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MIDDLEBURGH, SNYDER CO., PA THURSDAY, OCT, C,
teresting Items.
Told m Brief Paragraphs for
Our Readers. '
ader. if you are not getting this
k why not get a copy to pre-
II. Custer is in Philadelphia
teek laying in a supply ot new
L Ella Sliindel of Mifflinburg
liting luff sister, Mrs. Lizzie 11,
B. McWilliamsof MoVeytown
j Sunday with James anzandt
rife.
JS. Walter purchased the Jacob
falter house and lot in Owine-
or $750.
lr readers who are interested in
harriage record will find it on
Iside pages.
Lhilti ot Charles Moyer, west
vn, fell ofl of a fence on Sunday
Iroke an arm.
P. Hitter of Shamokin Dam
Ik miest of his brother, Slierifl
i, on Sunday.
t.f. A. B. Sheary, of Penns
was a county seat visitor
of last week.
ts Lihbie BickelofBeavertown
several days witli Mi.ss Sue
t at this place.
kSTED. At once, experiencci!
laien by Monroe; II. Kulp t5
It Lcwisburg, Pa.
111. Maurcr, New Berlin, isal-
i.tli'riiiL' suecitd barirains. See
,
irial announcement in tins is
If
in. i reese. j'Aiuor oi uie
rstown Journal, is sncndiii:
leek with his family in this
Lib bio Dunkelberirer is in
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acmiua mis wcck laying in i
ipply of fall and winter mil
tou wish an extra eonv i.i mis
send in your order with live
In stamps. It will ie seni
Itlv.
. Kantz. a clerk of the War
incut at Washington, was in
veral days this week attend-
irt.
Maurer of New Berlin has
la new supply of fall and
goods. Call and see them.
l0-G-3t.
E. C. Aurand, the Middle-
I Milliner, was in Danville last
siting her son, whom it is
d, will soon come home.
. D. E. McLain and Andrew
ich were attending-the Evan-
utheran Synod of Central
vaniaat Port Royal last week.
usquehanna University Foot
im will play against the Wil-
HY.M. C.A. on Saturday
grove. Game called at 3
Geo. W. Wagenseller is bo-
in Parkersburg and Fhila-
md will attend the Y. P. &
Junventioir at Harrisburgthis
Maurer of New Berlin, the
business man of that place,
town this week attending
r ing been summoned as a
oth, easy shave, genteel hair
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Vined at Soles' Barber Shop,
junyer's building, , opposite
;oe. Go to Soles to buv
Vs or exchange for old oues.
Mrs. Anion Snangler, who had
been at the hospital for treatment,
has been brought home, considerably
improved, a statement we are pleased
to make. .
S. M. Kauftman, who retired from
the management of the Keystone Ho
tel at Sehnsgrove on Saturday, will
open a hotel at Plymouth, Luzerne
county Pa.
The children of the Infant Sun
day School of the Lutheran Church
held very interesting Harvest Home
exercises under the direction ot Airs.
M. I. Potter.
The farm of the estate of Benja
min Kreamer, near Smithgrove, was
not sold on Saturday. It can be
l)ought at private sale by consulting
the Executors. 10-6-2t.
Miss Lottie Crouse has been elect
ed the delegate from the Lutheran
Y. P. S. C. E. to the State Conven
tion at Harrishurg and is in attend
ance this week.
On Monday morning we recived
notice from three of our subscribers
at Shamokin Dam to change their
post ofliee address to Slimier s, the
new Postofhce on Chestnut Ilidge.
The family of H. C. Sanipscll re
turn their thanks to Camp 549, the
citizens of Centreville, Camp 515
and others of Middleburgh for their
aid and sympnthy in their Urenve
ment. Extra copies of this "Memorial
Edition ot the Post" can lie secured
at this ofliee at 5 cents each as long
as the supply lasts or they will he
mailed to seperate addresses for the
same price.
J. (i. Chestnut, wife and three
children, Harry Batcman, wife and
two children and Miss Batcman ot
Sunbury and Mrs. Kcmphcr of Si
Imsgrove dined at the Washington
House on Sunday.
Messr. Charles Haas and Wil
liam Slullev and Clark S. Bover of
Paxtoiiville rode their whirls to
Shamokin on Friday evening and
took in the unvcilingoltlic Sildier's
Moniiiiient on Saturday.
Misses Libbie and Gertie Dunkcl
burger, KosaSelioch, Lillian Stetlcr
and John II. Krccgcr rode their bi
cycles to Milk'rsburg last week, vis
ited Mrs. Bert Howe, nee Gertrude
Krccgcr, and returiHilhoiiieSiiiiday.
On Friday at the sale of Benjamin
Kreamer Estate, near Smithgrove
(!. B. Kreamer bought Tiact No. 2
for 31025 and John Kreamer Uught
Tract No. 3 for $."0. The farm was
not sold hut it can lc Uught at pii-
vate sale.
Misses Libbic and Gertie Dun
klelwrger, liose Sohoch, Lillian
Stetler, Iklarie Johnston, Mrs. Dr. J.
C. Amig, J. It. Krccgcr and A. F.
Gilbert rode their bicye'es to Bea
vertowu on Friday evening last and
took supper at Faust's Hotel.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Cen
treville will hold a Chicken and
Corn Soup Super on Saturday, Oc
tober 15th, 1898 for the benefit ot
the United Evangelical Church. All
are cordially invited. By order ot
CoMMirnyo.
The book accounts of the estate of
S. II. Yoder, deceased, are in my
hands and all accounts must either
be paid or a notegiveu within thirty
days or the accounts will be collect
ed according to law.
B. V. Yoder, Adm'r.
Oct. 3, 1898, 2t.
House fob Sale. The large
dwelling house in Franklin belong
ing to W. It. Jones will be sold at
private le. If not sold by Jan. 1st,
it will be for rent There is plenty
of fruit and all the buildings are
good J a Blate roof is on the house
and a well at the door. For further
A. E. Soles.
JUDGE SAtWLL KILLED
TUB Mir Associate Jadse Caught b? a GircnlarSaw at
iti
Id Fifteen Minutes, fiis Massive Form Lay
Prostrate in Death.
W and guaranteed to give information apply to Jas. G. Crouse,
Middleburgh, Pa.
A CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, A NOTED CAREER, AN AN
CESTRY NOTED FOR 1XJXGEVITY, LEAVES A WIDOW
AND T W'i) . FATHERLESS 1 )AIK i 1 ITERS. TI I E
LARGEST FUNERAL EVER H Eld) IN CENTRE
VILLE. On Monday when court convened in the large court room in this
place, all eyes turned anxiously toward the seat formerly occupied l.v
Associate Judge Henry (J. Sanipscll of Penn's Creek. It was vacant.
The very thought cast a gloom over the faces alxuit the room. Jt was
a sad story every one pondered in his heart, l'orer.ch one knew only too
well the sad story of Ins unfortunate fate. Fresh from the walks c' civil
life to the judicial seat only I) months ago, with vigor, life, activity and
the respect' of the people, in an instant of time, he was called away
from life to eternity, the future that awaits every man. .lodge Sani
sell was in Middleburg the Monday preceding, full ot life, activity and
fair to presume he could live 10.' years, the age his grandmother attain
ed. He (idled at thisollice and in company with the writer visited tlie
county jail to speak to John Napp and drier Shell. How vividly yet
there comes to memory the words sokvii by the departed, while leaving
Napp in his eel I, " John, I'll be in to see you on Friday when I come
to Middleburgh." Friday never came for him upon this earth.
THE Aij-iPKNT.
No satisfactory explanation as to evnetly how it happened perhaps
will ever he discovered. It was all tooip'vk, his companions scjinrlv
realized it. The men were working on Dr. J. W. Sainpsell's saw mill
along Penn's Creek beyond Centreville when the accident occurred on
last Wednesday afternoon, September 2Sth. The particulars ofthc ac
cident we prefer to give in Dr. Sainpsell's own language as follows:
"Henry was Inuring oil' at the saw and they had just finished one bill of
lumber and had made arrangements to start on ; thcrbill. When Henry
put the last lumber oil of the carriage upon a truck to run out into the
IuiiiIht yard, my brother, Charles, the sawyer, reversed the carriage to
run it back to put a log upon it. Henry jumped tipoiitl a mage while
it. was in motion, took hold of the lever and reversed the head blocks.
AftcHiaving reversed the blocks, while the carriage was in motion,
dropH'd the lever, walked back on the carriage ami stepped oil of the
carriage while in motion, and likely stepped off of the carriage upon the
s:'.w I nil and being nearer the .saw than he anticipated, the saw ca-ight
his left foot and pulled him upon the saw which threw him forward
against the sawyer, who was my brother, Charlie, knocking himtoa side.
Both legs and Ixith arms were sawnl otl. The right arm and leg were
completely severed from the body and the leftlimbs werealmost oil". There
were noeviilcnccs of internal injury, but the shock knocked him uncon
scious and the severing of all the large arteries caused death in 15 or "JO
minutes. He made no outcry of any kind, but tnonunl once or twice,
and evidently did not know what struck hi:r.. It was all so iiick.
Emu unci Hackenbiirg, the engineer, saw the accident. Charles was
looking in the opposite direction, as it was his duty to do so, while re
versing the carriage."
HIS MKE.
Henry Clay Snmpsell was born in Centreville, Snyder
ion) County, Pu., May 27, l!S52, was educated in the lml.lii
his native village, attended also I reel mi rg academy and Missionary In
stitute at Selinsgvove. After leaving school at Selinsgrove, he taught
school tor several years in Centre and Adams township, Snyder County,
and in Limestone township. Union County, Pa. His last service as a
teacher was in the Grammar School in Centreville. He then secured
employment lis a clerk in Captain Jacob Hartman's store and won the
admiration of the community as well as the love of his employer. In a
short while Henry undertook to go into business for himselfand the firm
ofSampsell & Stroup was cemented into partnership and they Ixnight
out Captain Hartman's store. The firm was later changed to Sanipscll
it Napp and later Judge Sanipscll sold out his interest to Mr. Napp
nud then clerked lor Mr. Napp. This continued until about alout
three weeks ago, when Mr. Napp sold the store to Mr. Stroup. Mr.
Sanipscll was out of employment and as he was averse to loafing, he was
willing to work anything he con Id get to do. Hence he found his way to
the saw mill where he met his untimely death Jqst Wednesday. He
was always jolly and made many friends who in turn helped to give him
jMWition. He was twice elected Chairman of the Republican Stand
ing Committee, first in 18!)4 and second in 1896. On February 13th,
1897 he was nominated for Associate Judge on the Republican ticket,
having received 951 votes or a plurality of 380 votes, with four aspir
ants for the position. On Nov. 3rd, 1897, he received 1730 votes, or a
clearniajority of almost 1000 votes, which, of course, elected him. He
has had the privilege of sitting only at two courts since his election, viz:
Februaryand June of this year.
(then I Iii
schools of
PARENTAGE AND BELATIOKH.
Judge Sampsell is the son of George Sampsell, boni March 10,
1815, and died in 1896, and his wife, Kate Katherniau of Laurelton,
Pa. George and Kate Sain peel 1 had the following named children :
Joseph, William and Jacob residing at Three Rivers, St. Joe Co., Mich
igan ; Angeline, married to Michael Deniufl, residing at Mifflinburg,
Pa.; Jane, residing in Centreville ; Samuel P., residing near Salem, in
Penn township, this county; John, single, residing at Bellevue, Ohio;
George Lincoln, residing north ot Centreville.. on the old homestead -
ut. ibviuiu., residing at mnneiu, union vo., ra.; and the deceased,
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VOL. 35. NO. 3!).
IN MEMORIAM.
THE LATE JUDGE SAMPSELL.
10-6-2ra. i Henry Clay who was married June 20, 1878, to Adelade Nevins,
daughter of Dr. Nevins of Moiitonrsville, Pa., and to tlieni have been
liorn two daughters, Eliza Gertrude, Itorn April 20, IST'.t, married
Feb. 25, 1 Silt!, to .lames B. Kiihns, a sawyer of Penn's Creek, mid
Carrie who was born Nov. 21, lSSti, and resides at home.
Theancestrv of Judge Sampsell mid his father, George, is distin
guished for hardihood. The first aicctur of whom we have any ac
count was the judge's grcat-grcat-grand father, Nicholas Snmpsell, a
man of more than ordinary education, who came from England at an
early age. His son, Henry Sampsell, the great-grandfather of the de
ceased, rcsid-d for a time at Milllinburg, Union Co., Pa., but moved to
Ohio the year after that state was admitted. He settled near New Lis
bon, then a pioiiow section where Indians ami wild beasts were plenty.
His descendants arc now scattered over the slate. He was twice ina'r
ied, and by his lirst wife had seven children four sun.i, Paul, Henrv,
Joseph and G'eorgc, ami thru daughters, Mrs. Fo, Mrs. IJiicI.er and
Mrs. Frederick, all of whom raised families. Mis second wile had sev
eral children, among whom were some successful physieiansi.fihcirtimc.
George Sampsell, our subject's grandliithcr, was horn Nov. .'(, I7!U in
Milllinburg, and accompanied his parents to Oliio where he remained
until he was 21 years of age. He then returned to Pennsylvania, mak
ing the journey on horseback, and early in IS12, was married in Union
County to his lirst wile, Miss Sarah Kulms. She was !',orn Sept. 21, IT'.U,
near Philadelphia, but her parents, Peter and Kehcern, (Neesc), Kulms.
removed to Lcwisbiirg, when she was I i 1 1 a child, and later settled near
Centreville, where her father conducted a mill, lie died at the age of
U I years and his wife attained the advanced age of'(): years. Their
son, John, lived to the age of !l and the family has always been noted
for longevity, as Nicholas Kuhus, the lather oi Peter, lived to his .M'.th
year. After his marriage, George Sampsell located near Centreville, on
a tract of land owned by his father-in-law, w here he followed milling
until ISIS, when he returned to Columbiana County, ( ). Later he
came back to Centre township, on account of the failing health of his
father-in- law, w ho at his death Jell a large estate to be divided among
three children John, Sally (Mrs. Sampsell) and Polly. There were
two saw mills and a grist mill on Penn's Creek and a grist, mill wfst of
Centreville included in this property. Mr. Sampselleontiniied to reside
in Snyder County until his death at the age of 70 years. When John
Kuhus removed to Venango County, Pa., Iielsjught his mill property,
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riiiiMiiiimicu ii iui me nun 111:11 ne uau oii'ii previously operating, lie
accumulated a large fortune for that day, and at one time owned about
one thousand acres of land. Politically he was a whig and later a re
publican, and while not a repiibliimi, he held various ollices in the
township. His information on general subjects was extensive, us, al
though his early educational opportunities were limited, he was always
fond of reading. His wife passed away Sept. (J, 1855, and hissecond wife
wusMiss Barbara Yerger. By the first marriage there were eight child
ren Joseph, liorn Oct. 20, i812, was a cabinetmaker by occupation,
and died near Hartleton, Pa.; George, the father of the deceased, dcscrili
cd alaive; Polly, lorii March 15, 1817, married John Snyder, and died
in Middleburg, Pa.; Ilopniu, who was born Oct. 3,1819, married in
1S-1S to Miss Anna Shinkel, and he still resides at Centreville, a well
preserved man ; Sarah, Urn May 8, 1822, married John Iienhart and
died at Shamokin Dam ; Susanna, Uru' Oct. 20, 1824, married Daniel
Bogar, now deceased and resides in Shamokin; Nor Jackson, Urn Aug.
2G, 1829, died at Bellevue, Ohio, and buried at Centreville; Napoleon,
Uru July 9, 1834, resides in Union County. By the second union,
there were four children Oliver, Urn July 7, 181 8, died in this conn
tyUt ween 1820 and 1830; Caroline, Urn June 1, 18(51, married a
Mr. Diehl and died in Dakota; John E., Uru Nov. 8, 18t!3, resides in
Hartley township, Union County ; and Catherine E., Urn Jan. 8, 18G7,
is now Mrs. Amos Musser, residing in Centre township, this county.
Hence, the direct line of descent of Judge Sampsell is Henhv Clay
(GcorgcA, George, Henry, Nichola1), Sampsell, the deceased being of
the fifth generation in this county, his father, George, ot the fourth, his
grand-father, George, of the third and so on.
THE FUNERAL.
. The deceased was buried on Sunday morninir at Centreville from
his late home. It was the largest funeral that ever took place in Centre
ville and by some is pronounced the largest ever liclu in Snyder County.
The day w as not very fair, in fact it threatened rain all morning, but
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