Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-06
OBITUARY.
Death OF Enos Feot.


Enos Foot, for go many years q promi-
nent hotel man here, died yesterday morn
ing at his residence, No. So Whslley ave-
nue.. He had been ailing more or less ever
since last Thanksgiving. His death was
due to q complication of bronchitis and
rheumatism. Mr.. Foot was seventy-four
years old, and was well known all over the
state as hotel keeper. He was a native
of Centerville, in the town of Hamden,
born in 1919. His father was the proprie-
tor of Foot's hotel, at that time promi-
nent hotel about the country. Enos was
brought up at the hotel, and there learned
| the business, to which he adhered until he
| retired from business. -.
| Upon his fathers death, Enos took up
| the business and conducted the hotel for
some time. He then went to Yalesville
for a while and conducted q hotel In that
place. He was also proprietor of hotel
In Southington. He finally bought the old
| Assembly house which stood where the
fremont hotel now stands. The Assembly
house was a large wooden structure built
after the style of hotels, three stories high.
The upper floor was used for q ballroom.
The Assembly house was known for its
cuisine. The business increasing con-
stantly, the old building was torn down
and the present fremont hotel was built
by Mr.. Foot upon the site. The new hotel
became at once very popular. He con-
| tinued to conduct the new hotel until he
retired from business about twenty years
ago. He retired with handsome prop
erty, part of which he has since lost by
| litigation and otherwise. The deceased
was widely known in the community, and
| was very successful In the hotel business,
and his death will be regretted by many
friends. When he retired from business
he leased the fremont to Proprietor Kel-
log, who was conducting the place at the
time Mr.. Foot sold the building to Mr..
Cruttenden, the present owner.
The deceased was of very sooiable dis
position and had been a member OF the
republican party since its formation. He
was once captain of Hamden company OF
state militia and was member of Wooster
The funeral will be held at SO Whalley
avenue on Friday afternoon at O'Clock
and the body will be taken to Centervill,
for burial in the family lot.
DEATH OF JOSEPH A. LATHAM.
The very many friends of Joseph A
Latham will learn with sorrow of nj
death, which occurre at his residence, IA
Bradley street, yesterday morning. 81
, was well-known and highly respects,
citizen. He had been i'll about nine days
= typhoid fever, followed by blood poison
ing was the cause of his death. The de
E ceased was about sixty years of age, ant
was years ago of the firm of Brakeman {
Latham, steam heaters. Subsequently
was employed In a responsible position
Q with the firm of z. Stannard 6 Sons
D where he had charge of the mouldin
i n
!. genial disposition, highly respected an
e possessed many friends. He was a meu
= q Der of the Church of the Redeemer an
+ also belonged to the New Have
9 Grays, serving about the time of Captain
= Sloat and Bradley, some thirty years age
His attachment to and interest in the CON
pany was ever strong, and he was Away
+ an active Veteran Gray. He was q men
Der of the Knights of Honor and of Woo
ter lodge, F. & A. NJ, also of the Republ
Q can league. He was also stauneh repul
lican and active in the politics of tt
ID Eighth ward for years past. His natiy
% place was Springfield, Mass. He came /
al this city about forty years ago, and Ne
III Haven had since been his home. E
leaves a wife, to whom he was marie
Il thirty-seven years ago, and two daughter
to deeply mourn his loss. Only fe
90 weeks ago the deceased and family wei
g called to mourn the death of Mr. Latham
Of aged mother, whose home had fl
ly years been with the family. Mr.. Latham
at funeral will take place at his late residen'
he on Bradley street this afternoon at O.;
re O'Clock.
70 DEATH OF LUTHER G WHITE OF WATERBURY
ey WATERBURY, April 5.-Luthur G. Viii
e. died suddenly this morning while at Il
It: breakfast table at his home, 35 Prospe
ut | street. Medical Examiner Axtelle W
"a hastily summoned and after Viewing Il
.ir body pronounced the cause of death to
to apoplexy. Mr.. White was born in Sand
l: field, Mass, seventy one years ago. I
n0 came to Waterbury in 1858. After b
arrival he became connected with the Ci
n Manufacturing company at Benedi
& Burnhams', and was its pref
of dent until its absorption by the latter Col
he pany in 1868. In 1866, in company wi
de Alfred Wells he purchased the box esta
Re- lishment of J. Watson White then in E
ng change place and removed the business
e, | the present location on Bank street.. M
nd White was also president of the L.
he White company, manufacturers of button
nails, etc. He has been q sufferer fro
70 heart disease and occasional slight shoe
for several years, but had not been pa
!. ticularly indisposed during the past fe
es days. OF his Immediate family, his wifi
d. one son, George L. White, and one daug
81 ter, Mrs. Lynde Harrison of New Have
st survive him. The deceased was memb
,r, of the First church. The funeral servie
5; will be conducted by the Rev. DR.. Ande
e. son Saturday afternoon at 1:30 at tbs far
g; lily residence.