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Robert Wilson Engle

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Robert Wilson Engle

Birth
Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
2 Dec 1898 (aged 17)
Garrett, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Obituary published in The Gospel Messenger, January 28, 1899, page 62

ENGLE – In the Indian Creek church, Pa., Dec. 2, 1898, Bro. Robert Wilson Engle, aged 17 years, 10 months and 18 days. Deceased was digging coal in a mine near Myersdale, when he was struck by a fall of coal and instantly killed. On Saturday night the lifeless body was brought home to near Jones Mills, Pa., where his father, Brother Gabriel and Sister Engle live. Dec. 5 the remains were taken to the County Line church, where the funeral occasion was improved by brethren R.A. Nedrow and D.D. Horner from Job 14:1-5. Interment at the Berger graveyard.

Jeremiah Faust
Obituary published in The Gospel Messenger, January 28, 1899, page 62

ENGLE – In the Indian Creek church, Pa., Dec. 2, 1898, Bro. Robert Wilson Engle, aged 17 years, 10 months and 18 days. Deceased was digging coal in a mine near Myersdale, when he was struck by a fall of coal and instantly killed. On Saturday night the lifeless body was brought home to near Jones Mills, Pa., where his father, Brother Gabriel and Sister Engle live. Dec. 5 the remains were taken to the County Line church, where the funeral occasion was improved by brethren R.A. Nedrow and D.D. Horner from Job 14:1-5. Interment at the Berger graveyard.

Jeremiah Faust

Inscription

ROBERT W.
SON OF
G.S. & E. ENGLE,
DIED DEC. 2, 1898
AGED 17 YRS
10 MOS 18 DS.



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