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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 July
7, 1891
1891
Transcript of Obituaries from The Daily Reporter, Washington Co., Pa., July
7, 1891, page unknown:
DEATHS -
CARROLL - On July [6th or 8th ?], at her residence, ____
River View, near Monongahela City, of _____ trouble, Mary, widow of the
late John Carroll, in the [60th ? or 80th ?] year of her age. OKSON [?] - On Friday, July 31, in North Strabane
township, Mrs. Nancy Oksun, aged about 84 years.
MALONE - On July 5th, near Burgettstown, of rheumatism,
Mrs. John Malone, aged ___ years.
DIED FAR FROM HOME - John O. Day, of East Brady, Pa. -
Died at the Nease House Thursday Morning - Body to Be Taken Home. - John
O. Day, employed by Hallams as boss of a gang of me in their street
work, died about 6:30 a. m., Thursday, at the Nease House.
He was a son of Daisy Day, of East Brady, Clarion county,
Pa. Deceased was about
thirty-two years of age and unmarried, and had been in Washington only
about three months. He
was formerly in the employ of the B. & O. road as boss of a floating
gang, and was a brother of James Day, formerly supervisor of the B.
& O. road on the Pittsburg [sic] and Wheeling division.
A telegram was sent to his home, and in
response his father wired to send the body to East Brady, and that will
be done as soon as further instructions are received.
His death was caused by cholera morbus, or some similar
complaint.
________ Passes Away at a Good Old Age
- His Home Always Near Burgettstown - Dr. Wm. Donnan, Burgettstown, died
Thursday morning, aged 80 years. He
was a son of the Rev. Alexander Donnan, pastor of a Seceder church near
Hickory, and was born in Ireland, coming to this country when only three
years old. He was an active
practitioner of medicine for over fifty years, and was a leading man in
his profession.
His wife survives Dr. J. W. Donnan, South Side, Pittsburg; Alex. Donnan,
Alliance, Ohio, and J. P. Donnan, of Burgettstown, also a daughter, the
wife of Hon. G. W. Sharp, Millersburg, Ohio.
He was an uncle of known attorneys of this place.
For a number of years he had been a member of the U. P. church at
Burgettstown, in which locality his entire life has been spent.
He was highly esteemed, was always attentive to his practice, and
will be missed and mourned by the whole community.
[Top of column cut off in Xeroxing. Believe column is a Local
Glances type entry.]
A young man named Murphy _____ died Thursday night of
cerebro spinal meningitis, aged 19 years. Interment at ____lips'
cemetery.
Obituaries
and Death Notices for People from or near McDonald PA
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