The Newtown bee., 1909-10-15
The NeWtoWn Bee Newtown, Friday, october l5, 1903,
Washington
STEPHEN SANFORD MoREHoUsE,

" u6HtHkhhH D beHt hHuNh NlIlAtHht
 passed away at his late home on
 Washington Green. He had reached
 the advanced age of nearly S5 years.
 and although he had been in feeble
 health for many months, the news Of
 his death came very suduenly to the
 community. He WIS born on June 25.
 1925, of good old New England
 stock and of a family with a mili-
 tary record, being the oldest son of
 Phebe and Dimon Warehouse, whose
 first wife was a Huluah Titus. The
 subject of our sketch married Maria
 Patterson of RoXbury and his early
 years were spent on his Church Hill
 farm. About 30 years ago he moved
 to the Green, purchasing a home
 opposite the old store and next to
 the Gunnery school Here he lost
 his wife and only daughter, Amy.
 In 1883 he married Henrietta A.
 Hubbell of Washington Green. MT
 Warehouse was a staunch democrat and had faithfully served the town as selectman. Although sharp in his
 criticisms, which often fell where
 they were well deserved, he was the
 first, by his keen wit, to settle diff culty without the aid of the law. He
 was also for 16 years the trusted
 treasurer of St Johns church and also trustee for his brothers and sis ter's estate, which was left to the different parishes in Connecticut, and on account of his business ability his advice was frequently sought by the men of his own parish. MT More house had a commanding military appearance and delighted to relate his training day experiences to the younger generation. The old Gun nery boys, when they returned to their reunions had grown to look for his familiar figure on the porch and postoffice steps as they did for the sturdy oaks and naples of the old school town. To hear Steve" tell story in Erastus Hurlburt's old store was a treat, which many a young ster, now grown gray, recalls with real pleasure. Among MT More houses most precious relics was sash worn by Gen Lafayette during the Revolutionary war. This sash the great marquis wound about his leg when wounded at the Battle of the Brandywine. Both sash and epaulets worn by Gen Lafayette were left at Hartford when he re- turned to France and Gen D. B. Brunswick and Col Hawley More house went to Hartford and brought them home to Washington. Gen Brunswick used them during his days. Later Dimon More house, Stephen Morehouse's father, purchased the sash and it has been in the Warehouse family ever since. This historical sash, which is at least four yards long, is made of a heavy, dark red silk thread and has a deep fringe at either end. It plainly shows the bloodstains of the battle. It is interesting to note that this sash was lent by Dimon Warehouse to Frederick J. Fenn, who participated in the Hartford celebration, given September 4, 1924, in honor of Gen LaFayette's visit to this country. A letter written by Frederick J. Fenn, who was Seth Fenn's father, in order that his descendants might read a true account of an event in which he took an honorable part, has been preserved by MT More house. The following is the letter given in full as it is of interest to many families who now live in this place:
 September 4, 1924.
 "On that day at 7 o'clock in the I arrived in the city of Hartford to witness the reception of Gen Lafayette. The general arrived with his suite at II o'clock in a coach drawn by four elegant white horses, accompanied by his son, George w. Lafayette, his secretary, Monsieur Le Vasseur, and servants. A triumphal arch was erected in front of the State House, beautifully decorated with evergreens, over which was inscribed in large letters Welcome, Lafayette" and on the pillars Monmouth, 177S" and"York- own, 17S1." He passed down Main 1 Street to Bennett's Hotel, greeted by 1 he hearty cheers of about 2500 free nen, who had assembled on this joy JUS occasion. He was escorted from Cast Hartford by the eGovernor's horse guards and a brigade of infantry. After remaining at Bennett's Hotel about an hour and a quarter, he 1 lgain passed up Main Street, down State Street and back to the arch | erected in front of the State House, n an open barouche, attended by His Gxcellency, Oliver Wolcott, where roops passed in review before him. Oliver Wolcott was one of the signers If the Declara tion of Independence, tn intimate friend of Washington, brave soldier and of course an as- ociate of Gen Lafayette during the Revolutionary War. Then he was introduced to about 100 soldiers, who lad fought under him, all of whom le took by the hand and two of whom he recognized. Then a process ion of small girls, dressed in white md bareheaded two and two, at ended by little boys, two and two, passed before him. Gen Johnson, vno was general of the day, then introduced to him all the officers of he militia, whom he had reviewed md then he returned to his quarters
 It the house of Col Wadsworth. The leputation to which he then belong d, consisting of Gen J. B. Brins- made, Colonels Hawley Warehouse
 nd William Odell, Dr Warren R. 'owler, Captian Matthew Logan,