The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-17
OBITUARY NOTES.
Death of Fire Commissioners Henry
 Sherman HolcOmb.

The news of the death of Fire Com | missioner sherman Holcomb yesterday | forenoon spread rapidly about the city
 and caused general expressions of re | gret and sorrow. Only a few days age
 he was in his full strength and activity
 with a good promise of still many years l before him, and his death comes as 8 | shock to the community. MT. Hol- l combs death was caused by the fall
 which he met with few days ago in | front of his residence. The base of his l skull was fractured. He died at Il o'clock yesterday forenoon. Since the accident MT, Holcomb gradually failed, | despite the best medical care and at | tention.
 MT. Holcomb was born in Branford in | 1S46, fifty-five years ago. His father | was a carriage manufacturer there, and
 the three sons, Henry S., George F. and
 Charles N, followed that business when they grew to manhood. He came to this city from Branford about thirty years ago, and, with his brother and father, entered the carriage business,
 with a plant at Grapevine Point. The
 firm was then F. A. Holcomb X Sons.
 Later the firm was reorganiZed under the name of F. A. Holcomb's Sons, and
 subsequently, ex-Governor Bigelow was
 taken into the firm and it became the
 Holcomb Brothers & Go. About fifteen
 years ago the New Haven Carriage
 company was formed by MT. Holcomb
 and the plant at Franklin and Water streets was established. This was sold
 to the Electric Vehicle company about two years ago. MT. Holcomb years ago spent some time in San Francisco, where his firm had carriage reposi- tory Since his retirement from the New Haven Carriage company MT. Holcomb had devoted most of his time to the duties of fire commissioner.
 Although MT. Holcomb was a we'll known figure in New Haven business life, he was even better known i'll club and social circles. He was for great many years, and up to the time of his death. one of the governors of the Quinnipiack club, and he was also a member of the house committee of the same institution. He was also a mem Der of the board of governors of the Ansantawae club. He was member of the Branford lodge of Freemasons,- member of New Haven commandery, Knights Templar, and member of Pu- laski lodge No. 26, Royal Arch Masons. He was at one time the commodore of the New Haven Yacht club and had two yachts, the Marion and the Undine. He was also a member of Trinity Episcopal church, Branford.
 In politics MT. Holcomb was demo- crat. His first political office was that of fire commissioner, to which he was appointed in 1899 by Mayor Driscoll. When the fire commission was organ ized in that year Mr. Holcomb was elected president This summer when the new board came in, he preferred not to remain as president and James H. Parish was chosen but continued as a member.
 MT. Holcomb is survived by widow one daughter, Mrs. S. A. York, jr, and one son, Harry c. Holcomb, the Goffe l street carriage manufacturer, In addi- | tion two brothers, Mayor George F. Holcomb and Charles N. Holcomb. and two sisters, Miss Minnie Holcomb, of | Newton Mass, and Mrs. J. H. Page. of | Portland, Oregon, survive him. The | deceased was highly respected by every | one who knew him.
 The funeral will be held on Thursday | afternoon at ? o'clock.