The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-01-20
RECENT DEATHS
MRS. JACOB sMELTzER.

The funeral OF Mrs. Henrietta Smelt-
| .er. widow OF Jacob Smeltzer, was held
at her residence near Blythedale on
Thursday January IL. Mrs. Smeltzer
had reached the ripe old age OF 90 years.
She is survived by four sons and three
daughters, all married, besides number
Of grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Familiarly known to host of relatives
and friends as "Auntie Smeltzer", the
passing of this gentle old lady with hair
of silver. crowned with so many honor
able years and treasured memories,
marks the passing Of type that is rap
idly becoming but memory in this com
munity. While her journey up the hill
of life in the blazing sunlight Of her
youth was replete with incidents with
whose memory she loved to enrich her
twilight hours, and though her days were
far beyond the allotted span, she did not
leave enxrely to others the activities Of
the present. The recollections Of her
former days, when ideas Of home max
ing were not SO modernized, were not Of
sufficient Importance to absorb all her
interests for she went about among
those near and dear to her, doing good
in her own unobtrusive way" Her
sphere Of existence was limited, 1t II
true, but to her retiring nature and old
fashioned ideas the freside appealed as
no outside interests ever could. She was
loved and honored by all who knew her,
and her place with some of US, can never
be filed, but the memory of her quiet
figure, dignified in its very simplicity,
and strong even in its weakness, may
exert in its own way a more lasting in
fiuence for good than do sometimes the
lives of her more Independent sisters in
their more modern and aggressive car
eers.
j. ALBERT BOYD.
]. Albert Boyd, Sheriff of Cecil county
from 1889 to 1901, died at his home in
Perryville, on Tuesday night, after an
Illness of several months, of kidney
trouble, aged 6S years. He was formerly
baggage master on the p, B. & w. r.
R. He was elected Sheriff on the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1889 and ran again In
1893. He was returned elected, but his
opponent, Clinton J. White, made a con-
test and was given the office after re-
count made by the Judges of the Circuit
Court. For several years Mr.. Boyd con-
Quoted the boarding tent at Woodlawn
Camp Meeting He was genial, jovial,
widely known and popular. His wife,
two sons, William, of PerIyville. and DR..
Walter G. Boyd, of Baltimore, daugh-
ter, Miss Alicia Boyd, and three brothers
George, of Havre de Grace, Taylor, OF
Baltimore, and Jefferson, of Perryville,
survive him. His funeral was held yes
terday with interment in West Noting
ham Cemetery.
JOHN r. EVANS.
The funeral of John r. Evans was held
from the home of H. c. Cameron, in
Port Deposit, on Monday, with interment
in West nottingham Cemetery. Mr..
Evans died on the previous Thursday, of
uraemia, aged 81 years. He was born in
Drumore township, Lancaster county, and
spent his life in the iron business, retir-
ing three years ago. BY his first wife,
Miss Mary Guilford, of Lebanon, Pa, he
had son, Walter G. Evans, now of At
lantic City. His second wife was Miss
Rebecca Z. Broughton, of this county,
who died last year. A brother, James P.
Evans and two sisters, Mrs. James H.
MeCommons and Mrs Walter Ewing who
reside in Oxford, also survive him.
MRS. JOHN HURFORD
Mrs. Margaret Hurford, wife of John
Hurford, died last Friday evening at her
home at Calvert, of paralysis, with which
she was stricken three weeks previously.