Name: Emmerick W. Hansell
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Robinson
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1840
County: Wash
State: DC
Hansell, Emrick W. b. 1817 - d. 14 Feb 1893 74 yrs. R86/D-4
Hansell. On Tuesday morning, February 14, 1893 at 6 o'clock, Emerick W. Hansell. Funeral from his late
residence, 611 9th street northeast, Thursday, February 16 at 2 o'clock p.m. Friends invited
The Evening Star, February 14, 1893
Death of Emerick W. Hansell
Mr. Emerick W. Hansell, a resident of Washington for nearly fift years, died at his residence, 611 9th street
northeast, this morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Hansell was for many years an employee of the Department of
State as confidential messenger to successive Secretaries of State, including Marcy, Cass and Seward. He was
with the latter when the attempt was made on the Secretary's life by the assasin Payne, and received a serious
wound from Payne's knife. Mr. Hansell has been in feeble health for many years, the result of a partial
paralysis, no doubt induced by the wound he received, and was obliged to resign his position on this account
in 1873. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He will be buried from his residence Thursday at 2
p.m., and the funeral will be in charge of the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a prominent member.
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Robinson
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1840
County: Wash
State: DC
Hansell, Emrick W. b. 1817 - d. 14 Feb 1893 74 yrs. R86/D-4
Hansell. On Tuesday morning, February 14, 1893 at 6 o'clock, Emerick W. Hansell. Funeral from his late
residence, 611 9th street northeast, Thursday, February 16 at 2 o'clock p.m. Friends invited
The Evening Star, February 14, 1893
Death of Emerick W. Hansell
Mr. Emerick W. Hansell, a resident of Washington for nearly fift years, died at his residence, 611 9th street
northeast, this morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Hansell was for many years an employee of the Department of
State as confidential messenger to successive Secretaries of State, including Marcy, Cass and Seward. He was
with the latter when the attempt was made on the Secretary's life by the assasin Payne, and received a serious
wound from Payne's knife. Mr. Hansell has been in feeble health for many years, the result of a partial
paralysis, no doubt induced by the wound he received, and was obliged to resign his position on this account
in 1873. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He will be buried from his residence Thursday at 2
p.m., and the funeral will be in charge of the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a prominent member.
Name: Emmerick W. Hansell
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Robinson
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1840
County: Wash
State: DC
Hansell, Emrick W. b. 1817 - d. 14 Feb 1893 74 yrs. R86/D-4
Hansell. On Tuesday morning, February 14, 1893 at 6 o'clock, Emerick W. Hansell. Funeral from his late
residence, 611 9th street northeast, Thursday, February 16 at 2 o'clock p.m. Friends invited
The Evening Star, February 14, 1893
Death of Emerick W. Hansell
Mr. Emerick W. Hansell, a resident of Washington for nearly fift years, died at his residence, 611 9th street
northeast, this morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Hansell was for many years an employee of the Department of
State as confidential messenger to successive Secretaries of State, including Marcy, Cass and Seward. He was
with the latter when the attempt was made on the Secretary's life by the assasin Payne, and received a serious
wound from Payne's knife. Mr. Hansell has been in feeble health for many years, the result of a partial
paralysis, no doubt induced by the wound he received, and was obliged to resign his position on this account
in 1873. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He will be buried from his residence Thursday at 2
p.m., and the funeral will be in charge of the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a prominent member.
Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Robinson
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1840
County: Wash
State: DC
Hansell, Emrick W. b. 1817 - d. 14 Feb 1893 74 yrs. R86/D-4
Hansell. On Tuesday morning, February 14, 1893 at 6 o'clock, Emerick W. Hansell. Funeral from his late
residence, 611 9th street northeast, Thursday, February 16 at 2 o'clock p.m. Friends invited
The Evening Star, February 14, 1893
Death of Emerick W. Hansell
Mr. Emerick W. Hansell, a resident of Washington for nearly fift years, died at his residence, 611 9th street
northeast, this morning at 6 o'clock. Mr. Hansell was for many years an employee of the Department of
State as confidential messenger to successive Secretaries of State, including Marcy, Cass and Seward. He was
with the latter when the attempt was made on the Secretary's life by the assasin Payne, and received a serious
wound from Payne's knife. Mr. Hansell has been in feeble health for many years, the result of a partial
paralysis, no doubt induced by the wound he received, and was obliged to resign his position on this account
in 1873. He was 74 years old at the time of his death. He will be buried from his residence Thursday at 2
p.m., and the funeral will be in charge of the Odd Fellows, of which order he was a prominent member.
Inscription
Wounded with
Hon. Wm. H. Seward, Sec. of
State,
By The Assassin Payne
April 14, 1865
Erected by his Grandson
Mar.... Emerick Eldridge
Gravesite Details
State Department messenger wounded by Lewis Powell/Paine at Secretary Seward's home.
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