The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31
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George I. Mortimer. n lawyer OF Al Park
row. died yesterday morning. aged "a years.
III early life he was apprenticcd to Robert T.
Laurietz. the sculptor The lions heads on
the cornco OF the Sub-Treasury building at
Nassau and Wall streets are his work. Sub
seluently he studied law and had fol-
lowed that profession ever SINCE For
over thirteen years he was men,
Der OF the Seventh Regiment During the war
he organized and drlIe,la company composed
almost wholly Of lawyers. It was never
mustered in. He was twice married His first
wife was II daughter OF James Herring. n por-
trait painter and founder Of TIE Hall aud
emps The Mas Hfs e snyes Wo
chddren Mrs III Walter RVryea at whose
mer OF this city.
CAPT. Benz BenIa IN F Sherman is dead in Cox.
e a ana Yorf ben
CARRYING frcch,, IN tho Hudson Kiver whiclli
until he became wealthy and retire from bust ISL
ness. He was an ardent Repu hlican. aud
Henry Harrison Tor Pr"sid mt in 1910. and Tor
BENJAMIN Harrison for the same Office in 1888.
Dr.: Howard Smith died in New Orleans yes:
sISA ff' @ Il hsa WIS sSa fss 81 t6 %,
Polk's, time. He served as a surgeon in tho
tire medical service OF the trans Mississippi
department, He ateryard filed the chair y
Medicine. and was the. representative Of the
New Orleans Board Of Health for Central
American ports
Abram speer: who died ut his homo on Bcr-
Form at B.llcville in 1914 He moved to B Ser.
gen sixteen years ,E later and was ior many
He served several terms as II member Of the
Board Of treeh9lders. Mr speer, was married
III Of whom are living, His second wife was
Mrs Sarah & ~, Van v. keper; Wife Of Henry G.
at hs hon 4 #as sa ss F1day s
SD year. He organized the, French Evangeli-
cal Church in this city. and; aided by tho. late
mitted into the Presbyterian synod H. wasn
native OF Brussels. wh.re, he conducted a
ago. when no came to this country and en-
gnged in religious work. Three sons aud q
daughter survive him.
MARRY Jewish congregation in Chicago for
more than twenty years, and the oldest Jewish
nc ss n the aged % s. ysars F aCS n H.l rs
Rm"r FROM aF fhat time "na ant tn he r to
ton ,' in Deroi since s is3 he o. has so dcrotnd
himselft to literary pursuits
Samuel l.. Leach. hydraulic engineer rcsld-
at sres Kew S York ctS d In G snd
denly in i Liberty y, " on Thursday While
stricken With henri disease and dropped dead
were taken to North Tarrytown.
cd Axsr died lis 1ams e II Of
son last week. aged ~ years. lie had been n
gen. merehant at Jetrersop ior more than
several terms in tho County Board Of SuDer.
yisors, and flled other public posts His Vile
died Six days before he did.
al L.. Al
Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth. and a
SSr3ther Of JacSt Davis Of Tho
lakewood Of paralysis. liz was spending si tho no
season ther" for his heal th He was n Years
S Sewa rSr HH H. say ysss. VIE r. was
Mrs Rebeccn Jollie died on Monday In Lock-
the widow Of the Rev isaac jollie for " m sas
{orE Conerencs Of the Methods t' E !me SeW
Church, and filling pastorates in the Hudson
George d. Smith, the oldest school director
~ point Of service ~ Blair county, Pa. died in
Mol'iIs ;ys on Friday IL lis 5'th year He
being elected on the Democratic ticket He
served wenty-six years as school director.
c6aa afta Wsysneh eagth eyy retired
ssed 81 years. His wife died et ten 1g years asS
LIE i survived Esx y two c Gnildrep Wsy
Yaser Of i cslicoon' '''' An' AfA Anafow
on Wednesday, aged II years She was a ma
tive Of lierkimer county: and a descendant OF
Baptist religious denomination in America
William Lotus, engineer at the Essex County
Penitentiary at Caldwell, n. j.. died there on
Thursday night Of heart disease. He was 60
years old and had been engineer at the peni-
Tertiary since its establishment In 1874.
Jacob ,. Sickles. formerly the proprietor Of
the Pavilion Hotel in Keyport, died yesterday
at Red Bank. He was "a years old and he
leaves widow and three children.
: Edward A. Smith died at his residence in
~ He was o veteran volunteer fireman VI
this city. -
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