Oswin Clemmer Meschter (1878 - 1940)

Born 9 Apr 1878 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, PA

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Deischer (Eck) Meschter — married 6 May 1905 in Pennsburg, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1940 at age 61 in East Greenville, Montgomery, PA

Biography

Schwenkfelder family number 66-16.

“Meschter was on his way to work on a farm of a brother-in-law, Calvin G. Kriebel, near Hereford, when he was run down by a truck allegedly driven by James Downing, Green Lane.

Pvt. J. J. Culp, of Collegeville Barracks of State Motor police, reported Downing said he could not see the man walking because of poor visibility resulting from darkness and falling snow.

Downing was released in $2500 bail by Justice of the Peace Joseph Wolfe, Norristown, pending outcome of an investigation of Coroner W. J. Rushong.”

Oswin was a member of the Schwenkfelder Church. He died of a compressed fracture of the skull when struck by a truck and was buried on February 4, 1940, at Palm Schwenkfelder Church Cemetery, lot #54, grave #1.

Sources

The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families, Samuel Kriebel Brecht, ed. (The Board of Publication of the Schwenkfelder Church, Pennsburg, PA, 1923), Volume 2, p. 932.

Palm Schwenkfelder Cemetery Record, Palm, Upper Hanover Twp., PA. Burials by Lots. Edmond Kuhns, December 2001. Held by Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, East Greenville, PA, #164.

Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963. File no. 20350, 1940. Available at www.ancestry.com.

Man Killed, Priest Hurt in 2 Mishaps. Pottstown Mercury, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA, February 3, 1940, p. 1. Available at www.newspapers.com.