Dauphin County PA Obituaries and Death Notices - M
William MaClay
The Sprig of Liberty, Gettysburg, PA
May 11 1804
Died on Monday last, at his Seat adjoining Harrisburg, in the 68th year of his age, William Maclay, Esq., a member of the Legislature of this State. In private life, Mr. Maclay was beloved and venerated by a large and respectable family, who, in deepest affliction, deplore his loss. He held some of the most honorable offices, both in this state, and in the United States, the duties of which he discharged with firmness and integrity. - Oracle of Dauphin.
Daniel Mare
The Centinel, Gettysburg, Pa , April 15, 1812
Harrisburgh, April 4, 1812
On Thursday last, a foreigner, by name of Daniel Mare or Marie, a German, who has for about 6 months past, kept a store in this borough, shot himself through his head with a musket, near this town. The shot not having proved effectual, it is said he had completed the loading his gun for another trial when he was discovered. His reason for this rash attempt is said to be on account of his reduced situation from affluence.
Thomas Marion
Taken From the Indiana Gazette, Indiana PA
September 27 1905
Harrisburg, Sept 22
Five men were killed and eight others seriously injured in a collision between
a pay train and a combination passenger milk train on the Philadelphia,
Harrisburg and Pittsburg branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
near Mount Holly Springs. None of the passengers among whom were three
women were injured. The dead are: Ephraim McCleary and C. J.
Shearer of Harrisburg; John Hill and Edward Lauchs of Reading; Thomas Marion,
Pottsville. Hill died on the way to the Harrisburg hospital. The
other four were killed outright. The injured are: John E. Amole;
D. E. Zellers, Alfred Haven, Isaac McHose, Robert Richwine, George O. Sarvis,
John Miller and Harry Bomberger, all trainmen.
The pay train consisting of one locomotive and one coach, was going east to pay the men along the division. The combination train composed of locomotive, combination coach and two passenger trains was coming east. The two trains ran together at the curve, which is a sharp one and is flanked by a heavy clump of trees. Amole jumped from his engine and landed at the foot of a 25 foot enbankment. McCleary was found on top of the engine with the whistle cord in his hand, it having been pulled clear off the machine and all the breaks on the train set. The pay train contained about $50,000 in checks, which were scattered about the track. The checks were picked up by trainmen and turned over to John W. Wetzel attorney for the company at Carlisle.
Ephraim McCleary
Taken From the Indiana Gazette, Indiana PA
September 27 1905
Harrisburg, Sept 22
Five men were killed and eight others seriously injured in a collision between
a pay train and a combination passenger milk train on the Philadelphia,
Harrisburg and Pittsburg branch of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad
near Mount Holly Springs. None of the passengers among whom were three
women were injured. The dead are: Ephraim McCleary and C. J.
Shearer of Harrisburg; John Hill and Edward Lauchs of Reading; Thomas Marion,
Pottsville. Hill died on the way to the Harrisburg hospital. The
other four were killed outright. The injured are: John E. Amole;
D. E. Zellers, Alfred Haven, Isaac McHose, Robert Richwine, George O. Sarvis,
John Miller and Harry Bomberger, all trainmen.
The pay train consisting of one locomotive and one coach, was going east to pay the men along the division. The combination train composed of locomotive, combination coach and two passenger trains was coming east. The two trains ran together at the curve, which is a sharp one and is flanked by a heavy clump of trees. Amole jumped from his engine and landed at the foot of a 25 foot enbankment. McCleary was found on top of the engine with the whistle cord in his hand, it having been pulled clear off the machine and all the breaks on the train set. The pay train contained about $50,000 in checks, which were scattered about the track. The checks were picked up by trainmen and turned over to John W. Wetzel attorney for the company at Carlisle.
Joseph A. McJimsey
Republican Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
October 3, 1821
Died in Harrisburg on Thursday the 29th ult., aged 40 years, Mr. Joseph A. McJimsey, for many years clerk of the senate of Pennsylvania.
Col. Samuel Meyers
Republican Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
March 31 1824 Page 3
Died at Harrisburg, on Saturday, the 20th inst., Col. Samuel Meyers, a member of the House of Representatives of this state, from the county of Lehigh, in the 34th year of his age. He has left a disconsolate widow and three young children to deplore the loss of a tender husband and affectionate father.
Martin L. Miller
Indiana Evening Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania)
July 20 1908
Martin L. Miller, an expert electrician, was instantly killed in the bridge shops of the Pennsylvania steel works while making connections. He became entangled in the machinery of a large crane and his limbs were terribly crushed while he suffered three fractures of the skull.
John C. Morrow
Altoona Mirror (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
January 22, 1906
John C. Morrow
Died at his home in Highspire, near Harrisburg, at 11 o'clock last Friday
night, after a lingering illness. He was aged 68 years and is survived
by a wife and several grandchildren, four sons, a brother James of Newport,
and two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Talt and Miss Hannah L. Morrow of Harrisburg.
Mr. Morrow was born and raised in Hollidaysburg and went to Harrisburg
and was employed by the Adams Express company. Subsequently, he and Geo.
F. Rohrer controlled the Merchant's Freight Line running into Philadelphia
and New York.
William Myers
Taken From the Gazette and Bulletin, Williamsport, PA
January 31, 1911
Reading Brakeman Falls to his Death
Harrisburg, Jan 30 - William Myers of Harrisburg, a brakeman on the Reading railway, stepped from his train during a fog early today and fell sixty feet into Swatara creek near Hummelstown. He was missed from his train and was found dead on the short of the creek, having evidently missed his footing when passing over the bridge.
Taken From the Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, PA
February 8 1911
Wm. E. Myers, a conductor on the Reading railroad, well known in the upper end of the county, was instantly killed on Monday of last week at Hummelstown. The train in his charge parted in passing over the bridge over Swatara creek at Hummelstown and Mr. Myers in the darkness stepped over the bridge and fell the distance of 61 feet, breaking his neck. He was 28 years of age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Myers, formerly living at Gardner's Station, now residing at Hunter Run. He has worked on the (?) six years.