Smyrna times., 1907-08-07
DEATH RECORD OF THE PAST WEEK
DR.. James NJ. H. Bateman Prominent and
successful Physician Of EastOn Nd,
Passes Away-Death of Miss Streets.

W. H. odteman a Prominent and
successful Physician of EastOn Md.
Passes Away-Death of Miss Streets.
Dr. James Marcellus Hopkins Bate
man, a prominent and successful
physician of Easton, Md, died FRIDAY
afternoon after an illness of several
months of Bright's disease. He had
been IN feeble health for some time.
and on July 10, one week after the
death OF his brother, ex-Secretarv of
State Wilfred Bateman. at the
Emergency Hospital the doctor was
taken there for treatment He re-
malned until Monday evening when he
was taken to his home on Dover
street, where he died Friday. DIR.
Bateman was born in Easton. Novem-
Der 8, 1914, and attended school in
Easton and Washington, D. c. In
March, 1867, he graduated from the
medical department of the University
OF Maryland and went to Easton.
where he began practice. About three
years ago he retired from active
practice and purchased the beautiful
farm known as Waverly, on the Tred
Avon river, about two miles from
Easton, where he and his family
spent the summer, returning to
Easton in the fall and occupying their
town residence during the winter. On
November z, 1871, DR.. Bateman
married Miss Elizabeth 4. Colds.
borough, daughter of the late James
N. Goldsborough, of Easton. OF
eight children only three are now
living. They are James G. and Henry
E. Bateman, of New York city. and
Miss Elizabeth T. Bateman, who
lives at home. The Doctors father.
Henry E. Bateman, decended from
William Bateman, of Anne Arundel
county, Maryland. He came to
Easton and was editor of the Easton
Star. Later, he was Clerk of the
Court of Appeals for the Eastern
Shore, and was chief of the Depart
ment of Commerce-and Navigation in
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton. In 1868 he was a member of the
constitutional convention.
Death of Miss Amelia Streets of MiddIetown
After an illness of several weeks.
Miss Amelia Streets died at the home
of Mr.. Leslie Schreitz in Middletown.
Tuesday afternoon, July Both, aged SO
years. Miss Amelia was one of the best
known ladies there, having spent her
entire life in Middletown, and her
friends were many. For a number of
years she carried on a dressmaking
establishment on Main street opposite
the MiddletOwn Hotel, and more than
forty young ladies learned dressmak-
ing under her instructions, all of whom
married and relinquished the trade
except two. About twelve years ago she
gave up the establishment. Miss
Amelia was identified with st. Anne's
2. E. Church, Middletown, all her life
She was buried Thursday afternoon in
the same grave with her twin sister.
under the old oak in St
Anne's Cemetery, the services being
held at the residence of L. F. Schreitz
and conducted by Rev. A. E. Clay.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Brown at Wyoming.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, widow of the
late Jacob G. Brown, the pioneer apple
grower of Delaware, died at her home
In Wyoming, Tuesday evening, last.
and was buried in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Camden, on Friday afternoon.
Rev Robert Lee Bair, of York. Pa.
conducted the funeral services. The
deceased was we'll and favorably known |
IN the community in which she lived.
She was the last surviving member of
her own and her husbands immediate |
families, Eight children, 10 grand !
and 4 great-grandchiIdren are
eft to mourn her departure. Her life
was an exemplary one and worthy of
emulation.