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Kings County New York Obituaries Extracted From The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, 1902


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1902 Obituaries from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in Brooklyn, Kings County New York.


Fanning, David Green Obituary, Jan. 2, 1902

Flushing, L. I., January 2—David Green Fanning, who died at his home, 26 Jamaica avenue, Flushing, of heart disease, yesterday, was a well known business man of Manhattan. The deceased was born at Albion, N. Y.. and was 65 years old. He completed his education at the College of the City of New York, now the New York University, and for a time was employed as a teacher in the public schools of New York. In 1864 he accepted a position as note teller in the Fourth National Bank, New York. He retained this position until a month ago, when he resigned on account of ill health. A widow and three children survive. The children are Arthur Fanning. Winthrop S. Fanning and Mrs. W. W. Seaman, all of Flushing. A brother. Dr. Thomas S. Fanning, of Wernersville, Pa., and a sister, Mrs. Oliver Norton, of Chicago, survive also. Mr. Fanning resided in Brooklyn for many years and was a member of Trinity Church at that place. He had been a resident of Flushing about five years. [The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY), Thursday, January 2, 1902, p.11]


Wickham, Mrs. Jerusha Obituary, Jan. 2, 1902

Southold. L.I., January 2 - Mrs. Jerusha Wickham, widow of Colonel John Wickham, who was once widely known on Long Island, died here Sunday, aged 87. Her husband was colonel in the militia, a member of the famous old Wickham family, of which reunions are held annually, and a brother of the late William Wickham, who was at one time district attorney and one of the leading lawyers in Suffolk County, Colonel Wickham, who died twelve years ago, was in his carrier life one of the largest land holders in the county. The funeral of Mrs. Wickham was held Tuesday, the Rev. William H. Lloyd of the Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Dr. Epher Whitaker officiating. The burial was at Mattituck, the early Long Island home of the Wickhams. [The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY), Thursday, January 2, 1902, p.11]