Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-13
DEATHS.

STEvENSON-At his home near But
tercup. March 5. 1902, George Steven
son, aged about 81 years.
He is survived by three sons, George,
Robert and David all of Buttercup. His
remains were buried at Whiteoak
Springs o. P. church, Friday. He had
been both blind and deaf for many
years
| HOOVER-At her home in Fairview
twp, Feb. 81, 1902. Mrs. Michael
! Hoover. in her 47th year.
BOWEN-At his home in Evans CITY,
Feb %, 1902, Noah Bowen, in his 59th
year.
| MCKEE-At her home in Butler, March
s. 1902, Mrs. Mary, widow of Robert
Mckee in her roth year.
Mrs. Mckee had been in feeble health
for some years She was the mother of
JAS a and Mary Mckee.
Funeral services. conducted by Rev
Dodds of Dubois and Rev. Mckee, were
held at her late residence, North and
Washington SITS, Tuesday morning
Her remains were placed in the South
Cemetery.
SMITH-At his home in Adams twp.
March 4, 1902, J. J. Smith.
SLATER-At the Hospital March
s, 1902, James Slater, aged about 40
years.
MYERS-At his home in Oakland twp.
Mar. 8, 1902, Jacob Myers, aged about
70 years.
SHAFFER-At his home in PittsbuTg,
Mar, 0, 1902, w. A. Shaffer, son of
Geo. w. Shaffer decd, aged 3S years.
EISL LER-At her home in Butler Mar.
8, 1902, Mrs. Conrad Eisler, aged 55
years.
SNYDER-At his home in Mercer twp.
Mar. z, 1902, of locomoter attaxia,
Clarence Edgar. son of P. r. Snyder,
aged 90 years.
His remains were buried in Harris
vile cemetery Monday.
MYTINGER-Ath her home in Philadel-
delphia Mar. 2, 1902, Mary Mytinger,
formerly of Butler and mother of Mrs.
james A Negley, aged o6 years.
COTTRILL-At the family home, IL
South ST. city, Merl Dean, son Of
David Cottrill and wife, aged 1 year.
CARSON AT his home in Allegheny |
Mar 9, 1902, James M. Carson. in his
45th year
Mr. Carsons death was caused by |
erysipelas and blood poisoning after a |
short illness He sold his interest in the |
Butler Eagle in 1895 and went to Pitts |
burg and accepted a position with |
Murdoch, Kerr & Co. and was doing |
well there His wife. nee Donaldson |
and three children survive him.
He was buried in the South Cemetery |
Butler, Friday.
Obituary.
James Calvin, pitcher of the Pitts
burg base ball club twenty years ago, |
and the pet of base ball people, died in |
Allegheny last Friday.
DANIEL AGNEw.
Daniel Agnew, ex-Chief Jnstice of |
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
died shortly before o'clock Sunday |
morning at his home in Beaver, aged SO |
years. Justice Agnew died of infrmi- |
ties due to old age. His health began |
to fail three years ago, and the decline |
was gradual and steady. The end came |
peacefully that morning.
Daniel Agnew was born at Trenton n. |
j., January 5, 1909. of Irish and Welsh |
descent His grandfather served in the
Revolution, having come from the |
County Antrim. His father was a |
physician and studied in Philadelphia |
with the famous DR. Benjamin Rush.
His mother was daughter Of Major |
Richard Howell, afterwards Governor |
of New Jersey The family settled in |
Butler county and afterwards II Pitts
burg
Daniel Agnew was graduated from |
the Western University and studied law
with Henry Baldwin and w. w. Fetter
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and then went to Beaver He was a
member of the Constitutional conven-
ton in 1888. In politics he was Whig
the State for Harrison. next
for Clay and was an elector for Tay lor
In 1851 he was appointed Presiding
Judge of the district that included
Butler Co. and was afterwards elected
for ten years. He was the first Judge
during the Civil War to take cogniZance
of treason. In 1868 he was elected Su-
preme Court Justice ON the Governor
Curtin ticket. His first decision favor
ed the draft law.
In 1868 be became Chief Justice. He
was the first Judge in Pennsylvania to
modify the rule excluding jurors who
had formed an opinion in capital cases
In 1879 he was counsel for Allegheny
county in the railroad riot cases He
retired from the bench in 1879. In 1880
he delivered the address in Pittsburg Of
welcome to General Grant. He was
married in 1881 to Elizabeth Moore,
daughter of General Robert Moore. He
had received number of degrees
Justice Agnew is survived by four
children, two sons and two daughters,
Frank and Robert Agnew, and Irs.
Rev Walter Brown and Mrs. Henry
Hice, all Of Beaver