Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
DEATH OF JOHN G. NORTH.

Long and Useful Career-ActAVe m
 Good Works for Many Years-Re-
 spected and Mourned-Indefat1ga
 for Right-Features of Ills Career.
 Another of the well known prominent old New Haven citizens has passed away in the death of John G. North, which | occurred Wednesday evening at his Mil l ford home. He had suffered from a para lytic stroke three years ago, but had seem- ingly recovered, and his hale appearance seemed to betoken much longer lease of life. Wednesday morning he was at his office on Church street as usual. In the afternoon he attended funeral in Milford, where he has for several years been hon. ored with the office of trying justice of the peace. He retired at 10 o'clock in the evening apparently well, but was shortly heard to call for assistance by his family. Within ten minutes he was dead. He was, at the time of his death, sixty-nine years old.
 His record as a citizen was a noteworthy and eminently respectable one. He was at one time member of the common council, was long time prominent mem- UcI Ol tuo AOA60 Su0IO uASA Whc Q 4uoA- termaster at the time of the war and 8 member of the commission which was sent to Washington from this city at the out break of the war. For the last few years he has lived in Milford, and after remov- ing there became justice of the peace and acting judge, which office he has held ever since. In all these offices he has brought to bear an uncompromising sense of justice and duty, and in all his public trusts he has been indefatigable and unvarying in his efforts at reform. In Milford his suc- cess in doing away with corrupt practices in the town government and in ridding that town of evil doers and law-breakers has been phenomenal.
 He has been lifelong jealous Christian. | interested in every department of Christian activity. Some twenty-five years ago he | started the "Scatter-Good mission" on | Oak street, and for years took great in- terest in this pioneer mission of it's kind in l New Haven. Later on he was among the
 founders of the old North church mission,
 which stood where the colored church on Dixwell avenue now stands, and was su- perintendent of the mission. He was also the first superintendent of the Dwight
 Place church Sunday school. He was a
 when he went to Dwight Place church, which had just been started. He re-
 mained at Dwight Place church until 1876,
 and then went back to the North Cor
 United) church, where he retained his membership until he removed to Milford
 in April, 1887. He has been for years a prominent member of the Sons of Temper
 ance.
 He early became interested in the late
 John B. Cough and for long time man;
 aged that famous orators lectures and
 was one of MT. Coughs intimate personal
 friends and frequent guest at his lovely
 home. The first of Stoddard's lectures de.
 livered in this city was given under MT.
 Norths auspices, MT. North "papering'
 the house, that is, giving away host of
 complimentary tickets to the right class of
 people. The result was that MT. Stod-
 dard, then novice in the lecturefeld and
 not long out of Yale, had big house and
 his eminent fitness for the lecture field
 lustration of the lecture impressed them
 selves with signal favor upon the big audi
 ence present, and when MT. Stoddard
 came here next time the tickets were solo
 with 8 rush, the demand for them being
 great-a state of things which has COZ
 tinued without interruption.
 MT. North has lived not only very use
 ful but in the main quite an eventful life
 His was busy life indeed. MT. North wal
 8 man of great executive ability and pos
 sessed of strong physique; seemed in hi
 prime unwearying even when managing many different enterprises, and for year l he made scores of speeches in bshalf O
 Sunday school work and temperance work He was for many years prominent in thu
 Sons of Temperance, was one of the oldest if not the oldest, member of Harmony di vision, Sons of Temperance, this city, ant
 he had held many offices of trust and re sponsibility in the order.
 MT. North was also one of the leadin, men of executive ability who managed tn law business affairs by which Moody ant
 Sankey were provided with the Moody ant Sankey tabernacle building, so well re membered here, and by which efforts tn funds were provided for the work and diff . ferences harmonized. MT. North, thirty 7 five years ago, resided in the large hous
 on theshill on Whalley avenue, just thi side of the junction of the avenue an' Blake street. Here in the ample wood F lands back of the house. the Sunda ! schools of many New Haven churches hal their annual picnics, the grove being fu1 nished free of charge by Mir. North. Ali : terward, for years, MT. North's residenc
 was on Dwight street, lower part. in larg and handsome dwelling.
 Mr.North's insurance office twenty year ago was located in what was the old Jud son building on Chapel street near wher , H. Fl. Snow had his famous confectioner , depot. Of late years the North office ha
 been on Church street next the postofice
 Mir. North had made and lost two or thre
 fortunes. In the great real estate boom i : New Haven twenty years ago he was large B ly engaged in real estate enterprises an when the boom gave way he was for som time crippled financially, but with his usus f indomitable enterprise he successful 2 | weathered the gale.
 MT. North was a native of Berlin, Conn born February 22, 1823 Coming to thi D city when eighteen years old, he learne = the tailor's trade, which he soon gave u to become clerk in Durand & Mygatt l. dry goods store. In the new field, as i most which he undertook, he was success D full and soon became senior member of tn t firm, which became North & Mygat . Since 1S43 he has been in the insuranc
 business. In 1847 he was appointed age1
 for the Connecticut Mutual Life, whic agency he has held ever since. In 185 b Mir. North was made sole agent for Ne v Haven of the Atna Insurance company , Hartford and is the only agent that tn :. company has ever had in this city, ] 1T 1865 the firm of North & Blakeslee WI @ established, and in 1872 the firm becam 1t John G. North & Go. In 1878 the pre- r. eut urm or J. Ut. 0 J. U. NOrtn was @ tablished.
 U In 1S43 he married Elizabe tn Dickinso It of this city. Mrs. North is still Twin,
 and is about sixty-fve years old. Fi1 V children were born to them: The wife the Rev. Erastus Blakeslee of Spence @ Mass. Mrs. De S. P. Warren of Portland !. Me-; John 0. North of this city, who h. 1. for number of years been with his fathe f. Edward c. North of Boston, Mass '' and Mrs. s. T. Dutton, the wife ( y Professor Dutton, formerly superb l. tendent of the public schools of tn Q city, but now of Brookline, Mas ia He leaves two ssisters-one, Mrs. Hanna ID Hubbard, who with her son and daught' IS has resided with MT. North for some tim 7. and the other, Mrs. Alfred Edwards le Peck street, this city. Mrs. Hubbard
 now about seventy-fve years of age an
 Mrs. Edwards is also ve ry old lady. IT
 funeral will take place on Saturday. Sc " vices will be held at the residence of u ; family in Milford at 10 a. m. and at u 7, United church chapel, this city, at 2 p. [ s The interment will be in Evergreen cem r. tery.
 ,f MT. North's health had been mpaired f, ,r several years past and two or three year
 ago was obliged to refrain from busine
 as much as possible in order to regain h
 wonted activity.
 II HARMONY DIVISION MoURNs HIS DEAF Y Harmony division, Mo- 5, Sons of Ter 'i perance, met last night and passed res