Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1886 — NECROLOGY. [ARTICLE]

NECROLOGY.

Men Renowned in Statesmanship, War, Literature, Mechanics, and the Learned Professions Swell the Death Roll. JANUARY. Contributions to the necrology of the initial mouth of lcAb were : J. B. Lippincott, the veteran Philadelphia publiauei'.i Dr. Robert Ramsay, a famous -MnAtmie writer; inaTcfronto hospital, aged 44. Gen. Hiram Hilliard, once Adjutant Genera! of Illinois. N. Mi Ludlow, the oldest actor iii the country, and for many years associated with sol Mmth (deceased) in theatrical ventures: at his homo in St. Louis, agedyi. Nah m ( apen, LL.P , who was Postmaster at Boston under Buchanan, and who began the free delivery system, Hon. Benj. Coaly, ex-Uovenior bf Georgia. Col. Edward Richardson, President of the late World s Exposition at New Orleans. Lottie: Griffin (colored), who claimed to be over 120 years, died at Hannibal, Mb., leaving a daughter, aged-go. Geo. E. Pomeroy, founder of the express system in the-United-States: at Toledo, Ohio, aged 70. James Cutshaw, last of the old-time stagedrivers in Oliio; at Lancaster, aged 87. Miss Kate Bayard, eldest daughter of the Secretary of State, found dead in bed at Washington: hear: disease. Marie Augustine, colored, ended her existence of ICS years at New Orloaus. Rev. Henry Norman Hudson, eminent Shakspeareon scholar, at Cambridge, Muss, At London, Joseph Mags, colei rated tenor opera singer. I>r. Thomas \Y. Keene, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, fell dead in liis seat' after making a speech. Mrs. Anna Maria Greene, daughter-in-law of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary fame, breathed her last at Newport, R. 1., aged 102. Ex-IT. S. Senator James T. Farley, of California. Congressman Jos. C. 'Rankin. Fifth Wisconsin District. Col. Ashbel Smith, a veteran of the Texas war of independence, was buried with military honors at Austin, and his remains placed beside those of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. Coleman Freeman. born a slave in Virginia; at Windsor, Ont., age-1 121. Ex-Senator David R. Atchison, of Missouri who in IS 9 was Acting Piesulent of tho United staves for one day. Mrs. Bayard, wife of the Secretary of State, aged 51." Ex.Govetnor Nefil S Brown, of Tennessee, U. S. Minister to Russia in IS3O, aged 75. FEBRUARY. Death played sad havoc in the ranks of American men of war during the brief month of February. no less than three Major Generals answering the summons of the grim messenger —Winfield Scott Hancock, David Hunter, and William R. Rowley. Hancock served with distifiction in the Mexican war, was second in command on the bloody field of Gettysburg, and in 1850 was the Democratic candidate for President ; Hunter, also, was a veteran of the Mexican' campaign, and presided over the military court that tried Mrs. Surratt ;and Rowley was the last sur.iving officer of ,Gen. Grant's staff. Other deaths for the niyath were: George T. I.anigan. *e versatile genius—journalist, poet, author, and translator; at Philadelphia, from heart disease. George Lori Hard, owner and 'breeder of Parole and other famous horses. Mrs. Sarah Leary, oldest person in Central Illinois; at HnopoliS, aged 106. John G. Thompson. ex-Sergeant-at-Arrns U. S. House of Representatives, at Seattle, aged 53. George C. Bates, an eloquent lawyer, known in the chain of great cities from New York to San Francisco, at Denver, aged 7L ExGov. Horatio Seymour, the venerable Sage of Deerfield, ended his eventful life at Utica, in his 76th year. - Sarah Taylor (colored), at St Catharines, Ont, aged 120 years II months and 8 days. In Philadelphia, from paralysis, John

B. Gough, for forty year* the leading orator In the oause of temperance; bom In England In 1822. John Henry Payne, grandson of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, expired In New York, apparently in extreme Emiry ; he wee believed to be worth between 000,000 and $2,000,9*10. but only a few hundrod dollars were found in the rags that .covered him. W. B. Moservoy, at Kalem. Mas*., member of the first party to cross tho'plalns to Californio, and ex-Govcrnorof Nc# Mexico. Gen. John 8. Cavender, oue of the original FVpo-Htatn leaders in Misrouri. , MARCH. Tho wife of Senator.l. R. Hawley, of Connecticut, breathed her.last at Wirtllilh t( Ji. aged 57 ; deceased VM S uiese of Henry W ard Be clier, ! and - served ** amrsn tn the hosiiitnl* of \irglr.la during ll.e mu. Other deaths d ri g tho tin nth : (icu. 11. M 'age ,'rteir.n' .I rio und well-known vitieUltiiT4i-t < f Simla (‘turn. Cal., agtal 73. Gen. ■ ohu I*. Millet, 1 onatrir fiom California Marv llleeckor KevniuUr.ridlotof exGov. Hora’.io Hcxmu.ir. at tlu l evidence other sister,Mis. Ro.con Conk ling. Utica, N. Y. Hon! J. B. Chaffee, cx-l’lliied .-into* Kouator from Colo.ado. The wife of ex- Attorney Gen wal H. H. Brewster. Mrs. Sthfy Auugllo*. nauguter of Mrs. Julia Waid Hone, noti d for her brims in educating tho blind Ex-Gov. Michael Hahn of Ixniisiiiun. At Washington, the wife of Gto go BancroT', the historian. Ex-Gov, itm Ii wfn, of (alt iorula. ‘i ho vonorahla F aid of ( li Chester, an active promoter of charities Ca]>t, James I. Waddell. ox-ooiuiuandcr of ilio (Tonfederate cr riser.Rheum.<i mb. Jan.oi Mahoney, a ccnlemn inn, who se. 'ori under 1 < rrv at tho battle of I.aku Eric, also a veil ran of the Mexican war and tbo war if tl.o r.Uliion. Miss Abigail Bates at Kcituate; Maa« , aged 89; one of two heroines who in the war of EM i drore away tho British from Fcituuto harbor by vigorously playing a life and druiil In the bn she*. I)r .1. H. Kano, whoparticipated in li‘» brother's arctic expedition. Hon Ward Hunt, of New York, who resigned hi* place an Justice of tho U. S. Snprni:? Court in 1832. The Countess do Chntnborj, widow of tho lato head-of tire surviving Bourbon fami 1 y of Franco. James O'Domioll, tho noted oarsman of Now Orleans. APRIL Donnld Mcbellau, whoso grnndfather was a follower of tb < famous Roll Bov, passed away at Detroit in indigent circumstances, aged 10J, lit. Hon. W. E. Forster, ox-t'hief Kecr.-tary for Ireland, aged nil. Hon. John Welch, Miuistor to England under President Hayes’ administration. Elbrldgq Gerry, member of Congress iu 1818, and a prominent anti-slavery agitator: at Portland, Me., aged 73. Thuddeus Fairbanks, the scale, invent..r, who was knightod by tho Emperor of Austria ;at St Jobnsbiiry, Vt,, aged 93. John H Noyes founder of the (bii'idn Community, at his homo iu Niagara Falls; born in 1811, and was a cousin of ex-President Hayes. Charles Mitchell, father of Maggfo MitcFielf, the actress, at Troy, N. Y , aged 83. Jlrs. Ella Hart, a pioneer of Sandusky, 0., aged 103. i Father Abram J. Ryan, the “poet-priest of the South,” passed away at'' Louisville; a native of Virginia, aged 4t5. Tbe widow of Wended Phillips, who hod been an invalid over since her marriage, half a century ago, died in Boston. At Boston, H. H. Richardson, famous architect. MAY. Charles Franklin Robertson, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of tho Diocese of Missouri, died in St. Louis. Other eminent people who joined the innumerable caravan during tho flowery month were : David Fisher, ex-M. C„ into whose arms John Quincy Adams fell when he.was stricken with paralysis on the floor of the House George H. Butler,'nephew of Gen. B. F. Butler, formerly editor of lit Ikes' Spirit. Gen. John L. Lewis, an historical character of New Orleans, who served as a courier for Gen. Jackson in 1815, aged 80. Vico Admiral Lynch, of tho Chilian navy. Mrs. Alice Pendleto’n, wife of the American Minister to Germany, was killed in Central Park, New YoVk, by being thrown from her carriage. Arthur Quartlay, a noted 'American marine painter, ended his days in New York. Dr. Dio Lewis, author and hygienic reformer, aj his home in Yonkers, N. Y , aged 63. Stephen l’earl Andrews, the apostle of spiritualism; New York, aged 74. Leopold von Ranke, eminent GermaTTlStltorian, aged 91. Genl Dttfbln Ward, ono of tbe most noted Democrats of Ohio, aged 08. Gen F N. Ogden, who led the White league revolution against the Kellogg State Government at New Orleanß in 1874. At St. Vital, Ont., Mrs. Riel, widow of the Canadian rebel. John Q. Bartlott, well-known American author, and for many years Secretary of State of Rhode Island, aged 80. JUNE. John Kelly, tho renowned Tammany Sachem and Democratic leader, was called lienee on the Ist inst., aged 64. Other notable contributions to the list of departures during the month were : Billy Flmmett, a well-known minstrel nnd theatrical manage”, of Chicago. Coh Richard M. Hoe, of New York, inventor of the famous Hoe printing-press-suddenly, at Florence, Italy. Ludwig, the deposed insane King of Ba--Varia, suicided by drowning; Dr. Gudden, attendant, lost his life in trying to save the dethroned monarch. John J Presser, a famous hermit of Eastorn Pennsylvania. Daniel Geerin, near Watertown, Wis,, aged 109. Edwin P. Whipple, American essayist and author—Boston, aged 68. Hon. Augustus Charles Hobitrt [Hobart Pasha, Marshal of the Turkish Empire;; an Englishman, son of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. John Newman, one of the first white children born in that region, passed away in Sevier County, Tennessee, aged 117. Samuel Adams, a pisneer of California and a nu mber of the San Francisco vigilance committee in 1856. Moses A. Dow, fouuder of tho Waverlj/ Magaztne. of Boston. Hon. David Davis, formerly Justice of tho U. S. Supreme Court, Senator from Illinois, and ex-officio Vice President of the United States; Bloomington, 111., aged 71. At Wiesbaden, the widow of Meyerbeer, at tho age of B‘A JULY. Col. Geo. B. Corkhill, who conducted the prosecution of Guiteau, passed away at Mt. I’leasant, lowa, from hemorrhage of the stomach. Paul H. Hayne, poet aud litterateur, at Augusta, Ga. Cardinal Guibert, Archbishop of Paris. H. K. Brown, the sculptor, died at Newburgh, N. Y.; he was seventy-two years old, aud modeled the first bronzo statuo ever cast in this country. Rear Admiral Worden, U. S. N., the hero of the famous victory of tho ironclad Monitor over the rebel Merrimuc iu 1862, died at Nowport. R. 1., aged 69 E Z. C. JudsSh, known to the storyre uli tig public as "Ned Buntlino," who bad eariu d $60,003 per annum with his pen, died of heart disease at Stamford, New York, in his sixty-filth year; lie was a naval officer before tho war of the rebellion, and carried twelve wintnds-Teeeired in battle or in duels. Hob. * Wi,u. Hunter. Second Assistant Secretary of State, died at Washington, of old age and general debility; he was 81 years old, and had served continuously in the State Department fifty-one ye. rs, having been appointed by President Jackson. Hubert Q. Thompson, g, conspicuous leader of the New York County De-•mosra-y. aged 37 years. Abbe Franz Liszt, the, oelebra ed pianist and- composer, at Baireutk, Germany, aged 75. - AUGUST. F'rom the walks of statesmanship Samuel J. Tilden, ox-Governor of New York, was taken on the ith. Other eminent persons who departed during the month werek Ex-Go . truor John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky, who had been Senator and Representative in ( ougress ; Dolores F'osta, widow of the famous Mexican General, Santa Anna: Mrs, Anns. Stevens, well-known novelist: at Newport, 11. 1.. aged 74. Professor C. L. Stowe, f< Ifnerly President of Andover Theological Bernina y, and husband of tho author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabinat Haitford, Conn., aged 81. Mrs Murphy, of Chicago, at the advanced age of luß. years. Amos Adams Lawrence, prominent m reliant and philanthropist of Po -ton. Rev.' James C. Beecher, of Connecticut. the youngest brother of Henry Ward Beecher, suicided at Elmira,'N. Y.. on account -of failing health; ago, 59 years. SEPTEMBER. Among the most notable contributions to the necrology of 1886 for September were : Gc-n. B. E. Cheatham, of Nashville, who played, a conspicuous part in thj bloody drama of 1861-’o. Gen. Lloyd Aspinwall. of New York. George Yandenhoff, actor and reader. Asher B. Durand, un American painter of note. Andrew Lucas, hern in slavery in Tennessee, where he was a servant of Gen Jackson, died at Brantford, Ont., at tho supposed age of 128 years. - ‘OCTtHtfiK. Captain John Plunkett, one of the four survivors of the battle of San Jacinto, died at Matagorda. Texas, agod 66 years. Other contributions to tho necrology of October were": Hon. Austin F. Pike, U. S. Senator from New Hampshire; ex-Senator David Y ulee, of Florida; James A. Grinstead, a famous Kentucky turfman ; Rear Admiral Edward TCNichols, U S. N.; Meyer Karl Rothschild, bead of the great Frankfort firm of bankers Mike McCobje. the pugilist; Bacon Montgomery, once a Brigadier General fn the Union army; Col. Charles Whittlesey, of Cleveland. Ohio, geologist and scholar; Gen. J. A. Uhrich, commandant at Ftrksburg on its capitulation; Gen. Sir H. T. Macpherson, commander of the British army of occupation in Burmah : Baron F’rederick Ferdinand von Beust, distinguished German statesman ; Mrs. Cornel.a Stewart, widow of the late Alexander T. Stewart, the NewJJork millionaire merchant; Hon. Mason W. Tappan,' Attorney General of New Hampshire; Hon. Walter B. Scates, ex-Chief Jnstice Illinois Supreme Court; the Earl of Stratford—family name, George Stevens Byng. NOVEMBER. . L Fred Archer, the most celebrated jockey in the world, who rode tho winning horse of "the

f Derby" five different times, committed suicins {in Ixmdon while in a delirium canned by typhoid fever. Otlior distinguished dead ! chronicled during November were: Rev. Wali ter Home, the "fa‘ her" of the Church of Sootlaml. at Edinburgh, in hi* Kith year. ExPresidcnt Clio*ter A. Arthur, Bright's disease; aged 56. Ex-Governor John B. Phelps, of Missouri, aged 70. Hon. Charles Francis Adams, grandson of tho second President of the United States and son of the sixth President; at )R>S♦on, aged 74. Krnstu* Brooks, a veteran editor pi New York, dlatinguisLed in journalism and liblitics, aged 70. DECEMBER, Among distinguished i copto who passed from i tho stags of life during D n ember were: ConI greSKihaN Win. T. l'lico, of toe F ig'.ilh WiaconI sin District John Ji.‘(lwi ns, tlm veteran commlian, at hla honu ln Halt:maro ; a native of Filmland! aged 1 3. Is iuc !*•«, dl-iUiig'dshe l I American nutura Ist: Philadoli hin, a;ed 93. Ilb prosontat.ve Abraham DoWijnei, of New j York, wlioso taking off swelled the death li-t of tho Forfy-nint'l Congress to twelve. Ex-Gov. ( has M. CrcißWull, of Miehigan. Gen. Win, G. Harding, a famous t. rfman of Tetincasoo, agod 78. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, ono o' tho f >renirtst i oniologla-H of th'J Unit id Ktates ; iloxbury, Mass., agod 86. James I). Wairen, proj.rie’tur of tho Buffalo Cofiiinercldl Advn-ttter, mid a leader of t e I’epul.l can party of the Stito of New York, E -Gov. Pitkin, of t'olola.lo. In Inil 1 nu'Ter ri lory, Mrs. huHanna Warri n. lioru a slave at Ft. Au. uetiuo in 17i 0 ARlen Goldsmith, fatuous trutt.iig-iiorse breeder and . trainer; Blooming Grove, X, V., agod 66.