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The Oswego Palladium
27 October 1915


         Obituary
         CAPTAIN THOMAS J. BEGGS
         
           A telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, today brought 
         the announcement of the death in that city of 
         CAPTAIN THOMAS J. BEGGS, one of the best known 
         vessel masters on the lakes.
	   CAPTAIN BEGGS was born in this city about 55 
	 years ago, the son of the late CAPTAIN DAVID BEGGS, 
	 who had commanded many lake schooners in and out 
	 of the port of Oswego before steam craft had de-
	 veloped to the present state of efficiency. As a 
	 boy CAPTAIN TOM BEGGS attended the city schools 
	 and in the long summer vacations made trips on 
	 the lakes with his father until he became a 
	 thorough sailor man, though only a boy in years.
	   At the age of 19 he was mate with his father 
	 and before he was 21 he was sailing a lumber 
	 schooner out of Chicago. He went into steamboats 
	 shortly after and commanded several out of Chi-
	 cago at which port his family made their resi-
	 dence for many years. His first large steamer 
	 was the Nico and then he sailed the Egyptian 
	 and others on the upper lakes.
	   Several years ago he went into the line of steel 
	 boats out of Cleveland, of which WILLIAM E. BECKER 
	 is the manager. MR. BECKER and CAPTAIN BEGGS were 
	 classmates at the old Academy school, in West 
	 Third street. A year ago he was in command of the 
	 Donaldson, one of the finest 600-footers on the 
	 lakes. While on this boat a year ago last month 
	 he was stricken with paralysis and was taken off 
	 and sent to his home a helpless invalid.	 
           For a time it was thought that he would get bet-
         ter, being of an unusually strong constitution, but
         his improvement was not as rapid as his friends had 
         hoped for and the news of his death was not a sur-
         prise.
           The remains will be brought to this city Friday 
         morning. The funeral arrangements will be announced 
         later but burial will be in the family plot in St. 
         Pauls' Cemetery. MRS. BEGGS was MISS NELLIE McNEIL, 
         of this city. Besides the latter CAPTAIN BEGGS is 
         survived by a daughter and one brother, CAPTAIN 
         DAVID BEGGS of the Wolvin line.
         
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