The New York herald., 1877-12-17
OBITUARY..
BARONESS DE BUssIERIl

The Baroness dc Brssicrro died yesterday forenoon
At eleven o'clock at tho Now YORK HOTEL in this city
She arrived IN Now York from Liverpool on board
tho White star limo steamer Britunnic, on tho I'd
inst, but in such feeble ondtion that sho had
TO DO removed from tho steamer to the hotel
q mattress AT the outset OF the voyage she
was seriously III, and appears to bavo con.
racted pneumonia from exposure on deck duri ng tho
second day out from Liverpool On Friday last her
physicians abandoned all hopc OF saving her life. The
baroness do Busscrre tho third daughter Of Mr..
Ben Hoiaday, tho famous Post ohco contractor, who
carried tho mai tho continent long before tho
Union Pacinc Railroad was dreamed o., and thereby
realized an enormous fortune. lie was prominent ~
Washington aud sun Francisco circles, ana his social
hic was marked by lavsh and gorgeous display. Tho
Baroness de Bussierre was little over twcntythrce
years ol age. tall and nely formed VITA DARK iowng
hair and iustrous brown eyes. She was born IN Wes
ton, Platte county, Mo-, 1851, ana lett thore
como to Now FORK. Here she to the Con-
vent OF Mount ST. Vincent with her sister, subsc-
aucntiy tho Countess PouraIes In Paris at the ago
oi seventeen she met the Baron do Dussicrrc,
gentleman OF ancient and distinguished
lineage, belonging 10 one OF the most prominent tam
iiics IN Alsuce and resident Of Strlsbourg. The
quaintuncc ripened INTO love, and IN the following
year the pair became united as man and wic In the
city Vi Rome, and The Pope blessed their union. the
offspring OF the marriage was a boy named Paul, VINO
survives anu is four years old. The Baron
an admirable lingust. speaking three Ian
guagcs. she was rapport with all the current
lions vi tho day la arr science aud literature. and she
had OF tho irvolity ana insipidity oi The
lady oil fashion. Her marital relations were Of the
happicst KIND.
Previous TO MI Holladays financial troubles IL Is
stated that lie purchased what ~ now called tho
"Ophr" Farm, between Ryo and White Plans, upon
which he began the erection OF an enormous granite
mansion THIS properly decided TO his wiic and she.
in turn, nadc viii by whicn, upon ncr
demise, the property would revert to Sir.
Holladay. When hrs pocuniiry anars assumed q
thr eatening aspect tho vile made u second wI eav
Ing tho properly TO her Two daughters, the subject o
TINS notice anu ner sister, the Countess Pourtaes.
who u Will be remembered. died suddenly some time
ago in a Pullman car the Central Pacnc Railroad.
Holiday induced his daughters 10 allow him 10 oer
them. 1hc viii was proved and Mr. noiiaday took
possession OF tho property, which he suu-
sepuently mortsagcd for about s2oo,0Jo AZ
the tmo oil signing the necessary documents
It would appear that the Baroness dc BUS.
sierrc ouIy eighteen years OF age she
and her husband lived wilh her father In Washington
until his second marriage, when tho Baroness, not
hudlDy the atmosphere cougcnia to hcr, went "
France Ii IS alleged that she had been informed by
her lawyers that mo Instrument in winch she signed
nway her own rights when MINOR better tLan
waste paper, and bad, therefore, come over here 10
prosecute her suit Tor the recovery oil her properly
Toe remains oil tho ueccased Will DO taken ST. AIMS
Roman Catholic Church TOMORROW (luesdayl fore
noon, where solemn requiem mass VIII be celebrated.
and thence Will be deposited iu the family vault al
"Uphr" farm, White Plains. Tho nna disposition Of
the body Will bc determined on tho arrival from
Europe OF hcr husband aud father, who expected
in . week or ten days