The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-29
OBITUARY NOTES.
Death of Mrs. N. II. II. Pennell.

nue., died at o'clock Saturday morn
ing, March n, after several weeks of
sickness, Her death. takes away de-
voted wife and mother and a true and
loyal friend, and will leave a sad mem
DRY to all who knew her.
She leaves husband and three sons,
Theodore, Frederick and Willard also
mother, two sisters and two broth
ers.
MARY A. THOMAS-AN ESTINIABLE
OLD LADY.
Mrs. Mary A. Thomas of Woodbridge
died at SO Whalley avenue Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas was the widow of Nathan
F. Thomas, we'll known resident Of
Woodbridge, and leaves a son, Justus
Thomas, and daughter, Miss Emily
Thomas, the stenographer, with whom
she lived, She had for several years
spent the winter in this city and the
summer at her home ON Thomas farm
in Woodbridge. She was eighty seven
years old. She was an attendant for
many years of Woodbridge Congrega-
tional church. She was very genial,
pleasant-spoken old lady, whom it was
pleasure to know and to meet She
was quite active and in good health
even in old age. Her youngest daugh-
ter, who died few years ago, was the
first wife of the late lamented Il. A.
| Chatfield, who was the head of the e.
A. Chatfield company of State street,
this city.
Rev. s. P. Marvin will assist at the
funeral, which will take place at No. SO
Whalley avenue tomorrow at l o'clock
| p. m. Interment in Woodbridge ceme-
terry.
REV. HOMER NORTHRUP DUN
MING.
The Rev. Homer Northrup Dunning
died at his home in South Norwalk,
Conn.,, Saturday He was born in
Brookfeld Conn, in 1927, and after
working his own way was graduated at
Yale with high honors in 1S4S and at
Union Theological seminary in 1852 His
| first passionate was at the Gloversville
/ IN. W Congregational church, where
he married Miss Sarah Candies. He
was pastor of the South NorWalk Con-
gregational church from 1866 to 1888,
when he resigned and retired from the
! oCfoIiiie5 Gil iiio haAAAC W AisSt
airy work. He was famous as a trans
lator of German, Greek and Hebrew,
one of his most noted works being his
poetica1 translation of the Book of Job,
from the original Hebrew.
A PROMINENT NEW YORKER
BURIAL IN NORWICH.
William Bond died Saturday morrT
ing after long illness at his resi-
! dence, 50 West Ninety street,
New York city. He.wa born at Stur-
bridge, Mass, in 1928, and was a grad
uate of the Harvard law school in 1850.
He began the practice of law at Nor
witch, Conn. He came to New York
city in 1860, and, after practicing law
for short time, became interested in
western gold and silver mines and
later in railroads. He was the receiver
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
road, and for ten years afterward it's
general manager. At the time of his
death he was a member of the board of
directors of the road and was also pres
| ident of the Southwestern Coal and
Iron Improvement company. He was
member of the Lotos. Union and the
Century clubs, and fellow of the ma
tional academy of design.
He was a widower and leaves a
daughter, Mrs. James H. CARL of this
city. He also leaves two brothers, one
of whom is Frank S. Bond, vice presi-
dent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul railroad, and two sisters.
The funeral took place yesterday af-
ternoon at Christ's church, Norwich,
Conn
A PROMINENT CONNECTICUT
MAN.
/ Ralph Cheney, one of the founders of
| the firm of Cheney Brothers, the silk
manufacturers of South Manchester,
1 Conn. died in that place last Friday at
the age of ninety-one years. He was
the son of George Cheney of South
| Manchester, who, together with his
brother Ward. began the manufacture
of silk in 1884 under unique circum-
stances. Beginning in a small way,
the brothers built up by slow degrees
an extensive business with silk mills
at South Manchester and in Hartford.
They soon were able to employ between
$500 and 1000 operatives, and back in
| the forties the quality of their sewing
silks was such that they were able to
compete with the best products of
Europe in that line
The Cheney brothers established on
their fathers farm the model manu-
featuring village of South Manchester,
with cottage homes, school, library
and reading rooms, a handsome theater,
and extensive pleasure grounds. The
founders built their own homes in the
village, and while they lived the most
cordial relations existed between them
and their workmen. Those agreeable
relations have been perpetuated as the
business has been handed down to sub
sequent generations. Ralph Cheney
possessed all of the sterling character
istics of his progressive ancestors. and
| he had in a marked degree the family
affection Of South Manchester His
home was there from the time of his
| birth until his death. To the energy
and perseverance of the Cheney family
/ is chiefly attributed the successful es-
| Establishment of the silk industry in this
/ country. Ralph Cheney's uncle, Ward,
was the first president of the Silk As
| ISOLATION of America.
! The venerable manufacturer whose
death is here chronicled was direc-