this institution. He was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Hospital, and served many years as a trustee. He aided in starting the Northeastern and Northwestern Dispensaries. Later life He was a member of the American Geographical Society, of the Wisconsin Historical Society, and an officer of several important business enterprises. He was one of the originators of the New York Yale Alumni Association, and assisted in the organization of the Yale Law School Alumni Association, and of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. In 1882 he retired from his law practice entirely, and made a long visit abroad. Family He married, in Hartford, Conn., on May 3, 1837, Ellen Pomeroy Goodrich, who died in 1871, by whom he had two sons and six daughters. He afterward married Charlotte Foster of Cumberland County, England, who died in 1884. Death General Mather died of paralysis at his home in New York City, in his 92nd year. He had been unable to leave his house for six years, but had retained full possession of his faculties and a keen interest in current events until the last week. References 1809 births 1900 deaths Yale College alumni Members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century American politicians People from Windsor, Connecticut Yale Law School alumni 19th-century American lawyers