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1877- Wellsboro Agitator - Obituaries
Part One
Male Reese
A correspondent writes us that a few days ago a little child of Mr. Josiah
Reese, Jr., of Catlin Hollow, was left alone in the house a short time by his
mother. On Mrs. Reese’s return the child was unable to unfasten the door
to let her in, and on finally effecting an entrance by another door she found
the child’s clothes burned off and the little sufferer so injured that he died
in a few days. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Burt Scudder
Mr. Burt Scudder, a young man of Fall Brook, committed suicide a few days ago by
taking laudanum. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Robert Custard, Esq.
To the Editor of the Agitator: “In the midst of life we are in death.”
It falls to the sad lot of the winter to chronicle the sudden death of Robert
Custard, Esq., of Morris township, who was crushed while engaged in digging a
well, and died December 21st, aged 41 years. He was a prominent citizen of
this part of the county and a man of sterling integrity. Mr. Custard came
to this county with his parents from the north of Scotland while yet quite
young, and was educated at the old Wellsboro Academy, and was also taught the
business of a surveyor under the care of Wm. Bache, Esq. When the
rebellion broke out he enlisted as a private in the 148th Pa. Vols., Col. Beaver
commanding. He participated in the campaign of the Wilderness and at
Spottsylvania Court House where he was severely wounded, but refused to leave
the service, and was again with the colors of his regiment in the battles in
front of Petersburg, on the Weldon railroad and at Five Forks. After the
close of the war he resumed his business, and was elected a Justice of the Peace
by his numerous friends, discharging the duties of his office with fidelity.
He was a brave soldier, a good citizen and a true Christian. His death is
a loss to this community that will not soon be repaired. He leaves a
widow, but no children. Liberty, December 25, 1876. (Tuesday,
January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Julia Wetmore
In Elk, Pa., December 20, 1876, Julia Ann, wife of Loren Wetmore, aged 57 years,
2 months and 22 days. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Isabelle Walker [SRGP 13560 – Butler]
In Covington township, December 23, 1876, Isabelle, relict of the late Lewis
Walker, in the 72nd year of her age. (Tuesday, January 2, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hopkins Crosby
In Richmond, December 23, 1876, Hopkins Crosby, aged 71 years. (Tuesday,
January 2, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield
In Middlebury, January 3, 1877, of liver complaint, Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield,
aged 76 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Knapp
At the Soldier’s Orphan School, Mansfield, January 2, 1877, John Knapp, aged
about 7 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Morton Bailey Doumaux
In Wellsboro, December 27, 1876, of membranous croup, Morton Bailey, infant son
of Louis and Ada B. Doumaux, aged 7 months and 17 days. (Tuesday, January
9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Female Doan
On the 7th instant, the youngest daughter of Mr. D. D. Doan, of West Chatham,
died of scarlet fever. She was three years of age. (Tuesday, January
9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lydia A. Streeter
In Ashville, NY, December 27, 1876, Mrs. Lydia A., wife of Jesse Streeter,
formerly of Tioga county, Pa., aged 63 years. (Tuesday, January 9, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lovina Kennedy
In Delmar, Pa., December 30, 1876, Lovina, wife of Wm. Kennedy, aged 32 years.
(Tuesday, January 9, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir Titus Salt
Sir Titus Salt, of Saltaire, Yorkshire, England, died a few days since. He
was one of the largest manufacturers of England. (Tuesday, January 16,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jean Joseph Perraud
Jean Joseph Perraud, a well known French sculptor, is dead. He was a true
artist and had received two first medals, and was a Chevaller of the Legion of
Honor. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Count Gaston de Lestrade
Count Gaston de Lestrade, a French officer of Hussars, fell dead recently while
signing his marriage settlement with Emilia de Belleroy, a young and singularly
beautiful lady of Paris. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Francois Coulomb
Francois Coulomb, an eminent citizen of Marseilles, France, committed suicide
recently because he could not give his daughter a dowry of 200,000 francs on her
marriage day, agreeably to a promise made to her. (Tuesday, January 16,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Paul Cabet
The Paris Chronicle, of a late date, records the death of Paul Cabet. One
of the last and best works of this artist was a statue called “Resistance,”
erected at Dijon, in memory of the recent heroic defense of that city.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Signor Lucardi
Signor Lucardi, the Italian sculptor, whose group, “The Deluge,” won the gold
medal at the late exhibition in Rome, died recently in that city. He was
looked upon as one of the best sculptors in Italy at this time. (Tuesday,
January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hermann Brackhaus
Hermann Brackhaus, the distinguished Orientalist, is dead. (Tuesday,
January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ex Senator James W. Nye
Ex Senator James W. Nye died at White Plains, NY, on Christmas, aged 51.
(Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Amy Fawsitt
Miss Amy Fawsitt, a well known English actress, died in New York of consumption,
recently. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. P. P. Bliss
Mr. P. P. Bliss, the distinguished songwriter who lost his life in the recent
railroad accident at Ashtabula, lived in Covington in this county during several
of his earlier years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Hattie Beaty
A very terrible accident took place at the residence of Mr. Samuel Beaty, a
farmer living on Losey creek about 1 ½ miles from Keeneyville, last week Monday.
There was a gun in the house, which had been loaded for a year or two, and from
which it proved impossible to extract the charge by the ordinary means.
During the forenoon of the 8th instant Mr. Beaty’s stepson, Edwin Mosler, a lad
about 12 years old, undertook to get the load out of the gun by a rather unusual
process. He took the barrel out of the stock, took out the tube and placed
the butt of the barrel in the kitchen fire with the weapon pointing out into the
room. The little daughter of the family, Hattie, aged about three years,
sat on the floor deeply interested in the operations and looking directly toward
the fire. Very soon there was an explosion, and the little girl fell
unconscious, the ball having struck her near the right temple and passed through
the brain to the back of the skull where it was afterwards found flattened
against the bone. The boy started at once for a physician, and Dr.
Blatchley, of Keeneyville, reached the house as soon as possible; but it was
evident from the first that no surgical skill could save the wounded child, and
she died about two hours after the accident, having been entirely unconscious
from the moment of the injury. We are informed that the mother of sat
within a few feet of her when the boy was suffered to put the gun in the stove
to burn the load out! No inquest was held in the case. (Tuesday,
January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.) Note added
2/28/2012:
While doing research on my Ancestor Charlotte Baldwin Mosher Beaty I found an obit for Hattie Beaty. Charlotte's first husband Aaron Mosher (my ancestor) was killed in the civil war in 1864 leaving behind sons Aaron Wing Mosher and James Edward Mosher. Charlotte re-married to someone with a surname of Beaty. It appears likely that James Edward Mosher born Jan 19 1864 is the Edward Mosher approx. 12 years old listed in this obit as the stepson of Samuel Beaty. I thought you might find this interesting as I found the link to this information on your website. Sincerely, Grace Mosher
Female Doan
On the 7th instant, the youngest daughter of Mr. D. D. Doan, of West Chatham,
died of scarlet fever. She was three years of age. (Tuesday, January
16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rev. Wm. H. Rumsey
To the Editor of the Agitator: It is with sorrow that I chronicle the
death of a devoted minister of the East Genesee Conference of the M. E. Church
and a former resident of this place. Rev. Wm. H. Rumsey departed this life
on the 8th instant, at Wells, Bradford county, aged about 36 years. He was
converted here under the pastorate of Rev. C. L. F. Howe some nine years ago,
and the next year he entered upon his ministerial career. He occupied the
circuits of New Albany, Farmington, Chatham, another of which I do not know the
name, and Wells, his last field. The gospel which he held forth carried
him calmly through the valley of the shadow of death. The funeral services
were held in the M. E. church in this place, Rev. H. Lamkin preaching the sermon
from 2 Timothy iv: 7, 8 to a large congregation. The burial services were
conducted according to the ritual of the Odd Fellows, of which order Mr. Rumsey
was a member. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield
In Middlebury, January 3, 1877, of liver complaint, Mrs. Cornelia Greenfield,
aged 76 years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John Knapp
At the Soldier’s Orphan School, Mansfield, January 2, 1877, John Knapp, aged
about 7 years. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Morton Bailey Doumaux
In Wellsboro, December 27, 1876, of membranous croup, Morton Bailey, infant son
of Louis and Ada B. Doumaux, aged 7 months and 17 days. (Tuesday, January
16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Linnia Doolittle
In Catlin Hollow, November 25, 1876, Linnia, daughter of Matilda Doolittle, aged
14 years and 5 months. (Tuesday, January 16, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lucille Western
Lucille Western, for many years a popular star actress, died in Brooklyn last
Thursday week, aged 33. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Minnie Blaser
One night last week, at Dayton, Ky., Mrs. Minnie Blaser arose from her bed,
after the family had retired, and, without arousing her husband, took her infant
and proceeded to the river and threw herself and babe into the stream. The
bodies were recovered. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Emma Elliott
In Mansfield, January 9, 1877, Emma Elliott, wife of D. A. Gaylord, in the 25th
year of her age. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Raymond Erwin
In Blossburg, January 16, 1877, George Raymond, son of H. P. Erwin, Esq., aged 3
years, 6(or 8) months and 13 days. (Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
[RUMSEY, Deziah] Mrs. Desire Grandy [SRGP 06505]
In Mainsburg, January 12, 1877, Desire, wife of Gilbert Grandy, aged 67 years.
(Tuesday, January 23, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Crousey
A young man named Henry Crousey was killed by a fall of coal at Mitchell’s mine
last Wednesday. He was terribly crushed, his back and both arms being
broken. We understand he was he was about 17 years of age. (Tuesday,
January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Albert G. Repass
Albert G. Repass, formerly of Lawrenceville, died recently at Burlington, Iowa,
from injuries sustained about a year ago in a railroad accident. He had
been in the service of the American Express Company as messenger for about 17
years. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles Edsall
Mr. Charles Edsall, an old settler of Jackson township, died recently at the age
of 77. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles Collins
Charles Collins, chief engineer of the Lake Shore Road, has committed suicide.
(Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Geary
On Wednesday, Mrs. Mary Geary, aged 55 years, left a neighbor’s house near
Meadville, Pa., to walk to her own residence. She took the wrong road, and
was next evening found frozen to death. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Amanda Ann Stone
In Delmar, January 24, 1877, Amanda Ann, wife of Israel Stone, aged 67 years, 8
months, and 24 days. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Sarah E. Broughton
In Shippen township, January 1, 1877, Sarah E., wife of Horace Broughton, in the
56th year of her age. (Tuesday, January 30, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catharine Inscho
In Wells, Bradford county, January 12, 1877, Catharine, wife of Isaiah Inscho,
in the 74th year of her age. (Tuesday, February 6, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Infant Day
At Lamb’s Creek, January 21, 1877, the infant child of Charles Day.
(Tuesday, February 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Almira Sly
At Painted Post, NY, January 31, 1877, Mrs. Almira Sly, in the 81st year of her
age. Mrs. Sly was the eldest child of the late John Knox, of Knoxville,
Steuben county, NY. She was born in Knoxville and resided there nearly all
her days. Early in life she married William Bonham, of Knoxville, who died
in 1858. She was the mother of 14 children, six of whom--five sons and one
daughter--are still living. A few years ago she became the wife of John
Sly, an old resident of Knoxville; but their wedded life was soon terminated by
Mr. Sly’s death. Nearly 50 years ago the subject of this sketch united
with the Presbyterian Church. At that time Corning was unthought of, and
the church people of Knoxville were but “a feeble folk.” There was not a
single male member of the society; but the young wife and mother, together with
two or three other equally devoted women, kept up the organization and
maintained the Sunday-school by their own devout and unaided efforts. From
the seed thus planted sprang the present Presbyterian Church of Corning.
Mrs. Sly was, during her whole life, a woman of much more than common
intellectual force, of unflagging energy and of great decision of
character.--She was one of those who have very positive ideas of right and of
duty, and whose individuality impresses all with whom they come in contact and
moulds the society about them. She ever felt an unflagging interest in
public affairs, and was always able to give a reason for her political as well
as her religious faith. Her intellect was bright and her memory vivid
almost up to the hour when the faithful friend, the tender mother and the
devoted Christian fell peacefully and sweetly asleep in Jesus. (Tuesday,
February 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Oliver Pease
Mr. Oliver Pease, of Deerfield, died last week. He was over 70 years of
age, and was one of the early settlers of the Cowanesque valley. (Tuesday,
February 13m 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ralph Little, Esq.
Ralph Little, Esq., the oldest law practitioner in Susquehanna county died at
his residence in Montrose, a few days ago, of pneumonia. His age was about
60 years, 40 years of which have been spent in the practice of law. He was
a man of extraordinary talent in his profession. (Tuesday, June 13, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Trach
George Trach, a farmer living near Easton, started from his home on the 31st
ultimo, in a sleigh, accompanied by his wife and two grand-children, to visit
his son-in-law, and after driving a short distance his wife noticed the lines
drop out of his hands, and looking at her husband discovered that he was dead.
Deceased was 76 years of age. (Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Rear Admiral James Alden
Rear Admiral James Alden died at San Francisco last Tuesday. (Tuesday,
June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Edward Dyas
Edward Dyas, an old English actor, died in New York a few days ago.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John O’Mahony
John O’Mahony, the noted Fenian agitator, died on Tuesday at New York.
(Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Boynton Smith
Henry Boynton Smith, professor of theology in the Union Theological Seminary,
died in New York on Wednesday, aged 62 years. (Tuesday, June 13, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Henry Shutter
In Tioga, February 1, 1877, Mrs. Henry Shutter. (Tuesday, June 13, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. Andrew K. Bosard
Last week Monday night, about midnight, Col. Andrew K. Bosard, of Osceola, went
to bed apparently in the best of health. Almost immediately after retiring
he complained that his back was cold, and in a moment he made a gasp or groan
that alarmed Mrs. Bosard. She got up at once and called her brother, who
had just gone up stairs to bed. He came down quickly and at once ran for
Dr. Heggie, who was a near neighbor. The doctor hastened to answer the
call; but before he reached his patient’s bedside Col. Bosard was dead, having
expired within 10 minutes after getting into bed feeling as well as ever.
No post-mortem examination was made, and the cause of death is not certainly
known, but it is believed to have been apoplexy. The Colonel had been a
strong, vigorous man all his life, very seldom suffering from illness of any
sort. He was in his 58th year. Col. Bosard was born at Osceola, and lived
there all his life. He was, early in life, a carpenter and joiner, and
many structures in the vicinity of Osceola remain to attest his skill as a
builder. For several years he was engaged in brick-making, and united with
that business the occupation of a farmer. For nearly 25 years he held the
office of Justice of the Peace, having nearly completed his 5th term. As a
Justice he became widely and favorably known, and enjoyed the confidence and
respect of his fellow-men to a remarkable extent-a fact that was touchingly
demonstrated at the funeral on Thursday by the attendance of a great number of
his old friends who had long been in the habit of resorting to him for counsel
in business matters. Some thirty-odd years ago he appointed a Colonel of
militia, his commission bearing the signature of Gov. Porter, and the title then
acquired was associated with his name ever after. A year ago last fall he
was elected one of the County Auditors on the Republican ticket, and he held the
office at the time of his death. In politics he was originally an old line
Whig, and he adhered to that organization until the formation of the Republican
party nearly 22 years ago. Since the Fremont campaign he had been straight
Republican except when led astray by the Greeley illusion in 1872. He had
for the past 18 years been a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church at
Osceola. He was twice married, and left nine children, one of them being
James H. Bosard, Esq., of this village. Col. Bosard was a genial man and a
valuable citizen, and his loss will be long felt in the neighborhood where he
was best known. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sir William Ferguson
Sir William Ferguson, president of the British Royal College of Surgeons and
Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen, died recently. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Lewis J. Stothoff
An accident occurred at Antrim last Thursday forenoon, resulting in the death of
Mr. Lewis J. Stothoff, a young man employed in the office of the Fall Brook Coal
Company at that place. A freight engine was engaged in switching some
platform cars loaded with lumber, and while thus employed it became necessary to
detach the hind car. The short train of four or five cars was backed quite
rapidly upon the siding, Mr. Stothoff being upon the platform of the flat car
next to the last for the purpose of drawing the coupling-pin at the proper time.
As soon as the pin was pulled out the engine-driver, following the usual
practice, reversed his engine so as to check the momentum of the train, while
the uncoupled car ran back on the siding. The reversal of the engine
checked the speed of the train with a sudden jerk, and Mr. Stothoff was thrown
from the hind end of the car, falling upon the track. But although the
motion of the backing cars was much checked the train was not entirely stopped,
but continued to run backward. The last car passed over the unfortunate
young man, crushing one hip, breaking the left leg below the knee, making an
incised wound about the small of the back near the spine, and injuring him
internally. Dr. Bacon, of this village, was telegraphed for, and proceeded
to Antrim at once on a special engine; but it was not within the power of human
skill to save the injured man. He died about two hours after the injury
was received, and was fully conscious up to the last. Mr. Stothoff was a
brother-in-law of Gen. George J. Magee, of the Fall Brook Company. He was
about 22 years of age, and was a lively and genial young man. He had been
employed at Antrim for two or three years, and was well known and much liked by
the young men of this village. He was here in the best of health and
spirit’s the night before the fatal accident, and the news of his sudden and
painful death fell upon the ears of those who knew him with a shock that
startled and saddened them all. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Sally Smith
In Charleston, January 31, 1877, of lung fever, Mrs. Sally Smith, wife of James
H. Smith, aged 75 years and 11 months. (Tuesday, June 20, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Lenie Gillett
In Cherry Flats, February 11, 1877, of inflammation of the lungs, Lenie,
youngest son of L. U. and Sarah L. Gillett, aged 1 year, 6 months and 15 days.
(Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elvira L. Warner Booth
At Chicago, Sunday, February 18, 1877, Elvira L. Warner, wife of Samuel Morris
Booth. Funeral from the residence of Judge Booth, 505 Lake street.
(Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Carrie Skelton
In Delmar township, March 8, 1877, Carrie, daughter of John Skelton, in the 3rd
year of her age. (Tuesday, June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Elsie Bacon
In Wellsboro, January 26, 1877, Elsie, wife of Oliver Bacon, Jr. (Tuesday,
June 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Arthur Cole
In New York city, February 24, 1877, Arthur, son of Charles I. and Frances B.
Cole and grandson of Rev. B. F. Taylor, of Lawrenceville, Pa., aged 4 years.
(Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Samuel Cooley
In Tioga township, February 26, 1877, Samuel Cooley, aged about 75 years.
(Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lizzie N. Snover
In Mansfield, February 24, 1877, Lizzie N., daughter of U. S. and Jane R.
Snover, aged 7 years, 8 months and 24 days. (Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Philena Dunkley
In Mansfield, February 26, 1877, Mrs. Philena Dunkley, aged about 60 years.
(Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)_
Miss Flora Kendrick
In Covington, Monday, February 26, 1877, Flora, daughter of John and Clara
Kendrick, aged 2 years, 2 months and 20 days. (Tuesday, March 6, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Autran
Joseph Autran, the poet and member of the French Academy, is dead.
(Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Ursella Terhune and Mrs. Eleanor Kent
Two ladies, Mrs. Ursella Terhune, aged 73 years, and Mrs. Eleanor Kent, aged 63
years, were burned to death at Hackensack last week Monday by the explosion of a
kerosene oil lamp. (Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Matilda Heron
Matilda Heron, the celebrated actress, died last Wednesday evening at her
residence in New York. She was conscious up to a short time before her
demise, and conversed with a few of her friends. She was about 48 years of
age. (Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
George Odger
George Odger, at one time the champion of the workingmen’s cause in England,
died recently in London. In 1868 he was announced as a Republican
candidate for the House of Commons for the borough of Southwark, but was badly
beaten. He was a thorough Radical. (Tuesday, March 13, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Myron A. Brown
Mr. Myron A. Brown, the superintendent of telegraphs on the Tioga and Elmira
State Line road, died at Tioga Junction last Tuesday. He had been in the
employment of the Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim and of the Tioga roads for a
number of years at Corning, and had won the respect and affectionate esteem of
all with whom he was thrown in contact. On this completion of the new road
Mr. Brown was sent to Tioga Junction as train dispatcher and superintendent of
telegraphs, and he filled those positions most efficiently. He was a
member of the Masonic Lodge and of the Lodge of the Knights of Honor at Corning,
and of the relief associations of both those orders. That he died
respected and lamented by his fellow workers the resolutions of the telegraph
operators, published in an obituary column, amply testify. (Tuesday, March
20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. Henry Sayles
Dr. Henry Sayles, one of the prominent physicians of that city, died in Elmira
last Tuesday. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Mary Loughridge
At Lawrenceville, March 1, 1877, Mary, wife of William Loughridge, aged 24(?)
years and 10 months. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Frank O. Stebbins
In Clymer, March 9, 1877, of measles, Frank O. Stebbins, son of Orrin Stebbins,
aged 21 years. (Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Pierrepoint Ferrin
In Lawrenceville, March 7, 1877, Pierrepoint Ferrin, aged about 54 years.
(Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Myron A. Brown
At Tioga Junction, Pa., March 13, 1877, Myron A. Brown, aged 31 years.
(Tuesday, March 20, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John West
John West, of Fort Wayne, Ind., fell across a circular saw Thursday night.
His body was cut in two. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
David A. Smolley
David A. Smolley, United States District Judge for Vermont, died on the 10th
inst., in Burlington, at the age of 68. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. J. M. Dartt
Mr. J. M. Dartt, an old resident of Dartt Settlement, died last Sunday night
from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Dartt completed his 73rd year last
January, and had during his long life enjoyed the respect and confidence of all
who knew him. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Child Burgess
In Sullivan, March 19, 1877, a child of J. H. Burgess, aged 7 months.
(Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Susie McClure
In Jackson, Pa., March 11, 1877, of brain fever, Susie, wife of Lyman McClure,
aged 33 years. (Tuesday, March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Ruth Turner
At Trenton, Mo., March 1, 1877, Ruth, wife of Mr. Joseph Turner, and daughter of
Mr. J. A. Martin, of Blossburg, aged 24 years and 6 months. (Tuesday,
March 27, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Joseph T. Pratt
Hon. Joseph T. Pratt, judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2 in Philadelphia,
died in that city last week Monday. Judge Pratt was a native of
Susquehanna county, and was only in the 30th year of his age. (Tuesday,
April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Thomas Tabor
Mr. Thomas Tabor, an old and respected citizen of Jackson, committed suicide
last week Monday by hanging. The cause was believed to be domestic
trouble. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Laura R. Hollis
In Ward, at the residence of her son, T. O. Hollis, Laura B(or R.)., relict of
the late A. Hollis, aged 74 years. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Humphrey Fletcher [SRGP 09154]
In Sullivan township, March 19, 1877, Humphrey Fletcher, aged 81 years, 3 months
and 21 days. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Sadie Densmore
At Blossburg, March 26, 1877, Sadie, daughter of Alex. Dunsmore, aged 2 years
and 7 months. (Tuesday, April 3, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. John Calkins
Mr. John Calkins, an old and respected citizen of Charleston township, died of
paralysis last Thursday. We understand Mr. Calkins came to this county
with his father when but a child, and resided in Charleston substantially all
his life. He was well known and highly esteemed by all our older citizens.
He was about 78 years of age at the time of his death. (Tuesday, April 17,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Col. Richard Gustin
Col. Richard Gustin, a resident of Jackson township in this county, met with a
fatal accident in Elmira, last Thursday afternoon about half past two o’clock.
The terrible affair occurred at the Water street crossing of the Erie railway,
and the facts are related by the Advertiser substantially as follows: Mr. Gustin
was in a platform wagon just above the Pennsylvania House, driving a team of
horses, when they became frightened at a man in the street shoveling dirt.
They sprang out of the control of Col. Gustin and ran down the street at a
furious rate. A freight train was passing down the track and the horses
ran furiously into it, upsetting the wagon and throwing Gustin therefrom under
the wheels of the cars. Before help could come to him--and it seemed as if
the street was instantly full of people--at least three cars passed over him;
crushing his left leg and the lower part of his body in a fearful manner.
He was carried to the office of Dr. M. Flood, near at hand, and an attempt made
to relieve him, but he was past human help. Some of the most important
arteries and blood-vessels must have been cut, for there was a stream of blood
along the street where he was carried that was like pouring water from a
pitcher. He lived but a few moments after arriving at the office. The team
turned and ran towards the bridge and on it, but they were secured and brought
back without having suffered any material damage. It is a great pity that
they could not have been killed rather than that a valuable human life should
have been sacrificed by them. Col. Gustin was a farmer, and lived about
two miles from Millerton. He was held in very high respect and esteem by
all his neighbors, and was a prominent citizen in this vicinity. During
the war he served, he was Colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment. He was
elected master of the Millerton Gazette at its organization, and was re-elected
last December. He was about 50 years of age and leaves a wife and three
children. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Catherine Mattison
At Stony Fork, April 9, 1877, Mrs. Catherine Mattison, relict of the late James
Mattison, aged 85 years, 7 months and 15 days. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Olive Bickford Cochrane
In Covington, April 4, 1877, Olive Bickford, relict of Abner Cochrane, in the
80th year of her age. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Herbert H. Smith
In Blossburg, April 8, 1877, Herbert H., son of P. P. and Mary E. Smith, aged 1
year, 1(or 7) months and 8 days. (Tuesday, April 17, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Charles Canney
Mr. Charles Canney, one of the proprietors of the Blossburg glass works, died a
few days ago of pneumonia. (Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Daniel Bostwick
An old gentleman named Daniel Bostwick was accidentally killed at Lawrenceville
last Tuesday morning by the Fall Brook train. While switching, the train
ran into Mr. Bostwick, hurting him so badly that he died in about half an hour.
A brakeman named Albro attempted to save him at the risk of his own life, and
caught him by the coat, but the coat tore, and the old man fell under the car.
Mr. Bostwick was about 75 years of age and was a farmer residing near the depot.
He leaves a grown-up family. (Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
William G. Brownlow(Parson Barlow)
William G. Brownlow, better known as Parson Brownlow, died last Sunday at
Knoxville, Tenn. His life was a varied and a useful one. He was
first a carpenter, then became a Methodist minister, and after 10 years of
itinerant preaching turned politician, and finally naturally drifted into
political journalism. He soon became noted for the vigor and point of his
writings, bringing to the support of his Whig principles a most trenchant and
fearless pen. Although a strong advocate of chattel slavery, when the war
of secession broke out the plucky political parson became an outspoken Union
man. In this character his labors became so damaging to the cause of the
South that in the first year of the war he was arrested on a charge of treason
against the Confederacy, and after an imprisonment for several months was sent
within the Union lines. At the close of the war he returned to Tennessee,
of which State he became Governor in 1865. He was afterward elected United
States Senator, and served one term with conspicuous ability notwithstanding the
severest physical infirmity. He was a man of decided ability and
independence of character, and he has written his name indelibly in the ? of his
generation. (Tuesday, April 24, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. Thomas Driscoll
Mr. Thomas Driscoll, of Blossburg, died very suddenly last Friday morning.
The Register says Mr. Driscoll had been unwell for quite a long time, but not so
much so as to oblige him to entirely abandon his business. The day before
his death he was complaining slightly, and Friday morning he died before a
physician could be summoned. He was about 32 years of age. The
nature of his disease is not stated. (Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Jane Andrews
In Middlebury, April 14, 1877, of rheumatism, Jane Andrews, aged 62 years.
(Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Anna Swimelar
In Clymer township, April 16, 1877, of measles, Anna Swimelar, aged 85 years.
(Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Abram Westbrook
In Middlebury, April 21, 1877, of consumption, Mrs. Abram Westbrook.
(Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Mary Shumway
Mary, daughter of William P. and Mary Shumway, departed this life April 23,
1877, aged 15 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Her illness was brief, taking
a little less than two weeks, and as it fatally affected the brain, her friends
were not permitted to communicate with her as their love and sympathy prompted.
Everything was come to relieve and restore that warm affection and medical skill
could devise, but without avail. It pleased God to remove her from us,
notwithstanding her overwhelming grief and tearful supplications.
(Tuesday, May 1, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Wm. Johnson
Wm. Johnson, a colored life convict, died Thursday night at Sing Sing, NY, over
100 years old. He had been sentenced for life twice, pardoned once and
escaped once. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. Enoch H. Rosekrans
Hon. Enoch H. Rosekrans, late Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, died at
Glens Falls, Warren county, last Tuesday, aged 70. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Hon. James Dunn
Hon. James Dunn, one of the oldest citizens of Elmira, and a prominent man in
his time, died at his residence in that city last Tuesday morning, in the 74th
year of his age. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Levi Gilbert
Levi Gilbert, aged 81, a wealthy citizen of New Haven, committed suicide by
shooting a few days ago. He invented the atmospheric system of attaching
dental plates. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Fred Sterling
A young man named Fred Sterling, aged about 19 years, residing near Meshoppen,
Pa., committed suicide on Tuesday night, the 24th ultimo, by shooting himself
through the head. He was found near the place on Wednesday morning, and
had evidently died without a struggle. The tragic deed was the result of a
petty love affair. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thomas Gee
In Farmington, April 24, 1877, Thomas Gee, aged about 70 years. (Tuesday,
May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Agnes O’Donnell
In Tioga, April 28, 1877, of diphtheria and scarlet fever, Agnes O’Donnell, aged
10(or 16) years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Pickering, Jr.
In Tioga, May 1, 1877, of scarlet fever, George, only son of Hiram Pickering,
Jr., aged 10 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mr. G. W. Morley
At Mansfield, April 29, 1877, Mr. G. W. Morley, aged about 50 years.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John L. Jones
At Mansfield, April 30, 1877, of inflammation of the lungs, John L., infant son
of Rev. George C. Jones, aged about 5 months. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. ---- McDougal
At Morris Run, May 3, 1877, Mrs. --- McDougal, aged 53 years. (Tuesday,
May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Lottie Torpy
On the morning of the 5th instant, at about 7 o’clock, a very sad accident took
place at the residence of Mr. Aaron Torpy about two miles west of this village,
resulting in the death of Mr. Torpy’s daughter Lottie, a bright little girl six
years of age. Mrs. Torpy was busy about her household duties, and went to
the door a short distance to get a pail, leaving Lottie and a younger child in
the kitchen. Before the mother could get back to the house Lottie appeared
at the door with her clothes in flames. The poor child ran out and away
from her mother, who soon caught her, however, and undertook to smother the fire
by wrapping her own skirts around the burning child. But she only
succeeded in burning herself quite severely and setting fire to her own
clothing. Fortunately Mr. Torpy was near at hand, and soon extinguished
the flames with a pail of water. Lottie was so terribly burned that she
was paralyzed and suffered no pain, and she died about 7 o’clock in the evening
before reaction had set in. It is believed that the child’s clothing
caught fire from a spark snapping out the stove door, which was held partly open
by a stick of wood too long to go entirely in. The younger child who was
with her in the kitchen says Lottie stood near the stove door dressing, when she
took fire; and this is the most probable explanation of the deplorable accident.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Margaret Harris
Mrs. Margaret Harris (aged 95 years), who died recently at Jersey Shore, was the
daughter of John English, a soldier of the Revolutionary war who fought under
Anthony Wayne. Mrs. Harris was married in 1803. She raised a family
of 11 children, seven of whom are living. This remarkable woman passed
through the trying scenes of the “Big Runaway,” when all the settlers had before
the relentless savages, who destroyed their improvements, burned their crude
cabins, and slew many who fell into their hands. One of her sisters, who
was captured at that time, was scalped. Mrs. Harris was a devout member of
the Methodist Episcopal church for nearly 70 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877,
The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ira J. Longstein
In Blossburg, May 8, 1877, Ira J., son of Christopher Longstein, aged about one
year. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
John N. Morris
In Morris township, April 15, 1877, of disease of the lungs, John N. Morris,
aged 52 years. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro,
Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Jerusha Baldwin
In Tioga, May 5, 1877, Jerusha, wife of Thomas L. Baldwin, aged 51 years.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Lucy Keeney
In Middlebury, May 3, 1877, Mrs. Lucy Keeney, in the 68th year of her age.
(Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Fanny M. Henry
In Charleston, on Wednesday, May 9, 1877, Fanny M., wife of Richard Henry, and
daughter of James M., and Ann J. Wilkinson, aged 29 years, 7 months and 7 days.
How true it is that “Death loves a shining mark.” Of late how often have
we been reminded of the uncertainty of life and the certainty of the fate which
awaits us all, and to many of us may lie but a short distance in the future.
Another household has a vacancy which can never be filled. The deceased
has left a sadly-bereaved husband, two small children and a large circle of
relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She had suffered long and hard
from that fearful disease--consumption. She endured her pains and fevers
without a murmur during all her sad hours. She was cheered by the bright
prospect beyond the river, and her friends mourn not as these without hope; they
know that she died in the fullest triumph and deepest conviction and belief in
the religion of Jesus; and her last request was that they should all so live
that when “life‘s fitful fever is over” they might all once more meet in that
other and better land where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at
rest. (Tuesday, May 8, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co,
Pa.)
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter
Commodore Edward W. Carpenter, U. S. Navy, died at Shrewsbury, NJ, Wednesday,
aged 80. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Rev. Francis Xavier Techenbens
Rev. Francis Xavier Techenbens, founder of the Redemptionist Order in this
country, died at Baltimore, May 10th, aged 76 years. (Tuesday, May 22,
1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Cornelia Chisolm
Miss Cornelia Chisolm, the brave girl who was so brutally wounded at DeKalb,
Mississippi, recently while trying to save her father’s life, died of her
injuries last Tuesday. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ida Hawley
Ida Hawley, a daughter of J. B. Hawley, of Hornellsville, committed suicide by
drowning on the 7th instant. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Thaddeus Smith
At Bradford, M’Kean county, a boy named Thaddeus Smith was killed by
unconsciously inhaling gas while lying on the cover of an oil tank, looking into
it while the well was pumping. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
George Adams
George Adams, an inmate of the Providence Poor-house, died on the 9th. The
Superintendent assures us that the deceased did not taste a morsel of food for
mere than a month prior to his death, and says he was reduced to a wretched
skeleton.--Scranton Republican. (Tuesday, May 22, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Ella Johns
In Rutland, May 8, 1877, of diphtheria, Ella, daughter of Sandford and Rosetta
Johns, aged 7 years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator,
Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Timothy Longwell
In Rutland, May 21, 1877, of consumption, Timothy Longwell, aged 54(or 64)
years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Isaac Richmond [SRGP 05571]
In Sullivan, May 14, 1877, of Dropsy, Isaac Richmond, aged 77 years.
(Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Miss Damie Watson [SRGP 08873]
In Rutland, May 12, 1877, of diphtheria, Damie, daughter of Daniel and Clarinda
Watson, aged 6(or 5) years. (Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Henrietta Bacon
In Delmar, April 27, 1877, Mrs. Henrietta Bacon, wife of Mr. David L. Bacon, and
daughter of the late Mr. Benjamin Claus, aged 32 years. Her disease was
pulmonary consumption superinduced by severe and unanticipated hemorrhage of the
lungs, which threatened to terminate fatally at the time. She survived,
however, for a season and the hemorrhage was repeated two or three times,
reducing her vitality and strength at every repetition. This occurred in
Nebraska, whither she removed with her family about 12 years ago; and, until
this first hemorrhage, she appeared to be in excellent health. Being
impressed that the disease would terminate fatally, she returned with her
husband to his vicinity, that she might spend her last days among the scenes and
friends of her youth. She had not made a public profession of religion,
but her mind was religiously inclined. About four weeks before her death
she was baptized, and received in probation in the M. E. Church. From that
time her religious experience was much more satisfactory than ever before and
she experienced the supporting consolations of grace until the last. Her
funeral was very numerously attended, and was unusually impressive.
(Tuesday, June 5, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Joseph Mayer
Joseph Mayer, aged 52, fell downstairs Thursday in Buffalo, and was killed.
(Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Dr. Henry Parker Blackwell
Dr. Henry Parker Blackwell died in Troy a few days since. The Troy Times
says he was the youngest of 21 children, that he was 107 years old, that his
father and mother both died at the age of 117 years, that his grandfather lived
to celebrate his 117th(?) birthday, and that one of his brothers, now living
across the seas, is 115 years old. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Henry Weeks
Henry Weeks, the English sculptor, is dead. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Winnetta Montague
Winnetta Montague, a noted actress, died in Brooklyn recently. (Tuesday,
June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Charles F. Powell
Charles F. Powell, United States Consul at Iquique, Peru, died on the 6th
ultimo. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Fletcher Harper
Fletcher Harper, the last of the original Harper Brothers, the noted New York
publishers, died a week ago Tuesday. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The
Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Mrs. Joseph Rice
Mrs. Joseph Rice, of Blood’s Station, NY, died last Wednesday from a dose of
bedbug poison taken by mistake. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro
Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
Ernest D. Watson
In Rutland, May 27, 1877, of diphtheria, Ernest D. Watson, aged 10 years.
(Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
John H. Corwin
At Millerton, June 2, 1877, John H., son of A. J. and Louisa Corwin, aged 9
months. (Tuesday, June 12, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga
Co, Pa.)
Almond Tuttle
Almond Tuttle, a son of Hiram B. Tuttle, living about two miles south of
Mansfield, committed suicide last week by shooting himself through the heart
with a shotgun. He had been afflicted several years with fever sores from
which he suffered severely. One afternoon last week he told his mother
that he had never suffered so much in all his life, and he would stand it no
longer. She asked him how he could help it, and he replied that he would
kill himself. Afterwards he went up stairs, and soon a report of a gun was
heard, and he was found lying on his bed. It is supposed he sat on the bed
with the breech of the gun on the floor and the muzzle at his heart, and fired
the weapon with the ramrod. He was about 16 years old. (Tuesday,
June 19, 1877, The Wellsboro Agitator, Wellsboro, Tioga Co, Pa.)
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