March 1894 - Morrellville Body Found, Morrellville Train Accident, Dunkard Converts in Stonycreek & Death of a Fronheiser

Joseph Potter finds a body in Morrellville.

Hiram Yoder of Somerset County hit by a train walking from Morrellville to Johnstown.

Death of Dr. James J. Fronheiser

 

February & March 1893 - Morrellville Fire, Romey (Romeo) Famous 1889 Flood Dog, Strange Coin Death, 1889 Flood Coat Flap & Drinking + Wager= Death

Morrellville Fire - George Blair, William Mette, David Hammond and son William along with John March and J.W. Rager.

Romey (Romeo) hero dog of 1889 Flood - owned by Charles F. Kress has died at age 13 years. 

Strange Death - Barney Black

Miss Elsie Hoover vs Miss Lizzie Hess - 1889 Flood Coat

Joseph Zersock - drinking wager - raw alcohol - dies.

 

February 5, 1892 - Break Ins. 112 Year Old, Saloon Fight, Tree Fatal & St. Columba Fire

Store of F.E. Alter of Morrellville broken into. It was located at 154 C Street - which later became an Indian Motorcycle dealer.

Isaih Clark - 112 Years old - Indiana County.

Baurerlin Brewing - Johnstown

McAteer Saloon Bar Fight

Henry Ely dies at home of Mrs. Eugene Russell of Moxham

Oliver Makin killed by cutting trees in Browntown,

St. Columba Church - Cambria City - Fire

 

December 11, 1891 - Cambria Iron Accident, Idiot on Train Track, New Building Fatal & Odd Life after Death

Fred Franke - Johnstown - Cambria Iron Accident

John Martin - Idiot on Train Track

William Hammond of Morrellville - hurt building of Joseph Ullery House.

Miss Sadie Myers - Life after Death. Looking at the records - she lived till 1947. 

 

November 6, 1891 - A Bunch of Flood Related Items & Husband vs Wife = Bottle of Laudanum

Mary Overbeck vs Jennie Overbeck

Morrellville Quarrel

A Priceless Relic - Maj. Robert Litzinger - Jewelry of his daughter Mattie returned to him. 

 

July 1891 - Stone Bridge Accident, Highway Robbery, Drunk Idiot on HIllside, Local Snake Stories, Coke Kings Daughter Dies at Cresson

John Lamerick of Morrellville hit by train on Stone Bridge.

Hugh Greenwood - robbed on way to Seward.

Frank Judson goes rolling down a hill. 

Local Snake Stores

Daughter of H.C. Frick dies in Cresson. 

 

May 30, 1890 - More on Dead Body Found by Two Little Girls in Morrellville - Johnstown Weekly Tribune

Two little girls out picking wildflowers find a dead body in Morrellville near the Lower Yoder/Morrellville Line above Maryland & Tennessee Avenues. 

Near the farm of John Hyder. 

Jennie Marsh & Annie Bingnell and Bert Ribblett.

Albert Finley

James Spealman, Henry Doyle, Thomas Risinger, Solomon Carl and J.T. Harnish.

So looking up everyone listed in the census. The Hyder farm was slightly above Maryland Avenue. Constable Bart Ribblett lived at 1338 Maryland Avenue. That is the direction the girls ran for help.

1890 Map of same location - circle for the house of Constable Bart Ribblett.

All of the men called by Ribblett for a death jury were all Morrellville men. I looked up their addresses.

Squire J.A. Ambrose's office was on Main Street - Morrellville  - now called D Street.

And for extra credit - looking up all the men - when I was working on Squire J. A. Ambrose - ran across this interesting tidbit that has nothing to do with this case as far as I know. Later in 1890 - he ended up being sentenced to 1 year in jail for marrying someone else's wife. 

 

July 1890 - Morrellville Body Found, Boy has Puppy/Fox Looking Head, Fishing for Human Skull, Family Flood Heirloom filled with a Surprise

Two little girls in Morrellville run across a dead body.

Charles and Belle Leach - Indiana - son looks like puppy.

Another 1889 Flood victim found. 

Corner Stone of St. Mary's - Cambria City. Immaculate Conception German Catholic parish was formed in 1859 and is the oldest parish in Cambria City. Its first church building was dedicated in 1859, and was reconstructed after the 1889 flood.

August Humbert - Broad Street now living in Brownstown finds old family clock and money hidden inside.