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WELLAND’S FIRST MAYOR PASSES AWAY
[People’s Press, 19 February 1920]
Welland’s first Mayor in the person of Abraham Hendershot passed away at his home in Dunnville on Sunday.
Before moving to Dunnville the late Mr. Hendershot was one of Welland’s most prominent citizens. He carried on business on Main Street, having a dry goods store on the site now occupied by Brennan’s Drug store.
The funeral will take place on Wednesday afternoon, to Dawdy’s cemetery, Pelham.
People’s Press
19 February 1920
Died: 8 February 1920
Married: 20 November 1861-Sarah Ann Dunn
Married: 6 January 1915-Flita B. Rounds
Dawdy’s Cemetery
22 October 1835-8 February 1920
Senility
Father: Abraham Hendershot
Mother: Hannah Thomas
*Note: Millinery Business-Dunnville
HENDERSHOT- In Dunnville, on Sunday, Feb. 8th, Abraham Hendershot, first mayor of Welland, in his 85th year. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Thos. Green, were held on Tuesday evening at his late residence, Canal Street East, and the body was taken on the 9.05 T.H. & B. train Wednesday morning for interment in Dawdy’s cemetery, Pelham.
Dunnville Chronicle
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