Crawford County PA Obituaries and Death Notices

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Christopher Bolard

COURIER & RECORD-CONNEAUTVILLE, PA.,
JAN. 11, 1872

Donated by Betty Patterson

SUICIDE-Mr. Christopher Bolard, a well known citizen of this county, residing near Saegertown, hung himself in his barn on Sunday. Deceased had shown symptoms of insanity since last summer, at which time he received a severe sunstroke, and the rash act is attributed to that cause. He was discovered only a short time after leaving the house, but life was extinct.


Mrs. Mary A. Bolard

COURIER & RECORD-CONNEAUTVILLE, PA.,
MAY, 9, 1872

Donated by Betty Patterson

MRS. MARY A., wife of the deceased CHRISTOPHER BOLARD, died Apr. 26, 1872 of paralysis after an illness of but two days near Saegertown aged 58 yrs. 9 mos.


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Elizabeth (nee Scofield) Platt Howarth

Contributed by Kathie Marynik

Pittsburg Gazette, February 10, 1871

HOWARTH -- Monday, February 6th. ELIZABETH, WIFE OF James Howarth, of Spartansburg, Crawford County, PA. Funeral from the Union Depot TO-DAY, 10th inst., on the arrival of the Allegheny Valley train, at 6:25 AM The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend.


Gen. Henry Hurst

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
June 11 1823 Page 3

Died on Sunday the 20th May, after a short illness, Gen. Henry Hurst, of Meadville, late member of the Senate of Pennsylvania from that district.


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Dr. Wm. Magaw

The Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
June 3 1829

Died at Meadville, Pa. On the 1st of May, Dr. Wm. Magaw, formerly of Franklin county, Pa., aged about 89 years. He was a patriot of the Revolution, and served as Surgeon in the Pennsylvania Line, during the whole of the war, with great credit to himself, an advantage to the service.


Mr. McBride

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

September 8, 1824

Meadville, Pa., Aug. 26

Fatal Accident

The horses in the Pittsburgh Stage, on Saturday morning last, while descending a hill, about 4 miles from this place, took fright, from the appearance of a cow with a board tied to her horns, suddenly turned off the road, and upset the stage, by which one of the passengers unfortunately lost his life. The name of the deceased, we learn, was M'Bride, a hatter by trade, and recently from the state of Ohio. He survived the accident but a short period. No blame can attach to the driver. - Messenger.


Archibald M'Elroy

Star and Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
January 16 1837

Death by Drowning. A young man named Archibald M'Elroy, a student in Allegany College, at Meadville, Pa., was drowned in a dam on French Creek, near that place, on the 31st ult. He had been skating, with a number of his companions, but at the moment of the accident was considerably in the rear of the rest of the company, when slipping into an air hole, he sunk into the water to rise no more in life. The body was recovered from the water on the following day. The young man was the son of a deceased Methodist Clergyman, late of Columbus, Ohio, and leaves a widowed mother to mourn his early fate.


Hon. Jesse Moore

Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
January 5  1825

Died At Meadville, On Tuesday the 21st ult. , the Hon. Jesse Moore, President of the sixth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in the 59th year of his age.



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Florence (nee Danner) Platt

Contributed by Kathie Marynik

Crawford Journal, October 28, 1897

BRITTON RUN

Died, Sunday, October 24, 1897, after a short illness, Mrs. Florence Platt, wife of Alfred Platt, aged 36 years. She leaves four children. Deceased was a good Christian woman and a loving wife and mother.


James A. Platt

Contributed by Kathie Marynik

Tribune Republican, March 2, 1932

Death of James A. Platt

James A. Platt, aged 83 years, died Monday at his home in Spartansburg, succumbing to a stroke of apoplexy suffered two weeks ago. Mr. Platt was born at Britton Run, Sparta township, March 4, 1849. For many years, he was in charge of a farm at Britton Run, retiring about 10 years ago and making Spartansburg his home. His wife died two years ago, and his health began to fail immediately following the bereavement. Mr. Platt was a man of strict integrity in his dealings with his fellow men, and his friends were limited only to the number of his acquaintances. Rev. R. B. Wadesworth, pastor of the Spartansburg M.E. Church, will conduct funeral services at the home at 2 PM Thursday. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.


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Miss Hannah Scott

Star and Republican Banner (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
February 19 1833

Died on the 25th ult., near Meadville, Crawford county, Pa., Miss Hannah Scott, (formerly of this county), aged about 65 years.


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