Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-14
THE DARK ANGEL.
Deaths Messenger Carries on Two Rock
Islanders

De8Shb Mc0S6086E CoFfb08 ON Two Rock
lslanders.
At ESQ this morning the final
summons came to Elijah Hersey, the
aged and highly respected father of
Mrs. A. H. Lambert, ST., of old age,
| at 749 Thirtieth street. Mr.. Hersey
was born in Dedham, Mass, April
&c, 1906, and on Oct. Is, 1927 was
married to Miss Emeline Anne Whit
ney, at Natick, Mass. Until three
years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Hersey were
residents of Elmira, N. Y, from
which city they removed to Oakland,
Cal. On October %, 1898. they re-
moved to Rock Island and took up
their abode with their daughter,
Mrs. Lambert, at the above men,
toned residence. Besides his aged
wife. Mr.. Hersey leaves one son,
George H.. banker, of Gilroy, Cal,
and Mrs. A. H. LIANT bert.
MIR. Hersey had all the attachments
and characteristics which go to make
a grand old gentleman, and the deep
grief which the family feel at his loss
Will be shared by large number Of
sympathetic friends, not only in the
east, but in the west as well. Al
though MIR. Hersey had attained the
exceedingly mature age of SS years,
yet his appearance would far from
warrant the belief that he had seen so
many years. He was man posses
sed of a strong christian character.
and wherever he has made his home
he has been noted for his kind and
jovial disposition and has gained the
reputation of being generous to a
fault. During his long residence in
Elmira he was a member of the indie
pendent Congregational church. of
which Rev. Thomas X. Beecher was
the pastor.
The funeral, which will be private
at Mr.. Hersey's request. will be held
tom morning at 10 O'Clock
from the late residence on Elm
street, Rev. L. w. Grafton, of the
Christian church, officiating.
Frederick C. rhierman.
Grown old lin the service of his
adopted country, may be Justly
said of Frederick G. Thierman, who
died last evening at 1880, of a COM
plication of diseases, from which he
had been suffering for the past two
years. Mr.. Thierman was born In
Bremen, Germany, in 1922. and
when lad 9 years old moved with
his parents to where Milwaukee is.
but then little settlement. When
the Mexican war broke out Mr..
Thierman was one of the first to re-
spond to his country's appeals, and
all through that eventful war he
served calamity. When the civil
war came Mr.. Thierman again
responded to the call for volunteers
and spent four years more in the SER
vice of his adopted land. When at
last the clouds had rolled away and
peace and quiet once more reigned.
he returned to his home in Wisconsin
; and lived there until Il years ago,
when he retired from the active pur-
suits of life and moved to Rock ISL
! and, taking up his abode AZ 2S43,
Ninth avenue, where he has since re-
sided.
Besides his aged wife, he leaves
seven children, as follows: George,
of Cheboygan, Wis; Frederick, Ed
ward and Gustav, of Rock Island
Mrs. Rosa ID. Percy and Ida ID.
Percy. of Lake City, Iowa; and Mrs.
Minnie j. Paxton. of Garrison. Wis
The funeral will occur tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock.
Capt. YeaGer's Death.
Another of the old steam boat men
has passed away. Capt. Charles F.
Yeager died at st. Paul last Friday,
aged 5S years, after an illness of two
years of Bright's disease. Capt. Yea
ger was one of the veteran river men
of the upper Mississippi, and before
the war had served as engineer on
several of the noted packets of that
era. among them the famous Grey
Eagle. He served his apprenticeship
under the late Capt. John 6. Scott,
and was also with him in the navy
during the war. He served in the
mississippi river squadron, and took
part in many of the noted engage
ments on the lower river, including
the Red river expedition under Por-
ter and Banks. He was q brave and
efficient officer. After the war he
was railway engineer on the
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Milwaukee system, and when the late
Jesse z. Farley was appointed recei-
yer of the Northern Pacific he was
appointed conductor on the road
In April, 1890, he was appointed by
Secretary Window to the position Of
local government inspector of steam
vessels-a position he held at the
time of his death Can't. Yeayer WAS
a man whose public and private life
was without blemish. He had the
happy faculty of making everybody
his friend, and was held in high re-
gard by all who knew him. He was
prominent Mason and had taken
several of the higher degrees.
Kicked by . Horse.
Fred Hoffman, young man en-
ployed by j. H. Wilson for the past