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ID: I008552
Name: Laura H. Mellott
Sex: F
Birth: 2 MAR 1885 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA
Death: 26 FEB 1952 in Fulton Co, PA
Burial: Pleasant Ridge Brethren Cemetery, Fulton Co., Pa.
Note:

    Laura and her husband, Reuben, would have been second cousins--Laura's
    grandmother, Lydia, and Reuben's father, John, were brother and sister]


    Mrs. Laura H. Hollinshead, widow of the late Reuben Hollenshead, passed
    away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Fulton Co. Medical Center.

    She was a daughter of the late Absolum and Amanda Mellott, and was born
    March 2, 1885 at Needmore, Pa.

    Mrs. Hollenshead was a member of the Brethren church for 49 years.

    She is survived by the following children, Rankin of Needmore; Thelma,
    wife of Dora Seville, of City, and Maudlene, wife of Mulford Garland,
    of Amaranth; and one sister, Mrs. Irene Bailey of Zullinger.

    Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 29, at the Free Brethren
    church, Webster Mills, in charge of Rev. B. E. Waltz and Rev. Vickers
    of Altoona. Interment was in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.

Father: Abraham Absalom Mellott b: 5 SEP 1835 in Bedford (now Fulton) Co, PA
Mother: Amanda Mellott b: 18 NOV 1858 in Belfast Twp, Fulton Co, PA

Marriage 1 Reuben Hollenshead b: 29 OCT 1877 in Todd Twp, Fulton Co, PA

    Married: 10 APR 1907

Children

    Rankin Hollenshead b: 5 APR 1908 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA
    Thelma Elizabeth Hollenshead b: 12 OCT 1913 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA
    Maudaleen Eleanor Hollenshead b: 14 FEB 1915 in Needmore, Fulton Co., PA

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ID: I017192
Name: Reuben Hollenshead
Sex: M
Birth: 29 OCT 1877 in Todd Twp, Fulton Co, PA
Death: 20 JAN 1944 in Fulton Co, PA
Burial: Pleasant Ridge Brethren Cemetery, Fulton Co., Pa.
Occupation: 1930 Farmer
Residence: 1930 Belfast Twp, Fulton Co., PA
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    Reuben Hollenshead, son of John and Ettie Hann Hollenshead was born
    October 29, 1877 and died January 20, 1944, aged 66 years, 2 months and
    21 days. He died at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mulford
    Garland. He was a kind father and a good citizen of which you could
    see by the large crowd assembled at the church. He was a hard working
    man, farmer by trade. He was born and lived all his life in Belfast
    township. He will be sadly missed by all his relatives and friends
    as he always had a smile and a kind word to all he met. He was laid
    to rest at the Brethren cemetery on Pleasant Ridge of which he was a
    member for several years.

    Surviving are his wife, Laura Mellott and the following children, Rankin
    Hollenshead on the home place near Needmore and Thelma, wife of Dorrie
    Seville of Cito and Maudlene, wife of Mulford Garland at whose home he
    died and these brothers, James of Sipes Mill, Rev. David Hollenshead of
    Needmore, Ross of Pittsburgh and Thomas Hollenshead of Needmore R. 2;
    his mother and father both deceased and two brothers...

    Services were held by his pastor, Rev. B.E. Waltz on Sunday afternoon. He
    was carried to his last resting place by six of his nephews.

Father: John H. Hollenshead b: 3 APR 1848 in Belfast Twp. Bedford Co. PA
Mother: Violetta Etta Hann b: FEB 1853 in Licking Creek Twp, Fulton Co, PA

Marriage 1 Laura H. Mellott b: 2 MAR 1885 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA

    Married: 10 APR 1907

Children

    Rankin Hollenshead b: 5 APR 1908 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA
    Thelma Elizabeth Hollenshead b: 12 OCT 1913 in Needmore, Fulton Co, PA
    Maudaleen Eleanor Hollenshead b: 14 FEB 1915 in Needmore, Fulton Co., PA

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