The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-04-26
Died.

BLESER-In this city, April I'D, 1877, ofepilcpsy,
Mary A. Il, daugeter of Adam and Mary E,
Bleser,aged II years, months and g days
SHARPE,-At Cambridge, y. Y, April 10th.
1877, Herman h. Sharpe, of Pneumonia
The announcement of the death of Herman X.
Sharpe ESQ, of this village was surprise TO the
most of his friends He wa. not considered ser-
ously i'll till Friday of last week, when decided
symptoms Of pneumonia showed themselves,
though for several days he hal been troubled with
heavy cold. He died Monday morning. The
funeral obsequies Were held at the house of Mrs.
Fowler, where the diseased hao boarded The ser
vices were conducted by Rev. Ii. 6. Blinn, assist.
ed by Revs. Short and Gardner The remains ~ re
taken TO the cemetery at Buskrk's Bridge TO be in
TERED. His wife, who survives him, was too i'll TO
attend the funeral and the only near relative was
Hon b. F. McNtt, brstherin-law. and hi daugh-
ter. II. X. Sharpe was born at whitest oro n. Y,
bnt his fathers family moved TO White Greek when
| he was still an infant At the aye of ten he was
adopted by an uncle, with whom he worked on a
farm till nc fourteen. at which time he was
apprenticed to learn the trade of making.
He worked faithfully at the same for two years,
| when he determined to get an education. This he
succeeded In getting at the Cambridge Washington
Academy. attending the school during the summer
and teaching the district school during the winter.
When sufficiently advanced in his studies, he enter
| ed the lawoffice of the late Judge Howe, of thi.
village He remained two years with Judge Howe,
when he removed to Salem and entered the Office
of Hon John s. Crazy, at that time of the fore
most lawyers of this section. After he was admtt-
| ed to pratice, he formed co-partLership with
Crazy, and entered at into the active practice
! OF his profession. He considered the most
! brilliant young lawyer at the bar; his rise was
rapid; he was soon admitted to practice i'll all OF
| the courts and became master in chancery. He
remained in Salem ill about 1S4S when he remov-
ed to Cambridge, where he has continued TO reside
and practice his profession till the day his death,
with hut one interruption OF about three Years in
the West recuperating his health, from which trip
| he only returned last fall His health had not
| been good for years and he seriously embal-
| raised by it in his profession. This undoubtedly
prevented his fulfilling all the promise. of his
| earlier years. He was good counselor and al
| ways counseled peace. In village matters he
took quite active part, being quite conservative
in his ideas. He was deeply interested in the sue
cess of the school in the district of the village
| and was member of the Board of Education
Since the death of DR.. Gray he was the oldest pro-
| fessional man in town. He was twice married
the first time in Salem to Jane Martin fthat town
| She died in 1857. His second wife, who survive.
was u daughter of the late Captain Ezra Smith
/ He will be missed a citizen and lawyer, and
| by many as Washington Co. On. Y
! Post.
| The deceased was known to many in this city
having lived here several months during the Sum
mer of IS, and the knowledge of his sudden de
mise will cause great sorrow. Only few days O
illness and then death-thus ends the life on earth
of of the most honorable large hearted
! thorough gentlemen we have ever known.