THE RHIHEBBCK GAZETTE, RHINEBECK, NEW YORK, DECEMBER 4, 1947
Major Francis G. Landon.
Major Francis G. Landon, former
chairman of the Dutchess
County Republican Committee and
Assemblyman from Dutchess
County, died Monday at his home
in New York city, after a brief
illness. A member of an old New.
York family, he was 88 years old.
at the time of his death..
Born in New York city, Major.
Landon was the son of the late.
Charles Griswold Landon and Mrs.
Susan H. Gordon Landon..
He was graduated from Princeton.
University in 1881 and held many.
offices in the Princeton Club
of New York
as wel1 as being, for
a time, chairman of the university's
Graduate Council..
In 1894 Major Landon purchased.
an estate in Staatsburg, which.
property is now occupied by the.
Anderson School. In the early.
1900's he served for several years.
as Republican chairman of the.
county committee and as, an Assemblyman..
He later became Third Secretary of the .
American Embassy in Berlin, and Second.
Secretary of the embassy in Vien-.
He had been a major in Company I of.
the 2nd Regiment.
He' had been active in the.
Chamber of Commerce of the.
State of New York,- the Sons of.
the Revolution, Sons of Colonial.
Wars, The Pilgrims, Military.
Order of Foreign Wars and the.
Grolier, University Church and.
New York Yacht Clubs..
(Funeral services will be held at.
Grace church, New York city, at.
eleven o'clock Friday morning..
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs..
Edward Allison of New Mexico,.
and a sister, Mrs. Dallas, B. Pratt.