This post was contributed to the Crawford County Chapter of OGS by Kristina Stearley as part of the Florence Siefert Scrapbook in 2010.
The scrapbook is compiled from undated, unidentified newspaper clippings involving events in the lives of Crawford County citizens living in or having connections to New Washington, Tiro, Shelby, Sulphur Springs, Chatfield, Bucyrus, Ashland, Mansfield, and other areas. Only minimal spelling or punctuation corrections were made. Unreadable areas are shown by underlines, dots &/or question marks. This collection has been scanned, “optical character recognized” (OCR’d), proofed, then coded for HTML by volunteers of the Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Since the copies are not of the best quality errors may have been made. Please contact us if you find corrections needing to be made or can verify any missing dates which could be added.
Tully A. Shearer, the unfortunate young man who received fatal injuries at the time Mr. Moherman was killed, was less than twenty-three years of age, and at the time of his death was in the employ of Moherman Bros., the firm of which his companion on that fatal day was a member. He was born in Ashland, and always lived here with his parents, attending the public schools until a few years ago. He was a studious, well balanced lad, of good habits and excellent deportment, beloved by teachers and fellow-scholars. The qualities that won him commendation in his school-days were sufficient to gain him the respect and trust of his employers when he started out in life after his school days were over. In his business relations, the public found him courteous and obliging at all times, showing in his daily actions the true gentlemanliness with which a generous nature had endowed him. He was remarkably free from the pernicious habits to which many young men are victims, and correct in all his associations. A young man of rare promise, his death not only causes a loss for the present, but deprives Ashland of one whose nature showed every indication of developing into a noble, chivalrous manhood and a useful citizenship. His bereaved parents and sorrowing brother and sister have the earnest sympathy of the many friends and acquaintances who not only feel sad at heart for what they themselves have suffered and still suffer in this trying hour, but mourn with them. And yet, in the midst of the sad thoughts that come crowding up in such profusion as to check their adequate expression, there is a consolation that must be sweet to these wounded hearts even in their anguish. Tully’s straight-forward life and honesty of word and deed have no ground for the regrets that would otherwise come to make the sorrow at this sad time even more poignant. A good son and an affectionate brother, the memory of what he was in life will remain to comfort long years after time has overcome the first violence of grief.
The two funeral corteges formed in procession and proceeded to the Presbyterian church a little after 11 o’clock. An immense concourse of people was awaiting the double funeral at the church, the people leaving commenced to arrive as early as 10 o’clock. The crowd was much larger than could gain admittance. The pall bearers who had charge of the Shearer casket were Al Fritzinger, Ned McNulty, Frank Morrow, Fred Bockley, Harry Mykrantz and Frank Welty, while the pall-bearers for Mr. Moherman were his six oldest brothers.
The caskets were arranged in front of the pulpit and were nicely decorated with floral ornaments. Rev. Duncan chose for his text 2d Timothy, 1st chapter 10th verse, and preached a most appropriate sermon. The close of the sermon was a beautiful picture of the character of the two men, and there were but few dry eyes among the thousand present. The caskets were opened and the faces of the dead were shown to the living. They were then closed up and the solemn cortege wended its way to the cemetery where there bodies were deposited to await the resurrection.