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Note: T. B. Elder Dead

Upwards of 100 members of the Pennsylvania State Motor Patrol will join with a host of friends and associates this afternoon in paying a tribute at public funeral services which will be held in the Presbyterian church, of town for Private Thomas Barnett Elder, of South Seventh street, who passed away in the Indiana hospital on Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock from injuries sustained over a year ago while employed as a highway patrolman.

Following the services, which will be conducted at two-thirty o'clock by Rev. John J McIlvaine, pastor of the First United Presybterian church, the members of the State Patrol will act as a gaurd of honor in the funeral prcession and will conduct ritualistic services, which will conclude with the sounding of "Taps" in the Greewood cemetery. The beautiful floral tributes and the many expressions of sympathy received by the family attest to the high esteem and respect in which the young man, who lost his life while in the service, was held by his comrades and by his friends and associates throughout the community.

While his death has brought sadness to the community his passing came peacefully and as a relief to over 14 months of suffering during which time he submitted to several operations and made a courageous fight to live despite the serious nature of his injuries which baffled medical skill. When his condition became critical, as a last resort his left leg, which had long been infected, was amputated on Saturday afternoon, but the shock of the operation proved fatal.

While discharging his duties as a motor patrolman on the night of January 4, 1930, "T. B. Elder, as he was familiarly known by his firends and associates, was run down by a drunken motorist near Connellsville. In the crash both of his legs were broken, his back was injured and he sustained severe lacerations of the scalp and face. The thigh bone of his left leg shattered and despite the best medical skill the infection which developed in the injured member never cleared and finally caused his death. He was taken to the Connelsville hospital where he was treated until June 25 last, when he was brought to the Indiana hospital, where his condition improved for a time. He submitted to a number of operations and treatments, and throughout these ordeals he seldom lost his courage and looked hopefully to his final recovery. His youth and determination to well aided him in fghting the deadly infection, which finally sapped his life. When the end came he was conscious almost to the last and with a smile on his face passed to the better land where suffering and pain is unknown.

Thomas Barnett Elder, who was born at Elders Ridge, July 27, 1902, was a son of Wilson B and Margaret Watson Elder, and when a boy his parents moved to Indiana, where he was reared to manhood. His pleasing personality won him many lasting friendships both here and elsewhere. Following a training at the Highway Patrol school in Harrisburg he entered patrol service almost two years ago and was regared as a most faithful and efficient officer. He was assigned to Troop B, Greensburg, and was a member of the Uniontown sub-station as the time he was fatally injured. Two days before he was injured he acted as a pall-bearer at the funeral of Patrolman Corporal Brady Paul, who was shot to death while on duty by Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague. He held membership with the Presbyterian church, of town. Besides his mother he is surveved by a sister, Miss Martha Elder, residing at home.

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Alice, (b. ABT 1885, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1910
Place: 3-Wd Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Niles Ward 2, Berrien, Michigan

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Elder, Richard W (b. 12 JAN 1911, d. 11 AUG 1977)

Note: Michigan Death Index
Name: Richard W ELDER
Birth Date: 12 January 11
Death Date: 11 August 77
Gender: Male
Residence: Niles, Berrien, Michigan
Place of Death: Niles, Berrien, Michigan

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Niles Ward 2, Berrien, Michigan

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Niles, Berrien, MI

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