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Mr. Burt Scudder
Mr. Burt Scudder, a young man of Fall Brook, committed suicide a few
days ago by taking laudanum. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Robert Custard, Esq.
To the Editor of the Agitator: “In the midst of life we are in
death.” It falls to the sad lot of the winter to chronicle the sudden
death of Robert Custard, Esq., of Morris township, who was crushed while
engaged in digging a well, and died December 21st, aged 41 years.
He was a prominent citizen of this part of the county and a man of sterling
integrity. Mr. Custard came to this county with his parents from
the north of Scotland while yet quite young, and was educated at the old
Wellsboro Academy, and was also taught the business of a surveyor under
the care of Wm. Bache, Esq. When the rebellion broke out he enlisted
as a private in the 148th Pa. Vols., Col. Beaver commanding. He participated
in the campaign of the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania Court House where
he was severely wounded, but refused to leave the service, and was again
with the colors of his regiment in the battles in front of Petersburg,
on the Weldon railroad and at Five Forks. After the close of the
war he resumed his business, and was elected a Justice of the Peace by
his numerous friends, discharging the duties of his office with fidelity.
He was a brave soldier, a good citizen and a true Christian. His
death is a loss to this community that will not soon be repaired.
He leaves a widow, but no children. Liberty, December 25, 1876.
(Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Julia Wetmore
In Elk, Pa., December 20, 1876, Julia Ann, wife of Loren Wetmore, aged
57 years, 2 months and 22 days. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Isabelle Walker [SRGP 13560 – Butler]
In Covington township, December 23, 1876, Isabelle, relict of the late
Lewis Walker, in the 72nd year of her age. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hopkins Crosby
In Richmond, December 23, 1876, Hopkins Crosby, aged 71 years.
(Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield
In Middlebury, January 3, 1877, of liver complaint, Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield,
aged 76 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Knapp
At the Soldier’s Orphan School, Mansfield, January 2, 1877, John Knapp,
aged about 7 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Morton Bailey Doumaux
In Wellsboro, December 27, 1876, of membranous croup, Morton Bailey,
infant son of Louis and Ada B. Doumaux, aged 7 months and 17 days.
(Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Female Doan
On the 7th instant, the youngest daughter of Mr. D. D. Doan, of West
Chatham, died of scarlet fever. She was three years of age.
(Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Lydia A. Streeter
In Ashville, NY, December 27, 1876, Mrs. Lydia A., wife of Jesse Streeter,
formerly of Tioga county, Pa., aged 63 years. (Tuesday, January 9,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lovina Kennedy
In Delmar, Pa., December 30, 1876, Lovina, wife of Wm. Kennedy, aged
32 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir Titus Salt
Sir Titus Salt, of Saltaire, Yorkshire, England, died a few days since.
He was one of the largest manufacturers of England. (Tuesday, January
16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jean Joseph Perraud
Jean Joseph Perraud, a well known French sculptor, is dead. He
was a true artist and had received two first medals, and was a Chevaller
of the Legion of Honor. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Count Gaston de Lestrade
Count Gaston de Lestrade, a French officer of Hussars, fell dead recently
while signing his marriage settlement with Emilia de Belleroy, a young
and singularly beautiful lady of Paris. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Francois Coulomb
Francois Coulomb, an eminent citizen of Marseilles, France, committed
suicide recently because he could not give his daughter a dowry of 200,000
francs on her marriage day, agreeably to a promise made to her. (Tuesday,
January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Paul Cabet
The Paris Chronicle, of a late date, records the death of Paul Cabet.
One of the last and best works of this artist was a statue called “Resistance,”
erected at Dijon, in memory of the recent heroic defense of that city.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Signor Lucardi
Signor Lucardi, the Italian sculptor, whose group, “The Deluge,” won
the gold medal at the late exhibition in Rome, died recently in that city.
He was looked upon as one of the best sculptors in Italy at this time.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Hermann Brackhaus
Hermann Brackhaus, the distinguished Orientalist, is dead. (Tuesday,
January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ex Senator James W. Nye
Ex Senator James W. Nye died at White Plains, NY, on Christmas, aged
51. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Amy Fawsitt
Miss Amy Fawsitt, a well known English actress, died in New York of
consumption, recently. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. P. P. Bliss
Mr. P. P. Bliss, the distinguished songwriter who lost his life in
the recent railroad accident at Ashtabula, lived in Covington in this county
during several of his earlier years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Hattie Beaty
A very terrible accident took place at the residence of Mr. Samuel
Beaty, a farmer living on Losey creek about 1 ½ miles from Keeneyville,
last week Monday. There was a gun in the house, which had been loaded
for a year or two, and from which it proved impossible to extract the charge
by the ordinary means. During the forenoon of the 8th instant Mr.
Beaty’s stepson, Edwin Mosler, a lad about 12 years old, undertook to get
the load out of the gun by a rather unusual process. He took the
barrel out of the stock, took out the tube and placed the butt of the barrel
in the kitchen fire with the weapon pointing out into the room. The
little daughter of the family, Hattie, aged about three years, sat on the
floor deeply interested in the operations and looking directly toward the
fire. Very soon there was an explosion, and the little girl fell
unconscious, the ball having struck her near the right temple and passed
through the brain to the back of the skull where it was afterwards found
flattened against the bone. The boy started at once for a physician,
and Dr. Blatchley, of Keeneyville, reached the house as soon as possible;
but it was evident from the first that no surgical skill could save the
wounded child, and she died about two hours after the accident, having
been entirely unconscious from the moment of the injury. We are informed
that the mother of sat within a few feet of her when the boy was suffered
to put the gun in the stove to burn the load out! No inquest was
held in the case. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Female Doan
On the 7th instant, the youngest daughter of Mr. D. D. Doan, of West
Chatham, died of scarlet fever. She was three years of age.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Rev. Wm. H. Rumsey
To the Editor of the Agitator: It is with sorrow that I chronicle
the death of a devoted minister of the East Genesee Conference of the M.
E. Church and a former resident of this place. Rev. Wm. H. Rumsey
departed this life on the 8th instant, at Wells, Bradford county, aged
about 36 years. He was converted here under the pastorate of Rev.
C. L. F. Howe some nine years ago, and the next year he entered upon his
ministerial career. He occupied the circuits of New Albany, Farmington,
Chatham, another of which I do not know the name, and Wells, his last field.
The gospel which he held forth carried him calmly through the valley of
the shadow of death. The funeral services were held in the M. E.
church in this place, Rev. H. Lamkin preaching the sermon from 2 Timothy
iv: 7, 8 to a large congregation. The burial services were conducted
according to the ritual of the Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. Rumsey was
a member. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield
In Middlebury, January 3, 1877, of liver complaint, Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield,
aged 76 years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Knapp
At the Soldier’s Orphan School, Mansfield, January 2, 1877, John Knapp,
aged about 7 years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Morton Bailey Doumaux
In Wellsboro, December 27, 1876, of membranous croup, Morton Bailey,
infant son of Louis and Ada B. Doumaux, aged 7 months and 17 days.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Miss Linnia Doolittle
In Catlin Hollow, November 25, 1876, Linnia, daughter of Matilda Doolittle,
aged 14 years and 5 months. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lucille Western
Lucille Western, for many years a popular star actress, died in Brooklyn
last Thursday week, aged 33. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Minnie Blaser
One night last week, at Dayton, Ky., Mrs. Minnie Blaser arose from
her bed, after the family had retired, and, without arousing her husband,
took her infant and proceeded to the river and threw herself and babe into
the stream. The bodies were recovered. (Tuesday, January 23,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Emma Elliott
In Mansfield, January 9, 1877, Emma Elliott, wife of D. A. Gaylord,
in the 25th year of her age. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Raymond Erwin
In Blossburg, January 16, 1877, George Raymond, son of H. P. Erwin,
Esq., aged 3 years, 6(or 8) months and 13 days. (Tuesday, January
23, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[RUMSEY, Deziah] Mrs. Desire Grandy [SRGP 06505]
In Mainsburg, January 12, 1877, Desire, wife of Gilbert Grandy, aged
67 years. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Crousey
A young man named Henry Crousey was killed by a fall of coal at Mitchell’s
mine last Wednesday. He was terribly crushed, his back and both arms
being broken. We understand he was he was about 17 years of age.
(Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Albert G. Repass
Albert G. Repass, formerly of Lawrenceville, died recently at Burlington,
Iowa, from injuries sustained about a year ago in a railroad accident.
He had been in the service of the American Express Company as messenger
for about 17 years. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles Edsall
Mr. Charles Edsall, an old settler of Jackson township, died recently
at the age of 77. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Collins
Charles Collins, chief engineer of the Lake Shore Road, has committed
suicide. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Geary
On Wednesday, Mrs. Mary Geary, aged 55 years, left a neighbor’s house
near Meadville, Pa., to walk to her own residence. She took the wrong
road, and was next evening found frozen to death. (Tuesday, January
30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Amanda Ann Stone
In Delmar, January 24, 1877, Amanda Ann, wife of Israel Stone, aged
67 years, 8 months, and 24 days. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Sarah E. Broughton
In Shippen township, January 1, 1877, Sarah E., wife of Horace Broughton,
in the 56th year of her age. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catharine Inscho
In Wells, Bradford county, January 12, 1877, Catharine, wife of Isaiah
Inscho, in the 74th year of her age. (Tuesday, February 6, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Infant Day
At Lamb’s Creek, January 21, 1877, the infant child of Charles Day.
(Tuesday, February 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Almira Sly
At Painted Post, NY, January 31, 1877, Mrs. Almira Sly, in the 81st
year of her age. Mrs. Sly was the eldest child of the late John Knox,
of Knoxville, Steuben county, NY. She was born in Knoxville and resided
there nearly all her days. Early in life she married William Bonham,
of Knoxville, who died in 1858. She was the mother of 14 children,
six of whom--five sons and one daughter--are still living. A few
years ago she became the wife of John Sly, an old resident of Knoxville;
but their wedded life was soon terminated by Mr. Sly’s death. Nearly
50 years ago the subject of this sketch united with the Presbyterian Church.
At that time Corning was unthought of, and the church people of Knoxville
were but “a feeble folk.” There was not a single male member of the
society; but the young wife and mother, together with two or three other
equally devoted women, kept up the organization and maintained the Sunday-school
by their own devout and unaided efforts. From the seed thus planted
sprang the present Presbyterian Church of Corning. Mrs. Sly was,
during her whole life, a woman of much more than common intellectual
force, of unflagging energy and of great decision of character.--She was
one of those who have very positive ideas of right and of duty, and whose
individuality impresses all with whom they come in contact and moulds the
society about them. She ever felt an unflagging interest in public
affairs, and was always able to give a reason for her political as well
as her religious faith. Her intellect was bright and her memory vivid
almost up to the hour when the faithful friend, the tender mother and the
devoted Christian fell peacefully and sweetly asleep in Jesus. (Tuesday,
February 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Oliver Pease
Mr. Oliver Pease, of Deerfield, died last week. He was over 70
years of age, and was one of the early settlers of the Cowanesque valley.
(Tuesday, February 13m 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Ralph Little, Esq.
Ralph Little, Esq., the oldest law practitioner in Susquehanna county
died at his residence in Montrose, a few days ago, of pneumonia.
His age was about 60 years, 40 years of which have been spent in the practice
of law. He was a man of extraordinary talent in his profession.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Trach
George Trach, a farmer living near Easton, started from his home on
the 31st ultimo, in a sleigh, accompanied by his wife and two grand-children,
to visit his son-in-law, and after driving a short distance his wife noticed
the lines drop out of his hands, and looking at her husband discovered
that he was dead. Deceased was 76 years of age. (Tuesday, June
13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rear Admiral James Alden
Rear Admiral James Alden died at San Francisco last Tuesday.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Edward Dyas
Edward Dyas, an old English actor, died in New York a few days ago.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John O’Mahony
John O’Mahony, the noted Fenian agitator, died on Tuesday at New York.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Boynton Smith
Henry Boynton Smith, professor of theology in the Union Theological
Seminary, died in New York on Wednesday, aged 62 years. (Tuesday,
June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Henry Shutter
In Tioga, February 1, 1877, Mrs. Henry Shutter. (Tuesday, June
13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. Andrew K. Bosard
Last week Monday night, about midnight, Col. Andrew K. Bosard, of Osceola,
went to bed apparently in the best of health. Almost immediately
after retiring he complained that his back was cold, and in a moment he
made a gasp or groan that alarmed Mrs. Bosard. She got up at once
and called her brother, who had just gone up stairs to bed. He came
down quickly and at once ran for Dr. Heggie, who was a near neighbor.
The doctor hastened to answer the call; but before he reached his patient’s
bedside Col. Bosard was dead, having expired within 10 minutes after getting
into bed feeling as well as ever. No post-mortem examination was
made, and the cause of death is not certainly known, but it is believed
to have been apoplexy. The Colonel had been a strong, vigorous man
all his life, very seldom suffering from illness of any sort. He
was in his 58th year. Col. Bosard was born at Osceola, and lived there
all his life. He was, early in life, a carpenter and joiner, and
many structures in the vicinity of Osceola remain to attest his skill as
a builder. For several years he was engaged in brick-making, and
united with that business the occupation of a farmer. For nearly
25 years he held the office of Justice of the Peace, having nearly completed
his 5th term. As a Justice he became widely and favorably known,
and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his fellow-men to a remarkable
extent-a fact that was touchingly demonstrated at the funeral on Thursday
by the attendance of a great number of his old friends who had long been
in the habit of resorting to him for counsel in business matters.
Some thirty-odd years ago he appointed a Colonel of militia, his commission
bearing the signature of Gov. Porter, and the title then acquired was associated
with his name ever after. A year ago last fall he was elected one
of the County Auditors on the Republican ticket, and he held the office
at the time of his death. In politics he was originally an old line
Whig, and he adhered to that organization until the formation of the Republican
party nearly 22 years ago. Since the Fremont campaign he had been
straight Republican except when led astray by the Greeley illusion in 1872.
He had for the past 18 years been a faithful member of the Presbyterian
Church at Osceola. He was twice married, and left nine children,
one of them being James H. Bosard, Esq., of this village. Col. Bosard
was a genial man and a valuable citizen, and his loss will be long felt
in the neighborhood where he was best known. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir William Ferguson
Sir William Ferguson, president of the British Royal College of Surgeons
and Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen, died recently. (Tuesday, June
20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Lewis J. Stothoff
An accident occurred at Antrim last Thursday forenoon, resulting in
the death of Mr. Lewis J. Stothoff, a young man employed in the office
of the Fall Brook Coal Company at that place. A freight engine was
engaged in switching some platform cars loaded with lumber, and while thus
employed it became necessary to detach the hind car. The short train
of four or five cars was backed quite rapidly upon the siding, Mr. Stothoff
being upon the platform of the flat car next to the last for the purpose
of drawing the coupling-pin at the proper time. As soon as the pin
was pulled out the engine-driver, following the usual practice, reversed
his engine so as to check the momentum of the train, while the uncoupled
car ran back on the siding. The reversal of the engine checked the
speed of the train with a sudden jerk, and Mr. Stothoff was thrown from
the hind end of the car, falling upon the track. But although the
motion of the backing cars was much checked the train was not entirely
stopped, but continued to run backward. The last car passed over
the unfortunate young man, crushing one hip, breaking the left leg below
the knee, making an incised wound about the small of the back near the
spine, and injuring him internally. Dr. Bacon, of this village, was
telegraphed for, and proceeded to Antrim at once on a special engine; but
it was not within the power of human skill to save the injured man.
He died about two hours after the injury was received, and was fully conscious
up to the last. Mr. Stothoff was a brother-in-law of Gen. George
J. Magee, of the Fall Brook Company. He was about 22 years of age,
and was a lively and genial young man. He had been employed at Antrim
for two or three years, and was well known and much liked by the young
men of this village. He was here in the best of health and spirit’s
the night before the fatal accident, and the news of his sudden and painful
death fell upon the ears of those who knew him with a shock that startled
and saddened them all. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Sally Smith
In Charleston, January 31, 1877, of lung fever, Mrs. Sally Smith, wife
of James H. Smith, aged 75 years and 11 months. (Tuesday, June 20,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lenie Gillett
In Cherry Flats, February 11, 1877, of inflammation of the lungs, Lenie,
youngest son of L. U. and Sarah L. Gillett, aged 1 year, 6 months and 15
days. (Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elvira L. Warner Booth
At Chicago, Sunday, February 18, 1877, Elvira L. Warner, wife of Samuel
Morris Booth. Funeral from the residence of Judge Booth, 505 Lake
street. (Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Carrie Skelton
In Delmar township, March 8, 1877, Carrie, daughter of John Skelton,
in the 3rd year of her age. (Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elsie Bacon
In Wellsboro, January 26, 1877, Elsie, wife of Oliver Bacon, Jr.
(Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Arthur Cole
In New York city, February 24, 1877, Arthur, son of Charles I. and
Frances B. Cole and grandson of Rev. B. F. Taylor, of Lawrenceville, Pa.,
aged 4 years. (Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Cooley
In Tioga township, February 26, 1877, Samuel Cooley, aged about 75
years. (Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lizzie N. Snover
In Mansfield, February 24, 1877, Lizzie N., daughter of U. S. and Jane
R. Snover, aged 7 years, 8 months and 24 days. (Tuesday, March 6,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Philena Dunkley
In Mansfield, February 26, 1877, Mrs. Philena Dunkley, aged about 60
years. (Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)_
Miss Flora Kendrick
In Covington, Monday, February 26, 1877, Flora, daughter of John and
Clara Kendrick, aged 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. (Tuesday, March
6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Autran
Joseph Autran, the poet and member of the French Academy, is dead.
(Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Ursella Terhune and Mrs. Eleanor Kent
Two ladies, Mrs. Ursella Terhune, aged 73 years, and Mrs. Eleanor Kent,
aged 63 years, were burned to death at Hackensack last week Monday by the
explosion of a kerosene oil lamp. (Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Matilda Heron
Matilda Heron, the celebrated actress, died last Wednesday evening
at her residence in New York. She was conscious up to a short time
before her demise, and conversed with a few of her friends. She was
about 48 years of age. (Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Odger
George Odger, at one time the champion of the workingmen’s cause in
England, died recently in London. In 1868 he was announced as a Republican
candidate for the House of Commons for the borough of Southwark, but was
badly beaten. He was a thorough Radical. (Tuesday, March 13,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Myron A. Brown
Mr. Myron A. Brown, the superintendent of telegraphs on the Tioga and
Elmira State Line road, died at Tioga Junction last Tuesday. He had
been in the employment of the Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim and of the
Tioga roads for a number of years at Corning, and had won the respect and
affectionate esteem of all with whom he was thrown in contact. On
this completion of the new road Mr. Brown was sent to Tioga Junction as
train dispatcher and superintendent of telegraphs, and he filled those
positions most efficiently. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge
and of the Lodge of the Knights of Honor at Corning, and of the relief
associations of both those orders. That he died respected and lamented
by his fellow workers the resolutions of the telegraph operators, published
in an obituary column, amply testify. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. Henry Sayles
Dr. Henry Sayles, one of the prominent physicians of that city, died
in Elmira last Tuesday. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Loughridge
At Lawrenceville, March 1, 1877, Mary, wife of William Loughridge,
aged 24(?) years and 10 months. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frank O. Stebbins
In Clymer, March 9, 1877, of measles, Frank O. Stebbins, son of Orrin
Stebbins, aged 21 years. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Pierrepoint Ferrin
In Lawrenceville, March 7, 1877, Pierrepoint Ferrin, aged about 54
years. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Myron A. Brown
At Tioga Junction, Pa., March 13, 1877, Myron A. Brown, aged 31 years.
(Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
John West
John West, of Fort Wayne, Ind., fell across a circular saw Thursday
night. His body was cut in two. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
David A. Smolley
David A. Smolley, United States District Judge for Vermont, died on
the 10th inst., in Burlington, at the age of 68. (Tuesday, March
27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. J. M. Dartt
Mr. J. M. Dartt, an old resident of Dartt Settlement, died last Sunday
night from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Dartt completed his 73rd year
last January, and had during his long life enjoyed the respect and confidence
of all who knew him. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Child Burgess
In Sullivan, March 19, 1877, a child of J. H. Burgess, aged 7 months.
(Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mrs. Susie McClure
In Jackson, Pa., March 11, 1877, of brain fever, Susie, wife of Lyman
McClure, aged 33 years. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Ruth Turner
At Trenton, Mo., March 1, 1877, Ruth, wife of Mr. Joseph Turner, and
daughter of Mr. J. A. Martin, of Blossburg, aged 24 years and 6 months.
(Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Hon. Joseph T. Pratt
Hon. Joseph T. Pratt, judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 in Philadelphia,
died in that city last week Monday. Judge Pratt was a native of Susquehanna
county, and was only in the 30th year of his age. (Tuesday, April
3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Thomas Tabor
Mr. Thomas Tabor, an old and respected citizen of Jackson, committed
suicide last week Monday by hanging. The cause was believed to be
domestic trouble. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Laura R. Hollis
In Ward, at the residence of her son, T. O. Hollis, Laura B(or R.).,
relict of the late A. Hollis, aged 74 years. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Humphrey Fletcher [SRGP 09154]
In Sullivan township, March 19, 1877, Humphrey Fletcher, aged 81 years,
3 months and 21 days. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sadie Densmore
At Blossburg, March 26, 1877, Sadie, daughter of Alex. Dunsmore, aged
2 years and 7 months. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. John Calkins
Mr. John Calkins, an old and respected citizen of Charleston township,
died of paralysis last Thursday. We understand Mr. Calkins came to
this county with his father when but a child, and resided in Charleston
substantially all his life. He was well known and highly esteemed
by all our older citizens. He was about 78 years of age at the time
of his death. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. Richard Gustin
Col. Richard Gustin, a resident of Jackson township in this county,
met with a fatal accident in Elmira, last Thursday afternoon about half
past two o’clock. The terrible affair occurred at the Water street
crossing of the Erie railway, and the facts are related by the Advertiser
substantially as follows: Mr. Gustin was in a platform wagon just above
the Pennsylvania House, driving a team of horses, when they became frightened
at a man in the street shoveling dirt. They sprang out of the control
of Col. Gustin and ran down the street at a furious rate. A freight
train was passing down the track and the horses ran furiously into it,
upsetting the wagon and throwing Gustin therefrom under the wheels of the
cars. Before help could come to him--and it seemed as if the street
was instantly full of people--at least three cars passed over him; crushing
his left leg and the lower part of his body in a fearful manner.
He was carried to the office of Dr. M. Flood, near at hand, and an attempt
made to relieve him, but he was past human help. Some of the most
important arteries and blood-vessels must have been cut, for there was
a stream of blood along the street where he was carried that was like pouring
water from a pitcher. He lived but a few moments after arriving at
the office. The team turned and ran towards the bridge and on it, but they
were secured and brought back without having suffered any material damage.
It is a great pity that they could not have been killed rather than that
a valuable human life should have been sacrificed by them. Col. Gustin
was a farmer, and lived about two miles from Millerton. He was held
in very high respect and esteem by all his neighbors, and was a prominent
citizen in this vicinity. During the war he served, he was Colonel
of a Pennsylvania regiment. He was elected master of the Millerton
Gazette at its organization, and was re-elected last December. He
was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. (Tuesday,
April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catherine Mattison
At Stony Fork, April 9, 1877, Mrs. Catherine Mattison, relict of the
late James Mattison, aged 85 years, 7 months and 15 days. (Tuesday,
April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Olive Bickford Cochrane
In Covington, April 4, 1877, Olive Bickford, relict of Abner Cochrane,
in the 80th year of her age. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Herbert H. Smith
In Blossburg, April 8, 1877, Herbert H., son of P. P. and Mary E. Smith,
aged 1 year, 1(or 7) months and 8 days. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles Canney
Mr. Charles Canney, one of the proprietors of the Blossburg glass works,
died a few days ago of pneumonia. (Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel Bostwick
An old gentleman named Daniel Bostwick was accidentally killed at Lawrenceville
last Tuesday morning by the Fall Brook train. While switching, the
train ran into Mr. Bostwick, hurting him so badly that he died in about
half an hour. A brakeman named Albro attempted to save him at the
risk of his own life, and caught him by the coat, but the coat tore, and
the old man fell under the car. Mr. Bostwick was about 75 years of
age and was a farmer residing near the depot. He leaves a grown-up
family. (Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
William G. Brownlow(Parson Barlow)
William G. Brownlow, better known as Parson Brownlow, died last Sunday
at Knoxville, Tenn. His life was a varied and a useful one.
He was first a carpenter, then became a Methodist minister, and after 10
years of itinerant preaching turned politician, and finally naturally drifted
into political journalism. He soon became noted for the vigor and
point of his writings, bringing to the support of his Whig principles a
most trenchant and fearless pen. Although a strong advocate of chattel
slavery, when the war of secession broke out the plucky political parson
became an outspoken Union man. In this character his labors became
so damaging to the cause of the South that in the first year of the war
he was arrested on a charge of treason against the Confederacy, and after
an imprisonment for several months was sent within the Union lines.
At the close of the war he returned to Tennessee, of which State he became
Governor in 1865. He was afterward elected United States Senator,
and served one term with conspicuous ability notwithstanding the severest
physical infirmity. He was a man of decided ability and independence
of character, and he has written his name indelibly in the ? of his generation.
(Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Mr. Thomas Driscoll
Mr. Thomas Driscoll, of Blossburg, died very suddenly last Friday morning.
The Register says Mr. Driscoll had been unwell for quite a long time, but
not so much so as to oblige him to entirely abandon his business.
The day before his death he was complaining slightly, and Friday morning
he died before a physician could be summoned. He was about 32 years
of age. The nature of his disease is not stated. (Tuesday,
May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jane Andrews
In Middlebury, April 14, 1877, of rheumatism, Jane Andrews, aged 62
years. (Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Anna Swimelar
In Clymer township, April 16, 1877, of measles, Anna Swimelar, aged
85 years. (Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Abram Westbrook
In Middlebury, April 21, 1877, of consumption, Mrs. Abram Westbrook.
(Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Mary Shumway
Mary, daughter of William P. and Mary Shumway, departed this life April
23, 1877, aged 15 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Her illness was brief,
taking a little less than two weeks, and as it fatally affected the brain,
her friends were not permitted to communicate with her as their love and
sympathy prompted. Everything was come to relieve and restore that
warm affection and medical skill could devise, but without avail.
It pleased God to remove her from us, notwithstanding her overwhelming
grief and tearful supplications. (Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Wm. Johnson
Wm. Johnson, a colored life convict, died Thursday night at Sing Sing,
NY, over 100 years old. He had been sentenced for life twice, pardoned
once and escaped once. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Enoch H. Rosekrans
Hon. Enoch H. Rosekrans, late Justice of the Supreme Court of New York,
died at Glens Falls, Warren county, last Tuesday, aged 70. (Tuesday,
May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. James Dunn
Hon. James Dunn, one of the oldest citizens of Elmira, and a prominent
man in his time, died at his residence in that city last Tuesday morning,
in the 74th year of his age. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Levi Gilbert
Levi Gilbert, aged 81, a wealthy citizen of New Haven, committed suicide
by shooting a few days ago. He invented the atmospheric system of
attaching dental plates. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Fred Sterling
A young man named Fred Sterling, aged about 19 years, residing near
Meshoppen, Pa., committed suicide on Tuesday night, the 24th ultimo, by
shooting himself through the head. He was found near the place on
Wednesday morning, and had evidently died without a struggle. The
tragic deed was the result of a petty love affair. (Tuesday, May
8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thomas Gee
In Farmington, April 24, 1877, Thomas Gee, aged about 70 years.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Agnes O’Donnell
In Tioga, April 28, 1877, of diphtheria and scarlet fever, Agnes O’Donnell,
aged 10(or 16) years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Pickering, Jr.
In Tioga, May 1, 1877, of scarlet fever, George, only son of Hiram
Pickering, Jr., aged 10 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. G. W. Morley
At Mansfield, April 29, 1877, Mr. G. W. Morley, aged about 50 years.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John L. Jones
At Mansfield, April 30, 1877, of inflammation of the lungs, John L.,
infant son of Rev. George C. Jones, aged about 5 months. (Tuesday,
May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. ---- McDougal
At Morris Run, May 3, 1877, Mrs. --- McDougal, aged 53 years.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lottie Torpy
On the morning of the 5th instant, at about 7 o’clock, a very sad accident
took place at the residence of Mr. Aaron Torpy about two miles west of
this village, resulting in the death of Mr. Torpy’s daughter Lottie, a
bright little girl six years of age. Mrs. Torpy was busy about her
household duties, and went to the door a short distance to get a pail,
leaving Lottie and a younger child in the kitchen. Before the mother
could get back to the house Lottie appeared at the door with her clothes
in flames. The poor child ran out and away from her mother, who soon
caught her, however, and undertook to smother the fire by wrapping her
own skirts around the burning child. But she only succeeded in burning
herself quite severely and setting fire to her own clothing. Fortunately
Mr. Torpy was near at hand, and soon extinguished the flames with a pail
of water. Lottie was so terribly burned that she was paralyzed and
suffered no pain, and she died about 7 o’clock in the evening before reaction
had set in. It is believed that the child’s clothing caught fire
from a spark snapping out the stove door, which was held partly open by
a stick of wood too long to go entirely in. The younger child who
was with her in the kitchen says Lottie stood near the stove door dressing,
when she took fire; and this is the most probable explanation of the deplorable
accident. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Margaret Harris
Mrs. Margaret Harris (aged 95 years), who died recently at Jersey Shore,
was the daughter of John English, a soldier of the Revolutionary war who
fought under Anthony Wayne. Mrs. Harris was married in 1803.
She raised a family of 11 children, seven of whom are living. This
remarkable woman passed through the trying scenes of the “Big Runaway,”
when all the settlers had before the relentless savages, who destroyed
their improvements, burned their crude cabins, and slew many who fell into
their hands. One of her sisters, who was captured at that time, was
scalped. Mrs. Harris was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal
church for nearly 70 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ira J. Longstein
In Blossburg, May 8, 1877, Ira J., son of Christopher Longstein, aged
about one year. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
John N. Morris
In Morris township, April 15, 1877, of disease of the lungs, John N.
Morris, aged 52 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Jerusha Baldwin
In Tioga, May 5, 1877, Jerusha, wife of Thomas L. Baldwin, aged 51
years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lucy Keeney
In Middlebury, May 3, 1877, Mrs. Lucy Keeney, in the 68th year of her
age. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Fanny M. Henry
In Charleston, on Wednesday, May 9, 1877, Fanny M., wife of Richard
Henry, and daughter of James M., and Ann J. Wilkinson, aged 29 years, 7
months and 7 days. How true it is that “Death loves a shining mark.”
Of late how often have we been reminded of the uncertainty of life and
the certainty of the fate which awaits us all, and to many of us may lie
but a short distance in the future. Another household has a vacancy
which can never be filled. The deceased has left a sadly-bereaved
husband, two small children and a large circle of relatives and friends
to mourn her loss. She had suffered long and hard from that fearful
disease--consumption. She endured her pains and fevers without a
murmur during all her sad hours. She was cheered by the bright prospect
beyond the river, and her friends mourn not as these without hope; they
know that she died in the fullest triumph and deepest conviction and belief
in the religion of Jesus; and her last request was that they should all
so live that when “life‘s fitful fever is over” they might all once more
meet in that other and better land where the wicked cease from troubling
and the weary are at rest. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter, U. S. Navy, died at Shrewsbury, NJ,
Wednesday, aged 80. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rev. Francis Xavier Techenbens
Rev. Francis Xavier Techenbens, founder of the Redemptionist Order
in this country, died at Baltimore, May 10th, aged 76 years. (Tuesday,
May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Cornelia Chisolm
Miss Cornelia Chisolm, the brave girl who was so brutally wounded at
DeKalb, Mississippi, recently while trying to save her father’s life, died
of her injuries last Tuesday. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ida Hawley
Ida Hawley, a daughter of J. B. Hawley, of Hornellsville, committed
suicide by drowning on the 7th instant. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thaddeus Smith
At Bradford, M’Kean county, a boy named Thaddeus Smith was killed by
unconsciously inhaling gas while lying on the cover of an oil tank, looking
into it while the well was pumping. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Adams
George Adams, an inmate of the Providence Poor-house, died on the 9th.
The Superintendent assures us that the deceased did not taste a morsel
of food for mere than a month prior to his death, and says he was reduced
to a wretched skeleton.--Scranton Republican. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Ella Johns
In Rutland, May 8, 1877, of diphtheria, Ella, daughter of Sandford
and Rosetta Johns, aged 7 years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Timothy Longwell
In Rutland, May 21, 1877, of consumption, Timothy Longwell, aged 54(or
64) years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Isaac Richmond [SRGP 05571]
In Sullivan, May 14, 1877, of Dropsy, Isaac Richmond, aged 77 years.
(Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Damie Watson [SRGP 08873]
In Rutland, May 12, 1877, of diphtheria, Damie, daughter of Daniel
and Clarinda Watson, aged 6(or 5) years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Henrietta Bacon
In Delmar, April 27, 1877, Mrs. Henrietta Bacon, wife of Mr. David
L. Bacon, and daughter of the late Mr. Benjamin Claus, aged 32 years.
Her disease was pulmonary consumption superinduced by severe and unanticipated
hemorrhage of the lungs, which threatened to terminate fatally at the time.
She survived, however, for a season and the hemorrhage was repeated two
or three times, reducing her vitality and strength at every repetition.
This occurred in Nebraska, whither she removed with her family about 12
years ago; and, until this first hemorrhage, she appeared to be in excellent
health. Being impressed that the disease would terminate fatally,
she returned with her husband to his vicinity, that she might spend her
last days among the scenes and friends of her youth. She had not
made a public profession of religion, but her mind was religiously inclined.
About four weeks before her death she was baptized, and received in probation
in the M. E. Church. From that time her religious experience was
much more satisfactory than ever before and she experienced the supporting
consolations of grace until the last. Her funeral was very numerously
attended, and was unusually impressive. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Mayer
Joseph Mayer, aged 52, fell downstairs Thursday in Buffalo, and was
killed. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. Henry Parker Blackwell
Dr. Henry Parker Blackwell died in Troy a few days since. The
Troy Times says he was the youngest of 21 children, that he was 107 years
old, that his father and mother both died at the age of 117 years, that
his grandfather lived to celebrate his 117th(?) birthday, and that one
of his brothers, now living across the seas, is 115 years old. (Tuesday,
June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Weeks
Henry Weeks, the English sculptor, is dead. (Tuesday, June 12,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Winnetta Montague
Winnetta Montague, a noted actress, died in Brooklyn recently.
(Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles F. Powell
Charles F. Powell, United States Consul at Iquique, Peru, died on the
6th ultimo. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Fletcher Harper
Fletcher Harper, the last of the original Harper Brothers, the noted
New York publishers, died a week ago Tuesday. (Tuesday, June 12,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Joseph Rice
Mrs. Joseph Rice, of Blood’s Station, NY, died last Wednesday from
a dose of bedbug poison taken by mistake. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ernest D. Watson
In Rutland, May 27, 1877, of diphtheria, Ernest D. Watson, aged 10
years. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
John H. Corwin
At Millerton, June 2, 1877, John H., son of A. J. and Louisa Corwin,
aged 9 months. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Almond Tuttle
Almond Tuttle, a son of Hiram B. Tuttle, living about two miles south
of Mansfield, committed suicide last week by shooting himself through the
heart with a shotgun. He had been afflicted several years with fever
sores from which he suffered severely. One afternoon last week he
told his mother that he had never suffered so much in all his life, and
he would stand it no longer. She asked him how he could help it,
and he replied that he would kill himself. Afterwards he went up
stairs, and soon a report of a gun was heard, and he was found lying on
his bed. It is supposed he sat on the bed with the breech of the
gun on the floor and the muzzle at his heart, and fired the weapon with
the ramrod. He was about 16 years old. (Tuesday, June 19, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
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