The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1886-12-03

Counsel for the plaintiffs are ex. j Judge Robert
Gilmor, Col. e. IL. Webster and MIR. Thomas
NJ Clendencn. The defendants are Mr.. George
Hawkins Williams, executor of the will Sallie
V. Hardcsty, formerly Mrs. Charles Thompson;
Mrs Blanche Worthington, Mrs. Mary A. will
son and her mother; Mrs. Elizabeth s. Hardes-
ty, wife of the testator, and the Safe Deposit Co.
Messrs. y. Teackle Wallis and Edward Otis
Hinkley are their counsel.
1t was proved by oral testimony, on Wednes-
day, that the second will revoked the first and
appointed John s. Cuttings and VIM. g. Worth
ington executors.
OBITUARY.-Mrs Hannah Forwood, widow of
the late John &. Forwood, OF Hartford county,
died on Monday, at the residence of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. I. Z. Hopes, in Philadelphia. She
was in her 10Th year Her remains were buried
at Wilmington on Thursday. Mrs. Forwood
was a sister of Mr.. Brinton H. Warner and Mrs.
David Hanway, of this county, and of DR..
Edward Warner, Of Baltimore. She leaves a
son and three daughters. The son is Mr.. Rob-
crt b. Forwood, of this county. The daughters
are Mrs. B. F, Hanway, of Creswell; Mrs. Sarah
Hopes, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Hayhurst, of
lIdlnUCIiNllIC, ". u. NlT. w. mliusOU rOT-
wood, of Bel Air, is her nephew. Mrs. Forwood
left numerous relatives and connections in this
county, by whom her death will be deeply la
mented
Capt. Richmond Woods, who was formerly
connected with the Maryland Central Railroad
died suddenly at Hanover, Pa, last Saturday.
Capt. Woods had been in bad health, but on
Saturday morning said he felt better than usual.
He was in the Diller House, talking to some
friends, and walking to the door, opened it and
beckoned to one of his friends. The latter went
to him and at the same time Capt. Woods was
seized with hemorrhage and died half an hour
afterwards. He was native of Massachusetts,
and in early life followed the sea. His wife, who
was Miss IIettie Duval, daughter of Capt. K.
E. Duvall, Of this county, survives him with
two children. The deceased was buried in
Rock Spring church-yard, on Tuesday, The
burial service was read by Rev. James b. Craig
hill, rector of the church. The pall-bearers
were IL. q. Preston, Edward Hanway, K. NJ
Grafton and Il. Emmett Duvall.
Miss Lavnia Birckhead, second daughter of
the late DR.. s. H. Birckhead, of Abingdon dis
trict, died at her home in Philadelphia on the
Gath instant She was buried at Abingdon, last
Friday. The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. DR.. VIM. F. Brand, of Emmorton, and
Rev. Geo. A. Leakin, of Baltimore. Miss
Birckhead and her sister, Miss Amelia Brick
head, lived together in Philadelphia Mrs. e.
w. Hanway, of Aberdeen, and Mrs. VIM. r,
Martini of Baltimore are also her surviving
sisters
william I. Eltonhead, for the past thirty-five
years with Armstrong, Gator IL Co., died Tues
day, at the residence of his sister, 259 Ilolins
street. Baltimore, in the 47th year of his age. He
was the son of the late Thos. d. Eltonheada well
known jeweler in Baltimore forty odd years
ago, and had been with Armstrong, Gator 81
Co. as errand boy, clerk and salesman since he
is the daughter of Mr.. Edward F. Johns, of
Hartford county, and three children. He was
an Odd-Felow and member of the Royal Area
mum. Mr.. Eltonhead was well-known and had
many friends in Abingdon district.
The remains of Rev. Robert NJ. Lockwood
formerly of Baltimore, were inferred at Gran
berry Farm, Bush River Neck on Thursday
Mr.. Lockwood died at Thomasville, Ga, on
Monday His mother, Mrs. Cassandra Dallam
was born on Cranberry Farm, her husband be-
ing from Alexandria, Va. The deceased during
the war; was connected with the firm of
John NJ. InlOes & Co., of Baltimore, but remov-
ed South after the war. He was brother-n-
law of Mr.. H. Clay Dalam, of Baltimore, and
relative Of Mr.. John s. Dallam, of Bel Air.