The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-08-29
THE CECIL WIG, EIlKTON SATURDAY, AUGUST 49, 1885
Death of MIR. John TOrbert.

Death of MIR. John TOrbert.
John Torbert, Esq, a well known citi
zen of Elkton, died at the residence Of
his mother, Mrs. M. A. Torbert, on How.
ard street, on Friday night, 2lst instant,
shortly after / o'clock, after suffering
from an illness of about two weeks. He
had been in poor health for nearly two
years, and when he took to his bed in
his last illness none Of his friends had
any idea that SO sad would be the end
ing. He died from congestion of the
bowels, and suffered greatly during the
last few days of his life.
| Mr.. Torbert was born III Elkton on
November 1G, 1889, and was consequently
in his 4Gth year. He lived in Philadel-
| phia about two years prior to the break
ing out of the late war, occupying a lu-
crative position in wholesale dry goods
house. At the early commencement of
the war he entered the army as private
in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry,
and was afterwards commissioned by the
Governor of New Jersey as Lieutenant
IN the Third New Jersey infantry, and
| was engaged in the battle of Murfrees-
| boro'. Shortly after this his cousin, the
late Gen. A. #. A. Torbert (who about
four years ago persisted on the Inflated
steamer City of Vera Cruz off the coast
of Florida). being in command of the
New Jersey troops, the deceased was APP
pointed on his staff. Mr.. Torbert was in
the battle Of Gettysburg, and from that
time served in the Army of the Potomac
until, being disabled short time before
the close of the war, he returned to his
home in Elkton, where he remained I'M
til his brother, Henry r. Torbert, was APP.
pointed Clerk of the, Circuit Court of
this county, when he was made deputy,
and filled that position until November,
1866. Deceased, while in the clerks
office, also studied law, and was admitted
to the Elkton bar during the September
term of 1867.
In 1868 he held the position of clerk of
the Manhattan Brick Company at Mat.
tewan, N. j., of which company Colonel
Edwin Wilmer (now of Baltimore) was
president. In 1869 he was appointed to
position in the weighe:'s department. in
the Baltimore Custom House.
In January, 1876, when his brother
purchased THE CECIL WING, he became
local editor and general business man
ager of it, and, with the exception of
short period, held this position up to the
time of his death
His funeral took place last Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock, and was attended
by large number of his old friends and
acquaintance. The services were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Beers, Of the Elkton
Presbyterian Church, who made beau
tiful, touching and appropriate address.
The pail bearers were: William J.
Jones and Reuben Haines, Esqs., and
Messrs. r. E. lamar, Edmund Brown,
George A. Brown and Frank r. Scott.
The floral tributes were of beautiful and
appropriate design, and covered the en-
tire casket. He was buried in the family
burial lot in the Elkton Cemetery, where
also are the graves of his father, the late
William Torbert, who died in May, 1884,
after having attained ripe old age,
loved and respected by all who knew
him, and of his brother, the late w. +.
A. Torbert, Lieutenant and Paymaster
in the navy, who died in 1874 while sta
toned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Mr.. Torbert was an industrious and
thorough business man, and so proved
himself in all the positions he had oc-
cupied. He was very popular while in
the clerks Office among the lawyers and
others having business in that Office, on
account of the polite attention he inva-
rlably gave them. He was generally
recognized to be the best newspaper cor
respondent and reporter ever known in
this county. He was general favorite
in this community, and if he had any
faults his good qualities largely overbal-
anced them, and even the faults injured
no one but himself.
"No further seek his merits to disclose
Or draw his fraities from their dread abode;
There they alike in trembling hope repose-
The bosom of his Father and his God