The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . & Co. In 1858 he re-tired from active business life,and devoted his time to the pur-chasin-g and development of realestate, and to forming, fosteringand encouraging public charity.
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . & Co. In 1858 he re-tired from active business life,and devoted his time to the pur-chasin-g and development of realestate, and to forming, fosteringand encouraging public Walter was president of theHebrew orphan asylum, andfounder and president of theMontefiore benevolent was a director of the Orientalbank, and also of the Merchantsand traders insurance company, and was for severalyears school trustee. In 1838 he married Henrietta,daughter of Simon Content, of New York city. Asa national guardsman, he served his time in the 7thregiment artillery, N. G. S. N. Y., where he wonmuch distinction as a marksman. He was sympa-thetic and generous, and always proved himself thefriend of the struggling young men who came toAmerica from his own country, and many of therich Hebrews of New York city and elsewhere owetheir first stait and encouragement to Mr. Waltersassistance and timely and cheery words, He diedDec. 9, 1866, at his home, 263 East Broadway, NewYork 262 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA MUNSELL, Harvey May, soldier and under-?5\-riter, was born at Painted Post, N. Y., Jan. 5, traces Ms ancestry, on his fathers side, to SirJohn M(a)unsell, lord chief justice of England inthe time of Henry III., and, on his mothers, to JohnMay, who emigrated to this country from Mayfield,Sussex county, Eng., in 1740. When he was tenyears of age he lived with an uncle at Tionesta, Pa.,and he was obliged to earn his own support. Hehad just passed his eighteenth year at the breakingout of the war, and he at once sought to enlist underthe first ca
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