Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-04-19

buWaru v. hiNunt Onlcl JUSTICE OF tht gu
preme Court of Wisconsin, died al Jamesvillc,
on the 18Th inst lie was a native Of Berk
shire county, Mass and emgrated TO Wiscon-
sin in 1895, being among the earliest pioneers
to that Territory A lawyer Of marked abil-
ity, he was called to Judgeship upon the Or.
ganization Of the State, and he died wearing
the Supreme emine the people had twice
placed upon his shoulders at the age Of 55
He was an honest lawyer, upright Judge, and
good citizen. - Charles NJ Burt, Esq law
yer OF promising future in Detroit, died on the
llth inst, aged "a. lie was from Kecne, N
IL deacon Philip Thomson, aged ~ years,
died at Oberln on the 18th inst. AT the age
of u he was elected deacon, which office he
held, in various churches, for nearly so years,
Some 10 years ago Mr.. Thomson removed from
the State of New York to Medina and in ls49
was elected as an anti-Savcry man to represent
Medina county in the Ohio Legislature lie
was the father of thirteen children, ten Of whom
he had seen grow to adult age and become
hopefully pious ---- Mr.. John Houser, aged 4O
prominent and much respected business man
of Canton, died on the l. lth inst from the eff
fects Of an injury received while loading wheat
at his warehouse on the last day Of March -
He was caught between two cars and crushed
through the breast.----Samuel Crowell, cti-
zen Of Fremont for about 80 years, who had
held various Offices in the county, died on the
Sth, aged 65 Mr.. @. suffered severely from
rheumatism lor about years He was com.
pletely prostrated, his form drawn out Of shape,
and all his Joints had become ossi6ed. For
five or six years he had not been able to move
a Joint in his body syith the exception ofa light
motion of the head.---Bcniamin Hopkins
ESQ, an old and much esteemed citizen of
franklin Mills, departed on the 9th inst aged
so yoars---On the 4th inst, Jonas Goodell,
Esq, of Shalersvlle fell asleep at the age of
ga. lie removed frlm Massachusetts to Sha-
lersyille forty-four years ago, and performed his
full share in breaking up the Reserve wilder
ness.--Isaac Clark, Esq another much re.
spected Reserve pioneer, died in Mesopotamia
on the 22d ult., aged SO years.--Mr. Benja-
min Green. ouo OF the pioneers of Portage
county, died at Mogadore, Summit county,
April 9th, aged 65 years. He removed from
Rhode Island to Mantua in 1917, and was
widely known and respected. Amasa
Trowbridge, formerly connected with tho vii,
louEhby Medical College, died at Watertown.
n. Y, on the 10th inst. aged SO years. Dr.
r. was surgeon in the army and navy in the
war OF 1912, aud was one of the prominent
surgeons Of the country Mir John Colt,
one Of the early settlers of Western New York,
died at ScottsvilIe, near Rochester, on the 9Th
inst, aged 81 He was a native of Vermont.
ten. Ad m Dillery died in Philadelphia on
the 3d. aged SO. The deceased served in
the war of 1912, and was Adjutaut General
Of Pennsylvania for many years The
Hon. David Mason, one Of the Oldest citizens
of Bedford, Pa and formerly Auditor General
of the State, died on the 18th instant Mr.
Logan Mcknight, . prominent merchant aud
politician of New Orleans, d ed suddenly on the
2d inst Of affection Of tie heart --Oscar W
Surtevant, am ex-alderman and prominent poll
ticisn Of New York, died on the % inst. at the
age of 49, He was q awye,, and al one time
a partner of Daniel Webster w II Welt
er, one Of the principal contractors for the Cap.
itol extension, died al Washington on the llth
inst---AF. Augustus l.. Hilhouse died near
Paris on the l4th ult, aged sc. He was a son
Of the Hon James Hillhouse Of New Haven,
and graduated at Yale College 10 1910. He
spent most Of his life abroad, and was known
10 the scientific world by his excellent transa-
ton of Michaux's great work on the forest trees
Of North America. The Hon. George M
Bibb died at Georgetown, ID G., on the 18th
inst, Of pneumonia, aged 80 years. He was
formerly Chief Justice aud Chancellor of Ken
tucky, U. S Senator, aud Secretary of the
Treasury under President Tyler Mr. Joseph
Moore died at West Liberty. Logan county. on
the lth, aged % years He settled in New
ark, Ohio, in 1905, and had been a consistent
member of the Presbyterian Church for about
40 years--There recently died, at tae age of
| 1917 years, retired patriarch OF ConstautnOpe,
named Konstantics As head OF the convent
IofMount Sinai he harboTed Gen. Bonsparte and
was aFterward elected head ofthe Greek Church
THE Marquis of Waterford equally famous
as a fast man and mighty hunter, was killed
on the 29th ult by fall from his horse while
hu lting in Ireland. During visit to this
! country some 20 years ago, he was arrested in
New York for disorderly conduct confined in |
the watch house all night, and next morning |
reprimanded and invited to dinner by the May |
Or---Capt. Joe Parks, the celebrated Shawnee |
Chief, died at Westport, Mo-, April 4th. For |
twenty years he had been the ruling spirit OF |
his tribe ard had lately returned from mission !
to Washington. He was buried with Indian |
and Masonic oeremones.--Gczo King of Da |
honey, the most cruel and bloody of African |
chiefs, died recently upon the West Coast of
Africa For upwards Of quarter of century
Gezo supplied the demand for negroes, for
expectation, of the Spanish and Portuguese
slave traders who visited the ports Of the Blight
Of Benin, He sold tens of thousands of slaves
every year. and desolated whole towns in his !
foravs for slave prisoners AT one of these
called Oke Oddan, the King of Dahomey and his |
men killed or captured 10000 people.