New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-26
RrrrRrr JOHNSON rElrERs DEAD.

Rcvcrdy Johnson Trayers. a son OF william H.
Iravcrs died In the New York Hospital yesterday
morrng AT O'Clock. The drct cause OF death
va, pneumonia but there another serious nalady'
perloards Mr. Travcrs was brought to the hoSmtal
nm July 81 bv William A. Dncr. his brother inaw.
who Is one of hc governors of the hospital lie was
mt int tie best room the binding. The disease had
,.ken A, decided turn tor the worse before forty
echt hours had passed Up 20 The expiration 81 That
time ire physicians and nurses thought mat they
could save his NE. iut then he began To SINK
rap.dly and II soon became apparent that unless
decided improvement appeared at once the maiady
would prove fatal.
Tho hoped for Improvement did not come. and the
patient died before daylight. The body was sent to
Newport, r. l.. at once, and the funeral VIII take
place there 30 morrow The burial VAL be In the
family bot where the body Of his ia...., 'fcs VIII
lam Dler went 10 Newport by boat last night TO
make arran gcmcrts for tho funeral and IN toll the
friends 81 the dead at that pacc the news OF his
death
Rcvcriy johnson Travcts named after Ms mater
nal grandfather Rcvcrdy Johnson the stat sman who
WIS once the Minister England. Mr.. Tmvcrs was
a large fine To- King athletic man. who always
apteared strong and Jolly. lie tall and weighed
nl,out 900 pounds. lie vps twenty nine years "h'
lie wns q member OF The Calumet and Cthcr Clubs
and two years bcdorc his fathers death, III october
IA 1855. he Joined HIS fathers favoitc clnb the
Union. Ito was not, however, n regular O' H'fuO''
Reverdy Johnson Travcrs essentially man
abont town." and figured In affairs which were
discussed at length In the press several years ago
But to the general public he known chiefly ms the
son Of that popular and universally esteemed man.
william Il. Travcrs. who died at Bermudn, whittier he
had gone 10 regain his health March 10. 1887.
The son who Is now dead. and three daughters ana
Mrs Travers with him when he died. and they
brought his body back with them on the steamship
OnnOc0.
sorrow the news Of William II. Truvcrss death
was not confined 10 any one class II was general.
In every club of tho city the form Uncle Bill" and
tho queer combination Of impcded speech and unlm-
,,edcd Wit were missed. There was hardly any form
~ sport that he not Interested in. and he did much
10 elevate the turf In New York State the
nrcscnt prosperity Of the New York Athletic Club.
In early life Mr.. Travers married Louise the
fourth daughter OF Rcvcrdy Johnson, the wellknown
statesman. They had nine children. one daughter
was married to William A. Duer. and they now
living In No Il West Twenty nrst-s Another daugh-
Tor is Mrs Prince. William r. Travers was sixty
cirh years old when he dcd. He came 10 New. York
a, nm early age and after being educated In a private
"choOl went West Point. lie did not remain there
long but finished his education In Columbia College.
lie tried several business enterprises and hid ups
nd downs for But ut last he entered the Now
WI, stock Exchange and began TO make his fortune
poverses came occasionally but he OF almost OPP
,,usiic temperament and forced fortune 10 his
wav lie a millionaire several times when
he died.