Columbiana County OhArchives Obituaries.....Pepin, Gustave August 10 1890
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East Liverpool Crisis - 11 Aug 1890 pg 1
After a brief illness Gustave Pepin the well-known Fourth street jeweler, 
calmly and quietly passed away last evening. The deceased was one of the oldest 
and best respected citizens of this place. He was born in Havre De Grace, 
France, on the 2d day of December 1812, and lived with his parents in that 
country until about 1830, or the uprising among the French people, and the 
attempt to dethrone the reigning monarch, Louis Phillipe, who had but a short 
time before come into power. In that revolution he was wounded in the right 
arm, but recovered from the wound, which, however bothered him at times all 
through life. As a result of the insurrection he was one of those who were 
forced to leave their country and he came to America, locating at Pittsburgh. 
Here he engaged in business, and in 1823 he was united in marriage to Miss Eva 
Russe, by whom he had a family of eleven children, two of whom, with the 
mother, have long since preceded him to the tomb. Shortly after marriage he 
removed to Gallipolis, Ohio, and thence to New Brighton, Pa., spending but a 
few years in each place, and from thence coming to East Liverpool in 1857, 
since which this has been his permanent home. Since his location here, he has 
been one of East Liverpool’s steadfast, upright and prominent citizens, filling 
numerous offices of honor, and being elected to the office of Mayor for several 
terms. Of late years he has been a sufferer from a sort of heart failure and a 
disease of the eyes, (being under treatment for the latter for some time) and 
other afflictions incidental to increasing age, but has always managed to 
personally supervise his business until within the past few days. His last 
illness, inflammation of the bowels, seized him about 4 o’clock on Friday 
morning last. Toward that evening he was resting somewhat easier and it was 
thought he would soon be around again, but during the night he was suddenly 
taken worse, and gradually sank until 8:35 last evening when he passed away 
calmly and peacefully, having nearly completed his 78th year. He leaves a 
numerous host of friends to mourn his demise, besides a family, as follows:  
Frank, Charles, James and William. All married and residing here, and Emily, 
Amelia and Eilen, residing at home; also Mrs. J.H. Burgess and Mrs. Wm. 
Burgess, residing here; also Mrs. Olla Hassa, an adoped daughter. Sixteen 
grandchildren, and three great grandchildren also survive him. The remains will 
be interred in Spring Grove cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. 
Williams, of the Episcopalian church, officiating.

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