Soon after 8 o'clock, on Saturday evening, the news of the sudden death of FREDERICK F. McCOMAS, the well known attorney at law, at his home on Potomac Avenue, spread with lightning rapidity and cast a deep gloom over the city. Small knots of citizens collected on the streets and in the hotels, in anxiety, fearing the news would be verified and upon finding it only too true, friends began calling at the home of the bereaved family to offer condolence and sympathy.
The circumstances of the unexpected death are extremely sad. Mrs. McComas, wife of the deceased, and daughter, Miss Bessie, were visiting in Washington, where they had gone last Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. McComas was at his office attending to business, apparently in his usual health. On Friday morning he suffered from an attack of dysentery and remained in his room at home. During the day he dispatched a messenger to Cook Bros. drug store for some medicine which he took and told his friends he expected to get out on Saturday. He had always enjoyed the best of health and rarely ever consulted a physician. On Saturday morning he was not so well and did not get up. His brother, Henry, called to see him several times and insisted on sending for a physician and also suggested sending for his wife and daughter. He would give his consent to neither during the forenoon. Mrs. Henry McComas called also to look after his wants, and at noon Dr. J.W. Humrichouse was summoned, who found Mr. McComas suffering from poor heart action. Remedies were administered to stimulate the heart, but the system did not seem to respond properly and his condition was becoming serious. A message was sent to Judge L.E. McComas in Washington, summoning Mrs. McComas and daughter home. The message reached time in time to enable them to take the B&O train, arriving at 8:40 p.m.
In the meantime friends called at the home of Mr. McComas and he remained unconscious throughout the afternoon. At 6 o'clock D.W. Doub called on a business errand and he was able to hold a satisfactory and intelligent conversation with the sick man, who soon after remarked that he wanted to go to sleep. At 7 o'clock there was a partial collapse which frightened his friends, who hastily summoned Dr.s Humrichouse and Mason. There was a rally from this attack and the patient seemed easier. The physicians administered restoratives, but the system still stubbornly refused to respond, and at exactly 8 p.m. with a quick gasp, the breath left the body and the spirit took its mysterious flight. One hour afterward the wife and daughter arrived and as they crossed the threshold of their home, sorrow's prison door closed behind them.
FREDERICK FECHTIG McCOMAS, third and youngest son of the late Frederick C. McComas, was born in Hagerstown February 9th, 1850, and was aged 47 years, 1 month and 18 days. He began his schooling under the tutorship of Rev. Henry Edwards, this city, afterwards going to the Milford Institute at Milford, De. He then entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, and graduated in 1870. He read law with the late Judge Weisel and his brother, Louis E. McComas, and admitted to the bar in 1873. He immediately associated himself with his brother under the firm name of L.E.&F.F. McComas, which partnership was continued until 1893, when his brother received the appointment as Judge from President Harrison. Since 1893 he has been practicing alone. Mr. McComas enjoyed a large and lucrative practice and his clientage was as desirable as that of any member of the local bar.
He was attorney for the Western Maryland Railroad for the past 16 years, and was also attorney for the boards of school and county commissioners. In the past twenty years he has served five boards of county commissioners as attorney. He possessed strong physical endurance as well as wide mental capacity. He was a great reader and was fond of literature and his mind was well stored with general knowledge.
Nothing was more attractive to him that the field and streams. He was fond of hunting and fishing and often spent several weeks at a time along the river with gun and rod.
He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia C. Noble, of Carlisle, Pa., and besides his wife is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth C. McComas. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma C. Wallace, of Cambridge, and two brothers, Judge Louis E. McComas of Washington, and Henry A. McComas, Potomac Avenue, this city.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, further arrangements of which will be announced later.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
Morning, March 29, 1897
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The circumstances of the unexpected death are extremely sad. Mrs. McComas, wife of the deceased, and daughter, Miss Bessie, were visiting in Washington, where they had gone last Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. McComas was at his office attending to business, apparently in his usual health. On Friday morning he suffered from an attack of dysentery and remained in his room at home. During the day he dispatched a messenger to Cook Bros. drug store for some medicine which he took and told his friends he expected to get out on Saturday. He had always enjoyed the best of health and rarely ever consulted a physician. On Saturday morning he was not so well and did not get up. His brother, Henry, called to see him several times and insisted on sending for a physician and also suggested sending for his wife and daughter. He would give his consent to neither during the forenoon. Mrs. Henry McComas called also to look after his wants, and at noon Dr. J.W. Humrichouse was summoned, who found Mr. McComas suffering from poor heart action. Remedies were administered to stimulate the heart, but the system did not seem to respond properly and his condition was becoming serious. A message was sent to Judge L.E. McComas in Washington, summoning Mrs. McComas and daughter home. The message reached time in time to enable them to take the B&O train, arriving at 8:40 p.m.
In the meantime friends called at the home of Mr. McComas and he remained unconscious throughout the afternoon. At 6 o'clock D.W. Doub called on a business errand and he was able to hold a satisfactory and intelligent conversation with the sick man, who soon after remarked that he wanted to go to sleep. At 7 o'clock there was a partial collapse which frightened his friends, who hastily summoned Dr.s Humrichouse and Mason. There was a rally from this attack and the patient seemed easier. The physicians administered restoratives, but the system still stubbornly refused to respond, and at exactly 8 p.m. with a quick gasp, the breath left the body and the spirit took its mysterious flight. One hour afterward the wife and daughter arrived and as they crossed the threshold of their home, sorrow's prison door closed behind them.
FREDERICK FECHTIG McCOMAS, third and youngest son of the late Frederick C. McComas, was born in Hagerstown February 9th, 1850, and was aged 47 years, 1 month and 18 days. He began his schooling under the tutorship of Rev. Henry Edwards, this city, afterwards going to the Milford Institute at Milford, De. He then entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, and graduated in 1870. He read law with the late Judge Weisel and his brother, Louis E. McComas, and admitted to the bar in 1873. He immediately associated himself with his brother under the firm name of L.E.&F.F. McComas, which partnership was continued until 1893, when his brother received the appointment as Judge from President Harrison. Since 1893 he has been practicing alone. Mr. McComas enjoyed a large and lucrative practice and his clientage was as desirable as that of any member of the local bar.
He was attorney for the Western Maryland Railroad for the past 16 years, and was also attorney for the boards of school and county commissioners. In the past twenty years he has served five boards of county commissioners as attorney. He possessed strong physical endurance as well as wide mental capacity. He was a great reader and was fond of literature and his mind was well stored with general knowledge.
Nothing was more attractive to him that the field and streams. He was fond of hunting and fishing and often spent several weeks at a time along the river with gun and rod.
He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia C. Noble, of Carlisle, Pa., and besides his wife is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth C. McComas. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma C. Wallace, of Cambridge, and two brothers, Judge Louis E. McComas of Washington, and Henry A. McComas, Potomac Avenue, this city.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, further arrangements of which will be announced later.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
Morning, March 29, 1897
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Soon after 8 o'clock, on Saturday evening, the news of the sudden death of FREDERICK F. McCOMAS, the well known attorney at law, at his home on Potomac Avenue, spread with lightning rapidity and cast a deep gloom over the city. Small knots of citizens collected on the streets and in the hotels, in anxiety, fearing the news would be verified and upon finding it only too true, friends began calling at the home of the bereaved family to offer condolence and sympathy.
The circumstances of the unexpected death are extremely sad. Mrs. McComas, wife of the deceased, and daughter, Miss Bessie, were visiting in Washington, where they had gone last Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. McComas was at his office attending to business, apparently in his usual health. On Friday morning he suffered from an attack of dysentery and remained in his room at home. During the day he dispatched a messenger to Cook Bros. drug store for some medicine which he took and told his friends he expected to get out on Saturday. He had always enjoyed the best of health and rarely ever consulted a physician. On Saturday morning he was not so well and did not get up. His brother, Henry, called to see him several times and insisted on sending for a physician and also suggested sending for his wife and daughter. He would give his consent to neither during the forenoon. Mrs. Henry McComas called also to look after his wants, and at noon Dr. J.W. Humrichouse was summoned, who found Mr. McComas suffering from poor heart action. Remedies were administered to stimulate the heart, but the system did not seem to respond properly and his condition was becoming serious. A message was sent to Judge L.E. McComas in Washington, summoning Mrs. McComas and daughter home. The message reached time in time to enable them to take the B&O train, arriving at 8:40 p.m.
In the meantime friends called at the home of Mr. McComas and he remained unconscious throughout the afternoon. At 6 o'clock D.W. Doub called on a business errand and he was able to hold a satisfactory and intelligent conversation with the sick man, who soon after remarked that he wanted to go to sleep. At 7 o'clock there was a partial collapse which frightened his friends, who hastily summoned Dr.s Humrichouse and Mason. There was a rally from this attack and the patient seemed easier. The physicians administered restoratives, but the system still stubbornly refused to respond, and at exactly 8 p.m. with a quick gasp, the breath left the body and the spirit took its mysterious flight. One hour afterward the wife and daughter arrived and as they crossed the threshold of their home, sorrow's prison door closed behind them.
FREDERICK FECHTIG McCOMAS, third and youngest son of the late Frederick C. McComas, was born in Hagerstown February 9th, 1850, and was aged 47 years, 1 month and 18 days. He began his schooling under the tutorship of Rev. Henry Edwards, this city, afterwards going to the Milford Institute at Milford, De. He then entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, and graduated in 1870. He read law with the late Judge Weisel and his brother, Louis E. McComas, and admitted to the bar in 1873. He immediately associated himself with his brother under the firm name of L.E.&F.F. McComas, which partnership was continued until 1893, when his brother received the appointment as Judge from President Harrison. Since 1893 he has been practicing alone. Mr. McComas enjoyed a large and lucrative practice and his clientage was as desirable as that of any member of the local bar.
He was attorney for the Western Maryland Railroad for the past 16 years, and was also attorney for the boards of school and county commissioners. In the past twenty years he has served five boards of county commissioners as attorney. He possessed strong physical endurance as well as wide mental capacity. He was a great reader and was fond of literature and his mind was well stored with general knowledge.
Nothing was more attractive to him that the field and streams. He was fond of hunting and fishing and often spent several weeks at a time along the river with gun and rod.
He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia C. Noble, of Carlisle, Pa., and besides his wife is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth C. McComas. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma C. Wallace, of Cambridge, and two brothers, Judge Louis E. McComas of Washington, and Henry A. McComas, Potomac Avenue, this city.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, further arrangements of which will be announced later.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
Morning, March 29, 1897
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The circumstances of the unexpected death are extremely sad. Mrs. McComas, wife of the deceased, and daughter, Miss Bessie, were visiting in Washington, where they had gone last Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday Mr. McComas was at his office attending to business, apparently in his usual health. On Friday morning he suffered from an attack of dysentery and remained in his room at home. During the day he dispatched a messenger to Cook Bros. drug store for some medicine which he took and told his friends he expected to get out on Saturday. He had always enjoyed the best of health and rarely ever consulted a physician. On Saturday morning he was not so well and did not get up. His brother, Henry, called to see him several times and insisted on sending for a physician and also suggested sending for his wife and daughter. He would give his consent to neither during the forenoon. Mrs. Henry McComas called also to look after his wants, and at noon Dr. J.W. Humrichouse was summoned, who found Mr. McComas suffering from poor heart action. Remedies were administered to stimulate the heart, but the system did not seem to respond properly and his condition was becoming serious. A message was sent to Judge L.E. McComas in Washington, summoning Mrs. McComas and daughter home. The message reached time in time to enable them to take the B&O train, arriving at 8:40 p.m.
In the meantime friends called at the home of Mr. McComas and he remained unconscious throughout the afternoon. At 6 o'clock D.W. Doub called on a business errand and he was able to hold a satisfactory and intelligent conversation with the sick man, who soon after remarked that he wanted to go to sleep. At 7 o'clock there was a partial collapse which frightened his friends, who hastily summoned Dr.s Humrichouse and Mason. There was a rally from this attack and the patient seemed easier. The physicians administered restoratives, but the system still stubbornly refused to respond, and at exactly 8 p.m. with a quick gasp, the breath left the body and the spirit took its mysterious flight. One hour afterward the wife and daughter arrived and as they crossed the threshold of their home, sorrow's prison door closed behind them.
FREDERICK FECHTIG McCOMAS, third and youngest son of the late Frederick C. McComas, was born in Hagerstown February 9th, 1850, and was aged 47 years, 1 month and 18 days. He began his schooling under the tutorship of Rev. Henry Edwards, this city, afterwards going to the Milford Institute at Milford, De. He then entered Dickinson College, Carlisle, and graduated in 1870. He read law with the late Judge Weisel and his brother, Louis E. McComas, and admitted to the bar in 1873. He immediately associated himself with his brother under the firm name of L.E.&F.F. McComas, which partnership was continued until 1893, when his brother received the appointment as Judge from President Harrison. Since 1893 he has been practicing alone. Mr. McComas enjoyed a large and lucrative practice and his clientage was as desirable as that of any member of the local bar.
He was attorney for the Western Maryland Railroad for the past 16 years, and was also attorney for the boards of school and county commissioners. In the past twenty years he has served five boards of county commissioners as attorney. He possessed strong physical endurance as well as wide mental capacity. He was a great reader and was fond of literature and his mind was well stored with general knowledge.
Nothing was more attractive to him that the field and streams. He was fond of hunting and fishing and often spent several weeks at a time along the river with gun and rod.
He was married in 1875 to Miss Julia C. Noble, of Carlisle, Pa., and besides his wife is survived by one daughter, Miss Elizabeth C. McComas. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Emma C. Wallace, of Cambridge, and two brothers, Judge Louis E. McComas of Washington, and Henry A. McComas, Potomac Avenue, this city.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, further arrangements of which will be announced later.
Source: Morning Herald (Hagerstown, MD)
Morning, March 29, 1897
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