March 19, 2013
John's obituary says they had two
children, Junior and Mary Elizabeth
Wellersburg Miner Killed by Rock
Fall
John H. Korns, 36, Has Neck Broken
When Struck by Rock in W. K. Kennell Mine
John H. Korns, 36 years old, living
near Wellersburg and employed in the W. K. Kennell
mine near Wellersburg, was instantly killed Monday morning, December 29, when a
rock fell on him from the roof of the mine. His neck was broken and he was dead
when other miners reached him about five minutes after the accident.
The body was removed to the Stein
Chapel in Cumberland, Md., and prepared for burial.
Mr. Korns is survived by his wife,
Katharine, and two children, Junior and Mary Elizabeth; also by his mother,
Mrs. Mary Korns, and three brothers, Earl and Allen of Ellerslie,
Md., and Nevin, of Juniata, Pa.
Funeral services were held at 10
o'clock last Thursday morning at the late home of the deceased, conducted by
Rev. Landis, pastor of the Wellersburg Reformed Church. Interment was made in
the Cook Cemetery.[1]
[1] Meyersdale Republican, Meyersdale, PA (8 Jan 1931)
I had
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John Harvey KORNS s/o John Wilson and Mary (Geiger) Korns
b. 14 Dec 1894 PA
d. 29 Dec 1930 near Wellersburg, Somerset Co., PA
bur. Cook Cemetery, Somerset Co., PA[1]
m.
Katheryn MARTZ d/o
b. ca. 1901
ch: John, Mary Elizabeth
[1] F. A. G. Memorial
John H Korns, photo of stone
1917 John Harvey Korns, Ellerslie, MD; b. 14 Dec 1894 Southampton Twp., Somerset
Co., PA; farmer in Southampton Twp., [Somerset Co., PA]; single
1930 CENSUS: Southampton Twp.,
Somerset Co., PA (#19/19) John Korns, rents $12, 35, at 24, farmer, wf Cathrine 29, marr at 18, son John J 4, dau
Mary E 7/12, mother Mary 65, wid (all PA PA PA)
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