Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-06-22
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| NANDIkE.-In Washington City, D. c., May %
| 1863, OF Cholera Morbus, George Manning Van
Dyde, eldest son of John and Electa VanDyke,
OF Canton, i'll the 23d year of his age.
| Young VanDyke received an appointment rs
Clerk III the Treasury Department at Washington
two years ago, which position he filed with credit
| to himself and i'll such manner as to endear HIM
self to all his associates. The news of his death
by telegraph was the first intimation his friends
here had but that he was in perfect health and we
may well imagine with what crushing weight the
news coming so Unexpectedly fell upon his fond
parents hearts. They had every apparent reason
to expect for their long and useful life When
they last heard from him he was full of life and
health, and ambitiously and energeticaly pushing
along the high road to an honorable distinction in
his profession. Next he cold III death. and
his remains lay at the embamers awaiting the or
ders of his parents On the 25th his remains were
escorted 10 the depot in Washington by his fellow
clerks in body and on the Goth in charge of his
Father, they arrived at his former home and were
committed to their final resting place in the grave
The large concourse that attended his obsequies.
testified the sympathy which our community felt
with the heart stricken parents, and the esteem in
which the deceased was held by his friends and ac-
quaintances,
The following resolutions Of coincidence were
passed by his associate clerks and transmitted to
his parents here
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 25th, 1865
Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty God to remove
from our midst, in a very sudden manner. Mr..
George Manning NanDylle, clerk in the office of
Internal Revenue, therefore
ResotUed, That we, hisaformer associates in the
service unite i'll expressing our high estiina-
a of, !,
lSe. His trankness of manner and faithfulness in
the discharge OF his duties, the esteem of all
who knew him.
ReSoced, That we unite in Offering our heartfelt
sympathy to his surviving relatives, upon whom
this sudden bereavement must fall with crushing
weight We assure them that we feel with them
selves, that this dspensation speaks to as with un-
usual force. Also to be ready, lest the Master
calls for rs Mt an hour we think not. Signed
c. H. PARSONS, Cash. Int. Rev.
q. H. BAKER, and p others.
HINMAN.-In Monroeton, March 10th, 1865, Mr..
John b. Hinman, i'll the 85th year of his age.
He was born in Connecticut, and came to Wysox
in 1892. He finally settled in Monroeton where
he remained during the remainder of his life. In
his earlier years he was employed in matters which
enabled him to know every man in the county:
and it is said that there is but person now liv-
ing in the county, who was here when he came
His christa life will long be remembered by a
circle of numerous christian friends and acquain-
tances He made profession of religion in Wy
sox, under the labors of the Rev. Manasseh Miner
York. He became a member of the Presbyterian
Church in Towanda when it was organized in
1925 and was then elected of its ruling elders
And from that time till the infrmities of age pre-
vented, he served ruling elder, first in the
Church in Tow nda, and then in the Church in
Monroeton, after that had organization separate
from Towanda. Thus he was an office bearer in
the church 40 years. His prompt and industrious
habits of business, well as divine grace, fitted
him for promptness and efficiency in his duties as
ruling elder He was dismissed to his final rest in
good old age and in the triumphs of the chris
tian faith