The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-03-02
RECENT D[AIIlS
LEWIS H. KIRK


Lewis H. Kirk. son OF the late EIlin
?. Kirk, Of Blue Ball, and brother 81
Josiah ?. and Jacob Kirk, OF this county
died at his home In Notiingham, Pa. o.
Saturday, Of softening Of the brain, aeod
"a years. His trouble dated from the
burning OF his warehouse about two years
ago. For q number Of years he Was en-
gagged in farming and milling, but about
sixteen years ago started general wart-
house business in NOTTINGHAM. Pa. NTH
James McCrery. later with Howard
ferkes and lastly with the late John n.
Armstrong, Of North East, who was bur-
led on the day Of Mr.. Kirk's death. NJ.
Kirk was widely kno wn and highly ea~
teemsd. His wife, who WAS Miss Jane
Anna Reynolds Of Oxford, survives him.
Hts funeral was held on Wednesday WITH
intcrment IN the Friends Burial Ground
at Calvert.
ROBERT H. BROWN.
Robert H. Brown. q well known resi-
dent Of &ylmar. died at his home there
ON Monday, of paralysis. with which he
had been stricken week previous, aged
20 years. He was a son OF the late Jacob
Brown, and for most OF his life had been
engaged In farming and fence-building.
His wife, who In seriously i'll. survives
him with two daughters Mrs William
Morrison. OF Sylmar, and Mrs. John Hum
ter, OF Rising Sun. His funeral was held
on Wednesday with interment In the
Friends Burial Ground, near Rising Sun.
MISS MARTHA J. MOORE.
Miss Martha Jane Moore, highly es-
teemed lifelong resident Of the Richards
mere section. died at her home there on
Monday, aged n years. She was daugh-
ter OF the late Amos Moore and since his
death in 1SS9 1ivad o1o NJ "a 10
home. Two brothers, Richard B., OF Chi
cago, and Cyrus Moore, OF Newark, Del,
survive her. Her funeral was held on
Thursday with interment in the Friends
Burial Ground, at West nottingham.
HARVEY GARvIN.
Harvey Garvin, a son OF Theodore Gar
vim, died at his home in Rising Sun, on
Monday, of consumption, aged "A years.
He was millwright and member OF the
Rising Sun Cornet Band. His wife, who
was Miss Mary Ewing, of Woodlawn, and
four children, his father and two sisters,
Mrs. Samuel r. Haines, OF Rising Sun,
| and Mrs. Robert Shoemaker, Of Parkes-
burg, Pa, survive him. His funeral was
held on Thursday, with interment In
Brookview Cemetery, Rising Sun.
MISS ALICE R. BIDDLE.
Miss Alice r. Biddle, daughter of the
late Joshua f. and Ann Bouche!le Bid
die. of the Second district, died on Sum
day at the home of her sister, Mrs Ben
jamin p. Hanson, 2203 North Calvert
street, Baltimore. Funeral services were
held at Mrs Hansons residence on Tues
day morning, and Miss Biddle's remains
reached here on the 91S train. Interment
vas made in st. Augustine Cemetery.
MRS. MARY TITUS.
Mrs Mary Titus, widow of Howard
Titus, ST., of Elkton, died on Thursday
at an advanced age, at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Edward Smith, in Wasn-
ington, ID. G. Her funeral will be held
this morning with final services in the
Chapel of Elkton Presbyterian Church,
at l1.45 o'clock, and interment In the
family lot in the adjoining cemetery.
MRS. EMILY j. TERRY.
Mrs. Emily ]. Terry died at her home
at Rising Sun on last Friday, aged 81
yeals. she was daughter Of Upton and
Margaret Terry and the sole survivor of
their ten children. Her funeral was held
on Monday