The Newtown bee., 1906-02-09
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SUDDEN DEATH OF ANDREW LEAvEN- WORTH.

WORTH.
 Sunday morning, this quiet village was shocked and saddened by the sud- Leavenworth, which occurred at his home about Il o'clock, Saturday night. MT Leavenworth evidently aWoke about this time and feeling hungry took his lamp and went down to his pantry to get something to eat, as he had been in the habit of doing fre- Quently. While in the pantry he must either had fainting turn or in some way dropped the lamp which broke all to pieces setting the fnterfOf of the pantry on fire. Seeing the dan ger, he must have started out into his kitchen and taken a large dinner bell and rang it and called for help. After this he probably fell fiat on the kitch- en floor near his stove. Levi Hubbell, who was staying with him, heard his call for help and also heard the bell ring and hastened below to find MT pantry all ablaze. He quickly threw some water on the fire, putting out most of it and then stepped to the
 door and called fire and for help. Stephen Hayes, M. B. Hawley and Fred Klein responded and helped him finish putting out the fire. But noth- ing could be done for MT Leaven- worth as he was beyond human aid. Medical Examiner F. J. Wales of Monroe was called and pronounced his death due to heart trouble. MT Leav- enworth was son of MT and Mrs Eli Leavenworth and was born August IF, 184O, in the LeavenWOrun homestead at Blanket Meadow, where he spent bis boyhood; In the early days of the Civil War, he was a student at the Connecticut Literary Institute in Suf- field. He left this school to enlist as d soldier and was mustered into serv- ice August 28, 1862, in Company D, 17th Regiment. He was captured by the enemy at Charlottesville, Va., May 2, 1863, being afterward released upon parole and was finally discharged on account of disability, February l9, 1864, which gave him two and half years of service under the flag. James Clark, who was buried in the ceme- tery here, last week, was member O1 the same regiment and company. There were quite a few men in this company from this place: William H. Adams, John w. Booth, William Brad. ley, William l. Clark, Eugene Hubbell Edward Nichols, Henry Nichols, Ira ! | OAAV1AS W A4AoLA JA4AVbS OoAA os Wayland and James K. Taylor, with Gen w. Fl. Noble in command. The chief engagements of this regiment and part of the great battles of the war were at Charlottesville, May 2 '63; Gettysburg, July IA, '63; Morris Island and Fort Wagner, August, '63; Welaka and Saunders, Florida, May,
 64; Demus Lake, Florida, February, '65. For number of years he was a county surveyor and in company with his lifelong friend, stephen B. Hayes, assisted in preparing maps of town ships in the west. Alter returning to the east, he conducted store and meat business for considerable time and held various offices in town man agement. MT Leavenworth was gift schools at different times which were attended with good results. While in the west, MT LeavenWorth became ac. quainted with Miss Augusta Keane o1 Ohio, whom he married December 12 1865, She died July 3, 1870. This union was blessed with one daughter
 Nellie Grace LeaVenworth. On Janu ary 8, 1873, MT LeavenwOrth married Miss Emily Drew, who survives him
 The funeral was largely attended from his late home, Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Rev Robert Duncan Oficiat
 ing. The burial was in the village cemetery. There were a number o1 floral tributes. The bearers were ole soldiers and comrades. MT Leaven
 worth is survived by his wife, ont daughter, Mrs w. o. Williams O.
 Brooklyn and one sister, Mrs R. H
 Broderick. Seven grandchildren alst survive him. MT Leavenworth was $ kind and obliging neighbor and will
 be missed in this quiet village.