The Newtown bee., 1909-04-16
The NewtcWn Bee.
 Newtown, Friday. April l6, 1909,
WILLIAM GOLD BRINsMADE.

WILLIAM GOLD BRINsMADE.
 January 2l. is5s-Deeembef 8, 1908
 From the Ridge Recorder
 William Gold Brinsmade was born in Liberty Street, Springfield, Mass, January 9l, lh5s. lt would b. dlill- cult 10 find more unmiAea New HagleNd aAreSlry than his, Theline0f the Drinsmades of Washington cOn- ne, ticut, runs: John BrlhSmaGe, with alg w.fe Mary, tame from England l637, Member for Stratford of the General Court. 1869; Daniel, l6A5' ! l7O9; Lieutenant Daniel, l66i-l757; Rev Daniel, graduated from Yale | l745, minister at WasD lngtUn Tor 4b years, died l793' julge Daniel N., Yale l77g, Associate Judge tf the Litchleld County Court, d!ed 1926; General Daniel E., l7S2-lSGl; Will liam B, Prinsmade, Yale lSiO, Super intendert Of Come, ticut River R
 R., died lSS0. Jn the other side the Chapin line runs seven generations of Springfield citizens from EeaCon Samuel Chapln of the SC Gaudens statue; Col Harvey Chapln, father of Charlotte Cnapin, who became the wife of William B, Brinsmade and the mother of tLe man, the sudden close of whose quiet life has left a
 whole community mourning its hest
 beloved"
 Springfield in 1858 was a city of
 10000 or 50,G00 inhabitants, and .atner residential tl.dn manufacture
 ing. William G. Brinsmade grew
 up where he was born in the house
 of his grandfather. Col Harvey Chap
 in, with his older brother and sister
 John and Anna. He was sent first tC 6 private school, and then tn the
 Springfield High School to llt fol college. He is described as retil- inG boy, rpL mixing very ea'ily with the other boys. Springfield High School boys went to Harvard rather han 10 Yale. The example and in Quence of scho0lmatCs had already 'e,l "trunseI thar the family tra' littOH wllh l's nrotI CT John, who lad graduated at Harvard three ye.rc before wheL William wcnt thither m the fall of 1877. lIi' grandfather, Col Chapin, died ahout that time, and his fathers healtf had failad so much a. to compel re- tir, neat fr m bllsin 'Ss The class o S1 entered with 239 members ant Harvard college in 1877 numbered 7 put S13. It was the eighth year o the Elict adn inistl atiol the large results if which were still in prophe cy During the frs! thrte years ht roomed alone at fl Divinity Hall { and in senior year moved into 1 C0. iege H use. The catalog 1S77-s gives his residence as Springfield and afte' that. Washington. It may Do sad then that from tue age of q , i:e called Washington his home. | was there that he spent his college vacations. He does not appear tt have tried for honors in the curri culum, hut that he was a working student, and in Greek and Latin a feast stud i'ht la", his cf'er caree IS q teacher is sufficient evidence
 He hod cons derahly wideacquaint
 ance and a few close friends. One O
 the latter writes:
 My friendship for your brother in-law was very great We wer
 close friends all during our cOlleg
 course. He was one of the first fel
 lows that l knew. I rame from Sal
 Francisco and knew almost no one We were instinctiyely drawn to
 gether--by similarity of tastes an
 dispositions, perhaps. He roomed il
 Divinity Hall and there l ofreen use,
 to go to see him. He was not wide ly or intimately known while in col
 lege, being naturally retiring an
 not courting popularity, but he wa
 universally respected and by thos
 who were privileged 10 know hir } well,S he was aiden'ly heIoI ed. H
 was faithful stu lent, though never
 I believe taking a conspicuous rank >, He always stood well, however. Hi e taste WIS rather for general learn
 tug aud culture than for specializing
 in which he might have won dl+ f tincti)r hal he q sired. The rro
 fessors always felt that he was one Q
 the solid nien of the class and the
 confidently predicted the good thing
 of him Wb;Ch heafterWards achieved , He vac much il.tel ested in baseball while l did lot care for il very mu.
 and in the language of the day h
 wonlG new be called. perhaps, a fan
 We had many different opinions i regard tG this special form of amuse
 inert In music we were more in aC cord. He was a far better singe :, than I and bore with me most pa tiently when I was off the key !. which I think was very frequen : We often took long walks together covering Somerville, Belmont an
 Watertown. He had one fault tha ! used to try us very much. He neve {. seemed to be able to get anywhere o ? time. We always had to make allow , ances for him and we got in the hal |. it of making our appointments earlie ! than necessary in order that | } might get there on timce. We jollle \ him about it constantly, but he nevt 2 mended his ways Although l alwa! , counted him mamong my closest frien( \ and as there is no one to whom I a ' more attached, we did not see eac D other after graduation and few le !. ters passed between us. I think tn; ' l have nothing from his hand, ar & yet l was sure of his constant regal | and affection. thing all who kne ' him felt as feel. He was loyal, Il