Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-23
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE.
william Gunnison.

William Gunnison, who was one of the
first Apolitonists in Maryland, when 1t required
courage to be one, died at Baltimore on Monday
night. in his soth year, and his body was to-day
sent to Newburyport, Mass, where he was borE.
He came 70 Maryland in 1s4o and became engaged
in the shipping business but subsequently devoted
himself to real estate. He was an elector for
Mary land on the Free Soil ticket in 1852. John P.
Hall was candidate for President and George W.
Julian for Vice President. Mr.. Gunnison worked
the Fremont ticket, and advocated the election
of Horace Greeley for President. In 1860 he was
e he ns op Of Rofss 9u ss
tional Republican Convention at Chicago, which
afterward met 1 and !. nominated Lincoln for & the
into bitter factions and before the delegates were
It the " e H,s Nh a%R
ing faction: BE took refuge in the MMariqs IA Bank.
the Police Marshal, who took him to BarnumFs
Hotel. Mr. Gunnison went to Chicago and worked
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lives in Washington.
George NJ. Read, Eoensburg.
George NJ Read. one of the oldest and
most prominent members of the Cambria county
bar. died at his home at Ebensburg yesterday
morning at O'Clock. aged % years, Of cancer Of
the t @ abnsion and Was bT
very small majority.
OUItuaEy 4$Oocbs
ALPHoNsE LIE DUO, the French music publisher,
is dead in Paris, at the age of 40. He the pro-
prietor of the French edition of ''Ada, >" and had
done much toward encouraging the talent Of young
French composers.
REV. E. L. WAPE. pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church of Carlisle died suddenly last night
aged 45 years. from paral ysis He was in his usual
health at O'Clock in the evening. He was form
erly from New York, and was well known through
out the State.
REV. GEORGE H. CASHIER, a Baptist clergyman
well known in his native land eastern ConIecti-
cut). died in AIinka, India. recently. He was
promising clergyman just past middle life, and for
the past few years has been connected with Mar
rathi Mission.
STEPHEN s. WILLIAMS. a direct descendant of
Roger Williams. founder of Rhode Island, died in
Phenix, K. l., Monday, at the age of S2 He was
the time Of his death lived in the old Williams,
homestead, built in 1880.
THcMAs 7. DUFF, an old Shakespearean actor
and son of Mrs. Mary Duff, one of the best ac-
tresses Of her day, died in Quincy, ILL.,. recently,
aged SO. He was born In Boston. and had sup
ported Forrest, the elder Booth, and other famous
stars. He also managed several theaters about 20
years ago.
LYDIA FooTE, an English actress whose fame
secure until her retirement from the stage ten
years ago. il dead in London aged so. Her right
name was Legg. and she was niece of Mrs. Kelley.
the footlights as child in 1852 and up to 1876 she
played in nearly all the London theaters.
ATTORNEY G. M. READE, Of Ebensburg, died
yesterday morning at 1:sc O'Clock. Mr.. Reade was
born in Westmoreland county in 1918. and began
studying law in the ofce Of the late Judge Potts.
and ha4 been practlcing ever since. He was very
succesS ul and well known politically and socially
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