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4 unusual facts about John Merritt Sammis


John Merritt Sammis

As a concession, plate glass windows from the store were removed and used as windows in Snouder's Drug Store a few buildings to the south.

He was instrumental in founding of the First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay and through those activities became a close personal friend with Theodore Roosevelt.

Sammis died on October 17, 1908 and services were held at the First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bay.

John Sammis

John Merritt Sammis (1820-1909), business figure in Oyster Bay, New York and a friend of Theodore Roosevelt



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