Colonel Joseph A. Slipper, a veteran of the war, and one of the firm of Messers. MacGowan & Slipper, the Beekman Street (New York) printers, died yesterday at his residence, No. 457 Henry Street, this city, aged 41 years.
He was born in New York City, and graduated from Columbia College. On leaving college he became a teacher in a school in New York, but resided in Brooklyn.
Upon the breaking out of the war he entered the army and served on the staff of General Graham, in the Army of the Potomac.
At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn and entered the field of journalism. He was engaged first as an editor of the "Army and Navy Journal," and afterward on the editorial staff of "Hearth and Home."
For a time he held a responsible position in S. W. Green & Co.'s printing establishment, at Frankfort and Jacob Streets, New York. Then he entered into partnership with Mr. Robert W. MacGowan, who was also employed in the same place, and they opened a book and job printing establishment in the "Sun" building in 1871. Later they removed their business to Beekman Street.
The exposures of army life in the field affected Colonel Slipper's health, and for the past five years he suffered from spinal trouble, which eventually caused his death.
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral will take place from his late residence tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock, and the remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
He was born in New York City, and graduated from Columbia College. On leaving college he became a teacher in a school in New York, but resided in Brooklyn.
Upon the breaking out of the war he entered the army and served on the staff of General Graham, in the Army of the Potomac.
At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn and entered the field of journalism. He was engaged first as an editor of the "Army and Navy Journal," and afterward on the editorial staff of "Hearth and Home."
For a time he held a responsible position in S. W. Green & Co.'s printing establishment, at Frankfort and Jacob Streets, New York. Then he entered into partnership with Mr. Robert W. MacGowan, who was also employed in the same place, and they opened a book and job printing establishment in the "Sun" building in 1871. Later they removed their business to Beekman Street.
The exposures of army life in the field affected Colonel Slipper's health, and for the past five years he suffered from spinal trouble, which eventually caused his death.
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral will take place from his late residence tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock, and the remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
Colonel Joseph A. Slipper, a veteran of the war, and one of the firm of Messers. MacGowan & Slipper, the Beekman Street (New York) printers, died yesterday at his residence, No. 457 Henry Street, this city, aged 41 years.
He was born in New York City, and graduated from Columbia College. On leaving college he became a teacher in a school in New York, but resided in Brooklyn.
Upon the breaking out of the war he entered the army and served on the staff of General Graham, in the Army of the Potomac.
At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn and entered the field of journalism. He was engaged first as an editor of the "Army and Navy Journal," and afterward on the editorial staff of "Hearth and Home."
For a time he held a responsible position in S. W. Green & Co.'s printing establishment, at Frankfort and Jacob Streets, New York. Then he entered into partnership with Mr. Robert W. MacGowan, who was also employed in the same place, and they opened a book and job printing establishment in the "Sun" building in 1871. Later they removed their business to Beekman Street.
The exposures of army life in the field affected Colonel Slipper's health, and for the past five years he suffered from spinal trouble, which eventually caused his death.
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral will take place from his late residence tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock, and the remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
He was born in New York City, and graduated from Columbia College. On leaving college he became a teacher in a school in New York, but resided in Brooklyn.
Upon the breaking out of the war he entered the army and served on the staff of General Graham, in the Army of the Potomac.
At the close of the war he returned to Brooklyn and entered the field of journalism. He was engaged first as an editor of the "Army and Navy Journal," and afterward on the editorial staff of "Hearth and Home."
For a time he held a responsible position in S. W. Green & Co.'s printing establishment, at Frankfort and Jacob Streets, New York. Then he entered into partnership with Mr. Robert W. MacGowan, who was also employed in the same place, and they opened a book and job printing establishment in the "Sun" building in 1871. Later they removed their business to Beekman Street.
The exposures of army life in the field affected Colonel Slipper's health, and for the past five years he suffered from spinal trouble, which eventually caused his death.
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He leaves a widow and three children.
The funeral will take place from his late residence tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock, and the remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery.
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