Smyrna times., 1927-03-23
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Jefferson B. Foard, Prominent Citizen
of Middletown and Former Clerk of
the Peace of New Castle County

| the IedCe Vi view SdStIe SOunIy
! Jefferson B. Foard, aged 81, prom
inent citizen and grain merchant of
Middletown and at one time Clerk of
the Peace for New Castle County,
died Sunday of Bright's Disease, fol-
| lowing treatment at the Homeopathic
Hospital in Wilmington. Mr.. Foard
! had been i'll for several weeks, but
! had only been at the hospital for the
past few weeks. For many years he
was in the grain business at Middle
town, but retired about 20 years ago.
Since then he has devoted much of his
time to farming. He owned three
| farms near Middletown. About 20
years ago Mr.. Foard held the office of
Clerk of the Peace of New Castle
county. He was elected on the Dem
ocratic ticket being active in that
party all his life, but that was the
only public Office he ever held. His
wife died four or five years ago He
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Frank R.
Poole, of Middletown, and Mrs Stir
ling Evans, of Elkton, Nd. Mr..
Foard was born in Bohemia Manor,
Nd, but has spent most of his life in
Delaware. He was prominent in the
affairs of Middletown all his life.
His funeral took place at Middletown.
John S. Hamilton, Wilmington Writer
John s. Hamilton, 68 years old,
newspaper writer and one of the best
known men in Wilmington and Della
ware, died Thursday afternoon in q
private hospital, of acute indigestion.
He had been feeling badly for some
time but had been about as usual
Thursday afternoon he started to take
a walk, as usual, but feeling i'll, called
his physician and was removed to the
hospital, where he died half an hour
after being admitted. Mr.. Hamilton
was born in Benwood, w. Va, but re
moved to Wilmington with his par
ents when little more than an infant
and was reared in Wilmington. His
father, John Hamilton, kept a grocery
store. Raised in a section of Will
mington which at that time was a
busy place, John S. Hamilton gather
ed together much Of the information
Of which he afterward wrote 50 enter
tainingly. When a young man he en-
4 gagged in the -four and feed business
but abandoned that business to 60
into newspaper work. He went to
Philadelphia where at different times
he was employed On the Philadelphia
Record, the Times, then in existence,
the Public Ledger and the Press. He
was for a number of years on the
Wilmington Morning News, but in
recent years had been in the reales-
tate game in Florida. He was a
prominent mason. Funeral and inter
ment took place Saturday.
William III. Dempsey, Smyrna Farmer
4 William H. Dempsey, aged SO, a
we'll known farmer Of near Smyrna,
died suddenly at his residence Mon
I day noon from a stroke He had been
in impaired health for two years. His
sudden death was a shock to his fam
! lily and friends. a man of quiet hab-
I its, who attended strictly to business,
and a farmer all his life, he was es-
teemed BY all who knew him. Be
\ sides his widow, who was Miss Mollie
James Of Dover, he is survived by ten
! children as follows: Mrs. Harry W.
Sherwood, Mrs. Walter Masten, resid-
/ ing in this town; Mrs. William Smith
I and Mrs. Lewis Jones, residing near
/ Smyrna; Mrs. Herbert Wright, Lin
wood, Pa; James Dempsey of near
/ Cheswold and Miss Rebecca Dempsey,
William, Clarence and Leon Demp-
I sey, who resided at home. Funeral
will take place tomorrow, Thursday,
; from his late residence near Smyrna,
/ and interment will be made in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
/ Miss Anna Freeman, MiddletOwn
Miss Anna Freeman, aged. 80, of
Middletown, died Monday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bloome where
she made her home. Miss Freeman
was critically i'll few weeks ago,
and her death was then expected, but
she had improved and was able to be
| out of doors, when she was taken
worse on Sunday morning and died
| from complication of diseases. Miss
! Freeman was the sister of the late
( Caleb J. Freeman, who was owner
and publisher of the Middletown New
Era until his death several years ago.
Miss Freeman, until the death of her
brother, resided with him. Funeral
services will be held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bloome, tomorrow,
Thursday afternoon at 2 and inter
ment will be made in Forest ceme
terry.
John w. Clark Dies at Camden
John w. Clark of Camden, one of
the best known men in Kent County,
] died at his home in Camden late Tues