The sun., 1890-08-31
OBITUARY.

Col. Sidney Do Kay, lawyer, OF 116 Broad
way. and Brevet Major OF the United States
Volunteers. died yesterday morning at his
homo in Bard and Castleton avenues, New
Brighton, 8. l. Early in the morning he was
told that he might prepare for death. They
told me that, Doctor" said he when / was
lying In the hospital at Athens twenty-five
years ago" He took part in the Cretan insur-
rection OF 1868. This time. however. the pre-
dictiou proved true, and he died at 9 o'clock.
He was below the legal age for entering the
army when he deserted the Sheffield Scientific
School at Yale College and enlisted as q private
In the seventy-flrst New York Volunteers.
He received Captains brevot for gallantry
during the night action while General Butler
was Withdrawing his troops from before Fort
Fisher. and afterward q Majors brevet for gal
lantry In other battles. He was known later as
Col Sidney delKay. because Gen. John A. Dix,
when Governor OF the State. gave him that rank
on his staff Although he himself fought
against the Turks, 1t was father who. in 1880.
took out to the Sultan a famous frigate. the
Ibrahim Pasha. which was built in
Brooklyn and his uncle. Dr. James de Kay
left in Sketches OF Turkey by an American"
q testimonial to the superiority Of the Turks
to the hospital at. Athens it was declared i'm
III.
triumphed. and the famous Surgeon Neiaton
OF Paris completed the cure. Before he was
MopsnFdsd In The esmpalGn he succeeded In al;
sroabo ssFs aith the OO sloctTsa Sap'o paPt
Of hI his rsarn o Nav 4 off d Lee seG to 1Sds S %
triet Attorneys ONCE under Noah Davis He
Der Of the olland Society the Station Island
Country Club, the Staten Island Cricket and
THAN Yacht Club Through hia mother he
belonged 70 the family OF Sir Francis Drake.
his REandfathSeE S being the poet Joseph Rod
branch having fed to Haarlom. HOLLAND. about
stsrdam - was as WHEN de- Ai Kay " Of GM Gaariem, f
who was made. Fiscal Of the city In 164l.
sa T0 Of Georfs e SOh q r. &s S 5ske SoS De % 5sg and
dead also, served in the civl! war. His only
surviving brother, Charles dc Kay. is a, journal-
o Re % s Aea Gsyen once 6hef En
ginser Of the croton Aauednot. She. together
He was As years old.
Matthias Writenour. the pioneer of Method
ism in the Greenwood Lake region is dead
he was born near Sterling. \. T.. nearly 90
arnece there Whe thus smployed 'nS he de
voted his leisure hours to study and Bible
the Meth odist Church more than sixty years
ago. and he continued In active duty for hall Q
century.
- Cant E. Fl. webber aged &c years. died at
twenty battles during the late war. He was
wounded by bomb at the battle OF the Wilder
Veteran s % volGneers wound devsloped S5 into
paralysis, causing his death.
The Rev. Thomas A. ,Kenney. pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church at Falls Village.
county. aged 35 years. He entered the minis
try ten years ago. and was appointed to Falls
Village at the last session OF the New York An
nual Conference.
Gen. W. G. Burt Adjutant- General OF Louisi-
ana, died Yesterday mt his homo in Bossier
parish. Gen. Burt was born In EdReield. S. c.,
as private at IL. and was Colonel OF his regi-
mont at 81. He moved to Louisiana in 1856.
Frank l. schepmooe Of the dry goods firm OF
Foshay Bros. Sing Sing, is died at Kingston. n,
y. aged 81 years. He was the oldest son OF
City Clerk Schepmoos OF Kingston.
Senior Espadero. the Cuban pianist Is dead.