Ira W. Ainsworth

        COL. IRA W. AINSWORTH.
 This well known resident of this city died last
night after a lingering illness aged sixty-two
years. Col. Ainsworth was formerly an active
participantin military affairs in this city, having
prior to the war been elected captain of the
Washington Continentals, from private life.
He proved to be a very popular and energetic
commandant.
 At the breaking out of the war he tendered
the services of the company to the Government,
and on the mustering in, in 1863, of the Tenth
Regiment, as the One Hundred and Seventy-
Seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers, he
was commissioned its Colonel, retained com-
mand during its service in Louisiana and the
Port Hudson campaign, and returned home with
the remnant of the regiment at the conclusion
of its term of service.
 He participated with the men in all the dan-
gers of that protracted seige, and gave evidence
that he possessed qualities which well fitted him
for the position he held. Shortly after his re-
turn home he resigned the Colonelcy, and again
took up the routine of business life which he had
laid down for a time in order to serve his coun-
try. Col. Ainsworth was one of our oldest
business men, the firm of Ainsworth & Northrup,
up to the death of the latter some two or three
years ago, being known as the oldest firm that
had remained unchanged of any in the city.
The firm was established in 1839, the building
first occupied being located on Quay street, near
Hamilton. Very soon after its organization,
however, the firm removed to the present quar-
ters, No. 25 State, where the wholesale grocery
business had since been conducted by it until the
death of Mr. Northrup, after which it was con-
tinued by Col. Ainsworth, the surviving partner.
Col. A's business career was marked by strict
integrity, and his private life by all those quali-
ties which earn and retain the esteem and
respect of friends.