DEATH OF WILLIAM MAIN
A State Pioneer and Prominent in Commercial and Civic Circles.
Connected With Leading Eastern Families—
His Death Due to a Fall From a Ladder.
William Washington Main, an employee of the firm of Main & Winchester, died at his residence in this City Thursday morning. While fixing a screw-eye at his office, 214 Battery street, on Monday morning the stepladder upon which he stood collapsed and he was thrown violently to the floor. When picked up he was unconscious, and it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. He did not thereafter regain consciousness.
The deceased was born in Boston, Mass., sixty-seven years ago. He came to California in 1849, and has since then been a resident of this State. He was one of the most prominent and energetic of the Vigilantes in the early '50's, the honesty and straightforwardness of his character always asserting itself on the side of truth and right. After the Vigilante excitement in this City Mr. Main went to Petaluma, where he established a large and lucrative business. He also organized the Petaluma Fire Department. After the opening of the railroad Mr. Main turned his eyes to the greater commercial center of San Francisco. From that time on he was identified with the firm of Main & Winchester in the capacity of head of its most important department.
His sudden demise has deprived the firm of one of its most valued and trusted employes. It has also bereaved one of our most respected families of its head. William Washington Main leaves behind him, besides a sorrowing widow to mourn his loss, three married daughters, Mrs. J. C. Fitzgerald, wife of the publisher of the Silver Advocate; Mrs. I. T. Tarbox and Mrs. Owen H. Wynne; one unmarried daughter, Miss Alice L. Main, and a young son, Stanford W. Main. The head of the firm, Charles Main, feels the loss keenly, the more so as it is only two months since he lost his wife. The sad event will t»e deplored by numerous families in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, where Mr. Main had many influential relatives. He was connected with the Hartwells of Philadelphia, among the oldest settlers of the New England States.
The funeral will take place today at 2 p. m., from his late residence, and Rev. G. W. Eliot Jr.. associate pastor of the First Unitarian Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
[The San Francisco Call, 8 March 1896, Page 17, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Cousin of Charles Main, of the firm, Main & Winchester. [San Francisco Examiner, 7 March 1896, Page 16, Newspapers.com]
A State Pioneer and Prominent in Commercial and Civic Circles.
Connected With Leading Eastern Families—
His Death Due to a Fall From a Ladder.
William Washington Main, an employee of the firm of Main & Winchester, died at his residence in this City Thursday morning. While fixing a screw-eye at his office, 214 Battery street, on Monday morning the stepladder upon which he stood collapsed and he was thrown violently to the floor. When picked up he was unconscious, and it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. He did not thereafter regain consciousness.
The deceased was born in Boston, Mass., sixty-seven years ago. He came to California in 1849, and has since then been a resident of this State. He was one of the most prominent and energetic of the Vigilantes in the early '50's, the honesty and straightforwardness of his character always asserting itself on the side of truth and right. After the Vigilante excitement in this City Mr. Main went to Petaluma, where he established a large and lucrative business. He also organized the Petaluma Fire Department. After the opening of the railroad Mr. Main turned his eyes to the greater commercial center of San Francisco. From that time on he was identified with the firm of Main & Winchester in the capacity of head of its most important department.
His sudden demise has deprived the firm of one of its most valued and trusted employes. It has also bereaved one of our most respected families of its head. William Washington Main leaves behind him, besides a sorrowing widow to mourn his loss, three married daughters, Mrs. J. C. Fitzgerald, wife of the publisher of the Silver Advocate; Mrs. I. T. Tarbox and Mrs. Owen H. Wynne; one unmarried daughter, Miss Alice L. Main, and a young son, Stanford W. Main. The head of the firm, Charles Main, feels the loss keenly, the more so as it is only two months since he lost his wife. The sad event will t»e deplored by numerous families in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, where Mr. Main had many influential relatives. He was connected with the Hartwells of Philadelphia, among the oldest settlers of the New England States.
The funeral will take place today at 2 p. m., from his late residence, and Rev. G. W. Eliot Jr.. associate pastor of the First Unitarian Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
[The San Francisco Call, 8 March 1896, Page 17, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Cousin of Charles Main, of the firm, Main & Winchester. [San Francisco Examiner, 7 March 1896, Page 16, Newspapers.com]
DEATH OF WILLIAM MAIN
A State Pioneer and Prominent in Commercial and Civic Circles.
Connected With Leading Eastern Families—
His Death Due to a Fall From a Ladder.
William Washington Main, an employee of the firm of Main & Winchester, died at his residence in this City Thursday morning. While fixing a screw-eye at his office, 214 Battery street, on Monday morning the stepladder upon which he stood collapsed and he was thrown violently to the floor. When picked up he was unconscious, and it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. He did not thereafter regain consciousness.
The deceased was born in Boston, Mass., sixty-seven years ago. He came to California in 1849, and has since then been a resident of this State. He was one of the most prominent and energetic of the Vigilantes in the early '50's, the honesty and straightforwardness of his character always asserting itself on the side of truth and right. After the Vigilante excitement in this City Mr. Main went to Petaluma, where he established a large and lucrative business. He also organized the Petaluma Fire Department. After the opening of the railroad Mr. Main turned his eyes to the greater commercial center of San Francisco. From that time on he was identified with the firm of Main & Winchester in the capacity of head of its most important department.
His sudden demise has deprived the firm of one of its most valued and trusted employes. It has also bereaved one of our most respected families of its head. William Washington Main leaves behind him, besides a sorrowing widow to mourn his loss, three married daughters, Mrs. J. C. Fitzgerald, wife of the publisher of the Silver Advocate; Mrs. I. T. Tarbox and Mrs. Owen H. Wynne; one unmarried daughter, Miss Alice L. Main, and a young son, Stanford W. Main. The head of the firm, Charles Main, feels the loss keenly, the more so as it is only two months since he lost his wife. The sad event will t»e deplored by numerous families in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, where Mr. Main had many influential relatives. He was connected with the Hartwells of Philadelphia, among the oldest settlers of the New England States.
The funeral will take place today at 2 p. m., from his late residence, and Rev. G. W. Eliot Jr.. associate pastor of the First Unitarian Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
[The San Francisco Call, 8 March 1896, Page 17, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Cousin of Charles Main, of the firm, Main & Winchester. [San Francisco Examiner, 7 March 1896, Page 16, Newspapers.com]
A State Pioneer and Prominent in Commercial and Civic Circles.
Connected With Leading Eastern Families—
His Death Due to a Fall From a Ladder.
William Washington Main, an employee of the firm of Main & Winchester, died at his residence in this City Thursday morning. While fixing a screw-eye at his office, 214 Battery street, on Monday morning the stepladder upon which he stood collapsed and he was thrown violently to the floor. When picked up he was unconscious, and it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. He did not thereafter regain consciousness.
The deceased was born in Boston, Mass., sixty-seven years ago. He came to California in 1849, and has since then been a resident of this State. He was one of the most prominent and energetic of the Vigilantes in the early '50's, the honesty and straightforwardness of his character always asserting itself on the side of truth and right. After the Vigilante excitement in this City Mr. Main went to Petaluma, where he established a large and lucrative business. He also organized the Petaluma Fire Department. After the opening of the railroad Mr. Main turned his eyes to the greater commercial center of San Francisco. From that time on he was identified with the firm of Main & Winchester in the capacity of head of its most important department.
His sudden demise has deprived the firm of one of its most valued and trusted employes. It has also bereaved one of our most respected families of its head. William Washington Main leaves behind him, besides a sorrowing widow to mourn his loss, three married daughters, Mrs. J. C. Fitzgerald, wife of the publisher of the Silver Advocate; Mrs. I. T. Tarbox and Mrs. Owen H. Wynne; one unmarried daughter, Miss Alice L. Main, and a young son, Stanford W. Main. The head of the firm, Charles Main, feels the loss keenly, the more so as it is only two months since he lost his wife. The sad event will t»e deplored by numerous families in Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, where Mr. Main had many influential relatives. He was connected with the Hartwells of Philadelphia, among the oldest settlers of the New England States.
The funeral will take place today at 2 p. m., from his late residence, and Rev. G. W. Eliot Jr.. associate pastor of the First Unitarian Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
[The San Francisco Call, 8 March 1896, Page 17, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Cousin of Charles Main, of the firm, Main & Winchester. [San Francisco Examiner, 7 March 1896, Page 16, Newspapers.com]
Gravesite Details
Originally buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco
Family Members
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