The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-16
OBITUARY.

in the public schools. his parents being poor.
He started business as a brewer OIL small
scale in 1874. with John q. Gllig as a partner.
In East Forty.siSth street. Since 1884 Mr..
Opperman had been sole PROPRIETOR OF the con-
| cern. which Is now known az the Turtle Buy
Brewery. He married a daughter OF Joseph
Doelger. She survives him. with sou anu
two daughters. He was II member OF tho
Tammany Society. the Aton. the Lederkranz
tho New York MRnnerehor. the Central Turn
yersin. the Produce Exchange. Lincoln Lodge.
+ aSd A, NJ, MS2art Lodge. knights OF Honor
yssGs Cub and antIi i dsjansed y 1885. The
Third Regiment OF Cavalry. Troop d.
Mr. Calvin A. Richards Of Boston. the street
| railway magnate. was stricken with heart dis-
s'sds %ss sstsd fsa "
and made it the most powerful mercantile or.
gani SSsnahd IN Bost9n Aitsr.hS Meironoltan
Richards became connected with the latter
real a. genera manager under President
sns sr T Tf Se s,rSea t ss
affairs Of The boston Heating Company. and
merchant making the construction and equip.
ment Of street railways with cable. electric. or
1881 Mr.. Richards was member Q, tho Boston a
Common Council.
Edward Smith Of the firm Of Smith, Gray, h
residanee. Bed BsdfSrd avenue BraoGyn A. Me
was born n In Sorwalk Conn. in lSil. Early IN
ward e #il ,! q, street: NV Yorf IA isS4.
ts Hssrp iSins fSsy
Broekyn. IT. Smith wa9 aetve in s
Srs H. sss. tSSs s leaves
Cant John Stout died at New Orleans on
burned IL 1S Natches he was Il
he landed the vessel at tho bank. Again. IN
1855 he had %s Rsrrow escape from death when
Steer aS sgsss a'I sss shoTs Hss
him and left him almost. a. wreck ofhis former
sell he w AZ nStSe OF arsnk,in Tenn ab h
Ea.i A''ef '"e war no was p'0' 0' '''ef
Mr. Jarvis Boies of Chester. Conn. died yes
Is M oes
ifty Years ago; He Was the pioneer in mani
sfs fo"ne
from business over thirty years ago: He had
S%s Sc Ss in Ss 2ss1s
James Root. 2 wealthy farmer and conspisu-
steps Of his house on Friday. and was instantly
Ms vas :, s ct a
wye im cousn W VII ne Root Sa' 81 osee
ola; Pa; met p Se9tl In the same way week
s fIiIei. In 10 roy ~ ''' last week. anu was
The Hon. G. NJ Copeland. who was a mem.
potesn q WESTERN 1 sw died at
ssht Sn sna
the wife OF a Methodist clergyman.
country: died yesterday. She was horn in Ven
ISL IL s aeS is m 1885, # rtnse Das anS
was the daughter Of Marco de kvekyitch and
his wife Elizabeth. Countess Mrkovitch.
Se1' aa en- S II. At sns
He was one Of tho veteran florists in Kings
county. and an enthMsiastio worker until u
Of his sons and daughter lost their lives in
tho Brooklyn Theatre fire
Miss A. p. Doolttle died Yesterday at the
weeks. Miss Doolttle.who was cousin OF the
WAS for the prncr
dies at Rochester. r. !. w '' 'O-
Richard T. Dewitt. a descendant OF ono OF
the founder OF the village Of Dewitt Mills
nearly zoo years ago died In that place tS re-
No by BY the
l6O years ago
George. Garfield died at his home in Sum-
mers Point. \. j.. Yesterday Of pneumonia.
marine editor Of the Nt,o YORK He,aM lie
Leaves NV tTo fons Who are connected with the
iactursr Of Raverhiii. MISS died on Sunday:
aged 5s years. About siX years ago he retired
dent dent Of the Haverhiil Safionul BanS. witch
place he filed until his death.
Frederick Alters Hankey; NJ. P. for the ebert;
s.: He was q native Of london. educated at
:a ass 1s ss sat fssFssy
Friday. pGed 81 years, He was st the battle
was In forty seven battles OF the rebellion. He
was never wounded.
South Framinghnm. diod on Saturday. aged 81
years. He WAS graduated from Aliddlebury
Seminary In 1863
n y. died in Scranton. Pa. on Saturday. He
and went there on probation. He was native
Of England. and was strong temperance ad-
Mr. Carr. the fonnder OF the New York Union
years. Ho built tho steamers California. Poly
nosia, Polaria. and Australia and so Id them to
the Hamburg American Packet Company.
Mr.. Augustus Richardson died at his home
In South Framinghnm on Sunday. He wasa
pioneer in the Manufacture OF straw bonnetS
his retirement about twenty years ago.
Cashier Charles W. Gnlliver Of the National
Union Bank Boston. died yesterday at Cam.
den. =. e.. where lie had gone for, his health.
He was ~ years old. and had been in the
bank twenty-four years.
George W. Sherwood Of New, Brighton. Pr.
died there on sunday OF heat failure. aged ~.
lIe WAS a manufacturer. and banker ind q
member Of tho Council His widow and three
children survive him.
James Falon. known for hty years as "Tha
Hermit o! IovinGton." was found dead in his
days. He wns 80 years old. Nothing is known
OF his history
Harold y. Mcdonald 81 Freedom. Pa. died
there on Mnnlny aged -. He was the SUPER
iltendent Of the Atlantic dynamite Company's
Pittsburgh branch. lie was married ten
months ago.
Mrs. Johanna Ripley tho wife Of John S.
Ripley. tho, proprietor Of IT," West End Hotel
at Asbury Park. died yesterday morning, aged
~. The funeral will lie held ON Thursday.