The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-29
THREE 0CTOGEN ARIANS.
DEATH OF .iS 0LD RESIDENT or
 WEST HAVEN, AMOS F. STRONG.

Three old shopmates. All Excellent Mon.
 An0yer Eighty, Died in tho Same Week.
 Amos II, Strong. and old and esteem cd resident of West Haven. residing on Third avenue, died yesterday after a short illness, aged eighty-four. His bsaith had been excellent for ono of his years np to within a short time. and he had ossn unusually active for an old man. He enjoyed walking. and not long since he walked to wstertown. Conn. and bought COW aud returned the same day, pretty good pedestrian feat for a young man. He dled of heart en- largeu,ant and diabetes. after having basn confined to his bed only eight days. Al that aind care and medical skill could de were unavsilink, He wss at- tended by Drs. wilson aud Shepard. He suffered greatly in the last few days He was native of woodbury. Cona., of the part known as Strong | town, and was descendant of the strenss who first settled in New Eng land. He came 70 West Haven to live when young man. snd West Haven had been his home most Of .he time for sixty yeara His wife who was a W.st Haven lady, disd a sep years ago. She Lherttsd from her father the lands where the Nottingham mansion 's. Mr. Strong was member of the | Congregational church, West Haven. At one time he was for time engaged | In farming In 1owa.He leaves one son, Edwin R, Strong, d joiner of West Ha- ven, who was married a few months ago, and one daughter. who Is the wife of New Haven's ex-City Sheriff Cole man. is now prominently engaged In celery raising In East Heven.j just east of Saltonutall fake.
 A somewhat striking coincident is the fact that three former old shopmates, each over eighty years of age, who worked at the same time at Davenport & Mallory lock shop. this city, now the Mallory, Wheeler & Co. lock shop, have all died within the past week. They wars the subject of thls obituary, MT. Strong. aged eighty-four; MT. Henry Bushnen of Ferry street, Fair Haven, aged Ighty-twc, whose funeral took place yesterday afternoon. and Alber, L. B. 1cock, aged eighty-two, of West Haven, father of Louis A. Babcock of this city, secretary of the Law and Order league. MT. Babcock was buried last Tuesday.
 The funeral of MT. Strong will take place next Monday afternoon at 2:3O Tho interment will he In Evergreen cemetery.
 FUNERAL OF HENRY BusHNErh
 The funeral services of Mr. Henry Bushnell took place yesterday after noon at hls late residence on Ferry street, attended by largs concourse of borrowing friends, among them many members of the Church of the Redeem CT, of which the deceased had been for
 many years member. and by many of his neighbors and other townspeo- pls who had for many years known and esteemed the deceased. The ser vices were oonductd by Rev. Dr. Phillips, pastor of the Church of the Redeemer, who made admirable re- marks befitting the long life, Christian course, and devotion to principle and family of the deceased. There was i'm pressive bass solo singing as a feature of the solemn occasion. The remains were inferred in the family lot by the side of his wife who died not long since Ths deceased leaves two children. a son and daughter. to mourn the loss of kind, devoted and affectionate parent.
 The bearers were Lyman Law, August Lines, F. P. Merwin and Frank P. Northrop. The interment was in the Union cemetery, Fair Haven.