Barnet Corwin;son of Aunt Polly;died July 20;1889. He was taken sick with something like a sunstroke and paralysis;and did not think much of it until taken to his bed;which he never left. He was born near Bellevernon;April 27;1814;and grew up to manhood’s estate. At the age of twenty he married a neighbor’s daughter;Miss Nellie Call. To this union came three children;J.W.;Mary and Baker;the latter dying quite young. Mrs.C.only lived six years;and then went to join her child in the realms of glory. Mr.Corwin married Miss Margaret Springer;and quite a family of children were born to them;those living being:Sarah A.;Charles R.;Joseph F.;Luther C.;Rowland W.;and A.odell. The second Mrs.C.followed her children;and her name is sacred to the children left. Mr.Corwin did not like to be left alone;and about seven years ago he married the widow of Thomas Cooper;who survives him. He was always a highly respected citizen and his loss was a blow. He in early years was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church;but later joined the Free Will Baptist church;of which he was a member at his death. He had not attended church in his last days on account of his hearing being defective. His funeral took place Monday morning at 10 o’clock;and the remains placed in the Bellevernon cemetery. The pallbearers were all grandchildren of the deceased. The last sad rites head been performed;when words similar to the following came to the minds of the mourners and brought relief. WEEP NOT FOR HIM WHO DIETH;FOR HE SLEEPS AND IS AT REST;AND THE COUCH WHEREON HE LIETH IS THE GREEN EARTH’S QUIET BREAST.

The funeral of Levi J. Jeffries;
one of Belle Vernon’s oldest and
most honored citizens is being held
Wednesday afternoon;January 21;1914; from the family home;
death having occurred at 7:15 p. m. Monday;Jan.19;1914.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Perrin Baker; J. B.
Taylor and W. Adam. Interment is
being made in the Belle Vernon Cemetery. Deceased was 86 years of age; having been born in Perryopolis; Nov.
23; 1828. In 1831 he went to Fayette
City with his parents; and to Jefferson township in 1833. In 1836 he
went to Belle Vernon where he
learned the trade of window glass
blowing.
Seven years later he moved to Pittsburgh; then to the State of California. He returned to Belle Vernon in 1851 and during the Civil War he was engaged in the shipment of coal to Cincinnati;OH and Louisville;KY. For years he owned the Dry Docks above Fayette City. The deceased again moved to Pittsburgh;returning to Belle Vernon in 1886;where he has since lived;serving as Justice of the Peace three terms being in public office more that 10 years. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons of Belle Vernon and the I.O.O.F.of Fayette City. Mrs.Jeffries had been dead about a year and he is survived by three children;as follows;Mrs.Frank Beam of Speers;Mrs.Cora Shannon of Elmsworth and Fred T.Jeffries of Belle Vernon.