Watson Robertson Sperry, B.A. 1871.
Born June 25, 1842, in Sauquoit, N. Y.
Died February 13,1926, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. Lyman Sperry, a Methodist Episcopal minister (presiding elder of the Oneida and Otsego districts); descendant of Richard Sperry, who came from England to Stockbridge, Mass, about 1660.
Mother, Amanda Keziah (Robertson) Sperry; daughter of Neil Robertson. Cooperstown (N. Y.)
Seminary and Williston Academy. Engaged in newspaper work as an editorial writer for Otsego Republican of Cooperstown before entering Yale. Second prize in Brothers in Unity Freshman prize debate; first and third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; Townsend Premium and first College Premium in English composition Senior year; chairman Yale Literary Magazine Senior year and winner of Yale Literary Medal; Statement of Facts orator for Brothers in Unity in 1869 and 1870; member .Gamma Nu, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. After graduation became a member of editorial staff of New York Evening Post, with which he remained until 1881 (managing editor 1875-1881); in January, 1882, became owner and editor of Wilmington (Del.) Morning News; appointed United States Minister Resident to Persia and Consul General at Teheran in 1892 and held the post two years; remained abroad during the next five years; upon his return to the United States sold his Wilmington paper and became an editorial writer for the Hartford Courant; went to Germany in 1906 and was foreign correspondent for the Courant at Leipsic from 1909 to 1911; then continued his work as an editorial writer for the paper until he resigned in 1918; member American Academy of Political Science.
Married (1) June 18,1874, in New York City, Julia, daughter of Isaac Henderson. One daughter, Eliza Crawford (Mrs. Ritter vonBorosim). Mr. and Mrs. Sperry were divorced January 31,1913.
Married (2) February 5,1913, in Hartford, Anna Marie Pietsch, daughter of Oskar Lippold, of Dresden, Germany. No children by second marriage.
Death, due to a heart attack, occurred after an illness of six years from arteriosclerosis, during all of which time he was confined to his bed. Cremation took place in Springfield, Mass., and the ashes were interred in the Cemetery of St. Matthew's Church at Unadilla, N.Y. Survived by wife and daughter.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Born June 25, 1842, in Sauquoit, N. Y.
Died February 13,1926, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. Lyman Sperry, a Methodist Episcopal minister (presiding elder of the Oneida and Otsego districts); descendant of Richard Sperry, who came from England to Stockbridge, Mass, about 1660.
Mother, Amanda Keziah (Robertson) Sperry; daughter of Neil Robertson. Cooperstown (N. Y.)
Seminary and Williston Academy. Engaged in newspaper work as an editorial writer for Otsego Republican of Cooperstown before entering Yale. Second prize in Brothers in Unity Freshman prize debate; first and third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; Townsend Premium and first College Premium in English composition Senior year; chairman Yale Literary Magazine Senior year and winner of Yale Literary Medal; Statement of Facts orator for Brothers in Unity in 1869 and 1870; member .Gamma Nu, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. After graduation became a member of editorial staff of New York Evening Post, with which he remained until 1881 (managing editor 1875-1881); in January, 1882, became owner and editor of Wilmington (Del.) Morning News; appointed United States Minister Resident to Persia and Consul General at Teheran in 1892 and held the post two years; remained abroad during the next five years; upon his return to the United States sold his Wilmington paper and became an editorial writer for the Hartford Courant; went to Germany in 1906 and was foreign correspondent for the Courant at Leipsic from 1909 to 1911; then continued his work as an editorial writer for the paper until he resigned in 1918; member American Academy of Political Science.
Married (1) June 18,1874, in New York City, Julia, daughter of Isaac Henderson. One daughter, Eliza Crawford (Mrs. Ritter vonBorosim). Mr. and Mrs. Sperry were divorced January 31,1913.
Married (2) February 5,1913, in Hartford, Anna Marie Pietsch, daughter of Oskar Lippold, of Dresden, Germany. No children by second marriage.
Death, due to a heart attack, occurred after an illness of six years from arteriosclerosis, during all of which time he was confined to his bed. Cremation took place in Springfield, Mass., and the ashes were interred in the Cemetery of St. Matthew's Church at Unadilla, N.Y. Survived by wife and daughter.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Watson Robertson Sperry, B.A. 1871.
Born June 25, 1842, in Sauquoit, N. Y.
Died February 13,1926, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. Lyman Sperry, a Methodist Episcopal minister (presiding elder of the Oneida and Otsego districts); descendant of Richard Sperry, who came from England to Stockbridge, Mass, about 1660.
Mother, Amanda Keziah (Robertson) Sperry; daughter of Neil Robertson. Cooperstown (N. Y.)
Seminary and Williston Academy. Engaged in newspaper work as an editorial writer for Otsego Republican of Cooperstown before entering Yale. Second prize in Brothers in Unity Freshman prize debate; first and third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; Townsend Premium and first College Premium in English composition Senior year; chairman Yale Literary Magazine Senior year and winner of Yale Literary Medal; Statement of Facts orator for Brothers in Unity in 1869 and 1870; member .Gamma Nu, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. After graduation became a member of editorial staff of New York Evening Post, with which he remained until 1881 (managing editor 1875-1881); in January, 1882, became owner and editor of Wilmington (Del.) Morning News; appointed United States Minister Resident to Persia and Consul General at Teheran in 1892 and held the post two years; remained abroad during the next five years; upon his return to the United States sold his Wilmington paper and became an editorial writer for the Hartford Courant; went to Germany in 1906 and was foreign correspondent for the Courant at Leipsic from 1909 to 1911; then continued his work as an editorial writer for the paper until he resigned in 1918; member American Academy of Political Science.
Married (1) June 18,1874, in New York City, Julia, daughter of Isaac Henderson. One daughter, Eliza Crawford (Mrs. Ritter vonBorosim). Mr. and Mrs. Sperry were divorced January 31,1913.
Married (2) February 5,1913, in Hartford, Anna Marie Pietsch, daughter of Oskar Lippold, of Dresden, Germany. No children by second marriage.
Death, due to a heart attack, occurred after an illness of six years from arteriosclerosis, during all of which time he was confined to his bed. Cremation took place in Springfield, Mass., and the ashes were interred in the Cemetery of St. Matthew's Church at Unadilla, N.Y. Survived by wife and daughter.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
Born June 25, 1842, in Sauquoit, N. Y.
Died February 13,1926, in Hartford, Conn.
Father, the Rev. Lyman Sperry, a Methodist Episcopal minister (presiding elder of the Oneida and Otsego districts); descendant of Richard Sperry, who came from England to Stockbridge, Mass, about 1660.
Mother, Amanda Keziah (Robertson) Sperry; daughter of Neil Robertson. Cooperstown (N. Y.)
Seminary and Williston Academy. Engaged in newspaper work as an editorial writer for Otsego Republican of Cooperstown before entering Yale. Second prize in Brothers in Unity Freshman prize debate; first and third prizes in English composition Sophomore year; second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; Townsend Premium and first College Premium in English composition Senior year; chairman Yale Literary Magazine Senior year and winner of Yale Literary Medal; Statement of Facts orator for Brothers in Unity in 1869 and 1870; member .Gamma Nu, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Skull and Bones. After graduation became a member of editorial staff of New York Evening Post, with which he remained until 1881 (managing editor 1875-1881); in January, 1882, became owner and editor of Wilmington (Del.) Morning News; appointed United States Minister Resident to Persia and Consul General at Teheran in 1892 and held the post two years; remained abroad during the next five years; upon his return to the United States sold his Wilmington paper and became an editorial writer for the Hartford Courant; went to Germany in 1906 and was foreign correspondent for the Courant at Leipsic from 1909 to 1911; then continued his work as an editorial writer for the paper until he resigned in 1918; member American Academy of Political Science.
Married (1) June 18,1874, in New York City, Julia, daughter of Isaac Henderson. One daughter, Eliza Crawford (Mrs. Ritter vonBorosim). Mr. and Mrs. Sperry were divorced January 31,1913.
Married (2) February 5,1913, in Hartford, Anna Marie Pietsch, daughter of Oskar Lippold, of Dresden, Germany. No children by second marriage.
Death, due to a heart attack, occurred after an illness of six years from arteriosclerosis, during all of which time he was confined to his bed. Cremation took place in Springfield, Mass., and the ashes were interred in the Cemetery of St. Matthew's Church at Unadilla, N.Y. Survived by wife and daughter.
http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1925-26.pdf
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