The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-05

In the death of Ezra Beach Dibble, New Haven has lost a familiar and honored citizen, who, by his noble Christian life and kindly, genial dispo- sition, had made all who knew him his friends.
 MT. Dibble was born in Danbury, this state, November 30, 1882. He removed in infancy, with his parents to New Haven making him @ lifelong resident of this city. He was a member of the Lancasterian School association, receiv- ing his education under the instruction of that famous pedagogue, John E. Lowell.
 In public service to this city Mir. Dib- ble was well known as registrar and a member of the board of relief previous to his election to the board of asses sors, in the year 1873, which position he | held with great aceptableness and effi- , ciency continuously for ten years He was first appointed to a position in the United States customs service in New Haven, under the administration of Collector John C. Blxby, August 1, 1885, l Here he held the place of head of the marine division of the custom house, having sole charge of the records and service pertaining to the large fleet of vessels belonging to the port of New Haven. His work was necessarily con- fining and exacting, requiring great diligence and care, especially in keep ing the invaluable records and papers required by his department But so l thorough and painstaking and careful was his work that it elicited unqnali- fled commendation from the United States inspectors who from time to time were required to inspect his rec ords and reports. This service brought him into daily contact with the owners and masters of many vessels. who uni formly spoke in warm commendation of his courtesy and careful attention to their interests
 A few months after the expiration of Collector Bixby's term MT Dibble re- tired from government servlce-that is, on the first of February, 1890. He was, however. restored to the same position in the custom house that he had pre- viously held, by Collector J. Rice Win chell, March 6, 1893, where he remained uninterruptedly till his death Through all these years he gave unqualified sat- sfaction to the government, as we'll as to all those with whom he came per- sonally and officially into business re- lations. The writer believes that through his entire connection with the custom house in this city, during 8 period of nearly nineteen years, he did not incur the displeasure of even one person, while his friends are innumer- able.
 During his position at the head of the marine division of the custom house MT. Dibbe was promoted to the place | of deputy collector of customs, which, while not affecting his status as chief of his division, enlarged his powers and | indicated a mark of increased confi- dence and honor in the service.
 Mir. Dibble had for many years been a member of the local board of United States civil service examiners, where his services were frequently in request.
 MT. Dibble was often referred to as an authority on genealogical topics, having written a genealogy of the Dib- ble family, tracing his ancestry in America back to Thomas Dibble. of Dorchester, Mass, where he lived in the year 1885. He proudly claimed his titled to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution to Captain Ezra Dibble, of Danbury, Conn. He was for over fifty years member of the Masonic order, and also of City lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Eel lows.
 In the year 1854 MT. Dibble was unit ed in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Reynolds, of this city. Their home life has been particularly united and happy one. In their flfty-two years of welded life they have celebrated many joyful anniversaries, made lit- erally doubly interesting from both having the thirtieth of November as their natal day, with but five years difference in their ages. Thanksgiving day, 19O5 occurred upon their united anniversaries, making that next to their last natal jubilee one famous and l long to be remembered.
 Their children are Miss Lizzie M. Dibble, whose home has been always with her parents, and Alice, wife of the Rev. Henry Harvey Morse, pastor of the Calvary Congregational church of Danbury
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