Samantha J. Throckmorton

Mrs. Samantha Hill Throckmorton, aged 86 years, widow of E. Reed Throckmorton, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Pollock, Park avenue, Waynesburg, Friday morning, September 15, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Throckmorton, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy Roseberry Hill, was born July 30, 1847, in the old Hill homestead in Franklin Township, which had been in the Hill family since before the American Revolution. She had resided in that community all her life, except the past three years which were spent in Waynesburg. In her girlhood she became a member of the Throckmorton church and was actively interested in the work of the church and taught for many years in the Sunday school. Mrs. Throckmorton was of cheerful disposition and her pleasing personality endeared her to her many friends. She was united in marriage with E. Reed Throckmorton, October 17, 1866. Mr Throckmorton's death occurred June 12, 1924. Two daughters, Miss Nannie Throckmorton and Mrs. J. B. (Alice) Pollock, of Waynesburg; a son, Howard (Fannie) Throckmorton, of Mercer, R. D.; a sister, Mrs. Florence Campbell, of Wilkinsburg; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, survive.