Smyrna times., 1922-01-04
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK

James A. Langrell, Well Known Mill
er, Drowned in Lake COmO-Death
of William Keiser, Army Veteran
James A. Langrell, aged 49, was
found dead from drowning at Lake
Como, across the field from his Fraz-
ier street home, Saturday morning
His body was recovered under the ice.
1t is believed he had become despon-
dent over his impaired physical con-
dition and his unsteady employment
and brooding over it he temporarily
lost his mind The sad intelligence
of his death was a shock to his fam
lily and friends. Mr.. Langrell came +
to Smyrna from the HarringtOnMil-
ford vicinity where he was born and +
raised and became the miller for j. !
Frank Webb. Later he was employed |
at Duck Greek mill but of Late had not |
been steadily employed. He was a
devoted father and husband and his
untimely death is deeply regretted.
He is survived by his wife who was
Miss Wilhemina Martin, of Milford,
and three children: Mrs. Henry Ton
kin, of Marshall, Texas; Miss Pearl
Langrell, home and James C. Lang
rell, of Elsmere, near Wilmington. lie
is also survived by four brothers
Thomas, of FELTON,; Calvin, of Freder-
ica; William, of Wilmington; Wesley,
of Smyrna; and two sisters, Mrs. Allie
Lammore, of Dover; and Mrs. James
| A 4. L,rv,O,.e1
took place from his late residence on
Frazier street yesterday in charge of
Rev. Ransom P. Nichols with inter
ment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.
William Keiser, Army Veteran, Dead
William Keiser, aged n, formerly
of Thoroughfare Neck, who recently
moved from Philadelphia to Smyrna
in the old Charles p. Thornley, resi-
dence, near the railroad station, died
Friday morning at the home OF his
daughter Mrs. Elmer David, at Tay-
! lor's Bridge, after lingering illness
of tuberculosis. He had been in
| Smyrna but a short time when his
wife was taken i'll and they went to
| Taylor's Bridge. She recovered but
he grew wUrse and fingered until the
end came peacefully on Friday. The
death of Mr.. Keiser' was received with
| sorrow especially by his old friends of
| ThOroughfare Neck where he lived so
many years and became so useful to
the Friendship Church neighborhood.
Mr.. Keiser had an interesting war 1ec-
ord. When the Civil War broke out
he espoused the cause of the union and
enlisted in the First Delaware Volm-
teers. He fought in most of the big
battle including Gettysburg, was
wounded and in a hospital but surviv-
ed the ordeal and lived to ripe years.
He was a devoted and consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and was a useful member of
Friendship Church. Besides his wild
ow, who was his second wife, he is
survived by six children as follows:
J., Wilson Keiser and Mrs. William john
son of Philadelphia; Harry Keiser and
Mrs. Elmer David of Taylor's Bridge.
Capt. B. A. Keiser, of Smyrna Land
ing and Mrs. Frank Kollin, of Cam
| uen, IN. y. unerdl JOOh place mOH-
!, day from Friendship M. E. Church in
:. Thoroughfare Neck and interment was
in Friendship Cemetery.
f Mrs. John E. Tygert Passes Away
> Mrs. Mary Doughten Tygert, wife
of John E. Tygert, formerly of Smyr-
ma, passed away at Fort Myers, Fla,
on December 31st, after an illness of
about two weeks. The sad intelligence
of her death is received by her old
friends here with sorrow. She was
born June Both, 1850, at Odessa,
. daughter of Elizabeth and James
5 Doughten and spent her early life in
: Delaware and on the Eastern Shore.
a She was married in 1876 to John E.
Y Tygert residing in Smyrna, where her
}. two children were born, until 1885
when the family removed to Philadel-
}. phia. For the last few years Mr.. and
g Mrs. Tygert have been spending then
/, summers with their daughter, Mrs
! James w. Wagenhorst, residing in
n Jackson, Mich, and spending their
e winters at their home at Buena Vista
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