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From: "Carole Dilley" <>
Subject: [Bklyn] Brooklyn Union Argus, 13 September 1877
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:16:15 -0300


BRROKLYN UNION ARGUS
Thursday, 13 September 1877

OBITUARY NOTES
Fannie W. WRIGHT, aged 41; Funeral to-day, 172 Clinton street.
Wm. SCHMIDT, aged six months; funeral to-day, 410 Grand street, E. D.
Jacob S. JACKSON; funeral to-morrow, 47 Lexington avenue.

MARRIED
COTTON-GRIFFITHS. - In Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 1877, at the residence of the
bride's uncle, P. MADEIRA, Esq., by the Rev. Thomas X. ORR, J. William
COTTON, of this city, to Amelia M. GRIFFITHS.

JAMES A. DUFFY
His Friends of the Second Ward Present Him with a Gold Watch and Chain

A reception of the James A. DUFFY Association was held last evening at the
house of Mr. Andrew STEVENS, No. 5 Front street. Among those present were
Fire Commissioner MCLAUGHLIN, Messrs. Edward WHITESIDE, J. J. LAIRD, John
FARRELL, Barnard J. YORK, Joseph WINTERS, J. J. ROGERS, John GRAHAM, Henry
MCLAUGHLIN, Robert MCDOUGALL, Patrick BRODERICK, James RILEY, George
MARSHALL, Thos. SMITH, Charles SHEA, James CARY, John MCCARTY, John RALL,
Patrick COLLINS, John ANTON, Frederick BUCKHOUSE, William JOURDAN, Daniel
HARKINS, Peter CAMPBELL, Samuel STRICKLAND, John GARRAHAN, Bernard F.
MCGINIS, Supervisor GALLAGHER, ex-Supervisor NELSON, Captain J. C. HAURAND,
and others.

When the company was seated, Fire Commissioner MCLAUGHLIN said that the
members of the association had entrusted him with the agreeable duty of
presenting to Mr. James A. DUFFY, to whom they owed a debt of gratitude, an
elegant gold watch and chain with pendants attached. Taking the testimonial
in his hand, and opening the case, he read thereon the following
description:
"Presented to James A. DUFFY, of the James A. Duffy Association, September
12, 1877, as a token of esteem."

Transcriber
Carole Dilley



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