The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-22
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man. the attending physician. was also
hastily summoned Mr.. Gibbs sank
rapidly, but was perfectly conscious up
To within few minutes of his death, which
was calm and peaceful and apparently
painless.
The immediate cause OF death was rupt-
IRE of the aneurism of the aorta from which
Mr.. Gibbs mad suffered since last May. His
illness dates back year, and was primarily
due to severe attack Of the grip, followed
by heavy cold In April he suffered from
a temporary paralysis of the throat and
this later developed into the aneursn
from the effects of which he died to-day.
The Rev DR., Houghton arrived at the
Gibbs cottage late this afternoon and after
services, which will be held in the Church
of the TRANSPORTATION, Manhattan, at
1890 o'clock on Friday morning. DR..
Houehton will conduct the services.
The body will be inferred in Mrs Gibbs 9
family plot in Greenwood Cemetery. It
will be shipped from Asbury Park on Friday
morning and will be taken Immediately
town house will not be opened until after
the funeral.
The names OF the honorary pail bearers
will be announced tomorrow.
Frederick Seymour Gibbs was a most
notable character in the Republican politics
of New York county for twenty-five years.
ruddy skin and of commanding physique. He
was born in Seneca Falls, n Y, on March 22.
lS45, to Lucius S. Gibbs and Jane Wilson. His
paternal ancestors lived in Connecticut for
more than 100 years, his great grandfather.
Spencer Gibbs, being a sergeant in the
"A, hn Ral-n
family IL Of old English antecedents, of a
line collateral with the Gibbs family of
South Carolina. His mother was born in
Ogdensburg, n, Y, of Canadian parentage
and Scotch descept
When II years old Mr.. Gibbs enlisted in
Company A, l4sth New York Volunteers
He was promoted in turn to corporal
sergeant and sergeant major, and was
commissioned Second Lieutenant when
20 years old. He was brevetted First Lieu
tenant at the close of the war. He was
twice wounded, once at Cold Harbor. and
again in the trenches before Petersburg
At Cold Harbor he was shot in the mouth
and ever afterward spoke with slight
lisp. A.
York and entered the employ OF the Goulc
Manufacturing Company. Subsequent!
he started business for himself. He was
the Republican candidate for State Senator
in the Eighth Senate district in 1881, anC
again in 1888. when he was elected by S.OU
plurality
While at Albany as a Senator in those
years Mr.. Gibbs became firmly attached t.
Thnodore Roosevelt. then n young Assem-
blvrnan from the old Twenty-first district
the President and Mr.. Gibbs never tagged
When james g. Blaine became the Re
publican candidate for President in 1888
on his first visit to New York city he sen
for Mr. Gibbs and said to him
Mr. Gibbs, You must accept the nolnina
ton for Mayor OF New York CITY, -.
Mr. Blaine" replied Mr. Gibbs, 1t
not possible hat can be elected; but am
soldier and will obey orders.
Mr. (ibh. received As 900 votes as IN
candidate for Mayor in that year. III
served on important committees IN IN
Senate in 1884 and 1885, and was chalrma
of the Gibbs committee. which investigates
the CITY departments in the latter yeaI
After that there was "A short hiatus i'll MI
Gihb,'S political career, but IN 1883 am
1899 he was elected to the Assembly froT
tho old Thir zenith district. He was de
lea'eI for the Assembly in 1892 by plu
rav of thirteen votes. From tha' TIM
on he had not been candidate ior an
elective office.
In ,so6 at ST. Louis, when Mr. Mckinle
vas nominated for President, the Republ
,an State Committee elected Mr.. Glbb
National Republican Committeeman for tn
State, and at Philadelphia in 1900, when MI
Mckinley was renonnated and Mr., gibbs
old friend Mr.. Roosevelt was nominate
for Vicp-President, Mr.. Gibbs was reelecte
Republican National Committeeman 10
the State For number Of wears n
had been executive member OF the Repuhi
can County Committee Tor the Ninth dis
triCt
MIR Gibbs pissed through many storm
political times in his life. he was aSgres
sive, persistent and fearless II was sal
of him that he never forgot a friend an
never forgave an enemy. For numbe
of wears he was spoken Of as the wicke
Gibbs and may be said hat this sobrique
was given to him during the campalg
for election TO the State Senate in 49,
when Undertaken Stephen Merritt was hi
opponent Mr. Merritt was known in tn
contest as "the righteous Merritt an
Mr. Gibbs as the wicked Gibbs,
Probably the most strenuous time i
Mr.. Gibbs's career was in 1890 when h
with Hamilton Fish, Jr., and others j
the Assembly, advocated the bill whic
would have brought the Worlds &c
lumbar Exposition to New York city
In his advocacy Of this bill Mr. Gibbs ha
the countenanCe and earnest support g
former United States Senators Warne
Miller and William NJ Fvarts, the preser
Junior United States Senator, Chauncey
Depew, Emu Root ana other emlner
Republicans, But all were opposed b
Senator Thomas c Plat and his friends.
Mr. Plat protested against giving tn
fair to New York city. on the ground ths
The vast patronage connected with it woul
be little else than ammunition for the ny
building of Tammanv Hall, Tint conte
was a notable one. and finally the World
Fair went to Chicago. Because OF NJ
Gibbs's attitude at that time. not only c
the Worlds Fair bill. but on the Rap
Transit measure. the Republican State Con
mi,tee at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on May ?
1890 issued statement reci'ing the wol
Of the Republican majority AT Albany ar
concluding AZ follows
But while the Legislature accomplish
all this. and great deal more to CONNER
II TO the INTEL gent voters OF the State. Y
do not forget II was prevented from renderif