Allegheny County PA Archives- Obituaries: Larimer, John M., Dec 1898 Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Martha Little, , Jul 2009 Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ________________________________________________ from The Pittsburg Press dated Monday, December 12, 1898: GATHERED TO REST John McMasters LARIMER, who died at his home in Turtle Creek on Sunday morning after a protracted illness, was born in North Huntingdon township, Westmoreland county in 1844. His parents were James Irwin LARIMER and Nancy (McMASTERS) LARIMER, the latter a native of Allegheny county. The grandfather of Mr LARIMER was one of the early settlers of Westmoreland county. In 1857 Mr LARIMER removed with his parents to a farm in Versallies township, Allegheny county. While attending New Wilmington college, during his eighteenth year, he joined company E, One Hundred and Fifth PVI and entered the army of the Potomac under Col A A McKNIGHT, participating in some preliminary skirmishes in the Peninsular campaign, in the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and although his hat and blouse were pierced with bullets in the latter engangement, he escaped without a scratch, but was taken prisoner while trying to remove from the field his wounded friend, the late ex-Sheriff Col GRAY, of this county. After 15 weeks in Salisbury, Libby and Belle Isle prisons, and narrowly escaping death by starvation he was exchanged and soon discharged on account of disability. After recovering he again entered the service and at the close of the war spent a year at Leavenworth, Kas. He then removed to Turtle Creek, where he had since resided.