The Newtown bee., 1891-02-06

Score Southport 8, Fairfield l. Fouls, South
port 2, Fairfield 2. Referee, Rocktield.
An important real estate sale took
place, Friday,-the purchase of the
Paul Sheffield property by Mrs Jerusha,
widow of Charles Rockwell, who, with
her daughter, has been boarding with Mrs
j. Fred Jennings for some time, will sell
the Rockwell place, outside the village
and will, as soon as possible, move into
the Sheffield house. 1t is now occupied
by DR. DeForest of New York. With his
wife and daughter, DR. DeForest came to
Southport, last June and hired the Shelf
field place for year. He finds his
health greatly improved and has
thoughts of resuming practice in New
York, next Summer. This house, which
is one of the older of the village resi-
dences, is locally famous as the Sheffield
house, its owner, Paul King Sheffield, be-
ing the youngest and last survivor of a
family, who, children of Paul Sheffield,
were born in the old house, now entirely
remodelled. None succeeded so well as
Joseph, the eldest, who, by railroading
and fortunate investments in the South,
amassed a fortune of several million dol
lars and endowed Yale college with the
Sheffield scientific school. He died, a
number of years ago and his wife has
been dead about two years. OF the 9TH
ers, Paschal and Eliphalet followed the
father in choosing a seafaring life and
Eliphalet was drowned at sea; Paschal
settled in Southport and built opposite
the old homestead. A number of years
ago, he sold the place to Postmaster Ne
hemiah Jennings and went to Elizabeth,
n. j., where he died, few years later
and is buried here. Melinda, the only
daughter, died at home unmarried. Fred
erick went to Mobile, Ala. land died there :;
leaving two sons, Frederick at New Or
leans and William at Mobile; to them,
Paul left his property Paul himself went
South and accumulated a small compe-
tency, returning at last to Southport. He
died in Bridgeport about three years ago,
at the home of Stanley Smith, with
whom he was boarding. He was I'M
married and the homestead was the APP
pie of his eye. Seven or eight years ago,
small building near the house was
burned and Mr. Sheffield had the house
entirely rebuilt, retaining only the mas
sive, old fashioned timbers of the frame
work. After his death, the property was
placed in the hands of Capt Edwin Bulk
ley, neighbor in whose care it remains.
1t has been occupied by William Hall; J..
III. Witt, Charles Meeker, Mrs E. Wells
and DR. DeForest.
Southport friends will sincerely mourn
the death of Rev Joseph Smith, last
week Thursday, at Bloomfield, Conn,
after an illness of but three days with
an accute attack of pneumonia. Though
past the allotted three score years and
ten, he was in vigorous health and was
regularly discharging the duties of a
passionate at Bloomfield. Last October,
at meeting of clergymen at East
Bridgeport, he made a strong, stirring
address. Bev Mr. Smith was pastor of
Southport Methodist church from 1879
to 1881 and was greatly esteemed by all,
his many sterling qualities making a
deep, impression on the minds of all who
met him. He has also ofIiciated in Red
ding and in Stratford, besides spending
many years in New Haven county. He
has spent 80 years in the ministry and
was local preacher for score of years
before, living in Waterbury and preach
ing, almost wholly without pay, in
WATERFOWL, Waterville, Naugatuck,
Thomaston, and elsewhere. Mr. Smith
has son, Rev Arthur j. Smith, now of
East chapel, New Haven, besides two
daughters. His present wife was form
erly Miss Sarah J. Curtis of Stratford.
Rev G. A. Hubbell was one of the
bearers at the funeral.