Caldwell, Alexander -- April 8, 1839 —At Wheeling,
Alexander Caldwell, judge of the U. S.
Court in the Western District of Va.
["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p.
406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]
Fisk, E.E.
Day before yesterday, E.E. Fisk, of Fairmont,
and a member of the Mutual Lodge K. of H., died at his home. The lodges of this city, of the same order, were notified
yesterday of Mr. Fisk’s death. His widow will be paid the sum of $2,000 by the society. This is the fourth death
within the State since the organization of the association, which was about one year ago. [Wheeling Register, March 8, 1879 - Submitted by Debbie Quinn]
Holt, George
Suicides by Drowning
On Saturday morning, about 5 o’clock, as some mill men were on their way to work, they discovered a body stranded at the foot of
Twenty-third street, and upon examination it proved to be that of George Holt, a machinist, whose residence was
on the southeast corner of Eoff
and Twenty-second streets. Justice L.D. Wait was notified, and at once impaneled a cornor’s jury and held an inquisition.
From the testimony there taken the following story was elicited: Holt was engaged for some time in boiler-making,
having a shop where his residence is now located. He started with a fair business, but a habit of intoxication
having taken hold of him, he was unable to fulfill contracts made, and his trade fell away. He finally awoke to
a realization of his condition, and quit drinking, and for the past three years has tasted no liquor. His shop
was torn away to make room for his present abode, and he obtained work about the city. A change of force threw
him out of employment, and he became ill both in mind and body.
He had a sister and a brother-in-law living in Iowa, and owing large tracts of land and at their importunities he went out there about a year
ago on a prospecting tour. Evidently disappointed, he returned in a more than every melancholy frame of mind and
several times announced his intention of making away with himself.
He was missed from home all of Friday night and his wife was greatly alarmed thereat. He had been seen passing
Seabright’s clothing
store about 10:30 o’clock, and the remark was made that “he was going off to drown himself.” A man passing up Twenty-third street at 4 o’clock Saturday morning saw him asleep on Wheeler’s
board pile, and as his body was found at 5, he could not have been in the water over half an hour, which belief,
the appearance of the corpse substantiates. After hearing the above testimony, the jury brought in a verdict in
accordance therewith. The deceased was nearly sixty years of age and leaves his wife alone, their two children
having died some time ago. Mrs. Holt will be left in rather straightened circumstances, as she is well stricken
with years and has an income from the two houses of but $18 a month. The interment of her husband’s body took place
yesterday afternoon at the peninsula cemetery, where he owned a lot. [The Wheeling Register – June 23, 1879]
Jones, Isaac H.
The remains of the last Isaac Hardy Jones,
who died at Lodi, N.Y., last Monday, arrived in the city last evening and will be interred at the stone church cemetery
at 2 o’clock
today. [Wheeling Register, March 8, 1879 - Submitted by Debbie Quinn]
Limerick, Eliza
Wheeling, W.Va. Feb 27 - Early this morning Mrs. Eliza Limerick, aged about 65 years, after stirring up her fire fell into it and was literally roasted. She
is supposed to have been seized with an epileptic fit and unable to assist herself. Her husband committed suicide
in the same room two years ago. [The Inter Ocean Feb 28, 1877 - submitted
by Dena Whitesell]
