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Death of an Old Sether-One of the early pi- oneers of Cleveland was called to day, to the rean of quiet rest he had long taken an active part m peopling, as the Sexton of the village and the city Abraham Hickox, whose death we announce at the ripe old age ofS1, visited the then wilderness site of our beautiful city in 1907, and in lSO9rem ved here with his family from Connecticut. Since then, to the day ol his death, he remained a "hXed fact" in the location of his choice. He was me- chanc who was never ashamed to "blow and strike,' and many we'll remember the bold and truthful sign-'' UNCLE ABRAM WORKS HERE" which used to meet the eye on the brow of the hill, now the head of Superior street. As the vii lage enlarged its borders, 1t changed to where the Weddell House now towers; and lastly attrac- ted the curious gaze of traveller and citlzen near what is now the southwest corner uf Superior and Seneca streets MT. Hickox shared in all the dan gers hardships and prvatons of the first settlers o of the Lake county, and ever respected and es- teemed. He ofiiciated as Sexton from the last war with scarce an inerregnum, until year or two past and, with sadness. whole community Will consign his venerable form to the midst of the sl- lent congregation he knelled and buried, in his day and generation.

 We copy the above obituary notice from the Cleveland, Ohio, Herald, of the 3lst ultimo. MT Hickox was a native of Waterbury. and removed to Cleveland from this place, at the period stated in the article. He was brother of the late llmo- thy Hickox, whose numerous descendants are stlll chiefly residents oi this town and vicinity

 Wntey6Wy American.