Marriage and Death Notices from the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post

Marriage and Death Notices from the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post PV HE following entries continue the marriage notices contributed by Mrs. Lester F. Meyers of Syracuse, New York, which appeared on page 130 in the Number 2 issue of this Magazine in Volume XXVII (1971). These and the death notices which follow are all datelined 2 February 1842, and appeared in the old Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. Marriages On the 27th ult. by the Rev. J. S. Inskeep, MR. joHN F. CAZIER of Cecil county, Md., to MISS MARIAM C. FOULKES, daughter of the Rev. Wm. W. Foulkes, of Newcastle co., Del. t he E. P PETER BOWERS, 'CO ELIZABETH On the 29hI YOUNG, both of Philada. In Hartford, Conn. on the 26th ult. by the Rev. Dr. Totten, REV. BENJAMIN WATSON, Of Philada., to MISS LUCY WILLARD, Of Hartford. On the 20th ult. at Westwood, near Nashville, Tenn., EDWARD SMITH HANDY of this city, to THEORA JANE, daughter of Robert Woods, Esq. Died At Christ Church Hospital, on the 2d inst. GRACE VANDEVIER, aged 78 years. On the 1st inst. ELIZABETH W., wife of Hugh Harbeson. On the 1st inst. Wm. MAURER, in the 35th year of his age. On the 1st inst. JOHN SMITH, in the 55th year of his age. In New York, On the 31st Ult. COL. ALEXANDER CUMMINGS, U.S.A. Col. C. arrived in New York on Sunday evening, apparently in the enjoyment of his usual health, from St. Louis, where he had been engaged as a member of a Court Martial—and died of an affection of the heart. Col. C. was a native of Ireland; he entered the army in 1808, from the State of Pennsylvania, as second Lieutenant of Light Dragoons—served through the whole of the last war with Great Britain, and within the 176 Marriage and Death Notices 177 last few years against the Indians in Florida, and in December, 1839, was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the 4th Regiment of Infantry, which rank he held at the time of his death. On the 27th ultimo, WILLIAM R. infant son of R. and F. Glendenning, aged 16 months and 19 days. On the 1st inst. EDWARD B. ORMSBY, eldest son of Henry and Jane Ormsby, aged 15 months and 8 days. On the 30th ult. MARY, only child of the Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, aged 25 years, 11 months and 27 days. On the 1st inst. MARY L. HART, aged 19 years. On the 31st ult. of inflammation of the brain, JAMES R. MARKS, aged 40 years. At Baltimore, on the 22d tilt DR. GEORGE S. SPROSTON, of the U.S. Navy. On the evening of the 26th ult. CHARLES HENRY, in the 3d year of his age. Also on the morning of the 29th ult. THEODORE MULLIN, in the 5th year of his age, sons of George W. and Maria Kirk. On the 27th ult. of consumption, JOSEPH STEWART alloTT, in the 67th year of his age. On the 29th ult. MR. CHARLES W. VERNOU, in the 36th year of his age. On the 28th lilt MRS. SARAH, wife of Wm. Lancaster. On the 29th ult. MRS. ANN CARPENTER, late of Germantown, in the 70th year of her age. On the 29th ult. at the residence of Dr. Pickering, Frankford, MRS. MARY THOMAS, in the 53d year of her age. On the 29th ult. MRS. HARRIET LIN, wife of Jos. Fox, Sr., aged 62 years, after a lingering illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude. On the 29th ult. after a short but severe illness, MRS. JANE LUCAS, in the 29th year of her age. On the 30th ult, after a lingering illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation, MRS. ANNA, wife of Jacob Beale, in the 62d year of her age. On the 28th ult. after a severe illness which she bore with a true Christian fortitude, MRS. ANNA, wife of Samuel R. White, in the 52d year of her age. On the 29th ult, in the 4th year of her age, JANE, daughter of Patrick H. and Caroline Kelly. On the 29th ult. JOSEPHINE, daughter of Wm. and Harriet Cathcart, in the 3d year of her age. 178 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine On the 26th ult. JOSEPHINE, daughter of Charlotte C. Lachapelle, aged 11 months and 4 days. On the 27th Ult. SARAH ELIZABETH, daughter of Henry Taws, aged 5 years and 6 months. On the evening of the 29th ult. CAPT. HENRY I PI AR, aged 68 years. On Saturday afternoon, the 29th ult. in the 63d year of his age. PETER HERTZOG. On the 29th ult. VAUGHAN SRI., son of Joseph Sill, of this city, aged 2 years and 3 months. At Raleigh, N.C., from organic disease of the heart, in the 33d year of her age, MRS. LOVE S. GALES, widow of Weston R. Gales. On the 21st ult. in Frederick, Md., MRS. SUSAN D. BRENGLE, wife of Geo. L. Brengle, in the 23d year of her age. On the 27th Ult. MR. EDWARD HENRY, in the 28th year of his age. On the 27th Ult. MR. ROBERT P. STANLEY, in the 41st year of his age. On the 27th ult. after a protracted illness, of consumption, SARAH G., wife of Jas. Wilson, in the 34th year of her age. At New Orleans, 7th ultimo, BENJ. BOYD, aged 28 years, from the County Antrim, Ireland. On the 26th ult. Wm. HAYES McCtriummt, aged 20 years. On the 26th ult. JOHN MCREA, JR., aged 26 years. On the 26th ult. MISS CATHARINE MUCKELSON, aged 27 years. On the 26th Ult. ALICE, wife of Clark Goldsmith, aged 32 years. On the 25th ult. SUSANNAH, relict of the late Capt. Christopher Lee, aged 72 years. On the 30th ult, after a lingering illness, JOHN LASKEY, SR., in the 55th year of his age. On the 29th ult. of consumption, EMMA MA-num, wife of George F. Wharton. On the 30th Ult. SARAH ANN, daughter of 0. C. M. and Elizabeth Gaines, aged 3 years and 21 days. On 2d day, after a lingering illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, HANNAH JONES, in the 77th year of her age. On the 31st ult. MISS CATHARINE ALRICH, in the 18th year of her age. Suddenly, in consequence of a fall, on the 26th ult. JOHN K., son of A. S. Vanarsdall. in the 2d year of his age. On the 26th Ult. MARY REIM, daughter of the Rev. John Perry, aged 2 years and 8 months. Marriage and Death Notices 179 On the 26th ult. CAVIN WATSON, son of Wm. and Ann Oliver, aged 15 months. On the 25th ult. CHARLES B. REEVE, son of Mark S. and Clarenda Reeve, aged 8 months and 16 days. On the 31st Ult. HELEN H., daughter of Hugh Cavenaugh, aged 23 years. On Sunday morning, after a short illness, MARY RENSHAW, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Geo. F. and Ann Alburti, in the 17th year of her age. Information Wanted Richard H. May, 30 Revere Road, Apt. 1, Drexel Hill, Pa., 19206, seeks information on place of birth and ancestry of JOHN GUTHERY (Guthrie) b. 1744, m. 1771 LYDIA Bmsownv; May 1776 joined 8th Pa. Reg't for 3 years, then lived in 'Washington (later Greene) Co., Pa. until 1797 or 1798; migrated to Pike Co., Ohio with II children where he d. 1823. Also seeks information on ARCHIBALD Gtrixate (Guthrie) in garrison at Ft. Bedford, Jan. 1760, under Col. Shippen (Pa. Arch., 5th Series, 1, 305), and possible relationship to John Guthrie above. Mrs. Charles DeSpain, P. 0. Box 54, Anchorage, Kentucky, 40223, seeks information on JAMES BAIRD, M. before the Revolution, MARY POTTER, dau. of Capt. John Porter, 1st sheriff of Cumberland CO., Pa., and had issue: Joseph, Samuel, Martha, Mary, John, James and Thomas Baird. In the 1780s James Baird and family came to Kentucky and settled on an unsurveyed tract of land in Hardin Co. Who were his parents and where did they live? Also, where and when was James Baird married, and where and when were his children born? Mrs. Fred A. James, 432 N. Winnebago Drive, Greenwood, Mo., 64034, seeks data on the parents of HUGH McMArticsm, b. 5 June 1782, d. 21 March 1856, Jacksonville, Centre CA., Pa.; m. CATHERINE LAMB ALLISON, d111. of Matthew Allison. Hugh is said to have had a brother, Patrick, and the father is said to have been John McManigah Will exchange much data on McManigals, Allisons, McKibbons. Mrs. George H. Rigler, 501 Casitas, #1110, Greenbrae, Calif., 94904, seeks information on background of SARAH HELLINGS who m. (REv.) Jotter Cox, June 1807, Wilmington, Del., and on the marriage of SARAH HARLAN of Brandywine who m. MORDECAI Cox, father of John.