[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] of Company L and M, Sixth Regiment New York A strong defender of the Union and firm in his Artillery; Albert was first sergeant of Company A, opposition to human slavery, there were few men i Twenty-seventh Regiment; and Prank was a private who gave a more willing support to the government soldier in the same regiment and died at Harper's in the hour of its need. He fitted out at liis own Ferry, Va. expense Company A, of the Twenty-seventh Regi-ment New York State Volunteers, and several of his sons took an active part in the war. He was the last survivor of the company that pur-chased Verplanck's Point, and was a sharer in the successes and losses of that enterprise: After a life of influence and usefulness, he died November 18, 1869, and the community mourned the h>ss of a re-spected and honored citi-zen. Resolutions of re-spect were passed by the White Plains Lodge of Free-Masons, of which he was a valued member. A t a meeting of the Board of Supervisors of West-chester County, resolu-