The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-20
OBITUARY..

William n. Gardner, who had been asso-
oistAd during his lifetime with all The niz
oircnses. died az his home in this CITY. POS
West Seventv-eiRhth street, yesterday in
the sirtv.sixth year 81 his age. The CAUSE NJ
death vas pneum onia. which developed from
A old contracted at the funeral LAST SATURDAY
of his old friend and associate in business,
James A Bailey. Mr.. Gardner MAS the son
~ Dan @ ardner, famous in the '+ns ss a circus
clown aud one Of the rroprietors Of the
Gardner A Kenyon show. Early & life the
younger Gardner went into buslnees, With
F]orspaneh 4 sells, Cooper 4 Bailey and
Ten Allied shows. Hethen became interested
in The Barnum i BAILEY Sl1oHs, ana except
shoT until 1874, a period Of thirty-siN wears,
During one Of these intermIssions he took
t bss bssSght m interest in the H~ssenbecs
sRoT ~ f ana a HSs Of hi; death. y GaTaner
wife and aHd'e one " son. Dr., ", s Gsrdoer'
in l Psu Elk igqe'E ysst;erday a. The age q .
years IA DE Hio, Eanfitff smtl% %s' H. 7 ~ Sds bof 2f
a%ted from ne T.niyer:hT q Nsv York u Is1o.
t n t 9nsn'fFAt efiormed echqr"S Hs goeuri?:d
pulpits in .catskill BEBooklyn and claysrl.k
and r e., LEI CHARGE Tse' Of T. the eG ftFsI 6SSeh 'R e9o ned
Church. one Of the. principal Congregations
e that city. In isI2 d g,ow waFRg It re fSiA,1
9 9s t X l suih "qs 81 seSsrsii books of hhi5storitaI
she!nstsI Pr T4nsais sSSbier h # y %5rs sE IL.
man OF BrookiYn, He Is survived BY his
second wife. .Maris Svift yensteson, and 10
9sgsSte .,d Mr. Ms.. ? &c. Sflo'@Sy e, n tos tones 81 # ff'R Bsn.
muda.
Mrs. Mar garet. Sloan Duryee. wife Of the
Rey Jossph Rsnkin pJgry eeoI Psstt9 s, q Of Grace &c
tors ssr'o ~ the ff.aackawanna Railroad and formeriy
president q the .f roa TS,T died I Sa w .fqass a.
born in Brooklyn. Half Of the year she made
and the other half she spent here She is sur
| vived by her husband and five children. The
funeral seryices I'll be held eoi;m3rsST morn
RE Rev Dr.. f. B. Coe. senior minister Of the
Coliesiate Reformed Church. will conduct the
services.
The ehs sd as9i ' Rf;SesRnse sffsaII ffn.ef I Ptei snd for 9l
tvsnty.siI year =, P% SstSGr q ya n Mn. oSH gslss
vent 70 California last fall for his health,
Nj, Bixby a graduated from WILLIAM.
GIndoVer Seminary, and followed that course
with further theological studies at the New
York Presbyterian Seminary and with a medi-
cal course,
Former Lieutenant-Governor James D.
Deweli died at New Haven yesterday OF heart
diseaie, aged SO years He vas a native Of
Connecticut and was at the head Of one Of
! the LEADING wholesale grocery firms in New
Haven, He was a director in several New
Haven banks and belonged to the Sons OF the
AMERICAN Revolution and the Society ~
Founders and Patriots
William Craw. who died on Wednesday at
his home, AGA. Classon avenue, Brooklyn, in
in the book bindery department OF D. Apple
| ton a Co. for forty years He was one Of the
oldest members Of st. James Protestant Epis-
! copal Church He leaves a widow. a son,
two daughters, six grandchildren and two
great grandchildren.
George Clark Stevens, vice-presdent and
| 81 the Hawes.Vo Gal Company. hat manu-.
| faeturers. died on. Tuesday OF, septic pneu-
! roma, az Dr., Bulls hospital, this city, llr
Stevens was born in Danbury, Conn. fifty.
three years ago. His wife and three adult
! children survive.