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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 May 12, 1923
1923
Transcript of the Obituaries from The Observer newspaper, Washington Co.,
Pa., Sat., May 12, 1923, page 5:
[The entire Obituary column was not xeroxed.]
Mrs. Carrie Ellsworth - The many Washington friends of Mrs. Joseph H.
Ellsworth will learn with sorrow of her death, which occurred Wednesday
at her late home at Bradford.
The Ellsworth family came to Washington during the early days of the
oil excitement in this section, and made their home here for about ten
years, from 1890 to 1900.
The Ellsworth home was in North avenue near Beau street.
Mr. Ellsworth died in 1910.
Mrs. Ellsworth's maiden name was Carrie Artley.
For a number of years she had been at her old home in Bradford, a
confirmed invalid.
One daughter, Pauline, married and residing with her mother, and a
brother, John Artley, also of Bradford, survives her. The funeral
services were held yesterday.
Funeral of J. C. McConnell - The funeral services
for James ___ McConnell of Canton township will be held at the home of
his son, S. Edward McConnell, of Canton township, at 1 o'clock this
afternoon. In charge of the
Rev. Mr. Ruble, of West Alexander.
Interment will be in the Claysville cemetery.
Funeral of Mrs. W. H. Slusser, Jr. - The funeral
of Mrs. William Slusser, Jr. will be held at her late home, 110 Maple
avenue, this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, in charge of Rev. Ralph
Jamieson, of the Third United Presbyterian church.
The interment will be in the Washington cemetery.
Transcript of the Obituaries from The Reporter newspaper, Washington Co., Pa.,
Sat., May 12, 1923, page 9:
DEATHS -
MRS. REBECCA A. DAILEY - Mrs. Rebecca Ann Dailey,
aged 75 years, wife of the late Nathan Dailey, died last evening at 5:45
o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W J. Calvert, who resides
north of Washington on the W. J. Munce farm, following an illness of
more than a year.
Mrs. Dailey was born in Greene county.
Besides Mrs. Calvert, she leaves three sons: O. M.
Dailey, Wetzel county, W. Va.; D. C. Dailey, of Claysville, and Walter
Dailey, of near Gretna.
MARLIN M'CARTY [McCarty]- Claysville, May [12 ?] - Marlin McCarty,
aged [86 ?] years, died Friday at the home of his brother, Harry
McCarty, with whom he made his home, following an illness die to general
debility.
For 15 years, he resided in Kansas.
He was a carpenter by trade and a member of the
Christian church.
One daughter and three sons survive: Mrs. Etta Simpson,
Curtis, Neb.; Emerson McCarty, Denver, Col.; Cassius McCarty, Los
Angeles, and Dick McCarty, Washington.
Funeral services will be held at the Harry McCarty home
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in charge of Rev. C. E. Houk.
Interment will be in the West Alexander cemetery.
DAVID POLLOCK CRAFT - David Pollock Craft, aged
21, son of William I. and Lenora Craft, South Brownsville, died May [3
?] 1923, in the West Penn hospital [sic, small 'h'], Pittsburg [sic].
His death was due to pneumonia, following an operation for
appendicitis. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Will T. Swaim, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian church, at the home of his parents in South Brownsville,
May 4.'Dave' as he was
called by all who knew him, was born Nov. 27, 1901, at Carmichaels.
He entered the South Brownsville High school in 1916 and was
graduated with the class of 1920. He
was a member of the South Brownsville High school baseball team for four
years. He attended
Washington and Jefferson college, term of 1920-21, and was a member of
the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He
played shortstop on the Washington and Jefferson baseball team in 1921.
After leaving college he entered a commercial school in Pittsburg
[sic] for the term of 1921-22. After
finishing the commercial school course, he was employed as an accountant
by Continental Mine No. 1, Fayette county.
Members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity acted as pall bearers.
The interment was made in Jefferson cemetery.
MRS. EMMA T. CRABBE - Mrs. Emma Tacker Crabbe,
widow of Robert Crabbe, a former meat dealer of the Seventh ward,
Washington, died last evening at 9 o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Matthew M. Wilson, East College street, Canonsburg, in her [72nd ?]
year. Mrs. Crabbe was born
in England, but came to America about [45 ? 46 ?] years ago.
She had lived in Washington until the death of her husband, about
three years ago. Last March
she suffered a slight stroke and had been in failing health since that
time. She was a member of
the Chartiers United Presbyterian church, Canonsburg.
[Rest of Obituary is too blurred to read on the Xerox.
A list of survivors comes next and place of burial.]
Obituaries
and Death Notices for People from or near McDonald PA
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