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Chenoa, Illinois May 4 1876
Mrs. Mary Jewett, wife of Parker Jewett, Esq., died at Gridley, Ill. this morning of paralysis, at the age of 71 years. She was born at Belfast, Me. in June, 1805, and was a daughter of John Cochran. Her father was one of the number who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor. She came with her husband and settled in this city in April, 1858, and resided in this vicinity ever since. She has been an earnest and active Christian and a member of the Congregational Church for about fifty-two years. She has one brother now living in Belfast. She has had seven children, six of whom are now living.
(Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer)
MURRAY
The Rev. John Murray, aged 75. Senior Pastor of the First Universal Society in Boston. His friends have issued proposal for publishing a biography of his life. [North American Review - Nov 1815 - sub. by K. Torp]
DEATH OF DR. WORCESTER.
I have the sad duty of recording the decease of Dr. William Leonard Worcester, who has occupied the position of assistant physician and pathologist to this hospital (Danvers State Hospital) since 1895.
His death occurred on June 9, 1901, under peculiarly painful circumstances, for, while engaged in his researches in the laboratory, he accidentally infected a finger. On the following day serious symptoms manifested themselves, and the fatal issue came after an illness of ten days.
As a psychiatrist Dr. Worcester held a high rank in this country, and as a pathologist he was an expert in that branch relating to mental diseases. He contributed largely to the literature of these subjects, and as a writer upon them he did not fall short of being an authority. Dr. Worcester was intellectually gifted, and his attainments were scholarly. His sympathies were large, and were always enlisted in his dealings with his patients, so that they always felt that in him they had a friend. The interests of the patients and the recognition of the rights of the insane were always uppermost in his mind. Dr. Worcester led a life of unselfish devotion to his special field. He is greatly missed by officers and patients, and, in the estimation of all who knew him and his life work, his death will leave a void in the ranks of our profession. [Submitted by Candi Horton]
SHIRLEY
Deaths of Remarkable Persons Abroad - In England. Sir William Shirley, Bart, aged 43, grandson of a former governour of Massachusetts -- the title is extinct. [North American Review - July 1815 - sub. by K. Torp]
