NYE-
At the residence of Walter S. Bailey, No. 628 Pennsylvania Avenue at 10 a.m. today, Capt. John Nye,
brother of Senator Nye, of Nevada. Funeral will take place from No. 628 Pennsylvania avenue at 2 o'clock p.m. tomorrow.
The Evening Star, July 10, 1871
Funerals
The funeral of the late Capt. John Nye, whose death was noticed in Friday's STAR, took place yesterday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, W.J. Stephenson, W.M. of Dawson Lodge, having charge of the exercises.
Ex-Governor, J. Neely Johnson, Judge J. W. McCorkle, Henry D. Barron, Fifth Auditor; Colonel George T. Jones, Colonel I. S. Tichnor, and Mr. W. P Partello, were the pallbearers. The Rev. Dr. Newman, of the Metropolitan M.E. Church, officiated and the impressive burial service of the Masonic fraternity was read at the grave at Congressional Cemetery by M.W. Grand Master Stansbury, the solemn exercises closing with the usual Masonic honors. The Masonic Choir of the District sang appropriate dirges at the temple and grave.
A Captain John Nye filed claim on April 20, 1852, for bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850, and stated under oath at that time that he was then 67 years old, a resident of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; that he was a Captain in a company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomon R. Chamberlin, in the War of 1812 (2nd Regiment Massachusetts Militia); was drafted about September 10, 1812; honorably discharged at Cambridge Port about November 1, 1814.
Was granted 40 acres of land under this claim. Made another application on September 3, 1855, for additional bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855, stating under oath the same facts as above. A claim for pension was rejected on account of insufficient service.
Married on 12 December 1838 in Monroe Co., Alabama to the widow, Arabella Dupree Hays. He left to go to the California Gold Rush in 1849. Stayed for a time then went to Washington D.C. all the while wife Arabella stayed in Madison Co., Alabama with her "Hays" children from her first marriage, and John Nye and Arabella Dupree's son, Thomas Crocker Nye .
At the residence of Walter S. Bailey, No. 628 Pennsylvania Avenue at 10 a.m. today, Capt. John Nye,
brother of Senator Nye, of Nevada. Funeral will take place from No. 628 Pennsylvania avenue at 2 o'clock p.m. tomorrow.
The Evening Star, July 10, 1871
Funerals
The funeral of the late Capt. John Nye, whose death was noticed in Friday's STAR, took place yesterday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, W.J. Stephenson, W.M. of Dawson Lodge, having charge of the exercises.
Ex-Governor, J. Neely Johnson, Judge J. W. McCorkle, Henry D. Barron, Fifth Auditor; Colonel George T. Jones, Colonel I. S. Tichnor, and Mr. W. P Partello, were the pallbearers. The Rev. Dr. Newman, of the Metropolitan M.E. Church, officiated and the impressive burial service of the Masonic fraternity was read at the grave at Congressional Cemetery by M.W. Grand Master Stansbury, the solemn exercises closing with the usual Masonic honors. The Masonic Choir of the District sang appropriate dirges at the temple and grave.
A Captain John Nye filed claim on April 20, 1852, for bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850, and stated under oath at that time that he was then 67 years old, a resident of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; that he was a Captain in a company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomon R. Chamberlin, in the War of 1812 (2nd Regiment Massachusetts Militia); was drafted about September 10, 1812; honorably discharged at Cambridge Port about November 1, 1814.
Was granted 40 acres of land under this claim. Made another application on September 3, 1855, for additional bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855, stating under oath the same facts as above. A claim for pension was rejected on account of insufficient service.
Married on 12 December 1838 in Monroe Co., Alabama to the widow, Arabella Dupree Hays. He left to go to the California Gold Rush in 1849. Stayed for a time then went to Washington D.C. all the while wife Arabella stayed in Madison Co., Alabama with her "Hays" children from her first marriage, and John Nye and Arabella Dupree's son, Thomas Crocker Nye .
NYE-
At the residence of Walter S. Bailey, No. 628 Pennsylvania Avenue at 10 a.m. today, Capt. John Nye,
brother of Senator Nye, of Nevada. Funeral will take place from No. 628 Pennsylvania avenue at 2 o'clock p.m. tomorrow.
The Evening Star, July 10, 1871
Funerals
The funeral of the late Capt. John Nye, whose death was noticed in Friday's STAR, took place yesterday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, W.J. Stephenson, W.M. of Dawson Lodge, having charge of the exercises.
Ex-Governor, J. Neely Johnson, Judge J. W. McCorkle, Henry D. Barron, Fifth Auditor; Colonel George T. Jones, Colonel I. S. Tichnor, and Mr. W. P Partello, were the pallbearers. The Rev. Dr. Newman, of the Metropolitan M.E. Church, officiated and the impressive burial service of the Masonic fraternity was read at the grave at Congressional Cemetery by M.W. Grand Master Stansbury, the solemn exercises closing with the usual Masonic honors. The Masonic Choir of the District sang appropriate dirges at the temple and grave.
A Captain John Nye filed claim on April 20, 1852, for bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850, and stated under oath at that time that he was then 67 years old, a resident of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; that he was a Captain in a company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomon R. Chamberlin, in the War of 1812 (2nd Regiment Massachusetts Militia); was drafted about September 10, 1812; honorably discharged at Cambridge Port about November 1, 1814.
Was granted 40 acres of land under this claim. Made another application on September 3, 1855, for additional bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855, stating under oath the same facts as above. A claim for pension was rejected on account of insufficient service.
Married on 12 December 1838 in Monroe Co., Alabama to the widow, Arabella Dupree Hays. He left to go to the California Gold Rush in 1849. Stayed for a time then went to Washington D.C. all the while wife Arabella stayed in Madison Co., Alabama with her "Hays" children from her first marriage, and John Nye and Arabella Dupree's son, Thomas Crocker Nye .
At the residence of Walter S. Bailey, No. 628 Pennsylvania Avenue at 10 a.m. today, Capt. John Nye,
brother of Senator Nye, of Nevada. Funeral will take place from No. 628 Pennsylvania avenue at 2 o'clock p.m. tomorrow.
The Evening Star, July 10, 1871
Funerals
The funeral of the late Capt. John Nye, whose death was noticed in Friday's STAR, took place yesterday afternoon from the Masonic Temple, W.J. Stephenson, W.M. of Dawson Lodge, having charge of the exercises.
Ex-Governor, J. Neely Johnson, Judge J. W. McCorkle, Henry D. Barron, Fifth Auditor; Colonel George T. Jones, Colonel I. S. Tichnor, and Mr. W. P Partello, were the pallbearers. The Rev. Dr. Newman, of the Metropolitan M.E. Church, officiated and the impressive burial service of the Masonic fraternity was read at the grave at Congressional Cemetery by M.W. Grand Master Stansbury, the solemn exercises closing with the usual Masonic honors. The Masonic Choir of the District sang appropriate dirges at the temple and grave.
A Captain John Nye filed claim on April 20, 1852, for bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850, and stated under oath at that time that he was then 67 years old, a resident of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; that he was a Captain in a company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Solomon R. Chamberlin, in the War of 1812 (2nd Regiment Massachusetts Militia); was drafted about September 10, 1812; honorably discharged at Cambridge Port about November 1, 1814.
Was granted 40 acres of land under this claim. Made another application on September 3, 1855, for additional bounty land under the Act of March 3, 1855, stating under oath the same facts as above. A claim for pension was rejected on account of insufficient service.
Married on 12 December 1838 in Monroe Co., Alabama to the widow, Arabella Dupree Hays. He left to go to the California Gold Rush in 1849. Stayed for a time then went to Washington D.C. all the while wife Arabella stayed in Madison Co., Alabama with her "Hays" children from her first marriage, and John Nye and Arabella Dupree's son, Thomas Crocker Nye .
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