Mary was married 27 Apr 1865 in New York to William Lawrence Hoblitzell, who was born 28 Aug 1831 in Cumberland, Allegany County, MD. William was murdered 27 Oct 1881, in Camp 5,Black Canon, El Paso, CO. when an employee of his came in to his office demanding his paycheck early, and when William refused because the man had not requested it 10 days in advance, William was shot in the chest. He hung on for awhile but finally succumbed to the mortal wound. His body was sent back East to Ursina, PA. for burial in April 1882 amd then re-interred again at Glenwood Cemetery, according to their records.
Mary was no stranger to disaster, as later in life she lost her son William, and most of his family in a Steamboat accident on 5 Jan 1916. William's stepson, Earl Edgarton, had married on New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hoblitzell family were taking a trip to celebrate and go on the honeymoon with the newlyweds. Five days later the Steamboat "Kanawha" sank. The bride and groom survived but Earl's mother, Eleanor Hoblitzell, her husband William,Sr. their 2 sons John and William, Jr. and William's wife Myrtle (Mitchell) Hoblitzell and their young son, William Walter Hoblitzell, all drowned in the river.
Mary was no stranger to disaster, as later in life she lost her son William, and most of his family in a Steamboat accident on 5 Jan 1916. William's stepson, Earl Edgarton, had married on New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hoblitzell family were taking a trip to celebrate and go on the honeymoon with the newlyweds. Five days later the Steamboat "Kanawha" sank. The bride and groom survived but Earl's mother, Eleanor Hoblitzell, her husband William,Sr. their 2 sons John and William, Jr. and William's wife Myrtle (Mitchell) Hoblitzell and their young son, William Walter Hoblitzell, all drowned in the river.
Mary was married 27 Apr 1865 in New York to William Lawrence Hoblitzell, who was born 28 Aug 1831 in Cumberland, Allegany County, MD. William was murdered 27 Oct 1881, in Camp 5,Black Canon, El Paso, CO. when an employee of his came in to his office demanding his paycheck early, and when William refused because the man had not requested it 10 days in advance, William was shot in the chest. He hung on for awhile but finally succumbed to the mortal wound. His body was sent back East to Ursina, PA. for burial in April 1882 amd then re-interred again at Glenwood Cemetery, according to their records.
Mary was no stranger to disaster, as later in life she lost her son William, and most of his family in a Steamboat accident on 5 Jan 1916. William's stepson, Earl Edgarton, had married on New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hoblitzell family were taking a trip to celebrate and go on the honeymoon with the newlyweds. Five days later the Steamboat "Kanawha" sank. The bride and groom survived but Earl's mother, Eleanor Hoblitzell, her husband William,Sr. their 2 sons John and William, Jr. and William's wife Myrtle (Mitchell) Hoblitzell and their young son, William Walter Hoblitzell, all drowned in the river.
Mary was no stranger to disaster, as later in life she lost her son William, and most of his family in a Steamboat accident on 5 Jan 1916. William's stepson, Earl Edgarton, had married on New Year's Eve 1915 and the Hoblitzell family were taking a trip to celebrate and go on the honeymoon with the newlyweds. Five days later the Steamboat "Kanawha" sank. The bride and groom survived but Earl's mother, Eleanor Hoblitzell, her husband William,Sr. their 2 sons John and William, Jr. and William's wife Myrtle (Mitchell) Hoblitzell and their young son, William Walter Hoblitzell, all drowned in the river.
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