Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-01-05
THE REAPER'S WORK.
Some Of Deaths Doings during
the Past Year.
A List Of Prominent Personages who
Have Passed Away.

Have Passed Away.
The following is carefully prepared
list OF some of the most important
deaths during the year 1875:
January.
2. Capt. E. r. Ward. at Detroit Aged 81, leav-
ing fortune OF $G.OOO,OOO
Sam Sharpley, the negro minstrel. At Provi-
dence, r. I.
8. M. R. Hardin, chief justice of the Kentucky
court of appeals. At Louisville.
Thomas G. Turner. ex-governor OF Rhode Island
At Providence. Aged 60.
2. w: s: Pike, prominent banker OF New Or
leans. At New Orleans.
~. Ex-Gov. Thomas e. Bramlette, Of Kentucky.
At Louisville.
IS. Tsai-shun, Emperor Of China. Aged 40.
W. DR.. Edward Graft, author Of psychological
works. At Milwaukee; Wis; Aged IS.
tary OF the United States treasury; at New York;
aged "a.
80, Gen. Ben Roberts, the principal witness
treason; a. Washington.
February.
4. o. s. Senator VIM. A. Buckingham, Of Con-
necticut; at Norwich.
IS. Samuel Hooper, member OF congress from
Massachusetts,; at Washington.
IL. Major Joseph Delaield, q veteran of the war
OF 1872; at New York; aged So.
l3 Mr.. Edward Delafeld, brother of the above
founder OF the New York Eye and Ear Infrncary: at
New York; aged 81.
IA. Henry Delafeld third brother, and heavy
merchant of New York; at New York: aged 49,
Harrison Gray Dwar, one of the claimants of the
honor OF invenng the electric telegraph; at Rhine
beck, N. Y; aged 70.
49,. Rear Admiral chas. h. Bell, u s. N; in New
Brunswick; aged II.
20. Col. Caleb G. sibley, o. s. A.; at Chicago;
aged 50.
81 Sir Charles Iyeu, the eminent ENGLISH eeolo
gist; at London. aged IS.
IS. Timothy Tobias, soldier of the First Napo-
leon; IN the Brown county, KY, poorhouse.
&c. John A. Tracy, first president of the Erie r.
R.; at Erie, Pa, aged IS.
March.
Q. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas adiutant general of
the United States army; at Washington: aged r.
6: Arthur Helps Ne English author; at London;
aged 81.
Charles James Matthew, the French astronomer;
at Paris aged 81.
The English Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Hope Grant:
at London; aged g..
Anna Fitzhugh Smith, widow of Gerritt Smith; at
Peterboro; N. T.; aged II.
8. Lsurentio Barili, cardinal; at Rome: aged a.
II. Judge John W. Lopgyear, of the q. s. Dis
trict Court: at Detroit; aged So.
20. John Mitchell, the Irish agita!or; at Dublin,
Ireland.
%. Count de Jarnac, French ambassador to the
English Court; at London.
r. s. Bateman, the well known theatrical mana
as. John welcer, the popular Washington restau-
rateur. at Washington.
April.
6. The widow Empress of China; at Shanghai.
z. Sir John Gray, member of Parliament and ed
ltor OF the Freeman's Journal at Dublin, Ireland.
9. Chas. Japan, the last surviving member of the
famous anti-savery family; at Washington; aged
10. Ex-Governor A. J. Hamilton. of Texas: at
Austin.
New York.
IA. Gen. sheras, commissary of subsistence US.
is. Cardinal Annibal Cspalti; at Rome;
Henry W.Dutton, proprietor of the Boston Tran
script; at Boston; aged 76
%. John Harper, senior member of the Harper
brothers Publishing firm; at New York; aged 70.
Col, f. ID. Yerger, the slayer of COL Crane: at
so. Baron James Frederick de Waldeck, the IA
NOUS traveller and artist; at Paris at the advanced
age of Ito years.
Senior Guturrez, president of the revolutionary
5unta; at Cartagena, Spain.
Henry 8. Baird, OF Green Bay, Wis, after resi-
dence OF 90 years in the state; aged rs.
May.
8. Thomas M. Edwards, member of congress
from New Hampshire; at Keene, N. 81.
8. George Heinrich Ewald, the celebrated Ger
man philologist; at London, England: aged 70.
ct Rome, Italy.
10: Rev. Johr King, the English sporting divine;
at Lincolnshire, England.
II. John G. Breckenridge, ex.vice pre- sident: at
Lexington. Ky.; aged 81.
18. United Sites District Judge willard Hall, Of
Delaware; aged Il. Judge Hall had served As years
-, Queen Amelia, widow of the late King Ohio,
20. Jesse d. Bright, ex-U. S. Senator from Indi-
ana; at Baltimore; aged 80.
1. Hon. Bellany storer, ex-judge and ex,mem-
Der OF congress; 1t Cincinnati, O.; aged 49,
Judge Mullen. sx-chief justice of Massachusetts:
at Boston.
8. Marsh Giddlngs, governor of New Mexico.
Edinburg, Scotland.
z: Edward Welby Pugin, the famous English ar
chitect; ut London; aged Al.
Gen. Henry ". Barry. e1-M. c. from Mississippi,
and gallant soldier Of the rebellion; at washing
ton.
II: Gen. DUFF Green, prominent in national
politics in Jackson's time; at Dalton. Ga.
Germantown, Pa.
"a, Rear Admiral John Decamp, U.s.N.; at Bur
lington, n. J.
sticks); at New York.
rs. E1-Emperor ferdinand I. Of Austria; at
Prague; aged 50.
July.
/. W. r. Stocking, of the fraudulent New York
custom house contracting frm on the cars between
Boston and New York
s. Rev. Robert @. Vermilye professor Of theolo
gy in Hartford Seminary; at Hartford
I. Peter Coffee, the pilot who ran Fulton,s first
steamboat; at New York; aged 70,
8. Gen. Franklin Preston Blair, Jr., of Missouri
ex-U. s. Senator dex-general in the Union army.
at St. LOUIS; aged a.
8. Walter Brown, champion oarsman Of Ameri-
ca; at Halifax, N. 8.
II. The Swiss General Dufa11r. aged YS
10. Lady Franklin, widow of the late Sir John
Franklin, the Arctic explorer: at London. aged 10
Is. Sir Francis Bond Head, formerly governor
general OF Canada, and author; at London; aged 49,
"a. Isaac M. Singer, inventor Of the sewing ma
chine; at London; aged 81.
q. Mrs: Celia Blrleigh, the woman suffragist: at
Syracuse, N. T.; aged 48.
28. John McIver, Of the Cunard steamship COM
pany; at Lordon.
81. Andrew Johnson, ex-president of the United
statesean senator from Tennessee; at Greenville
Tenn; aged 81. '---N'
August.
!. Gen. Alexander Hamilton son of Alex. ham,
ilton Of revolutionary fame; at New York; aged So
4. Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish author:
al Copenhagen; agsd 70.
II. Ex-Gov. VIM A. Graham, of North Carolina
the last Wing candidate for vice president, with
Scott for president at Saratoga, n Y.
IL. Horace Binley, distinguished member of
the Philadelphia bar, and former politician of
note; Ut Philadelphia; aged 95.
IT, Prof. Chas 3. Nnney, president Of Oberlin
IT. Joel Parker the ornipauf iurirf. No,,,