The times., 1901-03-30
OBITUARY.

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Joseph Thoron died on Tuesday from
pneumonia at Cannes. France He was az
one time enc OF the most prominent
Frenchmeu IN New York City. He came
to New York I'm 1853. and entered the COM
| mission and importing business. lie was
/ one of the founders and the first Presi-
/ dent of the Xavier Union, which Is now
/ the Catholic Club He served several
| terms at the head OF that organization,
| and was also one of the organizers of the
| Xavier Alumni Sodality. The Pope con-
| ferred on him the decoration of Com
mander of the Order OF St Gregory He
was again decorated. FIVE years later.
when King George OF Greece made him a
Commander OF the order of the Saviour
in recognition of his services TO the Greek
colony In New York City.
About lSs0 he married a daughter of
Samuel s Ward. who was then the Amer
lean representative at Offices in New
York and Boston OF the London banking
firm OF Barring Brothers. She died some
years ago. Her mother, whose death oe-
CURED in this city recently. was very
prominent in Massachusetts society, and
was one OF the original members Of the
Brook Farm experiment. She was con-
Eerted TO the Roman Catholic faith lit
tie before their marriage.
The only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
lHoFOn IS the Vile OF William &. Euut-
cott, II, son of the Secretary Of War
IN Mr.. CleVela and's first Cabinet Their
son, Ward 1hOrOn. Is a lawyer In Wash
ington Mr. Th0rOn also leaves one
brother, Casimir. who at present is in
| France About FIVE years ago Mr.. Thoron
gave up his apartments In the Catholic
Club. which he had made his home since
the death of his wife, and went to
France. He never returned TO this coun-
try.
He had spent the declining years Of his
I coll ffra-r
IhorOn family, which is one Of the oldest
ia southern France The manuscript was
| completed just prior to his death. Mr..
Thorons daughter. Mrs EndicOIt. ard
her husband sailed on Wednesday on the
| Oceanic to bring the body To this cOun-
try. The burial will probably he made in
Boston, where Mrs. Thorou is buried.
Mrs Josephine A. Gray. the wife of the
Rev. George II. Gray, the pastor OF the
Vandever Park Methodist Episcopal
Church in the Flatbush district, Brook
lyn, died on Thursday at her home ns
East Twenty eighth Street New York.
from yPhoid-pneumonia. She was en-
gagged i'm evangelistic work to the time
of her marriage. thirteen years ago, and
she actively assisted her husband in his
various ministerial fields The Vandever
Park Church has only been organized
about year. Mrs. Gray was president
of its Ladies' Aid Society. She was Pres
Temperance Union She had long assisted
the late Rev. job Bass in religious ser
vices at Raymond Street Jail. The funer-
al service will be held at the Vandever
Park Church this afternoon
Miss Frances NJ Street, granddaughter
of Major Andrew Billings, of Revolutions
airy fame, died yesterday at the hon,e VI
her brother-in-law Mr.. Benjamin C Ber-
roll. Is East Blddle Street. Baltimore
Miss Street was born in Poughkeepsie.
y. Y She had lived in Baltimore for up
ward of half century. One of her broth
ers, NtiilaIl street, was the father OF
Mrs. Levi p Morton. Another hrOther
Alfred s. Street, was a well-knOWn poet
and friend of L0ngfel0w. The funeral
VIII take place tomorrow at Mount Cal
vary Church, Baltimore The burial viii
be private.
The Rev. James w. Denton. who died
in the New Haven Hospital, at New
Haven, on Tuesday aged eghty-three
years. wrote his own obituary notice two
years ago and it was made public yester-
day. He was born in New Brunswick.
y. J. He states that when he was thir-
teen years old he was Instrumental in
forming the New York Youths Temper
anee Society. OF which Bishop Coke. Of
western New York. was a member at the
time.
After an illness of but three DAYS. Mrs.
John r. Mcpherson. wife OF 7he late SEN
.ator from New Jersey. died from pneu-
monia early yesterday morning at her
apartments. 81 Lexington Avenue. Eew
York. Mrs. MCPHERSON who was Miss
Edta j. Gregory. was born in Buffalo In
ISL She was married TO John r. Me-
lheFSOn about thirty years 60 They
had two children-Gregory and Eda
Charles F. Patrick. one of the most
Is L
and West. stepfather of William A
Brady. the fight promoter. died ar Nash
Vile on Thursday night Mr.. Patrick
moved 10 the Pacific Coast from the South
In boyhOod but in recent years made his
home in Chicago and other Western cities.