Show Walls or lion nr ttiiium II Maffy William 0 Jlarcy died at an early hour March 7 at tile Crocker Old IM lei homo to which he moved with Us family on Nov 30 last to pend the remainder of Ills day The Alameda Argil says of the deceased William fleorgn Marcy hail been a prominent gure In the history of this slate 110 wu born lu Troy N Y In October 1818 After finishing Ills education he ngageil In the banking builne 1 In Albany and Now York At the age of 1 ho wa made paying teller of the lank ot Commerce In New York In 1816 he wa commissioned a captain In ho commissary department of the United State army and was assigned 10 duly with and accompanied tho first company ot Now York volunteers Stevenson regiment to California He arrived nt Ban Francisco March 0 lilT Monterey wai the mllltar headquarters of the department of Iho Pacific and he succeeded den Hherman In hit dot lea at that post Ho remained In charge until after the close ot Iho ilexlcan war He Ill secretary of tho first constitutional convention which was held at Monterey and wait auo elated with tile lain Washington llnrf clt at ono lime mayor of Han Francisco Fran-cisco and afterward governor of California Cali-fornia In the first state printing office of California In 1S53 Capt Merry wag appointed paymaster In the United State navy by President Pierce He filled this position for seventeen years seeing service In various part of the world Ono of his cruise wa In the old frigate Cumberland when she was Iho fUgshlp of tile African squadron The Cumberland was sunk during the civil war by the confederate Ironclad Merrlmae In I Hampton roads her crew Urine a broadilde while linking When ho retired from the service he engaged In the grain nnd commission builnci In San Francisco until 1878 till home was In Alamcda where ho was greatly respected having been a member of I j II the board of city trustees Capt Marcy wai a ton ot William U Marcy who during President Plercei ailmlnl tlon was regarded ai one ol the ablest statesmen and brightest politicians In the country lie was a Justice ot the Supreme court ot Now York afterward becoming state controller and was then chosen senator Ho had not completed his term as senator when he was urged to itand DI a candidate for the governorship gov-ernorship He did so was elected and held the ofllce three consecutive terms Ho was secretary of war during the Mexican war and during President Pierce administration was secretary ot state with additional luster to hit reputation The Marcy home In Alameda Ala-meda IU at 2001 8ntn Clara avenue at the corner of llroadway and was old shortly before his withdrawal tj the Crocker home Ho wa n promlr ent member of tho Society l of California Pioneer and was burled under Ihe auspice ot this organisation |