The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
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William Seymour Tyler, Professor OF Greek at
Amherst College for more than half o century.
died at the home OF his son. Prof. J. NJ. Tyler Of
Amherst, Mass, on Friday night. He retired
from active teaching in the spring Of 1892, and
since that time had been in comparatively good
health until a year ago. He was born in Hart
ford, Pa, Sept. Q. 1910. Job Tyler, one Of his
ancestors, was among the earliest settlers of
Andover, Mass. His father was q farmer. In
1926 he entered Hamilton College, where he
studied for two years. Then he went to Am
herst, graduating with the class OF 1880, which,
with his death, Is left with but one
living member. The next four years no was
tutor in Greek and Latin at Amherst. There
after he attended the Andover Theological Sem.
mary. He also studied under DIR. skinner In
this city. In 1859 no was ordained without
charge by a Congregational Council held ut
Amherst, and. while ho was never a pastor. Of q
s sSSFss a ne dff ssHppiisd PP%SES s pSip IL 'e Ui 0G otSsP
churches. During his professoSship at Am.
s ssss., eT Ssti TylG " to swi Sf 1t yiSits Sred ESr SGS ,b In
Holy Land and in 1s89-70 going through
Egypt and spending several months at Athens.
Harvard and in 1871 that OF LII. D. from Am.
horst. He prepared and annotated many classi.
S SIst tsfs So %csE Snd X TnOIS f Sis Books religious a4e: sa ana
H Hssi0s Tey dnS @ HTIt spla 1sss 51opss@M5s sn;ySjjr rP p 81.
Henry toSdeil. missionary 70 Assyri%' Roston,
1 1ssSSl; ".FPhfstS,qsSS on on the the 6 6sSisE Of a00t the Q
%iSsnnisl Of Ami Amherst %si, GoIlsFs; With Other A q;
Corona" Boston. 1870, "Demosthenes's Phil:
Ike "Iiiad" New York. 1856. He was Presi.
dent Of tho Board Of Trustees Of Mount Holyoke
G Wili'sso and a trustee q Of rssibS Smith College ssgs and nd
leaves u widow and four sons.
Former State Senator Loren b. Sessions died
parents being John S. and Sally Green Sessions,
and came to Chautauqua county in 1894. He
Sessions, was admitted TO the bar in 1882, and
practiced until 1881. He was State Senator
from 1873 to 1881, and was conspicuous by ree.
United States Senator and of a charge of brib-
cry preferred by Assemblyman Bradley of Cat.
identified with the Republican party. but last
year he supported Bryan. He Is survived by his
TWO SaS o9S sGn. Mr,le Warren r.; S' cSSeh Snd ,M Gna
Fred Cowells, who are teachers in the Berkeley
School in this city.
Isaac H. Mum, one of the Oldest conductors
on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, died at
his home in Newark on Friday night of blood
poisoning from o sore foot, which incapacitated
run from Jersey City TO Easton and Mauch
Chunk, and had been a conductor on the road
Tor twenty-five years. MI. MUM was born In
Newark go years ago and always lived there.
He was prominent as u Mason and belonged to
the Kearny Brigade Veteran Association.
Mrs. Mary Thompson Van Nest. willow OF
Abraham II. Van Nest OF New York, died sud
denly of heart failure at the summer residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Giraud Foster. at LenoX,
yesterday. For more than thirty years she lived
at 80 West Thirty-fourth street. this city.
She was a member OF the Broadway Tabernacle.
and was a constant contributor to charity. She
Is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Charles
Carroll jackson and Mrs. Richard Gambrill of
this city. and Mrs. Giraud Foster of Lenox.
Samuel Dixon, for many years a produce mer.
chant in this city. died on Friday night at
his home, l41 Keap street, Williamsburg. He
was born in this city SO years ago. and at the
time of his death was "a member OF the Board OF
Consistory of the First Dutch Reformed Church
of Williamsburg. He leaves a widow and four
sons.
Hiram Lukens, the Oldest printer in ~continu.
Gus service in one office in tho United States,
died at Doylestown, Pa, yesterday. He had
been an employee of the InteliiDcncer for more
than 65 years. and Secretary Of the Doylestown
Lodge No. 245. +. and A. NJ, for 80 years. He
was 70 years old.
Samuel G.. Smith. so years old, a superin
tendent in the Pennsylvania Railroad freight
department, died yesterday morning at his
home. 2S1 Sixth street. Jersey City of blooG
poisoning following an operation on a tooth.
Mrs. Margaret Dunno, mother of the late Al
derman Dennis Dunno. died at her home. 131
years. She leaves four children.