The Newtown bee., 1904-12-09

HON CHARLES P. LYMAN.-A BRIEF
 SKETCH OF ONE WHOM ALL KES-
 PECTED.-PROMINEN IN BUSINESS
 AND POLITICAL CIRCLES OF THE
 sTATE.-MANY TIMES IGNORED BY
 THE POLITICAL PARTY OF HIS CHOICE.
 HAD SERVED TOWN, SENATORIAL DISTRICT, COUNTY AND STATE FAITH
 FULLY AND WELL.
 Charles P. Lyman died last week Thursday morning at his home in New Preston. The illness was the result of cerebrQ spinal meningitis and was of two months duration. DTS R. H. Marcy of New Preston and Thomas H. Russell of New Haven exercised all their skill but could not control the disease. MT Lyman was born March 9, 1858, and his birthplace was in the home where he died. He was the only mon Lyman. His grandfather was Dr Norman Lyman, who moved from Glastonbury to Litchfeld county many years ago. Dr Edward P. Lyman, father of the deceased, was graduate of Yale and a practicing physician in New Preston and vicinity for forty years, being an unusually progressive and skillful member of his profession. Charles P. Lyman was educated in the common schools of Washington, at the famous Gunnery school in Washington and at Golden Hill Seminary in Bridge port. At the age of IS years he went to Memphis, Tenn, where he became associated with the large wholesale of which was his uncle, Hon Henry Lennon, at that time and for many years thereafter a most prominent business man of Tennessee. MT Lyman continued his connection with the firm of Lennon, Gale & Go. until his fathers death in 1882, when he re- turned to his home in New Preston and decided to make his future home in the house of his birth. In the fol- lowing spring he began the erection of a store adjoining the Lyman homestead and from that time until his death he conducted general merchandising business. In 1883 he married Nellie l.. Sperry, daughter of w. D. and Louisa M..Sperry of New Preston. In 1883, 1884 and 1897. he, represented Wash ingtOn in the general assembly. In 1890 he was elected state senator in the old 10th district by 200 majority, he and Hon o. B. King of Watertown being the only Democrats who were ever chosen senators from that Repub- lican district. He was very prominent III 1CS ldUlFC WOl h dI1O "dS d llClu UCI of the special committee appointed to report to the general assembly on the matter of good roads. His father was an earnest Republican but MT Lyman always voted the Democratic ticket and was consistent advocate of Dem- ocratic principles. From 1893 to 1895 MT Lyman served on the board of coun- ty commissioners for Litchfeld coun- ty. He served his town as seIectman and for several years was member of the local school board. In 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Chicago. In 1928 and 1900 he was Democratic candidate for congress in the Fourth district, running against Hon B. J. Hill, the Republican nomlnee, and cutting down the Republican majority in nearly every town. During the Cleveland ad ministration he was postmaster at New Preston. He was member of the last Democratic state convention and would have been the Democratic nominee for comptroller had he been willing to ac- cept the honor. During the last two or three years his health had not been good and he refrained from as active participation in politics as had been his practice for more than a dozen years. MT Lyman was man of un-