Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-11-25 | Page 3 | John F. Dryden Dies Suddenly

oo JOHN F. DRYDEI DIESiOCESLI NEWARK, N J., Nov 21 John F Dryden, founder of tho Providential Insurance company of America, and at its head practically all of his llfo, former United States senator and multimillionaire! mul-timillionaire! died at his homo here tonight. Death was due to pneumonia, pneu-monia, which developed after an operation op-eration which ho underwent for gallstones gall-stones a week ago. Mr. Dryden vas 72 years old. After leaving college he modeled nn industrial indus-trial Insurance cotupanj, bolng tho first to Introduce thi6 sort of inEur-anco inEur-anco in this country. Ills beginninc was tho "Widows' and Orphans Friendly society,' which later became tho Providential Insuranco company of America. Drydon was elected to the senato as a'Republlcan In 1902, and four year3 -iriiTi-. iiili .i.him .. i- 'J '-w-m-T. .ill. later was tho choico nf tho primaries for re-election. I Ms health broke down while a doadlork in tho state lo'slaturo watj on and hewas Induced lo withdraw.