Trivia 10-16-18 Praise

[Trivia Master]

Who received this praise from Abraham Lincoln: "I never knew him to be guilty of a falsehood or of an act beneath a gentleman", and how did he die in July 1865?

credit: @amweiner

 

[SWMODave]

Dr Anson G Henry
Died when the ship he was on sank

Source for #1
Source for #2

 

[Jimklag]

Dr. Anson G. Henry died in a shipwreck off the California coast - source

 

[Schwallanscher]

1. anson g henry
2. sinking (by natural causes) of the brother jonathan

 

[BlueNGrey]

Dr Anson G. Henry

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org...ors/notable-visitors-anson-g-henry-1804-1865/
www.findagrave.com/memorial/28225027/anson-g.-henry

 

[BlueNGrey]

Addendum: He was "lost at sea" on July 30, 1865, when a storm caused the SS Brother Jonathan to strike a submerged rock on St. George Reef and sunk off Crescent City, California.

 

[kholland]

Lincoln's personal doctor Anson G. Henry

Edit - The question also asked how he died.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

Doctor Anson G. Henry

The ship "Brother Jonathan" on which he was travelling, struck a submerged rock on St. George Reef off Crescent City, California. Dr Henry was lost, presumed drowned as his body was never identified.

 

[lelliott19]

Anson G. Henry (1804-1865)
He died in a shipwreck off the California coast.
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org...ors/notable-visitors-anson-g-henry-1804-1865/

 

[Stony]

His doctor-Anson G Henry. The ship he was on, the Brother Jonathan hit a rock and sank. Henry perished.
source-https://archive.org/stream/dransonghenrylin00prat/dransonghenrylin00prat_djvu.txt

 

[luinrina]

Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-1865), personal doctor and friend of Abraham Lincoln.

He died in a shipwreck off the Californian coast while traveling to California via Panama; his ship hit a submerged rock on St. George Reef off Crescent City. Only 19 of the 244 people aboard survived.

Sources: http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org...ors/notable-visitors-anson-g-henry-1804-1865/, Dr. Anson G. Henry: Lincoln's physician and friend (p. 27), http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-politicians/anson-henry/, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28225027/anson-g.-henry

 

[captaindrew]

Anson G Henry, he died in a shipwreck in California

 

[ErnieMac]

Anson G. Henry died in the shipwreck of the steamer SS Brother Jonathan near Crescent City, California.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

1. Personal friend and physician of Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Anson G. Henry
2. Died July 30, 1865 when the steamship Brother Jordan struck a rock and sank during a fierce storm.

 

[FarawayFriend]

That was incoln's personal doctor and friend Dr. Anson G. Henry

He died in a shipwreck off California.

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org...ors/notable-visitors-anson-g-henry-1804-1865/

 

[connecticut yankee]

DR. ANSON G. HENRY

Edit - Second part of response given in post # 28.

hoosier

 

[RebelWeber]

The Surveyor General of Washington State Dr. Anson G. Henry

Lost at sea

 

[JOHN42768]

Dr. Anson G. Henry (1804-1865)
Death interfered with both appointments. Dr. Henry's medical rather than political skills were required to help Mrs. Lincoln through her grief after Mr. Lincoln's assassination. A few months later, both Brooks and Henry returned to California via Panama. Henry was killed when his ship sank off the California coast. Prior to his departure, Dr. Henry had ministered to Mrs. Lincoln, who had been bed-ridden after her husband's murder. He then accompanied her by train from Washington to Chicago in late May before returning himself to Washington. Mrs. Lincoln greatly lamented his departure,
source: http://www.mrlincolnandfriends.org/the-politicians/anson-henry/

 

[Deleted User CS]

My answer is Dr. Anson G. Henry who was a very close personal friend as well as Lincoln's personal doctor. He and Lincoln also were editors of a Whig newspaper. Dr. Henry died in July of 1865 aboard the ship, The Brother Jonathan, which sunk off of Crescent City, California. David.

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Anson G. Henry
2) Lost at Sea on Brother Johnathan
Regards
David