Indiana, PA: Indiana Evening Gazette, issue of Wednesday, 14 September 1904, p. 1, col. 2
KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.
Joseph Covode Met Death While Working in a Ligonier Lumber Camp.
ONE OF WELL-KNOWN FAMILY
Joseph Covode, of near Ligonier, aged about 45 years, was almost instantly killed about ten o'clock Tuesday morning by being struck by a falling tree.
He was working for Pershing & Horrell, a lumber firm from New Florence and was engaged in erecting a saw mill near Denny's bridge.
While clearing away underbrush a tree which stood in the way and which some of the other men were cutting down, broke off and fell, striking Covode squarely on the head. His skull was crushed in and he died within a few minutes.
Joseph Covode is a son of the late Hon. George Covode and belonged to one of the best known families in the Ligonier Valley. He is a brother of Mrs. Samuel Pershing and Mrs. Houston Geary, both of New Florence.
His remains were carried to Ligonier and prepared for burial.
KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.
Joseph Covode Met Death While Working in a Ligonier Lumber Camp.
ONE OF WELL-KNOWN FAMILY
Joseph Covode, of near Ligonier, aged about 45 years, was almost instantly killed about ten o'clock Tuesday morning by being struck by a falling tree.
He was working for Pershing & Horrell, a lumber firm from New Florence and was engaged in erecting a saw mill near Denny's bridge.
While clearing away underbrush a tree which stood in the way and which some of the other men were cutting down, broke off and fell, striking Covode squarely on the head. His skull was crushed in and he died within a few minutes.
Joseph Covode is a son of the late Hon. George Covode and belonged to one of the best known families in the Ligonier Valley. He is a brother of Mrs. Samuel Pershing and Mrs. Houston Geary, both of New Florence.
His remains were carried to Ligonier and prepared for burial.
Indiana, PA: Indiana Evening Gazette, issue of Wednesday, 14 September 1904, p. 1, col. 2
KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.
Joseph Covode Met Death While Working in a Ligonier Lumber Camp.
ONE OF WELL-KNOWN FAMILY
Joseph Covode, of near Ligonier, aged about 45 years, was almost instantly killed about ten o'clock Tuesday morning by being struck by a falling tree.
He was working for Pershing & Horrell, a lumber firm from New Florence and was engaged in erecting a saw mill near Denny's bridge.
While clearing away underbrush a tree which stood in the way and which some of the other men were cutting down, broke off and fell, striking Covode squarely on the head. His skull was crushed in and he died within a few minutes.
Joseph Covode is a son of the late Hon. George Covode and belonged to one of the best known families in the Ligonier Valley. He is a brother of Mrs. Samuel Pershing and Mrs. Houston Geary, both of New Florence.
His remains were carried to Ligonier and prepared for burial.
KILLED BY A FALLING TREE.
Joseph Covode Met Death While Working in a Ligonier Lumber Camp.
ONE OF WELL-KNOWN FAMILY
Joseph Covode, of near Ligonier, aged about 45 years, was almost instantly killed about ten o'clock Tuesday morning by being struck by a falling tree.
He was working for Pershing & Horrell, a lumber firm from New Florence and was engaged in erecting a saw mill near Denny's bridge.
While clearing away underbrush a tree which stood in the way and which some of the other men were cutting down, broke off and fell, striking Covode squarely on the head. His skull was crushed in and he died within a few minutes.
Joseph Covode is a son of the late Hon. George Covode and belonged to one of the best known families in the Ligonier Valley. He is a brother of Mrs. Samuel Pershing and Mrs. Houston Geary, both of New Florence.
His remains were carried to Ligonier and prepared for burial.
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JOHN R. PERSHING 1874 -- 1900
GEORGE C. PERSHING 1870 -- 1903
CURTIS M. PERSHING 1862 -- 1904
JOSEPH B. COVODE 1851 -- 1904
SAMUEL PERSHING 1833 -- 1910
SUSAN M. PERSHING 1839 -- 1912
MAYES G. BELL 1894 -- 1915
CORA P. CRESS 1866 -- 1943
JANE P. BELL 1872 -- 1944
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