Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1885 — DEATH’S DOINGS. [ARTICLE]

DEATH’S DOINGS.

Register of the Distinguished Dead During the Past Twelve Months. An Extended List Embracing the Names of People of WorldWide Celebrity. Men Eminent in Statesmanship, War, and Help to Swell the BolL JANUARY. In Baltimore, Judge Nelson Poe, a cousin of the late Edgar Allan Poe. At Galveston, Texas. Mrs. Campbell, wife of Janies Campbell, the trusted lieutenant of the famous buccaneer, Lafitte. At Washington, Mrs. Patterson, wife of ex-Senator John J. Patterson, of -South Carolina. John Allison, father of Senator Allison, of lowa. Coi. J. I. Nevin, editor of the Pittsburgh Leader. Mary, seventeenth wife of the late Brigham Young. W. J. Wise, the wealthiest citizen of Vincennes, Ind. Luke Clark, a veteran Fenian and exiled Irishman. KeshUb Cbunder Sen, a celebrated scholar and philosopher of India. Charles H. Van Fossen, a well known Kansas City journalist State Senator Pliny Hoagland, of Fort Wayne, Ind. W. P. Rathburn, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn. John William Wallace, President oi the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Dr. H. A. Dubois, leading physician of New Haven, Conn. Gen. Fadejew, Russian Director of Roads and Canals. Hon. David Sankey, of New Castle, Del., father of the famous evangelist. Hon. Philip I hillips, exmember of Congress from Alabama. Samuel Williamson, a leading citizen of Cleveland, Ohio. Abram French, for forty-five years a crockery importer of Boston. Charles Delmonico, famous New York restaurateur. Ex-Congressman 8. Bridges, of Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Valeria Stone, of Malden, Mass., who had distributed 5i,500,C00 m educational endowments. George Swarbrick, an eminent New Orleans merchant. John Martin, of Alton, 111., aged 102 years. Ralph Sellew, a leading citizen of St. Louis, Mo. Amos D. Lockwood, a leading cotton manufacturer of Providence, R. I. Wm. G. Weed, a prominent lawyer and politician of Albany, N. Y. In London, Earl Grosvenor, aged 81. In Lexington, Va., ex-Gov. John Letcher, aged 71. In Washington, D. C., Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, Representative from South Carolina, aged 38. In Albany, N. Y., Dr. Elisha Secretary of the State Board of Health, aged 60. In New York, Dr. Edward Lasker, member of the German Parliament, in his 55th year. •

FEBRUARY. Thomas Kinsella, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and ex-member of Congress. Hans Larsen Martensen, famous Danish preacher and theologian. Jacob Seasongood, a prominent Cincinnati banker. Mrs. Catharine Pattison, mother of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Elx, widow of the late Gen. John A. Dix. Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Austin, of Vincennes, Ind., a Mason of high degree. Gen. Biron, a distinguished French diplomat. Prof. Guyot, who had been connected with Princeton College for thirty years. Stephen B. Ives, a prominent lawyer of Salem, Mass. Rev. Simeon North, of Utica, N. Y., President of Hamilton College. Mrs. Mary Lynch, of Brewer County, lowa, aged 105 years. Gen. J. L. Gilbert, a prominent citizen of Bloomington, 111. Rev. John S. Inskip, of Ocean Giove, N. J. Thomas Chenery, for seven years editor of the London Times. Ex-Gov. Samuel Price, of West Virginia. J. A. Warneck, of Dixon, 111., who fought at Waterloo under Napolepn. Col. L. A, Hardee, of Jacksonville, Fla., proprietor of the largest orange grove and nursery in the world. Judge A. M Chadwick, a leading cilizen of Omaha, Neb. Col. George Bowers, of Nashua, N. H., an officer in the last two wars. George A. Ingalls, a prominent lawyer and pioneer citizen of Chicago. Gen. W. T. Spicely, of New Albany, Ind., a veteran of the Mexican war. Col. Henry S. Pratt, of Detroit, a veteran of three wars. Pierre Michel La Pice de Bergondy, of New Orleans, a soldier of the war of 1812, and an immensely wealthy cotton and ?ugar planter. Ur. Richard G. Radway, of New York, the well-known patent medicine manufacturer and advertiser. Prof. S. W. Williams, of Yale College, a famous Oriental scholar. Samuel Donaghy, once a prominent politician in Pennsylvania. In Boston, Wendell Phillips, the famous agitator and orator, aged 73. In Paris, Eugene Rouher, in his 70th year. In London, England, Sir Edward Mortimer Archibald. In Paris, France. General Emmanuel Felix de Wimpffen, aged 73, and General Jean Paul Adam Schramm, aged 95. In St. Petersburg, Russia, W. H. Hunt, United States Minister, aged 60. At Hartford, Conn., ex-Governor R. D. Hubbard, in his 66th year.

MARCH. At M’ashingten, Hon. Kenneth Raynor, Solicitor of the Treasury, aged 76. At Columbus, Miss., Bishop H. H. Kavanaugh, of the Methodist Church, aged 83. At New York, Madame Anna Bishop, once famous as an opera singer, aged 68. At New York, General Godfrey Weitzel. At St. Petersburg, Count Adelberg, a distinguished Russian statesman, aged 91. At Denver, Judge Thatcher, of the Supreme Court. In Santo Domingo, General Baez, exPresident of that island. At Rockford, 111., Colonel Norman Curtis, the oldest Freemason in Illinois. At Boston, Dr. Ezra Ab-' bott, noted for his great Biblical and historical learning. Napoleon Joseph Perche, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. Hon. John Proctor, one of the wealthiest citizens of New Hampshire. John M. Scully, of New York, a leading Ir.sh Nationalist. Joseph Longworth, a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. George W. Lane, President of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Joseph D. Murphy, a wellknown theatrical manager of Philadelphia. Rev. Francis Hawley, the aged father of Senator Hawley, of Connecticut. Helen King Spangler, of Coshocton, Ohio, an authoress of some celebrity. Wendell Bollman, a famous bridge builder of Baltimore, Md. Dr. L. P. Yandell,' of Louisville, Ky., who had a national reputation as a physician and medical writer. Otis P. Lord, ex-Judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. George Ball, a public-spirited banker, of Galveston, Tex. ■ Henry A. Tilden, brother of Hon. Samuel'J. Tilden. Baroness Lionel de Rothschild, at London, England. Ex-Congressman John Tatfo, North Platte, Neb. Richard H. Home, English poet and essayist. Henry Brown, of Niagara Falls, formerly a slave in Virginia, aged 121. Mrs. Annie Key Turner, of California, daughter of the author of the “Star Spangled Banner.” In Omaha, Neb., Right Rev. K. Hf Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska, aged 58. Amos. P. Morrill, Judge of the Eastern District of Texas. Edward D. Payne, of Dayton, Ohio, a brother of the Senator-elect. Archer, a, retired shipmaster, of Salem, Mass., who was a prisoner at Dartmoor. Abraham' Breath, of Alton, 111., one of the sixty men who enrolled themselves to defend Owen Lovejoy in the riots of 1837. Gen. James K. Moorhead, of Pittsburgh,-ex-member of Congress Irotn Pennsylvania. Cardinal Pietro, of Rome, Italy. Rev. Dorus Clark, eminent Congregational divine, of Boston. George Cragin, of Utica, 'N. Y., one of the founders of the Oneida Community, in 1848.

’ APRIL. Jobd J. Cisco, a well-known New Y’ork banker, formerly Assistant Treasurer of the United States. Henry B. Hurlburt, of Cleveland, a prominent railroad man. Hon. Henry C. Land, a leading citizen of Cincinnati. Francdis Mignet, French historian.' James Hamilton, of Bath County, Kentucky, the largest short-horn cattle-dealer in the world. Editor Danielson, of the Providence (R. 1.) Journal. Absalom Watkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn., one of the oldest and bestknown editors in the South. Mrs. Kate N. Doggett, of Chicago, a prominent advocate of female suffrage, and President of the Woman’4 Congress for several terms. Augustus a veteran banker and Democratic politician of New York. Matt H. Finch, a prominent lawyer of Milwaukee. Mrs. Stratton, of New Haven, Conn., mother of the late Tom Thumb. Judge Granger, of Washington, D. C., a brother-in-law of the

late Stephen A. Douglas. John Parrott, the pioneer banker of Caliiornla. Prince Leopold, known as the Duke of Albany, youngest son of Queen Victoria. The wife of Hon. George W. Julian, of Indiana (she was a daughter of the late Joshua R. Giddings). In Paris, France, Maria Taglionl, the famous dancer, aged 80. In New York, Dr. Willard Parker, in his eighty-fourth year. In New York, Gen. Emerson Opdycke, aged 51. In New Jersey, ex-Gov. Marcus L. Ward, aged 71. At Irvington, N. J., Dr. Sandford B. Hunt, editor of the Newark Advertiter, aged 58. At Brighton, England, Sir Michael Costa, aged 74. At London, Charles Reade, the popular English novelist, aged 70. M. Jean Baptiste Dumas, a French litterateur and statesman. Dr. James G. Ramsey, physician and author, of Nashville, Tenn. Ex-Congressman Charles D. Hodges, of Carrollton, 111. Harrison Gray Otis, a distinguished citizen of Boston. Ex-Lieut. Gov. Jabez Fitch, of Ohio. Emanuel Gerbel, German poet. Jem Ward, the old-time English pugilist. Rev. Thomas A. Cheek, a noted lowa colored minister. Henry Hitchcock, of Galesburg, 111., a prominent railroad man. Gustave Richter, famous German painter. William Procter, the well-known soap manufacturer, and Alf Burnett, a noted humorist, both of Cincinnati. Ex-State Treasurer John M. Milliken, of Ohio. Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Chicago, aged 69. Henry J. Hutchinson, one of the famous family of singers. Jas. T. Todd, the oldest Freemason in Maine. Col. Charles G. Hammond, a wealthy philanthropist of Chicago. Samuel J. Walker, at one time the most extensive real-estate operator in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Btckersteth, Episcopal Bishop of Ripon, England. Count Ribbing, a noted French dramatic author. Hon. Dwight Foster, exSupreme Judge of Massachusetts.

MAY. Count de Hausonville, one of the “immortals” of the French Academy, and a leading politician. At Boston, Mass., George Mountfort, son of one of the celebrated “tea party” which was a prime cause of the revolutionary war, agea 87. At London, Sir Henry Bartie Frere, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. At Brighton, England, Henry (Chevalier) Wikoff, aged 74. At Prague, Bohemia, ex-Empress Anna, in her 81st year. In Constantinople, Midhat Pasha, aged 62. At Nantucket, Mass., Charles O’Conor, aged 80. In Chicago, Cyrus H. McCormick, aged 75. At Pegli, Italy, Sam Ward, aged 71. In New York City, ex-Judge Joseph 8. Bosworth, aged 77. At Evona, N. J., ex-Judge W. R. Beebe, aged 68. In New York, Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith, of Kentucky, aged 90. Thomas Goff, a millionaire distiller of Cincinnati and Aurora, Ind. Dr. Willard Parker, an eminent surgeon of New York. Prof. O. M. Connover, Reporter of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Ex-Gov. Henry M. Matthews, of West Virginia. George Cadwallader. a prominent San Francisco lawyer. Sir Michael Arthur Bass, M. P„ head of the famous English brewing firm. Gen. William Poynter, of Philadelphia. Baron Raglan, of London, son of the famous Crimean General. Catholic Bishop Toebbe, of the Diocese of Covington, Ky. Col. J. F. H. Claiborne, of Mississippi, ex-M. C. and an historian of some note. William G. Halyburton, a well-known Baltimore journalist. Judge Joshua Tracy, President of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway; the venerable mother of Bishop Gilbert Haven. Hon. Thurman Smith, of Connecticut, who served in Congress from 1839 to 1847, and in the Senate from 1849 to 1854. Prof. Samuel D. Gross, an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia. Col. Thomas H. Hunt, treasurer of the World’s Exposition organization at New Orleans. Wm. F. Clogg, a celebrated naturalist, of Boston. Judah P. Benjamin, formerly United States Senator from Louisiana and Confederate Secretary of War, at Paris, France. John T. Slater, of Norwich, Conn., who gave 81,000,000 to the cause of education in the Southern States. Lemuel Shaw, President of the Great Boott Mills, in Massachusetts. Giovanni Prati, Italian poet and statesman. Paris C. Dunning, of Bloomington, Ind., who was' Governor of Indiana in 1846. Charles Adolph Wartz, distinguished French chemist.

JUNE. Samuel S. Shoemaker, ex-Vice President of the Adams Express Company,and a prominent citizen of Baltimore, aged 63. Judge Henry H. Coolidge, at Niles, Mich. John D. Gibson, one of the proprietors of the Gibson House, Cincinnati. At Fort Wayne, Ind., the Hon. James L. Worden, who had been Judge of the Indiana Supreme Court for nineteen years. In Mosquito Inlet, off the Florida coast, by drowning, Gen. O. E. Babcock and Col. Levi P. Luckey. At New York, Gen. James Watson Webb, a veteran journalist, who made a national reputation as editor of the New York Courier and Enquirer. At Hartford, Conn., Henry C. Work, the popular song-writer. Henry G. Vennor, the Canadian weather prophet, at Montreal, in his 44th year. In New Y’ork City, Hon. Noah Wayne Swayne, ex-Justice of the United States Supreme Court, aged 80 years. Gen. Abe Buford, the famous Kentucky turfman and soldier, suicided at Danville, Ind., caused by humiliation and despondency consequent upon the decline in reputation of the Buford family and loss of fortune. At Boston, Samuel B. Gregory, a commander in the navy, aged 71. William A. Beach, an eminent New York lawyer. Col. John A. Stevenson, a prominent Louisiana politician. John Gustavus Droysen, the eminent Professor of History at the University of Berlin. Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir-apparent to the throne of the Netherlands. At Chicago, from wounds received in the battle of Chickamauva, Maj. LuciuS H. Drury, formerly of the First Wisconsin Artillery. At Leavenworth, Kan., of consumption, Col. Charles R. Jennison, who during the late war commanded the Seventh Kansas Cavalry. At Washington, D. C., Gen. Ward B. Burnett, a veteran of five wars, who graduated at West Point in 1832. At Dresden, Saxony. Adrian Lewis Richter, the artist, aged 81. At Madison, Wisconsin, Mrs. Robert C. Cole, wife of Chief Justice Cole, of the State Supreme Court. At Philadelphia, Gen. Wm. McCandless, a leading Democrat. At Leavenworth, Kansas, Col. Edward R. Platt, Assistant Adjutant General, U. S. A. At Reading, Pa., ex-Congressman Hiester Clymer, of paralysis, aged 57. At San Francisco, Calhoun Benham, a prominent lawyer, who, in the famous duel between Judge David Terry and Senator Broderick, 1859, acted as Terry’s second. At Harrisburg, Pa., Charles Fenno Hoffman, poet and novelist, aged 78. In New York City, Gen. Mansfield Lovell, aged 62, At Philadelphia, Bishop Matthew Simpson, aged 74.

JULY. At Chicago, 111., Allan Pinkerton, head of the detective agency, aged 64. Gen. Francis Edward Todleben, the Russian engineer, aged 66. At Swissdale, Pa., Jane Grey Swisshelm, aged 68. In Syracuse, N. Y., ex-Attorney General Daniel Pratt, aged 78. In Princeton, N. J., Rear Admiral George Emmons, aged 75. In Boonton, N. J., .ex-Congr<ssiuan John Hill, aged 63. At Concord, N. H., ex-Gov. Walter Harriman, aged 67. in New York, Royal Phelps, merchant, aged 75. In London, England, George Brittingham Sowerby, artist and naturalist, aged 72. At Morristown, N. J., Thomas Dickson, President Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, aged 60. At New Orleans, Paul Morphy, the famous chess-player. At Waterford, Me., Mrs. Caroline E. Brown, mother of the humorist, “Artemus Ward" (Charles F. Brown), aged 78. In the Poor-house at Lockport, N. Y.,, Louis Gpencer (colored), aged 115. At Cincinnati, of old age, Peter Gibson, a wealthy pioneer. Edward J. Holmes, second son of Oliver Wendell Holmes. At Vienna, Heinrich Laube, German poet, aged 70.

AUGUST. In Washington, D. C., John Pool, of North -Carolina, ex-United States Senator, aged 58. In Cairo, Sultan Pasha, President of the Egyptian legislative Council. In Washington, D. C., Mary Clemmer Hudson, the wellknown newspaper correspondent. In England, Henry George Bohn, publisher, aged 88. In Marion, Mass., Rear-Admiral A. A. Harwood, U. 8. N., aged 83. In Eliza! eth, N. J., Levi B. Chattleld, ex-Attorney-General of New York, aged 76. At Brighton, England, Arthur Richard Wellesley, second Duke of Wellington, aged 77. At Alton. 111., Anderson Riley, a former slave, aged 111. At New Orleans, Robert B. Elliott (colored), formerly a member of Congress from South Carolina. Sir Erasmus Wilson, a well-known English writer.

In Scotland, Lord Lauderdale, from a stroke of lighthing, aged 62. Rev. Lr. John BroWn, delivered ah address of welcome to Lafayette at Newburgh. N. Y.. in 1321. Dr. J. J. Woodward, one of the physicians who attended President Garfield in his last illness. At Huntsv.lle, Ala., Gen. Leroy Pope Walker the first Secretary of War In Jefferson Davis’ Confederate Cabinet, and who gave the order for firing on Fort Sumter. Dr. T. Stanley Beckwith, a brother of the Bishop of Georgia. At London, Lord Odo William Leopold Russell, the famous diplomat. At Phi adelphia, ex-Congressman Henry M. Phillips. 7 SEPTEMBER. Commodore Thomas 8. Fillebrown, commander of the Brooklyn navy yard. F. T. Nichols, editor of the Memphis Avalanche. John Lord Taylor, an eminent Congregational c.ergyman. of Andover, Mass. John W. Garrett, the veteran railway manager, aged 65. Robert Hoe, known throughout the world for his development of the printing press, aged 75. United States Senator Hefnry B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, aged 72 Methodist Bishop Geo. F. Pierce, of G orgia. aged 73. Hon. t has. J. Foiger, Secretary of the Treasury, aged 66. Chief Justice E. H. English, of the Arkansas Supreme Court. At Fortress Monroe, Mrs. Harlan, widow of the late Senator Harlan, and mother-in-law of Secretary of War Lincoln.

OCTOBER. Col. J. G. O’Neill, the noted Fenian. Wilbur F. Storey, editor and proprietor of the Chicago Times, aged 68. Signor Brignoli, the famous tenor. Gen. Lynch, the commander of the Chilian navy. Congressman John H. Evins, of South Carolina. James Wormley. the famous hotel proprietor of Washington. Alexander M. Sullivan, one of the founders of the home-rule movement in Ireland. Benjamin Alvord, a retired Brigadier General. Francis B. Hayes, a Boston millionaire. Frank B. Chanfrau, the weU-kncwn actor, aged 65. Judge Robert McFarlr.nd, of the Tennessee Supreme Court

NOVEMBER. Richard Harrington, a Delaware politician of note. Henry Fawcett the British Postmaster General. Bear Admiral Murray, of the United States Navy. Ellis Ames, a venerable lawyer of Massachusetts, aged 76. Bishop J. W. Wiley, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Edmund M. Perkins, of Quincy, 111., a pensioner of the war of 1812. Alexander K. Davis, Lieutenant' Governor of Mississippi under Adelbert Ames. Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence, K. C. S. 1., C. 8., a famous English officer. Isaac Henderson, of New York, who was a partner of William Cullen Bryant in the Evening Post, in his 71st year. Hon. George W- Jones, a distinguished citizen of Tennessee, aged 77. William A. Duncan, Congressman-elect from the Nineteenth Pennsylvania District. Ormsby Phillip?, of the Pittsburg Dispatch. Jonathan K. Cooper, the oldest member of the bar at Peoria, ill. John Fishback, formerly owner of the Indianapolis Senti iel. William A. Wood, the well-known reaper iiivenfaw aged 71 years. Charles J. Faulkner, of Virgina, ex-Minister to France.

DECEMBER. At Wellington, Kan., Capt David L. Payne, widely known as “Oklahoma” Payne. At Arkansaw, Wis., John Jondro, aged 121. At New York, Gershom B. Mott, a Major General in the late war. At Baltimore, Dr. Harvey L. Byrd, a physician of wide reputation. At Vienna, Austria, Fanny Ellsler, the once famous dancer. At Binghamton, N. Y., Rev. Luke Davis, a Baptist clergyman of wide fame, aged 77. At New York, Francis D. Moulton, famous for his connection with the Beecher-Tilton affa r, aged 48. At Cincinnati, 0., Reuben R. Springer, a wellknown philanthropist. At Paris, Emile Felix Fleury, a distinguished French general. At Cincinnati, 0., James L. Ruffln, for manyyears local Chief of Police. At Paris, Pierre Clement Eugene Pelletier, a distinguished French litterateur and statesman.