Fowler Ensign
March 9, 1895Daniel F. Mitchel died at his home two miles north-east of Fowler, Monday morning. Mr. Mitchel was 73 years of age and was one of the pld settlers in this neighborhood. He was well and favorably known.
Find-a-Geave
Isaac A. Cowdery was born about 1821 in Meigs Co., Ohio. His parents were Ethan and Mary Webster Cowdery. Isaac married Emeline Larkin Bicknell on 28 Jul 1846. They had two children. The first died at 3 months. The second was Ella Frances, born in 1851 and died 10 Oct 1860. Isaac was divorced in Jun of 1853.
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Athens Messenger
January 16, 1890Isaac A. Cowdery, who was a resident of Pomeroy some twenty-five years ago, died at the Commercial Hotel in Lyons, Kansas, on Tuesday, December 31st, of heart disease, aged 68 years.
Boston Herald
March 8, 1902Partial and abbreviated article below:
"U.H. CROCKER DEAD--FAMOUS LEGAL WRITER AND WEALTHY CAPITOLIST---Director in Corporations and Local Statesman---
Uriel Haskell Crocker was born in this city Dec. 24, 1832, the son of Uriel and Sarah Kidder Haskell Crocker. His early education was acquired in private schools. Then he attended the Boston Latin School, where he was fitted for college, and entering Harvard graduated in the class of 1853.
After graduation he studied law at the Dane (Harvard) Law School for two years, then for one year in the office of Sidney Bartlett. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1856 and since then had been engaged in practice as a lawyer, chiefly as a conveyancer. Among his books on legal subjects, one of the best knownn is "Notes on the Public Statutes of Massachusetts." He also published pamphlets connected with political economy,
In the early years of the agitation for the establishment of a public park for Boston (1869 to 1875) Mr. Crocker was very active and prominent in advocating the measure.
He first married Jan. 15, 1861 Miss Clara G. Ballard, daughter of Joseph Ballard of this city, by whom there were three sons, George Uriel Crocker, Joseph Ballard Crocker, and Edgar Crocker. Mrs. Crocker died May 14, 1891. George U. Crocker is the city treasurer of Boston, Joseph B. Crocker is a member of Edgerly and Crocker, stock and note brokers at 25 State street, and Edgar Crocker is with the same firm. Mr. Crocker's second wife, who survives him was Miss Annie J. Fitz, their marriage occurring April 29, 1893."
Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts)
November 11, 1939He had been a member of the investment banking firm Edgerly and Crocker which went out of business in 1914. He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Automobile Club Trust, and was a former vice-president and director of the Quincy Market. He had never married.