. Presentation and unveiling of the memorial tablets commemorating the Lincoln and Burns event (November 19, 1863) held at the Presbyterian church, Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19th, 1914 . he Methodist Church could not have re-ceived the legacy of $800 under the law onaccount of the short interval between the makingof the will and the death of the testator. The$800 was distributed to Mary Jane Wilson whoin 1875 was a minor under the age of fourteenyears and Robert D. Armor was appointed hertrustee by the ()rphans Court of this county. The death of John L. Burns occurred at theresidence of a nephew,
. Presentation and unveiling of the memorial tablets commemorating the Lincoln and Burns event (November 19, 1863) held at the Presbyterian church, Gettysburg, Pa., Nov. 19th, 1914 . he Methodist Church could not have re-ceived the legacy of $800 under the law onaccount of the short interval between the makingof the will and the death of the testator. The$800 was distributed to Mary Jane Wilson whoin 1875 was a minor under the age of fourteenyears and Robert D. Armor was appointed hertrustee by the ()rphans Court of this county. The death of John L. Burns occurred at theresidence of a nephew, Mr. Hagarman, nearBonneauville, this county on Sunday morning,February 4, 1872, from pneumonia, after a shortattack. His body was interred in the EvergreenCemetery on Monday with the honors of war, theGettysburg Zuoaves turning out on the age was about seventy-eight years. He came Iaze 23 to this country more than forty years before hisdeath and married here. His connection with theBattle of Gettysburg served to spread his famethroughout the land and it becoming known thathe was without means, brought him many con-tributions, aggregating several thousand MR. J. LOUIS SOWERS, MR. J. W. JOHNSTONand REV. F. E. TAYLOR at the Grave of John L. Burns, Nov. 20. 1914 /a^e 24 Residents of Gettysburg and vicinity photo-graphed at the unveiling of the Memorials, whoin several instances recalled the visit of AbrahamLincoln to Gettysburg in 1863, were as follows :— Mr. Oliver H. BennerMrs. Annie E. CobeanMr. Henry DustmanMr. John HamiltonMiss Mary KendlehartMrs. Jacob KitzmillerMrs. Theo MacAlisterHon. Wm. MacLeanRev. Robert MacLeanMiss Kate McCrearyMr. James MacIlhennyMr. John K. MacIlhennyMr. Wm. A. MacIlhennyMr. Oscar D. MacMillanMr. John E. PitzerMr. David PlankMr. Samuel D. ReckMrs. Ellen RuppMiss Amanda SandoeMr. Daniel A. SkellyMrsi 1. S. StoxesiferMrs. Wm. Tawney Page 25
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