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Tri-Counties Genealogy &
History by Joyce M. Tice
Horn Cemetery, Morris Township,
Tioga County PA
Obituary Notices
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Bradford County PA
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Chemung County NY
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Tioga County PA
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| Reading a series of obituaries from a single
cemetery, as they are presented here, is like reading the multi-generational
history of a community. These people were the local populace at a particular
time. The people buried here knew each other, were neighbors, relatives
and school mates. They attended church together and engaged in "trade"
or business. All people are listed in alphabetic order by surname
at BIRTH. Women identified by a married alias only and for whom
a birth surname can not be identified, are listed on the last page for
the cemetery's obituaries. |
BLACKWELL Floyd Melvin
BLACKWELL Shirley Ann
ENGLISH Annie
May 23 1952
Three Die in Fire near Morris
Mother, Son and Daughter Trapped in House; Father and Brother Escape.
Three persons were burned to death when the rural home of Mr and Mrs.
Robert Blackwell, Morris R. D., located four miles south of Morris near
Oregon Hill, was destroyed by fire about 3 a. m. Friday morning.
Dead are Mrs. Blackwell; her daughter, Shirley Ann Blackwell, 15, student
at Liberty Joint High School; a son, Floyd Melvin Blackwell 21, who was
discharged from the armed forces in January. The father and his brother,
Willis Blackwell, were also in the home but escaped from the burning building.
Robert Blackwell suffered burns about the head and face. The fire was discovered
by Shirley Blackwell who awakened the family. She and her brother, Floyd,
tried to attach their mother's artificial leg before carrying her to safety.
Apparently, this took too much time and when the three reached the stairs,
it collapsed under them. It is believed that defective radio wiring caused
the fire. When Morris firemen arrived only three walls were still
standing and within, seconds they went down, too. The men searched the
ruins for remains of the bodies. All three were found close together.
Shirley Ann Blackwell was a sophomore in the Liberty Joint High School.
Floyd Melvin Blackwell had served 13 months in Germany with the Seventh
Field Artillery in WW 2, later he served 14 months in Japan with the First
Cavalry. He was honorably discharged In January. Mrs. Annie
English Blackwell aged 54 years, a native of Oregon Hill, is survived by
her husband, three daughters, Mrs. Walter Hunter, Wellsboro; Mrs. Charles
Warner and Mrs. William Matthews, Morris; sons, Robert Jr., Wellsboro;
John, Morris; Cpl. Willis, Indiantown Gap; brothers, Leon English, Williamsport;
John English, and a foster brother, Leland Farnsworth, Knoxville; sisters.
Mrs. Ruth Torpey Corning N. Y. Mrs. Florence White Buffalo, N. Y; Mrs.
Cora Cotter Texas. Funeral services were held Monday the Rev Robert
Wilhelm officiating; burial in the Horn cemetery
BLACKWELL - Claude Wellwood Blackwell
Claude W Blackwell, 81, of Morris RD 1, died Thursday, Jan 21, 1971,
in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Bath N. Y. Born May 20 1889,
in Lloyd, he was the son of John H. and Anna English Blackwell. He
was a veteran of World War 2 Surviving are nieces and nephews. The
funeral was held Sunday at Tussey's, 139 Main Street. Burial was in Horn
Cemetery, Morris. The Rev. John Coppock, of the Morris Wesleyan Church,
officiated.
BLACKWELL John H Blackwell
Aged 57 years, died at the Blossburg hospital on Thursday 8 May 1918,
of pernicious anemia He was born here and had been a lifelong, resident
of Morris Township. His wife, a daughter of the late Robert English, died
about four years ago; He is survived by four sons, Clinton, of Leetonia.
Claude, of Camp Lee Virginia, and Willis P and Robert Mial, of Morris.
The funeral services were held on Saturday Rev WW Reeder officiating; interment
was made at the Horn cemetery.
BLACKWELL John M
Mr. John M. Blackwell, a, well-known Citizen of Morris died last Friday
1 October 1886 at the age of 58 years.
Norman L. BLACKWELL, 87, of RD 1, Morris, died Thursday, Sept.
17, at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Wellsboro. Born
Feb. 12, 1900 in Morris Township, he was the son of James L. and Alta Breed
Blackwell. He was a retired employee of the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation and a member of Morris Wesleyan Church in Morris.
Surviving are his wife, Martha (Turner) Blackwell; two daughters, Mrs.
Betty Rounsville of RD 6, Wellsboro and Mrs. Alice Heatley of RD 1, Morris;
two sons, Herman T. and Glenn N., both of RD 1, Morris; a brother, Clifford
D. of RD 2, Middlebury Center; three half sisters, Mrs. Nila Grojean of
Fedhaven, Fl., Mrs. Grace McInroy of Wellsboro and Mrs. Norma Heatley of
Liberty; 15 grandchildren; 19 great grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews. Friends called at the Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home in Wellsboro,
Friday, Sept. 18, where funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 19.
The Rev. William B. Hurlbert, his former pastor, and the Rev. Gary Wickard,
his pastor, officiated. Burial was made in Horn Cemetery.
BLACKWELL Robert Mial Blackwell
Robert Mial Blackwell, age 77 of Morris, died Saturday, October 1,
1960 at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital. He was a retired
farmer. He is survived by three sons, John H.of Morris, RD 1; Robert
L., Wellsboro, RD 4, Willis, Wellsboro, RD 3; two daughters, Mrs. Walter
Hunter, RD 1, Wellsboro;. Mrs. Charles Warner, Morris RD 3 three brothers,
Clinton, Wellsboro; Claude, Morris RD 1; and Willis, sixteen grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Morris Wesleyan Methodist Church
with Rev. Merlin Loomis and Rev. Paul Lawrence officiating. Burial was
in the Horn Cemetery, Morris
JAMES H. CAMPBELL
James H. Campbell, 80, of Morris RD 1, died Sunday, March 11,
1973, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Morris on
June 11, 1892, a son of Fred and Lovina Reppard Campbell. Mr. Campbell
was a retired farmer. Surviving are his wife, the former Alice Park, and
two sisters, Mrs. Cecila Evans, of Wellsboro, and Mrs. Stella Andrews,
of Morris. The funeral was held Wednesday at Spink's, 126 Main Street,
Wellsboro. Burial was in Horn Cemetery, Morris. The Rev. Willard
L. Bergey, pastor of the Wellsboro Mennonite Fellowship, officiated.
ENGLISH - Death of Mrs. John H Blackwell (ANNA ENGLISH
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Mrs. John Blackwell died at her home near Dixie Run On Sunday morning
13 September 1914 of cancer of the mouth and throat, aged 67 years. She
is survived by her husband and four children: Robert Mial, Willis P, Claude
at home; Clinton of Lloyds also four brothers and one Sister Lafayette
and James of Dixie Run John of Halls NY Stuart, of Lloyd, and Mrs. Joseph
Brown, of Morris. Interment was made on Tuesday in the Horn cemetery
KRAFFT – Erna M. Wenger, 81, of RD, Morris, died Thursday, Sept.
30, 2004 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. Born Nov.
12, 1922 in Reading, she was the daughter of Augustus and Therasa Zentgraf
Krafft. Friends and relatives were invited to Erna’s Life Celebration on
Wednesday, Oct. 6 at Tussey-Mosher Funeral Home, Wellsboro. Services followed
visitation with Father Albert Leonard officiating. Burial was made in Horn
Cemetery, Morris Township. – The Mansfield Gazette, 6 Oct. 2004, p.6A
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