Show the sole survivor gone dr DC william perry the oldest per son in exeter N if 11 and tha oldest graduate grada ala ot of Il hartard arvard coll college 0 ge died recently aged 98 years he was waa the sole bole survivor of tho the passengers on oil Ful tons first steamboat rid ride a down tho the hudson seventy nine years oars ago lie he was waa born in norton mass in in 1788 land and wan waa a member of abo class of 1811 in harvard the only surviving member of that class is ia will iam a sever ot of plymouth PI mouth mass dr perry was ono ona ot of the most bue coBa coss ful and skilful physicians physic inns of his hi day irl HI now new a special k knowledge now ledge of insanity ile he was grandfather of sarah orne orce jewett tt tho the authoress ile iio leaves two aona ono one of whom is a practicing practising physician here and the other john T perry until within a few years connected with the cincinnati lit zelte who is is i now engil engaged ged in literary pursuits tito the doctor declared that ill the a name llama of altona Ful ul tona tons boat was not an aa universally stated clarmont Cl ormont but katharine of claremont named for Ful tons wife to whose people he be was indebted for tho the money to carry out his steamboat ideas dr felton Fiill went abroad to study painting but became interested in mechanics and brought home an engine which propelled his hia boat chancellor livingston was his father inlow inlaw in low law and aided him materially dr perry accompanied by a lady rode from albany to to kingston ou on the steamer august augu 13 t 10 1807 |