OBIT: John H. UHL, 1915, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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Uhl, John H.

  OLDEST MEMBER OF BAR DEAD, John H. Uhl, the oldest member of the Somerset 
County Bar, died in Somerset on Saturday following an illness of several weeks 
at the advanced age of four score and two years. He was born in Millerburg, 
Penn's, being a son of Charles Uhl and Eliza Uhl, the latter being of the 
Maryland branch of the Uhl family. Mr. Uhl went to Somerset in 1858 and studied 
law in the office of Alexander Coffroth, being admitted to the bar in 1861 and 
he had practiced law there continuously ever since. He was twice married, his 
first wife, having been a Miss Knee of an old Somerset County family. Their son, 
Russell Uhl, was for many years a tobacco manufacturer in Wilkes-Barre. He died 
18 months ago. In 1865, Mr. Uhl married Miss Julia Hessley who survives him. 
They had planned to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary next June. One 
daughter Mrs. Jos. R. Patton, of Atlanta, Ill., also survives as do two 
brothers, George Uhl, of Mt. Savage, and Wm. Uhl, of Uniontown. The deceased was 
a member of the Masonic Order, of the Knights Templar, of the Odd Fellows and of 
the Royal Arcanum. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. The funeral took 
place on Tuesday afternoon.

Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 4, 1915