The sun., 1891-01-29
DIED AT THE AGE OF lO5.
EDWARD LEyNOS. WHO HELPED IN 1HE
REBELLION or 170S.


81 Years Old when re Game Herr.
LEsNoS.-on Wednesday, Jan, "a. Edward Lsnson.
sr. assd los years teiovsd father Of James and
Edward Lennon.
Funeral from bis late residence ISL Douglass o..
Broohlyn on Friday. Jaa N N2 O'Clock
ihterment In Calvary Cemetery.
Belfast Ireland. papers please cory.
Tho above death notice will be found In
another part OF TnE Sun to-day. Edward
Lennon was born In Ireland. aud during the
Irish rebellion OF 1913 he carried pixies. which
bis father had manufactured. 10 the rendez-
vous Of his countrymen. Tho last twenty
years OF his life he spent among his children.
his grandchildren. and his great-uiand.
children. His oldest son. James Lennon. who
10 on tho threshold OF his Goth year, told the
story OF his fathers lifo yesterday. while his
own son. who is 80. and his grandson. who Is
10. listened. Mr.. Lennon said:
As near a. ] can place IL. tho date OF my
fathers birth was in l7S6. Many things which
he told me during his lifetime have led me TO
bciIeve he was two. aud perhaps three years
older than that. but know that he was at
least lo5 years old when he died. He was born
in a hamlet about six miles from Castle Daw-
son, county OF Derry. ireland. His father. An.
drew Lennon. was n farmer. and had four
children. my father being the only son. lle
went to hedge school II you know wha, that
means. II was tho custom In those days for
men who had received good education and
did not follow the career for which they had
been pr pared. to 60 about tho country aud
tea h school Nearly all o! those men were
silenced priests. In summer school was held
Out In the fields, or bobind q row ot hedges or
near ditch. and in win'er in bnrn or al out
house. My father attended for five or Six sum
me,s and lie used TO tell us how tho
4, a bat ln hoya atand n rpw
aud cufY ,hsm right and lert II they did not
know their iessons When he came to school
late the teacher would say: Lennon. hold out
your hand Rni then he would give him ton Oh
eloy on singing cuts with n sharp switch. Ever
alterward he had tho createst contempt for
schooltnasters and said ih"v were nothing but
hullies and towards. lie had to pay aguinea
u quarter Tor the education he received ut the
hedge school AT the sumo tinIo that he
wen, to school he worked at making iolt hats
sehool sH4 hs WORKED S al bleaching linen a, Castle
Dawson: WS, J., s :, ,.,,s ,,d Oh. r,,.,,o,
;ast Mst0 happensi sSSS tEa, the drh,ina, was
tom ssi saassa asssn o, ME he . d Witch Him
hs @4nS ass sf hs shaa o 1 ho
instensI loug wooden handles 70 the shnrn
iron poinssmanI to als% PIT stocks n9rn; n guns.
hiding places. He ussl to tell us how he saw
the English soldiers running after IT,. !ish.
wa y, picking up little children on the potut OF
their bayone,s. apl ssttine fro to house. Ny
uns Of H"se Hsa that. Houses that
over Ireland. and one day the EnalIss sol.
licis, huppened TO rass BY and set fire 10
Sister n' ms ishS. aun; '''a Mary o who % Ss '"s
Oldest child T"n M out o Of ., The the .ot;,.s house
woundsd her with his bayonet and lighted the
fire ngain. Myaunt put IT out tie second time
lighted a flre in tho caves OF the roof. and my
| aunt dashed bucket "i water over the t.ames
| My father said the soldier was about to stab
:" One day they caught my crnnlfa'her shaft,
to ninety iashos; and was strauned 10 ono Of
those terrible trinngles but for some reas' or
hs was was over To- ss
| county Mayo. and my grandfather and his
spSn' % nnn ,. Il o to seey
| oul In the open rir without any shelter. and 10
fear tha, you Nigh, be shot at any moment; ,,s
| lawson. aud settled there. My grandfather
| died at the age OF 80 years:
ana nshpr se ,nen IDEH and DIV worked a, ii tor i"ty-
| Tve yea,s lio started aa "a workman. and when
he gave up the business he owned mill OF bis
sons and tiv" daughters. al, the eldest. ana
| one brother and ne sister a. 9 ali thn, are left
OF ur. | was born in 1882 and came 10 this
country " hen wns quito young. In ls63 my
then and tho recruiting officers were Ht Castle
GardHr TO ass a.! male ,mmlirnn,s Ant, to-, TO- eni.t
saw the snns
Eh, i;r America. .I III huh no,ls Isr i, tho North
he was too sSSIi' oa to VIZ a bu, SG tna "s
eight wears ago. WINS worning iu suvply
store on the snot wherc Huuthers fur house
Sw and "n
| shipment to the Army of the Potomac. / got
my father a place there as cLamnsr o. sup,
"sf ss NJ %@msnt "v H.erw.J he Worked
ana pa"her About that lime nv hro,hsr I'd
ward aud went into bUsines.. for ourselves.
nnd our father stopped w"rklnE ~ 9nd % rested
nssea s rssS" %esy awaV % Nv osher I' Gisa vs
years ago, at the age of 90 years.
whiskey but was never intoxicated. lie mover
tou he'd tobacco Until five years ago he wa.
Of THIS year when h!s sight failed completely
H '9k sss rs % ana
| 9. ntribuicd 10 the various Irish relief funds
He had vein Of humor which lasted until his
Of nj. nnsr iath.ps III. The old man had PCT
! funny story which ran III rhyme; and which
took over two hours TO tell. Nothing used TO
| delight him more than to have his grAnd-
children and HIS great grandchildren st
around him and listen 10 il. II occurred TO HIM
once that u newspaper might want to pu bish
the story so he spent three days IN writing L
out. He took It in person TO Mr. James Cor.
don Bennett. who promised to examine It, Tho
manuscript was returned In a few days with
the Information that the story was as old as
the hills The nanie OF IL was PADDY oCsr-
rolls Wedding Mr., Lennon entertained a low
opinion Of newsparsr propr!etors aftsr that
! lie leaves three children. tw" sons aged 50
and 52 and one daughter named Margaret,
| who IL As. twenty-oHo grandchl ldien and
| twenty sht great grandchildren. Nj r. Ienunn
| had / ght hlus eyes and snow w-whtte hair Tho
body lies in black cloth covered coffin, in the
parlnr OF the house at l5l Douglass street
! Brooklyn.