8th mo. 4th, 1864

On the above day died Dr. Archibald Franklin Steinhoff 2 1/2 o'clock P.M. on the 5th day of the week. The funeral took place the next day at 3 o'clock P.M. The funeral obsequies were directed by the Free Masons. The sermon was preached by ___ Brown a methodist preacher of the Order. The people were seated under the shades on the south part of Deacon Places dwelling house. This was quite the largest funeral ever held in the town 1000 present. The Dr. had been 1 1/2 years in the place & had success in a most remarkable manner in gaining the public confidence in his profession. His ride was very large & extensive which was thought to of impaired his health & broke down his constitution. His sickness was 3 weeks something of the typhoid disease. He was of the German desent, 30 years of age. Many testified on the day of the Funeral that he was the instrument in the divine hand of restoring them to health & some of saving their life. The sorrow at the Funeral

was manifestly deep while the wail from many was full & apparent. He died at Elder Grove in the west part of our village. The text spoken from was Job 19:11. My days are past my purposes are broken off even the thought of my heart.