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Johnston Forsythe

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Johnston Forsythe

Birth
Sorn, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
18 Dec 1896 (aged 22)
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked or missing grave marker
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Johnson Forsythe, of Horatio ,who has been employed in the mines at Dunlo [Cambria County, Pennsylvania] for nearly a year past, was brought home a corpse last Thursday. He was a driver and while spragging a car on Wednesday December 11,was crushed against a mine prop. He was taken to the hospital in Johnstown, where he died on the following Wednesday.

Source Citations:
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania ;dated 23 December 1896.
~ Pennsylvania Mine Inspectors Report for 1896 - published by the state Bureau of Mines-Harrisburg, PA.
~ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch.org - Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

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Johnson Forsythe, of Horatio ,who has been employed in the mines at Dunlo [Cambria County, Pennsylvania] for nearly a year past, was brought home a corpse last Thursday. He was a driver and while spragging a car on Wednesday December 11,was crushed against a mine prop. He was taken to the hospital in Johnstown, where he died on the following Wednesday.

Source Citations:
~ The Punxsutawney Spirit, Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania ;dated 23 December 1896.
~ Pennsylvania Mine Inspectors Report for 1896 - published by the state Bureau of Mines-Harrisburg, PA.
~ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch.org - Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City.

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