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Died 1'.I12 



WILLIAM H. EHBLll- 

 Born 1857 



William H. Ebbitt. the son of Aloses Y. Ebbitt, was born in the 

 City of New York in the year 1857 and went to school in this city. 

 In 1876 he moved to New'burgh and on September_ 6th of that year 

 he was married to Miss Christiana S. Sinclair, of Smithtown, L. I., the 

 daughter of the Rev. James Sinclair. He remained in Newburgh, 

 where he was activelv "engaged in the retail drug business, but one 

 year, when he returned to New York and entered the College of Phar- 

 macy of the City of New York, Upon graduation from this College, 

 he entered the well-known wholesale drug corporation of Schiefifelin & 

 Co., at 170 William Street, with whom he was associated up to the time 



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up to the time that Mr. Ebbitt was stricken he never failed to set 

 aside one day of the week to devote to association with his mother, who 

 is Mrs. Rebecca S. Mills, now residing in Smithtown. L. I. 



Mr. Ebbitt was actively engaged for many years with the College 

 of Pharmacy, taking part in all its activities, as a member of the Com- 

 mencement, Nominating and other Committees, and has always been 

 an enthusiastic member of the Alumni Association. After a prolonged 

 illness, he died November 2, 1912, at his late residence, 137 Manhattan 

 Avenue, and is survived by a widow and three sons. 



