The Portland daily press., 1900-10-04
OBITUARY.
LUTHER BRADFORD.

Luther Bradford, so long connected
with the Custom house, was yesterday
morning found dead In his bed at his
residence at Woodfords. He was at tt q
Custom house in apparently his usual
heath on Tuesday. He asked for vaea-
tIon and was readily granted it. Yester-
day morning he was to leave with his
wife on pleasure trip. 1t was undoubt-
edly heart disease that caused his sudden
death, and the physician thought he must
have been dead about three hours, at
least, when he was discovered.
Mr.. Bradford was born In the town OF
Turner In this state in the year 1889. He
came here at an early age and when the
war broke out enlisted in the 18th Maine
regiment, serving three years, from 1869
to 1865. Hs lost an arm in the service
and on this account VIII be remembered,
as he was familiar figure as he drove in
30 his work with the reins wound round
the stump Of his missing arm.
Mr.. Bradford got his 1irst appointment
to the Custom house service in 1879, when
he became night watchm an for the win
ter steamship work.
In 1873 he was made inspector and
served until 1887, when he was removed
by Collector Anderson. In 1890 he was
reappointed by Collector Dow, as tempo
rary inspector and the following year was
made permanent inspector. Since then
he has served continuously in the same
position. He was secretary of the 10th
Maine Regiment association and was
member of Bosworth Post. He was a
man who had few enemies and gained
friends on all sides by his strict attention
to his duties
He was past commander of the Union
Veteran league, member of Bramhall
lodge, K. of p, Of Deering lodge, Ancient
Order United Workmen and of Bosworth
Post, G. A. r,
He was one of the Oldest post members
and had always been a hard worker for
and deeply interested in It's welfare.
He leaves a widow and two daughters,
Miss Nellie Bradford, bookkeeper at the
Casco Loan and Building association,
and Mrs. Flora Stuart of Jamaica Plain,
Mass.
The funeral services will be held at
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. Interment
viii be in Evergreen cemetery.
MRS. HATTIE F. PARSONS.
In Portland on September goth, 1900,
Mrs. Hattie Florence Cousins, wife OF
Mr.. Frank II. Parsons of Conway, N.
H., closed her eyes forever, and silently
her white, pure spirit winged It's way to
the unseen world.
She was one of five daughters of AbraIn
and Elizabeth Cousins, of Limingto7.
Her family is an old one in that town,
both parents being descendants of
Francis Small or 1868 activities there;
and also descendants of the pioneer set
tiers. whose honest toll caused the forest
to retire from the hill-sides, and food
producing farm lands to appear.
Her parental home has ever been re-
markable for it's harmony. The parents
and the five daughters were ever as one
in all things. They were like we'll
trained choir Wherln no discOrdant note
Is heard. To an outside observer the five
daughters looked alike, talked alike,
Thought alike and acted alike. Knowing
one, you knew the five. 10 obtain the
highest good for each, was the purpose of
all. Each visited the parental home fre-
quentIy, but however frequent those
visits might be. they all reassenlbled each
Christmas for more formal cementing
of family ties.
Mrs. Parsons had been q sufferer for
mary years, and the best authorities de-
clared that by the surgeons aid alone
could she be restored TO health. 81 wish
Jcould take her place and suffer for her,
said the devoted husband on the eve of
the surgeons labor; snd his face elo-
quently sustained the tongue In that self