William Greenhow Obit

William Henry GREENHOW is dead. That is the sad message that flashed over the wires last night from Miami, Florida, and brought sorrow to the heart of the hundreds of friends of the man who has labored heart and soul for the betterment of Hornell during nearly half a century.

His death was as painless as it was sudden. He was sitting on the steps of his winter home in Miami yesterday. He had suffered light chest pains for about half an hour but felt much better. He suddenly pitched forward on the cement walk and was dead. Apoplexy was the cause.

Mrs. GREENHOW and her daughter, Mrs. Buisch, will start north today with the body. It is expected to arrive here by Monday. The funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home of David WELLEVER in Hill Street, the GREENHOW home being closed for the winter.

The news came as a tremendous shock to his countless friends in Hornell. Mr. Greenhow went south on January 18th. He was tired and wanted a rest, but his health was good. All of his letters from the south have told of his improvement and how greatly he was enjoying the warm weather there. The news of his sudden death, therefore, caused the greatest shock.

For 48 years Mr. GREENHOW had been a resident of this city. Whiled it was his brillancy as a journalist that made him best known, his activities in all lines of endeavor to make Hornell a better and more prosperous city brought him before the public. His work was by no means confined to the Tribune, over which he had so long presided. His name is to be found on the rolls of every organization and institution in the city calculated to bring benefits to the community he loved so well. He had been a tireless worked in the interest of Hornell. The motto his paper carried for years was no empty slogan. He was for "Hornell, first, last and all of the time."

His reputation was by no means confined to Hornell. As founder and president of the New York Associated Dailies he achieved fame throughout the entire state. His standing as a journalist won him the honor of being president of the great New York Editorial Association.

William Henry GREENHOW had been a resident of Hornell since 1870 when he came here with his fatherm the late John GREENHOW and bought the Hornellsville Tribune. They had been engaged in the publication of a weekly newspaper at Canastota previous to that time. Mr. GREENHOW never from that time waverd in his fealty and devotion to Hornell. It was his genius, his work and his dauntless courage that built the Tribune from a struggling weekly to a daily newspaper commanding the attention of the entire state.

He was a tireless worker. His only recreation was travel. He had circled the globe, visited the strange and faraway countries, peeking into the hidden places and then coming back to the comforts of his home to regale his friends and readers with his terse descriptions of what he had seen.

Up to the very last day that he left for Florida he was in his office. He was always one of the first to arrive and the last to leave. In spite of his 72 years he put his entire effort into the newspaper he loved so well.

His faith and pride in Hornell was wonderful. Anything that tended toward the public welfare found a staunch supporter in Mr. GREENHOW. His pen and his purse were always ready to help a good cause. He had made himself beloved and respected by all in the community. That is why news of his sudden death yesterday came as a personal blow in so many folk in this city.

"One of the most able and enlightened exponents of the fourth estate not only from Steuben county, but in this part of New York as well, is William Henry GREENHOW, editor of that excellent sheet, the Hornell Tribune. Mr. GREENHOW has directed its destinies fully 40 years, conducting it on broad and liberal lines, and standing as it does for clean principles and ideals it is one of the most potent contributors to the high presige enjoyed by Hornell as a community.

By the circumstances of birth Mr. GREENHOW is a Pennsylvanian, his birth having occurred in the city of Philadelphia on November, 13, 1845, but by parentage and descent he is a Brittian. The father, John GREENHOW, was born in Kendall, England, and chose as his wife Mary FRODSHAM, of Saint Helens, England, and their union being celebrated in Galena, Illinois. The father followed the trade of a printer in the old country and after his immigration to this country, became an editor and clergyman. His father was a teacher of Latin and mathematics and managed large estate in Westmorland, England. One of his sons (What I have ends here. LF)

I have no notes or references for this. It was sent to me years ago, but from other notes it may be from FRODSHAM THE DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD FRODSHAM AND SARAH CROSLEY by Gene Frodsham as I have that title page with a bunch of papers that were sent to me. I have tried to type this word for word, including the errors. LF