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Sgt Henry Harrison Locke

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Sgt Henry Harrison Locke

Birth
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
10 Dec 1920 (aged 79–80)
Burial
Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 2905, # 4
Memorial ID
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HENRY HARRISON LOCKE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES

CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES
HAD BEEN ILL FOR YEAR BUT
EARLY DISSOLLUTION HAD NOT
BEEn ANTICIPATED — RES-
PECTED CITIZEN AND MANUF-
ACTURER.

Henry Harrison Locke, aged 79 a
wellknown resident of this city, died
at his home No. 103 South Kendall
avenue, at 7:15 o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr. Locke had been ill for
a year past from diabetes, although
his improved condition during the past
few days caused his death yesterday
to come as a shock.
For many years Mr. Locke had been
a highly respected resident of this
city, and a prominent manufacturer.
He was born in Littleton, Vt., and
came to Bradford in 1883. He founded
the Locke Machine works at that
time which he and his son conducted
up to the present date.
Mr. Locke was a veteran of the civil
war, having seen four years and six
months of active service. He was a
member of Company K, 7th Kansas
cavalry, and during service was offered
a commission as lieutenant,
which, however, he declined. He was
a member of the Union Veteran Leg-
ion. Encampment No. 7, and John
S. Melvin Post, G. A. R.: also at Tuna
Lodge, 411 1. O. O. F .
Mr. Locke is survived by his son
Guy H. Locke of this city: two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Logan of Lexington,
Ky., and Mrs. Mary Truxall of Chatt-
anooga, Tenn.. and one brother,
Stephen Locke of Titusville.

THE BRADFORD ERA, 12-11-1920, pg 1
HENRY HARRISON LOCKE
CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES

CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES
HAD BEEN ILL FOR YEAR BUT
EARLY DISSOLLUTION HAD NOT
BEEn ANTICIPATED — RES-
PECTED CITIZEN AND MANUF-
ACTURER.

Henry Harrison Locke, aged 79 a
wellknown resident of this city, died
at his home No. 103 South Kendall
avenue, at 7:15 o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr. Locke had been ill for
a year past from diabetes, although
his improved condition during the past
few days caused his death yesterday
to come as a shock.
For many years Mr. Locke had been
a highly respected resident of this
city, and a prominent manufacturer.
He was born in Littleton, Vt., and
came to Bradford in 1883. He founded
the Locke Machine works at that
time which he and his son conducted
up to the present date.
Mr. Locke was a veteran of the civil
war, having seen four years and six
months of active service. He was a
member of Company K, 7th Kansas
cavalry, and during service was offered
a commission as lieutenant,
which, however, he declined. He was
a member of the Union Veteran Leg-
ion. Encampment No. 7, and John
S. Melvin Post, G. A. R.: also at Tuna
Lodge, 411 1. O. O. F .
Mr. Locke is survived by his son
Guy H. Locke of this city: two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Logan of Lexington,
Ky., and Mrs. Mary Truxall of Chatt-
anooga, Tenn.. and one brother,
Stephen Locke of Titusville.

THE BRADFORD ERA, 12-11-1920, pg 1


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