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| Obituaries on this page are From the Tioga Eagle and the Wellsboro Agitator 1846 through 1850 |
Mr. Richard Daggett
At his father’s residence in Tioga, on the 11th int., Mr. Richard Daggett--aged
about 20 years. (Wednesday, February 18, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Catharine Smith
On the 7th inst., at Tioga, Catharine Smith, eldest daughter of Butler
Smith, Esq., in the 14th year of her age. (Wednesday, February 18,
1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John H. Pleasents, Esq.
The Richmond Tragedy. Death of John H. Pleasants, Esq. We learn
from Richmond that John H. Pleasents, Esq., expired about 2 o’clock on
Friday morning, from the effects of the wounds received in the terrible
encounter with Thomas Richie, jr., Esq., Editor of the Enquirer.
He received five wounds, viz., in the arm, shoulder, upper part of the
left breast, left hand, and upper and inner part of the thigh. In
relation to this tragic affair, the Washington Union of Friday night says--
“We hear with profound regret of the death of John Hampden Pleasents, Esq.,
of Richmond, who breathed his last in that city at 2 o’clock yesterday
morning. We regret, on every account, both the death of this gentleman,
and the manner of it. He fell near Manchester, on the banks of James
river, opposite to Richmond very early on Wednesday morning is an unfortunate
recounter with one who is related to the editor of the paper by the tenderest
times. We had hoped that he would have survived his wounds, but it
has been ordered otherwise. It is not our duty to enter into the
circumstances which have brought about the catastrophe. But is it
to much to ask a suspension of public opinion until all the circumstances
of the case shall have been fully developed? Mr. Pleasents had edited the
Lynchburg Virginian for several years, until the winter of 1823--It when
he established the Richmond Whig one of the strongest papers in the South.
He left the journal a few weeks since when he associated himself in the
editorship “Richmond Star.” He was a gentleman of brilliant talents--one
of the best writers in Virginia, and an able, experienced and ardent politician.
(Wednesday, March 11, 1835, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charlotte Hoyt
In Elkland, Tioga co, Pa., on Sunday last, 1st inst., Charlotte, wife
of David Hoyt, in the 19th year of her age. (Wednesday, April 1,
1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ezra Holden
At Gadsby’s Hotel, in Washington city, on the 20th ult., of inflamation
of the brains, Ezra Holden, Esq., long known to the people of the United
States as the editor of the “Saturday Courier,” aged 43 years. In
the death of this gentlemen the residing public have lost an accomplished
writer , his wife a kind husband, his children an efficient father, and
his friends a friend indeed. (Wednesday, April 1, 1846, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel Kelsey
In Delmar on the 2nd inst, Daniel Kelsey, son of Daniel Kelsey, Esq.,
aged 19 years. (Wednesday, April 15, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Bacher
Shocking Death.--The Cincinnati Commercial says that a German, named
Bacher on Saturday week, accidentally fell from a tree, near that city,
where he had climbed for the purpose of plucking blossoms for his family,
a wife and several children, and, striking his head upon the ground broke
his neck. He died almost instantly, in the midst of his little children,
and without a moments waiting. (Wednesday, May 13, 1846, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. Cross
Col. Cross Murdered! His body found. The schooner Cornelia,
Captain Stark, arrived at New Orleans on the 30th ult., from Brazos Santiago,
whence she sailed on the evening of the 24th. The Picayime learned
that the body of Col. Cross had been found about four miles from Gen. Taylor’s
camp on the Rio Grande. The body was stripped and from the wounds
upon the body, it seems evident he was killed by a lance. It was
further reported that an officer in Matamores had acknowledged that he
was the murderer, and had the watch and clothing of Col. Cross in his possession.
Gen. Taylor, it is reported, has made a formal demand for the murderer.
(Wednesday, May 20, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John W. Frederick
In Liberty township, on the 19th inst., Mr. John W. Frederick, on the
50th year of his age. (Wednesday, August 26, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Catharine Wickham
At Tioga village, on the 19th inst., Mrs. Catharine Wickham, consort
of B. C. Wickham, Esq., in the 40th year of her age. Seldom indeed
is it that we are called up to pay the last and tribute due to departed
worth, upon the memory of one like her, whose kind, generous and noble
heart will never answer friendship’s throb again. The community has
sustained no ordinary loss in the demise of this estimable lady, and it
would be injustice to her many virtues to pass them by unnoticed.
With a mind highly gifted, exhibiting a decisions of purpose, correctness
of judgment, a cheerful, amiable and kind disposition, combined with an
affability and sweetness of manner, that made her the charm of the family
circle, and endeared her to all who knew her. The poor and needy,
the sick and unfortunate, all can testify to her ministering kindness.
In early life she was not unmindful of the instability of all things in
this mundane sphere, and devoutly became a communicant of the Presbyterian
Church, of which, while she lived, she continued to be a most exemplary
member, and we doubt not that she is now gone to reap the rich rewards
of the “good and faithful servant,” in another and a brighter world.
She has dreamed life’s checkered dream--She has slept the night of death!
No event of her kind could be more deeply felt, or more powerfully impress
us all with the serious truth, that “in the midst of life we are in death,”
and strong as are those hallowed observances in reconciling us to the decrees
of Heaven, additional strength is acquired by the cheering and consolatory
hope that her immortal spirit has winged its flight to the bosom of her
God. (Wednesday, August 26, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Samuel Darlington
Died, in Shippen township on Wednesday, the 2d inst., after a short
illness, Samuel Darlington, in his 28th year. (Wednesday, September
9, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Bostock Jason
[Communicated.] Died, in Lawrenceville, Tioga Co., the 2d inst.,
Bostock Jason, son of Lewis Darling, M. D., aged 9 years, 9 months and
9 days. In the death of this interesting child the bereaved parents
have met with more tragic common loss. Uncommonly active gent, and
affectionate, he was a general favorite. His illness, though short
was severe, and his patience under excruciating suffering, was remarkable.
Retaining his mental faculties to the last, he expressed his entire willingness
to “depart and be with God,” and in his last moments, turning his dying
eyes on his weeping father on whose bosom he expired--with a look in which
agony and love were mingled he exclaimed. “I’m dying Father!
Good bye” “Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb, in life’s
early beauty hath are from our eyes, Ere sin threw a blight o’er the spirit’s
young bloom, Or earth had profaned what was born for the sloes.”
E. C. V. (Wednesday, September 9, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Prutzman
Died, at Tioga, on the 24th ult., Mrs. Mary Prutzman, consort of Jacob
Prutzman, Esq., aged 68 years, two months, and 16 days. Mrs. Prutzman
was one of the early settlers on the banks of the Tioga, and in all the
walks of life, as a wife, parent, friend and sincere christian, Mrs. P.
was respected by all that knew her. (Wednesday, September 23, 1846,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John L. Webb, Esq.
John L. Webb, one of the Representatives elect from this county is
no more. By an inscrutable dispensation of Divine Providence, our friend
and fellow citizen has suddenly been removed from this life.--But yesterday
he was mixing among the busy throngs of men, in health and the vigor of
manhood with a prospect of long years of happiness, and honor to himself
and usefulness to society. To day he is prostrated in death, and
the places that have known him, will know him no more forever. Mr. Webb
was a successful candidate at the recent election in this county for a
seat in the State Legislature--and in the same paper in which we announce
his triumphant election, we are called upon to chronicle his departure
from this life. He expired at his residence in Smithfield, on Saturday
evening, the 17th inst. We understand that Mr. Webb had for several days
complained of slight indisposition or of suffering to require medical aid
or to detract him from attending to his ordinary business. On the
day of his death he went boring township to transact business and returned
about sunset. It was chilly and when he arrived he complained of
being cold and for an hour or two every effort to restore the usual warmth
to his body proved unavailing and at about 7 o’clock he expired without
a struggle or a groan. By this melancholy bereavement a wife and several
children with a large circle of personal friends are left to deplore of
untimely and unreparable loss--the public are deprived the services of
a valuable Representative alive, and society is bereft of one of its most
useful members. (Wednesday, October 28, 1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Speck
At the Cook farm, in Lawrence township, on the 27th ult., Mrs. Speck,
of Mr. Speck, Esq., formerly of England. (Wednesday, December 16,
1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Margaret Sophia Richards
Died, in Wellsboro’, on Tuesday, Margaret Sophia, daughter of Isaac
and Hannah Richards. Aged 11 years. (Wednesday, December 16,
1846, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
General Erastus Root
Death of General Erastus Root.--This venerable man, and well-known
politician, died recently in New York city, in the 74th year of his age.
General Root has occupied many offices of trust. He has been a member
of the Assembly and Senate of New York, and Lieutenant Governor of the
State, and a member of the State Convention of 1821. He also represented
his district in the Congress of the United States. (Wednesday, January
6, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Elvah Root
In Delmar, on the 1st inst., Elvah Root, in the 27th year of his age.
(Wednesday, January 6, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mary Elizabeth Brewster
In Wellsboro’, on the 27th ult., Mary Elizabeth, only child of Alexander
S. and Mary S. Brewster, aged two years and six months. (Wednesday,
January 13, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
J. P. Langford’s wife
From the Bradford Argus of January 16. A wife murdered by her
husband! Another page must be written in the black catalogue of crime.
Never have we been called upon to chronicle a deed which exhibited a darker
shade then the one we are about to relate. On Monday last, about
6 o’clock, pm, J. P. Langford, residing in Rome township, in this county,
murdered his wife by shooting her through the body with a pistol!
Langford had been in the habit of threatening to take the life of his wife,
until she had become accustomed to it, that she paid little attention to
what he said. On Monday evening, about dark, he told his wife that
he was going to shoot her, and drew a pistol from his pocket and deliberately
loaded it in her presence, for the purpose of putting his diabolical threat
into execution. After having charged the weapon very heavily, he
stepped out of the house and told his little son, a lad about seven years
of age, that he was going to kill his (the boy’s) mother. He instantly
returned into the house, and disregarding the entreaties of his wife, held
her with one hand, and with the other discharged the contents of the pistol
through her body; the ball entering her abdomen and coming out just above
the hip near the back bone. She lingered in great agony, until Thursday
night at 10 o’clock, when she expired. The remains of the deceased were
brought to this place yesterday, accompanied by a number of the citizens
of Rome. The funeral will take place to-day at one o’clock, from
the Presbyterian Church. God only knows the motives which governed this
man in the commission of the wicked deed. He was not in liquor at
the time he committed the murder, nor had he been drinking during the day.
Three infant children are left to mourn the loss of a fond and doting mother,
and deplore the errors of an unnatural father. Langford made no attempt
to escape, and is now in jail awaiting his trial. (Wednesday, January
27, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lucinda M. Moore
Died, on the 13d of December, near Little Rock, Arkansas, Lucinda M.,
daughter of Richard and Mary Ann Moore, formerly of Charleston, Tioga Co,
Penn., aged 3 years. (Wednesday, January 27, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Fanny Taylor
At Covington, on Thursday, the 11th inst., Mrs. Fanny Taylor, consort
of Mr. O. F. Taylor, of Covington. (Wednesday, January 27, 1847,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frederick Rienwald
A correspondent of the Jersey Shore Republican, who signs himself “A
Citizen,” details the following particulars in regard to the death of Dr.
Rienwald, formerly of Williamsport. “We regret to record the death of Frederick
Rienwald, a respectable German Physician, who resided in Liberty, Tioga
county, Pa.; and who was found dead in a small valley of the Blockhouse
Fork Creek, on Sunday, the 24th ult. He had left his residence in
the Blockhouse on the morning of the 22d of December, with the intention
of visiting a patient who resided on Little Pine Creek. And being
on foot he preferred going down Blockhouse Fork Creek, which, though it
was a much nearer route than the circuitous stream on which the public
road lay; was for the distance of some 10 or 12 miles of unbroken wilderness,
without a road, or a solitary house in which the benighted traveler could
have found a shelter from the piercing cold. Being a stranger in
those parts, his friends had tried to dissuade him from going through the
woods, but he thought nothing of the hazard, or paid but little regard
to the kind solicitations of his friends, and being armed set off.
No serious apprehensions were entertained about his safety by his friends
at home, until a few days since, when, upon inquiry, it was ascertained
he had never reached his destination. His brother now became alarmed,
and on Sunday, the 24th inst., a few persons turned out in search of the
body, which they found as above stated about eight miles from the last
house which he left before entering the woods; and four to the nearest
inhibited house on his way. The woods through which he had to travel
were infested by wild beasts of prey, and it is believed that a panther
must have attacked him, and he was most shockingly mangled. His entire
face, with the cheek bones, were torn off, the bone of the under jaw was
unbroken, but stripped of all its covering. The throat and part of
the right side of the neck were torn away all the covering was stripped
off the collar base, down to the bone of the right arm, which was at the
shoulder laid bare. Four or five ribs were torn out of his right
side, and an entrance made through his body in the direction or region
of the heart. He lay on his back with his arms extended to their
utmost tension, his fingers clenched, and his head inclining a little over
his left shoulder. His feet were stretched down and even, his legs
nearly straight and close, and the front part of his body from the neck
down to the waist, was entirely divested of its clothing, leaving the breast
exposed and bare. In short, it was one of the most dreadful and shocking
pictures that could have been presented to the view. We have reason
to believe he did not come to his death by freezing, as fire works were
found about his person, and the position in which he lay, and his things
scattered and torn about him would not justify such a supposition.
His gun lay six or eight feet from the body, with one barrel discharged--his
hat was torn, and the papers which he carried in it were scattered in every
direction; and a small medicine chest, which he was supposed to have carried
in his shot pouch, was smashed, and a pocket book torn in two, with the
contents scattered about the body, and his clothes were torn and lay scattered
around. But what has appeared to strengthen the belief of his having
been torn and destroyed by a panther, is the fact, that one was heard a
short distance above the place where the deceased lay, by the two men who
went to carry the sad intelligence to deceased’s brother, who resides at
the Blockhouse. (Wednesday, February 10, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Margaret Dimmick
Died, in Wellsboro’ on Monday, the 22d inst., after a short illness,
Miss Margaret Dimmick, aged 16 years and two months. (Wednesday,
February 24, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Broughton
Died, in Delmar, on the 12th inst., Mrs. Mary Broughton, in the 22d
year of her age. (Wednesday, March 17, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Willie L. Graves
At Covington on the 6th inst., Willie L., son of Henry M. and Anna
Graves, in the 5th year of his age. (Wednesday, April 14, 1847, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Emma R. Tracy
Very suddenly, at Standing Stone, on the 26th ult., Emma R., consort
of Henry W. Tracy aged about 35 years. (Wednesday, April 14, 1847,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lucy H. Baily
In Richmond township, on the 27th instant, Lucy H., wife of Robert
D. Baily, in the 36th year of her age. (Wednesday, July 21, 1847,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mary Lefler
In Jackson, on the 8th inst., Mary Lefler, about 55 years of age.
(Wednesday, July 21, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Theodore Updike
On the 9th inst., Theodore Updike, about 46 years of age. (Wednesday,
July 21, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Nancy Updike
On the 28th of June, Mrs. Nancy Updike, in the 69th year of her age.
(Wednesday, July 21, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Sourbeck and Thompson Graham
Drowned, in the Susquehanna river, above Harrisburg, on the 10th inst.,
John Sourbeck and Thompson Graham whilst on a fishing excursion.
(Wednesday, July 21, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph C. Neal, Esq.
Dead.--Joseph C. Neal, Esq., editor of the Gazette, bearing his name,
died suddenly at his residence in Philadelphia, on Saturday evening 24th
inst. Mr. Neal is well known as a writer of superior ability.
He died in the 40th year of his age. (Wednesday, July 28, 1847, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joshua G. Spencer
At Spencerville, Tioga Co, Pa., on Friday the 30th of July ult., Joshua
G. Spencer, Esq., in the 63d year of his age. (Wednesday, August
11, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Sally Jackson
On the 22d ult. in Jackson, Miss Sally Jane Lefler, in the 15th year
of her age. (Wednesday, August 11, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
George C. Dromgoole
From the Lousville Examiner. The death of George C. Dromgoole,
of Virginia, occasioned deep regret among a large circle of friends.
We knew him in other ways. He was no ordinary man. His mind
was usually clear and strong, and had no adverse circumstances occurred,
he would have been an ornament to society, and an honor to the nation.
But it was in private life he charmed.--So simple so kind, so true!
We never knew a more generous man; he was wholly disinterested, and knew
how to sacrifice self with a grace which won him the love of friends, and
the respect of acquaintances. In an evil hour he was tempted, acting upon
false notions of honor, to peril his life and the life of another.
His antagonist fell. From that hour he was an altered man; he knew no peace;
and to drown the bitter thought that he was a murderer, he sullied his
soul still deeper in crime by drinking to excess! And in early life
he was taken from us, a bebased and self-blighted man!n Yet how like him
was the last act of his life. This little paragraph below, inserted
in Newspapers without comment, and glanced at by the reader, possibly without
thought, tells, at once the rectitude of his intentions, and his own estimation
of the depth of his crime. “George C. Dromgoole, in his will gave all his
property to the children of the individual who fell by his hand in a duel.”
It has fallen to our lot, in days when we thought dueling no sin, if we
could be said to have thought about it all, to meet with many, to know
well some, who had killed their men. We never know one who lived
in piece after the murder; we know only two survivors, and they are sots.
The first time we were called upon to witness a duel was in Augusta, Georgia,
in 1829. We were just entering manhood. The parties were from
our native state. We knew them both well. They were stationed
at their places, and at the word fire, the older of the two, a man of promise
and place, fell dead. We saw him--we saw his brother gaze wildly
in his pale face, just now so full of life--saw friends as they hurriedly
took up his body, and bore onward to his home. And we saw afterwards
the gray-haired father, as he bent over that body, hot tears falling down
his cheeks, fall as one struck with palsey, for his prop the boy of his
hopes, was taken away and there was no longer happiness for him on this
earth! But the survivor! Business relations brought us together,
we were his attorney; and we had to see him at his home, and our house.
In company, we saw no change in him; he was light-hearted, almost frolicsome
in his gaity. He never spoke of murder; by an uttered, but well-understood
compact; (and how terribly did this describe the deed!) none ever referred
to it. Soon after we found that he was fast becoming a drunkard,
and scarce three years had passed since the duel, ere he was stricken down
in early manhood, and laid near his antagonist in the earth. But his death!
We were present at it, and never may we witness such another! That
subject--so long kept sealed up by himself--so long untouched by family
or friend--the murder of his school companion and neighbor, was at last
broken by himself.-- “I could not help it,” said he, as his eyes glared
upon us, and his breathing became painful from its quick and audible action.--We
knew to what he referred and endeavored to direct his thoughts into other
channels.--in vain. “I could not help it. I was forced into
it; could I help it?” And all this was in a dueling sense true.
He had every excuse a man could have to fight; but when so assured he exclaimed
wildly, “It will not do, I murdered him--I see him now--I have seen him
as he lay dead on the field, ever since I slew him. My God!
My God!--and muttering these, and like sentences, with a shriek such as
I never heard mortal utter, he died! (Wednesday, August 18, 1847, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joshua G. Spencer, Esq.
Communicated for the Eagle. Joshua G. Spencer, Esq. departed
this life July 30th, at his own residence in Jackson, Pa., in the 38th
year of his age.--He had been a member of the Baptist church about 20 years.
Some time before his death his health began to decline, but his spiritual
strength increased daily, as he drew near to the end of his race--his mind
became more spiritual and heavenly--and his experience more rich and evangelical.
Though he had been out of health for some time, he was only confined to
his bed eight days; at the close of which, he fell asleep on the bosom
of his Lord--leaving a widow and two children to mourn the loss of a kind
husband, and an indulgent parent. His death was improved on Sunday,
August 1st, by the Rev. W. Sanders, from 1 Cor 15 chapter 26 verse, before
a large and attentive congregation. On the Death of J. G Spencer,
Esq. Our friend has left the church beneath, And joined the church
on high, His body sweetly sleeps in death-- His soul ascends the sky. With
us he could no longer stay, His heart was filled with love; Angels to bear
his soul away, Came flying from above. They bore him to the land of rest,
The weary pilgrim’s home; Where all who die in Christ are blest, Where
sin can never come, Part of the family are there, Who crossed the floor
before; With them he doth in heaven appear, And all his toils are o’er.
A widow and two children here, Are left awhile to mourn, To this dark world
of toil and care, He will no more return. But, soon, if faithful, they
unite, On Zion’s happy plain, And range with him the fields of light,
And never park again. Jackson Augustus, 10th, 1847. (Wednesday,
August 18, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Silas Wright
Death of the Hon. Silas Wright. The community was startled on
Saturday morning, by the intelligence received from Prescott by telegraph,
of the death of Silas Wright, and the faint hopes entertained that the
sad news might prove unfounded, were speedily extinguished by confirmatory
messages from Buffalo and Albany. Mr. Wright expired suddenly, at
his residence in Canton, St. Lawrence county, on Friday morning the 27th
ult. A gentleman just arrived from that neighborhood, informs us
that on the day before his death he was actively at work upon his farm.
The sudden and most unlooked for demise of this eminent citizen, at a time
when a large portion of the people of the Union regarded him with fevor
as a candidate for even higher honors than he had already attained is an
impressive and mysterious dispensation of Providence. We have not
time nor is this, perhaps, the occasion to refer particularly to the public
acts of his eventful life. During his last 25 years he has occupied
a prominent position, and for much of the time no secondary place in the
councils of the state and nation. The unsurpassed courtesy and kindness
of his personal character secured not the respect merely, but the warm
regard of all--opponents as well as political friends, while the republican
aim plenty of his life and manners furnished a remarkable exemplification
of the spirit of our institutions. By a vast number of his countrymen,
his death will be deplored as an irretrievable public calamity and by all
as a most mournful and afflicting event. His fame and his character
belong to the American people--Rochester American. Mr. Wright was
born in the town of Amerherst, Mass., on the 24th of May, 1795. The subsequent
year his father and family moved to Vermont. In 1815 he graduated
at Middlebury College, in that State and in the fall of that year, removed
to this State, to commence the study of law at Sandy Hill--In the fall
of 1823 he was elected to the State Senate, from St. Lawrence county.
In 1826 he was elected to Congress. In 1829 he was chosen State Comptroller
to which office he was in 1832 re elected by the Legislature. In
1833 he was chosen United States Senator, to which office he was a re elected
in 1832, for the term of six years--In 1843 he was again re elected and
in 1844 was called from the Senate to take the post of Governor, on which
he entered on the 1st of January, 1845 and from which he retired on the
1st of January, 1847. He died aged 52 years. (Wednesday, September
8, 1847, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Martha Ann Baker
Written by request. Died--In Lawrence, Pa., Oct 2d, of Consumption,
Martha Ann, daughter of Abisha and Martha Baker, aged 22 years. The
young lady whose name is the subject of this communication, is mourned
by a large circle of friends and acquaintances; yet, she left on Earth
the bright assurance of a more blissful abode in Heaven. During her
protracted suffering, occasioned by a slow, consuming duress, she manifested
a tenderness of disposition, and unbroken serenity of mental repose, which
find a home only in the most amiable heart, and sympathetic bosom.
The manifestation of those bright hopes, which even in the “valley and
shadow of Death” seemed to dawn upon her ascending spirit, and reveal the
glories of the “world unknown,” will be a consolation to her friends in
the hour of adversity, and her examples, one worthy of their utmost imitation.
“We mourn thee with the summer sun, And with the Autumn flowers, And Winter’s
long and cheerless sigh, Is not more deep than ours. Well might that purity
of mind, That unto thee was given, Make men, weak man, forsake the world,
And place his trust in Heaven.”
Knoxville, Oct 9th, 1847, A. F. F. (Wednesday, October 20, 1847,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. J. Q. Adams
Washington, Feb. 26th. The funeral of the late ex-President Adams
was celebrated to-day with great solemnity and every manifestation of feeling.
A more impressive scene was never witnessed in this city, not even the
funeral of General Harrison. The occasion, was however, very different
from that. The feeling of the public, though solemn, was not on this
occasion one of gloom; and the object appeared, to be less to express grief
at the happy death than admiration of the illustrious life of the patriarch.
According to an order from the War Department, guns were fired from sunrise
till 12 o’clock. The Executive Departments were put in mourning,
and many of the private buildings in Pennsylvania Avenue were also hung
in black. The stores were closed and all business suspended.
The crowd in and around the Capitol was unprecedented. Many people
had come in from the country, around to witness the ceremonies. A
large portion of the Legislature of Maryland and many citizens from Annapolis
and Baltimore were present. At ten minutes before 12 o’clock the Speaker
called the House to order, at which moment the bell on Capitol Hill commenced
its solemn tolling as the signal for the commencement of the ceremonies.
The President of the United States and Heads of the Departments entered
the Hall--the former taking his seat on the right of the Speaker.--The
Judges of the Supreme Court in their gowns; the officers of the Army and
Navy in full uniform; the Foreign Ministers and their suites, in splendid
costumes, followed and took their seats upon the right and left of the
area in front of the Speaker’s chair. The Senate of the United States
then entered with the Vice President, and latter taking his seat on the
speaker’s left. Mr. C. F. Adams and others of this Family and friends
of the deceased, occupied a range of seats provided for them at the left
of the area. After a prayer of some minutes, Senators WEBSTER and
DAVIS and the Massachusetts delegation, as mourners in black scarfs and
bands, entered the hall preceding the coffin, which was brought in, in
charge of the Pall-Bearers and the committee of Arrangements. The coffin
was placed on the bier in the area in front of the Speaker. After
depositing the coffin, those who had it in charge remained standing around
it a number of minutes, in impressive silence, while the whole assembly
arose. The coffin, which was of lead, inclosed in mahogany, was silver
mounted, and covered with black silk velvet, trimmed with silver. A silver
heart shaped plate, decorated with a spread eagle, bears the following
inscription, which was written at the request of the Massachusetts delegation,
by Daniel Webster to wit. (Thursday, March 15, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Quincy Adams
An inhabitant of Massachusetts, July 11, 1767. Died, A citizen
of the United States. In the Capitol at Washington, Feb. 23, 1848.
Having served his Country for half a century, and enjoyed its highest honors.
The hangings of the Speaker’s chair were suspended in black, as also was
the figure of history over the principal entrance, and the portraits of
WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, &c. The chaplain of the House, the Rev. Mr.
GURLEY, opened the services with prayer. This was followed by a solemn
dirge, sung by choir in the Ladies Gallery. An appropriate address
was delivered by the Chaplain occupying about 15 minutes. The closing
hymn was then sung by the choir, and the funeral procession was formed,
moving through the Rounds, to the East Portico of the Capitol where the
carriages were in waiting. The funeral car, though simple was very tasteful
and elegant. The Bier was decorated with funeral urns, and the canopy
over the coffin was surmounted by an Eagle--the whole being covered with
velvet and crape. The car was drawn by six elegant white horses,
caparisoned in black, and led by Grooms in white scarfs. The funeral cortege,
preceded by a troop of horses and a battalion of infantry moved in long
and imposing procession to the Congressional Cemetery. The coffin
was there deposited in the receiving vault, after the performance of the
burial service of the Protestant Episcopal Church. (Thursday, March
15, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Merrick
Died--In Charleston on Sunday, the ?? Inst., Mrs. Merrick, consort
of Mr. Isaac Merrick, aged 57 years. (Thursday, March 22, 1848, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Stephen Bliss
Died--In this Boro’ on the 25th ult., Mr. Stephen Bliss, in his 64th
year. (Thursday, April 26, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Daniel Price
In Wellsboro, on Monday, the 24th inst., Daniel Price, aged 24 years.
(Thursday, May 3, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
---- Miller
Died.--In this Borough on the 21st inst., ____ Miller, in the 58th
year of his age. (Thursday, May 24, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
William Norris
On the 23d inst., in Delmar, William Norris, aged 72 years. (Thursday,
May 24, 1848, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
F. W. Wedemeyer
A boy about 14 years of age, died on Saturday, from a trifling injury
he received a week or two before. At the time of the accident the
lad was playing see-saw with some other boys, at the corner of Seventh
and Shippen streets, on a street paver’s barrier pole and horse, when he
fell off and striking his hand against a sharp stone hurt it in a shocking
manner. The small bones were fractured, and mortification and death
ensued in consequence of there having unfortunately been too much tampering
in the treatment of the injury. Amputation might have saved life,
but the operation was not resorted to, owing to opposition made to it.
The deceased, we learn, was the only child, and almost the only relative
of the family to which he belonged. It is said that he would have
been the heir to a fortune of some hundred thousand dollars. His
death under all circumstances was peculiarly distressing. (Thursday,
January 11, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. James Dixon & Leavin H. Jackson
In Philadelphia, on the 22d ultimate, Mr. James Dixon, aged 68. In
Little Britain, Lancaster Co., on the 24th ultimate, Leavin H. Jackson,
Esq., aged 66. Both of the above named gentlemen were among the earliest
settlers of this County, but removed to the Southern part of the State,
and have been honored members of the commnities in which they lived, and
which now deplore their loss. (January 11, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Ophelia L. Lamb
In Monroeton, Bradford County, Pa., on the 24th of November, 1848,
Miss Ophelia L. Lamb, aged 22 years--daughter of Loren and Susannah Lamb,
of Mansfield, Tioga County.
A sound of deep distress I hear--
A deathly groan salutes my ear;
Ophelia, dear, and can it be
That death is thus destroying thee?
And is thy time on earth so short?
Has death selected thee for sport?
Is there no other victim nigh
To yield such sport instead of thee?
Must I in solemn silence mourn,
And know that thou wilt ne’er return?
O, might I e’en be with thee now,
While Jordan’s waves thou’rt passing thro!
But nay, e’en this to me’s denied,
And I the mandate must abide;
Death has destroy’d my fondest hopes,
And left thee but a lifeless corpse.
All thou wert once is silent now;
Pain shall no more contract thy brow;
In youth thou’rt summon’d to that bourn
From whence no trav’ler will return.
“Farewell, dear friends, I must away--
My maker calls--I must obey;
I leave you all on earth to mourn,
And hasten to a distant bourn.
“Weep not for me, my mother dear,
Suppress that anxious falling tear;
Submit to Heaven’s stern decree--
Prepare to die and follow me.
“My father, too, farewell to thee--
As I am now, so you must be;
Your hoary locks will soon decay,
Your body moulder back to clay.
“My sisters dear, deathst broke the tie;
We loved in love, so let us die;
That when on earth your days shall close,
You may in heaven find sweet repose.
“My brothers, too, a long farewell;
I go in trust with Christ to dwell;
Let not the world’s delusive care
Prove to your souls a fatal snare.
“My youthful friends, to pleasure bent,
Pause and reflect, be wise--relent--
Then may your days on earth be peace,
And you obtain at last that rest
“Where hearts no more with grief are riven,
But where eternal joys are given;
There trials shall for ever cease,
And weary souls find peaceful rest.” [Com.] (Thursday, January
11, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Jenkins
The last of Braddock’s Men--The Lancaster (Ohio) Gazette announces
the death, at that place, on the 4th ult., of Samuel Jenkins, a colored
man, aged 115 years! He was the property of Captain Broadwater, in
Fairfax county, Va., in 1734, and drove his master’s provision wagon over
the Allegheny mountains in the memorable campaign of Gen. Braddock.
(Thursday, February 14, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Norris
On the 10th of February, 1849, at his residence near Wellsboro, Pa.,
John Norris, Esq., in the 81st year of his age. (Thursday, February
14, 1839, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Oliver Davenport
In Richmond, Tioga county, Penn., at the home of Elder Sherwood, on
the 21st ult., Mr. Oliver Davenport, in the 75th year of his age.
(Thursday, February 14, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Maria Dimick
“Invidious grave! How dost thou rend
As under those whom love hath knit
And sympathy made one!”
Died at Knoxville, on the 31st inst., Maria, consort of William B.
Dimick, and daughter of Aaron and Fanny Alba, aged 26 years. The
lady whose name is the subject of this article will long be remembered
by those who admire the lessons of true charity and love to imitate the
examples of virtue. During the many sorrows incident to a protracted
illness, unruffled patience gave abundant evidence of “the soul’s calm
sunshine,” and harmonized sweetly with the even tenor of her past life.
Some one has sweetly said, “Death, thou art beautiful in the child.”
Surely then, the sleep of her whose spirit was childlike in its innocence--yet
mature in the virtues and affections which adorn human nature--must be
beautiful even in the “icy bondage” of the arms of the conqueror.
In wisdom, she built her path upon the attributes of a perfect God, whose
mercies are ever abundant to his creatures, and “in whom is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning.” She has gone--the rose and the violet,
ere long, will bloom where she sleeps, but she will heed them not.
The mutations of time cannot reach her, not the storms of each made the
region of her rest.
Departed one, sleep sweetly now
Upon the shores of peaceful rest;
Where darkling tempests never frown,
But all is bright, and pure, and blest. (Thursday, April 11,
1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Steamboat Disaster
The steamboat Empire, of Troy, left New York last night at 6 o’clock,
with about 300 passengers on board. About 10 o’clock, when opposite
Newburg, in Newburg bay, she was struck by the schooner North Brown, of
Troy, loaded with lumber, a little forward the forward gangway, with a
tremendous crash, the bowspit of the schooner, which was heavily laden,
made a large breach under the guards, through which the water instantly
rushed with great force, so that in 10 minutes she went down. Many of the
passenger had retired to their berths, and the scene that immediately ensued,
as described by the passengers, was heart rending and terrible. The
water was rushing through the cabin to the stern of the boat, and in an
instant, almost, the cabin was completely filled. Men and women,
half dressed, rushed wildly on deck, and some plunged overboard.--Wives
were clinging to their husbands, and mothers clasping their children in
their arms and running to and fro in a frenzy of terror.--Fortunately the
Rip Van Winkle was but a short distance astern, and immediately came up
alongside the Empire to her relief. So fast was the rush of water
into the cabin that the Empire was fast sinking, and there was a tremendous
struggle among the passengers to get on board the Rip. The cabin
was filled with water, and passengers were seen below struggling, but it
is feared several perished. An alarm was given that several ladies
were in the lower cabin. Axes and crowbars were set to work.
The water rising so fast, drove the men from the ladies’ saloon, and they
were unable to save any more lives. One lady that was rescued, stated
that several more were below. A hole was then cut through the deck,
and a lady almost dead was rescued. She called loudly on her brothers--four
of whom were on board--but they could not be found. Boats, with lights
from the shore, swarmed to the scene of destruction, and aided in picking
up the passengers. A man was seen to jump from the Empire on board
the Rip Van Winkle, with two children in his arms. He lost his balance,
and struggling for his own life, lost the children. It was impossible to
give anything like an idea of the awful terror, or the number of lives
lost. The loss of life, it was feared, was great, as a large number of
passengers had retired to their berths. The number lost it is impossible
to state with the conflicting reports. Some of the passengers place
the number as high as 40, and other not more than 10. Albany Atlas,
May 18. (Thursday, May 30, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Wickham
In Tioga Village, on Saturday morning, May 26th, Mrs. Wickham, wife
of B. C. Wickham, aged 28 years. (Thursday, June 6, 1849, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William Northway
In Tioga Village, on the 22d of May, William, son of Rev. L. Northway,
aged 4 years. (Thursday, June 6, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
General Gaines
In the death of Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, the country
has lost a brave, and an accomplished officer. Gaines fame is identified
with the war of 1692, though his gallant services in the field were not
confined alone to that period, for he has been an active and successful
officer since 1799, when he first entered the army. He was the oldest
general officer in the American Army, having entered the service as Ensign
in January, 1899. He was, according to military grade, the second
officer in rank in the army, Major General Scott having for a long time
been the senior General in the service. The Secretary of War has issued
the necessary order for the military obsequies to the memory of the lamented
Gen. Gaines. (Thursday, June 20, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
William Rexford
In Gaines, on the 15th inst., William Rexford, in the 35th year of
his age. (Thursday, June 20, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Miss DeForrest & Charles C. Addington
Accident at the Falls of Niagara. Buffalo, June 22.--We regret
to say that Miss DeForrest, a daughter of one of our most respectable citizens,
fell into the stream at “Hogsback,” last evening and was drowned, together
with Charles C. Addington, a young merchant, who had plunged in to save
her.--They were both carried over the falls. (Thursday, July 4, 1849,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Isaac Drake
In Mansfield, on the 1st inst., Mr. Isaac Drake, aged about 50 years.
(Thursday, August 15, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Cornelia Christnot
In this place, on the 16th inst., Cornelia, daughter of Frederick and
Aseneth Christnot, aged 2 years and 1 months. (Thursday, August 22,
1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frances Laura Thompson
In this place, on the 17th inst., Frances Laura, daughter of William
and Jane Thompson, aged about 11 months. (Thursday, August 22, 1849,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Cassius M. Ensworth
In this place, on the 17th inst., Cassius M., son of Samuel L. and
Eunice Ensworth, aged 4 years. (Thursday,. August 22, 1849, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ida Sherwood
In this place, on the 20th inst., Ida, daughter of Morgan and Harriet
A. Sherwood, aged about 4 years. (Thursday, August 22, 1849, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Morris Lowrey
In this place, on the evening of the inst., Samuel Morris, son of James
Lowrey, Esq., aged about 2 years. (Thursday, August 22, 1849, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Luman Wilson
In Wellsboro, on the morning of the 2d inst., Luman Wilson, in the
43d year of his age. (Wednesday, September 5, 1849, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Harriet Sykes
In Richmond, on Sunday Morning, August 26th, of cramp, Harriet, daughter
of Charles N. and Susanna Sykes, aged 4 years and 4 days. (Wednesday,
September 12, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jane Elizabeth Kelley
In Charleston, on the evening of the 7th inst., Jane Elizabeth, daughter
of Sylvester and Harriet Kelley, aged 2 years 2 months, and 27 days.
(Wednesday, September12, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ezekiel Jones
In Wellsboro, on the 5th inst., Ezekiel Jones, in the 63rd year of
his age. (Wednesday, September 12, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rufus Butler
In Delmar, on the 6th inst., Rufus Butler, in the 75th year of his
age. (Wednesday, September 12, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Polly McCarty
In Delmar, on the 2d ult., Mrs. Polly McCarty, consort of Mr. Thomas
B. McCarty, in the 55th year of her age. (Wednesday, October 3, 1849,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Leonard & Betsey Cole
In Delmar, on the 2nd ult., Leonard Cole, aged about 45 years.
Also about same time, Betsey Cole, consort of Leonard Cole, aged about
45 years. (Wednesday, October 3, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
James Henry
In Charleston, on the 25th ult., James Henry, aged about 55 years.
(Wednesday, October 3, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Adaline Robinson
In this place, on the 5th inst., Adaline, daughter of John L. and Azuliah
Robinson, aged 13 years. (Wednesday, October 10, 1849, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Asa Crandall
At Covington, on the 20th inst., Asa Crandall, in the 61st year of
his age. (Wednesday, October 24, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Odle
At Covington, on the 18th inst., Mrs. Odle, consort of Mr. Alexander
Odle, aged about 35 years. (Wednesday, October 24, 1849, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Richard B. Sligh
In the village of Archibald, Luzerne County, on the 4th inst., Richard
B., son of David G. and Susan Sligh, aged 1 year and 9 months. (Wednesday,
October 31, 1849, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Geo. W. Lafayette
Dead.--Geo. W. Lafayette, son of Gen. Lafayette, died recently near
Paris, France. The deceased accompanied his illustrious father in
his tour through the States, in 1824. (Wednesday, February 6, 1850,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Marinda Crowl
In Charleston, on the 3d instant, Mrs. Marinda Crowl, consort of Joel
Crowl, in the 42d year of her age. (Wednesday, February 13, 1850,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Abagail Jackson
Died, in this place, on the 13th inst., in the 84th year of her age,
Abagail, wife of the late Ebenezer Jackson, a Revolutionary Patriot. Once
more has the knell of death sounded in our ears. We have been called
upon to follow another of earth’s children to her final resting place.
The subject of this notice deserves more than a casual thought. Full
of years, she has gone to meet loved friends who have preceeded her.
She was permitted to outlive the allotted time of man, yet her mental faculties
were not in the least impaired. Her’s was, indeed, an eventful life.
She was witness to our nation’s struggle for independence, and many a tale
of those times could she relate. It may, with truth, be said, that
she lived and died a Christian. In all the social relations of life
she was unexceptionable. As a wife, mother, and friend, she was devoted,
affectionate and kind. Those who knew her, can best appreciate her
many virtues. It can safely be said she leaves not an enemy; all
that knew her respected and esteemed her. But she has gone.
We may not mourn for her, for we have every assurance that our loss is
her infinite gain. Her mind centered not on earthly objects, but
looked beyond to that “house, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
For some length of time, she has expressed her belief that she should soon
be at rest. She waited only for the summons to depart. The
summons came and found her ready. Without one murmur she submitted
to the will of God. As we looked upon life, and saw her fall asleep
without one struggle, these beautiful lines occurred to our minds.--
‘Tis finished! the conflict is past!
The heaven-born spirit has fled.
Her wish is accomplished at last,
And now, she’s entombed with the dead.
The months of affliction are o’er,
The days and the nights of distress;
We ace her in anguish no more--
She has found a happy release. Wellsboro, Feb. 1850. (Wednesday,
February 20, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lydia Hastings
On the 5th instant, in Morris township, Lydia, wife of John W. Hastings,
and daughter of Rev. G. Beebe, aged 20 years and 4 months. (Wednesday,
March 12, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. John C. Calhoun
This distinguished statesman died at his residence, on Capitol Hill,
Washington city, on Sunday morning March 31st. His death, though
not unexpected, has cast a gloom over the country. His funeral took
place on Tuesday, April 2d. His remains were temporarily deposited
in the Congressional Cemetery, previous to their removal to South Carolina.
The funeral took place under the direction of the Senate, and the highest
honors were paid to his memory. Mr. Calhoun was born in South Carolina
in 1786, and was in his 65th year. Few men have occupied a more prominent
position in the affairs of the country. He was a man of rare genius,
and was endowed with a power of analysis and condensation unequalled by
any man in the country. He entered the political arena at an early
age, and in the course of his career, held nearly every office in the gift
of his native State, and the highest, save one, in the power of the people
of the United States to confer. The prominent and most enduring monument
of the statesmanship of Mr. C., was his administration of the War Department,
during the Presidency of Mr. Morrod, in which he exhibited administrative
qualities of the highest order, and conferred upon his country, vast and
enduring benefit. Mr. C. was one of the purest of all our public
men, and in his social relations, an example of cordial gentleness and
amiability. (Wednesday, April 10, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Thomas Impson
Accident on Pine Creek.--On the 7th inst., a serious accident occurred
on Pine Creek, by the staving of a raft, about nine miles below Manchester,
by which a young man named Thomas Impson, was crushed to death, and several
others were badly injured. The deceased was the son of Robert Impson
of Genesee, Potter county, and was about 16 years of age. (Wednesday,
April 17, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Andrew Briggs
[Communicated.] Horrible case of suicide! The inhabitants
of Lawrenceville were called upon, on the morning of the 16th inst., to
behold one of the most distressing scenes ever witnessed in our county.
Andrew Briggs, a well-known citizen of the above named place, who has held
many important offices in that town, and who was at the time acting constable,
put an end to his existence, on the day above stated, in the following
manner. It seems that some time since, the deceased bought a small
gun; subsequently he purchased some lead and bettered it, and with an axe
cut off some and loaded the gun, and laid it aside, and has refused (as
stated to the Coroner’s Jury), to lend it, stating that he had it loaded
for his use. On the above morning his wife had occasion to visit
a neighbor’s house, and in her absence and alone he committed the horrid
deed--literally blowing off the entire top of his head, scattering his
scull and brains throughout the room in which he was, on the walls and
on the ceiling and through the window on the stoop in front of his dwelling;
everything in the room was marked with parts of his brain! No reasons,
as yet, can be assigned why he brought upon himself this most terrible
calamity. A Coroner’s inquest was held, the report of which we subjoin:
State of Pennsylvania, Tioga County, SS. An inquisition, indented
and taken for the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the township of
Lawrence, county of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania, on the 16th day of
April, A. D., 1850, before Jno. S. Warner, Coroner for the county aforesaid,
upon the view of the body of Andrew Briggs, then and there lying dead,
upon the oaths and affirmations of Lewis Darling, Locke Granger, Royal
Wheeler, James Stewart, J. C. Shepherd, George Vangorden, Smith Stevens,
Simeon J. Powers, K. L. Tracy, Obadia Incho, H. O. Adams, and A. G. Crane,
12 good and lawful men of the county aforesaid, duly chosen and who being
then and there duly sworn and affirmed and charged to enquire for the said
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, when, where, how and after what manner the
said Andrew Briggs came to his death, do say, upon their oaths, that the
said Andrew Briggs came to his death by shooting himself with a gun, on
the morning of the 16th day of April, 1850, and upon his head a mortal
wound did make, by which said mortal wound the aforesaid Andrew Briggs
then and there instantly died, and so the Jurors aforesaid do say, as witness
our hands and seals. Jno. S. Warner, Coroner [ss.] Lock Granger,
K. L. Tracy, James Stewart, Smith Stevens, Lewis Darling, J. K. Shepherd,
Royal Wheeler, A. G. Crane, Simeon J. Powers, George Vangorden, O, Incho,
H. O. Adams--Jurors. (Wednesday, April 24, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Patrick Sprague
In Charleston, on the 8th instant, Patrick Sprague, late of Columbia
Co., NY, aged 56 years. (Wednesday, April 24, 1850, Tioga Eagle,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John S. Allen
On Sunday, the 28th ult., at Tioga village, John S. Allen, aged 23
years. (Wednesday, May 8, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Sarah Jane Rose
On the 7th inst., in Rutland township, Sarah Jane, youngest daughter
of Wm. And Jane E. Rose, aged one year and 11 months. (Wednesday,
May 22, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Daniel H. Bacon
In Delmar, on the 27th inst., Mr. Daniel H. Bacon, in his 83d year.
(Wednesday, May 29, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Senator Elmore
Death of Senator Elmore. Hon. Franklin H. Elmore, United States
Senator from South Carolina, recently appointed by Governor Seadrook to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. John C. Calhoun, died
in the city of Washington, on the 29th ult., of consumption. (Wednesday,
June 5, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sarah Parkhurst
On Tuesday, the 18th inst., at the residence of H. Sherwood, Esq.,
in this village, Sarah M., eldest daughter of Joel and Emeline Parkhurst,
of Elkland, aged 8 years, 9 months and 6 days. (Wednesday, June 26,
1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Major Thomas Dyer
In Covington, on the 30th ult., suddenly Maj. Thomas Dyer, in the ???
year of his age. (Wednesday, July 3, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Brown
On the 17th ult., at the residence of his father near the village of
Flushing, Genesee Co., Michigan, George Brown, son of A. J. Brown, formerly
a resident of Rutland, Tioga Co, Pa. (Wednesday, July 3, 1850, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Z. Jessup Brewster
Died at Panama, Central America, on the 25th ult., of May last, Z.
Jessup Brewster, son of Hon. Jonah Brewster, of Wellsboro, aged 29 years.
Seldom have we been called upon to record a more melancholy event than
the death of Mr. Brewster. He was a young man who had been reared
amongst us, who was endeared to a large circle of relatives and friends
by a kind heart and most engaging social qualities.--Young, ardent, and
enterprising--resolute in all his undertakings--he, in company with several
others from this place, started for California, by the way of New York
and the Isthmus, about the 10th of April last. The weather had been
unusually cool, even for this northern region, up to the time he left New
York for Panama. Tickets were purchased in New York, with an understanding
that passengers should in no case remain at Panama more than 20 days.
He was transferred from this cool climate to Panama, which is nearly under
the Equator at this season, in about 20 days, and then was compelled to
remain in that inhospitable climate, with but few of the comforts of his
home, up to the time of his death. Had Howard & Son fulfilled
their agreement, a valuable life might have been saved. He fell a
victim to the malignant fevers of that climate, brought on by his protracted
stay at Panama. But few northern constitutions have sufficient hardwood
to bear up against the climate of that place, and when Howard & Son
agree that their passengers, who buy tickets at New York, shall not be
compelled to remain at Panama over 20 days, and then coolly keep them there
60, it seems but little better than willful murder. When once landed
there they cannot escape--they cannot go on or return--but must face certain
disease in the worst season, and, in many instances, without that shelter
or comfort required in a healthier climate. Thus has passed away,
in the prime of his youth and in the fullness of his strength, one who
was blessed with a wide circle of warm-hearted relatives and friends, a
victim to the faithless cupidity of a griping monopoly. But it will
be a source of great satisfaction to his relatives to know that he was
constantly attended, in his sickness and death, by the faithful few who
left home with him. His body was buried in the American burying ground
at Panama, and a funeral sermon preached by a Protestant clergyman.
(Wednesday, July 3, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. David Henry
On the 6th inst., in Charleston, Tioga Co., Mr. David Henry, aged 67
years. (Wednesday, July 10, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mr. Isaiah Wilson
On the 4th inst., in Charleston, Mr. Isaiah Wilson, aged 35 years and
1 month. (Wednesday, July 10, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
President Zachary Taylor
Death of President Taylor. The nation mourns the loss of one
of her heroes! Gen. Zachary Taylor is no more! He died at the
White House, in Washington, on the evening of the 9th inst., at 33 minutes
past 10 o’clock. The announcement of his death was so sudden and
unexpected that it was difficult to realize the melancholy fact.
If ever any man gave evidence of a long life, he was that man. To
see him stricken down, almost at a moment is well calculated to excite
strange sensations. We may depricate the fate which made him a political
target against his wish, but we must, at the same time, acknowledge, as
we ever have done, the honesty of his intentions, even when his actions
appeared to us indiscreet, short-sighted, and devoid of political acumen.
We may regret the circumstance which placed him, all untutored as he was,
in the arts of diplomacy, in the political arena, while at the same time
we must respect his upright character, his unflinching bravery, and his
social virtues. His family bereft of its best friend--his country
of a son ever ready to do her bidding to the utmost of his capability.
At his bios we forget the contentions of party, and remember only his prowess
on the battlefield, and the nation’s loss. The country for which
he perilled his life, to which he dedicated all his active years, and in
whose highest position he finally died, will enroll his name among those
“that were not born to die.” We hope that all parties will unite
in proper demonstrations of grief, in this hour of the Nation’s bereavement
at the loss of our common President. If the departed had his faults
let the grave cover their memory, and let us delight to dwell upon his
virtues. Thus, through the interposition of Providence, in the removal
of our late Chief Magistrate, Hon. Milliard Fillmore becomes, by the Constitution,
President of this great Republic. He is at present 50 years of age,
having been born January 7, 1800, at Summer Hill, Cayuga county, New York.
His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is a farmer, still living in Erie county,
New York. Mr. Fillmore spent four years in early life, in working
at the clothier’s trade, and during that time devoted all his leisure hours
to reading and study. At the age of 19 he attracted the attention
of Judge Wood, of Cayuga county, who took him into his office. In
1821, he removed to Buffalo, and entered a law office, teaching for his
maintenance until the year 1823, when he was licensed to practice in the
Court of Common Pleas. In 1827, he was admitted an Attorney of the
Supreme Court of the State of New York. In 1829, he was elected a
member of the New York Assembly, from Erie county, was twice re-elected.
He was elected to Congress in the fall of 1832, and after the expiration
of his term resumed the practice of his profession. In 1836, he was
again sent to Congress, and was subsequently, he was placed at the head
of the Committee of Ways and Means. In 1814, he was nominated by
the Whig party as their candidate for Governor of New York. In 1817,
he was elected Comptroller of the State. In 1818, he was elected
Vice President of the United States, and on the 4th of March, 1849, he
entered upon the duties of the office. On the 10th day of July he
entered upon the duties of the Executive, devolving upon him by the Constitution
through the death of the President. (Wednesday, July 17, 1850, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Howard Booth
At Covington, July 1st, of the croup, Howard, son of Geo. W. and Artamissia
S. Booth, aged 4 years, 2 months and 10 days. (Wednesday, July 17,
1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Jesse Miller
We regret to announce the sudden death of Hon. Jesse Miller, editor
of the Harrisburg Keystone. He died on Tuesday, the 20th inst., at
his residence in Harrisburg, after a very short illness. Mr. Miller,
(says the Union), was a native of Perry county, and has filled many prominent
positions in the county of his nativity, and in the State and National
governments. For several years he was a member of the Pennsylvania
Legislature. He was then elected to represent his district in Congress,
and subsequently was appointed second Auditor of the Treasury by General
Jackson, which position he held until after the installation of President
Tyler, when he resigned and returned to Perry county. A short time
after his return he was nominated and elected to the office of Canal Commissioner,
in which capacity he served for one year, when he was appointed Secretary
of the Commonwealth by Governor Shunk. Upon the death of Governor
Shunk, he became associated with Mr. Barrett in the publication of the
Keystone. Mr. Miller was a gentleman of decided ability, being both
a good waster and a logical public speaker. He was a kind husband,
an indulgent father, and a citizen of the most irreproachable character.
(Wednesday, August 28, 1850, Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Anna Borden
On Sunday, the 15th inst., at the residence of Wm. Warrener, in Delmar,
Mrs. Anna Borden, aged 90 years. (Thursday, September 11, 1850, Tioga
Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Chester Butler
Death of Hon. Chester Butler. We regret to announce the decease
of this gentleman, Whig member of Congress from the 11th District of this
State. He died at the American Hotel, Philadelphia, on Saturday afternoon
last, after a short, but severe illness, at the age of 53. His death
creates a vacancy in the 11th district. (Thursday, November 14, 1850,
Tioga Eagle, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
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