The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-08-16
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In Lancaster, on the 18th inst. Samuel
Ward, Esq. aged 81.
In Sterling, on the 30lh ult. Widow Henri
bah Babcock, formerly of Berlin, aged 70.
In Hardwick, on the 4th inst. Mrs. Lucy
Robinson, wife of Mr.. Joseph Robinson. aged
l62 years.
In North Brookfeld, on the 9th inst. Miss
Patience Barnes, aged &c. Printers an .Niw-
YORK and Ternaont are requested 10 insert This
death.
IN Princeton, on the 25th ult. lydia, wife
OF Mr.. Ezekiel Davis, aged 81 years.-and on
the 5th inst. Susan, an infant child Of Ezekiel
and and! Lydia Davis, aged 10 days. The Hood
Sto'' C'etreT aniH 4lLenso IN Aa~I 4Lso death
IN the 4ih inst. Lieut.. Ephraim Mrick.
aged IS. The Recorder and Watchnaan api1
please 10 notice this death.
In nor'hbovo', on the 22d ult. Mrs. Mary
holorook, wife of Daniel Holbrook. aged 81
-On the goth ult. Mr.. Joel Parmenter.
aged sxty-sx. Printers in TerTnont and Near.
Hananhare are requested TO insert the abope.
! In southbridge, on the 10Th inst. widow Je-
mimaHarding, aged SO.
| In littsfeld, David w. Childs, ESQ. of Uti
ca, N Y. Counsellor at Law, aged 45. A.
mong other liberal provisions in his Will. are
the following To the Theological Seminary
at Auburn he gave $500. To the Western
Educ;tion Society. $500. To the American
Bible Society, $500. To the Utica Sabbath
Schoo Society, $3.50.
In Bakersfield, VT. Robert Nichols, ir. of
Newlpswich, N. H. while on visit to his
frients at the former place, aged 25.
In Montpelier, VT. Mrs. Chloe Corss, aged
Ga years.
In Miflin Co. (Pa.) on the 4th of July.
| William Ross. aged 100 years. He was with
Gen.Braddock in the first war, and with Gen
Washington, in the second.
lnCalais, on the 29th ult. Capt Isaac Rob
inson aged As. His death was occasioned b,
/ disease which is very rare in this part of thu
country. 1t is what his physicians termed tn,
land seTrey. His symptoms were, bleedin:
once IN three or four days, to the quantity o
from one to three pounds of blood at time
from rs nose, gums, and eyes. There wa
hkewls', during his sickness, great numbe
OF spotsor biotches of blood under the skin n,
all pars OF the body, similar to what appear
many tines in consequence of blood LETTING
4 In Brboursvile, (Va.) Mrs. Mary Barbour
aged Is, mother of the Secretary of War
who has thus, within the space of little NOR
than year, lost his father, mother and sis
tiers.
In Marietta, (Ohio) on the 21st ult. after lon,
and painful illness, Capt. Stanton Prentiss. ;
patriotof the revolution, in the 10th wear o
his age. He was born in Lancaster. Mass. O,
the 18th of November, 1850. He was engag
ed during the whole of the American Reyoln
ton. both by sea and land, in obtaining thos,
sacred and glorious privileges which we now
enjoy. He lived long enough to hear read {,
him the accounts Of the death of Mr.. Jeffer
son and Mr.. Adams on the 4th of July, anc
on that occasion, raising both hands, he re
marked, that " The hand of Providence wa
visible in this extraordinary coinoidence-th
day was now made more sacred by the dealt
Of these great men,"
At Ballyshannon, Ireland, Samuel Cum
ming, at the advanced,a age of l12 years.-H,
enlisted in 1884 in the SD regiment of foot
and served "a years. He was at the first bat
lie fought in America, under General Cum
berland he also served in various other cam
paigns, and was engaged in the suppressins o
lord George Gordon's riot, in London. Iii
having received pay under three kings, is a re
! markable circumstance; and the amount o
pension which he has received from Govern
ment, since his being discharged as unfit 70
service, is said to have been S., 42O 100