Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1907 — OBITUARY ROLL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OBITUARY ROLL

Harvest of the Grim Reaper In 1907. ALL SOCIAL RANKS INVADED. Authors of Mote, Famous Artists, Distinguished Statesmen and Scientists, Celebrated Actors and Gallant Soldiers Called From Earth. Long Array of Shining Marks.

OBITUARY

JANUARY. A Ernest Howard Crosby, social reformer, In Baltimore; aged 50. A The shah of Persia at Teheran; aged • 35. 2L Josiah Flynt Willard, sociologist, who

wrote over the name Josiah Flynt, in Chicago; aged3B. 24 Gen. Russell A. Alger, United j States senator /j from Michigan, |l prominent Federal II veteran and former H secretary ot war, I In Washington; ' aged 71. 25. Isabella Beecher j Hooker, last of the children of the Rev. Lyman Beecher, at

Hartford, Conn.; aged 86. 3A Rev. Henry Mastyn Field, clergyman and author, former editor of the New York Evangelist, at Stockbrldge, Maes.; aged 88. FEBRUARY. A Hugh O. Pentecost, preacher, lawyer, lecturer and all round freethinker, In New York city; aged 80. A Rear Admiral Albert Kautx, U. S. N., retired veteran of the civil war, at Florence, Italy; aged 68. 7. Isabelle Urquhart, the actress, at Rochester, N. Y. Prof. Mendeleef, celebrated Russian chemist of worldwide fame, in St. Petersburg; aged 73. 10. Sir William Howard (“Bull Run”) Russell, famous English war correspondent, in, London; aged 86. 1A Ex-Gov. Frank W. Higgins of New York at Olean; aged 81. 14 Princess Clementine of S&xe-Coburg-Ctotha. daughter of I<ouls Philippe ot France, In Vienna; aged 90. 26. A. C. Gunter, novelist aftd playwright, to New York ffity; aged 8A MARCH. L Wendell Phillips Garrison, son ot William Lloyd Garrison, the abolition leader and one j>f the editors of the Nation, In New York city; aged 64 A John Alexander Dowle,' ’founder of the world famous Zion community, In Chicago; aged 80. JL M. Caalmir-Perier, ex-president of France, i„ Parts; aged 00. 14. Mauriee Grau, the widely known grand opera Impresario, in Parte; aged (A Id Joltn O'Leary, F Allan leader and well <u> * • dKor? u DmbU * ;

18. KTrs. Featherstone Osier, mother of the noted age limit theorist. Dr. William Osier, In Toronto; aged 100. 13. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, poet, author and playwright. In Boston; aged 69. 23. Gen. Theodore J. Wlnt, U. S. A., veteran of the civil war and commander of the department of Missouri, In Philadelphia; aged 62. 25. Prof. Ernst von Bergmann, noted German army surgeon. In Wiesbaden; aged 70. . 31. Galusha A. Grow, noted speaker of congress In the sixties and a striking figure In the political history of the country, at Glenwood, Pa.; aged 83. APRIL. 6. Dr. William Henry Drummond. Canadian poet, at Cobalt, Ont.; aged 52. 8. Rev. Dr. John Johnson, rector emeritus of St. Philip’s church. Charleston, survivor and principal historian of the j Confederate defense of Fort Sumter, In Charleston; aged 78. 13. Daniel H. Chamberlain, reconstruptlon governor of South Carolina, at Charlottesville, Va.; aged 72. . 28. Prof. Thomas S. Noble, noted painter ! and art teacher, in New York cKy; aged 74. MAT. 8. Gen. John Watts de Peyster, noted New York soldier and author, in New York city; aged 86. 8. Gen. Henry Ronald Douglas Mclver, veteran of the Confederate army, who had fought under many flags, In New York city. Dr. John Watson (lan Maclaren), the Scotch author, at Mount Pleasant, la.; aged 57. 8. Edmund G. Ross, former United States senator from Kansas, at Albuquerque, N. M.; aged 81. 10. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. A., retired, veteran ot the Mexican and civil wars, at Coburg, Ont;; aged 85. 14. Gen. Matthew M. Blunt, U. S. A., retired, veteran of the Federal army In the civil war, In Brooklyn; aged 77. 18. Edwin H. Conger, who was United States minister to Peking during the Boxer war. at Pasadena, Cal.; aged 64. 25. Theodore Tilton, editor and author, formerly associated with Henry Ward Beecher and plaintiff in the famous Beeoher-TUton stilt, In Paris; aged 72. 36. Mrs. William McKinley, widow of the late president, at Canton, O.; aged 60. JUNK. / 3. Gen. Thomas Ruger, U. S. A., retired, veteran of the civU war, at Stamford, Conn.; aged 74. 3. Julia Magruder, novelist, at Richmond. Va.; aged 63. 11. United States Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama In Washington; aged 83. 14. Gen. Bartoleme Maso, one of the “Old Guard” of Cuban revolutionists, former official of the provisional government, at Manzanillo, Cuba; aged 73. 18. Alexander Stewart Herschel, noted English astronomer, m London; aged 72. 37. Elisabeth Cary Agassis, widow of the great scientist add one of the founders of Radotlffe college, at Boston; * J aged 84. 30. Francis Murphy, noted temperance lecturer, at Los Angeles, Cal.; aged 71. JULY. 4. Frauds B.'Thurber, merchant, lawyer and economist. In New York city; aged 68. 13. Mts. W. G. Jones, an actress of the oM sotaool, in New York etty; aged 79. IT. Prof. Angelo Hellflrln, noted geologist Who made the ascent of Mont Pelee during the eruption In 1902, In New Yo£k city; aged k 18. Gen. G. W. Mtndll, civil war veteran who became colonel at 18 years of age, la New .York city; aged 64. Hector Herfrl Msftt, noted French Journalist arid novelist. In Baris; aged 77. 87. .United States Senator Edmund W. jvttus of Alabama at Mot Springs, R. C. 4 aged 86. 'A f i--

tL Francis Miles Finch, lawyer and Jurist, author of the war elegy “The Blue and the Gray,” at Ithaca; aged 80. AUGUST. . 1. David Christie Murray, British playwright and novelist, in London; aged 61. 3. Augustus Saint Gaudens, the sculptor,

In Cornish, N. H.; aged 69. 15. Joachim, famous Hungarian violinist, in Berlin; aged 76. 26. The Earl of Dunmore, most prominent Christian Scientist In England, at Canterbury; aged 66. 30. Richard Mansfield, the actor, at New

London, Conn.; aged 60. SEPTEMBER. 4 Dr. Edvard Grieg, famous Norwegian musical composer, at‘'Bergen, Norway; aged 64. 6. W. H. Merrill, well known journalist, at Hingham, Mass.; aged 67. 15. Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker. U. S. N., retired, at High Pasture, N. H.; aged 72. 22. Samuel Sloan, financier and railroad builder, at Garrison, N. Y.; aged 89. 26. Gen. Charles E. Furlong, well known veteran of the civil war, at Portland, Me.; aged 75. OCTOBER. 6. Mary J. Holmes, well known American novelist of the old school, in Brockport, N. Y.; aged 79. 7. Professor David Masson, noted Scotch scholar and historian, at Edinburgh; aged 85. 15. Maurice Loewy, director of the Paris observatory and the dean of astronomers, in Paris; aged 74 NOVEMBER. 6. Don Diego Barros Arana, eminent Chilean historian and educator, known as South America's “grand old man,” at Santiago; aged 77. 12. Sir Lewis Morris, English poet. In London; aged 74 16. Rev. Dr. Moncure D. Conway, noted American author. In Paris; aged 75. 17. Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McCllntock, discoverer of the fate of Sir John Franklin and himself a noted arctic explorer, in London; aged 88. 23. Professor Asaph Hall, well known American astronomer, formerly In the government service, at Annapolis; aged 78. 28. Richard Castro, Mexico'S foremost musical composer, In the City of Mexico; aged 29. 80. Dr. George F. Bhrady, noted surgeon and medical writer who attended Gen. Grant In his last Illness, In New York city; aged 70. DECEMBER. 7. J. H. Stoddart. noted American actor, retired, In Sewaren, N. J.; aged 81. A Oscar It, king of Sweden, In Stockholm; aged 78. Mrs. Louisa N. Taft, mother of William H. Taft, secretary of war, at Milbury, Mass. 16. Gen. Alexander Hamilton, grandson of Alexander Hamilton, who was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr, and a civil war veteran, at Tarry tow a, N. Y.; aged 92s

General Alger.

Richard Mansfield.