The Potter Enterprise, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania. Thursday, January 16, 1958; p4.
Allison Moffitt, 90
Aged Galeton Resident Completes Long Journey--Funeral Today.
Allison Moffitt, 90, of 49 East Main Street, Galeton, died at Coudersport, R. D., at 3:00 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1958, after a long illness.
He was born April 23, 1867 at Mooresville, Huntington Co., Pa., and was a son of the late Reuben and Rebecca Whippo Moffitt. His boyhood was lived at Mooresville and Spencer Creek. In early life, he was a sawyer at lumber mills in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Apr. 12, 1889 he was united in marriage with Miss EmmaJane Ritchey, of Blue Knob, their marriage taking place at Hollidaysburg, Pa. They made their first home with Mrs. Moffitt's parents, on the Ritchey farm at Blue Knob, later living at Westline and Kushequa where Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer in the Elisha Kane Mills. In 1895 the family moved to Galeton, R. D., at the Boucher place South Branch. Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer at a lumber mill at Watrous. For a time Mr. Moffitt owned and conducted a grocery store on Clinton Street and the family moved from South Branch to Clinton Street. About 1900 Mr. Moffitt became associated with the Williamsport Branch of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, acting as their salesman for this territory, which at that time included Coudersport, Cross Fork, . Roulette, Galeton and the surrounding area.
For 28 years Mr. Moffitt, well known by rural as well as community residents, traveled up hills and down hills with a faithful horse and carriage to take orders and to deliver the products of his company. He was often called "The Tea Man" and his visits were looked forward to by many. Even though he possessed retiring and not too talkative nature, Mr. Moffitt also had a keen sense of humor and he made many friends on his journeys.
When he retired about 1927, the family home on Clinton street was sold and Moffitts leased the East Main St. property purchased at that time by the late Mrs. Catherine A. Spiegel. The family had a rooming house at that location until they purchased their present home on East Street where Mrs. Moffitt died on Nov. 11, 1942.
Although not a member of the church, Mr. Moffitt was faithful in attendance at the First Methodist Church, until he suffered a stroke and his health started to fail.
Surviving are three children: Mrs. Waldo E. (Ollie) White, of Reynoldsville; Victor R. Moffitt and Miss Jessie F. Moffitt, at home, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at the Brown Funeral Home on Germania Street at 1:00 p. m. today with the Rev. Richard W. Harrington, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery, Galeton.
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Allison Moffitt, 90
Aged Galeton Resident Completes Long Journey--Funeral Today.
Allison Moffitt, 90, of 49 East Main Street, Galeton, died at Coudersport, R. D., at 3:00 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1958, after a long illness.
He was born April 23, 1867 at Mooresville, Huntington Co., Pa., and was a son of the late Reuben and Rebecca Whippo Moffitt. His boyhood was lived at Mooresville and Spencer Creek. In early life, he was a sawyer at lumber mills in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Apr. 12, 1889 he was united in marriage with Miss EmmaJane Ritchey, of Blue Knob, their marriage taking place at Hollidaysburg, Pa. They made their first home with Mrs. Moffitt's parents, on the Ritchey farm at Blue Knob, later living at Westline and Kushequa where Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer in the Elisha Kane Mills. In 1895 the family moved to Galeton, R. D., at the Boucher place South Branch. Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer at a lumber mill at Watrous. For a time Mr. Moffitt owned and conducted a grocery store on Clinton Street and the family moved from South Branch to Clinton Street. About 1900 Mr. Moffitt became associated with the Williamsport Branch of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, acting as their salesman for this territory, which at that time included Coudersport, Cross Fork, . Roulette, Galeton and the surrounding area.
For 28 years Mr. Moffitt, well known by rural as well as community residents, traveled up hills and down hills with a faithful horse and carriage to take orders and to deliver the products of his company. He was often called "The Tea Man" and his visits were looked forward to by many. Even though he possessed retiring and not too talkative nature, Mr. Moffitt also had a keen sense of humor and he made many friends on his journeys.
When he retired about 1927, the family home on Clinton street was sold and Moffitts leased the East Main St. property purchased at that time by the late Mrs. Catherine A. Spiegel. The family had a rooming house at that location until they purchased their present home on East Street where Mrs. Moffitt died on Nov. 11, 1942.
Although not a member of the church, Mr. Moffitt was faithful in attendance at the First Methodist Church, until he suffered a stroke and his health started to fail.
Surviving are three children: Mrs. Waldo E. (Ollie) White, of Reynoldsville; Victor R. Moffitt and Miss Jessie F. Moffitt, at home, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at the Brown Funeral Home on Germania Street at 1:00 p. m. today with the Rev. Richard W. Harrington, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery, Galeton.
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The Potter Enterprise, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania. Thursday, January 16, 1958; p4.
Allison Moffitt, 90
Aged Galeton Resident Completes Long Journey--Funeral Today.
Allison Moffitt, 90, of 49 East Main Street, Galeton, died at Coudersport, R. D., at 3:00 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1958, after a long illness.
He was born April 23, 1867 at Mooresville, Huntington Co., Pa., and was a son of the late Reuben and Rebecca Whippo Moffitt. His boyhood was lived at Mooresville and Spencer Creek. In early life, he was a sawyer at lumber mills in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Apr. 12, 1889 he was united in marriage with Miss EmmaJane Ritchey, of Blue Knob, their marriage taking place at Hollidaysburg, Pa. They made their first home with Mrs. Moffitt's parents, on the Ritchey farm at Blue Knob, later living at Westline and Kushequa where Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer in the Elisha Kane Mills. In 1895 the family moved to Galeton, R. D., at the Boucher place South Branch. Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer at a lumber mill at Watrous. For a time Mr. Moffitt owned and conducted a grocery store on Clinton Street and the family moved from South Branch to Clinton Street. About 1900 Mr. Moffitt became associated with the Williamsport Branch of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, acting as their salesman for this territory, which at that time included Coudersport, Cross Fork, . Roulette, Galeton and the surrounding area.
For 28 years Mr. Moffitt, well known by rural as well as community residents, traveled up hills and down hills with a faithful horse and carriage to take orders and to deliver the products of his company. He was often called "The Tea Man" and his visits were looked forward to by many. Even though he possessed retiring and not too talkative nature, Mr. Moffitt also had a keen sense of humor and he made many friends on his journeys.
When he retired about 1927, the family home on Clinton street was sold and Moffitts leased the East Main St. property purchased at that time by the late Mrs. Catherine A. Spiegel. The family had a rooming house at that location until they purchased their present home on East Street where Mrs. Moffitt died on Nov. 11, 1942.
Although not a member of the church, Mr. Moffitt was faithful in attendance at the First Methodist Church, until he suffered a stroke and his health started to fail.
Surviving are three children: Mrs. Waldo E. (Ollie) White, of Reynoldsville; Victor R. Moffitt and Miss Jessie F. Moffitt, at home, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at the Brown Funeral Home on Germania Street at 1:00 p. m. today with the Rev. Richard W. Harrington, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery, Galeton.
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Allison Moffitt, 90
Aged Galeton Resident Completes Long Journey--Funeral Today.
Allison Moffitt, 90, of 49 East Main Street, Galeton, died at Coudersport, R. D., at 3:00 a. m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1958, after a long illness.
He was born April 23, 1867 at Mooresville, Huntington Co., Pa., and was a son of the late Reuben and Rebecca Whippo Moffitt. His boyhood was lived at Mooresville and Spencer Creek. In early life, he was a sawyer at lumber mills in West Virginia and Kentucky.
Apr. 12, 1889 he was united in marriage with Miss EmmaJane Ritchey, of Blue Knob, their marriage taking place at Hollidaysburg, Pa. They made their first home with Mrs. Moffitt's parents, on the Ritchey farm at Blue Knob, later living at Westline and Kushequa where Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer in the Elisha Kane Mills. In 1895 the family moved to Galeton, R. D., at the Boucher place South Branch. Mr. Moffitt was head sawyer at a lumber mill at Watrous. For a time Mr. Moffitt owned and conducted a grocery store on Clinton Street and the family moved from South Branch to Clinton Street. About 1900 Mr. Moffitt became associated with the Williamsport Branch of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, acting as their salesman for this territory, which at that time included Coudersport, Cross Fork, . Roulette, Galeton and the surrounding area.
For 28 years Mr. Moffitt, well known by rural as well as community residents, traveled up hills and down hills with a faithful horse and carriage to take orders and to deliver the products of his company. He was often called "The Tea Man" and his visits were looked forward to by many. Even though he possessed retiring and not too talkative nature, Mr. Moffitt also had a keen sense of humor and he made many friends on his journeys.
When he retired about 1927, the family home on Clinton street was sold and Moffitts leased the East Main St. property purchased at that time by the late Mrs. Catherine A. Spiegel. The family had a rooming house at that location until they purchased their present home on East Street where Mrs. Moffitt died on Nov. 11, 1942.
Although not a member of the church, Mr. Moffitt was faithful in attendance at the First Methodist Church, until he suffered a stroke and his health started to fail.
Surviving are three children: Mrs. Waldo E. (Ollie) White, of Reynoldsville; Victor R. Moffitt and Miss Jessie F. Moffitt, at home, four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at the Brown Funeral Home on Germania Street at 1:00 p. m. today with the Rev. Richard W. Harrington, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in West Hill Cemetery, Galeton.
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