The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-04
DEATH OF GEORGE M. GRANT
ONE OF NEW HAPPENS LEADING
 BUILDERS ron YEARS.
Died at His Home Last Evening-A Sketch of His Carcer-Served the City Public Health.

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 George M. Grant, one of the leading mason builders of New Haven fof many years, died at his home on Lyon
 street last evening at 9:30 o'clock. The | news will be received with much sad
 ness as he was a man so well known
 about town and prominent and active
 in business affairs. He was taken i'll
 December last when he had severe shock of paralysis. He had slight
 shock two years ago. from which he re-
 covered and resumed his business af- | fairs. The shock of December was
 followed by a third, which he sustained
 last Monday, when his case became
 hopeless.
 MT. Grant was a native of New Ha- | ven and this city had always been his home. His father was William Grant who was one of New Haven's first reg
 ular police officer. George attended the old Lancasterian school for number
 of years, and always took an interest in
 this famous old local school, and was
 member of the Lancasterian School
 association. He learned the avocatiop
 of mason, and worked as a journey
 man until 1871, when he was taken into
 the firm of Perkins, Chatfield & Co.,
 which in 1875, by the retirement of Mir.
 Perkins, became the firm of Chatfield &
 Grant. The firm of Chatfield & Grant
 was dissolved in 1886, owing to Philo Chatfeld's retirement on account of i'll health. MT. Grant continued the bust ness until 1894, when a joint stock com pany was formed, consisting of MT. Grant, w. r. Gillette who had previ- ously been foreman, and Frederick Chatfield, who had been connected with the business for many years. This comprises the history of Mr. Grants as- sociation with this noted New Haven firm. which has erected great number of the principal buildings of the city.
 The deceased was for years chief war den of St. Johns P. F. church, but on the removal of St. Johns church to it's new edlfice on Orange street he joined St. Paul's church. it being much nearer to his residence. He was member of Hiram lodge A. F. and A. M., and of Quinnipiac lodge, I. o. o. F., and of the Knights of Honor. and the New Haven Chamber of Commerce. He was for many years president of the old Jeffer- sonian club of this city, and for A number of years was member of New Haven's board of public works. He also served some time as a member Of the city'S board of health. He was also a director of the Connecticut Savings bank, and of the Evergreen Cemetery association
 He leaves a widow and one adopted child, Mrs. Minnie E. Riddell of Red | lands, Cal. MT. Grant was interested in an orange grove in Redlands. and one of his chief diversions in his later years was to visit California in the | winter and he had made trip there for the last eight or nine | years.
 MT. Grant was twice married. His | first wife was Miss Julia M. Freeman 1 of this city, who died about twenty-five years ago. Mrs. Grant, the widow of the deceased was the wife of Jerome '. Judson, Of the tlrm of Judson Bros MT. Judson died years ago. leaving one daughter. who is the widow of Austin and whose home was with Mr. and Mrs. Grant.
 MT. Grant was a man of much pub- ic spirit and keenly interested in all passing local and national events. and gave freely of his time and attention Q the various public positions which 7e had occupied. He was a kind hus- It oand and father a benevolent man and l citizen whose death is a loss to New h Haven.