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OBITUARY:

Death of William C. Beecher, a Prominent Citizen of Eden

Wm. C. Beecher, one of the best known citizens of Manheim Township, died suddenly on Monday afternoon at his home at Eden. He was stricken with paralysis in the morning, unconsciousness immediately resulting, and remained in that condition until death occurred at four o'clock. Mr. Beecher enjoyed excellent health and on Monday morning he arose at his usual hour, ate a hearty breakfast and started for the barn to feed the cattle. When he had performed the work and emerged from the building he was seized with a severe attack of vomiting. He called to a neighbor who was near at hand and said he believed he had been afflicted with a fatal stroke. A moment later he sank unconscious to the ground and was removed to the house. Dr. J. A. Ehler, of this city, was summoned, but all efforts to restore the stricken man to consciousness were of no avail.

Deceased was born in East Earl township in 1826 and was consequently sixty-nine years old. He moved to Manheim Township with his father in 1843 and learned the trade of pattern maker at the Eden Iron Works with Israel Groff. After Mr. Groff's death Mr. Beecher became one of the proprietors of the iron works which he and his brother conducted very successfully for a number of years. He retired from business about fifteen years ago.

Deceased was a staunch Rebublican in politics and served as School Director for one term. He was highly respected by the community in which he lived for so many years, and his death will be a sad shock to many friends. Mr. Beecher was a consistent member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and was at one time Warden.

Mr. Beecher leaves a widow and two daughters, Laura E., wife of Jacob Ranck, of East Earl Township, and H. Bertha, wife of William H. Conley, of Philadelphia, a passenger engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad. One brother and sister also survive, Samuel Beecher of this city, and Mrs. Belinda C. Pyfer, now residing with her son in Philadelphia.

OBITUARY - Hanover Record Herald, May 21, 1913

David F. Forney Answers the Last Roll Call -- Was ill for Some Time.

David F. Forney, an esteemed citizen of Hanover, died at his home, No. 807 Centennial avenue, at 7 o'clock this morning, from a complication of diseases. His age was 68 years, 3 months and 21 days.

The deceased was a son of Abner W. and Louisa Forney, well-known citizens of Hanover, and he is survived by a widow, three sons and two daughters, Misses Bertha and Irene, at home; Raymond, residing on West Hanover street; William, living in Penn Township and Claude, of Omaha, Nebraska. He is also survived by his mother and one sister, Miss Lucy Forney, of Baltimore street; also, one brother Ezra Forney, of Penn Township, near Hanover.

During the year 1874 he was married to Miss Annie M. Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas, of Hanover, and then engaged in farming on the homestead farm, near the borough limits. About ten years ago he relinquished farming, and moved his residence to Centennial Avenue.

Mr. Forney was a veteran of the Civil War, and a member of Major Jenkins Post, No. 99, G. A. R. He first enlisted on the 15th of June, 1863, as corporal of Company I, 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment, and was mustered out of service, July 30, 1863, after the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania. July 14, 1864, he re-enlisted as a private in Capt. Sanno's Independent Cavalry Company of Pennsylvania, and was discharged at the expiration of his term of service.

Funeral, Saturday, May 24th, services at the house at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. A. M. Heilman, of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, assisted by Rev. J. W. Glover, of the Methodist church. Interment on the family lot in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Newspaper Article - Hanover Spectator, September 29, 1865

Painful Accident - We learn that Mr. David Forney, son of Abner Forney, Esq., residing on Baltimore Street, met with a very painful accident on Thursday last, the 21st inst. It appears he was engaged in splitting wood in a shed attached to his father's residence, and whilst in the act of splitting a piece the axe struck a beam or plank overhead, and glancing off descended upon one of his feet, inflicting a frightful wound. Surgical aid was immediately procured, and he is now doing as well as the circumstance of the case will admit of.

Lucy was the one that gave permission to remove the remains of Henry and Mary Catherine Dewald from the St. Matthew Lutheran Church graveyard and reinter them at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. This permission given shortly before her death.

Lucy never married.