The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-08
OBITCAR r

Samuel B. Duryea died early yesterday at his
home. As Eemsen street. Brooklyn. in his 47th
year he had been suffering for over Il week
with diphtheritic sore throat. but his family
until Monday night had no apprehension OF
death He was direct descendant Of Joost-
Durie. Huguenot exile. Gen. Abram Duryea.
who died several years ago. was his uncle. He
was lawyer.b but having inherited a large estate
from his maternal grandfather. he devoted
himself mainly to its care. For several years
he was delegate to the Republican General
Stommittee nni member OF the Executive
the Republican ticket last year. but was de-.
hGrary mfmbef q the At 2,
Union League Club. the Hamilton Club.
the rEohbins Island Club the s. Nicholas and
Association: tho Children's. Aid society. the
Kings County Temperance Society, and at the
MS defn mt Of e Ics
and s4,QoO0OO. His last public act was the
front land. which cost him $4,000 in the
vicinity OF the proposed shore road; He was
Church. but FOR some Years had been one 81
H. n III in ths bs99kyn IabernaGe In
wives him. He leaves no children.
Blank proprietoT Of the winter gar
Ing men: and members Of many German So
ciieties; died at his residence there on Monday.
eleven years lie was is years old. Rheuma-
tin hoG of TN heart was tho ,Suse q death. ie
some years, but took to his ,Gea oaly
nnd came to New York in 1871. lie Vent to- TO-
Pennsylvania. whore he. remained II year. and
saloon Avenue 4. Shortly aftprWurd he
opened the Tlace at lOo, Third avenue. It was
IN Isl that he to" in the t t l9ts on TGr
lbs TFird avenue come, Of Sixty"s st tn
the Central Turn Xerein, and the Eichenkranz.
Hal hna w We sSns w anG 9ts s
Lambrecht. He will be buried in Calvary.
"a ATstn D. Th3mps1on, proprietor Of the, eat
Reade street died Yesterday at his home at -
West Thirty, street H was u years old
Yspkoe who Sameio New York When yonth
marriaee. which took Mace lit; fifty years ago ago
next October The coffee house. which was
called the Phoenix. was freIuented by the nota-
bilit!es Of the neighborhood. politicians rs
% M rh Of sRe
old school. The concern was removed to its
present site In 1850. where. although opened
on Friday. it has dopo n business which made
on Black Friday. 1t has numbered among
its customers men from all over the country
as wei! as New Workers. Mr.. Thompson knew
ncarly everybody and nearly everybody knew
him. He was member Of the Sherirs Jury for
twenty years. having been appointed by John
Nelly. He leaves widow. son. and q daugh-
Honest John Reilly" as he was called. m
old and respected resident of this city. died ut
J Reilly 40 East 81 STREET ,S SON On
Friday last. Ho was buried on Monday In
early life no was engaged in the hide and fat
business in which he accumulated u fortune.
en- active member Of the st, Vincent de Paul
Society. and. as trustee OF the old Church Of
st. John the Evangelist In Fifteth street.
purchased the site on which Is now St Pat
riGk's Cathedral, He retained all his faculties
III few years ago Despite his advanced age
there was not n gray hair in his head.
The funeral Of Phoebe A. Cowperthwait, the
widow OF Samuel n. Gowperthwait. took place
yesterday from her home l1O Lafayette ave-
nue. Brooklyn. She was in her S0th year. Four
Cowperthwait furniture warehouses, survive
her.
r, Julian Converse. woollen manufacturer Of
was born on March !. is3I Ho MAS n iRtcpnb o
lean. and had served In both branches OF the
Stale Legislature.
hH John Dunlap tin plato t importer Of Pitts
n fortune ot S2.00u.OOO.
Judge Frank L. ellison Of the Supreme Court,
Chambers, Milwaukee. dropped dead in his
room yesterday.
Martin Bohan, County Auditor. died at Rush.
VILE. Ind. ON Monday.