Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1886 — NECROLOGY OF 1885. [ARTICLE]

NECROLOGY OF 1885.

JANUARY. Abner Coburn, ex-Governor of Maine, died at Skowhegan, aged 82; his last illness was contracted at the session of the Electoral College. Other notable persons who left “this busy, breathing world” during January were : Russell Hancock, son of Maj. Gen. Hancock, at his plantation near Clarksviße, Miss. CoL John M. Frye, father of U. S. Senator Frye, of Maine. H. H. Chalmers, Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Rev. Dr. Noah Hunt Schenck, of Brooklyn. Ex-Lieut. Gov. James M. Bingham, of Wisconsin. Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, the famous litigant, at New Orleans, aged 80. Capt. Isaiah Rynders, who figured prominently in New York politics for fifty years, in his 73d year. Thomas FarreH, of St. Paul, Minn., aged 111 years. Rear Admiral PoweH, at Washington. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, in a passenger depot at Stillwater, Minn.; heart disease. Prof. Benjamin Silliman, of Yale CoHege. Edmond About, French journalist and novelist. Mrs. Julia A. Roberts, a sister of Gen. Phil Kearney; weU-known worker among the poor; found dead in bed at Washington. At Newburg, N. Y., Charles Downing, noted horticulturist, aged 82. Hon. Flamen Ball, at Glendale, O. ; formerly a law partner of Hon. Salmon P. Chase. In battle with El Mahdi’s forces, Lieut. Col. Fred Burnaby, who made the famous “Ride to Khiva.” George Kunkle, one of the pioneers of negro minstrelsy. Roswell Grant, uncle of Gen. U. S. Grant, at St. Albans, W. Va.; aged 85. In exile near St. Andrews, Can., Thomas Craig Fields, of Tweed ring notoriety. Wm. Leonard, a native of Ireland, aged 106, died at Portland, Ore., leaving a widow aged 96.

FEBRUARY. Gen. James Chesnut, who was U. S. Senator from South Carolina at the outbreak of the rebellion, died at Charleston. Other distinguished persons who passed away during February were: Baron Thomas O’Hagan, the first Catholic to be made Lord Chancellor of Ireland under British rule. Col. John W. Phelps, at Guilford. Vt., first officer to arm slaves in the rebellion. Dr. C. C. Graham, a famous practitioner of Louisville, Ky., aged 100 years 4 months. At Allentown, Pa., Dr. John Romig, who, in 1836, established in that city the first homeopathic school in America. Pinkney H. Walker, senior member Hlinois Supreme Court. Geo. W. Bowen, who vainly claimed the immense estate of Mme. Jumel as an illegitimate son; at Providence, aged 91. Joseph Grinnell, who secured a reduction of letter postage to 5 cents, while in Congress a generation ago; at New Bedford, aged 96. In battle with the False Prophet's adherents in the Soudan, Maj. Gen. Wm. Earle, of the British army. Judge Evart Van Buren, of Chicago, who was born at Kinderhook, N. Y., in 1803. On his plantation in Louisiana, Alexander Mouton, a son of one of the Acadians driven from Nova Scotia by the British ; was Senator and Governor of Louisiana in early days, and President of tho secession convention in 1861. In a Kentucky lunutic'iasyium, Colonel Thomas Buford, who murdered Judge Elliott because of an adverse legal decision. Dr. Leopold Damrosch, the distinguished musician. Francis A. Drexel, well-known Philadelphia banker. At Wilmington, 111., at the extraordinary age o$ 116 years, Mrs. Nancy Cass Wilmore, a native of North Carolina. At London, Mrs. James Russell Lowell, wife of tho American Minister to England. Of wounds received at the battle of Abu-Klea, Gen. Sir Herbert Stewart, the hero of that bloody field. Francis S. Drake, eminent litterateur of Boston. In great poverty, at Chicago, Lady Ellen Fortesque, widow of Sir William Fortesque, of England; she was known in the Garden City as Ellen C. Williams. Dr. Joseph H. D. Rodgers, of Madison, Ind., who participated in the Texan war for independence. Andrew D. Potter, of Platteville, Wis., who helped to drive the Mormons from Nauvoo, HL, in 1840. Ex-Gov. Patton, of Alabama. Ex-Gov. Beriah Magoffin, of Kentucky.

MARCH. Among those who passed away during the month were: Rear Admiral George Henry Preble, U. S. N. George L. Davenport, born at Rock Island, 111., in 1817, and whose father was tlie founder of that city. Mrs. Eliza Walker Blaine, only sister of Janies G. Blaine ; at Baltimore. T. 8. Arthur, of Philadelphia, writer and publisher, aged 74. Henry Stull, 105 years, at Batavia, O.; served in the war of 1812 at Lundy’s Laue and Chippewa. D. B. Sacket, Inspector General U. 8. A. In London, Eng., Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson, native of Vermont and trustee of the Peabody fund, aged 79. Gen. Jos. H. Taylor, U. S. A., Adjutant General Department of the Platte. Sir Henry Parkes, British Minister to China. A daughter of J. Fenimore Cooper, aged 68, at Cooperstown, N. Y. Near Boston, of Bright’s disease, Joe Goss, pugilist, born in Wolverhampton, Eng., 1836. At Memphis, Tenn., Hon Jacob Thompson, who was Secretary of the Interior under President Buchanan; aged 75. Gen. Anson Stager, of Chicago, aged 60; during the war hod charge of the Government military telegraph lines. Perry H. Smith, ex-Vice President N. W. R. R., one of Chicago’s most substantial citizens. Prince Orloff, Russian diplomatist. APRIL, Eminent people who hade farewell to earth during the showery month of April were: Mrs. Ezekiel T. Cox, of Zanesville, Ohio, mother of Hon. S.S. Cox, Minister to Turkey. Richard Grant White, Shakspearean scholar and literary and art critic, aged 63. Rear Admiral John Marston, U. S. N., at Philadelphia, aged 90. At Boston, Emmons Hamlin, noted organ manufacturer. Rev. Henry Whitehead, who settled in Chicago when it was only a military post, and with his own hands erected the earliest Methodist Church in the Western metropolis, aged 75. G. Henry Shaw, Representative in the Illinois Legislature from the Thirty-fourth District, making the third death during the session, and the second on the Democratic side. Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorius, K. C. 8., who received the thanks of President Tyler and Congress for his efforts to save U. S. 8. Missouri from destruction by fire in Gibraltar Bay in 1842; aged 95. Christopher Bradford, who died at Pittsburgh, was one of three brothers who have rescued 532 persons from drowning; the family had a life-saving station at Atlantic City. Dan Mace, of New York, famous trainer and driver of trotting horses, aged 51; Bright’s disease. Rev. Dr, Taylor, of New York, whose centennial birthday was celebrated in December, 1884, and who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1809. Rev. Leonard Withington, of Newbury, Mass., the oldest Congregational clergyman in the United States. Hon. Conrad Baker, Indianapolis, who defeated Thomas A. Hendricks for Governor of Indiana in 1868; for several years he had been a law partner of Mr. Hendricks. Isaac W. England, for .eventeen y?ars the partner of Mr. Dana in the publication of the New York Su,n. MAY. Among the people of note who went to their reward during May were: Prince Karageorgewitz, claimant to the throne of Servia. Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, U. S. A., at San Francisco, aged 67. Queen Dowager Emma of the Sandwich Islands. Ex-Gov. Gilbert C. Walker of Virginia, aged 52. Mrs. Catherine Main, of Kalamazoo, Mich., at the advanced age of 116 years. Sergt. Leffeman at Youngstown, N. Y., aged 88; a veteran of Waterloo, and served fiftyfour years in the United States army. Hon. T. Frelinghuysen, Newark, N. J., exSecretarv of State, aged 68. On the 22d, at Paris, in his 84th year, Victor Huge, the great poet and novelist; on his deathbed he declined the offer of spiritual consolation tendered by the Archbishop of Paris ; his funeral, at the expense of the state, was such as France had not witnessed for a century, and the day of his burial was declared one of national mourning. JUNE. On the Ist day of the month Judge Josiah McRoberts was re-elected Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Illinois, and on the morning of the 2d was found dead in bed at his home in Joliet. Other distinguished persons who joined “the silent majority” in the sixth month of the year were : Prince Charles Antoine of Hohenzollern, father of the Hohenzollem whose candidature for the Spanish throne brought about the Franco-Prussian war. Robert Treat Payne, a distinguished citizen of Boston, and a descendent of one of the Bigners of the Declaration of Independence. Sir Julius Benedict, London, famous musical composer. Archbishop Bourgeot, of Montreal. James Moncrieff Arnott, eminent Scotch surgeon, aged 92. In harness on board his flagship in the China Sea, Admiral Courbet. Prince Frederick Charles, nephew of the Emperor of Germany, who commanded the Prussian army which captured Metz in 1871 ;■ apoplexy ;.,aged 57. Orson S. Murray, of Cincinnati, an original anti-slavery agitator, aged 79. Field Marshal Baron von Mant uffel, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, aged 79. Ex-Senator James W. Nesmith, of Oregon, in his 66th year. Richard T. Merricx, a distinguished advocate at Washington. The report of El Mehdi’s death on the 29th from small-pox, was confirmed

JULY. Hon. Rueben Ellwood, M. C. Fifth Hlinois District, was numbered among the victims of the dread disease, cancer. Comrpander Henry H. Gorringe, U. 8. N., who brought the Egyptian obelisk to New York, was stricken with spinal disease. Other prominent deaths during July: Mrs. Henry W. Sage, widely known for her connection with charitable institutions of New York; killed by accident in a runaway at Ithaca. Hiram Dixon, of West Brighton, N. Y., one of the founders of the Adams Express Co., aged 76. At his home near Independence, Mo., at the age of 111, Christopher Mann, a' companion of Daniel Boone, and the oldest man in Missouri. At Youngstown, 0., Mary Clemens, 103 years 2 months; her father and mother lived to the age of 106 and 110, respectively. James G. Wintersmith, of Louisville, Ky., Doorkeeper of the National House of Representatives. Rev. Irenffius 8. Prime, for forty-eight years editor of the New York Observer, Judge T. Lyle Dickey, of the Hlinois Supreme Court. On the ,23d of July, Gen. U. S. Grant, winner of many battles and captor of many foes, encountered the King of Terrors, and became a captive to the universal enemy at Mount MacGregor, N. Y., his deathbed being surrounded by all his family; his end was peaceful and without evident pain. Judge John W. Okey, of the Ohio Supreme Court. Sir Moses Montefiore, the famous Jewish philanthropist of England, who celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth in October, 1884, died in London on the 28th. Hon. C. B. Stewart, one of the signers of Texas’ declaration of independence, was interred at Montgomery, Tex., at the age of 91. Henry A. Pierce, ex-Minister to Honolulu, died at San Francisco, at which place he arrived in 1828. • AUGUST. Judge James Garland, who served in the war of 1812, and had been in the Masonic fraternity seventy-three years, died at Lvnchburg, Va., aged 95. Cholera in Spain carried off the Archbishop of Seville. Other distinguished people gathered to their fathers during the month were : Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton), poet and critic, London, aged 76. James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California, aged 74; near Placerville, in extreme poverty. At San Francisco, Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson, authoress. In Salem, Mass., aged 85, Gen. Henry K. Oliver, the venerable composer of tho psalm tune “Federal Street.” Lord Vane Tempest, an English nobleman who served with distinction in the Union army during the rebellion. Near Vicksburg, Miss., Ann Hogan, a colored woman reported to be 100 years old. At Osceola, Mo., Waldo P. Johnson, a prominent lawyer of that State; member of the U. S. Senate attho outbreak of the war, and expelled for disloyalty. Ex-Gov. Julius Converse, of Vermont. Sir Francis Hincks, former Premier of Canada. In London, Admiral Kennedy, who served in the civil war in America. The wife of ex-Gov. B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri. Ex-Gov. Reuben E. Fenton, of New York. Ex-U. S. Senator Edgar 8. Cowan, of Pennsylvania.

SEPTEMBER. Prominent people called hence during the month were: Ex-S?nator Gwin, of California, aged 80. Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, the veteran clergyman, author, and editor, of Irvington. N. Y., aged 85. Judge John R. Eakin, of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Major Aaron Stafford, last surviving officer of the war of 1812, at his residence in Waterville, Oneida County, N. Y.,in the 99th year of his age. Judge George W. Clinton, Vice Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents. Edward A. Rollins, of Philadelphia, formerly Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Col. James B. Walton, of New Orleans, who commanded the Washington Battery, bf Louisiana, during the war with Mexico, aged 72. Sebastian Boughner, a soldier who fought at Lundy’s Lane and Fort Erie, aged 90. Rear Admiral John W. Livingston, U. S. N.. aged 81. Christian Cooper, of Columbia County,-N. Y„ at the advanced age of 111 years 10 months 15 days. Emery A. Storrs, of Chicago, widely known by ' his brilliancy as an orator and his abilitv as a lawyer and advocate. Col. George Ward Nichols, President of the Cincinnati College of Music ; during the war he served on Gen. Sherman's staff, and wrote •‘Sherman’s March to the Sea.” Henry R. S Iden, ex-Lieutsnant Governor and ex-Judge of the Court of Appeals, of New York. Prof. John Campbell Shairp, eminent English scholar and writer. George Wilkes, of New York, famous as an authority in sporting mutters. Moses Marrenellah, a Christian Jew, in a poor-hoase at Poughkeepsie, aged 105, and a resident of this country tor seventy years. Judge Waldo Colburn, of the Massachusetts Supremo Court. OCTOBER. The Earl of Shaftesbury, noted as a devoted religionist and reformer, passed away on the Ist, aged 81; his long record as a philanthropist earned for him tne name of “The Good Earl.” Other notable deaths during October were : Fred Hassaurek, of Cincinnati, well known as a Ger-man-Amerfean writer, editor, and speaker. ExGov. Talbot, of Massachusetts, at Lowell, aged 77. His eminence Cardinal John McCloskey, at his residence in New York, aged 75. Sir. H. W. Shaw (Josh Billings) of apoplexy at Cal. Baron Strathnairn, prominent in English diplomatic and military circles, and a leading figure in the suppression of the Sepoy rebellion in India. Rt. Hon. Hugh Henry Rose, Field Marshal of the British army, and at one time commander-in-chief in India Capt. Alexander Haley, the only colored man who ever commanded an ocean trade vessel, at Baltimore, aged 86. Chas. Leland, well-known hotelkeeper, in New York City. Caspar Butz, German poet, writer and politician, at Des Moines, aged 60. At Pittsburgh, Hon. Malcolm Hay, ex-First Assistant Postmaster General Rev. Dr. James Fraser, Bishop of Manchester, Eng., of tho Established Church of England. Mrs. Mary Auue Booth, mother of Edwin, J. Wilkes, and Junius B. Booth, at New York, aged 83. Dr. James R. Woodford, Bishop of Ely, Eng. ExGov. Page, of Vermont. Bridget Farley, in West Stratford, Conn., aged 104 years 2 months and 5 days. Gen. George B. McClellan, one of the prominent military leadersTn the late civil war, and a candidate for President of the United States in 1864, at his home in New Jersey, of neuralgia of the heart, aged 59. Iftsar Admiral J. C. P. De Kraft, U. S. N., at his residence in Washington. At Amityville, Long Island, Geo. F. McDonald, an actor, founder of the Order of Elks, aged 46. The Duke of Abercorn, in London, aged 74; he had twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and was the head of the illustrious house of Hamilton. NOVEMBER. Rev. Thomas Tenant died at Evansville, Ark., at the age of 115 years; he had served as a Methodist minister fer ninety years. Other distinguished persons who passed away during the month were: John McCullough, the tragedian, at Philadelphia, from paralysis in the muscles of the neck, aged 50. Ex-Judge Albert Cardozo, of New York. Ex-Senator Wm. Sharon, of Nevada. Horace Brigham Claflin, the New York dry-goods merchant prince, aged 73. Mrs. Rhoda Howard, of Bath County, Ky., aged 116 years; she smoked tobacco during the greater portion of her life, and never took a dose of medicine. Elizur Wright, of Boston, famous as o reformer, journalist, insurance expert, and free-thinker, aged 81. King Alfonso of Spain, at Madrid, of consumption, aged 28. Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice President of the United States, at Indianapolis, of heart disease; he was born in 1819, near Zanesville, Ohio. Marshal Serrano, Spain’s illustrious political and military leader,iaged 75. The Duke of Somerset (England), a Liberal in politics and an atheist in religion. DECEMBER. Charlotte Wickliffe, a negress of Louisville, who passed away at the age of 117 years, claimed to have handed George Washington a cup of water at the battle of Yorktown; she left seventy-five children and grandchildren, the oldest being nearly 100 years. 'Other deaths during December were: At Melbourne, Australia, Clarence Whistler, noted wrestler. Rt. Rev. Dominick Manucy, Catholic Bishop of Mobile. William H. Vanderbilt, the most conspicuous figure in the railway world, died suddenly at his home in New York City, of paralysis of . the brain, aged 65. Ex-Gov. B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, candidate for Vice President on thdjf Horace Greeley ticket in 1872, Patrick O’Rourke, who loaned Horace Greeley 81,060 to aid in starting the New York Tribune, and who had ever since had charge of the press-room in that establishment. Commodore Chas. Lowndes, U. 8. N., retired list, aged 87. At Santa Fe, N. M., f Gen. Gustavus A. Smith, formerly of Decatur, ’ Hl. Prince Ferdinand, father of the King of , Portugal, from facial cancer. Ex-Senator Robert Toombs, of Georgia, aged 76. A Sandors, captain of the hold on U. 8. 8. Swatara, fell dead on the streets oL Portsmouth, Va.; he entered the service fortyJyears ago, and was tho first colored man ever! enlisted in U. 8. navy. Bishoix F. X. Krautbaudr, of the Catholic diodeso of Green Bay. Ex-Congressman J. H. Defrees, of Indiana. Hon. Wm. Pitt Lynde, ex-Congress-man from Wisconsin. Ex-Gov. Ryland Fletcher, of Vermont, aged 90. Stephen Barker Guion, founder of the Black Ball line of ocean steamers. Ex-Gov. Hiland Hallfof Vermont. A married daughter of Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott; of paralysis, in a Baltimore hospital, aged 60.