The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
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Anthony F. Mahrenholz died on Wednesday
at his home at $3.50 East Ninetieth street at tho
age of 90 years. Born in Westphalia. he CAM
to this country with his parents when a boy OF 8
years and went into the shoe business, begin
ming at the bottom of tho retail trade. AT tho
outbreak of the civil war he was in Baltimore
and Immediately enlisted in the Loyal Mary
land Purnell Legion, serving for three years.
Three months of this time were spent in Libby
Prison. After the war he resumed the shoe
came proprietor OF the business which bears
Mabrenhoiz was a. Roman Catholic. His
niece, vino was also of that faith, died
G GithSat Te sslgarf, the ,ss r last rite, 3 !; and nnh,t the e., Calvary vary
mated. and Mr.. Mahren6oiz then annoanced
should be those of the Freemasons and OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. The Masonic
rites were n%erformed ON Thursday evening at
his house. The q. 4. r. service, performed by
koltes Post No, 81, OF which the dead man was
4 member, was held at the Germsnia Assembly
be in the Lutheran cemetery.
william Moller. who died Yesterday morning
the oldest ard bost known sugar refiners in this
country. His death was due 10 a r%aralytic
stroke which he suffered ten days ago. MIR.
Moller was born on Sept. "a, 1877, at Rhada in
the kingdom of Hanover. In early life he went
to London and entered "A sugar refinery there.
IN 1887 he came to America with Edward
at Rcd Hook, Ifo invented many of the
methods which are still in use. tho most
prominent being the use Of machinery to
produce small. square lump sugar. While a
young man no invented The first centrifugal
machine ever used In sugar refining. He started
In lSi5 he united with Albert and Dedrick
in the irln Of liavemcyer & Moller,
starting = refinery on Nandam street, in this
city. In 1858 tho Hayencycrs retired and Mr..
MOilcr continued tie iirm alone until 1875. A
widow, two sons, and three daughters survive
him.
Major John w. Woodward. who was attached
TO the staff of lnspcctor-Gencral Hardy, w. s. A.,
during the civil war. died yesterday in Phiiadel.
phia. lie was shot through the lung at Chancel.
louisville and narrowly escaped death. The
wound healed. however, and no trouble was eX-
pericnccd from II until last March, when he was
attacked with serious lung trouble rs the result
Of the wound. He was 80 years old.
Lieut.. William Maxwell Wood. AZ years old.
an inspector, OF the Ordnance Department. in
charge of the coast dcfences at Bridgeport,
Conn, died of heart disease ~ his home in Ro.
chelle Park, New Rochelle. y. Y. on Thursday
night. He. was the son of Sergeant-General
William Maxwell Wood. and was graduated
from Annapolis in 1873, He leaves n widow and
Two daughters.
Mrs. Mary Ann Colsten died at her home in
Great Bend, \. V, on Monday, nj the nge of "a
years. She was bora near Burlington, Vt. in
February 1908. Her husband was in business
~ Prince street ana the BOwcry, in this city. in
1882, when the cholera broke out, and he sold
out ana removed to Great Rcnd, where they
have since resided.
Col. Warren :. Reese, former Mayor of Mont.
Somery, Ala, and Republican contestant for tho
seat IN the United states Senate. now occupied
by John 4. Morgan, died in Montgomery on
the i"u father @ a9 Warr nS = yf me go yS Jr!, Gifted GIdi i stS Wss
Attorney for the Montgomery. Ala. district.
John II. Morse, one of the oldest residents OF
Evanston. ILL.,, an intimate friend OF Abraham
Lincoln, and a veteran of the Black Hawk war,
died at his home in Evanston yesterday.