Samuel "Red Sam" Blough ¹³⁸⁰

  General Notes:

OBITUARY

Nov. 2nd, in Conemaugh Twp,, Somerset co., Pa., very suddenly, Bishop SAMUEL BLOUGH, aged 74 years, 6 months and 11 days. Bro. Blough was a faithful servant of the Lord, and bishop in the Mennonite Church. He was born in 1803, in the same county in which he died. In 1843 he was chosen to the ministry, and in 1850 or 51 he was ordained a bishop, which office he faithfully filled in preaching, exhortation, in ordaining ministers and deacons. The 28th of October--only five days previous to his death, in good health, he preached the last time, from Titus 2: 11, 12. The last three days he went with his wife visiting. The evening before his death he was engaged in reading late. At 4 o'clock in the morning he arose, made the fire and returned to bed, and shortly after, before his aged wife could render any assistance he was still in death. Buried the 4th, attended by many brethren and sisters, relatives and friends, who mourn his loss, but mourn not as those who have no hope. He lived with his wife over 52 years. He leaves a wife and 5 children. Funeral sermon by Peter A. Blough from Phil. 1: 21, and an exhortation by the aged minister Jacob Blough, and Samuel Blough. Peace to his remains. "He's gone! the spotless soul is gone, Triumphant, to his place above; The prison walls are broken down; The angels speed his swift remove, And, shouting on their wings he flies, And gains his rest in paradise.

Source: The Tribune-Democrat (Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA)
Date: 3 NOV 1877 ¹³⁸⁰

  Life Events:

1. Occupation: Bishop (Mennonite Church). ¹³⁸⁰

Samuel married Magdalene Hershberger in 1824 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA.¹³⁸⁰ (Magdalene Hershberger was born on 13 Mar 1802 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA,¹³⁸⁰ died on 24 Feb 1881 in Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA ¹³⁸⁰ and was buried on 26 Feb 1881 in Blough Cemetery (Samuel Blough) [Conemaugh Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA] ¹⁸¹⁰.)