The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-12
OBITUARY.

vars died At his home in Washington yes.
terdSy after 3 long Illness Can't Foster
enlisted in the Fourth New York Heavy
Artillery in 1898 and served in some Of the
most important battles OF the war. For brav-
cry A. - Rams S1ns, s'f ~ }ou Vii IN he rI 5sfsITs vars =
under Gen. Nelson A. Miles and was an oficer
in one Of the regiments sent to Cuba during
the Spanish-Amencan War, In the battle
Of San Juan Hin he was three times wounded.
subsequent 70 the Spanish war Capt Foster
was commander Of Miles Camp. nited Span
ish War Veterans, and wasa member OF Lafay-
cite Post, q. A. r.
Benjamin T. stevens. president Of the
New England Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, died early yesterday IN bis home in
Boston. He was 81 years old. Mr.. Stevens
was probably the oldest NE insurance ortCiel
in point Of service In the United states, his
connection With the business having extended
! through siKty-one wears. When a youth he
was on the frigate Constitution as clerk to her
commander, CAPT, John PeTcival. IN. which
IsI3 to lSl6. when he retired from the naval
service. In 1877 he was elected. secretary
OF the New England Mutual, and upon the
resignation OF Willard Phillips In 1895 was
chosen president Of the company. His wife
and a daughter survive.
James William Mallon, who died Thursday
in his seventy first wear al his home. ll3A
Pulaski street, Brooklyn, was for twelve
yebIs ali Inspector To- Ne DSDa,,lhtnv Ul
Water Supply in Brooklyn, In the civil war
he served with the One Hundred and Nine
teenth Regiment Pennsylvania 'olunteers.
He was born in Philadelphia. He was COM
mander Of Clarence y. Mckenzie Post. q. A.
r.. and president OF the Knights Of Galena Of
Brooklyn. The sudden death OF a son last
December proved such a shock that be never
recovered from II. He leaves a widow and
two daughters.
James Armour Brown. cashier Of the Ho-
I kaL.p aud and I'm nFnNouapp TnunnanN.
died YESTERDAY at his home, llIo Garden street,
Hohoken. in his hfty-cighth year. lie had
been employed by the company, which Is
I controlled nv the Stevens family OF Castle
Point. for more than forty years. He Is sur
vived by his wife and one son,
Peter J, Montague, who has been In the
Wholesale liquor business in Court street.
Brooklyn, for the last twenty-five. years,
died Yesterday at the Clarendon Hotel, where
he had lived for many years. He was born ~
in Brooklyn soon after the close OF the civil
war. lie was unmarried.
Edward W. Gilmore. q member Of the
Board Of Education Of Jersey City during the
administration Of eN-Mayor Mark VI. Pagan,
died yesterday at his home, 1872 Eye avenue,
I'm that city, al the age Of So. He vas mem
Der of the irm Of Gilmore \ keehe, dry goods
merchants, In Newark avenue. He Is sur
vived by his wife.
Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia Hotchkiss. wife Of
former Consul General Charles NJ, Dickinson,
died Yesterday morning a. their home IN
Binghamton at the age OF % years, she
leaves besides her husband two sons, Charles
II. Of New York and Giles H., business man
his father is owner.
charles Patterson, 4 well known resident
Of Hohoken, died Of pneumonie Yesterday
Al his home. ot2 Garden street, i1 his nifty;
coal business. He leaves a widow and one
daughter. "a