Mrs. Emma Jane Lawver, 85, widow of David Abner Lawver, died this morning at 9:30 at her home in Arendtsville from pneumonia. She had been bedfast about two weeks.
The deceased was a native of Adams County, a daughter of the late John and Julia Ann (Brinkerhoff) Forsythe. She lived her entire life in Adams county and for the last 49 years resided in Arendtsville. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran church, Arendtsville.
Mrs. Lawver had distinct recollections of the battle of Gettysburg, living at that time about two miles north of town on the Harrisburg road. She often related of having seen soldiers most of whom were Confederates, and having baked pies and cakes for them. She remembered of one instance in which a Confederate officer took one of their best horses. The deceased was among those who heard President Lincoln’s address.
Mr. Lawver, who died September 21, 1919, was a Civil War veteran, having belonged to the Twenty-first Pennsylvania cavalry.
Surviving are four sons and two daughters, Mrs. Lucretia Fisher, Harrisburg; Mrs. Alice Schlosser, Harrisburg; Charles H. Lawver, Gettysburg R.D., J. Hersh Lawver, at home; Willis D. Lawver, Veterans’ hospital, Perry Point, Maryland and Boyd D. Lawver, Biglerville R.D.; one sister, Mrs. Sabina Hamilton, Batavia, Illinois; 19 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Brief funeral services from the late home in Arendtsville Monday afternoon at 1:30 with further services at the Trinity Lutheran church, Arendtsville, with the Rev. George E. Berkheimer, officiating. Interment in Flohr’s cemetery.
Mrs. Emma Jane Lawver, 85, widow of David Abner Lawver, died this morning at 9:30 at her home in Arendtsville from pneumonia. She had been bedfast about two weeks.
The deceased was a native of Adams County, a daughter of the late John and Julia Ann (Brinkerhoff) Forsythe. She lived her entire life in Adams county and for the last 49 years resided in Arendtsville. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran church, Arendtsville.
Mrs. Lawver had distinct recollections of the battle of Gettysburg, living at that time about two miles north of town on the Harrisburg road. She often related of having seen soldiers most of whom were Confederates, and having baked pies and cakes for them. She remembered of one instance in which a Confederate officer took one of their best horses. The deceased was among those who heard President Lincoln’s address.
Mr. Lawver, who died September 21, 1919, was a Civil War veteran, having belonged to the Twenty-first Pennsylvania cavalry.
Surviving are four sons and two daughters, Mrs. Lucretia Fisher, Harrisburg; Mrs. Alice Schlosser, Harrisburg; Charles H. Lawver, Gettysburg R.D., J. Hersh Lawver, at home; Willis D. Lawver, Veterans’ hospital, Perry Point, Maryland and Boyd D. Lawver, Biglerville R.D.; one sister, Mrs. Sabina Hamilton, Batavia, Illinois; 19 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Brief funeral services from the late home in Arendtsville Monday afternoon at 1:30 with further services at the Trinity Lutheran church, Arendtsville, with the Rev. George E. Berkheimer, officiating. Interment in Flohr’s cemetery.
Family Members
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Lucretia Lurcinda Lawver Fisher
1872–1942
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Alice A. Lauver Schlosser
1874–1964
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Sarah Ann Lauver
1878–1879
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Robert Alexander Lauver
1880–1880
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Abner T Lawver
1882–1882
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Howard Franklin Lauver
1883–1888
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Merry D Lauver
1885–1885
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George G Lauver
1886–1886
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Willis Daniel Lawver
1889–1967
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Ruth Emma Lauver
1893–1893
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John Elliot Lauver
1896–1896
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