] Ruffman, December 9th, [18_9 ?].
He is the father of eleven children, ten of whom are living.
There are fifty-seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren. Mr.
Dague was married a second time, Sarah [Chemean ??] being the maiden
name of his second wife. His
second wife died [last fall ?]. Many
sorrowing friends gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to the
memory of the deceased. A
funeral sermon was preached to a large and attentive audience by Rev.
G. W. Gardner ?] ....[rest is cut off on the Xerox].
NOTE: A website visitor suggested that Ruffman in the
above might actually be Huffman. The old newspapers are often
hard to read.
Obituaries
and Death Notices for People from or near McDonald PA
This page was last edited Tuesday, September 05, 2023
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