The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-17

Il. G. Kings Sons, was the father OF
twenty-five children.
Henry Clews has had three children. two
of whom are living.
Changing from fnauciers to politicians
there is found the same diversity. Mayor
Grant 10 a bachelor Controller Myers,
who made million in Wall street, has a
son who has just reached maturity. Rich
ard Croker, the Tammany leader, has four
children. Commissioner OF Public Works
Gilroy has nine children.
Gov. Flower, who hiss attained success
both in snance and in politics, has bad three
children. A beloved son died in 1881, when
Is years old.
Gov. Flowers predecessor, Senator David
B. Hill, Is bachelor. He is welded only
to politics and has raised O large family of
children In the shape OF political honors.
Gov. Cleveland was bachelor. Presi-
cent Cleveland married in the white house.
Ex- President Cleveland has one daughter
Gov. Cleveand's predecessor, Gov. Cor
nell, who has long been prominent in the
financial and political affairs of the state,
has had four children.
Chester A. Arthur had two children.
Whitelaw Reid, the candidate for Vice
President, has two young children.
FAMILIES OF GENERALS.
Gen. Grant had four children, Gen. Sher-
man eight and Gen. Mcclellan two. Gen.
McClellan's son, Col. George r. Mcclellan,
is treasurer Of the Brooklyn bridge, and
married to a daughter of John G. Heck
scher.
Dr.. Hammond, ex-surgeon general of the
United States, and an eminent physician,
has had five children.
John d. Grim Minis, the wealthy con-
tractor and president Of the Broadway sur
face railroad, has a remarkable family of
twelve children.
DR.. Thaw, who lives in a fine castle at
Piermont, overlooking the Hudson, is the
son Of the late William Thaw of Pittsburg,
| who left ten children a fortune OF over
| 81 900, 900 apiece.
c. L. Tiffany, head of the famous house
Of Tiffany & Co., has six children. His
father had five and his grandfather eight.
John A. Mccall, president of the New
York Life Insurance Company, was mar
ried in 1870, and has five children.
Everett P. Wheeler, the political reformer,
has had five children; Gen. Stewart L.
| Woodford, the lawyer and orator, has three
| daughters; George +. Seward, ex-minister
to China, had four children; Senator II. r.
Low has family OF six; Congressman Dan
| Lockwood has two; Benjamin II. Field, the
phI1anthropist, has two John H. Starin, the
harbor and river millionaire has two sons
and two daughters. One of the latter Is
the wife of Howard Carroll.
Royal Phelps, the great merchant, has
one daughter who married Gov. Carroll,
of Maryland, and had seven children. She
| is now deceased.
Ex-Secretary Carl Schurz has two daugh-
tiers and two sons.
A. T. Stewart had no children and his
property had been a constant subject of
| litigation ever since his death. William E.
| Dodge, another noted merchant, whose
| offensive statue stands near the junction of
Broadway and Sixth avenue, had seven
| sons. Frederick deBary, the wine impor-
ter was one Of thirteen children.
Frederick Cook, ex-secretary OF state of
New York, has been twice married
and has one daughter. o. B. Potter, the
real estate millionaire who was one of a
family OF ten children has had four chill
dren of bis own. William Stein way the
pisnoforte manufacturer, has two sons.