Gen. J. B. Pearsall

                                                                Tilden's Aid, Dead
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                                                                           Veteran Who Once Lived in
                                                                          Wall Street Dies at His Home
                                                                           Afterthoughts, Glen Cove.
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                                                                            EX-STATE CHIEF ENGINEER
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                                                                        Close friend of the Late Governer
                                                                          Tilden and His Adviser When
                                                                               He Ran for President.
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Special to the New York Times

GLEN COVE, L. I., Jan. 20- General James Buchanan Pearsall, a member of one of the oldest
families whose youth was spent in the family home in Wall Street, New York City, died at his
home, Afterthoughts, here today, in his 89th year.

He was a direct descendant of General Nathaniel Coles, one of the earliest settlers of this
place, who was a noted merchant in the China trade, and was born in Locust Valley. During his
boyhood General Pearsall lived with his parents for a few years in Roslyn, on the present estate
of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. Later the family removed to New York City and lived in Wall Street.
They had a country estate at Fifty-ninth Street, and the General owned a team of goats which he
used to drive from the town to the country home, allowing them to browse along Broadway.
His grandfather owned Jones' Wood, opposite Blackwell's Island, and General Pearsall inherited
much of this property.

As a young man he settle in Charleston, S. C., but later returned to New York and became a broker,
later becoming active in politics. He was a close friend to the late Samuel J. Tilden, and when Tilden
was elected Governer Lucius Robinson appointed him Engineer in Chief of the State with the rank
Brigadier General. When Tilden was a candidate for President General Pearsall was one of his closest
advisers and it was he who chartered the special train to Washington that was used by the Tilden party.

General Pearsall removed to this place more than sixty years ago, and became active in Democratic politics,
later serving two terms as Assemblyman before the creation of Nassau County. At the conclusion of his last
term his constituents presented him with a silver service as an appreciation of his efforts in their behalf.
He took an active interest in Glen Cove and the development of property here for the occupancy of
millonaires was one his hobbies. For sixteen years he was a member of the vestry of St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, and was a life member of the Glen Cove Lodge of Masons. His sole surviving
relation is his daughter, Mrs. Stanley Inerson, who lived with him.