The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-23
DEATH cARRr1No THEM OFF
A STARTLING Record or Mortality Among
Connecticut Old People.


W1LL1MANr1c, juno 22-The wand OF dentt
has touched many notable persons In the band
OF Connecticut old people In the past ten days
Almost all OF them had reached fourscore
years, and some had attained about century
Of life Never before, probably, in the history
OF the State was the mortality for 30 brief
time 80 large among the very aged as 1t has
been since the beginning Of the year.
In Middletown Uncle Harry Freeman, n fine
old colored man, whom every one knew and
respected. died. at 90 years OF age. For three
years his health had gradually failed, and
! finally he lad faintlng spells. which. Uncle
| Harry said we're bound to finish the old man.
sure" He was the sou of Ishmael Freeman, Il
slave. but Harry was born free. When he was
II years old be was taken by the Alsop family
OF Middletown for n servant, and thereafter
spent his whole life with them until he became
| too feeble to work. Harry was born on
| Christmas day in tho morning, and was
always proud OF that fact. He left a
| wife third one, but no children.
IIo owned the place whereon lie dwelt
and was prosperous Always active and in
dustrious. he had hobbled down town with
cane for many years, and. when no longer abo
to walk, rode there daily in a carriage. His
sister, Mrs. Rachel Penny. died last winter,
about as old as he was. Another sister died at
IS years of ago.
Here is a list Of old folks who have died
within few days at 90 or moro years OF age:
Prentice Comstock, Mantle. 81 years old: tho
Rev. Joseph Sessions Chaplin 80: Mrs Nancy
Eldrdgo, Upper Mystic, 9j; Esther Seamans
Mathowson. Putnam. Of: Mrs. Sally Netteton,
Killingworth. 9S: Henry Brown, Mansfield
Contre, 81 years Q months Julia wilson Hart
ford 20. Henry Brown was tho oldest man in
his town, and had been member oil the Mans.
al nity-twO
this year he had never been absent once from
Snnday service III the church In that Period.
Prentice Netteson. ALSO was man OF unvary-
ing habits. ana hqd never been sick In his long
life until his Iatnl illness. His wife survives
Her three sons, one Of them rs years old, and
her son-in- law, Mr.. LOOMS. were the pail
bearers at her hms3ands funeral; -, =, NJ.
Abigail Judd, who died at the home OF her
daughter-in- Law. on Cedar street. In New
1895. Several years ago Mrs. Judd became
deaf and, nearly blind. but she retained her
In Manshnld. a beautiful hamlet in high and
rugged Tolland county. Lyman Barrows Is
iHa4 at 81 Of sa Faph WALLACE H of
dwelt at the capital for half a century. and
there. Capt Frank Peck Of isolated Milling
ton village among the forests Of East Hsddsm:
aed "ry Al
Wilton. a prominent politician at West STAFF
ford. aged n: Capt. Richard Burnet an old
SO; smith Brown OF Clarks Falls, North Ston- |
ington. 81; William II. Hancock, City Coun- |
Gilman of New Haven, 70: Arasmus French, |
mechanic and inventor OF Waterbury, &c.
nr. Nehemiah Banks, an estimable physician |
Of Walllngfoid who has had many narrow es-
capes from death, died ut rs years OF age. |
Mason y Kendall Of Ashford is dead, aged rs |
years. In Mr.. kendalls neighborhood. which
is II wonderfully hea!thlu one. are sixteen
persons whose ages range from IS to 81 years,
and all are in vigorous health and glowing
spirits. Massna Clark o prominent real es-
tate dealer, died In New Haven. aged 10 years.
Several aged persons died in sudden and
f3rIvie dropped dead while on his. way, from
Mass 70 years old famous maker OF con-
crete walks. while visiting Pt Stafford Springs.
room Of the Stafford springs House. ' Alter
dinner he took sent in the breezy room and
gaIed into the street. Scores o: people passed.
and repasScd within few feet. - An hour
.ery ric id, in his reHectiye Position, ana ma.
preached him. lie. was dead. He had not
stirred in his sent. His hands rested easily on
he, chair arms; and he faced the, street erect
With his silyery hair. He had been lifeess for
Holman Bntes. IS years old. fell dead near
lls home at Vest THOMPSON. Oliver Fox died
CRY suddenly at Columbia. He was driving
backward. while tho horse trotted leisurely
IN. He was dend before passersby reached
lis side, He was 70 years old. Mrs, p. +.
3rihan died almost instantly. at Middletown.
.ge. a confirmed invalid. died IN her chair. her
lands crossed in her lap, and without sign
i struggle. A gentle smile illuminated her
ace for scvera, hours after her death. She Lad
een hopelessly Ill for many years.