Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-17
Record of Deaths.


Chief Justice John Duer, of New York, died
from protraeted disease on the 10th, aged ~
years. In ls49 be was elected to the Supreme
Court, which position be held until death closed
his dignifed, upright and honorable career.--
Col B. Atkinson. one Of the heroes Of Fort
Stephenson. died in Lucas County on the I'd
inst He was buried with military hOnOrs.--
Mrs Elizabeth Cofinberry. relict of the late
George COfinbeTy, died at Mansfield recently,
aged So years. Mrs. C. had a personal knowl-
edge of the hardshiPs consequent upon the Rev.
olutiOnary struggle, and the war of 1912, having
become resident of Mansfield as early as 1908.
The Rev. Wellington II. Collins, Presiding
Elder of the Detroit District, died at Detroit on
Wednesday of typhoid fever. He was one Of
the brightest ornaments of the church in Mich
igan At the time of his decease young son
lay at the point of death with the same disease.
The Rev Samuel P. Skinner, an old, well
known, and much esteemed resident of Chicago,
formerly pastor of the Univcrsalst Church, and
proprietor and editor of the Nelr COveHaHf,
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mains were taken to Chicago for interment
Marcus F. Graf, formerly a resident of
Sandusky, and well known as Messenger of the
American Express Company, died of typhoid
fever at Richmond, Ind, on Friday.--Wm.
RaWle Esq, prominent member of the Philn-
delphia bar, died last week, aged 20. For
long time he had been reporter Of the decisions
of the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania.--Mr
Edmund Stewart, well known and respected
citizen of Hamilton, franklin county, Ohio,
died on the sth Of sun stroke, aged AZ years.
Charles BUR-, Esq, an old and respected
citizen of Madison, Lake county, died suddenly
on the 9TH, aged 6l.-Arehbishop Walsh
died at Halifax on the llth, aged 81 years
Mrs Mary Engles, the eldest daughter Of the
Rev DIR. Potts, of New York, died few days
since at Glenburn, of rapid consumption. She
was q lady of cultivation, and well known TO
the literary world as the translator of Bunge-
ner's " Preacher and King" and other works
Ii Col. knight. of Albany, died on the
llth. He formerly commanded several of the
Hudson River steamers, and was a social and
generous gentleman.--JOhn McDOnegal, q
member of the New York Assembly of 1857
from Monroe county, died of disease of the heart
on the 18th. He occupied high moral and
social position, and was in the 67th year of his
age--Capt. A Van Saudtvoord, of New
York, one of the very first who engaged in the
steamboat business on the Hudson, died at a
ripe old age on the lIth.-Capt Benjamin
Smead. the patriarch of the country press Of
New York, died at Bath, Steuben county, on
the 7th, aged SO He had been connected with
the press for sixty years, and for half century
as newspaper publisher and ediIOr.-George
Watson, Superintendent of the Great Western
Railroad, died at Springfield, Mass, on the
l5th.-Mr. Isaac Blair, aged ~ years, died at
Aurora, Portage County, on the 9th inst. He
removed from Blandford, Mass, to the wilds of
Northern Ohio in the winter Of Is05-6, and
was pioneer indeed. Few men have so lived
in peace with all his neighbors as Mr.. Blair, and
he was loved by all. His home was always no.
ted for its hospitality, and the old pioneer main
tanned his cheerfulness and faculties of mind to
the last.--Fanklin P, Oldest son of John |
and Sarah Lacey, formerly of Brooklyn, in this !
County, was drowned in Cedar River, at Aus |
tin, Minnesota, July Slst, by the capsizing of a |
boat in which several persons were sailing. The /
child was in his sixth year.-William Mont
gomery, father OF the Hon. William Montgom-
cry, NJ. c., from Pennsylvania, was found dead |
beside haystack, q few days ago. He died
from excessive use Of liquor, at the age Of about
seventy.