Connellsville  A Family History

The Means

Francis Louise Means married Kenneth Brooks and they had two children: Richard Kenneth Brooks and Sharon Louise Brooks.

Francis Louise Means great great great great great great grandfather came to America (Penna) from Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland ~1670?

mother Bishop

 

(Frances Louise Means’ father)

Albert “Bert” Edcher? Means
Residence: Dunbar TOwnship, PA
b March 17 1879
m Minnie Isabella Bishop
b June 6 1875/1876/1877
d 1931

 

ALBERT E. MEANS

Albert E. Means, 63 years old, of Dunbar Township, died at 9:25 o’clock this morning at Connellsville State Hospital, where he had been a patient for the past three months. He had been ill for some time with complications.

Mr. Means, who was born in Bullskin Township, was a son of the late Thomas and Susan Eicher Means. For years, he was a salesman for the Westmoreland Grocery Company, but in recent years he lived on the Linda Reynolds farm in Dunbar Township, along the Connellsville–Uniontown Road, where he made his home.

His wife, Mrs. Minnie Bishop Means, died eleven years ago. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Brooks of Connellsville; one son, Albert W. Means of California, Pa.; one grandchild; and these sisters and brother: Mrs. Elizabeth Davis and Mrs. Sarah Goodwin of Trotter, Mrs. Ida Saunders of Flint, Michigan, and Thomas F. Means of Connellsville.

He was a member of the Dunbar Methodist Church.

The body was removed to the funeral chapel of Charles C. Mitchell on South Pittsburgh Street. The funeral service will be held at 4:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the Mitchell chapel, with Rev. J. H. Lambertson officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery.

 

(Frances Louise Means’ Grandfather)

The Grim Reaper

THOMAS MEANS

Thomas Means, 76 years old, a veteran of the Civil War and widely known in Fayette County, died today at his home near Twelfth Street, West Side, following an illness caused by paralysis.

Mr. Means had suffered two strokes of paralysis, and his death was not unexpected.

The deceased was born in Bullskin Township and was a farmer for a number of years, having resided on the DuShane farm, the Clark Collins farm, and the Johnston-Gallagher farm, the latter located in Dunbar Township. After leaving the latter farm, Mr. Means purchased a property in which he was residing at the time of his death.

He served throughout the Civil War and was honorably discharged at its close. He was a member of Company K, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, and was one of the few surviving members in Connellsville.

He married Miss Susan Eicher, who survives him, along with the following children: Richard Means, Thomas Means, and Sadie Means, all at home; Bert Means of Connellsville; Mrs. Elizabeth Kerfoot of Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. James Saunders of Flint, Michigan.

The deceased was a member of the Methodist Protestant Church and of the William F. Kurtz Post No. 101, Grand Army of the Republic.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock from the Mount Olive Church. Interment will follow in Mount Olive Cemetery.

The Grim Reaper
THOMAS MEANS

The funeral of Thomas Means took place this afternoon at 1 o’clock from Mount Olive Church, in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends of the deceased. It was one of the largest funerals held in that vicinity for some time.

Rev. J. H. Lambertson, pastor of the Methodist Protestant Church, assisted by Rev. W. H. Gladden—an honorary member of the William F. Kurtz Post No. 101, Grand Army of the Republic—officiated.

The William F. Kurtz Post attended the services in a body and conducted the Grand Army of the Republic rites at the grave. A firing squad of eight members of Company D fired a salute over the grave, and taps were sounded by William Brown of Company D.

The following Civil War veterans served as pallbearers: Clark Collins and James J. Barnhart, both members of Company K, Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, of which Mr. Means was also a member; W. P. Clark, William Artis, Lyman Strickler, and J. A. Mason.

Interment took place at Mount Olive Cemetery.

7th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Company K

Recruited in Cumberland and Fayette Counties

Means. Thomas Private February 20, 1864 Mustered out with Company, August 23, 1865

https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/cavalry/7thcav/7thcavcok.html

https://warriorsoftherebellion.shoutwiki.com/wiki/7th_Pennsylvania_Cavalry