Death

OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES

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JOHNSON, AMOS

Amos Johnson, aged 71 years, who died a few days since at Corry, Pa., was a resident of this community until his removal to that city in 1905.  Death was caused by a tumor on the brain, superinduced by a fall on a defective sidewalk last July.  He is survived by his wife and two sons, also one brother.

Source: Excerpt from the newspaper, The Silver Springs Signal, published on 28 May 1908; located on the website, Elephind (http://elephind.com), accessed 6 May 2026.

KING, HOLLIS

JUDGE HOLLIS KING, one of the most prominent business men of Corry, died yesterday morning of the grip.  From 1866 to 1871 he was Associate Judge of Erie county.  A number of years ago he and his son Henry established the novelty foundry and machine works.

Source: Excerpt from the newspaper, Pittsburg Dispatch, published on 19 December 1891; located on the website, Library of Congress (http://loc.gov), accessed 15 January 2026.

LONNEGAN, THOMAS

The Rev. Father Thomas Lonnegan, the oldest Roman Catholic priest in the Erie diocese and probably in Pennsylvania, died yesterday after a long illness at Corry, Pa.  He was 90 years old.

Source: Excerpt from the newspaper, The Sun, published on 5 December 1905; located on the website, Elephind (http://elephind.com), accessed 6 May 2026.






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