Connecticut western news., 1893-07-20
DEATH OF FORBES MUNSON.
From the Gowanda N. Y. newspapers

From the Gowanda N. Y. newspapers we learn that Forbes Munson died at Niagara Falls, N. Y. the 9th inst.
 Forbes Munson was a native of Ca naan, Conn.,, and was the son of the late Luther Munson who also was a na- tive of Canaan but who died at Topeka, Kansas, few years ago. The older residents of Canaan well know the rec ords which Luther Munson and Forbes Munson made in Canaan and vicinity. We will not review those peculiar records, and the circumstances under which both father and son left Canaan. We will simply say that while in Canaan they lived in the house now owned and occupied by Francis A. Peet.
 The Gowanda (N. Y J Leader of July 18th says:
 Word was received here Monday of the death by apoplexy of Forbes Mun- son at his home at Niagara Falls. Com ment on the life and death of MT Nun son IS unnecessary.
 We can avoid publishing the record which Forbes Munson made during his earlier years, but as an item of news we are called upon to copy the following brief sketch published by the Gowanda IN. Y Herald of July 14th:
 "Col' Forbes Munson whose meteoric career Gowandisns know we'll, died at Niagara Falls Sunday night. No par ticulars of his death, have as yet come to hand. He was native of Canaan, Conn.,, having been born there Feb IT, 1897, and consequently was in his 67th year. He was an only child. He mar ried for his first wife daughter of his stepmother, Miss Matilda Woodbridge, by whom he had three children-an i'm. beetle son, daughter, Lena, who died in Vineland, N. J., at the age of IS, and a son, Forbes, Jr., who is in the art business in Philadelphia. He was said to be 8 chip of the old block, and Go wandians need no other information. For his second wife "Col" Munson mar ried handsome young widow here, Mrs Lucette Lanxon, nee Hackney, a sister of Charles and Constantine Black ney. By her he had one child,a daugh- ter, born about four years ago. Both wife and child survive him. If "Col" Munson's full career could be written up from the time he was Is until his death, Rider Haggard or Jules Verne would mt be in it at all. He left Canaan in 1861 and record of his travels and doings from then until he burst upon the horizon of Gowanda in 1878. would fill half-dozen papers like the HERALD. He almost invariably had plenty of money, which he spent lavishly. He was charitable, hberal-minded and kept money in constant circulation. He had his faults, and very serious ones, and he had his virtues. He was strange com- pound, and his memory will hang like 8 burr in the minds of those who knew him years after holier men have been buried in oblivion. He was manager of Sellew & Topples machine works here and in Dnnkirk for seven years, until the firm went out of existence in 1885. He leased the Wm Young estate at the lower end of Main street, and made ex- tensive repairs and improvements. His stables and menager1e exhibit still excite the curious gaze of strangers. He left Gowanda as suddenly as he appeared. His departure occurred in March, 1891, and 1t was said he sought the climate on the thither side of the rapid rolling Mi agara deeming it more beneficial to his physical health. When he partially re- covered he moved to this side and be- came resident of Niagara Falls. Re Quiscm in pace.