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- Notes from Find a Grave:
Samuel is the son of Johannas and Cadarine Brubacher Tilton. He married Fannie Lourash on April 6, 1865 in Macon County, IL.
DAILY REVIEW 3/17/1919.
SAMUEL EHRHART, AN OLD RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY, DIED AT 11 OCLOCK SUNDAY MORNING AT HIS HOME NEAR BEARSDALE. HIS AGE WAS EIGHTY SIX YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS. HIS DEATH WAS DUE TO INFIRMITIES INCIDENT TO OLD AGE. HE HAD RESIDED IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN AMONG THE OLD RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY.
MR. EHRHART WAS BORN IN YORK COUNTY, PA. DEC 11, 1832. HE AND MISS FANNIE LOURASH WERE MARRIED APRIL 6, 1865 AND SHE SURVIVES HIM. SHE IS NOW SERIOUSLY ILL, BOTH HAVING TAKEN SICK ON THE SAME DAY. MRS. EHRHART IS SEVENTY THREE YEARS OLD.
BESIDES HIS WIFE MR. EHRHART IS SURVIVED BY TWO SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MRS. J. L. KELLER OF HARRISTOWN, MRS. WALTER DREW OF DECATUR, FRANK EHRHART OF BEARSDALE AND CHARLES EHRHART OF MT. VERNON, ILL. ANOTHER SON DIED IN INFANCY. THERE ARE EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD SOME TIME TUESDAY MORNING. THE INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE BOILING SPRINGS CEMETERY.
OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER
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- Samuel Ehrhart Dies At Bearsdale
Samuel Ehrhart, an old resident of the county, died at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at his home near Bearsdale. His age was eighty-six years, two months and five days. His death was due to infirmities incident to old age. He had resided in this part of the country for the past fifty years and was well known among the old residents of this county.
Mr. Ehrhart was born in York county, Pa., Dec. 11, 1832. He and Miss Fannie Lourash were married April 1865, and she survives him. She is now seriously ill, both having taken sick on the same day. Mrs. Ehrhart is seventy-three years old.
Beside his wife Mr. Ehrhart is survived by two sons and two daughters, Mrs. J.I. Keller of Harristown; Mrs. Walter Drew of Dectur; Frank Ehrhart of Bearsdale and Charles Ehrhart of Mt. Vernon, Ill. Another son died in infancy. There are eighteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
The funeral will be held some time Tuesday morning. The interment will be in the Boiling Spring cemetery.
The Decatur Daily Review, Decatur, Illinois. Monday, 17 March 1919.
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