The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-09
DR.. ARMENIUS 0EMLER DEAD.
HIS BODY TO HE LAID TO REST AT
WILMINGTON.

The Funeral at IT. Johns Episcopal
Church-Dr. OemIcr's Life One of
Constant investigation md study.
His Latest scientific Research In
the Field of Entomology.
DR.. Armenius Oemler died at
the Savannah hospital last night
at 1920 o'clock. His death was
not a surprise. his condition having
been extremely critical for the last two
days. Apoplexy was the cause of his
death. He was surrounded by his sor-
rowing family when the end came.
DIT. Oemler was attacked last Friday
at his home on Wilmington Island He
had been attending the Georgia State Hor-
ticultural Soeiety's convention in the city
for the two or three days just preceding
and had been in the sun a great deal
lie became overheated and suffered an
other attack the next day while walk
ing around the place at Wilmington ISL
and Returning 70 the house from his
walk ne took a bath in cold artesian
water and has been sinking from bad to
worse ever since. Saturday morning he
was brought 20 Savannah and placed at
the city hospital. where he was attended
by DR.. Waung and DR.. Harris.
Dr. Oemier was born in Savannah Sept
q, 1926. He was taken by his parents to
Germany after a few years. where he
spent ten or twelve years of his life there.
He was educated in the schools of Ores
den. After leaving Germany as a young
man he returned TO America and settled
icine, going to New York afterwards to
graduate in course of medicine. He
then returned to Savannah and began
practice.
Shortly after his return to this city he
married Miss Elizabeth Pritchard Hey
wood. He did not pursue the practice of
medicine long before he determined to en-
ter the rice planting business, which, in
those days, was rich field Of industry.
He settled about twenty miles from Sa-
vannah in South Carolina, on a rice plan
tatiou, and remained there for a number
of years. When the war between the
states broke out he enlisted as a private
but was soon afterwards placed in the
engineering corps of the confederate
army, having been well educated in that
line of work. He was stationed around
the fortifcations of Savannah and this
entrance to Georgia, and did some clever
work with the engineering corps of the
confederate army. He made a map of
Chatham county during the war, which
was very useful in those days and very
interesting to study now.
DIR. and Mrs. Oemler have had six chill
dren, five of whom are living to-day. The
children are Mr.. Augustus Oemler, Miss
Elizabeth Latham Oemler, Miss Mary
Alexandria Oemler, Mr.. Norton Oemler
and Miss Charlotte Haywood Oemler Mr.
Constantius Haywood Oemer, one of the
sons who was married and lived on Will
mington Island, died about a year ago
None of the other sons and daughters are
married.
DR.. Oemler came of a German family
among the early settlers of Sa-
vannah when the town was
quite small He was a son
of Mr.. Augustus Oemler, a native of Ger
many who resided in this city in the ear
lest days of the present century. Dr.
Oemler has always been a prominent cit
izen. He was a scientist of some re-
pute having contributed to many of the
journals of scientific agriculture and ento-
mology. He wrote a book on truck farm
ing in the south which was received as
authority in such matter by all horticul-
DR.. Oemler was deeply Interested in oys-
ter culture. He had written much about
the propagation of the oyster and was
largely instrumental in securing the pas
sage of the Georgia oyster law. He was
the organizer of the Oemler Oyster Com
pany.
DR.. Oemler has always been a prominent
member of the Georgia Historical society
and in the monthly meetings he has al
ways taken a conspicuous part At the
last meeting of the society which was held
only week ago he was present and read
some correspondence he had carried on
with the chief entomologist of the agri-
cultural department of the United States
concerning the wondrous instinct of GER
tain insects. The reply which DR.. Oemler
received from the chief entomologist Of
the agricultural department showed with
what favor his opinions and observations
in biology has with the high authorities
DR.. Oemler's funeral will take place at
st. Johns church at / o'clock this after
noon. The burial will be at Wilmington
Island. The steamer loretta will leave
the foot of Whitaker street at o'clock
with the body.