Baltimore Sun

Death of Mr. Richard M. Janney

Mr. Rich'd M. Janney, whose death was announced yesterday, at No. 81 Saratoga street, the residence of the late Mr. Johns Hopkins, was in the sixty-ninth year of his age. His malady was heart disease, with which he had for some time been afflicted.

Mr. Janney was born in Loudon county, Virginia, and Samuel M. and Asa M. Janney, of that county, who have been identified with Indian affairs, are his brothers.

He married Miss Sarah Hopkins, sister of Mr. Johns Hopkins, in Anne Arundel county, and removed to Baltimore, where he engaged in the drug business, the firm being Janney & Atkinson. Mr. Janney's health becoming impaired, he retired to a farm in Baltimore county for some years, but afterwards engaged in the coal business in this city.

After declining active business pursuits, he devoted his time to works of philanthropy. He was the originator of the Prisoners' Aid Society, and one of the founders of the prison library. He was closely identified with the Home for Women, on Exeter street, which was started in Albemarle street, and at his death was its president. He was active in efforts for the moral and educational improvement of colored people, and established schools for them throughout the State after the war, and was in the board of officers of the colored normal school in this city. Mr. Janney was appointed one of the trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital by Mr. Hopkins' will. The vacancy will be filled by the surviving trustees. He was a member of the Eutaw and Monument street meeting of the Orthodox Society of Friends.

He leaves a wife and four children, two sons and two daughters, viz: Samuel A. and J. H. Janney and Mrs. Francis White and Mrs. Joseph Elliott, all residing in Baltimore.