Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-30
THE DEATHS.
Ex-State Officers and E1-Legislators
Who Have Died This Year.

Ex-State Officers and Ex-LegislatOrs
Who Have Died This Year.
The list of ex-state officers and members
of the general assembly of Connecticut
who have died during the first half of the
year includes the names of many men who
have been prominent in the affairs of the
state. The list to July 1 included 1O6
names, and eleven others have been added
during the present month.
Five e1.state officers, says the Hartford
Times, have passed away. The first was
Comptroller John B. Wright, 1s89-90, who
died at Clinton April IS. Two other ex-
comptrollers died tho following month,
both at New London, Alexander Merrell,
comptroller in 1885, and Edward Prentis,
who filed the Office the next year. One
ex- secretary of state passed away, the Hon.
John B. Robertson of New Haven, who
served from 1S47 to 1849. He died July
IA. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Francis B.
LOOMS of New London, who was elected
on the ticket with Governor Hubbard and
served in 187779, died the previous day in
Hartford.
Five ex-senators have died, the list in
Guiding Lawyer w. S. Goslee of Glaston-
bury, senate of 1870 Colonel J. B. Harden
bergh of Canaan, 1876; Andrew Prentice
of Hebron, 1868; julius Converse of Stat
ford, 1878, and Griswold I. Gilbert of
| New Haven, who, when living in Hamden,
represented the old Fourth district in 1843
and again in 1852. Comptroller Prentis
| Comptroller Wright represented the old
| Nineteenth district (Middlesex county, in
the opening years of the war; He then
lived in Killingworth.
| Among the most widely known mem
bers of the lower house who have died
since New Years are Colonel Thomas A.
Mead of Greenwich, 1852 and 1872; Ter.
thus D. Potter of Plymouth, 1888 and 1889
who died January 10, at the great age Of
SO; DR.. Gustavus N. Snow of Saybrook
1874, who died in Hartford in January
Ralph Pelton of Portland, 1855; Jarvis
Boies of Chester, 1861; David s. Pur
pie Of East Haddam, 1912; the Rev
Dr. J. b. Chaplin of Meriden, 1889, who a
the time of his death was a member of thu
commission q the Typographical survey O.
Connecticut; Benjamin &. Webb, an old
time politician of Rocky Hill, who served
in 1916, 1856 and 1867; Benjamin Nye,
widely known farmer of Lebanon, who
served in 1889; Joshua G. Learned of New
London, 1850; Nathan Lane of Killing
worth, who served five terms between 1874!
and 1872; William N. Stanley, 1873, fo
half century leading man in East Hart
ford affairs; Lawyer James Griswold o
Old Lyme, 1858; John Bishop of Newton
don't 1850; John Parker QS70) of Meriden
identified with manufacturing; Lawye
Henry A. Bills of Winchester, 1874, wht
was postmaster of Winsted during Presi
dent Cleveland's administration; David D
Mallory of Stonington, 1869, a very promi
nent man in that section, and DR.. Edward
Sanford of Cornwall, representative il
1868.
Secretary of State Robertson was a mem
Der of the house of 1910, of which Their
are now only six survivors.
Only one e1-judge of the superior cour
has died since New Years, Judge Hovey
who died recently at Norwich. He was O.
the bench from 1876 to 1885, and was
member of the house for two terms, 1856
and 1886.
Ex-county commissioners who hav
passed away are Trad Edwards and Weste
Russell of Hartford county. Lewis B. Pei
kins. New Haven county; Theron D. Whit
ford of Windham county, 1S60-69, an
1918, and Colonel Thomas A. Mead c
Greenwich, Fairfield county, 1849 to 1885,
Mr.. Russell was sheriff of Hartford count
, for ten years or more. Colonel Mead Wa
a member of the state board of sgricultur
in 1872, and another ex-member of th
board whose death is reported is Charlie
P. Augur of Middlefeld, who served i
| 1890