Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-04-06
DEATHS GRIM WORK.
Three Wen knows Of the
city Passes Away--Mr. ~. r. Fiery.
One Of h Cityss Most promi-
nens Business Men, suc-
eumbs After "a Brief


eumbs AFTER "a Brief
After an illness extending over a
period Of ten days. Mr.. Benjamin
Franklin Fiery. retired merchant,
successful business man and one Of
the most highly esteemed residents of
the city, passed away Saturday night
at s 80 O'Clock. He was in the seven
ty-second year Of his age.
Death was caused by Bright's di-
sease, with which the deceased was
compelled to retire to his bed ten
days ago and which caused him to
slowly decline.
Benjamine Franklin Fiery was the
son Of Jacob Fiery, Of Hagerstown,
Md, who was for many years Judge
Of the Orphans Court Of that county,
and has a large family connection in
Md. In the year 1872 he moved 10.
this city and engaged in the dry goods
business with { a nuel Emn Q t.
bis father-in-law, under the firm
name Of Emmert and Fiery, and
soon became one OF the foremost bust
ness men of the city. After q long
and successful active business career,
Mr.. Fiery four years ago retired,
of his former partner, Mr.. Frank S.
Emmert, who had succeeded his
father. Although he had beer out of
active business for four years proceed
ing his death, Mr.. Fiery devoted a
great deal of his time to other bust
ness persuits that required less work
and he was very active for a man of
his age up until the time of mis- i'll
ness. He had for sometime past been
secretary and treasurer of the Mar
tinsburg Gas Company and attended
to much of the company's business.
Besides being a successful man, Mr..
Fiery was a man of deep religious
convictions, having been a deacon of
the First Baptist church and one of
the foremost workers in the church,
where his loss will be deeply
felt by the pastor and congregation.
He was a man of honest principals
was upright in all his dealings with
his fellow men, an ardent Christian
and a man who commanded the re-.
spect and high esteem of all who
knew him.
The deceased leaves a widow, who
was formerly a Miss Amanda En-
inert, of Washington county, Md,
whom he married in 1858, four daugh-
ters and two sons, viz Mrs. A. E.
Rogers, Mrs. Morris Johnson, and
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Hoge, all of Boonsville,
Mo. Miss Imogenne, Messrs. Samuel
and Emmert Fiery, of this city. One
brother and four sisters, Mr.. John
Fiery, Mrs. Alfred Scharman, Mrs.
Mary Bruer, Mrs. DR.. Keller and Miss
Sue Fiery, of Washington county.
Md, survive him.
were summoned to his home a few
days ago., and fortunately all of his
loved ones were with him when the
release came.
The funeral of the late Benjamin
f. frey took place from his late resi-
dence on West King street Tuesday
at two O'Clock p. m, Rev. Thomas S.
Dunaway, pastor of the First Baptist
church, assisted by Rev. DR.. f. Nj.
Woods, of the Presbyterian church,
and Rev. DIR. 0. f. Flippo, of Phila-
delphia, officiating. The house was
crowded to OVERLOOKING with the num-
erous friends and relatives who gath
cred to pay the last tribute of respect
to the deceased.
The floral tributes were numerous
and beautiful. During the hours of
the funeral-from 2 to 8 o'clock-the
merchants of the city showed their
respect andshigh esteem for their de-
ceased fellow merchant by closing
their places of business.
The pail bearers were Messrs.
Joseph West, William Walters, Will
liam Rodgers, Thos. Kearns, Chas.
Custer, Joseph Shaffer, Robert and
Chas. Seibert.
Interment was made in Green Hill
cemetry.
Mrs. &. +. Callahan.
Mrs. Mary Katharine Callahan, wife
Of Geo. Il. Callahan, died Tuesday at
s :25 o'clock "a. M. at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Ferdinand Gerling, 121
w. King Street, aged 81 years, 10
months and 2S days. Death was caus-
ed by consumption, with which the
deceased had suffered for the past ten
months.
A popularity connected with
Mrs. Calahan's death is the fact that
she is the fourth member of the Ger
ling family to succumb to the ravages