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to the university library that a commodious alcove was stored with his gifts to the amount of thousands of dollars, and given his A series of lectures on natural and revealed religion by distinguished clergymen, was provided by his liberality, and published in 1872 in a volume entitled "The Ingham Lectures." It was a great pleasure to him, too, to help ministers unable to purchase books. To many such he gave valuable and well selected libraries. When Franklin Avenue Methodist church was built (and it should be noted that he was chairman of the building committee and president of the board of trustees at that time, and designed the plan of the Sunday school rooms with many unique features) he also furnished a well chosen library. for the use of the pastors of the church.

Mr. Ingham's home evidenced his keen love for intellectual culture. The heart of the house is the spacious library, lined with bookcases full of rich literary treasures, gathered, not simply to satisfy his aesthetic tastes, but to furnish a well equipped workshop for a never weary student, who knew and loved his constantly-read books. Here it was always his delight to bring his most appreciative friends, and especially the eager young people he so much loved to help upward to his own ideals of life. His love for young people was one of the ruling passions of his life, and his house was often filled with large gatherings of young men and women who responded to his affection with loyal devotion.

Especially beautiful was the religious side of Mr. Ingham's character. At ten years of age he connected himself with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a faithful adherent to his latest day. For years he has been a very active member of the official board of Franklin Avenue church, and almost never absent from its Sunday school and unwearied in his attendance upon every public and social service. And his life was the truest exponent of the faith he held. In the midst of almost overwhelming misfortunes his faith seemed never to waver. In the darkest days he ever saw he frequently quoted with strong emphasis the

Scripture words: "The joy of the Lord is your strength," and in that strength he was able to endure to the end, and that with an unvarying cheerfulness that never complained, that was always considerate, kindly and sweet. One who loved him well has many times said that the twenty-third Psalm, in its sweet, trustful serenity, always reminded her of him. His character was notable for its gentle judgments of motive and conduct. He was the most forgiving of men, never harboring a thought of resentment or revenge, but seeking an innocent motive for even cruel wrongs, and looking persistently for the best in every character.

To the very day of his death he kept up his remarkable activity. As the vital forces weakened and frequent suffering came, he always spoke briefly and lightly of his infirmities, and turned a pale but still smiling face to those he so tenderly loved. His very last day was one of unflinching activity, filled with business cares, with interested participation in all the intense news of national events, in careful preparation for the anticipated service on the morrow in the church of his love. And then he sought his rest-unconscious of the hovering pinions of the heavenly messenger, who, in one brief hour had borne his ready spirit into the presence of his beloved Father in Heaven. "And he was not; for God took him." A noble soul; as one has well said, "A man of righteousness, justice and progress."

MRS. ABIGAIL JANES.

The death of Mrs. Abigail Janes, April 22, 1898, has removed another of those who saw Cleveland in its infancy. Her father, Humphrey N. Nichols, came to this county from Connecticut, and soon after married Mariah Bunts, and their daughter Abigail was born in Cleveland township April 17, 1828. Mr. Nichols settled upon a farm, then in the thick forest, but where now pass Doan street and Hough avenue, and other thickly settled streets, as well as the new boulevard. In 1855 Abigail Nichols became the wife of Lorenzo Janes.

Mrs. Janes was the mother of four children. A daughter, Alice M., died many years ago, and a son, Andrew, five years ago, in the prime of young manhood. Her husband and two sons, Hylas S. Janes and Milton M. Janes, are left to mourn her loss. She was a loving, tender wife and mother, and such a loss cannot be made good.

Mrs. Janes ever retained a love and interest in the present as well as in the past, and manifested in a marked degree her pride in the city's advancement and beauty. She was cheery and bright in temperament, and her home attracted alike the young and old.

MRS. MARIA L. MEDARY.

Mrs. Maria L. Medary, a former resident of Cleveland and a member of the Early Settlers' Association of Cuyahoga County, died at Bedford Thursday, March 10, at the age of 76 years. Mrs. Medary was born in Cleveland November 21, 1821. She was the daughter of Luther Willes, who was a dry goods merchant, doing business on Superior street as early as the year 1820. Mrs. Medary was the niece of Judge John W. Willey, the first mayor of Cleveland, and was also a niece of Ziba Willes, who established the Cleveland Herald in the year 1819. At the age of 15 years she became a member of Judge Willey's family, where she lived up to the time of her marriage with General Jacob Medary, then one of the proprietors and editors of the Ohio Statesman, of Columbus. The elegant hospitality dispensed in Judge Willey's family for many years was largely aided by the high social qualites of Miss Willes, while in the best social circles both in Cleveland and Columbus she was noted for her genial disposition and rare ability for making everyone about her happy.

Mrs. Medary was a woman of fine presence and whoever made her acquaintance remembered her with the most pleasing satisfaction. After the decease of her husband she took up her residence with her widowed mother, now long since deceased,

in the pleasant village of Bedford. After some years she purchased a charming house on Lake street, Cleveland. Later she became the owner of a delightful cottage on College street, Hudson, then the seat of Western Reserve College. She was a woman of deep and earnest piety, and wherever she lived was an active worker in the church, a life she enjoyed to the full.

For some years past Mrs. Medary had been declining in health, and her life closed with the deepest regret of her many friends.

JOHN MORRIS.

Mr. John Morris, an old and respected citizen of this city, died Sunday morning, Jan 23, 1898, of apoplexy, at the residence of his daughter. He was in his 84th year. Mr. Morris was one of the pioneer shipbuilders of Cleveland, having been in business since 1842. He retired several years ago. Since the death of his wife in 1891 he had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. F. S. Warner, No. 10 Crawford road, where the funeral services were held. Mr. Morris leaves one son and five daughters.

LUTHER R. PRENTISS.

Squire Luther R. Prentiss, probably the most interesting character among Cleveland's early pioneers, died November 24, 1897, at the home of his son, Mr. W. C. Prentiss, in Twinsburg. His death is attributed to general debility. Having passed his 94th year Mr. Prentiss begun to feel the enervating effects of old age about two weeks before his death. He sank gradually and passed peacefully away.

Mr. Prentiss was born in Acworth, N. H., in 1803, and seventeen years later he migrated to Ohio, the trip having been long and tedious. The squire's antecedents were of the colonial stock, his father and two uncles having participated in the battle of Bunker Hill. It is not known outside of a limited circle that one of these uncles, James Prentiss, was buried at Warrensville.

Squire Prentiss passed through all the vicissitudes attending early life in the Western Reserve. One of the stories which he frequently related was that he worked one season in Cleveland for a pair of boots and a razor. His employer during the first year of his residence here was Judge Kingsbury.

"Pshaw!" said Mr. Prentiss sometime previous to his death, "Father Addison old! Why, I was mowing hay when he was born!"

Some time subsequent to his arrival in this city Mr. Prentiss located on a farm in Warrensville, and it was there that he was elected a justice of the peace, retaining the office for many years. He was a member of the Early Settlers' Association.

The final years of his vigorous life were spent at the home of his son, Mr. Prentiss having detested life in the city.

The deceased leaves two sons and three daughters, W. C. Prentiss, M. L. Prentiss, of Belle Plaine, Ia.; Mrs. H. H. Colby, of Chagrin Falls; Mrs. Mary Watterson, of Cleveland; Mrs. T. C. Reed, of Marengo, Ia. His wife, a Mrs. McKinney previous to her marriage, died a long time ago.

HARRIET JOHNSON SACKET.

Since the last meeting of the Old Settlers' Association one of its members, who for almost 82 years has been a resident of Cleveland, has passed to her reward.

Harriet Johnson Sacket entered into rest on the 6th of last October at her home, 1490 Euclid avenue. Mrs. Sacket was the widow of the late Alexander Sacket, who died in September, 1884. She was born in this city on December 10, 1815, when Cleveland was a mere village, and the place where her late home is on Euclid avenue was an unbroken wilderness. Her father, Levi Johnson, was a prominent contractor and builder in the early days of Cleveland, coming from New York state in 1809.

The house in which Mrs. Sacket was born was situated on Superior street, where the Johnson house now stands, and Dr.