The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-24
DE EArH OF MRs. J, E. wINouEsrEn.
Occurred Last Night at Her Prospect
 Street Residence.

Mrs. Jane F. Winchester, widow of the late ex-Lieutenant Governor Oliver F. Winchester, died at 10:3O last night at her residence, No. 423 Prospect street. Mrs. Winchester was in the ninety-first year of her age and had been in i'll health, due to her old age for about two years, although she was a remarkably well preserved lady, both mentally and physically for one of her years, retaining almost to the last her full mental powers, For the last two months she had been extremely feeble and had been confined to the house. Previous to that during the last two years she had experienced several bad spells, from which she rallied, however, each time. She was attended during her last illness by Dr. B. H. Cheney, who had been her attending physician for number of years. She leaves but one child, Mrs. Bennett, wife of Thomas G. Bennett, president of the Winchester Repeating Arms company. A son, William w. Winchester, died about fifteen years ago. Mrs. Win chester was a lady of wealth and paid taxes on over $350,00O. She was one of the largest stockholders in the Win chester Repeating Arms company. She built the Winchester building on Orange street and also the building on Chapel street occupied by the Charles Monson company, and besides these owned considerable other real estate about the city. She donated to Yale univer- sity Winchester hall, one of the largest and most imposing of the buildings of the Sheffield Scientific school and her total gifts to the university amount to about a quarter of a million dollars. Mrs Winchester was a member of Call vary Baptist church and gave from her conservatorieS to the church many fine collections of flowers at Easter and on other special church occasions She was a most amiable and dearly beloved lady and her heart was always open to the calls of the needy and suffering. Her many private benefactions brought cheer to the hearts of hundreds of the city's poor and her benevolence of dis position is evidenced as well by this as by her gifts to Yale.
 Her husband, the late Oliver F. Winchester, was the founder of the business of the Winchester Repeating Arms company and for many years before the founding Of that business was associated with the late John M. Davies in the firm of Winchester & Davies, one of the largest shirt manu- featuring firms in the United States. The son, William W. Winchester, was for many years associated with his father in this business.
 The factory was located on Court street in the buildings now occupied by the Strouse, Adler & Go. corset factory. MT. Winchester and Mr. Davies built two of the finest residences of the city adjoining each other on Prospect street, each with spacious grounds, the one built by MT. Winchester being the residence occupied by Mrs. Winchester up to the time of her death. Mrs. Davies occupied the Davies residence on Prospect street and died but short time ago. It was after the dissolution of his partnership with MT. Davies that the manufacture of fire arms and founded the great business which to- day bears his name. MT. Winchester donated to Yale university the observ- atory on Prospect hill and the large tract of land on which the observatory stands