Show albart c one of tons pioneer ship builders under the above heading beading the delaware gazette and state jou houi nal published it at wilmington delaware revoida the dernise demise ot of one of the most notable char actris and prominent shipbuilders ship builders in ill that state mr albert thatcher tur THE reproduces the sketch of mr thatchers Thatcher 8 life and death as being of interest inte iest to cache valley people mi albeit photo printed by the gazette bears a striking diesem blakee to 11 mr r john thatcher who pioneered the settle ment of this city still and although residing a gleat distance apart there is is no doubt that tile the firmly family relationship tion ship ia i very close between the wilmington and login logan thatchers albert thatcher died at his residence no 1608 pennsylvania nia avenue ve rlue at tuesday evening ile he caught a had bad cold during the recent storm an attack of grip fol followed loti ell and he be was unable to recover from its effects up to sunday after nory he retained his mental faculties unimpaired since that time he has been in a comatose condition lie ile passed away quietly without any pain the funeral services will be held at xo no 1608 pennsylvania avenue friday afternoon interment v vill ill be private at riverview cemetery alnert thatcher was born in Brandy brandywine vine hundred june 1813 his IlLS parents veto Nl illiam and mabel thatcher his earl early livelihood was on the farm where he was brought up tip with surround ings ing similar to the thousands of farm lads under similar circumstances gentless but interesting bough nough to the boys themselves while very verv young hibi hib father ather died leaving mrs thatcher with five children to care for ilia mother 1 b i maiden name was white shears she was born close to the state line on the philadelphia turnpike road where her relatives relative had bad resided for many years two of her br brothers brotheren survived the revolutionary war they be longed on g e ato to the brandywine light horse bishop white of the continental tin congress was of the same family it is understood that his portrait may be seen either in in 1 dependence hall or carpenters i hall ball philadelphia i M mr r thatchers ancestors on the i paternal alside side were among the first settlers settle in this county they were most likely from england while nearing hearing the massachusetts coast I 1 I 1 the ship that brought them was wrecked on oil ari an island near cape ann when daylight came the shipwrecked deop people le were enabled to reach the bleak shore among the wreckage nashed from the sea was a cradle and in it was found a living child wrapped up in a ablan alari ket ever since that the island has been known as thatchers Thatcher 8 island the cradle and blanket are kept as all a family relic I 1 I 1 when 1 16 years of age albert thatched That chei was bound as apprentice to learn tile the shipbuilding trade this was in 1 29 and the apprentice 1 served his big maiter faithfully until he be reached hi his year vear di bu ings inga thrifty pushing pus lung you young ng man mail he soon became proficient crent in the business and in tile the near ear 1838 in i partnership with his brother william wiliam illiam iliam started a shipyard at the foot of pine street this city the firm s name was s AA thatcher the new firm quickly went ahead in busine s v they built numerous vessels ome oine fur for the ocean and others for coastwise coast wis trade albert thatched That chei aided in tile the construction odthe of the fil fait qt wilmington built steamboat amk was frequently done forsbe fur alic I 1 I 1 cited states government conic aimi 4 f tin thi ii was as accomplished duri 1 ng th mexican war tin the lin liin of W A thatched That Tha chei W war is anon the hie notable beginners of tin hip up building industry of i aich flourished before th the it vai at of the rebellion fronk from the beginning of ilia his manhood albeit t thatcher That ther always took sell achiu in public matler I 1 ler ile served two years in city council in the old secord second ward ile he Y was as a member of the foard board of I 1 education ilu cation ile he served also on the lourd hoard of health ile he was chairman of tile the committee on impurities in the brandy nine this committee of f long ago was was engaged in a continual I 1 in fighting the en i croach ments of mill owners and factory men in their constant consta nt attempts to carry off factory refuse by turning it into the I 1 in n his early 1 days I tys lie he voted with i tile the democrats but altein aids had reelon to join the whip whig r when 1 the abolitionists of the free mates broke up tip tho the whig pay baity ty the whig leaders and air their followers conned the union baity under liell bell and Ee berett Ei erett rett then he joined tile the democrats preferring pre ferrins ns as lie he b himself said their political principles CIP lea as the best for a gove government billich denied bened its power powe r to to rule r IT le from the people in 1344 he be joined the methodist denomination and became a member of asbury church the pastor I 1 was wag job john kennedy ashur asbury was tile the only methodist chardi in the city at the time mr That thatcher cherl balla had a great talent for singing gand and thoroughly enjoyed joining with tile the choir lie ile was alv aln ays prominent at at rexi revivals and all prayer meetings As ali he advanced in years he became a local preacher and was subsequently I 1 ordained a deacon by conference the deceased was a always ways a welcome visitor at the al almshouse and also at the jail il the pool at the county building were his bib special wards ile he frequently took there a big bundle of newspapers or of current rant magazines probably no figure was better ill known 0 on n the streets of wilmington for the past fifty years than that of albert thatcher very thin and spare in form v ast it I t erect ind and quick despite his fourscore four score years lie he was without adv any infirmity 1 whatever ilia his plea pleasant sarit disposition 1 benign kindly features and patriarchal head with long silvery hair howing flowing lightly fro from beneath an haLi habitual slouch lint hat made ad of him a very cry characteristic and attractive pic picture ture of halo bale old age 1 his hearty beardi warm disposition showed itself immediately he was accosted on oil the street and constituted 1 him a very pleasant person to meet ile was extremely communicative 1 in munica unica tive uis his unfailing fund of local history ens ensured ared for him at all times a very attentive audience ills ilia reminiscences many of which h found their way at dirle tent times 1 into the columns of every ee evening tyri were always read with the greatest interest ilia his death breaks one 0 of the few surviving and undoubtedly one of the most valuable links that connected 1 this closing quarter of the nineteenth century with its first quarter to the writer he has frequently 1 related incidents of the 1 revolutionary war overheard by him when he was a child at the farmhouse fireside as told bv the I 1 participators participatory themselves it is there that the definite connection of the life just closed had with the early history of the colonies the i immediate immediate link tint that connected with the story of the brandywine brandy wine campaign mrs thatcher who surly survive ives her husband 1 was waa lydia A ford daughter of benjamin and elizabeth ford there are seven living el hidren children and one fine dead the former are mrs E T husbands mrs melvina entriken matthew charles it II john Q albert and duncan joseph L a master cat cai penter of the navy died in 1886 there are 19 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren the deceased leaves a aster living mrs mary hyatt who lives with her daughter mrs marv jane white no west sixth street mrs is 84 years of age |