Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-09-06
DEATHS.

STEVENSON-At her home near West
Sunbury, Wednesday, Aug. 2S. 1900,
Mrs. Moore Stevenson, aged about 81
years.
GRANT-At his home in Allegheny
twp, Aug, 29. 1900 Robert 5 Grant,
in his 67th year.
KENNEDY-At his home in Clearfield
township, September /, 1900 E. J.
Kennedy. aged 40 years.
Mr.. kennedy's death was caused by
blood poisoning. resulting from an ac-
cident that happened TO him about
year ago.
MCALPIN-At his home in Butler.
Sept. l. 1900, DR.. V. McAlpin. aged
20 years.
DR.. McAlpin came to Butler from the
upper oil country about twenty years
ago, and built up large business here
as dentist For the past two years he
has been confined to his house by pa
ralysis and general debility.
His sons Kenneth and Victor, sue
ceed him in his office, and he was the
father Of DR.. Jasmine McAlpin. Two
other sons are physicians in Alaska and
New York.
Funeral services were held at the late
residence on Oak St, Sunday afternoon
and his remains were taken 70 Welland,
Ontario, Can, for burial.
WILSON her home in Parker.
Aug. p, 1900, Mrs. Clark Wilson, aged
% years.
Mrs. Wilson's death was caused by
heart failure. Her husband and four
children survive her. Her son Harry,
now publishes paper at Charleroi;
Alice and her husband, Edward Nc
Sweeny, live at Parkersburg w. Va,
and Isabella and Annie are at home.
She was buried in the Presbyterian
cemetery at Parker
WEST-At his home in Butler. Sept 3,
1900 Ulrich West in his Sjth year.
MARKWELL--At the Butler General
Hospital. Sept. /. 1900, Mrs. 5. L.
Markwell. aged 80 years.
FERRERO-In Cincinnati, O., August
80 1900, Eugene Ferrero. Esq. form
erly of this place, aged about IS years.
Mr.. Ferrero came to Butler about the
year 1852 and there is somewhat of
romance as to his coming here. From
the best information ever obtained he
was born in the city of New York and
left his home to travel and see the
world In the course of his travels he
reached Pittsburgh where he found
himself ont of money and with no
friends. He came on foot TO this place,
and passed through it, going on to
Centre township, and there fortunately
met a man on the road who proved a
friend. This man was the late George
McCandless, better known as Grammar
George, on account of the interest he
took in the study of language. Mr.. Nc
Candless was impressed with Mr..
Ferrero's manners and conversation.
and discovering he was an educated
man asked him to tarry with him. He
also gave him employment, and soon
procured for him a school in the town
ship, as teacher His success as a
teacher soon spread with the result that
he came to Butler. Here he also taught
school, but soon after began the study
of law in the Office of Hon. Samuel A.
Purviance. He was admitted to the Bar
in 1866 and in the following year. 1856
was nominted by the Republicans and
elected District Attorney or the county
This Office he held three years, and as
soon as it expired he, (in 1860, was
elected County Superintendent of our
schools, holding this Office for three
years. After this he went to Oil City,
made some money in oil and returned
and lived here until he left the town
about twenty years ago.
During the progress of the above
events Mr. Ferrero married about 1850
Miss Anna Lena Gilmore, a young lady
of one of the then leading families of
this place, and herself a leader in the
fashionable society of the town She
died shortly after, leaving a daughter
who is living here, respected citizen,
and the only representative left of the
once numerous Gilmore family.
About 1868, Mr.. Eerrero again mar
ried, this time Miss Anna Lena Puryi-
ance, daughter of the late General
John Nelson Purviance, a respected
lady who is still living in this place.
She has two sons and two daughters.
She obtained divorce from her hus-
band some years ago His death came
from being struck by trolly car on. the
streets of Cincinnati.
WHITESIDES- September End, 1900,
at Dayton Hospital, Dayton, Ohio,
Jas Whitesides, of Middlesex twp.
aged "A years and II months.
HARPER-At his home at Gallery,
September l, 1900, Oliver Harper.
Obituary Notes.
Col. Thomas j. Powels, Commission
49, Of Bsni,ils for Pennsylvania. was
killed by falling from train in the ont
skirts ,f lhil'a last Wednesday night
Ris badly manglrd body We. found
lnder 'he Pennsylvania railroad bridge
spanning the Delaware river at the
northern end Of the city, next morning
by three men cunning in the marshes.
Sir. Powers had been spending the sum
mer at Atlantic City with his family
and il is presumed that he fell from the
train from that resort which reaches
that city via the Bridge route at 10 80
p. IN. Mr.. Powers's home was in
Frankford, Philadelphia suburb,
which is the first station this side OF the
Delaware river. He probably left his
seat in the car while the train was
crossing the bridge, so as to bein readi-
ness TO leave the train when it reached
Frankford, which is only a short dis
tance beyond the Philadelphia terminus
of the structure. Mr. Powers was
man of heroic build, measuring con
siderably over six feet and weighing
about 275 pounds His friends express
the theory that he had gone to the plat
form to escape the heat in the car and
was jolted off while the train was on a
curve.
Louis Goodman, aged 1906 years, died
at his home, G7 Congress street, Pitts
burg at an early hour last Friday
morning, from cold contracted last
spring Mr.. Goodman had never con
suited physician in his life and when
his illness became alarming Thursday
night, ne was urged to nave doctor,
but refused, saying he had lived cen
tury without taking medicine and he
would not begin now. Mr.. Goodman is
survived by his fourth wife and two
children, Solomon Goodman, of West
Newton, and a daughter in St Peters
burg, Russia
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