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| Family Bibles James Speakman |
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Holy Bible in English; Holman Bible, Patriotic Order Sons of America edition, no date or publisher given.
This Bible has family register pages, but they are blank. The family information is written on the blank
pages in the back if the Bible, and also contains many inserted documents, and a number of obituaries
glued into the front blank pages. The Bible belonged to James Miller Speakman who was born the same
year as the Patriotic Order Sons of America was created.
The Bible is now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library, Irwin, Iowa.
Presentation Page
To: James Miller Speakman
Births
James Miller Speakman Sr Born Apr 26th 1847
Sarah Satia Ringer Speakman Born Nov 10th 1844
William Henry Speakman Born Sept 9th 1872
Anna Mary Cathrian Speakman Oct 8th 1874
Lydia Florence Speakman Aug 23, 1876
Sarah Satia Speakman Jan 21, 1879
Bertha Lusetta Speakman Dec 14, 1880
Luella Rebecca Speakman Oct 16, 1882
James Miller Speakman Jr Mar 15, 1887
Grandchildren of J. M. and S. S. Speakman
Howard Ralph Shirley Aug 31, 1901
Clarence Russel Shirley Aug 7, 1903
Charles Lloyd [Shirley] Jan 16, 1906
Florence Ruth [Shirley] Jan 10, 1909
Frank Speakman Roode July 4, 1904
Walter Warren Roode Jan 30, 1906
Alice Sarah Roode Jan 18, 1908
Edith Lucile [Roode] Jan 17, 1910
Albert Graham [Roode] Apr 2, 1912
Arthur Forrest [Roode]
Sarah
Florence
Ralph
Ethel
James Roy Lauffer
Marriages
Mary C. Speakman to John C. Shirley May 24, 1899 by Rev. R. G. Rosenbaum at Delmont parsonage.
Sarah S. Speakman to Archie F. Roode aug 28, 1902 at Morgantown U. Va.
Luella R. Speakman to Simon P. Bush Dec 12, 1907 by Rev. L. Beisecker in Lutheran Church in Delmont
Bertha L. Speakman to Simon Lauffer Sept 6, 1900 by Rev. Reed Shepfer in Lutheran parsonage. Delmont
James M. Speakman. Jr. to Eva M. Bush Nov 16, 1927 by Rev F. C. Snyder in Delmont Lutheran Parsonage.
Deaths
Lydia Florence Speakman, died Apr 27, 1909
Father, James M. Speakman Sr. died
Mother, Sarah Satia Ringer Speakman, died
Luella Rebecca Speakman Bush, died Nov 1935
Anna Mary Catherian Speakman Shirley, died March 29, 1950
William Henry Speakman, died Oct 12, 1944
Sarah Satia Speakman Roode died March 16, 1957, age 78
Bertha L. Speakman Lauffer Feb 1958, [age] 77
James M. Speakman Jr. Mar 15, 1960 - age 73
Births
John George Bush Born Dec 20, 1866
Alma Ida Dewalt Bush Born Aug 25, 1866
Children
Charles Clifford Bush born Oct 28, 1889
James Franklin [Bush] [born] Aug 13, 1892
Walter Dewalt [Bush] [born] June 13, 1894
Merle Foster Bush [born] Aug 25, 1895
Eva May Bush [born] May 7, 1900
Ella Florence Bush [born] Sept 21, 1905
Grandchildren of John G. and Alma I Bush
Charles William Bush born Nov 9, 1918
Homer Franklin [Bush] born May 26, 1919
John George Bush [born] June 12, 1920
Wilma Jean Bush [born] Jan
Arthur John Tawney [born] June 30, 1930
Lloyd James [Tawney] [born] Feb 6, 1933
Helen Grace [Tawney] [born] Dec 13, 1934
Esther Blanche Tawney [born] Sept 23, 1937
Alberta Jean Tawney [born]
Marriages
C. Clifford Bush to Susannah S Barrar Nov 4, 1914 in Greensburg by Rev Yout.
J. Franklin Bush to Dora G. Keibler Fink Aug 24, 1918
Ella F. bush to Albert F. Tawney Sept 1, 1927 in Cumberland Md.
Eva M. Bush to J. Miller Speakman Nov 16, 1927 in Delmont Lutheran parsonage by Rev F. C. Snyder
Deaths
Walter DeWalt Bush, died Aug 12, 1894
Merle Foster Bush [died] Mar 3, 1897
(Mother) Alma I. Bush [died] Apr 22, 1935
(Father) John G. Bush [died] Sept 17, 1937
James Franklin bush [died] Jan 27, 1961
Insertions
[obit] Mrs. Alma I. DeWalt Bush
Mrs. Alma I. DeWalt Bush, wife of John G. Bush, of Salem township, died at her home at 2:45 o'clock
Monday morning. She was 68 years, seven months and 27 days old. She is survived by her husband, two
sons, Charles C. Bush, of Jeanette, and James F. Bush, of Greensburg, and by two daughters, Mrs. J.
M. Speakman, at home, and Mrs. Albert Tawney, of Mamont. Seven Grandchildren, three sisters and one
brother also survive. They are Mrs. H. P. Smith, of Salem township; Mrs. Flora M. Kepple, of Jeanettte; Mrs.
George McQuaide, of Delmont; and Walter W. DeWalt, of Pueblo, Colo.Funeral services will be held at her
late home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be private in the Delmont Union cemetery.
[added in pencil] Died April 22, 1935 Easter Monday, Buried April 24, 1935
[obit] John G. Bush
John G. Bush, 70 years and nine months old, of Delmont, died yesterday in the Westmoreland hospital. He
was a life-long member of the Salem Lutheran church of Delmont. Mr. Bush is survived by four children:
Charles C. Bush, of Jeannette; James F. Bush, of Greensburg; Mrs. Eva Speakman, of Lincoln Heights and
Mrs. Albert Tawney, of Salina. He is also survived by a brother, J. W. Bush, of New Alexandria and seven
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home of his son, James F. Bush, 522 Perry avenue,
Greensburg, at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev. R. C. Lauffenburger, pastor of the Salem
Lutheran church. Interment will be made in the Delmont Union cemetery.
[added in pencil] Sept 17, 1937 11:15 A.M. 1866-1937
[memorial] In Memoriam
Bush - In memory of our dear mother, Alma I. Bush, who passed away one
year ago today, April 22:
Dear Mother you are not forgotten,
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with us,
As you always were before.
The flowers we place upon your grave
May wither and decay,
But love for you who sleeps beneath
Will never pass away.
Sadly missed by daughters, Eva Bush Speakman and Ella Bush Tawney.
[obit] Mrs. Mary J. DeW Smith
Mrs. Mary J. DeWalt Smith, 75 years old, wife of H. P. Smith, of Greenburg R. D. 3, died at 6 o'clock Friday
evening at here home from complications arising from a fall which occured seven weeks ago. She is
survived by her husband and two children, Clarence R. Smith, of Alliance O., and Mrs. J. E. Stewart, of
Glenville, W. Va. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Ella N.
McQuaide, of Delmont, and Mrs. Flora Kepple, and one brother, W. W. DeWalt, of Pueblo, Colo. She was a
member of the First Reformed church, of Delmont. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
at her late home off the Greensburg-Delmont road, in charge of her pastor, Rev. Will Fisher. Interment will
be made in Woodlawn cemetery at Denmark Manor. [added in pencil] Dec 24, 1957 9pm
[funeral card] In Memory
In Memory of Lloyd George Haines
Born May 12, 1869 Hempfield Township, Pa.
Departed this life September 21, 1937 Salem Township. Pa.
Ceremonies by Rev. Charles Shindler
Thurday, September 23, 1937 2:00 P.M., E.S.T.
Trinity Reformed Church, Delmont, Pa.
Interment Delmont Lutheran Cemetery
Service conducted by The Bash Funeral Home Delmont, PA.
[funeral card] In Memoriam
Services for Mrs. Mary C. Bush
Born March 25, 1872
Died February 18, 1936
Services held at Residence, Feb. 20, 1936
Minister Rev. E. R. Hanks
Interment Rlairsville Cemetery
Felton Funeral Home New Alexandria, Pa.
[funeral brochure] Memorial Service, Sunday, January 17, 1937
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized January 16, 1848, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, J. Paul Harman, Pastor
Re-Commital of Remains of:
Pastor Michael Eyster, Colonel Christopher Truby, Mrs. Sybilla Bowman Truby.
Pastor Michael Eyster
Michael Eyster, a son of Adam and Elizabeth Eyster of York County, was born May 16, 1814. After spending
his early years on his father's farm, at the age of 13 he went to York where he was employed as a clerk in
a store. Here he became deeply interested in religion and decided to study for the ministry. For several
years he attended Marshall college, and then completed his course at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg.
Here also he was graduated from the Theological Seminary in 1838 and licensed by the West Pennsylvania
Synod to preach the gospel. He was soon called to the Williamsburg parish in Huntingdon County, which
he served for eight years. On January 23, 1839 Pastor Eyster was married to Miss Julia E. Eichleberger of
York. In 18446 the family moved to Greencastle, where Mrs. Eyster died, leaving her husband with three
small daughter - Emma (Mrs. Adam Turney), Amelia (Mrs. Wm. Brown), and Josephine (Mrs. Blackburn). In
October, 1849 he accepted a call to the Greensburg-Adamsburg parish. During Pastor Eyster's brief
pastorate at Zion's the membership increased from less that fifty members to 105. Under his leadership
the congregation, which had been worshiping in a building rented from the Presbyterian church,
dedicated its own building on November 21, 1851. Likewise a new church building was erected at
Adamsburg, and another by the congregation he had organized at Delmont.
In 1851 he was elected Principal of the Greensburg Seminary but refused the position. He was President of
the Southern Conference of the Pittsburgh
Synod at its meeting in August, 1852, but did not live to see the Conference entertained by Zion's in the
following year. In the spring of 1853 his health began to fail. His last sermon was preached before the
Pittsburgh Synod in June when he used the text, "This do in remembrance of me." His death occured on
August 10, 1853 in the fortieth year of his age and the fifteenth year of his ministry.
Colonel Christopher Truby - Sybilla Truby
Christopher, a son of the Swiss immigrant Christopher Truby and his wife Catherine, was born in Bucks
county in 1736 not far from Newtown, later to be the headquarters for General Washington for a short time
in 1776. The muster record of his enlistment in 1763, during the Indian Wars, describes him as being 5
feet 9 inches tall, long faced, with brown hair and eyes. In 1760 Truby married a student at the Moravian
Seminary in Bethlehem, Sybilla, daughter of Hans Dietrich Bauman and his wife Eva Elizabeth Weil. In
1771 he came to what is now Westmoreland county, patented three large tracts of land from the Colony,
and prepared a home for his family. This was the beginning of Greensburg. The following year he moved
his wife and family of five children to the new frontier.
One of Truby's first activities was to build a blockhouse - Fort Allen. Other settlers moved in, and to the
little community growing up around him he gave the name Newtown, after the near his boyhood home.
After the burning of Hannastown, county-seat Pittsburgh, Hannastown and Newtown contended for
the location of the new court house. Distance, the location of the new Pittsburgh-Philadelphia pike running
through Newtown, and, above all, the influence of Truby, brought success to Newtown. The Board of
Commissioners on December 10, 1785, agreed with Truby, General Wm. Jack, and Ludwig Otterman for the
purchase at a cost of six pence for two acres of land upon which to erect public buildings. Truby further
agreed to lay out additional building lots. The following year the court house and jail were erected, and
the name of the community changed to Greensburg.
In 1774 Truby was a Commisioner for Westmoreland county. On June 11, 1777, he was commissioned on
of the Justices of the Peace, with power to administer the oath of allegiance to the new State. In
February, 1778, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1787 he was appointed Wood
Ranger, and in 1790 commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in Harmar's campaign against the Indians,
commanding with Major James Paull the battalion of Pennsylvania Militia.
The founder of Greensburg died February 20, 1802, having been preceded in death by his wife Sybilla who
died August 24, 1801.
Holy Bible in English; Holman Bible, Patriotic Order Sons of America edition, no date or publisher given.
This Bible has family register pages, but they are blank. The family information is written on the blank
pages in the back if the Bible, and also contains many inserted documents, and a number of obituaries
glued into the front blank pages. The Bible belonged to James Miller Speakman who was born the same
year as the Patriotic Order Sons of America was created.
The Bible is now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library, Irwin, Iowa.
Presentation Page
To: James Miller Speakman
Births
James Miller Speakman Sr Born Apr 26th 1847
Sarah Satia Ringer Speakman Born Nov 10th 1844
William Henry Speakman Born Sept 9th 1872
Anna Mary Cathrian Speakman Oct 8th 1874
Lydia Florence Speakman Aug 23, 1876
Sarah Satia Speakman Jan 21, 1879
Bertha Lusetta Speakman Dec 14, 1880
Luella Rebecca Speakman Oct 16, 1882
James Miller Speakman Jr Mar 15, 1887
Grandchildren of J. M. and S. S. Speakman
Howard Ralph Shirley Aug 31, 1901
Clarence Russel Shirley Aug 7, 1903
Charles Lloyd [Shirley] Jan 16, 1906
Florence Ruth [Shirley] Jan 10, 1909
Frank Speakman Roode July 4, 1904
Walter Warren Roode Jan 30, 1906
Alice Sarah Roode Jan 18, 1908
Edith Lucile [Roode] Jan 17, 1910
Albert Graham [Roode] Apr 2, 1912
Arthur Forrest [Roode]
Sarah
Florence
Ralph
Ethel
James Roy Lauffer
Marriages
Mary C. Speakman to John C. Shirley May 24, 1899 by Rev. R. G. Rosenbaum at Delmont parsonage.
Sarah S. Speakman to Archie F. Roode aug 28, 1902 at Morgantown U. Va.
Luella R. Speakman to Simon P. Bush Dec 12, 1907 by Rev. L. Beisecker in Lutheran Church in Delmont
Bertha L. Speakman to Simon Lauffer Sept 6, 1900 by Rev. Reed Shepfer in Lutheran parsonage. Delmont
James M. Speakman. Jr. to Eva M. Bush Nov 16, 1927 by Rev F. C. Snyder in Delmont Lutheran Parsonage.
Deaths
Lydia Florence Speakman, died Apr 27, 1909
Father, James M. Speakman Sr. died
Mother, Sarah Satia Ringer Speakman, died
Luella Rebecca Speakman Bush, died Nov 1935
Anna Mary Catherian Speakman Shirley, died March 29, 1950
William Henry Speakman, died Oct 12, 1944
Sarah Satia Speakman Roode died March 16, 1957, age 78
Bertha L. Speakman Lauffer Feb 1958, [age] 77
James M. Speakman Jr. Mar 15, 1960 - age 73
Births
John George Bush Born Dec 20, 1866
Alma Ida Dewalt Bush Born Aug 25, 1866
Children
Charles Clifford Bush born Oct 28, 1889
James Franklin [Bush] [born] Aug 13, 1892
Walter Dewalt [Bush] [born] June 13, 1894
Merle Foster Bush [born] Aug 25, 1895
Eva May Bush [born] May 7, 1900
Ella Florence Bush [born] Sept 21, 1905
Grandchildren of John G. and Alma I Bush
Charles William Bush born Nov 9, 1918
Homer Franklin [Bush] born May 26, 1919
John George Bush [born] June 12, 1920
Wilma Jean Bush [born] Jan
Arthur John Tawney [born] June 30, 1930
Lloyd James [Tawney] [born] Feb 6, 1933
Helen Grace [Tawney] [born] Dec 13, 1934
Esther Blanche Tawney [born] Sept 23, 1937
Alberta Jean Tawney [born]
Marriages
C. Clifford Bush to Susannah S Barrar Nov 4, 1914 in Greensburg by Rev Yout.
J. Franklin Bush to Dora G. Keibler Fink Aug 24, 1918
Ella F. bush to Albert F. Tawney Sept 1, 1927 in Cumberland Md.
Eva M. Bush to J. Miller Speakman Nov 16, 1927 in Delmont Lutheran parsonage by Rev F. C. Snyder
Deaths
Walter DeWalt Bush, died Aug 12, 1894
Merle Foster Bush [died] Mar 3, 1897
(Mother) Alma I. Bush [died] Apr 22, 1935
(Father) John G. Bush [died] Sept 17, 1937
James Franklin bush [died] Jan 27, 1961
Insertions
[obit] Mrs. Alma I. DeWalt Bush
Mrs. Alma I. DeWalt Bush, wife of John G. Bush, of Salem township, died at her home at 2:45 o'clock
Monday morning. She was 68 years, seven months and 27 days old. She is survived by her husband, two
sons, Charles C. Bush, of Jeanette, and James F. Bush, of Greensburg, and by two daughters, Mrs. J.
M. Speakman, at home, and Mrs. Albert Tawney, of Mamont. Seven Grandchildren, three sisters and one
brother also survive. They are Mrs. H. P. Smith, of Salem township; Mrs. Flora M. Kepple, of Jeanettte; Mrs.
George McQuaide, of Delmont; and Walter W. DeWalt, of Pueblo, Colo.Funeral services will be held at her
late home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment will be private in the Delmont Union cemetery.
[added in pencil] Died April 22, 1935 Easter Monday, Buried April 24, 1935
[obit] John G. Bush
John G. Bush, 70 years and nine months old, of Delmont, died yesterday in the Westmoreland hospital. He
was a life-long member of the Salem Lutheran church of Delmont. Mr. Bush is survived by four children:
Charles C. Bush, of Jeannette; James F. Bush, of Greensburg; Mrs. Eva Speakman, of Lincoln Heights and
Mrs. Albert Tawney, of Salina. He is also survived by a brother, J. W. Bush, of New Alexandria and seven
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the home of his son, James F. Bush, 522 Perry avenue,
Greensburg, at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon in charge of Rev. R. C. Lauffenburger, pastor of the Salem
Lutheran church. Interment will be made in the Delmont Union cemetery.
[added in pencil] Sept 17, 1937 11:15 A.M. 1866-1937
[memorial] In Memoriam
Bush - In memory of our dear mother, Alma I. Bush, who passed away one
year ago today, April 22:
Dear Mother you are not forgotten,
Though on earth you are no more;
Still in memory you are with us,
As you always were before.
The flowers we place upon your grave
May wither and decay,
But love for you who sleeps beneath
Will never pass away.
Sadly missed by daughters, Eva Bush Speakman and Ella Bush Tawney.
[obit] Mrs. Mary J. DeW Smith
Mrs. Mary J. DeWalt Smith, 75 years old, wife of H. P. Smith, of Greenburg R. D. 3, died at 6 o'clock Friday
evening at here home from complications arising from a fall which occured seven weeks ago. She is
survived by her husband and two children, Clarence R. Smith, of Alliance O., and Mrs. J. E. Stewart, of
Glenville, W. Va. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and one great grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Ella N.
McQuaide, of Delmont, and Mrs. Flora Kepple, and one brother, W. W. DeWalt, of Pueblo, Colo. She was a
member of the First Reformed church, of Delmont. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon
at her late home off the Greensburg-Delmont road, in charge of her pastor, Rev. Will Fisher. Interment will
be made in Woodlawn cemetery at Denmark Manor. [added in pencil] Dec 24, 1957 9pm
[funeral card] In Memory
In Memory of Lloyd George Haines
Born May 12, 1869 Hempfield Township, Pa.
Departed this life September 21, 1937 Salem Township. Pa.
Ceremonies by Rev. Charles Shindler
Thurday, September 23, 1937 2:00 P.M., E.S.T.
Trinity Reformed Church, Delmont, Pa.
Interment Delmont Lutheran Cemetery
Service conducted by The Bash Funeral Home Delmont, PA.
[funeral card] In Memoriam
Services for Mrs. Mary C. Bush
Born March 25, 1872
Died February 18, 1936
Services held at Residence, Feb. 20, 1936
Minister Rev. E. R. Hanks
Interment Rlairsville Cemetery
Felton Funeral Home New Alexandria, Pa.
[funeral brochure] Memorial Service, Sunday, January 17, 1937
Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized January 16, 1848, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, J. Paul Harman, Pastor
Re-Commital of Remains of:
Pastor Michael Eyster, Colonel Christopher Truby, Mrs. Sybilla Bowman Truby.
Pastor Michael Eyster
Michael Eyster, a son of Adam and Elizabeth Eyster of York County, was born May 16, 1814. After spending
his early years on his father's farm, at the age of 13 he went to York where he was employed as a clerk in
a store. Here he became deeply interested in religion and decided to study for the ministry. For several
years he attended Marshall college, and then completed his course at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg.
Here also he was graduated from the Theological Seminary in 1838 and licensed by the West Pennsylvania
Synod to preach the gospel. He was soon called to the Williamsburg parish in Huntingdon County, which
he served for eight years. On January 23, 1839 Pastor Eyster was married to Miss Julia E. Eichleberger of
York. In 18446 the family moved to Greencastle, where Mrs. Eyster died, leaving her husband with three
small daughter - Emma (Mrs. Adam Turney), Amelia (Mrs. Wm. Brown), and Josephine (Mrs. Blackburn). In
October, 1849 he accepted a call to the Greensburg-Adamsburg parish. During Pastor Eyster's brief
pastorate at Zion's the membership increased from less that fifty members to 105. Under his leadership
the congregation, which had been worshiping in a building rented from the Presbyterian church,
dedicated its own building on November 21, 1851. Likewise a new church building was erected at
Adamsburg, and another by the congregation he had organized at Delmont.
In 1851 he was elected Principal of the Greensburg Seminary but refused the position. He was President of
the Southern Conference of the Pittsburgh
Synod at its meeting in August, 1852, but did not live to see the Conference entertained by Zion's in the
following year. In the spring of 1853 his health began to fail. His last sermon was preached before the
Pittsburgh Synod in June when he used the text, "This do in remembrance of me." His death occured on
August 10, 1853 in the fortieth year of his age and the fifteenth year of his ministry.
Colonel Christopher Truby - Sybilla Truby
Christopher, a son of the Swiss immigrant Christopher Truby and his wife Catherine, was born in Bucks
county in 1736 not far from Newtown, later to be the headquarters for General Washington for a short time
in 1776. The muster record of his enlistment in 1763, during the Indian Wars, describes him as being 5
feet 9 inches tall, long faced, with brown hair and eyes. In 1760 Truby married a student at the Moravian
Seminary in Bethlehem, Sybilla, daughter of Hans Dietrich Bauman and his wife Eva Elizabeth Weil. In
1771 he came to what is now Westmoreland county, patented three large tracts of land from the Colony,
and prepared a home for his family. This was the beginning of Greensburg. The following year he moved
his wife and family of five children to the new frontier.
One of Truby's first activities was to build a blockhouse - Fort Allen. Other settlers moved in, and to the
little community growing up around him he gave the name Newtown, after the near his boyhood home.
After the burning of Hannastown, county-seat Pittsburgh, Hannastown and Newtown contended for
the location of the new court house. Distance, the location of the new Pittsburgh-Philadelphia pike running
through Newtown, and, above all, the influence of Truby, brought success to Newtown. The Board of
Commissioners on December 10, 1785, agreed with Truby, General Wm. Jack, and Ludwig Otterman for the
purchase at a cost of six pence for two acres of land upon which to erect public buildings. Truby further
agreed to lay out additional building lots. The following year the court house and jail were erected, and
the name of the community changed to Greensburg.
In 1774 Truby was a Commisioner for Westmoreland county. On June 11, 1777, he was commissioned on
of the Justices of the Peace, with power to administer the oath of allegiance to the new State. In
February, 1778, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1787 he was appointed Wood
Ranger, and in 1790 commissioned Lieutenant Colonel in Harmar's campaign against the Indians,
commanding with Major James Paull the battalion of Pennsylvania Militia.
The founder of Greensburg died February 20, 1802, having been preceded in death by his wife Sybilla who
died August 24, 1801.