Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-12-08
DEATH OF JOHN TAYLOR CAUSE.
Suocum5ed Yesterday Afternoon 20 a Com
plication OF nisvases, After a Lingering
'Iiiness-sketch of His Career.

Suooum5cd Yesterday Afternoon 20 a Com
piication OF pisvases, After n Lingering
IIinens-sketch of ais Career.
John Taylor Cause, president Of the
Harlan u Hollingsworth Co., died at
his residence, Pennsylvania avenue
and Clayton street, at s O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon in the 10th year of his
age He had been i'll for long
while with complication of diseases,
pneumonia setting in u few days ago.
DR.. j. w, Crumhaugh was the attend
ing physician. The patients condition
had been critical for several days. The
family was prepared for the worst, and
was at Mr. Causes bedside when the
end came.
The funeral took place on Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services were
held at the house to which the rela-
tives and personal friends of the family
only were invited Interment was
private. and was made in the Will
mington and Brandywine cemetery.
JOHN TAYLOR CAUSE.
John Taylor Cause was born in Ches-
1929, and lived during his boyhood and
youth on his fathers farm near Ken
nett Square. His father. Harlan Cause,
as well as his grantlfathers for four
generations, and his mothers family
for six generations, had lived upon the
identical lands then granted the first
owners, and shortly afterwards merged
| by u previous marriage into one estate.
| Charles Cause, the first of his name
in this country, came from Wales, with
| his young wife, Jane Powell, daughter
| of Evan Powell of Radnorshire, Wales,
in 1899, and settled in Chester county,
! Pa, where his descendants lived down
/, to the death of Harlan Cause, and the
removal of the subject of this sketch
to Wilmington on January 23d, 1913.
His coming to Wilmington in 1913
was in this way: The firm of Belts,
Harlan & Hollingsworth had Joshua L,
Head as their bookkeeper. About this
time he had an offer to enter the book
business of Edwin A. Wilson, whose
store was at No. 421 Market street, and
| decided to take advantage of it. But
before he left the firm 8 employ Mahlon
Belts insisted that he should secure q
! bookkeeper to take his place. Mr..
Head had been teaching school at
Kennett Square and recalled that his
best scholar there was Taylor Cause.
and taught him bookkeeping, and
young Cause succeeded Mr.. Head
AS the trusted boolskeeper of Belts,
Harlan s Hollingsworth. From that
| Mr.. Cause worked his way up and
climbed slowly, but surely to the top
round of official and executive position,
| finally assuming. upon the death of
| Samuel Harlan, Jr., in 1888, the sole
management of the business. In 1858
| Mr.. Cause was formally admitted to q
partnership in the business with Mr..
Harlan and Mr.. Hollingsworth. form
ing the firm of Harlan, Hollingsworth
| & Co., which was, in 1867, merged into
the present corporation of the Harlan
q Hollingsworth Co.
Mr.. Cause retired from the presi-
dency of the Harlan Il Hollingsworth
Co. on July LIST, 1886, and was sue
ceeded by Henry G. Morse. The latter
resigned in August last and Mr.. Cause
was elected to his old position which
he held at the time of his death.
Mr.. Cause married Martha, the
daughter of John Finn, bricklaying
contractor who resided at the north
west corner of Sixth and Shipley
| Four children survive their parents.
They are Horace w. cause and III. L.
Cause of the company, III. Victor
Cause, and Mrs. III. B. B. Stapler of
| New York.
The deceased was one of the founders
of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church,
was a member Of its board of trustees
and for years was superintendent of the
| Sunday school, Mrs. Cause was prac-
tically the founder of the Homeopathic
| Hospital and Mr.. Cause was deeply
interested in the welfare of that insti-
tuition. Many were his deeds of benevo-
lence, always unostentatiously done.