The sun., 1910-02-12
Obituary Notes.

Brig Gen. Robert l., Meade, United
States Marine Corps tretiredl. died yester,
day st his home in Lexington. Mas aged
been eonfined to mis- bed. Cen Meade Was
Meade, q, s. n: and was educated at Mount
81. Marys College and At the Naval Acad-
In sSS he snteTed red the nsTy as hSS, as an n
years, and six years later entered the Marine
Corps. In 1859 he commanded a company
riots and with his brother. Lieutenant COM
mander X, w Meade. and a naval force
street, Te ON % septs%ber % 3 isss. Meade S soIun- H
TSs iHsse1 assault .S fSsed and Meade With sisvsn
tured He was a prisoner Of war for fifteen
months During the trouble with China
commanded two battalions at Panama and
Colon during the insuTrection on the lsth:
mus Mtsr tins service service ne ne was was Ms,n Stasloned
as sSn BrsadieT % IGSss PTesident Roosevst ]
retired list and this action Of the President
was recognized by the friends OF Meade
as great ndssxiSn nd sdrsf SDpSssi0n % si%
in which all military and naval circles were
interested Previously he had faced
suit OF the court-martial WAS full exonera-
tion. Gen. Meade leaves two sons and
two daughters.
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for many years widely known as a. COM
mander Of Cunard Line stea mships died at
his SSuntry residence at Pe!sr69rS. n; 4:
comma nded at different times the auxiliary
ships Glacier and Celtic His last comma nd
WAS the Cephalonia the Boston-lAverpool
| boat. Capt. Seccombe first had command
OF vessels enga ged in the Msditsr1anean .si mean
\ ma nder that he soon was transferred to the
! Atlantic fleet lie was with the Cunar rd
an ann una n " Wvoids be accident to his ship. Capt.
Seccombe resigned from the Cunard SER
sss onS ea%s snsped s1 si the employ
interests in the West. and az the same time
When the spanish war broke out he offered
his services. After passing the examina-
on Of 1s the nsy he sS1
OF the Z. s. 8. Celtic. Later he comma nded
the transport Arethusa on her trip from the
Capt seccombe leaves q widow and ten chill
dren.
Col W. D. Snow, died yesterday a. his
, In Massachusetts, seventy eight years ago.
I the son OF Josiah Snow. founder OF the
Detroit sd,or 81 ~h,Gh 5or paper rssrs ne ce
snow settled In Pine Bluff, Ark, In 1890,
, and Ave years later was elected United
admitted 70 the. New York bar in 1875. AZ
| the time of the civil war he was instrumental
| IN raising three regiments III hTkhhbAo anu
| he served as volunteer aid to Gen: Powell
| CLAYTON and MaJor-Gen. Steele. He was
| president Of the Unitarian Church Society
| OF Hackensack, had been president OF the
| Bergen County Historical Society and was
I a member OF the Bergen County Bar Asso-
citation. He is survived by four children.
! one OF whom is Capt. W. J. Snow. L. y. a.
/ John Fsrweli Ferry OF Lake Forest. III.
| who won distinction as n ornithologtsc and
J for several years had been connected With
! the Field Museum, died yesterday 4 cold
| with which Mr. Ferry had been sunering
| developed into acute pneumonia. As coli
| Iector for the Field Museum Mr.. Ferry made
| several expeditions among the islands OF
the Caribbean Sea and along the coast o.
the Gulf Of Mexico. He was born on October
~. 1877. and was graduated from Yale n
1901. In addition to his work for the FieId
Museum Mr.. Ferry made trips into Arizona
in connection with the Goyernment's bio
| logical survey, and was a member OF an
eXpedition into the mountai ins of California
for the Smithsonian Institution.
| Oscar +. shaw. real estate lawyer, FOL
many years member or the hrm OF Allison
! 4 shaw, died on Thursday at his home
% Downing street. Brooklyn, IN his seventy
first year He was the author Of the law
under which the Lawyers Title Insurance
| Is survived by his wife.
l. John W. Tilley. proprietor Of the Hote
st George, st. George. Richmond borough
died yesterday. He was about 20 years
old He had been in the hotel business tr
staten Island for about thirty years ape
was widely KIN own. He is survived oy mn