OBIT: John S. WETZELL, 1904, Carrolltown, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ _________________________________________ Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa. Friday, November 4, 1904 Volume XXXVIII, Number 43 John S. Wetzell John S. Wetzell, a prominent hardware dealer of Carrolltown, died at the Anderson House, Cresson, at 10:40 o'clock Thursday evening, Oct. 27, after a lingering illness of dropsy. He was on his way home from the sanitarium at Rome City, Ind., where he had been for some time and was unable to proceed farther than Cresson. He was surrounded by immediately relatives when he died. Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David C. Wetzell and was born at Springfield, Missouri, Sept. 7, 1851, being in his 54th year at the time of his death. He went to Carrolltown with his parents when quite young and was married to Miss Amanda Bender at that place Sept. 10, 1876. Twelve children were born to this union, eight of whom survive, as follows: Wm. of Carrolltown; Nettie, wife of Robert Dillon, who resides near Hastings; Fannie, Mary, Katie, Goldie, Ruth and Winifred, all at home. He is also survived by his aged mother and these sisters: Fannie, wife of James Stoltz of Carrolltown; Annie M., wife of George Geus and Lucinda, wife of Wilfred R. Shaffer of Gallitzin. His father died Jan. 23 of this year. The remains were taken to his home at Carrolltown Friday morning. Funeral Monday morning at 8 o'clock after services in St. Benedict's church, Carrolltown, interment was made in the church cemetery.