The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-02-23
Deaths
DIR. GEORGE w. ARCHER.

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DR.. George w. Archer, the Hartford
county historian, and well known in
Cecil county as being connected witr
some OF its most prominent families,
died at the home OF his niece, Mrs. H.
c. Wilson, at Emmorton Hartford
county, last Saturday, from heart fail
ure, aged 50 years.
DR.. Archer was the son of the late
DR.. Robert Archer and Mary Stump,
sister of the late John Stump, OF
Perry Point" and of Rachel Stump,
who married the late Levi II. Evans,
OF Perryville, and also of Ann Stump,
who married the late Joseph Coudon,
father OF Henry S. Coudon, of Akin,
and the late Joseph Coudon, of Wood
lands" near Perryvillc DR.. Archer
was brother OF the late Stevenson
Archer, who made his home for so
many years with the Stumps at Perry
Point" where he died some years ago.
During the Civil War, Dr. Archer
was in the Confederate army as a sur
geon in Stonewall Jackson's brigade,
and was at the battle of Bull Run,
where the cannonading made his deaf,
from which affection he suffered all
the rest of his life. Aftcr retiring from
the practice OF his profession. DIR. Ar
cher devoted himself to historical re-
searches and spent many years Of his
life preparing a history OF Hartford
county for the Hartford County His
torical Association. He was never
married, and was the last of his family,
though he is survived by several ncp-
h,,,. a,I ,,'nr,- NJ. l.,
elected member of the Society OF
Men Of Mark OF America His fun
eral took place on Monday, at Church.
vile, Hartford county.
REV. DR.. BRAND.
Rev DR.. William F. Brand, the ven
cradle rector OF ST. Mary's Protestant
Episcopal Church, at Emmorton, Har-
ford county, the death OF whose wife,
Mrs. Sophia Brand, was noted in the
WHlG last week, died on Sunday, the
18TH inst, just nine days after the
death OF his wife. DR.. Brand was in
his o3rd year, having been born June
IL, 1874. Grief and his great age aug
mented by an attack OF bronchial
trouble, from which he was suffering
d,.h' as t"' u ~ .'' 90 na. '"a,.' "i, .austu .''s
snhaio- "a ",u vas p'oiou,.u
magnetism, and is deeply mourned by
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MRS. AMANDA F. MEARNS.
Mrs Amanda F. Mearns, widow Of
Levi K. Mearns, former member OF
the Legislature from Cecil county,
10Th inst. aged z8 wears. Mrs. Mearns
va; was dausnter OF jacob ftllaman' OF
.nlo,,ie' nH nc Is survived oE one SIS
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MISS MARTHA pATTFN
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MISS marina Jane fattcn' agcd 73
OF her brother, Thomas II. Pattcn, near
patten beIonGed ~ nnc ~ IL. oiJost s
families in Cecil comfy She woS
daughter OF the late iohn Patterson
Pattrn and Esther Steel 81 ber i'm.
mediate family her brotLcr Thomas II
is thc onlv Surviving mcmhcr Hcr
funeral took nlacc Tnedav afternoon
with ;ntcrmcnt in Wrst Nntt;nah,m,
Cemetery Rev Samncl Poll nf'ic;at'
ed The nall hearers wore six ~ hcr
cousins.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
William Dov;dso, orod t- ,o,rs
one of thc rc.ncctad iarn,ors Gf tbn
E;itb district d;od NJ h;s hnn,o ,aar on
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