The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-30
DEATH ov A STAMFORD LADY.

Daughter of a We'll Known New York
 Merchant-she Came to Stamford in
 1882 and Married Theodore Daven- port.
 Mrs. Harriet G. Davenport, the vene- rable widow of the late Theodore Da- venport, died at her residence in this city Tuesday morning, in her eighty fifth year. For some years she has been in the comparative retirement ne cessitated by the physical weakness in- cident to her advanced age, but in her private family circle and among inti- mate acquaintances continued to man fest those engaging and gracious traits of character which i'll her younger and more active years had made her favorite and Influential fac tor in the church and social life Of Stamford as it was in mid-century times. In her growing feebleness of health, however, there was nothing ominous, of immediae danger, until on Sunday last a sudden stroke of apo- plexy so prostrated and disabled her 1 that little or no rational hopes for her recovery could be entertained. She died peacefully in the quiet and fanil- far scenes of her long established home, and surrounded by the family and i friends who knew her best and loved l her most.
 The deceased lady was possessed of considerable real state and other prop erty in Stamford and elsewhere. Her death recalls much of local historical interest both for the long period of time covered by the extended span of her life, and for her connection with family associations more or less promi- f nently identified with Stamford and it's affairs for more than two hundred J years. Her husband, the late Theodore l Davenport, who died in 1884, was a son of Major John Davenport, who as a l young man was an active patriot in the Revolutionary period. and subsequent ly for several terms represented this section of the state in the national con- gress. Major Johns father was that Abraham Davenport whom the most l cursory glance at the records of the time shows to have been among the most widely known and highly honored citizens of this place during a life ! which covered the greater part of the eighteenth century
 The deceased was mother-in-law of Hon. Samuel Fessenden of our city, SC widely known in the legal profession and in the field of state and national l politics as well. Among her sons John Davenport, of the Davenport & Treacy Co., has been engaged for the last week or ten days enjoying hunting and fishing expedition in the remote woods of Maine, a matter which had become of peculiar importance In the circum- stances, as it involved a special difficult ty in communicating to them the news l of the sudden death of his venerable mother, to whom he was greatly at tached With him she, has made hei home for many years. The difficulty spoken of, however, has been overcome and a message was received from MT Davenport to-day saying that he ex- pected to reach home his evening.
 Her other children, besides John ant Mrs.. Fessenden, above mentioned, arc James B., of 193 Atlantic street, ant Theodore, now residing in Washington Her other daughter, Mrs Galen A. Car ter, Is deceased. f4
 Robert Chesebrough, father of Mrs Davenport, was one of the foremos dry goods merchants of New York, ant her mother, Content Rathbone, be longed to a well-known Albany family Miss Cherebrough came to Stamford with her parents in 1882, when thu great cholera plague was raging il New York. Theodore Davenport, { bachelor somewhat her senior, was a l that time living in the old Davenpor house on Main street. He was princi pal owner of wire mill at Roxbury and subsequently, erected a more exten sive mill at Saltwater. These wer, among the principal industries in thi section in their day, but with the Bes semer steel process they soon closed down. Mir. Davenport, at the time 0 his death, was in his ninety-th third year
 The funeral services, which will b Eheld at the late residence of the de ceased, Bay Point, are appointed fo Friday, July 31, at o'clock p. nl- Stamford Advocate.