DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE LADY
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Another estimable lady, noted for her many virtues and acts of charity, has passed to her final resting place in the person of Mrs. Sophia Van Lear Findlay, who died Thursday last, at the home of the Van Lear family near Williamsport, in the 78th year of her age.
She was the widow of Archibald Findlay, a prominent lawyer of Pennsylvania, son of Governor Findlay of that State, mother of John V.L. Findlay, of Baltimore, and Judge James Findlay of this county.
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The Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, Maryland
Wednesday, April 27, 1881
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Family Members
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Matthew Van Lear
1755–1823
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Mary Irwin Van Lear
1760–1828
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Archibald Irwin Findlay
1799–1859 (m. 1829)
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John Van Lear
1786–1859
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Archibald Van Lear
1792–1811
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William Van Lear
1794–1856
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James Van Lear
1796–1820
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Horatio Nelson Van Lear
1798–1823
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Joseph S. Van Lear
1800–1804
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Nancy Irwin Findlay
1831–1907
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James A Findlay
1837–1914
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John Van Lear Findlay
1839–1907
Flowers
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