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1875 - Wellsboro Agitator - Obituaries
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Gerrit Smith
The distinguished philanthropist whose name heads this article died in New
York city, from a sudden stroke of paralysis, last week Monday afternoon.
In his death the country loses an illustrious and patriot citizen and the world
an ardent and powerful friend of suffering humanity. Mr. Smith belonged to
a class of men not numerous in this country or in any other.--He was born to
great wealth, received a thorough education, and possessed all the native
qualities and cultivated graces which make men popular in social, business, and
political circles, and so tend to render them natural conservatives. But
great as was his stake in social order, he could not remain silent in the
presence of what he believed to be a wrong or an evil inflicted on his fellow
men, and so at a very early period in his career he became an agitator for the
abolition of slavery and afterward a warm enemy of the liquor traffic. He
was a man of brilliant intellect, of persuasive eloquence, and of fine
presence-qualities which would have justified him in aspiring to political
positions of the first rank; but he became an Abolitionist at a time when that
hated name was a bar to all political preferment and almost to all social
toleration. In short, he was one of those rare men of perfect moral
integrity who are ready to follow the lead of conscience not only at the risk of
life but--a much harder thing to do--at the risk of incurring the contempt of
their fellow men. Mr. Smith was a man of great business capacity and shrewdness,
and yet he used his wealth in a manner that most men of business would regard as
Quixotic and ruinous. He believed in the brotherhood of man, and so he
divided freely among his brethren of both races vast tracts of land--too often
to see his bountiful gifts wasted and frittered away. But no ingratitude
or improvidence on the part of those he aided could close his ear to the cry of
human distress, and to the day of his death he remained the sure earthly refuge
of his most needy fellow men. It is hard to estimate Mr. Smith’s influence on
public affairs, because that influence was exerted indirectly. Except as a
member of Congress for part of one term, he never held a public office; and
office-holdings was little to his taste. But he did have much to do in
shaping the politics of his country, for he did much to create that public
opinion which finally obliged the shrewdest politicians to oppose the extension
of human slavery, and so led to its overthrow. He was not of that school
of Abolitionists who held that the Constitution was “a covenant with hell,” for
he believed that freedom was national and slavery sectional, as Sumner afterward
contended; but he had as strong a conviction of the moral wrong of slavery and
of the laws which upheld it as Garrison or Phillips, and his advocacy of the
cause of abolition was probably quite as effective as that of any of the
original Abolitionists. His hatred of tyranny was not limited by any
geographical lines. He had a fervent appeal and an open purse for the
oppressed people of any quarter of the globe. His catholic sympathy had
been recently shown in the case of the heroic struggle for Independence in Cuba.
It is refreshing, amidst the modern tyranny of public opinion, to contemplate a
character like that of Gerrit Smith. He was a man who was unconventional,
thoroughly conscientious, pitilessly logical and independent in forming his own
opinions and acting upon them. There are few such men in any land, but if
there were many more the world would be the better for it; but after all it is
not the politician--the President or King--who leads the nations, but the
independent thinker, who has the courage of his own opinions. The body of Gerrit
Smith was taken from the residence of Gen. Cochrane to the Grand Central depot
late Wednesday afternoon and put aboard the train to be sent to the late home of
the deceased at Peterboro for interment. It is reported that Gerrit Smith
leaves an estate worth between $700-800,000, consisting principally of property
in Oswego city, which will probably be divided between his two children--Mrs.
Miller and Green Smith. Gerrit Smith‘s first wife was a daughter of Rev.
Dr. Bachus, one of the early Presidents of Hamilton College. His second
wife was a Baltimore lady, a daughter of Colonel Fitzhugh, of Maryland, a
prominent slaveholder, who afterward liberated his slaves. These were
taken to Peterboro, Gerrit Smith‘s ancestral residence, and furnished with homes
in that neighborhood. The funeral of the late Gerrit Smith took place from
his residence at Peterboro, Madison county, at 1 o‘clock p. m. on Thursday.
The services were simple but impressive. There was a very large
attendance. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Wm. H. Reinhart
The funeral of the late Wm. H. Reinhart, sculptor, who died in Italy, took
place in Baltimore on Saturday. He was a native of Maryland.
(Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thos. G. Turner
Thos. G. Turner, President of the Equitable Insurance Company, and who was
Governor of Rhode Island, in ‘59 and ‘60, died at Providence last Sunday, aged
64. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Richard Barnum, wife, and two children
Richard Barnum, his wife, and two children were burned to death at Shannon,
Mississippi, on Saturday week. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
James Montanye
James Montanye, of Hurley, Ulster county, NY, shot himself through the heart
Tuesday morning. Dissipation led him to the act. He left a family.
(Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Murphy
John Murphy, who was executed at Carson, Nevada, on Tuesday, for the murder
of J. R. McCollum, was a native of Scotland, and at one time traveled with J. C.
Heenan, giving sparring exhibitions. On the scaffold he made some remarks
professing his belief in spiritualism, and at the same time uttering horrible
blasphemies. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Goodman
John Goodman was executed at Ottawa, Ohio, on Wednesday, for the murder of
the Haywood family last April. The prisoner confessed the crime while on
the scaffold. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Alvah Crocker
Hon. Alvah Crocker, Representative in Congress from the 10th District of
Massachusetts, died at his residence at Fitchburg, Mass., on the 26th ultimo.
He left Washington on Monday previous to spend the holidays at home, and caught
a severe cold, which on Friday assumed the serious form of congestion of the
lungs, and terminated fatally. His age was 73. (Tuesday, January 5,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph B. Varnum
Joseph B. Varnum, a prominent New York lawyer, died last Thursday.
(Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William Thomas, Jr.
William Thomas, Jr., was killed in Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon in a
saloon fight. (Tuesday, January 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Delos G. Beecher
At Hazleton, Luzerne county, Pa., Dec. 24, 1874, Mr. Delos G. Beecher, aged
53. The deceased was a native of Wellsboro. (Tuesday, January 5,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Anna Horton
In Delmar, Dec. 28, 1874, Anna Horton, wife of Thomas Horton, in the 86th
year of her age. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Maria Kimball
On the 24th day of December, 1874, Maria, wife of Norvah R.(or E.) Kimball,
of consumption, aged 84(?) years, 1 month and 18 days. (Tuesday, January
5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Adaline Cady
In Middlebury, Dec. 26th (or 28th), 1874, Mrs. Adaline Cady, in the 60th
year of her age. The subject of this notice has long lived, and was well
known as an intelligent and virtuous member of society in Middlebury township.
In her death, her relatives and friends sustain a loss irreparable in time; but
our loss is her gain. (Tuesday, January 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Ada Bell Niles
In Lakeview, Mich., December 31, 1874, of congestion of the spine, Ada Bell,
daughter of Chas. P. and Elizabeth A. Niles, formerly of Tioga county, Pa., aged
8 months and 23(or 28) days. (Tuesday, January 12, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Hannah M. Price
In Newaygo county, Mich., December 22, 1874, Hannah M., wife of James Price,
formerly of Covington, Pa., aged 27 years. (Tuesday, January 12, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frank Bryant [SRGP 05462]
In Sullivan, January 3d, 1875, of typhoid fever, Frank, youngest son of
William Bryant, aged 17 years. (Tuesday, January 12, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [Wood Cemetery]
Miss H. T. Fry
Miss H. T. Fry, a music teacher, was found dead in her room at a hotel in
Williamsport a few days ago. An inquest was held, and the jury brought in
a verdict that her death was caused by an epileptic convulsion, produced by the
excessive use of stomach bitters. (Tuesday, January 19, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bigelow
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bigelow died at Genesee Falls, NY, a few days since.
They were each over 80 years of age, had lived together as husband and wife for
over 60 years, raising a family of 16 children. Both died on the same day,
only a few hours apart, of natural causes, and they were buried in one grave.
(Tuesday, January 19, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Wickham R. Crocker
Hon. Wickham R. Crocker died at his residence in Cameron, Steuben county, on
the 6th instant, at the age of 65 years. Mr. Crocker was born in England,
and had been a resident of Cameron about 30 years, during which time he was a
practicing physician. He was a member of the Assembly from Steuben county
in 1859 and ‘60. (Tuesday, January 19, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John H. Hendershot
John H. Hendershot, living three miles from Port Jervis, in Pike county, was
accidentally shot and killed a few nights ago, by his son, in front of the
Delaware House, in Port Jervis. They were returning in the night stage
from Milford, from a day’s hunt. As Mr. Hendershot was getting out of the
stage his son’s gun was discharged in some way. The whole charge entered
the lower part of his back, carrying away a portion of his spine, and lodged in
the groin. He lived but a short time. (Tuesday, January 19, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Gaylord, Esq.
Henry Gaylord, Esq., died at Wyalusing, Bradford county, January 1, 1875,
aged 68 years, 8 months and 16 days. The death of Esquire Gaylord severs
one of the Maks that bind the present to the generations of the past.
Connected both by birth and by marriage with the oldest families of Wyalusing,
his decease deserves more than a passing notice, on account of the high place he
held in the esteem of his fellow citizens, gained by sterling worth as well as
by his family connections. (Tuesday, January 19, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. George De Pui
Mr. George De Pui, formerly of Tioga, died recently in Illinois.
(Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. R. J. Inscho
Mr. R. J. Inscho, a respected citizen of Tioga, died of pneumonia last
Wednesday. (Tuesday, January 26, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Miss Mary E. Bacon
In Salem, Richardson county, Nebraska, Dec. 18, 1874, Mary E., daughter of
Elmer and Sarah Bacon, aged 22 years and 4 months. (Tuesday, January 26,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Margaret Landon
In Liberty, Pa., Jan. 15, 1875, Mrs. Margaret Landon, aged 80 years, 9
months and 3 days. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Artley
In Liberty, Pa., Jan. 16, 1875, Mrs. Artley, aged 78 years. (Tuesday,
January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Capt. Thomas C. Harris
Capt. Thomas C. Harris, United States navy, died Sunday morning at the Naval
Asylum in Philadelphia, after a brief illness. Capt. Harris was born in
Pennsylvania in 1823. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
E. B. Cook
E. B. Cook, of the Waterbury, Conn., American, the oldest editor in the
State died Sunday week, aged 82. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rev. Charles Kingsley
A dispatch from London says that Rev. Charles Kingsley is dead.
(Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frederick Heidenblut
Frederick Heidenblut was hanged on Wednesday in Philadelphia for the murder
of Godfrey Kuhule(?) in December, 1873. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Sprague
Charles Sprague, the banker poet of Boston, is dead, aged 84 years.
(Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. John Emerson
Last Friday forenoon Mrs. John Emerson, of Bradford, NH, was found about 10
o’clock, sitting in the kitchen of her house, with her head literally blown from
her body. Her husband was at the barn. He heard the report of a gun,
and entering the house, found his wife as above stated, with her knitting work
in her hands. A double-barreled shotgun, discharged, was on the floor.
Mrs. Emerson had been married but a few months, was 20 years old, and not known
to have an enemy. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William H. Aspinwall
William H. Aspinwall is dead. His name is chiefly associated with the
organization of the Isthmus route to California, out of which grew the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. (Tuesday, January 26, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Kingsley
The time was when news of the death of Charles Kingsley would have brought
with it no less consternation than sorrow to all who labor for the welfare of
the human race; for every such worker would have felt that a great warrior had
fallen in the very beginning of the battle. Now--since so much has been
accomplished that he lived to accomplish, and, in the progress of constitutional
government, the repeal of bad laws, and the wide dissemination of liberal and
humane thoughts and ideas, the safety of his cause and theirs seems
assured--this news will be heard with a deep sadness and solemnity indeed, but
with a sorrow unmixed with alarm. He has fallen; but not before his
victory was won. The champion of the oppressed poor man-sinks into the
grave; but the poor, throughout the English-speaking world, are better in
condition and happier in mind because Charles Kingsley has lived; and the high
purpose of social amelioration which he refreshed and stimulated, by so many
agencies, in the best heart and intellect of his age--giving it a fresh impetus
and a renewed vigor--survives to lift them higher yet, and constantly to teach
and keep in view the brotherhood of man. The story of his life is of course the
story of his works and their influence--and that is written on the experience of
his generation. The most than can here be given, in brief commemoration of
him, is the meager narrative of incidents and record of impressions. Mr.
Kingsley was born at Holne, in Devonshire, England, June 17, 1819. His
father was then vicar of Holne, but afterward became rector of St. Luke’s,
Chelsea. The family of Kinglsey is an ancient one in Cheshire. There
was a Col. Kingley, who served under Cromwell, and a Gen. Kingsley who led a
brigade at the battle of Minden. One ancestor emigrated to America and
established a branch which still exists in this country. The traits of
force, martial valor, and public spirit which are said to have distinguished the
family in former times are strikingly obvious in the works of Charles Kingsley,
as they were in his character and in the conduct of his life. The
childhood of this celebrated man was passed in Holne vicarage, and amid
surroundings of such natural beauty and historic associations as have won for
Devonshire the name of the garden of England. These environments of
natural loveliness and legendary lore had their strong and healthful influence
on the development of his imagination and his robust and manly frame. From
the age of 14 till the age of 20 he was under the tuition and care of the Rev.
Derwent Coleridge, at Ottley, St. John. Then he went to King’s College,
London, and then, in his 22d year, to Magdalen College, Cambridge, from which
institution he was graduated with high honors as a classical scholar and a
mathematician. In 1844, having chosen the profession of the Church, he was
settled over the parish of Eversley, in Hampshire, and there were passed many
years of his useful and brilliant life. In 1844, also, he was married--his
wife being the daughter of Pascoe Grenfell, long a member of Parliament for
Truro and Great Marlowe. His life at Eversley must have been very
happy--for, though he worked hard for the parish and was assiduous in preaching,
he followed with the freshness and ardor of a boy those field sports of which he
was passionately fond, and which kept him in health and hope and cheer. As
a clergyman he was staunchly devoted to the Established Church, yet liberal in
theology. As a preacher he was simple, sincere, strong, effective, and,
--by reason of his manliness, his sympathy with the poor, his knowledge of the
wants and feelings of the humblest rustic, --very dear to the people among whom
he lived and labored. He arose in the Church to be Canon of Westminster,
and he became one of the private chaplains to the Queen. Another office of
honor that he occupied with credit and beneficence was that of Professor of
Modern History at Cambridge University. The writings of Mr. Kingsley are
voluminous and diversified, showing prodigious industry as well as a vital and
versatile mind. His first work, “Village Sermons,” appeared in 1844.
It is simple, earnest, and meant for simple readers; it urges the spirit of
Christianity as the guide and helper in everyday life, and as the first and most
essential force in righting social wrongs. His next work was “The Saint’s
Tragedy,” published in 1848, with a preface by the Rev. F. D. Maurice.
This relates to the history of Elizabeth of Hungary, and depicts the human heart
in revolt against asceticism.--Deep belief in the nobleness possible to human
nature, and blended therewith a determined opposition to the fetters--of
whatever sort--by which it is constrained and fretted, breathe through all his
writings; but their earliest emphatic enunciation was made in his third work,
“Alton Locke,” put forth in 1850. This has been called a “Chartist novel.”
It espouses the cause of the poor, and it eloquently urges that every human
being should be permitted to make the best of himself that he can according to
the law of duty and conscience. A keen and pitying sense of the miserable
state of the poor of London, working upon a nature full of tenderness and of
poetic aspiration and hopefulness, pervades this book and gives it an
astonishing vitality. Its originality and power seized the public
attention, in its day, with a very strong grasp, and Charles Kingsley became at
once a name and a power in the world of thought and among the practical workers
for Christian civilization. His subsequent publications were: “The
Message of the Church to Laboring Men,” 1851; “Yeast,” 1851; “The Application of
Associative Principles and Methods to Agriculture,” 1851; Sermons on National
Subjects,” 1852; “Phaetheon, or Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers,” 1852;
“Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face,” 1853; “Alexandria and Her Schools,”
1854; “Westward Ho,” 1855; “Sermons for the Times,” 1855; “Glaucus, or the
Warders of the Shore,” 1856; “The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales,” 1856; “Two
Years Ago,” 1857; “Andromeda and Other Poems,” 1858; “Sir Walter Raleigh and His
Times,” 1859; “Good News of God,” 1859; Lectures and Essays; “Hereward, the Last
of the English;” “Town Geology,” and “At Last.” One of his most notable
minor works was a sermon on “Muscular Christianity,” which he preached in St.
Mary’s, the church of the University of Cambridge. Dying at the age of 55, Mr.
Kingsley passes away in the meridian of his powers. He had lived a
wholesome life; he was a well-knitted, tough, elastic man; he had the capacities
within him of much additional work. Yet it cannot be said that he has left
his work unfinished. The word that it was in him to speak--for the
emancipation of mankind from error and wickedness, from the tyranny of caste,
the wrongs of class legislation, the burdens of poverty, of wretchedness, and
vice--was fully spoken. He never lost an occasion--with voice or pen, in
sermon, novel, or poem--to plead with man for the rights of humanity. His
vindication of health, as an element in the salvation of the world, had likewise
been made complete. There were his doctrines; there were his examples.
To literature he might have contributed more; but it is quite unlikely that he
would have wrought in a new vein or risen to a loftier eminence.--Virtue,
manliness, the spirit of adventure, the work of self-reliant character, and the
necessity and beauty of religious faith are urged and celebrated in all his
fictions. The lesson had been wholly taught. And Charles Kingsley,
distinguished on two continents as novelist, poet, and moral and social
philosopher and teacher, had lived to see not a few ideas crystallized into
practical fact which were though to be visionary 25 years ago. If it was
his appointed vocation to foster the intelligent and virtuous aspirations of
mankind toward equality before human laws and of obedience to laws divine--and
thus toward national and healthful happiness--he certainly accomplished it to
the utmost limit of his power. In later years he had desisted from strife
and controversy, finding the social world calmer, and yielding more to the poet
than to the reformer in his restless spirit. His visit to this country was
a happy episode in his autumnal experience. He made many friends here, and
he left a gracious and fragment memory when he sailed away. He will be
honored, in the long future, as a man of true and pure genius, whose moral
nature allied that genius to patient work for the practical good of his fellow
creatures. He will be mourned in the present as the magical romancer who
called up Hypatia the beautiful, and the tender poet who sang of “The Sands o’
Dee.”--NY Tribune. (Tuesday, February 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Edgar Sickles
On the evening of the 21st ultimo a brutal murder was committed near
Towanda, an old man named Edgar Sickles being killed by two brothers named
Powers. The murderers were intoxicated, and got into a quarrel with
Sickles about two pounds of sugar, ending the affair by splitting his head open
with a hatchet and stabbing him several times. Both the murderers are
safely locked up at Towanda. (Tuesday, February 2, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Avery
A very unusual event took place in Chatham township last Wednesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Avery had settled in that township a long time ago, and had
won the respect and love of all who knew them. They had lived together
many peaceful years, raising a useful family of children, and sharing the joys,
the cares and the sorrows common to all humanity. For sometime past Mrs.
Avery had been suffering from that dread scourge of high latitude--consumption.
At last, as it became more and more evident that for her the closing scene was
at hand, her life’s companion also sickened of an acute disease--inflammation of
the lungs. Last Wednesday morning the end came. Mrs. Avery breathed
her last at 1 o’clock, and her husband, having learned of her death, rapidly
sank until, at 3 o’clock, he followed her to the “undiscovered country.”
We have heard of the irony of fate; but this event seems to have illustrated the
very paths of life. People often express the desire to die together, and
certain it is that many a faithful couple will wish their last end may be like
this; but it is very seldom that such a wish is gratified. Man and wife
may totter down the hill of life hand in hand, but it is not often that they are
laid “together at the foot” so literally as were this aged couple. The
funeral services were held Friday morning, and then the mortal remains of the
good old husband and wife were followed to their last resting place by the
relatives, friends and neighbors, and placed in one grave, for “in death they
were not divided.” (Tuesday, February 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Kydd
In Blossburg, Jan. 25, 1875, Mrs. Kydd, aged about 18 years. (Tuesday,
February 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Daniel Williams
In Blossburg, Jan. 26, 1875, Mrs. Daniel Williams, aged 79 years.
(Tuesday, February 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William A. Buckingham
William A. Buckingham, Senator of the United States and ex-Governor of
Connecticut, died at his home in Norwich, Thursday at midnight. (Tuesday,
February 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Betsy Williams
Betsy Williams, one of the last of Pennsylvania’s slaves, died in Lewisburg
recently, at the advanced age of 75. She was purchased by Wm. Davis, of
Limestoneville, Montour county, when only 8 years old. At the age of 18
she became free. Her skill as a cook was unsurpassed and she wielded her
authority with regal sway in the kitchen. Her fame spread throughout the
neighboring country. Many are the recollections possessed by as many
persons of the royal way in which she browned a turkey. Her doughnuts were
unsurpassed. She was a good friend, or a good enemy. She was
perfectly identified with the interests of the family with whom she lived.
Her master’s friends were her friends; his enemies her enemies; his joys, her
joys; his sorrows her sorrows. As age crept upon her, her manners became
remarkably kind and winning. The smallest child did not hesitate to climb
into her friendly lap, and even the brute creation such as dogs and cats, were
attracted toward her and always found her ready to befriend in all
emergencies.--The old homestead at last was broken up, and old “Aunty,” found a
home with one of the daughters of her old master, Mrs. Dr. Marr, of Lewisburg.
(Tuesday, February 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Emma Maria Smith
In Wellsboro, February 6th, 1875, of puerperal fever, Mrs. Emma Maria, wife
of Alvarius Smith, in the 22d year of her age. (Tuesday, February 9, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Alfred Conkling
While a number of boys were coasting at Middletown, NY, Tuesday night, an
accident occurred by which Alfred Conkling was instantly killed, his neck being
broken. A number of older boys who were on the sled with him were wounded.
(Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rear Admiral Charles S. Bell
Rear Admiral Charles S. Bell, USN, died of pneumonia Friday morning at his
residence in New Brunswick, NJ, aged 77 years. (Tuesday, February 16,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
W. E. Smith
W. E. Smith, an old resident and successful merchant of Addison, NY, died in
that village on Tuesday. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Flora F. Lake
At Antrim, Pa., February 15th, of inflammation of the bowels, after an
illness of a few days, Flora F., daughter of James and Julia Lake, aged 18 years
and 9 months. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Sally Ann Dibble
In Delmar, February 6th, 1875, Mrs. Sally Ann Dibble, aged 68 years, 9
months and 10 days. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary G. Dodge
In New Albany, Ind., Feb. 3, 1875, of pneumonia, Mrs. Mary G. Dodge, of
Sullivan, Tioga county, Pa., aged 58 years. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Allie E. Johnson
Allie E., daughter of Newton and Elizabeth Johnson, of consumption, in
Wellsboro, January 21st, aged 22 years. Miss Johnson was an estimable
young lady, beloved by those who knew her. For six years, she had been an
invalid; but heroically clung to the idea of her recovery, expecting to enter
into the active work of life as a laborer in God‘s vineyard. This thought
she abandoned a few days before her death, when she came to know that the sphere
of her activities would be Heaven instead of Earth. Enjoying great mental
tranquility and spiritual joy, she patiently awaited the summons that would
release her from her bondage and introduce her into the “Paradise of God.”
No one could see her without perceiving how great to her was the gain of
godliness, as it enabled her to say, “To me, to live is Christ, and to die is
gain.” Her funeral services were attended in the Methodist church,
of which she had been an honored and consistent member. (Tuesday, February
16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Leroy Abell
The Blossburg Register says Mr. Leroy Abell, of Westfield, accidentally shot
himself dead a few days ago. His barn was infested with rats, and he kept
his gun loaded and standing in a convenient place for the purpose of shooting
them. He went into the barn, and seeing a rat he reached for the gun.
While looking for the rat he drew the gun towards him, the lock struck against
some pieces of lumber, and it was discharged, the contents taking effect in his
heart, causing instant death. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Job Head
Mr. Job Head, an old citizen of Clymer township, died last week Monday.
(Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
W. W. Wiggins
W. W. Wiggins, of Hornellsville, an inmate of the Willard Asylum, died
recently at that institution. He had been insane some 10 or 12 years, and
at times believed himself to be President of the Erie railway, and a clergyman.
Previous to his insanity he was a man of position and influence, and very much
respected by the community in which he resided. (Tuesday, February 16,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Samuel Hooper
Hon. Samuel Hooper, Representative in Congress from Massachusetts, died at
Washington last Saturday evening. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John McCormick
John McCormick, one of the wealthiest citizens of Mount Vernon, Ohio, was
murdered in his store a few nights ago, for money. A heavy reward is
offered for the murders. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Elmer Doud [SRGP 09836]
In Sullivan, Pa., Jan. 29th, Elmer, son of Lafayette and Clara Doud, aged 8
years. (Tuesday, February 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.) [Mainesburg Cemetery]
W. B.(or R.) Smith
W. B.(or R.) Smith, an old resident and successful merchant of Addison, NY,
died in that village on Tuesday. (Tuesday, February 23, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Michael Reilly
Michael Reilly, an Erie Railroad trackman, 50 years of age, got one of his
feet fast in a railroad track at Otisville, Wednesday morning last, and was
instantly killed by a passing train. (Tuesday, March 2, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Henry Stevens
Mr. Henry Stevens, a prominent citizen of Middlebury, died last Sunday, aged
about 54. The funeral is to be attended to-day. (Tuesday, March 2,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Harriet Humphrey
At her residence in Woodhull, NY, February 18th, 1875, of typhoid-pneumonia,
Harriet, wife of James V. Humphrey and mother of Dr. William T. Humphrey, of
Osceola, Pa., one of our present legislative Representatives. Deceased was
born in the town of Bainbridge, Chenango county, NY, in the year 1804, and
consequently was at the time of her death in her 71st year. She moved with
her husband into the town of Woodhull 17 years ago, where they have resided ever
since. Her sickness was short--only 10 days. Three of her sons and
an only daughter were with her when she closed her eyes in the sleep that knows
no waking. The funeral procession was a large one although the day proved
to be very stormy. (Tuesday, March 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel Smith
At Liberty, Pa., Feb. 20, 1875, Daniel Smith, aged 45 years. (Tuesday,
March 2, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Christina Schaumbacher
At Liberty, Pa., Feb. 23, 1875, Mrs. Christina Schaumbacher, aged 94 years.
Mrs. Schaumbacher was Judge C. F. Veil’s mother-in-law. She was the mother
of seven children, 45 grandchildren, 101 great-grandchildren, and one
great-great-grandchild. She has lived the life of a Christian, and has
gone to give an account of her stewardship. (Tuesday, March 2, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir Charles Lyell
Sir Charles Lyell, the great geologist, died a few days ago at the age of 78
years. He had been for many years at the head of his department of natural
science, and everywhere his writings are considered as the highest authority.
(Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Gen. Lorenzo Thomas
Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, late Adjutant General of the army, died at Washington
last Wednesday, in the 72d year. (Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lizzy Ames [SRGP 09011 Elizabeth Borden Ames]
Miss Lizzy Ames, daughter of Mr. Thomas W. Ames, of Sullivan, aged 34, died
in Philadelphia, where she was attending medical lectures, on Sunday evening,
February 28th. She was one of the graduates of the first class of the
State Normal School at Mansfield in 1866. Miss Ames was a warm friend and
consistent every-day Christian, beloved by all who knew her, and she has gone to
enjoy the company of the blessed forever. She died of heart disease.--Her
funeral was attended at the M. E. church to-day, Prof. Fradenburgh preaching the
funeral sermon to a crowded house. Prof. Allen also made a few appropriate
remarks. (Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.) [Mainesburg Cemetery]
E. S. Barnard
E. S. Barnard, of the Cuba, NY, Patriot, died on Sunday morning of last
week. (Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
William D. Burdick
William D. Burdick, one of the oldest residents of Hornellsville, died
recently at the age of 73 years. (Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Capt. Henry S. Dow
Capt. Henry S. Dow, editor of the Lumberman’s Gazette, Bay City, Michigan,
died from an overdose of morphine, taken while he was ill and probably
intentionally. He was a captain of a N. H. Regiment in the war. He
then came to Addison, NY, and for six months was one of the publishers of the
Advertiser, and from thence went to Oil City and published a daily newspaper.
(Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Morgan
At his residence, at Round Top, Pa., February 10, 1875, Samuel Morgan, aged
72 years, 10 months, and 26 days. (Tuesday, March 9, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Fulkerson
The Register says a man named Charles Fulkerson was found dead at Nauvoo, in
this county, on the 16rh inst. He had been gone from his house about 15
minutes, accompanied by a small boy, his grandson. The boy came back to
the house and told his grandmother that he had fainted. She sent for a
neighbor, who rubbed him with camphor, but failed to restore him to
consciousness. A physician was summoned, but found the man dead. It
was thought he died of heart disease. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Capt. J. J. Shepard
Capt. J. J. Shepard, an officer in the 107th N. Y. Vols., in the late war,
died in Corning a few days ago. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Olive Dunsmore
At West Covington, February 27th, 1875, Olive, wife of William Dunsmore,
aged 33 years. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Diantha Marvin
At West Covington, March 6th, 1875, Diantha, wife of A. G. Marvin, aged 42
years. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Mr. Forbes Cooley
In Delmar, March 13, 1875, Mr. Forbes Cooley, aged 53 years. (Tuesday,
March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Annie Morris
On the 11th inst., Annie, only daughter of William E. and Mary N. Morris.
Interment at Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, March 15th, 1875. (Tuesday, March
16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
RICH - Mrs. Rosilla Welch [SRGP 03466]
In Sullivan March 11th, Rosilla, wife of James Welch, aged 54(?) years.
(Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[State Road Cemetery]
Mr. David Palmer [SRGP 07736]
In Sullivan, March 15th, Mr. David Palmer, aged 86 years. Palmer was
one of the oldest settlers of Sullivan. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [King Hill Cemetery]
HAYDEN - Mrs. Phebe Doud [SRGP 07253]
In Sullivan, March 17th, Phebe, wife of Munson Doud, aged 89 years.
(Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[State Road Cemetery]
Elisha Kingbury
Elisha Kingbury, probably the most prominent architect and builder in Elmira
died at his rooms in the Rathbun House last Thursday morning soon after five
o’clock.--His sickness has been of comparatively brief duration, the disease
prostrating him being a brain fever. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. George Edwards
Mr. George Edwards died at Bath a few days since, after a long illness.
Mr. Edwards was born in Elmira--then Newtown--in 1815. His father, the
late Hon. George C. Edwards, then a practicing lawyer, removed to Bath in
November, 1821, and there reside till his death in 1837. (Tuesday, March
16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. P. H. Crofut
In Elk township, March 13, 1875, Mr. P. H. Crofut, aged 77 years. He
died in great peace. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Welsh and John Owen
A tragedy occurred at Mount Pleasant mine, Scranton, last Tuesday, by which
two boys, named Henry Welsh and John Owen were crushed to death in a coal
screen. Both were employed in the screen room with about 60 other cracker
boys, separating slate from the coal. Welsh was in the act of stepping
across the screen when his foot was caught in the ponderous machine which was
revolving slowly. His cries brought to his aid his companion Owen, a boys
some 15 years of age, who bravely and in the face of a fearful fate sought to
extricate him. In the effort his arm was caught in the screen, and before
the machinery could be brought to a stand--still both boys were crushed into a
shapeless mass, their heads and arms severed from their bodies, and altogether
presenting a shocking spectacle. (Tuesday, March 16, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
James Laurie
James Laurie, of Hartford, the eminent civil engineer, died suddenly last
Tuesday, aged 70 years. (Tuesday, March 23, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Monyhan
Last Wednesday night, in Brooklyn, John Riley shot John Monyhan, killing him
almost instantly. Deceased, who was married to Riley’s sister, was
drinking all day, and it is alleged made repeated assaults on Riley.
(Tuesday, March 23, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Chloe Bockus
In Charleston, March 4th, 1875, Chloe, daughter of Philander and Eliza
Bockus, aged 2 years, 6 months and 22 days. (Tuesday, March 23, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[Own Surname not known] Mrs. Jane Connelly [SRGP 13262]
In Sullivan, March 26th,(or 25th), 1875, Jane, wife of William Connelly,
aged about 25(?) years. (Tuesday, March 23, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) [State Road Cemetery]
John Martin
John Martin, a member of Parliament for Meath, Ireland, died last week, aged
63(or 68) years. (Tuesday, April 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. Francis Condle
Dr. Francis Condle, author of several medical works, died in Philadelphia,
Wednesday, aged 80. (Tuesday, April 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
J. Simmons
J. Simmons, a well known auctioneer of Albany, fell dead in his office
Thursday morning. (Tuesday, April 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rodman Robinson
A slide on the Northern Central Railroad at Narrows, near Clark’s Ferry,
Dauphin county, Pa., Saturday morning, threw a freight train off the track.
Rodman Robinson, a brakeman, was killed. (Tuesday, April 6, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John J. Monks
The house of John J. Monks, at Boardville, NJ, was burned Thursday night.
Two children were saved by being thrown from a window. Two others perished
in the flames, and Monks was so burned that he has since died. (Tuesday,
April 6, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Minnie E. Packard
At East Charleston, Pa., October 3d, 1875, Minnie E., daughter of Erskine
and Jane Packard, aged 2 years, 2 months and 8 days. (Tuesday, April 6,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry H. Packard
At East Charleston, Pa., March 23d, 1875, Henry H., son of Erskine and Jane
Packard, aged 7 months and 15 days. (Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Morris R.(or B.) Dawson
In Charleston, March 1st, 1875, Mr. Morris S. Dawson, aged 73 years.
(Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Cordelia W. Dawson
In Charleston, March 20th, 1875, Mrs. Cordelia W. Dawson, aged 38 years.
(Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Caroline Lathrop
In Lawrence township, Pa., Caroline, wife of Austin Lathrop, Esq., aged 51
(or 54) years. (Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jeremiah McDonald
At the County ---, in Charleston township, March 30th, 1875, Jeremiah
McDonald, of Clymer township, aged about 51(or 61) years. (Tuesday, April
13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Amanda Giles
Amanda Giles, otherwise known as “Suckerhill Mandy,” was found drowned just
below the State dam at Corning last Wednesday. She was probably one more
victim of a depraved appetite for alcohol. (Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charlie Stevens Lloyd
At Niles Valley, on the 29th ult., Charlie Stevens, only child of George and
Anna A. Lloyd, aged 1 year and 3 months. (Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Patrick O’Shea
Patrick O’Shea, a wife-murderer, was hanged at St. Louis last Friday.
(Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ex Judge James J. Roosevelt
Ex Judge James J. Roosevelt, formerly of the Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals of New York, died in New York city last week Monday night.
(Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Carney & wife
John Carney cut his wife’s throat with a razor and then his own, in a
drunken fit, last Tuesday. Both are expected to die.--This happened in St.
Louis. (Tuesday, April 13, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Fred Brandenburg
Fred Brandenburg, of Philadelphia, aged 18, died of starvation in San
Francisco last Tuesday. (Tuesday, April 20, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry W. Dutton
Henry W. Dutton, senior proprietor of the Boston Evening Transcript, died
last Thursday, aged 79 years. (Tuesday, April 20, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Stephen Potter
Mr. Stephen Potter, an old settler at the mouth of Potter Brook, died on the
9th instant at the age of 86 years. (Tuesday, April 20, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Wesley Shaffer
A few days ago Mr. Wesley Shaffer, a highly respected and well-to-do citizen
of Driftwood, Cameron county, committed suicide. He shot himself with a
rifle, completely tearing away the upper portion of the skull. For three
months or more Mr. Shaffer has been laboring under a fit of temporary insanity,
brought about by financial embarrassments. On the morning of the
catastrophe Mrs. Shaffer and son were about to enjoy a horse-back ride into the
country.--The children had followed them to the stable. As they were upon
the point of starting, the report of a rifle alarmed them. Returning to
the house, a scene of blood and death confronted them. The husband and
father had shot himself as described, and was then in an insensible condition.
He lived about an hour after inflicting the fatal wound. The deceased was
about 60 years of age, and was a brother of the Rev. G. W. Shaffer, who was last
fall the temperance candidate for the Legislature from Cameron county.
(Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Harper
John Harper, senior member of the firm of Harper Brothers, publishers, New
York, died last Thursday night, aged 79 years. (Tuesday, April 27, 1875,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. J. E. White
To the Editor of the Agitator: It is with sadness of heart that I
inform your numerous readers of the death of the late Mrs. J. E. White, which
occurred upon the 18th instant at 4 p.m., at her late residence in Knoxville.
By this event the community has lost one of its best and most respected
citizens. She was always foremost in administering to the wants of the
sick, and was always ready to sacrifice almost life itself for her friends.
She recently lost a sister, the wife of Mr. Austin Lathrop, of Lawrenceville,
whose funeral occurred upon the 4th instant, and now she has quickly followed
her to the final rest. Her funeral took place on Wednesday, at the Union
church in Knoxville. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Murdock, of
Troupsburg Center, assisted by the Rev. Messrs Kenney and Wicks, of Knoxville,
and the Rev. M. Burnell, of Woodhull. The text may be found in
Revelations, 14:13. In his discourse the preacher said the deceased was
ready and willing to go from this to the joys of the upper and better world,
where all sorrows cease and all tears shall be wiped away. The relatives of the
deceased have the heartfelt sympathy of their numerous friends in this section
of country in this their loss of a wife and mother. Mrs. White was taken
sick while sitting up with the wife of Mr. D. Coats, of this place, and went
home from the house of sickness to her own never to leave it again alive.
Her loss will be severely felt in this place and the surrounding country.
Business is quiet here, but with a better tendency than since last winter.
May it still grow brighter and brighter is the wish of all the country. T.
D. Mede. Knoxville, April 23, 1875. (Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Ella Hart
At the home of her father in Thomasville, NC, on the morning of the 20th
inst., after a lingering and painful illness. Ella, second daughter of
Jeremiah Hart, formerly of Charleston, in the 26th year of her age.
(Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Mathers
In Liberty, Pa., April 9, 1875, John, son of Edward Mathers, aged 1 year, 9
months and 5 days. (Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Male Emberger
In Cherry Flats, April 1, 1875, infant son of Martin and Clary Emberger,
aged 11 days. (Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Willie Van Deusen
Willie Van Deusen, of Farmington, died March 31st, 1875, aged nearly six
years. This dear little boy was bright and smart beyond most children of
his age. His favorite hymn was that one with the refrain “Jesus loves me.”
Its truth has been proved, for He who was the Babe of Bethlehem has taken their
lamb to His bosom, and agonized parents derive comfort from the knowledge that
he is now. Osceola, April 19, 1875. (Tuesday, April 27, 1875, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Oliver Charlick
Oliver Charlick died Friday morning in New York. (Tuesday, May 4,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Edward Bowring Stephens
Edward Bowring Stephens, the English sculptor, is dead. (Tuesday, May
4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Albert Zachariae
Henry Albert Zachariae, the eminent German jurist, is dead. (Tuesday,
May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Winwood Reade
Winwood Reade, an English writer of books of travel, is dead.
(Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Officer Reibsonner
Officer Reibsonner, who was shot by the Connells, died Friday morning.
(Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. F. B. Conway
Mrs. F. B. Conway, of the Brooklyn Theater, died in New York last Wednesday
night. (Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Frederic De Waldreck
Frederic De Waldreck, the famous French traveler and artist, is dead.
He was in his 111th year. (Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Widow Catharine Boom
To the Editor of the Agitator: Widow Catharine Boom closed her earthly
pilgrimage, at the residence of her youngest son, in Chatham, April 18th, in the
77th year of her age. This noble woman was among the grand relicts of a
former age. She and her husband were among the first settlers of this
town.--Side by side with her husband, with the axe, she helped to fell the
forest, and labored with him in the logging, fallow and field. As a mother
she was faithful and fond; as a neighbor trustful and true. Oft at
midnight she could be seen with lighted torch threading the lone paths of the
woods to minister to the sick, and carrying means to relieve their wants.
Did death enter the rude dwelling, she was there to perform the last sad act of
kindness, and to console the bereaved. The principles of the Christian
religion guided and sustained her in all her acts, trials and afflictions.
In the faith and glorious hopes of that religion she calmly sleeps. A. E.
Chatham, April 26, 1875. (Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
J. F. Lewis
J. F. Lewis, one of Emporium’s oldest and most respected citizens died a few
days ago. (Tuesday, May 4, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Miss Mina Adell Lockwood
In St. Petersburgh, Clarion county, Pa., April 7th, 1875, Mina Adell,
daughter of Andrew and Olive Lockwood, aged 1 year and 9 months. Little
Mina was very dear to her parents and sisters. And in this their first
bereavement, it was difficult to yield so sweet a treasure back to the giver.
In their sorrow they seek comfort in Him who said, “Suffer little child to come
into me,” expecting to meet the loved one in Heaven. (Tuesday, May 5,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charley Lefler
April 21st, 1875, in Jackson, Charley, the only child of M. J. and Ellie
Lefler, and grand child of Rev. Mr. Rockwell, aged 1 year, 1 month and 10 days.
(Tuesday, May 5, 1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles H. Simmons
Mr. Charles H. Simmons died at his residence in Wellsville on Thursday
morning, the 22d ultimo. He had been a long and patient sufferer from a
fever-sore, and an operation had been performed the day before his death by his
physicians, with the intention of trying to save the affected limb.--Chloroform
was administered, and the operation lasted about 1 ½ hours, but it was too much
for his nervous system, and 17 hours after taking the chloroform he was dead.
In his death Wellsville loses a man remarkable for his business talent and
energy, and the man who contributed more to its growth as a commercial town than
any other six men within its limits. He had within the past year extended
his business by establishing branches in Florida, and his calculations were
oftentimes such as to astonish his friends and neighbors. (Tuesday, May 5,
1875, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Wesley Van Duzen
A shocking tragedy occurred in the town of Copake, NY, last Tuesday morning.
Wesley Van Duzen, a wealthy and respected farmer, in a fit of insanity shot his
mother, an aged lady through the head and breast, killing her instantly, and
then shot himself through the heart. (Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Sheridan
John Sheridan, father of Lieut. General Sheridan, died at his residence at
Somerset, Ohio, on Thursday. (Tuesday, May 11, 1875, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
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