The sun., 1893-02-27
Hoods SarsapaYilIs
OBITUARY
Mrs. Susie @. Runtrfll
Royslton. VI.

Francis Ormond French, President OF the
Manhattan Trust Com pany, died yesterday ut
] o'clock in the afternoon. at his cottage at
Tuxedo. He was born In Chester. N. H.. Sept.
T. 1887. and was the tenth in direct descent
from Edward French. who founded Ipswich.
Mass. In 1880. His father was Benjamin
Brown French. who was Clerk OF the United
States House OF Representatives in 1857.
WAS Com missioner OF Public buildings under
Lincoln. was Interested with 8. +. B. Morse and
Amos Kendall In introducing the electric tele-
graph into this country. and opened u limo be-
tween New York and Washington. His mother
was daughter OF ". NJ. Richardson. Chief
Justice OF Now Hampshire. Young French
lived in Washington as a boy. He was fitted
for college Mt Phillips Exeter Academy. and
entered tho sophomore class at Harvard in
1854. graduating with honors in 1851 In
college he was member OF the Hasty
Pudding Club. the Institute Of ITO. and
other college societies. He was class poot.
and was student under James Russell
Lowell Ho took the degree Of LIB. and
was admitted to the bar In 1850. In March.
1881. he married Ellen. daughter OF the Hon.
Amos Tuck OF Exeter. N. H.. and began the
practice OF the law at Exeter. In September.
1862: he WAS DEPUTY Naval otflcer at Boston.
nut tho custom House and the Sub, Treasury
ISstton., ara later entsrsd the Ok f5Tm Of q
failure. Ms. Frenah renrcsent:d tie Lyndon
rs Co. ii in New 2Sr In In hsH e was 81
those Tho sscNred 8 control Of the First M, M.
nans Of GnsS States aRa
retired from business. hpt In 1883 he accepted
ss s"s 81 %sqi
Club in New York for two years. The remains
MAJ 30 6rS%sht here to-day. and TIE G iunsrsl or,
The in interment teri viii be be in Washington.
Alanson Reed probably the oldest lest repre-; repre-;
In efa ss'fH s nS
were extremely poor. After three mon'hs.
maker. and after learning the trade went ta
works or Chickering 4 CO: in Boston: In 1887
he to
mained mai until is43. when he came to Chicago.
bringing three %ith n the
mem msnss eng sS.Iasss ssu'' = is75 M sis %sRs{e 81
established. and has continued to be WELL
known feature in Chicago music circles.
WHter CRIT rhHspeha spordnS
poon o. pseumonis; Hss had been ii t:q days;
81 y sss 0a hnepsa ma hs 81 Ro'
Academy and studied at the University OF
Pennsylvania He was a fne football player
at college. and was an admirer OF fast horses.
He o. nod Dry Monopole which won the Bronx
iyn Handicap In 1887. and also owned Elk
wood. which won the Suburban In 1883. He
SsG Ssp$SS $ a%SS@Es~s'nswii X @ ): 'Sts'Tsa at th''s;
ii s 'fa
Brooklyn. in his 5sth year. He was engaged
in the real estate business at Lewiston. Nc.
for moro than twenty years and was once
Mayor OF that town. He also represented II in
the state IeGislature Since hts arrival In
| New York. In 1870. he had hosn cashier for the
| dry goods firm Of Bliss. Fabyan 4 Co. He
| James Delany. ono OF the best known resi-
dents OF E!zahethport. dice, yesterday. Mr..
| years prominent tenn porAnee advocate. lie
| was n member Of the Ancient Order of
HibernRns and an ardent Irish nntiona ist.
| He was also an active Democratic ward
| worker.
Daniel Dennison Gardiner, Treasurer OF Al
| legnny county: died Yesterday at his home in
| Angelica. \. y. aged 80 yenrs. He had been N
| Treasurer of the county since 1854. nd in that
| time handled over S?,tNOO0O OF public money;
| lie was born In Madison county. and had lived
| forty-seven years In Angelica.
| George Tubow, King of the Tonga Islands.
is dsad. He was W. yenrs old He will hs sue sue
% SSo IS g years old fhsA fApopuli popaiation oi the
islands is about 10000.
Mrs. Tamar Prentiss. an English woman in
| the second cabin OF tho steamship Etruria.
| which arrived here yesterday. died OF apoplexy
| last Wednesday. and was buried at sea.