The following transcription was submitted by Lisa Bonar of Pittsburgh, PA for inclusion at the Genealogy
in Washington Co., PA web site in October 1998.
Lisa writes:
These are from my Great Aunt's scrapbook. The book is
mostly a pile of crumbling bits of paper. I don't know what newspaper they came from. I hope someone out there enjoys them.
1940
Records take the form: MO., DAY, NAME, PLACE OF DEATH, AGE
JAN 1 John C. Howard Washington 66
4 William Burt Pogue Donegal twp. 82
6 Harvey Frye W. Finley twp. 92
12 Anna Permelia Muldoon West Alexander 74
14 Mary Ann Delaney Ohio Co., WV 64
14 James Edward Fonner West Alexander 4/12
19 John Milton Craig Washington Co. 81
23 George Morrison Ohio Co., WV 75
25 Samuel Oldham Armstrong West Alexander 71
26 Emma C. Haeberle Bellaire, OH 50
FEB 17 Elizabeth Yoders Marshall West Alexander 54
28 George H. Watier Ft. Lauderdale, FL 67
MAR 2 Julia Garrison McCammon Ohio Co., WV 83
3 Mart Truesdell Dunlap West Alexander 85
25 James Lindley Kennedy Washington Co. 67
29 Bertha Medcaf Wellsburg 0
31 Mary Elizabeth Noble Washington Co. 79
APR 2 Roy Beck Braddock 47
8 Ancel A. Garrison Toledo, OH 57
11 Elmer Elsworth McGill Saxonburg 75
18 Elizabeth Atkinson Grandstaff Washington 72
14 Phillip M. Armstrong Cleveland, OH 87
25 Leota Moss Donegal twp. 59
25 Emma Virginia Crupe Ohio Co., WV 58
MAY 9 Lillie Della Hayden Cleveland, OH 39
9 James Homer Williamson Wheeling, WV 79
22 Bessie Mabel Lindsay Washington 61
25 Elizabeth May McDonald W. Finley twp. 74
JUN 5 Anna I. Lingamfelter Washington, D.C. 57
8 Thompson B. Craig Wheeling, WV 29
Jennie Patterson Narigon Washington Co. 74
Lee Thomas Washington 3days
JUL 1 Mary Ann Baron Monroe Wheeling, WV 82
13 Rev. Jacob Ruble, Sr. Ohio Co., WV 94
17 James Oliver Archer Ohio Co., WV 4
17 Thomas H. Scott Pittsburgh 74
23 Joel Yost Williams Brilliant, OH 92
27 Leman N. Irvin Carnegie 78
30 Mary Myers Pt. Marion 80
AUG 1 Elbert B. Chambers Moundsville, WV 67
4 Shirley Ann West Wheeling, WV 2
12 Lola Archer McCammon Rock Lick, WV 52
14 Elizabeth Lucas Woods Washington 86
16 Ada Counselman Brooke Co., WV 87
31 George W. Settell Pittsburgh 63
SEPT 17 Dorothy Lewis Gilbert Wheeling, WV 25
20 Randall Elwood Davis Ohio Co., WV 5
21 Joseph Stanton McGill Washington 81
one is missing
OCT 9 Charles Leonard Gardner Bridgeport, OH 58
26 Thomas E. McMurray Houston 79
NOV 6 George Luther Gibson Ohio Co., WV NA
12 Agnes Hicks Morgantown, WV 87
22 Helen H. Monroe Clairton 41
DEC 4 Reuben Otto Disler West Alexander 63
4 Charles Conrad Bregy Wheeling, WV 32
7 John B. Reed Pittsburgh NA
8 Mary Rebecca Ramsey Salem, OR 89
9 J.A. Milton Patterson Washington Co. 67
14 Marjorie F. Thompson Washington 10/12
30 William E. Gibson New Concord, OH 72
30 Lucy E. Doman Washington 77
31 John Morrow Gibson West Alexander 72
1941
JAN 11 Mary Etta Gordon West Alexander 71
23 Dr. Frank Theodore Dare Wellsburg, WV 64
25 infant West
29 John Buchanan Cooperstown, NY 49
FEB 8 Ada Mildred West Washington 35
12 Frank Russell Abercrombie Ohio Co., WV 60
MAR 8 Charles Cracraft Post Wheeling, WV 68
22 Margaret Clemarissa Wyat Wheeling, WV 86
23 Alexander Orr Trussell Ohio Co., WV 71
31 Cora Winters Washington Co. 47
APR 14 Virla Bell Reed Washington Co. 64
17 Ida Florence Giles Jenkinstown, PA 77
21 Walter Stewart Chase Washington 29
26 George W. Lindsay Washington 86
MAY 5 Mary Templeton McCleery West Alexander 50
12 Martha Maxwell McMurray West Alexander 75
17 Theresa Bell McAdoo Sonda S. Strabane twp. 69
27 Henry Blayney Dearbourne, MI 80
28 Wilma Adda Jenkins Wheeling, WV 64
30 Harry Scott Monroe New Florence 54
30 Nellie E. Monroe New Florence
JUN 7 George Thomas Stiles Wheeling, WV 85
9 Mary E. King West Alexander 84
14 Cora Elizabeth Kerns Washington 59
17 Laurena Cecelia Reed Wheeling, WV 17
JUL 20 James Stewart Waynesburg 84
30 Huber Craig Wheeling, WV 65
AUG 13 Laura I. Forner Washington Co. 73
13 Clarence I. Swartz Ohio Co., WV 67
21 Elizabeth Louise Byers Wheeling, WV 34
23 John Badey Armstrong Ohio Co., WV 68
SEPT 11 Joseph Anthony Strauss West Alexander 81
24 Marie Peacock Davis Cannonsburg 28
OCT 7 John Wylie Ruckmna Wheeling, Wv 54
9 Isabel Bryson Martin Washington 87
10 Mary V. Roney Washington Co. 80
13 Rachel Moss Washington Co. 86
NOV 22 Oliver Simpson Edgewood 54
DEC 1 Walter Cornill Gray Warwood, WV 5/12
8 James Edward Slater San Arino, CA 59