Josiah King CHALFANT , aged 68, former well-known resident of Perry township, died at 5:30 Sunday morning, April 3, 1938, after a lingering illness. He was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Hickory and a lifelong member of the United Presbyterian church. Mr Chalfant was born June 13, 1870, in Uppermiddletown, a son of Dr and Mrs Samuel B Chalfant. He spent most of his life in Perry township and was a farmer in Washington county before retiring at his home in Hickory. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Winnie Rankin Chalfant; two daughters, Mrs S L McCalmont and Mrs Everett Philips, both of Hickory, and two grandchildren, Ruth and Ted McCalmont. Funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the home at Hickory in charge of Rev John Louden, pastor of the Hickory U P church. Private burial will follow in Mr Prospect cemetery in Hickory.
Josiah King CHALFANT , aged 68, former well-known resident of Perry township, died at 5:30 Sunday morning, April 3, 1938, after a lingering illness. He was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Hickory and a lifelong member of the United Presbyterian church. Mr Chalfant was born June 13, 1870, in Uppermiddletown, a son of Dr and Mrs Samuel B Chalfant. He spent most of his life in Perry township and was a farmer in Washington county before retiring at his home in Hickory. Surviving are the widow, Mrs Winnie Rankin Chalfant; two daughters, Mrs S L McCalmont and Mrs Everett Philips, both of Hickory, and two grandchildren, Ruth and Ted McCalmont. Funeral rites will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the home at Hickory in charge of Rev John Louden, pastor of the Hickory U P church. Private burial will follow in Mr Prospect cemetery in Hickory.
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