Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-02-09
HE OBITUARY RECORD.
Funerals of DIR. S. W. Liacoln and L. a.
Greene.

| Greene.
The funeral of DR.. S. W. Lincoln
the victim of last Fridays runaway
/ on Third avenue in this city, occurred
| from his late home at 1912 Third ave
nue., Moline, at 3 o'clock this after.
noon, Rev. W. W. Willard. of the
Congregational church. officiating
There was large attendance OF
friends. including many of the physi,
clans of the three cities. DR.. Lincoln
came from a family of prominence in
| the east, his father and his father
| brother having been members of the
| Massachusetts, legislature. one broth
er having been a professor in Will
liams college and another a lawyer
OF considera ole note. and all died in
the prime of life. The aged and feeble
mother is still living; his sister is a
practicing physician in Maine, and the
only surviving brother resides in Mas
sachusetts. Samuel Worcester Lin
coin was born in Plaintield. Mass,
July ID, 1855. When he was boy of
Il the family moved to Pennsylvania,
in the vicinity of Tioga. and Dr.
Lincoln graduated from the normal
school at that place. He first studied
medicine with DR.. Smith, of
Tioga, and later took two years
lectures at the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons at Detroit, but
left school for a year to take
charge of DR.. Smiths practice at
Tioga. DIR. Lincoln completed his
medical education at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore,
graduating in 1879, and first entered
on the practice of his profession in
northern Pennsylvania, just over the
line from Elmira. n. Y. He located
in Moline in September, 1888, and,
with the exception of three
years between 1895 and 1898 spent
in Media Henderson county,
that city was his home ever since.
DR.. Lincoln was married at the aye of
20, but his wife died three years after.
One daughter was born to them and
she was brought up in the home of
the mothers parents and is now mar
ried and living in Michigan. The
doctor was at one time a memb Der of
the Odd Fellows, aud while in Media
he Joined the NJ. w. A, but because
he did not take much interest in
lodges. he dropped out of both.
Eli Detwiler, 4 pioneer resident of
Mercer county, died Feb. 3 at his
home in Aledo. aged 81 years. He
served in the war of the rebellion.
Henry II. Smith, who opened the
first store on what is now Second
street, Davenport, died Wednesday
night at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. G A. Dalzell. on Arlington ave-
nue., Davenport. Mr.. Smith was born
in Philadelphia in 1915. He settled
in Davenport in 1850. He is survived
by son, Harry Smith of Washing
ton, and two daughters, Mrs. ID ,lzell.
of Davenport, and Mrs. Balch, of Chi
cago. The funeral was held this
afternoon.
John Cass, an old resident of Dav-
export, died this morning of paraly-
sis, aged 40. The funeral will occur
Sunday from St. Anthony's church.
Services over the remains of Leroy
II. Greene, the deceased mem Der of
the Davenport Republican force, were
held this afternoon at the residence
of NJ. T. Brown on Grand avenue in
that city. A delegation of newspaper
men from the tri-city press attended.
The services were conducted by Rev.
G. S. Rollin, of the Congregational
church. Among the the floral trib-
utes was one from the Tri-City Press
club. Interment will be made to-
morrow.