An Affecting Death-Bed Scene
Frank Forsyth Wanted to See All of His Friends Before He Died
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There was a very affecting death-bed scene at No. 506 Grove Street yesterday forenoon when the life of Frank Forsyth went out of the mortal clay to find rest over the river, where there is no night and no sorrow. Early in the morning his physician had informed the family that he could not live, and the loving wife broke the news to him as tenderly as she could, while her own heart-strings were being strained to almost breaking. The dying man, in the full possession of his senses and speech, although suffering intense agony, expressed a wish to have Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Charles Rapalyea, and one of the Telegram staff come to his bedside, as he wished to talk with each before he died. Mr. Beecher came and spoke comforting words, and Mr. Rapalyea tried to soften the last moments of the sick and dying man with cheerful words. The wife and four little children were then called in and between his dying gasps he bade adieu to each; then his eyes became fixed, perhaps upon the eternal shore, and as the music of angels reached his pillow he fell into the dreamless sleep of death, and the tears of the widow and fatherless ran down their cheeks as the oil flowed down Aaron’s beard of old. Frank Forsyth was a well-known carpenter of this city and a musical genius besides. He had formerly been employed in Fitch & Aldrich’s mill, and three weeks ago, at the time he was taken ill, he had procured a situation in H.C. Spaulding & Co.’s mill. He was a kindly man, and everyone who knew him was his friend. His age was twenty-eight years and he leaves, besides his wife, whose maiden name was Effie Austen, four children- Bert and Bessie, twins, and Lorie and Phoebe. Mr. Forsyth was born at Candor, N.Y., where he spent his boyhood before coming to Elmira. The funeral will be announced later on.
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Sunday, January 24, 1892 – Elmira Telegram
Frank Forsyth Wanted to See All of His Friends Before He Died
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There was a very affecting death-bed scene at No. 506 Grove Street yesterday forenoon when the life of Frank Forsyth went out of the mortal clay to find rest over the river, where there is no night and no sorrow. Early in the morning his physician had informed the family that he could not live, and the loving wife broke the news to him as tenderly as she could, while her own heart-strings were being strained to almost breaking. The dying man, in the full possession of his senses and speech, although suffering intense agony, expressed a wish to have Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Charles Rapalyea, and one of the Telegram staff come to his bedside, as he wished to talk with each before he died. Mr. Beecher came and spoke comforting words, and Mr. Rapalyea tried to soften the last moments of the sick and dying man with cheerful words. The wife and four little children were then called in and between his dying gasps he bade adieu to each; then his eyes became fixed, perhaps upon the eternal shore, and as the music of angels reached his pillow he fell into the dreamless sleep of death, and the tears of the widow and fatherless ran down their cheeks as the oil flowed down Aaron’s beard of old. Frank Forsyth was a well-known carpenter of this city and a musical genius besides. He had formerly been employed in Fitch & Aldrich’s mill, and three weeks ago, at the time he was taken ill, he had procured a situation in H.C. Spaulding & Co.’s mill. He was a kindly man, and everyone who knew him was his friend. His age was twenty-eight years and he leaves, besides his wife, whose maiden name was Effie Austen, four children- Bert and Bessie, twins, and Lorie and Phoebe. Mr. Forsyth was born at Candor, N.Y., where he spent his boyhood before coming to Elmira. The funeral will be announced later on.
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Sunday, January 24, 1892 – Elmira Telegram
An Affecting Death-Bed Scene
Frank Forsyth Wanted to See All of His Friends Before He Died
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There was a very affecting death-bed scene at No. 506 Grove Street yesterday forenoon when the life of Frank Forsyth went out of the mortal clay to find rest over the river, where there is no night and no sorrow. Early in the morning his physician had informed the family that he could not live, and the loving wife broke the news to him as tenderly as she could, while her own heart-strings were being strained to almost breaking. The dying man, in the full possession of his senses and speech, although suffering intense agony, expressed a wish to have Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Charles Rapalyea, and one of the Telegram staff come to his bedside, as he wished to talk with each before he died. Mr. Beecher came and spoke comforting words, and Mr. Rapalyea tried to soften the last moments of the sick and dying man with cheerful words. The wife and four little children were then called in and between his dying gasps he bade adieu to each; then his eyes became fixed, perhaps upon the eternal shore, and as the music of angels reached his pillow he fell into the dreamless sleep of death, and the tears of the widow and fatherless ran down their cheeks as the oil flowed down Aaron’s beard of old. Frank Forsyth was a well-known carpenter of this city and a musical genius besides. He had formerly been employed in Fitch & Aldrich’s mill, and three weeks ago, at the time he was taken ill, he had procured a situation in H.C. Spaulding & Co.’s mill. He was a kindly man, and everyone who knew him was his friend. His age was twenty-eight years and he leaves, besides his wife, whose maiden name was Effie Austen, four children- Bert and Bessie, twins, and Lorie and Phoebe. Mr. Forsyth was born at Candor, N.Y., where he spent his boyhood before coming to Elmira. The funeral will be announced later on.
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Sunday, January 24, 1892 – Elmira Telegram
Frank Forsyth Wanted to See All of His Friends Before He Died
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There was a very affecting death-bed scene at No. 506 Grove Street yesterday forenoon when the life of Frank Forsyth went out of the mortal clay to find rest over the river, where there is no night and no sorrow. Early in the morning his physician had informed the family that he could not live, and the loving wife broke the news to him as tenderly as she could, while her own heart-strings were being strained to almost breaking. The dying man, in the full possession of his senses and speech, although suffering intense agony, expressed a wish to have Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Charles Rapalyea, and one of the Telegram staff come to his bedside, as he wished to talk with each before he died. Mr. Beecher came and spoke comforting words, and Mr. Rapalyea tried to soften the last moments of the sick and dying man with cheerful words. The wife and four little children were then called in and between his dying gasps he bade adieu to each; then his eyes became fixed, perhaps upon the eternal shore, and as the music of angels reached his pillow he fell into the dreamless sleep of death, and the tears of the widow and fatherless ran down their cheeks as the oil flowed down Aaron’s beard of old. Frank Forsyth was a well-known carpenter of this city and a musical genius besides. He had formerly been employed in Fitch & Aldrich’s mill, and three weeks ago, at the time he was taken ill, he had procured a situation in H.C. Spaulding & Co.’s mill. He was a kindly man, and everyone who knew him was his friend. His age was twenty-eight years and he leaves, besides his wife, whose maiden name was Effie Austen, four children- Bert and Bessie, twins, and Lorie and Phoebe. Mr. Forsyth was born at Candor, N.Y., where he spent his boyhood before coming to Elmira. The funeral will be announced later on.
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Sunday, January 24, 1892 – Elmira Telegram
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