| Timothy Sullivan
Expires Suddenly
Death this week called another of the pioneer settlers of
Adams county when Timothy Sullivan, a well known and highly respected
citizen of Corning, was called to his final reward. His death occurred
Tuesday evening at 11:30 and came very suddenly, although those who knew
his failing condition were not so much surprised at his going so
suddenly. For months Mr. Sullivan has been in poor health and had been
going down the incline much more quickly than his friends realized. He
had not been confined to his bed or even to the house but was able to
come down town every few days. Tuesday he was feeling about as usual and
up as usual and up to a few hours before his death he was not thought to
be in immediate danger of death. Death resulted from hemorrhage of the brain.
Timothy Sullivan was born in the city of Bandon, County Cork,
Ireland, in the year 1844 and at the time of his death was in his 71st
year. His parents, Richard and Anna Sullivan, died when he was an
infant. Mr. Sullivan was the youngest of a family of five and when the
parents died the family was brought from Ireland to Philadelphia by an
uncle, Dennis Sullivan, who was a printer in the city of Philadelphia at
the time. In 1853 the uncle moved the family to Iowa and located in
Dubuque county and where the deceased grew to manhood.
In 1873 Mr. Sullivan came to Adams county and purchased a farm in
Mercer township. In 1884 he was married in Dubuque county to Miss Alice
Daly and they live on the Mercer township farm until 1900 when they
moved to Corning which place has since been their home. Four children
were born to them, one son having died in infancy and the living are
Raymond Sullivan of Rivieria, Texas; Mrs. Lucille Reardon of Creston and
Miss Alice Sullivan residing at home, who with their mother, survive the
deceased. As far as known there are none of the near relatives of Mr.
Sullivan living, all his brothers and sisters being dead.
The deceased was largely responsible for the organization of the
Free Press Publishing Co. that bought the FREE PRESS plant in 1900 and
was one of the heaviest stockholders and was elected president of the
company which office he held until the company was dissolved, as a
corporation, in 1910. He always took an interest in the publication. He
was a prominent democrat and was an ardent supporter of the principles
of that party. He served as a member of the city council for several years.
(Adams County Free Press, Saturday, December 11, 1915)
Note: Died 7 December 1915. |
