The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-22
DIED ALMOST TOGETHER.
GRIP CARRIES OFF GRANDPOP" Do
REMUs, AND HIS WIFE soon FOLLOWS.
They Had Lived Together Seventy Years.
ana Up to n Few Days Ago Both We're
Strong md Active-Ifis Age Was 03.

They had Lived Together Seventy Years.
and Up to Few Days Ago Both Were
Strong and Active-HIls Ago Was &C.
Two generations OF the people OF Closter. n.
j.. have called David Dorcmus "Grandpop."
He was born in tho last year OF the eighteenth
century. and nearly all of his 02 years were
spent In or ncar Closter Every one there
knew him and respected him. There were
some who said he owed his LONG life chiefly
to his fund Of good humor and keen enjoyment
of Joke. Although for year "Grandpop"
! Doremus had proudly boas.od OF great
great grandchild down in Virginia. his eyes
were bright. his complexion good. and
his figure nearly rs straight rs 1t was
half century ago. There seemed to
DO no reason why "Grandpop" Doremus
should die for a dozen years to come. Time
had dealt lightly with him. and he in return
looked upon life as something Of joke. His
early toll had provided comfortably for his old
age. His wife. "Dcbby." as she was called.
was four years his junior. and until week
ago she did ne much work around the house
as any OF her grandchildren
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorcmus had grown old erace.
fully and happily together. Grandpop Dore-
mus had attended the Dutch Reformed Church
in his youth. and occasionally during his later
years hs had gone to theilseformcd Church:
f q his OWN and he knew hS could t talk
h sef ~ E vi Me fhsy Tere
handsome old couple. Grandpop's strong and
regular features were always, smooth skaven.
Two 2 his teeth we're missing, Hs
him woop sso' ke ' read Without classes he
s Ss sssa Fs Nj: DSrs% nus was equally
vile that, he was going 70 DO sick TWAS an
anaSe 70 FIR ts 81 fbdsy ns wo
ried about her husbanas illness until Sat,
sali she had i no, speeias diseas% fer pulse
SsI Gnd @ the bs
n; sas @ ~
ssssS Ss ssss$qT ~ Ne Msss H
Eaaa To eat hs
ever. "1 and Mrs. Dors%as knew .sshass 0G IL
however. that she would die first She took no
nourishment, and when she awoke from her
Wa ha T rs
WIS e, stu alive sno would 60 to sleep again
".Mira. going home"
At 3 o'clock the next m forming no died without
On the COUCH Beside his bed. Wien She awoke
she looked toward the bed and asked anxious
lis he gone'"
She made no manifestation Of. her grief. but
turned over on, tho lounge and looked stead
Cove. her daughter who was taxing care
Ct her: LEFT her f1r a moment on Wedges
Dorem US seemed to be sleeping. She leaned
over tho couch to see that, her. mother
was properly covered and found that she had
Z. en s a af tho phys
clan said that 1t was caused by no specific dis
ease.
Doremus S were laid out nlain black eons ' IN
the a.lor OF the old fashioned white house
about two miles from Closter. To-day they
The Rev. r V. Van Buskirk Of Gravesend and
the Rev Henry Ward Il Closter viii conduct
h & Doa%s ys wss at ns ss Citizen
His old family Bible shows that he was born at
Iomnton's Plains on Aug II. 1900. and That
was wa !" born in cioster on June il. 1854.
David Doremus's father was black;
s% na n soy %he was Maaprp snds
made the eoiiln in which they wero removed
He told tho story to his three generations OF
DESCENDANTS SO frequently that llc wore out the
bone Of on. Of Ahdri's toes; which he carried
was sL il ls%2 that David porsmus mar
Ts9 'Ot t"eiss'ss a"a snf a4%aSs
shey sessn sHer d hIs'fss0f IN an
house During his later Yea e S he read great
t deal He was very much i9te ere in poll
e g now Si he od es W;t
records O! births and marriages. but there are
very few deaths.