Sunday, November 8, 2015

Death Notice: The Honorable Jonathan Child (1860)

Jonathan Child
Death. 

--The Hon. Jonathan Child, ex-Mayor of Rochester, N. Y., died in Buffalo on Saturday, in the 76th year of his age. His father and grandfather were revolutionary soldiers, and Mr. Child himself served in the war of 1812.Mr. Child was a temperance man, and he resigned his office of Mayor because he could not consistently sign licenses to sell liquor. 

Sources:  Richmond Daily Dispatch,
                 November 2, 1860
                 Find a Grave: Jonathan Child

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