OBIT: Albert G. DOLE, 1887, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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DEATH OF REV. A. G. DOLE
A Good Man Gone to His Reward.

  Rev. A. G. Dole, former pastor of the Reformed church, of this city, 
died at his residence, corner of Third and Allegheny streets, about 
midnight on Saturday.  The immediate cause of his death was kidney 
trouble, which confined him to his bed only a few days, but for a year 
past his declining health was the cause of solicitude on the part of 
his friends.
  Mr. Dole was born at Glassboro, New Jersey, September 22, 1815, and 
was aged 72 years and 23 days at the time of his death.  His parents 
were poor, and being left to his own resources when a young man he 
applied himself assiduously to study and by extraordinary sacrifice and 
economy succeeded in obtaining a seven years preparatory course in 
Rutner's college and then entered Mercersburg theological seminary, 
where he graduated in 1843.
  His first charge was at Boonsboro, Maryland, where he remained seven 
years.  He next went to Fairfield, Ohio, where he remained one year.  
Next to Milton, Pa., thirteen years; West Philadelphia, four years; 
Shippensburg, three years; and came to Huntingdon in 1872, remaining as 
pastor of the Reformed church until April, 1885, thirteen years, making 
an almost continuous service in the ministry of forty-two years.
  He was an earnest and faithful minister of Christ, and in his death 
the cause of the Master has lost a zealous and fearless advocate, one 
who was ever ready to bear any burden for the advancement of 
Christianity and the pleasure to be derived in instructing his hearers 
how to attain that "better life."  A good man has fallen, and while the 
church has lost much, heaven has gained more.  Deceased leaves a wife 
and five children, Mrs. Kate DeHuff, Miss Lizzie Dole, Mrs. Wm. H. 
Smith, of Huntingdon; Mrs. Rev. Charles E. Hay, of Allentown, and John 
J. Dole, of Woodland, Clearfield county, Pa.
  Funeral services were held at his late residence on Tuesday 
afternoon, and on Wednesday the remains were taken to Philadelphia and 
interred in Woodland cemetery.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, October 21, 1887

1880 Huntingdon, Huntingdon County census -
Albert Dole, 63  
Maria Dole, 64  
Lizzie Dole, 33  
Florence Dole, 30  
Lou Donarin, 25  
Katie Donarin, 6  
Kate Huff, 34  
Albert Huff, 14  
Minnie Huff, 9  
Lawrence Huff, 6  
John Huff, 3  
Edwin Huff, 6/12