The follwing are names taken from articles in the Jan. and Feb. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. These are not the same as names taken from the Obit and marriage section of the paper, rather radom articles that I came across.


Patrick H. Pepper
John Kilstrom
Dr. Edward Lasker
Captain Benjamin T. Watlinglon
Daniel Ward
Abraham H. Godwin
Major Luther Giddings
Mr. Nicholas Deale
John Allison
Michael Corcoran
Charles H. Burtis
Frederick G. Hardtman
Lieutenant J. P. Augur
John P. Troy
Captain Thompson
Joseph A. Halsey
John William Wallace
Mrs. Sarah H. Lord
James Redfield
Peter P. O'Fake
Thomas M. Hooker
Joseph Kessler
Mr. George De Haert Gillespie
Mrs. Thompson
Mrs. James J. Mapes
J. Ostheim
Charles Coombs
Mr. Arthur Lennon
Colonel John H. Ferry
James McBride
Daniel H. McPhail
Patrick Freel
Caspar Stumpf
Dr. Elisha Harris
Henry Floren
Leon Haas
Mgr. Louis E. Hoetlot
A. S. Matthews
Mr. Jacob Vanderpoel
Arnold Henry Guyot, Ph. D. LL. D.
Sidney Sanderson


1884 obit articles

Patrick H. Pepper of Mobile, Ala., a noted blockade runner, died yesterday, at the age of 65.

John Kilstrom, a Swede, and Fred Hoffman, who drank beer in the Ithaca saloon, died yesterday, and their stomachs are to be investigate

Dr. Edward Lasker, the eminent German agitator, known to the world of politics as Herr Lasker, died suddenly of heart disease this morning at 1 o'clock in New York.

{An article of some length follows which I did not include here.}

Captain Benjamin T. Watlinglon, a shipping master who had made many voyages round the world, and was known in the principal ports of the Eastern and Western continents as an old and experienced navigator, died yesterday at his home, No. 45 Douglass Street, in the 85th year of his age.

{A longer article follows; did not include.}

Daniel Ward, a well known resident of the first Ward, where he lived since 1853 died on Thursday at his residence, No. 4 McKenney street.

{A longer article follows; did not include.}

Abraham H. Godwin, once a prominent manufacturer and great grandson of General Parks Godwin, of revolutionary fame, and cousin to Parks Gowin, of New York, died this morning of apoplexy.

Major Luther Giddings, died here this morning at nine o'clock of lung affections.

Mr. Nicholas Deale, superintendent of construction of the Annapolis and Elkridge Railroad, who was caught under the engine in the railroad accident of Thursday, died here today between twelve and one o'clock.

John Allison, father of Senator Allison, died at his residence in Peosta this morning. at the age of 86.

Michael Corcoran, aged 52 years, a well known resident of the Fourteenth Ward, fell down stairs in his house at No. 469 Second street, last Saturday.

Charles H. Burtis, a well known resident of the Heights, died at the age of 39. His funeral took place from his home No. 30 Middagh street and was largely attended.

{More in article.}

Frederick G. Hardtman, a homeless German lad, aged 20 years, committed suicide by hanging this morning from the Tombs Prison, New York, where he was awaiting trial for felonious assault.

{Article not included here.}

Lieutenant J. P. Augur, of the United States Navy, a son of General C. C. Augur, of the army, died from exposure yesterday. He was a patient of the Insane Asylum at Bloomingdale, and escaped from that institution during Tuesday night, having on only his underclothing.

John P. Troy, a resident of this city for the past thirty-five years and was a brother of ex-Judge Troy.

Captain Thompson, his wife, and five of the crew of the bark Elmira which was lost Tuesday night off Long Beach were washed ashore yesterday on the barren reef which stretches from Life Saving Station No. 18 to 21, on the New Jersey coast. Eleven seamen and the captain and his wife and child were lost.

Joseph A. Halsey, formerly president of the Mechanics Bank, Newark, died January 22, aged 68.

John William Wallace, the president of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, died at his residence in this city today, aged 68. He was a reporter from 1864 until 1875, and author and editor of many legal works.

Mrs. Sarah H. Lord, widow of the late Rev. Dr. Lord, and sister of Judge Van Brunt, died yesterday at the Judge's residence in New York.

James Redfield, 60 years old, a salesman, dropped dead yesterday morning at the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street station of the Third avenue Elevated road, in New York.

Peter P. O'Fake, the most widely known colored man in New Jersey, died yesterday in New York. For many years he taught a dancing school, which was attended by hundreds of children belonging to the wealthy families of this city.

Thomas M. Hooker, of the firm of Mills Brothers, importers and auctioneers, corner of Wall and Pearl Street, New York, died yesterday at the Stuyvesant House in that city. He was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1802 and in 1817 came to New York.

Joseph Kessler, a wealthy resident and ex-trustee of Lansingburg, shot himself at Troy, New York, in the head. His recovery is doubtful.

Mr. George De Haert Gillespie, a prominent New York Hardware merchant, formerly in the firm of Wolfe, Clark and Gillespie, and director of the Manhattan Bank, died at Lakewood, N. J., yesterday.

Mrs. Thompson, wife of Dr. Ernest L. R. Thompson, of New Haven, was found dead in her bed yesterday, the victim of the morphine habit, aged 29.

Mrs. James J. Mapes, the widow of the eminent scientific agriculturist, Professor Mapes, who died in 1865, died yesterday in New York.

J. Ostheim, of No. 403 East Fifty-fourth street, New York, died in a Russian bath establishment in Lafayette Place, New York. Heart disease is supposed cause.

Charles Coombs, a veteran of the War of 1812, died Sunday, at his residence, No. 63 South Portland Avenue, aged 90 years. Interment took place in Greenwood Cemetery.

Mr. Arthur Lennon, an old resident of the Fourteenth Ward, died at his late home, on Third street, on Saturday night.

Colonel John H. Ferry, was found dead in his room at the Occidental Hotel, Indianapolis, Ind., yesterday, January 22. He was on the staff of General Dumont during the war. In recent years he practiced law in Washington and Jersey City.

James McBride, a workman, was caught in a fly wheel on the bridge and instantly killed. January 28.

Daniel H. McPhail, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel H. McPhail, died yesterday January 31, at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Gerrit Smith, at No. 43 Sands St.

Patrick Freel, an old and respected Eastern District business man, died at his home, No. 176 Hewes Street, of pneumonia, January 30.

Caspar Stumpf, of the firm of Harper and Stumpf, the Rockaway Beach hotel keepers, died last night at his home, No. 32 Broadway. Mr. Stumpf, who was a brother in law of Otto Humber, brewer, was well known in the Eastern District were he had been in business for many years. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.

Dr. Elisha Harris, A. M. Secretary of the State Board of Health, died at Albany, January 31. He was a native of Vermont and was a relative of the philanthropist, George Peabody.

Henry Floren, a well known saloon keeper of Troy, committed suicide yesterday. {February 1.}

Leon Haas, secretary of the New York Optical company, who disappeared last Wednesday, committed suicide at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, that evening. Death was determined to be caused by lack of sleep and use of opiates, which deranged his system.

Mgr. Louis E. Hoetlot, president of the American College at Rome, died yesterday of the Roman fever. He has been ill since January 1. Mgr. Hoetlot was born at Bedford, L. I. on November 19, 1848.

A. S. Matthews, ex-Superintendent of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, and one of the best known railroad men in New England, died at his residence in Stonington, Conn., yesterday, {February 8.}

Mr. Jacob Vanderpoel, who was a school comminssioner in New York under Mayor Wickham, and a dock commissioner under Mayor Ely, died yesterday, {February 8.} at his home in Lexington avenue. He held the latter office until last May.

Arnold Henry Guyot, Ph. D. LL. D., Blair Professor of Geology and Physical-Geography in Princeton college, who died yesterday, after a long illness, 76 years old, was the senior professor. He was a native of Switzerland and studied with Agassiz at Carlsruhe, and the latter induced him to come to this country. {More on his obit follows, I did not add here}

Sidney Sanderson, an old and esteemed resident of Brooklyn, died on Sunday of pneumonia at his residence, No. 368 Henry street.