The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-11-26
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..5.n. Ncrth Weber street, Colo
.--. .. ado He was taken i'll IN
>..-..s- ,rh. with what physicians
u...... ieumatism of the chest and
,....1.n- M Colorado Springs He
.--,. lis red and on the day of
/ l-- ra. enos better than usual, but
A ...s- ,..r.y meal complained to his
i g.. .a.s.- asin in his side and died al
4 -.--s sip sitting in his chair. He
..r- Be.6=t Jane 10, ls43, the son of
E.. SARAH Wuslow Pitcher, and was
E.. .h. altHc schools. As young
1 ..u,. az t4rtner with his father under
4 s-- .a,,..- William Pitcher 4 Son, deal
.s. zrI has,. Their buildings on Front
..... 1.- ta.. # what was then known as
.,..r. ge.. were burned in the great fire
kama. rebuilt in the following year.
Ia,+ss5.-.- If his father Mr.. Pitcher con-
E,.3 it4 a,-Gfss alone for some time, and
h. w,srrs try his fortune in the great
&, .-,a Pm. .fs.uess in the spring of 1885 to
,,sr.... .7a carried it on for time under
--~ .rs us +. G. White & Co., later
s,rgr. Belfast Fuel & Hay Co. In
h. NJ VI pltaher married Miss Louise
nsov .f l.gcAiand who died in this city
.,r,, In an daughter. Miss Louise, whose
,r,. mas s,ra. cen with Mr.. Pitchers sister,
h. Fletcher in Camden. In 1875 Mr..
rb5sr marie. Miss Harriet Marshall Carman
tYss g.-a ten years later, Mr.. Pitcher
,e5hayml spased Of his business here, they
grsl a-.jo and soon afterwards to
sfg a7sa Wr Pitcher was engaged for sew
"a years u ,b- inning business, representing
ea.sae r=4. among them the Hagermans of
,arsi3 srug- He afterwards returned to
,9.lIJ sai 'r several years was manager of
Z ba5st Placer company at Telluride,
here r l'Uet mining interests until quite
se7ty N- rfabar was also well known in
ls.s-rne. where he lived for some time
j. va. PROM 1ant among the mining men in
Be I'll a that camp. In 1895 Mr.. and
lH moved to Cripple Creek, where
i3 as their home, which they lost one
tsra,, Hrs, FIRE that almost destroyed
b r e tAl- time they have lived in
5a.s1 5g- - ui; Mr. Pitcher continued
IL a.s ..-tons IN Cripple Creek. For
'ts SD, 'H--sger Of the Kalamazoo, the
La Ut a t.. londonderry for eastern
aFa 7f them Gustave Schwab of
NF .-s E-ides being we'll known in
'ei3- -. aryies he was prominent
iang ne-s men of Colorado Springs
h' --r1 3a-e resident of Belfast Mr.,
-''- aa member of Timothy Chase
1!F' "a and later Of Palestine Com
l''ae t.4tls iempar, and i'll Colorado
S1+g. he u- Masonic Lodge, and also
a'H 9N Of the local lodge of Elks.
Sae la2 -e Mr. Pitcher visited this his
Aa'e he has always been held in
lsl -s.feN RI" was always upright in his
+'a-'t' 2t-a ard courteous in uanner-a
s'N au7-f -|4 Belfast was sorry to lose, and
1'S '-a,a -,ocerely mourned by many.
" 9 s.-'"el lv bis wife, his daughter Louise,
"ys'Is'@ Nr- Augusta Nickerson of Need
A1 A4ss Mr. E. c. Fletcher of Camden,
:, ,4 Die or''aer Frank c. Pitcher of Medford,
@S' DIS sisters were 100 i'll to come to the
,-l'''' ! 8"s lorr eirce of New York, Mrs,
14e' Ss''- secompanied her to Belfast,
~ > N's' f' her and Mr.. E. c. Fletcher of
!, I'-F ''o Mr. and Mrs F. c. Pitcher of
" a, Nas' came to attend the funeral,
S,A L, '1.t place in the Unitarian church last
i,1 d. Z pm the pastor, Rev. Adolph Ross
~. ''ea'0g There was very large at
,,, ,'u'e including the leading business and
kssts.oaal = men Of the city and members of
aro,a no. S eammandery. Four ex-Mayors were
ei ag ,s8, ta0Se assembled to pay the last mark
Sss7 FG'' u 70 me departed Messrs. William B.
Sss, L. M n Mcdonald, C. 0. Poor and L. T.
+ ~. ne bearers were A. A. Howes, DR.. D.
QamSrr,- Sr,--efS' n d. G. P. Lombard, George A.
COL Y n lNapn H Howes and Frank R. Wood
Cove 'Ie Iaterment was in the family lot in
sher ,1e''Aa Nardwell died November 18th
Ned n 9O''e III Penobscot after short illness,
ssyss years Z months and II days. She
iso 5s,a tns Brother Hosea B. Wardwell, and
4aaette b., Bliss Sylvia Wardwell and Mrs.
With bs;, ,'ip' the sisters all making their home
lefa ,s. ,s.. orother at the old home The fu-
Re-. ices T were.held November 14th, the
''s'' was ia the family lot.
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