Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-04-10
In Memoriam.

On March the 53n1, 1896, there = at his
home, phurstoD, Frederick county si3 He.H
the Montgomery line, MIR. John II S. st
cue; Al tho advanced age OF 81 years, q Gfap
4 who held the respect, esteem an '-se "a
1 wide circle of friends.
| Born near HyattatOwn, MarCt gr'a,
! he continuously lived during E rHa tf
within a radioGs oi a lew miles II A.s -. IL
place, and at his beautiful mountain home
where he died for, presume, nearly hall a
century AT least the very earliest recol
| lections of the writer are associated with
him at this quiet followed place, Swallowed
by that spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain
known by the name of Sugar Loaf. Here
for many years past
"For him light labor spread her wholesome
store"
While not oppressed by that monster which
we call wealth, he was able TO pass the twi-
| light of his life in simple rural ease:
ellis best companions, innocence and health,
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth"
Mr.. Linthicum possessed prodigious
memory, and being great reader of current
| topics was well posted on all the important
| subjects OF the day.
| In politics he was an uncompromising
| Democrat, and during the late war a sym.
pathzer OF the South, and in which cause
one of his sons gave his life, having fallen
at Gaines Mill, while serving on the staff
of Gen. Hunton. He was himself for time
a prisoner of State and incarcerated at the
Old Capitol Prison, time when the writ
of habeas corpus was suspended, when Sec.
rotary Seward boosted to Lord Lyons that
he could touch bell at his right hand and
order the arrest and Imprisonment of a citi
zen of New York or Ohio, and that no power
on earth, save that of the President, could re-
lease him, and then asked "Can the Queen
of England do so much p He was released
without any charge ever having been pre-
ferred against him, and never knew with
certainty who his accuser was.
In early life he united in marriage with
Miss Julia Ann Carrot, which union was
blessed with large family and with many
happy years together. She died about ten
years ago, but not until after the celebration
of their golden wedding, gathering at
which your correspondent had the great
honor of being present.
or his descendants, three sons and three
daughters survive, together with a large
number of grandchildren and several great
grandchildren. Six of his grandsons bore
his remains TO their last resting place, act
ing as pail bearers.
Our loss is Creative grove that he is
gone. We mourn that what we loved so
muCn, so IefVeDJly, Is ma from our mortal
gaze forever Our consolation is that he
died in the full triumph Of faith and that in
his last prayer remembered by name each in
dividual of his descendants. Oh holy bene-
diction May it ever remind US that we have
pious intercessor and serve as a stimulus
to US to make our lives like his.
James T. Bell entered into rest on March
18th, 1896, after lingering illness, which
he bore without Il murmur. His remains
were inferred by the side Of his parents,
within a few feet of st. Bartholomew's
church, where he was carried by them so
often when child. Age SO years and 10
months.
Died at her home near Rockville, Mont
gomery county, Maryland, on Monday, 10Th
OF March, 1896, Mrs. Elizabeth Oden, in
the sixty first year of her age.
When those whose work is all ended,
From all earthly woes and ills,
May pass to the peace and gladness
That crown the beautiful hills.
She has gone through the sunset gate way,
To the city paved with gold,
To dwell 10 the hills Of Heaven,
And be no longer Old.
BY FRIEND