The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-03-16
RECENT DEATHS
]. HARRY MARsHBANk. JR.S

81 J. HARRY MARSHBANK, JR.
! The relatives and friends Of :. Harry
Marshbank. JT. second son OF J. Harry
Marshbank, sr.. OF Elkton. were shocked
on Saturday morning on learning of his
sudden death on the previous evening. =
Washington Borough, Lancaster county.
Pa. He left EIkton last Wednesday ~
Philadelphia, and ON Friday went to Ian
caster and thence to Washington Bor-
ough, where he was we'll known q Z
former telegraph operator at CreswelI,
on the Columbia Port Deposit r. R. He
had purposed returning by way OF Perry
vile. but a derailed car, near Haines'
Station had blocked the road He stop-
ped for the night at the Eusquehanna
Hotel In the Borough. fhe landlord, who
knew him as former guest, had been
wont to bid him good night, when retir.
ing himself and entering his room found
him. lying dead upon the bed. It was
learned later that he had taken cyanide
OF potassium in glass OF wlter which
had caused almost instant death. He
had suffered from nervous trouble and
insomnia for some time previous and had
grown Respondent He was nearly twenty.
hye years Of age, and was q telegraph
operator by occupation, serving for some
time at Creswell, but last summer he
| travelled in the South for a Western
medicine firm. For some months pant
he had been employed by County Roads
Engineer w. D. Hines on surveys aKf
other work. He was well liked by his
comrades at home and by residents in
| general. His parents, two brothers,
Robert and Hyland, and two sisters, the
Misses Flora and Margery Marshbank,
| survive him. His remains were gwen IN
charge of his father on Saturday, and
| were brought to his home, on Bow street,
on the 6.45 p. m. train North. His fun
eral was held on Tuesday, with services
conducted by Rev. William Schouler and
hterment in Elkton Cemetery. Ralph
Garrett, William Fenton, Daniel Henry,
Roy Egnor, Writ Lynch and Henry W.
| Terrell were the pall-bearers.
| wAITMAN sMIrHERs.
! Waitmaf Smithers, long a we'll known
| resident of Chesapeake City, diea at his
| home there on Sunday, of pneumonia, af.
ter weeks Illness, aged 81 years Mr..
Smithers was son Of the late Capt. John
Smithers, of Frederick, Dell He located
| IN Chesapeake City in 1867, and in the
| following year entered the service of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Co., az
Assistant Collector of Tolls; later was
made collector and upon the death OF the
| late Thomas ]. Cleaver In 1910, succeed
| ed him as superintendent. Mr.. Smrners
was highly esteemed for his fine personal
traits and moral worth. He was inter-
ested in the Back Creek Towing Com
pany, was a director Of the National
Ban kof Chesapeake City, and took an ac-
tive part In organizing the towns fire
company. He was a staunch and active
Democrat, but never sought Office. He
was prominent member of the Masonic
| Order and one Of the leading members of
| the Methodist Episcopal Church. He
| married daughter Of the late Capt.
! Powell Smack, who survives him with
one son, DR.. Delmar Smithers, a WE'LL
known dentist Of Chesapeake City. The
funeral was held on Wednesday, services
| being conducted by Rev. Edwin Gardnek,,
Pastor of the Chesapeake City M. e.
Church, and Rev. William Clews, Pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church. Inter-
ment was made in Bethel Cemetery,
where the services were continued by the
| Cecil Lodge A. F. & A. NJ, assisted by
|
lodges. The honorary pail bearers were:
I. N. Lorraine, Charles Schaefer, ]. R.
Jefferson, Charles Fox, Summit Bridge
H. c. Price, Delaware City, George H.
Foard, Delaware City, Bennett Steele, T.
A. Rees, G.. N. Bennett, R. s. Wallis,
Walter Hall, Secretary, Philadelphia,
and James S. Hopper. The active bear
Vinsinger, representing Elkton Masonic
Lodge, William Wingate, representing
Delaware City Masonic Lodge, DIR. T. j.
Conrey, Dr. Laws and j. Polk Steele,
representing the Chesapeake City Ma
sonic Lodge. The floral tributes were
choice and tasteful. The tugs "Startle"
and 'Wistar" were used by the members
| OF the lodges the members of the Fire
Company and others in going to the ceme-
! terry.
! JACOB DEAN
| The funeral Of Jacob Dean whose death
was announced last week, was held on
Monday from his home on Usage street
and was largely attended. Rev. E. P.
Roberts, pastor of Elkton NJ. E. Church,
| conducted the services, assisted by Rev.
Asbury Burke, of Bethel and Summit
charges, and Rev. DR.. John MoElmOyle,
pastor of Elkton Presbyterian Church.
/, Messrs. Philip NJ. Groves, Herman JEFF
| fers, ]. w. Arrison, Edward Deibert,
,, Benjamin Davis and James P. Alexander
were the pail bearers. Interment was
made in Elkton Cemetery.
MRS. MARY M. KIRK.
Mrs. Mary NJ. Kirk, widow of Rufus
Kirk, died on Monday at the home of her
son, Edwin NJ. Kirk, at Sylmar, aged 81
years. She was daughter of Jonathan
Long, of Lancaster county. Two sons,
Edwin NJ. and Isaac, of Sylmar, and a
daughter who resides in Philadelphia,
survive her. Her funeral was held on
Thursday, with interment in Rosebank
Cemetery, Calvert.
BLAIR HOPKINS.
The funeral of Blair Hopkins, former
leader of the Principle Furnace Cornet
Band, was held there on Saturday from
the home of his brother, Stewart Hop
kins, with interment i'm the cemetery ad-