It was customary for his neighbors on the Fourth of July to come at sunrise in front of his house and salute him. This was done for man v successive vears.

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He died in 1841, and was buried in the family burial ground, which is situated on a beautiful rise of ground overlooking the Hudson.

Ansel, son of William and grandson of Joseph, has oceupi. : public positions in his native county, of Albany, having been at omtime, County Clerk.

Henry Mead Requa, son of Joseph, born in 1799, at Tarry town, was a merchant for many years at Albany. He died in 1870, in Ncv. York City, where he then resided. His son, Leonard P. Requa, whose picture appears herewith, is at the head of The Safety Insulated Wire A Cable Company, New York City, the largest establishment of its kind in the United States. Leonard F. Requa married Sarah White, , descendant of the Puritans. Has a son, Leonard P. , Jr. Their eldest sou, Howard Mead Requa, died October 1st, 1893. Although but 19 years of age he had already become noted as an Electrician.

Henry M. Requa's daughter, Catherine, has been Principal of the 1 2th Street School, New York City, for many years.

James Requa, son of Joseph, had a daughter Mary Eliza, who married Henry Sanger, of Howard, Sanger & Co., and was so the ancestor of Col. Wm. Cary Sanger, of Saugerneld, N. Y. Col. Sanger was elected Member ofxAssembly from Oneida Co., in November, 1894.