DEATH OF GEORGE LESLIE
He was born in Adams County and was a Brave Soldier. Death came as a friend and brought relief from excruciating pain to George Leslie at 10:55 this forenoon. He had been sick for seven weeks, suffering from affections of heart and kidneys, complicated with dropsy of the feet and legs. He was conscious up to this morning. His niece, Mrs. T. J. Nicholson, stroked his forehead. He opened his eyes and murmuring, "Enough, Enough," settled back on his pillow. They were his last words and were spoken several hours before death.
Mr. Leslie was born in Ellington Township, six miles out from this city, on September 9, 1844. Here he spent nearly all his life except the four years he served in the Union army as a soldier of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He was a faithful soldier and did able service for his country when it stood in need of help.
His wife and six children survive. The children are: Mrs. Henry Stamm, of St. Louis; Mrs. Louis Kerksieck, of Chicago; Mrs. A. E. Dunn, of Quincy, and Will, Emily and George who live at the parental home, 229 Jersey Street. There are also a brother, William Leslie, of near Columbus, this county, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Long, of near Mendon, and Mrs. George Pollock, of Martinsburg, Iowa.
Mr. Leslie was a bartender by occupation and worked for years for John Grave, at the "Olive Branch" Saloon, on Front Street. In his death the Bartenders' League loses its first member.
He was extensively acquainted and had hundreds of warm friends. As husband and father he was kind and indulgent, and he was a good citizen. His death was sincerely mourned.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Friday, April 28, 1899; Page: 3
He was born in Adams County and was a Brave Soldier. Death came as a friend and brought relief from excruciating pain to George Leslie at 10:55 this forenoon. He had been sick for seven weeks, suffering from affections of heart and kidneys, complicated with dropsy of the feet and legs. He was conscious up to this morning. His niece, Mrs. T. J. Nicholson, stroked his forehead. He opened his eyes and murmuring, "Enough, Enough," settled back on his pillow. They were his last words and were spoken several hours before death.
Mr. Leslie was born in Ellington Township, six miles out from this city, on September 9, 1844. Here he spent nearly all his life except the four years he served in the Union army as a soldier of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He was a faithful soldier and did able service for his country when it stood in need of help.
His wife and six children survive. The children are: Mrs. Henry Stamm, of St. Louis; Mrs. Louis Kerksieck, of Chicago; Mrs. A. E. Dunn, of Quincy, and Will, Emily and George who live at the parental home, 229 Jersey Street. There are also a brother, William Leslie, of near Columbus, this county, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Long, of near Mendon, and Mrs. George Pollock, of Martinsburg, Iowa.
Mr. Leslie was a bartender by occupation and worked for years for John Grave, at the "Olive Branch" Saloon, on Front Street. In his death the Bartenders' League loses its first member.
He was extensively acquainted and had hundreds of warm friends. As husband and father he was kind and indulgent, and he was a good citizen. His death was sincerely mourned.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Friday, April 28, 1899; Page: 3
DEATH OF GEORGE LESLIE
He was born in Adams County and was a Brave Soldier. Death came as a friend and brought relief from excruciating pain to George Leslie at 10:55 this forenoon. He had been sick for seven weeks, suffering from affections of heart and kidneys, complicated with dropsy of the feet and legs. He was conscious up to this morning. His niece, Mrs. T. J. Nicholson, stroked his forehead. He opened his eyes and murmuring, "Enough, Enough," settled back on his pillow. They were his last words and were spoken several hours before death.
Mr. Leslie was born in Ellington Township, six miles out from this city, on September 9, 1844. Here he spent nearly all his life except the four years he served in the Union army as a soldier of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He was a faithful soldier and did able service for his country when it stood in need of help.
His wife and six children survive. The children are: Mrs. Henry Stamm, of St. Louis; Mrs. Louis Kerksieck, of Chicago; Mrs. A. E. Dunn, of Quincy, and Will, Emily and George who live at the parental home, 229 Jersey Street. There are also a brother, William Leslie, of near Columbus, this county, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Long, of near Mendon, and Mrs. George Pollock, of Martinsburg, Iowa.
Mr. Leslie was a bartender by occupation and worked for years for John Grave, at the "Olive Branch" Saloon, on Front Street. In his death the Bartenders' League loses its first member.
He was extensively acquainted and had hundreds of warm friends. As husband and father he was kind and indulgent, and he was a good citizen. His death was sincerely mourned.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Friday, April 28, 1899; Page: 3
He was born in Adams County and was a Brave Soldier. Death came as a friend and brought relief from excruciating pain to George Leslie at 10:55 this forenoon. He had been sick for seven weeks, suffering from affections of heart and kidneys, complicated with dropsy of the feet and legs. He was conscious up to this morning. His niece, Mrs. T. J. Nicholson, stroked his forehead. He opened his eyes and murmuring, "Enough, Enough," settled back on his pillow. They were his last words and were spoken several hours before death.
Mr. Leslie was born in Ellington Township, six miles out from this city, on September 9, 1844. Here he spent nearly all his life except the four years he served in the Union army as a soldier of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry. He was a faithful soldier and did able service for his country when it stood in need of help.
His wife and six children survive. The children are: Mrs. Henry Stamm, of St. Louis; Mrs. Louis Kerksieck, of Chicago; Mrs. A. E. Dunn, of Quincy, and Will, Emily and George who live at the parental home, 229 Jersey Street. There are also a brother, William Leslie, of near Columbus, this county, and two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Long, of near Mendon, and Mrs. George Pollock, of Martinsburg, Iowa.
Mr. Leslie was a bartender by occupation and worked for years for John Grave, at the "Olive Branch" Saloon, on Front Street. In his death the Bartenders' League loses its first member.
He was extensively acquainted and had hundreds of warm friends. As husband and father he was kind and indulgent, and he was a good citizen. His death was sincerely mourned.
The Quincy Daily Herald, Friday, April 28, 1899; Page: 3
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