1896 - "UNCLE TOM" - Its Famous Author Dies At Hartford, Conn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Career.
Was a Sister of Henry Ward Beecher.
Wrote Much - Her First Book Was Famous.

Almost exactly at high noon, Wednesday Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the famous authoress, passed away at her residence on Forest Street, Hartford, Conn. At the bedside of the aged and distinguished woman were three members of the family, her sister, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Hooker; the latter's husband, Dr. Hooker, and Harriet Stowe, a daughter of the authoress. Throughout the forenoon the friends of Mrs. Stowe were gather in the room waiting for signs of returning consciousness. None came, however, and as the clocks of the city were striking the hour of 12 Mrs Stowe died. Death came without a struggle, and the end merely appeared to be a final continuance of the unconscious state into which Mrs. Stowe lapsed on Monday.

The arrangements for the funeral have been but partially completed. It is learned, however, that the services in Hartford will be private, and that interment will take place in Andover, Mass, where relatives of the distinguished authoress are buried.