The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-04-03
DEATHS
JAMES R. ABRAMS.

JAMES r. ABRAMS.
James r. Adams. son OF the late
Rawlings Adams, OF Calvert. met a
tragic fate at West Palm Beach. Fla,
last Friday night, when an automo-
bile, owned by George c. Barco was
overturned. near Boynton, the steer
ing gear failing to work The gaso-
line tank exploded and the burning
fluid was splashed over Messrs. Barco.
Abrams and Richard Gardner, who
were pinned under the machine. Mr..
Gardner got loose and extracted Mr..
Barco. but Mr.. Abrams was pinned
fast and was burned 10 death. He
leaves a wife and child He was for
merly a blacksmith at Calvert, but
several years ago located in Florida
He was 4 deputy sheriff OF Dadc
county.
MRS. f. C. A. BENNETT.
Mrs. Elizabeth Creswell Abrahams
Bennett. widow OF Thomas Bennett.
whom she married in 1889. residing for
several years in Port Deposit, where
her husband conducted drug store.
died in Baltimore. at the home of her
niece. Mrs Thomas p. Stran. 1919 Eu-
taw Place, on Monday, aged 80 years
She was a daughter OF Woodward and
Hannah Wiley Abrahams. OF Balti-
more. Her only child. a daughter,
died in 1906 and the mother died on
the fourteenth anniversary OF her fun
| eral
GEORGE W. CLIFFORD.
George w. Clifford. a native Of Bucks
county. Pa. but n resident Of Cecil for
| 81 years. died at his home in North East
on Thursday of heart failure accom-
| panying uraemia His wife. two sons
A. L., of Greenhurst, ard Edmund. #
Baltimore county. and four daughters,
| Miss Mary. of North East. Mrs. L. r.
| Kirk, of Theodore. Mrs +. A. Clark,
of Rutledge Pa and Miss Georgia p.
| Clifford, a county school teacher. sur-
vive him. His funeral will he held on
Monday at II a. m with interment in
Hopewel Cemetery.
HAROLD V. LYNCH.
Harold ", bright and promising
son OF County Treasurer Charles X.
Lynch. died last Friday night OF bron-
chial pneumonia, following an attack
Of measles at the home of his parents,
near Fair Hill. aged I4 years. His
early death is widely regretted and was
n shock to his relatives and friends.
His parents. two sisters and brother
mourn his loss His funeral was held
on Sunday. with interment in Head OF
ChriStiana Cemetery.
MRS. MARY ANN ENGLAND.
Mrs. Mary Ann England. widow OF
the late Joseph England. died at her
home near Zion. on Wednesday, Mar
81. from the effects OF n stroke OF par
alySiS, in the Ssth year Of her age. Mrs
England. is survived by three children,
Mrs. Clifford Cook, Mr. Isaac Eng
land and Mr. Leroy England The fun
crG will he held today. Saturday
April 3. at 80 o'clock p. m, from her
late residence lntermcnt at RoscbanE
Cemetery.
MISS SARAH f. WtNGATE.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Wingatc
daughter oi the late c. l.. Wingate
formerly oi North East. died OF acute
kidney trouble. at the University Hos.
pital. Philadelphia. on Sunday Her
mother. two brothers. Joseph. OF Ok
ford and Samuel d.. oi Seattle. Wash
ington. and four sisters survive her
Her funeral was held ON Thursday al
her home in Oxford, with intermcn
in Oxford Cemetery,
MRS. II. l.. ARTHUR.
The funeral OF Mrs. Eta V. Arthur
vile OF Harry l.. Arthur, postmaster
at Aberdeen. was held on Sunday with
intcrment in Bakers Cemetery Mrs
Arthur died OF pneumonia, following
an attack oi grip, on March IS, agec
Is years. Her husband, member o
the firm oi Baker & Arthur, who op.
crate the Elkton Canncry and five
children survive her.
GEORGE +. HILL.
George T. Hill, a Union Civil War
veteran. who caught pneumonia whilC
attending his comradc, the late Lew.
Franks died on Saturday morning. a
his home in lower Elk Neck, aged 7.
years His wife survives him. His
funeral was held on Tuesday, with in.
tcrmcnt in the NJ +. Cemetery, North
East
MRS. MARGARET WHITAKER.
Mrs Margaret Whitaker. daugh
ter Of the late Benjamin B. Chambers
oi the Second district. died on March
10, at her home in Trenton, N. J. She
was the widow OF Alfred Whitaker
but leaves no children Her hali-bro,
thcr, b. +, cDixieO Chambers, sur.
wives her.