The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-01-01
TIMES HARVEST
The Grim Reaper Busy
During 1895.
MANY NOTED VICTIMS.
An Unusually Heavy Roll The
Names of Distinguished Artists,
Scientists, Authors and Leaders In
Commerce on the List.

JANUARY.
/. Alfred Ely Beach, editor Of The Scientific
American, in New York city aged 20.
John B. Blair, once famous painter and
inventor, In Chicago; aged -.
Gen. NJ d. Leggett, noted Federal veteran
In Cleveland aged Il.
Col. Thomas W. Knox, author, in New York
city aged 81.
g. Ex-Gov. W. r. Marshall of Minnesota at
Pasadena, Cal. aged ~
II. George q. Wright, ext. :. senator and ox-
chief justice Of Iowa, at Des Moincs aged
gen. Francis Claiming Barlow. noted vet
and lawyer IN New York city; aged -.
1S. Hugh Dimond pioneer capitalist of Cali
fornia at Oakland; aged &C.
IL. Martin Brimmer, a noted Boston merchant
prince, philanthropist and art patron, In
Boston; aged II.
Gen. Charles A. Hickman, a noted war vet
eran, in Germantown aged s4
Is. Matthew ). Brady, one Of the pioneer
photographers OF the United States. iu
New York city aged %.
Or. Benjamin Cory. a noted pioneer physi
clan Of California, at San Jose aged ~.
10. Gen. E. h. Fowler, a veteran of the FEEDER
al army, in Brooklyn aged 90.
Is. Charles Thomas Floquet, formerly premier
Of France.
10. Bernard Gillian, noted cartoonist, at Cana
joharie, n. Y, aged ss
~. Rev. DIR. Thomas Armitage a noted Bap
fist preacher, at Yonkers; aged .7
Prince Henry Of Battenberg, at sea aged .9
81. Gen. Thomas Ewing, In New York city
aged o..
p. Ex.Judge Charles b. Elliott, famous sport
ing man and builder Of racing shells, In
Brooklyn aged &C..
25. Lord Leighton, noted British artist, in
London aged &C.
Alexander Macmillan OF Macmillan s. Co..
British publishers, in London; aged 81.
e. John Tyler, son Of the late President Ty
ler in Washington.
(1an Thaodore Runyun "A war yetaraV aud
U. S. ambassador to Germany in Berlin
aged "a.
Gen. Joseph II. Porter, New York war vet
eran, in New York city.
y. Elijah Shaw, founder Of Shaw university
North Carolina, at Wales, Mass. aged I'd.
George Cochran Lambdin, "a noted Philadel.
phia artist in that city aged %.
DR.. L. A. Harris, a noted public citizen of
Atlanta, IL that city; aged g.
Gen. Alfred Baker Smith, at Poughkeepsie:
aged a.
Sir Joseph Barnaby. well known composer
in London
30 Senator Fiorelli, the archRologist, at Rome.
30 George F. Magun, founder and president
Of the Iowa college ut Grinncll, in Des
Moines
Rev. DR.. William II. Furness, noted Unitari-
an, in Philadelphia; aged 9i.
Oscar Turner well known Kentucky law.
yer and orator. in Louisville; aged Il.
FEBRUARY.
tician, in Kew York city aged g.,
Hiilory Butler, pioneer on Puget sound at
Seattle; aged ~.
shadraok Inman, a noted Georgian, in AT
lanta; aged s..
4. George Nicholson Of the New Orleans Plea
yune in that city
0, Gen. John Gibbon, U. $. A., retired, in
Baltimore; aged 6S.
Harry Howard, chief Of the old volunteer
hre department OF New York, In that city
aged "a.
Il. William Heyden English, well known capt
talist and politician, in indianapolis aged
"A.
Charles Wachsmuth, the worlds greatest
paleontologst in crinoids, at Burlington,
Ia. aged G6.
0. Jean Auguste Barre distinguished French
sculptor, in Paris; aged IS.
Reinhold Rost, Ii. D.. high authority in
oriental literature, IN London
10. Sanford Hunt OF tho Methodist Book Con
Germ, IN Cincinnati: aged 20.
II. Allen Dodworth, noted band leader, in
! Pasadena, Cal aged 70.
Etienne Chatelaine, at Cornwall, Ont. aged
lO9
! Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas celebrated
musical composer, in Paris; aged 81.
49, Rev. Theophilus Jones, the Oldest Welsh
Baptist minister in the United States, at
Wilkesbarre, Pa. aged 30,
H. William Lathrop Kingsley, a well known
scholar OF New England, at New Haven.
l5 Mrs. f. X. Nicholson Pearl Rivers) Of the
New Orleans Picayuno, In that city.
22 Edgar Wilson Nye, the American humorist
near Asheville, N. c. aged As.
Ex-Goy. George ID. Robinson Of Massachu
setts, at Chicopoe; aged 62.
20 Hon. George Davis, who was attorney gen
eral Of the Confederaey, in Wilmington, n
c.. aged g.
"a. Henry &. Bowen Of The independent il
Brooklyn, aged SO.
u. Rear Adj raj Joseph Fyfe L. S. n, re
tired, at .erce, Neb. aged ca.
Gen. David Morrison, war veteran, in New
York city; aged 90.
20. Arsene Houssaye, celebrated French lite
Tateur in Paris: aged 81
"a. Gen. Madison Miller, veteran Of the McXi
can and civil wars, In St. Louis; aged 81.
MARCH
9. Charles Carleton Coffin, war correspondent
and author, at Brookline, Mass aged rs.
Judge John W. Armstrong, pioneer lawye
on the cOast, in San Francisco; aged 02,
8. DR.. W. p. Palmer, antiquarian and writer
in Richmond
l. Prof. John Kraus, pioneer in kindergarten
work. in New York city aged 81.
! DIR. Hiram Corson, specialist and write
on medical treatment, at Plymouth Meet
ing, Montgomery county, Pa. aged g.
5. Gov. Frederick T. Greenhalge Of Massa
chusetts, at Lowell; aged "a.
q. Philip j. A. Harper, retired senior membe
Of the firm Of Harper & Bros, az Hemp
stead, n, Y. aged Y.
:. James II. MoVicker, veteran theatrica
manager, in Chicago; aged 20.
Gen. J. b. Woodward, war veteran AM
militiaman, in Brooklyn; aged 81.
g. Rear Admiral Henry Wake, U. s. n, re
tired, veteran Ct the war, in Brooklyn
aged 49,
Henry Howe, a noted actor in the past
in Cincinnati; aged 81.
H. Col. Thomas II. Nelson, ex-U. S. minister I
Chile and TO Mexico, at Terre Haute, Ind.
aged %.
r. Lady Isabel Burton. widow of Capt. ST
Richard Burton, IA London.
Thomas Hughes, author OF "Tom Brown
School Days" at Brighton, England; age
e.
26 Gen. Thomas L. Casey, L. s. A., retired
In WASHINGTON; aged 65.
90 Hippolyte, president Of Haiti; aged 60.
~. Ex-Goy. Thomas seay Of Alabama, a
Rabbi Aaron Wise. in New York city; age
APRIL
- 2 Benjamin T. Tweed, educator and authoI
- SAIahEldge, Mass. aged So
Augustus II. Hoppin, well known illustrate
and cartoonist, al Flushing, y. y.
Theodore Robinson, well known artist, 1
New York city.
g. Niehael Sullivan, one Of the Oldest and bss
known engineers in the United States, !
Chicago. aged Is.
10 Col John A. Cockerill, the wen know
American Journalist st Cairo Egypt age
40.
Gov. John z. Jones Of Nevada at san Fran
cisco; aged So
Il. "a GOV. Thomas ii. Holt Of North Caro-
lima; aged %.
r. 81 Triooupis, x-prime minister Of Greece
at Cannes, France.