Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-24
DEATH ROLL OF 1898.
SOME VERY BRILLIANT NAMES ACORN
TIE GRIM RECORD.
Men and Women o. National and World
wide Celebrity. ststossnsn. Soldiers
Tfnsneisrs and Lsaders OF So
cisty the Shining Marhs
JANUARY.

New huGlanu Juutuhirt, .A Doeteu
J. Gen. benjamin. +. Butler, at Washington;
aged 1h
[ GEN, Joseph J. Bartlett, 8 Union veteran
and ex-minlster TO Sweden, In Baltimore:
aged IS.
!. Gen. Rufus Ingalls,. U. s. A. tretircdJ. IN
New York city; aged "a.
!. Gen. Rutherford b. Hayes, e1-president OF
the United States. at Fremont. D.; aged II.
!, Phillips Brooks, bishop Of Massachusetts,,
In Boston: aged ~.
/. Justice L. q. @. Lamar OF the United states
supreme court, at Macon, Ca; aged cS.
!. Hon. James q. Blaine, In Washington:
aged CO.
Gen. Abner Doubleday, U. ). A. tretire0
veteran Of the Mexican and civil wars. at
Mendham, n. j.; aged "a.
;. Gen. s. S. Carroll. U.s.A. (rctired), In Wash
ington; aged 20.
FEBRUARY.
2. DR.. Norvin Green, president OF the West-
ern Union Telegraph company, In Louis
vile; aged -.
4 Gen. p. G.. T. Beauregard. the Confederate
veteran, at New Orleans; aged 70.
3. Rufus Hatch, well known stoekbroker,
ia New York city; aged D.
MARCH.
2 r. NJ. Bishop, ex-governor OF Ohio. at Jack
sonvillc, Fla; aged 81.
5. Hippolyte Adolphe Tatne, French historian
aud critic, IN Paris; aged 70.
Gen. Thomas Reynolds. a Union veteran. In
Chicago.
.. Rev. Andrew Preston Peabody, professor
emeritus In Harvard university, at Cam
bridge, Mass; aged q.
/. Col. Charles Z. TAYLOR. the Oldest telegraph
err in tho wost, at Frankfort, Ky; aged %.
7. Jules Ferry, tlle French statesman, in
Paris; aged VI.
0. Commodore Horatio Bridge, y. 5. ". ire
tired; aged 81.
2. Ex-senator Xii salisbury or Delaware, at
Dover; aged rs.
4 Col. Elliott z. Shepard, editor Of tho New
York Mail and Express, in New York city;
aged 90.
g. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, the Confederate vet
eran, at Sewanee, Tenn; aged o..
APRIL
8. f. X. Bruce, formerly known In Chicago as
the Corn King" in that city; aged Is.
I. RI. Row. William ingrsham Kip, the frst
Protestant Episcopal bishop Of California;
aged 81.
George /. seney. hnancier and philanthro-
pist, In New York city; aged 81.
O. Manuel Gonzales, ex-president OF the Mex
lean republic; aged -.
0. Mrs Almira Hancock, widow Of Gen. w.
S. Hancock. In New York.
e Gen. e. +. Beale, n Union veteran and ex-
United States minister TO Austria, in Wash
ton: aged II.
7. Con. John NJ. Corse, the hero of Allatoona,
at Winchester, Mass. aged IS
MAY.
l. Ex-United States Senator ]. w. Patterson
Of New Hampshire, at Hanover, n. IL.
7. Col. Ward II. Lamon, who was Lincolns
private secretary. at Martinshurg, w. Va.
0. DR.. Charles Carroll Lee, president Of the
New York Medical society. In New York.
city; aged "a.
l. Gen. L. D. Townsend. adjutant general OF
the army (retlred), at Washington; aged 10.
2. Gen. 5. G. Armstrong, principal OF Hahp-
ton Normal institute and Indian school, at
Hampton, Va; eyed 81.
4. Rev. w. II. A. Bissell, bishop OF the Prot
estant Episcopal diocese OF Vermont, at
Burlington: aged So
Q. James e. Murdoch, actor and elocutioni3t,
at Cinoinnati; aged 81
Q. DR.. Lyman A. Abbott. u New England can
Ger specialist, at Maiden, Mass; aged 50.
JUNE.
7. Edwin Booth, tho eminent tragedian, In
New York city; aged 60.
DR.. J. 4. Hendricks, noted mathemaa-
clan, at Des MOines; aged 70.
g. Rev. DIR. .. Il. Blue, prOminentfn the Meth
odist church south. at Greensboro, Ala;
aged 70.
L Gen. James a. Hall. a civil war veteran Of
Maine, died On beard Of q train on the New
York Central near Syracuse.
1. Senator Leland Stanford, the California
capitalist, AZ Palo Alto. Cal; aged %.
7. Rev. w. w. Kone, the oldest Baptist min
ister In the United States, in Denison, Tex;
aged 20.
g. Commodore Francis Lockwood, U. 8. n.
reured), a. Flushing, y. Y; aged 30.
Q. Guy do Maupassant, the French romanti-
cist; aged ~.
7. Justice Samuel Blatchford Of tho United
States supreme court, at Newport. H. L.;
aged 70.
Q. Ex-Governor A. K. Allison Of Florida. in
Jacksonville: aged 50.
0. Charles Brenneke, formerly well known as
an architect and engineer, ct Marshall
town. Ia: aged 10.
8. Gen. David w. Miles, q Pennsylvania vet
eran, at Lancaster; aged g.
Gen. J. q. kelton, U. 5. A. (retired). at Wash
ton; aged OIL.
%. Gen. Edward Jardine, Union veteran. In
New York city; aged q.
Rear Admiral Earl English, U. 8. n. (re-
tired, at Washington; aged Is.
0. Gen J. u. Walker, n veteran Of the regular
army and OF the Confederacy, in Washing
ton; aged 10.
4. Rear Admiral Melancthon Smith, U. s. N.
(reured), at Green Bay, Wis; aged %.
@. Gen. George w. Morgan, q Mexican and
civil war veteran, at Fort Monroe. Va;
aged IL
AUGUST.
.. Gen. William p. lines, q civil war veteran.
OF Grand Rapids-
Q. James l.. Wright. one Of seven founders OF
the knights Of Labor. at Germantown, Pa;
aged I6
O. Gen. George b. Bingham, q Union veteran,
at Westboro. Mass
Z. Alfred Butler starey. editor Harpor's
Young Peeplo, ia New York city.
0. John B. Wright, manager Of Eord's thea
ter, whore President Lincoln was assassi-
mated, at Allston, Mass; aged rs.
George Eakepeaos Towie, historian and Jour
nalist, at Brookllne. Mass; aged g.
William 4. w. Ball, an old Boston journalist,
in that city; aged s..
Rear Admiral Thornton A. jenkins. U. s. NJ.
at Washington; aged 81.
%. George Shiras, father OF Justice Shiras, and
an old Pennsyivanian, at Pittseurg; aged 50.
Il. John W. Castelar,. . noted American land
scspe painter, al Saratoga Springs aged 81
Is. John r. Ballyntinc, journalist who helped
feund the CAiosgo Herald, In Chicago.
p Leopold Alexander. duke OF Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, at Cobung: aged 70.
q Mrs. Anna hyde. aged i0t, died at Peeks-
kill, Y
sEFrRxBER.
Q. Col. Jerome Bonspsrte, Granddaughter Of
Napoleon |, al Pridss Crossing. MaAs;
aged 6.
q. Miss Emma NJ. Converse, noted Astro-
nomiel writer, at Whitefeld. n. H.: aged
70
7. Ex-secretary OF State Hamilton Fish, at
GarrisonNs, y. Y; aged 50.
%. Frederick Lathrop Ames, the richest man
IN New England. on ssard the sound steam
er Pilgrim: aged 81
o. Sir Alexander Y. Gait. q prominent Cana
dian ociiciai. at Montreal; aged IL
n. Professor J. r. Parrish steele Of Illinois, q
well known writer on agriculture, In No
bile; aged s..
Louis LANCE, q German Journalist and pub.
Usher. In ST. Louis; aged "a
OCTOBER.
L Judge Irving d. Randle. who was an int.
mate friend Of Lincoln. at Alton. u.s.; aged
81.
II. MacMahon, Duo de Magenta. marshal Of
France and ex-presldent Of the republic. In
Paris: aged s..
Lucy Stone Blackwell. the woman sutrragist
at Dorchester. Mass.; aged Is
10. Gen. Dennis r. Burke. ono OF the com
mAndors Of the Irish brigade. ia New Yors
city; aged 50.
%. Rev. DIR. Philip schaf. celebrated Biblical
exegete and church historian. IN New yori
city; aged ~
n Rear Admiral Walter w. Queen. U. 8. n