NEWPORT, PA. John Sanderson died at his residence on Fifth street at 2:45 p.m. Sunday. Shortly before his death he told his sister that his "way was clear." One can hardly see how it could have been otherwise--so gentle, harmless and circumspect had his whole life always been.
He was born in Springfield, Cumberland county, September, 29, 1825, and came of good, intellectual old Cumberland county stock. He was educated in the common schools and attended the Newville academy when that was a flourishing, minor institution of learning. He taught school for about 20 years and coming to Newport in 1868 taught here that winter.
He was afflicted with something like salt cream of his right foot and ankle about 16 years, the ailment originating from a slight sore caused by his boot rubbing his foot. Later, while working on the railroad track, it is probable the sore was aggravated by stone which he was napping striking it. In any event during all these years, he suffered more or less from this injury, dressing the wound himself twice every day with unfailing regularity. Thursday evening he showed signs of illness, due probably to general debility, which alarmed Mrs. Sanderson very much and it was all he could do with her assistance to get upstairs to the bedroom. While his strength gradually failed, he was conscious until the moment of final dissolution, passing away in quiet sleep.
He was a thoughtful, studious man, of prudent judgement upon all questions requiring intelligent discernment. His mind seemed to have always been unswerving established upon the subjects of religion and politics. He was a Lutheran and a Democrat. He was at the same time so gentle and non-assertive as to be almost lost sight of in the modern hurley-burley of life which surrounded him. Had his environment been compatible with his moderate metal tendencies, his achievement in this world of activity would have been more marked. But he did his part, accepted his situation in life, its anxieties and troubles, without murmuring or complaining, and in the hearts of those who took the trouble to know him, his memory will be cherished with affectionate remembrance.
He leaves a widow and two sons; Harvey Sanderson, of Harrisburg, and Edward Sanderson, of Chester. Mrs. Robert Bollinger, of Ashville, N.C., is a step daughter. Four brothers and one sister also survives him, as follows; David, William and Joseph Sanderson, and Mrs. Martha T. Walker, of Newville; and Rev. George Sanderson, a Lutheran Minister, of Marion, Kansas.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. The home of the late Mr. Sanderson being small, his body was removed Sunday evening to the residence of W.M. Horting, a neighbor. There at 1:30 o'clock brief services were conducted by the officiating clergymen, Rev. G.M. Diffenderfer, and Rev. James M. Mullen, and then the cortege walked to the Lutheran church, where the services were conducted in the lecture room, Rev. Mr. Mullen reading the Bible lesson and Rev. Furman Adams praying prior to the sermon, which was delivered by Rev. Mr. Diffenderfer. The body was taken to the Red Hill cemetery for interment. The pallbearers were; W.M. Horting, Daniel Warner, Abel Longacre, W.N. Kahler and F.A. Fry.
Published in the Newport News, December 16, 1897, on micro-film at the Lenig Library, The Perry Historians, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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Spouse: Isabella Ann Wingert.
He was born in Springfield, Cumberland county, September, 29, 1825, and came of good, intellectual old Cumberland county stock. He was educated in the common schools and attended the Newville academy when that was a flourishing, minor institution of learning. He taught school for about 20 years and coming to Newport in 1868 taught here that winter.
He was afflicted with something like salt cream of his right foot and ankle about 16 years, the ailment originating from a slight sore caused by his boot rubbing his foot. Later, while working on the railroad track, it is probable the sore was aggravated by stone which he was napping striking it. In any event during all these years, he suffered more or less from this injury, dressing the wound himself twice every day with unfailing regularity. Thursday evening he showed signs of illness, due probably to general debility, which alarmed Mrs. Sanderson very much and it was all he could do with her assistance to get upstairs to the bedroom. While his strength gradually failed, he was conscious until the moment of final dissolution, passing away in quiet sleep.
He was a thoughtful, studious man, of prudent judgement upon all questions requiring intelligent discernment. His mind seemed to have always been unswerving established upon the subjects of religion and politics. He was a Lutheran and a Democrat. He was at the same time so gentle and non-assertive as to be almost lost sight of in the modern hurley-burley of life which surrounded him. Had his environment been compatible with his moderate metal tendencies, his achievement in this world of activity would have been more marked. But he did his part, accepted his situation in life, its anxieties and troubles, without murmuring or complaining, and in the hearts of those who took the trouble to know him, his memory will be cherished with affectionate remembrance.
He leaves a widow and two sons; Harvey Sanderson, of Harrisburg, and Edward Sanderson, of Chester. Mrs. Robert Bollinger, of Ashville, N.C., is a step daughter. Four brothers and one sister also survives him, as follows; David, William and Joseph Sanderson, and Mrs. Martha T. Walker, of Newville; and Rev. George Sanderson, a Lutheran Minister, of Marion, Kansas.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. The home of the late Mr. Sanderson being small, his body was removed Sunday evening to the residence of W.M. Horting, a neighbor. There at 1:30 o'clock brief services were conducted by the officiating clergymen, Rev. G.M. Diffenderfer, and Rev. James M. Mullen, and then the cortege walked to the Lutheran church, where the services were conducted in the lecture room, Rev. Mr. Mullen reading the Bible lesson and Rev. Furman Adams praying prior to the sermon, which was delivered by Rev. Mr. Diffenderfer. The body was taken to the Red Hill cemetery for interment. The pallbearers were; W.M. Horting, Daniel Warner, Abel Longacre, W.N. Kahler and F.A. Fry.
Published in the Newport News, December 16, 1897, on micro-film at the Lenig Library, The Perry Historians, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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Spouse: Isabella Ann Wingert.
NEWPORT, PA. John Sanderson died at his residence on Fifth street at 2:45 p.m. Sunday. Shortly before his death he told his sister that his "way was clear." One can hardly see how it could have been otherwise--so gentle, harmless and circumspect had his whole life always been.
He was born in Springfield, Cumberland county, September, 29, 1825, and came of good, intellectual old Cumberland county stock. He was educated in the common schools and attended the Newville academy when that was a flourishing, minor institution of learning. He taught school for about 20 years and coming to Newport in 1868 taught here that winter.
He was afflicted with something like salt cream of his right foot and ankle about 16 years, the ailment originating from a slight sore caused by his boot rubbing his foot. Later, while working on the railroad track, it is probable the sore was aggravated by stone which he was napping striking it. In any event during all these years, he suffered more or less from this injury, dressing the wound himself twice every day with unfailing regularity. Thursday evening he showed signs of illness, due probably to general debility, which alarmed Mrs. Sanderson very much and it was all he could do with her assistance to get upstairs to the bedroom. While his strength gradually failed, he was conscious until the moment of final dissolution, passing away in quiet sleep.
He was a thoughtful, studious man, of prudent judgement upon all questions requiring intelligent discernment. His mind seemed to have always been unswerving established upon the subjects of religion and politics. He was a Lutheran and a Democrat. He was at the same time so gentle and non-assertive as to be almost lost sight of in the modern hurley-burley of life which surrounded him. Had his environment been compatible with his moderate metal tendencies, his achievement in this world of activity would have been more marked. But he did his part, accepted his situation in life, its anxieties and troubles, without murmuring or complaining, and in the hearts of those who took the trouble to know him, his memory will be cherished with affectionate remembrance.
He leaves a widow and two sons; Harvey Sanderson, of Harrisburg, and Edward Sanderson, of Chester. Mrs. Robert Bollinger, of Ashville, N.C., is a step daughter. Four brothers and one sister also survives him, as follows; David, William and Joseph Sanderson, and Mrs. Martha T. Walker, of Newville; and Rev. George Sanderson, a Lutheran Minister, of Marion, Kansas.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. The home of the late Mr. Sanderson being small, his body was removed Sunday evening to the residence of W.M. Horting, a neighbor. There at 1:30 o'clock brief services were conducted by the officiating clergymen, Rev. G.M. Diffenderfer, and Rev. James M. Mullen, and then the cortege walked to the Lutheran church, where the services were conducted in the lecture room, Rev. Mr. Mullen reading the Bible lesson and Rev. Furman Adams praying prior to the sermon, which was delivered by Rev. Mr. Diffenderfer. The body was taken to the Red Hill cemetery for interment. The pallbearers were; W.M. Horting, Daniel Warner, Abel Longacre, W.N. Kahler and F.A. Fry.
Published in the Newport News, December 16, 1897, on micro-film at the Lenig Library, The Perry Historians, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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Spouse: Isabella Ann Wingert.
He was born in Springfield, Cumberland county, September, 29, 1825, and came of good, intellectual old Cumberland county stock. He was educated in the common schools and attended the Newville academy when that was a flourishing, minor institution of learning. He taught school for about 20 years and coming to Newport in 1868 taught here that winter.
He was afflicted with something like salt cream of his right foot and ankle about 16 years, the ailment originating from a slight sore caused by his boot rubbing his foot. Later, while working on the railroad track, it is probable the sore was aggravated by stone which he was napping striking it. In any event during all these years, he suffered more or less from this injury, dressing the wound himself twice every day with unfailing regularity. Thursday evening he showed signs of illness, due probably to general debility, which alarmed Mrs. Sanderson very much and it was all he could do with her assistance to get upstairs to the bedroom. While his strength gradually failed, he was conscious until the moment of final dissolution, passing away in quiet sleep.
He was a thoughtful, studious man, of prudent judgement upon all questions requiring intelligent discernment. His mind seemed to have always been unswerving established upon the subjects of religion and politics. He was a Lutheran and a Democrat. He was at the same time so gentle and non-assertive as to be almost lost sight of in the modern hurley-burley of life which surrounded him. Had his environment been compatible with his moderate metal tendencies, his achievement in this world of activity would have been more marked. But he did his part, accepted his situation in life, its anxieties and troubles, without murmuring or complaining, and in the hearts of those who took the trouble to know him, his memory will be cherished with affectionate remembrance.
He leaves a widow and two sons; Harvey Sanderson, of Harrisburg, and Edward Sanderson, of Chester. Mrs. Robert Bollinger, of Ashville, N.C., is a step daughter. Four brothers and one sister also survives him, as follows; David, William and Joseph Sanderson, and Mrs. Martha T. Walker, of Newville; and Rev. George Sanderson, a Lutheran Minister, of Marion, Kansas.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon. The home of the late Mr. Sanderson being small, his body was removed Sunday evening to the residence of W.M. Horting, a neighbor. There at 1:30 o'clock brief services were conducted by the officiating clergymen, Rev. G.M. Diffenderfer, and Rev. James M. Mullen, and then the cortege walked to the Lutheran church, where the services were conducted in the lecture room, Rev. Mr. Mullen reading the Bible lesson and Rev. Furman Adams praying prior to the sermon, which was delivered by Rev. Mr. Diffenderfer. The body was taken to the Red Hill cemetery for interment. The pallbearers were; W.M. Horting, Daniel Warner, Abel Longacre, W.N. Kahler and F.A. Fry.
Published in the Newport News, December 16, 1897, on micro-film at the Lenig Library, The Perry Historians, New Bloomfield, Pa.
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Spouse: Isabella Ann Wingert.
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