The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-11-27
NEwTowN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 81, 1891.
SAMUEL G.. BEARDSLEY.
DEATH OF TRUMBULL'S TOWN
CLERK.
s. G. BEARDSLEY, ESQ.

Samuel Gregory Beardsley, Trum-
bulls town clerk and justice of the
peace, was born at Long Hill, Trum-
bull, December Z, 1924, where his home
has ever since been. His father, Sam
uel Beardsley, Esq, was confessedly
men his native town ever produced,
having been twice Representative, once
State Senator, sheriff and commissioner
of Fairfield county, trial justice for
many years, largely employed in the
settlement of estates, having acted as
executor or administrator of more than
100 and was universally respected and
esteemed.
His son, Samuel G., was educated in
the common schools of his own and the
academies Of adjoining towns; was ad-
mitted member of Yale college, but
was compelled to discontinue study
through failure of sight; taught school
several times; engaged in the manufac-
ture of cotton in partnership with the
late Alonzo Sherman for six years and,
afterward, on the death of his only
brother, assisted his father in farming,
which was ever after his chief occupa-
ton. He held numerous town offices,
was a member of the General Assembly
of 1865 and of the centennial Senate of
1876, defeating for the latter position
Hon David b. Plumb, distinguished
citizen of Shelton, whose father, Noah
ole hn
same Office by his father just 40 years
before and has held the office of justice
of the peace since 1860 and of town
clerk, to which he had been elected 81
consecutive times and was actively en-
gagged in this work till his death. He
has been entrusted with the settlement
of many estates and earnestly sought to
deserve the character of an honest, up
right man. He married, early in life,
Mary, youngest daughter of Dea
Ephraim Wells Beach. He was mem
Der of the Congregational church and,
in politics, ever has been an answering
Democrat.
His son, Morris Beach Beardsley, is
serving his 10Th year as judge of probate
for the district of Bridgeport. Of the
two daughters, Miss NJ. Louise is unmar-
ried and living at home, while Alice M.
is wife of Lewis B. Curtis of Southport
of the firm of Curtis & Curtis, manufac-
turers of Bridgeport. The cause of death
was angina pectoris, heart disease, which
had troubled him for Is months. Mr.
Beardsley was considered in immedi-
ate danger for the last 10 days of his life,
but died suddenly at last. He had often
expressed desire not to linger at the
end. He would have been 81 years of
age had he lived till December Z. The
funeral services were held at m Mon
day, Rev N. Il. Merwin of Poquonock, so
long his pastor, assisting Rev w. F..
White of Trumbull in the last sad rites.
The floral tributes testified to the esteem
in which he was universally held. They
consisted of a floral heart, composed of
white chry santhemums and pink roses,
from the wife; palms, tied with chrys-
anthemums, from the children; large
bunch of white chrysanthemums, from
the children; large standing cross of ivy
and roses and base of Gala lilies, from
Mr. and Mrs George Comstock, Mr. and
Mrs 4, M. Parker, Mr. and Mrs Charles
Wilmot and Mr. and Mrs John Atkinson :;
fiat bouquet of white and pink roses,
from Mr. and Mrs Fred Trubee and Mr.
and Mrs George Baldwin; cluster of
white roses, from Mr. and Mrs Beers :;
wreath of chrysanthemums and roses
and camelias, from Mr. and Mrs Roderick
Curtis; anchor of white and pink roses
from Mr. and Mrs Lewis A. Curtis large
bunch of white and pink chrysanthe-
NUNS from Mr. and Mrs Chauncey Kill
mer.
Bearers: Maj w. B. Hincks, Samuel
w. Baldwin, James w. Beardsley of
Bridgeport, Judge of Probate Robert III.
Russell of Stratford, Hobart r. Wheeler,
Dea w. B. Coan of Trumbull. Interment
in the Long Hill cemetery.
The BEE, as who can not, can testify
to the kindly courtesy and helpful inter-
est taken by Mr. Beardsley in others, but
what warmer tribute to his character can
we offer to his memory than to publish
the words Of his longtime pastor and
dear friend, Rev N. II. Merwin, now of
Poquonock:
FUNERAL ADDRESS AT THE DEATH OF
SAMUEL G. BEARDsLEY BY REV N. T..
MERwIN, TRUMBULL, CONN. NOVEMBER
%, 1891.
One of the best friends whom God
ever gave me, trusted and true during
all my life in Trumbull, period of
some 25 years and faithful to the last,
was he, whose precious remains now lie
before us in this casket.
There are times when grief is too
great for uttcrance; silence is the most
impressive language of the soul. There
has been no period in my life, when ca
lamity, in the form of sickness and
death Of kindred and friends, has so en-
comprised my path as the days through
which we are now passing. When the
Geographic dispatch came to me, Satur-
day afternoon, of this death, the shock
and grief were so great that felt as one
helpless to move q step or to speak a
word. 81 was dumb with silence. L
opened not my mouth, because Thou
didst it, There was time in the his
tory of Job, when wave upon wave of
sorrow came over his soul. 'sAnd his
three friends drew near to mourn with
him and to comfort him." but, when
they beheld his overwhelming grief,
'sThey rent every one his mantle and