The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-10

OBGICAHI
Adeline NJ. s. Colvocoresses. widow Of Cap.
George NJ. Colvocoresses OF the United States
Navy, died at Claremont, N. H., last Saturday.
Capt. Colvocoresses was mysteriously murdered
at Bridgeport, Conn.,, on June 8, 1872, after a
life spent in the United States Navy. He was
born in the island Of Scio, in the Grecian Arch
ipelago, in 1916. and after tho massacre Of the
Greeks there in 1922 he was ransomed from the
Turks and came to this country. In 1883 ne
was attached to Cap. wilkes's exploring expe-
overland expedition which went from Van
couver's Island to San Francisco in ls41. He
was commissioned Lieutenant in 1S43, and after
serving in various foreign squadrons was made
Commander in 1851. During the war ne cap
tured the blockade runner Stephen Hart, which
was laden with arms and ammunition: In 1867
he received his commission as Captain and re-
tired. He was also the author of -Four Years
in a Government Exploring Expedition" No
her husbands death Mrs. Colvocoresses had
lived in retirement. She leaves one son, George
p. Colvocoresses, an instructor in the Naval
Academy.
Clergyman in New England both. as re-
IN churffestown. He was born a slave =
years ago on the plantation Of Carter n;
e fsnssy, @ T.! ofHRiH s father ssan $ss . s hs1qS drives ssG ssd
died when Peter was about 10 years old. When
was =, and he brought with him his wife
ton to bringing out Of slavery others Of his
race in Virginia; He soon became well known
their esti@ation as did Louis Hayden. In is47
he found fourteen colored people worshipping
in a hall on Belknap street, now Joy street. and
the Twelfth Baptist Church. From that church
he was licensed to preach as a Baptist minister.
more Baptist ehnrohes than any other Baptist
clergyman in New England.
Samuel McGowan; one Of South CarolinS's
S. c.. Yesterday morning. He was born in Lan.
rens IN 1873. and was graduated from south
in .Abbeville, but in 1876 volunteered as a pri-
vate in the Palmetto Regiment and went TO
Mexico; President Polk appointed him on the
the rank of Captain, and there he served
during the whole war. He wss compli.
vices. On the secession Of South Carolina
he was appointed by Gov, Pickens commander
OF a volunteer brigade, assisting in the capture
came a Lieutenant In the Fourteenth South Caro-.
lima Regiment: and later Brisadisr;Gensrai
Justice OF the State Supreme Court. and he held
the place until defeated by a young Tillmanite
lawyer in 1894.
Charles S. Turner died at his home in Worcester.
Mass. a little before midnight on sunday, Mr..
Turner Turner o Tf Bet Gns Si ~! 4. H. hvc w sRo' t OF niaG at NOTE, e:
worthy group in the raiirS road affairs Of New
old and entered the railroad business in Nor,
witch. Conn, as station agent. He became, some
twenty years later. the sugerintendent OF the
the consolidate Worcester. Nashua, and
active service after four Years in the Presidency.
Since then he had lived quietly In Worcester;
He Il, gaEo some of hi. his 1ime' hoSM ;esctor to o. i9 sSa
Worcester and Shrewsbury road.
William l. Picknell OF Boston died at Marble.
head. Mass: yesterdag, morning .md ns. OF 10 heart d dis
lie was one Of the foremost landscape painters
In America. He was born in Boston. and he be,
years old, afterward taking q course under some
Of the Paris masters. His search for scenes took
Mr. Mr. P fH5S n 'I Rewards We're many. The most
recent was the Lippincott prize, awarded him
by the Pennsylyan's Asf Ss hsd q, Es Fine y ., Arts
in Paris. although most of his work was done in
Normandy and in tho south of France.
Mrs. Catherine Richie, widow Of tho Rev.
day at the age OF n years. Her late husband
was a famous Baptist clergyman, and died In
his hhnddS death he Was secretary Of the New Yori
State Anti.Slavery Society; and was intimately
associated with Frederick Douglass and the
other prominent leaders in the abolition move
ment. Mrs. Richie WAS born In Geneva. N. Y.
where she leaves two sisters and a brother
married daughters and a son. former Post
master David Richie OF Saratoga.
Henry Lawrence Foster. a retired clothing
merchant. died on Sunday at his home. l3 Yves
Feb 81 $780,, at Southeast New York, as Eas
New York was known al that time; He was
time he was connected with the firm of Brook
Bros. During the war he formed the firm OF LEI
& Foster, clothing contractors. he retired seyei
leaves three daughters and two sons, John b
Foster OF Brooklyn and George IL. Foster OF thi
city.
John Riley died suddenly Of heart failure a
his home In Troy yesterday. In his sixty-soventl
year. He was a pioneer in the stove industry ii
TROY, being a member OF the hrm Of Riley. fla.
& MSGonike; He E \ suryIv So Hy ni 81 w SsM WV t%i
and Mrs. A. A. zimmerman OF Freehold, n. j.
and one son. e~x-Assemblyman James NJ. Riley.
George 2. Haskell, = W well,65own insurane
broker In BEooEEl Gnn diS oas on s 81 SsSr at nHerrySl
high In Masonic circles. ana the funeral service
will be held this evening at the Aurora Graf
Cathedral. at Bedford avenue and Madiso
street.
Charles Trautmann. 63 years old, q vel
known rihe shot, died at his nome in Elizabeth
N. j.. yesterday OF drogsy. He is said to hay
spent twenty years in south Africa as q guild
to hunting expeditions.
Bartholomew Mccormick. . well-known hot.
proprietor, died at his home IN New BrunBwicl
Y. j.. on Sunday evening OF heart disease. Il
ters and three sons.
DIR. n. A. Birdsall of 1885 Bedford avenue
Brooklyn, died en- Sunday at Glen Lake, N.
i He had been in active practice In Brooklyn Il
fifteen years, and belonged to several modicl
societies.
Adelaide Dorlon, widow OF Alfred Dorlo,
, who was long one q the most noted oysterms
, 70 Lawrence street. Brooklyn.
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