DescriptionWilliam J. Bahmer (1871-1953) obituary in The Tribune of Coshocton, Ohio on 22 November 1953, page 1 of 2.png	English: William J. Bahmer (1871-1953) obituary in The Tribune of Coshocton, Ohio on 22 November 1953, page 1 of 2
Date	22 November 1953
Source	The Tribune of Coshocton, Ohio on 22 November 1953
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William J. Bahmer, The First Editor Of The Tribune, is Dead. William J. Bahmer, the first editor of the Coshocton Tribune and a local historian, died Saturday at a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania hospital of a stroke of apoplexy. The retired newspaperman, who had been engaged in this work for more than a half century, was a resident of Pittsburgh. He was 81. From country school teacher to newspaperman is the story of Mr. Bahmer, who was born August 1, 1872, at Bakersville. He was the son of John and Margaret Hahn Bahmer. His father at one time operated a general store at Bakersville. From the Walnut street school in Coshocton he went to school in New York for four years and Boston for four years. Early symptoms of writing had already become manifest in a story of his published in Frank Leslie's Boys' and Girls' Weekly of New York City. At the age of 17 he began teaching in a little red schoolhouse at Bakersville. Later he taught at Fiat and Pleasant Hill. At the age of 18 he entered newspaper work in Pittsburgh, reporting the Johnstown flood and later writing headlines for the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He went to New York where newspaper and magazine work engaged him. From the World newspaper at New York he came to The Coshocton Tribune. From the Coshocton Tribune he went to the New York American. His work ran the newspaper gamut, such as writing editorials, reporting Wall street, politics, yacht races, prize fights, titled weddings, Sing Sing's death chair, reviewing books and plays, interviewing presidents, statesmen and people of note from all over the world. While Harvard university had been denied him, Mr. Bahmer found a schooling in the world. For four years he wrote editorials on the old Coshocton Bulletin. Following the sale of the paper h went to Pittsburgh and was advertising writer for the Pennsylvania Lines. His wife died at Allegheny, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1904. She was a daughter of the late Major George Voorhees, who served in the Civil war. She and her father were buried in South Lawn cemetery. A son, William V. Bahmer, and a daughter, Marguerite Bahmer, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bahmer. Both are deceased. Mr. Bahmer at one time worked in a railroad office at Pittsburgh, After four years he quit his job and returned to newspaper work. The retired newspaperman was affiliated with the Republican party and at one time, while a resident of Coshocton, his name was mentioned for the nomination as state representative to oppose the reelection of J. B. Foraker. When the Centennial history of Coshocton county was contemplated the publishers designated Mr. Bahmer to write it. Mr. Bahmer, the historian, told the story of Coshocton county In two illustrated volumes. Eight years before his death Mr. Bahmer retired as a member of the Pittsburg Real Estate Board of Review. The former newspaperman and historian is survived by a granddaughter, Jonalee Slayton, of Pittsburgh, and three cousins, Harrison Bahmer, Mrs. Phoebe Lower, widow of Dr. Lower, and Mrs. Paul Leavengood, all of Coshocton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday at the Glass funeral home in charge of Rev. Olan W. Aughbaugh, pastor of the Emmanuel Lutheran church. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 today and Monday until time of services.

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