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Death of Gen. E. I'll. Ripley,
One of Foremost Yer
mOnters of His Time
PROMINENT IN
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
Member of Many Organizations and a
Man of Varied and Successful Acttv-
tiles - Entered War Service with
Ninth Vermont Regiment

RUTLAND, Sept. 10. - Gen Ed
ward Hastings Ripley, as, one of the
foremost Termonters of his time, died
hospital, after an illness of three
weeks.
He led the first brigade that entered
Richmond when that city fell before
the Union onslaught, built the
Holland House, Fifth avenue, New
York for the Van Doren heirs, into
which family he married, built the
Baritan River railroad in New jersey,
was q founder and n director Of the
United States and Brazil Steamship
line. was the founder and first prcSi-
dent of the Rutland Marble Savings
bank, and for many years was vice
president of the Rutland County Ma
tional bank.
With his brother, the late William
Y. w. Ripley, he was interested in the
marble industry. doing business for
many years under the firm name OF
Ripley Sons. until the enterprise was
absorbed by the Vermont Marble com
tpany Other business ventures inelud-
| cd the shinment of horses to Argen-
tina, South America, which he carried
on profitably.
Gen Ripley was a member of the
Army and Navy club, the University
club, the George Washington post of
the Grand Army, the Military Service
institute. and hal received an \. B.
degree from Union college. Science
tady, Y. Y. and \. NJ. degree from
! Norwich Military university.
Gen. Ripley had served in the leais-
lature as representative from MendoG.
whore he maintained a large estate.
His winters were spent in New York
! The survivors of his family include
his wife. formerly Amelia Dye kman
Van Doren. whose mother was a sister
Of Jordan L. Mott Of the Mott Iron
works at New York. and two daugh-
tiers, Alice Van Doren. who married
Alexander Ogden-Joncs. and Amclio
Huntington. who married Raphael
Pumpelly,
Gen. Ripley was born at Center
Rutland Nov. II. 1899 At the out
break Of the Civil war he was a
Junior in Union college, Schenectady,
+ \. y. When the call came for BOO
ono additional troops in May, 1862. he
left college, obtained a commission to
recruit a company, enlisted rs n pri-
vate soldier, and was elected captain
of Company B. 9th Regiment, Yer
, mont infantry volunteers.
Gen. Ripley saw service with his
company in the Shenandoah valley
campaign in 1862. During the winter
Of 1S62-63. which was spent in tho
horse sheds on the fair grounds Of Chi
cago. as parolled prisoners Of war, he
r was made major of the regiment, n
= though he was one Of the youngest
+ line officers. Following his exchang,
the regiment was sent to participate
- in the siege of Suffolk, Va, and il
June 1868. he was promoted to tn,
Iicutenant-colonelcy He led the nd
vance up the Pamunkcy to Yves
, Point, Va. to protect the right flaul
of the column advancing up the PENN
sula against Richmond.
| Frustrated by the fevcrs Of the pen
7 insula, Col. Ripley and his regimen
were sent to the swamps of Mort
Carolina as a sanitary relief from til
malarial poisons of Yorktown. +
route to North Carolina. in an oil
freighter, they We're driven out int
the Atlantic by q violent storm an
=. given up for lost. Col. Ripley succeed
ed in landing his men in North Can
DINA, however, where he was assigne
a mixed command of infantry. cavalr
u and artillery. 1t was here that he wa
is given the brevet rank of brigade
" general IT. S. volunteers. for gallar
Id August /, 1864.
al Gen. Ripley was sent back to vi
Ill ginia to reinforce the army undo
Grant before Richmond and Petersbur;
. He was assigned to the command {