The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-02
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Garret D. Van Reipen, "a years old. one Of
the best known and most prominent residents
OF Jersey City. died at l:l5 =. NJ yesterday at
his homo. 'I53 Summit avenue from exhaus-
ton following nm attack Of typhoid fever. He
had been ailing for nearly Il year but was not
confined to his house except at intervals. He
was born in Bergen. now n part Of Jersey City,
on Jan. %. 1926. and came Of old Dutch stock
When Hudson City was chartered in 1863 he
was elected to the first Board Of Aldermen In
1896 he was elected Mayor and again in ISc3
and every year thereafter until 1911. when
Hudson CITY was consolidated with Jersey
Gty lie w W" then e"rtsd an Alderman Of TIC
board for two years. He served in the civil wa
as a Lieutenant in the Second New Jersey
4 on the field, He was 4 member Of the New
Jersey Assembly in ls'f!-4 and a mem her Of
When the Hudson City Savings Bank was in
corporatcl in 1886 he was elected Treasurer
and in $50 he vas made President and Treas
urer, retaining both places until his death He
tionqI Bank, When the hudson County Board
/ he Leg!satmre in 1878 Mr.. Van Reip@ @neV was AZ
elected PRESIDENT and retained that Mac" until
Reformed Church. and a deacon and an elder
Tor number OF years. \ widow one married
daughter and several grandchildren survive
him
at his home in pIainneld. Y. j. Yesterday Of
hSrasysls ii fs WAS born in London; EngI"nd
Scrrell, a patent lawyer The family cam" 10
this country in 1881 and settled in this city
aud finally succeeded to the business. Mr.
SSerrelI traced his ancestry back 10 1872. to
navy ia the conflict again i thu Spanish Armada.
Prl%r to the eiyil war Mr. Serre served for
fsh EfRRss s StFSsGn q a m9 ~" Of ns
during the civil war he was First lieutenant Of
CComrony {. Thirteenth Regiment, United States
bravery. He had lived in PanfeId for twenty
eight years. he, served as a member OF the
years was a member Of the Board Of Health.
H" W., Tas E one Of the NEST prominent memb"rs
time Of his death senior de"can T la politics i" ' he
Ws str%ns He 1 by
children.
Lewis Bailey die! on Sunday at his home
1879 az Kent Cifra, Putnam county. At the
age OF 20 Years n n;oI removed 70 idgsGsld and
Hawey. Subsea uentIy Mr.. Bailey became arn'a'i a
rarnfr ct tar and to Mr. aTls He
dent Of the RdeefcId Savings BANK. Mr. Mr.,
Bailey was cousin Of Gen. o. o. Howard
One daughter survives him.
Frank =. Freeman, receiving teller OF the
Bank OF Commerce.. died yesterday Of typhoid
fever at the home OF his mother: law. Mrs.
forty third year Of his age. He had been con-
nected with the bank for twenty-scven years
II" was married in June last He was a mem
Der Of the Oxford Club and OF the Crescent
Athletic CLUB.
Mrs. Anne Jane Charnley Mitchell. an old
resident of Long Island died Yesterday at Port
Washington, in the home which she had oc-
cupicd for more than half II century She was
the grandmother Of Mrs. Irmucl l.. QuEE
+. Mitchell. was at one time known in the
political circles OF Queens county.
Word has been received OF the death at Giea-
WalbrldRe. who sold his seat on the New York
Stock Exchange short time ago and went TO
Europe In search of health