The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-05-07
DEATH OF c. s. BUSHNELL
4 MAN OF GREAT RESOURCES AND
 NATIONAL FAME.

A Sketch of His Career-A Wonderful Man in Many Respects-His Remarkable En- terprise and Indomitable Energy-First Director of Union Pacific Road-Instru- mental in Building the Monitor.
 Cornelius s. Bushnell, for many years a leading New Haven and Connecti- cut man, died yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the San Reno hotel, New York city, where he was sojournihg with his wife. He died of heart failure following an illness of about one month with the grip. Last Sunday a consul tation of eminent physicians was had in his case and it was thought that all though he was greatly prostrated he would recover. His son, Winthrop G., of this city,visited him last Sunday and MT. Bushnell talked cheerfully and hopefully and seemed to be improving His death comes as a shock to his great number of warm friends The obsequies will be held in this city on
 
 etery
 MT, Bushnell resided in this city for more than twenty years, leaving here for New York about ten years ago. His residence here for years was the large and we'll built house on the corner of Howe and Crown streets. He was thrice married. His first wife, a lady well known in New Haven circles, es- pecially in church circles. she having been a New Haven lady and one of the prominent women of the old Howe street Congregational church, nee Miss Emily Fowler Clark. She died years &go His second wife was Caroline M. Hughston, widow of Hon. John A. Hughston of New York. MT. BushnelIs widow is a Cleveland, O., lady She was the widow of MT, Ford, Cleve- land, O., business man. Mr. Bushnell was married to her about seven years ago. MT. Bushnell leaves seven sons and one daughter, all grown to maturi- ty. They are Serene S, of this city; Rev. Samuel C., of Arlington Mass: Mrs. G. L. Watrous Of Marion, Ind; c. Judson of New York, Nathan l.. of Lima, O.; Ericsson Foote Bushnell, the famous basso of New York, and Win throp G., and Edward w. of New Ha- ven.
 He was a man of large frame, robust and vigorous, of commanding presence and one who would command attention in any assembly as a man of affairs. He was a most genial, whole souled public spirited man of vast energy, and activity, and made and lost several large fortunes and won national fame for his connection with the building of the Monitor, which sank the Merrimac, and from his connection with the build- ing of the Union Pacific road, which, for the first time connected the east with the Pacific coast by bands of iron. He won fame also in very recent years by his connection with the building of the Destroyer war boat, which was later bought by the Brazilian govern ment,
 Cornelius Scranton Bushnell was born in Madison, this state, July IS, 1928. His father Nathan Bushnell, and his mother, Chloe Scranton, were each descended in direct line from Francis Bushnell and John Scranton, who emi- grated from England to the New Ha- ven colony in 1888, in the company which purchased the Guilford planta- tion from the Indians and erected the stone house, which may still be seen in good condition just north of the Guilford depot. The boyhood of Mr. Bushnell was spent in the retirement of his native town. Opportunities were few but work was plenty on the farm and iv, I,jc Fnt J,, L. attended the village school making the best use he could of it's meagre fa- cilities. At the age of fifteen his life work began. Starting out on coasting vessel he became in less than one year master of sixty ton schooner, and by great effort and economy succeeded in saving during the next five years the sum of $2700. This he invested in house in New Haven, which hence forth became his home. The day af- ter he became of age he was married to Emily Fowler Clarke. The result of the marriage was the birth of nine sons and one daughter, viz. Serene Scranton, Samuel Clarke, Charlotte Beecher, Cornelius Judson, Nathan T., Henry Northrop, Ericsson Foote Win throp Grant, Edward William and Levi Ives.
 Soon after his marriage he entered into partnership with his brother, Ma than Townsend Bushnell, in the whole sale and retail grocery business, estab- fishing what has been and still is the largest business of its kind in the state Early in 1858 he became interested in the New Haven and New London rail- road, which was greatly embarrassed for want of funds. It had become evil dent that the running of trains would have to be abandoned unless a larger earning capacity could be secured; which could only be secured by ex- tending the road to Stonington. Mr. Bushnell was chosen president and pushed the new enterprise with such vigor (obtaining assistance on his own notes indorsed by friends and securing a contract with Daniel Drew of the Stonington steamboat line to advance his notes for s15000. as rent of the steamboat dock at Groton9 that through trains began to run from New York to Boston in 1860. Great difficulty was ex- the New York road to sell through tickets or check baggage owing to a contract then in force with the Hart ford road MT Bushnell accordingly had recourse to the legislature, then in session at Hartford. and by the help of Charles Ingersoll, then representative from New Haven, and afterward gov