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The Oswego Palladium
4 March 1875


         Obituary
         
           Yesterday we announced the sudden and serious 
         death of CAPTAIN ROBERT P. CHILD of this city; 
         how brief space between life and the grave is 
         made appallingly clear by the announcement of 
         his death, which occurred about 11 o'clock last 
         night at the residence of Dr. Scott, where he 
         has lived since the death of MRS. CHILD. The 
         captain had not been entirely sound in health 
         since a severe sickness two or three years ago, 
         but was ordinarily well till the latter part of 
         last week.
	   Saturday and Saturday evening he was down street, 
	 but then had a strange and rather frequent bleeding 
	 of the mouth. Later the symptoms of Purpura Hemor-
	 rhagica - livid spots on the skin, scattered in 
	 patches over the thighs, arms and trunk, with 
	 occasional hemorrhages from the mouth and nostrils 
	 - appeared, and his decline was rapid. He was un-
	 conscious for several hours.
	   CAPT. CHILD was born, we believe, in New York 
	 City, but came to Oswego in the early part of his 
	 life. For several years he was a sailing master
	 on the Lakes and afterwards commanded various 
	 steam vessels of the Lake Ontario Steamboat Com-
	 pany. For a good many years he had performed the 
	 duties of a deputy collector in the Oswego Custom 
	 House, and had a sort of general oversight of the 
	 outside business of the Customs in this district, 
	 in which position he was very useful on account 
	 of his experience and reliability and which posi-
	 tion he retained at his death. He was an honest 
	 and honorable man.
	   He had long been a member of Christ Church and 
	 was for many years a warden of that church. He 
	 leaves many sincere mourners, though in this city, 
	 we believe, no very near relatives. We do not know 
	 how we can better express the public estimate of 
	 CAPT. CHILD'S character than by saying that he was 
	 a truly worthy man.
	 
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