Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-01-03
TIE YEARS DEAD
Work of the Dread De-
stroyer In 1906.
NOTABLE NAMES ON THE ROLL
Writers. Artists. Statesmen, Cap
tains of Finance, Soldiers and
Actors Claimed By Death All
Social Ranks Invaded.

Social Ranks Invaded.
JANUARY.
T. Gen. Francis Fessenden, noted civil
war veteran, in Portland. Me-; aged &C..
a. Harrison William Weir, well known
illustrator Of birds and animals. in
Lewes, England; aged 81.
l. Mary Mcdonald, said to be the oldest
woman in the world. in Philadelphia;
aged l35.
To- Dr.. William Rainey Harper. noted
Hebrew scholar and president of the
University of Chicago. in Chicago;
aged 49,
IL Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff. noted
Scotch writer, well known by series
of diaries covering the latter half of
the nineteenth century, in London;
aged r.
ls. Commodore William P. Mccain, u.
S. N, retired. known as the Father
OF the White Squadron" at New
Rochelle. N. Y; aged 76.
II. Marshall Field Of Chicago. the richest
merchant in the world. in New York
city; aged 70.
q. George Jacob Holyoake British au-
land; aged SO.
Is. Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, u
S. A., retired, former lieutenant gen
eral of the Confederate States of
America and prominent in public life
since the civil war, in Brooklyn; aged
So
20. Christian TX. of Denmark, father of
Queen Alexandra of England and re-
lated by blood or marriage to many
European rulers. at Copenhagen; aged
FEBRUARY.
2. Lord Masham Samuel Cunliffe-Lis-
teri noted inventor and manufac-
turer, at Masham. England; aged 81.
T. Paul Metternich, son of Prince Met
ternich, the Austrian minister who
was hostile to Napoleon L. at Vienna;
aged IA.
TO- Paul Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet,
at Dayton, o.; aged a.
rs. Hon. David B. Henderson, former
speaker of the house of representa-
tives, at Dubuque, Ia. aged 66.
a. Prof Samuel p Langley, secretary OF
the Smithsonian institution and sci
enlist of worldwide reputation, at
Aiken, s. c.
MARCH
4 Lieut.. Gen. John NJ. Schofield, U. 8.
A., retired, at st. Augustine. Fla;
aged IS.
10. Eugene Richter. Radical leader of the
reichstag, long an opponent of Bis
marek and one of Germany'S most
noted political editors, in Berlin; aged
g.
Il. DR.. Manuel Quintana, president of
the Argentine Republic, at Buenos
Ayres; aged II.
49, Susan Brownen Anthony, pioneer wo-
man suffragist, at Rochester, N. Y:
aged Sc.
TO- Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, authoress best
known by her stories for young peo-
pie, at Milton, Mass; aged 81.
% Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus. well
known chemist. in New York city;
aged 50.
Is. Col. H x. Shackelford, author of pop
ular detective stories at cambridge,
Ca aged 65.
n. w. H. Mcdonald, well known actor,
enc of the original ''Bostonians," at
Springfield, Mass; aged Sc.
4. Gen. Blanco, last captain general of
Cuba, in Madrid; aged IA.
s. Eastman Johnson. noted genre painter,
in New York city; aged 81.
6. Alexande Lange Kielland. the fore
most Norwegian novelist called the
stDaudet of Norway" at Bergen; aged
81.
10. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, dean OF
the Lawrence Scientific school at Har-
ward, in Cambridge, Mass; aged 65.
H. Miss tombstone Bennett, the actress
at Bloomfield, N. j.; aged 36.
Is. Father Louis Martin, general Of the
Society of Jesus, or order of Jesuits,
In Rome; aged 81.
Daniel Huntington, American historical
and genre painter in New York city;
aged 80.
10. Prof. Curie, discoverer of radium, kill
ey by wagon accident in Paris; aged
A.
n. Gen. Martin T. Mcmahon, noted vet
Gran of the civil war, in New York
city; aged g.
Is. Gen. e. S. Serrell noted civil engineer
connected with the Hoosac tunnel and
other enterprises and later distinguish
ed in the siege of Charleston. in New
York city; aged so.
MAY.
9. Michael Davitt. noted Irish patriot, in
Dublin; aged co.
4. w. F. Owen, noted American actor, in
New York city; aged 81.
IA. Carl Schurz, noted German-Afnerican
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