The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-01-03

men, social Leaders AID Royalty.
JANUARY
/. Or. D. b. Cheney, an old Baptist minister
of Chicago, IN Chicago aged a.
2. Col. Floyd Garrison, well known G. a. X
veteran in New York aged 10.
William +. Earle, old New York hotel
keeper. in New York; aged 81
Elizabeth Peabody, educator and reformer
in Boston: aged ~.
8. Benton j. Hall, prominent Iowa lawyer,
at Burlington, Ia. aged %.
10. Rear Admiral Donald Mcneil Fairfax, [. s
", retired, at Hagerstown, Md. aged 10
II. Isabella Shave Thackeray, widow Of the
author, at Leigh, England, aged 10
10. John Haley Spears, an associate Of Lincoln,
at jacksonville; aged 80
Ex Gov. William Castor of Massac husetts in
Boston aged -
20. Helen y. Shafer, president of Wellesley col
lege at Wellesley, Mass. aged ~
Ex-Goy. William Gilpin Of Colorado. al Den
yer, aged 81
"a. ID. W. IRWIN, prominent Chicago business
man. III Chicago. aged 81
q. Rosina Nokrs, actress at IoIquay, EaR
land agcd 40
FEBRUARY
8 George W Childs, proprietor OF the Phila
delphia Ledger in Philadelphia; aged ca.
4 Morton : Wilkinson. * United States sen
ator from Minnesota. in Wells. MINI. aged
O. l.. Schofcld, pioneer manufacturer Of iron
rail. in the south. at Chattanooga; aged 80
@. Gen Jacob Ammcn, prominent Union
veteran, at Yorkand o; aged Ss
Or Theodore Bilroth, distinguished German
surgeon, near Vienna, aged 60
g. DR.. Gustavc Beipnitz, we'll known charae
ter on Tho coast in San Francisco; aged -
Col John Il Baylor, IL Texan pioneer and
noted Indian fighter. near San Antonio
aged -
O. Maxine du Camp. IA noted French author.
at Paris, aged -
IS. Homer RaInsdell, eA president 81 tie Nm
York and Erir railroad at Newburg n !
aged NJ
Hans von Bulow, the celebrated pianist. at
Cairo, Fey pit, aged "a
IA Gen Edward llincks. civil war veteran.
at Cauthridee, Mass
Mrs Myra Bradwer, editor Of The Legal
News aud the first woman lawyer in Hi
nois, in Chicago; aged 81
10 Col Jonathan Drake Stevenson, a promi
nent Californian. in san Francisco; agedlA
H. r English, personal associate Of Lin
coin at Kansas City aged 81
IL William r Stansbury. "a printer on the Bal
timore Sun since 1887. il Baltimore, aged
Is
49, Joseph Kcppler, famous cartoonist and one
of the founders and owners Of Puck in
New York city aged So
81 Louis Wistar. wealthy citizen Of Philadel /
phia, at Atlantic city aged 60
" Dr William Is. Iatpham we'll known Maine
historian aud eeologiSt, al Augusta, Me-
aged 81
"a Or Martin Luther an eminent PcVsylvn /
mia physician at Reading aged TX
MARCH
l. Elk Gov. John G. DowIry of California, at
Los Angeles; aged e.
DR. Frederick William Poole, y. d, eminent
able index to periodical literature, in CHI +
cage; aged -.
2. Gen. Jubal A. Early, prominent * Con i
federatp, at I.ynchburg, Va. aged *
james Montgomery Bailey, The Danbury
News Man, humorist, author and editor, /
at Danbury, Conn ; aged IS.
s Benjamin Bunker, editor of the Kcnnebeo
Democrat, Mt Wnterville, Me. aged 81.
H. Rev. A + Wood, prominent Presbyterian,
Mt Omaha aged II
a. John r Ford, the well known theatrical
manager, at Baltimore; aged 81
TO- Commodore William d. Whiting, L. S n. I
retired in New York city; aged a.
20 Louis KoS-uth. the Hungarian patriot. al
Turin; aged ".
Prof Isaac r. Goodnow, prominent Kansas
pioneer and educator, at Manhattan, Kan.
aged 80
25 George Ticlnor Curtis, authority and
writer on constitutional Inv, in New York
city aged 81.
20. Gen Alfred Holt Colquitt senator from
Georgia aud prominent TX Confederate.
in Washington, aged 70
APRIL.
/ DR.. Charles Edouard Brown -Sequard, TIE
eminent French physician, discovcrer 81
the "elixir Of life, in Paris; aged ~.
2. Richard Wistar, noted millionaire, in Phil
adolphia; aged 10
Ben King, the Chicago poet and humorist.
Il ..,I u. lit,ttf w
lB. David Dudley Field. the eminent lawyer
in New York city aged 50.
Gen. Joseph Brevard kershaw. brilliant
Confederate soldier and later a distinguish
ed lawyer and Judge, Mt Camden S e. i
aged "a
ID Gen. Henry Warner Slocum, "A distinguish
ed Union veteran, in Brooklyn aged 81
Senator Ichulnn b Vance of North Carolina
in Washington; aged IA.
Gen. Oliver Lathrop Shepherd, U. S A. re
tired, n civil war veteran. in New Yorb
city; aged n.
II. Henry >. Ives, the rapid hnanc1er, At
Asheyille, n &.
81. William h. Daniels, OK governor of Idaho
at Tacoma; aged 20.
James W. Throeltmorton, OK governor OF
Texas at Mckinney; aged 20.
q Jesse b s,ligman, the New York banker,
at Coronado Beach, CAL.
25 Gen. X. : Granger, L S A, retired. II
Washington aged So
26. Nathaniel Springer Berry, war governor o,
New Hampshire, at Bristol. n. II. aged 9S
20 Francis b. Stockbridge, United States sen
ator from Michigan, in Chicago; aged 6S,
Maj Joseph Kirkland, a we'll known vet
eran and author, in Chicago; aged "a.
30 Frank Hatton, editor of the Washington
Post, in Washington aged *
l. George W. Abel, proprietor of the Balti
more Sun, in Baltimore.
5. John JAY, OK minister to Austria, in New
York city aged II.
O. John Hapguod Maynard, II prominent resi- .
dent of Manchester. N II, mt Manchester /
aged 20.
T. Frances Elizabeth Barrow, "Aunt Fannl /
popular author and writer for children,
New York city, aged 81
William f. Saylos the third richest man
Rhode Island, at Pawtuc<et; aged 90
g. Thomas c. Latte, well known Scotch Amef /
lean poet in Brooklyn; aged 76
o. Gen. Matthew NJ. Trumbul1. n Union vet .
Gran, III Chicago; aged 6S.
l2. Sewcll T. Jewell, noted abolitionist,
Haverhil Mass. aged 50.
IA. A. G. Hunt, ex governor of Colorado,
Tenallytown, near Washington: aged Go.
10. Rev. Dr. Edward Bright, editor of The F.
aminer, in New York city aged 81.
10. Andrew J. Graham, author OF the Graham
system of shorthand, at Orange, N ! 1
aged Ga
20 Edmund Yates, English author and jour |
nalist, in London; aged 90.