The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-28
OBITUARY.

Ario Pardee. tho well-known coal operator
and lumberman. died in Rock Ledge. Fla. on
Saturday. aged III years. Two weeks ago he
went South with party OF twelve. No word
had been received Of Mr.. Fardeo's Illness. and
his death is believed to have been
sudden. Mr.. Pardee was ono OF the
pioneer coal operators OF tho Lehigh
coal region. He was born in Nassau. N. V.
on Nov. IL. 1910. Hc began life as an active
engineer and in 1890 went to Beaver Meadow,
Pa.. three miles frcm Hazleton. In 1887 he be-
gan practical work as n coal operator in that
region and since then amassed u fortune
estimated ut S1O.OOoOOO. In 1864 he endowed
tho. chair OF mathematics in Lafayette College.
and later gave S3OO.uOO for the erection of
pardee Hall. Tho unnic Of 1877 caught Mr.
l'ardno with immense coal. lumber. and iron In
except ut u great sacrifice. and he was com
pelleh to borrow millions of dollars to tide
All %If T % the o
his literary tastes. He was extremely reticent
pad made few ncuuaintnncos outsidg,o OF those
Calvin Pardeo and Cen Ario Pardee Of llazle-
ton. and one daughter the wife of James S.
Earle. also OF Hazleton. survive him.
George l.. Nichols, n member OF the firm OF
u. b. Coddington \ e.. metal dealers. ot 27Glif
street. and z wcll-knnwn Brooklynite. died
was, n director Of tho lh.rnix bank. IN Brook
Ign he belonged to the Hamilton and Brooklyn
ecutiSe a Committee ' Of III ' Acndemy o, Nj Music
md was actively interested in the work OF the
hssG in an" the sw %ssis s
was taken sick with grip. and when he
MSDyss Hfon y h. vent to PHTtrefs
panieI him. NIr. Nichols lived at 30 Pierre
irrational Churci Of the, Pilgrims in Remsen
street. George l. Nichols. )r. u lawyer of l. ~
broadway. Il his son, and one of his da4gi,
to be taken to Brooklyn for burial.
>, Dr. W. / Valley, examining surgeon in the
Pension Oillce, died suddenly on Saturday. OF
sided OF II farm in Prince Georges county.
Md with his wifi. and three r., daushters. and
tween Washington and his home. just before
the arrival of the train in Washington he went
into tho closet and was found there, dead by
the brakeman. Coroner Townsend gave u
certificate of death from apoplexy. DR.. Walt
ley was a cousin n,ui 81 Mrs. Gen. sherman and
family. He was 81 years OF age and was born
in Lancaster. y. He served through the war
as surgeon &c and l. ut its close resigned and
in Paris and Berlin. perfectIng himself in tho
knowledge of medicine. Hu wentto Washing.
ton about ten years ago.
Sylvester J. Edwards died on saturday night
Trcntiss. 4 First place; trookiyn. Mr.. Ed;
years. He was born in hobertss Meadow:
MAJ on Nay 70 isl rv ana do when youns
daughter q GSL Apssi Thelps., editor Stths
years ago. In. 1912 Mr.. Edwards came to
New York and opened n, dry goods store.
rGTy fnrs t6 Eo nc moyd to s
Twenty-Five years was secretary Of the
Peoples Gas COMPANY wnis!! OF no occupied
South Congregational Church, and took an
active part in tho improvement OF South
brooklyn.
Utah died on Friday in Salt Lake City after u
surgical or ration. from tho effects Of which
he could not rally He was aGpoi1ited to office
Church prorerty was escheated t" the Govern
ment he WAS made receiver When tho same
tional party lines ho took an active part in tho
organization OF the Democratic party. and had
since %ssa his tH Its ad
III and was personal friend Of 1. y. c. Lamar.
Justice OF the supreme t2urt; who secured for
gravcrs in the country. died on Friday night
At his home. 2l7 Carlton avenue. brooklyn.
ago. and came to this country IN mis- nineteenth
year lie was IA pupil OF Sir William lien. tho
For IL onE time he
prii,ting in Washington Among his works are:
s I"st al HtSr t Wps Painting nss e
Painting. with His Wife" from Lcutze's paint.
ing. and =" Ammo. Page" after c. X. Leslie's
painting. Mr.. Burt was one OF the oldest men,
bers OF the Brooklyn Art Association.
Pr. Morrison Muniord, for twenty years
editor and owner Of tho Kansas City Times,
died yesterday afternoon. Tho cause Of dentl
was nleuro-rneumoninr which he contracted
and had been engaged in the newspaper bust
ness since 1867. DR.. Muniord was ut one time
wealthy. but died II bankrupt
j. DE Saint Ange. Frenchman. so years OF
age. died suddenly of heart disease yesterday
afternoon mt tho boarding house. 1913 Clinton
place. When he did not come down to dinner
Yesterday somebody went to his room. He
was lying on the bed dead.
The widow Of Cornelius !. Eaton died yester-
day al ~ West Nineteenth street at the ago Of
"a. She was born in Richmond and went to
California in 1880 with her husband. who was
subsequently IL well-known mining man.
Francis G. Sessions Of Columbus. O.. has died
Mt Hot Springs, $. e. lie was a wealthy
banker and was also m author and traveller.
He WINS born in Springfield. Mass. in 1920.
and went to Columbus fifty years ago.