The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-27
OBITUARY.

MRS. Harriet L. Packer. founder OF the PACK
or Collegiate Institute 10 Brooklyn. died yes.
terday morning oil her home Grace court, In
that city. in her I'D year. She had been In
| feeble health for some time. but her death was
not expected. On Monday she took drive In
tho Park. Mrs. Packer was a daughter OF the
Rev. Benjamin Putnam, a Massachusetts Dap
list divine. and the widow OF William S. Packer
Of the firm Of Packer & Prentice. which built
up some OF the big warehouses on the Brook
Ign river front Mr.. Packer. was one OF the
founders and trustees OF the Brooklyn Female
and Clinton. and when this was burned down
Sf ins sbe erseon
the school was changed to that Of the Packer
institute: The right was given to her
Hoard Of. Trustees. Mrs Packer lived to seq
me INSTITUTE i become one u the largest and
stitute. she made other donations from time
to time. and her active interest In the school
continued TO the close of her lilo. She leaves u
son. W. ). Packer, and n daughter. She was u
Ry Dr. T. s sSs 81 will iii oeats at The
funeral.
Frank Gilman. a prominent resident and
business man OF Bangor; was instantly killed
u tits supposed that while standing on the
FIJI ' GatWesn Ips S sars Si aan wa"
YEARS ola ina Leaves wife and tWo children
during the wnr, atterwurd manager of Peers
tanntfics, in Vim. and had Of late been
extensively engaged In the lumber business.
brunswick. Last winter no was appointed by
Gov. ,B1r!eigh to be member OF the state
Board of Assessors.
Highlands. Mass. yesterday. He was 40 years
old. He had been i'll since the State election in
NaycmY!sr II, During his illness !. eliot Of blood
nmputate tho leg. Ho did not qualify as a
meinber Of THO Governors Council. Tie va
branches Of the L.gislature. Mr. Loring was
one Of the founders Of the Royal Arcanum He
at f s ang S OF tho
he Was resident Of tho MsIrose EspusI can
Board. ~ . ''' '''0' " ''
Harry l.. Waldo the student Of Phillips EX-
cter Academy who mot with an accident while
last Rss
brm were dislocated. died late on Monday
night His mother was at home IN Kansas
markaIle courage In Ills dstcrminatlen to llye
mother arrived In. Exeter on Saturday night
Y talk with them. Young Waldo was l7years
old and u lnvorite in school.
Marcus Rulings. one Of tho bcst known and
most prominent oil producers Of northwestern
Pennsrlvania,, died late on Monday, night It
nuguenot descent. He organized various pipe
lines and railroads. and was one OF the earliest
his ro ~ tie rS ysded sDu
900. Ho donated MSins's ihsli to AiieeIeny
College in MGadvllle. and made large gifts to
iS4s to Miss Margaret McElweo. who. with
five children. survives him.
Richard Qusley died yesterday at 155 North
He, was i'll only four days, He was born in
Ireland tllty years ago aud lived In the -Four
He WAS an inspector Of sewers in tho Board OF
ton Of Stationary Engineers Of Kings county:
de. Paul Roman Catholic Church. He left n
WIFE, four sons. ind three daughters. Two Of
his sons are policemen.
]. B. Ashley and wife Evelyn Unsworth).
English actors. died recently. Mrs: Ashley
WAS . years Pa l., Mr; Ashlsy bsSam a # while I
day following her death. He was 80 years
old and Il, was once manage Of the London I'm;
dramatic troqpes on tours through Great Brit
ain Mrs. Ashley was the author Of the melo-
drama. For Queen and Country"
shadrach Foley. late Major of the Fourteenth
civil war. died on Monday at his home, in Pitts
bnrgh OF pneumonia. He participated in sixty
bravery. He was wounded in tho battle Of
Martensburg lie had served thirteen years in
Of Post H. IT. a.
He, was married twice. widow and three
children survive
Sir Oscar Moors Passey Clayton. Extra Sur:
geon in Ordinary to tho Prince Of Wales and
Surgeon, in Ordinary to the Duke Of Edin.
bursh. died Yesterday Sir Oscar CLAYTON was
:" Eth tho hoyai coese d S ea in iss and
Fellow Il 1853 He was knighted in Noyem-
sG and and TaI Tho Rspaty
Knight OF tho ORDER Of Leopold OF belgium.
9rrhage Of the lungs in spr;inxdais Phi on
as II messenger boy on the Post at II yeuts Of
cal Gazette. OF iate he did special and polit-
cal work for the Dispatch. His widow and
daughter survive.
=, George orr the Oldest calico printer in the
Srlntas when be was When u lie came a't to
pack. near Philadelphia. where he set up and
started the first calico printing machine ever
operated in that city.
Law school. and for forty years leading law
yer in western New York. died in Rochester on
SUNDAY aged ~ years He was ESQ son Of the
settlers on tho Phelps aud German purchase
in what is now Steuben county.
Mrs. Catherine Mason Curtis. founder and
Female Seminary Of Rochester. a writer and
lecturer of note on educational matters and a
leading member Of many literary and scien-
tifc sGeieties. died In Rochester on Sunday.
aged ~ years.
Mrs. Hannah Mackny. within six months OF
being 100 years old. died yesterday ut tho
residence, of her only daughter, IN Middetown.
Pneumonia was tho cause Of death. She was
tho grandmother Of Arthur Wilson, cashier Of
tho Highland National Bank Of Newburgh.
Her husband died for;y-!lro years ago in
Mattowan,
Ezra L. Stylcs died Mt his homo in Skanente clos
OF sunday. aged 80. He was born in Berkshire
county. Mass and removed with his parents
to Oneida county in 1903. Mr.. Styles was be-
licvch to he the oldest Mason In the State.
having been Il member Of the order for the last
seventy-iNe years.
Richard Davis Perry. nm English dramatist.
shot md killed himself in u London coffee
Of mclodrnmas. lie was 43 years old. a ply
stefan by profession. but had for several years
given way to excessive intemperance.
Harry Lnpsley. who up to n year ago was n
Wall street broker died ut his home In Put
nam avenue In Plainneld Yesterday morning.
He leaves u wife and young son. He was a
brother, Of Howard Lnpsley. Ho had been
IN Invalid several months.
This Hon; Nathaniel, Wilson died in orono;
Dartmouth in 1920 hftprWard he Ind charge