Death Of Centenarians In 1877

[From the Cincinuati Commercial.] Jan. 4. Mrs. Mary Sharkey died iu New York city. Slie -was bom in Sligo, Ireland, and was 102 years of age. tihe ato nething for eighteen days beforc lier demise. Feb. 12. Caroline Lambert died at Omaha, Neb., aged 101. She was burned to death while dressing a sore arm with kerosene. Feb. 14. Mrs. Mary Dunham, aged 105, died at Glenville, N. Y. Feb. 14. Aaron Easton died at Tyre, N. Y., aged 101. He was boru iu New Jersey, and of small stature. Feb. 14. Mrs. Eunice White, wife of Peleg W. White, aged 102, at Macedón, N. Y. Feb. 26. Hugh McMartin, at New York city, aged 105. Born in Ireland. March 18. Augustin Picard, aged 109, died at Eochester, N. Y. He was born at St. Pierre, Quebec, in 1767. His fatlier died at tlie age of 108, his mother at tho age of 104, and his sister now lives at Quebec, aged 109. He was an invetérate smoker, regular drinker, and never had a head or stomach ache, and was confined to his bed for only eight weeks. March 20. Philip Kavanaugh, aged 105. died at Zaleski, O. He was a native of Ireland. March 22. Mrs. Catharine Schneider, aged 101, at Kenosha, Wis. 111 only six weeks. March 24. Samuel Vaum, aged 104, died Trumansburg, Tonipkins county, N. Y. April 3. Capt. Fred. Lahrbush, died at New York, aged 1 11. April 20. Lettis B. Steele, aged 102 years, 7 months, and 18 days, at Passaic, N. J. He was born in New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 2, 1774. He ato no food for five days before his death. May 4. Mrs. Rosa Brady, aged 103, at New York city ; born at Cavan county, ! in Ireland, 1774. May C. Bridget Rush, aged 103, in St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, in New York. She feil down stairs soine days before her death. June 26. Ann Henry, aged 105, in New York. Born in Ireland. July 5. Mrs. Susan Hague, aged 106, in New York city. She had 54 grandehildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her lmsband was a sea Captain, and lived to the age of 83. She never had any disease but the yellow fever. Juiy 6. Mrs. Margaret Boyd, aged 102 years, 10 months and 10 days, at New York city. She was born in Derry county, Ireland. She used no spectacles, and could see to darn stockings. July 24. An unknown woman, aged 106, at residence of John Jenkins, at Newtown, Long island, who took care of her for fourteen years. Aug. 8. Mrs. Rosa Quinn, widow of a Lrayman, aged 104, at Dubuque, Iowa. Aug. 18. Mrs. Eliza Thomas, aged 106, at Ripley, O. Aug. 26. John Francis (colored), aged 103, at Harrison, Westchester county, N. Y. He had been a slave, and escaped by underground railroad. Sept. 22. William Goodman, aged 101, at Little Britain, Orange county, N. Y. He was born July 4, 1776, was a farm laborer, and worked until the day before his death. Nov. 10. Thomas Grimaldi, aged 102, at Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 23 Joseph King, a native of Lower Canada, aged 102, at Chicago. Nov. 28. Mrs. Elizabeth Allen, aged 105 years, 5 months, and 6 days, at Chariestown, R. I. Dec. 9. Catharine Fitzpatrick, aged 100, at Bellevue Hospital, New York.