S. army ; married twice, 1st to Helen, daughter of Andrew Summersrof Phila. delphia, Penn., by whom he had no issue ; 2d to Harriet B., dau-hter of Gen. Elijah M. Covington, of Covington, Ky., by whom he left issue. 7 Rufus King, born IS November 1802, died 6 February 1874, merchant and President of the Delafield .t Bascher Cement Co., married Eliza, daughter of Wm. Bard, Of High Park, N. Y., and left issue.

The shore of the Hudson in this region is studded mth beautiful v-iTIas,

THE TOWN OF YONKERS. 6^7

111 the immediate vicinity of the latter is situated Font Hill, the seat •of Mr. Edwin Forrest, now owned by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. They have erected a very large young ladies academy. The old edifice which is of stone, after the designs of IMr. Thos C. Smith, presents a fine specimen of the English castellated style. The building has six towers, affording extended views of the Hudson River ; the highest of these called the flag or stair tower, is seventy-one feet from the surface of the ground. ■

The gothic residence of the late Thomas W. Ludlow occupies a very pleasant spot on the bank of the river, a short distance south of the -village, on a plateau with hills to the east, and the river in front to the Tvest. From this place the noble Hudson appears in all its glory. The edifice is built of brick in the Eli/abethian style. The exterior presents quite the beau ideal of an old Enghsh country residence. A pretty lodge in the rural gothic order adorned the entrance of the grounds, but has given way to a progress of the age ; which by cutting streets through the old domain, long since separated the place into many streets.