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Samuel F Hockensmith

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Samuel F Hockensmith

Birth
Brushtown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
19 Jan 1931 (aged 75)
Brushtown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
McSherrystown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
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BRUSHTOWN MAN DIES ON TUESDAY

Lost Both Legs After Gangrene Forced Amputation.

Samuel F. Hockensmith, 76, a cigar maker and life long resident of Brushtown, died at his home in that community Tuesday evening at 7:70 o'clock. Death was due to complications.
Mr. Hockensmith had been confined to his bed since the first of the year. Both legs had been amputated in the last year or two to arrest development of gangrene.
His brother, John L. Hockensmith, Centennial, died Saturday and was buried Tuesday.
A son of the late John and Elizabeth Hockensmith, he was married January 4, 1876, to Miss Susanna Myers who survives with the following children; Mrs, Eugene Weaver, Mrs. Harry Crichten, Brushtown, Mrs. Harry Loseman, McSherrystown; Mrs. Edward Noel, Hanover; Mrs. Charles Small, Mrs. Eugene Shorb, Harry Hockensmith, Midway; George Hockensmith, Irishtown and Miss Grace Hockensmith, at home.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma Small, McSherrystown; 48 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society.
Funeral services Thursday with soleman High Mass of Requiem at St. Mary's Catholic Church, McSherrystown, the Rev. Dr. L.A. Reudter, celebrant, and burial in St. Mary's cemetery.

Obit in the Gettysburg Times, Wed. Jan 21, 1931.






Added July 26, 2012 at 4:41 p.m.
BRUSHTOWN MAN DIES ON TUESDAY

Lost Both Legs After Gangrene Forced Amputation.

Samuel F. Hockensmith, 76, a cigar maker and life long resident of Brushtown, died at his home in that community Tuesday evening at 7:70 o'clock. Death was due to complications.
Mr. Hockensmith had been confined to his bed since the first of the year. Both legs had been amputated in the last year or two to arrest development of gangrene.
His brother, John L. Hockensmith, Centennial, died Saturday and was buried Tuesday.
A son of the late John and Elizabeth Hockensmith, he was married January 4, 1876, to Miss Susanna Myers who survives with the following children; Mrs, Eugene Weaver, Mrs. Harry Crichten, Brushtown, Mrs. Harry Loseman, McSherrystown; Mrs. Edward Noel, Hanover; Mrs. Charles Small, Mrs. Eugene Shorb, Harry Hockensmith, Midway; George Hockensmith, Irishtown and Miss Grace Hockensmith, at home.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma Small, McSherrystown; 48 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
He was a member of the Holy Name Society.
Funeral services Thursday with soleman High Mass of Requiem at St. Mary's Catholic Church, McSherrystown, the Rev. Dr. L.A. Reudter, celebrant, and burial in St. Mary's cemetery.

Obit in the Gettysburg Times, Wed. Jan 21, 1931.






Added July 26, 2012 at 4:41 p.m.

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  • Created by: pamela crouse
  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94227940/samuel_f-hockensmith: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel F Hockensmith (21 Nov 1855–19 Jan 1931), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94227940, citing Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery, McSherrystown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by pamela crouse (contributor 46880929).