Miami Union
May 10, 1879
MAUDE, JOHN B. - Death of John B. Maude -
Mr. J. B. Maude, a native of Troy, and a resident here from childhood to
manhood, but for over twenty years a resident and prominent business man of St.
Louis, died the middle of last week, at Leadville, Colorado, where he had gone
on business. We copy the following notice of Mr. Maude from the St. Louis
Times-Journal
of May first. Expressions of sorrow and regret on every side yesterday
attested the respect of the community for the memory of John B. Maude, whose
death has been announced by telegraph from Leadville, Colorado. Mr. Maude
came to this city from Troy, Ohio about a quarter of a century ago, and his
commercial record here has been without blemish. For many years he was the
trusted employee of Pittman Bros. & Co., dry goods merchants. In 1861 the
firm of Appleton, Noves & Co., commenced business, and Mr. Maude's energies and
interests were identified with that house to the present time. The death
of the silent partner, Mr. Jarvis, of Louisville, which occurred a few months
since, necessitated the winding up of the estate, and about the 18th of February
last Mr. Maude went out to Leadville looking after the interests of the
Sheltenham Smelting Company, of which he was Vice-President. Soon after
his arrival in Colorado a catarrhal disorder was developed and became seriously
aggravated by the severe climate. Congestive chills and pneumonia
followed, and Mr. Maude's condition becoming alarming his wife was sent for.
Every effort was made to spare his life but the disease conquered and John B.
Maude passed away in his forty-first year, leaving one son, a bright lad of
sixteen, a pupil of Washington University. We have also before us a copy
of the St. Louis Republican of the 6th giving a full account of the funeral and
the proceedings of a very large meeting of Merchants in reference to the
deceased, all of which tend to show that Mr. Maude was very highly esteemed both
as a citizen and a man of business.
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