From the May, 1941 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Retired Erie Railroad engineer W.H. Adsit of 50 years experience died in hospital at Meadville, April 4th (1941). He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Stone Methodist Church. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J.N. Nelson and Mrs. F.R. Sherman. both of Alliance, OH, and Mrs. F.M. Brown of Meadville; a nephew, Dr. Harry Nelson of Longmont, CO; two nieces, Mrs. Williard R. James of Alliance, OH and Mrs. Stanley J. Kebort of Meadville; also a grandniece, Nancy Lu Kebort of Meadville.