Newspaper Death Notices
Sudden
Death:
Tuesday evening Mr. Joseph Currier died suddenly
at his residence in Portland from heart disease, of which he had had
occasional attacks for years.
Mr. Currier was as well as usual early in the evening, and sat
talkatively with his family.
He rose to place something on the bureau when he fell back and died
almost instantly. Mr. Currier
was nearly 84 years old, and for many years has been a well known bell
hanger in Portland. He was a
member of the Aged Brotherhood and of the Charitable Mechanic Association
having joined the later society in 1853.
[source: Bangor Daily Whig and
Courier, Jan.7, 1881 edition]
In Gray, 9th inst., Henry Osgood, youngest son of Luther and
Louisa DANA, aged 10 years. [Funeral Thursday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.]
(Source: The Eastern Argus, Portland
Maine, August 11, 1859)
In Harpswell, 18th inst., Mr. Rufus
DUNNING, aged about 50.
(Source:
The Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine, August 22, 1859)
In this town, Mr. Henry GOOLD, aged
42
(Gazette of Maine, Portland, Maine, Tuesday, June
18, 1822, Contributed by Candi H.)
Mr. Thomas Ch??s, aged
31
(Gazette of Maine, Portland, Maine, Tuesday, June
18, 1822, Contributed by Candi H.)
In LaPorte, Cal., 25th
ult., George M., son of Capt. George W. KING, of
Portland, aged 26.
(Source: The Eastern Argus,
Portland Maine, August 11, 1859)
In Middletown, Virginia, Mr. John
Lamson, aged 94; he had 14sons; 9 of them belonged to one
company in the revolutionary war.
(Source:Gazette of Maine,
Portland, Maine, Monday, June 27, 1808, Contributed by Candi
H.)
At Fort Preble, Portland Harbour, Robert Tuner
Livingston, aged 14months, only child of the late Dr.
Walter H. Livingston of the United States Army
(Gazette of Maine, Portland, Maine, Tuesday, June 18, 1822,
Contributed by Candi H.)
Hector McLarrie of Yarmouth, who was caught
by a belt in a saw mill in Yarmouth on Thursday afternoon and was carried
around a shaft which was revolving 250 times in a minute has died from his
injuries
[Source: Bath
Independent
February 2, 1884 edition
]
in this town on Friday last, Mrs. Harriet, widow of
the late Job Runnels, aged 33.
(Source: Gazette of Maine, Portland, Maine, July 22, 1828,
Contributed by Candi H.)
In Westbrook, 21st inst., Jane Emma, only child of
Henry J. and Maria G. Stevens, aged 2 years.
[Funeral
this afternoon at 3 o'clock, from their residence, Woodford's
Corner]
(Source: The Eastern Argus, Portland, Maine,
August 22, 1859)
Edmund Westcott, San Diego
Pioneer, Dies:
Descendant of Messenger to Washington During the
Revolution, Well Known in Southern Part of State
By Associated
Press:
San Diego, Nov. 14- Edmund Westcott, resident of this
county for 52 years and probably one of the best known men in southern
part of the state, is dead at the age of 72 years. He leaves a widow
and five children. He was born in Cumberland county Maine in
1834. His ancestors were residents of Maine for generations and a
forefather, "Post" Westcott, was a messenger to Washington during the
Revolution.
[source: Los Angeles Herald, November 15, 1907
edition].
