Son of Justice Clayton and Mary Lukens Strawbridge
Husband of Esther Williams
Father to Marguerite and Rachel Strawbridge
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February 11, 1903
New Jersey Mirror
With the simple ceremony of the Society of Friends, the funeral of Edward R. Strawbridge occurred here on Wednesday. A special train brought a vast number of the employes of Strawbridge & Clothier from Philadelphia, and large numbers of the friends and associates of the deceased were present to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. The Friends' meeting house was too small to hold the great crowd of people , and it overflowed upon the wide lawns. The service began at 2 o'clock with an address by Henry Longstreth, of the Twelfth Street meeting, Philadelphia. Following him came Thomas Whitson, of West Chester, and then Walter Moore, after a brief address, read a paper, at the request of the family, on which were inscribed some of the last remarks made by Mr. Strawbridge. Elizabeth Dunn, of Camden, Cyrus Cooper, of Westtown, and D. L. Anderson also spoke, and Joseph S. Elkinton, made a prayer. The meeting ended at 3.15 o'clock, when the casket was taken to the Colestown Cemetery for interment. Four of the most prominent ministers among Friends occupied the gallery of the old meeting house near by, and addressed the overflow meeting there. They were John B. Garrett, Joseph Elkinton, George Warner and Alfred Leeds. The pall bearers were Frederick R. Strawbridge, Robert E. Strawbridge, William J. Strawbridge and Francis R. Strawbridge, brothers of the dead man. Charles and George Williams, brothers-in-law, Morris L. Clothier and John Rhoads.
Husband of Esther Williams
Father to Marguerite and Rachel Strawbridge
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February 11, 1903
New Jersey Mirror
With the simple ceremony of the Society of Friends, the funeral of Edward R. Strawbridge occurred here on Wednesday. A special train brought a vast number of the employes of Strawbridge & Clothier from Philadelphia, and large numbers of the friends and associates of the deceased were present to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. The Friends' meeting house was too small to hold the great crowd of people , and it overflowed upon the wide lawns. The service began at 2 o'clock with an address by Henry Longstreth, of the Twelfth Street meeting, Philadelphia. Following him came Thomas Whitson, of West Chester, and then Walter Moore, after a brief address, read a paper, at the request of the family, on which were inscribed some of the last remarks made by Mr. Strawbridge. Elizabeth Dunn, of Camden, Cyrus Cooper, of Westtown, and D. L. Anderson also spoke, and Joseph S. Elkinton, made a prayer. The meeting ended at 3.15 o'clock, when the casket was taken to the Colestown Cemetery for interment. Four of the most prominent ministers among Friends occupied the gallery of the old meeting house near by, and addressed the overflow meeting there. They were John B. Garrett, Joseph Elkinton, George Warner and Alfred Leeds. The pall bearers were Frederick R. Strawbridge, Robert E. Strawbridge, William J. Strawbridge and Francis R. Strawbridge, brothers of the dead man. Charles and George Williams, brothers-in-law, Morris L. Clothier and John Rhoads.
Son of Justice Clayton and Mary Lukens Strawbridge
Husband of Esther Williams
Father to Marguerite and Rachel Strawbridge
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February 11, 1903
New Jersey Mirror
With the simple ceremony of the Society of Friends, the funeral of Edward R. Strawbridge occurred here on Wednesday. A special train brought a vast number of the employes of Strawbridge & Clothier from Philadelphia, and large numbers of the friends and associates of the deceased were present to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. The Friends' meeting house was too small to hold the great crowd of people , and it overflowed upon the wide lawns. The service began at 2 o'clock with an address by Henry Longstreth, of the Twelfth Street meeting, Philadelphia. Following him came Thomas Whitson, of West Chester, and then Walter Moore, after a brief address, read a paper, at the request of the family, on which were inscribed some of the last remarks made by Mr. Strawbridge. Elizabeth Dunn, of Camden, Cyrus Cooper, of Westtown, and D. L. Anderson also spoke, and Joseph S. Elkinton, made a prayer. The meeting ended at 3.15 o'clock, when the casket was taken to the Colestown Cemetery for interment. Four of the most prominent ministers among Friends occupied the gallery of the old meeting house near by, and addressed the overflow meeting there. They were John B. Garrett, Joseph Elkinton, George Warner and Alfred Leeds. The pall bearers were Frederick R. Strawbridge, Robert E. Strawbridge, William J. Strawbridge and Francis R. Strawbridge, brothers of the dead man. Charles and George Williams, brothers-in-law, Morris L. Clothier and John Rhoads.
Husband of Esther Williams
Father to Marguerite and Rachel Strawbridge
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February 11, 1903
New Jersey Mirror
With the simple ceremony of the Society of Friends, the funeral of Edward R. Strawbridge occurred here on Wednesday. A special train brought a vast number of the employes of Strawbridge & Clothier from Philadelphia, and large numbers of the friends and associates of the deceased were present to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. The Friends' meeting house was too small to hold the great crowd of people , and it overflowed upon the wide lawns. The service began at 2 o'clock with an address by Henry Longstreth, of the Twelfth Street meeting, Philadelphia. Following him came Thomas Whitson, of West Chester, and then Walter Moore, after a brief address, read a paper, at the request of the family, on which were inscribed some of the last remarks made by Mr. Strawbridge. Elizabeth Dunn, of Camden, Cyrus Cooper, of Westtown, and D. L. Anderson also spoke, and Joseph S. Elkinton, made a prayer. The meeting ended at 3.15 o'clock, when the casket was taken to the Colestown Cemetery for interment. Four of the most prominent ministers among Friends occupied the gallery of the old meeting house near by, and addressed the overflow meeting there. They were John B. Garrett, Joseph Elkinton, George Warner and Alfred Leeds. The pall bearers were Frederick R. Strawbridge, Robert E. Strawbridge, William J. Strawbridge and Francis R. Strawbridge, brothers of the dead man. Charles and George Williams, brothers-in-law, Morris L. Clothier and John Rhoads.
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