JOHN MICHAEL CARVER, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known and most respected citizens of Hagerstown, died at 7 o'clock Thursday morning at his home, Cannon Avenue, of lung disease, aged 65 years. He had been in failing health about two years.
He was born in the Meredith Building, Public Square, and spent his entire life in Hagerstown, except three years in the army.
He joined Company A, Seventh Maryland Regiment, Volunteers, in 1862, and served throughout the Civil War. He was a sergeant in the company of which his brother-in-law, Edward M Mobley, was captain when the company was mustered out. At the close of the war Mr Mobley was colonel of the regiment. Company A was made up almost entirely of Hagerstown and Washington County men.
The deceased was a skilled mechanic and woodturner by trade. He was a baptized member of St John's Lutheran Church, which he attended, and was a member of the First Hose Fire Co.
Surviving him are a widow, who before marriage was a Miss Myers, of Hancock; son, Edward Borck, single, near Hancock; sisters, Mrs John E Ridenour and Mrs Wm H Shidneck, Hagerstown.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock; services at the house; interment in Rose Hill. Pallbearers: Jacob Late, C M Futterer, Martin Maugans, Daniel Wantz, Geo L Fisher, Luther Gelwicks.
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Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
Friday, December 7, 1900, Page 3
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Obituary provided by FAG contributor SANEBEE #47775620
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John and Caroline were married October 26, 1871, performed in Leitersburg, Md by Rev A M Evers.
He was born in the Meredith Building, Public Square, and spent his entire life in Hagerstown, except three years in the army.
He joined Company A, Seventh Maryland Regiment, Volunteers, in 1862, and served throughout the Civil War. He was a sergeant in the company of which his brother-in-law, Edward M Mobley, was captain when the company was mustered out. At the close of the war Mr Mobley was colonel of the regiment. Company A was made up almost entirely of Hagerstown and Washington County men.
The deceased was a skilled mechanic and woodturner by trade. He was a baptized member of St John's Lutheran Church, which he attended, and was a member of the First Hose Fire Co.
Surviving him are a widow, who before marriage was a Miss Myers, of Hancock; son, Edward Borck, single, near Hancock; sisters, Mrs John E Ridenour and Mrs Wm H Shidneck, Hagerstown.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock; services at the house; interment in Rose Hill. Pallbearers: Jacob Late, C M Futterer, Martin Maugans, Daniel Wantz, Geo L Fisher, Luther Gelwicks.
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Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
Friday, December 7, 1900, Page 3
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Obituary provided by FAG contributor SANEBEE #47775620
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John and Caroline were married October 26, 1871, performed in Leitersburg, Md by Rev A M Evers.
JOHN MICHAEL CARVER, a veteran of the Civil War and one of the best known and most respected citizens of Hagerstown, died at 7 o'clock Thursday morning at his home, Cannon Avenue, of lung disease, aged 65 years. He had been in failing health about two years.
He was born in the Meredith Building, Public Square, and spent his entire life in Hagerstown, except three years in the army.
He joined Company A, Seventh Maryland Regiment, Volunteers, in 1862, and served throughout the Civil War. He was a sergeant in the company of which his brother-in-law, Edward M Mobley, was captain when the company was mustered out. At the close of the war Mr Mobley was colonel of the regiment. Company A was made up almost entirely of Hagerstown and Washington County men.
The deceased was a skilled mechanic and woodturner by trade. He was a baptized member of St John's Lutheran Church, which he attended, and was a member of the First Hose Fire Co.
Surviving him are a widow, who before marriage was a Miss Myers, of Hancock; son, Edward Borck, single, near Hancock; sisters, Mrs John E Ridenour and Mrs Wm H Shidneck, Hagerstown.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock; services at the house; interment in Rose Hill. Pallbearers: Jacob Late, C M Futterer, Martin Maugans, Daniel Wantz, Geo L Fisher, Luther Gelwicks.
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Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
Friday, December 7, 1900, Page 3
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Obituary provided by FAG contributor SANEBEE #47775620
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John and Caroline were married October 26, 1871, performed in Leitersburg, Md by Rev A M Evers.
He was born in the Meredith Building, Public Square, and spent his entire life in Hagerstown, except three years in the army.
He joined Company A, Seventh Maryland Regiment, Volunteers, in 1862, and served throughout the Civil War. He was a sergeant in the company of which his brother-in-law, Edward M Mobley, was captain when the company was mustered out. At the close of the war Mr Mobley was colonel of the regiment. Company A was made up almost entirely of Hagerstown and Washington County men.
The deceased was a skilled mechanic and woodturner by trade. He was a baptized member of St John's Lutheran Church, which he attended, and was a member of the First Hose Fire Co.
Surviving him are a widow, who before marriage was a Miss Myers, of Hancock; son, Edward Borck, single, near Hancock; sisters, Mrs John E Ridenour and Mrs Wm H Shidneck, Hagerstown.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock; services at the house; interment in Rose Hill. Pallbearers: Jacob Late, C M Futterer, Martin Maugans, Daniel Wantz, Geo L Fisher, Luther Gelwicks.
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Morning Herald, Hagerstown, Maryland
Friday, December 7, 1900, Page 3
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Obituary provided by FAG contributor SANEBEE #47775620
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John and Caroline were married October 26, 1871, performed in Leitersburg, Md by Rev A M Evers.
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