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http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/potter/Obituaries.html
Early Obituaries of Potter County, PA
Obituary files copied from a book at the Potter County, PA Historical Society with their permission.
Transcribed and submitted by Sheri D. Graves.
ANTHONY ABSON, died at residence of his son, Walter, on Sat., Nov. 13, 1880, of consumption, age 56 years and 8 months.
JOHN ABSON died February 20, 1898 in his 46th year. He suffered for the last two or three years and a great deal for the past months. He was in Buffalo receiving hospital treatment, but no medical skill was able to stay the disease, which seemed to be a form of paralysis. He was a son of Edward and Anna (Pemberton) Abson, natives of England; born July 31, 1852. Two brothers, George and William and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Benson, survive. John's third wife, Rose Griesel survives him and one daughter, Josephine, now in New York City. He was a good citizen, quiet, industrious and kind. Funeral at the residence on Oak St., Tuesday PM, Rev. Reese.
LAVINIA ABSON Died in Coudersport, Aug. 4, 1876, wife of John Abson, age 24 years, 2 months, 29 days.
(See miscellaneous for a poem written in her memory by Fannie Abson).
- age 56y 8m, at the home of his son, Walter, of consumption.
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