The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-21
MUNSILL TABLET.
Placed in the Congregational Church
 in WinSted

in Winsted..
 MT. Gail B. Munsill, of Hartford, who is deeply interested in the record left by his ancestors in the church and town government of Winchester, has placed a beautiful memorial tablet in the Congregational church in Winsted in honor of the life and services of his grandfather, who was deason in the church from 1858 until the time of his death, August 1, 1885. The tablet is modelled from the one that was placed several years ago in the Center church in this city in memory of the Hey. Dr. Joel Hawes The inscription on the tablet is as follows:
 Tn memory of Marcus Munsill Born October 13 1900. Chosen deason of this church, 1858, and continued un- til his decease, August, 1885," On the right upper corner is a monogram of the Greek letters Alpha and Omega. The opposite corner contains the sym bolical letters, representing the Greek | word Christos. Both are Christian emblems. These no not appear how ever, on the Hawes tablet The Hart | ford Times says:
 Deacon Munsill was eighty years of age at the time of his death, and was an honored resident of Winsted. He represented the town of Winchester in the general assembly in 1S46 and also in 1874. Isaac Toucey of this city was the governor and Isaac W. Stuart, | @c fAI tors, was the senator from the old Hartford district. Ex-Governor Chas. R. Ingersoll was the clerk of the house. This was in 1S46. The members of the house from this city were Thomas c. Perkins and David IF. Robinson. La fayette s. Foster, who afterwards be- came United States senator, and was acting president of the senate during l the Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the millionaire philan- l thropist, Daniel B. Fayerweather, who l died November 15, 1890, were on the i floor of the house with Deacon Munsill l during the session of 1S46. Clark Bis sell was governor and the late Chief Justice Charles J. McCurdy of Lyme was lieutenant-governo in 1S47. Of
 
 who served with Deacon Munsill, the 1 Hon. w. w. Eaton and Major Freeman N. Brown of this city, Judge Hiram Wiley of East Haddam, edediah Dem l ing of Newington and the Hon. Chaun- cey Rowe of Farmington are still liv- l ing, not one of the survivors being un- der eighty years of age. Henry Minor of Wolcott, one of the oldest town clerks in the state, was also in the house with Deacon Munsill.
 Back in 1925 Deacon Munsill was ir the militia service of the state. A commission which he held as lieuten- ant in the Sixteenth regiment, signed by Governor Oliver Wolcott, was found recently by Mr. Gail B. Munsill in the effects and papers left by the father o1 MT. Munsill, the late Mills s. Munsill The old commission is intact, and the governors signature is perfect.
 Mr. Munsill was at Winsted lasi week attending to the erection of the tablet, and the beautiful work was seen by the members off the churcf for the first time on Sunday. The tab let was designed and placed in the church by MT. Stephen Maslen of this city. The Rev. Arthur Goodenough i. the pastor of the church, and no doub will deliver a memorial discourse soor concerning the noble life that has beer commemorated by the erection of tht tablet.