The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
obituary NOTES.

Nulor. ten Wesley Merritt s. r..
tired d"H On SATURDAY, ~ \an!raI Bridge
Va. h" ws- Veteran 81 u. oINI apL
spanish war- G'n M"rrir' .omm4nd-d
~ Nppine- IA l~gN IT." Na- horn VA New
N"rN "n Jun" IA. 100. ana va graduated
from tho Military \Cl'i"fny ON July / ssO
t- part,cIpaI"d ~ all IN" battles al 'n|
Amy Of IA" Potomac AT d earned TX success.
~. hr","' promotion, Tor yallhn'rv. ~
snd Nv" Fork li- hf'-rward accom-
panied Gen sheridan on m. cavalry raid
coward Charlottesville and commanded .,
tppOma''UN campaigns lie wn~ on. az 'h..
'hre.' commanders from 'h.. Federal army
uhHi"r i"' ~lrrrnd"r III 'h-'hrmv OF North
"Tn virginia Ai'"T the 'iNIl war I,rr
Merritt glIt!' ipai-d IN several indian cam
paIRB> From lssl 10 is. h.. WAS -uu.r.
inr"ui-u' " ~" Military Academy ~ Mes
Pom lie was ~-T,iny a. commanding
"ni'"r ~ ~" I.'pa r'W"n' ~ The Atlantic
iMthi ~" mr. mhi'rN "N"di'i"u o" "a"
Philippines la lI."'.Gur.'r 81 'h'. - In,, yea r
h- went +" fHr'- =" '"op"rnr- ws0h ~,
american I-a'" commissioners Ia'-r he
AGAIN -"tN"d u. '"'u'uauU 81 m" Depart
mem ~ 'h" t'~'. Nl'u E"idpUHr'-f- ~
Governpr- I-ihud liz 49, placed OH 'n..
r-d"ri'E ADAM head 81 'hr Siocl,
Exchange firm 81 I ! Ndsrn- 4 90 died
a. his home. ~ Aladi son avenue early vr--
'"rdav morning 81 pneumonia Mr. Ndau-
"a- born nf'v--iN N"ar- ago IN Chicago and
vent TO school a. he Hv-ry,"w Acad.ny
a. P"nghk""p-i- H." vent ia -~a AZ m.
age OF ~ and served for tim. with tho
Pacific Mail steamship COMPANY Then
he established "a Western mortgage bust
: hss- National Bank The firm ~ ! /
Adams h 10 was founded hy Mr. Adams
~ 1880 He was commodore OF ID" AtlsnIic
Yacht club In 1885, and l-a9 and Ihe follow
inx Two years was commodore 81 th.. I.rch-
mont Yacht ilub ~. OW ned tn. -rhOnn.r
sch-m. first IN partnership with John 4,
NnN
Interest He married. Miss Maud Wirherb-..
Of scarborough. Mas They had no chill
drrn
James Penny BOYD died AZ Scranton n.
his age Mr. Hovd a. the aiIfhor Of many
bloaraph'e- Of civil war figures and a
co,tnIv, Penn-yivania. and was
graduated from Lafayette III 1859 Four
years later he was admitted to the bar
NJ the Philadelphia Pros. which he Iefi n,
edit the peopic's journal until 1855 III.
wrote books on snbjects as wild. apar' as
The History OF the CY,Isades" ti-uOI and
he Life Of Emperor William ! Among
bis biographies are those Of Grant sherman
sheridan. Blaine. Harrison and McKinIcv
III 1898 he brought OFT a Bible diCr iOnary
III Die
Alan-on Ashrord Sumner died ye-rAr-
sta mfori. ioEn after ten months illness
n" leaves widow aEd a sister in Albany
! MI. summer was born near Albany
and was one q The pioneers IN IRON manu-
fa"'ure on large scale lie later formed
" her business connections and ~ th. time
~ his fenfh ~a- on" OF the directors ~
N" standard Dil COMPANY. the Underwater
DI COMPANY and the Drain Pine. IIu..
l.tmi'-,i. lie WAS one OF the charter mem
beers 81 The Consolidated Exchange being
~ 'he Tine Of it- formation "A member ~
the Con-Oiida'ed Petroleum Exchanges
which was absorbed by 'he former Mo-.
VI his b,Lstness III" we pom, IN New Yori,
DR. John I. Hnl4er. examining phy.Ic,.n
OF "a" Department 81 Public ihaTi,ie.
iIFu YESTERDAY of DneamOnin ~ his re.i,
irHc". - Sixth avenue. DrookiVn a..
ass graduated from the BuffalO N.,,rnT
-OIrg@ IN ISIS I"prinR the spanish Auari
an var b." vas Connected with fhe ToayIns
erv'ce y" wa' waiting physician 10 'Is
3ushwirk and Jamaica hospitals In a.
lJ&r. 1909 Or HslJsr wa made sra1nir1nr .
,hvsicihn ior 'hs Department NJ { harliis.
te had orc"S ~ the foot Of T,vsnyy-s,xtb
fTee'. Nher" al! the pa ~ nt@ for the Tario,,s
w ingtIirfiOf1s on rho islands are e4aminad
has been estimated that more Than is ono
agSntS year are examined there Gr
iaher 1SSurVtvwTb BY -his wifS.