He married Eliza, daughter of William Hill, of East Chester, and after her decease was united to her sister Jane.

Mr. Popham closed a long life of quiet usefulness June 18, 1885, in the same room in which he was born more than ninety years before. His unassumed humility and his simplicity of manner charmed all with whom he came into contact, and made his loss both to his family and to the county in which he lived an irreparable one.

He had eight children; William Hill, Mary Morris, wife of Charles W. Carmer ; Alethia Hill, wife of Augustus Bleecker ; Laura Sherbrook, wife of Lewis C. Piatt, Esq., of White Plains; Gertrude, wife of Allen S. Campbell ; Richard Morris, Robert C. and Lewis C. Two of these, William Hill and Richard M., he survived.

William Hill Popham, oldest child of William Sherbrook Popham, was born at Scarsdale, October 7, 1817. His education was partly obtained in the old town school of his native place and partly in New York City.

His inclination led him at an early age to enter as a clerk the office of a firm in New York which was heavily interested in the iron trade. In 1857, however, upon his father's retirement, he took his business in charge and for some years » conducted it successfully. He was finally induced by his father-in-law to enter the oil business with him, and in this he was engaged at the time of his death, June 27, 1880. J While in the oil trade he was also associated with William C. Haxton, now vice-president of the Washington Life Insurance Company. Mr. Popham was a gentleman of peculiarly cordial disposition, and his genial manner made him many warm and enthusiastic friendships both in business and social life.