The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-26
ECCENTRIC HAVEMBYER DEAD
FREDERICk q. TOOk LIFE EAST
WHEN MS NOHET CAME.

cn'u IN the family OF which Henry O
Havsmeysr, the sugar trust head. was
the aevsnth. died yesterday morning
In nai AZ iSs West Eighty fourth street.
where he had lived apart from his relatives
Tor eighteen years. He Was - years old.
Unlike his three active brothers
Henry -, The 1,lore T.. and Thomas j
this eldest Son ~ the second Frederick
Chrisiian HAvemeyer vas no ilnanoier.
ms business career terminated while
hewas siill q young man Ne vas q patron
OF many thinGs Mraic was Away in
the foreground of his life aud the stage
was an ohs~-sion with him
More than half century ago the sugar
establishment ~ the Havemeyer. was
In Nandam street As the sons Of tho
firms head Gr-~ up they went to work
~ clerk in the hou~e and - the saks II
convenience they had quarters in build
ing newt tn the business place !, was
while the eldest 500 Still occupied stool
that he joined the old volunteer fire de-
partmeni He ran nth the Anity Ho~e.
A. = boy he went to a French boarding
SHOOT in ~ Marks place and saved the
small allowance az his disposal To ex-
change for a seat in Burton's Theatre IN
Chambers street. Whsn more money
was IN his hands IN later DAYS he began
to attend concerts and oratoriOs and
beOehts. For forty years he was a men,
her % the Philharmonic Society and he
was life member 70 the Arion and Manu-
script societies. For = short time he was
enhated with the Seventy first Regim.nt
and he saw some service IA the civil war
He was me ~ the founders % the Amer
can Institute. the Horticulture Society
and the Queens County feir
HIS wife died sbout forty years ago
snd they had no children. For a uma he
lived with one 81 his married sisters,
Mrs Kate y Belloni II was 10 her home
az ~ Fast S,Hty xth street that his body
was taken yesterday and from there the
funeral will he held on Wednesday morn
ing. Mrs. BeIloni and Mrs. Sarah Louise
jackson Of ~ Fast Seventy second street
are now the only ones living 81 the ten
children Of Frederick Christian Have
meyer and Sarah Osborne Townsend
They had a country place AZ Throg's
Neck in NcstcheSter county where the
father died on July N. iseI
Six children were living then BY the
terms og his will the residue ~ the estate
was divided into eight equal parts. OF
which the four sons reoeived one part
each and the two daughters two parts
each The value ~ the estate AZ that
time was estimated az 81. TSO1D The
shar. that fell TO Frederick was enough
to permit him to finish his life a. he wished
He spent considerable sums on those
whom he desired TO befrie0d One story
Of he kindlineas vas told by friend
yesterday
There 10 a very old German woman
who lives in RAth Beach. - seems. from
whOm Mr. Havemeyer bought eggs for
many years BEFORE her husbands death
-he lived N BROOKLYN and for many years
Mr. Havemeyer was accustomed TO take
q basket every Monday morning and
return With a filled 60 his home near
'olumbus avenue He paid ak cents !
apiece for the eggs When the old woman
was left . widow Mr. Havemeyer kept |
se0ding her sums Of money She was |
TOO feeble even ~ cars for her chickens |
and this was her only source u income
Mr. Havsmsyer collected all manner
u curious knickknacks In his sittinR
room set Of d~lica,ely painted china |
rests on 4 table opposite the stuffed foot |
Il an elephant Vases stched with Jap |
anese designs and lowered smbroiderias |
IN stiS frames are on the mantle The |
water color Of the Throgs Neck estate |
bangs in one corner Of the little room
Scati-T-d all about are CLOCKS Of every |
'iye and fashion. Clocks were a hobby
Nth Mr. HAvemeyer He was able
% get from his led on Sunday morning
20 wind a grandfather clock. u which
le was particularly careful IL - still
gO,ns
Tn. people with whom he lived made.
much Of him. His birthday was always
marked with celebration. He Was born
N October ~. Iss2. and when he was
o there was q dinner for hia friends
On occasions % that sort he would talk
bout the violin made in 100 which he
numbered among his ke~p~Akes. or Of
he apron which Lafayette wore long
'efore II entered the frame where IL hanxs
ow. or % stuffed bullnnch which cos,
o. Most Of the collection. cosmopolitan
Q t was. was bOlght in New YORK. Mr.
iavemsyer Vas not q traveller
A . frequent patron Of concerts Mr..
iavemeyer came to know many must
ians. among thSm JossHy He admired
nd knew the Booths also and he was most
nthusiaafic about Charlotte Cuahman, a
ne Of whose performances Of LGdv Moe
sfA hs said he had had 20 pay e1s for
landing room.
Even in later life Mr. Havsmeyer'a
dmiretion for stage people brought him
ato prominence, Dispatches appeared
! the papers no moro than aiH years ARo :
rom. Detroit and Baltimore and other
lAcSs mentioning him - o type of ANGEL
D musical comedy ehOruses. Supper
arties TO large numbers connected with
he companies and regular attendance a.
amy consecutive psSsoFmances Of certain
Dubrettes vere sosBe % the inoidsnts in
'hsch he figured Eva Tangnay's hight
ing change % costume In Que act sesuAsd
D intsTsst ham. Whsn TrixiO Prteanza
lAyed In Cbiomao seven years ago Mr..
laveunsyor seldom missed . performances.
Many % Mr.. Havsmsysr's summsrs
ere spent On Fire Iainnd. One year he
soidsd % aivs nAs 10 the island and he