Smyrna times., 1909-12-01
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Frank c. JolIs Prominent YouDo M.
0' M'ddlefown, Passes Away.
Other Deaths Recorded

Little creek. He was active and busv
to within a week of his death He
was lO3 years of age. John Downing
was born in Philadelphia, July d.
1oOO' He was born on independence
Day, in the same city where the Ma
tlon was born, on independence Dav
thirty years prior. Downing was
destined to be fighter, for, when he
was years old, the country was in
volved in the war of 1872. He went
10 sea when young man and obtain
ed a rare knowledge, for one of that
day, of the world in which he lived.
AT 26 he enlisted in his first real war
and his service as a soldier was then
as follows: Creek-Seminole War in
Florida, term of active service. sew
enty days, 1882. Mexican War. 1915:
term OF service, full term of enlist
ment. Crimean War, 1856. 56-57;
term of service, three years. Civil
War in the United States, full term
of enlistment. three years and nine
days. For several years past, Cap
tain Downing has had a pension of
$50 a month from the United States
government. His wife has been dead
sixteen years. They hadno surviv-
ing children. Captain Downing has
sister living in Philadelphia, twenty
years his junior and herself old and
feeble. The funeral will take place
Wednesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Frank c. JOiIs. of Middletown, Dead.
After an illness of ten days,
Frank c. Jolls, prominent young
man, of Middletown. died at the
National Hotel, Thursday morning at
5 O'Clock, aged SO years. Deceased
had been unwell for several months,
and about ten days previous to his
death he was strickn with typhoid
fever, and his relatives and friends
realized from the beginning that the
end was near. Deceased was the
youngest son of the late John w. and
Susan Jolls, and was not married,
and for the past two years had board
ed at the National Hotel where he
died. He leaves one sister, who is
Mrs. Theodore V. Leonhart, and three
brothers, Joseph c., Clerk of the
Orphans Court, of New Castle: Post
master John A. JOlls, of Middletown /;
and Charles H. Jolls, of Wyoming,
to mourn his death. The funeral SER
vices were held at the residence of
his sister, Mrs. Theodore V. Leonhart,
Middletown, Monday afternoon at
30 O'Clock, and interment was made
in Forest Cemetery.
Former Smyrnian, Near Elkton.
James H. George, a native of Smyr-
ma. who was born in 1926, died at his
home near Chesterville, Pa, on No
vember the 18th, after a lingering
illess. Deceased is survived by his
wife, who was Miss Frances Haze
and three sons and three daughters
Mr.. George was a nan of sterling
worth and integrity and Throughout
his long life he always stood firmly
for the right. Deceased was a worthy
defendant of Quaker ancestors, who
were among the earliest settlers or
the Peninsula. The George and Neal
families are frequently mentioned II
the early annals of the Friends Socie'
ty. Daniel Neall, whom Whittier
paid a tribute was a great uncle OF
James H. George. Funeral took place
on Tuesday the 18th of November
WeII-known Rehoboth Woman Dead.
Mrs. Amanda Webster, wife Of
Ayres S. Webster, formerly direc'
tor of the Wilmington Street and
Sewer Department, died at her hus'
bands home at Rehoboth on Friday
night. She had been apparently wei
during the day having entertained
Col. and Mrs. Edmund Mitchell, o1
Wilmington, who were visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Webster. 1t is presumed
that heart disease caused her sudder
death. Mrs. Webster was about 81
wears of age. She was a sister o1
John A. Solomon, police turnkey,
of Wilmington, and had lived at Re
hoboth for about five years. Mr.
Webster is one of the town commits
sioners there. Mrs. Webster's funera
took place Monday
Former Townsend Woman Dead
Mrs. Daniel Salmon. whose deatl
occurred at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, OF
last Friday, was buried at lmmanue
Cemetery, near Townsend, on Sun
day. Mrs. Salmon has suffered ere ,!'lll iron
paralysis for some time. She live'
;n Townsend a number of years, hel
husband at one time being a track
foreman there. She removed to MT
Vernon about ten years ago. one
was 6S years of age and is surVlve'