JOSEPH SCHELLING

 

      Joseph Schelling, Guilford farmer, died yesterday morning at his home,   one mile east of the high bridge, following a stroke of apoplexy, after a decline dating back about a year.

      Mr. Schelling was born in Maryland, Oct. 12, 1846.  He was a civil war veteran, having enlisted in Co. A Seventh Maryland Infantry in 1864 and being mustered out in June of 1865.

      He is survived by the widow, who was Miss Anna Snow at the time of    her marriage to Mr. Schelling some twenty years ago, and by three sons    and a daughter by his first marriage.  The sons are Charles and George Schelling residing in Iowa, and Ernest Schelling living in California.  A married daughter lives in the state of Oregon.  Andrew and Henry Schelling of Leaf River are brothers.

            Funeral services will be held at the home Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. H. M. Bannen officiating, and burial will be in the Marsh cemetery.