Connecticut western news., 1896-01-02
A RECORD OF DEATH.
WORK OF THE GRIM REAPER DURING
 THE YEAR 1895.

THE YEAR 1896. A Season of Unusual Activity, Showing the
 Usual Penchant For "shining Marks.'
 Statesmen. Scientists, Poets, ClergyIuen
 Soldiers and Others Selected.
 JANUARY. a Dr. George Marx. famous entomolosist, ir Washington aged W.
 6. Rev. Dr. King, famous for aid given te escaping slaves, in Chatham, Ont. aged S2
 Gen. Philip Sidney Post, distinguished Un
 ion veteran and a congressman from Hi
 nois. in Washington: aged 62.
 3. Archibald Gordon, newspaper man, critic and dramatist, in Port Richmond, N. Y.
 aged <6.
 10. Aaron L. Dennison, the father of American
 watch making, in Birmingham, England
 aged S3.
 Gen. Alfred w. Ellet, noted as leader of the
 Union ram fleet in tie Mississippi, at RI
 Dorado, Kan.
 l6 Ex,Gov. s. F. Chadwick of Oregon, at Sa
 lem aged 70.
 Charles 0. Leigh, active temperance leader
 in Brooklyn: aged 82.
 IT. Gen. Israel N. Stiles, Union veteran prom
 inent in public life, in Chicago; aged O. 90. Prof. Augustus c. Merriam of Columbis
 college, At Athens; aged 52. 28. Brig. Gen. Stephen v. Benet, U. S. A., re
 tired aged 6S. Dr. Alfred l.. Loomis, noted medical profess
 or and practitioner, in New York city
 aged 6.
 24. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill
 prominent English politician, in London c6. M. de Giers, Russian minister of foreigr affairs for many years, at St. Petersburg aged 75.
 Gen. Francis Darr, g prominent Union vet eran, at Wayne, Pa. aged 62. G uszfx IL
 Jenny Lind." at Morristown. N. T.; aget about 30. 2s. Canrobert, last marshal of France. in Paris aged 85.
 2o. pr. Jamin Strong, widely known authority on mental diseases, in Cleveland; aged 70 s1. Judge Ebenezer Redwood Hoar. in Con cord, Mass; aged 7g.
 Ward McAllister. noted society leader, 1T New York city. FEBRUARY. g. Theodore Dwight welde, once a prominent antislavery agitator, at Hyde Park, Mass L Gen. Mahlen D. Manson. veteran of tn. Mexican and civil wars, at Frankfort, Ind aged 78. g. John L. Stevens. ex minister to Hawaii, a Augusta, Me. aged "A. o. Prof. James R. Boise of the Chicago uni versity, one of the most noted aeek schol ars in the country, in Chicago; aged 30. il. Judge Charles E. A. Gayarre, distin guished writer and historian. in New Or leans: aged 90. Gen. Montgomery Corse, Confederate veter an, at Alexandria, Va. aged 79 h. Ex-Gov. Gray, U. 8. minister to Mexico, II the City of Mexico. l6 Richard F. Trevellick, prominent labor or ganizer, in Detroit; aged ea. l9 Eliza D. Hamill, one of Chicago's oldes residents; aged 85. a0 Frederick Douglass, at Washington; aged 7s 21. Ex-Gov. Benjamin F. Prescott of Nev Hampshire. at Epping, N. H. aged @. A. Gen. Joseph B. Carr, prominent Uniol veteran, in Troy, N. r.; aged 67. 28 Ex-Judge Richard O'Gorman, once a prom inent Fenian, in New York city; aged 74. MARCH, g. Prof. John Stuart Blackie of the Universit. of Edinburgh, in that city; aged 85. < Col W. c. Coup, the veteran snowman. a Jacksonville. Fla aged 62. $. Col. David Ramsey Clendennin, a veteran distinguished in the cavalry service. a Galesburg, nls.; aged o5. 6. Edwin Forbes, well known Amerioal artist and veteran war correspondent witt the Union armies, in New York city; age' b6.
 8. Frederick E. sickies, an engineer and in ventor, in Kansas City. II. Worth, the famous dressmaker in Paris aged 70. John F. Temple, noted abolitionist, in Chi cago, aged 30.
  Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville in that city aged 71. f9. Gen. Adam Badeau, Grants military secre tary, biographer, etc., at Ridgewood, N ! J.: aged 85. 20. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, prominen army veteran, in Detroit aged 85. ! 21. Prof. Henry Coppee, LL- D., of I,ehig university, at BethleDem, Pa. 2; aged "A. | %. Anson c. Blessing. noted German editor, in Chicago; aged 72. Mrs. Paran Stevens, noted leader of society | in New York city. APRIL. q David M. Stone, formerly editor of Tn Journal of Commerce, in New York city l aged 78. e .t. 8. Rev. Barton H. Cartwright, pioneer Meth odist of the vest at Oregon: nls.; aged & ! {. Ex-Gov. William R. Marshall of Minnesota l ct Pasadena, Gal. aged 70. | b. Thompson NcDaniels, veteran of tn Black Hawk war and a pioneer of Kansa ! City: aged 90. 8. Gov. Joshua H. Marvil of Delaware, a Laurel; aged TO- Gen. James l.. Kemper, ex-governor of Vii ginia and leader of one of Picketts br l gades at Gettysburg, in Orange county Va: aged 72.
 g. ". Jennings Demorest, founder of Demo | rests Magazine and leader in temperanc movements, iE New York city; aged 72 Gen. T. A. Harris, a Confederate veteran, 6 l Locust Lodge, near Louisville. | N. James ". Scott, editor and publisher of th
 Chicago Times Herald. in New York city | aged S5.
 Prof. James Dwight Dana of Yale, at Ne, Haven; aged s2.
 io. Hon. Leverett Saltonstall. prominent Den
 ocratic leader. at Brookline, Mass.
 IS. R. .. Wickliffe, ex-governor of Louisian,
 at Shelbyville, Ky.
 Granville Perkins, the artist, in New Tor | city; aged 65.
 lo. Charles K. Knox, the well known New Tor
 natter, in that city; aged T.
 a. Paul Fenimore Cooper, son of the novelis
 in Albany: aged 70.
 24. Col. Franklin Fairbanks, one of Vermont
 most prominent citizens, at St. Johnsbur, 9. Levi B. Taft, an eminent Michigan juris
 at Pontiac aged 7S.
 %. Gustav Freitag. the popular German no, | elfst, author of "Soll und Haben" and otl | CT notable books, at Wiesbaden; aged 70.
 MAY.
 1. Maj. Gen. John Newton, distinguished so | dier of the Mexican and civil wars and tt | engineer of Hell Gate, In New York citJ | aged 72.
 s. James Kelly, a Cook county pioneer an l one of the founders of the Chicago Tribun | at Winnetka, Ills.
 6. Ex-Gov. Robert s. Green of New Jersey, Elizabeth, N J.. aged 64.
 8. Ex-Gov. James A. Weston, at Mancheste
 N. H.: nged 68.
 6. Gilbert Elliot, constructor of the note
 Confederate ram Albemarle, in New Tor
 city: aged s2. ..... ..#.
 '0 Gen. Joserh Cotton, who served in the Con
 federate army, at New Haven; aged g.. | Gen. Charles Sutherland, ex-surgeon gener | U. s. A.. in Washington; aged 65.
 H. Ex-Gov. Irr J. Chase of Indiana, at Lube
 Me: aged 6l.
 2. Julius L. Seelye, er.president of Amher | college, in Amherst aged 71. | s!8 Adm. John J. Amy, U. s. N, retired, | Washington: aged H. II Peter H. Burnett, first governor of Califo N mia, In San Francisco: aged G7. T. Dr. Mary Harris Thompson, founder ar
 head surgeon of the Chicago Hospital F, | Women and Children, in Chicago; aged 6t Franz von Suppe. the Austrian Offenbach, composer of "Boccaccio," etc., in Vienni nged 75. !. Hon. Hugh McCulloch. secretary of treas ury Is65 to 1Ss9, at Washington: aged 6. l B. Walter Quinton Gresham secretary c
 state, at Washington; aged 63.
 II. Gen. c. N. Mitchell, Union veteran, Q
 Charleston, Ills. aged GO.
 JUNE.