The Republican journal., 1910-06-09
OBITUARY.

The many friends in Belfast of Major Ansel
Lothrop White were shocked and grieved last
Thursday by news of his death, received b.
daughter of the late Hon. William o. Alden
of this city, had been i'll for many weeks and
| latterly her mind had become affected and
about ten days ago she was taken to the hos
pital in Bangor for treatment, accompanied bv
her husband and her physician, DIR. E. w. Tan
ley. Mr.. White was stopping at the home of
James H. Crosby, the guest of his niece, Mrs.
Emily Alden Crosby. >During the weeks of his
wife's illness he had hardly slept and for two
days before leaving for Bangor had eaten prac-
tically nothing and was on the verge of | ros-
tration. Wednesday afternoon, June lst, he
left the house, presumably for brief outing.
and not returning at night search was made
for him. Thursday morning about SIS work.
man discovered his dead body hanging from a
beam in the basement of a storehouse of the
Chemical Fibre Co. at Great Works, Old Town.
and at once notified the mill Office and a coro
ner was summoned. DR.. G. E. Landry who
came later confirmed the opinion of the coro-
ner that death had resulted from hanging and
that it was apparently suicide. Papers found
on the body established the identity of the un-
fortunate man, whose movements in the last
hours of his life must ever remain mystery,
That overwhelmed with the grief that came
to him, and worn out physically, his mind be-
came unbalanced there can be no question. In
his normal condition he would never have end
ed thus tragically so well ordered life, in
which he had won the respect, the confidence
and the warm regard of all who knew him. He
was modest and quiet and unusually gentle in
manner and those not familiar with his life
would be surprised to learn that he had bril-
| liant war record and saw perhaps as much
active and dangerous service as any man in
the Union army He enlisted in Belfast August
25, 1862, in D Company 18th Maine regiment,
and served with the regiment in many battles,
receiving repeated promotion for bravery in
action. He was made sergeant, second lieu
tenant and first lieutenant of his company,
then captain of Company F, and served on
Gen. Gibbons staff, and was mustered out May
81, 1865, with the rank of brevet major. AL
though he was in the thickest of the fighting
in many of the fiercest engagements of the
war, he seemed to bear a charmed life. He
preserved as relic his army blouse, in which
We're 13 bullet holes, and among his effects
was carefully preserved newspaper clipping
which reads as follows:
Lieut.. Ansel White 18th Regiment. is now
at his home in this city, on a short furlough
Toward the close of the battle of July 3rd, at
Gettysburg, his horse was killed by a cannon
shot, which struck his fore shoulder, and went
completely through the animal, coming out at
the opposite flank, carrying with it portion
of the leg of the leutenant's pants. His leg
was severely bruised by his horse falling on it,
and he was otherwise injured by the fall.
After the war Major White engaged in the
ship chandlery business in New York, the firm
being Gilchrest, White & Co. He retired about
four years ago and had since made Belfast his
home, though spending part of each winter in
New York and one winter in California. He
was member of the Loyal Legion and of other
veteran organization, but unless when with his
7 comrades made no reference to the war or the
distinguished part he bore in it. Well read,
conversant with all the great topics of the
day, genial and kind, his companionship was
greatly priced by his intimates and his passing
has left them inconsolable. His home life was
ideal and he and his wife We're known to all
their friends as a most devoted and affectionate
couple and they were rarely separated forian
length of time during their married life.
Major White was born in Belfast, the son of
the late Robert and Lois Lothrop White, and
his early life was spent here. His father, who
died December 81, 1866 was one of the found
ers of The Republican Journal and prominent
shipbuider. From 1s47 to 1857 he was Register
of Deeds and County Treasurer. Besides his
wife Major White is survived by two half
sisters, Mrs. Frank Norrington and Mrs. Nellie
Mulholland of Bay City, Michigan; by two half
brothers, Frank White of Los Angeles, Cali
forna, and Henry P. White Of Pennington,
and by the following cousins: Fred G. White
of Belfast, Mrs. Anne (White) Hinchman of
Detroit, Mich, VIM. F. Bean of Kansas City,
No. Miss Anne M. Bean of Belfast, Mrs. H. L.
Woodcock of Belfast, DR.. James c. White of
Boston, Mrs. Susan Bailey of Bath, Sumner.
Ansel and Thomas W. Lothrop, Mrs. F. W. Pote
of Belfast, Miss Caroline E. White of Belfast
and Charles E. johnson of Belfast. An own
brother, Capt. Augustus White, died several
years ago at the Sailors Snug Harbor, New
York.
The remains were brought from Bangor on
the Saturday morning train and the funeral
was held at p. M, at the home of Miss Caro-
line E. White on Northport avenue, Rev.
Adolph Rossbach, pastor of the Unitarian
church, officiating. Mr.. Rossbach spoke very
feeGngly of the deceased from personal
acquaintance and gave the following apt quo
tation:
His life was gentle; and the elements
So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, "This was mani
The bearers were Messrs. George A. Quimhy,
Albert C. Burgess, W. A. Swift and H. E. Nc
Donald, and the interment was in the family
lot in Grove Cemetery. Another soldiers grave
added to the fast increasing number:
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth eer gave
Await alike the inevitable hour.
u The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Mary, wife of Francis o. Greer, died at her
home, corner of Union and Commercial streets,
June Sd, aged IA years and months. She was
native of St. John. N. B., daughter of the late
Robert and Mary Young who came to Knox
when the deceased was about years of age
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