Hamilton Examiner in Hamilton, Ohio

Death of an Aged Physician in Courtlandt Street Office

Ir John Washington born Johann Maerich August Von Rethwisch died at 85 years in his office at 48 Cortlandt street. Found slumped after a fall from a chair by a patient call, his life spanned New York and Elizabeth New Jersey where he owned land and built a barnlike church that later became a barroom. He leaves a large estate likely to his child with wife Frank W Bowers, Vesey street tea merchant.