OBIT: Joseph J. CUSTER, 1915, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Custer, Joseph J.

"Joseph J. Custer" Aged 85 years, died Saturday at the home of his son-in-law, 
John Horner, of Salix. Death was due to general debility. Mr. Custer served with 
distinction in the Civil War. He was a member of Co. I. Fifty-fourth. His widow 
resides in Scalp Level and two sons are Daniel J., of Windber, and Cemiah, of 
Richland Township. Four daughters - Mrs. Elias Shaffer, of Hooversville, Mrs. J. 
B. Horner, of Salix, and the Mesdames Peter Hoffman and Jerome Fyock, of Paint 
Borough are living. John Custer, of Roxbury is a surviving brother and Mrs. 
Hannah Seese, of Hooversville is a surviving sister. Funeral services were held 
on Monday afternoon at the Scalp Level Dunkard Church. Interment in Berkley 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Commercial, May 6, 1915