The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-09-26
DEATHS
REV. RICHARD WHITTlNGHAM.

Rev Richard Whittingham, Rector
of St. Marks Chapel. Perryviile, one
OF the bes, known Protestant Epsco-
pal clergymen in this State, died Mon
day at "Brookland' his home, in
Perryvile, in the Slih year oi his age
He was graduated from the General
Theological Seminary of New York a
year before he had reached the canoni-
cal age for ordination. and during that
year he served as lay reader at St
Marks Chapel in the Diocese Of Mary
( land. oi which his brother RI, Rev.
William Robinson Whittingham was
then Bishop
Aitcr his ordination his first charge
was ai Sag lIarbor. l.. | In 1870 he
accepted call ni the ST Andrews
/ Church. New Berlin. n y, which he
rclinquishcd a year later on account
oi his health His next RectorShip was
IN Emmanuel Church. New Castle. He
resigned this in 1867 to accept call at
81, Johr'S Church. New Haven. Conn.
lie returned To Maryland in 1870, TAX
'ng temporary CHARGE al the church At
Elk Ridge. after which he became the
first rector Of St. Mark S-or-the Hill
hN I lkfMN'lNf, Nil'lN ilN lNltldlhNh hNhi'
1880
I He was assigned To- the important
work oi diocesan Missionary in West
crn MARYLAND. The exposure incident
To- this work proved too severe for his
advancing years. and he was compel
ed to relirduish it, and from that time
Until his death he made his horne in
tn. immediate vicinity Of his earliest
lahors
In 1870 Mr. Wh'tingham married
Sara Rcbccca. youngest daughter o'
Erurv Chambcrlainc 81 Cecil county
and il was Brooklaud. the home 81 his
wiic'> family for several generations
that during recent wears, became his
residence. st. Marks Chapel. where
he BEGAN his ministry o. years ago
Immediately adioins this residence and
+ in this chapel he preached h'S last ser
mon lust one week before he died.
Furcral services were held WedneS'
day afternoon at st. Marks Chapel, ir
! charge oi Bishop Paret The clergy
taking part in the services were RcvS
+ 6 r Hodges. John Sebastian Black
DR. Diner H. Murphy aud William "
Schorlcr Intcrmcut wsS made III the
, adjoining CcmtcTN
Minutes were adopted bv the CLERGY
rrcscut. cvprcsSinp their regret at the
death ~ their cn.laborcr. which vii
be published in full in our next issue
JACOB WARNER
Jacob warner. one N the oldcS
school teachers in Cecil county. dice
Tue sday morning at his home neal
Colnra in the eighty year oi hi
age. He taugh, in the public schools
oi this county ior nearly hall cen
tury. and numbered among his pupil
Governor Austin l. Crother, In poll
tic, lie was a Republican, but did no
oppose his former pupil when he raj
ior the GovcrnorShip.
! MIR Warner was a Mason and AZ
Odd Fellow He was veteran OF til,
Civil War. serving III Shows Battery
First Maryland I.igh, Artillery. an'
was private secretary to Captain
Alnnzo Snow
He is survived by widow an,
three SiSterS-Miss Debora Warner
/ Mrs Emily Fulton and Mrs Jane
Woodrow and two brothers. Edward
oi North East. aud Henry. oi Zion
Funeral services were held Thurs
day with intcrmcn, in Bethesda Gene
terry
MRS. LINDA CROTHERS
MIR, Linda Crothcrs, wic ui Mr.
Lawson Cruthcrs. aud daughter oi
Howard and the late Martha A. Rod
gers, ui Pleasant Hill. died after lin
gcrng illness oi tuberculosis at he
home III Bryn Mawr. Pa. Monday
September 81. She is survived by he
husband and one child
H." funeral services were held iron
the residence oi her father on Friday
Tat p. N Intcrmcrt in Roscban'
Cemetery