Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 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, Literature, and Science Help to Swell the Roll. JANUARY. - In Baltimore, Judge Nelson Poe, a cousin of the late Edgar. Allan Poe. At Galveston, Texas. Mrs. Campbell, wife of James Camp« bell, 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. Col. 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 Chunder Sen, a celebrated scholar and philosopher of India. Charles H. Van Fossen, a well-known Kansas City journalist State Senator Pliny Hoaglnnd, of Fort Wayne, Ind. W. P. Hathburn, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Chattanooga, Tenn. John William Wallace, President ol the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Dr. H. A. Dubois, leading physician of New Haven, Conn. Gen. Fadejew, Russian Director of Hoads qnd Canals. Hon. David Sankey, of New Castle, Del., father of the famous evangelist Hon. Philip Phillips, 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 Delmonlco, famous New York restaurateur. Ex-Congressman S. Bridges, of Allentown, Pa. Mrs. Valeria Stone, of Malden, Mass., who had distributed $1,500,000 in 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 31, In Lexington. Va., ex-Gov. John Letcher, aged 71. Iu Washington, D. C., Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, Representative from South Carolina, aged 33. In Albany. N. Y., Dr. Elisha Harris, Secretary of the State Board of Health, aged 60. In Now 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 Cougress. Hans Larsen Martensen, famous Danish preacher and theologian. Jacob Seasongood, a prominent Cincinnati banker. Mrs. Catharine Pattison, mother of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Dix, 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 bad been connected with Princeton College for thirty years. Stephen B. Ives, a prominent lawyer of Salem, Mass. Bev. 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 ot Bloomington, 111. Rev. John S. Inskip, of Ocean Glove, 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 Napoleon. Col. L. A. Hardeo, of Jacksonville, Fla., proprietor of the largest orange grove and nursery in the world. Judge A. M Chadwick, a leading oilizen 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. Spieely, of New Albany, Ind., a veteran of the Mexican war. Col. Henry S. Pratt, of Detroit, a vetr eran of three wars. Pierre Michel La Piffe de Bergondy, of New Orleans, a soldier of the war of 1812, and an immensely wealthy cotton gnd sugar planter. Dr. Richard G. Radway, of New York, the well-known patent modioine manufacturer and advertiser. Prof. S. W. Williams, of Yale College, a famous Oriental soholar. Samuel Donaghy, once a prominent politician in'Pennsylvania. In Boston, Wendell Phillips, the famous agitator and orator, aged 73. In Paris, Eugene Rouher, iu 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 96. In St. Petersburg, Russia, W. H. Hunt, United States Minister, aged 60. At Hartford, Conn., ex-Governor R. D. Hubbard, in bis 66th year. MARCH. At Washington, Hon. Kenneth Raynor, Solicitor of. the Treasury, aged 76. At Columbus, Miss., Bishop H. H. Kavunaugh, 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, ex»President of that island. At Rockford, 111., Colonel Norman Curtis, the oldest Freemasou in Illinois. At Boston, Dr. Ezra Abbott, 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, hid. Dr. L. P. Yaadell, of Louisville, Ky., who had a national reputation as a physician and medical writ. r. Otta 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 Taiie, North Platte, Neb. Richard H. Home, English poet and essayist. Henry Brown, of Niagara Falls, formerly a slave in Virginia, aged 12L Mrs. Annie Key Turner, of California, daughter of the author of the “Star Spangled Banner.” In Omaha, Neb., Right Rev. R. H. Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska, aged 58. Amos. P. Morrill, Judge of the Eastern District of Texs s. Edward D. Payne, of Dayton, Ohio, a brother of the Senator-elect. Capt John 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, exmember of Congress irom Pennsylvania. Cardinal Pietro, of Rome, Italy. Rev. Dorus C ark, eminent Congregational divine, of Boston. George Cragin, of Utica, N. Y., one of the founders of the Oneida Community, in 1848. APRIL John J. Cisco. . a well-known New York 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. Francois Mignet, French historian. JatheS Hamilton, of Bath County, Kentucky, the largest short-born catEe-dealer in the world. Eoitor Danielson, of the Pro video oe (R-1.) Journo?. • Absalom Watkins, of Chattanooga, Tenn., one of the oldest and bestknown editors in the South. Mrs. Kate N. Doggett. o. Chicago, a prominent advocate of female suffrage, and Pres.dent of the Woman's C ngres» for several terms. Augustus Schell, a veteran banker and Democratic politician of New York. Matt H. Fintb. a prominent lawyer of Milwaukee.. Mrs. Stratton, of New Haven, Conn., mother 1 at the late Tom Thumb. Judge Granger, of Washington, D. CL, a brother-in-law of the

ost son of Queen Victoria. °Th^S^| Bffi* 'in 1 ' Wfilardf’ParkerP in his eighty-fourth year. In Nekr York, Gen. Emerson Opdycke, aged 54. In New Jersey, ex-Gov. Marcus L. Ward, aged 71. At Irvington, N. J., Dr. Sandford B. Hunt, editor of the Newark Advertiser, 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, Hi., 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. Millikeu, 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. Bickersteth, Episcopal Bishop of Ripon, England. Count Ribbing, a noted French dramatic author. Hofi. Dwignt Foster, exSupreme Judge of Massachusetts. MAY. Count de Hausonvllle, 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, aged 87. At London, Sir Henry Bartle 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 63. -At Nantucket, Mass., -Charles O’Conor, aged 80. Id Chicago, Cyrus H. McCorrtick, aged 75. At Pegli, Italy, Sam Ward, aged 71. In New York City, ex-Judge Joseph S. 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 Golf, a millionaire distiller of Cincinnati and Aurora Ind. Dr. Willard Parker, an eminent surgeon of New York. Prof. O. M. Conuover, Reporter of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Ex-Gov. Henry M. Matthews, of West Virginia. George C'adwailader, 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. Halyburtoa, 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 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 $1,000,000 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 S 3, Judue Henry H. Coolidge, at Niles, Mich. John D. Gibson, one of the proprietors of the Gibson House, Cincinnati. At Port 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 Cot. 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. Veunor, the Canadian weather prophet, at Montreal, in his 44th year. In New York City, Hon. Noah Wayne Bwayne, 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 reputat on 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 Y’ork 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 Chickamaura, 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 leadiug Democrat. At Leavenworth, Kansas, Col. Edward R. Platt, Assistant Adjutant General, U, S. A. At Reading. Pa., ex-Congressman Hiester Cljrmer. 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. ~julyT 1 At Chicago, 111., Allan Pinkerton, head of the detective agency, aged 64. Gen. Francis Edward Todleben, the Russian engineer, aged 66. At Swissdaio, 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-Congressrnan 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 Lelaware and Hudson Canal Company, aged 60. At New Orleaus, Paul Morphy, the famous chess-player. At Waterford, Me., Mrs. Caroline E, Brown, mother of the humori t, “Artemus Ward" (Charles F. Brown), aged 78. In the Poor-house at Lockport, N. Y., Louis Spencer (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. ti, 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 82. In Elizateth, N. J., Levi B. Chatheld, ex-Attorney-General of New York, aged 76. At Brighton, England, Arthur Richard Wellesley, second Duke of Wellington, aged 77. At Alton. 111., Anderson _Rilev, a iortter slave, aged 111. At New Orleans, Robert B. ELiott (colored), formerly a member of Congress from South Carolina. Sir Erasmus Wilson, a well-known English writer.

Phiiadeß 'li ' " . i. t \ . >•'- S'] inuixlei tit the BrooS| • 1 si- • • hi t hVYI John Lord Taylor, th/ual c.orgyumn. of AndlH W. Garrett, the veteran rolH aged 65. Robert Hoe, kuown thWH world l’or his development of ■"■■W'.iHo press, aged 75. United States ’ B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, agBNHP Methodist Bishop Geo. F.-Pierce, of Georfcw aged 73. Hon. (hag. J. Foiger, Secretary oV tho 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 Bngnoli, 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 tho founders of the home-rule movement in Ireland. Benjamin Alvord, a retired Brigadier General. . Francis B. Hayes, a Boston millionaire. Frank B. Chanfrau, the well-known actor, aged 65. Judge Robert McFarland, of the Tennessee Supreme Court. NOVEMBER. Richard Harrington, a Delaware politician of note. Henry Fawcett, the British Postmaster General. Rear 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 Ewmtng 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 Phillips, of tho Pittsburg Dispatch. Jonathan K. Cooper, the oldest member of the bar at Peoria, ill, John Fishtack, formerly owner of the Indianapolis i-eafi it/. William A. Wood, the well-known reaper inventor, aged 71 years. Charles l J. Faulkner, of West Virgina, ex-Minister to France. DECEMBER. At Wellington, Kan., Capt- David L. Payne, widely known as “Oklahoma” Payne. At Arkansaw, Wis., John .londro, aged 121. At New York, Gershoin 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 Beecber-Tilton alTa r, aged 48. At Cincinnati, 0., Reuben R. Springe*, a wellknown philanthropist. At Paris, Emile Felix Fleury, a distinguished French general. At Cincinnati, 0., James L. Ruffin, for many years local Chief of Police. At Paris, Pierre Clement Eugene Pelletier, a distinguished French litterateur and statesman.