New-York tribune., 1896-12-04
DEATH or FITCH j. STRlNiH1N ".
sTRyCKEN WITT! APOPLEXY At 2:SS OCl-o'h
YESTERDAY AFTCRNOoN-AcTlNG PREsi-
DENT OF THE ATLANTIC DOCK COM
pANY AND JOINT HEIR TO
VAST PROPERTIES


Fitch James Stranahan. the only son OF James
S. T Stranahan. acting president OF the A'ian'
tic Dock Company. u member ot Var'o1s c'""s'
and a wel.-kDown figure In BROOKLYN was
stricken with apop!exy AT 2:'I' O'CLOCK !es'e'
day afternoon al the home of his ia'her' a'
CLINTON and Union s;s. and died in few min
utes II. vas In fairy good heaNh on "eu"es
dav and was AT his Office attending 10 MS cus-
fomarv duties. His death was a !errlp.e SuI-
Prise 10 his father and mother. who have been
IN poor health for two years. and 10 his 1riehds'
VINO had no idea that he would lie outiived by
his father Dro5kiyn's so-cali"d Hist c'''Ae"'
now nearly eighty eight years Old
Mr. Stranahan complained OF feeling unweii
Yesterday morning and kept his room the most
of the forenoon lie hecame violently Ill soon
after o o'clock. and the family physician Dr'
" G Turner was sent for. The doctor had
h,rdl,, reached the house before Mir. Srananah
nassed away without II heing possible I" CO
ANYTHING to help him. On Wednesday after
noon he was riding in a Court-s car WIN HIS
friend DR.. Tucker. oe No ISL CHn'oh-s'' neH
passed the time of day with me usuai s@'"'a
tons. and Mr. Tucker remarked 'ha' MI
Stranahan was not iooIing AS well as usual
,3is csc, seemed 10 have the ralior of a SICK
man en- Dr Tucker said last night, but Mr..
S,ranahan was in his usual eood spirits.
Fitch lanes Strarahan was born unont hi'!-
Sour wears ago in Newark. where MS !d'her Hau
moved from Florence. y. y. in ls4' 'he laih"S
,,,orad in Hrooklyn where tney had lived since
His mother was Marianne Fitch naive "'
wes;,noreland. Oneida County. who was mar
ried to Alr. Strarahan in ls"'. She Was "''
active worker In church circles and IN a mum
,.er ~ charitable org anzations In lot- she was
unanimously elected president ot the woman"
pe,ier Association. an auxiliary to the un''ed
States Sanitary Commission II was 'h"ush'
,,o, h.r death which occurred in August. IS"''
,r.s mainly due to her unusual exertions in the
interests of the great Brooklyn fair Wmc"
raised $500 600 for the feneft Of the Union SOL
diers. ,, ,,r S,r.ra-
han vent 70 Williams College and was graz.
nated I'm the class Of 1866. He was memper OF
,he Sigma Phi fraternity. After leaving COZ,
;ere he entered the employ OF Z. g. AockWoo',
& Co. propretors OF storage "aiehoust .T.nt,c n
tobacco inspection business On the Atiah''.
IocLs In 1901 he was elected vice-president OF
the Atlantic Dock Company, OF wh'cn ms Iathe'
was presdent and since hs fatner was ehiee
Mod with illness two years ago next repi iuaI ;
ne had been acting as pres'deit OF me e"'..t" ~
DrooLIvn clubs a life member of the Brooklyn
institute of Arts and Sciences. anu meihher o'
,ha Iiederkranz OF New-Yo!k. the 1uherai ar
rangements have not been conrie'tu ,,
IJis father James S. r. Sfranahan. ana MS
.tannother Mrs Stranahan, and SISTER. Mis
Mary Crockson. survive nm. lnee ,,nS rho ei6er
ont AT his bedside when he oied me eoes
Cr-anahan was much affected ny the snock oi
mis- sons death but bore up under MS ahic''o"
with unusual sor;itude